Career
His early life is not well documented, but he emigrated to California in 1852, attracted to the United States by the California Gold Rush. While living in California, Jump, who was both a talented painter and cartoonist, made a living drawing commercial signs, painting portraits, and producing humorous cartoons of political figures for various publications. He worked in many places around the state, but mostly in San Francisco.
There he created labels for whiskey bottles, and caricatures of contemporary figures.
Jump remained active in San Francisco until October 1865, when an earthquake occurred. After moving to Washington, District of Columbia, in 1868, Jump became somewhat renowned for his artistic merits as a portrait painter.
Later in the decade, Jump attempted to start an illustrated newspaper in Montreal. Following the failure of this venture, Jump moved frequently, first to New Orleans, then to Cincinnati and Street Louis.
An article reporting Jump"s death appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune, on the day of his death.
..My dear wife: I have to go --keep calling here for letters. There will be a good one for you from England. I am too excited to write.
God bless you.
East. Jump. The other read:
20 April 1883. -- Gentlemen: I belong to the Lodge of Knights of Honor, Number.
100 Oak Lodge, Saint Louis, Missouri I want to be buried by brothers.
Edward Jump. Jump"s funeral occurred two days after his death, and he was buried at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago.