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Sumner County takes its name from Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, whose services to his country are so recent as to yet be fresh in all minds. The county lies in the southern tier, on what was Indian land for many years after much of Kansas was thickly settled. Cutting three miles from the southern part of the present county ran the Cherokee strip, the pathway of the tribe to their western hunting grounds.₁

Organized in 1873. County seat Wellington. In honor of Charles Sumner, the distinguished Massachusetts Senator.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Biographies
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Booth, Winfield M. 1857 -	2K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Grimsley, Andrew F. 1852 -	2K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Henderson, Harry S. 1882 -	3K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Laurie, John 1841 -	3K	Apr 2007	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Sumner County Medical Directory 1920	6K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	26.95 kb	Aug 98	Harriette Jensen
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bridwell, Dr. Robert Kennedy September 5, 2005	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Brown, Verne Aldwin 1918	1K	Dec 2007	Joy Fisher
Cease, Louis Vern 1917	1K	Dec 2007	Joy Fisher
Groom, Jacob July 4, 1885	3K	Jan 2008	Ronald J. Reid
Hain, M. Marie March 4, 2004	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Martin, Mary Idol January 31, 1883	1K	Feb 2009	Kris Marshall
Roberts, Roger Lynn August 7, 2005	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Taylor, Mike F. September 11, 2005	3K	Aug 2007	Oz
Photos of Tombstones
Belle Plaine Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Kansas
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Carsten, George Lee	Image 85K	Aug 2007	Oz

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