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View Tree for Abraham RumansAbraham Rumans (b. Abt. 1784, d. January 29, 1858)

Abraham Rumans (son of Andrew Rumans)346 was born Abt. 1784 in Loudoun Co., VA346, and died January 29, 1858 in Warren Co., MO. He married Nancy Davenport on November 24, 1806 in Clark Co., KY346, daughter of Stephen Davenport and Esther Verlinda Wynn.

 Includes NotesNotes for Abraham Rumans:
The Rumans surname has been spelled in various ways, in various documents over the years. In the Loudon County, Virginia Taxpayers List for 1782 - 1787, there is listed Personal Property -- Andrew Rummins in 1782, Andrew Rhunemus in 1783, and Andrew Runimus in 1784.
In Kentucky the name has been spelled Rummings/Rumings/Rummans/Rumons/Rummins/Rummens.
The name has its own evolving history. In Missouri and Texas some of the family dropped the second "M", while others kept it, even splitting fathers and sons in the way the name was spelled.
Andrew Jackson Rumans added the second "M" back into the name after a dispute with some of his kin, and his descendants have been spelling it that way ever since.

Andrew's parents and any siblings are not known to this researcher, at this time.

More About Abraham Rumans:
Burial: Unknown, Hickory Grove Cemetery, Warren Co., MO.346
Military service: August 31, 1813, War of 1812.
Occupation: Farmer.

More About Abraham Rumans and Nancy Davenport:
Marriage: November 24, 1806, Clark Co., KY.346

Children of Abraham Rumans and Nancy Davenport are:
  1. +Stephen Rumans, b. December 10, 1808, Clark Co., KY, d. June 20, 1862, Saline Co., MO.
  2. +James Warren Rumans, b. Abt. 1809, Fleming Co., KY, d. Abt. 1892, Boone Co., Mo.
  3. +John Rumans, b. Abt. 1810, Clark Co., KY, d. Bef. 1908, Warren Co., MO.
  4. +Mary Rumans, b. May 12, 1811, Clark Co., KY, d. May 10, 1874, Fremont Co., IA.
  5. +Samuel Rumans, b. Abt. 1816, Clark Co., KY, d. Bef. 1908, Arrow Rock Township, Saline Co., MO.
  6. +Jane Rumans, b. Abt. 1815, Kentucky, d. Abt. 1856, Saline Co., MO.
  7. +William F. Rumans, b. Abt. 1814, Fleming Co., KY, d. Abt. 1864, Boone Co., Mo.
  8. +Daniel Rummons, b. April 22, 1817, Fleming Co., KY, d. January 27, 1907, Saline Co., MO.
  9. +Abner Rumans, b. Abt. 1821, Fleming Co., KY, d. 1880.
  10. +Anthony Sims Rumans, b. May 22, 1824, Fleming Co., KY, d. August 27, 1891.
  11. Jesse Rumans, b. Abt. 1824, Kentucky, d. Bef. 1908.
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