Descendants of Joseph Neely and Martha Johnston
- Who settled in Gibson County, Indiana
by A. H. Gilbertson 23 Feb 2019 version 0.01
Joseph Neely and Martha R. Johnston
(1) JOSEPH NEELY was born aboard ship 25 Oct 1758 en route from Scotland.1 He was the son of Charles Neely.2 As a boy Joseph learned the blacksmith's trade.3 At the age of 17 he enlisted in Capt. John Marshall's Company, Col. Samuel Miles' Battalion, which was raised in Hanover Township, Dauphin Co. (now Lancaster Co.), near Harrisburg, Penn., in April 1776. They were called the Pennsylvania Rifle Regulars.4 He was a sharpshooter.5 According to Elsie Neely, he trained for almost three months, and was in Philadelphia 4 Jul 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed. He saw his first action in a skirmish at Perth Amboy, N.Y.6
On 27 Aug 1776, Neely was captured at the battle of Flatbush, along with Colonel Miles, several officers, and over 300 men.7 He escaped from a prison ship in New York harbor and swam ashore, going first to Pennsylvania, then to Virginia and later rejoining his regiment.8
Marshall's Company crossed the Delaware with Gen. George Washington at Coryell's Ferry on 25 Dec 1776. It is possible that Joseph Neely rejoined his company in time to make this "celebrated crossing."9
Neely was wounded in the ankle in the Battle of Brandywine 11 Sep 1777.10 According to one source, he was lame for the rest of his life. He was said to have been put into prison again,
1 Neely Family in America, a typescript manuscript written in late 1920s. 2 Ibid. 3 "Tribute is Paid Joseph Neely," in a Princeton, Ind., newspaper dated 14 Oct 1929. 4 DAR Application #241160, of Eloise Adams. See also: Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd. Series, Vol. 10, p. 233. 5 Various DAR Lineage books, based on DAR applications, state he was a sharpshooter. 6 Elsie Neely, Neely Family, written in the 1930s. 7 "Neely Family History," a manuscript put together in 1928, by Virgil H. Lockwood. It includes a typescript copy of a diary of Neely's regiment: "August 27 1776, ordered to Flatbush and met by 5000 men and 500 horses of enemy. We numbered 400. Defeated, captured Col. Miles and several officers and 310 men." An added handwritten note (added by Lockwood) states "including Joseph Neely." This is the only known source that states where Neely was captured, although other sources say he was captured. 8 "At one time he was captured by the British but escaped from the prison ship together with Andrew Ralston and swam ashore, later rejoining his regiment" from "Tribute is Paid Joseph Neely". DAR Application #241160, of Eloise Adams states: "He was on the prison ship in the New York harbor, escaped and went through Pennsylvania into Virginia." 9 "Neely Family History." Virgil Lockwood added the note "Celebrated crossing" to the typescript diary. It seemed to me that it would be unlikely that he would have noted this if Neely was not among the soldiers who crossed with Washington. On the other hand, Elsie Neely’s account of the family doesn’t mention the crossing.
2 escaping for a second time.11 He was later at the battle of Germantown and may have camped at Valley Forge that winter with Gen. Washington.12 According to an article written in 1929, he was “a member of Washington’s body guard when Washington spent the winter at Valley Forge.”13 Poor weather prevented supplies from reaching the soldiers. In January, warmer weather brought mud which also hindered transport. Fever (probably typhus) claimed the lives of hundreds of men.
On 6 May 1778, Neely's first enlistment ended.14 There was a second enlistment, lasting two years, during which time Neely served as part of General Washington's bodyguard.15 He was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.16
17 In 1781 Joseph married MARTHA ROBERTSON JOHNSTON in Lancaster Co., Penn. She was born in 1761 in Alexandria, Va., 18 and was the daughter of Thomas Johnston and Ann Findley.19 Thomas Johnston was Joseph’s employer as a boy.20
The family lived in Washington County, Penn., from 1781 to 179021 and then migrated to Kentucky, near Lexington, where they lived about two years. They then moved to Mercer County.22 According to recollections of Joseph's daughter, Patsey, the family embarked from Pittsburgh on a large flat boat loaded with flour and horses for the New Orleans markets. They
10 Ibid. Handwritten note by entry pertaining to battle of Brandywine states "Neely was wounded in ankle." Membership Roster & Soldiers, Tennessee DAR, Vol. 1, Pt. 2, p. 1206, states that he was "wounded in the foot" but does not say in which battle. 11 Elsie Neely, Neely Family. 12 "Neely Family History." His compiled Service Record at National Archives also shows that Neely was paid for the months of November and December 1777 as a member of Marshall's company. (Unfortunately, there is no other record of Neely's service at the Archives.) 13 “Honor Memory of Pioneer, Veteran.” 14 Neely Family History." Typewritten: "May 6, 1778, Final parade." Handwritten note "End of Neely's first enlistment." 15 Elsie Neely, Neely Family. 16 Membership Roster and Soldiers, Tennessee DAR, Vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 1206. Also, the Biographical Cyclopedia of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, (1897), p. 44, states that Joseph Neely was at the siege of Yorktown. 17 Charles A. Fisher, comp., Central Pennsylvania Marriages 1700-1896, pt. VII, p. 83. Other sources agree on the year. 18 A Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors of the Indiana DAR (1976), p. 473. This is the only source that gives her place of birth. Other sources give the same year. 19 Elsie Neely, Neely Family. 20 “Tribute is Paid Joseph Neely." 21 Neely Family in America, p. 1, states "Lived in Washington County, Pa., 1781 to 1790." 22 Joseph Tartt & Co., History of Gibson Co., Indiana, (1884), pp. 54, states "In 1790 Mr. Neely and family moved to Kentucky and lived for about two years near Lexington in that state; then moved to Mercer County, Ky., where Mrs. Ralston was born 19 Oct 1792." The same information is included in Gil Stormont’s History of Gibson County (1914), p. 50.
3 came down the Ohio as far as Maysville, Kentucky.23 In 1803 they continued down the Ohio from Maysville to the landing where Evansville, Indiana, is now located. Neely received a grant of land in Indiana in 1805 for his Revolutionary War services.24
According to an article in the Evanston Journal, Joseph, his wife, one son and six daughters made the journey to Indiana “on horseback, without any road other than a bridle path, or Indian trail, never once crossing a bridge the whole distance. The rivers in the route were ferried and the creeks forded. Once the family camped on the bank of a swollen stream two or three days waiting for the water to fall enough so that it could be forded. The family settled upon a tract of land in Gibson Co., two miles south of Haselton, near the line of the E & C.R.R.”25
Joseph Neely died 26 Oct 1806, in Gibson Co., Indiana.26 Martha died in 1811, according to Tartt. This agrees with the Evansville Journal article which said Martha died “some five years later.”27
Proof of his exact date of death comes from a letter written by Dr. John Marshall Neely Sr., in 1881. He states that Joseph died 26 Oct 1806, near White’s River, Gibson Co., Ind. Joseph’s estate was administrated by his son Thomas.28
Joseph Neely is buried on Neely Hill northeast of Patoka, Ind. In October 1929 the DAR unveiled a marker near where Joseph Neely lies buried. The marker stands beside the old Petersburg-Evansville trail.29 More than 200 persons, many of whom were descendants of Joseph Neely, attended the ceremony on the farm of Henry Jones. where Virgil Lockwood was the principal speaker.30
23 Joseph Tartt & Co., History of Gibson Co., Indiana, (1884), pp. 54-55. 24 Membership Roster and Soldiers, Tennessee DAR, Vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 1206. 25 “A Sketch of the Life and Times of General John I. Neely,” Evansville Journal, 24 Oct 1867. 26 His date of death comes from two sources: The Neely Family in America manuscript (written about the 1920s) as well as the letter written in 1881 by Dr. John Marshall Neely. This is in basic agreement with other sources: An article in the Evansville Journal, 1867, stated that Joseph died the year following his coming to Indiana, which would put his death in about 1806. In addition, Tartt’s History of Gibson County (1884), states that he died in 1806. 27 “A Sketch of the Life and Times of General John I. Neely,” Evansville Journal, 24 Oct 1867. 28 Document found on ancestry.com. 29 See findagrave.com: Joseph Neely. The marker can be found off of John Ford Road, near Trippet Rd., at Latitude: 38.45993, Longitude: -87.52992. 30 "Tribute is Paid Joseph Neely," Princeton Daily Clarion, 14 Oct 1929. Also in attendance were Rev. W. S. Neely, Alice Hopkins, Mrs. R. P. Cleveland, Mrs. Percy Rumer, and Mary Joyce Held.
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Children:
2. ELIZABETH NEELY, b. 1 Jan 1782; d. 27 Dec 1827; m. JOHN RALSTON
31 32 3. THOMAS NEELY, b. 9 Oct 1784;said to have d. 1814; unm.; served in War of 1812. According to Elsie Neely, “in 1813, Thomas, with Edward Hogan, built the first bridge in White River Township across the Patoka River. It was a toll bridge, built of logs, and it did much to increase the family income. But Thomas' career was cut short when a pestilence known as the "black plague" swept through the country and in 1814 he died.”
33 4. ANNA NEELY, b. 6 Jan 1786; d. about 1860, in Gibson Co., Ind.; unm. According to Elsie Neely, “Anna, who, at twenty-five was still at home, ran the house. But Anna was an unhappy girl….. She had lost her lover by death and for her, life was over. She would never marry anyone else.”
34 5. CHARLES NEELY, b. 22 Dec 1787; d. young, in Mercer Co., Ky.
6. JOHN ISAAC NEELY, b. 27 Jan 1790; d. 9 Nov 1867; m. JANE R. MONTGOMERY
7. MARTHA ("PATSY") NEELY, b. 19 Oct 1792; d. 27 Jul 1886; m. ANDREW D. RALSTON
8. CATHERINE NEELY, b. 13 Dec 1794; d. 10 Nov 1874; m. HENRY REEL
9. JANE BAYARD NEELY, b. 14 Dec 1796; d. 25 Jan 1883; m. THOMAS JEFFERSON EVANS
10. MARGARET NEELY, b. 28 Dec 1798; d. 29 Apr 1872; m. SAMUEL ADAMS
11. JULIET G. NEELY, b. 18 Jul 1801; d. 19 Nov 1886, m. THOMAS MURRAY JOHNSON
st nd 12. DR. JOSEPH NEELY, b. 26 Oct 1804; d. 31 Mar 1879; m. (1 ) LYDIA MONTGOMERY; m. (2 ) NANCY ELIZABETH (LYNN) LAMKIN
31 According to the typescript “Neely Family in America”, he drowned in 1814 in Gibson Co., Ind. 32 Stormont, History of Gibson Co., Indiana, p. 50, states that Thomas served in the War of 1812 33 According to “Neely Family in America” (undated typescript.) 34 Ibid.
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Second Generation
35 (2) ELIZABETH NEELY (Joseph Neely) was born 1 Jan 1782 in Kentucky. She died 27 Dec 1827, in 38 Bath Co., Ky.36 She married JOHN RALSTON37 13 NOV 1798, in Jassamine Co., Ky. John was born 17 Dec 1769,39 in Augusta Co., Va. He was the son of John Rolson and Agnes (Nancy) -----.40 He died 17 Sep 1834,41 in Fleming Co., Ky.
Soon after their marriage, they moved to a place near the Licking River, in north central Kentucky, then in Bourbon Co. They called the 120-acre farm “Hope Springs.”42 In 1795, John met Daniel Boone and shook his hand, according to Robert Keith.
“Young Ralston and his wife were not of the patrician class, or included in the blue-grass aristocracy, as they owned no slaves, or possessed, besides their farm, little more than sound health, industry and contentment… John Ralston seems to have been ambitious that his sons should rise to a higher intellectual level than mere tillers of the soil…”43
John served in the War of 1812, in Capt. Samuel R. Comb’s Company. More information about this family can be found in Shadowing Fame (2016), by Robert Keith.
Children:44
13. MARTHA JOHNSTON RALSTON, b. 20 Nov 1799; d. 13 Jul 1885; m. HENRY SANDERS
st nd 14. DR. JOSEPH NEELY RALSTON, b. 25 Jan 1801; d. 25 Jun 1876; m. (1 ) NANCY GRANT; m. (2 ) rd SARAH GRANT; m. (3 ) MARGARETTA (HALL) MITCHELL
15. NANCY B. RALSTON, b. 15 Oct 1802; d. 1833; m. THOMAS A. STAMPER
16. MARY GRAHAM RALSTON, b. 21 Jun 1804; d. 27 Dec 1887; m. JOHN MILTON HAWKINS
35 John Ralston’s bible in James & Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists of the Midwest (1985); also “Neely Family in America.” However, Membership Roster of Soldiers, Tenn. DAR, says 2 Jan 1782. 36 Date and place of death from typescript, “Neely Family in America.” However, the Joseph N. Ralston Bible record, cited above, says Elizabeth died Dec. 3, 1827. 37 Said to have been married in Bourbon Co., Kentucky. http://adamscountyilgenweb.net/bios/ralston.htm See also http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fra55 38 However, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society (1909) says Bourbon County. 39 John Ralston’s bible, cited above. Place of birth and death not given. 40 According to Gordon Rolston. 41 Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society (1909). 42 According to Robert Keith, Shadowing Fame. The place they lived became part of Bath Co. in 1811. 43 Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society (1909). 44 Dates of birth from Ralston Bible.
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st 17. REV. THOMAS NEELY RALSTON, b. 21 Mar 1806; d. 25 Nov 1891; m. (1 ) JOSEPHINE THOMPSON; nd m. (2 ) MARY WOELPEPPER FISTER
st nd 18. JAMES HERVEY RALSTON, b. 21 Oct 1807; d. May 1864; m. (1 ) JANE ALEXANDER; m. (2 ) HARRIET NEWELL JACKSON
19. RUTH A. RALSTON, b. 1 Aug 1809; d. 22 Jan 1876; m. ELZEAPHUS THOMAS
45 20. WILLIAM HENRY RALSTON, b. 20 Apr 1811; d. 21 Aug 1815
46 21. JOHN RALSTON, b. 24 Feb 1814; d. 4 Apr 1814
47 22. ELIZABETH NEELY RALSTON, b. 18 Mar 1815; d. 20 May 1817
48 49 23. ROSANNA M. RALSTON, b. 11 Jun 1817; d. after 1830
st 24. WILLIAM HENRY HERVEY RALSTON, b. 12 Oct 1819; d. 23 Nov 1892; m. (1 ) MARY ESTHER nd WOOD; m. (2 ) MARTHA E. DODD
25. ELIZA JANE RALSTON, b. 2 May 1822; d. 25 Jul 1905; m. JAMES BEST DODD
26. ELEANOR MARSHALL RALSTON, b. 8 Feb 1824; d. 9 Jan 1860; m. WILLIAM BENJAMIN THOMAS
50 51 52 (6) JOHN ISAAC NEELY was born 27 Jan 1790, perhaps near Lexington, or near Mumfordville, Ky. He died 9 Nov 1867 in Du Quoin, Ill. 53 He was buried in the Montgomery Cemetery, 54 Oakland City, Ind. John married JANE R. MONTGOMERY, daughter of Isaac Montgomery and Martha McClure, 28 Jan 1819 in Gibson Co., Ind. 55 Jane was born 19 Nov 1800 in Kentucky. She died on 28 Sep 186256 in Oakland City, Ind., and was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland City, Ind.57
45 John Ralston Bible, for birth and death. He is called “William H. Ralston.” Need source for middle name Henry. 46 John Ralston Bible. 47 John Ralston Bible. Need source for middle name Neely. 48 The John Ralston Bible calls her “Rose Ann M. Ralston.” 49 Need source for died after 1830. 50 Bible Record, John I. and Jane R. Neely's Bible (dated 1819). 51 “Another Pioneer Gone,” Princeton Union Democrat, 16 Nov 1867, retrieved via newspaperarchive.com 52 “A Sketch of the Life and Times of General John I. Neely,” Evansville Journal, 24 Oct 1867. Mumfordsville is about 100 miles southwest of Lexington. 53 Bible Record: "John I. Neely died in Du Quoin Illinois on the 9th day of November AD 1867 aged 78 years." 54 I visited the cemetery in 1990. Also see findagrave.com: John Isaac Neely 55 Bible record. 56 Bible record. 57 findagrave.com: Jane R. Neely
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John moved from Kentucky to Gibson Co., Ind., in about 1803 or 1805,58 According to an article in the Evansville Journal, written at the time of his death in 1867: “At the age of sixteen, sixty- two years ago, Thomas, an older brother, and himself, made the trip together by water in two large pierouges, or canoes, lashed together. In that day the canoe was a fashionable water craft here in the West. This craft was freighted with the household goods of the then large family, numbering eleven, not counting one sister, who had previously married and remained behind. The course of this voyage was down the Green River to the Ohio; down this to the Wabash; up it to the Patoka; up that stream to what is now the town of Patoka. This long and zigzag voyage was tedious and laborious, but performed in safety. The rest of the family, consisting of father, mother, one brother, now an infant, now Dr. Neely of Owensville, Indiana, and six sisters, all made the journey on horseback.”59
According to an article in the Princeton Democrat, John I. Neely spent "considerable time" in the office of the pioneer editor Elihu Stout, of the Vincennes Western Sun.60 About September 20, 1811, he volunteered in Vincennes for the Company of Dragoons commanded by Capt. Benjamin Park and a Battalion commanded by Maj. Joseph H. Davis in the campaign against the Indians.61
John I. Neely's signature62
Tippecanoe was the Indians' capital, 150 miles north of Vincennes. Tecumseh was rallying the Indians against the steady advance of the white settlers. William Henry Harrison led 1,000 men northward to within striking distance of Prophetstown and then, yielding to appeals for a conference, encamped a mile from the village. Although promises were exchanged that no hostilities would begin before the next day, the Indians, without leaders, stormed the sleeping camp. Following the battle Harrison razed the Indian town and the battle was considered a
58 “A Sketch of the Life and Times of General John I. Neely,” says 1805. Some sources (?) said 1803. 59 “A Sketch of the Life and Times of General John I. Neely,” Evansville Journal, 24 Oct 1867. 60 Princeton Democrat, May 6, 1882. 61 “Pension Papers of General John I. Neely," (deposition given 23 December 1850). A typescript copy is included in "Neely Family History," cited above. 62 From a book, Journal of a Tour in Italy. The year 1821. Originally owned by John I. Neely, there is an inscription, “Maria Neely’s Book, Presented to her, by her Father. Sep. 4th 1836.” This book is in the possession of the author, unfortunately it is in bad condition with the back cover being lost and the front cover separated. The book’s author is unknown, as it says “By an American.”
8 victory. But nearly one-fourth of Harrison's men were killed or wounded. In this battle, Neely's horse was shot from under him and a spur was shot off his boot.63
Neely was discharged at Vincennes about November 20, 1811. In 1812 at the request of Harrison he joined the North Western Army at Franklinton, Oh., and was appointed by Col. James Morrison as quartermaster general, principal forage master of that wing of the Army. He continued in that duty until August 1813 when he was appointed deputy quartermaster general. He was in that position when the army crossed Lake Erie and retook Detroit.64 He was at the Battle of Fort Meigs and at Proctor’s defeat. 65
After the Battle of the Thames he was ordered to Cleveland where he took charge of the quartermaster depot in January 1814. He continued in that post until peace was declared in the spring of 1815 when he was engaged in collecting public property and disposing of it. He reported to the Adjutant General in Washington near the end of August and was directed to settle with the accountant of the War Department. He was honorably discharged by William H. Crawford, acting secretary of war.66 At the close of the war he had been made a general of the state militia.67
John I. Neely was one of the first trustees on the board of incorporation of Princeton, Ind.,68 and became the first postmaster69 of Gibson County in 1816.70 He was a justice of the peace from 1817 to 1819. He married Jane R. (Robinson?) Montgomery on January 28, 1819. She was the daughter of Isaac Montgomery and Martha McClure.
Neely was clerk and recorder of the circuit court from 1819 to 1836. His duties included keeping court records and the making of election returns.
In 1828 Neely and two others were appointed commissioners to survey a route for a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis.71 The initial survey began in May of that year and was
63 Tartt & Co., History of Gibson Co., Indiana, p. 54. 64 “Pension Papers of General John I. Neely." 65 “Another Pioneer Gone,” Princeton Union Democrat, 16 Nov 1867, retrieved via newspaperarchive.com 66 Ibid. 67 Tartt & Co., History of Gibson Co., Indiana, p. 54. It is not clear if this was immediately after the war, or later. In the Vincennes Western Sun, March 26, 1825, we find "I am requested to say that John I. Neely of the 2nd Brigade, is a candidate for Major General of the 1st Division, Indiana Militia to fill the vacancy of Major General W. Wilson, resigned." Typescript copy in "Neely Family History." 68 Tartt & Co., History of Gibson Co., Indiana, p. 162. 69 Ibid., p. 158. 70 Indiana Historical Society, Indiana Source Book, Vol. 2, (1981), p. 174. This source only lists the postmasters until 1825. Apparently Neely remained postmaster until 1841, when he was succeeded by his father-in-law, Isaac Montgomery. 71 Logan Esarey, History of Indiana (1918), pp. 293.
9 completed by July. The commissioners and their assistants traveled 140 miles, much of the way through swampy territory. The commissioners cultivated the friendship of the Potawatomi Indians, and "one of the Indian chiefs presented Neely with his seven-year-old son, whom Neely planned to give all the benefits of education and society."72
It was decided that the swampy route was impractical so a second survey was conducted in October. After this survey, John I. Neely's work on the project ended. The second route was eventually decided upon, and within ten years the road was built. The Michigan road was used by many pioneers to reach northwestern Indiana.
In the 1850's John I. Neely and his wife were living in Owensville, Ind.73 Jane died September 28, 1862.74 John was visiting his son Isaac, in Du Quoin, Ill., when he died 9 Nov 1867. He and his wife are buried in the Montgomery Cemetery near Oakland City, Ind.75 According to a county history, John I. Neely "was one of the best known men in the county. . . .and is recollected by many of the pioneers, who speak of him as having been an officer of integrity and a genial, whole-souled man. He was noted for his hospitality and kindness of heart."76
According to a length obituary, “He was always a very ardent supporter of Mr. Clay and all his measures. The friendship between him and General Harrison was mutual and very intimate. He was also a great admirer of Mr. Lincoln, and when last in this city, some two years ago, was heard to say that in honesty, sincerity and sound practical sense, no man ever excelled Mr. Lincoln. Said he, ‘I saw him more than thirty years ago; It was, perhaps, the first time that young Abe had ever gone any distance from home; he then accompanied Judge Grass,77 of Spencer County, to Vincennes, where the judge was going to enter law. They remained over night in Princeton, and here myself and Robert Stockwell, (the same that was in this city a short time since) were introduced to the then youthful Lincoln, by Judge Grass. I then saw something
72 “The Struggle for the Michigan Road," Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 16-19. Susan Truax, a researcher, recently looked up the original source for this, which is the Indiana Journal, July 10, 1828: "Gen. Neely, one of the Commissioners, so far gained the respect of one of the Potawatamie Chiefs - who had been a strong opposer of the late treaty - as to present to him his little son, a promising boy of about seven years old, as a mark of his confidence and regard. It is the General's intention, we understand, to afford this young son of the forest, all the benefits that may result, both from education and society." 73 D. B. Montgomery, The Montgomerys and Their Descendants, (1903), p. 244, states "Along in the fifties he lived in Owensville, Ind., in a house that occupied the lot on which now stands the department store of Geo. R. Welborn." 74 Bible record. 75 I visited the cemetery in 1990 and again in 2009 . See findagrave.com: John Isaac Neely 76 Tartt & Co., History of Gibson Co., Indiana, pp. 54, 158, 192. 77 Daniel Grass (1774?-1836).
10 more than ordinary in him. The interview I then had with him has ever remained fresh in my memory, and is now referred to with a melancholy pleasure.’”78
John I. Neely was a Mason. He was buried with Masonic honors, by Winslow Lodge, of which he was a member. He was said to have been one of the earliest Masons in Indiana, having become a Master Mason in 1821.79
Children:
27. MARTHA ANN NEELY, b. 16 Dec 1819; d. 6 Sep 1843; m. BENJAMIN LODGE BRIER
st 28. CAROLINE NEELY, b. 14 Sep 1821; d. 18 Sep 1885; m. (1 ) MAJ. WILLIAM ALLEN THOMAS; nd m. (2 ) THOMAS PROVINE BERRYHILL
29. MARIA AGNES NEELY, b. 4 Dec 1823; d. 30 Jun 1852; m. HUGH B. MONTGOMERY
30. DR. ISAAC MONTGOMERY NEELY, b. 18 Jul 1826; d. 4 Jun 1906; m. MARY CATHERINE ELSTUN
31. REV. JOSEPH WARRICK NEELY, b. 12 Jan 1829; d. 16 Jan 1898; m. ELIZABETH CLARK
32. ELIZABETH JANE NEELY, b. 21 Nov 1831; d. 25 Nov 1930; m. DAVID L. BRYANT
33. MARY FRANCES NEELY, b. 30 Oct 1838; d. 1 Jan 1928; m. EZRA WOODS
34. MARGARET CATHERINE NEELY, b. 12 May 1841; d. 27 Nov 1907; m. REV. WILLIAM BEEBE CRAWFORD
80 (7) MARTHA (“PATSY”) NEELY was born 19 Oct 1792 in Danville, then in Mercer Co., Ky. She died 27 Jul 1886 in Ft. Branch, Ind., at age 93. She was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch.81 Soon after her parents’ death, she returned to Kentucky and lived with her sister Elizabeth, in 82 Bath County, near Licking River. Martha married ANDREW D. RALSTON 27 Nov 1817, in Montgomery Co., Ky.83 Andrew was born in Kentucky in about 1794, the son of William Ralston
78 “A Sketch of the Life and Times of General John I. Neely,” Evansville Journal, 24 Oct 1867, available on Hoosier State Chronicles: https://newspapers.library.in.gov/ 79 Princeton Union Democrat, 16 Nov 1867, retrieved via newspaperarchive.com. 80 Princeton Democrat, 28 Oct 1882 (newspaperarchive.com). 81 http://www.ingenweb.org/ingibson/Cemeteries_wPhotos/UnionTwp/Walnut%20Hill/UN_WalnutHill_Ra- Rh.html 82 Tartt & Co., History of Gibson Co., p. 54. 83 Princeton Democrat, 28 Oct 1882
11 and (Agnes) Nancy McClure. He was the nephew of John Ralston, husband of Elizabeth Neely. He died 4 Jan 1829 in Ft. Branch, Ind.,84 at age 35. During the war of 1812, Andrew “served in the American army…enlisting when he was but eighteen years of age.”85 Soon after their marriage, Andrew and Patsy moved to Princeton, Gibson Co., Ind.86 Andrew Ralston “put up the first blacksmith shop at Princeton, and for many years carried on that trade there.”87 In 1821 he “received $1.37 ½ for shoeing” Gen. William Henry Harrison’s horse.88 Andrew “was fairly well self-educated, doing much writing for neighbors that could not write at all. In every way he was an estimable man and a good citizen.”89
Patsy Neely Ralston’s recollections are recorded in Tartt’s History of Gibson Co., Indiana, (1884)., which states that, at the age of 92, “she seems to possess a memory unimpaired.” After her parents died, she “returned to Kentucky and lived with a sister in Bath County, near Licking River. Here she became acquainted with and married Andrew D. Ralston in November, 1817, remaining in that vicinity until May 1, 1818, when she returned to this county with her husband and settled in Princeton. He was a blacksmith and worked at his trade there about eight years. In 1826 they moved on a farm about one mile southeast of Fort Branch. There Mr. Ralston died Jan. 4, 1829.”90
In 1882, 65 family members and friends gathered to celebrate Patsy’s 90th birthday. A newspaper article about the event stated, “Mrs. Ralston is in fine health and spirits, and received her guests heartily. She looks well enough to promise the completion of her century, though she has been totally blind for several years. The old lady received many handsome presents from her friends, and a sumptuous dinner was spread, of which all partook with a relish that showed its excellence. Mrs. Ralston converses freely and clearly of the events of her early life, remembers well the arrival of the news of Washington’s death, and the conversation of her parents about the event, her memory being unimpaired, and her conversation is very entertaining… Among the guests were six or seven great-great-grandchildren, and each of the four generations of her descendants were present, all of these being represented in the family of Mrs. Hopkins.”91
A similar celebration the following year was attended by 85 persons. It was noted that she was “quite cheerful, and even witty.”92
84 Joseph Tartt & Co., History of Gibson County, Indiana, (1884), pp. 54-55. 85 Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley, (1905), p. 348. 86 Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley, (1905), p. 348. 87 I can’t find the source for this. 88 Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 28 (Sept 1952) 89 Princeton Daily Clarion, 12 Feb 1914. 90 Tartt & Co., History of Gibson County, Indiana (1884). 91 Princeton Democrat, 28 Oct 1882. 92 Princeton Democrat, 3 Nov 1883.
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In 1884, Tartt’s county history stated, “Mrs. Ralston has been blind the past nine years, occasioned by neuralgia. Her general health is, however, very good, and her mind very clear on events that occurred in her younger years.”
An obituary states that “her life was an exemplary one.” The funeral was preached by Rev. Jenkins of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.93 Children:
35. DR. WILLIAM G. RALSTON, b. 13 Feb 1819; d. 11 Aug 1914; m. ISABELLA HELEN MATTHEWSON
36. MARTHA JANE RALSTON, b. 10 Dec 1820, d. 17 Apr 1908; m. HIRAM ABIFF HOPKINS
94 37. HIRAM HUNTER RALSTON, b. about Dec 1822; d. 8 Mar 1830; “accidently killed on the farm…”95
38. NANCY AMERICA RALSTON, b. 24 Jul 1825; d. 6 Apr 1912; m. SILAS MERCER HOLCOMB
39. ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" A. RALSTON, b. 16 Dec 1827; d. 8 Jan 1899; bur. Walnut Hill Cem., Ft. 96 st nd Branch, Ind.; m. (1 ) Dr. JOHN FINCH, 21 Sep 1852 in Gibson Co., Ind.; m. (2 ) ISRAEL HEMENWAY, 27 Jun 1877 Gibson Co., Ind. Israel was born 18 Jan 1810 in New York. He died 7 Apr 1886 in Indiana. He was buried in Hemenway Cem., Warrick Co., Ind.97 Elizabeth’s obituary: “Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hemenway of Fort Branch, Ind., died Sunday morning at 6 o’clock, after long and great suffering from cancer of the breast. She was aged 71 years and 23 days. Many citizens will remember the deceased as having resided in this city for a number of years with her brother, Dr. W. G. Ralston, and as having left this place about two years ago. The deceased was a widow, having been twice married, first to Dr. John Finch, who died in Atlanta, Ill., many years ago, and about twenty-two years ago was married to Israel Hemenway of Boonville, who died about twelve years ago, and who was the grandfather of Hon. J. A. Hemenway. The deceased leaves no children. Her immediate relatives are a brother named above and two sisters, Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Holcomb of Fort Branch. Mrs. Hemenway was a Christian woman and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church most of her life.98
93 Princeton Democrat, 4 Aug 1886. 94 His name and date of death is found in an article about Dr. William G. Ralston, Princeton Daily Clarion, 12 Feb 1914. “The next child was Hiram Hunter (named for Rev. Hiram Hunter) and this boy died March 8, 1830, aged seven years and four months.” 95 Tartt & Co, History of Gibson Co., p. 54. 96 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81268619/elizabeth-a-hemenway 97 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45039666/israel-s.-hemenway 98 “Death of Mrs. Hemenway – Married Grandfather of the Present Congressman,” Evansville Courier, 9 Jan 1899.
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99 100 (8) CATHERINE NEELY was born 13 Dec 1794 in Kentucky. She died 10 Nov 1874 possibly in Ft. Branch, Ind. She was buried in Woods Cemetery, Union Twp., Gibson Co., Ind.101
102 Catherine married HENRY REEL 7 May 1815, in Gibson Co., Ind. Henry was born on 14 Feb 1793,103 in Kentucky. He was the son of John and Catherine (Stooky) Reel, who were natives of New York state. He died 25 Mar 1871 in Gibson Co., Ind.104 He was buried in Woods Cemetery, Union Twp., Gibson Co., Ind.105
In 1850, Catherine and Henry lived in Johnson Twp., Gibson Co., with six children and three grandchildren. His occupation was farmer.106 They continued to live there in 1860 and 1870.
According to Stormont’s History of Gibson Co., Henry Reel was one of the early settlers of Gibson Co., who “first located near Patoka, moving shortly thereafter to Johnson township, where he bought a piece of land from [John I. Neely]… Here he settled with his family, later taking up government land, and on this place raised a family of twelve children and lived to a ripe old age. In addition to his agricultural pursuits, he drove a stage for a time between Evansville and Vincennes. He was a man of great energy and action and a leader in his time. During the Indian wars in Tecumseh’s time, Mr. Reel took and important part in the suppression of the troublesome redskins.”107
Children:108
40. JOHN REEL, b. 13 Feb 1816; said to have d. 1866; m. HELENA -----
41. ELIZA ANN REEL, b. 15 Aug 1817; m. DR. GEORGE HALBROOK
109 42. ELIZABETH REEL, b. 13 Feb 1819; d. 1836
43. JOSEPH NEELY REEL, b. 31 Oct 1820; d. 19 Oct 1896; m. PHEOBE ANN CARNAHAN
110 111 44. DAVID L. REEL, b. 31 Aug 1822; no further record
99 Gravestone. Also, Neely Family in America (manuscript). 100 Ibid. 101 http://www.ingenweb.org/ingibson/Cemeteries_wPhotos/UnionTwp/Woods_Deweese/Woods_Dewees.html 102 Ancestry.com: Indiana Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850. 103 Photo of gravestone: http://www.ingenweb.org/ingibson/Cemeteries_wPhotos/UnionTwp/Woods_Deweese/Woods_Dewees.html 104 Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois, p. 533. 105 http://www.ingenweb.org/ingibson/Cemeteries_wPhotos/UnionTwp/Woods_Deweese/Woods_Dewees.html 106 1850 census. 107 Stormont, History of Gibson County, Indiana, pp. 582-3. 108 The birthdates of all fourteen of their children are given in the Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois. I have seen the eldest son called “John Minus Reel” but have not found proof of his middle name. 109 Birth date in Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois p. 533.
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45. MARGARET ANN REEL, b. 6 May 1824, d. 17 Apr 1853; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON CLEVELAND
46. ELEANOR REEL, b. 25 Dec 1825; m. JAMES HUMPHREYS
47. MARTHA JOHNSTON REEL, b. 3 Sep 1827; d. 17 May 1911; m. GEORGE BELOAT
48. DR. SAMUEL ADAMS REEL, b. 3 May 1829; d. 2 Mar 1912; m. ELIZA GAMMELL ADAMS
49. THOMAS JEFFERSON REEL, b. 24 Jan 1831; d. 4 Dec 1919; m. NANCY A. BICKNELL
st? nd 50. HENRY CLAY REEL, b. 2 Oct 1832; d. 20 Sep 1932; m. (1 ) CATHERINE GILMORE; m. (2 ) SARAH ANN LEWIS 112 51. FRANKLIN MOSES REEL, b. 11 Aug 1834; said to have m. MARY -----; no further record
113 52. CATHERINE NEELY REEL, b. 31 Dec 1836; said to have d. 1919; m. CHARLES FAIRBANKS, 7 Nov 1857, Gibson Co. Ind.; no further record
114 st 115 53. NANCY JANE REEL, b. 17 Sep 1838; m. (1 ) BENONI S.WHEELER, 8 Mar 1858, Gibson Co., 116 nd Ind.; m. (2 ) H. H. SNYDER. She was apparently the Nancy Wheeler, 33, living 1870 in Clay, Howard Co., Ind., with husband B. (S?) Wheeler
117 118 (9) JANE BAYARD NEELY was born 14 Dec 1796 in Kentucky. She died 26 Jan 1883 in 119 120 Crawfordsville, Ind. She married THOMAS JEFFERSON EVANS 23 Oct 1823 in Gibson Co., Ind.
110 Birth date in Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois, p. 533. 111 Said to have died in 1922, but this seems doubtful as he is not found on any census records. 112 Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois, gives birth date, and calls him “Franklin M. Reel” 113 Birth date in Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois 114 Ibid. She is called Nancy J. 115 Possibly the Benoni S. Wheeler who died 21 Mar 1898 and was buried in Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81343504 This Benoni received a pension for Civil War service and his widow received a pension as well. 116 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001, with original image. 117 Her middle name, Bayard, is found in DAR Application #148078, application of Mary Smith McNutt. 118 Scrap of paper in possession of the author; see illustration. 119 Ancestry.com: Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920. 120 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001, with original image.
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According to Stormont’s History of Gibson Co., Thomas Jefferson Evans was a brother of Gen. Robert M. Evans, for whom Evansville, Ind., was named. He may have been the son of Gen. James Evans and Elizabeth McMillian.121 Thomas settled in Gibson County in 1810, engaging in business in Princeton, Ind. He “moved to Iowa in 1840 and was appointed a judgeship” and “died there in the same year.”122
An obituary stated that he died 13 Nov 1841, in Burlington, Ia., and that he had “early emigrated” with his father to Indiana. “At the age of twenty he was admitted to the Bar, and practiced in the southern counties. He subsequently removed to the Upper Wabash country. He was a member of the Legislature for many years and represented a county (Fountain) decided opposed to him in national politics. He was chairman of the committee on Canals and Improvements, when the ‘Mammoth System’ was adopted. He was chosen Speaker to the House of Representatives at two successive sessions. He was selected as a candidate for Congress in 1839 to run against Gen. Howard.” The obituary goes on to say, “The Burlington Hawk Eye, in noticing this dispensation, says ‘ The District Court adjourned on Monday, the day of his funeral, and the members of the bar passed appropriate resolutions; the Masonic Fraternity paid due honors to their departed brother, and the general turnout of the citizens was sufficient evidence that the vacuum thus created was felt and appreciated.’”123
In 1860, Jane and is listed on the census living with her son John N. Evans, his wife Mary, and Jane’s unmarried daughter Caroline. They lived in Richland Twp., Greene Co., Ind. By 1870 she was living with daughter Caroline, now married, in Perrysville, Vermillion Co., Ind., and continued to live there (now Highland Twp, part of Perrysville), in 1880.
Children:124
54. JOHN NEELY EVANS, b. about 1828; d. 11 May 1870; m. MARY BELDING
55. CAROLINE SYDNEY EVANS, b. 30 Nov 1840; d. 3 Nov 1913; m. DAVID CHARLES SMITH
125 126 (10) MARGARET NEELY was born 28 Dec 1798 in Kentucky. She died 29 Apr 1872 in Gibson Co., Ind. She was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Union Twp., Gibson Co., Ind.127
121 Proof needed. 122 History of Gibson County, p. 49. 123 Richmond (Ind.) Weekly Palladium, 4 Dec 1881, available on Newspapers.com. The Palladium copied this from the Indiana Journal. He was Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1837 and 1838. 124 I have seen another child, Alexander L. Evans, listed with this family, but this was probably a brother of Thomas J. Evans, not his son. In Tartt’s History of Gibson county (p. 54) he was called Alexander Lile Evans. He died in June 1844, and was a cooper.
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128 Margaret married SAMUEL ADAMS, 4 Jul 1815 in Gibson Co., Ind. Samuel was born on 1 Jan 1784129 in Pennsylvania. His ancestry is not certain, although it is likely he was the son of John Adams for whose estate, in 1814, he acted as an administrator. He died on 1 Aug 1861130 in Union Twp., Gibson Co., Ind. He was also buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.131
Samuel Adams was a farmer. In 1850, he is listed as aged 65 on the census in Johnson Township, Gibson Co., wife Margaret, 46, son Thomas N., 29, and daughter Hester A., 22. In 1860 we find:
Samuel Adams, 76, “Old Farmer” Margaret “, 61 Mariah S. “, 20 Hester A. Lucas, 32 Margaret J “, 29 McGrady “, 6 George W. “2.
Samuel left a will dated 7 Jun 1858. Probate records mention Margaret Adams, Elizabeth J. Speer, J. H. Speer, Nancy Higginbotham, Thos. N. Adams, Catherine Rutledge, J. T. Lockwood, Juliet Lockwood, Hester Ann Lucas, Martha J. Connelly, and Mariah L. Adams. His children each received 89 dollars and 75 cents.132
Children
st nd 56. MARTHA JOHNSTON ADAMS, b. 22 Jul 1816; d. 28 Mar 1903; m. (1 ) MARK REAVIS; m. (2 ) HUGH M. CONNELLY
57. THOMAS NEELY ADAMS, b.21 Jan 1821; d. 27 Oct 1891; m. MARGARET PARKER
58. ELIZABETH JANE ADAMS, b. 1822; d. 18 Oct 1891; m. JAMES H. SPEER
125 An old scrap of paper passed down through my family: “Margaret Neely born Dec. the 28th 1798.” This also agrees with her gravestone, although the year on the gravestone is difficult to read. 126 Gravestone, although difficult to read from photograph. DAR Application #241160 only says Apr 1872. 127 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79648520/margaret-adams 128 Ancestry.com, Indiana Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892. 129 DAR Application #241160 (Eloise Adams). 130 From gravestone, although it is “very hard to read.” 131 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79648979/samuel-adams 132 Ancestry.com, Indiana Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999, with original images.
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59. NANCY ANN ADAMS, b. 25 Jun 1825; d. 15 Feb 1905; m. JAMES G. HIGGINBOTHAM
60. CATHERINE ADAMS, b. about 1827; d. 4 Nov 1887; m. MARTIN S. RUTLEDGE
61. HESTER ANN ADAMS, b. about 1828; d. after 1891; m. LEVI LUCAS
62. JULIET NEELY ADAMS, b. 1832; d. 10 Aug 1873; m. JAMES TUCKER LOCKWOOD
133 63. Mary C. ADAMS, b. about 1836; d. Oct 1840; bur. Woods Cem., Union Twp., Ind.
64. MARIAH LOUISE “LOU” ADAMS, b. 28 Sep 1840, Indiana; d. 17 Oct 1867; bur. Walnut Hill 134 Cem., Union Twp, Gibson, Ind.; m. THOMAS COLVIN BRAZELTON, 4 Feb 1867, Gibson Co., Ind.135 No children. Thomas died 12 Jun 1919, in Princeton, Ind. He was a carpenter and later an undertaker. He married, 2nd, Mrs. Tosselweight, by whom he had a daughter.136
137 65. JOHN B. FRANK(LIN?) ADAMS, (birth order uncertain), died in infancy, bur. Woods Cem.
138 139 (11) JULIET G. NEELY was born 18 Jul 1801 in Kentucky. She died 19 Nov 1886 in Virginia City, Nev.140
From an old scrap of paper in possession of the author
141 Juliet married THOMAS MURRAY JOHNSON, 4 Aug 1823, in Bath Co., Ky. Thomas was born about 1799 in Kentucky. He died after 1863, when he is found on a city directory of Evansville, Ind.142
133 Gravestone says daughter of Sam. & Margaret Adams, died Oct. 1840 “in the 4 year of her age.” 134 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80098713 135 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. The record calls him Thomas C. Brazelton. 136 Obituary in Princeton Democrat, 23 Jun 1919. 137 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102356760 This memorial is erroneously linked to a child. 138 Her middle initial is found on the 1880 census. 139 An old scrap of paper: “Juliet Neely born July the 18th 1801.” 140 Virginia (City) Evening Chronicle, 19 Nov 1886. 141 Ancestry.com: Kentucky County Marriages, 1783-1965. His middle name is found in the obituary of Gov. J. Neely Johnson in the Sacramento Daily Union (2 Sep 1872). The same article states that Thomas Murray Johnson was a cousin of Reverdy Johnson of Baltimore, Md. 142 Ancestry.com: U.S. City Directories, 1822-1895. “Johnson, Thos. M., n e s 5th b Division and Ingle.”
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Thomas moved to Evansville, Ind., in 1826.143 Thomas and Juliet are listed on the 1850 census in Evansville, Ind., where Thomas was a tavern keeper. With them are children Mary A., 22; William N., 20; Henry C., 8; and Laura M., 4. In 1860, they continue to live in Evansville. Thomas is then listed as a laborer, and only one child is listed with them, Laura, 14.
According to the obituary of his son J. Neely Johnson, Thomas died in 1865.144
Juliet is listed on the 1870 census living in Virginia City, Nev., with daughter Mary Adkinson and her husband D.O. Adkinson. On the 1880 census she continues to live with the Adkinsons in Virginia City.
Juliet’s death notice reads: “Death of a Noted Lady. Mrs. Juliet Johnson died at the residence of Judge Adkinson in this city this morning. Deceased was the mother of J. Neely Johnson, a former governor of the State of California, and of the wife of Judge Adkinson. She was a native of Kentucky, 85 years of age. The funeral will take place from the residence of Judge Adkinson, on the Geiger Grade, at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon.”145
Children:
66. GOV. JOHN NEELY JOHNSON, b. 2 Aug 1825; d. 31 Aug 1872; m. MARY BREVOORT ZABRISKIE
67. WILLIAM NEELY JOHNSON, b. about 1829; d. 25 Jun 1885; m. JULIET -----
68. MARY A. JOHNSON, b. about 1828; d. about May 1888; m. DAVID OLIVER ADKINSON
146 69. HENRY CLAY JOHNSON, b. about 1842, Indiana; d. 20 Nov 1883, Lincoln, Placer Co., Calif.; apparently unmarried. He was a “house raiser.”
70. LAURA M. JOHNSON, b. about 1846, Indiana; living in 1872; m. J. B. KING, of Cincinnati, Oh.147 Further information not found.
148 (12) DR. JOSEPH NEELY was born 26 Oct 1804 in Kentucky. He died 31 Mar 1879 in Owensville, Ind.149 He is buried in the Walnut Hill Cemetery in Ft. Branch.150
143 According to Sacramento Daily Union, 2 Sep 1872. 144 Sacramento Daily Union, 2 Sep 1872: “His father died in 1865.” 145 Virginia (City) Evening Chronicle, 19 Nov 1886. 146 Sacramento Daily Union, 21 Nov 1883: “Death in Placer County. LINCOLN, November 20th – Henry Johnson, and old resident of this State, died here to-day. He claimed to be a brother of J. Neely Johnson, former Governor of California. None of his relatives live in this county, and their address is unknown.” 147 Sacramento Daily Union, 2 Sep 1872, of J. Neely Johnson, “He has two sisters living, one the wife of D. O. Adkison, Postmaster of Virginia City, the other Mrs. J. B. King, of Cincinatti.”
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151 Joseph married LYDIA MONTGOMERY, 8 Mar 1827, in Livingston, Ky. Lydia was born about 1805 in Kentucky. Her parents are unknown, although she is said to have been somehow related to John Isaac Neely’s wife Jane Montgomery. She died in Aug 1865 in Indiana, at age 59, and was 152 buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Poseyville, Ind. Joseph married, second, NANCY ELIZEBETH 153 (LYNN) LAMKIN. Nancy died on 12 Jun 1870. She was born 7 Feb 1831. She was buried in the Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch.154
According to an account by Elsie Neely, “When he was six years old he started to school in the little log school house with the greased paper windows in White River Township, one of the first schools in Indiana.” After the marriage of his brother John I. Neely, in 1819, “John took Joseph, still a school boy, to live with them. The old Neely Homestead remained the property of the family until 1839, when it was sold to David Robb.”
About 1826 he was appointed assessor and appraiser of Gibson County and soon after that was made sheriff, which post he held for one year. About this time, the practice of medicine, which was fast growing into a recognized profession, took his fancy, and he decided to become a doctor.
Early in the nineteenth century, medical schools were almost unknown. When a boy decided to become a doctor he entered the office of a practicing physician, where, between dusting out the office and watching the old doctor treat his patients, he was allowed to read what medical books the doctor possessed. Memorizing "Gray's Anatomy" was an important part of his education. After four years of "reading under the doctor'' he was supposed to be ready for practice.
In order to make a living while he was studying to be a doctor, Joseph taught school, spending all his spare time poring over the medical books. One year he taught at the district school in Bruceville and another year in another district school near Vincennes. In 1831 and 1832, he was
148 Old scrap of paper: “Joseph Neely was born October 26th 1804.” Also Neely Family in America (manuscript). 149 Neely family in America; also his gravestone, although it is somewhat difficult to read. 150 http://www.ingenweb.org/ingibson/Cemeteries_wPhotos/UnionTwp/Walnut%20Hill/UN_WalnutHill_N-O.html 151 Ancestry.com: Kentucky County Marriages. 152 findagrave.com: Lydia Neely 153 Gravestone. She is called the “consort of Dr. J. Neely.” 154 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82877672/nancy-e-neely
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His ambition to become a doctor was further spurred on by his love for Lydia Montgomery, a relative of the sister-in-law in whose home he had grown up. It was most difficult for a school teacher to support a wife for much of the pay he received was in food and lodging at the homes of his pupils. So Joseph spent all the time he could on his study of medicine.
Finally the great day arrived when the old doctor told him he was equipped to start practicing. The little town of Newburg kind no physician and Joseph decided that here was the place he wanted to begin his career. Soon the shelves in the back room of his office were loaded with bottles and boxes of medicine, for every doctor was his own druggist, and he proudly hung out the shingle which told the townspeople that Dr. Joseph Neely, Physician and Surgeon, was ready to treat their ailments.
Joseph was a big, blue eyed, jolly man, and the people here were completely won over by his sympathetic interest in them, and the calm, efficient way he went about treating then. His practice flourished from the beginning and in a very short time he was able to bring his little brown-eyed bride to Newburg to make a home for him.
Lydia Montgomery Neely presented quite a contrast to her large, bluff, cheery husband. She was a small, gentle woman to whom the beautiful things in life were as important as the practical. Breeding showed in every line of her face, in every word she spoke.
Their home was a happy one. Joseph was able to supply most of the comforts of life for his family and Lydia, in her quiet manner, made their home an attractive, pleasant place for her husband to return to after hard days on the country roads looking after his patients.”
On the 1850 census, Smith Township, Posey Co., Ind., (Joseph and Lydia born in Kentucky, the others all born in Indiana.):
Joseph Neely, 46, M.D., $2500 value of real estate Lydia “, 45 Ann L. “, 22 Harriet C. Finch, 18 John Finch, 23, M.D.
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John M. Neely, 14 Martha E. “, 10 Amelia J. “, 4
Also living with them, perhaps servants or roomers, were Anna Mowry, 15, and John Highman, 25, laborer.
By 1856, Joseph and his son John, then 20, appear to have gone into business together as many advertisements appear in the Princeton Daily-Clarion. The first of these appears 31 May 1856, when they are selling lard, linseed oil, potash for soap- making, essence of Jamacia ginger (as a medicine) and “good Brandy and Wines for sickness only.” Shortly after, on 14 Jun 1856, “Dr. J. Neely, having permanently located in Princeton, offers his professional services to the citizens generally – his practice is strictly eclectic. Office in the Drug Store, East side of the Public Square.”
On 12 Sep 1857, they announce “Great Bargains,” “Dr. Neely not having time to give personal attention to the Drug Business, and J. M. Neely expecting to be absent during the coming fall and winter, they propose to close out their present stock of drugs…”
By 15 Jan 1859, their office was “South side of the Centre Square, in Alexander Devin’s Brick Store room.”
In 1860, in Patoka Township, Gibson Co.: Joseph Neely, 55, M.D. Lydia, 55 Martha E., 19 Amelia J., 13 Harriet C. Whiting, 4 Wm. Ralston, 3.
Harriet was Joseph’s granddaughter, child of his daughter Ann who had probably died by then.
He is not found on the 1870 census. The Princeton Clarion-Leader announced the death of his second wife as follows, “DIED on the 5th inst., of disease of the heart, Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth, wife of Dr. J. M. Neely, of Fort Branch. Mrs. Neely was an estimable lady, and highly respected by all who knew her. She was a sister to the wife of Mr. Elisha Jones, of this place.”155
155 :Princeton Clarion Leader, 23 Jun 1870. It’s likely that the initial “M.” was a mistake, confusing him with his son John Marshall Neely.
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On 28 Mar 1872, “Dr. Neely started from Owensville on Monday, for Johnstown, Ill., his new place of residence.”
In 1874, he visited Coahoma Co., Miss., and wrote an account for the newspaper, in the form of two leters. He writes, “In this county, fifteen miles below Friar’s Point, is the plantation and residence of Mr. Robert St. Clair, formerly a citizen of Owensville, Indiana,” the place being known as Hulberton.156
A brief death notice states that, “Dr. Joseph Neely, well known in this county, died at the residence of his son, Dr. J. M. Neely, of this place, on Monday the 31st ult.”157
Children:
71. ANN LOUISA NEELY, b. about 1828; d. before 1860; m. DR. JOHN SHANKLIN WHITING
72. HARRIET CATHERINE NEELY, b. 16 Feb 1830; d. about 1851; m. DR. JOHN FINCH
st nd 73. DR. JOHN MARSHALL NEELY, b. 18 Feb 1836; d. 18 May 1897; m. (1 ) ELLEN SMITH; m. (2 ) LENA MARIE MIKELSON
74. MARTHA E. NEELY, b. about 1840; prob. d. before 1870; m. JOSEPH NEWTON WOODS
75. INDIANA NEELY, b. Apr 1842, Ind.; d. 14 Apr 1844, Ind.; bur. Mount Pleasant Cem., Poseyville, Ind.158
76. AMELIA JOSEPHINE NEELY, b. about 1842; m. ROBERT ST. CLAIR
156 Princeton Daily Clarion. (add date) 157 Princeton Clarion-Leader, 3 Apr 1879. 158 findagrave.com: Indiana Neely
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Third Generation
159 (13) MARTHA JOHNSTON "PATSY" RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 20 Nov 1799 in Bourbon Co., Ky. She died on 13 Jul 1885 in Knoxville, Ia., at the residence of her daughter, Elizabeth (Sanders) Downs.160 She was buried in Talleyrand Cemetery, Keokuk, Ia.161
162 Martha married HENRY SANDERS 23 Jan 1816 in Bath Co., Ky. She was just 16 years old at the time of her marriage. Henry was born on 28 Aug 1788 in Botetort Co., Va., and was the son of Samuel Sanders and Nancy Reed. He died 18 Dec 1862 in Keokuk Co., Ia., and was buried in Talleyrand Cemetery.163
Henry was a veteran of the War of 1812, and was granted bounty land for his service. In 1826, he and his family moved to Mill Creek Township, Union County, Oh, and by 1833, to nearby Scioto, Delaware Co. In 1852, Henry and Patsy moved to Keokuk Co., Ia.164 By 1856, Henry and Patsy were living in Clear Creek Township, Keokuk Co., Ia.165 Henry Sanders left a will, in which he directs that his wife and daughter should receive the mare “Nelly.”166
Children:
st 77. ELIZABETH R. SANDERS, b. 15 Apr 1817; d. 20 Feb 1907; m. (1 ) REV. ALEXANDER WRIGHT; nd m. (2 ) AMBROSE DOWNS
st nd 78. JOSIAH MARTIN SANDERS, b. 14 Nov 1818; d. 16 Apr 1891; m. (1 ) CELINA ANN SAID; m. (2 ) rd th MATILDA L. DODDS; m. (3 ) MARGARET LEE; m. (4 ) ADELAIDE MCCAMPBELL
79. JOHN RALSTON SANDERS, b. 1 Jan 1821, Bath Co., Ky; d. 25 Jul 1845; bur. Smith Cem., Union 167 Co., Oh; m. NANCY T. ABRAHAM, 20 Aug 1844, Union Co., Oh.; no children
80. SAMUEL REED SANDERS, b. 10 Jan 1823; d. 14 Nov 1898; m. LOUISA J. TURNER
81. NANCY VIRGINIA SANDERS, b. 7 Oct 1824; d. 16 Aug 1864; m. WILLIAM MCLEAN ABRAHAM
159 Bible record of Josiah Martin Sanders, in James & Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists of the Midwest (1985). 160 Obituary of Patsy Sanders, in Sigourney News. Her obituary claims she was related to the famous orator Patrick Henry, and also to Gen. Joseph Johnston. It is not known if this is correct or not. The obit contains some errors, such as saying Gov. “Joseph Neely Johnston” (should be John Neely Johnson). 161 findagrave.com: Patsy Ralston Sanders 162 Ancestry.com: Kentucky Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850. 163 findagrave.com: Henry Sanders. His gravestone gives his date of death as Dec. 18, 1862, and his age as 70 years and 4 months. 164 Obituary of Patsy Sanders, in Sigourney News. 165 Keota Centennial History, 1973, online at: http://iagenweb.org/keokuk/histories/keotacent/pgs_251-265.html 166 James & Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists of the Midwest 167 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8801929
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st nd 82. JOSEPH NEELY SANDERS, b. 27 Sep 1827; d. 16 Nov 1913; m. (1 ) OLIVE DIX; m. (2 ) LUCY E. (O’HARA) CAREY
83. MARTHA ELLEN SANDERS, b. 22 Aug 1828; d. 25 Mar 1895; m. ARCHIBALD STEELE IRWIN
84. RUTH T. SANDERS, b. 12 Oct 1830, Oh.; d. 29 Aug 1876, Keokuk Co., Ia.; bur. Talleyrand Cem.; unmarried
85. JAMES HARVEY SANDERS, b. 9 Oct 1832; d. 22 Dec 1899; m. MARTHA RODGERS
86. MARY JANE SANDERS, b. 5 Jan 1835; d. 22 Aug 1914, Knoxville, Ia.; bur. Graceland Cem.; st nd m. (1 ) EBENEZER P. ROBERTSON, 1 Mar 1855; m. (2 ) WILLIAM BLACK, 31 Dec 1877. No children by either marriage. Ebenezer was a Civil War veteran. He was a wagon maker (1870 census) and died 23 Mar 1872. William was a native of Ireland, and a farmer. He had four children by a previous marriage. He died 10 Sep 1898.
87. SAMANTHA EMELINE SANDERS, b. 31 Jul 1837; d. 2 Jul 1915; m. HARLAN ARTEMAS HERRICK
88. CELINDA ADELAIDE SANDERS, b. 7 Jul 1839; d. 11 Mar 1916; m. HENRY JEFFERSON TURNER
89. CAROLINE W. SANDERS, b. 20 Nov 1843; d. 5 Jan 1902; m. CHARLES C. HERRICK
168 (14) DR. JOSEPH NEELY RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 25 Jan 1801, in Bourbon Co., Ky.169 He died 25 Jun 1876, in Quincy, Ill., and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.170 He married three times, first, on 9 Feb 1825, in Bourbon Co., Ky., 171 NANCY GRANT, who was born in about 1807, the daughter of Robert Grant.172 He had three children by his first wife, only one 173 of which lived to adulthood. He married, second, SARAH GRANT, 4 May 1833, in Bourbon Co. She was the sister of his first wife.174 There were no children by his second wife. He married, third, 175 MARGARETTA (HALL) MITCHELL, 31 May 1837, in Adams Co., Ill.
168 See http://myralstonfamily.com/My%20Ralston%20Family%20story%208.html 169 History of Adams County, Illinois (1879), p. 680. 170 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81579142 171 Ancestry.com: Kentucky Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 (database.) However Ancestry.com: Kentucky County Marriages 1783-1965, with typescript image, shows the date of “2-7-1825.” 172 Ancestry.com: Kentucky County Marriages 1783-1965 says “f.-Robert” next to Nancy’s name. 173 History of Adams County, Illinois (1879), p. 680. 174 Gordon Rolston. 175 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920. The index calls her “Margueretta H. Mitchell.”
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She was born 28 Mar 1818, in Cincinnati, Oh.176 She had a daughter, Mary B. Mitchell, by a previous marriage, who later became the wife of John W. Hollowbush.177 Margaretta died 3 Jul 1885 in Quincy, and is buried in Woodland Cemetery.178
After the death of his first wife, Joseph “turned his attention to scientific pursuits, attended medical lectures in Lexington, Ky., and in 1832 removed to Quincy [Illinois] and entered upon the practice of medicine.”179 He is said to have been educated at Transylvania University.180 He “held a leading position among the physicians of Quincy and Adams county,” and was a founder of and the first president of the Adams County Medical Society. He was interested in promoting education, and “took part in establishing Quincy College, under the control of the Methodist church, with which he was actively identified….” He was “rather tall and spare in figure, dignified in carriage, courteous almost to punctiliousness in manner, clean and precise in speech.”
He left a will, dated 25 Jan 1871, in which he mentions his “beloved and devoted wife Margaretta H.,” and “single daughters Theresa and May N.” He requests that his “medical library be preserved in the family and be presented to the first one of my grand sons who may graduate in a respectable Medical College but if two or more of them happen to so graduate in the same year, then and in that case, the books to be equally divided between them. I desire in this provision to include the sons of V. Y. Ralston and Mary B. Hollowbush as well as my daughters.”181
Children, by his first wife Nancy:
90. VIRGIL YOUNG RALSTON, b. 16 Jul 1828; d. 19 Apr 1864; m. CHARLOTTE “LOTTIE” TAYLOR
91. CHILD, died young
92. CHILD, died young
Children, by his third wife, Margeretta:
93. EMELIE JOSEPHINE RALSTON, b. 17 Apr 1840; d. 8 Feb 1917; m. JACOB WHITE CALDWELL
94. IDA ANN RALSTON, b. 19 Dec 1841; d. 8 Apr 1903; m. EDGAR ROBBINS MORRIS
176 Her parents are not known, but she was the sister of Anne Elizabeth Mitchell, who married John Crockett, and Mary B. Mitchell, who married Dr. John William Hollowbush. 177 Gordon Rolston. 178 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81579198/margaretta-hall-ralston 179 History of Adams County, Illinois (1879), p. 680. 180 Dr. J. F. Snyder, “Forgotten Statesmen of Illinois,” Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1909, p. 216. 181 Gordon Rolston.
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95. MARGARETTA HALL RALSTON, b. Mar 1844; d. 27 Mar 1916; m. WILLIAM CHARLES
182 96. THERESA RALSTON, b. Jun 1849; d. 10 Jul 1879; bur. Woodland Cem.; unmarried
97. MARY NEELY “MINNE” RALSTON, b. 12 Oct 1859; d. 24 Jul 1923; m. PHILLIP CADY HAYDEN
183 (15) NANCY B. RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 15 Oct 1802, probably in Bath Co., Ky. Her middle name is given as “Brewster” in various family trees, but the reliability of this information is uncertain. She apparently died in 1833; of Asiatic Cholera, in Quincy, Ill. 184 She married 185 THOMAS A. STAMPER, 8 Mar 1828, in Bath Co., Ky. There is no definite record of her husband after her death.186
Child:
187 98. ELIZABETH N. STAMPER, b. Jan 1829, Ky; living 1913, in Winters, Calif.; m. THOMAS DUSKIN BALL, 24 Mar 1867, in Sacramento, Calif. Thomas was “a successful builder” in Sacramento. He married, first, Polly Hoagland. See History of Yolo Co., Calif. (1913), which states that Elizabeth was “closely related to the Neely family of Welsh descent, and the Ralstons of Scotch ancestry, but also to Martha Washington, of Virginia.” (The latter claim is very questionable.” This source also says she was a great-granddaughter of Joseph Neely. In a marriage announcement, she is called the “adopted daughter of Dr. Calvin Brown, of Mendon, Ill.”, with the added remark, “Quincy, Ill. Papers please copy.”188 One child, Mary Alice Ball, died in infancy. Further evidence of the family connection: “A fine contribution of relics of ancient tribes of Indians of the Northern California coast was received from Thomas D. Ball, of Winters, Yolo county. The relics were collected many years ago by Wm. Neely Johnson, and by him presented to Mr. and Mrs. Ball.”189 These were given to the E. B. Crocker Art gallery in Sacramento.
182 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156270021/theresa-ralston . However, no gravestone photo is shown. 183 The John Ralston Bible calls her “Nancy B. Ralston.” Some WorldConnect family trees call her Nancy Brewster Ralston, and state she had a daughter, Elizabeth N. Stamper, who may have married Thomas D. Ball in 1867 in San Francisco. Further proof is needed. 184 In “Forgotten Statesmen of Illinois” it says: “In the terrible epidemic of Asiatic cholera brought west by General Winfield Scott's troops about the close of the Black Hawk war, which visited Quincy as it spread down the Mississippi the next year (1833) with appalling fatality, about its first victim in that village was Mrs. Sarah Stamper, sister of Dr. Joseph and J. H. Ralston.” It appears that Nancy was intended. 185 John Ralston Bible Record: “Thomas A. Stamper and Nancy B. Ralston, married Mar. 8, 1828.” 186 According to Gordon Rolston, Thomas may have been born in about 1803, and perhaps was the Thomas A. Stamper, mechanic, living in St. Louis in 1850. 187 1900 census, Winters, Yolo Co., Calif. 188 Sacramento Daily Union, 26 Mar 1867. 189 Sacramento Daily Union, 2 Oct. 1889.
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(16) MARY GRAHAM "POLLY" RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 21 Jun 1804 in Bourbon Co., Ky. She died 27 Dec 1887 in Huntingdon, Tenn. She was buried in Hawkins Cemetery.190 Mary 191 married JOHN MILTON HAWKINS 8 Mar 1821, in Bath Co., Ky. John was born 28 Feb 1796 in Bath Co., Ky.192 He died 24 Jan 1852 in Huntingdon, Tenn.193 He was buried in Hawkins Cemetery.194
The family moved to Carrol Co., Tenn., in 1828.195 John is listed on the 1850 census as a farmer.
He left a will. He states that his son Milton Hawkins “has recently departed this life” and was indebted and that he would pay the debts. The will also mentions his “beloved wife” Polly Hawkins, his son Alvin Hawkins who was to be joint executor with his wife. Other children are not mentioned by name.196
Polly “was intensely southern in her sympathies. In her sentiments her sons sympathized and they all became adherents of the Confederacy, excepting the oldest, Alvin, and Ashton W., who, like their father, were staunch Whigs and supporters of the Union.”197
In 1880, his widow Polly lived alone in Carroll Co., Tenn.
Children:
99. GOV. ALVIN HAWKINS, b. 2 Dec 1821; d. 27 Apr 1905; m. JUSTINA MELROSS OTT
198 100. CAMILLUS HAWKINS, b. 29 Jan 1822; d. 11 Jan 1825, Bath Co., Ky.
st 101. DR. ASHTON WILLIAM HAWKINS, b. 12 Oct 1824; d. 9 Feb 1888; m. (1 ) SARAH ANN LILLY; nd m. (2 ) SARAH ANN MAY
102. MILTON HAWKINS, b. 21 Aug 1826, Bath Co., Ky; d. 2 Jul 1850, Carroll Co., Tenn.; bur. Hawkins Cem.;199 unmarried
190 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29801253/mary-graham-hawkins 191 John Ralston Bible record, in James & Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists of the Midwest. The Bible does not give the location, but Ancestry.com Kentucky County Marriages, 1783-1965, contains a marriage bond, dated 12 Feb 1821, from Bath County. 192 Gravestone: “In Memory of John M. Hawkins, was born in Bath co., K.Y. Feb. 28, A.D. 1796…” Bath county however was not yet formed in 1796. 193 Ibid, the place of death being “near this spot.” 194194 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29801278/john-milton-hawkins 195 William A. Keleher, The Fabulous Frontier, 1846-1912 (2008), p. 300. 196 Ancestry.com: Tennessee Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008. 197 Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity (1898), p. 1295, sketch of Horace Norman Hawkins. 198 Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 1995), p. 147. 199 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98583306/milton-hawkins
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103. REV. JAMES NEELY HAWKINS, b. 12 Apr 1828; d. about 1912; m. MATILDA A. HARRIS
st 104. REV. SAMUEL J. HAWKINS, b. 21 Aug 1830; d. 31 Jul 1888; m. (1 ) MILDRED ELLIOT TROTTER; nd m. (2 ) EMALINE M. BURKE
105. JOSEPH RALSTON HAWKINS, b. 6 Jul 1832; d. 21 Jul 1908; m. MARY ELLEN COCKRAN
st 106. WILLIAM HARVEY HAWKINS, b. 16 Mar 1834 d. 8 Jul 1914; m. (1 ) MARY E. BLACKWELL; nd m. (2 ) SALLY MITCHELL
107. FRANKLIN HAWKINS, b. 7 Aug 1838, Carroll Co., Tenn.; d. 14 Aug 1864, Harrisburg, Miss.; bur. Hawkins Cem.200 He was a Confederate soldier (27th Tenn. Infantry) and died in the battle of Harrisburg, Miss.
108. ALFRED HAWKINS, b. 24 Apr 1841 (twin); d. 1 Sep 1841 in Carroll Co., Tenn.; bur. Hawkins Cem.201
st 109. ALBERT G. HAWKINS, b. 24 Apr 1841 (twin); d. 17 May 1908; m. (1 ) SUSAN ELLEN PRINCE; nd m. (2 ) KATE VAN HORN
110. CAMILLUS HAWKINS, b. 8 Mar 1843; d. 11 Mar 1909; m. JOSEPH ANNA ‘ANNIE’ COLE
111. DR. ELVIS B. HAWKINS, b. 31 Mar 1845; d. 5 Jul 1871; Mansfield, Tenn.; bur. Hawkins Cem.;202 unmarried. He died of typhoid fever. He attended medical school in Louisville, Ky., and served as a doctor in the Confederate Army.203
(17) REV. THOMAS NEELY RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 21 Mar 1806 in Bourbon Co., Ky. He died 25 Nov 1891 in Highland Twp., Campbell Co., Ky. He was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.204
205 Thomas married, first, JOSEPHINE THOMPSON, 21 Apr 1830, in Garrard Co., Ky. Josephine was born 10 Mar 1808 in Danville, Bath Co., Ky, the daughter of Arthur Thompson and Martha -----. She died 6 Aug 1856 in Lexington, Ky, and was buried in Lexington Cemetery. Thomas married, 206 second, MARY WOELPEPPER PHISTER 12 Aug 1857 in Mason Co., Ky. Mary was born 21 Nov 1829 in Maysville, Ky. She died 12 Feb 1908 in Maysville. She was also buried in Lexington Cemetery.
200 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20804478/franklin-hawkins 201 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98583404/alfred-hawkins 202 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70287629/elvis-b.-hawkins 203 Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 1995), p. 147. 204 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156477294/thomas-neely-ralston 205 Ancestry.com: Kentucky County Marriages, 1783-1865. 206 Ancestry.com: Kentucky County Marriages, 1783-1865. Her middle name is not given.
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“Thomas graduated at Transylvania [University], was ordained, attained the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and for many years was a famous pulpit orator and divine of Lexington, Kentucky.”207
From 1843 to 1847 he was President of the Methodist Female Collegiate High School in Lexington. In 1847 he published The Elements of Divinity “the first American Methodist systematic theology.”208 His book was translated into Norwegian and Chinese.
From 1850 to 1854, Thomas and his wife Josephine took care of his niece Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ralston, daughter of James Hervey Ralston.
In 1859-60, “he conducted, in Millersburg, one of the most remarkable series of meetings in the history of the Church in that locality, embracing in gathering and clear conversion of nearly one hundred souls.”209
According to his obituary in the Maysville (Ky.) Evening Bulletin, he was “one of the pioneer Methodist preachers of Kentucky.”210
“His death was characteristic. His last utterance was ‘Hallelujah !’ as with eyes upturned, he seemed to have glimpses of the heavenly glory; and after speech failed he raised his hands, as if in triumph, then calmly folding them, he closed his eyes, as sinking into sleep, and without a struggle or a groan his pure spirit floated out into the presence of the King in his beauty, to share the unutterable joys of eternal blessedness.”211
(18) JAMES HERVEY RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 12 Oct 1807 in Bourbon Co., Ky. He died 212 about 8 May 1864 near San Antonio, Nev. James married JANE ALEXANDER, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Alexander, 11 Oct 1832 in Quincy, Ill. Jane was born 6 Oct 1811 in Pope Co., Ill., and died 3 Jul 1847 in San Antonio, Tex. She is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.213
214 James married, second, HARRIET NEWELL JACKSON, 28 Oct 1853 in New York, N.Y. Harriet was born 21 Oct 1828 in Waverly, N.Y., the daughter of Rev. Aaron Jackson. She died 6 Feb 1920 in
207 Dr. D. F. Synder, , “Forgotten Statesmen of Illinois,” Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1909, p. 216. 208 E. Brooks Holifield, Theology in America: Christian Thought From the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War, p. 258. 209 Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1892. 210 Maysville Evening Bulletin, 26 Nov 1891, retrieved via Newspapers.com. 211 Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1892. 212 His exact death date is not known as he was found dead in the desert, May 8th is an estimate. 213 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171789788 214 Ancestry.com: New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s (based on NYGBR 1932).
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Washington, D.C., at age 91, at the home of her son, Jackson H. Ralston.215 She is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery.216
In the fall of 1828 he moved to Quincy, Ill., where he was a lawyer. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Adams County. In 1832 he served as a private in the Black Hawk War, and was present at the Battle of Bad Axe. In August 1836 he was elected to represent Adams County in the Illinois General Assembly. Other members included Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
In January 1837, at the age of 29, James was appointed a judge in the Illinois 5th Judicial Circuit. In one of the cases where he acted as judge, the defense attorney was Abraham Lincoln. It is said to be the only murder case which Lincoln lost.
In 1839 he met Joseph Smith Jr., the Mormon leader, and “was also instrumental in assisting the Mormons in acquiring a significant amount of land in Hancock County, Illinois,” including what would later be named the Nauvoo settlement.217 Joseph Smith soon became Judge Ralston’s client, and Ralston defended him “despite an ever increasing risk to his own popularity.” This relationship continued until Smith was murdered in 1844
James ran for and was elected as in Illinois state senator in 1840. He was supported by Mormons who were hoping for favorable treatment in their attempts to obtain a start charter for Nauvoo. He ran for U.S. House of Representatives in 1841 but lost.
In 1845, Jane gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth (“Lizzie”), after four miscarriages.
From 1846 to 1848 James was Quartermaster at the Alamo, during the Mexican war. “The work of the quartermaster unit in San Antonio was substantial in that they were always kept busy with the repair of returned materials such as muskets and wagons, the care of a large number of horses and mules, and supplying food and pay to General Wool’s fighting army.”218 In March 1847 his wife Jane and daughter Elizabeth met him in San Antonio. Within a few months Jane’s health declined and she died in July 1847.
In January 1849, relieved of his duties as quartermaster, he and a fellow quartermaster traveled to Washington, D.C., to complete required paperwork. In March 1849 he spent his last day in the capital city at the inauguration of President Zachary Taylor. Returning to Quincy, Ill., he was greeted by family members including cousin J. Neely Johnson.
215 Death notice in Washington Post, 7 Feb 1920. 216 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133219910/harriet-newell-ralston No gravestone photo, but a photo of Harriet is included. 217 Robert Keith, Shadowing Fame, p. 41. 218 Robert Keith, Shadowing Fame (2016).
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In 1850 James traveled overland to Sacramento, Calif., leaving his daughter Lizzie in the care of his brother Thomas. There he became reacquainted with his cousin J. Neely Johnson, who was now City Attorney of Sacramento. James joined J. Neely Johnson in traveling to the Carson (Nev.) River valley, to assist emigrants, as part of the Committee for the Relief of Overland Emigrants. He helped purchase and distribute food supplies to families in need. This was not only a humanitarian deed on James’ part but also generated good will for him. The publicity also helped him start his law practice, in a partnership with a man name Thomas Sunderland.
In 1852 James was elected a representative to th e California senate.
In 1853 James travelled to New York City, to attend the New York Exhibition oF Industry – and where he married Harriet N. Jackson, whom he had met in Quincy, and had kept up a correspondence with. They were married at her father’s church in Staten Island, with her father performing the ceremony. After marriage, James and Harriet traveled by steamship to San Francisco, crossing the Isthmus of Panama and then by carriage to Sacramento.
In 1857 James unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the California Supreme Court, In around 1860 James traveled to Salt Lake City, Ut., and then moved to Virginia City, Nev., in 1861, pursuing a mining claim. There he met Mark Twain. In 1863 he was a representative to the first Nevada constitutional convention. Twain wrote a parody about the convention, mentioning Judge Ralston. He later moved to Austin, Lander Co., Nev.
In 1864, James was found dead in the desert, after becoming lost, while traveling from Austin to his ranch in Smoky Valley. It is thought that he wandered for 125 miles, for 9 days, before his death. According to Robert Keith, “What befell Judge James H. Ralston…will forever remain a mystery. It is known that he was without his horse that was found wandering in the desert weeks later.”219 His body was found and conveyed back to Austin. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Austin, Nev.220
For about a year after James’ death, Harriet and her children Jackson and Aurora continued to live in Austin, Nev., while James’ estate was being settled. They then traveled to Oyster Bay, N.Y., to live with Harriet’s father.
In 1885, Harriet moved to Hyattsville, Md., with her son Jackson Ralston. She died in 1920. According to her obituary, “Mrs. Ralston possessed an unusual talent as a conversationalist and
219 Robert Keith, Shadowing Fame (2016). See also: http://hsqac.org/judge-james-h-ralston-later-quincy-years- 1833-1847-bob-keith/ Also see: http://adams.illinoisgenweb.org/Family%20Group%20Sheets/family_ralston_james.html 220 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144938372/james-hervey-ralston
32 a poet. Her excellence in the art of poetry remained with her throughout her advanced age, poems of high quality having been written by her even within the past year.”221
Child, by his first wife Jane:
112. ELIZABETH JANE RALSTON, b. 19 Jan 1845; d. 19 Apr 1876; m. MARCELLUS CRANE TILDEN
Children by his second wife, Harriet: st 113. JACKSON HARVEY RALSTON, b. 6 Jan 1857; d. 13 Oct 1945; m. (1 ) SARA BURNS RANKIN; nd m. (2 ) OPAL VIOLA RALSTON
222 114. MARY AURORA RALSTON, b. 6 Oct 1858, Sacramento, Calif.; d. 31 Jan 1869, Ithaca, N.Y. She died of scarlet fever.
223 (19) RUTH A. RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 1 Aug 1809 in Bourbon Co., Ky. She died 22 Jan 1876 in Putnam Co., Ind. She was buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, Morton, Ind.224
225 Ruth married ELZEAPHUS THOMAS, 1 Nov 1830 in Bath Co., Ky. Elzeaphus was born 5 Nov 1806 in Montgomery Co., Ky, the son of Joel Thomas and Mary Stiles.226 He died 22 Sep 1889 in Putnam Co., Ind., and was buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, Morton, Ind.227
Elzeaphus came with his parents to Putnam Co., Ind., in 1825, settling in Clinton Twp. “Mr. Thomas began life with but little, but prospering, he added to his place until he became one of the well-to-do of this and adjoining counties, owning at one time nineteen hundred acres of valuable land, mostly near the home place, so that he could ride horseback over his broad acres and give it his personal attention. He loaned money and traded in stock extensively, keeping all within range…He was a keen observer, a good manager and was very successful in business. Although often importuned to do so, he would never hold office, being a Democrat, but no politician.”228
221 Washington Evening Star, 6 Feb 1920. 222 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144936486/mary-aurora-ralston (burial location unknown). 223 John Ralston Bible, in James & Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists. 224 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70296358/ruth-a-thomas 225 Ancestry.com: Kentucky County Marriage Records, 1783-1965. 226 For parent’s names: History of Putnam County, Indiana, p. 343. The obituary of Rosanna (Thomas) Perkins states that her grandfather Joel Thomas “came in 1788 in the George Rogers Clark expedition to the territory surrounding the site of the present Vincennes…” 227 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70296349/elzeaphus-thomas 228 History of Putnam County.
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Children:
115. JOHN H. THOMAS, b. 14 Nov 1831; d. 20 Apr 1909; m. MARY E. DAVIDSON
116. ELIZABETH J. THOMAS, b. 8 Aug 1833; d. 24 May 1919; m. GEORGE S. FRANK
117. MARGARET THOMAS, b. 16 Nov 1834; d. 18 Jun 1924; m. GEORGE HARRIS COOPER
118. MARTHA “PATSY” THOMAS, b. 16 Nov 1836; d. 12 Apr 1899; m. RICHARD R. LLOYD
st 119. AMANDA ELEANOR THOMAS, b. 16 Dec 1838; d. 19 Oct 1921, Greencastle, Ind.; m. (1 ) nd PURNELL MADSON LAYTON; m. (2 ) HARRISON MONROE RANDEL. No children by either marriage. Purnell was a saloon keeper. He died 7 Jan 1888. Harrison was a farmer.
120. JAMES NEELY THOMAS, b. 3 Feb 1841; d. 29 Aug 1840; m. SARAH ANN MARSHALL
121. JOSEPH ANDREW THOMAS, b. 10 Apr 1843; d. 9 Aug 1917; m. NANCY CATHERINE BURKETT
122. ROSANNA JOSEPHINE THOMAS, b. 17 Jan 1846; d. 10 May 1938; m. EDMUND PERKINS
st 123. SARAH FRANCES THOMAS, b. 19 Aug 1848; d. 5 Jan 1919; m. (1 ) WAIT WARREN MYRICK; nd m. (2 ) JAMES M. CROSS
124. MILTON E. THOMAS, b. 23 Apr 1851; d. 11 Jul 1898; m. AGNES G. DENTON
125. MARY AUGUSTA THOMAS, b. 13 Jan 1854; d. 5 Aug 1943; m. RUDY HARRISON BURKETT
(24) WILLIAM HENRY HERVEY RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 12 Oct 1819 in Bath Co., Ky. He died 23 Nov 1892, in Leavenworth, Kans. He is buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kans.229
230 He married, first, MARY ESTHER WOOD, 9 Oct 1845, in Adams Co., Ill. Mary was born in about 1826, in Jefferson Co., N.Y. She was the daughter of Levi Wood and Phebe Herrick. She died 25 Oct 1858, in Marshall, Ill.231
232 He married, second, MARTHA “MATTIE” ELIZABETH DODD, 30 Aug 1859, in Winchester, Ky. She was the daughter of James Best Dodd and his first wife, Delilah Fox. She was born 28 Dec 1832,
229 findagrave.com: william h ralston 230 Ancestry.com: Illinois Compiled Marriages, 1791-1850. 231 According to: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158819373/mary-ester-ralston but there is no gravestone photo. DAR application of Lena Ralston Nelles gives year of death but not exact date. 232 Ancestry.com: Kentucky County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.
