Taylor Family Genealogy
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| 3 | "D.W. Triplett was transferred Thursday to Columbia Regional Hospital in Columbia, MO from Hannibal hospital. He died Sunday night; his death was not unexpected. Sincere sympathy to his son Jack and Mary and other family members." -- Palmyra Spectator, Wed, Nov. 15, 1989 "Daniel Triplett "Services for Daniel Warwick Triplett, 95, of 524 Sunset Drive, formerly of Fabius and Wither's Mill communities, were held Wednesday, Nov 15, 1989, at 10:30 a.m., in Lewis Brothers Chapel. The Rev. William J. Miller and the Rev. Chris L. Combs officiated with interment in the Palmyra Mausoleum. Casket bearers were Kevin Triplett and Keith Triplett. "Mr. Triplett died at 10:15 p.m., Sunday, November 12, in Columbia Regional Hospital. He was born August 3, 1894 in Marion County to Jefferson Davis and Jessie Brown Triplett. He married Janie McPike on March 3 1919 in Palmyra. She died August 25, 1970. He then married Alice Kern Ihrig at Wither's Mill in 1971. She survives. "Also surviving are two daughters, Mary Frances Good, Kansas City, Ruth Baughman, Hannibal; one son, Jack Triplett, Palmyra; step-daughters, Margaret Christianson, Camp Hill, PA, Mary Withers, Derby, KS, Ruth Forman, Route 2, Hannibal; grandchildren, Elaine Good, Carol Bohl, Donna Lauffer, Deborah Larson, Kevin and Keith Triplett; step-grandchildren, Sarah Chisemore, Gary, Bruce, Joseph, Jessie, and Jay Foreman, Alan Christianson, Karin Slate, Jean Rhine, and Marion Baughman; four great-grandchildren and 18 step-great-grandchildren; also three nieces and one nephew. "He was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard and Harvey and two sisters, Lula Carson and Mary Atwater. "Mr. Triplett was an avid gardner, former member and deacon of Bethel Baptist Church, farmed in the Fabius community for 55 years, graduated from LaGrange College and attended Gem City Business College. He was a member of Providence Baptist Church. "Memorials may be made to Hannibal-LaGrange College." -- Clipping from an unknown newspaper. | TRIPLETT, Daniel Warwick (I1959)
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| 4 | Mrs. Josephine Cooper Taylor, wife of J. Eugene Taylor, former vice president of National Life & Accident Insurance Co., died yesterday of a heart attack in London. Mrs. Taylor died July 11 in London after a heart attack while she and her husband were completing a five month tour of Europe. Memorial services for Mrs. Taylor, 63, , will be at 4 p.m. tomorrow at St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church.The Rev. Paschall Davis will officiate. A native of Winchester, Tenn., she was the former Josephine Cooper, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Robert Emmett Cooper. She attended the old Ward-Belmont School here and received the BA and MA degrees at Vanderbilt University. In 1939, she married Taylor, who retired in 1970 as underwriting vice president of the National Life and Accident Insurance Co. Long-time Nashvillians, they moved to Sarasota, Fla. last year. Mrs. Taylor was a founding member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church here. She was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and a life master of the American Contract Bridge League. In addition to her husband, survivors include two sons, Ben Kingree and Josh Taylor, Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Irma C. Waddell, Tucson, Ariz.; an aunt, Mrs Hoyland Wilson, Ocean Springs, Miss., and eight grandchildren.Family said memorial contributions may be made to St. Bartholomew's memorial fund. -- The Tennessean, July 17, 1972, p. 26. | COOPER, Josephine Ann (I8)
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| 5 | " SIMON M. CARSON "This gentleman was born in Frederick county, Virginia, November 21, 1817, son of John and Sarah (Stephens) Carson. In the fall of 1829 he came with his parents to Marion County. Here he was raised and educated in the subscription schools of the county. February 27, 1840, he was married to Miss Ann Painter a native of Frederick county, Virginia, daughter of Robert and Mary (Haines) Painter. Mr Carson moved to Schuyler county after his marriage and remained there until 1846 when he returned to Marion County. Mr Carson was in the Federal service for two years of the late war; enlisted in April 1862, in Company K, 11th M.S.M., afterward 2d M.S.M. He was discharged at Cape Girardeau in the latter part of 1863, on account of disability from exposure and hardship. Mr Carson settled on his present place in 1879. He has a family of five children: Sarah E. Mary J. John R., Martha A., and Amanda E. Mr Carson is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, holding his membership at Bethel -- Holcombe. op. cit., p. 786 " Mr Armstead Hoskin was a member of Bethel for many years until a rather unusual incident of the Civil War. During the war Simon Carson was a forager for the Union Army. He came to Mr. Hoskin's place and took not only a fine matched team of driving horses, but also the double set of harness with "blind bridles" which had just been invented. Mr. Hoskin was a 'Southerner' and therefore not paid. He promptly quit Bethel Church for Simon was a member there, too. Mr. Hoskin said that he would not commune with a thief. " The same Simon Carson seems to have been the source of more than this one problem. Yankee soldiers looking for horses came to the farm of Benjamine McPike. The horses had been hidden and the soldiers went away without finding them. However, Mr. Carson, their neighbor and a deacon at Bethel with Mr. McPike, knew where the horses were hidden. He brought the Yankees back and took them to the hiding place. The McPikes were powerless against the soldiers, but as the group rode away with the horses, one of the women of the house could not bear the sight, so she picked up a brick and hurled it at Carson. The brick hit him in the small of the back and knocked him off his horse. This left him crippled for life."--Bethel Baptist Church, choice bits... "Mr. Simon Carter [Carson] who died the 19th of this month was buried at Bethel last Thursday [Nov. 20, 1902] Rev. Dingle preaching the funeral sermon. Mr Carson was born in Virginia and had he lived two days longer, would have been eighty-five years old." --- Palmyra Spectator [?] Nov. [?] 1902 | CARSON, Simon Martin (I307)
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| 6 | "...from Ireland" -- The Lewis Family in America, p. 258 | RUSSELL, George (I2077)
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| 7 | "...Lives Shot in Calif. Tragedy "Mr and Mrs. H.M. McLeod and Mr and Mrs J.B. Taylor spent the week end in Kirksville in the homes of their sisters, Mrs. G.W. Imbler and Miss Mabel McLeod. Sunday morning they received a telegram from another sister, Mrs. L.A. Harris of Kalispell, Mont, saying her daughter Mrs. Mildred Brust and son Curtis of Lancaster Calif, had been shot and killed and the daughter, Kay was shot, and in critical condition in a hospital. The shooting was done by Oscar Brust, estranged husband, who was apprehended immediately after the tragedy. The bodies will be taken to Kalispell for burial." -- Undated clipping, probably from the Palmyra Spectator. Probably the incident above, took place in 1954 -- LKL | HARRIS, Mildred (I494)
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| 8 | "...we quote Dan V. Stephens, who writes of Peter Stephens, Senior, 'Peter Stephens, Sr. was born in 1690 or a little earlier (probably in Germany). ...Since he was so closely identified with Jost Hite... it is presumed that he may have come to this country with Hite, settling, first, in Rockland County, New York, later coming down through New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the Valley of the Shenandoah, Virginia, with Jost Hite and others in the year 1732. Peter Stephens, Sr. married Maria Christina Rittenhouse of Germantown Pennsylvania. ...Jost Hite settled on Opequon while Peter Stephens traveled a few miles further south and settled on Crooked Run, near which he founded the town of Stephensburg, now Stephens City, Frederick County, Virginia. On October 3, 1734, he received a patent from Jost Hite, 674 acres of land adjoining Hite... and on November 10, 1752, he secured 572 acres of land adjoining his won patent.... He died in 1757, leaving his large estate to his wife, his four sons and three daughters.' "One legend of our family concerns a beautiful apple tree owned by Peter Stephens. People came from miles around to see it, to taste the exceptionally fine fruit, and to obtain cuttings to root. One man from Albemarle County was successful in starting an entire orchard of his won, and the apples became known as 'Albemarle Pippins" -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some ancestors, pp. 42-43. WILL OF PETER STEPHENS, SEN'R, 1757 -- Will Book 2, Page 266, Frederick County Va, Records "In the Name of God, Amen. On the 28th day of April in the year of our Lord God, one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven, I, Peter Stephens, Sr. of Frederick County in Virginia, yoemen[sic.], being sick and weak in body, but perfect should mind and memory, thanks be to God, therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing it appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this Last Will and Testament, that is to say: Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my body I commend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian and decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as Touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and devise, dispose of the same in the following manner and form: "Imprimis, my will is, that if it pleases the Almighty God to call me from this estate of life before my well beloved wife, Maria Christina Stephens, that she shall be truly and effectually invested with all and singular my Right Property and Interest of, in and to my Mansion House, with the use and occupation of all and singular my lands, being the quantity of 25 acres together withall and singular my movable and personal estate during her natural life, to be by her possessed without interruption or molestation of any person or persons whatsoever; and further, my will is that and after the decease of my said wife, Maria Christina, the said mansion house and 25 acres of land shall devolve to my eldest son, Lewis Stephens, his heirs or assigns forever, as fully and amply, to all intents and propose as I myself in my life time held and enjoyed the same. Provided, and it is my will that in consideration of the said devise, my eldest son shall pay unto my eldest daughter, Maria Christina, the sum of ten pounds current money, Ten pounds to my second daughter, Maria Magdalena together with the sum of ten pounds like money to my youngest daughter Margaret, to be by them or their heirs received and enjoyed. "Item -- For that I have heretofore given to my second son, Lawrence Stephens, by virtue of a certain deed of lease and release the quantity of 225 acres of land to be by him, his heirs, and assigns possessed forever. &. "Item -- Also I have heretofore given unto my third son, Peter Stephens, by virtue of a deed of lease & release the quantity of 200 acres of land to be by him, his heirs and assigns, possessed forever, &. "Item -- I give and bequeath to my youngest son, Henry Stephens a certain tract or parcel of land containing the quantity of 300 acres to be the same more or less, whereon he now lives to be possessed by him his heirs or assigns, forever. "Item -- My will is that a certain tract of land, containing 400 acres be the same more or less adjoining my former tract of land, which by virtue of a Patent had out of the office of Thomas Lord Fairfax, will more or less at large appear, I give and bequeath to my eldest son, his heirs and assigns forever, for the consideration of the sum forty pounds current money, Ten pounds of which I have to my eldest son Lewis Stephens; ten pounds to my second son Lawrence; Ten pounds to my third son, Peter, and ten pounds to my youngest son Henry, to be my them or their heirs received and enjoyed, &. "Item -- My will is that my well beloved Maria Cristina Stephens be an Executrix with my beloved son, Lewis Stephens and my beloved son, Lawrence Stephens, Executrix and Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Revoking and annulling and making void all other Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made. Ratifying and confirming this and no other, my Last Will and Testament. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the date and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Peter Stephens, as his Last Will and Testament. "Peter Stephens (SEAL) "In the presence of us: "Memorandum: Before signing and declaring the within above comprised will, it is willed by the Testator that after the decease of the said Maria Christina Stephens, that if any movable estate remain, it shall be equally divided between all the children surviving, or their heirs, &. MARTIN GRIDER. ANDREW (?) OTT. JOSEPH CARROLL. "At a court held for Frederick County on Tuesday the 6th day of December 1757. "This Last Will and Testament of Peter Stephens, deceased, as presented into court by Lewis Stephens and Lawrence Stephens, tow of the Executors therein named. Maria Christina Stephens, the other Executrix, having refused to take on her the burden of execution of the said Will, which is admitted to record. The said Will being proved by the oaths of Joseph Carroll and Martin Grider, witnesses thereto, is admitted to record." | STEPHENS, Peter (I1373)
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| 9 | ""Ann (Butcher) was a widow who came to N.J. from England with other Quakers before 1660.'" -- Painter Family, p. 7 | UNKNOWN, Ann (I1581)
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| 10 | "1699 Mrs Thomas Vernon began repeating gossip about her kin, Thomas Minshall and his wife. She accused Mrs Minshall of giving birth to a child on board the ship that brought them to Pennsylvania in 1691, murdering the child, and throwing it overboard. To all who would listen, Elizabeth Vernon declared, 'She is nought but a common whore.' On the 29th of the third month, Thomas Minshall complained to the monthly meeting against Elizabeth Vernon. After investigating the affair the meeting concluded, 'The meeting is fully satisfied that Elizabeth Vernon is so far discomposed in her mind, that no credit or heed to be given to what she said. it is to the satisfaction of this committee after hearing all reports from the shipmates of the said Minshall and wife, this meeting adviseth that all do certify under their hands to the contrary of the said report about the child being false, and that a copy of said certification be posted at Chester. | UNKNOWN, Elisabeth (I857)
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| 11 | "57th Wedding Anniversary "It was just fifty-seven years ago today, December 23 since General William A. Compton launched his barque on the unexplored sea of matrimony and rode away with his blushing bride, a daughter of Mr. R. M. Bolen, of the then called Harmony Hollow. "No six cylinder Packard awaited the happy couple to conduct them on flowery beds of ease, but hitched to the horse-track stood two trusty steeds. "On horseback, the wedding trip was made to the home of the groom's father at Overall 9passing through Front Royal to show off, the general blushingly acknowledged) where the newly-weds were royally received. "Locking [sic] back over the long vista of married happiness the General only regrets that he has not two lives to live for, says he, 'I would not change one incident, most especially that pertaining to matrimony.' "There is, perhaps, no more beautiful sight than an old couple who have fought life's battle together, walking peacefully, hand in hand out into the setting sun. "May the General and his better half live long to enjoy the fruits of their labors. "Amen -- C.W.C. in Warren Sentinel -- Clipping in the "Taylor Notebook." It is not from the Palmyra paper. It may have been a reprint in another Virginia paper from the Warren [Va.] Sentinel -- undated, but probably 1924 | Family F103
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| 12 | "A Brief Biographical Sketch of Johathan King of North Carolina," by Caleb King, his 10th son "...John Davenport, half-brother to Jonathan King, Sr., and father of Fanny, wife of Elias Lynch, settled in Hickory Nut Gap on Broad River in North Carolina where he attained the ripe old age of 95 years. His wife [Rebecca Taylor] was my mother's half-sister. His father (or his uncle, I forget which) had served one or more terms in the U.S. Congress as a member from Virginia. His sister and my father's half-sister married a man by the name of Underwood and settled in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and from that branch of the family descended the late Judge W.H. Underwood of Rome, Georgia, famous wit, gentleman, and jurist...." "Rutherford County N.C. April Court, 1792 "Know all men by these presents that I, John Devanport of North Carolina Planter for divers good causes and considerations have hereunto by these presence constituted, appointed and made my trusty and well beloved father Saml. King Sen of Rutherford County of North Carolina my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to act upo(n) everything and all things touching and consearning parcel of land granted to me under the grant seal signed and surveyed by ___________________ lying in Virginia Bedford County County [sic] both sides of maggotty Creek and on both sides of Black warter River which said parcel of land said Samuel King lived on and I do hereby impower my said attorney to him the said Saml. King a good and lawful deed of conveyance to and for the said tract of land with all and every tract or parcel in fee simple without any manner of condition or incumbrance him the said king paying the balance that may due and him the said Samuel king to settle with Davenport and the said Davenport to make him ?my said to law trustee? and the said king to have full power to to [sic] act or to do all things & Evert necessary touching and concerning the premises mentioned herein me hereby ratifying all and everything that my attorney may sawful (? do ?) or cause to be done for me or in my name the same as I myself might could (? if ?) personally present in and about the said parcel of land or any other thing that may appear to be necessary in and about making a final settlement with said Samuel King and making his deed to the said parcel of land in whereof. In Witness whereof the said John Davenport has subscribe [sic] my name and affixed my sela this eleventh day of April one thousand seven nundred and Ninety one and in the fourteenth year of American Independency. "Said seal and delivered in presence of us whose names are undersigned. /s/ John Davenport (Seal) /s/ Jonas Bedford /s/ Abram Watson" ------------------------------------------- Recorded Pages 55 and 55A of Will Book A (1782-1791) in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Rutherford County, Rutherfordton, N.C. 28139 The above was sent to JET by Omega Scott, together with a photocopy of the original document. I have tried to transcribe the original which is too difficult to read. The above transcription by Omega Scott included the "f" used in the double s in 18th century writing. I have made it a simple s as the character was not really an "f" but a character without the cross line. I have also placed [sic] by some things which are in the original but appear to be mistakes in the Scott transcription-- LKL | DAVENPORT, John (I521)
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| 13 | "A Brief Biographical Sketch of Johathan King of North Carolina," by Caleb King, his 10th son "...Joseph King, the brother, settled permanently in Virginia where he married and reared a family, several of whom emigrated farther south. From the best information obtainable, I am of the opinion that the late Wm. R. King of Alabama, U.S. Senator and Vice President, was a descendant of that branch of the family; likewise, the late John P. King, R.R. Magnate of Augusta, Georgia and Preston King of Abingdon, Va...." | KING, Joseph (I701)
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| 14 | "A Brief Biographical Sketch of Johathan King of North Carolina," by Caleb King, his 10th son "...Samuel King, Sr., the father of Jonathan King, Sr., had one brother, Joseph and one sister, Elizabeth, who also emigrated from Ireland to Virginia with him; the sister having married a man by the name of Magoffin, and one of her sons moved to Kentucky. One of the descendants of that son was the last Governor Magoffin of that state...." | KING, Elizabeth (I704)
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| 15 | "A few weeks after marriage, he and his wife went to Kentucky, accompanied by four other families, and settled as a place now called Ruddell's Mills, in Bourbon Co. He brought with him, among other merchandise, fifty negro slaves, also brick and material for building his houses. He operated the first farm in Bourbon County. His dwelling was built partly of brick brought from Virginia and partly from boards obtained from timber in that locality. His wife died August 5, 1791, and on January 12, 1792, he married Lucy Garrard, a niece of Governor James Garrard, of Kentucky. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (See Claim W 8784, Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C.)..." --- Stephens, Dan V. Stephens Family Genealogies, p. unnumbered [4] | STEPHENS, Joseph Lawrence (I1370)
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| 16 | "An English girl" -- Hale Samuel Kerfoot, a widower with five children, was married to Eliza Carson, relict of R.R. Carson by Mr John B. Davis. They (3) left for his home in Hardin County Ky., on Thursday, March 5, with her two[?] children Simon, Martha and Josephine. Stephensburg is his P.O. Elizabethtown, seat of justice for said county. -- Hale | MEREDITH, Eliza (I1290)
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| 17 | "Aunt Cat" was a spinster cousin of Emily Virginia Compton, and, upon the death of this cousin, she moved in with the family and kept house for J.F. Taylor, raising his two children, Fannie and J.B. She continued to live with the family of J.B. Taylor until her death. ABT used to recall some of her stories about growing up in Virginia during the Civil War. She and her friends as young teenagers would smuggle goods and information across Federal lines. She had quite a sense of humor. ABT recalled one story in particular: When she was an older woman, she returned to Virginia for a visit. One day, she encountered an old mountain man who had known her before she left the state. He said to her, "Miss Cat, you was a pretty gal when you was young, but my God how you've changed." -- LKL Obit. source unknown, but presumed to be the Palmyra Spectator. "Funeral services for Miss Pattie [i.e., Cattie] Triplett, aged 78, who died last Friday night, were held last Sunday from the Bethel church and burial was made in the Bethel Cemetery. Miss Triplett, who died at the home of her cousin J.B. Taylor, who lives in Fabius township, had been in ill health for the last five years. Death was due to heart disease. "Although Miss Triplett was a native of Virginia, having been born in Page county in that state on August, 28, 1850 [JBT recalls 1848], she had made her home for more than a half century in Marion county, living with her cousin. "Surviving are her two brothers J.D. and Edgar Triplett of Fabius township, and five sisters, Mrs. W.H. Taylor of Fabius township, Miss Cornelia Triplett of Washington, Mrs Elizabeth Funk of Morrowtown, Va. Miss Mattie Triplett of Fort [Front] Royal, Va, and Mrs Maude Hedric[k] of Roanoke, Va." | TRIPLETT, Eliza Catherine (I83)
