tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40563620262555387622024-03-05T08:43:43.772-05:00My Ancestor's LeavesStories of our AncestorsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-36996823903855891002015-01-25T17:19:00.000-05:002015-01-25T17:20:14.032-05:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Elizabeth Miles born 1834 in Georgia - Week 3 - "Tough Woman"I've been working on and off with this blog for over a year now, but still trying to get used to it all. I'm learning new tricks every week! This week, we are starting to use footnotes. Hopefully I'm using them correctly. If not....Sorry!!<br />
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Anyway...on to week # 3's challenge! This week, the suggested theme is to write about a "tough woman." Looking through my tree, I can find so many women that would fit the bill. It was hard to decide on one. With all that our ancestors had to endure, living without the modern day conveniences we have today...I'm sure I couldn't do it!<br />
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This week I've choose to write about my 3rd great grandmother, Elizabeth Miles, who was widowed during the Civil War with seven young children to take care of.<br />
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Elizabeth was the first born daughter of Robert P. Miles and Palmira Jackson. She was born around Harris County, Georgia on October 5, 1834. Looking at tax and census records, we know her family lived in Georgia until at least 1843. They then moved to Tallapoosa County, Alabama.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#1" name="top1"><sup>1</sup></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#2" name="top2"><sup>2</sup></a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Familysearch.org, John H.M. Vines and Elizabeth Miles Marriage, 2-13-1849, Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950, Tallapoosa County, Page 419, Image 355 of 547, File No.1302444(005205830)</td></tr>
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On February 13, 1849, Elizabeth married John H.M. Vines in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#3" name="top3"><sup>3</sup></a> I wrote about <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-challenge-week-9-john-hm.html" target="_blank">John H.M. Vines</a> in a previous post last year. The couple had 7 children that I know of:<br />
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<li>Mary Ann Melvina Vines </li>
<li>Nancy Elizabeth Vines (my direct ancestor)</li>
<li>Lucinda Jane Vines</li>
<li>Susan Margarett Vines</li>
<li>Robert Javis Vines</li>
<li>Matilda Estella Vines</li>
<li>George Washington Vines</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bible record found in the the possessions of Mamie Estelle Locke Holcomb, Elizabeth's granddaughter.</td></tr>
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The family resided in Tallapoosa County until the start of the Civil War. In May of 1862, John joined Company D, of the 34th Alabama Infantry as a private. One of my most treasured possessions is a letter he wrote home to his family. The letter was dated July 11th, 1862. Just 10 days later, John died of sickness somewhere near Saltillo, Mississippi.<br />
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In the letter he tells Elizabeth if she wants to move back to her father's house, she can. Next we see Elizabeth's father listed in the Alabama State Census for the year 1866 in Fayette County, Alabama.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#4" name="top4"><sup>4</sup></a> The household has an extra 8 people living in the house, the same ages as Elizabeth and her 7 children. Because this census does not list individual names, we can't be positive. However, I'm pretty sure it's them, since on the 1870 Federal Census, Elizabeth and her 8 children are listed living next door to R.P. Miles, her father. The family is still in Fayette County, Alabama, and are listed as living in Township 17.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#5" name="top5"><sup>5</sup></a><br />
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Sometime before 1874, Elizabeth moved with her children and her sister Lucinda Miles Beckett, and Lucinda's family, to Arkansas. This is according to probate papers I have copies of.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#6" name="top6"><sup>6</sup></a> Arkansas is the last place we can locate Elizabeth. In 1880, she is found living in Totten, Lonoke County.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#7" name="top7"><sup>7</sup></a><br />
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On June 27th, 1892, we see she filed an Application for Pension for her husband John. This was signed in the county of White, in Arkansas. The pension not only lists the death date of her husband, John, but it also states that she suffers from <em>"Nervous Prostration."</em> Elizabeth would have been 57 years old. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Application For Pension by Elizabeth Miles Vines, June 27, 1892. Ordered and received from Arkansas Confederate Penion Records, Arkansas History Commission, 1 Capitol Mall, 2B-215, Little Rock, AR 72201. <a href="http://www.ark-ives.com/documenting/confed_pensions/detail/default.aspx?sec=ConfPension&id=4077">http://www.ark-ives.com/documenting/confed_pensions/detail/default.aspx?sec=ConfPension&id=4077</a>.</td></tr>
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I'm not sure what happened to her after this. I do know she was probably living with her daughter Nancy Elizabeth Vines Locke when she signed the pension application. But by 1898, Nancy Elizabeth and her family moved to Texas. Elizabeth's other children: Mary Ann Melvina Vines Beckett, Robert Javis Vines, and Matilda Estella Vines Cockrell also made their way to Texas by 1900. It's unknown if Elizabeth went with them or stayed in Arkansas with her other 3 children.<br />
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If you have any questions about anything in this post, please leave me a comment. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1"><b>1 </b></a>Ancestry.com, <em>1840 United States Federal Census</em>, <a href="http://interactive.ancestry.com/8057/4411223_00499/1758547?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1840usfedcenancestry%26h%3d1758547%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t18385702_p721506376_kpidz0q3d721506376z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t18385702_p721506376_kpidz0q3d721506376z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord">R. Miles, Hueys District, Harris, Georgia</a>, Roll:43, Page:243, Image:499, Family History Library Film:0007044.<a br="" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">
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</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="2"><b>2 </b></a>Ancestry.com, <i>Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892,</i> <a href="http://interactive.ancestry.com/1729/40141_1020705384_0080-00083/3469218?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dgeorgia1890proptaxdigests%26h%3d3469218%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t18385702_p721506376_kpidz0q3d721506376z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t18385702_p721506376_kpidz0q3d721506376z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord">Robert Miles, 1843, Dagnol District, Harris, Georgia, USA</a>, Image 78 of 177.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#top2"><sup>↩</sup></a>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="3"><b>3 </b></a>Familysearch.org, John H.M. Vines and Elizabeth Miles Marriage, 2-13-1849,<em> Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950</em>, Tallapoosa County, Page 419, Image 355-547, File No.1302444(005205830).<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#top3"><sup>↩</sup></a>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="4"><b>4 </b></a>Ancestry.com, <em>Alabama State Census, 1820-1866</em>, <a href="http://interactive.ancestry.com/1576/31075_174430-00517/646098?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dAlabamaCensus%26h%3d646098%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t18385702_p721506376_kpidz0q3d721506376z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t18385702_p721506376_kpidz0q3d721506376z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=31075_174430-00517" target="_blank">Robert Miles, Fayette County, 1866</a>, Image 51 of 126.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#top4"><sup>↩</sup></a>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="5"><b>5 </b></a>Ancestry.com, <em>1870 United States Federal Census</em>, <a href="http://interactive.ancestry.com/7163/4257536_00438/13355200?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1870usfedcen%26h%3d13355200%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t18385702_p721440036_kpidz0q3d721440036z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t18385702_p721440036_kpidz0q3d721440036z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord" target="_blank">Elizabeth Vines, Township 17, Fayette, Alabama</a>, Roll: M593_16, Page 457A, Image 438, Family History Library Film: 545515.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#top5"><sup>↩</sup></a>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="6"><b>6 </b></a>Fayette County, Alabama, Probate Court Minutes, Volume 2, Pages 285-287, Petition For Letters, The Estate of Robert P. Miles, Dated May 13, 1874.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#top6"><sup>↩</sup></a>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="7"><b>7 </b></a>Ancestry.com, <em>1880 United States Federal Census</em>, <a href="http://interactive.ancestry.com/6742/4239811-00492/39677361?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1880usfedcen%26h%3d39677361%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t18385702_p721440036_kpidz0q3d721440036z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t18385702_p721440036_kpidz0q3d721440036z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord" target="_blank">Elizabeth Vines, Totten, Lonoke, Arkansas</a>, Roll: 50, Family History Film: 1254050, Page: 383B, Enumeration District: 188, Image: 0490.<<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4056362026255538762#top7"><sup>↩</sup></a>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-44429118433193770842015-01-14T20:20:00.002-05:002015-01-14T20:21:21.524-05:00#52 Ancestor's Challenge 2015 - Claibourne Kidd - Tennessee to Missouri - Week 2<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Week #2 is here. This week's theme for the 52 Ancestor's Challenge, started by Amy Johnson Crow, is "King." I thought about this one all week. A bit of a struggle, I must say. So I've decided to go another route.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This week I've decided to write about my 4th great grandfather, Claibourne N. Kidd. His name is one of the many interesting names I can find in my tree. I just love it! I don't know any personal stories passed down on him. I just have what I can find in my basic research.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Claibourne N. Kidd was born November 21, 1826 in Tennessee. The date is from his gravestone and birth state from census records. I believe he may have been the son of James and Francis Kidd, per other's research I've seen online. We can find Claibourne in the 1850 Federal Census living in District 8 of Warren County, Tennessee. He is found just two households from James and Francis. This, however, doesn't mean they are Claibourne's parents, but it's a possibility I'm not willing to rule out yet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the 1850 census, we can see Claibourne was married to a woman named Sarah, and they had 3 daughters in the house: Mary J. age 5, Martha age 3, and Nancy age 2. Mary J. Kidd was my 3rd great grandmother. The census also states that Claibourne was 22 years old, and working as a wagon maker.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have found online that others believe Sarah, his wife, was Sarah Allison. As of today, I haven't been able to find a marriage record, or any other record, to prove this. There was, however, several Allison families living in this same district at this time. So it's a possibility.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By 1860, we see the family has moved to Kelley, Ripley County, Missouri. We also see that Sarah was no longer in the household, and Claibourne has remarried. It's very possible Sarah died, leaving Claibourne with 3 young daughters to raise.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">His new wife is simply listed as "C. Kidd." But if we look at the <em><u>Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002</u></em> on </span><a href="http://ancestry.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ancestry.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, we can see Claibourne married Cinthy Freeman in Oregon County on December 30, 1852. The household, in 1860, consisted of the following people:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Martha, Nancy, and <em>"MJ Ross"</em> were Claibourne's children from his first wife Sarah. "C Kidd" who was 5, was the son of Claibourne and Cinthy. His name was Claibourne Nathan Kidd. The three Lee children may have been relatives, or friends, of Cinthy. In the 1850 census, Cinthy was living with the George Lee family. I haven't looked into the link there though. <em>"Wm Ross"</em> was the husband of Claibourne's daughter Mary Jane Ross. You can read more about </span><a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-challenge-william-h-ross_22.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Ross</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and Mary Jane in a previous post I wrote last year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the website </span><a href="http://fold3.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fold3.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, I was able to find a Civil War record for a CN Kidd. It stated he was in Company A of the 15th Missouri Calvary. He enlisted as a private for a period of 12 months in 1862 for the Confederacy. This particular document also states he had deserted as of "1 June 1862." According to a website which refers to the </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/rcmacw/ripley-county-civil-war-soldiers/15th-missouri-cavalry" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Civil War in Ripley County, Missouri</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, the 15th Missouri Cavalry was also known as the "Independent Missouri Scouts," and didn't muster into Confederate service until 1864.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Ancestry.com, we can find another document regarding the Civil War, but this time it's a Draft Registration Record for the Union side. On a <em>"Consolidated List of all persons subject to do Military Duty in the Third Congressional District in the State of Missouri"</em> we find <em>"Kid, Clabourn"</em> age 31 of Ripley County. It states he was single, which isn't correct, and that he was born in Tennessee. It also states that he has had no previous military service. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's unknown if Claibourne actually fought for either side of the War. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By 1870, we can see Claibourne has moved his family to Breton, Washington County, MO. He is living there with his wife, Cinthy (or Cynthia as it's written on the 1870 census) and his son Claibourne, and working as a carpenter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Findagrave.com shows a picture of the grave site for </span><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=KID&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=26&GScntry=4&GSsr=41&GRid=73136201&" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">C.N. Kidd</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in the Miles Cemetery, in Piedmont, Wayne County, Missouri. The stone says he died November 13, 1874.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-41727246383397614912015-01-01T17:48:00.000-05:002015-01-01T17:49:59.029-05:0052 Ancestor's Challenge 2015 - Ludwig Haase - Germany to Chicago - Week 1 - "Fresh Start"Hi Everybody!!<br />
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It's January 1st, 2015!! The start of a brand new year!! I've been away from my computer a lot over the last several months. Haven't had the opportunity to continue with the<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/announcing-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-2015-edition/" target="_blank"> 52 Ancestor's Challenge</a> that Amy Johnson Crow started last January. We moved halfway across the country, I started a new job, my computer went crazy on me, and with 4 active kids...you could say life got in the way. I just wasn't able to continue. I'm proud that I was able to complete 35 of the 52, but hope to do better this year!!<br />
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Speaking of this year...it has a bit of a twist! Instead of writing about just anyone, Amy Johnson Crow will be suggesting a theme each week to help in choosing which ancestor to talk about. I think it's a wonderful idea!! The first week's theme is "Fresh Start." My "Fresh Start" for this week will be my Great, Great, Great Grandfather, Ludwig Haase, who moved with his family from Germany to the U.S. I'm guessing he wanted to give them a better life, or a "Fresh Start."<br />
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Ludwig, or Louis as he is sometimes referred to as, was originally born in Germany on February 9, 1835. While in Germany, he married Justine Erdmann sometime prior to 1860 possibly. Not much can be found on Justine Erdmann. Her name may have been Augusta too, but still working on that.<br />
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I have in my possession a marriage certificate filled out when my Great Great Grandmother, Ida Haase Kutz was married. On the certificate it sates she was from<em> "Gross Runow, H. Pommern."</em> I believe this was the small town of Gross Ruhnow, in the county of Stolp, in the old Prussian province of Hinterpommern (or Further Pommern in English). At least that is what I was told when I questioned the place name on <a href="http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.ceeurope.germany.general/55456.2/mb.ashx" target="_blank">Ancestry.com's message boards</a>. It is now known as Runowo, Poland. That may be where Ludwig is from, or just where Ida was born.<br />
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June 6, 1879, we see a ship manifest for the Leipzig. Port of departure was Bremen, Germany, and port of arrival was Baltimore, Maryland. On page 111 of 365 (found on Ancestry.com), it lists Ludwig Haase with his wife and 8 children: Adeline (age 19), Hulda (age 15), Auguste (can't read the age), Emma (age 6), Minna (age 4), Richard (age 11 months), and Ida (age 20...this age is incorrect - Ida would have been about 11 years).<br />
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A year later we can find the family living in Chicago, Illinois, on Cornelia Street. They are listed as:<br />
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<li>Louis age 45</li>
<li>Augusta age 46</li>
<li>Lina age 20</li>
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<li>Emma age 8</li>
<li>Minna age 6</li>
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Ludwig was working as a laborer, and Ida, Emma, and Minna were all attending school. Not sure what happened to Augusta, his daughter. She may have died on the journey. Also, is Augusta the same woman as Justine? Could her name have been Justine Augusta, or Augusta Justine?? I'm 95% sure this is the same family.<br />
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In the U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 on Ancestry.com, we see a card listed for Ludwig Hasse. His address was 427 Ashland Avenue, and the date of Naturalization was October 17, 1892. <em>"Certificate No. (or vol. and page)"</em> is listed as<u> R 37 P 563</u>. It was witnessed by Ernst Schaefer who lived at 724 Chicago Ave. Ernst was Ludwig's son-in-law, married to his daughter Emma. 1900 census also has Ernst and Emma living at 724 Chicago Avenue.<br />
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On the 1900 Census we see Ludwig has moved in with his daughter Hulda Haase Kufka and her family on Augusta Street in Chicago. Ludwig is listed as Louis again and listed as a widow. On the same street is his daughter Ida Haase Kutz living with her family.<br />
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The next document we can find on Ludwig is his death certificate. Ludwig died July 25, 1915. He was at 918 N. Washtenaw Avenue, in Chicago. the informant is listed as Herman Kutz, who is the brother of Ludwig's son-in-law, John Kutz. Ludwig was buried at Concordia Cemetery on July 29th, 1915.<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post, please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-45364681793371406072014-10-01T10:21:00.001-04:002014-10-01T21:09:08.531-04:0052 Ancestors Challenge - Mariam Hannah Barrett - SC to TX - Week 35Mariam Hannah Barrett is the subject of this weeks post. Mariam was my 3rd great grandmother...she was the mother of <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-13-hannah.html">Hannah Jane Coburn</a>, who was the mother of <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-14-benton.html">Benton Rogers Holcomb</a>, who was the father of my maternal grandmother, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-ancestors-leaves52-ancestors.html">Tennie Belle Holcomb</a>.<br>
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Mariam Hannah Barrett was born April 25, 1821 in Greenville, South Carolina. Her parents were David Barrett and Elizabeth, or Betsy, Whitten. There is a lot of information on David Barrett, seems he was in a bit of a court battle over his father, Reuben Barrett's, will. But we'll get into that on another post.<br>
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The family moved by 1826, to Fayette County, Tennessee. In a letter postmarked "Wolf River, Tennessee April 26...accepted for posting in Fayette Co TN on May 23, 1826," David Barrett wrote to his father-in-law about their life in Tennessee. A transcribed copy of the letter can be found on the website for the <a href="http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1986-2.pdf">Tennessee Genealogical Society</a> (<i>letter contributed by Arthur M. Reagan for the <u>TN Genealogical Magazine "Ansearchin'" News</u>, TN Genealogical Society, Memphis, TN; Summer 1986; Vol. 33, No. 2</i>).<br>
