Farmer, The George Washington, Jr., Family

Transcription

The George Washington
Farmer Jr. Family
His Ancestors and Descendants
by daughter
Elizabeth Ann Farmer
Above Drawing: Farmer Family Coat of Arms
Coats of arms where designed by knighted individuals in England. As many Farmers were knighted, their
coats of arms varied slightly from one line of the Farmer family to the next. The shield and arms of the
Earl of Pomfret are generally considered to be the primary coat of arms for the Farmer family. The shield
is gray with a black bar and three red lions’ heads. The three lions’ heads have been the official English
Crown’s coat of arms from the time of Richard the Lionhearted around the turn of the 12th century and
they were used by many nobles loyal to the throne to show allegiance. The crest is a cock's head, resting in
a coronet, which indicates nobility. The motto of all English Farmer coats of arms is "Hora e Sempre”
which means “Now and Forever.”
The George Washington Farmer Jr. Family
2013 Elizabeth Farmer All rights reserved.
Disclaimer:
The author takes full responsibility for the information in this book.
Whenever possible the data was collected from primary sources. These
include documents that were produced immediately adjacent to events
such as births, baptisms, deaths, funerals, and censuses. Some events
may be too old to have been recorded. Others were lost. Others may
be too new and are protected under privacy laws. If no primary data
sources were available, the data was interpreted from obituaries, grave
markers, or family accounts. I apologize if you or your family were
affected by any errors due to data sources.
Please contact me if you have any additions or corrections.
Elizabeth Farmer
708-764-2266
bf7756@aol.com
Dedication
This book is for you dad!
I may have written it, but you were
with me every step of the way.
We made a great team.
I researched
while you told me family stories and
drove me endlessly around the country,
visiting some really remote locations
meeting very strange relatives,
staying in flea bag hotels,
sweeping snowy graves,
and keeping Bubbles walked, fed and air conditioned.
We enjoyed every minute of it!
I would not have wanted to do it without you!
All my love,
Beth
Table of Contents
Preface
3
Introduction
7
The Early Farmer Lineage
11
The Dill Lineage
29
The Farmers of Southwest Indiana Lineage
37
The Field Lineage
131
The William Farmer Lineage
157
The Fry Lineage
191
The William Butler Farmer Lineage
205
The Logsdon Lineage
247
The Gaither Lineage
325
The George Washington Farmer Sr. Lineage
339
The George Washington Farmer Jr. Lineage
385
Additions and Corrections to the Genealogy
427
Index of Individuals
429
1
Preface
It is useful to spend a few minutes explaining how to read
some of the material that appears frequently throughout this book.
The following example will improve your understanding of the
methods used in genealogical text and make reading other sections
much easier.
Generation No. 1
1. MARY ANN11 FARMER (LORAL DENNIS10, GEORGE
WASHINGTON 9, WILLIAM BUTLER8, WILLIAM7, JOHN F.6,
STEPHEN5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, HENRY SR.2, THOMAS1) was
born 04 Mar 1945 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois and died
02 May 2003 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. She married
(1) MICHAEL EVANS 12 Feb 1960 in Springfield, Sangamon County,
Illinois, son of GLENN EVANS and PEARL. He was born 04 Feb
1944 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. She married (2)
GERALD SMITH 12 Oct 1973 in Springfield, Sangamon County,
Illinois.
Notes for MARY ANN FARMER:
Mary was a secretary and part-time organist at her church.
Children of MARY FARMER and MICHAEL EVANS were:
2.
i. JOAN LYNN12 EVANS, born 08 May 1964, Springfield,
Sangamon County, Illinois.
ii. GENE ALAN EVANS, born 21 Jun 1967, Springfield,
Sangamon
County,
Illinois;
married
STACEY
CRAWFORD, 23 Aug 1997, Destin, Florida.
Notes for GENE ALAN EVANS:
Mark was a computer programmer.
iii. JAMES REED EVANS, born 16 Jul 1972, Springfield,
Sangamon County, Illinois; married JENNIFER WOODS,
14 Oct 2000, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
3
Generation No. 2
2. JOAN LYNN12 EVANS (MARY ANN11 FARMER, LORAL
DENNIS10, GEORGE WASHINGTON9, WILLIAM BUTLER8,
WILLIAM7, JOHN F.6, STEPHEN5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, HENRY
SR.2, THOMAS1) was born 08 May 1964 in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Illinois. She married JOHN GAINOR JAMES IV Jan 1984 in
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
Child of JOAN EVANS and JOHN JAMES was:
i. JOHN GAINOR13 JAMES V, born 08 May 1990,
Interpreting the above report is keyed around understanding
the identified generations above. The report heading Generation No. 1
identifies the arbitrarily chosen individual about whom the report is
prepared – and that person’s descendants. The starting individual in
this example is Mary Ann Farmer and her children are Joan Lynn
Evans, Gene Alan Evans, and James Reed Evans.
Mary’s direct ancestors also appear on the report. They are
listed following her name in parentheses. They are numbered in
reverse order from most recent to oldest ancestor. Thus, in our
example Loral Dennis #10 is Mary’s father. George Washington #9 is
her grandfather and William Butler #8 is her great-grandfather, etc.
Between Mary’s middle and surname is the number 11. This means
she is the 11th generation of this family tree starting from the oldest
known ancestor.
After the list of Mary’s ancestors is the date and location of her
birth and death. This is followed by her marriage information. If there
are multiple spouses they will be listed in order. As much information
as is available about each spouse will be shown. So, in this example it
is obvious there is more known about Michael Evans, her first spouse,
than about Gerald Smith, her second husband.
After the information about Mary and her spouses are the
details about her children. Notice that some of Mary’s children are
4
shown in more detail than others. In our example, her second child, ii.
Gene Alan Evans, is shown as married to Stacey Crawford. They have
no children so all the facts about the couple are printed in Generation
No. 1. Mary’s third child, iii. Jason Reed Evans, is single and childless.
Thus, he too is only listed in Generation No. 1. But, Mary’s first child, i.
Joan Lynn Evans, has descendants. Therefore she is the only member
of Mary’s family tree to be carried forward into Generation No. 2.
In Generation No. 2 Joan becomes the primary individual on the
report. She is assigned the number 12 between her middle and
surname, Evans, to indicate she is the 12th generation of the family tree.
Joan’s direct ancestors also appear on the report. They are listed
following her name in parentheses. Note that the name FARMER
appears after the first ancestor’s name. This is to show that although
Joan does not carry the family surname Farmer, the ancestors she
descends through did. Also, in Generation No. 2, Joan Lynn’s son, John
Gainor James V, has the number 13 between his middle and surname
to indicate he is the 13th generation to appear on this genealogy report.
There is another numbering scheme that runs along the left
side of the report. In this scheme each individual who has descendants is
assigned a unique number. In our example report under Generation No.
1 Mary is given the number one (1.). Her daughter Joan Lynn is given
the number two (2.). When Joan is carried forward into the Generation
No. 2 portion of the report she is listed with the number two (2.) again
before her name. Mary’s other two children do not have any number
designation because they do not have children and therefore will not
need to be carried forward into future generations on the report.
All these numbering schemes continue for as many generations
as are listed on the report. The number of generations listed on any
single report is completely arbitrary and is selected at the discretion of
the author for illustrative purposes in a given section of the book.
5
Introduction
The history of the New World can be summarized simply as
the search for a better life. The Farmers, Dills, Fields, Frys, Logsdons
and Gaithers were some of the earliest recorded people to set foot on
America soil. They carved villages into the landscape of a timbered
coastline and stood up for their new country in the Revolutionary War,
the War of 1812 and the Civil War. They embodied pioneer spirit in
their migrations to North America and their selflessness upon arrival.
The momentous decision to emigrate marked a turning point in their
lives – and ours – forever!
Ancestors of George Washington Farmer, Jr.
Farmer
Farmer
Dill
Farmer
Field
Farmer
Fry
George Washington Farmer
Logsdon
Logsdon
Gaither
7
These ancestors left everything they understood in Europe to
explore the unknown in the New World. They searched for a safer,
more prosperous life for themselves and their families. They left older,
less adventurous family members to suffer the ramifications of
European religious, social and political turmoil.
Despite their adventurous nature, each of their daily lives was
filled with the same simple emotions that all human beings experience.
Their days centered on working, falling in love, marrying, raising
children, building homes, attending church, participating in community
activities, and grieving over the loss of loved ones. This book hopes to
capture the flavor of their daily lives as well as their pioneer spirit.
This story of the Farmer family follows six key families’
adventures from the east coast to the Midwest. All six families were
farmers by occupation, and consequently, this is a story of migration
westward based upon the price and quality of land and the growth of
these families beyond a sustainable size for any tract of land they
occupied.
The Farmers arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in the early 1600s.
The Dills arrived the latest of the six families to Maryland (the portion
that is today Delaware) in the mid-1700s and they then moved to the
Carolinas where they linked up with the Farmers. The Fields and
Gaithers where with the Farmers in Jamestown, Virginia in the early
1600s. The Fields married into the Farmer line in Indiana and were the
impetus for our Farmer line’s decision to move to Illinois. The
Gaithers ended up in Kentucky.
The Logsdons arrived in Maryland during the mid-1600s and
migrated to Kentucky where they married Gaither women. The
Gaithers and Logsdons moved on to Illinois where they joined our
Farmer line.
Several factors influenced where our families chose to migrate
and when. The biggest factor was the opening of new land warrants by
the government.
Government policy encouraged citizens to
homestead various territories of the frontier at different points in time.
This was done in conjunction with the completion of the surveys and
plats for new states. The land was available cheaply if a family cleared
it, developed it and filed claim to it with the Federal Land Bureau.
Additionally, veterans were awarded land warrants in new territories as
compensation for their military service.
8
The size and configuration of a family also influenced westward
migration. Fathers could split their property among all their sons, but
most often the land went to the oldest. So, younger sons were likely to
move on to places they could find cheap farmland for themselves.
Even in families that split land more equitably amongst the children,
the tracts got smaller with each generation. A large initial tract would
not support several descendant’s families in just a generation or two.
Also, families that intermarried multiple times tended to be more
willing to move on since they had one another. They provided a builtin support network to help address the limitations of frontier life for a
small single family unit.
The path the migration followed was along the established
transportation routes of the day. Most families were moving their
belongings on either horseback or by wagon. Striking out on one’s
own into dense woodlands would have been unsafe and nearly
impossible. The limited number of established trails determined the
places families could travel relatively easily.
The map on the next page illustrates the most commonly
followed route through the original 13 colonies and on to the west.
The Great Valley Road extended from Pennsylvania through Maryland
and Virginia on south through the Carolinas. It was joined by the
Wilderness Road which allowed movement west via the Cumberland
Gap in the Allegheny Mountains. Daniel Boone and 30 men hacked
through forest for 208 miles to create this passageway for Americans
moving west to Kentucky and Tennessee. Indian raids were common
on the Wilderness Road. Prior to 1796, horses, not wagons, had to
make the trip it was so rugged! This was the route that every one of
our families took in their westward migration.
Migration put certain families in specific places during specific
timeframes that made it possible for them to meet, become friends,
neighbors, and members of the same churches, and to eventually
intermarry. It is this ongoing process that led to the connections
between the six families in our Farmer story.
9
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gentutor/trails.html
Beverly Whitaker, Genealogy Tutor ©2006
10
The Early Farmer Lineage
A family’s history does not officially begin until its surname
becomes hereditary. Prior to that point people simply went by their
first name and maintained only an oral history of their ancestry. The
limited population did not warrant anything additional. In the Middle
Ages, around the years 1095 – 1300, many people of higher social
status began to see the need for an additional name that carried on the
prestige afforded the family from their ancestor’s heroic efforts as
crusaders for the Catholic Church. Many believed surnames would
serve both a practical purpose, to differentiate people with the same
first name, and a socio-economic purpose, to provide class advantage
to the wealthier families of England.
Villages, religions, titles, personal characteristics, prominent
family member’s birth names and even occupations were used as the
earliest surnames. By the late 1200’s the surname Farmer was
recognized. That is when our Farmer family history officially begins.
The surname Farmer, and its variant Fermor, were based upon
an occupation, but not the profession one might suspect. It had
absolutely nothing to do with working the land. Farmer was the word
that denoted wealthy landowners. They never worked the land.
Instead, they simply oversaw land leases to peasants who actually
worked the fields. So, the true occupation of someone with the Farmer
surname was that of real estate tax collector.
From Richards to Fermor
The earliest traced and confirmed records show our family line
beginning in 1410 with Henry Richards of Langford, Oxfordshire,
England. The suffix shire at the end of English place names is the
equivalent of the word county in the United States.
11
Oxfordshire
Henry’s father was probably Thomas Richards. Richards was a
variation on the old German surname Ricard which meant the family
had the characteristic of being powerful and brave. It was brought to
England after the 1066 conquest of Normandy (in today’s northern
France).
Henry Richards was a woolsman by trade. He obviously did
not find his surname as socially prestigious as his wife’s so he took hers
as his alias. Henry married Agnes Fermor of Witney, Oxfordshire
before 1440. The family lived in Langford where Henry died in
October of 1467 and Agnes died on March 3, 1464.
Henry and Agnes had a son Thomas about 1440. He also went
by his mother’s surname. Thomas Fermor married Alice before 1470.
Thomas became the Mercer of the Staple of Calais. Mercer meant he
was a textile merchant. The Staple of Calais was developed by King
Edward of England to centralize wool purchases for England from
throughout Europe via the major port city of Calais, France. The
unintended consequence was the person in the mercer position, in this
case Thomas, had a monopoly on wool sales in England and became
very rich and powerful by artificially inflating wool prices.
Thomas Fermor died September 14, 1485. He and Alice were
buried in St. Mary the Virgin Church, Witney, Oxfordshire, England.
Thomas and Agnes had a son John about 1470. He was a wool
merchant like his father and grandfather. Little is known of him other
than he had a son Thomas Fermor about 1500. Thomas obviously did
well because he added the title of Esquire to his name. Esquire was a
title won by English gentry for heroism in battle or awarded by the
King for persons that were knighted for service to the Crown.
12
Calais, France
Thomas Fermor Esquire married Elizabeth. The couple lived
at Bolney House, Harpsden, Oxfordshire, England and worshipped at
St. Mary's Church, Cholsey, Berkshire, England. Thomas was buried at
St. Margaret's Church, Harpsden, Oxfordshire, England after his death
in 1557.
Berkshire
13
Thomas and Elizabeth had a son Thomas Fermor, Esquire in
1540. He married a Barker woman from Wokingham or Sunning,
Berkshire, England. The family wealth had grown to the point they
now owned a second home. They began transitioning out of wool and
into the import of cattle from Ireland. They lived both at Marlow
Place, St. Peter's Street, Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire and at St.
John's Lane, Clerkenwell, London, England. Thomas was a Burgess
member to Parliament from Chipping Wycombe in 1562. Burgess
members of Parliament represented their towns at the national level.
Thomas died in 1609, but not without fathering son John about 1571.
John, the First Real Farmer
John was the first to change the spelling of Fermor to Farmer.
John Farmer had Gentleman as his title. Gentleman was the title used
by English gentry that were so wealthy they did not need to work for a
living. John Farmer married Mary Temple, daughter of John and Susan
Spencer Temple, Esquire on June 14, 1592 at St. James Church,
Clerkenwell, Middlesex (now London), England. Mary was born about
1570 in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England.
John and Mary also lived in two homes. The first was at St.
Swithins Parish, Walbrook Ward, London and the second was at Great
Bradley, Cookham, Berkshire, England. John died in 1632 in
Cookham but was buried at All Saints Church, Great Marlow,
Buckinghamshire, England near his father’s home.
John’s son, Thomas Farmer immigrated to America.
14
Buckinghamshire
London
Thomas, the First Virginia Farmer
Thomas Farmer was baptized in 1593 at St. Swithin’s Church,
Walbrook Ward, London, England. Thomas Farmer sailed up the
James River aboard Captain John Ward’s ship Tryall. He arrived in
Jamestown, Virginia in October of 1616. Thomas was one of the first
four or five thousand people ever to set foot on Virginia soil from
across the ocean. Thomas settled on land near a bend in the James
River that had an island. It was legally listed as the Bermuda Hundred,
Neck of Land, Henrico City Corporation, Virginia Colony. Hundred
was an English land term that referred to a tract of land presumed to
be capable of supporting 100 families. Bermuda Hundred was
intended by the London Company to be the site for a college, but that
never happened. Bermuda Hundred was about 1,000 acres in a place
called The Neck of Land where the James River meandered around an
island. The island is called Farrar’s Island today.
Settlers in Virginia followed the same political structure as their
parent government in England. Virginia established a House of
Burgess to which representatives were elected representing their
villages at the Virginia Colony level. Thomas was the member of the
House of Burgess from Jamestown, Virginia in 1629-1630. His home
was referred to as the Plantation of the College and the Neck of Land.
Thomas made frequent trips in and out of America. Most
researchers assume Thomas was involved in the Farmer family
business of delivering cattle to the New World because of Thomas’
15
frequent associations with Abraham Peirsey the Cape Merchant for the
London Company. The title Cape Merchant was given to the primary
procurement official for the import of goods to an outpost location,
such as the Virginia Colony was considered by the English.
After 1624 Thomas married Mary Ward Box born September
22, 1594 in St. Botolphes Parish, Bishopsgate, London, England. Mary
was the widow of John Box and had a daughter by him in England in
1623. Mary was also the daughter of the ship’s captain that brought
Thomas to Virginia. Captain John Ward obviously remained associated
with the Virginia Colony because he served in England’s Parliament as
the Burgess representing the fledgling colony in 1619. Mary Ward’s
mother was Margaret Munday.
Thomas Farmer died in 1633 while on a trip back to England
and nothing is known of his demise. He left one son Henry Farmer,
Sr. Henry’s mother, Mary Ward Box Farmer, married a third time
about 1634 to John Baugh. The Baugh’s had two girls that were raised
on the Farmer homestead at Bermuda Hundred.
Neck of Land
Farrar’s
Island
16
Thomas Farmer's English Ancestors
Thomas Richards
Henry Richards, alias Fermor
Thomas Richards, alias Fermor
Agnes Fermor
John Fermor
Alice
Thomas Fermor, Esquire
Unknown
Thomas Fermor, Esquire
Elizabeth
John Farmer, Gentleman
? Barker
Thomas Farmer
John Temple, Esquire.
Mary Temple
Susan Spencer
Henry Farmer Sr. of Bermuda Hundred
Records indicate that Henry left Virginia soon after his father’s
death. He might have gone back to England to clean-up his father’s
affairs, to live with Farmer family or to learn the family business. He
may not have liked living with his step-father, John Baugh. However,
when he reached majority he returned to Virginia to claim his inherited
land.
Henry's wife was named Alice. She was a Presbyterian (or
Ulster) Scotch-Irish woman. Alice arrived in what was now being
called Henrico County, Virginia shortly before she married Henry in
1657. She was a very recent widow of a man named William with
17
whom she came to America planning to start a new life. There is no
known record of Alice or William’s surnames.
Alice and William had been granted rights to buy land by the
London Company in Bermuda Hundred. Widowed and alone in
Virginia, Alice sold her land rights to William Walthall who proceeded
to use the voucher to buy land from Henry’s step-father, John Baugh.
As a result of the land transaction, Henry met Alice and the
couple were quickly wed. The couple had a daughter and two sons,
Henry Jr. in 1657 and John in 1660. Henry died before 1668 leaving
Alice a widow again. She remarried twice more. In 1668 she wed
Major William Harris by whom she had three more children. She then
married George Alvis in 1678.
The DNA Dilemma
The Farmer family of today has been actively involved with
male DNA genealogy analysis. Our own George Washington Farmer
Jr. submitted his DNA as part of the analysis. Farmer DNA
researchers expected to find an unbroken line of 100% purely English
genes throughout the male line. Yet, the findings were astoundingly
different! Just as many of the DNA samples clearly pointed out that
there were male members of the Farmer family who were 100%
Scotch-Irish. (It is important to note that these DNA tests have
nothing to do with the women that married into the Farmer line, they
are strictly based upon the Farmer men’s ancestry.)
Male descendants of Henry Farmer Sr. and Alice’s second son
John exhibit English DNA. Plus, John’s descendants match with other
Farmer families from England that were distant cousins of John’s
father, Henry, Sr. Men that trace their lineage to Henry Sr. via John
are of English descent.
18
Henry Farmer Sr.'s Family
Henry Farmer Sr.
Henry Farmer Jr.
Alice ?
Phoebe Farmer
John Farmer
All descendants of Henry Farmer Sr. and Alice’s first son,
Henry Jr., are Scotch-Irish. The only way that this could be the case is
if Henry Jr. was Scotch-Irish and not English. Since researchers know
for a fact that Henry Sr. and all his ancestors are from England it is
illogical for his son to be Scotch-Irish. The answer to this mystery is
simple, yet complicated. Henry Jr.’s birth father must not have been
Henry Sr. Henry Jr.’s father must have been Alice’s first husband
William, the Scotch-Irishman that died in route to Virginia.
Although there may never be proof, below is the theory most
Farmer researchers support. Since Alice's husband William died on
board the ship, or shortly after his arrival in Virginia, it is quite
plausible that Alice was pregnant when she arrived in America.
Records show that Alice arrived in America, married Henry Sr., and
gave birth to Henry Jr. all in 1657. That would be difficult, although
not impossible, to accomplish without Alice already being in the early
stages of pregnancy.
It appears that Henry married Alice despite her pregnancy.
They may not even have known Alice was pregnant when they wed.
The couple named the child after Henry Sr. and raised him as if he
were Henry Sr.’s own son (which he may have believed he was). Henry
Jr. may or may not have even known he was not a bloodline relation to
his Farmer family.
This means a couple things for those of us who descend
through Henry Jr. We are in fact Scotch-Irish on our Farmer side!
Yet, we are still Farmers at heart. We were raised as Farmers and take
19
pride in our Farmer ancestry. Adopted children are not treated any less
like family members just because of their non-bloodline status. As a
genealogist, it does means we now should trace our birth ancestors as
well as our adoptive ancestors. Unfortunately, unless some misplaced
records surface that mention the surname of Alice or William from
Ireland, we may never be able to find our birth ancestors. The Farmer
DNA group C and haplotype I2b is our Scotch-Irish designation
should technology ever allow us to find our birth ancestors in the
future.
Henry Farmer Jr., the Scotch-Irishman
Henry Farmer Jr. was raised by his parents as if he was any
other Farmer descendant. Since the couple had two sons, Henry Jr.
and John, the land at Bermuda Hundred was given to the oldest son
when he became an adult. Therefore, our Henry Jr. inherited the land
at Bermuda Hundred. But, as the area grew and villages developed,
Henry Jr.’s land near Farrar’s Island on the James River needed a more
identifying name. It became known as Proctor’s Creek, Henrico
County. By this time the English term Hundred was out of popular
usage.
Henry’s brother bought farmland in a newly opened settlement
further inland from the flood prone James River called New Kent,
Virginia. Henry’s mother, Alice, and her infant children from her later
marriage went with John to the new homestead.
Henry Jr. married Mary Clarke about 1684. She was born
about 1660 in Cobbs, Henrico County, to John Clarke Jr. John Clarke,
Jr. was the son of John Clarke Sr. who was the ship’s captain that
brought the pilgrims on the Mayflower to America.
Henry Jr. and Mary raised a large family. They had eight
children between 1684 and 1695. Records indicate all but one survived
to adulthood. The increase in the size of families, due to the number
of children living to adulthood, happened in a single generation. This
indicates that the immigrants had overcome their early issues of famine,
disease and Indian raids. They were now thriving in the New World.
Henry Jr. owned enough land that he deeded portions to each
of his sons as they reached maturity. Land was deeded to Henry III
and John in 1709, to William in 1710 and to Thomas in 1714. Land
20
was still plentiful and productive enough that the boys were able to stay
at Proctor’s Creek, Henrico County.
Mary, Henry Jr.’s wife, died in 1695. He remarried a woman
named Hester around 1696. It was common practice to remarry after a
grieving period of one year, especially when a wife died leaving young
children. Hester’s maiden name was not listed on the record. She was
simply listed as the widow of John Bass. Henry Jr. died sometime after
1714, the last record of his life being the deed to son Thomas in 1714.
Henry Farmer Jr.’s Family
T homas
Farmer
Henry
Farmer, Jr.
Mary
Clarke
William
Farmer
Benjamin
Farmer
Elizabeth
Farmer
John
Farmer, Sr.
Martha
Farmer
Henry
Farmer III
Mary
Farmer
Henry Farmer III
Henry Farmer Jr. and Mary Clarke’s son, Henry III, continues
our Farmer line. Little is known about Henry III. His birth is
estimated about 1686. He married Sarah Ward about 1706 – 1709.
She was the daughter of Edward Ward and Elizabeth Elam. Elizabeth
Elam’s father was named Gilbert Elam. Sarah Ward gave Henry III
eight children between 1710 and 1725. She survived Henry III and was
listed as the administrator of his estate in 1753.
Henry III owned 250 acres in Henrico County in records dated
1736. Henrico County was split into multiple counties before 1752
because Henry III deeded his entire farm to his eldest son Henry IV in
21
Chesterfield County. Thus, the land called Proctor’s Creek in Henrico
County transitioned exclusively to Henry VI who now found himself
located in the newly formed Chesterfield County.
Henry had five other sons besides Henry IV. These boys were
left to fend for themselves once they reached adulthood. The
increased family size during this generation laid the seeds for
discontent among the younger male family members. Here began an
intensified saga of too little land for too few families. That forced many
non-inheriting males to look elsewhere to support their farming
livelihood.
Direct Descendants of Henry Farmer III
Henry
Farmer III
Sarah
Ward
Mary
Farmer
Seth
Farmer
Joel
Farmer
Lodowick
Farmer
William
Farmer
Henry
Farmer
Elam
Farmer
Ann
Farmer
William, a Younger Son of Henry III
Our ancestor William, was one of Henry Farmer III and Sarah
Ward’s younger children. William married Elizabeth Forest and had
four children. He remained in the newly formed Chesterfield County
his entire life, but he was forced to leave Proctor’s Creek to buy
farmland for himself. He purchased it in a place called Falling Creek,
Chesterfield County where he died about 1782.
22
Direct Descendants of William Farmer
Forest
Farmer
William
Farmer
Elizabeth
Forest
Archer
Farmer
Fanny
Farmer
Phebe
Farmer
Source for the entire Farmer lineage
From England to William:
http://genforum.com/farmer/messages/4774.html
Research done by Jim Farmer
Forest, the Land Grab Gains Steam
Forest, William Farmer and Elizabeth Forest’s oldest son, was
born before 1756 in Chesterfield County. His birth name followed a
common naming convention of the day; first born sons were named to
show respect for the mother’s family surname. Forest married Ruth
Sudberry on February 17, 1778. She was the daughter of Ezekiel
Sudberry Jr. and Catherine. Forest’s father deeded him the land at
Falling Creek in June of the same year. About 1783 Forest sold the
land in Chesterfield County and moved to Cumberland County,
Virginia. Ruth and Forest were listed in the 1784 Cumberland County
tax lists as having 13 people in the household. Forest died in
Cumberland around July 23, 1794. Possessions at his death were few,
but included six slaves that became the center of a family controversy
in the succeeding years. His inventory of goods can be seen on the
next page.
Forest’s wife, Ruth, remarried Thomas Fielder in 1797 in the
adjacent county of Prince Edward. She had additional children.
23
Several of Ruth and Forest’s children also married in Prince Edward
County. The family had moved yet again!
The map of the adjacent page shows our Farmer family’s
movement across Virginia in an attempt to secure good, cheap
farmland capable of supporting their families. The first 150 years in
America the Farmer family did not move at all! Yet, in the 50 year
period between 1750 and 1800 they moved from their original
homeland on to Falling Creek in Chesterfield County, then to
Cumberland County, and finally on to Price Edward County. The land
issue only got worse after Forest’s death. Forest left several boys that
all desired their own farmland. Forest did not have enough to go
around!
24
To alleviate the land problem our Farmer family moved south.
Land had become available in South Carolina and the rumor said it was
good, cheap and abundant. (For more information on land in South
Carolina see the Chapter on the Dill lineage). By 1809, Ruth and her
new husband Thomas Fielder are found living in Union County, South
Carolina. Forest and Ruth’s sons, William and Ezekiel, lived nearby.
Ruth was still there in 1828 near her married daughters, but the boys
had moved west through the Cumberland Gap in search of even better,
even cheaper, and even more abundant land!
Direct Descendants of Forest Farmer
Forest
Farmer
Ruth
Sudberry
John F.
Farmer
William
Farmer
Martha
Farmer
Ezekiel
Farmer
Ann
Farmer
Elizabeth
Farmer
Forest (Forris)
Farmer
Littleberry
Farmer
Francis
Farmer
25
The first time that any of Forest’s children were found in
official documents was in 1801 when the oldest brother, Littleberry,
filed a chancery cause with the Court of Prince Edward County
(#1809-005). The petition asked the court to force Ruth, and her new
husband Thomas Fielder, to provide Littleberry with his inheritance.
Littleberry married that year and needed the financial assets to provide
for his family. The inheritance Littleberry referred to was primarily
slaves owned originally by Forest.
Littleberry claimed his mother was being influenced by her new
husband to keep Forest’s personal property and slaves for their benefit
and that she was not performing the distribution of assets the court
had intended. He further charged that since Forest had died without a
will and left young children for Ruth to support, that Ruth and Thomas
believed the court would think it acceptable to keep the inheritance as
long as some of the younger children still lived in their home.
The court stipulated that the debt be settled but asked for a list
of children that would need to be provided for in the future as they
attained adulthood. The case was not completely settled until 1809
with the last sale (or transfer) of Forest’s six Negro slaves to provide
Forest’s children their inheritance as they reached adulthood. Yes,
many of our ancestors were slave owners!
In the court document dated 1801 the following living children
of Forest and Ruth Farmer are listed:
Littleberry
Elizabeth
William
Ezekiel
John – our ancestor
Martha
Ann* – unknown whereabouts after 1809
Forris (or Forest)
Francis* – unknown sex or whereabouts after 1809
* One was alternatively called Nancy in court records
Forest and Ruth’s children all took separate paths after Forest
passed away in 1793. Elizabeth stayed in Prince Edward County and
married Thomas Wilkerson in 1796. Littleberry married in Prince
Edward County to Peggy Thaxton in 1801, but they moved to
26
Buckingham County, Virginia. Martha also married in Prince Edward
County in 1806 to Charles Selby. She moved to his home county of
Botetourt, Virginia. Forris (or Forest) enlisted in the War of 1812 from
Union County, South Carolina and died a year later on February 7,
1815. The youngest Farmer children stayed with Ruth and Thomas
Fielder in Union County, South Carolina and seemingly died or
disappeared from official records.
Ruth’s daughter Sarah A. (Sally) Fielder, by second husband,
stayed in Union County, South Carolina, married John Inmon. Ruth's
daughter, Judith Ann Fielder, named one of her children Forest Forris
after her departed war hero step-brother. Judith married Griffin
Dupree in Union County, but spent most of her life in Paulding
County, Georgia.
William and Ezekiel moved on from Union County, South
Carolina to Smith County, Tennessee. William and Ezekiel spent only
a few years in Tennessee before moving to southwest Indiana. Our
direct ancestor, John F. Farmer, was the hardest to track until he
migrated to Gibson County, Indiana. They boys finally found enough
good, cheap, abundant farmland to stay put in Indiana!
Source of Forest’s lineage:
Research done by Elizabeth Ann Farmer
27
The Dill Lineage
Elizabeth Jane (Betsy) Dill
Elizabeth Jane (Betsy). Dill would soon become the wife of our
ancestor, John F. Farmer of Gibson County, Indiana. The two either
met in South Carolina or Tennessee. In South Carolina John F.’s
brothers, William and Ezekiel, had each married Bates’ women. The
Bates and Dills were good friends and members of the same small
church. His brothers’ families moved on to Smith County, Tennessee
at the same time as the Dills, so they might have met there. Wherever
is occurred, when John F.’s first wife died around 1820 John took
Betsy Dill as his second wife even though she was much younger than
he. John moved Betsy from her home in Smith County, Tennessee to
his home in Gibson County, Indiana. Betsy’s father, Philemon C. Dill
and his young family followed them. By 1830 Philemon was listed in
the Gibson County, Indiana Federal census and lived near John F.
Farmer.
The Philemon C. Dill and John F. Farmer families supported
one another in the Indiana wilderness; they intermarried several times.
One of Philemon’s younger daughters, Lucretia, married John F.’s son,
Ferris (Forest) Farmer. Philemon C. Dill’s children remained in the
Gibson County, Indiana area for their entire lives.
John Dill, From Ireland to Delaware
The Dills have as long a heritage as the Farmers. The Dill
surname refers to the herb from which it was borrowed. The Dill
family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The migration of this religious sect
from Scotland to Ireland was a strategy used by the British Parliament
in attempts to control the Irish rebels. The British relocated Scottish
lowland Presbyterians to the turbulent area of Northern Ireland called
Ulster. Their goal was to displace the native Irish. This was largely
successful, as within three generations the Scotch-Irish were thriving
ship builders, seafarers and fishermen. They were still practicing
Presbyterians and they still spoke their native Scottish language.
29
Ancestors of Elizabeth (Betsy) Jane Dill
When William the Conqueror defeated the Irish in 1690 at the
Battle of Boyne, it was done with the support of the Scotch
Presbyterians of Ulster. To punish Ireland the British imposed Penal
laws from 1695 to 1727. Unfortunately, the laws impacted the Ulster
Scotch-Irish just as severely as they did the Irish rebels. One clause in
the laws targeted their ship-building industry specifically. Another
forced tithes to the Anglican Church. The Scotch-Irish were excluded
from government since they were not Anglican. All these decrees
angered the Scotch-Irish who had aided in Catholic Ireland’s defeat.
At the same time there were a series of natural disasters that
occurred, including crop failures. Seeking religious, political and
economic freedom the Scotch-Irish started immigrating to the
American colonies in mass about 1718. Most arrived through
Delaware Bay to the town of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many chose
the Pennsylvania-Maryland border (and specifically the tracts of land
that became Delaware) as their homes.
William Penn of Pennsylvania laid out the area in Hundreds,
just as Virginia had been divided. The Dills were some of the earliest
30
to arrive to Motherkill Hundred, later renamed Murderkill Hundred, in
Kent County.
In a letter written in 1727 by the provincial secretary of
Pennsylvania, comments were made about the influx of Presbyterians
from Northern Ireland through the ports of Delaware Bay. It
explained that “These immigrants settle generally toward the Maryland
line, where no lands can honestly be sold [to them] till the Penn
family’s dispute with Lord Baltimore [of Maryland] is decided.” Penn
and Baltimore had an ongoing border dispute that was not resolved
until 1732.
Elizabeth Jane (Betsy) Dill’s great-great-grandfather, John Dill,
was one person that got caught up in the Penn-Baltimore dispute. He
had to wait for the Penn-Baltimore issue to be resolved to purchase the
land he farmed. In 1722, a full decade before the dispute was officially
resolved, John Dill requested the right to buy the 200 acres of land in
Kent County near Bear Swamp that he settled back in 1713. John
arrived in America well before he settled the land though, because he
married Sarah (surname believed to be Talbot) in 1702 in Talbot
County, Maryland. John died in 1751 after having several children.
Kent, Delaware
31
John Dill was born in 1680 in Corry Ballynastocker, Fannet,
County Donegal, Northern Ireland. He was the son of John Dill who
was born in 1647 in Corry Ballynastocker, Fannet, County Donegal,
Northern Ireland and who died in 1738. John Dill’s ancestors that
moved from Scotland to Ireland have yet to be researched.
William Dill
William, John and Sarah Dill’s son, was born in 1706 in
Murderkill, Kent County, Delaware. He wed Mary about 1722.
William died around December 27, 1760, when his will was proven in
court. William’s will said he had seven sons and two daughters.
Several of William’s sons migrated to South Carolina in search of better
and cheaper land. One son, Joseph B., went even further than South
Carolina. He went on to Smith County, Tennessee.
Joseph B. Dill
Joseph B. was born circa 1741 in Murderkill, Kent County,
Delaware to William and Mary Dill. Joseph’s wife’s name was Nancy
D. Loftis, also of Murderkill. She was born in 1748. They married
around 1763 in Kent County, Delaware. The couple had 11 children.
Nancy Loftis’ family had arrived in the Murderkill Hundred
before 1731. The Loftis’ were neighbors and friends of the Dills and
the families had often intermarried. Together, the Dills and Loftis’
32
began migrating south. Therefore, it is not surprising that Joseph B.
Dill and Nancy D. Loftis Dill followed their extended families.
Joseph B. Dill first appeared on the Delaware tax lists in 1767;
apparently he moved south by 1786 when he no longer was listed.
Joseph reappeared in the 1790 Federal Census in Greenville, South
Carolina. He lived among a large number of other Loftis and Dill
families. Union and Greenville Counties, South Carolina had a
reputation during that period of time for being a haven for the ScotchIrish. Like so many others, the Dills had traveled the Great Wagon
Road south in search of cheaper, better and more plentiful land.
February 3, 1795 Joseph B. purchased 205 acres from Patrick
Shaw for 60 pounds sterling. The tract of land was described as “on
the branch of Wild Cat Creek of the South Tyger River bordering the
top of Dar Mountain”. The land had originally been granted to Patrick
Shaw by Governor Benjamin Guerard of South Carolina on January
21, 1785.
Union and
Greenville
Counties
In 1777, after the French and Indian Wars, the Cherokee made
a treaty with Benjamin Guerard, the Governor of South Carolina
33
ceding their hunting lands in the northwest corner of South Carolina to
the state. From that land Greenville and Union Counties were created.
Scotch-Irish families built log forts and block houses near the Indian
boundary for protection. They produced tobacco for shipment back to
England. Joseph B. Dill, through his land purchase from Patrick Shaw,
became one of the beneficiaries of the South Carolina – Cherokee
treaty, one of the many treaties that forced the Native Americans off
the lands they had hunted for hundreds of years.
Joseph and Nancy moved to their Tyger River property and
joined the Head of Tyger River Baptist Church in northern Greenville
County. Between 1802 and 1803 there were several members of the
Dill and Loftis families mentioned as being baptized or making
statements in the church’s minutes. These Baptist conversions were a
part of the broader movement away from the Presbyterian religion the
Dills and Loftis’ had historically practiced. That era of religious change
in America was known as the Restoration period. Many Scotch-Irish
Presbyterians became Baptist, Methodist or Church of Christ members
in the early 1800s.
Joseph and Nancy Dill did not stay in South Carolina for long!
A decade later, on September 27, 1806, they asked for and were
granted letters of dismissal from the church. These dismissal letters
were often used by families about to travel to a new location as
introductions to new churches proving they would make upstanding
members.
Joseph and Nancy were heading further west. There were
several deeds noting that Joseph and his children sold land in
Greenville and Union Counties in South Carolina and bought land in
Smith County, Tennessee. Some researchers believe the Joseph B. Dill
family moved to Smith County, Tennessee specifically to follow their
newly found religious leader, Reverend Tubb, from the Head of Tyger
River Church. He relocated to a Baptist Church in Smith County,
Tennessee about the same time as the Dill family exodus to that
location. However, it is just as plausible that Reverend Tubbs followed
the Dills.
The will dated August 16, 1819 stated that Joseph was “of sick
body but a sound soul and perfect memory thanks be to the Almita
God”. He claimed to be a citizen of Smith County and left everything
to his wife. He requested his estate be split equally amongst his
34
children after her death. The Smith County, Tennessee land was to
stay with his oldest son John who was to care for his mother.
Two things happened at about the same time that provided the
incentive Philemon needed to move on. His father died in 1819
leaving a will that stated his older brother would get all their father’s
land and the remaining property would not be divided until his mother
passed away. Additionally, John F. Farmer asked permission to marry
his daughter Elizabeth Jane (Betsy) Dill and move her to Gibson
County, Indiana. Philemon C. Dill sold his 25 acres of land in Smith
County, Tennessee for $60 to John Webster on February 5, 1820. It
was described as “the north side of Cove Hollow branch of the Caney
Fork by Blanton and Harper”. He moved his family to southwest
Indiana and became closely associated with the Farmer family through
two marriages into John F. family.
Descendants of Philemon C. Dill
Philemon C.
Dill
Amelia
Lucretia H.
Dill
Elizabeth (Betsey) J.
Dill
Ferris (Forest/Farris)
Farmer
John F.
Farmer
Cyrenus
Campbell
Mary (Polly) Ann
Dill
Martha Jane
Dill
Calvin J.
Minnis
James
Minnis, Jr.
William
Dill
Mary Ann (Polly)
?
John
Dill
Sarah
Dill
Alexander J.
Dill
Solomon
Dill
Angeline
Duff
Dicy
Barrett
Source of Dill lineage:
35
The Farmers of Southwest Indiana Lineage
William and Ezekiel Farmer
William and Ezekiel Farmer, sons of Forest Farmer and Ruth
Sudberry, were both born between 1780 and 1781. They were tied
together in every official document. They first appeared in the
inheritance suit brought by their older brother Littleberry against their
mother. As part of the resolution to that case they sold a slave. In
Union County, South Carolina on September 16, 1809, Ruth Fielder,
William Farmer, and Ezekiel Farmer sold for $220 to William
Hemmingway one Negro man named Phil about 5’ 10” tall and 50
years old. The transaction was witnessed by Richard Cox and Isaac
Bates.
Isaac Bates was the father-in-law of both men. Ezekiel married
about 1806 to Mary Ann Bates. William married about 1809 to Nancy
Bates. William’s son claimed his parents married in Virginia, so it is
likely that both brothers married there on one of their frequent trips to
the court house to handle the inheritance suit that dragged on from
1801 to 1809. No marriage records have yet been found.
In the 1810 Federal Census of Union County, South Carolina
the two young men were farmers side by side on the enumeration list.
Each had a young son under ten whose name was Fleming. It was not
uncommon for sons to be given the maiden name of their maternal
grandmother. Although no evidence exits, it is possible Isaac Bates’
wife was a Fleming.
The history of the Fleming name in the Bates family is well
documented by applications to the Sons of the American Revolution.
Several descendants of John Fleming, the First Earl of Wigtown,
Scotland arrived in Virginia as early as 1616. The family was originally
Flemish, and therefore the origins of the surname. They were
respected by the Kings of Scotland and eventually moved there. They
were knighted and awarded lands; plus the inherited title of Earl was
given to the first born son of each generation. By 1700 several Fleming
children had married Bates children. The two families were heavily
intertwined in Virginia. The Fleming name remained a stable
throwback to the social status of the family in European high society.
Many of the Bates’ families followed the Presbyterian religion of their
Scottish Fleming ancestors.
37
Wigtown in
Wigtownshire,
Scotland
Isaac Bates first appeared on the tax lists in 1780 in South
Carolina living amongst a large number of Scotch-Irish families in
South Carolina. These families included our Philemon C. Dill and his
extended family. The Bates’ were members of the Head of Tyger River
Baptist Church in northern Greenville County, South Carolina where
several Scotch-Irish chose to worship. They as a group had begun to
turn away from their Presbyterian upbringing. In 1806 many of the
church’s members moved together to Smith County, Tennessee. Isaac
Bates was among them. Isaac’s daughters, Nancy and Mary Ann Bates
and their husbands, William and Ezekiel Farmer, followed the trend.
The Farmer men did not stay in Smith County, Tennessee for
more than a decade though. Based upon their children’s places of
birth, Ezekiel and William left for Indiana about 1815. Their younger
brother and our ancestor, John F. Farmer, claimed to have been in
Indiana by 1814. Our ancestor Philemon C. Dill claimed the same date
for his exploration of Indiana. Everyone was interested once they
learned of the quality and abundance of land in the newly opened
frontier.
In the 1820 Pike County, Indiana Federal Census again William
and Ezekiel are side by side on the enumeration list. Ezekiel had 5
boys and 3 girls and William had 3 boys and 2 girls. Since the census
38
records at that time did not list children’s names, sorting which child
belonged to which parent was a difficult process. Some children grew
and reported their parent’s names on various legal documents. Others
died young and never left any clues. The children quickly overlapped
one another in Pike, Warrick and Gibson Counties all in their scurry to
buy up cheap land in the southwest Indiana area. Movement away
from their fathers’ original homesteads further confused parental
relationships.
Evansville
39
Neither Ezekiel nor William lived long enough to leave any
records in the newly forming counties of Indiana. Ezekiel died
between 1821 and 1825 without a will. William did the same between
1825 and 1827. Without any wills it was hard to determine parentage.
So, an elaborate sorting of detailed information on each individual
Farmer raised in that area of Indiana was critical to success.
Direct Descendants of Ezekiel Farmer
Ezekiel
Farmer
Mary Ann
Bates
James Harrison
Farmer
Salina
Farmer
Mary (Polly) Ann
Farmer
Thompson
Farmer
Fleming
Farmer
Madison
Farmer
Sarah (Sally)
Farmer
Louisa
Farmer
Confidence level on the sorting of the branches of William and
Ezekiel’s family trees is moderately high, but not guaranteed perfect.
Based upon years of painstaking research the children of William and
Ezekiel were sorted based upon 1) ages, 2) testimonials in County
Histories, 3) a court case in which Ezekiel's children sided with their
brother James Harrison to post bail, 4) where orphaned children lived,
5) census records over the years 1810 - 1900, and 6) naming patterns.
As other researchers uncover new information some children could
move back and forth between Ezekiel and William.
The reader is probably wondering why so much effort was put
into John F. Farmer’s brothers’ lineages. Early on it was purely
speculation as to which Gibson County, Indiana Farmer fathered,
William, our ancestor that moved to Illinois. After years of research
neither Ezekiel nor William was in our direct line. They were instead
40
the brothers to our ancestor, John F. Farmer. William and Ezekiel’s
children were cousins to the Farmers that grew up in Greene County,
Illinois a generation later.
Please see the two genealogical sections at the end of this
chapter for a detailed lineage of both Ezekiel and William Farmer.
The male Farmers were researched through 1900 or until they left the
southwest Indiana areas of Gibson, Warrick and Pike Counties. The
female Farmers were only tracked if their marriages were important in
establishing relationships to the Farmer family.
Direct Descendants of William Farmer
William
Farmer
Nancy
Bates
Son
Farmer
Isaac
Farmer
Caroline
Farmer
Jane
Farmer
Ezekiel Andrew
Farmer, Sr.
Phoebe Wells
Farmer
Fleming
Farmer
John F. Farmer
Fortunately for us, John F. left plenty of proof of his
descendants. In the long run it was more straightforward than
expected to determine he was our direct ancestor. The most difficult
thing about John F. was proving where he lived prior to 1822.
Consequently, the story of John F.’s early life was developed based on
the limited evidence available and reasonable assumptions.
John F. was born about 1782 in either Chesterfield or
Cumberland Counties in Virginia to Forest Farmer and Ruth Sudberry.
The location of his birth is unclear because his parents were moving
41
just about the time he was born. Baptismal records for John F. and his
siblings have not yet been discovered. If his 1782 birthdate is even
close to accurate, John F. would have been an older teenager or a
young adult when his mother moved to South Carolina about 1806.
He was probably given the option to move with her or to journey out
on his own. His brother Littleberry and his older sisters stayed in
Virginia. John may have stayed there as well.
John F. was only mentioned twice in legal records before 1830.
The first time his name was listed on brother Littleberry’s inheritance
suit in Prince Edward County, Virginia dated 1801 – 1809. John F.
appeared again on November 12, 1810 in Union County, South
Carolina assigning a Negro slave to William Farmer to fulfill the court
mandate in the distribution of Forest’s estate. Ruth Fielder, John
Farmer and Nancy Farmer all gave up their rights and claims to a slave
by the name of James in the possession of Warner Williams of
Buckingham County, Virginia.
If one believes John F.’s recollections in the Gibson County,
Indiana Histories he never left Virginia for South Carolina. He instead
went straight to Tennessee. His oldest children claim to have been
born in Virginia and Tennessee between 1817 and 1821, supporting
John F.’s assertion. Yet, he signed his name to a legal document in
South Carolina in 1810. If he did not live there he was visiting his
mother.
His children’s births prove John F. lived in Tennessee at least
for a brief period. Unfortunately, early Smith County, Tennessee
records were destroyed by fire, further complicating the question as to
whether John F. lived there and where he migrated from.
John F. married Betsy Dill in Smith County about 1821. He
would have known of the Dills from a much earlier point in his life
through his brothers’ wives and their community of church friends.
John F. may simply have chosen a wife from among people his
brothers trusted. Or, he may have been intimately involved with those
families through his own membership in the Head of Tyger Baptist
Church in South Carolina. He may even have moved with those
families to Smith County, Tennessee about 1806. We cannot answer
the question of whether he lived in any of the above locations or
whether he just visited family that did. He never appeared on taxpayer
42
logs, so he likely never settled long in any one place until he decided
Indiana was where he would make his life.
John F. said he was in Indiana by 1814. What we do not know
is if he simply visited Indiana in 1814 scouting locations for his future
home or if he actually set roots there at that time. He was single until
about 1816, so he probably explored the frontier looking for a place to
settle down with good land at a reasonable price.
Although John F. may have purchased the Indiana land as early
as 1814 the Bureau of Land Management did not have anything
recorded before March 20, 1837. John likely did what was common in
those days, clear land spring to fall then return to more civilized locales
for the winter months. It could have taken a few years to ready a farm
and build a home and barn. Therefore, John F. could have gone some
winters to Virginia to visit his sisters and Littleberry, some to South
Carolina to see his mother and younger siblings, and still others to
Smith County, Tennessee to visit his brothers.
Ezekiel and William Farmer were already in Pike County,
Indiana before 1820, as were some of their Bates’ brother-in-laws. In
1821 John F. was in Smith County to marry his second wife, Philemon
C. Dill’s oldest daughter Elizabeth Jane Dill. John F. had three
daughters and a son by that time.
According to the various Gibson County History accounts of
his life, John F. was one of the earliest settlers and pioneer families of
Columbia Township, Gibson County, Indiana. He was a native of Old
Dominion [Virginia], but moved first to Tennessee, and then on to
Gibson County in 1814. He settled on Section 34, Township 2 South,
Range 9. The land was heavily timbered and he cleared it using a team
of oxen to make a farm. His first corn crop was tended with one ox.
He then turned his attention to stock raising. He was credited with
being the first to introduce shorthorn Durham cattle and Berkshire
hogs to Gibson County. John’s home was the sight of the first
election in Gibson County in 1822. John served as Gibson’s Justice of
the Peace from 1825 – 1829.
Little is known of John F.’s first marriage or wife. About 1816
he married a Virginia-born woman. The couple wed about 1816
probably in Smith County, Tennessee. A Gibson County History
stated, “When he left his Tennessee home for Indiana, he had only one
horse which he and his young bride both rode, she sitting behind.
43
They traveled this way for a while, and finally, he had an opportunity to
trade for an old Dearborn wagon; the balance of the trip they rode in
it.” Although this account indicated the couple moved to Indiana as
newlyweds, by 1817 John F.’s wife returned to Virginia to give birth
because John F.’s oldest child claimed on every Federal Census that she
was born in Virginia. The young family still lived in Tennessee off and
on between 1818 and 1821 because John F.’s next three children were
all born in Middle, Tennessee – a term that refers to the entire center
section of the state. It is likely John F. bought Indiana land and slowly
developed it while the rest of his family remained in more civilized
Tennessee.
John F.’s first wife died about 1821 in either Smith County,
Tennessee or Gibson County, Indiana. Although no record of John
F.’s first wife’s name exists it was probably Sarah, because her
daughters all named their first female child Sarah, presumably in her
honor.
A great deal was documented on John F. Farmer’s life with
Elizabeth (Betsy) Jane Dill. Betsy was many years younger than John
F. She was the daughter of Philemon C. Dill, a Scotch-Irishman, who
first visited Columbia Township, Gibson County, Indiana in 1814,
though at the time of her marriage, about 1821, the Dill family was still
living in Smith County, Tennessee. John F.’s oldest son stated in a
Gibson County History that “he and three sisters came to Indiana with
their father” from Tennessee [so that had to be about 1821 based upon
the children’s birthdays].
John F. and Betsy raised a family of numerous children, 10 that
reached adulthood. John F. had a limited education, but was a very
successful businessman. Politically he was a Whig. He died at age 63,
in 1845. Betsy survived him by about 30 years. She was a member of
the Baptist church, but the family was buried in the Forsythe Cemetery
at the Methodist Episcopal Church near the original family home.
Betsy’s obituary in the January 3, 1878 edition of The Princeton
Clarion, Oakland, Indiana newspaper read, "On the 20th of December,
Mrs. Betsy Farmer died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A.
Clifford (Martha Jane Farmer), disease, Typhoid fever, aged 77 years.
She came to this neighborhood about 56 years ago [which would be
about 1821], when it was almost a wilderness. Thus one by one the old
pioneers pass away."
44
45
John F.’s family appeared for the first time in the 1830 Federal
Census of Columbia Township, Gibson County, Indiana. John Farmer
was 30-40. He had 2 sons under 5 (William and Alfred), and 1 son 510 (Ferris). He also has 1 daughter under 5 (Martha), 2 daughters 5-10
(Patsy and Elizabeth) and 1 daughter 10-15 (Eliza). His wife (Betsy)
was 20-30.
In 1840 John Farmer was 50-60, he had 5 sons – 3 sons aged 510 (John A., Phillip, and Berry), 1 son 10-15 (Alfred), and 1 son 15-20
(William). He also had a wife (Betsy) 40-50, and 4 daughters – 2
daughters under 5 (Lucretia and unknown), 1 daughter 10-15 (Martha),
and 1 daughter 15-20 (Elizabeth). Eliza, Patsy and Ferris were married
and indexed separately.
In the 1850 census Betsy had been widowed and was now
remarried to Cyrenus Campbell, 60 from New York. Elizabeth was
listed at age 50 from Tennessee. John F.’s children living with them
included Phillip 19, who had $600 in assets, John A. 17, with $200,
Berry 15, with $200, and Lucretia 12, with $200. All the children were
born in Indiana. By 1860 Elizabeth Campbell, age 56 of Tennessee,
was living with her son Berry.
Certain surnames reoccur often in Gibson County history in
relation to the Farmer family. There were few families in the county at
that time and so they intermarried and supported one another on
various legal matters. For example, John F. Farmer married Elizabeth
Jane Dill, daughter of Philemon C. Dill. John F.'s daughter Elizabeth
married Calvin J. Minnis but died young. So, Calvin married Mary Ann
(Polly) Dill, another daughter of Philemon C. Dill making Calvin J.
Minnis both John F.’s son-in-law and brother-in-law. In another
example, John F.'s son Ferris married Philemon C. Dill’s daughter
Lucretia H. So, Ferris was both John F.’s son and his brother-in-law.
There are numerous similar interrelationships that made the people in
Gibson during that time period a tight-knit group.
John F. died February 12, 1845 intestate. He and Betsy were
buried together under an obelisk that only shows her second husband’s
last name (Campbell) in Forsythe Cemetery outside the Methodist
Episcopal Church near Oakland City, Gibson County. The grave
marker went unrecognized by most researchers, but it is quite obvious
once one realizes Elizabeth Campbell was the legal name under which
Betsy Farmer died.
46
Upon his death, John F.’s inventory was sold off to pay his
debts. Buyers included brother-in-laws William and Solomon Dill,
Samuel and Andrew Langford – his daughter Patsy’s husband and
father- in-law, Alfred (Alford) his son, Elizabeth his wife, Isaac Farmer
his nephew, John Farris – his daughter Eliza’s husband, and James and
Calvin Minnis – his daughter Elizabeth’s in-laws.
Upon John F.’s death, James Steele was made the guardian of
his underage children. They were identified as Martha Jane, Alfred,
Phillip, John A., Lucretia and Berry. By 1856 they were all of age and
Steele finalized the accounting to the court.
There were a large number of valuable coins stored in an old
trunk in one of the bedrooms at the time of John F.’s death. Two
nights after the funeral, the house was entered, the trunk broken open
47
and the money stolen. The thieves escaped, but a few months after the
occurrence, Dr. Lewis of Princeton, Gibson County was on a business
trip to New Orleans, when he bumped into two men who were
suspected of being the thieves. The only evidence was that they had
hurriedly left Gibson County the morning after the robbery. He had
them arrested and they were brought back to Gibson County, tried,
and one of them was sent to the penitentiary.
During the trial in 1845 it was determined that John F.’s
nephew, (James) Harrison Farmer, aided and abetted the two petty
thieves, Luther F. Frazier and Franklin S. Pea. He encouraged them to
enter John's home and take all his gold and silver coins and promissory
notes, including a $10 note Harrison had outstanding to the family.
The grand jury indicted all three suspects. The State of Indiana
prosecuted. Harrison was a troubled young man who had numerous
court cases against him over his lifetime. This was just one!
Some interesting details from the court case included the fact
that Harrison Farmer, John M. Day, William Hart, Matthew Kell, and
Mary (Polly) Cravens, the wife and children of John F.’s deceased
brother Ezekiel, agreed to put up a $500 bail for Harrison's release on
May 6, 1845. The trial would be pending until the next court term
September 24, 1845. Yet, when the grand jury called them three times
they all failed to appear and their money was forfeited. The sheriffs of
Gibson and Warrick Counties were commanded to bring them all to
court May 1, 1846 to explain, if possible, why they did not attend the
court in September and why the money should not be forfeited.
Matthew Kell and Mary Cravens were served by the Gibson sheriff on
October 17, 1845. The Gibson County sheriff was also asked to
deliver up Harrison. The others were served in Warrick County.
The indictment stated that on February 14, 1845 at 10 pm,
“Luther F. Frazier and Franklin S. Pea, former county residents, with
force and arms entered the mansion of Elizabeth Farmer, wife of John
Farmer recently deceased. They feloniously broke and entered with the
intent to steal the goods and chattels belonging to the descendants of
John; Elizabeth Farmer, Eliza Farris (husband John in lieu of wife
present), Patsy Langford (husband Samuel in lieu of wife present),
Forrest (Ferris) Famer, William Farmer, Alfred Farmer, [Martha] Jane
Farmer, Philip Farmer, John Farmer, Berry Farmer, Lucretia Farmer
and Sylvester Minnis (grandson and child of Elizabeth Farmer Minnis
48
deceased).” It appeared from testimony that several members of the
family were sleeping in John F. and Betsy’s home when they heard the
commotion.
The thieves escaped with 105 silver dollar coins worth $105,
100 silver half dollars valued at $50, sixty gold half eagle coins worth
$300, a promissory note from Harrison Farmer for $10 and the trunk
that contained these items valued at $10. The jury also found that
“Harrison Farmer, late of Gibson County, did on the night of February
12, 1845, during the funeral for John Farmer speak to the two thieves
in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, [Indiana where he was] aiding
counseling, encouraging and abetting them in the form, manner and
procedure to use to steal the valuables in violation of the law.”
Below are a series of genealogy reports on John F.’s children
and their descendants. They are followed by the same reports for John
F.’s brothers Ezekiel and William. The only one of John F.’s children
not listed below is his second son, William, as he is our ancestor and
the subject of a later chapter.
Descendants of Eliza Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. ELIZA15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
HENRY11, HENRY10, HENRY9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, THOMAS6,
THOMAS5 FERMOR, ESQUIRE, JOHN4, THOMAS3 RICHARDS,
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born
1817 in Virginia1, and died before 1880 in Hamilton or Saline County,
Illinois2. She married JOHN RILEY FARRIS 12 May 1836 in Warrick
County, Indiana3, son of DAVID FERRIS and NANCY RILEY. He
was born 1816 in Indiana, and died 1863 in Illinois.
Notes for ELIZA FARMER:
In their marriage record the surname was listed as Faires and in some
court and Census records it was Ferris. In the 1850 census of
Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana the name was Ferris
and 1860 census of the same place it was Farris. In the 1870 census
49
the name was Farris. John was dead and Eliza was in Eldorado, Saline
County, Illinois. Eliza always claimed to be born in Virginia.
Children of ELIZA FARMER and JOHN FARRIS were:
i. WILLIAM16 FERRIS4, b. 1838, Gibson County, Indiana.
ii. SARAH A. FERRIS, b. 1840, Gibson County, Indiana.
iii. JOHN K. FERRIS, b. 1843, Gibson County, Indiana.
iv. NANCY FERRIS, b. 1844, Gibson County, Indiana.
v. PATSEY FARRIS, b. 1845, Gibson County, Indiana.
vi. GEORGE W. FARRIS, b. 1847, Gibson County, Indiana.
vii. THEODORE FARRIS, b. 1848, Gibson County, Indiana.
viii. JOEL FARRIS, b. 1849, Gibson County, Indiana; d. 1887,
Mayberry, Hamilton, Illinois.
ix. RUTH ANN FARRIS, b. 1853, Gibson County, Indiana.
x. MARTHA ALICE FARRIS, b. 1855, Gibson County,
Indiana; d. 27 May 1918, Butler, Missouri.
xi. DAVID MONROE FARRIS, b. 1860, Saline County,
Illinois; d. 23 Jul 1947, Broughton, Hamilton, Illinois.
Endnotes
1. 1850 and 1860 Gibson County, Indiana Census and 1870 Eldorado,
Saline, Illinois.
2. 1870 and 1880 Census Locations of Family.
3. Warrick County Marriage Records.
4. Ancestry.com.
Descendants of Patsy Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. PATSY15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)1 was born
Abt. 1819 in Middle, Tennessee2, and died Bet. 1844 - 1850 in Warrick
50
County, Indiana3. She married SAMUEL LANKFORD4 15 Jan 1838
in Gibson County, Indiana4. He was born 18205.
Notes for PATSY FARMER:
In the 1840 Federal Census of Boone Township, Warrick County,
Indiana Samuel was 20-30, 1 daughter was under 5, and Patsy was
between 15 and 19.
