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Martha Lillian “Lily" "Patty” Gayle Summers

Birth	:	21 Dec 1848 Mathews County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	20 Jan 1873 Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Gayle Burying Ground, Pribble, Mathews County, USA
Description	:	Martha Lillian Gayle was born in Mathews County on December 21, 1848. She was referred to as "Lillian" in her school records, but her father called her "Pattie", perhaps out of respect for his mother whom he could hardly remember. In fact, she must have been called Pattie by more than her family, as the picture (adjacent -- from her future husband) has an inscription on the back: "Cousin Pattie Gayle, Yours Truly, W. R. Summers." I haven't come across any "Summers" in my research so don't know why he's calling her "cousin". Pattie married William... Read More	Martha Lillian Gayle was born in Mathews County on December 21, 1848. She was referred to as "Lillian" in her school records, but her father called her "Pattie", perhaps out of respect for his mother whom he could hardly remember. In fact, she must have been called Pattie by more than her family, as the picture (adjacent -- from her future husband) has an inscription on the back: "Cousin Pattie Gayle, Yours Truly, W. R. Summers." I haven't come across any "Summers" in my research so don't know why he's calling her "cousin". Pattie married William R. Summers (1844-1883), son of Ezra T. (a mast cooper in Norfolk) and Ann Summers on October 25, 1866 and they had four sons in rapid succession. In the 1870 Census, Will and Lily (Pattie) and two sons were living with his parents and two sisters in Norfolk. Will was listed as being a "clerke". Pattie died at age 24, on January 20, 1873, when the youngest was not quite a year old. Her husband died ten years later. In the 1880 census, the three surviving children, ages 11, 9 and 7, were living with Pattie/Lily's brother's family (and Lizzie, her mother) at Edgewater and listed as "boarders". If anyone knows more of this family, please contact the author.

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Martha Lillian “Lily" "Patty” Gayle Summers's memorial is located at: Gayle Burying Ground, Pribble, Mathews County, USA.
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Martha Lillian “Lily" "Patty” Gayle Summers death on 20 Jan 1873 in Virginia, USA