Tipton-Rush-Putnam County IN Archives Biographies.....Rumsey, John E. 1820 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   JOHN E. RUMSEY, dealer in musical instruments and sewing machines,
representing the Estey and Cymbella organs and the Singer sewing machine, was
born in Mason County, Ky., April 2, 1820. His father, Charles Rumsey, removed to
Rush County, Ind., in 1833, and came to Tipton County in 1849. He was a
carpenter by trade, but after he came to this county, engaged in farming. He
purchased a large tract of land, and resided on that until his death in July,
1872. John E. Rumsey had very limited opportunities to receive an education, but
after he was grown up he attended the academy at Waveland three years. In 1852,
he came to Tipton County and located on a farm during one year. He engaged in
teaching and taught his first term in the Tipton High School. He followed
teaching fifteen years, after which he engaged in mercantile pursuits a short
time. He then followed the life insurance business until 1872, when he was
elected by the Republican party as a Representative of Hamilton and Tipton
Counties. He served in the General Assembly in the special session of 1872, and
the regular session of 1873, and soon after engaged in his present occupation,
where be is doing a good business. He owns a good residence in Tipton. Mr.
Rumsey was married, October 5, 1843, in Putman County, Ind., to Miss Zerelda Osborn.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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