Allen Cullumber
Cullumber
Columber -
Columbar - Culumber -
Cullember
Allen
Cullumber, son of John Cullumber
Allen Cullumber, son of John Cullumber
and Martha
"Patsy" Forguson, was born ca. 1815, Ohio, died 21 June 1880,
age
65, Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona.(1) Allen married (first) 15 January
1835, in Franklin County, Ohio, Nancy Lilly. They were married by Wm.
Walker, Justice of the Peace. Her name was spelled Lilly in the
marriage record. (3) Nancy Lilly was born 5 November
1812,(3) died ca. 1842, in Texas. She was the daughter of Armiger
Lilley
and Rebecca Hutchison. Allen married (second) ca. 1845, in Texas, Hanna
W. (Matthews) Carter. No record of the marriage was found in
Red
River County where the civil records do not start until 1845. The early
Titus County, Texas records were also destroyed. They were divorced ca.
1856,
Ventura County, California, in his favor. Hannah was born ca.
1811, Alabama, died 16 November 1863, San Juan Bautist, Monterey,
California.
Allen
married (third) 16 December
1867, in San Bernardino,
California, Luraney G. Burnett.(4) [other info no source, Mrs. Luranay
Burnett Connor.] They were divorced 1872, Yavapai County,
Arizona
in her favor. Allen married (fourth) 7 December 1876, in
Yavapai
County, Arizona, Mary B. Ray. Both were residents of Yavapai
County. The marriage was performed by J. A. Merril, Minister of the
Gospel. The witnesses were Alfred Allen and Mrs. A. M. Allen.(5) Mary
was born ca. November 1837, Ohio, died 1 November 1909, Prescott,
Arizona. She was the daughter of Nesbit Ray and Mary Arthur, both born
Pennsylvania.(6) All unfootnoted info about Allen
Cullember, wife and children is from Faye Cullember, or Gerald Zimmer.
No sources were included. San Juan Bautista is now in San
Benito
County. Information sent by Karen
Anderson: her death certificate. Mary
B. Cullumber, Nov. 1, 1909 died in Prescott and buried at Masonic
Cemetery. Informant was Jessie Smith of Globe AZ.
Hannah was married previously to a
Carter ca. 1833.
She had a son named James Evans Carter, born ca. 1834. She married
(third) between 1856 and 1858, Mr. Campbell.
Information sent by Gerald
Zimmer: Allen
Cullumber did a lot of moving; from Ohio he went to Texas where he got
a 3rd class certificate for land too late, immigrants of 320 acres in
Red River County. He was on the survey crew which surveyed
this
land. His 2nd wife was a well educated woman from the
South. Her brother was Gov of Mississippi. Allen
left her
while crossing the plains, taking all her money leaving her with the 2
smallest children. [But note that another source says they were
divorced in Ventura County, California so presumably she
went with
him.] Allen was the first farmer in Ventura County,
California in 1847. He returned to TX in 1849. In 1859 he
went to
the Gadsden Purchase, newly acquired in AZ with his sons.
Some of the above information does not seem to mesh. It was
given
to me without sources. If anyone has any real records of any
of
the above after he left Ohio, I would like to know.
From 1859 Newspaper "Friendly
Christian":
Apaches raid on the Cullumber ranch-- the Indians stole clothing,
blankets & provisions, also killed an ox. Allen wasn't home but
his
two sons were and they escaped to a nearby ranch. In 1862
Allen
brought his children back to CA. Gold was discovered near his
ranch so in 1863 he went back home. He served as Justice of
the
Peace at Walnut Grove, AZ. Sons bought ranches in
AZ. One
was killed by Apaches later on. One ranch was used as a stage
station.
Allen was living in Yavapai County,
Arizona in 1876
according to the voting register which gives the information that he
was aged 61, born Ohio.(7)
Thanks to Valerie Auld for finding his tombstone. Please note
that
this tombstone is not original. It would have been added by
family members much later. It is from http://arizonagravestones.org/view.php?id=11586
This
page has the
following information after the picture of the tombstone:
Allen Cullumber
b. c 1815, Oh.
d. June 21, 1880, Prescott, A.T.
h/o Hannah W. (Matthews) Cullumber
(m) c 1843, Tx.
h/o Mary B. (Ray) Cullumber
(m) Dec. 7, 1876, Prescott, A.T.
settled in Walnut Grove, A.T., 1863
Occ: served in Territorial Legislature
The following two obituaries are courtesy of Karen Anderson.
1880 Obituary: Death of Allen Cullumber.
At 7:30
last evening on June 21st, Hon. Allen Cullumber, an old and respected
citizen of Walnut Grove, in this county, quietly passed from this to
another shore, after having lived a long eventful life on
earth.
