Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 6, 1811 to the proud parents of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pinckney Sumner. Sumner was very silent about his life growing up and genealogy. Mrs. Sumner?s grandfather was an extensive landholder and a surveyor of Hanover. In Plymouth County, he was a town selectman, member of the Revolutionary Committee on Public Safety, and a state representative. Sumner?s grandfather was Major Job Sumner. He fought under General Washington after he quit his classes at Harvard. After the revolution, Major Job Sumner served as the U.S. commissioner to settle the accounts between the Confederation and Georgia. He failed to marry Ester Holmes, who was speculated to be partly of Negro or Indian blood. This caused his son, Charles Pinckney Sumner, to be born out of wedlock. Charles Pinckney Sumner became a lawyer by profession. He supplied the family with about a thousand dollar yearly household income. Charles Pinckney Sumner was forced to send his son to school in course, chunky shoes and cheap sky-blue satin clothes. Charles Sumner was also a twin. He and his sister Matilda were
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