James Sumner

Born on January 15 1839 to Joshua Sumner and Sarah Ray. Passed away on April 18 1917

m Kate Sumner August 12 1861 in Rockport Indiana

children Mary Frances Sumner Hogan, Catherine Lou Sumner Grace, Olive Blanche Sumner Donohue

Born in 1839 in Santa Fee, Spencer County, Rockport, Indiana. Died of pneumonia in 1917 in Kansas City Missouri at the Old Soldier's Home.

Served in the Civil War. Mustered in December 20 1863, 13th Reg Indiana Calvary. Mustered out November 18 1865. After finishing his service in the Civil War, he returned to his wife Kate Sumner but left for periods of weeks and months at a time. Six weeks after his daughter Catherine Lou was born on June 14 1880, he left and never returned. In 1913 he found his wife in South Dakota and asked to be allowed to live with her, but she turned him away after his abandonment. After his death in 1917, his daughters Catherine Lou and Olive traveled to Kansas City by train to identify the body as that of their father and had him buried there rather than bring him back to Mitchell, SD. His wife, Catherine Lou McIntyre Sumner said "Well, at long last I know where James is."