Daniel Summers was the 6th son (out of 7) and the 8th child (out of 14) of Alexander Summers and Clarissa C. Lilly, and like several of his siblings, Daniel was the first generation of Summers in his family to be born in Illinois.
Alexander Summers was a native of Orange Co., NC, but had moved to Sumner Co., TN, when he was about 6 years old, around the year 1800. Alex's father was Joseph Summers (1749-1839) who was a Revolutionary War soldier who served in the North Carolina Militia, and his mother was Mary Jackson (1753-1831). When the War of 1812 began, Tennessee began calling for volunteers to serve in the various military units it was organizing to defend itself against the British and any of the Indian attacks which had already begun in the Western territories in 1811. Given that Alex's father had served, and that General Andrew Jackson was in command of the Tennessee troops and of all U.S. troops in the Southwest, and that "Old Hickory" might even be a cousin of theirs through Alex's mother Mary Jackson Summers, it must have been a natural thing for Alex Summers to enlist.
He served as Pvt. Alexander Summers in the 39th U. S. Infantry Regiment, Enlisting on 22 Sep 1813 and being Discharged on 28 Sep 1814. He first served in Capt. Douglass's Co. (22 Sep - 30 Nov 1813), then in Capt. Long's Co. (30 Nov 1813 - 28 Sep 1814). Alex fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, AL, in the Creek Campaign.
Joseph Summers and many of his family members moved to Southern Illinois in 1829. This was a common destination among North Carolina and Tennessee veterans of both the Revolution and the War of 1812, due to the fact that many of them had bounty lands there, or knew others who did. Where many of Joseph's family stopped and settled in eastern Franklin County---such as his sons Thomas and Alex---Joseph himself and some of his other children moved further north into what is present-day Scott County, Illinois, near Winchester.
That is the reason that Alex and Clarissa Summers ended up in Franklin County, IL, and their middle and younger children were the first of the family born in the Prairie State.
On 25 Sep 1855, in Akin, Franklin Co., IL, Daniel married Mary Rebecca Frailey, whose family had only recently moved to the West End area that borders Franklin and Saline Counties. Rebecca's father Daniel Frailey and her little brother Phillip had both been killed by lightning on 18 June earlier that same summer, down at her home place near Cave-In-Rock in Hardin Co., IL.
Daniel and Rebecca began having a family, which would eventually grow to 3 daughters and 7 sons!
POSSIBLE MIDDLE NAME
Daniel Summers, Sr., may have had a middle name Saul, which has been suggested perhaps by his son, Daniel Jr. having had such a middle name.
The "Sr." and "Jr." designations do not uniformly mean that the father and son names are exactly the same, such as identical first-middle-last names, but that at least the first names or the names they commonly were called are, in fact, the same, and therefore needing the distinguishing "Sr." and "Jr." titles.
In the case of Daniel Summers, Sr., and Daniel Saul Summers, Jr., it is so far only implied that Daniel Sr. even had a middle name, and if so, it is implied that it was the same as his son's. More research is needed, and any proofs suggesting Daniel Summers, Sr. had an additional name is welcome. Doing genealogy on these families for decades does not mean one has seen everything there is to see; the records of Franklin County, IL, are vast and sometimes difficult to explore.
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His line to me: Alexander SUMMERS -- Daniel SUMMERS -- Ambrose SUMMERS -- Monnie Dorothy SUMMERS -- Audrey Lucille WHETSTONE -- Mary Lee HART -- ME (Matt UNDERWOOD).
Left by Underwood-Hart-Siweck-Ozee Group on 30 Nov 2015
Alexander Summers was a native of Orange Co., NC, but had moved to Sumner Co., TN, when he was about 6 years old, around the year 1800. Alex's father was Joseph Summers (1749-1839) who was a Revolutionary War soldier who served in the North Carolina Militia, and his mother was Mary Jackson (1753-1831). When the War of 1812 began, Tennessee began calling for volunteers to serve in the various military units it was organizing to defend itself against the British and any of the Indian attacks which had already begun in the Western territories in 1811. Given that Alex's father had served, and that General Andrew Jackson was in command of the Tennessee troops and of all U.S. troops in the Southwest, and that "Old Hickory" might even be a cousin of theirs through Alex's mother Mary Jackson Summers, it must have been a natural thing for Alex Summers to enlist.
He served as Pvt. Alexander Summers in the 39th U. S. Infantry Regiment, Enlisting on 22 Sep 1813 and being Discharged on 28 Sep 1814. He first served in Capt. Douglass's Co. (22 Sep - 30 Nov 1813), then in Capt. Long's Co. (30 Nov 1813 - 28 Sep 1814). Alex fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, AL, in the Creek Campaign.
