General Sumner developed several islands in Boston Harbor, resulting in what is now known as East Boston. During this time, Sumner founded several companies, including the East Boston Company and The East Boston Lumber Company. As a tribute to his effort for the development East Boston the Sumner Tunnel that runs under the Boston Harbor from East Boston to Boston was named in his honor.
In 1818 William Sumner was appointed Adjutant General of the State Militia, a position he held for 16 years and which title he retained for the rest of his life
His marble monument marks him as "A Loyal Patriot, A Useful Citizen, And A Steadfast Friend."
William Summer was married three times. First in 1826 to the widow of Raymond Henry Jones Perry (died 1826) whose brothers Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry were well-known Navy officers. She died in 1834 and is buried in the DeWolf family cemetery, Bristol, Rhode Island (#9095525) Secondly in 1836 he married Maria Foster (Doane) Greenough who died in 1843. In 1848 he remarried for the third time to Mary Dickinson Kemble of New York City, a niece of General Gage, the last British governor of Massachusetts. (Thanks to Alexander Scott for providing the information on his marriages.)
In 1818 William Sumner was appointed Adjutant General of the State Militia, a position he held for 16 years and which title he retained for the rest of his life
His marble monument marks him as "A Loyal Patriot, A Useful Citizen, And A Steadfast Friend."
William Summer was married three times. First in 1826 to the widow of Raymond Henry Jones Perry (died 1826) whose brothers Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry were well-known Navy officers. She died in 1834 and is buried in the DeWolf family cemetery, Bristol, Rhode Island (#9095525) Secondly in 1836 he married Maria Foster (Doane) Greenough who died in 1843. In 1848 he remarried for the third time to Mary Dickinson Kemble of New York City, a niece of General Gage, the last British governor of Massachusetts. (Thanks to Alexander Scott for providing the information on his marriages.)
General Sumner developed several islands in Boston Harbor, resulting in what is now known as East Boston. During this time, Sumner founded several companies, including the East Boston Company and The East Boston Lumber Company. As a tribute to his effort for the development East Boston the Sumner Tunnel that runs under the Boston Harbor from East Boston to Boston was named in his honor.
In 1818 William Sumner was appointed Adjutant General of the State Militia, a position he held for 16 years and which title he retained for the rest of his life
His marble monument marks him as "A Loyal Patriot, A Useful Citizen, And A Steadfast Friend."
William Summer was married three times. First in 1826 to the widow of Raymond Henry Jones Perry (died 1826) whose brothers Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry were well-known Navy officers. She died in 1834 and is buried in the DeWolf family cemetery, Bristol, Rhode Island (#9095525) Secondly in 1836 he married Maria Foster (Doane) Greenough who died in 1843. In 1848 he remarried for the third time to Mary Dickinson Kemble of New York City, a niece of General Gage, the last British governor of Massachusetts. (Thanks to Alexander Scott for providing the information on his marriages.)
In 1818 William Sumner was appointed Adjutant General of the State Militia, a position he held for 16 years and which title he retained for the rest of his life
His marble monument marks him as "A Loyal Patriot, A Useful Citizen, And A Steadfast Friend."
William Summer was married three times. First in 1826 to the widow of Raymond Henry Jones Perry (died 1826) whose brothers Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry were well-known Navy officers. She died in 1834 and is buried in the DeWolf family cemetery, Bristol, Rhode Island (#9095525) Secondly in 1836 he married Maria Foster (Doane) Greenough who died in 1843. In 1848 he remarried for the third time to Mary Dickinson Kemble of New York City, a niece of General Gage, the last British governor of Massachusetts. (Thanks to Alexander Scott for providing the information on his marriages.)
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