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| 18 | "Aunt Eleanor" as she was known in the family, was one of the great aunts I never met or, at least, do not remember meeting. She and my grandmother kept up a steady, frequent correspondence through the years. In some ways, she seems to have been my grandmother's favorite sibling. ABT recalled the days when "Doc" was courting Eleanor and came to the JBT farm for a Sunday dinner. His mother served homemade pineapple ice cream. Something had gone wrong with the dish making it very bitter, but Doc manfully ate it to make a good impression on the family! "Doc" had a drug addiction problem, a fact I never knew until I was sorting throgh old letters when my mother died. I was intrigued by the fact that in June, 1939, a McLeod family reunion was held in the Fabius Community House. In attendance were "Dr. and Mrs. L.A. Harris of Kalispell, Mont., ... the couple arriving here last week from an Eastern trip where they visited the New York World's Fair...." Then at Christmas, 1939, Eleanor and her daughters were present at a reunion at my grandmother's home -- no mention of Doc. In the bad economic times of 1939, would she have made two trips to Mo.? Why didn't Doc come at Christmas? Was he at home to care for patients, having taken a great deal of time off the previous summer, or was he somewhere in treatment? It seems unlikely that she would have left him at Christmas on his own. Where were the daughters during the summer trip? Surely youngsters would have enjoyed the World's Fair, but according to the article, Aunt Mabel and Nelle Chevront had accompanied Doc and Eleanor to New York. In the 1950's Doc and Eleanor came home one night to find burglars in their home. They were tied up and left that way until Eleanor was able to get loose and summon help. Former Marion Co. Girl Marries. -- from the Palmyra Spectator. "One of the prettiest, yet simple and quiet events, which we have ever had the pleasure of witnessing took place at the home of Mrs. J.B. McLeod, 111 East Ill. St,, Kirksville, Mo., Wednesday, Sept 6, 1911, when her youngest daughter, Miss Eleanor, and Dr. L.A. Harris, of Waitsburg, Washington, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Dr. W.H. Stone, pastor of the First Baptist Church of that city officiating. [sic.] Shortly before the appointed hour the rooms were darkened, the lights were turned on, with all the guests assemble. [sic] Promptly at the hour, to the sweet strain of Tannhauser with Miss Anna Mcleod, sister of the bride, presiding at the piano, Dr. Harris attired in the conventional black accompanied by Dr. Stone came forward beneath an archway of green interwoven with goldenrod, he met his bride, who clad in a dainty gown of pure white approaching, leaning on the arm of her younger brother J.J. McLeod. Here in the presence of the family and a few immediate friend, Dr. [page is cut off.] "Mrs Harris was reared near Palmyra and moved to Kirksville with her mother some four years ago. She is the youngest member of a family of nine children. A lady of fine christian [sic.] character and winsome ways which win friends for her wherever she goes. Take these with her many other personal charms and you have one who is fitted to be a most faithful and loving helpmeet. "The groom is the son of Dr. W.H. Harris, pastor of the First Congregational church, of Waitsburg, Wash. Two years ago he came to Kirksville to enter the American school of Osteopathy, from which institution he was graduated in the June class of 1911. During his first weeks stay in Kirksville, he met Miss Eleanor and ere long fount that he must succomb [sic.] to her charms and sought for some recognition, happy to find his affections were reciprocated. So the meeting which at first seemed merely an every day occurrence, now assumes the form of having had special guidance. During his stay in Missouri, Dr. Harris proved himself a young man of earnest Christian convictions, firm in principals [sic] and integrity, these linked with an intentness of purpose give a promise of success in his profession. They took the 8:15 Wabash train for Waitsburg Wash., to spend a few weeks with the groom's parents, after which they will go to Kalispell, Mont., where Dr. Harris will take up the practice of his profession. "Let us hope that abundant blessings and happiness may attend them in their home in the far west. But we must bear in mind that these things are not subject to bartering. Every cloud has its silver lining. So we must hold ourselves in readiness, dense though the fogs may be, to peer through the mists and darkness and catch each little of brightness and mold them all into one fast whole. For after all, 'Life is what we make of it.' -- a Guest" "...Lives Shot in Calif. Tragedy "Mr and Mrs. H.M. McLeod and Mr and Mrs J.B. Taylor spent the week end in Kirksville in the homes of their sisters, Mrs. G.W. Imbler and Miss Mabel McLeod. Sunday morning they received a telegram from another sister, Mrs. L.A. Harris of Kalispell, Mont, saying her daughter Mrs. Mildred Brust and son Curtis of Lancaster Calif, had been shot and killed and the daughter, Kay was shot, and in critical condition in a hospital. The shooting was done by Oscar Brust, estranged husband, who was apprehended immediately after the tragedy. The bodies will be taken to Kalispell for burial." -- Undated clipping, probably from the Palmyra Spectator. [The incident probably took place in 1954. -- LKL] "Sister Dies in Montana "Mrs J.B. Taylor received word Sunday, July 31, 1960, of the passing of her sister, Mrs. L.A. Harris of Kalispell, Montana. "Mrs Eleanor McLeod Harris, daughter of the last [sic] John Bell and Martha Carson McLeod, was born and reared in Marion County. She was graduated from Centenary Academy in 1906. Her marriage to Dr. L.A. Harris took place in Kirksville, Mo., in September, 1911, at the home of her mother, Mrs. J.B. McLeod. After the wedding they left for Kalispell where Dr. Harris had a home and where she lived for 49 years. "Survivors include her husband and two daughters all of Kalispell, several grand children; one brother, Robert McLeod of Independence, Mo., three sisters, Mrs. J.B. Taylor of Palmyra, Mrs George Imbler and Miss Mabel McLeod of Kirksville. "Her oldest brother, H.M. McLeod passed away Tuesday morning Aug. 2nd. She was also preceded in death by another brother J.J. McLeod of Palmyra and a daughter who died about 6 years ago. A sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert McLeod passed away in Independence, Mo., July 1." -- Palmyra Spectator. | MCLEOD, Sara Eleanor (I119)
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| 19 | "Born about 1756 in Frederick County, Virginia (in 1840, Kentucky Census, Jacob states he was 84 years of age--See Collin's History of Kentucky, page 8). About the year 1762 he came with his parents from Frederick County to Montgomery County, Virginia, where he grew to manhood. In March 1777, he enlisted at Montgomery Court House, Virginia and served for more than a year under Capt. Joseph Crockett in the 7th Virginia Regiment and in Colonel William Heth's Regiment in the Revolutionary War. He was in the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (fought June 28, 1778). Following this service in the army, he migrated to Kentucky where on November 10, 1786, he married Rachel English in Lincoln County. He lived for a time in Madison County and finally settled in Rockcastle County, about 1825, where he lived on a large plantation near Boone, Kentucky, until his death June 6, 1849, aged about 93 years. From the year 1784 to 1800, Jacob accumulated about two thousand acres of land, some of this, located near Boone, Kentucky, is still in possession of his descendants. He was buried on his farm near Boone. He was allowed a Revolutionary War soldier's pension on his application executed June 17, 1819 (pension claim W-2019) at which time he was a resident of Madison County, Kentucky. "Jacob Stephens participated in a Militia or volunteer engagement at the Blue Lick, near Carlisle, Kentucky. This place has been made a State Park, and a thirty foot marble monument has been erected to the memory of those who were mur-" [photocopied page from JET ends here] -- Stephens, Dan V. Stephens Family Genealogies, p. unpaged [6] | STEPHENS, Jacob (I1462)
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| 20 | "Born in Frederick County, Virginia about 1755, and came with his father to Montgomery County, Virginia about 1767. In 1775, he enlisted in the army and saw service in the Revolutionary War, as a private and as a corporal (See Claim S 7689 00 Cert. 16465, Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C.). After the war, he and his brother, Joseph Stephens went to Wythe County where in 1787, he married Joanna Herbert and located on a 600 acre tract of land, on Little Reed Island Creek, which he acquired August 17, 1793. He built for his residence, a small two room log house, in which he lived until he could build a larger one, which he built about the year 1795, the ruins of which are still standing, and lived there until his death May 3, 1847, at over 90 years of age. His will which is recorded in the Clerk's Office of Carroll County, Virgina, WB 1 p. 148, leaves his estate to his children." 8 children are listed -- Stephens, Dan V. Stephens Family Genealogies, pp. unpaged [5&6] | STEPHENS, Lawrence (I1461)
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| 21 | "Both Edward and Mary Jane Mallory were born in Frederick County, Virginia, and emigrated to Missouri. According to the 'Portrait and Biographical Record,' Edward ' was a life-long member of the Methodist Church, but his wife was a Baptist. During the war his sympathies were with the Union and in politics he used his franchise in favor of the Democratic party. At the close of a good and useful life he was summoned to his reward, December 14, 1881. For thirty years he was engaged in working at the carpenter's trade and helped build the lock gates on the O.&C. Canal prior to coming west.' "One can imagine the controversy and heartache brought about by the Civil War, as members of the same family held different beliefs. Although Edward favored the Union, his son, John W. Mallory fought on the side of the South." -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some ancestors, pp. 48-49. | MALLORY, Edward H. (I324)
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| 22 | "Cecil Taylor "Funeral services for Cecil R. Taylor, 86, of Route 1, Palmyra, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Bethel Baptist Church. The Rev. Kenneth Moore is to officiate with burial at the church cemetery. "Friends may call at Lewis Brothers Funeral Home in Palmyra. "Mr Taylor, a retired farmer, died at 6:10 a.m. Thursday at a Hannibal hospital. "Mr Taylor was born Jan 19, 1886 in Marion County, the son of William H. and Marietta Tripplett [sic] Taylor. He was married in March 1912, in Marion County to Anna McLeod who preceded him in death in 1933. He remarried in May, 1941 to Effie Lee Bowles, who preceded him in death in March 1965. "Survivors include one daughter, Miss Mable Taylor of Sy. Louis; a step-son, Wilfred Bowles of Bowen, Ill., a step-daughter, Mrs. Edna Pospema of Manhattan, Mont.; a brother Clarence Taylor and a sister, Miss Edna Taylor both of Philadelphia. "Mr. Taylor was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He was also a member of the Farm Bureau." -- Palmyra Spectator | TAYLOR, Cecil R. (I475)
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| 23 | "Celebrates 93rd birthday "Mrs. Lulu Carson celebrated her 93rd birthday in the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Wolverton, 1509 Jackson, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, September 13, 1981. Her son, Francis W. Carson, Alameda, California was present to help her celebrate. "Mrs. Carson, formerly from the Palmyra and Philadelphia area, has been a life-long resident of Marion County. She has many friends and relatives fron this area. She enjoyed a basket dinner and those present to help her celebrate the day were: Francis W. Carson, Alameda, California, Mr. and Mrs D.W. Triplett, Hannibal, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Atwatter, St. Charles, Mrs. Virginia Triplett, Louisiana, Mr. and Mrs James Johnson, Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. George Baughman, Hannibal, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Triplett, Debbie and Keith and Curt Larson, Palmyra, Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Robbins, LaPrairie, Il., Mr. and Mrs William Kern, Palmyra, Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Kern, Glen and Sharlet Kern, Ewing, Mr and Mrs Willie Foreman, Hannibal, Mrs. David (Margaret Ihrig) Christianson, Camp Hill, Pa., Mr. and Mrs John Liebig, Mr and Mrs. Mike Ogle and Michelle, Mr and Mrs. John Liebig, Brandy and John, Mr and Mrs. Hank Nash, Angela, Ben and Andrea, Quincy, and Mr and Mrs. Aldo Humke and Stephen, LaPrairie, Illinois." -- Clipping probably from the Quincy Whig, Under the article, someone, possibly Kathryn T. Mitchell, has written "She was deceased Sept. 9, 1983 and buried September 12 in Palmyra, Mo. on her 95th birthday." | TRIPLETT, Lula (I1961)
