Individual Details

Bessie May Summitt

(28 Nov 1886 - 3 Jan 1971)

- Name: Bessie May Summitt [3]
- Name: Bessie Summitt [1]
- Name: Bessy Summitt [2]

- Female
- White [3]

[1] Prairie Farmers Directory, Bk4205, page 44
[2] Obituary, Irene Robbins, Doc0711.pdf
[3] Birth Certificate, Opal Mae Brown, ID2070, Doc6222.pdf (O)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Events

Burial6 Jan 971Crown View Cemetery, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
Birth28 Nov 1886Boone County, Indiana, United States
Marriage1907Isaac Melvin Brown
Marriage4 Nov 1907Hamilton County, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
OccupationApr 1916Not working - Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States
Residence (family)7 Apr 1916Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
Residence (family)1919Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
Misc. (Fam)1919Sheridan Telephone, Sheridan - Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
Census (family)18 Jan 1920Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
Property (Fam)18 Jan 1920Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
Education18 Jan 1920Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States
Census (family)11 Apr 1930Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
Property (Fam)11 Apr 1930Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
Misc.-sharedNov 1936(Myron Foulke Robbins) Family Visits - West Grove mm, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
Residence (family)27 Apr 1942R. R. 2, Sheridan, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Isaac Melvin Brown
MarriageAft 1945Elisha Stowers
Death3 Jan 1971Riverview Hospital, Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, United States
Children (Family)Isaac Melvin Brown
Grandchildren (Fam)Isaac Melvin Brown
Alt nameBessie M. Brown
Alt nameBessie M. Stowers
Reference NoID1853
Research
ParentsWilliam H. Summitt and Martha Ellen Klinger
Siblings
Residence

Families

SpouseIsaac Melvin Brown (1886 - )
ChildWilliam Wheatley Brown (1909 - )
ChildJohn Harlen Brown (1910 - )
ChildCora Irene Brown (1915 - 1977)
ChildOpal May Brown (1916 - 1992)
ChildMartha Evelyn Brown (1921 - 2014)
SpouseElisha Stowers ( - 1969)

Notes

Burial

- Burial Date: 6 Jan 1971 [1]
- Cemetery: Crown View Cemetery [1]
- Cemetery Location: Hamilton County, Indiana [1]
- Funeral Home: Hinshaw Funeral Home, Sheridan [1]
- Official: Rev. Jesse Griffith of the Sheridian Church of God [1]

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Birth

- Birth Date:
- Birth Place: Clinton County [Indiana] [2]
- Birth Place: Indiana

- Age 27 (Apr 1916) [1]
- Age 85 (Jan 1971) [2]

Source List:
[1] Birth Certificate, Opal Mae Brown, ID2070, Doc6222.pdf (O)
[2] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Marriage

- Marriage Date: 1907 [1]

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Marriage

First Marriage for both -
License and Marriage: 4 Nov 1907
Official: Samuel W. Moore, J. P.

Marriage Record
FamilySearch Record Links
Page 13: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXP5-XJG
Page 254, 255: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXPP-YXN
Page 487: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXPL-WP8

Residence (family)

Sheridan R3 Adams Sec 4S T76a M. Ortwein [R 3, Sheridan, Adams Township - Section 4S - Till 76 acres for M. Ortwein [1]

[1] Prairie Farmers Directory, Bk4205, page 44

Census (family)

Extract:
1] Isaac M. Brown: Head of household - 32 yr old white male, married - Home owned with mortgage - able to read write and speak English - Born Indiana, father in Kentucky, Mother in Indiana - Occupation: Farmer, general farm, working on own account, Farm Schedule: 82
2] Bessie M. Brown: 30 yr. old white female, married - Wife of head - able to read, write and speak English - She and mother born in Indiana, father in Kentucky. Occupation: None
3] William W. Brown: 11 yr old white male, single - Son of head - attended school - able to read, write and speak English - He and parents born in Indiana - Occupation: None
4] John H. Brown: 10 yr old white male, single - son of head - attended school - able to read, write and speak English - He and parents born in Indiana - Occupation: None
5] Cora I. Brown: 4-11/12 yr old white female - daughter of head - She and parents born in Indiana - Occupation: None
6] Opal M. Brown: 3- 9/12 yr old white female - daughter of head - She and parents born in Indiana - Occupation: None

