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             Husband: Thomas P. Summers    
                Born: 1886                  1
                Died: 1952                  1
              Buried:                      in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Bessie B. Clayton   3  
                Born: 1891                  1
                Died: 1965                  1
              Buried:                      in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Russell Bernett Summers      
                Born: May-10-1919          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1950                 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1940, 1941           in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  5,6
            Military:                      U.S. Army, World War II  7
                Wife: Mahala Ruth Britton  b. Feb-22-1919  d. Feb-24-1995  
       Also known as: Ruth Britton 8
             Married: Apr-18-1940          in Salem, WV  9
             Married: Sep-19-1941          in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV  10
                Wife: Edith Virginia Ellyson  b. Jul-10-1922  
             Married: Jan-19-1950          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4

Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only) 
(2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(3) Marriage record of son. 
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(5) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(7) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(8) Marriage record of daughter. 
(9) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, Identified as Russell Burnette Summers, 21, b. May 10 1918 in Ritchie 
Co, res. Pennsboro; and Mahala Ruth Britton, 21, b. Feb 22 1919 in Kanawha Co, res. Pleasants Co.  Married Apr 18 1940 
in Salem. MR p. 183 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11451289&Type=Marriage. 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Russell Bernett Summers, divorced, age 22, b. Ritchie 
Co, res. Pennsboro, son of Thomas P. & Bessie B. Summers; and Mahala Ruth Britton Summers, divorced, age 22, b. Kanawha 
Co, res. Pennsboro, dau of C. Poling & Vada Britton.  Married Sep 19 1941 in Glenville, W.Va. MR p. 241 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11544820&Type=Marriage. 







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