CHARLES ALLEN SUMNER

SUMNER, Charles Allen, a Representative from California; born in Great Barrington, Mass., on August 2, 1835; attended Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and engaged in patent practice; moved to California in 1856 and settled in San Francisco; editor of the Herald and Mirror in 1861; during the Civil War was appointed November 26, 1862, to be captain and assistant quartermaster of United States Volunteers, and served until his resignation on March 30, 1864; moved to Virginia City, Nev.; member of the State senate 1865-1868 and served as president pro tempore for one session; returned to San Francisco in 1868 and became editor of the Herald; was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in San Francisco, Calif., January 31, 1903; interment in the George H. Thomas Post plot at the Presidio.
Parents:
Father: Increase Sumner
Born: 13 May 1801 Died: 28 Jan 1871
Mother: Pluma A Barstow Died: May 1847
Marriage: 25 May 1827
Spouse 1
Catherine Haley
Born: Ireland
Died: 2 Apr 1873 in San Francisco, California
Marriage: 22 Oct 1858 in San Francisco, California
Children Sex Birth
David Broderick Sumner M 9 Sep 1859 in San Francisco
Mary Pluma Sumner F 22 Oct 1860 in San Francisco
Florence Elizabeth Sumner F 30 Jun 1862 in San Francisco
Samuel Beideman Sumner M 26 Nov 1863 in Fort Churchill, Nevada
Julia Kate Sumner F 9 Apr 1866 in Virginia City
Spouse 2
Wilhelmina Charlotte Nordin
Marriage: 26 Mar 1875
Children Sex Birth
Esther Wilhelmina Sumner F 1 Feb 1876 in San Francisco

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell