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Surnames: SUMMERBELL, CHASE, COFFIN, CORWIN, ERCK, GOFF, HUTCHINSON, KING, LONG, MARTIN,
OGDEN, PEARMAN, READ, SCOTT, SUTTON, WHITE
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Looking for descendants of Dr. FERRIS A. SUMMERBELL of Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada.
FERRIS A. SUMMERBELL was born 23 September 1878 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He
was the son of the Rev. Dr. MARTYN SUMMERBELL and ELIZABETH P. CORWIN; a grandson of Rev.
BENJAMIN FERRIS SUMMERBELL and ELIZABETH H. MARTIN; a great-grandson of JONATHAN MARTIN
and LYDIA READ; a great-great grandson of JOHN READ and ELIZABETH OGDEN; and a third-great
grandson of JOSEPH READ and SARAH SUTTON of Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey.
Ferris lived in Brooklyn until 1888 when his father accepted the position as head of Bates
college in Lewiston, Maine. The family remained there until 1898, when Martyn Summerbell
accepted the position as head of Starkey Seminary (later Lakemont Academy) in the Village
of Lakemont, Town of Starkey, New York. Ferris was attending Bates college in Lewiston by
that date and probably did not live in Lakemont with his parents. Ferris did his medical
studies in Kansas City, Missouri (where his sister Ray Summerbell Chase resided) and at
the University of Maryland, where he received his medical degree in 1905.
Ferris was a physican in Nahma, Delta County, Michigan by 1910. He married JOSEPHINE KING
in Omro, Wisconsin on 1 October 1912. The couple settled in Nahma and had five children
(listed below) before Josephine died in the early 1920s. Ferris remained in Nahma until
1930. At that time he moved to Fallon. Ferris lived in Fallon until his death on 2 March
1951. He was cremated and his ashes were buried in Fallon Cemetery, Fallon, Nevada in the
Masonic Section.
Children of Ferris Summerbell and Josephine King:
1. MARTYN K. SUMMERBELL
Born 24 September 1914 in Nahme, Delta County, Michigan
Died 1 July 1991 in Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada
Buried Fallon Cemetery, Fallon, Nevada, Masonic Section
Married 1 January 1939 in Minden, Douglas County, Nebraska
RUTH LUCILLE HUTCHINSON
Born 26 March 1922 in Spruce Mountain, Elko County, Nevada.
Children: MARTYN, SUSAN, MICHAEL and STEPHEN SUMMERBELL.
2. RICHARD C. SUMMERBELL
Born 2 November 1916 in Nahme, Delta County, Michigan
Died 24 April 1988, resided in Colusa, Colusa County, California at the time of his death
Married by 1944: Unknown
Children: JOE and RAE SUMMERBELL
3. JEAN ELIZABETH SUMMERBELL
Born 11 May 1919 in Nahme, Delta County, Michigan
Died 19 October 2003, resided in La Quinta, Riverside California at the time of her
death.
Married 5 August 1944 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California
Lt. MARTIN H. ERCK, army air force intelligence service.
4. MARGARET FLORA SUMMERBELL "Peggy"
Born: 30 December 1920 in Nahme, Delta County, Michigan
Twin of Patricia
Died: 11 November 1994, Placer County, California
Married first, by 1944: ROBERT GROFF
Married second: (First Name Unknown) SCOTT
Buried Fallon Cemetery, Fallon, Nevada, Masonic Section
Children: RONNIE and JERRY GOFF
5. PATRICIA SUMMERBELL "Pat"
Born: 30 December 1920 in Nahme, Delta County, Michigan
Twin of Peggy
Died 25 July 1994, Riverside County, California.
Married after father's death: First Name Unknown WHITE.
I also have information concerning Ferris's siblings:
1. RAY SUMMERBELL CHASE (Frederick J. Chase)
2. FLORA SUMMERBELL PEARMAN (S.M. Pearman)
3. GRACE SUMMERBELL COFFIN (Carl S. Coffin)
4. LAURA A. SUMMERBELL
5. EDITH SUMMERBELL LONG (Richard S. Long)
6. SIDNEY F. SUMMERBELL
And, I have information concerning his mother's family - - Elizabeth Martin Summerbell
was one of nine children.