Property (Fam)

owned home with mortgage

Education

able to read, write and speak English

Census (family)

Extract:
1] Isaac Brown: Head of household - 43 yr old white male, married - Rented - had radio - lived on a farm - 20 yrs old at firs marriage - Able to read, write and speak English - Born in Indiana, parents in Kentucky - Occupation: Farmer on a general farm, owner - Not a veteran - farm schedule: 111
2] Bessie M. Brown - wife of head - 41 r old white female, married - 18 yrs old at first marriage - Able to read, write and speak English - She and parents born in Indiana - Occupation: None
3] William Brown: Son of Head - 21 yr old white male, single - he and parents born in Indiana - Occupation: None - Able to read, write and speak English -
4] John Brown: Son of Head - 20 yr old white male, single - Able to read, write and speak English - Occupation: None
5] Irene Brown: Daughter of Head - 15 yr old white female, single - attended school - Able to read, write and speak English - Occupation: None - She and parents born in Indiana -
6] Martha Brown: Daughter of head - 9 yr old white female, attended school - Occupation: None - She and parents born in Indiana -
7] Opal Brown: Daughter of head - 14 yr old white female - attended school - Occupation: None - She and parents born in Indiana -

Property (Fam)

rented farm - they had a radio

Residence (family)

- Address: RR 2, Sheridan, Adams Township, Hamilton county, Indiana
Telephone: 52-F13 Bakers [1]

[1] United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Marriage

- Marriage Date: After 1945 (Death of 1st husband, Isaac Brown) [1]

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Death

- Death Date: 3 Jan 1971 [1]
- Death Place: Noblesville, Indiana [1]
- Death Place: Riverview Hospital [1]
- Death Cause:

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Children (Family)

- Ch William, John, Irene, Opal [1]
- 7 Apr 1916: Number of children born to this mother: 4, Number of children of this mother living: 4 [2]
- Children with Isaac Brown,[ID1852] who survive:
- Mrs. Harold Spear, Lebanon
- Mrs. Myron Robbins, Sheridan
- Mrs. Kenneth Lutz, Sheridan
- John Brown, NOblesville
- William Brown, Cicero [3]

Source List:
[1] Prairie Farmers Directory, Bk4205, page 44
[2] Birth Certificate, Opal Mae Brown, ID2070, Doc6222.pdf (O)
[3] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Grandchildren (Fam)

- 18 Granchildren, 24 Great Grandchildren [1]

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Alt name

- Alternate Name (Married): Bessie M. Stowers [1]

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Research

Parents birthplace:
1920 Census: Father, Kentucky - Mother Indiana
1930 Census: both parents born in Indiana

Parents

Father: William Summitt [1]
Mother: Martha Ellen Klinger Summitt [1]

Father: William H. Summitt, born Jennings County, Indiana, Farmer - Residence: Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana
Mother: Martha Ellen Clingler - born Hamilton County, Indiana - Residence: Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Siblings

- Brother: Mitchel Summitt, Sheridan [1]

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Residence

- Formerly of Bakers Corner [1]
- Lived most of her life in Hamilton County [1]

Source List:
[1] Obituary, Bessie M. Stowers, ID1853, Doc6234.pdf (A)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored, (U) = Unknown

Endnotes

1. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

2. 1920 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 9, ED 89, Sheet 5A, Line 16, Dwelling 101, Family 101, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T625_435. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002040/Ph9339.jpg.

3. 1930 U.S. Census, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 6, ED 22, Page 6B, Line 55, Dwelling 148, Family 151, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T626, Roll 590. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002041/Ph9340.jpg.

4. Database On-line, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index, FamilySearch, accessed 18 Feb 2014), Myron F. Robbins, ID0016 and Cora Irene Brown, ID0178. Hamilton County, Indiana, Pages 188, 492. Acc002327.

5. Database On-line, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch,: accessed 20 Feb 2014), Isaac M Brown and Bessie Summitt, 4 Nov 1907. Hamilton County, Indiana, pages 13, 254 and 487. Acc003145.

6. Birth Certificate, "Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940" [database on-line, w/ images]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Birth Certificates, 1907-1940. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Opal Mae Brown, ID2070, Hamilton County, Indiana, 7 Apr 1916. www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Dec 2021. Doc6222.pdf.

7. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

8. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

9. 1930 U.S. Census, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 6, ED 22, Page 6B, Line 55, Dwelling 148, Family 151, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T626, Roll 590. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002041/Ph9340.jpg.

10. Database On-line, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch,: accessed 20 Feb 2014), Isaac M Brown and Bessie Summitt, 4 Nov 1907. Hamilton County, Indiana, pages 13, 254 and 487. Acc003145.

11. Military Record, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5FK-8JW : 14 March 2020), Isaac Melvin Brown, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

12. Prairie Farmer's directory of Hamilton County, Indiana. Chicago, Illinois: Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1919. Bk4205, 44.

13. Birth Certificate, "Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940" [database on-line, w/ images]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Birth Certificates, 1907-1940. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Opal Mae Brown, ID2070, Hamilton County, Indiana, 7 Apr 1916. www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Dec 2021. Doc6222.pdf.

14. Birth Certificate, "Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940" [database on-line, w/ images]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Birth Certificates, 1907-1940. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Opal Mae Brown, ID2070, Hamilton County, Indiana, 7 Apr 1916. www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Dec 2021. Doc6222.pdf.

15. Prairie Farmer's directory of Hamilton County, Indiana. Chicago, Illinois: Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1919. Bk4205, 44.

16. Prairie Farmer's directory of Hamilton County, Indiana. Chicago, Illinois: Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1919. Bk4205, 44.

17. 1920 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 9, ED 89, Sheet 5A, Line 16, Dwelling 101, Family 101, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T625_435. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002040/Ph9339.jpg.

18. 1920 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 9, ED 89, Sheet 5A, Line 16, Dwelling 101, Family 101, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T625_435. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002040/Ph9339.jpg.

19. 1920 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 9, ED 89, Sheet 5A, Line 16, Dwelling 101, Family 101, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T625_435. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002040/Ph9339.jpg.

20. 1930 U.S. Census, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 6, ED 22, Page 6B, Line 55, Dwelling 148, Family 151, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T626, Roll 590. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002041/Ph9340.jpg.

21. 1930 U.S. Census, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 6, ED 22, Page 6B, Line 55, Dwelling 148, Family 151, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T626, Roll 590. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002041/Ph9340.jpg.

22. Newspaper Article, "West Grove" Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana), 14 Nov 1936, page 4, Col. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353581006/, accessed 13 July 2018. Doc4807.pdf.

23. Military Record, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5FK-8JW : 14 March 2020), Isaac Melvin Brown, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

24. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

25. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

26. Prairie Farmer's directory of Hamilton County, Indiana. Chicago, Illinois: Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1919. Bk4205, 44.

27. Birth Certificate, "Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940" [database on-line, w/ images]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Birth Certificates, 1907-1940. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Opal Mae Brown, ID2070, Hamilton County, Indiana, 7 Apr 1916. www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Dec 2021. Doc6222.pdf.

28. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

29. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

30. 1920 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 9, ED 89, Sheet 5A, Line 16, Dwelling 101, Family 101, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T625_435. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002040/Ph9339.jpg.

31. 1930 U.S. Census, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 6, ED 22, Page 6B, Line 55, Dwelling 148, Family 151, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T626, Roll 590. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002041/Ph9340.jpg.

32. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

33. 1930 U.S. Census, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 6, ED 22, Page 6B, Line 55, Dwelling 148, Family 151, Isaac Brown, ID1852 Household. Original Data: NARA, T626, Roll 590. www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 Jan 2012. Acc002041/Ph9340.jpg.

34. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

35. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.

36. Obituary, Bessie M. Summitt Brown Stowers, ID1853, Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Monday, 4 Jan 1971, Page 2, Col. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353778001/ (accessed 22 Dec 2021), Doc6234.pdf.