When Henry Tudor Sumner Jr. was born on 28 June 1834, in Stockbridge, Madison, New York, United States, his father, Henry Tudor Sumner, was 34 and his mother, Lucinda Holmes, was 31. He married Nancy Nora Free on 12 June 1858, in Washington, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Spring Township, Butler, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Logan, Oklahoma, United States in 1900. He died on 7 August 1901, in McKinley Township, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Logan, Oklahoma, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Established in 1836.
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Hunter, Kansas Territory, United States 1860: Irving, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Irving, Kansas, United States 1864: Butler, Kansas, United States
English: occupational name for an official who was responsible for ensuring the appearance of witnesses in court, from Middle English som(p)nour(e) ‘summoner’ (Old French somoneor, semoneor).
History: William Sumner came to Dorchester, MA, from England c. 1635. His descendants include US Senator Charles Sumner, a major force in the struggle to end slavery, who was born in 1811 in Boston.
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