John Cullumber junior
Cullember-Cullumber
Colember-Culumber

John Cullumber son of John Cullumber

    John Cullumber, son of John Cullumber and Martha Forguson, was born ca. 1828, as he died 13 September 1893, aged 65 years.  He is buried beside his wife, Drusilla, in Upper Mound Cemetery, McDonough County, Illinois.(1)  John married 8 March 1849, in Madison County, Ohio, by George J. Archer, Drusilla Anderson.(2) Drusilla was born ca. 3 July 1831, as she died 6 April 1890, aged 58 years 9 months 3 days. Her tombstone reads: Wife of John.(3)

    The Will of John Cullumber: Dated 25 April 1893, John Cullumber of New Philadelphia, McDonough County, Illinois, devised the following: to his daughter Mary L. Lemaster, $1000 less 1/3 of the expenses of the estate; to his two daughters, Margaret N. Cullumber and Sciota Cullumber, equal shares of the residue.  Margaret was appointed executrix. The will was proven in probate court session, October 1893.  The witnesses stated that John died 13 September 1893.(4) The will proves that Mary Louise Cullumber, Margaret Nancy Cullumber, and Sciota Cullumber were his daughters. 
    Although Francis Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cullumber was the daughter of John and Drusilla, she is not mentioned in the will. This would be natural if she had previously died without children, which appears to have been the case. Elizabeth Cullumber married 26 September 1877, Fulton County, Illinois, James F. Lamaster, aged 28, of McDonough County, Illinois.(5)  She appeared with him in the 1880 census, where her first name is given as Lizzie.(6) Unfortunately, she died shortly after that. There is a tombstone in the Upper Mound Township Cemetery which reads, Elizabeth LeMaster, wife of J. F., died 28 October 1881, aged 24 years, 6 months, 26 days.(7) James F. LeMaster, her widowed spouse, lived with Elizabeth’s family after her death.  He was a widowed man living with John Cullumber in 1890,(8) and with William and Sciota (Cullumber) Hammer in California in 1900,(9) and Sciota (Cullumber) Hammer, in California in 1910.(10) In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Margaret Cullumber was listed as the sister of Sciota, and James LeMaster was listed as a brother-in-law. The statement that James was a widowed brother-in-law strongly implies that his deceased wife, Elizabeth Cullumber, was the sister of Sciota and Margaret. 
    24 March 1892,  Macomb (Illinois) Journal , in “New Philadelphia news”: Dr. J.B. LaMatty had a run away horse last Saturday night. In the dark it ran into a wagon parked in front of Mr. Columber's house. The horse became frightened and threw the doctor out and ran home.(11)
    The McDonough County Genealogical Society published the school tax lists from 1859.  John Cullumber was a director in Mound Township, the tax payers beside him were Morgan Modesitt, James LeMaster, and (G or D.) LeMaster.(12)
                   
    ∙    1850 Madison County, OH Jefferson Twp, page 264A, line 17, 110/110, NARA M432-706: John Cullumber 22 Farmer $600 OH; Drusilla 19 OH; Mary L 3/12 OH; Tobitha 16 OH. 
    ∙      1850 Agricultural Census of Jefferson Twp, Madison Co, OH shows John Columber, 8 improved acres, 2 horses, 1 milch cow, 6 pigs value $128 52 unimproved acres, value of farm $600, machinery $35
     ∙    1860 McDonough County, IL Mound Twp, handwritten page 76, between handwritten pages 435 and 437, 513/516, NARA M653-201: John Culumber 31 Farmer –/$550 OH; Buzilla 21 OH; Mary 10 OH; Nancy 8 OH; Frances 4 OH.
      ∙    1870 Fulton Co, IL Harris Township, pages 79A-79B,164/164, NARA M593- 223: John Culember 45 Farmer $3,000/1,000 OH; Drusilla 42 OH; Hattie Kayes 5 IL; Margaret 19 OH; Elizabeth 14 IL; Sciota 9 IL. [Margaret is also listed with James Le Master household see Mary Louisa Cullumber.]       
    ∙    1880 Fulton, Illinois, Harris Twp, ED 44, page 5B, line 28, stamped page 218B, 39/39, NARA T9-0207: John Cullember 51 OH KY KY? [Very faint on film but mother’s POB looks like KY. I cannot be sure.] Farmer; Dersila Wife 48 OH OH OH; Margaret Dau F Single 27 OH OH OH; Ciota Dau F Single 18 IL OH OH.
    ∙    1890 U.S. census McDonough County, Illinois, Mound Twp, Village of Grant, Ed 174, page 961, dwelling number 195 family number 195, NARA M407-3: John Cullumber 59 widowed, OH VA OH, retired farmer, was not a veteran of the Civil War; Margaret Cullumber dau 31 OH OH OH Housekeeper; Sciola dau 29 OH OH OH Housework without pay; James F. Lemasters boarder 41 widower IL IN IN, dry goods merchant. Lived in hired house.

