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Row 29, Grave M

Jemima married Phillip Clodfelter on 3 Dec 1822 in , Rowan County, North Carolina, USA. Phillip (son of John George Clodfelter and Elizabeth Leonard) was born on 11 Mar 1795 in , Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; died on 11 May 1881 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Row 10 grave JJ

Elizabeth married Alexander Kennedy Stevenson on 4 Dec 1845 in Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Alexander (son of James Stevenson, Junior and Jane Fleming) was born on 18 Oct 1809 in , Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA; died on 16 Dec 1881 in New Wells, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Row 11, Grave NN

Mary married Joseph Cicero Wallace on 26 Oct 1848. Joseph was born on 19 Nov 1826 in Shawneetown, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 11 Aug 1920 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Find A Grave Memorial# 23134556

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Row 27 Grave A

Family/Spouse: Ransom Mitchell. Ransom (son of Anderson Mitchell and Charlotte Brown) was born on 13 Feb 1832 in , Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA; died on 31 May 1867 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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findagrave.com memorial # 22886888

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Row 29, Grave H

Leonard married Sarah Ann Youder on 05 Sep 1866 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Sarah (daughter of Phillip Clodfelter and Jemima Jane Foster) was born on 18 Nov 1842; died on 21 Mar 1912 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah married Leonard Phillip Clodfelter on 05 Sep 1866 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Leonard (son of Phillip Clodfelter and Jemima Jane Foster) was born on 03 Jan 1839 in New Wells, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 05 Jan 1928 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: 9V45-N8H
• Residence: 1873, Rock Creek Township, Cowley, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1880, Rock Creek Township, Cowley, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1900, Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1908, , St. Francois County, Missouri, USA
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

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Moved to St. Francois County, Missouri in 1908.


1910 Census:

Name: Amos Stevenson
Age in 1910: 60
Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1910: St Francois, Saint Francois, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: General Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

Household Members:
Name Age
Amos Stevenson 60
Daisy Stevenson 31
Bessie Stevenson 29

Land Grant:

Accession Nr: KS3620__.235
Issue Date: 9/1/1873

State Meridian Twp - Rng Aliquots Section Survey County
KS 6th PM 030S - 004E S½NE¼ 12 Cowley
KS 6th PM 030S - 004E N½SE¼ 12 Cowley

Section S12 T30S R4E
Meridian Sixth
State Kansas
Source USFS
GLO GLO Township Records

Calculated Values
Acres 648
Centroid 37.4546629, -96.9429958
Corners NW 37.4618834, -96.9524522
NE 37.4619533, -96.9342223
SE 37.4474634, -96.9333222
SW 37.4474035, -96.9519522



https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/35939986/person/29559965145/facts

Died:
Barnes Hospital

Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 215108565

Amos married Mary Jane Wallace on 17 Feb 1874. Mary was born on 16 May 1846; died on 13 Mar 1908; was buried in Knights of Pythias Cemetery, Saint Francois County, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Had a farm 3 1/2 miles west of Rock, Kansas in 1873. In 1891 the family moved to Winfield, Kansas. - Ted Stevenson Genealogy research 1990.

Died:
From "The Southeast Missourian" - August 11, 1932

Theodore Stevenson Was Native of Cape Girardeau County

Theodore Phillip Stevenson died in Topeka, Kansas, on Tuesday, August 2. He was a native of this county and united in marriage with Jennie Hinkle who proceed him in death. The family later moved to Kansas which they made their permanent home. Four daughters and one son were born to them, the son dying in infancy. The family resided on a farm in Kansas, later moving to Winfield. After the death of his wife, Mr. Stevenson made his home with his daughters, all of whom are married.

Theodore Stevenson was the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Stevenson and was born in Shawnee township, July 30, 1849. His parents came to this county from North Carolina in 1809 and entered land which they improved. The Stevenson family has wielded a great influence for good in this county and have always been regarded as one of the leading families of the community.

Surviving, in addition to the children, are a brother Alpheus C. Stevenson of Pocahontas, and a sister, Mrs. John T. McNeely of Leemon.

Theodore married Julia Matilde Hinkle on 15 Aug 1872 in Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Julia was born on 19 Sep 1853 in Shawneetown, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 21 Jul 1888 in Rock Creek Township, Cowley, Kansas, USA; was buried in Widener Cemetery, Cowley County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
A.C Stevenson, 90, Dies at Fruitland; Native of County

Jackson, Oct. 26.

Alpheus C. Stevenson, 90 years old, died at the home of is son, Roy, in Fruitland at 2:15 o’clock Saturday afternoon. He had been critically ill for several weeks, suffering from ailments incident to advanced age. The body was brought to the Wilson-Statler-Seabaugh Funeral Home, where the funeral services were held this afternoon by Rev. J. T. Cherry of Cape Girardeau, an old friend of the family. Burial was at the Old Apple Creek Cemetery with the Putz and Reisenbichler Undertaking Co. in charge.

Born near New Wells in 1852, the son of pioneers, Mr. Stevenson lived his entire life in this county. He was a community leader, a progressive farmer and a schoolteacher. As a teacher he served at New Wells and at Liberty No. 1 several terms, but farming was his principal occupation. He was married to Julia Boren on Jan. 6, 1876. She died July 12 this year. After retiring from active farming, Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson moved from the farm to Pocahontas in 1923, where they lived until April this year when Mrs. Stevenson was stricken with paralysis. Since that time Mr. Stevenson had lived with his son in Fruitland. He was a deacon in the Old Apple Creek Presbyterian Church 30 years, and held minor positions of honor and trust in the community where he lived 70 years.

He is survived by three sons, Maple O. Stevenson of Ferguson, Dr. A. L. Stevenson of Warrensburg, and H. Roy Stevenson of Fruitland, nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie McNeely of Cape Girardeau.

Alpheus married Julia Margaret Boren on 06 Jan 1876 in Shawneetown, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. Julia (daughter of Hiram E Boren and Barbara Caroline Garner) was born on 03 Jan 1854 in New Wells, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 12 Jul 1942 in Fruitland, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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When I interviewed his son, Fontaine, in 1992, he stated that Hugh and his brother Lowry both moved to Texas at the same time - 1898. - Rob Lewis

Buried:
Find A Grave Memorial # 173475034

Hugh married Florence Maury on 25 Dec 1888. Florence was born about 1860 in Port Sullivan, Milam County, Texas, USA; died on 07 Mar 1929 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States; was buried in Liberty City Cemetery, Liberty County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dan Stevenson
1523 W. Second
Freeport, TX 77541

June 2, 1989

Dear Kinsman,

Genealogy is a never-ending sequence of puzzles and solutions~ so I thought I’d send some information I have accumulated since the 1988 gathering.

Stevensons arrived in the colonies as early as 1690, so that by the first U.S. census, Stevenson was one of the country’s most common surnames.

The common ancestors of our Texas branch of the Stevensons are the early settlers of Friendswood, Lowry David Stevenson and his wife Lula Jane Jones Stevenson, my great-grandparents. Taken from various sources their story is as follows:

Both Lowry David and Lula Jane were born in Missouri. He on May 19, 1858 and she on Aug. 25, 1861. They were married circa 1881 in Missouri.

Their first two children were born in Missouri. Guy W. Stevenson, born April 1883 and Zue M. Stevenson was born May 21,1890.

