Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Jumper was born on 15 September 1830, in Reinersville, Morgan, Ohio, United States, his father, George Jumper, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Eagle, was 29. He married Christine Drummond on 24 January 1857, in Morgan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Latah, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1900 and Fairfield, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1910. He died on 3 December 1912, in Waverly, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Waverly, Spokane, Washington, United States.
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- Henry Jumper, "United States Census, 1900"
- Henry Jumper, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Henry Jumper, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1841
Historical Boundaries 1841: Van Buren, Missouri, United States 1841: Bates, Missouri, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex): perhaps an Anglicized form of French Jombart, apparently from a hybrid Old French personal name, whose first element may derive from Latin gemini ‘twins’ and whose second is the ancient Germanic name element -berht ‘bright, illustrious’. Alternatively, it could be a variant of the Old French personal name Gombert or the equivalent Middle Dutch Gumbert, from ancient Germanic Gundberht, composed of the ancient Germanic elements gund- ‘battle’ + -berht. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Native American (Seminole): from a personal name based on the English word jumper (probably through translation).
History: Jumper was the name of the Seminole chief (c. 1796–1838), also known by his Anglicized native name Otee Emathla, who had fought against Andrew Jackson in the First Seminole War. As a surname it was borne by another Seminole chief, John Jumper (c. 1820–96), who had fought against the US in the Second Seminole War.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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