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Descendants of Peter Sumner


Generation No. 1

1. PETER1 SUMNER was born September 17, 1834 in Spencer Co., Indiana, and died April 15, 1906 in Clayton, Norton Co., KS1. He married DELILAH J. MASTERSON January 23, 1859 in Appanoose Co., IA, daughter of CLARK MASTERSON and SUSANAH WOLLEN. She was born March 12, 1838 in Spencer Co., IN, and died February 17, 1910 in Smith Center, Smith Co., KS.

Notes for PETER SUMNER:

2/1/2001- Died at home of his son H.C. Sumner per obituary.

More About PETER SUMNER:
Burial: Eller Cemetery, 2 miles S. and 2 miles E of Clay Ctr, NE
Military: August 22, 1862, Enlisted, Iowa (Union)
Religion: March 17, 1878, Clay Center Christian Church
More About DELILAH J. MASTERSON:
Burial: Eller Cemetery, 2 miles S. and 2 miles E of Clay Ctr, NE

Children of PETER SUMNER and DELILAH MASTERSON are:

i. JONATHAN2 SUMNER, b. March 25, 1860, Moravia, IA2.
ii. SUSANNA SUMNER, b. September 09, 1861, Moravia, IA3.
2. iii. ROSECRANS SUMNER, b. January 28, 1863, Ottummwa, IA or Moravia, Appanoose Co., IA; d. April 24, 1939, Delta, CO.
iv. ENOCH ELI SUMNER, b. May 10, 1866, Moravia, IA4; d. March 25, 1944, Red Bluff(rural), Tehama, CA.
3. v. ENOS LEVI SUMNER, b. May 10, 1866, Moravia, IA; d. September 14, 1914, Burr Oak, Jewell Co., KS.
vi. GEORGE EMERY SUMNER, b. April 04, 1868, Moravia, IA4; d. October 18, 1887, Clay Co., NE.

More About GEORGE EMERY SUMNER:
Burial: Eller Cemetery, 2 miles S. and 2 miles E of Clay Ctr, NE
Tombstone: G. Emery, Son of P. and D. Sumner
vii. ISAAC CURTIS SUMNER, b. November 1869, Appanoose Co., IA5.
viii. MAUDE STELLA SUMNER, b. 1873, Clay Co., NE5; d. 1954, NE.
ix. ANNE ELIZABETH SUMNER, b. 18755; d. Bef. 1910.

Notes for ANNE ELIZABETH SUMNER:

2/2001 - The obit of Delilah Jane Sumner list her as having 10 children, two of whom (Emory & Elizabeth) preceded her in death. The living children are listed and do not include Anne or George, I am using the name Anne Elizabeth, HOWEVER, it could be Anne, Elizabeth, Anne Elizabeth, or Elizabeth Anne.

x. HENRY CLAY SUMNER, b. 1876, Clay Center, Clay Co., NE; d. 1941.

More About HENRY CLAY SUMNER:
Burial: Fairfield Cemetery, Clay Co., NE
Residence: 1910, Smith Center, Smith Co., KS

Generation No. 2

2. ROSECRANS2 SUMNER (PETER1) was born January 28, 1863 in Ottummwa, IA or Moravia, Appanoose Co., IA6, and died April 24, 1939 in Delta, CO. He married (1) HESTER A. BOZARTH September 07, 1884 in Manning's Residence, Clay Co., NE, daughter of WILLIAM BOZARTH and MARTHA BURTON. She was born 1866 in IA, and died December 1900 in Gunnison, CO. He married (2) MARY ANN ROWEN October 1907 in Olathe/Delta Area, Colorado, daughter of TOM ROWEN. She was born February 17, 1871 in Fall River, MA, and died 1909 in Olathe/Delta area, CO.

More About ROSECRANS SUMNER:
Burial: Pea Green Cemetery, Montrose Co., CO
Residence: March 1910, Olathe, Montrose Co., CO

More About HESTER A. BOZARTH:
Burial: Old Cemetery, Gunnison, CO
Cause of Death: pneumonia

Notes for MARY ANN ROWEN:
2/2001- per Larry Arnett (page 11)

Mary Ann, with her parents, came by covered wagon to the California Mesa near Delta, CO arriving on the mesa on November 15, 1882. She was the first girl on the mesa. (per obituary of Mary Ann Rowan Sumner)
Burial: Olathe, Montrose Co., CO

Children of ROSECRANS SUMNER and HESTER BOZARTH are:

4. i. EVERT LONZO (LONNIE)3 SUMNER, b. November 29, 1885, Fairfield, Neb; d. June 08, 1949, Pea Green, CO.
5. ii. JOHN WESLEY SUMNER, b. June 27, 1887, Clay Center, Clay Co., NE; d. October 22, 1949, 2/4/1932-another reference.
6. iii. SINNIE SUMNER, b. Abt. 1890; d. Abt. 1938.
7. iv. ELSIE D. SUMNER, b. March 25, 1900, Jennings, OK; d. February 14, 1993, Grand Junction, CO.

Child of ROSECRANS SUMNER and MARY ROWEN is:

v. VICTOR3 SUMNER.

3. ENOS LEVI2 SUMNER (PETER1) was born May 10, 1866 in Moravia, IA, and died September 14, 1914 in Burr Oak, Jewell Co., KS. He married HANNAH LUTETIA HEADLEY April 03, 1887 in in J.M. Headley House, Edgar Precinct, Clay Center, NE.

Notes for ENOS LEVI SUMNER:

Twin to Enoch.

Lived in Olathe/Montrose/Delta area of Colorado in early 1914. His obit states that Enos, with his family moved to Colorado in 1911 but, forced to seek a lower altitude, he came to his daughters (Mrs. Ray Callahan) home in Burr Oak, where he passed away.

Co-owned and ran lumber mill with a brother (Rosencrans?) in Montrose area of Colorado (per Estel Sumner Carson).

AT time of his death hs obit listed five brothers and 2 sisters.

Listed in Delta (Co.) and City and County Directory in 1912/13 as living in Olathe Rural Routes RFD #2.

More About ENOS LEVI SUMNER:
Residence: March 1910, Oberlin, KS

Child of ENOS SUMNER and HANNAH HEADLEY is:

8. i. HELEN V.3 SUMNER.

Generation No. 3

4. EVERT LONZO (LONNIE)3 SUMNER (ROSECRANS2, PETER1) was born November 29, 1885 in Fairfield, Neb, and died June 08, 1949 in Pea Green, CO. He married JENNIE ELIZABETH MARSH December 31, 1906 in Montrose, Colo, daughter of JOHN MARSH and HATTIE KILLEN. She was born January 13, 1889 in Delta, Colo (Rural), and died December 17, 1982 in Pea Green, CO.

More About EVERT LONZO (LONNIE) SUMNER:
Burial: Pea Green Cemetery, Montrose Co., CO
Residence: 1917, Montrose CO, per WWI Draft Birth Registration
Notes for JENNIE ELIZABETH MARSH:

At the time of her death Jennie (and Evert) had five grandchildren, thirteen grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

More About JENNIE ELIZABETH MARSH:
Burial: December 21, 1982, Pea Green Cemetery, Montrose Co., CO

Children of EVERT SUMNER and JENNIE MARSH are:

9. i. DELILA ALENE4 SUMNER.
10. ii. EVERET EUGENE SUMNER, b. January 18, 1908, Delta, Colo.; d. August 22, 1988.
iii. LAURA E. SUMNER, b. February 11, 1910, Pea Green, Montrose Co., CO; d. July 12, 1920.

Notes for LAURA E. SUMNER:

Laura has a headstone at The Gunnison Cemetery in Gunnison, Colorado but she is not buried there. Her parents were now living in Olathe, CO area and her mother felt that she would not be able to visit the grave if it was so far away, it was decided to place her body at Pea Green Cemetery near Olathe. There is a headstone that had already been ordered was placed on a plot that the Sumner's owned in Gunnison.

Laura's grandmother Hester Bozarth Sumner is buried at Gunnison without a headstone.

More About LAURA E. SUMNER:

Burial: Pea Green Cemetery, Montrose Co., CO

5. JOHN WESLEY3 SUMNER (ROSECRANS2, PETER1) was born June 27, 1887 in Clay Center, Clay Co., NE, and died October 22, 1949 in 2/4/1932-another reference7. He married MARGARET "MAGGIE" ISABEL MARSH Bef. 1912, daughter of JOHN MARSH and HATTIE KILLEN. She was born November 09, 1890 in Delta, CO8, and died October 14, 1978 in Olathe, CO8.

More About JOHN WESLEY SUMNER:
Burial: Pea Green Cemetery, Pea Green, CO
Notes for MARGARET "MAGGIE" ISABEL MARSH:

Funeral Program
In Memory of Margaret Isabel Sumner
Nov 9 1890 - October 1978
The First Baptist Church, Olathe Colorado
Thursday Oct 19, 1978 at 10:00 am
Laid to rest: Pea Green Cemetery
Casket Bearers: Tom Orth, Kenneth Gray, Thurlow DeVries, WA Weeks, 
Robers Anders, Douglas Sumner.
Kinsey's Montrose Funeral Home

More About MARGARET "MAGGIE" ISABEL MARSH:
Burial: October 19, 1978, Pea Green Cemetery, Delta Co., CO8

Children of JOHN SUMNER and MARGARET MARSH are:

i. MARVIN LEROY4 SUMNER, b. April 03, 1908; d. July 02, 19719; m. EVA LEE SUMNER, August 18, 19289; b. April 07, 19099.

