Elias was born in 1844. He was the son of Abner Sumner and Nancy Engler. He married Lydia M Ray in Greenwood, Kansas on November 2, 1870[1]. Elias passed away in 1922 and was buried in Eureka, Kansas[2]. He was about 78 years old.
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↑ *Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-JKX4 : 18 October 2017), E M Sumner and Lydia M Ray, 02 Nov 1870; citing Marriage, Greenwood, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,783,796.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5M-914 : 29 August 2017), Elias M Sumner, Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 90, sheet 274B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,382.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMT2-6ZG : accessed 26 March 2020), E M Sumner, Eureka Township (north part) Eureka City, Greenwood, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 7B, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,481.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2CC-F81 : accessed 26 March 2020), Elias N Sumner, Eureka Ward 2, Greenwood, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 8B, family 176, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 441; FHL microfilm 1,374,454.
"Kansas State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:784X-2YN2 : 13 October 2019), E M Sumner, Greenwood, Kansas, United States; citing Kansas, United States, 534, 12, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6D-HRF : accessed 26 March 2020), Elias M Summer, Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, United States; citing ED 26, sheet 14B, line 79, family 320, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 533; FHL microfilm 1,820,533.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elias 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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