Joseph Summers and many of his family members moved to Southern Illinois in 1829. This was a common destination among North Carolina and Tennessee veterans of both the Revolution and the War of 1812, due to the fact that many of them had bounty lands there, or knew others who did. Where many of Joseph's family stopped and settled in eastern Franklin County---such as his sons Thomas and Alex---Joseph himself and some of his other children moved further north into what is present-day Scott County, Illinois, near Winchester.
That is the reason that Alex and Clarissa Summers ended up in Franklin County, IL, and their middle and younger children were the first of the family born in the Prairie State.
On 25 Sep 1855, in Akin, Franklin Co., IL, Daniel married Mary Rebecca Frailey, whose family had only recently moved to the West End area that borders Franklin and Saline Counties. Rebecca's father Daniel Frailey and her little brother Phillip had both been killed by lightning on 18 June earlier that same summer, down at her home place near Cave-In-Rock in Hardin Co., IL.
Daniel and Rebecca began having a family, which would eventually grow to 3 daughters and 7 sons!
POSSIBLE MIDDLE NAME
Daniel Summers, Sr., may have had a middle name Saul, which has been suggested perhaps by his son, Daniel Jr. having had such a middle name.
The "Sr." and "Jr." designations do not uniformly mean that the father and son names are exactly the same, such as identical first-middle-last names, but that at least the first names or the names they commonly were called are, in fact, the same, and therefore needing the distinguishing "Sr." and "Jr." titles.
In the case of Daniel Summers, Sr., and Daniel Saul Summers, Jr., it is so far only implied that Daniel Sr. even had a middle name, and if so, it is implied that it was the same as his son's. More research is needed, and any proofs suggesting Daniel Summers, Sr. had an additional name is welcome. Doing genealogy on these families for decades does not mean one has seen everything there is to see; the records of Franklin County, IL, are vast and sometimes difficult to explore.
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His line to me: Alexander SUMMERS -- Daniel SUMMERS -- Ambrose SUMMERS -- Monnie Dorothy SUMMERS -- Audrey Lucille WHETSTONE -- Mary Lee HART -- ME (Matt UNDERWOOD).
Left by Underwood-Hart-Siweck-Ozee Group on 30 Nov 2015
Daniel Summers was the 6th son (out of 7) and the 8th child (out of 14) of Alexander Summers and Clarissa C. Lilly, and like several of his siblings, Daniel was the first generation of Summers in his family to be born in Illinois.
Alexander Summers was a native of Orange Co., NC, but had moved to Sumner Co., TN, when he was about 6 years old, around the year 1800. Alex's father was Joseph Summers (1749-1839) who was a Revolutionary War soldier who served in the North Carolina Militia, and his mother was Mary Jackson (1753-1831). When the War of 1812 began, Tennessee began calling for volunteers to serve in the various military units it was organizing to defend itself against the British and any of the Indian attacks which had already begun in the Western territories in 1811. Given that Alex's father had served, and that General Andrew Jackson was in command of the Tennessee troops and of all U.S. troops in the Southwest, and that "Old Hickory" might even be a cousin of theirs through Alex's mother Mary Jackson Summers, it must have been a natural thing for Alex Summers to enlist.
He served as Pvt. Alexander Summers in the 39th U. S. Infantry Regiment, Enlisting on 22 Sep 1813 and being Discharged on 28 Sep 1814. He first served in Capt. Douglass's Co. (22 Sep - 30 Nov 1813), then in Capt. Long's Co. (30 Nov 1813 - 28 Sep 1814). Alex fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, AL, in the Creek Campaign.
Joseph Summers and many of his family members moved to Southern Illinois in 1829. This was a common destination among North Carolina and Tennessee veterans of both the Revolution and the War of 1812, due to the fact that many of them had bounty lands there, or knew others who did. Where many of Joseph's family stopped and settled in eastern Franklin County---such as his sons Thomas and Alex---Joseph himself and some of his other children moved further north into what is present-day Scott County, Illinois, near Winchester.
That is the reason that Alex and Clarissa Summers ended up in Franklin County, IL, and their middle and younger children were the first of the family born in the Prairie State.
On 25 Sep 1855, in Akin, Franklin Co., IL, Daniel married Mary Rebecca Frailey, whose family had only recently moved to the West End area that borders Franklin and Saline Counties. Rebecca's father Daniel Frailey and her little brother Phillip had both been killed by lightning on 18 June earlier that same summer, down at her home place near Cave-In-Rock in Hardin Co., IL.
