George Stump, Jr.
George Stump, Jr., farmer, P. O. Edinburgh, was born in Milton, Mahoning Co., Ohio, July 30, 1844, son of George and Eliza Stump, both natives of Ohio, and who first settled in Mahoning County, Ohio, where Mrs. Stump died in 1846. After her death our subject's father married Sallie Rumel, and they moved to this county in 1854, remaining here until her death in 1874. Mr. Stump then married (for third time), November 17, 1877, Mrs, E. P. Musser. They are both living and reside in Edinburg. Our subject was twice married, on first occasion August 4, 1869, to Anna Owens, born in Wales, January 6, 1846, daughter of David and Ann Owens, natives of Wales. She died August 31, 1878. To this union were born three children: Albert G., Lyda M. and Viola E. Mr. Stump then married, September 18, 1879, Hannah D. Hutson, widow of Eli Hutson, who was born January 15, 1829., and died February 26, 1874. She was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 30, 1835, daughter of Edward and Mary Fitz Randolph, and is tbe mother of one child—Ori B. Hutson— by her first marriage. Edward Fitz Randolph, son of James and Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, and father of Mrs, Stump, was born August 10, 1788, near Perth Amboy, N. J.; his wife, Mary Bailey, daughter of Eli and Ruth Bailey, was born June 3, 1794, in Greene County, Penn. They were married, October 15, 1812, by her brother, Joab Bailey, in Greene County, Penn. Edward Fitz Randolph died at East Westville, Mahoning Co., Ohio. March 19, 1872. Mary (Bailey) Fitz Randolph died at same place February 11, 1879. Our subject has been engaged in farming all his life. During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted, September 1, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out May 25, 1865, at Louisville, Ivy. He participated in seventeen battles, the principal of which were Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta and Nashville. Himself and wife are members of the Disciples Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885