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Anyhow, the family was now making a new start in Tennessee, and can also be found in Fayette County on the 1830 Federal Census. By July 18, 1839, Mariam marries <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-challenge-hansel-benton.html">Hansel Benton Coburn</a> in Fayette. A copy of this record can be found on Ancestry.com, <i>Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002</i>. However, not long after they were married, we find Hansel in Houston County, Texas. I've read online that they may have followed one of her brothers to Texas. Her parents, David and Betsy, also moved too.<div><br></div><div>They stayed in Houston County until sometime in the 1860s. By the 1870 Federal Census, you can see they moved to Bell County, Texas. Sometime after 1870, Hansel died, because we can see Mariam in Bell, Texas listed on the 1880 Federal Census as a widow and head of household, living with her son-in-law Wm. McCreary, her daughter Mattie Bell, and granddaughter Ada Bell.</div><div><br></div><div>By 1900 she moves in with her son William Coburn and his family. They are still living in Bell, Texas. She was 79 years old. I can't find any other records on her after the 1900 Federal Census.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions about the information in this post, please leave me a message. Thanks for reading!!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-69921419362306120782014-09-28T21:05:00.002-04:002014-09-28T21:07:04.900-04:0052 Ancestors Challenge - Hansel Benton Coburn - b.1817 NC, d.after 1870 TX - Week 34Hansel Benton Coburn was my 3rd great grandfather. In April I wrote about his daughter, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-13-hannah.html">Hannah Jane Coburn</a>. I haven't been able to locate much on Hansel, so I'll just go over what I do know.<br />
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Hansel was born around 1817 in North Carolina. Both the 1860 and 1870 Federal Censuses show this. The first record we see with Hansel's name is his marriage record to Miss Mariam Hannah Barrett in Fayette County, Tennessee on 18 July of 1839. Mariam was born April 25, 1821, in South Carolina and was the daughter of David Barrett and Elizabeth Whitten. This marriage record is found on Ancestry.com, and it is mentioned in a family bible that was owned by Albert Gallatin Barrett, Mariam's brother. A copy of that bible can be found <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barrettbranches/bible%20records/David/agbarrettbible.html">here</a>. <br />
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The next mention of Hansel is on Ancestry.com in their <u>U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s</u>. Their information is cited from <u>The First Settlers of Houston County, Texas,</u> by Gifford White (St. Louis, MO.: Ingmire Pub., 1983. 35p.). This states he arrived in Texas in 1840.<br />
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I found a Poll Tax List for Houston County for the year 1846, online at <a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/deed_tax_misc_records/polltax_list_1846.htm">Rootsweb</a>. It isn't a pictured copy of the document, but a transcribed list. Hansel "Cobern" is listed as one of the residents. <br />
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On Ancestry.com there is a file called <u>Texas, Index Card Collection, 1800-1900</u>. In the file, they show a card written for Hansel Coburn. It states:<br />
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<li>H. Coburn, 43 years, Farmer, born in North Carolina</li>
<li>Mariam Coburn, 39 years, Housewife, born in South Carolina</li>
<li>Harriet Coburn, 13 years, born in Texas</li>
<li>Jane Coburn, 10 years, born in Texas</li>
<li>Margaret Coburn, 3 years, born in Texas</li>
<li>Willie Coburn, 1/2 year, born in Texas</li>
<li>Louisa Parker, 3 years, born in Texas (not sure who Louisa Parker may be?)</li>
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<li>30 Improved acres of land</li>
<li>270 Unimproved acres of land</li>
<li>$1,000 Cash value of farm</li>
<li>$200 Value of farming implements and machinery</li>
<li>3 Horses</li>
<li>10 Milch Cows</li>
<li>2 Working Oxen</li>
<li>50 Other Cattle</li>
<li>50 Swine</li>
<li>$995 Value of livestock</li>
<li>400 Bushels of Indian Corn</li>
<li>5 Bales of Cotton</li>
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On January 8, 1863, at the age of 46, Hansel enlisted as a Private in Company B, of the 11th Brigade, at Crockett in Houston County. His commanding officer was Captain William Wortham. I'm not an expert on the Civil War, but just a brief online search has led me to believe that the people in this Brigade were considered "Texas State Troopers." From what I understand, they weren't part of the Confederate Army, but worked under the State of Texas. Either way, he only enlisted for 3 months. I'm not sure he ventured outside of Texas. The info on Hansel can be found on Ancestry.com in their <u>Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900</u>, and in the remarks area it states:</div>
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<i>"R&F 83; Enr. & Mus. off. Col. L.W. Cooper; 1 Rifle; Co. std. at Camp Shiloh, Houston Cty., Texas Jan. 8-63; 1 MR dtd. Jan. 8-63."</i></blockquote>
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In June, I was contacted by someone who read my post on Hansel's daughter Hannah Jane Coburn. They told me Hansel was mentioned 3 times in the <a href="http://benotforgot-journal.blogspot.com/search/label/Coburn">journal of James Madison Hall</a>. The journal just mentions a "Mr. Coburn," but it might be him. The first entry was dated February 9th, 1864, and mentions he was heading to Magnolia, which is about 100 miles south of Crockett, Houston County, where Hansel may have been living at the time. On June 18th & 19th, J.M. Hall mentioned "Mr. Coburn" again, this time returning home from Magnolia.</div>
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November 20, 1869, Hansel is seen on a voter registration list found on Ancestry.com (<u>Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869</u>). He is shown as living in Bell County, Texas at the time. On this registration, it says he had been a resident of Texas for 29 years (which shows he moved to Texas in 1840), and he had been a resident of Bell County for 2 years. So he must have moved around 1867.</div>
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As always, if you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post, please leave me a message. I'd be happy to answer any questions or share what information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-38823969126964735362014-09-25T17:12:00.001-04:002017-08-18T21:41:38.482-04:0052 Ancestors Challenge - Sara Jane Patterson 1841-1866 Missouri - Week 33<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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This post is dedicated to Sara Jane Patterson, my 3rd great grandmother. Sara Jane lived a very short life. She was born August 7, 1841. From census records, I believe she was the daughter of James Patterson and Sara Ann Thompson. I haven't found a birth record, so I can't be sure. But, in 1850, we find a Sara J M Patterson, age 9, living in the household of James Patterson. The family was living in Madison, Missouri.<br />
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Sometime before 1860, Sara Jane's mother, Sara Ann, must have died. Her father, James, is found remarrying Martha E. Morrow (or Morron) in Ste. Genevieve..<br />
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The Patterson family may have been in the Ste. Genevieve area for a while, because, August 15, 1858, Sara Jane Patterson married Herod Gibson. Two years later, on the 1860 Federal Census, they are both living with Herod's parents, Alexander and Melinda Gibson, in Ste. Genevieve. Here we see their first child <i>"Francis"</i> or William Francis, who was born February 7th 1860. Also in the household was James Patterson, age 9. I believe this might have been Sara Jane's younger brother.<br />
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Sara Jane's husband, Herod, is shown to have been on both sides of the Civil War. First enlisting in the Confederate Army, and later drafted into the Union Army. You can read more about Herod and his time in service on his post I wrote for <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/02/52ancestors-challenge-week-6-herod.html">Week 6</a>. <br />
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Between his time in service with the Confederate and Union Armies, Herod and Sara had 2 more children: Ida Ann born December 17, 1863, and Mary Emma born March 20, 1864. Unfortunately, Ida Ann died on July 5, 1865, just prior to Herod's discharge. After he returned, the couple had one more child, Sara Jane born October 19, 1866. However, on October 19, 1866, Sara Jane Patterson Gibson passed away (possibly due to complications of the birth). She lived to be only 25 years old.<br />
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In 1980, in DeSoto, Missouri, there was a Gibson family reunion. There was a wall with different stories posted, the following was one of those posts, by Olive Gibson (Sara Jane's granddaughter):<br />
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The infant that died was the youngest, Sara Jane Gibson. She died November 5, 1867. She would have been just over one year. The girl watching her might have been Mary Emma, however, it could have been a Gibson cousin, we just aren't sure. Mary Emma would have only been 3 years old, so I hesitate to believe she would have been watching her younger sister.<br />
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I'm not exactly sure where Sara Jane would have been buried. The family was in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri before the Civil War, but were living in Central Township, Jefferson County, Missouri in 1870. Herod, her husband, was buried in the City Cemetery in DeSoto, Jefferson County, but he lived until 1926, 60 years later! As of today, I haven't found a death record for her.<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post, please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-75776825520008349202014-09-25T16:14:00.002-04:002018-12-13T06:22:26.584-05:0052 Ancestors Challenge - Malinda who married Alexander Gibson in South Carolina around 1830 - Week 32I've had several posts on my Gibson line. This week I'll continue this line as I discuss my 4th great grandmother Melinda (or Malinda). I have been unsuccessful in locating a maiden name for Melinda. The only name I have for her is her married name.<br />
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According to the death record I have for Melinda, she lived to be 79 years old. She died November 12, 1889 at 11:30 am, in DeSoto, Missouri. If this is correct, then we can determine that she was born in the year 1810. The record also states that she was born in South Carolina. Her husband, Alexander, was also believed to be from South Carolina. As of today, I am not able to find who her parents, or Alexander's, parents were. Still looking into that.<br />
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We believe Alexander and Melinda had the following children:<br />
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<li>William H. born 1832 in South Carolina</li>
<li>Margaret or Martha E. born 1834 in Tennessee</li>
<li>Herod born 1836 in Tennessee</li>
<li>John A. born 1839 in Tennessee</li>
<li>James J. born 1841 in Tennessee</li>
<li>Jefferson (or Green BJ) born 1843 in Tennessee</li>
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We believe Alexander and Melinda were probably married in South Carolina based on census records, and the state listed for the birth of their first child, William. They must have moved to Tennessee sometime between 1832 and 1834. They resided in Gibson County, Tennessee according to the 1840 census.<br />
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The 1850 Federal Census is the first time we see Melinda's name. In 1850, the family is shown living in Carroll County, TN, which is next to Gibson County, TN. But, by 1860, the family had moved about 200 miles to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. According to Melinda's death record, she had been a resident of the state of Missouri for 35 years. So I'm guessing, the family must have moved around 1854.<br />
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Then 1870 Melinda and Alexander are living in Central Township, Jefferson County, Missouri. Sometime before 1880, Alexander must have passed away. Melinda is seen on the 1880 census living with Herod, their son, in De Soto, Jefferson County, MO, and listed as a widow. The 1880 census gives us some additional information about her as well. It shows where her parents were born. Her father was born in Pennsylvania, and her mother was born in Maryland.<br />
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Melinda is said to be buried next to her son, Herod, in the De Soto City Cemetery. <br />
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As always, if you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post, please leave me a message. I'd be happy to answer any questions or share what information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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**UPDATE: We've found Melinda's maiden name! It is Cunningham according to her daughter, Martha Elizabeth Gibson Naren's, death certificate. Looking at the census records we see in 1820 in Union District, SC, next to Herod Gibson (who I believe is related to Alexander Gibson) is James Cunningham. James Cunningham was born in Pennsylvania. He moved to Gibson Co., TN by 1850. Melinda and Alexander were in Gibson Co., TN in 1840 before eventually moving to Ste. Genevieve, MO. Not 100% sure James is Melinda's father though. I'm still looking for more proof.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-32436606931435743892014-09-24T20:56:00.003-04:002014-09-24T20:58:08.519-04:0052 Ancestors Challenge - Jean Michel Griffard - French and Indian Ancestor - From Ste. Genevieve, Missouri - Week 31For my previous two posts, I discussed the Griffaw line of my family, my 3rd great grandmother, Mary <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-challenge-mary-elisabeth.html">Elizabeth Griffaw</a>, and her mother, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-challenge-anne-grissom.html">Anne Grissom</a>. I briefly touched on the fact that I believe the Griffaw name was originally Griffar/Griffard. It is thought that Jean Michel Griffard is the father of Mary Elizabeth Griffaw and first husband of Anne Grissom. He is the topic of this weeks post.<br />
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As in my previous posts I mentioned the Ste. Genevieve's Project Pioneer. They honored the Griffard Family in 2001 during their "Jour de Fete," and compiled a genealogical book which showed the family arriving in Ste. Genevieve around the late 1700s from Quebec, Canada. In this book, it states that Jean Michel Griffard was the son of Jean Alexis Griffard and Marie Madeline (or Magdaleine) Tirard dit St. Jean, and was born September 29, 1780. Information on Jean Alexis Griffard from the Pioneer book mentioned above says the following (found on page 5):<br />
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According to the book <i><u><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">François Vallé and His World: Upper Louisiana Before Lewis and Clark</span></span>,</u></i> by Carl J. Ekberg, Jean Michel was baptised in October of 1780, and his godfather was said to be Jean Baptiste Deguire, <i>"of the large and influential Deguire Family"</i> (page 80-81). The book states that the record shows Jean Baptist Deguire to be Jean Michel's grandfather, but it goes on to say that he is actually his great grandfather, the grandfather of Jean Michel's mother, Marie. Jean Baptist Deguire was described in the Pioneer book as <i>"a master tailor of Kaskaskia."</i><br />
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In 1810, there is a Michel Greffard listed on a memorial dated December 29, 1805, to the President by the citizens of the District of Ste. Genevieve <i>"expressing their support and confidence in Govenor Wilkinson"</i> (found on Ancestry.com: U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820).<br />
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There is an entry in the 1830 Federal Census for a Michel Grifford living in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The census picture is very hard to read, but there is something written above his name, however, I can't make it out and it wasn't transcribed on the listing on Ancestry.com. In his household Ancestry has it transcribed as one male under the age of 5, one male age 20-29, 2 females age 5-10, and one female age 20-29. If you look at the actual document, even though it's hard to read, it looks like the older male is actually 50-59 years old. This would make sense, especially if this is the same Jean Michel Griffard in the Pioneer book, who was born September 29, 1780.<br />
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I haven't been able to find any additional information on Jean Michel Griffard. However, the Pioneer book states that he died January 1, 1836, almost a year after his youngest child, Anne, was born.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">An Interesting Side Note About Jean Michel Griffard's Maternal Grandmother:</span></u></b><br />
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Although this post is about Jean Michel, I would like to highlight an interesting story about his mother, or actually his mother's mother, and there family line, since I don't plan on doing individual posts for them. The information on Marie and her family was taken from the book <i><u><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">François Vallé and His World: Upper Louisiana Before Lewis and Clark</span></span>,</u></i> by Carl J. Ekberg as well. Marie's mother, Marie Joseph Deguire, was the illegitimate daughter of Jean Baptiste Deguire and an Indian slave who was owned by Joseph Buchet, a Notary at Fort de Charters. The book cites the following on page 81:<br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Very
rarely in the society of colonial Ste. Genevieve did a man live to serve as
godfather to his great-grandson. When
Deguire died less than a year later, Father Gibault noted in his burial record
that Jean-Baptiste had “always lived a most Christian life.” Indeed, either out of Christian charity or
from a moral compass aligned by some other code of values (probably the
former), he had acknowledged paternity of his illegitimate </span></i></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>métisse</i></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>daughter and
conveyed to her his name. When he died
without legitimate issue, Marie-Joseph inherited Deguir’s entire estate as sole
heiress.</span></i></span></blockquote>
In another book, <u style="font-style: italic;">Dictionary of Missouri Biography,</u> edited by Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley, and Gary Kremer, (page 237), It goes on to state that in <i>"1747 Deguire paid Buchet one hundred livres "to redeem" two of his natural children borne by one of Buchet's slaves."</i> Marie Joseph Deguire went on to marry 3 times before she died in 1788. Not only did Marie Joseph Deguire, an "illegitimate metisse daugher" inherit her father's entire estate, but she also inherited the estates of 2 of her husbands who preceded her in death. <br />
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I felt that was something that should be mentioned, and interesting information about the ancestors of Jean Michel Griffard.<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information above, please leave a comment. I'd be happy to share any additional information I have. Thanks for reading!!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-31283839312279555562014-08-26T23:30:00.001-04:002014-08-26T23:32:20.700-04:0052 Ancestors Challenge - Mary Elisabeth Griffaw - born 1821 in Perry County, Missouri - Week 29Mary Elisabeth Griffaw was my great, great, great grandmother. She was born November 27, 1821 probably around Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. Back in 2003, my Great Aunt Vickie sent some papers to my mom. They were copies of things she received at the Gibson family reunion in De Soto, Missouri. Below, is a copy of a page that showed Mary Elisabeth Griffaw and her 4 siblings written on a piece of paper.<br />
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Here, the last name looks to be spelled Griffar. Doing research on this family, I've also seen it spelled Griffard, Griffon, Griffan, and Gorfard. This line of ancestors were not well educated. Censuses show many could not read or write, so to have the name misspelled would not surprise me. In fact, when researching the name Griffaw on Ancestry.com, I could not find it until the 1880s, and then only in southeast Missouri, where this line is from. <br />
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<a href="http://stegenevieveprojectpioneer.org/Home_Page.html">Ste. Genevieve's Project Pioneer</a> honors two family lines each year during their "Jour de Fete." In 2001<br />
they honored the Griffard family who came to the area around the 1780s from Quebec, Canada. In the book they created for this family, they show all 5 names listed above. In this book it says the parents of these children were Jean Michel Griffard and Anne Grissom. I'm not sure where their information comes from, there are no references in the book (I do have a copy in hand). However, I do know that Mary Elisabeth's mother's name is Anne (also shown as Ann, Annie, and Anna).<br />
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There is an entry in the 1830 Federal Census for a Michel Grifford living in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The census picture is very hard to read, but there is something written above his name, however, I can't make it out and it wasn't transcribed on the listing on Ancestry.com. In his household Ancestry has it transcribed as one male under the age of 5, one male age 20-29, 2 females age 5-10, and one female age 20-29. If you look at the actual document, even though it's hard to read, it looks like the older male is actually 50-59 years old. This would make sense, especially if this is the same Jean Michel Griffard in the Pioneer book. Church Baptismal records list him as being born September 29, 1780. <br />
