Dr. William Law Van Horn and Family - Update

Picture (L-R): Mattie Parry Mallory-Van Horn, Willie Law Van Horn (infant), Dr. William Law Van Horn

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana (Page 429-430). A complete family group sheet has been posted on our website (link on the right of this page). Dr. William Law Van Horn is the second great grandfather of the Family Roots and Branches Blog author Larry Van Horn.

William L. Van Horn, M.D. Ph.M., of Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, is the eldest of ten children of T.D. and Margaretta (Law) Van Horn, and was born in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 1857.

His father (Thaddeus Damascus Van Horn, see below) was born in Port Gibson, Mississippi, and his mother was a native of Missouri. When but a small boy T. D. Van Horn was taken to Tallahassee, Florida, where he grew to manhood and received his early education.

During the year 1843 he married Miss Mary Ann Faust, who became the mother of four children: James Faust, Thaddeus Damascus; Mary Permelia and Thaddeus Damascus; James Faust and Mary Permelia now surviving.

In 1851 T. D. Van Horn moved to New Orleans and became the manager of the New Orleans Crescent, the leading whig paper of the South. His first wife dying in 1853, he married Miss Margaretta Law, August 12, 1856. He was the manager of the Crescent until the breaking out of war, when he was commissioned by Governor Moore as aid-de-camp on the staff of the Third brigade of the state troops ans was by him assigned to duty on Colonel Scott’s staff, and afterward aid-de-camp on the staff of General Wheeler.

After the war he assisted in the re-establishment of The Crescent of which he was business manager until the close in 1869. In 1870 he organized the Lafayette bank of New Orleans and was elected cashier, which position he resigned two years later, when he was elected cashier of the Metropolitan bank, retained that position for sixteen years and a half, and then resigned. He is now cashier and bookkeeper of the New Orleans States, one of the leading persons of the city.

He is a very popular and highly respected citizen, and in one way or another has been connected with many important interests and institutions in the Crescent City. As a Mason, he is widely known having taken the thirty-second degree. He has held all of the offices in his lodge of which he is a life member.

Dr. William L. Van Horn began life for himself at the age of sixteen as an apprentice of the drug trade in New Orleans, and at the same time began the study of medicine. He became a student of medicine and pharmacy at the Tulane University of Louisiana, in 1876, and graduated there from both branches in 1879, and during that year began practicing his profession in New Orleans, Louisiana. A year later he removed to Columbia (Caldwell Parish), Louisiana, where he has built up a lucrative practice, in connection with which he conducts a profitable drug business.
He was married in 1880 to Mary Francis, daughter of Judge R. D. Bridger, of Columbia, Louisiana, who bore him one son and one daughter, both of whom are now dead. Mrs. Van Horn died at Pineville, Louisiana, in 1883, the family having recently removed to that place.

After her death the Doctor returned to Columbia, Louisiana., and in January, 1886, married Miss Mattie Parry Mallory, of Panola County, Texas. By this marriage he has had five children: William L., Mattie R., Oliver H., Marguerite Lillian and Vannah Elliot.

Family of Dr. William Law Van Horn (1857-1897)
Picture:
Front Row (L-R): William Law Van Horn, Mattie Rosebud Van Horn, Mattie Parry Mallory-Van Horn, Oliver Herbert Van Horn. Back Row (L-R): Vannah Elliott Van Horn, Marguerite Lillian Van Horn.

The Doctor has acquired considerable property, being the owner of an elegant residence and a large store and business house in Columbia, and of 160 acres of good land situated in a suburb of that town. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His professional standing is first class, and his skill as a physician and surgeon is recognized throughout north Louisiana. He is the leading practitioner of Columbia and the parish of Caldwell.

His skill and integrity have both been recognized by the parish and town by his election twice to the office of coroner of the parish and councilman of the town of Columbia, also by the various insurance companies. He was elected by the New York Life Insurance company, the Mutual Life of New York, the Pennsylvania Mutual of Philadelphia, the Equitable Life of Massachusetts and the Endowment Rank, Knights of Pythias, as their medical examiner in Caldwell parish. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church south.