In the 1850 Federal Census Patsy was gone, presumed dead. Samuel
was 30 of Kentucky, and children were Sarah 10, Jarius 8, John 7, and
Ehrey 6. All kids were born in Indiana.
The family was still intact in 1860 with no mother. By 1870 Samuel
remarried.
More About SAMUEL LANKFORD and PATSY FARMER:
Marriage: 15 Jan 1838, Gibson County, Indiana6
Children of PATSY FARMER and SAMUEL LANKFORD were:
i. SARAH16 LANKFORD7, b. 1840, Warrick County,
Indiana7.
ii. JARIUS LANKFORD8, b. 1842, Warrick County,
Indiana8.
iii. JOHN LANKFORD8, b. 1843, Warrick County, Indiana8.
iv. EHREY LANKFORD8, b. 1844, Warrick County,
Indiana8.
Endnotes
1. Census & Descendants and IGI Records.
2. per 1840 Boone Township, Warrick County, IN census & IGI
Records.
3. Not found in 1850 census.
4. Indiana Marriage Indices to 1850.
5. 1850-1860 Boone Township, Warrick County Census.
7. 1850-1860 Census Boone Township, Warrick County, Indiana.
8. 1850-1860 Boone Township, Warrick County Census.
51
Descendants of Ferris (Forest) Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. FERRIS (FORREST)15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13,
WILLIAM12, HENRY11, HENRY10, HENRY9, THOMAS8, JOHN7,
THOMAS6, THOMAS5 FERMOR, ESQUIRE, JOHN4, THOMAS3
RICHARDS, ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)1
was born 12 Feb 1820 in Middle, Tennessee2, and died 26 Feb 1861 in
Columbia Township, Gibson County, Indiana3. He married
LUCRETIA H. DILL4 25 Jan 1839 in Gibson County, Indiana5,
daughter of PHILEMON DILL and AMELIA. She was born 26 May
1820 in Smith County, Tennessee6, and died 06 Aug 1867 in Gibson
County, Indiana7. The couple was buried in Forsythe Cemetery,
Gibson County, Indiana8
Notes for FERRIS (FORREST) FARMER:
Ferris married Lucretia Dill, younger sister of his step-mother Betsy
Dill. He devoted his life to farming and stock raising. He was also a
contractor doing the grading on the Straight Line Railroad in the area.
The family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was
a Whig and then a Republican.
In the 1840 Federal Census of Columbia Township, Gibson County,
Indiana Forest was 20-30, Lucretia was 20-30, and one daughter
Minerva J. was under 5.
Indiana Forest was 29 from Tennessee and had $800 in assets. Wife
Lucretia was 29 also from Tennessee. Minerva J. was 9, of Indiana,
Embree C. was 4, and Philemon J. was 2.
Indiana Ferris was 40, born Tennessee. He had $3000 in real estate
and $1600 in personal property. Wife Lucretia was 40 of Indiana.
52
Children were Embree 14, Jasper 11, Marissa 8, Letha A. 6 and Joseph
F. 2.
Indiana the children lived alone as both parents were deceased.
Embree was 24 and had $2500 in real estate and $900 in personal
property. Matilda 15, had $700 in real estate and $200 in personal
property, Joseph F. 12, had $1800 in real estate and $250 in personal
property and Martha P. 10, had $700 in real estate and $200 in personal
property. All were born in Indiana.
Ferris' last will and testament left everything to his wife if she remained
a widow, otherwise it was to be split amongst his children. The
executor was Minerva J.’s husband, Joseph W. Skelton. The witness
was Solomon Reavis, Sr.
Lucretia died six years later leaving a will executed three days before
her death. She said she left her two sons, Embree C. and Joseph
Franklin, 40 acres each and the home. This was with the
understanding that her beloved daughters would live there as long as
they desired. Daughters listed were Malissa Ann, Maletha Alice and
Martha Parlee to which Embree C. had rights to prudent oversight and
control. It was witnessed by brother-in-law John A. Farmer, William
Davis, and Joseph W. Skelton. Surviving minor dependents included
53
her grandchild Flora Skelton, daughter of Minerva Jane Farmer and
Joseph W. Skelton.
John A. was appointed guardian of the remaining minor children,
Malissa Ann, Maletha Alice, Joseph F. and Martha P. Much of the
personal property was sold to son Embree C. Farmer. Other sales
included Malissa A. Farmer with Uncle John A. as her surety, Uncle
William Dill, Uncle Ambrose C. Clifford and his father C. J. E.
Clifford, William Skelton and James Skelton Minerva’s in-laws, and
James R. Reavis uncle John A.’s in-laws.
Lucretia owed James Minnis, William Dill and John Skelton, among
others when she died.
Ferris' gravestone in all the indices said he died in 1864 instead of the
correct 1861.
Children of FERRIS FARMER and LUCRETIA DILL were:
2.
i. MINERVA JANE16 FARMER, b. Abt. 1840, Gibson
County, Indiana; d. Bef. 06 Aug 1867, Gibson County,
Indiana.
ii. MARY A. FARMER10, b. Abt. 1843, Gibson County,
Indiana10; d. Abt. 1843, Gibson County, Indiana10.
3.
iii. EMBREE CARL FARMER, b. 27 Feb 1846, Gibson
County, Indiana; d. 02 Jun 1913, Columbia Township,
Gibson County, Indiana.
iv. PHILAMONA JASPER FARMER10, b. 01 Nov 1848,
Gibson County, Indiana11; d. 24 Jan 1862, Gibson County,
Indiana11. He was buried in Forsythe Cemetery, Gibson
County, Indiana12
v. JOHN L. FARMER13, b. Abt. 1850, Gibson County,
Indiana; d. Bef. 1867, Gibson County, Indiana14.
vi. MALISSA (MATILDA) ANN FARMER, b. Abt. 1852,
Gibson County, Indiana; d. Kansas; m. JOSEPH M.
LANCE56 28 Oct 1869 in Gibson County, Indiana57; b.
Abt. 185058. They moved to Kansas.
vii. MALETETI (MALETHA) ALICE FARMER, b. 05 Dec
1854, Gibson County, Indiana; d. 05 Apr 1931, Gibson
54
4.
County, Indiana; m. (1) HARRISON L. (E.) FIELDS63 16
Mar 1871 in Gibson County, Indiana64, son of EZEKIEL
FIELDS and ELIZABETH DOSSETT; b. 24 Aug 184865;
d. 28 Jun 1893 in Gibson County, Indiana65; m. (2)
HAZEL DON SHUTE 31 Aug 1912 in Gibson County,
Indiana. The couple was buried in Mead Cemetery,
Gibson County, Indiana66.
viii. JOSEPH FRANKLIN FARMER, b. Nov 1857, Gibson
County, Indiana; d. Aft. 1900.
ix. MARTHA PARLEE FARMER15, b. 02 Sep 1860, Gibson
County, Indiana15; d. 03 Dec 1875, Gibson County,
Indiana16. She was buried in Forsythe Cemetery, Oakland
City, Gibson County, Indiana17
Generation No. 2
2. MINERVA JANE16 FARMER (FERRIS (FOREST)15, JOHN F.14,
FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11, HENRY10, HENRY9,
THOMAS8, JOHN7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5 FERMOR, ESQUIRE,
JOHN4, THOMAS3 RICHARDS, ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2,
THOMAS RICHARDS1)18 was born Abt. 1840 in Gibson County,
Indiana19, and died before 06 Aug 1867 in Gibson County, Indiana20.
She married JOSEPH WASHINGTON SKELTON21 17 Mar 1857 in
Gibson County, Indiana22, son of JAMES SKELTON and DYSEA
REAVIS. He was born 22 Jan 1836 in Gibson County, Indiana23, and
died 13 Mar 1918 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California23.
Child of MINERVA FARMER and JOSEPH SKELTON was:
i. FLORA17 SKELTON, b. 185825.
3. EMBREE CARL16 FARMER (FERRIS (FOREST)15, JOHN F.14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1)26 was born 27 Feb 1846 in Gibson County,
Indiana27, and died 02 Jun 1913 in Columbia Township, Gibson
55
County, Indiana28. He married (1) MARY ISABELLE (BELLE)
CROWE29 24 or 25 Dec 1870 in Oakland City, Gibson County,
Indiana29, daughter of EDWARD CROWE and CINDRELLA
COCKRUM. She was born 22 Jul 1854 in Gibson County, Indiana30,
and died 15 Jun 1887 in Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana30. He
married (2) ELIZA JANE KIRK31 23 Oct 1888 in Oakland City,
Gibson County, Indiana32. She was born 20 Feb 186633, and died 05
Mar 1944 in Gibson County, Indiana33. All three were buried in
Forsythe Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana35
Notes for EMBREE CARL FARMER:
Some family members have his name as Embree Clay but the family
bible says Carl. His first wife's family was among the early pioneers of
Gibson County, Indiana. He was a farmer and stock-raiser. He was a
Republican. He served as county commissioner from December 4,
1899 to January 5, 1903. For his second wife he married the family’s
housekeeper who was a second cousin of his first wife.
Children of EMBREE FARMER and MARY CROWE were:
i. INFANT17 FARMER40, b. 25 Feb 1872, Gibson County,
Indiana40; d. 25 Feb 1872, Gibson County, Indiana40; b.
Forsythe Cemetery, Oakland City, Gibson County,
Indiana41.
Notes for INFANT FARMER:
Not listed in the family bible. Gravestone says this was the
child of E.C. and M.I. Farmer.
ii. EUNICE (ORINA) AGNES FARMER, b. 27 Jun 1874,
Gibson County, Indiana; d. 05 Mar 1928, Oakland City,
Columbia Township, Gibson County, Indiana.
iii. ORVILLE FARMER42, b. 30 Dec 1876, Gibson County,
Indiana42; d. 06 Mar 1879, Gibson County, Indiana42; b.
Forsythe Cemetery, Oakland City, Gibson County,
Indiana41.
Notes for ORVILLE FARMER:
56
Not listed in the family bible. Orville's gravestone says son
of E.C. and M.I.
iv. EMBREE CARL FARMER, JR.44, b. 16 Apr 1879, Gibson
County, Indiana44; d. Abt. 196745; m. NETTIE RICHEY
MCCONNELL46, 27 Nov 1900, Gibson County,
Indiana46; b. Abt. 187747; d. Abt. 197047.
Notes for EMBREE CARL FARMER, JR.:
He was listed as Coral E. in the 1880 Federal Census. It
said it was a Male, then said a Female. The census taker
wrote over the M and made it an F. Instead the daughter
should have been overwritten to son. He was a teacher.
His wife was blind per family recollections and he worked
for many years as the President of Prudential Insurance in
Terre Haute, Indiana.
In the 1910 Federal Census E. Carl and Nettie were
lodgers married nine years without any live or deceased
children. They lived with Andrew Whitsitt in East
Chicago, Ward 1, Lake County, Indiana. He was an
inspector at an insurance company.
v. CLARENCE FARMER49, b. May 1881, Gibson County,
Indiana50; d. 12 Apr 1882, Gibson County, Indiana50.
Notes for CLARENCE FARMER:
Not listed in the family bible. Embree C. claimed he had
six children, so Clarence may not be his child.
5.
vi. ROSCOE (STUB/ROSS) FARMER, b. 28 Sep 1881,
Gibson County, Indiana; d. 1971, Gibson County, Indiana.
vii. MABEL BELGUIM (CHARLE) FARMER, b. 05 Apr
1885, Gibson County, Indiana; d. 25 Dec 1923, Oakland
City, Columbia Township, Gibson County, Indiana.
Children of EMBREE FARMER and ELIZA KIRK were:
57
6.
viii. RUSSEL L.17 FARMER, b. Aug 1890, Gibson County,
Indiana; d. 1951, Gibson County, Indiana.
ix. BYRON F. FARMER51, b. Nov 1892; m. CLETIS
TAYLOR52, 19 Feb 1913, Gibson County, Indiana52.
x. OMA LOU FARMER, b. 30 May 1895; d. 17 Mar 1967.
4. JOSEPH FRANKLIN16 FARMER (FERRIS (FOREST)15, JOHN
F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11, HENRY10, HENRY9,
THOMAS RICHARDS1)69 was born Nov 1857 in Gibson County,
Indiana70, and died Aft. 190071. He married (1) LUCY H. DODD72 28
Feb 1878 in Gibson County, Indiana72. She was born 29 Jan 1859 in
Gibson County, Indiana73, and died 02 Sep 1881 in Gibson County,
Indiana73, and was buried in Mead Cemetery, Gibson County,
Indiana66. He married (2) EMILY (EMMA) J. DODD74 25 Dec 1883 in
Gibson County, Indiana75. She was born Feb 185476, and died after
190077.
Notes for JOSEPH FARMER:
He married two sisters.
Children of JOSEPH FARMER and LUCY DODD were:
i. DONALD F.17 FARMER80, b. 10 Dec 1878, Gibson
County, Indiana81; d. 28 May 1882, Gibson County,
Indiana81; b. Forsythe Cemetery, Oakland City, Gibson
County, Indiana82.
Notes for DONALD F. FARMER:
His gravestone says son of J.F. and L.H.
ii. CLAUDIA M. FARMER83, b. Jul 1881, Gibson County,
Indiana83; m. ANDREW GREEN83, 10 Sep 1903, Gibson
County, Indiana83.
Children of JOSEPH FARMER and EMILY DODD were:
iii. ETHEL BLAINE17 FARMER84, b. 23 Nov 1884, Gibson
County, Indiana84; d. 17 Jan 1896, Gibson County,
58
County, Indiana85.
Notes for ETHEL BLAINE FARMER:
Listed as son of J.F. and E.J. Farmer on gravestone.
iv. MAUD B. FARMER86, b. Jun 1887, Gibson County,
Indiana87; m. GEORGE H. BURTON88, 08 Jul 1905,
v. JOHN FORRIS FARMER89, b. 25 Nov 1889, Gibson
County, Indiana89; d. 13 Oct 1894, Gibson County,
County, Indiana90.
Notes for JOHN FORRIS FARMER:
Son of E.F. and E.J. Farmer per gravestone.
Generation No. 3
5. ROSCOE (STUB/ROSS)17 FARMER (EMBREE CARL16,
FERRIS (FOREST)15, JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)97 was born 28
Sep 1881 in Gibson County, Indiana97, and died 1971 in Gibson
County, Indiana98,99 and was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson
County, Indiana107. He married (1) ZELLA LUCILLE TILL100,101 27
Apr 1904 in Gibson County, Indiana102,103. She was born 1879104, and
died 1959 in Gibson County, Indiana104. He married (2) VELMA
MCCONNELL105 02 Apr 1908 in Gibson County, Indiana105. She was
buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana108.
Notes for ROSCOE (STUB/ROSS) FARMER:
Twin to Mabel (shown as Charle in the family bible). They were born
Easter Sunday. In the 1910 Federal Census he was a wagon driver for
and ice cream company. In a 1914 city directory he was listed as a
59
photographer. In the 1920 Federal Census he was a clerk at a
newsstand.
Child of ROSCOE FARMER and ZELLA TILL was:
i. HELEN18 FARMER, m. ? NELSON.
6. RUSSEL L.17 FARMER (EMBREE CARL16, FERRIS (FOREST)15,
JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11, HENRY10,
HENRY9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5 FERMOR,
ESQUIRE, JOHN4, THOMAS3 RICHARDS, ALIAS FERMOR,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)117 was born Aug 1890 in Gibson
County, Indiana118, and died 1951 in Gibson County, Indiana118 and
was buried in Forsythe Cemetery, Oakland City, Gibson County,
Indiana122. He married NEELY M. MADDEN119 07 Sep 1911 in
Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana120. She was born 1892121, and died
1958 in Gibson County, Indiana121, and was buried in Forsythe
Cemetery, Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana123.
Children of RUSSEL FARMER and NEELY MADDEN were:
i. RUSSELL L.18 FARMER, JR.125, b. 07 May 1925, Gibson
County, Indiana126; d. 06 Feb 1982, Gibson County,
County, Indiana129; m. JOYCE E.127; b. 30 Jul 1925128; d. 01
Aug 1983, Gibson County, Indiana128; b. Forsythe
Cemetery, Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana130
Notes for RUSSELL L. FARMER, JR.:
His gravestone says he was a Corporal in the US Army
during WWII.
ii. BETTA (BILLY) JO(E) FARMER131, b. 28 Jan 1924,
Gibson County, Indiana; m. ? FREDERICK132.
iii. WILLIAM FARMER132.
Endnotes
1. Census & Descendants & IGI Records & 1914 History of Gibson
County, Indiana.
60
2. Gravestone & IGI Records.
3. Gibson County Court File Number 40-4.
4. Per 1914 History of Gibson County, Indiana & Gravestone says
wife of Farris.
5. Per 1914 History of Gibson County, Indiana 1838 per Marriage
Index 1839.
6. Forsythe Cemetery Index Gibson County, Indiana on
Rootsweb.com.
8. Findagrave.com.
9. Per 1914 History of Gibson County, Indiana 1838 per Marriage
Index 1839.
10. per 1914 History of Gibson County, Indiana.
Rootsweb.com.
12. Findagrave.com.
14. per 1914 History of Gibson County, Indiana and Mother's Probate
Record.
Rootsweb.com.
17. Findagrave.com.
19. Family Group Sheet of Descendant.
22. Gibson County Marriages Index 1850 - 1920.
25. Email from Charles Leach 6/11/2004 at
charlesleach@comcast.com.
26. per 1914 History of Gibson County, Indiana and Middle Name
from Family Bible.
Rootsweb.com.
Rootsweb.com and Gibson County Death Records 1882-1920.
61
Rootsweb.com.
31. Family Group Sheet of Descendant and Forsythe Cemetery
Records.
charlesleach@comcast.com and Forsythe Cemetery Records.
34. Findagrave.com.
35. Findagrave.com.
38. Findagrave.com.
Rootsweb.com.
41. Findagrave.com.
Rootsweb.com.
43. Findagrave.com.
44. Family Bible.
50. Gibson County Death Records 1882-1920.
51. Family Group Sheet of Descendant and Gibson County Marriages
Index 1850 - 1920.
62
61. Gibson County Court File Number 297-20 and e-mail from
descendant.
62. Mead Cemetery Indices Gibson County Indiana.
66. Findagrave.com.
68. Gravestone.
71. Census.
Rootsweb.com.
74. per 1914 History of Gibson County, Indiana and Gibson County
Marriages Index 1850 - 1920.
76. 1900 Census.
77. Census.
78. Findagrave.com.
80. Forsyth Cemetery Index Gibson County, Indiana on
Rootsweb.com and Gibson County Death Records 1882-1920.
Rootsweb.com.
82. Findagrave.com.
Rootsweb.com.
85. Findagrave.com.
87. 1900 Census.
63
Rootsweb.com.
90. Findagrave.com.
91. Family Sheets in Gibson County Library.
92. Family Bible.
93. Findagrave.com.
95. Findagrave.com.
97. Ancestry.com.
98. Findagrave.com.
99. Montgomery Cemetery Records, Gibson County, Indiana.
100. Ancestry.com.
101. Gibson County Marriage Records.
102. Ancestry.com.
106. Family Bible.
107. Findagrave.com.
109. Ancestry.com.
charlesleach@comcast.com and Gibson County Marriages Index 1850
- 1920.
114. Ancestry.com.
Index Gibson County, Indiana on Rootsweb.com.
64
Rootsweb.com.
119. Family Group Sheets of Descendants and Forsythe Cemetery
Rootsweb.com.
Rootsweb.com.
Rootsweb.com.
130. Indiana Cemetery.
131. Baptismal Record at Forsythe Methodist Church.
133. McCardle, grandchild of Hiram's wife Oma Lou Farmer.
136. Gravestone.
138. Worldconnect Posting from Pamela Criswell 8/1/2004 at
pamilyn@msn.com.
140. Pam Criswell.
142. Per her emails on Ancestry.com.
65
Descendants of Elizabeth Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. ELIZABETH15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
Abt. 1821 in Middle, Tennessee2, and died before 07 May 1845 in
Gibson County, Indiana2, and was buried probably in Forsythe
Cemetery, Oakland, Gibson County, Indiana6 but there is no
gravestone. She married CALVIN J. MINNIS3 17 Dec 1842 in Gibson
County, Indiana4, son of THOMAS (JAMES) MINNIS, SR. He was
born 15 Nov 1821 in Indiana5, and died 18 Nov 1902 in Gibson
County, Indiana5 , and was buried in Forsythe Cemetery, Oakland,
Notes for ELIZABETH FARMER:
Elizabeth died in childbirth. Calvin remarried less than six months
later. He remained involved in the Farmer family’s affairs his entire
life. Calvin served in the Civil War as a Private in the 58th Indiana
Infantry.
Child of ELIZABETH FARMER and CALVIN MINNIS was:
i. SYLVESTER (ARVIL)16 MINNIS8, b. 19 Sep 1844,
Gibson County, Indiana9; d. 31 Mar 1882, Oakland City,
Gibson County, Indiana10; b. Forsythe Cemetery, Oakland,
Gibson County, Indiana12 ; m. MELISSA M.
DOUGLAS11, 08 Dec 1864, Princeton, Gibson County,
Indiana; b. 1849, Tennessee11; d. Aft. 1920, St. Joseph,
Buchanan County, Missouri11.
66
Notes for SYLVESTER (ARVIL) MINNIS:
Sylvester enlisted as a private in Company A, 58th Indiana
Volunteer Infantry on the 12th of November 1861, and
was shot in the left foot on December 31, 1862 at the
battle of Stone's River. After he healed and returned to
duty, he was shot again in the left foot on September 20,
1863 at the battle of Chickamauga. That wound was
disabling enough for him to be transferred to the Veteran's
Reserve Corps, Company 150, 2nd Battalion, on November
14, 1864 (Pension Certificate 89317). Sylvester farmed for
a number of years before he was killed on March 31, 1882
when a tree fell on him near Oakland City, Gibson
County, Indiana. He was about 40 years old.
Endnotes
67
Rootsweb.com & Descendants.
2. Census & Descendants.
Rootsweb.com.
Rootsweb.com.
9. Calculated by FTM based on data from gravestone 37Y, 6M, 12D.
Rootsweb.com.
Descendants of Alfred (Alford) Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. ALFRED (ALFORD)15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13,
was born Jan 1827 in Gibson County, Indiana2, and died Abt. 1863 in
Starved to Death at Andersonville, Georgia during Civil War3. He
married MARTHA JANE WATSON4 13 Jan 1848 in Warrick County,
Indiana5. She was born 1828 in Warrick County, Indiana6, and died 02
Apr 1874 in Gibson County, Indiana7.
Notes for ALFRED (ALFORD) FARMER:
Indiana Alford was 23, a farmer with $350 in assets. His wife Martha J.
was 22, also of Indiana. He served in the Civil War were he was
68
starved to death by the Confederates at the Andersonville, Georgia
prisoner’s camp.
Children of ALFRED FARMER and MARTHA WATSON were:
i. HARRIETT CATHERINE16 FARMER10, b. 28 Apr 1856;
m. (1) CHARLES JACO, 07 Feb 1874, Gibson County,
Indiana; m. (2) GEORGE E. INMAN, 02 Jan 1892,
ii. MARY E. M. FARMER10, b. 12 Aug 1861, Gibson
County, Indiana11; m. GEORGE W. MASON12, 02 Apr
1878, Gibson County, Indiana12.
Endnotes
1. Gibson County History: Civil war.
2. Guardianship Records.
4. Gibson County Marriage Records.
6. Calculated based upon gravestone 42Y.
Rootsweb.com.
charlesleach@comcast.com and Forsythe Cemetery Records.
Descendants of Martha Jane Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. MARTHA JANE15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13,
69
was born 13 Aug 1829 in Gibson County, Indiana2, and died 14 Feb
1905 in Gibson County, Indiana2, and buried in Forsythe Cemetery,
Oakland, Gibson County, Indiana5. She married AMBROSE
COLUMBUS CLIFFORD3 13 Aug 1846 in Gibson County, Indiana4,
son of PEARSON CLIFFORD and LOUVICEY WOOLSEY. He
was born 08 May 1826 in Edmonson County, Kentucky5, and died 21
Oct 1902 in Gibson County, Indiana5, and was buried in Forsythe
Cemetery, Oakland, Gibson County, Indiana.
Notes for MARTHA JANE FARMER:
In the 1880 Federal Census of Columbia Township, Gibson County
Ohio Ambrose was 54 of Kentucky and Martha J. was 52 of Indiana,
her father of Virginia, her mother of Tennessee. Children were
Columbus 22 and Florence 20.
Children of MARTHA FARMER and AMBROSE CLIFFORD were:
i. LAVINA A.16 CLIFFORD7, b. 30 May 1847, Gibson
County, Indiana; d. 16 Nov 1871; m. FRANCIS M.
THOMAS, Nov 1865.
70
ii. JOHN W. CLIFFORD8, b. 25 Sep 1845, Gibson County,
Indiana9; d. 20 Dec 1881, Gibson County, Indiana9; b.
Forsythe Cemetery, Oakland, Gibson County, Indiana10;
m. (1) SUSAN A. MASON, 30 Nov 1873; m. (2) SUSAN
E. LEWIS, 22 Aug 1881. He lived in Lookout Mountain,
Tennessee.
iii. SAPHONIA ELIZABETH CLIFFORD11, b. 25 Nov
1851, Gibson County, Indiana; d. 29 May 1908, Oakland
City, Indiana; m. WILL ROGERS, 16 May 1878, Oakland
City, Indiana.
iv. HARMIA C. CLIFFORD11, b. 1853, Gibson County,
Indiana11.
v. PARTHENA A. (BELLE) CLIFFORD11, b. 1855, Gibson
County, Indiana11; m. (1) SAMUEL CURD, 17 Jan 1878;
m. (2) WILLIAM CURD, 1885.
vi. AMBROSE COLUMBUS (UNCLE DOC) CLIFFORD11,
b. 1858, Gibson County, Indiana11; m. JENNY
RITCHEY.
vii. FLORENCE (FLORA) CLIFFORD11, b. 25 Nov 1860,
Gibson County, Indiana; d. 21 Jun 1914, In a fire,
McEwen, Humphries County, Tennessee; m. JOHN
LOUIS CARTER, 29 Nov 1884, Gibson County, Indiana;
b. 11 Sep 1856, Indiana; d. 21 Jun 1914, in a fire, McEwen,
Humphries County, Tennessee.
viii. HARRIET CLIFFORD11, b. 18 Dec 1865, Gibson
County, Indiana; d. 1880, Gibson County, Indiana.
Endnotes
1. Census & Descendants & IGI Records. Middle Name Also Ann in
Some Marriage Indices.
3. 1850-1870 Gibson County, Indiana Census.
71
Rootsweb.com and 1850-1870 Gibson County, Indiana Census.
Rootsweb.com.
Descendants of Phillip Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. PHILLIP15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
Apr 1831 in Gibson County, Indiana2, and died 21 Sep 1855 in Gibson
County, Indiana3, and was buried in Providence Cemetery, Barton
Township, Gibson County, Indiana6 He married AMANDA
WILSON4 18 Dec 1851 in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana4,
daughter of ALLEN WILSON and SUSAN MCGOWEN. She was
born 06 Apr 18345, and died 04 Jul 1919 in Oakland City, Gibson
County, Indiana5, and was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland
City, Gibson County, Indiana7.
Notes for PHILLIP FARMER:
His probate records were filed in court in August of 1856. They
detailed the sale of his property. His executor was A(lexander). D.
Reavis, the first spouse of brother Berry's third wife Jane. The sale of
his property included these names: brothers John A., William, Alford,
and Ferris; wife Amanda, Thomas and Calvin Minnis, his deceased
sister Elizabeth’s husband and father-in-law, and William Dill his uncle.
Phillip’s infants Martha Jane and Louisa Jane were put in the
guardianship of Harrison F. Keiger. His youngest daughter died less
72
than a year after Phillip and was buried with him. The rest of the
family were buried elsewhere.
Children of PHILLIP FARMER and AMANDA WILSON were:
i. MARTHA JANE16 FARMER9, b. Oct 185310; m.
MARTIN A.P. (REAVIS) WALKER11, 23 Sep 1879,
ii. LOUISA JANE (LAURA ISABELL) FARMER12, b. 22
Aug 1854, Gibson County, Indiana13; d. 31 Jan 1857,
Gibson County, Indiana13; b. Providence Cemetery, Barton
Township, Gibson County, Indiana13.
Endnotes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Census.
Gibson County Online Genweb.com site.
Probate Record in Gibson County, Indiana.
Gibson County, Indiana Marriage Certificate.
Death Certificate Vol. 2, pp. 168-169.
Findagrave.com.
Death Certificate Vol. 2, pp. 168-169.
73
8. Gibson County, Indiana Marriage Certificate.
9. Gibson County court file for Father's Probate in 1856.
10. 1900 Census.
13. Gibson County Online Genweb.com site.
Descendants of Berry Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. BERRY15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
May 1835 in Gibson County, Indiana2, and died 10 Jan 1886 in Gibson
County, Indiana3. He married (1) ADALINE REDBURN4 14 Jan
1858 in Gibson County, Indiana4. She was born 18374, and died before
1875 in Gibson County, Indiana4. He married (2) SARAH
DEBRULER5 03 Feb 1875 in Pike County, Indiana6. She was born
18377. He married (3) JANE WILSON 8 04 Feb 1882 in Gibson
County, Indiana8.
Notes for BERRY FARMER:
Indiana Berry was 24, of Indiana. He had $500 in real estate and $400
in personal property. His wife Adaline was 22, and son William I. was
2. They were also born in Indiana. Living with them was mother
Elizabeth Campbell 56 of Tennessee.
Indiana Berry was 35, of Indiana. He had $1000 in real estate and
$500 in personal property. His wife Adaline was 34, Eva L. was 7,
Hester M. was 4, and John L. was 2.
74
Indiana Berry was 46. His dad was listed as of unknown birth and his
mom of Tennessee. He had no wife. Ella was 17, Hester was 15, John
was 12, Martha was 9 and Adaline was 7.
Berry married Mrs. Sarah T. Debruler Wells on February 3,
1875. He filed for divorce in March 1876. The divorce was approved
in August 1878. He said they lived together until 1876 at which time
she abandoned him.
He married Mrs. Jane Wilson Reavis on February 4, 1882. By
March 7, 1885 the couple filed to forever separate their assets which
they had accrued in prior relationships. Both give up their rights to be
heir to the other. It was possible that this was a separation in legal
terms only. It seemed obvious from court documents that Berry knew
he was ill and going to die. His doctor bills showed he had begun
taking regular prescriptions and having doctor consultations one
month before they filed separation papers. Berry died in under a year.
He managed to die insolvent, avoiding paying some of his
creditors. He also moved land into Jane's name, land he knew would
be taken away if he did not find a way around the law. In the
separation agreement Jane got the bulk of the land and personal
property and she got to live rent free in their home for one year. His
executor claimed in a notarized statement that to his knowledge the
separation was factual and that the couple did not live as man and wife
after the papers were legalized.
Berry’s probate record was filed in May of 1887. His executor
was Embree C. Farmer, his nephew by brother Ferris. Also verifying
were his nephew by brother Ferris, Joseph F. Farmer, and his brother
John A. Farmer.
Children of BERRY FARMER and ADALINE REDBURN were:
i. WILLIAM I.16 FARMER11, b. 1858, Gibson County,
Indiana12; d. Bef. 1860, Gibson County, Indiana13.
ii. EVA ELLA FARMER14, b. 1863, Gibson County,
Indiana14.
iii. HESTER M. FARMER14, b. 1866, Gibson County,
Indiana.
iv. JOHN L. FARMER14, b. 06 Sep 1869, Gibson County,
Indiana15; d. 01 Oct 1945, Pike County, Indiana15; b.
75
Sunset Cemetery, Winslow, Pike County, Indiana23 ; m. (1)
CORA A. DEARING16, 10 Feb 1893, Gibson County,
Indiana17; b. 26 May 187318; d. 11 Mar 193318; b. Sunset
Cemetery, Winslow, Pike County, Indiana23; m. (2)
CARRIE OWENS19, 27 Aug 1905, Gibson County,
Indiana20; b. 188421; d. 12 Jul 1906, Oakland City, Gibson
County, Indiana22; b. Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson
County, Indiana25
v. MARTHA (MATTIE) FARMER27, b. Jul 1871, Gibson
County, Indiana28; m. HENRY A. ADLER29, 04 Dec 1888,
Gibson County, Indiana29; b. Mar 1863, Gibson County,
Indiana30.
vi. ADALINE FARMER32, b. 1873, Gibson County,
Indiana32; m. JOHN L. BARBER33, 08 Dec 1890, Gibson
County, Indiana34.
Endnotes
1. Mother's Probate Record.
2. Guardianship Records.
5. Ancestry.com.
6. Court Record of Divorce.
7. 1880 Pike County Census.
9. Court Record of Divorce.
12. 1850 Gibson County, Indiana Census.
13. Not in 1860 Census.
15. Findagrave.com.
16. Family Group Sheet of Descendant and Gibson County Marriages
Index 1850 - 1920.
18. Findagrave.com.
76
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
Gibson County Marriages Index 1850 - 1920.
Findagrave.com.
Gibson County Death Records 1882-1920.
Findagrave.com.
Findagrave.com.
1880 Gibson County, Indiana Census.
1900 Census.
1900 Census.
1880 Gibson County, Indiana Census.
Family Group Sheet of Descendant.
Descendants of Lucretia Elizabeth Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. LUCRETIA ELIZABETH15 FARMER (JOHN F.14, FOREST13,
was born 11 Feb 1838 in Gibson County, Indiana2, and died before
1860 in Gibson County, Indiana. She married JULIUS HEMAN
CAMPBELL3 11 Jun 1854 in Gibson County, Indiana4, son of
CYRENUS CAMPBELL. He was born 1825 in Seneca County, New
York5,6, and died after 1873 in Arkansas.
Notes for LUCRETIA ELIZABETH FARMER:
Lucretia’s story was by far the most angering. It appeared that
after her father’s death in 1845 a scoundrel named Cyrenus Campbell
and his son, Heman Campbell, entered the family’s lives. This seemed
like a simple case of someone trying to gain a share of the family
fortune. Cyrenus courted and married the widow Elizabeth (Betsy)
77
Jane Dill Farmer shortly after John’s death. He and his son moved
into the family estate and took financial control from there.
Indiana Heman was 25 and lived with his father Cyrenus and his new
wife Elizabeth Dill Farmer. Heman’s future wife, Lucretia Farmer,
lived there as well and was only 12.
The first hint that the Campbell men were out for the Farmer
money was September 14, 1852, when Lucretia’s future father-in-law
and step-dad, Cyrenus Campbell, was issued a payment of $40 for
Lucretia – in her own home and on her own farm! Two years later,
Heman Campbell and Lucretia Farmer married when she turned 16.
This was the only Farmer family wedding to occur for a daughter
before the age of 18 and was seemingly common-law as it was not
recorded at the county. Lucretia’s guardian gave Heman $69.67 on
June 11, 1854 as the husband of Lucretia. Lucretia died before 1860
and Elizabeth Jane Dill Farmer Campbell, although still married to
Cyrenus, had kicked him out of her house.
Children of LUCRETIA FARMER and JULIUS CAMPBELL were:
i. SARAH E.16 CAMPBELL8, b. 1855, Gibson or Warrick
County, Indiana88; m. JAMES P. WILLIAMS9, 21 Jul 1873,
ii. CYRENUS CAMPBELL10, b. 1857, Gibson or Warrick
County, Indiana1010.
iii. PARMELIA A. CAMPBELL10, b. 1858, Gibson or
Warrick County, Indiana1010; m. WILLIAM CLARK11, 07
Nov 1872, Gibson County, Indiana11.
iv. ELLIS CAMPBELL12, b. 1858, Gibson or Warrick
County, Indiana1212.
Endnotes
1. Census & Descendants & IGI Records.
2. John's Guardianship Papers.
78
3. Heman.FTW and 1860 Warrick County, Indiana Census, Date of
Import: Sep 7, 2002.
4. John Farmer's Children's Guardianship Record.
6. Descendants of Eula Adaline Campbell.FTW, Date of Import: Jun
9, 2003.
7. John Farmer's Children's Guardianship Record.
9. Email from Roger Southern at rdsouth@earthlink.net dated
3/18/2007.
11. Email from Roger Southern at rdsouth@earthlink.net dated
3/18/2007.
_________________________________________________________________________
The following two genealogies are for John F.’s brothers
Ezekiel and William.
Descendants of Ezekiel Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. EZEKIEL14 FARMER (FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11,
HENRY10, HENRY9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5
FERMOR, ESQUIRE, JOHN4, THOMAS3 RICHARDS, ALIAS
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)1 was born Abt. 1780
in Chesterfield or Cumberland County, Virginia, and died before 1825
in Warrick County, Indiana2. He married MARY ANN BATES3 Abt.
1806, daughter of ISAAC BATES. She was born Abt. 1784 in Virginia
or Pennsylvania4, and died 09 Feb 1862 in Gibson County, Indiana.
Notes for EZEKIEL FARMER:
79
Mary Ann Bates Farmer was the same as the Mary Ann Farmer who
married December 20, 1825 to Matthew Kell upon Ezekiel’s death.
She had another son James Kell in 1828 in Gibson County, Indiana.
She lived with her son James Kell in the 1850 Federal Census.
Children of EZEKIEL FARMER and MARY BATES were:
2.
i. SARAH (SALLY)15 FARMER, b. 02 May 1807, South
Carolina; d. 22 Jan 1885, Warrick County, Indiana.
3.
ii. FLEMING FARMER, b. 20 Nov 1807, South Carolina; d.
23 Jun 1867, Gibson County, Indiana.
4.
iii. MARY (POLLY) ANN FARMER, b. 1809, South
Carolina; d. Jan 1850, Jasper County, Illinois.
5.
iv. JAMES HARRISON FARMER, b. 1815, South Carolina;
d. Jul 1873, Warrick County, Indiana.
6.
v. SALINA FARMER, b. 1816, South Carolina; d. 26 May
1887, Warrick County, Indiana.
7.
vi. THOMPSON FARMER, b. Abt. 1817, Tennessee; d. Abt.
23 Jan 1855, Warrick County, Indiana.
8.
vii. MADISON FARMER, b. 10 Feb 1820, Pike County,
Indiana; d. 17 Aug 1901, Gibson County, Indiana.
viii. LOUISA FARMER5, b. Abt. 1821, Warrick County,
Indiana5; d. before 1850, Gibson County, Indiana6; m.
GEORGE WILLIAM GEROU(A)LD7, 31 Aug 1839,
Notes for LOUISA FARMER:
In the 1840 Federal Census of Princeton Township,
Gibson County, Indiana George W. Jerauld was 20-30
years old. There was one daughter under 5, a wife 20-30,
and an older man, possibly George's dad, age 50-60.
Louisa was the first wife of George W.
Jerauld/Gerald/Gerall/Jerould/Jerald, a prominent family
in southwest Indiana. He remarried in 1841 to a Nancy
Foster. The family lived in Princeton Township, Gibson
County, Indiana. Louisa must have died but no grave was
found.
80
Generation No. 2
2. SARAH (SALLY)15 FARMER (EZEKIEL14, FOREST13,
was born 02 May 1807 in South Carolina8, and died 22 Jan 1885 in
Warrick County, Indiana8 and was buried in Massie Cemetery,
Folsomsville, Warrick County, Indiana13. She married WILLIAM
HART9 08 Aug 1827 in Warrick County, Indiana10, son of JOHN
HART and ELZABETH CASEY. He was born 1794 in Mercer,
Kentucky11, and died 26 Aug 1856 in Warrick County, Indiana12.
Notes for SARAH (SALLY) FARMER:
In the 1840 Federal Census of Warrick County, Indiana Sally and
William had 1 boy and 1 girl under five. They also had a boy 15-20,
and two girls, 1 under 5-10, and 1 girl 15-20.
In the 1850 Federal Census of Boone Township, Warrick County,
Indiana William was born in 1797 in Kentucky, Sally was born 1806 in
Tennessee, George was born 1829, Martha was born 1831, William was
born 1833, David was born 1835, Thompson was born 1837, Sally Ann
was born 1839, Elizabeth was born 1841 and Samuel was born 1843.
All the children were born in Indiana. They were neighbors to Salina
Farmer and John M. Day.
In the 1860 Federal Census Sarah was a widow and said she was born
about 1807 in South Carolina.
Notes for WILLIAM HART:
A veteran of The War of 1812 per page 158 of the 1885 History of
Warrick County, Indiana.
Children of SARAH FARMER and WILLIAM HART were:
i. GEORGE16 HART15, b. 1829, Warrick County, Indiana15;
d. Bef. 188516.
81
9.
10.
ii. MARTHA HART16, b. 1831, Warrick County, Indiana17; d.
Bef. 1885.
iii. WILLIAM HART18, b. 1833, Warrick County, Indiana18; d.
Bef. 188518.
iv. DAVID L. HART, b. 01 Apr 1834, Warrick County,
Indiana.
v. HONORABLE THOMPSON BATES HART, b. 01 Apr
1836, Warrick County, Indiana.
vi. SARAH (SALLY) ANN HART19, b. 1839, Warrick
County, Indiana19.
vii. ELIZABETH HART19, b. 1841, Warrick County,
Indiana19.
viii. SAMUEL WILLOUGHBY HART19, b. 1843, Warrick
County, Indiana19.
ix. CHARLES C. HART20, b. 1845, Warrick County,
Indiana21.
x. NANCY ELLEN HART22, b. 1849, Warrick County,
Indiana23.
3. FLEMING15 FARMER (EZEKIEL14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
Nov 1807 in South Carolina25, and died 23 Jun 1867 in Gibson County,
Indiana25, buried Mead Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana30. He
married (1) POLLY STAPLETON26 17 Dec 1832 in Gibson County,
Indiana26, daughter of JOSHUA STAPLETON and ELIZABETH
ELMORE. She was born 29 Aug 1808 in Kentucky or 10 May 1810 in
Tennessee, and died about 1840 in Gibson County, Indiana, buried
Mead Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana. He married (2)
LOUVICEY (LOUISA) WOOLSEY27 15 Jan 1842 in Pike County,
Indiana28, daughter of WILLIAM WOOSLEY. She was born 29 Aug
180829, and died 16 Jun 1879 in Gibson County, Indiana29, buried in
Mead Cemetery, Center Township, Gibson County, Indiana. The
couple’s gravestone had a military plaque.32
Notes for FLEMING FARMER:
82
Indiana Fleming was 30-40, his wife Luvisa was 30-40, he had one son
under 5 (William) and one daughter (Miranda Ann) 5-10. He lived
next door to John F. Farmer.
Indiana Fleming was 43 and had $1500 in assets. He was from South
Carolina. His wife Luvisa was 42, from Kentucky. Their children all
born in Indiana were: Miranda A. 17, William 11, Ezekiel S. 7, Estelle
F. 4, and Washington W. 1.
In the 1860 Federal Census of Patoka Township, Gibson County,
Indiana Fleming was 53, of South Carolina and had $8000 in real estate
and $1200 in personal property. Luvisa was 52 of Kentucky, Ezekiel S.
was 16, of Indiana, Estelle was 13, Washington 10, and Cornelia P. was
6.
In the 1870 Federal Census of Montgomery Township, Gibson
County, Indiana Fleming was dead. Louvicey was 62 of Kentucky and
had $11,000 in personal property. Living with her was W. W. age 20,
Cornelia 16, and E.S. 27, all of Indiana. E.S. had $2500 in personal
property and a wife Rosebell age 27 and a son Charles age 2.
Children of FLEMING FARMER and POLLY STAPLETON were:
11.
i. MIRANDA ANN16 FARMER, b. Abt. 1833, Gibson
County, Indiana; d. 25 May 1873, Gibson County, Indiana.
ii. MARY JANE FARMER34,35, b. 01 Dec 1836 or 01 Jan
1837, Gibson County, Indiana36; d. 15 Feb 1845, Gibson
County, Indiana36,37 and b. Page Cemetery, Gibson County,
Indiana37.
Notes for MARY JANE FARMER:
Her grave says daughter of Fleming Farmer. The only
Fleming buried in the same cemetery was William’s son,
one little was known about that died at 31 years of age.
So, it may be his daughter, but for now she is attached to
the Fleming born 1807 of Ezekiel because he was married
83
at the time and had a gap in his children’s lineage that
Mary Jane fit perfectly.
12.
iii. WILLIAM FARMER, b. Abt. 1839, Gibson County,
Indiana.
Children of FLEMING FARMER and LOUVICEY WOOLSEY
were:
13.
iv. EZEKIEL STANFORD16 FARMER, b. 10 Oct 1843,
v. ESTELLA F. FARMER38, b. Abt. 1845, Gibson County,
Indiana39; m. JOHN J. TAYLOR40, 11 Sep 1867, Gibson
County, Indiana41. She lived as an adult in Mason County,
Illinois.
14.
vi. WASHINGTON WALES FARMER, b. 1849, Princeton,
vii. CORNELIA P. FARMER42, b. Abt. 1854, Gibson County,
Indiana43; m. JOHN W. DAVIS44, 14 Feb 1875, Gibson
County, Indiana45. Lived as an adult in Cowley County,
Kansas.
4. MARY (POLLY) ANN15 FARMER (EZEKIEL14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS, ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS
RICHARDS1)46 was born 1809 or 1816 in South Carolina47, and died
Jan 1850 in Jasper County, Illinois48. She married WILLIAM
CRAVENS49 Abt. 183350. He was born 1807 in Indiana, and died
before 1860.
Children of MARY FARMER and WILLIAM CRAVENS were:
i. JOSEPH R.16 CRAVENS53, b. 1828, Gibson County,
Indiana53.
ii. WILLIAM CRAVENS53, b. 1830, Gibson County,
Indiana53.
iii. RILEY CRAVENS53, b. 1831, Gibson County, Indiana53.
84
iv. LOUISA CARDELIA CRAVENS53, b. 1835, Gibson
County, Indiana53.
v. EMILY CRAVENS53, b. 1840, Gibson County, Indiana53.
vi. HENRY H. CRAVENS53, b. 1843, Gibson County,
Indiana53.
vii. MARY E. CRAVENS53, b. 1845, Gibson County,
Indiana53.
viii. PERMELIA CRAVENS, b. 1851, Illinois.
ix. MINERVA CRAVENS, b. 1852, Illinois.
x. MARTHA CRAVENS, b. 1856, Illinois.
5. JAMES HARRISON15 FARMER (EZEKIEL14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS, ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)
was born 1815 in South Carolina, and died Jul 1873 in Warrick County,
Indiana54. He married (1) MARGARET KEARNS 28 Apr 1835 in
Warrick County, Indiana55. He married (2) SARAH JANE KELL 17
Dec 1835 in Warrick County, Indiana55. She was born 1819 in
Alabama, and died 1848 in Warrick County, Indiana. He married (3)
SARAH GAMBALL55 06 Jul 1848 in Warrick County, Indiana55. She
died after 1880.
Notes for JAMES HARRISON FARMER:
He was in the 1850 Federal Census of Warrick County, Hart
Township, Indiana. He was not found in a census of the area again
until 1870 in Skelton, Warrick, Indiana. He may have been in prison
due to the theft of his Uncle John F. Farmer’s gold and silver coins.
There were court documents in Warrick County, Indiana for a
Harrison Farmer versus the State of Indiana on Assault & Battery
charges in 1840 and 1846.
Court cases 212-34, 212-35, 213-9, and 213-38, and 214-31 in Gibson
County all confirm that in 1845 John F.'s nephew, Harrison Farmer,
aided and abetted two petty thieves, Luther F. Frazier and Franklin S.
Pea to enter John F.'s home and take all his gold and silver coins and
85
promissory notes, including a $10 note Harrison had outstanding to
John F. The State of Indiana prosecuted.
The indictment read that on February 14 at 10 pm, 1845 Luther F.
Frazier and Franklin S. Pea, former county residents, with force and
arms entered the mansion of Elizabeth Farmer, wife of John F.
Farmer, recently deceased. They feloniously broke and entered with
the intent to steal the goods and chattels belonging to the descendants
of John F. The thieves escaped with $105 in silver dollar coins worth
$105, 100 silver half dollars valued at $50 and sixty gold half eagle
coins worth $300 and a promissory note from Harrison Farmer for $10
and the trunk that contained these items valued at $10.
The jury also found that Harrison Farmer, late of Gibson County, did
on the night of February 12, 1845, during the funeral for John speak to
the two thieves in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana aiding,
counseling, encouraging and abetting them in the form, manner and
procedure to use to steal the valuables in violation of the law.
Upon his death in July 1873 his estate was mainly tobacco and worth
$32.78.
Children of JAMES FARMER and SARAH KELL were:
i. NANCY JANE16 FARMER56, b. 12 Nov 1836, Warrick
County, Indiana56; d. 28 Apr 1896, Warrick County,
Indiana57; b. Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Warrick County,
Indiana; m. JAMES M. ASHLEY57, 05 Jun 1856, Warrick
County, Indiana58.
ii. ANDREW FARMER, b. 1839, Warrick County, Indiana.
Notes for ANDREW FARMER:
At age 21 he was living in the home of Franklin and
Elizabeth Arkley working as a farm hand in Warrick
County.
iii. SALINA FARMER, b. 1841, Warrick County, Indiana.
iv. MATTHEW FARMER, b. 1845, Warrick County, Indiana.
v. BABY BOY FARMER, b. 1849, Warrick County, Indiana.
86
Children of JAMES FARMER and SARAH GAMBALL were:
vi. EZEKIEL16 FARMER, b. 1854, Warrick County, Indiana.
vii. POLLY ANN FARMER, b. 1859, Warrick County,
Indiana.
viii. JACOB FARMER, b. 1862, Warrick County, Indiana.
ix. SAMANTHA FARMER, b. 1865, Warrick County,
Indiana.
x. JOSEPH R. FARMER, b. 1868, Warrick County, Indiana.
xi. SARAH FARMER, b. 1873, Warrick County, Indiana.
6. SALINA15 FARMER (EZEKIEL14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
1816 in South Carolina61, and died 26 May 1887 in Warrick County,
Indiana62. She married JOHN M. DAY63 19 Feb 1833 in Warrick
County, Indiana64. He was born 24 Aug 1814 in Lexington, Fayette,
Kentucky65, and died 31 Jan 1862 in Warrick County, Indiana65.
Children of SALINA FARMER and JOHN DAY were:
i. LOUISA16 DAY67, b. 1831, Warrick County, Indiana67.
ii. SARAH I. DAY67, b. 1835, Warrick County, Indiana67.
iii. MIDDLETON DAY67, b. 1837, Warrick County,
Indiana67.
iv. ISABELLA DAY67, b. 1839, Warrick County, Indiana67.
v. DUNBAR DAY67, b. 1842, Warrick County, Indiana67.
vi. JAMES WILLIAM DAY67, b. 1846, Warrick County,
Indiana67.
vii. HARMON DAY67, b. 1847, Warrick County, Indiana67.
viii. GEORGE W. DAY67, b. 1848, Warrick County, Indiana67.
ix. ELIZABETH DAY67, b. 1850, Warrick County, Indiana67.
x. HELEN DAY67, b. 1852, Warrick County, Indiana67.
xi. BENTON DAY67, b. 1860, Warrick County, Indiana67.
87
7. THOMPSON15 FARMER (EZEKIEL14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
Abt. 1817 in Tennessee, and died Abt. 23 Jan 1855 in Warrick County,
Indiana68. He married SARAH (POLLY) ?68 about 1840. She was
born 1825.
Notes for THOMPSON FARMER:
In the 1850 Federal Census of Warrick County, Indiana they had a
large family: Thompson Farmer 30 was a blacksmith, Sarah Farmer
was 25, Engracia Farmer was 7 of Kentucky, Harrison Farmer was 6 of
Kentucky, Margaret Farmer was 4 of Kentucky, Sarah Farmer was 3 of
Indiana, and Unamed Farmer was 1 (female) of Indiana.
The family obviously moved from Kentucky to Indiana between 1846
and 1847.
In a court hearing to auction his land Thompson left a wife, Polly, and
two identified children Harrison E. and Margaret A. Additionally, it
mentioned other infant heirs of the deceased.
At the auction his goods were purchased by relatives including son
Harrison E., E. Farmer (Ezekiel A.) and (John) Thomas Farmer (son
of Ezekiel A.). The attorney for Thompson Farmer's heirs that
managed the sale of his land to pay off debts was George C. Hart, a
family relative.
In the 1860 Federal Census of Boon, Warrick County, Indiana son
Harrison was living with his Aunt Sarah (Sally) Farmer widow of
William Hart.
Sarah Hart 53 Farmer of South Carolina
David Hart 26 Indiana
Thompson Hart 24 Indiana
Elizabeth Hart 19 Indiana
Willoughby Hart 17 Indiana
Charles Hart 14 Indiana
Nancy Hart 11 Indiana
88
Harrison Fanner 16 Indiana
In the 1860 Federal Census of Boon, Warrick County, Indiana a
Francis Farmer was living with an unknown family. She could be the
unnamed child from the 1850 Federal Census.
Randolph Lauramore 54 Farmer of Virginia
Rebecca Lauramore 52 Kentucky
Thomas Lauramore 22 Indiana
Samuel Lauramore 20 Indiana
James Lauramore 15 Indiana
Lomeda Lauramore 8 Indiana
Francis Farmer 12 Indiana
The guardian of Thompson’s children listed on some court papers was
Ezekiel (A.) Farmer, but Isaac Farmer appeared as well on other
documents.
Children of THOMPSON FARMER and SARAH ? were:
i. EUGENIA16 FARMER69, b. Abt. 1843, Kentucky69.
ii. HARRISON E. FARMER70, b. Jan 1845, Kentucky71; m.
PURDY ELLA ?.
Notes for HARRISON E. FARMER:
His father died in 1854 and he was listed on a variety of
probate related papers. He was 16 in the 1860 Federal
Census of Warrick County, Indiana and lived with Sarah
and William Hart's family.
He ALWAYS used his middle initial in legal documents.
He probably needed to separate his name from that of his
criminal Uncle James Harrison who went by Harrison as
well.
He served in the Civil War with the 65th Indiana Regiment,
Infantry Company D out of Princeton, Gibson County.
Harrison was found in the 1900 Federal Census of Union
County, Kentucky.
89
Harrison E Farmer was 55 and a farmer born in Indiana
Prudy E Farmer was 47 of Indiana
Edward W Farmer was 23 of Indiana
Hattie M Farmer was 13 of Kentucky
Claude Farmer was 9 of Kentucky
Maude M Farmer was 9 of Kentucky
iii. MARGARET A. FARMER72, b. Abt. 1846, Kentucky73.
iv. SARAH FARMER73, b. Abt. 1847, Indiana73.
v. FRANCIS(Unnamed) FARMER74, b. Abt. 1848, Indiana74.
8. MADISON15 FARMER (EZEKIEL14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
Feb 1820 in Pike County, Indiana76, and died 17 Aug 1901 in Gibson
County, Indiana76,, and buried Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County,
Indiana80. He married (1) JULIA ANN JOHNSON77 19 Feb 1840 in
Gibson County, Indiana77. She was born 18 Apr 1815 in Indiana78, and
died 16 Jan 1892 in Gibson County, Indiana78, and buried in
Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana80. He married (2)
ELLEN BILDERBACK79 04 May 1893 in Pike County, Indiana79.
Notes for MADISON FARMER:
Indiana Madison was 20-30, wife Julia was 20-30 and they had one son
under 5.
In the 1850 Federal Census of Pike County, Indiana Madison was 31,
Julia was 35. Their children were Alvira 8, Ruthann 7, Jasper 6, Mary 5,
Caroline 4, and Madison 1. All children were of Indiana birth.
In the 1860 Federal Census of Pike County, Indiana Madison was 40, a
farmer, with $1,700 in real estate and $1,086 in personal property. He
was born in Indiana. Julia A. was 45, Ruth A was 18, Jasper was 15,
Mary A. was 13, Caroline was 11, Louisa was 9, and Newton E. was 6.
90
Children of MADISON FARMER and JULIA JOHNSON were:
i. E(A)LVIRA16 FARMER83, b. 1842, Gibson County,
Indiana83; m. (1) PORTERFIELD CRAWFORD
WOOLSEY, 01 Jan 1860, Gibson County, Indiana84; m.
(2) LINDSEY KIRK, 11 Sep 1899, Gibson County,
Indiana84.
ii. RUTH ANN FARMER85, b. 1843, Gibson County,
Indiana85.
15.
iii. JASPER FARMER, b. 01 Oct 1844, Gibson County,
Indiana; d. 09 Jan 1894, Pike County, Indiana.
16.
iv. MARY A. FARMER, b. 1845, Gibson County, Indiana.
v. CAROLINE FARMER85, b. 1845, Gibson County,
Indiana85; d. 1935, Gibson County, Indiana86; b.
Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana86; m. ?
AGEE.
vi. MADISON FARMER87, b. 1849, Gibson County,
Indiana87; d. Bef. 1860, Indiana87.
vii. LOUISA FARMER88, b. 1850, Gibson County, Indiana88;
d. 1932, Gibson County, Indiana88; Montgomery
Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana89.
viii. NEWTON E. FARMER90, b. 1853, Gibson County,
Indiana90; d. 1937, Gibson County, Indiana90; Montgomery
Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana92; m. MARY B.91; b.
185891; d. 1924, Gibson County, Indiana91; b. Montgomery
Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana92.
ix. INFANT SON FARMER93, b. 05 Jan 1857, Gibson
County, Indiana93; d. 05 Jan 1857, Gibson County,
Indiana93; b. Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County,
Indiana. Listed on gravestone as infant son of M. and J.A.
Farmer.
Generation No. 3
9. DAVID L.16 HART (SARAH (SALLY)15 FARMER, EZEKIEL14,
91
THOMAS RICHARDS1)94 was born 01 Apr 1834 in Warrick County,
Indiana94. He married THERESA F. SWINT94.
Notes for DAVID L. HART:
In History of Warrick County 1885 he said he was the ex-Sheriff of
Warrick County and the fourth born of 10 children to William and
Sarah Farmer Hart.
Children of DAVID HART and THERESA SWINT were:
i. WILLIAM E.17 HART94.
ii. R. E. HART94.
iii. CLAUDE A. HART94.
iv. RUTH HART94.
10. HONORABLE THOMPSON BATES16 HART (SARAH
(SALLY)15 FARMER, EZEKIEL14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
Apr 1836 in Warrick County, Indiana95. He married SUSAN K.
STONE95 15 Jan 1867 in Warrick County, Indiana95.
Notes for HONORABLE THOMPSON BATES HART:
The Honorable Thompson B. Hart of the State Senate said he was the
fifth of five surviving children born to Sarah Farmer and William Hart
in the 1885 Warrick County, Indiana History.
Children of THOMPSON HART and SUSAN STONE were:
i. NINA B.17 HART95.
ii. WILLIAM J. S. HART95.
iii. ZORA B. HART95.
iv. EDMUND H. HART95.
v. CARL B. HART95.
vi. ALICE D. HART95.
vii. THOMPSON B. HART95, d. Bef. 188595.
viii. TALMADGE HART95.
92
11. MIRANDA ANN16 FARMER (FLEMING15, EZEKIEL14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1)96 was born Abt. 1833 in Gibson County,
Indiana97, and died 25 May 1873 in Gibson County, Indiana98. She
married HENRY C. VICKERS99 07 or 08 Oct 1851 in Gibson County,
Indiana99,101,102. He was born 1827 in North Carolina100, and died 18 Jul
1904 in Gibson County, Indiana100.
Children of MIRANDA FARMER and HENRY VICKERS were:
i. MYRTLE17 VICKERS, b. 20 Dec 1864, Gibson County,
Indiana; d. 29 Jan 1956, Fort Smith, Arkansas; m.
AMARETTA (ANNIE) FARMER, 1887, Gibson County,
Indiana; b. 08 Jan 1865, Francisco, Gibson County,
Indiana; d. Abt. 15 Aug 1940, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
ii. MARY L. VICKERS, b. 04 Jan 1856, Gibson County,
Indiana; d. 17 Sep 1856, Gibson County, Indiana.
12. WILLIAM16 FARMER (FLEMING15, EZEKIEL14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS1)103 was born Abt. 1839 in Gibson County, Indiana103. He
married JANE CLIFFORD104,105 05 Jan 1863 in Gibson County,
Indiana105. She was born in Indiana. William moved to Evansville,
Vanderburgh County, Indiana about 1860.
Children of WILLIAM FARMER and JANE CLIFFORD were:
i. MINNIE E.17 FARMER105, b. 27 Nov 1863, Gibson
County, Indiana106; d. of pneumonia due to heart failure at
age 82 on 11 Feb 1946, Gibson County, Indiana107; b.
Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana110; m. (1)
JOHN T. BRADBURN108, Union County, Kentucky; m.
(2) JOHN H. WILSON109, 12 Nov 1889, Gibson County,
Indiana109.
93
ii. AMARETTA (ANNIE) FARMER, b. 08 Jan 1865,
Francisco, Gibson County, Indiana; d. Abt. 15 Aug 1940,
Fort Smith, Arkansas; m. MYRTLE VICKERS, 1887,
Gibson County, Indiana; b. 20 Dec 1864, Gibson County,
Indiana; d. 29 Jan 1956, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
iii. CARABELL FARMER, b. 1868, Gibson County, Indiana.
iv. MARY FARMER, b. 1870, Gibson County, Indiana.
13. EZEKIEL STANFORD16 FARMER (FLEMING15, EZEKIEL14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1)112 was born 10 Oct 1843 in Gibson County,
Indiana113, and died 114 and was buried Mead Cemetery, Center
Township, Gibson County, Indiana with a Military marker119. He
married ROSA BELL STEWART115 14 Aug 1867 in Gibson County,
Indiana116, daughter of WILLIAM STEWART. She was born 18 Feb
1847 or 1849 in Fayette County, Indiana117, and died 02 May 1902 in
Gibson County, Indiana118 and was buried in Mead Cemetery, Gibson
County, Indiana121.
