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          Dow Crismon, son of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born circa 1870.¹

          John W. Crismon, son of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born on 7 December 1870 in Maries County, Missouri.¹
     John died on 17 April 1871 in Missouri at age 0.² He was buried in Crismon Cemetery in Vienna, Maries County, Missouri.²

          Nora A. Crismon, daughter of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born on 25 March 1871 in Maries County, Missouri.¹

          Amanda Augusta Crismon, daughter of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born on 26 March 1874 in Maries County, Missouri.¹

          Leoneadas Crismon, daughter of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born on 31 March 1876 in Maries County, Missouri.^1,2
     Leoneadas died on 8 February 1879 in Missouri at age 2.² She was buried in Crismon Cemetery in Vienna, Maries County, Missouri.²

          Margaret Elsie Crismon, daughter of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born in 1878 in Maries County, Missouri.¹

          Mary Crismon, daughter of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born circa 1880 in Maries County, Missouri.¹

          Monroe M. Crismon, son of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born on 3 May 1889 in Maries County, Missouri.¹
     Monroe married Matilda Edith Freeze, daughter of Louis E. Freeze and Ollie M. Martin, circa 1925.^2,3

          Gilbert Crismon, son of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born in 1902 in Pulaski County, Missouri.¹

          (?) Crismon, son of Gilbert Crismon and Myra Lea "Ann" Eads, was born in 1903 in Pulaski County, Missouri.¹

      Mt. Sterling Cemetery (Mt. Sterling, MO) was also known as Bumpass (Mt. Sterling, MO).¹
     Mt. Sterling Cemetery (Mt. Sterling, MO) is located in Mt. Sterling, Gasconade County, Missouri; located in section 19, township 43 north, range 6 west. It has a rock wall all around it, 4 feet high and 2 feet thick.
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Hannah Eads.^2,1

William Weldon Bumpass.²

          William Weldon Bumpass was born on 7 January 1800 in Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia.² Conflicting evidence placed his birth on July 14 1795 (Eads Family RootsWeb WorldConnect internet site).¹
     William (his first marriage) married Leanah (?) (her first marriage), daughter of Hannah Eads, in 1820 at Virginia.² His wife, Leanah (?), died circa 1825.²
     William Weldon was met as a member of the Gasconade County court at the house of Isaac Perkins on 9 June 1825 at Gasconade County, Missouri.³
     William Weldon was met as a member of the Gasconade County court on 4 July 1825 at Missouri.³
     William Weldon was met as a member of the Gasconade County court on 6 October 1825 at Missouri.³
     William (his second marriage) married Hannah Eads, daughter of John Eads and Nancy Simpson, circa 1826 at Maries County, Missouri.^1,2
     William Weldon was met as a member of the Gasconade County court on 8 June 1826.³
     William Weldon was met as a member of the Gasconade County court on 5 February 1827 at Missouri.³
     William Weldon was met as a member of the Gasconade County court on 6 August 1827 at Missouri.³
     William Weldon was met as a member of the Gasconade County court at the house of David Waldo on 5 May 1828 at Missouri.³
     William Weldon Bumpass met as a member of the Gasconade County court. William was appointed commissioner of the courthouse and jail, and he was ordered to give a credit of six and twelve months for purchasers of lots in Mount Sterling. on 2 November 1829 at the house of David Waldo, Gasconade County, Missouri.⁴
     William Weldon Bumpass met as a member of the Gasconade County court and ordered the superintendent of the courthouse in Gasconade County to have the courthouse built in Mount Sterling on 1 February 1830 at Mt. Sterling, Gasconade County, Missouri.⁴
     William Weldon was county treasurer in 1836 at Missouri.⁵
     William Weldon was the County Court Clerk in 1836 at Missouri.⁶
     William Weldon was the Public Administrator in 1836 at Missouri.⁵
     William Weldon was county assessor in 1842 at Missouri.⁵
     William Weldon Bumpass received a land grant, issued under April 24, 1820 Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566) on 15 January 1856 at Missouri. The land was described as 40 acres in NENE part of section 19, township 39N, range 10W.⁷
     William Weldon was Public Administrator from 1860 to 1865 at Missouri.⁵ His wife, Hannah Eads, died on 18 September 1872.¹
     William died on 20 January 1879 in Missouri at age 79.² He was buried in Missouri.¹
     He was a lawyer, surveyor and the first Treasurer of Gasconade County, Missouri.⁸

      Francis Ulyssis Bumpass was also known as Francis F..      Francis Ulyssis Bumpass, son of William Weldon Bumpass and Leanah (?), was born circa 1822 in Osage County, Missouri.^1,2
     Francis Ulyssis was county surveyor in 1840 at Gasconade County, Missouri.³
     Francis married Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Thomas Miller and Altha Sherril, circa 1844.²
     Francis Ulyssis Bumpass received a land grant, issued under April 24, 1820 Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566) on 1 January 1846 at Missouri. The land was described as 54.41 acres in E1/2 2NW of section 5, township 41N, range 5W.⁴
     Francis is a head of household on the 1850 U. S. Census for Crawford Township, Osage County, Missouri.⁵
     Francis Ulyssis Bumpass received a land grant, issued under April 24, 1820 Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566) on 15 April 1853 at Missouri. The land was described as 41.4 acres in 2SE part of section 28, township 43N, range 7W.⁶
     Francis died circa 1870 in Missouri.²