http://www.macomb.com/~ilmcdono/1861MilCen/1861MilitaryMound.html
1861 Military Census if Mound Township, McDonough County, Illinoi
CULLUMBER, John
CULLUMBER, William

http://www.macomb.com/~ilmcdono/1862MilCens/1862MilitaryMound.html
McDonough County, Illinois, 1862 Military Census, Mound Township:
1 August 1862, James Manley, Assessor List of able bodied male Citizens of the Town of Walnut Grove and County of McDonough between the ages of Eighteen and forty-five years, taken by ... In pursuance of General Order No. 99 of the War Department and instructions of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
CULUMBER, John - 36, Ohio, Farmer
CULUMBER, William - 33, Ohio, Farmer

Children of John Cullumber and Drusilla Anderson:

1. Mary Louisa Cullumber, 1850-1917 married Joseph Fleming LeMaster. [Brother of James F. LeMaster, who married her sister, Mary Louise.]

2.     Margaret Ann “Nancy” Cullumber was born 11 July 1851, in Ohio, and died 12 February 1927, in Los Angeles, California, buried in Rosedale Cemetery. According to the informant, Mrs. Chas. Anderson, Margaret was the daughter of John Cullumber, born Ohio, and Lucile [sic] Anderson, born Ohio. She was not married.(12)  Her name appears as Margaret, Nancy, Margaret A. and Margaret N. in various censuses. She was living with her sister, Sciota, in the 1900 and the 1910 U.S. censuses.  

    ∙    1920 Los Angeles County, CA Los Angeles ED 457, sh 3A, line 7, 212A, 13/114, 947 Winfield St, NARA T625-115: Margaret Cullumder head 65 single OH OH OH; Lawrence Hammer nephew 20 CA Hanover, Germany IL no occupation.  Margaret listed her occupation as Executrix of estate. She owns the dwelling she is living in. Two other families are in the building and paying rent.

3.     Francis Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cullumber, born in Ohio, ca. 1 April 1857, as she died 28 October 1881, aged 24 years, 6 months, 28 days, in New Philadelphia, Illinois.(13)  She was  buried in Upper Mound Township. The tombstone has her name as Elizabeth LeMaster and reads: wife of J. F. Her age on the tombstone at her death was 24 years, 6 months and 26 days, so her birth date could have been 3 April 1857.(14)
    James F. LeMaster married (first) 9 September 1870 McDonough County, Illinois, Jane A. Sheets.(15)  Jane A. Sheets was born ca. 8 September 1847, as she died 17 March 1874, aged 25 years 6 months 9 days, buried Upper Mound Township.(16)  James F. LeMaster, aged 28, of McDonough County, Illinois, married (second) 26 September 1877, Fulton County, Illinois, Elizabeth Cullumber.  They were married by B. F. Tallman, Minister in the M. E. Church.(17) The boy, Ellis, aged 9, with them in the 1880 census,(18) was born while James was married to Jane.  James F. LeMaster, Lizzie’s widowed spouse, lived with the Cullumber family after her death.  He was a widowed man living with John Cullumber in 1890,(19) and with William and Sciota (Cullumber) Hammer in California in 1900,(20) and with Sciota (Cullumber) Hammer, in California in 1910.(21)
    In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Margaret Cullumber was listed as the sister of Sciota, and James LeMaster was listed as a brother-in-law.  He was not in the 1920 census with Margaret, so he may have died between 1910 and 1920. There are two James LeMaster entries in the California Death index.  James LeMaster age 63, died 30 January 1913, no. 1895, county no. 70.  James LeMaster died age 67, co. 70, 22 July 1913, no. (22193, not clear in the online index.). The first one has the right age but is not the right one.  See record.   
            Elizabeth died so young that she did not leave a lot of references.  But her name is Elizabeth on her marriage record and her tombstone.  In the 1860 census, she appears to be the child named Frances, aged 4, in her father’s household.(22) In the 1870 census, she appears to be the person named Lizzie in her father’s household.(23) Consequently, her name was probably Elizabeth Francis Cullumber, but her nickname was Lizzie.  Her niece, the daughter of her sister, Mary Louisa, was named Lizzie Francis Le Master. This sounds as if Lizzie Frances Le Master was named after her mother’s sister because she had died.  However, her exact name as Elizabeth Francis Cullumber does not appear anywhere.   
            In the back of the cemetery book, there is a set of information with no sources. It contains numerous errors. The article purports to be about the person who married Jane Sheets and Elizabeth Cullumber, but his name was given as Joseph F. LeMaster, not James F. LeMaster. However, much of the information it gives appears to refer to James.  It says that he had two children by his marriage to Jane, Ellis and John Everett, but had no children with Elizabeth. He was born in Sangomon County, Illinois, the son of Joseph and Sarah (Yocum) LeMaster, the family moving to [McDonough] County in 1863. He farmed until his father’s death in 1876 and then he took over the father’s store.(24) In the 1890 Census with the Cullumber family, James is a merchant with a grocery store in New Philadelphia. However, the rest of the information is not substantiated.  The items in this article are so scrambled that the article should be used only as a suggestion for further research.