Mr. Cullumber was at the time of his death, which was caused from a
general wearing out of the system, 65 years of age, having been born in
the State of Ohio in 1815. At the breaking of the gold fever in
California, Mr. C. was one of the first to emigrate to the land of
gold. He settled near San Buenaventura [in Ventura County] where he
resided with his family
for several years and just twenty two years ago emigrated to Pima
County, Arizona. Early in 1863, he removed to this county,
settled at Walnut Grove where he continued to reside until a few days
since, when he was brought to Prescott for medical aid. But
he
had already passed beyond the help of human hands and the messenger of
death was beckoning him home.
Allen Cullumber was, during life, a man
of
indomitable will and great physical perseverance. For thirty years, he
was one of the hardy pioneers, who acted as a vanguard to mark the
trails through the West for those who might see fit to follow, and was
until a few years since, noted to be a brave sentinel to guard against
surprise from the common enemy and but [few] better rifle shots could
be found in the West.
Mr. C. has been married three
times. He leaves
a wife in Prescott, two daughters in Oregon and two sons in California
to mourn his loss. He served this county in the territorial
Legislature, was a Democrat in politics and belonged to the free
Masons, having joined the order when he was a young man.
Mr. Cullumber has passed from us and the
Territory
has lost one of her oldest and most resolute citizens. Peace to his
ashes.
Obituary: Mrs. Mary B. Cullumber
succumbs to Illness
after Making Brave Battle for Life. Mrs. Mary Cullumber who
two
score years ago was President Taft’s teacher in one of the
Cincinnati public schools, died shortly before midnight lat night at
Mercy Hospital where she has been for several weeks. Death was due to a
complication of diseases. Mrs. Cullumber had been in failing
health for some time and she was unable to see the president when he
paid a visit to Prescott and the chief executive, owing to a lack of
time, was unable to pay a visit to he hospital, although he expressed
an earnest desire to do so. Mrs. Cullumber’s
illness
assumed a critical stage several days ago and her niece, Mrs. C. W.
Shute was summoned to her bedside. She was with her when the end
came. A resident of Prescott since 1875, Mrs. Cullumber was
one
of the pioneer residents of northern Arizona. She taught for
eleven years in the public schools in this city and had previously
taught for twenty-four years in Ohio. She was wedded to Allen
Cullumber, a prominent resident of this county and following her
marriage gave up her vocation as a teacher.....(9)
Texas State Library Titus County Tax
rolls
1846-1888, Reel 1225-01
There is no Cullumber, any variant.
1848, page 4, 1st list: J. C. Carter 313
acres, $225
ditto below blank top line.
1849 J. C. Corder Resident 320 acres
This might be something connected to Hannah.
http://southwest.library.arizona.edu/hav5/body.1_div.1.html
The Fourth Territorial Legislative Assembly convened at Prescott on the
4th day of September, and ended on the 7th day of October, 1867
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Name. Residence. Occupation. Age.
Where
Born.
(Yavapai County)
James S. Giles, Prescott, Farmer, 31 Delaware.
John A. Rush, Prescott, Lawyer, 48 Missouri.
John H. Matthews, Kirkland Valley, Farmer, 47 Alabama.
Edward J. Cook, Prescott, Merchant, 42 Alabama.
Andrew Cullumber, Walnut Grove, Farmer, 52 Ohio [sic, this should be
Allen Cullumber]
Lilley
Bible
Allen, Nancy and Thomas Cullumber, the three
oldest
children of John Cullumber, married children of Armiger Lilley and
Rebecca Hutchinson in Madison County, Ohio.
Armiger Lilley was the son of William
Lilley and
Elizabeth Paulette. William was the son of Edmund and Ann Lilley.
Armiger Lilley was born in Fluvanna County, Virginia. He appears to
have used
the spelling Lilley and Lilly. However, in the 1700s in
Fluvanna
County,
there are a lot of records spelled variously, especially Lilley.
Please note
that Gustav Anjou, who
was perhaps the most famous fraudulent genealogists in the United
States, wrote a fraudulent book on the Lilley family carrying the
family
back to France and then to Sweden. This is all fraudulent.
I have
been to the archives where the information would have been kept.
It is
not there. I believe the Lilley family was from England and the
Paulette
family were French, They were in the James River settlement in
the 1600s.
Someone from Ohio
visited Blanche Cullember,
granddaughter of Thomas Cullumber and left a typewritten copy of an
Armiger bible. Unfortunately, Blanche was not
interested in
genealogy and just threw letters and papers into a box under the bed.
Later on Faye Cullumber took these papers. They mostly had no
dates or information as to who sent the paper. The Armiger Lilley Bible
listed all of his children and their dates of birth. It
appears
to have been from an Oklahoma DAR collection because the statement was
made that the bible was the property of Mrs C E Chamberlin, Pawhuska,
Oklahoma. However, she has been contacted and has no Lilley
connections but she was the Registrar of the Oklahoma DAR for several
years.
I have theorized the bible was inherited
by the
Orohood Family. One of the Lilley children married an Orohood
in
Ohio. There are some additional Orohood records in the bible.
If you have any knowledge of the
whereabouts of this
bible, please contact me. More
on Armiger Lilly Bible
Note from June Byrne
Censuses:
∙ 1830
Arkansas Tax List
1830-1839, Allen Cullember Washington County, 1838, page 5.
∙ 1840
Texas Tax List Index
1840-1849 Red River County Allen Cullumber.
•
1846 Texas Tax List Index
1840-1849 Upshur County A. Cullember(10)
∙ 1850
Titus County, TX M432 roll
915, page 119A, line 22: Allan Columbo 35 $760 OH; Hannah 37 AL; Emily
14 OH; Marion 13 IA; John 11 AR; Elizabeth 10 TX; Matthew 8 TX; Samuel
7 TX; William 4 TX; Martha 4/12 TX; James Carter 16 AL.
•
1860 Arizona County, New
Mexico Territory San Pedro Settlement, page 25, line 1: 231/244: Allen
Columber 45 farmer –/$600 OH; Mathew 18 TX; Sam T. 15
TX; Henry Schumaker 33 farmer –$200 NY
∙ 1864
Arizona Territory, San
Pedro Settlement page 25 on disk as New Mexico there are several of
them.
∙ 1864
Arizona Territorial Census,
Arizona County, 3rd Judicial District, page 107
∙ AZ 1866
Territorial Census Index
A. Cullember, Yavapai County AZ 144 Walnut Grove
AZ 1866
Territorial Census Index,
John Cullember Yavapai County AZ 144 Walnut Grove
AZ 1866
Territorial Census Index
1866 R. Cullember. Yavapai County AZ 144 Walnut
Grove [This
is probably an A misread]
AZ 1866
Territorial Census Index
1866 S. T. Cullember Yavapai County AZ 144 Walnut Grove
•
1870 Yavapai County, AZ
Walnut Grove page 109A, line 3, 8/--: A. Cullember 54 farmer Ohio; L.
G. 50 PA. Next dwelling/family S. N. Burnett 19 male TX farmer; JP male
14 CA farmer; JA female 7 CA.
∙ 1880
District 21, Yavapai,
Arizona National Archives Film T9-0037 Page 411B, ED 21, sh 6.
28/32: Allen Columbur 67 OH Farmer Fa: unk Mo: unk; Mary
Columbur
Wife W 40 OH Keeping House Fa: unk Mo: unk [Note: He was deceased
before the census was taken, but census rules said to include anyone
living in the household.]
Children of Allen Cullumber
Endnotes:
(1) Allen Cullumber
obituary, 1880,
exact date and newspaper unknown. Clipping file of Sharlot Hall Museum,
Prescott, Arizona.
(2) Franklin County
Marriage Book
3:98, Probate Court, Columbus, Ohio.
(3) Bible records for
Armiger Lilley
family, original owned by Mrs C E Chamberlin, Pawhuska, OK, copy sent
by Faye Cullumber. There is supposed to be a copy of this bible in a
DAR book. I have not been able to find it. Mrs. Chamberlin
was a
DAR register and no Lilley relation.
(4) Marriage Book A: 204,
filed and
recorded 25 January 1872, County Clerk, San Bernardino County,
California. FHL 1290189
(5) Yavapai County
Marriage Book A:
51, Clerk of the Court, Prescott, Arizona.
(6) Mary B.
Cullumber death
certificate no. 437 (1909), Arizona Territorial Board of Health,
(7) Dora M. Whiteside, Arizona
Territorial Great Register of 1876, Yavapai County, Arizona,
(Salt Lake
City, Utah: privately published, 1987). Page number not included with
photocopy sent by Karen Anderson.
(8) Allen Cullumber
obituary, Daily
Miner [Prescott, Arizona], 22 June 1880. Sent by
Sharlot
Hall
Museum, Prescott, Arizona.
(9) Mrs. Mary B.
Cullumber Obituary,
Arizona
Journal-Miner(Prescott,
Arizona), 2 November 1909.
(10) Texas Tax
List Index
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