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William H. Sumner

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Gender Male
Death163 years ago
Date of birth July 4,1780
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Roxbury
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
DiedSuffolk County
Massachusetts
United States
Date of died October 24,1861
Current partner Maria Foster Doane Greenough
FoundedMassachusetts Horticultural Society
Grandparents Sarah Sharp
Increase Sumner
Great grandparent Elizabeth Clapp
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Edward Sumner
Robert Sharp
BooksA paper on the militia, presented to the Hon. J. Barbour, Secretary of War, in Nov. 1826 ... Taken from the documents submitted to the Board of officers relative to the re-organization of the militia
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William H. Sumner Life story


William Hyslop Sumner was an American lawyer, soldier, and writer, and the son of Governor Increase Sumner. He graduated from Harvard College in 1799, and practiced law. He served as a general in the Massachusetts militia. Sumner wrote The History of East Boston and died in 1861.

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