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Joseph Porter SUMMERS, Jr.

Joseph Porter SUMMERS, Jr.

Male 1918 - 1988  (70 years)

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  • Name Joseph Porter SUMMERS 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 3 May 1918  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930, 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 6 Jun 1942 to 1 Jan 1946  [3, 5, 6] 
    Sgt, Engineers Supply Div, US Army, WW II (Europe) 
    Education Doddridge Co H.S. (1935), WV Wesleyan College (Alpha Kappa Pi)  [5, 7] 
    Residence Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10] 
    Died 16 Aug 1988  [2, 3] 
    Buried Grandview Memorial Gardens, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Notes 
    • News item in the West Union Herald, January 10, 1946:
      "Sgt. Joe Summers, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Summers, has arrived home from the E.T.O. and has received his discharge after serving almost four years in the Army. He served two years of this time in England and France with the Engineers Supply Division.
      "Sgt. Summers and wife, the former Mary Freeman, are spending some time in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dunbar."
      (NOTE: Next door neighbors of the Summers family in the 1940 Census of West Union were Robert Dunbar and his wife and daughter.)
    Person ID I56593  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2014 

    Father Joseph Porter SUMMERS,   b. 19 Dec 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1964, Lakin, Mason Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Faye Irene GATRELL,   b. 21 Nov 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1962  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F11788  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Virginia FREEMAN,   b. 14 Feb 1920, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1979  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1940  Russellville, Logan Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Porter SUMMERS, III,   b. 14 Aug 1948, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1948, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F23499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Joseph Porter Summers Jr, Doddridge Co HS, 1935    		Joseph Porter Summers Jr, Doddridge Co HS, 1935

    Documents
    56593_JosephPSummersJr_MaryVirginiaFreeman_WeddingAnnouncement_Oct1940.jpg    		56593_JosephPSummersJr_MaryVirginiaFreeman_WeddingAnnouncement_Oct1940.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 231.

    5. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S691] West Union Herald, 1/10/1946.

    7. [S2723] Yearbook photo.

    8. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    9. [S1625] Obituary of uncle.

    10. [S2201] City Directory.

    11. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    12. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 10/31/1940.