Elisha Rumsey tombstone, 1827
Year
1827
Description
Elisha Rumsey died of a fever in 1827; his grave is in Forest Hill Cemetery. Rumsey is the only town founder buried in Ann Arbor. His widow remarried and moved away. Ann Allen left her husband and moved back to Virginia in the 1840s. John Allen followed the "49ers" west and died in San Francisco in 1851.
Rights Held By
Image Courtesy of the Washtenaw County Historical Society
Copyright
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