Daniel and Rebecca began having a family, which would eventually grow to 3 daughters and 7 sons!
POSSIBLE MIDDLE NAME
Daniel Summers, Sr., may have had a middle name Saul, which has been suggested perhaps by his son, Daniel Jr. having had such a middle name.
The "Sr." and "Jr." designations do not uniformly mean that the father and son names are exactly the same, such as identical first-middle-last names, but that at least the first names or the names they commonly were called are, in fact, the same, and therefore needing the distinguishing "Sr." and "Jr." titles.
In the case of Daniel Summers, Sr., and Daniel Saul Summers, Jr., it is so far only implied that Daniel Sr. even had a middle name, and if so, it is implied that it was the same as his son's. More research is needed, and any proofs suggesting Daniel Summers, Sr. had an additional name is welcome. Doing genealogy on these families for decades does not mean one has seen everything there is to see; the records of Franklin County, IL, are vast and sometimes difficult to explore.
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His line to me: Alexander SUMMERS -- Daniel SUMMERS -- Ambrose SUMMERS -- Monnie Dorothy SUMMERS -- Audrey Lucille WHETSTONE -- Mary Lee HART -- ME (Matt UNDERWOOD).
Left by Underwood-Hart-Siweck-Ozee Group on 30 Nov 2015
Alexander Summers was a native of Orange Co., NC, but had moved to Sumner Co., TN, when he was about 6 years old, around the year 1800. Alex's father was Joseph Summers (1749-1839) who was a Revolutionary War soldier who served in the North Carolina Militia, and his mother was Mary Jackson (1753-1831). When the War of 1812 began, Tennessee began calling for volunteers to serve in the various military units it was organizing to defend itself against the British and any of the Indian attacks which had already begun in the Western territories in 1811. Given that Alex's father had served, and that General Andrew Jackson was in command of the Tennessee troops and of all U.S. troops in the Southwest, and that "Old Hickory" might even be a cousin of theirs through Alex's mother Mary Jackson Summers, it must have been a natural thing for Alex Summers to enlist.
He served as Pvt. Alexander Summers in the 39th U. S. Infantry Regiment, Enlisting on 22 Sep 1813 and being Discharged on 28 Sep 1814. He first served in Capt. Douglass's Co. (22 Sep - 30 Nov 1813), then in Capt. Long's Co. (30 Nov 1813 - 28 Sep 1814). Alex fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, AL, in the Creek Campaign.
Joseph Summers and many of his family members moved to Southern Illinois in 1829. This was a common destination among North Carolina and Tennessee veterans of both the Revolution and the War of 1812, due to the fact that many of them had bounty lands there, or knew others who did. Where many of Joseph's family stopped and settled in eastern Franklin County---such as his sons Thomas and Alex---Joseph himself and some of his other children moved further north into what is present-day Scott County, Illinois, near Winchester.
That is the reason that Alex and Clarissa Summers ended up in Franklin County, IL, and their middle and younger children were the first of the family born in the Prairie State.
On 25 Sep 1855, in Akin, Franklin Co., IL, Daniel married Mary Rebecca Frailey, whose family had only recently moved to the West End area that borders Franklin and Saline Counties. Rebecca's father Daniel Frailey and her little brother Phillip had both been killed by lightning on 18 June earlier that same summer, down at her home place near Cave-In-Rock in Hardin Co., IL.
Daniel and Rebecca began having a family, which would eventually grow to 3 daughters and 7 sons!
POSSIBLE MIDDLE NAME
Daniel Summers, Sr., may have had a middle name Saul, which has been suggested perhaps by his son, Daniel Jr. having had such a middle name.
The "Sr." and "Jr." designations do not uniformly mean that the father and son names are exactly the same, such as identical first-middle-last names, but that at least the first names or the names they commonly were called are, in fact, the same, and therefore needing the distinguishing "Sr." and "Jr." titles.
In the case of Daniel Summers, Sr., and Daniel Saul Summers, Jr., it is so far only implied that Daniel Sr. even had a middle name, and if so, it is implied that it was the same as his son's. More research is needed, and any proofs suggesting Daniel Summers, Sr. had an additional name is welcome. Doing genealogy on these families for decades does not mean one has seen everything there is to see; the records of Franklin County, IL, are vast and sometimes difficult to explore.
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His line to me: Alexander SUMMERS -- Daniel SUMMERS -- Ambrose SUMMERS -- Monnie Dorothy SUMMERS -- Audrey Lucille WHETSTONE -- Mary Lee HART -- ME (Matt UNDERWOOD).
Left by Underwood-Hart-Siweck-Ozee Group on 30 Nov 2015
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