From Scott Bumbaugh:

Here is information on the family of Charles Robert Bumbaugh.  He is my great-grandfather.
 
Charles Robert Bumbaugh was born 11 July 1882 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and died
26 October 1961 in Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio.  He was a son of John Wesley Bumbaugh and Malissa J.
Schnatterly. 
 
Charles married Alice Jane Edwards on 9 November 1905 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 
Alice was born 21 November 1881 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, and died 19 August 1950 in Lorain,
Lorain County, Ohio.  Alice Jane Edwards was the daughter of John Edwards and Mary Elizabeth Eli (or
Evans).
 
Charles and Alice had four children:
 
1.)  Mildred Larue Bumbaugh, born 16 July 1906 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died 19
June 1991 in Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio.  On 12 July 1930 she married William (Bill) Henry Meyers in
McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  William Henry Meyers was born 12 August 1907 in
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and died 13 October 1970 in Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio.
 
2.)  Glenn Morrell Bumbaugh, born 2 August 1908 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died
24 November 2002 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.  On 19 June 1934 in Dravosburg, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania Glenn married Stella Grace Thorpe.  Stella was born 28 July 1909 in Wilson, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania; and died 14 August 1971 in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio.  She was the daughter
of Levi Thorpe and Annie Koch.
 
After Stella's death, Glenn married Helen Young, and this marriage ended in divorce.  [I have no
information on the marriage or on the divorce.]
 
3.)  Robert Edwards Bumbaugh, born 9 June 1911 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died 16
November 1986 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  On 1 October 1933 in Wildwood, Cape May
County, New Jersey he married Marion [sic] Virginia Beaumont, the daughter of Frank Thomas Beaumont
and Marie Virginia Ayer.  Marion was born 19 July 1915 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and
died 1 November 1999 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  [They are my father's parents.]
 
4.)  Isobel [sic] Ruth Bumbaugh, born 11 December 1913 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
died 15 March 1998 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.  On 10 December 1938 [unknown place] she married
James Robert Higgins.
 
After Alice died, Charles Robert Bumbaugh remarried a woman by the name of Lucille.  I have no
information on their marriage.
 
Information on Charles Robert Bumbaugh gathered from:
 
Wedding announcement in "The Daily News", McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, dated Tuesday,
12 September 1905.  It reads:  The wedding of Mr. Charles R. Bumbaugh, of 231 West Fifth avenue, and
Miss Alice Edwards, took place last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Mattox, of Jenny Lind
and Evans avenues, with whom the bride made her home.  The ceremony was performed at 8 o'clock by the
Rev. J. A. Maxwell, pastor of the First Baptist church, in the presence of a large number of friends
and invited guests.  A wedding supper and reception followed the ceremony.  The groom is employed as
a molder with his father, John Bumbaugh, at the National tube works.  Mr. and Mrs. Bumbaugh departed
this morning on a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Buffalo.
 
Obituary for Charles Bumbaugh from "The Daily News", McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, page
20, dated Friday, 27 October 1961.  It reads as follows:  A former area resident, Charles R.
Bumbaugh, 79, of 1390 S. Lakeview Blvd, Lorain Ohio, died last night in St. Joseph Hospital there,
after a brief illness.  He was born 11 July 1882 in McKeesport.  Mr. Bumbaugh retired as general
foreman at the Lorain Plat of National Tube Division, U.S. Steel Corp., after 52 years with the
corporation.  He was with  National Tube Division in McKeesport until his transfer to Lorain in 1931.
 Since his retirement, he had been employed by the Lorain Journal.  Mr. Bumbaugh was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Lorain; Charleston Lodge, F.&A.M; the Knights of Pythias, Holman Lodge, and
Senior Fellowship Club of Lorain.  He also belonged to the Elks and was a life member of the National
Tube Management Club.  He leaves his widow, Mrs. Lucille Bumbaugh; two sons, Glenn of Lorain and
Robert of Washington, PA; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Meyers of Lorain and Mrs. Isabel Higgins of
Beria, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Marcella Faulk of Lorain; a brother, George of St. Clairsville,
Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Alverda Harrison of Dravosburg; ten grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. 
Friends will be received beginning at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Schwartz-Stence Home for Funerals, 1124
W. Fifth St., Lorain.  Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Floyd
Buckland officiating.  Burial will follow in Ridgehill Memorial Park, Lorain.
 
1910 Census for McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (012-0143-0112), enumerated 22 April 1910.
 It indicates that Charles and Alice had been married four years, and that Charles was working at the
foundry as a moulder.  It records his age as 29.
 
1930 census for McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, page 11 B, enumeration district 682, line
51, enumerated 15 April.  It lists Charles Bunbaugh [sic](aged 46, PA), wife Alice J. (aged 45,
Wales), daughter Mildred L. (aged 23), son Glenn M. (aged 21, PA), son Robert E. (aged 18, PA), and
daughter Isabelle (aged 16, PA).  Charles indicated that both his parents had been born in
Pennsylvania; Alice that her parents were from Wales.  Charles was employed as a foreman at a tube
mill.  Mildred was employed as a school teacher in a public school.  Glenn was employed as a
coremaker at the tube mill.  Robert was a manager at a Five and Ten store.  The family was living at
1836 Beech Street.
 
Death certificate from Ohio Department of Health for Charles R. Bumbaugh.  His social security number
was 276-03-0215.   It was signed by Lucille Bumbaugh, Charles' second wife.
 