Notes for EZEKIEL STANFORD FARMER:
In the Tartt History of Gibson County 1904 E.S. said he was born near
his present home and that he was the grandson of Ezekiel Farmer, who
was an honored pioneer in the community where he arrived at a very
early day. His father Fleming came with Ezekiel as a small boy.
Fleming was married twice and had a son William by his first union.
William lived in Evansville, Indiana when the book was published in
the early 1900s. His dad remarried Mrs. Louisa Wooley, widow of a
Clifford whose son, A.C. Clifford, then married John F. Farmer's
daughter Martha Jane. E.S. had three other siblings, all had moved out
of Indiana. W.W. to Texas City, Illinois, Estella married John J. Taylor
and went to Mason County, Illinois, and Cornelia P. married J. W.
Davis and went to Cowley County, Kansas.
E.S. was raised on the family homestead with little education, yet he
learned from experience and observation. He was drafted to serve in
94
the Civil War in the 1st Indiana Infantry. He was wounded four times
and had a rebel ball in his shoulder even then. He arrived home July 4,
1865 and resumed agricultural pursuits. He had been focused on
livestock shipping for income for 10 years. He owned two farms near
Francisco, with 392 acres. He married on August 1867 to Rosie B.,
daughter of William Stewart of Fayette County, Indiana. They had the
following children: Charles C., Fred S., Bertha C., William F., Oliver M.
and Stewart. He was a prominent citizen, a staunch Republican, and in
1888 was appointed Trustee for the Township. He belonged to the
Masonic Fraternity and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Note: His actual military record was as a Private in the Civil War in
the1st Calvary 28th Regiment Company A. He mustered in August 20,
1861 and mustered out August 20, 1865.
The Princeton Clarion headline for Thursday, September 22, 1904 was
a sensational story of E.S. Farmer stealing the affections of his ailing
wife's nursemaid, Frances King Mills, a married woman, and causing
her to divorce her husband for undue cause and to marry E.S. because
of his promise of a better home and greater luxuries. It said they had
been sweethearts years ago in their youth and were separated by a
lover's quarrel. In 1903 E.S. supposedly stole away with her to Kansas
and remained there for over a year, she leaving her husband and five
children. They returned in 1904 and were married after receiving an
illegal divorce in Evansville. Her ex-husband John Mills sued E.S. for
$20,000 in an alienation suit.
Children of EZEKIEL FARMER and ROSA STEWART were:
17.
i. CHARLES G./C.17 FARMER, b. Jun 1868; d. 1951,
ii. FRED S. FARMER122, b. 16 Apr 1874, Gibson County,
Indiana123; d. 10 Apr 1910, Gibson County, Indiana123;
Mead Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana127; m. IDA
ADELIA KING124, 25 Apr 1901, Gibson County,
Indiana124; b. Jan 1884, Indiana125; d. 1952, Gibson County,
Indiana126; b. IOOF Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana128.
iii. BERTHA C. FARMER130, b. 1877131; m. CLAUDE F.
TAYLOR131, 24 Nov 1900, Gibson County, Indiana131.
95
iv. WILLIAM FLEMING FARMER132, b. 30 Apr 1880,
Gibson County, Indiana133; d. 01 Aug 1898, Gibson
County, Indiana133; b. mead Cemetery, Gibson County,
Indian a134.
v. OLIVER M. FARMER135, b. 1882, Gibson County,
Indiana136; d. 18 Aug 1920, Princeton, Gibson County,
Indiana137; b. Mead Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana138.
vi. STEWART FARMER139, b. 1887.
vii. JESSIE F. FARMER140, b. 24 Jan 1870, Gibson County,
Indiana140; d. 26 Aug 1870, Gibson County, Indiana140;
Mead Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana 141.
14. WASHINGTON WALES16 FARMER (FLEMING15,
EZEKIEL14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11, HENRY10,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)142 was born 1849 in Princeton,
Gibson County, Indiana143. He married MARTHA ROBERTSON
DENTON144 15 Oct 1873 in Gibson County, Indiana145. She was born
1858146.
Notes for WASHINGTON WALES FARMER:
Had a total of 12 children, some in Texas City, Illinois. His name was
sometimes seen as William Washington Farmer.
Children of WASHINGTON FARMER and MARTHA DENTON
were:
i. MAY17 FARMER, b. 1874, Gibson County, Indiana.
ii. BEN FARMER, b. 1876, Gibson County, Indiana.
iii. JESSIE FARMER, b. 1878, Gibson County, Indiana.
iv. PLEASANT FARMER, b. 1881, Gibson County, Indiana.
v. BLAINE BOUCHER FARMER, b. 1883, Gibson
County, Indiana.
vi. ROSSA FARMER, b. 1886, Gibson County, Indiana.
vii. MAXEY FARMER, b. 1889, Gibson County, Indiana.
viii. ROB ROY FARMER, b. 1893, Gibson County, Indiana.
ix. DEWEY FARMER, b. 1898, Gibson County, Indiana.
96
15. JASPER16 FARMER (MADISON15, EZEKIEL14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS1)149 was born 01 Oct 1844 in Gibson County, Indiana149,
and died 09 Jan 1894 in Pike County, Indiana150 and was buried in
Barrett Cemetery, Stendal, Pike County, Indiana152. He married
ELIZABETH A. ?151 Abt. 1862. She was born 12 Mar 1845152, and
died in Pike County, Indiana152.
Notes for JASPER FARMER:
His grave said he served in Company B 91st Indiana Volunteers in the
Civil War. He was married before he left for war in 1863 because his
daughter Sarah was born before the war, whereas the rest of the
children came after the war ended with a gap of about five years in the
middle where no kids were born.
In the 1870 Federal Census of Bon Pas Precinct, Wabash County,
Illinois the family was young.
Jasper Farmer 25
Lizzie Farmer 25
Sarah Farmer 7 born in Indiana
Henry Farmer 2 born in Indiana
In the 1880 Monroe, Pike County, Indiana Federal Census the family
was growing:
Jasper Farmer 36
Elizabeth Farmer 36
Henry H. Farmer 11 born in Indiana
Newton E. Farmer 9 born in Indiana
Matison Farmer 7 born in Indiana
Caroline V. Farmer 2 born in Indiana
The family must only have moved to Illinois between 1868 and 1871
because all the children were born in Indiana.
Children of JASPER FARMER and ELIZABETH ? were:
97
i. SARAH17 FARMER153, b. 1863, Pike County, Indiana153.
Notes for SARAH FARMER:
Likely died or married before 1880 as not in census with
family and should have been 17.
ii. DAVID J. FARMER, b. 07 Jul 1867, Pike County,
Indiana; d. 18 Nov 1868, Pike County, Indiana.
iii. HENRY H. FARMER153, b. 1871, Pike County, Indiana153.
iv. NEWTON E. FARMER154, b. 1872, Pike County,
Indiana154.
v. MADISON FARMER154, b. 13 Feb 1873, Pike County,
Indiana154; d. 10 Oct 1889, Pike County, Indiana154; b.
Barrett Cemetery, Stendal, Pike County, Illinois155.
vi. CAROLINE V. FARMER156, b. 1878, Pike County,
Indiana156.
16. MARY A.16 FARMER (MADISON15, EZEKIEL14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS1)157 was born 1845 in Gibson County, Indiana157. She
married ? CORN158.
Child of MARY FARMER and ? CORN was:
i. NORA B.17 CORN, b. 1876, Indiana.
Generation No. 4
17. CHARLES C.17 FARMER (EZEKIEL STANFORD16,
FLEMING15, EZEKIEL14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)159 was born Jun
1868160, and died 1951 in Gibson County, Indiana161 and was buried in
Mead Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana165. He married WINIFRED
98
(WINNIE) PEARL HUDELSON162 11 Feb 1897 in Gibson County,
Indiana163, daughter of ALEXANDER HUDELSON and ELLA
TUCKER. She was born 10 Mar 1874164, and died 23 Sep 1921 in
Gibson County, Indiana164 and she was buried in Mead Cemetery,
Children of CHARLES FARMER and WINIFRED HUDELSON
were:
i. CHARLOTTE18 FARMER166, b. Jan 1898, Gibson
County, Indiana166; m. ROBERT BURNS166, 15 Jan 1916,
ii. BASIL L. FARMER167, b. 30 Jul 1899, Gibson County,
Indiana167; d. 31 Jan 1968, Gibson County, Indiana167; b.
Mead Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana165; m. LANA
M.167; b. 02 Jun 1902167; d. 27 Oct 1997, Gibson County,
Indiana167; b. Mead Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana165
iii. PAUL H. FARMER, b. Oct 1899.
iv. PERCY F. FARMER169, b. 07 Dec 1900, Gibson County,
Indiana169; d. 04 Jan 1901, Center Township, Gibson
County, Indiana170; b. Mead Cemetery, Gibson County,
Indiana165. His gravestone says son of Charles and Pearl.
Endnotes
1. Per Tartt book History of Gibson County.
2. Sold land in 1836 to sons and not in 1840 Warrick County, Indiana
Census.
3. Indiana Marriage Indices to 1850 and page 442 of 1884 Tartt
History of Gibson County, Indiana.
6. Census.
8. Findagrave.com.
9. Page 189 of the 1885 History of Warrick County, Indiana.
99
12. Estate Administration Record and page 215 of the 1885 History of
13. Findagrave.com.
24. Tartt book and 1840-1860 Columbia Township, Gibson County,
Indiana Census.
25. Mead Cemetery Indices Gibson County Indiana and Gibson
County Death Records 1882-1920.
30. Findagrave.com.
32. Findagrave.com.
34. Findagrave.com.
35. Gravestone gives her name and that of her father Fleming.
36. Findagrave.com.
37. Page Cemetery Index Rootsweb.com.
38. Per Tartt book History of Gibson County and Gibson County
39. 1850-1870 Columbia Township, Gibson County, Indiana Census.
100
46. Ancestry.com.
47. 1810 Union, South Carolina and 1820 Pike County, Indiana
Censuses.
48. 1850 Jasper County, Illinois Mortality Schedule.
49. 1840-1850 Censuses of Gibson County, Indiana and Newton,
Jasper County, Illinois.
50. per oldest child's birth.
51. Per 1860 Jasper County, Illinois Census.
52. Per oldest child's birth.
53. 1850 Newton, Jasper County, Census.
54. Court Papers Warrick County, IN.
56. Findagrave.com.
57. Findagrave.com.
58. Indiana Marriage Records.
59. Findagrave.com.
61. 1810 Union, South Carolina and 1820 Pike County, Indiana
Censuses.
62. Ancestry.com.
63. Findagrave.com.
65. Findagrave.com.
67. Ancestry.com.
68. Per Thompson Farmer's probate records.
69. 1850 Warrick County, Indiana Census.
71. 1900 Census of Union, Kentucky.
74. 1860 census.
75. 1850 Census.
101
79. Genealogy.com.
82. Genealogy.com.
83. 1850 and/or 1860 Census of Pike County, Indiana.
84. Indiana Marriage Collection to 1941.
86. Findagrave.com.
88. Montgomery Cemetery Records, Gibson County, Indiana and
1850 and/or 1860 Census of Pike County, Indiana.
89. Findagrave.com.
90. Montgomery Cemetery Records, Gibson County, Indiana and
1850 and/or 1860 Census of Pike County, Indiana.
92. Findagrave.com.
96. Family Group Sheet of Descendant and Census.
98. Findagrave.com.
104. Email from Robert Farmer robertfv1@aol.com on 4/25/2007.
106. 1900 Census.
102
113. Tartt book History of Gibson County and 1850-1870 Columbia
Township, Gibson County, Indiana Census.
117. 1870 Census of Warrick County, Indiana.
125. Findagrave.com and Ancestry.com.
142. Email from Robert Farmer robertfv1@aol.com on 4/22/2007
and Gibson County Marriages Index 1850 - 1920.
143. Email from Robert Farmer robertfv1@aol.com on 4/22/2007
and 4/25/2207.
103
153. 1870 Census of Wabash, Illinois.
155. Findsgrave.com.
158. Dead by 1880 Pike County, Indiana Census.
160. Mead Cemetery Indices Gibson County Indiana and 1870
Warrick, Indiana Census.
162. Gravestone.
Descendants of William Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM14 FARMER (FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11,
104
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)1 was born Abt. 1781
in Chesterfield or Cumberland County, Virginia1, and died Bet. 1823 1827 in Warrick County, Indiana1. He married NANCY BATES2 Abt.
1809 in Virginia3, daughter of ISAAC BATES. She was born 02 May
1791 in Virginia4, and died 20 Oct 1873 in Warrick County, Indiana5
and was buried in Massie Cemetery, Folsomsville, Warrick County,
Indiana5.
Notes for WILLIAM FARMER:
After William died Nancy Bates Farmer remarried Andrew McGregor
on July 31, 1827 and had two more boys, one died young. In the 1850
Federal Census Nancy McGregor was living with her son Ezekiel in
Skelton, Warrick County, Indiana. Her son, Andrew McGregor, age 19
was living with her nephew, James Harrison Farmer.
Children of WILLIAM FARMER and NANCY BATES were:
i. FLEMING15 FARMER7, b. Abt. 1810, South Carolina7; d.
06 Sep 1841, Gibson County, Indiana7; b. Page Cemetery,
Gibson County, Indiana8 .
Notes for FLEMING FARMER:
There is no proof of Fleming as the son of William. Since
brother Ezekiel already had a son Fleming born 3 years
earlier this parentage made sense, especially since Fleming
was a common name in the Bates family. Plus, both
William and Ezekiel had sons under 10 in the 1810 Federal
Census.
2.
3.
4.
ii. CAROLINE FARMER, b. 1813, South Carolina.
iii. ISAAC FARMER, b. 1814, South Carolina; d. 1861,
iv. SON FARMER, b. Abt. 1819, Pike County, Indiana; d.
Bef. 1840, Warrick County, Indiana.
v. JANE FARMER, b. 1822, Pike County, Indiana; d. 1850,
105
5.
6.
vi. EZEKIEL ANDREW FARMER, SR., b. 22 Nov 1823,
Warrick County, Indiana; d. 06 Mar 1908, Warrick County,
Indiana.
vii. PHOEBE WELLS FARMER, b. 10 Jan 1825, Warrick
County, Indiana; d. 12 Jan 1911, Gibson County, Indiana.
Generation No. 2
2. CAROLINE15 FARMER (WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
1813 in South Carolina10. She married BENJAMIN DENTON11 05
Apr 1831 in Gibson County, Indiana11. He was born 1802 in
Kentucky12.
Notes for CAROLINE FARMER:
In the 1850 Federal Census of Boon Township, Warrick County,
Indiana Benjamin was 42 of Kentucky, Caroline was 37 of South
Carolina, and children were Samuel 17, James 15, Mary 13, Joseph 9,
Amanda 8, Jane 7 and Julia 4. All the children were of Indiana birth.
Children of CAROLINE FARMER and BENJAMIN DENTON
were:
i. SAMUEL16 DENTON14, b. 1833, Indiana14.
ii. JAMES DENTON14, b. 1835, Indiana14.
iii. MARY DENTON14, b. 1837, Indiana14.
iv. JOSEPH DENTON14, b. 1841, Indiana14.
v. AMANDA DENTON14, b. 1842, Indiana14.
vi. JANE DENTON14, b. 1843, Indiana14.
vii. JULIA DENTON14, b. 1846, Indiana14.
3. ISAAC15 FARMER (WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
106
1814 in South Carolina15, and died 1861 in Warrick County, Indiana15.
He married (1) NANCY LANKFORD16 03 Feb 1835 in Pike County,
Indiana17. She was born 1818 in Kentucky18. He married (2) SARAH
TROTTEN19 10 Apr 1874 in Gibson County, Indiana19, daughter of
ELISHA TROTTEN and AMELIA WATKINS. She was born Bet.
Oct - 30 Nov 1832 in Illinois20, and died 19 Sep 1909 in Francisco,
Gibson County, Indiana20, and buried in Francisco Cemetery,
Francisco, Gibson County, Indiana22.
Notes for ISAAC FARMER:
Some researchers show a middle initial H.
They were in the 1850 and 1860 Federal Censuses of Pike County,
Indiana with a large family. Older children William and Julia Ann had
already moved out by 1860.
Isaac Fanner 46
Nancy Fanner 42
Samuel Fanner 22
Gaines W Fanner 18
Sarah Fanner 16
Susan M Fanner 14
Albert B Fanner 11
Douipha Fanner 9
Emily Fanner 6
Aaron Fanner 11/12 (female)
In the 1870 Federal Census they were still in Pike County.
James Harden 13 Farm hand
Isaac Farmer 56
Nancy Farmer 52
Dorathy Farmer 18
Emily Farmer 16
Irean Farmer 11 (female)
Richard Fulton 27 Farm hand
Children of ISAAC FARMER and NANCY LANKFORD were:
107
7.
8.
9.
10.
i. WILLIAM16 FARMER, b. 25 Mar 1836, Pike County,
Indiana; d. 1895, Pike County, Indiana.
ii. SAMUEL FARMER, b. 1838, Pike County, Indiana; d. 09
Jun 1917, Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana.
iii. JULIA ANN FARMER24, b. 21 Jan 1839, Pike County,
Indiana24; d. 28 Apr 1910, Pike County, Indiana24; m.
JOSEPH A. COLEMAN24.
iv. GAINES WASHINGTON FARMER, b. 1842, Pike
County, Indiana; d. 09 Aug 1869, Pike County, Indiana.
v. SARAH FARMER25, b. 1844, Pike County, Indiana25.
vi. SUSAN M. FARMER25, b. 1846, Pike County, Indiana25.
vii. ALBERT B. FARMER, b. 1849, Pike County, Indiana; d.
Bef. 1930.
viii. DOROTHY (DOUIPHA) FARMER25, b. 1851, Pike
County, Indiana25; m. LOUIS REMBE26, 21 Sep 1876,
ix. EMILY A. FARMER27, b. 1854, Pike County, Indiana28;
m. MORRIS V. HENDRICK29, 10 Dec 1876, Gibson
County, Indiana29.
x. IRENE (IREAN) FARMER30, b. 1859, Pike County,
Indiana31; m. JOHN COALS32, 13 Oct 1878, Gibson
County, Indiana32.
4. JANE15 FARMER (WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born
1822 in Pike County, Indiana, and died 1850 in Warrick County,
Indiana. She was listed on the 1850 Federal Mortality Schedule for
Warrick County, Indiana as dying of childbirth fever. She married
SYLVANIUS MASSA 27 Sep 1836 in Warrick County, Indiana33. He
was born 1814 in Kentucky.
Children of JANE FARMER and SYLVANIUS MASSA were:
i. THOMAS J.16 MASSA, b. 1839, Indiana.
ii. NANCY MASSA, b. 1840, Indiana.
iii. MARY E. MASSA, b. 1842, Indiana.
iv. JOHN B. MASSA, b. 1844, Indiana.
108
v. FLORINDA J. MASSA, b. 1846, Indiana.
vi. CECILY C. MASSA, b. 1850, Indiana.
5. EZEKIEL ANDREW15 FARMER, SR. (WILLIAM14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS1)34 was born 22 Nov 1823 in Warrick County, Indiana34,
and died 06 Mar 1908 in Warrick County, Indiana35, and was buried in
Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Warrick County, Indiana39. He married (1)
FLORINDA JANE (FLORA) CAMPBELL36 20 Oct 1843 in Warrick
County, Indiana36. She was born 24 Apr 1822 in Indiana37, and died 22
Mar 1876 in Warrick County, Indiana37, and buried in Wesley Chapel
Cemetery, Warrick County, Indiana40. He married (2) ELIZABETH
M. CHINN38 Aft. 1876 in Warrick County, Indiana. She was born
Abt. 183639, and died 13 Oct 1893 in Warrick County, Indiana39.
Notes for EZEKIEL ANDREW FARMER, SR.:
In the History of Warrick County, Indiana Ezekiel said he was a son of
William and Mary Bates Farmer. Ezekiel was left fatherless as an
infant and at 15 began doing for himself, receiving a limited education.
He fathered 8 children by his first wife, Florinda J. Campbell. She died
in 1876 and he married Mrs. Elizabeth M. Chinn Phillips. He owned
340 acres of good land. He began life as a poor boy and by diligence
and perseverance he acquired a substantial home and surroundings. He
was a Democrat and his wife was a member of the Regular Baptist
Church, all per Biographical Sketches in the History of Warrick County
p. 215.
Ezekiel A. bought T 5S Section 29 R 6W SW 40 acres on March 26,
1850 and June 1, 1850.
His obituary said he was 84 and died in the home of his son John. He
left five children: Mrs. Mary Wright of Spencer County, Indiana;
Andrew and William of Tennyson, Warrick County; George of
Barnsley, Kentucky. His remains were interred in the Wesley Chapel
Cemetery.
109
Notes for FLORINDA JANE (FLORA) CAMPBELL:
Her obituary in the Warrick County Newspaper on March 25, 1876
said she had a heart attack while slopping the pigs and they ate and
mutilated her body and one of the children found her. She was about
50. Her remains were taken to the Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
Children of EZEKIEL FARMER and FLORINDA CAMPBELL
were:
11.
i. WILLIAM HARRISON16 FARMER, b. 25 Nov 1844,
Warrick County, Indiana; d. 1924, Warrick County,
Indiana.
ii. MARTHA JANE FARMER41, b. 1847, Warrick County,
Indiana41; d. Bef. 1895, Warrick County, Indiana42; m. ?
BEYERS43.
12.
iii. JOHN THOMAS FARMER, b. 05 May 1849, Warrick
County, Indiana; d. 04 Aug 1925, Warrick County, Indiana.
13.
iv. EZEKIEL (ANDY) ANDREW FARMER, JR., b. 11 May
1851, Warrick County, Indiana; d. 09 Aug 1912, Warrick
County, Indiana.
14.
v. GEORGE C. FARMER, b. 27 Dec 1852, Warrick County,
Indiana.
15.
vi. WESLEY WILLIAM FARMER, b. Abt. 1854, Warrick
County, Indiana; d. Abt. 08 Oct 1887, Warrick County,
Indiana.
vii. MARY E. FARMER44, b. Abt. 1856, Warrick County,
Indiana44; m. ? WRIGHT. Lived in Spencer County,
Indiana.
viii. JOSEPH E. FARMER44, b. Abt. 1858, Warrick County,
Indiana44; d. Bef. 1885, Warrick County, Indiana44. He is
not listed in the Warrick County History because he died
before it was published.
6. PHOEBE WELLS15 FARMER (WILLIAM14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS1)45 was born 10 Jan 1825 in Warrick County, Indiana46,
110
and died 12 Jan 1911 in Gibson County, Indiana46, and was buried in
Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana49. She married
JOSEPH Y(E)AGER47 01 Mar 1843 in Gibson County, Indiana47, son
of JOHN YAGER and NANCY YAGER. He was born 06 Aug 1824
in Indiana48, and died 16 Jun 1905 in Montgomery Township, Gibson
County, Indiana48, and was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson
County, Indiana49.
Notes for PHOEBE WELLS FARMER:
In the 1850 Federal Census of Johnson Township, Gibson County,
Indiana Joseph was 26, Phebe was 26, John W. was 6, Hiram L. was 3,
and Joshua L. was 1. They are all born in Indiana. They remained in
the same place through the 1880 Federal Census.
In the 1900 Federal Census of Union Township, Gibson County,
Indiana Joseph was born August 1824 and Phebe W. was born January
1825. They were both 75 and had been married 57 years. She had
given birth to 10 children and 8 were still alive as of June 26, 1900.
Children of PHOEBE FARMER and JOSEPH Y(E)AGER were:
16.
i. JOHN W.16 YAGER, b. Aug 1844, Gibson County,
Indiana.
ii. HIRAM L. YAGER51, b. Apr 1847, Gibson County,
Indiana51; m. NANCY E. ROBINSON51; b. May 1848,
Indiana51.
Notes for HIRAM L. YAGER:
In the 1900 Federal Census of Patoka Township, Gibson
County, Indiana Hiram was 53 and had been married 33
years to Nancy E. 52 who had 5 children, 2 were still
living. He was a plasterer. Nancy's parents were from
South Carolina.
17.
iii. JOSHUA S. YAGER52, b. 1849, Gibson County, Indiana52.
iv. LYDIA (LEOLA) ELLEN YAGER, b. 18 Dec 1854,
Gibson County, Indiana; d. 04 Jul 1929, San Diego, San
Diego County, California.
111
18.
v. THOMAS LEROY YAGER, b. 1856, Gibson County,
Indiana.
vi. MARY A. YAGER53, b. 1859, Gibson County, Indiana53;
m. ? MONTGOMERY53; b. 53; d. Bef. 190054.
Notes for MARY A. YAGER:
In the 1900 Federal Census of Union Township, Gibson
County, Indiana Mary was widowed, had never had any
children and lived with her parents.
19.
20.
vii. GEORGE M. YAGER, b. Jul 1865, Gibson County,
Indiana.
viii. CHARLES H. YAGER, b. Jan 1868, Gibson County,
Indiana.
ix. CHARLES O. YAGER55, b. 1872, Gibson County,
Indiana55.
Generation No. 3
7. WILLIAM16 FARMER (ISAAC15, WILLIAM14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS1)56 was born 25 Mar 1836 in Pike County, Indiana57, and
died 1895 in Pike County, Indiana57. He married MALINDA
SHIVELY58 Abt. 1856. She was born 09 Aug 1837 in Lanier, Pueblo,
Ohio59, and died 22 Mar 1914 in Pike County, Indiana59.
Notes for WILLIAM FARMER:
In the 1880 Federal Census of Pike County, Indiana William was
married and had several children.
William Farmer 45
Malinda Farmer 42
Harriet Ann Farmer 19
Ellen Farmer 18
Mary Jane Farmer 16
Isaac Farmer 12
112
Leonard Farmer 8
Ida Farmer 6
Children of WILLIAM FARMER and MALINDA SHIVELY were:
i. HARDEN17 FARMER59, b. 1857, Pike County, Indiana59.
ii. NANCY FARMER59, b. 1858, Pike County, Indiana59.
iii. HARRIET ANN FARMER60, b. 1860, Pike County,
Indiana61; d. 1939, Warrick County, Indiana61; m.
WILLIAM DAVID SIMPSON62.
iv. ELLEN FARMER63, b. 1862, Pike County, Indiana63.
v. MARY JANE FARMER63, b. 1864, Pike County,
Indiana63.
vi. ISAAC FARMER63, b. 1868, Pike County, Indiana63.
vii. JACOB FARMER63, b. 1869, Pike County, Indiana63; d.
Bef. 1880, Pike County, Indiana64.
viii. LEONARD FARMER65, b. 1872, Pike County, Indiana65.
ix. IDA FARMER65, b. 1874, Pike County, Indiana65.
x. GERTIE FARMER66, b. 1881, Pike County, Indiana66.
8. SAMUEL16 FARMER (ISAAC15, WILLIAM14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS1)67 was born 1838 in Pike County, Indiana68, and died 09
Jun 1917 in Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana68 and was buried in
Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana71. He married
LOUISA CATO69 19 Sep 1869 in Pike County, Indiana70. She was
born 1850 in Indiana, and died 1932 in Oakland City, Gibson County,
Indiana and was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County,
Indiana71.
Notes for SAMUEL FARMER:
In the 1870 Federal Census of Pike County, Indiana Samuel began his
large family. In the 1880 Federal Census they were listed as:
Samuel Farmer 43
Louisa Farmer 30
Daniel G. Farmer 18
113
Arvila Farmer 14
Dartha A. Farmer 13
Rhoda V. Farmer 9
Harriet M. Farmer 7
Frances Farmer 6
Nancy Farmer 4
Ida B. Farmer 2
In the 1900 Federal Census of Gibson County, Indiana the children
were mostly gone and they now had a granddaughter living with them.
Louisa claimed to have had 6 children and that 5 were still living. They
had been married for 38 years.
Samuel Farmer 62
Louisa Farmer 50
John W Farmer 18
Lillie E Farmer 5
Note: Samuel must have had a first wife that gave birth to Daniel G.
and Arvilla, since Louisa and he married after their births and the 1900
Federal Census said she only had 6 children, not eight.
Children of SAMUEL FARMER and LOUISA CATO were:
i. DANIEL G.17 FARMER73, b. 1862, Pike County,
Indiana73.
ii. ARVILA FARMER73, b. 1864, Pike County, Indiana73.
iii. DARTHA ALICE FARMER73, b. 1867, Pike County,
Indiana73.
iv. RHODA V. FARMER73, b. 1873, Pike County, Indiana73.
v. FRANCES FARMER73, b. 1874, Pike County, Indiana73.
vi. HARRIET M. FARMER73, b. 1875, Pike County,
Indiana73; d. 02 May 1941, Spokane, Washington74.
vii. NANCY FARMER75, b. 1876, Pike County, Indiana75.
viii. IDA BELLE FARMER75, b. Mar 1878, Pike County,
Indiana75; m. SAMUEL MCCLITTICK HYNEMAN76, 27
Jan 1897, Gibson County, Indiana77; b. 09 Sep 1854,
ix. JOHN W. FARMER80, b. 1881, Gibson County, Indiana80.
114
9. GAINES WASHINGTON16 FARMER (ISAAC15, WILLIAM14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1)81 was born 1842 in Pike County, Indiana81,
and died 09 Aug 1869 in Pike County, Indiana82. He married ANNIE
?83 Abt. 1865. She was born 1848 in Indiana, and died before 1880 in
Pike County, Indiana.
Child of GAINES FARMER and ANNIE ? was:
i. LOUIS/LEWIS E.17 FARMER84, b. Abt. 1866, Pike
County, Indiana.
10. ALBERT B.16 FARMER (ISAAC15, WILLIAM14, FOREST13,
RICHARDS1)85 was born 1849 in Pike County, Indiana86, and died
before 1930. He married (1) ??. He married (2) MALISSA ?87 Abt.
1869. She was born 185087. He married (3) FANNIE J. PHILLIPS88
25 Feb 1901 in Gibson County, Indiana88.
Notes for ALBERT B. FARMER:
In the 1880 Federal Census Albert B. was married to his second wife
and had three children.
Albert B. Farmer 31
Malisia Farmer 30
Alison Farmer 9
Cora B. Farmer 7
Joseph E. Farmer 5
In the 1900 Federal Census he lived in Knox County, Indiana.
Albert B Farmer 51
Allison Farmer 29
Cora B Farmer 26
Edith Reel 18
115
The 1910 Federal Census of Patoka Township, Gibson County showed
Albert had been married 3 times and was now with wife Fannie Phillips
and her son James Steele. The couple was still alive together in the
same place in the 1920 Federal Census. They were gone by 1930.
Children of ALBERT FARMER and MALISSA ? were:
i. ALLISON17 FARMER89, b. Aug 1870, Pike County,
Indiana89.
ii. CORA B. FARMER90, b. Jul 1873, Pike County, Indiana91;
m. ABRAM D. COOMBS92, 01 Mar 1891, Gibson County,
Indiana92.
iii. JOSEPH E. FARMER93, b. 1875, Pike County, Indiana93.
11. WILLIAM HARRISON16 FARMER (EZEKIEL ANDREW15,
WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11, HENRY10,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)94 was born 25 Nov 1844 in
Warrick County, Indiana94, and died 1924 in Warrick County, Indiana95
and buried in Bethabara Cemetery, Folsomville, Warrick County,
Indiana99 . He married (1) SARAH L. LANKFORD96 09 Mar 1865 in
Warrick County, Indiana96, daughter of WILLIAM LANKFORD and
AGNES PHILLIPS. She was born 06 Dec 184596, and died 21 Dec
1895 in Warrick County, Indiana97, and was buried in Bethabara
Cemetery, Folsomville, Warrick County, Indiana99. He married (2)
SAVANNAH (SARAH) G./E. BROSHEARS 18 Mar 1898 in Warrick
County, Indiana98.
Notes for WILLIAM HARRISON FARMER:
In the History of Warrick County page 215, Indiana William H. was a
prominent farmer of Tennyson, Skelton Township and a native to that
area. He was the oldest son in a family of eight born to Ezekiel and
Florinda J. Campbell Farmer. He married Sarah L. Lankford, daughter
of William and Agnes Phillips Lankford of the same county. He listed
children as: Florinda A., Nancy J., William W. (deceased), Mary E. and
116
Ira J. He farmed 142 acres, had no religious affiliation, and was a
Democrat.
Many researchers showed Sarah L. 1845 as the child of Patsy Farmer
and Samuel Lankford, but this was incorrect based on 1) the wrong
date of birth (1840 vs. 1845) and 2) the Warrick County History.
Children of WILLIAM FARMER and SARAH LANKFORD were:
i. FLORINDA (FLORA) JANE17 FARMER102, b. 10 Mar
1866, Warrick County, Indiana103; d. 21 Jan 1980, Warrick
County, Indiana104; b. Oak Hill Cemetery, Winslow, Pike
County, Indiana104; m.. WALLACE P. WOOLSEY104.
ii. NANCY J. FARMER105, b. 1868, Warrick County,
Indiana106; d. 1891, Warrick County, Indiana107; b.
Bethabara Cemetery, Folsomville, Warrick County,
Indiana109.
iii. WILLIAM WESLEY FARMER108, b. 02 Jan 1871,
Warrick County, Indiana109; d. 15 Sep 1873, Warrick
County, Indiana109; b. Bethabara Cemetery, Folsomville,
Warrick County, Indiana109.
iv. MARY E. FARMER110, b. 05 Jan 1873, Warrick County,
Indiana111; d. 27 Jan 1896, Warrick County, Indiana111; m. ?
HAAS111.
v. IRA JEFF FARMER112, b. 05 Aug 1875, Warrick County,
Indiana113; d. 25 or 30 Jul 1915, Warrick County, Indiana114;
b. Skelton Cemetery, Tennyson, Warrick County,
Indiana115
Children of WILLIAM FARMER and SAVANNAH BROSHEARS
were:
vi. ATHEL17 FARMER115, b. 30 Jan 1899, Warrick County,
Indiana115; d. 1958, Warrick County, Indiana115; m. DAISY
WOOLSEY115, 12 Aug 1920, Warrick County, Indiana116;
b. 1900117; d. 1952117.
vii. LELER (ISLER) FARMER119, b. 1902, Warrick County,
Indiana119; d. 14 Oct 1910, Warrick County, Indiana119.
viii. CECIL FARMER119, b. 28 May 1904, Warrick County,
Indiana119; d. 25 Feb 1988, Warrick County, Indiana119.
117
ix. THURMAN S. FARMER119, b. 05 May 1910, Warrick
County, Indiana119; d. 29 May 1959, Warrick County,
Indiana119.
12. JOHN THOMAS16 FARMER (EZEKIEL ANDREW15,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)120 was born 05 May 1849 in
Warrick County, Indiana121, and died 04 Aug 1925 in Warrick County,
Indiana121 and was buried in Garrison Cemetery, Tennyson, Warrick
County, Indiana126. He married (1) ROSANNA PIERCE 09 Jul 1868
in Warrick County, Indiana122. She was born 05 Apr 1850123, and died
22 Oct 1879 in Warrick County, Indiana124and was buried in Garrison
Cemetery, Tennyson, Warrick County, Indiana127. He married (2)
EFFIE SPRADLEY125 1899 in Warrick County, Indiana125.
Children of JOHN FARMER and ROSANNA PIERCE were:
i. JESSE ANDREW17 FARMER, b. 1870, Warrick County,
Indiana.
ii. EVA FARMER, b. 1873, Warrick County, Indiana.
iii. EZEKIEL FARMER, b. 1875, Warrick County, Indiana.
iv. EFFIE FARMER, b. 1877, Warrick County, Indiana.
v. WILLIAM H. FARMER, b. 1879, Warrick County,
Indiana.
13. EZEKIEL (ANDY) ANDREW16 FARMER, JR. (EZEKIEL
ANDREW15, WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)130 was born 11 May
1851 in Warrick County, Indiana130, and died 09 Aug 1912 in Warrick
County, Indiana and was buried in Garrison Cemetery, Tennyson,
Warrick County, Indiana135. He married (1) SARAH ELLEN
PIERCE131 Abt. 1872 in Warrick County, Indiana. She was born 06
Nov 1852 in Warrick County, Indiana132, and died 11 Oct 1878 in
118
Warrick County, Indiana132 and was buried in Garrison Cemetery,
Tennyson, Warrick County, Indiana135. He married (2) BERNETTA
RHODES133 Abt. 1885. He married (3) ? COX134 1899 in Warrick
County, Indiana134.
Notes for EZEKIEL (ANDY) ANDREW FARMER, JR.:
He went by Andy not Ezekiel.
In the 1880 Warrick County, Indiana Federal Census he lived with his
two daughters at his in-laws house. Their mother, his wife, had died.
He lived in Tennyson, Warrick County, Indiana upon his father's death
in 1908.
By the 1910 Federal Census he was divorced from his wife Bernetta
Rhodes who moved to Texas. He may have had a child with her as
many researchers listed an unknown child born about 1889.
Children of EZEKIEL FARMER and SARAH PIERCE were:
i. SAPHRONIA (FRONA) A.17 FARMER137, b. 1874,
Warrick County, Indiana137; m. ?, 25 May 1893,
Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
ii. EFFY FARMER137, b. 1877, Warrick County, Indiana137.
14. GEORGE C.16 FARMER (EZEKIEL ANDREW15, WILLIAM14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1)138 was born 27 Dec 1852 in Warrick County,
Indiana138. He married NANCY E. WRIGHT138 in Warrick County,
Indiana, daughter of WILLIAM WRIGHT and MELISSA HESSON.
She was born 17 Jan 1862138.
Notes for GEORGE C. FARMER:
In the History of Warrick County page 215 George said he got a fair
education in his youth and remained at home on the farm until his
marriage to Nancy E. Wright, daughter of William H. and Mellissa
Hesson. Farming and livestock were his specialty on 107 well119
improved acres. He was a Democrat and was not affiliated with any
religion.
The 1880 Skelton Township, Warrick County, Indiana Federal Census
listed George and wife Nancy with 1 year old son John T. and Nancy's
parents. He lived in Barnsley, Kentucky upon his father's death in
1908.
Children of GEORGE FARMER and NANCY WRIGHT were:
i. JOHN T.17 FARMER138, b. Bet. 1879 - 1880, Warrick
County, Indiana139; d. 1912, Warrick County, Indiana140; b.
Montgomery Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana140.
ii. WILLIAM E. FARMER141, b. after 1880, Warrick County,
Indiana.
iii. GROVER C. FARMER141, b. after 1880, Warrick County,
Indiana.
iv. THOMAS H. FARMER141, b. after 1880, Warrick County,
Indiana.
15. WESLEY WILLIAM16 FARMER (EZEKIEL ANDREW15,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)141 was born Abt. 1854 in Warrick
County, Indiana141, and died Abt. 08 Oct 1887 in Warrick County,
Indiana142. He married MARY T. EMMONS143 19 Apr 1874 in
Spencer County, Indiana143. She was born 1860144.
Children of WESLEY FARMER and MARY EMMONS were:
i. IDA E.17 FARMER, b. 1874, Warrick County, Indiana.
ii. JACOB W. FARMER, b. 1877, Warrick County, Indiana.
iii. H. E. FARMER, b. 1879, Warrick County, Indiana.
16. JOHN W.16 YAGER (PHOEBE WELLS15 FARMER,
120
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)146 was born Aug 1844 in Gibson
County, Indiana146. He married NANCY E.146. She was born Dec
1847 in Indiana146.
Notes for JOHN W. YAGER:
In the 1900 Federal Census of Union Township, Gibson County,
Indiana John W. was 55 and married to Nancy E. 52. No length of
marriage was listed, but she had six kids, all were still living. There
were three children living on their own, so they were not identified
below.
Children of JOHN YAGER and NANCY E. were:
i. OREAN A.17 YAGER146, b. Feb 1870, Indiana146.
ii. CHARLES C. YAGER146, b. Sep 1880, Indiana146.
iii. WILLIAM O. YAGER146, b. Jun 1885, Indiana146.
17. LYDIA (LEOLA) ELLEN16 YAGER (PHOEBE WELLS15
FARMER, WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)147 was born 18 Dec
1854 in Gibson County, Indiana148, and died 04 Jul 1929 in San Diego,
San Diego County, California and buried in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
She married JONAS THEOPHILUS BIXLER148, son of JOHN
BIXLER and CAROLINE LECHNER. He was born 03 Feb 1848 in
Indiana, and died 14 Aug 1924 in New Madrid. Missouri.
Children of LYDIA YAGER and JONAS BIXLER were:
i. ELVA17 BIXLER, b. 22 Dec 1872, Haubstadt, Indiana; d.
25 Jan 1944; m. (1) RUBIN B. PIERCE; m. (2) ?
HASTINGS, 19 Nov 1890.
21.
ii. CARRIE WELLS BIXLER, b. 28 Dec 1874, Haubstadt,
Indiana; d. 29 Jul 1953, Lebanon, Oregon.
iii. ADA B. BIXLER, b. 1879, Haubstadt, Indiana; m.
KELLEY LAIN.
iv. CHARLES BIXLER, b. Nov 1883; d. Abt. 1927.
121
v. JOE BIXLER, b. Oct 1886; m. SYDNEY.
vi. WILLIS (WILLIE) E. BIXLER, b. Mar 1890.
vii. VIOLA BIXLER, b. May 1894; m. ? CARPENTER.
18. THOMAS LEROY16 YAGER (PHOEBE WELLS15 FARMER,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)149 was born 1856 in Gibson
County, Indiana149.
Child of THOMAS LEROY YAGER was:
i. MADGE17 YEAGER150, m. ? OLSON.
19. GEORGE M.16 YAGER (PHOEBE WELLS15 FARMER,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)151 was born Jul 1865 in Gibson
County, Indiana152. He married LILLIE B.153. She was born Jul 1871
in Indiana153.
Notes for GEORGE M. YAGER:
In the 1900 Federal Census of Montgomery Township, Gibson
County, Indiana George M. was 34, married 10 years to Lillie B. who
was 28 and had one child who was still living. Lulu was 8. All were
born in Indiana.
Child of GEORGE YAGER and LILLIE B. was:
i. LULU17 YAGER153, b. Jul 1891, Gibson County,
Indiana153.
20. CHARLES H.16 YAGER (PHOEBE WELLS15 FARMER,
122
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)154 was born Jan 1868 in Gibson
County, Indiana154. He married ELIZA A.155. She was born Aug 1870
in Indiana156.
Notes for CHARLES H. YAGER:
In the 1900 census of Union Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Charles H. lived next door to his parents. He was 32 and had been
married 12 years to Eliza A. who was 29 and had one child, Joseph A.
age 10 who was still living. Eliza's father was born in Germany and her
mother in Indiana.
Child of CHARLES YAGER and ELIZA A. was:
i. JOSEPH A.17 YAGER157, b. Mar 1890, Indiana.
Generation No. 4
21. CARRIE WELLS17 BIXLER (LYDIA (LEOLA) ELLEN16
YAGER, PHOEBE WELLS15 FARMER, WILLIAM14, FOREST13,
was born 28 Dec 1874 in Haubstadt, Indiana, and died 29 Jul 1953 in
Lebanon, Oregon and buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lebanon, Oregon.
She married WILLIAM PLEASANT DAVIS 17 Feb 1901 in Dyer
County, Tennessee. He was born 09 Jan 1881 in Obion, Tennessee.
Children of CARRIE BIXLER and WILLIAM DAVIS were:
i. LUCILLE18 DAVIS, b. 06 Sep 1902, Dyersburg,
Tennessee; d. 26 Sep 1979, Lebanon, Oregon; m. (1)
WALTER BELL; m. (2) HARRY (JACK) ALLEN; m. (3)
CLARENCE MORRIS, 26 Apr 1919.
ii. TRUMAN DEWEY DAVIS, b. 29 Feb 1904, Dyersburg,
Tennessee; d. 20 Jan 1967, Whittman, Arizona; m. (1) ?
BISHOP; m. (2) ?.
22.
iii. JOYE MARIE DAVIS, b. 12 Oct 1905, Dyersburg,
Tennessee; d. 28 Nov 1966, Phoenix, Arizona.
123
23.
iv. THEO MADGE DAVIS, b. 01 Mar 1908, Dyersburg,
Tennessee; d. 31 Aug 1976, Vancouver, Washington; b.
Lebanon. Oregon; m. ? SCHENCK.
v. SINCLAIR (DOC) DAVIS, b. 13 Oct 1909, Dyersburg,
Tennessee; d. 1990, Phoenix, Arizona; m. ?.
vi. RHONA ELISE DAVIS, b. 10 Apr 1911, Dyersburg,
Tennessee; d. 16 Mar 1999, Tucson, Arizona; m. (1) ?
COMBS; m. (2) ? RAMBO.
vii. WILLIAM ROSCOE DAVIS, b. 21 Sep 1912, Dyersburg,
Tennessee; d. 01 Oct 1989, Lebanon, Oregon; m. ?
MARSHALL.
viii. FRED FULLER DAVIS, b. 09 Dec 1914, Dyersburg,
Tennessee; d. 31 Oct 1992, Trinidad, Colorado.
ix. WOODROW WILSON DAVIS, b. 19 Sep 1916,
Blythesville, Arkansas; d. 03 Jul 1990, Eugene, Oregon; m.
? SMITH.
x. KATHERINE (KITTY) DAVIS, b. 30 Dec 1920,
Blythesville, Arkansas; d. 18 May 1998, Chandler, Arizona;
m. (1) ? LINDSAY; m. (2) ? LONGERBEAM; m. (3) ?
FISHER.
Generation No. 5
22. JOYE MARIE18 DAVIS (CARRIE WELLS17 BIXLER, LYDIA
(LEOLA) ELLEN16 YAGER, PHOEBE WELLS15 FARMER,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 12 Oct 1905 in
Dyersburg, Tennessee, and died 28 Nov 1966 in Phoenix, Arizona.
She married ? GREENWALT.
Child of JOYE DAVIS and ? GREENWALT was:
i. ARAH ANN19 GREENWALT.
124
23. FRED FULLER18 DAVIS (CARRIE WELLS17 BIXLER,
LYDIA (LEOLA) ELLEN16 YAGER, PHOEBE WELLS15
FARMER, WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 09 Dec 1914
in Dyersburg, Tennessee, and died 31 Oct 1992 in Trinidad, Colorado.
He married ? FELAND.
Notes for FRED FULLER DAVIS:
Merchant Marine, Diesel Mechanic and Minister.
Children of FRED DAVIS and ? FELAND were:
24.
i. CHILD19 DAVIS.
ii. KNOWLA LOUISE DAVIS, b. 04 Dec 1959, Port
Hueneme, California; d. 09 Aug 1987, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, California; b. Forest Lawn Cemetery.
25.
iii. CHILD DAVIS.
Generation No. 6
24. CHILD19 DAVIS (FRED FULLER18, CARRIE WELLS17
BIXLER, LYDIA (LEOLA) ELLEN16 YAGER, PHOEBE
WELLS15 FARMER, WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) He married
(1) ? LEE. He married (2) ?.
Children of CHILD DAVIS and ? LEE were:
i. CHILD20 DAVIS.
ii. CHILD DAVIS.
iii. CHILD DAVIS.
iv. SARAH MARIE DAVIS, b. 29 Nov 1985, Walsenburg,
Colorado; d. 04 Apr 2000, Shawnee, Oklahoma; b.
Trinidad Masonic Cemetery, Trinidad, Colorado.
125
Notes for SARAH MARIE DAVIS:
Fell from a grain elevator.
25. CHILD19 DAVIS (FRED FULLER18, CARRIE WELLS17
BIXLER, LYDIA (LEOLA) ELLEN16 YAGER, PHOEBE
WELLS15 FARMER, WILLIAM14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) Child
married ? WEST.
Children of CHILD DAVIS and ? WEST were:
i. CHILD20 DAVIS.
ii. CHILD DAVIS.
iii. CHILD DAVIS.
iv. CHILD DAVIS.
Endnotes
1. Son's Bio in the History of Warrick County, Indiana p. 215.
2. Son's Bio and Indiana Marriage Indices to 1850.
4. Findagrave.com.
5. Findagrave.com.
7. Findagrave.com.
8. Findagrave.com.
10. 1850 Boone Township, Warrick County Census.
126
20. Death Certificate vol. 2, pp. 168-169.
22. Findagrave.com.
24. Findagrave.com.
27. 1860 Pike County Census and Middle Initial from Marriage
Certification.
30. 1860-1870 Pike County Census and Gibson County Marriages
Index 1850 - 1920.
34. Warrick County History p. 215.
35. Obituary.
37. Findagrave.com.
39. Obituary.
40. Findagrave.com.
42. Skelton Township in History of Warrick, Spencer & Perry Co, IN
Goodspeed.
43. Mother's Obituary.
45. Census & Descendants & IGI Records & Middle Name W. in
Marriage Indices and Gravestone.
Rootsweb.com.
Rootsweb.com.
51. 1900 Princeton City, Patoka Township, Gibson County, Indiana.
127
53. 1900 Union Township, Gibson County, Indiana Census.
54. Wife listed as widowed in 1900 Census.
57. Ancestry.com.
59. Ancestry.com.
61. Findagrave.com.
62. Ancestry.com.
64. Ancestry.com.
66. Ancestry.com.
68. Gibson County Death Records 1882-1920 and Montgomery
Cemetery Records, Gibson County, Indiana.
69. 1880-1900 Census of Pike and Gibson Counties in Indiana.
71. Find grave.com.
74. Ancestry.com.
76. Ancestry.com and Indiana Marriage Records.
78. Ancestry.com.
81. 1860 Pike County, Indiana.
82. Ancestry.com.
83. 1870 Census of Pike, Indiana.
84. Listed as an orphan in the 1880 census of Pike, Indiana.
86. Ancestry.com.
128
89. Ancestry.com.
91. 1900 Census.
93. Ancestry.com.
95. Findagrave.com.
97. Obituary.
99. Findagrave.com.
112. Warrick County History p. 215 & Skelton Cemetery Records.
114. Obituary and Skelton Cemetery Records.
123. 1870 Census of Warrick, Indiana.
124. Find grave.com.
Goodspeed.
129
127. Find grave.com.
Goodspeed.
131. Findagrave.com and Ancestry.com.
133. Ancestry.com.
Goodspeed.
Goodspeed.
139. 1880 Warrick County, Indiana Census and Findagrave.com.
142. Obituary.
148. Entire Jonas Theophilus Bixler line from Ancestry.com.
150. FTW 67610.
151. 1900 Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana.
152. Census & Descendants & IGI Records.
153. 1900 Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana.
155. 1900 Census.
157. 1900 Census.
Source of Indiana Farmer lineages:
130
The Field Lineage
Anna Jane Field
The Field line of the family does not officially join the Farmers
until the 1842 marriage of William Farmer, son of John F. and
Elizabeth Jane Dill Farmer, to Anna Jane Field. This couple raised a
large family and became the progenitors of the line in Greene County,
Illinois. Despite the Field late addition to the family, they were
neighbors of the Farmers as far back as Jamestown, Virginia. The
families would have known one another and served in political office
together. It was when they both ended up in Gibson County, Indiana
that their true interrelationship began. The Field lineage extends
further back in time than any of the rest of the families in this book.
There is documented evidence of the Field line back to 1030. That is
where their story begins.
131
Ancestors of Anna Jane Field
132
European Field Ancestors
The first identified Field ancestor was Sir Hubertus de la Feld
born 1030 in Colmar, Alsace, Germany (now France). He was born to
a family that held the title of Count de la Feld, which means Count of
the Field, since the 6th century. Tradition says, but has not been
proven, that Hubertus left for England with William the Conqueror in
1066. Researchers speculate that since no records existed on him
before 1069 when he appeared as a land owner in Lancaster,
Lancashire, England that he might have attained his knighthood and
English land in payment for his valor under William the Conqueror.
Lancashire
The next few generations were documented but little is known
about them other than their names and a few dates. Generation 3
changed the surname to del Feld. That was how it remained for several
generations. In Generation 10 the name morphed to del Felde.
Generation 11 dropped the “del” in the surname and simply used Feld.
In 1519 Reverend John of Generation 13 changed the surname to
Field. Although he used the Field surname it was also sometimes
published as Fyelde.
Reverend John Field was the most noted in our line of
European Field ancestors. He was the rector of St. Giles Church,
London, England. Rectors were the clergy in the Anglican religion that
managed a parish. John led a strike on Parliament for Presbyterians in
1569. He authored, "A Godly Exhortation by Occasion of the Late
133
Judgment of God Showed at Paris Garden, 13 January, 1583.” It was a
violent attack upon theatrical entertainment of the time.
His parish at St. Giles Church was completed in 1550. It had a
long history. It was bombed during WWII. Only the tower survived.
It was rebuilt in the 1950's. The English military and political leader
Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchin there in 1620. The poet
James Milton was buried there in 1674.
Descendants of Hubertus de la Feld
Generation No. 1
1. HUBERTUS1 DE LA FELD was born 1030, and died 1092.
Child of HUBERTUS DE LA FELD was:
2.
i. JOHN2 DE LA FELD.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 DE LA FELD (HUBERTUS1)
Child of JOHN DE LA FELD was:
3.
i. HENRY3 DEL FELD.
Generation No. 3
3. HENRY3 DEL FELD (JOHN2 DE LA FELD, HUBERTUS1)
Child of HENRY DEL FELD was:
4.
i. ADAM4 DEL FELD.
Generation No. 4
134
4. ADAM4 DEL FELD (HENRY3, JOHN2 DE LA FELD,
HUBERTUS1)
Child of ADAM DEL FELD was:
5.
i. ROBERT5 DEL FELD, b. 1220.
Generation No. 5
5. ROBERT5 DEL FELD (ADAM4, HENRY3, JOHN2 DE LA
FELD, HUBERTUS1) was born 1220. He was a bailiff in Exeter,
Devonshire, England.
Devonshire
Child of ROBERT DEL FELD was:
6.
i. ROGER6 DEL FELD, b. 1240, Sowerby, North
Yorkshire, England; d. 1278, Sowerby, North Yorkshire,
England.
135
Yorkshire
Generation No. 6
6. ROGER6 DEL FELD (ROBERT5, ADAM4, HENRY3, JOHN2 DE
LA FELD, HUBERTUS1) was born 1240 in Sowbery, North
Yorkshire, England, and died 1278 in Sowbery, North Yorkshire,
England.
Child of ROGER DEL FELD was:
7.
i. THOMAS7 DEL FELD, b. 1278, Sowbery, North
Yorkshire, England; d. 1322.
Generation No. 7
7. THOMAS7 DEL FELD (ROGER6, ROBERT5, ADAM4, HENRY3,
JOHN2 DE LA FELD, HUBERTUS1) was born 1278 in Sowbery,
North Yorkshire, England, and died 1322.
Child of THOMAS DEL FELD was:
8.
i. JOHN8 DEL FELD, b. 1300.
Generation No. 8
8. JOHN8 DEL FELD (THOMAS7, ROGER6, ROBERT5, ADAM4,
HENRY3, JOHN2 DE LA FELD, HUBERTUS1) was born 1300. He
136
was named in the Wakefield Manor rolls in 1326, 1334 and 1336 when
he had land in Sowbery, North Yorkshire, England.
Child of JOHN DEL FELD was:
9.
i. THOMAS9 DEL FELD, b. 1330; d. 1391, Sowbery, North
Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 9
9. THOMAS9 DEL FELD (JOHN8, THOMAS7, ROGER6,
ROBERT5, ADAM4, HENRY3, JOHN2 DE LA FELD,
HUBERTUS1) was born 1330, and died 1391 in Sowbery, North
Yorkshire, England. He married ANNABELLE.
Child of THOMAS DEL FELD and ANNABELLE was:
10.
i. THOMAS10 DEL FELDE, b. 1360; d. 1429.
Generation No. 10
10. THOMAS10 DEL FELDE (THOMAS9 DEL FELD, JOHN8,
THOMAS7, ROGER6, ROBERT5, ADAM4, HENRY3, JOHN2 DE LA
FELD, HUBERTUS1) was born 1360, and died 1429. He married
ISABEL. He was the first to leave Sowerby and he lived in Bradford,
West Yorkshire, England.
Child of THOMAS DEL FELDE and ISABEL was:
11.
i. WILLIAM11 FELD, d. Apr 1480.
Generation No. 11
11. WILLIAM11 FELD (THOMAS10 DEL FELDE, THOMAS9 DEL
FELD, JOHN8, THOMAS7, ROGER6, ROBERT5, ADAM4, HENRY3,
JOHN2 DE LA FELD, HUBERTUS1) died Apr 1480. He married
KATHERINE.
137
Child of WILLIAM FELD and KATHERINE was:
12.
i. WILLIAM12 FELD, b. Bradford, West Yorkshire,
England.
Generation No. 12
12. WILLIAM12 FELD (WILLIAM11, THOMAS10 DEL FELDE,
THOMAS9 DEL FELD, JOHN8, THOMAS7, ROGER6, ROBERT5,
ADAM4, HENRY3, JOHN2 DE LA FELD, HUBERTUS1) was born
in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He left Bradford and moved to
East Ardsely, West Yorkshire, England.
Child of WILLIAM FELD was:
13.
i. JOHN13 FIELD, SR., b. 1519, Yorkshire, England; d.
1588.
Generation No. 13
13. REV JOHN13 FIELD, SR. (WILLIAM12 FELD, WILLIAM11,
THOMAS10 DEL FELDE, THOMAS9 DEL FELD, JOHN8,
FELD, HUBERTUS1) was born 1519 in Yorkshire, England, and died
1588 in Cripplegate, London, England.
Children of JOHN FIELD, SR. was:
14.
i. JOHN FIELD, JR., b. 1579, St. Giles Parish, London,
England; d. Lincolnshire, England.
Generation No. 14
14. JOHN14 FIELD, JR. (JOHN13, WILLIAM12 FELD, WILLIAM11,
THOMAS10 DEL FELDE, THOMAS9 DEL FELD, JOHN8,
FELD, HUBERTUS1) was born 1579 in St. Giles Parish, London,
138
England, and died in Lincolnshire, England. He married ELEN
HUTCHINSON 13 Aug 1609.
Children of JOHN FIELD and ELEN HUTCHINSON was:
i. HENRY FIELD, b. 1611, Lincolnshire, England; d.
Jamestown, Virginia.
Lincolnshire
Henry Field
Reverend John Field’s entire family was heavily involved in
controversial religious issues of the day. Reverend John was the father
of John Field Jr. of Generation 14. To avoid religious persecution all
four of John Jr.’s sons left England.
One of John Jr.’s sons, Henry Field, was born 1611 in
Lincolnshire, England and became our first American Field ancestor
when he arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. He came with his relative,
John Dickenson, on the ship Expectation. The ship left London and
arrived in Virginia on November 20, 1635. After his arrival in
Jamestown nothing more is known of him other than he married and
had a son Abraham.
Throughout the remainder of the Field genealogy records were
found under the surnames Field and Fields in an almost equal ratio.
139
For consistency sake, all surnames in the book will be listed as Field,
but please realize that Fields was just as commonly used.
Abraham Field Sr.
Abraham was born about 1636, probably shortly after Henry
arrived in Jamestown and married. Abraham married Mary
Ironmonger January 15, 1659. He bought 300 acres, one-half of
Christopher Butler’s land and the associated buildings, in
Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1660. In February of 1662 he
bought another 150 acres from Christopher’s wife Margery. He died
there in the fall of 1674. In his will dated June 16, 1674 and proved in
October of the same year he split his acreage between his two oldest
sons, despite the fact he had two more sons and two daughters. His
wife sold his possessions at an outcry auction and her relative,
Corderoy Ironmonger, sold Abraham’s tobacco crop.
Westmoreland
Daniel Field
Daniel was Abraham and Mary Ironmonger’s second son born
August 26, 1674 in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County,
Virginia. He inherited half of his father’s 450 acres of land located
there. He was also given a heifer cow and an equal share from the
auction proceeds of the sale of his father’s personal property.
Daniel married twice. He first married about 1692. Mary
Elizabeth gave him two children. His second wife, Mary Allday, was a
widow with children named Wheeler and Price from prior marriages.
140
Daniel helped raise her children and she gave him three more of their
own. Both wives preceded him in death.
Between 1674 and 1720 Daniel was in and out of court over
claims related to land and property disputes. Most of the claims were
filed against him, but some were filed against others. He was even
accused of embezzling an estate for which he was executor. Daniel
frequently failed to appear in court, but ultimately all disputes were
settled by the transfer of one of the two most valuable currencies of
the time, land or tobacco.
In his will dated April 17, 1720 and proved June 19, 1720 he
had accumulated a vast amount of land. Each of his direct descendants
got one or more plantations. His personal property was split up in
detail by child. Many of his assets included Negro slaves that he
divided amongst his heirs. He even left his step-children small
inheritances.
Captain Abraham Field, Gentleman
One of Daniel’s younger sons was named Abraham Field born
before 1699 in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County. He was
well-to-do and did not have to work for a living. He took the oath to
join the Colonial Militia on February 2, 1730 in Spotsylvania and was
appointed Captain.
He inherited the plantation called Simeon Luckens and all the
lower part of the land joining to the lower branch near the plantation
called Taylors Wilkinson. He also split inheritance with his brother
Henry on another estate in the fork of the Rappahannock River, plus
he received four Negroes, Will, Geb, Sam and Peter, and a white
servant called Catrine Simons. His 800 acres was in St. George’s
Parish, Spotsylvania County (later Orange and Culpepper Counties).
141
Culpepper
(Spotsylvania)
Orange
In 1734, Orange was a newly formed county from Spotsylvania.
Abraham helped plan the Orange County Courthouse and was a Justice
in 1738. He served as one of the planners for a ferry at Germanna.
Abraham was a member and Vestryman for St. Mark’s (Great Fork)
Anglican Church near Germanna from 1744 until his death on August
1, 1774. Germanna was the first German settlement in English
Virginia. It consisted of 12 families and 42 people brought by
Governor Spotswood in 1714 from Westphalia, Germany.
In 1748, Abraham’s land became a part of the newly formed
Culpepper County. He continued his civic service as the first Justice of
the Peace and as a Magistrate between 1752 through 1758. His most
famous reference was in 1759 when he hired Daniel Boone to haul his
tobacco. Between 1760 and 1768 Abraham and his wife began deeding
their land to each of their sons as they attained adulthood. In all, they
deeded over 600 acres. His will was proved September 18, 1775.
Abraham married three times. The first was after 1692 to Mary
in Westmoreland County. The couple had no children. His second
wife was Elizabeth Withers with whom Abraham had eight children.
He married his third wife Eleanor Bryd between 1750 and 1760 in
Culpepper. Eleanor was born about 1720 and died about June 15,
1796 in Culpepper. The couple had three more children.
Elizabeth Withers, Abraham’s second wife, was the mother of
our next ancestor, Keene. Elizabeth was born December 23, 1706 in
Stafford County, Virginia to James Withers and Elizabeth Keene. She
and Abraham married about 1724. She died between 1750 and 1760 in
Culpepper County. She came from a line of significant individuals in
142
the history of the United States. Bartholomew Gosnold explored the
east coast of the United States in 1602. Upon returning to England he
was a moving force in convincing the English Crown to sponsor a
colony in Virginia. Bartholomew and his cousin, Edward Maria
Wingfield, were among the first boat loads of settlers to Jamestown,
Virginia. Edward Maria Wingfield was voted the first president of the
Virginia colony. Therefore, Field’s descendants may claim their
ancestor was the first President of the United States.
Keene Field
Keene was born about 1725 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
(by 1748 it became Culpepper County). He was named after his
maternal grandmother’s surname which was common in those days.
Keene died before his father, Captain Abraham Field, so Keene’s son
Abraham inherited the portion of land destined originally for Keene.
Keene died intestate about May 16, 1754 in Culpepper County and his
father Captain Abraham was the witness for his inventory of goods.
143
Abraham Field, the Lewis and Clark Connection
Keene’s son Abraham was born November 15, 1744 in
Spotsylvania County, Virginia (by 1748 it became Culpepper County).
In March of 1766 his grandfather documented that land was being sold
on Abraham’s behalf to his Uncle John. Intended for Abraham’s
father Keene who died prematurely, no deed had ever been recorded
showing the official land transfer. Therefore, it was still owned by
grandfather, Captain Abraham. Abraham may well have been raised in
Captain Abraham’s home when Keene died in 1754 as the boy was just
ten. Further support for this were deed records in which he was
referred to as Abraham Jr. to distinguish him from his grandfather.
In 1774 Abraham enlisted as a private in his uncle, Colonel
John Field’s company. Abraham and Uncle John were renowned as
great Indian fighters on the frontier. Uncle John died in the same
battle that Abraham was severely wounded. On June 5, 1775 Abraham
petitioned the Virginia House of Burgess for a military pension for
injuries sustained “on the late Indian expedition, in the Battle on the
Great Kanhawa, at Point Pleasant, [Virginia and later West Virginia
where he] received a Wound in the right Arm, which hath disabled him
to maintain himself, and a Wife, with three small children, who before
144
depended chiefly upon his labour for their support, he having no
Estate; and therefore praying the House to take his case into
consideration, and grant him such Relief as they shall think fit.
Ordered, that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of the
Committee of public Claims, and that they do examine."
The Petition was resolved three days later and read, "Resolved,
that the sum of twenty pounds be paid to Abra[ha]m Fields, a soldier
wounded in the late Indian expedition, and that the sum of ten pounds,
per Annum, be paid to him, during his life." On June 14, 1775 the
entire Council agreed to the resolution.
Point Pleasant
In 1784 Abraham migrated to The Falls of Ohio (now
Louisville), Jefferson County, Kentucky with George Rogers Clark.
Kentucky territory land was plentiful and the government was using it
as a reward for military service to the newly formed United States.
George Rogers Clark was the highest ranking American military officer
on the northwestern frontier during the Revolutionary War. He led the
militia from Kentucky, although it was then still a part of Virginia.
After the war Clark encouraged many soldiers to follow him to
Kentucky where he founded the town that became Louisville in 1778.
George Rogers Clark was the older brother of William Clark of the
famous Lewis and Clark Expedition.
145
Louisville,
Jefferson County
Once Abraham got to Kentucky he was listed frequently in the
county records. He appeared annually to reprove his need for a
military pension. He took on a variety of other civic and political roles
between 1785 and 1811.
He was listed as a resident and hunter on Colonel James F.
Moore’s settlement at Fish Pools from 1785 to 1787. He was Deputy
Sherriff in 1788. From 1786 to 1807 his occupation was identified as
road surveyor. He purchased 200 acres of land in 1790 and remained
at Pond Creek, North Knobs, Jefferson County, Kentucky until 1811.
In 1792 and again in 1807 he deeded some of his land to others,
including his sons Joseph and Ruebin and his daughter and her
husband William Lewis. Between 1814 and his death in August of
1822 Abraham and wife lived in a small house on their daughter’s
property.
Abraham married his wife Elizabeth (Betty) in about 1771 in
Culpepper County, Virginia. She died around 1825. The couple had
seven children. One son, Keen moved on to Indiana and became the
progenitor of the Indiana Field family. He married Anna Lewis, a
family member of the Lewis’ of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Cynthia Field was the youngest and only child born after the family
settled in Kentucky. She married William Lewis, another relative of
members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Two of the younger
boys, Joseph and Reubin Field, were actual members of the Corps of
Discovery (The Lewis and Clark Expedition). Neither of the brothers
married or had children. They are remembered only in the hearts and
minds of Abraham’s descendants like us.
146
Privates Joseph and Reubin Field, Lewis and Clark Expedition
Joseph and Reubin were taught valuable skills by their father
Abraham. Indian hunters and frontiersman were needed by the Corps
of Discovery, the official name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Joseph and Reubin Field were the ultimate adventurers from the Field
family. The choice of these two brothers to accompany Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark on their epic journey to the Pacific was logical
as the blood of explorers and adventurers ran in their veins. The
brothers served as privates in the Corps from August 1, 1803 until
October 10, 1806. For their service they each received $191.66.
Reubin was born about 1791 and died between 1822 and 1823.
He was deeded farmland by his father in Jefferson County, Kentucky
and farmed after the expedition’s completion until his death. Joseph
was born about 1780 and died shortly after the expedition ended in the
summer of 1807 at the Mouth of the Grand River, Dakota Territory.
There is a salt marker in his honor at Fort Clatsop, Oregon which was
the site of the expedition’s winter headquarters.
In a book by Larry E. Morris (2004), The Fate of the Corps: What
Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition, the author
speculates on the possible cause and circumstances of Joseph's death.
Upon returning to the Mandan Indian village where the Corps spent
147
the first winter, William Clark convinced Sheheke, an Indian chief, to
journey with the Corps back to St. Louis and then to proceed on to
Washington to meet President Jefferson. What at first seemed like a
good idea, turned out to have dire consequences. It is Morris' belief
that this decision lead to the suicide of Captain Meriwether Lewis and
the deaths of several people including Joseph Field.
As it turned out, it was not easy to return Sheheke to his village.
One group led by Nathaniel Pryor tried in the summer of 1806. Morris
speculates that Joseph and Reubin were part of this group. The party
also included a contingent of trappers. The group led by Pryor was
basically a military operation. They were attacked by Indians, but
supposedly no one in Pryor's group was killed. Several were wounded.
The second attempt, led by Auguste-Pierre Chouteau was much
less disciplined. On September 9, 1807 they were attacked by the
Arikara Indians, near the mouth of the Grand River in the Dakotas.
Several in Chouteau's group were killed. Morris speculates that Joseph
Field may have been part of Chouteau's contingent and was one of
those who was killed.
Joseph was alive on June 26, 1807, when his parents, Abraham
and Betty Field, transferred a tract of land in Jefferson County,
Kentucky, to him and Reubin. Four months later, on October 20,
1807, in another document, Abraham noted, “whereas my son Joseph
hath departed this life intestate and his property hath come to me as his
heir at law...I hereby convey unto the said Reubin Field...all my
right...in the estate of the said Joseph."
Keen Field, Immigrant to Gibson County, Indiana
In his own way Keen was as adventurous as his brothers
Joseph and Reubin. He left his family and friends and moved into
Indiana Territory in search of virgin land. Rumors were spreading of
the flat terrain and fertile soil in Indiana and Keen wanted his share.
Little was documented of his childhood. His father, Abraham, was a
hunter and surveyor and without a doubt Keen accompanied his father
during some of those activities
Keen Field was born about 1774 in Culpepper County, Virginia
to Abraham and Betty Field. His birth name is often seen spelled Cane
or Cain, as well as Keen. Keen’s name was found on a single court
record for Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1789. At the age of 19, on
148
March 29, 1793 he married Anna Lewis in Shelby County, Kentucky.
He was on the tax and census rosters for Shelby County until 1795. In
1799 he moved to Knox County, Indian Territory the place that in
1813 became the new county and state of Gibson, Indiana. Yet, in
1800 he was listed in the census of Jefferson County, Kentucky so he
must have been in a transitional period between Kentucky and Indiana.
Raised in the Kentucky wilderness Keen had gained the skills
needed to survive in sparsely inhabited southern Indiana. Keen was
credited with opening the first grist mill in White River Township.
Between 1808 and 1810 he served on a jury and worked on a surveying
crew to develop roads. He was charged $1 for a breach of the peace in
1813.
Keen died about January 22, 1815 and his final papers were
filed February 18th of the same year. Keen was buried in a family plot
on the corner of his land known as the Field-Williamson Cemetery,
White River Township, Gibson County, Indiana. Keen’s grave has a
newer stone. Next to it is the original with carved initials K.F. and the
date 1815.
149
The History of Gibson County stated, “The Fields family are
among the old settlers of Gibson County. They are descended from
English and Irish ancestry. They settled in Kentucky soon after the
close of the Revolutionary War. Keen Fields… was a native of
Kentucky, and immigrated to Indiana while it was yet under territorial
form of government. He made his first home on a militia tract east and
adjoining the farm of Mrs. Nancy A. Richards (whose maiden name
was Field [and Keen’s granddaughter]) in White [River] Township. He
there opened up a farm and made it his permanent place of abode,
until his death, which occurred in 1815. He married Anna Lewis, who
survived him a number of years. By the union there were ten children,
eight sons and two daughters.”
Joseph Riley Field, Immigrant to Greene County, Illinois
Joseph Riley Field was born January 23, 1803 in Louisville,
Jefferson County, Kentucky to Keen and Anna Lewis Field. He was
aware of the richness of the soil in central Illinois because some of his
Field relatives were operating a transport business between Gibson
County, Indiana and Palmyra, Macoupin County, Illinois. Like his
father before him, Joseph Riley decided to follow the migration to
newly opened frontiers in search of cheaper, more abundant, and more
fertile land.
150
By 1831 he was living in Alton, Madison County, Illinois. By
1832 he was living in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois. He bought
2,100 acres of land, all in one tract between Macoupin and Apple
Creeks. The family moved into a small log cabin, where he lived
several years. Later, Joseph Riley erected a large two story brick home
and made improvements to the property at a cost of several thousand
dollars. At the time of its completion his residence was said to be the
finest in the county. Below is a view of a portion of the 2,100 acre
Stock Farm of Joseph Riley Field, Esquire on Sec. 12 Tp. 12 Range 13
of Greene County, Illinois.
Joseph Riley died September 27, 1881 of apoplexy due to a fall
from a wagon at 79 years of age. The location of his business
enterprise was given as Roodhouse, Greene County. The farm was
actually a few miles further south in White Hall. Joseph Riley
attempted to write a will before his death, but he was deemed not to be
of sound mind when it was written. This issue forced the family to
split up his 2,100 acres of land he had farmed for over 45 years. Joseph
Riley, along with several family members, were buried in the White
Hall Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois which is about 75 feet from the
original family home. The family has a huge obelisk monument with
all Joseph Riley’s children’s names on it, even ones that were not buried
in that cemetery or even that town.
151
Scott
Greene
Joseph Riley married three times. He wed the first time about
1824 to Elizabeth Jane Kell born about 1796, a common surname in
the Gibson County, Indiana area. The couple had four children, one
dying as an infant. Elizabeth Jane and Joseph Riley divorced in 1839.
Jane, as she was known, approached the Warrick County Justice of the
Peace requesting relatives, Ezekiel and Ruben Field, be forced to pay
debts owed her husband, $27 and $50 respectively, directly to her so
she could support her family. Joseph Riley had deserted her and
moved to Illinois. She asked for a divorce to be considered before he
sold the Indiana land worth $1,000, and other assets worth $75, and
took her minor children away. This was his right as their father. The
couple’s living children were Anna Jane age 14, Abraham James Riley
age 12, and Nancy Caroline age 7.
The court eventually ruled in Jane’s favor, but not before
Joseph Riley sold the land and assets out from under her. In
retribution, the court ordered Joseph to pay $800 to Jane before the
next court session in October of 1839. At the final court session
152
Joseph Riley had stolen the children away to Illinois. He was holding
them hostage in exchange for Jane’s relinquishment of her rights to the
money.
While in Illinois, Nancy Caroline died in the home of
“strangers.” Jane’s testimony at the final hearing was humble
compared to earlier transcripts. She claimed that although he deserted
her, Joseph Riley was an honorable man and that he took good care of
the children despite Nancy’s death. She begged the court to allow her
daughter Anna Jane to be returned to her since she needed “motherly
love”, but that she would willingly forego the return of her son. Jane
further claimed she would agree to give up the money if the court
would just grant her Anna Jane and a divorce.
The divorce was granted and Anna Jane was returned to her.
Anna Jane Field married our William Farmer in 1842. Jane and Joseph
Riley’s son, Abraham James Riley stayed in Greene County, Illinois
where he married Elizabeth Stone and farmed in Roodhouse, Greene
County. Elizabeth Jane Kell Field died December 15, 1853 in Warrick
County, Indiana. Anna Jane Field Farmer moved back to Greene
County, Illinois to rejoin her father a decade later in 1863.
Joseph Riley Field’s second wife was Margaret Bateman. They
married March 3, 1847 and had a notorious son, Joseph J. born
September 8, 1848 and died March 17, 1880. In an article republished
in 1980, 100 years after the incident, Joseph J. was in jail having killed
his second man. His father, Joseph Riley Field, claimed his wealth
would clear his son a second time of murder. Joseph J.’s date of death
was less than one month after the author’s speculation about a lynching
by the community. Joseph J. did not survive long enough to make it to
trial. The 1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule stated that
Joseph J.’s cause of death was a gunshot. That notation was hand
written above a crossed out comment that clearly read, “killed by a
mob”. The place of death was his family home, so his father got him
out of jail only to see him succumb to mob violence. He was buried
under the family obelisk in the White Hall Cemetery.
153
Joseph Riley’s third wife was Ophelia Peck born July 20, 1835
in Scott County, Illinois. They married on November 15, 1857 in Scott
County and had two children. Their daughter was Laura B. who
married W. L. Doyle and lived in the area and their son was J. R. born
March 28, 1864 and died May 30, 1865. Ophelia died December 3,
1916 in Scott County. She was buried with her husband under the
family obelisk in the White Hall Cemetery.
154
155
Joseph Riley’s eldest daughter Anna Jane Field and her husband
William Farmer started the line of Farmers that still live in central
Illinois today.
Source for the entire Field lineage:
http://www.luciefield.net/extree
Research done by Lucie and Eugene Field
156
The William Farmer Lineage
William Farmer and Anna Jane Field
William Farmer was the fifth child in the family of ten that
John F. and Elizabeth Jane (Betsy) Dill Farmer raised in Gibson
County, Indiana. William was John F.’s second son. William was
named for John F.’s older brother William. William, the elder, lived
nearby in Indiana but died shortly after William the younger was born,
making him too young to remember his uncle.
John F.’s first wife died about 1821 leaving four children under
the age of five. Philemon C. Dill had purchased land in Gibson
County, Indiana near John F. Farmer. The men were friends. John F.
needed a wife and mother for his children. Philemon C. Dill had
several daughters, and although nearly 20 years younger than John F.,
the oldest was of marriageable age. So, Philemon C. Dill allowed John
F. Farmer to marry his daughter Betsy.
Philemon C.’s family was still living in Smith County,
Tennessee and had yet to permanently transition to Indiana. John F.
and Betsy married in Smith County, Tennessee in 1821. John F. left his
children in Smith County with the Dill women while he and Philemon
C. readied the Indiana farms for their arrival. Betsy gave birth to our
ancestor a year later. William was born there on April 22, 1822 in
Smith County, Tennessee. The Dills and the Farmers made the final
transition from Tennessee to Indiana sometime during the summer of
1822 while our William was but an infant.
William grew up on what was the wild frontier of its day. The
family had to clear their own land of timber, build log cabin houses,
and become self-sufficient. There were no nearby towns. It was a full
day wagon ride to secure supplies, hear news of the world, or collect
mail from distant family and friends. Trips to weekly church services
were critical for more than worship. It was there that government
activity and gossip about local and world events occurred.
Residents looked for husbands and wives, as well as spouses
for their children among the nearby neighbors. They kept their families
close and developed strong support systems through strategic marriage
alliances. William made such a strategic marriage. The Field family of
Gibson County was wealthy and prominent in local society. They had
157
been in Gibson County since 1799, long before it was awarded county
status or the state of Indiana even existed.
William Farmer chose Anna Jane Field as his wife on June 13,
1842. He was 20 years old. Anna was born August 22, 1825 in Gibson
County to Joseph Riley Field and Elizabeth Jane Kell. Anna Jane was
16 when they wed. The couple bought a tract of land from William’s
parents. They purchased 40 acres for $200 on July 18, 1843. William
had just turned 21.
William and his young family appeared in the 1850 and 1860
Federal Censuses of Columbia Township, Gibson County, Indiana.
Their children included Emiline, Nancy Caroline, Joseph, Elizabeth,
John P., and twins Sarah and Florinda, all born in Indiana. By 1860 the
family owned $400 in real estate and $400 in personal property. The
personal property included three head of cattle.
In February of 1859 William went to court over three head
stray cattle that he claimed to have found roaming in Skelton
Township, Warrick County, Indiana. He asked that they be appraised
and recorded as his livestock since they showed no brands of any type.
The Farmers and Fields had been moving west in search of
land for several generations already when William and Anna Jane
decided to follow the same pattern. The families started in Virginia,
with stops in South Carolina, Kentucky and/or Tennessee before
linking back together in southwestern Indiana. The Farmers and Fields
were making one last journey to Greene County, Illinois.
158
William’s son, John Phillip, said in The Greene and Scott
County, Illinois Histories that he left Indiana for Illinois with his
parents in March of 1863. His sister Florinda's obituary said the family
came to Illinois in the spring of 1863.
William and Anna Jane had one additional child, William Butler
Farmer, born April 21, 1863 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Anna must have been pregnant on the journey, delivering shortly after
their arrival. The boy was never going to know his father. Only a few
months after arriving in Illinois William enlisted in the Civil War.
William Farmer joined the Illinois Calvary, 5th Regiment, Company H,
as a private on December 23, 1863 at Olney, Illinois for a three-year
term. He mustered in the same day at Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois
– a long day’s journey away!
159
Camp Butler
Patterson
Alton
Olney
William’s military papers stated he was officially assigned a
position through the Alton despot office on January 14, 1864. He
reported for active duty on January 31, 1864. William was listed as
born in Smith County, Tennessee, 43 years old, 5' 9" tall with a fair
complexion, blue eyes and gray hair. His occupation was identified as
carpenter, although he was also shown on most other military
documents as a farmer. His residence was Wilmington (today known
as Patterson), Greene County, Illinois, 10th Enumeration District. He
was paid $60 for enlisting and was given $2 in premium pay.
William's regiment was originally formed in late 1861 and was
active in the siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The key battles around
Vicksburg, Mississippi took place between April and July, 1863. In
January 1864, five months after William’s enlistment, he was assigned
to the Vicksburg area. This was after most of the fighting there was
complete.
Since William went all the way to Olney to join that specific
regiment, instead of joining another unit out of Greene County, he
must have had a reason. He joined too late to impact the Vicksburg
battles, so being in the middle of the fighting was not the reason.
Maybe he falsely believed that the Union's success there marked an end
in sight for the war and he wanted to be at the site of the victory. Or,
160
maybe he felt it was a safer to join that regiment since they were not
doing much fighting; they were simply holding the land they had won.
Or, maybe he wanted to serve under the increasingly well-known
William Tecumseh Sherman.
During William’s term of service the regiment was primarily
involved in Sherman's Meridian Campaign February 3 - March 2, 1864.
It was on this raid to protect the Mississippi River from Confederate
guerillas that Sherman honed his skills at destroying Confederate warmaking capabilities. This was the precursor to Sherman’s famous
"March to the Sea."
Meridian March
Sherman and William's regiment remained in or around
Vicksburg in late 1863 and early 1864 after the successful siege on this
key riverfront town. Meridian, Mississippi was 150 miles away. It was
a town where three southern railroads intersected. It was a
Confederate strategic point, lying roughly between the Mississippi
161
capital of Jackson and the cannon foundry and manufacturing center of
Selma, Alabama. It served as a storage and distribution center for not
just the industrial products of Selma, but for grain and cattle from the
fertile Black Prairie region to the immediate north. Sherman had his
troops destroy all the rails, train cars, and the goods that the Union did
not need. The Confederates were able to rebuild the tracks in a month,
but they were never able to replace the railcars or the supplies.
William's regiment was at Champion's Hill February 4, at
Jackson February 5, at Brandon February 7, at Morton February 8, near
Meridian February 9 - 14 (in Hillsboro on the 10th), and then at Marion
Railroad Station on February 16. After the battle ended the troops
began the multi-week trek back to Vicksburg. They had returned as far
as Clinton, 35 miles from Vicksburg, on the day William died.
At some unknown point during the campaign William took ill
and was sent back to the Clear Creek Regimental Hospital in Bovina, a
town 5 miles outside Vicksburg. William died April 3, 1864 of
pneumonia and was buried in a mass unmarked military grave. The
grave was located near the original site of the Clear Creek Regimental
Hospital. Per the Vicksburg National Military Park Information Center
all the bodies in the Clear Creek mass grave were exhumed and
reburied in individual unmarked graves in the Vicksburg National
Cemetery on the park's grounds.
Disease actually killed more soldiers than the fighting did
during the Civil War. Antibiotics and surgery did not exist. The
importance of sanitary medical conditions were unknown. Infection
and the spread of germs was not understood. Most doctors were still
practicing bloodletting to cure disease. For the first time in American
history soldiers were living close together in unsanitary conditions.
Infection and disease claimed the lives of thousands of men. A total of
447 men in William's regiment died during the Civil War. Only 28 were
from wounds due to battle. The other 414 died of disease.
Robert E. Lee surrendered to end the Civil War on April 9,
1865. William’s entire regiment was officially mustered out at
Springfield, Illinois on October 27, 1865. William was not listed on the
muster-out roll of Vicksburg, Mississippi until December 19, 1865, 20
months after he died and eight months after the war ended. William
Farmer was due $240 in miscellaneous pay by the government at the
final accounting.
162
William's wife, Anna Jane Field, had to get two men who knew
William to verify his enlistment and death to the government so she
could collect his back pay and military pension. Anna Jane received $8
per month for life. Each of William's children also got $2 per month
until they reached age 16. William’s minor children included Elizabeth
Jane, John Phillip, Sarah L., Florinda and William Butler Farmer.
In the 1880, 1900 and 1910 Federal Censuses Anna Jane lived
with her son John Phillip Farmer and various other family members on
the same farm. Next door were her daughters and their families. Anna
Jane lived until June 21, 1918 when she died at home of chronic
valvular heart disease at 92 years of age. She had carried her strict
Methodist upbringing from Indiana to Illinois. Her funeral was at the
Patterson Methodist Church, but she was buried at the WilliamsEdwards Cemetery, Roodhouse, Greene County. Her name is on the
Joseph Riley Field family obelisk in the White Hall Cemetery.
163
One of William and Anna Jane’s children died young before the
family ever left Indiana. Joseph Riley Farmer, named after Anna’s
father, Joseph Riley Field, was born November 23, 1848 and died
September 10, 1853 in Gibson County. There was also a son named
James B. Romine age 11 identified as adopted by the family in the 1880
Federal Census. He never appeared again. The rest of William and
Anna Jane’s children married; many raised large families in and around
Patterson in Greene County. Their stories follow. Excluded from
these stories is William Butler Farmer, our direct ancestor, as he is the
subject of an entire chapter.
164
Descendants of William Farmer
William
Farmer
Nancy Caroline
Farmer
Florinda A. (Finn)
Farmer
William Butler
Farmer
William Montillion
Dawdy
Newton Jasper
Dawdy
Amelia Jane (Millie/Nellie)
Fry
John Phillip
Farmer
Joseph Riley
Farmer
Emiline F.
Farmer
James M.
Beverly
Anna Jane
Field
James B
Romine
Elizabeth Jane
Farmer
Sarah Lucretia
Farmer
Francis Marion
Pryor
James H.
Pryor
Emiline F. Farmer and James M. Beverly
It is unclear who Emiline was named after.
Generation No. 1
1. EMILINE F.16 FARMER (WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14, FOREST13,
was born 08 Nov 1843 in Gibson County, Indiana, and died 23 Mar
1927 in Barrow, Greene County, Illinois. She married JAMES M.
BEVERLY 19 Apr 1866 in Greene County, Illinois, son of SAMUEL
BEVERLY and ELIZA ADAIR. He was born 08 Nov 1843 in Pike
County, Illinois, and died 15 Jan 1918 in Barrow, Greene County,
165
Illinois. The couple was buried in Williams-Edwards Cemetery,
Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois.
Children of EMILINE FARMER and JAMES BEVERLY were:
i. ELIZA JANE (EMELINE)17 BEVERLY1, b. 1867,
Barrow, Greene County, Illinois; d. 10 May 1873, Barrow,
Greene County, Illinois.
2.
ii. GEORGE W. BEVERLY, b. 20 Jan 1869, Barrow,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 07 Apr 1949, Barrow, Greene
County, Illinois.
iii. ALICE H. BEVERLY1, b. 1871, Barrow, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 18 Jul 1872, Barrow, Greene County, Illinois; b.
Jul 1872, William-Edwards Cemetery, Roodhouse
Township, Greene County, Illinois.
iv. EMILINE BEVERLY, b. 1872, Barrow, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 1872, Barrow, Greene County, Illinois
v. CHARLES BEVERLY1, b. 1872, Barrow, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 1872, Barrow, Greene County, Illinois; b. 1872,
William-Edwards Cemetery, Roodhouse Township,
Greene County, Illinois
vi. LOUIS BEVERLY1, b. 1874, Barrow, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 1874, Barrow, Greene County, Illinois; b. 1874,
William-Edwards Cemetery, Roodhouse Township,
Greene County, Illinois
vii. LAURA M. BEVERLY, b. 1876, Barrow, Greene County,
Illinois; m. OSCAR HANEY, 29 Sep 1893, Barrow,
Greene County, Illinois; b. 1871.
viii. FLORENCE P. BEVERLY, b. 1878, Barrow, Greene
County, Illinois; m. CHARLES HANEY, 13 Mar 1896,
Scott County, Illinois.
ix. DELLA BEVERLY, b. 1881, Barrow, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 04 Mar 1908, Barrow, Greene County, Illinois;
m. LEWELLYN O. RUTLEDGE, 17 Mar 1899, Greene
County, Illinois; b. 1874.
Notes for DELLA BEVERLY:
No Children born.
166
x. MITTIE BELLE BEVERLY, b. Apr 1885, Barrow,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 22 Jan 1977, Carrollton, Greene
County, Illinois; m. GEORGE C. MCPHERSON, 16 Jan
1903, Barrow, Greene County, Illinois.
Generation No. 2
2. GEORGE W.17 BEVERLY (EMILINE F.16 FARMER,
WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12, HENRY11,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 20 Jan 1869
in Barrow, Greene County, Illinois, and died 07 Apr 1949 in Barrow,
Greene County, Illinois. He married MARY E. LONG. She was born
01 Dec 1868, and died 13 Jul 1932 in Greene County, Illinois, the
couple was buried together in William-Edwards Cemetery, Roodhouse
Township, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for GEORGE W. BEVERLY:
Family photographs may be found on pages 131 and 162 of Greene
County Memories and the People Who Made Them by Vernon R. Q.
Fernandes.
Children of GEORGE BEVERLY and MARY LONG were:
i. AJES18 BEVERLY.
ii. BRACILE BEVERLY.
iii. CHARLES T. BEVERLY, m. NELLIE RAY, 08 Jan
1919, Wray, California.
iv. FLORENCE BEVERLY.
v. JOHN BEVERLY.
vi. LETA BEVERLY.
vii. LOGAN O. BEVERLY, m. MABEL J. JOHNSON, 13
Sep 1918, Greene County, Illinois.
viii. NELLIE BEVERLY.
ix. ROY BEVERLY, b. 07 Jul 1889, Greene County, Illinois;
d. 07 Jul 1889, Greene County, Illinois.
x. ELMER L. BEVERLY1, b. 24 Mar 1891, Greene County,
Illinois; d. Bet. 09 - 13 Mar 1896, Greene County, Illinois.
167
xi. CORA A. BEVERLY1, b. 29 Oct 1892, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 15 Sep 1897, Greene County, Illinois.
xii. STELLA M. BEVERLY, b. 06 Mar 1894, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 17 Feb 1896, Greene County, Illinois.
xiii. JAMES BEVERLY, b. 18 Oct 1895, Greene County,
Illinois.
xiv. GEORGE L. BEVERLY1, b. 02 Jan 1903, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 27 Sep 1907, Greene County, Illinois.
Endnotes
Sources: Cemetery Books Greene County, Plus entire family confirmed
in email from Stacy csschutz@csj.net, descendant.
Nancy Caroline Farmer and William Montillion Dawdy
Nancy Caroline was named after Anna Jane’s sister, Nancy
Caroline Field who died as a young girl when stolen by her father from
Indiana and taken to live in Illinois. Nancy Caroline Farmer Dawdy
and her infant died during childbirth.
Generation No. 1
1. NANCY CAROLINE16 FARMER (WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 27 Jun 1846 in Gibson County,
Indiana, and died 31 Jul 1877 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
She married WILLIAM MONTILLION DAWDY 08 Oct 1874 in
White Hall, Illinois, son of JESSE DAWDY and MARY COX. He
was born 23 Aug 1850 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois1, and died
21 Nov 1924 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois1. Nancy and her
infant died during childbirth and were buried together in an unmarked
grave in Pinetree (Old Martin Portion) Cemetery, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois. Her husband was buried there too with his second
wife.
168
Child of NANCY FARMER and WILLIAM DAWDY was:
i. INFANT17 DAWDY, b. 31 Jul 1877, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 31 Jul 1877, Patterson, Greene County,
Illinois.
Endnotes
Sources: Obituaries and Family Records.
Elizabeth Jane Farmer and Francis Marion Pryor
Elizabeth Jane was named after William’s mother Elizabeth
Jane Dill.
Generation No. 1
1. ELIZABETH JANE16 FARMER (WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 13 Dec 1850 in Gibson County,
Indiana, and died 31 May 1910 in Walkerville, Greene County, Illinois.
She married FRANCIS MARION PRYOR 08 Jun 1865 in Carrollton,
Greene County, Illinois, son of WILLIAM PRYOR and RACHEL
BARNES. He was born 24 Mar 1844 in Scott County, Illinois, and
died 24 Oct 1911 in Oakdale, Walkerville Township, Greene County,
Illinois. The couple was buried in Patterson Cemetery, Greene
County, Illinois.
Children of ELIZABETH FARMER and FRANCIS PRYOR were:
i. MARY17 PRYOR, b. 01 Oct 1866, Greene County, Illinois;
d. 02 Mar 1944, Walkerville, Greene County, Illinois.
ii. CHARLES FRANCIS PRYOR, b. 27 Sep 1868, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 02 Apr 1949, Walkerville, Greene
County, Illinois.
iii. NETTIE CAROLINE PRYOR, b. 12 Mar 1871,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 15 May 1871,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
169
2.
iv. JOHN PHILLIP PRYOR, b. 08 Sep 1874, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 28 Jul 1954, White Hall, Greene
County, Illinois.
v. MINNIE M. PRYOR, b. 01 Jul 1880; d. 03 May 1881.
vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON PRYOR, b. 21 Sep 1882,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 12 Sep 1957, White Hall,
vii. WILLIAM RILEY PRYOR, b. 01 Jun 1886, White Hall,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 13 Apr 1953, White Hall,
Generation No. 2
2. GEORGE WASHINGTON17 PRYOR (ELIZABETH JANE16
FARMER, WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 21
Sep 1882 in Greene County, Illinois, and died 12 Sep 1957 in White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois. He married CHARLOTTE (LOTTIE)
JONES 01 Jul 1904 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois. She was
born in Roodhouse, Illinois, and died 17 Jan 1963 in White Hall
Hospital, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois.
Children of GEORGE PRYOR and CHARLOTTE JONES were:
3.
i. RUBY MAE18 PRYOR, b. 12 Jan 1912, Near Haypress
Illinois; d. 10 Sep 2002, Scott County Nursing Center,
Winchester, Scott County, Illinois.
ii. INFANT PRYOR, b. 28 Jan 1916, Oakdale, Walkerville
Township, Greene County, Illinois; d. 28 Jan 1916,
Oakdale, Walkerville Township, Greene County, Illinois.
iii. PAUL O. PRYOR, b. 22 Feb 1917, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 22 Mar 1917, White Hall, Greene County,
Illinois.
iv. BLANCHE PRYOR, d. Bef. 10 Sep 20021; m. ?
SCHROEDER.
v. HAZEL PRYOR, d. Bef. 10 Sep 20021; m. ? HESKETT.
vi. ERNEST PRYOR, d. Bef. 10 Sep 20021.
170
vii. HARVEY PRYOR, d. Bef. 10 Sep 20021.
viii. CLAUDE PRYOR, d. Bef. 10 Sep 20021.
Generation No. 3
3. RUBY MAE18 PRYOR (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
ELIZABETH JANE16 FARMER, WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 12 Jan 1912 in Near Haypress
Illinois2, and died 10 Sep 2002 in Scott County Nursing Center,
Winchester, Scott County, Illinois2. She married EUGENE GILLIS
16 Aug 1928 in Hillview, Greene County, Illinois. He died 17 Jan
19863.
Children of RUBY PRYOR and EUGENE GILLIS were:
i. HARVEY LEE19 GILLIS, m. ARLETTE.
ii. JUNE GILLIS, m. ROBERT DOUGLAS.
iii. JOHN G. GILLIS, m. MARY LOU.
iv. FRED E. GILLIS, m. LINDA.
v. RICHARD (DICK) GILLIS, m. DODIE.
vi. GEORGE EDWARD GILLIS, m. PAT.
vii. FAYE GILLIS, d. Bef. 10 Sep 20024; m. KENNETH
CAMPBELL; d. Bef. 10 Sep 20025.
Endnotes
Sources: Obituaries and Family Records
John Phillip Farmer
John Phillip was named after William’s father John F. and his
brothers John Alexander and Phillip. As the oldest son, Phillip ran the
farm. Since he never married or had children the farm eventually
passed to his younger brother and our ancestor, William Butler Farmer.
171
Generation No. 1
JOHN PHILLIP16 FARMER (WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14, FOREST13,
was born 13 Dec 1853 in Gibson County, Indiana, and died Bet. 01 04 May 1916 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois. He was the son
that took over the family farm upon his father’s death. He never
married. He is buried in the Williams-Edwards Cemetery, Roodhouse,
Endnotes
Sources: Greene and Scott County Histories and Family Records.
Florinda A. and Newton Jasper Dawdy
Florinda was the name of William’s Aunt so he may have
named his daughter for Florinda Jane (Flora) Campbell Farmer.
172
173
Generation No. 1
1. FLORINDA A. (FINN)16 FARMER (WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 05 Aug 1858 in Gibson County,
Indiana1, and died 01 Aug 1917 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois1
of dropsy. She married NEWTON JASPER DAWDY 06 Apr 1875 in
Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, son of JESSE DAWDY and
MARY COX. He was born 04 Mar 1855 in Scott County, Illinois, and
174
died 19 Nov 1931 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois. The couple
was buried in Pinetree (Old Martin) Cemetery, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois.
175
Children of FLORINDA FARMER and NEWTON DAWDY were:
2.
i. ALBERT ELMER17 DAWDY, b. 15 Feb 1875, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 09 Sep 1967, Loveland, Colorado.
3.
ii. DENVER LLOYD DAWDY, b. 05 Mar 1878,
Northwestern Precinct, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois;
d. 1950.
4.
iii. CURTIS LEE DAWDY, b. 30 Mar 1880, Patterson,
5.
iv. SARAH LUCRETIA (DOLLIE) DAWDY, b. 03 Jul 1882,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. Aft. 13 Jan 1962,
Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.
6.
v. GROVER CLEVELAND DAWDY, b. 05 Jun 1883,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 23 May 1941, Greene County,
Illinois.
vi. OTTIS DAWDY, b. 13 Oct 18872; d. Bef. 19173.
vii. BABY BOY DAWDY, b. Bet. 03 - 13 Oct 1887.
7.
viii. OWEN DAWDY, b. 03 Oct 1887, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 1966.
8.
ix. TROY LEROY DAWDY, b. 20 Oct 1889, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 06 Mar 1942, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois.
x. BABY GIRL DAWDY, b. 03 Jul 18924.
9.
xi. CLARENCE JOSEPH DAWDY, SR., b. 26 May 1893,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 02 Sep 1977, White
Hall, White Hall Hospital, Greene County, Illinois.
xii. BABY BOY DAWDY, b. Abt. 1894.
xiii. MOLLIE FLORINDA DAWDY, b. 15 Mar 1896,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois4; d. 12 Jan 1977; m.
HARRY E. GRAHAM, 05 Oct 1921, Greene County,
Illinois5; b. 1900; d. 1965.
xiv. BABY BOY DAWDY, b. Abt. 1900.
xv. NELLIE F. DAWDY6, b. 27 Dec 1904; d. 30 Mar 1905.
176
Generation No. 2
2. ALBERT ELMER17 DAWDY (FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
Feb 1875 in Greene County, Illinois7, and died 09 Sep 1967 in
Loveland, Colorado. He married LILLIE ELLA AMBROSE 23 Jul
1896 in Greene County, Illinois8, daughter of WILLIAM AMBROSE
and ELIZA TETTERSON. She was born 1879 in Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois, and died 29 Sep 1967 in Yuma, Colorado.
Children of ALBERT DAWDY and LILLIE AMBROSE were:
i. BEULAH ELMA18 DAWDY9, m. HOMER S.
PASCHALL9.
ii. MILDRED MARIE DAWDY9, m. DR. PAUL E.
TRAMP9.
iii. DOROTHY ISABELLE DAWDY9, m. GEORGE
EACRET9.
177
3. DENVER LLOYD17 DAWDY (FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
Mar 1878 in Northwestern Precinct, Patterson, Greene County,
Illinois10, and died 1950. He married DONNA BELL CARIDY11
1903. She was born 1887 in Kentucky, and died 1969.
Children of DENVER DAWDY and DONNA CARIDY were:
i. KENNETH LLOYD18 DAWDY, b. 01 May 1907,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 10 Mar 1944,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; m. MARY COWPUR.
ii. MURL A. DAWDY, b. 1905, Patterson, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 1925; m. LEONA A. WILMINGTON; b. 1906.
10.
iii. RUBY RAE DAWDY, b. 21 May 1927, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois.
4. CURTIS LEE17 DAWDY (FLORINDA A. (FINN)16 FARMER,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 30 Mar 1880
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois12. He married MARY E.
COATES 18 Aug 1900 in Greene County, Illinois.
Children of CURTIS DAWDY and MARY COATES were:
i. OPAL MAY18 DAWDY, m. ? CRABTREE.
ii. GRACIE DAWDY13, b. Abt. 1897; d. Abt. 1900.
iii. ORVIS LEON (CURT) DAWDY13, b. 08 Jul 1918; d. 21
May 1977; m. EVELYN LENE; b. 11 Feb 1920.
5. SARAH LUCRETIA (DOLLIE)17 DAWDY (FLORINDA A.
(FINN)16 FARMER, WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14, FOREST13,
178
was born 03 Jul 1882 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois14, and died
Aft. 13 Jan 1962 in Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan County,
Illinois15. She married (1) JAMES W. CLARK 04 Mar 1899 in Greene
County, Illinois. He was born 23 Dec 1878 in Ironton, Jefferson
County, Missouri, and died 28 Jul 1916 in Patterson, Greene County,
Illinois. She married (2) BERT L. WALLS Aft. 1899. He was born
188716, and died 197316.
Children of SARAH DAWDY and JAMES CLARK were:
i. ARCHIE LEE (PADDY)18 CLARK, b. 1902; d. Bef.
196017.
ii. GLADYS DONNA CLARK, b. 1904; m. (1) ?
FORRESTER18; m. (2) ? CURRY19.
11.
iii. ARTHUR EUGENE (GENE) CLARK, b. 19 Apr 1915,
Scott County, Illinois; d. 17 May 1970, Passavant,
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.
6. GROVER CLEVELAND17 DAWDY (FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
Jun 1883 in Greene County, Illinois, and died 23 May 1941 in Greene
County, Illinois20. He married SARAH FLORENCE FORD21 05 Dec
1909 in Greene County, Illinois22, daughter of GEORGE FORD and
NANCY DAVIS. She was born 09 Apr 1888 in Falmouth, Kentucky,
and died 24 Mar 1983 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois23.
Children of GROVER DAWDY and SARAH FORD were:
i. RALPH NEWTON18 DAWDY, b. 01 Jan 1911, Scott
County, Illinois; m. ZELMA REVEAL.
ii. ETHEL NAYE DAWDY, b. 19 Apr 1913, Scott County,
Illinois; m. HAROLD SIMONS.
179
12.
iii. LEONA IRENE DAWDY, b. 29 Apr 1915, Greene
County, Illinois; d. Bef. 1919, Greene County, Illinois; m.
PAUL MARSH.
iv. DOVEY MARIE DAWDY, b. 08 Jul 1917, Greene
County, Illinois; m. CHESTER STOUT.
v. LULU DAWDY, b. 04 Dec 1919, Greene County, Illinois;
d. 24 Mar 1983, Greene County, Illinois.
vi. RAYMOND WILLIAM DAWDY, b. 05 Oct 1921,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 16 Jul; m. ZORA MARIE
GAST; b. 04 May 1926; d. 21 Sep 1978.
7. OWEN17 DAWDY (FLORINDA A. (FINN)16 FARMER,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)26 was born 03 Oct
1887 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois27, and died 1966. He
married KATIE CECIL BRYANT28 1904, daughter of JAMES
BRYANT and MARY DUNCAN. She was born 28 May 1887, and
died 12 Dec 1927 in Our Saviour's Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Illinois.
Children of OWEN DAWDY and KATIE BRYANT were:
13.
i. RUSSELL OWEN18 DAWDY, b. 17 Jun 1906, Eldred,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 23 Jan 1987, Passavant
Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.
ii. STELLA DAWDY28, b. Unknown; d. Bef. 2006; m. (1) ?
KESINGER; m. (2) HARVEY SURBECK.
14.
iii. HAZEL DAWDY, b. 25 Jan 1910, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 1982, Reisch Memorial Nursing Home,
Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois.
iv. GUY B. DAWDY28, b. 07 Mar 1911; d. 03 Jan 1978; m. (1)
DORIS; m. (2) RUTH FORD.
15.
v. EILEEN I. DAWDY, b. 14 Mar 1915, Hillview, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 20 Apr 2006, White Hall Nursing
Home, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois.
180
vi. HELEN (GLENNA) DAWDY28, d. Bef. 2006; m. (1)
HUSBAND ONE; m. (2) KENYON FITZGERALD; m.
(3) HUSBAND ONE; m. (4) JIM RODGERS.
vii. INFANT DAWDY28, b. Unknown.
viii. INFANT DAWDY28, b. Unknown.
ix. INFANT DAWDY, b. Unknown.
x. INFANT DAWDY28, b. Unknown.
xi. INFANT DAWDY28, b. Unknown.
8. TROY LEROY17 DAWDY (FLORINDA A. (FINN)16 FARMER,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 20 Oct 1889
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois29, and died 06 Mar 1942 in
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois30. He married JESSIE OSBORNE.
She was born 189131.
Children of TROY DAWDY and JESSIE OSBORNE were:
i. GERALDINE18 DAWDY.
16.
ii. IVAN DAWDY.
iii. BASIL DAWDY.
9. CLARENCE JOSEPH17 DAWDY, SR. (FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
May 1893 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 02 Sep 1977
in White Hall, White Hall Hospital, Greene County, Illinois32. He
married ETHEL ROSE JONES 28 Oct 1914 in Carrollton, Greene
County, Illinois33, daughter of WILLIAM JONES and MINNIE
KARLOCK. She was born 1897 in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, and died
26 Dec 1983 in Modern Care Nursing Home, Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Illinois.
181
Children of CLARENCE DAWDY and ETHEL JONES were:
i. LOUISE18 DAWDY, m. LOWELL V. HANBACK.
ii. EVA L. DAWDY, b. Sep 1915.
17.
iii. CLARENCE JOSEPH DAWDY, JR., b. 01 Dec 1919,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 20 Apr 1989,
Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.
Generation No. 3
10. RUBY RAE18 DAWDY (DENVER LLOYD17, FLORINDA A.
was born 21 May 1927 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois. She
married WALTER (PIP) PENCE.
Children of RUBY DAWDY and WALTER PENCE were:
i. JOYCE ANN19 PENCE.
ii. JANIS PENCE.
iii. JEANNE PENCE.
11. ARTHUR EUGENE (GENE)18 CLARK (SARAH LUCRETIA
(DOLLIE)17 DAWDY, FLORINDA A. (FINN)16 FARMER,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 19 Apr 1915
in Scott County, Illinois, and died 17 May 1970 in Passavant,
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois36. He married DAISY L.
VESTEL36 13 Jan 193536.
Children of ARTHUR CLARK and DAISY VESTEL were:
18.
i. SHARON19 CLARK.
19.
ii. MARBARA CLARK.
182
12. LULU18 DAWDY (GROVER CLEVELAND17, FLORINDA A.
was born 04 Dec 1919 in Greene County, Illinois, and died 24 Mar
1983 in Greene County, Illinois. She married JAMES H.
ANDERSON.
Child of LULU DAWDY and JAMES ANDERSON was:
20.
i. DALE19 ANDERSON.
13. RUSSELL OWEN18 DAWDY (OWEN17, FLORINDA A.
RICHARDS1)37 was born 17 Jun 1906 in Eldred, Greene County,
Illinois, and died 23 Jan 1987 in Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville,
Morgan County, Illinois. He married (1) ANNA L. MONROE. He
married (2) EVA MAE TALLEY 30 Sep 1945 in Carrollton, Greene
County, Illinois. She died 16 Dec 1986.
Child of RUSSELL DAWDY and ANNA MONROE was:
21.
i. URMADENE O.19 DAWDY, b. 13 Jan 1928, Near
Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois; d. 22 Feb 1990, St.
John's Hospital, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
Children of RUSSELL DAWDY and EVA TALLEY were:
ii. GUYLA19 DAWDY, m. ? CAMDEN.
iii. EMIL DAWDY.
iv. DAVID DAWDY, d. Bef. 1990, July 13.
v. LAVADA DAWDY.
vi. RUSSELL OWEN DAWDY, b. Bef. 1987.
183
14. HAZEL18 DAWDY (OWEN17, FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
Jan 1910 in Greene County, Illinois, and died 1982 in Reisch Memorial
Nursing Home, Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois. She married
LESLIE FLATT 24 Jan 1925 in Eldred, Bluffdale Township, Illinois.
He died 17 May 1976.
Children of HAZEL DAWDY and LESLIE FLATT were:
22.
i. BARBARA JEAN19 FLATT, d. 01 Jul 1983.
ii. MARTHA FLATT, m. ROBERT DUNCAN.
iii. JOYCE FLATT, m. GARY MORRISON.
iv. TERRY FLATT.
15. EILEEN I.18 DAWDY (OWEN17, FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
Mar 1915 in Hillview, Greene County, Illinois37, and died 20 Apr 2006
in White Hall Nursing Home, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois37.
She married (1) ? FORRESTER Jan. She married (2) ? FOSTER Feb.
She married (3) ? WEBER Mar. She married (4) BUELL JACKSON
(GAS) GRAFTON37 31 May 195837. He died 10 Jun 199037.
Children of EILEEN DAWDY and ? FORRESTER were:
i. GERALD (NICK)19 FORRESTER37, d. Bef. 200637.
ii. HARLEY (LEON) FORRESTER37, d. Bef. 200637.
Children of EILEEN DAWDY and ? WEBER were:
iii. RONALD LEE (RONNIE)19 WEBER37, d. Bef. 200637.
iv. RONALD LEE (BUTCH) WEBER37, m. JUDY37.
184
16. IVAN18 DAWDY (TROY LEROY17, FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)38. He married
HELEN.
Child of IVAN DAWDY and HELEN was:
i. MELVIN19 DAWDY, b. 19 Mar 1928.
17. CLARENCE JOSEPH18 DAWDY, JR. (CLARENCE JOSEPH17,
FLORINDA A. (FINN)16 FARMER, WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 01 Dec 1919 in Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois, and died 20 Apr 1989 in Passavant Hospital,
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He married FRANCES
JOSEPHINE HUBBARD 19 Nov 1941 in Bowling Green, Missouri,
daughter of HARVEY HUBBARD and CORA NELL. She was born
27 Jan 1922 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois.
Children of CLARENCE DAWDY and FRANCES HUBBARD were:
i. HARVEY JOSEPH (JOE)19 DAWDY, b. 17 May 1943; m.
CAROL JEAN OWENS.
ii. JAMES HAROLD DAWDY, b. 26 Nov 1945; m.
SANDRA MADDOX.
Generation No. 4
18. SHARON19 CLARK (ARTHUR EUGENE (GENE)18, SARAH
LUCRETIA (DOLLIE)17 DAWDY, FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
185
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)39. She
married ? RANSOM39.
Child of SHARON CLARK and ? RANSOM was:
i. JAMI20 RANSOM39.
19. MARBARA19 CLARK (ARTHUR EUGENE (GENE)18, SARAH
LUCRETIA (DOLLIE)17 DAWDY, FLORINDA A. (FINN)16
ALIAS FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)39. She
married ? MOORE39.
Children of MARBARA CLARK and ? MOORE were:
i. TAMMY20 MOORE39.
ii. JODI MOORE39.
20. DALE19 ANDERSON (LULU18 DAWDY, GROVER
CLEVELAND17, FLORINDA A. (FINN)16 FARMER, WILLIAM15,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)40.
Child of DALE ANDERSON was:
i. LINDA S.20 ANDERSON41, m. ? HAMER42.
21. URMADENE O.19 DAWDY (RUSSELL OWEN18, OWEN17,
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 13 Jan 1928 in Near Carrollton,
Greene County, Illinois, and died 22 Feb 1990 in St. John's Hospital,
186
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. She married (1) ? ALBERS.
She married (2) ? HENSON.
Children of URMADENE DAWDY and ? ALBERS were:
i. STANLEY R. (ROBBIE)20 ALBERS.
23.
ii. JUDY A. ALBERS.
22. BARBARA JEAN19 FLATT (HAZEL18 DAWDY, OWEN17,
THOMAS RICHARDS1) died 01 Jul 1983. She married DONALD
GOWIN.
Children of BARBARA FLATT and DONALD GOWIN were:
i. DENNIS20 GOWIN.
ii. DIRK GOWIN.
iii. DIXIE GOWIN, m. ? WILLIAMS.
iv. DONALD GOWIN.
Generation No. 5
23. JUDY A.20 ALBERS (URMADENE O.19 DAWDY, RUSSELL
OWEN18, OWEN17, FLORINDA A. (FINN)16 FARMER,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) She married (1) ?
COLEMAN. She married (2) ? HANSON.
Child of JUDY ALBERS and ? HANSON was:
i. BRIAN ROBERT21 HANSON, b. Bef. 1990.
Endnotes
187
Sources: Family and Vital Records of the Dawdy Family
and Candace Flatt.
Sarah Lucretia Farmer and James H. Pryor
Lucretia was the name of William’s sister. Lucretia named her
oldest daughter Sarah. Lucretia may have had a middle name of Sarah
– no proof exists. Sarah Lucretia may have been named for them. The
photograph is of James H. Pryor’s family. Their descendants have not
been identified.
Generation No. 1
1. SARAH LUCRETIA16 FARMER (WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14,
188
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 05 Aug 1858 in Gibson County,
Indiana1, and died 06 Jun 1881 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
She married JAMES H. PRYOR 26 Nov 1879 in White Hall, Illinois,
son of ISAAC PRYOR and SARAH BAKER. He was born Bet. 1853
- 1857 in Greene County, Illinois. Sarah Lucretia was buried in the
Williams-Edwards Cemetery, Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois.
Endnotes
Sources: Family Records and Twin Sister Florinda’s Obituary.
189
The Fry Lineage
Amelia Jane (Millie) Fry
The Fry line does not join the Farmers until William Butler
Farmer weds Amelia Jane Fry in Greene County, Illinois in 1882.
Unlike the other families discussed thus far, it is unlikely the two
families would have associated with one another decades earlier. This
line of the family was from the area where Germany, France and
Switzerland merge. Immigrants considered “German” were not
socially acceptable by the upper crust of American society during the
“founding” generations. Besides, the family was of the Moravian faith,
a small sect of Christianity that never gained the attention of our other
ancestral lines.
The Moravian Church had a lesser known history than many
other Christian sects, but the religion existed for over 500 years. It
began in the Germanic speaking areas of Moravia and Bohemia (part of
today’s Czech Republic) based upon the teachings of two Greek
Orthodox missionaries to the area. The missionaries believed the Bible
and church rituals should be in the commoner’s language instead of
Latin or Greek. When Rome took over responsibility for ruling all
Catholic sects, including the Eastern Greek Orthodox Church, the
Moravian followers rebelled. One of their key leaders was accused of
heresy and burned at the stake. In 1457, over 60 years before Martin
Luther began his reformation, the Moravians had already established an
official ministry and left the Catholic Church.
By 1517 the Moravians had 400 parishes and 200,000 members
mostly around Moravia, Bohemia and Poland. They installed their own
printing presses and created Germanic language Bibles. Over the next
300 years they experienced continued persecution and therefore slow,
undercover growth throughout central Europe. By the early 1700s they
began looking to America as a place to freely practice their religion.
191
Our Fry line was traced back to the 1500s in Switzerland. Their
European records were Catholic. However, early Catholic records
were not definitive proof of their religious leanings. It was not
uncommon for people to attend Catholic services in public to avoid the
eyes of those opposed to their true beliefs. By the mid-1700s in
America the Fry family had definitely joined the Moravian Church. As
a result of the secretive nature of the Moravian Church in Europe we
might never know how early the Frys actually converted to the
Moravian faith.
192
The Freys of Switzerland, France and Germany
Despite the fact Amelia Jane used the surname Fry, all her
ancestors through the early 1800s used Frey. The earliest Frey ancestor
found was Hans Heinrich in the Zurich area of Switzerland in the late
1500s. Zurich was on the northern edge of Switzerland, near the
German border. Sometime after reaching maturity, Hans Heinrich’s
son, Gregorious Frey, married and left the Zurich area and moved to
Alsace, whose ownership throughout history had been openly disputed
by Germany and France. Gregorious’ son, Johann Jacob, remained in
Alsace where he died, but his wife spent her final days in Germany.
Johann Jacob’s son Johan Peter Frey, who went by the
nickname Hans, married in 1716 and had a family in Alsace, but then in
1733 he brought them all to America. They arrived on the ship Samuel
in Philadelphia and settled in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. Later they moved on to Heidelberg Township, Berks
County, Pennsylvania.
The Freys arrived about eight years before the first Moravian
settlements were established in Lancaster, Lancaster County and
Reading, Berks County in the 1740s. Their family homes were located
in both Moravian communities. Whether they joined the Moravian
church in Europe or American remains undetermined.
193
The Ancestors of Amelia Jane Fry
Continued
on next
page
194
In the 1750s, Johan Peter’s oldest sons, two of their 12
children, moved to North Carolina where the land was cheap and
abundant. But, they were particular in where they chose to relocate.
They moved with the first group of Moravians from Pennsylvania to
the newly purchased 100,000 acre tract of land called Wachovia
(originally Wachau) in Forsyth County. Wachovia, named after the
195
Austrian estate of a church leader, was a haven for Moravians. The
community officially began on November 17, 1753 with the opening of
Bethabara village. The church flourished in the area and several
additional communities were established by the early 1770s. The
drawing below is a visual representation of what Wachovia looked like
in its early days.
Hans and the rest of the family members followed the two
adventurous sons in May of 1765. Hans died a year later in the village
of Friedberg, Forsyth County, North Carolina. Friedberg means “hill
of peace” in German. Hans became the first person interred at the
brand new Moravian Church there.
196
Forsyth
Hans’ son, Johann Peter Frey, had arrived in America as a
child. He married in Friedberg, Forsyth County, North Carolina and
lived in the area long enough to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary
in the same Monrovian Church. Johann became the father of John, the
first Frey in our line to be born on American soil and to be baptized
with an English sounding name.
Descendants of Hans Heinrich Frey
Generation No. 1
1. HANS HEINRICH1 FREY was born 1583 in Knonau, Zurich,
Switzerland, and died 1687 in Kanton, Zurich, Switzerland. He
married ANNA HON. She was born 1589 in Wadenswil, Zurich,
Switzerland, and died 1632.
Child of HANS FREY and ANNA HON was:
2.
i. GREGORIUS2 FREY, b. 1610, Knonau, Zurich,
Switzerland; d. 1687, Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France.
Generation No. 2
2. GREGORIUS2 FREY (HANS HEINRICH1) was born 1610 in
Knonau, Zurich, Switzerland, and died 1687 in Wingen, Alsace, BasRhin, France. He married VERENA OBERDORFER 17 Feb
1637/38 in Hausen Amalbis, Zurich, Switzerland. She was born 1610
197
in Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France, and died 1683 in Wingen, Alsace,
Bas-Rhin, France.
Child of GREGORIUS FREY and VERENA OBERDORFER was:
3.
i. JOHANN JACOB3 FREY, b. 1648, Wingen, Alsace, BasRhin, France; d. 12 Sep 1705, Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin,
France.
Generation No. 3
3. JOHANN JACOB3 FREY (GREGORIUS2, HANS HEINRICH1)
was born 1648 in Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France, and died 12 Sep
1705 in Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France. He married ANNA
MARIA SCHAUB 10 Feb 1687/88 in Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin,
France. She was born 1665 in Langensoultzbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace,
France, and died 1725 in Schoenau, Pfaz, Germany.
Child of JOHANN FREY and ANNA SCHAUB was:
4.
i. JOHAN (HANS) PETER4 FREY, b. 27 Sep 1689,
Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France; d. 04 May 1766,
Friedberg, North Carolina.
Generation No. 4
4. JOHAN (HANS) PETER4 FREY (JOHANN JACOB3,
GREGORIUS2, HANS HEINRICH1)1 was born 27 Sep 1689 in
Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France, died 04 May 1766 in Friedberg,
North Carolina, and buried in Friedberg Moravian Church Cemetery,
Friedberg, North Carolina. He married ANNA BARBARA
SCHMIDT 1716 in Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France, daughter of
HANS SCHMIDT and ANNA SCHLEBER. She was born 05 Apr
1696 in Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France, died 09 Jan 1768 in
Bethania, North Carolina, and buried in Bethania Moravian Church
Cemetery, Bethania, North Carolina. The couple had 12 children.
Child of JOHAN (HANS) PETER FREY and ANNA BARBARA
SCHMIDT was:
.
198
i. JOHANN PETER (PELZAR) FREY, b. 13 Nov 1729,
Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France; d. 1810.
Johann (Pelzar) Peter Frey
Johann (Pelzar) Peter Frey was born November 13, 1729 in
Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France to Johan (Hans) Peter Frey and
Anna Barbara Schmidt. He first married Catharine Gerhardt and later
Catharina Walk on March 23, 1756 at the Moravian Church in
Friedberg, Forsyth County, North Carolina. Catharina Walk was born
August 27, 1739 in Virginia to Hans Walk and Catherine Clore. Pelzar
and Catharina celebrated their 50th anniversary in Friedberg as well.
Pelzar died in 1810 and Catharina followed on September 28, 1815.
During those fifty years they had 11 children. Most of the children
were born in a fledgling Moravian community called Hope in Forsyth
County on the 100,000 acre tract of land called Wachovia.
Hope began in the mid-1770s as the only planned English
speaking Moravian community and congregation. All other
communities spoke German since that was what most Moravians were
familiar with. Hope’s first service was Easter Sunday, April 4, 1763.
The Revolutionary War halted development of the area and the
community and congregation were not officially organized until August
26, 1780. Hope was never a very successful community. It was rare
for the church to have a permanent pastor.
However, it had a major impact on the Freys living there.
Their children began using the Anglicanized version of their names.
They began using English as their first language. Pelzar Frey’s third
child and our ancestor, Johann Frey, became John Fry.
