Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Summers, Cloys 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Cloys Summers, of the firm of O. & C. Summers, dealers in groceries, 
provisions and crockery at Fulton, was born in Barnet, Caledonia Co., Vt., 
Dec. 9, 1833, came to Sterling, Ill., with his parents in 1840, and has made 
Whiteside County his home ever since. He has spent several years away, but 
never established a residence elsewhere. He took part in the so-called "Kansas 
War" of 1854. From there he went with a Government train to Albuquerque, New 
Mexico, in 1855. He next entered the service of the Hockaday Stage Company, 
and ran a pony express from South Pass to Salt Lake City. He was in Utah at 
the time of the Mormon War, and participated in some wild border scenes. He 
returned to Fulton after spending about four years on the plains and in the 
mountains. He enlisted in the late war, in September, 1861, in Co. A, 34th 
Ill. Vol. Inf., and was promoted Corporal and Sergeant. He served three years, 
and re-enlisted in September, 1864. He was appointed Commissary Sergeant 
immediately and served till the close of the war. He was in the 14th Army 
Corps, and with his company and regiment in every battle in which they 
participated, among them the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, 
siege of Atlanta and Jonesborough, siege of Savannah and other minor 
engagements. Mr. Summers was married at Fulton, Ill., Dec. 9, 1866, to Miss 
Margaret Joyce, daughter of Clayton and Margaret E. Joyce. Mrs. Summers was 
born in Burlington Co., N. J. They have had four chil­dren,—three daughters and 
a son,—as follows: Belle, born Dec. 4, 1868, died Sept. 14, 1879; Myron D., 
born Feb. 12, 1870, died Aug. 7, 1870; Aetna E., born Aug. 11, 1873, died Aug. 
7, 1875; and Mary Alice, born Oct. 7, 1875. Soon after his return from the war 
Mr. Summers engaged as clerk and salesman for the lumber firm of Langford & 
Hall, and continued with them till the spring of 1871, when he formed the 
existing partnership with his brother Oscar. In his political views, Mr. S. is 
a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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