John Philip Clum (September 1, 1851 - May 2, 1932) was an Indian agent
for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in the Arizona Territory.
He implemented a limited form of self-government on the reservation
that was so successful that other reservations were closed and their
residents moved to San Carlos. Clum later became the first mayor of
Tombstone, Arizona Territory, after its incorporation in 1881. He also
founded the still-operating The Tombstone Epitaph on May 1, 1880. He
later served in various postal service positions across the United
States.John Clum was born on a farm near Claverack, New York, USA. His
parents were William Henry and Elizabeth van Deusen Clum of Dutch and
German descent; he had five brothers and three sisters: Henry W. Clum,
Jane E. Clum, Cornelia Clum, Sarah E. Clum, George A. Clum, Robert A.
Clum, Cornelius N. Clum, and Alfred Clum.In September, 1867, he
entered the Hudson River Institute (later known as Claverack College),
a military academy in Claverack, New York. He also attended religious
services at the Dutch Reformed Church. In September, 1870, he enrolled
at Rutgers College. He obtained a classical education, studying among
other subjects Latin, Greek, Mathematics (including algebra), Natural
History (including physiology) and Rhetoric. He was a member of
Rutgers' football team. Although Clum was on the team, he did not play
in the first intercollegiate game between Rutgers and Princeton on
November 6, 1869, but played in the second game in the fall of 1870.
Clum's strenuous activity and competitive athletics left him ill and
in his second year of college he was unable to earn enough money to
pay for his tuition. He returned to his father's farm in the summer of
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