Identity theft and genealogy is a subject that I have discussed before in my genealogy classes and on the road in lectures.
An article on preventing identity theft on Dick Eastman's blog is well worth the read, especially for these all knowing politicians who think they have all the answers, read the paragraph below.
"Identity theft is a major concern these days, as it should be. Many legislators seem to think that the problem can be solved by locking up all the birth, marriage, and death records, which, of course, has an impact on genealogists. The legislators apparently have never checked with the security experts who deal with identity theft every day, however. The security experts report that public domain records of birth, marriage, and death are rarely used by identity thieves. Instead, the thieves have easier methods."
You can read the rest of the article at
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/07/preventing-identity-theft-with-the-ssdi.html
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
What’s This FamilySearch Alpha Thing?
There is something new hanging around the Family Search family of websites. You can learn more at http://labs.familysearch.org/blog/?p=110.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
FamilySearch Expands Canadian Census Collection
FamilySearch, in partnership with Ancestry.ca and the Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC), announced today the addition of the 1851, 1861, and 1871 Canada Census indexes to its online collection. The new indexes can be searched for free at FamilySearch.org (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot). FamilySearch published the 1881 Canada Census previously online and plans to add the 1891 Canada Census shortly.
Over a fourth of all Canadians struggle to trace their roots past 100 years. Having the indexes to all of the pre-1900 Canadian censuses online will make it much easier for Canadians to extend their understanding of their family’s history.
These censuses are part of the FamilySearch records access program reported in May 2008 to provide public access to more records more quickly. In this project, Ancestry.ca provided the indexes to the 1851 and 1891 Canada Censuses, and FamilySearch created the indexes for the 1861, 1871, and 1881 Canada Censuses. It is a win-win for the public, who will have free access to all five of the pre-1900 census indexes online at FamilySearch.org.
FamilySearch used its growing community of online volunteers to index the 1861 and 1871 Census records. For the past year, volunteers have logged online to FamilySearch’s indexing application from all over the world, working seven days a week, 24 hours a day—literally—to accomplish the feat. Thousands of volunteer hours later, coupled with the added indexes from Ancestry.ca, the public now has free, easily searchable databases of millions of Canadian citizens from 1851 to 1891.
“The publication of free indexes to these major censuses gives a great boost to Canadian family history research. For the first time, genealogy enthusiasts and historians may search online databases containing some 17 million records of individuals who lived in Canada in the latter half of the 19th century. Indexers keyed many personal details—names, ages, birthplaces, religions, and residences—for individuals listed in these early Canadian censuses,” said FamilySearch chief genealogical officer, David Rencher.
Researchers will discover heads of households, their family members, and any lodgers residing with a family at the time. They can also see the street address where ancestors were living at the time the census was taken, along with their age, occupation, and perhaps their ethnicity.
Free access to the indexes for the 19th century collection of Canada Censuses is the first phase. Free access to the record images will also be available to qualified FamilySearch members as soon as an authentication process is implemented.
The 1881 Canada Census was published on FamilySearch.org in 2002. The 1916 Canada Census was also made available for free to the public earlier this year through FamilySearch’s 4,600 family history centers worldwide.
Over a fourth of all Canadians struggle to trace their roots past 100 years. Having the indexes to all of the pre-1900 Canadian censuses online will make it much easier for Canadians to extend their understanding of their family’s history.
These censuses are part of the FamilySearch records access program reported in May 2008 to provide public access to more records more quickly. In this project, Ancestry.ca provided the indexes to the 1851 and 1891 Canada Censuses, and FamilySearch created the indexes for the 1861, 1871, and 1881 Canada Censuses. It is a win-win for the public, who will have free access to all five of the pre-1900 census indexes online at FamilySearch.org.
FamilySearch used its growing community of online volunteers to index the 1861 and 1871 Census records. For the past year, volunteers have logged online to FamilySearch’s indexing application from all over the world, working seven days a week, 24 hours a day—literally—to accomplish the feat. Thousands of volunteer hours later, coupled with the added indexes from Ancestry.ca, the public now has free, easily searchable databases of millions of Canadian citizens from 1851 to 1891.
“The publication of free indexes to these major censuses gives a great boost to Canadian family history research. For the first time, genealogy enthusiasts and historians may search online databases containing some 17 million records of individuals who lived in Canada in the latter half of the 19th century. Indexers keyed many personal details—names, ages, birthplaces, religions, and residences—for individuals listed in these early Canadian censuses,” said FamilySearch chief genealogical officer, David Rencher.
Researchers will discover heads of households, their family members, and any lodgers residing with a family at the time. They can also see the street address where ancestors were living at the time the census was taken, along with their age, occupation, and perhaps their ethnicity.
Free access to the indexes for the 19th century collection of Canada Censuses is the first phase. Free access to the record images will also be available to qualified FamilySearch members as soon as an authentication process is implemented.
The 1881 Canada Census was published on FamilySearch.org in 2002. The 1916 Canada Census was also made available for free to the public earlier this year through FamilySearch’s 4,600 family history centers worldwide.
Friday, May 29, 2009
John Redus - One of the Orignal Texas Trail Drivers
From the book, Trail Drivers of Texas, pages 811-813, courtesy of the University of Texas Press.
JOHN REDUS
Memories of Mrs. Sallie McLamore Redus
John Redus was born in Athens, Alabama, December 25, 1833, and moved to Mississippi when a boy. He lived there until he was about twenty-two years old, when his health failed and he got in with a party coming to Texas. His father furnished him with a buggy and negro driver, and on the way he was so sick he had to be helped in and out of the buggy.
When they reached Austin, there was a big crowd from San Antonio to hear General Sam Houston speak, and he met up with some people from his home town, Aberdeen, Mississippi. My father and some others from Mississippi had bought land and settled on Hondo Creek, ten milers west of Castroville, then the county seat of Medina county. I don't know how he ever found us, but he did, and came right out and joined us.
This being a stock country, he soon got in with the stock men, and his health improved so rapidly that he decided to stay and go into the stock business. His father sent money with which to buy land and cattle, and he purchased land from the Adams brothers, who had a big ranch on the Hondo, thirteen miles south of us.
John Redus was soon joined in his undertaking by his brothers, William and George Redus, and they started business on a small scale. I was the first girl Mr. Redus got acquainted with in Medina county and naturally we had to be sweethearts, and on December 11, 1859, my twentieth birthday, we were married, and the next day we went to our new home as happy as any couple could be, although I knew I did not have a neighbor nearer than four miles.
The Indians came in every light moon and stole horses, killed a man occasionally, and were very troublesome, but all went well with us. We were prosperous until the Civil War came on, and all the white men joined the army, and the negroes and I had to go back to my father's place near the German settlements.
When the war was over the men came home and we went back to our ranch and began anew. The men had to be out on the range for weeks at a time to round up the stock, which had had but little attention during the period of the war, only our nephew, Tallie Burnett, and the negro boys would go once a week to put out salt and look around. But all hands had to hustle. The Indians were bad for a long time, and we always had to keep guns handy, although luckily we never had to use them. Notwithstanding these troublous times, we prospered.
Mr. Redus would buy more cattle every year and locate more land, and finally he bought the Adams brothers' land when they went west to get larger holdings. About this time the drives to Kansas started. Mr. Redus was one of the first to engage in trail driving and one of the last to stop. He was successful for awhile, but got to speculating, buying remnants of herds wintered in Kansas, and when the great panic of 1873 came on, and so many banks failed, he had to sell for less than he gave, and we went broke.
I made one trip with Mr. Redus to Kansas, taking along my baby boy, Robert. I have always regretted that I did not go every year, for I could have gone if I had known it. At that time the railroad came only as far as Luling, and we had to go there by stage from San Antonio.
In looking back it seems a long time, and many changes are noticeable, but really I believe we had better times and were happier then than now. Everybody was your friend, and were glad to entertain you.
In reading the first volume of the old Trail Drivers' book I find many familiar names, people I knew personally, and many who did business with my husband, but most of them have passed on, and some, like us, had lost everything they had accumulated. Mr. Redus died July 25, 1895, of the same disease he had left Mississippi to escape lung trouble.
I am now eighty-two years old, am in good health, keep house and do all my work. I have written this by request of my friend, Mr. W. B. Hardeman.
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During the Civil War John was a private in the 33rd Texas Calvary (Texas Partisan Rangers), Company A (Captain Duff's Company)
John Redus Civil War Timeline
May 4, 1862 Company Muster-in Roll Enlisted in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, terms of enlistment 3 yrs or war.
May-Jun 1862 Company Muster Roll - Present
Jul-Aug 1862 Company Muster Roll - last paid Jun 30 1862, value of horse $150, equipment $50
Sep-Oct 1862 Company Muster Roll - last paid Aug 31, 1862, value of horse $150, equipment $50
Nov-Dec 1862 Company Muster Roll - last paid Oct 31, 1862, value of horse $150, equipment $50
Mar-Apr 1863 Company Muster Roll - last paid Dec 31, 1862, value of horse $150, equipment $50, sick furlough based on surgeon certificate.
April 1864 Regimental Return - Absent, sick at home, surgeons certificate
May 1864 Regimental Return - Absent, sick at home, surgeons certificate
Jun 1864 Regimental Return - Absent, sick at home, surgeons certificate
There are several other miscellaneous documents in this compiled record including a letter to a Mr. George M. Redus in Laredo dated 2 July 1953 from the Adjutant General regarding John's service.
John Redus was born in Athens, Alabama, December 25, 1833, and moved to Mississippi when a boy. He lived there until he was about twenty-two years old, when his health failed and he got in with a party coming to Texas. His father furnished him with a buggy and negro driver, and on the way he was so sick he had to be helped in and out of the buggy.
When they reached Austin, there was a big crowd from San Antonio to hear General Sam Houston speak, and he met up with some people from his home town, Aberdeen, Mississippi. My father and some others from Mississippi had bought land and settled on Hondo Creek, ten milers west of Castroville, then the county seat of Medina county. I don't know how he ever found us, but he did, and came right out and joined us.
This being a stock country, he soon got in with the stock men, and his health improved so rapidly that he decided to stay and go into the stock business. His father sent money with which to buy land and cattle, and he purchased land from the Adams brothers, who had a big ranch on the Hondo, thirteen miles south of us.
John Redus was soon joined in his undertaking by his brothers, William and George Redus, and they started business on a small scale. I was the first girl Mr. Redus got acquainted with in Medina county and naturally we had to be sweethearts, and on December 11, 1859, my twentieth birthday, we were married, and the next day we went to our new home as happy as any couple could be, although I knew I did not have a neighbor nearer than four miles.
The Indians came in every light moon and stole horses, killed a man occasionally, and were very troublesome, but all went well with us. We were prosperous until the Civil War came on, and all the white men joined the army, and the negroes and I had to go back to my father's place near the German settlements.
When the war was over the men came home and we went back to our ranch and began anew. The men had to be out on the range for weeks at a time to round up the stock, which had had but little attention during the period of the war, only our nephew, Tallie Burnett, and the negro boys would go once a week to put out salt and look around. But all hands had to hustle. The Indians were bad for a long time, and we always had to keep guns handy, although luckily we never had to use them. Notwithstanding these troublous times, we prospered.
Mr. Redus would buy more cattle every year and locate more land, and finally he bought the Adams brothers' land when they went west to get larger holdings. About this time the drives to Kansas started. Mr. Redus was one of the first to engage in trail driving and one of the last to stop. He was successful for awhile, but got to speculating, buying remnants of herds wintered in Kansas, and when the great panic of 1873 came on, and so many banks failed, he had to sell for less than he gave, and we went broke.
I made one trip with Mr. Redus to Kansas, taking along my baby boy, Robert. I have always regretted that I did not go every year, for I could have gone if I had known it. At that time the railroad came only as far as Luling, and we had to go there by stage from San Antonio.
In looking back it seems a long time, and many changes are noticeable, but really I believe we had better times and were happier then than now. Everybody was your friend, and were glad to entertain you.
In reading the first volume of the old Trail Drivers' book I find many familiar names, people I knew personally, and many who did business with my husband, but most of them have passed on, and some, like us, had lost everything they had accumulated. Mr. Redus died July 25, 1895, of the same disease he had left Mississippi to escape lung trouble.
I am now eighty-two years old, am in good health, keep house and do all my work. I have written this by request of my friend, Mr. W. B. Hardeman.
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During the Civil War John was a private in the 33rd Texas Calvary (Texas Partisan Rangers), Company A (Captain Duff's Company)
John Redus Civil War Timeline
May 4, 1862 Company Muster-in Roll Enlisted in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, terms of enlistment 3 yrs or war.
May-Jun 1862 Company Muster Roll - Present
Jul-Aug 1862 Company Muster Roll - last paid Jun 30 1862, value of horse $150, equipment $50
Sep-Oct 1862 Company Muster Roll - last paid Aug 31, 1862, value of horse $150, equipment $50
Nov-Dec 1862 Company Muster Roll - last paid Oct 31, 1862, value of horse $150, equipment $50
Mar-Apr 1863 Company Muster Roll - last paid Dec 31, 1862, value of horse $150, equipment $50, sick furlough based on surgeon certificate.
April 1864 Regimental Return - Absent, sick at home, surgeons certificate
May 1864 Regimental Return - Absent, sick at home, surgeons certificate
Jun 1864 Regimental Return - Absent, sick at home, surgeons certificate
There are several other miscellaneous documents in this compiled record including a letter to a Mr. George M. Redus in Laredo dated 2 July 1953 from the Adjutant General regarding John's service.
