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Lieut Joseph Burton Sumner

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Lieut Joseph Burton Sumner

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
15 Feb 1920 (aged 82)
Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Joseph Burton Sumner married Susannah Ferguson. They had eleven children together (7 boys, 4 girls). He is the founder of Sumner, Tallahatchie, MS. He fought in the Civil War as a Confederate solder in Co A 22nd AL Vol Inf. He was wounded during the operations before Murfreesboro, TN the evening of Dec. 31, 1862 having the muscle in his right arm shot off.

He was the founder of Sumner, MS. He served as the first postmaster and was elected as the first mayor when the city was established in 1900.
Joseph Burton Sumner married Susannah Ferguson. They had eleven children together (7 boys, 4 girls). He is the founder of Sumner, Tallahatchie, MS. He fought in the Civil War as a Confederate solder in Co A 22nd AL Vol Inf. He was wounded during the operations before Murfreesboro, TN the evening of Dec. 31, 1862 having the muscle in his right arm shot off.

He was the founder of Sumner, MS. He served as the first postmaster and was elected as the first mayor when the city was established in 1900.

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