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| 6801 | STL City Directory for 1896. Familysearch.org film 8727699 image 1459 | Irion, August (34334940)
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| 6802 | STL Marriage Book Vol 6 pg 488 | Family: Frederick William Hesemann / Catherina Wilhelmine Vedder (F60847838)
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| 6803 | STL Marriage License: Joe Raymo 1721 S. Tenth Ira Hakes 1254 S. Broadway Published in STL Globe Democrat 15 Apr 1934 pg 24 | Family: Joseph Franklin Raymo / Iva Hakes (F50137398)
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| 6804 | STL Post-Dispatch 28 Jan 1990 pg 44: SUTTON, TILLIE (nee Schmidt), Fri., Jan. 26, 1990, beloved wife of the late Clarence E. Sutton, dear mother of Harold Sutton, and the late Eileen, Howard, Leon and LaVerle Sutton, dear sister of Marie Meyer and Ted Schmidt, dear mother-in-law of Delores Sutton, Mary Onder and Bettie Koerber, dear grandmother of 5, great-grandmother of 1 5, sister-in-law, aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend. Mrs. Sutton in state at KUTIS AFFTON CHAPEL, 10151 Gravols, Sun., Jan. 28, 2 to 9 p.m. then taken to BRYSON Funeral Home, Pilot Knob, Mo., Mon., Jan. 29, for visitation at 9 a.m. with services at 1 p.m. Interment Lewis Cemetery, Annapolis, Mo. Member of First v. Baptist Church of St. L. Johns. | Sutton, Clarence Edward (79098956)
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| 6805 | Stomach Cancer | Hilkerbaumer, George Oscar (25162368)
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| 6806 | Story by Pearl Lewis Lunt: "I asked why Grandma Nancy did not stay in New Mexico, why she came when she was older, but then returned to Texas. I was told that George went and got her cuz she was really old and getting in bad shape, she had very bad circulation and they just could not keep her warm. They said Pop (Mary McPeeters Lewis) would heat rocks an then wrap them in blankets and put all around Nancy, but she could keep her warm, that she was miserable and finally George put her in the wagon and took her home to Brown County. Everyone always said that Pop and Grandma did not get along well, that George being the oldest son was really favored in his mother's eye, that there was a lot of jealousy there with Pop. That Pop washed her clothes on a sand stone rock/stone, and while Grandma Nancy was living in NM George returned from one of his freighting trips or from somewhere and he brought pop a brand new washboard. Grandma Nancey was just so jealous and mad and thought the sandstone rock was fine to do washing on. Pearl was told that Grandma Nancy "messed" on Pop's washboard." Pearl Lewis Lunt I asked Aunt Pearl who told her this story and she said Aunt Nora (Nora Coffelt Lewis) and then she heard it several times from others. "it had really made an impression" is what Pearl said. (notha stevens) | Hatfield, Nancy Jane (30351872)
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| 6807 | Subject: HILTUNEN GENEALOGY Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 19:41:10 EDT From: EllenKP@aol.com To : judyb@dom-ex.com, bob-lynn@swbell.net CC: flewis3@juno.com, milegang@mail.paulbunyan.net, bjpayne@mindspring.com Hi, Judy & Lynn, This is information on Jonas & Fredrika Hilton is translated from info received: Johan (John) Matinp. Hiltunen, born January 3, 1825 in Puolanka (Auhonkyla 7 Hiltula), died October 13. 1893 Puolanka (Lylykyla Uutela, kruununtorppa), married March 14, 1847 to Elsa Juhontr Seppasen. Elsa was born April 17, 1823 in Puolanka (?, not in baptism book), died December 23, 1892 in Puolanka (Lylykyla Uutela). Their children: 1). Matts (Matti) a single person 1848-1868, unmarried. 2) Johan (Juho, Jussi) February 14,1852-declared dead as of 1.1.61. Came to America 1876. 3) Brita June 2, 1854-December 23, 1855. 4) Magdalena, May 3, 1856-decl. dead 1.1.61. Came to America in 1896. 5) Caisa born 3-20-1859 (moved in 1881 to Tyrnavalle (umlauts) 6) Adam 8-23-1862-decl. dead 1.1.61. Came to America in 1889 7) Jonas born 11-30-1865, to America in 1893. Married June 23, 1887 to Fredrika Jaakontr Juntunen (b.d. December 1, 1858) in Suomussalmi, moved from there April 4, 1887. Fredrika moved to America with her three children in 1896: Elsa Maria (Mary Saukko Whiting), John Hilton, Anna Kaisa (Katie Lindfors) We are still trying to finish the genealogy and, Judy, need info Harold Peroceschi birthdate, Willard's wife/mother of Michelle b.d., date of marriage; Lana's husband's first name Peterzen and his birth date; Heather's husband Jon Maki's birthdate. Frances & Robert's marriage date and Robert's birthdate. William Wesa's birth and death dates. This info should finalize Irene's & Fran's families. If we do miss something, it can always be added by the families. Judy, how is your Mom doing? Heard she had knee surgery. Give her my love and best wishes for full recovery. Love to all of you. Ellen | Hiltunen, Jonas (35073352)
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| 6808 | Suicide - Carbolic Acid Poisioning | Irion, Herman Albert (9202663)
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| 6809 | Summary of residence locations in Census Records: 1870 - near Sabula, Iorn County, MO - father's farm in Carver Creek 1880 - near Sabula, Iron Cunty, MO - father's farm on Carver Creek 1900 - Lesterville, Reynolds County, MO 1910 - Polk, Madison County, MO 1920 - Arcadia, Iron County, MO 1930 - Liberty TWP, probably near Glover, Iron County, MO | Lewis, Joel Elder (21715034)
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| 6810 | Sunday, December 12, 2004 Southeast Missourian David J. Rose, 46, died Saturday at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, where he had resided the past three months. He was born Oct. 7, 1958, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the son of Emil S. and Edna S. Miller Rose of rural Piedmont, Mo. Rose was a graduate of Clearwater High School in Piedmont. He received a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo.; a master's degree in mathematics from State University of New York, Buffalo, N.Y.; and a doctorate in decision sciences and engineering systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. He was an assistant professor on the Defense Resources Management Institute faculty at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif., and for the past two years was on the mathematics faculty of the Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, Calif. Rose is survived by his mother, Edna Rose, Piedmont; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Ardith and Kese Rose, Trenton, Mich., and R. Joe and Marge Sullivan, Cape Girardeau. Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Meadows Cemetery near Des Arc, Mo. The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to Southeast Hospice or the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Arrangements are by Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. | Rose, David Jonathan (40476284)
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| 6811 | Sunny Slope Lawn, Section 2, Lot 1526, grave 1 | Polack, Martin Rollin (20919670)
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| 6812 | Sunny Slope Lawn, Section 2, Lot 1526, Grave 2 | Polack, Walter Arthur (72408748)
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| 6813 | Sunny Slope Lawn, Section 2, Lot 1526, Grave 3 | Regenhardt, Elsa Wilhelmine (2573955)
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| 6814 | Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum | Doerr, Edna M. (36575128)
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| 6815 | Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum | Leimbach, Rudolph Heinrich Jr. (9999291)
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| 6816 | Sunset Ridge Memorial Park | Lindquist, Louis Theodore (84178768)
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| 6817 | Sunset Ridge Memorial Park | Rannow, Selma L. (78065800)
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| 6818 | Superintendent of Reynolds County Schools | Dunn, Mary Lee (40182405)
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| 6819 | survived by parents Pastor Gustav and Elisabeth Polack and one sister | Polack, Rev. William Gustav Jr. (25322278)
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| 6820 | Surviving Children: Francis Marion Lewis John Lewis Robert Lee Lewis Jerome Bonaparte Lewis Martha Evaline Keathley William Walter Lewis Katherine "Katie" Robinson Fred Lewis James Monroe Lewis Children who preceded her: Elizabeth Lewis Andrew "Andy" Lewis Mary Jane Lewis | Johnson, Abigail (78636248)
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| 6821 | SWANSEA - Robert B . Dittmar, 79, of Swansea, died Saturday, April 22, 2006. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at Faith Baptist Church with Dr. Donald West, Rev. David Carter and Rev. Mark Wippert officiating. Burial will be in Woodridge Memorial Park on Corley Mill Road in Lexington. The casket will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Pallbearers will be his grandchildren. Mr. Dittmar was born in Iona, Kansas, a son of the late Rev. Harvey and Maggie Noel Dittmar. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He was an experienced, retired auto mechanic and had retired as a driver for Bank Air Corporation. He was an avid fisherman of fish and men. He was also an author of poems and short stories. He was a member and Senior Deacon at Faith Baptist Church. He was one of the co-founders of Bethel Baptist Church in Salem, MO. He was the oldest living member of his family. He was first married to the late Doris Jean Lewis Dittmar for 54 years. He was a loving husband and father. | Dittmer, Robert Bruce (75348672)
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| 6822 | Syberg, Dorothy L. (nee Heberer), baptized into the hope of Christ's resurrection, Wednesday, November 17, 2005. Beloved wife of the late Edwin George Syberg; dear mother of Judi Charlton & Kenneth (Cheryl) Syberg; grandmother of Kevin (Terry) Syberg, Kim Major, Jeff (Mary), Tim (Karen) & Brian (Sheila) Charlton; great-grandmother of Michael & Jeffrey Syberg, Adam Charlton, Lucy Mosier, Samuel, Nicholas, Benjamin, Hannah & Abby Charlton; sister of the late Harvey Heberer; dear aunt, cousin & friend to many. Mrs. Syberg was a lifetime active member of Concordia Turners & belonged to Bevo Senior Citizens. Services: Funeral from the SCHRADER Funeral Home, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Monday 8:45 a.m. to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 4200 Delor St., St. Louis, for a 9:30 a.m. Mass. Interment St. Paul Churchyard. If desired, contributions may be made to American Heart Assn. Visitation Sunday, 4-9 pm. | Heberer, Dorothy (83522819)
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| 6823 | T SGT US Army Air Forces WWII | Lewis, Stephen Paul (61717019)
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| 6824 | Taken from various Lewis accounts (comments by Notha Stevens) Sarah Strange, dau. Of Eliza Lewis Byrd (grandau of Nancy Hatfield Lewis) Parents - James R. Hatfield /Annie Rice children: Nancy, Grant, Clark, Comfort, Peggy, Annie, Hampton “Ham” , Polly Middle name of Nancy was Melissa Grant lived in Jasper, Tenn in 1912, Source; Jim Byrd shows sources as ..Sarah’s family; son Glen Strange, daughter-in- law Flora (Hooper) Strange, (this would be the wife of Glen) and a grand daughter Source :Pearl Lewis Lunt (see below), given the same parents names, siblings given to her (Comfort, Clark, Grant, Ham( separate time period..from Jim Byrd, she did not get it from Jim Byrd…ns comment) Taking apart Jim’s Byrds information/comments included in his family group sheet This is 16 pages, titled Byrd family history; Starts with James R. Hatfield, the rest of it is descendants of Eliza Lewis and Jesse B. Byrd. Last page is the Hatfield children He begins a bio under James R. Hatfield (Keep in mind he had Sarah’s info, and Behringer’s, and if there is exact info that Belle Behringer stated…. but is obviously included in his info….ns comment) James R. Hatfield lived in Marion, Tenn, he married Annie Rice who died about 1828 Their home was in the Big Bend of the Cumberland River in Tennesse, close to a place named “Cowpens“, this area is where “Old Hickory“, Andrew Jackson grew up…(this is clear Jim Byrd took this from the Behringer diary…ns comment) Annie Rice was part Cherokee Indian - (no mention anywhere in Behringers memoir about her being Indian. This had to have come from Sarah Strange..ns comment) They had 8 children. NOTE: the Hatfield children listed in this report are probably not in order of birth Then he starts with Nancy Jane Hatfield And it is written like a bio; Nancy Jane Hatfield…yada yada…birth, death burial. Lived to 100 etc She raised all of her brothers and sisters when her mother died in 1828 (above he shows ABOUT 1828... NS…comment) Nancy was 15 years old when her mother died in 1828 3. Nancy was 15 years old when her mother died … (Behringer say 8 years old. So …Sarah Strange info? YES!…ns comment) He shows his source for Nancy’s birth as “Bowman memoirs” (which is actually Behringer…ns comment) Source of middle name..he chooses Jane in Behringers acct over the name Melissa’s in Sarah Strange’s info, due to the first daughter of Nancy being named Eliza Jane Belle Lewis Behringer - daughter of Nancy’s son George W Lewis 1. Nancy Jane b. in Marion, TN 2. Did not know the day or year of her birth, daughter Eliza gave her one (dau Elzada says the same thing…ns comment) 3. Mother died when she was young 4. She was oldest and only girl 5. 4 brothers (house keeper for father and brothers) 6. Grew up in the Big Bend of the Cumberland River, very near “Old Hickory” where Andrew Jackson was raised 7. Her father was John Hatfield 8. David Lewis married Nancy in 1834 9. David and Nancy settled on a farm down the river from the Hatfield place, 1 year later they had Eliza 10. In 1839 David and Nancy moved to Georgia, near Savannah, George was born there in 1840 11. 1842 David and Nancy moved back to Marion, TN, same place on the Cumberland River 12. Several years later they moved to Missouri and settled near Springfield while Abraham Lincoln lived there Then Belle starts over: “Another family I have no trace of , David Lewis married Nancy Jane Hatfield who was raised by her father in Tenn.” 1. Her mother died when she was 8, (so this came from Belle Behringer..ns comment) 2. She cared for 4 brothers who were younger than her 3. She had no other associates, no schooling, signed her name with an “x” 4. At age 22 she married David Lewis, settled in the Big Bend of the Cumberland 5. From there they moved to GA 6. George was born in 1840 in 13 miles of coast of Georgia 7.1842 they returned to Tenn. 8 George was 15 when they moved to Missouri, near Springfield Elzada, youngest daughter of David and Nancy Lewis Hatfield Lewis 1. Nancy born in TN don’t know where 2. Oldest of 9 children 3. She didn’t know her age, month or year 4. Maiden name Hatfield 5. Didn't know year she married, she said 1834 Harvey W. McDaniel grandson of Elzada above Harvey was researching, he wrote a bio, he has many people listed as sources, one being Pearl Lunt, states she gave him the earliest info of James Hatfield that married Annie Rice 1. James and Annie Rice Hatfield 2. Nancy born abt 1800 on the Va/TN border, died at age 111 3. How many children of James and Annie were born in TN and how many were born in Missouri I do not know 4. Nancy grew up in Missouri, married David Lewis in Missouri 5. One of Elzada’s daughters told him James and Annie Hatifield lived by the James boys in Stone, Mo. Played with them as kids, grew up with them 6. Jesse James mother was a Lewis, she was a cousin to Festus Lewis of Danville, Ark. We don’t know if they were related 7. Now he is speaking of David and Nancy (ns) Sometime between the birth of Peter born 1851 in Missouri and 1861 - they moved back to the VA/TN border, because they left that area by ox cart and horseback for Texas 8 Elzada (his grandmother) was the youngest of David and Nancy’s children ( he continues on the family of David and Nancy Hatfield Lewis. NS) Orpha Wingfield - information from the 100 year reunion.. This is combined info from the Behringer acct and what Pearl Lewis Lunt obtained from Sarah Strange…Pearl Lunt was very active with the reunion. By 1984 she had both the Behringer information and Sarah Strange . This notebook contains nearly every descendant of George W Lewis……I have copy of this spiral notebook, it was printed to be distributed at the 100th year family reunion, of the Lewis Cabin in Lewis Canyon, Otero, NM. The cabin was built by George Washington Lewis in 1884. Pearl Lewis Lunt had gathered nearly every descendant of George W. and Mary McPeeters Lewis This was compiled by Orpha Wingfield with information Pearl Lewis Lunt supplied her Portion of a letter written by Sarah Strange Talks about Nancy and her children, names David and Nancy‘s children, begins by saying there were 9 children born to the parents of Nancy Lewis……. Where is the rest of the letter? This portion of a letter was given to Gail Stafford by Jim Byrd Pearl Lewis Lunt- daughter of Emma Coffelt Lewis, who was the daughter of Nancy Jane Lewis (dau of Geo. W. Lewis and Mary McPeeters….Pearl began early research on her family) I have a note in my file, it states " conversation with Aunt Pearl 1994 " I tried to find Sarah Strange and always missed her, I was down in Texas talking to family and they told me the person to talk to was Sarah Strange, she would know, I heard she was at her kids house in Phoenix, I called, she had just left. I heard she was back in Phoenix, I called ..and spoke to one of her kids. Sarah was there, but I didn't get to talk to her. They said Nancy's parents were James Hatfield and Annie Rice. I was in Phoenix and went to see her, she had just died"" 2nd note I have from Aunt Pearl, again an oral conversation. "Sarah Strange said Nancy had a sister named Comfort, and brothers Clark, Ham, and Grant | Hatfield, Nancy Jane (30351872)
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| 6825 | tates Federal Census about John Lewis Name: John Lewis Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Fayetteville, Moore, North Carolina Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 4 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 7 | Lewis, John (80053096)
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| 6826 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F42899796)
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| 6827 | TBI, DC | Brown, Carl Joseph (59763072)
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| 6828 | Teacher of Cape Dies Miss Bess McNeely Stricken at St. Louis Miss Bess McNeely, a teacher at May Greene School here and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. McNeely of Leemon, died at 4 a. m. today at the St. Louis County Hospital, after collapsing on a motor bus Thursday night while in St. Louis for the State Teacher Association meeting. Miss McNeely, alone, was enroute to the home or Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Poe, her sister and brother-in-law, who reside in Wellston, with whom she was visiting while in the city. It was not readily determined who Miss McNeely was, and she was taken to St. Louis County Hospital for treatment. She did not regain consciousness. How Identified The name of Mrs. O. C. Douglas, 101 South Boulevard, Cape Girardeau, Miss McNeely, sharing an apartment with the Douglas family, was found in a purse the teacher carried. Mrs. Douglas was telephoned by the hospital office and she advised the hospital to get in touch with Dr. Poe. Dr. Poe told The Missourian this norming over telephone that he and other doctors who were with Miss McNeely trough the night, planned an autopsy today to determine definitely, if possible, the cause of her death. Miss McNeely had been feeling badly 10 days, according to Miss Alma Schrader, principal of May Green School. She had visited a physician Tuesday afternoon, when she could not get relief from intermittent attacks of dizziness. To Attend Meeting Miss Schrader had advised Miss McNeely that she should excuse herself from attending the teacher’s meeting in St. Louis, and rest through the weekend. However, Miss McNeely, apparently feeling it her duty, went with other Cape Girardeau instructors Wednesday night to St. Louis for the convention. During the Christmas holiday vacation three years ago Miss McNeely was stricken while at her parent’s home in Leemon. She was found in the garage in a dazed condition after she had driven her car into the building. Miss McNeely was a graduate of Teachers College here and had taught in schools of Pemiscot County. Since 1935 she had been on the May Greene School staff here, and was known as a teacher particularly able and conscientious. Surviving, besides her parentsare three sisters, Mrs. Poe, Mrs. Ted Regenhardt and Mrs. E. C. Tuschhoff of Old Appleton, the later being a twin. Dr. Poe said this morning plans were to send the body to Jackson today, and it was said that a Cracraft-Miller-Allen hearse went to St. Louis for the body expecting to return late today. Dr. Poe said tentative plans were to have the funeral Sunday afternoon. Miss McNeely belonged to the Fairview Methodist Church near Fruitland, and attended various churches in Cape Girardeau, including Centenary Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church. Page 1, SE Missourian 19 Nov 1937 | McNeely, Bess (11400386)
