Biographical Sketch of Stewart Summers, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
**********************************************************************

Stewart Summers, P. O. Lexington, Missouri.  A native of Kentucky, was
born in Montgomery county, Ky., January 27, 1827.  His father, Caleb
Summers, who died in the summer of 1880, moved to this county in 1836.
He had been a farmer in Kentucky, and Stewart was raised to a farmer's
life.  The family settled in Washington township, in this county, where
he was mostly educated.  Early in life he learned the value of money,
and habits of economy, and when he became of age, he had already saved
several hundred dollars in money.  Every cent of this was expended in
aiding his father, who had become involved; and when he started out in 
life he had just seventy-five cents and a horse.  He then went to
Wyandotte, sold his horse for seventy-five dollars, and obtained a 
permit to trade with the Wyandotte Indians.  In 1851 he bought land in
this county and began farming, which he continued until 1863, when he
began the grocery business in Lexington.  In 1868 he moved into the 
new store he had built on Franklin street, where he now is.  In 1850
he married Miss Rachel A. Reed.  Has no children living.  Both he and
his wife belong to the Christian church.  His farm lies near Odessa.
Few men can show a better record than the subject of this sketch.

====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Joe Miller <mio@netins.net>
		      Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell <Incog3678@aol.com>

====================================================================