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

James E. Summers is a farmer on section 25, Hopkins Township. He was born Aug. 
25, 1839, in Susquehanna Co., Pa., of which State his parents, Levi and Sarah 
(Smith) Summers, were also natives. Their five children were born in the 
following order: William H., James E., a daughter who died in infancy, Harvey 
and Leland. Previous to his arrival at 22 years of age, he passed his time in 
obtaining an education and in farm labor on his father's homestead. In the 
spring of 1861, he came to Whiteside County, and for four years subsequently 
he was engaged as a farm assistant. In 1865 he rented a farm, and later bought 
a small piece of real estate in Lyndon Township. This he afterwards sold and 
bought 62 acres where he has since been a resident. He has increased his 
possessions until he now owns 222 acres, which is all under tillage excepting 
a small proportion. He is a staunch Republican. Mr. Summers was married June 
4, 1877, in Galt, Hopkins Township, to Orpha D. (Freeman) Carr. She was born 
Nov. 17, 1839, in Lyndon Township, and is the daughter of Henry B. and 
Zimrhode A. (Summers) Freeman, who were among the oldest settlers of Whiteside 
County. She was the widow of Robert M. Carr, a lawyer who resided at Hennepin, 
Putnam Co., Ill., when he was a soldier in the United States Army. He was 
Sergeant in Henshaw's Battery, Ill. Lt. Art. Vol., and before they were called 
into action he died in camp at Ottawa, Jan. 31, 1862, leaving one child, 
Robert M., who was born Aprils, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Summers are members of the 
Congregational Church.

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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