Joseph Porter SUMMERS
1881 - 1964 (82 years)-
Name Joseph Porter SUMMERS Birth 19 Dec 1881 Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1900 Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation Bef 1916 [5] deputy County Clerk Occupation 1916 [5] bookkeeper at Ideal Window Glass Plant Residence 1916 Doddridge Co, WV [4] Census 1930, 1940 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation 1930, 1940 [6, 7] deputy sheriff Occupation 1944 [8] West Union Town Recorder Residence Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV [1] Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [6, 9, 10] Death 26 Feb 1964 Lakin, Mason Co, WV [1, 3] Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV [11] - Headstone reads: Porter Summers.
Person ID I27273 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 23 Mar 2025
Father Elijah W. SUMMERS, b. 5 Feb 1839, Monongalia Co, (W)VA d. 30 Oct 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 80 years)Mother Caroline Virginia BROWN, b. 16 Oct 1842, Lewis Co, (W)VA d. 28 Oct 1916, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 74 years)Family ID F3338 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Faye Irene GATRELL, b. 21 Nov 1887, Doddridge Co, WV d. 20 May 1962 (Age 74 years)Marriage 15 Aug 1916 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [4, 12] Children + 1. Joseph Porter SUMMERS, Jr., b. 3 May 1918, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV d. 16 Aug 1988 (Age 70 years)+ 2. Mary Lou SUMMERS, b. 2 Jun 1927, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV d. 28 May 2006, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 78 years)Family ID F11788 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1466946&Type=Death.
- [S1891] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795526&Type=Marriage.
- [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 24 Aug 1916.
- [S2028] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
- [S2635] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union).
- [S691] West Union Herald, 5/18/1944.
- [S643] Obituary of father.
- [S1594] Obituary of brother.
- [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).
- [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 24 Aug 1916.
"The wedding ceremony was performed at Clarksburg by Rev. Wm. B. Kind, Pastor of the 1st M.E. church."
(Note: Despited the ceremony taking place in Harrison County, the marriage record is on file in Doddridge County, residence of the bride.)
- [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1466946&Type=Death.
