Biography of James Sumners, 1902, Baker Co., Oregon: Surnames: Sumners.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 
1902 by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 327

James Sumners

Coming here from his home in Kentucky when twenty-two years old, he was
identified with Baker county from that time until, at the age of fifty-three
years, he passed to the great beyond. During the early Indian wars he acted as
a scout, and he was in all other respects a typical frontiersman. While he
possessed the daring, hardihood, patience and resourcefulness which
characterize the true pioneer, he possessed also a warm, tender heart, which
ever inclined him to espouse the cause of the unfortunate and the oppressed.
Without relatives in this section of the country, he had friends by the
hundreds, and his demise was a cause of mourning in many a household. He was
buried close to the Galena mine, which was discovered by him, his pick and
shovel, which had been his companions on many a journey among the hills being
placed beside him in the tomb. May he rest in peace.