Annie M Summers

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• Name	Annie M Summers  [1, 2]
  Born	1870 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1880 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2]  –  Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Died	24 Oct 1893 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	My Contribution: I was a teacher at the Lincoln building in the Eighth Ward and an activist for virtue as a member of the Independent Order of the Daughters of Temperance. My Legacy: I was a highly engaged teacher and activist in Harris- burg in social organizations as well as in my church. My role as a well-educated, local Black female teacher in Harrisburg continues to have relevance today amid contemporary conversations about the need for dedicated, local teachers in urban schools. About Me: “Beloved by all who knew her… Miss Annie Summers, a teacher in the Lincoln building and graduate of the High School class of ’91, passed quietly away. She was the leading soprano in the State Street Bethel church choir and an influential member of Samaritan Council, No. 1, Daughters of Temperance. As a teacher she was liked by all, and her many friends will be grieved to learn of her demise.” — Harrisburg Telegraph, October 25, 1893. Full Name: Annie M. Summers Birth Date: ca. 1870 Death Date: October 24, 1893 (buried at Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook Pennsylvania) Place of Birth: Pennsylvania Sex: Female Race: Black (1800 Federal Census) Places of Residence: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1598 Elm Street and 514 Strawberry Avenue Connection to the Old Eighth Ward: In charge of the Lincoln School in the Eighth Ward, at the corner of North and Spruce Streets, in the early 1890s Family Members: Father: Richard Summers. Mother: Ann Summers. Siblings: Howard Summers, Thomas Summers, Henry H. Summers, Claigett Summers, Clara M. Summers, Sarah E. Summers Education: • Education: Harrisburg High School, 1891 Occupations: Teacher Church Membership: Bethel A.M.E. Church (leading soprano of choir). Activism: Member of Good Samaritan Council No. 1, Independent Order of the Daughters of Temperance Connections: Annie E. Amos, Josephine Bibb, and Henry H. Summers (relative). “Annie M. Summers.” Digital Harrisburg, 28 Oct. 2020, https://digitalharrisburg.com/commonwealth/100names/annie-m-summers/.
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  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Richard Religion Summers (Age 66 years) b. 1836, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA d. 8 Oct 1902, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Annie Coney (Age 79 years) b. 1836, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA d. 4 Dec 1915, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F837 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S3] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S47] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1123; Page: 378D; Enumeration District: 096. [S4] Findagrave, (Location: Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1885;), Annie M Summers 24 Oct 1893. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214290102/annie-m-summers [S4091] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Daily Independent - 25 Oct 1893 - Page 1, (Name: Harrisburg Daily Independent; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 25 Oct 1893;), Death of Miss SUMMERS 25 Oct 1893. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120006805/death-of-miss-summers/?xid=637 [S4382] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph - 1893-10-25 - Page 4, (Name: Harrisburg Telegraph; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 1893-10-25;), A School Teacher Dead 1893-10-25. https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-telegraph-a-school-teacher-de/125080849/?xid=637