Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Barren County. SAMUEL J. JUMP, a resident of Roseville, was born in Delaware, May 8, 1844. His father, William L. Jump, also a native of Delaware, married Mrs. Sarah A. (Johnson) Stewart, about 1837. She survived her husband many years, he having died in 1850. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he officiated as a minister for thirty years. Mrs. Sarah A. Jump died in August, 1871. She was the mother of one daughter, Nancy, and four sons: Albert, Samuel, Joseph and James. William L. Jump during the latter years of his life (having retired from the ministry) resided on a farm, which he owned. He was of English parentage, and his ancestors were among the first settlers of the infant colonies of America. The maternal grandmother of our subject was Samuel Johnson, who was of Irish lineage, and a veteran of the war of 1776. Samuel J. Jump was six years old when his father died. He continued to reside with his mother for several years. He received a good English education in the schools, graduated in mathematics and became well versed in classical literature. In 1867 he came to Kentucky on a prospecting tour, and soon after formed the acquaintance of Miss Nancy A. Williams, whom he married on the 24th of August 1869. Her parents, Milton R. and Mary (Martin) Williams, are natives of Cumberland Co., Ky., and later, residents of Barren County. Mr. Jump purchased a farm of 170 acres of good land, situated on the waters of Rose Creek, in Roseville District, Barren County. One hundred acres of his farm are under cultivation and well improved. The land is adapted to grass, and is endowed with excellent water privileges, and Mr. Jump is largely connected with the stock trade in connection with farming. He is, in belief, a Presbyterian, though not a member of the church. Mrs. J. is a member of the Christian Church. Politically, Mr. Jump is a Democrat, and has for several years served as a peace officer in his district. He takes an interest in schools and in the education of his seven sons: Ernest, James, Samuel, Thomas, Curtis, Elbert and Sidney. Johnson Jump Martin Williams Stewart = Cumberland DE Roseville-Barren http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/barren/jump.sj.txt