Joseph Mumford

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Doraville Whitney was the first Black settler in Isabella County in 1860. The first documentation of an African-American settler in Mecosta County Michigan was James Guy. His deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He obtained 160 acres in Wheatland Township on May 30, 1861. Lloyd & Margaret Guy were the first Black settlers in Montcalm County in 1861. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each settler 160 acres in Michigan. By 1873 African-Americans owned 1,392 acres in the three counties of Isabella, Mecosta and Montcalm. In the 1860's most of the land in Remus was owned by the Old Settlers.

Joseph Mumford

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Back: Harry Norman & Charles Mumford


Joseph Mumford	Charles Mumford

David & Mary Jane (Harper) Lett

Lula Mumford's Parents

Lula (Lett) Mumford

PICTURE COURTESY OF DEONNA (TODD) GREEN

Ira Myers

Bernice Mumford, Alta (Mumford) Mathews,

Stella "Dottie" (Mumford) Brown,

&Basil Mumford

Joseph D. Mumford was born in the Chesterfield District of South Carolina on May 14, 1841. He was a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio. He met and married Addie Dickens on September 31, 1871. He taught school for 30 years in Kentucky. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church and Superintendent of Sunday School for a number of years. Joseph and Addie had five children: Charles, James, Mary, Joseph D., and William.

Charles Mumford lived in Portland, Oregon and died in 1934. James Mumford, no information submitted. Joseph D. Mumford married Lula Lett. They lived in the Remus area. He passed away August 22, 1932. To this union five children were born: Bernice, Alta, Stella, Basil and Wayne.


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There are "Old Settlers" who came from Canada via "The Underground Railroad." It was the most dramatic nonviolent protest against slavery in the United States that began in the Colonial Era and reached its peak between 1830 and 1865. An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 slaves used the "railroad" to get to Canada; many others escaped to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe.