|
a.
|
Note: !BIRTH-DEATH: Bible of Samuel SUMMERS;; in poss of June HILL of Berryville, Arkansas in 1995. !CENSUS: 1810:
NOTE: On 28 Oct 1815 in Warren County, Tennessee Robert's father was a witness to a deed (Deed Book C, page 4). On 5 Oct 1819 his father was in Warren County, Tennessee to sell 100 acres (Deed Book B, page 602)
!CENSUS: 1820 U S Census; Can't find his father, at 13 years old Robert would be with his father.
!CENSUS: 1830 U S Fed Census; Franklin County, Tennessee; Page 99, Line 17. with wife under 30 and a daughter under 5 years old.
!CENSUS: 1840 U S Fed Census; Crow Creek Mountain, Franklin County, Tennessee; Page 44, Line 19. 010001000000/11100100000; Married with 1 son and 3 daughters at home; Price is living next door.
!CENSUS: 1850 U S Fed Census; District 19, Jackson County, Alabama. Page 99, Line 40. age 46; Occupation: Laborer. Living next door to Price Summers and his family. Samuel, Annie, Jane, James, Nancy, and Thomas, his children from Katie McKinney are living with him.
!CENSUS: 1860 U S Fed Census; Div. 1, (P.O. Stevenson), Jackson County, Alabama. Page 61, Line 5; As R. Summers, age 52; Occupation: Laborer; Value of Personal Estate: $100; Born in Tennessee
!CENSUS: 1870 U S Census; Kings River, Carroll County, Arkansas. Page 17, Line 33 as Robert Simon age 63. NOTE: This family fits. All the neighbors are family and all this family names, ages, and places of birth fits.
!CENSUS: 1880 U S Census; Polo, Carroll County, Arkansas. Page 26, Line 23. Age 73; born abt 1807 in Tennessee; Occupation: Farmer; Spouse's name: Elizabeth; Father born in Tennessee; Mother born in Tennessee.
!BIBLE: in poss of Abe SUMMERS, son of Matthew SUMMERS, Robert's son by Mary Ann HOLCOMB-SUMMERS, as per Patty WOODALL.
!NOTE: According to notes of Patty WOODALL sent to Virginia SUMMERS-ARNOLD in 2004; "In July 1838, Robert represented the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church at an Association held at Looney's Creek in Marion County, Tennessee. From 1842 he must have had some difficulties with the Church since he was invited to attend but apparently did not attend. Then, in 1844, he was not invited ""but came and declared himself no more of us"" according to the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church Minute Book. Then in August 1844 Robert was excluded which means he was kicked out of the church. In July 1869 Robert was restored to membership and in October 1869 he was dismissed by letter.
Robert served in the Florida Wars also known as the Seminole Wars. The first Seminole war was from 1817 to 1818; the second Seminole War was from 1835 to 1842; and the third Seminole War was from 1855 to 1858. Robert Summers was a Private in Company I, Jacoway's Company Alabama Volunteers and Snodgrass Regiment Company I of the North Alabama Volunteers. He enlisted November 1, 1837 and was discharged at Wetumpka, Alabama, April 1838 making him part of the Second Seminole War. Robert applied for a pension in 1885 and which stated he had fair complexion, black hair, yellow eyes and was 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Robert had a hard time trying to decide where to live: in Jackson County, Alabama or Carroll County, Arkansas. Before he moved the first time to Carroll County, Arkansas, he lived near the Caperton Trading Post at the original Pleasent Grove, Alabama. He made three trips to Arkansas and came back twice. On his second trip, James took his third wife, Mary Ann who died on the way in Rutherford County, Tennessee, and he also took all his children except two. The two who stayed behind were James Campbell and Joseph Samuel. Four of his children were married and their families went also. They were Catherine who married Will Holder, Tennessee Annie who married Robert Bolton Gamble, Nancy who married James Lawson Gamble and Sarah Jane who married Thomas Benton Gamble. Robert married almost as soon as he arrived in Carroll County, Arkansas.
From "The Star-Progress" printed in Berryville, Arkansas in a article called "Your Neighbor and Mine" by Edith (Champlin) McCall dated October 1, 1953 is an account of Robert Summers move to Berryville, Arkansas as told by Robert's youngest daughter, Rebecca Ann (Summers) Standlee who died in 1955. Robert joined a caravan of five families who came to Arkansas to establish new homes. They traveled in oxen drawn covered wagons. On the second day out, Robert's wife, Mary Ann, became ill and a few hours later passed away. The oxen-train was weeks in making the trip to northern Arkansas but it finally arrived and Robert located on a farm at Stony Point, north of Berryville, on Kings River. The area is still known as Summers Ford.
