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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 2: Parentage and Family.—the father. (search)
he sterling qualities which children respect and imitate. If he was not himself great, he had in him elements of character which are essential to greatness. In person he was of average height, five feet and eight or nine inches. He was slender in form, and not well favored in countenance. No portrait of him is preserved. The papers left by Sheriff Sumner are the chief sources of this sketch. Information has been sought from those who knew him, and The Hundred Boston Orators, by James S. Loring, has been consulted. The mother. Mrs. Sumner was a woman of excellent sense, and of unusual skill in domestic economies. By her own toil, and the prudent management of the household, she succeeded, even before her husband became sheriff, in keeping the family expenses within his income. In the care of the estate and the nurture of the children, after his decease, she justified the confidence which his will placed in her. She was equable, even imperturbable, in her temperament.