His wife Barbara, born in 1788, died a year after her husband and both were buried on Pummill land. This cemetery is on a farm owned in 1951 by John McClure. Residents of the vicinity state that a flag was on one of the graves at one time. In April 1833 Barbara Knisely Pummell is listed as an heir of Jacob Knisely. Nelson, Lucinda, David, Margaret, and Susannah Pummell, infants, are tenants in common with plaintiffs.
All parties reside in Highland County.
The advertisement of sale states that the parties are heirs of Hezekiah Pummell, dec'd. He is a native of the Buckeye State, his birth occuring near Sinking Springs, Highland County on the 20th of September, 1820. At an early day they removed to Ohio, where the father engaged in agricultural pursuits until the time of his death, which occurred in 1836. The subject of this sketch was born and reared on a farm. He received a commonschool education , attending the district schools during the winter terms untill about seventeen years of age.