Gilbert, Frank T. "Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory; and Umatilla County, Oregon." Portland, OR: Print & Lithographing House of A. G. Walling, 1882. p. a31. MARCELLUS PUMPELLY D. G. Pumpelly, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Maine, and the mother, Julia A. Sears, of Ohio. Marcellus was born in Milford, Clermount county, Ohio, November 6, 1842. The family moved to Missouri in 1860, and two years later Marcellus left that distracted State on account of the rebellion, and crossed the plains to Oregon. For five years he teamed between the Dalles and Bannock City, Idaho, when he went to Polk county, Oregon, and farmed until 1872. He then went to Walla Walla, and in February, 1873, took up his present ranch, twelve miles northeast of Dayton. He has 400 acres, equally divided between grain and pasture land. A view of his residence is given elsewhere. February 22, 1877, he married Rosetta Rockhill, a native of Indiana. They have two children--Dan, born March 28, 1880, and Ben, April 4, 1882. Their first boy, Mark, born August 23, 1878, has passed away. Mr. Pumpelly belongs to Patit Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F., of which he was a charter member. * * * * Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in February 2007 by Diana Smith. Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.