U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gum, William Howard (1868-1946) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 463 WILLIAM H. GUM, born December 24, 1868, the eldest son of George W. Gum and Catherine Depoy and the grandson of William S. Gum and Martha Rymer of Hyland County, Va. The Gums are of German descent. Catherine Depoy was a daughter of Philip H. Depoy and Lydia A. Bowman, of Rockingham County, Va., who were also of German descent. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools, the Normal and Classical Academy at Buckhannon and the West Virginia Conference Seminary. He taught several years and then took a course in Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Md., graduating therefrom April 17, 1897. He has been practising his profession at Pecks Run, Upshur County, the scenes of his boyhood, ever since. September 7, 1898, he married Allie S. Calhoun, the daughter of Jackson Calhoun and Mary Rohrbough. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #3695 FULL-NAME: William Howard Gum BIRTH-DATE: December 24, 1868 BIRTH-PLACE: Little Pecks Run, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 14, 1946 at age 77y-2m-20d DEATH-PLACE: Hodgville, Warren District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Allie Calhoun) OCCUPATION: Doctor of Medicine FATHER: George W. Gum (born in Highland County, Va.) MOTHER: Catherine Depoy (born in Rockingham County, Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arterio-Sclerosis / Palsy and Cardiac Insufficiency INFORMANT: Mrs. W. H. Gum (of Hodgeville, W.Va.) BURIAL: Mt. Zion Cemetery, Buckhannon W.Va. Rural (wife of William H. Gum) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #5448 FULL-NAME: Allie S. Gum BIRTH-DATE: February 21, 1863 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: April 19, 1949 at age 86y-1m-18d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon Route #1, Rural Warren, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: William J. Calhoun MOTHER: Mary Rohrbough CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Senility / Senile exhaustion, age INFORMANT: Elsie Byrne - niece BURIAL: Mt. Zion Cemetery, Upshur County ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------