Olive (Grim) Mumaw of Edinburg
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Title
Olive (Grim) Mumaw of Edinburg
Subject
Mumaw, Olive Mae (Grim) (1927-1988)
Description
Portrait of Olive Mae (Grim) Mumaw as a young woman.
Olive graduated from Edinburg High School. Her parents were Harry Edward (1893-1953) and Elsie M. (Coffman) (1892-1971) Grim. In 1930, she was the youngest of four children and her father farmed. Her younger sister, Margaret was born a year or so later.
In January 1948, she married Floyd Eugene Mumaw (1927-1973), born in Columbia Furnace to David L. (1895-1952) and Lena Victoria (Linaweaver) (1904-1993) Mumaw. Floyd had served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947.
The couple began their marriage in Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a town along the Ohio River about 18 miles northwest of Pittsburg. There, Olive looked after their young son, Daryl Eugene, while her husband worked as a “welded tube tester helper” in a steel mill.
By the early fifties, the family had moved back to the Edinburg area of Shenandoah County where two additional children, Carolyn Sue and Vickie Lynn Mumaw, were born. Floyd worked for a textile company when he died in his forties.
Olive graduated from Edinburg High School. Her parents were Harry Edward (1893-1953) and Elsie M. (Coffman) (1892-1971) Grim. In 1930, she was the youngest of four children and her father farmed. Her younger sister, Margaret was born a year or so later.
In January 1948, she married Floyd Eugene Mumaw (1927-1973), born in Columbia Furnace to David L. (1895-1952) and Lena Victoria (Linaweaver) (1904-1993) Mumaw. Floyd had served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947.
The couple began their marriage in Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a town along the Ohio River about 18 miles northwest of Pittsburg. There, Olive looked after their young son, Daryl Eugene, while her husband worked as a “welded tube tester helper” in a steel mill.
By the early fifties, the family had moved back to the Edinburg area of Shenandoah County where two additional children, Carolyn Sue and Vickie Lynn Mumaw, were born. Floyd worked for a textile company when he died in his forties.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by Richard Tisinger, who went to high school with the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
002751
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Olive (Grim) Mumaw of Edinburg,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 30, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/28177.
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