Another Redus Hell Raiser - Bluett Sanders Redus
Some of my Redus kin are quite frankly, interesting! Elsewhere on this blog I have the story of Roscoe Redus (see http://family-genealogy.blogspot.com/2008/07/life-and-times-of-roscoe-redus.html ).
Now I have another story about a Redus cousin, Bluett Sanders Redus, who was born 3 May 1842 in Mississippi. Bluett was the son of Wesley Reed Redus and Elizabeth Craig Astin.
Blewitt served in the Civil War in the 14th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company C
14th Infantry Regiment [also called Beauregard Rifles] was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, in October, 1861. The men were from the counties of Clarke, Oktibbeha, Lauderdale, Winston, Lowndes, Monroe, and Tishomingo. Sent to Kentucky then Tennessee, it was captured at Fort Donelson in February, 1862. After being exchanged, it was attached to Tilghman's and Gregg's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The regiment saw action at Coffeeville and in various conflicts around Vicksburg . A detachment was captured when that city fell in July, 1863. Later it was attached to J. Adams' and Lowrey's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 14th was active in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the fight at Bentonville. It was organized with 1,034 officers and men, had 650 effectives in February, 1862, and had 24 officers and 287 men fit for duty in April, 1863. The unit surrendered with no officers and 40 men. Its commanders were Colonels George W. Abert, William E. Baldwin, and Washington L. Doss, and Lieutenant Colonels Robert J. Lawrence and M.E. Norris.
He enlisted on 30 May 1861 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi and served the entire war until he was paroled on 13 May 1865 in Sumter County, Alabama.
Here is his Civil War Timeline taken for his consolidated military file at the National Archives. He was listed on various muster rolls as Blewitt S. Redus, Bluit S. Redus, B.S. Readus, B.L. Redus
Served as a private in the 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company C and age 19 on muster-in roll. Roll indicated that he had traveled 100 miles and was enlisted by A. J. Maxwell for 12 months.
May 30, 1861 Enlisted Corinth, MS
May 30-Jun 30, 1861 Company Muster Roll
July 1-Dec 31, 1861 Company Muster Roll - Present
Feb 16, 1862 Roll of Prisoner of War - Captured at Donelson
Sep 2, 1862 Roll of Prisoner of War - Sent from Camp Douglas, IL to Vicksburg, MS to be exchanged.
Sept 23, 1862 Company Muster Roll - Present and paid
Oct 31-Nov 30, 1862 Company Muster Roll - Absent, sent to genral hospital in Jackson, dated Oct 31, 1862
Nov-Dec 1862 Company Muster Roll - Absent, sent to general hospital in Jackson, Dec 15, 1862
Jan-Feb 1863 Company Muster Roll - Present
Jan 1-Jul 1, 1863 Pay Voucher 6 months at $11 per month for $66.00 total, received on 10 Nov 1863 in Columbus, MS
May-Jun 1863 Company Muster Roll - Present
Jul-Aug 1863 Company Muster Roll - Absent, Wounded at Jackson, sent to general hospital July 11, 1863
Jul 1-Oct 31, 1863 Pay Voucher No. 221 for $44.00
Sep-Oct 1863 Company Muster Roll - Absent, on sick furlough for 20 days from 29 Oct 1863.
Nov-Dec 1863 Company Muster Roll - Absent, on sick furlough for 20 days from 20 oct 1863. By order of General Johnston.
Mar-Apr 1864 Company Muster Roll - Absent, detailed by Medical Board of examiners Demopolis, Ala April 4, 1864 to report at Westpoint, Miss.
April 1, 1864 Bounty Roll - Present
April 2, 1864 Medical Examiner Booard he was found unfit for field duty due to a gunshot wound in the left wrist/hand. recommedned that he be detailed to the Commissary Dept.
Jul-Aug 1864 Company Muster Roll - Absent, detailed in Q.M. Dept by order of Secy War.
May 13, 1865 Roll of Prisoner of War - Gainesville, Ala (unit surrender on May 4, 1865), Residence listed as Cedar Bluff, Mississippi
In 1869 he married Martha Glasscock (b. 1851 and d. 1881) in Perry County, Alabama. This couple has four children:
1. Romeo Reed Redus b. 12 Jul 1873, Grayson County, Texas
2. Juliett Melvina Redus b. 1874 Texas
3. Elgenna Eagon Redus b. 9 Jan 1876 Grayson County, Texas
4. Charles H. Redus b. Dec 1879 Denver County, Colorado
After his wife's death is where we pick up his claim to fame from The Western Gazette newspaper:
MURDER -- Donald McDonald Stabbed Unto Death by Blewett Redus --
Sunday morning about eight o'clock Ouray was shocked by the announcement that Don McDonald had been stabbed by Blewett Redus. All over an argument as to whether McDonald was to join Blewett in a drink--at the latter's insistence. McDonald, feeling breakfast time was too early, refused. He was there upon put upon by Blewett who used his knife with effectiveness. Blewett Redus now rests in jail pending advisor and help from his lawyer, McDonald's in the morgue.
The moral here is, when in doubt, drink.
While one source listed this event as occurring in 1896, I know that Donald McDonald's estate was probated in Ouray County in 1883 and I have verified that Bluett did hard time in the Colorado state pen.
From the Colorado State Penitentiary Index 1871 - 1973
Redus, Buett -- Inmate number 1219
That inmate number was issued between 13 Jun 1871 to 3 Oct 1891. My best guess is this deed was done around 1883 and not in 1896.
A mountain view of the Colorado State Pen in 1905.
Bluett (there are several different spellings of his first name through the years) died 10 Aug 1915 in Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas and is buried there.
So here is a six gun salute to Cousin Bluett Sanders Redus, a true Texas hell raiser. Way to go Bluett.
Now I have another story about a Redus cousin, Bluett Sanders Redus, who was born 3 May 1842 in Mississippi. Bluett was the son of Wesley Reed Redus and Elizabeth Craig Astin.
Blewitt served in the Civil War in the 14th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company C
14th Infantry Regiment [also called Beauregard Rifles] was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, in October, 1861. The men were from the counties of Clarke, Oktibbeha, Lauderdale, Winston, Lowndes, Monroe, and Tishomingo. Sent to Kentucky then Tennessee, it was captured at Fort Donelson in February, 1862. After being exchanged, it was attached to Tilghman's and Gregg's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The regiment saw action at Coffeeville and in various conflicts around Vicksburg . A detachment was captured when that city fell in July, 1863. Later it was attached to J. Adams' and Lowrey's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 14th was active in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the fight at Bentonville. It was organized with 1,034 officers and men, had 650 effectives in February, 1862, and had 24 officers and 287 men fit for duty in April, 1863. The unit surrendered with no officers and 40 men. Its commanders were Colonels George W. Abert, William E. Baldwin, and Washington L. Doss, and Lieutenant Colonels Robert J. Lawrence and M.E. Norris.
He enlisted on 30 May 1861 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi and served the entire war until he was paroled on 13 May 1865 in Sumter County, Alabama.
Here is his Civil War Timeline taken for his consolidated military file at the National Archives. He was listed on various muster rolls as Blewitt S. Redus, Bluit S. Redus, B.S. Readus, B.L. Redus
Served as a private in the 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company C and age 19 on muster-in roll. Roll indicated that he had traveled 100 miles and was enlisted by A. J. Maxwell for 12 months.
May 30, 1861 Enlisted Corinth, MS
May 30-Jun 30, 1861 Company Muster Roll
July 1-Dec 31, 1861 Company Muster Roll - Present
Feb 16, 1862 Roll of Prisoner of War - Captured at Donelson
Sep 2, 1862 Roll of Prisoner of War - Sent from Camp Douglas, IL to Vicksburg, MS to be exchanged.
Sept 23, 1862 Company Muster Roll - Present and paid
Oct 31-Nov 30, 1862 Company Muster Roll - Absent, sent to genral hospital in Jackson, dated Oct 31, 1862
Nov-Dec 1862 Company Muster Roll - Absent, sent to general hospital in Jackson, Dec 15, 1862
Jan-Feb 1863 Company Muster Roll - Present
Jan 1-Jul 1, 1863 Pay Voucher 6 months at $11 per month for $66.00 total, received on 10 Nov 1863 in Columbus, MS
May-Jun 1863 Company Muster Roll - Present
Jul-Aug 1863 Company Muster Roll - Absent, Wounded at Jackson, sent to general hospital July 11, 1863
Jul 1-Oct 31, 1863 Pay Voucher No. 221 for $44.00
Sep-Oct 1863 Company Muster Roll - Absent, on sick furlough for 20 days from 29 Oct 1863.
Nov-Dec 1863 Company Muster Roll - Absent, on sick furlough for 20 days from 20 oct 1863. By order of General Johnston.
Mar-Apr 1864 Company Muster Roll - Absent, detailed by Medical Board of examiners Demopolis, Ala April 4, 1864 to report at Westpoint, Miss.
April 1, 1864 Bounty Roll - Present
April 2, 1864 Medical Examiner Booard he was found unfit for field duty due to a gunshot wound in the left wrist/hand. recommedned that he be detailed to the Commissary Dept.
Jul-Aug 1864 Company Muster Roll - Absent, detailed in Q.M. Dept by order of Secy War.
May 13, 1865 Roll of Prisoner of War - Gainesville, Ala (unit surrender on May 4, 1865), Residence listed as Cedar Bluff, Mississippi
In 1869 he married Martha Glasscock (b. 1851 and d. 1881) in Perry County, Alabama. This couple has four children:
1. Romeo Reed Redus b. 12 Jul 1873, Grayson County, Texas
2. Juliett Melvina Redus b. 1874 Texas
3. Elgenna Eagon Redus b. 9 Jan 1876 Grayson County, Texas
4. Charles H. Redus b. Dec 1879 Denver County, Colorado
After his wife's death is where we pick up his claim to fame from The Western Gazette newspaper:
MURDER -- Donald McDonald Stabbed Unto Death by Blewett Redus --
Sunday morning about eight o'clock Ouray was shocked by the announcement that Don McDonald had been stabbed by Blewett Redus. All over an argument as to whether McDonald was to join Blewett in a drink--at the latter's insistence. McDonald, feeling breakfast time was too early, refused. He was there upon put upon by Blewett who used his knife with effectiveness. Blewett Redus now rests in jail pending advisor and help from his lawyer, McDonald's in the morgue.
The moral here is, when in doubt, drink.
While one source listed this event as occurring in 1896, I know that Donald McDonald's estate was probated in Ouray County in 1883 and I have verified that Bluett did hard time in the Colorado state pen.
From the Colorado State Penitentiary Index 1871 - 1973
Redus, Buett -- Inmate number 1219
That inmate number was issued between 13 Jun 1871 to 3 Oct 1891. My best guess is this deed was done around 1883 and not in 1896.
Bluett (there are several different spellings of his first name through the years) died 10 Aug 1915 in Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas and is buried there.
So here is a six gun salute to Cousin Bluett Sanders Redus, a true Texas hell raiser. Way to go Bluett.
The Life and Times of Roscoe Redus
One of my favorite first cousins (4 times removed), was Corporal Roscoe Redus.
Roscoe was born 13 July 1876, on his father's ranch in Medina County, Texas. His father was Civil War 1st Lieutenant William Redus (1835-1885) and Calpurnia Lignon Greenwood (1848-1930).
On the 1880 US Federal Population Schedule Census, we see Roscoe living at home with his parents in Medina County. By the time the 1900 census rolls around Roscoe was living by himself in Medina County and his occupation was listed as a stockman.
On 24 April 1901, Roscoe married Ruby Terrell, probably in Medina County. They has one child by this marriage, Carmen Redus, b. 10 October 1903 in Medina County. Carmen married Cecil M. Harvey Sr on 11 August 1921. Cecil was a high official with Southwest Bell just prior to his death in 1979.
Roscoe's first wife Ruby died in 1906.
Roscoe was a Texas Ranger and a veteran of the Spanish American War. My cousin George M. Redus' father said, "He was a very good looking man and women really fell for him."
Roscoe married his second wife Matilda Soettle (b. 3 march 1877) around 1917. Matilda had a lot of property around Medina Lake north of Devine, Medina County, Texas. There is an area around the lake called Roscoe Redus Cove. Matilda died 15 April 1958 in Bandera County and is buried at the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church cemetery, also in Bandera County.
Roscoe served as a Corporal in Company D, 1st Texas Volunteers, during the Spanish American War. But it was his service in the Texas Rangers that is the focus of this profile. Roscoe enlisted in the Regular Rangers Force, Company B, by Captain Tom Ross. His enlistment application indicated that Roscoe was single. But his service in the Rangers was far from uneventful. In fact, I recently uncovered this bit of Roscoe trivia recently at
http://www.laredosnews.com/archives/jan2005/perspective_02.html
In 1910, one of Captain Thomas Ross' sergeants in Ranger Company B enacted a drunken scene that was later to become a staple of Western movies. Sergeant Roscoe Redus rode his horse into an Ysleta saloon, pistol-whipped the proprietor, and shot up the premises. The El Paso Morning Times was not amused, noting that the community did not appreciate the Ranger's attempt to convert the Alamo Saloon into "a livery stable and a morgue."
Another account of Roscoe's escapade was chronicled in the book, The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution By Charles H. Harris, III, Louis R. Sadler. On page 30 they wrote:
"Unfortunately, Captain Ross's success was completely overshadowed by the regrettable Redus affair. Roscoe Redus was sergeant of captain Ross's company. He decided to have a few drinks with the boys but worked up a real head of steam. He got roaring drunk and rode has horse through a saloon, assaulting the proprietor and shooting up the place. Captain Ross was of course furious and immediately discharged Redus on January 12 (1910). As an El Paso newspaper put it. "Redus downfall followed an attempt on the ranger's part to make a livery stable and a morgue out of the Alamo Saloon recently"
Roscoe died on 23 Jun 1954 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He was buried in the Devine Evergreen cemetery in Medina County on 26 Jun 1954.