Mattie Parry Mallory-Van Horn
























Dr. William Law Van Horn and Family

Husband Dr. William Law Van Horn (41)
Birth* 28 Oct 1857 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Marriage* 12 Feb 1880 Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Marriage* 23 Jan 1885 Mattie Parry Mallory (47) (b. 17 Jan 1866, d. 31 Oct 1942); Panola County, Texas
Death* 9 Jun 1897 Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas

Father* Captain Thaddeus Damascus Van Horn (42) (b. 20 Oct 1820, d. 5 Apr 1905)
Mother* Margaretta Law (55) (b. 2 Apr 1840, d. 3 Jun 1918)

1st Wife Mary Frances Bridger (53)
Birth* 22 Nov 1857 Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Death* 16 Jul 1883 Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Burial* __ Jul 1883 Columbia Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

Father* Honorable Robert Dixon Bridger (57) (b. 25 Apr 1835, d. 7 Feb 1890)
Mother* Mary Frances Redditts (4954) (b. 13 Jan 1838, d. 1 Sep 1870)

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Two Known Children to Dr. William Law Van Horn-Mary Frances Bridger
M Thaddeus Robert Van Horn (54)
Birth* 19 Sep 1881 Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Death* 7 Jun 1882 Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Burial* __ Jun 1882 Columbia Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

F Infant Van Horn (56)
Birth* circa 1883 Louisiana
Death* circa 1883 Louisiana

2nd Wife Mattie Parry Mallory (47)
Birth* 17 Jan 1866 Panola County, Texas
Marriage* 23 Jan 1885 Panola County, Texas
Death* 31 Oct 1942 Munsey Park, Nassau County, New York
Burial* __ ___ ____ Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, Square 3 Plots 152/153/half 154, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Father* Dr. William Wesley Mallory (4775) (b. 1830, d. before 1870)
Mother* Rosannah Margaret Parry (4776) (b. 1836, d. after 1880)

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The Five Known Children of Dr. William Law Van Horn-Mattie Parry Mallory

M Willie Law Van Horn (39)
Birth* 1 Dec 1885 Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Marriage* 26 Apr 1909 Jessie Witt (40) (b. 10 Jun 1890, d. 26 Feb 1979), daughter of Private John Christopher Witt (79) and Henrietta Elizabeth Lange (80); Kerr County, Texas

Son: 7 Aug 1911 Witt Lange Van Horn (34); Medina City, Bandera County, Texas
Son: 30 May 1913 Victor Clark Van Horn (44); Medina County, Texas

Divorce* 21 Nov 1914 Jessie Witt (40); Bandera County, Texas
Marriage* __ Jun 1916 Bertha Mae Bowers (8647) (b. 19 Jan 1892, d. 30 Jan 1965); Longview, Gregg County, Texas

Daughter: 3 Aug 1917 Mattie Elizabeth Van Horn (8648); Tarrant County, Texas

Death* 20 Feb 1960 U.S. Navy Hospital, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
Burial* 23 Feb 1960 Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas

F Mattie Rosebud Van Horn (49)
Birth* 14 Oct 1888 Louisiana, United States.
Marriage* 10 Sep 1904 Robert McCulloh Eckols (9616) (b. after 10 Oct 1883, d. 7 Oct 1904); New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Marriage* 12 Nov 1907 Walter Brashaer Capron (4928) (b. Oct 1885, d. 8 Jan 1921), son of Joseph Capron (8517) and Sarah L. [--?--] (8518); New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Daughter: 16 Jul 1909 Helen Loraine Capron (4929); New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Death* __ Feb 1960

M Oliver Herbert Van Horn (50)
Birth* 28 Nov 1889 Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Marriage* 14 Dec 1911 Alma Marie Clerc (9617) (b. 31 Oct 1893, d. 26 Dec 1966), daughter of Emile H. Clerc (9623) and Marie A. Cazentre (9624); New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Son: __ ___ 1914 Leslie Andrew Van Horn (9618); New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Marriage* __ ___ 1928 Cleoma Myrtle Eckols (4952) (b. 13 Jul 1909, d. 22 Feb 1984),daughter of Elizabeth [--?--] (27992); San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas

Daughter: 13 Oct 1931 Yvonne Cleoma Van Horn (6626); Bexar County, Texas

Death* 12 Jun 1953 Houston, Harris County, Texas
Burial* __ Jun 1953 Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, Square 3 Plots 152/153/half 154, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

F Marguerite Lillian Van Horn (51)
Birth* 8 Jan 1892 Louisiana, United States.
Marriage* 4 Nov 1912 Mayo Walter Black (9619) (b. 11 May 1888, d. between 1918 and 1920); New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Marriage* aft 1920 George William Lamb (4953) (b. Dec 1873 d. Jan 1966)
Death* 20 Oct 1982 Pinellas County, Florida

M Vannah Elliot Van Horn (52)
Birth* 17 Dec 1895 Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Marriage* after 5 Jun 1917 Susan Edna Drake (4945) (b. 25 Aug 1917 1888, d. 21 Dec 1965); San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Son: 10 Apr 1927 Lt. Colonel Vannah Elliott Van Horn Jr. (4946); San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Death* 29 Mar 1942 Mexico City, Districto Federal, Mexico.
Burial* __ Apr 1942 Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Do not go to the USGenWeb site!

I have the following information courtesy of Tammy, the USGenWeb Bastrop County, Texas website:

UsGenWeb has been fighting a hacker and virus for the past month. Each time the site is cleaned, it is reinfected. It was clean yesterday and today infected again.

As a county coordinator, we have been asked to pass on the message asking folks not to visit the www.usgenweb.org or www.usgenweb.com sites until these issues have been resolved.

UsGenWeb is now owned by Ancestry and some have reported Ancestry is infected as well. Not sure if the freepages accounts are housed on the same server but if this is the case, then the freepages accounts could be too.

What is happening is that when you visit an infected page your virus scan would alert you, if your virus scan is working and catches it, or Adobe might try and download a file. It is said that it steals your cookies and sends them somewhere. This is dangerous because the cookies could contain personal information you have sent to a legitimate site and saved in a cookie.

If you have a webpage on the usgenweb site (most that do are county or state coordinators) then if you download (usually through ftp) you are at risk of getting the virus, which could infect your webpages and write code at the bottoms of the pages.

We haven't been told too much except that county coordinators who's pages are on rootsweb cannot ftp into their sites and pass the word about not visiting the main usgenweb page.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Shirley Cullum
Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Subject: [TXGW-NEWS] Do not go to the USGenWeb site
To: "TXGW-NEWS-L @ rootsweb.com"

This was sent from the NC, Sherri Bradley:

"Please ask folks not to visit National, and for those that host their sites on
theusgenweb.org not to log in at all.

Sherri"

All 2.5 Million Granite Mountain Films May be Digitized by Early Next Year

The FamilySearch Center in the Joseph Smith Building is getting a full upgrade - and progress on the digitization of the Granite Mountain microfilm is moving ahead at a terrific pace. According to Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch, all that film - 2.5 million rolls - may all be digitized by early next year. That is amazing statement and may bode well for all of all of us genealogists.

"Nauta (Paul) said FamilySearch has 185 camera teams filming 60 million new images annually. Also, the Granite Vaults are having all of their microfilm (2.5 million rolls) digitized and that process could be completed as early as next year."

The following teaser is from the October 22, 2009 edition of the Mormon Times
(Deseret News).

Using Google Search Books

Here is a great video from the folks at Family Tree Magazine on how to use Google Search Books.

Antietam Union Civil War Soldier Buried

The remains of a Union Civil War soldier found nearly a year ago on the Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland are laid to rest. Video story from the Pentagon Channel.

