Alvin Jacob Summitt (1858 - 1945)

Born 1 Apr 1858 in Greensburg, Washington Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States

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Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1945 at age 87 in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

Biography

When Alvin Jacob Summitt was born on April 1, 1858, in Greenville, Indiana, his father, Solomon Saul Summitt, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Dryden Clayton, was 40. He married Mary Mayme Cochran and they had five children together. He died on December 20, 1945, in East St. Louis, Illinois, at the age of 87, and was buried in Flora, Illinois.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32811553/alvin-jacob-summitt: accessed 25 July 2022), memorial page for Alvin Jacob Summitt (1 Apr 1858–1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #32811553, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Connie Edwards Thomilson (contributor 47072802).

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q2PW-SQLG : 7 October 2015), Entry for Alvin J. Summitt, died 1945; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States.

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9FWZ-KBF : 25 April 2022), Entry for Alvin J. Summitt, 1945.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FV-MPB : 18 February 2021), Alvin Summit in entry for Solomon Summit, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64J-DJW : 29 May 2021), Alvin Summit in entry for S S Summit, 1870.

• "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9MCG-B21G : 20 February 2021), Household of Alvin J Summitt, Harrison, Iowa, United States; citing p. 625, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,360.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1TYJ-1TZ : 11 March 2022), Household of Albert J. Summet, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QVKJ-N7RL : 1 February 2021), Household of Alven Summitt, 1920.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Connie Thomilson for starting this profile.