"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
ADAMS TOWNSHIP, MORGAN CO., INDIANA
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GEORGE T. SUMMERS, farmer, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., July 27, 1843,
and is the second child and eldest son in a family of nine children born to
George G. and Diana (Gilliland) Summers, both of whom were natives of
Kentucky and of Irish descent. George G. Summers was educated and married
in his native State, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until
1852, when he came to Adams Township, Morgan County, and bought 200 acres of
wild land and improved a farm. In 1876, he left the old home farm, which he
afterward divided among his children, and removed to Eminence, where he
resided until his death, which occurred December 24, 1883, in his
sixty-fourth year. He was enlisted and mustered for the war with Mexico,
but was discharged before going into active service. He was educated in the
Catholic faith, but belonged to no church. For many years he was a member
of the Masonic fraternity. George T. Summers, the subject, received a fair
common school education, and also attended commercial college at
Indianapolis. He was employed on his father's farm until he was twenty
years old. In October, 1863, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and
Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, recruited for the six months'
service, and was mustered out with same in April, 1864. After his return
from the army, he engaged in the live stock trade, mainly horses and cattle,
for a number of years. He also taught for three winters, and was employed
for a time as a salesman in a notion store at Indianapolis, and still later
as a salesman in a general store at Eminence. He is at present engaged in
agricultural pursuits. He was married, September 15, 1860, to Sarah F.
Mosier, a native of Morgan County, Ind. To this union were born three sons,
all of whom are living. Mrs. S. died in April, 1881. Mr. Summers was next
married, February 1, 1883, to Mrs. Elizabeth E. (Voshell) Miller, a native
of Morgan County, Ind. Mrs. Summers is a member of the Baptist Church. In
politics, Mr. Summers is a Democrat, and is one of the early settlers and
enterprising citizens of the township and county.
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