Joseph F. Mumma
Joseph F. Mumma, farmer, P.O. Mechanicsburg. The subject of this sketch was born December 2, 1856, in Montgomery County, Ohio. His parents are Joseph and Mary Mumma, of Champaign County. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a good common school education. When ten years old — with his parents — he came to Champaign County, and located in Union Township, where they remained several years, when they moved to Goshen Township and located near Mechanicsburg, where his parents now reside. They had nine children, eight of whom are now living — Sarah J., Ella, Caroline, William, Mattie, Elizabeth, Abraham and our subject. On December 10, 1879, he was united in marriage to Miss Callie Davis, an estimable lady, and the daughter of Samuel C. and Jane Davis, of Champaign County, In April, 1881, Mr. Mumma settled where he now lives in the western portion of Pike Township.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]