34 in Harpers Ferry (then Virginia), and died 24 Oct 1910, in Leavenworth, Kans. She was buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kans.233
According to the Leavenworth Times, William was “one of the oldest and wealthiest residents of Leavenworth.” Born in Kentucky, he moved to Quincy, Illinois, “where he practiced law with his brother, Judge [James Hervey] Ralston.” “After a few years he removed to Warsaw, Ill., and in 1856 he came to Leavenworth county where he spent a large portion of his time on a farm and the balance of the time at Quincy where he had some property. His wife Mrs. M. E. Ralston is known by almost everybody in this city. His son J. H., or as he was known, Harvey Ralston, lives in Rialto, Cal. His daughters are Mrs. H. L. Clark and Mrs. Wm. Dill of Leavenworth and Mrs. Geo. T. Nelles of Denver, Col. The absent son and daughter have been telegraphed for. Mr. W. H. Ralston built the house now occupied by Judge Crozier; also what is known as the Havens block; and the most of two blocks west of Second street on Delaware; he also owns the property where the Leavenworth Coal company's store is on Cherokee street, a fine residence on Broadway and 600 acres of fine land. As a politician he was a Republican until the Horace Greeley movement began. Since then he has not been decided in politics.”234
Children, by his first wife Mary:
126. JAMES HERVEY RALSTON, b. 16 Jul 1846; d. 13 Dec 1932; m. MELINDA ANN MCCRACKEN
127. MARY “MAY” ELIZA RALSTON, b. 3 May 1851; d. 6 Oct 1935; m. WILLIAM DILL
st nd 128. JOSEPHINE RALSTON, b. 5 Jan 1854; d. 9 Aug 1929; m. (1 ) HENRY L. CLARK; m. (2 ) OLIVER F. JOHNSON
129. JESSIE LENA RALSTON, b. 9 Aug 1856; d. 1 Mar 1939; m. GEORGE THOMAS NELLES
(25) ELIZA JANE RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 2 May 1822, in Ky. She died 25 Jul 1905, in 235 Leavenworth, Kans., and is buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery. She married JAMES BEST DODD, 7 Mar 1850, in Adams Co., Ill.236 He was born 3 Apr 1807, in Leesburg, Va., and died 27 Mar 1872, in Lexington, Ky. He is buried in Lexington Cemetery.237
James’ first wife was Delila Fox, by whom he had several children, one of which was Martha Elizabeth Dodd, who married William Hervey Ralston. She died in 1849.
233 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157241261 234 Leavenworth Times, 24 Nov 1892. 235 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157239503/eliza-jane-dodd 236 Ancestry.com: Illinois Compiled Marriages, 1791-1850. 237 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99747987/james-best-dodd
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James left his family’s farming vocation and began a career as a teacher. In 1841 he accepted a position to become Professor of Mathematics at Centenary College, Brandon Springs, Miss. In 1846 he left that position and became a teacher of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy (including Astronomy) at Morrison College, Lexington, Ky. He wrote textbooks and eventually became President of the college. In 1861 he accepted a less demanding position at Kentucky Normal School. The Dodd’s were not slaveholders and he was loyal to the Union during the Civil War.238
Children:
130. JOSEPHINE RALSTON DODD, b. 1 Jul 1855, Lexington, Ky.; d. 6 Mar 1874, Leavenworth, Kans.; bur. Mount Muncie Cem., Lansing, Kans.;239 unmarried
131. FLORA B. DODD, b. 1857, Kentucky; d. 15 Feb 1935, prob. Denver, Colo.; bur. Riverside Cem., Denver; unmarried; she and her sister Lida were both teachers; she opened a school, Miss Dodd’s Select High School, in Denver; she also studied at the University of Denver, “preparing herself to teach Latin and Mathematics at Key West Seminary, Florida.”240
132. ELIZA H. “LIDA” DODD, b. 1 Dec 1862, Washington Co., Ky.; d. 19 Aug 1937; bur. Riverside Cem., Denver; unmarried; teacher; after Flora’s death, she went to live with her niece, Fannie Dodd Vernon, wife of Rev. W. N. Vernon, in Hillsboro, Tex.
(26) ELEANOR MARSHALL RALSTON (Elizabeth Neely) was born 8 Feb 1824, in Bath Co., Ky. She died 9 Jan 1860 in Bates Co., Mo., and is buried in the Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian, Mo.241
242 She married WILLIAM BENJAMIN THOMAS, 24 Mar 1841 , in Putnam Co., Ind. He was born 6 Nov 1818 in Bath Co., Ky. He died 4 Jan 1902, in Warsaw, Benton Co., Mo., and is buried in the Shawnee Cemetery there.243
He moved from Kentucky to Indiana in 1824, and to Bates Co., Mo., in 1846. After the death of his first wife, William married Nancy Ann (Trent) Barnard, and had seven more children.
He is said to have been a “bushwacker” during the Civil War. According to an obituary, he was called “Uncle Billy Thomas.” He died at his home, of pneumonia, after an illness of a week.244
238 For more information see: Walter N. Vernon, The Dodd’s, Southern Methodist Educators: http://archives.gcah.org/bitstream/handle/10516/597/Methodist-History-10-1989-Vernon.pdf 239 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99748029 240 http://archives.gcah.org/bitstream/handle/10516/597/Methodist-History-10-1989-Vernon.pdf 241 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44281035 242 Obituary from unknown newspaper. 243 findagrave.com: William Benjamin Thomas
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Children, by Eleanor Marshall Ralston:
133. JOHN H. THOMAS, b. about 1845, Henry Co., Mo.; living1860; no further record.
134. MANERVA JOSEPHINE THOMAS, b. 4 Mar 1847; d. 15 May 1925; m. ENOCH EVERT WILEY
135. ELIZA ELEANOR THOMAS, b. Feb 1851; d. 1919; m. JAMES A. ROACH
st nd 136. WILLIAM F. THOMAS, b. Mar 1852; d. 24 May 1922; m. (1 ) HENRIETTA WILEY; m. (2 ) MARY F. GRAHAM
137. EMILY JANE “JENNIE” THOMAS, b. Nov 1853; d. 12 Jul 1907; m. JAMES W. CLAYBURG
138. SARAH ELIZABETH THOMAS, b. 5 Dec 1856; d. 24 Nov 1933; m. JOHN LOYD BAYLESS
245 (27) MARTHA ANN NEELY (John Isaac Neely) was born 16 Dec 1819 in Gibson Co., Ind. She died 246 6 Sep 1843, in Fountain Co., Ind. Martha married BENJAMIN LODGE BRIER, 3 Apr 1838, in Covington, Ind.247
Martha was disciplined in 1836 by the Princeton Cumberland Presbyterian Church for dancing; "she admitted the charge and said she was likely to dance again when opportunity offered, whereupon she was suspended from membership."248
Benjamin was born in about 14 Jul 1812, in Stillwater, Oh. He was the son of James Brier and Mary Lodge. He married, second, Eveline Clark, 22 Feb 1844, in Fountain Co., Ind.249 In 1880,
244 Unknown newspaper, provided by Robert Keith: “Died, at his home south of Warsaw, William B. Thomas, age 83 years, one month, and 28 days, of pneumonia, after an illness of 7 days. Uncle Billy, as he was known by his many friends, has been a familiar figure in and about Warsaw for many years. The last few years he has been confined to his home most of the time. He leaves a large family and many friends to mourn their loss. Mr. Thomas was born in Bath County, Ky., Nov. 6, 1818, moved from there to Indiana in 1824. He was married to Eleanor M. Ralston, March 24, 1841. To this union was born six children, five of whom are still alive. They are Mrs. Minerva J. Wiley of Okeena, Okla., W. F. Thomas of Coffeyville, Kans., Mrs. Eliza E. Roach, Okeena, Okla., Mrs. Emily J. Clayburn, Warrensburg, Mrs. Sarah E. Bayless, Tennessee, Okla. 245 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 246 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible, “Martha Ann Brier died in Fountain County on the 6th of Sept. 1843, together with two of her children.” 247 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible, “Benjamin L. Brier & Martha Ann Neely was Joined in Marriage at Covington Fountain county Id. on the 3d day of April 1838.” 248 Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 26, No. 2. 249 Dodd, Jordan. Indiana Marriages to 1850 (ancestry.com)
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Children:
139. INFANT, d. 6 Sep 1843
140. INFANT, d. 6 Sep 1843
251 141. FRANCES CAROLINE BRIER, b. about 1840; d. 2 Sep 1862
252 (28) CAROLINE NEELY (John Isaac Neely) was born 14 Sep 1821 in Gibson Co., Ind. She died 18 Sep 1885 in St. Louis, Mo. Caroline married MAJ. WILLIAM ALLEN THOMAS, 29 Aug 1839, in Princeton, Ind. 253 William was born about 1817 in Maryland. He is listed on the 1850 census as a sadler, living in Mt. Vernon, Ill.254 William Thomas was said to have been “of New Harmony, Ind.” and later moved to Mount Vernon, Ill.255 He was in the Mexican War.256 Another source says he was in the Civil War, but this doesn’t appear likely.257
258 Caroline married, second, THOMAS PROVINE BERRYHILL. Thomas was born about 1822 in Penn. In 1860, he lived in Tamaroa, Ill., and in 1870, in Du Quoin, Ill., both in Perry Co.259
According to a short obituary, Caroline “was greatly beloved by a large circle of friends both here and in distant places.” Her funeral was held at the home of her brother, Dr. Isaac M. Neely, who lived on Washington St., in Du Quoin, Ill.260 A longer obituary in a Pinckneyville, Ill., newspaper:
At the residence of J. H. Draper, 1906 Hickory street, St. Louis, at 4:30 p.m., September 18, Caroline Berryhill, wife of Thomas Berryhill, of Carrolton, Mo. Mrs. Berryhill is well known in this county, and may be recognized more generally, as the mother of John R. Thomas, Member of
250 According to various ancestry family trees. I have not found an original source. 251 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible, “Frances Caroline Brier died Sept 2nd 1862 aged 22 years.” 252 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 253 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible, “William A. Thomas & Caroline Neely was Joined in marriage in Princeton Gibson County Id the 29 of August 1838.” 254 1850 census. 255 The Montgomerys and Their Descendants, p. 245. 256 According to obituary of John R. Thomas, in the Washington Post (1914). 257 He was in the Civil War according to the obituary of Rosalie Thomas Draper, Washington Post, 24 Apr 1936. However, if so, he and Caroline must have been divorced, for she married Thomas P. Berryhill by 1854. 258 “Neely Family in America” (typescript manuscript, handed down through family members). 259 Census records. 260 “The Berryhill Obsequies at DuQuoin, Ill.”, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 21 Sep 1885.
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Congress from this district. Mrs. Berryhill's home has been for the last eight or ten years in Carrolton, Mo.
Mrs. Berryhill came to St. Louis several months ago to visit her daughter Mrs. J. H. Draper. Soon after her arrival there, she was taken down with an abscess which developed into the diabetess heart disease and a complication of diseases. The celebrated Dr. McIntyre of St. Louis has been her constant attendant; and she has also been visited by Dr. Beattie of Red Bud, father-in-law of Mr. Thomas….
Mrs. Berryhill, deceased, was not an old woman, being only 62, about twenty years older than her distinguished son, now serving his fourth term in Congress. She was a woman of excellent physique, fine appearance, and one who would generally be counted for long life. Her remains were buried in the DuQuoin cemetery on Sunday, 20th, followed to the grave by members of her family and many sympathizing friends."261
After Caroline’s death, Thomas remarried and moved to Streator, Ill., where he died in 1914.
Children:
142. ROSALIE THOMAS, b. 23 Jan 1844; d. 22 Apr 1936; m. JAMES H. DRAPER
st 143. JOHN ROBERT THOMAS, b. 11 Oct 1846; d. 19 Jan 1914; m. (1 ) CHARLOTTE (“LOTTIE”) E. nd CULVER; m. (2 ) JESSIE BEATTIE
144. ELLEN R. "ELLA" THOMAS, b. 3 Mar 1851, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; d. 29 Nov 1929, Chicago, Ill.; 262 m. WILLIAM DUFF HAYNIE, 30 Jan 1889, Washington, D.C. William was born 16 Aug 1850, in Salem, Ill., the son of Abner Frost Haynie and Martha Duff Lee. He died 15 Sep 1938 in Jacksonville, Fla. They are both buried in the Saint Ann Cemetery, Morganfield, Ky.263 William was a lawyer. He attended Harvard University and graduated from the Law School of Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Ill., in 1876. He practiced law in Bloomington until 1885 when he took a position as private secretary to Adlai Stevenson, who was then the First Assistant Postmaster-General.264 In 1889, after their marriage, William and Ella moved to Rapid City, SD. In 1892-3, Ella was a President of the Woman’s Worlds’ Fair Commission of South Dakota. During the political campaign of 1892 William was with the Democratic National Committee in New York City as the representative of Stevenson, the successful candidate for Vice- President.
145. CHILD, died young, birth order uncertain
261 Pinckneyville Monitor and Sun, 25 Sep 1885. 262 Ancestry.com. District of Columbia, Select Marriages, 1830-1921 263 findagrave.com: Ella Thomas Haynie and findagrave.com: William Duff Haynie 264 See Prominent Democrats of Illinois (1899), p. 158
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146. CHILD, died young
265 147. CHILD, died young
266 148. ALIDA BERRYHILL, b. 1856, Illinois; d. 19 Sep 1893, Philadelphia, Penn.; m. HARRISON WEBSTER HAPPY, 20 Aug 1874, Perry Co., Ill. Harrison was born about 1844 in Ill. He was the son of Burgin Happy and Mary Williams. He died 15 Oct 1920 in Washington, D.C.267 They are both buried in Rock Creek Cem., Washington, D.C.268 Harrison served in the Civil War.269 In 1920 his lived with his sister-in-law Rosalie Draper, and his niece and nephew, Cara and Samuel Kimberly. No children.
149. MAY BELLE BERRYHILL, b. abt. 1857, Du Quoin, Ill.; d. 13 Aug 1905, North Adams, Mass.; bur. Rock Creek Cem., Washington, D.C.; m. WILLIAM RUSSELL PADDOCK. She died of cancer. No children. William died 19 Jun 1926, in Boston, Mass.
150. DR. THOMAS ANDREW BERRYHILL, b. about 15 Oct 1858, Du Quoin, Ill.; d. 3 Jun 1924, Vallejo, Calif.; bur. Arlington National Cem.; 270 m. CHARLOTTE AUSTIN. Thomas was a graduate of George Washington 3iv. He was a Captain in the U.S. Navy, and a surgeon. In 1911, he was a Medical Inspector at the Marine Recruiting Station, in New York. In 1917 he was Medical Director at the Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill. Charlotte was living in 1920 in Vallejo, Calif. She died 19 May 1920, in San Bernardino, Calif. One child, Austin Berryhill, died 6 Feb 1882, in Washington, D.C., at age about one year.
271 151. EDWARD FLOYD BERRYHILL, b. 1860, Illinois, d. 14 May 1898, Washington, D.C.; 272 m. MIRIAM PEDRICK BALLENGER, 30 Jun 1897, Washington, D.C. Miriam died 7 Oct 1963 in Washington, D.C. She was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Md.273 No children. Edward was a clerk in the Sixth Auditor’s Office in Washington, D.C, for about 6 years. He died when his pistol accidently discharged – although there were rumors that it may not have been accidental. He and Miriam lived with Miriam’s mother, Florence.
265 According to The Montgomerys and Their Descendants, Caroline and Willam Thomas had six children, three dying in infancy. 266 Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 267 Death notice in Washington Post. He died suddenly ,at his residence 2112 O. St. 268 findagrave.com: Alida Happy 269 He received an invalid pension in 1891, having served in Missouri. 270 findagrave.com:Thomas A. Berryhill 271 “A Bullet’s Fatal Course,” Washington Post, 15 May 1898. 272 DC Marriages, familysearch.org. 273 Death notice in Washington Post.
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It was there that he shot himself. He died at the hospital but was conscious and there told the story of the pistol accidently going off.274
152. DR. ALEXANDER F. BERRYHILL, b. 1861, Illinois; d. 1 Jan 1910, at sea; m. LELA FOLGER. According to his obituary in the Washington Post, he “died and was buried at sea on the steamer Wynenia, plying between Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, on last New Year’s Day…When Dr. Berryhill embarked on the steamer Wynenia, at Brisbane, it was noticed he was ill. Shortly after the ship had cleared, one of the stewards found him dead in his berth. Dr. Berryhill was 38 years old. He was graduated from the Columbian University, and went West about twelve years ago, in the employ of the United States coast and geodetic survey. He was a brother of Dr. Thomas A. Berryhill, U.S.N., of this city.”275 According to another article, “He went west first as a surgeon on one of the coast and geodetic survey steamers. Later he married and moved to Australia. Mrs. Berryhill died two weeks after they reached there and Dr. Berryhill never returned to this country….He was a graduate of Columbian University, now George Washington University…Dr. Berryhill was well known and highly respected both in northern and southern Queensland, having toured the whole state as medical officer of the National Insurance Company. He will be remembered as one of the adventurous members of the party which some time ago performed the hazardous task of travelling across the continent from Post Darwin.”276
277 278 (29) MARIA AGNES NEELY (John Isaac Neely) was born 4 Dec 1823 in Gibson Co., Ind. She 279 died 30 Jun 1852 in Benton, Ill. Maria married her cousin HUGH B. MONTGOMERY, son of John R. Montgomery and Catherine "Kittie" Brownlee, 25 Jun 1845 in Princeton, Ind.280 Hugh was born in about 1825 in Indiana. He died after 1850, when he, Maria, and their son Walter, are listed on the census in Franklin, Ill. He was a lawyer.281 According to the Montgomery genealogy (1901), “She had three children. Mother, father and children all dead.”282 The same genealogy also states, that Hugh “moved to Illinois in 1842; was a presidential elector in 1844, and died soon after.”283
274 “A Bullet’s Fatal Course,” Washington Post, 15 May 1898. 275 “Death at Sea Reported,” Washington Post, Feb. 24, 1910. 276 “Former Washingtonian is Buried at Sea,” Washington Evening Star, Feb. 23, 1910. 277 I need to find the source for her middle name. 278 Family Record: John I. Neely Bible: “Maria Neely daughter of John I & Jane R Neely was born the 4th day of Decr 182? 10 O’Clock P.M. Gibson County state of Indiana.” The year is difficult to make out. 279 John I. Neely Bible: “Maria Montgomery daughter of John I & Jane R Neely died in Benton Franklin County Illinois the 30th of June A.D. 1852”. 280 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 281 1850 census. 282 D. B. Montgomery, The Montgomerys and Their Descendants (1901), p. 244. 283 Ibid., p. 246.
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Children:
284 153. WALTER MONTGOMERY, b. abt. 1849, Ill.
285 154. DAUGHTER
155. CHILD
286 (30) DR. ISAAC MONTGOMERY NEELY (John Isaac Neely) was born 18 Jul 1826 in Princeton, Ind. He died 4 Jun 1906 in Evanston, Ill.287 He was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.288
Isaac married MARY CATHERINE ELSTUN, daughter of Ralph Elstun and Louisa Moore, 4 Oct 1853 in Benton, Ill.289 Mary was born 8 Jul 1830 in West Frankfort, Ill. She died 25 Jan 1916 in Claremont, Calif. 290 She was buried in Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, Calif. 291
Isaac went to college in St. Louis, where he studied medicine. In 1850, he moved to Benton, Ill., and started a medical practice.292 According to an obituary "The succeeding ten years, under the broadening and humanizing influence of a country doctor's wide range of service, were highly important ones to the young man. It was during this time that he formed his acquaintance with General John A. Logan and several other young men destined to take important parts in the Civil War."293
In 1861 Isaac and his family moved to Du Quoin, Ill.294 In addition to his general practice, he served as postmaster there for eight years.295 He was a strong abolitionist.296
284 1850 census. 285 A scrap of paper says that Maria had a daughter who died at age 19. 286 Bible record, from John I. Neely’s Bible, 1819. 287 Death certificate. He died at 11 a.m., at his home at 1202 Sherman Ave. The cause of death is listed as Cerebral Hemorrhage. 288 findagrave.com: Isaac M. Neely 289 Bible Record of John I. Neely Bible. Also see James S. Elston, The Elston Family in America (1942). 290 Death certificate. Cause of death is listed as "Senile degeneration of the heart - Coronary thrombosis." 291 findagrave.com: Mary Elstun Neely 292 Obituary in Evanston Index, June 9, 1906. 293 Ibid. 294 Ibid. 295 Ibid.
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Isaac M. Neely was a surgeon in the Civil War. He served first from April 3 to June 19, 1863, as a First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon with the 81st Illinois Volunteers.297 He was commissioned by Governor Yates, whom he personally knew.298 He was discharged for medical reasons299 during the siege of Vicksburg. He later was a surgeon under contract at Camp Butler near Springfield, Ill., from August 1, 1864, to May 30, 1865.300
According to the Evanston Index, he never unpacked his insignia which "remained stored away in his camp kit. The love of display or ostentation never entered his life, but wherever his work lay there would he be found, giving his best freely and ungrudgingly."301 In 1886 he moved to Evanston and became registrar of vital statistics of Cook Co., Ill. He retired in about 1903.302
Isaac Montgomery Neely died 4 Jun 1906, in Evanston.303 According to the Evanston Press, "In full possession of his faculties, sweetened by eighty years of pilgrimage, honored, respected and dearly beloved, he gently fell asleep, and a long, useful, happy life closed. He was a tender, just, good man."304 He is buried in Rosehill cemetery in Chicago.305
In 1910 Mary and her daughter Kate moved to Claremont, Calif., where Charles and his family were living. She died 25 Jan 1916.306 According to her obituary in a Claremont newspaper (reprinted in the Du Quoin Tribune), “She was a consecrated Christian, and for sixty years lived in the Methodist church. Her life was one of gentleness and kindness, full of love and charity.”307
Her son Charles wrote: "Nearly every hour of my life has ma in it. She taught me how to make my toys, then helped me play with them. If there is anything in me for you to admire, more than another it was put there by mother."308
296 Evanston Index, February 23, 1895. An article about C. G. Neely's as candidate for circuit court judge states that his father was "a strong abolitionist." 297 Widow's Civil War pension application, on file at National Archives. 298 Obituary in Evanston Index, June 9, 1906. 299 Chronic Diarrhea, according to widow's Civil War pension application, on file at National Archives. 300 Widow's Civil War pension application, on file at National Archives. 301 Obituary in Evanston Index, June 9, 1906. 302 Ibid. 303 Death certificate. He died at 11 a.m., at his home at 1202 Sherman Ave. The cause of death was Cerebral Hemorrhage. 304 Obituary in Evanston Press, June 9, 1906. 305 Cemetery caretaker; visit to cemetery in July 2007, also findagrave.com: Isaac M. Neely 306 Death certificate. Cause of death is listed as "Senile degeneration of the heart - Coronary thrombosis." 307 Obituary in Du Quoin Tribune, which states that the main text was taken from a Claremont newspaper. 308 Letter from Charles G. Neely to Lucia H. Fish, dated May 3, 187?
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Children:
156. CHARLES GRACCHUS NEELY, b. 11 Jun 1855; d. 16 Oct 1930; m. LUCIA HULL FISH
157. DR. JOHN RALPH NEELY, b. 22 Apr 1859; d. 3 Aug 1936; m. ELLA VIRGINIA SPURGEON
309 158. EDWIN ELSTUN NEELY, b. 15 May 1862, Du Quoin, Ill.; d. 1862, DuQuoin, Ill.; bur. I.O.O.F Cemetery, Du Quoin, Ill.310
159. KATE L. NEELY, b. 5 Jun 1864, Du Quoin, Ill.; d. 22 Jun 1958, Claremont, Calif.; bur. Oak Park Cem., Claremont, Calif.; unmarried
311 160. GEORGE HILL NEELY, b. 9 Jan 1867, Du Quoin, Ill.; d. 1867, Du Quoin, Ill.; bur. IOOF Cemetery, Du Quoin, Ill.312
313 (31) REV. JOSEPH WARRICK NEELY (John Isaac Neely) was born 12 Jan 1829 in Princeton, Ind. He 314 died 16 Jan 1898 near Howesville, Clay Co., Ind. Joseph married ELIZABETH CLARK 10 Oct 1850 in Owensville, Ind.315 She was born in Indiana in about 1831, and was living in 1880.316 She was the daughter of Willy Braxton Clark and Mary (“Polly”) Wiggins. They were married at the home of the bride’s father, W. B. Clark.317
Joseph served in the Civil War. A diary of his was found in the possession of Leonard Eugene Warman.318 Joseph was “a minister in the Church of God, and lived in central Illinois; subsequently came back to Gibson Co., Ind., and united with the General Baptist church.”319 He died at the home of William Robinson. “He was conducting an Evangelistic Revival meeting when stricken with pneumonia.”320
Children:
161. MARY JANE NEELY, b. 3 Aug 1851; d. 22 Aug 1911; m. SAMUEL ISAAC KAY
309 Full name, and date and place of birth from a typewritten list of the children of Isaac M. Neely & Mary C. Elston, handed down through the family. 310 findagrave.com: Edwin E. Neely 311 Full name, and date and place of birth from a typewritten list of the children of Isaac M. Neely & Mary C. Elston, handed down through the family. 312 findagrave.com: George H. Neely 313 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 314 Handwritten note on Joseph W. Neely handed down through family members, date unknown. 315 Image of marriage license record, ancestry.com 316 1880 census. 317 Handwritten note on Joseph W. Neely handed down through family members, date unknown. 318 See Warman/Overturf/Smith/Neely Families (tree on ancestry.com) 319 The Montgomerys and Their Descendants, p. 244. 320 Handwritten note on Joseph W. Neely handed down through family members, date unknown.
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162. ADAM NEELY, b. 27 Dec 1860; d. 23 Feb 1941; m. IDA MAE PRITCHETT
st nd 163. JOSEPH WARRICK NEELY , b. 17 Mar 1869; d. 2 May 1955; m. (1 ) CLARA C. LIGHT; m. (2 ) rd ANNIE LAURA GARNER; m. (3 ) ELIZA (WILLIAMSON) BONNER
164. ALICE SABINA NEELY, b. 17 Feb 1873; d. 2 Nov 1951; m. WILLIAM SIDNEY KERR
321 (32) ELIZABETH JANE NEELY (John Isaac Neely) was born 21 Nov 1831 in Princeton, Ind. She died 25 Nov 1930 in Pasadena, Calif.,322 at age 99. She is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles.
Elizabeth married DAVID L. BRYANT, son of Horatio T. Bryant and Nancy Wallace, 1 Apr 1856 in Gibson Co., Ind.323 He had been married previously, to Ann Eliza Montgomery. David was born 18 Oct 1831, in Ohio Co., Ky. He died of pneumonia 8 Jun 1863 in Murfeesburo, Tenn., during the Civil War. He was in Co. K, 58th Regiment, of the Indiana Infantry. He was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland City, Ind. 324
After David’s death, Elizabeth was a war nurse in Cairo, Ill.325 In 1880, she lived in Oakland City, Ind. In 1900 she lived with her son, in Pullman, Wash. By 1910 she had moved to Pasadena, Calif.
Children:
326 165. EUGENE BRYANT, b. 5 Feb 1857, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 14 Jan 1918, Los Angeles, Calif. He lived with his mother in Pasadena in 1910; unmarried
166. IDA D. BRYANT, b. 17 Jul 1859, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 22 Jul 1882; mJAMES F. VAN ZANDT, 18 May 1881, Gibson Co., Ind.327 James was born in about 1854, in Illinois. No known children.
321 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 322 Death notice in Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov 1930: “BRYANT, Elizabeth J. Bryant, late of 1601 El Sereno avenue, Pasadena. Services will be held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. from Ruppe Mortuary.” Retrieved via ancestry.com 323 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 324 findagrave.com: David L. Bryant \325 According to a typewritten account of the Neely family, handed down through family members. 326 Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 327 "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992," index, FamilySearch. They were married by Ida’s uncle, Rev. William B. Crawford
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328 (33) MARY FRANCES NEELY (John Isaac Neely) was born 30 Oct 1838 in Princeton, Ind. She died 1 Jan 1928 in Tamaroa, Ill.329
330 Mary married EZRA WOODS, 5 Mar 1867, in Perry Co., Ill. Ezra was born in May 1836 in Edwards Co., Ill. He died 26 Aug 1905 in Tamaroa, Ill.331 He was a merchant. He also served in the Civil War, with Co. D, 136th Illinois Infantry, and was a First Sergeant.332 On the 1900 census he is listed in Tamaroa as a post office clerk. He was apparently also deputy sheriff and jailer, since on 14 Sep 1905, a newspaper article stated that Capt. Jeff King was appointed “as deputy sheriff and jailer to succeed Ezra Woods, who died recently at Tamaroa.”333
Children:
334 167. ALICE WOODS, b. 15 Dec 1867 in Ill.; d. 25 Dec 1950, Perry Co., Ill.; bur. Tamaroa 335 Cem.; m. EDWIN SMITH, 30 Aug 1898, Perry Co., Ill. He was born in Albion, Ill., in Dec 1867. In 1900, Alice and Edwin lived in Tamaroa. He was a farmer. His mother Elizabeth Smith lived with them. By 1910, Alice was widowed, living in Tamaroa, with her mother and two unmarried sisters. Alice was living in Tamaroa in 1940 with her sister, Bess Woods, who was single
336 168. LOUISE HORTENSE WOODS, b. 15 Dec 1871, Tamaroa, Ill.; d. 15 Apr 1913, St. Louis; bur. Tamaroa Cem.; unmarried. She was an assistant cashier at a bank. She died of pneumonia.
337 169. ELIZABETH B. (“BESS”) WOODS, b. 24 Sep 1874, Ill.; d. Dec 1970; bur. Tamaroa Cem; nd m. HERBERT EDWARD DOOLITTLE, 5 Mar 1941, as his 2 wife; bur. Tamaroa Cem. Herbert was a piano tuner. He died 30 Apr 1950.
338 (34) MARGARET CATHERINE NEELY (John Isaac Neely) was born 12 May 1841 in Owensville, Ind. She died 27 Nov 1907 in Princeton, Ind.339 She is buried in the Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland
328 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 329 http://genealogytrails.com/ill/perry/di1650_w.html 330 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920. 331 Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, at https://www.ilsos.gov/ 332 http://genealogytrails.com/ill/perry/pcvets/vets_w.html 333 McHenry Plaindealer, 14 Sep 1905. 334 http://genealogytrails.com/ill/perry/di1650_sm.html 335 findagrave.com: Alice Smith 336 Missouri death certificate online. 337 Social Security Death Index. Also, gravestone says 1970. 338 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 339 Ibid.
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340 City, Ind. Margaret married REV. WILLIAM BEEBE CRAWFORD, son of Holly Crawford and Delia Marie Dimmock, 6 Jun 1860 in Oakland City, Ind.341 William was born in Feb 1839 in Owensville, Ind. He died 15 Sep 1902 in Princeton, Ind. He is also buried in the Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland City, Ind.342
“He was a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; was a soldier in the 58th regiment Ind. Vol. , and was a prisoner seven months and ten days in Libby Prison at Richmond, Va….Returning home from war he entered the ministry; was ordained in 1870. He held most acceptable charges at Union, Pike Co., Ind., eight years; Patoka eight years; Oakland City seven and a half years.”343
William was captured in the second day’s fight in the Battle of Chickamauga. An account of his capture and time spent in prison can be found in the History of the Fifty-Eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry.344
Margaret died “after months of weary suffering from cancerous growth.” She died at her home in Princeton. Funeral services were held at Broadway Presbyterian Church. She had frequently visited Petersburg, in Pike County, to see her children. Her obituary stated, “Mrs. Crawford was one of the best beloved ladies that ever lived in Pike count, and her death is a matter of general regret.”345
Children:
170. EDITH NEELY CRAWFORD, b. 30 Jun 1861; d. 13 Apr 1933; m. ORION PEED
st nd 171. STANLEY N. CRAWFORD, b. 24 Mar 1867; d. 19 Sep 1938; m. (1 ) EMMA ERWIN; m. (2 ) ROSA NICELY
172. HATTIE NEELY CRAWFORD, b. 18 Oct 1874; d. 23 Apr 1953; m. JOHN FLETCHER STEWART
(35) DR. WILLIAM G. RALSTON (Martha Neely) was born 13 Feb 1819 in Princeton, Ind.346 He died 11 Aug 1914 in Evansville, Ind. He was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Booneville, Ind.347
340 findagrave.com: Margaret Crawford 341 Family Record: John Isaac Neely Bible 342 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26683904 343 D. B. Montgomery, The Montgomerys and Their Descendants (1901), p. 245. 344 History of Gibson County, Indiana, by Gilbert Stormont (1895.) 345 Petersburg Pike County Democrat, 6 Dec 1907. (Retrieved via newspaperarchive.com). 346 Evansville Courier and Press, 12 Aug 1914: “He was born in Princeton, Ind., Feb. 13, 1819.” 347 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49373145/william-g.-ralston William G. Ralston, in Memoirs of Lower Ohio Valley 47
348 William married ISABELLA HELEN MATTHEWSON 11 Apr 1850, in Warrick Co., Ind. Isabella was born 30 Sep 1830 in Princeton, Ind., and was the daughter of Dr. Reuben C. Matthewson and Lorinda Baldwin. She died 7 Dec 1882, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Ind.349
William’s father died when he was only 10 years old. “He taught three terms of school when a very young man and was very successful.”350 In 1841 he went to Posey Co., Ind., and studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Joseph Neely. He then practiced medicine in Booneville starting in April 1845. He “went there with only his horse and saddle. The first thing he did was to purchase a full stock of medicine, for then a physician issued the medicine direct to the patient…”351 Later he attended Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati and then graduated from the medical college of Evansville.
He served as surgeon for the 81st Indiana Infantry, in the Civil War, having been appointed by Indiana Gov. Oliver P. Morton, who “was a great friend.”352 He also served as surgeon of the examining board of the army, for the southern counties of Indiana. “For four years he was surgeon of the United States Marine hospital at Evansville.”353 After the war he moved to Evansville, where he is found on the 1870 census. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.354 In 1894, at the age of 75, he was a delegate from his church to the general assembly in Oregon.355
He was a great admirer of President Lincoln, and “to all intents and purposes he was the pioneer in the discovery of the records at Harrodsburg, Ky., showing the marriage of Lincoln’s parents…”
He was the “inventor of the Ralston bed warmer, a device for producing the comforts of a warm bed at nominal cost.”356 He was a practicing physician from 1843 until at least 1910, and was on the examining board of pensions in Evansville until January 1910.357
According to his obituary in the Evansville Courier and Press, at 95, he was the oldest man in Evansville at the time of his death. “He was a physician of the old school. He was kind and lovable – always had a good word and a kindly welcome for every one. His charities were
348 Ancestry.com: Indiana Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993. 349 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49373099/isabella-helen-ralston 350 Princeton Daily Clarion, 12 Feb 1914. 351 Princeton Daily Clarion, 12 Feb 1914. 352 Ibid. 353 Memoirs of Lower Ohio Valley. 354 Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley, vol. 1 (1905), pp. 348-49. 355 Princeton Daily Clarion, 12 Feb 1914. 356 Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley. 357 Princeton Daily Clarion, 16 Feb 1910.
48 many. It is generally known that when one of his patients was too poor to pay the regular fee, Dr. Ralston never sent a bill, but forgot the debt entirely.”358
Children:
173. DR. WILLIAM M. RALSTON, b. 12 Dec 1855; d. 24 Dec 1885, Annona, Tex.; bur. Maple Grove Cem., Boonville, Ind.;359 unmarried. He graduated from Evansville Medical College. He committed suicide, “by morphine.” “He was in the very prime of manhood, with superior intellect and high social position, and withal possessing a warm and generous heart.” 360
174. CHARLES N. RALSTON, b. 11 Dec 1857; d. 25 Dec 1935; m. LUCY BELLE COX
175. ANDREW GALLATIN RALSTON, b. 26 Jul 1859; d. 21 Jul 1943; m. MARY E. SINGER
(36) MARTHA JANE RALSTON (Martha Neely) was born 10 Dec 1820 in Gibson Co., Ind. She died 17 Apr 1908 in Princeton, Ind., and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch, Ind.361
362 Martha married HIRAM ABIFF HOPKINS, 18 Sep 1837, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was the son of Ezekiel Hopkins and Polly Benson. Hiram was born 15 Nov 1815 in Bourbon Co., Ky. He died 23 Feb 1874 in Gibson Co., Ind., and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch, Ind.363
According to the History of Gibson Co., Indiana, Hiram was brought by his parents to Indiana in1818, when he was three years old. Hiram “engaged in school teaching in young manhood, but eventually located about one and one-half miles southeast of Fort Branch, on the state road, where he obtained a tract of government land, to the operation of which he devoted his attention during the remainder of his active life… Hiram A. Hopkins was an old-line Whig in his original political views, but upon the organization of the Republican party he allied himself with that party. He was constable at one time and took an active interest in political affairs. Religiously, he was a member of the General Baptist church and his wife of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.”364
An obituary in the Evansville Courier calls Martha the “Oldest Pioneer of Princeton.” She was born “in a log house at what is now the corner of Water and West streets, in this city
358 “Death’s Hand on Dr. Ralston,” Evansville Courier and Press, 12 Aug 1914. 359 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49373189/william-m.-ralston 360 Evansville Courier, 26 Sep 1885. 361 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81581970/martha-j-hopkins 362 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. 363 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81581915/hiram-abiff-hopkins 364 Gilbert Stormont, History of Gibson County, Indiana (1914), p. 548.
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(Princeton).” She was the mother of 12 children, 9 of whom survived her, and also left 44 grandchildren, “a number of great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.”365
Children:
st 176. ANDREW RALSTON HOPKINS, b. 19 Jan 1838; d. 25 Jun 1902; m. (1 ) NANCY JANE nd CUNNINGHAM; m. (2 ) LAURETTA SADLER LEWIS
177. MARY ANN HOPKINS, b. 28 Oct 1840; d. 4 Oct 1917; m. SILAS MERCER HOLCOMB
178. HELEN MARY HOPKINS, b. 24 Sep 1842; d. 12 Jul 1916; m. JOHN KIRKMAN KING
179. CORNELIA HOPKINS, b. 1 Aug 1844; d.23 Oct 1927; m. JOHN FRANKLIN KENNETT
180. EZEKIEL THEODORE HOPKINS, b. 14 Oct 1846; d. 16 Oct 1924; m. SARAH ELLEN CUNNINGHAM
st 181. ALICE GERTRUDE HOPKINS, b. 24 Feb 1849; d. 3 Jul 1912; m. (1 ) THOMAS D. CRUMBAUGH; nd m. (2 ) SILAS D. BENNETT
182. MARTHA ISABELLA "BELLE" HOPKINS, b. 29 Oct 1851; d. 27 Nov 1898; m. WILLIAM ALLEN WEST
183. ELIZABETH EMMA "LIZZIE" HOPKINS, b. 23 Nov 1853; d. 7 Feb 1922; m. DR. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL SMITH
184. DR. JOSEPH NEELY HOPKINS, b. 18 Dec 1855; d. 7 Oct 1913; m. OLIVE MARY STORK
185. NANCY AMERICA HOPKINS, b. 3 Dec 1857; d. 3 Sep 1936; m. GEORGE C. PEED
186. DAUGHTER, b. 7 Jan 1861; d. 14 Jan 1861
187. ETHEL HOPKINS, b. 1 Oct 1862; d. 30 Aug 1952; m. JOHN WESLEY DOUGLAS
366 (38) NANCY AMERICA RALSTON (Martha Neely) was born 24 Jul 1825 in Princeton, Ind. She died 6 Apr 1912 in Fort Branch, Ind., and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch.367 Nancy
365 “Oldest Pioneer of Princeton is Dead,” Evansville Courier, 28 Apr 1908. Since the dateline of the story is “Princeton,” “this city” refers to Princeton, not Evansville. It seems that the great-great-grandchild was Nonda Monroe, born 1907. Nonda married Rex Funderurk and died in 1970. 366 Place of birth from her obituary: Evansville Courier, 7 Apr 1912. 367 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81523511/nancy-america-holcomb
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368 married SILAS MERCER HOLCOMB, 26 Feb 1852 in Booneville, Ind. Silas was born 28 Mar 1820, in Gibson Co., Ind.369 He died 17 Jan 1881, and is buried in the Walnut Hill Cemetery.370
Silas was the son of Hosea Holcomb, “who came from Virginia to Indiana as a young man and entered land in Gibson county three and one-half miles east of Haubstadt….” Silas “continued on the original property after the death of his father and continued the successful conduct of the home place.”371 He taught school for about nine years, starting at the age of 20. In 1849 he was nominated by the Democratic party of Gibson County as a candidate for the legislature, winning the election. After his marriage in 1851, he “engaged in the honorable avocation of farming on the same farm where he was born… After he commenced farming he took no part in politics until 1854. At that time the Maine law mania and Know Nothingism were sweeping over the state like a tornado, and he entered the canvass, and made some telling speeches against those parties which contributed to their defeat in this county… In 1860 he was again nominated by the Democracy of the county as their candidate for State Legislature,” and won by 33 votes. He believed “that the Union of the states was of far more importance than party organizations…”372 He was a Representative to the State Legislature 1861-1865, according to some sources.
According to her obituary, Nancy (Hopkins) Holcomb suffered “a stroke of paralysis” about four years before her death in 1912. She lived in Gibson Co., Ind., all her life, and in Fort Branch for 40 years.
Children:
188. WILLIAM ROY HOLCOMB, b. 11 Mar 1853; d. 6 Aug 1935; m. EMMA MILLER
189. ALBERT GALLATIN HOLCOMB, b. 7 Mar 1858; d. 12 Oct 1928; m. ALICE MAUD HULL
190. MINNIE HOLCOMB, b. 17 Feb 1860 in Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 10 Nov 1885, Ft. Branch, Ind.; bur. Walnut Hill Cem., Ft. Branch; unmarried
191. MARTHA BELLE “MATTIE” HOLCOMB, b. Mar 1862, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 6 Oct 1942, Fort Branch; bur. Walnut Hill Cem., Ft. Branch; unmarried. In 1930 she was a librarian in Ft. Branch.
192. ANDREW RALSTON HOLCOMB, b. 10 May 1864; d. 27 Jan 1924; m. MARY E. COOK
368 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001, for date; it says Warrick Co., but not Booneville. 369 James Sutherland, Biographical Sketches of the Members of the Forty-First General Assembly of the State of Indiana (1861), p. 123. 370 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81523579/silas-mercer-holcomb 371 Stormont, History of Gibson County, Indiana, p. 832. 372 James Sutherland, Biographical Sketches of the Members of the Forty-First General Assembly of the State of Indiana (1861), p. 123.
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373 (41) ELIZA ANN REEL (Catherine Neely) was born 15 Aug 1817 in Gibson Co., Ind. Eliza married 374 DR. GEORGE W. HALBROOK, 21 Feb 1838 in Gibson Co., Ind. George was born 15 Feb 1814 in Princeton, Ind., the son of William Halbrooks and Nancy Potter. He died 1 Jan 1881 in Pleasant Grove Twp., Coles Co., Ill. He was buried in Thomas Lincoln Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Twp.
An obituary in the Mattoon Gazette is presented here in full: In Memoriam - Dr. Halbrook A brief mention of the life and death of Dr. George W. Halbrook was made in the Gazette of last week by your Lerna correspondent, but the death of so old and useful a citizen demands more than a passing notice. He was born near Princeton, Indiana, on the 18th day of February 1814. His medical education was partly obtained in Southern Illinois, and completed at New Orleans, La., where he attended a medical school. He was married to Eliza Reel, sister of Dr. Reel, of Oakland, the 22d day of February, 1838. There was born to them nine children, six of whom are still living. Three of his sons were soldiers in the Union army, and each received two severe wounds, leaving their blood on six different battle fields. His youngest daughter is the wife of Robert Gilliland of Greenup. His eldest daughter is the wife of George Oglesby, nephew of Hon. R. J. Oglesby of Decatur. The doctor was a true a patriot as ever breathed American air. In the spring and summer of 1862 he was engaged in the recruiting service in Southern Illinois, the troops being rendezvoused at Jonesboro. In the fall of that year he was placed in charge of the hospital at Jonesboro, with orders to forward the troops as fast as they were returned to health. In the spring of 1863, having cleared the hospital, he returned home, where his services were much needed, as many other physicians were in the service. He at once entered upon a large practice, and although a great portion of it was among the families of absent soldiers, yes, be it recorded to his praise, he made no charges against them, either for visits or medicine. He had long been a member of the Baptist church, and was regarded by all as an earnest Christian. He was also a zealous advocate of temperance. He died Jan. 1st, 1881, and was buried with Masonic honors, a large concourse of people attending the funeral. Well has the wise man said, 'A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.' Eliza was living in 1880. The date of her death is not known.
373 Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois, p. 533, for birth date. History of Coles Co., Ill. (1879), p. 587, gives Gibson Co. as place of birth and says 18 Aug 1857, mistakenly calling her “Eliza Ann Beels.” 374 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001, with original image. They were married by Rev. Jacob Speer.
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Children:
193. COLUMBUS HALBROOK, b. about 1839, Indiana; served in civil war; severely wounded in the shoulder in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; not found on the census after 1860, probably died during or soon after the Civil War; apparently unmarried
st 194. SYLVESTER HALBROOKS, b. 21 Aug 1840; d. 2 Mar 1924; m. (1 ) DELILAH COMFORT HANNAH nd HICKLE; m. (2 ) ALMA -----
st 195. WILLIAM HENRY HALBROOKS, b. 8 Nov 1842; d. 20 May 1922; m. (1 ) AMANDA WASHUM; nd m. (2 ) LATONIA -----
196. CHILD, died young. Birth order unknown. A child must have died young because George Halbrook’s obituary states that there were nine children. He may have been George. A.375
197. NANCY ELLEN HALBROOKS, b. 19 Dec 1848, Olney, Ill.; d. 25 May 1946 in Milan, Mo.; bur. Oakwood Cem., Milan, Mo.; m. DR. GEORGE W. OGLESBY. He was born 23 Dec 1850 in Decatur, Ill. He died 17 Feb 1932 in St. Louis, Mo., and was buried in Bethany Cem., Wellston, Mo. No known children.
198. GEORGE L. HALBROOK, b. about 1848; no further record; probably died before 1860
199. THOMAS HALBROOK, b. about 1851, Illinois; d. 17 Aug 1911, Matton, Ill.; on the 1910 census he is listed as single, living in Mattoon, Ill., with his sister Georgia Gillibrand, with occupation cigar salesman; according to an obituary he was “for many years a familiar character in this city” and died of h) M eart failure376
200. SAMUEL HALBROOK, b. about 1855; m. AMANDA BRANDENBURG
st nd 201. GEORGIA HALBROOK, b. about 1858; d. 10 May 1926; m. (1 ) ROBERT GILLILAND; m. (2 ) rd WILLIAM H. CLARK; m. (3 ONROE MILLER
377 (43) JOSEPH NEELY REEL (Catherine Neely) was born 31 Oct 1820 in Hebron, Ill. He died 19 Oct 378 379 1896 in Walpole, Ill. He married PHEBE ANN CARNAHAN, 3 Aug 1847, in Posey Co., Ind. She
375 History of Coles Co., Ill., (1892) gives two children named George: George A. and George L. But also lists no child named Georgia, but instead has Catherine. 376Mattoon Gazette, 18 Aug 1911 377 Birth date in Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois (1887) p. 533. 378 This is probably from other family trees but I have not been able to confirm the date of his death. 379 Ancestry.com: Indiana Select Marriage Index, 1748-1993.
53 was born 14 Jun 1832, in Christian Co., Ky., the daughter of Magnus Tate Carnahan380 and Matilda Allen Anderson. Phebe is said to have died in 1893 in Hamilton Co., Ill.
In 1870 Joseph and family lived in Johnson Township, Gibson Co., Ind., and in 1880, the family lived in Fort Branch, Gibson Co., Ind., where Joseph is listed as a farmer.
Children:
202. WILLIAM N. REEL, b. about 1849; living 1860; no further record
203. MARY ELLEN “MOLLY” REEL, b. 23 Sep 1850; d. 16 Dec 1928; m. JOHN C. REDMAN
204. NEELY ALLEN REEL, b. 5 May 1852; d. 25 Nov 1915; m. SARAH ELIZABETH REDMAN
205. MARTHA JANE REEL, b. 24 Apr 1853; d. 3 Apr 1893; m. ANDERSON MARTIN
206. JOHN M. REEL, b. 8 Jun 1858; d. 14 Nov 1930; m. ALVERDA SOWELL
207. CHARLES EVANS REEL, b. 13 Sep 1859; d. 24 Nov 1931; m. CELIA MELINDA NELSON
208. EMMA ANN REEL, b. about 1862, Indiana; living 1880; apparently lived until at least 1928381
209. LENORA “NORA” REEL, b. 20 Nov 1866; d. 2 Dec 1924; m. THOMAS P. TAYLOR
210. SAMUEL FINLEY REEL, b. 26 Oct 1865; d. 31 Dec 1958; m. JANETTE “NETTIE” MARTIN
st nd 211. LOUISE “LOU” REEL, b. 23 Jun 1871; d. 8 Jun 1933; m. (1 ) JAMES JACKSON FOLLIS; m. (2 ) --- --SANDERSON
212. MAGGIE REEL, b. about 1870; living 1880, no further record; apparently died before 1900
st 213. SARAH ETTA REEL, b. 28 Sep 1871; d. 23 Jan 1946; m. (1 ) WILLIAM PINCKNEY RITCHEY; nd m. (2 ) NATHANIEL STAMBAUGH
382 (45) MARGARET ANN REEL (Catherine Neely) was born 6 May 1824 in Indiana. She died 17 Apr 1853 in Indiana, and was buried in Woods Cemetery, Union Twp., Gibson Co., Ind.383
380 Magnus Tate Carnahan (1803-1874) was a State Senator from Posey Co. Ind., having moved there from Christian Co., Ky. 381 The death notice of Mollie (Reel) Redman stated she was survived by three brothers and three sisters. In addition a family tree on ancestry shows a photo of Martha (Reel) Anderson’s “Aunt Lou and Aunt Em.” 382 Date calculated from age on gravestone, see below.
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384 Margaret married GEORGE WASHINGTON CLEVELAND, 7 Sep 1841 in Gibson Co., Ind. George was born in about 1819 in Indiana.
George and Mary are found on the 1850 census, living in Newburgh, Warrick Co., Ind. He was a miller.
George must have died before 1860, as his two youngest children, John and George, are found living with Henry and Margaret Reel. Mary A. Cleveland is found in Johnson, Gibson Co., as a domestic in the family of Martha and George Beloat, her aunt and uncle. Catherine Cleveland is not found and probably had died.
Children:
214. MARY ANN CLEVELAND, b. 3 Feb 1844; d. 21 Nov 1921; m. JAMES HARVEY HANEY
215. CATHERINE CLEVELAND, b. about 1846; living 1850, no further record.
216. JOHN FRANKLIN CLEVELAND, b. 15 Sep 1847; d. 24 Oct 1899; m. MARY POLK
217. GEORGE NEELY CLEVELAND, b. 10 Apr 1851; d. 12 May 1933; m. THERESA RIDGEWAY
385 (46) ELEANOR REEL (Catherine Neely) was born 25 Dec 1825 in Indiana. She married JAMES 386 HUMPHREYS 21 May 1842, in Gibson Co., Ind. The date of her death or her husband’s death is not known. They had probably died by 1850 as their two children are found living with their grandparents, Henry and Catherine Reel.
Some ancestry trees claim that James was born in 1819 and died in 1848, and that he was the son of Uriah Humphreys and Rachel Ann Gordon.
Children:
218. CATHERINE HUMPHREYS, b. about 1843, Missouri; living 1850, no further record.
219. RACHEL HUMPHREYS, b. about 1844, Missouri; living 1850, no further record.
383 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102356805 She is not buried with her husband. Her gravestone is difficult to read but her death date is clear: “April 17, 1853 AGED 28 yrs 11 m 11 d.” 384384 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. He was called George W. Cleveland. His middle name “Washington” is found on other family trees on ancestry, but is not confirmed. 385 Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois., p. 533. 386 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001.
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(47) MARTHA JOHNSTON REEL (Catherine Neely) was born 3 Sep 1827 in Indiana. She died 17 May 1911, in Oakland City, Ind.,387 and was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Fort Branch, Ind.388
389 Martha married GEORGE BELOAT, 1 Oct 1849 in Gibson Co., Ind. George was born 6 Jun 1828, in Indiana, the son of James Beloat and Susan Cahorn.390 He died 22 Jan 1890391 and was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Fort Branch, Ind.392
According to the 1850 census, George was born in Ohio. However the 1860 census says his birthplace was Indiana. The 1880 census also states he was born in Indiana, father born in Virginia, and mother in Maryland. He was a farmer.
Stormont’s History of Gibson County states that George purchased land from his father-in-law Henry Reel. He enlisted in Aug 1862 in the 1st Indiana Cavalry “and served with his regiment until honorably discharged in 1865, being wounded while in the service, but not seriously. At one time his entire company was captured” but he and three others escaped and reached Union lines safely.393
1869 article in the Princeton Union Democrat states that George Beloat was “Appraiser of Real Estate, in this county,” and one of his deputies was Thomas J. Reel.394
Martha is not found on the 1900 census.395 Martha’s obituary in the Evansville Courier and Press:
Oakland City, Ind. July 17, 1911. Mrs. Martha Beloat, one of the best known and most respected ladies of this township, died this morning at the age of 83 years. Death followed a stroke of paralysis, with which she was afflicted last Friday. Five children, Mrs. Della Bell, Mark Beloat of this city and Tom Beloat of Princeton, James and George Beloat of Fort Branch, survive her. The
387 Death certificate, for date and place of birth and death. 388 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57259835 e 389 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 390 Ancestry.com family trees; also Stormont’s History of Gibson County, p. 583, states that the grandfather of James E. Beloat was James Beloat of Scotch descent. James was an early settler of Gibson Co. 391 Gravestone. 392 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57259810/george-beloat 393 Stormont, History of Gibson County, p. 583. 394 Paper of 13 Mar 1869, retrieved via NewspaperArchive.com. 395 Curiously, there is a Martha Beloat, b. Sep 1829 in Indiana listed in Los Angeles, a widow with 6 children. But she is called the mother of a Robert Halliday. In addition it states only 5 of her children living, and that her father was born in Pennsylvania.
56 funeral services will be held at the late residence of the deceased in this city tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be made in Mt Moriah Cemetery in Fort Branch.
Children:
220. JAMES E. BELOAT, b. 8 Apr 1853; d. 31 Jan 1927; m. AMERICA ELIZABETH BRUMFIELD
221. THOMAS P. BELOAT, b. 6 Feb 1855; d. 23 Feb 1946; m. MARY JANE TRIBLE
st nd 222. MARQUIS D. BELOAT, b. 26 Nov 1858; d. 12 Jan 1940; m. (1 ) MARTHA ANN LINZEY; m. (2 ) rd VIOLA SOVERCOOL; m. (3 ) MINNE MAY (WALLACE) (FAIR) BLAIR
223. CATHERINE A. “KATE” BELOAT, b. 14 Feb 1859; d. 19 Sep 1900; m. JOHN MCKENDRICK FOWLER
224. GEORGE W. BELOAT, b. 28 Feb 1862; d. 12 Sep 1930; m. ARTEMSIA EWING
225. IDELLA MAUD BELOAT, b. 25 Jul 1873; d. 12 Nov 1938; m. HARKER H. BELL
396 48. DR. SAMUEL ADAMS REEL (Catherine Neely) was born 3 May 1829 in Gibson Co., Ind. He 397 died 2 Mar 1912, and was buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Oakland, Ill. He married ELIZA 398 GAMMELL ADAMS, 18 May 1853, in Coles Co., Ill. She was born 22 Apr 1836, in Pleasant Grove Township, Coles Co., Ill., the daughter of John J. Adams and Martha Gammell. She died 28 Dec 1897, and was buried in Rosedale Cemetery.
From Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois:
Samuel Reel was reared on his father's farm and attended school in the winter until 1851, although in the meantime having been employed as a teacher in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and Indiana. During the winter of 1850-51, he attended the medical school at Cincinnati, Ohio, and after completing his course of study proceeded westward, across the Mississippi into Iowa. He remained there, however, only about six months, and then returned to Cumberland County, Ill., thence to Gibson Co., Ind., in 1858, where he employed his time in reading medicine until the outbreak of the late war. He then enlisted, in August, 1861, in the 58th Indiana Infantry, as private in Company K, and after two months was detailed as Hospital Steward. In crossing Barren River, near Bowling Green, Ky., he was wounded in the right side, and in September
396 Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois (1887). 397 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155788326 398 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920 (despite the name of this database, it is included). He is called Samuel A. Reel and she Eliza Adams.
57 received his discharge on account of disability. From this he has never fully recovered, and on account of it receives a pension from the Government.
Upon returning from the army Dr. Reel located in Douglas County, where he followed his profession until 1866, and then took up his residence at Oakland. He is the only eclectic physician in the town, and his labors have been attended with great success, enabling him to accumulate a fine property. This includes 540 acres of valuable land, in a high state of cultivation, and the family residence in Oakland is an imposing structure, and a model of comfort and convenience.
The lady who has presided with grace and dignity over the domestic affairs of our subject, and was his earnest helper and sympathizer in his efforts to secure a good position in life, was formerly Miss Eliza Adams, who became his wife May 19, 1853. Mrs. R. is a native of this county, to which her parents came in the pioneer days, and was born April 22, 1836, in Pleasant Grove Township. She is the daughter of John J. and Martha (Gammel) Adams, natives of Tennessee. ….. The seven children of Mr. and Mrs. Reel were named respectively, Martha A., now deceased; John F., of the firm of Curtis & Reel, who are carrying on general merchandising at Oakland; Kate I., Lidie A.; Nancy C., who died when three months old; Lina M. and William E. Dr. Reel from a youth was piously inclined, and was ordained a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in October, 1867, and for four years occupied the pulpit in various places in this part of the State. He finally withdrew from the Presbytery, being fully occupied with his farming and his practice. He is a member in good standing of the Masonic fraternity, and also belongs to Oakland Lodge No. 545, I. O. O. F., in which he has been Treasurer and High Priest. He is also connected with the G. A. R. as Surgeon of the order. He occupies a high position among his professional brethren, and is a man whose judgment and integrity are unquestioned.
Children:
399 226. MARTHA A. “MATTIE” REEL, b. 4 Aug 1854; d. 2 Apr 1873; bur. Rosedale Cem.
227. JOHN FINLEY REEL, b. 12 Oct 1856; d. 14 Sep 1949; m. ANSONETT M. “NETTIE” HACKETT
228. CATHERINE IOWA “KATE” REEL, b. 22 Feb 1859; d. 17 Jul 1938; m. IRA L. BELL
229. ELIZA ANN “LIDIE” REEL, b. about 1860, Indiana; living 1887
230. NANCY C. REEL, died at 3 months of age
231. LENA MAUD REEL, b. 17 Nov 1871; d. 13 Feb 1965; m. ALBERT B. NEWBURN
399 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155788234/mattie-reel
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232. WILLIAM EDWIN REEL, b. 19 Nov 1873; d. 12 Jan 1960; m. JENNIE D. CAMPBELL
400 (49) THOMAS JEFFERSON REEL (Catherine Neely) was born 24 Jan 1831, near Evansville, Ind. He 401 died 4 Dec 1819, in Oswego, Kans. He married NANCY A. BICKNELL, in 1871. She was born in Jan 1849, in Indiana, and was the daughter of John Bicknell and Eliza A. Chancelor. Nancy died in 1928, probably in Kansas. Both Thomas and Nancy are buried in Oswego Cemetery.402
According to his obituary, “he enlisted in the Civil War at the beginning and was sergeant of Company K 24th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served three years and was then honorably discharged. In 1868, he moved to Bicknell, Ind., where he embarked in the mercantile business. In 1871 he was united in marriage with Nancy A. Bicknell….Uncle Tommy Reel as he was affectionately called, was one of a family of fourteen children and the one brother is all that is living today. In 1879 he with his family moved to Labette County, Kansas, and bought and located on the farm where he resided at the time of his death which occurred Dec. 4, 1919. He united with the Baptist church here in Labette soon after coming to Kansas and those who know him best do not hesitate to say that he was a child of God. He numbered his friends by those that knew him, always having some jolly salutation when meeting you and in spite of his almost 89 years of age he would say he was a young man and up to within the last few years he did work that many younger men could not do. His home held all charms for him as he did not mix with the outside world much, although no one loved to mingle and visit with neighbors more than he.”
His widow Nancy lived by herself in Montana Twp., Labette Co.., Kans., in 1920. She received a widow’s pension for Thomas’ Civil War service.403
Child:
233. DENVER C. REEL, b. 24 Jun 1872; d. 19 Apr 1964; m. LAURA F. TAYLOR
404 405 (50) HENRY CLAY REEL (Catherine Neely) was born 2 Oct 1932 in Ft. Branch, Ind. He died 20 Sep 1932, only a couple of weeks short of age 100, in Whittier, Calif., and was buried in Rose
400 Birth date and place from obituary in Oswego Independent, 19 Dec 1919, found on newspapers.com. 401 Death date and year of marriage from obituary, cited above. 402 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35538407 403 I do not have the original but the index is found on fold3, application #1150991, certificate 888056. Thomas also had an invalid pension dated 1 Jan 1889. 404 Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois, p. 533, for birth date.
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Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.406 He is said in some ancestry trees to have married, first, CATHERINE GILMORE, but no information can be found about her. He married, second, SARAH ANN 407 LEWIS, 1 Jul 1862, in Gibson Co., Ind. She was born 9 Sep 1838, in Cynthiana, Posey Co., Ind., the daughter of Aaron Lewis and Rebecca Nesbit. She died 4 May 1939, in Pomona, Calif. , at age 100 or 101. She was also buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, in Whittier, Calif.408
Henry served in the Civil War, in the 80th Indiana Regiment, Company E, according to his gravestone. He received an invalid pension dated 30 Mar 1881, and his widow received a widow’s pension 27 Sep 1932.409
Sarah was a nurse during the Civil War.410
On the 1870 census Henry and his family are found in Barton Township, Gibson Co., Ind. By 1880 he had moved to Benton, Mo. He is called a farmer in these census records. In 1900 he lived in Santa Fe, N.M., where he was listed on the census as a carpenter. He continued to live there in 1910, and in 1920. In 1930 he lived in Deming, N.M., with his wife and his daughter Edith Benn.
He lived in Indio, Calif., 13 Sep 1922, when the Prescott, Ariz, Weekly Miner reported, “Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Reel and Mrs. Edith Benn, all of Indio, Calif., arrived in Prescott on Sunday for a stay of several days.”411 He died at the home of his daughter Edith. He and Sarah had been married 70 years. An obituary stated, “Although he engaged in other industries during his long span of life, Mr. Reel was essentially a tiller of the soil and was known as a retired farmer. He was perhaps one of the very few men who lived into the year 1932 who cast a presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln and who had since voted for every Republican presidential nominee since that time, including Herbert Hoover in 1928.” 412
Sarah apparently visited or lived briefly in Gibson Co., Ind., before dying in Pomona, Calif.
405 “Former Gibson County Resident Called By Death,” Princeton Daily Clarion, 26 Sep 1932. His place of birth (Ft. Branch) and death (Whittier) are given. 406 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111140847 407 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. 408 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104759738/sarah-ann-reel 409 Pension index card from Ancestry.com. Invalid application #418,140, certificate 232,935; widow’s 1726.375 The full pension file would likely contain a wealth of information but is not available online at present. 410 Princeton Daily Clarion, 2 Jan 1936: “Mrs. Sarah Reel, age 98, who was an army nurse during a large period of the war was also called upon. Her husband was a member of Company C, 80th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.” 411 Newspaper available Library of Congress Chronicling America. 412 Princeton Daily Clarion, 26 Sep 1932.
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Children:
234. MINNIE F. REEL, b. 11 Apr 1867; d. 4 Sep 1908; m. ROBERT LEE DOUTHITT
235. WILLIAM THOMAS REEL, b. 14 Dec 1866; d. 26 Jul 1931; m. ROSARIO “ROSE” CASTILLO
236. OSCAR NESBIT REEL, b. 6 Jul 1868, Indiana; d. 27 Mar 1954, Riverside Co., Calif.; bur. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; cabinet maker; unmarried; died by suicide.413
237. JOSEPH L. “JOSE” REEL, b. Apr 1873, Indiana; d. 5 Dec 1948, Santa Ana, Sonora, Mexico; 414 bur. El Capo Cem., Santa Ana, Mexico; m. JOSEFA VALENCIA. He was a miner. He died of chronic Bronchitis.415
238. EDITH REEL, b. 18 Feb 1876, Knoxville, Ind.; d. 15 Oct 1969, Mentone, Calif.; bur. Rose st nd Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.; m. (1 ) F. W. WALL, 9 Oct 1906; m. (2 ) JOSEPH S. BENN, 24 Sep 1915. She was widowed by the late 1920s.
239. JOHN W. REEL, b. about 1876, Missouri; d. 29 Apr 1910, Bisbee, Ariz.; bur. Evergreen 416 417 Cem., Bisbee; m. JESUS -----, in about 1906. No children. He was in the mining business with his brother Joseph. He was killed by a man named Jack Larson, in a boarding house in Bisbee. “Reel came into the house drunk and noisy, and refused to be quieted by mild measures. It was then that Larsen struck. Reel was a miner, of five years residence in this district. He had a wife and family here.”418 Larsen was not convicted of murder as no “criminal intent” was found.
419 240. CHILD, died before 1900
420 421 (54) JOHN NEELY EVANS (Jane Bayard Neely) was born in about 1828 in Indiana. He died 11 422 423 May 1870. He married MARY BELDING, 29 Dec 1859, in Daviess Co., Ind. Mary was born 12
413 “Indio Man Shoots Self,” Riverside Enterprise, 28 Mar 1954. He “shot himself in the head with a .38 caliber revolver…his sister, Edith R. Benn of Riverside, found him in the bedroom of his home when she returned from the store. A retired cabinet maker, Mr. Reed [sic] had apparently become despondent over ill health.” 414 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160490662 (no gravestone photo). 415 Ancestry.com: Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974. 416 She was Mexican. Approximate marriage date from1910 census. Interestingly a Jesus Reel Teyechea became a citizen in Nov 1939. 417 John and Jesus appear on the 1910 census in Bisbee, Ariz. The census was taken 22 Apr 1910, a week before his death. 418 Los Angeles Times, 23 May 1910 – the article’s dateline is Bisbee, Ariz. Despite the statement that he had a family, the 1910 census says no children. 419 The 1900 census states that Henry’s wife Sarah was the mother of 7 children, 6 living. 420 Full name from DAR #57004, application of Alice Evans Corning. 421 1870 census.
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Feb 1835, in Washington, Ind., the daughter of Stephen Belding and Elizabeth Clenny. She died 23 Dec 1909 in Washington, Ind., and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery there.
In June 1859 a newspaper account tells the story of John N. Evans, of Bloomfield, assisting the county Sherriff in the arrest of some burglars who “intended…to rob and murder a peaceable and inoffensive German citizen…”424
On the 1860 census, he is listed in Bloomfield, Ind., 32 years old, with occupation Attorney at Law. He lived with wife Mary, 25, mother Jane B. Evans, 65, and sister Caroline S. Evans, 23.
In 1868, “John N. Evans, Esq., of Daviess” was selected as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the Third Common Pleas District.425 He apparently moved to Washington, Daviess Co., prior to his death in 1870, but no cemetery record or obituary has been found.
His widow Mary is found on the 1880 census, in Washington, Daviess Co., Ind., age 40, living with children Alice C., Oakie and Margaret. She was the Mary Belding, 14, living with mother Elizabeth, 45, in Washington Daviess Co., in 1850, her father apparently having died. Mary remarried, L. B. (or L. D.?) Mason, who was “a Chicago contractor.” His death date has not been found, but Mary survived him and lived with her daughter Alice Corning during her later years. According to her obituary, “A few years ago she sustained a stroke of paralysis since which time she has been an invalid and within the past year has been gradually failing. Last Sunday evening her clothing caught fire from a hot stove.” Although not seriously hurt, “the shock may have precipitated her death.”426
Children:
241. ALICE CARRIE EVANS, b. 14 Nov 1860; d. 1 Aug 1822; m. JAY WILLIAM CORNING
242. OAKIE EVANS, b. about 1863, Indiana; d. 1 May 1896, Kankakee, Ill.; m. WILLIAM A. STIMMING, 10 Mar 1886, in Cook Co., Ill. No children. William married, second, Helena Kantrowitz. He died 12 Mar 1930 in Chicago.
243. MARGARET EVANS, b. about 1867, Indiana; living 1880, no further record
422 DAR #308008. 423 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. 424 Daily State Sentinel, 8 Jun 1859, available via Hoosier State Chronicles https://newspapers.library.in.gov 425 Evansville Journal, 19 Jun 1868. 426 Washington Daviess County Democrat, 1 Jan 1910.
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427 (55) CAROLINE SYDNEY EVANS (Jane Bayard Neely) was born 30 Nov 1840 in Covington, Ind. She died 3 Nov 1913 in Crawfordsville, Ind., and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery there.428 She 429 married DAVID CHARLES SMITH, 2 Jul 1868, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 22 Oct 1843, in Perrysville, Ind.,430 and died 10 Jun 1924, in Crawfordsville.431 He was the son of John F. Smith and Lydia A. Wyatt.432
According to a death notice in the Indianapolis News, David C. Smith was a “Civil War veteran and pioneer lumber merchant…He came to Crawfordsville in 1883, entering the lumber business. For thirty-six years he was a member of the lumber firm of Smith & Duckworth.”433
Children:
244. ANNA MARY SMITH, b. Jul 1870; d. 2 Jan 1938; m. FRANK PORTER MCNUTT
245. AGNES NEELY SMITH, b. Feb 1873; d. 3 Feb 1955; m. FRANCIS SCRIBNER COBB
(56) MARTHA JOHNSTON ADAMS (Margaret Neely) was born 22 Jul 1816 in Gibson Co., Ind. She died 28 Mar 1903 in Evansville, Ind., and was buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Princeton, Ind.434 She married, first, MARK E. REAVIS, 27 Dec 1837, in Princeton, Ind. They were married by Revd. Jacob Speer.435 He was born in about 1822, and died in 1851, according to ancestry family trees. Little information can be found about him.
436 She married, second, HUGH M. CONNELLY, 10 Sep 1857, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born in about 1835. He served in the Civil War, Company A, 14th Regiment, Indiana infantry. He died
427 Her middle name is given in DAR application #422651, of her granddaughter, Caroline (McNutt) Groves. 428 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29300461 429 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 430 DAR #422651. 431 Death certificate, Ancestry.com. 432 Death certificate. 433 Indianapolis News, 11 Jun 1924. 434 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90375603 435 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 436 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
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13 Dec 1862, in Falmouth, Va., of wounds suffered in the Battle of Fredericksburg.437 The pension file states that his wounds were produced by a “shell shattering one of his legs and paralyzing his whole side, his leg was amputated and he died the third day after.”438 Martha received a widow’s pension.439 According to his pension file he enrolled 7 Jun 1861 in Terre Haute, Ind. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal.
Martha moved to Evansville, Ind., in about 1878. She is not found on the 1900 census. She died as a result of injuries caused by a fall, ten days before her death.440 She is buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Princeton, Ind. Her small grave marker has her surname spelled “Conley.”441 An obituary lists four surviving children: Samuel A. Reavis, Princeton; Lucy Rutherford, Indianapolis; Dan Reavis, Evansville; and Carrie Covey, Evansville. “Mrs. Conley was one whose ripe years of old age were ones of happiness and great blessing to her children and those who knew here. For seventy years she was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and life was lived in accordance with her accepted doctrines of Chistianity.”442
Children, by her first husband:
443 246. MARGARET REAVIS
st nd 247. LUCY REAVIS, b. 27 Jun 1840; d. 7 Aug 1914; m. (1 ) WILLIAM C. HOARD; m. (2 ) DANIEL RUTHERFORD
248. SAMUEL ADAMS REAVIS, b. 27 Dec 1841; d. 15 Mar 1921; m. EMMA SKELTON
249. DANIEL REAVIS, b. 14 Mar 1845; d. 10 Apr 1917; m. MARGARET FRANCES SEARS
250. MARY CAROLINE REAVIS, b. 19 Dec 1847; d. 8 Jul 1932; m. GEORGE L. COVEY
Child, by her second husband:
444 251. FRANCIS MARION CONNELY; b. 4 Oct 1859, Indiana; living 1863, no further record, although it’s possible that he was the Francis M. Connely who married S. P. Berns, 29 Sep 1886, in Clay Co., Ind.445 The obituary of his mother, Martha J. Conley, does not mention him.
437 https://secure.in.gov/apps/iara/search/Home/Detail?rId=1047685 438 Widow’s pension on Fold3.com. 439 Application # 17734, certificate # 14580. 440 Indianapolis Journal, 29 Mar 1903. She is called “Martha J. Connelly,” 87, mother in law of George L. Covey, police captain. 441 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90375603 442 Princeton Daily Clarion, 28 Mar 1903. 443 Source uncertain. 444 Date of birth from his mother’s widow’s pension file. 445 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
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446 (57) THOMAS NEELY ADAMS (Margaret Neely) was born 21 Jan 1821 in Indiana. He died 27 Oct 1891 in Chicago, Ill., and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch, Ind.447 He married 448 449 MARGARET E. PARKER, 20 Apr 1856, in Benton Co., Tenn. She was born 21 Jan 1841, in Tennessee. She died 23 Apr 1873,450 in Indiana, and is buried with her husband in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
On the 1860 census, in Johnson Township, Gibson Co., he is listed as a chicken merchant and in 1870 he is called a dry goods merchant. On the 1880 census, he was living in Fort Branch, and was a grain dealer.
He was a “wealthy grain dealer,”451 and died while on a business trip to Chicago.452
Children:
252. AMANDA MELVINA “MELLIE” ADAMS, b. 7 May 1855; d. 30 Apr 1934; m. JONATAHAN HARDY MADDEN
253. SAMUEL ROY ADAMS, b. 21 Aug 1859; d. 25 May 1945; m. SARAH ADA MONTGOMERY
254. (possibly) SIDNEY ADAMS, b. after 1860; d. before 1870
255. (possibly) MARGARET ADAMS, b. after 1860; d. before 1870
256. VANDERVER “VAN” C. ADAMS, b. 9 Apr 1868; d. 19 Dec 1949; m. OTIE ESTELLA HUSSEY
257. BERTHA L. ADAMS, b. 2 Jul 1871; d. 11 Jan 1950; m. ROBERT JAMES PATTERSON.
258. ELIZABETH ADAMS, b. about Apr 1873; d. 17 Jul 1873, aged 3 mo.; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.453
446 Gravestone. 447 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79649146 448 Ancestry.com: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. 449 Calculated from age on gravestone; 32 years, 3 months, and 2 days. It is a coincidence that they have the same birthday. 450 Gravestone. 451 Indianapolis Journal, 29 Oct 1891. 452 Indianapolis News, 28 Oct 1891. 453 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79647938/elizabeth-adams
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454 (58) ELIZABETH JANE ADAMS (Margaret Neely) was born in 1822 in Indiana. She died 18 Oct 1891 in Springfield, Mo. She was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.455 456 Elizabeth married JAMES H. SPEER, 13 Aug 1845 in Gibson Co., Ind. James was born in about 1824 in Tennessee. He died in about 1865.457
James is listed as a farmer, 26, living in Johnson Township, Gibson Co., Ind., on the 1850 census, living with the family of his wife’s parents, Samuel and Margaret Adams. Also living with them was Calvin S. Speer, 25, probably his brother.
The family is not found on the 1860 census. In 1870, Elizabeth, apparently widowed, lived with son Jacob and daughter Eva, still in Johnson Township. By 1880 she and is listed as widowed, living in Neodesha, Kans., with her son Samuel, his wife Jennie, and her son Jacob and daughter Eva.
Elizabeth’s obituary noted that she “recently moved from Kansas to his city (Springfield, Mo.), in order to be with her two sons, Mr. Sam M. Speer of the Memphis Route, and J. S. Speer, the well-known and popular conductor on the Frisco.”458
Children:
259. SAMUEL MARSHALL SPEER, b. 31 Jan 1847; d. 18 Nov 1923; m. JENNIE BELL HOPKINS
459 260. ROSLEY V. SPEER, b. about Apr 1850, Indiana; no further record
261. JACOB “JAKE” SCHUYLER SPEER, b. 18 Nov 1853; d. Nov 1931; m. ANNA VANVACTOR
262. EVA SPEER, b. May 1861, Indiana; living 1941, in Denver, Colo.; m. FRANCIS J. DELANEY, 20 Oct 1896, in Kansas. He died in about 1940 in Denver.460 On a 1926 city directory Francis is listed as a painter. No known children.
(59) NANCY ANN ADAMS (Margaret Neely) was born 5 Jun 1825 on a farm south of Ft. Branch, Ind.461 She died 15 Feb 1905 in Princeton, Ind., and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. 462 463 Branch, Ind. Nancy married JAMES G. HIGGINBOTHAM, 18 Sep 1849 in Gibson Co., Ind. James
454 Gravestone. 455 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50427828 456 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. They were married by Joseph Neely. 457 I am not sure of the source for this, however. 458 Springfield Democrat, 20 Oct 1891. 459 Listed as 6 months old on the 1850 census, taken 26 Oct 1850. 460 Francis and Eva are listed on the 1940 census, but on a 1941 city directory Eva is called a widow. 461 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate; also Princeton Daily Clarion, 17 Feb 1905. 462 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81438214
66 was born 23 Mar 1823 in Tennessee. He died 11 Jan 1912 in Princeton, Ind.464 He was also buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
The family lived in Johnson Township, Gibson Co. in 1870, where James is called a Dry Goods Merchant. They also lived in Kansas for 12 years, according to Nancy’s obituary.
They lived in Patoka, Gibson Co., in 1900, where James is called a Landlord. They lived with daughter Teresa Sears, who was already widowed. Nancy is listed as having been the mother of 5 children, only 2 still living (Teresa and Etta).
According to her obituary, Nancy, at the age of 13, “professed her belief in Christ at the old Mt. Moriah Church, southwest of Fort Branch. From that day to her death she was a professed Christian and lived a life in full harmony with her belief. Her father’s home had always been a hospitable roof which gladly sheltered ministers who came to the neighborhood, and when she and her husband took up their residence in Fort Branch their home, too, became a family circle which widened to include any minister who had the occasion to accept the hospitality of a Christian home.”465
An obituary calls James “an excellent man, esteemed and honored by all who knew him, and his long life was usefully spent.” He was “one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Princeton.”466
Children:
263. TERESA HIGGINBOTHAM, b. Jun 1853, Indiana; d. 2 Jan 1924, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. DR. GAVIN M. SEARS., 8 Nov 1877. He was born in about 1851, and died 8 Nov 1885, in Patoka, Gibson Co., Ind. He was buried in the I.O.O. F. Cem., Princeton, Ind. No children. After her husband’s death, Theresa lived with her parents in Patoka, Ind. By 1920 she had moved to California to live with her sister Etta and her niece Nellie (Covey) Paul.
264. THOMAS ADAMS HIGGINBOTHAM, b. about 1851; probably d. before 1870
467 265. SAMUEL ADAMS HIGGINBOTHAM, b. 23 Oct 1857; d. 12 May 1866; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.
266. ETTA J. HIGGINBOTHAM, b. Nov 1862; d. 18 Feb 1926; m. CHARLES WILLIAM COVEY
267. CHILD, died before 1900, and probably before 1870
463 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. They were married by Jacob Speer. 464 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81438139/hig 465 Princeton Daily Clarion, 17 Feb 1905. 466 Princeton Daily Clarion, 11 Jan 1912. He is called “James L. Higginbotham.” However a note from the family calls him James G. 467 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81438279/samuel-adams-higginbotham
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(60) CATHERINE (“KATE”) ADAMS (Margaret Neely) was born in about 1827. She died 4 Nov 1887, 468 in Evansville, Ind. She married MARTIN S. RUTLEDGE, 15 Apr 1844, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born in about 1817, in Indiana. Catherine died 4 Nov 1887, in Evansville.469 Martin died 29 Jan 1892, in Evansville.470
On the 1880 census, the family is listed in Evansville, Ind., where he is called a Drayman (a person who delivers beer for a brewery).
Catherine’s death notice in the Evansville Courier and Press:
“Mrs. M. S. Rutledge died yesterday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, at the “Warren Homestead” on the Green River road. She was an old resident of Evansville, and was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Her remains will be taken to Fort Branch today for burial.”471
Child:
472 268. WILLIAM K. RUTLEDGE (adopted ), b. about 1863
(61) HESTER ANN ADAMS (Margaret Neely) was born in about 1828, in Indiana. She died after 26 473 474 Sep 1891. She married LEVI LUCAS, 15 Oct 1850, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born in about 1825 in Indiana, and died 2 May 1883.475
Hester filed for divorce in 1864 and Levi had left the area, although he must have returned since the family is listed on the 1880 census in Montgomery Township, Gibson Co., Ind. Levi was a farmer. They lived with daughter “M. J. Pegram,” who was widowed, and her 2 year old granddaughter Effie Pegram.
According to an item the Owensville Gleaner, “Mrs. Hester Lucas is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Andy Simpson at the present time” (26 Sep 1891).476 I have not discovered any subsequent mention of her, and she is not found on the 1900 census.
468 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. 469 Evansville Courier and Press, 5 Nov 1887, 470 Ancestry.com: Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920. 471 Evansville Courier and Press, 5 Nov 1887. Her gravestone is not found, however. 472 The 1880 census says “adopted son.” 473 She was living at that time based on an item in the Owensville Gleaner. 474 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 475 Death date from probate record, Ancesty.com.
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Children:
st 269. MARGARET “MAGGIE” J. LUCAS, b.18 Jul 1851; d. 30 Dec 1939; m. (1 ) JOHN W. WOODS; nd rd m. (2 ) BARTLETT S. PEGRAM; m. (3 ) ANDREW J. SIMPSON
270. MCGRADY LUCAS, b. 31 Aug 1853; d. 15 Jun 1920; m. NANCY JANE WHITE
477 271. GEORGE WASHINGTON LUCAS, b. 4 Jul 1856; d. 10 Jan 1872; bur. Emerson Hill Cem.
478 (62) JULIET NEELY ADAMS (Margaret Neely) was born in 1832 in Indiana. She died 10 Aug 479 1873, in Gibson Co., Ind. She married JAMES TUCKER LOCKWOOD, 19 Dec 1855 in Gibson Co., Ind.480 James was born 15 Dec 1827 in New York City, N.Y.,481 and was the son of Stephen U. Lockwood and Phebe Tucker. He died 25 May 1899 in Fort Branch, Ind.482 They were both buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch, Ind.483
Juliet died of the “flux” (apparently influenza), as is seen from this newspaper item: “Flux prevails to a considerable extent, but no fatal cases in our immediate vicinity, except Mrs. J. T. Lockwood…”484
485 James married second, 4 Mar1875, in Gibson Co., Ind., JOSEPHINE LOUISA (EARL) LOCKWOOD, who survived him, and died in 1922. She was the widow of John Riley Lockwood. On the 1900 census she is listed as having had 2 children, both living, at least one of which was from her marriage to John. One of those children was Sherman Lockwood.
An obituary in the Evansville Courier and Press states that James T. Lockwood was “one of the pioneers of southern Indiana,” having come to the area “with his parents when but a baby.” “For the past sixty years he has lived on the old State road in this [Gibson] county and it was only a few months ago that he built a new house and moved to Fort Branch where he expected to live with more ease.” “For a short time he was in business in the south side of this place [Fort Branch], but soon returned to the farm. For a long time he was a market gardener and
476 Found via newspaperarchive.com. 477 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35244147 478 Gravestone. 479 Date of death from Descendants of Robert Lockwood (1889), p. 553. 480 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. 481 Obituary in Evansville Courier and Press, 26 May 1899. 482 Obituary in Evansville Courier and Press, 26 May 1899. 483 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82261513 484 Princeton Daily Clarion, 28 Aug 1873. 485 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. She is called “Josephine L. Lockwood.” For her maiden name and prior marriage, see Descendants of Robert Lockwood, p. 554.
69 was quite well known to the merchants of Evansville, furnishing them with many things in his line.”
Children:
486 272. HENRY LEE LOCKWOOD, b. 1858; d. 1860
st 273. VIRGIL HOMER LOCKWOOD, b. 6 May 1860; d. 2 May 1932; m. (1 ) BERTHA M. GREENE; nd m. (2 ) LETITA (BOOTH) LATHAM
274. ELMER ELSWAR LOCKWOOD, b. 18 Jun 1861; d. 12 Oct 1933; m. MARY (“MOLLY”) WATERS
st nd 275. FRANCIS MARION LOCKWOOD, b. 21 Jul 1865; m. (1 ) FLORENCE DAVIDSON; m. (2 ) ROSAMOND J. BULKLEY
276. LOUISA MARIA LOCKWOOD, b. 14 Apr 1868; d. Jan 1951; m. WILLIAM DAVIDSON WHITEHEAD
277. WILLIAM ERNEST LOCKWOOD, b. 25 Mar 1870; d. 14 Nov 1941; m. BLANCHE LEWIS
278. GERTRUDE LOCKWOOD, b. 5 Sep 1872, Indiana; d. 27 Mar 1899, Evansville, Ind.; bur. 487 Walnut Hill Cem.; m. DR. SAMUEL WESLEY BOREN, 3 Sep 1896, no children. “She was taken to the sanatorium [in Evansville] with the intention of having an operation performed. She had been ill for a long time and underwent a previous operation without the desired result.”488 Another obituary states that she suffered an attack of peritonitis.489 She was only 26 years old. They had lived in Stewartsville, Ind. Before her marriage, she had helped out in her father’s grocery store, and was “her father’s favorite bookkeeper and a favorite with the customers.” Dr. Boren remarried, and died 22 Mar 1961 in Poseyville.
(66) GOV. JOHN NEELY JOHNSON (Juliet G. Neely) was born 2 Aug 1825, in Johnson Township, 490 Gibson Co., Ind. He died 31 Aug 1872, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He married MARY BREVORT 491 ZABRISKIE 26 Jun 1851, in Trenton, NJ. She was born 26 Jul 1827, in N.J., and was the daughter
486 According to Findagrave.com (no photo) he is buried in Walnut Hill Cem. However the Gibson Co. Genweb site for this cemetery does not include him. However, Home L. Lockwood, age 2, is listed with this family on the 1860 census, which was enumerated 14 Jul 1860. 487 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80046595/gertrude-boren 488 Evansville Courier, 29 Mar 1899. 489 Princeton Daily Clarion, 30 Mar 1899. 490 Ancestry.com: Salt Lake County, Utah, Death Records. Also: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14986499 491 Ancestry.com: New Jersey Marriage Records, 1670-1965.
70 of Col. James Cannon Zabriskie and Mary M. Hancock.492 She died 23 Nov 1887, in Carson City, Nev.493
John Neely Johnson – known as J. Neely Johnson – was admitted to the bar at age 21, in about 1846.494 He moved from Indiana to California, arriving in Sacramento in July 1849, “having travelled part of the distance on foot.”495 His fist job in California was driving a mule team from Sacramento to Stockton. In the Spring of 1850 he was elected City Attorney of Sacramento.496 J. Neely Johnson was Governor of California from 1856-58. He studied law and became an attorney. He went to California as a mule driver and then prospected for gold. He returned to his law practice in California and became City Attorney of San Francisco. He was elected to the State Assembly.
He was elected as the youngest Governor of California in history at age 30, as a member of the American (“Know- Nothing”) Party and served from 9 Jan 1856 to 8 Jan 1858. During his one term, a mob of 3,000 men, led by the Committee of Vigilance virtually took over the city of San Francisco. Neely tried to get William Tecumseh Sherman to take over a group of State Militia and restore order but Sherman ended up siding with the vigilantes.
By 1863, he had moved to the Nevada Territory, and on the 1870 census he lived in Carson City. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) wrote a letter to a newspaper, in which he described a party that he had attended at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Neely Johnson. It was the first time he used the pen name “Mark Twain.”497 In 1863 Johnson was elected to the Nevada Constitutional Convention, and in 1864, he was its President. That same year Nevada became a state. In 1867 he was appointed to the Nevada Supreme Court.498 He died in 1872 of a “lingering illness caused by sunstroke.”499 He was buried in Fort Douglas Cemetery, in Salt Lake City.500
492 Mary Brevort Zabriskie was the cousin of Christian Brevort Zabriskie, for whom Zabriskie Point, in Death Valley National Monument, was named. 493 “Death of Mrs. S. H. Day,” Sacramento Record-Union, 24 Nov 1887. 494 http://governors.library.ca.gov/04-NJohnson.html 495 “Death of J. Neely Johnson,” Sacramento Daily Union, 2 Sep 1872. 496 Ibid. 497 http://nevadagram.com/features-2/mark-twains-first-letter/ 498 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Neely_Johnson See also: http://governors.library.ca.gov/04-NJohnson.html 499 “Death of J. Neely Johnson,” Sacramento Daily Union, 2 Sep 1872. 500 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14986499/john-neely-johnson
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After his death, his widow married Col. Sylvester Henry Day.501 She died of heart disease, after “a very short illness.” Her obituary calls her “one of the most noted and beautiful women of the Pacific Coast, and she retained much of her vivacity and all her charming social gifts until her decease….Mrs. Day had resided in Caron City nearly twenty-seven years and the community is deeply shocked by her sudden demise.”502
An urban park in Sacramento is named after J. Neely Johnson. His home in Sacramento is on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places.503
Children: 504 279. WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. about 1851, California; d. 23 Apr 1899, Virginia City, Nev.; member of Nevada Legislature; apparently unmarried; seriously injured in Sep 1891505
280. ELIZABETH DOUGLAS “BESSIE” JOHNSON, b. 17 Dec 1856; d. 9 Jun 1907; m. GUY HUNT THORPE
506 (67) WILLIAM NEELY JOHNSON (Juliet G. Neely) was born in about 1829, in Evansville, Ind. He died 24 Jun 1885, in San Francisco, Calif. He married JULIET ------, who survived him. According to census records, she was born in about 1838, in Connecticut.
William Neely Johnson was a graduate of West Point, but did not serve in the Army. He came to California in 1850, and settled in Sacramento where he was Assistant Postmaster. He also was appointed by his brother, J. Neely Johnson, to take the census of Sacramento Co.507
At one time he was District Attorney of Mendocino County. He was later appointed Registrar of the Sacramento Land Office.508 He became blind in about 1865.509 “He had sought initial treatment for his vision loss in California and was treated on the East Coast in 1866, but these
501 He died 16 Jan 1926, and is buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev. He helped design the first Nevada flag. 502 “Death of Mrs. S. H. Day,” Sacramento Record-Union, 24 Nov 1887. 503 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Neely_Johnson_House see also http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/living/home-garden/article171655112.html 504 San Francisco Examiner, 27 Apr 1899. 505 Reno Evening Gazette, 7 Sep 1891: “On Friday night in Virginia City, Wm. Johnson, son of the late J. Neely Johnson, made a misstep in an alleyway and fell a distance of 14 feet, breaking his right leg just above the ankle. He break was a severe one, and at last advices the physicians were in doubt whether to amputate it or not.” 506 His obituary, in Daily Alta California, 25 Jun 1885, states that he was 56 years of age, and born in Evansville, Ind. 507 Obituary of J. Neely Johnson, Sacramento Daily Union, 2 Sep 1872. 508 Daily Alta California, 26 Jun 1885. 509 Daily Alta California, 25 Jun 1885, states that, when in Mendocino County, “he was stricken with the blindness which has affected him for the past twenty years.”
72 efforts failed to restore his vision. Johnson resumed his law practice in June 1869 specializing in cases presented before the United States Land Office in Washington, D.C.”510
“Johnson was appointed State Librarian on January 24, 1870 and served until April 5, 1870. The Board of Trustees chose him to fill the rest of the unexpired term of W. C. Stratton. Johnson’s choice as Librarian was unique as he was blind at the time of his appointment.”511
His wife was appointed a clerk in his law office in 1874.512 An obituary says, “though blind he was a prominent member of the bar, and was almost universally admired.”513 According to an obituary, he left “a widow who is now in New York City, and a young son.”514 A death notice states that he died of a liver disease.515
According to findagrave.com, he is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. However no gravestone photo is included. A note says, “removed from Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Francisco.”516
Children:
281. WILLIAM N. JOHNSON, b. 9 Jun 1872, Lassen Co., Calf.; living 1900 in Marlborough, Ulster Co., N.Y., where he was a “fruit solicitor” according to the census; m., about 1900, 517 NELLIE M.-----, who was born in Dec 1876 in Maine; no further record found.
282. JULIET M. JOHNSON (twin), b. 9 Jun 1872, Lassen Co., Calif.; d. 11 Nov 1876, San Francisco, of diphtheria.518
(68) MARY A. JOHNSON (Juliet G. Neely) was born in about 1888, in Indiana. She died in about 519 May 1888, in “Buffalo, Indian Territory.” She married DAVID OLIVER ADKINSON, 26 Jun 1855, in
510 http://www.cslfdn.org/exhibits.html 511 http://www.cslfdn.org/exhibits.html 512 Los Angeles Herald, 21 Jan 1874. “Secretary of State, Drury Melone, has appointed, says the Record, Mrs. Wm. Neely Johnson, wife of Wm. Neely Johnson, of this city, as an extra clerk in his office during the session of the Legislature. The lady is said to be fully qualified to discharge the duties required of a clerk, and Melone is the first constitutional officer in this State who has appointed a female to a position in the State office.” 513 Arizona Sentinel, 4 Jul 1885. 514 Daily Alta California, 25 Jun 1885. 515 Ibid. 516 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182739616 517 It is possible, but rather unlikely, that he was the Corp. William N. Johnson, born about 1871 in California, died 30 Aug 1915, in Hartford, Mich. This William was a veteran of the Spanish American War. He had been headed to the National Soldier’s Home in Milwaukee, when he died of tuberculosis. He had lived a time in Rochester, N.Y. He was called an artist. However several facts about this man don’t match. 518 Daily Alta California, 13 Nov 1876. Aged 4 years and 5 months. 519 Daily Alta California, 4 Nov 1887. Possibly Buffalo, Oklahoma.
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Sacramento, Calif.520 His surname was sometimes spelled “Adkison.” He was born in about 1822 in Franklin Co., Indiana, the son of Robert Adkinson and Nancy Henderson.521 He died 3 Nov 1887, in San Francisco.522
David had married previously Harriet Henton, 14 Dec 1844, in Miami, Ind. He had an infant son, Frank, born and died in 1846, by this marriage. Harriet died 7 Oct 1846, in Peru, Ind., soon after the child.523 On the 1850 census, David is listed as a bricklayer in Fountain Co., Ind. In about 1853, David and his brother Lewis moved to Yuba, California. “They may have tried their luck at prospecting, but soon after their arrival they were engaged in other pursuits. David worked for the ranching enterprise of the Atchison Brothers, ultimately taking charge of their dairy operation and peddling milk in the mines. In 1855, he was elected on the Whig ticket to a seat in the California Assembly.”524
On the 1860 census, in Yuba, Calif., he is listed as D. O. Adkinson, miner, 37, born in Indiana, with wife Mary A., 32, also born in Indiana, and daughters Juliet J., 4 born in California, and Lucy, 3, born in California.
According to obituaries, David Adkinson came to Nevada in 1863. In 1870 he was postmaster of Virginia City, where he lived with his wife, daughter L. A., and mother-in-law Juliet Johnson. David was Justice of the Peace and Speaker of the Nevada Assembly. “He was a member of the California Assembly from Sierra County in 1856, and postmaster of Virginia City for twenty years, from 1866 to 1886.”525
Children:
283. JULIET J. ADKINSON, b. 12 May 1856; d. 8 Jun 1866; bur. Silver Terrace Cem., Virginia City.526
284. LOUISE A. (“LOU”) ADKINSON, b. about 1858; d. 6 Mar 1935; m. ROSWELL GAY EMMONS
527 285. OLIVER C. ADKINSON, b. 22 Aug 1863; d. 11 Aug 1864, Virginia City, Nev.; bur. Silver Terrace Cem.
528 286 . MARY ADKINSON, b. about Dec 1866; d. 13 Jul 1867, Virginia City, Nev.
520 Not sure source. Ancestry.com: California County Birth Marriage and Death Records, 1849-1980, shows 1854. 521 According to James Booe. 522 Reno Gazette Journal, 4 Nov 1887: “D. O. Adkinson, who came to Nevada in 1863 and located in Virginia City, died in San Francisco yesterday morning.” 523 William F. Reed, Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. (1900), p. 580. 524 James Booe. 525 Daily Alta California, 4 Nov 1887. 526 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6125375 Although the gravestone says “Adkison” it seems likely it is David O.’s daughter, who is also listed on the 1860 census. 527 Sacramento Daily Union, 15 Aug 1864. Aged 11 months and 20 days.
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(71) ANN LOUISA NEELY (Joseph Neely Jr.) was born in about 1828 in Indiana. She died probably 529 before 1860. Ann married DR. JOHN SHANKLIN WHITING, 2 Sep 1853, in Posey Co., Ind. John was born about 1824 in Indiana. He may have been the son of Clement Whiting and Sarah Endicott. He may have died before 1877.
Ann probably died by 1860, when her daughter Harriet is found on the census living Harriet’s father Joseph.
John married second Minerva Jane Craig, 27 Dec 1861, in Posey Co., Ind., and third Elizabeth Ann White, 18 Jul 1873, in Gallatin Co., Ill.530
John was a captain in the Civil War. He was buried in Wolf Creek Cemetery, Eldorado, Il.. His gravestone has no dates, but says “CAPN. JNO. S. WHITING CO. D. 29 Ill.L. INF. AND WIFE.”
Children:
287. GEORGE EDGAR WHITING, b. about 1854, Indiana; living in 1883 in Fowler, Ind.; he was probably the George E. Whiting, unmarried bartender, who is found living in San Diego in 1910. This George was born in Indiana and was listed as 55 years old. He died 6 May 1926 in San Diego, aged 71, but no obituary has been found.
288. HARRIET CARRIE WHITING, b. Jan 1856; m. Dr. HENRY CLAY MCCLOUD
(72) HARRIET CATHERINE NEELY (Joseph Neely Jr.) was born 16 Feb 1830. Her death date is not known. She was buried (with no date on the stone), in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Poseyville, 531 Ind. She married DR. JOHN FINCH, 20 Jun 1850, in Posey Co., Ind. He was born in about 1828, and died after 1866, in Atlanta, Ill.
On the 1850 census, John and Harriet lived with Harriet’s parents, Joseph and Lydia Neely, in .Smith, Posey Co, Ind. He was a physician.
Harriet must have died soon after the birth of her son, Albert, in about 1851, because John married, second, 21 Sep1852, Harriet’s cousin, Elizabeth Ralston.
528 Sacramento Daily Union, 16 Jul 1867, aged 8 months. 529 Ancestry.com: Indiana Select Marriage Index, 1748-1993. This is an index only, no original image is provided. She is called “Ann Louisa Nesbit,” although due to the lack of an image, it is impossible to tell if this is merely a transcription error. 530 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920. It is possible that White was not Elizabeth’s maiden name. 531 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36140807/harriet-c.-finch
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John Finch, physician, is found in 1860 living in Atlanta, Logan County, Ill., on the 1860 census, with his second wife Elizabeth, born in Indiana, and 9-year old son, Albert. He lived in Atlanta, Logan Co., Ill., from 1860 until at least 1866.532
Child:
289. ALBERT FINCH, b. about 1851, Indiana; living 1860 in Atlanta, Ill.; no further record
(73) DR. JOHN MARSHALL NEELY (Joseph Neely Jr.) was born 18 Feb 1836 in Newburg, Ind. He died 533 18 May 1897 in Elmwood, Nebr., and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery. He married ELLEN 534 “NELLIE” SMITH, 17 Apr 1866, in Indiana. She was born in 1844, in Vincennes, Ind., and was the daughter of William Smith and Patsy Jane McClure.535 She died 10 Oct 1882, in Owensville, Ind. She is buried in the Owensville Cemetery.536
John married, second, LENA MARIE MIKKELSEN, 8 May 1895. She was born 14 Jun 1865, in Denmark. One source on ancestry says she was the daughter of Christen and Dorthe Marie Michelson. She died 14 May 1920, in Elmwood, and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery.537
John Marshall Neely was a surgeon in the civil war, in the 120th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
During the Civil War he developed a “craving for intoxicating liquor,” according to Elsie Neely’s account.
In 1873 he moved to Vincennes, Ind.. but apparently did not stay there for long.
On the 1880 census, he is listed as living in Owensville, Ind., with wife Ellen and their five children. In Feb 1882, he “delivered a very earnest and forcible address before the Christian Temperance Union…on the subject of temperance. The doctor has been there and knows wherof he speaks, and for this reason a large crowd had gathered to hear him. After the
532 According to my notes, but I’m not sure where the 1866 date came from. 533 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12947044/john-marshall-neely 534 I am not yet sure of her ancestor. According to Elsie Neely she was he sister of Lizzie Allen, who took care of Otis Neely. 535 According to an article in the Indianapolis Star, she was a great-granddaughter of Jane (Johnston) (Handly) Baird, sister of Martha (Johnston) Neely; hence she and Dr. John Marshall Neely were 2nd cousins once removed. 536 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136350478/ellen-neely 537 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119891919/lena-holderness
76 address, forty persons came forward and signed the pledge.”538 In November of that year his wife Ellen died at age 38, after having been sick several weeks.539
He had moved to Elmwood, Nebr., by 1885, when he is listed there on the1885 Nebraska state census. “The many friends of Dr. J. M. Neely will be pleased to learn that he has been cured of the liquor habit and now has a lucractive practice at Elmwood, Nebraska,” reports the Princeton-Clarion Leader.540
His death is briefly noted in the Nebraska State Journal: “Just as the church bell began calling the people to the funeral of Mrs. Wright the spirt of Dr. J. M. Neely took flight. He was taken with a congestive chill about noon and at 4 o’clock was dead. He did not regain consciousness after he was taken sick. Dr. Neely was over sixty years of age and an old soldier and at the time of his death commander of Kenasaw post, G.A.R., at this place.”
Dr. Neely’s widow, Lena, married second, Josiah (“Joseph”) Holderness, who died in 1932. She had one child, Laura Holderness, by her second marriage.
Children, by his first wife Ellen, born in Owensville:
290. JOSEPH W. NEELY, b. 7 Apr 1868; d. Aug 1929; m. MARTHA BELLE MUNFORD
291. DR. JOHN MARSHALL NEELY JR., b. 28 Jan 1870; d. 24 Oct 1944; m. EDNA PEARL PERRY
292. CHARLES A. NEELY, b. 13 Jan 1872; d. 9 Feb 1952; m. NELLE ELIZABETH WALSH
293. REV. WILLIAM SMITH NEELY, b. 22 Nov 1874, Owensville, Ind.; d. 17 Mar 1964, Canon City, st nd Colo.; m. (1 ) MARY LOUISE ENGLISH; m. (2 ) IDA LYNN BIERBAUR. Rev. Neely graduated from Lincoln College in 1902. “He was a Presbyterian minister for 40 years in Central Illinois serving churches in Mount Zion, Auburn, and Virginia. He retired in 1945 and moved to Colorado.”541 “Always popular with the youth of the church, Rev. Mr. Neely while at Mt. Zion, organized a splendid young man’s glee club. His Christmas programs in which he acted as Santa Claus are still remembered by members of his congregation… Rev. Mr. Neely was also known throughout Central Illinois for his homespun interpretations of James Whitcomb Riley’s poetry.”542
st nd 294. OTIS NEELY, b. 1 Mar 1877; d. 2 Jul 1958; m. (1 ) MABEL MORRIS; m. (2 ) NELLIE HARMAN
295. MARY NEELY, b. about 1880; d. about 1882
538 Princeton Clarion-Leader, 23 Feb 1882. 539 Princeton Clarion-Leader, 2 Nov 1882. 540 Princeton Clarion-Leader, 1 Dec 1892. 541 Decatur Herald, 27 May 1962. 542 “Neely Retires From Ministry,” Decatur Daily Review, 24 Apr 1945.
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Child, by his second wife Lena:
296. NELLIE BLANCHE NEELY, b. 4 Apr 1897; d. 20 Dec 1983; m. LEROY PHELAN
(74) MARTHA E. NEELY (Joseph Neely Jr.) was born about 1840 in Indiana. Her middle name is 543 said to have been Ellen. She married JOSEPH N. WOODS 19 Jun 1862 in Gibson Co., Ind.
She probably died before 1870, as her husband remarried.
Joseph was apparently the Joseph Newton Woods who was born 18 Oct 1833 in Indiana, and who died 18 Jul 1878544 in Iowa and is buried in Leondo Cemetery, Douds, Ia.545 This Joseph Woods married Rebecca Josephine Magnum, 15 Oct 1870, in Gibson Co., Ind., and had at least one child by his second marriage.
Child:
297. MARSHALL NEELY WOODS, b. 20 Jul 1863; d. 25 Mar 1932; m. SARAH ELLEN KIRBY
(76) AMELIA JOSEPHINE NEELY (Joseph Neely Jr.) was born in about 1842 in Indiana. She married 546 ROBERT ST. CLAIR 6 Dec1865 in Gibson Co., Ind. On the 1870 census, Robert, farmer, 35, born in Kentucky; Josephine, 28, born in Indiana, and their son Charley, 4, born in Indiana, lived in Friar’s Point, Coahoma Co., Miss. Also living with them were Carrie St. Clair, 13, born in Kentucky, and two farm-hands, William Neally, 13, and George Harris, 28.
Carrie “St. Clair” was actually Carrie Whiting, Amelia’s niece, and who had lost her mother by that time. The census taker must have made a mistake when giving her the last name of St. Clair. Carrie Whiting later married Henry Clay McCloud, of Friar’s Point, MS.
Robert is said to have died “in Mississippi shortly after the close of the war.” He died of yellow fever.547
After 1870, nothing more can be found about Robert and Josephine, although their only known child was buried in 1872 in Owensville, Ind. Josephine was living in 1874 in Coahoma Co., Mississippi, according to an interview with John Shanklin Whiting Jr, made in 1936 to the
543 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2011. He is called “Joseph N. Woods” and she “Martha E. Woods 544 DAR #151616, application of Ellen Woods Babcock. 545 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179946331 546 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2011. 547 Letter from Rev. William S. Neely to Nellie Phelan, dated 3 Apr 1961, according to Jack Neely.
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Coahoma Co. historical society. The interviewer stated, “Miss Carrie Whiting , a half-sister of John S. Whiting came to Coahoma county in 1874 to visit an aunt, Mrs. Robert St. Clair, in Hulberton, now known as Burke’s landing, and married Dr. McCloud.”548
Child:
298. CHARLES M. ST. CLAIR, b. 15 Sep 1866, Indiana; d. 30 Jan 1872; bur. Owensville Cem., Owensville, Ind.549
548 See http://cplclarksdale.advantage-preservation.com/ and search for John S. Whiting. 549 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136457078 Although there is no picture of the gravestone, it is apparently inscribed “Son of Robert & A J St CLAIR.”
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Fourth Generation
550 (77) ELIZABETH R. SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 15 Apr 1817 in Bath Co., Ky. She died 20 Feb 1907, in Knoxville, Ia., and is buried in Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Ia.551 She 552 married REV. ALEXANDER WRIGHT, 20 Nov 1839, in Delaware Co., Oh. He was born in about 553 1815, and died 10 Mar 1845, in Delaware Co. She married, second, AMBROSE E. DOWNS, 20 Jul 1847, in Delaware Co., Oh.554 He was born 9 Jul 1820 in Middleburg, Oh.,555 and died 14 Jul 1903, in Oskaloosa, Ia. He is also buried in Forest Cemetery.556
Ambrose Downs came to Iowa in 1853, first settling in Scott, Ia. He was postmaster there from 1854-1859. The family moved to Tallyrand, in Keokuk Co., in 1864, moving to Knoxville in 1887.
According to Ambrose Downs’ obituary, “During his earlier life he was quite well to do and his home was the home of many less fortunate than he.”557 According to his wife’s obituary, he was “a pioneer in the importation business of draft horse and won first medal at the Continental Celebration on Clydes at Philadelphia in 1876.”558
Elizabeth was postmistress “at a small station about a mile south of Olivet, which was made a stage post.” She died at age 89, having broken her hip in October 1906, “since which time the old lady has been helpless.”559
Child:
560 1. OLIVER NORVILLE DOWNS (adopted) , b. 6 May 1861, Logan Co., Oh.; d. 4 Jun 1916, Oskaloosa, Ia.; m. (1st) Lucinda Goodrich; m. (2nd) Elvina -----. He was a lawyer.
550 Oskaloosa Herald, 21 Feb 1907. 551 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156021472 (no gravestone photo). 552 Ancestry.com: Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993, with original image: Alexander Wright & Elizabeth R. Sanders. 553 This information is from other family trees and is unverified. 554 Ancestry.com: Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993, with original image. She is called Elizabeth R. Wright. 555 Oskaloosa Herald, 23 Jul 1903. 556 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156021406/ambrose-downs (no gravestone photo). 557 Oskaloosa Herald, 23 Jul 1903. 558 Oskaloosa Herald, 21 Feb 1907. 559 Oskaloosa Herald, 21 Feb 1907. 560 Oskaloosa Herald, 21 Feb 1907, calls him their adopted son.
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(78) JOSIAH MARTIN SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 14 Nov 1818 in Bath Co., Ky. He died 16 Apr 1891, in Keota, Ia., and was buried in Keota Cemetery.561 He married four times. He married, first, CELIA ANN SAID, 19 Jan 1842, in Union Co., Oh.562 She was born in about 1819, the daughter of Elkanah Said, and died 13 Dec 1844.563 There were no children by this marriage. He married, second, MATILDA L. DODDS, 7 May 1846, in Delaware Co., Oh. She was born 11 Aug 1825, in Ohio, the daughter of Joseph Dodds and Sarah Lawrence. She died 5 Sep 1849, in Delaware Co., and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, 564 Ostrander, Oh. Josiah married, third, MARGARET LEE, 15 Apr 1852, in Union Co., Oh., the daughter of Thomas Lee. She was born in about 1824, and died in 1853. He married, fourth, ADELAIDE MCCAMPBELL, 16 Mar 1858, in Keokuk Co., Ia. She was born 4 Feb 1838 in Union Co., Oh., and died 22 Jun 1903, in Wellman, Ia. She is buried in Keota Cemetery.565
According to census records, Josiah (often called “J. M. Sanders” or “Martin Sanders”) lived in 1850 in Scotio, Delaware Co., Oh., with his parents and siblings. His first wife had died, and son Cyrus lived elsewhere. By 1860 he had moved to Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Ia., where he lived with fourth wife Adelaide, son Cyrus, and daughter Almeda. His son William was brought up by his uncle on his mother’s side, Eli Hilderbrant, in Leesburg Twp., Oh. Josiah was a farmer.
Children, by his second wife Matilda Dodds:
1. CYRUS W. SANDERS, b. 16 Feb 1847, Delaware Co., Oh.; d. 1 Nov 1922, Sonoma Co., Calif.; st nd bur. Oak Mound Cem., Healdsburg, Calif.; m. (1 ) HANNAH MCBRIDE, 18 Aug 1868; m. (2 ) rd HORTENSE MALCOLM PHELPS; m. (3 ) CORA A. BLACKINTON. Cyrus was a Civil War veteran, serving as private in Co. K, 145th Ohio Infantry. He received an invalid pension. Children by his first wife Hannah: (i) Estella M. Sanders, b. 3 Oct 1871, Keokuk Co., Ia.;566 d. 26 Mar 1877; bur. Cuba Cem., Monroe Co., Ia.567
561 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102173684 562562 Ancestry.com: Ohio Co. Marriages, 1774-1993. 563 Said Family History. 564 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78452216 Birthdate calculated from age on gravestone, 24 years, 24 days. 565 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102182508 566 Ancestry.com: Ohio Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973. Even though listed in this Ohio database, the birth record states she was born in Keokuk Co., Ia.
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(ii) Robbie E. Sanders, b. 7 Jul 1874; d. 26 Mar 1877; bur. Cuba Cem.568 (iii) Nellie T. Sanders, b. 17 Feb 1878, Iowa; living 1900 in Scotio, Oh., with cousin Merle McBride; m. ----- Campbell (iv) Bertha Susan Sanders, b. 15 Jan 1881, Missouri; d. 3 Sep 1970, Melbourne, Fla.;569 m. Nathan Shepard Jacobs. (v) Harlan H. Sanders, b. 5 Oct 1883, Missouri; d. 22 Jul 1885; bur. Harmony Cem., Shannon City, Ia.570 (vi) Evelyn Leota Sanders, b. 23 Feb 1887, Decatur Co., Ia.; d. 10 Jun 1976, Inyo Co., Calif.; m. (1st)Wilkie C. Clark; divorced in 1912;571 m. (2nd) Stephen Carlton Goff
2. CLARENCE SANDERS, said to have been b. about 1848, but source unknown
Child, by his third wife Margaret Lee:
3. WILLIAM LEE SANDERS, b. 23 Apr 1853, Dover Twp., Union Co., Oh.; d. 14 Jun 1924, st nd Columbus, Oh.; bur. Oakdale Cem.; m. (1 ) LAURA STANLEY; m. (2 ) MARY EMMA (HARRIMAN) THOMPSON, widow of William J. Thompson. William was raised by his uncle Eli Hildebrand. William and his first wife Laura had one child who died young.
Children, by his fourth wife, Adelaide McCampbell:
4. ALMEDA A. “MEDA” SANDERS, b. 28 Jun 1859, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 17 Feb 1942, Topeka, Kans.; bur. Mount Hope Cem., Topeka; m. EDGAR WARREN REYNOLDS. Edgar died 9 Jun 1926, in Topeka. He was a farmer. Children: (i) Leona Reynolds, b. 10 Feb 1886, Iowa; d. 20 May 1917, Emporia, Kans.; m. Charles Edgar Redding. She died of blood poisoning. (ii) Zane Leroy Reynolds, b. 29 Dec 1888, Iowa; d. 16 Jan 1930, Salisbury, Md.; m. Ruby L. Quant. He was an accountant (1920) and farmer (obit). He died of blood poisoning after his leg was amputated/ (iii) Elsie Reynolds, b. 13 Mar 1892, Iowa; d. 14 Feb 1967, Topeka, Kans.; unmarried (iv) Ray Reynolds, b. 1894; died in infancy (v) Iva Reynolds, b. 17 Mar 1896, Madison, Kans.; d. Oct. 1985, Overbrook, Kans.; unmarried. In 1940 she was a stenographer in Topeka, Kans.
567 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146398008/estella-m.-sanders Findagrave says she died 26 Mar 1872, at 5 years, 5 months, and 23 days. However, the gravestone is very difficult to read and must have actually been 1877, given that her birth date is known from another source (see above). 568 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146398145/robbie-e.-sanders 569 She lived in Denver, Colo., but died in Florida when visiting her daughter. 570 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22259412 No stone found in 2015, but the stone listed on 1930’s WPA index. 571 “Leota E.Clark sued for divorce from Wilkie C. Clark today. She alleged that he beat her and called at her sister’s house while intoxicated.”—San Francisco Call, 3 Oct 1912
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(vi) Myrtle Reynolds, 7 Feb 1900, Madison, Kans.; d. 13 Mar 1985; m.(1st) Henry Edgar Everly; m. (2nd) ----- Wadkins (vii) Benjamin V. Reynolds, b. about 1902, Kansas; d. 20 Jun 1969, Dallas, Tex.; m. Lois Ernestine Jones. He was chief division clerk for a railroad in 1940.
5. DELMAR SIEGEL SANDERS, b. 15 Jan 1861, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 30 Jun 1934, Eagle Grove, Ia.; st nd bur. Clarion Cem.; m. (1 ) HADASSAH M. CRAWFORD; m. (2 ) CORA PAULINE GROUT. Delmar was a farmer. He moved to Wright Co., Ia., in 1892. His first wife Hadassah died 29 Oct 1899; and his second wife Cora died in May 1958 Children, by his first wife Hadassah: (i) Roy M. Sanders, b. 26 Apr 1891, Keota, Ia.; d. 2 Mar 1949, m. Council Bluffs, Ia.; m. Carrie “Geneva” Lewis. He was a farmer, and also taught school for 5 years. (ii) Zella Mae Sanders, b. 10 Mar 1889, Keota, Ia.; d. Apr 1968, Clarion, Ia.; m. Arthur Duitscher Child, by his second wife Cora: (iii) Robert Bachelder Sanders, b. 5 Jun 1905, Clarion, Ia.; d. 29 Nov 1991; m. Florence Janette Smith. In 1931 he lived in Davenport, Ia., and was an engineer with a power company.
6. ELDORA NEVADA “DORA” SANDERS, b. 14 Jul 1863, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 7 Jan 1940, Marsland, Nebr.; m. JOHN HARTLEY WHEELER. He died 2 May 1953 in Marsland. He was a farmer and a minister in the Seventh Day Adventist church. He attended Battle Creek College. He was ordained in 1897, and preached in Nebraska, Wyoming, and the Black Hills of South Dakota. He was the first President of the Wyoming Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists. Children: (i) Mertie Alice Wheeler, b. 6 Oct 1882, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 5 Aug 1972; worked at Union College, Nebraska; unmarried (ii) Addie Irene Wheeler, b. 1 Nov 1884, Iowa; d. 15 Sep 1966, Keene, Tex.; m. Roy Andrew Pederson (iii) Charles Bryant Wheeler, b. 22 Feb 1886; d. Feb 1888 (iv) Sadie Almeda Wheeler, b. 8 Oct 1895; d. before 1900 (v) Gladys Lucile Wheeler, b. 8 Oct 1895, Lincoln, Nebr.; d. 10 Oct 1980, California; m. George Roy Williams (vi) Calvin Merrill Wheeler, b. 21 Jun 1901, Dawes, Nebr.; d. 10 May 1994, Marsland, Nebr.; m. Alice Pearl Malone
7. BENJAMIN LEROY SANDERS, b. 17 Oct 1865, Talleyrand, Ia.; d. 12 Jun 1936, Keota, Ia.; m. MAUDE EMMOR CARRIS. He operated a general store in Keota for many years, as Bower, Sanders & Co. Maude died 23 Jun 1965, in Keokuk Co. Children: (i) Verva Winifred Sanders, b. 28 Jul 1892, Iowa; d. 26 Mar 1980, Westport, Conn.; m. John Oatman Coates
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(ii) Leolas Allene Sanders, b. 24 Feb 1912, Keota, Ia.; d. 19 Aug 1996, Harper, Ia.; m. Victor D. Weber
572 8. MABEL S. SANDERS, b. 29 Oct 1868, Talleyrand, Ia.; d. 11 Nov 1960; Cedar Rapids, Ia.; st nd m. (1 ) FRANCIS M. COX; m. (2 ) RALPH WILLIS HICKS. Ralph was a ticket clerk in 1940. He died 23 Apr 1940, in Cedar Rapids, Ia. Children: (i) Merle Hicks, b. 29 Sep 1896, Wellman, Ia.; d. 13 Oct 1990, Hallmar, Ia.; m. William Emmet Harris. She was a stenographer. (ii) Dale Findley Hicks, b. 27 Nov 1898, Iowa; d. 27 Nov 1965, Orange Co., Calif.; m. (1st) Bernice Olive Worley; m. (2nd) Irma Doris Hockett. He was a chief engineer for a power company in 1940. (iii) Hazel Hicks, b. 19 Apr 1901, Wellman, Ia.; d. 9 Feb 1987, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; unmarried; she was a medical assistant
(80) SAMUEL REED SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 10 Jan 1823, in Bath Co., Ky. He died 14 Nov 1898, in Anthony, Kans., and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery there.573 He 574 married LOUISA J. TURNER, 4 Nov 1847, in Delaware Co., Oh. She was born 26 Feb 1828, in Truxton, New York, and died 19 Jan 1911 in Joplin, Mo.575 She was the daughter of Leonard Turner Sr.and Diantha Blakerman, and the aunt of Henry J. Turner.
He was in the Civil War, serving as a private in Co. H., 33rd Iowa Infantry. His widow Louisa received a widow’s pension. She moved to Joplin, Mo., in about 1899, and died at the home of her son J. G. Sanders. A brief obituary in the Joplin Globe states that she was buried in Anthony, Kans.,576 probably in the same cemetery as her husband.
Children:
1. ARTHUR W. SANDERS, b. 24 Sep 1848, Ohio; d. 26 Aug 1909, Joplin, Mo.; bur. Forest Park 577 Cem., Anthony, Kans.; m. MARY E. SHUFFLEBARGER, who d. 26 Jan 1892. Children: (i) Guy Sanders, b. About 1877, Iowa; living 1880, no further record (ii) Grace Sanders, b. Jun 1880, Iowa; living 1930 in Tulsa, Okla.; m. Charles Frank Grant (iii) Louise Sanders, b. 1 May 1882, Anthony, Kans.; d. 31 May 1968, Joplin, Mo.; m. Charles Warren Hixson
572 Cedar Rapids Gazette, 12 Nov 1960 573 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32184557 574 Ancestry.com: Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, with original image. 575 Death certificate, although her name is given as “Elmara,” it’s clear Louisa was intended, as her birthdate was given as Feb. 28, 1898, birthplace N.Y., father’s surname Turner, place of burial Anthony, Kans. 576 Joplin Globe, 21 Jan 1911. 577 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144036755
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(iv) Glen Sanders, b. 20 Feb 1885; d. 20 Aug 1886 (v) Hilda Sanders, b. Jun 1888, Kansas; living 1925, in Joplin, Mo.; m. Charles Frederick Degraff; divorced (vi) Earl Wallace “Sandy” Sanders, b. 13 Jan 1893, Anthony, Kans.; d. 29 Apr 1974, Joplin, Mo.; m. Aimee Amelia Filler. He was a salesman and veteran of World War I.
2. HENRY W. SANDERS, b. 11 Dec 1850; d. 4 Sep 1851, is listed on ancestry family trees, but source unknown.
3. VIRGIL YOUNG SANDERS, b. 7 Jan 1852, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 1 Mar 1920, Willis, Tex.; m. OLIVE REBECCA SHUFFLEBARGER. He was a farmer. Olive died 2 Apr 1943, in Terrell, Tex. Children: (i) Harvey Gordon Sanders, b. 23 Nov 1877, Kansas; d. 23 Oct 1956, Wills Point, Tex.; m. Maud Waggoner. His death ertificate says he was a “service man” at Sanders (gas?) station; 1940 census states he was a farmer. (ii) Gerald Hulbert Sanders, b. 19 Jan 1879, Kansas; d. 14 Nov 1953, Terrell, Tex.; m. Julia Ethel Harrison. He was a farmer. (iii) Alice Y. Sanders, b. 30 Sep 1886, Kansas; d. 4 Jun 1972, Wills Point, Tex.; m. William Washington McNeely. William was a farmer. (iv) Roy Young Sanders, b. 27 Feb 1893, Kansas; d. 19 Jan 1954, Edon, Tex.; m. Emily Mae Cauthron. He was a farmer.
4. HOMER CECIL SANDERS, b. 25 Feb 1855, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 26 Oct 1914, Anthony, Kans.; m. SARAH ELIZABETH “SADIE” GLASGOW. As a young man he worked at a grocery store, and also had worked on a ranch. “His health was poor…he lost his eyesight. Poor, sick, discouraged he wandered about trying to make a living by selling little articles upon the streets.”578 His widow married Oscar Arnett, and moved to Wyoming. Child: (i) Ralph Glasgow Sanders, b. 29 Mar 1894, Anthony, Kans.; d. 25 Nov 1942, Worland, Wyo.; m. Louise R. Reiger. He was chief of police in Worland, Wyo.
5. LEONARD T. SANDERS, b. 27 Nov 1856, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 7 Mar 1922, Hutchinson, Kans.; m. CLARA E. BRODRICK. In 1910 he was a school janitor in Joplin, Mo. Clara died 2 Apr 1911, in Jasper Co., Mo. Children: (i) Maud Marie Sanders, b. Dec 1890, Kansas; m. Bemis Elijah Jack; lived in 1947 in Denver. (ii) Elmer Wilson Sanders, b. 2 Feb 1893, Anthony, Kans.; d. 1 Jan 1966, St. Petersburg, Fla.; m. Dorothy Barron
6. LESTER VINTON SANDERS, b. 12 May 1859, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 16 Feb 1941, Miami, Okla.; m. NETTIE C. MOORE. He worked as a salesman for the Interstate Grocery Co. of Joplin. Nettie died 8 Feb 1945,in Miami, Okla.
578 Anthony Bulletin, 30 Oct 1914.
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Child: (i) Hazel Sanders, b. 21 Apr 1891, Joplin, Mo.; d. 31 Mar 1931, Joplin, Mo.; m. Raymond F. Wise
7. ANNA P. SANDERS, b. 14 Mar 1874; d. 30 Sep 1878
8. JUDSON GRODE SANDERS, b. 20 Dec 1868, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 10 Mar 1925, Joplin, Mo.; m. IDA MAY PALMERTON, 1 Jan 1893. He was a teamster. He moved from Iowa to Joplin by 1893, when he was married there. Ida died 22 Dec 1943, in Joplin. Children: (i) Gertrude A. Sanders, b. 18 Oct 1893, Joplin, Mo.; d. 9 May 1943, Joplin, Mo.; m. Alan Payson Miller. Alan was a salesman for an insurance co., in 1940. (ii) Geraldine L. Sanders, b. 24 May 1895, Missouri; d. 12 Sep 1976, Joplin, Mo.; m. Charles William Enos. Divorced. “Chuck” was a truck driver.
(81) NANCY VIRGINIA SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 7 Oct 1824, in Bath Co., Ky. She died 16 Aug 1864, in Washington Co., Ia., and is buried in Talleyrand Cemetery.579 She 580 married WILLIAM MCLEAN ABRAHAM, 1 Apr 1845, in Delaware Co., Oh. He was born 6 Apr 1820 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Oh., the son of William C. Abraham and Eleanor Kinkade. He died 4 Dec 1895, in Waverly, Kans., and is buried in Tallyrand Cemetery.581
William lived in Washington Co., Pennsylvania, before moving to Union Co., Oh., in 1845, and to Washington Co., Ia., in 1850.
According to the 1856 state census, the family lived in Dutch Creek Township, Washington Co., Ia. William married, second, Rebecca Harris, on 5 Apr 1865. She was born 5 May1826, the daughter of Moses Harris and Susanna Johnson. There were no children by this marriage. In 1870, and 1880, he continued to live in Dutch Creek Township. In 1895 in continued to live in Iowa. I have not found whether he moved to Kansas or was just visiting, but in 1900 his widow was living in Rock Creek, Coffey Co., Kans. Rebecca died 11 Nov 1907, in Waverly, Kans.
He was a farmer and stock raiser. He also served as Justice of the Peace as well as serving as postmaster. According to the Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington Co., Iowa (1887), "He has held all the offices of the School Board, and is at present Treasurer of the same, having held the position for the last six years. He is also Secretary of the Church Board. Politically, he is a Democrat.” In 1887, he owned 125 acres of land. He was a member of the United
579 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5361726 580 Josiah Martin Sanders Bible Record, in James & Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists of the Midwest, p. 139. 581 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5361718/william-mclean-abraham
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Presbyterian Church. “He remembers well the completion of the first railroad in the State of Iowa, and was one of the number who made the first excursion from Washington to Muscatine on the completion of the railroad to the former place. Mr. Abraham is a well-preserved man, one who enjoys the respect of his neighbors, and who in all things endeavors to practice the precepts of the Golden Rule. His life has not been in vain.”582
Children:
1. WILLIAM NEWTON ABRAHAM, b. 1 Jun 1846, New Dover, Oh.; d. 28 Apr 1927, Jefferson, Ia.; 583 st nd bur. Franklin Township Cem.; m. (1 ) FRANCES F. PERKINS; m. (2 ) ALICE “BELLE” NELSON. He is listed as a farmer on the 1880 census. Frances died 6 Nov 1900, in Omaha, Nebr. Children, by his first wife Frances: (i) Eva E. Abraham, b. 12 Jun 1869, New Dover, Oh.; d. 27 May 1954, La Salle, Colo.; m. Solon Hode Osborn (ii) Nancy Rebecca Abraham, b. 15 May 1872, New Dover, Oh.; d. 26 Jun 1948, Omaha, Nebr.; m. Charles Edwin Ohler (iii) Josie Abraham, b. 18 Sep 1874, New Dover, Oh.; d. 12 Dec 1890, Harden Twp., Ia. (iv) Henry Schuyler Abraham, b. 27 Mar 1881, Cooper, Ia.; d. 16 Nov 1910, Denver, Colo.; unmarried; he was a roofer; he committed suicide by shooting himself in the Saratoga saloon (v) William F. Abraham, b. 9 Jun 1883; died same day, Jefferson, Ia. Children, by his second wife, Alice: (vi) Frances Belle Abraham, b. 24 May 1904, Iowa; d. 8 Sep 1941, Emmetsburg, Ia.; m. Henry M. Satern (vii) Vestal N. Abraham, b. 27 Aug 1908, Iowa; d. 27 Mar 1975, Hennepin Co., Minn.; m. Eva Potter
2. HENRY SANDERS ABRAHAM, b. 15 Dec 1847; d. 5 May 1850, New Dover, Oh.; bur. Smith Cem., Union Co., Oh.584
585 3. NANCY ELEANOR ABRAHAM, b. 1 Oct 1849, Ohio; d. 18 Jun 1934, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. THOMAS M. MORGAN. He was a farmer. He died 17 Feb 1913. Children: (i) Dr. McLain Morgan, b. 25 Nov 1873, Richland, Ia.; d. 15 Mar 1949, Carson, Tex.; m. (1st) Sylvia Emma Bergman; m. (2nd) Edna Inez Stratton. He was a chiropractor. (ii) Zoe Morgan, b. Apr 1876, Iowa; d. 1 Jul 1944, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. George Guy Carris
4. MARTHA ALICE ABRAHAM, b. 27 Nov 1851, Washington Co., Ia.; d. 31 Dec 1927, Rock Island, 586 Ill.; bur. Chippiannock Cem., Rock Island, Ill.; m. SAMUEL A. BLACK. Samuel died 17 Oct
582 Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington Co., Iowa (1887), p. 204-205. 583 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5357480 584 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5361709 585 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133778491
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1921, in Rock Island. He was a veteran of the Civil War. He was listed as a farmer on the 1880 census. Children: (i) Effa M. Black, b. 1 Jan 1872; d. 14 Mar 1873 (ii) Frank Wesley Black, b. 17 Sep 1875, Iowa; d. Aug 1965, Colorado; m. Lucy Henderson (iii) William Vestal Black, b. 13 Nov 1879, Washington Co., Ia.; living 1942 in Rock Island, unmarried (iv) Alice V. Black, b. 31 Jan 1885, Washington Co., Ia.; d. 29 Apr 1963, Rock Island, Ill.; m. Ross C. Vance (v) Child, died in infancy (vi) Child, died in infancy
5. ELEAZOR KINKADE “KADE” ABRAHAM, b. 25 Jun 1854, Washington Co., Ia.; d. 21 Oct 1931, 587 Benton Co., Ore.; bur Lincoln Memorial Park, Corvallis, Ore.; m. SUSAN HARRIET WALLACE. He was a contractor and builder. He and his family came from Iowa to Corvallis, Ore., in 1910. Children: (i) Robert McLain Abraham, b. 4 May 1880, Jefferson, Ia.; d. 7 Jan 1946, Stanislaus Co., Calif.; m. Theodocia Chestnut (ii) Ola Leah Abraham, b. 12 Dec 1882, Jackson, Ia.; d. 7 Jul 1965, Newberg, Ore.; m. Alfred Lester Stevenson (iii) George Kinkade Abraham, b. 25 Jan 1887, Dutch Creek Twp., Washington Co., Ia.; d. 20 Mar 1954, Corvallis, Ore.; m. Catherine Brown (iv) Pearl Alice Abraham, b. 20 Oct 1888, Washington Co., Ia.; d. 16 Feb 1975, Corvallis, Ore.; m. Raymond Cross Daily
6. JAMES FRANKLIN ABRAHAM, b. 15 Oct 1856, Dutch Creek Twp., Ia.; d. 14 Dec 1935, 588 Talleyrand, Ia.; bur. Talleyrand Cem.; m. MARY KIEFHABER. He was a merchant in 1930. Children: (i) Marvin L. Abraham, b. 19 Jan 1881, Talleyrand, Ia.; d. 19 Aug 1956, Dinuba, Calif.; m. Margaret Crocker (ii) Conrad McLain Abraham, b. 1 Jan 1883, Talleyrand, Ia.; d. 20 Jan 1904, Talleyrand, Ia. (iii) Virginia Abraham, b. 22 Aug 1885, Iowa; d. 1 May 1970, Des Moines, Ia.; m. Frank Leslie Engle (iv) Vera Darl Abraham, b. 12 Jun 1888, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 4 Jun 1969, Pueblo, Colo.; m. Lawrence Clyde Frank (v) Mildred Norene Abraham, b. 27 Jan 1896, Iowa; d. 12 Sep 1961, Fremont, Ia.; m. William Wesley McKie
586 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109616455/martha-alice-black 587 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54d38 588 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5374498 (no gravestone photo)
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(vi) Leroy Franklin Abraham, b. 26 Jun 1901, Talleyrand, Ia.; d. 4 Dec 1978, San Antonio, Tex.; m. Vera Mae Young; divorced (vii) Leonard Thomas Abraham, b. 19 Mar 1904, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 2 Oct 1959; m. Flossie Ellen Cockrell
7. VESTAL SANDERS ABRAHAM, b. 23 Dec 1860, Talleyrand, Ia.; d. 26 Jan 1933, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. ROSE IAMS. He lived in Oregon where he was listed as a merchant on the 1910 census. Rose died 26 Jun1923, in Portland, Ore. Children: (i) Rev. Ralph Lee Abraham, b. 1 Apr 1884, Washington Co., Ia.; d. 14 Jan 1967, El Segundo, Calif.; m. Clara Margaret Norderer. He was a missionary to Zulus in Durban, South Africa. (ii) Dr. Vestal Raul Abraham, b. 2 Aug 1885, Washington Co., Ia.; d. 10 Oct 1938, Kaw, Mo.; m. (1st) Anna Maverne Templeton; divorced; m. (2nd) Rachel P. Goodrum. He was a surgeon in Long Beach, Calif. (iii) Richard Iams Abraham, b. 14 Nov 1886, Keota, Ia.; d. 9 Dec 1972, San Francisco, Calif.; m. Frances K. Parker. He was Principal of John Swett and Portola Jr. High schools in San Francisco. He earned a master’s degree in Education from Stanford, and was a teacher before becoming a school principal. (iv) William McClain Abraham, b. about 1888; d. about 1891 (v) Myron Keith Abraham, b. 17 Aug 1890, Ogallala, Nebr.; d. 10 Dec 1977, Washington, Ore.; m. Mary Helen Boldrick. He was an insurance salesman. (vi) Paul Abraham, b. 28 Feb 1893, Ogallala, Nebr.; d. 10 Nov 1965, Park Forest, Ill.; m. (1st) Eunice May Armstrong; divorced; m. (2nd) Nancy Sue Hudgins. He worked for Consolidated Industries. (vii) Gaylord Bryan Abraham, b. 22 Mar 1896, Ogallala, Nebr.; d. 30 Dec 1947, San Francisco; m. Ruth Lorena Armstrong; he changed surname to Aberly (viii) Gaius Wade Abraham, b. 24 Jun 1900, Nebraska; d. 21 May 1970, Santa Barbara, Calif.; m. Bernice Bennett. He operated road work equipment in 1940. (ix) Dale Dean Abraham, b. 22 Oct 1903, Nebraska; d. 3 Apr 1988, Ellenton, Fla.; m. Connie B. Deiner. He was a Lt. Col. in the US Air Force in World War II. He and his wife owned Cor-Dan Mobile Home Park in Lafayette, Ind.
(82) JOSEPH NEELY SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 27 Sep 1827, in Ky. He died 16 Nov 1913, in Keokuk Co., Ia., and is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sigourney, Ia.589 He 590 married, first, OLIVE DIX, 29 Sep 1849, in Delaware Co., Oh. According to her gravestone she was born 22 Jan 1836, but his would have made her only 13 at time of her marriage (see below). Olive died 21 Aug 1879, in Keokuk Co., and was also buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
589 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9613786 590 Ancestry.com: Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993.
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591 He married, second, LUCY E. (O’HARA) CAREY, 5 Nov 1891, in Keokuk Co., Ia. She must have died before 1900 as the 1900 census states that Joseph was widowed.
Olive’s parents have not been found. Her surname is sometimes spelled “Dicks.” On the 1850 census her age and state of birth are given as unknown. On the 1860 census she is called 30 and on the 1870 census, her age is given as 39. On both the 1860 and 1870 census, she is said to have been born in Ohio. Combined with her marriage date of 1849, it seems highly unlikely that her gravestone was correct in stating that she was born in 1836 – 1830 or 1831 would be a more plausible year of birth. Unfortunately an obituary or other evidence has not been found. Given that the 1850 census stated that her age was unknown, it seems plausible that she may have been an orphan.
Joseph was a farmer.
Children, by his first wife Olive:
592 1. HARRIET SANDERS, b. 24 Aug 1850; d. 6 Oct 1850
2. AMBROSE DOWNS SANDERS, b. 27 Nov 1851, Delaware Co., Oh.; d. 10 Oct 1918, Washington, Ia.; m. MARY ANN WHEELER. He was a farmer. Mary died 12 Sep 1919, by suicide. “She had evidently saturated her clothing in oil and set fire to it, and rushed screaming from the house with her clothing in flames…[She] was a delightful woman to know, but since the death of her husband eleven months ago, her friends have feared she was losing her mental faculties…”593 Children: (i) Olive Myrtle Sanders, b. 15 Dec 1880, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 17 Mar 1960, Washington, Ia.; unmarried (ii) Merril Ray Sanders, b. 22 Apr 1882, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 5 Nov 1933; m. Olive Grace “Ollie” Robertson; divorced (iii) Archibald Dean Sanders, b. 1 Aug 1883, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 12 Jun 1955, Washington Co., Ia.; m. Gertrude Trier. He was a taxi driver in 1930.
3. JOHN DELMER SANDERS, b. 19 Mar 1854, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 20 Jan 1882, Keokuk Co., Ia.; nd m ROSETTA JANE JENNINGS. He was a farmer. Rosetta married, 2 , Daniel D. Moore, and 3rd, Samuel C. Terrell. She died 25 Jan 1937, in Unionville, Ia. Child: (i) Harry Pearl Sanders, b. 13 Jun 1881, Iowa; d. 19 Jul 1949, Unionville, Ia.; m. (1st) Jessie May Roberts; m. (2nd) Elgie McKim. He was a livestock dealer.
591 Ancestry.com: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1937, with original image. 592 According to various family trees, but source unconfirmed. 593 Washington Democrat, 17 Sep 1919.
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4. JOSEPHINE MARY SANDERS, b. 3 Apr 1856, Iowa; d. 3 Apr 1924, Denver; m. JOHN A. SHAWHAN. John was a farmer. He died 6 Jan 1913, Sigourney, Ia. No Children.
5. CHARLES HOWARD SANDERS, b. 6 Jul 1858, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 15 Aug 1918, Sigourney, Ia.; bur. Highland Cem., What Cheer, Ia.; m. EMMA FRANCES GARRETT, 22 Sep 1881. He was a farmer. Emma died 5 Jan 1940 in What Cheer, Ia. Children: (i) Raymond Leslie Sanders, b. 2 Mar 1883, What Cheer, Ia.; d. 20 Nov 1969, Fort Collins, Colo.; m. (1st) Pearl Smith; m. (2nd) Mary Ledbetter. He was a salesman in 1940. (ii) Ruby Fay Sanders, b. 11 Mar 1888, What Cheer, Ia.; d. 4 Apr 1961; m. (1st) Manuel Doctus Fernanzo; m. (2nd) Edward Richardson; m. (3rd) Gilbert Spencer Swinscoe (iii) Ralph Lawrence Sanders, b. 17 Aug 1894, What Cheer, Ia.; d. 17 Aug 1978, Kalispell, Mt.; m. Adda Vienna Sparks. In 1940 he was a rural route carrier with the Post Office.
6. SIEGLE WELDON SANDERS, b. 26 Nov 1860, Talleyrand, Ia.; d. 29 Aug 1905, W. Sigourney, Ia.; m. ADDIE SOPHRONIA KLIETZ. He was a horse trader (1900). Addie died 3 Nov 1930. Children: (i) Clara Pearl Sanders, b. 6 Dec 1883, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 1 Feb 1909, Sigourney, Ia.; m. Wilford Walker Utterback (ii) Verda Mary Sanders, b. 27 Aug 1887, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 5 Jul 1964, Huntington Beach, Calif.; m. Willard Archibald Downey
7. FRANKLIN PIERCE SANDERS, b. 17 Jun 1868, Oskaloosa, Ia.; d. 6 Jul 1946, Sioux Falls, S.D.; m. MINA MCCLENAHAN. He was “engaged in the heating and plumbing business.” Mina died 4 Oct 1951 in Minnehaha Co., S.D. Children: (i) Josie May Sanders, b. 22 Jul 1892, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 13 Aug 1981, Orange Co., Calif.; m. Paul Murray Hollister (ii) Doris Irene Sanders, b. 19 May 1903, Iowa; d. 22 Dec 1909, Sigourney, Ia., of typhoid fever
8. BURTIS HENRY SANDERS, b. 22 Aug 1871, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 22 Jan 1949, Denver, Colo.; m. SUSIE DUGGER. No children. He was a salesman in 1930. Susie died 27 Feb 1958 in Denver.
(83) MARTHA ELLEN SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 22 Aug 1828, in Delaware Co., Oh. She died 25 Mar 1895, in Kansas City, Mo., and is buried in Union Cemetery, Kansas City. 594 She married ARCHIBALD STEELE IRWIN, 6 Mar 1856, in Keokuk Co., Ia. He was born 24 Dec 1823
594 Ancestry.com: Iowa Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996.
91 in Union Co., Oh., the son of John Steele Irwin and Elizabeth Taylor Kirkpatrick. He was killed in action in the Civil War, 21 Aug 1864, in Memphis, Tenn. He is buried in the Memphis National Cemetery.595
Archibald married, first, Nancy Elizabeth Sheldon, and with his first wife, had at least four children, William, Justin, Clara and Nancy. He and his family moved to Iowa by about 1855. He enlisted, at age 34, on 10 Aug 1861, as a Fifer, in Co. F., 8th Iowa infantry. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 4 Mar 1862, and taken prisoner 6 Apr 1862, at Shiloh.
Children of Martha Sanders and Archibald S. Irwin:
1. IDA MYRA IRWIN, b. 17 Mar 1857, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 29 Mar 1900, Newark, N.J.; m. REV. LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN. He was a preacher, poet and author. Lyman married, second, Phebe Le Massena, and third, Nellie Campbell. He died 27 Jan 1930, Newark, N.J. Children: (i) June Thornton Allen, b. 4 Mar 1882, St. Louis, Mo.; d. 9 May 1954, Reno, Nev.; m. William Munson Gardiner. William was an attorney. (ii) Mildred Steele Allen, b. 24 Feb 1889, St. Louis, Mo.; d. 1963, Wellfleet, Mass.; m. (1st) Egbert Adolph Jurgenson; m. (2nd) Walter Edward Parsons (iii) Thornton Whitney Allen, b. 26 Jun 1890, Newark, N.J.; d. 30 Jul 1944, Hyannis, Mass.; m. Elise Guy. He was a music publisher and composer, and organized the Newark Music Festival. (iv) Myra Irwin Allen, b. 7 Jun 1893, Newark, N.J.; d. 12 Jan 1894, Newark, N.J. (v) Marguerite Irwin Allen (twin), b. 7 Jun 1893, Newark, N.J.; d. Jan 1924; unmarried
2. DORA C. IRWIN, b. 22 May 1859, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 8 Jun 1923, Hilliar, Oh.; m. DELMAN LAROE ROBERTS, 2 Feb 1883. Delman died 30 Sep 1897, in Missouri, probably Vernon Co. In 1880 he was a railroad conductor in Ogden, Ut. Children: (i) Constance/Constant John Roberts, b. 3 Apr 1884, Deerfield, Mo.; d. 19 Jul 1960, Columbus, Oh.; m. Robert Fielding Childs (ii) Enid Martha Roberts, b. Jun 1886, Missouri; d. 1941; unmarried; lived in Alamosa, Colo., in 1940; in 1930 she lived with her brother Marshall and assisted him with his newspaper publishing/printing business. (iii) Marshall B. Roberts, b. 21 Aug 1890, Atchison, Kans.; d. 24 Nov 1933, Carbon, Utah; unmarried. World War 1 veteran. He was the publisher of the Emery County (Utah) Progress, which he purchased with his sister Enid. (iv) Delman Laroe Roberts, Jr., b. 24 Jul 1893, Atchison, Kans.; d. 1967; m. Bernice Rose Durrett
595 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3159630
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(v) Gertrude Dora Roberts, b. 28 Nov 1895, Kansas; d. Dec 1986, Canon City, Colo.; m. Otto Oscar Brubacher
3. DELLA IRWIN, b. 14 Apr 1862, Iowa; d. after 1880; possibly the Della Irwin who died 21 Jul 1896 in Kansas
(85) JAMES HARVEY SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 9 Oct 1832 in Union Co., Oh. He died 22 Dec 1899, in Memphis, Tenn., and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.596 He 597 married MARTHA RODGERS, 23 Mar 1854, in Delaware Co., Oh. She was born 15 Jul 1836, in Wayne Co., Oh., and died 17 Jul 1898, in Sigourney, Ia. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rodgers.
James moved from Ohio to Iowa in 1852 where he became a teacher. “After his marriage he was elected secretary of the Iowa state senate, and, subsequently, county clerk.” After moving to Sigourney, he entered the banking business, and also secured control of the Sigourney News. He purchased the best livestock and “delighted in the study of the various problems of heredity, then practically unstudied in the western country.” In May 1869 he established the Western Stock Journal, the first stock paper ever published, and in 1870 it consolidated with the National Live Stock Journal.598
With his son Alvin, in 1881 he was the founder of the Breeder’s Gazette, which became the “largest and best known stock paper in the country.” He was editor 1881- 1890. In 1888 he was “called from the live stock business by an appointment at London in the service of the department of agriculture.”599 He was the author of two books, Horse Breeding, and The Breeds of Lives Stock. “He was among the earliest advocates of the establishment of pedigree records for pure-bred stock… As a journalist, Mr. Sanders stood for the truth. His energy was illimitable; his nature was kindly and courteous.”600
596 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140946511 597 Ancestry.com: Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993. 598 Cyclopedia of American Agriculture (1911). 599 Daily Iowa Capitol, 26 Dec 1899. 600 Cyclopedia of American Agriculture (1911).
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In 1891, his wife was “stricken with a paralysis which affected her entire left side. The best medical skill in Chicago was unable to give her any relief…” James took her to Sigourney where a home was built for them.601 There died in 1898, her obituary stating that “during her nearly seven years of affliction, Mrs. Sanders was a great sufferer and almost helpless…” She was initially buried in the Pleasant Grove cemetery in Sigourney, but was moved to Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.
James became despondent due to his own poor health as well as the death of his wife. He committed suicide in a Memphis hotel. He had travelled to Memphis to look for the grave of his brother-in-law, Archibald Steele Irwin.
Children:
602 1. MINERVA ELLEN SANDERS, b. 4 Nov 1854; d. 24 Apr 1890, Chicago; bur. Graceland Cem., Chicago; unmarried
2. HENRY PITTMAN “PITT” SANDERS, b. 18 Aug 1856, Oskaloosa, Ia.; d. 25 Jan 1945, Chicago; m ANNA MILLER; no children. In 1920 he was President of a publishing company in Oak Park, Ill. Anna died 1 Aug 1929, Oak Park, Ill. They are both buried in Forest Home Cem., Forest Park, Ill.
3. MARY ROSETTA SANDERS, b. 3 Aug 1858; d. 2 Nov 1859
4. ALVIN HOWARD SANDERS, b. 8 Sep 1860, Talleyrand, Ia.; d. 17 Jul 1948, Radnor, Pa.; m. ELIZABETH AUGUSTA HILDERBRAND. He was editor of the Breeder’s Gazette, and was called “Dean of American Livestock Journalists.” He graduated from Northwestern Univ.; also author of books. He was also appointed by President Taft to serve on the Tariff Board In 1909, and made frequent trips to Europe as part of this job. Elizabeth died 17 Dec 1946, in Wayne, Penn. Children: (i) Elizabeth Dow Sanders, b. 12 Apr 1883, Chicago, Ill.; d. 8 Sep 1968, Claremont, N.H.; m. Charles John Trayner. He appears to have owned at least one hotel in Chicago (ii) Marjorie Louise Sanders, b. 28 Dec 1884, Chicago, Ill.; d. 3 Jul 1968, New Bedford, Mass.; m. Matthew Fountaine Maury. Matthew was a stock broker. (iii) Alva May Sanders, b. 23 Feb 1890, Chicago, Ill.; d. 4 Nov 1992, Silver Spring, Md.; m. Newton Ford Carpenter; divorced. Newton was an insurance man.
603 5. FLORA SANDERS, b. 15 Oct 1862; d. 7 Oct 1863
601 James & Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists of the West. 602 A brief death notice in the Chicago Tribune calls her Ella M. Sanders
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604 6. GUIDO SANDERS, b. 13 Jul 1864; d. 18 Aug 1866
605 7. ELIZABETH SANDERS, b. 16 Jan 1867; d. 19 Dec 1874
8. MARTHA “MATTIE” SANDERS, b. 30 Apr 1869, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 7 May 1959, Geneva, Wisc.; m. JOHN HOHMANN. John was a credit manager Sprague, Warner & Co. He died 5 Jun 1953, in Elkhorn, Wisc. Children: (i) John Sanders Hohmann, b. 19 Jan 1894; living 1945 in Elkhorn, Wisc. (ii) Richard Pittman Hohmann, b. 10 Mar 1897; m. Helen M. Wyne
9. HARVEY RALSTON SANDERS, b. 23 Jun 1873, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 6 Aug 1900, Chicago, Ill.; bur. Graceland Cem.; unmarried; listed as newspaper publisher on the 1900 census.
(87) SAMANTHA EMELINE SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 31 Jul 1837 in Ohio. She 606 died 2 Jul 1915, in Washington, D.C. She married HARLAN ARTEMAS HERRICK, 13 Feb 1863, in Mahaska Co., Ia.607 He was born 29 Mar 1835 in Ohio, the son of Albert G. Herrick and Harriet A. Parsons.608 He died 27 May 1909, in Knoxville, Ia.609
Harlan was a blacksmith. On the 1900 census, in Knoxville, Ia., Samantha is listed as the mother of 6 children, 2 living. A short death notice calls Harlan “one of the most prominent residents of this place [Knoxville].”
Children:
610 1. NETTIE LUCINA HERRICK, b. Jun 1864, Iowa; d. about 1935; m. ---- MASON; she was a U.S. Pension Office Clerk, in Washington, D.C. Earlier she had been a teacher. No children.
2. MARY HERRICK, b. about 1867; living 1870; died before 1900
603 J. H. Sanders Bible Record. 604 J. H. Sanders Bible Record. 605 J. H. Sanders Bible Record. 606 Washington Post, 4 Jul 1915, list of deaths includes “Samantha E. Herrick, 77 years, 807 A. st. ne.” She may have been visiting her daughter Nettie who had gotten a government job in D.C. 607 Ancestry.com: Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996. No image. She is called Samantha E. Sanders and he Harlan A. Herrick. 608 Thus the brother of her sister’s husband Charles Herrick. 609 Ancestry.com: Iowa Select Deaths and Burials Index, 1850-1990. He is called “Harlem A. Herrick,” blacksmith, 74 years old, died in Knoxville, Ia. 610 I am uncertain of the source for this marriage.
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3. HELEN “NELLIE” HERRICK, b. 11 Jun 1875, Iowa; d. 1 Oct 1906, Madison Co., Ia.; bur Graceland Cem., Chicago; m. CHARLES BRIAR. He was a fireman, who d. 5 Mar 1913, after being shot by a burglar. No children.
4. CHILD, died before 1900
5. CHILD, died before 1900
6. CHILD, died before 1900
(88) CELINDA ADELAIDE SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 7 Jul 1839, in Ohio. She died 11 Mar 1916 in Keokuk Co., Ia., and is buried in the West Cemetery, Sigourney, Ia.611 She married HENRY JEFFERSON TURNER, 29 Aug 1861, in Keokuk Co. He was born 15 Sep 1833, in Delaware Co., N.Y.612 He was the son of Leonard Turner Jr. and Harriet Cole. He died 17 May 1916, in Sigourney,613 and is also buried in West Cemetery, Sigourney.614
According to several ancestry family trees, his middle name was Jefferson, and he was the ton of Leonard Turner and Harriet Cole. Henry was in Keokuk Co., Ia., by 1860, when he, aged 24, lived with John Turner, aged 30, probably his brother. A delayed birth certificate for his daughter Oril states he was born in “Onego Co., N.Y.” There is no Onego County, perhaps “Oswego,” “Otsego,” or “Oneida” was meant. (G. Rolston says Washington Co., N.Y.) He served in the Civil War, enlisting 14 Aug 1862, as a wagoner in Co. H, Iowa 33rd Infantry. He mustered out 17 Jul 1865, in New Orleans.615
The 1900 census states he was a “stock buyer.” An obituary calls him “one of the pioneers of this community,” and states that he had been “sick nearly all winter and since the death of his wife about two months ago his condition became worse.”
Children:
1. ONISKA BESSIE TURNER, b. Jul 1862, Iowa; d. 8 Jun 1926, Sigourney, Ia.; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Sigourney; m. FRANK WARD PFAFF, who d. 13 Feb 1944, in Sigourney. Frank was a “pioneer businessman” of Sigourney, Ia., who opened a clothing store there. Children:
611 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9614205 612 Date of birth on gravestone. Findagrave says he was born in Delaware Co., Oh. However the 1880, 1900 and 1910 census all say he was born in New York. 613 Place of death: obit in Ottumwa Triweekly Courier, 20 May1916. 614 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9614206 615 Ancestry.com, citing Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
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(i) Leo Henry Pfaff, b. 15 Apr 1883; d. 9 Oct 1944, Sigourney, Ia.; m. Nellie Gibbens (ii) Lonnie Martin Pfaff, b. 13 Jun 1885; d. 12 Aug 1966, Harper, Ia.; m. Rosleene Minnie Smih (iii) Gladys Caroline Pfaff, b. 22 Feb 1887; d. 23 May1979, Sigourney, Ia.; m. Dr. Guy Johnson Goldthwaite (iv) Hazel Dean Pfaff, b. 4 Oct 1890; d. 20 Apr 1988, Sigourney, Ia.; m. Wilbur Alexander Cooke (v) Ward Leonard Pfaff, b. 29 Sep 1895; d. 9 Oct 1909, Sigourney, Ia., of pneumonia
2. OMER TURNER, b. 25 Mar 1865; d. 5 Nov 1877, Keokuk Co., Ia.; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Sigourney, Ia.
3. OREN TURNER, b. 1 Jun 1866; d. 9 Oct 1877, Keokuk Co., Ia.; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem.
4. ORVIL HENRY TURNER, b. 29 Dec 1867, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 2 Oct 1941, Keokuk Co., Ia.; m. FANNIE MAE ALBERSON. Orville was a proprietor of a clothing store in Sigourney. Fannie died 2 Feb 1966, in Creston, Ia. Children: (i) Gwendolyn Elizabeth Turner, b. 22 Sep 1893, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 13 May 1962, Sigourney, Ia.; m. Clifford Marshall Harper (ii) Frank Alberson Turner, b. 8 Apr 1896, What Cheer, Ia.; d. 24 Jun 1990; m. (1st) Elizabeth Marea Gaylord; m. (2nd) Mabel Marie Fasold (iii) Gordon Eugene Turner, b. 12 Dec 1906, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 15 Mar 1983, Creston, Ia.; unmarried.
5. ORLANDO LEONARD TURNER, b. 2 Nov 1871, Keokuk Co., Ia.; d. 12 Jan 1949, Orlando, Fla.; m. SUSAN LINNIE BATES. He was in the mercantile business in Oskaloosa, Ia., for many years, and came to Orlando, Fla., in 1927 when he retired. Linnie died 9 Jun 1952. Child: (i) Julia Wacil Turner, b. 15 May 1899, Thornburg, Ia.; d. 1 Dec 2006, Gainesville, Fla., at age 107; m. John Haynes Moorman
6. OTTOLA TURNER, b. Feb 1873; d. 28 Oct 1877, Keokuk Co., Ia.
7. ORIL ADELAIDE TURNER, b. 19 Apr 1879, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 29 Dec 1972, Houston, Tex.; bur. Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla.; m. LESTER LEROY WILES, who was a “pioneer Panhandle Oil producer.” He was of the first oilmen to come to Borger, Tex., in about 1925. He died 27 Sep 1947, in Tulsa. Children: (i) Margera Adelaide Wiles, b. 7 Oct 1909, Cherokee, Okla.; d. 7 Apr 1977, Houston, Tex.; m. Howard James Van Dyke (ii) Lester Leroy Wiles, Jr., b. 20 Nov 1912, Skiatook, Okla.; d. 7 Dec 2015, Amarillo, Tex.; m. Alice R. Martin
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8. ORPHA NEELY TURNER, b. 18 Feb 1882, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 15 Oct 1970, Sigourney, Ia.; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Sigourney; m. EVAN HARRISON KELLY. Evan died 14 Jan 1929, in Sigourney. He was associated with a lumber firm there. Child: (i) Grace A. Kelly, b. 30 Jun 1926, Ottumwa, Ia.; d. 5 May 1973, Sigourney, Ia.; m.(1st) Cyril A. Billman; m. (2nd) Fred Burger. She graduated from the Univ. of Iowa, and was a teacher.
(89) CAROLINE W. SANDERS (Martha Johnson Ralston) was born 20 Nov 1843 in Ohio. She died 5 Jan 1902, in Redlands, Calif., and is buried in Hillside Memorial Park, in Redlands. She married CHARLES C. HERRICK, 29 Aug 1860, in Keokuk Co., Ia. He is listed as a carpenter on the 1860 census. He was born in about 1837, in Ohio, the son of Albert Herrick and Harriet Parsons. He died 1 Oct 1864,616 in Ia., and is buried in Talleyrand Cemetery.
Children:
1. GERTRUDE ANN HERRICK, b. 20 Aug 1862, Iowa; d. 26 Sep 1930, Portland, Ore.; bur. Lincoln Mem. Park, Portland; m. EDGAR LASH BROBST, who worked in a furniture factory. Edgar died 14 Dec 1943, in Portland. Children: (i) Grace Carol Brobst, b. 9 Nov 1883, Iowa; d. 27 Sep 1895, Chehalis, Wash. (ii) Frank Jay Brobst, b. 19 Nov 1888, Oregon; d. 15 Apr 1945, Portland, Ore.; m. Bessie Ruth Baker. He worked in a furniture factory. (iii) Edith Herrick Brobst, b. 10 Feb 1890, Oregon; d. 31 Dec 1933, near Rose Lodge, Ore.; m. George H. Willson. Edith drowned while on a fishing trip.
2. ZOE C. HERRICK, b. Feb 1864, Sigourney, Ia.; d. 23 Mar 1928, Redlands, Calif.; bur. Hillside Mem. Park, Redlands, Calif.; she was a primary school teacher, both in Chehalis, Ore., and Redlands, Calif.; unmarried.
(90) VIRGIL YOUNG RALSTON (Joseph Neely Ralston) was born 16 Jul 1828, in Vanceburg, Ky. He died 19 Apr 1864, in St. Louis, Mo, and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.617 He married CHARLOTTE TAYLOR, 5 Nov 1855 in Cambridge, N.Y. She was born 28 Feb 1837, in White Creek, N.Y., the daughter of William Taylor and Mary Elizabeth Barber. She died 21 Feb 1859, in
616 Sanders Bible Record. 617 Ancestry.com: US National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962. It is ironic that the he is buried in Woodland Cem., Quincy, Ill., and his wife and children in Woodlands Cem., Cambridge, N.Y.
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White Creek, N.Y.,618 and is buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge, N.Y. She was only 22 years old.
In 1846-7, Virgil attended Illinois College. He then studied law. On the 1850 census, at age 22, he is listed as a lawyer. He lived in California for a short time, and in 1854 was nominated as a state senator with the Whig party. Returning to Illinois, he was editor of the Quincy Whig, 1855-57. In 1861 he was commissioned Captain of a company in the 16th Illinois Infantry. He died from disease.619
Children:
1. JOSEPH W. RALSTON, b. 2 Dec 1856; d. 28 Dec 1861; bur. Woodlands Cem., Cambridge, N.Y.
2. CHARLES TAYLOR RALSTON, b. 2 Jan 1859, Cambridge, N.Y.; d. 15 Jul 1910, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx Co., N.Y.; bur. Woodlands Cem., Cambridge; m. SARAH C. VISCHER. On his father’s death, Charles was raised by his uncle and aunt Thomas Livingston and Julia Ann (Barber) Livingston. Julia was the sister of Charlotte Taylor’s mother. Children: (i) Virgil Jackson Ralston, b. 1889; d. 1890; bur. Woodlands Cem., Cambridge, N.Y. (ii) Jackson Frederick Ralston, b. 11 Apr 1892, North Adams, Mass.; d. 20 Oct 1959, Chester Co., Penn.; m. Esta Mae Hamrick. He was a file clerk.
(93) EMELIE JOSEPHINE RALSTON (Joseph Neely Ralston) was born 17 Apr 1840, in Quincy, Ill. She died 8 Feb 1917, in Keokuk, Ia. She is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.620 She married JACOB WHITE CALDWELL, 30 May 1861, in Adams Co., Ill. He was born in about 1838 in Madison, Ky., and died 16 Dec 1878, in or near St. Louis, Mo.
“Mr. Caldwell resided here [Quincy, Ill.] for many years. For a time he was associated with Gen. Prentiss in the commission business. He left this city to accept an appointment as an Indian Agent…” According to the St. Louis Republican, a man “found a corpse of a man in Indian Lake, which was lying face downward and surrounded by ice…. The jury returned a verdict of
618 Washington Co. People’s Journal, 3 Mar 1859: “DIED. On the 21st ult. at the residence of her parents, in North White Creek, N.Y., after a painful illness of seven weeks, LOTTIE TAYLOR, wife of V. Y. RALSTON, Esq., of Quincy, Ill., aged twenty-two years.” 619 https://www.whig.com/article/20160529/ARTICLE/305299959# 620 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156249397 (no gravestone photo).
99 accidental death… He was addicted to drinking, and had lately become demented on account of excessive indulgence.”621
His widow Emelie, “after spending most of her life in Quincy, she went to Keokuk with the Hayden family in 1900 where she lived since. Her birthplace was a frame house, on the site of the present city water works office. Decedent had been ill since Thanksgiving.”622
Children:
1. JOSEPH RALSTON CALDWELL, b. 20 Oct 1862, Quincy, Ill.; d. 23 Apr 1953, Dunkirk, Ind.; bur. Forest Hill Cem., Madison, Wisc.; m. ANNA M. HYATT. Joseph worked in a flour mill, first as bookkeeper, then sales manager. Anna died 21 Apr 1935, in Madison. Children: (i) Henry Hyatt Caldwell, b. 16 Aug 1890, Quincy, Ill.; d. 13 Jul 1930, Buffalo, N.Y.; m. Alma Marila Osborn. He was “head of a wholesale building and supply company.” (ii) Josephine E. Caldwell, b. 6 Sep 1892, Quincy, Ill.; d. 16 May 1973, Madison, Wisc.; unmarried (iii) John Calhoun “Jack” Caldwell, b. 23 Sep 1894, Quincy, Ill.; d. 27 Jul 1956, Dunkirk, Ind.; m (1st) Georgia D. Fingleton; m. (2nd) Treva Louise Gaunt; m. (3rd) Lenora Eleanor Lewellan. John was sales manager for the Indiana Glass Co. (iv) James Ralston Caldwell, b. 20 Jan 1901, Hastings, Minn.; d. 4 Apr 1965, Berkeley, Calif.; m. Katherine Field Ehrgott. James was an English professor at U.C. Berkeley, and a “noted poet, scholar and civil libertarian.” He grad. Princeton Univ., and received Phd. from Harvard in 1930. He was an authority on John Keats was the author of several books on Keats. His wife Katherine was a professor of Asian art at Mills College, and helped found the San Francisco Society for Asian Art.
2. JAMES WHITE CALDWELL, b. 7 May 1864, Quincy, Ill.; d. 16 Jun 1940, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; m. ISABELLE WOLCOTT. According to the 1920 census, he was a bookkeeper. Isabelle died 26 Mar 1959. Children: (i) Margaret Caldwell, b. 14 Aug 1894, Illinois; d. 5 Dec 1990, Tucson, Ariz.; m. Richard William “Dick” Calkins. Dick Calkins was a comic book artist famous for drawing “Buck Rogers,” although he wasn’t the creator of the strip.623 (ii) Mary Isabel Caldwell, b. about 1907, Illinois; living 1964; unmarried. She was instructor of physical education at Bridgewater (Mass.) State Teacher’s College
3. CHILD, birth order uncertain; d. before 1900
4. ORVILLE B. CALDWELL, b. about 1870; d. 7 Jun 1881, Quincy, Ill. He drowned. “He with two or three companions were bathing in the river. Orville attempted to swim to a plank
621 Quincy Daily Herald, 19 Dec 1878. 622 Quincy Daily Journal, 10 Feb 1917. 623 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Calkins
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floating in the [Mississippi] river when he became exhausted and sank out of sight. His companions were unable to do anything to save him.”624
5. HARRY HANDLY CALDWELL, b. 5 Feb 1873, St. Louis, Mo.; d. 27 Apr 1939, Brooklyn, N.Y.; bur. Arlington National Cem.; m. KATHERINE CLARK. “Graduating from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1891, Caldwell went on to serve as Admiral Dewey's flag secretary aboard the Cruiser Olympia. As the Spanish American War became imminent in 1898, Dewey moved the Asiatic Squadron to Mirs Bay. ….It was Caldwell who received the notification that the war had been declared. Ensign Caldwell travelled to Mirs Bay where he delivered this critical piece of information to Dewey. Caldwell was present aboard OLYMPIA during the naval Battle of Manila Bay where he volunteered for and was assigned to a subdivision of the 5-inch battery.” Later he was given command of the experimental submarine Holland. He also served in World War I. He and his wife “were involved in about 75 movies including ‘Ben Hur’ and ‘Seventh Heaven.’”625 According to the Internet Movie Database, in 1909, “he went west to California where he became involved in the motion picture business, working as a production editor and writer of screenplays along with his wife.”626 Child: (i) Harry Handly Caldwell Jr., b. 11 Apr 1922, Hempstead, N.Y.; d. 8 Jul 2008, Brighton, Mass.; m. Mary Deane Hilliker. He was a graduate of the Naval Academy, and was submarine commander in the Navy. After retirement he worked for General Dynamics Corp. He worked as editor and contributing author for a book, United States Submarines.
(94) IDA ANN RALSTON (Joseph Neely Ralston) was born 19 Dec 1841, in Quincy, Ill. She died 8 627 628 Apr 1903, in Chicago, and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Ill. She married EDGAR 629 ROBBINS MORRIS, 31 May 1864, in Adams Co., Ill. He was born 1 Jan 1838 in Adams Co., the
624 Quincy Daily Herald, 8 Jun 1881. See also https://www.whig.com/article/20160403/ARTICLE/304039956# 625 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49162573/harry-handly-caldwell 626 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129721/bio also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Caldwell 627 Ancestry.com: Cook Co., Ill., Death Index, 1878-1922. 628 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156249025 No gravestone photograph. This source gives her birthplace as Quincy, Ill. 629 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900.
101 son of Hon. Isaac Newton Morris.630 He died 20 Jun 1880 in Seymour, Tex. He was buried in Old Seymour Cemetery.
Edgar was a judge. He was murdered, “shot and instantly killed in the court house at Seymour, Texas, on Thursday by W. A. Taylor, saloon keeper.”631 Taylor owned the only saloon in the county, and resented the fact that a recent election resulted in a victory for prohibition. They had a prior altercation, with threats made on both sides, prior to the murder.632
In 1900, Ida lived in Chicago with her son Joseph, who was single, and her sister Margaret Charles, also a widow.
Children:
1. JOSEPH RALSTON MORRIS, b. 25 Nov 1866, Quincy, Ill.; d. 9 Apr 1922, Neuilly Plaisance, 633 France; bur. Woodland Cem., Quincy, Ill.; m. FLORENCE HASTINGS, Jan 1909; divorced. He died of pneumonia. In 1920, he lived in Annapolis, Md., and was a farmer. No children.
2. ISAAC NEWTON MORRIS, b. 1869, Illinoia; d. 11 Oct 1905, New York, N.Y.; bur Woodland Cem., Quincy, Ill.; m. a “Miss Sergeant,” in Jan 1905; who was a widow. No children. He “was a poet of pronounced ability and the author of a number of plays.”634
(95) MARGARETTA HALL RALSTON (Joseph Neely Ralston) was born in Mar 1844, in Quincy, Ill. She 635 died 27 Mar 1915, and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy. She married WILLIAM 636 CHARLES, 28 May 1868, in Adams Co., Ill. He was born in about 1830 in England. He died 6 May 1899, in London, England, of pneumonia
William Charles “was state agent of the Mutual Benefit Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, and vice-president and director of the Union Bank. He went to England several years ago in the interest of some mining property in which he was interested, and was about completing arrangements to return when he was stricken with this sudden fatal illness.”637
630 Isaac N. Morris was a member of Congress and “an intimate friend of President Lincoln and Gen. Grant,” according to Washington Evening Star, 14 Aug 1905. 631 Illinois State Register, 13 Jun 1880. 632 Galveston Weekly News, 24 Jun 1880. 633 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177025948 634 Washington Evening Star, 14 Aug 1905. 635 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156269731 636 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900. 637 Quincy Daily Herald, 6 May 1899.
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"Mrs. Charles was a beautiful and attractive woman of fine presence and noble qualities, helpful, unselfish and devoted to the interests of family and friends.”638 They had no children.
(97) MARY NEELY “MINNE” RALSTON (Joseph Neely Ralston) was born 12 Oct 1859, in Quincy, Ill. She died 24 Jul 1923, in Jackson Township, Keokuk Co., Ia., and is buried in Woodland 639 640 Cemetery, in Quincy. She married PHILLIP CADY HAYDEN, 12 Oct 1886, in Adams Co., Ill. He was born 20 Nov 1854, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He died 14 May 1925, in Quincy, Ill., and is buried in Woodland Cemetery.641
According to his obituary, Phillip was “for many years supervisor of music in the public schools of Quincy, and for a time connected with the business department of The Quincy Journal.” He died due to paralysis, “brought on by an accident in an auto collision Inst Monday.” He graduated from the University of New York in 1877, and attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He was supervisor of music in the Quincy schools for many years.
Children:
1. JOSEPH RALSTON HAYDEN, b. 24 Sep 1887, Quincy, Ill.; d. 19 May 1945; m. ELIZABETH OLIVIA HALL. He received PhD from Univ. of Mich. President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him to serve as Vice Governor of the Philippines, until Philippine independence in 1935. At that time he returned to teach at the Univ. of Michigan, becoming chairman of the Political Science Dept. He was also an author of a book on the Philippines.642 Elizabeth died 14 Feb 1986. Children: (i) Elizabeth Douglas Hayden, b. 7 Aug 1918, Ann Arbor, Mich.; d. 15 Dec 1999, La Jolla, Calif.; m. Rev. Lawrence Warren Pearson (ii) Ralston Hayden, b. 22 Jun 1924, Ann Arbor, Mich.; d. 26 Aug 1993, Bloomington, Ind.; m. Mary Jane Sundquist
2. VAN BROCKLIN HAYDEN, b. 11 Aug 1891, Quincy, Ill.; d. 26 Aug 1956, Keokuk Co., Ia.; m. RACHEL HAYS. No children. He was owner and operator of an insurance company, in Keokuk Co., Ia. He was a graduate of the Univ. of Wisconsin, and served in World War I. Rachel died 26 Jul 1948.
638 Quincy Daily Whig, 30 Mar 1915. 639 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81579442 640 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920. 641 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81579274/phillip-cady-hayden 642 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-2011165?view=text
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643 (99) GOV. ALVIN HAWKINS (Mary Graham Ralston) was born 2 Dec 1821, in Bath Co., Ky. He died 27 Nov 1905, in Huntingdon, Tenn., and was buried in the Hawkins Cemetery.644 He 645 married JUSTINA MELROSS OTT, 17 Aug 1847, in Rutherford Co., Tenn. She was born 5 Aug 1825, in Murfeesboro, Tenn., and died 12 Jun 1901, in Huntingdon. She is also buried in the Hawkins Cemetery.646 Some sources state that he had a middle initial, “T.” According to Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, “He removed with his parents to Maury county, Tenn., in 1820, and became a resident of Carroll county in 1828. He was employed on a farm in his boyhood and also as a blacksmith in the shop of his father, but acquired a good education and taught school, 1841-42. He was admitted to the bar in 1843, and engaged in practice at Huntingdon, Tenn…. He was a member of the general assembly in 1853; an elector on the Bell and Everett ticket in 1860, and in 1862 was elected as a Unionist a representative in the 38th congress 1863-65, but was not allowed to take his seat, owing to irregularities in the election. He was U.S. district attorney of the Western district of Tennessee, 1864-65, and judge of the supreme court of Tennessee, 1865-68, and 1869-70. He was appointed U.S. consul-general at Havana [Cuba] in 1868. He was elected on the Republican ticket governor of Tennessee in 1880, serving 1881-83, and was defeated for a second term in 1882. At the expiration of his gubernatorial term he retired to private life, and resumed the practice of his profession at Huntingdon, Tenn.” He was admitted to the bar at age 21. “In 1853 he represented Carroll County in the Legislature. Alvin Hawkins was always an intense Union man, but was highly respected by those of opposite views. In 1862 he was elected to Congress but was not seated. During the war he was United States Attorney for West Tennessee; and in 1865 he was appointed to the Supreme Judgeship by Governor Brownlow.”647 “During Reconstruction, Hawkins served with great distinction on the state supreme court, which demonstrated remarkable independence from the Radical Republican regime headed by Governor William Brownlow. In 1868 he left the court for a brief time to serve as consul-general in Havana, Cuba.” As governor, he “earned a reputation as a champion of judicial and
643 Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume V, p. 144. 644 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6844184/alvin-hawkins 645 Ancestry.com: Tennessee Marriage Records, 1780-2002, with original image. 646 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21262603 647 Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769–1923: Volume 2. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Hawkins
104 educational reform. The reunited Democratic Party defeated Hawkins in his 1882 reelection bid, but he left office amid bipartisan acclaim for his integrity.”648 Children:
1. ERNEST HAWKINS, b. 13 Dec 1848, Tennessee; d. 22 Apr 1933, Huntingdon, Tenn.; bur. 649 st nd Clark Cem., Huntingdon, Tenn.; m. (1 ) LULA MAY COCHRAN; m. (2 ) JOSEPHINE “JOSIE” MCCALL. He was adjutant general of Tennessee during his father's term as governor, 1881-1883. From 1904 until about [1929] Ernest was engaged in statistical work for the U. S. Department of Justice in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. His first wife Lula died 7 Jul 1877 in Huntingdon. His second wife Josephine died 4 Jun 1956, in Madison Co., Tenn. Child, by his first wife: (i) Earnestine Love Hawkins, b. 4 Aug 1876; d. 6 Aug 1962, Huntingdon, Tenn.; m. Olgah E. Mebane. He was a mail carrier. Children, by his second wife: (ii) Ernest McCall Hawkins, b. 27 Apr 1884; d. 23 May 1964, Nashville, Tenn.; m. Anna Mae Kenneday. Ernest was personnel director for the American Bread Co. (iii) Adelaide M. Hawkins, b. 13 Nov 1888; d. 6 Apr 1951, Nashville, Tenn.; m. Martin Smith Roberts. Martin was senior partner of an architectural firm. (iv) Fannie Claire Hawkins, b. 10 Oct 1889; d. 2 Jun 1892 (v) Mary Alene Hawkins, b. 20 Jul 1892; d. 30 Apr 1977, Nashville, Tenn.; m. (1st) Dr. Leonard Wright Edwards; m. (2nd) David E. Wilson (vi) Lenora Hawkins, b. 6 Oct 1895; d. 27 Aug 1991, Memphis, Tenn.; m. Smith Coleman Childs (vii) Dr. Alvin Hawkins, b. 11 Dec 1897; d. 2 Aug 1967, Old Hickory, Tenn.; m. Mildred Rodeheaver (viii) Helen Hawkins, b. 13 Mar 1901; d. 30 Nov 1980, Nashville, Tenn.; m. Dr. Theodore Morford (ix) Josephine McCall Hawkins, b. 25 Aug 1904; d. 24 Jun 1988, Franklin, Tenn.; m. Clarence Moody Holt
3. ALONZO HAWKINS, b. 2 Oct 1850, Carrol Co., Tenn.; d. 4 May 1907, Huntingdon, Tenn.; 650 bur. Clark Cem.; m. LUCY H. RAMSEY. He was “one of the leading members of the Huntingdon bar.” Lucy died 9 Mar 1922, in Huntingdon. Children: (i) Alonzo Raymond Hawkins, b. 5 Jul 1879; d. 5 Jul 1967, Clarksburg, W.Va.; m. Pearl Edith Smith (ii) Mary C. Hawkins, b. 7 Jan 1881; d. 12 Jul 1881 (iii) Ivan Leslie Hawkins, b. 29 Dec 1882; d. 1963; m. Bessie Rogers (iv) Gordon Wayne Hawkins, b. 2 Mar 1886; d. May1960; m. (1st) Bessie L. -----; m. (2nd) Eunice Pauline Davis (v) Landis Alvin Hawkins, b. 20 Dec 1891; d. 11 Jul 1979, Monett, Mo.; m. Ethel Morris (vi) Child, d. before 1900
648 https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/alvin-hawkins/ 649 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145433975 650 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145792714
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(vii) Child, d. before 1900651
652 4. MARY ROSANAH HAWKINS, b. 22 Jun 1854; d. 29 Nov 1868; bur. Hawkins Cem.
653 5. JUSTINA ELLA HAWKINS, b. 25 Nov 1856; d. 11 Oc 1857; bur. Hawkins Cem.
6. TENNESSEE LOVE HAWKINS, b. 19 Aug 1858; d. 28 Oct 1863, Greencastle, Ind.; bur. Hawkins Cem.654
655 7. ALVIN HAWKINS, b. 3 Feb 1862; d. 8 Feb 1862; bur. Hawkins Cem.
(101) DR. ASHTON WILLIAM HAWKINS (Mary Graham Ralston) was born 12 Oct 1824 in Bath Co., Ky. He died 9 Feb 1888 in Huntingdon, Tenn., of pneumonia, and was buried in Clark 656 Cemetery, in Huntingdon. He married, first, SARAH ANN LILLY, 15 Sep 1847 in Henry Co., Tenn.657 She was born 22 Nov 1829, in Tenn., the daughter of T. F. and Minerva Lilly. She died 19 Jun 1855, as a result of complications from childbirth,658 and is 659 buried in Clark Cemetery. He married, second, SARAH “SALLIE” 660 ANN MAY, 9 Jul 1856, in Dickson Co., Tenn. Some sources state she was the daughter of Jesse May but others say her father’ s name was John May. She died 23 Mar 1894, and is buried in Clark Cemetery.661
Ashton had read law and intended to become an attorney, but developed an in medicine and became a doctor. “When a young man Dr. Hawkins enlisted in the Mexican War , and participated in the storming of Vera Cruz, Mexico [1847], and other engagements.”662 Like his older brother Alvin, but unlike his younger siblings, he sided with the Union during the Civil War. He was a Caption, in Co. F, Tennessee Cavalry, serving as physician
651 On the 1910 census, Lucy (Ramsey) Hawkins is listed as the mother of 7 children, 4 living. 652 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98583681/mary-rosannah-hawkins 653 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98582978/justina-ella-hawkins 654 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98583502/tennessee-love-hawkins 655 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122457508/alvin-hawkins 656 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65396450 657 Ancestry.com: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. 658 Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Winter 1995). 659 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34770023 660 Ancestry.com: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. 661 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173698012/sallie-a.-hawkins 662 Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity (1898), p. 1296 (in a sketch on his son Horace N. Hawkins.
106 with the Union Army.663 He was captured and paroled664 at the battle of Trenton, Tenn., in 1862. On 26 Oct 1863, he was mustered out of the service.665 “During the war, on account of having northern sympathies, he removed to Olney, Ill.”666
Ashton “established and published The West Tennessean and the Olney, Ill., Journal.”667 He was a “minister of the Gospel in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was Railroad Commissioner for the State of Tennessee for several years after the close of the war. He was commissioner of Agriculture, Statistics and Mines for the State of Tennessee in the years 1881 and 1882, and at the time of his death was Clerk of the Circuit Court of Carroll County.”668
Children, by his first wife:
st 1. FLORA ANN HAWKINS, b. 9 Aug 1852, Carroll Co., Tenn.; m. (1 ) JOHN WESLEY MCCULLOUGH; nd m. (2 ) JOHN STAMMEL. John was a farmer living in Carroll Co.. Tenn., in 1880. He was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, in the Tennessee infantry. He died 16 Sep 1888, in Henry Co., Tenn., but deserted in 1862. John Stammel died 12 Aug 1922, in Danville, Ill. Flora’s death date has not been found. Children, by her first husband: (i) Minnie Alverda McCullough, b. 6 Dec 1870, Henry Co., Tenn.; d. 21 Sep 1949, Paris, Tenn.; m. John Daniel Smith (ii) James Alvin McCullough, b. 2 Aug 1871, Tennessee; d. 25 Oct 1935; m. Idella Spencer (iii) Johnnie May McCullough, b. 10 Apr 1876, Henry Co., Tenn.; d. 11 Feb 1962, Cumberland City, Tenn.; m. Sidney E. Bradford (iv) Flora Wilhella “Ella” McCullough, b. 28 May 1878, Henry Co., Tenn.; d. 9 Apr 1954, Dickson, Tenn.; m. William T. Bracklin (v) Ashton Alexander McCullough, b. 2 Apr 1881, Carroll Co., Tenn.; d. 15 Dec 1940, Spartanburg Co., S.C.; m. Belle Cannon Children, by her second husband: (vi) Kate Stammel, b. 16 Jul 1893, Henry Co., Tenn.; d. 1 Dec 1975, West Columbia, S.C.; m. Roland Eugene Wheeler (vii) Elizabeth “Lizzie” Stammel, b. 7 Feb 1898, Paris, Tenn.; d. 30 Jan 1988, Paris, Tenn.; m. John Clydas Derringer
669 2. ALVERDA HAWKINS, b. 25 Mar 1855; d. 19 Aug 1855; bur. Hawkins Cemetery
663 A letter written by him: https://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/civil-war-blog/tag/capt-ashton-william-hawkins/ 664 http://www.civilwarhome.com/parole.html 665 Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 1995), p. 147. This source says he was mustered out at Saulsbury, Tenn., and returned to his family in Huntingdon. However, it seems likely that he did not return to Tennessee until after the war. 666 Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity (1898), p. 1296. 667 Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 1995), p. 147. 668 “Death of Dr. A. W. Hawkins,” Tennessean, 10 Feb 1888, found at newspapers.com. 669 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98583360/alverda-hawkins
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Children, by his second wife, Sallie Ann May;
3. WILHELLA MAY HAWKINS, b. 16 Apr 1857, Carrol Co., Tenn.; d. 30 Oct 1935, Denver, Colo.; st nd bur Wahpeton Cem., Hardy, Ark.; m. (1 ) ALGERNON SIDNEY BREVARD; m. (2 ) DR. GEORGE GILLESPIE BUFORD. Wilhella is said to have been postmistress in Huntingdon, Tenn. Her first husband Algernon died 19 Mar 1898, in Huntingdon. Her second husband Dr. Buford died 10 Jul 1926, in Hardy, Ark. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt, Univ., and was professor of Neurology at the Memphis Hospital Medical College. He had eight children by his first wife, Susan Moss. Children, by her first husband A. S. Brevard: (i) Dr. Leon Hawkins Brevard, b. 20 Jul 1881, Tennessee; d. 24 Jun 1971, Marks, Miss.; m. Sallie Lee Caldwell (ii) Theophilus Brevard, b. 17 Dec 1885, Tennessee. In 1910 he was a lawyer in Memphis, Tenn. In 1918, a draft registration card calls him a laborer with Du Pont, still living in Memphis and unmarried. Death date not found. (iii) Dr. Sidney Adair Brevard, b. 17 Jul 1896, Adairville, Ky.; d. 19 Apr 1936, Jackson, Miss.; m. (1st) Lillian L. May; m. (2nd) Ruby B. Daniel. He served in the medical corps in World War I and was a Colonel in the Mississippi National Guard. (iv) Bryce Pravatt Brevard, b. 15 Dec 1891, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 3 Dec 1973, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. Mae Letitia McLeary. He was a supervisor for the Illinois Central Railroad. (v) Lloyd Luten Brevard, b. 30 Dec 1894; d. 14 Jun 1897
4. JOHN MILTON HAWKINS, b. 5 Mar 1859, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 3 May 1947, El Paso, Tex.; bur. Evergreen Cem., El Paso; m. JULIA ARNOLD. He was publisher of the El Paso Herald, and later part owner of the El Paso News. In 1885 he was associated with his brother W. A. Hawkins in publishing the Silver City, N.M., Enterprise. He had also worked as a reporter for newspapers in Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif., and at one time was a postmaster. His wife Julia assisted him in the newspaper business and wrote her own column for many years under the name “Ginger” or “Ginger Pop.” She died 26 Dec 1928 in El Paso. Child: (i) Hermione Hawkins, b. 13 Aug 1889. Fairbury, Nebr.; d. 23 Aug 1972; m. (1st) Edward William Hope; m. (2nd) Thomas Wilson Williams. Edward Hope was a college professor and author. Thomas was an accountant. Hermione was a pianist and piano teacher.
5. WILLIAM ASHTON HAWKINS, b. 6 Apr 1861, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 22 Jun 1939, Albuquerque, N.M.; bur. Santa Fe National Cem., st Santa Fe, N.M.; m. (1 ) MARGARET -----, who died after 1 year of nd marriage, in 1887; m. (2 ) CLARA GARDINER. . Ashton attended school at Vanderbilt Univ., and was an attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He left Tennessee for El Paso, Tex., in 1883, and
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soon afterwards, to Silver City, N.M,670 He participated in the campaign against the Apaches in about 1885. He was elected to the New Mexico Territorial Legislature in 1902. He helped establish the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad.671 Clara died 2 Aug 1947, in La Luz, N.M Children: (i) Ashton William Hawkins, b. 15 Mar 1895, Carlsbad, N.M.; d. 19 May 1972, Huntington, N.Y.; m. Kyra Schutt. He was an investment banker. He attended Yale College before his studies were interrupted by World War I, when he served in US Naval Air Service as a seaplane pilot. Prior to becoming an investment banker on Wall Street, he had been a rancher in the southwest. (ii) John Claron “Jack” Hawkins, b. 4 Apr 1896, El Paso, Tex.; d. 24 Dec 1953, La Luz, N.M. (suicide); m. Margaret Richardson Smith. He was a World War I and II veteran. He was a graduate of West Point. In 1940 he was Vice President of Investors Syndicate, in Minneapolis, Minn., in charge of bond and securities department. (iii) Curtiss Gardiner Hawkins, b. 23 Aug 1897, Silver City, N.M.; d. 1 Oct 1979, Beaufort, S.C.; m. Anne Bond Shober. He attended Princeton Univ. and studied law at the Univ. of Colorado. He was a Marine Corps major, and in 1940 an executive with a textile company. (iv) Clara Standish Hawkins, b. 28 Jul 1899, El Paso, Tex.; d. Sep 1968; m. Joseph Manley Mellen. Joseph was a graduate of Harvard Univ. He was a representative for a real estate firm. During World War I he was awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery while driving an ambulance, and was also at one time captured by the Germans. (v) Julia Margaret Hawkins, b. 20 Jan 1908, El Paso, Tex.; d. 25 Dec 1996, Plumsteadville, Penn.; m. William Milligan Sloane. William graduated from Princeton Univ. He was director of the Rutgers University Press, and the author of two science fiction novels. (vi) Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Hawkins, b. 10 Mar 1910, El Paso, Tex.; d. 14 Sep 1995, Santa Fe, N.M.; m. (1st) Col. Osborne Cutler Wood; divorced. m. (2nd) Hon. Augustus Theodore Seymour. Osborne Wood was Adjutant General of the N.M. National Guard, “international playboy,” “coal miner” and educated at Harvard. He died 30 Jan 1950. Augustus T. Seymour was a prominent Albuquerque attorney and former Judge in the New Mexico Supreme Court. He received a law degree from Harvard Univ. (vii) David Hawkins, b. 28 Feb 1913, El Paso, Tex.; d. 24 Feb 2002, Boulder, Colo.; m. Frances Jane Pockman. David was the official historian of the Manhattan Project. He may have suggested the site for the Trinity atomic bomb test. He received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stanford Univ., and was an author and teacher.672 He was a teacher at the Univ. of Calif, Berkeley. His philosophy of teaching inspired “Hawkins Centers of Learning.”673
670 William A. Keleher, The Fabulous Frontier, 1846-1912 (2008), p. 300. 671 http://mountainmonthly.com/cloudcroft-founders-series-william-ashton-hawkins/ 672 Much information about David Hawkins is available online; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hawkins_(philosopher) 673 http://www.hawkinscenters.org/
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674 6. ALVIN R. HAWKINS, b. 11 Jul 1864; d. 22 May 1868; bur Hawkins Cem.
7. HORACE NORMAN HAWKINS, b. 19 Feb 1867, Dixon Co., Tenn.; d. 24 May 1947, Denver, Colo.; m. FRANCES E. “FANNIE” RUBIN. Horace studied law at Vanderbilt Univ. and was a “noted lawyer,” known especially for defending organized labor, starting with the coal miners involved in the Ludlow, Colo., strike and massacre. He moved from Tennessee to Denver in 1911. Frances died 27 Feb 1913, in Denver. Children: (i) Mary O’Neil Hawkins, M.D., b. 13 Jun 1897, Colorado; d. 31 May 1983, New York, N.Y.; unmarried. She was a psychoanalyst in New York City, specializing in children and delinquency. She had studied in Vienna, Austria, and “during the Nazi occupation, she was active in helping refugees to escape.” (ii) Margaret M. Hawkins, b. May 1899, Colorado; living 1930 in Denver, Colo., where she is listed as a vaudeville actress on the census (iii) Frances Rubin Hawkins, b. 1903, Colorado; b. Feb 1913 (iv) Horace Norman Hawkins Jr., b. 16 Oct 1906, Colorado; d. 31 Jan 1989, Edgewood, Colo.; m. Katherine M. Vickery. He was an attorney. (v) Agnes Luten Hawkins, b. about 1907; living 1940 in Daniels, Colo.; m. James Minor
8. LENA GERTRUDE HAWKINS, b. 15 Jan 1870, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 27 Apr 1935, Memphis, st nd Tenn.; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Huntingdon, Tenn.; m. (1 ) ELWOOD MARSHALL WATSON; m. (2 ) REV. CLOUGH ANDERSON WATERFIELD. Her first husband Elwood died 11 Dec 1891. Her second husband, Rev. Waterfield, married, second, Isabel Temple Dyer. He was a Methodist minister. He died 20 Oct 1967, in Ridgetop, Tenn., at age 100. Children: (i) Christine M. Waterfield, b. 25 Mar 1899, Tennessee; d. 21 Nov 1987, Alameda Co., Calif.; m. Henry Holmes Radley (ii) Catherine Gertrude Waterfield, b. 25 Mar 1902, Hickman, Ky.; d. May 1983, Gainesville, Fla.; m. Joseph Adolph Haskin (iii) Charlotte M. Waterfield, b. 25 Dec 1904, Mayfield, Ky.; d. 10 Jan 1980, Washington, D.C.; m. Chauncey Yandell Dodds (iv) Celeste June Waterfield, b. 26 Jun 1911, Dyersburg, Tenn.; d. 5 Sep 1999, San Francisco, Calif.; m. (1st) Edward Joseph West; m. (2nd) Horace B. Critchlow; m. (3rd) John E. Coyle (v) Judith Joy Waterfield, b. 13 Apr 1913, Paris, Tenn.; d. 10 Feb 2008, Chico, Calif.; m. William Taylor Brown
9. EFFIE MOZETTA HAWKINS, b. 25 Nov 1873, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 20 Jan 1965, Waverly, Tenn.; bur. Marable Cem., Waverly; m. JEFFERSON DAVIS LUTEN. Jefferson was mayor of Waverly, Tenn., and head of a grocery firm there. He died 24 Nov 1944, in Waverly.
674 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122458035
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Children: (i) Jefferson Davis Luten Jr., b. 12 Mar 1898, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 18 Jul 1991, Waverly, Tenn.; m. Mary Lena Kelly. Like his father, he was at one time mayor of Waverly, Tenn. (ii) Paul Hawkins Luten, b. 17 Feb 1900, Waverly, Tenn.; d. 30 Jun 1985, Dickson, Tenn.; m. Louise Priest. He graduated from Vanderbilt Univ. Law School and was an attorney. (iii) Dorothy May Luten, b. 3 Sep 1902, Tennessee; d. 7 Dec 2003, Roswell, N.M., at age 101; m. Harold Sergius Cave. Harold was a geologist. Their daughter is an author of several books. (iv) Ralph William Luten, b. 31 May 1905. Waverly, Tenn.; d. 16 Jun 1977, Waverly, Tenn. Col. in US Air Force, and veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Unmarried.
(103) REV. JAMES NEELY HAWKINS (Mary Graham Ralston) was born 12 Apr 1828, in Carroll Co., Tenn. He died in about 1912, probably in Kentucky. He married MATILDA A. HARRIS, 5 Oct 1856, in Fulton Co., Ky.675 She was born in Mar 1834 in Kentucky, and died after 1910.
On the 1880 census, he is listed in Madrid Bend, Fulton Co., Ky., as a “minister and doctor.” He is listed in the Annals of Southern Methodism (1856) as a minister in the Madrid Bend Circuit. His mother-in-law, Jane Harris, lived with the family. On the 1900 census, he is listed in “Sassafras Ridge and Madrid Bend,” Fulton Co., Ky. He was called a Farm Hand. Matilda is listed as the mother of 9 children, 6 living.
Children:
1. HARRIS FLANNIGAN HAWKINS, b. Sep 1857, Kentucky; d. before 1910, when his wife is listed on the census as widowed; m. SARAH HESTER HENSON. Harris was a lawyer, according to 1900 census, when he lived in Guthrie, Okla. Sarah died 9 Apr 1926, in El Paso, Tex. Children: (i) Henry Flanagan Hawkins, b. 9 Nov 1878, Fulton Co., Ky.; d. 24 Jan 1956, Memphis, Tenn.; m. Susie Davis. He was a merchant (ii) Mathilda H. Hawkins, b. 21 Nov 1881, New Madrid Co., Mo.; d. 13 Aug 1945, Dallas, Tex.; m. George McQuaid (iii) Wilford Hall Hawkins, b. 16 Oct 1883, Kentucky; d. 19 Apr 1945, Rochester, Minn. (iv) Child (birth order unknown), died young (v) James Nealy Hawkins, b. 21 Oct 1887, Kentucky; d. 28 Dec 1969, Carmel, Calif.; unmarried. (vi) Sarah Birdie Hawkins, b. 1 Oct 1893, Horse Bend, Ky.; d. 16 Dec 1969, El Paso, Tex.; m. Henry Edward Shudde (vii) Samuel Carlisle Hawkins, b. 27 Aug 1895, Hickman, Ky.; d. 18 Mar 1945, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. Elves Platt
675 Ancestry.com: Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965.
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2. HON. CHARLES POSTON HAWKINS, b. 20 Feb 1860, Fulton Co., Ky.; d. 3 Jul 1917, St. Louis, Mo.; bur. Oak Ridge Cem., Kennett, Mo.; m. AUGUSTA BELL WALTRIP. He was educated at McKenzie College, Tenn. He was an attorney, and was prosecuting attorney for Dunklin Co., Mo., for three terms. He also served in the Missouri state house of representatives and state senate, having been elected in 1912. Augusta died Apr 1947, in Dunklin, Mo. Children: (i) Lucy M. Hawkins, b. 13 Feb 1885, Missouri; d. 25 Nov 1968, Kennett, Mo.; m. Guy Maurice Smith (ii) James Poston Hawkins, b. 14 Jul 1886, Clarkton, Mo.; d. 21 Apr 1970, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; m. Stella Pearl Trammell (iii) Jessie Pearl Hawkins, b. 23 Nov 1889, Clarkton, Mo.; d. 14 Feb 1976, San Francisco, Calif.; m. Fred Ordway Wickham (iv) Charles Paul Hawkins, b. 17 Jun 1892, Clarkton, Mo.; d. 6 Apr 1965, Kennett, Mo.; he was an attorney; unmarried (v) Sydney Raymond Hawkins, b. 8 Sep 1895; d. 15 Jun 1896
3. JOHN M. HAWKINS, b. 12 Nov 1863, Kentucky; d. 19 Jul 1938, Tiptonville, Tenn.; unmarried. He was a Justice of the Peace.
4. JAMES FRANKLIN HAWKINS, b. Jun 1866, Kentucky; d. 2 Feb 1945, Boone Co., Ark.; bur. Maplewood Cem., Harrison, Ark.; m. MARY ELIZABETH “LIZZIE” HUTCHISON. He was a farmer. Mary died 26 Nov 1943, in Boone Co. Children: (i) Mary Hawkins, b. 2 Aug 1891, Tennessee; d. 9 Aug 1972, Harrison, Ark.; m. Silby Sidney Gladden (ii) James H. Hawkins, b. 13 Nov 1893, Tennessee; d. 25 Nov 1966, Harrison (?), Ark.; m. Irby Martin (iii) Nelle V. Hawkins, b. 25 Jan 1896, Tennessee; d. 29 Sep 1973, Harrison, Ark.; m. Virgil Drew Willis (iv) William Bryan Hawkins, b. 20 Feb 1898, Tennessee; d. 20 Jul 1978, Harrison (?), Ark.; m. Mae Lane (v) Paul Palmer Hawkins, b. 19 Aug 1908, Bellefonte, Ark.; d. 18 Jul 1972, Fayetteville, Ark. He was a civil engineer with the Missouri Highway Dept.; unmarried.
5. AESOP HAWKINS, b. about 1869; found on 1870 census, no further record
6. JOSEPH C. HAWKINS, b. 28 Jul 1874, Fulton Co., Ky.; d. 10 Mar 1967, Hayti, Mo.; bur. Little Prairie Cem., Caruthersville, Mo.; m. SUSIE C. CARIGAN. He was a farmer, and lived in Caruthersville since 1917. Susie died 19 Aug 1950, in Caruthersville. Children: (i) Josephine Hawkins, b. 21 Jun 1900, Fulton Co., Ky.; d. 26 May 1995, Sun City, Ariz.; m. Bailey Frank Brooks (ii) Robert Williams Hawkins, b. 28 Apr 1903, Kentucky; d. 17 Jan 1970, Caruthersville, Mo.; m. Harriet Genevieve Bloker. He was a magistrate judge of Pemiscot Co., Mo. He received a law degree from Washington Univ., St. Louis. (iii) Hester Ann Hawkins, b. 29 Mar 1905, Marion Co., Ill.; d. 22 Oct 1973, Memphis, Tenn.; m. Henry Young Williams
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(iv) Mary Hawkins, b. 1908, Kentucky; d. 1911, probably in Fulton Co., Ky.
7. NOAH CASE HAWKINS, b. 13 Oct 1877, Fulton Co., Ky.; d. 25 Mar 1958, St. Louis, Mo.; bur. Little Prairie Cem., Caruthersville, Mo; m. JULIA E. CASWELL. He graduated from Cumberland School of Law and was an attorney, moving to Caruthersville, Mo., in 1906. He was elected Probate Judge in 1948 and again in 1952.676 Julia died 6 Jan 1974. Child: (i) Julian Caswell Hawkins, b. 8 Jul 1910, Missouri; d. 31 Jul 1995, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Helen Beam. He was a Sgt. in World War II, serving 4 ½ years in the Pacific at Adm. Nimitz’ headquarters. He worked for the Missouri Highway and Transpiration Department as a negotiator.
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(104) REV. SAMUEL J. HAWKINS (Mary Graham Ralston) was born 21 Aug 1830 in Carroll Co., Tenn. He died 31 Jul 1888, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and was buried in Sulphur Springs 677 Cemetery. He married MILDRED ELLIOT TROTTER, 15 May 1855, in Shelby Co., Tenn. She was born in about 1838, and died in about 1861, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Samuel married, second, EMMALINE M. “EMMA” BURKE, in about 1861, in Caddo Parish. She was born 11 Aug 1833 in Ohio, and died 16 Jan 1922, in Austin, Tex. She is buried in Sulphur Springs Cemetery.678
Samuel was, at the time of his death, the presiding elder of the Sulphur Springs district, North Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. He was also a curator of the Southwestern University at Georgetown. He had lived in Louisiana prior to coming to Texas. Samuel had been a chaplain in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He moved the family to Texas after the war and “became a circuit riding Methodist preacher in East Texas.”
Children by his first wife, Mildred:
1. MYRA ELLIOT HAWKINS, b. 18 May 1856, Caddo Parish, La.; d. 9 Mar 1936, Merkel, Tex.; m. WILLIAM HENDERSON PALMER. William was a famer, and was a confederate soldier during the Civil War. He died 17 Jan 1924, in Merkel, Tex. Children:
676 Carruthersville Democrat-Argus, 4 Apr 1958. 677 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53717149/samuel-j-hawkins 678 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156372337/emeline-m.-hawkins
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(i) William Hawkins Palmer, b. 18 Dec 1875, Upshur Co., Tex.; d. 14 Apr 1966, Amarillo, Tex.; m. Emily Ferrell Lewis. He was a street car conductor. (ii) Addie Mary Palmer, b. 7 Jan 1878, Upshur Co., Tex.; d. 14 Feb 1912, Ward Co., Tex.; unmarried (iii) Richard Lane Palmer, b. 27 Oct 1880, Ore City, Tex.; d. 26 Mar 1956, Solano Co., Calif.; m. Winnie B. Lecroy (iv) Sue Sale Palmer, b. 16 Apr 1883, Texas; d. 19 Jan 1970, Amarillo, Tex.; m. Rev. Oliver Bishop Annis
2. MARY C. HAWKINS, b. about 1858, in La.; living 1860; no further record.
Children by his second wife Emmaline:
2. WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINS, b. 23 Sep 1863, Greenwood, La.; d. 23 Jul 1937, Abilene, Tex.; m. ELLA DICKASON. William was associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and was also an attorney. He attended Tulane Univ., then Southwestern Univ. where he earned a B.S. degree. He lived for two years in Honduras, settling a mining estate of a client. Ella died 12 Oct 1950, in Abilene, Tex. Children: (i) Lyndsay Dickason Hawkins, b. 24 Oct 1887, Texas; d. 26 Aug 1956, Breckenridge, Tex.; m. Lulu Nelle Hinton. He was an attorney and grad. Columbia Univ. Law School. (ii) Evelyn Hawkins, b. 29 Jul 1891, Texas; d. 9 Feb 1986, Colorado City, Tex.; m. Stafford Grigsby Helm (iii) Marion Hawkins, b. 23 Jul 1897, Texas; d. 5 Mar 1983, Abilene, Tex.; m. Emory Alden Samson (iv) Eudora Alice Hawkins, b. 15 Jul 1899, Texas; d. 13 Dec 1972, Abilene, Tex.; unmarried. She “achieved prominence for her traffic safety work with Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs.” She helped lay the groundwork for a driver education program.
4. SAMUEL BURKE HAWKINS, b. 25 Jan 1866, Louisiana; d. 28 Sep 1903; near Gatesville, Tex.; bur. Masonic Cem.; m. MARTHA ZONA CRAWFORD; no children. He was a well-known lawyer. His death was caused “by a fall from a horse at his ranch.” He was a graduate of Southwestern Univ.679 His widow married, 2nd, Rufus Whitten King, and 3rd, Hugh Curtis Smith; she died 1 Sep 1939, in San Antonio, Tex.
5. ALBERT SCALES HAWKINS, b. Mar 1868, Ladonia, Tex.; d. 5 Jun 1920, Midland, Tex.; st nd rd m. (1 ) EFFIE SNELSON; m. (2 ) SALLIE W. BELL (divorced); m. (3 ) LETHA JACKSON DEAVER. Albert was an attorney, and a member of the Texas state senate. Letha died 24 Feb 1951, in Los Angeles, Calif. Child, by his 3rd wife Letha:
679 “Death of Samuel B. Hawkins,” Dallas Morning News, 29 Sep 1903.
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(i) Albert J. Hawkins, b. 29 Dec 1918, Phoenix, Ariz.; d. 14 Oct 1941, San Francisco, Calif.; he committed suicide.680
6. EMMA R. HAWKINS, b. 16 Nov 1870, Texas; d. 15 Jun 1962, Kerrville, Tex.; bur. Masonic st nd Cem., Kerrville; m. (1 ) HARDY REYNOLDS VANTINE; divorced; m. (2 ) WILLIAM L. TURNER. Her first husband Hardy died 18 Oct 1938, in Dallas, Tex. He was a rancher, and in 1920, manager of a grocery company in Dallas, Tex. Emma’s obituary calls her Emma VanTine, as she apparently assumed the surname of her first husband. William Turner’s death date is not known. In 1920 he and Emma lived in Dallas where he was a teacher. Children: (i) Elmer Hawkins Vantine, b. 25 Apr 1896, Midland, Tex.; d. May 1978, Dallas, Tex.; m. (1st) Elizabeth Bauer; m. (2nd) Beatrix Hermenia Flores; m. (3rd?) Lola McKinney Rainbolt. He was a veteran of World War I, and was a painter. (ii) Neil H. Vantine, b. about 1901, Texas; d. Aug 1922, Puerto Cortez, Honduras (iii) Joseph H. Vantine, b. 23 Nov 1903, Texas; d. 18 Jan 1971, Dallas, Tex.; m. (1st) Mildred R. Mullholland; m. (2nd) Myrtle Clemmons
7. ALVIN R. HAWKINS, b. 7 Oct 1872, Jefferson, Tex.; d. 12 Sep 1897, in Honolulu, Hawaii; bur. O’ahu Cem.;681 unmarried. He had gone to Honolulu to practice law.
(105) JOSEPH RALSTON HAWKINS (Mary Graham Ralston) was born 6 Jul 1832 in Huntingdon, Tenn. He died 21 Jul 1908 in Huntingdon, and is buried in Clark Cemetery there.682 He married 683 MARY ELLEN COCKRAN 19 Sep 1860, in Weakley Co., Tenn. She was born 24 Mar 1840, in Weakley Co. She died 28 Apr 1902, in Carroll Co., Tenn., and is buried in Clark Cemetery, Huntingdon.684 Joseph was a lawyer. He is said to have been a soldier in the Confederate Army at the Battle of Shiloh.685 Children:
1. GENEVA RUTH HAWKINS, b. 29 Jan 1862, Dresden, Tenn.; d. 13 Oct 1921, Newark, Oh.; bur. Clark Cem., Huntingdon, Tenn.; m. CONGER PRAVATT PRIESTLY. He was a druggist. He died 22 Jul 1931, in Shelby Co., Tenn. Children: (i) Kate Priestly, b. Feb 1885, Tennessee; d. 12 Dec 1962, Mobile, Ala.; m. Willis Clyde Sherwood (ii) Connell Priestly, b. 6 Aug 1886, Tennessee; d. 29 Apr 1944, Klamath, Ore.; m. John Hawkins Napier
680 “Youth Kills Self at Girl’s Doorstep,” San Francisco Examiner, 15 Oct 1941. 681 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118360561/alvin-r.-hawkins 682 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145469582 683 Ancestry.com: Tennessee Marriage Records, 1780-2002. According to the article in the Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, this was his second marriage, his first being to “E. A.” 684 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145469609/mary-ellen-hawkins 685 Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 42, no. 4, p. 147.
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2. FLORENCE ELLEN HAWKINS, b. 4 Apr 1867, Tennessee; d. 27 Sep 1947, Floyd Co., Ga.; bur. Myrtle Hill Cem., Rome, Ga.; m. RUFUS HENRY MCLAIN, who d. 16 Mar 1929, in Floyd Co., Ga. He was a railroad agent. Children: (i) Gladys McLain, b. 6 Jan 1889, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 14 Dec 1969, Floyd, Ga.; unmarried. She was a teacher. (ii) Mary Ellen McLain, b. 8 May 1894, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 12 Feb 1975, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; m. Alfred Christian Rehnquist
3. JESSIE JUSTINA HAWKINS, b. 5 Oct 1869, Tennessee; d. 8 Feb 1934, Bruceton, Tenn.; bur Clark Cem., Huntingdon, Tenn.; m. BENJAMIN J. WILLIAMS. Benjamin was a traveling salesman. He died 4 Aug 1935, in Huntingdon. Children: (i) J. Newton Williams, b. 19 Jan 1896, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 15 Jul 1976, Nashville, Tenn.; m. Sibby Cunningham. He was a salesman for a chemical company. (ii) Mildred Williams, b. May 1899, Tennessee; d. 12 Aug 1977, Huntingdon, Tenn.; m. Ernest Leon White (iii) Mary Ellen Williams, b. 7 Sep 1902, Tennessee; d. 9 Apr 1995, Palm Beach, Fla.; unmarried
4. JOSEPH WORTH HAWKINS, b. 16 Oct 1871, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 9 Dec 1952, Dallas, Tex.; bur. Spillman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas; m. GRACE -----, divorced by 1940. He was a Corporal in the Spanish-American war. He was a dry goods salesman, according to his death certificate. No known children
5. LEE B. HAWKINS, b. 1 Apr 1874, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 4 Oct 1904, Memphis, Tenn.; bur. Clark Cem., Huntingdon, Tenn. He was a very popular probate judge, in Caruthersville, Mo. Earlier he was secretary to Congressman Thetus W. Sims. Unmarried.
6. LULA MAY HAWKINS, b. 28 Jul 1877; d. 4 Jan 1943, Rome, Ga.; bur. Myrtle Hill Cem.; unmarried
7. CHARLES HAWKINS, b. 11 Jan 1879, Huntingdon, Tenn.; living 1917 in Eastland, Tex.; no further record.
(106) WILLIAM HARVEY HAWKINS (Mary Graham Ralston) was born 16 Mar 1834, in Carroll Co., Tenn. He died 8 Jul 1914, in Taylor, Tex., and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Merkel, 686 Tex. He married MARY E. “MOLLIE” BLACKWELL, 9 Oct 1868, in Carroll Co., Tex. She was born 28
686 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23091724/william-harvey-hawkins
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Nov 1849 687and died 18 Jan 1876, in Carroll Co. Mollie was buried in Hawkins Cemetery.688 689 After her death, William married, second, SALLY MITCHELL.
William was a Captain in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He established the Carroll Patriot at the start of the war. In 1874 he was editor of the People’s Paper.690 On the 1880 census he lived in Precinct 4, Lampasas Co., Tex., with daughter Mary. He was listed as a teacher. On the 1900 census, he lived in Coryell, Tex., with daughter Ida Mary and her husband, and was a druggist. He was widowed. In 1910 he lived with his daughter in Merkel, Tex.
According to the Abilene Daily Reporter, 11 Jul 1908, he was a “private in the Twenty-second Tennessee Infantry, and after twelve months, was transferred from middle to west Tennessee and given charge of a cavalry recruiting station. Having recruited a company he was made captain of the same, as it was known as Company A of the Sixteenth Tennessee Calvary. From the time he was made captain until the close of the war he served under the command of General Forrest, being with him in all of the engagements except one when he was absent because of a broken limb, a wound received in a previous battle.”
“In Tennessee after the war he engaged in the mercantile business, but on coming to [Texas] he engaged in teaching, and doing editorial work at Lampasas, Gatesville and Hico.” He moved to Texas in 1873.
Children by his first wife:
1. IDA MARY HAWKINS, b. 6 Jun 1869, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 7 Apr 1957; bur. Rose Hill Cem., Merkel, Tex.; m. DR. MARVIN ARMSTRONG. Marvin died 27 Nov 1942, in Fort Worth, Tex. He and Ida had come to Merkel, Tex., in 1905. In addition to a large medical practice there, he operated several farming properties, and was President of Farmers State Bank. Children: (i) Ida Armstrong, b. and d. 21 May 1898 (ii) Dr. William Franklin Armstrong, b. 11 Jul 1900, Coryell, Tex.; d. 31 Jan 1978, Fort Worth, Tex.; m. Sewanee Dean Van Cleave691 (iii) Lola Ruth Armstrong, b. 28 Apr 1903, Texas; d. 26 May 1981, Abilene, Tex.; m. Johnny William Cox. Johnny was a former mayor of Merkel, Tex., and manager of Taylor Electric Cooperative
687 Some sources claim she was the daughter of Thomas Blackwell who died about 1860. However the will of this Thomas mentions a daughter Mary H. Thompson. 688 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70287702 689 However I cannot find a record of this marriage. 690 Tennessee Genealogical Magazine. 691 She was born in Sewanee, Tenn., and named after her town of birth!
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692 2. MAUD HAWKINS, b. Aug 1874; d. 24 Aug 1874, “aged one week”; bur. Hawkins Cem.
(109) ALBERT G. HAWKINS (Mary Graham Ralston) was born 24 Apr 1841, near Huntingdon, in Carroll Co., Tenn. He died 17 May 1906, in Huntingdon, Tenn., and is 693 buried in Clark Cemetery there. He married SUSAN 694 ELLEN PRINCE, 11 Nov 1869, in Carroll Co. She was born 15 Jan 1849, in Carroll Co., the daughter of George H. Prince and Martha Carson. She died 4 Jan 1899, in Huntingdon, and is buried in Clark Cemetery. Albert married, second, KATE VAN HORN, 24 Jan 1900, in Henry Co., Tenn. She was born in Aug 1871, in Ark.
Albert attended the Huntingdon Male Academy. In Jan 1861, he went to Shreveport, La., and taught school for 5 months. He then returned to Carroll Co. and enlisted in Capt. Bryant’s Co., 55th Tenn. Confederate States Infantry, and served until 1862, when he came home due to illness. After recovering, he joined Forrest’s Cavalry. He was wounded at Brice’s Cross Roads in 1864, and surrendered at Gainesville, Ala., 11 May 1865. He had begun studying law in 1861 and resumed after the war, being admitted to the bar in 1866. He became “one of the leading lawyers of West Tennessee. He was a strong Democrat and in 1876 was elected to represent the counties of Carroll and Gibson in the State Senate…He was always found on the side of temperance and did more, perhaps, to bring about the repeal of the charter of Huntingdon abolishing saloons than any other man.”695
Children, by his first wife:
1. PRINCE ALBERT HAWKINS, b. 1 Jan 1871, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 10 Apr 1939, San Francisco, Calif.; m. MYRTLE ZIEMER. He was a prominent attorney in Reno, Nev., and at one time president of the Nevada State Bar Association. He graduated from Vanderbilt Univ. in 1894. Before moving to Nevada he had practiced in Boulder, Colo. Myrtle died 17 Nov 1969.
692 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98583625/maud-hawkins 693 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145469479/albert-g.-hawkins 694 Ancestry.com: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. 695 (Nashville) Tennessean, 18 May 1906.
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Children: (i) Robert Ziemer Hawkins, b. 26 Dec 1903, Boulder, Colo.; d. 26 Sep 1979, Reno, Nev.; m. (1st) Katherine Mackay; m. (2nd) -----; m. (3rd) Kathryn Ackley. He was an attorney and bank executive, and a graduate of Stanford Law School. (ii) Ellen Prince Hawkins, b. 4 Oct 1905, Boulder, Colo.; d. 3 Nov 1979, Moss Beach, Calif.; m. John Sigfred Norman; divorced. She graduated from the Univ. of Hawaii. (iii) Carson Hawkins, b. 17 Mar 1908, Boulder, Colo.; d. 18 May 1996, Cumberland, Md.; m. Virginia Athey McGee. He was a Navy captain and aviator. At one time he commanded a seaplane squadron in Alaska, and also was commanding officer at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nev. He was “one of the early-day Navy flyers who guided their rickety planes onto decks of extremely small aircraft carriers.”696 (iv) Elizabeth “Betts” Ziemer Hawkins, b. 1 Oct 1910, Colorado; d. 1 Mar 2015, Rye, N.Y., at age 104; m. Rear Adm. Benjamin Scott Custer. She graduated from Stanford Univ. with a degree in Philosophy. Along with her husband, she was “prominent supporter of research in mental health.” She played a key role in forming the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in 1970. Ben graduated from the US Naval Academy and was a Naval aviator during World War II. After the war he was a flight instructor, and also earned a Ph.D. in American history from Georgetown Univ. (v) Prince Archer Hawkins, b. 28 Dec 1918; d. 20 Apr 2013, Reno, Nev.; m. (1st) Shirley Ann Towner; m. (2nd) Jacqueline -----. He was an attorney. He graduated from Yale University, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Business School, and attended Stanford Law School..
697 2. MYRTLE HAWKINS, b. 24 Jul 1878; d. 9 Aug 1878; bur. Clark Cem., Huntingdon
3. LESLIE OLIVER HAWKINS, b. 17 Sep 1881, Huntingdon, Tenn.; d. 11 Sep 1962, Las Vegas, Nev.; m. FRANCES B. HASKINS. He was an attorney for nearly 50 years, and a district judge in Humboldt and Pershing Counties, Nev., from 1925-1942. He graduated from the Univ. of Michigan Law School in 1907, and began private practice of law in Winnemucca, Nev., in 1913. He was a Clark Co. leader in the Democratic party and was a delegate to many state and national party conventions. He was also a veteran of World War I. Frances died 6 Aug 1985, in Las Vegas. Children: (i) Ralston Oliver Hawkins, b. 21 Aug 1920, Winnemucca, Nev.; d. 5 Dec 1961, La Jolla, Calif.; m. Romietta Ward. He graduated from the Univ. of Nevada and George Washington Univ. Law School, and served as an infantry captain overseas in World War II. He was city attorney for Las Vegas, Nev., before working as general counsel for Bonanza Air Lines.
696 Reno Gazette-Journal, 14 Jul 1996. 697 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145469539 Inscription: “MYRTLE Dau’t of A. G & ELLEN HAWKINS Died Aug 9, 1878, AGED 16 Days” (There is an inscription beneath which is hard to read.)
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(ii) Frances Hawkins, b. 18 Nov 1921, Winnemucca, Nev.; d. 15 Nov 2001, Reno, Nev.; unmarried. She graduated from the Univ. of Nevada at Reno, and was an elementary and middle school teacher for many years, also coaching basketball and directing school plays. (iii) Gordon Leslie Hawkins, b. 30 Jan 1924, Winnemucca, Nev.; d. 20 May 2004, Las Vegas, Nev.; m. Daryl Blanche Rakeman. He was an attorney, practicing law in Las Vegas.. He graduated from the Univ. of Nevada, and earned a Law degree from the Univ. of Michigan. He served in World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart. (iv) Charlyn Hawkins, b. 2 Oct 1929, Winnemucca, Nev.; d. 1 Jan 2017, Lawrence, Kans.; m. Harold Orel. She graduated from the Univ. of Michigan in 1951, studying speech therapy. Her husband taught in the Univ. of Maryland’s overseas program in Germany, Austria and England; he was an English teacher. Charlyn worked in college libraries in Michigan, Maryland and Kansas.
4. CLARENCE MADISON HAWKINS, b. 22 May 1880, Carroll Co., Tenn.; d. 16 Oct 1961, st nd Sacramento, Calif.; m. (1 ) NELLE ROSS BARTON; m. (2 ) FLORENCE A. BABCOCK. Clarence graduated from Vanderbilt Univ. with a law degree in 1904. In 1905 he was appointed private secretary to Tenn. Gov. John I. Cox. Later he practiced law in Colorado Springs and Denver, Colo., before moving to Auburn, Calif. His first wife Nelle died 11 Jan 1915, in Nashville, Tenn. His second wife Florence died 5 Jun 1962, in Los Angeles, Calif. Child, by his first wife Nelle: (i) Dorthea Cavitt Hawkins, b. 27 Aug 1906, Tennessee; d. 14 Oct 1993, Placer Co., Calif.; m. Otto Frederick Rudd. He was a soil conservationist. Children, by his second wife, Florence: (ii) Rosemary Adora Hawkins, b. 15 Aug 1918, Denver, Colo.; d. 25 Aug 1995, Alameda Co., Calif.; m. John Thomas O’Brien (iii) Antona M. Hawkins, b. 1922, San Diego, Calif.; living; m. Rodney Charles Richardson
(110) CAMILLUS HAWKINS (Mary Graham Ralston) was born 8 Mar 1843 in Carroll Co., Tenn. He died 11 Mar 1909 in McKenzie, Tenn. He married JOSEPH ANNA “ANNIE” COLE 12 Nov 1868, in Carroll Co. (Although unusual for a woman to be named Joseph, both her gravestone and death certificate calls her Joseph Anna Hawkins.) She was born 13 Dec 1849 in Tennessee, and was the daughter of Richmond S. Cole and Martha Lawrence Smith. She died 7 Jan 1917, in McKenzie. They are both buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, in McKenzie.698
Camillus was mayor of McKenzie, Tenn. He had moved there in 1865. He is listed as a lawyer on the 1880 and 1900 census. His wife, Anne Hawkins, 60, was listed on the census in
698 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156446333
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McKenzie, in 1910. The census record says she was the mother of two children, neither living. But on the 1900 census, she Joanna is listed as the mother of 0 children. An obituary calls her Annie, and states she was “a most excellent woman and was one of the oldest citizens of McKenzie, her entire life having been spent there.”699 Annie was a self-taught artist who did landscapes and portraits.700 She also was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy and wrote “War Leaflets,”701 an account of her family’s activities during the war (her father was Captain of the State Militia and “his home was often a place for Confederate Soldiers to rest.”702
Children:
1. HOMER HAWKINS, b. about 1873; died before 1900.
2. (probably) (CHILD) HAWKINS, d. before 1900
(112) ELIZABETH JANE RALSTON (James Hervey Ralston) was born 19 Jan 1845703 in Quincy, Illinois. She died 19 Apr 1876 in San Francisco, Calif., and was buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery.704
Elizabeth married MARCELLUS CRANE TILDEN, 3 Feb 1861, in Sacramento, Calif.705 Marcellus was born 18 Jun 1833 in Ohio, the son of John Marcellus Tilden and Laura Ann Crane. He died 30 Jan 1896 in San Francisco, and is buried in the Sacramento City Cemetery.706
Elizabeth moved with her parents to California by 1860. She was only 31 years old when she died. An obituary stated that she was “relieved by death of great suffering endured with patience during a long illness. Her complaint was dropsy of the heart. Such was her agony that for three months past she has been unable to lie down a moment….[She was] a woman known and
699 Carroll County Democrat, 12 Jan 1917. 700 Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 6, p. 252. 701 Available online at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carroll/military/civilwar/war-leaflets.txt 702 History of Carroll Co. Tenn., Vol. 1, p. 134. 703 Her gravestone says she died at age 31 years and 3 months. This assumes the age at death is given exactly, not an approximation. However this seems reasonable as other gravestones in the family plot, including those of family members who died at a similar time, give the exact age, in years, months and days. 704 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42288150 705 San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 6 Feb 1861. 706 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42287459
121 beloved in this community for her genial disposition, her gentle manners, and the cheerful influence she shed about her at all times and under all circumstances. She had no enemies but by the tender ties of sympathy and love, and purity of her life, dear friends to her who were held by silken chords but so strong as never to be broken.”707
M. C. Tilden was “for years a prominent lawyer in Nevada and California, having participated in a great deal of the important litigation that marked the early history of the Pacific Coast.” Prior to his marriage he was a junior partner in the law office of Elizabeth’s father, James Hervey Ralston. In 1870 he was a prosperous attorney in Sacramento. He served two terms as City Attorney of Sacramento. “Tilden, in his prime, was a very good lawyer and an effective talker.”708
In 1877, he and four of his six children moved to Virginia City, Nev., where he opened a law practice. In 1882 he visited Washington, D.C. and met with Jack Ralston. In 1883 he opened a law practice in Carson City, Nev.
Marcellus married, second, Meta M. Woodland, 17 May 1883, in Sacramento. They were divorced 30 Aug 1884. Meta gave birth to a male child “on or about” 24 Feb 1884. Marcellus stated that he was unsure if he was the father, but regardless, “it is my will, wish and desire that neither the said child born of the said Meta M., nor the descendants or heirs of the said child shall ever inherit anything from me or from my estate.”709
He returned to California in late 1888, when he moved to San Jose. . In October 1895, Marcellus brought suit against another attorney, Clinton White, for attacking him in hall of the court house.710 He lost the case, however, failing to convince the jury.711 He died soon after this case was decided.
Children:
1. RALSTON MARCELLUS “ROLLIE” TILDEN, b. 28 Oct 1861, Sacramento, Calif.; d. 16 Jul 1890, San 712 Jose, Calif.; bur. Sacramento City Cem.; m. SARAH JANE HARTIGAN. Ralston died in a railroad accident: “The deceased had been employed on the railroad and met his death by being struck on the head by one of the timbers of a bridge which the train was crossing. He had his lantern in his hand at the time, and was knocked down on top of the car. He was conscious for several hours afterwards, and recognized his father and
707 Sacramento Daily Union, 21 Apr 1876. 708 Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb 1896. 709 San Francisco Call, 22 Dec 1896. The child, who was originally named Albert Cecil Tilden, and later called Cecil S. Wright. Duncan McFarland Wright, who later married Meta, was appointed his guardian. 710 Sacramento Bee, 16 Oct 1895. 711 Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb 1896. 712 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42288545
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other friends. After being put to bed, however, he became unconscious, and remained in that condition up to the time of his death, thirty-six hours afterwards.” “He was a young man of much promise, greatly respected by his employers, possessed a cheerful disposition and was beloved by all who became acquainted with him.”713 His wife is said to have remarried and died in about 1901-1903, but little is known about her. Child: (i) Charles Ralston Tilden, b. 27 Jan 1888, Sacramento, Calif.; d. 25 Apr 1967, Fresno, Calif.; m. Catherine Bermingham. He was a builder in 1940 in Fresno.
2. CHARLES JUSTICE TILDEN, b. 31 Mar 1863; d. 16 Aug 1879, by drowning in the San Francisco Bay; bur. Sacramento City Cemetery.714 According to the Sacramento Bee, “Young Tilden was attending the California Military Academy at Oakland, and he and one of his companions, Charles D. Capp, were last Saturday granted a pass to go to San Rafael, to be absent until Monday, inquiry was made of them, and it was ascertained that the last that was seen of them they were in a sail boat on the bay. Since that boat has been found, drifted ashore with the mast broken. No clue has been discovered to the whereabouts of the young men. They were unaccustomed to the management of a sail boat, and were undoubtedly capsized in a squall and drowned.”715 Charles’ body was subsequently found.
716 717 3. DR. FRANK NEELY TILDEN, b. 30 May 1868, Sacramento, Calif.; d. 28 May 1910, in Chipata, Rhodesia (now Zambia), Africa;718 unmarried. He graduated from Cooper Medical College in 1893 was licensed to practice medicine in San Francisco, although he soon left for Africa “to see if he could make a fortune in gold or diamonds.”719 A newspaper article calls him a “soldier of fortune,” and states that he “was killed by an elephant he had wounded near Fort Jamison, Rhodesia, South Africa, May 28 last.” The article claims that “Tilden made a fortune in African and Alaskan goldfields. He owned a large rubber plantation at the time of his death.”720 His remains were shipped to Denver, Co., and cremated.721 He left a will dated 7 Sep 1894.
4. LAURA MAY TILDEN, b. 24 Apr 1872, Sacramento, Calif.; d 31 May 1938, Montrose, Colo., from an automobile accident; bur.
713 Sacramento Daily Union, 19 Jul 1890. 714 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42288192 His gravestone gives his age as “16 years, 1 mo. 16 d’s” but his middle name is not given. I am uncertain for the source of his middle name. 715 Sacramento Bee, 23 Aug 1879. 716 His middle name is given in Ancestry.com: California Voter Registers, 1866-1898, for the year 1890, when he was a student living at 817 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. His middle name is also given in his probate record. 717 Ancestry.com: California County Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1849-1898. The record only lists a male child of M. C. Tilden, but it was undoubtedly him, since it is known he was born in about that year. 718 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169137659/frank-neely-tilden (cremated, no gravestone). 719 Robert Keith, Shadowing Fame, p. 192. 720 Los Angeles Herald, 28 Jul 1910. That he was wealthy is disputed by Bob Keith, according to a letter he quotes. 721 Sacramento Daily Union, 7 Aug 1910. The article noted, “he is the fourth member of the family to meet a violent death.”
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722 st nd Sacramento City Cem. ; m. (1 ) FREDERICK RAY; m. (2 ) WALTER CURTIS WILSON; no children by either marriage. Laura May Tilden was the first woman lawyer in Nevada. She probably studied law in her father’s office. She practiced law in Sacramento. She was also an advocate of women’s suffrage. She later moved to Colorado and practiced law there. Her “brief marriage to druggist Fred Ray ended when he tried to kill her, and was subsequently declared insane.” Her second marriage ended in divorce.723
5. MARY ELIZABETH TILDEN (twin) b. 19 Jan 1876, Sacramento, Calif.; d. 28 Nov 1877, Sacramento, Calif.;724 she was accidentally poisoned. She was being cared for by the wife of Judge J. T. Landrum, whose house had been infested with rats. “Mrs. Landrum mixed a quantity of strychnine with some mashed potatoes in a saucer, intending to place it where the rats would get it. Unfortunately her husband got the impression that she was preparing the potato as food for the children [Mary and her twin sister]. During the night the children were awoke, and while Mrs. Landrum was attending to the wants of one of them her husband took up what he thought was food prepared for the little ones and fed the other.” A doctor was called and castor oil, mustard and water given to induce vomiting, “but the poison had been at work too long.”725
6. ELIZABETH JEANETTE TILDEN (twin), b. 9 Jan 1876, Sacramento, Calif.; d. 26 May 1948, San 726 Francisco, Calif.; bur. San Francisco National Cem.; m. IRA EDWARD RANDALL, 5 Apr 1906. Ira was a policeman. He was b. 27 Apr 1879, in Greenwood, Wisc., and d. 9 Jun 1939, in San Francisco. Children: (i) Infant, b. and d. 23 Oct 1907 (ii) Tilden Willard Randall, b. 21 Oct 1912, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 11 Nov 1963, Vancouver, Wash.; m. Selen Gertrude Leupke (iii) Florence Annette Randall, b. 22 Nov 1913, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 5 Nov 1983, Auburn, Calif.; m. (1st) Elison Leon Hall; m. (2nd) William Frank Parsons. Elison was a pharmacist. (iv) Laura Jane Randall, b. 2 Aug 1917, California; d. 11 Jan 1983, San Francisco, Calif.; m. Johan/John Ingard Barnrud Hansen. In 1940 he was a painter in San Francisco. (v) Ira Edward Randall Jr., b. 24 Mar 1920, Auburn, Calif.; d. 19 Apr 2007, Santa Cruz, Calif.; m. Winona Sturgeon. Ira served in the Navy in World War II, designing and building flight simulation units. He worked for Pacific Bell for over 30 years as a technician.
722 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42286729/laura-may-wilson 723 http://www.nevadawomen.org/research-center/biographies-alphabetical/laura-may-tilden-wilson/ 724 Sacramento Daily Union, 30 Nov 1877, “Sacramento, November 28 – Mary Elizabeth, daughter of M. C. and the late Elizabeth J. Tilden, 1 year and 10 months.” Also: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42318383/mary- elizabeth-tilden her gravestone gives her age as “1 year. 10 mo. 19 d’s.” 725 Sacramento Daily Union, 30 Nov 1877. 726 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101701194
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(113) JACKSON HARVEY RALSTON (James Hervey Ralston) was born 6 Jan 1857, in Sacramento, Calif. He died 13 Oct 1945, in Santa Clara Co., Calif., and is buried in Alta Mesa Memorial 727 Park, in Palo Alto, Calif. He married, first, SARA BURNS “BIRDIE” 728 RANKIN, 1 Jun 1887, in Keokuk Co., Ia. She was born 27 Jul 1857, in Keokuk, Ia., and died 8 Feb 1937, in Palo Alto. She is buried in the Alta Mesa Memorial Park.729 He married, second, th OPAL VIOLA RALSTON, in Oct 1938. She was apparently his 5 cousin. There were no biological children by either marriage, although they adopted Jackson Frederick Ralston.
Jackson was an attorney, having been admitted to the bar in 1876, at age 19. In 1878 he went to Paris as delegate to the International Typographical Union.730 In 1915 he argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. At one time he was the personal attorney for labor leader Samuel Gompers.
According to a bio at the Stanford Law School web site, he “devoted his career to the growing fields of international arbitration, domestic taxation issues, and teaching, Jackson H. Ralston argued before the supreme court on many occasions and his scholarly contributions were many as the author of numerous books and articles. He also lectured at Stanford University between 1929 and 1933. He represented the United States as agent and counsel in the first dispute to be submitted to the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague under the Hague Convention of 1899. In the case of The Pious Fund of the Californias v. Mexico, acting as United States agent, Ralston secured a significant victory and large financial award, including payments in perpetuity. Settlement of this dispute gave practical reality to The Hague’s new court for international dispute resolution, with the victory clearly establishing his reputation as a leader in this emerging legal field.”731
In the 1890s he lived in Hyattsville, Md., and he appears on the census there in 1900 and 1910. He ran for Congress in 1916, but lost. By 1920 he lived in Washington, D.C.
He was the author of several books, including Democracy’s International Law (1922) and International Arbitration from Athens to Locarno (1929). He was an advocate of a “single tax, which sought to “readjust economic wealth by curbing land monopoly and speculation.”732
727 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144477789 728 Ancestry.com: Iowa Select Marriages, 1809-1992. 729 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144477813/sara-burns-ralston 730 Proceedings of International Typographical Union. 731 https://law.stanford.edu/directory/jackson-ralston/ 732 http://ch.ucpress.edu/content/ucpch/58/3/256.full.pdf
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His first wife Sara was the daughter of John W. and Sara Dupuy Thomasson Rankin. She was educated at Ohio Female College, Kentucky College, and the Grand Conservatory of Music and Art League, New York City. She was involved in missionary, peace and other philanthropic societies.
(115) JOHN H. THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 14 Nov 1831 in Bath Co., Ky. He died 20 Apr 1909 in Morton, Ind., and is buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, Morton, Ind.733 He married 734 MARY E. DAVIDSON, 1 Mar 1859, in Putnam Co., Ind. She was born 16 Aug 1840, in Putnam Co., the daughter of Samuel Davidson and Dorcas Butcher.735 She died 30 Oct 1918, in Crawfordsville, Ind. She was also buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery (they share a single gravestone).
John is listed as a farmer on the 1880 census, and a landlord on the 1900 census. The family lived in Putnam Co., Ind. On the 1900 census, Mary is listed as being the mother of 11 children, 5 living. Mary died from, according to her death certificate, “evidently cancer of bowels.”736
Children:
1. VINOLLA (?) THOMAS, b. Jun 1860; listed on 1860 census, no further record
2. (Possibly) ELZEAPHUS THOMAS, b. about 1862
3. (Possibly) EMMA THOMAS, b. 10 Jan 1862; d. 19 Jan 1865.
4. OLIVE F. THOMAS, b. 24 Jan 1866, Indiana; d. 11 Feb 1911, Indianapolis; m. JOSEPH FLEECE CLAY. Joe was a merchant in 1900 and in 1910, a farmer. He died 13 Jul 1943, in North Salem, Ind. Child: (i) Eula Josephine Clay, b. 15 Jan 1889, Indiana; d. 29 Mar 1976, Volusia, Fla.; m. (1st) Armin Krutch; divorced; m. (2nd) Harry Smith Taylor; divorced; m. (3rd) John Edward Burns
5. CAROLINE B.“CARRIE” THOMAS, b. Apr 1868, Indiana; d. 1968, aged about 100; bur. Forest st nd Hill Cem., Greencastle, Ind.; m. (1 ) ANDREW J. NELSON; divorced; m. (2 ) ELMER ORIN SMITH. Elmer was a mail clerk. Children:
733 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25809728 734 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 735 Parents’ names listed on her death certificate. 736 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate of Mary (Davidson) Thomas.
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(i) Lee Thomas Nelson, b. 17 Nov 1888, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 3 Dec 1977, Rosenburg, Tex.; m. Marguerite Augusta Gordon (ii) Verner Vio Nelson, b. 6 Jul 1892, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 18 Nov 1939; m. Lettie L. ----
6. MARGRETTE “MAGGIE” THOMAS, b. 8 Sep 1870, Indiana; d. 31 Jul 1950, Indianapolis, Ind.; bur. Washington Park Cem., Indianapolis; m. (1st) nd CHARLES WESLEY GIBSON; divorced before 1940; m. (2 ) (GEORGE?) 737 REYNOLDS. Charles was a hardware merchant. He died 21 Dec 1959, in Evansville, Ind. Children, by her first husband: (i) Ernest Ray Gibson, b. 6 Jun 1891, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 11 Feb 1979, Reading, Penn.; m. (1st) Alberta Moore; m. (2nd) Myrtle Anglemyer; m. (3rd) Amelia May Fritz (ii) Beulah Irene Gibson, b. 6 Nov 1895, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 25 Oct 1990, Owensboro, Ky.; m. Dr. Robert Ragle Acre (iii) Alta Marie Gibson, b. 1 Oct 1900, Indiana; d. 24 Apr 1987, Garden Grove, Calif.; m. Azel R. Williams
7. SAMUEL THOMAS, b. May 1875; in 1910 he was single and living with his mother in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind. No further record.
8. MYRTLE THOMAS, b. 5 Jan 1876; d. 5 May 1886
9. CLAY THOMAS, b. 22 Jun 1878; d. 23 Mar 1880; bur. Union Chapel Cem.
10. (SON) THOMAS, b. 20 Oct 1880; d. 12 Dec 1880; bur. Union Chapel Cem.
st 11. ETHEL THOMAS, b. 22 Jan 1884, Indiana; d. 27 Feb 1976, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; m. (1 ) T. 738 nd WILBUR MONTGOMERY; divorced; m. (2 ) EMMANUEL L. CRUM. Emmanuel was president of Ideal Equipment co., which manufactured automobile equipment. He died 20 Jul 1940, in Indianapolis. Child, by her first husband: (i) Mary Eloise Montgomery, b. 30 Aug 1906, Georgia; d. 25 Feb 1985, Broward Co., Fla.; m. (1st) Leonard Mortimer Jeffrey; m. (2nd) Edward A. Lander; m. (3rd) Edwin Aaron Swaby
737 Her death certificate states she was Magrette Reynolds, and the informant was George Reynolds. It also states that she was married and that she was found dead on 7/31/1950. 738 Wilbur spent time in jail due to a custody dispute over their daughter.
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(116) ELIZABETH J. THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 8 Aug 1833, in Putnam Co., Ind. She died 24 May 1919, in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., and was buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery, Morton, Ind.739
She married GEORGE S. FRANK, 8 Nov 1849, in Putnam Co. He was born 11 Nov 1828, in Rowan Co., N.C., the son of John Frank and Elizabeth Hedrick. He died 30 Apr 189 in Monroe Twp., Ind., and is buried in Union Chapel Cemetery.740
Children:
1. FRANCIS FRANK, b. about 1851; living 1870
2. RUTH ELIZABETH FRANK, b. 2 Apr 1852, Indiana; d. 20 Jan 1910, Sidell, Ill.; m. WILLIAM ALEXANDER FORCUM. He was a carpenter. He died 13 May 1923, in Danville, Ill. Children: (i) Paul Forcum, b. about 1874; living 1880; died before 1900 (ii) Oscar Allen Forcum, b. 17 Jan 1875, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 23 Dec 1953, Jacksonville, Ill.; m. Minnie Luana Robbins. Oscar was a farmer. (iii) Jessie Myrtle Forcum, b. 2 Jan 1877, Indiana; d. 28 Jul 1922, Danville, Ill.; m. Samuel Warren McKee (iv) Edith Belle Forcum, b. 12 Dec 1882, Fairmount, Ill.; d. 10 Apr 1934, Allerton, Ill.; m. Edwin Dawson Darley (v) Irene Forcum, b. Apr 1877, Illinois; d. 15 Sep 1906, Allerton, Ill. (vi) Klaa Conrad Forcum, b. 2 Jul 1889, Fairmount, Ill.; d. 10 Aug 1947, Stanislaus Co., Calif.; m. Golden Edith Brothers. He was an automobile salesman. (vii) Ethel M. Forcum, b. 13 Mar 1892, Allerton, Ill.; d. 28 Feb 1953, Westville, Ill.; m Sherman Gallion (viii) William (?) Forcum, d. before 1900
3. ELZEAPHUS THOMAS “ELZA” FRANK, b. 28 Jan 1853, Brick Chapel, Ind.; d. 23 Mar 1924, st nd Clinton Twp., Ind.; m. (1 ) CHRISTINA ANN TUCKER; m. (2 ) ELIZABETH JANE FORBES. He was a farmer. A death notices states he was survived by eight children. His first wife Christina died 11 Mar 1892, of “puerparel fever,” in Morton Twp., Ind. His second wife Elizabeth died 3 Feb 1953, in Houston, Tex. She had married, 2nd, James J. Hahn. Children, by his first wife Christina: (i) Leslie T. Frank, b. 17 Oct 1878, Champaign, Ill.; d. 11 Oct 1959, Greencastle, Ind.; m. Laura Wood (ii) George Ephraim Frank, b. 31 Mar 1884, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 2 Jan 1969, Crawfordsville, Ind.; m. Edith Marie Hinton (iii) Alonzo Frank, b. 13 Aug 1889, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 12 Sep 1933, Indianapolis; m. Pearl Jane Maddox
739 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8087995/elizabeth-j-frank 740 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9323522/george-s.-frank
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(iv) Charles Andrew Frank, b. 24 Mar 1890(?),741 Greencastle, Ind.; d. 10 Jan 1933; Chicago, Ill.; m. (1st) May Davis; m. (2nd) Minnie Louise Myers; they lived in Cedar Rapids, Ia., in 1925, later moving to Chicago (v) Oakie Frank, b. 21 Jul 1891; d. 29 Aug 1891 (vi) Child, birth order uncertain (vii) Child, birth order uncertain. Children, by his second wife Elizabeth: (viii) Hester L. Frank, b. 15 Jun 1894, Indiana; d. 10 Jun 1981, Houston, Tex.; m. ----- Hitt (ix) David W. Frank, b. 20 Jul 1896, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 9 Apr 1972, Terre Haute, Ind.; m. Evangeline Wilson. He was the owner of a welding shop, and a veteran of World War I. (x) Viola E. Frank, b. 8 Feb 1898, Indiana; d. 11 May 1976, Houston, Tex.; m. (1st) Edward John Evers; m. (2nd) Thomas Wesley Caldwell; divorced. Viola died in a fire. (xi) Albert Ross Frank, b. 7 May 1900, Indiana; d. 1 May 1968, Houston, Tex.; m. Celia Bridgewater (xii) Mary C. Frank, b. about 1903; d. about 1923
4. BELLE FRANK, b. 20 Apr 1858, Indiana; d. 26 Sep 1935, Indianapolis; m. ROBERT SIMPSON O’HAIR. Robert was a Civil War veteran. He had six children by his first wife Sirrildah “Rella” Hillis. He died 11 Apr 1831, Greencastle, Ind. Child: (i) Hazel O’Hair, b. 20 Apr 1899, Putnam Co., Ind.; m. ----- Reinle742
5. ELIZA J. FRANK, b. 30 Jan 1860, Indiana; d. 2 Nov 1919; m. BARNABUS TUCKER. Barney died 15 Feb 1943. He was a farmer. Children: (i) Eugene Wilbur Tucker, b. 12 Nov 1880, Indiana; d. 22 Nov 1969, Crawfordsville, Ind.; m. Nellie Webster. In 1930 he operated a gas station in Crawfordsville. (ii) Mabel Estella Tucker, b. 8 Aug 1886, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 19 Mar 1942, Crawfordsville, Ind.; m. Thomas Ernest Wilson (iii) Kenneth Merrill Tucker, b. 5 Jan 1899, Indiana; d. 9 Feb 1965, Indianapolis; m. Thea Marie Gott. He worked for an insurance company.
6. LUCINDA FRANK, b. 13 Jan 1862, Indiana; d. 6 Jan 1954, Roachdale, Ind.; unmarried
(117) MARGARET THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 16 Nov 1834 in Morton, Putnam Co., Ind. She died 18 Jun 1924, in Greencastle, Ind.,743 and is buried in the Brick Chapel Cemetery,
741 This is probably not his true date of birth, although it is what was reported in the Illinois Death records. 742 Greencastle Herald, 11 Apr 1831, obituary of Robert Simpson O’Hair mentions daughter Hazel Reinle. 743 Ancestry.com: Death certificate of Margaret Thomas Cooper.
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744 745 Putnam Co., Ind. She married GEORGE HARRIS COOPER, 18 Mar 1852, in Putnam Co. He was born 17 Aug 1826, in Mt. Sterling, Ky., the son of John Cooper and Sarah Motley, who were in Putnam Co., Ind., by 1850. He died 30 Dec 1896 in Clinton Twp., Ind., and is buried in Brick Chapel Cemetery.
George is listed as a farmer on the 1880 census, in Clinton Twp. In his obituary, he is called “an old and highly respected citizen of Russell Township.” He died of Bright’s disease.746
Margaret lived with her youngest son Chauncey, according to the 1900 and 1910 census. By 1920 she was living with her daughter Mary O’Hair and her husband Harvey, and she died there. She had been in failing health for two years.