        •    1880 McDonough County, IL Mound Township, Village of Grant better knows as New Philadelphia, ED 165, page 24D, stamped page 491D, line 26, 222/222, NARA T9-0228:  James F. LeMaster 31 married IL IN IN Dry Goods Clerk; Elizabeth 22 wife OH OH OH; Ellis 9 son IL IL OH.

4.     Sciota Cullumber, born 24 July 1861, Illinois, died 26 March 1915, Los Angeles, California. The informant was her sister, Margaret Cullumber, who stated that Sciota was the daughter of John Cullumber and Drusilla Anderson, both born Ohio. Sciota died at 947 Winfield, which was her home. She was a widow. She was buried in Rosedale Cemetery.(25) Sciota married 26 October 1896, Los Angeles County, California, William George Hammer.(26) William A. G. Hammer was born 27 September 1860, in Germany, and died 30 January 1906, in Los Angeles, California, buried Rosedale Cemetery. The informant, Mrs. Sciota Hammer, stated that she was his widow. He was a merchant. His parents were H. W. Hammer, and Emma Pokle, both born Germany. The doctor gave the cause of death as a fatty degeneration of the heart complicated by erysipelas of scalp and face.(27) Erysipelas was a common disease a the turn of the century. It is a type of strep infection affecting the skin. It was one of many illnesses that were often fatal before the discovery of antibiotics.
.         1901 Los Angeles City Directory, page 394: Wm A. Hammer grocer, res. 947 W. 12th
        page 529: James F. Lemaster, bds 947 W. 12th, page 246 Miss Marguerite Cullunder bds 947 W. 12th.
        Ergo the William A. Is the right person. 
        1930 Los Angeles City Directory, no L~ Hammer
    ∙    1900 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Ward 4, ED 41, sh 13A, line 13, NARA T623-89: William Hammer Sept 1861 married 4 years, Germany Germany Germany Groceryman Came to US 1890, Alien; Sciota wife July 1861 1/1 children IL OH OH; Lawrence son July 1899 CA Germany OH; Margaret Cullumber Sister in law July 1851 single IL OH OH; James F. LeMaster brother in law Nov 1850 widowed IN — — retired.
    •    1910 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Township, Precinct 143, Los Angeles, ED 188, Sh 9A, Line 10, page 166A: 202/333, NARA T624-83: Sciota Hammer 48 widow 1/1 ch IL OH OH; Lawrence W. Son 10 CA Ger IL; Margaret Cullumber sister single 53 OH OH OH; James F. Lemaster brother-in-law widowed 60 IN IN IN. All three adults listed “own income” as their occupation.