I know that Carmen Redus and Cecil Harvey Sr had two sons -- Cecil Jr and Roscoe Robert Harvey. If they or any of their descendants are still around, I would like to hear from them and maybe learn a bit more about Roscoe and his life and times. They can contact me at the address in the masthead.
So here is a six gun salute to Cousin Roscoe Redus, a true Texas hell raiser. Way to go Roscoe.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Family Group Record - Jesse Rambo and Mary Humphrey
Above ground graves of Jesse Rambo and wife Mary Humphrey, Friendship Primitive Baptist Church. Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
This is the church his son Rev. Kinchen Rambo helped to organize. The church remains an active church in Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. This cemetery is a few miles from the former home of Rev. Kinchen Rambo.
Husband: Jesse Rambo
Born: 9 Oct 1778 - Orangeburg District, Colonial South Carolina
Died: 16 Dec 1860 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Buried: Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Father: Swan (Jr.) Rambo (Abt 1720-Abt 1800)
Mother: Jane Elizabeth Pinson (Abt 1724-Between 1800)
Marriage: 22 Oct 1801 Place: Barnwell County, South Carolina
Spouse: Mary Humphrey
Born: 15 Oct 1780 - Colonial Virginia
Died: 9 Aug 1862 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Buried: Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Father: Ralph Humphrey
Mother: Sarah (Unknown)
Children
1 M Kinchen (Rev.) Rambo
Born: 5 Feb 1802 - Barnwell County, South Carolina
Died: 21 May 1882 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried: Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse: Mary Ann Pryor (1807-1891)
Marr. Date: 5 Jul 1824 - South Carolina
Last Modified: 28 May 2009
JESSE RAMBO
Uncle Jesse Rambo was an odd genius, full of eccentricities and quaint sayings. Everybody knew Jesse Rambo. Those who came to town had seen the old man, heard his queer talk, and went home and told about the strange little man they had seen. Therefore, everybody big, little, old and young, black and white, knew Jesse Rambo.
He was queer in his looks, queer in his talk, queer in his notions, queer in his habits, queer in everything. We miss the old man from our town with his good humor, his anecdotes, his droll sayings and expressions. Twelve years have passed since he died, yet all these are vivid in my mind. The memory of the man, what he used to say, how he used to look, how he used to act, comes back and makes me laugh.
To write properly of him requires a more graphic pen than mine. To portray his idiosyncrasies, which were all of him, is an undertaking that I feel incompetent to perform. He was a character such as I never saw before and shall never see again. That he was a man taken all in all we shall never look upon his like again is an aphorism to which all who knew him readily assent. A man of good property, good farm, many slaves, cribs full of corn, smokehouse full of bacon, yet he was always gong to starve to death. He would often speak of his poverty-stricken condition so piteously, and apparently so truthfully, that one was ready to believe it and sympathize with him, though he might know to the contrary.
Once when he was in our town bewailing his poverty and his inexorable fate of starvation, a stranger who was present was touched in his sympathy for the poor old man; and taking out his purse, said: "Old man, I am a poor man myself, but I am able to work and you are not." Thus speaking he handed him a dollar and continued: "If this will do you any good, you are welcome to it." Mr. Rambo drew back in surprise, and taking off his hat, said: "I thank you, sir; I am mighty poor, but will try to make out without charity."
He was close in his dealings, saving with his money, not much given to bestow charity, but was honest, wanting only his own, but wanted all of that. He was very friendly with Asa Smith. Smith had great confidence in him and generally divided his little trade with him at his store. He would frequently go behind the counter looking about. Smith's brother, John, slipped a ball of shoe thread into the pocket of his long-tailed coat to tease him. I never think of that old blue coat but what I think of "Old Gimes" and the stanza I learned when I was a boy:
Born: 9 Oct 1778 - Orangeburg District, Colonial South Carolina
Died: 16 Dec 1860 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Buried: Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Father: Swan (Jr.) Rambo (Abt 1720-Abt 1800)
Mother: Jane Elizabeth Pinson (Abt 1724-Between 1800)
Marriage: 22 Oct 1801 Place: Barnwell County, South Carolina
Spouse: Mary Humphrey
Born: 15 Oct 1780 - Colonial Virginia
Died: 9 Aug 1862 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Buried: Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Father: Ralph Humphrey
Mother: Sarah (Unknown)
Children
1 M Kinchen (Rev.) Rambo
Born: 5 Feb 1802 - Barnwell County, South Carolina
Died: 21 May 1882 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried: Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse: Mary Ann Pryor (1807-1891)
Marr. Date: 5 Jul 1824 - South Carolina
Last Modified: 28 May 2009
JESSE RAMBO
Uncle Jesse Rambo was an odd genius, full of eccentricities and quaint sayings. Everybody knew Jesse Rambo. Those who came to town had seen the old man, heard his queer talk, and went home and told about the strange little man they had seen. Therefore, everybody big, little, old and young, black and white, knew Jesse Rambo.
He was queer in his looks, queer in his talk, queer in his notions, queer in his habits, queer in everything. We miss the old man from our town with his good humor, his anecdotes, his droll sayings and expressions. Twelve years have passed since he died, yet all these are vivid in my mind. The memory of the man, what he used to say, how he used to look, how he used to act, comes back and makes me laugh.
To write properly of him requires a more graphic pen than mine. To portray his idiosyncrasies, which were all of him, is an undertaking that I feel incompetent to perform. He was a character such as I never saw before and shall never see again. That he was a man taken all in all we shall never look upon his like again is an aphorism to which all who knew him readily assent. A man of good property, good farm, many slaves, cribs full of corn, smokehouse full of bacon, yet he was always gong to starve to death. He would often speak of his poverty-stricken condition so piteously, and apparently so truthfully, that one was ready to believe it and sympathize with him, though he might know to the contrary.
Once when he was in our town bewailing his poverty and his inexorable fate of starvation, a stranger who was present was touched in his sympathy for the poor old man; and taking out his purse, said: "Old man, I am a poor man myself, but I am able to work and you are not." Thus speaking he handed him a dollar and continued: "If this will do you any good, you are welcome to it." Mr. Rambo drew back in surprise, and taking off his hat, said: "I thank you, sir; I am mighty poor, but will try to make out without charity."
He was close in his dealings, saving with his money, not much given to bestow charity, but was honest, wanting only his own, but wanted all of that. He was very friendly with Asa Smith. Smith had great confidence in him and generally divided his little trade with him at his store. He would frequently go behind the counter looking about. Smith's brother, John, slipped a ball of shoe thread into the pocket of his long-tailed coat to tease him. I never think of that old blue coat but what I think of "Old Gimes" and the stanza I learned when I was a boy:
"Old Gimes is dead, that good old man,
We ne'er see him more;
He used to wear an old blue coat
All buttoned down before."
Mr. Rambo did not find out about the shoe thread until he got home and did not know how it got there. He was very much perplexed and troubled. Finally he concluded that John Smith, "that mischievous rascal," did it. Next morning bright and early he went back to town, much discouraged, and asked John if he put that thread in his pocket. Smith expressed great surprise and greatly astonished that he, Mr. Rambo, should have taken the thread, that he had always thought him honest, had allowed him to go behind the counter when he pleased, had no idea that he would take anything, had missed the ball of thread but had not thought he took it, and would have to watch him thereafter. It was too serious with the old man to make a joke of it, and never while he lived did he forgive John Smith.
Forty-five years ago, the Hunnicutts lived in Lawrenceville and worked at the blacksmith's trade. Buck was then one of the boys and was fond of playing off on Allen Dyer, Jesse Rambo and others. It was summer time and crops were fine. Mr. Rambo had a field of fine corn near his house. Buck conceived the plan and another helped to carry it out. They procured two cowbells and went over to his house about a mile and a half from town. It was night and not far from bedtime. Buck went to one side of the field and his friend on the other side. First one and then the other would rattle his bell. The old man heard them and supposed his cornfield was full of cattle. He was in a great sputter, called up his Negroes, and they went in great haste to get them out. One bell would stop as they approached that side of the field, and the one on the opposite side would ring, then this one would cease and the other begin. In this way they kept the old man and his Negroes two mortal hours running from one side of the field to the other, he dealing out imprecations that the darn cows would destroy all his corn. One of the perpetrators of this joke has long since passed on, but Buck still lives. Let me say to him that was a trick well conceived and executed, but you served the old man mighty bad.
Mr. Rambo, while a splutterer, was an inoffensive man. I never heard of his doing any harm to any one or to their property but once. Robert Craig, who was his neighbor, had a bull that was large and fat and went where it pleased, a twelve rail fence to the contrary notwithstanding. One day Mr. Rambo heard him coming down the lane, bellowing furiously, and visions of destroyed cornfields flitted through his mind. Gathering his old shotgun, he met him up the lane, the bull on the outside, he on the inside. Approaching within a short distance, he fired through the crack of the fence, giving him a full dose of blue pills in his flank, contrary to the dignity and comfort of the bull and the peace and quietude of Mr. Craig. When the animal went home, the owner found that he was shot and soon ascertained that Mr. Rambo did it. Mr. Craig, hot as pepper, went over to see about it. The following colloquy took place:
"Rambo, did you shoot my bull?"
We ne'er see him more;
He used to wear an old blue coat
All buttoned down before."
Mr. Rambo did not find out about the shoe thread until he got home and did not know how it got there. He was very much perplexed and troubled. Finally he concluded that John Smith, "that mischievous rascal," did it. Next morning bright and early he went back to town, much discouraged, and asked John if he put that thread in his pocket. Smith expressed great surprise and greatly astonished that he, Mr. Rambo, should have taken the thread, that he had always thought him honest, had allowed him to go behind the counter when he pleased, had no idea that he would take anything, had missed the ball of thread but had not thought he took it, and would have to watch him thereafter. It was too serious with the old man to make a joke of it, and never while he lived did he forgive John Smith.
Forty-five years ago, the Hunnicutts lived in Lawrenceville and worked at the blacksmith's trade. Buck was then one of the boys and was fond of playing off on Allen Dyer, Jesse Rambo and others. It was summer time and crops were fine. Mr. Rambo had a field of fine corn near his house. Buck conceived the plan and another helped to carry it out. They procured two cowbells and went over to his house about a mile and a half from town. It was night and not far from bedtime. Buck went to one side of the field and his friend on the other side. First one and then the other would rattle his bell. The old man heard them and supposed his cornfield was full of cattle. He was in a great sputter, called up his Negroes, and they went in great haste to get them out. One bell would stop as they approached that side of the field, and the one on the opposite side would ring, then this one would cease and the other begin. In this way they kept the old man and his Negroes two mortal hours running from one side of the field to the other, he dealing out imprecations that the darn cows would destroy all his corn. One of the perpetrators of this joke has long since passed on, but Buck still lives. Let me say to him that was a trick well conceived and executed, but you served the old man mighty bad.
Mr. Rambo, while a splutterer, was an inoffensive man. I never heard of his doing any harm to any one or to their property but once. Robert Craig, who was his neighbor, had a bull that was large and fat and went where it pleased, a twelve rail fence to the contrary notwithstanding. One day Mr. Rambo heard him coming down the lane, bellowing furiously, and visions of destroyed cornfields flitted through his mind. Gathering his old shotgun, he met him up the lane, the bull on the outside, he on the inside. Approaching within a short distance, he fired through the crack of the fence, giving him a full dose of blue pills in his flank, contrary to the dignity and comfort of the bull and the peace and quietude of Mr. Craig. When the animal went home, the owner found that he was shot and soon ascertained that Mr. Rambo did it. Mr. Craig, hot as pepper, went over to see about it. The following colloquy took place:
"Rambo, did you shoot my bull?"
"Yes."
"Was he in your field?"
"No."
"Was he doing any mischief?"
"No."
"Where was he?"
"In my lane."
"Then why did you shoot him?"
"I was sick that morning and in an ill humor."
"Well, sir, the next time you get sick I want you to go to Dr. Russell and get a dose of medicine and not shoot my bull again, and as you are poor, I will pay for it."
He used to say he never bet but once in his life. When he lived in South Carolina, and soon after his marriage, a big, awkward, lightwood-smoked, spraddle footed piney woodsman, without shoes, his copperas breeches reaching half way from his knees to his ankles, marched up to his cabin with a rifle and took a seat in the yard. He soon began to tell of his exploits as a marksman, the number of deer and turkeys he had killed, and that he would never shoot a squirrel except in the eye. Just at this moment, a rooster walked across the yard. The hunter said he could shoot off his comb without otherwise touching it and that he would bet a dollar on it. Mr. Rambo thought it an impossibility, was sure he could win his money and covered the bet with the first and only money he had ever earned. The man raised his rifle, clucked to the chicken to attract its attention, fired, shaved off its comb as it it had been cut with a knife. Mr. Rambo's dollar was gone. That broke him from gambling.
Mr. Rambo came to this County about 1820. He came from piney woods, not far from Charleston. He had been very poor, but by industry and frugality became well off. He never spent money, except for the education of his only child, Rev. Kinchin Rambo, a Baptist minister, long a citizen of this County, now a resident of Floyd County. He saved his money and was a money lender. His friend, Mr. Cleveland, in whom he had great confidence, once wanted to borrow some money. Mr. Rambo was in town and it was not convenient for him to go home to get it. Mr. Cleveland wanted it right then and said he could write his wife an order for it and he would send and get it. "That would do no good," said Mr. Rambo, "she might think it a forged order." So he sent Perry, Mr. Cleveland's colored man, his old pocket knife, and the $500 were sent.