Children:
747 1. JOHN T. COOPER, b. Feb. 1853, Indiana; d. 1924, probably in Dec 1924; bur. Altoona Cem., Altoona, Kans.; m. ELIZA JANE ADAMS. He was a farmer. Eliza died in 1938. Child: (i) Fay Ralston Cooper, b. 25 Jan 1883, Wilson Co., Kans.; d. 2 Jan 1943, Monterey, Calif.; m. (1st) Letha Belle Carrell; m. (2nd) Effa May Hash
2. MARY RALSTON COOPER, b. 7 Jul 1854, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 17 Dec 1931, Greencastle, Ind.; bur. Brick Chapel. Cem.; m. WILLIAM HARVEY O’HAIR, who was a farmer. He died 29 Nov 1934, in Putnam Co. Child: (i) Neely Claude O’Hair, b. 14 Jun 1883, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 17 Dec 1959, Greencastle, Ind.; m. Caroline Frances Davis. He was an insurance agent.
3. SARAH A. COOPER, b. 9 Sep 1856, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 30 Dec 1931, Altoona, Kans.; bur. Altoona Cem.; m. EDWIN E. LLOYD, who was a farmer. He died 1 Dec 1924, in Altoona Children: (i) Oscar M. Lloyd, b. 3 Sep 1885, Kansas; d. 17 Jan 1935; m. Maude E. Smith. He was a grain and livestock dealer. (ii) Ernest Edwin Lloyd, b. 12 Sep 1887, Altoona, Kans.; d. 6 Nov 1951, Springfield, Ill.; m. Myrtle Beckett. He was chief reviewer for the I.R.S. in Springfield (iii) Marjorie C. Lloyd, b. 8 Oct 1893, Altoona, Kans.; d. 8 Aug 1941, Assumption, Ill.; m. Dale Clair Corzine
4. ELZEPHUS M. COOPER, b. 18 Jan 1858, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 5 Apr 1921, near Neodesha, Wilson Co., Kans.; bur. Altoona Cem.; m. ELLA LAVINA DITTO. He was a prosperous farmer.
744 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156090410 745 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 746 Greencastle Democrat, 2 Jan 1897. 747 Greencastle Herald, 11 Dec 1924: “Aaron Cooper left Tuesday afternoon for Altoona, Kansas, where he will visi his brother, John Cooper, a former Putnam County man, who is quite ill.”
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He died when he was “Crushed beneath the weight of his horse after an obstinate bull attacked it.”748 Ella died 18 Dec 1957, in Neodesha. Children: (i) George Dewitt Cooper, b. Sep 1889, Kansas; d. 6 Jan 1947, Neodesha, Kans.; m. Nellie Irene Middleton. He was a farmer in Neodesha, Kans., in 1920. (ii) Corwin D. Cooper, b. 6 Dec 1892, Neodesha, Kans.; d. 12 Jun 1912, Kansas City, Mo.; he died of kidney disease (iii) Roxie Cooper, b. 26 Oct 1894, Kansas; d. 24 Sep 1990, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. Clarence Herbert Watkins (iv) Roy G. Cooper, b. 5 Apr 1897, Neodesha, Kans.; d. 3 Jun 1945, Little Rock, Ark.; m. Nellie Lenora Riddle. He was a farmer in Neodesha, Kans., in 1940. (v) Bernice Billy Cooper, b. 24 Aug 1908, Neodesha, Kans.; d. 6 Mar 1973, Neodesha, Kans.; unmarried; she was “a well-known poetess.”
5. HENRY CLAY COOPER, b. Mar 1860, Indiana; d. 8 Dec 1911, Franklin, Ind., bur. Brick Chapel Cem.; m. ELIZABETH L. “BETTY” BRIDGES. He was “one of north Putnam County’s most prominent farmers. He died after an operation for gall stones.749 Betty died 9 Aug 1953, in Putnam Co., Ind. Child: (i) Mabel B. Cooper, b. 21 Aug 1888, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 16 Nov 1982, Ladoga, Ind.; m. Ralph A. Cross
6. ANDREW WILLIAM COOPER, b. 20 Jan 1862; d. 4 Sep 1862; bur. Brick Chapel Cem.
7. NEELY R. COOPER, b. 15 Aug 1863; d. 9 Dec 1864; bur. Brick Chapel Cem.
8. RUTH A. COOPER, b. 24 Nov 1865, Indiana; d. 3 Apr 1891, Fincastle, Ind.; bur. Brick Chapel Cem.; m. CLAY D. BRIDGES, 21 Sep 1887. No children. Clay married, second, Mary Lucretia Harvey, and had children with her. He died 24 Dec 1928.
9. GEORGE WALTER COOPER, b. 1868, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 2 Jun 1900, Greencastle, Ind.; bur. 750 Brick Chapel Cem.; m. ANN W. ----- . He was senior member of the Cooper Brothers hardware firm. He died of Bright’s disease. No known children.
10. AARON WARD COOPER, b. 25 Dec 1869, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 18 Jul 1931, Rockville, Ind.; bur. Rockville Cem.; m. MATTIE M. JOHNSON; no children. He had been engaged in the hardware business in Greencastle before moving to Rockville.
11. CHARLES E. COOPER, b. 13 Jun 1872, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 28 Aug 1954, Warren, Ind.; bur. Brick Chapel Cem.; m. MINNIE NELSON. He was a partner in the Cooper Brothers hardware store in Greencastle, and also sold life insurance. Minnie died 27 Jul 1954, in Warren, Ind. No children.
748 Neodosha Register, 7 Apr 1921. 749 Greencastle Herald, 8 Dec 1911. 750 Although no marriage record is found, and she is not found on the census either, this is inferred from George’s death certificate, which states he was married and lists the informant as Ann W. Cooper.
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12. MAGGIE PEARL COOPER, b. 24 Nov 1874, Indiana; d. 10 Feb 1959, Newton Co., Ind.; bur. Brick Chapel Cem.; m. GEORGE HENRY HILLIS, who was a farmer. He died 10 Apr 1935, Jasper Co., Ind. Children: (i) Henry Ross Hillis, b. 29 May 1910, Indiana; d. 20 Jun 1964, Laka Village, Ind.; m. Helen Cooper (ii) George Cooper Hillis, b. 20 Aug 1914; d. 24 Feb 1915, Coalfox, Ind. He died of pneumonia.
13. CHAUNCEY EDGAR COOPER, b. 20 Jun 1877, Indiana; d. 8 Mar 1961, St. Louis, Mo.; bur. Brick Chapel Cem.; m. MARJORIE OLIVE BURNHAM. He was an ice plant operator. Marjorie died 9 Feb 1958. Children: (i) Joseph Edgar Cooper, b. 19 Apr 1916, Illinois; d. 7 Sep 2006, Albuquerque, N.M. (ii) Margaret Olive Cooper, b. 24 May 1918; d. 4 May 1919, Paris, Ill. (iii) Mary R. Cooper, b. about 1922, Illinois; living 1930; no further record (iv) James Ralston Cooper, b. 2 Feb 1923, Paris, Ill.; d. 4 Nov 2015, New Bern, N.C.; m. Virginia Daugherty. World War II veteran, after the war was economics officer for the military, in Germany; later was financial analyst with Ford Motor Co.
(118) MARTHA “PATSY” THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 16 Nov 1836, in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind. She died 12 Apr 1899, in Greencastle, Ind., and is buried in Forest Hill 751 Cemetery, Greencastle. She married RICHARD R. LLOYD, 2 Oct 1862, in Putnam Co. He was born 28 Mar 1837, in Greencastle, Ind., the son of Samuel Lloyd and Margaret Rambo.752 He died 10 May 1922, in Chicago. He was also buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Richard was a farmer.
Children:
1. CORA B. LLOYD, b. 9 Jan 1864, Indiana; d. 14 Jan 1943, Kansas City, Kans.; m. PROF. THEODORE LEE NEFF. He was a professor of French at the University of Chicago; graduated from DePauw Univ., and earned PhD. from Univ. of Chicago. He died 11 Nov 1936, in Kansas City, Kans. Child: (i) Lovell Loyd Neff, b. 29 Jun 1892, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 16 Nov 1966, Kansas City, Mo.; m. Ethelyn Strodtman. He was owner and publisher of the Johnson County Herald for 24 years; grad. Univ. of Chicago; World War I veteran.
751 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22674481 752 Parents’ names from Ancestry.com: Cook Co., Ill., Deaths Index, 1878-1922.
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2. DOVA LLOYD, b. 5 Feb 1869, Indiana; d. 27 Dec 1941, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. DR. CHARLES S. PRESTON, who was a dentist. He died 2 Nov 1940, in Los Angeles Co. Child: (i) Dr. Helen E. Preston, b. 7 Jun 1905, Indiana; d. 15 Jul 1993, Alhambra, Calif; unmarried. She was an eye specialist. Graduated from DePauw Univ., and medical degree Univ. of Michigan.
(120) JAMES NEELY THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 3 Feb 1841 in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind. He died 29 Aug 1920, in Clinton Twp., and is buried in Clinton Falls Cemetery.753 He 754 married SARAH ANN MARSHALL 29 Aug 1862 in Rockville, Ind. She was born 6 Jul 1842 in Nottinghamshire, England, the daughter of George Marshall. She died 14 Mar 1923, in Putnam Co., Ind., and is also buried in Clinton Falls Cemetery.
His obituary calls him one of Putnam County’s “prominent pioneer farmers.” He died on his 58th wedding anniversary, “after an illness of nine weeks of paralysis.”755
Children:
1. JOSEPH ANDREW THOMAS, b. 28 Jun 1863, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 7 May 1941, Greencastle, Ind.; m. HATTIE E. MCCRAY. He was a farmer and laborer. Hattie died 6 Jan 1959 in Greencastle. No children.
2. ROSE EMMA THOMAS, b. Apr 1865, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 17 Jul 1956, Miami, Fla.; m. CHARLES WILLIAM BACHELDER. He was a farmer. He died 17 Aug 1916, in Warren Co., Ind., of Bright’s Disease. Children: (i) Judge Nealy “Neal” Bachelder, b. 4 Dec 1889, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 6 May 1965, Dayton, Oh.; unmarried (ii) Leroy “Roy” Benton Bachelder, b. 11 Sep 1892, Indiana; d. 11 Mar 1975, Dayton, Oh.; m. Laura S. Dempsey (iii) William Muter Bachelder, b. 11 Jan 1895, Indiana; d. May 1969, Sun City, Calif.; m. Bertha L. Stokes (iv) Ruby Mae Bachelder, b. 6 Apr 1897, Indiana; d. 24 Jul 1978, Miami, Fla.; m. Carroll Moore
3. GEORGE E. THOMAS, b. 1867, Indiana; d. 3 Dec 1937, Greencastle, Ind.; m. ELIZABETH “BETTIE” ELLEN BEARD. He was a farmer. No children. Bettie died 31 May 1927.
4. HARVEY VIRGIL THOMAS, b. 3 Oct 1869, Morton, Ind.; d. 30 Sep 1949, Greencastle, Ind.; m. ORA DELL SKELTON. He was a farmer. Ora died 12 Apr 1938, in Greencastle.
753 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26737954 754 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 755 Greencastle Herald, 30 Aug 1920.
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Child: (i) James Donald Thomas, b. 1 May 1900; d. 25 Apr 1980, Danville, Ind.; m. Doris Alice Knauer. He was a farmer and tinner.
5. ELMER MILTON “MILT” THOMAS, b. 7 Oct 1872, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 10 Feb 1942, Greencastle, Ind.; m. NELLIE MAY SOPER. He was a farmer. Nellie died 30 Apr 1930 in Clinton, Ind. Children: (i) Reggie Mae Thomas, b. 18 Oct 1896, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 16 Sep 1985, Greencastle, Ind.; m. Forest Claude O’Hair. Forest was a farmer. (ii) Marjorie Blanche Thomas, b. 3 Feb 1898, Indiana; d. 8 Aug 1978, Danville, Ind.; m. (1st) Samuel Coleman Woodworth; m. (2nd) William Fletcher Franklin (iii) Della Thomas, b. 9 Nov 1902, Indiana; d. 8 Jan 1987, Mooresville, Ind.; m. Lyle Alson Call (iv) Irving Eugene Thomas, b. 6 May 1907, Indiana; d. 15 Nov 1983, Greencastle, Ind.; unmarried. He was a farmer. (v) Henry Clay Thomas, b. 12 Jun 1909, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 25 Aug 1966, Indianapolis; m. Reggie Fern Jones. Henry was a machinist. (vi) Edna Frances Thomas, b. 21 May 1912, Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 6 Jan 1995; m. Robert Enos Jones (vii) Beulah Irene Thomas, b. 17 Nov 1914, Indiana; d. 25 Apr 1985, Dade Co., Fla.; m. Lester Wells
6. PURNELL MADISON THOMAS, b. 14 Jun 1875, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 9 Feb 1948, Putnam Co., st nd Ind. ; m. (1 ) DELENA R. KING; m. (2 ) CARRIE E. TUTTLE. He was a farmer. Delena died 14 Jun 1900. Carried died 8 Jun 1910. No children.
756 7. SAMUEL THOMAS, b. about 1876; apparently d. before 1880
(121) JOSEPH ANDREW THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 10 Apr 1843 in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind. He died 9 Aug 1917 in Morton, Ind., and was buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery in 757 758 Morton. He married NANCY CATHERINE BURKETT, 31 Oct 1867, in Putnam Co. She was born 30 Jul 1847, in Russell Twp., Putnam Co., Ind., the daughter of Benton Clement Burkett and Rebecca Nutgrass. She died 1 Jul 1911 in Morton, and was also buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery. Joseph was a farmer.
756 I find no direct evidence for him except some unsourced family trees ?, but his mother is listed as having 7 children, 6 living, in 1900. 757 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70236966 758 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
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Children:
1. ALVA V. THOMAS, b. 13 Jul 1869, Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 10 Oct 1940, Greencastle, Ind.; bur. Brick Chapel Cem.; m. ALICE GERTRUDE O’HAIR. Alva was a farmer. Alice died 17 Mar 1953, in Putnam Co. Children: (i) Russell Eugene Thomas, b. 22 Apr 1897, Brick Chapel, Ind.; d. 19 Sep 1970, Greencastle, Ind.; m. Laurel Ruth Butcher (ii) Orville Clifton Thomas, b. 14 Nov 1898, Indiana; d. 17 Mar 1972, Danville, Ind.; m. Lenora Perle Browning
2. OTTIS M. “OTT” THOMAS, b. 7 Feb 1873, Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 7 Mar 1950, Morton, Ind.; bur. Union Chapel Cem.; m. LAVERNE CLARK. He was a farmer; no children. Laverne died. 13 Jun 1970.
3. ZOE THOMAS, b. 28 Jul 1878, Morton, Ind.; d. 2 Nov 1897, Morton, Ind.; bur Union Chapel Cem.; unmarried. She was “a kind, affectionate and obedient child. A thoughtful and loving sister, a true friend and one who greatly appreciated her friends. She was blessed with a bright and cheerful disposition. She had an ambition to become a thorough scholar. In an effort to attain to this accomplishment she entered upon the course of study in the DePauw university in the fall of 1895, persuing [sic] her work with great diligence and commendable success. It was while there engaged the first approach of her sickness was noticed, which after months of suffering called her hence…”759
(122) ROSANNA JOSEPHINE THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 17 Jan 1846, in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind.760 The place she was born later became the town of Morton. She died 10 May 1938 in Greencastle, Ind., and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle.761 She 762 married EDMUND PERKINS, 22 Sep 1869, in Putnam Co. He was born 16 Jul 1844, in Putnam Co., the son of Caleb George Perkins and Orpha Lloyd, who had settled in Putnam County in 1838.763 He died 29 Jun 1934, 17 days short of his 90th birthday, in Greencastle, and is also buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.764
Ed was a farmer, raised stock, and was for a few years in the lumber business. “In his early manhood he taught school and until long after middle age was a close student of books and the
759 Greencastle Banner Times, 12 Nov 1897. 760 Obituary in Greencastle Daily Banner, 10 May 1938. 761 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31243839 762 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1810-2001. 763 According to his obituary in the Greencastle Daily Banner, 30 Jun 1934, “His parents were Putnam county pioneers, having been members of the little group which emigrated from the banks of the Delaware River in the state of Delaware to Clinton township.” 764 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31243824/edmund-perkins
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Children:
1. STELLA BLANCHE PERKINS, b. 4 May 1872, Indiana; d. 15 Dec 1961, Greencastle, Ind.; bur. 768 Forest Hill Cem.; m. CHARLES T. PECK. Charles was “a prominent attorney and Republican politician.” He died at age 52 from injuries sustained in a car accident. No children.
2. JOSEPH OSCAR PERKINS, b. 17 Jan 1876, Morton, Ind.; d. 18 Oct 1965, Lafayette, Ind.; bur. St. Mary’s Cem.; m. EMMA F. BALFE. He was a proprietor of a lumber yard. Emma was born in 1877 and d. 8 Jan 1933. Children: (i) Elizabeth Rosyln “Bess” Perkins, b. 22 Oct 1912, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 25 Dec 1982, Lafayette, Ind.; m. Richard T. Parlon (ii) Josephine Jeannette Balfe Perkins, b. 27 Jan 1914, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 4 Oct 2002, Indianapolis; m. Martin A. Schreyer
(123) SARAH FRANCES THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 19 Aug 1848 in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind.769 She died 5 Jan 1919 in Lebanon, Ind., and was buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, 770 771 Morton, Ind. She married, first, WAIT WARREN MYRICK, 7 Oct 1868, in Putnam Co. He was born 26 Nov 1842, in Volney, N.Y., the son of Seth Myrick and Electa -----. He died 7 Apr 1891 in 772 Putnam Co. She married, second, JAMES M. CROSS., 27 Mar 1898, in Putnam Co. He was born 30 May 1839, in Indiana, and died 25 May 1924, in Lebanon, Ind.773
765 Greencastle Daily Banner, 30 Jun 1934. 766 Greencastle Daily Banner, 30 Jun 1934. 767 Greencastle Daily Banner, 10 May 1938. 768 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31243869/stella-blanche-peck 769 Obituary in Greencastle Herald, 11 Feb 1919. 770 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151647954 771 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 772 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 773 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate of James M. Cross. He died of Bright’s Disease.
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Wait Myrick was a farmer in 1880. After her second marriage, she moved to Boone Co., Ind. James was a farmer.
Children, by her first husband:
1. CECELIA MYRICK, b. Aug 1869, Indiana; m. ROBERT S. BLACK. They lived in Bainbridge, Ind., in 1924. Robert died 26 Feb 1935, in Indianapolis. He was a barber. Cecelia (or “Secelia”) survived him, but her death date is not found. Children: (i) Faye Warner Black, b. 2 May 1899, Bainbridge, Ind.; d. 3 Sep 1985, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. (1st) Ruth Opal Smith; m. (2nd) Catherine Martha Beinburg; m. (3rd) Mary B. Archer; m. (4th) Eva Harrietta Strain; divorced; also m., order uncertain, Elizabeth J. McClelland; He was a furniture dealer (ii) Madeline Susan Black, b. 21 Jun 1902, Indiana; d. 29 Feb 1980, South Bend, Ind.; m. (1st) James Martin Mason; m. (2nd) ----- Connor (iii) Mary Frances Black, b. 14 Nov 1903, Bainbridge, Ind.; d. 18 Aug 1965, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. (1st) Carl Jacob Laufer; m. (2nd) George Taylor Davis (iv) Corrine Black, b. 12 Nov 1911, Indiana; d. 5 Oct 1972, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. John Combs
2. GERTRUDE MYRICK, b. 22 Nov 1870, Morton, Ind.; d. 9 Mar 1954, Greencastle, Ind.; bur. Union Chapel Cem.; unmarried
3. ADELBURT L. “DELBERT” MYRICK, b. 30 Aug 1872, Morton, Ind.; d. 13 Sep 1958, Greencastle, Ind.; bur. Union Chapel Cem.; unmarried. He was a farmer.
(124) MILTON E. THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 23 Apr 1851 in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind. He died 11 Jul 1898 in Morton, Ind., and is buried in the Brick Chapel Cemetery.774 He married AGNES G. DENTON, 13 Nov 1873, in Putnam Co. She was born 30 Mar 1851 in Putnam Co., and was the daughter of Andrew B. Denton and Sarah Forgey. She died 5 Dec 1931 in St. Louis, Mo. According to the 1880 census, Milton was a trader. A death notice in the Indianapolis News states that he was a “wealthy farmer,” and had “received serious spinal injuries some time ago by the back of a folding bed falling on him and holding him in that position for several hours.”775 The Bloomington Progress further states that this injury occurred two weeks prior to his death, and that “Since the accident Mr. Thomas has had no use of the lower part of his body. He has been perfectly conscious, however, and was able to talk until yesterday morning.”776
774 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69153452 775 Indianapolis News, 12 Jul 1898; he is called “Milton A. Thomas.” Accessed via “Hoosier State Chronicles.” 776 Bloomington Progress, 19 Jul 1898. This paper quotes the Greencastle Banner, which I have not found online. The accident is also described in the Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 30 Jun 1898: “Milton Thomas, of Morton, while
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Child:
1. EARL DEWITT THOMAS, b. 31 Aug 1875, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 18 Nov 1949, St. Louis, Mo.; st nd rd m. (1 ) JESSIE F. HENRY; m. (2 ) Elizabeth M. Branham; m. (3 ) DOROTHY M. KULAGE. He was a carpenter. Jessie died 5 Jan 1898, in Greencastle. Child, by his first wife Jessie: (i) Jessie Nola Thomas, b. 14 Nov 1897, Morton, Ind.; d. 28 Dec 1993, Oakland, Mo.; m. Leslie Thomas Barco. She was a “longtime community volunteer” active in various children’s causes. Children, by his second wife Dorothy: (ii) Lucile Thomas, b. 1 Feb 1912, Missouri; d. 11 Jan 1982, Cathedral City, Calif.; m. Carl Wrather Scott (iii) Earl Joseph Thomas, b. 27 May 1914, Missouri; d. 6 Jan 1989, St. Charles, Mo.; m. Ann Celesitine Wobbe
(125) MARY AUGUSTA THOMAS (Ruth A. Ralston) was born 13 Jan 1854 in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind. She died 5 Aug 1943, in Greencastle, 777 Ind. She married RUDY HARRISON BURKETT, 3 Dec 1875, in Putnam Co.778 He was born 18 Oct 1843 in Russellville, Ind., the son of Benton Clement Burkett and Rebecca Nutgrass. He died 4 Aug 1912, in Greencastle, of Bright’s Disease. Rudy and Mary are both buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle.779 Rudy was a famer. He was “born in a settler’s cabin in Fincastle” and was “one of Greencastle’s most prominent citizens.”780 Children:
1. NONA RUTH BURKETT, b. 30 Apr 1882, Greencastle, Ind. ; d. 28 Sep 1964, Glenwood Springs, Colo.; m. HARLIE AUSTIN DAVIS. Harlie was an embalmer. He died 3 Sep 1936, in Van Buren, Ind. Child: (i) Burkett A. Davis, b. 25 Oct 1913, Illinois; d. 26 Dec 1969, Glenwood Springs, Colo.; m. Ida Laveta Baxter
sleeping in a folding bed was caught by the upright part falling upon him… Mrs. Thomas and a grandchild were sleeping at the foot of the bed and they were also caught. Mrs. Thomas, however, had sufficient strength to prevent the weight of the bed from injuring herself or child, and both were rescued.” (Newspapers.com). According to the Elmwood Free Press, 21 Jul 1898, “ the bed in which Thomas was sleeping was known as a combination book case and bed, and the weight of the books alone was sufficient to have killed hinm.” 777 Ancestry.com: Death certificate of Mary Augusta Burkett. 778 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 779 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29380181 780 Greencastle Herald, 5 Aug 1912.
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2. ZEFA BENTON BURKETT, b. 10 Dec 1885, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 25 Jan 1969, Crawfordsville, Ind.; m. JENNIE MARGARETTA HILLIS. He was a farmer. Jennie died 8 Nov 1980, in Greencastle. Children: (i) Ruth Geraldine Burkett, b. 24 Dec 1911; d. 9 Jan 1912, Greencastle, Ind. She died of pneumonia. (ii) Dr. Howard Benton Burkett, b. 26 Feb 1916, Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., Ind.; d. 15 Jun 2009, Greencastle, Ind.; m. Lucile Eloise Nichols. He was a professor of chemistry at DePauw Univ.; earning his PhD in organic chemistry from the Univ. of Wisconsin. (iii) John Thomas Burkett, b. 26 Feb 1920, Greencastle, Ind.; d. 18 Oct 1939, Greencastle, Ind.; he died when his clothing became caught in a corn picker
781 (126) JAMES HERVEY RALSTON (William Henry Hervey Ralston) was born 16 Jul 1846 in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois.782 He died 13 Dec 1932, in South Haven, Michigan, 783 and was buried in the 784 Oaklawn Cemetery, La Cygne, Kansas. He married MELINDA ANN “LINNE” MCCRACKEN, 25 Nov 785 786 1871, in Leavenworth, Kans. She was born 17 Oct 1853 in Iowa, the daughter of Nelson and Lucinda McCracken. She died 25 Dec 1921, in La Cygne, Kans.787 She was also buried in the Oak Lawn Cemetery.788
James moved to Leavenworth, Kans., with his parents in 1856. On the 1875 Kansas state census his occupation is listed as agent, and on the 1880 federal census, he is called a real estate agent. In about 1889 or 1890, the family moved to Rialto, California. There, he was an orange grower. They returned to Kansas in 1900.789
Children:
1. WILLIAM HENRY RALSTON, b. 28 May 1874, Leavenworth, Kans.; d. 1 Jun 1934, Wichita, Kans.; m. MAUDE EARLY. He was a “veteran of the Philippine Insurrection and chief organizer of the Kansas state guard a Wichita in the World War…” He “served throughout the Spanish-American War with the 43rd regulars, and following the war was
781 Ancestry.com: Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950 (with image of death certificate). 782 Place of birth from his obituary, News-Palladium (Benton Harbor), 14 Dec 1932. 783 Ancestry.com: Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950 (with image of death certificate). 784 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92874946 785 Leavenworth Post, 27 Dec 1921. . 786 According to her obituary in Leavenworth Post, she was born 27 Oct 1853, in Leavenworth, Kans. However various census records give her place of birth as Iowa. 787 Leavenworth Post, 27 Dec 1921. “Death resulted from an attack of paralysis.” Her father is named as Nelson McCracken. 788 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92874945/melinda-ann-ralston 789 Obituary of Eugene Jackson Ralston, Neosho News, 29 Dec 1974.
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a civilian scout in the Philippines until 1902. For several years he operated an iron and steel works in Kansas City, moving to Wichita in 1915 to operate a welding shop.”790 Child: (i) Julian Early Ralston, b. 6 Jun 1905, Kansas City, Kans.; d. 20 Jul 1963, Wichita, Kans.; m. Virginia Gene Bowers. He was an athletic trainer at the Univ. of Kansas, from 1925-30, and later practiced law in Wichita. He was also a polo enthusiast.
2. NELSON RALSTON, b. 11 Sep 1878; d. 23 May 1880; bur. Mount Muncie Cem., Lansing, Kans.
st 3. HERVIE RALSTON, b. Dec 1884, Leavenworth, Kans.; d. 13 Dec 1981, Neosho, Mo.; m. (1 ) nd GEORGE EVERETT CHRISTIAN, 20 Aug 1913; divorced; m. (2 ) HERBERT LEA MITCHELL, 20 Oct 1934. Herbert died 9 Apr 1966, in South Haven, MIch. No children.
791 4. CHILD, order uncertain; d. before 1900
5. HON. EUGENE JACKSON RALSTON, b. 8 Jan 1894, Rialto, Calif.; d. 9 Jan 1992; bur. Odd Fellows Cem., Neosho, Mo.; m. ENDA HORNE. He was a magistrate judge of Newton Co., Kans. He graduated from Kansas School of Law, was a veteran of World War II, and spent 20 years in the army, some of it overseas. Edna died in 1966. No children.
(127) MARY “MAY” ELIZA RALSTON (William Henry Hervey Ralston) was born 3 May 1851, in Warsaw, Ill. She died 6 Oct 1935, in Kansas City, Mo., and is buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery, 792 793 Lansing, Kans. She married WILLIAM DILL, 20 May 1875, in Leavenworth, Kans. He was born 16 Apr 1846, in Hillsboro, Oh., the son of John Dill and Rachel Jones.794 He died 11 Apr 1925, in Leavenworth, and is also buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery.795
May moved to the Kansas Territory with her family, where they were enumerated in the 1860 census. Kansas became a state in 1861
William Dill was a lawyer and later a district court judge. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1866, and came to Kansas in 1869. 796 “He was Deputy County Attorney form January, 1871, to January, 1873, and in the fall of 1880, was elected County Attorney, entering upon the duties of his position in January, 1881.”797
790 Lawrence (Kans.) Daily Journal, 2 Jun 1934. 791 1900 census says that Linnie Ralston was the mother of 5 children, 3 living. 792 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158817214/may-eliza-dill 793 http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/leavenworth/leavenworth-co-p19.html 794 http://www.ksgenweb.com/archives/1912/d3/dill_william.html 795 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147012755/william-dill 796 Alfred Andreas, History of the State of Kansas (1883), p. 442. 797 http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/leavenworth/leavenworth-co-p19.html
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After her husband’s death Mary and her daughter moved to Kansas City, Mo., where they lived in the Valentine Apartments.798
Children: 799 1. VIRGINIA DILL, b. 26 Jun 1876, Kansas; d. 3 Nov 1968; bur. Mount Muncie Cem.; unmarried. She received a degree from Columbia University.800 She was a teacher at Platte City and later in Kansas City, Mo.801 802 803 2. JESSIE DILL, b. 30 Jan 1879; d. 22 Jul 1879; bur. Mount Muncie Cem.
3. RALSTON DILL, b. 13 May 1881, Leavenworth, Kans.; d. 26 Apr 1899; bur. Mount Muncie Cem. He died of spinal meningitis. He was a student at Baker university and had returned from school and gotten a job at the Great Western Manufacturing Company.804 He had been sick only three days.805
806 4. WILLIAM DILL, b. 1884; d. 8 Nov 1889, aged 6, Leavenworth, Kans.; bur. Mount Muncie Cem.807
5. HELEN DILL, b. 1887; d. 16 Sep 1891, Leavenworth, Kans.; she was “nearly four years of age,” and died of diphtheria;808 bur. Mount Muncie Cem.809
(128) JOSEPHINE “JOSIE” RALSTON (William Henry Hervey Ralston) was born 5 Jan 1854, in Warsaw, Ill. 810 She died 9 Aug 1929, in Carthage, Mo., and is buried in Mount Muncie 811 Cemetery, Lansing, Kans. She married, first, HENRY L. CLARK, 7 Oct 1875, in Leavenworth, Kans.812 He was born 4 Jun 1841, in Lenawee Co., Mich., the son of Lester P. and Diana Clark.
798 Gordon Rolston. 799 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158816230/virginia-dill 800 Matthew Dill Genealogy (1934), p. 21. 801 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158817264/ralston-dill 802 Leavenworth Times, 23 Jul 1879: “DILL – Tuesday, July 22, 1879, Jessie, daughter of William and May E. R. Dill, aged 5 months and 23 days….” 803 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158816968/jessie-dill 804 Leavenworth Times, 27 Apr 1899. 805 “A Fatal Three Days’ Illness,” Leavenworth Times, 27 Apr 1899, p. 3. 806 Leavenworth Times, 9 Nov 1899. He was “attacked with spasms” two days before his death, and “brain fever set in.” “The lad was attended by the best medical aid possible, but human efforts were unavailing.” 807 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158816846/william-dill 808 Leavenworth Times, 18 Sep 1891. 809 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158816717/helen-dill 810 Although her obituary, cited below, says, in Quincy, Illinois. 811 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158819786 812 Leavenworth Times, 8 Oct 1875: “Mr. H. L. Clark and Miss Josie Ralston, daughter of W. H. Ralston, Esq., were married at noon yesterday, at the residence of the bride’s father, corner of Sixth and Osage streets, the Rev. Mr. Phillips officiating. The happy pair departed for a bridal tour throughout the East yesterday afternoon, at 3:30 o’clock.”
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He died 17 Feb 1893, in Leavenworth, Kans. He is buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery.813 According to his obituary, “Mr. Clark had been a resident of Leavenworth for more than thirty years and was for many years a member of the crockery firm of B. C. Clark & Co. After the death of his brother the senior member of the firm about eight years ago he removed to Kansas City; but meeting with reverses the business was discontinued.”814 815 Josephine married, second, OLIVER F. JOHNSON, 25 Mar 1897, in Leavenworth. He was born 13 Jun 1839, in Clinton Co., Oh., and died 23 Jun 1905, Leavenworth.816 He had three children by a previous marriage. In about 1924, Josephine moved from Kansas City to Carthage, Mo., to be with her daughter Genevieve.817 She was ill for several years prior to her death. Children: 818 1. CHILD, b. and d. 26 Dec 1878; bur. Mount Muncie Cem., Lansing, Kans.
819 2. EDNA RALSTON CLARK, b. 17 Jan 1881; d. 3 Sep 1882; bur. Mount Muncie Cem.
3. GENEVIEVE C. CLARK, b. 24 Dec 1886, Leavenworth, Kans.; d. 7 Jan 1974; m. WALTER MITCHELL EVANS. Genevieve graduated from the Univ. of Kansas. Walter died 18 Jun 1975, in Carthage, Mo. He was a manager in a flour mill. Children: (i) Josephine C. Evans, b. 22 Jan 1912, Missouri; d.16 Jul 1999, Carthage, Mo.; m. Dr. Otto Cleveland Seymour (ii) Dorothy Evans, b. 11 Dec 1913; d. 15 Aug 1917, Tonganoxie, Kans. (iii) Genevieve Evans, b. 15 Aug 1917, Tonganoxie, Kans.; d. 27 Jul 1969, Houston, Tex.; m. Homer Melvin Keith (iv) Elizabeth Jane Evans, b. 10 May 1919, Tonganoxie, Kans.; d. 25 Oct 2012, Joplin, Kans.; m. Byron Mueller
820 4. EUGENE R. CLARK, b. 1888; d. 1895; bur. Mt. Muncie Cem.
(129) JESSIE LENA RALSTON (William Henry Hervey Ralston) was born 9 Aug 1856, in Leavenworth, Kans.821 She died 1 Mar 1939 in Sea Cliff, N.Y.822 She was buried in Lake View
813 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146949361 814 Leavenworth Times, 18 Feb 1893. 815 Leavenworth Times, Wednesday 24 Mar 1897: “The wedding of Mrs. Josephine Clark and O. F. Johnson will take place Thursday.” 816 Leavenworth Times, 25 Jun 1905. 817 Joplin Globe, 10 Aug 1929. 818 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158825017/infant-clark (no photo) 819 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158816546/edna-ralston-clark 820 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158816375 821 Ancestry.com: U. S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. 822 Ancestry.com: New York Death Index, 1850-1956.
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823 Cemetery, Cleveland, Oh. She married GEORGE THOMAS NELLES, in about 1882. He was born in Apr 1856, in Iowa,824 and was the son of George W. Nelles and Sarah Virginia Hobbs. He died 15 Nov 1907, in Cleveland, Oh.,825 and is also buried in Lake View Cemetery.826
At the time of his death, George T. Nelles was “principal assistant United States engineer in the Cleveland district.” He “was educated at the Renesslaer polytechnic institute, New York, and entered the government service immediately after graduation. He was assigned first to channel improvement work on the Missouri river, where he spent many years. In 1880 he left the government employ and became a contractor. He was city engineer of Leavenworth for two years under the administration of Dr. Neely. He afterwards lived in Denver, and, again entering the government service, he was sent south and was assigned the Tennessee district as principal assistant to Colonel Dan C. Kingman. When Colonel Kingman was transferred to the Cleveland, Ohio, district, Nelles went with him as chief deputy…and had charge as supervising engineer of a great deal of breakwater and improvement work.”827
Child:
1. WALTER RALSTON NELLES, b. 21 Apr 1883, Leavenworth, Kans.; d. 31 Mar 1937, New Haven, Conn. ; m. MARY PASTORIUS DAMON. Walter was a professor at Yale Law School, and was a graduate of Harvard University where he studied law. He was appointed to the Yale Law faculty in 1929 and specialized in the history of law. Before coming to Yale he had also taught at the Univ. of Wisconsin and at Lowell Institute. He had also served as counsel for the Civil Liberties Bureau in New York City. Mary died 21 Jan 1985. Children: (i) Peter Pastorius Nelles, b. 1916 (ii) Bathsabe Pastorius Nelles, b. 17 May 1920, New York, N.Y.; d. 23 Feb 2007, Pittsburgh, Penn.; m. (1st) ----- Pederson; m. (2nd) Florencio Gonzalez Asenjo, an architect
823 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75169041/jessie-lena-nelles 824 1900 federal census. 825 Leavenworth Times, 21 Nov 1907. 826 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75168338 827 Leavenworth Times, 21 Nov 1907.
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(134) MANERVA JOSEPHINE THOMAS (Eleanor Marshall Ralston) was born 4 Mar 1847 in Henry Co., Mo. She died 15 May 1925, in Okeene, Okla., and was buried in Collins 828 Cemetery in Okeene. She married ENOCH EVERT WILEY, 19 Mar 1865, in Warsaw, Mo. He was born 28 Sep 1835, in Warrensburg, Mo., the son of William Wiley and Barbara Ann Greer. He died 12 Mar 1903 in Okeene, Okla., and is also buried in Collins Cemetery.829
Enoch served in the Union army during the civil war, in the 27th regiment, Missouri Mounted Infantry. In 1898 he was admitted to the U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Leavenworth, Kans. In 1903 Enoch had cancer on his cheek bone. He shot himself.
Children:
1. BARBARA ELLEN WILEY, b. 28 Mar 1867, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 21 Nov 1915; bur. Oaklawn 830 Cem., Tulsa, Okla.; m. GEORGE HENRY OMEY. He was a farmer. He died 10 Jul 1921 in Tulsa. Children: (i) Willard Enoch Omey, b. 14 Oct 1886, Hutchinson, Kans.; d. 23 Sep 1929, Ft. Morgan, Colo.; m. Maude Elizabeth Chartier (ii) Walter Juel Omey, b. 17 Jun 1895, Kingfisher, Okla.; d. 15 Jul 1950; m. (1st) Alpha Marie Houston; m. (2nd) Mandie King (iii) Deeda May Omey, b. Mar 1896; d. 1954; m. Bradley Glenn Williams
2. WILLIAM THOMAS WILEY, b. 28 Jul 1869, Missouri; d. 16 Aug 1914, near Princeton, Harney Co., Ore.; m. GOLDEN OLIVE PINESTON. William was a farmer and a barber. He died “as a result of being bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake.” Golden married, second, William C. Brady, and died 20 Apr 1946, in Seattle, Wash. Children: (i) Lura May Wiley, b. 25 Oct 1894, Kingfisher, Okla.; d. 13 Nov 1955, Seattle, Wash.; m. Luther Winford Fitchett (ii) Child, d. before 1900 (iii) Melba G. Wiley, b. 15 Jul 1899, New Mexico; d. 17 Dec 1967, Humboldt Co., Calif.; m. (1st) Edwin Adelbert Dunbar; m. (2nd) Carl Sorenson
st 3. CHARLES EDWARD WILEY, b. 30 Sep 1871, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 1959; m. (1 ) ELLEN BERSAW ; nd m. (2 ) LEILA M. KNOX; he was a farmer; no known children. Ellen died in 1929, and Lielia died 21 May 1978.
828 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27865120 829 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27865110 830 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21373134
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4. JOHN URIUS WILEY, b. 9 Dec 1872, Missouri; d. 10 Dec 1952, Paradise, Calif.; bur. Gridley- Biggs Cem.; m. LULA LEOTA SMITH. John was a farmer. Lula died 5 Sep 1969, in Paradise. Children: (i) Lola Myrtle Wiley, b. 21 Jan 1898, Oklahoma; d. 22 Nov 1972, San Bernardino Co., Calif.; m. (1st) Fred Henry Waterman; m. (2nd) Charles W. Thomas (ii) Cecile Minerva Wiley, b. 26 Aug 1901, Oklahoma; d. 27 Apr 1997, San Bernardino Co., Calif.; m. (1st) Lloyd Lincoln Dickenson; m. (2nd) Archie Edward Boman; m. (3rd) -- --- Mills (iii) Audrey Dee Wiley, b. 2 May 1903, Oklahoma; d. 13 Nov 1975, Paradise, Calif.; m. Richard Newman (iv) Royal Clinton Wiley, b. 1905; d. 1905 (v) Edna Pearl Wiley, b. 11 Apr 1907, Oklahoma City, Okla.; (possibly) d. 3 May 1985 (vi) Zaida Fae Wiley, b. 6 Jan 1914, Oklahoma; d. 6 Oct 1988, Chico, Calif.; m. (1st) Henry Silva; m. (2nd) ----- Cooper (vii) Roger Jay Wiley, b. 13 Nov 1918, Lamar, Colo.; d. 13 Jun 1995, Sutter Co., Calif.; unmarried?
5. ROBERT LEE WILEY, b. 30 Jun 1874, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 14 Sep 1953, Lamar, Colo.; st nd m. (1 ) HULDA BERTHA TINGLER, divorced; m. (2 ) LEORA KATIE ORMISTON. Hulda died 3 Apr 1943 in McMinnville, Ore. Children, by his first wife Hulda: (i) Minnie May Wiley, b. 16 Dec 1899, Woodward Co., Okla.; d. 12 Oct 1921, Mooreland, Okla. (ii) Lillie Pearl Wiley, b. 6 May 1901, Woodward Co., Okla.; d. 12 May 1982, Stockton, Calif.; m. Richard Raymond Welch (iii) Florence Ellen Wiley, b. 4 Oct 1903, Okeene, Okla.; d. 11 Apr 1998, Sutherlin, Okla.; m. Rufus Milford Tabor (iv) Theodore Lee Wiley, b. 3 Feb 1906, Okeene, Okla.; d. 23 Sep 1906 (v) Robert Collier Wiley, b. 3 Feb 1906, Okeene, Okla. (twin); d. 8 Apr 1906 (vi) Cecil George Wiley, b. 16 Jun 1907, Lacey, Okla.; d. 19 Aug 1977, Pueblo Co., Colo.; m. Bertha Jane Jefferson (vii) Claude August Wiley, b. 1 Jan 1910, Mooreland, Okla.; d. 17 Oct 1993; m. Edna May (viii) Virginia Lee Wiley, b. and d. 3 Jun 1912 (ix) Verna Caprice Wiley, b. 20 Dec 1914, Kenton, Okla.; d. 4 Nov 1984, Lafayette, Ore.
Child by his second wife: (x) Sylvia Bell Wiley, b. 5 Jan 1933, Baca Co., Colo.; d. 12 Jun 1971; m. ----- Stevenson
6. PERLIA I. WILEY, b. about 1879; found on 1880 census; no further record
7. JAMES ENOCK “JIM” WILEY, b. 9 Jan 1880, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 8 Sep 1967, Bayfield, Colo.; bur. Crestview Memorial Garden; m. EFFIE LEE SMITH Child: (i) Charlotte Minerva “Lottie” Wiley, b.15 Jan 1906, Jefferson, Okla.; d. 8 Feb 1998, Bayfield, Colo.; m. (1st) Claude C. Neely; m. (2nd) Elias Eugene Shipley; m. (3rd) Byron Henry Rohde
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8. DORA PEARL WILEY, b. 9 Mar 1884, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; d. 1 Jan 1944, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. ALONZO ADDISON ROTH. Alonzo was a farmer. He died 27 Nov 1940, in Lipscomb Co., Tex. Children: (i) Clifford Addison Roth, b. 20 Dec 1903, Oklahoma; d. 13 May 1987, Pampa, Tex.; m. Elsie Mae Bussell (ii) Hazel May Roth, b. 24 Dec 1906, Oklahoma; d. Jul 1974, Marlow, Okla.; m. Ross Willoughby Simkins (iii) Theo Eugene Roth, b. 14 Jan 1909, Oklahoma; d. 15 Feb 1949, Texico, N.M.; m. Tena Mae Haines (iv) Ina Opal Roth, b. 18 Aug 1911, Texas; d. 26 Jul 1945, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. Paulsen Clark (v) Elmer Lee Roth, b. 16 Mar 1914, Higgins, Tex.; d. 31 Apr 1963, Higgins, Tex. (vi) Harold Reuben Roth, b. 7 May 1916, Texas; d. 20 Jan 1973, Higgins, Tex.; m. (1st) Jewell Bettis; divorced; m. (2nd) Zobedia Sledge; divorced (vii) Mary Manerva Roth, b. 5 Jul 1918, Higgins Co., Tex., d. 21 Nov 2007, Larue, Tex.; m. (1st) Homer B. Weaver; m. (2nd) Warren Gene Fox (viii) Maurine Roth, b. about 1919, Texas (ix) Wiley Rector “Rex” Roth, b. 26 Oct 1920, Higgins, Tex.; d. 19 Aug 1974, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (x) Wayne Byron Roth, b. 21 Dec 1925, Higgins, Tex.; d. 4 Feb 1969; Los Angeles, Calif.
9. LILLIE MAY WILEY, b.23 Feb 1888, Arkansas City, Kans.; d. 13 Aug 1943, Temple, Tex.; st nd m. (1 ) AUGUSTUS HOBBS; m. (2 ) JAMES D. LUTES. No known children.
(135) ELIZA ELEANOR THOMAS (Eleanor Marshall Ralston) was born in Feb 1850 in Bates Co., Mo. She died in 1919 in Parkman Township, Okla., and was buried in Vassar Cemetery, Vici, Okla.831
She married JAMES A. ROACH. He was born in Dec 1845 in Morgan Co., W.Va. He died in 1925 in Parkman Township and is also buried in Vassar Cemetery.
Children:
832 1. WILLIE MAE ROACH, b. 24 Jun 1884, Missouri; d. 5 Apr 1919; bur. Vassar Cem.; m. OTHO DON LESLIE BEALL. Otho was a farmer. He died 18 Feb 1963. Children: (i) John J. Beall, b. 3 Oct 1905, Harmon, Okla.; d. 14 Jan 1975, McKinney, Tex.; m. Myrtle Harper (ii) Bernis Lee “Dutch” Beall, b. 4 May 1907, Oklahoma; d. 8 Nov 1973. He was a World War II veteran; unmarried? (iii) Kenith Don Beall, b. 21 Dec 1908, Oklahoma; d. 26 Dec 1972; m. Tempest Chloe Padgett
831 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74629622/eliza-eleanor-roach 832 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74627118/willie-mae-beall
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2. TERESA “TESSIE” ROACH, b. 17 Mar 1885, Missouri; d. 16 Apr 1917, Osage Co., Okla.; bur. 833 Fairview Cem., Owasso, Okla.; m. WILLIAM MORGAN BELEW. He was a farmer. He died 1 Jul 1952, in Mooreland, Okla. No children.
3. FORREST JAMES ROACH, b. 19 Dec 1889, Missouri; d. 22 Sep 1966, Fargo, Okla.; bur. Vassar 834 Cem.; m. LENA REBECCA PADGETT. He was a farmer. Lena died 16 Jan 1976, n Vici, Okla. No children.
(136) WILLIAM F. THOMAS (Eleanor Marshall Ralston) was born in Mar 1852 in Henry Co., Mo. He died 24 May 1922, in Coffeyville, Kans., and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville.835 He married HENRIETTA WILEY, 26 Oct 1873, in Johnson Co., Mo. She was born in Missouri in about 1855, and died 2 Mar 1884,at age 28, in Cooper Co., Mo.836 She was the daughter of Isaac Wiley and Rachel Bradley. He married, second, MARY F. GRAHAM, 14 Nov 1895, in Rich Hill, Mo.837 She was born in 1858 in Bates Co., Mo., and died 16 Aug 1921, in Coffeyville, Kans.
William is listed as a farmer on the 1880 census and a pottery salesman on the 1910 census.
Children, by his first wife Henrietta:
1. ROBERT F. THOMAS, b. about 1875; living 1880, no further record
2. WILLIAM O. THOMAS, b. about 1879; living 1880, no further record
3. GUYTON “GUY” ELMER THOMAS, b. 28 Jul 1884, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 25 Feb 1937, Borger, Tex.; bur. Coffeyville Cem., Coffeyville, Kans.; m. MARY MAGDALINE FINLEY; In 1930, Guy owned a restaurant. His death certificate calls him a teaming contractor. Mary died 29 May 1971, in Odessa, Tex. Children: (i) Blanche Eleanor Thomas, b. 15 Jun 1910, Coffeyville, Kans.; d. 9 May 1950, Paramount, Calif.; m. (1st) Jerome Alfred Tweedy; m. (2nd) Edward Tornow (ii) Guy Eugene Thomas, b. 20 Jul 1911, Coffeyville, Kans.; d. 9 Nov 1969, Moore, Okla.; m. Lorene Rose McKenny (iii) Thelma Dean Thomas, b. 3 Apr 1914, Coffeyville, Kans.; d. 10 May 1988, Duluth, Ga.; m. (1st) Robert Clarence Smith; m. (2nd) Foye Wallace Johnson
833 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14011537/teresa-l.-belew 834 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74630092/forrest-james-roach 835 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157204502 836 Ancestry.com: Missouri Death Records, 1850-1931 ,with original image. 837 Ancestry.com: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, with original image.
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(137) EMILY JANE “JENNIE” THOMAS (Eleanor Marshall Ralston) was born in Nov 1853 in Bates Co., Mo. She died 12 Jul 1907 in Warrensburg, Mo., and is buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, 838 Warrensburg. She married JAMES W. “HENRY” CLAYBURG, in about 1876. He was born in 1853 in Ashland Co., Oh., and was the son of Isaac Clayburg and Keziah Wells. He died in 1931 in Guthrie, Okla., and is buried in Summit View Cemetery, Guthrie.
Children:
1. WILLIAM EMMETT CLAYBURG, b. 7 Mar 1878, Missouri; m. EMMA -----. In 1920 he lived in Jasper Co., Tex. where he was a carpenter. Child: (i) Claude C. Clayburg, b. 25 Nov 1908, Texas; d. 23 Jun 1983, Houston, Tex.; m. Anna Laura Chisum
2. CLAUD JAMES CLAYBURG, b. 27 Sep 1885; d. 9 Mar 1958, Santa Ana, Calif.; m. NELLIE B. SHANKS. He is listed as a paperhanger on the 1930 census., in Topeka, Kans. Nellie died 26 May 1957, in Topeka. Children: (i) Bonnie Belle Clayburg, b. 9 Aug 1906, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 14 Apr 1979, Kennewick, Wash.; m. Earl L. Heslet (ii) Claude Porter Clayburg, b. 26 Jun 1908, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 8 May 1987, Topeka, Kans.; m. Helen Marie Miller (iii) Emmet James Clayburg, b. 5 Aug 1911, Sedalia, Mo.; d. 8 Apr 1975, Topeka, Kans.; m. Leona M. Rogers (iv) Nellie Elizabeth Clayburg, b. 11 Dec 1913, Missouri; d. 2 Oct 1936, Topeka, Kans.; m. Earl Leonard (v) Ethel Frances Clayburg, b. 31 Mar 1917, Ft. Scott, Kans.; d. 18 Jul 1999, Kennewick, Wash.; m. Dale Walker Kendall (vi) Doris Geraldine Clayburg, b. 29 Aug 1918, Oskaloosa, Mo.; d. 2 Jul 2005, Topeka, Kans.; m. Gordon Wesley Millard (vii) John Russell Clayburg, b. 2 Mar 1921, Kansas; d. 22 Jul 1908, Orange Co., Calif.; m. Juanita Minda McNeely (viii) Betty Oleta Clayburg, b. 20 Sep 1923, Topeka, Kans.; d. 10 Nov 1990, Anaheim, Calif.; m. James D. Pearson (ix) Living
(138) SARAH ELIZABETH THOMAS (Eleanor Marshall Ralston) was born 5 Dec 1856 in Bates Co., Mo. She died 24 Nov 1933 in Ellis Co., Okla., and was buried in Shattuck Cemetery there.839
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840 She married JOHN LOYD BAYLESS, 19 Dec 1880, in Columbus, Mo. He was born 31 Jan 1857 in Tenn., the son of James Madison Bayless and Mary Ross Moore. He died 10 Jul 1945, in Ellis Co., Okla. He is also buried in Shattuck Cemetery.841
John was a farmer. In 1900 he lived in Osborn, Garfield Co., Okla., and in 1910, in Rawdon, Ellis Co., Okla. In 1930 he was in Shattuck, Ellis Co.
Children:
1. MYRTLE AGNES BAYLESS, b. 1 Mar 1882, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 10 Dec 1969, Huntsville, Ark.; 842 st nd bur. Huntsville Cem.; m. (1 ) JAMES FRANK MARR; m. (2 ) JOEL BERTRAND HAMILTON; rd th m. (3 ) WILLIAM N. LEFFEL; m. (4 ) JAMES ELMER THURSTON. Her first husband James died 18 Jan 1905. Her second husband Joel was a farmer. He died 17 Mar 1929, in Woodward, Okla. Her third husband William died in 1932. James E. Thurston, Myrtle’s fourth husband, was an oil field worker and a veteran of World War I. He survived her and died 5 Apr 1977, in Berryville, Ark. Children: (i) Anna Gwendolyn Marr, b. 1902, Oklahoma; d. May 1936, Chickasha, Okla.;843 m. (1st) James A. Rucker; m. (2nd) Jefferson Smith “Jack” Mock (ii) Herschel Loyd Marr, b. 12 Aug 1904, Woodward, Okla.; d. 19 Sep 1959, Tularosa, N.M.; m. Elizabeth Louise Davis (iii) Naomi Leona Hamilton, b. 29 Jan 1907, May, Okla.; d. 1 Jan 1996, Guymon, Tex.; m. (1st) Carl Collins Rayburn; m. (2nd) Fred Dixon Willoughby (iv) Ruth Etta Hamilton, b. 29 Nov 1907, Ellis Co., Okla.; d. 3 Oct 2002; m. (1st) Clyde Edward Taylor; m. (2nd) Dennis Flynn Beck (v) Mary Avis Hamilton, b. 9 May 1912, May, Okla.; d. 31 Jul 1979, Seattle; m. Dale Marion Brown (vi) Marie Agnes Hamilton, b. 1 Apr 1915, May, Okla.; 30 Jun 1976?, Seattle; m. (1st) Henry Karsner Lewis; m. (2nd) Robert M. Baker (vii) Leslie Bertrand Hamilton, b. 30 Jan 1917, Ardmore, Okla.; d. 22 Oct 1987, Rogers, Ark.; m. Virginia Cowan (viii) Jack Bayless Hamilton, b. 19 Dec 1919, Arnett, Okla.; d. 31 Aug 1970, Lubbock, Tex.; m. (1st) Gayle Parker; m. (2nd) Eva Mae Nelson
2. JOHN WILLIAM BAYLESS, b. 14 Nov 1883, Missouri; d. 22 Dec 1926; bur. Elmwood Cem., 844 Woodward, Kans.; m. EDITH PEARL KALE. John worked in a hardware store and later was foreman for a U.S. Field Station, and finally as an under sheriff. Edith died 31 Mar 1976. Children: (i) Opal Lee Bayless, b. 13 Apr 1908, Oklahoma; d. 11 Apr 1980, West Fork, Ark.; m. Glen Darel Steele
840 Ancestry.com: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002. The record was transcribed as 1881 but the original image looks like 1880. 841 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79839249/john-loyd-bayless 842 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110900953/myrtle-a.-thurston 843 Death noted in the Daily Oklahoman, 9 May1936. 844 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41224693/john-william-bayless
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(ii) Harold William Bayless, b. 28 Sep 1909, Woodward, Okla.; d. 3 Jun 1967, Oklahoma City, Okla.; m. Edna M. Sparks (iii) Georgie Edwin Bayless, b. 17 Jan 1913; d. 25 Feb 1918; bur. Elmwood Cem., Woodward, Okla. (iv) Dorothy Jean Bayless, b. 27 Oct 1922, Woodward, Okla.; d. 22 Mar 2016, Springdale, Ark.; m. Clarence Lorin Haines
3. MARY GERTRUDE BAYLESS, b. 22 Feb 1886, Missouri; d. 25 Feb 1927, Woodward, Okla.; bur. 845 Elmwood Cem.; m. JOHN WILSON BYERS. John was a drayman (1920). He died 22 Feb 1934, in Woodward, Okla. Children: (i) William Vancil Byers, 22 Jun 1907; d. 6 Jul 1907, Woodward, Okla. (ii) Neil Wilson Byers, b. 6 Jun 1908, Woodward, Okla.; d. 18 Jul 1970; Great Falls, Mont.; m. (1st) Mattie Walker; m. (2nd) Mildred Lucille Peirce; m. (3rd) Phyllis Ruth Hancock. He was director of the Loyal Order of Moose for Montana and Alberta (iii) Glen Meade Byers, b. 26 Dec 1909; d. 18 Aug 1910 (iv) Keith Donald Byers, b. 22 Aug 1911, Gage, Okla.; d. 17 Jan 1957, Alameda, Calif.; m. (1st) Elva Tootle; m. (2nd) Shirley M. ----- (v) Mildred Velma Byers, b. 12 Nov 1912, Gage (?), Okla.; d. 28 May 1999, Sacramento, Calif.; m. Phillip G. Roberson (vi) John Eldon Byers, b. 31 Dec 1919, May, Okla.; d. 7 Oct 2009, Wichita, Kans.; m. Anita Faye Marcy
4. SAMUEL FRANK BAYLESS, b. 24 Mar 1888, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 14 Mar 1959; bur. Sheridan Municipal Cem., Sheridan, Wyo.;846 unmarried. He was a guide at a dude ranch in 1930, and lived in Alaska in 1940.
5. BELVERETTA “ETTA” LOUELLA BAYLESS, b. Nov 1892, Missouri; d. 21 Oct 1962, Artesia, N.M.; 847 bur. Hagerman Cem., Hagerman, N.M.; m. JAMES LEVI DERRICK. James was a farm laborer in 1930 in Lipscomb Co., Tex. He died in 1951. Children: (i) Frank Derrick, b. 25 Sep 1912, Oklahoma; d. 2 Feb 1981, Friona, Tex.; m. Ina V. Belyeu (ii) Cleo Gertrude Derrick, b. 3 Sep 1913, Texas; d. 20 Sep 1973, Pampa, Tex.; m. (1st) Frank Willard; m. (2nd) N. W. Fletcher (iii) Laurin James Derrick, b. 20 Jan 1917, Crawford, Okla.; d. 22 Jan 2002, Lovington, N.M.; m. (1st) Betsey Virginia Eubank; divorced; m. (2nd) Miriam E. Wride (iv) Vernon Edmond Derrick, b. 16 Feb 1919, May, Okla.; d. 17 Dec 1987, Lake Arthur, N.M.; m. Savannah Carpenter (v) Verl Raymond Derrick, b. 10 Jan 1921, May, Okla.; d. 10 Apr 2013, Hope, N.M.; m. Bonnie Carpenter (vi) L. Clyde Derrick, b. 22 Jul 1922, Oklahoma; d. 15 Dec 2004, Lovington, N.M.; unmarried?
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(vii) Wanna Lee Derrick, b. 7 Jul 1925, Canadian, Tex.; d. 22 Feb 2008, Roswell, N.M.; m. Floyd Randle Belyeu
6. LOYD ANDERSON BAYLESS, b. 18 Jun 1897, Warrensburg, Mo.; d. 22 May 1977; bur. 848 Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Calif.; m. MARGARET MAY RUARK. In 1940 Loyd worked in a gasoline service station in Los Angeles. Margaret married, 2nd, Henry George Stripe. She died 2 Jan 1994 in Shattuck, Okla. Children: (i) Lonnie Mac Bayless, b. 7 Dec 1919, May, Okla.; d. 28 Jul 1999, Modesto, Calif.; m. Della Dorothy Eastham. He was an army veteran, and an electrician. (ii) Evelyn May Bayless, b. 23 Aug 1924, Shattuck, Okla.; d. 8 Sep 1986, Gage, Okla.; m. (1st) Lowell Lee Elder; m. (2nd) William Leroy Flaherty
(142) ROSALIE THOMAS (Caroline Neely) was born 23 Jan 1844 in Mount Vernon, Ill. She died 22 Apr 1936 in Washington, D.C. She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.849
Rosalie married JAMES H. DRAPER in about 1869.850 James was born 23 Nov 1840 in St. Louis, MO. He died 2 Nov 1910 in Washington, D.C. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.851
The family lived in St. Louis in 1880, where James’ occupation is listed as Clerk Docks (?).
According to his obituary, he was an employee of the Post Office Department museum. He served as a bugler in the 55th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War. He came to Washington, D.C., in 1901. Rosalie was one of the earliest members of the Mary Washington chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She died at the home of her daughter, at 2112 O St. N.W. Funeral Services were held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church.852
Child:
1. CARA A. DRAPER, b. Jul 1872, Ill.;853 d. 22 Dec 1961, Washington, D.C.; bur. Greenmount Cem., Baltimore, Md.;854 m. SAMUEL ALEXANDER KIMBERLY, 20 Jun 1894, Washington, D.C.855 Samuel was born Oct 1869856 in Baltimore, Md. He died 19 Feb
848 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130444297/loyd-anderson-bayless 849 Obituary in Washington Post, 24 Apr 1936. See also findagrave.com: Rosalie Draper (no photo). 850 The 1910 census states they had been married 41 years. 851 “Museum Employee Dead,” Washington Post, 3 Nov 1910. This obit states that he was married in 1869. 852 “Mrs. Draper, 89, D.A.R. Pioneer in Capital, Dies,” Washington Post, 24 Apr 1936. 853 According to 1900 census. 854 findagrave.com: Cara Kimberly (no photo). 855 Ancestry.com. District of Columbia, Select Marriages, 1830-1921 856 1900 census
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1925 in Washington, D.C.857 Cara was an artist, specializing in water colors. She had no children.
(143) JOHN ROBERT THOMAS (Caroline Neely) was born 11 Oct 1846 in Mount Vernon, Ill.858 He died 19 Jan 1914 in McAlester, Okla. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, 860 Va.859 John married CHARLOTTE E. "LOTTIE" CULVER, 28 Dec 1870 in Massac Co., Ill. She was born in about 1852, in Mo.861
“While living with his grandparents in Owensville, he was a good- natured, quiet, peaceful boy, the last boy in town that would have been expected to become a politician. Yet he represented the Cairo district of Southern Illinois in Congress for ten years,” [and was, in 1901] “a United States judge in Oklahoma.” He married a 862 second time, to JESSIE BEATTIE, who was born in Oct 1869, in Ill.863 This second marriage occurred in about 1885.864
He attended Hunter Collegiate Institute in Princeton, Ind. During the Civil War he “rose from the rank of private to that of Captain John Robert Thomas. Photo courtesy of th Thomas-Forman Home Collection. Three Rivers of Co. D, 120 Regt., Indiana Volunteer Infantry.” “Before his Museum, 220 Elgin, Muskogee, OK 74401 nineteenth birthday, he had been commissioned a captain. He was engaged in many notable battles. In the battle of Franklin, he received a wound which never fully healed and caused him suffering and inconvenience during the remainder of his life.”865 After the war he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He was then city attorney of Metropolis, Ill. (1869-70) and State’s Attorney (1871-74.) He was elected, as a Republican, to the United States Congress, serving for five terms, from 1879-1889. After that time he moved to Muskogee, Okla., which was then Indian Territory. He resumed the practice of law there, until President William McKinley appointed him a United States judge in 1897, serving a four-year term.866
857 Ancestry.com. District of Columbia, Select Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964 858 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Thomas 859 findagrave.com: John R. Thomas 860 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1851-1900. 861 1880 census 862 The Montgomerys and Their Descendants, p. 245. 863 1900 census. 864 Ibid. 865 “Shot Dead by Convict,” The Washington Post, 15 Feb 1914. 866 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-2005 (retrieved via Ancestry.com, and based on J. Stanley Clark, “The Career of John R. Thomas,” Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 52 (Summer 1974), pp. 152-179.
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John R. Thomas was killed by a convict who was, along with two others, trying to escape from the Oklahoma State Petitionary, in McAlester, Ill. Besides himself, the three convicts and three prison employees were also killed. He had been visiting the prison to talk to a client.867 “While he sat waiting his appointment in the warden’s room several of the convicts attempted to break prison and one, in an effort to clear his way to liberty, while running through the warden’s room, cold-bloodedly shot down Judge Thomas.”868
According to his obituary in the Washington Post, “He served on important committees, including the committee on naval affairs, and acted as chairman on the subcommittee on naval construction….In his later years he was a member of the code commission appointed by the governor to codify the laws of the State of Oklahoma…He was a man of brilliant intellect, a fine orator, wonderful magnetism, commanding presence, and a genial nature, with much of the ‘milk of human kindness’ in his heart.”869
Children, by his first wife, Lottie Culver:
870 1. CASSIE GREGG THOMAS, b. 1872; d. 1874
2. CAROLYN THOMAS, b. 18 Oct 1872, Metropolis, Ill.; d. 18 Feb 1967, Muskogee, Okla.; bur. Greenhill Cem.; m. GRANT FOREMAN, 26 Jul 1905, Muskogee, Okla. Grant was an author and historian, specializing in the study of Native American history and culture. He had been an attorney working in the office of John Robert Thomas. Carolyn attended Monticello College, in Godfrey, Ill. She was an historian and the author of several books, including Indians Abroad: 1493-1938 (1943). During World War I, she was director of Women’s work for the American Red Cross, in Muskogee Co., Okla. She was inducted to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1938. 871 The couple traveled extensively, and in 1922, sailed around the world.872 The Thomas-Foreman Home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.873 An Elementary School was named in honor of Grant Foreman.874 Carolyn and Grant Foreman had children.
3. CAPT. JOHN ROBERT THOMAS, b. 18 Nov 1876, Metropolis, Ill.; d. 9 Aug 1933, Washington, D.C.; bur. Arlington National Cem.;875
867 “Seven Killed, One Hurt, as Convicts Seek to Escape”. 868 “Shot Dead by Convict,” The Washington Post, 15 Feb 1914. 869 Ibid. 870 “Neely Family In America” 871 http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FO019.html 872 Washington Evening Star, 20 Jul 1922. 873 http://www.thomas-foremanhistorichome.com/ 874 https://grantforeman.mpsi20.org/ 875 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76441178/john-r-thomas
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m. FLORENCE WHITE. He was “a celebrated hero of the Spanish-American War with the Rough Riders.”876 He was wounded in the battle of Las Guasimas, in 1898. When his captain was shot, “Thomas stepped into his place and fought for an hour before he was wounded himself….He was carried three miles by stretcher to the field hospital.” He was military attaché for the United States at the court of St. James, London, from 1927 to 1931. He served in a similar position in Brussels and Paris (1920-1924). Child: (i) Hughberta Thomas, b. 29 Jul 1911, Vancouver, Wash.; d. 14 Mar 1972, Charlottesville, Va.; m. (1st) Benjamin Lovell Prime; divorced; m. (2nd) William Bigelow Neergaard. Benjamin was a stock broker in New York, N.Y., in 1940. William was a Yale graduate, and a senior partner in a Wall Street investment firm.
4. HAL A. THOMAS, b. abt. 1877; d. Sep 1880
5. MARY LOGAN THOMAS, b. 1879; d. 31 May 1928, Union, Ill.877
(156) CHARLES GRACCHUS NEELY (Isaac Montgomery Neely) was born 11 Jun 1855 in Benton, Ill. He died 16 Oct 1930 in Selma, Calif. He was buried in Oak Park Cemetery, 878 Claremont, Calif. Charles married LUCIA HULL FISH, daughter of Rev. Edward Fowler Fish and Anna Johnson Hinsdale, 9 Sep 1880 in St. Louis, Mo. Lucia was born on 14 Apr 1859 in Panama, N.Y. She died 30 Oct 1952 in Claremont, Calif. She was also buried in Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, Calif.
Charles began his studies in medicine in October 1875 at the Medical College of Ohio, which later became part of the University of Cincinnati. In 1877, having given up the idea of becoming a doctor, Charles began studies at the University of Illinois at Champaign, which was then Illinois Industrial University. He graduated in June 1880 with Phi Beta Kappa standing.879
After his marriage, Charles studied law in the office of Benjamin W. Pope in Du Quoin. He was admitted to the bar in 1884.880 He went to Chicago in July of that year with 40 cents in his
876 http://www.3riversmuseum.com/uploads/7/1/5/7/7157239/vol5no3.pdf 877 Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. Her father’s name is given as John Thomas and residence Metropolis, Ill. The record also said she was buried at #5 Road Dist., Union, Illinois. 878 findagrave.com: Charles G. Neely 879 "Charles Gracchus Neely," Pomona College Magazine, Nov. 1930.
154 pocket, leaving his family in Du Quoin.881 Lucia and the two children joined him in November, when they rented a house in South Evanston for $10 a month. In May 1898 they moved into a new house they'd built882 (which is still standing) at 1225 Ridge Avenue.
In November 1886 Charles was elected to the Illinois state legislature, to represent the Sixth Senatorial District of North Chicago.883 He was instrumental in securing the passage of a bill making the trustees of the University elective instead of appointive by the Governor, as before. The change effected great enlargement of the state educational system.884
After one term he was named first assistant state's attorney of Cook County, a post he held for five years, during which time he "made a brilliant record as a prosecutor."885 In August 1892 he was nominated for state's attorney, but lost the election.886 In February 1895 he was nominated by the Cook County Republican Convention for the position of judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County. The election was held April 2, and Charles won by more than 50,000 votes.887 He served as Circuit Court judge until 1903.888 Before the Juvenile Court had become a popular institution Judge Neely gave himself professionally to its promotion. He later taught at the Kent College of Law.889
Charles' health was poor in 1910,890 and he was advised to move to a warmer climate. The family moved to California in the summer of that year, first to Pomona and then Claremont. In 1911 he taught history and sociology at Pomona College, substituting for a professor on leave. In 1912 he joined the faculty of the college as professor of constitutional law and history.891
According to an article in the student newspaper, "He was not only a gifted teacher with crowded classrooms, but also a fine public speaker. He had a genius for fellowship and
880 Evanston Index, February 23, 1895. 881 Letter from C. G. Neely to his wife Lucia, dated 28 September 1884. He writes: "Years hence history will record: 'Neely left his house (?) in Du Quoin, for Chicago, with 40c in his pocket.'" 882 Diary of Lucia (Fish) Neely. The house was built by 1897, but they did not move in until early 1898. 883 Various sources for election. For "Sixth Senatorial District," photocopy of campaign literature. That the month was November is found in the back of Lucia (Fish) Neely's 1894 diary, where she lists some significant dates and events in their lives. 884 "Sketch of the Life of Charles Neely," typescript manuscript with letterhead of Allan Carter. 885 Evanston Index, February 23, 1895. 886 Ibid. "He served as assistant state's attorney until December 1892. He was nominated for state's attorney the previous August, and was defeated by Jacob Kern, the present incumbent. 887 Diary of Lucia (Fish) Neely, entries of 21 February 1895 (nomination) and 2 April 1895 (election). 888 Who Was Who In America, Vol. III. 889 Chicago Daily Tribune, 18 October 1930. 890 "Overwork and the cares of office undermined his naturally robust health and, in 1910, he came to California a very sick man." "Charles Gracchus Neely," Pomona College Magazine, Nov. 1930. 891 "Who's Who in Pomona College and Why," The Student Life, March 16, 1915.
155 influence with young people. For this reason he was chosen Dean of Men."892 An article in the Pomona College Bulletin states that "The group of students who gathered about him informally for many years, usually on a Sunday afternoon to get help in their religious perplexities, will give glad witness to his insight and helpfulness."893
He remained on the Pomona College faculty until the age of 70, but was called back to lecture or teach at summer sessions until his death. He died October 16, 1930, in a hospital in Selma, Calif. He had been in an automobile accident in which he had suffered several broken ribs, and he subsequently developed pneumonia.894 He is buried at the Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, Calif.
At his memorial service at Pomona College, one of the professors said, "His life and his thinking were not superficial. Its fountain springs were clear and deep. He liked to read good things. Not newspapers or lighter novels occupied his leisure moments, on the train or elsewhere, but worthwhile books. . . . He was a man of strong likes and dislikes but I think these likes and dislikes grew out of his conceptions of truthfulness and sincerity as opposed to compromise, injustice, cant and bluff.
"I think that much that we love best in Judge Neely flowed from his Irish ancestry, his irrepressible humor and his intensity of spirit, a valiant fighter for the things that were near and dear to him. His was a rare combination of rich humor and great dignity -- a combination possible because his humor was always fine and clean."895
Children:
1. JOHN HINSDALE NEELY, b. 18 Dec 1881, Du Quoin, Ill.; d. 11 Apr 1917, Claremont, Calif.; bur. Oak Park Cem., Claremont, Calif.; unmarried. He graduated from Dartmouth Univ. in 1905, opened a law office in Pomona, and became city attorney of Claremont, Calif. However he contracted tuberculosis in 1913 and, after a temporary recovery, relapsed and died in 1917at age 35.
892 "C. G. Neely Dies After Accident," The Student Life, Oct. 18, 1930. 893 "Charles Gracchus Neely," Pomona College Magazine, Nov. 1930. 894 "Judge Neely Injured in Auto Crash," article in Pomona or Claremont newspaper, dated 16 Oct. 1930, states that after a tire blow out, the car "skidded on the slippery road and crashed into a telephone pole." "Judge Neely suffered three broken ribs, scratches and shock." His son-in-law, Claude Payne, who was driving the car, broke a collar bone. 895 Frank P. Brackett, "Judge Neely, Colleague and Counselor." Printed by Pomona College, this pamphlet is the address given at the college memorial service, in Bridges Hall, 28 Oct. 1930. F. P. Brackett was a professor of Astronomy at the college.
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2. MARY RUTH NEELY, b. 10 Sep 1884, Du Quoin, Ill.; d. 21 Jan 1968, Claremont, Calif.; bur. 896 Oak Park Cem.; m. ALLAN JOHN CARTER. Ruth graduated from Wellesley College in 1903, and was a teacher. Allan was an attorney, practicing in Evanston, Ill., and Pomona, Calif. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois and Northwestern University law school. He was a one-term member of the Illinois state legislature and served as a delegate to the 1948 Democratic Convention. He died 2 Jul 1949, in Pasadena, Calif. Children: (i) Janet Neely Carter, b. 24 Feb 1917, Evanston, Ill.; d. 26 Jan 2005, San Francisco, Calif.; m. Carl William Carsten. (ii) James Edward Carter (adopted), b. 13 Aug 1923; d. 31 May 1985, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. (1st) Barbara Tillman; divorced; m. (2nd) Nancy Ann Thomas; divorced. (iii) Helen Louise Carter (adopted), b. 25 Aug 1926; d. 19 Jan 2014, San Gabriel, Calif.; m. George Stephen Fountain
3. CLARA GRACE NEELY, b. 14 Aug 1886, Evanson, Ill.; d. 21 Jan 1972, Claremont, Calif.; bur. 897 Oak Park Cem.; m. CLAUDE WYMAN PAYNE. She graduated from Northwestern University, and then received a master’s degree from Claremont College. She taught junior and senior high and also at Chaffey College. Claude did office work. He died 7 Jul 1949 from encephalitis, and had been unable to work for many years due to poor health. Children: (i) John Montgomery Payne, b. 29 Jul 1918, Pomona, Calif.; d. 23 Oct 1982, San Dimas, Calif.; m. Janet Benton. John served in India with Army communications in World War II. He earned a master’s degree in public administration from the Univ. of Cincinnati, and was a fund-raiser for Claremont McKenna College. (ii) Mary Lucile Payne, b. 30 May 1921, St. Louis, Mo.; d. 11 Oct 1997, Santa Barbara, Calif.; m. Donald Franklin Williams. Don owned a paper box factory in Santa Barbara. (iii) Charles Hull Payne, b. 27 May 1923, Webster Groves, Mo.; d. 18 Apr 2000, Bozeman, Mont.; unmarried. Charles was a music teacher at Bozeman College.
4. LUCIA HELEN NEELY, b. 15 Sep 1888, Evanston, Ill.; d. 23 Oct 1889, Evanston, Ill.; bur. Rosehill Cem., Chicago898
5. PHILIP MONTGOMERY NEELY, b. 17 Apr 1891, Evanston, Ill.; d. 8 Jan 1902, Evanston, Ill.; bur. Rosehill Cem., Chicago899
6. ANNA CHARLOTTE NEELY, b. 28 Feb 1893, Evanston, Ill.; d. 31 Dec 1980, Claremont, Calif.; bur. Oak Park Cem.;900 unmarried. Charlotte graduated from Pomona College in 1915. She was a YWCA secretary at San Jose State Normal College and later spent nine years in China in a similar capacity. She worked in Foochow (1921-26) and Shanghai (1926-29).
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She also attended the Yenching University and the North China Language School in Peking. When she returned from China she studied law, graduating from the University of California in 1932. She was associated with a law firm for a short time, then became supervisor of child welfare and attendance for the Pomona Schools until her retirement in 1958. She served on the Claremont city council in the late 1940's. She also taught classes at Claremont Graduate school on "Laws Relating to Children." In 1950 she was one of 70 from California invited to the White House Conference on Children and Youth.
7. DOROTHY LOUISE NEELY, b. 28 Feb 1895, Evanston, Ill.; d. 22 May 1974, Silver Spring, Md.; m. LOWELL CLARK PRATT. Dorothy graduated from Pomona College in 1917. Dorothy was a member of the Selma (Calif.) Elementary School Board from 1933 until 1945. She was also active in the Y.W.C.A. During World War II she was the chairman of the War Price and Rationing Board. Lowell Pratt attended Pomona College and graduated from Columbia Univ. School of Journalism in 1920. He worked at various newspapers before becoming part-owner and editor of the Selma (Calif.) Enterprise. During World War II, Pratt opposed the relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps. The Enterprise was one of the few newspapers in the west that stood up for the rights of Japanese-Americans. Later, he taught Journalism and was Public Relations Director at San Jose State College. He died 6 Jun 1979, in Wheaton, Md. Child: (i) Lucia Alice Pratt, b. 5 Apr 1922, Pomona, Calif.; d. 7 Feb. 2008, Sterling, Va.; m. Kenneth Gordon Gilbertson. Lucia grad. Univ. of Calif. Berkeley with journalism degree. Ken was a pharmacist.
(157) DR. JOHN RALPH NEELY (Isaac Montgomery Neely) was born 22 Apr 1859 in Benton, Ill. He died 3 Aug 1936 in London, England. John married ELLA VIRGINIA (“JENNIE”) SPURGEON, 15 Aug 1886 in Baltimore, Md. Ella was born on 22 Feb 1863 in Washington, D.C. She was the daughter of Thaddeus C. Spurgeon and Adelaide Thompson. She died on 8 Nov 1931 in Spokane, Wash.901
John R. Neely graduated in 1882 from the University of Illinois, with a Bachelor of Literature degree. He attended the College
901 Washington State Digital Archive: death record online at http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/AEA90E447B647C0C3C0CD29849BC8201 She died at S. 1123 Woodfern (Avenue?) in Spokane.
158 of Physicians and Surgeons, in Chicago, from 1883-1884, and graduated with an M.D. degree in 1887 from Howard University, and Georgetown University in 1891. He remained in Washington, D.C., until 1895 or 1896. In 1896 he became diphtheria specialist for the Department of Health in Chicago, and in 1898-1899 was acting chief Medical Inspector.
In 1905 he moved to Spokane, Wash., and opened a private practice.” He was with the city health department 18 years, as an epidemiologist. He was the man who tacked many a "measles" sign on house fronts and handled other contagion cases.” “Dr. Neely was regarded as Spokane's foremost sports enthusiast and, because of his personal interest and encouragement, he endeared himself to thousands of boys in Spokane's high schools. He had the distinction of attending every high school and college major athletic event in Spokane the last 30 years, and was timer, judge, or medical officer at most of them.”
He died in a Nursing Home in London, England. He had travelled overseas on his way to the 1936 Olympics. “Death was attributed to heart disease and diabetic complications. Dr. Neely was 77. He left Spokane July 4 as the city's official representative at the Olympic games.”902
In 1921, Ella was chosen President of the Washington State Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion.903 She died after a long illness.904 A flagstaff was raised in her honor in a ceremony in Spokane, in 1932. She was called “a woman beloved for her kindness and her indefatigable work for veterans and in all patriotic fields. A bronze marker was also inscribed with her name.”905
Children:
1. HAZEL ADELAIDE NEELY, b. 12 Sep 1887, Washington, D.C.; d. 2 Mar 1985, Redmond, Wash.; st nd m. (1 ) GEORGE GLENN PRATT, 18 Dec 1915; m. (2 ) ROY FRANCIS MCPHARLIN, 2 NOV 1963. George died 20 Feb 1918, in Spokane, Wash., of hepatitis. His World War I draft registration form lists him as a “draughtsman” for a marine shipbuilding company in Seattle. After his death, Hazel first lived with her parents. She worked as a social worker for both the Red Cross and the Welfare Department. Her second husband Roy was a retired mining engineer who had served in World War I. He died in Jan 1980. Child, by her first husband: (i) Mavis Virginia Pratt, b. 17 Jun 1917, Seattle, Wash.; d. 15 Sep 1994, Bellevue, Wash.; m. Jack R. Summers.
902 Obituary in Spokane Spokesman-Review, Aug. 4, 1936. 903 Portland Oregonian, Feb. 21, 1921, retrieved via genealogybank.com 904 Obituary in Seattle Daily Times, Nov. 9, 1931, retrieved via genealogybank.com 905 Seattle Daily Times, Nov. 6, 1932, retrieved via genealogybank.com
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2. CHARLES BERTIS "BERT" NEELY, b. 10 Sep 1889, Washington, D.C; d. 31 Jan 1964, Los Angeles, Calif.; bur. Arlington National Cem.906 During World War I, he was in the 362nd infantry. He was a student at Illinois University at the time. At the battle of Argonne, he was shot in the neck. His severe wounds caused him to be in the hospital for three months.907 He was awarded the Purple Heart for carrying another wounded soldier to safety while he was injured. He never married, but supported himself as a teacher, and had a wonderful way with children. He lived in Seattle in about 1927; in 1930 he was again a patient in a Veteran’s hospital.