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The first document were we see Mary Elisabeth's name is a marriage record dated June 25, 1840 in Bois Bruel, Perry County, Missouri. She married Hezekiah Cotner. Hezekiah was the son of Jacob Cotner and Elizabeth Lewis who lived in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.<br />
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I also believe she was living in the household of Nathaniel J. Divine during the 1840 census. Her mother married Nathaniel in 1836, after the death of her father. The ages of the children in the household match the ages of the children written above. The family was living in Perry County, Missouri.<br />
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The 1850 Federal Census, we are able to finally see Mary Elisabeth's name along with her family. They are living in Brazeau Township, Perry County, Missouri. The following people are shown in the household:<br />
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<li>Hezekiah Cotner age 39</li>
<li>Mary Cotner age 28</li>
<li>Nathaniel J. Cotner age 9</li>
<li>Martha Cotner age 6</li>
<li>Michael Cotner age 3</li>
<li>Susannah A. Cotner age 1</li>
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Not far from them is her mother, brother John and sister Ann. her mother is listed as Ann Davis. Nathaniel J. Divine died sometime before 1844, when she married Spencer B.R. Davis.</div>
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In 1860, the family moves to Liberty Township, St. Francois County, Missouri. Here we see the following shown on the Federal Census for this year:</div>
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<li>Hezekiah Cotner age 48</li>
<li>Mary Cotner age 37</li>
<li>Martha Cotner age 14</li>
<li>Mida Cotner age 11</li>
<li>Mary Cotner age 7 </li>
<li>Hezekiah Cotner age 1</li>
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I'm not sure what happened to Nathaniel and Micheal. They may have died between 1850 and 1860. I believe Mida is Susannah A., possibly short for Arminda? The younger Hezekiah was actually Isaac Hezekiah.</div>
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By 1870, we do not see Hezekiah. I believe he may have died sometime prior to the 1870 Federal Census. In the household, we see the following people living in Marion, St. Francois County, Missouri:</div>
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<li>Mary Cotner age 46</li>
<li>Mary E. Cotner age 16</li>
<li>Isaac Cotner age 11</li>
<li>Louisa Cotner age 9</li>
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I'm not sure what happened to Martha. She may have married and moved away, or may have died as well. Louisa is my great, great grandmother, Louisa Nancy Carolyn Cotner (you can read about her and her husband and children in the post I did earlier about her husband <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/02/52ancestors-challenge-week-5-william.html">William Francis Gibson</a>).</div>
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By 1880, the family moved to Plattin, Jefferson County, Missouri. Here it states Mary is a widow. Mary Elizabeth Cotner (daughter of Mary Elisabeth Griffaw) had married James Gibson, and her mother, brother Isaac and sister Louisa were living next to them. On a side note, James Gibson was the uncle of Louisa's husband, William Francis Gibson. In the household we see:</div>
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<li>Mary Cotner age 50</li>
<li>Isaac Cotner age 20</li>
<li>Louisa Cotner age 16</li>
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By 1900, after all her children had married, she moved in with her brother John. John never married, and I believe he owned a farm in Plattin. I believe this, because in the papers my Great Aunt Vickie gave my mother, there were some notes from Betty Tracy Thayer, daughter of Emma Clyde Gibson, Granddaughter of Louisa Cotner. In it Betty wrote about a fond memory her mother, Emma had:</div>
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John would have been her great uncle, not her grandfather, but grandmother Cotner would have been correct.<br />
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After 1900, I'm not sure what happened to her. I haven't been able to locate a death record, and she is not located on the 1910 census that I know of. Her daughter, Louisa, passed away in 1904 of <i>"Consumption,"</i> or Tuberculosis. Louisa's husband died also that same year from the disease. <br />
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Mary's daughter, Mary E. Cotner Gibson, along with her brother, John Baptiste Joseph Griffaw, and mother, Anne Grissom Griffaw Divine Davis, were all buried at Charter Baptist Church Cemetery in Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri. Maybe that is where she would have been buried too? I'll have to make a trip down there to see. It's on my very long list of places to go and research.<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about any of the information listed above, please leave a comment. I'd be happy to share any additional information I have. Thanks for reading!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-81722430285021443652014-08-26T15:27:00.001-04:002014-08-29T22:25:40.482-04:0052 Ancestors Challenge - Anne Grissom Griffaw Divine Davis lived to be 104 years?? - Week 30My last post was on <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-challenge-mary-elisabeth.html">Mary Elisabeth Griffaw</a>. This week, I'm going to talk about her mother, Anne Grissom.<br />
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In the Charter Baptist Church Cemetery is a headstone for Anna Griffaw, who died at age 104. I believe this is the grave of my 4th great grandmother. The stone says she was 104 years old when she died in 1885!! The record of her death is also found on Missouri Digital Heritage, you can see it <a href="http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/deaths.asp?BirthId=82357">here</a> (the original can be seen on Ancestry.com, if you have a subscription, look up Annie Griffaw under the database <i>Missouri death records, 1834-1910</i>). I have a newspaper clipping regarding the death of her son, John Baptiste Joseph Griffaw, written around August of 1920. In the clipping, it states that his mother lived to be 104 too. But is that correct? They may have just copied what was on the headstone or death record. Every census record I have found on her says otherwise. Death records aren't always right, and tombstones aren't always right either. For now, I'll just fill you in on what I do know, and where I received my information.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newspaper clipping on the death of John Baptiste Joseph Griffaw. Not sure which paper it came from, but someone wrote August 1920 on it. This copy was given to my mother from her Aunt Vickie. John was not our great grandfather, as it was written above. From family notes, it is said the children of William Gibson and Nancy Louise Carolyn Cotner would travel out to visit their "grandparents" on their farm in Plattin. Their grandmother, Mary Elisabeth Griffaw Cotner was a widow by the time they were born, and was living with her brother John, their great uncle in Plattin.</td></tr>
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I don't have any true proof stating Anne's maiden name was Grissom (i.e. birth record, marriage record, etc.), so I can't be sure. I do have a copy of a family history book that was completed by the <a href="http://stegenevieveprojectpioneer.org/Past_Honored_Families.html">Ste. Genevieve Project Pioneer</a> on the Griffard family that settled there around the 1780s. In that book, it states <i>"Jean Michel Griffard married Anne Grissom. She was born 1804."</i> It also states the names of their children along with their birth dates. These children were the same children written on a piece of paper I received from my mom, who received it from her Aunt Vickie back in 2003.<br />
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Back in 2003, my Gibson family had a reunion back in De Soto, Missouri. I wasn't able to attend, but my Great Aunt Vickie sent my mom some copies of paperwork from the event. One of those papers was a list of children and their birth dates. No mention of a mother or father though. Here is a copy of that paper.<br />
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Where this came from, I'm not sure. But the first name is indeed the name of my 3rd great grandmother, Mary Elisabeth Griffaw. Mary Elisabeth married a man named Hezekiah Cotner, a man of German decent whose family settled in the Cape Girardeau and St. Francois county areas of Missouri in the early 1800s. Together, they had my 2nd great grandmother, Louisa Nancy Carolyn Cotner. I've written briefly about Nancy in an earlier post that was about her husband <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/02/52ancestors-challenge-week-5-william.html">William Francis Gibson</a>. There you can see a picture of Louisa and William.<br />
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I'll start by saying, I'm not sure where Ste. Genevieve Project Pioneer received their information. There are no references for any of it. So, this hunt is a work in progress. <br />
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The first census document we see with the Jean Michel Griffard family may be found in 1830. On Ancestry.com, we find an entry for a Michael Grifford, or Michael Griffard, living in Ste. Genevieve City, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. In his household there was one male under 5, one male, age 50-60, 2 females age 5-9, and one female age 29-29. If you go to the next page, it clearly says there are 5 people in the household. Above his name something was written, but I can not read it. It is too faint to see on the online copy.<br />
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I believe this is the family of Jean Michel Griffard. He was born in 1780, which puts him at about 50 years old. His birth is well documented in church records, and in several book that I have seen (more about him in a future post). If Anne was born in 1804, then she would have been about 26. Mary Elisabeth and Susan Mary would have been 9 and 6. Finally, Micheal would have been 4, so under the age of 5. <br />
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According to the information found in the family book by Ste. Genevieve Project Pioneer, we see Jean Michel Griffard dies January 1, 1836 in Ste. Genevieve. I'm hoping there is a record of this somewhere, but again, I don't have that record. So I'm not 100% sure of this. But I do know there is a record for a marriage for <i>"Mrs. Ann Griffan"</i> to Nathaniel Divine in the neighboring county of Perry, Missouri, on July 18, 1836. In addition, Anne's daughter, Mary Elisabeth, named her first born son Nathaniel J. Cotner. Could she have named him after her stepfather?? There are no other Nathaniels that I can find in the family.<br />
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Later, in the 1840 Federal Census, we see a Nathaniel Divine living in Perry County, Missouri with the following people living in the household (the actual ages of the Griffard family in 1840 are in parenthesis - they are not listed on the census, I'm just making a comparison):<br />
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<li>one male age 5-9 (John Baptiste Joseph Griffard age 9)</li>
<li>one male age 10-14 (Michael Griffard age 14)</li>
<li>one male age 40-49 (Nathaniel Divine)</li>
<li>one female age 5-9 (Ann Griffard age 5)</li>
<li>two females age 15-19 (Mary Elisabeth Griffard age 19 and Susan Mary Griffard age 16)</li>
<li>one female age 30-39 (Anne Grissom Griffard Divine age 36 if born i 1804)</li>
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February 26, 1844 there is another marriage record that I believe belongs to our Anne. It shows Ann Divine married Spencer B.R. Davis in Perry County, Missouri (info from Ancestry.com, <i>Missouri Marriages to 1850</i>). Nathaniel Divine must have died between 1840 and 1844. Spencer B.R. Davis may have died not long after the marriage too. Because in 1850, we find and Anne Davis living with John B. Griffan (or Griffau) and Ann Griffan (or Griffau) in Brazeau Township, Perry County, Missouri. Not far from them are Mary Elisabeth and her husband Hezekiah Cotner with their family.</div>
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I have searched high and low to find the family on the 1860 Federal Census, but haven't been able to yet. We do find Anne on the 1870 Federal Census though. She is now living in Plattin Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, and listed as Anna Griffaw age 50. Her son John is living with her. The ages for her and John are not correct. But it says they were both born in Missouri. It also says both of her parents were of foreign birth. Notice too, she is using the last name of Griffaw, not Davis. </div>
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In 1880 we find Anne and John both living in Plattin still. This time, John's age is listed as 30 years old, and Anne is listed as 65. John is now listed as head of household, and Anne listed as his mother. Her place of birth is now listed as Kentucky, with her father being born in Virginia and mother born in Pennsylvania. They are both listed as having the last name of Griffaw. </div>
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On April 20, 1885, the death of Annie Griffaw was reported. On this death record (which can be found on Ancestry.com, <i>Missouri Death Records 1834-1910</i>) it states she died March 12, 1884. Did they really wait a year to report it? Her tombstone, which you can see <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=griffaw&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=35894041&df=all&">here</a> at findagrave.com, says she died March 14, 1885. So which is it? The number 4, on 1884, is underlined in the record.</div>
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This death record also says she was 104 years old. Would that be right? It also states she was a widow, of Irish decent, and born in Kentucky. The record says she had been living in Missouri for 90 years, and died at her son John Griffaw's residence in Plattin Township. Cause of death was <i>Angina Pectoris</i>. She was buried at Charter Cemetery (now Charter Baptist Church Cemetery in Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri) March 14, 188<u>5</u>. So she probably did die in 1885, not 1884 like the other part of the record states.</div>
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If Anne was 104 in 1885, she would have been born in 1781. Which means she would have been 54 years old when her youngest daughter, Ann, was born. Not impossible, but I'm not buying it!! I'm guessing she was born around the early 1800s.</div>
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I've done a little research on the last name of Grissom, trying to find any family she may have had living nearby. There was a Nelson Grissom living in Perry County in 1840, 1850, and 1860. He was born in Kentucky about 1804. Could they be related? I haven't found a link. There are a few Grissom families residing in Kentucky in the early 1800s. I'm still looking into a connection, but I know I may never find it.</div>
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about any of the information listed above, please leave a comment. I'd be happy to share any additional information I have. Thanks for reading!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-73651187319716606902014-08-22T18:46:00.000-04:002014-08-22T18:47:01.602-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - William H. Ross 1841-1916 Missouri - Week 28Week 28 is about William H. Ross. According to <a href="http://findagrave.com/">Findagrave.com</a>, William was born February 23, 1841. Where he was born, I'm not sure. I have conflicting information. A few people have posted online that he was born in Cane Creek, Missouri. His daughter, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-challenge-martha-jane-ross.html">Martha Jane Ross Hopson Tracy</a>, has that he was born in Missouri on her death certificate. The 1850 Federal Census shows he was born in Missouri as well. However, looking into later censuses, we find in 1900 it says he was born in Indiana and so were his parents. But by 1910 it states he was born in Illinois, but it was unknown where his parents were born.<br />
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Speaking of William's parents, who were they? I've seen online that some have his father listed as Thomas Ross, but I haven't seen any proof. The 1850 Federal Census has William, who is age 9, living with another William who is age 60. Could this older William be his father? There are no relationships shown in the 1850 census, so we just don't know.<br />
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Tracking William's moves with the censuses, we can see where he lived and who he lived with (documents found on Ancestry.com):<br />
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1850 Federal Census<br />
Living in District 77, Ripley County, Missouri<br />
People living in household:<br />
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<li>William Ross, male, age 60 born in Connecticut, occupation is farming</li>
<li>Lorenso Ross, male, age 19 born in Missouri, occupation is farming</li>
<li>Jinnetta Ross, female, age 17 born in Missouri, no occupation</li>
<li>Calvin Ross, male, age 14 born in Georgia possibly (hard to read initials), no occupation</li>
<li>William Ross, male, age 9 born in Missouri, no occupation</li>
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Living in Kelly Township, Ripley County, Missouri</div>
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People living in household:</div>
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<li>C.N. (Claiborne) Kidd, male, age 30 born in Tennessee, occupation is farmer</li>
<li>C. Kidd, female, age 23 born in Illinois, occupation is domestic</li>
<li>Martha Kidd, female, age 13 born in Tennessee, no occupation</li>
<li>Nancy Kidd, female, age 11 born in Tennessee, no occupation</li>
<li>C. Kidd, male, age 5 born in Missouri, no occupation</li>
<li>Jas Lee, male, age 14 born in Missouri, no occupation</li>
<li>S.A. Lee, female, age 11 born in Missouri, no occupation</li>
<li>C. Lee, female, age 4 born in Missouri, no occupation</li>
<li>William Ross, male, age 19 born in Illinois, occupation is farmer</li>
<li>Mary Jane Ross, female, age 15 born in Tennessee, no occupation</li>
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I haven't been able to find the marriage record for William and Mary Jane, but the 1910 Federal Census shows they were married about 1860.</div>
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We know from family tradition that William Ross fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy. Family stories state he and his son-in-law, Harmon Augusta Tracy, who fought for the North, used to try tripping each other with their canes (Harmon was about 7 years older then William). I have had trouble finding him in Civil War records. There are too many with the same name. However, browsing through <a href="http://fold3.com/">Fold3.com</a>, I found a Civil War record for Private William Ross of the 9th Missouri Infantry, Company H. They show this William Ross was captured by the North in Little Rock, Arkansas on May 12, 1863. With these records is a letter written on January 11th, 1865 stating his Oath of Allegiance to the United States. This entire letter can be seen on Fold3.com, if you have a subscription. It says the following:</div>
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<i>"I Wm. Ross a private of Company H 9th Missouri Infy would respectfully represent that I was Conscripted in the Rebel Service in August, 1862, at <u>Doniphan</u> Missouri, I was forced into the Rebel Army against my free will and consent,...I voluntarily surrendered to the 6th Missouri Calvary at Little Rock Arkansas the 12th May 1863, in order to avail myself of the Amnesty Proclamation..."</i></blockquote>
I feel certain this may be the same William. The link is that he enlisted at Doniphan, which was the post office location for his household on the 1860 Federal Census. However, I have one hang up. His daughter Martha Jane was born March 30, 1864. His wife would have had to become pregnant right before he was captured, and have given birth late (pregnancy would have lasted about 45 weeks). Could he have been able to go home at some point? I can not say with 100% certainty that we have the same person.<br />
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The 1870 Federal Census, I can not find. Not sure where they could have been living. So we'll pick up with the 1880 Federal Census.<br />
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1880 Federal Census<br />
Living on Third Street in De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri<br />
People living in household:<br />
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<li>William Ross, head of household, male, age 38 born in Illinois, parents born in Indiana, occupation is a Locomotive Fireman</li>
<li>Mary J. Ross, wife, female, age 34 born in Tennessee, parents born in Tennessee, occupation is keeping house</li>
<li>Mattie Ross, daughter, female, age 16 born in Missouri, occupation is at home</li>
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By the 1900 Federal Census, they were living at 410 Stone Street, in Valle Township, City of De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri. Their daughter, Martha, was not listed on the census with William and Mary Jane, but 3 of her children from her first marriage were: William H. (Willie), Ivie, and Myrtle Hopson. They are also showing on the 1900 census living with their mother and her 2nd husband Harmon Augusta Tracy. They may have lived at both places.</div>
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In 1910, William and Mary Jane were still living in Valle Township, City of De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri. He was still showing as an engineer for the locomotive. This census shows how many children they had. Next to Mary's name it says they had 2 children, and 1 was living. I'm guessing one of their children must have died before 1880.</div>
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February 14, 1915, William's wife, Mary Jane Kidd Ross, died of <i>"Valvular Heart Disease."</i> She was 70 years old. The certificate states they were living on Stone Street near 3rd Street in De Soto. She was buried at the City Cemetery in De Soto.<br />