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| 24 | "DEATH OF FORMER MARION COUNTIAN "Mrs. Virginia McLeod Imbler of Kirksville died at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 4, 1966, in a Kirksville hospital where she had been a patient since October 10, 1963. "She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. B. McLeod and the family lived north of Palmyra, in the Fabius community until the death of Mr. Mcleod in 1907. Mrs McLeod and her family moved to Kirksville, where Virginia entered the Kirksville Business College and after completing the course,was employed in the Grand Leader and in Van Spike and Howells Ready to Wear stores. "She was married to George Imbler, a well-known house painter and decorator, in 1924. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Kirksville and for several years served as superintendent of the primary department of the Sunday school. "On May 27, 1918 she was initiated into the Kirksville Chapter No. 184, Order of Eastern Star, in which she held various offices, including Worthy Matron in 1924, and served as secretary from January 1925 until October 1937. She was a member of the White Shrine and was Past High Priestess of that organization. She was also a member of the Nebulae, a branch organization of the Eastern Star of Kirksville. "Mrs Imbler was preceded in death by her husband, her mother, three brothers, four sisters, a half-brother and a half-sister. "She is survived by one sister, Miss Mabel McLeod of Kirksville, and by her husband's brother, Ray White, who lived in the home, and several nieces and nephews in the Palmyra and Qunicy vicinities. "The funeral was held at the First Baptist Church in Kirksville, Thursday afternoon, January 6, with the Rev. Ralph Smith in charge of the services. Interment was in the Maple Hills Cemetery." --- Palmyra Spectator Virginia's Name She was most often called "Virginia" and was always known to me as "Aunt Virginia." However, I have heard her sister, Grace, address her as "Valley." Unfortunately her name was transcribed as "Allie" in the obituary of her father and in the History of Marion County. This error has been perpetuated in Mormon data. Her nephew, Aubrey Taylor, told me that she was named "Valley Virginia" after the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Her father, a native of the Shenandoah Valley, was always homesick for his roots; hence the unusual name.--LKTL Memories of Virginia McLeod Imbler My earliest memories of Virginia are inextricably entwined with her sister, Mabel, who also lived in Kirksville, Mo. The pair seemed quite formidable to a pre-schooler. They were plumpish and always dressed in dark colors, and old fashioned dresses. One or both wore pince-nez glasses which were fascinating. By the time I was able to know her as a more mature person, she had suffered a very severe hearing loss and had had cataract surgery which resulted in very thick lensed glasses--no more pince-nez! Before her marriage, I believe that Virginia worked in the Singer Sewing machine store in Kirksville. She had the Eastlake chairs that belonged to her mother and which she willed to her nephew, Aubrey. Aunt Virginia married rather late in life to George Imbler. At the time I knew her she lived in a spacious house on Illinois Street in Kirksville which had been her mother's home. She and George provided a home for George's bachelor brother, Ray who continued to live with Virginia after George's death. Did Ray always live with Virginia and George? Were there problems with the inclusion of a third party in the household? In later years, Ray's presence was invaluable. Virginia did not drive, and George suffered a debilitating stroke. Ray could drive them where ever needed, run errands, and help with the upkeep of the house with its large front yard. Virginia was quite conservative. I can remember her views that a married woman should never work outside the home. She was an excellent cook. Her table was always groaning with food, and her dinner rolls were feather-light and delicious. For several months before her death, she was in a nursing home and was not aware of anything. Her poor hearing and eyesight must have combined to shut out nearly everything. She may also have suffered from stroke. Imbler -- Macleod -- From the Palmyra Spectator or the Kirksville paper. -- I suspect the former -- LKL "A pretty home wedding, which does not come as a surprise to the friends of the contracting parties took place at the home of Mrs. J.B. McLeod at 111 East Illinois st., Kirksville, Mol, Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. when her daughter Virginia was united in marriage to George W. Imbler. "Preceeding the ceremony R.L. McLeod, a brother of the bride, sang 'Oh Promise Me.' Immediately following this the bridal party entered the room to the strains of Lohengrin wedding march rendered by Miss Kathryn Taylor, of Palmyra, a niece of the bride. While Annie Laurie was being softly and sweetly played, Rev. C.F. Acree performed the ring ceremony. "Miss Nabel McLeod, a sister of the bride, and Miss Dora Cummins, a close friend were the attendants, the guests beign the immediate families of the bride and groom and a few friends. "Both the bride and groom are well known in Kirksville. Mrs. Imbler has just closed the past year as Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star lodge, and the preceding year as Worthy High Priestess of the White Shrine. "Mr. Imbler is now serving his second year as Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star and is a prominent worker in both the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges. These facts attest the popularity of the couple, "Mr. and Mrs. Imbler left for a brief trip. Upon their return they will be at home to their friends at 810 East Illinois Street after April 15. Their friends wish them much happiness and prosperity. "Mrs Imbler was a former resident of Marion County, being the daughter of the late J.B. McLeod." | MCLEOD, Valley Virginia (I117)
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| 25 | "DEATH OF JOHN R. CARSON "John R. Carson, an old and well known resident of Marion County died at his home eight miles west of Palmyra last Friday. He had been suffering with a complication of diseases for some time, but his condition was not considered as serious as it proved to be. Mr Carson was born November 2, 1843 in Marion county where he spent his entire life. His wife died several years ago and since that time he has lived with his son, who operated his farm for him. Funeral services were held last Sunday and the remains were interred in Greenwood cemetery, this city." -- Palmyra Spectator [?]. Date unknown "The funeral of J.R. Carson was conducted from the Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Dingle, assisted by Rev. Truex, conducted the services. The music was by a quartet composed of Mrs. Nelle Owsley, Mrs. Juliette Smith, and Messrs Thad and Howard Smith and F.W. Smith, pianist. Mr Carson was a highly respected citizen and leaves to mourn his departure Mr and Mrs Harvey Carson, Clarence Carson of Hannibal, William Carson of Seattle, Wash, a daughter, Mrs Schaffer of Hannibal. Ilus Rhodes of Cherry Dell, Mrs Noah Swisher a sister of Mr Carson and Emmett Swisher and wife of Philadelphia attended the funeral." -- Palmyra Spectator [?]. Date unknown | CARSON, John R (I313)
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| 26 | "DR. S. F. BONNEY. "Dr Bonney was born in Maine, April 5, 1821, and is a son of Harvey and Hannah (Fish) Bonney, both natives of Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools and at Woburn Academy in Massachusetts. He chose medicine as his profession, and attended Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. He then took a course of lectures at La Porte, Indiana where he graduated in 1848. In 1849, he Married Mrs. Nancy Shannon, formerly Miss Saddler. She died the same year in this county. In 1851, he married Patsey Ann, daughter of Jeremiah Taylor, of North Carolina, and to this union were born three children, viz.: Minnie June, Edgar J. and Mattie C. Mrs Bonney died in 1860. Dr. B., was again married in 1861, to Mary E. Leach of Quincy, Illinois. He has been a resident of Marion county since 1848, except two years spent at Camp Point, Ill. He owns 160 acres of land valued at $8,000; has a fine house and orchard, and has a large practice. Dr and Mrs Bonney have been prominent members of the M. E. Church South for a number of years." --Holcombe, Op. cit., p 785. [Holcombe was incorrect in stating that Jeremiah Taylor was from N.C. He was originally from N.C. but had lived in Marion County for many years---LKL] | BONNEY, Stephen F. (I50)
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| 27 | "Dr. Zach's daughter, Emily Virginia, was his oldest child still at home when the [Civil] War started. She was 21 years old when the hostilities began. She was of great help to her father and mother, and assisted Dr. Zach in his care of the wounded. She fell in love with a handsome wounded Yankee from Boston. In a matter of days they became engaged. But his wounds were fatal and he died. Madeline Johnson remembered that Dr. Zach's family felt that 'People from Boston are more like the Virginia folks'" -- From The War Years at Milford by F.B. Compton The quotation above is quite a concession from died-in-the-wool Southerners!---LKL After the war, Emily Virginia probably went to Missouri to visit cousins who had settled there. She met Joseph Franklin Taylor whom she married although she was quite a bit older. She died giving birth to their second child, Joshua Booten Taylor. Obituary from Palmyra Spectator [?] "Taylor.--Departed this life August 25th, at her residence in Elmwoods neighborhood, in this county, Mrs. E.V. Taylor, wife of Joseph F. Taylor and daughter of J. and E. Compton of Page county, Va. Reared in the Old Dominion, Virginia Taylor possessed in an eminent degree the good qualities and adornments for which the women of theat locality are ntoed. As a wife and mother she was affectionate and faithful, patient and prayerful; as a daughter, loving and dutiful; as a neighbor, no woman was ever more useful or endeared; especially to the aged, afflicted, and bereaved. Those who knew her best, met her most frequent [sic.] in every day life, loved her most. She leaves a husband and two small children here, father and mother, brothers and sisters in Virginia, and a large circle of friends here and there to mourn her loss. But theirs is a peaceful sorrow that looks to a joyful hope, She was truly a pious woman, an honor to religion and an ornament to her profession. Peaceful be her rest." | COMPTON, Emily Virginia (I15)
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| 28 | "Edgar Triplett Dies "Edgar Mann Triplett well known resident of this community passed away at his home in Palmyra at 1:15 p.m. Friday, July 3, at the age of 84 years, 11 months and 9 days. [sic] "Born in Faquier county, Virginia, July 12, 1868, he was a son of ruben and Elizabeth Ann Compton Triplett. "He was united in marriage to Lily May Kinceley at Hagerstown, Maryland September 28, 1889. He moved his family to Fabius community in Marion county in 1893. "A carpenter by trade, he became a contractor for the Polk and Gunning Company in 1916. Because of ill health he retired in 1948, sold his farm in Fabius community and his business and moved to the home on West Main Cross street in Palmyra, where he resided until his death. "Soon after moving to Missouri, he and his family became members of the Bethel Baptist church where he was active until he transferred his affiliation to the First Baptist church of Palmyra. "Mr Triplett had a deep love for all kinds of people and an abiding faith in his fellowmen. He served in many community activities during his life time and was a member of the I.O.O.F. and the Modern Woodmen of America at the time of his death. "On September 28, 1952, Mr. and Mrs Triplett celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary at their home in Palmyra. "Surviving with his widow are six children, Mrs Irene Smith and Mrs. Cora Hanks of St. Louis; Frank O. Triplett of Ewing; Mrs Mae Hickman of Hamburg, Iowa; Mrs Pauline Hershey of Palmyra, anl [sic] Mrs Ruby Felice of Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren; a brother, Davis Triplett of Palmyra and a sister, Mrs Maude Hedrick of South Carolina. "The body was moved to Lewis Bros. Funeral home where it was prepared for burial. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church Monday, July 6th, at 2:00 p.m., with the Rev. W.E. Sutterfield and the Rev Frank Baker, conducting the services. "Burial was in the Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers were Warwick Triplett, Harvey Triplett, Clarence and Cecil Taylor, Har** Carson and Harold Hansbrough." -- Palmyra Spectator, undated article. Note that the age is miscalculated; he was 84 years 11 months and 22 days. -- LKL Edgar M. Triplett "Palmyra, Mo., July 5. -- Edgar M. Triplett, 84, died Friday in his home here. Funeral serivces will be held Monday afternoon at 2 in First Baptist church in charge of the Rev. W.E. Sutterfield. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. "Mr. Triplett was born in July, 1868, in Faquier county, Virginia and was married to Lillie Mae Kinceley of Hagerstown, Md. He lived most of his life on a farm north of Palmyra and in addition to farming was a carpenter and silo builder. He was a member of the First Baptist church, Modern Woodmen and Odd Fellows. "Surviving are the widow; a son, Frank of Ewing; five daughters, Mrs Irene Smith and Mrs Clara Hankins of St. Louis, Mrs. Mae Hickman of Hamburg, Ia., Mrs Pauline Hershey of Palmyra and Mrs Ruby Felice of Houston, Tex.; a brother, Davis Triplett of Palmyra, and one sister, Mrs Maude Haebick of South Mount, S.C." -- Clipping in the "Taylor Notebook." probably taken from the Quincy paper. Note some wild fluctuations in names in these two obituaries. I tend to trust the Palmyra paper as the more accurate source. It is more consistent with the article on the wedding anniversary. -- LKL | TRIPLETT, Edgar Mann (I469)
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| 29 | "Eldest and only known son was living 6 June 1797. Enoch Jobe, Pvt. 8th Va. Regt. from Shenandoah Co. Va., Continental Establishment, Capt. Wm Cogham, Col. Mulenburg. Enl. 18 Feb 1776 and served until 17 Feb 1777, Rev. War. Died in Cole Co, Mo, 19 Apr 1843 (Natl Archv :Pension Claim). "Enoch Job/Jobe was one of the first settlers of Unicoi or Greasy Cove Western N.C. in what is now Erwin Tenn..." -- Hunter B. McKay. Mackeys and Allied Families. Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck notes that his will was dated April 19, 1843 in now Washington Co. Tenn. | JOB, Enoch (I969)
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| 30 | "ELISHA JOHN CARSON "Mr Carson is a native of Virginia, born in Frederick county, January 13 1829. He is a son of John and Sarah (Stevens) Carson, early settlers of Marion county, who came here as early as the fall of 1829. Mr E.J. Carson was raised and educated in Marion county, attending subscription schools. He was brought up to farm work, and thoroughly mastered the art of agriculture. In 1850 he went to California, where for eight years he engaged in farming, mining, and trading. In 1858 he returned home, where he has since remained. Mr. Carson was married September 14, 1870 to Miss Catherine Kern, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Stover) Kern of Virginia. She was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, May 5, 1847. Of this marriage there have been born seven children: Mary R., Rachel V., James W., John F., Oren C., Samuel K., and George C. After marriage Mr Carson settled down on his farm, where he has since resided. He owns 112 1/2 acres of good land, carefully cultivated.--Holcombe. op. cit., p. 786 Obituary of his wife lists his date of death as October 9, 1912. The date is quite confused: see below as it becomes even more confused! Undated fragment from an unknown source, possibly the Palmyra Spectator "E.J. Carson died in Fabius township Oct 28. He was the last surviving child of John and Sarah Stevens Carson who came to Missouri from Virginia in 1829 to settle a farm four miles northweast [sic.!] of Palmyra. He was married to Katherine Kern in 1870. They were the parents of ten children, seven sons and two daughters, all of whom were living with the exception of one. The Carson family came to America from Ireland before the Revolutionary war and some of them took part in that struggle. One held an important position in the Colonial army and Thomas Carson, a private, captured a pair of horses under the British guns at the siege of Yorktown. One of the Carson stopped in New York, some in Virginia, and at least one went to the south." "3,000 MILE TRIP END AT FUNERAL OF DEAD PARENT -- George Carson Makes Sleepless Race From Pacific Coast to bethel Missouri -- SCENE DRAMATIC ONE -- Young man Enters Church and Takes Seat With Family Just as Minister Ends Sermon Over Father's Remains. "(Courier-Post Special Services) "Palmyra, Mo., Oct. 28 -- A scene of intense dramatic interest occurred at the funeral of E.J. Carson at Bethel church yesterday afternoon. Just as Rev. J.S. Dingle was closing the funeral sermon, before the largest crow [sic.] ever assembled in the church, a young man came hurriedly up the aisle and took his place among the family. He looked earnestly at the casket before him and sobbed bitterly. He was George Carson of Eureka, Cal., who by horseback, steamer, railroad train and automobile had made a sleepless race of 3,000 miles in order to see his father's face once more. The last seven miles of his race was made from the railroad station at Palmyra to the church in Virgil Lovelace's automobile in twenty minutes. "E.J. Carson, a pioneer of Marion county and one of the argonauts who sought gold in California in 1850, died Sunday, October 20. Of the nine children who survive him, five of them live in distant states. It was impossible for James Carson who lives in far northwestern Canada to come home, but so great a love did all the children bear their father that all others were expected. "The news of his father's death reached George Carson at Eureka, Cal., a point 180 miles north of San Francisco on the seacoast, far away from a railroad. On horseback he raced from his range to the town of Eureka on Monday morning. He caught a slow coasting steamer, sailing for San Francisco, which reached that *** last Wednesday night, from there he caught a train en route to Palmyra. In the mean time Frank Carson of Lewiston, Mont.; Clyde Carson of San Francisco, and Mrs Lucille Woods of Texas had telegraphed that they were coming to the funeral. Up to Wednesday night no word had been received from George. The funeral had been set for Wednesday but it was decided to hold the body until Sunday. Undertaker Joseph B. Quest assured the family this could be done. "Sunday afternoon the largest crowd that ever gathered at a funeral at Bethel church was assembled to pay their respect [sic.] to 'Uncle Jonnie' Carson. George Carson had telegraphed from Kansas City that he would reach Palmyra at 3 o'clock. Virgil Lovelace was sent to meet him with his automobile, but Rev Dingle, assisted in the funeral by Rev J.J. Cooper was closing an eloquent sermon when he reached the church. "The body of E.J. Carson was buried beside that of his daughter's in the Bethel church yard. The pallbearers who were members of a fishing club to which 'Uncle Johnnie' Carson belonged were George W. Moore, Dr. J.B. McPike, John Bross, Thomas J. Lewis, Benjamin Gash, and Enoch Hansbrough. The exercises at the grave were simple. "Mr Carson is survived by his widow and nine children. George Carson of Eureka, Cal.; Frank Carson of Lewiston, Mont.; Clyde Carson of San Francisco, Cal. and Samuel, Hanry [sic.] and Elmer Carson who live at home, and Mrs Lucille Woods of Texas, and Mrs Samuel Gash of Palmyra. "Few deaths that have occurred near Palmyra in recent years have occasioned the genuine sorrow as the demise of 'Uncle Johnnie' Carson, who passed away Sunday, October 20, aged 80 years. He was an honorable man and one of the most genial souls that ever lived. A friend and comrade of young and old alike, with young men he was as jolly as the youngest of them and with his older comrades his sparkling wit and humor was eagerly listened to by all." -- Clipping in the "Taylor Scrapbook" source unknown. | CARSON, Elisha John (I331)
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| 31 | "Elizabeth Russell was born in Rutherford County, N.C. in 1770. She was 5 ft. 3" in height, weighing about 150 lbs. with black hair and eyes and dark skin. In 1848 she made a profession of religion and attached herself to the Baptist Church at Mountain Creek meeting house in Rutherford County, N.C. and died in 1851" -- The Lewis Family in America, p. 258 | RUSSELL, Elizabeth (I2079)
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| 32 | "Elizabeth...died, probably at Marblehead, after 12 May 1704 when her husband, then in Philadelphia, gave her power of attorney to dispose of his property in Essex County, but probably before 1713 when a deed of his lots at Marblehead provided for his children but made no mention of his wife. Elizabeth married, probably about 1681 and before August 1683.... "Elizabeth (Boude) Gatchell testified in November 1683 in Salem Quarterly Court on behalf of her fifteen year old sister Sarah Boude, who had been brutally treated by the second wife of John Newall (Newhall) of Lynn, to whose first wife Sarah had been committed for nursing and apprenticeship by Joseph Boude at his wife's death when Sarah was but two years old. In November 1688 the Gatchells were accused of 'seling of Rum flip punch and milk punch with out a Liceance,' a venture which revived her father's old trade as well as his proclivities. The religious life of the couple commenced at a meeting of the First Church in Salem in August 1683 when Elizabeth Gatchell was admitted to membership; in June 1684, she was one of fifty members at Marblehead who petitioned for a church, and on 13 August of that year 'The Church at Marblehead gathered.' The baptisms of five of the Gatchell children between 1685 and 1695/6 in Marblehead's First Congregational Church were registered in Elizabeth's name alone, Jeremiah not having yet been received into membership. Church attendance was not entirely serene for Elizabeth, who was accused in 1694/5 of yanking another woman out of her seat while at worship." -- "Grimstone Boude and His Family." | BOUDE, Elizabeth (I855)
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| 33 | "Emigrated to North Carolina" -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors. p. 11 Did they go to Anson County and is that why his mother died in N.C.? -- LKL | SWEARINGEN, Samuel (I1338)
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| 34 | "Funeral Here Saturday for Mrs Hickman "Remains of Mrs Mae Triplett Hickman, 55, arrived in Palmyra early Saturday morning and were taken to Lewis Bros. funeral home to await services that afternoon at First Baptist church. The Rev Vergil O. Graves of Philadelphia and the lical pastor the Rev W.E. Sutterfield conducted the rites. "Pallbearers were Warwick Triplett, Harvey Triplett, John Drebenstedt, Roger Bourne, Baynard LaFon, and William Hansbrough. "Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. "Mrs Hickman who had been seriously ill for several months, passed away at 7 o'clock Thursday Morning, January 21, in a hospital at Hamburg, Iowa. "Born Feb. 6, 1899 in Marion county, she was the daughter of Mrs Edgar Triplett of Palmyra and the late Mr. Triplett. "She was married May 27, 1930 to Irving Hickman who survives with one son, Jimmy of the family home in Hamburg; her mother; four sisters, Mrs Irene Smity and Mrs. Clara Hanks of St Louis, Mrs Ruby Felice, of Kansas City and Mrs Pauline Hershey of Palmyra; and one brother, Frank Triplett of Ewing. "Early in life, Mrs. Hickman became a member of Bethel Baptist church. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with Sunshine chapter, Order of Eastern Star at Hamburg, the Women's Missionary Society, M.L.K., ***, Nebraska State Teachers' Association, and the American Legion Auxiliary. "During a large part of her life, Mrs. Hickman was a teacher in the schools of Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska, having received her training in Palmyra High school, Northeast Missouri State Teachers college where she recieved a bachelor of science degree, and the University of Missouri. "Her work as a teacher was an inspiration to others and she exerted a fine influence on students who came under her supervision as well as on her colleagues in the field of education. "Among those froum out of town attending the funeral were Mrs. Irene Smith of St Louis, Mrs Clara Hanks and daughter, Miss Wilma Hanks of St Louis; Mr. and Mrs Frank Felice of Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs Frank Triplett of Ewing; Miss Mary Triplett, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Failor, Mrs Howard Triplett and Mrs. Elvin Wolverton and son, Larry of Quincy; Mr. and Mrs. Oren Merrill and Miss Minnie Gamm of Maywood." -- Undated clipping from the Palmyra Spectator. | TRIPLETT, Mae (I1939)
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| 35 | "Funeral Services for Samuel Kern Carson "Samuel Kern Carson, 63, well known Fabius farmer, died from a heart attack in the office of Dr. T.A. Roselle about 2:30 last Wednesday afternoon. Feb. 23. He came to Palmyra with his wife and son soon after 12 p.m. and was suddenly and critically ill about 2 o'clock. He had been under a physician's care fro more than a year. "Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Bethel Baptist church north of here, conducted by the Rev. V. O. Graves, pastor. The funeral hymns were sung by Mrs. F.T. Sprague and Mrs Henry Nock, the accompaniment being played by Mrs. F.G. Carlstead, organist of Palmyra Baptist church. Interment was made in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were T.K. DuBois, Frank and Harold Hansbrough, John Barnett, Miles Chick and George Weller. The body was prepared for burial at Lewis Bros. funeral home. "Mr Carson was born in this county October 24, 1879, a son of E.J. and Katherine Kern Carson. "Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Katherine Ensminger Carson to whom he was married Feb. 19, 1913, and four children. Staff Sgt. James E., who is with the United States armed forces in Sardinia; Mrs. Katherine Jacobs of Palmyra and Wesley and Eugene at home. "He also leaves six brothers and two sisters, James of Alberta, Canada; Frank of Lewiston, Mont.; Clyde of Chico, Calif; Harry of Philadelphia; and Elmer of Arkansas, Wis; Mrs Jennie Gash of Palmyra and Mrs. Lucille Morris of New York. One sister, Mrs Mary Stover preceded him in death several years. "He united with the Bethel Baptist church early in life, where he remained a member until his death. He spent all his life in Marion county, with the exception of a few years during young manhood when he lived in the state of Washington. "Mr. Carson possessed a sunny, jovial disposition and was interested in the welfare of young people. He was a courteous and accommodating neighbor and was held in high esteem by a host of friends. "Mr Carson was a descendant of a pioneer family. His forebears immigrated to this country before the revolutionary war and several of them took part in that struggle. "His grandparents, John and Sarah Stephens Carson came to Missouri from Virginia in 1829, and settled on a farm four miles west of Palmyra, where they lived and reared a large family, his father, E.J. Carson being one of them. "The Kern family was also a representative pioneer family, who came to Missouri from Virginia almost a century ago." -- Palmyra Spectator, date unknown. NOTE: The names of his siblings do not correlate with the list of siblings prepared by JET. It is possible that some of the names in the paper are nicknames or middle names. -- LKL | CARSON, Samuel Kern (I456)
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| 36 | "Funeral Services Held for Mrs. Myrtle Triplett "Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Stowell Triplett were held at the Lewis Bros. Funeral home at 3 p.m. yesterday. The Rev. W.E. Sutterfield officiated and burial was in Greenwood cemetery. "Mrs Triplett passed away Saturday in Omaha, Neb. She was a Sister-in-law of Mrs. Mary Neher of Palmyra, Mrs Harry Carson of Philadelphia, Harvey and Warwick Triplett of Palmyra. "Mrs Triplett was a former resident of Quincy and Chicago, moving to Omaha after the death of her husband, Howard B. Triplett, who died June 25, 1953. "She is survived by a son, Richard J. Lavery of Omaha, two grandsons, R.J. Lavery, Jr., of Chicago and George Lavery of Omaha, one great-granddaughter, nieces, nephews, and other relatives. "Miss Abbie Todd sang, accompanied by Homer Jackson at the piano." -- Clipping presumably from the Palmyra Spectator, June 20, 1957. Dates of passing and burial are noted in the hand of either Grace Taylor or Kathryn Mitchell, probably the latter. "Mrs. Triplett Rites Set for Wednesday "Final rites for Mrs Mrytle [sic] Triplett, who died in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, will be held in the Lewis Brothers Funeral Home at 3 p.m., Wednesday, with the Rev W.E. Sutterfield officiating. "The wife of the late Howard B. Triplett, who preceded her in death on June 25, 1953, Mrs Triplett was a former resident of Quincy and Chicago. She moved to Omaha after the death of her husbanad [sic] to be near her son Richard J. Lazery [sic] who survives. Che [sic] also is survived by two grandsons. "Mrs Triplett was a siter[sic]-in-law of Mrs Harry Carson of Philadelphia, Mo.; Harvey and Warwick Triplett and Mrs. Mary Neher of Palmyra. "The body of Mrs. Triplett will arrive in Palmyra, Wednesday, to be taken to the Lewis Brothers Funeral Home until the time of the funeral. Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery -- clipping possibly from the Qunicy Whig | STOWELL, Myrtle (I1955)
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| 37 | "German origins of Jost Hite--Virginia Pioneer." is very precise in dates, places, and professions of the Hite family. This appears to be newer research than than of Ms. Bond. I would like to see further corroboration but have used this information because of its precision and because the Hite Family Newsletter seems to endorse it. See below. Would a butcher's oldest son not have followed his father's trade instead of becomming a linen weaver? "Henry Z. Jones, Jr. in German Origins of Jost Hite--Virginia Pioneer thoroughly documents the following" Magdalena and Johannes (Hans) Heyd(t), church warden and butcvher in Bonfeld, were the parents of at least 8 children....[There follows a list of the children as given on the family page] "Anna Magdalena, 42 mother of the above children died. Two years later, Johannes Heyd married Anna Maria, widow of Casper Schultze. There were 4 more children....[listed on family page] "To quote Jones: 'On November 11, 1704 at Bonfeld, Johan Justus Heyd, linenweaver and son of Johannes Heyd -- butcher and civic councilor here -- married to Anna Maria, daughter of Abraham Merklin-- citizen here...." -- Hite Family Newsletter Fall 1993 p. 2(?) | HEYD, Johannes (I1764)
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| 38 | "Gerrit's first wife, Barbara de Barrette, was born in Valenciennes 'in the low countryes belonging to the King of Spayne' (present-day France). Nothing more is known of Barbara or her family except that Isaac De Barrette, her brother, made petition for naturalization in Maryland in 1669 along with Gerrit and Barbara. It is stated in this petition that he was born in Haarlem (Netherlands)." -- McConnel. The Van Swearingen Family, p. 1 | DE BARRETTE, Barbara (I1341)
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| 39 | "Golden Wedding Celebration "Mr and Mrs. Robert L. McLeod will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with open house at the home of Rev. and Mrs Harold M. Hunt of Independence, Mo., December 27, 1943. Robert L. McLeod and Mary E. Scott grew to young manhood and womanhood in Marion County near Palmyra, and were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs John Wilfred Scott, December 27, 1893, with Rev. W.H. Stone of LaGrange officiating. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod are parents of three children; Leland S. of Evanston, Ill with the Stewart-Warner Co., of Chicago; Robert Lloyd who lost his life at the age of 20 years by drowning in river at LaGrange, and Martha Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Harold M. Hunt, pastor of the First Baptist church of Independence. There are also five grandchildren, Carmeta Ann and Robert Loyd McLeod; and Kathryn, Mary Lee and Jane Ann Hunt. "Mr. and Mrs. McLeod spent the first years of their married life on the farm in Marion County, and Mr. McLeod was carrier on Rural Route No. 1 out of Palmyra for several years, later moving to LaGrange, to educate their children at LaGrange College from which institution they were all graduated. They still maintain a home at LaGrange. "Mr. McLeod spent the last 23 years before retiring in 1940 as Assistant Cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of LaGrange. The McLeods have been making their home the last three years in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Hunt at Independence, Missouri. "Mr. and Mrs. McLeod are members of prominent pioneer Marion county families. During their residence in LaGrange they were active in religious and civic affairs." -- Unnamed source, probably the Palmyra Spectator. "Open House For A Couple Married 60 Years. "Sixty years ago Sunday, on December 27, 1893, Mr. and Mrs. R.L. McLeod were married in a home wedding near Palmyra, Mo. An open house in their honor was held from 3 to 5 p.m. yesterday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. H.M. Hunt 610 W. Truman, where they have made their home since 1941. "Hundreds of friends and neighbors, including Mr. and Mrs. Harry Truman and daughter, Margaret, visited the elderly couple during the day. Mrs. Hunt and the Rev. Hunt of the First Baptist church were assisted by their daughters, Mrs LeRoy Bisel, Miss Jane Ann Hunt, and Miss Mary Lee Hunt. "Also assisting were members of the Women's Missionary Union, Mrs. J.R. Karm, president and Mrs Warren Douglas and Mrs Ed Williams. Decorations of pink snapdragons and red roses were arranged by Mrs L.H. Kramer. "Mr. and Mrs McLeod formerly lived at La Grange, Mo where both attended La Grange College. The Rev and Mrs. Hunt also attended that college. Mr. McLeod owned a grocery store there for about 20 years and was employed with the bank for over 25 years until his retirement in 1941 when they came to Independence. "Besides their daughter, Mrs. Hunt, the couple have a son, Leland, of Pittsburg [sic], Pa. Another son drowned when he was 20 years old. They have 5 grandchildren and one great grandchild, Mark Steven Bisel. "Background music during the reception was played by Jane Ann, violinist and Mary Lee, pianist." -- The Independence Examiner. Kay Long remembers seeing other accounts of this event which headlined the fact that the Trumans attended the affair and gave little information about the McLeods! | MCLEOD, Robert Lee (I114)
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| 40 | "Harvey Triplett "Funeral services for Harvey Franklin Triplett, 82, 118 E. Dryden St., Palmyra, were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18 at the First Baptist Church. The Rev Ben Early officiated and entombment was in the Palmyra Mausoleum. Lewis Brothers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. "Casket bearers were Raymond Pennewell, Randles Summers, Archie Pugh, Will Porter, Otis Miller, and Alva Vaughn "Mr Triplett died at 10:55 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, at Levering Hospital, Hannibal. "He was born on April 7, 1892 in Marion County a son of Jefferson D. Triplett and Jessie Brown Triplett. He married Sarah Reber in 1919 and she died in 1966. In 1967 he married Winifred Reighley and she survives. "Mr Triplett was a retired farmer and a member of the First Baptist Church. "Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs James (Jessie Lou) Johnson, Ewing, and Mrs. LaVerne (Dorothy) Robbins, La Prairie, Ill.; one brother, Warwick Triplett, Hannibal; two sisters, Mrs Lula Carson, Quincy, Ill. and Mrs Joe Atwater, St. Charles; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. "He was preceded in death by one brother." -- Palmyra Spectator "Harvey F. Triplett "Services for Harvey F. Triplett, 82, of Palmyra, who died Saturday (June 15, 1975) at 10:55 p.m. in Levering Hospital in Hannibal, will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church. The Rev? [sic] Ben Early will officiate. Entombment will be in the Palmyra Mausoleum. "Mr. Triplett was born April 7, 1892, in Marion County, a son of Jefferson D. and Jessie Brown Triplett. He married Sarah Matilda Reber in 1919. She died in 1966. He married Winifred Reighley in 1967. She survives. "Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. James (Jessie Lou) Johnson of Ewing and Mrs La Verne (Dorothy) Robbins of La Prairie, Ill., a brother, Warwick of Hannibal, two sisters, Mrs. Lula Carsons [sic] of Quincy and Mrs Joe Atwater of St Charles, six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. "Mr Triplett was a retired farmer and was a member of the First Baptist Church." -- Probably from the Quincy Whig. | TRIPLETT, Harvey F. (I1960)
