Note: .compiler's name: Jean Cawley Corazza
.date compiled: 28 Jan 1999
.last update: 28 Feb 2000
SAMUEL (ID#: 14:1)
Born: Other source lists 1902 [7]
Other source lists age as 7 in 1910 [4]
Natural father, Roy Mock, was killed in a railroad accident. His mother
remarried Charles Mumaw and Samuel was raised by Charles and used his name.
No evidence of an adoption found. [1]
Married: St. Gabriel's Rectory,Hazleton, PA [5]
Resided: 17 East Elm St. Hazleton, PA [2]
Religion: St. John's P.M. Church [2]
Occupation: Conductor, Lehigh Traction Company [2]
Affiliations: Volunteer Bible Class, St. John's P.M. Church [2]
Hazleton Council, No. 258, O.of I.A. [2]
Died: Hazleton State Hospital, Hazleton, PA [2,5]
Buried: Vine Street Cemetery, Hazleton, PA, Rev. William H. Russell
officiated. Services were from the church [2,5]

Wife of SAMUEL, ELIZABETH:
Born: 08 Nov 1899, Junedale (Carbon) PA [3,5]
Baptized: 12 Nov. 1899 at Beaver Meadows Church [5]
Parents: John and Anna (Jacobs) Wersinger [3,5]
Siblings: John and Michael Heck, Mrs.Norbert Corrigan, Mrs. Hannah
Gallagher, Joseph, James and Robert Wersinger, Mrs. Agnes Dobrinsky.[3]
Other source lists: Joseph, Agnes, Robert Francis, Rose and James. [8]
Religion: St. John's Primitive Methodist Church, Hazleton, PA. [3]
Died: Mountain City Convalescent Center [3]
Buried: Vine St. Cemetery, Hazleton, PA [3,7]
Funeral from the Rosenstock Funeral Home, 229 W. Broad St., Hazleton, PA.
Rev. Bernard Murphy officiated [3]

Son of SAMUEL, JOHN S. (ID#: 14:1:1)
Education: Graduate of Hazleton High School, Hazleton, PA. [9]
Military_Service: Retired veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served in World
War II, the Korean Conflict, and Vietnam. [9]
Affiliations: Member of the Fleet Reserve Association, Washington, DC [9]
Died: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Plains Twp. [9]
Buried: From The Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home, 64 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre, PA. [9]

Wife of JOHN S., IRENE
Parents: Fred and Victoria Strenk [6]

The Descendants ofSamuel Mock Mumaw and Elizabeth Wersinger

MUMAW, John S.
MUMAW, Jane b. 05 May 1949 [41] m. WHITE, ?
resided in Tacona, WA
MUMAW, Nancy b. 01 Sep 1950 [41] m. COYER, ?
resided: Tulsa, OK
MUMAW, John M. b. 22 Aug 1954 [41] resided: San Diego, CA
MUMAW, Charles B. b. 09 Nov 1957 [41] resided: San Diego, CA
Standard-Sentinel, Hazleton, PA, Saturday November 8, 1930
Samuel Mock Mumaw

Samuel Mock Mumaw, aged 28 years, of 17 Elm street, died at the State
Hospital last evening at 6:10 from a heart condition from which he had been
ailing for the past seven weeks. The deceased had been a patient at the
State Hospital for three weeks for treatment.

Mr. Mumaw as an estimable citizen in this community, having been an active
worker at St. John's P.M.Church. He had been employed as conductor for the
Lehigh Traction Company for the past eight years and enjoyed a large circle
of friends.

Mr. Mumaw was a member of St. John's P.M. church and was affiliated with the
Volunteer Bible Class of that congregation. He was also affiliated with
Hazleton Council, No. 258, O.of I. A.

He is survived by his wife and one son, John. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Mumaw, and the following brothers and sisters, all of Conyngham,
also survive; Paul, William, and Emily, and one brother, John, of this city,
also survives.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Standard-Sentinel, Hazleton, PA, November 12, 1930
Samuel M. Mumaw

The funeral of Samuel M. Mumaw, of 17 East Elm street, was conducted at 2:30
yesterday. Services were held in St. John's P.M. church, the pastor, Rev.
William H. Russell, officiating. A chorus from the Volunteer Men's Bible
Class, of St. John's Sunday School, of which Mr. Mumaw was an active member
sang, "Lead Kindly Light" and "It Is Well With My Soul". Interment was made
in the Vine street cemetery. The pall bearers were: Howard Cressman and
Thomas Hawke, representing the Volunteer Bible Class; William H. Boyer and
Melvin Paisley, representing Council No. 258, I.O. of A. and Morton Bray and
Arthur Zerfoss from the Lehigh Traction Company where Mr. Mumaw was
employed.

Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PA, Monday, February 26, 1990
ELIZABETH C. MUMAW

Elizabeth C. Mumaw, 90, of 70 W. Juniper St., Hazleton, died Sunday
afternoon at the Mountain City Convalescent Center where she had been a
guest for one month.

She was born in Junedale, daughter of the late John and Anna (Jacobs)
Wersinger.

She was a member of St. John's Primitive Methodist Church, Hazleton, and the
Hazleton Senior Citizens.

She was a retired employee of the City of Hazleton.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Samuel Mumaw; son, John, and
brothers and sisters, John and Michael Heck, Mrs. Norbert Corrigan, Mrs.
Hannah Gallagher, Joseph, James and Robert Wersinger and Mrs. Agnes
Dobrinsky.

Surviving are a sister, Rose Leist, Levittown; a number of grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.

Memorial funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday from the
Rosenstock Funeral Home, 229 W. Broad St., Hazleton, with the Rev. Bernard
Murphy, pastor of St. John's Primitive Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in Vine Street Cemetery, Hazleton.

No viewing is scheduled.

Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PA, Saturday, February 13, 1988
JOHN MUMAW

John S. Mumaw, of R.D. 1, Drums, died on Thursday in the Veterans
Administration Medical Center, Plains Township, following an illness.

Born in Hazleton, he was a son of Elizabeth (Wersinger) Mumaw, Hazleton, and
the late Samuel Mumaw.

He was a graduate of Hazleton High School, and a retired veteran of the U.S.
Navy, having served in World War II, the Korean Conflict, and Vietnam.

He previously resided in Spring Valley, Calif., serving his entire career in
the Pacific Theater of Operations, and was a member of the Fleet Reserve
Associatin, headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife, the former Irene Strenk,
Drums; two sons, John M. and Charles P., both of San Diego; two daughters,
Jane White, Tacona, Wash., and Nancy Coyer, Tulsa, Okla.

Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family.

There will be no calling hours.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Harold C. Snowdon Funeral
Home, 64 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre.

Name Born Died Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Request
ELIZABETH MUMAW 8 Nov 1899 25 Feb 1990 18201 Hazleton, Luzerne, PA
193-28-3076 PA (1952 And 1954)

![1] Personal interview of Emily Amelia Mumaw Cawley, Box 116 R.D. #1, White
Haven, PA 18661, ca. 1976, by Jean Cawley Corazza.

[2] Obituary of Samuel Mock Mumaw, Standard-Sentinel (Hazleton, PA)
08 Nov 1930, morning ed.: 21; photocopy of newspaper clipping in
possession of compiler.

[3] Obituary of Elizabeth C. Mumaw, Hazleton_Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, PA)
26 Feb 1990: 2; newspaper clipping in possession of compiler.

[4] Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910; Conyngham Borough,
Sugarloaf Twp., Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, enum. district 117, sheet 3-A,
line 29; National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 1370;
transcribed copy in possession of compiler.

[5] Letter from Elizabeth Mumaw, 70 W. Juniper Street, Hazleton, PA 18201,
30 Aug 1979, to Jean Cawley Corazza; original in possession of compiler.

[6] Letter from Elizabeth Mumaw, 70 W. Juniper Street, Hazleton, PA 18201,
27 Jun 1984, to Jean Cawley Corazza; original in possession of compiler.

[7] Grave marker of Samuel C. and Elizabeth C. Mumaw, Vine Street Cemetery,
Hazleton, PA; photograph in possession of compiler.

[8] Letter from William J. Wersinger, 607 Ilse Drive, Newark, DE 19713, 16
Dec 1997, to Jean Cawley Corazza; original in possession of compiler.

[9] Obituary of John S. Mumaw, Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, PA) 13 Feb 1988:
2; newspaper clipping in possession of compiler.