WI BIO - Richland Co - RUMMERY, Thomas J.

History of Crawford & Richland Counties, Wisconsin. Springfield: Union, 1884, 
Part 2, p 1039

Thomas J. RUMMERY, for the last nine years treasurer of the town of Eagle 
[Richland County, Wisconsin], was born in 1835 in Sussex County, England. 
When he was six years old [1841 or 1842?] his parents came to America, 
settling in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. His father purchased a farm in the town 
of Royalton [County, Ohio], and there the subject of this sketch passed his 
younger days, obtaining his education in the public schools.

In 1863 he [Thomas J. RUMMERY] came to Richland County [Wisconsin] and 
engaged in teaching, soon purchasing timber land on Section 16, town of 
Eagle. He has since cleared a farm of about 70 acres [shown on the 1874 plat 
map as 80 acres], and erected a neat frame house and barn. His place is 
pleasantly located in the neighborhood known as Basswood. [As shown on the 
1895 plat map of Eagle Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, in 1895 T. J. 
RUMMERY owned (in addition to the 80 acres on Section 16) 240 acres on 
Section 15, with 80 acres adjoining on Section 14 (all this land formerly 
made up of two 40-tracts on Section 15 and two 40-acre tracts on Section 14 
belonging in 1874 to J. D. HOTMAN and 120 of the 160 acres on Section 15 
belonging in 1874 to A. WEBSTER.]

He [Thomas J. RUMMERY] was first married [Miss?] Rosaline JOHNSON, who was 
born in Huron County, Ohio, and died in 1873, leaving one child, who died 
three months after the death of its mother. In 1878 he [Thomas J. RUMMERY] 
was again married, to [Miss] Mary MATHEWS, daughter of Hubert and Mary 
MATHEWS, who was born in the town of Eagle [Richland County, Wisconsin] where 
her parents [Hubert and Mary] were early settlers. They [Thomas J. and Mary 
(MATHEWS) RUMMERY] have one child, Martha Gertrude.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly