Washington Co., AR - Biographies - Dr. D. C. Summers

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Dr. D. C. Summers, whose birth occurred in Marion County, Ark., in 
1856, is a son of Calvin and Lucinda H. (Porter) Summers. The father 
was born in Rutherford, Tenn., in 1819, and was by occupation a farmer 
and tanner, and followed the latter occupation for many years. He 
enlisted in the Mexican War, but peace was declared before he entered 
service. He also enlisted in the late war, but was sent home by the 
Government to tan leather for shoes, etc. He was one of the very early 
settlers of Northern Arkansas, and is now living at Sylva, Marion 
County, engaged in merchandising. Dr. D. C. Summers received a rather 
limited education in Marion County, and later attended the Missouri 
Medical College at St. Louis one session. At the age of twenty-four he 
began practicing his profession in Marion County, but at the end of 
two years he moved to Benton County, and from there to his present 
property in Washington County. He located at Elm Springs, where he has 
his share of the practice, and is succeeding very well. In 1877 he 
married Miss Lida Dingle, daughter of Judge W. B. and Nancy Dingle. of 
Madison County, Ark., and to them have been born two children, both of 
whom are deceased. Dr. Summers became a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, South, in 1872, and after a membership of one year 
he was ordained a minister of that church and an elder in 1879. He at 
present occupies the position of local preacher, and for five years he 
was pastor of the church and in charge of the Mountain View Circuit, 
also other circuits, and spends a goodly portion of his time in 
ministering to the spiritual wants of his fellow-men.