Here is what David Eller has on Francis Stump - in his dissertation - Eller, David Barry The Brethren in the Western Ohio Valley 1790-1850: German Baptist Settlement and Frontier Accommodation, 1976, PhD Dissertation, Miami University, Oxford OH p83 ...the first Dunker minister in the county, Francis Stump. Stump is identified in the 1790 census as living in Bullskin township, Fayette County Pennsylvania, near the Youghiogheny River. He was already a Dunker minister in 1799 when his land in Pennsylvania was sold. He first obtained two hundred acres from Daniel Rhoads, a brother of Henry, in 1797. Another one hundred seventy acres was surveyed for him in 1798, which was bounded both by military land and a Hunsaker family. This land was located near Pond Creek. In 1801 he made a headright claim for one hundred fifty acres on rocky Fork of the Mud River... Stump died...1801...will mentions his "beloved wife Rachel" p83-4 (footnote #6 --J.E. Blough, History --of the Western District of Penn. "Francis Stump lived in what is now Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, from 1783 to 1799, when he sold his farm. The deed reads 'between Francis Stump, minister of the Dunkard Society'. He undoubtedly moved to Kentucky...Brother Stump was a descendant of Elder Peter Becker of Germantown." Cassel "Some Account of the Far Western Brethren", p1 A "Hannes Stump and wife Elizabeth" were baptized into the Brethren in 1748 by Michael Frantz of the Conestoga congregation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania p85 Stump died sometime between August and October of 1801. The will mentions his “beloved wife Rachael”... Rachael soon remarried. Her new husband was Philip Kimmel. The Kimmels were also Dunkers and associated with the Rhoads family, coming to Muhlenberg County from Brothersvalley (Stony Creek) in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Philip Kimmel claimed headrights on Deer Lick Creek in Logan County in 1796 and 1798. He purchased one hundred acres on the west side of Mud River in 1799 and in 1803 claimed another one hundred acres on the waters of Mud River. He and Rachael are listed in the 1810 census, both being over forty-five. Eight other members of the household are given, ranging in age from under ten to over twenty-six. Rachel Kimmel apparently died sometime before August, 1810. By 1814 Philip Kimmel moved across the Green River into Butler County... p86 (footnote #11 --Rachael Stump Kimmel's maiden name was Martin, as proven by a deed made August 13, 1810 wherein the heirs of "Rachael Kimmel, formerly Rachael Stump, formerly Rachael Martin, deceased" ..The heirs included John Vought, and wife Elizabeth; Gilbert Vaught, and wife Mary; and Barbara Frampton. It is assumed that these female heirs were the daughters of Francis Stump... According to tradition, Gilbert Vaught was a minister at the Hazel Creek Baptist Church...a son for Francis Stump. This son may have been Frederick Stump, who was cruelly murdered in 1799 while fishing in the Green River...This murder was probably committed by the infamous Harp brothers. p86 The only other clearly identifiable Dunker name on Francis Stump's will is John Bower (Bowers) who signed as a witness. He was apparently from Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and lived near Stump in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, before moving to the Green River country sometime before 1798...In October 1810 he sold his land on Talbots Branch of Clifty and moved to the Brethren settlement in Shelby County...son, Jacob Brower . . .Hazel Creek Baptist Church, 1812 > Merle, thank you very much. Every little bit helps added to the bits and pieces I am continuing to accumulate on Francis Stump and those mentioned in his will. > >

I would like to call this to your attention. The statement about John Bower is not accurate. John Ludwig Bower Sr. 1763-1851 and his wife Christina Fries c1774-1840 moved from PA to Muhlenburg County KY after the birth of their daughter Mary in c1796 and remained there until c1812 when they moved to Clay Township, Montgomery County OH where both died and are buried in the Worman Cemetery a mile or so south of Phillipsburg. They were clearly a Dunker family from the marriages of most of their children and the fact that the namesake son John Ludwig Jr. 1800-1879 was a Brethren Elder. Gale ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merle C Rummel" <cliff@rtkonline.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Muhlenberg County KY Churches Eller, David Barry The Brethren in the Western Ohio Valley 1790-1850: German Baptist Settlement and Frontier Accommodation, 1976, PhD Dissertation, Miami University, Oxford OH: p86 The only other clearly identifiable Dunker name on Francis Stump's will is John Bower (Bowers) who signed as a witness. He was apparently from Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and lived near Stump in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, before moving to the Green River country sometime before 1798...In October 1810 he sold his land on Talbots Branch of Clifty and moved to the Brethren settlement in Shelby County...son, Jacob Brower . . .Hazel Creek Baptist Church, 1812