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| 41 | "He [Elisha Williams] had one sister who married Stonestreet (your Uncle Butler Stonestreet's father) after his death she married Dooley" -- Simon Carson Letter. | WILLIAMS, Unknown (I1271)
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| 42 | "He lived in East Nottingham and died at an advanced age in the winter of 1753..." -- Bill Jobe "He settled in Philadelphia by by 1704. "the 27th of the 6mo 1706, Elisha Gatchell and wife Rachel of Philadelphia signed a release of real estate. Rachel was the daughter of Barnabas and Sarah Wilcox of Radnor Meeting. Elisha and Rachel went to Nottingham in 1715' He was on the East Nottingham tax list 1718-1753, having joined the Friends in 1722: 'Elisha Gatchell of Nottingham appeared att [sic] this meeting signifying his sincere desire to be joined as a member to this meeting, he believing yt to be ye truth which we make profession of which request of his being considered was granted by the meeting,' Elisha was 'one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Chester,' involved in the boundary difficulties between Maryland and Pennsylvania. He died in the winter of 1753-4, and Rachel (Wilcox)died in1760." -- "Early Settlers of the Nottingham Lots." The Genealogist. nv, nd, p 287 To be fair, he should have had some share of the Marblehead lots. Why isn't he mentioned in these transactions. as reported in "Grimstone Boude and his Family?" According to "Grimstone Boude and his family" his will was probated on the 23th of February, 1754. After this marriage, the Gatchells moved to Chester County from which Elisha was elected in 1724-25 to the Provincial Assembly, served as J.P. and was thereafter called "gentleman. Many of his letters survive. Had seven children | GATCHELL, Elisha (I836)
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| 43 | "Hite (said by many to be a baron) was a wealthy nobleman, born in Strasbourg, Alsace, Germany, who sold his ancestral estates and fled to Holland because of religious persecution. There he married Anna Maria DuBois, daughter of Louis Du Bois, a French Huguenot, and refugee to Holland from Wicres. He was a kinsman of Louis Du Bois (b. 1626, d. 1695), one of the founders of New Paltz, who led an expedition against Indians in 1663; was in Colonial Forces against Indians in 1670; and was a descendant of Macquaire DuBois, Count De Roussy, A.D. 1110. [There is controversy about the identity of Hite's wife. Jones, Connor, & West in their 'German Origins of Jost Hite' state that Hite's wife was Anna Maria Merkle] -- Marian Saunders Bond. Some ancesters. This information about Hite's orgins and his wife's names would seem to be incorrect in view of recent researches by Henry Z. Jones, Ralph Connor, and ____ West. "Bonfeld records state Anna Maria Merckle, daughter of Anna Veronica _____ (m. 1684), was born Jan 16, 1687; married Johan Justus Heyd, linenweaver, Nov. 11, 1704. This is documented. Reports that Anna Maria was a Du Bois seem to be undocumented. "Descendants of the Merckley (Mercklin) family, known in America as Markley, had traced their ancestors to Bonfeld and showed Anna Maria on their; 'Stammtafel der Familie Merckle;' they did not show her married name this was discovered by Jones and his collaborators who also found the following information on Jost Hite's parents." [for parental information see their notes] -- Hite Family Newsletter, Fall 1993, p. 1 | MERKLIN, Anna Maria (I1395)
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| 44 | "Hon. Sergeant Lewis, he was strictly honest and upright in all dealings with mankind. Charles served in general Lillington's Brigade , he and father [John Lewis] settled on the Mountain Creek 4 miles west of Rutherfordton. 'This is to certify that Charles Lewis, Sergeant, has faithfully served out his tour of three months, in General Lillington's Brigade, to the Southward. 'Robert Gilkey, Captain 'Andrew Hampton, Colonel,'" The above is from the Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America, p. 258 | LEWIS, Charles Crawford (I2080)
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| 45 | "Howard Triplett Receives Citation "Howard B. Triplett, 816 North Twenty-eighth, who retired March 31, as a railway mail clerk after 42 years of service, has received a citation from Arthur E. Summerfield, postmaster general. Mr. Triplett for many years was assigned to trains operating between Chicago and St. Louis and later was assigned to trains operating between Quincy and Kirksville, Mo. The citation reads in part: 'To Howard B. Triplett, for merit accomplishment, and devotion to duty in the course of an honored career in the United States postal service, this ciltation, tendered upon the occasion of retirement from active duty, conveys official comment from the postmaster general and a cordial expression of esteem from co-workers in the service.'" -- Probably from the Quincy paper., probably in April of 1953. Was he in ill health at retirement since he died so soon after?-- LKL "Howard B. Triplett Dies in Quincy "Howard Benjamin Triplett, 63, native of Marion county, passed away Thursday morning, June 23, at 6:10 at his home in Quincy. His death resulted from complications following an attack of anemia [?] last February. "Born near Palmyra, April 4, 1890. he was a son of Jefferson Davis Triplett and the late Mrs. Jesse Ann Brown Triplett. He spent his early life in thes community. "For 35 years he served as a postal clerk on the Santa Fe railroad Chicago-Kansas City run, and during the last six years was with the Burlington railroad traveling between Quincy and Milan, Mo. He retired March 31. "Since taking the Burlington run, Mr. Triplett has made his home in Quincy. He was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist, taking an active interest in church work. On August 25, 1915, he was married to Mrs. Myrtle Stowell Lavery in Chicago. "Surviving are his widow; his father, who lives in Palmyra; one step-son, Richard J. Lavery of Omaha; two sisters, Mrs Mary Neher of Palmyra, Marion County Superintendent of Schools; and Mrs. Harry Carson of Philadelphia; two brothers; Harvey and Warwick Triplett of Palmyra and two step grandchildren. "Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Hansen's Funeral home in Quincy. Rites were in charge of Christian Science Readers. "Burial was in Greenwood cemetery, Palmyra." -- Palmyra Spectator "Howard B. Triplett "Howard Benjamin Triplett, 63, a retired railway postal clerk, died Thursday morning at 6:10 in his home, 816 North Twenty-eighth. He had been a resident of Quincy six years and was a member of First Church of Christ Scientist, being very active in affairs of the church. "Mr Triplett served as postal clerk on the Santa Fe railroad Chicago Kansas City run for 35 years and during the past six years had made the Quinct-Milan (Mo.) run on the Burlington railroad. He retired March 31. "A native of Marion county, Mr. Triplett was born near Palmyra April 4, 1809 [sic. i.e. 1890], a son of Jefferson Davis Triplett and Jesse Ann Brown Trip-[lett]Stowell Lavery Aug 8, 1915. [sic]" "Surviving Mr. Triplett are his father, living at Palmyra; his widow; a stepson, Richard J. Javery [sic] of Omaha, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Neher of Palmyra and Mrs. Marry [sic. i.e. Harry] Carson of Philadelphia, Mo; two brothers, Harvey and Warwick Triplett of Palmyra and two stepchildren[sic. i.e., step-grandchildren]" -- Presumably from the Quincy Whig. | TRIPLETT, Howard Benjamin (I1954)
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| 46 | "John B. McLeod has been engaged in the cultivation of his present farm since October, 1886, when he purchased the Nelson Lovelace Place. The homestead, which comprises four hundred and thirty-five acres is located on section 28, Township 59, Range 6, Marion County, and is one of the best to be found in this region. Commencing his career as a poor boy without capital, our subject deserves great commendation for his achievements, for he owes to himself alone the competency which he now enjoys. "The paternal grandfather of our subject was of Scotch ancestry and owned a large estate and slaves in Frederick County Va., where his death occurred. His children were as follows: William, Thornton, George, John, Elisha, Lorenzo, Nancy, Susan, Betsey, Polly and Rebecca. John was a practicing physician at Newtown Va.; Elisha and William died in the Old Dominion; Nancy married a Mr Smith of West Virginia; Betsey became the wife of Jacob Newcomer, a hatter by trade and a resident of Newtown. Our subject's father Lorenzo McLeod was born in Virginia and on reaching a suitable age married Anna B., daughter of John B. Tilden, a native of Pennsylvania. He removed from that State to Virginia, where he engaged in practice as a physician and also preached in the Methodist Church. During the War of the Revolution he served with the rank of First Lieutenant. After his marriage, Mr McLeod became the owner of his father-in-law's estate and remained thereon until a few years prior to his death, when he sold it to his eldest son and removed to the adjacent village of Newtown. For over forty years he was a faithful member of the Methodist Church. Of his nine children, William T. died on the old Virginian homestead; Rebecca (Mrs Henry Victor) is living in Lynchburg, Va.; John B. is he of whom we write; Mary C. became the wife of David Horner and resides in Lynchburg; Richard S. died in Virginia; Etha married Frank Montgomery, since deceased; Robert T., still living in the State of his nativity, served through the war in Company A, First Virginia Cavalry, in Stonewall Jackson's Division, and was in the Battle of Spottsylvania and other leading engagements; Martha V. is the wife of William Chipley of Virginia; Lorenzo died in childhood; Edwin C is also a resident of Virginia. "John B. McLeod was born February 27 1834, and obtained a good education in the schools of Newtown Va., for some time having the advantages afforded by the academy there. In 1857 he emigrated to Marion County Mo., and for two years engaged in farming, on shares, the homestead of the widow of one John Carson. February 1, 1859, he married the daughter of the house, Caroline, whose mother's maiden name was Sarah Stevens. The young couple began housekeeping on what was known as the Clement White Farm and remained there for a year, then removing to a farm in the same locality, which he also rented and where they lived for two years. Then for two years prior to its being sold our subject rented Mrs. Carson's farm and in the spring of 1865 purchased the place, which contained over two hundred acres and is now in possession of John Mallory. Here he remained until 1886, raising and dealing in live-stock extensively and sometimes shipping the same. For nine years he has lived on the farm where he is at present and has met with good success in his undertakings. In May, 1892, [1872 per J.E.T.] his two-story brick house was destroyed by a tornado and nearly all of its contents were broken or rendered useless; with the exception of one of his children, all of his family were in the house at the time and, wonderful as it appears, no one was injured. The tornado confined itself to a narrow strip of land and this was the only house destroyed. "Mrs Caroline McLeod died May 8, 1865, leaving two children: Lorenzo C., still at home; Etha B., wife if a dry goods merchant of Quincy, Ill.; the first-born child, Willie died in infancy. November 20 1866, Mr McLeod married Martha Carson, a niece of his first wife and a daughter of Simon and Ann (Painter) Carson. Their children are as follows: Lulu V., who is at home; Hugh, Robert, Anna T., John J., Grace E., Valley V., Mabel C., and Eleanor. Hugh was married March 28 1894 to Anna, daughter of Smith and Mary (Johnson ) Scott and resides on a portion of the home farm; Robert married Mis Mary Scott December 27, 1893, his wife's parents being John W. and Sarah (Goodman) Scott, and his home is now in Fabius Township. "For over thirty years Mr. McLeod has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and for over two decades has been a trustee of the congregation at Pleasant Grove. In his political convictions he is a staunch Democrat." The above was quoted verbatim from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Marion, Ralls and Pike Counties with a few from Macon Adair, and Lewis Counties. Missouri, Containing a New Genealogical Index with Every Name in the Book; Women Cross-Indexed to Maiden Names; Subjects, Some Minor Additions to the Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties together with Biographical Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States. 