John Fry
John Fry was born November 2, 1762 in Hope. When the first
service was held at the church on Easter 1863 he was still a babe in his
mother’s arms. Little was recorded about him, but he was one of the
casualties of the unsuccessful Hope community. By about 1797 he had
married and moved on to Salisbury, Stokes County, North Carolina.
This was closer to the center of Moravian life in the newly developed
Winston-Salem area. John died December 19, 1802 while his two boys
were still toddlers. Catharina Hartmann Fry survived him. She was
199
born in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1772. She remarried Heinrich
Beroth, raised her two boys, and had more children, dying in 1836. A
few years after her death, her son George, left North Carolina and
became the founder of the Fry family in Illinois.
Stokes
George Fry
George was the first American Fry to marginalize his practice
of the Moravian religion. He continued to use its preaching to guide
his life, but there were no Moravian churches anywhere near his homes
in Iowa or Illinois.
George was born in 1798 (although he claimed 1800 in one
interview) in Salisbury, Stokes County, North Carolina. He had
practiced his religion throughout his youth and adulthood in the newly
crowned headquarters of the Moravian religion, Winston-Salem.
George Fry married Anna Crouse, daughter of Andrew H. and
Margaret Alford Crouse, in Stokes County on February 27, 1823. The
couple delivered two daughters. Anna Crouse died before 1827. In
1830 George remarried Anna's sister Amelia (Emily) born June 3, 1803
also in Stokes. They had another six children. The family moved to
Illinois about 1834.
In the 1879 History of Greene County, George Fry was
featured. He was also quoted in the Greene and Scott County, Illinois
Histories. In both George claimed that he and his brother-in-law,
Andrew Crouse, arrived in Greene County in early 1836, but left
immediately to cross the Mississippi into Iowa. There they bought
land but only remained one year before returning to Illinois.
200
The two families returned to Illinois and settled near
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois where they were enumerated in
the 1840 Federal Census. On March 15, 1844 George bought Morgan
County land from John and Precious York for $500; it was
documented in court ten days later. George also claimed he “bought
106 acres near White Hall, Greene County in 1844”, choosing to make
the latter his home. He said he could easily “go from Carrollton [in
Greene County] to Jacksonville without hindrance across the tall
prairie grass.” On August 15, 1849 George purchased another Greene
County tract of land from William and Sarah Andras for $178. They
were residents of Scott County and he was of Greene County. He
claimed “his land, purchased on time, required all the energies of his
nature to pay for.” The final payoff was documented June 2, 1857.
The various purchases of land made George a wealthy man as
land values increased significantly between the 1850 and 1860 Federal
Censuses. George was still farming and raising livestock, but his real
estate was now valued at $5,000 with another $500 in personal
property. The 1872 Atlas of Greene County, showed George Fry
owned two tracks of land just west of Roodhouse, Greene County,
Illinois. They were located at Sec. 22, T12, R12, W, near White Hall.
One tract was dissected by the Louisiana branch of the CA & St. L
Railroad.
George claimed in the 1879 History of Greene County, “he
married Miss Anna Crouse, by whom he had two children, [Ma]lvina
and Anna E. Four years later she died. In 1830 he married Miss Nellie
Crouse, a sister of his former wife, by whom he had 6 children, John
W., Christian S., Margaret M., Andrew F., George H[arvey], and
Delphia E.” George’s second wife, Amelia, died September 12, 1866.
George married a third time to Emeline Sally Dodsman Townsend on
March 24, 1867, she was “the widow of Andrew J. Townsend, and a
daughter of Jacob Dodsman who was once a well-to-do planter in the
South.”
George died December 3, 1883. His son, George Harvey Fry
was sworn in at the Greene County Courthouse on December 10,
1883, to provide proof that his father’s will was valid. George’s will
left the family home and associated lot in White Hall to his wife Emily,
along with all his personal property. His son, George Harvey, was
given the bulk of the estate, including the two large tracts of land upon
201
which he was currently farming. George left his son Andrew Franklin
$50. He left his daughter Malvina Catharine Lee $10. His daughter
Ann Elizabeth Lisenfelt was also given $10. George must have
preferred some of his children over others because he left his daughter
Delphia Amira Hardcastle $400. George, and his second and third
wives, Amelia and Emeline, were buried together in the Patterson
Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County.
George Harvey Fry
George Harvey Fry was born December 10, 1836 in Iowa.
George Harvey’s mother was his father’s second wife, Amelia Crouse.
George Harvey was obviously the favorite son of George Fry. In
George’s will, Andrew Franklin, the oldest and only other surviving
son, received only $50 in cash, whereas George Harvey got two tracts
of farmland. Even some of the daughters got more in inheritance than
poor Andrew Franklin.
George Harvey married Elizabeth Pressela Edwards on January
2, 1859 in nearby Scott County. She was born November 10, 1841 in
Logan County, Kentucky. Her father was from Virginia and her
mother was from Tennessee. The couple had seven children.
The 1870 and 1880 Federal Censuses of Township 12 Range 12
White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, showed George Harvey as a wellto-do farmer. His children include William F., Amelia Jane, Andrew,
George E., Mary E., Sarah A. and Fanny H. All the children were born
in Illinois.
Little else was documented about George Harvey except that
he was a deserter from the 91st Illinois Infantry Company H on March
4, 1863. He died November 25, 1883. His wife Elizabeth died
December 16, 1916. The couple was buried in Williams-Edward
Cemetery, Roodhouse, Greene County. He has a military marker next
to his gravestone despite the desertion.
202
George Harvey and Elizabeth Pressela Edwards Fry’s daughter,
Amelia Jane Fry married William Butler Farmer and continued the
expansion of the Farmer line in Greene County, Illinois.
Source for the Frey lineage through John Fry:
http://www.ancestry.com
Source for the George Fry and later lineage:
203
The William Butler Farmer Lineage
William Butler Farmer
William Farmer and Anna Jane Field were expecting a child
when they migrated from Gibson County, Indiana. William Butler was
their only child born outside of Indiana. He arrived April 21, 1863 one
month after they settled in Wilmington, Greene County, Illinois.
(Note: Wilmington’s name officially changed to Patterson because
when they tried to register the name in Illinois they discovered there
already was a Wilmington in Will County. Today both names are on
the road sign but Patterson is the legal name.)
William Butler was born only eight months before his father
enlisted in the Civil War, never to return. William Butler never had the
influence of a father in his life since Anna Jane never remarried.
William Butler was obviously named for his father William. Where the
middle name Butler came from though is unclear. No middle name
had ever been identified for the father, but maybe he was also a
William Butler and his son was actually a Junior.
William Butler was the only son of William and Anna Jane
Field to carry on the Farmer surname in the Greene County area. Yet,
instead of the name dying out it flourished because William Butler had
several sons all of whom had many sons themselves.
205
Amelia Jane Fry must have caught the eye of William Butler
Farmer because he chose her for his wife despite the fact she was a
widow with a small son. Amelia Jane was pretty, his age, and she came
from a reputable family. William was only 18 and too young to marry
without parental consent. The marriage application showed his
brother-in-law James H. Pryor validating Anna Jane Field Farmer’s
approval for the wedding. On the application William listed his
ethnicity as Irish and Amelia said she was German.
206
Amelia Jane was born a few days before William Butler on
April 13, 1863 in White Hall to George Harvey and Elizabeth Pressela
Edwards Fry. She was named for her paternal grandmother, Amelia
Crouse Fry, but went by many nicknames including Millie and Nellie.
She married the first time at age 16 on January 26, 1880 to George
William Dawdy, one of the many Dawdys in the Greene County area
that married into the Farmer line. She had a son, Charles Granville
Dawdy, on March 11, 1881. Charles remained close to the Farmers,
living in nearby Hillview until his death on April 22, 1973. Amelia Jane
and William Butler married January 25, 1882, just a day shy of two
years after she married the first time. She was just 18 years of age and
already married twice!
207
Prior to their marriage, William Butler had lived in the family
home with his mother and older brother John Phillip. They owned
201 acres of improved land valued at $50 per acre, or $10,500. It was
located one and a half miles northwest of Breese. William Butler and
John Phillip farmed the land together on the family’s behalf.
In the 1900 Federal Census the brothers lived side by side and
jointly farmed the land they inherited from their father. Unlike John
Phillip, who remained a lifelong bachelor, William Butler and Amelia
Jane had a large family, 10 children, including Amelia’s son from her
prior marriage. By 1930 William Butler owned his home and the
family land, plus had personal property worth $600. He was blind
from what the family called "wild hair" disease; his lashes grew on the
inside of his eyelids. He also had chronic inflammation of the gall
bladder. His cause of death was inflammation of the kidneys.
208
William Butler’s obituary in the Illinois State Journal dated
September 30, 1934 said he died at home two nights earlier. He was
survived by fifty-eight descendants. His wife, Nellie Jane Fry Farmer,
whom he married in 1882, and a step-son, Charles Dawdy also
survived. He was born April 21, 1863 and was a member of the
Baptist church for over 50 years. The following children survived:
Harvey of Murrayville, George of Patterson, Chester of Kenosha,
Wisconsin, Mrs. Florinda Dawdy of Hillview, Mrs. Ethel Walls of
Patterson, Mrs. Maude Traylor of Murrayville, Roy of White Hall, Mrs.
Annie Gray of Patterson, Mrs. Claudia Zyph of Alton, Madison
County, Illinois, Mrs. Grace Tutlewski of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and
Mrs. Eva Burris of White Hall. Funeral services were held at the
Patterson Baptist Church. Amelia died June 26, 1939 of a chronic
heart condition. The couple was buried together in Rawlins (Lovelace)
Cemetery, north of Patterson.
209
210
The children of William Butler and Amelia Jane Fry Farmer
spread out across the central Illinois and Wisconsin areas. They no
longer needed to move west to support their growing families. The
American land grab was coming to an end! The industrial revolution in
America allowed significant incomes to be earned off the farm.
William Butler’s children slowly moved into non-agricultural
occupations. Factory jobs were sprouting up everywhere.
The ongoing dispersion of families was still occurring, only
now it was for different reasons. Families began drifting apart
following the ebb and flow of labor markets. The next few pages
include photographs of William Butler and Amelia Jane Fry Farmer’s
children at family gatherings where they tried to maintain a close
relationship despite their physical distances.
211
Child
Farmer
Sylvia Anna
Chapman
Maude Mae
Hammon(d)
Essie Ovie
Logsdon
George Washington
Farmer
William Harvey
Farmer
Bertha M.
Farmer
Elam Reece/Reacy
Dawdy
Mary Florinda (Finn)
Farmer
Bridget Margaret
Welcherk
Edna (Emma)
Wilkerson
Chester Taylor
Farmer
Florence Bell
Jones
Roy Earnest
Farmer
John Andrew
Walls
Edna Ethel
Farmer
Orville Edgar
Seaton
Ora E.
Traylor
Clarence S. (Fred)
Sturgeon
Maude Cecil
Farmer
Amelia Jane (Millie/Nellie)
Fry
Descendants of William Butler Farmer
William Butler
Farmer
Charles David
Jouett
Wilbur Perry
Gray
Edgar Darrell
Logsdon
Anna Jane
Farmer
Child
Farmer
Child
Farmer
William Oscar
Zyph
Claudia Marie
Farmer
Rudolph
Tutlewski, Sr.
?
Killosky
Gracie Estell
Farmer
Jeff
Burris, Sr.
Eva Elizabeth
Farmer
212
Left to right: Anna Jane, Maude Cecil, Eva
Elizabeth, Mary Florinda, and Edna Ethel
Left to right: William Butler, Anna Jane, Claudia Marie,
Edna Ethel, William Harvey, Maude Cecil, Mary
Florinda, Eva Elizabeth, Jeff Burris, Roy Earnest, John
Franklin (boy), Chester Taylor, and George Washington
213
The circled area on the adjoining page designates all the
numerous hamlets, villages, and towns in which the Farmer family lived
in Patterson Township, Greene County. Some were so tiny they were
not found on maps, but instead were just areas in the township that
locals recognized. These included: Hillview, Breese, Patterson
(Wilmington), White Hall and Roodhouse.
214
The following genealogies of the children of William Butler and
Amelia Jane Fry Farmer were completed in an attempt to bring the
living family members back together. The only child not identified in
this section is George Washington Farmer as he is the subject of an
upcoming chapter.
215
Descendants of William Harvey Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM HARVEY17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 17 Oct 1882
in Wilmington, Patterson Township, Greene County, Illinois, and died
27 Dec 1955 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He married
MAUDE MAE HAMMON(D) Bet. 03 - 31 Jul 1901 in Alsey, Scott
County, Illinois, daughter of FRANKLIN HAMMON and ALICE
JACKSON. She was born 03 Jun 1885 in Glasgow or Alsey, Scott
County, Illinois, and died 30 Jun 1955 in Murrayville, Morgan County,
Illinois.
216
Notes for WILLIAM HARVEY FARMER:
William Harvey’s birth certificate says he was the first child born to his
parents. He was named in honor of both his grandfathers, William
Farmer and George Harvey Fry.
His obituary in the Illinois State Journal dated December 28, 1955 said
he was 73 of Murrayville and had died Tuesday in Passavant Hospital,
Jacksonville after a two week illness. He was the son of the late
William and Jane Fry Farmer. His wife Maude died June 30, 1955. He
was survived by these children: John of Winchester, Everett of
Roodhouse, Keith of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Leona Miner of
Springfield; seven sisters Mrs. Eva Burris and Mrs. Florinda Dawdy of
White Hall, Mrs. Grace Tutlewski of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Mrs. Ethel
Walls and Mrs. Anna Gray of Patterson, Mrs. Claudia Zyph of Alton
and Maude Farmer; two brothers Roy and Chester, 12 grandchildren
and 18 great-grandchildren. The body was removed to the
Cunningham Funeral Home and was taken to the residence of his son
John Farmer, northwest of Winchester. Services were held at the
Patterson Baptist Church. Burial was in Lovelace (Rawlins) Cemetery
between Patterson and Glasgow.
Notes for MAUDE MAE HAMMON(D):
Maude’s obituary in the Illinois State Journal dated July 2, 1955 said
she died Thursday at her home in Murrayville. Funeral services were
held at the Patterson Baptist Church with Cunningham Funeral Home,
Winchester, presiding. Burial was in Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery,
Patterson.
Children of WILLIAM FARMER and MAUDE HAMMON(D) were:
i. JOHN FRANKLIN18 FARMER, b. 09 Jun 1902,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 17 Apr 1984,
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois; m. ETHEL
(EDITH) MAE SCHUTZ, 19 May 1923, Hillview, Greene
County, Illinois; b. 08 Oct 1906; d. 28 Mar 1982.
Notes for JOHN FRANKLIN FARMER:
217
John lived in Winchester, Illinois in 1955, then lived in
Murrayville, Illinois when his brother Everett died in 1979.
ii. ALTA BERNICE FARMER, b. 22 May 1904, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 03 Jun 1904, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois.
Notes for ALTA BERNICE FARMER:
Alta died in infancy due to a bowel obstruction. She was
buried in Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery at Patterson,
Illinois with her parents.
iii. EVERETT LEE FARMER, b. 01 Feb 1908, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 04 Nov 1979, White Hall
Hospital, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois; m. MARY
RACHEL HENDRICKSON, 14 Jun 1924, Carrollton,
Greene County, Illinois; b. 01 Jan 1905, New Canton,
Illinois; d. 22 Apr 1989, Belleville, Illinois.
Notes for EVERETT LEE FARMER:
Everett was a mechanic for Mason in Murrayville, Illinois
while living in Nortonville, Morgan County, Illinois in his
young married days. He had a farm near Nortonville
which he lost during the depression. He walked from
Nortonville to Woodson, Morgan County to chop
hedgerows for $1 per day. He moved to Ceres and
worked for Russell Riggs. He was drafted into the army
during WWII and served with the 28th Division of the
109th Illinois infantry under Omar Bradley. Social security
number 356-05-5451. His division was known as the
Keystone (PA N. G.). He returned after healing from a
wound to the foot to work for Texaco owned by Virgil
Gilmore in Roodhouse, Martin's Chrysler Plymouth and
ultimately retired from the Roodhouse Envelope Factory.
He was buried with his wife at Youngblood Baptist
Church Cemetery in Nortonville. He was waked at
Mackey Daws Funeral Home, Roodhouse, Greene County,
Illinois.
218
iv. MARGARET LEONA FARMER, b. 04 Sep 1913,
Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois; d. 01 Jan 1981,
Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois; m. CLAUDE
MINER, 1930.
Notes for MARGARET LEONA FARMER:
Margaret lived in Chatham, Sangamon County, Illinois
when her brother Everett died in 1979. She was buried at
Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery Patterson, Illinois.
v. KEITH LEON FARMER, b. 05 Nov 1927, Whitehall,
Greene County, Illinois; m. MARY MARGARET
HUNTER, 04 Jul 1951, Murrayville, Morgan County,
Illinois, d. 23 Jun 2012, Jacksonville, Morgan County,
Illinois..
Notes for KEITH LEON FARMER:
He lived in Murrayville, Morgan County, Illinois from his
marriage until 1955, when he moved to Jacksonville, just
prior to his father's death in December 1955.
Descendants of Bertha M. Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. BERTHA M.17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16, WILLIAM15,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 09 Aug 1886 in
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 19 Apr 1896 in Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois, and buried in Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery,
Notes for BERTHA M. FARMER:
219
Bertha’s birth certificate listed her as the fourth child born to William
Butler Farmer and Amelia Jane Fry. William Harvey’s said he was first
and George Washington’s said he was third, therefore their second
child must have died and went unrecorded.
Descendants of Chester Taylor Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. CHESTER TAYLOR17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 18 Feb 1888
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 29 Jan 1967 in Illinois
Soldiers and Sailors Home, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, and was
buried in Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery, Patterson Township, Greene
County, Illinois. He married (1) EDNA (EMMA) WILKERSON 22
220
Jul 1908 and she was buried in Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery, Patterson
Township, Greene County, Illinois. He married (2) BRIDGET
MARGARET WELCHERK WFT Est. 1911-1927. She was born in
Houston, Texas, and died 03 Oct 1932 in Berdan, Greene County,
Illinois. Her body was shipped to two surviving sisters for burial in
Houston, Texas.
Notes for CHESTER TAYLOR FARMER:
In the 1930 Federal Census of Patterson Village, Patterson Township,
Greene County, Illinois dated April 8, Chester Farmer rented a house
for $6, had no radio, was 42, married at 32, and was unemployed. His
wife Bridget was 29, married at 19, was born in Texas of Moravian
parents. The children were: Margaret 9, Ernest 6, Carl 4 3/12, and
John Joseph 2 5/12. The children were all born in Illinois.
Children of CHESTER FARMER and BRIDGET WELCHERK
were:
i. MARGARET18 L. FARMER, b. 07 Feb 1921, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 31 May 2005, Illinois; m.
HAROLD A. SCHUTZ, 18 Feb 1939, St. Charles, St.
Charles County, Missouri; b. 31 Mar 1920, Hillview,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 23 Apr 2000, White Hall
Multicare Center, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois.
The couple was buried in Pine Tree, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois
Notes for MARGARET FARMER:
Margaret was raised at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors'
Children's School, Normal, McLean County, Illinois. She
attended Felmley Grade School on the Home grounds.
She left the Home when she reached majority and went to
Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois. She lived in White
Hall, Illinois at her father's death in 1967.
Notes for HAROLD A. SCHUTZ:
Harold was a lifelong farmer and worked at Olin
Manufacturing in Alton, Illinois for over 30 years, retiring
221
in 1983. He was a member of the Hillview Pentecostal
Church and served as Sunday School Superintendent from
1958 to 1986. Funeral services were held at Airsman-Hires
Funeral Home in White Hall.
ii. ERNEST FARMER, b. 21 Apr 1923, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; d. Mar 1956, Escondido, San Diego
County, California; m. ?, Escondido, San Diego County,
California.
Notes for ERNEST FARMER:
After his mother's death, Ernest lived at the Illinois
Soldier's and Sailor's Children's School, Normal, McLean
County, Illinois. He attended Felmley Grade School on
the Home grounds. He joined the US Marines during
WWII. He was awarded a Purple Heart at Guadalcanal
and worked as a Fireman at Camp Pendleton. He married
in Escondido, San Diego County, California. His wife had
a female child from a past marriage. He was not thought
to have had any natural children.
iii. CARL FARMER1, b. 04 Feb 1925, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; d. Dec 1982, Helmet, Riverside County,
California; m. GERTRUDE ROSS2; b. , Oakland City,
Gibson County, Indiana2; d. 30 Jul 1912, Princeton,
Gibson County, Indiana2; b. Oakland City Cemetery,
Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana.
Notes for CARL FARMER:
After his mother's death in 1932, Carl went to live at the
Illinois Soldier's and Sailor's Children's School, Normal,
McLean County, Illinois. He attended Felmley Grade
School on the Home grounds. He was a career U.S.
Marine during WWII and the Korean Conflict. He was
awarded a Purple Heart in Korea. He settled in California.
Nothing is known of a marriage or children.
222
iv. JOHN JOSEPH FARMER, b. 09 Oct 1927, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. Nov 1956.
Notes for JOHN JOSEPH FARMER:
After his mother's death in 1932 he went to live in the
Illinois Soldier's and Sailor's Children's School, Normal,
McLean County, Illinois. He went to grade school on the
Home grounds at Felmley. Joe was a career U.S. Air Force
veteran during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam Wars
from which he retired. He was a college graduate and
teacher of disturbed children in Scottsboro, Alabama.
Nothing is known of a marriage or children.
v. CHARLES EUGENE FARMER, b. 06 Sep 1930,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 13 May 2000,
Redding Medical Center, Redding, Shasta County,
California; cremated and returned to wife at 838 Soule
Lane, Montague, CA 96064; m. CAROLINE MARIE
STENNES, 16 Dec 1962, Strandquist, Marshall County,
Minnesota; b. 29 Jun 1940, Strandquist, Marshall County,
Minnesota.
Notes for CHARLES EUGENE FARMER:
After his mother's death in 1932 Gene went to live at the
Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School, Normal,
McLean County, Illinois. He attended Felmley Grade
School on the Home grounds. He also attended
University High School on the Illinois State University
campus in Bloomington-Normal for his freshman year.
He ran away from the Home in 1945 at the age of fifteen.
He went to live with his sister Margaret, on a farm near
Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois. There he finished
high school. He joined the Marines, serving as a Sergeant
in Korea at the Inchon Landing and during the withdrawal
from Chosen Reservoir. He furthered his education in
California after the service. He received a B.A. from the
University of California at Davis. He was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Sigma Alpha
223
(National Honor Society). He received an M.A. from
Stanford University where he was a National Woodrow
Wilson Fellow. He held several jobs over his life including,
farmer, soldier, mill-worker, bug inspector, private
investigator, professor of political science at Bemidji State
University in Minnesota, comedian, and comedic writer.
He worked on TV shows like Laugh-In, The Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour, That's My Mama, Sanford and
Son, Chico and the Man, CPO Sharkey, Good Times and
Real People. He had three Emmy Nominations for his
work. He received three N.A.A.C.P. Image Award
Nominations for his work as Producer and Writer for Real
People and That's My Mama. His cause of death was
multi-organ failure due to Hemorrhagic Shock and AortaBi-Femoral Bypass Surgery that occurred on March 29,
2000. His Social Security number was 320-24-4412.
224
Endnotes
1. Wife's Death Certificate.
2. Death Certificate.
225
Descendants of Mary Florinda (Finn) Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. MARY FLORINDA (FINN)17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16,
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 13 Jul 1971 in White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois and was buried in Pinetree, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois. She married ELAM REECE DAWDY 13 Jan
226
1905 in Greene County, Illinois1, son of ANDREW DAWDY and
HULDAH CLARK. He was born 11 Aug 1880 in Illinois2, and died
11 Jul 1943 in Greene County, Illinois2 and buried in Pinetree,
Notes for MARY FLORINDA (FINN) FARMER:
Florinda was named in honor of William’s sister, Florinda Farmer
Dawdy.
In the 1930 Federal Census of Patterson Township, Greene County,
Illinois Elam rented his farm and owned a radio. He was 50 and was
married at 26. Florinda was 40 and was married at 16. Children at
home were Walter 22, Lucy 16, and Estelle 10. Living next door was
son Devere who rented his home and had a radio. He was 24 and
married at 24. He was a general farm laborer. His wife was Verna age
18 and married at age 18. They were all from Illinois.
Children of MARY FARMER and ELAM DAWDY were:
i. DEVERE CORNELIUS18 DAWDY, b. 01 Jul 1906,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 26 Feb 1973,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; b. Pine Tree,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; m. VERNA JUANITA
FORD, 26 Mar 1930, Hillview, Greene County, Illinois; b.
01 May 1913, Hillview, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for DEVERE C. DAWDY:
Devere was a farmer and common laborer. His wife
worked in a plastics factory.
ii. WALTER MERRIT DAWDY4, b. 1907; d. 124 Aug 945,
White Hall, Greene County, Illinois; b. Pine Tree,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; m. MARTHA
VIRGINIA ALLEN; b. 1912.
iii. LUCY MILDRED DAWDY, b. 13 Oct 1913,
Wilmington, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; m. (1)
LESTER PATTON5; m. (2) ? NEAL.
227
iv. FLORINDA MAUDE (ESTELLE) DAWDY, b. 19 Aug
1919, Wilmington, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d.
11 Dec 1990; m. CORNEL DUNLAP5.
Endnotes
1. Elam's Obituary.
2. Obituary and Family Records.
3. Elam's Obituary.
4. Cemetery Books Greene County - Entire Family and E-mail from
Lester Scott Dawdy.
5. Elam's Obituary.
Descendants of Roy Earnest Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. ROY EARNEST17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16,
228
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 27 Aug 1895
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 26 Jan 1973 in White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois. He married FLORENCE BELL
JONES 28 Oct 1914 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, daughter
of WILLIAM JONES and MINNIE KARLOCK. She was born 26
Jul 1896 in Odessa or Bates City, Missouri, and died 26 Apr 1934 in
White Hall, Greene County, Illinois. The couple was buried in
Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for ROY EARNEST FARMER:
Roy’s birth certificate listed him as the 7th child of his parents.
In the 1930 Federal Census of Alsey Precinct, Alsey Village, Scott
County, Illinois dated April 18, Roy was 32, married at age 18, rented
his home, and he was a miner in a clay company. His wife Florence
was 32, married at age 17, born in Missouri, of Illinois parentage. The
children were Margie, 14, Louis 13, Hazel, 10, LeRoy 5, and Leta 1
1/2. His wife died giving birth to Hilda Darlene, their seventh child
who survived for a few months. Hilda was 2 months premature.
Children of ROY FARMER and FLORENCE JONES were:
i. MARGIE LUCILLE18 FARMER, b. 27 Aug 1915,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 25 Oct 2004, White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois; m. (1) HOWARD
BARRETT; m. (2) ? EDWARDS.
Notes for MARGIE LUCILLE FARMER:
Margie had no children.
ii. LOUIS FARMER, b. 11 Feb 1917, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 20 Jan 1988, Lemont, DuPage County,
Illinois.
iii. HAZEL FARMER, b. 28 Aug 1920, Winchester, Scott
County, Illinois; d. 8 Mar 2013, White Hall, Greene
County, Illinois; m. (1) ELMER BRUCE; m. (2) ARCHIE
BARNETT.
229
iv. LEE ROY FARMER1, b. 03 Sep 1925, Near White Hall,
Greene County, Illinois1; d. 10 Jul 1990, Silver Cross
Hospital, Joliet, Will County, Illinois1; m. (1) DORIS
EVELYN BURBRIDGE1, Abt. 1945, North Carolina1; b.
26 Mar 1927, Hillview, Greene County, Illinois1; d. 17 Jun
1952, Old Kane City, Jersey County, Illinois1; m. (2)
BETTY LOU MCCARTHY1, 10 Nov 1953, White Hall,
Greene County, Illinois1; b. 05 Feb 1928, Jacksonville,
Morgan County, Illinois1; d. 18 Nov 2007, Springfield,
Sangamon County, Illinois1. Lee Roy, Doris, Nedra,
Marlene, and Darla are buried together in Pinetree
Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for LEE ROY FARMER:
Lee Roy was a veteran of the Korean conflict. The family
lived in Hillview, Greene County, Illinois and then moved
to Old Kane City in Jersey County, Illinois. They only
lived there three months before lightning struck the house
and it caught fire while they were sleeping. Lee Roy was
twenty seven at the time and had a two year old son
Dennis. Doris was twenty four, Nedra was four, Marlene
was three, and Darla was two months old. Doris and the
three girls died in the fire. Lee Roy escaped with his son
Dennis by jumping out a window. He ran to his employer
for help. The fire gained such headway by the time the
Jerseyville Fire Department got there nothing could be
done. A full tank of bottled gas near the house burned for
two hours. The bodies were recovered several hours after
the fire (Carrollton, Illinois Newspaper June 20, 1952).
Lee Roy moved, remarried, and worked for Unical
Corporation for 33 Years in Lockport, Illinois.
v. LETA ROSE FARMER, b. 1929; m. WILLIAM VIRGIL
DUNLAP, SR., 28 Jul 1946, Winchester, Morgan County,
Illinois; b. 08 Apr 1918, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois;
d. 31 Oct 1999, Boyd Memorial Hospital, Carrollton,
Greene County, Illinois, b. Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois .
230
Notes for LETA ROSE FARMER:
Leta’s husband was a WWII veteran of the Army Air
Corps. He worked for Black's Chevrolet in White Hall
before opening his own business, Dunlap's Body Shop.
He was active in local business and politics.
vi. WAYNE FARMER, b. 1931; m. EVONNE.
vii. HILDA DARLENE FARMER, b. 26 Apr 1934, White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois; d. 08 Aug 1934, White Hall,
Notes for HILDA DARLENE FARMER:
The White Hall Register dated August 10, 1934 said Hilda
was buried in Pinetree (Old Martin Section) Cemetery,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois and was waked at
Dawdy Funeral Home, White Hall, Greene County,
Illinois. Her gravestone said she was born April 6, 1934
and died August 12, 1934.
Endnotes
1. Grandson Jeffery Farmer.
Descendants of Edna Ethel Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. EDNA ETHEL17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16, WILLIAM15,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 14 Sep 1891 in
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 12 Mar 1978 in
Randallstown, Maryland. She married JOHN ANDREW WALLS 07
Nov 1910 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, son of OSCAR
WALLS and MARY WELLS. He was born 03 Aug 1888 in Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois, and died 04 Jul 1954 in Patterson, Greene
231
County, Illinois. The couple was buried in Pinetree Cemetery,
Notes for EDNA ETHEL FARMER:
In the 1930 Federal Census of Patterson Township, Greene County,
Illinois dated April 21 John owned his own home and had a radio. He
was 40 and married at 21. Ethel was 37 and married at 19. Delbert was
8. They were fruit farmers and owned their own orchard.
Children of EDNA FARMER and JOHN WALLS were:
i. DELBERT HARLAND18 WALLS, b. 10 Dec 1921,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois; d. 02 Jul 1994, Tavares,
Florida; m. KATHERINE WAGNER; b. Danville,
Illinois; d. 1986, Florida.
232
Notes for DELBERT HARLAND WALLS:
Delbert’s Social Security Number was 355-12-8259. He
died in the Orlando, Florida Hospital. He was a graduate
of Western Illinois University and a U.S. Navy veteran of
WWII. He enlisted September 4, 1942 and was discharged
March 15, 1946. He served at the Personnel Separation
Center in Jacksonville, Florida. He moved to Florida in
1984 from Maryland after retiring from the Social Security
Administration in Baltimore.
ii. INFANT SON WALLS, b. 19241; d. 1924.
Endnotes
1. Gravestone.
Descendants of Maude Cecil Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. MAUDE CECIL17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1)1 was born 27 Aug
1893 in Hillview, Greene County, Illinois1, and died 17 Sep 1979 in
Hillsboro Hospital, Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois, and
buried in Green Hill Cemetery, VanBurensburg, Montgomery County,
Illinois. She married (1) CLARENCE S. (FRED) STURGEON 04
Dec 1911 in Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois, son of ROBERT
STURGEON and CORDELIA HIGHTOWER. He was born 24 Jun
1888 in Coffeen, Montgomery County, Illinois, and died 18 Aug 1915
in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. She married (2)
ORA E. TRAYLOR2 Aft. Apr 1915, son of CALEB TRAYLOR and
233
ELIZABETH STRAUB. He was born 1884 in Hurricane, Greene
County, Illinois3, and died 1944 in VanBurensburg, Montgomery
County, Illinois3, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery,
VanBurensburg, Montgomery County, Illinois. She married (3)
ORVILLE EDGAR SEATON 25 Oct 1946 in Hillsboro,
Montgomery County, Illinois, son of CASPER SEATON and ELIZA
HARRISON. He was born 15 Aug 1894 in Hurricane, Montgomery
County, Illinois4, and died 11 Jan 1958 in Schram City, Montgomery
County, Illinois.
Notes for MAUDE CECIL FARMER:
Her first husband, Clarence Fred Sturgeon was listed as the oldest son
of the owners of the East Brook Dairy Farm in Hillsboro,
Montgomery County, R2, Section 8, T1479 in the Book Prairie
Farmer's Reliable Directory of Montgomery County, 1890. They had
been in business there since 1861.
234
The 1900 Federal Census showed Clarence Fred, born June 1888 as
living with his parents in North Litchfield Township, Montgomery
County, Illinois.
Clarence Fred first enlisted at Jefferson Barrack, Missouri in the 39th
United States Coast Guard Artillery Corps from April 24, 1908 to April
23, 1911. His pension record listed him as 21 10/12, a farmer, with
blue eyes and dark brown hair, a fair complexion, 6’ 1” tall on his first
enlistment. He reenlisted at Fort Logan, Colorado on September 28,
1914 and died on August 18, 1915 as a Corporal in the 68th Company
of the Coast Artillery Corps. He died in Letterman General Hospital,
San Francisco, California of a perforated ulcer. Whether Maude and
their son ever lived in California was not determined.
Maude filed for survivor benefits with the U.S. Coast Guard after he
died in service in 1916. She was initially turned down because Clarence
Fred claimed when he enlisted in Missouri that he was a single man.
He made his father next of kin. Maude had to prove she was in fact
legally married to him and had never divorced him.
He was a known womanizer and may well have run away from her. He
enlisted out of Colorado for his second tour of duty. Maude appeared
to have met and very quickly married Clarence Fred between his two
tours of duty. She finally received a $12 per month pension check for
herself and an additional $2 per month for her son until he reached
maturity.
In the 1930 Federal Census of Kenosha City, Kenosha County,
Wisconsin dated April 11 Maude had remarried and moved. Her
second husband Ora E. Traylor rented his home for $28. He was 45
and first married at 23. Maude C. was 36 and first married at 18.
Gluennal S. Sturgeon was 18. All three were Illinoisans of Illinois
birth. Ora was a machine operator in an auto factory. They lived near
Maude’s other siblings Chester Farmer and Grace Tutlewski.
Ora was listed as one of 10 children living with his parents in Fillmore,
Montgomery County, Illinois. R2, Section 23, O60a in the Prairie
Farmer's Reliable Directory of Montgomery County. They had been
235
farmers in this location since 1882. Ora was married a first time to
Mary Margaret Romelin. His wife died the same year as Maude Cecil's
first husband. The two married and had no additional children. They
each brought one child to the marriage and Maude raised Marcella
Traylor born 1907 as her own child. Marcella, known as Lela, married
Lawrence Sears and lived in Schram City, Montgomery, Illinois. Ora
was buried with his first wife.
The family did not stay long in Wisconsin, nor did they immediately
return to Montgomery County in Illinois. In the 1940 Federal Census
they were farming in Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois. They had
been on that farm since at least 1935. The children were both gone.
By Ora’s death in 1944 they were back in Montgomery County.
Maude’s obituary said when Ora died she sold the farm in
VanBurensburg and moved to Schram City. There she married one of
her neighbors, Orville Seaton, for companionship in old age. She had
left Greene County at age 17 to work as a nurse’s aide at the Hillsboro,
Montgomery County Hospital. Despite her third marriage, she was
buried as Maude Cecil Traylor in a grave directly next to Ora Traylor
and his first wife Mary Margaret Romelin. Maude suffered from colon
cancer and was blind due to a retinal detachment at the end of her life.
She was hospitalized in Hillsboro for two months prior to her death.
Maude’s third husband Orville was married first to May Lawson, a
wealthy woman. He had one child Merle who lived in Schram City,
Montgomery County, Illinois. Maude was his second wife. He was a
smelter by occupation and worked for Eagle-Picher until six months
before he died. He died in 1958 after a few weeks in Hillsboro
Hospital. He was buried with his first wife.
Child of MAUDE FARMER and CLARENCE STURGEON was:
i. GLEMUAL SYLVESTER18 STURGEON7, b. 18 Aug
1912, Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois; d. 16 Jun
1983, Veteran's Administration Hospital, Livermore,
California8; m. FLOSSIE AEDELLE TUNSTALL9, 23
Sep 1935, San Diego, San Diego County, California9; b. 21
236
Jul 1903, Arkansas10; d. 18 Sep 1978, Hillsboro Hospital,
Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois.
Notes for GLEMUAL SYLVESTER STURGEON:
Glemual’s marriage certificate listed him as a laborer and
his wife as a waitress. His wife was divorced from a man
surnamed Dugan. She did not bring any step-children to
the marriage. She was a professional photographer. They
were residents of Schram City, Montgomery County,
Illinois when his wife died of a stroke in 1978. His
mother, Maude, lived nearby. He was a veteran of WWII
and met his wife while stationed in San Diego. After his
wife died in 1978 and his mother in 1979, both in Illinois,
he moved back to California to be near his son. He did
volunteer work at the VA Hospital in Livermore,
California near his son's home. He died in that hospital
after a short stay.
Glemual must have been very religious because he wrote a
letter to his children as he was dying. It said to follow
God and he would wait for them in heaven. He told them
they were all wonderful children and to love one another.
His autopsy said he died from heart disease of many years
accompanied by congestive heart failure. His burial was
unknown, but his wife was buried in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, Newark, Independence County, Arkansas.
Endnotes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Delayed Birth Record.
Montgomery County Farmers Manual.
Gravestone.
Delayed Birth Record.
Gravestone.
Cemetery Record.
Birth Record.
Letter from VA Hospital.
237
9. Marriage License.
10. Validated 1920 Census Record used to marry.
Descendants of Anna Jane Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. ANNA JANE17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16, WILLIAM15,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 05 Jul 1897 in
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 28 Feb 1983 in White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois, and was buried in Rawlins (Lovelace)
Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois. She married (1)
EDGAR DARRELL LOGSDON 14 Jul 1915 in Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois, son of DENNIS LOGSDON and SARAH
GAITHER. He was born Bet. 08 Jun 1887 - 1888 in Breckinridge
County, Kentucky, and died 21 Nov 1916 in Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois. She married (2) WILBUR PERRY GRAY 06 Jul 1931
in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, son of ISAAC GRAY and
MATILDA/MARANDA GRIFFIN. He was born 11 Feb 1868 in
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 11 Jul 1949 in Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois, and was buried in Rawlins Cemetery, Near
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois. She married (3) CHARLES
DAVID JOUETT 27 Jan 1955 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois,
son of BENJAMIN JOUETT and MARY PINKERTON. He was
born 29 Feb 1876 in Greene County, Illinois, and died 22 Apr 1961 in
White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, and was buried in Rives Cemetery,
Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for ANNA JANE FARMER:
Anna Jane was identified as the 10th child of her parents on her birth
certificate. She was named in honor of her grandmother Anna Jane
Field Farmer.
238
Anna Jane’s first husband Edgar Darrell Logsdon was the brother-inlaw of her sibling George Washington Farmer who married Essie Ovie
Logsdon. Edgar died of heart failure per a Greene County Death
Inquest at age 28. He was buried in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson,
Illinois. They had one child Nellie Opal Logsdon who never married.
She was buried in Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois next to her mother Anna Jane Farmer Jouett and her
grandparents William Butler and Amelia Jane Fry Farmer.
Wilbur Perry Gray was Anna Jane’s second husband. He was a general
laborer. Anna was his third wife. He died at 81 of chronic heart
disease. Her third husband was Charles David Jouett. He was retired
when they wed. He had been a laborer during his career. He died at
age 85. Although Anna Jane was buried as a Jouett, Charles David
Jouett was not buried with her. He was buried in Rives Cemetery,
Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois.
There are no known portraits of Anna Jane Farmer.
This is her daughter Nellie Opal Logsdon with
Grandmother Amelia Jane Fry Farmer
Child of ANNA FARMER and EDGAR LOGSDON was:
i. NELLIE OPAL18 LOGSDON, b. 21 Jul 1916, Barrow,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 15 Jul 1939, Our Saviour's
239
Notes for NELLIE OPAL LOGSDON:
Nellie never married and lived in Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois until her death at age 23, two days after
surgery for a goiter thyroid condition. Her funeral was at
the Dawdy Funeral Home, White Hall, Greene County,
Illinois and she was buried in Rawlins (Lovelace)
Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois
Descendants of Claudia Marie Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. CLAUDIA MARIE17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16,
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 05 Nov 1998 in
Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois.
240
She married WILLIAM OSCAR ZYPH 19 Jan 1920 in Scott County,
Illinois, son of CHARLES ZYPH and LASALLE SHARP. He was
born 10 Feb 1896 in Bickelton, Washington, and died 29 Oct 1966 in
Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton, Madison County, Illinois. The couple
was buried in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for CLAUDIA MARIE FARMER:
In the 1920 Federal Census William Oscar Zyph was a single boarder,
age 25 doing farm labor. He was in the Bloomfield Precinct, Scott
County, Illinois. He was born in Washington, but both his parents
were natives of Illinois.
In the 1930 Federal Census of Wood River Township, Madison
County, Illinois William owned his home worth $3,800. He had no
radio. He was 34 and married at age 25. Claudia was 28 and married at
18. William was a foreman in a glass works factory.
Children of CLAUDIA FARMER and WILLIAM ZYPH were:
i. RICHARD LEE18 ZYPH, b. Mar 1931; d. Jul 1999,
Roxana, Madison County, Illinois; m. NORMA JEAN
KING; d. 11 Nov 1998, Roxana, Madison County, Illinois.
ii. BILLIE JOANNE ZYPH, b. 15 Jan 1934; m. GEORGE
CALVIN DEMAS, 25 Sep 1959, Abilene, Texas; b. 04
Mar 1931.
Descendants of Gracie Estell Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. GRACIE ESTELL17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16,
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 20 Aug 1994 in
Kenosha Hospital, Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. She
241
married RUDOLPH TUTLEWSKI, SR. 11 Oct 1920 in Carrollton,
Greene County, Illinois, son of WALTER TULEWSKI and ANN
PULAN. He was born 03 Jun 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois,
and died 27 Sep 1987 in Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The
couple was buried in Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
Notes for GRACIE ESTELL FARMER:
Gracie was listed as the 14th child of her parents. Anna Jane was
identified as the 10th child. Claudia Marie had a delayed birth certificate
so it did not list the number order of her birth, but based upon her
birthdate she would be the 11th, 12th, or 13th child. No matter where
Claudia fits, that still means two other unknown children of William
Butler and Amelia Jane Fry Farmer who were born and died between
Anna Jane and Gracie Estell. Their births and deaths were never
recorded.
At age 16 Gracie married Rudolph Tutlewski who was living in
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin at the time. What he was doing
in Greene County, Illinois when he met her is not known. His
occupation was dragman, an angler that fished by dragging the net
along the bottom of the river. Shortly after their wedding they moved
back to Wisconsin where their first son was born in 1921. But, they
were back and forth between Illinois and Wisconsin several times
242
before 1930 as the birth locations of their children prove. After 1930
they remained in Wisconsin the rest of their lives.
In the 1930 Federal Census of Kenosha City, Kenosha County,
Wisconsin Rudolph was a 30 year old man who rented his home for
$18. He was a teamster in an automotive plant. He was married at age
21. He was born in Illinois of a German father and an Australian
mother. Grace his wife was 26 and was married at age 16. She was of
Illinois descent. Children were Rudolph Jr. 9, born in Wisconsin,
Dorothy J. 7, born in Illinois, William 4, born in Wisconsin, Robert 2,
born in Wisconsin, and Gerald 8/12, born in Illinois.
Children of GRACIE FARMER and RUDOLPH TUTLEWSKI were:
i. RUDOLPH18 TUTLEWSKI, JR., b. 13 Mar 1921,
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin; d. 15 Jun 2000,
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin; m. EVA
TORRES.
ii. DOROTHY J. (DOT) TUTLEWSKI, b. 1923, Illinois; m.
(1) DONALD CHRISTENSEN; b. Kenosha, Wisconsin;
m. (2) JAMES YATES.
iii. WILLIAM GILBERT TUTLEWSKI, b. 23 Aug 1925,
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin; d. 04 Oct 2002,
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin; m. ALICE
KLEIN.
iv. GERALD WAYNE TUTLEWSKI/TUTTLE, b. 1929,
Illinois; m. STELLA ANNETTE KADIS.
Notes for GERALD WAYNE TUTLEWSKI/TUTTLE:
Gerald legally changed last name to Tuttle in 1950.
v. ROBERT K. TUTLEWSKI, b. 07 Apr 1928, Kenosha,
Kenosha County, Wisconsin; d. 28 Oct 2009, Kenosha,
Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
vi. MARVIN DALE TUTLEWSKI, b. 07 Apr 1933,
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin; d. 07 Mar 2007,
Liberty, Pickens County, South Carolina; m. HUDDAH
(NELL) MCCOY.
243
Endnotes
1. William Harvey's Obituary.
Descendants of Eva Elizabeth Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. EVA ELIZABETH17 FARMER (WILLIAM BUTLER16,
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 22 Mar 1970 in Norris
Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. She married JEFF
BURRIS, SR. 12 Dec 1921 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, son
of JOHN BURRIS and BRIDGET BRESANHAN. He was born 13
Jun 1895 in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, and died 19 Feb 1962
244
in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois. The couple was buried in
White Hall Cemetery, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for EVA ELIZABETH FARMER:
In the 1930 Federal Census of White Hall, Greene County, Illinois
dated April 3 Jeff Burris was 33, owned his home, did not own a radio,
and he had $1,600 in assets. He was first married at age 27 and was of
Illinois descent. Eva was 24 and was married at 16. The children were
Jeff 7, Jackie 2 1/2, and Doris 4 1/2. Jeff was a potter in a clay factory.
Later in life he worked as a carpenter.
Children of EVA FARMER and JEFF BURRIS were:
i. JEFF18 BURRIS, JR., b. 19 Feb 1923, White Hall, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 10 Sep 2007, Lady of the Lake, Lake
County, Florida; m. ADDIE WINONA PRINDLE, Aft.
1990; b. 29 Mar 1924, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for JEFF BURRIS, JR.:
Jeff was a bookkeeper by profession, his wife was a
stenographer. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force.
They lived in Lady of the Lake City, Florida.
ii. DORIS AGNES BURRIS, b. 24 Jul 1925, White Hall,
Illinois; d. 23 Jan 1986, Kansas City, Missouri; m. (1)
JAMES CALVIN DALE; m. (2) ROBERT V.
GILMORE, 01 Jan 1944, White Hall, Greene County,
Illinois.
Notes for DORIS AGNES BURRIS:
Doris was an at Home Health Aide for the Wayne Miner
Health Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Robert worked
for the Medical department of the U.S. Army.
iii. WILLIAM JACK (CATFISH JACK) BURRIS, b. 05 Aug
1927, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois; d. 04 Jul 1999,
Geneseo, Illinois; m. MARY ISABELLE SETTLES; b. 10
May 1924, Hillview, Patterson Township, Greene County,
Illinois; d. 30 Dec 1990.
245
Notes for WILLIAM JACK (CATFISH JACK) BURRIS:
Catfish Jack served in the U.S. Army in Italy during WWII.
He worked as a custodian at Northside Elementary School
until he retired in 1989. He was a member of the Don
Cherry Post #5083 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Geneseo.
He enjoyed fishing. He committed suicide and was buried
in North Cemetery, Geneseo, Illinois.
Source for the William Butler Farmer lineage:
in conjunction with living relatives
246
The Logsdon Lineage
Essie Ovie Logsdon
Essie Ovie Logsdon became the wife of William Butler
Farmer’s son, George Washington Sr. She was born May 1, 1897 in
Breckinridge County, Kentucky to Dennis Jasper Logsdon and Sarah
Katherine Gaither (her lineage may be found in the next chapter). In
the 1900 Federal Census Essie O. was 2. Her parent's next-door
neighbors were Virgil and Essie O. Ramsey. Essie O. Logsdon was
named after her neighbor Essie O. Ramsey.
The Logsdons did not cross paths with the Farmers as early as
some of the other family lines. The families met sometime after 1913
when the Logsdons migrated to Greene County, Illinois. However, the
family had a long history in the United States. Their story, like the
others begins in Europe before 1600.
English Logsdons
The exact parentage of our immigrant Logsdon ancestor,
William Logsdon, has yet to be proven. Most researchers agree that he
descended through a family of Logsdons living in Bedford,
247
Bedfordshire, England. The reason for this belief is the fact that
William named his land Bedford when he arrived in the United States.
The most accepted theory of his parentage follows.
Bedfordshire
Anthony Logsdon married Eleanor Mee on January 15, 1627 in
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. Anthony and Eleanor had eight
children with recorded baptisms. Their oldest child, James Logsden
was born June 12, 1631in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire. Melchbourne
was located in the far northern section of county Bedfordshire,
whereas Bedford town was more centrally located.
Melchbourne
Bedford
248
James Logsden married Jane James January 26, 1661 in St.
John’s Anglican Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire. Jane died in Bedford
on April 25, 1702. James and Jane had seven children, one being our
immigrant ancestor William. The church they attended still stands
today.
Researchers who disagree with the above lineage use several
valid arguments to support their claims. The first argument is that
William’s land was named Bedford and not Melchbourne. Since
William’s father, James Logsden, was baptized in Melchbourne one
would assume James’ parents, Anthony and Eleanor, had moved there
at some point after they married in Bedford town and before James
was born. So, it would make more sense for William to name his
American land Melchbourne than Bedford since that was the area
where William grew up.
Yet, James’ wife, Jane James, was from Bedford town, as were
James’ parents, Anthony and Eleanor Logsdon. If Jane James’ parents
were family or friends of the Logsdons before they moved to
Melchbourne, and Jane James was sole heiress to her family’s land,
James Logsden may well have been intentionally married into a
situation where he would inherit her family’s land and home in the
town of Bedford. In that case James’ children, including our William,
would have been raised in Bedford town not Melchbourne. This
scenario seems quite plausible.
However, an even simpler explanation for William naming his
American land Bedford was that he named it after the entire county (or
shire) of his birth, Bedfordshire, and not the specific town of Bedford.
249
A second argument that William’s parentage as identified above
is incorrect comes from typical child naming conventions of the time.
Grandparents were traditionally honored by having grandchildren
named after them. None of William’s sons were named James, despite
the fact James Logsden and Jane James both have James as part of
their name. The only counter argument for this would be that a child
was named James, but he died before it was recorded via a baptism.
A third argument against the ancestral tree above is that all of
James and Jane Logsden’s known children had baptismal records
except for William. Without an actual record of his baptism his
parentage will always remain questionable. Yet, the contrarians have
tried to find other viable parents for William without success. All the
other William Logsdon’s born in Bedfordshire have been accounted
for. And, missing baptismal records were not uncommon as early
documents were often lost or improperly recorded.
So, if the reader can accept that James and Jane James Logsden
had a son William who immigrated to America, they may claim the
above lineage as their link to their English roots.
William Logsdon
James’ son, William Logsdon, was born September 13, 1663
somewhere in Bedfordshire, England. William arrived in America and
established the Logsdon line that flourished across the United States
today.
The stories about why William came to the United States vary
greatly. The facts of his arrival do not! Some legends said he was sent
to America for his own safety by his father because the plague was
devastating England at the time. Other folklore said he was picked up
violating the law by the authorities and sent to America to clear trees
off the land, a common punishment during that time period. The final
theory was that he left England voluntarily in search of better
opportunities.
The reason there is so much speculation about why William left
England was because he was only 10 or 11 years of age. This seemed a
very young age to leave home. In those days it was considered an age
at which a young man should work, but it was still uncommon for that
work to take anyone so far from their families.
250
It was unlikely William’s parents sent him to America, as they
did not pay his passage. In late 1673 William was transported to
America at the sea captain’s expense in an agreement that made him an
indentured servant for four years to pay off the debt.
The ship’s officer, Captain Samuel Smith, was already a citizen
of the Virginia Colony. Legend said his transport ship was bound for
Virginia when it was blown off course into the Chesapeake Bay. It
finally cast anchor at the mouth of the Patapsco River, in Baltimore
County, Maryland. In land grant records dated January 21, 1674,
Captain Samuel Smith of Virginia proved his right to three hundred
acres of Maryland land by witnesses including his wife Hanna and his
attorney. He claimed to have transported seven young men, Robert
Dewsberry, Thomas Humphrieds, George Yound, William Belcher,
William Logsdon, Jesiah Blackwell, and William Golder to work and
inhabit the area.
William worked off his debt as a tobacco plantation worker. In
1707, long after his debt was cleared, William purchased 100 acres of
land he named Bedford on the north side of the Patapsco River. He
continued as a tobacco farmer. Although the land he purchased had
been in Baltimore County it transitioned to the newly formed Carroll
County about eight miles southeast of the county seat, Westminster. In
1730 William bought another 300 acre tract of land he named
Brotherly Love in Somerset County, Maryland. He also owned tracts
called Logsdon's Addition and Pleasant Green, among others.
Carroll
251
Somerset
The family story said that William was single until age 39
because the number of unmarried women in Maryland was small. In
1702 his fortune changed. A transport ship filled with single women
was in the harbor and wives could be bought in exchange for tobacco.
Some of the women had arrived voluntarily, some as indentured
servants to pay off the debt to transport them to America, and others
were kidnapped as slaves for barter.
On board was a beautiful, vivacious, red-headed, freckled Irish
lass from County Kerry, Ireland. Honora O’Flynn was born about
1680 and was reportedly the Princess daughter of Irish Chieftain
Edward O’Flynn. Flynn was the English translation for the Gaelic
family name Flan which translated as red. It referred to the flaming red
hair common in the line.
Legend said Honora was kidnapped off the Irish Coast as part
of an English effort to squelch her family’s rebellious attitude towards
England and its suppression of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.
No proof of the story or Honora’s ancestry exists.
Honora was the bride William purchased for a “hogshead” of
tobacco. Although William was a member of the Church of England,
Honora was a pious Catholic. Maryland was tolerant of all religions,
even more so than the other American colonies. So, William and
Honora were married by a missionary Catholic priest from Fort
Tobacco. The couple had eight children and it was because of
Honora’s influence that several of them maintained a strong Catholic
faith right through to present generations.
252
Kerry
Thomas S. Logsdon I, “Old Logsdon”
William and Honora O’Flynn’s youngest son, Thomas S.
Logsdon, was born about 1713 on the family tobacco plantation near
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. Despite the fact William had a
large land holding, he was the last of five brothers. His inheritance
would be minimal. So, he started buying and selling tracts of land
wherever he could afford them, moving further west through the state
of Maryland.
253
Garrett
Carroll
In 1737 Thomas S. bought 100 acres from John Wooley called
Wooley’s Range in Carroll County, Maryland. He held on to that land
until 1750.
In the meantime William died and Thomas S. received his
inheritance, so in 1743 he bought an additional 100 acres called Molly's
Industry on the south side of the Great Falls of Gunpowder River in
Carroll County, Maryland. He sold that 100 acre tract just four years
later.
On December 15, 1752 Thomas S. bought land on the far
western edge of Frederick County, Maryland in what later became
Garret County. It was called Good Fellowship. There, at Ryan's Glade
near the mouth of the Stoney River and the North Branch of the
Potomac, Thomas S. established a permanent home. Ryan’s Glade
became Oakland, Maryland in modern times. The location had more
in common with the western frontier than with the eastern area of
Maryland from where he came. In this wilderness area Thomas S.
raised his family and they developed a love for adventure and the wild.
Thomas S. was listed as one of the Free Holders and Freemen
of the All Saints Parish there. He was still in the area through 1766
when he was listed several times in court records. George Washington
stated in his diaries that he visited the Ryan’s Glade, Garrett County,
Maryland home of Old Logsdon in September of 1784. George had
befriended Thomas S.’s sons a decade earlier.
254
Thomas S. died about 1790 in Garrett County, but not before
marrying and raising a family of pioneers, Indian fighters and
woodsmen. Thomas S. and Mary Vaughn Wooley married about 1740
in Baltimore County, Maryland. The couple raised nine children,
including one that became infamous in pioneering circles, Joseph
Bulger Logsdon.
Joseph Bulger Logsdon
Bulger Joe was one of the earliest members of the Logsdon
Family to explore or live in Kentucky. He was with Daniel Boone in
the late 1760s when he opened the trail across the Cumberland Gap
and into Tennessee and Kentucky. He was known as an Indian fighter
on the frontier. Bulger Joe at one time rode scout for William
Crawford, a soldier and western land agent for George Washington. He
served George Washington personally as his guide and Indian scout
while George was surveying the frontier. Bulger Joe was credited with
suggesting to Washington the very place where later a canal would be
pushed across the Appalachian Mountains at Dunlap Creek,
Covington, Virginia.
Joseph Bulger was described in early history books as a man
"of giant frame and strength, and of reckless daring and adventure".
One story reported that “in 1790, he was living with Andrew Barnett at
Barnett's Station in Green County, Kentucky, when Indians attacked
the settlement, and all of its residents took shelter inside the stockaded
fort. After a few days, Joe's adventurous spirit was tired of being
cooped up and he longed for the forest. Despite the Indians, he
ventured outside to hunt. He was riding leisurely down along a wooded
pathway, eating some wild grapes that he had picked, when two rifle
shots rang out. One bullet killed his horse under him; the other
bounced off his ribs without doing him any great harm.
As Joe rose to his feet, rifle in hand, he saw a huge Indian
rushing at him with lifted Tomahawk. However, as he raised his rifle,
this Indian sprang behind a tree. Just then Joe spied another smaller
Indian behind another tree, busily reloading his gun, but with his
posterior protruding. Joe's quick shot put this foe out of action, but
before he could reload his empty muzzle-loader rifle the other Indian
rushed upon him again - and the two giants met head on. There all
255
alone in the forest hand to hand and chest to chest they waged a
desperate struggle to the death.
The battle went on and on until both men were all but
exhausted, and ended at last only after Bulger Joe had wrenched the
Indians own knife from him and plunged it into the warrior’s savage
heart. Big Joe walked back to the stockade - maintaining his proud
boast that he had never run from an enemy, but well satisfied that he
had come off so well. The next day, the dead Indians were found, still
there” (Paul McClure, 1977).
It is also reported that the Indian name for Bulger Joe was
Him Gun Always Loaded (Clifford Lee Baltzell, 1954). He had the
ability to load his musket while running, a difficult task in those days of
muzzle-loaders, ramrods and powder horns.
Despite being the most colorful of Thomas S.’s sons, he was
not our direct ancestor. But, two other of Thomas S.’s sons were.
Thomas S. II and John R. Logsdon both were part of our lineage.
Their descendants, Nancy Logsdon and Ebenezer Logsdon
respectively, married and continued this lineage generations later.
Nancy and Ebenezer were second cousins once removed. So, from
this point forward the Logsdon story will alternate looks at members of
Thomas S. II and John R.’s lines until the two lines merge back
together at the marriage of Ebenezer and Nancy. Please review the
adjoining diagram to clearly understand their intertwined relationship.
256
257
John R. Logsdon
Barely anything is known about John R. Logsdon, but he was
the ancestor of our Ebenezer Logsdon and the son of Thomas S.
Logsdon. He was born about 1750 at the family home near
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. John R. reportedly followed
his more adventurous brother, Bulger Joe to the Nolin Settlement area
of Barren County, Kentucky as early as 1804 in what became Hart
County, Kentucky in 1819. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. He
married Ursula Kelly in 1787 in Madison County, Kentucky. She was
born about 1752 in Barren County, Kentucky. John R. sold his Barren
County land to his brother Thomas S. II in 1815. John R. and Ursula
moved with family members to Perry County, Indiana at that time.
Yet, the couple reportedly both died between 1819 and 1820 back in
Barren County, Kentucky so they were not in Indiana long. John R.
and Ursula had 11 children including our next ancestor on this side of
the Logsdon line, Joseph Wiltsberger Logsdon.
Hart
Perry
258
Thomas S. Logsdon II
Thomas S. Logsdon the II was as adventurous as his brother
Joseph Bulger, but he was less flamboyant in character. Like his
brother John R. outlined above, his birthdate was about 1750 and he
too was born in Thomas S. I and Mary Vaughn Wooley’s home near
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. He was the ancestor of our
Nancy Logsdon who would become Ebenezer Logsdon’s wife in a
couple more generations.
Thomas S. II joined the military and made an early career of it.
In 1766 he was on the muster payroll for the French and Indian War.
During a free period he married Ann Conner in Baltimore County,
Maryland on November 22, 1767. But in 1767 he was still serving
under Captain Norris and continued with him at the Battle of Point
Pleasant, Virginia (today West Virginia). Thomas S. II and his family
lived in the area of this 1774 conflict and faced the constant threat of
Indian raids around their home. Interestingly, our ancestor Abraham
Field also served in the same battle at Point Pleasant so the two likely
knew one another.
The Battle of Point Pleasant was the only major action of the
little known Dunmore's War. It was fought in a single day on October
10, 1774, primarily between Virginia militia and American Indians from
the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Indians under Shawnee Chief Cornstalk
attacked the militia, hoping to halt the advance of settlers into the Ohio
Valley. After the battle, Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of
Virginia, forced Chief Cornstalk to agree to a treaty, ending the war.
