Published in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday, November 13, 1916
William M. Summers, 68 years old, a well-known lawyer of Brooklyn and Jamaica, L. I., died suddenly this morning at the Hillside station of the Long Island Railroad, between Jamaica and Hollis. Mr. Summers, who had been on leave of absence from business for the past six months on account of impaired health, ran to catch an incoming train at the station, and as he reached the platform collapsed and died from heart failure almost immediately. An ambulance surgeon was summoned from the Jamaica Hospital, but Mr. Summers was past aid before he arrived. The body was removed to Mr. Summers late residence on Hillside avenue, near Carpenter avenue, at Hollis.
Mr. Summers was perhaps the oldest guardsman in point of service as well as years in the Brooklyn regiments, and when he retired from service in 1912 was the possessor of a diamond metal for twenty-five years of service, presented by his comrades in the Twenty-third Regiment, and of a thirty-year metal presented by the Sate of New York. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and he and his three sons have been well known in the National Guard for years. Mr. Summers was a crack rifle shot and had made many fine records on the armory and long-distance rifle ranges. His sons are also experts with the rifle.
In business, Mr. Summers was a lawyer in Brooklyn for many years following the Civil War, and sixteen years ago entered the employ of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Ten years ago, when the company established a branch in Jamaica, he was appointed their conveyaneer in the branch. After an absence of six month from business he health had improved so that he intended resuming his duties soon.
Mr. Summers in his militia days was one of the “fixtures” of the Twenty-third Regiment of Brooklyn, Everyone knew him as Pop Summers, and he was the friend of everyone in the regiment from the colonel down. He was one of those men who did not need a title to attest his popularity, and although he could have had advancement at almost any time, he preferred to remain in the ranks with “the boys.” going only as high as quartermaster sergeant of his company, and despite his years he was until the last of his service on the sturdiest members of the regiment in heavy marching drills or other strenuous duty.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Summers was one of the first to offer his services in defense of the Union. He enlisted in Company H of the Fourteenth Regiment of Brooklyn, a command which during the war gained the title of “the Red Legged Devils” from their uniform and their fighting qualities and he fought with them in the first battle of Bull Run, in which he saved his “bunkie” who was wounded, by shooting a rebel on horseback and appropriating the horse to bring his comrade back to camp then to Washington. Mr. Summers was later presented with a fine saddle and silver-trimmed bridle by the grateful father of his “bunkie”.
Mr. Summers enlisted in Company E, Twenty-third Regiment, on May 16, 1879; was honorably discharged on November 17, 1884, and enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Regiment, on April 3, 1885, but returned to the Twenty-third Regiment in May, 1888, by entering Company D, in which he was appointed quartermaster sergeant on May 14, 1894. He resigned on September 27, 1897, and returned to his old company, E, on October 4 of the same year.
Mr. Summers is survived by his wife and his three sons, the latter all living now in Boston, Mass.
William M. Summers, 68 years old, a well-known lawyer of Brooklyn and Jamaica, L. I., died suddenly this morning at the Hillside station of the Long Island Railroad, between Jamaica and Hollis. Mr. Summers, who had been on leave of absence from business for the past six months on account of impaired health, ran to catch an incoming train at the station, and as he reached the platform collapsed and died from heart failure almost immediately. An ambulance surgeon was summoned from the Jamaica Hospital, but Mr. Summers was past aid before he arrived. The body was removed to Mr. Summers late residence on Hillside avenue, near Carpenter avenue, at Hollis.
Mr. Summers was perhaps the oldest guardsman in point of service as well as years in the Brooklyn regiments, and when he retired from service in 1912 was the possessor of a diamond metal for twenty-five years of service, presented by his comrades in the Twenty-third Regiment, and of a thirty-year metal presented by the Sate of New York. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and he and his three sons have been well known in the National Guard for years. Mr. Summers was a crack rifle shot and had made many fine records on the armory and long-distance rifle ranges. His sons are also experts with the rifle.
In business, Mr. Summers was a lawyer in Brooklyn for many years following the Civil War, and sixteen years ago entered the employ of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Ten years ago, when the company established a branch in Jamaica, he was appointed their conveyaneer in the branch. After an absence of six month from business he health had improved so that he intended resuming his duties soon.
Mr. Summers in his militia days was one of the “fixtures” of the Twenty-third Regiment of Brooklyn, Everyone knew him as Pop Summers, and he was the friend of everyone in the regiment from the colonel down. He was one of those men who did not need a title to attest his popularity, and although he could have had advancement at almost any time, he preferred to remain in the ranks with “the boys.” going only as high as quartermaster sergeant of his company, and despite his years he was until the last of his service on the sturdiest members of the regiment in heavy marching drills or other strenuous duty.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Summers was one of the first to offer his services in defense of the Union. He enlisted in Company H of the Fourteenth Regiment of Brooklyn, a command which during the war gained the title of “the Red Legged Devils” from their uniform and their fighting qualities and he fought with them in the first battle of Bull Run, in which he saved his “bunkie” who was wounded, by shooting a rebel on horseback and appropriating the horse to bring his comrade back to camp then to Washington. Mr. Summers was later presented with a fine saddle and silver-trimmed bridle by the grateful father of his “bunkie”.
Mr. Summers enlisted in Company E, Twenty-third Regiment, on May 16, 1879; was honorably discharged on November 17, 1884, and enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Regiment, on April 3, 1885, but returned to the Twenty-third Regiment in May, 1888, by entering Company D, in which he was appointed quartermaster sergeant on May 14, 1894. He resigned on September 27, 1897, and returned to his old company, E, on October 4 of the same year.
Mr. Summers is survived by his wife and his three sons, the latter all living now in Boston, Mass.
