Timothy C. Stewart was a farmer in Mt. Pleasant Township. He was born in Delaware County 18 Jan 1830 to Timothy Sr. and Catherine Criswell. Timothy Sr. was an early pioneer in Delaware County coming in 1827 according to the Portrait and Biographies of Randolph and Delaware County published 1894. (See below.)
Timothy married Malinda Jones, daughter of Henry and Nancy Hardwick Jones.
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Dr. H. C. Summers was one of the pioneer doctors in our area. He was an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.
He moved from Fall Creek Township in Henry Township to Middletown when he was 14-years-old. He attended “the graded” schools until he was 18-years-old. He began attending lectures at the Rush Medical College 1864-1865. According to the Deceased Physician files, Dr. Summers also attended the University of Cincinnati. In 1893. the Delaware County Board of Commissioners gave he and other doctors a concession to care for the poor for the country.
He married first Sarah A Laboyteaux, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Wise) Laboteaux. After Sarah’s death in 1873, he married Louise L. Stewart, daughter of J.V. and Sarah (Bishop) Stewart.
He lived in Daleville but practiced throughout Delaware and Henry Counties. He set up a practice in Daleville a couple of years after graduating from medical school moving from Luray. At the time of his death he was the surgeon for the Union Traction Company.
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