Born in Scotland County, Mo., August 17, 1849, and is a son of David and Alice (Stevens) Summers. He received his primary education in the public schools, after which he pursued a partial course in the Memphis College, of Memphis, Mo. Having determined to make the practice of medicine his life work, in 1872 he became a student in the Keokuk Medical College, but did not complete the course. The same year he spent six months in practice in the Marine Hospital, at St. Louis. The following year he came to Milton and opened an office but subsequently returned to the Keokuk Medical College, and after a course of study was graduated in the class of 1876. He continued practice in Milton and in 1878 opened a drug store in that place which he carried on alone until 1880, when J. A. Rice was admitted to partnership. In 1888, the Doctor became associated with others in the organization of the Milton Hardware Company, which is now one of the important mercantile houses in the county. In addition to his other business interests he is proprietor of a fine stock farm of two hundred and forty acres lying two miles southwest of Milton. He breeds sheep and horses extensively, making a specialty of road horses. On the 7th of March, 1876, in Milton, Dr. Summers, was united in marriage with Miss Nettie Bell. They were members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Summers is a Republican in politics. He represented Van Buren County in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Iowa General Assemblies, 1904-1906. He is an enterprising and successful business man, who by his own efforts has accumulated a valuable property, and in his profession he has won a prominent place as physician and surgeon and has built up an extensive practice. For seventeen years Dr. Summers has been known to the people of Van Buren and adjacent counties, and during that time his course has been such as to win the respect and esteem of all with whom he has had business or social relations.

Born in Scotland County, Mo., August 17, 1849, and is a son of David and Alice (Stevens) Summers. He received his primary education in the public schools, after which he pursued a partial course in the Memphis College, of Memphis, Mo. Having determined to make the practice of medicine his life work, in 1872 he became a student in the Keokuk Medical College, but did not complete the course. The same year he spent six months in practice in the Marine Hospital, at St. Louis. The following year he came to Milton and opened an office but subsequently returned to the Keokuk Medical College, and after a course of study was graduated in the class of 1876. He continued practice in Milton and in 1878 opened a drug store in that place which he carried on alone until 1880, when J. A. Rice was admitted to partnership. In 1888, the Doctor became associated with others in the organization of the Milton Hardware Company, which is now one of the important mercantile houses in the county. In addition to his other business interests he is proprietor of a fine stock farm of two hundred and forty acres lying two miles southwest of Milton. He breeds sheep and horses extensively, making a specialty of road horses. On the 7th of March, 1876, in Milton, Dr. Summers, was united in marriage with Miss Nettie Bell. They were members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Summers is a Republican in politics. He represented Van Buren County in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Iowa General Assemblies, 1904-1906. He is an enterprising and successful business man, who by his own efforts has accumulated a valuable property, and in his profession he has won a prominent place as physician and surgeon and has built up an extensive practice. For seventeen years Dr. Summers has been known to the people of Van Buren and adjacent counties, and during that time his course has been such as to win the respect and esteem of all with whom he has had business or social relations.