He was a Baptist when I first knew him and was regular in his attendance at his church at old Redland, complying strictly with all its ordinances, but fell from grace and died out of the church.
In politics, he was a Democrat dyed in the wool both warp and woof. He never split his ticket. He would have considered it worse than sacrilege to have voted for a Whig or any one who was not a Democrat.
I might give many other anecdotes of Jesse Rambo. I might tell of Bob Coker wanting to go home with him from town one day and the old man's many excuses for him not to go. First, his wife was sick and couldn't have company, and of Bob's saying he was a very quiet man and would not be troublesome; that his cook was sick, too, and of Bob saying that he was a first rate cook and would do the cooking; that he had nothing in the world to eat but cowpeas, and Bob saying that he liked cowpeas better than anything in the world; of the old man's evident despair in trying to get rid of him; of Bob finally stepping into the grocery to get another drink to give the old man a chance to run, of how he did run, and how he made tracks over the hill towards home, leaving a blue streak behind him. Further space will not admit of more on this line.
The meanest and most diabolical act I ever knew perpetrated in our County was the robbery of Jesse Rambo. He was a little old man. His family consisted of himself, wife, and Negro slaves. It was believed generally that he had money, and he did; but the day before the occurrence, he had taken the most of it and deposited it with Hutchins, Cleveland, or Spence. I have forgotten which. Five or six men went to his house late at night disguised. Two guarded the Negro houses to keep them in. The others went into the house and demanded the key to the safe; they blindfolded the old man, hit him with a stick and used violence on Mrs. Rambo by choking her. The old man could hear her gurgling her throat in the effort to breathe, and he begged them to spare her but kill him if they would. I have heard of honor among thieves, of magnanimity of highwaymen, but the attack on Mr. Rambo and the violence to his wife were the most fiendish that ever occurred in the County. It was currently believed that at the time and that opinion is still entertained that the perpetrators of this foul deed were partly at least of our own citizens, men who stood well in general estimation, men who probably often prated their honesty, integrity, uprightness and fair dealing. And if this should meet their eye, let me say: Ye hypocrites, your sins find you out. A day of retribution will come. You will yet call for the rocks and mountains to fall upon you and hide your naked deformities from the presence of an indignant and offended God.
Finally, Jesse Rambo was as queer and unique in personal appearance as he was in sayings and actions. He was about five feet eight inches in height, weighed about one hundred and ten pounds, was erect and fidgety, clad generally in summer in a longtail blue surtout of homespun manufacture, copperas pants with legs stuck in his stockings, with cow leather shoes tanned in his own trough and made by his Negroes, a pair of brass-rimmed spectacles always on, and for many years a high-topped hat of the beegum style given him by Mr. Spence, and a little old blue cotton "umbrella" carried in his left hand when not stretched over him.
I thought I could describe him better when I commenced, but like Dr. Hall's morning gown, he was non de script in all his parts and I have made a failure.
The queer old man is sleeping in his grave and I shall not disturb him. I always liked him for his oddities, his good nature, and his great flow of quaint humor. It was a great freak in nature when he was made. The world has seen but one Jesse Rambo and will never see another.
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"Was he in your field?"
"No."
"Was he doing any mischief?"
"No."
"Where was he?"
"In my lane."
"Then why did you shoot him?"
"I was sick that morning and in an ill humor."
"Well, sir, the next time you get sick I want you to go to Dr. Russell and get a dose of medicine and not shoot my bull again, and as you are poor, I will pay for it."
He used to say he never bet but once in his life. When he lived in South Carolina, and soon after his marriage, a big, awkward, lightwood-smoked, spraddle footed piney woodsman, without shoes, his copperas breeches reaching half way from his knees to his ankles, marched up to his cabin with a rifle and took a seat in the yard. He soon began to tell of his exploits as a marksman, the number of deer and turkeys he had killed, and that he would never shoot a squirrel except in the eye. Just at this moment, a rooster walked across the yard. The hunter said he could shoot off his comb without otherwise touching it and that he would bet a dollar on it. Mr. Rambo thought it an impossibility, was sure he could win his money and covered the bet with the first and only money he had ever earned. The man raised his rifle, clucked to the chicken to attract its attention, fired, shaved off its comb as it it had been cut with a knife. Mr. Rambo's dollar was gone. That broke him from gambling.
Mr. Rambo came to this County about 1820. He came from piney woods, not far from Charleston. He had been very poor, but by industry and frugality became well off. He never spent money, except for the education of his only child, Rev. Kinchin Rambo, a Baptist minister, long a citizen of this County, now a resident of Floyd County. He saved his money and was a money lender. His friend, Mr. Cleveland, in whom he had great confidence, once wanted to borrow some money. Mr. Rambo was in town and it was not convenient for him to go home to get it. Mr. Cleveland wanted it right then and said he could write his wife an order for it and he would send and get it. "That would do no good," said Mr. Rambo, "she might think it a forged order." So he sent Perry, Mr. Cleveland's colored man, his old pocket knife, and the $500 were sent.
He was a Baptist when I first knew him and was regular in his attendance at his church at old Redland, complying strictly with all its ordinances, but fell from grace and died out of the church.
In politics, he was a Democrat dyed in the wool both warp and woof. He never split his ticket. He would have considered it worse than sacrilege to have voted for a Whig or any one who was not a Democrat.
I might give many other anecdotes of Jesse Rambo. I might tell of Bob Coker wanting to go home with him from town one day and the old man's many excuses for him not to go. First, his wife was sick and couldn't have company, and of Bob's saying he was a very quiet man and would not be troublesome; that his cook was sick, too, and of Bob saying that he was a first rate cook and would do the cooking; that he had nothing in the world to eat but cowpeas, and Bob saying that he liked cowpeas better than anything in the world; of the old man's evident despair in trying to get rid of him; of Bob finally stepping into the grocery to get another drink to give the old man a chance to run, of how he did run, and how he made tracks over the hill towards home, leaving a blue streak behind him. Further space will not admit of more on this line.
The meanest and most diabolical act I ever knew perpetrated in our County was the robbery of Jesse Rambo. He was a little old man. His family consisted of himself, wife, and Negro slaves. It was believed generally that he had money, and he did; but the day before the occurrence, he had taken the most of it and deposited it with Hutchins, Cleveland, or Spence. I have forgotten which. Five or six men went to his house late at night disguised. Two guarded the Negro houses to keep them in. The others went into the house and demanded the key to the safe; they blindfolded the old man, hit him with a stick and used violence on Mrs. Rambo by choking her. The old man could hear her gurgling her throat in the effort to breathe, and he begged them to spare her but kill him if they would. I have heard of honor among thieves, of magnanimity of highwaymen, but the attack on Mr. Rambo and the violence to his wife were the most fiendish that ever occurred in the County. It was currently believed that at the time and that opinion is still entertained that the perpetrators of this foul deed were partly at least of our own citizens, men who stood well in general estimation, men who probably often prated their honesty, integrity, uprightness and fair dealing. And if this should meet their eye, let me say: Ye hypocrites, your sins find you out. A day of retribution will come. You will yet call for the rocks and mountains to fall upon you and hide your naked deformities from the presence of an indignant and offended God.
Finally, Jesse Rambo was as queer and unique in personal appearance as he was in sayings and actions. He was about five feet eight inches in height, weighed about one hundred and ten pounds, was erect and fidgety, clad generally in summer in a longtail blue surtout of homespun manufacture, copperas pants with legs stuck in his stockings, with cow leather shoes tanned in his own trough and made by his Negroes, a pair of brass-rimmed spectacles always on, and for many years a high-topped hat of the beegum style given him by Mr. Spence, and a little old blue cotton "umbrella" carried in his left hand when not stretched over him.
I thought I could describe him better when I commenced, but like Dr. Hall's morning gown, he was non de script in all his parts and I have made a failure.
The queer old man is sleeping in his grave and I shall not disturb him. I always liked him for his oddities, his good nature, and his great flow of quaint humor. It was a great freak in nature when he was made. The world has seen but one Jesse Rambo and will never see another.
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Family Group Record - Rev. Kinchen Rambo and Mary Ann Pryor
The following Family Group Record for Rev. Kinchen Rambo, remains a work-in-progress. Additional information is being sought on his children. as well as burial places including Kinchen and his wife, somewhere in Floyd County, Georgia. Any additions, questions and corrections are always welcome at the above email address.
Gayle VH
Husband: Kinchen (Rev.) Rambo
Born: 5 Feb 1802 - Barnwell County, South Carolina
Died: 21 May 1882 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried: - Floyd County, Georgia
Father: Jesse Rambo (1778-1860)
Mother: Mary Humphrey (1780-1862)
Marriage: 5 Jul 1824 Place: South Carolina
Wife: Mary Ann Pryor
Born: 4 Nov 1807 - South Carolina (or) Virginia
Died: 2 Nov 1891 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried: - Floyd County, Georgia
Children
1 M Cyrenius (Cyrus) Pryor Rambo
Born: 26 Apr 1825 - South Carolina
Died: 25 Dec 1855 - Gwinnett (or) Floyd County, Georgia
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Ann Ford (1825-After 1873)
Marr. Date: 7 Dec 1843 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
2 F Elizabeth Rambo
Born: 26 Feb 1827 - South Carolina
Died:
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
3 M John Humphrey Rambo
Born: 19 Mar 1829 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: 24 Dec 1900 - Wood County, Texas
Buried:
Spouse: M.P. Unknown (1832-Bef 1900)
Marr. Date:
Spouse: Mary J. (Unknown) (1838- )
Marr. Date: 1877
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
4 M Richard Jesse Rambo
Born: 5 Jul 1831 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: 1921 - Fannin County, Texas
Buried: - Rehobeth Cemetery, Wolfe City, Fannin County, Texas
Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Pyle (1833-1862)
Marr. Date: 22 Dec 1854 - Fannin County, Texas
Spouse: Susan Price (1828-1904)
Marr. Date: 1863 - Fannin County, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
5 M Henry Van (1st Lt. ) Rambo
Born: 12 Oct 1833 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: 28 May 1922 - Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia
Buried: - Lyerly Cemetery, Lyerly, Chattooga County, Georgia
Spouse: Margaret E. Foster (1836-1893)
Marr. Date: 25 Nov 1852 - Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
6 M Ansel Myer Rambo
Born: 27 Feb 1836 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: 26 May 1905 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried: - Old Armuchee Church Cemetery, Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse: Sophoronia Annie Hardin (1834-1900)
Marr. Date: 8 Jul 1860 - Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
7 F Mary Ann Rambo
Born: 10 Feb 1838 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
8 M Kinchen Lawrence Rambo
Born: 23 Mar 1841 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died:
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
9 F Sarah Ann Rambo
Born: 31 Jan 1844 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died:
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
10 F Martha Caroline Rambo
Born: 19 Oct 1850 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: Bef 1872 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried:
Spouse: James J. Loyd
Marr. Date: 30 May 1867 - Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
Kinchen Rambo
Census/1880 Floyd Co. GA
Last Modified: 28 May 2009
Gayle VH
Husband: Kinchen (Rev.) Rambo
Born: 5 Feb 1802 - Barnwell County, South Carolina
Died: 21 May 1882 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried: - Floyd County, Georgia
Father: Jesse Rambo (1778-1860)
Mother: Mary Humphrey (1780-1862)
Marriage: 5 Jul 1824 Place: South Carolina
Wife: Mary Ann Pryor
Born: 4 Nov 1807 - South Carolina (or) Virginia
Died: 2 Nov 1891 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried: - Floyd County, Georgia
Children
1 M Cyrenius (Cyrus) Pryor Rambo
Born: 26 Apr 1825 - South Carolina
Died: 25 Dec 1855 - Gwinnett (or) Floyd County, Georgia
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Ann Ford (1825-After 1873)
Marr. Date: 7 Dec 1843 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
2 F Elizabeth Rambo
Born: 26 Feb 1827 - South Carolina
Died:
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
3 M John Humphrey Rambo
Born: 19 Mar 1829 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: 24 Dec 1900 - Wood County, Texas
Buried:
Spouse: M.P. Unknown (1832-Bef 1900)
Marr. Date:
Spouse: Mary J. (Unknown) (1838- )
Marr. Date: 1877
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
4 M Richard Jesse Rambo
Born: 5 Jul 1831 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: 1921 - Fannin County, Texas
Buried: - Rehobeth Cemetery, Wolfe City, Fannin County, Texas
Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Pyle (1833-1862)
Marr. Date: 22 Dec 1854 - Fannin County, Texas
Spouse: Susan Price (1828-1904)
Marr. Date: 1863 - Fannin County, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
5 M Henry Van (1st Lt. ) Rambo
Born: 12 Oct 1833 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: 28 May 1922 - Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia
Buried: - Lyerly Cemetery, Lyerly, Chattooga County, Georgia
Spouse: Margaret E. Foster (1836-1893)
Marr. Date: 25 Nov 1852 - Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
6 M Ansel Myer Rambo
Born: 27 Feb 1836 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: 26 May 1905 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried: - Old Armuchee Church Cemetery, Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse: Sophoronia Annie Hardin (1834-1900)
Marr. Date: 8 Jul 1860 - Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
7 F Mary Ann Rambo
Born: 10 Feb 1838 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
8 M Kinchen Lawrence Rambo
Born: 23 Mar 1841 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died:
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
9 F Sarah Ann Rambo
Born: 31 Jan 1844 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died:
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
10 F Martha Caroline Rambo
Born: 19 Oct 1850 - Gwinnett County, Georgia
Died: Bef 1872 - Floyd County, Georgia
Buried:
Spouse: James J. Loyd
Marr. Date: 30 May 1867 - Floyd County, Georgia
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
Kinchen Rambo
Census/1880 Floyd Co. GA
Last Modified: 28 May 2009
FamilySearch Indexing Update - May 27, 2009
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· France, Paroisses de Saint-Lo, 1802–1907
· France, Paroisses de Coutances, 1802–1907
· France Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part 1]
· France Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part 2]
· Indiana, Blackford County Marriages 1811–1959
· North Dakota—1920 U.S. Federal Census
· Ohio Tax Records—3 of 4, Post 1825
· South Carolina—1920 U.S. Federal Census
(See the chart below for a complete list and current status of all indexing projects).