Soon after Zue’s birth the family of four moved to Cowley County, Kansas. Earl Vincent Stevenson was born November 23, 1891 in Rock, Kansas (in northern Cowley County). The Stevensons moved to Texas circa 1896. Vern Stevenson, son of Guy Stevenson retellsthe Stevenson trek to Texas.

“They came to Montgomery County, Texas from Winfield Kansas (the county seat of Cowley County) in two covered wagons. My father (Guy would have been about 13) was old enough to drive one of the teams. They had two geese who walked all the way. The last night the geese walked into the campfire and burned their feet a little and had to ride the rest of the way.”

April 25, 1898 their fourth child, Leslie Ward, was born a native Texan.

“Lulu didn’t like it there (in Montgomery County); it was a rough lumbering town, but they had a fine crop of cantaloupes. Believe they stayed there about two years. One day a stranger came walking down the railroad track and Lowry invited him in for dinner. He said, (You have a fine family Mr. Stevenson. Why don’t you visit Friendswood and see what you think. That is a settlement of Quakers and would be a much better place for your children. Frank J. Brown was an envisionary Friend who left Kansas seeking a promised land in southern Texas (a close friend had talked him out of Oregon). On his way south he passed thru Estacada, Crosby County. Brown had been a member of Estacado Meeting but was still looking for his promised land. It is interesting to note that soon after his transfer of membership from Faivriew, Kansas to Estacada Texas 2/18/89 in the minutes of the Estacado Meeting ”Considered changing Estacado Monthly Meeting from Iowa Yearly Meeting to Kansas Yearly Meeting, but the subje

F. J. Brown and T. H. Lewis secured from J.C. League (League City), a 1538 acre tract of land on Clear Creek. In July of 1895 they (Friends who had left Kansas with Brown and those who had joined him in Estacado) started building their homes. F. J. Brown,A.W. Lewis, and Nancy Lewis were appointed a committee to visit Friends in this vicinity and impress upon them the importance of having their membership rights transferred to Friendswood. Many did and Friendswood was underway. The first official changeover of the Meeting of Estacado to Friendswood was April 18, 1896. (Note: June 19, 1897 “The matter of changing from Iowa Yearly Meeting to Kansas Yearly Meeting came up for discussion and this meeting united in directing the clerk to make application for transfer.”) Friendswood was no more than four years old when the Stevensons arrived

February 17,1900 L.D. Stevenson with wife Lula and son Guy were recieved into membership. (taken from the minutes of the Friendswood Monthly Meetings).

July 7, 1900 Leslie Ward Stevenson their youngest died.

Edith Brown McGinnis, daughter of Frank J. Brown, told of the tragic part the 1900 Storm played in the Stevenson’s early history in her book THE PROMISED LAND.

“The Stevensons had only recently moved to Friendswood. Their fragile 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 allhalf frozen and besides themselves with fright. Mary Jane (Brown) dragged her children out of the only warm bed, and put Mrs. Stevenson and her little ones in their place.

Provisions were low and the Brown’s had intended going to town this day to lay in a supply of groceries. Mary Jane had put the last flour into the large batch of bread she was baking when the trees struck the kitchen. This bread, still in the oven and soaked with water, was all they had to eat. After a fire was finally kindled the bread was dried out for breakfast.

The Stevenson family who were the guests of the Browns for several weeks consisted of Laurie (sic) Lulu and their children Guy, Zue and Vincent. Guy was about sixteen years of age and Zue and Vincent about ten and eight respectively. With this crowd of hungry people the water soaked bread did not last long, and Mary Jane was put to it to get anything for them to eat until the Red Cross sent in aid. Laurie went to League City and got his share of this; for they had lost clothes, house, furniture, and everything
they had in the world.”

My grandfather Paul Rafael Stevenson was Lowry and Lula’s last child. He was born in Friendswood Feb. 9, 1901.

The Friends Academy and Church played quite a role in the Stevenson family history during this time. Here is a small historical sketch and description of the Academy as written in the 1920-21 catalog:

The old saying: “It is an ill wind that blows no one good,” for the great Galveston storm of September 8th, 1900, blew down the pines out of which the Academy building was erected. The logs were sawed into lumber, and the building put up almost entirely by members of the colony with no financial compensation whatsoever, for the people had a mind to work. Friendswood Academy was a part of the original plan of the founders of Friendswood. (Before moving to Friendswood the Estacado Meeting had built an Academy in Estacado, which was then sold when they relocated to Friendswood.) Its construction was begun in 1901 by the Friends of Friendswood Monthly Meeting and its management has been under their control ever since. Friendswood Academy is the only Friends’ school in the State of Texas. Friendswood is the ideal location for a school because Friends have always endeavored to give their children a guarded Christian education, it is removed from the debasing influences and temptations so common to cit

A member of the Stevenson family was on the Board of Trustees from the first board until the Academy closed in 1928, first Lowry David Stevenson then his son Guy.

Earl Vincent Stevenson and Zue M. Stevenson Bales were both Principles. In fact Earl Vincent was Principle while his future wife
Mary was a student.

Zue Bales was the last teacher at the Academy in 1928 when she wrote:

“As the faithful old Academy building was demolished and hauled away, so went· the dreams of our founding fathers; for they visualized as a permanent part of our community an Institution of higher learning where the Bible would be supreme and the young people would be trained for Christian service. This can never be the primary purpose in a tax-supported~ state controlled school. However, it is gratifying that so our young people choose to go to school to Christian Colleges and Seminaries to prepare for Christian leadership.”

According to Vern Stevenson, Lowry was also Friendswood’s first notary and carried the mail. Railroads and waterways were the arteries of business during those years. The Friends self-imposed isolation had its drawbacks, produce, supplies and mail had to be shuttled back and forth to the nearest railroad at Webster, or sent downstream. He writes:

“Lowry carried the mail from Webster with a spring wagon with compartments in the dashboard so that he could sort mail on the way home and put mail in the Star Route boxes along the way. We (the Guy Stevenson family) lived about four miles west of Friendswood.

When my mother, (Emma B.Miles Stevenson, daughter of Jessie Miles) would meet my Grandfather Lowry on the road he would stop, pullout his leather wallet, fish out an Indian Head penny for
me and say “Here’s a penny to the boy some candy.” It bought
as much candy as any boy should have, maybe more.
Grandpa wore a goatee and I thought he was Santa Claus.”

Francis A. Wright, a visiting Friend on church business describes Friendswood and it’s surroundings Jan.13,1910:

“Clear Lake shaped like a horseshoe some three miles long and a
mile wide from which runs Clear Creek, which is navigable for launches and barges as far up as Friendswood.

Outside the business of selling real estate~ the principal industries at present seem to be rice culture and growing of figs and oranges. Much of the country is still open prairie, but we saw large numbers of orange and fig groves, recently planted (In the 1910 census Lowry shows his land to be a fruit farm), and a few older orange orchards, which were yielding a crop worth from $600-$800 per acre. The principal orange grown is the “Satsuma”, a Japanese variety, which when budded on the “Trifoliata” stockwill stand considerable cold, owing to the habit of the latter becoming dormant in the winter. The Satsuma is a small orange, very sweet, and as it ripens about two months ahead of the earliest California varieties, it commands a ready sale at good prices. The trees come to full bearing in about four years with the first fruit appearing on some trees as early as the first year. The figs are known as seedless, and while there is little sale for them raw, there is a constantly growing demand for

The severity of the late freeze of 1912 on the early bearing Satsuma is evident in the May 18,1912 report of the Friendswood Academy Board:

“Owing to freezes and bad weather conditions~ the orchards and nurseries in this country are badly injured and in some cases destroyed. A considerable number of patrons of the Academy are not able to meet their obligations at present, leaving the board without sufficient funds to pay their teachers.” (After considerable discussion the board was authorized to borrow the money to payoff the indebtedness)

An even greater disaster, The 1915 Storm, was soon to strike: “Owing to the destructive hurricane on the 15th and 16th of this month and all the members have suffered great loss of buildings and crops and some stock and that the Academy building is damaged so much that it is unfit for use of meeting and school, F.J.Brown and Rachel Middleton appointed to act with the trustees to ascertain the amount necessary to repair the loss and are directed to appeal to Friends in other places for help to repair Friendswood Academy Building.”(The destructive force of this hurricane must have been tremendous to so wreck a building
constructed in the wake of the 1900 Storm.)

Vern recalls the circumstances of his Grandfather’s death, late March 1918:

“One day Lowry drove a little mule to Webster. Lowry was standing up in the wagon with his back to the tailgate. When the train came puffing in, “Rabbit” the little mule shied and Grandpa fell backward to the ground on his head. Though he said he could drive home all right, the people said maybe he was hurt more than he thought. While someone drove the springboard home Grandpa was taken home in a Model T. My father stayed with his father all that night. When he came home that next morning looking awfully sad, he said that Grandpa had died during the night.”

I will end here hoping that you have enjoyed these stories of our past if they were unknown to you.

I look forward to seeing you all again.

Your Kinsman,
Dan Stevenson



Find A Grave Memorial# 13319420

Stevensons arrived in Friendswood with a little help
An 'angel' pointed the way
KELLY ADAMS, Chronicle correspondent
Published 5:30 am CDT, Thursday, September 6, 2001


Following is one in an ongoing series examining the story behind the names at prominent venues and facilities in the Clear Lake/Bay Area.
The names of a middle school and a park are only the more apparent reminders of the deep roots the Stevenson family sank into Friendswood over the past century.
Through the years, Stevensons have served in local positions including election judge, tax assessor, teacher, justice of the peace, notary public, Democratic precinct chairman and board member for the Quaker Academy.
But the Stevensons' role in the community wouldn't have happened were it not for advice from someone whom family members came to believe was an angel.
The first Stevensons -- Lowry, Lucinda and their children Guy, Vincent, Zue and a baby, Ward -- came to Texas from Missouri by wagon in the late 1800s.
To make room for the family's possessions in the wagon, the children walked.
The family first settled in a rough mill town in Montgomery County until a stranger, who stopped by the family's home seeking food and water, recommended the new Quaker settlement of Friendswood as a nice place to live.
"The family always considered that he was an angel who had come to warn them that they were in the wrong place, and that they needed to come to a better place to raise their children," said Marjorie Brown, granddaughter of Zue Stevenson Bales.
In 1899, four years after Friendswood was founded, the family boarded a train to Pearland and then walked to the small community.
When they arrived, the Stevensons were not Quakers, who also are known as Friends. But that changed since Friends had the only church in the area.
Friendswood Friends Church has had a lasting influence on the family, Brown said.
The first year in Friendswood brought hard times. Scorching temperatures destroyed the crops, the Stevensons' baby died and the family lost its home to the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
"Zue Bales remembered going into the garden and hanging onto the fence line, and she said the fact that her dress got caught on the barbed-wire fence was the only thing that kept her from blowing away," said Joycina Baker, author of Friendswood: A Settlement of Friendly Folk.
However, the family decided to rebuild. In 1908, Lowry Stevenson bought 10 acres for $250 and started raising figs, which were grown on the land until the 1950s.
Around that time, Friendswood was the fig capital of the Gulf Coast, Baker said.
Besides farming, Stevenson held many positions in the growing town. He was on the board of the Quaker Academy, Friendswood's first official school, which opened in 1902.
"He was an educated man and was important in building that part of the community when it was getting started," Baker said.
In addition, Stevenson was the town's first justice of the peace and notary public. At the time, taking on many jobs was a way of helping the developing area.
"The community was so tiny," Baker said. "When the community was started, there were about 25 people here. They all had their own niche. It took everybody to make the colony work."
Stevenson also served as the community's first election judge until he died in 1918 at age 59. Son Vincent then assumed the position.
Vincent Stevenson also was the first tax assessor for the Friendswood school district as well as a Democratic precinct chairman.
He was an enterprising man who would drive into town for neighbors and bring back supplies for a small fee. Stevenson also was athletic and built the first tennis courts in Friendswood for his family on the Stevenson property.
His sister, Zue Stevenson Bales, was respected as an educator. After attending the academy, she taught at the school and later became principal.
After the death of her husband, Edward Bales, she spent many years as a missionary in Mexico and Central America. She died at age 89 in 1978.
Today, the Zue Stevenson Bales Middle School, 302 Laurel Drive, honors her role in the community. Her descendants still live in Friendswood.
Known for her strong mind and will, Bales also had a giving nature even when she relied on her family for money in her later years.
It was the generosity of the third generation of Stevensons that made Stevenson Park off FM 518 available to the public.
In 1973, five years after his death, the children of Vincent Stevenson sold the city 10.5 acres and donated another two on the condition that a park be built and named after the family.

https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/baytown-news/article/Stevensons-arrived-in-Friendswood-with-a-little-2021346.php




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.

Buried:
Friends Church Cemetery

Lowry married Lula Jane Jones on 22 Dec 1880 in , Bond County, Illinois, USA. Lula was born on 25 Aug 1861 in , , Missouri, USA; died on 23 Jun 1943 in Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas, USA; was buried in Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Apple Creek Presbyterian Church Session Minutes pg. 61: Jennie McNeely submits letter of dismissal to join Fairview M.E. Church 14 Sep 1890.

Honor Woman as She Has 75th Birthday

In their comfortable home, picturesquely located at the foot of
Mount Nebo and not far from the banks of the winding Indian Creek,
Mr. and Mrs. John T. McNeely were hosts yesterday to a large number
of relatives and friends, the occasion being Mrs. McNeely's 75th
birthday, The McNeely home, the old Leemon Hale place, is located
at the edge of the village named after that pioneer citizen, Capt.
Leemon Hale, Leemon. The guests and children of the aged couple
enjoyed the visit greatly, and presented a rather informal birthday
program for which the honoree expressed her appreciation

Four daughters of Mr. and Mrs. McNeely were present, Mrs. Onis
Poe and daughter Irlene of St. Louis; Miss Bess McNeely, who
remains at home with her parents; Mrs. C. E. Tuschoff of Old
Appleton, and Mrs. Ted Regenhardt and children, Alice and John
Donald of Cairo, Ill. Nieces present from a distance were Mrs.
Nola Gray of Garden City, Kas., Mrs. Eunice King of Anthony, Kas.,
Mrs. Bertha Snider of Winfield, Kas., Mrs. Grace Bruner of
Lawrence, Kas., and Mrs. Edith Hughey of Greenville, Ill., also a
grand-niece, Mrs. Neil Hughey, of Greenville, Ill. Other relatives
and friends were Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stevenson of Pocahontas, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Stevenson of Shawneetown, Mrs. Anna Thompson and Mrs.
Irene Kasten of Pocahontas, Mrs. Shabie Ruppel and daughters,
Rettie, Birdie, and Dell of Leemon, Miss Ella Daughterty and Mrs.
Horace Daughterty of Fruitland, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sides and son,
Wayne Allen, Mrs. Herbert Englehart and sons Billie and Jimmie,
Mrs. Mollie Morton, Mrs. Ella Woods, Miss Myrtle Masterson, Mrs.
Mollie Sides and Mrs. Daisy Martin of the Leemon Community.

