Well, "muddy the waters" it is! This age creates a calculated birth date of 3 Mar 1819, which doesn't match any other source that I know of. Maybe there is a transcription mistake in the Gospel Messenger obit? All kidding aside, it's good to have another source. Thanks, Dennis, for sending that in. This establishes the death date pretty definitively as 16 May 1896. Now, if we could just resolve the birth date... David Myers On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:20:39 -0700 orwahist <[email protected]> writes: > > The Gospel Messenger June 13, 1896 page 1896 > STUMP. – In the Sandy church, Homeworth, Ohio, May 16, 1896, Bro. > Adam Stump, aged 77 years, 2 months and 13 days. He leaves three > sons and two daughters. His wife and five children preceded him to > the spirit world. Funeral services by Eld. Eli Stoup. Ella > Weaver. > > > In a message dated 04/30/11 18:10:55 Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Perhaps Adam's obit in the 1896 Gospel Messenger on p 382 will > answer the > question or maybe muddy the waters further. > > Findagrave is listing him with the dates of Feb 10, 1815-May 16, > 1896 buried > in Moultrie Chapel Cemetery, Homeworth, Columbiana County OH. The > transcriber has linked him as the son of Casper Benjamin Stump > [1786-1837] & > Sarah Elizabeth Fishel [1789-1852] also buried there. Unfortunately > there > are not photographs of these markers. ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dbe52a7e603b23bfcm07vuc