Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth Sumner was born in 1852, in White River Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, her father, William L Sumner Jr, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Coltson, was 31. She lived in Jefferson Township, Jackson, Kansas, United States in 1870 and Emmett, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 12 May 1945, in Gresham, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 93.
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- Elizabeth Summer in household of William Summer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elizabeth Summer in household of William Sumner, "United States Census, 1860"
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1855
County was known as Calhoun County from 1855 to 1859. Then became Jackson County.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.
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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