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Emory Zephaniah Summers

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Emory Zephaniah Summers

Birth
Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA
Death
30 Aug 1886 (aged 44)
Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas, USA
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Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas, USA
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Zephaniah J. Emory Summers, the first child of Hezekiah and Keziah Summers, was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi on October 15, 1841. Six months prior to his 24th birthday, he enlisted in the "Johnson Guards" from the Fair River Community, which became Company C of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry. He was wounded in the battle of Peachtree Creek (Atlanta, Georgia) on July 20, 1864, and was unable to return to service. His brother, Achilles M. Summers, says that this wound left him a cripple for the rest of his life. He was paroled in Jackson, Mississippi on May 19, 1865.

Following the war, Emory Summers married Martha Jane "Mattie" Simmons on December 28, 1865 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. Sometime during the early 1870s the family moved to Coryell County, Texas. Of their eight children, three were Baptist ministers. Emory died in Gatesville, Texas on August 20, 1886.

Zephaniah J. Emory Summers, the first child of Hezekiah and Keziah Summers, was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi on October 15, 1841. Six months prior to his 24th birthday, he enlisted in the "Johnson Guards" from the Fair River Community, which became Company C of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry. He was wounded in the battle of Peachtree Creek (Atlanta, Georgia) on July 20, 1864, and was unable to return to service. His brother, Achilles M. Summers, says that this wound left him a cripple for the rest of his life. He was paroled in Jackson, Mississippi on May 19, 1865.

Following the war, Emory Summers married Martha Jane "Mattie" Simmons on December 28, 1865 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. Sometime during the early 1870s the family moved to Coryell County, Texas. Of their eight children, three were Baptist ministers. Emory died in Gatesville, Texas on August 20, 1886.

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