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| 6829 | TEC 4 US Army WW II | Pace, Wray Edward (62307268)
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| 6830 | TEC 4 US Army World War II | Miller, Bernis Wayne (62662346)
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| 6831 | Telegraph, The (Alton, IL) - January 14, 2016 VAN BUREN, MISSOURI - Howard Seal Lewis, Sr., 97, of Van Buren, Missouri, departed this life January 12, 2016, in the Riverways Manor Nursing Home in Van Buren, Missouri. Mr. Lewis was born June 9, 1918 in Des Arc, Missouri; to the late Jerome B. and Zilla (Seal) Lewis. He grew-up and attended school in Des Arc. After graduating from the Annapolis High School, he joined the United States Army Air Corp, his rank was, Tec. 5 Sergeant First Class, and proudly served his country during World War II. He and his wife Verna raised their family in Godfrey, Illinois where he was active in his community and volunteered at the Godfrey Fire Department. He was a member of the Twelfth Street Presbyterian Church, where he had served as Elder, helped maintain the grounds, and volunteered whenever needed. While living in Godfrey, he worked for Amoco Oil Company as process supervisor until his retirement in 1972. After retiring to Van Buren, he joined the United Methodist Church, where he participated in many church activities. He loved to hunt quail and pheasant, and was a member of the Piasa Pointer and Setter Club in Godfrey. He raised a beautiful garden every year, loved nature and the outdoors. He was responsible and accountable, a man who took responsibility for his actions and never passed the buck. He was a sharp dresser and took pride in his appearance. On September 13, 1942, he was united in marriage to Verna Jean Long in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She preceded him in death on February 5, 2015 In addition to his parents and wife, he was also preceded in death by one son, Randall Lewis; four sisters and three brothers, Avis Jones, Alta Lindquist, Inez Knight, Buford Lewis, Russell Lewis, Wana Lovelace, and Carter Lewis. He is survived by one son, Howard Lewis, Jr., of Plainfield, Indiana; one daughter, Susan Mehan of Cordova , Tennessee ; six granddaughters, Megan Burris, Tracy Mikesell, Jeanne Waltman, Romy Maurer, Katie Simmons and Cori Egan; nine great-grandchildren; one sister, Vela Nichols of St. Louis; daughter-in-law, Terri Lewis of Fort Wayne, Indiana; brother-in-law, Coleman McSpadden of Van Buren; sister-in-law, Macel Seal of Piedmont, and many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends who mourn his passing. Howard was a hardworking, much disciplined man with a good sense of honor, who had a kind heart and loved his family. Visitation for the family and friends will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, in the United Methodist Church in Van Buren, with the funeral service beginning at 11 a.m. Rev. Jim Cooper will officiate. Burial will be in the Des Arc Cemetery at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to the United Methodist Church Building Fund. Online condolences may be made at www.mcspaddenfh.com | Lewis, Howard Seal (8010192)
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| 6832 | Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. | Family: James Winfield Porter / Laura M. Miller (F44719872)
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| 6833 | Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 - ancestry.com | Family: Joseph Ruble / Stacy McCray (F37376044)
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| 6834 | Texas Birth Certificate: Name: Vern Leroy Birth Date: 27 Sep 1911 Gender: Male Birth Place: Galveston, Texas, USA Father: G W Stevenson Mother: Emma Miles Mother-Father Residence: Friendswood, Texas | Stevenson, Vern Leroy (98171076)
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| 6835 | Texas Birth Certificates 1903-1932 ancestry.com Name: Margie Drew Page Birth Date: 3 Jul 1931 Gender: Female Birth Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA Father: Drew Ernest Page Father Birth Place: Ada, Oklahoma Mother: Margaret Fay Mother Birth Place: Cleburne, Texas Mother Residence: 5236 Gurley St | Page, Margie Drew (96805220)
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| 6836 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (44755636)
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| 6837 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (54652864)
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| 6838 | Texas DC 12783 | Lewis, Dalton Pomroy (78057104)
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| 6839 | Texas DC 63032 | Warren, George Washington (83253912)
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| 6840 | Texas DC 94748 | Lewis, Randy Lynn Sr. (66815712)
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| 6841 | Texas Death Certificate Name Mrs Beatrice Vivian Stevenson Gender Female Race White Death Age 32 Birth Date 13 Jul 1914 Birth Place Marblefalls, Texas Residence Date Abt 1947 Residence Place La Porte, Harris, Texas, USA Death Date 11 Jan 1947 Death Place Laporte, Harris, Texas, USA Father Frank McCarty Mother Minnie Britt | Simmons, Beatrice Vivian (57280528)
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| 6842 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F91128704)
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| 6843 | Texas, Brazoria County Texas MArriage Records 1870-2012 Name Richard Huizar Lopez Gender Male License Date 20 May 1970 License Place Bexar, Texas, USA Recording Date 20 May 1970 Recording Place Bexar, Texas, USA Spouse Juanita Gayle Stevenson | Family: Richard Huizar Lopez / Juanita Gayle Stevenson (F29943585)
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| 6844 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F92895136)
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| 6845 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Dr. Earl Stevenson / Living (F99186153)
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| 6846 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F92895136)
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| 6847 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Dr. Earl Stevenson / Living (F99186153)
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| 6848 | The 40th Illinois Infantry was organized at Springfield, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 10, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865. Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Missionary Ridge, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta, and the March to the Sea | Casebolt, Andrew Montgomery (26729568)
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| 6849 | The 40th Illinois Infantry was organized at Springfield, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 10, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865. Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Missionary Ridge, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta, and the March to the Sea | Casebolt, Henry Clay (32122687)
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| 6850 | The address 1213 Exchange Street would later become 1213 Clinton Street | Ackenhausen, August (41997809)
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| 6851 | The Anna Engelbrecht Family: Anna Marie Engelbrecht (b. 7/26/1859 d. 3/20/1925) married in 1879 August Simon Witte (b. Aug. 10, 1853 in Lippe Detmolt, Germany d. March 20, 1938 in Enid, Oklahoma-buried March 24, 1938) and had 5 children: Otto, Elizabeth, Ida, Emil, and Ben Witte. Otto August Witte (b. 10-20-1886 in Drake, Mo. m. 1914 buried at St. James Cemetery near Drake, Mo.) married Jessie Vieten 1 child Carol Witte Rudert married Harold Rudert in Cape Girardeau, Mo. and had 4 children: Carole Francis, Patricia, Marcia, and Jane. Elizabeth E. Witte (b. 8/21/1890 in Drake, Mo. d. 4/28/71 buried at Del Noite Cemetery, Drummond, Oklahoma) married in 1910 Louis Wegener and had no children. Ida Sophia Witte (b. March 30, 1894 — currently 99 years old!) married August Suenkel (died young) (Ida was August's 3rd wife-1st wife Marguerite Wahl, 2nd wife Ida Neumann) step daughter Eloise married Paul B. Tanis 4 children: Constance Lunn, Margaret Tanis, Steven Tanis, and Marcia Jackson. Second marriage was to Ralph Sturkey. Emil Herman Witte (b. Dec. 18, 1896 - died Aug. 5, 1974) married Esther Lydia Suenkel and had 2 children: Raymond and Marie Witte. Raymond Emil Witte (b. Sept. 11, 1924 - d. Feb. 4, 1987) married Evelyn Laboube and adopted Lisa. Marie Louise Witte (b. Aug. 17, 1927) married (Nov. 17, 1951) Ira W. Meyer and had 2 children: Carol Jean Meyer (b. May 18, 1956) who married Mr. Mills and had 1 son (name unknown) (b. April 9, 1981). Barbara Ann Meyer (b. May 2, 1953) married Mr. Werges and has no children. Benjamin William Witte (b. Aug. 4, 1899 in Drake, Mo. d. July 8, 1971 in Syracuse, Nebraska) married Feb. 22, 1924 Mathilda Lisetta Witte (b. Aug. 14, 1902 in Franklin County, Mo. d. Dec. 26, 1982 in Syracuse, Nebraska) and had 2 sons: Louis August Witte (b. Sept. 10, 1925 in Hickman, Nebraska) married June 19, 1949 to Phyllis Maxine Groteluschen Witte (b. May 14, 1928 in Genoa, Nebraska) and had 3 children: Joan Louise (b. 2/7/51 in Nebraska City, Nebraska) m. 12/26/71 to Warren Leslie Anthony b. 9/23/48 in Omaha, Nebraska. 2 children: Jennifer Louise Anthony (b. 1/23/75 in San Antonio, Texas) and William Leslie Anthony (b. 12/20/77 at Omaha, Nebraska). Linda Diane Witte (b. 5/31/52 in Syracuse, Nebraska) m. 7/14/73 to Scott Edward Anderson (b. 8/20/51 in Oscola, Nebraska) 2 children: Theresa Lynn Anderson (b. 2/8/76 at Osceola, Nebraska) and Sarah Lisetta Anderson (b. 11/24/81 at York, Nebraska). C^rol Ann.Witte (b. May 13, 1958) m. July 19, 1980 to Harlan Leonn MaguireAl cftfrcr Michelle Maguire (b. 7/18/86 in Omaha, Nebraska) Arvel Benjamin Witte (b. 12-19-33 in Syracuse, Nebraska) m. June 28, 1959 to Carol Rose Pohlman (b. 12-9-38 in Norfolk, Nebraska) and had 2 children: Gretchen and John. Gretchen Jane Witte Goldsmith (b. June 15, 1960 at Pasadena, California) m. Nov. 30, 1985 at Rolling Hills, Calif, to Richard Alan Goldsmith. 2 children: Jessica Rose Goldsmith (b. June 17, 1989--same as her mother) and Brandon Richard Wesley Goldsmith (b. Feb. 5, 1992). John Nicholas Witte (b. 9/9/63 in Pasadena, Calif.) married Suzanne Loizeaux (b. Sept. 9, 1963) on Sept. 7, 1985—no children. Note: August Simon Witte came to the United States in 1864 from Lippe- Detmold, Prussia. It took 11 weeks for the trip because the wind drove the ship back! William Carl Oberg born Jan. 23, 1836—died April 22, 1908 married Carolina Louise Fisher born March 11 , 1850—died Jan. 26, 1938 they had 6 children: William Jr. married Lydia Becker--1 son Edwin married Carrie Mae Hutchins…William Jr.’s marriage was to Mary Elna Marshall-- 1 son John and 3 daughters Carrie, Ella, and Mary. Mary married Godfred Bauer — 2 sons Edwin (who was a Reverend) and Henry (both dec.)—3 daughters Flora married Copeland, Verena married Ernest Schokley (lived in St. Louis), Freda married Schokley (all believed dec.) 1 * Joseph married Laura--2 sons Ezra and Raymond and 1 daughter Mabel Joseph s second marriage was to William's first wife Lydia, 1 daughter Tillie and 1 son Oliver. (This is the family that moved to Arkansas and were very poor--lost touch with them). Charles married Emma Kohlbusch—9 children Milford, Henry, August Louis, Arnold, and 01iver--3 daughters Hilda married Ernest Krull! Mamie married Ervin Schneider and Verena married Haeffner. Mamie and Ervin Schneider had 2 daughters 1 (name unknown) was killed in a car accident and was married at the time and had kids. The other Geraldine married Marvin Wehmeyer and had 3 children: 2 boys (names unknown) and 1 girl Theresa. Verena married Charles Grannemann—2 sons Herbert (dec.) married and had kids (names unknown)and Elmer married (unknown) and had 2 children: Bruce and Janice. Verena's daughter Viola married Edwin Rathson (dec.) and currently lives in St. Louis. She had 2 children Larry who married and had children – (all names unknown - 1 of his kids died from sudden infant death syndrome). Glee Ann married (unknown) and had twin girls (names unknown). Henry married Sophia Engelbrecht—5 children Ida married Armin Witte, Walter married Laverne Cotton, Alvin married Lena Lehmann, Minnie married Arnold Seba, and Viola married Fred Niebruegge | Engelbrecht, Anna Maria (73902156)
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| 6852 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3W5N-WVF : accessed 2017-01-19), entry for Mayme Adelaide /Robben/. | Robben, Mayme Adelaide (30440240)
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| 6853 | The daughter of Gustav Otto "Gus" Lassauer and Lenore Selby, Sheila was married twice. Her first husband was (Unknown) Rensing, and her second husband was George Valenti. She was the mother of 3 children. Among the places Sheila lived over the years were Hardin, Illinois and Webster Groves, Missouri. In her later years, she lived in Sun City, Florida. At the time of her death, Sheila was 76 years, 7 months and 21 days old. She was survived by 2 daughters, Janet Mueller and Mary Ploesser; 1 son, Barry Rensing; everal grandchildren; 1 sister, Doris Stoliker; and 1 brother, James Lassauer. Sheila was buried next to her mother, Lenore, who passed away in 1972. Children: 2 daughters, 1 son. Mother of: Janet Mueller Mary Ploesser Barry Rensing Sheila's siblings: Mary J. Lassauer Doris S. Lassauer Ferguson Stoliker James Lassauer | Lassauer, Sheila Rose (25928054)
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| 6854 | The daughter of Gustav Otto "Gus" Lassauer and Lenore Selby, Sheila was married twice. Her first husband was (Unknown) Rensing, and her second husband was George Valenti. She was the mother of 3 children. Among the places Sheila lived over the years were Hardin, Illinois and Webster Groves, Missouri. In her later years, she lived in Sun City, Florida. At the time of her death, Sheila was 76 years, 7 months and 21 days old. She was survived by 2 daughters, Janet Mueller and Mary Ploesser; 1 son, Barry Rensing; everal grandchildren; 1 sister, Doris Stoliker; and 1 brother, James Lassauer. Sheila was buried next to her mother, Lenore, who passed away in 1972. Children: 2 daughters, 1 son. Mother of: Janet Mueller Mary Ploesser Barry Rensing Sheila's siblings: Mary J. Lassauer Doris S. Lassauer Ferguson Stoliker James Lassauer | Lassauer, Sheila Rose (25928054)
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| 6855 | The daughter of Harry Selby and Mary Elvira Barry, Lenore was married to Gustav Otto "Gus" Lassauer. He was the son of John A. Lassauer and Phillipina Irion. Gus was a garage manager in Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois, and they were the parents of at least 4 children. He later worked as a maintenance man for Knapp-Monarch Company in St. Louis, Missouri. Gus died of a coronary thrombosis in 1958. Later in life, Lenore moved to Jacksonville, Florida. At the time of her death there, she was 79 years, 6 months and 6 days old. She was survived by 2 daughters, Doris Ferguson of Florida, and Sheila Valenti of Webster Groves, Missouri; 1 son, James Lassauer, who was in the army at the time of his mother's death; and 4 grandchildren. Visitation was held on 31 Mar 1972 at Hanks Funeral Home in Hardin. A funeral Mass was conducted at 11:30 a.m. the following morning at St. Norbert's Catholic Church in Hardin, Illinois. Children: 3 daughters, 1 son. Mother of: Mary J. Lassauer Doris S. Lassauer Ferguson Stoliker Sheila R. Lassauer Rensing Valenti James Lassauer | Selby, Lenore (40959981)
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| 6856 | THE ENID EVENTS Enid, Garfield Co., OK November 2, 1939 Page 2, section A, column 6 Louis A. Wegener Louis August Wegener, well known pioneer citizen, passed away at his home, 1403 West Broadway, at 4 a.m. Monday morning, following a heart attack. He had attended church at Drummond Sunday evening, apparently in good health and felt the attack only a short time before death came. In his passing the county lost an outstanding citizen and one who strove to serve his fellow men. In early childhood, while learning reading, writing and arithmetic, he was taught the laws of God and man. Never did he forget that teaching and he always maintained a tolerance for the opinions of others. His daily life was a sermon of love. Those who were fortunate to know him have rich memories of a friend who at all times expressed love, wisdom, understanding and faith in all humanity. His was a friendship equal to any demand. Louis August Wegener was born at Bay, Missouri, Feb. 2, 1880 and passed away Monday, Oct. 30, 1939. His childhood and young manhood were spent in that vicinity. In 1911 he was married to Elizabeth Witte and they moved to Oklahoma buying a farm southwest of Drummond where they resided for six years. In 1917 he assumed management of the farmers elevator at Drummond and for 20 years was active in town, church and community affairs. For many years he served as mayor of the town and for 20 years was superintendent of the Salem Evangelical church. No one was better posted on local and national affairs and while conservative his decisions were always fair. He was an active worker in theRepublican party. Mr. Wegener was a conference member of the Evangelical church of Kansas Conference. He was treasurer of the Union Equity Farmers Elevator at Drummond at the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, two brothers, August Wegener and Henry Wegener of Napoleon, Mo., and five sisters, Mrs. John Erfman of Bay, Mo.; Mrs. Lizzie Seba and Mrs. John Brown of Drummond, Mrs. Henry Erfman of Bay, Mo., and Miss Anna Wegener of Drummond. There will be a short service in the Wegener home at 2 o'clock this afternoon. This will be followed by services in the Congregational church at Drummond. Burial will be in Del Norte cemetery. | Wegener, Louis (5086692)
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| 6857 | THE FAMILY OF DAVID LEVI CLODFELTER David Levi Clodfelter, B. 1834 married Ann Louise Troutman, 1858 Children: 1. William Monroe April 26, 1859 M 2. Thomas Levi Nov. 1, 1861 In 1858, he married Ann Louise Troutman, born November 18, 1837, in Iredell County, North Carolina, daughter of William Miles and Sallie (Miller) Troutman. On October 13th, 1855, he bought from Anna Holshouser of Iredell County, North Carolina, and Andrew J. Holshouser of Wills County, State of Illinois, IO6V2 acres of land in settlement of their estate, for $372.00; some of that same tract of land is still in the Clodfelter family. My youngest brother, Rahn S. Clodfelter, owns the home place which was built on the same site of the original 1% story old log house. It was in this log house that they started housekeeping; probably built by David, for their two sons were born there. David (my grandfather) was ten (10) years old when tragedy struck their home, both his father and mother were taken suddenly by death in 1844, from poison some one had put in their coffee, burial in Rowan county. The belief was that it was done by one of the hired hands working on the place at that time; no case for lack of evidence. This broke up their home and the seven (7) children lived with relatives and friends of that community. David was twenty-one (21) years old when he bought his own land and surely started building his home soon after for he married at the age of twenty-four (24). On the 1st of August, 1862, he was conscripted into the Confederate States Army, Pvt. Co. C. 48th Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State troops). On September 18, 1862, he died from wounds received September 17th, at the battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland, age 28 years old. He was buried on that battlefield leaving his widow and two young sons, Monroe, 3 years old and Thomas 10 % months, (my father.) - ClodFelter Family Tree pg 6 by William Flake Coltfelter: https://archive.org/details/clodfelterfamily00clod/page/6/mode/2up | Clodfelter, David Levi (44823574)
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| 6858 | The First 50 Years - Trinity Lutheran Church History pg 334 has her birth date as 2 June 1833. Pastor Umbeck's Notes has her birthday as 2 July 1834. | Mankopf, Johanne Sophie Amalie (63336480)
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| 6859 | The following obituary of Prof. W. F. Pott is taken from the Daily Republican, of Cape Girardeau, MO.: Prof. Pott Dead. Prof. William F. Pott was born at Lemashagen, Lippe Detmold Germany on the sixth day of December, 1847. In early childhood he came to this town with his parents and in his eighteenth year he graduated from the Lutheran Normal school at Addison, Ills. Soon after his graduation he took charge of a school at New Orleans, La. after remaining there a number of years he served as teacher at the following places: Kankakee, Ills, Mobile, Ala, St. Louis, Vallonia, Ind. and Cape Girardeau, MO. At the St. Louis (school), he taught the same class 21 years. From his eighteenth year up to his death, for forty-six years, he remained true to his calling. Deceased was twice married, his first wife was Maria Roth, who departed this life in 1880. In 1881 he married Sophia Elizabeth Roth, who survives him. Of eight children six mourn the father’s demise. His age was 63 years, four months, and 15 days. Prof. Pott was an upright Christian, faithful to his church and school and will be long remembered by his thousands of scholars. The funeral services will be held by Rev. August Wilder, Monday, 2:30 p.m. at the residence, 448 N. Frederick street, thence to the Lutheran church. Interment in Lorimier cemetery. Prof Pott is well remembered and held in high esteem by many Jackson county friends, especially in the southern part of the county, having taught school at the German school in Driftwood township. Among the children surviving him are Mrs. Edward C. Peters, of Driftwood township and Mrs. Theo L. Turmail, of Cape Giradeau, Mo. | Pott, Wilhelm Friedrick (64056656)
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| 6860 | The following research courtesy LuAnn Elsinger - http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~elsinger/genealogy/gilliland/g0/p42.htm#i1258 I'm not sure who this Robert Gilliland was. The first census record that survived for Cocke County was in 1830. On it we find this Robert and his son William. They were listed on the same page as Esther, Caleb, and Rachel O'Dell. In 1833, there was a tract of land that was granted by the state of Tennessee to a John Gilliland in Cocke County that was originally entered by a Robert Gilliland. This land was on the waters of Cosby Creek, the same as where the lands were that were granted to Robert and a William back in 1810. This John Gilliland was in the 1840 and 1850 censuses for Cocke County and was most likely the one married to Elcie O'Dell. A male descendant of John and Elcie's was yDNA tested and found to be in Group 1. Also, there was another family of Gillilands in Cocke County, Tennessee in the late 1700s and very early 1800s. Those Gillilands were descendants of John Gilliland and his wife Elizabeth Young. While I can not be 100% certain that the 1830 Federal census record for Cocke County refers to this Robert's family and not the John Gilliland family (he also had a son named Robert but he was dead by July 1804 ), there is quite a bit of evidence to support the connection to this Robert. First are the ages of the men in the 1830 census. Most of John's sons were either dead or had moved out of Tennessee by 1830. Second, John did not have a son named William. Robert, on the other hand, as shown in later census records, did. And his age, as well as Robert's, is consistent with the ages found in the 1830 census record for Cocke County. Also, living in the same area in Cocke County in 1830 are families that married into Robert's family and moved with him as he went, first to Marion County, Tennessee, and later to Mi A Robert Gilliland, along with a William and James, were found in Cocke County in 1821.2 In the 1827 tax list for Cocke County there is just Robert listed.2 There was another family of Gillilands in Cocke County, Tennessee in the late 1700s and very early1800s. Those Gillilands were descendants of John Gilliland and his wife Elizabeth Young. While I can not be 100% certain that these tax records and the 1830 Federal census record for Cocke County refer to Robert's family and not the John Gilliland family, there is quite a bit of evidence to support the connection to Robert. First are the ages of the men in the 1830 census. Most of John's sons were either dead or had moved out of Tennessee by 1830. Second, John did not have a son named William. Robert, onthe other hand, as shown in later census records, did. And his age, as well as Robert's, is consistent with the ages found in the 1830 census record for Cocke County. Also, living in the same area in Cocke County in 1830 are families that married into There were a series of land grants in Cocke County for a James, Robert and William Gilliland between the years of 1810 and 1836. The two grants for Robert Gilliland were in 1810 and 1833. (According to the website Cocke County, Tennessee; Early Settlers of the Old 12th District, those grants were "on the waters" of Cosby Creek). The Robert that was a son of John and Elizabeth Young Gilliland was dead by July 1804 so neither of these grants could have been for him. The land grant for James was dated 1835. At this point I don't know where James, the son of John, was in 1835. All that I know about him is that he was a Methodist preacher and married to the sister of James Axley. There were five land grants for a William Gilliland (also on Cosby Creek) and, asI mentioned before, John & Elizabeth did not have a son by the name of William.4,5 Robert Gilliland (assuming I have the correct Robert) appeared on the 1830 Federal Census of Cocke County, Tennessee, with a household listed as one male 10-14, one male 40-49, one male 50-59, and one female 15-19.6 He appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Marion County, Tennessee, with a household listed as one male 5-9, one male 10-14, one male 15-19, one male 20-29, one male 60-69, one female under 5, one female 5-9, one female 20-29, and one female 60-69.7 He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of District No. 76, Reynolds County, Missouri, enumerated 24 September 1850, living in the household of his son-in-law John Lane and his daughter Hepseba.1 Children of Robert Gilliland Elizabeth Gilliland8 b. c 1800 William Gilliland+ b. c 1805 Mary Hepsey (Hepseba) Gilliland b. c 1814 Citations 1. John Lane household, 1850 U.S. census, Reynolds County, Missouri, population schedule, District No. 76, page 813, dwelling 231, family 231.; Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). 2. Byron Sistler and Barbara Sistler, Index to Early TN Tax Lists. 3. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; NARA: M804. 4. Barbara, Byron, and Samuel Sistler Tennessee Land Grants, page 346. 5. Cocke County, Tennessee; Early Settlers of the Old 12th District, online http://www.tngenweb.org/cocke/earlysettlers.htm 6. 1830 United States Federal Census, Newport township, Cocke County, Tennessee. 7. 1840 United States Federal Census, Marion County, Tennessee. 8. Lewis Family Line, online http://www.robsgenealogy.com/family_lines/Lewis/ | Gilliland, Robert Jr (46921344)
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| 6861 | The following research notes courtesy of Notha Stevens: CENSUS RECORDS: #397 George Lewis 3 males under 5, 1 male 20-30; 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30 CENSUS 1830 Cocke, Tenn George Lewis head of house; children; 3 males under 5 (Benjamin b. 1826; Robert b. 1827; son born ca 1825-1830 1 female under 10 - Mary b. ca 1823, 1840 census ...Eastern District, Marion County, Tennessee ...George Lewis was the head of the family. There were 3 members of the household employed in agriculture. There were 2 persons over 20 years of age who could not read or write. The following number of free white sales were in the household: 30 to 40 years of age--1; 10 to 15 years of age--2; 5 to 10 years of age--1 and under 5 years of age--2. Also in the household were the following number of free white females: 30 to 40 years of age--1; 15 to 20years of age--1 and under 5 years of age--2. 1840 Marion, Tennessee house of George or rge Lewis 2 males under 5 (William b. 1825; John b. ca 1835 1 male 5-10 (son b. 1830) same son as above 2 males 10-15 ; ( Benjamin b. 1826; Robert b. 1827) 2 females und 5 (daughter born 1835-1840; Catherine b. 1832-1833(?) Martha b. 1839) 1 female 15-20 (Mary... her first child was born 1845) (or Catherine? marr. ca 1850) 1850 census ...Second District, Marion County, Tennessee ...George Lewis (age 48) was born in North Carolina. He was a farmer with real estate valued at $600. Elizabeth (age 47) and all the Lewis children were born in Tennessee. John (age 21) and William (16) were also farmers. The other children were: Martha (13), George (11), Elizabeth (9), Andrew (6) and James (4). In 1850 a Samuel P. Griffith age 25 and wife is next door to George Lewis, page 387, on page 385 is Robert and Catherine Griffith, with other Griffith famiies close by. father of Robinson Griffith that married Catherine Lewis Compared to this family CENSUS: 1840; TN; Marion Co.: Roll: 528; p. 260 Lewis, George W. 00120001 / 00001001 1860 census ... Union township, Iron County, Missouri ... Elizabeth Lewis (age 60) is listed with her 4 children: Hepsey (age 11), James (age 13), Andrew (age 15), and Elizabeth (age 18). There is also a Patterson (age 17) in the household listed as a farmer [Note: This is Hugh Patterson Lewis - who is helping work the farm. He is the son of George's brother Jacob.] The value of Elizabeth's personal property is given as $300. !AGRICULTURE CENSUS 1860 Missouri 8th Agriculture Census ...Page Number 15 & 16 Schedule 4 --- Productions of Agriculture in Union Township in the County of Iron in the State of Missouri enumerated by me, on the 17th day of July 1860. Post Office: Brunot; Samuel A. Reyburn, Ass't Marshal. I Name of Owner, Agent or Manager of the Farm --- Elizabeth Lewis 2 Acres of improved land --- 60 3 Acres of unimproved land --- 400 4 Cash value of Fare --- $2,000 5 Value of Farming Implements and Machinery --- $10 Live Stock, June 1, 1860 6 Horses --- 6 7 Asses and Mules --- 0 8 Milk Cows --- 4 9 Working Oxen --- 4 10 Other Cattle --- 8 11 Sheep --- 18 12 Swine --- 28 13 Value of Live Stock --- $500 Produce During the Year Ending June 1, 1860 14 Bushels of Wheat --- 60 16 Bushels of Indian Corn --- 1100 21 Pounds of Wool --- 35 23 Bushels of Irish Potatoes---40 27 Value of Orchard Products --- $10 30 Pounds of Butter --- 200 32 Tons of Hay--1 47 Value of Homemade Manufactures --- $30 48 Value of Animals Slaughtered-$140 Research notes courtesy of Linda E. Lewis, George Lewis Descendants, published October 1992. | Lewis, George (14809107)
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| 6862 | The following researched by Maurice Mcneely in his book "Mcneelys of Northwest Missouri:" Three brothers, Robert, John. and Adam McNeely were born in Tyrone County, Ireland (in what is now Northern Ireland) – Robert, the oldest, about 1690; John and Adam were born by 1700. I have not been able to determine the names of their parents. They migrated to America and are in Bucks County, PA by 1741. Bedminster Township in Bucks County is about 30 miles north from downtown Philadelphia. We find the McNeely’s first mentioned in history and records in the township of Bedminster. Hanna, in his “The Scotch-Irish”, tells us that Deep Run Presbyterian Church in Bedminster township was established in 1726. | McNeely, John II (Jr.) (36799475)
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| 6863 | The following researched by Maurice Mcneely in his book "Mcneelys of Northwest Missouri:" Three brothers, Robert, John. and Adam McNeely were born in Tyrone County, Ireland (in what is now Northern Ireland) – Robert, the oldest, about 1690; John and Adam were born by 1700. I have not been able to determine the names of their parents. They migrated to America and are in Bucks County, PA by 1741. Bedminster Township in Bucks County is about 30 miles north from downtown Philadelphia. We find the McNeely’s first mentioned in history and records in the township of Bedminster. Hanna, in his “The Scotch-Irish”, tells us that Deep Run Presbyterian Church in Bedminster township was established in 1726. "The History of Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania" states: “In the early I700 ’s there was a migration of Scotch-Irish from Northern Ireland This was due not from famine, but as a result of the Trade and Navigation Act passed by Parliament in I696. This Act classified Northern Ireland as if it were one of the colonies, as far as taxation was concerned. Many people faced complete financial ruin. The end result was a migration into the colonies. They preferred the wilderness to the cities. Not so much for the privacy, but to get away from the sight and sound of the British and British law which they felt had betrayed them. They journeyed out into the wilderness and finding land they liked which was unoccupied they squatted. They felt that God did not like idle land and if the Proprietors were not doing anything with the land why, then they would. And so they became squatters. They moved in, then had to be removed when the land was legally sold. This was one of William Allen's (a land propr “Active in the Deep Run Presbyterian Church in early time was ROBERT McNEELY. He settled on I53 acres of land north of church site. His brother JOHN (Jonathan in some records) McNEELY settled above him on I90 acres of land...both brothers are on Allen land. They probably settled here AFTER 1741. There may have been a purchase agreement sat up with William Allen, but it never came into fruition. Allen ’s Estate sold...in 1801... And so, sixty years of hard work and heavy taxation went down the drain. The tax list of I782 and I783 show both McNeely’s are on the Allen Estate. The end of the revolution proprietary land was now commonwealth land There would be patents and warrants issued into the mid eighteen hundreds in this area. As for the land that had been William Allen ’s the American government had confiscated it. A court battle ensued to regain the land by his estate, headed by Ann Penn Greenleaf Granddaughter of William Allen. She and her family succeeded in regaining control of what was | McNeely, Jonathan (John) I (Sr.) (42078976)
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| 6864 | The Glattfelder family originated in Glattfelden, Zurich, Switzerland. Most descendants of the family in America are from two brothers: Casper and Johan Peter Glattfelder. They were the sons of Felix Glattfelder, b. 1669. Casper, b. 1709 and Johan Peter, b. 1700 set out for the Carolinas in 1742. Johan Peter died in route and the two families returned to Glattfelden. The following year the two families left again for America, landing in Philadelphia 30 August 1743 on the ship "Francis and Elizabeth". Both families settled for a time in York County, Pennsylvania. Many of Casper's descendants are found there today. Soon after settling down however, two sons of Johan Peter, Felix and Johan Rudolf, left for North Carolina. Their descendants are found mostly in and around Davidson and Rowan Counties, North Carolina. This North Carolina branch changed the spelling of their name to Clodfelter. A daughter of Johan Peter, Lisabeth Glattfelder, married Jacob Rhyne. Their descendants are found largely in the Lincolnton-Gastonia area of North Carollina. Another sister, Barbara Glattfelder, married Johannes Hildebrand and stayed in the York County, Pennsylvania. The oldest son of Casper Glattfelder was Solomon by his first wife. He and his father had a falling out over a money matter. It is supposed that he may have changed his name to Glotfelty because of this. This family is mostly found in Garrett County, Maryland and Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Durst is also a prominant surname amongst the descendants of Solomon coming through Lightfoot John Durst. | Glattfelder, Casper (92955198)
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| 6865 | The Glattfelder family originated in Glattfelden, Zurich, Switzerland. Most descendants of the family in America are from two brothers: Casper and Johan Peter Glattfelder. They were the sons of Felix Glattfelder, b. 1669. Casper, b. 1709 and Johan Peter, b. 1700 set out for the Carolinas in 1742. Johan Peter died in route and the two families returned to Glattfelden. The following year the two families left again for America, landing in Philadelphia 30 August 1743 on the ship "Francis and Elizabeth". Both families settled for a time in York County, Pennsylvania. Many of Casper's descendants are found there today. Soon after settling down however, two sons of Johan Peter, Felix and Johan Rudolf, left for North Carolina. Their descendants are found mostly in and around Davidson and Rowan Counties, North Carolina. This North Carolina branch changed the spelling of their name to Clodfelter. A daughter of Johan Peter, Lisabeth Glattfelder, married Jacob Rhyne. Their descendants are found largely in the Lincolnton-Gastonia area of North Carollina. Another sister, Barbara Glattfelder, married Johannes Hildebrand and stayed in the York County, Pennsylvania. The oldest son of Casper Glattfelder was Solomon by his first wife. He and his father had a falling out over a money matter. It is supposed that he may have changed his name to Glotfelty because of this. This family is mostly found in Garrett County, Maryland and Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Durst is also a prominant surname amongst the descendants of Solomon coming through Lightfoot John Durst. | Glattfelder, Felix II (74390632)
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| 6866 | The Glattfelder family originated in Glattfelden, Zurich, Switzerland. Most descendants of the family in America come The Glattfelder family originated in Glattfelden, Zurich, Switzerland. Most descendants of the family in America from two brothers: Casper and Johan Peter Glattfelder. They were the sons of Felix Glattfelder, b. 1669. Casper, b. 1709 and Johan Peter, b. 1700 set out for the Carolinas in 1742. Johan Peter died in route [drowned in the Rhine River on the way to Basel, Switzerland] and the two families returned to Glattfelden. The following year the two families left again for America, landing in Philadelphia 30 August 1743 on the ship "Francis and Elizabeth". Both families settled for a time in York County, Pennsylvania. Many of Casper's descendants are found there today. Soon after settling down however, two sons of Johan Peter, Felix and Johan Rudolf, left for North Carolina. Their descendants are found mostly in and around Davidson and Rowan Counties, North Carolina. This North Carolina branch changed the spelling of their name to Clodfelter. A daughter of Johan Peter, Lisabeth Glattfelder, married Jacob Rhyne. Their descendants are found largely in the Lincolnton-Gastonia area of North Carollina. Another sister, Barbara Glattfelder, married Johannes Hildebrand and stayed in the York County, Pennsylvania. The oldest son of Casper Glattfelder was Solomon by his first wife. He and his father had a falling out over a money matter. It is supposed that he may have changed his name to Glotfelty because of this. This family is mostly found in Garrett County, Maryland and Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Durst is also a prominant surname amongst the descendants of Solomon coming through Lightfoot John Durst. | Glattfelder, Johan Peter (44204437)
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| 6867 | THE GREAT GALVESTON STORM The terrible hurricane struck Galveston September 8, 1900. This flood an wind almost destroyed Galveston and left Friendswood a wreck.... The Stevenson's had only recently moved to Friendswood and thier frail house was blown to splinters with them in it. Miraculously they had all escaped serious injury. As the storm let up they all got together and made their way to the Browns. They were all half frozen and besides themselves with fright. Mary Jane dragged her children out of the only warm bed and put Mrs. Stevenson and her little ones in their place... The Stevenson family who were the storm guest of the Browns for several weeks consisted of Laurie [Lowry] and Lulu and their children Guy, Zue and Vincent. Guy was about sixteen years of age and Zue and Vincent about ten and eight respectively. This is a part of the lives of the founding families of Friendswood found in The Promised Land by Edith B McGinnnis. | Stevenson, Lowry David (22407883)
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| 6868 | The Heritage of Rowan County North Carolina Volume I, 1991 The Genealogical Society of Rowan County, Inc. JACOB CLODFELTER 345 Jacob Clodfelter, the youngest son of Felix and Maria Sarah Meier Clodfelter, was born in what is now Davidson County on the 1st day of January 1770. He grew up on the family farm and when he was 20 years old married Margaret Hagge (Hege) on the 28th of June 1790. Felix Glattfelder, his father, stood bond for the marriage. Margaret was born 4 Sept 1771 and died 3 Nov 1857. She did not remarry after Jacob’s death 1 Feb 1837. Both are buried at Bethany Cemetery near the Forsyth-Davidson County line. In their 37 years of marriage they raised 11 children — Sarah (4 Dec 1791-June 1849) m. Peter Leonard, son of Valentine Leonard II; Mary (24 Oct 1792-26 Nov 1872) m. David Yokeley, son of Hugh and Hannah Yokeley: Molly married David Leonard: Catherine born 1797 married Adam Weir on 2 April 1817; Elizabeth born 1799 married Barnet Weir 3 May 1820; Joseph (30 Nov 1800-16 April 1874) married 29 July 1822 to Charity Yo k e l e y, dau. of Hugh and Hannah and sister to David: Henry (2 Jan 1804-26 June 1888) married 1st Barbary (unknown) (May 1805-21 Dec 1855), married 2rd Elizabeth Tesh (10 May 1810-10 March 1889) on 12 August 1856: Barbara (9 April 1807-18 April 1862) married Adam Sink 12 June 1825; David (9 Oct 1809-23 Jan 1895) married Nancy Myers on 24 Nov 1834; Franey married Philip Knox 17 Feb 1830: and Jacob born in 1815 married Barbary Myers 5 April 1835. Joseph Clodfelter and Charity Yokeley were married in Rowan County with Daniel Clodfelter giving bond. They made their home near the Bethany community at first because they have two infants buried at Bethany Cemetery. The first buried in 1823 and Lise in 1824. Their first living child was born in 1829 so there may be more infants somewhere. They later moved to the Bethesda Methodist Church community, before the church was formed. Their first living son, Adam (6 May 1829-26 Jan 1905) married 25 Nov 1851 to Mary E. Kennedy; Joseph born 1832 married Catharine (unknown); Jacob born 1834; George (6 May 1836-13 March 1907) married Mary Jane Sink 17 Sept 1859; Eliza E. (22 Sept.1839-10 Sept 1913) married 1st David A. Tussey, son of Gersham Tussey and Sarah A. Byerly, he was born 7 April 1828 and died in 1863 in the Civil War. Eliza's brother Jacob Clodfelter gave bond, she married 2nd Alexander Evans; Hugh W. born 1842 David (22 Aug 1844-12 June 1911) married Eliza Jane Hege 27 Aug 1871. Alexander Evans, son in law to Joseph and Charity, was a member of Shiloh Church and while visiting the old home community during a revival, was converted. He offered a brush arbor on his farm, which he and the neighbors built, and this arbor was later called Bethesda. "Aunt" Charity gave the following account of the happenings at this revival: "It seemed that Joseph Clodfelter was a good citizen, highly respected, a member of Pilgrim Church, but he allowed himself to grow cold and indifferent. Among other characteristics, he had a mind of his own. As the revival progressed, he attended regularly but took his seat at a rather far distant place from the pulpit. The good wife knowing the temperament of her husband, strongly advised all friends to refrain from personal advice or exhortation lest instead of making matters better it would likely cause the brother to leave the grounds and not return. Days went on and the brother continued to occupy his chosen place. All care was used to not speak to him on The deed to the original one and one half acres of ground was made 3 December 1870 by Joseph Clodfelter and his wife, Charity, to Alexander Evans, Adam Clodfelter, and David Clodfelter, the last 3 being the original trustees of the Church. Joseph and Charity Clodfelter are buried at Bethesda with at least four of their children and their families. David C. Clodtelter and Eliza Jane Hege were the parents of 5 children: Jacob Hugh (3 Nov 1872-30 Aug 908) married Sarah Clora Thomason (8 May 1878-6 July 1908) daughter of Huey Thomason and Mary Elizabeth Link; Robert L. born March 1880; Joseph E. born May 1882 and married Tillie Everhart 23 Dec 1904; Ida Jewel born May 1884 married Lorenzo (Renzo) Thorn-ton Wagoner 26 Nov 1907. Ida died 10 Nov 1956 and is buried at Bethesda beside her husband; Frank Lineberry born 16 May 1899 died 1 July 1954 is also buried at Bethesda. David was able to farm and to raise 5 children with a handicap. A farm wagon ran over his legs when he was a child and the legs refused to grow. He had the body of a full grown man and the short legs of a child. The first burial at Bethesda cemetery was a child of David and Eliza Clodfelter. David's was the first adult burial. Jacob Hugh Clodfelter and Sarah Clora Thomason married 23 February 1893 in the office of Justice of the Peace H.D. Hedrick, in Welcome, NC. Sarah was a native of Welcome and Jacob's farm was not far away. There were 8 children, 6 lived into adulthood. An infant died at birth in 1895 and the youngest daughter Elma Ray died at the age of four months. Jacob, Sarah and Elma Ray died within 2 months time of colitis. The first son, Arnold Lee (26 Oct 1893-28 Nov 1932) married Etta Mae Leonard 24 June 1922, daughter of John Adam Leonard and Elizabeth (Sara) Evans, 011ie Elizabeth (31 Jan 1897-18 May 1960) married Melvin Alexander Essick, son of Samuel R. Essick and Jane (Jennie) Cecil, 26 Aug 1915; Ira Lorenzo (16 Nov 1899-17 Dec 1940) married Sibyl Marie Harriz, dau. of James Brown Harriz and Hattie Belle Hildebrand, 2 Sept 1929; Eliza Luella (Ella)(16 Nov 1901-6 Sept 1953) mar-ried Elbert Lee Bennett in Florida 23 Oct 1937; Dora Mae (5 Feb 1904-9 Feb 1969) married James Virgil Massey, son of John William Massey and Sarah Catherine Broadway, 5 July 1919, she was 15 years old; Stamey Roe (1 Jan 1906-12 Nov 1948) married Hattie Rozell Cauble, dau. of Julius Smith Cauble and Eveann Elizabeth Bost, 10 Oct 1931. All of the 6 children who lived into adulthood died of cancer. Sources: Davidson County Courthouse, Rowan County Registrar of Deeds, History of Bethesda Methodist Church, Family knowledge, The Family of Noah Clodfeller, by Cyril L. Johnson. • June Clodfelter Watson | Clodfelter, Jacob (84342154)
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| 6870 | The Junior College of Flat River presents A MEMORIAL SERVICE AND BOOKLET Honoring Its Gold Star Heroes April 13, 1947 WILLARD WATSON Willard Lee Watson, son of William A. Watson and Jetta L. Watson of Flat River, was born January 27, 1921. He attended the Junior College from September, 1939, to December, 1940. Being a member of the National Guard, he was called into active service before completing the first semester of his sophomore year in Junior College. He was first sent to Camp Robinson, Arkansas and later to California. During his training he never lost touch with the Junior College. Through the school paper and correspondence with friends and teachers he kept up with activities around the College. The same thing held true while he was serving as a machine gunner in the infantry during the Aleutian campaign. Willard wanted to be a flyer. All during the hardships of warfare in the frozen North, he never gave up hope that some day he would become a pilot. He studied and worked constantly toward that end, and at last he got his chance. He was returned to the States for training in the air corps, and his first mission was to visit the Junior College and spread the good news among friends. Soon thereafter he was sent to California to begin his training. As usual he kept up his correspondence with friends around the College, sometimes dropping into the U. S. O. to make a recording instead of writing the conventional letter. During his period of' training, the biggest news he passed along was that on December 11, 1943, he married Wana L. Lewis of Des Arc. After taking his preliminary flight training in California, Willard was sent to a field at Pecos, Texas, where he was graduated and received his commission as second lieutenant. Shortly thereafter, in the summer of 1944, he returned to the Junior College for a visit, quite proud of his wings and his bride, who accompanied him on the visit. Not long after his visit here, Willard was sent overseas, and on September 28, 1944, he met death in an aircraft crash near Chartres, France. | Lewis, Wana Luetta (43325281)
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| 6871 | The Junior College of Flat River presents A MEMORIAL SERVICE AND BOOKLET Honoring Its Gold Star Heroes April 13, 1947 WILLARD WATSON Willard Lee Watson, son of William A. Watson and Jetta L. Watson of Flat River, was born January 27, 1921. He attended the Junior College from September, 1939, to December, 1940. Being a member of the National Guard, he was called into active service before completing the first semester of his sophomore year in Junior College. He was first sent to Camp Robinson, Arkansas and later to California. During his training he never lost touch with the Junior College. Through the school paper and correspondence with friends and teachers he kept up with activities around the College. The same thing held true while he was serving as a machine gunner in the infantry during the Aleutian campaign. Willard wanted to be a flyer. All during the hardships of warfare in the frozen North, he never gave up hope that some day he would become a pilot. He studied and worked constantly toward that end, and at last he got his chance. He was returned to the States for training in the air corps, and his first mission was to visit the Junior College and spread the good news among friends. Soon thereafter he was sent to California to begin his training. As usual he kept up his correspondence with friends around the College, sometimes dropping into the U. S. O. to make a recording instead of writing the conventional letter. During his period of' training, the biggest news he passed along was that on December 11, 1943, he married Wana L. Lewis of Des Arc. After taking his preliminary flight training in California, Willard was sent to a field at Pecos, Texas, where he was graduated and received his commission as second lieutenant. Shortly thereafter, in the summer of 1944, he returned to the Junior College for a visit, quite proud of his wings and his bride, who accompanied him on the visit. Not long after his visit here, Willard was sent overseas, and on September 28, 1944, he met death in an aircraft crash near Chartres, France. | Watson, Willard (83064488)
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| 6872 | The late Betty Mills (Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society) thinks James married 2 times, Elizabeth 2 wife, probably correct if age is correct tax list of I787 includes male 3 and female 26) | McNeely, James (48873754)
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| 6873 | The Lincoln Star, Monday, Aug 12 1918 Mrs. Elizabeth A. James, 72 years old, died at 11:30 pm Sunday at her home, 1719 L street. The body will be taken to Seward for funeral services and interment. She leaves two sons, William R (Willard)., of San Francisco, and Frank M., of Mitchell, S. D., and a daughter, Mrs. Ona Bennett, of Lincon. Seward County Tribune, Seward, NE, Thursday, August 15, 1918 Mrs. Elizabeth A. James was born September 26, 1846, at Evansville, Indiana, and died at Lincoln, Sunday, ,August 11, 1918, aged 72 years. She moved with her parents to Decatur county, Iowa, in her sixteenth year. At the age of nineteen she was united in marriage to Lewis C. James. Eight children blessed this union, three of whom survive, William R. of San Francisco, California, and Frank M. of Mitchell, South Dakota, and Mrs. Ona Bennett of Lincoln; also a sister, Mrs. Artie Ellis of Seward, and Mrs. Miller of Decatur, Iowa. The deceased resided in Seward for eight years. Funeral services were held from the U. B. church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. S. A. Walton. | Casebolt, Elizabeth Ann (12492884)
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| 6874 | The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, June 2, 1952 Widow of Dr. S. A. Thompson Is Dead; Rites Wednesday Mrs. Mary Caroline Thompson, of 1812 Broadway died at 11:30 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past three days. Her age was 70 years, one month and 16 days. She was the mother of Dr. Harry G. Thompson and the widow of the late Dr. S. A. Thompson, who at one time owned and operated the Mt. Vernon hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at Myers Chapel, with the Rev. Andrew Caraker officiating. Burial will be in Kirk cemetery. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel, where friends may call at any time after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday. She was married to Dr. S. A. Thompson, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Thompson was a member of the First Baptist church, the Eastern Star and the White Shrine. Surviving are two sons, Dr. Harry G. Thompson of Mt. Vernon and Louis R. Thompson of Louisville, Ky.; one daughter. Mrs. Howard Rawlinson of Mt. Vernon; six grandchildren, and a niece, Mrs. Mary Hurst of Sesser. | Goff, Mary Caroline (13417368)
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| 6875 | The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Wednesday, November 6, 1968 Beloved Physician Dr. Harry Thompson Dies At 62 Dr. Harry Goff Thompson, family physician and good friend to many Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county residents, for over three decades, died yesterday at 5:25 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Thompson, who resided at 324 North 12th street, was 62 years of age. The highly respected and beloved physician — "Dr. Harry" to his legion of friends — had suffered, a heart ailment for the past 17 years but has insisted in maintaining his practice and keeping up an active life among his friends despite the handicap. His condition worsened several weeks ago, perhaps on the night that Dr. Harry was watching "his Mt. Vernon Rams" play football at Belleville. He was an ardent sports fan and team physician for Mt. Vernon athletes since 1945. He rarely missed the chanceto see his boys play football. A Medical Tradition: Dr. Harry carried on his life in the tradition of one of Jefferson county's first and foremost medical families. His father. Dr. Samuel Thompson, "Dr. Sam" to oldtime residents, built and operate | Thompson, Harry Goff (1687913)
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| 6876 | The Newell Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Margaret Martin, 93, passed away at 11:23 PM, Monday, August 24, 2015 at her home in Atria Assisted Living in Longmont, Colorado. She was born at home on August 16, 1922 in Bertrand, Missouri, the daughter of Gertrude Shoults Ponder and William Eugene Ponder. She grew up on a farm near East Prairie, Missouri. In 1942 she married 2nd Lt. Charles Murphy who died on July 21, 1944 when his B-24 Liberator bomber crashed in the North Atlantic Ocean. In 1947 she married Albert Ralph Martin, a WWII veteran decorated for bravery in the Battle of the Bulge. He preceded her in death on July 10, 1996. She is survived by her sons, Charles Martin of Somerset, NJ (wife, Diana) and William Martin of Longmont, CO (wife Julia) and by daughter-in-law Kate Mewhinney, of Winston-Salem, NC (widow of son David Martin, who predeceased her on August 13 of this year); grandchildren, Joachim Martin of Cambridge MA (wife Jessica, daughter Sophie, son Calder), William Martin Jr, of O'Fallon MO (wife Lori, daughters Alyssa and Ale | Ponder, Margaret Eleanor (4831260)
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| 6877 | THE OLD LOG HOUSE ON MUDDY SHAWNEE CREEK By Lars Meredith Stevenson Have tried to locate the eleven families that settled around the Old log house that was home for the Stevenson families for over one hundred years. I’ve heard my Grandpa say that his dad, Alexander K. helped build the house. When his uncle, Robert McFarland got the Illinois fever, Alexander bought the place from him. In March 1974 my Dad made a condensed copy of the deeds of which I am going to copy now. Condensed Copies of Deeds by H.R. Stevenson March 1974 Mitchel & Jane Fleming nee Stevenson – in consideration of a Bond to us given by Robert S. McFarland do remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said Robert S. McFarland a certain tract or parcel of land lying in the W ½ of SE ¼ of Section 8, Twp, 33 N of Range 13E in the District of Cape Girardeau, Mo. – 80 acres more or less. We hereunto set our hands and seals this day 2-13-1833. Signed: Mitchel Fleming [Seal] Her Signed: Jane X Fleming [Seal] Mark When Mitchell Fleming deeded this 80 acres to R. S. McFarland, he was living with his second wife, Jane Stevenson. My dad H.R. Stevenson always said she was James Stevenson’s sister. This indenture made this 20th day of May 1826. Thomas Wilson and Elizabeth his wife, for the sum of $30 to them paid, so grant, bargain and sell to Robert S. McFarland a certain tract or parcel of land lying in the E ½ of SW ¼ of Section 8 in Twp. 33N Range 13 E. in the District of Cape Girardeau, Mo. – containing 10 acres, more or less. Signed: John Wallace [Seal] Her Signed: Elizabeth X Wallace [Seal] Mark This is the land the old log house was built on. Know ye all men that I Robert S. McFarland and wife Agnes, in consideration of the Sum of $700 to us in hand paid by Alexander K. Stevenson, do by these presents remise, release and forever quit claim to the said A.K.S. his heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land lying in the W ½ of SE ¼ of Sec 8 Twp. 33N. Range 13E in the district of Cape Girardeau, Mo., containing 80 acres be the same more or less. Also a second tract of land, purchased from Thomas Wilson the 20th day of May 1826 containing 10 acres. Also a third tract or parcel of land lying and being in the NW ¼ of Sec. 17 Twp. 33N, Range 13E containing 25 acres more or less. We set our hands and seal this 15th day of Sept. 1837. This is how these parcels of land got into the Stevenson family. There were other transactions, these were the first. I have the original deed for the 80 acres to Mitchel Fleming signed by President James Monroe. I have deeds for other parcels of land signed by other Presidents they are all signed by someone else. September 1837 Alexander K. Stevenson became the owner of the house and land that Robert McFarland started, There were three children born there by 1844. Julia, Linley, and Mary Jane who died in infancy. Alexander’s wife Margaret died about this time. Then he married Elizabeth Clodfelter 4 Dec 1845. They had seven children, five boys and two girls. These children all went to the Old Shawnee School that was located on the property line that was between my granddad’s place and his Uncle Lynn Clodfelter’s place. It must have been started in the 1840s. When I was a little kid, great-grandma Boren used to walk over to the old house quite often to visit my mother. They were grinding horseradish in the kitchen one morning, Great-Grandma said, when she was a little girl she went to school in that old kitchen. That would be in the 1830s. The kitchen was very likely built by Bob McFarland in the 1820s; to live in while the big log house was being built. It sat away from the log house three or four feet. When my Dad bought the place he had it built onto the house. Around 1880 District #3 built a new school house on the road between New Wells and Shawneetown. When the districts were consolidated, the new school was sold and is now a blacksmith shop. The old Shawnee School was done away with immediately. The land that it occupied would go back to the land owners. Granddad figured half of the building was on his land, Uncle Lynn figured it was all on his land. As the story goes there was a little fist fight there, I don’t think there were any referees around. It was the custom on a line fence, you built half and your neighbor built half. Grand-dad started the fence from his corner, and the last post was set in the middle of the school property. Uncle Lynn started from his corner and his last post took all of the school property. Until this day you can go there and see the jog in the fence right where the old school house set. The new school was where my dad and his brothers, and “we boys” went to school. I remember Uncle Amos was visiting us from Farmington. Mom was fixing the lunch boxes for us to take to school. Uncle Amos said when he was a boy in that same house his mother had one big basket. She put the lunch in for all of them it took two to carry it to school. There was always an argument as to who was going to carry it home. All of Alexander’s children got their start in school in the Old Shawnee School. Some of them got more schooling at Oak Ridge and Fruitland. Hugh was the only one that made teaching his career. I don’t think Lowery and Amos ever taught school. When the Civil War was over Amos and John Trickey went to Kansas to homestead land around Winfield, 1869 to 1870. My granddad and Theodore helped them move. My grand-dad rode a horse, Theodore drove a wagon. This was just the time that Jesse James was starting his career, I asked granddad if he carried a pistol. He said one of his friend offered the loan of his pistol but he didn’t take it he carried a shotgun. Theodore married Julia Hinkle 15 August 1871. He taught school for a couple of years. Then in the Spring of 1875 he decided to go to Kansas and be with his brother, Amos, close to Winfield, Kansas. As A.C. Stevenson’s Book (diary) as he called it, he bid Miss M.J. (as he called Julia Margaret) adieu. Monday morning the 5th day of April 1875 he climbed into the wagon with Theodore and his wife and stared for Kansas. His diary speaks for its self about the trip. He didn’t stay in Kansas very long, he took a train from Wichita to Denver for his health. Wyatt Earp was the Marshal of Wichita in 1875. He stayed in Denver until the first of November then he took the train back to St. Louis, visited his uncle, Harvey Stevenson and other friends. Left St. Louis 5 Nov 1875, on the Belle of Memphis for Wittenberg, arrived there 12 noon on the 6th. Mr. Ude was there with the freight wagon from New Wells store, he gave him a ride home. Granddad left Missouri a 90 pound weakling. He weighed 105 pounds when he came back but he still complained, The 6th January 1876, he and Miss Julia Boren were married. There was no more complaining in his dairy. They went to parties, danced and had a good time. He quit writing in his book 29 Oct, 1876. Alexander had the farm all to him self the boys were all gone but A.C. They divided the farm, A/C. took the north half of the 80 acres in the bottom, bought more ridge land and started digging a cistern, where his house was going to be built. It was a good quarter of a mile north of the old log house. Before he got it finished, he took the postmaster job at Neelys Landing. I’ve heard my grandma say, when they drove up to that big house on the bank of the river, she couldn’t hardly make herself get out of the wagon. She didn’t like it there. She said at nite you could hear big chunks of the bank falling into the river. They didn’t stay there but about a year. They moved to Pocahontas and stayed there a couple of years. They lived in the same house that they bought back in 1921 to live out their retirement years from 1923 til 1942 in Pocahontas. By 1880 Amos and Theodore were in Kansas, Hugh was away teaching school. Lowery had gone to Illinois. Philip Clodfelter had come to the old log house to spend his last years with his daughter Elizabeth. She got 10 acres of his bottom land for this service. Philip was a care to take care of. Elizabeth had her two girls to help but Alexander had no one to help with the farm, and he was in poor health. Grand-dad moved back to the house he had started when he got married. He would be close to the old folks and could help on the farm. Lowery had married Lulu Jones in Illinois. He came back about this time to help run the farm. He didn’t move in with the old folks. He built a little bungalow about fifty yards west of the old log house. Philip Clodfelter died 11 March 1881 and Alexander K. died of cancer 16 Dec. 1881. This left the running of the farm up to Lowery. He was crippled, born with a deformed foot, didn’t look like he could do much work. Granddad said he really put that old farm in shape. Besides raising good crops, he had good stock. He split rails and built fences. There was no stock law, the country was open range. He fenced his fields to keep his stock in, instead of keeping stock out. I saw him one time, in the Spring of 1917 he came up from Texas on a visit. My dad had just bought a Moline tractor. We kids walked around the place with him. He told us lots of thing about the place, a lot I can’t remember. He went back to Texas and a year later, March 1918 he was standing on the back step of his mail hack when the horse bolted, it jerked him off he fell hit his head on the sidewalk and died in Galveston, Texas. He ran the farm until Jamima Jane (Aunt Jennie) married John T. McNeely and moved to Leemon. My dad said he remembered his Aunt Jennie’s wedding, the year 1889. They were married in the log house. Dad said he remembered playing with Lowery’s boy, Guy, on the floor while the wedding was going on. Lowery could see that after Jennie left that it wasn’t going to be too many more years until his mother was going to have to have more care than he could provide. He and Amos agreed to swap places. He went to Kansas and Amos came back to the old home place. My dad said that this swap wasn’t with wagons through the Ozarks but by boat to St. Louis and train to Wichita, Kansas. Amos had three girls and a boy: Eura, Daisy, Bessie and Carl. They moved into the bungalow that Lowery vacated. They lived there until Rosa died, then they moved into the log house to take care of grandma. There was a mother and three girls to take care of one old lady. There was some one to do the cooking, some one to do the house cleaning, the garden, taking care of the chickens, milking the cows, everything. All that grandma had to do was, sit down and take it easy. For an old lady that had done everything for herself for seventy or more years, to sit down and watch some one else do the work was just impossible. I’ve heard my dad say that she never just walked casually, she went she had a given amount of time to get there. When I was with my dad the last few years of his life, we sat at the table in his mobile home and looked across the yard to his granddaughter’s house. When Katherine came out of the house to get the mail or go to the little store across the road, dad would say there is grandma. They both walked like they had been sent for. Grandma just couldn’t adjust to so many young girls that were willing to do all the work. It wasn’t but just a little while after Amos moved into the log house, that she went to Leemon to live with her daughter Jamima Jane McNeely. She died there 28 Nov, 1910. Mr. Sadler was teaching Shawneetown School that year. He wanted to go to Indian Creek that weekend. Dad took him down in the buggy. When he came back over Kneebo hill, Uncle John was out at his mailbox, Dad said he told him that grandma was very low. The next day she died and was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Mo. This brings things up to the turn of the century. The old folks were all gone, their children were all out on their own. Amos on the old home place with three girls and a boy. My grandad, Alpheus C. on his place with three boys and a girl. This generation was growing up in the same area that two generations had grown up before them. These children all went to the public school at Shawneetown. There were no automobiles or telephones in this part of the county yet. The Germans that settled at Wittenberg in 1839 were spreading out fast. They were all Lutherans, a church was built in New Wells about the time of the Civil War. One at Shawneetown right after the turn of the century, then on to Pocahontas. The Methodists built Epworth Church west of Shawneetown about the same time. The Presbyterian Church at old Apple Creek was losing members, its days were numbered. Epworth lasted about ten or fifteen years. In 1902 Roy, my dad, and John McNeely, a neighbor boy, decided to go to the Normal (Teachers College) at Cape Girardeau. Amos’ boy Carl was a year older than my dad. He went to a Methodist college to be a preacher. After a couple of years of college Roy got a teachers permit. This gave him a chance to make a little money so he could go back to school for another year or to to summer school. The World’s Fair was in St. Louis in 1904 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. That was a big event. The students got a special rate on the Frisco railroad. It had just been completed from St. Louis to Memphis, Tenn. Dad taught his first school at Wittenberg the winter of 1904 & 1905. That summer he stayed home and helped his dad build a new house. The kitchen of the old house was moved around a little and lived in the while the old house was torn down and the new house put in the same place. Caleb Meyer, from Altenburg, was the carpenter that built the house. My dad heard the story about Theodore Mitchel’s bet from Caleb. I have it on tape but will tell it here. Wilkerson Mill was a water mill on the Perry County side of Apple Creek, on the road from New Wells to Altenburg. It was a place where men went on business and to get the latest news around the country. When a man took a load of wheat or corn to the mill he wasn’t expected to get home too early. Cleveland and Harrison were running for President the year 1892. A political argument was the easiest thing to get started at the Mill that year. Zisky was the miller, he was all for Cleveland for President. Theodore Mitchel was for Harrison fro President. One day in a heated argument, Theodore told Zisky that if Cleveland won he would push him up to Walters store on the main road and back to the mill in a wheelbarrow. If Harrison won Zisky would push him. That was a bet, the nite was agreed on to settle the bet. Zisky made plans for a big celebration that nite. He had the band from Altenburg and Frona, the beer wagon was there from Wittenberg with plenty of beer. He was going to have a celebration win or loose. When the election was over Cleveland won. The nite the bet was to be paid off Theodore didn’t show up. The party went on at the mill, it wasn’t what it would have been had all parties shone up. The Christmas program at the Grange Hall in Shawneetown there was a little red wheelbarrow on the Christmas tree for Theodore Mitchel. When Santa Claus gave it to him he took it out in front of the hall, set a match to it and burned it up. A. C. Stevenson’s house was finished the summer of 1905. Amos was still living in the old log house, but the time was coming for a new generation to occupy it. | Stevenson, Lars Meredith (26447164)
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| 6878 | The original St. Paul’s Cemetery was located in the City of St. Louis at Kingshighway and Gravois and Wilmington Roads. Established by the St. Paul Evangelical Church about 1849, it was expanded into a second section between Gravois and Kingshighway in 1893. However, when the city began to widen those roads, the cemetery closed, and, in 1925 and 1926, some graves were moved from the old St. Paul’s cemetery to the present location; those names are included in our index. However, other names for burials at the original location between 1856 and 1926 may be missing from our index because those cemetery records apparently no longer exist. Alternative records for the earlier years might be found in church or civil death registers.- stlgs.org | Heberer, Edward Jr. (13352432)
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| 6879 | The Randolph Lane family was living next door to Eliab Dunn | Lane, Winnie (13453652)
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| 6880 | THE REPUBLICAN RIVER FLOOD OF 1935 On May 30, 1935, torrential rains fell in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska; by early morning of the 31st, the usually peaceful Republican River was running bluff-to-bluff along its upper reaches. When the waters subsided two days later, over 100lives had been lost and many millions of dollars of damage had been done. A number of persons from this community were drowned. After the prolonged drouth of the early 30's, the wet spring of 1935 had brought welcome relief to the region. By the end of May, however, the soil was nearing the saturation point. The rains of May 30th, concentrated in the basin of the South Fork and extending into the valleys of the Arikaree, Frenchman, Red Willow, and Medicine, poured into the main stream--normally 300 to 400 feet wide, turning it into a raging torrent one to four miles wide. The flood water came as a wall, variously estimated at from three to eight feet in height. The advance of the crest was more rapid in the upper valley, reported at ten miles an hour above Trenton, at five between there and Oxford, and slowing to 2 1/2 miles an hour upon crossing over into Kansas. To prevent the repetition of such a tragedy the federal government has built a series of six dams, five in Nebraska, across the Republican or its tributaries, serving not only as flood protection, but providing recreation and irrigation facilities as well. Oxford Rotary Club Historical Land Mark Council US 136, west of Oxford Furnas County Marker 39 | Engelbrecht, Gustave F. (10856368)
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| 6881 | The Rev. William Douglas Lewis, 62, born in Ruble,Mo.Jan.18.1915, retired Baptist Pastor of Desoto, Mo. Passed on to his heavenly reward, May 4,1977 in a Festus, Mo. Hospital. Being his wish, he was buried by the side of his father-in-law, Clade Golden, here in the Murray Cemetery. Bro. Lewis came to Murray Community and served as pastor of the Murray Baptist Church,in the 1940's and well liked by all. He married Maggie Marie Golden, the daughter of Archie Clade and Maggie M.(Goes) Golden of the Murray Community. Survivors at this time, included his wife, Marie of Desoto, Mo.; two sons, William A. of Desoto and Robert D. of Clovis, Ca.; his father, Tony Lewis of Ellington, Mo.; a brother, Burnell of Jefferson City, Mo and two Grandchildren. | Lewis, Rev. William Douglas (29473195)
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| 6882 | The Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau MO Tuesday, April 20, 1926 page 1 Infirmities of old age brought about the death of R. W. McNeely of Allenville,this morning at 6 o'clock at his home on a farm near that place. Mr. McNeely had reached the age of 82 years. He leaves two sons, five daughters and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The sons are Bana McNeely, who lives near Allenville, and D. D. McNeely of Cape Girardeau. The daughters are Mrs. Ollie Morton of Fruitland, Mrs. Elma Kinder of Advance, Mrs. Octa Kinyon of Delta, Mrs. Celia Hibbs of Advance, and Mrs. Chlora Revelle with whom he lived near Allenville. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, from the Fairview church at Allenville. He will be buried in the cemetery near that place. | McNeely, Robert William (73490128)
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| 6883 | The Southeast Missourian, July 20 1929; page 1 Andrew M. Casebolt was at one time the editor of the Cape Girardeau News and had an office on the second floor of a main street building. His beard reached below his waist. His daughter, Mattie, married Ben H. Adams, who ran a newspaper at Commerce, and later was the editor of the Democrat in Cape Girardeau. Adams moved to San Diego CA and died there, his widow and daughter lived there where the daughter managed an exclusive lingerie shop. | Casebolt, Andrew Montgomery (26729568)
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| 6884 | The Sunday News and Tribune Jefferson City, Missouri 5 Nov 1972 John Robert Estes, 56, of 201 Binder Dr., died Friday at a Jefferson City hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday. A native of Sedalia, he was born April 9, 1916, the son of Leland E. and Rosa Ann Ellis Estes. On April 23, 1942, at Jefferson City, he was married to the former Miss Margie Livingston, who survives. graduate of Central Missouri State College, Warrensburg, with the class of 1938, Mr. Estes served with the United States Coast Guard from 1941 until 1945, during World War II. He was a member of the First Baptist Church here and Jefferson Lodge No. 43, AF and AM, the capital Shrine Club, and he was a member of the board of directors at St. Mary's Hospital. From 1940 until 1941, he taught school in the Senior High School here, for the the past 11 years was construction superintendent of the Jefferson City Housing Authority. Survivors include one son, Jay Robert Estes; two daughters, Lauran Lee Stokes and Danna Sue Sublett; his mother, Mrs. Rosa Ann Estes, a resident at a nursing home; and one sister, Mrs. E. Robert Drake. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at the Buescher Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. | Estes, John Robert (98331226)
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| 6885 | The trip to America took 11 weeks due to headwind. | Witte, August Simon (59209198)
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| 6886 | The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 22 (Part II), pages 749-750 PILOT KNOB, Mo., December 23, 1863. General Fisk: GENERAL: It is reported to me today that Centreville was attacked and captured yesterday by Reves, 200 strong, and that he immediately retreated south. I have a battalion on his trail today. R. G. WOODSON, Colonel, Commanding Post. **** SAINT Louis, Mo., December 23, 1863. Col. R. G. WOODSON: I cannot see how Reves could get at Centreville without the knowledge of Captain Leeper. I can’t credit the report. You will at once organize an expedition that will go in search of Reves, and follow him. It seems to me that with proper vigor he might be exterminated or driven out of Southeastern Missouri. You have sufficient force to enable you to keep after him until he will trouble us no more. CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier General. **** Note.The expedition is already on the road. H. G. WOODSON, Colonel, Commanding. ****PILOT KNOB, Mo., December 23, 1863. Lient. W. T. CLARKE, Aide-de.Camp: In answer to yours of this date, I have to state that at present I am unable to give many particulars. My information of the catastrophe at Centreville comes from a citizen living near. He states that Reves (estimated at from 200 to 400) came into Centreville yesterday about 2 o’clock, completely surprising the garrison, taking them all prisoners, and again immediately moved on to the south. H G. WOODSON, Colonel, Commanding Post.**** PILOT KNOB, Mo., December 24, 1863. General FISK: Major Wilson, with all the effective force of the Third, is after Reves, about 200. My instructions are to follow him to hell, and get the prisoners back, at least. A few of them have come in. It is even so Company C is captured, excepting a few men. I hardly believed it when I telegraphed you yesterday. They were surprised, building stables. No light, a few scattering shots, and a few wounded; none killed. A boy, just reported says he was shot at; returned the fire with small shot, wounding a rebel; he escaped on foot. I have sent a reconnoitering party to Centreville to report the state of affairs there. I will know this evening. Had not I better go this evening? H G. WOODSON, Colonel, Commanding Post. **** HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, Mo., December 24, 1863. Col. H. G. Woodson, Pilot Knob: I am greatly mortified with the Centreville affair. Where were Captain [S. A. C.] Bartlett’s pickets? I fear that the most criminal neglect has allowed this disaster to come upon us. I trust that there will be no failure in wiping out the apparent disgrace. Take hold of the pursuit and extermination yourself. CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier General. **** The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 22 (Part I) Page 783-784 DECEMBER 23-25, 1863.Attack on Centreville, Mo., and pursuit of the Confederates, including skirmish (25th) at Pulliams. REPORTS. No. 1. Maj. Oliver ID. Greene, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army. No. 2.Maj. James Wilson, Third Missouri State Militia Cavalry. No. 1. Report of Maj. Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. Army. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, December 28, 1863. GENERAL: An entire company of the Third Missouri State Militia was captured at Centreville, Reynolds County, by guerrillas, under Reves, on the 23d instant. Major Wilson, of the Third Missouri State Militia, followed the party, and, at 3 p. m. Christmas day, he overtook and attacked; killed and wounded 35, captured 150 prisoners (13 officers), all equipage and ammunition, and 125 horses; recaptured all prisoners. Our loss, 1 killed and 8 wounded. OLIVER D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant General. Major General SCHOFIELD, West Point, N. Y No. 2. Report of Maj. James Wilson, Third Missouri State Militia Cavalry. HDQRS: THIRD MISSOURI STATE MILITIA CAVALRY, Pilot Knob, Mo., December 30, 1863. SIR: In compliance with your orders of the 23d instant, I left Pilot Knob, in command of 200 men, about 10 a. in. December~23, 1863, arriving at Patterson at 9 p. m. Left there at daylight on the 24th, and encamped at Long’s at 9 p. m., having traveled 35miles. Marched again at 3 a. m. 25th instant; passed through Doniphan, taking a southwesterly direction toward the Arkansas line. Eight miles from Doniphan, I captured 2 pickets; 2 miles farther I captured one other post, and still 2 miles farther on came upon a rolling picket or patrol, and run them off of the road, capturing 1 and compelling him to lead us to the camp of Reves.* Arriving at the camp, I divided my men into two columns, and charged upon them with my whole force. The enemy fired, turned, and threw down their arms and fled, with the exception of 30 or 35, and they were riddled with bullets or .pierced through with the saber almost instantly. The enemy lost in killed about 30; wounded mortally, 3; slightly, 2; total killed and wounded * At Pulliams, 17 miles southwest of Doniphan. | Lewis, Benjamin (75270272)
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| 6887 | The Will of David Foster dated 8-21-1827 names wife Elizabeth (nee Roseborough), sons David, William & Jesse, daughters Jemimah,Zellah, Catherine & Jane | Foster, David Sr. (80326817)
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| 6888 | The Will of David Foster dated 8-21-1827 names wife Elizabeth (nee Roseborough), sons David, William & Jesse, daughters Jemimah,Zellah, Catherine & Jane | Luckie, Elizabeth Leonard (52149970)
