John Cole Rumsey

Brief Life History of John Cole

When John Cole Rumsey was born on 11 June 1847, in Floyd, Georgia, United States, his father, Richard Monroe Rumsey, was 22 and his mother, Nancy Malinda Echols, was 15. He married Anna Rose on 15 June 1873, in Pope, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Georgia, United States in 1850. He died on 4 October 1923, in Carterville, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Carterville Cemetery, Mineral Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Cole Rumsey
1847–1923
Anna Rose
1852–1927
Marriage: 15 June 1873
Oragan Texas Anna Rumsey
1875–1941
Richard Jackson Rumsey
1876–1959
Pinkney Elsie Rumsey
1880–1956
Philip Chester Rumsey
1882–1928
Burk Americus Rumsey
1885–1917
Phoebe Lula Malinda Rumsey
1887–1965
Lallah Ula Rumsey
1889–1930

Sources (18)

  • Ramsey in household of Richard Ramsey, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Camel Rumsey - Published information: birth-name: John Camel Rumsey
  • John C Rumsey, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Romsey (Hampshire), from an Old English personal name Rūm (genitive Rūmes) + Old English ēg ‘island, raised ground in marshland’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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