Abigail Sumner

    Abigail Sumner (widow of Edward C. Sumner, deceased); was born in Hampshire County, West Virginia, January 22, 1812. She is a daughter of Christopher and Theresa Cooper, who were natives of Virginia, and parents of five children -Delilah, Sarah, Leah, John and Abigail, our subject, who was wedded to Mr. Sumner in Pike County, Ohio, September 4, 1832. He was a native of Vermont, born January 31, 1811; his parents were Henry and Mary Sumner.

    In 1833, Mr. Sumner moved to Fountain County, Indiana, and in 1849 to Benton County, where he settled on the farm on which Mrs. Sumner now lives. He died August 2, 1882, and was a large land owner, possessing at the period of his decease about 20,000 acres of land. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner have had a family of five children -Louisa, Jane, Jesse, Jerome and Minerva.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.