During the American Revolution in the mid-1770s Thomas S.
II was a Captain. Throughout his military career he served as a scout,
hunter, and Indian fighter. However, that was not enough for his
adventurous spirit. Along with Bulger Joe, he was also a pioneer and a
surveyor in support of the government expansion westward.
Thomas S. II was listed as a surveyor with George Washington
on September 25, 1774. George Washington’s diaries for that date
indicated Thomas S. II and his brother Joseph Bulger were living near
Gormania, Hampshire County, Virginia (now Grant County, West
Virginia). George Washington's maps re-printed in the January 1932
259
National Geographic showed the exact locations of Thomas S.
Logsdon II and Joseph Bulger Logsdon’s homes.
Maryland
Border
Gormania, Grant
County, West Virginia
Thomas S. II and Joseph Bulger Logsdon Homes
260
In 1777, Kentucky County, Virginia was formed from the area
that would later become the state of Kentucky. Three years later
Kentucky County was split into three counties, Jefferson, Fayette and
Lincoln. Thomas S. II joined the first settlers in the newly formed
Lincoln County in 1780.
In the year 1784 Thomas S. II went on a trip of exploration
into the wilds of today’s west central Kentucky, returning the following
year. His knowledge of the land through his surveying efforts,
combined with the land grants and patents awarded to soldiers for
military service, resulted in Thomas S. II becoming a major holder of
quality farmland in many areas from today’s West Virginia south
through Kentucky.
In 1785 Lincoln County was split between Logan and Madison
Counties. Thomas S. II owned land in both counties. On September
7, 1796, Thomas S. II had additional land surveyed in Logan County,
Kentucky. Thomas S. II was also the first Logsdon on record to own
land in Madison County, Kentucky; a total of 300 acres. He received a
land grant on the borders of Hardin and Barren Counties at Little
Horse Shoe Bend on the Green River below Munfordville. In 1819,
this land would be realigned into the newly created Hart County,
Kentucky. Some of the areas in which Thomas S. II owned Kentucky
land are marked by stars on the map.
Thomas S. II also had three land patents for a total of 500 acres
on Stony River near the Virginia and West Virginia state line. Thomas
S. II moved fairly often between his various properties. In 1789 he
261
migrated to his 300 acre tract of land in Madison County, Kentucky
where brothers Bulger Joe and Edward Logsdon were also living. But,
from 1796 to 1811 he was shown on the tax lists at his property in
Hardin County. He was also shown there on the 1810 Federal Census.
In 1815 his brother, and our ancestor, John R. Logsdon, was living on
some of Thomas S. II’s Barren County lands. There was a record of
John R. selling the land he purchased in Barren County from Thomas
S. II right back to him a few years later.
Thomas S. II was not finished with his military career once he
moved to Kentucky. At the ripe old age of 59 on February 14, 1797 he
was commissioned by Governor Gerrard of Kentucky as Captain of
the 3rd Regiment of the Kentucky Cornstalk Militia. The Cornstalk
name was a throwback to Thomas S. II’s battle against the Shawnee
Indian Chief in 1774.
Thomas S. II died a year before the creation of Hart County,
Kentucky. In his will dated April 18, 1818 in Barren County Thomas
S. II named his sons, John and Thomas S. III, and his daughter Mary
White. (He had two other daughters so they must have passed away
without descendants.) Thomas S. II left a 107 acre farm to son John,
and the furniture and cattle to his other children, Mary and our direct
ancestor Thomas S. III. His signature on the will was very shaky
indicating his ill health and old age of around 90.
Over time, Thomas S. II had sold all but the 107 acres of
farmland to various family members. Nearly every member of the
huge Logsdon clan that began in Maryland now lived near Thomas S.
II and his siblings in Kentucky. From the creation of Hart County in
1819 until today the Logsdon name remains the most common and
respected surname in Hart County. Everywhere one goes in Hart
County are signs of the family name and their current and/or former
land holdings. Even the underground river flowing through Mammoth
Cave was named for this family of explorers – the Logsdon River. The
following are photos taken in the Logsdon Valley and the Green and
Nolin River area near the original Logsdon family lands.
262
Joseph Wiltsberger Logsdon
Joseph Wiltsberger was the son of John R. and Ursula Kelly
Logsdon. He was also the father of Ebenezer Logsdon who would
soon marry his second cousin once removed Nancy Logsdon, making
us dually related to the Logsdon lineage.
263
Barren and
Hart Border
Joseph Wiltsberger was born about 1793 in the Barren County
area of Kentucky that would in 1819 be incorporated into the newly
formed county of Hart. His parent’s home was at the intersection of
the Green and Nolin Rivers. He married Nancy Wardrope born 1796
in North Carolina to Younger and Amy Anna Reese Wardrope. The
couple wed in Barren County on October 15, 1812. Joseph
Wiltsberger’s father, John R. Logsdon, was listed as the surety for the
marriage with Nancy’s father Younger Wardrope also present.
Jasper
Nothing was recorded on the couple’s whereabouts from the
date of their marriage until the 1850 Federal Census. Logsdon
researchers agree that Joseph Wiltsberger died about 1844 in either
Hart County, Kentucky or Jasper County, Iowa. The Logsdon family,
264
with or without Joseph Wiltsberger, moved to Iowa before 1850. In
the 1850 Federal Census of Clear Creek, District 16, Jasper County,
Iowa Nancy was a widow age 54 born in North Carolina. The children
living with her ranged in age from 17 to 9 and all were born in
Kentucky; one being our ancestor Ebenezer, age 15.
Thomas S. Logsdon III
Thomas S. Logsdon III was born about 1771 to Thomas S.
Logsdon II and Ann Conner. He was probably born on the family
homestead near Gormania, Hampshire County, Virginia (now Grant
County, West Virginia) since the family did not seem quite as mobile
during the earliest days of their marriage. George Washington reported
they were in that spot as late as 1774. However, his birth location was
not officially documented anywhere.
The first reference to Thomas S. III was as a private in the 3rd
Regiment of Miller’s Kentucky Militia during the 1790s. This was the
same Regiment that his father Thomas S. II served in as a Captain. On
February 22, 1791 he married Anne Wilson in Madison County,
Kentucky. His movement from that point mimics his father’s
movement around Kentucky.
Thomas S. III was on the tax lists in Hardin County, Kentucky
from 1806 - 1817 as Thomas Jr. He and Anne were in the 1810 Hardin
County, Kentucky Federal Census with a family of 12 children ranging
from teenagers to babies. It is even possible Thomas S. III followed
some of his family members to Perry County, Indiana briefly around
1815. In his father’s will dated 1818, in which he received furniture
and cattle, his residence was not specifically listed. It may therefore be
assumed that he, like his father, lived in Barren County. In 1819,
Thomas S. III purchased 170 acres of land on Roundstone Creek in the
newly formed Hart County. In the 1820 Hart County census Thomas
S. III and his wife were over 45 with nine children still at home varying
in age from 26 to infancy. He was not in the 1830 Hart County
Federal Census so it may be assumed that both Thomas S. III and
Anne died before 1830. One of their children, Boazada Logsdon
would go on to become the father of Nancy Logsdon who would
marry Ebenezer and recombine the two Logsdon lines.
265
Boazada Logsdon
Boazada was born to Thomas S. III and Anne Wilson Logsdon
at their Kentucky home on May 12, 1811. He was a Union Civil War
soldier in Company B of the 9th Kentucky Cavalry. He married Mary
E. Bush about 1836 probably in Hart County. She was born in 1814.
Boazada and Mary were much less adventurous than some of his
ancestors. From the 1840 through the 1870 Federal Censuses the
couple farmed near Munfordville, Hart County. They raised a family of
at least 10 children, one of which was Nancy Logsdon, the wife of
Ebenezer Logsdon. Boazada died October 16, 1877 and Mary
followed him September 11, 1893. They were buried together in the
Old McCorkle Cemetery in Hart County.
Ebenezer Logsdon and Nancy Logsdon
Ebenezer was born January 18, 1835, the son of Joseph
Wiltsberger and Nancy Wardrope Logsdon. Ebenezer’s Civil War
Pension Record indicated he was born near Munfordville in what
became the Cub Run area of Hart County, Kentucky.
Nancy was born in January 1837, the daughter of Boazada and
Mary E. Bush Logsdon. The two children grew up together in their
Hart County homes. The Logsdon clan had numerous family
gatherings where they had the chance to become friends and grow to
love one another. But, Ebenezer’s family moved to Baxter, Jasper
County, Iowa when he was a young teen. Nancy remained in Hart
County.
In the 1850 Federal Census Ebenezer was a 15-year-old farmer
in Jasper County. He lived with his 54 year old mother, Nancy. His
future wife, also named Nancy, was a 13-year-old girl living with her
family in Hart County, Kentucky. Whether the two corresponded
between Iowa and Kentucky might never be known. But, on October
16, 1852 18-year-old Ebenezer returned to Kentucky to marry his 16year-old second cousin once removed. They were married by
Reverend Dennis J. Logsdon. They returned to Iowa where in the
1856 Iowa State Census of Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa
Ebenezer was listed as a 21-year-old farmer.
By the 1860 Federal Census the Ebenezer and Nancy had
resettled in Kentucky. They were enumerated in Munfordville, Hart
266
County. Ebenezer was a 25-year-old farmer. Nancy was 23. They had
one child Boaz, age 6. Ebenezer had personal property worth $30.
Each arrow represents a
place Ebenezer moved
to from 1835-1909
Ebenezer fancied himself a minister and was often referred to
as Reverend Ebenezer. The family followed his ministry from one
place to the next over much of Ebenezer’s life. Ebenezer’s calling took
them to Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky where they remained
until he returned his family to Hart County while he served in the Civil
War from 1862 to 1864. Ebenezer was described at enlistment as age
26, 5' 10 1/2", 140 pounds, dark complexion, hazel eyes, and black
hair. He stated he never received any bounty as part of his enlistment
or completion of active service. At no point was Ebenezer ever
referred to as a Reverend in any of his military papers. And, he stated
several times that his occupation was farming. Ebenezer received a
Distinguished Service Award. He was literate and wrote quite
eloquently in all his correspondence with the Civil War Pension
Commission.
Ebenezer's Civil War Pension file was consolidated under
National Archives #688.604. The file contained his family member’s
birth, wedding and death dates – notarized as coming from the family
bible and/or authenticated by the presiding official. These records
were necessary to collect pension money, because the originally
267
recorded documents had been lost to various courthouse fires during
the Civil War.
After leaving military service in December 1864 Ebenezer
lived in Derby, Perry County, Indiana. In September 1865 he returned
to Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky where he stayed two more
years. In September 1867 he moved to Edmondson County, Kentucky
to a place near Bonnieville known as Rocky Hill.
In the 1870 Federal Census of Rocky Hill, Ebenezer, who was
listed as Ebany, was 35 and a farmer with $400 in real estate and $375
in personal property. His wife Nancy was 33. Their children were
Thomas G. aged 13, Stamper aged 10, Ebenan P. (a girl who went by
Anne) aged 6, Andrew Jack aged 3, and Dennis Jasper aged 1. Their
oldest son Boaz Ada, age 17 was not listed in the family home
anymore. The couple had nine children in total, adding Clarendon
Young, Arthur Lewis, and Ebenezer Jr. by 1874.
In 1871 the family moved back to Hart County. They bought
land near Logsdon’s Valley in the area called Cub Run located a few
miles west of the county seat at Munfordville, Hart County.
Ebenezer’s Civil War Pension Record stated the family lived “outside
Munfordville on Carrico Road near what has since become Cub Run,
Hart County, Kentucky”. Ebenezer was listed on Hart County real
estate tax records beginning in 1874 as a farmer. The documents
claimed Ebenezer paid to Washington Mansfield, an agent for tobacco
companies, $40 per 100 acres for a total of $80. He bartered 500
pounds of tobacco, 150 bushels of corn, and 15 bushels of wheat
instead of cash to purchase the land. In another undated reference in
the Hart County Historical Society Logsdon Family Folder was a nearly
unreadable document which showed Ebenezer Logsdon owned 210
acres of land in Hart County near Cub Run valued at $450.
Ebenezer’s nearest neighbor in Cub Run was Joseph
Wilkerson. The Wilkerson family was in Grayson County, Kentucky in
1850, but lived in Cub Run, Hart County during the 1860 through 1880
Federal Censuses. Joseph had a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. Upon
Ebenezer and Nancy’s arrival to Cub Run in 1874 Sarah Elizabeth was
a married woman. Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson, born January 11, 1855
wed Robert Reams about 1871 at age 16. On August 4, 1877 Sarah
Elizabeth was widowed. Ebenezer’s wife Nancy passed away eight
268
months later on April 13, 1878. Nancy’s burial place has not been
determined.
Ebenezer remarried at the home of his next door neighbor
Joseph P. Wilkerson with Reverend George P. Jeffries presiding. His
second wife, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson Reams, was Joseph P.
Wilkerson’s daughter and the widow of Robert Reams. Robert Reams
was a member of the prominent family for which the Reams Chapel
and Cemetery were named. The couple wed on October 9, 1879,
twenty-six months after Robert Reams died and eighteen months after
Nancy Logsdon died.
Sarah Elizabeth moved herself and her eight year old son,
William P. Reams, into the Logsdon family home. Sarah gave birth to
three additional Logsdon children, Grider Francis, Lemuel Bassett, and
Benjamin Goff.
The following is the wedding photograph of Ebenezer
Logsdon and his second wife, Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson Reams. No
known photograph exists of his first wife, and our ancestor, Nancy
Logsdon.
269
From 1871 until early 1884 Ebenezer had managed to squelch
his roving ministry. He farmed in Cub Run for over a decade. But, in
March 1884 Ebenezer moved near Leitchfield in what became Sadler,
Grayson County, Kentucky to resume his preaching. He stayed there
until 1902.
In the 1900 Federal Census of South Leitchfield, Grayson
County Ebenezer was 65 and born in January 1835. He was a
Kentuckian with a Kentucky father and a North Carolina mother. He
had been married to Sarah Elizabeth for 20 years. She was born
January 1863 and was 47. She had given birth to 10 children, but only
four were still living. The couple lived next door to William Reams,
Sarah Elizabeth's only surviving child from her first marriage. Children
still living at home included Grider F. 17, born in March 1883, Lemuel
B. 15, born in April 1885, and Benjamin S. 8, born in December 1892.
All the children were born in Kentucky.
Ebenezer applied for military disability benefits of $6 per
month on February 2, 1886 and again for $8 per month on July 12,
1890. He was living in Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky at both
points in time. The basis for his request was a back injury due to logs
that he and another man were carrying that got loose and jerked his
back out. This accident supposedly occurred on duty near
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky. He also claimed he suffered
from catarrh, or inflammation of the mucous membranes in the head,
throat, and nasal area. He added rheumatism in his knee, shoulder, and
right elbow joints and further claimed prostate enlargement,
constipation, and general senile debility as evidence supporting his case.
Ebenezer’s Civil War military benefits were suddenly halted on
February 4, 1898 when his Civil War Service Record was brought into
question. His first enlistment at Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky
on July 19, 1862 to Company L, 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry never
showed him as being mustered out. Instead he was assumed to have
deserted about August 31, 1862 in Richmond, Madison County or
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. As a result Ebenezer was
refused further benefits.
Many notarized documents changed hands in attempts to clear
his name. The gist of the argument was that Ebenezer showed up for a
few weeks at camp and then the company was disbanded due to the
270
resignation of their leaders Captains Knight and Metcalf. Ebenezer
claimed he was never officially mustered into the unit before it
disbanded so he never needed to muster out. His record was never
cleared.
Fortunately for Ebenezer, he reenlisted in Hawesville, Hancock
County, Kentucky as a Sergeant in Company K, 35th Kentucky
Volunteer Infantry from August 7, 1863 until December 29, 1864 when
he mustered out from Louisville, Kentucky.
Without ever resolving the issue of his first enlistment and
assumed desertion, Congress passed a law in 1902 giving veterans the
right to claim pension benefits for their entire period of service based
upon an honorable discharge from their last term of service. So,
Ebenezer was granted benefits, but only $6 per month, again on July
25, 1902 based upon the new law. He was on regular medical
assessment as a condition of receiving his partial disability pension.
His benefits increased to $10 per month on December 16, 1903, $12
on October 18, 1905, and finally to $15 on April 17, 1907.
By 1903 Ebenezer was again living in Cub Run. In 1905
Ebenezer first lived in Forestville and then in Winesap, which were
small communities near Munfordville in Hart County. From 1907 on
the family’s residence was listed as Cub Run.
Ebenezer died May 17, 1909. He was buried in Reams Chapel
Cemetery in Cub Run. Sarah spent the remainder of her life living on
the family farm with her son Benjamin. Prior to Ebenezer’s death all
correspondence with the Civil War Pension Commission had been
penned by his hand. Sarah was not literate, so it may be assumed that
her son Benjamin handled her paperwork. She continued to
correspond with the Civil War Pension Commission until her death
over twenty years later.
Sarah Elizabeth was always pleading for money because she
was widowed and in debt. Sarah began receiving benefits after
Ebenezer’s death and she created a large volume of correspondence
with the Commission representative handling her case. She began with
a $12 monthly benefit in 1909. In 1916 she was rejected for an
increase to $20 due to the fact she was not Ebenezer's wife during the
Civil War and/or had not attained age 70 as was required by law. On
January 1, 1930 her request for an increase to $40 was granted based
upon her age exceeding 75.
271
At key points throughout her final years Sarah seemed to
modify her age and year of birth to meet the legal age requirements of
70 needed to attain pension money. She lied repeatedly, despite the
fact the Commission asked for proof and used census records to
disprove her claims. Sarah invariably moved dates exactly five or ten
years back or forth to suit her needs. She seemed to be making
arbitrary age adjustments to deliberately increase her chances of sliding
through the cracks and getting the pension benefits she had come to
expect during Ebenezer’s life. But, the Commission caught her lies
every time.
Her letters were quite biting and accusatory of the
Commission’s slowness and fault finding with her. She hand wrote
over the top of typed correspondence they mailed her! She threatened
legal action! Sarah even suggested she was due a homestead that was
never given her husband after the war! She demanded immediate
responses, yet provided slowly and imprecisely the information
requested in support of her claims.
Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson Reams Logsdon died January 7,
1933. In the church papers of Ream's Chapel found at the Hart
County Historical Society, Ebenezer and Sarah are listed as buried
there, but they are not listed as members of the church, nor was
Ebenezer ever known to be a minister there.
Reams’ Chapel was founded in 1896, so Ebenezer’s fist wife
Nancy, who died in 1878, could not be buried there. The chapel
merged with the nearby Cub Run Methodist Church in 1965. It is
unclear what denomination the Chapel was prior to merger. Ebenezer
and Sarah's gravestone is modern and looks like it has been placed
there since about the 1960s. No obituaries were found in papers of the
time period for Ebenezer or Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson Logsdon.
Ebenezer, Nancy and Sarah created a blended family of 13
children that attained adulthood. Only one of the children was a girl.
This meant that 12 boys would split Ebenezer’s 210 acres of land at his
death, or find alternative means to create incomes for themselves.
Ultimately and unusually, the youngest child Benjamin Goff Logsdon
ended up with the family farm in Cub Run. All the other children
inherited their father’s wanderlust and scattered all over the country,
many to Illinois.
272
Most of Ebenezer’s children began their adulthood as farm
laborers, working for others until they could afford to buy themselves
small tracts of land. They kept moving until they found cheap and
fertile farmland on which to raise families.
Boaz Ada ended up in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois.
Stamper’s family moved from Macoupin County, Illinois to Hillsboro,
Trail County, North Dakota to Marion County, Oregon. Andrew Jack
went to Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky. Clarendon lived
first in Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky then in McDaniel’s
Precinct, Breckinridge County, Kentucky and finally in Hope
Township, McLean County, Illinois. Ebenezer Jr. went to Hopkins
County, Kentucky. Grider Francis went to Bowling Green, Warren
County, Kentucky and became a school teacher. William P. Reames
went to Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky. Only Ebenan (Anne),
Arthur Lewis, Lemuel Bassett and Benjamin Goff stayed in Hart
County, Kentucky and farmed. Our direct ancestor, Dennis Jasper
Logsdon followed a similarly diversified migration in his adulthood.
Dennis Jasper Logsdon
Dennis Jasper Logsdon was born August 13, 1868 in a place
named Rocky Hill near Bonnieville, Edmondson County, Kentucky.
His place of birth was based upon his parents’ Ebenezer and Nancy
Logsdon’s residence at the time. However, Dennis Jasper felt he was a
child of Hart County and always told his family that was where he was
born. It was considered the home of all Logsdons and his parents did
live there intermittently throughout his childhood.
The first record of Dennis Jasper was in the 1870 Federal
Census of Rocky Hill as a boy of nearly two. His name was listed as
Denis. His parents were in their mid-thirties. They were farming
property worth $400 and they had $375 in personal assets. Dennis
Jasper was the baby among five other siblings, with more to follow.
His mother died before he reached the age of 10.
No record of Ebenezer’s family has been found in the 1880
Federal Census and no 1890 Federal Census records remain due to a
fire, so the next time Dennis appeared on any records was in the 1900
Federal Census. He had already been married to Sarah Katherine
Gaither for 11 years by that time. Sarah Katherine was born June 11,
1868 in Cloverport, Hardinsburg District, Breckinridge County,
273
Kentucky. Her parents were Andrew Jackson Gaither and Malissa Jane
Burnett. The Gaither lineage is the subject of the next chapter of this
book.
Dennis Jasper’s residence in 1900 was near his father Ebenezer
and step-mother Sarah Elizabeth in West Leitchfield Precinct, Grayson
County, Kentucky. His surname was spelled Logdston. He was
identified as a farm laborer. He stated that he was born in October
1866, a belief he shared with descendants until actual Civil War
Pension records notarized from the family bible clearly showed his
error, and a correct birthdate of August 13, 1868. Dennis Jasper’s wife,
Sarah Katherine Gaither, also incorrectly stated that she was born in
January of 1867.
Dennis Jasper and Sarah Katherine’s children were listed as
Edgar Darrell born in June 1890, Hubert Earl born in September 1893,
Maggie Olive born in October 1896 and Essie Ovie born in May 1898.
Sarah Katherine stated that she had carried two children to term and
both were still living. This fact upholds the family folklore that said
both Edgar and Hubert were left on Dennis Jasper and Sarah
Katherine’s doorstep and they were adopted by the couple. However,
looking at Hubert’s photograph one might speculate that the adopted
children were not random orphans, but were instead nephews of either
Dennis Jasper Logsdon or Sarah Katherine Gaither because Hubert
looks very much like the other descendants in this line, including this
book’s namesake, George Washington Farmer Jr.
Like Ebenezer and many of his siblings, Dennis Jasper was
always on the move. He did not stand to inherit any land, money or
property as the middle son of 12. As a general laborer, Dennis Jasper
moved from one job to the next doing everything from farm labor, to
coal mining, to lumbering, to railroading, to construction. The pattern
continued the rest of his life, following emerging commercial and
industrial occupations. Dennis Jasper went wherever he found the best
pay to support his large family. The new economy provided lucrative
jobs that did not require land for farming!
In the 1910 Federal Census of Meade County, Kentucky
Dennis Logsdon was a lumber laborer aged 42. His wife Katie was 41,
Edgar Darrell was 21, Hubert Earl was 17, Maggie Olive was 14, Essie
Ovie was 11, Thelma Mae was 9, Malissa Jane was 6, and Gracie Forest
was 3. The couple had been married 22 years.
274
Two other people lived with Dennis Jasper and Sarah
Katherine in 1910. They were also lumber laborers, Lavina P.
Hazelwood and Noah Ashley. Hazelwood was the surname of Sarah
Katherine Gaither’s step-family. Her mother’s first husband was
named Hazelwood. The Hazelwood name was associated often with
the Logsdons and Gaithers during the next few generations.
All of Dennis Jasper and Sarah Katherine’s children were born
in Kentucky. However, the number of moves they made inside
Kentucky was truly amazing! Family folklore, combined with legal
documents, showed that Edgar Darrell was born in Breckinridge
County in 1887, Hubert Earl in Leitchfield, Grayson County in 1889,
Maggie Olive in Butler County in 1895, and Essie Ovie in Leitchfield,
Grayson County in 1897. They remained in Grayson for three years
through the 1900 Federal Census. Thelma Mae was born a year later in
Fordsville, Breckinridge, Malissa Jane in Leitchfield, Grayson County in
1903, and Gracie Forest in Nelson County in 1906. At some point
before the 1910 Federal Census the family moved to Meade County.
They were in Nelson County in 1911 when Benjamin Harrison Mercer
and Maggie Olive Logsdon married.
Sometime between 1913 and 1914 the Logsdons moved to
Illinois. Family stories said they lived briefly in Alton, Madison
County, Illinois where Malissa Jane met her husband Wilbur Davisson.
They must have arrived in Patterson, Greene County by early 1915, to
provide enough time for Edgar Darrell to meet, court and marry Anna
Jane Farmer on July 14, 1915 and Essie Ovie to meet, court and wed
George Washington Farmer on October 13, 1915. In 1916, less than a
year after his wedding to Anna Jane Farmer, Edgar Darrell died.
Dennis Jasper was the informant and lived in Roodhouse, Greene
County, Illinois at that point in time.
275
Places Dennis
Jasper lived
1868-1933
By the 1920 Federal Census of Patterson Township, Greene
County, Illinois Dennis Jasper, with a last name spelled Logston, was
53, Katherine was 52, and they had a new child, Stanley, age 5. Stanley,
although listed as a son of Dennis Jasper, was not found in any family
records. He was believed to have been a neighbor’s child that was
raised by Dennis Jasper and Sarah Katherine. Family remembrances
are that Stanley was actually from their neighborhood in Patterson and
not a Logsdon at all. His mother died in childbirth and his father was
struggling. Sarah Katherine helped in the delivery and begged Dennis
276
Jasper to let her take the child and raise him. Dennis finally agreed.
They only had Stanley for five years from 1915 to 1920 because Sarah
Katherine took ill shortly after the Federal Census was taken and she
passed away.
Dennis Jasper and Sarah Katherine shared their home in 1920
with several members of their family. Besides Stanley, their daughter
Thelma Mae, her husband Roy and their daughter Hazel, 18 months
old, lived there. Additionally, their daughter Malissa Jane, her husband
Wilbur Davisson and their daughter Lena, 9 months old, also lived
under the same roof. All three men were farm laborers working for
others. From the photos taken of their home they were obviously
cramped quarters.
Sarah Katherine succumbed on February 21, 1920 to the 1918
Influenza pandemic that was sweeping the nation. Fifteen days later it
also killed Sarah Katherine’s granddaughter and namesake, Sarah
Katherine Farmer, George Washington and Essie Ovie Logsdon
Farmer’s child. Family legend said eight other members of the
Logsdon family suffered from the flu that winter but survived. Both
Sarah Katherines were buried together in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson,
277
Greene County, Illinois. The grandmother has no marker, but a lamb
marks the spot of the granddaughter’s grave.
No one in the family seemed to recall what happened to
Stanley after Sarah Katherine died. The belief was that he survived the
flu pandemic, and was then raised by a different family. A Stanley of
the right age suddenly appeared in the 1930 and 1940 Federal Census
with a longtime childless couple related to Dennis Jasper. William P.
(Deck) Reams was Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson Logsdon’s son by her
first husband, Robert Reams. It seems plausible that Stanley was given
over to the childless couple to rear after Sarah Katherine died in 1920.
In the 1930 Federal Census of Drake Village, Patterson
Township, Greene County, Illinois dated April 28, 1930 was 38-year
old Roy Gaither, who rented a home for $8 a year, had no radio, and
married Thelma Mae Logsdon at age 22. Roy Gaither was of Kentucky
roots. He was a common laborer doing general work. Thelma was 28
and married Roy at age 15. They had several children, Hazel age 11
and Edith age 10, both born in Illinois, Mildred age 7 born in
Kentucky, Le Roy age 5 born in Indiana, and Robert 13 months born
in Illinois. It was apparent this family had the Logsdon wanderlust
based upon the locations of their children’s births.
Living with Roy and Thelma Mae Logsdon Gaither was Dennis
Jasper Logsdon, a widower. He too was identified as working as a
common laborer. The entire group lived next to Thelma Mae's sister,
Maggie Olive Logsdon Mercer. Benjamin was a section worker for the
railroad, meaning he maintained the train tracks.
Dennis Jasper Logsdon made one final move to Indiana
sometime after 1930. He followed his daughter Thelma Mae and sonin-law Roy Gaither who moved to Indianapolis, Marion County,
Indiana. His granddaughter, Mildred, remembered him living with her
family. He rose early each day and walked many miles to do general
labor – up until the week he died! Although there are no known
photographs of Dennis Jasper Logsdon, Mildred recalled he looked
exactly like the photograph of his father, Ebenezer, except for the fact
Dennis Jasper was always clean-shaven.
Dennis Jasper’s death certificate said he died November 12,
1933 of cardiac decompensation, or heart blockage at age 65. He was
buried in an unmarked grave in Florial Park Cemetery in Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana.
278
The children of Dennis Jasper and Sarah Katherine Gaither
Logsdon roamed quite far, but always maintained their connection to
Kentucky. Following are the stories of those children and their
descendants, except of course, Essie Ovie Logsdon Farmer who is
discussed in the chapter with her husband George Washington Farmer
Sr.
Descendants of Edgar Darrell Logsdon
Generation No. 1
1. EDGAR DARRELL9 LOGSDON (DENNIS JASPER8,
EBENEZER7, JOSEPH WILTSBERGER6, JOHN R.5, THOMAS S.4,
WILLIAM3, JAMES LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was
born Bet. 08 Jun 1888 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and died 21
Nov 1916 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and was buried in
Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois. He married (1)
279
UNKNOWN before 1915. He married (2) ANNA JANE FARMER
14 Jul 1915 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, daughter of
WILLIAM FARMER and AMELIA FRY. She was born 05 Jul 1897
in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died 28 Feb 1983 in White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois, and was buried as Anna Jane Jouett in
Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery, near Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for EDGAR DARRELL LOGSDON:
Edgar was supposedly left in a basket on the Logsdon doorstep where
he was taken in and raised by the family. Edgar married his sister
Essie's husband George Washington's sister, Anna Jane Farmer. His
marriage records said she was his second wife. They married in the
bride’s home.
Edgar died 11 months later at age 28 of heart failure, per a Greene
County Death Inquest. He was buried in an unmarked grave near
other family members in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois. His father, Dennis Jasper Logsdon, was the death
informant. The death certificate said that Dennis Jasper lived in
Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois at that time of Edgar's death in
1916, but that Edgar died in Wilmington (later Patterson).
Edgar’s daughter was just four months old when he died. Anna Jane
and her infant child lived most of their lives with her parents, William
Butler and Amelia Jane Fry Farmer. Anna Jane remarried twice more,
but not until 15 years after her first husband’s death.
Their only child, Nellie Opal Logsdon never married. She too died
young at age 23 from toxemia and chronic heart problems, two days
after surgery for a goiter thyroid condition. She apparently inherited
Edgar’s defective heart condition! Her funeral was at the Dawdy
Funeral Home, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois. She was buried in
Rawlins (Lovelace) Cemetery, near Patterson next to her mother Anna
Jane Farmer Jouett and her grandparents William Butler and Amelia
Jane Fry Farmer.
There is no known photograph of Edgar Darrell, but for a picture of
his daughter Nellie Opal refer to the section on Anna Jane Farmer.
280
Child of EDGAR LOGSDON and ANNA FARMER was:
i. NELLIE OPAL10 LOGSDON, b. 21 Jul 1916, Barrow,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 15 Jul 1939, Our Saviour's
Descendants of Hubert Earl Logsdon
Generation No. 1
1. HUBERT EARL9 LOGSDON (DENNIS JASPER8,
born Bet. 03 Sep 1890 in Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky, and
died 07 Nov 1971 in Carlinville Area Hospital, Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Illinois. He married NAOMI (NONIE) LEE GREEN,
281
daughter of WILLIAM GREEN and EMILY DUVALL. She was
born 26 Jun 1896 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, and died
28 Nov 1955 in Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Kentucky. The couple was buried together in Elizabethtown
City Cemetery, Hardin County, Kentucky.
Notes for HUBERT EARL LOGSDON:
Hubert was supposedly left in a basket on the Logsdon doorstep where
he was taken in and raised by the family. Hubert was the only child of
Dennis Jasper and Sarah Katherine that did not move to Illinois when
the rest of his family did around 1913. Hubert married Nonie (Naomi)
Green about 1910 and had three children, only one surviving long
enough to marry and have a family. Their marriage record was not
found as of the publication of this book.
In the 1920 Federal Census of Morgan County, Alabama Hubert was
36 of Kentucky and rented his home. He was a lumber mill worker for
wages. Nonie was 24 of Kentucky. Their children were Sudie Mae age
4 of Kentucky and Arthur L. age 4 months of Alabama birth.
In the 1930 Federal Census of West of Illinois Central Railroad, Cecelia
Village, District 4, Hardin County, Kentucky Hubert Logsdon owned
his home worth $2000, did not have a radio, was 37, and married at age
20. He was a laborer for the steam railroad. His wife Nonie, was 34,
married at 16, and was from Kentucky of Kentucky parents. Their
282
children were Sudie Mae age 14 and Lewis Arthur age 11. In that
census the parents claimed Arthur was born in Kentucky. By the 1940
Federal Census the children were gone and Hubert was a carpenter
working for the W.P.A. As a result of the recent recession the couple
claimed their home was now worth only $600.
When Nonie died at age 59 in 1955 her obituary stated she had three
grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Her death certificate said she
was a housekeeper by trade. She died from a cerebral hemorrhage
after several years of suffering from hypertension. Her death
certificate said she was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, while her
obituary said it was in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
By 1962, per his sister Maggie Olive Logsdon Mercer's obituary,
Hubert was living in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana near his sister
Thelma Mae Logsdon and her husband Roy Gaither. Hubert moved
around a lot after Nonie died. Hubert lived briefly in Ashland, Cass
County with his sister Essie Ovie Logsdon Farmer. He lived in Joliet,
Will County, Illinois with his grandson A. L. Givans during the 1960s.
Just prior to his November 7, 1981 death he lived in South Palmyra,
Macoupin County, Illinois. He died at age 81 in the Carlinville Area
Hospital, Macoupin County, Illinois.
Hubert’s death was reported by his niece Inez Mercer. The Stults
Funeral Home in Palmyra sent his body back to Elizabethtown
Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky to be buried next
to his wife Nonie. He died of vasomotor collapse due to a severe
pulmonary infection. He had suffered from arteriosclerosis for many
years. His Railroad Retirement Number was 404-05-5365.
Children of HUBERT LOGSDON and NONIE GREEN were:
i. ZELMA LEE10 LOGSDON1, b. 18 Oct 1912, Laurel
Ridge, Hardin County, Kentucky2; d. 28 Jan 1914, Hardin
County, Kentucky3, b. Elizabethtown City Cemetery,
Hardin County, Kentucky7.
Notes for ZELMA LEE LOGSDON:
Zelma died of pneumonia.
283
2.
ii. SUDIE MAE LOGSDON, b. 16 May 1915, Laurel Ridge,
Hardin County, Kentucky; d. 07 Jun 1966, Elizabethtown,
Hardin County, Kentucky.
Sudie Mae and Arthur Louis
iii. ARTHUR LOUIS LOGSDON4, b. 05 Nov 1918, Morgan
County, Alabama5; d. 17 Nov 1937, Stilesville, Hendricks
County, Indiana6, b. Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Hardin
County, Kentucky7.
Notes for ARTHUR LOUIS LOGSDON:
A. L. enlisted August 19, 1937 as a Private in the 11th
Kentucky Infantry, Company M, #6664598. He was
stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Marion
County, Indiana. He was described as a white male, age
18, 5’ 10” tall with blonde hair and blue eyes.
He was on leave with a day pass when he died. He had no
alcohol or drugs in his blood. He may have been hitch
284
hiking back to the base. His military records said he was
born November 5, 1918. But the Federal Census record
of 1920 showed him born August or September of 1919.
He died "in the line of duty" on highway No. 40, three
miles west of Stilesville, Hendricks County, Indiana. He
was struck by an automobile while walking along the road
about 4:30 pm. His cause of death was head trauma.
Family stories told that Nonie was inconsolable after the
boy’s death. She put his bloody clothes in a trunk and
kept them with her until she died. Family recollections
were that she was never emotionally stable from that point
on.
Generation No. 2
2. SUDIE MAE10 LOGSDON (HUBERT EARL9, DENNIS
JASPER8, EBENEZER7, JOSEPH WILTSBERGER6, JOHN R.5,
THOMAS S.4, WILLIAM3, JAMES LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1
LOGSDON)8 was born 16 May 1915 in Laurel Ridge, Hardin County,
Kentucky9, and died 07 Jun 1966 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County,
Kentucky9. She married SMITH GIVANS Abt. 1939 in Hardin or
Jefferson County, Kentucky, son of WINCH GIVENS and VIOLA
PIERCE. He was born 04 Jun 1912 in Hardin County, Kentucky10,
and died 30 Apr 1997 in Cecilia, Hardin County, Kentucky11, and was
buried in Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Hardin County, Kentucky12.
Notes for SUDIE MAE LOGSDON:
Sudie Mae married Smith Givans and had three children, the youngest
named after her brother A. L. who died tragically in a car accident.
Sudie Mae lived in Cecilia, Hardin County, Kentucky much of her life.
She lived in nearby Elizabethtown her final two years. The family
spent some time in Texas as well. Sudie Mae died of a four day
pneumonia which was due to a stroke and brain tumor on the right
hemisphere of her brain that she suffered three months earlier. Smith
Givans married twice more after her death. Her son A. L. was living in
285
Joliet, Will County, Illinois in the 1960s, but is thought to be living in
Texas in 2013.
Children of SUDIE LOGSDON and SMITH GIVANS were:
i. HARRY BUFORD11 GIVANS13, b. 07 Dec 1939,
Jefferson County, Kentucky.
ii. MARJORIE L. GIVANS13, b. 25 Mar 1944, Jefferson
County, Kentucky.
iii. ARTHUR LOUIS GIVANS.
Endnotes
1. Relative.
2. KY Logsdon Births list 1911-1915.
3. KY Deaths Online.
4. Elizabethtown Cemetery listing.
5. No birth record on file in Alabama or Kentucky, info per census.
6. Military records.
7. Elizabethtown Cemetery listing.
8. Relative. Olidia Smallwood 270-862-4257
9. Death Certificate Vol. 2, pp. 168-169.
10. SSN and Family Records.
11. Death Certificate Online.
13. Relative.
286
Descendants of Maggie Olive Logsdon
Generation No. 1
1. MAGGIE OLIVE9 LOGSDON (DENNIS JASPER8,
born 08 Oct 1895 in Butler County, Kentucky1, and died 15 Oct 1962
in White Hall Hospital, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois2. She
married BENJAMIN HARRISON MERCER 19 May 1911 in New
Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky3, son of ADAM MERCER and
NANCY ASHLEY. He was born 25 Jun 1888 in Grayson County,
Kentucky4, and died 16 Feb 1962 in Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville,
Morgan County, Illinois4. The couple was buried in Pinetree Cemetery,
Patterson, Greene County, Illinois4
Notes for MAGGIE OLIVE LOGSDON:
287
Maggie's marriage certificate said Harrison Mercer and Maggie O.
Logsdon were both living in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1911.
Benjamin Harrison Mercer was born in Grayson County and Maggie
says she was born in Butler County. Ben's parents were both from
Grayson County. Ben was age 22 and Maggie was 15. Ben's
occupation was farmer. It was both their first marriages. Since Maggie
was so young a consent bond had to be signed by her father Dennis
Jasper. Dennis Jasper did not go to the courthouse to witness the
marriage. He sent his son Edgar Darrell instead with a note giving
approval for the wedding on which he signed his name DJ Logsdon.
The County Clerk made Edgar Darrell swear an oath to the
authenticity of the consent form. The marriage was also witnessed by
Josh and Maggie Mercer, Ben’s brother and sister-in-law.
Family lore said Ben and Maggie may have come to Illinois shortly
before the rest of the Logsdon family in 1913. Ben was working for
the railroad and was assigned a station manager job in Drake, Greene
County, Illinois. It was a good paying job and he was given a nice
house to live in. He later took other manufacturing jobs when the
railroad stopped shipping fruit out of Drake. Ben's cause of death was
an acute heart attack due to generalized arteriosclerosis. His Social
Security Number was 709-12-1112.
In the 1920 Federal Census of Patterson Township, Greene County
Benjamin H. was 32 and Maggie was 23. Ben and Maggie's children
were Lillian Forrest 6, Denver Uen 5, and Verna Wilma 2 (Lou Verna
Wilma). Lillian was born in Kentucky in 1913, but the younger two
children were born in Illinois. Benjamin was a railroad section laborer.
Essie Ovie and George Washington Farmer lived two doors away.
They were within a mile of their parents, Dennis Jasper and Sarah
Katherine Gaither Logsdon.
In the 1930 Federal Census of Drake Village, Patterson Township,
Greene County, Illinois dated April 28 Benjamin Mercer said he rented
his home for $8, had a radio, was 40, had married at 23, was of
Kentucky birth and parentage, and was a section laborer for the
railroad. Maggie said she was 34, had married at age 16, and was also
of Kentucky roots. Their children were Lillian 17, Denver 14, Verna
288
12, Elmer Ray 5, and Walter 27 months. Lillian was born in Kentucky,
the rest in Illinois. Living next door was Maggie’s sister’s family,
Thelma and Roy Gaither, plus Maggie's dad Dennis Jasper.
Maggie's obituary dated October 17, 1962 said she died at age 67 in the
White Hall Hospital. Her cause of death was congestive heart failure
due to heart disease. She was waked at the Dawdy Funeral Home in
White Hall with services at the White Hall Pentecostal Church. She
was buried with Ben in the Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson. They have
small license plate style markers on their graves. Maggie was survived
by three sons, Denver of Granite City, Madison County, Illinois,
Walter Roosevelt of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania;
Elmer Ray of White Hall, Greene County, Illinois and two daughters
Mrs. Paul (Verna) Smith of Granite City and Mrs. David (Myrtle Irene)
Horney of White Hall. Also surviving was a grandson Willis “Butch”
Daniels who was the son of her deceased daughter Lillian Forrest
Mercer Daniels. Butch was reared by Maggie and Ben. Maggie had 33
other grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. She had two sons Ira
Sylvester and William H. and a daughter Thelma who died as children.
289
An interesting note is that there were an exceptionally large number of
twins in this family line.
Children of MAGGIE LOGSDON and BENJAMIN MERCER were:
2.
i. LILLIAN FORREST10 MERCER, b. 11 Aug 1910, New
Hope, Kentucky; d. 11 Aug 1949, St. Elizabeth Hospital,
Granite City, Madison County, Illinois.
Lillian Forrest and Denver Uen
3.
4.
ii. DENVER UEN MERCER, b. 05 Oct 1915, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 05 Oct 1981, Collinsville,
Madison County, Illinois.
iii. (LOU) VERNA VELINA (WILMA) MERCER, b. 05 Feb
1918, Drake, Greene County, Illinois; d. 05 Jan 2005,
White Hall, Greene County, Illinois.
290
iv. IRA SYLVESTER MERCER6, b. 13 Mar 1920, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 25 Mar 1920, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; and b. Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson,
Notes for IRA SYLVESTER MERCER:
An inquest was performed. The baby died of premature
birth and lack of specialized care.
v. THELMA MERCER6, b. 27 Apr 1921, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 07 Mar 1923, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; and b. Pinetree Cemetery, Paterson,
Notes for THELMA MERCER:
Thelma died of lobar pneumonia.
vi. WILLIAM H. MERCER6, b. 15 Sep 1923, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 21 Jan 1924, Patterson, Greene
County, Illinois; and b. Pinetree Cemetery (Old Martin
Section), Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for WILLIAM H. MERCER:
William’s cause of death was bronchial pneumonia
following la grippe.
291
Lou Verna Wilma, Elmer
Ray and Lillian Forrest
5.
6.
7.
vii. ELMER RAY MERCER, b. 06 Dec 1924, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 28 Jun 1982, Carlinville,
Macoupin County, Illinois.
viii. MYRTLE IRENE MERCER, b. Bet. 1931 - 1932, Drake,
ix. WALTER ROOSEVELT MERCER, b. 23 Aug 1927,
Drake, Greene County, Illinois; d. 21 Dec 1998,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Generation No. 2
2. LILLIAN FORREST10 MERCER (MAGGIE OLIVE9
LOGSDON, DENNIS JASPER8, EBENEZER7, JOSEPH
WILTSBERGER6, JOHN R.5, THOMAS S.4, WILLIAM3, JAMES
LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON)7 was born 11 Aug 1910 in
New Hope, Kentucky, and died 11 Aug 1949 in St. Elizabeth Hospital,
Granite City, Madison County, Illinois. She married RALPH
DANIELS 27 Mar 1935 in Bride's Home, Drake, Greene County,
292
Illinois, son of JOHN DANIELS and GORGETTA DUARY. He
was born 1915 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and died in route to White
Hall Hospital, Greene County, Illinois. The couple was buried in
Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Children of LILLIAN MERCER and RALPH DANIELS were:
i. EARL EUGENE11 DANIELS.
ii. BENJAMIN ACEY DANIELS.
iii. NANCY CAROL DANIELS, m. ? DAUM.
iv. WILLARD DANIELS, d. in East St. Louis Hospital, East
St. Louis, Madison County, Illinois at 1 year old.
Notes for WILLARD DANIELS:
Willard was a twin of Willis.
v. WILLIS (BUTCH) DANIELS.
Notes for WILLIS (BUTCH) DANIELS:
Willis was a twin of Willard.
vi. JOHNNY RAY DANIELS.
3. DENVER UEN10 MERCER (MAGGIE OLIVE9 LOGSDON,
DENNIS JASPER8, EBENEZER7, JOSEPH WILTSBERGER6,
JOHN R.5, THOMAS S.4, WILLIAM3, JAMES LOGSDEN2,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON)8 was born 05 Oct 1915 in Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois, and died 05 Oct 1981 in Collinsville, Madison
County, Illinois, and was buried in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois. He married IDA MARTHA ZIMMER in
Granite City, Madison, Illinois.
Children of DENVER MERCER and IDA ZIMMER were:
i. HELEN LOUISE11 MERCER, m. ? BARND.
ii. WAYNE MERCER, d. 28 Jun 1994, In Pekin, Illinois.
iii. MARGARET MERCER, m. ? LUFFMAN.
iv. DENNIS DALE MERCER.
v. LYNN MERCER.
293
Notes for LYNN MERCER:
Lynn was a twin of Glen.
vi. GLEN MERCER.
Notes for GLEN MERCER:
Glen was a twin of Lynn.
vii. PAM MERCER.
Notes for PAM MERCER:
Pam was a mongoloid child raised in an institution.
4. (LOU) VERNA VELINA (WILMA)10 MERCER (MAGGIE
OLIVE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS JASPER8, EBENEZER7, JOSEPH
LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON)9 was born 05 Feb 1918 in
Drake, Greene County, Illinois, and died 05 Jan 2005 in White Hall,
Greene County, Illinois. She married PAUL E. SMITH 03 Apr 1935
in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, son of TRUMAN SMITH and
AMY KESSINGER. He was born in Nebo, Pike County, Illinois, and
died 1987 in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Granite City, Madison County,
Illinois. The couple was buried together in Pinetree Cemetery,
Children of VERNA MERCER and PAUL SMITH were:
i. LESLIE11 SMITH.
ii. WILLIAM ROOSEVELT SMITH.
Notes for WILLIAM ROOSEVELT SMITH:
William was a twin of Wilbur.
iii. WILBUR FRANKLIN SMITH.
Notes for WILBUR FRANKLIN SMITH:
Wilbur was a twin of William.
294
iv. LOUIS RAY SMITH.
Notes for LOUIS RAY SMITH:
Louis was a twin of Leona.
v. LEONA MAY SMITH.
Notes for LEONA MAY SMITH:
Leona was a twin of Louis.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
xii.
FRANCES SMITH, m. ? MCDAID.
DONNA SMITH.
BEVERLY SMITH, m. ? HILDRETH.
LARRY SMITH.
ROBERT SMITH.
JANICE SMITH, m. ? BAILEY.
KAREN SUSAN SMITH.
5. ELMER RAY10 MERCER (MAGGIE OLIVE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON)10 was born 06 Dec 1924 in Patterson,
Greene County, Illinois, and died 28 Jun 1982 in Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Illinois. He married INEZ DOLES in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Mississippi. The couple was buried together in Corinth,
Alcorn County, Mississippi.
Notes for ELMER RAY MERCER:
Elmer died of tuberculosis. He lived in Mississippi and Illinois over his
life.
Children of ELMER MERCER and INEZ DOLES were:
i. WANDA11 MERCER.
ii. FLOYD RAY MERCER, d. yes.
iii. JOE MERCER.
iv. DALE MERCER.
v. WANDA GALE MERCER.
295
6. MYRTLE IRENE10 MERCER (MAGGIE OLIVE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born Bet. 1931 - 1932 in Drake,
Greene County, Illinois. She married DAVID F. HORNEY II 10 Sep
1950 in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, son of DAVID SR. and
HAZEL HARTLEY. He was born 11 Aug 1930 in Greenville, Bond
County, Illinois, and died 10 Feb 2002 in Memorial Medical Center,
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, and was buried in Pinetree
Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Children of MYRTLE MERCER and DAVID HORNEY were:
i. DAVID F. (FRED)11 HORNEY III, b. White Hall,
Greene County, Illinois; m. SUSIE.
8.
ii. DEBRA K. HORNEY, b. 04 Nov 1955, White Hall, Scott
County, Illinois; d. 10 Jan 2002, St. John's Hospital,
iii. BECKY HORNEY, b. Carrollton, Greene County,
Illinois; m. ? JONES.
iv. DAN HORNEY, b. White Hall, Greene County, Illinois.
v. MICHAEL HORNEY, b. White Hall, Greene County,
Illinois; m. LISA.
vi. JANET HORNEY, b. White Hall, Greene County,
Illinois; m. WARREN SMITH.
vii. CAROL HORNEY, b. 04 Sep 1951; m. STEVE
MCNEALY.
296
Myrtle Irene and David Horney
7. WALTER ROOSEVELT10 MERCER (MAGGIE OLIVE9
LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 23 Aug 1927 in
Drake, Greene County, Illinois, and died 21 Dec 1998 in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married BETTY DEVINE.
Notes for WALTER ROOSEVELT MERCER:
Walter lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
297
Denver Uen, Betty
Devine and Walter
Roosevelt
Children of WALTER MERCER and BETTY DEVINE were:
i. DARLENE MARIE11 MERCER, m. ROBERT
GATTOSO.
ii. MARY BETH MERCER, m. TOM NALENZ.
Notes for MARY BETH MERCER:
Mary Beth was crippled.
Generation No. 3
8. DEBRA K.11 HORNEY (MYRTLE IRENE10 MERCER,
MAGGIE OLIVE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS JASPER8, EBENEZER7,
JOSEPH WILTSBERGER6, JOHN R.5, THOMAS S.4, WILLIAM3,
JAMES LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 04 Nov
1955 in White Hall, Scott County, Illinois, and died 10 Jan 2002 in St.
John's Hospital, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, and buried in
Virginia Cemetery, Virginia, Cass County, Illinois. She married JERRY
T. MINOR 28 Jan 1976 in White Hall, Scott County, Illinois.
298
Children of DEBRA HORNEY and JERRY MINOR were:
i. REBECCA12 MINOR, m. BRIAN HARRIS, 2002.
ii. RACHEL MINOR.
iii. JERRY T. MINOR, JR..
Endnotes
1. Family Lore and Documents as well as Death Certificate.
8. Death Certificate & Family Records.
9. Birth Certificate.
10. Death Certificate & Family Records.
Descendants of Thelma Mae Logsdon
Thelma Mae and Virginia Hazel Gaither
Generation No. 1
299
1. THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON (DENNIS JASPER8,
born 31 May 1901 in Fordsville, Breckinridge County or Ohio County,
Kentucky, and died 09 Sep 1984 in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana.
She married ROY SYLVESTER GAITHER 09 May 1917 in
Kentucky, son of ROBERT GAITHER and ANNA GALLAGHER.
He was born 26 Oct 1893 in Fordsville, Breckinridge County,
Kentucky, and died 09 Feb 1968 in Trafalgar, Johnson County,
Indiana. The couple was buried together in Greenwood Cemetery,
Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana.
Notes for THELMA MAE LOGSDON:
Anyone who remembered Roy and Thelma Mae said they were crazy
about one another from the time they were children. Thelma was
pretty, vivacious and stylish. Roy was strong and handsome. But, they
were first cousins. In 1917 the families agreed to let them marry in
Kentucky were such relationships were not illegal.
Roy's father was Robert Samuel Gaither, who died when his leg
became infected with gangrene after he felled a tree. His wife Anna,
was pregnant with Roy at the time of the father’s death. Roy's father,
Robert Samuel Gaither, and Thelma's mother, Sarah Katherine Gaither
Logsdon, were brother and sister. Both were children of Andrew
Jackson Gaither and Melissa Jane Burnett. Interestingly, Anna Bridget
Gallagher Gaither, Roy's mother, remarried even before Roy was born.
Roy's step-father was also one of Andrew Jackson Gaither and Melissa
Jane Burnett's children, William Wiley Gaither.
In the 1920 Federal Census Thelma, Roy and their 18 month old
daughter, Hazel, lived in Drake, Greene County, Illinois with Thelma’s
parents. Roy was a farm laborer. The Roy Gaither family moved from
Illinois to Marion County, Indiana briefly about 1925, but then moved
back to Illinois before finally settling in Marion County, Indiana
around 1931.
300
In the 1930 Federal Census they were still in Drake Village, Patterson
Township, Greene County, Illinois where Roy Gaither rented a home
for $8, had no radio, was 38 years old, had been married since age 22,
and was a descendant of Kentucky parents. He was a common laborer
doing general work. Thelma was 28, and had been married at age 15.
Their children were Hazel 11, born in Illinois, Edith 10, born in
Illinois, Mildred 7, born in Kentucky, Le Roy 5, born in Indiana, and
Robert 18 months, born in Illinois. Living with them was Thelma’s
father, Dennis Logsdon, age 68, widowed, of Kentucky and Kentucky
parentage. He too was a common laborer. Living next door was
Thelma's sister Maggie Olive Logsdon Mercer.
Thelma and Roy had seven children. Virginia Hazel and Edith Irene
were born in Illinois. Mildred Katheleene was born in Narrows, Ohio
County, Kentucky on a visit to relatives. Le Roy was born in Indiana.
Robert Dennis was born in Illinois. Anna Katherine and Naomi were
born in Indiana the second time they moved there. Anna Katherine
died as an infant. A large number of their descendants still live in
central Indiana in 2013.
The family moved to Indiana a second time in 1931. Roy Gaither
applied for a W.P.A. work project at the Indiana State Fair Grounds on
May 21, 1937. They lived nearby in Indianapolis, Marion County.
Thelma's father, Dennis Jasper Logsdon moved with them, did general
labor with Roy, and died there in 1933. In the 1950s the family moved
to Trafalgar, Marion County, Indiana where factory work was
abundant.
They were still in Trafalgar in 1968 when Roy Gaither died of
arteriosclerosis heart disease complicated by diabetes. Roy's death
certificate showed him as a laborer in a box factory. He was waked at
Vandiver-Parsley Inc. Funeral Home in nearby Franklin, Johnson
County, Indiana. Thelma died in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana in
1984. She was also waked at Vandiver-Parsley Inc. Funeral Home.
Her death certificate listed cause of death as arteriosclerosis heart
disease. Roy's Social Security number was 315-03-5438A. Thelma's
Social Security Number was 311-30-6978.
301
Children of THELMA LOGSDON and ROY GAITHER were:
2.
i. VIRGINIA HAZEL10 GAITHER, b. 02 May 1918, White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois; d. 01 May 2000, Franklin,
Johnson County, Indiana.
3.
ii. EDITH IRENE GAITHER, b. 21 Feb 1920, Greene
County, Illinois; d. 03 Nov 1997, Tonopah, Maricopa
County, Arizona.
Mildred Katheleene,
Virginia Hazel, Edith
Irene, and Le Roy
4.
5.
iii. MILDRED KATHELEENE GAITHER, b. 09 May
1922, Narrows, Shreve Township, Ohio County,
Kentucky; d. 13 Jul 2005, Franklin, Johnson County,
Indiana.
iv. LE ROY GAITHER, b. 23 Oct 1924, Marion County,
Indiana; d. 27 Nov 1998, St. Vincent Hospital,
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
302
6.
v. ROBERT DENNIS GAITHER, b. 14 Mar 1929, Drake,
Greene County, Illinois; d. 26 Jul 1995, Franklin Nursing
Care, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana.
vi. ANNA KATHERINE GAITHER, b. 07 Oct 1931,
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; d. 20 Nov 1931,
Notes for ANNA KATHERINE GAITHER:
Anna died of diphtheria and pneumonia.
7.
vii. NAOMI GAITHER, b. 12 Sep 1935, Marion County,
Indiana; d. 10 Jan 2008, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin.
Generation No. 2
2. VIRGINIA HAZEL10 GAITHER (THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 02 May 1918 in White Hall,
Greene County, Illinois, and died 01 May 2000 in Franklin, Johnson
County, Indiana. She married (1) HARRY OWENSBY 01 Jul 1939 in
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, son of CHRISTOPHER
OWENSBY and AMANDA SYRA. He was born 23 Dec 1907 in
Edmonton, Kentucky, and died 29 Apr 1992 in Franklin, Johnson
County, Indiana. She married (2) MARK MANN 1961 in Johnson
County, Indiana.
Children of VIRGINIA GAITHER and HARRY OWENSBY were:
i. HARRY EUGENE11 OWENSBY, b. Indiana.
ii. WILDA ROSE OWENSBY, b. Indiana.
iii. PAUL RICHARD OWENSBY, b. Indiana.
3. EDITH IRENE10 GAITHER (THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 21 Feb 1920 in Greene County,
303
Illinois, and died 03 Nov 1997 in Tonopah, Maricopa County, Arizona.
She married (1) LAWRENCE E. RETTIG 24 Dec 1936 in
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, son of PEARL LUKE. She
married (2) HUBERT BUECHELE Jun 1978 in Franklin, Johnson
County, Indiana.
Notes for EDITH IRENE GAITHER:
Edith was a Christian missionary and lived all over the United States.
Children of EDITH GAITHER and LAWRENCE RETTIG were:
8.
i. JOYCE MARIE (JOY)11 RETTIG, b. California.
ii. YVONNE RETTIG, b. California; m. DAVID
CHAMBERS, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.
4. MILDRED KATHELEENE10 GAITHER (THELMA MAE9
LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 09 May 1922 in
Narrows, Shreve Township, Ohio County, Kentucky1, and died 13 Jul
2005 in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana2, and was buried in Forest
Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana3. She
married (1) FRANKLIN JAMES PIERCE, SR. 04 Jan 1937 in
Greenfield, Marion County, Indiana, son of GEORGE PIERCE and
HATTIE WEDDLE. He was born 31 Aug 1906 in Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana, and died 25 Aug 1977 in Martinsville
Hospital, Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. She married (2)
RUSSELL FORD 11 May 1957 in Brown County, Indiana. She
married (3) RUSSELL FORD 18 Mar 1970 in Brown County, Indiana.
She married (4) PASCHAL S. YATES IV 28 Dec 1974 in Greenwood,
Johnson County, Indiana, son of PASCHAL YATES and ELSIE
ANDERSON. He was born 09 Oct 1953 in Bronx, New York, and
died 13 Jun 2006 in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana.
Notes for MILDRED KATHELEENE GAITHER:
Mildred’s last husband, Paschal, was a gentle, soft-spoken AfricanAmerican over 30 years younger. They met at their jobs and despite
the age difference he took great care of her in her old age. He died
soon after she did. He was an active member of the Franklin First
304
Assembly of God, where he was superintendent of the Sunday school.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was employed by Franklin Power
Products for 22 years.
Children of MILDRED GAITHER and FRANKLIN PIERCE were:
9.
i. FRANKLIN JAMES11 PIERCE, JR., b. 07 Apr 1940,
10.
ii. ROY PHILLIP PIERCE, b. 23 Mar 1941, Indianapolis,
11.
iii. DAVID LEE PIERCE, b. 10 Jul 1942, Indianapolis,
12.
iv. GEORGE HERSCHEL PIERCE, b. 17 Dec 1943,
13.
v. BRENDA CAROL PIERCE, b. 02 Jul 1946, Indianapolis,
14.
vi. THELMA CARALEE PIERCE, b. 18 Mar 1949, Brown
County, Indiana.
15.
vii. BARBARA ANN KEY (PIERCE), b. 10 Aug 1950,
16. viii. RUTH IRENE PIERCE, b. 08 Dec 1951, Brown County,
Indiana.
17.
ix. WILLIAM RAY PIERCE, b. 17 Jun 1954, Brown County,
Indiana.
18.
x. HELEN ANN (APRIL) PIERCE, b. 19 Apr 1956,
Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana.
5. LE ROY10 GAITHER (THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS
LOGSDON) was born 23 Oct 1924 in Marion County, Indiana, and
died 27 Nov 1998 in St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Marion
County, Indiana. He married (1) FRANCES LOUISE BROWN 10
Oct 1943 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, daughter of
JOSEPH BROWN and EFFIE MAE. She was born 22 Mar 1927 in
Shelbyville, Kentucky. He married (2) HELEN MILLBURN
BERVARD Oct 1951 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. He
married (3) KATHERINE CONLON Bet. Sep - Dec 1964 in Brown
305
County, Indiana. He married (4) WYONETTA VINCENT Aug
1993 in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana.
