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William B. Gum (Owsley County, Kentucky, coal miner and farmer.)

b. 1821-07-23 d. 1897-05-09

Owsley County, Kentucky, coal miner and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucinda Benton. Father of Mily Gum, Michael Gum, John Gum, William Gum, Lucinda Gum, Jane Gum, Lewis Gum, Buckhanan Gum, Abraham Gum and Filmore G. Gum. Coal miner in Owsley County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Owsley County in 1850. Farmer in Owsley County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 310A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 139.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 387.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 24055.

"William Buck Gum (23 Jul 1821-9 May 1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 127829284, accessed January 17, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127829284.

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Gum, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281462 (November 12, 2026).

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