Bravehardt
0026 Mumma Family cemetery
On july 26,1811 the Mumma Farm was deeded to Jacob Mumma including the private burial ground theirin.On January the 8th 1831 this farm was transferred to Samuel Mumma Sr. and his wife,Elizabeth Miller Mumma from his father,Jacob Mumma had purchased this land from Christian Orndorff (died 1797) and his wife,Elizabeth Hoffman Orndorff.At the time of the purchase,members of the Orndorff family were already buried in the family graveyard.This farm was called "ANDERSON'S DELIGHT." The oldest member of the Mumma family was Jacob Mumma,1766-1848.
Note by Douglas Mumma the oldest Mumma descendant buried in the cemetery is Barbara Mumma born about 1765.That she was an older sister of Jacob Mumma.Barbara married Joseph Sherrick after his first wife died.They had no children together.
Samuel Mumma Sr. and his wife,Elizabeth Mumma,donated 100 perchers of land more or less to Josiah Wolfe and six other deacons of the German Baptist Fath this land upon which to ercect a church (Mumma's Church and later,the Dunker Church).The deed was executed on October 7th 1873 from a deed recorded April 12,1851 to certain members of this Dunker Church from land records WMcK #6 Folio 30,October 7th,1873.
The Mumma Graveyard was a burying ground belonging to the nearby farm.We do not know when it came into existence but we do know when it was owned by the Orndorff's who migrated to Washington County from Pennsylvaia in 1762,the graveyard was there.When Christian Orndorff died in December 10,1797 he was buried in the graveyard.On April 10,1810 the Orndorffheirs sold the farm and adjoining graveyard to Jacob Mumma.On July 19,1829 Christian Orndorff's wife Elizabeth died and was buried beside her husband in what was known as "The Mumma Graveyard." In January 1837 the farm was deede to Samuel Mumma Sr. son of Jacob Mumma in February 1851 Samuel Mumma Sr. and wife Elizabeth Mumma donated a piece of land to the German Baptist Brethren on which to build a church.This church was commonly known as The Dunker Church or Mumma's Church.
According to the deed recorded in Washington County Coirt House on October 7,1873,Samuel Mumma Sr.and Elizabeth Mumma,his wife,granteed to Michael Miller,Jacob F.Miller,Elizabeth Middlekauff,John Ecker,Sara Sherrick,Henry F.Neikirk,William Roulette,Henry R.Rohrback,Nathanie Mumma,Joshua Wyand,Samuel Avey,Susan Kennedy,Benjamin F.Miller,Nancy Miller,David F.Otto,Thomas S.Fisher,Martha Schlosser,Jacob Miller,Abraham Corbett,Jacob Highbarger,and their heirs upon all funeral occasions for the burial of their dead free use of a private road to from the lot theirin conveyed.The wall of stone was erected in 1873 after the burial ground was enlarded.
0026 Mumma Family cemetery
On july 26,1811 the Mumma Farm was deeded to Jacob Mumma including the private burial ground theirin.On January the 8th 1831 this farm was transferred to Samuel Mumma Sr. and his wife,Elizabeth Miller Mumma from his father,Jacob Mumma had purchased this land from Christian Orndorff (died 1797) and his wife,Elizabeth Hoffman Orndorff.At the time of the purchase,members of the Orndorff family were already buried in the family graveyard.This farm was called "ANDERSON'S DELIGHT." The oldest member of the Mumma family was Jacob Mumma,1766-1848.
Note by Douglas Mumma the oldest Mumma descendant buried in the cemetery is Barbara Mumma born about 1765.That she was an older sister of Jacob Mumma.Barbara married Joseph Sherrick after his first wife died.They had no children together.
Samuel Mumma Sr. and his wife,Elizabeth Mumma,donated 100 perchers of land more or less to Josiah Wolfe and six other deacons of the German Baptist Fath this land upon which to ercect a church (Mumma's Church and later,the Dunker Church).The deed was executed on October 7th 1873 from a deed recorded April 12,1851 to certain members of this Dunker Church from land records WMcK #6 Folio 30,October 7th,1873.
The Mumma Graveyard was a burying ground belonging to the nearby farm.We do not know when it came into existence but we do know when it was owned by the Orndorff's who migrated to Washington County from Pennsylvaia in 1762,the graveyard was there.When Christian Orndorff died in December 10,1797 he was buried in the graveyard.On April 10,1810 the Orndorffheirs sold the farm and adjoining graveyard to Jacob Mumma.On July 19,1829 Christian Orndorff's wife Elizabeth died and was buried beside her husband in what was known as "The Mumma Graveyard." In January 1837 the farm was deede to Samuel Mumma Sr. son of Jacob Mumma in February 1851 Samuel Mumma Sr. and wife Elizabeth Mumma donated a piece of land to the German Baptist Brethren on which to build a church.This church was commonly known as The Dunker Church or Mumma's Church.
According to the deed recorded in Washington County Coirt House on October 7,1873,Samuel Mumma Sr.and Elizabeth Mumma,his wife,granteed to Michael Miller,Jacob F.Miller,Elizabeth Middlekauff,John Ecker,Sara Sherrick,Henry F.Neikirk,William Roulette,Henry R.Rohrback,Nathanie Mumma,Joshua Wyand,Samuel Avey,Susan Kennedy,Benjamin F.Miller,Nancy Miller,David F.Otto,Thomas S.Fisher,Martha Schlosser,Jacob Miller,Abraham Corbett,Jacob Highbarger,and their heirs upon all funeral occasions for the burial of their dead free use of a private road to from the lot theirin conveyed.The wall of stone was erected in 1873 after the burial ground was enlarded.