Mrs. J. T. Mcneely, Aged 82, Passes

Mrs. Jennie McNeely, aged 82 years, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ted Regenhardt, in Cape Girardeau Monday, following
an illness of two months.

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Old Applecreek Presbyterian Church, conducted by Rev. Miles H.
Stotts, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church of Old Appleton.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mrs. McNeely was born June 16, 1862, at Shawneetown. She united in
marriage with John T. McNeely on Dec. 12, 1889, she and her husband
then moving on a farm near Leemon, where they resided until his
death, Following her husband's death on May 15, 1941, Mrs. McNeely
took up residence with her daughter. She was the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Stevenson and recognized by all who knew
her as a fine character and Christian woman.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. T. R. Regenhardt, Mrs. C. A.
Poe of St. Louis, and Mrs. Ed Tuschoff of Old Appleton, and six grandchildren.

Christened:
Church Record

Buried:
grave site GPS: 37.49886 -89.62828

Row 10 Grave KK

Jemima married John Thomas McNeely on 12 Dec 1889 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. John (son of George Wesley McNeely and Marillus Haile) was born on 03 Nov 1859 in near Fruitland, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 10 May 1941 in Leemon, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rosa's long dress caught fire while washing clothes in a large kettle of hot water over an open fire. "She was burned from head to foot. They put molasses all over her and went for the doctor. She died the next morning" (Meredith Stevenson's History)

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• Name: Mattie
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Died:
No DC

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findagrave.com memorial # 137512503

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Find A Grave Memorial# 66226959

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findagrave.com memorial # 66226959

Theodore married Emma Schriner on 31 Jul 1894 in , Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Emma was born in Sep 1870 in , , Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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findagrave.com memorial # 23158862

Myra married William Franklin Shoults on 18 Dec 1890 in New Wells, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. William (son of Benjamin Franklin Shoults and Amanda Jane Cotner) was born on 29 May 1862; died on 29 Jul 1943; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Row 31 grave Y

Family/Spouse: John Robinson Henderson, Jr.. John was born on 15 Jan 1852 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 15 Oct 1896 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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findagrave.com memorial # 64693483

Lot 45 grave B

Alpha married Amos Theodore Trickey on 5 Sep 1893 in , Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Amos was born on 27 Apr 1872 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 04 Apr 1950 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Row 29 grave J

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findagrave.com memorial # 128018252

Family/Spouse: Robert Reed. Robert was born on 5 Apr 1876 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 16 Sep 1947 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: L2TD-35X
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findagrave.com memorial # 172139359

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findagrave.com memorial #172108515

never married

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• Occupation: Methodist minister
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1930 Census:


Event Place:
Blairstown, Henry, Missouri, United States

Gender:
Male
Age:
47
Marital Status:
Married
Race:
White
Race (Original):
White
Birth Year (Estimated):
1883
Birthplace:
Kansas
• Edit
Father's Birthplace:
Missouri
Mother's Birthplace:
Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household:
Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Head
Sheet Letter:
B
Sheet Number:
2
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Carl A Stevenson Head Male 47 Kansas
Edna G Stevenson Wife Female 39 Missouri
Carl B Stevenson Son Male 11 Missouri
Amos E Stevenson Son Male 9 Missouri


United States Census, 1940


Name:
Carl A Stevenson

Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1940

Event Place:
Conway, Union Township, Laclede, Missouri, United States

Last Place of Residence:
Rural, Webster, Missouri
Gender:
Male
Age:
57
Marital Status:
Married
Race:
White
Race (Original):
White
Birth Year (Estimated):
1883
Birthplace:
Kansas
Relationship to Head of Household:
Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Head
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Carl A Stevenson Head Male 57 Kansas
Edna G Stevenson Wife Female 49 Missouri
Carl Burton Stevenson Son Male 21 Missouri
Amos E Stevenson Son Male 19 Missouri

Possible - need proof - Find A Grave Memorial# 11106689

Buried:
Find A Grave Memorial# 11106689

Carl married Edna J. Hoover on 11 Sep 1915 in , Howell County, Missouri, USA. Edna was born on 16 Aug 1896 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, United States; died on 26 Mar 1954 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Graham Cemetery, Dallas County, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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findagrave.com memorial # 71056591

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Buried:
Plot: Section 1A, Lot 101, Grave 2

Clearwater Cemetery

Nola married Claude Melnotte Gray on 27 Apr 1898 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, United States. Claude was born on 02 Dec 1870 in Viola, Mercer County, Illinois, United States; died on 30 Oct 1965 in Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas, United States; was buried in Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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findagrave.com memorial # 50347634

Evergreen, Lot 412, Space 1

Eunice married Reverend Charles Edgar King on 10 Sep 1902. Charles was born on 10 Jul 1875 in , Noble County, Indiana, USA; died on 14 Jan 1969 in Wichita Park Cemetery, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bertha married Thomas Bertrand Snyder on 16 Jan 1902 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, United States. Thomas was born on 29 Nov 1880 in Cazenovia, Woodford County, Illinois, United States; died on 01 Nov 1942 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, United States; was buried in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grace married Van Kelly Bruner on 30 Jun 1909. Van was born on 20 Oct 1884; died on 30 Jan 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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findagrave.com memorial # 71056532

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Mentally retarted. Lived and died in a home in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri

Established about 1900, the place was known as the Missouri Colony for the Feeble Minded, called "The Colony". It later became the Marshall State School and Hospital for the Mentally Retarded. Now known as the Marshall Habilitation Center.

Apple Creek church records pg 60 - ancestry.com

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Apple Creek Church Records pg 60 - ancestry.com - listed as Leroy Stevenson


Died:
H. R. Stevenson dies

FRUITLAND – H. R. Stevenson of Fruitland, 92 years old, died at this home at 9:10 Thursday morning.

Mr. Stevenosn was born Jan. 2, 1885, in Shawneetown, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Stevenson. He graduated from SEMO State University in Cape Girardeau in 1907, and then taught school in Cape and Perry counties.

Mr. Stevenson was active in community affairs, being one of the organizers of the Farm Bureau, and served its president for many years. He also was active in the formation of the Southeast Missouri Soil Conservation District, and was a past president of the Citizens Mutual Insurance Co.

Mr. Stevenson was a member of the Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge No. 221 of Oak Ridge, receiving his 50 year pin on Oct. 24, 1970.

On Jun 24, 1908, he was married to Miss Lulu Gladish, who died in 1967.

Surviving: Sons, Gladish Stevenson, Albuquerque, N.M., Meredith Stevenson, Fruitland, John Stevenson, Denair, Calif., and Robert Stevenson, Jacksonville, Fla.; daughter, Mrs. Roberta McDowell, Fruitland; brother, Dr. A.L. Stevenson, Warrensburg, 16 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.

A Masonic funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson, conducted bythe Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge No. 221 of Oak Ridge. Burial will be in Memorial Park, Cape Girardeau.

Members of the lodge will serve as pallbearers.

Friend may call at the funeral home after 2 this afternoon.


Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 100440933

Hugh married Lulu Emma Gladish on 24 Jun 1908 in Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Lulu (daughter of John Leander Gladish and Louisa Katherine Strong) was born on 17 Oct 1881 in Millersville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 18 Sep 1967 in Fruitland, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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findagrave.com memorial # 132073432

Lot 1611, Space 8

Arthur married Lucille Chiles on 09 Oct 1929. Lucille was born on 19 Jun 1894; died on 31 Dec 1980 in Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Warrnesburg, Johnson County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Maple married Nora Frissell on 13 Oct 1923 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Nora was born on 30 Mar 1888 in Oak Ridge, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 12 Nov 1972 in Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1900 Cenesu:

Jones Prairie, Milam, Texas

1910 Census:

Name Wagnor Stevenson.
Age in 1910. 19.
Birth Year 1891.
Birthplace. Texas.
Home in 1910 Liberty, Liberty, Texas
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Son
Marital Status Single.
Father's Name H W Stevenson
Father's Birthplace Missouri
Mother's Name Florence Stevenson
Mother's Birthplace Texas
Native Tongue English
Attended School Yes
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Out of Work Y
Number of Weeks Out of Work 52
Household Members
H W Stevenson Age 56
Florence Stevenson Age 43
Wagnor Stevenson Age 19
Elwyn Stevenson Age 12
Fontaine Stevenson Age 8

1920 Census: no listing

1930 Census:

Home in 1930 Precinct 3, Harris, Texas, USA
living with widowed mother.

1940 Census:
Name Hugh Wagnor Stevenson
Age 49
Estimated Birth Year 1891
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Texas
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Harris, Texas
Street Michigan
House Number 400 1/2
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 Sp, Harris, Texas
Residence in 1935 Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number15A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 347
Father's Birthplace Missouri
Mother's Birthplace Texas
Occupation Nurseryman House
Owned or Rented Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented 2000
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed College, 2nd year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 60
Duration of Unemployment 0
Class of Worker Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 1600
Income Other Sources Yes
Native Language English
Veteran Yes
Veteran Father Dead No
Military service World War
Social Security Number No
Usual Occupation Nurseryman
Usual Industry Own Business
Usual Class of Worker Working on own account
Household Members
Hugh Wagnor Stevenson Age 49
Omerine A Stevenson Age 39




Married Omerine ?

Sargent OM Corps, World War 1.

Buried:
Find A Grave Memorial # 20874010

Family/Spouse: Omerine Ortego. Omerine was born in Washington, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States; died on 6 Feb 1983 in Baytown, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Liberty City Cemetery, Liberty County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1925 - Beaumont, Texas City Directory, pg 443, salesman

1935 - Houston, Texas City Directory, pg 1430, sign painter

1969, 1971, 1974, 1975 Elwyn is retired and living in Santa Cruz, CA with wife June - U.S. City Directory - Santa Cruz, CA

1940 Census
Elwyn David Stevenson
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1899
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Texas
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Harris, Texas
Map of Home in 1940:

Street: Dorchester
House Number: 615

Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Harris, Texas
Residence in 1935: Rural, Harris, Texas
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 42A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 861
Occupation: Sign Painter
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 800
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Elevyn O Stevenson 41
Hindia Stevenson 41
Ruth Stevenson 20
Rolle F Stevenson 16


1974 Sanat Cruz CA City Directory, pg 341
Name
Elwyn D Stevenson
Gender
Male
Residence Year 1974
Street Address
2015 Maciel Av
Residence Place Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Occupation
Retired
Spouse June Stevenson
Publication Title Santa Cruz, California, City Directory, 1974

Elwyn married Delya Hindia "June" Pelt in 1917 in , Liberty County, Texas, USA. Delya was born on 27 Jan 1899 in , , Alabama, USA; died on 10 May 1985 in Ferndale, Humbolt County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Fontaine married Mary Aleta Malone on 03 May 1923 in , Harris County, Texas, USA. Mary was born on 28 Jul 1904 in Georgetown, , Alabama, USA; died on 06 Jun 1989 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States; was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Harris County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: 98KN-81V
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Find A Grave Memorial# 13319418

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findagrave.com memorial # 13319418

Family/Spouse: Emma Miles. Emma was born on 05 Jan 1884 in Elma, Howard County, Iowa, United States; died on 18 Jun 1960 in , Brazoria County, Texas, USA; was buried in Friends Church Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: L8QP-9PW
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Find A Grave Memorial# 13319086

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findagrave.com memorial # 13319086

Myra married Edward S. Bales on 02 Aug 1906. Edward was born on 28 Nov 1875 in , , Kansas, USA; died on 21 Oct 1940 in Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas, USA; was buried in Friends Church Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: L16F-TWM
• Created: 15 Aug 2013

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Find A Grave Memorial# 13319416

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findagrave.com memorial # 13319416

Friends Church Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Mary Slyvanna Worley. Mary was born on 19 Apr 1895 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, United States; died on 27 Jan 1979 in Orange, Orange County, Texas, United States; was buried in Friends Church Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: GWSY-8CV
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Find A Grave Memorial # 13319419

Died:
Died young

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findagrave.com memorial # 13319419

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Married first Vera Janet Bennett in 1925 - no mariage license. 3 children Vera Pauline, Lucile Virginia, and Robert Wayne.

Paul and Vera divorced unknown date (before second marriage)

Paul married second Claudia Elizabeth Shepard (8 Jun 1940 Harrics County, TX) who was previouly married to and divorced from William Thompson Longnecker Jr.

Paul and Claudia divorce unknown date (before his third marriage)

Paul married third Beatrice Vivian Williams 4 Mar 1944 in Friendswood, TX. After her death 11 Jan 1947,
Paul married fourth Miss Cliffie Lorene White 15 May 1957 in Harris County, TX.

Died:
Obit Galveston Daily News 16 Mar 1959 pg 10

Paul Stevenson, a resident of LaPorte and brother of E.V. Stevenson of Friendswood, died Saturday in La Porte.

Funeral will be held 2 pm Monday wit Rev. William Pitts of Friendswood Friends Church officiating.

Mr. Stevenson is also survived by a son, R.W. Stevenson, a daughter, Mrs. Pauline Boyce, a sister, Mrs. Zue Bales, who is a Missionary in Reynosa, Mexico, and seven grandchildren.

Prior to his recent retirement, he was employed by Pfeiffer Electric Co. in La Porte.

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Find A Grave Memorial #13319424

Paul married Vera Janet Bennett in 1925 in , , Texas, USA. Vera was born on 16 Nov 1909 in Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma, United States; died on 6 Oct 1993 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States; was buried in Friends Church Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Claudia Elizabeth Shepard on 6 Jun 1940 in , Harris County, Missouri, USA. Claudia was born on 28 Dec 1904 in Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas, United States; died on 22 Apr 1966 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, United States; was buried in La Porte, Harris County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Beatrice Vivian Simmons on 4 Mar 1944 in , Harris County, Texas, USA. Beatrice was born on 13 Jul 1914 in Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas, United States; died on 11 Jan 1947 in La Porte, Harris County, Texas, United States; was buried on 13 Jan 1947 in Friends Church Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Cliffe Lorene White on 15 May 1947 in , Harris County, Texas, USA. Cliffe was born on 7 Apr 1924 in Hollister, Taney County, Missouri, United States; died on 14 Feb 1995 in , Henderson County, Nevada, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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findagrave.com memorial # 78289609

Mamie married Chester Arthur Poe, M.D. on 18 Jun 1916 in Leemon, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Chester (son of Rev. William David Poe and Mary Elizabeth Flippin) was born on 21 Jul 1887 in Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Missouri, United States; died on 03 Aug 1945 in Missouri Baptist Hospital, City of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States; was buried in West Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Cape Teacher Found Unconscious Beside Auto on Visit Home

Miss Bessie McNeely, a teacher in May Greene School, Friday evening drove to Leemon to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. McNeely. After placing her automobile in the garage at the home, she went into the house, but recalling that she had left a package in the vehicle she went back to the garage.
When she failed to return to the house the family became alarmed and went to look for her. She was found lying on the ground near her automobile and was carried to the house, where she remained unconscious until this morning. A physician who was called could not determine what had occurred, but there was no indication of any violence.
It was reported this afternoon she had regained consciousness after being unconscious all night and her family said she appeared to be some better. They are puzzled, as is the physician as to what occurred, as she had been in good health and had not been ill lately. Miss Alma Schrader, principal of the May Greene School, said Miss McNeely appeared well Friday when she left school. She has taught a number of years in the school system and is regarded as one of the more proficient instructors.


