Robin, Some of the Pendleton County Census list this family as Mumford. George was born in 1785 and d. 1870 in Pendleton Co., WV. his spouse was Catherine Heffner, dau. of Cutlip Heffner. George was the son of Jacob Mumbert d. 1815. The family farm is still in the Mumbert Family and is located in Sweedlin Hills close to Ft. Seibert. It is believed Catherine, who died in 1828 is buried on the farm. George then Married Catherine Blizzard. There is a site on the WV Genweb that lists Catherine "Cynthia" Heffner, wife of George Mumbert as marring John Dean in 1814, when Margaret was a baby, and moving to Upshur Co. THIS IS IN ERROR, AND IS ANOTHER CATHERINE HEFFNER. Back to your question about the spelling of Mumbert - Mumford, It could be that it could be the same family. The Mumford and Mumberts in Pendleton Co. is one and the same. Like a lot of the residents of Pendleton Co., including the Heffners and Mumbert, the thick German accent at the turn of the 19th century gave the census takers fits. Example, in Louisiana there was the Zwitz or Zwith. They tried to pronounce it to the census takers, and they would say "Schwig", and point to a tree branch while trying to say "twig." The census takers thought they were trying to say "branch", and being French they would say, "Oh, you mean labranch." Now we have a whole German family line in Louisiana named "LaBranche." Doesn't that take the cake? By the way, I would like to swap information with you on the Mumford - Mumbert Line. I have Catherine Heffner traced way back in MD, But only have Jacob as a starting point on the Mumberts. It would probably be a good idea to take the detailed discussion off the rootsweb and go to straight AOL addresses. Will await your reply. Don Wilson Chalmette, LA