Ancestry of Dale Bumpers, Governor of Arkansas 1971-1975

Ancestry of Dale Bumpers, Governor of Arkansas 1971-1975
This Knol should be cited as ' "Ancestry of Dale Bumpers, Governor of Arkansas 1971-1975", by Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com at knol.google.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

This Knol is part of my series "Celebrity Family Trees"

1 Dale Leon Bumpers

Dale Leon Bumpers, one-time Governor of Arkansas was born 12 Aug 1925 in Franklin County, Arkansas, possibly in or near Charleston as many websites state.  He was the son of William Rufus Bumpers and his wife Lattie Jones both natives of Arkansas.  Dale had two older siblings: Margaret born 1916/7 and William Carroll Bumpers born 17 Nov 1921.  (William died 13 Apr 2009 in Phoenix.)

2 William Rufus Bumpers

William Rufus Bumpers was born 9 Mar 1887 "near Cecil" in Franklin County, Arkansas as he states on his World War I Draft Registration Card, then living in Grover Township, Franklin County.  On 18 Feb 1912 in Franklin County he married Lattie Jones.

Sources for 2

• Franklin County, Arkansas "Marriages of Franklin County, Arkansas 1850-1916", compiled by Virginia McPhail : "W R Bumpers [age] 24 to Lattie Jones [age] 22, 18 Feb 1912 Franklin County" (Charleston Courthouse)
  
• "William Rufus Bumpers", World War I Draft Registration Card (1917), then living in Grover Township, married with a baby, red hair, blue eyes
  

3 Lattie Jones

Sources for 3

• Franklin County, Arkansas "Marriages of Franklin County, Arkansas 1850-1916", compiled by Virginia McPhail : "W R Bumpers [age] 24 to Lattie Jones [age] 22, 18 Feb 1912 Franklin County" (Charleston Courthouse)
  
• "William Rufus Bumpers", World War I Draft Registration Card (1917), then living in Grover Township, married with a baby, red hair, blue eyes
  

4 Rufus C Bumpers

5 Martha Elizabeth Volentine

6 William M Jones

7 Eliza

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