Jonathan
Stump
Born in Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel A Stump
and Salome (Schmidt) Stump
Brother of
Abraham Stump and Noah Stump
Husband of
Cathrine Charlotte Nusbaumer
— married
20 Mar 1856 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 78
in Elkhart County, Indiana
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Oct 2015
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Biography
Jonathan Stump was born in Vaughn Township about twenty miles from Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, and was but three years of age when his parents moved to Elkhart County, Indiana. He grew up on a farm attended the rural schools and at the time of his marriage, received an eighty acre tract from his father. This land was one mile south and one mile west from his father's old home in Union Township.
After living there a few years he moved to St. Joseph County and conducted a sawmill but subsequently returned to Union Township where he had a peaceful and prosperous life on a farm until his death on January 18, 1912[1].
Jonathan Stump married Katie Nusbaum in 1856[2], who like her husband, was one of a family of thirteen children. She was born in Switzerland a daughter of Jacob Nusbaum. Her mother, who was a Musser, died in Switzerland when the youngest child was but five hours old and the daughter, Katy, took the mother's place to raise the child.
At present she is the only one surviving. She was twenty years of age when she came from Switzerland. The names of the Nusbaum children are: Jacob, Anna, Katy, Mary, Christ, Abraham, John, Samuel, Barbara, John, Rosyann, Benjaman.
Mrs Jonathan Stump survived her husband and is now living on the home farm with her son, Daniel. She reared the following children:
- Sarah
- Barbara
- Alice
- Susanna
- Lovina
- Jane
- Daniel
- Mary
- Catherine
- Jonathan
- James
- Josephus
- Rosanna [3]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63305770/jonathan-stump : accessed 20 November 2021), memorial page for Jonathan Stump (1834–18 Jan 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63305770, citing Union Center Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Linda K (contributor 47400410) .
- ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFQF-B4P : 13 January 2020), Catharine Nusbaum in entry for Jonathan Stump, 1856.
- ↑ A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-FT215596, FTDNA kit #B795236 - Shawn Stump :
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