Family Group Record - William Robert Seely & Sarah Jane Perry

This ia my first blog posting, for my Seely related family lines. William Robert Seely, son of John Frederick Seely and Sadie Spivey, and Sarah Jane Perry, are my great grandparents. Additional information on this family is welcome. Still seeking tombstone photos, so far only Sarah Jane's marker has been posted at www.findagrave.com/ at the Erick Cemetery in Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma.
Gayle VH

Family Group Record for William Robert (Bill) Seely

Husband: William Robert (Bill) Seely
Born: 25 Aug 1876 - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Died: 17 Jul 1946 - Winslow, Washington County, Arkansas
Cause of Death: Heart Disease
Buried: 19 Jul 1946 - Sunset Cemetery, Winslow, Washington County, Arkansas
Father: John Frederick Seely (1852-1921)
Mother: Sarah A. (Sadie) Spivey (1845-1927)
Marriage: Abt 1893 Place: Poss. Benton County, Arkansas
Other Spouse: Pearl Leake (1886-Bef 1946) Date:
Other Spouse: Sarah Moore (1908- ) Date:

Events
1. He appeared on the census on 23 Jun 1900 in Osage Township, Benton
County, Arkansas as Head of Household with family

*wife Jane is pregnant with son Arthur that was born in Dec 1900.

2. He appeared on the census on 16 Jan 1920 in Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma as Head of Household with family

3. He was a farmer.

4. He appeared on the census on 10 Apr 1930 in Winslow, Washington County, Arkansas as Head of Household with family.

5. Arkansas Death Certificate: 29 Jul 1946, Fayetteville, Washington County,Arkansas. Signature by Preston D. Hathbeck, MD

Wife: Sarah Jane (Janie) Perry
Born: 28 Jul 1869 - Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Died: 9 May 1924 - Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma
Cause of Death: Thrown from moving automobile
Buried: 10 May 1924 - Erick Cemetery, Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma
Father: James Monroe Perry (Abt 1828-After 1880)
Mother: Mary E. Corn (1843-After 1880)

Children
1 M Frederick Seely
Born: 7 Mar 1895 - Benton County, Arkansas
Died: 29 Sep 1973 - Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma
Buried: - Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma
Spouse: Hytheon Lee Soles (1906-1998)
Marr. Date: 26 Feb 1924 - Centerton, Benton County, Arkansas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

2 M Audie Seely
Born: Dec 1897 - Benton County, Arkansas
Died: 1901 - Benton County, Arkansas

3 M Norvell Seely
Born: 25 Feb 1898 - Benton County, Arkansas
Died: 21 May 1971 - Bakersfield, Kern County, California
Buried: 25 May 1971 - Greennlawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern
County, California
Spouse: Annie Butler (1907-1957)
Marr. Date: 1924 - Erick, Beckam County, Oklahoma
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

4 M Arthur Seely
Born: 27 Dec 1900 - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Died: 28 Aug 1950 - Bentonwillow, Kern County, California
Cause of Death: Myocardial Infarction/Cerebral Artereosclerosis
Buried: 30 Aug 1950 - Greennlawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern
County, California
Spouse: Fay Thompson Marr. Date:
Spouse: Viola Delay (1904-1990)
Marr. Date: 27 Jul 1922 - Erick, Beckam County, Oklahoma
Spouse: Clara B. Unknown (1901-1968)
Marr. Date: 1950 - Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

5 F Lora Seely
Born: 1905 - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Died: - Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma
Buried: - Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma
Spouse: William (Bill) Holford Marr. Date:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

6 F Esther Seely
Born: 9 Mar 1908 - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Raymond O'Neal
Marr. Date: Erick, Beckam County, Oklahoma
Spouse: Castra Unknown
Marr. Date:
Spouse: Unknown Childress
Marr. Date:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

7 F Edna Seely
Born: 22 Mar 1911 - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Wren Terry
Marr. Date:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

8 F Velma Mae Seely
Born: 27 Apr 1914 - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Died: - Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri
Buried: - Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas
Spouse: Melvin T. Abla (1916- )
Marr. Date: Erick, Beckam County, Oklahoma
Spouse: Edwin Standell
Marr. Date:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
(revised 07 September 2009)

Edwina Lee Brantly-Redus Has Passed Away

I have received word from cousin George M. Redus Sr, that his sister-in-law, Edwina Lee Brantly-Redus, passed away this morning. She was the wife of John Clement Redus, Jr. who passed away just last April.