Child of LE GAITHER and KATHERINE CONLON was:
19.
i. LISA11 GAITHER, Adopted child.
6. ROBERT DENNIS10 GAITHER (THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 14 Mar 1929 in Drake, Greene
County, Illinois, and died 26 Jul 1995 in Franklin Nursing Care,
Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. He married (1) AUGUSTA
(GUSTY) CARTER before Nov 1946, daughter of ANDY CARTER
and MARY. She was born 28 Nov 1930 in Adolphus, Kentucky. He
married (2) SARAH ETHEL MARIE SCHOETTMER OWENSBY
29 Nov 1946 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
Notes for ROBERT DENNIS GAITHER:
Robert’s second wife, Sarah Owensby, was the sister of his sister,
Virginia Hazel Gaither's first husband, Harry Owensby.
Children of ROBERT GAITHER and SARAH OWENSBY were:
i. ROBERT DALLAS11 GAITHER, b. Indiana.
ii. RITA GAITHER, b. Indiana; m. BILLY MASON.
7. NAOMI10 GAITHER (THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS
LOGSDON) was born 12 Sep 1935 in Marion County, Indiana, and
died 10 Jan 2008 in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin. She married (1)
CHARLES D. JENKINS 20 Sep 1952 in Nineveh, Johnson County,
Indiana. He died 1996. She married (2) NORMAN HAND 15 Sep
2000 in Osh Gosh, Wisconsin. He died 15 Mar 2004 in Appleton,
Outagamie, Wisconsin.
Notes for NAOMI GAITHER:
306
Naomi had no middle name, but after she was married she often used
"G" for Gaither as her middle name. Her husband Charles was the
church superintendent at the Lickspring Church, in Nineveh, Indiana.
After his death she moved to Wisconsin to be near her children.
Children of NAOMI GAITHER and CHARLES JENKINS were:
20.
i. LINDA CHARLENE11 JENKINS, b. 14 Jun 1953,
21.
ii. RHONDA SUE JENKINS, b. 26 Mar 1955, Johnson
County, Indiana.
iii. BEVERLEY KAY JENKINS, b. Apr 1957, Johnson
County, Indiana; d. Apr 1957, Johnson County, Indiana.
Notes for BEVERLEY KAY JENKINS:
Beverley lived two days and was buried at the foot of the
grave of a friend of the family, Mary Brockman, at the
Lickspring Church Cemetery, Nineveh, Johnson County,
Indiana
22.
iv. JO BETH (JODY) JENKINS, b. 28 May 1969, Johnson
County, Indiana.
Generation No. 3
8. JOYCE MARIE (JOY)11 RETTIG (EDITH IRENE10 GAITHER,
THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS JASPER8, EBENEZER7,
JAMES LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born in
California. She married (1) ? ZUNIGA. She married (2) ? RANDEL.
Child of JOYCE RETTIG and ? ZUNIGA was:
i. JESSE12 ZUNIGA.
Children of JOYCE RETTIG and ? RANDEL were:
ii. DARIEN12 RANDEL.
iii. DAVITTA RANDEL.
307
9. FRANKLIN JAMES11 PIERCE, JR. (MILDRED
KATHELEENE10 GAITHER, THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 07 Apr 1940 in Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana. He married (1) RACHEL TAYLOR Abt.
1961. She was born 05 Mar 1941. He married (2) ROXIE Abt. 1974.
He married (3) RITA Aft. 1974. He married (4) DIXIE BELL
HOSKINS before 2000. She died 18 May 2000 in Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana. He married (5) BECKY JO WILKINSON
04 Jul 2002.
Children of FRANKLIN PIERCE and RACHEL TAYLOR were:
i. CARRIE12 PIERCE, b. 21 Mar 1961; m. CHARLES
MCKINLEY JOHNSON, 09 Oct 1979; b. 09 Apr 1957.
ii. CELINA KAY PIERCE, b. 20 Jan 1968; m. PHILLIP
QUAKENBUSH, 14 Feb 1987; b. 27 Jun 1963.
iii. DEANNA PIERCE, b. 31 Dec 1969; m. (1) MITCHELL
PURKHEISER; m. (2) JAMES AARON BEARD.
10. ROY PHILLIP11 PIERCE (MILDRED KATHELEENE10
GAITHER, THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS JASPER8,
born 23 Mar 1941 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. He
married (1) DONNA WHITE 24 Aug 1959 in Gallatin, Tennessee.
They divorced in 1978. She was born 28 Dec 1943, and died before
2005. He married (2) MARILYN SUE THERESA SULLIVAN Aft.
1959 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
Children of ROY PIERCE and DONNA WHITE were:
i. BRUCE WAYNE12 PIERCE, b. 26 Apr 1960, Johnson
County, Indiana; m. (1) RHONDA KAREN SMITH, 16
Sep 1978, Brown County, Indiana; b. 22 Aug 1960, Marion
County, Indiana; m. (2) SHERI, 16 Aug 2004.
308
ii. LAURA LE PIERCE, b. 03 Jul 1961; m. (1) ROB
CARMACK; m. (2) SCOTT ROSE, 31 Dec.
iii. SHEILA ANN PIERCE, b. Oct 1963; m. (1) KEVIN
BONNETT; m. (2) ROB SPRAGUE.
iv. MATTHEW RYAN PIERCE, b. 09 Jan 1966; m.
THERES ANTONIENE WARD.
11. DAVID LEE11 PIERCE (MILDRED KATHELEENE10
born 10 Jul 1942 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. He married
(1) SYLVIA SUE HARDESTY 08 Jul 1961 in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Indiana. They divorced in Jun 1984. She was born 26 Sep
1942. He married (2) THERESA ANN LOWE 27 Mar 1987. She was
born 10 Jan 1953 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. David and
Theresa divorced in 1993. They have been partners again since about
1998, but never remarried.
Children of DAVID PIERCE and SYLVIA HARDESTY were:
i. TINA LOUISE12 PIERCE, b. 19 Jan 1962, Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana; m. JEREMY TOM.
ii. GENEVA KATHELENE PIERCE, b. 16 May 1963; m.
MELVIN LEGGINS.
iii. PATRICIA LYNN PIERCE, b. 26 Jan 1965; m. (1) JIM
LEWIS; m. (2) MICHAEL DICK.
iv. CHRISTINA ANN PIERCE, b. 19 Aug 1968; m. MICK
SPRAY.
v. JANICE SUE PIERCE, b. 26 May 1971; m. RANDY
BRUMLEY.
12. GEORGE HERSCHEL11 PIERCE (MILDRED
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 17 Dec 1943 in Indianapolis,
309
Marion County, Indiana. He married (1) VIRGINIA MAE FOWLER
17 Jul 1965 and they divorced in Aug 1980. He married (2) DORIS
BREWER Mar 1981 and divorced Jul 1981. He married (3)
BARBARA ANN VAUGHT 04 Nov 1981 in Bartholomew County,
Indiana.
Children of GEORGE PIERCE and VIRGINIA FOWLER were:
i. PAMELA RENEÈ12 PIERCE, b. 26 Jun 1966, Johnson
County, Indiana; m. (1) JOHN STEINBROOK, 1992; m.
(2) MICHAEL LEON MCKIMMY, 06 Jan 1996, Marion
County, Indiana.
ii. SHERRY LEE PIERCE, b. 31 Dec 1967, Johnson
County, Indiana; m. (1) KENNY SCOTT, 1985, Morgan
County, Indiana; m. (2) KEVIN KYLE, 1993, Johnson
County, Indiana; m. (3) JOE FLEETWOOD, 1999; m. (4)
EDWARD GRAY SALLE, 2003.
13. BRENDA CAROL11 PIERCE (MILDRED KATHELEENE10
born 02 Jul 1946 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. She met (1)
ROBERT EUGENE FOWLER Abt. 1962. She met (2) GARY
DOUGLAS FORD 02 Aug 1963 in Peoga, Brown County, Indiana.
He was born 25 May 1944 in Dix, Illinois, and died 04 Nov 1974 in
Morgantown, Morgan County, Indiana, and was buried in Mount Olive
Cemetery, Peoga, Brown County, Indiana. She met (3) ROBERT
LEON HOLMAN Abt. 1969. He was born 19 Jan 1936 in Marion
County, Indiana. She married (4) JAMES FRANKLIN CALVERT 25
Aug 1975 in Nashville, Brown County, Indiana. He was born 24 Nov
1938 in Tennessee. She married (5) ARTHUR ROY MANN 17 Apr
1989 in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. He was born 31 Jul 1949
in Marion County, Kentucky.
Notes for BRENDA CAROL PIERCE:
Brenda married two other times but the marriages were very short.
310
Child of BRENDA PIERCE and ROBERT FOWLER was:
i. DOUGLAS WAYNE (FOWLER)12 FORD, b. 17 Feb
1964, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana.
Children of BRENDA PIERCE and GARY FORD were:
ii. RODNEY EUGENE12 FORD, b. 14 Jul 1965, Franklin,
iii. RUSTY LEE FORD, b. 04 Oct 1966, Franklin, Johnson
County, Indiana.
Child of BRENDA PIERCE and ROBERT HOLMAN was:
iv. DARRIN RAY12 HOLMAN, b. 24 Mar 1970, Martinsville,
Morgan County, Indiana.
14. THELMA CARALEE11 PIERCE (MILDRED KATHELEENE10
born 18 Mar 1949 in Brown County, Indiana. She married WALTER
CLARENCE FLETCHER 03 Oct 1965 in Brown County, Indiana.
He was born 20 Nov 1947 in Corbin, Kentucky.
Notes for THELMA CARALEE PIERCE:
Thelma did missionary work in Kenya. Her husband was the pastor of
the House of Prayer in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. They
owned Franklin Machine Products, a tool and die business.
Children of THELMA PIERCE and WALTER FLETCHER were:
i. TIMOTHY LEE12 FLETCHER, b. 20 Jul 1966, Johnson
County, Indiana; m. (1) BRENDA FRITH CLEPHANE;
m. (2) KELLY KAY SAWYER, May 1996, Greenwood,
ii. DAVID WALTER FLETCHER, b. 12 Sep 1967, Johnson
County, Indiana; m. MICHELLE LEE COOK, 1992,
Johnson County, Indiana; b. 12 Jul 1967, Marion County,
Indiana.
311
iii. JAMES FRANKLIN FLETCHER, b. 07 Jun 1971,
Bartholomew County, Indiana; m. (1) CHRISTINA
MCELROY; m. (2) PATRICIA FARREN.
15. BARBARA ANN KEY11 (PIERCE) (MILDRED
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 10 Aug 1950 in Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana. She married (1) LARRY THOMAS
WILLIAMSON Feb 1972 in Marion County, Indiana and they
divorced a month later. She married (2) H. PARKER SNEED Mar
1973 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She married (3) DR. JACK EARL
COOK, M.D. 13 Apr 1996 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. He
was born 30 Jul 1921 in Detroit, Michigan.
Notes for BARBARA ANN KEY (PIERCE):
Barbara’s mother, Mildred, was in the delivery room giving birth when
she was told the baby had numerous birth defects. The child would
not survive without immediate surgery. But, in reality, the baby was
fine. The story told to Mildred was a lie.
Mildred's husband was out of town and she was all alone and did not
have the money to do what she thought was needed for the baby to
live. The doctor gave her an alternative. (Methodist Hospital swore
the particular doctor never delivered babies in their hospital.) Mildred
was told that a couple was willing to adopt Barbara and could afford to
pay the child's medical expenses. So Mildred signed the adoption
papers and never heard from Barbara until 1998.
A second lie was told to the adoptive family. The adoptive parents
were led to believe that Barbara was the seventh child in a family that
could not afford to feed her. They did not realize the birth mother had
been deceived about the child's health. It appeared that the doctor lied
to all involved for personal financial gain.
312
Remarkably, Barbara was raised near Mildred and her siblings in South
Indianapolis, Indiana until she was 10. In 1960 she was sent to
boarding school in Arizona. At age 17 she was finally told she was
adopted. Barbara's adoptive mother, Rosalind Lamb, died in 1963. In
1966 Barbara was told the names of her real parents and her birthplace.
Her adoptive father, Sheldon Key, died in 1971. Barbara tried many
times to find her birth family.
Finally, after her adoptive parents’ deaths, Barbara’s daughter initiated
a search on her own using the fledgling internet. When that failed she
simply tried calling Directory Assistance for Indianapolis and phoned
all the Pierces. She got Franklin Pierce Jr., Mildred's son. He put
Mildred in touch with Barbara on December 16, 1998. They put their
years apart back together before Mildred died. Barbara and her birth
family were happy to be reunited.
Children of BARBARA (PIERCE) and H. SNEED were:
i. SHELTA JO12 SNEED, b. 14 Feb 1975, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma; m. RYAN LEE PORTER, 03 Aug 1997,
Stroud, Oklahoma.
ii. HILLARY WILSON PARKER SNEED, b. 13 Aug 1977,
Stroud, Oklahoma; m. (1) BILLY CHAPALA; m. (2)
ROBERT WHITE, 21 Nov 1998, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
16. RUTH IRENE11 PIERCE (MILDRED KATHELEENE10
born 08 Dec 1951 in Brown County, Indiana. She married (1)
DENNIS MICHAEL MARLING 21 Dec 1968 in Riverside, Riverside
County, California and they divorced 16 May 1996, Logansport, Cass
County, Indiana. He was born 21 Jun 1947 in Seymour, Jackson
County, Indiana. She married (2) JERRY FRAYNE HEPPERLE 26
Sep 1996 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. He was born 19 Apr
1971 in Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa.
313
Children of RUTH PIERCE and DENNIS MARLING were:
i. MICHELLE RENÈ12 MARLING, b. 12 Jan 1970,
Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana; m. TERRY DEAN
NEUENDORF, 02 Jul 1988, Cass County, Indiana.
ii. LUCINDA JOY MARIE MARLING, b. 16 Aug 1976,
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana; m. JOSEPH DEAN
NOAKES, 03 Sep 1996, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
17. WILLIAM RAY11 PIERCE (MILDRED KATHELEENE10
born 17 Jun 1954 in Brown County, Indiana. He married MARY
CHARLEN MILLER 02 Dec 1974 in Nashville, Brown County,
Indiana, daughter of TOMMAS MILLER and LORNA. She was born
30 Aug 1957 in Johnson County, Indiana.
Children of WILLIAM PIERCE and MARY MILLER were:
i. URIAH DERK12 PIERCE, b. 14 May 1975, Bartholomew
County, Indiana; m. DEBORAH KAY BIRT, 13 Dec
1995, Johnson County, Indiana; b. 26 Jan 1977, Elkhart,
Indiana.
ii. SHEA PIERCE, b. Bet. Jan - Mar 1977.
Notes for SHEA PIERCE:
Shea was adopted in spring 1977 and her whereabouts are
unknown.
18. HELEN ANN (APRIL)11 PIERCE (MILDRED
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 19 Apr 1956 in Franklin, Johnson
County, Indiana. She married (1) MARVIN DAVID HARDEN 23
Mar 1974 in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana where they also
divorced. He was born 21 Apr 1954. She married (2) DONALD
314
LEROY GOODWIN 25 Feb 1978 in Shelbyville, Shelby County,
Indiana. He was born 14 Oct 1952 in Franklin, Johnson County,
Indiana.
Child of HELEN PIERCE and MARVIN HARDEN was:
i. JEREMY DAVID12 HARDEN, b. 27 May 1974,
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; m. (2) APRIL
DAWN MCINTOSH, 12 Aug 2000.
Child of HELEN PIERCE and DONALD GOODWIN was:
ii. KAY CHAR DELORIS12 GOODWIN, b. 10 Apr 1978,
Killeen, Texas; m. ? JERRELL.
19. LISA11 GAITHER (LE ROY10, THELMA MAE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON)
Notes for LISA GAITHER:
Lisa had a son at age 16. She married at age 20 and had 4 other
children.
Child of LISA GAITHER was:
i. JOE12 GAITHER.
20. LINDA CHARLENE11 JENKINS (NAOMI10 GAITHER,
JAMES LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 14 Jun
1953 in Johnson County, Indiana. She married (1) JAMES C.
ROBINETTE 12 Mar 1967 in Cherry Hill, New York. They divorced.
She married (2) LARRY A. MACHLAN 04 Apr 1971 in Johnson
County, Indiana and divorced in Jan 1982. She married (3) LARRY
R. BUNDY 27 Jun 1982 in Johnson County, Indiana. He was born 18
Jun 1952.
315
Notes for LINDA CHARLENE JENKINS:
Linda was too young to marry in Indiana so her first marriage was out
of state.
Child of LINDA JENKINS and JAMES ROBINETTE was:
i. AMY LYNN12 ROBINETTE, b. 28 Nov 1968, Johnson
County, Indiana.
Child of LINDA JENKINS and LARRY MACHLAN was:
ii. ROBERT DAVID12 MACHLAN, b. 26 Jan 1973, Johnson
County, Indiana; m. (1) NANCY SIMS, Johnson County,
Indiana; m. (2) TINA M. PARK.
21. RHONDA SUE11 JENKINS (NAOMI10 GAITHER, THELMA
MAE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS JASPER8, EBENEZER7, JOSEPH
LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 26 Mar 1955 in
Johnson County, Indiana. She married (1) RONALD JOSEPH
ELSBURY Feb 1972 in Marion County, Indiana. She married (2)
RICHARD FISH Nov 1975 in Johnson County, Indiana. She
married (3) RICKY LEE ROBERTS Jul 1983 in Johnson County,
Indiana. She married (4) THOMAS REED Dec 1989 in Johnson
County, Indiana. She married (5) DAVID HORN 21 Dec 1990 in
Nashville, Warren County, Tennessee.
Children of RHONDA JENKINS and RONALD ELSBURY were:
i. STACEY DAWN12 ELSBURY, b. 27 Nov 1973, Johnson
County, Indiana.
ii. CHRISTY MARIE ELSBURY, b. 04 Apr 1975, Marion
County, Indiana.
Child of RHONDA JENKINS and RICHARD FISH was:
iii. DANIEL LEE12 FISH, b. 05 Mar 1977, Bowling Green,
Kentucky; m. CAROL SMITH, Bet. 1995 - 1996, Johnson
County, Indiana.
316
22. JO BETH (JODY)11 JENKINS (NAOMI10 GAITHER,
JAMES LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 28 May
1969 in Johnson County, Indiana. She married (1) ANDREW
JACKSON VEADLE Mar 1985 in Johnson County, Indiana. She
married (2) DARRIN RIEMER 10 Oct 1992 in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
She married (3) ? Bet. 2001 - 2004.
Children of JO JENKINS and ANDREW VEADLE were:
i. LINDSAY REONNA12 VEADLE, b. 25 Oct 1985.
ii. STACY CHEYENNE VEADLE, b. 22 Oct 1986.
iii. ALYSSA JANAE VEADLE, b. 16 Jul 1990.
Endnotes
1. Birth Certificate.
2. Family Records, Obituary, and Mass Card.
3. Obituary.
Descendants of Malissa Jane Logsdon
Malissa Jane Logsdon was named in honor of her maternal
grandmother, Malissa Jane Burnett Logsdon.
Generation No. 1
1. MALISSA JANE9 LOGSDON (DENNIS JASPER8,
WILLIAM3, JAMES LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON)1 was
born 25 Nov 1903 in Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky2, and
died 07 Feb 1928 in St. John's Sanitarium, Springfield Hospital,
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, and was buried in the Pinetree
Cemetery (Old Martin Section), Patterson, Greene County, Illinois..
She married WILBUR DAVISSON 04 Nov 1918 in Drake, Greene
County, Illinois, son of WILLIAM DAVISSON and NANCY SMITH.
He was born 19 Apr 1892 in Barrett's Ferry, Ohio County, Kentucky3,
and died 20 Apr 1956 in Virginia.
317
George Washington Farmer, Essie Ovie,
Wilbur Davisson and Malissa Jane on her
wedding day
Notes for MALISSA JANE LOGSDON:
The state of Kentucky did not require birth certificates until 1912.
Consequently, most of the Logsdon family birth dates were based
upon family records. For some reason Malissa Jane had a birth
certificate in Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky. She was listed as
M.J. Logsdon born to D.J. Logsdon and Katie Gaither.
Malissa Jane’s husband, Wilbur, enlisted in the Army in 1911 at the age
of 18 and 9 months for three years. He was listed as Wilbert. On his
WWI draft registration card dated June 6, 1917 he was single with light
brown eyes and dark brown hair. He was of medium build. He was a
farmer who served as a private in the Coast Artillery Corp and lived in
Fordsville, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Malissa Jane's obituary said she went to Drake, Greene County, Illinois
at age 12, about 1915. She married Wilbur Davisson there when she
was 17. Wilbur lived in Alton, Madison County at the time. They
moved to his home area of Ohio County, Kentucky after the wedding.
They stayed in Kentucky, either Ohio or Owensboro, Daviess County
318
until April 1927 when Malissa took ill. They then returned to Greene
County.
Malissa Jane with Lena Mae,
Evelyn Marie and Juanita
shortly before she died
Malissa Jane spent 14 months suffering at age 25 in St. John's
Sanitarium, Springfield, Sangamon County of tuberculosis. She died in
Springfield and was waked in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois. She
was buried in an unmarked grave in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson
among other family members.
Malissa Jane left three young daughters Lena Mae, Evelyn Marie and
Juanita behind. Wilbur took them back to Owensboro, Kentucky to be
raised. Wilbur was issued a Social Security Number to work as a
laborer for the Murphy Chair Company in 1937, in Owensboro,
Daviess County, Kentucky. His daughters ended up in Arkansas,
Michigan and Indiana as adults and were not heard of again.
319
Wilbur Davisson with Lena Mae, Juanita, and Evelyn
Marie shortly after Malissa Jane died
Children of MALISSA LOGSDON and WILBUR DAVISSON were:
2.
i. LENA MAE10 DAVISSON, b. 06 Apr 1919, Shreve, Ohio
County, Kentucky; d. 12 Sep 1989, Dale, Spencer County,
Indiana.
3.
ii. EVELYN MARIE DAVISSON, b. 20 Sep 1921, Shreve,
Ohio County, Kentucky; d. 08 Sep 2006, South Haven
Highlands, Allegan County, Michigan; m. TOM KEY4; b.
25 Sep 1907; d. 18 Oct 2002, South Haven Highlands,
Allegan County, Michigan; b. McDowell Cemetery, South
Haven Highlands, Allegan County, Michigan..
4.
iii. JUANITA DAVISSON, b. 06 Oct 1923, Owensboro,
Daviess County, Kentucky; d. 10 May 1999, Fayetteville,
Washington County, Arkansas.
Generation No. 2
2. LENA MAE10 DAVISSON (MALISSA JANE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON)5 was born 06 Apr 1919 in Ohio County,
Kentucky5, and died 12 Sep 1989 in Dale, Spencer County, Indiana5.
She married LAWRENCE EDWARD PIRECE, SR. He was born 08
320
Sep 1914 in McClean County, Kentucky5, and died 28 May 1980 in
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky5.
Notes for LENA MAE DAVISSON:
Lena’s birth record on Ancestry.com has her name as Tina M. Davison
and her mother's name as Molsie Logston born April 6, 1919 in Ohio
County, Kentucky. Alternate sources have her death date as December
9, 1989.
Child of LENA DAVISSON and LAWRENCE PIRECE was:
5.
i. LAWRENCE EDWARD11 PIRECE, JR.
3. EVELYN MARIE10 DAVISSON (MALISSA JANE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 20 Sep 1921 in Shreve, Ohio
County, Kentucky, and died 08 Sep 2006 in South Haven Highlands,
Allegan County, Michigan. She married THOMAS KEY5 20 Feb 1938
in Kentucky. He was born 25 Sep 1907, and died 18 Oct 2002 in
South Haven Highlands, Allegan County, Michigan.
Notes for EVELYN MARIE DAVISSON:
Evelyn Marie lived in Casco Township, near South Haven, Allegan
County, Michigan after 1941. She was buried in McDowell Cemetery
in South Haven Highlands, Allegan, Michigan.
Children of EVELYN DAVISSON and THOMAS KEY were:
6.
i. LOUISE11 KEY, b. Allegan County, Michigan; d. 1997.
ii. DAVID KEY.
iii. MARY JANE KEY.
4. JUANITA10 DAVISSON (MALISSA JANE9 LOGSDON,
ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 06 Oct 1923 in Owensboro,
Daviess County, Kentucky6, and died 10 May 1999 in Fayetteville,
321
Washington County, Arkansas6. She married (1) THEODORE
COLLINS7. He was born 11 May 19148, and died 06 Jul 1970 in
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas8. She married (2) JAMES
LOMBARD Aft. 1970.
Child of JUANITA DAVISSON and THEODORE COLLINS was:
7.
i. JOE11 COLLINS, b. 23 Apr 1942, Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio; d. 15 Nov 2012, Fayetteville, Washington
County, Arkansas.
Generation No. 3
5. LAWRENCE EDWARD11 PIRECE, JR. (LENA MAE10
DAVISSON, MALISSA JANE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS JASPER8,
WILLIAM3, JAMES LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) He
married ? BULLINGTON.
Child of LAWRENCE PIRECE and ? BULLINGTON was:
i. ?12 PIRECE.
6. LOUISE11 KEY (EVELYN MARIE10 DAVISSON, MALISSA
JANE9 LOGSDON, DENNIS JASPER8, EBENEZER7, JOSEPH
LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born in Allegan County,
Michigan, and died 1997. She married ? MURPHY.
Children of LOUISE KEY and ? MURPHY were:
i. JAMES12 MURPHY.
ii. IONA MURPHY.
7. JOE11 COLLINS (JUANITA10 DAVISSON, MALISSA JANE9
LOGSDEN2, ANTHONY1 LOGSDON) was born 23 Apr 1942 in
322
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died 15 Nov 2012 in
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.
Children of JOE COLLINS were:
i. STEVEN THEODORE12 COLLINS, b. 21 Jun 1973,
Germany; d. 06 Mar 1996, San Bernardino, San Bernardino
County, California.
Notes for STEVEN THEODORE COLLINS:
Steven served in the Navy enlisting March 6, 1996. He
was stationed in Corpus Christie, Texas, then Japan, and
then was assigned to physical training of Marines in 29
Palms, San Bernardino County, California in 1995. He
died a year later in San Bernardino preparing for a
triathlon. He was hit and killed by an elderly automobile
driver while riding his bicycle to work as part of his
conditioning. He was buried in Mill Springs Veteran's
Cemetery, Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
ii. MELISSA COLLINS, b. 21 Jul 1969; m. ? RUSH, 11 May
1991.
Endnotes
1. Family Records.
2. KR 976.9842 Ingmire, Grayson County Births.
3. LDS Online Files.
4. Family Records.
5. Ancestry.com.
6. Findagrave.com.
7. Family Records.
8. Findagrave.com.
9. Melissa Collins Rush, Juanita
10. Lena Mae, second hand through her step-granddaughter
11. Evelyn Marie, via internet and South Haven, MI obituary
323
Descendants of Gracie Forest Logsdon
Generation No. 1
1. GRACIE FOREST9 LOGSDON (DENNIS JASPER8,
born 19 Jul 1906 in Nelson County, Kentucky, and died 27 Nov 1910
in Meade or Nelson County, Kentucky.
Notes for GRACIE FOREST LOGSDON:
Little was documented about Gracie who died in 1908 at age 3.
Kentucky did not require death records until 1912. Since the Logsdon
family bought few gravestones, it is likely her burial location may never
be known.
Source for the Early Logsdon lineage:
in conjunction with members of the Logsdon Family Forum
with special thanks to Patti Lawson
Source for the Ebenezer and Nancy Logsdon lineage to present:
324
The Gaither Lineage
Sarah Katherine Gaither
The Gaither line married the Logsdon line in Kentucky around
1887. Sarah Katherine Gaither was the wife of Dennis Jasper Logsdon.
She was Essie Ovie Logsdon’s mother and the mother-in-law of
George Washington Farmer Sr. The Gaithers, like all the other families
in this book, had been in America for many generations. They were
natives of England, but their lineage in England has never been proven
beyond their arrival in America from London. They were in the
Virginia Colony in the 1660s.
John Gater of Virginia
The Gaithers are one of the oldest English families in America.
They arrived in Jamestown only four years after the Farmers and a few
years earlier than the Fields. It is likely the families knew one another
two centuries before their family lines eventually merged.
The earliest known Gaither ancestor was John Gater, born
about 1599 in England. John first arrived in 1620 to the fledgling
colony of Virginia. John located in the settlement were he was one of
the few to survive the Indian massacre of 1622. His name was listed
on the survivor roles dated February 16, 1623. He was also shown on
the January 1, 1624 census of Jamestown as a servant to Captain
William Pierce. A notation described his arrival as," John Gatter in the
ship George 1620".
Around 1635, John 35 years old, went back to England and
returned with a wife, 20 year old Joan, on the ship Assurance out of
London. On July 26, 1638 John was granted by government patent the
800 acres in Elizabeth City, Virginia on the east bank of the Elizabeth
River upon which he already resided. Some of the awarded land was in
exchange for paying the transport of his wife and 14 other persons
from England to America. The original land grant was not recorded in
Nansemond County, Virginia until July 12, 1649. Nansemond County
no longer exists in Virginia. Today it would be part of the independent
city of Suffolk.
325
Elizabeth City
Independent
Suffolk City
Nansemond
July 12, 1649 was the same day that John and second wife,
Mary, were recorded as selling those same 800 acres to John Godfrey.
It appeared they simply had the purchase legally recorded just in time
to complete the sale.
John’s Land
John was of the Puritan religion. Puritans were a religious sect
that spun off from the Anglican Church of England. Puritans believed
that the Anglicans kept too many of the original Catholic traditions in
their new religion; traditions that Puritans found unacceptable.
326
Puritans lobbied to get the Church of England to adopt further
reforms to no avail. When the English Crown began enforcing the
Church of England practices in the 1620s and 1630s, a few hundred
Puritans went to Virginia in hopes of finding the freedom to practice
their beliefs.
Most, like John, settled south of the James River in Virginia
were they had plenty of land, built Puritan churches and developed
large communities. They even had their own representatives in the
House of Burgess. In a short time other Virginia colonists turned
against them. In 1642, when Sir William Berkeley was appointed
governor, the English Crown saw an opportunity to force colonial
Puritans to conform to the Anglican practices in both England and
America. Instead many Puritans chose to move.
Between 1649 and 1650 Puritan religious dissenters in Virginia
moved in large numbers to Maryland where they were promised
complete religious freedom. The Maryland Toleration Act of 1650
promised no Christian faith would be persecuted. That decree was
considered the precursor to the First Amendment to the United States
Constitution.
About the time, John Gater, sold his first tract of land in
Virginia and bought new land in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He
was one of the throngs of Puritans leaving Virginia for the more
tolerant state. The Gaither name disappeared from Virginia records in
1649. On November 24, 1652 John’s widow, Mary, was identified as
the administrator of his estate.
Anne Arundel
327
Captain John Gaither III of Maryland
John Gater probably had two sons he named John. John II
was the son of his first wife Joan, and he died young. John III (as he is
called by genealogists) was the son of his second wife Mary. John III
and four of his children all named daughters in honor of Mary. John
III was born in Virginia about 1646 and moved to Maryland as a small
child. After his father died in 1652 John III was under the
guardianship of a neighbor, Thomas Mears. He officially acquired his
father’s land from Mears upon his maturity. John III had thousands of
acres on the South and Severn rivers.
John III served in the Nanticoke Indian War of 1678. The
Nanticoke were one of the few tribes in the tidewaters around
Maryland and they were the Indians often referred to in tails of early
English settlers in America. John Smith made initial contact with them
while exploring the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. They were a friendly
tribe. Their name means “tidal people.” They signed five treaties with
the Europeans in Maryland, none that were honored. Settlers kept
illegally encroaching on the Indian’s land and rights despite the
agreements.
John Gaither III continued his military service after the war
and became Captain John Gaither by 1696. Gaither became a
common name in Maryland and was highly respected. John III married
Ruth about 1676 in Anne Arundel County. The couple had eight
children in All Hollow’s Parish. John III died about November 11,
1702.
John Gaither IV
Our ancestor, John IV, was the oldest son of Captain John III
and Ruth, born January 15, 1677. He first married Jane Buck at All
Hollow’s Parish on August 21, 1701. He had many children by her.
About the same time his father, Captain John III died, and he inherited
nearly 1,100 acres of land. On August 20, 1719, after his first wife
Jane’s death, John IV married Mrs. Elizabeth Duvall Warfield. He also
had many children by Elizabeth. John IV died between May 4 and
June 20, 1739 in Anne Arundel County. When he died he left 364
acres of land called Abington to his surviving sons Alexander,
328
Benjamin, Richard, David, Amos, Joshua, and Rezin. To three other
sons John V, Edward and Samuel he left over 250 acres of land nearby
at a location called Left Out.
The Ancestors of Sarah Katherine Gaither
Continued
on next
page
329
John Gaither V
Our John V was the son of John IV and Elizabeth Duvall. His
date of birth was sometime during the 1720s on the Abington land in
Anne Arundel County. Upon his father’s death he inherited, but was
required to share, 250 acres with his brothers Edward and Samuel.
John V’s brother, Samuel, released his right to his father's land on
February 23, 1739. This provided 125 acres each to John V and
330
Edward. John V married about the same time to Anne Ruley. The
couple had five children, including John VI around 1740. The children
were all born on the Left Out farm. On October 28, 1747 John V sold
his wife's inherited land known as Senequa Point, Cecil County,
Maryland. He died within a few years in 1751. John VI split his land
among his sons.
Frederick
Cecil
Anne
Arundel
John Gaither VI
John VI, born about 1740, was one of five children born to
John V and Anne Ruley. In 5 generations, or less than 100 years, John
VI inherited just 53.5 acres of the once massive Gaither holdings in
Anne Arundel. John VI married his distant cousin, Anne Jacob in
1761. Anne was the daughter of Jeremiah Jacob and Rachel Gaither.
As soon as children began arriving he recognized the 53.5 acres of land
was insufficient to support a family. On October 16, 1771 John VI
sold his land and moved to Frederick County, Maryland. The land
there was cheaper, but more primitive. It was still a wilderness
compared to the more populated areas in the east.
John Gaither VI served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier
until America gained its freedom. During John VI’s absence, his wife
Anne Jacob, and other Jacob relatives inherited even better land in
Rowan County, North Carolina. So John VI became the first Gaither
to migrate south. The Jacobs’ families settled Rowan County in mass.
331
Rowan
and
Iredell
John VI’s children's names were all listed in the Book of
Common Prayer which was a key symbol of the Episcopal Church of
Maryland, an American version of the Anglican Church of England.
That indicated that John VI and wife Anne Jacob were no longer part
of the faith community that left Virginia and the Church of England to
practice their Puritan religion in Maryland. They had instead returned
to their former religious “enemy.” John VI died in North Carolina in
1809.
Captain Jeremiah Gaither
John VI and Anne Jacob named their son Jeremiah in honor of
Anne’s father. Jeremiah was born to the couple on September 9, 1762
in Frederick County, Maryland. Like his father, Jeremiah served in the
military. He held the title of Captain. Jeremiah married Eleanor
Lovelace in October of 1796 and the couple had four children. He
then married Priscilla Summers about 1806 and had three more boys.
All seven children were born in Rowan or nearby Iredell Counties in
North Carolina. Priscilla died in 1813 shortly after giving birth to their
youngest child Wiley.
Jeremiah died in August 1815 leaving the children orphaned,
four still being quite young. The Claggett family took Jeremiah’s
daughter Matilda by his first wife and Priscilla’s three sons and moved
to Kentucky about 1818. The family spent about three years in
Woodford County then went on to Grayson County. The children
were under the guardianship of Henry Claggett the entire time.
Priscilla’s mother was Ann Claggett and Ann’s father’s name was
332
Henry. So, it is likely that Henry Claggett, the children’s guardian, was
Priscilla’s uncle and the children’s great uncle.
Breckinridge
Grayson
Woodford
Muhlenberg
Wiley Gaither
Wiley Gaither was born in 1813 in Iredell County, North
Carolina. He was the youngest child of Jeremiah Gaither and his
second wife Priscilla Summers. Wiley was motherless as an infant and
orphaned by two years of age. He moved across Kentucky with his
guardian settling in Grayson County about 1822. When Henry
Claggett died a lawsuit ensued for rights to the orphaned children’s
estate. Wiley was still a minor so on April 24, 1832 his legal
guardianship was passed to his older brother, John Franklin.
Wiley married Mary Betsy Probus, daughter of Alexander and
Mary Ellen Pryor Probus, on April 13, 1833 in Leitchfield, Grayson
County. Wiley and Mary Betsy farmed and raised 12 children,
remaining in Grayson County most of their lives. The family had $300
in real estate and $400 in assets during the 1850 and 1860 Federal
Censuses respectively.
Wiley did not die in Grayson County. He instead became the
third generation of Gaithers to serve their country. Wiley enlisted in
the Civil War on March 21, 1862 at the age of 49! Wiley must have
truly believed in the cause to join at such an advanced age. He was a
Union soldier in Company A of the 27th Kentucky Infantry. He
333
mustered into the army at Camp Underwood, near Rochester,
Muhlenberg, Kentucky and died six days later, March 27, 1862, of
pneumonia resulting from measles he contracted upon his arrival at
camp. He never even saw battle! The mass grave in which Wiley was
buried was on the banks of the Green River at the site of the
encampment hospital. His son Alexander served with him but
survived. The only photograph ever taken of Wiley was his military
enlistment picture below.
In the 1870 Federal Census of Cloverport, Hardinsburg,
Breckinridge County, Kentucky what remained of Wiley’s family was
listed as living next to Wiley’s son, Andrew Jackson Gaither. Wiley’s
wife, Mary Betsy Probus, died about 1885 and was buried next to her
son, Alexander, at Coyle Churchyard, Madrid, Breckenridge County,
Kentucky.
334
Breckinridge
Grayson
Ohio
Andrew Jackson Gaither
Wiley and Mary Betsy Probus Gaither’s seventh child was
Andrew Jackson born February 2, 1847 in Grayson County. He lived
with the family there until his marriage to Mrs. Malissa Jane Burnett
Hazelwood about 1867 in Grayson County. Malissa Jane was older
than Andrew Jackson by over four years. Malissa Jane was born
August 10, 1842 in Old Laton, Ohio County, Kentucky to William S.
and Mary Burnett.
After marrying, Andrew Jackson farmed in Cloverport,
Hardinsburg Township, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. In 1870 he
did not own any land but had $100 in personal property. By 1880 he
had $300 in land and another $100 in assets. Sometime after 1880 he
began moving around Kentucky. The birth records of their children
and the 1900 Federal Census indicated he went first to Grayson
County and then on to Fordsville, Ohio County were he continued to
farm. But, shortly thereafter he changed careers. His relocations
between 1881 and 1907 showed that farming was not as profitable as
Andrew Jackson may have desired.
He became another victim of the industrial revolution; Andrew
Jackson switched to coal mining. Andrew Jackson Gaither died
December 14, 1907 in a mining accident at the Central Iron and Coal
Company’s Render Mine in Render, Ohio County. He was buried in
the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Paddysville, Ohio County next to his
335
daughter Ada Ellen. The photograph below is of the mine circa 1895.
Andrew Jackson’s wife, Malissa Jane, died a year later August 4, 1908.
She was believed to be buried in Breckinridge, Kentucky.
Malissa Jane was raising two children of her first husband’s in
the 1860 Federal Census. S. E. Hazelwood was a girl age 4 and J. W.
Hazelwood was a boy age 2. The children were probably her stepchildren as they were not with her and her new husband in the 1870
Federal Census. Further proof the two children were not Malissa's
own was her claim in the 1900 Federal Census to have given birth to
nine children total. She and Andrew Jackson Gaither had nine
confirmed children, so the two Hazelwood children must not have
been hers.
336
Andrew Jackson and Malissa Jane Probus Gaither’s nine
children included our Dennis Jasper Logsdon’s wife, Sarah Katherine
Gaither. Their marriage brought our ancestral Logsdon and Gaither
lines together. The couple’s migration to Illinois allowed their children
to intermarry with the Farmers of Greene County, giving birth to the
descendants of George Washington Farmer Sr.
Source for Gaither lineage through Wiley Gaither:
Research done by Eva Gaither Thornberry
Died June 10, 2013 during this project
Source for Andrew Jackson and beyond lineage:
337
The George Washington Farmer Sr. Lineage
George Washington Farmer Sr.
William Butler Farmer and Amelia Jane Fry gave birth to their
third child on September 13, 1884 in a place identified on his birth
record as 2 miles northwest of Wilmington (now Patterson), Greene
County, Illinois. They named him George Washington after the first
president of the United States, but also after his grandfather George
Harvey Fry. George lived at home with his parents and worked the
family farm until his first marriage to Sylvia Anna Chapman on July 17,
1904. She was born December 31, 1888 in Walkerville, Greene County
to Douglas and L. C. Manly Chapman. George was 20 and Sylvia was
16. He lived in Apple Creek Prairie, near Patterson at the time. She
was from nearby Oak Dale.
339
The couple struggled immediately. When their daughter was
born 18 months later Sylvia did not put George as the father on the
birth certificate, although tongue in cheek, she named the girl Georgia
Alice. Sylvia claimed on the child's birth certificate that she was
married to George Washington Farmer, but had been separated from
him for over a year. She refused to give the baby's father's name, but
stated clearly that Georgia Alice was not her husband's child. Yet,
throughout her life, Georgia Alice claimed that George Washington
Farmer was her father on all legal forms. And, in the 1910 Federal
Census of Greene County George age 25 was still living with Sylvia
Anna age 20. They had been married 6 years. George was a laborer
doing odd jobs. Georgia was 4. By Illinois law at the time, if a
husband claimed a child, illegitimate or not, it was his child. So,
whether DNA tests would support it or not, Georgia Alice was George
Washington Farmer’s legal daughter.
The drama in the household continued. In August of 1915,
George summoned Sylvia and witnesses, Clarence and Edna Hubbard,
James Blanketer and C. E. Miller to divorce court. Sylvia was served
subpoenas three times but never appeared in court. George's petition
stated that he lived with Sylvia Anna until June 7, 1915 at which time it
came to his attention that she had committed adultery with John Smith,
and various others, over the course of their marriage. A divorce was
granted by default during the September 1915 court term. The judge
ruled that George could not remarry for one year (and Sylvia Anna for
two years) from the date of the divorce decree, allowing for possible
reconciliation. Sylvia was found responsible for court and attorney
fees. By 1920 Sylvia Anna had remarried a Mark Paine but she and
Georgia were still living in Greene County.
George probably got his divorce as much because he had a new
love as because of Sylvia Anna Chapman’s infidelity. October 13,
1915, a month after George’s first marriage was dissolved, a marriage
license for George Washington Farmer and Essie Ovie Logsdon was
issued in Bowling Green, Pike County, Missouri. The couple eloped
from nearby Roodhouse, Greene County on a train. The couple was
married in the local 2nd Baptist Church in Bowling Green the same day.
They had violated the divorce decree by marrying in less than one year.
The Greene County court voided the Missouri marriage when Sylvia
Anna reported it.
340
It was not clear whether George and Essie lived together as
man and wife before or after the court voided their marriage.
However, they did wait the year out and married a second time. Their
second marriage license was issued in Greene County, Illinois on
October 24, 1916 and they remarried at the residence of the Justice of
the Peace on October 25, 1916. Essie claimed it was her first marriage
and George claimed it was his second. Essie’s sister, Thelma Mae
Logsdon, and her husband Roy Gaither were witnesses.
341
In the 1920 Federal Census of Patterson, George was 36 and
married to Essie age 23. They were living in a rented home. Sarah
Katherine, their daughter was 8 months old. Sarah Katherine died of
pneumonia within two weeks of the census taker's visit. Their oldest
child, Yewell had already died two years earlier.
342
The baby is
Sarah
Katherine
George was described by his children as a loner and a roamer.
Over his life he moved his family many times depending on where he
could find work. He was a general laborer. He held a variety of jobs
over his lifetime in a variety of locations. Finding work was particularly
hard during the Great Depression. George played the fiddle for square
dances and made moonshine in his leisure time.
Essie was accustomed to moving frequently. She did so as a
child and thought nothing of doing so as an adult. Her husband
George drifted from job to job. The two of them moved an
343
extraordinary number of times. Their son, George Jr., said he would
come home to find the house empty and a note on the door telling him
where they had moved. In June of 2000 he tried to recall all the places
his parents had lived, so the following list may be incomplete. It was
simply recorded for posterity.
George Sr. was born in 1884 near Patterson then moved to
Apple Creek Prairie before 1904. Essie was born in Kentucky in 1897
and lived in many locations there before moving with her family to
Alton, Madison County, Illinois and then on to Patterson about 1913.
The couple moved to Manchester, Greene County in 1917. They lived
in Patterson again by 1920, then White Hall and Drake, Greene County
both about 1922 - 1927. They were listed at 1318 East 4th Street in the
1923 Alton, Madison County City Directory and George was working
for the Illinois Glass Company
In 1930 George was living near his brother Chester. He was
renting a house for $7, had no radio, was 44, was married at age 30, was
a farmer, and was of Illinois descent. His wife Essie was 33, married at
age 19, and a Kentuckian. The children were Loral 8, Clifford 6, Rosie
3 2/12, and Elam 1 1/12.
344
They lived in Hillview, Greene County, by 1935. They then
moved to Grandvilla, Virginia, Cass County in the spring of 1940.
George Sr. did odd jobs there briefly, then found a job in a grain
elevator in Prentice near Ashland, Cass County so the family moved
again. That position only lasted 13 – 14 months, so the family returned
to Virginia in 1942. Here the children attended grade school.
George Sr. had a variety of jobs that took him far from
Virginia, yet the family remained there for several years. He worked at
an Allis-Chalmers plant in Springfield, Sangamon County. He even did
construction work for the W.P.A. near Dixon, Lee County, Illinois.
The W.P.A. truck would pick men up in Virginia and bring them home
each night. George Sr. worked off and on as a farm laborer for Arthur
Cox, who became his son Loral's father-in-law. He rode to the farm
on a bread delivery truck each morning and hitchhiked home each
night.
About 1947 they moved to the east end of White Hall, Greene
County. George Jr. attended school there for his 6th – 8th grade years.
His father was a foreman at Ruckles Pottery Shop that made the
famous White Hall Pottery. George Sr. died on June 10, 1950. His
cause of death was Cerebral Hemorrhage due to Hypertension and
Arteriosclerosis. The time and place of death were at his home in
White Hall at 4:30 pm. He was waked at the Dawdy Funeral Home,
White Hall. He was buried June 13, 1950 in Pinetree Cemetery,
Patterson. His Social Security number was 333-16-4733.
About 1951, after George Sr.’s death Essie moved on to Bluffs,
Greene County. Her son, Loral, bought her a house there, the first
that was not a rental. Only George Jr. and Thelma (Pet) lived at home
by then. The family stayed in Bluffs for George Jr.'s freshman year in
high school. George Jr. left home that year and moved in with Loral
and his wife in Winchester. Loral had purchased the restaurant and
service station that had employed him for years. George Jr. managed
the service station for his brother.
About 1953 Essie, with her youngest daughter Pet, again
moved back to Virginia, Cass County to be closer to daughter Rosie
who lived there after her marriage. Pet met her future husband Harvey
Sorrell at a carnival in Virginia where he worked. When the carnival
moved on to Rushville, Cass County Pet followed and there the couple
345
married. In 1956 Essie became a caretaker at the Virginia Nursing
Home. Pet and Harvey moved into an apartment over a retail store on
the south side of the Virginia town square and Essie moved in with
them. Essie moved to two or three different farms in Cass County to
live, remaining with Pet and Harvey until she remarried in 1962.
346
Essie married a second time on September 26, 1962 to Lewis
Hanson. They lived in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio and he
died August 21, 1967 in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. She
returned to Virginia then moved to nearby Ashland, Cass County to
live with her brother Hubert Logsdon.
There she met her third husband Otis Hobbs. On July 17,
1971 they married and lived briefly in Arnold, Jefferson County,
Missouri before going to St. Louis, Missouri where he died at the St.
Anthony Hospital on April 16, 1972. After Otis’ death she returned to
Illinois where she lived first in White Hall, Greene County and then
Virginia, Cass County nursing homes. She died June 29, 1987 at her
final home, Meline's Nursing Home in Jacksonville, Morgan County,
Illinois.
347
Essie had five different obituaries written about her. They
stated that she was a former Virginia and White Hall resident. She died
at age 90 (one paper said age 84), Monday June 29, 1987 at 3:35 pm in
Jacksonville's Meline Nursing Home. She was born in Breckinridge
County, Kentucky on May 1, 1897 (1 paper says 1895) daughter of
Dennis Jasper and Sarah Katherine (Gaither) Logsdon. She married
George Washington Farmer October 13, 1915 in Bowling Green,
Missouri and he died in 1950. She married Otis Hobbs July 18, 1971,
and he died April 16, 1972, following an automobile accident. Essie
was survived by two sons, Elam of Mesa, Arizona, and George Jr. of
Mokena, Illinois, two daughters Thelma (Pet) Sorrell of Houston,
Texas and Rosie Brunk of Virginia, Illinois, 19 grandchildren and many
great-grandchildren. Three sons, 2 daughters, four sisters and three
brothers preceded Essie in death. She was a member of the United
Methodist Church of Virginia, Illinois. The funeral was 2 pm
Wednesday July 1, 1987 at Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in White Hall,
Illinois with burial in Pinetree Cemetery Patterson, Illinois. Visitation
was one hour prior to services. Reverend Lou Zuck officiated. The
organist was Phyllis Staats (granddaughter) and she played "Beyond the
Sunset", "Beautiful Isle", "Will the Circle be Unbroken", and "In the
Garden". Pallbearers were grandsons Ronald, Ricky, Danny, and
George Farmer, Sammy Sorrell, and Rosie's son-in-law Robert Fair.
Her Social Security Number was 351-60-4198.
348
349
George Glenn
Ford
Georgia Alice
Farmer
Sylvia Anna
Chapman
Essie Ovie
Logsdon
350
Paulette
T urner
Dorothy Ann
Cox
Loral Dennis
Farmer
Sarah Katherine
Farmer
(Y)ewell Ricie
Farmer
George Washington
Farmer, Sr.
Grace E.
Fry
Rosie Mae
Farmer
Betty
Marsh
Jessie Elam
Farmer
Gail Robert (Bob)
Brunk
Clifford Smith
Farmer
Descendants of George Washington Farmer, Sr.
Harvey Ovid
Sorrell, Jr.
T helma Olive (Pet)
Farmer
Mary Elizabeth
Cosgriff
George Washington
Farmer, Jr.
Li(y)da Ruth
Farmer
Loral 4, Essie and Clifford 1: 1925
Rosie 12, Elam 10, George Jr. 4 (with
pennies for Sunday school tied in his
hanky) and Thelma 9 months: 1939
351
Left to right: Thelma, Elam, Rosie,
George Jr., Loral and Clifford
Left to right
Seated: Loral, Essie, Rosie
Standing: George Jr., Clifford, Elam, and Thelma
352
Following are the stories of George Washington Sr. and Essie
Ovie Logsdon Farmer’s children. Georgia Alice was included for
general interest. George Washington Jr. was excluded as he is the
subject of the final chapter of this book.
Descendants of Georgia Alice Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGIA ALICE18 FARMER (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
WILLIAM BUTLER16, WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14, FOREST13,
was born 28 Jan 1906 in Walkerville, Greene County, Illinois, and died
11 Oct 1996 in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois. She married
GEORGE GLENN FORD 16 Dec 1923 in Hillview, Greene County,
Illinois, son of WILLIAM FORD and LORA SCHUTZ. He was born
29 Mar 1906 in Greene County, Illinois, and died 01 Jan 1988 in
Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. The couple
was buried in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for GEORGIA ALICE FARMER:
Georgia had an unnamed son born out of wedlock on August 25, 1923
in Hillview, Patterson Township, Greene County, Illinois. Georgia
married George Glenn Ford at age 17, about the same time her son
was born. They had three boys and two girls. They remained in
Greene County and raised a large extended family with over 50
descendants upon her death in 1996. She was a cook at North Greene
Schools, retiring in 1971 after 15 years. She was a member of the
Hillview Baptist Church and the Royal Neighbors of America Club.
George Glenn Ford was a farmer age 18 when they married. He died
at age 81 and she at age 90. They were both waked at Airsman-Hires
Funeral Home, White Hall. Their gravestone is located near George
Washington Sr. and Essie Ovie Logsdon in Pinetree Cemetery,
Patterson. Her Social Security Number was 318-38-2539.
353
Children of GEORGIA FARMER and GEORGE FORD were:
i. GILBERT19 FORD, m. BETTY.
ii. DARRELL FORD, m. DELORES.
iii. HAROLD FORD, m. PHYLLIS.
Notes for HAROLD FORD:
Harold lived in Normal, McLean County, Illinois.
iv. RUTH FORD, m. MARTIN BRUCE.
Notes for RUTH FORD:
Ruth lived in Wood River and Holiday Shores, Madison
County, Illinois.
v. DORIS FORD, m. DALE MORRIS.
Notes for DORIS FORD:
Doris lived in Springfield, Illinois.
Descendants of Yewell Ricie Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. YEWELL RICIE18 FARMER (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
was born 25 Jan 1917 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died
31 Aug 1918 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and buried in
Pinetree (Old Martin Section) Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County,
Illinois.
354
Notes for YEWELL RICIE FARMER:
The oldest child of George and Essie was named Yewell or Ewell. His
birth certificate had a Y at the beginning of the name, but his death
certificate had no Y. He died of tubercular meningitis at age 1 and 7
months. He was buried in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson. On the right
side of his grave his sister Lida Ruth Farmer was buried. His other
deceased sister Sarah Katherine Farmer and his grandmother Sarah
Katherine Gaither Logsdon were buried to his left. The third grave to
Yewell's left was his uncle Edgar Darrell Logsdon, husband of Anna
Jane Farmer. The fourth grave was his aunt Malissa Logsdon
Davisson. None of the graves except for Yewell's were identified by
stones. Instead the family placed small lambs on each side of Yewell’s
gravestone to mark his sister Sarah and Lyda’s gravesites.
Descendants of Sarah Katherine Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. SARAH KATHERINE18 FARMER (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
355
was born 21 Jun 1919 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died
07 Mar 1920 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and buried in
Pinetree (Old Martin Section) Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County,
Illinois.
Notes for SARAH KATHERINE FARMER:
Sarah's birth certificate listed her last name as Logsdon in error, since
her parents were legally married at her birth. Sarah died of bronchial
pneumonia following a six-day Influenza that had ten members of the
family sick. Her grandmother and namesake, Sarah Katherine Gaither
Logsdon, died within a few days of Sarah’s death too. They were
buried side by side in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson (See Yewell’s Notes
for more details). The grave was marked by a small lamb.
Descendants of Loral Dennis Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. LORAL DENNIS18 FARMER (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
356
was born 17 Dec 1921 in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, and died
12 Dec 1985 in Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan County,
Illinois, and was buried in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Jacksonville,
Morgan County, Illinois. He married (1) DOROTHY ANN COX 03
May 1942 in Virginia, Cass County, Illinois, daughter of ARTHUR
COX and MARGARET THOMAS. She was born 07 Nov 1922 in
Virginia, Cass County, Illinois, and died 10 May 1967 in Jacksonville,
Morgan County, Illinois, and was buried in Memorial Lawn Cemetery,
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He married (2) PAULETTE
TURNER Aft. 1967.
Notes for LORAL DENNIS FARMER:
Loral had three obituaries that stated in summary that he lived in Mesa,
Maricopa County, Arizona and was formerly a used car dealer in
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. As a young man, before he met
his wife, he was a waiter at a café in Hillview, Greene County, Illinois.
He was born December 17, 1921 in White Hall, Greene County and
died at age 63. He married Dorothy Ann Cox, who preceded him in
death due to breast cancer in 1967. Her descendants were all tested
and determined to carry the gene for breast cancer and many suffered
from it. Most have survived it, but at least one descendant succumbed
to the disease. Mia Farmer Ware led the cause in Central Illinois for
the annual Breast Cancer Relay until her death. Locally the event was
named in her honor. Loral later married Paulette Turner
Loral suffered from colon cancer. This too was prevalent in his
descendants, with several struggling through but surviving. Loral was
survived by his second wife, two daughters, Mrs. Glenn (Phyllis) Staats,
and Mrs. Stan (Connie) Willner both of Jacksonville, a son Danny, a
stepson Reginald Fortado of Macomb, Illinois, and eight
grandchildren. He was also survived by two brothers Elam of Mesa,
Arizona, and George of Mokena, Will County, Illinois, and two sisters
Mrs. Harvey (Thelma) Sorrell of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, and
Mrs. Robert (Rosie) Brunk of Virginia, Cass County, Illinois. His
brother Clifford preceded him in death. He was a member of the
Jacksonville Assembly of God Church. Friends called at the
Williamson Funeral Home with services at the church. The remains
357
were taken to the church one-hour prior to services for visitation.
Burial was with his wife Dorothy Ann Cox Farmer in Memorial Lawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville. Memorials were suggested to the American
Cancer Society or the Assembly of God Church. His Social Security
number was 361-05-9276.
Children of LORAL FARMER and DOROTHY COX were:
2.
i. DANIEL DENNIS19 FARMER, b. 14 May 1943, Virginia,
Cass County, Illinois.
3.
ii. PHYLLIS ANN FARMER, b. 04 Mar 1945, Virginia, Cass
County, Illinois.
4.
iii. CONNIE LOU FARMER, b. 16 Jan 1947, Jacksonville.
Morgan County, Illinois.
Child of LORAL FARMER and PAULETTE TURNER was:
iv. REGINALD FORTADO19 FARMER, Stepchild.
358
Generation No. 2
2. DANIEL DENNIS19 FARMER (LORAL DENNIS18, GEORGE
WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM BUTLER16, WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14,
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 14 May 1943 in Virginia, Cass
County, Illinois. He married (1) KARLA JEAN BEDDINGFIELD in
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. She was born 10 Mar 1946 in
Jacksonville. Morgan County, Illinois. He married (2) BEVERLY
SAVAGE. He married (3) LUCILLE WINDER 17 Jul 1982 in
Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois, daughter of JOHN WINDER
and GLADYS TEMPLIN. She was born 17 Dec 1948 in Winchester,
Morgan County, Illinois, and died 29 Dec 2006 in Passavant Hospital,
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, and was buried in Memorial
Lawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.
Child of DANIEL FARMER and KARLA BEDDINGFIELD was:
5.
i. MIA MICHELLE20 FARMER, b. 11 Nov 1967,
Jacksonville. Morgan County, Illinois; d. 21 Aug 2004,
Children of DANIEL FARMER and BEVERLY SAVAGE was:
ii. BRANDY20 FARMER, b. 18 Jan 1973, Jacksonville.
Morgan County, Illinois; m. RON HENDRICKSON, 06
Feb 1998, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
6.
iii. TIFFANY FARMER, b. 06 Feb 1975, Jacksonville.
3. PHYLLIS ANN19 FARMER (LORAL DENNIS18, GEORGE
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 04 Mar 1945 in Virginia, Cass
359
County, Illinois. She married (1) DARRELL EVANS before 12 Oct
1963 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, son of GLENN
EVANS and PEARL. He was born 04 Feb 1944 in Winchester, Scott
County, Illinois. She married (2) GLENN STAATS 12 Oct 1973 in
Jacksonville, Illinois.
Children of PHYLLIS FARMER and DARRELL EVANS were:
7.
i. RENEE LYNN20 EVANS, b. 08 May 1964, Jacksonville.
ii. MARK ALAN EVANS, b. 21 Jun 1967, Jacksonville,
Illinois; m. STACEY CRAWFORD, 23 Aug 1997, Destin,
Florida.
iii. JASON REED EVANS, b. 16 Jul 1972, Jacksonville,
Illinois; m. JENNIFER WOODS, 14 Oct 2000,
4. CONNIE LOU19 FARMER (LORAL DENNIS18, GEORGE
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 16 Jan 1947 in Jacksonville.
Morgan County, Illinois. She married (1) DAVID VALASQUEZ 23
Mar 1965 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. She married (2)
STANLEY WILNER 17 Apr 1972 in Ringgold, Georgia, son of
FRANK WILNER and OLA. She married (3) DAVID
VALASQUEZ and moved to Arizona.
Children of CONNIE FARMER and DAVID VALASQUEZ were:
i. MARIO DAVID20 VALASQUEZ, b. 12 Nov 1966,
Jacksonville. Morgan County, Illinois.
8.
ii. MINDY VALASQUEZ, b. 08 Jan 1970, Jacksonville.
Generation No. 3
360
5. MIA MICHELLE20 FARMER (DANIEL DENNIS19, LORAL
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 11 Nov
1967 in Jacksonville. Morgan County, Illinois, and died of breast cancer
21 Aug 2004 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, and was buried
in Woodwreath Cemetery, Island Grove, Morgan County, Illinois. She
married WILLIAM BRADLEY WARE 18 May 1995 in Magens Bay,
St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, son of JON WARE and
JUNE LAMAR. He was born 09 May 1959 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Child of MIA FARMER and WILLIAM WARE was:
i. JAYDEN21 WARE, b. 24 May 1998, Springfield,
6. TIFFANY20 FARMER (DANIEL DENNIS19, LORAL
in Jacksonville. Morgan County, Illinois.
Child of TIFFANY FARMER was:
i. ALEXALYN JOELLE21 FARMER-ELLEDGE, b. Mar
2000.
7. RENEE LYNN20 EVANS (PHYLLIS ANN19 FARMER, LORAL
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 08 May 1964
361
in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. She married JOHN
GAINOR JAMES IV Jan 1984 in Jacksonville, Illinois.