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A little over a year later, William passed away too. He was in the Missouri Pacific Railroad Hospital at 1600 California Ave., in St. Louis, Missouri prior to his death. His age was 78 years old. The certificate, found on <i><a href="http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1916/1916_00026695.PDF">Missouri Digital Heritage: Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1963</a>, </i>shows his occupation was a <i>"Hustler Tending to the Engineer for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co." </i>He was buried next to his wife in the De Soto City Cemetery. You can see their tombstone here on <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=ross&GSfn=william&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=26&GScnty=1446&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=50549006&df=all&">Findagrave.com</a>.<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about any of the information listed above, please leave a comment. I'd be happy to provide any additional information. Thanks for reading!!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-73102305218913435032014-08-22T11:41:00.000-04:002014-08-22T11:42:47.098-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Martha Jane Ross 1863-1933 Missouri - Week 27<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Well, I've been MIA these past few weeks. Summer has taken me outside and away from the computer. I'm about a month behind with this challenge, I think...I've lost track!! Back to it!!<br />
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I'm dedicating this post to my great, great grandmother <b>Martha Jane Ross</b>. From information I was given, Martha was born in Ripley County, Missouri. Not sure where this information came from, so I'm not 100% sure it's accurate. According to her death certificate, she was born March 30, 1864. She was the daughter of William H. Ross and Mary Jane Kidd. I am not able to find the family in the 1870 Federal Census, so I am not able to see if Martha had any siblings (according to the 1910 census showing William and Mary Jane, it states she had 2 children, but only 1 was living).<br />
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The family can be seen in the 1880 Federal Census living in De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri. In the household is William, Mary Jane, and Martha, or Mattie as her name is written.<br />
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Martha was first married to John Hopson. Martha and John had 4 children together:<br />
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<li>Willie born 1881</li>
<li>Ivy born 1882</li>
<li>Myrtle born 1884</li>
<li>Lester born 1890</li>
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I believe the two were married November 2, 1880 in St. Louis, Missouri. This was information given to me by another family member, but I can not find proof of the marriage, so I'm not 100% sure it is correct. I was also told Martha and John divorced in 1889 in Jefferson County, Missouri. Again, I have not seen the paperwork, so I'm not certain of this date.</div>
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I do know that Martha married for a second time to <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/05/52-ancestors-challenge-harmon-augustus.html">Harmon Augusta Tracy</a> on November 14, 1896 in Jefferson County, Missouri. This can be found in the <i>Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002</i> on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>. Martha was Harmon's 3rd wife (possibly 4th). Together the two had 7 children:</div>
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<li>Paul who died in infancy</li>
<li>Luke who died in infancy</li>
<li>William Mark born 1897</li>
<li><a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/05/52-ancestors-challenge-minnie-t-tracy.html">Minnie</a> born 1899</li>
<li>Arbelle, or Orville, born 1902</li>
<li>Grace born 1904</li>
<li>Byron Earl born 1906</li>
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Here is a funny story given to me about Martha's father William and her husband Harmon:<br />
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<i>Martha's father, William Ross, was about 7 years younger then his son-in-law, Harmon (William Ross was born about 1841 and Harmon was born in 1834). They both fought in the Civil War, William fought for the South and Harmon for the North. At one point, the two were living in the same household, and it is said "they would use their canes and try to trip each other as they walked by."</i></blockquote>
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The pictures in this post are of Martha and various family members. These copies were given to me by my mother, who received them from her aunt. I'm not sure who is in the photo with her, or when and where they were taken.<br />
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The family can be found in the 1900 Federal Census living in De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri. In the house is Martha and Harmon, along with 2 of Harmon's children from his second marriage, Olive and Matthew, Harmon and Martha's children, Mark and Minnie, and Martha's 4 children from her first marriage, Willie, Ivy, Myrtle, and Lester. Looks like they had a full house!!<br />
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In 1910, the family is still living in De Soto. Mark, Minnie, Orville, and Grace are the children living with them...not sure where Byron is (1910 Federal Census found on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>).<br />
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Then, after 1910, Harmon left the family to go visit his daughter, Olive, in Arkansas. He never made it back. Harmon died on May 17, 1919 in Memphis, Tennessee, supposedly on his daughter's houseboat (Olive's husband was a ferry boat owner). Harmon was buried at the Memphis National Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.<br />
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In 1920, we can find Martha along with Orville, Grace, and Byron living on Hickory Street, in St. Louis Ward 15, St. Louis County, Missouri. The 1920 Federal Census shows Martha as a widow.<br />
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On the 1930 Federal Census, we see her still living in St. Louis, but this time on Monroe Street. She was listed as a "lodger," renting a room from Julian and Sophia Lesvicki.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGe3e6Hq8gJ0vl7Tw0hshG5_PqAhqc4RXW0B4kP-oUIV6Ix8Aija74Yv6cONyIxPMYZolRtf5fhL7FZEzPSm6htWFTNPKHGIxxN_VAFou55RawTIMbHeNI9m79fN5nRLSC8tAOpOiDL4/s1600/Martha+Jane+Ross+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGe3e6Hq8gJ0vl7Tw0hshG5_PqAhqc4RXW0B4kP-oUIV6Ix8Aija74Yv6cONyIxPMYZolRtf5fhL7FZEzPSm6htWFTNPKHGIxxN_VAFou55RawTIMbHeNI9m79fN5nRLSC8tAOpOiDL4/s1600/Martha+Jane+Ross+02.jpg" height="320" width="208" /></a>Martha Jane Ross Hopson Tracy died September 25, 1933. Her death certificate can be found online through <i><a href="http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1933/1933_00032379.PDF">Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1963</a></i>. She was living at 3403 North Broadway, in the City of St. Louis. She is listed as 69 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Her son Byron was the informant.<br />
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I'm not sure which cemetery she would have been buried in. Under <i>"Burial, Cremation, or Removal,"</i> it says <i>"De Soto Sept. 27, 1933."</i> The Undertaker is listed as E.J. Schnur, at 3125 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. One day, maybe I will find out where she was buried.<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about any of the information listed above, please leave a comment. I'd be happy to provide any additional information. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-45380675296373654492014-07-14T17:10:00.000-04:002014-07-14T17:11:42.832-04:0052 Ancestors Challenge - Wilhelm Grote - Celle, Germany - Week 26<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been slacking when it comes to this 52 Ancestors Challenge lately. I'm finding it hard to make the time, and concentrate, while my children are home from school. So much more to do with them home everyday, but its all fun!! So this is a bit late, but better late then never!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For week 26, I've decided to write about my great, great, great, grandfather, Wilhelm Grote. For years I've been looking for him, not knowing if he died in Germany or came to the U.S. with his wife Auguste Rheinfels. I had no birth date to go off of either, just the entry on his daughter's birth certificate that she was born in Celle, Germany. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, earlier this week, I did another google search (as I tend to do from time to time), and searched for "Genealogy records Celle, Germany." This time, I found a link to a familysearch Wiki post at </span><a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Genealogy"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Genealogy</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. On this page it talks about <em>Village Lineage Books, "locally compiled books...extracted from parish registers."</em> I clicked on the link listed and it directed me to </span><a href="http://www.online-ofb.de/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Genealogy.net.</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've been to this website before, but most of it is in German and my German isn't all that good, so I easily give up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Playing around, I scrolled down to the Niedersachsen villages to see what I could find. I knew the family was from the Celle area, but what actual village, I wasn't sure. As I clicked through a few, I then looked up the surnames of Grote and Rheinfels, along with a couple others I knew were related to them. Finally, I clicked on the area of<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Celle Süd-Ost, <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">found the surname Grote, and looked at the very long list of Grotes. I clicked on a few, but when I clicked on the name Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Grote I noticed his wife's name was Henriette Wilhelmine Auguste Rheinfels. Could it be??? They show a daughter named Auguste Caroline Wilhelmine Henriette Grote born 24 December 1867. I immediately pulled up my tree to compare, and sure enough...it was the same birth date!! Auguste Rheinfels birth date is about the same too! Her info on this website says she was born 28 August 1835, the same date I have that was based off her death certificate!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I'm very sure these are the same people. However, because this is a secondary source, I hesitate to say I'm 100% sure. I need to track down the actual records to verify it all. But with these village books, I now have hope that these records do still exist!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we can safely assume these entries are correct, then this Grote family can be traced all the way back to the early 1700s! All living in the same village too!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So who is Wilhelm Grote?</span></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Based on the findings from this "Familiendatenbank Celle Süd-Ost Familienbericht," or Local Family Database Celle Süd-Ost Family Report, we know the following:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Grote was born the 25th of August 1833 (same birth date as my dad...just 117 years earlier) in Bröckel, Germany.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His parents were Carsten Heinrich Grote and Dorothea Elisabeth Schepelmann.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He had at least 9 brothers and sisters:</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sophie Elisabeth</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sophie Caroline</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friederike Elisabeth</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carsten Heinrich</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heinrich Wilhelm</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heinrich Christian</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heinrich Christian (two with the same name, the first died before the second was born)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marie Dorothea</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caroline Friederike</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilhelm married Henriette Wilhelmine Auguste Rheinfels the 22 of April 1864 in Weinhausen, Celle, Germany.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They had at least 4 children that I know of:</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heinrich Friederich Wilhelm</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Auguste Caroline Wilhelmine Henriette (my great, great grandmother)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caroline Marie Auguste</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Herman (he isn't listed on this website, but was born about 1877 and is listed on his sister's obituary).</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We don't know for sure when or where he died. His wife is listed on the "Chicago, Illinois, City Directory, 1897" on Ancestry.com's "U.S. City
Directories, 1821-1989." She is listed as the widow of Wilhelm, and living at
585 Larrabee. Her son Herman is shown as living at the same address in this
directory. So we know he died prior to 1897. The 1900 census also lists Auguste as coming to the U.S. in 1887, although, I haven't been able to find her on any ship manifest yet. I'm guessing he might have died in Germany, but can't be sure.</span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's safe to say I was very excited to find this new information!! It has consumed most of my free time over the last week! If you would like to see Wilhelm and his family in this database, just click here on </span><a href="http://www.online-ofb.de/famreport.php?ofb=wienhausen&ID=I34195&nachname=GROTE&modus=&lang=de"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Genealogy.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and it should take you there. If you'd like to read more about his wife, </span><a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/05/52-ancestors-challenge-week-18-augusta.html"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Auguste</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, she was the focus of my week 18 post.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Signature of Robert P. Miles, found in probate<br />
paperwork for Absalom Jackson's estate (his father-in-law).<br />
Copy found in probate file, in <br />
<u>Chambers County Estates Box 16, Folder 43</u></td></tr>
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It may be hard to read, but this is the signature of my 4th great grandfather, Robert P. Miles. His signature was found on some probate papers in the estate of his father-in-law, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/06/52-ancestors-challenge-absalom-jackson.html">Absalom Jackson</a>. The paper it is from is very hard to read, but I believe it has something to do with the sale of some property that Absalom owned. The page is dated in the year 1840, and has the signatures, or marks, of each of his unwed daughters and the husbands of his married daughters.<br />
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Robert P. Miles was born around 1799, probably in Georgia. I speculate he was born somewhere around Hancock County, GA. His father is thought to be John Miles and was on the tax rolls of Hancock County, GA from 1895-1805. There is a book that discusses John Miles called <u>Your Inheritance, Vol. II</u>, by Robbie Lee Gillis Ross, Matthews, NC, Delmar Print Co., 1972 (pages 231-236). In the book it states John Miles was a Commissioner from Montpelier, and was a Justice of the Peace for Baldwin County, GA. John's wife, and Robert's mother, is said to be Margaret (Peggy) Warren. <br />
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According to this same book, Robert P. Miles had one draw in the Third Lottery Act of 1820, set up by the Georgia Legislature. This can also be seen in the <u>Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume IV, Back Matter</u> on <a href="http://interactive.ancestry.com/25492/dvm_LocHist010589-00775-1/1542?backurl=http%3a%2f%2ftrees.ancestry.com%2ftree%2f18385702%2fperson%2f721506376&ssrc=pt_t18385702_p721506376_kpidz0q3d721506376z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnToTree">Ancestry.com</a> if you have a subscription. If you don't have a subscription, a copy of the index is found at <a href="http://theusgenweb.org/ga/baldwin/lotteryapplicants1819j-m.html">USGenWeb</a>. His name can be seen in Ellis' District.<br />
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Robert is next found in the will of his father, John. John left his son a slave named Daniel, a feather bed, and furniture. I find the idea of having another human being as part your property reprehensible, but this was common in the south at this time. It is sad what these people had to endure, and my heart goes out to them.<br />
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A large part of John's estate was left to his wife, Peggy. When she died in 1826, it was divided to their children. At her death, the estate had 18 additional slaves. These slaves were divided up into Lots of 2 each. Each heir of the estate drew a lot. Robert drew lot number 7, which meant he was given 2 slaves by the names Sucky and Selilia, which were appraised at $450 together. You can find these papers on <a href="http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-30617-3354-4?cc=1999178&wc=9SBN-DP8:267652201,267716601">Familysearch.org</a>: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990, Baldwin County, Returns 1813-1831, page 139 in the book, but page 493 of 664 of the digital copies.<br />
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I'm unsure where Robert was living in 1830, but by 1833 he is shown marrying <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-challenge-week-11-palmira.html">Palmira Jackson</a> in Meriwether County, GA. Palmira Jackson was the daughter of Absalom Jackson, who was living in Meriwether County, Ga when the 1830 census was taken.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage record of Robert P. Miles and Palmira Jackson May 16, 1833, Meriwether
Co., GA<br />
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Image found on Familysearch.org, "Georgia, County Marriages,
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Robert and Palmira had 9 children that we know of. They are as follows:<br />
<ul>
<li>Elizabeth b.1834, d.after 1891 - married John H.M. Vines</li>
<li>Lucinda b. 1835, d.1908 - married William M. Beckett</li>
<li>Margaret (Maggie) b.1839, d. 1917 - married Holland Middleton Bell</li>
<li><a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-challenge-week-10-matilda.html">Matilda Ann</a> b.1840, d. 1857 - married William Green Stowe</li>
<li>Absalom Jackson b.1841, d.1862 - never married</li>
<li>John W. b.1841, d.1918 - married Victoria P. West</li>
<li>Alevia b.1844, d.unknown - don't believe she ever married, can't find her after 1880 though</li>
<li>Robert Paul b.1847, d.1930 - Married Monica Bell (sister of Holland M. Bell)</li>
<li>William H. b.1849, d.1918 - never married</li>
</ul>
In 1840, there is a R. Miles living in Huey's District, No. 3, Harris County, GA, according to the 1840 Federal Census. In the household it shows the following members:<br />
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<em>1 male age 20-29; 2 females under the age of 5; 2 females age 5-9; 1 female age 30-39; 1 male slave under the age of 10; and 1 female slave age 10-23</em></blockquote>
We can assume the male and older female are Robert and Palmira, however, the age of Robert would be incorrect. The two females under the age of 5 could be Matilda Ann and Margaret, while the two other females could have been Elizabeth and Lucinda. It's unknown whether the older female slave could have been Sucky or Selilia. The male slave under the age of 10 would have been too young to have been Daniel, so I'm not sure what his name was.<br />
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In 1843, Robert Miles can be found in Harris County, in the <u>Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892</u>, found on Ancestry.com. He is located in the Dagnol District. I can't quite make out what each item is they listed, but I can see he still had 2 slaves in his household.<br />
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The 1850 Federal Census has been frustrating for me. I have looked and looked for this family in this census, but cannot find them anywhere. It's quite possible they were still in Harris County, GA, but on May 1, 1849, there was a land grant recorded for a Robert Miles of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. This can be found on Ancestry.com as well in the <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1246&enc=1" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Learn more about the U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><u>U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907</u></span></a>. The following piece of land is shown in the grant:<br />
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<em>"The North East quarter of the North West quarter of Section Twenty Eight in Township Twenty Three of Range Twenty Four, East, in the District of Lands Subject to Sale at Montgomery Alabama containing forty Acres and eight and a half hundredths of an Acre."</em></blockquote>
We also know that his oldest daughter, Elizabeth Miles (my 3rd great grandmother), was married in Tallapoosa County, AL on February 13, 1849, to <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-challenge-week-9-john-hm.html">John H.M. Vines</a>. You can see the marriage details here on <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQKD-538">Familysearch.org</a>. It is my assumption, that the family had moved to Tallapoosa County, AL by this time.<br />
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We can't find the family in the 1850 census, but Alabama had a state census in 1855. On Ancestry.com in the <u>Alabama State Census, 1820-1866 records</u>, we see a Robert Miles living in Beat 13. In the household, it shows the following:<br />
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4 males under 21; 1 male over 21; 4 females under 21; 1 female over 21; and 2 slaves.</blockquote>