Recently Completed Projects
(Note: Recently completed projects have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication.)
· Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Rioja
· Minnesota—1920 U.S. Federal Census
· Minnesota Probate Court Wills 1849–1918
New indexing projects added this week are:
· Argentina Censo 1869—Jujuy Salta Tucuman
· Canada, British Columbia Births, 1854–1903
· France, Paroisses de Cherbourg, 1802–1907
· France, Paroisses de Saint-Lo, 1802–1907
· France, Paroisses de Coutances, 1802–1907
· France Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part 1]
· France Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part 2]
· Indiana, Blackford County Marriages 1811–1959
· North Dakota—1920 U.S. Federal Census
· Ohio Tax Records—3 of 4, Post 1825
· South Carolina—1920 U.S. Federal Census
(See the chart below for a complete list and current status of all indexing projects).
Recently Completed Projects
(Note: Recently completed projects have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication.)
· Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Rioja
· Minnesota—1920 U.S. Federal Census
· Minnesota Probate Court Wills 1849–1918
Current FamilySearch Indexing
Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion
Argentina, Buenos Aires 1855 Census Spanish 28%
Argentina Censo 1869—Corrientes y Entre Rios Spanish 87%
Argentina Censo 1869—Jujuy Salta Tucuman Spanish (New)
Arkansas County Marriages V, 1837–1957 English 93%
Arkansas County Marriages VI, 1837–1957 English 15%
Austria, Wiener Meldezettel, 1890–1925 German 1%
Belgium, Antwerp Foreigners Index, 1840–1930 Dutch, Flemish 36%
Brandenburg Kirchenbücher, 1789–1875 German 61%*
Canada, British Columbia Births, 1854–1903 English (New)
France Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part 1] French (New)
France Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part 2] French (New)
France, Coutances, Paroisses de la Manche, 1792–1906 French 9%
France, Paroisses de Cherbourg, 1802–1907 French (New)
France, Paroisses de Coutances, 1802–1907 French (New)
France, Paroisses de Saint-Lo, 1802–1907 French (New)
Germany, Mecklenburg 1890 Volkszählung, Div 24–38 German 12%
Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1916–1922 [Part 1] English 83%
Indiana, Adams County Marriages, 1811–1959 English 3%
Indiana, Allen County Marriages, 1811–1959 English 4%
Indiana, Blackford County Marriages 1811–1959 English 24%
Italy, Trento Baptism Records, 1784–1924 Italian 75%
Mexico, Censo de 1930—Sinaloa Spanish 95%
Mexico, Censo de 1930—Tamaulipas Spanish 54%
Mexico, Censo de 1930—Yucatan Spanish 16%
Mississippi—1920 U.S. Federal Census English 67%
New York 1905 State Census English 13%
Nicaragua, Managua Civil Records, 1879–Present Spanish 44%*
North Dakota—1920 U.S. Federal Census English (New)
Peru, Lima—Registros Civiles, 1910–1930 Spanish 24%
Russia, St. Petersburg Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1833–1885 German 1%
South Carolina—1920 U.S. Federal Census English (New)
Spain, Avila, Moraleja de Matacabras, 1540–1904 Spanish 19%
Spain, Lugo—Registros Parroquiales [Part 1], 1530–1930 Spanish 18%
U.K., Cheshire—Land Tax, 1778–1832 English 92%
U.K., Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1538–Present English 1%
Ukraine, Kyiv, 1840–1842 Russian 17%
Venezuela, Mérida Registros Parroquiales. 1654–1992 Spanish 15%*
(*Percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)
Current FamilySearch Partner Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion
Arkansas Marriages IV, 1837–1957 English 31%
Belgique—Registres Des Décès—En Français, 1796–1910 French 21%*
Belgique— Registres Des Décès—Charleroi, 1851–1900 French 21%
België—Overlijdens Registers—In het Nederlands, 1796–1910 Dutch, Flemish 84%*
België—Overlijdens Registers—Kalmthout, 1851–1900 Dutch, Flemish 17%
België—Overlijdens Registers—Mechelen, 1851–1900 Dutch, Flemish 6%
Bremer Schifflisten, 1904–1914 German 53%
Flanders Death Registration, 1796–1900 French, Dutch, Flemish 79%*
Indiana Marriages, 1882 to April 1905 English 89%
Norway 1875 Census [Part 1] Norwegian 31%
Nova Scotia, Antigonish Church Records, 1823–1905 English 81%
Ohio Tax Records—2 of 4, Post 1825 English 76%
Ohio Tax Records—3 of 4, Post 1825 English (New)
Vermont Militia Records, 1861–1867 English 39%
(*Percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)
Current FamilySearch Regional Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion
(These projects are being indexed by volunteers in specific areas of the world.)
Australia, Sydney Cemetery Inscriptions, 1800–1960 English 4%
Australia—Victoria Probate Records, 1853–1989 English 63%
Canada, British Columbia Marriages, 1859–1932 English 5%
Quebec—Trois-Rivières IC, 1800–1900 French 48%
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Millions of Historic Southern Records Now on the Web
SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch announced today it has published millions of records from Southern states to its rapidly growing, free online collection. The collection includes both digital images and indexes. Millions of death records from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida were the most recent additions. Viewers can search the free collection on the Record Search pilot at FamilySearch.org (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot).
In the past 18 months, FamilySearch has been diligently publishing digital images and indexes from Southern states. It is part of a worldwide initiative to provide fast, economical access to genealogical records. Fueled by over 100,000 online volunteers, FamilySearch is digitizing and indexing historical records and publishing them online.
The most recent additions are from the following collections:
· Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908 to 1974 (Index)
· Arkansas County Marriages: 1837 to 1957
· Civil War Pension Index Cards (Digital Images)
· Florida Deaths 1877 to 1939 (Index)
· Florida State Censuses: 1855, 1935, 1945 (Digital Images)
· Freedman Bank Records: 1865 to 1874
· Freedman’s Bureau Virginia Marriages 1855 to 1866
· Georgia Deaths 1914 to 1927
· Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists (Images)
· North Carolina Deaths 1906 to 1930
· North Carolina, Davidson County Marriages and Deaths, 1867–1984 (Digital Images)
· South Carolina Deaths 1915 to 1943
· South Carolina Deaths 1944 to 1955 (Index)
· Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 (Index)
· Texas Deaths 1890 to 1976
· Virginia Fluvanna County Funeral Home Records 1929 to 1976 (Digital Images)
· West Virginia Births 1853 to 1990 (Index)
· West Virginia Marriages 1853 to 1970 (Index)
· West Virginia Deaths 1853 to 1970 (Index)
FamilySearch has also published free indexes to the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1920 (partial) U.S Censuses—all important resources for Southern states research.
David E. Rencher, FamilySearch chief genealogical officer said, “This significant set of records fills a real need in Southern states research. To be able to search vital records across the South by name and locality leverages the best search techniques and greatly improves the odds of success for those researching Southern families.”
During both pre and post Civil War eras, there was general migration from the eastern seaboard, down through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and on into Texas. “The publication of these records will begin to open up and answer many questions about family members that migrated and were never heard from again,” Rencher added.
With just a few clicks, visitors can now search millions of records online for that elusive ancestor. Or pore through digital images of historic documents that before this time were inconvenient or impossible for many to access because the original documents were located in an archive somewhere in the South.
“There is much more to come,” said Rencher. “FamilySearch has a large collection of records [on film] from the Southern states that still need to be digitized, indexed, and made available for the public online—and we are acquiring new records all the time. It’s a great time to be a family history enthusiast,” concluded Rencher.
FamilySearch is currently working on federal and state censuses and birth, marriage, death, and war records. New indexing projects and searchable collections are added weekly.
In the past 18 months, FamilySearch has been diligently publishing digital images and indexes from Southern states. It is part of a worldwide initiative to provide fast, economical access to genealogical records. Fueled by over 100,000 online volunteers, FamilySearch is digitizing and indexing historical records and publishing them online.
The most recent additions are from the following collections:
· Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908 to 1974 (Index)
· Arkansas County Marriages: 1837 to 1957
· Civil War Pension Index Cards (Digital Images)
· Florida Deaths 1877 to 1939 (Index)
· Florida State Censuses: 1855, 1935, 1945 (Digital Images)
· Freedman Bank Records: 1865 to 1874
· Freedman’s Bureau Virginia Marriages 1855 to 1866
· Georgia Deaths 1914 to 1927
· Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists (Images)
· North Carolina Deaths 1906 to 1930
· North Carolina, Davidson County Marriages and Deaths, 1867–1984 (Digital Images)
· South Carolina Deaths 1915 to 1943
· South Carolina Deaths 1944 to 1955 (Index)
· Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 (Index)
· Texas Deaths 1890 to 1976
· Virginia Fluvanna County Funeral Home Records 1929 to 1976 (Digital Images)
· West Virginia Births 1853 to 1990 (Index)
· West Virginia Marriages 1853 to 1970 (Index)
· West Virginia Deaths 1853 to 1970 (Index)
FamilySearch has also published free indexes to the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1920 (partial) U.S Censuses—all important resources for Southern states research.
David E. Rencher, FamilySearch chief genealogical officer said, “This significant set of records fills a real need in Southern states research. To be able to search vital records across the South by name and locality leverages the best search techniques and greatly improves the odds of success for those researching Southern families.”
During both pre and post Civil War eras, there was general migration from the eastern seaboard, down through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and on into Texas. “The publication of these records will begin to open up and answer many questions about family members that migrated and were never heard from again,” Rencher added.
With just a few clicks, visitors can now search millions of records online for that elusive ancestor. Or pore through digital images of historic documents that before this time were inconvenient or impossible for many to access because the original documents were located in an archive somewhere in the South.
“There is much more to come,” said Rencher. “FamilySearch has a large collection of records [on film] from the Southern states that still need to be digitized, indexed, and made available for the public online—and we are acquiring new records all the time. It’s a great time to be a family history enthusiast,” concluded Rencher.
FamilySearch is currently working on federal and state censuses and birth, marriage, death, and war records. New indexing projects and searchable collections are added weekly.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Family Group Record for John Linton Slay
John Linton Slay, son of William Sidney Slay and Honor Pelton Futch, served during the Civil War for his native state of Alabama.
He is noted on two istings as; 1st Battalion Artillery Co. E, Pvt. - 38th Alabama Infantry Inf. Co. C (Pvt.) He also served as a Pvt. in the 38th AL, the soldier in the 1st Battalion was a substitute for H. Moran. His name is listed on a roster in book, Southerners at War-The 38th Alabama Infantry Volunteers by Arthur E. Green as; pg. 314, "Slay, John L. Pvt. Co. C, Enlisted Apr 2, 1862 at Cherokee, Alabama by C.T. Ketchum. 1st muster near Fort Stoddard, Alabama, May 27, 1862. Discharged by the Medical Director at Mobile, Alabama."
After the war he moved to Mississippi. He was a farmer and served as a Justice of the Peace for Clarke County, Mississippi between 1867-1873. Linton, Mississippi, a small post office in the community was named after John Linton Slay, noted as a "respected citizen of the County."
John and Permelia had two sons, William Wyatt and Dolway Julian. Their son, William Wyatt and wife Rebecca Mayo Buckley had 16 children, all born in Linton, Mississippi. Each of the children had the middle name of "Linton", including the girls! Their son Julian Dolway, and wife Lucy Jane (Jenny) McLendon, had 11 children, all born in Clarke County, Mississippi - and each of them (including the girls) also carried their grandfather's middle name of "Linton." That makes an incredible legagy of John Linton Slay - and 27 grandchildren that carried his middle name!
John Linton Slay tombstone in Elim Cemetery reads;
"He took from him a world of care, an everlasting bliss to share."
Family Group Record:
Husband: John Linton Slay
Born: 1 Apr 1833 - Sumter County, Alabama
Christened:
Died: 3 Jul 1902 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Buried: - Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County,
Mississippi
Father: William Sidney Slay (1808-Between 1881)
Mother: Honor Pelton Futch (1814-Between 1851)
Marriage: 9 Aug 1854 Place: Choctaw, Alabama
Wife: Permelia Agnes Puckett
Born: 16 Oct 1839 - Alabama
Christened:
Died: 15 Nov 1914 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Buried: - Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County,
Mississippi
Father: Wade Wyatt Puckett (1797- )
Mother: Elizabeth Carter (- )
Children
M William Wyatt Slay
Born: 4 Mar 1856 - Choctaw, Alabama
Christened:
Died: 12 Jul 1930 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Buried: - Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County,
Mississippi
Spouse: Rebecca Mayo Buckley (1861-1904)
Marr. Date: 27 Jun 1877 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Spouse: Beulah Bunton Denmark (1873-1952)
Marr. Date: 11 Sep 1904 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
2 M Dolway Julian Slay
Born: 19 Dec 1859 - Choctaw, Alabama
Christened:
Died: 26 Jun 1929 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Buried: - Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County,
Mississippi
Spouse: Lucy Jane (Jenny) Mc Lendon (1856-1922)
Marr. Date: 13 Dec 1882 Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
Notes:
1850 Census/Choctaw Co., AL
1860 Census/Choctaw Co., AL
BLM GLO Records
He is noted on two istings as; 1st Battalion Artillery Co. E, Pvt. - 38th Alabama Infantry Inf. Co. C (Pvt.) He also served as a Pvt. in the 38th AL, the soldier in the 1st Battalion was a substitute for H. Moran. His name is listed on a roster in book, Southerners at War-The 38th Alabama Infantry Volunteers by Arthur E. Green as; pg. 314, "Slay, John L. Pvt. Co. C, Enlisted Apr 2, 1862 at Cherokee, Alabama by C.T. Ketchum. 1st muster near Fort Stoddard, Alabama, May 27, 1862. Discharged by the Medical Director at Mobile, Alabama."
