PETER RUMMEL was the son of John H. and Susannah (Arndt) Rummel. He was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

He and his wife Susannah (Clopper) lived at Bunker Hill in Worthington Township, near Butler, Richland County, Ohio. They were the parents of thirteen known children-

Jeremiah Rummel 1830 – 1851
Elizabeth Rummel 1831 – 1832
Rebecca Rummel Farst 1833 – 1893
Barbary Barbara Ann Rummel Freeman 1834 – 1883
Mary Catherine Rummel Price 1836 – 1922
Suzanna Ellen Rummel Phelps 1838 – 1919
Joseph Peter "J.P." Rummel 1840 – 1920
Infant Rummel 1841 –
Martha Jane Rummel Easterly 1843 – 1934
David Samuel Rummel 1845 – 1862
Sarah Elizabeth Rummel Burger 1846 – 1929
Samantha Rummel 1849 – 1852
Harriet Irene Rummel 1852 - 1893

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PETER RUMMEL -

Died- January 11, 1872 at Worthington Township;
Married
Age- 61 Years, 4 Months, 20 Days
Born in Pennsylvania
Occupation- Farmer
White
Cause of Death - Small Pox
Resident of Worthington Township

Richland County Probate Court Record of Deaths] *a note in the final column reads "one of the pioneers"

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"OLD BUNKER HILL"

PETER RUMMEL, located on the Hill in 1844. The Hill never assumed to be a village, but as the location is both conspicuous and commanding, and is the center from which six roads take diverse courses, the hill is quite prominent and a church has stood upon it's summit for years. On the corner east of the church was the RUMMEL residence, one of the largest houses in the township. A store of general merchandise was kept in one end of this building and the other industries of the place consisted of a blacksmith shop and a gun shop. The latter, however, was not at the corners, but a few rods out on the Perrysville Road.

(Richland County Ohio USGenWeb Site)