The families time was short in Tallapoosa County. By 1860, the family can be found in Fayette County, Alabama. The 1860 Federal Census shows the family living in East District, Fayette Co., AL. The surname is spelled Myles and it shows Robert as age 60, occupation a farmer, value of real estate as $2,000, value of personal estate of $1,500, and he was born in Georgia. The people living in his household are as follows: Palmira, Margaret, John, Absalom, Aleva, Robert, William, Green Stoe, Wm. C. Manases, Sarah A. Manases, Davens J. Manases, James H. Manases, and Dorphus Manases. I don't think the Manases family was related to the Miles, but <em>"Green Stoe"</em> is actually William Green Stowe, Robert's widowed son-in-law. He was married to Matilda Ann Miles on September 9, 1856, and she died December 27, 1857 in Tallapoosa County. She probably died in childbirth, and is buried with their son Robert A. Stowe.<br />
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We can also see Robert in the <u>1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedule</u> on Ancestry.com. He is shown having 2 slaves in his household and one slave house. One is listed as a female age 30, while the other is listed as a male. The age of the male is hard to read. The person who indexed this typed in 29 years, but I think it looks more like 21 years. Either way, there is a mark next to the male, which means he was a <em>"fugitive of the state."</em> What that might mean, I'm not sure. Did he run away? Attempt to get his freedom? The ages show they could be the same two that were living in the household in 1840 as well.<br />
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Robert Miles can also be found in the Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule for the year 1860. He is shown with the following for his farm:<br />
<ul>
<li>Acres of land improved: 135, unimproved: 425</li>
<li>Cash value of farm: $200</li>
<li>Value of Farming Implements and Machinery: $20</li>
<li>Livestock on June 1, 1860</li>
<ul>
<li>Horses: 4</li>
<li>Milch Cows: 4</li>
<li>Working Oxen: 2</li>
<li>Other Cattle: 3</li>
<li>Swine: 40</li>
<li>Value of Livestock: $775</li>
</ul>
<li>Bushels of Wheat: 100</li>
<li>Bushels of Rye: 20</li>
<li>Bushels of Indian Corn: 1,000</li>
<li>Ginned Cotton Bales of 400 lbs each: 18</li>
</ul>
The Civil War then came and brought a lot of changes to the Miles family. At least three of Robert and Palmira's sons, and their son-in-law, went off to war. Only two returned. Their son Absalom Jackson Miles died of sickness near Richmond, VA, and their daughter, Elizabeth's, husband John H.M. Vines died of sickness in Mississippi. Their son John Miles was injured, but made it back home.<br />
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The 1866 Alabama State Census found on Ancestry.com shows the family living in Fayette County still. There is a total of 14 people living in the household. This would be Robert, Palmira, John, Alevia, Robert Jr., William, and their widowed daughter Elizabeth Miles Vines along with Elizabeth's 7 children: Mary Ann, Nancy Elizabeth, Lucinda, Susan, Matilda, Robert Javis, and George W. This census also contains an area to mark whether anyone in the household was killed in the war, died of sickness, or disabled. In Robert's household they have marked 2 for died of sickness and 1 for disabled. The 2 that died were Absalom and John H.M. Vines, while the disabled soldier, I believe was John.<br />
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In 1870, we see Robert, age 71 years now. He is still living in Fayette County, according to the 1870 Federal Census, he is in Township 17. In his household were his wife, Palmira, and two of their children, Alevia and William. Next to them on the census is their daughter Elizabeth with 5 of her children. Her oldest daughter Mary Ann Melvina Vines was married by this time and living in Tallapoosa with her husband, Jonathan Beckett. Elizabeth's daughter, Nancy Elizabeth was living with Mary Ann and her family too.<br />
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Another Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule was done in 1870 as well, and can be found on Ancestry.com. There is an R.P. Miles listed on it with the following:<br />
<ul>
<li>Acres of land improved: 100, unimproved: 564</li>
<li>Cash value of farm: $200</li>
<li>Value of Farming Implements and Machinery: $10</li>
<li>Livestock on June 1, 1870</li>
<ul>
<li>Horses: 2</li>
<li>Milch Cows: 5</li>
<li>Working Oxen: 2</li>
<li>Other Cattle: 10</li>
<li>Swine: 19</li>
<li>Value of Livestock: $467</li>
</ul>
<li>Bushels of Indian Corn: 400</li>
<li>Bushels of Oats: 100</li>
</ul>
It's similar to what he had for the 1860 census. Not too much had changed. Robert didn't own a large plantation, so the war may not have affected his business as it did some people.<br />
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August 30, 1873, Robert passed away. He is buried in the Old Section of the Fayette City Cemetery. His wife Palmira and their grandson, Robert Calvin Miles, are buried next to him. I've seen on record that there is a CSA soldier buried next to them, but there isn't a stone that we have found for him. Not sure if this CSA soldier could be their son, Absalom Jackson Miles or not. My mom and her husband have taken a couple of trips to the Fayette City Cemetery and have taken photos of the gravestones. Interesting find, behind the old gravestones that are deteriorating from age, are two small white stones with just their initials on them. They must have been added afterwards, but not entirely sure. Robert's was found inside the cement curb that surrounded one Bell family stones. Palmira's was found lying on the grass just behind the Bell stone. I need to contact the people in charge of this section of the cemetery to see why this is. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gravestones of Robert P. Miles, Palmira Jackson Miles, and Robert Calvin Miles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second, smaller, stone with Robert's initials found in Bell plot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo of "RPM" stone lying inside Bell plot (on the left). Palmira's second stone is lying in front.</td></tr>
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Robert died intestate, and the probate of his estate was handled by his son-in-law, Holland Middleton Bell, who would eventually work as probate judge for the county. Copies of his probate paperwork can be found in the <u>Fayette County, AL Probate Court Minutes: Vol.2, Pages 285-287, 783-784, 798-799; Vol. 3, Pages 24, 315, 342-343, 352-354; Vol. 4, Pages 43-44; and Fayette County, AL Probate Court Records, Vol. 2, Pages 401-408.</u><br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about any of the information listed
above, please leave a comment. I'd be happy to provide any additional
information. Thanks for reading!!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-56467480075792667862014-06-17T18:41:00.001-04:002014-06-17T18:49:27.677-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Absalom Jackson - Chambers County, Alabama -Week 24<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will of Absalom Jackson dated August 29, 1838 in Chambers Co., AL<br />
Copy found in probate file, in <u>Chambers County Estates Box 16, Folder 43</u></td></tr>
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Absalom Jackson was my 5th great grandfather on my mother's side of the family. For a long time I had a hunch that the name of my 4th great grandmother, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-challenge-week-11-palmira.html">Palmira Jackson Miles'</a> father was Absalom, but couldn't be sure. Naming practices in the south are what I relied on. I knew her and her husband had twin boys (the oldest boys of the family), and I knew their names were Absalom and John. We believe Palmira's husband, Robert Miles' father was John Miles of Georgia, so it was safe to assume that Palmira's father was probably named Absalom.<br />
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So who was Absalom Jackson? As far as I can tell, he was born somewhere between 1781 and 1790, in either South Carolina or Georgia (I'm leaning toward South Carolina though). There is another Absalom Jackson who lived in Georgia. He was a land surveyor and has many, many documents with his name on file. But, we can safely rule out that these are two different men. The land surveyor was quite a bit older and is the same Absalom Jackson that died in 1793 in Camden County. He was married to Phareba Webster, and is not the Absalom we are talking about today.<br />
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The first record of our Absalom, that I can find, is the 1820 Federal Census. He is living with his family in Capt. Buckhalter's District, Jones County, GA. In the household are the following:<br />
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<em>2 males under 10; 1 male age 16-25; 1 male age 16-44; 2 females under 10; 2 females age 10-15; 2 females age 16-25; 1 female age 45 or older</em></blockquote>
We know the 2 youngest males are not Absalom's sons. Absalom and Abigail took in two boys after their mother died. Hideon and Richard Moore were the twin sons of Joseph Iddings (or Idens, Hideon) Moore and his wife Jane. I've been given notes about this Moore family, and it seems there was a family bible. In the bible it states Jane died March 4, 1817 after giving birth to twins on February 25, 1817. In the 1820 Federal Census, we see Hideon, or Iddens Moore, living a couple households away from Absalom Jackson. I believe Absalom and his family raised these boys, or at least had a lot to do with the raising of these boys. Both Hideon and Richard were mentioned in Absalom's will, and Hideon named two of his children after Absalom and his wife Abigail.<br />
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I believe the other male age 16-25 was the husband of Absalom's daughter Elizabeth. Her husband was named Thomas Jefferson Brooks. His father is thought to be Robert Brooks, Sr., who also lives just a few households away from Absalom. His father, Robert, is listed as living alone in 1820.<br />
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In the 1830 Federal Census, we see Absalom moved his family to Meriwether County, GA. He is listed with the following in his household:<br />
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Again, the 2 boys were probably Hideon and Richard Moore. <br />
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By 1838, the family had moved their way into Alabama, settling in Chambers County. Absalom made out his will and signed it August 29, 1838. It can be found in volume 1, page 204. It was entered into court on October 5, 1838. Here is a copy of what it says:<br />
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<em>"Know all men by these presents that I Absolom Jackson while in my proper mind without the persuasion of any person or persons whatsoever, do bequeath unto my Daughter Phebe one feather bed and furniture also do bequeath unto my daughter Abigail, one feather bed and furniture. Also I do bequeath unto my Daughter Mary, one feather bed and furniture and I further do bequeath to my Wife Abigal Jackson two sorrel horses one four years old and the other three years old last spring also one cart and yoke of oxen, and all the balance of the cattle and hogs and also the crop that is now growing on the place whre I now live for the use of my wife Abigal and family that now lives with me and her also and to remain, and also to all the household and kitchen furniture on this place where on I now live, and to be supported by Hideans and Richard Moore so long as she, that is my wife Abigal lives or remains a widow and the two horses and yoke of oxen and cart with all the balance of the cattle and hogs or so much as remains at her death or marriage there to be sold and equally divided between all my lawful heirs and all the balance of my property to be sold according to law, with the exception of two forty acres lots of land in the Cherokee County in Georgia that is if Jefferson Brooks will go and sell them according to a previous contract between him and me and return the one half of the price to be divided between all the heirs and the balance sold and equally divided together with all the debts due to me after all of my debts are discharged.</em></blockquote>
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The will was witnessed by Thompson Reeves, Edmond Jackson, and Richard Gordon. Absalom signed it with his mark.<br />
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So, Absalom died somewhere between August 29th and October 5th of 1838, in Chambers County, AL. The entire probate file can be found in <u>Chambers County Estates Box 16, Folder 43</u>. From his probate file, we know his children were as follows:<br />
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<li>Elizabeth who married Thomas Jefferson Brooks, Sr.</li>
<li>Mathilda who married Jethro Hamblin</li>
<li>Phebe who married William Thompson</li>
<li>Epsey who married William C. Hamilton</li>
<li>Palmyra who married Robert P. Miles</li>
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Phebe, Abigail, and Mary were all unmarried at the time of Absalom's death. All of his daughters remained in Alabama, mostly around Chambers and Tallapoosa Counties. Palmira moved with her family to Fayette County by 1860. Abigail Jackson, Absalom's wife is shown once more in the 1840 Federal Census. I believe her and her daughters were living with Hideon Moore. The entry on the census reads Hideon Jackson. In the household are one male age 20-30, one female age 10-15, one female age 15-20, 2 females age 20-30, and one female age 50-60. If Hideon was taking care of Absalom's wife and children after his death, it is quite possible the name was mixed up.<br />
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<strong><u>What Jackson line is Absalom from??</u></strong><br />
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This is the question I'm currently working on. So many people are doing research on the different lines of Jacksons in the southeast. Everyone has a different theory. I have an assumption of my own. I have no proof for this, so don't quote me on it, but I believe these Absaloms all come from the same line of Jacksons. <br />
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First, I believe, the Absalom Jackson who died in Camden County, GA in 1793 was born about 1750. He had ties to the Quakers and the Society of Friends in Wrightsboro, GA. His father may have been Benjamin Jackson. Benjamin Jackson also had another son named Walter. I believe this Walter might be the father of our Absalom. Walter also had another son named James. James married Temperance Motley, and they had a son named Absalom born February 26, 1805 in Georgia. This Absalom married Emma Bolling Hall and lived in Autauga County, AL. This line of Jacksons is said to have come from Ireland in the early 1700s.<br />
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It is said that the Moore family from which Hideon and Richard came from were also related to Quakers, and the Society of Friends.<br />
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For now, these are all assumptions, and nothing is 100% acurate without any paperwork to back it up. Like I said, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS! It is all a work in progress!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-10007730665139237832014-06-09T15:10:00.000-04:002014-06-09T15:10:58.037-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Where is Grover William Locke? - Week 23My great grandmother, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-15-mamie.html">Mamie Estelle Locke</a>, had an older brother named Grover William Locke. We know nothing about this person, and I've spent a lot of time wondering where he went. <br />
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We do know, according to pages from the family bible, that Grover was born March 12, 1885, probably in, or near, Rosebud, White County, Arkansas. He was the first child of<a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/01/52ancestors-challenge-week-3-i-am-blind.html"> Francis Marion Lock/Locke</a> and Nancy Elizabeth Vines. <br />
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The family moved around from what we can understand. Francis Marion was a Minister of the Gospel and taught piano lessons. His work must have moved them around, we can not find the family on any Federal Census between the years 1900 to 1920. However, we do know that they were probably living in Stephenville, Erath County, Texas by 1903. Mamie had an autograph book, and in it Grover wrote the following:<br />
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<em>"Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas</em><br />
<em>Jan 26 1903</em><br />
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<em>When I am gone, and you can't tell, go to our church and ring the bell.</em><br />
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<em>Your Brother,</em><br />
<em>Grover Locke"</em><br />
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<em>"Jan 26 1903</em><br />
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<em>Miss Mamie Locke</em><br />
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<em>I hope you good luck and success through life, perhaps some day you will be some lucky wife.</em><br />
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<em>Your Brother,</em><br />
<em>Grover Locke"</em><br />
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There was a picture in my grandmother's things. They were things that belonged to her mother Mamie. With those items was a picture of a young man. We don't know for sure, but this could possibly be Grover. <br />
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The only document for Grover that we have been successful in finding was a WWI draft card. The copy was found on Ancestry.com, but it isn't the best quality, and hard to read. It lists a Grover Wm. Locke, born March 12, 1885, living in Drumright, Oklahoma. It lists his contact person as <em>"Mother Nattie Locke,"</em> living in Rogers, Texas. Rogers is in Bell County. I believe it says his occupation is "cleaner & presser," but I can not read the name of his employer, just that it was on Ohio Street in Drumright.<br />
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There is also a marriage record dated September 29, 1909 for Grover Locke and May N. Flora, both of Elk City, Beckham County, OK. The age matches him, but not sure if it is him. I believe the WWI draft card was him, so why would he put his mother down as closest relative, when he was married? I guess it wouldn't be impossible if May died before the war, so who knows? On the 1910 Federal Census, there is an entry for a "W D Lock and May Lock" living in Elk. Their birthdates match, and it says they have been married one year. But "W.D." would not be his initials. However, it says on this census that W.D. Lock is a cleaner and presser working in tailoring. <br />
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When my mom was a young girl, she remembers asking her grandmother if she had a brother. Her grandmother said she did, but he died in the war. From what I can find, there is no record of Grover Locke in World War I. She doesn't remember if she meant he died in the war, or during the war. I haven't been able to locate a death record either way.<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post,
please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what
information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-31619873324950404072014-06-09T12:32:00.001-04:002014-06-09T19:05:19.298-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Ida B. Haase, born 1868 in Prussia and died 1952 in Chicago, IL - Week 22<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Ida was born April 18, 1868, and was the daughter of Ludwig Haase and Justine Augusta Erdmann. I believe her siblings were Adeline (b. 1860), Hulda (b. 1864), Augusta (b. 1870), Emma (b. 1871), Minnie (b. 1874), and Richard Ludwig (b. 1877). The whole family came to the U.S. around 1878/1879. There is a ship manifest for the <u>Leipzig,</u> found on<br />
<a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>, which arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on June 6, 1879. It lists the entire household. I only question it, because some of the children's ages were not written correctly, but the order and names are all the same. The manifest states they were headed to Illinois, which is where they settled.</div>
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We can find the family in Chicago, IL in the 1880 Federal Census. Everyone but Augusta is shown in the household. Augusta may have passed away.</div>
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On May 10, 1890, Ida married John Martin Kutz in Chicago. John was the son of <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-17-martin.html">Martin Kutz</a> and Anna Draeger. He was born in Chicago on June 18, 1861. His parents were immigrants from Germany, just like Ida and her family, however they came to the U.S. in the late 1850s.<br />
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Ida and John had 4 children: Elsie Justine (b. 1891) - she was my great-grandmother, Arthur Martin (b.1893), and twin daughters Emma Rose and Lillian Ruth (b. 1895).</div>
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The family stayed in the Chicago area. According to the 1900 & 1910 Federal Censuses, they rented a house on Augusta Street. By the 1920 Federal Census, they moved to 919 Washtenaw Avenue. In 1930, they were living at 5017 Schubert Avenue.<br />
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On November 12, 1933, John Kutz passed away, and was buried at Concordia Cemetery in Chicago. Ida continued living at the house on Schubert with her son Arthur, who never married. They are shown there on the 1940 Federal Census, along with Ida's daughter Lillian and Lillian's husband Ralph Hanson.</div>
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August 2, 1952, Ida passed away. She was also buried at Concordia with her husband John.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death certificate of Ida B. Haase Kutz</td></tr>
