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Joseph A. SUMMERS

Joseph A. SUMMERS[1]

Male 1833 - 1879  (45 years)

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  • Name Joseph A. SUMMERS 
    Born 15 Mar 1833  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military 2nd Lt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, and 1st Lt, Co H, 4th W.Va. Inf 
    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  [5] 
    Died 13 Jan 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I17891  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 May 2017 

    Father Elijah SUMMERS,   b. 16 Jun 1804, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Susannah BARNETT,   b. 15 Dec 1808, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F3773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy WILSON,   b. 29 Sep 1838, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1920, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Two entries for this marriage give conflicting dates of Feb 22 1856 and Feb 26 1856.
    Children 
    +1. Marshall Aaron SUMMERS,   b. 28 Aug 1857, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1935, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Orvilla Jeanette SUMMERS,   b. Jun 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1936, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
     3. Frances P. SUMMERS,   b. 14 Aug 1862, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1864  (Age 1 years)
     4. Emma J. SUMMERS,   b. 10 Apr 1865,   d. 20 Jan 1867  (Age 1 years)
    +5. Dora Orpha SUMMERS,   b. Apr 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1898  (Age ~ 31 years)
    +6. Marion Bruce SUMMERS,   b. 24 Apr 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928, Sarasota Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +7. Grace Adda SUMMERS,   b. 27 Aug 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1913, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     8. Francis L. SUMMERS,   b. Feb 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1901, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 27 years)
    +9. Dosia Edna SUMMERS,   b. 18 Jul 1876,   d. 19 Nov 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     10. Josie A. SUMMERS,   b. 2 May 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1906, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
    Family ID F11602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238.

    2. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

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

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.