3. SGT. DONALD STUART NEELY, b. 18 Jan 1891 in Washington, D.C.; d. 21 Mar 1963, Phoenix, Ariz.; m. CLARE LOCKWOOD BROADNAX, 26 Nov 1941. He was with the 23rd Engineers in World War I, and was “under fire every day for nine months, was in eleven battles, and had two pairs of specs blown off.”908 Lived in Kingman, Ariz., in 1942 and worked for a mining company. His wife Clare died 23 Apr 1943, of pneumonia, at age 44, less than 2 years after marriage. She was a school teacher. No children.
4. CAPT. HAROLD RICHARD NEELY, b. 29 Sep 1893, Washingon, D.C.; d. 4 Feb 1946, Sarasota, Fla.; m. MARY FRANCES HEYBURN. He was an aviator in World War I, serving overseas from Sep 1918 to Apr 1919. He also was an aviation instructor. He lived in Columbus, Oh., in 1930, Dearborn, Mich., in 1935, and La Grange, Ill., in 1940. In 1940, his occupation is given as Regional Manager in civil aeronautics. He moved to Sarasota, Fla., three months before his death. According to an obituary in the Tampa Tribune, after World War I, he “became a test pilot for the Department of Commerce when that agency supervised air transportation, and some years ago became Midwestern manager for the Civil Aeronautics Association.” Children: (i) Virginia Neely, b. 15 Jul 1920, Spokane, Wash.; d. 30 Mar 2008, Seattle, Wash.; m. Thomas Lee Fassett. (ii) Harold Richard Neely Jr., b. 26 Sep 1921, Spokane, Wash.; d. 28 July 1997, Elmhurst, Ill.; m. Anne -----. (iii) Carolyn Neely, b. 24 Oct 1924, Washington; d. 2. Jan 1960, Cook Co., Ill.; m. Robert Mohr Haeger
5. JOSEPH RALPH NEELY, b. 2 Jul 1896, Willamette, Ill.; d. 10 Jan 1969, Kingman, Ariz.; m. MAE 909 BELLE BAKER, 4 Feb 1933, in Vancouver, Wash. He was known by his middle name,
906 findagrave.com: Bertis Neely 907 See Illinois University Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 4 (1918), p. 267, available via Googlebooks 908 Ibid. 909 Washington Marriage records, ancestry.com.
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Ralph. He served in World War I in the 351st infantry. He was in National Guard, in Seattle, in 1925, with rank of1st. Lt. In 1940, he and his wife lived in Seattle.910 He lived in Juneau, Alaska in 1964, and later in Kingman, Ariz. There were no children. After his death, his widow Mae married Howard E. Roth. She died 8 Nov 1993, in Scottsburg, Ind., at age 91.
(161) MARY JANE NEELY (Joseph Warrick Neely) was born 3 Aug 1851 in Indiana. She died 22 Aug 1911 in Franklin, Ind., and is buried in the Burton Cemetery, Owen Co., Ind.911
912 Mary married SAMUEL ISAAC KAY, 12 Dec 1867, in Owen Co., Ind. Samuel was born in Dec 1848 in Ohio. He was the son of John Adolphus Kay and Mary Anne Frederick. He died on 21 Jun 1909 in Freedom, Ind. He is also buried in the Burton Cemetery.
Samuel served with Co. G, 149th Indiana Infantry, in the Civil War.913 He was a farmer.
Children:
1. MARY ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" KAY, b. 26 Mar 1869, Indiana; d. 3 Jan 1941, Indianapolis, Ind.; bur. West Newton Cem.;914 m. CHARLES BURN WOOD. Charles’ occupation in 1930 was section foreman for a railroad. He died 13 Apr 1936, in Maywood, Ind. Children: (i) James Isaac Wood, b. 14 Jan 1891, Indiana; d. 22 Jul 1937, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Ethel ---- (ii) Harry Wood, b. 17 Nov 1892, Freedom, Ind.; d. 5 Sep 1960, Martinsville, Ind.; m. Betty -----. He was a Captain in the Indiana National Guard (iii) Violet Ann Wood, b. 3 Dec 1894, Freedom, Ind.; d. Jul 1985, Lothian, Md.; m. William Clarence Haun (iv) Warren George Wood, b. 22 Feb 1897, Freedom, Ind.; d. 28 Jan 1952; m. Catherine Roberta Noakes. He was a maintenance man for the Indiana Highway Dept., and was killed when struck by a car, while on the job. (v) Thelma Wood, b. 15 Apr 1900, Spencer, Ind.; d. 3 Jan 1959; m. (1st) Richard Pankey; m. (2nd) Oscar Kidwell; m. (3rd) McKinley Rice (vi) Charles Wood, b. 26 Aug 1902, Freedom, Ind.; d. 24 Feb 1958, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Inez Aileen Rose. He was a salesman at a stockyard. (vii) Robert W. Wood, b. about 1906, Indiana; living 1960; m. Bobbie -----
910 1940 census. His occupation is listed as Sales Promoter. 911 findagrave.com: Mary Neely Kay 912 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Collection 1800-1941. 913 findagrave.com: Samuel Isaac Kay 914 findagrave.com: Mary Kay Wood
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(viii) Lex Forest Wood, b. 12 Aug 1913, Maywood, Ind.; d. 15 Feb 1995, Greenfield, Ind.; m. Mable Delaris Powers. He was purchasing agent for General Electric Supply Co.
2. JOHN JOSEPH KAY; b. 20 May 1871, Owen Co., Ind.; d. 1 Oct 1954, Bloomington, Ind.; bur. Riverside Cem., Spencer, Ind.;915 m. MELVINA ELIZABETH PORTER, who died in 1956. John was a merchant in a general store in 1930. Children: (i) Loren Eldridge Kay, b. 27 Mar 1893, Indiana; d. 31 Dec 1980, Gossport, Ind.; m. Ruby Ione Neumeyer. He was a farmer and teacher. (ii) Dr. Oran Ellsworth Kay, b. 9 Aug 1894, Freedom, Ind.; d. 5 Nov 1976, Bloomington, Ind.; bur. Riverside Cem.; m. Pauline Mary McCann. Served in the Navy in World War I. He was a “country doctor” in Owen Co., Ind. (iii) Hobart Kay, b. 31 Dec 1895, Indiana; d. 10 May 1962, Greencastle, Ind.; m. Opal Robinson. (iv) Horace B. Kay, b. 24 Aug 1897, Indiana; d. 21 Dec 1974, Bloomington, Ind.; m. Ruth Elizabeth Meek. (v) Mary G. Kay, b. 5 Apr 1901, Freedom, Ind.; d. 29 Sep 2005, Spencer, Ind.(age 104); m. (1st) Dewey Scott Wood; m. (2nd) Dorsey Glenn Woodburn; m. (3rd) Perry Johnson. (vi) Annice Dorothy Kay, b. 21 Nov 1902, Indiana; d. 18 Dec 1961, New York City; m. (1st) Claude Beaman, divorced; m. (2nd) Earl Judy; m. (3rd) Charles C. Norman. (vii) Ralph Kay, b. 10 Nov 1904, Owen Co., Ind.; d. 10 Jul 1922, Brazil, Ind. Died of peritonitis. (viii) Merle Porter Kay, b. 21 Apr 1907, Owen Co., Ind.; d. 26 Jan 1996, Highland, Calif.; m. Mary Alice Newport. He was director of San Bernardino Co. Juvenile Hall, and served on Lighthouse for the Blind board of directors. (ix) Lena F. Kay, b. 13 Nov 1908, Indiana; d. 28 Sep 1928, Jordan Village, Ind.; she died of complications of rheumatic fever (x) James Harold Kay, b. 23 Nov 1910, Freedom, Ind.; d. 9 Feb 1993, Bowling Green, Ind.; m. Merle G. Royer. He was a construction worker. (xi) Theodore Roosevelt “Ted”Kay, b. 24 Aug 1912, Jordan Village, Ind.; d. 27 Dec 2001, Linton, Ind.; m. Mary Lou Vest.
916 3. VINETTIE KAY, b. 28 Sep 1873; d. 29 Oct 1897; bur. Burton Cem.
917 4. CORA BELL KAY, b. 28 Aug 1875; d. 17 Sep 1876; bur. Burton Cem.
5. VINSON WEST KAY, b. 29 Sep 1877, Indiana; d. 14 Oct 1957, Freedom, Ind.; bur. Oliphant Cem., Owen Co., Ind.;918 m. GERTHA HAM. Vinson lost a leg in the train accident that killed his brother Adolphus, in 1919. He was a school teacher. He died tragically when his house trailer caught fire. Gertha died in 1948. Children:
915 findagrave.com: John Joseph Kay 916 findagrave.com: Vinettie Kay (no photo) 917 findagrave.com: Cora Bell Kay 918 findagrave.com: Vinson W. Kay
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(i) Samuel Ray Kay, b. 28 Oct 1915, Indiana; d. 30 Jul 1976, Gosport, Ind.; m. Goldie Gladys Cooksey (ii) Wayne Kay, b. 27 Aug 1918; d. 4 Mar 1919, Franklin, Ind., of influenza (iii) Vinson Eugene “Gene” Kay, b. 7 Jun 1921, Franklin, Ind.; d. 13 Feb 1992, Spencer, Ind.; m. Zella Maxine Buffaloe
6. ADOLPHUS KAY, b. 31 Dec 1879, Indiana; d. 12 Sep 1896, Bloomington, Ind., when he was hit by a train919
7 HARRY KAY, b. 22 Feb 1882, Indiana; d. 22 Mar 1963, Portland, Me.; bur. St. Bernard nd Cem., New Haven, Conn.; m.(2 ?) LUCILE GENEVIEVE KEYES. He was a meat inspector. One living child.
8. WALTER KAY, b. 1 May 1884, Indiana; d. 29 Nov 1969, Greencastle, Ind.; bur. Newark Cem., Newark, Ind.; m. ROXIE LENT, 2 Apr 1910. Walter was a farmer. Roxie died 12 Apr 1962, Quincy, Ind. Children: (i) Naomi Kay, b. 8 Sep 1910, Freedom, Ind.; d. 7 Jun 1988, Fort Myers, Fla.; m. (1st) Lloyd Arthur; m. (2nd) William G. Young (ii) Lowell Kay, b. 3 Dec 1911, Indiana; d. 29 Mar 1995, Cass Co., Minn.; m. Minerva Marie Butrom (iii) Leon Kay, b. about 1923
9. MAZIE MAY KAY, b. 8 May 1888, Freedom, Ind.; d. 1 Apr 1923, Franklin, Ind.; bur. Oliphant Cem.;920 m. ORRIE FRANCIS FRANKLIN, 4 Feb 1914. Orrie was a farmer. He died Jun 1969 in Freedom, Ind. Children: (i) Clifford Wayne Franklin, b. 31 Dec 1908, Indiana; d. 2 Jun 1965, Freedom, Ind.; m. Irene Lenz (ii) Marcella Elizabeth Franklin, b. 29 Aug 1911, Franklin, Ind.; d. 10 Mar 1973, Indianapolis; m. Claude R. Griffith (iii) Louise Franklin, b. 7 Oct 1914, Franklin, Ind.; d. 13 Nov 2001, Indianapolis; m. William Frederick Elliot (iv) Lucile Martha Franklin, b. 7 Oct 1914, Franklin, Ind. (twin); d. 29 Apr 2016, aged 101, Indianapolis; m. (1st) John Morrison Rudolph; m. (2nd) Louis M. Stebe (v) Juanita Frances Franklin, b. 9 Dec 1922, Freedom, Ind.; d. 6 May 2008, Monroe Co., Ind.; m. Harold L. Harrison
919 Elletsville Farm, 6 Feb 1897: “Isaac Kay, of Owen County, father of Adolphus Kay who was killed by a Monon train at the Sixth Street crossing, this city, last August, has brought suit for $2000 for loss of his son’s services. Vinson Kay, a brother of Adolphus, has brought suit for $20,000. He lost his right leg the time his brother was killed. “ However the railroad company insisted that “the accident was caused by the boys’ carelessness.” See also Bedford Mail, 15 Sep 1896. 920 findagrave.com: Mazie Kay Franklin
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10. ISAAC NEELY KAY, b. 26 Aug 1890, Freedom, Ind.; d. 22 Nov 1956, Emmetsburg, Ia.; bur. N. St. John’s Lutheran Cem., Palo Alto, Ia.;921 m. MARGARET MARIE WILSON. In 1930, Isaac was proprietor of a tire shop. Children: (i) Mary Madilyn Kay, b. 9 Feb 1914, Indiana; m. (1st) Francis Leroy Zimmer; m. (2nd) ---- - Anderson (ii) Jaunita Dottie Kay, b. 28 Jul 1917, Independence Twp., Palo Alto Co., Ia.; d. 12 Feb 2017, Fridley, Minn., at age 100; m. Tyrus Woodrow “Ty” Cobb. Ty worked at a tractor company. (iii) Joseph Edmond Kay, b. 29 Oct 1919, Palo Alto Co., Ia.; d. 20 Jan 2000, Ruthven, Ia.; m. Wilma Josephine Weltzin. He was a World War II veteran. (iv) Living (v) Phyllis Dolores Kay, b. 3 Dec 1929, Emmetsburg, Ia.; d. 4 Jan 2015, Des Moines, Ia.; m. Clarence Eugene Simonsen
(162) ADAM NEELY (Joseph Warrick Neely) was born 21 Dec 1860 in Owen Co., Ind.922 He died 23 Feb 1941, in Indianapolis, Ind., and is buried in the Floral Park Cemetery there.923
Adam married first, an unknown wife, who had died by 1880. He married, second, IDA MAE PRITCHET, 17 Feb 1887, in Gibson Co., Ind.924 Ida was born 3 Apr 1869 in Indiana, the daughter of Ira Zilmon Pritchet and Nancy Jane Nichols.925 She died 26 Aug 1935, in Indianapolis. She was also buried in Floral Park Cemetery.
In 1900 Adam lived in Sugar Ridge, Ind. According to his death notice in the Indianapolis Star, he was a carpenter. He came from
Bloomington, Ind, to Indianapolis in about 1911. He retired in Adam Neely. Photo courtesy of about 1937 due to poor health. He died at the home of his Caroyln Warman. daughter Edna Warman.
921 findagrave.com: Mazie Kay Franklin 922 Ancestry.com: Death certificate, for date of and place of birth. Parents’ names given as Joseph Neely and Elizabeth Clark. 923 Indianapolis News, 24 Feb 1941, for death date and place of burial. Also death certificate, which gives cause of death as chronic myocarditis. The informant was Mary Bennett. 924 Ancestry.com. Indiana, Select Marriages, 1780-1992 925 Indianapolis News, 24 Feb 1941,
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Children:
1. UDELL MARQUIS NEELY, b. 4 May 1889, Princeton, Ind.; d. 13 Mar 1976, Cincinnati, Oh.; m CLARA RAGER. On the 1930 census he is listed as a carpenter working for the Penn. railroad. Children: (i) Robert Ralph Neely, b. 1 May 1908, Missouri; d. 20 Apr 1983, Cheviot, Oh.; m. Annabelle Mobley (ii) Albert Adam Neely, b. 31 Dec 1910, Richmond, Ind.; d. 30 Jun 1921, Indianapolis, Ind.; he had a grand mal seizure (iii) Thomas Roger Neely, b. 25 Jun 1914, Bloomington, Ind.; d. 13 Mar 1957, Bedford, Ind.; m. June Roselyn Holt
2. MARY ALICE NEELY, b. 6 Mar 1891, Owen Co., Ind.; d. 28 Mar 1957, Indianapolis, Ind.; st nd m. (1 ) JAMES OSCAR GREEN; m. (2 ) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BENNETT. James died of pneumonia, 24 Dec 1930, in Indianapolis. He was a house carpenter. Her second husband Benjamin died 20 Nov 1961. Children: (i) Kathryn Irene Green, b. 1918, Indiana; d. 22 Mar 1966, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Clarence Hewell Anderson. She was a skilled seamstress. (ii) James Lowell Green, b. 8 May 1926, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 14 Jan 1987, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Rosemary Garrison. He was a mechanical engineer with RCA, and a Navy veteran of World War II.
3. ETHEL MAE NEELY, b. 25 Feb 1893, Bloomington, Ind.; d. 31 Jan 1970, East Prairie, Mo.; m. JOHN THURSTON WILSON. John was a farmer. He died 3 Oct 1977, in Sikeston, Mo. Children: (i) Frieda Lee Neely,926 b. 27 May 1911, Bloomington, Ind.; d. 25 Aug 2005, Williamsville, Mo.; m. Floyd L. Curtis (ii) Elaine Wilson, b. 24 Apr 1916, Portageville, Mo.; d. 10 May 1993, Matthews, Mo.; m. (1st) Earl Shackleford; m.(2nd) Frank Ward (iii) Marion Wilson, b. and d. 9 May 1918 (iv) Violet Marie Wilson, b. 31 Mar 1919, Missouri; d. 10 Apr 1987, Flora, Miss.; m. Louis Leonard Jackson (v) Warren Chester Wilson, b. 2 Feb 1922, East Prairie, Mo.; d. 12 Oct 2004, East Prairie, Mo.; unmarried. He worked for Opportunity Incorporated, in St. Louis. (vi) Virginia Mae Wilson, b. 1 Jul 1924, Mississippi Co., Mo.; d. 15 Jan 2009, East Prairie, Mo.; m. Thomas Jefferson Mansfield (vii) Mary Louise “Midge” Wilson, b. 23 May 1926, Portageville, Mo.; d. 3 Jul 2016, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; m. Henry Williams
926 Born out of wedlock with father John Kent.
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(viii) Beatrice Mae Wilson, b. 26 Jun 1928, New Madrid Co., Mo.; d. 15 Jun 1996, New Madrid, Mo.; m. Jonathan W. Rice (ix) John Thurston “Johnnie” Wilson Jr., b. 16 Apr 1931, Portageville, Mo.; d. 20 May 1997, Zeigler, Ill.; m. Norma Higgerson. He was a construction worker and a veteran of the Korean War. (x) Donald Eugene Wilson, b. 25 Oct 1934, Portageville, Mo.; d. 19 Jan 1957, Portage Twp., Mo.; he died when a caterpillar tractor “overturned on him while being loaded onto a mover.”
4. EDNA EVA NEELY, b. 12 Nov 1897, Indiana; d. 28 Nov 1980, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. JOHN THOMAS WARMAN. He was a railroader. He died 19 Mar 1980, in Indianapolis. Children: (i) Helen Louise Warman, b. 19 Jun 1915, Missouri; d. 24 Sep 1967, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Willard Simpson Givan. Willard was first a police detective with a railroad, and then a policeman with the Indianapolis police force. (ii) Thomas Rolla Warman, b. 25 Apr 1918, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 11 Feb 1993, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Pheriba Mae Lane. He was a Navy veteran in World War II, and a repair foreman for a railroad. (iii) Rev. Leonard Eugene Warman, b. 3 Sep 1922, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 13 Aug 2000, Tralfalgar, Ind.; m. Burnes Lee Overturf. Gene was an army veteran of World War II, and for 60 years, a minister with the Church of Christ.
927 (163) JOSEPH WARRICK NEELY (Joseph Warrick Neely Sr.) was born 17 Mar 1869, possibly in Owen Co., Ind. He died 2 May 1955 at a hospital in Helena, Ark.928
929 Warrick married CLARISSA (“CLARA”) C. LIGHT, 9 Aug 1891 in Owen Co., Ind. Clara was born 15 Sep 1864 in Freedom, Ind., and was the daughter of Israel Light and Nancy Goodin (or Gooden). She died of cancer 12 Nov 1954, in Indianapolis, Ind.930
His first marriage having ended in divorce, Warrick married, second, ANNIE LAURIE GARNER, 31 Oct 1910, in Grundy Co., Tenn.931 Annie was born 25 Jul 1888 in Tennessee. She died Jan 1973 in
927 I need to verify source. 928 Arkansas Gazette, 4 May 1955. His funeral was held at Trenton Baptist Church. 929 Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941; based on Owen County Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Vol, W. P. A. Original Record Located: Compiled by Indi; Book: 33; Page: 51. He is called “Warrick Neely” and she “Clara Light,” in the marriage record. 930 Ancestry.com: Indiana Death Certificates. 931 Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Also, "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," index, FamilySearch
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932 Hornbeak, Tenn. He married, third, ELIZA (WILLIAMSON) (HILBERT) BONNER, 17 Mar 1934, in Phillips Co., Ark.933 She was born 7 Feb 1887 and died 2 Jul 1967, in Kingtown, Ark.
Eliza had married, first, Fred Hilbert, and second, Charles W. Bonner.
A death notice states, “Warrick J. Neely, 79, a farmer of Trenton…at a hospital here. Funeral will be 2:30 pm Wednesday at the Trenton Baptist Church.”934 Warrick and Eliza are both buried in the Trenton Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton, Ark.
Children, by his first wife Clara:
935 1. HAZEL ANNA NEELY, b. 11 May 1892, Freedom, Ind.; d. 13 Jan 1954, Indianapolis; 936 m. JAMES MADISON “MATT” MORGAN, 16 Nov 1912, Vanderburgh Co., Ind. James was listed as a bookkeeper on the 1940 census. He died 9 Oct 1957. Children: (i) Leah Ruth Morgan, b. 15 Apr 1915, Illinois; d. 3 Aug 1992, Wayne, Mich.; unmarried. She was an office worker. (ii) Max Louis Morgan, b. 11 Feb 1922, Evansville, Ind.; d. 25 Aug 1981, Ypsilanti, Mich.; m. Jaunita Thomas. He was a draftsman.
2. NANCY ELIZABETH NEELY, b. 10 Dec 1893, Freedom, Ind.; d. 3 Jul 1988, Fla.; m. HARRY FREDERICK AUMANN; He was a printer at a newspaper. He died 29 Aug 1954, in Indianapolis, Ind. No children
937 3. JOSEPH ISRAEL NEELY, b. 2 Jul 1898, Owen Co., Ind.; d. 15 Feb 1966, Creswell, Ore.; m. LUCILLE DOROTHY NEUBERT. Divorced. He was in the Navy. He is listed on the 1940 census in Pleasant Hill, Ore., and had lived in Indianapolis in 1935. Lucille was born 1 Oct 1914 in Wisc. She married, second, Ralph Russell Boring. Joseph and Lucille had one (living) child.
Children, by his second wife Annie:
4. WARRICK HOWARD NEELY, b. 13 Sep 1911, Tennessee; d. Apr 1991, Eureka Springs, Ark. unmarried?
5. ANNA EARLINE NEELY, b. abt. 1915, Tennessee; living 1920, no further record
932 Dates of birth and death from Social Security Death Index, although this source is not always accurate for the location of a death. 933 Ancestry.com: Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939. He is called Warrick Neely and she Eliza Bonner. 934 Arkansas Gazette, 4 May 1955. 935 Death certificate, ancestry.com. The cause of death is given as severe burns: “Clothing caught on fire while fixing fire in basement or by suicidal intent.” 936 "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992," index, FamilySearch. James was the son of Bartholomew Morgan. 937 Ancestry.com. Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008
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6. REYNOLD MARVIN NEELY, b. 2 Dec 1917, Tennessee; d. 6 Jun 1958, near Marianna, Ark.; m. EVELYN RUTH (JENKINS) PATE. He died “when his car crashed into the rear of a truck.” He was a construction worker.938 Child: (i) Annie Ruth Neely, b. 10 Aug 1940; d. 23 Dec 1972, Red Bay, Ala.; m. Pride Childers
(164) ALICE SABINA NEELY (Joseph Warrick Neely) was born 17 Feb 1873 in Indiana. She died 2 Nov 1951 939 and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Vincennes, Ind. Alice married WILLIAM SIDNEY KERR, 21 Dec 1892 in Owen Co., Ind.940 William was born Mar 1869 in Indiana according to the 1900 census. He died 20 Apr 1937, and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Vincennes.941
In 1900 they lived in Civil District 5, Hickman, Tenn. By 1906 they had moved to Vincennes. His occupation listed on a city directory there is Fireman.942 They continued to live in Vincennes until at least 1926. By 1930 they were living in Anderson, Ind. On the 1930 census he is listed as a machinist in an auto parts factory.
Children:
943 1. EDITH LARUE KERR, b. 21 Sep 1894, Indiana; m. HERMAN R. HARTLEY, 24 Nov 1920, Knox Co., Ind. They were divorced by 1940. Edith was a nurse, living in Vincennes, Ind., in 1940. Herman was born 22 Aug 1890 and died in Mar 1967. No children.
944 2. EDWARD JOSEPH KERR, b. 11 Feb 1895 in Owen Co., Ind.; d. 9 Oct 1968; bur. Memorial Park 945 Cem., Vincennes, Ind.; m. HULDA E. (MEYER) SCHULER. Hulda died 30 Jul 1993. In 1940 he was a salesman in Vincennes, no children.
946 3. ELMER E. KERR, b. 20 Apr 1897; d. 14 Apr 1919, Akron, Oh.; bur. Fairview Cem., Vincennes, Ind.; his death was due to inhalation of gas, it not being clear if the cause was accidental or suicide; he had recently returned from the Navy947
948 4. ELROYAL WILLIAM KERR, b. 11 Jun 1908, Indiana; d. 10 Jul 1974. Anderson, Ind.; m. THELMA R. 949 DAPORE, 23 Nov 1933, Vincennes, Ind.; She died in 2011, at age 101. Four living children.
938 Arkansas Gazette, 8 Jun 1958. 939 findagrave.com: Alice Neely Kerr (no photo) 940 Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 941 findagrave.com: William S. Kerr (no photo) 942 Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 943 Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 944 Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 945 findagrave.com: Edward Joseph Kerr (no photo) 946 findagrave.com: Elmer Kerr (no photo) 947 Akron Evening Times, 15 Apr 1919 948 Social Security Death Index. 949 http://www.ballardandsons.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1333329&fh_id=13097
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(170) EDITH NEELY CRAWFORD (Margaret Catherine Neely) was born 30 Jun 1861 in Oakland City, Ind. She died 13 Apr 1933 in Petersburg, Ind., and is buried in the Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland City.950
951 952 Edith married ORION PEED 25 Oct 1882 in Gibson Co., Ind. Orion was born 5 Mar 1853 in Indiana. He was the son of Solomon Peed and Eunice Walton. He died 20 Jul 1937, and is also buried in the Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland City.953
Besides farming, Orion served as Sherriff of Pike County, Ind., for several years, and in 1930 was a Justice of the Peace. In 1913 he was appointed postmaster at Petersburg, Ind.954 Edith wrote a speech, “Duties of a Farmer’s Wife,” which can be found in the Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, 1898.955
Children:
1. ELMA PEED, b. 16 Feb 1885, Indiana; d. 4 Jul 1969, Sumter Co., Ga.; m. ERNEST SHIRLEY MCKINNEY, 956 divorced. Ernest died 5 Jan 1954, in Francisco, Ind. He was a stock buyer. Child: (i) Aline Margaret McKinney, b. 12 Dec 1905, Patoka, Ind.; d. 27 Nov 1996, Decatur, Ga.; m. (1st) Robert Robinson Martin; m. (2nd) Raymond William Dashiells
2. CHILD, d. before 1900
(171) STANLEY N. CRAWFORD (Margaret Catherine Neely) was born 24 Mar 1867 in Princeton, 957 Ind. He died 19 Sep 1938 in Vincennes, Ind. Stanley married, first, EMMA ERWIN 18 Oct 1888 in Gibson Co., Ind.958 The marriage ended in divorce. Emma was born 27 Nov 1868 in Indiana, and was the daughter of John T. Erwin and Maria Skelton. Emma married, second, Dr. John William McGowan. She died 22 Jan 1911, in Oakland City, Ind., and is buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland City.
950 findagrave.com: Edith Crawford Peed 951 Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 (based on WPA index of Indiana marriage records). 952 Death certificate. 953 findagrave.com: Orion Peed 954 Ancestry.com. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 955 Available via Google Books. 956 Evansville Courier and Press, 6 Jan 1954. They must have divorced since his death notice states his wife’s name as Myrtle. 957 Death certificate, ancestry.com. 958 Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
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959 Stanley married, second, ROSETTA (ROSA) NICELY in about 1905. Rosa was born 2 Jun 1883 in Petersburg, Ind. She married, second, James Teague. She died 8 Jan 1944, in Evansville, Ind. She was the daughter of John E. Nicely and Rosetta Ficklin.960
According to The Montgomerys and Their Descendants (1901), “Mr. Crawford while at work in a saw-mill in Oakland City, Ind., 1900, had the misfortune to lose an arm…. He is now engaged as travelling salesman for the Princeton Clock company.”961 According to a newspaper account summarizing the past year’s events, this occurred 1 Apr 1901.962
In 1910 Stanley and Rosa lived in Washington, Ind., where he is listed as a laborer, doing odd jobs. At the time of his mother’s death, he lived in Petersburg, Ind. It appears that he afterwards moved to Bicknell, Ind. In 1920, “Stanley Crawford was granted divorce from Rosie Crawford and he was ordered not to remarry in two years.”963 On the 1920 census, he is listed as divorced, living in Vincennes, Ind., with the occupation of restaurant proprietor. In 1921, an article in a Petersburg newspaper stated, “Stanley Crawford, formerly of this place but of Bicknell the past few years, was in Petersburg the first of the week trying to secure a room in which to conduct a restaurant.”964 He is listed in a Vincennes city directory as late as 1928.
Children, by his first wife Emma:
1. GERTRUDE ERWIN CRAWFORD, b. Aug 1889, Indiana; d. Mar 1934, Elkhart, Ind.; m. ALVA HUGH YOUNG. He was a grain dealer. He died 3 Mar 1950, in Elkhart, Ind. Children: (i) Emma Elizabeth Young, b. 4 Sep 1911, Oakland City, Ind.; d 6 Nov 1993, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; m. (1st) Victor Frederick Hillman; m. (2nd) David C. Torrence (ii) Helen Amelia Young, b. 10 Apr 1914, Muncie, Ind.; d. 11 Jan 1991, Kalamazoo, Mich.; m. Robert Leroy Mitchell (iii) Mary Louise Young, b. 26 Jun 1917, Muncie, Ind.; d. 15 Nov 1985, Wakarusa, Ind.; m. Ernest F. Bowman (iv) Betty Jean Young, b. 17 Feb 1924, Muncie, Ind.; d. 13 Jun 2009, Sturgis, Mich.; m. John Francis Bueter. She was a nurse; and a member of the Third Order Carmelites; as well as volunteering for Mother Theresa’s Missionaries of Charity
959 Browning Genealogy Evansville, Ind., Area Obituary Index. The obit of Holly N. Crawford calls his mother Rosie Nicely. 960 Ancestry.com: Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011. 961 Montgomerys and Their Descendants. 962 Evansville Courier and Press, 6 Jan 1902. Retrieved via genealogybank.com. 963 Bicknell Daily News, 2 Feb 1920. 964 Petersburg Pike County Democrat, 7 Jan 1921.
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2. EDITH LILLIE CRAWFORD, b. 8 Aug 1892, Indiana; d. 14 May 1955, Oakland City, Ind., when a 965 car she was a passenger in was struck by a train; m. JOHN WILLIAM LAMB. John and Edith ran the lamb Funeral Home. John died 18 May 1941, in Oakland City. Children: (i) John Porter Lamb, b. 24 Mar 1912, Princeton, Ind.; d. 16 Apr 1972, Princeton, Ind.; m. Beulah Inell Lapsey. He took over his parents’ funeral home business. (ii) Emilou Lamb, b. 18 Jan 1920, Princeton, Ind.; d. 21 Feb 2009, Anderson, Ind.; m. George H. Hooven
3. CHILD, d. before 1900
Child, by his second wife, Rosa:
4. HOLLY NEAL CRAWFORD, b. 20 Dec 1906, Petersburg, Ind.; d. 31 May 1958, Evansville, Ind.; m. GLADYS IRENE POWELL. He was a salesman for a building supply company. Gladys died 5 Dec 1985, in Evansville, Ind. Child: (I) Jerry Neal Crawford, b. 28 Oct 1939, Evansville, Ind.; d. 8 Aug 2007, Evansville, Ind.; m. Michaelee Caroline Kolb. He grad. from Univ. of Wisconsin, and was President and CEO of People’s Savings Bank.
(172) HATTIE NEELY CRAWFORD (Margaret Catherine Neely) was born 18 Oct 1874 in Union, Ind. She 966 967 died 23 Apr 1953. Hattie married JOHN FLETCHER STEWART 23 Oct 1901 in Princeton, Ind. John was born 30 Jul 1871968 in Jeffersonville, Ind., the son of John Wesley Steward and Emma Bowers Mitchell. He died at home, on 14 Feb 1911 in Princeton, Ind., of acute meningitis, “after but a few hours’ illness.”969 They are both buried in the IOOF Cemetery, Princeton.970
On the 1910 census, Fletcher is listed as a blacksmith. In 1920, Hattie lived in Princeton with her two sons. 1n 1940, she was still living in Princeton.
Children:
971 1. WILLIAM FLETCHER STEWART, b 3 May 1903, Indiana; d. 26 Dec 1993, Decatur, Ill.; m. HELEN WOODS DEPRIEST. Helen was born 24 Jun 1904 in Princeton, Ind., and died 12 Feb 1968,
965 “Prominent Woman Killed in Car,” Evansville Courier and Press, 15 May 1955. 966 Gravestone. 967 Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 However this record does not give the location as Princeton, it only says Gibson County. 968 Gravestone. 969 Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb 1911. He was survived by his widow, two sons, his mother Emma Stewart, and a brother and sister. 970 findagrave.com: Hattie N. Stewart and findagrave.com: J. Fletcher Stewart 971 Social Security Death Index. Last residence was Decatur, IL.
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Pinckneyville, Ill. In 1927, he and Helen lived in Princeton, Ind.972 1930 they lived in Pinckneyville, where he is listed as a “driller helper” on the census. Three living children.
2. MAJ. ELDON CRAWFORD STEWART, b. 7 Nov 1909, Princeton, Ind.; d. 14 Oct 1989, Orlando, Fla.; m. GENIE GRAY MONTGOMERY. Four children, three living. Eldon was an army officer and veteran of World War II. He worked at Martin Marietta Aerospace.
(174) CHARLES N. RALSTON (William G. Ralston) was born 11 Dec 1857, in Booneville, Ind. He died 25 Dec 1935, in Evansville, Ind., and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville.973 He 974 married LUCY BELLE “SUDIE” COX, 15 Apr 1890, in Vanderburgh Co., Ind. She was born Mar 1865 in Ky., the daughter of James Cox and Anna Whiting. She died 24 Oct 1938, in Evansville.975 She is also buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Charles worked as a druggist in Evansville for 50 years.
Child:
1. WILLIAM JAMES RALSTON, b. 13 Jun 1892, Evansville, Ind.; d. 14 Jul 1940, Evansville, Ind.; bur Oak Hill Cem.; m. WILMA CRACKEL; divorced. Wilma was b. 11 Jul 1902 and d. 1 Mar 1993, Evansville. William was a Standard Oil Co. employee, and a veteran of World War I. No children.
(174) CHARLES N. RALSTON (William G. Ralston) was born 11 Dec 1857, in Booneville, Ind. He died 25 Dec 1935, in Evansville, Ind., and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville.976 He 977 married LUCY BELLE “SUDIE” COX, 15 Apr 1890, in Vanderburgh Co., Ind. She was born Mar 1865 in Ky., the daughter of James Cox and Anna Whiting. She died 24 Oct 1938, in Evansville.978 She is also buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Charles worked as a druggist in Evansville for 50 years.
972 Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 973 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167528781 (no gravestone photo). 974 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 975 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate of Sudie (Cox) Ralston. 976 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167528781 (no gravestone photo). 977 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 978 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate of Sudie (Cox) Ralston.
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Child:
1. WILLIAM JAMES RALSTON, b. 13 Jun 1892, Evansville, Ind.; d. 14 Jul 1940, Evansville, Ind.; bur Oak Hill Cem.; m. WILMA CRACKEL; divorced. Wilma was b. 11 Jul 1902 and d. 1 Mar 1993, Evansville. William was a Standard Oil Co. employee, and a veteran of World War I. No children.
(175) ANDREW GALLATIN RALSTON (William G. Ralston) was born 26 Jul 1859 in Booneville, Ind. He died 21 Jul 1943 in Chicago, Ill.,979 and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.980 He 981 married MARY E. SINGER, 28 Nov 1888, in Cook Co., Ill. She was born 15 Dec 1863, in Ia., and died 26 May 1941, in Chicago.982
Andrew is listed as a florist on the 1900 census. His death record calls him a gardener, and the 1930 census says he was a gardener in a cemetery.
Children:
1. LAURA ISABEL RALSTON, b. 28 Aug 1886, Chicago, Ill.; d. 28 Oct 1967, La Grange, Ill; bur. Resurrection Catholic Cem., Justice, Ill.; m. ANTON MARTIN GRUND, 8 Jun 1910. He was born 26 Feb 1884, in Chicago, and d. 21 Dec 1925, Chicago. Child: (i) Ralston Andrew Grund, b. 21 Mar 1911, Illinois; d. 29 Jun 2006, Hendersonville, N.C.; m. Marguerite Lucille (Quinn) Crumb
2. CHARLES WILLIAM RALSTON, b. 27 Jun 1894/ 1895, Chicago, Ill.; living about 1940 in Dallas, Tex.; m. MADELEINE E. BUTLER, who was b. 14 Jan 1900, Washburn, Ill., and d. 7 Apr 1932, Chicago. Children: (i) Robert Andrew Ralston, b. 30 Oct 1918, Chicago, Il.; d. 25 Jun 1993, Burke, Va.; m Cuc Thi Huynh (ii) Charles William Ralston, b. 3 Mar 1921, Chicago, Ill.; d. 27 May 1984, Durham, N.C.; m. Doris Ray Chestnut (iii) Dorothy Jane Ralston, b. 1 Apr 1922, Chicago, Ill.; d. 8 Sep 1997, Jupiter, Fla.; m. (1st) Percival Safford Black; m. (2nd) William Roscoe Davis; divorced. She was a teacher. (iv) Richard Lawrence Ralston, b. 29 Aug 1930, Chicago, Ill.; d. 16 Jun 1936, Chicago, Ill.
979 Ancestry.com: Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. This record also states he was buried in Graceland Cem. 980 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102746903 (no gravestone photo). 981 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920. 982 Ancestry.com: Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. The record (not an original image) says she was born in “Charles Mound” Iowa, but no such city exists so it must be a transcription error.
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(176) ANDREW RALSTON HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 19 Jan 1838 in Gibson Co., Ind. He died 25 Jan 1902 in Vincennes, Ind. He married, first, NANCY JANE CUNNINGHAM, 31 Mar 1863, in Gibson Co.983 She was born 26 Aug 1845, in Gibson Co. She was the daughter Joseph D. Cunningham and Mary Jane Arbuthnot. She died 5 Nov 1870, in Gibson Co.984 He married, second, 985 LAURETTA SADLER LEWIS, 11 Sep 1878, in Gibson Co. She was born in Sept 1856 in Indiana, and died 10 Feb 1923, in Knox Co., Ind.
Andrew was a soldier in the Civil War, and was a member of Co. A., 80th Indiana regiment. He received an invalid pension, and upon his death, Lauretta received widow’s pension. According to the 1880 census, he was a veterinary surgeon, but on the 1900 census he is called a day laborer.
Children, by his first wife Nancy:
1. MARY C. HOPKINS, b. 13 Jun 1866; d. 31 Jul 1868; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.
2. JOHN D. HOPKINS, b. 26 Apr 1868; d. 4 Feb 1869, Gibson Co., Ind.
3. NANCY JANE HOPKINS, b. 6 Sep 1870, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 9 May 1964, bur. Lynnville Cem.; m. GASHEM PHILEMON “WALTER” TEVAULT. Walter was a farmer. He die d 11 Dec 1942, in Evansville, Ind. Children: (i) Fred Leo Tevault, b. 29 Dec 1893, Indiana; d. 8 Aug 1917, Lynnville, Ind. He died of tuberculosis (ii) Jessie Ellen Tevault, b. 11 Jun 1896, Indiana; d. 30 Aug 1980, Evansville, Ind.; m. (1st) Herbert Milton Ricketts; m. (2nd) Frank Ferner (iii) Isabelle Elizabeth Tevault, b. 4 Jan 1899, Indiana; d. 28 Mar 1986, Lynnville, Ind.; m. (1st) Robert Hambrick; m. (2nd) Herbert C. Thiry. She owned and operated Isabelle’s Marcel Shop in Evansville, Ind., for 23 years (iv) George Heilman Tevault, b. 19 Dec 1900, Warrick Co., Ind.; d. 16 Apr 1978, Louisville, Ky.; m. Thelma May Barclay. He was a railroad switch foreman. (v) Walter Earl Tevault, b. 7 Jul 1903, Warrick Co., Ind.; d. 28 Aug 1987, Evansville, Ind.; m. Mary Rosalie Christmas. He was a teacher and school principal. (vi) Grace Kathleen Tevault, b. 30 Apr 1906, Indiana; d. 13 Feb 1908, Lynnville, Ind., of whooping cough (vii) Gerald Ethan Tevault, b. 24 Jun 1908, Indiana; d. 31 Oct 1947, Evansville, Ind.; m. Elsie Heath
983 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 984 I do not have a good source for this information. 985 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages 1819-2001.
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(viii) Rita Bernelle Tevault, b. 19 Feb 1911, Indiana; d. 11 Nov 1974, Lynnville, Ind.; unmarried
Children, by his second wife, Lauretta:
4. HIRAM ABIFF HOPKINS, b. 4 Jul 1879, Indiana; d. 17 Sep 1943, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; bur. Highland Cem.; m. MARIAN GRACE TEWNEY. He was a veteran of both the Spanish-American War and World War I. He was manager of the Anniston Traffic Bureau, and an industrial advisor. He also prosecuted cases involving freight rates before the Interstate Commerce Commission.986 Marian died 27 Aug 1968. Child: (i) Patricia Cobb Hopkins, b. about 1920, Arkansas; m. Earl A. Snyder; divorced
5. LEWIS ROSS HOPKINS, b. 7 Jun 1881, Anniston, Ala.; d. 25 Jan 1936, Anniston, Ala.
6. EARL GRANT HOPKINS, b. 21 Aug 1885, Indiana; d. 4 Jan 1964, Norman, Okla.; m. LUCY ----. He was an engineering professor at Oklahoma University and a Civil Service employee.987 No children.
7. BENJAMIN CHAUNCEY HOPKINS, b. 30 Dec 1888, Knox Co., Ind.; d. 9 Feb 1939, Patoka, Ind.; unmarried. Died “the victim of a freight hopping mishap.” “It was believed his foot caught on a car step as he attempted to get off of Southern freight train 57. Two boys told police they saw something dragging as the train came in….The body was tattooed with anchors and other naval insignia.”988
8. ADA ALICE HOPKINS, b. 19 Aug 1893, Vincennes, Ind.; d. 23 Nov 1898, Vincennes, Ind.
9. ELIZABETH ALMA HOPKINS, b. 28 Jan 1899, Indiana; d. 5 Nov 1961, Lynnville, Ind.; bur. st nd Memorial Park Cem., Vincennes; m. (1 ) ROY GILLESPIE HENNIS; m. (2 ) NORMAN R. HARRISON. Roy was a traveling salesman for Eastman Kodak. He died 19 Mar 1956. There were no children by either marriage.
(177) MARY ANN HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 28 Oct 1840 near Fort Branch, Gibson Co., Ind.989 She died 4 Oct 1917, in Olympia, Wash., and is buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery in 990 Fort Branch, Ind. She married SILAS MERCER HOLCOMB, 11 May 1862, in Gibson Co. He was
986 “H. A. Hopkins Rites to be at Residence,” Anniston Star, 19 Sep 1943 987 Evansville Courier and Press, 5 Jan 1964. 988 Evansville Courier, 9 Feb 1939. 989 Olympia Daily Recorder, 4 Oct 1917. It gives her birth date as 8 Oct 1840, however, her gravestone says 28 Oct 1840. 990 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941.
175 born 27 Mar 1838 near Fort Branch,991 Gibson Co., the son of Elihu Holcomb and Eliza Cook. He died 6 Jun 1906, in Fort Branch. He is also buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.992
Silas was a lawyer. As a young man, Silas taught school for a number of years. He served in the Union army as a First Lieutenant in the Civil War, Co. C, 63rd Indiana Volunteers. He served until December 1862. After the war he went into the grain business in Fort Branch, before becoming a lawyer.993
According to a death notice in the Goshen Daily Democrat, he was “twice the nominee of the Populist Party in Indiana for Attorney General and an uncle of ex-Governor S. A. Holcomb, of Nebraska.” According to the Adams County News, “He was a prominent figure in the state politics of Indiana for many years.”
Mary went to live with her son Oscar, in Olympia, Wash., in 1915, and died at his residence.
Children:
1. CLARA BELLE HOLCOMB, b. 15 Sep 1863; d. 29 Sep 1866; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.
2. CHARLES GILBERT HOLCOMB, b. 16 Feb 1866; d. 15 Jun 1868; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.
3. OSCAR RAYMOND HOLCOMB, b. 13 Dec 1867, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 13 Sep 1948, Tacoma, Wash.; bur. Tacoma Cem.; m. EVA STASER. He was a judge, and served on the Supreme Court of Washington state (1915-1939). He graduated from Chicago College of Law, and was for a time an attorney in Evansville, Ind. He moved to Washington state in the 1890’s. He was also mayor of Ritzville, Wash. (1906-1908). Children: (i) Silas Raymond Holcomb, b. 30 Mar 1895, Ritzville, Wash.; d. 25 Nov 1965, Belleview, Wash.; m. Helen Alice Blakeslee (ii) Maurice Staser Holcomb, b. 7 Jun 1896, Ritzville, Wash.; d. 30 Sep 1976, Bethesda, Md.; m. Uva V. Spratt. He was a commercial artist/advertising man, and veteran of World War I. (iii) Marjorie Holcomb, b. 23 Nov 1897, Ritzville, Wash.; d. Apr 1973, Puyallup, Wash.; m. Alfred William Reed Jr. (iv) Leland Mercer Holcomb, b. 8 Aug 1899, Ritzville, Wash.; d. 1964; unmarried (v) Miriam Gladys Holcomb, b. 15 Jun 1900, Ritzville, Wash.; d. 1977, Ontario, Canada; m. James Harold Pfeffer
991 Princeton Daily Clarion, 6 Jun 1906. 992 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21472094 993 Princeton Daily Clarion, 6 Jun 1906.
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(vi) Mary Maxine Holcomb, b. 11 Nov 1901, Ritzville, Wash.; d. Feb 1970, Rosebud, Ore.; m. George Walter Ginder
4. HINKLEY EUGENE HOLCOMB, b. 28 Nov 1869; d. 10 Aug 1871, Gibson Co., Ind.; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.
5. CLARENCE LELAND HOLCOMB, b. 15 Oct 1871, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 5 Jun 1942, Kennewick, Wash.; bur. Riverview Heights Cem.; m. MARY BLANCHE RICHARDSON. He was a lawyer, and a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1932. He graduated from Indiana University Law School. Children: (i) Mary Clarice Lee Holcomb, b. 21 Mar 1901, Ritzville, Wash.; d. 9 May 1963, Las Vegas, Nev.; m. Orin Clark Cassmore (ii) Vance Richardson Holcomb, b. 6 Mar 1904, Ritzville, Wash.; d. 24 Feb 1942, Seattle, Wash.; m Katherine Elizabeth “Betty” Greene (iii) Norma Beatrice Holcomb, b. 21 Sep 1906, Quincy, Wash.; d. 11 Oct 1945, Seattle, Wash.; m. Randolph Wilfred Murphy (iv) Valeria Kathleen Holcomb, b. 30 Mar 1913, Kennewick, Wash.; d. 28 Nov 1985, Seattle, Wash.; unmarried (v) June Valeska Holcomb, b. 29 Jun 1915, Kennewick, Wash.; d. 20 May 2003, Kent, Wash.; m. (1st) Gilbert L. Moss; m. (2nd) Lloyd Richard Lanning; m. (3rd) Gardner Boyd (vi) Winston Lee Holcomb, b. 9 Jul 1918, Kennewick, Wash.; d. 21 Jul 2007, Yakima, Wash.; m. Lela Alice Trembly. He was a World War II veteran, and a pharmacist for the Veterans Administration (vii) Mildred Patricia Holcomb, b. about Apr 1921; d. 21 Nov 1921, age 7 months, Kennewick, Wash.
6. HELEN LACLEDE HOLCOMB, b. 26 May 1874, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 28 Jul 1954, Evansville, Ind.; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.; m. DAVID BANNERMAN MCLAREN, who d. 8 Jun 1933, Evansville. No children.
7. RALSTON COOK HOLCOMB, b. 25 Jun 1880, Fort Branch, Ind.; d. 29 Dec 1953, Brooklyn, N.Y.; st nd rd th m. (1 ) DONNA MEAD; m. (2 ) JESSICA BARTLETT MURPHY; m. (3 ) ALMA PICKFORD; m. (4 ) CONSTANCE IRVINE. He was at one time a member of the War Production Board. Child, by his first wife Donna: (i) Donna Nadine Holcomb, b. 17 Sep 1912, Chicago, Ill.; d. 11 Sep 1977, Evansville, Ind.; m. John Summers Brady
(178) HELEN MARY HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 24 Sep 1842, in Gibson Co., Ind. She died 12 Jul 1916, in Princeton, Ind.,994 and was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Princeton.995 She
994 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate of Helen Hopkins King. 995 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87787023
177 married JOHN KIRKMAN KING, 13 Feb 1866, in Gibson Co. He was born 30 Oct 1833, in Gibson Co., the son of John King996 and Sarah Kirkman. He died 2 Sep 1911, in Princeton. He was also buried in the IOOF Cemetery.
John was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in Co. A, Indiana 80th Regiment. He served throughout the war, as a private. “He saw service in some of the hardest fought battles of that memorable struggle, and was wounded at the battle of Resaca, Georgia.”997 He was a farmer. After the war, he bought his father’s farm from the rest of the heirs and operated it until 1897 when he retired and moved to Princeton, Ind.
He was an assessor in Patoka Township for many years. An obituary states, “Jolly and genial, ever with a kindly word and a smile, John K. King spread sunshine and good cheer about him…”998 “Mr. King worked hard and honorably and the reputation which he enjoyed as one of the public spirited citizens of his locality was honestly earned, and his name will ever be linked with that of the community so long honored by his citizenship…”999
Helen had taught school during the Civil War. She was a member of the Woman’s Relief Corps. “Her hand was ever a helping one and her motherly instinct brought comfort and assistance to many in the hospitality of her home.”1000
Children:
1. CHARLES KIMBER KING, b. 27 Jan 1869, King Station, Ind.; d. 5 Mar 1946, Princeton, Ind.; bur. I.O.O.F. Cem., Princeton, Ind.; m. ANNA BROWN CRISWELL. He was an “insurance man.” Anna died 10 Oct 1950, in Princeton. Children: (i) Jeron Charles Criswell King, b. 18 Oct 1907, Princeton, Ind.; d. 4 Oct 1982, Burbank, Calif.; m. Myrtle Louise Stonesifer. He was a psychic “known for his wildly inaccurate predictions.” He entertained Hollywood celebrities, appeared on the Jack Paar television show, wrote a syndicated newspaper column, and published three books.1001 (ii) Clara Helen King, b. 12 Jul 1909, Princeton, Ind.; d. 2 Nov 1951, Princeton, Ind.; m. (1st) James King Thompson; m. (2nd) William Johnston (iii) William Robert King, b. 2 Mar 1911, Princeton, Ind.; d. 22 Jun 1966, Louisville, Ky.; m. (1st) Helen Marie Olmstead, who d. in a car crash at age 20; m. (2nd) Glenola -----. He was a tool and die worker, and a veteran of World War II.
996 For whom King Station, Gibson Co., was named. 997 Stormont, History of Gibson Co., Ind., p. 528. 998 Princeton Daily Clarion, 2 Sep 1911. 999 Stormont, p. 528. 1000 Princeton Daily Clarion, 13 Jul 1916. 1001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Criswell
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st 2. JOHN HERBERT KING, b. Sep 1872, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 6 Feb 1948, Robertsdale, Ala.; m. (1 ) nd ISABELLA “BELLE” DICKERSON; m. (2 ) ADA J. LAMON. “While in Princeton he was connected with the Davis-King Grocery…” His first wife Belle died 20 Apr 1915, following an operation. Ada died 16 May 1971, in Foley, Ala. Children, by his second wife Ada: (i) Marjorie Jean King, b. 9 May 1920, Princeton, Ind.; d. 22 Sep 2009, Baldwin Co., Ala.; m. Edward James “Ted” Pratt; res. Robertsdale, Ala.; she was a nurse; and also volunteered at the County Council on Aging (ii) John Lamon King, b. 29 Jul 1922, Foley, Ala.; d. 10 Mar 1988, Biloxi, Miss.; unmarried; he was a World War II veteran.
3. ROY POWER KING, b. 18 Jul 1882, King Station, Ind.; d. 18 Feb 1932, Princeton, Ind.; bur. I.O.O.F. Cem., Princeton; m. ELIZABETH MAE JEFFRIES. He was city editor of the Princeton (Ind.) Democrat newspaper. His widow Elizabeth, who was a nurse, died 9 Apr 1959 in Evansville, Ind. Children: (i) Mary Elizabeth King, b. 6 Feb 1918, Princeton, Ind.; d. 14 Feb 2002, Walnut Creek, Calif.; m. Jesse Odonald McKimmy (ii) Robert Roy “Rob” King, b. 11 Jun 1921, Princeton, Ind.; d. 16 Apr 1983, Evansville, Ind.; unmarried. He was a salesman.
4. RUTH H. KING, b. 8 Nov 1886, Indiana; d. 3 Jul 1976, Princeton, Ind.; bur. I.O.O.F. Cem., Princeton; m. HENRY CLAY MULHALL. Henry was a clothing salesman. He died 30 Jun 1916, in Princeton, Ind., at age 36. Child: (i) John Henry Mulhall, b. 23 Oct 1910, Indiana; d. 25 Aug 1939, Princeton, Ind.; m. Marguerite McQuinn. He was a drummer and orchestra leader. He died of meningitis. His widow remarried, first to Herschel Lyst, then to Jesse Raymond Amon.
(179) CORNELIA HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 1 Aug 1844 in Gibson Co. Ind. She died 23 Oct 1927 in Fort Branch, Ind. She married JOHN FRANKLIN 1002 KENNETT, 24 Sep 1867, in Gibson Co. He was born 16 Mar 1845, in Indiana, and died 23 Oct 1892, probably in Illinois. He was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Burnt Prairie, Ill.
John was in the Civil War, received an invalid pension in 1873, and Cornelia received a widow’s pension.
In 1900, Cornelia lived in Burnt Prairie, Ill. By 1900 she was living with her son-in-law George Stone, in Gibson Co., Ind. She
1002 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941.
179 was an invalid following a fall, ten years prior to her death. She was buried in Burnt Prairie but no gravestone survives.
Children:
1. HIRAM DELNO KENNETT, b. 23 Jun 1868, Owensville, Ind.; d. 25 Oct 1953, Yaxley, Wash.; st nd bur. Posser Cem., Prosser, Wash.; m. (1 ) ALPHRETTIE GRAVES, 30 Sep 1894; m. (2 ) NANCY MARVEL MCREYNOLDS, in about 1897. Alphrettie died 18 Sep 1895, after less than a year of marriage. Nancy died 2 Aug 1931, in Naches, Wash. Hiram was a farmer (1930). Three adopted children.
2. ALICE KENNETT, b. Nov 1870, Illinois; d. 26 Oct 1943, Milwaukee, Wisc.; m. REV. DIXON HAMPTON MCCALL, 20 Feb 1887, in White Co., Ill., when she was 16, and he 28. He died in 1925. He had a son, Otis Herman McCall, by his first marriage (to Laura Mathis). Children:1003 (i) Ida May McCall, b. 24 Jul 1888, Jasper Co., Ill.; d. 3 May 1973, Green Bay, Wisc.; m. Jefferson Carl Monroe (ii) Maud E. McCall, b. 1 Mar 1892, Tennessee; d. 31 Oct 1964, Hyattsville, Md.; m. Clarence Alva Hunt (iii) Callie Delia McCall, b. May 1894, Tennessee; d. 1915; m. William Levi Myers (iv) Jessie E. McCall, b. 18 Sep 1899, Kentucky; d. 31 Jul 1902, Black, Ind. (v) Walter F. V. McCall, b. 16 Dec 1905, Missouri; d. Mar 1979, Milwaukee, Wisc.; m. Emma Leonard (vi) Ceycil “Ceil” McCall, b. 8 Jun 1911, Illinois; d. 29 Jun 1993, Milton, Fla.; m. (1st) Joseph Arnie Beauchene; m. (2nd) Francis Corcoran
3. SAMUEL RALSTON KENNETT, b. 18 Feb 1873, Indiana; d. 21 Jun 1949, Enid, Okla.; bur. Enid st nd Cem.; m. (1 ) LOUISE KEARNIE; m. (2 ) MARY ELIZABETH BAILEY. He was a farmer in 1920, salesman in 1930, and bill collector for a hospital in 1940. His second wife Mary died in 1965. Children, by his second wife Mary: (i) Cornelia Hazel Kennett, b. 19 Apr 1902, Oklahoma; d. Nov 1975, Enid, Okla.; m. Oliver Cedric Ball (ii) Hiram Lester Kennett, b. 7 May 1904, Hennessey, Okla.; d. 10 Apr 1966, Houston, Tex.; m. Josephine Strickler
4. JESSIE KENNETT, b. 25 Jul 1875, Indiana; d. 26 Sep 1970, El Dorado, lll; bur. Mount Hope Cem., Lander, Wyo.; m. WALTER C. SMITH. Walter died 13 Oct 1948 in Lander, Wyo. He was a rancher. Children: (i) Wilma Smith, b. 17 Jul 1902, Illinois; d. Jan 1970, El Dorado, Ill.; m. James Thomas Garner (ii) Mary Wanda Smith, b. 6 Feb 1905, Illinois; d. 15 May 1990, Albuquerque, N.M.; m. Lowell Bennett Penland
1003 Otis Herman McCall (1883-1967) was D. H. McCall’s son by his first wife, Laura Mathis.
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(iii) Henry Clay Smith, b. 19 Jan 1910, Maunie, Ill.; d. 3 Mar 1980, Phoenix, Ariz.; m. Frances Hardy. He was a Jeweler; earlier he had managed musical tours including that of Guy Lombardo1004
5. HEBER ROSCOE KENNETT, b. 11 Aug 1878, Indiana; d. 6 Jan 1955, Ferndale, Mich.; bur. Owensville Cem., Owensville, Ind.; m. MARY M. REILING. He was a barber in the Detroit area. Mary died 21 Apr 1931, in Detroit. Children: (i) Alma B. Kennett, b. 5 Jul 1902, Illinois; d. Feb 1986, Evanston, Ill.; m. George Kirklin Malone (ii) John Morris Kennett, b. 12 Sep 1904, Burnt Prairie, Ill.; d. 6 Feb 1965, Alton, Ill.; m. Anna Grace Carter. He was a life insurance agent. (iii) Wilma Frances Kennett, b. 16 Sep 1918; d. 18 Sep 1918
6. RALPH KENNETT, b. 25 Oct 1880, Indiana; d. 6 Jul 1900; bur. Liberty Cem., Burnt Prairie, Ill.
7. MARY “DOVE” KENNETT, b. 25 May 1885, Illinois; d. 23 Dec 1974, Owensville, Ind.; bur. Owensville Cem.; m. GEORGE CARL STONE . George operated a plumbing shop in Ft. Branch, Ind. He died 1 May 1954, in Evansville, Ind. Children: (i) Eva Mae Stone, b. 11 Jun 1908, Fort Branch, Ind.; d. 2 Apr 1999, Oakland City, Ind.; m. Paul E. Lewis (ii) Lillias Stone, b. 20 Dec 1912, Union Twp., Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 28 Aug 1998, Muncie, Ind.; m. Edward Graham Pelz
(180) EZEKIEL THEODORE HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 14 Oct 1846, near Ft. Branch, Gibson Co., Ind. He died 16 Oct 1924, in Princeton, Ind., and was buried in Walnut Hill 1005 Cemetery, Ft. Branch. He married SARAH ELLEN “SALLIE” CUNNINGHAM, 11 May 1872, in Gibson Co.1006 She was born 20 Dec 1849 in Gibson Co., the daughter of Joseph W. Cunningham and Mary Jane Arbuthnot. She died 16 Jan 1905 in King Station, Ind., and was also buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Theodore, as he was known, was a farmer. He died after a long illness, at his home at 608 Main St., Princeton.
1004 Arizona Republic, 4 Mar 1960. 1005 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81580410 1006 Ancesty.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001.
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1. GEORGE ABIFF HOPKINS, b. 19 Aug 1873, Indiana; d. 28 Mar 1929, King Station, Ind.; bur. st nd Walnut Hill Cem.; m. (1 ) CORDELIA “DELIA” KENDALL, divorced; m. (2 ) GRACE D. GUYMON. He was a farmer. Children by his first wife Cordelia: (i) Lillian Dale Hopkins, b. 21 Aug 1894, Indiana; d. 7 Nov 1982, Quincy, Ill.; m. Leon Schuyler Alden (ii) Louise Marie Hopkins, b. 8 Oct 1896, Indiana; d. 11 Jan 1979, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; m. Leroy Edgar Rizor Children, by his second wife Grace: (i) Theodore Guymore Hopkins, b. 11 Sep 1913, Illinois; d. 24 May 1937, Davenport, Ia.; unmarried (ii) Donald Arbuthnot Hopkins, b. 24 Aug 1916, Decatur, Ill.; d. 5 Mar 1950, near Greenwood, Fla., when his car struck a tree; m. Marian Elizabeth Van Sant; divorced. He was a Sgt in the Air Force during World War II. After the war he worked in a jewelry/watch repair facility.
2. PERCY CUNNINGHAM HOPKINS, b. 15 Jan 1875, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 7 Dec 1931, Hutchinson, Kans..; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.; m. OLA -----. He was an attorney in Evansville before moving to Kansas. No children.
3. MARY RALSTON HOPKINS, b. 24 Feb 1879, Indiana; d. 20 Jan 1972; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.; rd m. ROGER POLK CLEVELAND (her 3 cousin) Children: (i) John Percy Cleveland, b. 15 Jul 1905, Indiana; d. 10 Oct 1989, Venice, Fla.; m. (1st) Bernadine Pratt; m. (2nd) Kathleen E. Caldwell (ii) Roger Lloyd Cleveland, b. 24 Aug 1911, Princeton, Ind.; d. Oct 1978, Point Pleasant, W.Va.; m. Catherine Bishop Cady
4. ALICE ISABELLE HOPKINS, b. 15 Jun 1882, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 22 Aug. 1977, Princeton, Ind.; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.; unmarried. She taught school in Princeton, Ind.
5. THEODORE ARBUTHNOT HOPKINS, b. 8 Oct 1886, King Station, Ind.; d. 21 Dec 1925, Los st nd Angeles Co., Calif.; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.; m. (1 ) ADA A. MAUCK, divorced; m. (2 ) MOSSE LEWIS. He “was employed as superintendent of tunnel construction for the Southern Pacific Railroad company” and was a World War I veteran. His first wife Ada did not remarry. She died 22 Sep 1943 in Chicago. His second wife Mosse died in Nov 1979 in Tulsa, Okla. Child, by his first wife Ada: (i) Lillian Grace Hopkins, b. 17 May 1907, Montgomery Twp., Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 5 Oct 1973, Phoenix, Ariz.; m. Earl Gamborg. She was a president of the Arizona Convention of American Baptist Women, and also of the Chicago, Ill., Parent Teacher Association Child, by his second wife Mosse: (ii) Living
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(181) ALICE GERTRUDE HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 24 Feb 1849, in Gibson Co., Ind. 1007 She died 3 Jul 1912, in Princeton, Ind. She married, first, THOMAS D. CRUMBAUGH, 24 Dec 1872, in Gibson Co. He was born in 1841 in Shelby Co., Ohio, and died 11 Jul 1882, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was the son of John Crumbaugh and Elizabeth Medaris, of Shelby Co., Oh.1008 He 1009 was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Fort Branch, Ind. Alice married, second, SILAS D. BENNETT, 12 Oct 1887, in Gibson Co. He was born 16 Apr 1841 in White River, Ind., and died 4 Mar 1910 in Princeton, Ind. He was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Hazelton, Ind. There were no children by this second marriage.
Thomas was a Captain in Co. F, 38th Ills. Infantry, according to his gravestone. He died “from the effects of wounds received in the battle of Stone River, in December 1863.”1010 Alice was a resident of Princeton, Ind., for many years. She died of heart trouble.1011
Children by her first husband:
1. ZETTIE BEULAH CRUMBAUGH, b. 28 May 1874; d. 12 Aug 1879; bur. Walnut Hill Cem.
2. RALPH M. CRUMBAUGH, b. 15 Dec 1875, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 20 Dec 1955, Tippecanoe Co., 1012 Ind.; bur. Indiana Soldiers Home Cem., W. Lafayette, Ind.; m. FLORENCE E. BRUNER, 1 Jun 1907. Florence was b. 15 Nov 1887 and d. 10 Oct 1971. Ralph was a veteran of the Spanish American War. Child: (i) Thomas Earle Crumbaugh, b. 20 Oct 1916, Peoria, Ill.; d. 10 Dec 1978, Princeton, Ind.; m. Patricia ----- . He was a painter and custodian.
(182) MARTHA ISABELLE “BELLE” HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 29 Oct 1851, in Indiana. She died 27 Nov 1898, in Kansas, and was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Barton Co., 1013 Kans. She married WILLIAM ALLEN WEST, 29 Dec 1880, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 2 Dec 1944, in Frankstown, Penn., and died 11 Jun 1928, in Barton Co., Kansas. He was also buried in the Montgomery Cemetery.
1007 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate of Alice Hopkins Bennett. Her death certificate states she was buried in Ft. Branch but the cemetery name was not given. 1008 Piqua Miami (Ohio) Helmet, 3 Aug 1882 (retrieved from NewspaperArchive.com 1009 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80544960/thomas-d-crumbaugh 1010 Piqua Miami (Ohio) Helmet, 3 Aug 1882 (retrieved from NewspaperArchive.com). 1011 Evansville Courier, 5 Jul 1912. 1012 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80792186/ralph-crumbaugh 1013 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60245755/martha-isabella-west
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According to his gravestone, William served in the Civil War in Co. D., 16th Ill. Infantry. He was a farmer, according to census records.
Children:
1. MARGARETTA BELLE “ETTA” WEST, b. 11 Oct 1884, Ellsworth, Kans.; d. 26 Jan 1963, Barton Co., Kans.; bur. Montgomery Cem., Barton Co., Kans.;1014 unmarried.
2. GERTRUDE ALICE WEST, b. 10 Apr 1887, Ellsworth, Kans.; d. 28 Nov 1954, Ellsworth, Kans.; bur. Montgomery Cem., Barton Co., Kans.; unmarried.
3. HARRISON MORTON “HARRY” WEST, b. 15 Apr 1889, Barton Co., Kans.; d. 26 Oct 1959, Ellsworth, Kans.; bur. Montgomery Cem., Barton Co., Kans.; unmarried.
(183) ELIZABETH EMMA “LIZZIE” HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 23 Nov 1853 in Fort Branch, Ind. She died 7 Feb 1922 in Indianapolis, Ind., and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, 1015 1016 Indianapolis. She married DR. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL SMITH, 19 Oct 1876, in Gibson Co. He was born 21 Feb 1849, in Wayne, Ind., the son of pioneer preacher Butler Kennedy Smith and his wife Sarah H. Bristow. He died 22 Nov 1919 in Indianapolis, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Dr. Alexander C. Smith was “a pioneer physician of Indianapolis.” At the time of his death he was believed to be the oldest member of the Marion County Medical Association.1017 Lizzie died at the home of her daughter Anna Howard.
Children:
1. HIRAM BUTLER SMITH, b. 15 Oct 1878, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 14 Dec 1943, Chicago; m. LEONA DEER. According to the 1940 census, he was a civil engineer. Leona died 15 Jun 1958 in Hennepin Co., Minn. Children: (i) Margaret Muriel Smith, b. 7 Nov 1904, Indiana; d. 17 Oct 1973, Minneapolis; m. (1st) Norman M. Thompson; m. (2nd) ----- Christianson (ii) Charles Deer Smith, b. 7 Oct 1906; d. 21 Aug 1908, Indianapolis (iii) Elizabeth Deer Smith, b. 9 Apr 1913, Grant Co., S.D.; d. 23 Feb 1970, Pittsburg, Penn.; m. Arthur Moyse Longini (iv) Robert Butler Smith, b. 30 May 1918, Todd Co., Minn.; d. 2 Oct 1968, Charlotte, N.C.; m. Mirra Turner. He was an electrical engineer.
1014 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60253085/margaretta-belle-west 1015 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46025803 (no photo) 1016 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1017 Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov 1919.
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2. RAYMUTH NEELY SMITH, b. 6 Jul 1883, Bennet’s Switch, Ind.; d. 26 Sep 1961, Indianapolis; 1018 bur. Washington Park East Cem., Indianapolis; m. ZELLA CLEORA PEASLEY. He was, for 42 years, a locomotive engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Zella died 13 Dec 1980 in Indianapolis, Ind. Children: (i) Robert Alexander Smith, b. 2 Mar 1916, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 20 Jun 1988, Camden, Oh.; m. (1st) Dorothy Garnett Webster, divorced; m .(2nd) Georgia L. Baynes. Machinist at National Lead Co. (ii) Raymuth Dorrell Smith, b. 12 Aug 1918, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 20 Feb 1971, Indianapolis; m. Mary Richeson. He was a railroad engineer and World War II veteran. (iii) Kenneth Butler Smith, b. 18 Feb 1921, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 11 Mar 2003, Zionsville, Ind.; m. Virginia Calvin. Press secretary for Indiana Gov. Edgar Whitcomb and director of the circulation dept. at the Muncie Star; army veteran.
3. WALTER HOPKINS SMITH, b. 25 Jan 1885, Bennett’s Switch, Ind.; d. 5 May 1946, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. IDA COLE. Listed as machinery salesman on 1930 and 1940 census. Ida died 26 Oct 1984, in Los Angeles. Children: (i) Walter C. Smith, b. 20 Jan 1912; d. 14 Jan 1915, Los Angeles (ii) Elliot Smith Cole, b. 26 Jul 1913, Los Angeles, Calif.; d. 8 Jun 1997, Los Angeles; m. Elna Leona Noyes
4. ANNA LENORE SMITH, b. 20 Apr 1889, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 24 Mar 1981, Marion, Ind.; m. JOEL MORDICA HOWARD. No children. Joel was listed as a machinist for a steam railway on the 1930 census. He died 8 Jan 1953, Indianapolis.
(184) DR. JOSEPH NEELY HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 18 Dec 1855, near Ft. Branch, Ind. He died 7 Oct 1913, in Princeton, Ind., and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Fort 1019 1020 Branch, Ind. He married OLIVE MAY STORK 6 Oct 1885, in Keokuk, Ia. She was born 29 Dec 1865, in Ia. She died 14 Apr 1914 and was also buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Dr. Hopkins graduated from Keokuk College of Medicine in 1882. He practiced in Ft. Branch, Ind., for 10 years before moving to Burnt Prairie, Ill. He died while visiting his sister Helen King. He was a prominent mason. His obituary calls him, “an excellent man and one who was held in esteem by all who knew him.”1021
1018 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70318930/raymuth-neely-smith 1019 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81582096 1020 Ancestry.com: Iowa Select Marriages, 1758-1996. 1021 Princeton Daily Clarion, 7 Oct 1913.
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Children:
1. JAMES STORK HOPKINS, b. 20 Aug 1886, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 30 Apr 1961, El Paso, Tex.; bur. st nd Ft. Bliss National Cem.; m. (1 ) EMMA PEARL DOUGAN; m. (2 ) MARY REBECCA BURKE. He was a veteran of World War I, and a clerk for a drug store. He lived in Minnesota before retiring in Texas. Two living children by second marriage. Mary died 6 Apr 1992.
2. COL. JOHN NEELY HOPKINS, b. 8 Oct 1888, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 16 Sep 1952, Wilmington, Del.; bur. Arlington National Cem.; m. SOPHRONIA “FRONIA” LASATER. He served “with high distinction” in both World War I and World War II.1022 Fronia died 31 Jul 1965. Child: (i) Helen Lasater Hopkins, b. 31 May 1915, Princeton, Ind.; d. 24 Nov 1967, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. James Warner Bellah, a “noted short story writer and novelist”1023
1024 3. HELEN MARY HOPKINS, b. 13 Sep 1890; d. 23 Nov 1894
4. ALBERT ABIFF HOPKINS, b. 16 Feb 1893, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 3 Jan 1965, Sonoma Co., 1025 Calif.; bur. Golden Gate National Cem.; m. ADDIE TRUMAN. Divorced. No children. He was a veteran of World War I.
5. SGT. THOMAS WILSON HOPKINS, b. 3 Mar 1895, Burnt Prairie, Ill.; d. 30 Sep 1973, Sonoma 1026 st Co., Calif.; bur. Golden Gate National Cem., San Bruno, Calif.; m. (1 ) EARMEL EVA nd HOPE; m. (2 ) ESTHER ALBERTA WHITESTINE. Esther died 9 Sep 1961 in Sonoma Co. No known children.
6. KATHRYN/CATHERINE MARTHA HOPKINS, b. 20 Oct 1897, Illinois; d. after 1979 (when she was living in Albuquerque, N.M.); m. ----- CURTIS
7. JOSEPH EZEKIEL HOPKINS, b. 15 Oct 1899, Burnt Prairie, Ill.; d. Dec 1970, Whitestone, Ind.; 1027 bur. Brownsburg Cem., Brownsburg, Ind.; m. DOROTHY IRMA MILLIGAN. He was a salesman. Dorothy died 13 Jan 1958, in Indianapolis, Ind. Children: (i) Mary Elizabeth Hopkins, b. 23 Jul 1932, Indiana; d. 30 Apr 2001, Southport, N.C.; m. ---- Reynolds. She was a nurse and painter of stained glass. (ii) William Joseph Hopkins, b. 15 Sep 1935, Buffalo, N.Y.; d. 14 Jan 2004, Indianapolis; m. Sybil Muriel (iii) Jerry N. Hopkins, b. 28 J un 1937, Buffalo, N.Y.; d. 11 Nov 1985, Lebanon, Ind.; m. Charlotte Lietz. He was a supermarket manager and Navy veteran. (iv) Living (v) Living
1022 Princeton Daily Clarion, 17 Sep 1952. 1023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Warner_Bellah 1024 No verified source 1025 He was “found dead in his hotel room.” On the 1940 he is listed in a veteran’s facility in Chesapeake, Virginia. 1026 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3589050/thomas-wilson-hopkins 1027 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23053835/joseph-e.-hopkins
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8. CHARLES WILLIAM HOPKINS, b. 24 Nov 1901, White Co., Ill.; d. 22 Mar 1979, Evansville, Ind.; 1028 bur. Walnut Hill Cem.; m. EDNA MAE STEVENSON. He was a plant manager for Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Edna died 25 Nov 1988. Children: (i) Anne Katherine Hopkins, b. 17 Nov 1923, New Albany, Ind.; d. 1 Jul 2010, Havre de Grace, Md.; m. Alfred Linder (ii) Shirley Jean Hopkins, b. 10 Sep 1926, Jeffersonville, Ind.; d. 6 Jul 2000, Titusville, Fla.; m. (1st) Everett Roy Linder; m. (2nd) Raymond Kurtze (iii) Living
(185) NANCY AMERICA HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 3 Dec 1857, in Ft. Branch, Ind.1029 She died 3 Sep 1936 in Washington Twp., Gibson Co., Ind., and was buried in the IOOF 1030 Cemetery, Union, Pike Co., Ind. She married GEORGE C. PEED, 3 Jul 1884, in Gibson Co. He was born 15 Mar 1851 in Pike Co., Ind., the son of Solomon Peed and Eunice Walton. He died 5 Jul 1935, near Hazleton, Ind.,1031 and was also buried in the IOOF Cemetery.
According to the 1910 census, George was a farmer. He was called “Uncle George” by his friends. He had been blind for the last several years of his life.1032
Children:
1. MARTHA PEED, b. 14 Aug 1855, Pike Co., Ind.; d. 2 Jan 1972, Vincennes, Ind.; bur. IOOF Cem., Union, Ind.; unmarried. She was a school teacher.
2. MINNIE PEED, b. 28 Sep 1886, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 19 Oct 1976, Greenwood, Ind.; bur. Crown Hill Cem., Indianapolis; m. TYNER SMITH. No children of her own (Tyner had at leat three children by a prior marriage.) She was a school teacher. Tyner was a bacteriologist with Eli Lily Co. He died 16 Aug 1983, in Greenwood, Ind. He had remarried after Minnie’s death.
3. ORION HOPKINS PEED, b. 17 Apr 1888, Hazleton, Ind.; d. 12 Jun 1951, Bloomington, Ind.; m. EMMA GRACE THORPE. He was a veteran of World War I, and a salesman for Hydrol Chemical Co. Emma died 13 Jun 1969, in Hickory, N.C. Child: (i) James Peed, b. 10 Aug 1930, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 16 Jan 2015, Hickory, N.C. (suicide); m. (1st) Lucinda Mullady; m. (2nd) Gretchen Eisenlohr Wemmer. He was a furniture designer.
1028 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81579037/charles-william-hopkins 1029 Princeton Daily Clarion, 3 Sep 1936. 1030 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 1031 Princeton Daily Clarion, 6 Jul 1935. 1032 Princeton Daily Clarion, 6 Jul 1935.
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(187) ETHEL HOPKINS (Martha Jane Ralston) was born 1 Oct 1862, in Indiana. She died 30 Aug 1952, in Bloomington, Ill., and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch, Ind.1033 She 1034 married JOHN WESLEY DOUGLAS, 6 Jun 1900, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 4 Jan 1860, in Ky. He died 7 Nov 1939, in Greenfield, Ind., and was also buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Ethel and John lived in Chicago, in 1930, where he was a merchant tailor.
Child:
1. LOCKE HOPKINS DOUGLAS, b. 26 Oct 1901, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 20 Mar 1962, Moline, Ill.; m. LOIS RAISBECK PFAU; divorced. He was a branch manager for Pitney-Bowes. Lois married, second, Glen Clifford Idleman; and third, Rane Warren Maxwell. She died 7 Jan 1984, in Camp Point, Ill. Children: (i) John Wesley “Jack” Douglas, b. 18 Jul 1926, Chicago, Ill.; d. 5 May 2011, Davenport, Ia.; m. (1st) Mary Ann Warner; m. (2nd) Angeline Boqietzopulos. He served in the Navy in World War II. He graduated from Ohio State Univ., and was a teacher. (ii) Living
(188) WILLIAM ROY HOLCOMB (Nancy America Ralston) was born 11 Mar 1853, in Indiana. He died 6 Aug 1935, in Indiana, and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. Branch, Ind.1035 He 1036 married EMMA MILLER, 29 May 1889, in Crawfordsville, Ind. She was born 21 Apr 1860, in Patriot, Oh., the daughter of Robert Miller and Louisa McDaniel.1037 She died 27 Aug 1941 in Vincennes, Ind.,1038 and is also buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
In 1900, William was a farmer, living in Union, Gibson Co., Ind. By 1910 he had moved to Vincennes, where he is listed on the census as a carpenter.
Children:
1. RUSSELL G. HOLCOMB, b. 26 Dec 1891, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. about 9 Jan 1946, in the Wabash st River, near Vincennes, Ind.; bur. Fairview Cem., Vincennes, Ind.; m. (1 ) (?) MOLLIE MAY
1033 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80698486 1034 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1035 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81523350 1036 Ancestry.com: Indiana, United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970. 1037 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate of Emma (Miller) Holcomb. 1038 Princeton Daily Clarion, 27 Aug 1941.
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1039 nd DYE; divorced (?); m. (2 ) MYRTLE ELIZABETH BOND. He was a truck driver and a veteran of World War I. He committed suicide by drowning, in the Wabash River.1040 Child, by his second wife Myrtle: (i) Malcomb Russell Holcomb, b. 14 Oct 1915, Vincennes, Ind.; d. 31 Jul 1930, Vincennes, Ind. He drowned “in ten feet of water in a gravel pit.”
2. EVERETT LEE HOLCOMB, b. 1 Dec 1896, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 20 Aug 1966, Vincennes, Ind.; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Vincennes, Ind.; unmarried. He was a bookkeeper for a wholesale grocery.
(189) ALBERT GALLATIN HOLCOMB (Nancy America Ralston) was born 7 Mar 1858, in Johnson Twp., Gibson Co., Ind. He died 12 Oct 1928, in Union, Ind., and was buried in Walnut Hill 1041 Cemetery, Ft. Branch, Ind. He married ALICE MAUD HULL, 27 Oct 1881, in Gibson Co., Ind.1042 She was born 20 Jan 1857, in Owensville, Ind., the daughter of Thomas Hull and Elizabeth Nixon. She died 22 Apr 1935, in Fort Branch, and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
As a young man, he taught school for eight years. “He was then elected trustee for two consecutive terms and gave such efficient service that at the completion of his second term he was the choice of the people of his district for state senator, to which office he was elected for one term.” He was “the author of a number of admirable measures” and displayed “a wise discrimination in the casting of his vote on all matters before the senate.”1043
According to his obituary, he was “a former state senator and in 1896 was a candidate for congress on the Democratic ticket.”1044 He was also “prominent as an agriculturalist and breeder of fine stock.”1045 He served two terms as President of the Gibson County Agricultural and Horticultural Fair. His Percheron horses, bred from registered sires, took many prizes at fairs. He also raised pure bred Jersey cattle. “His large and beautifully furnished modern
1039 I can find no original source for this marriage. His surviving wife was Myrtle who he married 1 Jul 1914, in Knox Co., Ind. But Mollie was born in 1898 so this marriage seems unlikely 1040 Evansville Courier, 4 Apr 1946. “A threat made to his wife Jan. 9 that he was going to tie his feet together and jump into the Wabash River was found…” His body was found by a fisherman, 22 miles south of Vincennes. 1041 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81522246 1042 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1043 Stormont, History of Gibson County, Ind., p. 832-33. 1044 Evansville Courier, 14 Oct 1928. However Stormont says he was a candidate in 1904. 1045 Princeton Daily Clarion, 13 Oct 1928.