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***Just a quick note. I meant to add this when I first wrote about Ida, but forgot. Years ago when I first started researching my family, I came across an entry on Familysearch.org. It showed a woman born in April 18, 1868 named Ida Bertha Haase and her parents, Ludwig Haase and Justine Erdmann. It also stated she was Baptized in Schurow, Pommern, Prussia, on May 3, 1868. I don't know where this information came from, but I do remember seeing it, and I made a note of it in my files. I'm not sure if it was information added about them by another person, or if it was information from a record at one of the Latter Day Saints libraries. I do have in my notes, that Schurow, Pommern, Prussia is now present day <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Skōrowo, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Koszalin</st1:city>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Poland. Looking on Google maps, the two areas are very near each other. Routing it, it is only 11 kilometers between the two towns. Unfortunately, I can't verify this. I am unable to locate the link online at this present time.</st1:country-region></st1:place></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-61235777077481831702014-05-26T12:50:00.001-04:002014-05-26T14:38:41.385-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Army PFC Jake J. Holcomb, World War II - Week
21<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01bz0yZThsOehD1Ee9qspje59lEF3c0TOD4SfSJROIuTFkYOcEynS31Q5VCU27TtzUCZkUlwXvS90LNxdbkfb6WnQ8vdzGi_pADcCe7PBmJVWX0nTWxAl50dsugHQAgo-Z8P2Z2OIdg0/s1600/Jake+J+Holcomb+21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01bz0yZThsOehD1Ee9qspje59lEF3c0TOD4SfSJROIuTFkYOcEynS31Q5VCU27TtzUCZkUlwXvS90LNxdbkfb6WnQ8vdzGi_pADcCe7PBmJVWX0nTWxAl50dsugHQAgo-Z8P2Z2OIdg0/s1600/Jake+J+Holcomb+21.jpg" height="320" width="188"></a>My grandmother, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-ancestors-leaves52-ancestors.html">Tennie Belle Holcomb Gibson</a>, had a brother, who we all called "Buck." He lived next door to my grandparents in a tiny, one-bedroom house in Baldwin Park, California. He was a quiet, sweet, man who never married, and always wore plaid western-styled shirts and cowboy boots. He didn't speak much and kept to himself mostly, except for the occasional family gathering. In conversations, he usually wasn't the one talking, but would reply "yeah, yeah, yeah." The most I ever heard him speak was sitting with my grandmother and reminiscing about their childhood. Even then it was my grandmother asking the questions and leading the conversation. But he usually had a smile on his face, and seemed happy. This is how I remember him.<br>
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It wasn't until I was older, that I found out he had earned a Purple Heart in World War II. Since it is Memorial Day today, I felt it was appropriate to dedicate this post to him, .<br>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Bywu9Ea6nWZBppt0OgBKKjWtdIM6chpkqt1eWRVQPBH8hIOxGhDsc1P_I5lnQdlOks53ddQnMN2PxQq4E0-X278FtzpIeR4XpTW177DX4cmLcqT0SfZXiBgVWLGgveHfZBsyLyW2CWI/s1600/Jake+J+Holcomb+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Bywu9Ea6nWZBppt0OgBKKjWtdIM6chpkqt1eWRVQPBH8hIOxGhDsc1P_I5lnQdlOks53ddQnMN2PxQq4E0-X278FtzpIeR4XpTW177DX4cmLcqT0SfZXiBgVWLGgveHfZBsyLyW2CWI/s1600/Jake+J+Holcomb+02.jpg" height="320" width="181"></a>Buck was born Jake Jr. Holcomb on October 29, 1919 near the town of Leuders, in Shackelford County, Texas. He was the 4th child, and youngest son to <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-14-benton.html">Benton Rogers Holcomb</a> and <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-15-mamie.html">Mamie Estelle Locke Holcomb</a>. Why was he named Jake Jr. when his father was named Benton? Well, Benton was often called Jake. Not sure why Benton was called Jake, but we believe Buck was named after him. So why did everyone call him Buck you might ask? Well, I'm not sure about that either, except that it was actually "Roebucks" that they originally called him. Maybe it was so they wouldn't get him confused with his father. Why Roebucks? I have no idea.**<br>
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The family lived in Shackelford County, Texas for a few years, before moving to the Tahoka area, just south of Lubbock, Texas. Buck spent most of his childhood on a farm and worked alongside his family raising cotton. He attended school until the 5th grade, which is when he began working on the family farm as a farm hand. According to his <u>Army Separation Qualification Record</u> (we have on hand in his papers), his main occupation was a farm hand on a general farm. His work summary listed was: <em>"Worked on farm for wages. Drove tractor to plant, plow and harvest such crops as cotton and small grain. Tended cows. Raised poultry for home use."</em> <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benton Rogers Holcomb and Jake Jr. Holcomb (Buck) in front of the families gas station and general store.<br>
Not sure of the date - probably taken after the war.</td></tr>
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Around 1941, Buck's parents purchased a grocery store and gas station. I believe this was in New Lynn, which was just northeast of Tahoka. According to <u>U.S. World War II Enlistment Records</u> on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>, Buck's Civil Occupation was a <em>"Sales Clerk."</em> On October 29, 1941, a <u>Notice of Selection</u> was sent out to Buck to report for <em>"Induction"</em> on or around November 17, 1941. According to his enlistment records, he enlisted at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas on November 19, 1941.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buck's identification card found in his papers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Card from Buck sent back home to his family while he was away at war.<br>
Signed "Roebucks"</td></tr>
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According to his <u>Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, Honorable Discharge,</u> Buck served as a PFC in the Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry. He was an Ammunition Bearer, and he <em>"Carried ammunition to troops in front lines. Loaded and unloaded trucks. Stacked shells and explosives. Pre=pared ammunition for instant use."</em><br>
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<em>"Algeria-French Morocco Tunisia Sicily Normandy Northern France Rhineland GO 33 WD 45."</em> </blockquote>
Decorations and Citations earned:<br>
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"<em>EAME Campaign Medal with 6 Bronze Stars Distinguished Unit Badge with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster Purple Heart GO 23 Hq 3474 Evac Hosp APO 43 3 Aug 44 Good Conduct Medal American Defense Service Medal."</em></blockquote>
The Purple Heart was earned from a small shrapnel wound he obtained, according to a newspaper clipping we have (do not know the name of the paper it was from or the exact date it was printed). <br>
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Buck separated from the Army at Fort Sam Houston on July 1, 1945, and returned to his family home. I'm not sure what happened next, but I do believe at some point he suffered from a nervous breakdown. I've heard it was due to his time in the Army.<br>
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Buck remained with the family and probably worked in the store and gas station. His father became sick in the beginning of 1946, and he traveled with him to Ruidoso, New Mexico. There, Benton was trying to get relief for asthma, and Buck was there to help him. Unfortunately, Benton passed away unexpectedly on March 11, 1946.<br>
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Buck returned to Lynn County, TX and lived with his mother, Mamie, and younger sister, Tennie Belle for another year, until the store was sold and they all moved to California.<br>
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Mamie eventually purchased a small property in Baldwin Park, California in the early 50s. This is where her and Buck lived. My grandmother, Tennie Belle, and her husband moved in next door to them around 1955. Buck shared the one-bedroom house with his mother. She had the bedroom while he slept on the pull-out sofa in the front room. Mamie passed away in 1972, but before she died, she made my grandmother promise to take care of, and look after Buck.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buck with his mother, Mamie, holding my mother, Teresa.<br>
I believe they're standing in front of their little house - about 1950.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buck in his cowboy hat - probably taken in the late 70s early 80s,<br>
In Baldwin Park, CA - My grandparents dog Sandy and our dog Pepper running around him.</td></tr>
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Buck remained at his little house until he became sick and had to move to a nursing home. He passed away on December 6, 2000 at Intercommunity Medical Center in Covina. His final resting place is at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, CA.<br>
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post,
please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what
information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br>
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**After my mom read this, she passed on a little information about what she remembers about Buck: <em>"I heard that Mama</em> (that would be Buck mother Mamie) <em>called him Roebuck when she would call him in from playing or working, instead of just Buck she would say it really long like..."RooooooooooBuck!" Kind of like calling someone who was out in the fields or down the street." "Also, he loved In-n-Out hamburgers, fries, and Cokes...Had the biggest smile on his face everytime we brought him one."</em><br>
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Found on Ancestry.com, originally posted by tinalawson630<br />
in her tree named <a href="http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10546963/person/-599073428">Gibson/Stockdale Family Tree</a></td></tr>
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It's another week, and I'm writing yet another post for the challenge brought by Amy
Johnson Crow, <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/">52 Ancestor's in 52 Weeks</a><span style="color: black;">. </span>Its colorful ancestors like the one I'm discussing this week, that make this hunt so exciting!! This week is all about my great, great grandfather Harmon Augustus Tracy. So many stories about this one, I don't know where to begin!! I'm lucky that so much is already known, and shared, about this man. A lot of what I'm writing this week is from all the notes I've collected through the years. Some from family reunions from years ago, and some from email correspondences with other relatives. All in all, this is going to serve as a means to put the information all in one place...Finally!<br />
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Let's start from the beginning...<br />
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Harmon Augustus Tracy was born December 1, 1834 in Connorsville, Fayette County, Indiana. He was the second son born to Henry Tracy and Julia Content Greer. Altogether, I believe he had 7 siblings: Mary Elizabeth b.1828 in OH, Henry Lafayette b. 1832 in OH, Lydia b. 1839 in IN, Nancy Jane b. 1841 in IN, Thomas b. 1846 in IN, Harriett b. 1848 in IL, and Millard F. b. 1851 in MO. Harmon's father was born in either Canada, as many of the censuses state, or he may have been born in New York, as some others researching this line believe. His mother, Julia was born in Massachusetts.<br />
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In 1850 we can see Harmon living with his family in Warren County, Illinois. On the 1850 Federal Census (found on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>), it shows a Jonathan Tracy also living with the family. He shows as 79 years old and born in New Jersey. It is said this might be Harmon's grandfather living with the family.<br />
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Here's where things get interesting...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage record for Harmon Tracy and Anne McAllen<br />
Bourbon Co., Kansas 1859<br />
Recorded in Book A, page 27<br />
found on <a href="http://familysearch.org/">Familysearch.org</a><br />
Kansas Marriage records index 1855-1869</td></tr>
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Harmon marries Anna Rebecca Elifritz sometime in 1859. Anna is the widow of James McAllen. She is also a few years older and had a child from her first marriage, named Albert. You can see the family living in the County of Bourbon in Kansas Territory, on the 1860 Federal Census. In the household is:<br />
<ul>
<li>Harmon age 26</li>
<li>Ann age 29</li>
<li>Albert age 8</li>
<li>Frederick age 2 months</li>
</ul>
Harmon and Anna went on to have at least 6 children altogether:<br />
<ul>
<li>Frederick Alexander b.1860 in Des Moines, IA</li>
<li>Harmon Oliver b. 1862 Osceda, Warren Co., IL</li>
<li>Calvin Minton b. 1865 Lebenon, St. Clair Co., IL</li>
<li>William Augustus b. 1867 Des Moines, IA</li>
<li>Clara Julia b. 1870 Lebenon, St. Clair Co., IL</li>
<li>Martha Ann b. 1873 Patoka, Marion Co., IL</li>
</ul>
The family seemed to move around quite a bit. I believe Harmon was a carpenter, so he may have moved to where the work was.<br />
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During the Civil War, Harmon was a private in the Union army. He enlisted in Company F, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on September 9, 1862, and was mustered out July 16, 1864 in Roswell, GA. According to family, he was injured in the war. I have a note in my files that says his daughter Grace said "he fell off a bridge while in retreat and broke his back." Not sure if that is true.<br />
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The family can not be found in the 1870 census. However, on the 1880 Federal Census, you can find Anna living with her, and Harmon's, 6 children. They are living in Patoka, Marion County, Illinois (found on <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXVP-36H">Familysearch.org</a>). Harmon is not showing, but Anna is still listed as married. There is a Harmon Tracy living N. 15th Street in St. Loui, Missouri. Same age, same places of birth for him and his parents too. He is also a carpenter. But we see a woman named Catherine, age 48, born in Kentucky...and she is listed as his wife!! Did he get a divorce from Anna?? Many of Harmon's siblings, and his mother were living in St. Louis around the 1870s and 1880s.<br />
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Then on June 16, 1886, Harmon is shown marrying a Mrs. Susan Greer in White County, Arkansas (certificate found on <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-13738-32214-96?cc=1417439">Familysearch.org</a>)!! What happened to Catherine? Mrs. Susan Greer is said to be Susan Elizabeth Mary Johnson, widow of Charlie Greer. Greer???...could he be a relative of his mother's? Haven't been able to make that connection yet, but still looking. Susan had a daughter from her first marriage with Charlie, named Ora Leila Greer. Ora actually goes on to marry Harmon's nephew, Henry Foster Tracy.<br />
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Harmon and Susan go on to have a few children as well:<br />
<ul>
<li>Olive Content (also called Bessie Mae) b. 1888</li>
<li>Matthew J. Bowlan (also called Bud) b. 1890</li>
<li>Mary b.1891, d.1894</li>
</ul>
Harmon's sister, Harriett was living in Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas in the late 1800s. Its possible they were nearby. Harriett was married to Matthew J. Bowlan, which is who I'm guessing Harmon's son Matthew was named after.<br />
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It has been said that Susan died sometime around 1893. This information was given to me from some notes others had taken from Harmon's pension file. Not long afterward, Harmon marries Martha Jane Ross on November 14, 1896. Martha is who I'm related through, and she was a divorced woman who already had 4 children with her first husband, John Hopson. The children were Willie b.1889, Ivy b.1882, Myrtle b.1884, and Lester b.1890. Harmon and Martha had at least 7 children together:<br />
<ul>
<li>Paul - died in infancy</li>
<li>Luke - died in infancy</li>
<li>William Mark b. 1897</li>
<li><a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014_05_01_archive.html">Minnie</a> b. 1899</li>
<li>Arbelle, or Orville, b.1902</li>
<li>Grace b.1904</li>
<li>Byron Earl b. 1906</li>
</ul>
How many children is that now??? About 16 who were from Harmon, not including the step-children. Interesting to point out too, Harmon was about 72 years old when his youngest was born!! Crazy!!<br />
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We can find Harmon and Martha living in DeSoto, Jefferson County, MO with their children Olive, Matthew, Mark, Minnie, Willie, Ivy, Myrtle, and Lester, in the 1900 Federal Census (found on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>).<br />
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In 1910, the family is still living in DeSoto, and Harmon is still living there with Martha and kids Mark, Minnie, Orville, and Grace...not sure where Byron is (found on Ancestry.com).<br />
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Then after 1910, Harmon left the family to go visit his daughter, Olive, in Arkansas. He never made it back. On May 17, 1919 Harmon died in Memphis, Tennessee. He was supposedly on his daughter Olive's houseboat. According to the 1920 Federal Census, her husband, William F. Wright, was a "Ferry Boat Owner." Not sure if that is the same boat our family notes were referring to.<br />
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Harmon was buried at the Memphis National Cemetery in Memphis, TN.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picture found on <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TR&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=45&GScntry=4&GSsr=81&GRid=3172776&">Findagrave.com</a></td></tr>
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After Harmon's death, Harmon's first wife, Anna, tried to obtain his pension as well. She sent in a certified copy of their marriage certificate from Bourbon County, Kansas stating they were married November 31, 1859. It seems they probably never got a divorce.<br />
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Some interesting notes I've been given on Harmon are as follows:<br />
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From an email to my mother from a distant cousin of ours who had been in contact with another cousin of ours. He was in contact with Grace, Harmon's daughter. She was still alive in 2000 and living in DeSoto, MO. This is a note of what Grace said about her father:<br />
<ul>
<li>"He was short (Grace is less then 5ft. tall). He was supposed to have been a mormon. He was injured in the Civil War. She said "He fell off a bridge while in retreat and broke his back." He was a member of the Union Army in Iowa. He played a fife. He owned a grocery store in DeSoto, MO. Grace remembers that Harmon left the family when she was about 10 years old. She said he left the family to "go visit his daughter in Arkansas and never came back." She said that he "lived on a houseboat." There was also mention of a sister named "Hattie" that lived in Bald Knob, Arkansas."</li>
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Another story I have in my files is one about Harmon and his father-in-law, William Ross (Martha Ross' father - Harmon's last marriage...at least I think it was his last!):<br />
<ul>
<li>Harmon's father-in-law, William Ross was about 7 years younger then his son-in-law (William Ross was born about 1841). William also fought in the Civil War, but he was on the Confederate side. At one point, the two were living in the same household, and it is said "they would use their canes and try to trip each other as the walked by."</li>
</ul>
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about any of the information listed
above, please leave a comment. I'd be happy to provide any additional
information. Thanks for reading!! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-33952273340408313182014-05-12T14:34:00.001-04:002014-05-12T15:33:46.106-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Minnie T. Tracy - DeSoto, Missouri - Week 19<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-j07NEaXD615sAY0EBVwPTW1T5OamHHOCJGg_RVNsVHW4GTi9U_-0md-1IeTrnulW29I4SvM_28shEQglcYujSoeEl8c0a4dDYRqDVav4HifnQjFQqabyp_2FxpAX3TnyhOjzFyU2eeM/s1600/Minnie+T+Gibson+09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-j07NEaXD615sAY0EBVwPTW1T5OamHHOCJGg_RVNsVHW4GTi9U_-0md-1IeTrnulW29I4SvM_28shEQglcYujSoeEl8c0a4dDYRqDVav4HifnQjFQqabyp_2FxpAX3TnyhOjzFyU2eeM/s1600/Minnie+T+Gibson+09.jpg" height="245" width="320"></a>Week 19 of the <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/">52 Ancestor's Challenge</a> is on my great grandmother, Minnie T. Tracy. She was the only great grand parent that was still living by the time I was born. I remember visiting her once when I was a child. She was very tiny for an adult, I thought. Of course, I was about 7 years old at the time.<br>
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Minnie was born in August 16, 1899 in DeSoto, Jefferson County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Harmon Augustus Tracy and Martha Jane Ross. Her parents were both married multiple times, and between them, they had about 20 children. So Minnie had about 19 siblings!! According to family, she always stated she had Indian blood in her. Haven't found the link on her side of the family yet, but still looking. <br>
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In 1900, the family was living in Valle Township, City of DeSoto, Jefferson County, MO (from 1900 Federal Census, page 11 of 61 found on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>). The household consisted of her father, Harmon, and mother, Martha, 2 of her half siblings from her father's previous marriage, Olive and Matthew, her full sibling Mark, and her half siblings from her mother's previous marriage, Willie, Ivy, Myrtle, and Lester Hopson.<br>
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In 1910, the family is still living in the City of DeSoto, living in District 45. In the house is Harmon, Martha, Mark, Minnie, and 2 more full siblings of Minnie's, Arbelle, and Grace (from 1910 Federal Census, page 4 of 22 found on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>). There is a third sibling born in 1906, Byron Earl Tracy, but he isn't shown with the family on this census...not sure why?<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frances, Vicki, and Minnie</td></tr>
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November 1, 1916, Minnie married William Frank Gibson in DeSoto. She was just 17 years old. The couple went on to have 9 children:<br>
<ul>
<li>Ethel Louise (1917-1993)</li>
<li>Kenneth Earl (1919-2007)</li>
<li>Dorothy Lucille (1921-2004)</li>
<li>William Frank (1922-1990)</li>
<li>Frances Wilma (1924-1994)</li>
<li>Violet Marcella (Vicki) (1927-2011)</li>
