Reuben married Rita Irene Courington (1851 - 1939) in Oakman, Walker, Alabama, United States.
Reuben died on 2 Jun 1913 in Providence, Walker, Alabama aged 67. [1]
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 13 August 2020), memorial page for Reuben Franklin Sumner (20 Nov 1845–2 Jun 1913), Find A Grave: Memorial #142828034, citing Providence Cemetery, Providence, Walker County, Alabama, USA; maintained by sheilasan (contributor 48432856), headstone photo.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPT-2NL : 4 April 2020), Reuben F Sumner in household of John B Sumner, Cherokee county, Cherokee, Alabama, United States; citing family 199, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Alabama State Census, 1866," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6PL-98X : 6 February 2020), Rubin Summer, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing certificate , p. , Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96W-JBJ : accessed 7 July 2020), Reuben F Summer, Precinct 12 Cordova Cordova cillage, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 16A, family 277, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,043.
"Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DP-4S6D : 17 March 2018), Reuben Franklin Sumner, 1907; citing Gayosa, Walker, Alabama, United States, citing Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,729.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW8-HFN : accessed 7 July 2020), Reuben F Sumner, Oakman, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 178, sheet 16A, family 321, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 35; FHL microfilm 1,374,048.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSD6-N9S : 26 August 2019), Reuben E. Sumner in entry for Robert Lafayette Sumner, 6 Dec 1954; Death, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1L-QT7M : 25 August 2019), Reuben Sumner in entry for James Randolph Sumner, 9 Jun 1965; Death, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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