Joseph Summerville was born on the old Summerville homestead near Worthington, PA. He became a carpenter and a farmer. In 1830 he came to Toby twp. in what is now Clarion Co. and bought a farm which was along Cherry Run. In June 1835 he married Mary Downs, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Davis) Downs who had emigrated to America in 1818 in a sailing vessel that took 18 weeks to cross the ocean. They landed at Baltimore and travelled to Armstrong Co., PA, in a covered wagon. Joseph and Mary...