After the war he moved to Mississippi. He was a farmer and served as a Justice of the Peace for Clarke County, Mississippi between 1867-1873. Linton, Mississippi, a small post office in the community was named after John Linton Slay, noted as a "respected citizen of the County."
John and Permelia had two sons, William Wyatt and Dolway Julian. Their son, William Wyatt and wife Rebecca Mayo Buckley had 16 children, all born in Linton, Mississippi. Each of the children had the middle name of "Linton", including the girls! Their son Julian Dolway, and wife Lucy Jane (Jenny) McLendon, had 11 children, all born in Clarke County, Mississippi - and each of them (including the girls) also carried their grandfather's middle name of "Linton." That makes an incredible legagy of John Linton Slay - and 27 grandchildren that carried his middle name!
John Linton Slay tombstone in Elim Cemetery reads;
"He took from him a world of care, an everlasting bliss to share."
Family Group Record:
Husband: John Linton Slay
Born: 1 Apr 1833 - Sumter County, Alabama
Christened:
Died: 3 Jul 1902 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Buried: - Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County,
Mississippi
Father: William Sidney Slay (1808-Between 1881)
Mother: Honor Pelton Futch (1814-Between 1851)
Marriage: 9 Aug 1854 Place: Choctaw, Alabama
Wife: Permelia Agnes Puckett
Born: 16 Oct 1839 - Alabama
Christened:
Died: 15 Nov 1914 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Buried: - Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County,
Mississippi
Father: Wade Wyatt Puckett (1797- )
Mother: Elizabeth Carter (- )
Children
M William Wyatt Slay
Born: 4 Mar 1856 - Choctaw, Alabama
Christened:
Died: 12 Jul 1930 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Buried: - Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County,
Mississippi
Spouse: Rebecca Mayo Buckley (1861-1904)
Marr. Date: 27 Jun 1877 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Spouse: Beulah Bunton Denmark (1873-1952)
Marr. Date: 11 Sep 1904 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
2 M Dolway Julian Slay
Born: 19 Dec 1859 - Choctaw, Alabama
Christened:
Died: 26 Jun 1929 - Clarke County, Mississippi
Buried: - Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County,
Mississippi
Spouse: Lucy Jane (Jenny) Mc Lendon (1856-1922)
Marr. Date: 13 Dec 1882 Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
Notes:
1850 Census/Choctaw Co., AL
1860 Census/Choctaw Co., AL
BLM GLO Records
Monday, May 4, 2009
Family Group Record for Jerome Napoleon (Jermy) DeLay
Husband: Jerome Napoleon (Jermy) DelayBorn: 23 Nov 1846 - Johnson County, Arkansas
Christened:
Died: 27 Oct 1936 - Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
Buried: - Bonham, Willow Wild Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Father: James (Jim) Calvin Delay (1825-1863)
Mother: Harriet Cooper (1827-1899)
Marriage: 3 Nov 1869 Place: Fannin County, Texas
Wife: Margaret L. Henderson
Born: 30 Apr 1846 - Lawrence County, Alabama
Christened:
Died: 2 Jun 1925 - Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
Buried: 3 Jun 1925 - Bonham, Willow Wild Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Father: Robert P. Henderson
Mother: Elizabeth A. Stevens
Children
1 M James Robert Delay
Born: 30 Sep 1870 - Fannin County, Texas
Christened:
Died: 5 May 1964 - Gregg County, Texas
Buried: - Willow Wild Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
2 M Samuel H. Delay
Born: 29 Feb 1872 - Fannin County, Texas
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
3 M Wallace Harrison Delay
Born: 4 May 1874 - Fannin County, Texas
Christened:
Died: 28 Sep 1931 - Houston, Harris County, Texas
Buried: - Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas
Spouse: Nancy Francis (Nannie) Powell (1881-1942)
Marr. Date: 13 Jun 1897 - Hunt County, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
4 M Leo Delay
Born: 28 Aug 1877 - Fannin County, Texas
Christened:
Died: 1947 - Fannin County, Texas
Buried: - Willow Wild Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
5 M Elbert Warren Delay
Born: 28 Mar 1879 - Fannin County, Texas
Christened:
Died: 1949 - Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Buried: - Norman Odd Fellow Lodge Cemetery, Norman, Cleveland County,
Oklahoma
Spouse: Maggie Endicott (1879-1967)
Marr. Date: 1897 - Poss. Indian Territory
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
6 F Florence E. Delay
Born: 7 Feb 1881 - Fannin County, Texas
Christened:
Died: 4 Oct 1968 - Reeves County, Texas
Buried: - Willow Wild Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Spouse: David Shaver ( - )
Marr. Date: Fannin County, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
7 F Laura Z. Delay
Born: 11 Mar 1883 - Fannin County, Texas
Christened:
Died: 1965 - Fannin County, Texas
Buried: - Willow Wild Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Spouse: Bacon S. Titsworth (1881-1953)
Marr. Date: 10 Jun 1903 - Poss. Fannin County, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
8 F Zora Delay
Born: 4 Mar 1885 - Fannin County, Texas
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Samuel (Sam) Arledge (1874-1914)
Marr. Date: Abt 1909 - Fannin County, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
Notes:
Served in the Texas Militia
Confederate Pension # 33413 Fannin Co., Texas
Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1920 Fannin County, Texas
Corrections or comments are welcomed at the above email address
Friday, May 1, 2009
Video interview with Legacy's Ken McGinnis
As most of my genealogy class students know I recommend the Legacy Genealogy Software package. If you are still using the "free" standard edition, below is a link to a video report that describes the differences between the standard and deluxe editions. Wonder if you should take the #29.95 plunge?
"Ken McGinnis, vice-president of Millennia Corporation (that's us!), was interviewed at the recent St. George Family History Expo. His interview is now published online as a video for you to view. Ken talks about some of the differences between the free, Standard Edition of Legacy and the Deluxe edition. He also talks a bit about Legacy's Research Guidance and SourceWriter features.
"Ken is one of the main reasons we have Legacy Family Tree. Meet him online by watching the video at the link below. "
http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2009/04/video-interview-with-legacys-ken-mcginnis.html
"Ken McGinnis, vice-president of Millennia Corporation (that's us!), was interviewed at the recent St. George Family History Expo. His interview is now published online as a video for you to view. Ken talks about some of the differences between the free, Standard Edition of Legacy and the Deluxe edition. He also talks a bit about Legacy's Research Guidance and SourceWriter features.
"Ken is one of the main reasons we have Legacy Family Tree. Meet him online by watching the video at the link below. "
http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2009/04/video-interview-with-legacys-ken-mcginnis.html
Monday, April 27, 2009
A Redus Cousin Passes Away
It is with deep sadness that I have to announce the passing of John Clement Redus, Jr. on April 21 in San Antonio. John's funeral was Saturday (April 25). To all f John's family and friends, expecially to his brother George Redus, please accept our deepest sincere sympathy.
You can read John's obituary online at
http://www.legacy.com/sanantonio/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=126543356
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Making Progress on my Law Family Research
I have finally made some headway in my Law family research. Here are some of the latest, and maybe one of you will recognize something to help me with the British portion of my research.
My 3rd great grandmother is Margareta Law (b. 2 Apr 1840, Howard Co, MO and d. 3 Jun 1918, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA)
She married my 3rd great grandfather Thaddeus Damascus Van Horn (b. 20 Oct 1820, Claiborne Co, MS and d. 5 Apr 1905, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA) on 12 Aug 1856, in St. Paul's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.
I have a complete history on this couple (including a picture of Margareta) on this blog at
http://family-genealogy.blogspot.com/2006/07/sketch-of-old-citizen-thaddeus-d-van.html
Margareta's brother was George H. Law. I have complete details on his life and family at
http://family-genealogy.blogspot.com/2008/07/family-profile-george-h-law-sr.html
Now the for the new stuff.
Margareta and George's mother is Mary Ann Simmonds. Until about a month ago, not only could I not confirm that, but I never knew much at all about her.
I believe Mary Ann Simmonds married Richard Horton Law, sometime around the middle 1830s somewhere in the UK. I believe Richard was born in the UK around 1793, parents unknown. He appeared to disappear, probably passed away c. 1846 in Howard Co, MO, based on the best evidence we have right now. I have an IGI marriage records Richard Law m Ann Simms 21 Apr 1834, Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England. Not sure if this is them or what.
I next see Mary Ann on the US 1850 cemsus in New Orleans with her children in New Orleans running a boarding house at 12 Carandolet.
On 6 March 1854, she married William D. Leland, in New Orleans. She signed as mother for her 16 years old daughter Margareta to marry in 1856. She then disappeared completely after that life event, until recently.
While working family obits at GenealogyBank recently I found the great golden nugget below.
New Orleans Times, 3-7-1875, Page 4
Died
BURLINGSON-Of chronic bronchitis, February 7, 1875, at her residence, No. 5 Vernon Place, Bloomsbury Square, London, Mrs. Ann Simmonds Burlingson (mother of Mr. George H. Law and Mrs. T.D. Van Horn) aged 65 years. and a resident of this city for many years.
New York City, Missouri, and Texas papers please copy.
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So sometime after 1856 she returned to the UK, apparently married a man named Burlingson (I find no marriage record at this point over here so I assume she married in the UK), and died in London.
I have no information on her parents, info on her last marriage, when she returned to the UK, or where she is buried. Can anybody in the UK tell me where she is buried and if a tombstone pic is available? I don't have a clue where to check on London cemetery transcipts and pics.
Any help in filling in these last few holes of her life would be sincerely appreciated.
My 3rd great grandmother is Margareta Law (b. 2 Apr 1840, Howard Co, MO and d. 3 Jun 1918, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA)
She married my 3rd great grandfather Thaddeus Damascus Van Horn (b. 20 Oct 1820, Claiborne Co, MS and d. 5 Apr 1905, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA) on 12 Aug 1856, in St. Paul's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.
I have a complete history on this couple (including a picture of Margareta) on this blog at
http://family-genealogy.blogspot.com/2006/07/sketch-of-old-citizen-thaddeus-d-van.html
Margareta's brother was George H. Law. I have complete details on his life and family at
http://family-genealogy.blogspot.com/2008/07/family-profile-george-h-law-sr.html
Now the for the new stuff.
Margareta and George's mother is Mary Ann Simmonds. Until about a month ago, not only could I not confirm that, but I never knew much at all about her.
I believe Mary Ann Simmonds married Richard Horton Law, sometime around the middle 1830s somewhere in the UK. I believe Richard was born in the UK around 1793, parents unknown. He appeared to disappear, probably passed away c. 1846 in Howard Co, MO, based on the best evidence we have right now. I have an IGI marriage records Richard Law m Ann Simms 21 Apr 1834, Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England. Not sure if this is them or what.
I next see Mary Ann on the US 1850 cemsus in New Orleans with her children in New Orleans running a boarding house at 12 Carandolet.
On 6 March 1854, she married William D. Leland, in New Orleans. She signed as mother for her 16 years old daughter Margareta to marry in 1856. She then disappeared completely after that life event, until recently.
While working family obits at GenealogyBank recently I found the great golden nugget below.
New Orleans Times, 3-7-1875, Page 4
Died
BURLINGSON-Of chronic bronchitis, February 7, 1875, at her residence, No. 5 Vernon Place, Bloomsbury Square, London, Mrs. Ann Simmonds Burlingson (mother of Mr. George H. Law and Mrs. T.D. Van Horn) aged 65 years. and a resident of this city for many years.
New York City, Missouri, and Texas papers please copy.
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So sometime after 1856 she returned to the UK, apparently married a man named Burlingson (I find no marriage record at this point over here so I assume she married in the UK), and died in London.
I have no information on her parents, info on her last marriage, when she returned to the UK, or where she is buried. Can anybody in the UK tell me where she is buried and if a tombstone pic is available? I don't have a clue where to check on London cemetery transcipts and pics.
Any help in filling in these last few holes of her life would be sincerely appreciated.
Sketch of an Old Citizen - Thaddeus D. Van Horn
Thaddeus Damascus Van Horn is my fourth great grandfather and one of my favorite ancestors to research. TD was married twice and had 15 children between the two wifes. Contrary to family legend and written accounts, his first wife Mary Ann Faust did not die in 1853. In reality they divorced. We have discovered a previously undocumented child that was conceived at the end of that marriage. I have posted a complete family group sheet for his family on our website.
[Copied from an article which appeared in an old New Orleans Newspaper (New Orleans States)]
Who would imagine that the fine old looking gentleman, with the long grey beard, who has been the bookkeeper of the STATES since 1887, has over stepped the biblical three score and ten years by nearly twelve months. It is a fact, for Mr. Van Horn, who keeps so steadily and sturdily at work on his books, day in and day out, and on Saturdays until nearly midnight, first saw the light of day on October 20th, 1820.
