Rumsey Family of Buffalo - Table of Contents
Rumsey Monuments
Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo, NY
![]() Note 2 large monuments on left |
Aaron & Sophia Rumsey and 3 Children![]() Note triglyphs and drops ![]() Left panel: Dexter Phelps (youngest child born 1827) Center panel: Aaron & Sophia (parents) Right panel: Eleanor S. Crocker (middle child born 1825) ![]() Caterpillars and butterfly: symbol of resurrection ![]() Aaron Rumsey Born May 6, 1797 Died April 6, 1894 ------------------- Sophia Phelps Wife of Aaron Rumsey Born Sept. ?, 1796 Died April 13, 1870 ------------ Headstones illustrated below. Their children: Bronson Case was the oldest child born 1823; Eleanor S. was the middle child born 1825; Dexter P. was the youngest child born 1827 ![]() Dexter Phelps Rumsey Son of Aaron & Sophia Rumsey Born April 27, 1827 Died April 5, 1906. ------------ Bronson Case was the oldest child born 1823; Eleanor S. was the middle child born 1825; Dexter P. was the youngest child born 1827 ![]() Eleanor S. Crocker Only Daughter of Aaron & Sophia Rumsey Born Feb. 11, 1825 Died Feb. 14, 1861. ------------- Bronson Case was the oldest child born 1823; Eleanor S. was the middle child born 1825; Dexter P. was the youngest child born 1827 ![]() Bronson Case was the oldest child born 1823; Eleanor S. was the middle child born 1825; Dexter P. was the youngest child born 1827 |
Aaron & Sophia Rumsey - Parents![]() Aaron Rumsey ![]() |
Bronson Case Rumsey![]() Bronson Case was the oldest child born 1823; Eleanor S. was the middle child born 1825; Dexter P. was the youngest child born 1827 ![]() The children of Bronson Case and Eveline Hall Rumsey: Laurence Dana born 1849; Mary Lovering born 1851; Bronson Rumsey II born 1854; Evelyn Rumsey born 1855 married Dr. Charles Cary ![]() Charles Cary Rumsey Sculptor Born August 29 1879 Died September 21 1922 ------------- Grandson of Bronson Case and Eveline Hall Rumsey; son of Laurence Dana and Jennie Cary Rumsey |
Dexter Phelps Rumsey and Family Bronson Case was the oldest child born 1823; Eleanor S. was the middle child born 1825; Dexter P. was the youngest child born 1827 ![]() ![]() To This Beautiful Home ![]() Clarence Marsdenn Only Son of Dexter P. & Mary E. Rumsey. -------------- Clarence died as an infant(?) Mary E. Bissell was the second wife of Dexter P. (no surviving children in their marriage) ![]() It was not uncommon for children to take their mother's maiden name as a middle name. Bronson Case was the oldest child born 1823; Eleanor S. was the middle child born 1825; Dexter P. was the youngest child born 1827 ![]() Mary E. Bissell Wife of Dexter P. Rumsey. ----------- Mary Coburn was the first wife of Dexter P.; Mary E. Bissell was the second wife; Susan Fiske was the third wife. ![]() Mary E. Bissell Wife of Dexter P. Rumsey Born Sept. 5, 1839 Died May 23, 1886 ------------ Mary Coburn was the first wife of Dexter P.; Mary E. Bissell was the second wife; Susan Fiske was the third wife. ![]() Ansley Wilcox Died Jan. 26, 1930 Aged 73 Years ------------ Son-in-law of Dexter P. and Mary Coburn Rumsey. Wilcox married their older daughter, Cornelia, and after she died, their younger daughter, Mary Grace. ![]() Cornelia Coburn Rumsey - older daughter of Dexter P. and Mary Coburn Rumsey - was first wife of Ansley Wilcox ![]() Cornelia Coburn Rumsey - older daughter of Dexter P. and Mary Coburn Rumsey - was first wife of Ansley Wilcox ![]() Mary Grace Rumsey - younger daughter of Dexter P. and Mary Coburn - was the second wife of Ansley Wilcox ![]() Mary Grace Rumsey - younger daughter of Dexter P. and Mary Coburn - was the second wife of Ansley Wilcox ![]() Mary Coburn was the first wife of Dexter P.; Mary E. Bissell was the second wife; Susan Fiske was the third wife. |