189 residence is located at the town at the turn in the main road, the bend in the road forming the border to a law n formed in the shape of a half circle, comprising about half an acre in extent, and presenting a pleasing effect with its beautiful shrubbery and trees.”1046 Albert hurt his head and spine by falling off his horse, 21 Jun 1908.
Children:
1. THOMAS HULL HOLCOMB, b. 20 Mar 1887, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 17 May 1943, Marion, Ind.; m SARAH ELIZABETH WHITTEMORE. He graduated from Yale, served in World War I. He was a lawyer. He lived in Swatow, China, in 1916 while working for Standard Oil. In 1935 he was a patient in a veteran’s hospital. Sarah died 27 May 1966, in Evansville, Ind. No children.
2. HAROLD RALSTON HOLCOMB, b. 15 Aug 1896, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 14 Jul 1979; Calabasas, Calif.; bur. Ivy Lawn Mem. Park, Ventura, Calif.; m. MARY ELIZABETH MARTIN. He lived in Kirksville, Mo., in 1940, where he was a farm field manager for an insurance company. Mary died Jan 1977 in Ventura Co., Calif. Child: (i) Dorothy Alice Holcomb, b. 9 Aug 1925, Fort Branch, Ind.; d. 24 Oct 1996, Cincinnati, Oh.; m. Virgil Leroy Sharp
(192) ANDREW RALSTON HOLCOMB (Nancy America Ralston) was born 10 May 1864, in Indiana. He 1047 died 27 Jan 1924, in Nowata, Okla., and was buried in Nowata Cemetery. He married MARY 1048 E. COOK 2 May 1894, in Kansas City, Mo. She was born in Jan 1869 in Missouri, and died after 1930, when she was living with her son Albert in Coffeyville, Okla.
In 1910 Andrew was a clerk for a painting company, in Kansas City, Mo. By 1920 he had retired and moved to Nowata. The obituary of his mother calls him “Mack.”
Children:
1. ALBERT RALSTON HOLCOMB, b. 21 Jan 1895, Kansas City, Mo.; d. 24 Jan 1960, Nowata, Okla.; m. BLANCHE LARKIN. He was a clerk in a grocery store in 1940. No known children.
2. RALSTON LEE HOLCOMB, b. 11 May 1897, Kansas City, Mo.; d. 28 Jun 1949, Bakersfield, Calif.; m. ELOUISE SUDDERTH. No known children; possibly divorced.
1046 Stormont, p. 833. 1047 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156266384 1048 Ancestry.com: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, with original image.
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(194) SYLVESTER HALBROOKS (Eliza Ann Reel) was born 21 Aug 1840, in Olney, Richland Co., Ill. He died 2 Mar 1924 in White Co., Ark., and was buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, Texico, Ill.1049 1050 He married DELILAH COMFORT HANNAH HICKLE, 14 Nov 1867, in Coles Co., Ill. She was born 15 Aug 1842, in Delaware Co., Oh. She died 11 Nov 1906, in Mt. Vernon, Ill. She was also buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery. Sylvester married, second, Alma -----. She was born in about 1857 in Kentucky, and died 19 Mar 1934, in White Co., Ark.1051
Sylvester was in the Civil War, and was wounded in the Battle of Shiloh.1052 He was a Corporal in Co. E, 12th Illinois Infantry.1053 He received an invalid pension.1054 In 1900 he was a farmer in Jefferson, Ill. In 1900, Deliah is listed on the census as the mother of 12 children, 7 living. Sylvester is found in Kensett, White Co., Ark., on the 1920 census, with his second wife Alma. After Sylvester’s death, Alma received a Civil War widow’s pension.
Children:
1. FRANK BRUCE HALBROOKS, b. Oct 1868, Illinois; d. 1 Jul 1944, Bluford, Ill.; m. TILLIE JANE HUMPHREY. He was a merchant in La Clede, Ill., in 1910. Tillie died in May 1979 in Bluford, Ill. Children: (i) Opal Mae Halbrooks, b. 24 Jan 1903, Illinois; d. 22 Aug 1988, Bluford, Ill.; m. Floyd Rynd Wood (ii) Mildred Pauline Halbrooks, b. 19 Dec 1904, Jefferson Co., Ill. ; d. 2 Dec 2001, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; m. Victor C. Wood
2. WALTER H. HALBROOKS, b. 28 Apr 1870; d. 28 Jan 1872; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Hindsboro, Ill.
3. ANNIE MAY HALBROOKS, b. 26 Jan 1873, Illinois; d. Apr 1968; m. JOHN WESLEY MADDOX. John was a real estate agent. He died 21 Feb 1931, in Coles Co., Ill. Children: (i) Dr. Hershel Hugh Maddox, b. 16 Feb 1893, Oakland, Ill.; d. 20 Jun 1967, Mt. Pulaski, Ill.; m. Lucile Bland. He was an osteopath. (ii) Kenneth Eugene Maddox, b. 18 Aug 1900, Oakland, Ill.; d. 8 May 1957, Champaign, Ill.; m. Flora Deania Hanley
4. LAURA D. HALBROOKS, b. 10 Jul 1874; d. 4 Sep 1875; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Hindsboro, Ill.
1049 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148104650 (no gravestone photo). 1050 Ancestry.com: Illinois County Marriages, 1800-1940. 1051 Ancestry.com: Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. 1052 According to his memorial on findagrave.com. 1053 Ancestry.com: Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995. 1054 Fold3. Certificate #89048.
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5. KATIE FLAY HALBROOKS, b. 15 Mar 1876, Oakland, Ill.; d. 21 Nov 1969, Urbana, Ill.; m. GEORGE SHUMAKER. George died 31 Oct 1944, in Newman, Ill. He was “found dead of a shotgun wound in the head in the kitchen of his home” in an apparent suicide. He was a farmer. No children.
6. EMMA ELIZA HALBROOKS, b, 29 Nov 1876, Illinois; d. 23 Mar 1956, De Kalb, Ill.; m. MARTIN LUTHER BYARS He was a farmer in Farrington, Ill. In 1920. By 1930 he had moved to De Kalb, Ill., where he managed a sweet corn farm. He died 10 Dec 1958 in De Kalb. Children: (i) Charles Virgil Byars, b. 3 Feb 1907, Bluford, Ill.; d. 1 May 1958, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Darlene Lathrop (ii) Hazel Irene Byars, b. 28 Nov 1909, Farrington, Ill.; d. Sep 1988, Wisconsin; m. Everett Martin Stanberry (iii) Luther Sylvester Byars, b. 19 Nov 1913, Illinois; d. 17 Dec 1986, De Kalb Co., Ill.; m. Fannie B. Carey
7. CLYDE WILSON HALBROOKS, b. 24 Apr 1879, Douglas Co., Ill.; d. 19 Sep 1931, Mt. Vernon Ill.; m. DELLA MAE REDBURN. He was a dairy farmer in 1920. Della died 20 Mar 1959, in Beech Grove, Ind. Children: (i) Harold K. Halbrooks, b. 20 Sep 1904, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; d. 15 Jul 1990, Clearwater, Fla.; m. (1st) Neva Leona Shelton; m. (2nd) Violet Robertson. He was safety director for the National Automobile Transporters Association. (ii) Fern F. Halbrooks, b. 13 Feb 1907, Bluford, Ill.; d. 22 Jun 1999, Richmond, Ind.; m Gale Walter Clemons (iii) Ross Halbrooks, b. 13 Jan 1916, Illinois; d. 29 Jul 1985, Collinsville, Ill.; m. Elizabeth Higgins
8. HARLEY EUGENE “SLIM “ HALBROOKS, b. 8 Apr 1881, Douglas Co., Ill.; d. 13 Jan 1961, Mt. st Vernon, Ill.; bur. Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens; m. (1 ) ELIZABETH ANN “LIZZIE” SLEDGE; nd m. (2 ) MARY MILLER. He was a restaurant operator. His first wife Elizabeth died 2 Jul 1962, in Mt. Vernon, Ill. Mary died 14 Mar 1980; Children, by his first wife: (i) Margaret Blanche Halbrooks, b. 20 May 1909, Illinois; m. Oscar E. Schwartz; res. Peoria, Ill. (ii) Marietta Beulah Halbrooks, b. 3 Sep 1912, Jefferson Co., Ill.; d. 7 Jan 1938, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; unmarried
9. NORMAN F. HALBROOKS, b. 16 Sep 1882; d. 16 Oct 1882; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Hindsboro, Ill.
10. GRACIE L. HALBROOKS, b. 3 Oct 1884; d. 18 Oct 1884; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Hindsboro, Ill.
11. JOSEPHINE HALBROOKS, b. 22 Nov 1886; d. 9 Aug 1887; bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Hindsboro, Ill.
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(195) WILLIAM HENRY HALBROOKS (Eliza Ann Reel) was born 8 Nov 1842 in Illinois. He died 20 May 1922, (probably) in Anthony, N.M., and is buried in Story Cemetery there.1055 He married 1056 AMANDA WASHUM 11 Apr 1866, in Coles Co., Ill. She died 5 Sep 1914, in Galva, Kans., and was buried in Thomas Lincoln Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Ill. He married, second, LATONIA (-----) MIZE.
In 1910, William and Amanda lived in Spring Grove, Kans., where he was a farmer. Amanda is listed as being the mother of 7 children, 5 living, in both the 1900 and 1910 census.1057 A brief death notice states that Amanda died “after a lingering illness of several weeks.”1058
In 1920, he and his second wife Latona lived in Washington, Ark., in 1920. Latona was born in about 1851, in Illinois.
He served in the Civil War in the 25th Illinois infantry, and was a corporal.1059
Children:
1060 1. JOHN HALBROOKS, b. about 1867, Illinois; living 1921; m. RUTH -----; possibly lived in Tulsa, Okla., in 1948
2. JAMES MATTHEW HALBROOKS, b. 7 Jul 1868, Mattoon, Ill.; d. 18 Jul 1944; m. KATE LEWIS. In 1930 he was a salesman for a roofing company in Tulsa, Okla., and he and Kate continued to live there in 1940. Child: (i) John Ruskin Halbrook, b. 13 Jun 1899, Oklahoma; d. 16 Jun 1974, Tulsa, Okla.; m. Gladys Ann McCormick
3. GEORGE GRAFTON HALBROOKS, b. 8 Jul 1871, Illinois; d. 16 Nov 1937, El Paso, Tex.; m. LILLE MAE EDSON. George was a farmer in Anthony, N.M. in 1910. An obituary calls him a “prominent Upper Valley farmer.” Lillie died 17 Dec 1951 in El Paso. Children: (i) Karl Marks Halbrooks, b. 13 Dec 1899; d. 17 Dec 1899 (ii) Jessie Halbrooks, b. 12 Jul 1901; d. 21 Jul 1901, Hickory Twp., Okla.
1055 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8214701 1056 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1851-1900. 1057 However only 4 children are listed with the family in 1880: James, George, Ralph and Alexander. Possibly a child, perhaps a daughter, was born shortly after 1880 and already married by 1900. 1058 McPherson (Kans.) Weekly Republican, 11 Sep 1914. 1059 Ancestry.com: US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963. He enlisted 20 Aug 1861 and was discharged 21 Nov 1864. 1060
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(iii) Alice Carley Halbrooks, b. 3 Aug 1903, Wichita, Kans.; d. 2 Feb 1957, Pima, Ariz.; m. William Henry Morris Cawood (iv) Flora Lily Halbrooks, b. 7 Jan 1907, Sinaloa, Mexico; d. 6 Apr 1987, Carlsbad, Tex.; m. Harry Vernon Chaney. Flora was a self-employed quilter. Harry was a home builder. (v) Helen Clarissa Halbrooks, b. 24 Jul 1909, Anthony, N.M; d. 18 Oct 2007, Denver, Colo.; m. (1st) Henry Edgar Williams; m. (2nd) Harold Neidig Huffman (vi) Ruth Hazel Halbrooks, b. 28 Dec 1910, Anthony, N.M.; d. 3 Nov 1984, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. Lawrence S. Gough
4. CHILD, birth order uncertain, died young.
5. CHILD, birth order uncertain, died young.
st 6. RALPH HALBROOKS, b. 7 Jan 1877, Kansas; d. 21 Apr 1959, Santa Clara Co., Calif.; m. (1 ) nd FRANCES S. MAYHEW, 28 Nov 1910, Outlook, Wash. ; probably divorced; m. (2 ) CARRIE B. GOSNEY, 19 Jun 1918, Nez Peirce, Idaho; divorced by 1930. He was a carpenter in San Jose, Calif. In 1940, when he is listed on the census as single. No children.
7. ALEXANDER HALBROOKS, b. 7 Jan 1879, Moundridge, Kans.; d. 25 May 1947; bur. Concordia Cem., El Paso, Tex.; m. EFFIE MAY WARD. Alex served in the Spanish-American War. In 1940 he was a railroad engineer in Pasco, Wash. Effie died 31 Aug 1949 in Pasco. No children.
(200) SAMUEL HALBROOK (Eliza Ann Reel) was born in about 1855 in Illinois. He married AMANDA 1061 BRANDENBURG 15 Jun 1881, in Coles Co., Ill. She was born in Aug 1861, in Illinois.
After his marriage there are no further records found for Samuel. Amanda married, second, Frank Green, and, third, Alonzo Wilson, on 5 Nov 1896 in Coles Co. She was living in 1900 with Alonzo and daughter Gertrude in Sedalia, Mo. Alonzo died in 1916.
Child:
1. GERTRUDE HALBROOK, b. Feb 1882, Illinois; living 1900, no further record
(201) GEORGIA (ANN?) HALBROOK (Eliza Ann Reel) was born in about 1858. She died 10 May 1926, in Cove, Ark. She married, first, ROBERT GILLILAND. He was born in about 1840 in Illinois, and died in about 1899. She was apparently divorced, as she married, second, WILLIAM H. CLARK,
1061 Ancestry.com: Illinois County Marriages, 1800-1940.
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1062 25 Feb 1893, in Douglas, Ill. She married, third, FRANKLIN MONROE MILLER, 15 Jan 1920, in Sebastian, Ark.1063 He was born in 9 Oct 1869, in Covington, Ind. He died 14 May 1946, in Danville, Ill.
The 1880 census stated that Robert Gilliland “works in a mill” in Greenup, Ill. The family included a 17 year old servant girl.
On the 1900 census, Georgia is listed as widowed. She lived with her three sons in Mattoon, Ill.1064
According to her obituary, Georgia came to Mattoon, Ill., as a young girl, “and after reaching womanhood married Robert Gilliland, who died about 25 years ago. She resided in Mattoon until about four years ago, when she was married to Monroe Miller and they went to Cove to make their home.”1065 After his wife’s death, F. Monroe Miller moved to Danville, Ill., where he had lived previously. He died in 1946 in Danville.
Children:
1. WALTER RANSON GILLILAND, b.16 Dec 1879, Mattoon, Ill.; in 1898 he was charged with being an accomplice in a murder, but was acquitted. Soon afterwards he joined the circus; in 1926, at the time of his mother’s death, he was “traveling with the Ringling Bros. circus.”1066 He may have been the Walter Ransom Gilliland who married Mary Ogden, 27 Nov 1925 in Lake Co., Ind. He died before 1952, when an obituary of Horace Gilliland stated that two brothers preceded him in death.
2. HORACE HALBROOK GILLILAND, b. 2 Feb 1883, Greenup, Ill.; d. 17 Dec 1952, Centerville, Ia.; 1067 bur. Oakland Cem., Centerville, Ia.; m. ZOE BEULAH SWAFFORD, 6 Feb 1908(9?) According to his obituary, he was a coal miner, and later worked at a furniture store.1068 Children: (i) Carl Edgar Gilliland, b. 11 Aug 1909, Centerville, Ia.; d. 4 Jan 1970, Centerville, Ia.; m. Dorothy L. Young (ii) Robert H. Gilliland, b. about 1912, Iowa; d. 10 Apr 1942, in a truck accident, while in the Iowa State Guard, near Ft. Des Moines, Ia.; m. Mary Jean Burns (iii) Horace Paul Gilliland, b. 5 Feb 1914, Centerville,Ia.; d. Nov 1987, Centerville, Ia.; m. Eleanor Bettine
1062 Ancestry.com: Illinois County Marriages, 1800-1940. She is called Georgia Halbrooks Gilliland, daughter of George Halbrooks and Eliza Reel. 1063 Ancestry.com: Arkansas County Marriages Index, 1837-1957. She is called Georgia Gilliland, of Mattoon, Ill. 1064 The 1900 census states she was the mother of 4 children, all living; however, this seems to have been an error, since the 1910 census lists her as the mother of 3 children, all living. 1065 Mattoon Journal-Gazette, 12 May 1926. 1066 Ibid. 1067 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175407464/horace-gilliland 1068 Ottumwa Daily Courier, 18 Dec 1952 (newspaperarchive.com).
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(iv) Fred L. Gilliland, b. 15 Nov 1917, Centerville, Ia.; d. 19 Nov 1982, Sedalia, Mo.; unmarried. He was an accountant. (v) Donald Charles Gilliland, b. 11 Sep 1921, Centerville, Ia.; d. 26 Mar 2000, San Antonio, Tex.; unmarried. He served in World War II. (vi) Madge Lafon Gilliland, b. 2 Feb 1924; m. 20 Sep 1992, Knoxville, Ia.; m. Robert Boden Gillaspie
3. FRED OTIS GILLILAND, b. 17 Nov 1883, Greenup, Ill.; d. 2 Nov 1933, Mattoon, Ill.; m. MINNIE E. OHM, about 1904. She died 12 Nov 1930, Mattoon, Ill. He was found dead “in a clothes closet of his home...hanging from a hook in the closet.” He left a suicide note, citing “too many debts.” He had been employed as a machinist “in the Big Four shops here. Poor health and despondency over the death of his wife…was assigned as cause for his act.”1069 Children: (i) Joseph Edward Gilliland, b. 1905, Illinois; d. 30 May 1959, Mattoon, Ill.; m. Anna Ruth Young (ii) Helen Joan Gilliland, b. 7 Dec 1906, Illinois; d. 15 May 1984, Mattoon, Ill.; m. Rudolph Daniel Manhart (iii) Bernadine Marie Gilliland, b. 19 May 1912, Mattoon, Ill.; d. 5 May 1969, Mattoon, Ill.; m. Joseph Larue Pennington (iv) Mary Albertine Gilliland, b. 25 Mar 1915, Illinois; d. 8 May 1964, Peoria, Ill.; m. Robert M. Cornwell (v) Robert Ellsworth Gilliland, b. 15 Apr 1918, Mattoon, Ill.; d. 11 Mar 1985, Mattoon, Ill.; m. Fern Lucile (Sherer) (Temple) Handwerk. He was an army veteran of World War II; he had worked with the state highway dept. and a roofing company.
(203) MARY ELLEN “MOLLIE” REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born 23 Sep 1850, in Gibson Co., Ind. She died 16 Dec 1928, in Oakland City, Ind., and was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Ft. 1070 1071 Branch, Ind. She married JOHN C. REDMAN, 27 Nov 1873, in Gibson Co. He was born 21 Feb 1847, in Indiana, and died 12 Sep 1909. He was also buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery.
John was a farmer. The family lived in Union Twp., Gibson Co., in 1900. On the 1900 census Mollie was listed as being the mother of 7 children, 3 living; however on the 1910 census she is stated to have been the mother of 6 children, 2 living.
John’s obituary states that he died of consumption, “following an illness of several months.” He was called a “well known resident living three miles west of Fort Branch.”1072
1069 Decatur Herald, 3 Nov 1833 1070 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63738812 1071 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages Index, 1800-1941. 1072 Princeton Daily Clarion, 13 Sep 1909.
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Children:
1. ALLEN E. REDMAN, b. 20 Jun 1875, Indiana; d. 15 Jan 1938, Franklin, Ind.; bur. Mount Moriah Cem., Ft. Branch; unmarried; he was a farmer
2. CLARA REDMAN, b. 23 Mar 1878, Indiana; d. 19 Oct 1892; bur. Mount Moriah Cem., Ft. Branch
3. JOSEPHINE E. “JOSIE” REDMAN, b. 18 Aug 1880, Indiana; d. 31 May 1903; bur. Mount Moriah Cem., Ft. Branch
4. VIRGIL REDMAN, b. 18 Dec 1885; d. 10 Oct 1892 (or 1897); bur. Mount Moriah Cem.
5. CHARLES FLOYD REDMAN, b. 11 Mar 1889, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 28 Feb 1969, Oceanside, Calif.; m. ESTHER L. MOLL. He was employed at Harding & Miller Music Co., before moving to Florida in 1950. Esther died 9 Nov 1975, in San Diego Co., Calif. Child: (i) Marian Ailene Redman, b. 22 Jun 1917; d. 25 Aug 2010, San Diego; m. John W. Marshall. She was a teacher.
6. ANDREW REDMAN, b. 4 Dec 1891, Indiana; d. 25 Oct 1892; bur. Mt. Moriah Cem.
(204) NEELY ALLEN REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born 5 May 1852 in Harmony Twp., Ind. He died 23 Nov 1915 in Francisco, Ind., and was buried in the IOOF Cemetery there.1073 He married 1074 SARAH ELIZABETH REDMAN, 1 Oct 1874, in Gibson Co., Ind. She was born 16 Jun 1849, in Gibson Co., the daughter of Absolom Redman and Juliet Pruitt. She died 12 Sep 1931, in Francisco, and was also buried in the IOOF Cemetery.
According to his death certificate, Neely was a contractor laying tiles. He died of stomach cancer.1075
Children:
1. WILLIS ABSENCE REEL, b. 15 Oct 1880, Illinois; d. 2 Apr 1924, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; m. PEARL MAE BLACK. He worked for a railroad in 1918. Pearl died 24 Aug 1951, in Wabash Co., Ill. Children: (i) Raymond Reel, about 1900; living 1910 (ii) Reuben “Ruby” Allen Reel, b. 10 Jan 1902; d. 8 Jan 1972; m. Goldie Dooley (iii) Lester Reel,1076 b. 21 May 1904; d. 9 Jan 1974, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; m. (2nd) Thelma -----
1073 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168013034 (no gravestone photo). 1074 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1075 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate of Neely A. Reel. 1076 Was he the Lester Reel who was frequently in trouble with the law, in Mt. Carmel, Ill.?
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(iv) Ethel Sudie Reel, b. 8 Mar 1906; d. 24 Oct 1990, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; m. (1st) Herman Kemp; m. (2nd) Alva James Xanders (v) Nora Mae Reel, b. 11 Oct 1908; d. 17 Jul 1969, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; m. Elza Estes Lambert (vi) William Willis “Willie” Reel, b. 18 Sep 1910; d. 21 Apr 1978; m. Essie Lucile Miles
2. ELMER AUSTIN REEL, b. 23 Apr 1882, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 1 Feb 1961, Princeton, Ind.; bur. IOOF Cem., Princeton, Ind.; m. MINNIE BILDERBACK. In 1920 he worked as repairman for a railroad. Minnie died 21 Jan 1958, in Princeton. Children: (i) Ida Louisa Reel, b. 12 Feb 1907, Indiana; d. 23 Nov 1991, Connersville, Ind.; m. (1st) – George Dilbeck; divorced in about 1924; m. (2nd) Clarence Dewey Myers.; m. (3rd) Walter Bryan Galloway; m.(4th) ----- Biggs (ii) Versa Viola Reel, b. 14 Mar 1908, Princeton, Ind.; d. 6 Sep 2000, Princeton, Ind.; m. (1st) Ival Glenn Dyson; divorced; m. (2nd) Charles Hogan; divorced; m. (3rd) Melvin C. Holllingsworth
3. BURLEY REEL, b. 14 Feb 1884, Owensville, Ind.; d. 18 Oct 1957, Francisco, Ind.; bur. IOOF Cem., Francisco; m. ALMA O. CURLESS. He worked in a coal mine. Alma died 1 Jan 1966, in Princeton, Ind. Children: (i) Woodrow Reel, b. 6 Dec 1916, Francisco, Ind.; d. 23 Mar 1986, Princeton, Ind.; m. Betty Jane Ritchie (ii) Vurner Ray Reel, b. 30 Mar 1920, Indiana; d. 10 Jan 1972, Raleigh, N.C.; m. Margaret Helen Powers (iii) Theodore Lee “Ted” Reel, b. 15 Jul 1931, Francisco, Ind.; d. 4 Apr 2001, Princeton, Ind.; unmarried. (iv) Edward D. Reel, b. 15 Jul 1931 (twin), Francisco, Ind.; d. 8 Jan 1997, Clarksville, Ind.; m. Donna H. Faries (v) Burley Reel Jr., b. 12 Mar 1935, Francisco, Ind.; d. 13 Jul 2004, New Albany, Ind.; m. Vonda Brown. He was a truck driver.
4. MARY LILLIAN “LILLIE” REEL, b. 26 May 1887, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 25 Dec 1960, Oakland City, Ind.; bur. IOOF Cem., Francisco, Ind.; m. JOHN FRANKLIN DEBORD, who was a farmer in 1930 and a road construction worker in 1940. He died 7 Aug 1960, in Princeton, Ind.
5. CHILD
(205) MARTHA JANE REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born 24 Apr 1853 in Harmony, Posey Co., Ind. She died 3 Apr 1893, in Fort Branch, Ind., and was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Fort Branch, 1077 1078 Ind. She married ANDERSON MARTIN, 19 Nov 1876, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 18
1077 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57393771 1078 Ancestry.com: Indiana Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993.
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May 1852, in Fort Branch, and died 9 Dec 1927, in Hinton, Caddo Co., Okla.1079 He was the son of John F. Martin and Asenath “Sena” Marvel.
Anderson was a farmer. On Thursday 7 Apr 1887, a newspaper reported, “ Anderson Martin’s residence, three and a half miles east of Ft. Branch, was burned Monday. The household goods are destroyed.”1080
According to a death notice in the Princeton Clarion-Leader, Martha “died very suddenly” as she was “taken with a congestive chill.”1081
It was reported in Jul 1900 that “Anderson Martin has threshed eight acres of wheat that averaged thirty-eight bushels to the acre. This is the best yield so far reported in this section. It is estimated that an average of five bushels of wheat to the acre have been lost in this locality on account of the heavy rains of the past three weeks.”1082
Anderson married, second, Martha Alice “Mattie” Brown, 22 Oct 1893, in Gibson Co., and they had five children. He moved to Bridgeport, Okla., in Apr 1902.1083 His second wife Martha (Brown) Martin died 12 Apr 1948, in Hinton, Okla.
Children:
1. MAGNUS T. MARTIN, b. 19 Aug 1878; d. 30 Sep 1879; bur. Mt. Moriah Cem., Fort Branch
1084 2. OLIPHANT “OLVEY” MARTIN, b. 20 Mar 1880; d. 20 May 1899
3. GRADY LOUIS MARTIN, b. 18 Jul 1881, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 10 Sep 1979, Hinton, Okla.; m. MYRTLE ROXY THOMASON. He was a farmer. Myrtle died 20 Oct 1970. Child: (i) Lloyd Glen Martin, b. 7 Nov 1915, Binger, Okla.; d. 30 Dec 2006, Sequin, Wash.; m. Euna Mildred Hiershe. He was a machinist and photographer.
4. LEONARD ANDERSON MARTIN, b. 2 Oct 1882, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 21 Jul 1974, Hydro, Okla.; m. MERLE GOODWIN. He was a farmer. Merle died in Oct 1979. Children: (i) Lorene Martin, b, 17 Sep 1915, Hydro, Okla.; d. 24 May 2006; m. John H. Thiessen (ii) Ila Irene Martin, b. 12 Mar 1919, Oklahoma; d. Dec 1986; m. James Robert Wilcoxson
1079 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23872025/anderson-martin 1080 Princeton Clarion-Leader, 7 Apr 1887. 1081 Princeton Clarion-Leader, 6 Apr 1893. 1082 Princeton Daily Clarion, 12 Jul 1900. 1083 Princeton Daily Clarion, 7 Apr 1902: “Anderson Martin is loading his household goods into a car today, preparatory to moving to Oklahoma. He will leave tomorrow or Wednesday.” 1084 Information from ancestry.com family trees, needs verification.
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(iii) Billy Joe Martin, b. 10 Apr 1931, Caddo Co., Okla.; d. 28 Jan 1989; m. Jeanene Guinn
6. PHEBE ELLEN MARTIN, b. 22 Oct 1884, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 25 Apr 1968, Fairbury, Nebr.; m. FREDERICK DUDLEY LEMAN. In 1930, Frederick was a coal shoveler for a steam railway, in Fairbury, Nebr. He died 23 Jul 1939, in Chicago, Ill. Children: (i) Hazel Maude Leman, b. 23 Sep 1914, Fairbury, Nebr.; d. 4 Jul 1996, Virginia Beach, Va.; m. (1st) ----- Butterbaugh; m. (2nd) Lawrence William Mullins (ii) Joseph Francis Leman, b. 1919, Fairbury, Nebr.; d. 1934, Fairbury, Nebr. (iii) Ruth Ada Leman, b. 1 Jun 1924, Fairbury, Nebr.; d. 20 Oct 1997, Fairbury, Nebr.; m. Carl Russell With
7. MYRTLE SENA MARTIN, b. 1 Oct 1886, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 8 Aug 1985, Pomona, Calif.; m. GEORGE LEWIS LUDWICK. George was a carpenter. He died 13 Apr 1943, in Los Angelese Co., Calif. Children: (i) Louis Alman Ludwick, b. 30 Oct 1904, Hydro, Okla.; d. 2 Aug 1969; m. Mildred Speece (ii) Mildred A. Ludwick, b. 27 May 1907, California; d. May 1987; m. (1st) Arthur L. Clawson; m. (2nd) Coy William Eastin (iii) Wilbur M. Ludwick, b. 21 May 1909, Oklahoma; d. Jun 1959; m. Estella Lindsey
8. LOU ETTA MARTIN, b. 4 Jul 1889, Anderson, Ind.; d. 10 Feb 1985, Pomona, Calif.; THOMAS EARL LEMAN. Thomas died 15 Aug 1917, near Ash Fork, Ariz., when he was hit by a train. He was a railroad section foreman. Children: (i) Homer Earl Leman, b. 22 Aug 1904, Hydro, Okla.; d. 7 Nov 1990, Maricopa Co., Ariz.; m. Ruby Naomi Amos (ii) Jarvis Jenning Leman, b. 25 Jun 1910, Oklahoma; d. 5 May 1969, San Bernardino Co., Calif.; m. Irma Mae Finn (iii) Creel Leroy Leman, b. 9 Mar 1914, Oklahoma; d. 23 May 2002, Madera, Calif.; m. (1st) Ermalee Linville; m. (2nd) Myrtle Marie Murphy; m. (3rd) Nina Mae Hendricks (iv) (?) Jack Robert Leman, b. 8 Feb 1923, California; d. 13 Mar 2007, Cupertino, Calif.; m. Harriet J. Mecartney
9. IDA MAE MARTIN, b. 26 May 1891, Indiana; d. 13 Nov 1961, Lookeba, Okla.; m. ELMER WILSON LIERLE. Elmer was a farmer. He died 31 May 1954 in Oklahoma. Children: (i) Zella Mae Lierle, b. 17 Jul 1910, Oklahoma; d. 24 Sep 1992, Fresno, Calif.; m. Orval L. Johnso n (ii) Harold Elmer Lierle, b. 10 Jul 1915, Caddo Co., Okla.; d. 6 Mar 1986, Caddo Co., Okla.; m. Fannie Lyde Hart (iii) Melva M. Lierle, b. 1918, Oklahoma; d. 1959; m. Orin Carlton Bohn (iv) Velma Fae Lierle, b. 24 May 1921 (twin), Lookeba, Okla.; d. 11 Dec 2014, Oklahoma City, Okla.; unmarried
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(v) Veda Mae Lierle, b. 24 May 1921 (twin), Lookeba, Okla.; d. 2 Apr 2017, Oklahoma City, Okla.; m. Vernon Samuel Tucker (vi) Martha Ann Lierle, b. 11 Aug 1923, Caddo Co., Okla.; d. 13 Sep 2012, Hinton, Okla.; m. John Henry Tucker (vii) Geraldine Marjorie Lierle, b. 4 Dec 1925, Caddo Co., Okla.; d. 2 Apr 2006, Oklahoma City, Okla.; m. Otis Delbert Shockley (viii) Mable Janne Lierle, b. 1927, Oklahoma; m. John C. Beck, possibly living (ix) Jerry Wayne Lierle, b. 5 May 1930, Caddo Co., Okla.; d. 2 Aug 1985, Caddo Co., Okla.; m. Elizabeth O. Golden (x) Living
(206) JOHN M. REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born in 8 Jun 1858 in Indiana. He died 14 Nov 1085 1930, in Harrisburg, Ill. He married ALVERDA “VERDA” SOWELL, 6 Nov 1884, in Williamson Co., Ill.1086 She was born in Dec 1859 in Illinois, and died before 1930. On the 1920 census, John is listed as proprietor of a hotel in Harrisburg, Ill.
Children:
1. NELLIE FRANCES REEL, b. 13 Dec 1896, Williamson Co., Ind.; d. 28 Mar 1965, El Dorado, Ill.; m. WALTER LYNCH. Walter did road construction work in Harrisburg, Ill., in 1940. He died in 1960. Child: (i) Vernon Edward Lynch, b. 9 Sep 1912, Harrisburg, Ill.; d. 12 Nov 1954, Harrisburg, Ill.; m. Jewel (Yates) McNab
2. LIBBY GRACE REEL, b. 3 Jan 1890, Williamson Co., Ind.; d. 8 Jan 1965, Carbondale, Ill.; bur. Ingram Hill Cem.; m. ROBERT INGRAM. Robert was a bricklayer in Carbondale in 1940. He died 7 Feb 1976. Children: (i) Earl Joseph Ingram, b. 6 Jan 1912, Harrisburg, Ill.; 24 Feb 1927, Harrisburg, Ill. (ii) Kathleen Ingram, b. 1916, Illinois; d. Jun 1922, Harrisburg, Ill. (iii) Jeanne Ingram, b. 25 Jul 1923, Harrisburg, Il.; d. 27 Mar 2017, Naples, Fla.; m. Charles Travelstead (iv) Living
3. MAMIE D. REEL, b. 6 Apr 1892, Williamson Co., Ind.; d. 8 Feb 1944, Harrisburg, Ill.; m. HUBERT REESE LIGHTFOOT. Divorced. Reese was a lawyer. Child: (i) Lester Reese Lightfoot, b. 23 Apr 1891, Illinois; d. 24 Dec 1979, Anna, Ill.; m. Carmen Bush(?); he was a lawyer.
1085 Ancestry.com: Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. This also gives his birth as 8 Jun 1858, but other records suggest he may have been born in 1854 or 1855. 1086 Ancestry.com: Illinois County Marriages, 1800-1940.
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4. PEARL JANE REEL, b. 12 Jan 1895, Harrisburg, Ill.; d. 15 Jul 1980, El Dorado, Ill.; m. JOHN WIRT BERRY. She was a teacher. John was a plant foreman at a dairy, in 1940. He died 19 Oct 1978. Children: (i) John Wirt Berry Jr., b. 1920, Illinois; d. 6 May 1956, near Lynnville, Ind.; m. Mary Lou Maddox. He was a radio announcer at WIKY, Evansville, and died when his car ran into a ditch (ii) Kenneth Wayne Berry, b. 13 Feb 1924, Illinois; d. 8 Feb 1984, Sarasota, Fla.; m. Gloria Bradley. Kenneth was a World War II veteran. (iii) Richard Lee Berry, b. 2 Sep 1926, Harrisburg, Ill.; d. 3 Mar 1990; possibly m. Yvonne Ernestine Marlowe
5. DR. EARL HADLEY REEL, b. 12 Jan 1895, Harrisburg, Ill. (twin); d. 2 Mar 1950, Chicago, Ill.; st nd m. (1 ) GERTRUDE JONES, divorced; m. (2 ) KATHERINE ----. He was a graduate of St. Louis Univ.; practiced dentistry in Harrisburg, Ill., and Chicago. Children: (i) Dr. Charles Earl Reel, b. 29 Oct 1928, Illinois; d. 3 Nov 2009, McLeansboro, Ill.; m. Gloria Jo Sloan. He was a dentist and oral surgeon, and a Navy veteran of World War II. (ii) Dr. John R. Reel, b. 16 Feb 1932, Illinois; d. 9 Nov 2009, Harrisburg, Ill.; m. Gwendolyn Kay Bell. He was a dentist and taught orthodontics at Washington Univ. in St. Louis. He was also a Navy veteran of World War II. (iii) Living
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(207) CHARLES EVANS REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born 13 Sep 1859 in Harmony, Ind. He died 1087 24 Nov 1931 in Creol Springs, Ill. He married CELIA MELINDA “MOLLIE” NELSON, 26 Feb 1890, in LaSalle Co., Ill.1088 She was born 30 Sep 1869 in La Salle Co., and died 24 May 1945, in Sheridan, Ill. He was a farmer.
Children:
1. VIRGIL RUSSELL REEL, b. 13 May 1891, Danville, Ill.; d. 23 Aug 1959, Fall River, S.D.; bur. Edgemont Cem., Edgemont, S.D.; m. AGNES MAE JOHNSON. He was a sheep rancher in Campbell Co., Wyo. In 1940. Agnes died 17 Aug 1978 in Rapid City, S.D. Children:
1087 Ancestry.com: Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. 1088 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920.
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(i) Dorothy Mae Reel, b. 14 Feb 1917, Lisbon, N.D.; d.30 Mar 2009, St. Francis, Kans.; m. Clarence Christensen. She managed a hospital for several years and was trained as a nurse. (ii) Gladys Irene Reel, b. 5 Dec 1921, Moorcroft, Wyo.; d. 30 Aug 2007, Buffalo, Wyo.; m. (1st) Roy -----; m. (2nd) Lawrence Arnold Shillingstad (iii) Living? (iv) Phyllis Lorraine Reel, b. 2 Jan 1925, Moorcroft, Wyo.; d. 13 May 1988, Dickinson, N.D.; m. Robert Seifken (v) Jean Reel, b. 12 Nov 1928, Gillette, Wyo.; d. 9 Jan 2013, Rapid City, S.D.; m. Keith Franklin Saunders (vi) Virginia Reel, b. 6 Mar 1930, Gillette, Wyo.; d. 30 Nov 2006, Rapid City, S.D.; m. (1st) Calvin L. Newton; m. (2nd) ----- Husted (vii) Irene Clara Reel, b. 10 Sep 1931, Moorcroft, Wyo.; d. 20 Apr 1995, Payson, Ariz.; m. (1st) Douglas Warren Pownall; m. (2nd) Clarence Vest; m. (3rd) Ronald Dewolf (viii) Living
2. VALERIA E. REEL, b. Jan 1894, Illinois; d. 3 Jan 1933, Elgin, Ill.; bur. Norway Cem., LaSalle Co., Ill.; unmarried.
3. BERNICE REEL, b. Mar 1896, Illinois; d. 21 Apr 1977; bur. Spring Lake Cem., Aurora, Ill.; st nd m.(1 ) ROY RICHARD SWART, divorced; m. (2 ) CARL ENGSTROM. Carl, a native of Sweden, was a watchman in a factory in Aurora, Ill., in 1940. He died 17 Feb 1963. Children: (i) Opal Mae Swart, b. 22 Aug 1921, Aurora, Ill.; d. 15 Feb 2000; m. Howard Hinds (ii) Pearl Marvella Engstrom, b. 39 Jan 1925, Aurora, Ill.; d. 26 Aug 2007, Tahlequah, Okla.; m. Albert Bowdish; trained as a nurse, she and her husband went to northern India as missionaries.
4. IRMA MAE REEL, b. 22 Jul 1902; d. 13 Oct 1983, DeKalb, Ill.; m. ROBERT JOHN MCINTURF. Robert was a famer. He died 15 Feb 1987. One child, possibly living.
(209) LENORA “NORA” REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born 20 Nov 1866, in Indiana. She died 2 1089 Dec 1924, in Marion, Ill. She married THOMAS P. TAYLOR, in about 1888. He was born 19 Mar 1857 in Walpole, Ill. He died 6 Feb 1936 in Union, Ill. Thomas was a clerk in a hotel in 1930.
Children:
1. JOSEPH LESTER TAYLOR, b. 28 Sep 1892, Carbondale, Ill.; d. 20 Jan 1970; bur. Maplewood Cem.; m. HARRIET MAE “HATTIE” PRESSLEY. Joe was a painter and miner. Hattie died 4 Dec 1991.
1089 Ancestry.com: Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947.
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Children: (i) Daughter, d. before 1970 (probably d. as infant) (ii) Daughter, d. before 1970 (probably d. as infant) (iii) Son, d. before 1970 (probably d. as infant) (iv) Guy Joseph Taylor, b. 26 Dec 1919, Spillertown, Ill.; d. 25 Oct 1991, Marion, Ill.; m. Alberta A. Jones (v) Living
2. OLIVE GRACE TAYLOR, b. 11 Sep 1894, Walpole, Ill.; d. 18 Mar 1991, Creol Springs, Ill.; m. CHARLES FRED ELLIS. One child, possibly living.
(210) SAMUEL FINLEY REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born 26 Oct 1865, in Indiana. He died 31 Dec 1958, at age 93, in Evansville, Ind., and was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Evansville.1090 He married JANETTE “NETTIE” MARTIN, 17 Sep 1893, in Gibson Co., Ind. She was born 1 Jun 1872, in Indiana. She died 6 Aug 1962, in Evansville, and was also buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens cemetery.
Samuel was employed in the Red Spot Paint and Varnish Company.1091
Children:
1. ROSA LEE “ROSE” REEL, b. 28 Apr 1896, Indiana; d. 7 Jul 1980, Evansville, Ind.; bur. Locust Hill Cem., Evansville; m. NELSON HARRY PFENDER. Nelson was a tinner. He died 13 Dec 1945 in Evansville. He was survived by 9 sons and 5 daughters! Children: (i) Lawrence Nelson Pfender, b. 4 May 1915, Evansville, Ind.; d. 30 Nov 2011, Boonville, Ind.; m. Audrey Marie German. He was a World War II veteran, and a maintenance mechanic. (ii) Harold Ervin Pfender, b. 11 Jun 1916, Evansville, Ind.; d. 18 Jul 1985, Evansville, Ind.; m. Kathleen Irene MacKinnon (iii) Earl Lee Pfender, b. 28 Oct 1917, Evansville, Ind.; d. 20 Nov 1993, Evansville, Ind.; m. Ellen Kathleen Phelps (iv) Norman Reel Pfender, b. 15 Feb 1919, Evansville, Ind.; d. 12 Mar 2002, Newburgh, Ind.; m. Aline Sandefur (v) Melvin Reynolds Pfender, b. 1 Jun 1920, Evansville, Ind.; d. 7 Oct 1994, Evansville, Ind.; m. June Sandefur. He was a veteran of World War II. (vi) Kenneth Leroy Pfender, b. 26 Nov 1922, Evansville, Ind.; d. 19 Jun 2006, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Esther Mary Waite (vii) Florence Maye Pfender, b. 24 Apr 1925, Evansville, ind.; d. 21 Apr 2006, Camby, Ind.; m. Morris J. Wright
1090 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185766209 (no gravestone photo). 1091 Evansville Courier and Press, 1 Jan 1959.
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(viii) Ralph Eugene “Gene” Pfender, b. 11 Nov 1927, Indiana; d. 6 Apr 1984, Evansville, Ind.; m. Agnes M. Young. He worked for Evansville Sheet Metal Works and was a World War II veteran. (ix) Jeannette Faye Pfender, b. 10 Jul 1929, Evansville, Ind.; d. 31 Dec 1999, Evansville, Ind.; m. (1st) Edwardd Gail Keil; m. (2nd) Richard S. Achilles (x) William Finley Pfender, b. 12 Jun 1931, Evansville, Ind.; d. 11 Mar 1966, Evansville, Ind.; m. Bettye Wilhite; he was a veteran of Korean War (xi) Living (xii) Living (xiii) Living (xiv) Patricia Sue Pfender, b. 3 Aug 1940, Evansville, Ind.; d. 12 Jun 1954, Evansville, Ind.; she died of complications of rheumatic fever
st 2. ROSCOE L. REEL, b. 18 Jun 1903, Indiana; d. 7 Feb 1976, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. (1 ) MARGIE nd M. MOSS, 10 OCT 1959; m. (2 ) BARBARA JEAN ADAMS, 20 Nov 1974. In 1953, he was sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison for embezzling court fines while working as a deputy clerk of the court.1092 Children, by his first wife Margie: (i) Robert Leroy Reel, b. 13 Jan 1922, Indiana; d. 26 Dec 1922, Evansville, Ind. (ii) Betty Lee Reel, b. 11 Oct 1925, Evansville, Ind.; d. 17 Feb 2003, Leitchfield, Ill.; m. Moorman Smeathers
3. RAYMOND LEROY REEL, b. 30 Jan 1905, Indiana; d. 8 May 1981, Evansville, Ind.; bur. Locust Hill Cem., Evansville; m. MARGARET FRANCES “DOLLY” HOLLANDER. In 1940 he worked as a service man for an automobile dealer. Margaret died 6 Dec 1961, in Evansville. Child: (i) Raymond Leroy Reel Jr., b. 15 Jan 1925, Evansville, Ind.; d. 19 Jul 1996, Evansville, Ind.; m. Viola M. Smith
4. RALPH LEE REEL, b. 30 Aug 1908, Union Twp., Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 19 Feb 1985, Evansville, Ind.; bur. St. Joseph Catholic Cem., Evansville; m. MARY VIRGINIA CLARK. Ralph was a painter. Mary died 8 Oct 1967, in Evansville. One child, possibly living.
(211) LOUISA “LOU” REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born 23 Jun 1871, in Gibson Co., Ind. She died 8 Jun 1933, in Marion, Ill., and is buried in Herrin City Cemetery, Herrin, Ill.1093 She married, 1094 first, JAMES JACKSON FOLLIS in about 1891. He was born in Jan 1869, in Illinois, and was the son
1092 Indianapolis News, 18 Feb 1953. 1093 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166270612 1094 According to 1900 census.
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In 1910 James and his family lived in Herrin, Ill., where he was a house contractor. James left a will which was proved3 Mar 1913. He gives to his wife Lou M. Follis, son Herbert H. Follis, and daughter Flora T. Follis.1096
Children:
1. FLOY TESSIE FOLLIS, b. Sep 1892, Hamilton Co., Ill.; d. 14 Jan 1969, Lawrenceville, Ill.; bur. Herrin City Cem.; m. HOWARD SHARP GEER. Howard committed suicide 8 Dec 1957, in Marion, Ill., by shooting himself. He had been in poor health. He owned and operated a well-drilling company. No children.
2. HERBERT HENRY FOLLIS, b. 29 Apr 1894, Williamson Co., Ill.; d. 23 Jun 1976, Herrin, Ill.; bur. Herrin City Cem.; m. GAZELLE CULBRETH; probably divorced or separated. Herbert was a veteran of World War I. In 1930 he was a miner in a coal mine. Gazelle died 17 Mar 1995, in Marion, Ill. Children: (i) James Herbert Follis, b. 10 May 1918, Herrin, Ill.; d. 22 Jun 2001, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Dorothy Gloria Finch (ii) Robert “Bob” Lee Follis, b. 21 Oct 1925, Illinois; d. 30 Aug 2017, Marion, Ill.; m. Betty Ruth Murrow. A veteran of World War II, Bob was at various times a teacher, coach, school principle, manager, and owner of a pizza business.
(213) SARAH ETTA REEL (Joseph Neely Reel) was born 28 Sep 1871 in Ft. Branch, Ind. She died 1097 23 Jan 1946, in Springfield, Ill. She married, first, WILLIAM PINKNEY RITCHEY, 14 Jun 1890. He was born 14 Sep 1867, in Flannigan Twp., Ill. He was the son of Obediah Rankin Ritchey and Mary Elizabeth Dewitt. He died 18 Feb 1907, probably in Twigg, Hamilton Co., Ill. He is buried in Hebron Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Ill. Sarah married, second, NATHANIEL STAMBAUGH in about 1911. He died in 1934.
In 1900, William was a farmer in Twigg.
1095 According to various family trees on Ancestry.com. William and Mary Follis came from Tennessee to Illinois. William died in 1900 in West Frankfort, Ill. 1096 Ancestry.com: Illinois Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999. 1097 According to ancestry family trees, but need to confirm.
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Children:
1. MYRTLE LEE RITCHEY, b. 12 Nov 1892, Illinois; d. 22 May 1988, San Francisco, Calif.; m. MONT OWEN ZIMMERMAN. Mont was an auditor for a coal company, and lived in Springfield, Ill., in 1930. He died 30 Nov 1947, in Sherman, Ill. Children: (iii) Monte Lee Zimmerman, b. 3 Oct 1913, Illinois; d. 30 Jul 2002, San Francisco, Calif.; unmarried. (iv) Madge Elizabeth Zimmerman, b. 4 Sep 1916, Marion, Ill.; d. 20 Jun 2011, San Francisco, Calif.; unmarried. She was a “highly devoted and talented nursery school teacher” in Illinois and San Francisco.
2. STEPHEN OBADIAH RITCHEY, b. 30 Nov 1895, Illinois; living 1900, no further record; probably died young (and definitely before 1954, when Ralph’s obituary lists four surviving brothers: Walter, James, Floyd and William).
3. CHILD, birth order uncertain, d. before 1900
4. PHINACE RALPH RITCHEY, b. 11 Apr 1898, Walpole, Ill.; d. 27 Feb 1954, Ft. Lupton, Colo.; m. CLARA M. HEITMAN. Ralph served in World War I, and came to Colorado in 1922. He was a farmer. Clara died 12 Aug 1997. Children: (i) Ralph Frank Ritchey, b. 2 Aug 1927, St. Louis, Mo. ; d. 12 May 2000; unmarried? World War II Navy veteran. (ii) Eugene Bernard Ritchey, b. 3 Oct 1928, Brighton, Colo.; d. 17 Aug 2015, Brighton, Colo.; m. Naomi Jo Henegar (iii) Clinton Denor Ritchey, b. 16 Sep 1932, Ft. Lupton, Colo.; d. 30 Nov 2002, Denver, Colo.; m. Elaine-----; divorced. He was a rancher, and a member of the Rodeo Cowboys Assn. (iv) Sharon Ritchey, b. 24 Oct 1935, Denver, Colo.; d. 8 Oct 2014, Brighton, Colo.; m. Richard D. Lewis (v) Living
5. MINNIE DELL RITCHEY, b. 6 Aug 1900; d. 19 Oct 1933, Mattoon, Ill.; bur. Arcola Twp. Cem.; m. JOHN JONES. Minnie died leaving two-year old twins, who were reared by their aunt Jeannie Mae Jones. John died 19 Nov 1967, in Arcola, Ill. He had a daughter, Eleanor, by a previous marriage. Children: (i) Ettajane Jones, b. 21 Nov 1931, Tuscola, Ill.; d. 26 Oct 2016, Galesburg, Ill.; m. Carol F. Pullen. She graduated from Eastern Illinois Univ. and also obtained Master’s Degree in Education at Western Illinois Univ. She was a teacher in Arcola, Ill. (ii) Sarajean Jones, b. 21 Nov 1931 (twin), Tuscola, Ill.; d. 9 Sep 2015, Arthur, Ill.; m. Richard Winter. She graduated from Eastern Illinois Univ. and was a teacher. (iii) John Ritchey Jones, b. and d. 17 Oct 1933, Arcola, Ill.
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6. FLOYD FINLEY RITCHEY, b. 28 Feb 1902, Illinois; d. 30 Nov 1964; bur. Woodland Cem., Jackson, Mich.; m. LILLIAN (LAMBRACHT) CAVANAUGH. Floyd was a mechanic in a garage in 1940, in Clay City, Ill. Lillian died 18 Mar 1965. Child: (i) Phillip James “Jim” Ritchey, b. 23 Feb 1933, Illinois; d. 6 Sep 2018, Kalamazoo, Mich.; m. Linda L. Saunders; he served in Korean War, and was a mechanical engineer
7. DR. WALTER WESLEY RITCHEY, b. 30 Mar 1904, McLeansboro, Ill.; d. 29 Sep 1971, Marion, Ill.; bur. Freedom Cem., Marion, Ill.; unmarried. He graduated from Washington Univ. School of Medicine in 1931, and practiced in Marion and Goreville, Ill. He began studying radiology in 1941, and became a radiologist in 1963, before retiring in 1969
8. WILLIAM BRYAN “BILL” RITCHEY, b. 8 Apr 1906, Illinois; d. 30 Jan 1988, Havana, Ill.; bur. Oak nd Ridge Cem., Springfield, Ill.; m. (1st) OPAL E. CURRY; m. (2 ) LOIS FREDONIA WILLIAMS
9. JAMES RITCHEY, birth order uncertain; living 1954, but died before 1971.
(214) MARY ANN CLEVELAND (Margaret Ann Reel) was born 3 Feb 1844 in Indiana. She died 21 Nov 1921 in Butler Co., Mo., and was buried in Black Creek Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.1098 She 1099 married JAMES HARVEY HANEY, 21 Dec 1861, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 9 Jul 1836 in Indiana, the son of Asa Haney and Nancy House. He died 14 Jun 1909, in Butler Co., Mo., and is also buried in Black Creek Cemetery
The family moved from Gibson Co., Ind., first to Wabash Co., Ill., in about 1872, and then to Butler Co., Mo., in 1888 or 1889. In 1900 James was a farmer in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Children:
1. HENRY HANEY, b. about 1866; living 1880, no further record
2. NANCY JANE “JENNIE” HANEY, b. 23 Jun 1867, Indiana; d. 9 Jan 1939, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; bur. Black Creek Cem.; m. FRANK ANDRUS. No children.
3. JOHN C. HANEY, b. 10 Feb 1868; d. 26 Jan 1887, Butler Co., Mo.; bur. Black Creek Cem.
4. HARVEY HANEY, b. 27 Apr 1871, Indiana; d. 29 Dec 1911; bur. Black Creek Cem.; m. MAUDE STRINGFELLOW. In 1910 he worked in an adding machine factory in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Children: (i) Ruth Haney, b. 3 Oct 1896, Missouri; d. 1 Aug 1986, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. (1st) Clarence William Mesloh; m. (2nd) Willard Robert Woodley
1098 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67496017 1099 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001.
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(ii) Mary Margaret Haney, b. 5 Mar 1898, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; d. 9 Feb 1955, Lynwood, Calif.; m. Charles E. Humphrey (iii) Archie Harvey Haney, b. 16 Dec 1900, Butler Co., Mo.; d. 28 May 1963, Ohio, W.Va.; m. Mable Olive -----; divorced
5. SAMUEL R. HANEY, b. Dec 1872, Illinois; d. 1 Feb 1907, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; bur Black Creek Cem.; unmarried
6. MARY “MAMIE” HANEY, b. 2 Feb 1875, Wabash Co., Ill.; d. 9 Jan 1911, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; m. JAMES WILLIAM FLEMING. James worked as a hostler in a livery stable in Poplar Bluff in 1910. By 1920 James had remarried and moved to Arkansas. Children: (i) Paul Fleming, b. 29 May 1895, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; d. 21 Sep 1971, Jacksonville, Ark.; m. Mary Victoria McCrary (ii) Sean Fleming, b. Nov 1896, Missouri; living 1900; d. before 19101100
7. OLLIE MAE HANEY, b. 6 Oct 1877, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; d. 22 Apr 1962, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; bur. st nd Black Creek Cem.; m. (1 ) CHARLES F. HARMON; m. (2 ) ---- GARNER; divorced. No children. Charles was a farmer. He died 7 Nov 1939, in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
8. JULIA ANN HANEY, b. 2 Sep 1879, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; d. 30 Jan 1951, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; bur. Poplar Bluff City Cem.; m. WILLIAM M. CRAVENS. William was a clerk for a railway company in 1930. He died 13 Apr 1966. Children: (i) Mary Louise Cravens, b. 10 Apr 1903, Missouri; d. 29 Dec 1992, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; m. Paul E. Kaiser (ii) Gertrude Cravens, b. and d. 30 Dec 1906 (iii) James Eli Cravens, b. 5 Oct 1908, Missouri; d. 27 Aug 1992, Springfield, Mo.; unmarried. (iv) Wilmos Edra Cravens, b. 4 Mar 1910, Missouri; d. 31 Jan 1911, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; of whooping cough (v) William Frederick Cravens, b. 29 Feb 1912; d. 22 Jan 1914, Poplar Bluff, Mo.1101 (vi) Marguerite Martha Cravens, b. 19 Sep 1914, Missouri; d. 8 Mar 1997; m. (1st) Robert Byron Sigler; m. (2nd) ----- Capps (vii) Geneva Ruth Cravens, b. 17 Jun 1918, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; d. 30 Nov 2013, Memphis, Tenn.; m. John Monroe Kellon (viii) Rachel Cravens, b. about 1921, Missouri; living 1940 in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
9. CHARLES REEL HANEY, b. 10 Dec 1881, Illinois; d. 24 Feb 1904, Butler Co., Mo.; bur. Black Creek Cem.; unmarried
10. ALBERT LINGLESON HANEY, b. 1 Jul 1884, Illinois; d. 2 Jul 1936, Hailey, Ida.; m. ALMA FREDERIKA MAUCH. In 1930 he was a baker in Hailey, Ida. Alma died 8 Feb 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1100 The 1910 census states that Mary was the mother of 2 children, 1 living. 1101 Death certificate says “Hip joint disease.”
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Child: (i) Lt. Albert Ligleson Haney Jr., b. 2 Mar 1925, Hailey, Ida.; d. 30 Sep 2008, Tulsa, Okla.; m. Virginia Daugherty. He was an aviator in the Navy in World War II and a Navy Seal in Vietnam
11. FRANKIE IRVIN HANEY, b. 18 Apr 1888; d. 4 Dec 1889, Butler Co., Mo.; bur. Black Creek Cem.
1102 12. (CHILD) HANEY, birth order uncertain, d. before 1900
(216) JOHN FRANKLIN CLEVELAND (Margaret Ann Reel) was born 15 Sep 1847, in Indiana. He died 24 Oct 1899, in Owensville, Ind., and was buried in the Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, 1103 Ind. He married MARY POLK, 20 Dec 1869, in Gibson Co., Ind.1104 She was born 28 Oct 1845, in Indiana, the daughter of Alexander Hamilton Polk and Julia Embree. She died 31 Aug 1906, in Princeton. She is also buried in the Columbia Church Cemetery.
John was a farmer. He lived four miles norh of Owensville, Ind. He died “after a short illness of four weeks with typhoid fever.”1105
Children:
1. ROGER POLK CLEVELAND, b. 11 Nov 1870, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 2 July 1947; m. MARY RALSTON rd HOPKINS (his 3 cousin). (See under Mary Ralston Hopkins for their two children).
2. FANNIE CLEVELAND, b. 12 Sep 1872, Poseyville, Ind.; d. 13 Dec 1956, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; m. BENJAMIN F. BENSON. Benjamin was a farmer. He died 26 Jan 1960, in Owensville, Ind. Children: (i) Genevieve Benson, b. 15 Apr 1895; d. 26 Feb 1896 (ii) Ronald Sylvester Benson, b. 20 Apr 1896, Indiana; d. 19 May 1925, Dawson Springs, Ky.; he died as he was “undergoing treatment…for World War veterans.”; unmarried (iii) Raymond Benson, b. 26 Sep 1898; d. 22 Oct 1898 (iv) (daughter), b. and d. 23 Nov 1899
1102 Both 1900 and 1910 census say Mary Ann was mother of 12 children 1103 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58670210 1104 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 1105 Princeton Clarion Leader, 26 Oct 1899. However his death certificate stated that he died from rheumatism caused by nephritis.
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(v) Burnell Cleveland Benson, b. 9 Jun 1902, Princeton, Ind.; d. 3 Nov 1992, Manatee, Fla.; m. Ruby Lois Gordon (vi) William Hamilton Benson, b. 4 Oct 1904, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 24 May 1971, Owensville, Ind.; m. Vivian Fleener
3. FLOSSIE CLEVELAND, b. 15 Oct 1878, near Princeton, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 3 Dec 1957, Princeton, Ind.; m. JAMES VADEN LEE. James was an insurance agent in 1930. He died 5 Jul 1957, in San Angelo, Tex. Children: (i) Thelma Harriet Lee, b. 28 Dec 1901, Oakland City, Ind.; d. 20 Jan 2005, Merrillville, Ind., at age 103; m. (1st) Reuben Elias McRoberts; m. (2nd) Charles Monroe McRoberts. She worked for the Red Cross until age 88. (ii) John Roy Lee, b. 3 Nov 1903, Owensville, Ind.; d. 6 Jan 1926, Princeton, Ind.; unmarried; died of brain tumor. At his young age, he had already become a manager at a general store, having showed “an early aptitude for the mercantile business.”1106
4. CHARLES FRANKLIN CLEVELAND, b. 3 Apr 1882, Indiana; d. 12 Nov 1937, St. Louis, Mo.; bur. Columbia Church Cem.; m. MABEL MCDONALD. In 1918 he was a tractor repairman in Cleveland, Oh. Mabel died in 1957. Children: (i) Dorothy E. Cleveland, b. 7 Oct 1906, Indiana; d. 16 Aug 1985, Chicago, Ill.; m. ----- Allen (ii) Margaret June Cleveland, b. 29 Dec 1909, Evansville, Ind.; d. 6 Jun 1978, Taylorville, Ill.; m. Hiel T. Lowrance
(217) GEORGE NEELY CLEVELAND (Margaret Ann Reel) was born 10 Apr 1851, in Fort Branch, Ind. He died 12 May 1933, in Washabaugh, Ind., and was buried in Chambers Cemetery, Knox Co., 1107 1108 Ind. He married THERESA C. RIDGEWAY, 21 Dec 1873, in Knox Co., Ind. She was born in Jan 1855, in Indiana, and was the daughter of William Ridgeway and Malinda Bicknell. She died 1 Nov 1937, in Freelandville, Ind. She was also buried in Chambers Cemetery.
His parents having died when he was “quite young,” Neely, as he was called, was raised by his grandparents, Henry and Margaret (Neely) Reel.1109 He was living with them by 1860. He was a carpenter.
1106 Princeton Daily Clarion, 7 Jan 1926. 1107 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33965204 1108 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1109 Princeton Daily Clarion, 12 May 1933.
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Children:
1. GEORGE W. CLEVELAND, b. 16 Nov 1874, Knox Co., Ind.; d. 6 May 1959, Vincennes, Ind.; m. HANNAH HOLLINGSWORTH. He was a farmer. Hannah died 14 Feb 1949, in Bicknell, Ind. Children: (i) Harold K. Cleveland, b. 14 Sep 1901, Indiana; d. 20 Jan 1956, Bicknell, Ind.; m. (1st) Mary McNamara; divorced; m. (2nd) Ruth (Martin) Mallory. He was a railroad employee. (ii) Raymond Cleveland, b. 18 Feb 1903, Knox Co., Ind.; d.19 Feb 1966, Bicknell, Ind.; m. Catherine Janasik
2. FLORA M. CLEVELAND, b. Nov 1877, Indiana; d. 21 Sep 1956; bur. Freelandville Memorial Cem.; m. JOHN M. COFFMAN. On the 1920 census John was listed as a jeweler. His death certificate calls him a merchant. He died 29 Jun 1937 in Freelandville, Ind. Child: (i) Daisy Ruth Coffman, b. 8 Mar 1903, Freelandville, Ind.; d. 3 Dec 1994, Freelandville, Ind.; m. John Frederick Held. She was superintendent of the Chauncey Rose Episcopal Home, Terre Haute, Ind., which served elderly
3. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND, b. 1880; d. 1886; bur. Chambers Cem.
1110 4. CHILD, birth date and birth order uncertain, d. before 1900.
5. WILLIAM T. CLEVELAND, b. 8 Apr 1884; d. 21 Mar 1906; bur. Chambers Cem.
6. FANNIE “FAN” CLEVELAND, b. 14 Jul 1888; d. 9 Jun 1967, Vincennes, Ind.; bur. Walnut Hills Cem., Petersburg, Ind.; m. PERCY BURNETT RUMER. Fannie was sometimes called “FanC.” Percy was a salesman. He died 24 Aug 1962, in Petersburg. Children: (i) Child, b. and. d. 6 Apr 1911 (ii) George Phillip Rumer, b. 2 Sep 1917, Bicknell, Ind.; d. 31 May 1934, near Rensselear, Ind., in a car crash in which his parents were also injured. He was an invalid.1111
1110 On both the 1900 and 1910 census, Theresa is listed as the mother of 6 children. 4 were living in 1900. 1111 Evansville Courier, 31 May 1934.
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(220) JAMES E. BELOAT (Martha Johnston Reel) was born 8 Apr 1853, in Gibson Co., Ind. He died 31 Jan 1927, in Union Twp., Gibson Co., and was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Fort 1112 Branch, Ind. He married AMERICA ELIZABETH BRUMFIELD, 3 Feb 1876, in Gibson Co.1113 She was born 5 Aug 1852, in Indiana, and was the daughter of David Berry Brumfield and Elizabeth A. Redman. She died 14 May 1934, in Fort Branch. She was also buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.1114
According to the History of Gibson Co., Ind., James Beloat “actively engaged in agriculture on the homestead and up to the time of his retirement devoted his energies and careful thought to the development and improvement of his holdings. Starting with one hundred sixty acres of the home place, he gradually acquired additional land …until the time of his retirement he was the possessor of two hundred and thirty acres of splendid land on which he conducted general scientific farming and stock raising, taking especial interest in the latter… He bred Durham Cattle from the best registered stock, but when the Hereford, or whiteface cattle came in, he turned to them and afterwards raised large numbers of the latter breed.”1115
His widow America died in 1934, at the home of her daughter Estella, after having been an invalid for seven years.1116
Child:
1. ESTELLA BELOAT, b. 20 Dec 1878, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 8 Jun 1959, Ft. Branch, Ind.; bur. 1117 Walnut Hill Cem., Ft. Branch; m. JOHN L. BRYANT. John purchased and operated a grocery store in Ft. Branch. He died 3 Jul 1962 in Cynthiana, Ind. Children: (i) Lucile Bryant, b. 29 Sep 1909, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 16 Oct 1990, Ft. Branch, Ind.; m. Carl Bayer. She was an “Avon lady,” for over 20 years, after being widowed (ii) Katherine Elizabeth Bryant, b. 29 May 1914, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 16 Jul 1999, Fort Myers, Fla.; m. (1st) Norman Henry Plaas; m. (2nd) Winston Jacques Teel
1112 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59113627/james-e.-beloat 1113 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. She is called “America E. Brumfield.” Her middle name is found in her obituary in the Princeton Daily Clarion, 14 May 1934. 1114 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57939457/elizabeth-a-brumfield 1115 Stormont, History of Gibson Co., Ind., p. 584. 1116 Princeton Daily Clarion, 14 May 1934. 1117 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19801596/estella-bryant
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(221) THOMAS P. BELOAT (Martha Johnston Reel) was born 6 Feb 1855 in Gibson Co., Ind., near Fort Branch. He died 23 Feb 1946, in Princeton, Ind., and was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, 1118 1119 Fort Branch, Ind. He married MARY JANE TRIBLE, 12 Nov 1879, in Gibson Co. She was born 10 Feb 1858, in Haubstadt, Ind., and was the daughter of Isaac N. Trible and Eunice Boren. She died 16 Jul 1938 in Princeton, and was also buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Thomas was sheriff of Gibson County from 1901 to 1904. He received some notoriety for stopping a lynching, which was described in the New York Tribune, and mentioned by Mark Twain.1120 He was also game warden for 15 years, beginning in 1920.1121 His wife Mary died at her home, 504 E. Water St., “after an illness of several weeks.” She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Rebekahs, Women’s Relief Corps, and Willing Charity Workers.1122 Thomas died at home at age 91 after an illness of one week.1123
Children:
1. EDITH BELOAT, b. 14 Jul 1881, Princeton, Ind.; d. 28 Dec 1962, Oakland City, Ind.; bur. Mt. Moriah Cem., Ft. Branch, Ind.; m. FRANK BARNES DUNCAN. Frank was a carpenter. He died 28 Sep 1951, in Los Angeles, Calif. No children.
2. EUNICE BELOAT, b. 12 Apr 1884; d. 18 Jan 1885; bur. Mt. Moriah Cem.
3. ETHEL BELOAT, b. 30 Mar 1886; d. 7 Jan 1888; bur. Mt. Moriah Cem.
4. LAURA BELOAT, b. 5 Aug 1888; d. 7 Nov 1888; bur. Mt. Moriah Cem.
5. CHILD, b. 13 Apr 1889; d. 5 Sep 1889; bur. Mt. Moriah Cem.
6. GRACE BELOAT, b. 21 Sep 1892, Indiana; d. 23 Mar 1984, Princeton, Ind.; bur. Maple Hill Cem., Princeton; m. ARMAND FRENETTE. They were divorced before 1920. Armand remarried, was divorced again, and died 5 Jan 1955, in Santa Cruz Co., Calif. Child: (i) Mary Rouleau Frenette, b. 11 Oct 1913, Princeton, Ind.; d. 3 Jun 2007, Huntington, W.Va.; m. Dale Nelson Igou
7. MARTHA FREDA BELOAT, b. 18 Jan 1895, Princeton, Ind.; d. 6 Oct 1973, Princeton, Ind.; bur. Maple Hill Cem., Princeton, Ind.; m. WALTER FRED HERMANN. Walter was a civil engineer for a railroad in Van Wert, Oh., in 1930, and in 1940 a production manager in a
1118 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57393358/thomas-beloat 1119 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1120 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Beloat 1121 Princeton Daily Clarion, 25 Feb 1946. 1122 Princeton Daily Clarion, 18 Jul 1938. 1123 Princeton Daily Clarion, 25 Feb 1946.
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container factory, in Van Wert. He was also a city councilman. He died 5 Jun 1941, Van Wert, Oh. Child: (i) Walter Fred Hermann, Jr., b. 14 Oct 1917, Princeton, ind.; d. 7 Apr 1929, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
(222) MARQUIS D. “MARK” BELOAT (Martha Johnston Reel) was born 26 Nov 1856, in Gibson Co., Ind. He died 12 Jan 1940 in Somerville, Ind., and is buried in Forsythe Cemetery. He married, 1124 first, MARTHA ANN LINZEY, 31 Jul 1879, in Gibson Co. The marriage ended in divorce, as he 1125 married second, VIOLA SOVERCOOL, 20 Oct 1889, in Gibson Co. Viola died 10 Nov 1915, in Columbia Twp., Gibson Co. Mark married, third, MINNIE MAY (WALLACE) (FAIR) BLAIR, 8 Nov 1916, in Pike Co., Ind. She died 5 Sep 1936, in Columbia Twp., and was buried in McClure Cemetery, Pike Co.
Prior to about 1937, Mark had lived on a farm near Oakland City. He had no surviving children of his own, but several step-children. He died at age 81 of liver cancer1126 at the home of his step-son Randall Fair.1127
Mark’s first wife Martha married, second, Oliver W. Hannum, in 1890. She died 1 Jun 1930 in Oakland City, Ind.
A child, Marion Beloat, who was the first wife of Archie D. Miller, was apparently adopted, because her death certificate shows her father’s surname as Bigley.1128
Child, by his first wife Martha:
1. CHILD, b. 8 Mar 1882
(223) CATHERINE A. “KATE” BELOAT (Martha Johnston Reel) was born 14 Feb 1859 in Oakland 1129 City, Ind. She died 19 Sep 1900 in Los Angeles Co., Calif. She married JOHN MCKENDRICK
1124 Martha died 1 Jun 1930 in Oakland City, Ind. 1125 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1126 Death certificate, ancestry.com. 1127 Princeton Daily Clarion, 13 Jan 1940. 1128 According to her death certificate, she was born 15 Nov 1899 in Washington, D.C., and died 12 Oct 1934, in Princeton, Ind., of typhoid fever. 1129 Ancestry.com: California County Birth, Marriage and Death Records. Her age is given as 41 years, 7 months and 5 days.
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FOWLER, 7 Nov 1883, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 10 May 1858 in Evansville, Ind. He died 21 Jul 1943, in Los Angeles Co., Calif.1130
On the 1900 census, John lived with his family in Los Angeles. His occupation is listed as miner.
Children:
1. GEORGE PRENTICE FOWLER, b. 3 Dec 1885, Oakland City, Ind.; d. 5 Apr 1965, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. FLORENCE IRENE SAVAGE. George worked in an electrical plant, according to the 1930 census. Florence died 19 Jun 1986, in Oceanside, Calif. Children: (i) Arthur Francis Fowler, b. 26 Apr 1914, Los Angeles Co., Calif. ; d. 24 Jan 2005, Anaheim, Calif.; m. Dorothy E. Woltman (ii) Norman Ernest Fowler, b. 25 Sep 1919, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; d. 16 Nov 1996, Oceanside, Calif.; m. (1st) Jessie E. Campbell; m. (2nd) Alta Bretton (iii) Living
2. CHARLES ARTHUR “CARL” FOWLER, b. 23 Aug 1890, Oakland City, Ind.; d. 26 Aug 1986, San Diego; m. MARY L. -----; Carl served in World War I. Listed as a photo-engraver on the 1940 census. One child, probably living.
3. HARRIET MARGARET “PEG” FOWLER, b. 21 Mar 1895, Vanderburgh Co., Ind.; d. 6 Jan 1963, San Francisco Co., Calif.; m. MELVILLE PACIFIC SMART. Melville was a photo-engraver for a newspaper in San Francisco in 1930. He and Peg were divorced, and he remarried in 1950. He died 2 Sep 1960 in Oshkosh, Wisc. Children: (i) Dorothy Katherine Smart, b. 10 Nov 1916, California; m. Frank Joseph Cafarelli (ii) Margaret Mae Smart, b. 22 Aug 1919, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; d. 8 Apr 1981, San Bernardino Co., Calif.; m. (1st) Arthur Michael Pedrini; divorced: m. (2nd) Raymond Walter Trade; divorced (iii) Richard Leroy Smart, b. 21 Jul 1921, California; d. 12 Feb 1946, San Francisco Co., Calif.
4. CATHERINE FLORA FOWLER, b. 9 Jan 1897; living 1910, no further record
(224) GEORGE W. BELOAT (Martha Johnston Reel) was born 28 Feb 1862, in Gibson Co., Ind. He died 12 Sep 1930, in Evansville, Ind., and was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Fort Branch, 1131 1132 Ind. He married ARTEMSIA EWING, 20 Oct 1887, in Gibson Co. She was born 2 Feb 1868, in Gibson Co., Ind., the daughter of John A. Ewing and Eliza Jane Boren. She died 1 Feb 1944, in Fort Branch., and is also buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
1130 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1940-1997. He is called John M. Fowler, born 10 May 1858 in Indiana. 1131 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57259782 1132 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
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In August 1889, a George Beloat was convicted of murdering Henry Trible of Fort Branch. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but in Jan 1890, a new trial found him not guilty. Another George W. Beloat, also born in 1862, the son of David Beloat, lived in Fort Branch at the same time.1133 I have no evidence to tie the murder case to either of these two men, although it seems more likely that the man who killed Henry Trible was the son of David Beloat.
In 1920, he was a candidate for county commissioner. His death notice calls him a “prominent farmer of this place” (Ft. Branch).
Child:
1. DENVER EWING BELOAT, b. 31 Jul 1888, Indiana; d. 4 Apr 1969, Princeton, Ind.; bur. Mt. Moriah Cem.; m. EMMA G. LITTELL. He was a farmer, and also served as treasurer of Gibson Co. for eight years. Emma died Nov 1975, in Ft. Branch, Ind. Children: (i) George Maurice Beloat, b. 8 Oct 1912, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 29 May 1964, El Cajon, Calif.; m. Mildred Gladys Pruit. George was a corporal in the Army in World War II. (ii) Bryce Littell Beloat, b. 12 Nov 1914, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 4 Oct 1964, Ft. Branch, Ind.; m. Mary Madge Powell (iii) Martha Louise Beloat, b. 26 Aug 1919, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 2 Oct 1991, Evansville, Ind.; m. Bland Edward Gayer Jr.
(225) IDELLA “DELLA” MAUD BELOAT (Martha Johnston Reel) was born 25 Jul 1873 in Fort Branch, Ind. She died 12 Nov 1938 in Indianapolis, Ind., and is buried in Montgomery Cemetery, 1134 1135 Oakland City, Ind. She married HARKER H. BELL, 14 Oct 1891, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 28 Oct 1871 in Posey Co., Ind., the son of John W. Bell and Martha Broshears. He died 31 Mar 1951, in Indianapolis, and was also buried in Montgomery Cemetery.
The family moved from Gibson Co., Ind., to Indianapolis, by 1920. According to the 1930 census, Harker was a buyer in a stockyard.
Children:
1. MARTHA FAE BELL, b. 30 Oct 1892, Indiana; d. 21 May 1965, Zionville, Ind.; bur. Holy Cross & St. Joseph’s Cem., Indianapolis, Ind.; m. SYLVESTER CONRAD BITTER SR. He was an export sales agent for Eli Lilly Co. in Indianapolis. He died in Jan 1953 in Indianapolis. Children: (i) Sylvester Conrad Bitter, Jr., b. 6 Oct 1914, Evansville, Ind.; d. 9 Dec 1944, Leyte, Philippines, killed in action; m. Bernice Augusta Klepfer
1133 This George W. Beloat died 11 May 1936 in Ft. Branch, and had married Augusta Gulich. 1134 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102346091 1135 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
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(ii) Mary Ann Bitter, b. 11 Nov 1918, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 25 Aug 1953, Indianapolis; m. Edwin Thomas Kilrain Jr. (iii) John Richard “Jack” Bitter, b. 28 Jan 1925, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 12 Jul 2010, Carmel, Ind.; m. Jane Noreen Watson. Jack was a flight officer in the Army Air Corp in World War II. He was an industrial engineer with General Motors, and an accomplished pianist.
2. BERNICE MAY BELL, b. 6 Feb 1894, Oakland City, Ind.; d. 25 Aug 1914, Evansville, Ind.; bur. Montgomery Cem., Oakland City, Ind. She died of tuberculosis, “after a protracted illness.”
3. JOHN PRENTICE BELL, b. 3 Apr 1897, Oakland City, Ind.; d. 11 Jun 1945, Indianapolis, Ind.; st nd bur. Montgomery Cem., Oakland City, Ind.; (1 ) KATHERINE GIBSON; m. (2 ) MARY D. rd GUNTER; m. (3 ) JANE RAGER. He “had been affiliated with his father in the livestock business in Indianapolis.” No children.
1136 (226) JOHN FINLEY REEL (Samuel Adams Reel) was born 12 Oct 1856, in Oakland, Ill. He died 14 Sep 1949, in Alton, Ill., and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Coles Co., Ill.1137 He married ANSONETT “NETTIE” M. HACKETT, 15 Oct 1884, in Edgar Co., Ill. She was born 13 Dec 1859, in Oakland, Ill., the daughter of George F. Hackett and Edna Pemberton. She died 28 Jan 1940, in Alton, Ill.1138 She was also buried in Oakland Cemetery.
Finley was a farmer. He lived in Oakland, Ill., until about 1931, when he came to live near his daughter Edna.
Children:
1. LIDA BEATRICE “BEE” REEL, b. Jun 1885, Illinois; d. 1958; bur. Ashmore Cem., Ashmore, Ill.; m. PERCY NORTHCUTT MORRIS. No children (?). Percy was a carpenter. He died 22 May 1965, in Charleston, Ill.
2. EDNA BLANCHE “DOT” REEL, b. 28 Dec 1888, Illinois; d. 2 Mar 1977, Alton, Ill.; bur. Valhalla st nd Memorial Park, Godfrey, Ill.; m. (1 ) JOEL KENNETH COOPER; m. (2 ) MILTON BERNARD BURT. Children: (i) Ellen Louise Cooper, b. 2 Mar 1909, St. Louis, Mo.; d. 4 Oct 1926, Oakland, Ill. (ii) John William Cooper, b. 10 Apr 1910, Illinois; d. 11 Sep 2000, Jerseyville, Ill.; m. Eva Worthey (iii) Alice Maud Cooper, b. 20 Dec 1912, Illinois; d. 23 Dec 1988, Granada Hills, Calif.; m. Henry Beneke
1136 Alton Evening Telegraph, 15 Sep 1949. 1137 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163157239 1138 Ancestry.com: Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index.
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(iv) Lemuel Kenneth Cooper, b. 7 Apr 1915, Illinois; d. 27 Jul 1966, Toledo, Oh.; m. Frances A. Schneider (v) Mabel M. Cooper, b. 1 Oct 1917, Illinois; d. May 1983, Alton, Ill.; m. Herbert R. Dennis
3. ERNEST S. REEL, b. 24 Apr 1891; d. 10 Nov 1928, Bloomington, Ill.; m. SYLVIA MARGARET CURTIS. Divorced. Ernest was a sales manager for a battery service company. He died due to an overdose of allonal tablets, although it’s not certain if this was suicide. Child: (i) Edna Blanche Reel, b. 2 Aug 1915, Oakland, Ill.; d. 9 Oct 2006, Florida; m. (1st) Morris James Frede; m. (2nd) Ward E. Wagoner
4. FOREST LEON REEL, b. 2 Aug 1893, Illinois; d. 17 Dec 1967, Scottsdale, Ariz.; m. BEULAH J. BAGLEY; known by his middle name Leon, he at one time owned a business, Valley Oil & Distributing Co., in Albuquerque, N.M. Beulah died 26 Feb 1954. Child: (i) Inez Jayne Reel, b. 8 Dec 1920, Illinois; m. (1st) ----- Tunney; m. (2nd) Charles Dezier Bostick
5. IVAN KENNETH REEL, b. 8 Oct 1897, Illinois; d. 4 Feb 1964; Longview, Tex.; m. VIDA WHITE. Kenneth was a groceryman; he moved to Longview in 1931. Vida died 16 Jul 1988, in Gregg, Tex. Child: (i) Marilyn Louise Reel, b. 23 Feb 1944, Texas; d. 26 Feb 1970, Longview, Tex.; m. Kenneth D. Washburn
6. INEZ REEL, b. 27 Aug 1899, Coles Co., Ill.; d. 28 Oct 1920, Oakland, Ill.; bur. Oakland Cem.; unmarried
(228) CATHERINE IOWA “KATE” REEL (Samuel Adams Reel) was born 22 Feb 1859, in Illinois. She died 17 Jul 1938, in Mt. Vernon, Ill., and was buried in Illinois Masonic Cemetery, Sullivan, Ill.1139 1140 She married IRA L. BELL, 27 Dec 1877, in Edgar Co., Ill. He was born 22 Nov 1854, in McArthur, Oh. He died 18 Jan 1925, in Mt. Vernon, Ill., and was also buried in Illinois Masonic Cemetery.
