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Rumsey, Jean
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Dates of existence
1912-2009
History
Jean Rumsey was born in Lake Forest, Illinois to Henry and Marion Rumsey. She was a genealogist and expert on her own family history. This includes writing extensively about her family, specifically her grandfather, Captain Israel Parson Rumsey.
Captain Rumsey was a Civil war veteran, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and a noted Lake Forest resident, helping in the early development of the town. Of his five children, daughter Juliet and son Henry (Jean’s father) attended Lake Forest College and the latter would go on to be the mayor of Lake Forest from 1919-1925.