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Birth:          30 Jun 1844 Mcclains Mills, Appleton, Me.
Death:          14 Aug 1908 

Notes
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1850 in Appleton, Waldo Co., Me.
1860 in Appleton, Waldo Co., Me. 
1900 in Denver, Col. lawyer
1870 1880 cannot find
Charles Bird 1903 tree on ancestry
per History of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches of Its Graduates, he 
taught at Gould Academy in Bethel for a year, studied law with Enoch Foster, Jr. at 
Bethel and at the law school at Soho NY. Attorney in Sheboygan, has been district 
attorney.
per www.bowdoin.edu/~prael/research/cwalum/alum_union.html, class of 1866, was 
sergeant in 26th Maine during Civil War

from http://www.courts.state.co.us/district/12th/oldjudges/sumner.htm
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SAN LUIS VALLEY DISTRICT JUDGES
George T. Sumner, 44, Durango, was elected District Judge on November 6, 1888, 
took office on January 8, 1889 and served in that position until April 11, 1891, the 
date of reorganization of judicial districts. He continued serving as the District Judge 
of the newly reorganized 6th Judicial District until January 8, 1895. Born June 30, 
1844 at Appleton, Maine, a Civil War veteran, he settled in Durango in 1880. He was 
licensed as an attorney on January 19, 1881. He also served as District Attorney of 
the 6th Judicial District (1886-1889) and, after leaving the Bench, he moved to 
Denver. There he became an attorney for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and 
commuted between Denver and Alamosa, where he was in charge of the railroad's 
legal affairs, until his death on August 14, 1908 at the age of 64.

Parents
SUMNER Chester Blashfield (16 Aug 1814 - 7 Apr 1863)
TRUE Elizabeth ("Eliza") (27 Aug 1817 - 19 Jul 1884)

Siblings
SUMNER Charles Edwin (12 Jul 1842 - 25 Jun 1899)
SUMNER George True (30 Jun 1844 - 14 Aug 1908)
SUMNER Francis Chester (22 Dec 1845 - 27 Aug 1870)
SUMNER John Knowles (14 Sep 1847 - 24 Jul 1864)
SUMNER William Henry (28 Jun 1849 - )
SUMNER Caroline Elizabeth (28 Jun 1853 - 13 Sep 1922)
SUMNER Julia Maria (2 Mar 1855 - 24 Aug 1888)

Marriage To MARSH Katherine Eudora (Dora) (9 Oct 1853 - 5 Jan 1919)
    m. 16 Jan 1872 Sheboygan, Wisc.

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Parents
MARSH Jerome Luther ()
MOORE Melissa Allen ()

Children by MARSH Katherine Eudora (Dora) 9 Oct 1853 - 5 Jan 1919
SUMNER Charles Marsh (6 Jul 1874 - Oct 1937)
SUMNER Helen Laura (12 Mar 1876 - 10 Mar 1933)

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