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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTICLE ON JOHN RUMSEY

The pioneers of this county still living remember the advent into the county of this, one of its best citizens, who took his lot with the early settler of Matteson Township in 1846.  The first purchase of our subject was a tract of land on section 26 in Matteson Township, which he improved and lived upon for 20 years.  Then selling out, he purchased his present farm on section 14, Noble Township.

John Rumsey was born in Marion County, Ohio, March 8, 1822, and is the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Rider) Rumsey, who were natives of New York, and of English ancestry.  The father many years ago left the Empire State for Ohio and died in Marion County, about 1838.  The mother subsequently married Benjamin Stebbins, and when our subject was 13 years old came with her husband to Michigan and located in St. Joseph County, where both spent the remainder of their lives.  To Nathaniel and Elizabeth Rumsey there were born 13 children, three of whom are living.

Mr. Rumsey was married to Mrs. Mary E. Imhoff, of Noble Township.  This lady was the widow of Jacob Imhoff, by whom she became the mother of 8 children, namely, Lizzie, Sarah Ann, Catherine, Mary, Peter, John, Samuel and Annetta.  They are all living in Michigan.

To our subject and his present wife there has been born one child, a son, Ernest, in April 1883.