HUME, David W.

DAVID W. HUME, farmer, P.O. Woodcock, was born in what is now Cambridge Township, this county, June 11, 1819, son of Robert and Jane (Hume) Hume. The former was a native of Scotland, a son of John Hume, and settled in Cambridge Township, this county, in 1797, locating on the farm which he cleared and improved, now owned by our subject and managed by his son Gaylord; the latter was a daughter of John Hume, a native of Ireland, a soldier in the Revolutionary war and an early settler of Westmoreland County, Penn. Our subject has been twice married; by his first wife, Mary A., daughter of Joseph and Ann Liddle, of Trumbull County, Ohio, were ten children: James, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Maria, wife of W.L. Perry; Sophia J., wife of T. Baugher; Calvin K., deceased; D. Wilber; Gaylord. B.; Sabra, deceased; Mertie A., wife of Frank Humes, and two infants, deceased. Mr. Hume’s second marriage was with Lucinda, widow of Thomas Johnson, and daughter of Heman and Mary A. Hayes, early settlers of Cussewago Township, this county. Mr. Hume resided in Cambridge Township till 1883, when he moved to Woodcock. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife of the Baptist Church. In politics he is a Republican.

History of Crawford County PA 1885
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