Isaiah Josiah SUMMERS b. abt. 1800 NC. Married to Catherine b. abt. 1800 born possibly in VA. Isaiah is listed in the 1840, 1850 and 1860 Sumner Co. TN Census records.

Known children of Isaiah Josiah SUMMERS and Catherine are:

1. Commodore SUMMERS b. 1823/1825 NC, married 1st on 27 July 1842 in Sumner Co. TN to Keziah "Ann" BRILEY. Commodore married 2nd on 26 Feb, 1880 in Sumner Co. TN to Susan HONEYCUTT.
2. Malinda SUMMERS b. 1826. Married on 11 Nov 1847 in Sumner Co. TN to J. Green SUMMERS (son of Noah SUMMERS and Mary "Polly" BRILEY). Known children are: Levi, Mary, William H. and Jesse.
3. Martha Jane SUMMERS b. 1830. Married on 8 Oct 1858 in Sumner Co. TN to James RIGSBY.
4. Josiah John A. SUMMERS b. 1834. Married 1st to Martha SUMMERS (daughter of Noah SUMMERS and Mary "Polly" BRILEY). Married 2nd on 17 Aug 1877 in Sumner Co. TN to Nancy E. MORRIS.
5. Elizabeth L. "Betsey" SUMMERS b. May 1836, d 6 Mar 1883 Sumner Co. TN. Buried at Briley Cemetery. Married on 23 Feb 1858 in Sumner Co. TN to Jessie SUMMERS (son of Noah SUMMERS and Mary "Polly" BRILEY).
6. Isaiah SUMMERS b. 1840.
7. Caroline SUMMERS b. 1841.

Commodore SUMMERS (son of Isaiah Josiah SUMMERS and Catherine) b. 1823/1825 NC. Married 1st on 27 July 1842 in Sumner Co. TN to Keziah "Ann" BRILEY b. 1823. Married 2nd on 26 Feb 1880 in Sumner Co. TN to Susan HONEYCUTT b. 1848. Commodore is listed with his wife and children in the 1860 Sumner Co. TN Census records. In 1899 Commodore is listed on the pauper apporpiations (page 513, district 15).

Known children of Commodore SUMMERS and Keziah Ann BRILEY are:

1. Mary Victoria SUMMERS b. 15 Aug 1846 TN, d. 15 Dec 1913 Sumner Co. TN. Married on 20 Jan 1863 Sumner Co. TN to Frances Marion HARPER b. 4 July 1836, d. 28 Jan 1912. Mary and Frances are buried at Link Cemetery. Children are: Steven 1864 - 1929, George 1865 - 1866, James 1867 - 1950, Marshall 1869 - 1931, Nancy 1872 - 1919, Sarah 1876 - 1905, Robert 1878 - 1955, Lovie 1882 - 1966, Amanda 1885 - 1958 and Mary Jane 1889 - 1962. (See Harper Family information). Note from Denise Wilson. Mary Victoria who married Francis Harper was one eyed, though the story of surrounding that is unknown.
2. William Taylor "Bill" SUMMERS b. 15 May 1847 TN, d. 14 Jan 1929 Sumner Co. TN. Married on 4 Sept 1869 in Sumner Co. TN to Rhoda A. "Sis" "Texana" ATCHERSON b. 18 Jan 1851, d. 12 July 1928 Sumner Co. TN. William and Rhoda are buried at Halltown Cemetery. They had nine children: (note: names of children from Denise Wilson)
   1. Jake
   2. Tommy
   3. Mary F.
   4. Bertha who married Leslie Crafton
   5. Alice H.
   6. Henry married S. E. Whiting
   7. Charles M. married Hattie Brown
   8. Mary F. married J. W. McGlothlin/Jake Atcherson
   9. William H.
3. Major G. SUMMERS b. 1852 TN, d. 1932 Sumner Co TN. Married 1st on 20 Apr 1870 in Sumner Co. TN to Caroline V. HUNTER b. 1857, d. 1899 Sumner Co. TN. Married 2nd on 11 Mar 1903 Sumner Co. TN to Annie SMITH. Major and Caroline are buried at Link Cemetery.
4. Sarah SUMMERS b. 1854 TN.
5. Inman B. SUMMERS b. 1857 TN. Married 1st to Mary Jane HUNTER. Married 2nd on 22 Feb 1879 in Sumner Co. TN to Susan SADLER. Note: The following was contributed by Linda Read Chesser ([email protected]). ..Inman Summers married my great-grandmother Mary Jane Hunter (marriage records list her last name as Honeycutt which is incorrect). Mary Jane was born between 1858 and 1859. When she married Inman she was mistreated and promptly locked in a cabin without much to eat or wear. The sheriff was summoned and she sued in court for a divorce and the restoration of her last name "Hunter". After this was all final, she married 1879 my great-grandfather William Oliver Read or "O. Reed" as it is listed on the 1878 map. Inman then married the Sadler woman..."
6. Elijah/Elisha Tennessee "Tennie" SUMMERS b. 1859, d. Aft 1920. Married R. M. HUNTER. Married Ella COOPER. They had ten children: (note: names of children from Denise Wilson)
   1. Minus Lee
   2. Charlie
   3. Mattie
   4. Annie
   5. Essie Mae
   6. Arthur
   7. Loula
   8. Elijah Duncan
   9. Bertha
   10. Frank Marion
   11. William McKennley "Kenlis"
   
7. John Andrew Jackson SUMMERS b. May 22, 1863, d. Mar. 27. 1944. Married on 28 May 1882 in Sumner Co TN to Laura Florence BRILEY.
8. Rosa B. SUMMERS b. 1865.
9. Eleanor SUMMERS.

