Bill Text: WV HCR2 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: U.S. Army PV2 William Frederick Kump Memorial Bridge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-24 - House received Senate message [HCR2 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2016-HCR2-Comm_Sub.html
cOMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2
By Delegates Rowan and Cowles
Originating in the Committee on Roads and Transportation
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge on County Route 4/1, Gibbons Run Road, over North River in Hampshire County, bridge number 14-4/1-2.29, (14A011), latitude 39.33852, longitude -78.50974, as the "U.S. Army PVT William Frederick Kump Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, William Frederick Kump was born November 16, 1847, and raised in North River Mills, the son of the local blacksmith, Frederick Kump. That same year, his father had bought the log house located on land once owned by Rees Pritchard, a Revolutionary War veteran, and
Whereas, As the Civil War was approaching, young William Frederick Kump grew up in a community with strong southern sentiments. During the Civil War Hampshire County raised thirteen Confederate companies and one unit for the Union; and
Whereas, Much against his family's wishes and the sentiments of the local community, William Frederick Kump decided to fight for the Union. Tradition says that as he left home and walked up the road his father desperately tried to persuade his son to reconsider. He failed to dissuade the young man; and
Whereas, William Frederick Kump enlisted at Paw Paw on February 23, 1864, lying about his age. William Frederick Kump never returned home, nor did he ever have a chance to see his hopes for a Union victory come to pass. He was killed at the Battle of Halltown on August 24, 1864, five months and one day after he enlisted. His grave site is unknown; and
Whereas, William Frederick Kump and his family represent the terrible cost of war that Hampshire County suffered as families were split apart, some never to be reunited. Only recently did some of William Frederick Kump's descendants learn that there had been another son born to their ancestor's marriage. It is fitting that one of Hampshire County's oldest communities memorialize this noble young soldier who followed his heart and that we remember the terrible cost of war that the community suffered; and
Whereas, It is fitting that in the county with the first monument raised to the Confederate dead at Indian Mound cemetery in Romney, there should be a memorial to those few who chose a different path by naming the bridge on County Route 4/1, Gibbons Run Road, over North River in Hampshire County, bridge number 14-4/1-2.29, (14A011), latitude 39.33852, longitude -78.50974, as the "U.S. Army PVT William Frederick Kump Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name the bridge on County Route 4/1, Gibbons Run Road, over North River in Hampshire County, bridge number 14-4/1-2.29, (14A011), latitude 39.33852, longitude -78.50974, as the "U.S. Army PVT William Frederick Kump Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the "U.S. Army PVT William Frederick Kump Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and to Charles C. Hall, Director of Historic Hampshire County, West Virginia.
