From the Macomb County, Illinois Genealogy.
The subject of my previous post, Simon Lafayette Sommers, was from Virginia, but somehow ended up living in Macomb, Illinois, after the war and then was buried at Arlington National Cemetery back in Virginia. I was wondering how he came to be in Illinois so did some more research and after awhile came across this nice account of his life.
He was born October 23, 1823, in Alexandria County, Virginia. His father was John A. Sommers who was a civil engineer with the Chesapaeke & Ohio Canal. His grandfather was Simon Sommers, who was a captain in the Revolutionary War.
His mother was Sussana Young, daughter of Abram Young whose farm was located about a mile east of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.. The government purchased his farm and laid out lots, streets, avenues and reservations and deeded 1/3 of the lots to him in consideration.
Young Simon Sommers, at age 16, went to an academy in Farquier County, Virginia, for four years.
--Old Secesh
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