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1965
Iroquois County, IL
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More information was found as well that Edward C. Sumner's daughter, Minerva Sumner-Fowler, inherited the property after his death in 1883. By census records and an old newspaper article supposedly Minerva converted the home slightly to be a country vacation house and resided there for a few years, but she moved to her Chicago home house and passed away in 1890. After her death, the property was moved into by the Diaz family whom were close friends of the Sumner Family. The Diaz family resided there until the mid-1960's. The home also may have been built between 1855 to 1860. Some evidence supports this from an old newspaper article from Watseka mentioning construction materials and laborers were being sent to a location about 13 miles south of Watseka for a Sumner Farm project. The wood materials were shipped in from Pennsylvania as Sumner believed they had superior materials.
1982
Kankakee County, IL
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The house was erected in 1900. My family lived in this house when I was a baby in 1990 but almost a year after I was born they moved to 1150 N 2600 E Road, Milford, IL. Then in 1999, me and some of my family moved back into the house and we stayed until the Summer of 2001. In the winter of 2001 a demolition crew trespassed on the property and began demolishing the large patch of woods that was located at the back of the property and refused to leave. With pressure mounting from the situation, we were forced to move back to Milford. Tragically, the house was demolished sometime in late 2001 - early 2002 to make way for a silly Dirt Track for delinquent people. Wasting of resources and illegal activity apparently is the "in" thing more than ever.