Published in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday, November 13, 1916
William M. Summers, 68 years old, a well-known lawyer of Brooklyn and Jamaica, L. I., died suddenly this morning at the Hillside station of the Long Island Railroad, between Jamaica and Hollis. Mr. Summers, who had been on leave of absence from business for the past six months on account of impaired health, ran to catch an incoming train at the station, and as he reached the platform collapsed and died from heart failure almost immediately. An ambulance surgeon was summoned from the Jamaica Hospital, but Mr. Summers was past aid before he arrived. The body was removed to Mr. Summers late residence on Hillside avenue, near Carpenter avenue, at Hollis.
Mr. Summers was perhaps the oldest guardsman in point of service as well as years in the Brooklyn regiments, and when he retired from service in 1912 was the possessor of a diamond metal for twenty-five years of service, presented by his comrades in the Twenty-third Regiment, and of a thirty-year metal presented by the Sate of New York. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and he and his three sons have been well known in the National Guard for years. Mr. Summers was a crack rifle shot and had made many fine records on the armory and long-distance rifle ranges. His sons are also experts with the rifle.
In business, Mr. Summers was a lawyer in Brooklyn for many years following the Civil War, and sixteen years ago entered the employ of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Ten years ago, when the company established a branch in Jamaica, he was appointed their conveyaneer in the branch. After an absence of six month from business he health had improved so that he intended resuming his duties soon.
Mr. Summers in his militia days was one of the “fixtures” of the Twenty-third Regiment of Brooklyn, Everyone knew him as Pop Summers, and he was the friend of everyone in the regiment from the colonel down. He was one of those men who did not need a title to attest his popularity, and although he could have had advancement at almost any time, he preferred to remain in the ranks with “the boys.” going only as high as quartermaster sergeant of his company, and despite his years he was until the last of his service on the sturdiest members of the regiment in heavy marching drills or other strenuous duty.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Summers was one of the first to offer his services in defense of the Union. He enlisted in Company H of the Fourteenth Regiment of Brooklyn, a command which during the war gained the title of “the Red Legged Devils” from their uniform and their fighting qualities and he fought with them in the first battle of Bull Run, in which he saved his “bunkie” who was wounded, by shooting a rebel on horseback and appropriating the horse to bring his comrade back to camp then to Washington. Mr. Summers was later presented with a fine saddle and silver-trimmed bridle by the grateful father of his “bunkie”.
Mr. Summers enlisted in Company E, Twenty-third Regiment, on May 16, 1879; was honorably discharged on November 17, 1884, and enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Regiment, on April 3, 1885, but returned to the Twenty-third Regiment in May, 1888, by entering Company D, in which he was appointed quartermaster sergeant on May 14, 1894. He resigned on September 27, 1897, and returned to his old company, E, on October 4 of the same year.
Mr. Summers is survived by his wife and his three sons, the latter all living now in Boston, Mass.
William M. Summers, 68 years old, a well-known lawyer of Brooklyn and Jamaica, L. I., died suddenly this morning at the Hillside station of the Long Island Railroad, between Jamaica and Hollis. Mr. Summers, who had been on leave of absence from business for the past six months on account of impaired health, ran to catch an incoming train at the station, and as he reached the platform collapsed and died from heart failure almost immediately. An ambulance surgeon was summoned from the Jamaica Hospital, but Mr. Summers was past aid before he arrived. The body was removed to Mr. Summers late residence on Hillside avenue, near Carpenter avenue, at Hollis.
Mr. Summers was perhaps the oldest guardsman in point of service as well as years in the Brooklyn regiments, and when he retired from service in 1912 was the possessor of a diamond metal for twenty-five years of service, presented by his comrades in the Twenty-third Regiment, and of a thirty-year metal presented by the Sate of New York. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and he and his three sons have been well known in the National Guard for years. Mr. Summers was a crack rifle shot and had made many fine records on the armory and long-distance rifle ranges. His sons are also experts with the rifle.
In business, Mr. Summers was a lawyer in Brooklyn for many years following the Civil War, and sixteen years ago entered the employ of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Ten years ago, when the company established a branch in Jamaica, he was appointed their conveyaneer in the branch. After an absence of six month from business he health had improved so that he intended resuming his duties soon.
Mr. Summers in his militia days was one of the “fixtures” of the Twenty-third Regiment of Brooklyn, Everyone knew him as Pop Summers, and he was the friend of everyone in the regiment from the colonel down. He was one of those men who did not need a title to attest his popularity, and although he could have had advancement at almost any time, he preferred to remain in the ranks with “the boys.” going only as high as quartermaster sergeant of his company, and despite his years he was until the last of his service on the sturdiest members of the regiment in heavy marching drills or other strenuous duty.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Summers was one of the first to offer his services in defense of the Union. He enlisted in Company H of the Fourteenth Regiment of Brooklyn, a command which during the war gained the title of “the Red Legged Devils” from their uniform and their fighting qualities and he fought with them in the first battle of Bull Run, in which he saved his “bunkie” who was wounded, by shooting a rebel on horseback and appropriating the horse to bring his comrade back to camp then to Washington. Mr. Summers was later presented with a fine saddle and silver-trimmed bridle by the grateful father of his “bunkie”.
Mr. Summers enlisted in Company E, Twenty-third Regiment, on May 16, 1879; was honorably discharged on November 17, 1884, and enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Regiment, on April 3, 1885, but returned to the Twenty-third Regiment in May, 1888, by entering Company D, in which he was appointed quartermaster sergeant on May 14, 1894. He resigned on September 27, 1897, and returned to his old company, E, on October 4 of the same year.
Mr. Summers is survived by his wife and his three sons, the latter all living now in Boston, Mass.
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