Sumerlin, John F.
(1856-1908)




Birth: December 22, 1856
Death: March 11, 1908, Polkton, Ottawa County, MI
Parents: Charles N. and Maria J. (Alexander) Sumerlin)
Spouse: Florence "Flora" Emogene Aldrich, married March 20, 1878, LaGrange County
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Other Occupations: optician
Individual Number: 904


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1878*-1879* John F. Sumerlin LaGrange, LaGrange County, IN





1881 Sumerlin & Eminger Studio owner / Partner LaGrange, LaGrange County, IN























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OriginalNotes: Ancestry.com: Trees list parents as Charles N. and Maria J. (Alexander) Sumerlin) and wife as Florence "Flora" Emogene Aldrich (married in Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, IN, 1878

1870 Census, LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana
C. Summerlin, 36, drayman, b. Ohio
Maria Summerlin, 32, b. NY
John Summerlin, 13, b. IN
Ambrose Summerlin, 11, b. OH

Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993 (ancestry.com)
John F. Sumerlin or Summerlin, married Florence E. Aldrich on March 20, 1878 in LaGrange County, Indiana

1880 Census, Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana
John E. Summerlin, 22, farmer, b. IN
Frlora E. Summerlin, 21, b. IN, parents b. NY

1900 Census, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, owns home
John F. Sumerlin, head, b. Dec. 1856, age 43, married 22 years, b. IN, FB OH, MB NJ, salesman general store
Florence E. Sumerlin, wife, b. Sept. 1858, 41, married 22 years, 0/0 children, b. IN, parents b. NY

Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952 (ancestry.com)
John F. Sumerlin, born December 22, 1856, age 51, married, optician, son of Charles N. Sumerlin of Ohio and Maria J. Alexander of NJ; died March 11, 1908 in Polkton, Ottawa County, Michigan

1910 Census, Grand Rapics, Kent County, Michigan
Flora Sumerlin, boarder, 52, widow, b. Ind.
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OriginalSource: List of Early La Grange County, Indiana Photographers Compiled by Richard D. Marks: John F. Sumerlin worked 1878-79
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