FOUND AFTER 28 YEARS
Collin County Man Succeeds in Finding Grave of His Father.
BONES OF ROBERT BUMPASS
Search of W. P. Bumpass of Farmersville Rewarded with Success
McKinney newspaper, April 17, 1902
Paris, Tex., April 17. – W. P. Bumpass, a resident of Farmersville, came to Paris several days ago in search of the remains of his father for the purpose of reinterring them in the family burying ground in Collin county. His father was Lieut. Robert Bumpass of the Confederate army who was drowned in Red River in April, 1864, near the mouth of the Kiamitia while attempting to cross to the Territory side. The body was recovered and buried under a hill on the farm of Travis G. Wright of this city. Capt. S. J. Wright accompanied Mr. Bumpass on his mission of finding the remains. Everything by which the spot where Lieut. Bumpass had been buried was obliterated. The body, however, had been buried near the foot of a walnut tree, and Capt. Wright called up all the old negroes on the plantation to assist in the search. An old darky, Ben Robinett had been blacksmith on the farm and had assisted at the burial. He pointed out the spot as well as he could remember. The ground was scraped off and some remnants of the old dead walnut stump were uncovered. Near the stump the bones were found in a tolerably fair state of preservation at a depth of sixth feet. Mr. Bumpass collected them, put them in a box and left for home with them, also carrying pieces of the walnut stump as relics. Mr. Bumpass is a stockman and has a rock in the Panhandle, but resides at Farmersville. His mother died recently and it was her request that her husband’s bones be recovered and that they be buried together.
Collin County Man Succeeds in Finding Grave of His Father.
BONES OF ROBERT BUMPASS
Search of W. P. Bumpass of Farmersville Rewarded with Success
McKinney newspaper, April 17, 1902
Paris, Tex., April 17. – W. P. Bumpass, a resident of Farmersville, came to Paris several days ago in search of the remains of his father for the purpose of reinterring them in the family burying ground in Collin county. His father was Lieut. Robert Bumpass of the Confederate army who was drowned in Red River in April, 1864, near the mouth of the Kiamitia while attempting to cross to the Territory side. The body was recovered and buried under a hill on the farm of Travis G. Wright of this city. Capt. S. J. Wright accompanied Mr. Bumpass on his mission of finding the remains. Everything by which the spot where Lieut. Bumpass had been buried was obliterated. The body, however, had been buried near the foot of a walnut tree, and Capt. Wright called up all the old negroes on the plantation to assist in the search. An old darky, Ben Robinett had been blacksmith on the farm and had assisted at the burial. He pointed out the spot as well as he could remember. The ground was scraped off and some remnants of the old dead walnut stump were uncovered. Near the stump the bones were found in a tolerably fair state of preservation at a depth of sixth feet. Mr. Bumpass collected them, put them in a box and left for home with them, also carrying pieces of the walnut stump as relics. Mr. Bumpass is a stockman and has a rock in the Panhandle, but resides at Farmersville. His mother died recently and it was her request that her husband’s bones be recovered and that they be buried together.