Charles and Alice are buried at Ridgehill Memorial Cemetery in Lorain, Ohio.
 
Information on Alice Jane Edwards:
 
Birth certificate for Alice Jane Edwards from Registration District Bedwellty, County of Monmouth,
Wales.  It indicates she was born at 24 Picton Street in Tredegar, Monmouth, Wales.  The birth was
registered on 10 December 1881.
 
I also have an alternate birth date of 11 November 1881 for Alice Jane Edwards.  The 1900 census for
McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA reports that she was born in January of 1883.  This census states
that she came to the US in 1886.
 
The 1910 census records that Alice was 24 at the date of enumeration.
 
Obituary for Mrs. Alice J.E. Bumbaugh from "The Daily News", McKeesport, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, dated Saturday, 19 August 1950.  It reads as follows:  Mrs. Alice Jane Edwards Bumbaugh
of 1309 Lakewood Blvd., Lorain, Ohio, died suddenly at her home this morning at 8 a.m.  A former
resident of McKeesport, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Evans Edwards.  Surviving are
her husband, Charles R. Bumbaugh; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Myers and Mrs. Isabel Higgins, both of
Lorain; two sons, Glenn Bumbaugh of Lorain and Robert Bumbaugh of Erie; one brother, Thomas Edwards
of McKeesport; seven sisters, Mrs. Margaret Ward of Struthers, Ohio; Mrs. Elizabeth Bumbarger, Mrs.
Ellen Caldwell, Mrs. Rachel Lacock, Miss Sadie Edwards, Mrs. Edith Tice and Mrs. Retha Hurley, all of
McKeesport.  Funeral services are being planned for 2 p.m. Tuesday from Thompson's Funeral Home where
friends are being received.  Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Lorain.
 
Alice was brought to this country by her mother when she was about one year of age, along with her
brother, Edward, and her sister, Mary.  Her father had come to this country first and found a place
for them to live.  They came over in a small wooden ship.  They got into a terrible storm on the way
over.  Her mother sat on the he floor holding baby Alice in her arms, with the two toddlers sitting
beside her.  They couldn' t stand up because the boat was rocking so violently.  At one point, they
thought Alice would die because she was so sick.  As a child and young girl, Alice lived mostly with
her Aunt Mary (Polly) Edwards Mattox.  Because the John Edwards' family was so large, it was better
that some of the them lived elsewhere. His family was so poor, that many of the children were raised
by close relatives.  Alice developed into a very nice-looking woman, who took pride in looking her
best.  She worked in a shoe store before marrying Charles Robert Bumbaugh.  Alice was a wonderful
cook.  It was said that if someone dropped in for a visit unexpectedly, she could always whip up a
wonderful meal in no time. 
 
Information on Robert Edwards Bumbaugh:
 
Birth certificate from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Robert Edwards Bumbaugh.  The birth was
registered on 7 July 1911
 
Obituary from the Bedford Gazette, Bedford, Pennsylvania (unknown date): It reads:  Robert Edwards
Bumbaugh, Sr., 75, formerly of Bedford, died Sunday, November 16, 1986, after a long illness.  He was
born in McKeesport, Pa., June 9, 1911, a son of Charles R. Bumbaugh and Alice (Edwards) Bumbaugh.  He
was married to the former Marion Beaumont who survives along with these children:  Robert E. Jr., of
Bedford, R.D. 4; Anne Bumbaugh Sloan, of Pittsburgh, PA; four grandchildren and one great-grandson. 
Mr. Bumbaugh was manager o the G.C. Murphy Store on Juliana Street, Bedford from 1951-1953.  He was a
member of the Presbyterian Church, Bedford Elks Club #1707, and the Bedford Rotary.
 
Obituary from unknown newspaper, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (unknown date):  It reads:  Robert E.
Bumbaugh, 75, retired district manager of the G.C. Murphy Co. store in New Castle, died of heart
failure Sunday in St. Clair Memorial Hospital, Mt. Lebanon.  Mr. Bumbaugh, of Chatham Park Drive, Mt.
Lebanon, was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Lodge 95 F&AM in Beckley, W.Va.  He was a member of
Southminster Presbyterian Church in Mt. Lebanon.  Surviving are his wife, Marion; a son, Robert Jr.
of Bedford County; a daughter, Anne B. Sloan of Mt. Lebanon; four grandchildren; a great-grandson;
two sisters; and a brother.  Friends will be received from 7 to 9  p.m. tomorrow in Laughlin's, 222
Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday.  Burial will be in
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
 
Information on Isobel Ruth Bumbaugh:
 
Isobel Higgins, of Huron, Ohio passed away 15 March 1998 in Toledo, Ohio after a long illness, she
was 84 years old.  Born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, she moved to Lorain, Ohio where she graduated
from Lorain High School in 1932.  She graduated from Miami University, Miami, Ohio in 1937.  After
raising her family in Berea, Ohio, she moved to Huron, Ohio in 1971.  She was active in the Huron
Yacht Club and Huron Eagles Auxiliary.  Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Robert; two sons,
Terrence and James Robert, Jr.; daughter Barbara Brengartner; grandchildren, John and Kerri Higgins,
Brennan and L. Suzette Higgins; and Michael and Bethany Brengartner; and great-grandchild, Colleen
Higgins.  Arrangements were handled by the Walker Funeral Home.