Leonard James RUMERY

1898 - 1936  (37 years)

• Name	Leonard James RUMERY
  Birth	9 Aug 1898	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Machinist
  Death	4 Mar 1936	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
  	St. Joseph Hospital
  Burial	Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
  Notes	He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Memphis, where he lived with his mother and worked in a machine shop. He gave as his nearest relative Mrs. Nannie Rumery of 285 East Iowa in Memphis. He was tall and slender with blue eyes and light hair. His death certificate says that he died at 12:25 p.m. The cause of death was pneumonia precipitated by a brain hemorrhage. Leonard had incurred a head injury in a “public place” on or about February 22nd. His body was autopsied. The death certificate conflicts slightly with the account in the March 5th edition of The Commercial Appeal that was added to Leonard’s Find A Grave page by Neil Loftiss: Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Leonard J. Rumery, 37, an Illinois Central machinist, who died at 1 o’clock yesterday morning at St. Joseph’s hospital. Rumery died from a brain hemorrhage and pneumonia. He told physicians when he entered the hospital Feb. 25 that he had been slugged. An autopsy on the body yesterday revealed that Rumery had bruises on the left side of his head and on his arm. The physician who performed the autopsy told Capt. Frank Glisson, homicide officer, that the bruise on Rumery’s head could have caused the hemorrhage. R. O. Rumery, employe of Reed Brothers Dairy, told Capt. Glisson Tuesday that his brother had been slugged. The homicide officer talked with J. W. Fugler, special police officer, with whom Leonard Rumery lived at 3085 Allison, yesterday. Fugler told Capt. Glisson that Rumery fell in the bathroom of the Allison address on Feb. 14 and that he (Fugler) put Rumery to bed. Rumery had been drinking, Fugler told police.
  Person ID	I2847	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Christopher RUMERY,   b. 17 May 1870, Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin d. 4 Apr 1958, Los Angeles County, California (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Nannie Elizabeth SCHRADER,   b. 12 Sep 1863, Ohio d. 8 Jul 1947, Los Angeles County, California (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1897	Madison County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Flossie Verona SHOBE,   b. 16 May 1903   d. 18 Jun 1998, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1921	Shelby County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Helen J RUMERY,   b. 20 Oct 1921, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee d. 22 Oct 2007, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee (Age 86 years)   2. Leonard James RUMERY,   b. 16 Aug 1923, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee d. 1 Jan 1950, Mississippi (Age 26 years)   3. Frances RUMERY,   b. 13 Jan 1927, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee d. 16 Jul 2012, Tennessee (Age 85 years)   4. Duane Calvin RUMERY,   b. 23 Jul 1930, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee d. 1939, Tennessee (Age 8 years)
  Family ID	F2657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2025