Joseph John Summerell (1819 - 1898)

Born 1 Nov 1819 in Northampton, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1898 at age 79 in North Carolina, United States

Biography

• Fact: Residence (1850) Rowan county, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Census Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
• Fact:

Father: John Summerell Mother: Mary Perry - Educated in Jackson, Northampton Co., NC 1842 - A.B. degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC - Studied medicine under Dr. Eldridge, Northampton Co., NC 1843 - Studied medicine, University of the City of New York, NYC, NY 1844 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: NC; thesis "Opium in Autumnal Fevers") 10/00/1844 - Married, Ellen Hannah Mitchell (she died in 1887) 1845 - A.M. degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1850,1851 - Practiced medicine, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC 1855 - Member of North Carolina Medical Society (elected) 1860 - Practiced medicine, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC 1862 - President, Medical Society of North Carolina 05/28/1864 - As a civilian physician in Rowan Co., NC, examined Confederate citizens desiring Certificates of Disability to avoid service in the Confederate Army - Captured by U. S. Army and was a prisoner 00/00/1865 - Signed Oath to the U. S. Government 1865 - Practiced medicine, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC 1866-1872 - Member of the Board of Examiners, North Carolina Medical Society 1868 - Representative of the North Carolina Medical Society at the annual meetiing of the American Medical Society 1874 - Practiced medicine, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC 1880 - His son, E. M. Summerell, was a medical student, Salisbury, NC 1880,1886,1890,1893 - Practiced medicine, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC - Chairman, County Court of Rowan Co., NC (two years) 1893 - Supt. of Health, Rowan Co., NC 1893 - Member, Rowan County Medical Society 12/17/1893 - Died, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC This biographical sketch is from: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. 12/14/2013. Unpublished database.^[1]

• Fact: Burial Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

1. ↑ http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 April 2020, 01:46), entry for Dr Joseph John Summerell (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MZQ5-K2V ); contributed by various users.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68598847
• https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/05296/
• https://salisburypost.com/2017/08/15/a-found-1856-medical-diary-prompts-a-leap-into-history/