(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 871)

Elmer Sumner, a native of Maine, came to Union township about 1860, and located on the southeast quarter of section 20. He continued to make this his residence until 1867, when he sold out to Joseph Hunches and returned to Winneshiek county, from which he had come here.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, March 28, 2008