1789 through 1982. First revised reprint edition. C.O. Owen & Co. Chicago, 1895. " On Friday morning, Dec. 21st, 1906, occurred the death of John Belle Tilden McLeod at the home near Palmyra Mo. He was born at New Town, Frederick county, Va., on February 27th, 1834, making his age at death seventy-two years nine months and twenty-four days. In February, 1857, being then quite a young man, he left his native state and came to Missouri. At the age of 25 years he was married to Miss Caroline M Carson and located on a farm near Palmyra Mo. To this union were born three children, two of whom survive--Mr Lorenzo McLeod and Mrs Etta Batson. "On May 8th, 1865, Mr McLeod sustained the loss of his wife, and on November 20th 1866, he was again married to Miss Martha Carson, daughter of Simon M. and Ann Carson. Of this marriage nine children were born--Lula, Hugh, Robert, Anna, John, Grace, Allie [Valley] Virginia, Mabel, Clare [i.e. Mabel Clare], and Eleanor, all of whom, with their mother, half brother and sister remain to mourn the loss of an indulgent and loving father and husband. "To provide the means to properly rear and educate such a large family and to fit them for useful lives, called forth all the energies of his active and resourceful mind. In the successful accomplishment of this task he has left to himself an enduring monument in the honored sons and accomplished daughters who now with filial affection revere his precious memory. "He was a man of broad and generous nature. His friends were numerous as his acquaintances, for all within the circle of his associates were his friends. He was just and honorable in all his dealings, kind and charitable to the poor, the soul of hospitality in his home, friendly and sociable to his neighbors, affectionate and gentle in his family. He leaves a rich legacy to his children the memory of a good citizen and a Christian man. "He had been for more than forty years a consistent member of the M.E. Church, South at Pleasant Grove, .... ...principal, and all his walk and conduct he exemplified the power and grace of the gospel of Christ. Thus after living a well rounded life of more than three score years and ten, he has passed away from earth to reap his reward in Heaven. "His funeral was held at Bethel church on Sunday, December 23rd, and his mortal remains rest in the cemetery adjacent to the church, there to await the resurrection morning. --- J.S. DINGLE" Obituary from the Palmyra Spectator, December 26, 1906. The "first-born child, Willie" who died in infancy cannot have been first-born; he must have been the second, probably born in 1861-JET Are there any records of "Willie"--William? Could he have been buried at the Methodist Church? Or in the Carson family cemetery??--LKL "JOHN B. McLEOD "The subject of this sketch was born in Newtown, Frederick county, Virginia, February 27, 1834. He is a son of Lorenzo and Anna B. (Tilden) McLeod of Virginia. He acquired a good English education in the subscription schools of Newtown. His father was a practical farmer, and from him he learned the occupation which he has followed with so much pleasure and success. In 1857, he came to Palmyra with some friends, and liked the country so well that he remained. February 1, 1859, he was married to Miss Caroline Carson, daughter of John and Sara (Stevens) Carson. May 8, 1865, Mrs. McLeod died leaving two children, Lorenzo and Etha, both of whom are now with their father. Mr. McLeod was again married November 20, 1866, to Martha Carson, daughter of Simon M. and Ann (Painter) Carson. Of this marriage, eight children were born: Lulu [sic] V., Hugh M., Robert L., Anna T., John J., Grace E., Allie [sic.] Virginia, Mabel Claire. Mr McLeod purchased 200 acres of land in 1865, on which he now resides. About sunset May 23, 1872, as noted elsewhere, a cyclone demolished his house, tore up his orchard, and made a total wreck of his premises. Mr. Mcleod belongs to the M.E. Church South, and is also a member of the A.H.T.A., at Palmyra." --Holcombe. op. cit., p. 794. Note: Error in Valley Virginia's name and omission of Sara Eleanor--LKL JBT McLeod died at home on a Friday morning--JET Grace McLeod Taylor told her son, Joshua Eugene Taylor about the 1872 tornado that wrecked the McLeod home. It occurred about 5 years before she was born, but one of the miracles that occurred was that the storm lifted the cradle in which two brothers were sleeping (Hugh, age 2, and Robert, age 1) and deposited them unharmed on the lawn! Did it awaken them? Kay Taylor Long remembers hearing her grandmother, Grace McLeod Taylor, tell about a storm that was very bad. When it was over, there was no light and the family trouped up the stairs to bed. At the top of the stairs, the leader stopped and fumbled around finally realizing that there was no second floor left! Was this the same storm? John Bell McLeod Dead -- Unknown source, probably Palmyra Spectator. "The many friends of John Bell McLeod of Fabius township were shocked to hear that he had dropped dead early last Friday morning. He was advanced in age, being in his seventy-third year, and had not been in good health, but his death, coming as ti did, was a surprise. He arose early that morning, as was his custom and had just made some remark to a member of the family, about what he was to have for breakfast, when he was seen to stagger and fall and life was extinct in a short time. Mr. McLeod was one of the oldest and best citizens of Marion county, being formerly well known in this section and leaves a large family and a host of friends to mourn his death. His funeral was held at Bethel church Sunday." | MCLEOD, John Bell Tilden (I84)
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| 47 | "John married and went to Kentucky (where he left a large family)"--Simon Carson's letter | WILLIAMS, John (I1269)
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| 48 | "John Swearingen was 18 years old, and Mary Ray was 16 when they were married in 1715. They lived together as man and wife for 84 years; one lived to be 100, and the other, 102. They had 15 children and raised 12 to adulthood. Our ancestor, Ann Swearingen was one of these children, who scattered over the country. "John and Mary settled on Rock Creek not far from the present Washington County, Maryland. John received thirty pounds [sterling] from his father's estate. He was a prosperous planter and owned considerable land." -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors. p. 11 | SWEARINGEN, John (I1272)
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| 49 | "John, Executor of the estate [of his father, presumably], declared James his brother. Charles Lewis named James as his brother. James, bother to John and Charles, [is] therefore son of George IV." Richard's descendants known to be cousins of Charles. William, Molly, George and Warner have their parentage proved by court records. -- Newmann, p. 14. -- directly quoted as marked; remainder paraphrased. | YATES, John (I1168)
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| 50 | "JOSHUA THOMAS TAYLOR The subject of this sketch was born in Marion county, Missouri, January 29, 1840. He is a son of Caleb and Margaret G (McKay) Taylor. He was raised chiefly on a farm and early selected the science of medicine as a profession. In September, 1860, he went to Ann Arbor University, Michigan, to pursue the study of his choice. But the breaking out of the war at about this juncture interrupted his plans for the future and turned his attention into an entirely different channel. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Missouri State Guard, and served for about six months in Richardson's company, Green's brigade; then in June 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 4th Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, C.S.A., Col. McFarland commanding. He was in the battles of Shelbina, Lexington, and Luka Springs, and was wounded in the engagement at Corinth, Mississippi; was struck in the hip by an ounce ball, which relic he now has in his possession. The wound rendered him a cripple for life. During his illness he was nursed by his comrade, Moses D. Bates, Jr., for whom he avers he shall ever cherish the most tender regard. When he had sufficiently recovered he was detailed to the quartermaster's department, where he served until the close of the war. He returned home July 15, 1865 where he remained until 1867, and then entered the Bryant and Stratton Commercial College at Quincy, from which he subsequently graduated. In June 1867, he went to Greenville, Mississippi, where he engaged as book-keeper, and afterward in selling goods. In May 1872, he returned to Marion county and engaged in farming on his present place. January 18, 1870, Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Sarah Catherine Foreman, Daughter of Inskeep and Elizabeth (Taylor) Foreman, the former of Virginia, the latter of North Carolina. Mrs. Taylor was a native of Marion county, born November 28, 1842. Their union was blessed with two children: Charles Bryant, born October 26, 1870, and Margaret E., born April 7, 1872, and died August 31, 1872. Mrs Taylor died December 14, 1882, leaving her husband and son to mourn the loss of an estimable and affectionate wife and mother."--Holcombe. op. cit., p. 799. Undated clipping from the Palmyra Spectator: "The best record in the way of wheat raising we remember to have heard of for many years in this county was made by Joshua T. Taylor this year. Mr Taylor, last week threshed off twenty-six acres of corn-stubble land 1,156 bushels or on an average of over forty-one and one-half bushels to the acre. If there is any one who can beat it he is requested to step forward." Obituary, possibly from the Palmyra Spectator. "Joshua T. Taylor, one of Marion county's best known citizens died Nov 18 [1912]. He was born in Fabius township, January 29, 1840, a son of Caleb and Margaret McKay Taylor, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Virginia. In 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate army and was in the battles of Lexington and Iuka Springs, Mo., and Corinth Miss. At the latter place he received a gun shot would in the hip and was disabled, serving the remainder of his enlistment in the quarter master's department. For two years following his discharge from the army he engaged in the mercantile business in Greenville, Miss., and then returned to Marion county, where he spent the remainder of his life on his farm. He was married to Miss Sallie C. Foreman in January, 1870. To this union were born Margaret who died in infancy and Charles Bryant Taylor of Palmyra. Mrs Taylor died Dec 14, 1882, and on March 9 1887, Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Martha A. Bibb, of Clark county, who survived him. For many years he was an active member of the Baptist church and took a leading part in its councils. | TAYLOR, Joshua Thomas (I19)
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