John Chumbley

JOHN CHUMBLEY was born about 1809 in Virginia. He died sometime after Oct 1850 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. He married MALINDA ELLEN SHARP about 1831 in Tennessee. She was born on 18 Jul 1806 in Tennessee. She died about 1865 in Benton County, Arkansas.

John and Malinda had 8 children together, but only 4 lived to have families of their own. His farm was nearby his father’s farm and his brothers Lewis and Andrew. We found John on the 1850 census and discovered that all their children were alive at that time, his occupation is listed as farmer, his real estate value at that time was $1000. His neighbors include the Pattersons, Hargraves, Pike, along with his brother’s widowed wife, Delina Chumbley.

John and Malinda’s son, Charles William Chumbley married Mary Ann Wallen on June 21, 1851, in Claiborne County, Tennessee. They also were married by A.D. Woodson, J.P. The following article was found on Charles:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Adams County, Illinois 1892: Charles W. Chumbley, the efficient yard clerk for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and Alderman from the First Ward, was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., near Tazewell, November 2, 1833. His father, John Chumbley, was born in the same State, and his grandfather, Robert Chumbley, a farmer, was also a native of Tennessee. His father, John Chumbley was a well-to-do farmer, but held no slaves. He was a Whig in politics and died in his native State at the age of forty-five years. His wife, Charles’s mother, was Malinda Sharp a native of Tennessee. She removed to Arkansas, where she died, aged fifty-five years. They had eight children, five of whom are still living. Charles was the second child and was raised on the farm and attended the public schools. He remained at home until he was eighteen years old. In 1856, he removed to Missouri, settling near Lexington, Lafayette County. Here he bought a farm and engaged in general farming. In 1863, he came to Quincy and engaged in the manufacture of tobacco. About 1870, he was employed as yardmaster for the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad, until its consolidation with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, when he became yard clerk, and has occupied that position ever since, requiring all his time. He is one of the oldest employees of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and has never been off duty, but for two short trips. Our subject was married in Tennessee in 1851, to Miss Mary Wallin, a native of that State. He has four children: Frederick W., who is cashier for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad at Quincy; Robert L., yard clerk for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; Lutecia A., now Mrs. Williamson, residing in Chicago, and Ora M. Mr. Chumbley is now serving his eighth term as Alderman and is the oldest on the Board. He is Chairman of the Light Committee, a member of the Finance, and others, and has served the city in many important ways. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, of the Druids, and has been an active Democrat, serving as delegate to the county conventions. His wife attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. _{[1] Portrait and Biographical Record of Adams County, Illinois 1892 , Portrait and Biographical Record of Adams County, Illinois Chapman Brothers. 1892. pp.390, 303. Shared by Glenda Mounger on Dec 24, 2009}

John and Malinda’s son, Samuel Chandler Chumbley married Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Goodman on February 1, 1863, in Walnut Grove, Missouri. During the Civil War, Samuel served in the 14th Regiment, Calvary Company E, Missouri State Militia, Private, Union Army until 30 Jul 1862 when he was honorably discharged for a disability.

The following article tells us more of Samuel Chandler Chumbley: After the death of his father, Samuel C Chumbley at the age of twelve years came with his mother to a farm near Springdale, Benton County, Arkansas. This long journey was made across the country by ox team. The method by which a large majority of the original settlers came to the entire Ozark region. At the age of 16 years Samuel C. Chumbley left home and traveled to Polk County, Missouri, where he remained until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted, in Company C, of the Second Regiment, Missouri Cavalry. He was not to serve long, for in a short time he was taken sick with the measles, which settled in his hip and rendered him a cripple for some eight or ten years. After the war he lived at Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, for a time, and from there went to Barry County, and from there to Verona. He married during the war, Mary E. Goodman. To this union were born a family of twelve children, eight boys and four girls. America (Haley), is the wife of a miner in Webb City, Missouri; Albert, is the resident manager of the Wilhoit Oil Company at Monett, Missouri; Florence (Gray), is the wife of a minister in Keswick, Iowa; Melinda (Savage), wife of a contractor in Peoria, Illinois; Edward is a dairy farm manager, at Wichita, Kansas; Benjamin Franklin, salesman of the Wichita Oil company; Charles, died in infancy; Alonzo, subject of this sketch; Earnest, of Taylor, Texas; Victor, owner of pressing and dyeing works, at Keswick, Iowa; Effie (Kibler), wife of a bookkeeper, in Kansas City; Clinton, a cooper, in Aurora. Samuel C. Chumbley was a member of the Baptist church; also, of the Grand Army of the Republic. He served as county clerk, and for eighteen years a school director in Verona. _{[2]The Ozark Region Its History and Its People” Illustrated, Volume II Springfield, Missouri Interstate Historical Society, 1917 #19461 Lawrence County Library History of Lawrence County, Missouri. It was posted on the Chumbley newsgroup Digest V98 Issue #174 by Cyndi Galati}

The Chumbleys Were Barrel Makers at Century’s Turn Sam Chumbley, seated third from left, and his sons, are pictured as they were at the turn of the century, 1900 to be exact. The Chumbleys, father and sons were all barrel makers at the time, and worked at the Barron Stave and Barrel Company, which was located on Morgan Avenue, just north of the Frisco tracks.

Pictured front row, are Clint Chumbley, father of Harley Chumbley of Aurora; Al Chumbley; Sam Chumbley and Ed Chumbley. Back row is Ben Chumbley, Lon Chumbley, Ernest Chumbley, who later operated a cleaning and pressing shop here, and Vic Chumbley. _{[3] Cyndi Galati as listed in a past Chumbley newsgroup Digest}

_{[4] 1897 Samuel Chumbley Clan – collection of Richard Gray copy sharonleeford}