City Briefs
BETTER--The condition of Miss Bess McNeely, May Greene School teacher, was reported much improved today at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She is conscious now all of the time, but has been unable to solve the mystery in connection with her illness. Miss McNeely was found unconscious, lying on the ground and gasping for breath, beside her automobile at her home near Leemon last Friday night. All that she has been able to recall is what felt like a blow on the back of her head, near the top. Whether she was struck by someone hidden in the garage or struck her head in falling has not been determined.
Since regaining consciousness Miss McNeely has complained of extreme soreness and pain on the back of her head. Except for her parents, she is not permitted to have visitors, but is believed to be out danger now.



Condition of Teacher
Is Reported Serious

Miss Bess McNeely, teacher at May Green School, who was found unconscious on the ground near her automobile at her home at Leemon Friday night, was brought to Southeast Missouri Hospital at 4 a. m. today in a serious condition.
The cause of her illness has not been determined. but the possibility of her having met with violence has been eliminated. After she left school Friday afternoon she drove to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. McNeely, near Leemon. After eatingher supper, she read for an hour before remembering that she had left a package in her car, and went to get it. When she did not return in a reasonable time, her sister, Mrs. Elsie Tuschhoff, went to look for Miss McNee1y, and found her lying face down, gasping for breath. The package was on the running board of the car.
After being unconscious all Friday night, she was conscious at intervals Saturday, though she seemed confused and could tell nothing of what had happened to her. Although she seemed better Sunday after a restless night, her condition became much worse Sunday night, when she, had spasms most of the night.

Miss Bess McNeely, teacher in the May Green school of Cape Girardeau was found unconscious near her automobile at the home of her father, John T. McNeely, at Leemon Friday night, She had driven to her home and after going into the house left stating she had forgotten a package in her car. ‘When she did not return a search was made and she was found lying on her face, the package being found on the running board. After she failed to regain consciousness she was taken to the Southeast Missouri hospital Monday morning. Tests and X-ray pictures‘ have been made but the cause of her illness has not been determined. A Jackson phvsician who first attended; her contends that she met with violence.


Died:
Hold Funeral Rites for Cape Teacher

Funeral services for Miss Bess McNeely, May Greene School teacher, who died in St. Louis early Friday, were conducted Sunday afternoon from old Apple Creek Valley church, with the sermon being delivered by Dr, C. H. Morton, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Cape Girardeau. Assisting with the service were Rev. Roloff, Methodist pastor and Rev. A. C. Van Puffelen of Pleasant Hill Church. Miss Sue Burch, a May Greene School instructor, sang a solo. Miss McNeely was teacher of the advanced fifth grade class. Her place is being filled temporarily by Mrs. C. R. Gibbs, a substitute teacher.

SE Missourian
22 Nov 1937


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




Buried:
Row 10 Grave GG

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Died:
JACKSON - Mrs. Elsah Tuschhoft, 88 years old, of Jackson, died Monday after noon at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She had been a patient there for two weeks.
The former Miss McNeely was born Dec. 28, 1892, at Leemon, a daughter of John and Jennie McNeely. On Aug. 22, 1915, she married Edward Tuschhoff, who died in 1968.
Mrs. Tuschhoff was a former member of the Old Appleton Methodist Church and was active in its WSCS. She taught at the former Buckeye School and gave music lessons. Mrs. Tuschhoff was a member of the Homemakers Club in Old Appleton and also served as a committee woman at the Old Appleton voting precinct for 20 years.
In 1957, the Tuschhoffs retired from farming and moved to Jackson. She then became a
member of New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson, where she was active in the United Methodist Women and the Esther Circle.

Surviving, are a son, Sloan Tuschhotf, Cape Girardeau Route 2; sisters, Mrs. Onis Poe, St. Louis, and Mrs. Lois Regenhardt, Cape Girardeau; two grandsons, and two greatgrandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by a twin sister.
The body is at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, where friends may call after 4 p.m. today. Wednesday at 1 p.m., the body will be taken to New McKendree United Methodist Church for service at 2 p.m. The Rev. 0. David Griffin, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park at Cape Girardeau.


Mrs. Elsah Tuschhoff

Funeral service for Mrs. Elsah Tu s c h h o f f of Jackson was held Wednesday at New McKendree United Methodist Church. Rev. 0. David Griffin, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau.

Mrs. Tuschhoff, 88 years old, died Monday at St. Francis Medical center. She was born Dec. 28, 1892, at Leemon, daugh ter of John and Jennie McNeely. She and the former Edward Tuschhoff were married Aug. 22, 1915. He died in 1968. Mrs. Tuschhoff was a former member of Old Appleton Methodist Church and was active in its WSCS. She taught at the former Buckeye School and gave music lessons. She was a member of Homemakers Club in Old Appleton, and served as a committeewoman at the Old Appleton voting precinct 20 years.

The Tuschhoffs retired from farming in 1957, and moved to Jackson. She then became a member of New McKendree Church, where she, was active in United Methodist Women and Esther Circle. Survivors include a son, Sloan Tuschhoff of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Mrs. Lois Regenhardt of Cape, Mrs. Onis Poe of St. Louis; two grandsons, and two great-grandchildren.

A twin sister preceded her in death.

Elsah married Edward Conrad Tuschhoff on 22 Aug 1915 in Leemon, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Edward was born on 29 Jan 1878 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 03 Oct 1968 in SE Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From "The Southeast Missourian"

Lois McNeely and Ted Regenhardt Marry Saturday

Miss Lois McNeely, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McNeely, and Theodore Roosevelt Regenhardt, were married at the home of the parents of the bride, Leemon, Mo., Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The Rev. A. H. Barnes, a minister of Fruitland, performed the ceremony in the presence of only a few relatives of the young couple.

Regenhardt is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Regenhardt, 514 Themis Street, and he is associated with his father in contracting work at Poplar Bluff. He was a student at Teachers College when he went into business.

The bride is a teacher at Washington School and is a popular and accomplished young woman. She will retain her position as a teacher until the end of the present school term when she will go to Poplar Bluff to join her husband. When she appeared at the school this morning, Mrs. Regenhardt was greeted by a shower of rice propelled in her direction by the other teachers.

A dinner party was given for the bride and groom at the Regenhardt home Sunday evening, at which a number of friends of the newlyweds were present.