A biographical sketch of Mr. Van Horn, printed at the request of his comrades of the Confederacy, fell under the notice of the States, and it contains interesting information about the well filled career of Thaddeus Damascus Van Horn. The preliminary notes state that the Van Horn family came from Amsterdam in 1740 and located in one of the New England states and fought gallantly for the Union during the Revolutionary War. They removed to Baltimore. One of the Van Horn's (James), left Baltimore and settled in Port Gibson, Mississippi where he married Pamela Hutchinson, a daughter of the Rev. James Hutchinson. They had one child, Thaddeus Damascus. Mrs. Van Horn died soon after the birth of her son. Three years later, Mr. Van Horn remarried. His second wife was Lucinda Abby, a sister of the Rev. Richard Abby of Yazoo City. Mr. Van Horn removed to Tallahassee, Florida where he was shot and killed, in 1840 by runaway negroes who he was trying to arrest.
Thaddeus Damascus followed mercantile pursuits in Tallahassee, Florida from 1835 to 1848. In 1843 he married Mary Ann Faust. They had four children, of whom two are now living, Mary Pamela, wife of Issac R. Harley of New York and James Faust of Dallas, Texas.
In 1848, Mr. Van Horn removed to Henderson, Texas. Two years later, he came to New Orleans for surgical treatment, having been shot during a personal encounter. He remained here permanently after having been under successful treatment by Dr. Warren Stone. During his first year in New Orleans, he traded between that city and Mexico.
In 1851 he entered the office of the Crescent, as mail clerk. In a few years he rose to be bookkeeper and business manager, and per pro of the establishment.
The Crescent being a strong Whig paper and advocate of secession, was suppressed by General Butler, during his occupancy of New Orleans. Mr. Van Horn sturdily withstood all threats, offers and promises made to induce him to foreswear his allegiance to the Confederacy. He was forced to quit New Orleans with his family and removed to Lincoln, Talledage County, Alabama. Mr. Van Horn joined the Confederate forces as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. John S. Scott, commanding the First Louisiana Cavalry, and later in the same company on the staff of General J. Wheeler. He served with considerable distinction until after the siege of Knoxville, when he obtained a leave of absence to look after his family. He remained at Talledage until after the close of the war, serving as assistant adjutant of the post, and acting provost marshal.
After the war, Mr. Van Horn returned to New Orleans and found that within one week after he left the Federals had seized his house, sold his effects and divided the spoils among themselves, his dwelling in possession of Mr. Flanders as abandoned property and occupied by quite a number of families of the lowest order; it was six months before he recovered his house, and in a terrible dilapidated condition. He aided Colonel Nixon to re-establish the Crescent, of which he was business manager until its close in 1869.
In 1870, Mr. Van Horn organized the Bank of Lafayette, with a capital of $100,000.00 personally obtaining all the subscriptions to its stock. He was elected cashier and remained with the bank during the first year of its existence, establishing it upon a firm basis.
Disagreeing with the President, Mr. Van Horn retired in May 1871 upon the election of officers for the second year and in September 1871, accepted the position of cashier of the Metropolitan Bank with which institution he remained sixteen year and five months and then resigned; since then, he has been engaged as bookkeeper of the New Orleans Daily States.
Mr. Van Horn remarried in 1856. His second wife was Margaretta Law, whose parents came over from England and settled in Missouri. Ten children were born to them. All are living as follows:
Dr. William Law Van Horn, Columbia, Louisiana; Addie Blonde, wife of A.B. Hundley, clerk of the district court, Colombia, La; Belle Randolph, First Assistant Teacher, McDonough School No. 18, New Orleans; Anna Gertrude, wife of Robert Lee Cooney, Atlanta, Georgia; Margaretta Pearl, wife of William H. Davis, St. Louis, Missouri; Thaddeus Dreux Van Horn, druggist and student of medicine, Columbia, Louisiana; Oliver Herbert, collector and student of mechanical engineering, Coleman's Foundry, New Orleans, Louisiana; Albert Cornelius, clerk for Branch K. Miller, Attorney at Law; Elmore Russell, clerk, Baldwin and Carter, Commission Merchants, New Orleans; and Mignonette Rutledge, at school.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Family Group Record - Norvell Slay & Martha Sandifer
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Norvell Slay, son of Alexander Slay Sr. and Elizabeth McLean, is my 1st Cousin, 3 times removed. He was the bondsman for his cousin Catherine Cornelia Slay and William Garrison Hennington marrige on August 10, 1860 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Catherine and William Hennington were my great-grandparents.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Norvell Slay enlisted on May 26, 1861, at age 24. He had a dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes, and was five feet, seven inches tall. He was detailed as a Musician on November 28, 1861, and served in the 16th MS, Co. F & G. He was captured on April 3, 1865 at Bermuda Hundred Defenses, Virginia and sent to New York Harbor as a prisoner-of-war.
After the war he returned to Crystal Springs, Mississippi. The next year he married Mattie Sandifer. He remained in Crystal Springs until his death July 9, 1907 Norvell is buried in the Harmony Cemetery in Crystal Springs.
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Husband: Norvell Slay
Born: 20 Nov 1836 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Died: 9 Jul 1907 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Buried: - Harmony Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
Father: Alexander (Sr.) Slay (1806-1878)
Mother: Elizabeth McLean (1806-1872)
Marriage: 8 Mar 1866 Place: Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi
Wife: Martha (Mattie) Rebecca Sandifer
Born: 23 Oct 1849 - Mississippi
Died: After 1930 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Buried: - Poss. Harmony Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
Father: Joseph Sandifer (1800 - )
Mother: Marthena Unknown (1820 -)
Children of Norvell Slay and Rebecca Sandifer
1
M John Clarence Slay
Born: 11 Jun 1867 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 1927 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Hopewell Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: Rosa Harrell
Spouse: Dora J. Barlow (1875-1917)
Marr. Date: 15 Dec 1890 - Copiah County, Mississippi
2
Lenora Slay
Born: 8 Sep 1868 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 2 Nov 1870 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Buried: - Hopewell Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
3
M George Elmore Slay
Born: 15 Apr 1870 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 1952 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Harmony Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: Maggie May Cooper (1871-1933)
Marr. Date: 5 Dec 1890 - Copiah County, Mississippi
4
F Mary Catherine Slay
Born: 14 Feb 1873 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 30 Sep 1874 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Buried: - Hopewell Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
5
F Florence Ella Slay
Born: 2 Feb 1874 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 2 Aug 1940
Spouse: J.L. Bridges
6
M Joseph Russell Slay
Born: 22 Aug 1875 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 1938 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Harmony Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: Lelia Young (1880 - )
Marr. Date: 1901 - Mississippi
7
M Webster Alexander Slay
Born: 11 Jan 1877 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 21 Nov 1964 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Harmony Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
8
M Judson Jefferson (Sr.) Slay
Born: 16 May 1878 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 24 Dec 1963 - McComb, Pike County, Mississippi
Spouse: Evelyn Unknown
Marr. Date: Bef 1900 - Mississippi
Spouse: Emma May Catching (1889 - )
Marr. Date: 22 Aug 1910 - Mississippi
9
M Troy Theophilius Slay
Born: 20 Nov 1880 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 15 Jan 1953 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Crystal Springs Cemetery, Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: Anna Lee Baecher (1886-1953)
Marr. Date: Mississippi
10
F Carrie Belle Slay
Born: Jul 1881 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Spouse: R.S. Alford
Marr. Date: Copiah County, Mississippi
11
M Silas Sheldon Oscar Slay
Born: 26 Mar 1883 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 12 Nov 1962 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County Mississippi
Buried: - Harmony Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: Eva Davis (1895-1984)
Marr. Date: 1922 - Copiah County, Mississippi
12
M William Miller Slay
Born: 2 Dec 1887 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 21 Jul 1974 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - County Line Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Obits - Frank Hennington Nix Sr. & Georgia Aileen Nix Burton
These are the children of Walter Elliott Nix & Rosa Love Henington Nix.
Frank Hennington Nix Sr.
NATCHEZ - Funeral arrangements for Frank Hennington Nix Sr. of Snellville, Ga., and formerly of Natchez, who died Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at Emory East Side Medical Center in Snellville, are incomplete at Laird Funeral Home.
Frank Hennington Nix Sr.
May 24, 1910 - April 15, 2003
NATCHEZ - Graveside services for Frank Hennington Nix Sr., 92, of Gainesville, Ga., who died Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at Emory East Side Medical Center in Snellville, Ga., will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Natchez City Cemetery with the Rev. James E. Herndon officiating.
Burial will follow under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.
Mr. Nix was born May 24, 1910, in Brookhaven, the son of Walter Elliott and Rosa Hennington Nix.
He was a Methodist, was in sales for more than 60 years in Greenville and had lived the last four years in Gainesville. He was a fisherman.
Mr. Nix was preceded in death by his wife, Rita McGehee Nix.
Survivors include one son, Frank H. Nix Jr., and his wife, Linda, both of Gainesville; three granddaughters, Wendsor Scheffel and her husband, Chris, both of Buford, Ga., Juanne White of Orlando, Fla.. and Daralyn Chase of Las Vegas; five other grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter, Alexis Lenore Scheffel.
Pallbearers will be Chick Graning, Ben Tullos, Chris Scheffel and Tommy Nix.
The family requests memorials be made to Guest House Adult Day Care, 320 Tower Heights Road, Gainesville, GA 30501.
Obituaries Aileen Nix Burton - Daily Leader - (Mar/23/2008)
Georgia Aileen Nix Burton
Services for Georgia Aileen Nix Burton will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel with burial at 2 p.m. in Lakewood Memorial Parks at 6000 Clinton Boulevard in Jackson.
Visitation is Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.
She was born in Oma on Jan. 16, 1919, to Walter Elliot Nix and Rosa Love Henington Nix and died on Thursday, March 20, 2008, at the age of 89.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Selmer Price Burton of "Burton's" Restaurant in Jackson; her two brothers, Frank and Lowery Nix; and two sisters, Margaret Nix Day and Evelyn Nix Tullos, and her nephew, David Tullos.
She is survived by her son, John Price Burton and wife Kay Krone Burton, of Brookhaven; her three granddaughters, Shelly Burton Cloud and husband Jonathan, of Franklin, Tenn., Dr. Amanda Rose Burton, of Baltimore, Md., and Emily Burton Waterloo and husband Trey, of
Jackson; as well as four great-grandchildren, Hannah Claire Cloud, 7; Bennett Price Cloud, 3; MaryRhea Nix Waterloo, 6; and Evelyn Mae Waterloo, 1. She is also survived by four nephews, Frank Nix, of Atlanta, Ga., Jon Tullos, of Russellville, Ark., Ben Tullos, of Madison, Tommy Nix, of Memphis, Tenn.; and one niece, Jane Agner of Destin, Fla., and many great nieces and nephews.
Aileen attended Whitworth College in Brookhaven, and retired from Electric Power Associations of Mississippi in 1984 after 30 years of service. She was a member of Alta Woods United Methodist Church in Jackson for over 50 years and for the past four years was an active
member of First United Methodist Church in Brookhaven. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and an avid reader. She was extremely proud of her grandchildren and great- grandchildren and was always faithful to her family and her Lord. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
(Source: Karin G.; Obituaries published in the Thursday, April 17, 2003, edition of The Natchez Democrat)
Frank Hennington Nix Sr.
NATCHEZ - Funeral arrangements for Frank Hennington Nix Sr. of Snellville, Ga., and formerly of Natchez, who died Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at Emory East Side Medical Center in Snellville, are incomplete at Laird Funeral Home.
Frank Hennington Nix Sr.
May 24, 1910 - April 15, 2003
NATCHEZ - Graveside services for Frank Hennington Nix Sr., 92, of Gainesville, Ga., who died Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at Emory East Side Medical Center in Snellville, Ga., will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Natchez City Cemetery with the Rev. James E. Herndon officiating.
Burial will follow under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.
Mr. Nix was born May 24, 1910, in Brookhaven, the son of Walter Elliott and Rosa Hennington Nix.
He was a Methodist, was in sales for more than 60 years in Greenville and had lived the last four years in Gainesville. He was a fisherman.
Mr. Nix was preceded in death by his wife, Rita McGehee Nix.
Survivors include one son, Frank H. Nix Jr., and his wife, Linda, both of Gainesville; three granddaughters, Wendsor Scheffel and her husband, Chris, both of Buford, Ga., Juanne White of Orlando, Fla.. and Daralyn Chase of Las Vegas; five other grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter, Alexis Lenore Scheffel.
Pallbearers will be Chick Graning, Ben Tullos, Chris Scheffel and Tommy Nix.
The family requests memorials be made to Guest House Adult Day Care, 320 Tower Heights Road, Gainesville, GA 30501.
Obituaries Aileen Nix Burton - Daily Leader - (Mar/23/2008)
Georgia Aileen Nix Burton
Services for Georgia Aileen Nix Burton will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel with burial at 2 p.m. in Lakewood Memorial Parks at 6000 Clinton Boulevard in Jackson.
Visitation is Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.
She was born in Oma on Jan. 16, 1919, to Walter Elliot Nix and Rosa Love Henington Nix and died on Thursday, March 20, 2008, at the age of 89.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Selmer Price Burton of "Burton's" Restaurant in Jackson; her two brothers, Frank and Lowery Nix; and two sisters, Margaret Nix Day and Evelyn Nix Tullos, and her nephew, David Tullos.