The following was told by Abe Summers, grandson of Robert and son of Matthew Summers, to Dan Summers, a great great-grandson of Robert in 1975. In 1877, his son Matthew, his daughter Tennessee Annie Gamble and her children, and his daughter-in-law Eliza Jane (Gamble) Summers made a trip to Jackson County, Alabama. The purpose of the trip was to bring back Eliza Jane (Gamble) Summers whose husband, Samuel had just died. Eliza Jane brought her step-daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Summers, and her own children, Mary Frances and Talitha with her. Annie (Summers) Gamble had also lost her husband and had decided to move back to Jackson County, Alabama. Robert and Matthew Summers returned to Arkansas. This was Robert's third trip to Arkansas.
!NOTES: "Robert Summers b. 30 March 1807 in Barren Co., KY. Died 2 November 1888 in Carroll Co., AR. Robert was married four times. 1st to Katie McKinney, there is no actual proof of this marriage but per Patty Woodall, Professional Genealogist, of Jackson County, Alabama; several Summers told Eliza Woodall (Historian, and Genealogist) they thought this was his first wife's name.
Children of Robert Summers and Katie McKinney: 1. Catherine Summers b. ca 1829 m. William Holder.
2. Samuel R. Summers b. ca 1832 m. 1st Sarah Matthews - 2ND Eliza Jane Gamble
3. Tennessee Annie Summers b. 1834, d.1925 m. Robert Bolton Gamble.
4. Sarah Jane Summers b. 1838 m. Thomas Benton Gamble
5. James Campbell Summers b. 1840 m. 1st Martha Jane Sells - 2ND Amey Jane Wilkenson
6. Nancy Summers b. ca 1844 m. James Lawson Gamble.
7. Thomas Jefferson Summers b. 1848 m. Sarah Elvina Rush.
Robert Summers second Marriage was to Elizabeth Stewart 13 March 1853, Jackson County Alabama. Their Children are:
1. Joseph Samuel Summers b. 1854 m. Nancy Dawson Gamble.
2. Jasper Newton Summers b. ca 1858 m. Elizabeth Cunningham
3. Rebecca Ann Summers b. 1859 m. John Isaac Standlee.
Robert Summers third Wife was Mary Ann Holcomb Muse. Mary Ann died on the way to Arkansas. Child of Robert Summers and Mary Ann Holcomb Muse is:
1. Matthew A. Summers b. 1866 m. Mahala Standlee.
Roberts fourth Wife was Elizabeth Wright widow of James A. Smith. There were no children by this marriage." Taken from: http://genforum.genealogy.com/summers/messages/2005.html
!NOTE: History of Berryville, Missouri; Written by Michele Skalicky, 18 Sep 2002; You may find the whole story at the following website: http://ksmuonline.missouristate.edu/sop.php?text=80 The following is only from about 1850-1890:
Berryville, Missouri was founded in 1850 by Dr. A.A. Baker, Blackburn Henderson Berry and Arnold Chaplain.
"Mr. Berry and Mr. Baker approached Mr. Chaplain and asked him if he would survey them out a town. So this was done in late 1850. Arnold chaplain surveyed 24 lots and 3 main streets. The streets were main, Forsythe and Church. Forsyth is now our current Madison Street in Berryville. After the town was laid out, Dr. Baker and Mr. Berry tossed a coin to see what the town would be called. Would it be Baskerville or Berryville? And obviously Mr. Berry Won."
Shirley Pyron is president of the Carroll county historical society, which operates the heritage center museum in the old courthouse building on the square-built in 1880.
She says Berryville, as is the case with many towns, was built near a spring-in this case town spring-sometimes known as berry spring.
"The women would bring their washboards and washtubs to there and do their laundry and then they would leave them there until the next week undisturbed. It was a social gathering where they would come to the big spring to do their laundry."
During the civil war, federal troops occupied Berryville and most of the town was burned. According to Pyron, the only building left standing on the Berryville square after the war was the Hailey house-later known as the Hubbert hotel.
"The hotel was left standing we believe because it housed the Masonic regalia on the 2ND floor."
!BURIAL: Summers, Robert------------Mar. 30, 1807--Nov. 22, 1888 - View Image click on
http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcchs/bjackimg/100_0731.jpg
!NOTE: Find A Grave Memorial# 33495716
|