Mrs. Lois A. Regenhardt
CAPE GIRARDEAU —
Graveside service for Mrs. Lois Alline Regenhardt, 3120 Independence, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Lorimier Cemetery. Rev. Jim Davis will officiate. A memorial service will be held at 11 at Grace United Methodist Church, with Rev. Davis officiating.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Funeral Home from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Mrs. Regenhardt, 92 years old, died Monday, Feb. 5, 1990, at Chateau Girardeau Health Care Center. She was born Oct. 5, 1897, at Leemon, daughter of John T. and Jennie Stevenson McNeely. She married Theodore R. Regenhardt March 31, 1923, at Leemon. He died Oct 31,1974. Mrs. Regenhardt was a teacher at Washington School, and a member of P T A, Eastern Star, Grace Church and United Methodist Women.

Survivors include a son. Donald Regenhardt of Springfield, Va.; and daughter, Mrs. Freeman (Alice) Lewis of Cape; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son and daughter.


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Section 3, Lot 58, Grave 6

Lois married Theodore Roosevelt Regenhardt on 31 Mar 1923 in Bride's Home, Leemon, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Theodore (son of Edward Franz Hermann Regenhardt and Caroline Emilie Alvina Theuerkauf) was born on 26 Dec 1900 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was christened on 3 Feb 1901 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 30 Oct 1974 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Corporal, US Army, WWI

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PLOT Q, 6638

Family/Spouse: Edith Harris. Edith was born on 3 Feb 1895; died on 28 Apr 1980; was buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver County, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leslie married Dorothea McCarty on 8 Aug 1923 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States, and was divorced in Listed as Divorced in 1940 Census. Dorothea was born in 1904; died in 1959; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Virgil Mitchell
CALDWELL —Virgil (Mitch) Mitchell, 52, of Caldwell, route 6, a carpenter on the new high school building under construction here, died unexpectedly in his home Tuesday morning.
Mr. Mitchell was born Oct. 13, 1903, in Jackson, Mo., and moved with his parents to Colorado Springs, Colo., when he was 12 years of age. He lived there until moving to Long Beach, Calif., in 1935. He came to Caldwell in 1945 and was married April 15, 1950, in Winnemucca, Nev., to Lucille Nelson.
He was a member of the Methodist church and the Carpenters Union local No. 1298.
Surviving in addition to Mrs. Mitchell are a son, Donald Mitchell of Long Beach; two stepsons, Warren Baker of Wichita, Kan., and Dale Baker of Elko, Nev.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Wayne Lonkey of Caldwell; a brother, Leslie Mitchell of Denver, Colo.; a sister, Mrs. Mac Little of Long Beach, and five grandchildren.
Peckham-Dakan chapel is arranging services.

The Idaho Daily Statesman, Wednesday, May 2, 1956 Page 16

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findagrave.com memorial # 147866894

Virgil married Lucille Elder on 15 Apr 1950 in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, United States. Lucille was born on 13 Dec 1903 in Woodston, Rooks County, Kansas, United States; died on 2 Mar 1987 in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, United States; was cremated in Canyon Hill Cemetery, Canyon County, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1930 Census:

Name: Verma R Little
Birth Year: abt 1907
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age in 1930: 23
Birthplace: Missouri
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas, USA
Map of Home: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
House Number: 118
Dwelling Number: 161
Family Number: 171
Age at First Marriage: 22
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Mack O Little
24 Head
Verma R Little 23 Wife

Colorado Springs City Directory:

Name: Verma R Little
Birth Year: abt 1907
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age in 1930: 23
Birthplace: Missouri
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas, USA
Map of Home: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
House Number: 118
Dwelling Number: 161
Family Number: 171
Age at First Marriage: 22
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Mack O Little
24 Head
Verma R Little 23 Wife

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California Death Index:

Name: Verna R Little
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1906
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 19 Mar 1964
Death Place: Ventura
Mother's Maiden Name: Mitchell

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findagrave.com memorial # 198545452

Section E Lot 151 Grave 12

Verna married McMorran Oliver Little on 29 Oct 1928 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. McMorran was born on 9 Dec 1904 in Union Star, DeKalb County, Missouri, United States; died on 5 Jun 1956 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Find A Grave Memorial# 76671936

Gertrude married William Eugene Ponder on 26 Jan 1918 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. William was born on 16 Sep 1892 in Avon, St. Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; died on 20 Apr 1976 in Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Dogwood Cemetery, Mississippi County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Row 11 Grave O. Remains Cremated.

Willie married Walter Guy Sides on 24 Jun 1928 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. Walter was born on 04 Feb 1895; died on 11 Sep 1976; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jackson Cash-Book Journal
Wednesday, June 19, 1968

Once-in -a-lifetime Reunion for Frankie Carruthers
By: JOYCE PEERMAN

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime affair," said Mrs. Frankie Jane Carruthers, the former Miss Frankie Jane Shoults, about the big gathering of family and friends at City Park last Wednesday to visit with her.

Present for the basket dinner and afternoon of talking over old times with Mrs. Carruthers ,who now lives on 80 acres near Aztec, New Mexico, were kinds of kinfolks, friends, former teachers and schoolmates, as well as Mrs. Carruthers' four grown sons andthe Wives and families of the two married sons, all scattered across the nation.

Readers of the Post & Cash Book will remember that Mrs. Carruthers telephoned me from Aztec one evening last summer shortly after I wrote a column about Summitville, Colo., a ghostown high in the mountains, which was once her home and where she served as a nurse. Since then, our friendship has grown as the talents and strength of this remarkable lady have become increasingly apparent.

“I really started having the time of my life when I went out West,” she explains. “I went to Colorado Springs to visit an aunt and took a job with the public health work of the National Red Cross. I was fresh from the big city (St. Louis) and here were the wonderful mountains to explore. We went on fishing trips and steak frys in the mountains. It was an exciting time.”

Mrs. Carruthers, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Frank Shoults, was born on a farm near the old Fairview Church in the Leemon community. She went to rural Leemon School, known affectionately by its former students as “Hog Pen” School, later graduating from Central high School in Cape Girardeau, and went to the State Teachers College there for two years. She taught school after that – one year at New Wells and two years at Pocahontas. Then she went into nurse’s training.

“I always wanted to be a nurse, but it took me all that time to talk my parents into it. In those days, ‘nice girls’ didn't become nurses," Mrs. Carruthers laughs.

Finally she secured her parents' permission and in 1928 went into training at St. Louis City Hospital, graduating there in 1931. “What did you do then?" we asked. "It was in the middle of the depression, and I starved for one year," she recalls.

After doing private duty for one year, she went back on general duty at St. Louis City Hospital. "Dr. Dennis Elrod of Cape was interning there then, as was Dr. Rusby Seabaugh of Jackson and Dr. Albert Estes," she relates.

After going to Colorado and securing the job with the Red Cross, she worked in the San Luis Valley where there was a trench mouth outbreak. When it ended, she went to work at a small hospital in Alamora ,Colo., and then one day came the move that set the course for her life.

A doctor on the staff there offered her the chance to go up as camp nurse to Summitville, high in the San Juan Mountains. "The doctor had the contract for the medical work then, and I went to work there in the summer of 1936 for the magnificent salary of $75 a month. Summitville was a gold mining town of about 250 or 300 people."

It had been mined for upward of 100 years, off and on, Mrs. Carruthers recalls. It was closed down after World War I. but the A. O. Smith Co. leased it in the early 30s and I worked it until 1942.

“Being camp nurse there ruined me for nursing," Mrs. Carruthers laughs. We were 56 miles from the doctor at Alamosa, and I had to do a lot of things including delivering babies and sewing up cuts – nurses were never suppose to do that!”

