h/o Elizabeth Ann Lusk Sumney; s/o David Turney & Nancy Hand Sumney∼DAVID H. SUMNY,* who owns a farm of 101 acres, situated in Somerset Township, Washington County, Pa., on the turnpike road which is the northern boundary of the township, was born on a farm in Nottingham Township, Washington County, November 4, 1840, and is a son of David and Nancy (Hand) Sumny.

David Sumny was also born in Washington County, where his father, Isaac Sumny, had been a pioneer. David Sumny owned a farm and also operated a pottery on his place.

David H. Sumny attended the district schools in boyhood and worked at the potter's trade with his father, in his youth. He then learned the carpenter trade and for many years after his return from the Civil War he worked through this section as a carpenter and is widely known. In August, 1862, he enlisted for service as a soldier, entering the 140th Pa. Vol. Inf., and continued in the army until his honorable discharge, in June, 1865. Although he saw hard and dangerous service, participating in such battles as Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and many others, he was fortunate enough to escape all serious injury. After he returned to Washington County he resumed work at his trade, and in 1866 he was married to Miss Eliza Ann Lusk, a daughter of James and Hannah (Snodgrass) Lusk. Mrs. Sumny was born on Mingo Creek and was reared in Washington County. Mr. and Mrs. Sumny have five children: James, who lives in Nottingham Township, married Lillie Dague, and they had children— Edna, who died aged thirteen years, Charles, Hazen, Pearl and Wilson; Emma, who married Curtis Myers, and they have three children — Ralph, Mary and Ross; Harry, who married Maggie Ashcraft, has one son, Roy; Ella, who married John E. Williams and they have one child, Glenn; and George.

Mr. and Mrs. Sumny reside on what was formerly the old Lusk farm. They owned the Sumny farm of seventy-five acres, which they transferred to their son, Harry Sumny. Mr. Sumny is a member of the Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church. Neither he nor his sons take any very active part in politics, but all are numbered with the best and most dependable citizens of this section of Washington County.

Biographical Sketch from 1910 in McFarland's History of Washington.
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