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| 6889 | THE WILSON MASSACRE “The Story of Union Brutality in the Southeast Missouri Ozarks” By: Clint E. Lacy One of the most controversial pieces of work that late author and historian Jerry Ponder wrote was his account of the Wilson Massacre in Ripley County, Missouri; which occurred on December 25th 1863. On December 23rd, 1863, members of the 15th Missouri Cavalry, CSA, attacked and captured nearly 100 Union prisoners at Centerville in Reynolds County, Missouri; burning the courthouse down before they left. Ponder wrote that: "An unusual group assembled at the Pulliam farm in southwestern Ripley County, Missouri for Christmas in 1863. Nearly 150 officers and men of the Missouri State Guard's 15th Cavalry Regiment (Confederate); at least sixty civilians, many of them women and children; and 102 prisoners, officers and men of Company C, Missouri State Militia (Union). The civilians were family members, friends, and neighbors. Confederate "hosts" and Union "guests" were all Missourians; but they were divided by perhaps the bitterest of all enmities--those of civil war. The day's activity was to begin with religious services conducted by the Reverend Colonel Timothy Reeves, commanding officer of the 15th Cavalry and a Baptist preacher of Ripley County. Then would follow Christmas dinner in the afternoon. The group at Pulliam' s farm numbered above three hundred at the very least, if the figures on the record are to be believed. It was too many for a mere religious service and holiday dinner. Pulliam's was one of Reeves's regimental camps. What began as a festive occasion ended in horror and tragedy. As the celebrants sat at dinner, their arms stacked, they were surprised by two companies of the Union Missouri State Militia, more than 200 mounted cavalrymen. Only those guarding the prisoners, about 35 men, were armed. The Militia attacked without warning, shooting into the crowd, attacking with sabers, and killing at least thirty of the Confederate men instantly and mortally wounding several more. According to local tradition, many--perhapsmost---of the civilians were killed or wounded as well. The immediate cause of the Wilson Massacre was a series of events at Centerville, Reynolds County. Centerville Courthouse was some sixty miles north of Doniphan and twenty-five southwest of Pilot Knob. Late in 1863, Centerville was captured by the Union 3rd Cavalry from Pilot Knob. Company C was left as garrison. On December 21, while engaged in building stables on the courthouse grounds, they were surprised and surrounded by Company N of Reeves's 15th Missouri Cavalry, under command of Captain Jesse Pratt, before the war the Baptist minister of Centerville. Company N was composed of farmers and merchants of Reynolds County. Probably Pratt and the Reeves brothers, also Baptist preachers, were long-time acquaintances. That Pratt was accorded the honor of recapturing his hometown was not accidental. Captured were 102 Union men with their horses. Pratt took them south to Ripley County with a small group, leaving most of his men to garrison Centerville. He presented the prisoners to Reeves at Pulliam's on Christmas morning, and joined his fellows of the regiment for the day's festivities. One Union soldier had been allowed to escape at Centerville, doubtless to carry news of the event back to Pilot Knob. Reaction there was swift. Colonel R.G. Woodson, commander of the 3rd Missouri, ordered two mounted cavalry companies under Major James Wilson to pursue Pratt. They left Pilot Knob mid-morning on the twenty-third. Wilson's force rode swiftly, rising in the darkness of the twenty-fifth to be on the road at 3:00 AM. They passed through Doniphan that morning, and continued west toward Ponder, capturing pickets as they went, and descended on Colonel Reeve’s group and prisoners just as they were eating Christmas dinner" (1) Mr. Ponder's research on this subject can be found in his book: "History of Ripley County Missouri" , "A History of the 15th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, CSA: 1862-1865" , in an article published in Ozark Watch magazine (Vol.IV, No.4, Spring 1991) entitled,"Between Missourians: The Civil War in Ripley County", as well as "The Civil War in Ripley County Missouri" (published by the Doniphan-Prospect News in 1992) His research was also convincing enough that author Paulette Jiles used it in her novel "Enemy Women". It was during this time, that the controversy arose concerning Ponder's research. Most of the criticism appears to have come from Ripley County Historian Ray Burson. Mr. Burson contacted me several times and tried to convince me not to believe Mr. Ponder. He even sent me a packet of info that he has created to dissuade those who dare use Ponder's research in their writings. Among the papers that Mr. Burson included inhis "packet" were pieces (that he put together) entitled: "Jerry Ponder's Sources for the Wilson Massacre and Other Tales" and "Jerry Ponder On Providing His Sources". Mr. Burson has also seemingly convinced historian and author Kirby Ross that Ponder's account of the Wilson Massacre is fictitious. However, Ponder, shortly before his death in 2005 sent me two documents, The two papers are: “The Time of the War" By: Lindzy Dudley written in 1918. Dudley appears to have fought under Colonel Reeves. His name does not appear on the official records, however this is not uncommon. Many men "took to the brush" in order to defend their families from Yankee invasion. It is also my understanding that Confederate "Partisans" were not afforded the same pensions later in life as Union and regular Confederate troops were, therefore no pension records would exist to verify their service. In this piece Lindzy Dudley states (of the Wilson Massacre): “Reeves was a Baptist preacher. He backed up every sermon with his pistol. Reeves men were mean. No quarter was given or asked. He had commanded a company till the end of 1863. Colonel Righter was captured with General Thompson and Reeves was put in command of the 15th. In November a field hospital was attacked by colored cavalry and about 100 of Reeves’ men were killed. Reeves collected revenge but he never got over the loss ofsick and wounded not able to fight back. Just shot in their beds. He talked about that until he died. On Christmas, a month later, several companies were at the Pulliam farm for a service and feed with their families. This was on the old Tom Pulliam place northwest of Johnston’s Chapel and close to Oregon County and the Arkansas line. There was a big spring there on the Mill Branch where folks in that part had picnics. Reeves did a sermon and the group was ready to eat. The well known Major Wilson, the Yankee from Pilot Knob called “The Murderer”, surrounded and attacked. The killed and the wounded were all over the field. Soldiers, their families, nearby families. All were killed. Those that could get across the creek and up the bluff on th It is interesting that Ray Burson of the Ripley County Historical Society, would question Dudley's credibility in his account of the Wilson Massacre, yet in the book "History and Families of Ripley County Missouri" the historical society (who along with the publisher holds the copyright to the book) finds Dudley credible enough to relate who the first European settler of Ripley County was: "In an interview with historian HUME in 1900, Lindzy DUDLEY reported that the first European resident was a "Wees RILEY" who arrived in 1802 with a Delaware Indian wife who soon died in childbirth" (3) The other document was entitled: "Doniphan- No Man's Land During the Civil War" By: T. L. Wright Jr. and was written in March ,1929. The paper appears to be one written for a High school assignment by T. L. Wright Jr.. On the copy that Mr. Ponder sent me "DONIPHAN PUBLIC LIBRARY" is stamped on the upper left hand corner of the page. I was able to talk to Jerry Ponder over the phone, while he was in Texas (a few months before he died) and he told me that he found the documents after they had been discarded. During the time that he found the documents (1990-1991) the Doniphan Public Library and the Ripley County library were being consolidated. In addition I contacted the Ripley County Library's Doniphan Missouri location on Friday July 29, 2006 and talked to two separate librarians, Mr. Allen Rife and Mrs. Rebecca Wilcox. Both told me it was possible that the documents could have been discardedduring the consolidation. During a second phone interview conducted on August 7th, 2006 I talked to a third librarian Mrs. Patricia Robison, who told me that though she did not work at the library at the time of the consolidation, she is a life long resident of Ripley County it was "entirely possible" that documents were discarded during the consolidation of the two libraries in the early 1990's. As a side note, I was also able to check out a book from the Doniphan-Ripley County Library entitled "Doniphan and Ripley County History". There is no copyright date, but the earliest entries appear to be from the early 1900's and the last entry appears to be in the early 1970's and upon examination of the library stamp on this book, and the document that Jerry Ponder sent me, they are the same and one can clearly ascertain that the library stamp on the document Jerry Ponder sent me is valid. T. L. Wright Jr.'s 1929 paper also gives long time residents accounts of the Wilson Massacre. Given the fact that this paper was written in 1929, it is possible that the accounts could have been eyewitness accounts. Certainly they could be accounts written by citizens who were living during the time of the "Wilson Massacre". "On Christmas Day, 1863, Major James Wilson, later captured and executed by firing squad at Pilot Knob, and 200 Union troops from Fort Davidson at Pilot Knob, passed through Doniphan, traveling on a southeast course to Pulliam’s Farm, 17 miles from Doniphan where Colonel Reeves and his cavalry were encamped. A vicious, surprise attack ensued and 35 rebels were killed and 112 taken prisoner when the fighting had ended. But worse, families and neighbors were present and, in the heat of battle, Wilson’s soldiers killed over 50 civilians. Mrs. Betty Towell, Tom Pulliam and Ed Cline, long-time residents of the neighborhood, tell that the civilians killed, in camp for a Christmas visit, included women and children who were shot down the same as the rebel soldiers of Reeves’ Regiment. That action attests to the cruelty of the war." (4) According to historian Kirby Ross, T.L. Wright Jr. was born in 1912. That would have made T.L. Wright Jr. 17 years of age at the time he wrote this document (which appears to be a high school paper). One of the criticisms that Mr. Ross has made in his attempt to discredit Jerry Ponder was posted on an online forum on August 14th, 2005. In it Mr. Ross states (in reference to the document written by T.L.Wright Jr. in 1929) that: "…do you realize that this version of the T.L. Wright article has a four year old boy conducting complex historical interviews?” (5) Ross continues by stating: "Now as to Mr. Ponder's fantabulous precocious four year old interviewer/historian, T. L. Wright, I refer you to Mr. Lacy's posting that says: "A major set-back was experienced by the Confederate Army on August 24, 1863, when General Jeff Thompson, Colonel William Righter and most of their staffs were captured at the hotel in Pocahontas while holding a planning meeting. General Thompson was taken to a military prison in Ohio and held there for over a year before he was released. Colonel Righter was taken to St. Louis by a circuitous route around Ripley County. He agreed to sign an alliance to the Union and put up $1,000.00 bond as assurance thathe would not fight again. The Colonel told me." That last sentence bears repeating: "The Colonel told me." Ponder is offering this to show that T.L. Wright personally interviewed Col. William H. Righter. This passage is so ridiculously bad that it is laugh out loud funny and begs to be repeated, for you see, T.L. Wright was born Feb. 15, 1912 and William Harmon Righter passed away on November 26, 1916." (6) This criticism by Ross bears examination. First of all, as stated before, T.L. Wright Jr. was 17 years of age when he wrote his 1st version of "Doniphan: No Man's Land in the Civil War" in 1929 and the words "The Colonel told me" seems to be more of a recollection of a story that William Harmon Righter told him when he was a young boy. Nowhere has Jerry Ponder ever wrote that T.L.Wright Jr. was conducting "complex interviews" at 4 years of age. It is also important to note that T. L. Wright Jr.'s 1929 version of "Doniphan: No Man's Land During the Civil War", matches Lindzy Dudley's 1918 version of what occurred at Pulliam's Farm on December 25, 1863. On the same online forum posted by Kirby Ross on Wednesday August 31st, 2005, Ross states: "And with this published account of the document in question, if Jerry Ponder’s version of “the Wilson Massacre” is to be accepted, one must also accept that Wright participated in part of the massive cover-up of the massacre that Jo Shelby and Jeff Thompson would have also been a part of." (7) There is no way that Confederate General M. Jeff Thompson of the Missouri State guard could be involved in the Wilson Massacre or have known about it because he was captured on August 22, 1863. The Wilson Massacre occurred on December 25, 1863. General M.Jeff Thompson was in a Yankee prison in the North at the time that the "Wilson Massacre" occurred. (7) It is possible that after General Thompson's release in 1864, that he had no doubt heard about the atrocities being committed in Ripley County and the surrounding areas, after he made his way back to Missouri just in time to participate in General Price’s1864 Missouri Expedition. On the same August 31'st, 2005 online forum post Kirby Ross offers another version of T.L. Wright Jr.'s "Doniphan: No Man's Land in the Civil War" which he claims is the "real" T.L. Wright Jr. document and was published in Doniphan Prospect-News Doniphan,Missouri Thursday, April 2, 1970. Ross states: "By the way, note that Wright doesn’t refer to William H. Righter as being one of his sources in this article, or of having interviewed him when he was four years old." (8) This is true, T.L. Wright Jr. does not make mention of Colonel William H. Righter as one of his sources in the 1970 Prospect-News newspaper article. However one must remember that there is a 31 year difference between the article written in 1970 , when T.L. Wright Jr. was 58 years of age and the one written in 1929 when he was 17 years of age. Mr. Ross claims that the 1970 Doniphan Prospect News article is the "real" T.L. Wright Jr. article. Yet there is a third version of the T.L. Wright Jr. article thatappeared in the Ripley County Library book, "Doniphan and Ripley County in the Civil War", there is no date on this piece, but it appears to be written around the same time period as the 1970 article. Like the 1970 article there is no mention of civilians killed or Colonel Righter. But there are areas in which the T.L. Wright Jr. article found in the book "Doniphan and Ripley County in the Civil War" differ from the version published in the Doniphan - Prospect news in 1970. Is it not legitimate as wel It appears that in later years T.L. Wright Jr. decided to cite more official sources for his revised work, "Doniphan: No Man's Land in the Civil War" and his version of the Wilson Massacre seems to follow other versions in the "Doniphan and Ripley County in the Civil War" book found in the Ripley County Library. This does not make his original version any less valid. Remember the 1929 version quoted long time residents of Ripley County who lived in the area. No one knows why T.L. Wright Jr chose not to include these sources in the two other versions of his paper in later years. Mr. Burson's criticism seems to be centered around Colonel William H. Righter himself and whether or not he was a real Colonel. In a personal letter sent to me by Ray Burson entitled: "Jerry Ponder's Sources for the Wilson Massacre and other Tales" Bursonwrites: "The tale: That William Harmon Righter was the founder and Colonel of the 15th Missouri Cavalry, CSA , captured at Pocahontas , AR with Gen. Jeff Thompson and then sat out the rest of the war in St. Louis. Righter is a prominent figure in Ponder's books on the 15th Missouri Cavalry, The Battle of Chalk Bluff and Maj. Gen. John S. Marmaduke. Historians have not found any record of Righter's service in the CSA and there is not mention of it in his biographic sketches and three obituaries. He is not mentioned in the OR with the Capture of Thompson or elsewhere. He was merely a Southern sympathizer. Ponder got the VA {Veterans Administration} to provide a headstone which he had placed in the Doniphan City cemetery for Righter without providing Righter's service record" (9) A “Post It” note was attached to the letter which reads: "Mr. Lacy , Here's the real scope of Ponder's mischief. See IV- what does creating fake colonels add to the story of Southern valor during the Civil War? Regards, Ray Burson" The fact that Burson has stated that no service record of Righter in the CSA has been found doesn't mean that Righter did not serve in some capacity. As stated at the beginning of this article, this was not uncommon, many men "took to the brush" and fought as informal companies of partisans. It is extremely doubtful that the Veterans Administration would have provide a headstone for Colonel Righter, free of charge, without some kind of documentation that Righter served in some capacity during the war. In Jean Ponder's story "Doniphan During the Civil War", she states that: "There is an amusing anecdote told about a group of southern sympathizers who lived in Doniphan. Living in the town at that time was a man by the name of W.H. Ryder, who claimed he was from Virginia. -- 'A gentleman from Virginia - drunk or sober.' One day all of these southern sympathizers were gathered in the town. Suddenly, without any warning, a division of the Union Army marched into town. Caught unprepared, the Southerns had to 'take to the bushes' for their lives. As Ryder was the fastest runner of them all and got to safety first, the rest of them immediately made him their colonel." (10) If these men were ordinary citizens, then why were they afraid, why did they run? If they were nothing more than ordinary citizens, then why were they gathered in town? What was the intention of the gathering? The fact that obituaries about Righter did not mention any military service is not proof positive that he did not fight. After all Colonel Timothy Reeves, after the war, was reluctant to discuss his war time experiences, stating that "he wished to be remembered as a good preacher, not a civil war hero", obituaries about him made no mention of his military experience. (11) Jerry Ponder said in his research that Righter's commission came from Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson. Ponder's critics state that Thompson made no record of this. Is it possible that this could have happened? It is entirely possible. In his book "Thisis the War Experiences of Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson", Thompson himself writes that: "About the 1st of July 1861, Cyrus Black and Miles Ponder of Ripley County, Missouri came down to Pocohontas {Arkansas} to inform me that the citizens of Ripley and Carter counties were meeting at Martins-burg to organize a Battalion and desired me to come up and take command" (12) Thompson further states that he was elected to command the battalion and that Aden Lowe was not a candidate because of the strict discipline that he enforced before Thompson's arrival. One of Jeff Thompson's first acts as commander of the Ripley County Battalion, was to, start enlisting men as Partisan rangers. Thompson writes: "I saw at this time the necessity of mounted troops even for my small command, and I authorized James F. White to raise as many men to act as Partizans and Flankers , as he could find with good horses: (13) Sam Hildebrand, who later became known as a Missouri Bushwhacker, is another partisan that was given a commission by General M. Jeff Thompson. In his autobiography Hildebrand wrote: "As soon as I could gain admission to the General’s headquarters I did so, and he received me very kindly. He listened very attentively to me as I proceeded to state my case to him - how my brother had been murdered, how I had barely escaped the same fate, and how I had finally been driven from the country. General THOMPSON reflected a few moments, then seizing a pen he rapidly wrote off a few lines and handing it to me he said, “here, I give you a Major’s commission; go where you please, take what men you can pick up, fight on your own hook, and report to me every six months.” (14) Even though Hildebrand received a Major's commission from Thompson, the act is not mentioned in "This is the War Experiences of Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson". Nor is it mentioned in "General M. Jeff Thompson's Letter Book July 1861-June1862", written by Jim McGhee, therefore the fact that there is no record of Righter's commission, doesn't mean that he was not given one by Thompson. Yet there is another possibility in this story. If there was a record of Colonel Righter's or Sam Hildebrand's commissions given by M. Jeff Thompson, the records might have very well been destroyed at the time of M. Jeff Thompson's capture in Pocahontas, Arkansas, on August 22, 1863. In the book, "This is the War Experiences of Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson", Thompson writes: "Kay spread out my maps to examine them and by -the -way I had the best set of maps that I saw during the war, for I had all kinds of military information on them, and the name and status of nearly every man in Southeast Missouri. I sat down in my shirt sleeves to copy some drawings, about 4 P.M. We heard horses running. I did not look up, but Kay did and shouted ; "By George , here's the Feds." I sprang to my feet, and sure enough they were within forty yards, with a string of them as far as the eye could reach, all coming at full speed. I gasped as if my heart would jump out of my mouth, but instantly sat down again, and said:, Kay, burn those maps." (15) The only flaw in the Linzy Dudley, T.L Wright Jr.'s 1929 document, and Ponder's writings that I could find is the fact that Righter was not captured directly with Thompson. Again quoting "This is the War Experiences of Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson" Thompson writes of being brought to Doniphan , Missouri in route to Pilot Knob, Missouri that: "There were only five military prisoners, being Kay, Train, McDonald , Miller and myself, but there were a large number of people , men and boys, brought into camp to prevent them from carrying the news". (16) Righter could have very well have been in the latter group. Perhaps this is the reason that Lindzy Dudley told Charles Booker in 1918 that: "Colonel Righter was captured with General Thompson" (17) In the book "The Civil War in Ripley County , Missouri" it states that Colonel W.H. Righter following his capture was: "…was taken to Gratiot Prison in St. Louis. There he agreed not to