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Elijah SUMMERS

Elijah SUMMERS

Male 1804 - 1877  (72 years)


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  • Name Elijah SUMMERS
    Birth 16 Jun 1804  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Residence UNTIL Abt 1840  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence Aft 1840  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • South West District, settling near the Joshua Adams homestead (per son's obit). Settled at the mouth of Lower Run in 1843 (per Brad Spiker's "Good Will Community").
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer & blacksmith  [4, 5] 
    Death 22 May 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Burial Summers Cemetery, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I10452  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2018

    Father Alexander SUMMERS,   b. 9 Mar 1778, Frederick Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1847, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Mother Mary Ann VINAGAR
    Family ID F17507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah BARNETT,   b. 15 Dec 1808, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Notes 
    • A native of Monongahela County, where he was born a son of Alexander Summers, Elijah Summers settled at the mouth of Lower Run in 1843.

      1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Elijah Summers, 46, b. Va, blacksmith; Susanna, 40, b. Va; Louisa, 19; Joseph A, 17; Nancy, 14; Elijah W, 11; Sarah J, 9; Francis M, 4 months; Wesley Brown, 20, b. Va, blacksmith; Rachael Minney, 22, b. Va; Hariet F J West, 1, b. Va.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      E. Summers, 60, b. Md, farmer; Susan, 51, b. Va; E. W. (male), 21; F. M. (male), 10; Sarah, 18.
      In the next household: J. Summers (male), 26, farmer; Nancy, 21; A. M. (male), 2; A. J. (female), 1.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
      Elijah Sommers, 64, b. Md, farmer & blacksmith, value of real estate $8000, value of personal estate 1200; Susana, 61, b. Va; Francis M, 20; Spencer E. Barrackman, 12; Sarah E. Barrackman, 10; Cassa Wagoner, 16, domestic servant. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Louisa SUMMERS,   b. 3 Jul 1830, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1910 (Age 80 years)
    +2. Joseph A. SUMMERS,   b. 15 Mar 1833, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    +3. Nancy J. SUMMERS,   b. CA 1836, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 25 years)
    +4. Elijah W. SUMMERS,   b. 5 Feb 1839, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +5. Sarah J. SUMMERS,   b. 27 May 1841, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1927, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +6. Francis Marion SUMMERS,   b. 29 Jan 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1929, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F3773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S781] Bradford Spiker (compiled by Barr Wilson), The Good-Will Community: A History of Holbrook, W. Va., 1814-1945, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/goodwill.txt).
      Although Brad Spiker describes Elijah Summers as a "native of Monongahela County," the 1870 Census of Doddridge Co (South West Township) puts his birth at about 1806 in Maryland. The death record of his son Francis also states Elijah's birthplace as Maryland.

    2. [S1719] Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death.
      Age on the weathered headstone appears to be 72y 11m 6d.

    3. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    4. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    5. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 29 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5043510&Type=Death.
      Identified as Elijah Summers, white male, widower, born in Maryland, parents (blank), occupation smith; died May 22 1877 in Doddridge Co, age 72y 11m 6d, cause of death fevers. Informant: Son.

    7. [S5] Headstone.

    8. [S781] Bradford Spiker (compiled by Barr Wilson), The Good-Will Community: A History of Holbrook, W. Va., 1814-1945, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/goodwill.txt).