Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 524-525

 DANIEL R. BUMP, the fourth pioneer who made his way to what is now Lincoln Township, arrived here at a time when buffalo and Indians roamed unrestrained over the country, and has been on many a hunt of the latter. He assisted in determining the township lines and organizing the school districts, and, as a man of more than ordinary intelligence and enterprise, materially assisted in the building up of the township and attracting to it a thrifty and industrious class of people.

             Mr. Bump previous to this time had been a resident of Illinois, carrying on farming in Cook County, and left there in the fall of 1870, making the journey overland to this county, and soon after homesteaded a quarter of section 20 in Lincoln Township. About that time also he took up a tree claim and immediately commenced improving his property, putting up first a log house for the shelter of his family and later setting out a good orchard. In the summer of 1883 the log house gave place to a handsome frame residence, and around it are 240 acres of finely cultivated land stocked with good grades of Durham cattle, draft and work horses, and pure-bred Poland-China hogs. Of the latter, Mr. Bump feeds annually from twenty to forty head.

             Our subject, a native of Cook County, Ill., was born Nov. 7, 1842, and is consequently in the prime of life. He was the fourth child in a family of ten, the offspring of Edwin and Diana (Robinson) Bump, natives of New York State, who came to the West in 1836, when Chicago was an unpretentious town. The grandparents on both sides of the house were all natives of the Empire State, their names being respectively, Jacob and Lydia Bump and Daniel and Hannah Robinson. Grandfather Robinson served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and subsequently drew a pension from the Government.

             The father of our subject upon coming to Illinois settled in Cook County, where he engaged in farming, and where his death took place in 1859. The mother is still surviving, and continues her residence at the old homestead there. Daniel R. was educated in the district schools of his native county, and commenced farming for himself in the Prairie State. He was a youth of nineteen years at the outbreak of the Rebellion, and in September following enlisted in Company F, 8th Illinois Cavalry, and was mustered into service at St. Charles.

He was an active participant in the battles at Williamsburg, Va., was at the siege and capture of Richmond, the fights at Antietam and Malvern Hill, at Gettysburg, and the second battle of Bull Run, besides many other engagements, aggregating about thirty in all.

 Mr. Bump at the expiration of his first term of enlistment veteranized in his old regiment, and subsequently, in the battle at Beverly's Ford, received a gunshot wound in the arm, This necessitated his confinement in the hospital about two months, and practically ended his warfare. After the surrender of Lee, he was mustered out with his comrades at St. Louis, Mo., and received his honorable discharge at Chicago in July, 1865. On account of the exposure in the army he has suffered considerably with rheumatism since the war, although he has been able most of the time to superintend the operations of his farm, and has put in many a day's hard labor.

             Upon retiring from the service, Mr. Bump sought his old haunts in Cook County, Ill., and continued farming there until starting for Southern Kansas. In the meantime he established marital and domestic ties, taking for his wedded wife, on the 28th day of May, 1868, Miss Marian F. Campbell, a native of his own State, and born Jan. 9, 1850. Mrs. Bump was the eldest child in the family of her foster-parents, Job and Rebecca Campbell, by whom she was adopted after the death of her own parents, Henry and Sarah Wells. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. B. commenced housekeeping on a farm in Cook County, and there their two eldest children were born. The household circle was completed by the birth of three sons and two daughters, namely: Harry M., Albert, Minnie D., Effie and Robert D. They all continue in the home nest, and are pursuing their studies in the district school.

             The homestead of our subject is pleasantly situated, about nine miles from Valley Center and about two and one-half miles from the new town of Furley, a station of the Rock Island Road. Mr. Bump, politically, is a warm advocate of Republican principles, although he has very little time to devote to politics. He has served as School Director for a number of terms in his district, and also officiated as Road Overseer. He assisted in organizing the school districts, and has contributed his full quota toward the intellectual and moral welfare of the people. Socially, he belongs to Wichita Post, G.A.R.

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