BIOGRAPHIES:  Ernest SUMMERFIELD, Chetek, Barron Co., WI

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Ernest Summerfield, business man of Chetek, was born in Monroe County, this
state, Aug. 20, 1882, son of William J. and Martha (Golden) Summerfield.
The father was born in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, and the mother in
Nova Scotia. They were married at Sparta, Wis. They were the parents of
fourteen children, of whom there are now living five. Sarah is the wife of
Charles Seymour of Chicago. Mary lives in California, and is the widow of
Samuel Marx. John and Elmer live in Monroe County, Wisconsin. Ernest was
reared in Sparta in his native county, and as a young man became a barber.
He came to Chetek in 1910 and purchased a barber shop. In 1913 he
established a cigar store, pool and billiard hall, and bowling alleys in
connection. He still conducts this department, but in 1919 sold the barber
department to Arthur Nelson and Percy Andrews who still conduct it. Mr.
Summerfield is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Community Club, as
well as of Chippewa Falls Lodge No. 1326, B. P. 0. E. Mr. Summerfield was
married in Warren, Monroe County, April 20, 1910, to Edna Rose, daughter of
Calvil and Jane Rose, the former of whom is living and the latter dead.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 953.

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