"1883 HISTORY LIBERTY TOWNSHIP--WARREN COUNTY PHILANDER T. STUMP, born May 6, 1837, is the son of Joseph and Mary (Reed) Stump; the former born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1800, the latter in 1801. In 1829, the father of our subject entered forty acres in Fountain County, Ind., on which he built a cabin, and which he improved. This he sold, and purchased 160 acres in Medina Township, in this county. Five years later, he purchased a farm in Liberty Township, on which he lived and farmed. Philander T. Stump worked at the plow and attended school three months of each year until his marriage, April 17, 1861, to Mary E. Van Reed, born December 11, 1842, the daughter of Levi R. and Amelia (Bowman) Van Reed. This union was blessed with ten children--Lillie E., Clara M., Dora B., Amelia M. (deceased) Sarah C., Lizzie M., Mary E., Bertha V., Florence and John H. Mr. Stump resides on the old farm. He raises some stock, is an active Republican, and is very generally esteemed." Please note Philander T. Stump's daughter also married a Philander Stump, but I have been unable to figure out where the son-in-law came from.