Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. Jefferson County. WILLIAM E. SUMMERS, farmer, was born in Morgan County, Ind., August 1, 1852, and is the sixth of a family of nine children born to George G. and Diana (Gilliland) Summers. [They from Jefferson County, Ky.] Our subject received a very fair common school education and was employed on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years old. He now owns a part of the home farm, near Eminence, to which he has added other land. He was married, February 17, 1878, to Miss Loda A. Skelton, a native of Audrain County, Mo., and a daughter of Thomas and Rachel (McCord) Skelton, natives of Indiana and of Scotch and English descent respectively. To Mr. and Mrs. Summers have been born three children, viz.: Nettie M., Charles G., and an infant not named. Mr. Summers is a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A. F. & A. M. In politics, he is a Democrat. Summers Gilliland Skelton = Eminence-Morgan-IN Audrain-MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jefferson/summers.we.txt