Major G. SUMMERS (son of Commodore SUMMERS and Keziah Ann BRILEY) b. 1852 TN, d. 1932 Sumner Co TN. Married 1st on 20 Apr 1870 Sumner Co. TN to Caroline V. HUNTER b. 1857, d. 1899 Sumner Co. TN. Married 2nd on 11 Mar 1903 Sumner Co. TN to Annie SMITH. Major and Caroline are buried at Link Cemetery.

Known child of Major SUMMERS and Caroline HUNTER are:

1. William Morgan SUMMERS b. 1871, d. 1951. Married to Missouri Ann "Elizabeth" Melavine Millner PIERSON (1875-1956). Married to Lulu GRAY. Children are: Leslie, Bluford and Charlie; possibly married Annie.
2. Sarah A. SUMMERS b. March 1872; d. abt. 1908. Married 10 Oct 1891 in Sumner Co. TN to Benjamin Protus PEARSON. Sarah died from pellagra. Benjamin is buried at Link Cemetery, Sumner Co., TN no marker.
3. John Ellis SUMMERS.
4. Laura SUMMERS married BLACKBURN. 2 children; m. Jim Woodall.
5. Earnest William SUMMERS married Nobie GROVES. Children John William, Carl Douglas, Leroy, Donald Ray, Jerry Wayne, Gary Glen, James Edward and Ollie Bernice.
6. Pauline SUMMERS.
7. Frances SUMMERS.
8. Mary SUMMERS.

Children of Sarah A. SUMMERS (daughter of Major SUMMERS and Caroline HUNTERS) and Benjamin Protus PEARSON are:

1. John G. b. June 1894.
2. Hender Etter b. 8 Apr 1895, Portland, Sumner Co., TN; d. September 24, 1977, Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY. Buried at Maple Hill Cemetery Sumner Co. TN. Married 1st to Hubert LEGGE, married 2nd to W. Frank LEGGE. W. Frank LEGGE is buried at Link Cemetery Sumner Co. TN.
3. Russell b. August 1899.
4. Mary Elizabeth b. 22 Sept 1904, Sumner Co., TN; d. 19 Aug 1981, Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY; m. (1) Unknown CRABTREE abt. 1922; m. (2) Sidney O. REDFERN abt. 1928.

John Andrew Jackson SUMMERS (son of Commodore SUMMERS and Keziah Ann BRILEY) born May 22, 1863 in Sumner Co. TN. Died Mar. 27. 1944 in Sumner Co. TN. John married on 28 May 1882 in Sumner Co TN to Laura Florence BRILEY (daugther of Stephen Howard Briley and Emily). Laura was born on August 15, 1862 probably in Robertson Co. TN and died on June 23, 1951. After the death of John, Laura married Tom GOODMAN. John and Laura are buried beside each other in the Jake Link Cemetery, Sumner Co. TN. They just received a marker this year (2000).

Click here to view a photo of John Andrew Jackson Summers and Laura Briley.

Daniel Gregory contributed the following: ".. here is a story my grandmother, Mamie Ruth (Summers) Gregory remembers as a child hearing from her grandfather, John Andrew Jackson Summers."
"Grandpa said he was born during the Civil War. His mother (Kizah Ann) had severe arthritis and was confined to a bed. When she gave birth to John she had been in the bed already for a period of eight years. Once during the Civil War, federal troops occupied their home. They didn't bother grandpa's mother, since she was ill and confined to her bed. Ann died when Grandpa was 12 years old. She was confined to her bed for 20 years.

Another fact is my grandmother told me that her grandpa had once had a very serious illness and was given opium for the pain. Opium was sold over the counter as aspirin at that time. He became addicted, with no one thinking it was drug abuse or any such notions, he quit in 1916. He and his wife had been Church of Christ members but in his old age John was converted to the Jehovah's Witnesses. It hurt his family deeply, still he truly believed and anxiously awaited his "Watchtower" magazine that the group periodically sent to its members. John died on March 27, 1944."

Children of John Andrew Jackson SUMMERS (son of Commodore SUMMERS and Keziah Ann BRILEY) and Laura Florence BRILEY are:

1. Eldon Summers bornin 1886 and died in 1957. He married Lee Mooneyham. He is buried in the Jake Link Cemetery in Sumner County, Tn.
2. Alice Summers born August 14, 1889. She died on November 20, 1967. She is buried in the Old Halltown Cemetery in Sumner County, Tn. Her first husband was Sam Arthur Biggs who was born on Oct. 24, 1876 and died on April 8, 1943. Her second husband was Sam Poole.
3. Johnny Abner Summers was born on April 2, 1891 and died on December 4, 1955. He married Rosie Lee Mooneyham who was born on April 19, 1901 and died ?.
4. Lucy Summers married Frank Osteen on 18 April 1915. They had their first child on Feb. 18, 1916 and a second one in June 1917. Lucy died on December 4, 1918.
5. Oscar Summers born 1892 and died in 1930. He never married. He is buried in an unmarked grave beside the marked grave of his brother, Jaby D. Summers, in the Jake Link Cemetery in Sumner County, Tn.
6. Jaby Denning Summers born August 10, 1898 and died on February 19, 1972. He married 1st to Maybelle Roberts on April 28, 1917 and second to Betty Draper.
7. Dewey Summers was born in 1902 and died in 1927. He lies in an unmarked grave in the Jake Link Cemetery in Sumner County, Tn.