Lavenia Brown Bumpus
Born: March 11, 1843
Died: December 20, 1895
Buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
Predeceased by husband Henry Martin Bumpus(m. 1879 in Rutherford Co TN.
Survived by
2 daughters and several step children
Her FindAGrave entry and many Ancestry trees have her parents listed incorrectly. She is not a daughter of the John Brown(b. in VA) of Browns Mill, Rutherford Co TN. She is the daughter of William Brown(b. NC) and wife Catherine who lived in the Rover, Dist 10 Bedford Co TN area and who are buried at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church along with Lavenia. While I can't do anything about the tree errors I have submitted corrections to FindAGrave. See the table below for the explanation.
Sources:
Baptist and Reflector, March 19, 1896, p 14, col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-lavenia-bumpus/206308452/ : accessed September 19, 2026), clip page for Lavenia Bumpus -- Obituary.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24935359/lavenia-bumpus: accessed 20 Sep 2026), memorial page for Lavenia Brown Bumpus (11 Mar 1843–20 Dec 1895), Memorial ID 24935359, citing Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Eagleville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.