further take up arms and was paroled. He remained in St. Louis the remainder of the war, reading law. His wife, Anna Wright Righter, died there in February 1864. When the war ended, Colonel Righter returned to Ripley County and, in 1866, was elected as the state representative from Ripley County. Because of his Confederate service, the General Assembly refused to seat him and appointed a "stand -in" to represent the county...In 1867 Colonel Righter went to Mississippi and raised cotton, but he returned to Ripley County the same year and built the Bay City Mils on Current River" and that, "As soon as the Missouri constitution permitted former Confederates to practice law in the state Righter leased the mills and opened a law office in Doniphan. He was considered an excellent lawyer and had a large practice. He was elected prosecuting attorney for Ripley County in 1876" (18) The Thursday Sept. 2d, 1909 issue of "Twice a Month Magazine" confirms that Righter: "returned to St. Louis October 1863, planted cotton in Mississippi in 1866-67 and returned to Ripley County in 1868" (19) "Twice a Month Magazine" also stated that : "Colonel Righter is a typical Southern gentleman possessing nearly all their strongest characteristics. During the Reconstruction days of the late 60's and early 70's he had many "warm skirmishes" with the "carpet baggers" his county contained about 300 Democratic voters who were "slow to come under the ban". Leaving it in the hands of about 12 Republicans to handle its affairs". (20) Righter was elected to the State Legislature in 1882, after Reconstruction, when former Confederates were once again allowed to hold office. (21) Even without the discussion of what role Colonel William Harmon Righter played in the War Between the States, there is plenty of other evidence that proves the "Wilson Massacre" could have happened. Yankee atrocities happened throughout the Missouri Ozarks during the war and fighting between warring factions was both personal and brutal. On a U.S. Forestry Service website entitled, "History of the Irish Wilderness", a detailed description of Union policy toward Missouri Southerners living in the Southeast Missouri Ozarks is given. The website cites the War of the Rebellions: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, one entry in particular shows proof that the women of the area were looked down upon and treated badly by the occupying Union soldiers. Captain Robert McElroy of the 3rd Missouri State Militia (Union) wrote that: "I am of the opinion that the women in that region are even more daring and treacherous, and in fact, worse than the men, as we found in their possession a number of newly made rebel uniforms, etc. (22) Jerry Ponder's critics cite eye-witness accounts of Union soldiers who were present at the Wilson Massacre and stated that all of the prisoners were well cared for. But reading through the U.S. Forestry Service's "The History of the Irish Wilderness" , which cites the official records of the War of the Rebellions, one will find that anyone who was even "suspected" of being a "Bushwhacker" was taken prisoner. In Captain Boyd's (who was a Union Scout) report he states that: "…found fresh trail of horses, followed them on Jack's Fork to the residence of Miles Stephens and brother, Jack Stephens, whom' I'm satisfied were Bushwhackers. Burned the house." (23) Anyone "suspected" of harboring or aiding a Bushwhacker had their property burned, furthermore, in Captain John Boyd's report of the 6th Provisional Regiment EMM (Union) one will find between November 4 - 9 , 1863 ,there were over 23 houses burned , and 10 men killed, by these Union troops, the majority of which were prisoners who "tried to escape" and were shot. (24) All of this occurred little over a month before the "Wilson Massacre" and we are supposed to believe that the Union militia treated Reeves men and local civilians any better on December 25, 1863? There are other pieces of evidence that suggest that the "Wilson Massacre" did happen. At the Stoddard County Civil War Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri, there are monuments erected in honor of Southern soldiers and civilians who were killed during the War Between the States. The monuments are unique due to the fact that they have detailed information about the individual on the front of the monument, name, rank unit, etc. and on the back of the monument a detailed description of where and how the individual died. One states on the front of the monument: "PVT. , Thomas McKinney, Co. A, 15th Mo. Reg. Cav. CSA. July 16, 1845 - Dec. 25, 1863." The back of the monument reads: "Killed in Action, Ripley County, Mo". Another monument is more specific. The front reads: "In memory of , PVT. , Jacob Foster, Co. A, 15th Mo. Cav. , April 18, 1830- December 25, 1863." The back of the monument reads: "Died of Wounds, Received At, Christmas Dinner, Doniphan Mo., "Wilson Massacre" (25) If one looks at the events following the "Wilson Massacre" a clear picture begins to develop that something "very significant" happened on December 25, 1863 in Ripley County , Missouri. An event so drastic, that the effects of it would be felt throughout the rest of the War Between the States in Missouri, and even after the war had ended. First of all something must have been weighing very heavily upon Major Wilson's mind for in March of 1864 he told his nephew, while he was on furlough: "If you ever hear of me being taken prisoner by the guerilla Tim Reeves you may count me as dead. I know I shall never get away from him alive. I have broken up his recruiting operations three times." (26) Was Wilson worried about his life because he had broken up Reeves' recruiting operations? Or did he fear retribution for something much worse, that he did not want his family to know about? One must not discount the fact that that during the General Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864, at the Battle of Pilot Knob, Missouri: "Maj. James Wilson, Third Cavalry Missouri State Militia, after being wounded was captured on Pilot Knob, and subsequently with six of his gallant men was brutally murdered by order of a rebel field officer of the day." (27) In an article entitled: "No Heroes On Either Side" written by Ponder critic Ray Burson and published in the Prospect-News (Doniphan Missouri's local newspaper) and dated Wednesday, July 16,2003 , another Ponder critic Kirby Ross attributes Major Wilson'sdeath to the burning of Doniphan, Missouri. "Ross , whose article on the burning of Doniphan will be in an upcoming issue of North - South magazine, linked Wilson's death to the destruction of Doniphan "which had taken place earlier, two weeks to the day." (28) However, in the "Report of Confederate General J.O. Shelby C. S. Army, Commanding Division. AUGUST 29-DECEMBER 2, 1864. Price's Missouri Expedition." It appears that General Shelby administered justice to the perpetrators who were responsible for the of burning Doniphan, almost as quickly as the act was committed. Shelby wrote that: "On the 12th of September I moved camp from Sulphur Rock, Ark., toward Pocahontas in anticipation of the arrival of the army, and on the 19th, after having received my instructions, started for Missouri, and encamped in Doniphan. Before arriving there, however, couriers from Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, of Marmaduke's command, brought information that 100 Federals were in the town and pressing him back. I immediately started forward sufficient re-enforcements, but the enemy fled before reaching them, burning the helpless and ill-fated town. That night I dispatched 150 men under Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson to pursue the vandals. They came upon them early the next morning [20th], attacked, scattered, and killed many of them. I pushed on then rapidly for Patterson, destroying on the way the bloody rendezvous of the notorious Leeper, and on the morning of the 22d I surrounded and charged in upon the town. Its garrison, hearing of my advance, retreated hastily, but not before many were captured and killed, a Confederate General M. Jeff Thompson offered another reason for the execution of Major James Wilson. As mentioned earlier in this article, Thompson was in a Union prison at the time of the "Wilson Massacre", but he was exchanged in time to make his way back to Missouri to join Confederate General Sterling Price's 1864 Missouri Expedition. In May of 1865 Thompson surrendered 10,000 men at Jacksonport , Arkansas. Out of those 10,000 men, only one was not paroled. Confederate Colonel, Timothy Reeves, Commander of the 15th Missouri Cavalry, CSA. Thompson wrote that: " In a few days we finished all the paroles , except that of Timothy C. Reeves, whom Col. Davis would not agree to parole , considering him outlawed for the shooting of Major Williams { Major Wilson, this was a misprint} and five men on the Price Raid; but I must state for Col. Reeves, that he was as good a man and soldier as any in the command , and his shooting of that party was entirely justifiable; only that it should have been by such an order and form that retaliation would have been avoided. I solicited to have this party turned over to me, that I might have them shot in due form, and Reeves men refrained from killing them for three days in hopes that I would get them; but responsibilities of this kind were not to our commanders liking , and they were turned over to Reeves to guard, with a pretty full knowledge that they would be shot. I knew Reeves men , nearly everyone of them, and the provocation was bitter, for I had seen the blackened ruins and lonely graves in Ripley county with my own eyes." (30) Is it possible that Jerry Ponder made some mistakes in his research? Yes. Everyone makes mistakes. But Jerry Ponder was a retired military intelligence officer, and far from inept. Is it possible that his two greatest critics Ray Burson and Kirby Ross are biased in their research? In an online webpage entitled, "The Military Record of Major James Wilson", author Willard S. Bacon writes that: "Mr. Kirby Ross who had many relatives who served in the 3rd MSM, provided immeasurable help, in finding obscure sources and documents, from many repositories." (31) (Major Wilson, was the commander of the 3rd Missouri State Militia, which attacked Pulliam's Farm on December 25, 1863) Friends of Jerry Ponder have also told me that Ray Burson, was not originally from Ripley County, Missouri, but from a Northern state, and that it is rumored his wife is a descendant of one of the 14 families in Ripley, County Missouri that were pro-Union during the war. I have attempted to contact Burson in the hopes that he could shed some light on this subject. But as of yet he has not provided any answers to this question. Perhaps Jerry Ponder said it best when he said that: "Some questions will probably never be satisfactorily explained" (32) Sources: “Between Missourians: Ripley County in the Civil War” , Ponder, Ozark Watch Magazine , Vol. IV, No. 4, Spring 1991 a.Linzy Dudley: The Time of the War pgs. 1,15 1918 "Doniphan: No Man's Land During the Civil War" T.L. Wright Jr. ,1929, Doniphan High School Article entitled “First Settlers of Ripley County” found in the book “History and Families of Ripley County Missouri”, Ripley County Historical Society Kirby Ross post made August 14th ,2005 on the Missouri in the Civil War message board. Ibid. posted by Kirby Ross on Wednesday August 31'st, 2005, Missouri in the Civil War message board. M. Jeff Thompson “This is the Story of the War Experiences of Brig. General M. Jeff Thompson”, pg.103, Kent Library, Southeast Missouri State University posted by Kirby Ross on Wednesday August 31'st, 2005, Missouri in the Civil War message board. Personal correspondence from Ray Burson, Ripley County Historical Society entitled, “Jerry Ponder’s Sources for the Wilson Massacre And Other Tales” Doniphan and Ripley County in the Civil War, Ripley County Library, Doniphan, Missouri “War Hero Timothy Reeves wanted to be remembered as ‘good preecher’, Daily American Republic Newspaper “This is the War Experiences of Brig. General M. Jeff Thompson”, M. Jeff Thompson, Kent Library, Southeast Missouri State University, pgs. 21-22 Benjamin Lewis died as a POW in St. Louis after being captured at a Christmas dinner with Confederate soldiers, family, and Union POW's. Wilson attacked and killed many. | Lewis, Benjamin (75270272)
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| 6890 | THEODORE R. REGENHARDT Biographical Research DATE: 29 Dec 1900 NEWSPAPER: DAILY DEMOCRAT PG. 5 COL. 1 LOCATED: 1983 A thirteen pound boy. That was the Ed Regenhardt's Christmas present this morning (12/26/00), and Ed is as happy as a boy with his first pair of pants. FROM: Record of Births - City of Cape Girardeau 454. NAME: Regenhardt, Theodore Rossevelt LOCALITY: Sprigg St. DATE: Dec. 26, 1900 Wednesday RESIDENCE OF PARENTS: Sprigg St. - Cape ATTENDING PHYSICIAN: J.D. Porterfield Southeast Missourian - Out of the Past Jan. 11, 1954 Figures released by County Collector Ted Regenhardt show county residents and corporations poured $1,097,488.11 into their school systems, county government and miscellaneous adjuncts in taxes they paid during final three months of 1953. Dec. 5, 1955 Regenhardt Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau was the award winner for a $1,027,518 highway paving project in three parts of Madison County, Illinois. July 6, 1956 Ted R. Regenhardt, former Cape Girardeau County collector of revenue, has been advanced to the eligible list for the Cape Girardeau postmastership; Regenhardt joins Kenneth Cruse and U.G. Pettigrew on the list of candidates. March 4, 1957 WASHINGTON -- President Eisenhower nominates 172 postmasters; among the nominations sent to the Senate is that of Theodore R. Regenhardt of Cape Girardeau. April 10, 1957 Acquisition of a site for the new St. Andrew Lutheran Church is announced by Luther Hahs, temporary chairman of the congregation; the four-acre tract secured fronts 416 feet on Kingsway and is just north of the Alvarado; the lot was acquired from Freeman Lewis and T.R. Regenhardt. May 4, 1957 Cape Girardeau's new postmaster, Ted R. Regenhardt, was officially sworn in and assumed his duties yesterday afternoon; he succeeds A.S. Reed, acting postmaster. Aug. 15, 1957 The General Services Administration has notified Postmaster Ted Regenhardt that bids will be received in Kansas City on Aug. 29 for an old-fashioned, hand-fired coal furnace to be installed in the Cape Girardeau post office. Sept. 25, 1957 Cape Girardeau County and postal officials say they will join efforts for an overpass for Hopper Road at the point where it now is proposed to sever the road into two sections without a connecting link by the planned interstate highway; Postmaster Ted Regenhardt says mail service into the area will be substantially hampered if there is no overpass. Dec. 11, 1957 Postmaster Ted Regenhardt announces that bids for remodeling and repairing the Cape Girardeau post office from roof to basement, at a cost expected to be well in excess of $100,000, will be opened Dec. 27 in Kansas City. March 29, 1958 A large highway contract and a smaller one, both in Illinois, will be started shortly by the combined Potashnick and Regenhardt firms of Cape Girardeau; the main job is to be in Jefferson County at Mount Vernon, and will be on highways 37 and 15; the project calls for 10 miles of right of way grading, bridges and concrete pavement. Oct. 23, 1958 Postmaster Ted Regenhardt announces two highway post offices and two tractor-trailer trucks will expedite mail service in to and out of Cape Girardeau upon cessation of service by Frisco night passenger trains; the rolling post offices will operate out ofSt. Louis and Memphis, Tenn, meeting at Sikeston, Mo.; the tractor-trailer trucks will move between the two large cities, receiving pouches at the various stops on the way. April 21, 1959 Postmaster Ted Regenhardt has been notified by the General Services Administration that budgetary limitations will delay installation of air conditioning in the post office at Cape Girardeau. April 2, 1970 Retired as Postmaster (date from Alice Regenhardt Lewis 27 July 2011) | Regenhardt, Theodore Roosevelt (77894478)
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| 6891 | Theodore Roosevelt Regenhardt 101 S. West End Blvd. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Date of Birth Dec. 26, 1900. Application for Postmaster No. 5 Recommend purchase of all supplies I believe an explanation is necessary here as to why I an listing work in the canal zone and in the States under item no 5. 1 spent a part of both years in the canal zone and a part in the states. The work I performed both years in the canal zone as of a similar nature, as was the work I did in the states which was as follows: Was superintendent of all materials which went into the construction of prisoner of war camps. Supervised at the peak employment load approximately 300 men. Was responsible for the securing of materials, unloading saw yard, loading and hauling to job sites. Worked with Army Engineers in securing materials. No. 6 Jan 1938 to Nov. 1941 Superintendent of Construction Wm. McK. Regenhardt, Vice Pres. Lexington, Ky. Regenhardt Construction Co. Construction Co. H & H Building, Cape Girardeau 4 Foremen, 4 mechanics, timekeeper, bookkeeper. Offered better job. Supervised the construction of concrete highways and earth levees. Purchased materials and supplies. Assisted in making up bids on jobs. ACTIVITIES Red Cross County Chairman 1 year Official Church Board 15 years Old McKendree Church board of Trustees 5 years Southeast Missouri Hospital Board of Trustees 1 year Civil Defense Welfare Director 3 years Masonic Lodge 32 years Scottish Rite 6 years Shrine 6 years March 1947 to March 7, 1955 County Collector Collection of taxes for the State of Missouri, County of Cape Girardeau and The Little River Drainage District. Directly responsible for the collecting and disbursement of monies in the average amount per year of $ 1,100,000.00 to the various political subdivisions. 1946 Campaigned for the office of County Collector 1945, Jan. 11, Discharged from Navy and re-employed by McCarthy Bros. Constructions Co. as a superintendent of Levee Construction. 1943 Nov, to Jan 11, 1955 Naval Reserve in engineer corps, Boot camp, Camp Peary Virginia. To New York 30 days Stevedore school, ordered after completion of school to Hawaii, attached to 20th stevedore regiment, 1941 Dec. 9 to Nov. 1943 Employed by McCarthy Bros. Construction Co. in Panama Canal Zone as Superintendent of Construction, France Field Airport, roads, powder magazines. Employed in the states as foreman of materials in the construction of prisoner of war camps. 1938 1941 Employed by Regenhardt Const. Co. as Superintendent in the construction of roads and levees. 1935 1938 Bought newspaper distributing agency Cairo, Ill. and worked for the city of Cairo, building streets. 1921 1935 Started with father in the paving construction business at Poplar Bluff, MO 1920 Sept to 1921 May School State College Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1919 June to 1920 Aug. Worked in Detroit, Michigan making tires U.S. Tires Co. and on Bldg. Construction 1914 to 1919 Worked after school and on Saturday at the Cape Girardeau Republican which was changed to the Southeast Missourian Newspaper. Had charge of carrier boys and mailing room | Regenhardt, Theodore Roosevelt (77894478)
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| 6892 | There are two marriage records for this couple. The first: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri 21 Jun 1946 - "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ7-1CJF : 18 September 2021), Clent Wilson Proffer and Alfreda Flowers, 21 Jun 1946; citing Marriage, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007425170. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89CY-HCSD?i=805&cc=2060668 The second: Clay County, Arkansas 22 Jul 1950: - "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMF2-W2P : 9 March 2021), Alfreda Flowers in entry for Clent Proffer, 22 Jul 1950; citing Marriage, Clay, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,169,965. Also FHL film # 004175398 image 891 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6SK7-3KF?i=890&cc=1417439 | Family: Clent Wilson Proffer / Alfreda J. Flowers (F1506572)
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| 6893 | They both live in Lawrence Co KY, both report born in Gallia Co Ohio, first marriage for both, Harriett is 18 and Henry is 23 | Family: Henry J Diamond / Hariett Palmer Drumond (F69701843)
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| 6894 | They farmed in the Franklin | Wengert, Allen C. (62155226)
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| 6895 | They farmed in the Franklin, Nebraska area until 1948, when they moved to a farm south of Arapahoe, Nebraska. | Wengert, Gilbert (11868073)
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| 6896 | Third Creek Twp. | Hesemann, Edward Gottlieb (13386475)
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| 6897 | Third Creek Twp. | Hesemann, Edward Gottlieb (13386475)
