Notes
Note H7
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Eliza Ann Hopper died soon after giving birth to Elizabeth
Notes
Note H8
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Prior to marrying William, she was engaged to a Civil War
soldier who lost his life catthe battle of Lost Mountain in 1864.
About a year after Susie was born,
Christina's mother Elizabeth talked her into
divorcing William and returning with the four children
to her home. With some neighbors' help, Christina was
eventually rescued from her mother's clutches and married
a widower by the name of David Mosier, whom my
Susie learned to call "Daddy". But this same David Mosier,
according to the 1850 census (30 years earlier), was a
married man in his late twenties with a family when Christina
was still a small girl about 8 or 9 years old. The Mosiers were
neighbors of the Summers in 1850. Sometime after David died
in the early 1900's, Christina went to help Susie raise her
family in LaCrosse. Christina is described as the role
model for "Granny Clampett" of the Beverly Hillbillies.
She is buried with Susie and two daughters who died
at birth in La Crosse.
William Hopper seemingly disappears from all records
after his divorce from Christina (Summers) Hopper in 1880.
Family records indicate that there was one contact with
him in 1898, Christina received a letter from him inquiring
about her general well being. It was from "Newtrenton" in
Franklin Co., IN. The letter included a reference to a woman
nicknamed "Bertie" who apparently was a church organist.
There was no further contact, but apparently he lived until
after 1920.
Notes
Note H9
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In 1818, when Joseph Summers was one year old, his father
Jacob and the rest of the Summers family, along with many
members of the Utz, Baker, and Engleman families left the
Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. After traveling through
the Cumberland Gap and through Kentucky, they arrived at the
Falls of the Ohio. Crossing the Ohio River in search of new land,
they became some of the original settlers of Floyd, Harrison, and
Clark Counties in Indiana.
*Shelby mysteriously does not appear in the 1850 census as part of
the Summers household. His information was taken from a
biographical sketch that appears in the Floyd County
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORIC SOUVENIR, the information
provided to me by the Southern Indiana Genealogical Society.
The book very specifically identifies Shelby's parents and
Joseph and Elizabeth (Utz) Summers of Virginia and Floyd County.
Jacob was a farmer and carpenter
Notes
Note H10
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In 1818, Jacob and the rest of the Summers family, along with many
members of the Utz, Baker, and Engleman families left the
Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. After traveling through
the Cumberland Gap and through Kentucky, they arrived at the
Falls of the Ohio. Crossing the Ohio River in search of new land,
they became some of the original settlers of Floyd, Harrison, and
Clark Counties in Indiana.
*Shelby mysteriously does not appear in the 1850 census as part of
the Summers household. His information was taken from a
biographical sketch that appears in the Floyd County
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORIC SOUVENIR, the information
provided to me by the Southern Indiana Genealogical Society.
The book very specifically identifies Shelby's parents and
Joseph and Elizabeth (Utz) Summers of Virginia and Floyd County.
He was a blacksmith and gunsmith
Notes
Note H11
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Came to Philidelphia aboard the ship "Brothers". Settled first in Lower Dublin Township
There are conflicting dates for the birth of John.
Some sources indicate 1837, while others indicate
1840 and 1846. There are also questions whether
or not this John Summers married Elizabeth Reidenauer.
The conflicts are probably the result of more than one
John (Johanne) Summers or Sommer being born in
Germany at about the same time and appearing in western
Virginia at about the same time. The information shown
here reflects the information provided by the majority
of researchers.
While many family members remained in Pennsylvania or
migrated to new homes in Maryland and Ohio,
John (Tobin) Summers and other family members had
moved to Augusta County, Virginia by 1766. From their
homes in the Shenandoah Valley, the Summers were
recognized by the new American Congress for aiding the
Colonies' efforts during the American Revolution by serving
or supplying the Continental Army.
Notes
Note H12
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The VENIS ancestry has its origins in the German Province
of Hesse-Nassau, which lies close to the areas from where
all of our other ancestral families migrated in western Germany.
The German version of the name was FINIS.