Barack OBAMA, 44th President of the United States
descendant of Johann Pieter STRAUB, 1733 immigrant to Philadelphia, PA
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James SUMMERVILLE
Hannah L. SLYTER
Mary Clementine LaCOUR
Husband:  James SUMMERVILLE
Birth (according to census):  Jun 1838, Ireland
Birth (according to tombstone):  21 Aug 1838
Death:  21 Feb 1909, Neuchatel Twp., Nemaha Co., KS
Occupation:  farmer
Transhumance:  1846, to America
Parents:  born in Ireland
Marriage-1:
Wife-2:  Hannah / Anna L. SLYTER
Birth (based on age at death):  17 Mar 1822, Russell, St. Lawrence Co., NY
Death:  7 Mar 1897, Nemaha Co., KS
Disposition:  buried Mulberry Cemetery, Nehama Co., KS
Occupation:  homemaker
Other Spouse:  m1. 4 Oct 1841, Lorain Co., OH, James J. COOPER
Father:  Samuel SLYTER
Mother:  Margaret BROWN
Marriage-2:
Wife-2:  Mary Clementine "Clemie" LaCOUR
Birth:  15 Feb 1848, NY
Death:  9 Mar 1930
Disposition:  buried Linn Creek, Camden Co., MO
Other Spouses:  m1. 1870/1, Jasper Bruce TRYON (19 May 1850 - 2 Jun 1902), s/o Ansel TRYON (c1808-1859) & wife Philura WYCKOFF (4 Jul 1812 - 3 Jul 1883) of Noble Co., IN; m3. John BLANKENSHIP
Other Children:  twelve surnamed TRYON
Father:  Pierre / Peter LaCOUR, b. 1815/6, France
Mother:  Marie / Mary __?__, b. 1820/1, France
Children with Hannah SLYTER:
1.  Isaac J. SUMMERVILLE, b. 25 Jan 1859, Noble Co., IN; d. 15 Jul 1912, Nehama Co., KS
2.  William Thomas SUMMERVILLE, b. 7 Mar 1865, LaGrange Co., IN; d. 25 Dec 1940
Children with Mary LaCOUR:
none
Keywords for search engines:  USA, United States, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Ohio

Sources (n.b., Nemaha and Marshall were both original counties, created in 1855):

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find James.  Bruce TRYON (æ 9, b. IN) is living in Jefferson Twp., Noble Co., IN (p. 202), with his widowed mother, Philord TRYON (æ 48, b. PA); they are listed next to Hannah's father, Samuel SLYTER (q.v.).

3a.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 20):  Seneca P.O., Red Vermillion Twp., Nemaha Co., KS, Roll M593_440, p. 48A, PN 13, 98/98, enumerated 11 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Summerville Jas 30 M W Farmer 600 400 Ireland
___________ Hannah 45 F W Keeping house     New York
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___________ Isaac 11 M W Farm hand     Indiana
___________ William  5 M W       Indiana
Cooper C. James 15 M W Farm hand     Indiana
James COOPER is Hannah's son from her prior marriage.

3b.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Clementine LACOUR (æ 17, b. NY) is living in Red Vermillion Twp., Nemaha Co., KS (p. 47A), with her parent, Peter LACOUR (æ 54, b. France) and wife Mary (æ 49, b. France), plus siblings.

4a.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 16 — this enumerator re-started the visitation numbers with every new page):  Neuchatel [Twp.], Nemaha Co., KS, Roll T9_390, p. 136D, PN 4, SD 3, ED 198, enumerated 4 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26
1 1 Summervill James W M 42     / Farmer   Irland Irland Irland
    __________ Anna W F 58 Wife   / Keeping House   New York Bavaria Vermont
    __________ Isaac W M 21 Son /   At Home   Indiana Irland New York
    __________ William W M 15 Son /   At School / Indiana Irland N.Y.
    Kilmer Ema W F  8 Servant /   Servant / Kansas Michigan Ind.

4b.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Although I can't find Jasper TRYON, his widowed mother is in Vermillion, Marshall Co., KS.

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  James SUMMERVILLE (æ 61, b. June 1838, Ireland; immigrated 1846) is a widower living in Neuchatel Twp., Nemaha Co., KS (p. 127A), with his married son, William.  Mary C. TRYON (æ 49, b. Feb 1851, NY/France/France; m. 29 yrs) is living in Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., KS (p. 37A), with her husband, Jasper TRYON (æ 50, b. May 1850, IN/IN/IN), and their children.

7.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Mary C. SUMMERVILLE (æ 59, b. NY) is a widow living in Nemaha Co., KS (p. 71A), with a boarder and four of her children, surnamed TRYON.

8.  Cletus H. Suther's Nemaha, KS, Cemeteries (online at the Nemaha County KSGenWeb site; submitted by Roger L. Goodman):
NAME        SUMMERVILLE James
BORN        21 Aug 1838
DIED        21 Feb 1909
MARRIED
SPOUSE      Hanna L
REMARRIED
SPOUSE      Mary Clementine LAROUS
NAME        SUMMERVILLE Hanna L
BORN        74Y11M18D
DIED         7 Mar 1897
MARRIED
SPOUSE      James SUMMERVILLE
NAME        SUMMERVILLE Isaac J
BORN        25 Jan 1859
DIED        15 Jul 1912...
See site for further information on Isaac, his wife, and children.

9.  Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.
Name Deathdate Age at Death Result
Hanna L SUMMERVILLE 7 Mar 1897 18d 11m 74y 17 Mar 1822

10.  Archives of the ROOTS-L Mailing List (online at RootsWeb.com), specifically, a message posted by Jay Phelps in May of 1997, excerpt below:
... Wanting information on Jasper Bruce Tryon (5/19/1850-6/2/1902.  Buried at Greenwood (Irving) cemetery south of Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas. Jasper married Mary Clementine LaCour (2/15/1848-3/9/1930).  They both came from France.  The couple had 12 children before his death.  After his death she married a Mr. Summerville and John Blankenship.  She is buried with John Blankenship at Linn Creek, Camden County, Missouri...

11.  [Index to] Probate Records, Noble County, Indiana (online at the Noble County INGenWeb site):
Tryon Ansel, d. 6-3-1859. Fd: 6-20-1859. Sp: Philura. Ch: Isaac D, Elizabeth, Franklin, Phebe A, Jasper Tryon.

12.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org):  Ansel TRYON's wife is Philura WYCKOFF.

13.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). 

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