Life History

Notes

• Israel is reported in several different family genealogies of different lineages that intersect with the Dumont line.  In 1850, we find himfor the first time by name in the census.  He is in the household of his widowed mother Felicity/Félicité and an older brother Regis/Reges.  His name is misspelt here and in 1870, but we can tell what is meant.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 1 November, Chester Township, page 71 (141), Hse/Fam #268
  Felicita [Félicité] Dumond 42 F [No occupation listed] $1500 Real Estate  born Arkansas
  Ragios [? maybe Ragies = Regis] Dumond 21 M born Arkansas
  Isreal Dumond 19 M born Arkansas
  
  In 1860, Israel is listed as A Dumond.  He is living next door to hismother Félicité (written in the census as Felicita).  I was able to identify him with the help of his entry in the Noonan-Howarth genealogy, which includes this line of Dumonds (http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=1008393&pid=-2016416830&ftm=1).  Patrick Noonan reportsthat Israel was married to Elizabeth Narcissa White in 1855.  The wife of A Dumond in 1860 is Narcissa.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 2 August, Chester Township, PO Redfork, page 13 (65), Hse/Fam #96
  A Dumond 28 M Planter born Arkansas
  Narcissa Dumond 25 F Housekeeper born Tennessee
  Sarah Dumond 2 F born Arkansas
  Louis Dumond 3 M born Arkansas
  
  In 1970, Israel has a different wife.  Several genealogies report that Israel Dumond had two wives.  Most have no details.  Patrick Noonanreports these two wives and their dates of marriage:
  Israel Dumond, married Elizabeth Narcissa White 1855 [year only], Sarah E Frazier 25 Sep 1865.  He has no information on details, includingchildren, of either of these wives.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 11 August, Chester Township, PO Chester, page 5 (477), Hse/Fam #48
  Du Mond, Isriel  38 M W Farmer born Arkansas  father and mother of foreign birth  cannot read or write
  Du Mond, Serina A 28 F W Keeping House born Tennessee can read, cannot write
  Du Mond, Sarah R (P?)  12 F W born Arkansas  cannot read or write
  Du Mond, Robert F 10 M W born Arkansas  cannot read or write
  Du Mond, Nancy A 7 months F W  born Arkansas Oct 1869
  Allen, Charles 8 M W At Home born Arkansas [literacy not noted]
  Allen, Edward 4  M W   born Arkansas
  
  In the 1870 census, the wife of Israel is Serina A, and there are twochildren names Allen in the household.  This appears to be a widow and her two children from the marriage to a man named Allen.  The younger Allen child, Edward, is 4, meaning he was born to Mr Allen and Serina in 1866, a year after the reported marriage of Israel to Sarah Frazier.
  
  This Serina seems, then to be a different person from the Sarah Frazier reported as Israel's second wife.  It appears that Sarah died before the 1870 census, with no children.  No children appear which could be the children of Sarah.  Robert F is reported as age 10, so born in 1860-61, before Israel married Sarah (1865).  Louis, who was age 3 in 1860 (a son of Narcissa), does not appear in 1870, and it appears thatRobert is a different child.  Louis must have died before the 1870 census.
  
  This census also reports a 7-month old Nancy A Dumond, and her month of birth is given as October 1870.  This would be the first child of Israel and Serina.  Thus they were married probably in 1869, possible January 1870.  Note, however, that 7 months old does not match October 1869!  It should be 9 months old or born in January 1870.

Sources

• 1. RootsWeb -- Mary Jo Freeman, Dumont Family
  • http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=merrygo&id=
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 1 November, Chester Township, page 71 (141), Hse/Fam #268
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 2 August, Chester Township, PO Redfork, page 13 (65), Hse/Fam #96
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 11 August, Chester Township, PO Chester, page 5 (477), Hse/Fam #48
• 5. Essex Funeral Home Registry
  • BOOK II -- September 1926 - August 1932, p 13
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • Patrick Noonan, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=1008393&p