I. Jacob Bumgardner, b. Feb. 8, 1769, and died Aug. 25th, 1859. He m., June 28, 1785, Mary Waddle, daughter of John and Mary Waddle, a family from Saxe-Weimer, Switzerland, who owned the present Bumgardner home and who gave the land for Bethel Church. Ten children:
1. Christian, b. 1786. Em. to Kentucky. A son, Anthony Wayne.
2. Polly, m. Jacob Kunkle, of Augusta.
3. Jacob, ensign to Capt. Samuel Steele, War 1812. Emigrated to Kentucky. Son, Jacob.
4. David; d. s.
5. William, Em. to Kentucky.
6. John, m. Jane Clarke, of Staunton.
7. Betty, m. Abel Gibbons. Lived near Bethel.
8. Sarah, m. Alexander McGilvray. Died in Greenville. Twelve children, the late Rev. William McGilvray, of Eichmond, and Sarah, wife of J. Alexander Bumgarder, of Bethel.
9. James, m. Malinda McCorkle, of Rockbridge County. He is mentioned in Waddell, p. 433. "A meeting was held at Greenville June 11, 1836, to attempt to raise a company of militia to engage in war against the Creek Indians, which was called to order by James Bumgardner." Five children—
(1). Col. William Bumgardner, m. Pocahontas Happer. Three children.
(2) . Jacob Alexander Bumgardner, m. Sarah McGilvray. Five children living, viz: Eugenia, single; Malinda, m. Charles Berkeley and has four children; Edwin, m. Janie T. McClure; Tillie, m. James M. Lilley; Alexander.
(3). Mary, m., Dec. 27, 1863, Capt. James Bumgardner. Six children living.
(4). Eugenia, m. Archibald Alexander Sproul.
(5). Betty, m. the late Livingston Murphy, M. D., for many years the distinguished Superintendent of the Morgantown Asylum, Morgantown, N. C. Three children, viz: Mary, Dr. Alexander Murphy, of Goldsboro, N. C., and Dr. James Murphy, of New York.
