Joseph enlisted in Co. B, 63rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA, at Montgomery, Ala., in Oct 1863, just short of his 17th birthday. He participated in the defense of Mobile and the battle of Spanish Fort, at which he was wounded. He was discharged on 9 Apr 1865 at Spanish Fort. After the war, Joseph married Hortense Griffin, the youngest of eleven children of Andrew B. and Susan Griffin. Their first child, Barnett, died while a baby and is buried at Opelika. After their next three children, Farrier, Roland and Romie, were born, Joseph moved his family west to Texas. He bought 200 acres in Denton County on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River southwest of Pilot Point on Christmas Eve of 1881. Two more children, Joe Beauregard Jr. and Victoria were born there. Another move westward in 1888 brought them near Goodlet, Texas, where the family filed on a quarter section of farm land. Their last two children, Andrew Griffin and Thelma Susan were born there. In 1889, Joseph moved his family north across the Red River to settle in the newly established town of Eldorado. This was, at the time, in Greer County, Texas, but it was made a part of Oklahoma Territory in 1896. Land records show that Joseph bought 80 acres of land in 1900 as well as nine town lots in 1902. The following year, his son, Roland, received title to 160 acres of land just north of town. In 1903, Eldorado relocated about a mile north to be near the new railroad. The Summers were the first family to move their house to the new town site, and it was here that Joseph and Roland established the J.B. Summers and Son Hardware and Implements Co. in 1903. This store was the center of much activity, especially to newly married couples. Mr Summers would gladly extend credit to young couples who were establishing their first home, but only after taking them into his office for a long talk about honesty and the repayment of debts. Joseph's wife, Hortense, died in 1906 and is buried in the Eldorado town cemetery . Soon after her death, Joseph moved back to Opelika, Ala., where he ran a small grocery store on 2nd Ave. near the railroad. He died in Montgomery on Nov 18, 1917, according to his death certificate and obituary, although his headstone shows 1920.
Joseph enlisted in Co. B, 63rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA, at Montgomery, Ala., in Oct 1863, just short of his 17th birthday. He participated in the defense of Mobile and the battle of Spanish Fort, at which he was wounded. He was discharged on 9 Apr 1865 at Spanish Fort. After the war, Joseph married Hortense Griffin, the youngest of eleven children of Andrew B. and Susan Griffin. Their first child, Barnett, died while a baby and is buried at Opelika. After their next three children, Farrier, Roland and Romie, were born, Joseph moved his family west to Texas. He bought 200 acres in Denton County on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River southwest of Pilot Point on Christmas Eve of 1881. Two more children, Joe Beauregard Jr. and Victoria were born there. Another move westward in 1888 brought them near Goodlet, Texas, where the family filed on a quarter section of farm land. Their last two children, Andrew Griffin and Thelma Susan were born there. In 1889, Joseph moved his family north across the Red River to settle in the newly established town of Eldorado. This was, at the time, in Greer County, Texas, but it was made a part of Oklahoma Territory in 1896. Land records show that Joseph bought 80 acres of land in 1900 as well as nine town lots in 1902. The following year, his son, Roland, received title to 160 acres of land just north of town. In 1903, Eldorado relocated about a mile north to be near the new railroad. The Summers were the first family to move their house to the new town site, and it was here that Joseph and Roland established the J.B. Summers and Son Hardware and Implements Co. in 1903. This store was the center of much activity, especially to newly married couples. Mr Summers would gladly extend credit to young couples who were establishing their first home, but only after taking them into his office for a long talk about honesty and the repayment of debts. Joseph's wife, Hortense, died in 1906 and is buried in the Eldorado town cemetery . Soon after her death, Joseph moved back to Opelika, Ala., where he ran a small grocery store on 2nd Ave. near the railroad. He died in Montgomery on Nov 18, 1917, according to his death certificate and obituary, although his headstone shows 1920.
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