Sylvester SUMMERS Daviess,KY;George G Summers,Morgan IN;Frank Summers,Meade KY
Looking for information on parents of Sylvester Summers b. ? died 1870 in Daviess Co. Ky.He was married to Mary Eleanor (or maybe Elizabeth) Blanford.Children were: George, b. 1859, Rose Bell b.abt 1861, Douglas b. abt 1861, Elizabeth b. abt 1862, Emma Adella "Dellie" b. 1864. All born in Daviess Co., Ky. His wife died in childbirth 1866. He remarried ? and he and his new wife were murdered by an insane relative (named Cain or O'Cain) according to family stories.His children were separated and taken by various family members.See potential relatives below.Dellie appeared on 1880 census age 16 occupation "cleaning tables" living in a boardinghouse owned by Tricia Philpot, Owensboro, Daviess Co. She married Francis "Frank" Kelly, son of Barnett Kelly.Their children were Mary Edith Kelly b. 1885 (my husband's grandmother), Ora Frances b. 1889, Charles Lancaster b. 1891, and Mabel Catherine b. 1895.They supposedly ran a tavern called "Kelly & Queens." In addition, Dellie was a tailor. Dellie and Frank both died young (Dellie in 1899, age 35).Their children were taken in by her sister Rose Bell who had married William Henry Tuck in Daviess but moved to Sugar Grove, Butler Co. KY where the Tuck family home was.All of them except Ora Frances are shown in the Tuck household on the 1920 US Census - living in Butler Co., KY.
I think Sylvester's brother was George Granail Summers b. 1819 in Ky.On the 1880 US Census for Adams, Morgan Co. Indiana, there is a Granail Summers age 61,(b. KY, parents b. Md), wife Dinah 63 b. Ky, parents b. Ire, dau. Sarah K, 21, b. Ind; dau Mary J. Sligar 28 b. Ky, and "Douglas Summers" "nephew" 18, b. Ky, parents b. Ky - farm laborer. This Douglas has exact age of Sylvester's son. In Kentucky bios - there is listed a George G. Summers b. Ky who married Dianah (aka Dinah) Gilliland. It says George was a farmer in Jefferson Co.Ky but in 1852 moved to Adams, Morgan Co. Indiana where he bought 200 acres of wild land and converted it to a farm.Said in 1876 he divided up his land among his children and then lived in Eminence Ind. until he died in 1883.He was educated as Catholic but did not attend church. Was a Mason. Served in the War with Mexico. Had sons George T. Summers b. 1843 Jefferson Ky who married Sarah Mosier.Son James S. b. 1845 married Cynthia Sligar.Son William E. b. 1852 married Loda Skelton.Who was George Granail and Sylvester's father?
I think I've found where Sylvester's son George and daughter Rose Bell were in 1880 - living in Garnettsville, Meade Co. Ky in the household of Frank Summer 44 farmer, b Ky parents b. Va; wife Rebecca 43; son George 21 (birthdate of 1859 matches Sylvester's son); dau "Bell" 17 (birthdate of 1863 matches pretty close to birthdate of Rose Bell - either 1861 or 1863); son Richard 16 and John Brahnan age 30 - other.Meade is close to Daviess.Frank must not be Sylvester's brother if George Granail is Sylvester's brother as George G indicated his parents were born in MD whereas Frank indicates his were born in VA.Frank could be a cousin to Sylvester? or maybe George G. was the great uncle rather than uncle of Douglas (i.e., Sylvester's uncle)
Sylvester Summers anda "James M. Summers" were both on the Daviess Co. census of 1860 (I've seen index but not yet the microfilm) same page.There was a James Monroe Summers b. in abt 1835 in Floyd Co. Ind who had a brother David Sylvester b. 1850 - but this David Sylvester appears too young to have been the Sylvester I'm looking for as "my"Sylvester had his first son in 1859. Could be a related family to those in Floyd Co. Ind. as Daviess is just a little way down the Ohio River from Floyd Co. Ind.
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Re: Sylvester SUMMERS Daviess,KY;George G Summers,Morgan IN;Frank Summers,Meade KY
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Re: Sylvester SUMMERS Daviess,KY;George G Summers,Morgan IN;Frank Summers,Meade KY
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