Virginia "Jennie" Manassa Summers, also called Jane, was born to Sarah Robinson and Whitfield Brook Summers of Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama. Her parents had received a 40 acre land grant in the county. The grant was issued June 1, 1961 out of the St. Stephens, Alabama Land Office. The document was signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

She married Joseph Seborn Pritchett in Clarke County, Alabama, November 7, 1878. The couple quickly migrated westward. Like Jennie's father, Seborn had received a 40 acre land grant for homesteading in Arkansas the year before they married. The land grant document was signed by U.S. President Grover Cleveland. It was issued through the Dardanelle Land Office.

The Pritchetts were enumerated without children in Franklin County, Arkansas at the 1880 census. Seborn farmed while Jennie kept the home. Other Pritchetts were recorded in the same census as living adjacent or nearby.

1880 Census - Mill Creek, Franklin County, AR

Seborn J. Pritchet 30
Jennie Pritchet 18

At the age of 54, Seborn passed away in 1910. He was buried at Brown's Chapel Cemetery, near Cecil. His wife and children joined the household of the eldest son, Belor, whose occupation was also farming.

1910 Census - Weaver, Franklin County, AR

Belor Pritchett 28
Jennie Pritchett 48
William W Pritchett 24
Earnest H Pritchett 21
Alice S Pritchett 19
Kate C Pritchett 16
Eula M Pritchett 14
Mollie W Pritchett 9

Jennie never remarried. In her later years, Jennie and her daughter Kate joined the home of her second oldest son, William.

1920 Census - Weaver, Franklin County, AR

William W Pritchett 32
Virginia Pritchett 58
Kate S Pritchett 24

By 1930, William had married and children (Jennie's grandchildren) had been added to the household.

1930 Census - Weaver, Franklin County, AR

William W Pritchett 44
Lyda L Pritchett 42
Joe N Pritchett 5
William G Pritchett 3
Manassa M Pritchett 68[64]
Sarah C Pritchett 36

Virginia survived Seborn by thirty-three years before she passed in 1933. Both are buried at Brown's Chapel Cemetery.

Sources: US Census records 1850/1860/1870/1880/1900/1910, Alabama marriage records, land grant record, service record, gravestones.