In 1911 the town of Sumner had: 2 banks 3 hardware stores 2 blacksmith shops 3 harness repair and retail shops 3 poultry houses 2 mills 1...

On December 5, 1918, D. Galbreath moved his family from Johnson City to Sumner having leased the D. D. Emerick home. He then advertised...

Because the 1890 census was destroyed in a fire, genealogists often have trouble trying to figure out what happened to their families...

** We will be cleaning tombstones at Moffett Cemetery 8:00 am Saturday morning Oct 30th. Please come down and help us preserve history...

We asked George Zwilling to write a history of the Sumner Elevatorand today we are proud to publish it with some photographs. Thanks to...

Sumner in the 1900's was quite a booming metropolis. Business Advertisers in the Sumner Press May 1, 1902: · H F. Combs sold...

From the Library of Congress “The Sanborn Map Collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the...

In the 1880’s, J. S. Christy owned and operated a drug store in Sumner. While primarily a drug store, the People’s Drugstore also sold...

The first railway charter granted by the Illinois General Assembly was to the Chicago and Vincennes Railroad in 1835. The demand for...

February 1889 News Gleaned from the Sumner Press A Chapter of the O. E. S. (Eastern Star) instituted with fourteen members. Mrs. Rose...