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Rummer, Gabriel, was born in the town of Dryden, May 29, 1848. His father, Eli Rummer, was a native of the town
in which he spent his life of sixty years, born in 1820, and passing away in 1880. Our subject was educated in
the common schools and in Dryden Academy under Jackson Graves. At the age of twenty he married Licetna Johnson,
daugter of Philo A. Johnson, who died in 1892. In 1893 he bought the John Morgan property of sixty acres, on which
he raises hay, grain and stock, making a specialty of dairying. He takes the Republican side in politics and an
active interest in school and church matters. In 1893 he bought the Lombard stock of boots and shoes in connection
with his son, Charles E. Rummer, and they are the leading merchants in their line in the town of Dryden. He is
noted for energy and business ability.
From:
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York
Including a History of Cornell University
Edited by: John H. Selkreg
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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