          Sally Sarah Bumpass, daughter of William Weldon Bumpass and Leanah (?), was born on 13 January 1825 in Gasconade County, Missouri.¹
     Sally married James Jared Branson, son of John Jefferson Branson and Sarah M. "Sally" Dillard, on 14 December 1825 at Missouri.¹
     Based on age, Sally Sarah Bumpass was probably listed on the 1840 U.S. Census at Missouri as a free white female, twenty and under thirty years old and residing with James Jared Branson.
     Sally died on 15 June 1907 in Maries County, Missouri, at age 82.²

          Doctor Benjamin F. Bumpass, son of William Weldon Bumpass and Hannah Eads, was born on 3 September 1828 in Gasconade County, Missouri.¹
     Benjamin (his first marriage) married Mary W. Weldon (her first marriage), daughter of J. William Weldon and Leanah (?), on 4 November 1852 at Osage County, Missouri.²
     The couple moved to the land on the big Maries later known as the Buschmann place. They made this place their home during the Civil War and until 1868 when they moved several miles up the Maries.²
     Doctor Benjamin F. Bumpass received a land grant, issued under April 24, 1820 Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566) on 10 October 1853 at west of Gasconade River, Osage County, Missouri. The land was described as 82.1 acres contained in NESE and N1/2SE portions of section 26, township 43N, range 7W.³
     Benjamin is a head of household on the 1860 U. S. Census for Jackson Township, Maries County, Missouri.⁴
     Benjamin is a head of household on the 1870 U. S. Census for Miller Township, Maries County, Missouri.⁴ His wife, Mary W. Weldon, died on 17 March 1891 at age 59.⁵
     Benjamin (his second marriage) married Mary C. (?) (her second marriage) on 13 October 1897 at Humanville, Polk County, Missouri.^6,7
     Benjamin died on 12 March 1904 in Maries County, Missouri, at age 75.⁵ He was buried in Bumpass Cemetery in Weldon, Maries County, Missouri.⁵
     He was a prominent early day physician who 'read medicine' under Dr. Rainey. He attended Missouri University after which he began his active practice in 182.²

          Mary Ann Bumpass, daughter of William Weldon Bumpass and Hannah Eads, was born on 4 December 1831 in Gasconade County, Missouri.^1,2
     Mary is a head of household on the 1870 U. S. Census for Miller Township, Maries County, Missouri.³

          William Bumpass, son of William Weldon Bumpass and Hannah Eads, was born in 1834 in Gasconade County, Missouri.¹
     William died before 1916.²

          Hugh Mercer Bumpass, son of William Weldon Bumpass and Hannah Eads, was born on 3 August 1836 in Mt. Sterling, Gasconade County, Missouri.¹

          Nancy Bumpass, daughter of William Weldon Bumpass and Hannah Eads, was born between 1838 and 1842 in Mt. Sterling, Gasconade County, Missouri.¹

     
     Organized at Camp Latta, Napoleon, October to December, 1861. Moved to Camp Chase, Ohio, January 21, 1862, thence ordered to Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 7. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Military District of Cairo, February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1863. Unattached, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1865.¹
     SERVICE.-Investment and capture of Fort Doneison, Tenn., February 12-16, 1862. Expedition toward Purdy and operations about Crump's Landing March 9-14. Battle of Shiloh April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Purdy, thence to Bolivar, and duty there till September. March to Iuka, Miss., September 1-19. Battle of the Hatchie or Metamora October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad, November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Reconnoissance from LaGrange November 8-9, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 20, 1863, thence to Lake Providence, La., February 22. Moved to Milliken's Bend April 10. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Forty Hills and Hankinson's Ferry May 3-4. Battle of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4, and duty there till February, 1864. Expedition to Monroe, La., August 20-September 2, 1863. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864. Morton February 10. Veterans absent on Furlough February 20-May 8. Moved to Cairo, Ill., May 7-8, thence to Clifton, Tenn., and march via Pulaski, Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., to Rome and Ackworth, Ga., May 12-June 9. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 9-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Howell's Ferry July 5. Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Jonesboro September 5. Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S. C., January 14. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 2. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9. Orangeburg, North Edisto River, February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 1, and duty there till July. Mustered out July 10, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 249 Enlisted men by disease. Total 300.¹

     
     Regiment organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered in May 12, 1864. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 13. Assigned to 1st Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1864. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., Headquarters at Fort Reno, till June 8. Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 8-12. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James. Reconnoissance on the Petersburg & Richmond Railroad June 14-15. Skirmish on Petersburg and Richmond Turnpike June 15-16. Moved to Wilson's Landing June 16. Fatigue duty building Fort Pocahontas and scouting on west side of the James River till August. Ordered to Columbus, Ohio, August 29, and mustered out September 10, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 29 Enlisted men by disease.¹

          Meron Caldwell was born circa 1805 in Kentucky.²
     Meron married John Simpson Eads, son of John Eads and Nancy Simpson, on 19 July 1827 at Gasconade County, Missouri.^2,3 Meron Caldwell and John Simpson Eads moved circa 1846 to Navarro County, Texas.²

          Nancy C. Eads, daughter of John Simpson Eads and Meron Caldwell, was born circa 1842 in Missouri.¹

          Mary R. Eads, daughter of John Simpson Eads and Meron Caldwell, was born circa 1844 in Texas.¹