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| 6898 | This article about the West Lee Wright family appears in the Jackson County Banner, Brownstown, Indiana Tuesday May 22, 2003 pg 3 of the section “Medora, Celebrating 150 Years”. Wesley and Nancy Wright became parents of 15 children. David Wright, the third child and oldest son, is more than 75 years of age. He was born in January 1829, and on the 24th of October, 1850, was solemnized in marriage to Miss Abigail Loudon, the latter's death occurring July 2nd, 1853. On the 24th of October 1855, he married Mary Jane Casebolt and they have six children living and the eldest of these Alice, who is now the wife of Christian T. Branaman, of Mooney, this county. The children were originally nine and number and the names are Franklin, Indiana, Alice W, Morton P, Ella, Charles S, Lora, Henry C. and Noble B. Reverend David Wright, father of these children has been a master of the gospel for more than 40 years and had accomplished much for the uplifting of his fellow men and advancing the cause of the divine Master, he had ever loved to discuss with others the Bible and its teachings and the Book of Books has been nearest and dearest to him of all writings. He is a man of optimistic temperament and finds his Christian faith as source of inspiration and gladness, while his generosity and kindness are proverbial. Mary Jane is a daughter of Andrew Montgomery Casebolt who was reared in Virginia and who had distinctive mechanical genius and ability, being able to manufacture any desired article in wood or iron. He died at Cape Girardeau Missouri, having been for many years publisher of the “Cape Girardeau News”. Soon after his locating there, he built a schoolhouse, and in time his wife taught the colored children of the section. He was a Republican in politics. His father was a prosperous farmer in Virginia and owned slaves, although opposed to the institution. Mrs. Casebolt's maiden name was Sampson, and three of her sons were union soldiers in the civil war, namely Sanford, Jonathan and Henry Clay. | Casebolt, Mary Jane (92140864)
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| 6899 | This article about the West Lee Wright family appears in the Jackson County Banner, Brownstown, Indiana Tuesday May 22, 2003 pg 3 of the section “Medora, Celebrating 150 Years”. Wesley and Nancy Wright became parents of 15 children. David Wright, the third child and oldest son, is more than 75 years of age. He was born in January 1829, and on the 24th of October, 1850, was solemnized in marriage to Miss Abigail Loudon, the latter's death occurring July 2nd, 1853. On the 24th of October 1855, he married Mary Jane Casebolt and they have six children living and the eldest of these Alice, who is now the wife of Christian T. Branaman, of Mooney, this county. The children were originally nine and number and the names are Franklin, Indiana, Alice W, Morton P, Ella, Charles S, Lora, Henry C. and Noble B. Reverend David Wright, father of these children has been a master of the gospel for more than 40 years and had accomplished much for the uplifting of his fellow men and advancing the cause of the divine Master, he had ever loved to discuss with others the Bible and its teachings and the Book of Books has been nearest and dearest to him of all writings. He is a man of optimistic temperament and finds his Christian faith as source of inspiration and gladness, while his generosity and kindness are proverbial. Mary Jane is a daughter of Andrew Montgomery Casebolt who was reared in Virginia and who had distinctive mechanical genius and ability, being able to manufacture any desired article in wood or iron. He died at Cape Girardeau Missouri, having been for many years publisher of the “Cape Girardeau News”. Soon after his locating there, he built a schoolhouse, and in time his wife taught the colored children of the section. He was a Republican in politics. His father was a prosperous farmer in Virginia and owned slaves, although opposed to the institution. Mrs. Casebolt's maiden name was Sampson, and three of her sons were union soldiers in the civil war, namely Sanford, Jonathan and Henry Clay. | Wright, David (28527246)
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| 6900 | This article was on the front page of the Southeast Missourian: A hamburger maker who made history dies Thursday, April 14, 2005 Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian Wimpy's was the last of Cape Girardeau's true burger joints, where carhops in the 1950s served cherry Cokes and cheeseburgers to rowdy teens who later in life would continue popping in to talk sports, swap jokes or just to see its affable white-aproned owner. Bill Lewis, who was known for his easy rapport with his customers as much as his tasty "Wimpy Burgers," died on Tuesday. He was 76. "He had a story for everybody," said Lewis' brother, Freeman. "He was a big sports fan, so he'd talk sports or tell jokes. He liked to talk to everybody. I guess you don't see that much anymore." Wimpy's was a Cape Girardeau institution for 55 years, growing from hamburger stand to wildly popular teen hangout before tapering off to a smaller establishment that served its last burger in 1997. The one constant was Bill Lewis. Former customers said Wednesday that Wimpy's closing ended a nostalgic chapter in Cape Girardeau's history and that Lewis' death reminded them of how important Wimpy's had been to them. When he was a young boy, Cape Girardeau barber Bill Sisco and his family went to Wimpy's several nights a week. "It was just a fantastic place," said Sisco, who also was Lewis' barber for many years. "He was a real people person. And those burgers. Let's just put it this way: That recipe must have been a top U.S. government secret. There hasn't been a hamburger around here like that since Wimpy's closed." Lewis' brother, Freeman, bought a hamburger stand called Wimpy's in 1942. Located on the northwest corner of Kingshighway and Cape Rock Drive, Wimpy's -- which took its name from the cartoon character Popeye's hamburger-loving friend -- sold its specialty for 7 cents apiece. The Lewis' parents, Fred and Ethyl, ran the stand while Freeman and his brother, Frank, were fighting World War II. Soon after they returned, the business moved across the street to the corner now occupied by the Bank of America. Youngest brother Bill joined the business soon afterward. Cape's 'American Graffiti' It was while at this location that Wimpy's became a popular hang-out for the high-school crowd. One of those teenagers was Al Spradling III, now a 57-year-old lawyer and former Cape Girardeau mayor. Through the 1950s and 1960s, Spradling said, it was the place to find Cape Girardeau's teenagers at lunch, after school or at night. "It was huge," Spradling said. "In the '50s and '60s, it was like 'American Graffiti.' There were two places you could go -- either Pfister's or Wimpy's. It was the place to go." Spradling said Lewis family would get angry at teens who would get out of their cars and loiter or when cars would peel out onto the highway. Eventually, police were hired to oversee the lot. "We probably gave them more grief than they needed," Spradling said. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle has vivid memories of Bill Lewis. "He was always all decked out in white, cooking hamburgers, laughing with the customers," said Swingle, 49. "One side of the building was a restaurant and the other was a small grocery store. That's where I got my comic books. There was always a crowd there. But it was Bill that made it a fun place." In 1973, the Lewises sold the land to a bank. Freeman and Frank got out of the business, and Bill moved the restaurant to South Kingshighway. He switched to serving breakfast and lunch only, and his clientele aged considerably. Wimpy's then became home to the coffee shop crowd, where customers talked about the day's headlines or how Southeast Missouri State University's sports teams did. "We went to Wimpy's more for the conversation than the food," said Jerry Schwab, 63. "Bill always had a good story or a good joke. Bill was a very, very fine guy. You'll never find a local restaurant that had the following that Wimpy's had." OBITUARY Billie J. Lewis, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 3, 1929, in Des Arc, Mo., son of Fred and Ethel Miller Lewis. He and Florence Felter were married May 9, 1964, in Cape Girardeau. Lewis moved to Cape Girardeau in 1938 from Des Arc. He was involved with the family business, Wimpy's Restaurant on North Kingshighway, from 1942 to 1973. He then owned and operated the restaurant on South Kingshighway until retiring in 1997. He was a 1946 graduate of Central High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University. He was a member of Hopeful Investment Club; booster clubs at Southeast, Central High School and Notre Dame Regional High School; served as treasurer of Southeast Booster Club 25 years, and was currently a member of its booster board. Lewis was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Eagles, Elks, American Legion and Kimbeland Country Club. He was a past member of Jaycees and helped build the Jaycee Golf Course, and was a past member of the Exchange Club. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Survivors include his wife; two sisters, Frieda Howard and Leta Bahn of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, Frank and Freeman Lewis of Cape Girardeau. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son and a brother. From: "Paul Kabo" Date: 2005/04/15 Fri PM 12:58:36 EDT Subject: Funeral of Billie Lewis A SERVICE OF WITNESS TO THE RESURRECTION THE FUNERAL OF Billie Jay Lewis April 15, 2005 The Prelude "How Great Thou Art" ASSEMBLE IN GOD'S NAME- Rev. Paul Kabo, Jr. We gather here in this place on this day in April because of the life and influence of Bill Lewis. You assemble in this room for this service motivated by your love and friendship to Billie. Listen now to the words of comfort and life from our Holy Bible. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 124:8 When we were baptized in Christ Jesus, we were baptized into his death. We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. Romans 6:3-5 THE PRAYER Eternal God, amid all the changes of life you alone remain the same. We acknowledge the uncertainty of our life on earth. We are given a mere handful of days, and our span of life seems nothing in your sight. All flesh is as grass; and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. Our hope is in you, O God. Even in the valley of the shadow of death, you are with us. O Lord, let us know our end and the number of our days, that we may know how fleeting life is. Hear our prayer, and turn your ear to our cry. Be not deaf to our tears, for we live as strangers before you, wandering pilgrims as all our ancestors were. But you are the same and your years shall have no end. Amen. THE WORDS OF ASSURANCE Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ, and Christ died for us, Christ rose for us, Christ reigns in power for us, Christ prays for us. Romans 8:34 Hear and believe the good news of the gospel: God is love. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Be reconciled to God and to one another. Amen. -PROCLAIM GOD'S WORD- PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION - Fr. Derek Swanson Source of all true wisdom, calm the troubled waters of our hearts, and still all other voices but your own, that we may hear and obey what you tell us in your Word, through the power of your Spirit. Amen. THE SCRIPTURE READINGS Fr. Derek Swanson Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 For everything its season, and for every activity under heaven its time; a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to pull down and a time to build up; a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time for mourning and a time for dancing; a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away; a time to tear and a time to mend; a time for silence and a time for speech; a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace. What do we gain from all our work? I know the heavy burdens God has laid on us. God has the right time for everything. Rev. Paul Kabo, Jr. Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. THE HYMN - Amazing Grace 280 THE Reflection REV. PAUL KABO, JR. When I asked the family for a description of the character of Bill Lewis, the first item was about Bill's penchant for humor and funny stories. Bill told jokes and could spin a good story. I would repeat a joke or two now, but I am sure that you have heard them all before. How many of you went to that restaurant - Wimpy's? The newspaper gave front page coverage to "A hamburger maker who made history" and then wrote about this famous Wimpy's. The article said, "Bill Lewis, who was known for his easy rapport with his customers as much as his tasty "Wimpy Burgers." Bill Lewis knew you all, swapped stories with you, and knew the latest information about events or people. What a significant skill and talent it is to be able to have an easy rapport with folks, to meet friends at every turn, and to create a conversation which ends with folks smiling, laughing and feeling so very good. Did not Jesus of Nazareth possess some of these skills as well? The second item about Bill is his devotion to sports. Everybody knew that Bill Lewis loved and supported many sports activities. He was a member of the booster clubs at Southeast, Central High School and Notre Dame Regional High School; served as treasurer of Southeast Booster Club 25 years, and was currently a member of its booster board. Also Bill was a member of the Kimbeland Country Club and helped build the Jaycee Golf Course. I believe he also went to as many ball games as he could, and when he could not attend, he caught them on the radio or TV. But sports did not occupy the totality of the time allotted to Bill Lewis. He also involved himself in this community in these ways: Bill held active membership in the Eagles, Elks, American Legion and a past member of Jaycees. He was a member of Hopeful Investment Club, and was a past member of the Exchange Club. Billmoved to Cape Girardeau in 1938 from Des Arc and on December 24, 1944, he joined the First Presbyterian Church. I would be remiss if I did not mention that Bill Lewis served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. These activities are proof that this man was dedicated to be a part of this community in as many ways as possible. I guess that you all know that Bill knew politeness. He never said "Huh? Or Yup." He said, "Yes ma'am or No ma'am." He said "Thank you." And he did not use the current young generation's reply to Thank you - which is "No problem." Bill said, "You are Welcome." Bill knew and used the correct responses because he knew manners. This legacy of good manners is something for which we all could strive. And these good manners might be related to Bill's understanding of his humble relationship to his Lord and Savior. And Bill Lewis knew family. This Lewis family is a strong one and one that is so very close to each other. Blood is thicker than water and family love is more powerful than any temporary disagreement. I have been impressed with the Lewis family and I pray for their continued impact and influence in this city and community. Bill Lewis had a strong faith in his Savior, Jesus Christ. He has been a member of the First Presbyterian Church for over 60 years. I only remember Bill from my brief time here in Cape. But in the last couple of years, I have seen Bill in church on a frequent basis. He came to pray, to worship, and to acknowledge the faith in Jesus Christ. And in these past few months of this Spring, Bill and I had an opportunity to talk as he discovered long stays in the hospital. Yes, he told jokes and stories, but he also got serious in response to the gravity of his illness. He talked about his wish for no extensive treatment, his position before the Lord God Almighty, and his faith. We prayed together, and I became aware of a significant faith in Bill Lewis. Billie Jay Lewis Born - February 3, 1929. Died - Tuesday, April 12, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Florence two sisters, Frieda Howard and Leta Bahn two brothers, Frank and Freeman Bill Lewis now resides in God's eternal heaven. Let us join together in prayer. THE PRAYERS - Fr. Derek Swanson God of grace: in Jesus Christ you have given a new and living hope. We thank you that by dying Christ destroyed the power of death; and that by rising from the grave, he opened the way to eternal life. Help us to know that because he lives, we shall live also; and that neither death, nor life, nor things present, nor things to come, shall be able to separate us from your love. Heavenly God: in your Son Jesus you have given us a true faith and a sure hope. Help us to live trusting in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection to life eternal. Strengthen this faith and hope in us, all the days of our life in Jesus Christ our Savior. O God, before whom generations rise and pass away; we praise you for all your servants who, having lived this life in faith, now live eternally with you. Especially we thank you for your servant Billie Lewis, for the gift of his life, for the grace you have given him, for all in him that was good and kind and faithful. We thank you that for him death is past, and pain is ended, and he has entered the joy you have prepared. Almighty God: in Jesus Christ you promised many homes within your house. Give us faith to see beyond touch and sight some sign of your kingdom, and, where vision fails, to trust your love which never fails. Lift heavy sorrow, and give us good hope in Jesus, so we may bravely walk our earthly way, and look forward to the glad heavenly reunion. O God, who called us from death to life; we give ourselves to you; and with the church through all ages, we thank you for your saving love in Jesus Christ our Lord. THE COMMENDATION - Rev. Paul Kabo, Jr. You only are immortal, O God, the creator and maker of all. We are mortal, formed of the earth, and to earth we shall return. This you ordained when you created us, saying, "You are dust, and to dust you shall return." All of us go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we confess our faith; Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. Give rest, O Christ, to your servant with all your saints, where there is neither pain nor sorrow nor sighing, but life everlasting. Holy God, by your creative power you gave us the gift of life, and in your redeeming love you have given us new life in Christ. We commend Bill Lewis, to your merciful keeping in the faith of Christ our Lord who died and rose again to save us, and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in glory forever. Amen. THE BLESSING - Fr. Derek Swanson Go in peace, and may the God of peace - who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant - equip you with everything good, that you may do God's will, working in you what is pleasing in God's sight, through Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Hebrews 13:20-21 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - THE COMMITTAL SERVICE - THE INTRODUCTORY WORDS Rev. Paul Kabo, Jr. At this graveside, we assemble to give witness to our faith as we commit the body of Bill Lewis to God's hands and earth. This solemn moment contains sadness as well as peace; stillness as well as restlessness; anxiety as well as assurance. A moment like this demands the best of our faith in God. Listen now to Words of Assurance from our Holy Scripture. THE ASSURANCES FROM SCRIPTURE Fr. Derek Swanson I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth. Job 19:25 Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for evermore. Revelation 1:17-18 Because I live, you will live also. John 14:19 THE LORD'S PRAYER Rev. Paul Kabo, Jr. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen. THE COMMITTAL - Rev. Paul Kabo, Jr. Now is the moment of committal when we affirm our belief in the eternal promises of Jesus Christ, and when we entrust our loved one to God, forever. In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ, we commend to almighty God - Bill Lewis, and we commit his body to the ground: earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, says the Spirit. They rest from their labors, and their works follow them. Revelation 14:13 THE PRAYERS - Fr. Derek Swanson O Lord, support us all the day long of this troubled life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then, in your mercy, grant us a safe lodging, a holy rest, and peace at the last. O God, you have designed this world, and know all things good for us. Give us such faith that by day and by night, in all times and in all places, we may without fear entrust those who are dear to us to your never-failing love, in this life and in the life to come. Eternal God: our days and years are lived in your mercy. Make us know how frail we are, and how brief our time on earth; and lead us by your Holy Spirit, so that, when we have served you in our generation, we may be gathered into your presence, faithful in the church, and loving toward neighbors. Gracious God, Savior of the whole family in heaven and on earth: stand by those who sorrow; that, as they lean on your strength, they may be upheld, and believe the good news of life beyond life; we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Playing of Taps Narvol Randol THE BLESSING - Rev. Paul Kabo, Jr. May God's love give you confidence. May God's truth give you direction. May God's eternalness give you peace and hope this day and all your days. Amen. | Lewis, Billie Jay (67356790)
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