John D. Bumpus is a native of Williamson County, Tenn., born on the 6th of November, 1838. His father, A. A. Bumpus, was born in Person County, N.C., May 8, 1811, and immigrated to Tennessee in 1820. He located in Williamson County and was married at Springhill, Tenn., to Mary J. Potter. Of four sons born to them our subject is the eldest. The mother was born in Maury County, in 1816, and died in 1847. The father took for his second wife Miss E. T. Frazier, and four children blessed their union. A. A. Bumpus was a farmer, and in 1847 located in Madison County, where he now lives. John D. Bumpus, like his father, has been a tiller of the soil through life. He served in the Confederate Army in the Sixth Tennessee Infantry, Manny's Brigade, Cheatham's division and Polk's command. He was captured at Point Rock, Ala., and was under parole for the period of two months. He was then exchanged and again entered the service, joining the Nineteenth Tennessee Cavalry under Col. J. M. Newson. He was in the battles of Guntown, Harrisburg, Murfreesboro, Perryville (Ky.), Pulaski (Tenn.), and many others. He served throughout the entire war and surrendered at Gainesville, Ala., May 18, 1865. February 13, 1861, he married Maggie E. Giles, daughter of Calvin Giles, a blacksmith and native of Middle Tennessee. To Mr. and Mrs. Bumpus were born the following children: Mary Alice (Mrs. Smith), William L., Alexander A., Walter, Austin P., Johnnie D., Eddie, Robert, Mattie A., Georgie, Louise and Dovie. The mother was born in Cotton Grove, Tenn., June 28, 1838, and she and Mr. Bumpus are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a Democrat, and owns 156 acres of land about nine miles from Jackson.

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