Benjamin Dyer SUMNER

• BIRTH: 2 FEB 1884, Northport, Tuscaloosa County, AL
• DEATH: 25 JUL 1969, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL
• BURIAL: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL

Father: Benjamin Cornelius SUMNER
Mother: Rebecca Evelyn PHIFER

Family 1: Peninnah CAPLES

• MARRIAGE: 25 JAN 1910, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL

1. Mary Evelyn SUMNER
2. Nina Lucille SUMNER
3. Benjamin Earl SUMNER
4. Clara Elizabeth SUMNER
5. Edward Reeves SUMNER
6. Dorothy Louise SUMNER

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                              _John Buckner SUMNER _
 _Benjamin Cornelius SUMNER _|
|                            |_Emily HOWELL ________
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|--Benjamin Dyer SUMNER 
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|                             _John PHIFER _________
|_Rebecca Evelyn PHIFER _____|
                             |_Mary Elizabeth COOK _

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Notes

He worked as a carpenter. He lost the first joint of the index finger on one hand in an accident at work. He built several homes in Tuscaloosa and Northport, Alabama, including the one at 316 Caplewood Terrace.

He was senile for several years prior to his death - perhaps from Altzheimer's Disease.

He was a Deacon at Calvary Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was elected a lifetime Deacon, and his daughter Dorothy believes that he was the first or one of the first so elected.

He wrote a biography of his childhood and young manhood (prior to his marriage) for his daughter Evelyn. Photocopies and a typed transcript are filed.

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