Onondaga's centennialGleanings of a century . 140 BIOGRAPHICAL. i. GEN. EDWIN V. SUMNER. BIOGRAPHICAL. EDWIN V. SUMNER. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner, the fifth child of Elisha Sumner and Nancy, daughterof Col. Joseph Vose, his wife, was born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1797, and died inSyracuse, N. Y., March 21, 1863. His paternal ancestors were William and MarySumner, who in 163G, emigrated from Dorchester, England, and settled in Dor-chester, Mass., where William became a prominent citizen, being a representativeto the General Court for thirteen years. From them descended (1) Roger, (2) Will-iam. (
Onondaga's centennialGleanings of a century . 140 BIOGRAPHICAL. i. GEN. EDWIN V. SUMNER. BIOGRAPHICAL. EDWIN V. SUMNER. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner, the fifth child of Elisha Sumner and Nancy, daughterof Col. Joseph Vose, his wife, was born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1797, and died inSyracuse, N. Y., March 21, 1863. His paternal ancestors were William and MarySumner, who in 163G, emigrated from Dorchester, England, and settled in Dor-chester, Mass., where William became a prominent citizen, being a representativeto the General Court for thirteen years. From them descended (1) Roger, (2) Will-iam. (3) Seth, (4) Seth (5) Elisha, (6) Gen. Edwin V. Job, a half-brother of Seth (4),was the father of Charles Pinckney Sumner, high sheriff of Suffolk county, and thegrandfather of Hon. Charles Sumner, the statesman Col. Seth Sumner (4), withfour brothers, served through the Revolutionary war with much credit. Col. JosephVose, the maternal grandfather of General Sumner, descended from Robert Vose,one of the leading citizens of Dorchester, and an early .settler of th
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