Child of William A. G. Hammer and Scioto Cullumber.
    1.     Lawrence Hammer, born 30 July 1899, California, died 9 March 1961, Ventura County, California, Mother’s maiden name was given as Cullumta.(28) He was living with his aunt, Margaret Cullumber, in 1920.(29)   

Endnotes:
(1) Duane Lester, Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Volume IX, Mound and New Salem [Townships], (Rushville, Illinois: Schuyler-Brown Historical and Genealogical Society and Schuyler Jail Museum, undated), 15.
(2) Madison County, Ohio marriage book A: 410, probate court, London, Ohio.
(3) Duane Lester, Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Volume IX, Mound and New Salem [Townships], (Rushville, Illinois: Schuyler-Brown Historical and Genealogical Society and Schuyler Jail Museum, undated), 15.
(4) McDonough County will book D: 20, Probate Clerk, Macomb, Illinois.
(5)  Fulton County marriage book E: 65, no. 243, County Clerk’s Office, Lewistown, Illinois.
(6) James F. LeMaster household, 1880 U.S. census, McDonough County, Illinois, Mound Township,  page 491D, NARA microfilm T-9 roll 0228.
(7) Duane Lester, Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Volume IX, Mound and New Salem [Townships], (Rushville, Illinois: Schuyler-Brown Historical and Genealogical Society and Schuyler Jail Museum, undated), 17.
(8) John Cullumber household, 1890 U.S. census, population schedule, McDonough County, Illinois, Mound Township, Village of Grant, ED 174, page 961, dwelling number 195, family number 195, NARA M407-3.
(9) William Hammer household, 1900 U.S. census Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles, Ward 4, NARA microfilm T623, roll 89, ED 41, sheet 13A, line 13. 
(10)Sciota Hammer household, 1910 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles Township, Precinct 143, ED 188, sheet 9A, line 10, page 166A, dwelling number 202, family number 333, NARA microfilm T624-83. 
(11) “24 March 1892,  Macomb (Illinois) Journal,” McDonough County Genealogy Society Newsletter, (1993), page 783.
(12)  Margaret Ann Cullumber death certificate no. 1817 (1927), County Health Department, Los Angeles County, California. [Transcription sent by lookup request]
(13) Frances Elizabeth Lemaster entry, McDonough County death record no. 562 (1881), County Clerk, Macomb, Illinois.
(14) Duane Lester, Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Volume IX, Mound and New Salem [Townships], (Rushville, Illinois: Schuyler-Brown Historical and Genealogical Society and Schuyler Jail Museum, undated), 17.
(15) McDonough County marriage no. 4020, County Clerk, Macomb, Illinois.
(16) Duane Lester, Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Volume IX, Mound and New Salem [Townships], Rushville, (Illinois: Schuyler-Brown Historical and Genealogical Society and Schuyler Jail Museum, undated), 17.
(17) Fulton County marriage book E: 65, no. 243, County Clerk, Lewistown, Illinois.
(18) James F. LeMaster household, 1880 U.S. census, McDonough County, Illinois, Mound Township, Village of Grant, better known as New Philadelphia, ED 165, page 24D, stamped page 491D, line 26, 222/222, NARA microfilm T9-0228.
(19) John Cullumber household, 1890 U.S. census, McDonough County, Illinois, population schedule, Mound Township, Village of Grant, enumeration district 174, page 961, dwelling number 195, family number 195, NARA M407-3. . 
(20) William Hammer household, 1900 U.S. census Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles Ward 4, ED 41, sheet 13A, line 13, NARA microfilm T623 roll 89.
(21) Sciota Hammer household, 1910 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles Township, Precinct 143, ED 188, Sheet 9A, line 10, page 166A, dwelling number 202, family number 333, NARA microfilm T624-83.   
(22) John Culumber household, 1860 U.S. census, McDonough County, Illinois, Mound Township, handwritten page 76, between handwritten pages 435 and 437, 513/516, NARA microfilm M653-201. 
(23) John Culember household, 1870 U.S. census, Fulton County, Illinois, Harris Township, pages 79A-79B,164/164, NARA microfilm M593-223.
(24) Duane Lester, Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Volume IX, Mound and New Salem [Townships], (Rushville, Illinois: Schuyler-Brown Historical and Genealogical Society and Schuyler Jail Museum, undated), 22-23.
(25) Sciota Hammer death certificate no. 1601(1915), Los Angeles County Health Department, Los Angeles, California.  
(26) Los Angeles, California Marriage Book 49: 159.
(27) William A. G. Hammer death certificate no. 358 (1906), Los Angeles County Health Department, Los Angeles, California.
(28) Lawrence Hammer entry, California Death Index Online, sites.rootsweb.com.
(29)  Margaret Cullumder household, 1920 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles, ED 457, sheet 3A, line 7, page 212A, 13/114, 947 Winfield St., NARA microfilm T625-115.

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