Melvin Taylor Stump

Melvin Taylor Stump

Father:  Abraham J. Stump

Mother: Lovina Drake

Individual Facts:

Name: Melvin Taylor Stump[1, 2]

Sex: Male [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Birth: 20 Sep 1889 [7]  Elkhart, IN

Death: Jun 1981 in Sherwood, Branch, Michigan, United States of America [8]

First Wife : Ruth A Chicolte

Marriage: 27 Jul 1911

Children:

Everett J. Stump,

Leonard P. Stump,

Audeane R. Stump

Second Wife: Rosalia Ivadell Reebs

Marriage: 1919 in MI

Children:

Charlotte Ann Stump

Janet I. Stump

Marjorie Caroline Stump

Melvin Taylor Stump as born in Elkhart, IN.  He lived much of his life in Athens, MI raising and racing horses. At one popint he went west, and broke Mustangs which he sold to the US Army.   He was also active in real estate. By all accounts, he was quite a character.

Sources:

1 Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Database online.Record for Melvin Taylor Stump.

2 Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Database online.Record for Melvin Taylor Stump.

3 Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002), Database online. Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan, ED 59, roll 998, page , image 1038.0.Record for Marjorie C Stump.

4 Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Database online. Union, Elkhart, Indiana, ED , roll , page .Record for Melvin Stump.

5 Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002), Database online. Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan, ED 59, roll 998, page , image 1038.0.Record for Melvin T Stump.

6 Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Athens, Calhoun, Michigan, ED , roll , page , image 209.Record for Melvin D Stump.

7 Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Roll 1675764, DraftBoard 0.

8 Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007), Database online.