<li>Louis Marie (1930-2001)</li>
<li>Thelma Mildred (1931-1931)</li>
<li>Vivian June (1933-1977)</li>
</ul>
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I can't seem to locate the family in the 1920 Federal Census, the family was known for moving around a lot. According to my notes, every child was born in a different house. I do know my grandfather, William Frank Jr. (went by the name Bill), was born in DeSoto. One note I have in my files says the family moved after my grandfather, Bill, was born. Either way, by 1930, they were definitely living in St. Louis. According to the 1930 Federal Census, they were living at 1461 Benton Street, St. Louis, Missouri (1930 Federal Census, page 7 of 21 on Ancestry.com). William Sr. worked as a shoe maker in a factory.<br>
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Sometime before 1937, William Sr. left the family. He tried to get a divorce from Minnie, but she refused for 7 years. In that time he had two more children with another woman named Elnora Spencer. Their divorce was not completed until 1945. In the 1940 Federal Census, you can find Minnie living with 6 of her children: Bill, Frances, Vicki, Lois, June, and Dorothy, along with Dorothy's husband Nick Marino (1940 Federal Census, page 20 of 36 on Ancestry.com). They were living at 1225 Chambers Street, in St. Louis. There is a Frank Gibson living at 905 Chambers Street, in St. Louis. If this was William Sr., then he probably wasn't far.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Grandma Minnie with 4 of her children.<br>Left to right: Dorthy, Lois, Bill, Minnie, and Frances.</td></tr>
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Minnie remained in Missouri the rest of her life. In the early 80's she made a trip out to California, which is where I remember visiting her with a bunch of my cousins. I thought I had a photo of all of us with her, but can't seem to locate it at this time.<br>
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In my records and notes, it says according to her daughter Vicki, Minnie added the T as a middle initial because there was another Minnie Gibson living in DeSoto, and the post office kept getting them mixed up. So she added the T in order to get her mail. I'm guessing the T stood for Tracy, but not certain.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tennie Belle Holcomb Gibson, Minnie Tracy Gibson, and<br>
William Frank Gibson, Jr.<br>
Photo taken at the home of William and Tennie Belle<br>
in Baldwin Park, CA</td></tr>
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Minnie passed away April 17, 1982 at the Normandy South Hospital, in Des Peres, St. Louis County, MO. She was 82 years old. I have a copy of her obituary. The date of the paper is April 19, 1982, but not sure which paper it is from. It reads:<br>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<em>"Minnie Gibson</em></blockquote>
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<em>The funeral for Minnie Gibson, 82, De Soto, will be at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) in a chapel of Mahn Funeral Home, De Soto, with the Rev. James Lillie officiating. Burial will be in De Soto City Cemetery.</em></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<em>Mrs. Gibson died at Normandy Osteopathic Hospital South, Des Peres, on Apr. 17, 1982. She was a daughter of the late Harmon and Martha Jane (Ross) Tracy, born Aug. 16, 1899 at De Soto.</em><br>
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<em>Her husband, was the late William Frank Gibson. They were married at De Soto on Nov. 2, 1916.</em><br>
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<em>She was a resident of Jefferson County all of her life and was a housewife.</em><br>
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<em>Survivors include seven children, Kenneth E. Gibson, De Soto, Dorothy Wood, Hillsboro, Ethel Louise Albers, St. Ann, William Gibson, Jr., Baldwin, Calif., Frances Wilma Durham, Jefferson City, Violet Marcella McManness, Cedar Hill, and Lois Marie Grimett, Anaheim, Calif.; sister, Grace Pilger, St. Louis; 29 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren"</em></blockquote>
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According to her death certificate, she was living at 602 S. 2nd Street, DeSoto, Jefferson County, MO. <br>
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Not sure when or where this was taken, but isn't she cute!!</td></tr>
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post,
please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what
information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br>
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<br>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-42007027678771247802014-05-06T12:52:00.001-04:002014-05-06T12:54:09.251-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Week 18 - Augusta Rheinfels - Celle, Germany to Chicago, ILThis weeks post is going to be short. I don't have much information on this Rheinfels family, or Augusta herself. Augusta was my 3rd great grandmother on my father's side. Augusta Rheinfels was the wife of Wilhelm Grote. They were the parents of my 2nd great grandmother, Caroline Grote Glesener (also known as Lina). From a cousin of mine, I found their other children were Carl, Gussie, William, and Herman. <br />
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The first record I found of her, was the 1900 Federal Census (found on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>). She was living with her daughter Lina, and Lina's family, at 454 Cornelia, Town of Lake View, City of Chicago, Illinois. Augusta is shown as a widow, age 67, born August 1833 in Germany. It also says she came to the U.S. in 1892, about 4 years after Lina. Whether she came with Wilhelm, I'm not sure. However, after a while, I was able to locate Augusta in the "Chicago, Illinois, City Directory, 1897" on Ancestry.com's "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989." She is listed as the widow of Wilhelm, and living at 585 Larrabee. Her son Herman is shown as living at the same address in this directory.<br />
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I was able to get a copy of Augusta's death certificate. She died February 8, 1905 at the residence of her daughter, Lina. She was 69 years, 5 months, and 11 days, which puts her birth date as August 28, 1835. The record says she was born in Germany, but it doesn't list a town. Augusta was buried at St. Lucas Cemetery on February 11, 1905.<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about any of the information listed
above, please leave a comment. I'd be happy to provide any additional
information. Thanks for reading!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-61762669107616181012014-04-29T15:06:00.000-04:002014-04-29T20:48:16.909-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Week 17 - Martin Kutz - From Prussia to Chicago, IL<span style="font-family: inherit;">Martin Kutz is the furthest I can trace the Kutz line on my father's side of the family. He is my 3rd great grandfather. I haven't been terribly successful in tracing my German roots. So this line is a work in progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">According to family, he was born October 5, 1830 in Germany, and he married Anna Dräger. The date and place of their marriage is unknown, however, their first child was born January 15, 1860 in Chicago, IL. Anna was born 30 Jan 1833 in Germany, and died 26 Nov 1902 in Chicago, IL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ancestry.com has a passenger list for the ship Athena, arriving May 28, 1858 into New York, from Breman, Germany. On one page, it shows a Martin Kutz, age 27. Just nine lines below Martin is someone named Anna Dräger. Not sure these are the same people, but could they have traveled together to the U.S.? Did they meet onboard, or possibly know each other before leaving? A copy of the manifest is shown below.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Ship Manifest for the Athena sailing from Bremen, Germany to New York, arriving May 28, 1858.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Found on the "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957" on Ancestry.com (page 149 of 514).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Shows Martin Kutz age 27, and Anna </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dräger age 22 just 9 rows below Martin. </span></span></span><br />
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Martin had a sister named Gustina/Justine Kutz who married August Kienitz in 1849 in Germany. I've been in touch with someone who descends from this line, and they say Gustina was the daughter of William Kutz, and was born September 23, 1832 in Steglitz, Brandenburg Province, Prussia. I haven't been able to verify this though, or the fact that they were siblings. So I'm not 100% sure. However, Gustina and her family came to the U.S. in 1853, originally settling near Princeton, WI before settling in Faribault, MN. Gustina died 12 Sep 1915 in Blue Earth, MN.<br />
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Martin Kutz and Anna <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dräger</span> had the following children:<br />
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<li>Wilhelmina Kutz (Minnie) - b. 15 Jan 1860 in Chicago, IL - married Fred Hagenmeister 11 Oct 1879 - Minnie died 10 Sep 1947</li>
<li>John Martin Kutz - b. 18 Jun 1861 in Chicago, IL - married Ida Haase 10 May 1890 - John died 12 Nov 1933</li>
<li>Mary Kutz - b. 13 Jan 1863 - died in 1869</li>
<li>Emma Kutz - b. 25 Sep 1865 in Chicago, IL - never married - died 6 May 1941 in Chicago, IL</li>
<li>Herman Kutz (Henry) - b. 1 Oct 1867 in Chicago, IL - never married - died 14 April 1923 in Chicago, IL</li>
<li>Augusta Kutz (Gussie) - b. 10 August 1870 in Chicago, IL - never married - died 23 May 1923 in Chicago, IL</li>
<li>Anna Kutz - b. May 1874 in Chicago, IL - never married - died 29 May 1943 in Chicago, IL</li>
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**The only census I can locate Martin on is the 1880 Federal census. He is listed with Anna and their children on page 32 in Enumeration District 142, Chicago, Cook County, IL. They are shown living at 144 Cornell Street. It says Martin worked as a day laborer, he could not read or write, and he was born in Prussia.<br />
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He is listed on the "Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for U.S. District & Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950," found on page 47 of 3149 on Familysearch.org. It shows he was born in Germany and became a Naturalized U.S. citizen on 4 Nov 1876. I've attempted to obtain the paperwork on file, but haven't been able yet. Because the paperwork is so old, I doubt there is much information on it to go off of anyway.<br />
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Martin died 3 Nov 1888 in Chicago, IL. The death certificate indicates he was 58 years old, lived at 144 Cornell Street in the 16th ward, Cook County, IL. The cause of death is listed as Pneumonia.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death Certificate copy in my files for Martin Kutz ordered from Cook County, IL, and received July 2007</td></tr>
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post,
please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what
information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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**Upon further investigation, I was able to find Martin Kutz on the 1860 Federal census. He was living in the 6th Ward of Chicago City, Cook County, IL, house number 1674 on page 202 of 404 on Ancestry.com. He is listed as a laborer, age 30, from Baden. His wife Anna is listed as 27, also from Baden, and their daughter "Mena," which I'm guessing is Minnie, is listed as 1 years old, and born in Illinois.<br />
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<em>This post was part of the </em><a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/"><em>52 Ancestor's Challenge</em></a><em> brought by Amy Johnson Crow.</em><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469865933706193039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056362026255538762.post-23376983537570450052014-04-20T21:43:00.001-04:002014-04-21T07:57:30.250-04:0052 Ancestor's Challenge - Week 16 - Eva Sabrina Porter...Daughter of French Nobility and Ex-Fiance of President James K. Polk???<span style="color: black;">This week for the <a href="http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/01/10/the-52-ancestors-challenge/"><span style="color: #b45f06;">52 Ancestor's Challenge</span></a>, I'm going to focus on my 3rd great grandmother, <strong>Eva Sabrina Porter</strong>. Here is a perfect example of double checking your sources, and double checking your sources sources.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">There is a book called<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for"> <em>The Holcombes, Nation Builders...Their Biographies, Genealogies, and Pedigrees</em>, by Hannah Elizabeth Weir McPhereson, published in 1947. It is a wonderful book with thousands of names and tons of stories about the genealogy of the Holcomb(e) family. You can view a copy of it online, for free, at <a href="https://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=FHD_PUBLIC"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Familysearch.org</span>.</a> Just put the title in the search box and you can download it to your computer. Or, if you have an <a href="http://ancestry.com/"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Ancestry.com</span></a> subscription, you can view it there. I find it easier to view on Ancestry.com.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for" style="color: black;">My line of Holcombs are listed in the book. My grandfather, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-14-benton.html"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Benton Rogers Holcomb</span></a> and his wife <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-15-mamie.html"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Mamie Locke</span></a> are mentioned in it (nothing more then their names). Benton's father Thomas William Holcomb and his wife <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-13-hannah.html"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Jane Coburn</span></a> are shown too, and listed with their children. Then you come to Thomas' parents, William Alfred Holcomb and Eva Sabrina Porter. This is where things get interesting!! It states the following on page 350: </span></span><br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for" style="color: black;"><em>"This Porter family was of the French nobility, who escaped extermination by fleeing from France across the English Channel en route to N. America, bringing only such property as could hastily convert into money and jewels and carry on their persons."</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><em>"Eva Sabrina (Porter) Holcombe's parents knew they were marked to be beheaded as part of the nobility. This Porter family entered N. America through the port of New Orleans, La.; took boat up Mississippi River; then traveled inland. They bought and equipped a plantation on the old Post Road between Columbia and Nashville, Tenn. , -in Maury Co., Tenn., and there had as neighbors families named Payne, Pillar, Post. </em><span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for"><em>The Polk families of Tenn. were their warm friends."</em></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for"><span style="color: black;">The story goes on to say the following about Eva:</span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for"><em>"<span style="color: black;">As a young lady Eva Sebrina Porter 'spent her summers on the home plantation and winters in Washington, D.C. where she entertained and was entertained in diplomatic circles and at the White House. She was engaged to marry President, James Knox Polk and led many grand marches at balls with him. They quarrelled and their former relations were not restored.'"</span></em><span style="color: black;">. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for" style="color: black;">The quote from the book is in quotation marks which leads me to believe it was taken from one of the sources the writer corresponded to. She lists the sources for William Alfred Holcomb and Eva Sabrina Porter as:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">Family Records of Alfred and Sabrina Porter Holcomb<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for"></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for" style="color: black;">Their granddaughter, Nancy Sabrina Holcomb Carpenter (1869-1955). </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;">Mrs. R.H. (Lillie Cater) Creitzberg</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;">T.K. Jones of Lubbock</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;">Mrs. Arthur G. (Bob Holcombe Carter) Watson</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;">Mrs. Oscar Waldo (Gaynell Martin) Williams</span></li>
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for" style="color: black;">I recognize Nancy Sabrina Holcomb Carpenter, but not the other names. Could these have been stories passed down?? A brief look into the life of Eva through records seems to contradict some of this.</span></span><br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for" style="color: black;"><strong>What The Records State...</strong></span></span><br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for" style="color: black;"><strong><u>French Nobility??</u></strong></span></span><br />
<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for"><span style="color: black;">First, lets deal with the issue of <em>"French Nobility."</em> We know from probate records that Eva was not the daughter of James Porter, as the book suggested. That may have been a guess on the part of the author. A will dated May 6, 1841 for William Porter** of Maury County, TN, lists one of his daughters as Sabrina Holcomb. Looking into his probate papers (which can be seen on </span><a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18617-57275-7?cc=1909193&wc=M5S9-YWL:180564401,180894401,180894402,181944701"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Page 1852 on familysearch.org, TN Probate Court Files 1795-1927, Maury Co., Pigg, George W. - Reams, Joshua Henry</span></a><span style="color: black;">), we can see an Alfred Holcomb purchasing several items from the sale of the estate. This William Porter was the husband of Sabrina, or Sebra, Goodrum. Sebra Goodrum Porter is living next door to Alfred and Sebrina Holcomb on the 1850 U.S. Federal Census, in District 11, Maury County, TN. I'm fairly certain that this William Porter is Eva's father.</span></span></span><br />
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Photo found on <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=porter&GSfn=william&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=45&GScnty=2484&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=24672534&df=all&">Findagrave.com</a><br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for" style="color: black;">But who is William Porter? Was he the <em>"French Nobility"</em> they were speaking of?? He certainly owned a large plantation in Maury County at his death. The story says her parents emigrated during the French Revolution, which would have been sometime around 1789. According to his gravestone, he was born October 15, 1766, so he would have been about 23. But his wife is said to have been Sebra Goodrum, daughter of Revolutionary War vet Thomas Goodrum. She would have been born in South Carolina, so they couldn't have traveled together.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Only 3 of William Porter and Sebra Goodrum's 8 children lived until the 1880 Federal census, which is where, for the first time, people were asked about their parents birth. Two of them list their father's birthplace as North Carolina, and the other lists it as South Carolina. Many other individuals who have researched this line suggest William is the son of Hugh Porter from North Carolina, who died in Abbeville, South Carolina in 1808. The will of Hugh Porter does name a son William. However, there were several William Porters at this time, it's hard to say it is our William.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">It's my belief, our Eva Sabrina Porter is not from parents of <em>"French nobility</em>" who escaped during the French Revolution. I believe her parents were born in the United States. However, there is a line of Porters who descend from Thomas Porter (1685-1767) of Manakin Town, Goochland County, VA. He is listed on the "</span><a href="http://huguenot-manakin.org/manakin/lineages.php"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Registered Lineage list</span></a><span style="color: black;">" as a "founder of the Huguenot colony at Manakin or Huguenots settling in early colonial Virginia." This is found on the website for </span><a href="http://huguenot-manakin.org/manakin/founders.php"><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia.</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Thomas Porter himself was not a Huguenot, but was married to Elizabeth Dutoy (or Dutois), who is said to have been born to parents who were French Huguenots. The book </span><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=VRuW6sdzp-AC&pg=PA3&dq=to+be+useful+to+the+world+gundersen+elizabeth+dutoy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eQlTU-zFFaWgsQTsgYGQCg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=to%20be%20useful%20to%20the%20world%20gundersen%20elizabeth%20dutoy&f=false"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><em>To be Useful to the World, Women in Revolutionary America 1740-1790</em></span></a>,<span style="color: black;"> by Joan R. Gundersen, 2006, can be found on Google Books. On page 18, it relays the story of how Elizabeth Dutoy's mother, Barbara de Bonnet Dutoy escaped France with her parents and sister: </span><br />
