Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joseph M. Summers    
                Born: ca 1852               1,2,3
             Resided: 1911                 in Ohio  4
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Elias Summers   (1809 - 1884) 
              Mother: Miranda Wilson   (1814 - 1900) 
                Wife: Leah Virginia Bee     
             Married: Jun- 5-1875          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: May- 4-1854          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5,2
             Resided: 1911                 in Ohio  6
              Father: Benjamin Wilson Bee   (1826 - 1911) 
              Mother: Priscilla Hughes   (1825 - 1888) 

Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 339. 
(5) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 103. 
(6) Obituary of father. 







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