Brief Life History of Mary M
When Mary M Sumner was born on 17 April 1839, in Braintree, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Samuel Coit Sumner, was 40 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Flint, was 40. She died on 6 April 1858, at the age of 18.
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- Mary Sumner in household of Saml C Sumner, "United States Census, 1850"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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