Elisha Eugene Sumrall

Brief Life History of Elisha Eugene

When Elisha Eugene Sumrall was born on 2 November 1887, in Scott, Mississippi, United States, his father, Elisha Wood Sumrall, was 39 and his mother, Pennye Elizabeth Hammons, was 35. He married Ackie Miller Stokes on 9 March 1910. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Newton, Mississippi, United States in 1935 and Beat 2, Scott, Mississippi, United States in 1940. He died on 29 December 1988, in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 101, and was buried in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States.

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Elisha Eugene Sumrall
1887–1988
Ackie Miller Stokes
1891–1965
Marriage: 9 March 1910
Victor E. Sumrall
1911–
Nina E Sumerall
1914–2001
Lou Annice Sumrall
1916–

Sources (13)

  • Eugene Sumrell, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Eugene Sumrall, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
  • Elisha Eugene Sumrall, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Perhaps an altered form of English Summerhill . Compare Summerall .

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

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