Edward Alleyne Sumner

1874 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Edward Alleyne Sumner
  Birth	26 Oct 1874	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I56225	Scudder
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Lieutenant Edward Alleyne Sumner,   b. 20 Jan 1840, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 28 Apr 1905, St. Augustine, Florida (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Florence Amelia Bingham,   b. 8 May 1852, Jackson county, Michigan d. 1930, St. Augustine, Florida (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1870
  Family ID	F20088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernestine Davenport Tappey,   b. 5 Dec 1881, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1905
  Family ID	F20089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Edward's early education was acquired in the public schools of Jackson and De— troit, to which latter city he removed in 1887. He was a member of the class of 1897 of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He started his business career in the Detroit plant of the American Radiator Company in 1896, where he served an apprenticeship at molding. coremaking, as a machinist and in. the chemical laboratory for three years. In 1899, Edward had entire charge of putting in operation the first foreign plant of the Company, which was located in Dole, France. In 1901 he was made secretary of the Operating Board of the Company with headquarters in Chicago and given general charge of the foundry and of all their American plants. He was manager of the Detroit plant from 1902 until 1910, when he was made general representative of the American Radiator Company of Michigan, with the title of Secretary and Treasurer, and offices at 816 Penobscot Building.

  
  

• Sources

  [S571] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18.