Children:
st 1. JESSIE MAUD BELL, b. 20 Apr 1880, Illinois; d. 27 Nov 1928, East St. Louis, Ill.; m. (1 ) nd WILLIAM RILEY BROOKMAN; divorced; m. (2 ) JOHN H. HAMMERTON. Children: (i) Lida B. Brookman, b. about 1906, Illinois; living 1920 in Bloomington, Ill.
1139 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63238638 1140 Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriage Index, 1851-1900.
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(ii) William Kenneth Brookman, b. about 1908, Illinois; d. 29 Apr 1963, East St. Louis, Ill.; m Ethel Irean Morris
2. GUY ADAM BELL, b. 16 Aug 1881, Hinesboro, Ill.; d. 2 May 1960, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; bur. st nd Peace Cem., Steeleville, Ill.; m. (1 ) ELIZABETH “LIZZIE” JANE COHLMEYER; m. (2 ) LILLIAN WELCH; m. (3d) LUCILE ERVIN. His first wife Lizzie died 20 Jun 1917, in Herrin, Ill. Children, by his first wife LIzzie: (i) Leland F. Bell, b. 25 Jun 1901, Illinois; d. 17 Oct 1979, Kalamazoo, Mich.; m. Minerva L. Manning (ii) Fern Bell, b. 8 Aug 1903, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; d. 19 Feb 1928, Marion, Ill.; m. Floyd Allen (iii) Ralph L. Bell, b. 13 Sep 1905, Illinois; d. Dec 1969, Three Rivers, Mich.; m. Theresa Brandt (iv) Helen Bell, b. about 1907, Illinois; m.(1st) ----- Hunter; m. (2nd) Harry Edward Yearling; m. (3rd) Harley Duncan; res. Mt. Vernon, Ill. (v) Reba May Bell, b. 23 Jan 1909, Nashville, Ill.; d. 6 Jun 1977, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; m. (1st) Roy J. Murray; m. (2nd) Duane Charles Abbott (vi) Joseph Russell Bell, b. 13 Jul 1912, Herrin, Ill.; d. Mar 1987; m. Independence, Mo.; m. Luella Flo Jardine (vii) Esther Kate Bell, b. 6 Aug 1914, Illinois; d. Oct 1976; m. (1st) Hill D. Dutton; m. (2nd) John P. Zimmer
Child, by his second wife Lillian: (viii) Lillian Eva Bell, b. 19 Mar 1920, Herrin, Ill.; d. 31 Dec 2010, Herrin, Ill.; m. (1st) Eugene Miller; m. (2nd) Kenneth O. Proffitt
3. FLOY M. BELL, b. 18 Apr 1885, Illinois; d. 7 Aug 1963, Granite City, Ill.; m. JAMES ROY BROOKMAN. James died 26 Mar 1956, in Granite City. No children.
4. WINNIE BELL, b. 8 Jan 1898, Illinois; d. 1 Apr 1921, Herrin, Ill.; bur. East Salem Cem., Jefferson Co., Ill.; m. FRANK ERVIN MINOR. No children.
(231) LENA MAUD REEL (Samuel Adams Reel) was born 17 Nov 1871, in Oakland, Ill. She died 13 1141 Feb 1965, and was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla. She married ALBERT BROWNING NEWBERN. He was born 22 Mar 1869, in Currituck Co., N.C., the son of Thomas Edward Newbern and Sarah Louisa Harrison. He died 12 Feb 1950, in Oklahoma City, and was also buried in Fairlawn Cemetery.
In 1910 Albert was a proprietor of a rooming house, in Oklahoma City. In 1920, he was a travelling salesman for a broom company.
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Children:
1. PLINY ALAN NEWBERN, b. 31 Oct 1896, Oklahoma; d. Nov 1979, Byars, Okla.; m. AGNES TEEL. He was a real estate agent in 1930. Agnes died in Feb 1985, in Raymore, Mo. Children: (i) Ernest Ray Newbern, b. 29 May 1921, Byars, Okla.; d. 30 Aug 2006, Richardson, Tex.; m. Elwanda “Wanda” Louise Richardson (ii) Martha Ann Newbern, b. 5 Jun 1930, Shawnee, Okla.; d. 31 Jan 2012, Oklahoma City; m. Leonard Calvin Freeman
2. GEORGE DEWEY NEWBERN, b. 6 Sep 1898, Tecumseh, Okla.; d. 10 Dec 1957, Muskogee, st nd Okla.; bur. Fort Gibson Natl. Cem.; m. (1 ) FLORENCE FRANCES KRAUTER; m. (2 ) HAZEL----; rd m (3 ) LEOTA ----. He was a salesman. No known children.
3. RUBY MAE NEWBERN, b. 12 Aug 1900, Paoli, Okla.; d. 5 Dec 1987, Northridge, Calif.; m. MAURICE HUGHES YEOMAN. Maurice died 17 Jul 1958. In 1930 he was a merchandise broker for a grocery company. Children: (i) M. H. Yeoman, b. 16 Aug 1926, Pawhuska, Okla.; d. 17 Oct 1991, Montgomery, Ala.; m. Geraldine “Gerry” MacDougall. He was a sculptor and also worked for a television station (ii) Richard Albert Yeoman, b. 1930; d. 1936 (iii) Sylvia Maude Yeoman, b. 22 Jul 1937, Oklahoma City, Okla.; d. 2 May 2016, Northridge, Calif.; m. Kenneth B. Crowell. She was a teacher, taught music, directed choirs and acted in stage production
4. ALBERTA NEWBERN, b. about 1903, Oklahoma; living 1920, no further record
(232) WILLIAM EDWIN REEL (Samuel Adams Reel) was born 19 Nov 1873, in Illinois. He died 12 Jan 1960, in Garvin Co., Okla., and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Okla.1142 He married JENNIE D. CAMPBELL, 30 Aug 1899, in Carter, Okla. She was born 22 Mar 1879, in White Bead, Okla., and was the daughter of Hugh Alexander Campbell and Julia Gardner. Julia was Native American, a member of the Choctaw tribe. She died 15 Jun 1966, in Garvin Co., and was also buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
According to census records, William was a farmer in Elmore, Okla., in 1910, and worked in a real estate office in Pauls Valley, Okla., in 1920 and 1930.
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1. WILLIAM EDWIN “CECIL” REEL, b. 1914, Pauls Valley, Okla.; d. 16 Jun 1990; unmarried.
(233) DENVER C. REEL (Thomas Jefferson Reel) was born 24 Jun 1872 in Indiana. He died 19 Apr 1964, in Maplewood, Mo., and was buried in Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.1143 He married LAURA F. TAYLOR, in about 1901. She was born in about 1880 in Illinois. She died 27 Aug 1966, in Missouri, and was also buried in Valhalla Cemetery. Denver and Laura had no children, although Laura had a child by a previous marriage, Eugene Taylor Reel, born 16 Dec 1897 and died 20 May 1982.
(234) MINNIE F. REEL (Henry Clay Reel) was born 11 Apr 1867 in Louisville, Ky. She died 4 Sep 1144 1908, in Santa Fe, N.M., and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe. She married ROBERT 1145 LEE DOUTHITT, 25 Mar 1891.
Minnie moved to Evansville, Ind., “when only a few years of age,” and then to St. Louis, before she came to New Mexico in about 1888, and to Santa Fe in about 1899. After graduation from High School in St. Louis, she “taught for a time in the primary department of one of the public schools of that city and also gave instruction in elocution.” She was an active member of the St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Church, and “because of her interest in the sick and needy she was also made vice-president of the Mercy and Help department of the Epworth League and by the faithful discharge of her duties in that office she endeared herself to many.” For about a year, her health declined, and Minnie died from stomach cancer.
Robert remarried to Mary Simmons.
Children:
1. MAUDE L. DOUTHITT, b. about 1893, New Mexico; death date not found; m. ERLE LEROY HARDY. He was a meteorologist. He died 22 Jun 1960, in Fort Worth, Tex. Children: (i) Lloyd Morris Hardy, b. 25 Nov 1917, New Mexico; d. 16 Jan 1934, Santa Fe, N.M. (ii) Frances Lucille Hardy, b. 1923; d. 22 Aug 1923 (iii) Erleyene E. Hardy, b. 8 Dec 1924, New Mexico; d. 29 Apr 2009; m. William Daniel Bradley Jr.
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2. ROBERT FRAZIER DOUTHITT, b. 28 Oct 1895, New Mexico; d. 15 Apr 1977, Albuquerque, N.M.; m. VIOLET (MOYER) VAN DYNE. Robert was a pharmacist. Violet died 5 Sep 1978, in Ontario, Calif. Children: (i) John Robert Douthitt, b. 28 Jun 1937, New Mexico; d. 26 Jan 1976, Bernalillo Co., N.M.; m. Roseann D. Heilman (ii) Living
3. MINNIE THERESA DOUTHITT, b. 30 Oct 1896, Texas; d. 28 Apr 1978, Port Arthur, Tex.; bur. Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, Tex.; m. JAMES S. TORRENCE. No children.
(235) WILLIAM THOMAS “GUILLERMO” REEL (Henry Clay Reel) was born 14 Dec 1866, in Ft. Branch, 1146 Ind. He died 26 Jul 1931, in Morenci, Greenlee Co., Ariz. He married ROSARIO “ROSE” CASTILLO. She was born 8 Oct 1876, in Oro, Mexico. She died 29 Dec 1947, in Los Angeles Calif.1147 William was a master mechanic in the copper industry, according to his death certificate. In 1940, Rosario lived in Los Angeles, Calif., with daughter Sarah and son Robert.
Children:
1. HENRY CLAY “ENRIQUE” REEL, b. 26 Apr 1904, Los Angeles, Calif. d. 16 Apr 1974, Kern Co., Calif.; bur. Union Cem., Bakersfield, Calif.; m. PAULA VIRGINIA HULSMAN. No known children.
2. JOHN WALTER REEL, b. 5 Jun 1906, California; d. 29 Oct 1981, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. ALICE --- --. Alice was born in Bolivia; they had a child born in 1950 in Bolivia. In 1962 John was an employee with Natl. Wireo Cable Co., in Alhambra, Calif.
3. SARAH ANNA LEWIS REEL, b. 15 Jan 1911, Mexico; d. 28 Nov 1994, Salem, Ore.; m. ARTHUR GEORGE ERVING. One living child.
4. WILLIAM THOMAS REEL, b. 29 Oct 1912, California; d. Mar 1974; bur. Evergreen Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.; m. PAULA BARAY. In 1940 he was a miner living in clifton, Ariz. Children: (i) Living (ii) Living (iii) Robert Ruben Reel, b. 22 Sep 1947, Miami, Ariz.; d. 25 Jan 2006
5. ROBERT REEL, b. about 1915; living 1940, with his mother and sister, in Los Angeles, where he was an auto repairman; no further record
1146 Ancestry.com: Arizona Death Records, 1887-1960, with original image. 1147 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1940-1997.
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6. CHARLES EDWARD REEL, b. 22 Jun 1918, Los Angeles, Calif.; d. 17 Feb 1920, Kingman, Ariz.; bur. Mountain View Cem., Kingman. He died of influenza, contributing cause malnutrition.
(241) ALICE CARRIE EVANS (John Neely Evans) was born 14 Nov 1860 in Bloomfield, Ind. She died 1 Aug 1822, in Washington, Ind., and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery there. She married JAY WILLIAM CORNING, 24 Dec 1883, in Daviess Co., Ind. He was born 17 Jul 1854 in Ohio, the son on David Bushnell Corning and Caroline Skillman. He died 11 Nov 1932, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Washington, Ind. He probably died in Washington, Ind., but no death certificate or obituary has been found. Alice died due to complications of diabetes.
Jay is listed as a machinist in a railroad shop, on the 1910 census.
Children:
1. MARY BELDING CORNING, b. 16 Nov 1889, Washington, Ind.; d. 16 Jan 1940, Nashville, Tenn.; m. DAVID KLINE DENTON. He was a railroad employee. He died 10 Jun 1961, in Nashville. Children: (i) Alice Jean Denton, b. 10 Sep 1917, Chattanooga, Tenn.; d. 11 Feb 1988, Seattle, Wash.; m. (1st) Richard Lee Black; m. (2nd) Frank Methven (ii) Living
2. MARGARET STIMMINGS CORNING, b. 26 Nov 1892, Washington, Ind.; d. 1 Oct 1971, Washington, Ind.; m. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VONDERSCHMITT. He was a Buick dealer. He died 14 Feb 1968. Children: (i) Margaret Alice Vonderschmitt, b. 30 Jun 1916, Washington, Ind.; d. 18 May 1922, Washington, Ind. (ii) Ruth Eleanor Vonderschmitt, b. 11 May 1918, Washington, Ind.; d. 11 Dec 1990, Broward Co., Fla.; m. William Douglas Schippert (iii) Marilyn Frances Vonderschmitt, b. 10 Nov 1923, Washington, Ind.; d. 14 Nov 1974, Port Chester, N.Y.; m. Richard Carl Rogers, general services manager of the New York Times (iv) John William Vonderschmitt, b. 14 Aug 1930; d. 29 Nov 2014; m. Mary Jo Sum (v) David Heilman “Doc” Vonderschmitt, b. 22 Aug 1935, Washington, Ind.; d. 26 Aug 2011, Washington, Ind.; m. Carol Diane Peed
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4. CHILD, died before 1900
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(244) ANNA MARY SMITH (Caroline Sydney Evans) was born in Jul 1870 in Perrysville, Ind. She died 2 Jan 1938 in Baltimore, Md., while visiting her daughter Agnes Kricker. She was buried in 1148 Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind. Mary married FRANK PORTER MCNUTT, 30 Oct 1900, in Montgomery Co., Ind.1149 He was born 22 Nov 1869, in Charleston, Ill. He died 9 Jan 1941, in Crawfordsville, Ind., and was also buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville.
At the time of their marriage, Frank worked for Bell Telephone Company. They lived for a time in New York City, before returning to Indiana. Later Frank worked for a coal and lumber firm.
Children:
1. CAROLINE PORTER MCNUTT, b. 14 Jul 1907, Crawfordsville, Ind.; d. 2 Dec 1979, Portland, Ore.; m. ERRETT ZUCK GROVES. He died 5 Aug 1997, in Kansas City, Mo. Caroline grad. DePauw Univ., and was a teacher. Two living children.
2. AGNES EVANS MCNUTT, b. 7 Oct 1909, Crawfordsville, Ind.; d. 3 Nov 2000, Bethany Beach, Del.; m. WILLIAM MATTHIAS KRICKER. She was an elementary school teacher. William died 23 Feb 2006. Three living children.
(245) AGNES NEELY SMITH (Caroline Sydney Evans) was born Feb 1873, in Perrysville, Ind. She 1150 died 3 Feb 1955, in Dedham, Mass. She married FRANCIS SCRIBNER COBB, 5 Apr 1904, in Montgomery Co., Ind.1151 He was born 8 Jul 1873, in Cambridge, Mass., the son of Cyrus Cobb and Emma Lillie. He died 15 May 1959, in Dedham, Mass., and is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Francis was one of the founders of the Thread Institute of America. According to his obituary, “From 1918 to 1951 he operated Semens and Cobb Mills in Hopkinton. He was associated up to the time of his death with the firm of Hart, Cobb and Carley of Los Angeles.”1152
1148 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29300367 1149 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. 1150 Boston Traveler, 5 Feb 1955. 1151 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1152 Boston Herald, 16 May 1959.
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Child:
1. DAVID FRANCIS COBB, b. 14 Jun 1910, Boston, Mass.; d. 20 Jan 2007, East Falmouth, Mass.; bur. Seaside Cem., Chatham, Mass.; m. JEANETTE ANTHONY. Two living children, one died as an infant.
(247) LUCY REAVIS (Martha Johnston Adams) was born 27 Jun 1840 in Gibson Co., Ind. She died 7 Aug 1914, in Terre Haute, Ind., and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.1153 She 1154 married, first, WILLIAM C. HORD, 23 Apr 1856, in Gibson Co. He was born in about 1838. She married, second, DANIEL R. RUTHERFORD, 1 Jun 1866, in Indiana. He was born in about 1838, in Kentucky.
William (sometimes spelled “Hoard”) was in the Civil War, and Lucy received a pension. He had served in the 14th Indiana Infantry.1155 He died during the war, by 27 Mar 1863, when Lucy was granted a widow’s pension. Lucy was granted guardianship over their two children. One Ancestry family tree states that he died 16 Mar 1862, in Winchester, Va.
A Daniel Rutherford, 50, appears on the 1880 census in Fort Branch, Gibson Co., Ind., as a widower. This could be the same Daniel, if the census taker was wrong about his marital status. On the same census, also in Fort Branch, we find Lucy and her children. She is listed as married, but her husband is not listed with her. Perhaps they were separated, or else for some reason Daniel was not with the family at the time the census was taken. In 1900, Lucy lived with her son William “Hord” in Vanderburgh Co., Ind. The census states she was the mother of 8 children, 6 living. In 1910 she lived in Indianapolis.
In 1887, in Winchester, Ind., there is a record of Lucinda Rutherford obtaining a divorce from Daniel R. Rutherford. However if this is the same Daniel, it must have been a second wife, because an 1884 article states Daniel R. Rutherford and Lucinda Reece obtained a marriage license.
Children:
1. WILLIAM H. HORD, b. 18 Mar 1858, Indiana; living 1921 in Vincennes, Ind.; m. LORETTA ALICE GRAY. No known children.
1153 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124280106 1154 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1841. 1155 Ancestry.com: US Civil War and Later Wars Index to Remarried Widow Pension Applications, 1848-1934. Application dated 1902.
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1156 2. IDA MAY HORD, b. 4 Jul 1860, Haubstadt, Ind.; d. 5 Mar 1910, Evansville, Ind.; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Evansville; m. WILLIAM HANSON JONES. She died of tuberculosis. After Ida’s death, William remarried to Emily A. Swatts, who died in 1921.1157 He died in 1936. Children: (i) Boyde Lavel Jones, b. Jan 1882, Indiana; m. Stella Hickrod; divorced (ii) Edward Harvey Jones, b. Mar 1886, 4 Jul 1883, Evansville, Ind.; d. 19 Jun 1946, Evansville, Ind.; m. Alice May Rohlfer (iii) Kelly C. Jones, b. 28 Aug 1887, Evansville, Ind.; d. 1 Dec 1931, Evansville, Ind.
3. CARRIE C. RUTHERFORD, b. 18 Jun 1870, Ft. Branch; d. 17 Feb 1939, Louisville, Ky.; m. SAMUEL DAVIDSON BOSSING. Samuel d. 2 Jan 1935, he was born in Canada, and was said to have been an ice cream manufacturer. On a 1930 city directory, Carrie was a music teacher, in Louisville, Ky. Children: (i) Ethelyn Bossing, b. 1 Feb 1894, Indiana; d. 27 Dec 1968, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Ernest Edgar Deats (ii) Ruth Alice Bossing, b. 20 Mar 1896, Indiana; d. 17 Apr 1962, Clearwater, Fla.; m. Walter Lee Deats (iii) Eva Mae Bossing, b. 12 Feb 1906, Vanderburgh Co., Ind.; living 1962; m. Leroy S. Wheeler (iv) Samuel D. Bossing, b. 15 Dec 1907, Center, Ind.; d. 29 Sep 1908, Jefferson Co., Ky.
4. FLORENCE E. RUTHERFORD, b. about 1873; d. 1949, Florida; m. JOHN HENRY NIEHAUS. John died in 1923, in Florida. Child: (i) Paul Edwyn Niehaus, b. 9 Mar 1910; d. 6 Oct 1974, Columbus, Ind.; m. (1st) Hilda Meier; m. (2nd) Adelle Manns
5. EVA RUTHERFORD, b. 1 Nov 1874, Ft. Branch, Ind.; d. 24 Nov 1953, Indianapolis, Ind.; unmarried. She was a nurse.
6. SAMUEL REAVIS RUTHERFORD, b. 25 Oct 1876, Indiana; d. 16 Nov 1946, Sullivan Co., Ind.; unmarried. He was a painter, and a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
7. CHILD, order uncertain (not sure by which husband)
8. CHILD, order uncertain (not sure by which husband)
(248) SAMUEL ADAMS REAVIS (Martha Johnston Adams) was born 27 Dec 1841, in Gibson Co., Ind. He died 15 Mar 1921 in Evansville, Ind., and was buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in
1156 She was not the Ida E. Hoard who married Joel Joseph Hobbs, 23 Dec 1884, in Gibson Co. 1157 He may have married, third, Sarah A. ----.
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1158 1159 Princeton, Ind. He married EMMA SKELTON, 9 Aug 1866 in Evansville. She was born 13 Nov 1844 in Gibson Co., Ind., the daughter of Maj. James Skelton and Mary Montgomery. She died 31 Jan 1911 in Evansville, and is also buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Princeton.
Samuel served four years in the Civil War, in the 17th Indiana. He was with Sherman’s army in Georgia.1160 In 1885 he was in a patent business. In 1893 a newspaper ad called him a dealer in Marble and Granite monuments.
Emma died of cancer. According to her obituary, Emma was the mother of nine children, but only one survived her.
Children:
1. FRANK D. REAVIS, b. 12 Mar 1870; d. 3 May 1906, Princeton, Ind.; bur. I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Princeton, Ind.; unmarried. “For some years he had traveled with some of the big circuses of the country as chief canvassman.”1161
2. JOHN HOLLIS REAVIS, b. 15 Mar 1878, Princeton, Ind.; d. 21 Feb 1942, Evansville, Ind.; bur. I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Princeton; m. GRACE MILBURN. He was a railroad conductor. Grace died 31 Dec 1934, in Evansville. Children: (i) Margaret Milburn Reavis, b. 14 Jul 1899, Indiana; d. 23 Jun 1971, Princeton, Ind.; m. Joseph Carl Westfall (ii) Samuel F. Reavis, b. 6 Dec 1901, Indiana; d. 18 May 1940, Evansville, Ind.; unmarried; railroad brakeman
3. FRED G. REAVIS, b. Jul 1880, Indiana; d. 19 Aug 1904, Effingham, Ill.; bur. I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Princeton; unmarried; Spanish-American War veteran; employed as a brakeman on a railroad, he died when he was struck by a train “and was crushed to death.”
4. INFANT, d. 18 Dec 1882
5. CHILD
6. CHILD
7. CHILD
8. CHILD
9. CHILD
1158 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89602219 1159 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 1160 Princeton Clarion-Leader, 2 Jul 1885. 1161 Evansville Courier, 5 May 1906.
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(249) DANIEL REAVIS (Martha Johnston Adams) was born 14 Mar 1845, near Princeton, Gibson 1162 Co., Ind. He died 10 Apr 1917 in East St. Louis, Ill. He married MARGARET FRANCES SEARS, 14 Jul 1868, in Vincennes, Ind. She was born 23 Apr 1849, in Bloomington, Ind., the daughter of Abner Sears and Amanda Mathers. She died 8 Oct 1931, in East St. Louis, and was buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.1163
According to his obituary, he, “at the early age of sixteen years enlisted in the 58th Indiana regiment for the civil war.”1164 After his marriage, he lived in Evansville, Ind., for 35 years, before going to East St. Louis.
Children:
1. LEOTA M. “OTIE” REAVIS, b. 11 Jul 1869, Fort Branch, Ind.; d. 1954; bur. Mt. Hope Cem., Belleville, Ill.; unmarried. She is listed on the 1940 census in East St. Louis, living with sister Caroline Curry and brother Claude. In 1928 she worked in the “New Family Hotel,” East St. Louis, operated by her mother.
2. CLAUDE FRENCH REAVIS, b. 14 Oct 1871, Topeka, Kans.; d. 16 Oct 1944, East St. Louis, Ill.; unmarried. Worked in New Family Hotel in 1928.
3. MARTIN ABNER REAVIS, b. 25 Jan 1874, Evansville, Ind.; d. 1957; m. NAOMI -----, who died in 1959. Child: (i) Martha Leota Reavis, b. about 1908, Missouri; d. 1 Aug 1964, Cook Co., Ill.; m. William T. King, of the Chicago Police Dept.
4. LULA CAROLINE REAVIS, b. 8 Aug 1877, Evansville, Ind.; living 1948, in East St. Louis; m. CLIFFORD TICHNER CURRY; apparently divorced. She was usually known as Caroline. Child: (i) George Milton Curry, b. 1 Sep 1901, Indiana; d. 14 Mar 1970, Alton, Ill.; m. Alma Catherine Hershman
5. WALTER REAVIS, b. 1879; d. 1 Oct 1880; bur. Locust Hill Cem., Evansville, Ind.
6. MARGARET REAVIS, b.27 Apr 1883, Evansville, Ind.; living 1940, in Caseyville, Ill. (widowed); m. WILLIAM J. MOORE. Child: (i) Howard Reavis Moore, b. 13 Feb 1912, Illinois; d. 5 Apr 1989, Orange Co., Calif.; unmarried
1162 Ancestry.com: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. 1163 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150880234 (no gravestone photo). 1164 Princeton Daily Clarion, 12 Apr 1917.
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(250) MARY CAROLINE “CARRIE” REAVIS (Martha Johnston Adams) was born 19 Dec 1847, in Indiana. She died 8 Jul 1932, in Evansville, Ind., and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville. She married GEORGE L. COVEY, 16 Oct 1869, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 19 Jul 1847 in Indiana, the son of William Covey. He died 27 Jun 1925, and was also buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.
George Covey was a member of the police department in Evansville for 35 years, and was three times the chief of police. He began in 1884 as a patrolman.
Child:
1. IRMA NADINE COVEY, b. 25 Aug 1884, Evansville, Ind.; d. 25 Apr 1967; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Evansville; m. CARL CALVIN COWLES. He was a salesman and farmer. Carl died 14 Mar 1969, in Terre Haute, Ind. Children: (i) Carl Covey Cowles, b. 9 Aug 1912, Evansville, Ind.; d. 11 Jul 1994, Kirkwood, Mo.; m. Bessie Irene Lee (ii) George Seymour Cowles, b. 21 Jun 1914, Evansville, Ind.; d. 22 Nov 1947, Evansville, Ind.; m. Charlotte Rose Litsey (iii) Robert Eugene Cowles, b. 10 Sep 1917, Evansville, Ind.; d. 30 Jul 1980, Marietta, Ga.; m. Margaret Elizabeth Kuehn
(252) AMANDA MELVINA “MELLIE” ADAMS (Thomas Neely Adams) was born 7 May 1855 in Indiana. She died 30 Apr 1934 in Gibson Co., Ind., and is buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Princeton, 1165 1166 Ind. She married JONATHAN HARDY MADDEN 26 Apr 1883 in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 13 Apr 1858, in Illinois, the son of Wright Madden. He died 25 Oct 1935, in Princeton, Ind., and is also buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery there.
Children:
1. MARGARET “MAGGIE” MADDEN, b. 18 Mar 1884, Francisco, Ind.; d. 28 Jan 1962, East St. Louis, Ill.; m. OTTO BISMARK WIRTH. In 1940, he was a switchman for a steam railroad. Earlier he was a rural mail carrier. During World War I, when he entered the wireless telegraphy branch of the signal corps, Margaret took his place as mail carrier, delivering the mail by automobile.1167 Otto died in 1965. Children:
1165 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21045298 1166 Ancestry.com: Indiana Select Marriages, 1748-1933. 1167 Evansville Courier, 17 Apr 1918.
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(i) Doyne Madden Wirth, b. 28 Aug 1912, Princeton, Ind.; d. 18 Jan 1989, Sun City, Ariz.; m. Charles Fichter (ii) Caryl Jeanne Wirth, b. 17 Feb 1916, Princeton, Ind.; d. 23 Apr 2000, Tucson, Ariz.; m. James Allen Chamberlin
2. NONA G. MADDEN, b. 10 Aug 1889, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 9 Jan 1925, Asheville, N.C.; bur. I.O.O.F. Cem., Princeton, Ind.; unmarried. In 1920 she was a teacher in Princeton, Ind.
3. NEELY MADDEN, b. 30 Aug 1892, Oatsville, Ind.; d. 17 Jan 1958, Francisco, Ind.; bur. Forsythe Cem., Oakland City, Ind.; m. RUSSELL LOWELL FARMER. Children: (i) Betty Jo Farmer, b. 20 Aug 1920, Princeton, Ind.; d. 20 May 1998, Troy, Ill.; m. Paul C. Frederick (ii) Russell Lowell Farmer Jr., b. 7 May 1925, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 6 Feb 1982, Evansville, Ind.; m. Joyce Ellen Sinkhorn (iii) Living
(253) SAMUEL ROY ADAMS (Thomas Neely Adams) was born 21 Aug 1859 in Fort Branch, Ind. He died 25 May 1945 in Evansville, Ind., and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville.1168 He 1169 married SARAH ADA MONTGOMERY, 24 Jun 1885, in Francisco, Ind. Ada was born 2 Jul 1867 in Cynthiana, Ind., and was the daughter of Dr. David Benson Montgomery and his first wife Margaret Jane Whiting. She died of liver cancer 20 Jun 1923 in Evansville and is also buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Samuel was auditor of Gibson Co. from 1896 to 1904. He was also business manager of the Princeton Clarion newspaper for a time. “For 21 years he was engaged in the road construction business.” From about 1924 to 1933, he was field examiner for the state board of accounts.1170
Child:
1. MARGARET FAYE ADAMS, b. 14 Apr 1887, Indiana; d. 8 Sep 1931, Evansville, Ind.; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Evansville; m. CYRUS MCNUTT WORRALL, 29 Jan 1910. Cyrus was editor of the Weekly Chief newspaper in Hobart, Okla., before returning to Indiana where he was a mechanic. He died 19 Jun 1963, in Ft. Worth, Tex. Children: (i) Cyrus Lee Worrall, b. 28 May 1913, Evansville, Ind.; d. 19 Nov 1995, Mineola, Tex.; m. Viola Margaret Maxwell (ii) Samuel Adams Worrall, b. 19 Sep 1915, Princeton, Ind.; d. 3 Mar 2005, St. Louis, Mo; m. Mary Catherine Anderson
1168 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119847433 1169 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 1170 Princeton Daily Clarion, 22 Jun 1933.
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(256) VANDERVER “VAN” C. ADAMS (Thomas Neely Adams) was born 9 Apr 1868 in Fort Branch, Ind. He died 19 Dec 1949 in Princeton, Ind., and was buried in the Maple Hill Cemetery, 1171 1172 Princeton. He married OTIE ESTELLA HUSSEY, 6 Jun 1894, in Gibson Co., Ind. She was born 28 Feb 1872, in Francisco, Ind., the daughter of Robert Dale Hussey1173 and Eliza Jane McClellan. Her father died when she was about 5 years old, and her mother remarried. Otie died 12 Aug 1947, in Princeton, and is also buried in the Maple Hill Cemetery.
Van was a railroad engineer, for the Southern Railroad.1174 Otie had taught school at Francisco for a number of years.1175
Children:
1. ROBERT HUSSEY ADAMS, b. 24 Jul 1895, Oakland City, Ind.; d. 8 Jun 1969, Waverly, Oh.; bur. Maple Hill Cem., Princeton, Ind.; m. IRMA HAHN. He was a distributing clerk. Irma died 20 Feb 1979, in Waverly. Children: (i) Elizabeth Jane Adams, b. about 1923, Ohio; d. 30 Oct 2014, Buford, Ga.; m. Robert Kimball (ii) Living
2. THOMAS NEELY ADAMS, b. 31 Jul 1897, Oakland City, Ind.; d. 9 Feb 1961, Princeton, Ind.; st nd m. (1 ) RUTH ----; m. (2 ) RUBY FRITZ; no children by either marriage. He was a veteran of World War I, and was a clerk with Southern Railway.
3. ALENE ELOISE ADAMS, b. 30 Oct 1907, Princeton, Ind.; d. 24 Nov 1992, Princeton, Ind.; bur. Maple Hill Cem., Princeton; unmarried. Eloise was a teacher.
(257) BERTHA L. ADAMS (Thomas Neely Adams) was born 2 Jul 1871, in Fort Branch, Ind. She 1176 died 11 Jan 1950, in Princeton, Ind. She married ROBERT JAMES PATTERSON, 21 Aug 1894, in 1177 Lawrence Co., Ind. He was born 27 Jun 1868, in Princeton, the son of James Patterson and
1171 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34656623 1172 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1173 A Civil War Veteran, Robert died 3 May1877, at age 28. 1174 Princeton Daily Clarion, 20 Dec 1949. 1175 Evansville Courier, 13 Aug 1947. 1176 Ancestry.com: Indiana Death Certificate of Bertha (Adams) Patterson. 1177 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001.
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Sophronia Kirkman. He died of liver cancer, 12 May 1940, in Evansville, Ind., just two weeks after the death of his daughter. He had been ill 5 weeks. He was a railroad conductor.1178
Child:
1. DOROTHEA PATTERSON, b. 21 Jul 1900, Terre Haute, Ind.; d. 30 Apr 1940, Evansville, Ind.; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Evansville; unmarried. She died of cancer.
(259) SAMUEL MARSHALL SPEER (Elizabeth Jane Adams) was born 31 Jan 1847 in Owensville, Ind. He died 18 Nov 1923 in Kansas City, Mo., and was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, 1179 Mo. He married JENNIE BELL HOPKINS, in about 1877. She was born 5 Oct 1850 in Ohio. She died 22 Feb 1931, in Hollywood, Calif. She was also buried in Maple Park Cemetery.
S. M. Speer, as he was known, was a railway conductor. He lived in Springfield, Mo. He died of sclerosis of the liver.
Children:
1. MARGARET “MAGGIE” MAE SPEER, b. 13 Aug 1880, Kansas; d. 15 Jun 1967, El Paso, Tex.; bur. Evergreen Cem., El Paso, Tex.; m. ROY WELLS MARTIN. Roy was a farmer. He died 30 Jun 1961, in El Paso. No children.
2. MARY JOSEPHINE “BEULAH” SPEER, b. 30 May 1884, Missouri; d. 30 Dec 1948, El Paso, Tex.; bur. Evergreen Cem., El Paso, Tex.; m. JAMES WILLIAM FITZGERALD. James was a policeman. He died 4 Oct 1950, in El Faro, Tex. Children: (i) Mary Geraldine Fitzgerald, b. Jun 1909, Missouri; d. 10 May 1969, El Paso, Tex.; m. Fred Fineron. (ii) Mercy Margaret Fitzgerald, b. 25 Nov 1910, Missouri; d. 6 May 1987, El Paso, Tex.; m. John Thomas O’Rourke (iii) Elizabeth Rose Fitzgerald, b. 9 Dec 1915, Kansas City,Kans.; d. 17 Apr 2001, Dallas, Tex.; m. James Robert Naismith (iv) Josephine Regina Fitgerald, b. 28 Mar 1917, Kansas; d. 17 Aug 1977, Odessa, Tex.; m. Franklin Busenbark Young (v) Patricia Ann Fitgerald, b. 8 Mar 1919, Kansas; d. 4 Mar 1984, Odessa, Tex.; m. (1st) Richard Prentice; divorced; m. (2nd) George Wever
3. MAUDE EDRIS SPEER, b. 13 Oct 1886, Missouri; d. 14 Mar 1943, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. EVERETT NEAL WOODS. Everett was a real estate broker in 1930. He died Jun 1970, in St. Louis, Mo.
1178 Evansville Courier, 14 May 1940. 1179 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49938907
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Child: (i) Virginia Neal Woods, b. 11 Sep 1911, Kansas City, Mo.; d. 6 Jul 1971, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. Robert Chester North; divorced
(261) JACOB “JAKE” SCHUYLER SPEER (Elizabeth Jane Adams) was born 18 Nov 1853 in Princeton, Ind.1180 He died Nov 1931. He married 1181 ANNA E. VANVACTOR 24 Jan 1894, in Monett, Mo. She was born 15 Oct 1865, in Indiana. She died 10 Jan 1914, in Springfield, Mo. There were no known children. Like his brother, he was a railroad conductor. In his mother’s obituary he is called, the “well-known and popular conductor on the Frisco (route).”
In a passport application dated Nov 1920, however, he calls himself a real estate broker. The application states he planned to visit Cuba, Panama, and Guatemala, as a tourist.
(266) ETTA J. HIGGINBOTHAM (Nancy Ann Adams) was born in Nov 1862. She died 18 Feb 1926, 1182 in Los Angeles Co., Calif. She married CHARLES WILLIAM COVEY, 25 Jan 1883, in Gibson Co., Ind.1183 He was born 16 Oct 1861, the son of William Covey and Harriet McCutchan. He died 2 Feb 1954, in Riverside Co., Calif.1184
On the 1910 census Charles is listed as a butcher, living in Los Angeles, Calif. In 1900 he was a meat dealer in Patoka, Gibson Co., Ind.
Children:
1. EDNA PEARL COVEY, b. 20 Sep 1885, Indiana; d. 24 May 1956, Butte Co., Calif.; m. EVERETT EDWARD MASTERS. Everett died 12 Feb 1971, in Paradise, Calif. Child: (i) Lorraine Eloise Masters, b. 13 Dec 1912, Los Angeles, Calif.; d. 11 Feb 1985, Paradise, Calif.; m. (1st) Richard Barton McComb; m. (2nd) Millard Bagley
2. HAROLD SAMUEL COVEY, b. 29 May 1891, Indiana; d. 17 Feb 1977, Fullerton, Calif.; m. (1s) nd RUTH MILDRED HARDIN; m. (2 ) LOUISE -----. Harold was manager of a meat market in 1940. Children:
1180 Ancestry.com: US Passport Applications. 1181 Ancestry.com: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, with original image. 1182 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1905-1939. 1183 Ancestry.com: Indiana Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993. 1184 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1940-1997.
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(i) Harold Hardin Covey, b. 24 Jan 1917, Orange Co., Calif.; d. 22 Jan 2010, Yorba Linda, Calif. (ii) Thomas Andrews Covey, b. 4 Feb 1919, Orange Co., Calif.; d. 9 Nov 1966, Yorba Linda, Calif. (iii) Mildred Ruth “Bunny” Covey, b. 12 Apr 1925, Orange Co., Calif.; d. 1 Jun 2010, Fullerton, Calif.; m. William D. McGranahan (iv) Dale Curtis Covey, b. 15 May 1928, Anaheim, Calif.; d. 24 Oct 2008, Hemet, Calif.; m. (1st) Marjorie Lee Dickerson; m. (2nd) Phyllis (Earp) Horneyx. He served in World War II. He worked as an agronomist and later an educator.
3. NELLIE OPAL COVEY, b. 29 Oct 1892, Indiana; d. 20 May 1984, Sonoma Co., Calif.; m. WALTER ERNEST PAUL. Walter died 7 Sep 1960 in Paradise, Calif. He worked in the traffic dept. of Union Oil Co. Children: (i) Walter Girard Paul, b. 3 Sep 1913, Los Angeles, Calif.; d. 12 Jul 1979, Sonoma Co., Calif. (ii) Living
4. CHILD, probably died as infant
(269) MARGARET “MAGGIE” J. LUCAS (Hester Ann Adams) was born 18 Jul 1851, in Gibson Co, Ind. She died 30 Dec 1939, in Owensville, Ind. She is buried in the Benson Cemetery. She married, first, JOHN W. WOODS, 29 Sep 1868, in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 10 May 1843, and died 28 May 1871. He is buried in Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, Ind. She married, second, 1185 BARTLETT S. PEGRAM, 14 Oct 1876, in Gibson Co. He was born 18 Mar 1854, the son of Jessie Franklin Pegram and Martha Harris. He died 13 Mar 1879. He was buried in Emerson Hill 1186 Cemetery, Gibson Co., Ind. She married, third, ANDREW J. SIMPSON, 3 Nov 1889, in Gibson co. He died of stomach cancer 4 Sep 1893, near Princeton, Ind. He served in the 42nd Indiana Infantry during the Civil War.1187
She died from injuries received from a fall, about three weeks prior to her death.1188
Child, by second marriage:
1. EFFIE AGNES PEGRAM, b. 8 Aug 1878, Owensville, Ind.; d. 6 Feb 1969, Vincennes, Ind.; m. JOSEPH LOGAN EMERSON. Joseph was a farmer. He died 5 Oct 1962, in Mt. Carmel, Ill. Children:
1185 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 1186 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35244220 1187 Princeton Clarion Leader, 14 Sep 1893. 1188 Princeton Daily Clarion, 1 Jan 1940.
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(i) Herman Lyndle Emerson, b. 23 Apr 1898, Indiana; d. 16 Oct 1970, Princeton, Ind.; m. Lora Wade. He was a farmer. (ii) Hildred Florence Emerson, b. 4 May 1901, Owensville, Ind.; d. 12 Jan 1969; m. Thomas Hale Wick (iii) Hugh Pegram Emerson, b. 4 Oct 1907, Owensville, Ind.; d. 31 Jul 1908, Montgomery Twp., Ind.; of whooping cough (iv) Eugene Clayton Emerson, b. 13 Dec 1910, Owensville, Ind.; d. 2 Jan 1989, Owensville, Ind.; m. Angie Alma Vaughn. He was a sign painter.
(270) MCGRADY LUCAS (Hester Ann Adams) was born 31 Aug 1853, in Gibson Co., Ind. He died 15 Jun 1920, in Skelton, Ind., and is buried in the Maumee Cemetery, Gibson Co.1189 He married NANCY JANE WHITE, in about 1881. She was born 18 Apr 1860, and was the daughter of Gifford White and Martha Smith. She died 21 Jan 1923, in Montgomery Township, Gibson Co., Ind., and is also buried in Maumee Cemetery.
McGrady was a farmer. He died of cancer.
Children:
1. MAUD S. LUCAS, b. 25 May 1881, Indiana; d. 14 Dec 1967, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; bur. Benson Cem., Owensville, Ind.; m. DINK J. FLOWERS, who died 30 Apr 1954, in Princeton, Ind.. Dink was a farmer. No children.
2. CLAUDE OTTO LUCAS, b. 25 May 1885, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 26 Oct 1918, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; bur. Sand Hill Cem., Mt. Carmel.; m. MAUDE MYERS. Claude was a laborer with a milling company. Maude married, 2nd, William Ravalette. Children: (i) Infant, died young (ii) Mildred Elizabeth Lucas, b. 7 May 1907, Princeton, Ind.; d. 4 Jun 1996, Bedford, Ind.; m. George Franklin Wittenmyer (iii) Erma E. Lucas, b. 25 Nov 1908, Indiana; m. Arthur H. Philips; living in Los Altos, Calif., in 1996; possibly the Erma E. Phillips who d. 15 Jan 2006 in Solano Beach, Calif.
3. EDITH B. LUCAS, b. Nov 1886, Indiana; d. Jan 1963, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; bur. Benson Cem., st nd Owensville, Ind.; m. (1 ) TAYLOR E. INGRAM; divorced in about 1920; m. (2 ) DR. JESSE D. EMERSON. Jesse was a dentist. He died 19 Feb 1955, in Owensville, Ind. No children.
4. LEVI GIFFORD LUCAS, b. 11 Dec 1887, Princeton, Ind.; d. 21 Aug 1959, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; bur. 1190 1191 Benson Cem., m. MAE B. -----. He was a “retired railroader.”
1189 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67329351 (no gravestone photo). 1190 Mae is found on a 1925 city directory as wife of Levi G. Lucas, but perhaps the marriage didn’t last long. 1191 Princeton Daily Clarion, 24 Aug 1959.
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5. GERTRUDE LUCAS, b. 5 May 1890, Indiana; d. 9 Mar 1988, Decatur, Ill.; bur. Benson Cem.; unmarried. She was a teacher.
6. FERN FANCHEN LUCAS, b. 4 Aug 1895, Owensville, Ind.; d. 3 Oct 1989, Princeton, Ind.; m. CLYDE CLARENCE DYKE. Cyyde was a farmer. He died 3 Jun 1990 in Princeton, Ind. Children: (i) Living (ii) Lois Pauline Dyke, b. 5 Oct 1920, Montgomery, Ind.; d. 3 Apr 25 Sep 2008, Hamilton, Oh.; m. Bernard A. Washburn
7. BEATRICE MARIE LUCAS, b. 5 Jan 1898, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. Mar 1982, Decatur, Ill.; bur. Benson Cem.; m. JOHN WESLEY “WES” STEWART. She was a registered nurse. Wes was head of a high school English Department. He died 23 Jan 1966, in Mt. Carmel, Ill. Children: (i) Norman Lee Stewart, b. 19 Jun 1926, Princeton, Ind.; d. 15 Mar 2013, Decatur, Ill.; m. Norma Ingersoll. He was a Marine Corps and Navy vet, and taught English. (ii) Billie Jeanne Stewart, b. 26 Mar 1928, Princeton, Ind.; d. 3 Apr 2011, Evansville, Ind.; unmarried (iii) Living
(273) VIRGIL HOMER LOCKWOOD (Juliet Neely Adams) was born 6 May 1860, in Ft. Branch, Ind.1192 He died 2 May 1932 in Beverly Hills, Calif., and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, 1193 Ind. He married, first, BERTHA M. GREENE, 2 Jul 1889, in Marion Co., Ind. She was born 28 Jul 1863, and was the daughter of Charles P. Greene and Nancy Hunter. She died 5 Jul 1914, in Indianapolis. He married, second, LETITA (BOOTH) LATHAM, widow of Charles Latham. She was born 26 Feb 1871 in Columbus, Oh., and died 12 Jul 1936, in Indianapolis.
Virgil attended Asbury College (now DePauw University) for one year, and entered the University of Virginia, where he received a law degree. He was a prominent lawyer in Indianapolis, specializing in patent and corporation law. Earlier he had practiced law in Detroit, Mich.
His first wife Bertha had a special interest in Japanese art. She was also concerned with child labor and women’s employment, and helped contribute to better child labor laws in Indiana.
1192 Ancestry.com: US Passport application, passport dated 1900, sailing from Hoboken, N.J. destination not given. 1193 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41730859/virgil-homer-lockwood
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She was also secretary of the Indiana Children’s Bureau. She was appointed by Gov. Ralston as a member of the Indiana Commission on Working Women.
Virgil’s second wife Letitia was a director of the Home for Aged Women.
Children, by his first wife Bertha:
1. RALPH GREENE LOCKWOOD, b. 24 Jun 1890, Detroit, Mich.; d. 9 Feb 1957, Indianapolis, Ind.; bur. Crown Hill Cem., Indianapolis; m. HELEN HARRIS BINGHAM. He was a lawyer. Helen died 5 Apr 1990, in Indianapolis. Children: (i) Nancy Bingham Lockwood, b. 5 Mar 1922, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 5 Oct 1994, Lake Forest, Ill.; m. John Spalding. Nancy graduated from Bennet College in New York. She was a teacher. (ii) Margaret Bingham Lockwood, b. 20 Aug 1923, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 23 Apr 1995, Lake Forest, Ill.; m. Otto Albert Pawlick (iii) Nina Harris Lockwood, b. 24 May 1926, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 1 Feb 2014, Vero Beach, Fla.; m. Thomas Treat Solley. Nina graduated from Smith College and owned the Winthrop Gallery in Vero Beach.
2. RUTH GREENE LOCKWOOD, b. 7 Mar 1894, Marion Co., Ind.; d. Sep 1972, Lake Co., Ill.; m. WALTER MURRAY BEILING. In 1940, Walter was director of a movie studio in Palos Verde, Calif. In 1910 he was secretary of the Motor Boat Club of America. In 1925 he was sales manager for the Lexington Motor Car Company. He jointly held an amateur cross country driving record. Ruth attended Vassar University. He died 9 Apr 1944, in Los Angeles Co., Calif. Children: (i) Mary Lockwood Beiling, b. 9 Sep 1923, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 26 Nov 1985, Santa Clara Co., Calif.; m. Eldon Lorin Ford (ii) Ruth Lockwood Beiling, b. 11 Feb 1927, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 25 Sep 1985, Sacramento Co., Calif.; m. John A. Berry
3. GRACE GREENE LOCKWOOD, b. 5 Jun 1901, Indiana; d. Oct 1983, Lake Bluff, Ill.; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Skokie, Ill.; m. CARL FREDERICK KUENLE JR. Carl was president of the West Baden National Bank, and previously, the Central National Bank in Chicago. He died 30 Jul 1958, in West Baden Springs, Ind. Children: (i) Carolyn Lockwood Kuehnle, b. 14 Mar 1926, Illinois; d. 17 Nov 2006, Lake Bluff, Ill.; m. (her second cousin) Philip Whitehead Goetz (ii) Living (iii) Living
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(274) ELMER ELSWAR LOCKWOOD (Juliet Neely Adams) was born Jun 1861 in Ft. Branch, Ind. He died 12 Oct 1833 in Poseyville, Ind.,1194 and was buried in Poseyville Cemetery.1195 He married 1196 MARY (“MOLLY”) WATERS 18 Sep 1889, in Posey Co., Ind. She was born 22 Mar 1860 in Poseyville. She died 9 Aug 1929 in Poseyville, and was buried in Poseyville Cemetery.
According to an obituary, he had been a resident of Poseyville for 50 years. “After a number of years in the mercantile business, about 20 years ago he turned to farming. He at one time served as internal revenue collector for Southern Indiana and was a director of the Bozeman- Waters Bank here.”1197
Children:
1. WINIFRED ADAMS LOCKWOOD, b. 5 Dec 1895, Poseyville, Ind.; d. 7 May 1973; bur. Poseyville Cem.; m. EDWIN ALOYSIUS MEINERDING. Edwin died 13 Jan 1971, in Evansville, Ind. Children: (i) Mary Helen Meinerding, b. 2 Dec 1920, Petersburg, Ind.; d. 26 Sep 1978, Pontiac, Mich.; m. Arnold Keith Jerome. Arnold served in World War II and was vice- president of Jerome Motors in 1952. (ii) William Lockwood Meinerding, b. 19 Apr 1926, Poseyville, Ind.; d. 4 Nov 1955, Evansville, Ind.; m. Barbara Bradshaw. He was a graduate of DePauw Univ., and taught biology at St. Lawrence Univ., and Purdue Univ.
2. HELEN WATERS LOCKWOOD, b. 21 May 1904, Indiana; d. 28 May 1931, Poseyville, Ind.; bur. Poseyville Cem.; unmarried.
1198 (275) FRANCIS MARION LOCKWOOD (Juliet Neely Adams) was born 21 Jul 1865 in Indiana. In 1199 1899, he is called a “well known insurance man” of Princeton. He married, first, FLORENCE 1200 DAVIDSON, 29 Aug 1894, in Gibson Co., Ind. She was born 25 Dec 1866, in Indiana, and died 4 Jan 1947, in San Francisco, Calif.1201 He was divorced 18 Aug 1917 in Denver, Colo. He married, 1202 second, ROSAMOND J. BULKLEY, 20 Sep 1917, in Englewood, Colo.
1194 Ancestry.com: Indiana Death Certificate of Elmer E. Lockwood. 1195 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67329351 1196 Ancestry.com: Indiana Select Marriages, 1780-1992. 1197 Evansville Courier, 12 Oct 1833. 1198 Birth date and middle name from Robert Lockwood and Descendants. 1199 Princeton Daily Clarion, 30 Mar 1899. 1200 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1201 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1202 Ancestry.com: Colorado County Marriages and State Indexes, 1862-2006.
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Francis, or Frank, moved to Denver, Colo., soon after 1900. He and his second wife Rosamond were still living in Denver, Colorado in 1933,1203 but their date of their deaths have not been found.
Child, by his first wife Florence:
1. LEON DAVIDSON LOCKWOOD, b. 22 Feb 1896, Atlanta, Ga.; d. 6 Apr 1960, San Joaquin Co., Calif.; m. WILMA JOAN WHITMAN; divorced; one child (possibly living). Leon was an architect. After his parent’s divorce he lived with his mother in California; then joined the military.
(276) LOUISA MARIA LOCKWOOD (Juliet Neely Adams) was born 14 Apr 1868 in Ft. Branch, Ind. She died in Jan 1951 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,1204 and is buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Ft. 1205 1206 Branch. She married WILLIAM DAVIDSON WHITEHEAD, 20 Jul 1892 in Gibson Co., Ind. He was born 29 Mar 1869 in Indiana, and died 25 Apr 1950 in Lancaster, Calif. He was buried in Lancaster Cemetery.1207
Louisa and William lived in San Francisco, where William was a teamster. Louisa’s marriage ended in divorce, as by 1930 William had remarried Katherine Ada (Murphy) Jones. At that time William was a driller in oil fields in Huntington Park, Calif.
Children:
1. DR. ROY ELMER WHITEHEAD, b. 13 May 1893, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 12 Jan 1967, Salt Lake City, Utah; m. HELEN NASLT. He was chief of the medical section of the Bureau of Air Commerce. He was interested in medical issues involving aviation. He wrote articles for the National Aeronautic Magazine. No known children.
2. IRMA GERTRUDE WHITEHEAD, b. 7 Jan 1895, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 25 st nd Nov 1989; m. (1 ) JAMES RUSSELL GOETZ; divorced; m. (2 ) HENRY KIMBALL URION. James Goetz died 3 May 1965, in Birmingham, Ala. He was a structural engineer for an architectural firm, and was responsible for the design of buildings. Her second husband Henry Urion was a corporation lawyer. He had served as special assistant to the Secretary of War from 1919 to 1921. He died 15 Nov 1962 in Harrison, N.Y. Children:
1203 According to a Denver city directory. Their address was 3000 S. Sherman and his occupation is listed as “adv.” 1204 Ancestry.com: New York Death Index, 1880-1956. 1205 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84320101/louise-whitehead (no gravestone photo). 1206 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1207 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12444268
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(i) James Russell Goetz, b. 6 Jul 1915, Center, Ind.; d. 22 Jun 1946, New York, N.Y (ii) Dorothy Eloise Goetz, b. 16 Apr 1917, Pittsburgh, Penn.; d. 27 Mar 2006, Cook Co., Ill.; m. John Edward Struggles (iii) Philip Whitehead Goetz, b.25 Jul 1927; d. 1 Oct 2008, Inverness, Calif.; m. (his 2nd cousin) Carolyn Lockwood Kuehnle. He was editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia Britannica.
(277) WILLIAM ERNEST LOCKWOOD (Juliet Neely Adams) was born 25 Mar 1870, in Fort Branch, Ind. He died 14 Nov 1941, in Poseyville, Ind., and is buried in the Poseyville Cemetery.1208 He 1209 married BLANCHE LEWIS, 21 Feb 1906, in Vanderburgh Co., Ind. She was born 24 Sep 1881, in Poseyville. She died 11 Jun 1960, in Poseyville,1210 and is also buried in the Poseyville Cemetery.
At age 22, he and his brother Elmer went into business in Evansville, Ind., as the Lockwood Brothers. In about 1905 he bought out us brother and continued in business the remainder of his life, as a dry goods merchant.1211
Children:
1. MARCIA ADAMS LOCKWOOD, b. 22 Dec 1906, Indiana; d. 7 Nov 1972, Poseyville, Ind.; st nd m. (1 ) D. JASPER BUSH; divorced; m. (2 ) CHARLES JOHN HEMPFLING. Charles was manager of a market in Poseyville in 1940. He died 12 Nov 1956, in Dade Co., Fla. Child: (i) Charles Lockwood Hempfling, b. 15 Jun 1934, Poseyville, Ind.; d. 22 Jun 2015, Evansville, Ind.; m. Maxine Faye Williams
2. ROBERT WILLIAM LOCKWOOD, b. 13 May 1908, Poseyville, Ind.; d. 27 Nov 1969, Evansville, Ind.; bur. Poseyville Cem.; unmarried. Lived with parents in 1940; worked in father’s store; according to his death certificate he was divorced; he served two years in the Pacific Theater during World War II1212
(280) ELIZABETH DOUGLAS “BESSIE” JOHNSON (Gov. John Neely Johnson) was born 17 Dec 1856, in 1213 Sacramento, Calif. She died 9 Jun 1907, in San Francisco, Calif. She married GUY HUNT 1214 THORPE 14 Nov 1872, in Carson City, Nev. He was born 15 Dec 1847, in Louisville, Ky., the
1208 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100559968 1209 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941. 1210 Ancestry.com: Indiana Death Certificate of Blanche (Lewis) Lockwood. 1211 Evansville Courier, 15 Nov 1941. 1212 War service noted in Evansville Press, 14 Nov 1947. 1213 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1905-1939. Also, a brief death notice in the San Francisco Call. 1214 Ancestry.com: Carson City, Nevada, Marriage Index, 1855-1985.
241 son of Thomas James Tharp and Sarah Anne Roane.1215 He died 17 Jan 1907, in San Francisco.1216
Guy came from Tennessee to Carson City, Nev., by 1870, when he was a bookkeeper there. He presumably soon moved to San Francisco, Calif., as he appears in the San Francisco city directory for the same year.1217
“In the early years of her married life Bessie suffered four miscarriages, and when her fifth pregnancy became apparent the Thorpes went to Chicago to place her under the care of a renowned specialist there.” Thus her only child Marie was born in Chicago.1218
Guy was “well known on the waterfront,” and “had been employed for nearly thirty years by different shippers.”1219 Guy was a shipping clerk. He worked for W. R. Grace & Co. steampship line, by 1893. Bessie died less than six months later.
Child:
1. MARIE SYLVESTER THORPE, b. 28 Mar 1881, Chicago, Ill.; d. 21 Mar 1945, Atwater, Calif.; m. HAROLD BAKER HOLMAN, who d. 17 Jul 1963, Merced Co., Calif. He had an automobile agency in San Francisco, and then was employed by Schwabacher, Frey. After the 1906 earthquake his business went bankrupt. He later owned a ranch near Atwater.1220 Children: (i) Harold Baker Holman Jr., b. 6 Nov 1908, Kern Co., Calif.; d. 18 Jan 2000, Atwater, Calif.; m. Katherine J. Powers (ii) Robert Albert Holman, b. 4 Feb 2011, Hughson, Calif. ; d. 26 Jun 2002, Merced, Calif.; m. Geneveive Stephenson. He was a Navy World War II veteran and a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack. After his service in the Navy he worked at Castle Air Force base.
(284) LUCY (LOUISE) A. (“LOU”) ADKINSON (Mary A. Johnson) was born in about 1858 in Yuba Co., California. She died 6 Mar 1935, in Los Angeles, Calif. She is buried in Hollywood Forever 1221 1222 Cemetery. She married ROSWELL GAY EMMONS, 21 Apr 1904, in San Rafael, Calif. He was
1215 Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharpe Family (1996?). Sarah Roane is said to have been a great-granddagnhter of Patrick Henry. 1216 San Francisco Call, 18 Jan 1907. 1217 The Tharpe Family. 1218 Ibid. 1219 San Francisco Call, 18 Jan 1907. 1220 The Tharpe Family. 1221 A findagrave web page incorrectly states that she was born in Germany. No gravestone photograph is shown.
242 born in about 1871 in Kansas, the son of Erastus N. Emmons. He died 22 Nov 1919 in Los Angeles.1223
As a young woman, she was an accomplished artist. When she was 12 she attended Young Ladies Seminary in Benica, Calif. Probably with the help of her husband, who was a “photographer for motion pictures,” she acted in her first motion picture in 1914. Her last film was Mark of the Vampire, in 1935. She suffered from hypothyroidism. For a biography see: http://allanellenberger.com/louise-emmons- unique-mysterious-and-unforgettable/
Her husband Roswell’s obituary states: “While waiting for his wife to complete a scene in a moving picture, Roswell G. Emmons, a film actor, dropped dead yesterday afternoon at the Metro Film Company studio. Mr. Emmons was 50 years old and had played ‘heavy’ character parts in many film productions.”1224
Child:
1. MARION PAUL EMMONS, b. about 1906 (possibly adopted); mentioned in the obituary of his father; living in 1924 at 2130 ½ Elsinore St., Los Angeles, with his mother. Called an electrician in city directory.1225
1226 (288) HARRIET CARRIE WHITING (Ann Louisa Neely) was born in Jan 1856 in Indiana. She 1227 married DR. HENRY CLAY MCCLOUD, 3 Oct 1877, in Coahoma Co., Miss. He was born 8 Jan 1840, in Friar’s Point, Coahoma Co., Miss., the son of Solomon McCloud.1228 He died 17 May 1907, in Friar’s Point.
1222 Press Democrat 29 Apr 1904. “A quiet wedding took place In the Methodist Church In San Rafael on Thursday, April 21st, when Roswell G. Emmons, son of E. N. and S. C. Emmons, formerly of Petaluma, now of San Francisco, was united in marriage to Miss Louise Adkinson of San Rafael. The ceremony was a quiet affair. After the vows had been exchanged the couple left for San Francisco, -where they remained a couple of days and Sunday left for Los Angeles, where they will make their home…” 1223 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1905-1939. 1224 Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov 1919. 1225 Ancestry.com: 1924 Los Angeles city directory. 1226 1900 census. 1227 Ancestry.com: Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935. 1228 Obituary from Friar’s Point newspaper, uploaded to Ancestry.com.
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Henry had first married Clara Hargaves,1229 and 1880 he had an 11 year old son, James C. McCloud, by that marriage. On the 1880 census he is listed as a farmer.
Carrie McCloud wrote poetry, many examples of which have been uploaded to Ancestry.com.
An obituary of Henry McCloud states that “He enlisted with the Coahoma Invincibles in May 1861, and served through the entire Civil War in the Army of Virginia. He was a member of Shand’s Regiment and was with Pickett’s Division in the memorable charge at Gettysburg. After the war he took up the practice of medicine and followed it successfully until 1880, when he retired to follow the more pleasant and less arduous vocation of a planter.” “…For many years Dr. McCloud has been a consistent and devout disciple of the Christian Church and he always carried his religion into his daily life, none being more charitable, kind and sympathetic, upright, honest and trustworthy. He was interred in Town Cemetery with the beautiful Masonic ceremony and the last sad rights were attended by many sorrowful friends.”1230
Carrie’s date of death has not been found, but she survived her husband and was living as late as 1922.1231
Children:
1. ELEANOR (“NELLIE”) MCCLOUD, b. 19 Mar 1887, Friar’s Point, Miss.; d. 30 Nov 1950, Kern 1232 st nd Co., Calif.; bur. Union Cem., Bakersfield, Calif.; m. (1 ) EDWARD HARRISON; m. (2 ) WILLIAM LEE COLEMAN. No known children.
2. ROY WHITING MCCLOUD, b. 2 Feb 1889, Friar’s Point, Miss.; d. 17 May 1956, Stockbridge, Mich.; m. ALMA ESTHER ANDERSON. He was a rural mail carrier. Alma died in 1960. Children: (i) Roy W. McCloud Jr., b. about 1923, Michigan; d. before 2017 (ii) Living (iii) Henry C. McCloud, b. 3 May 1927, Stockbridge, Mich.; d. 26 Aug 2017, Lansing, Mich. (iv) Living
1229 Ibid. 1230 Ibid. 1231 Information from Chris Howlett, based on a letter from Carrie. 1232 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124644856
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(v) Eleanor Evenda “Ellie” McCloud, b. 22 Aug 1933, Michigan; d. 11 Mar 2018, Lansing, Mich.; m (1st) Jack Leroy Bartlett; m. (2nd) Lee Spitzbergen (vi) James Temple McCloud, b. 27 Jun 1936, Stockbridge, Mich.; d. 31 Jan 1995, Grand Rapids, Mich.; m. Donna Jean -----
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(290) JOSEPH W. NEELY (John Marshall Neely) was born 7 Apr 1868 in Gibson Co., Ind. He died in Aug 1929 in Powell, Park Co., Wyo. He was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Powell.1233
1234 Joe married MARTHA BELLE MUNFORD 21 Aug 1896 in Springfield, Nebr. Martha, or “Mattie,” was born 11 Dec 1875 in Plattsmouth, Nebr.1235 She was the daughter of John and Mary Munford. She died in Oct 1917 in Powell, Wyo. She was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Powell, sharing a gravestone with her husband.
The family lived in Plattsmouth, Nebr., in 1900. By 1910 they lived in Sheridan, Wyo., where Joe is listed as an agent for a railroad. They had apparently moved to Wyoming recently their three children who were born by then were all born in Nebraska. On the 1920 census the family is listed in Big Horn, Wyo.
In August 1917 it is reported that J. W. Neely, agent, had attempted to stop a runaway train: “J. W. Neely, agent, had seen the runaway train before it reached the station. He ran up the track, thinking to swing onto it and clamp unto the brakes, but missed his footing as the car swept by.” Luckily, others were able to stop the train.1236
Children:
1. DOROTHY NEELY, b. 12 May 1898, Portsmouth, Nebr.; d. 29 Nov 1989, Toledo, Oh.; m. DR. CHARLES LINDSAY. Charles died 11 Aug 1931 in Byron, Wyo., when he drowned in the 1237 Shoshone River. “He specialized in the study of history, and some two years ago was
1233 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98988668 His gravestone says 1867-1929, no exact dates are given. 1234 Ancestry.com: Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908 1235 I am not sure the source of her birth date and place, as her gravestone only gives the year 1875. 12361236 Powell Leader, 9 Aug 1917, available on http://newspapers.wyo.gov/ Unfortunately I can’t find an obituary on his website. 1237 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31626737 which contains a detailed biography.
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preparing a historical sketch of the Big Horn basin as a thesis for a master's degree.” One living child.
2. KATHRYN R. NEELY, b. 17 Jul 1903, Lincoln, Nebr.; d. 13 Jan 1977, Id.; m. GILBERT WEBSTER SCOTT. Gilbert died 31 Jan 1962. On the 1940 census he was listed as an army officer, living in Moscow, Ida. One living child.
3. MARIAN NEELY, b. about 1908, Nebr.; living 1930 when she was in Deaconess Hospital, Billings, Mont.
4. JOSEPH NEELY, b. 3 Sep 1910, Lovell, Wyo.; d. 22 Nov 1987, San Diego, Calif.; m. ESTHER JANE SIMPKINS. Joseph earned a M.A. degree in Geology from the University of Wyoming in 1934. He taught Geology there from 1936-37. He then took a job with the Magnolia Petroleum Co. in Oklahoma, and later moved to Jackson, Miss. He was a first lieutenant during World War II, and attended the Air Officers Intelligence School. He assisted in preparing aeronautical charts. After the war he lived at various times in Mt. Vernon, Ill., Tyler, Tex., and moved to Los Angeles, in 1961. Esther was a writer of short stories. She died three days after Joseph. No children.
5. RALPH NEELY, b. about 1911, in Wyo.; not listed on 1920 census.
(291) DR. JOHN MARSHALL NEELY JR. (John Marshall Neely) was born 28 Jan 1870 in Owensville, Ind. He died 24 Oct 1944 in Lincoln, Nebr., and is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Elmwood, Nebr.1238
John married EDNA PEARL PERRY, 10 Dec 1902 in Ashland, Nebr. Edna was born 10 Nov 1882 in Ossian, Winneshiek Co., Ia. She was the daughter of Abel M. Perry and Alice Wilkins. She died 9 May 1957 in Olmstead Co., Minn.1239 She is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Elmwood.1240
“Dr. Neely…was a student at Wentfield College in Illinois and the National Normal University at Lebanon, Oh. He was awarded the M. D. degree at the Kentucky School of 1241 Medicine in 1896.
1238 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60351084/john-marshall-neely 1239 Ancestry.com: Minnesota Death Index 1240 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60351107 1241 http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Nebraskana/pages/nbka0202.htm
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After graduation from medical college he practiced at Alvo, Nebr., for one year. The next year, 1242 1895, he established a practice at Elmwood , Nebr., moving to Lincoln, Nebr., in 1919.
Edna was elected president of the Lincoln Music Teachers’ Association, in May 1944. She “had been active in music and literary circles and was state regent of the Midwest Region of the Federation of Chaparral Poets. She was named ‘Poet Laureate’ by the Nebraska Federation of Women’s Clubs….Mrs. Neely attended Nebraska Wesleyan University where she was a member 1243 of Phi Mu sorority.”
Children:
1. DR. JOHN MARSHALL NEELY III, b. 23 Sep 1904, Elmwood, Nebr.; d. 7 Apr 1969, Lincoln, Nebr.; m. MARY FALON BARLOW. Dr. Neely graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1930. After an internship in St. Paul, Minn., he returned to Lincoln and joined his father’s practice. He was a Navy Captain and a radiologist in World War II. After the war he limited his practice to radiology. He served several years on the State Board of Examiners in Medicine and Surgery. At one time he was president of the Lancaster (Nebr.) County Medical Association.1244 His widow Mary died in Oct 1985. Two children, one living.
st 2. ELSIE NEELY, b. 30 Mar 1906, Elmwood, Nebr.; d. 16 Apr 1994, Omaha, Nebr.; m. (1 ) nd rd HENRY A. SANDERSON; m. (2 ) BERNARD B. COMBS; m. (3 ) WILLIAM THOMAS. Henry Sanderson was born 9 Dec 1906 in Toronto, Canada, and died 30 May 1950 in Rochester, Minn. He was buried in Lincoln, Nebr. Elsie was a TV talk show host in the early years of television, from 1952-54, on KOLN, Lincoln, Nebr. One living child.
3. ALENE NEELY, b. 14 Dec 1909, Elmwood, Nebr.; d. 10 Feb 1971, Columbus, Oh.; m. CHARLES WILLIAM COOPER. Charles died 27 Feb 1991. Aleen attended the Univ. of Nebraska. One living child.
4. DR. ORVIS A. NEELY, b. 30 Jan 1912, Elmwood, Nebr.; d. 31 Mar 1979, Lincoln, Nebr.; st nd m. (1 ) EOLA BELLE HARPER; m. (2 ) PATRICIA ELIZABETH HENDERSON. Dr. Orvis Neely was a radiologist. He studied medicine at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, and later also taught radiology there. Four living children.
5. KATHYRN GLYDE NEELY, b. 19 Apr 1913, Elmwood, Nebr.; d. 27 Oct 2009, Lincoln, Nebr.; m. WAYNE JOSEPH SCHAMMEL. Kay worked at Radiology Associates. She attended the University of Nebraska as an Art major, and did china painting and watercolor. Four living children.
1242 “Dr. J. M. Neely, Sr. Dies; Practiced Here 25 Years,” Lincoln Star, 24 Oct 1944. 1243 “Edna Neely Rites Monday; Arts Patron,” Lincoln Star, 10 May 1957 1244 “Dr. Neely Succumbs,” Lincoln Star, 8 Apr 1969.
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6. ELIZABETH RUTH NEELY, b. 26 Aug 1916, Elmwood, Nebr.; d. 25 Sep 2008, Newhall, Calif.; m. WILLIAM LONG. Two living children.
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(292) CHARLES A. NEELY (John Marshall Neely) was born 13 Jan 1872 in Owensville, Ind. He died 9 Feb 1952 in Spokane, Wash., and is 1245 buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Spokane. He married NELLE 1246 ELIZABETH WALSH, 12 Feb 1901, in Cripple Creek, Colo. Nelle (or Nellie) was born 26 Dec 1879 in Worcester, Mass. She was the daughter of Patrick Walsh and Joanna Burke. She died 15 Dec 1966 in Spokane,1247 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Spokane.
On the 1910 census, Charles is listed as the manager of a power plant, in Cripple Creek, Colo. In 1920 he is listed as a manager for an electric company, living in Pocatello, Ida. In 1930 he was an electrical engineer with a power company in Long Beach, Calif.
Children:
1. DOROTHY WALSH NEELY, b. 5 Jan 1908, Cripple Creek, Colo.; m. ROBERT EMMET LEE, 1 Mar 1947, in Kalispell, Mont.; divorced 23 Jan 1953, Helena, Mont. on grounds of extreme cruelty. No children.
2. HELEN RUTH NEELY, b. 20 Mar 1913; d. 18 Mar 1968, Spokane, Wash.; m. CARL CLEMENS LEITHE, who died 15 Sep 1968, in Hayden, Ida. He was an accountant (1950) in Spokane. Children: (i) Carl Clemens Leithe Jr., b. 31 Oct 1934, Moscow, Ida.; d. 9 Oct 1997, Napa Co., Calif.; m. Shirley Ann McDevitt (ii) Charles Leithe, b. 9 Oct 1935, Coeur D’Alene, Ida.; d. 15 May 2005, Spokane, Wash.
3. EVALYN DOLORES NEELY, b. 10 Feb 1918, Pocatello, Ida.; d. 15 Apr 1991, Hayden, Ida.; st nd m. (1 ) ----- VAUGHN; m. (2 ) CARL CLEMENS LEITH (whose first wife was her sister Helen). No children.
1245 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156459768 (no gravestone photo). 1246 Ancestry.com: Colorado County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006. 1247 Ancestry.com: Washington Death Index, 1940-2014.
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(294) OTIS NEELY (John Marshall Neely) was born 1 Mar 1877 in Owensville, Ind.1248 He died 2 Jul 1958, in Omaha, Nebr., and was buried in the Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kans.1249 1250 He married MABLE MORRIS, 20 Jan 1903 in Florence, Colo. She was born 1 Oct 1882 in Freemont Co., Colo., the daughter of William Morris1251 and Sarah Jane -----. She died 12 Dec 1921 in Freemont, and is buried in Union Highland Cemetery, Florence, Colo.1252
Otis married, second, by 1930, NELLIE HARMAN, in Sweetwater, Tex. She died 21 Oct 1971, in Emporia, Kans.
In 1930 Otis lived in Woods, Okla., and is called an electrician with the Santa Fe railroad, on the census. He continued to live there in 1940.
His obituary calls him a “retired Santa Fe electrician.” He died in Omaha, at the home of his brother-in-law, whom he was visiting. “He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church; the Masonic Lodge at Sweetwater, Tex., the Shrine in Amarillo, and other Masonic bodies in Emporia; and the Modern Woodmen of America.”1253
Children, by his first wife Mabel:
1. ELLEN L. NEELY, b. 9 Mar 1905, Florence, Colo.; d. 26 Apr 1985, Springfield, Ill.; m. ROBERT L. LEWIS. She was an accomplished violinist. Robert was a cashier at First National Bank of Springfield. He died 10 Nov 1997, in Springfield. No children.
2. CHARLES MORRIS NEELY, b. 16 Aug 1910, Chanute, Kans.; d. 13 Mar 1990, Richardson, Tex.;1254 bur. Lawn Haven Memorial Cem., 1255 Clovis, N.M.; m. OLIVE ELSIE GADDIE. Charles was an electrical contractor for the Santa Fe railroad. In the 1950s he opened Neely Electric Co. in Clovis, N.M. Olive died 14 Dec 1970 in Clovis, NM. Children: (i) Charles Otis Neely, b. 4 Sep 1934; d. 28 Sep 1983, Dallas, Tex.; m. (1st) Gloria Faye Downey; divorced; m. (2nd) Wilma Jean (Rogers) Mott; He served in the US Air Force and was a car salesman in Richardson, Tex.
1248 Obituary in Emporia Gazette, 3 Jul 1958. Birth date also found on gravestone. 1249 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111163616 1250 Ancestry.com: Colorado, Co. Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006. 1251 William Morris died in 1887 in the Nanaimo Mine Disaster, British Columbia. 1252 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79508451 1253 Obituary in Emporia Gazette, 3 Jul 1958. 1254 Ancestry.com: Texas Death Certificate of Charles Morris Neely. 1255 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105272230/charles-morris-neely
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(ii) Living
(296) NELLIE BLANCHE NEELY (John Marshall Neely) was born 4 Apr 1897 in Nebraska. She died 1256 20 Dec 1983. She is buried In Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebr. She married LEROY PHELAN, 30 Nov 1922, in Lincoln, Nebr.1257 Nellie attended Nebraska Wesleyan University. Leroy was a supervisor with Western Electric. He was a veteran of World War I.
Children:
1258 1. YLEEN MARIE PHELAN, b. 24 Nov 1923, Hastings, Nebr.; d. 2 Jan 2016, Little Rock, Ark.; m. DR. BYRON LESTER BROWN. She attended Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. and was active in church and choir. Dr. Brown was a navy doctor, then practiced in Superior, Nebr., and later completed orthopedic training at Univ. of Arkansas Medical School, and practiced in Ft. Smith, Ark. Four living children.
2. JAMES JOSIAH PHELAN, b. 9 Oct 1925, Nebraska; d. 13 Dec 1993, Las Vegas, Nev.; unmarried
(297) MARSHALL NEELY WOODS (Martha E. Neely) was born 20 Jul 1863 in Indiana. He died 25 Mar 1932, in Eagle, Boone Co., Ind., and is buried in the Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, 1259 Ind. He was known by his middle name, Neely. He married SARAH ELLEN KIRBY, 25 Jul 1886, in Gibson Co., Ind.1260 She was born in Aug 1867 in Orange Co., Ind. She was probably the Sarah E. Kirby, 2, daughter of William and Nancy Kirby of Jackson, Orange Co., Ind., found on the 1870 census. She died 26 Apr 1941 in Zionsville, Ind. She is also buried in the Columbia Church Cemetery, sharing a gravestone with her husband.
According to the 1910 census, he was a manager of a furniture store. In 1914, an ad in the Princeton Democrat for R. A. McCoy’s Second Hand store said, “Neely Woods, the old reliable upholsterer and repair man is with us.”1261
1256 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74321229 1257 Lincoln Evening Journal, 30 Nov 1922. 1258 Yleen is, of course, Neely spelled backwards. 1259 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36619533/n-wood 1260 Ancestry.com: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. 1261 Princeton Democrat, 8 Jun 1914, available via newspaperarchive.com.
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Neely Woods lived in Princeton, Ind., until at least 1930. He died of stomach cancer. His death certificate calls him an upholster in a furniture factory.1262 His widow Ellen died of cancer of the uterus.
Children:
1. MYRTLE E. WOODS, b. 6 Jun 1887, Indiana; d. 16 Mar 1972, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. JOSEPH L. PEARSON; no children. In 1940 Joseph was a gas station attendant in Snohomish, Wash. He died 29 Jul 1952, in Monroe, Wash.
2. ELSIE MABEL WOODS, b. 21 Nov 1890, Gibson Co., Ind.; d. 13 Jun 1913, Princeton, Ind.; m. FRANK DAVIS. Elsie died at age 22 of tuberculosis, leaving two young children. Frank was an oil driller. He died 18 Nov 1949 in an accident near Somerville, Ind., when the truck he was driving struck a car. Also dying in the crash was his daughter Katherine’s father-in-law, John Walker. Children: (i) Katherine Mildred Davis, b. 4 Feb 1908, Sullivan, Ind.; d. 20 Sep 2006, Evansville, Ind.; m. Omer Louis Walker. Omer was owner of Walker’s Tavern in Evansville. (ii) Russell Frank Davis, b. 7 Mar 1912, Princeton, Ind.; d. 3 Feb 1986, Princeton, Ind.; m. Mary Maxine McIntire
3. MARTHA J. WOODS, b. 10 May 1893; d. 2 Mar 1975, St. Louis, Mo.; m. NORMAN LEE BEADLES. Norman died 15 May 1913 in a railroad accident, near Golden Gate, Ill. He was a brakeman, fell asleep, and was struck by a train. He had only been married for about 4 months. Martha was a switchboard operator in St. Louis. Child: (i) Norman Lee Beadles Jr., b. 26 Sep 1913, Princeton, Ind.; d. 19 Dec 1989, St. Louis; m. Anna Mae Spisak
st 4. EVA MARIE WOODS, b. 19 Jul 1896; d. 26 Sep 1981, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. (1 ) JACOB nd BENJAMIN MCCLELLAN, 2 Jan 1913; m. (2 ) RUSSELL ELBERT MOTE. Eva was a cafeteria supervisor for the Indiana public schools. She was divorced from her first husband in about 1917. He moved to Missouri, married Gladys Keel, worked in a carnival, and died 22 Jul 1928. Her second husband Russell was an investigator for the U.S. Treasury Department. He died 25 Jul 1947, in Indianapolis. Children: (i) Jacob Neely McClellan, b. 9 Apr 1913, Princeton, Ind.; d. 21 Jul 1997, Astor, Fla.; m. (1st) Grethel Lucile Robey; m. (2nd) Joan F. Davis. Jacob was a master electrician for General Motors (ii) Betty Marie Mote, b. 21 Oct 1920, Muncie, Ind.; d. 31 Aug 1945, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Edgar Ray Freeland. She died of tuberculosis. (iii) Gloria Jacqueline Mote, b. 16 May 1922, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 11 Feb 2000, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Basil Donald Mattox. Gloria was an administrative assistant for Eli Lilly lab.
1262 Death certificate.
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(iv) John Russell Mote, b. 29 Aug 1926, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 24 Feb 2018, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Florence Northrup. Served in Navy in World War II and survived a Japanese suicide plane attack on his ship. He graduated from DePauw Univ., and was a hospital administrator. (v) Living
4. BERNICE FLORENCE WOODS, b. 7 Sep 1899, Princeton, Ind.; d. 8 Oct 1987, Port Richey, Fla.; m. JAMES HAROLD WOODRUFF. James moved to the Tampa Bay areas in 1935, and owned a hardware store in 1940. He died 29 May 1983, in Tampa, Fla. Child: (i) James Harold Woodruff Jr., b. 10 Jan 1935, Lebanon, Ind.; d. 18 May 2000; m. Mary Langford Pollard
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