Notes for MARVIN LEROY SUMNER:


Funeral Program - Sumner, Marvin L..
Marvin L. Sumner
April 3, 1908 - July 2, 1971
St Luke's Episcopal Church, Delta, CO
on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 2:30 pm
Graveside Rites Conferred by: Delta Elks Lodge No. 1235
Laid to Rest: Pea Green Cemetery
Casket Bearers: Thurlow DeVries, Leslie DeVries, Kenneth Brew,
Murl Brew, Robert Brew, Ralph Ray.

Kinsey's Montrose Funeral Home, Colorado

More About MARVIN LEROY SUMNER:

Burial: July 08, 1971, Pea Green Cemetery, Delta Co., CO
Lodge: Delta Elks Lodge No. 123510

ii. GENEVIVE SUMNER, b. 1911; m. (1) BERL MILLER; m. (2) OSCAR URQUART; b. July 04, 1906; d. May 1997, Duncan, OK11.

iii. MELVIN V. SUMNER, b. January 23, 1911; d. November 23, 193112.

Notes for MELVIN V. SUMNER:

Melvin was tending the family's sheep when they were stalked by coyotes, he ran to this shepards range home (camp trailer) and grabbed his rifle from under the bed, it discharged, shooting him through the mouth and he died instantly.

More About MELVIN V. SUMNER:

Burial: Pea Green Cemetery, Pea Green, CO

iv. DONALD P. SUMNER, b. June 20, 1914; d. February 04, 1932, Died as a teenager, playing with a gun12.

More About DONALD P. SUMNER:

Burial: Pea Green Cemetery, Pea Green, CO

11. v. DARRELL SUMNER, b. June 28, 1921, Olathe, CO.

6. SINNIE3 SUMNER (ROSECRANS2, PETER1)13 was born Abt. 1890, and died Abt. 1938. She married JOHN ALLEN.

Notes for SINNIE SUMNER:
Pronounced "Sinah"
More About SINNIE SUMNER:
Burial: Hotchkiss, Delta Co., CO

Child of SINNIE SUMNER and JOHN ALLEN is:

i. LORNA4 ALLEN.

7. ELSIE D.3 SUMNER (ROSECRANS2, PETER1)13 was born March 25, 1900 in Jennings, OK, and died February 14, 1993 in Grand Junction, CO. She married ERWIN ROSS WARD September 19, 1922 in Delta, CO, son of MARK WARD and LUELLA SWAN. He was born December 11, 1900 in Grandview, Hill Co., TX, and died April 06, 1975 in Lakewood, CA.

More About ELSIE D. SUMNER:
Burial: Pea Green Cemetery, Montrose Co., CO

More About ERWIN ROSS WARD:
Burial: Pea Green Cemetery, Montrose Co., CO

8. HELEN V.3 SUMNER (ENOS LEVI2, PETER1) She married UNKNOWN ARNETT.

Generation No. 4

9. DELILA ALENE4 SUMNER (EVERT LONZO (LONNIE)3, ROSECRANS2, PETER1) She married ROY WILLIS COOK14.

10. EVERET EUGENE4 SUMNER (EVERT LONZO (LONNIE)3, ROSECRANS2, PETER1) was born January 18, 1908 in Delta, Colo., and died August 22, 198815. He married KATIE COOK16 August 10, 1931 in Montrose, CO, daughter of JOSEPH COOK and JOSIE COOK. She was born September 11, 1911.

Notes for EVERET EUGENE SUMNER:

Name on his mother's obit is Everet, name on his headstone is Evert.

11. DARRELL4 SUMNER (JOHN WESLEY3, ROSECRANS2, PETER1). He married PHYLISS VIERS 

12. DWIGHT4 WARD (ELSIE D.3 SUMNER, ROSECRANS2, PETER1) was born October 01, 1923 in La Habra, CA. He married (1) LAURA GRAVES. He married (2) ROSE MARIE STEGEMAN.

13. RONALD4 WARD (ELSIE D.3 SUMNER, ROSECRANS2, PETER1) was born May 07, 1925 in Compton, CA. He married VIRGINIA MAYS.

 


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