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<em><span style="color: black;">"...travels began as an infant when her parents hid Barbara and her sister in saddlebags to cross the French border. One of the children was wounded when a soldier thrust a sword into the bags. The de Bonnetts were among the 200,000 Huguenots who chose to leave France rather than convert to Catholicism after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In 1700/01 the de Bonnetts joined an organized, publicly financed expedition of Huguenots who had received a grant of land in Virginia from the English Crown."</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: black;">This is all speculation, but, could Eva's story originally been similar to the story above, about Barbara? Maybe Eva's story that was told to Hannah Elizabeth Weir McPhereson was one that was altered through the generations? It could have been about the Porter family, or maybe another relation to Eva. This is something I'm currently researching, but as of now, don't have the answers. Maybe in the future I'll have another post about this subject. But until then, lets look at the other interesting comment about Eva.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong><u>Engaged To A Future President?</u></strong></span><br />
Did Eva really spend her winters in Washington DC? Entertaining in the political circle? Her father did have a large plantation in Maury County, TN, but I'm not sure how much he was involved with politics. What would take him to D.C. anyway? The Polk family did live in Maury County the same time as Eva's family. I do find it possible that the Porters and the Polks could have been acquainted, however, I haven't seen any hard proof that they were family friends.<br />
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According to <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/sarahpolk"><span style="color: #b45f06;">http://www.whitehouse.gov</span></a>, James K. Polk married Sarah Childress on New Years Day, 1824. That would have put Eva at a very young age. According to my records, Eva was born March 1, 1815, however, 1850 federal census says she was born in 1812, and the 1860 federal census says she was born in 1814. Either way, if we assume she was born in 1812 (the earliest date per our documents), then she would have been only 12 years old in 1824. I know women back in the early 1800s married young, but to be entertaining people at the young age of 12, or younger...I find that a bit hard to believe.<br />
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It would be more plausible that one of Eva's older sisters was engaged to President Polk. Or possibly a friend of the family. But I do not believe that she was the one who was. <br />
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Overall, I believe these are great stories that were probably altered in some form from generation to generation. People could have been changed and dates could have been altered unknowingly, making the facts a little skewed. Still, it was fun to read that we may be descendants of the French elite, even if it may not be true!<br />
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<strong><u>Timeline for Eva Sabrina Porter's Life</u></strong><br />
Here is just a brief timeline of the facts I have in my files on Eva Sabrina Porter.<br />
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<li><strong>1815</strong> - March 1 - born in Tennessee to William Porter and Sebra/Sebrina Goodrum (information provided to me by a family source).</li>
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<li>She was the youngest of 8 children. Her siblings were:</li>
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<li>Delphia Porter Hall (1792-1859)</li>
<li>James R. Porter (1794-1857)</li>
<li>Elizabeth Porter Helms (1797-1880)</li>
<li>Nancy Porter Eddleman Turner (1798-after 1880)</li>
<li>William Wesley Porter (1800-1872)</li>
<li>Sarah Porter Bogard (1803-????)</li>
<li>John Nelson Porter (1810-1896)</li>
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<li><strong>1831</strong> - February 12 - Eva marries William Alfred Holcomb in Maury County, Tennessee. William Alfred Holcomb is the son of Kinchen Holcomb and Nancy ?? (Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002, found on Ancestry.com).</li>
<li><strong>1832</strong> - June 27 - son John William Porter Holcomb was born in Tennessee (birth information on all of the children was provided to me by a family source).</li>
<li><strong>1834</strong> - September 24 - son Nelson Holcomb was born in Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>1835</strong> - April 11 - son Nelson Holcomb died in Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>1836</strong> - October 27 - daughter Parolee S. Holcomb was born in Mississippi (birthplace according to 1850 Federal Census).</li>
<li><strong>1839</strong> - October 18 - son James Alfred Holcomb was born in Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>1840</strong> - Family living in Maury County, Tennessee (1840 Federal Census), next to Eva's father and mother.</li>
<li><strong>1841</strong> - May 26 - Eva Holcomb listed on the Last Will and Testament of William Porter.</li>
<li><strong>1842</strong> - September 11 - daughter Nancy Evaline was born in Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>1845</strong> - April 14 - son Francis Newton Holcomb was born in Maury County, Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>1846</strong> - October 6 - son Thomas William Holcomb was born in Tennessee (my great, great grandfather).</li>
<li><strong>1850</strong> - January 17 - Wesley Houston Holcomb was born in Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>1850</strong> - Family living in District 11, Maury County, Tennessee (1850 Federal Census), next to Eva's brother John, her mother Sebra, and her brother James' son James W. Porter.</li>
<li><strong>1851</strong> - July 30 - Eva's mother Sebra Goodrum Porter died and was buried in Porter Family Cemetery near her husband.</li>
<li><strong>1852</strong> - August 15 - daughter Roxyanna/Roxanna Holcomb was born in Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>1854</strong> - January 26 - daughter Roxyanna/Roxanna Holcomb died in Tennessee, and is buried in Porter Family Cemetery, in Maury County, TN (gravestone found on findagrave.com).</li>
<li><strong>1860</strong> - Family living in Bell County, Texas (1860 Federal Census).</li>
<li><strong>1869</strong> - March 17 - Eva Sabrina Porter Holcomb died and is said to have been buried in Carpenter's Cemetery, also known as Eulogy Cemetery in Temple, Bell County, Texas.</li>
<li><strong>1869</strong> - June 16 - Eva's husband William Alfred Holcomb died and is said to have been buried near Eva.</li>
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post,
please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what
information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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<span class="ng-binding ng-hide" data-ng-show="personSelectionData.selectedPersonName"><span class="for"><strong><u>**Side Note</u></strong></span></span><br />
Doing research on other southern families, I've noticed the first male child is usually named after the wife's father as a sign of respect. William Alfred Holcomb and Eva Sabrina Porter's first son was named John William Porter Holcomb. I'm wondering if Eva's father was not just William Porter, but John William Porter? It seems many people in this line went by their middle names, and not their first names.<br />
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This weeks <a href="http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/01/10/the-52-ancestors-challenge/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors post</a> is on my great grandmother, Mamie Estelle Locke Holcomb. This is one ancestor I've heard so many stories of, that I feel as if I knew her, even though we never met! Every story I've been told about her has always been to the highest regard. She was a sweet and caring lady. Most people in our family referred to her as "Mama." Those that new her outside the family called her Ms. Mamie. We'll just refer to her as Mamie.</div>
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My mother remembers her grandmother fondly. Says she was a fabulous cook. Remembers her out tending her rose garden in her dresses, gloves, hat, and heels. My mom also remembers attending church with her as a young girl. She was a very religious woman, who would be known to correct the preacher when he made a mistake in his sermon. Being the daughter of a Minister of the Gospel, she was well educated on religion, and would sometimes teach Sunday school as well. One thing that seems obvious, is everyone seemed to love her.</div>
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Mamie was born June 15, 1888 in Rosebud, White County, Arkansas. She was the second child, and oldest daughter, of a blind preacher/piano teacher, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/01/52ancestors-challenge-week-3-i-am-blind.html" target="_blank">Francis Marion Locke</a>, and his wife Nancy Elizabeth Vines. The family resided in White County, Arkansas for several years. The last known document I've seen with their residence of White County was a letter sent to her mother, Nancy Elizabeth, from Benjamin J. Vines of Alabama in 1892. Benjamin J. Vines was Mamie's great uncle and brother to her grandfather, <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-challenge-week-9-john-hm.html" target="_blank">John H.M. Vines</a>, who died during the Civil War. As far as we know, all of Mamie's siblings were born in White County as well. They were:</div>
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Grover William Locke 1885 - ?</div>
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Vida Gertrude Locke 1890 - 1974</div>
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Pearl Locke 1892 - 1975</div>
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Census records for the family have not been found. But Mamie did have an autograph book that her friends and relatives signed. The earliest dated signature was March 9, 1898 by her mother and father, and it reads "Peaster, Texas." We believe this book was given to her by her parents on this date. It also provides us with other dates and other locations. We can't be certain the family lived in these areas, however, they must have lived nearby. Here is a list of names, dates, and places in her book (some of them are hard to read, due to the age of it):</div>
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3/9/1898 - Peaster, Parker County, Texas - written by her mother and father, Nancy Elizabeth Vines and Francis Marion Locke</div>
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1/26/1903 - Stephenville, Erath County, Texas - written by her brother Grover Locke</div>
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2/15/1903 - Morgan Mill, Texas - written by Abbie Davis</div>
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1/19/1904 - Stephenville, Erath County, Texas - written by Zuela Evans </div>
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Other names written in this book are:</div>
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?? Hubbard</div>
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Her sister Vida Locke</div>
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Ruby Owens</div>
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12/2/1899 - Maude (or Mando) Sherrill</div>
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1/24/1903 - Jessie Dickerson</div>
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?/20/1903 - Martin Mall</div>
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Elsie Reeves - Peaster, Texas</div>
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Pearl Benson ?</div>
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Blanche Smith - looks like in Rogers, Texas</div>
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Rudolph W? - looks like 4/10/1890, but its faded a bit, and we think it was possibly 1898</div>
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Rupert Wilson</div>
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Laila Ashford</div>
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Parker and Erath County are near one another, so it is safe to assume they lived around that area. With her father's job, he traveled around to different places, preaching and teaching piano. She would tell stories of how she would drive him around in the "buckboard" since he could not see.</div>
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Then, at a local barn dance, she met a man playing the fiddle, named <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-14-benton.html" target="_blank">Benton Rogers Holcomb</a>. They were married July 21, 1908 in Tarrant County, Texas. Benton, or Jake as he was called by everyone, was the son of Thomas William Holcomb and <a href="http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/04/52-ancestors-challenge-week-13-hannah.html" target="_blank">Hannah Jane Coburn</a>. He was born December 9, 1885 in Bell County, Texas. She would say he could fit his hands all the way around her waist. From what I've been told, she was a very petite woman.</div>
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By 1910, they were living in Justice Precinct No. 4, in Shackleford County, TX. According to the Federal census, they were living next to Benton's brother Alford and his son Barney. Benton was working as a farm laborer.</div>
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Then 3 years later, they had the first of 5 children. The children are listed below:</div>
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Clyde 1913 - 1981</div>
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Mary Inez 1915 - 2005</div>
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Jake Jr. (Buck) 1919 - 2000</div>
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Chester Lee (Chet) 1922 - 1988</div>
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Tennie Belle 1927 - 2001</div>
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mother Nancy Elizabeth Vines Locke<br />
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The family was living in the same area during the 1920 Federal census as well, but this time it says "<em>Anson & Albany Road</em>." Mamie's sister Pearl and her family (husband, Grover C. Dumas), were living just a few houses away. Their other sister, Vida, along with her family (husband, C.H. McAlister), were living in nearby Haskell County. Their father, Francis Marion Locke, was living with Vida and her family.</div>
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The family moved to Lubbock, Texas, for a brief time, before moving to New Lynn, Lynn County, Texas. This is where we find them on the 1930 Federal census. Benton was still working as a farmer, but for a brief time it is said he was a deputy sheriff.</div>
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The 1940 census we find them in Lynn County, again. This time, their two oldest children had moved out, and were living with their spouses. About a year later, Benton and Mamie bought a grocery store and gas station, which they ran with the help of their children.</div>
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Around 1946, Benton became sick, and was suffering from very bad asthma. He and their son Buck went to Ruidoso, New Mexico, to seek treatment. However, Benton died suddenly on March 11, 1946. They laid him to rest in the Tahoka Cemetery, in Tahoka, Lynn County, Texas. </div>
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In the 1940s, their daughter Inez, along with her husband Hurley Grady Meeks and their children, moved out to California. By the time Benton died, they were living by Long Beach. About a year after Benton's death, Mamie sold the grocery store and gas station, and eventually moved out to California too. Tennie Belle and Buck went as well. By this time, Tennie Belle was married to William Frank Gibson.</div>
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The picture above is of Mamie in front of her little 1 bedroom home. She could be found outside in her garden tending her rose bushes or watering her apricot tree. Even though she died before I was born, Buck still lived in the little house. I remember playing in the yard with my brothers and cousins. The trees and plants were a lot bigger by then. It isn't there anymore. The little old house was torn down, and new house sits on the lot.</div>
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Ms. Mamie passed away in California on April 4, 1972. She was laid to rest next to her husband, Benton. </div>
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post,
please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what
information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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Clyde, Mamie, Buck, Chet, Inez, and Tennie Belle</td></tr>
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I can't believe the <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors Challenge</a> is already a quarter of the way completed!! The weeks are passing quickly, and I just know I'm going to have several ancestors left to talk about once its over. Maybe I'll have to work on my own 52 Ancestors Challenge part 2! I want to thank Amy Johnson Crow for developing this idea, and letting me be a part of it. It has been an exciting journey, and has awakened my love of family research!<br />
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This week is all about <strong>Benton Rogers Holcomb</strong>, also known as B.R., or as Jake, to family and friends. In this post, however, I'm going to refer to him as Benton...I've always loved this name! He was my great grandfather, father of my grandmother Tennie Belle Holcomb Gibson.<br />
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Benton was born December 9, 1885 in Bell County, Texas. He was the youngest child of Thomas William Holcomb and Hannah Jane Coburn. By 1900, Benton, his sister Eva, and their parents were living in Precinct No. 6 of Milam County, Texas. According to the 1900 U.S. federal census, he was 14 years old, and attending school. Other siblings, who were already out of the house were Mary Willie, Zetha Roberta, Wilburn Coburn, William Alfred, Charles Andrew, and Barney (I believe Barney passed away as a young child).<br />
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July 21, 1908, in Tarrant County, Texas, Benton married Mamie Estelle Locke. She was born June 15, 1888 in Rosebud, White County, Arkansas and was the daughter of Francis Marion Locke and Nancy Elizabeth Vines. My mother remembers a story about how they met. It seems they both attended a barn dance one evening, where he was playing the fiddle. According to my grandmother, he was quite a fiddle player. Her favorite song was "Faded Love." He even wrote a song for his wife Mamie.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benton with his siblings and father:<br />
Coburn, Alfred, Zetha, Thomas (father), Eva, & B.R.<br />
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By 1910, Benton and Mamie moved to Justice Precinct No. 4 of Shackelford County, Texas. According to the 1910 U.S. federal census, he was a farm laborer. It states the industry he was in was "<em>working out</em>." I'm not sure what this means, but I'm guessing he may have been working on a farm that wasn't his own. Next door to them was Alford Holcomb age 34, widowed, and his son Barney age 7. I believe this was Benton's older brother William Alfred. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early photo of B.R. "Jake" Holcomb<br />
Standing in the center - not sure who the other 2 men are.<br />
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By 1918, Benton was farming for himself, according to the <u>U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918</u> found on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>. The card itself is difficult to read, but it says he was living in Lueders, Shackelford County, Texas. The description given on him says he was of medium height, medium build, and had brown eyes and black hair.<br />
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The 1920 U.S. federal census shows him, Mamie, and two of their children still living in Precinct 4, of Shackelford County. Lueders is in Precinct 4. Benton and Mamie's oldest 2 children were Clyde, born in 1913, and Mary Inez (we called her Inie), born in 1915. Something odd about this census is it doesn't list their 3rd child Jake Jr. Jake, or Buck as we used to call him, was born October 29, 1919 and would have been born when they took this census. Of course, Benton's mother's birthplace is listed as Sweden (just as the household listed next door), and we definitely know she was not born in Sweden. This must have been an oversight of the census taker.<br />
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Two more children were born to Benton and Mamie: Chester Lee (I remember him as Chet), in 1922, and Tennie Belle (my beautiful grandmother), in 1927. The family remained in Shackelford for a brief time before moving west to Lubbock, Texas prior to Chet's birth. Not sure the exact date they moved, but I do know they moved once again, to New Lynn, Lynn County, Texas. Tennie Belle was born in Tahoka, the county seat of Lynn County.<br />
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Somewhere in my records, I have written that Benton worked as a deputy sheriff in New Lynn, or Tahoka, around 1929. I don't know where this came from, so I'm unable to say its 100% accurate. But I do remember hearing he was a deputy for a short time. He did run for sheriff, but did not get it.<br />
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In 1930, he was working as a farmer, according to the 1930 U.S. federal census. The family was living in Justice Precinct No. 2, which I believe was New Lynn or Tahoka. In 1940, they were still in Lynn County, but this time it was Precinct No. 1. By this time the two oldest children were married and living out of the house. However, they were still living in the same precinct. In fact, Clyde lived right next door with his wife Birdie.<br />
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Then around 1941, Benton and Mamie bought a grocery store and gas station. However, by 1946, Benton was suffering so bad from asthma that he had to go elsewhere to find some help. According to his obituary, he spent about 4 weeks in Ruidoso, New Mexico to try to find relief for it. Unfortunately, it didn't help, and he passed away suddenly, March 11, 1946. His son, Buck, was with him. <br />
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Benton was buried at the Tahoka Cemetery, in Tahoka, Lynn County, Texas. He is buried next to his wife Mamie, who passed away some 26 years later in California.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grave of B.R. "Jake" Holcomb and Mamie Estelle Locke Holcomb<br />
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If you have any questions, or concerns, about the information in this post, please leave me a comment. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or share what information I have on the individuals listed above. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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