She did the family nursing as well as the mine work, although on technically she wasn't supposed to. “What are you going to do when people need help and a doctor is that far away?” she asks.

“I had a little office and I was on call 24 hours a day. There were boarding houses in Summitville for the unmarried miners and other unmarried employees of the town. Since I was one of the few single women I found myself immensely popular for the firsttime in my life.”

The little town had its social strata, Mrs. Carruthers recalls, just like any small town, and there was an active social life. There were frequent dances in the boarding houses, with musicians being brought up from the valley. “Very often we entertainedat diner and played cards afterwards.”
There was a two-room grade school in Summitville, but no church. “The Mormons had a small group, something like their Relief Society, but there was no church," she relates.
Since Summitville is situated at 11,000 ft., it had cold winters and deep snows. The first year she was there, the snow started in September and some stayed on all year. "Next spring the mountains were covered with the most gorgeous flowers you've ever seen," she remembers. “You couldn't take a step with out crushing a dozen varieties.”
People in town used coal for heat, and the coal was expensive, having been brought up from the valley. "We had our own power plant and the water came from a dam higher up where melted snow was caught. We had two grocery stores and they extended credit to the mine families, but at the end of the month, if you didn't pay your bills your tickets were turned in to the company and the latter deducted what you owed from your paycheck."

Since the town was at timberline, most of the fringe of trees had long been cut for fuel or mine props or houses. However, a broad belt of conifers had been left behind the mines in order to prevent avalanches from engulfing the mines.
“Those avalanches were terrifying things. I saw one actually happen once, and a few years before l went to Summit ville some skiers, who were on forbidden territory, were killed in an avalanche. Their bodies weren't recovered until spring.”
It was in Summitville that Mrs Carruthers met and married her husband, a native Kansan who had homesteaded in ldaho, lied about his age to get in World War I, and came to the San Luis valley to ranch after the war.
“The depression ruined him, so he went up to the mine to work," Mrs. Carruthers tells. Mr. Carruthers helped freight gold out of Summitville after the first World War. As she recalls it, a prospector named Pickens was prospecting up there with his little hammer, knocked a corner off a ledge, and found a streak of almost pure gold - very high grade ore.
"He couldn't get the lease on the land, and he worked for l9 years before he got it. He must not have told his wife, because she couldn’t have kept the location a secret all that time," Mrs. Carruthers laughs. “Judge Wiley down in the valley helped himsecure the lease and they finally managed to get the ore out of the mountains."
The Carruthers family and the three sons born in Alamosa while the family lived at Summitville moved to Aztec, New Mexico in 1941 where the fourth son was born. In 1958 her husband died, and Mrs. Carruthers reared to fine young manhood their four handsome sons.
William Franklin Carruthers, 30, has just received his B.A.degree from the University of Maryland, and his ultimate plans are for a Masters degree in Business Administration. He is married to the former Miss Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne, great great granddaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the famous author. Her father, Manning Hawthorne, has all of the original manuscripts of Hawthorne's novels.
Garrey E. Carruthers is 29 and is writing his dissertation for his PhD at Iowa State at Ames. He and his wile, the former Miss Kathryn Thomas, and daughters, Deborah Ann and Carol Lynn, were also here for the family gathering. Garrey will return to New Mexico State near Las Cruces this fall as assistant professor in economics.

James Ross Carruthers, 27, is counselor at Yuma, Arizona Kofa High School, having received his Masters degree last year at Colorado Western State at Gunnison.
Michael Kent, 23, was commissioned an ensign in the Navy in December and is now on his way to Lowry Air Force Base in Denver tor special training in air intelligence. He also has a B.A. degree in Business Administration.

Garrey and his family left Thursday morning tor Ames and the others departed Friday to go their separate ways. “This is the only time we've all been here and it will probably never happen again, but it has been wonderful,” says Mrs. Carruthers. It was thefirst time her sister, Mrs. Walter Sides, and her husband had seen the two youngest boys.
Mrs. Carruthers is active in Farm Bureau work and is county chairman of the Farm Bureau at Aztec. For two years she was state President of the Association of Home Extension Clubs and twice she accepted invitations to attend the National Sa!ety Council meetings, once in Portland, Oregon and once in San Francisco, California.

It’s nice to come home to visit Missouri, but I love New Mexico. There's something about the air and the rugged mountains and the sight of aspens turning gold in the fall that makes it my land," she says. “I'm a little weary, but I'm glad we had this visit. It's an experience that will probably never happen to us again," said Frankie Jane Carruthers as she headed West again for Aztec and home.

Frankie married William Core Carruthers on 04 Sep 1937. William was born on 01 Nov 1886 in Cedar Vale, Chatauqua County, Kansas, USA; died on 29 Sep 1958 in Cedar Hill, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA; was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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age 10 days

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age 11 days

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Row 9 grave V

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Artie was the daughter of Amos T. and Alpha Jane (Clodfelter) Trickey. She married John Frank Hager on February 20, 1917 in Jackson. They were the parents of two daughters, Marjorie La Don Hager, and Alberta Louise Hager.

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findagrave.com memorial # 91355351

Artie married John Frank Hager on 20 Feb 1917 in , Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. John was born on 4 Feb 1889 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 23 Oct 1962 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married Vincent Elmo Graff on 8 Jan 1921 in Perryville, Perry County, Missouri, United States. Vincent was born on 1 Jul 1890; died on 14 Feb 1983; was buried in Home Cemetery, Perry County, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Amy was the daughter of Amos T. and Alpha Jane (Clodfelter) Trickey. She married John Frank Hager on March 8, 1923. They were the parents of one son, Kenneth Donald Hager. Amy had one step-daughter, Marjorie La Don Hager.

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findagrave.com memorial # 91533212

Amy married John Frank Hager on 8 Mar 1923 in , Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. John was born on 4 Feb 1889 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 23 Oct 1962 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Dec. 31, 1907 Pocahontas ,Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA Death: Aug. 2, 1984 Matthews, New Madrid County, Missouri, USA
The Southeast Missourian Aug 3 1970

Mrs. Elmer (Annie Ruth) Ginter, 76 years old, of Sikeston, died at 10:35 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, 1984, in the Sells Rest Home at Matthews following an extended illness. She was born Dec. 31, 1907, at Pocahontas, the daughter of Amos and Alpha Clodfelter Trickey. She had worked as a sewing machine operator at International Shoe Company until her retirement. In 1928 she married Joe Ben Tucker at Jackson. He preceded her in death on March 26, 1935. On Oct. 11, 1943 at Benton, she married Elmer Ginter, who survives of the home. Also surviving are a son, William L. Tucker, Carrollton, Texas; a daughter, Miss Cheryl Ginter, Sikeston; one sister, Mrs. Ettie Graff, Perryville; four grandsons, and two great-granddaughters. Three sisters preceded her in death.Friends may call at the Nunnelee Funeral Home in Sikeston between 5 and 9 p.m. Saturday and until the funeral hour at 2 p.m. Sunday. Service will be held at the funeral home, with the Rev. Glen Bohannon, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sikeston, offic

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findagrave.com memorial # 68429769

Annie married Joseph Benjamin Tucker on 13 Oct 1928. Joseph was born on 13 Oct 1906 in , , Missouri, USA; died on 21 Mar 1935 in , , Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married Elmer Edward Ginter on 11 Oct 1943. Elmer was born on 14 Nov 1905 in Whitewater, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 16 Apr 1991 in Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]