Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . nd of the Department ofthe West. Gen. Lyon was killed at the battle ofWilsons Creek, Mo., his horse was shot from underhim and he himself was wounded, but soon on an-other he dashed to the front and was shot throughthe breast, expiring almost instantly, August 9,1861. J(3HN WESLEY SUMNER (deceased). Incontemplating the record of a life complete, it isdifiicult in a brief sketch to point out the sal
Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . nd of the Department ofthe West. Gen. Lyon was killed at the battle ofWilsons Creek, Mo., his horse was shot from underhim and he himself was wounded, but soon on an-other he dashed to the front and was shot throughthe breast, expiring almost instantly, August 9,1861. J(3HN WESLEY SUMNER (deceased). Incontemplating the record of a life complete, it isdifiicult in a brief sketch to point out the salientevents and characteristics that marked and con-trolled the whole. Especially is this true when wehave been in daily contact with the man, and so byfamiliarity with his habits and his virtues, overlookand underestimate the possessor. In every com-munity, large or small, there are a few men who bytheir force of character are intuitively recognizedas leaders, men who are successful in their businessundertakings, generous and fair in their relationswith others, and who perceive and warmly advocatethose measures which insure the public well the town of Bolton there was no name better. /?7^-^w.^^^ ^I^^.^x-^yo^i, COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 27 known tlian that of John Wesley Sumner, who wasa distingnisliecl representative of an honored family. For two centuries in Bolton, Tolland county,have lived the direct line of his Sumner Rev. Henry Peterson, Reuben, William,Clement. William (2) and William^O he traceshis lineage to (I)^Roger Sumner, of Bicester, Ox-fordshire, England, who married ^Nov. 2, 1601,Joane Franklin, and died Dec. 3, 1608. Their onlychild was (IDvWilliam Sumner, born at Bicester in 1605,who married Oct. 22, 1625, Mary West. In 1636,he came to Dorchester, Mass. He was selectmanfor more than twenty years, and was deputy to theGeneral Court in 1&58-66-70-72-78-81-83-86. Hiswife died June 7, 1676, and he on Dec. 9, were the pa
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