When Savannah Gump was born on 26 June 1859, in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Gump, was 31 and her mother, Catherine Jones, was 30. She married Hillman Tuttle about 1880, in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Monongalia, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Battelle District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States for about 60 years. She died on 27 December 1953, in Blacksville, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States.
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The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Swiss German and South German:
occupational name or nickname from Middle High German gumpen, gumpeln ‘to clown (at fairs)’.
from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with gund ‘battle, war’. Compare Gumpert .
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