I have more on John and his obit on this blog at http://family-genealogy.blogspot.com/2009/04/redus-cousin-passes-away.html

REDUSEdwina Lee Redus died August 30, 2009. She was born in Hollister, Oklahoma on October 8, 1921, the oldest child of Robert T. and Allie Brantly. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 63 years, John C Redus, Jr. Edwina is survived by her brother, Robert and wife, Betty; daughter, Elizabeth Newell and husband, Chuck; grandsons, Patrick and Timothy Newell. Other survivors include Audrey Brians, Mildred Brooks, Clifford and Lorene Redus, Allan and Sonia Redus, Jean Redus, George and Kay Redus, Loretta Redus and many nieces and nephews. Edwina moved to Devine, Texas as a teenager. It was in Devine that she met and married John C. Redus Jr in 1945 after his return from World War II. Edwina worked at Kelly AFB for 40 years. She and John C. delighted in traveling to Europe, Alaska and Hawaii. They were charter members of the Kum Dubl (Come Double) Sunday School class at Travis Heights Methodist and were also members of Laurel Heights Methodist. A strong and determined woman, Edwina was devoted to her family and friends. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

SERVICE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 10:00 A.M.
LAUREL HEIGHTS METHODIST CHURCH 227 W. WOODLAWN
Rev. Jon D. Lowry officiating.

Memorial contributions may be sent to Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, 227 W. Woodlawn, San Antonio, TX 78212. Interment in Devine Evergreen Cemetery.

House Republicans Harpoon $8.7-Million Intended to Connect Whalers to Their Ancestors

Normally I wouldn't post something political here on this genealogy blog, but this one I can't pass up. Hey, it is a bit of Genealogy in the News you might find interesting.The House Democrats wanted to spend $8.7 million for a "cultural exchange program" to connect whalers in Massachusetts with their whaling ancestors in Alaska and Hawaii.

The spending proposal has apparently been eliminated from the appropriations bill for the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Departments.And just when I was starting to see "Franklins" and a new job as a working genealogist. I wonder how many of these types of government programs are available for the genealogist to apply for?

More details at http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51572.

Redus Cousins Pass

Jim Redus passes along that Alton Ware Redus, son of James Ware Redus, Jr and Annie Emma Radicke passed away on June 30, 2009. He was born in Gillet, Karnes County, Texas on 7 June, 1923. He passed away in Inez, Texas. He was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas with full military honors. He was a United States Marine and a veteran of World War II.

I am looking for an obit and picture of this cousin.

George M. Redus emailed us yesterday that his brother William Otis Redus, passed away yesterday afternoon (13 July 2009) at 3:45 p.m. in Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas.

And her is a story that George passed to me several years ago:

"Bill played football and basketball for the Devine High School Warhorses. He was given a football sweater for having lettered in that sport in 1942. Shortly after World War II started, Bill joined the Army Air Corps and while working on an airplane, slipped and cut off one of his fingers. This would have been a terrible thing for most people, but Bill made the most of it. He has developed a lot of jokes and tricks around his missing digit and delights the children with his stories."

And here is Bill's obit as published on July 16, 2009, in the San Antonio Express newspaper:

William Redus

REDUS

William Otis Redus died July 13 at the age of 85. He was born in Devine, Texas on Aug. 31, 1923, and was preceded in death by his parents, nine siblings, and his wife, Betty Wuneburger Redus, to whom he was married for 56 years. Bill and Betty raised their family in San Antonio, before later moving to Kerrville, Texas. He is survived by a daughter, Susan Buentello, and husband Lawrence, of San Antonio, and a son, Glenn Redus and his wife, Mary, of Byram Township, N.J., along with five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, three brothers and one sister. Bill's passions were traveling, cheering on the University of Texas Longhorns and the Dallas Cowboys, and supporting his beloved Devine Warhorses. Bill will be remembered for his sense of humor and gregarious nature. There were no strangers when Bill was around, and he was always joking and lending a hand to those in need. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 17 at First United Methodist Church in Kerrville, with interment at 2:30 p.m. at San Jose Burial Park, 8235 Mission Road, in San Antonio. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Peterson Hospice in Kerrville, Texas.

I am looking for a picture of this cousin. If you can help email me at the address in the masthead.

Preventing Identity Theft with the SSDI

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

"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?"

"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.
(http://www.rootsweb.com/ )

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

FamilySearch Indexing Update - May 27, 2009

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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.