She is survived by her son, John Price Burton and wife Kay Krone Burton, of Brookhaven; her three granddaughters, Shelly Burton Cloud and husband Jonathan, of Franklin, Tenn., Dr. Amanda Rose Burton, of Baltimore, Md., and Emily Burton Waterloo and husband Trey, of
Jackson; as well as four great-grandchildren, Hannah Claire Cloud, 7; Bennett Price Cloud, 3; MaryRhea Nix Waterloo, 6; and Evelyn Mae Waterloo, 1. She is also survived by four nephews, Frank Nix, of Atlanta, Ga., Jon Tullos, of Russellville, Ark., Ben Tullos, of Madison, Tommy Nix, of Memphis, Tenn.; and one niece, Jane Agner of Destin, Fla., and many great nieces and nephews.
Aileen attended Whitworth College in Brookhaven, and retired from Electric Power Associations of Mississippi in 1984 after 30 years of service. She was a member of Alta Woods United Methodist Church in Jackson for over 50 years and for the past four years was an active
member of First United Methodist Church in Brookhaven. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and an avid reader. She was extremely proud of her grandchildren and great- grandchildren and was always faithful to her family and her Lord. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
(Source: Karin G.; Obituaries published in the Thursday, April 17, 2003, edition of The Natchez Democrat)
Friday, January 23, 2009
Family Group Record for Walter Elliott Nix and Rosa Love Hennington
Walter Elliott Nix and Rosa Love Hennington (daughter of Benjamin David Hennington & Mary Narcissus Catching)
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Husband: Walter Elliott Nix
Born: 1875 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Died: 1934 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Galilee Cemetery, Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi
Father: Dewitt Clinton Nix (1846-1919)
Mother: Georgia A. Elliott ( - 1921)
Marriage: 25 Feb 1903 Place: Poss. Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Mississippi
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Wife: Rosa Love Hennington
Born: 6 Dec 1877 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 1959 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Buried: - Galilee Cemetery, Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi
Father: Benjamin David (Dr.) Hennington (1843-1925)
Mother: Mary Narcissus Catching (1843-1925)
Children
1 M Walter Lowery Nix
Born: 19 Jun 1904 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 12 Jun 1952 - Mississippi
Buried: - Oakwood Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Spouse: Indiana Smith (1900- )
Marr. Date: 30 Aug 1925 - Walthall County, Mississippi
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2 F Mary Margaret Nix
Born: 2 Nov 1906 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Died: 13 Feb 1987 - Hazlehurst Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Poss Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: R.E. Day
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Spouse: G. B. Williamson
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3 M Frank Hennington (Sr.) Nix
Born: 24 May 1910 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 15 Apr 2003 - Snellville, Gwinnett County,
Buried: - Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
Spouse: Rita McGee (1909-1986)
Marr. Date: 1935 - Poss. Mississippi
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4 F Evelyn Nix
Born: 10 May 1912 - Poss. Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 17 Jun 1988
Buried:
Spouse: Marshall F. Tullos
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5 F Georgia Aileen Nix
Born: 16 Jan 1919 - Oma, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 20 Mar 2008 - Jackson County, Mississippi
Buried: - Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
Spouse: Selmer Price Burton ( -1959)
Marr. Date: 16 Jan 1949 - Mississippi
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Last Modified: 23 Jan 2009
Sources:
1. Census 1880 Copiah Co., MS
2. Census 1910 Copiah Co., MS
3. Census 1920 Lawrence Co., MS
4. Census 1930 Lawrence Co., MS
5. Find a Grave/Galilee Cemetery, Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi
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Husband: Walter Elliott NixBorn: 1875 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Died: 1934 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Galilee Cemetery, Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi
Father: Dewitt Clinton Nix (1846-1919)
Mother: Georgia A. Elliott ( - 1921)
Marriage: 25 Feb 1903 Place: Poss. Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Mississippi
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Wife: Rosa Love HenningtonBorn: 6 Dec 1877 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 1959 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Buried: - Galilee Cemetery, Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi
Father: Benjamin David (Dr.) Hennington (1843-1925)
Mother: Mary Narcissus Catching (1843-1925)
Children
1 M Walter Lowery Nix
Born: 19 Jun 1904 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 12 Jun 1952 - Mississippi
Buried: - Oakwood Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Spouse: Indiana Smith (1900- )
Marr. Date: 30 Aug 1925 - Walthall County, Mississippi
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2 F Mary Margaret Nix
Born: 2 Nov 1906 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Died: 13 Feb 1987 - Hazlehurst Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi
Buried: - Poss Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: R.E. Day
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3 M Frank Hennington (Sr.) Nix
Born: 24 May 1910 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 15 Apr 2003 - Snellville, Gwinnett County,
Buried: - Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
Spouse: Rita McGee (1909-1986)
Marr. Date: 1935 - Poss. Mississippi
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4 F Evelyn Nix
Born: 10 May 1912 - Poss. Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 17 Jun 1988
Buried:
Spouse: Marshall F. Tullos
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5 F Georgia Aileen Nix
Born: 16 Jan 1919 - Oma, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 20 Mar 2008 - Jackson County, Mississippi
Buried: - Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
Spouse: Selmer Price Burton ( -1959)
Marr. Date: 16 Jan 1949 - Mississippi
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Last Modified: 23 Jan 2009
Sources:
1. Census 1880 Copiah Co., MS
2. Census 1910 Copiah Co., MS
3. Census 1920 Lawrence Co., MS
4. Census 1930 Lawrence Co., MS
5. Find a Grave/Galilee Cemetery, Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi
Family Group Record for Eldred Levi (Lee) Holloway Bird and Emma Frances Hennington
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Eldred Levi (Lee) Holloway Bird & and Emma Frances Hennington (daughter of Benjamin David Hennington & Mary Narcissus Catching)Lee Bird was an attorney, and served in the Mississippi Legislature during the 1890 Constitutional Convention, as Clerk of the Judiciary Committee.
Husband: Eldred Levi (Lee) Holloway Bird
Born: 24 Aug 1868 - Mississippi
Died: 7 Mar 1957 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Missisippi
Father: Holloway Ivanhoe (Capt.) Bird (1834-1905)
Mother: Alice Marie Jett (1848-1877)
Marriage: 1892 Place: Copiah County, Mississippi
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Wife: Emma Frances HenningtonBorn: 26 Jul 1870 - Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Copiah County,
Misissippi
Died: 22 Jun 1956 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Father: Benjamin David (Dr.) Hennington (1843-1925)
Mother: Mary Narcissus Catching (1843-1925)
Children
1 F Courtney Irene Bird
Born: Sep 1893 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died:
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Spouse: Unknown Adair ( - )
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2 M Holloway (Hollie) E. Bird
Born: Mar 1895 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died:
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Spouse: Exie Unknown (1892- )
Marr. Date: 1919 - Mississippi
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3 M Grady L. Bird
Born: Jan 1897 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
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4 M Audley V. Bird
Born: Oct 1898 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
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5 M Eldred I. Bird
Born: 1902 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
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6 M Harold L. Bird
Born: 1904 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
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7 F Myrtle (Myrtie) E. Bird
Born: 1907 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
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8 F Lee H. Bird
Born: Jan 1910 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
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Last Modified: 22 Jan 2009
Sources
1. Census, 1880, Lawrence Co., MS
1. Census 1910, Lawrence Co., MS
2. Census 1900, Lawrence Co., MS
3. Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Dr. Benjamin David Hennington - Family Group Record update
Here is an update for research we've been doing on the Dr. Benjamin David Hennington family. For months we've had only names and dates for Benjamin's children. Thankfully, there are new spouse names, dates and burial information, plus tombstone photos from http://www.findagrave.com/
In the coming days I'll be posting more Family Group Sheets on Benjamin's children that we have completed so far. Here's hoping I can resume my genealogy blog posting for this year.
(it's at least a goal!) Thanks to those blog readers for their earlier comments. Larry and I always appreciate the feedback.
Gayle
Dr Benjamin David Hennington
Born: 21 Jan 1843 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 16 May 1925 - Oma, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Father: Henry H. (Rev.) Hennington (1795-1864)
Mother: Susannah Nesom (1805-1854)
Marriage: 11 Aug 1864 Place: Copiah County, Mississippi
Military Service/ CSA 16th MS Infantry, Co., C (Lt.)
(Army of Northern Virginia)
Wife: Mary Narcissus Catching
Born: 23 Mar 1843 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 12 Nov 1925 - Oma, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Father: John Noel Catching (1811-1873)
Mother: Emma Angeline Smith (1813-1882)
Children of Benjamin & Mary
1 M Frank Wilmot Hennington
Born: 7 Jul 1865 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 1923
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Anderson (1869- )
Marr. Date: 22 Feb 1893 - Madison County, Mississippi
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F Emma Frances Hennington (4)
Born: 26 Jul 1870 - Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Copiah County,
Misissippi
Died: 22 Jun 1956 - Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Spouse: Eldred Levi (Lee) Holloway Bird (1868-1957)
Marr. Date: 1892 - Copiah County, Mississippi
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3 F Annie Hennington
Born: 1871 - Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Misissippi
Died:
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4 M Henry Livingston Hennington
Born: 11 Feb 1873 - Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Misissippi
Died: 6 May 1907 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
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5 M Lamar Lucius Hennington
Born: 7 Aug 1875 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 4 Sep 1954 - Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi
Buried: - Roseland Park Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Forrest County,
Mississippi
Spouse: Mary L. (Madie) Lewis (1879-1976)
Marr. Date: Poss. Mississippi
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6 F Rosa Love Hennington
Born: 6 Dec 1877 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 1959 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Buried: - Galilee Cemetery, Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: Walter Elliott Nix (1875-1934)
Marr. Date: 25 Feb 1903 - Poss. Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Mississippi
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F Bernice Hennington
Born: 5 Apr 1880 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 12 Jun 1917 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
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8 M Benjamin David (Jr.) Hennington
Born: 14 Oct 1881 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 18 May 1912 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Spouse: Eva Unknown (1885-1911)
Marr. Date: Poss. Lawrence County, Mississippi
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Burial Notes: Husband - Benjamin David (Dr.) Hennington
Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
31 deg 41 min 50 sec North 090 deg 11 min 51 sec West
Research Sources:
1. MS Leader-Brookhaven, Lawrence County MS Press.
2. Marriages-Vital Records Index; 1890-1894.
3. Ancestry.Com / http://www.ancestry.com/
4. Census 1850 Copiah Co., SM
5. Census 1860 Copiah Co., MS
6. Census 1880 Lawrence Co., MS
7. Census 1900 Lawrence Co., MS
8. Census 1910 Lawrence Co., MS
9. Census 1920 Lawrence Co., MS
10. Soldiers & Sailors
In the coming days I'll be posting more Family Group Sheets on Benjamin's children that we have completed so far. Here's hoping I can resume my genealogy blog posting for this year.
(it's at least a goal!) Thanks to those blog readers for their earlier comments. Larry and I always appreciate the feedback.
Gayle
Dr Benjamin David Hennington
Born: 21 Jan 1843 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 16 May 1925 - Oma, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Father: Henry H. (Rev.) Hennington (1795-1864)
Mother: Susannah Nesom (1805-1854)
Marriage: 11 Aug 1864 Place: Copiah County, Mississippi
Military Service/ CSA 16th MS Infantry, Co., C (Lt.)
(Army of Northern Virginia)
Wife: Mary Narcissus Catching
Born: 23 Mar 1843 - Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 12 Nov 1925 - Oma, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Father: John Noel Catching (1811-1873)
Mother: Emma Angeline Smith (1813-1882)
Children of Benjamin & Mary
1 M Frank Wilmot Hennington
Born: 7 Jul 1865 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Died: 1923
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Anderson (1869- )
Marr. Date: 22 Feb 1893 - Madison County, Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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F Emma Frances Hennington (4)
Born: 26 Jul 1870 - Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Copiah County,
Misissippi
Died: 22 Jun 1956 - Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Spouse: Eldred Levi (Lee) Holloway Bird (1868-1957)
Marr. Date: 1892 - Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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3 F Annie Hennington
Born: 1871 - Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Misissippi
Died:
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4 M Henry Livingston Hennington
Born: 11 Feb 1873 - Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Misissippi
Died: 6 May 1907 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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5 M Lamar Lucius Hennington
Born: 7 Aug 1875 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 4 Sep 1954 - Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi
Buried: - Roseland Park Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Forrest County,
Mississippi
Spouse: Mary L. (Madie) Lewis (1879-1976)
Marr. Date: Poss. Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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6 F Rosa Love Hennington
Born: 6 Dec 1877 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 1959 - Copiah County, Misissippi
Buried: - Galilee Cemetery, Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi
Spouse: Walter Elliott Nix (1875-1934)
Marr. Date: 25 Feb 1903 - Poss. Copiah (or) Lawrence County, Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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F Bernice Hennington
Born: 5 Apr 1880 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 12 Jun 1917 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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8 M Benjamin David (Jr.) Hennington
Born: 14 Oct 1881 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Died: 18 May 1912 - Lawrence County, Mississippi
Buried: - Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
Spouse: Eva Unknown (1885-1911)
Marr. Date: Poss. Lawrence County, Mississippi
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Burial Notes: Husband - Benjamin David (Dr.) Hennington
Bahala Chapel Cemetery, Tryus, Lawrence County, Mississippi
31 deg 41 min 50 sec North 090 deg 11 min 51 sec West
Research Sources:
1. MS Leader-Brookhaven, Lawrence County MS Press.
2. Marriages-Vital Records Index; 1890-1894.
3. Ancestry.Com / http://www.ancestry.com/
4. Census 1850 Copiah Co., SM
5. Census 1860 Copiah Co., MS
6. Census 1880 Lawrence Co., MS
7. Census 1900 Lawrence Co., MS
8. Census 1910 Lawrence Co., MS
9. Census 1920 Lawrence Co., MS
10. Soldiers & Sailors
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