Child of RENEE EVANS and JOHN JAMES was:
i. JAMES (JOHN) GAINOR21 V, b. 08 May 1990,
Jacksonville, Illinois.
8. MINDY20 VALASQUEZ (CONNIE LOU19 FARMER, LORAL
in Jacksonville. Morgan County, Illinois.
Child of MINDY VALASQUEZ was:
i. CHRISTIAN DAVID21 VALASQUEZ, b. 10 Mar 2000,
Descendants of Clifford Smith Farmer
362
Generation No. 1
1. CLIFFORD SMITH18 FARMER (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
was born 27 Feb 1924 in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois1, and
died 01 May 1985 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois1. He
married GRACE E. FRY1 22 Feb 1948 in Virginia, Illinois1, daughter
of CLARENCE FRY and MARY PAST. She was born 16 Sep 1927 in
Naples, Illinois1, and died 03 Jun 2006 in Jacksonville, Morgan County,
Illinois1. The couple was buried in Memorial Lawn Cemetery,
363
Notes for CLIFFORD SMITH FARMER:
Cliff was employed by Harry Watkins driving trucks up to 2-ton
capacity, hauling produce between 1940 and 1943. He lived at 142 S.
Pitt Street in Virginia, Cass County, Illinois at the time. Cliff served in
WWII as a private, serial number 36445570 for the 568th SIG Air
Warning Battalion. He was inducted January 30, 1943, and was
activated on February 6, 1943 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. He
was sent to Drew Field, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida to radio
operator school. He spent 20 months as a radio operator. He then
spent 14 months as a light truck driver and mechanic. Of his total
service time, he spent 19 months in the Pacific Theatre of Operations
from April 30, 1944 to January 2, 1946. His military records said he
had gray eyes and brown hair, was 5' 7 1/2" and weighed 140 lbs. He
was discharged January 9, 1946 from Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis
County, Missouri. He was awarded a bronze star and a good conduct
medal, as well as an Asiatic duty button, American Theatre Campaign
ribbons, three overseas bars, and a victory ribbon.
Upon returning home, Cliff married Grace E. Fry in Virginia and then
moved to Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. Cliff was a Hydrox
cookie and insurance salesman. The couple moved to Hammond,
Lake County, Indiana for a few years around 1956. He returned to
Jacksonville where he lived until his death. He died of lung cancer. He
and Grace were buried in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Jacksonville. His
Social Security number was 347-14-9444.
Children of CLIFFORD FARMER and GRACE FRY were:
2.
i. RONALD CLIFFORD19 FARMER, b. 08 Dec 1949,
3.
ii. SUSAN MARIE FARMER, b. 17 Feb 1962, Hammond,
Indiana.
Generation No. 2
2. RONALD CLIFFORD19 FARMER (CLIFFORD SMITH18,
GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM BUTLER16, WILLIAM15,
364
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 08 Dec 1949 in
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He married JACLYN
SPANGENBEN, daughter of JACK SPANGENBEN and MARY
WILLIAMS. She was born 08 Jun 1948 in Pittsfield, Pike County,
Illinois.
Children of RONALD FARMER and JACLYN SPANGENBEN
were:
4.
i. CARISSA Y.20 FARMER, b. 30 Dec 1970, Oceanside,
California.
5.
ii. WINSTON D. FARMER, b. 07 Mar 1974, Jacksonville,
3. SUSAN MARIE19 FARMER (CLIFFORD SMITH18, GEORGE
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 17 Feb 1962 in Hammond,
Indiana. She married DAVID KENNETH BYE 16 Dec 1988, son of
GARY BYE and JOAN BERSCHBACHER. He was born 02 May
1969 in Belleville, Illinois.
Children of SUSAN FARMER and DAVID BYE were:
i. SARAH ELIZABETH20 BYE, b. 29 Jan 1990.
ii. JOSEPH ANDREW BYE, b. 07 Jul 1994.
Generation No. 3
4. CARISSA Y.20 FARMER (RONALD CLIFFORD19, CLIFFORD
SMITH18, GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM BUTLER16,
365
in Oceanside, California. She married DONALD PROVO, JR. Jun
1998, son of DONALD PROVO and CAROLYN. He was born 06
Jun 1960.
Child of CARISSA FARMER and DONALD PROVO was:
i. CALEB DOUGLAS21 PROVO, b. 01 Oct 2001,
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois2.
5. WINSTON D.20 FARMER (RONALD CLIFFORD19, CLIFFORD
SMITH18, GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM BUTLER16,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 07 Mar 1974
in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He married TARA
JENNINGS May 1997.
Child of WINSTON FARMER and TARA JENNINGS was:
i. BRADY D.21 FARMER, b. 02 Jul 2000.
Endnotes
1. Family Records.
2. Birth announcement.
Descendants of Rosie Mae Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. ROSIE MAE18 FARMER (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
366
was born 05 Oct 1926 in Drake, Greene County, Illinois1. She married
GAIL ROBERT (BOB) BRUNK1 29 Jul 1945 in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Illinois1, son of CHARLES BRUNK and SIDNEY
ARMSTRONG. He was born 25 Jan 1921 in Rural Cass County,
Illinois1, and died 13 Sep 2007 in Walker Nursing Home, Virginia, Cass
County, Illinois1, and was buried in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia,
Cass County, Illinois1.
Notes for ROSIE MAE FARMER:
Rosie married Robert Brunk at the Assembly of God Church in
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. Reverend Gardner performed
the wedding. Bob was a mechanic and later worked on the Heston
Murphy and then Gene Crouse farms in Virginia, Cass County, Illinois.
Rosie worked part of her life at JC Penney and at Meline's Nursing
Home (where her mother Essie was living), both in Jacksonville. They
retired into the town of Virginia where Rosie remained after Bob’s
death.
367
Children of ROSIE FARMER and GAIL BRUNK were:
2.
i. FRANCES IRENE19 BRUNK, b. 05 Apr 1947, Passavant
Hospital, Jacksonville, Illinois.
3.
ii. DELORES ANN (DEE) BRUNK, b. 06 Mar 1952,
Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, Illinois.
Generation No. 2
2. FRANCES IRENE19 BRUNK (ROSIE MAE18 FARMER,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 05 Apr 1947 in
Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, Illinois. She married ROY
EDWARD SMAY 07 Oct 1966 in Virginia, Illinois, son of LESLIE
SMAY and RUTH HUNT. He was born 28 Oct 1939.
Children of FRANCES BRUNK and ROY SMAY were:
4.
i. TAMMY JANE20 SMAY, b. 13 Oct 1967.
368
5.
6.
7.
ii. JOHN MOODY, b. 20 Apr 1968.
iii. TERESA ROSE SMAY, b. 24 Oct 1969.
iv. ROBERT EDWARD (ROB) SMAY, b. 17 Apr 1972.
3. DELORES ANN (DEE)19 BRUNK (ROSIE MAE18 FARMER,
HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 06 Mar 1952 in
Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, Illinois. She married ROBERT
KEITH FAIR 31 Aug 1968 in Palmyra, Missouri, son of CHESTER
FAIR and GRACE. He was born 12 Jul 1951.
Child of DELORES BRUNK and ROBERT FAIR was:
8.
i. LISA JANE20 FAIR, b. 30 Apr 1969.
Generation No. 3
4. TAMMY JANE20 SMAY (FRANCES IRENE19 BRUNK, ROSIE
MAE18 FARMER, GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM
BUTLER16, WILLIAM15, JOHN F.14, FOREST13, WILLIAM12,
Oct 1967. She married DANIEL JOSEPH MAGGERT 28 Mar 1992
in Greenfield, Illinois.
Children of TAMMY SMAY and DANIEL MAGGERT were:
i. CARLIE DANIELLE21 MAGGERT, b. 07 Sep 1997.
ii. SYDNI LEANN MAGGERT, b. 03 Nov 2000, Quincy,
Adams County, Illinois.
5. JOHN20 MOODY (FRANCES IRENE19 BRUNK, ROSIE MAE18
FARMER, GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM BUTLER16,
369
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 20 Apr
1968. He married MICHELLE GODAR 12 Sep 1992 in Bethalt,
Illinois.
Notes for JOHN MOODY:
John was a foster child who came to live with the family at age 4 or 5.
Children of JOHN MOODY and MICHELLE GODAR were:
i. AUSTIN DANIEL21 MOODY, b. 16 Jul 1997.
ii. COLE JONATHAN MOODY, b. Jan 1998.
iii. MEGAN LYNN MOODY, b. 30 Jan 2001, Alton,
Madison County, Illinois.
6. TERESA ROSE20 SMAY (FRANCES IRENE19 BRUNK, ROSIE
Oct 1969. She married GARY MASON 28 Jan 1989 in Spring Valley
Church, RR Clayton, Illinois, Adams County, Illinois.
Child of TERESA SMAY and GARY MASON was:
i. TRINITY ROSE21 MASON, b. 16 Feb 1990.
7. ROBERT EDWARD (ROB)20 SMAY (FRANCES IRENE19
BRUNK, ROSIE MAE18 FARMER, GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
was born 17 Apr 1972. He married JENNIFER LONG 19 Apr 1992
in Greenfield, Illinois.
370
Children of ROBERT SMAY and JENNIFER LONG were:
i. BRALEY NICOLE21 SMAY, b. 14 Sep 1994.
ii. BRIDGET ANN SMAY, b. 27 Dec 1999.
8. LISA JANE20 FAIR (DELORES ANN (DEE)19 BRUNK, ROSIE
Apr 1969. She married (1) TONY WINNETT 07 Mar 1992 in
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. The couple divorced 01 Jun
1995, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.
Child of LISA FAIR and TONY WINNETT was:
i. JACOB ROBERT21 WINNETT, b. 31 Jan 1993,
Charleston, Illinois.
Endnotes
1. Personal knowledge of author.
Descendants of Jessie Elam Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. JESSIE ELAM18 FARMER (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
371
was born 12 Feb 1929 in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois1, and
died 15 May 2007 in Coolidge, Pinal County, Arizona, and cremated at
Simes Mortuary, Coolidge, Pinal County, Arizona and was buried in
Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois1 . He
married BETTY MARSH 27 Feb 1948 in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Illinois, daughter of JOHN MARSH.
Notes for JESSIE ELAM FARMER:
Elam did farm labor early in his life on farms throughout the central
Illinois area, including, Cass, Greene, Scott, and Morgan Counties. He
then moved to the town of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois where
he held a variety of positions, from managing service stations, to
working at Walton's Appliance store, to manufacturing, and to
managing Rolling Acres Mobile Home Sales. Elam and Betty moved
372
to Mesa, Maricopa County and Coolidge, Pinal County, Arizona in the
mid-1970s. Elam’s brother, Loral, already lived there and told Elam
there were many opportunities. Elam was selling appliances in
Jacksonville, so he sold his home, quit his job and left for Arizona.
Elam worked several places in Arizona before taking a security
guard position at Motorola. His wife Betty already had a job there.
Elam retired with over 10 years of service and Betty even more.
They spent their summer months back in Illinois at the
Jacksonville Beach Campground where they lived in their RV and
visited family and friends. Betty remained in Coolidge after Elam died
because her two oldest children eventually left Jacksonville and settled
near her in Arizona.
Children of JESSIE FARMER and BETTY MARSH were:
2.
i. EDWARD ELAM19 FARMER, b. 08 Apr 1949.
3.
ii. LINDA LOU FARMER, b. 06 Apr 1951, Jacksonville,
4.
iii. RICKY RAE FARMER, b. 21 Jun 1955.
373
Generation No. 2
2. EDWARD ELAM19 FARMER (JESSIE ELAM18, GEORGE
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 08 Apr 1949. He married (1)
LINDA SUE BROWNING. He married (2) LUPITA MONTIJO 06
Oct 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada, daughter of AURELIO MONTIJO
and CELIA ACUNA. She was born 03 Dec 1955 in Elroy, Arizona.
Child of EDWARD FARMER and LINDA BROWNING was:
5.
i. JENNIFER KAY20 FARMER, b. 28 Apr 1972, Fort Polk,
Louisiana.
Child of EDWARD FARMER and LUPITA MONTIJO was:
ii. JACLYN AMANDA20 FARMER, b. 17 Mar 1999,
Tucson, Arizona.
3. LINDA LOU19 FARMER (JESSIE ELAM18, GEORGE
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 06 Apr 1951 in Jacksonville,
Morgan County, Illinois. She married (1) DALE FOUTS. She
married (2) CHARLIE GRADY 23 Sep 1982 in Alsey, Illinois, son of
CHARLES GRADY and VIRGINIA SUMMERS. He was born 21
Mar 1940 in Scott County, Illinois.
Children of LINDA FARMER and DALE FOUTS were:
i. HEATHER DAWN20 FOUTS, b. 11 Apr 1971.
6.
ii. SHELBY LYNNETTE FOUTS, b. 08 Oct 1973.
7.
iii. DELLA DIANE FOUTS, b. Unknown.
374
4. RICKY RAE19 FARMER (JESSIE ELAM18, GEORGE
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 21 Jun 1955. He married (1)
REBECCA LYNN BENZ 03 Apr 1976 and they divorced in August
of 1981. He married (2) SUSAN MCGINNIS 30 Apr 1982. She was
born 26 Jul 1953.
Child of RICKY FARMER and REBECCA BENZ was:
i. AMANDA DAWN20 FARMER, b. 23 Oct 1978; m. JED
LYNDELL ARNOLD, 05 Aug 2000, Jacksonville,
Child of RICKY FARMER and SUSAN MCGINNIS was:
ii. J. CHRISTOPHER EDWARD20 FARMER, b. 08 Aug
1983.
Generation No. 3
5. JENNIFER KAY20 FARMER (EDWARD ELAM19, JESSIE
ELAM18, GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM BUTLER16,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 28 Apr 1972
in Fort Polk, Louisiana. She married (2) ? AUSTIN.
Child of JENNIFER KAY FARMER was:
i. VICTORIA LYNN21 FARMER, b. 31 Oct 1992, Valejo,
California.
Child of JENNIFER FARMER and ? AUSTIN was:
375
ii. LINDA ROSE21 AUSTIN, b. 26 Feb 1995, Casa Grande,
Arizona.
6. SHELBY LYNNETTE20 FOUTS (LINDA LOU19 FARMER,
JESSIE ELAM18, GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM
Oct 1973. She married JEFF FRANKLIN CRAWFORD 14 Jul 1994.
He was born 16 Dec 1969.
Children of SHELBY FOUTS and JEFF CRAWFORD were:
i. DESTINY RENEE21 CRAWFORD, b. 13 Jun 1994.
ii. DESIREE MARIE CRAWFORD, b. 14 May 1995.
iii. DANIELLE LYNN CRAWFORD, b. 07 Jul 1998.
7. DELLA DIANE20 FOUTS (LINDA LOU19 FARMER, JESSIE
ELAM18, GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM BUTLER16,
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born Unknown.
She married MIKE SANDERS.
Child of DELLA FOUTS and MIKE SANDERS was:
i. LANA KAEL21 SANDERS, b. 15 Nov 1993.
Endnotes
1. Personal knowledge of author.
376
Descendants of Li(y)da Ruth Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. LI(Y)DA RUTH18 FARMER (GEORGE WASHINGTON17,
was born 18 Mar 1932 in Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, and died
18 Oct 1935 in Hillview, Greene County, Illinois, and was buried in
Pine Tree (Old Martin Section), Patterson, Greene County, Illinois.
Notes for LI(Y)DA RUTH FARMER:
Lida Ruth died as a young girl. Her siblings remembered that Lida
went with Rosie to see a train wreck in Hillview, Greene County,
Illinois down by the levy. A train had hit a car and the people were all
dead. There was blood everywhere and that night Lida kept saying,
"Mommy, all the blood!" Lida went into shock and died the next day.
However, on her death record the actual cause of death was bronchial
pneumonia with chronic asthma. The shock of the train wreck caused
Lida to suffer an acute bronchial asthma attack. She died at 12:30 pm
that evening at home. She was waked at the Dawdy Funeral Home,
White Hall, Greene County, Illinois. Funeral services were held at the
Patterson Baptist Church. Burial was with her siblings in the Pinetree
Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois (See Yewell’s Notes for
more details). The grave is marked by a small lamb.
Descendants of Thelma Olive (Pet) Farmer
Generation No. 1
1. THELMA OLIVE (PET)18 FARMER (GEORGE
377
THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 14 Aug 1938 in Hillview, Greene
County, Illinois. She married HARVEY OVID SORRELL, JR. 27 Jun
1956 in Rushville, Cass County, Illinois, son of HARVEY SORRELL
and FLORENCE GROSS. He was born 05 Aug 1938 in Shawnee,
Perry County, Ohio.
Notes for THELMA OLIVE (PET) FARMER:
Thelma’s (Pet) birth announcement in the White Hall Register August
19, 1938, Pet listed her as George and Essie's 9th child. The family
lived in Hillview, Greene County, Illinois at the time. Pet attended
school in Virginia, Cass County, Illinois when the family moved there.
About 1956 she left home and married Harvey Ovid Sorrell in
Rushville, Cass County. They lived in a downtown Virginia apartment
above a retail store. Harvey and Pet then moved to Hammond, Lake
378
County, Indiana where their children were born. Harvey worked for
Keyes Manufacturing, a company that produced cardboard items
including egg cartons and meat trays. Later they lived in Texas and
Arizona, often calling their RV home, but they retired back to the
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois area.
Children of THELMA FARMER and HARVEY SORRELL were:
2.
i. HARVEY OVID19 SORRELL III, b. 20 Dec 1957,
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
3.
ii. THELMA OLIVE (JUNE) SORRELL, b. 08 Dec 1958,
4.
iii. SAMUEL EUGENE SORRELL, b. 23 Feb 1960,
5.
iv. SHARON MAE SORRELL, b. 18 Aug 1962, Hammond,
Lake County, Indiana.
6.
v. DEBRA ANN SORRELL, b. 19 Jul 1963, Hammond,
Lake County, Indiana.
vi. DANIELLA MAE SORRELL, b. 23 Sep 1981,
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois; Adopted child.
379
Generation No. 2
2. HARVEY OVID19 SORRELL III (THELMA OLIVE (PET)18
in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. He married (1) DIANA STOUT
Dec 1976 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois and divorced in
1979 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He married (2)
KATHY FARMER 03 Oct 1979 in Palmyra, Missouri and they
divorced in 1983 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. He married
(3) KAP SUN HAUS Abt. 1991 in Houston, Harrisburg County,
Texas. She was Korean.
Children of HARVEY SORRELL and KATHY FARMER were:
i. ALISHA MARIE20 SORRELL, b. 23 Oct 1979, Quincy,
ii. HARVEY OVID SORRELL IV, b. 03 Sep 1981, Quincy,
3. THELMA OLIVE (JUNE)19 SORRELL (THELMA OLIVE
(PET)18 FARMER, GEORGE WASHINGTON17, WILLIAM
Dec 1958 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. She married GARY
WAYNE GUINN 05 Aug 1978 in Jacksonville, Morgan County,
Illinois, son of WALTER GUINN and RENABELLE SIMMONS.
He was born 27 Aug 1953 in Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois.
Children of THELMA SORRELL and GARY GUINN were:
i. AMANDA JUNE20 GUINN, b. 07 May 1979, Rushville,
Cass County, Illinois; m. JEREMY RICHARD
380
WALDEN, 27 Apr 2002, United Methodist Church,
Rockbridge, Illinois.
ii. ELIZABETH ANN GUINN, b. 23 Sep 1980, Rushville,
Cass County, Illinois.
4. SAMUEL EUGENE19 SORRELL (THELMA OLIVE (PET)18
in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. He married ANITA FAYE
RICHARDSON 07 Jul 1978 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois,
daughter of PHILLIP RICHARDSON and MARY ANN.
Children of SAMUEL SORRELL and ANITA RICHARDSON were:
i. SAMUEL EUGENE20 SORRELL, JR., b. 29 Jun 1982,
ii. WILLIAM RAY SORRELL, b. 13 Feb 1985, Jacksonville,
iii. MICHAEL OVID SORRELL, b. 09 Aug 1988,
Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois.
iv. TIMOTHY PAUL SORRELL, b. 12 Sep 1991,
Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois.
5. SHARON MAE19 SORRELL (THELMA OLIVE (PET)18
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 18 Aug 1962
in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. She met (1) DAVID MORRIS.
She married (2) KIM DUANE LASH 23 Dec 1983 in Springfield,
Sangamon County, Illinois, son of DOUGLAS LASH and REBECCA
SMITH. He was born 27 Jun 1961 in Peoria, Illinois.
381
Child of SHARON SORRELL and DAVID MORRIS was:
i. DANIELLA MAE20 SORRELL, b. 23 Sep 1981,
Children of SHARON SORRELL and KIM LASH were:
ii. JUSTIN MICHAEL20 LASH, b. 25 Dec 1984, Springfield,
iii. SHEENA MAE LASH, b. 25 Feb 1987, Springfield,
6. DEBRA ANN19 SORRELL (THELMA OLIVE (PET)18
FERMOR, HENRY2, THOMAS RICHARDS1) was born 19 Jul 1963
in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. She married (1) GARY LYNN
SPRAY 29 Aug 1980 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, son of
QUINN SPRAY and PHYLLIS and they divorced Jacksonville,
Morgan County, Illinois. He was born 30 Nov 1961 in Jacksonville,
Morgan County, Illinois. She married (2) RANDY GENE
DEVAROSE 14 Feb 1989 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois and
they divorced 25 Oct 1973, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He
was born 07 Jun 1961 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. She
married (3) briefly again Aft. 1993. She married (4) ALLEN DALE
LANDES 24 May 1997 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He
was born 09 Jul 1964 in Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois.
Children of DEBRA SORRELL and GARY SPRAY were:
i. JOSHUA DUANE20 SPRAY, b. 02 Oct 1982, Jacksonville,
ii. CHRISTINA ANN SPRAY, b. 30 Jan 1984, Jacksonville,
Child of DEBRA SORRELL and RANDY DEVAROSE was:
382
iii. CATHERINE MARIE20 DEVAROSE, b. 07 Dec 1990,
Source for the George Washington Farmer Sr. lineage:
Note: these lines were lasted updated in 2003
383
The George Washington Farmer Jr. Lineage
George Washington Farmer Jr.
George Washington and Essie Ovie Logsdon Farmer, gave
birth to their eighth child on March 19, 1935 at home in Hillview,
Greene County, Illinois. They named him after his father. George
Washington Farmer Jr. was called Junior by his siblings his entire life.
George was approximately 50% English and 50% Irish based upon the
intermarriages of the two groups throughout his ancestry.
George was, in his own words, “a sickly, puny child”. He was
so ill the summer before he was to start grade school that he was kept
home for another year. He was put on a diet that included Ovaltine, a
chocolate milk type product that was the energy drink of its day.
By the time George started grade school the family was living
in Virginia, Cass County, Illinois; first through third grades were in one
building with the upper grades in a separate school across town.
George went to school in Virginia through the fifth grade before the
family moved again. He finished grades six through eight in White
Hall, Greene County, Illinois.
George Jr.’s father died in 1950, the summer he finished eighth
grade. His mother moved again to Bluffs, Greene County. There
George attended his freshman year of high school. However, that
would be the end of his formal schooling. All his older siblings were
married and had families of their own. That meant George needed to
help support his mother and his younger sister Pet.
George’s first fulltime job began at age 16, in 1951. He worked
for his older brother Loral at his café and Citi Service gas station.
George operated the service station located at the intersection of
Routes 36 and 100, south of Bluffs and west of Winchester, Scott
County, Illinois. During that period George lived with Loral and his
family above the café. He took a job with Klump Oil in Jacksonville,
Morgan County where he lived briefly with his sister Rosie on her farm
in Virginia, Cass County, Illinois. He made the 16 mile commute to
and from work each day.
George was always a car junkie. Many of his photographs
featured his current car. He loved new cars and kept his vehicles clean
and well-maintained. He traded up to newer models as often as
possible, sometimes every three years.
385
George Jr. 8 and
Thelma (Pet) 5: 1943
George also had the Logsdon family wanderlust. He drove his
mother, Aunt Maggie and sister Pet to visit relatives in Indianapolis.
He then added Aunt Thelma to the car and headed to visit the old
home place where the three sisters grew up in Kentucky. He drove
with his sister Rosie and brother-in-law Bob Brunk to pick up Bob’s
brother in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, stopping along the way at picnic
tables on the side of the road for food and restroom breaks.
Even as an adult George was always ready for a road trip!
Although George and wife, Mary Elizabeth Cosgriff, travelled
internationally several times, their favorite vacations were driving
leisurely along older routes and leaf-peeping. They even drove to Nova
Scotia from Illinois, via a stop in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina;
certainly a journey by car few would attempt today!
386
George Jr.14 and Essie: 1949
About 1952, before he was 17, George had moved to
Jacksonville and was managing the Klump Oil Service Station (today
Wareco Service Station) on Morton Avenue. He had employees twice
his age! He took up residence in Mrs. Grunion’s Boarding House on
South Main Street. He banked at Elliot’s Bank in Jacksonville where he
met his future wife.
Mary Elizabeth Cosgriff
Mary Elizabeth Cosgriff was born January 28, 1930 in
Jacksonville. She was the first child of parents William Raymond
Cosgriff and Margaret Augusta “Gussie” Stouffe. (Note: For
387
information on Mary’s ancestors please read other books by this
author). Mary was baptized February 16, 1930 by James J. Helmes at
Our Saviour’s Catholic Church in Jacksonville. Her godparents were
John and Margaret Suiter, good friends of her parents at the time, but
no one Mary Elizabeth ever knew except by name. Mary was 100%
Irish on her father’s side and 50% Irish and 50% Germanic from the
French-German-Swiss border on her mother’s side.
Her parents lived in an apartment on Sandusky Street when
Mary was born. With the arrival of more children the family needed
increasingly larger living quarters. They lived next in a house on Allen
Street and then a house on South West Street. Mary’s father was a
mechanic, so his next residence was in a rural farmhouse on the
grounds of the Gravel Springs Company property. In exchange for
rent, William kept the company’s trucks maintained and in repair.
Finally, the family moved to a two-story Victorian home at the
corner of Hardin Avenue and College Streets. William worked across
the street at the Standard Oil station as a mechanic. The home was
owned by nearby MacMurray College and was located within a block of
Our Saviour’s Catholic Church and Elementary School, as well as,
Routt Catholic High School. Mary and her seven siblings all attended
church at Our Saviour’s even into adulthood; Mary also graduated
from grade school there in 1944 and high school there in 1948.
Due to her interest in history and politics, Mary was selected in
high school to be a representative at MacMurray College for Girl’s
State, an educational program to promote women’s understanding of
American politics. It was a weeklong program in which girls from all
over the state came to MacMurray to learn about government,
including campaigning, voting, and serving in all types and levels of
political positions.
Mary extended her education by attending a private two year
business college in Jacksonville called Hardin-Brown that prepared
men and women for office and clerical positions. It allowed her to
land a position as a bookkeeper at Elliott State Bank on the eastern
entrance to the downtown Jacksonville Square.
Soon thereafter George Washington Farmer Jr. walked into the
bank. He became her husband, despite their age difference. Mary was
five years older than George.
388
1952
George and Mary were united by Father Terence J. Tracey in a
ceremony at Our Saviour’s on October 10, 1955 at 10 am. George’s
brother, Loral, was the best man and Mary’s sister, Joann, was the
bridesmaid. They honeymooned in the Ozarks. George said their
anniversary was always easy to remember, 10/10 at 10. At the 2013
publication of this book the couple had celebrated 58 years of
marriage.
389
1955
The couple’s decision to marry was not as straightforward as it
would be generations later. At that time Catholics could not marry
outside the church without special dispensation. George had not been
raised in any church. His family claimed to be Baptist, but they were
non-practicing. So, George made the decision to convert to
Catholicism. He took classes with a man he greatly admired, the same
Father Terence J. Tracey that performed their wedding. He was
baptized, confirmed, and completed his first communion on March 30,
1956 at Our Saviour's. His sponsor was his father-in-law, William
Raymond Cosgriff.
George and Mary lived in Jacksonville for the first decade of
their married life. Their first home together was an apartment on
Michigan Avenue. It was there that their first two children, Beth and
George, were born. The family then moved to their first home on
Cherry Street were their third and fourth children, Kathy and Randy,
arrived.
It was a fairly young neighborhood in those days and there
were lots of children. The family liked it, but it was a long way from
390
George’s work and not very centrally located for Mary to handle any
errands, particularly since the family had only one car. The family
remained on Cherry Street for a couple years before returning to
Mary’s family home on College Avenue.
Mary’s mother, Gussie, was living in the Cosgriff College
Avenue home all alone in the fall of 1960. Up until that time her sons
Jerry and Ray lived with her, but Jerry had gone to serve in the Korean
Conflict and Ray was at diesel mechanic’s training in St. Louis. With
winter coming Gussie needed help to do odd jobs around the house
and to stoke the coal burning furnace in the basement. George and
Mary had begun looking for a larger home for the four children.
Gussie had a large place and required assistance, so the family moved
in with her.
Gussie had a bedroom on the first of the two floors, plus
bedroom space for her two single sons Jerry and Ray when they were
home. The upstairs had several more bedrooms, one being a huge
nursery with a bay picture window that the children all shared. The
arrangement worked out well.
The children had many wonderful memories living with their
grandmother, with their uncles making occasional visits. Grandma
Cosgriff loved sweets and would allow the children to eat Miracle
Whip and sugar sandwiches for lunch. George taught Mary to ride a
bicycle, something they did for years together, on a tandem so Mary
would not get hurt. The girls had their first non-family birthday party
in the backyard. They played tennis, watched ball games, and swung
on the tire swing on MacMurray College’s property. They even
developed a friendship with coeds by throwing pebbles at windows
until the girls would open up and talk to them.
When everyone, including Jerry and Ray, was at home there
were as many as five adults and four children living under the same
roof. The living room seemed tight watching the evening news with
Walter Cronkite or Huntley and Brinkley. The family would all sing
together to Mitch Miller’s bouncing ball or watch The Wonderful
World of Disney. The kids sat on the floor and the adults on the
furniture. When Beth started Kindergarten the cramped quarters and
shared nursery became the breeding ground for an ongoing series of
measles, mumps, and chicken pox.
391
Gussie started looking for a smaller home since her children
had mostly moved out. George and Mary wanted a place of their own.
All the while, MacMurray College was hinting that the large old
Victorian would be torn down for parking space at some point in the
near future. So, everyone left the College Avenue home the children
had loved! Gussie moved three doors down to a much smaller place
on Hardin Avenue; George and Mary moved across town.
George had a new job at the Kordite plastics plant in South
Jacksonville. The time was right for the family to buy a brand new
home on the brand new street adjacent to the plant, 1404 Lakelawn
392
Drive. It was so close to George’s work he could walk back and forth.
The children would often meet him at the plant gate at the end of the
day. It saved money too, as the car was seldom driven unless Mary had
to run errands – something she avoided as much as possible with four
children to drag along.
George worked swing shifts in those days, six days on nights,
then 2 days off, then six days on afternoons, then two days off, then
393
six days on the day shift, then two off, in a continuous rotation. On
George’s off days the family would fish, swim, or handle their
shopping in Jacksonville or Springfield. Going to Springfield,
Sangamon County was a major 40 mile trip and would often involve a
visit to a new and exciting business, the McDonald’s on MacArthur
Boulevard. Here the four children would split two hamburgers and
one bag of French fries. They even shared a drink. The day George
III asked for his own sandwich was frightening to the children who
were afraid their parents would say “No”. Instead they laughed!
George Washington Farmer Jr.’s Descendants
In his younger days George was a smoker. The American
Cancer Society had just begun their campaign to “Break the Habit” in
the early 1960s. Beth and George III took the campaign seriously.
They would break the cigarettes in half when their father left them
lying around. The last draw came while Mary and the children were in
the car and George was out running an errand. The children broke all
his cigarettes in half and threw them out the window. George quit
394
smoking. His generally frugal nature forced him to give up because
replacing the cigarettes was costing too much money!
The family spent most of their days simply. Lakelawn had 24
houses with an average of three children each. The children were gone
from dawn until dusk playing; if not on the road or in the vacant field,
then in the neighborhood sandbox or at the nearby pond. When they
could not be found, and were therefore in trouble, it was blamed on
Randy. Since she was the youngest, her siblings assumed she would
never get punished. Consequently, Randy was always the scapegoat.
The children all got bicycles one Christmas and rode them
around the basement. Everyone except Kathy rode hundreds of circles
around the basement that winter. Kathy still had not mastered riding
the following summer. She would just get on the bike and glide until
she rammed into the house at the end of the street!
The children took swimming lessons at Nichols Park in the
summer. George built stilts and walked around the yard and up and
down the basement stairs to Mary and the children’s laughter. George
and Mary bought a swing set. Beth would stand on a seat and George
III would sit below her pumping as hard as they could. They would
pump and sing endlessly the Alvin and the Chipmunk song Witch
Doctor, and its crazy chorus “ooh ee -ooh-ah-ah-ting-tang-walla-wallabing-bang”.
In the summers the neighborhood mothers would sit outside
and chat while keeping an eye on their children. The men would sit
each evening and listen to Harry Caray call the Cardinals baseball
games on the radio. One particularly quiet evening ended in chaos.
George was at work and the children were playing outside. Mary fell
asleep on the couch watching television. She rolled off the sofa
banging her mouth on the coffee table. It knocked several of her teeth
out. She wore dentures from that point forward. The children
returned home to a house full of neighbors and blood everywhere!
Sundays were special. After mass a big breakfast was served,
followed later in the day by a big dinner. Sometimes relatives would
drop by to visit. If not, the family took a drive through Nichols Park,
to the cascading colored waterfall near the Eli Ferris Wheel factory, or
to Great Aunt Ruth’s because she lived behind the Dairy Queen.
Even in lean times the family tried to go on family vacation
trips. The children would pile in the back of the station wagon and
395
sing at the top of their lungs while driving during the day. When they
got tired they would crawl down on the floorboard and sleep. In those
days seat belts were not used.
1995
One vacation in the Ozarks George and Mary ordered orange
juice for the children. The children complained to the waitress that it
tasted bad. Mary had to apologize because the children had never been
given anything but Tang powdered drink mix since it was cheaper.
The children were raised on a diet of powdered milk, cereal, powdered
potatoes, and even 50 pound bags of pinto beans. All these were
courtesy of Mary’s friend, Theresa Fischer. Theresa worked at the
Pillsbury factory in Springfield. When a case or bag of their product
was damaged the employees brought the product home. Since Theresa
396
lived alone, the quantities were too much for her to use, so she would
pass the products along to family and friends.
Fridays were meatless due to Catholic practices of that time.
There would be a continuous rotation of tuna casseroles and pasta with
cheese. But, everyone’s favorite was cheese pizza! One night Kathy,
Randy and George challenged Beth and George III to see who could
eat the most pizza. The kids went to bed ill! But, it was family fun that
created one more in a long line of happy memories!
1963
George had several promotions at work. He moved up in the
company where he became a foreman. Kordite sold out to Mobil
Chemical and George continued working for the Fortune 100 company
– with great pay, benefits, and a pension. To help the cause, George
connected with White Hall High School and completed the work to
receive his GED. As his career developed, he was invited to attend
college credit courses through company sponsored educational
opportunities, completing nearly two years toward a bachelor’s degree.
Without the college education credits George would not have been
397
eligible for further promotions with the company, so he took
maximum advantage of the courses offered.
In the early 1960s, George was promoted from an hourly
position that was paid weekly to a salaried position that was paid
monthly. George and Mary had to go for six weeks without a pay
check. They were down to just a few dollars on which to feed the
family. George decided it would never happen again! He took his next
check, bought lumber, and constructed shelf after shelf in basement.
He stocked up on canned goods by the case so that the family would
never have to be in that situation again. By the time the cases of
canned goods were finally gone the children had eaten every variety of
canned fruit and vegetable available in such quantities they thought
they would scream!
When George got the opportunity to open a new facility in
Frankfort, Will County, Illinois he took it. He moved north in 1965
and the family followed in March of 1966. After living in a series of
rental homes in the neighboring town of Mokena, the family used their
own hands to build their present home at 11420 Front Street in
Mokena.
Beth, George III and Kathy were in Our Saviour’s Grade
School when the family moved; they left school mid-year. Yet, the
transition away from everything the children knew went fairly
smoothly. The children’s most significant adjustment was peer
pressure to conform. The Dominican-based school they left did not
require school uniforms. Their new school, the Franciscan-based St.
Mary’s in Mokena did. The school agreed to allow the family to wait
until the next year to buy uniforms since the uniform design was
changing over the summer. The children felt so conspicuous in their
street clothes that George and Mary had to search all over for used
uniforms. Tattered as they were the children fit in and made new
friends.
Once Randy was in school, Mary took her first jobs outside the
home since the children were born. Mary was always an avid reader,
sometimes reading six novels a week. She accepted a part-time job at
St. Mary’s library. She also became an Avon representative. Both jobs
helped pay the tuition costs of having four children in a parochial
school. Once the children started college Mary stayed home again
398
since the family got more financial aid grants for having a non-working
mother.
The children finished their grade school days at St. Mary’s in
Mokena. It was close enough they rode their bikes or walked. George
dropped them at school on his way to work on rainy and snowy days.
The family installed an above ground swimming pool so most summer
days were split between swimming and taking tennis lessons at the
Mokena Park. George always joked he would have the pool open by
Easter no matter what. It became a family joke as to whether he would
jump in with temperatures near freezing!
During the school year George and Mary were involved in
their children’s activities including scouting and sports. They served on
the PTA and the Athletic Boosters, as well as being members of
church groups such as the Altar and Rosary Society.
The family still took road trips together. As part of Mobil
Chemical’s quality check program George often had to go to grocery
and discount stores and buy products off the shelf to assess the quality
standards. Mary and the children would go along during the summers
399
and stay in hotels with pools where the children would swim. The
children loved to refer to this these as “industrial spying” trips.
1967
In the 1960s and 1970s Mokena was a small rural community,
even though it was only 40 miles from Chicago. It was farmland and
open fields. It was much smaller at 1,400 people than Jacksonville had
been at 20,000 people. The children’s high school was in an equally
rural 92 mile school district. Lincoln Way (Central is now in its title)
was in the nearby town of New Lenox. Once they were old enough to
drive the children refused to take the school bus.
With high school friends spread so far and wide the children all
took on their father’s wanderlust! Trips to overnights at friends would
mean many miles of commuting. Weekend hangouts were 25 miles
away in Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Outings using George’s company
tickets to the White Sox games in Chicago were common. The
expressways to Chicago museums and concerts were not frightening at
all! Even long distance trips to Jacksonville or to the colleges of
400
anyone they knew were typical. George and Mary encouraged this
freedom!
Mother’s Day 1995
Erin Marie Idler was not yet born.
Beth’s spouse was Gary Paul Lahey.
George had a few personality traits he unwittingly passed on to
many of his children and grandchildren. He was extremely clean,
organized and efficient. Everything had a place and it should be there
when not in use. Hygiene, yard and house work followed a certain
routine and it was seldom altered. He believed in, “Why put off to
tomorrow what can be done today.”
George had such a huge impact on this trait that some of his
descendants joked they might even be OCD (having Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder). A couple admitted they count things like how
many times they brush their teeth or the exact number of slurps they
take from drinking fountains. Some were such clean freaks that a dirty
house or car caused them anxiety. George, and the descendants that
have the trait, see it as positive, although they laugh about it. Yet, the
more relaxed and casual family members worry about the level of
intensity with which the trait is exhibited!
401
The only major rules George and Mary had were 1) each child
had to finish at least one year of college and 2) no beer until age 21.
All four children graduated from college, although George and Randy
took the slow route! And, only George tried to blatantly violate the
beer rule. When George was just 18, Mary found a six pack of Coors
in his closet and put it in a safe place. She wrapped it and returned it
to him on his 21st birthday. It was terribly stale by then!
While the children dominated George and Mary’s lives during
their adolescence, George managed to get several more promotions
with Mobil Chemical. He served as Safety Director, Quality Assurance
Manager and Production Superintendent. He even took on part time
evening work at retailers such as JC Penney’s and Zayre’s so the family
could control their budget and the children could go to college.
George retired from all these jobs at age 56.
Always a fan of golfing, George found a group of retired men
his age to team up with a couple times each week. He also planned a
couple golf road trips each year with his brothers-in-law, Jerry and Ray.
The three would pick a direction and play all the courses along the way.
They went out of their way to play famous courses as part of the
adventure!
Each of George and Mary’s children finished college, found
good careers, and married well. The spouses became part of the
family. Everyone got along well together!
January 2000
The George Farmer Jr. Family
402
The Mokena family home the children helped build remained
the gathering place for all holidays for decades. Although the house
was remodeled many times the family room was still referred to as
Beth’s bedroom. Although the garage wall that adjoined Beth’s room
was moved several yards forward it was still the wall Randy put the car
through. Despite its replacement, the window in the front bedroom
was where George snuck the beer into his closet. The furnace was
where Randy and Kathy’s rabbit fell (due to an open vent), so a hole
had to be cut in the furnace wall and duct taped closed, all in attempts
to rescue a bunny that was not there! That furnace too had been
replaced. The house lacked air conditioning forcing the family to buy a
pool, yet air was installed decades ago and the pool has long since
disappeared. Such was the feeling of comfort that George and Mary
and the family home provided to their children!
Christmas 2004
George and Mary have lived a long and joyous life together.
Like all persons getting older they suffer from the effects of aging.
403
They take several medications. They both see a variety of doctors for
everything from their vision to their hearts. George had stents to
prevent blockage. Mary had exploratory abdominal surgery. George
was diagnosed with osteo-arthritis, a genetic family trait shared by
many of his siblings. Mary needed a knee replaced. Mary had a family
history of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke so she had
blood pressure medicine prescribed as early as 1980. Overall though,
they are in great health for a man of 78 and a woman of 83. They still
take road trips and George still plays golf. Mary drives her elderly
friends to the mall to shop and out to lunch. And, they never miss
their children or grand-children’s events!
This chapter concludes with the stories of their descendants,
because the true sign of George and Mary’s successful marriage are the
loved ones their lives have touched!
Christmas 2012
Beth’s spouse was Mark James Petro.
404
Elizabeth Ann Farmer
Elizabeth Ann is the oldest child of George Washington and
Mary Elizabeth Cosgriff Farmer. She was born July 7, 1956 in Our
Saviour’s Catholic Hospital in Jacksonville. She was always called Beth,
or Bethann by her father. Beth was baptized July 29, 1956 at Our
Saviour's. Her mother’s brother, Uncle Raymond Cosgriff and her
mother’s bridesmaid, Theresa Fischer, were her godparents.
Beth attended Kindergarten at Franklin Grade School in
Jacksonville. She started grade school at Our Saviour’s in Jacksonville
as well. There she made her First Confession and First Communion.
She was in the middle of fourth grade when the family moved to
Mokena. She finished grade school at St. Mary’s in Mokena. Her
sponsor was Theresa Fischer, but her Aunt Doris Cosgriff Joseph
served as proxy. Beth was in the Girl Scouts and 4-H. She played on
the Volleyball team and was a Cheerleader.
Beth attended Lincoln Way (Central) in New Lenox. There she
was a cheerleader, played volleyball and tennis, competed as a Mathlete,
was on the Student Council, and was President of the Social Science
Club. Beth was a member of the National Honor Society and she was
a National Merit Scholar. During this period she worked a variety of
part time jobs, including The Little Store in New Lenox and Ordman’s
Park n’ Shop in Mokena, which was where she met her future husband,
Bob Buske. He was a stocker there.
Beth attended Northwestern University in Evanston. She got a
B.A. in Anthropology and a Social Science teaching certificate. She
graduated Suma Cum Laude. She worked summers and breaks for her
father at Mobil.
Beth started her M.B.A. at Northwestern University in
Chicago. The University of Illinois at Chicago contacted her in the
middle of her first semester and offered her a full ride scholarship, plus
a Teaching Assistant’s position in the Marketing Department to switch
schools. She graduated in 1981 with honors in M.B.A. Marketing and
Information Technology.
405
Beth with
Bubbles
Christmas
2012
While clubbing with graduate school friends, Beth bumped into
Robert Lee Buske again. Bob was a graduate of Southern Illinois
University and worked as a mechanic and later as an environmental
protection expert for United Airlines at O’Hare Airport.
He became her husband a year later on August 16, 1981 at Old
St. Mary’s Church in Mokena. Bob was born June 30, 1952 in Chicago,
Cook County to Wilbur Fred Buske and Margaret Alice Sizer. The
couple honeymooned in Hawaii. During their marriage the couple
lived in Lisle and Hinsdale in DuPage County, Illinois, and then in
Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, before returning to Itasca,
DuPage County and finally Mokena, Will County, Illinois.
Beth took a marketing analytics position at Mobil Oil in
Schaumburg, Illinois in 1981. She was transferred to the Washington
D.C. area shortly thereafter. By 1984 Beth moved back to Illinois and
joined McDonald’s Corporation in Oak Brook as a Marketing Project
Manager. There she became a certified project manager (P.M.P.) and a
406
certified Human Resource Specialist in Training and Education
(S.H.R.P.) She left McDonald’s as the Executive Director at
Hamburger University. Beth received numerous national awards
during her tie at McDonald’s. She earned Top Honors at Hamburger
University in 1993, Coach of the Year in 1996, the Woman of the Year
in 1997, and Computer World Magazine’s Top 10 Training
Departments in 1998.
Beth and Bob had one child, Nathan Kyle Buske. Bob and
Beth divorced February 23, 1990 in Will County and the marriage was
annulled in the Joliet Diocese in February of 1992.
Beth and Nathan moved to Addison, Illinois where she met her
second husband, Gary Paul Lahey. Gary was an Options Trader and
Vice Chairman of the CBOE. They married December 18, 1993 at St.
John Neumann in St. Charles, Illinois. The family lived in Wayne,
Kane County, Illinois. The marriage was turbulent from the start, but
lasted a decade. The couple divorced in September 2003 in Chicago
and the marriage was annulled by the Springfield Diocese in 2009.
Beth,
Nathan and
Bob at
Graduation
May, 2012
407
Beth retired from McDonald’s and moved to Springfield,
Illinois in 2003. By 2004 Beth started a second career as Department
Chair for Organizational Leadership at Millikin University in Decatur
where she was voted the Outstanding Professor in 2009. She also
taught Management, Marketing and Project Management for both
graduate and undergraduate students at Benedictine University in
Springfield.
Springfield was where she met her third husband, Mark James
Petro. Mark was born March 10, 1959 in Chicago to George Richard
Petro and Florence Marie Bouzane. Mark was a graduate of Western
Illinois University and a Conductor for the BNSF Railroad. The
couple married September 17, 2009 at the Sangamon County
Courthouse.
Beth takes a diuretic for a chronic adrenal gland condition
called Conn’s Syndrome. Other than that she is in outstanding health.
Bob suffered from childhood asthma and as an adult had high blood
pressure and prostate cancer. He remains healthy and physically fit.
Beth has two primary interests outside of her family and
second career. First, she is a professional genealogist and authored this
book. Second, she loves travel. She has been to 45 states and over 50
countries. She even spent a semester teaching on a college cruise ship,
Semester at Sea, touring around the globe. She hopes to visit many
more places in her second retirement!
Nathan Kyle Buske
Nathan Kyle Buske is the only child of Elizabeth Ann Farmer
and Robert Lee Buske. He was born at 10 pounds and 1 ounce in
Alexian Brothers Hospital on January 24, 1986. He was baptized in St.
Peter’s in Itasca, Illinois, his hometown at the time. His godparents
were his mother’s siblings, George and Randy Farmer. He was the first
grandchild to wear the heirloom christening gown created by his
grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Cosgriff Farmer. Every baptism since
then took place in the gown. The names of the children who wore it
are embroidered into the hem.
408
Baby
Nathan
Nathan went to Pre-school with her cousin Amanda at Bobby
Noonan’s in Frankfort, Illinois. Nathan attended Kindergarten
through second grade at St. Joseph’s in Addison, Illinois where he
made his First Confession. He finished grade school at St. Patrick’s in
St. Charles, Illinois where he made his First Communion. He started
high school at Bartlett High in Bartlett, Illinois. He finished at
Prospect High in Mount Prospect, Illinois where he was the Teaching
Assistant for the Automotive program and excelled as a gymnast. His
sophomore year he made his Confirmation at Resurrection Catholic
Community in Wayne, Illinois. His grandfather, George Washington
Farmer Jr. was his sponsor.
Nathan spent a year at Southern Illinois University in
Carbondale where he studied Automotive Technology. He then
attended William Rainey Harper University in Palatine, Illinois for one
year. He attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona
Beach, Florida and studied Aeronautical Science for several years, but
chose a different career path. He transferred to Benedictine University
in Springfield where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B. S. in
Business with emphasis on Management and Organizational Behavior.
He will complete his M. B.A. with Honors there in 2014.
409
Nathan
Christmas
2012
Nathan worked a variety of jobs while in high school and
college. Most where automotive related including, gas stations, parts
firms, repair shops and detailers. He also worked in several retail
locations including Scheels All Sports and restaurants. While at Scheels
he became a certified bicycle mechanic and fitness equipment expert.
He is presently working for the Green Family of Car Dealerships in
Springfield, Illinois as an Internet Lead Generator. He has an
entrepreneurial spirit and a perfectionism for cleanliness. So, he
recently opened his own detailing business to address both, Premier
Detail.
Nathan is an avid gamer. He thinks marketing for a video
game company may be his long-term career path. He has chronic
asthma that has been controlled by medication since he was 18 months
old.
His fondest and most unique childhood memory was of the
three months he spent touring around Europe with his mother, and
grandparents. Although only nine, he visited places many never see
410
including, Spain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany,
Switzerland, Italy, and his personal favorite Austria.
George Washington Farmer III
George Washington is the only son of George Washington and
Mary Elizabeth Cosgriff Farmer. He was born August 16, 1957 at
Passavant Hospital in Jacksonville. He was often called Georgie, but
hated it. He was told he just had the middle initial “W.” for years
because using Washington after George had become unfashionable.
Although George is officially the III, his grandfather had already died
when he was born, so his father took on George Sr. and he became
George Jr. George was baptized September 15, 1957 at Our Saviour's.
His mother’s sister and brother-in-law, Aunt Margaret Cosgriff Clarke
and Uncle Patrick Clarke were his godparents.
Val, Shea,
Amanda
and George
411
George was running across the house at 3 ½ years old when he
tripped over a child size rocking chair and fell into the end table. He
knocked out his front baby teeth. George attended Kindergarten at
South Jacksonville Grade School with his adult teeth just beginning to
grow. He started grade school at Our Saviour’s. There he made his
First Confession and First Communion. The playground there was
also where he knocked his two front teeth out the second time! He
was in the middle of third grade when the family moved to Mokena.
He finished grade school at St. Mary’s in Mokena. His Confirmation
sponsor was his Uncle Norman Joseph. George was in the Boy
Scouts. He enjoyed baseball, basketball, tennis, hunting, and fishing,
and he spent hours wandering the wooded areas surrounding Mokena.
George
Christmas
2012
412
George attended Lincoln Way (Central) in New Lenox. There
he was on the Hockey and Baseball Teams. He took ill with
Rheumatic Fever as a sophomore and had to be tutored at home the
final quarter and summer before his junior year. It was in high school
that he met his future wife, Valerie Dee Camp. During this period he
worked a variety of part time jobs, including being a stable hand,
umpire, and grounds keeper for the Frankfort Park District
George attended Joliet Junior College and Southern Illinois
University, where he got a B.S. in Forestry. He worked summers and
breaks for his father at Mobil Chemical. During that period, Val went
away to the University of Oklahoma and they lost contact with each
other. But, soon after college they were reunited and became engaged.
George and Val married on September 22, 1984 at St. Mary’s
Church in Mokena. Val was born May 20, 1959 in Huntington, Cabell
County, West Virginia to William Martin Camp and Charlene Wilma
Baker. The couple honeymooned in Cancun, Mexico. During their
marriage the couple lived in Mokena and Frankfort, Illinois. George
and Val had two children, Amanda Christine and Shea Elizabeth
Farmer. Val’s parents divorced when she was in junior high and her
mother remarried Cloys Irvin Darnall, who would be the grandfather
their children knew and loved.
George took several sales positions before landing at Primus
Electronics in Joliet, Illinois. He really liked the job which specialized
in radio communication equipment. George later accepted an offer to
start a business with a friend, which would become RF Marketing. He
is now a busy entrepreneur. Yet, George always found time to coach
both his daughters in softball.
Val returned to graduate school and earned her Master’s in
Psychology from Governor’s State University. She used her
specialization in Child Psychology to open doors in the local schools.
Val has been a School Psychologist in Districts 202 and 33C
throughout her career.
George has no chronic medical conditions and takes no longterm medications. He suffered sciatica issues from a ruptured disc
which required successful back surgery. Other than that he is in
outstanding health. Val has no chronic medical conditions and is in
great health as well.
413
George is a huge golfer in his spare time. He and Val enjoy the
Chicago city lifestyle and recently purchased a condominium in the
Gold Coast area that they plan to use as an escape from their suburban
home. They also make an annual trek to St. Barth’s in the French West
Indies for a dose of sunshine.
Amanda Christine Farmer
Amanda Christine Farmer is the oldest daughter of George
Washington Farmer III and Valerie Dee Camp. She was born in Palos
Community Hospital, Palos Heights, Cook County, Illinois on May 16,
1986. She was baptized at St. Mary’s in Mokena, her hometown at the
time. Her godparents were George’s friend, Tim McGivern, and Val’s
sister, Carrie Camp.
Amanda went to Pre-school with her cousin Nathan at Bobby
Noonan’s in Frankfort, Illinois. She attended Kindergarten at St.
Mary’s in Mokena. She began dancing at a young age and continued
lessons into high school. She began playing the guitar and keyboard by
ear early in her life. She played softball for many years as well. Her
grade school was Mokena District 157C. She made his First
Confession and First Communion at St. Mary’s in Mokena. She
graduated from Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort where she
was a cheerleader and on the Pom Squad. She completed her Catholic
Confirmation at St. Anthony’s in Frankfort. Her Aunt Kathy Farmer
was her sponsor. Amanda worked a few summers as a camp counselor
at Camp Manitoqua in Frankfort. She continued to sing and play
music in youth ministries. Amanda later played various venues in
Chicago as a singer/songwriter, including the House of Blues. She
continues to enjoy a lifelong love of music.
Amanda spent a semester at Oklahoma Christian University in
Oklahoma City before returning home to Frankfort. She then attended
Moraine Valley Community College before finishing with a B. S. in
Early Childhood Education from Governor’s State University in 2013.
During that time she lived in Chicago, where she enjoys the
atmosphere and the artistic community.
Amanda worked a variety of jobs while attending college, most
often as a barista in coffee houses. She also sat for her Aunt Kathy’s
three Morkies on Kathy’s numerous out of town trips. Upon
graduation, Amanda accepted an Early Childhood teaching position at
414
the Willow Springs, Illinois school district where she had done her
student teaching. She loves her job!
Amanda
Christmas
2012
As a teen, Amanda got the opportunity to go to Australia with
the People to People Student Ambassador program. She spent three
weeks as an ambassador in Australia and New Zealand. She also
decided to spread her wings and move to the West Coast in hopes of
landing a recording contract. She stayed in Carlsbad, near San Diego,
California for a semester before deciding she had as good a chance in
Chicago. Amanda is a vegan and lives much of the associated counterculture lifestyle. She is both eclectic and talented, and continues to
enjoy teaching and the arts.
Shea Elizabeth Farmer
Shea Elizabeth Farmer is the youngest daughter of George
Washington Farmer III and Valerie Dee Camp. She was born in Palos
415
Community Hospital in Palos Heights on July 29, 1992. She was
baptized at St. Mary’s in Mokena, her hometown at the time. Her
godparents were Ken and Randy Farmer Idler, George’s sister and
brother-in-law.
Shea
Christmas
2012
Shea attended Kindergarten at Mokena District 157C. Her
grade school was also Mokena District 157C. Like her older sister, she
began dancing at a young age and enjoyed many years playing softball
under her father’s coaching. She made her First Confession, First
Communion, and Confirmation at St. Anthony’s in Frankfort. Her
mother’s longtime friend, Pam Walsh, was her Confirmation sponsor.
Shea graduated from Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort
where she was on the Pom Squad, in various choruses and participated
416
in school musicals. Shea is also a musician, singer, and songwriter. She
performs at various churches and venues. Shea has a love for leading
and counseling others and became a summer camp counselor at Camp
Manitoqua, which was the same summer camp that she attended and
where Amanda was previously a counselor.
Shea attends Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, where she
will graduate in 2014 with a B. S. in Recreation Management. Shea
spent several weeks in Mexico as a missionary in the summer of 2010.
Shea is the Community Coordinator for her dorm. She continues as a
summer camp counselor at Camp Manitoqua. She hopes to find
permanent fulltime employment at a similar facility so she can dedicate
her life to serving youth.
Kathryn Diane Farmer
Kathryn Diane is the third of George Washington and Mary
Elizabeth Cosgriff Farmer’s children. She was born July 11, 1958 in
Passavant Hospital in Jacksonville. She goes by Kathy. She was
baptized August 3, 1958 at Our Saviour's. Her mother’s siblings, Aunt
Joann and Uncle Gerald Cosgriff were her godparents.
Kathy attended Kindergarten at South Jacksonville Grade
School. She started grade school at Our Saviour’s. There she made
her First Confession and First Communion. She was in the middle of
second grade when the family moved to Mokena. She finished grade
school and made her Confirmation at St. Mary’s in Mokena. Her
sponsor was her Great-Aunt, Ruth Hildegard Cosgriff. Kathy was in
the Girl Scouts. She enjoyed ceramics and swimming in the family
pool.
Kathy attended Lincoln Way (Central) in New Lenox. There
she enjoyed chorus and taking art lessons. She was a member of
Spanish Club. Kathy was a chubby child. She decided to diet over the
summer before her junior year and she lost a huge amount of weight.
Kathy was never heavy again! Her diet was a family joke. A staple was
JuJu Bees Candy. They were hard as rocks and nearly impossible to
chew or consume quickly. She also brushed her teeth with mint
flavored toothpaste so often she could not enjoy the taste of food. She
was babysitting a lot at the time and often told her mother she had
eaten at the family’s home so she could skip meals. Kathy worked a
couple of part time jobs, including being a cashier at The Little Store in
417
New Lenox and working retail for Wieboldt’s Department Store in
Lincoln Mall, Matteson, Illinois.
Kathy with
Mickey,
Minnie and
Gracie
Christmas
2012
Kathy got both her undergraduate and law degree from Loyola
University in Chicago; a B.A. in Political Science and a J.D. She did
part time paralegal work during college for Boharic & Theobold and
then she worked for the State’s Attorney’s Office. She also worked
summers and breaks for her father at Mobil Chemical just like the rest
of her siblings. Once she passed the Illinois bar in 1983 she made
Chicago her permanent home. After graduation she started with the
418
firm of Boharic & Theobold and then went to Rosenfeld, Rotenberg,
Schwartzman, Hafron & Shapiro. She became a partner in 1990 and
the name changed to Rosenfeld, Hafron, Shapiro & Farmer.
She specializes in matrimonial law litigation and serves many of
the wealthiest clients in the state. She was voted one of the top 50
female lawyers in Illinois in 2008 and 2009. She is an active member of
the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, where she was a past
president, the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the
American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the
Illinois State Bar Association organizations.
While working at her current firm she met her future husband,
John Corbett Pendergast. He had a grown family from a prior
marriage. John was a malpractice attorney nearing retirement, with an
office in the same building as Kathy on the corner of LaSalle Street and
Wacker Drive in Chicago.
The two dated and lived together for a decade before they
finally married. At a multi-day event in Acapulco, Mexico all of John
and Kathy’s family and best friends “sunned and funned”, with the
party culminating in their sunset wedding on February 9, 2001. The
couple was united by both a local Catholic priest and a Cook County,
Illinois judge and friend. That made certain the marriage was both
religiously and civilly legal in both countries.
Shortly after they married, John retired and took up Day
Trading and enjoying his sailboat, Sugar Magnolia, docked in Monroe
Harbor on Lake Michigan. John was light-hearted, unreserved in his
speech, and a free spirit. He was a left over hippie who had a tattoo of
the Grateful Dead on his ankle. John was the life of every party!
John and Kathy both loved wine and had an extensive wine
cellar, including climate control and wine maturity alarms. They often
traveled to countries just to purchase reserve wines. Kathy’s position
required her to attend conferences around the world and the two of
them always added in extra time for themselves.
In 2009, on one of Kathy’s conference trips in South Africa,
John took ill. He was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor called
a Glioblastoma Multiform IV. John died May 10, 2010 in Skokie,
Cook County, Illinois at age 68 and his ashes were returned to Kathy.
John was born April 27, 1942 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County,
Minnesota.
419
Kathy and John
Kathy is in overall good health, but has been somewhat fragile
since April of 2012 when she contracted a disease known as CDiff that
destroys the body’s immune system. Kathy is working to restore her
immunity, but the process takes a few years. She works out by biking
to and from work, plus she has an extensive gym in her basement. She
has no irreversible illnesses and takes no long-term medications.
Kathy’s career is very demanding. Families with issues of
custody often contact her over the weekend and on holidays and
vacations. So, Kathy’s primary leisure activity is getting away from
them all. She travels all over the world with a close-knit group of
girlfriends. She has season tickets to the Chicago Bears and loves to
tailgate!
She recently purchased a condominium overlooking Lake
Michigan in the sleepy, upscale retirement community of New Buffalo,
Berrien County, Michigan. It is about an hour away from Chicago by
train or car. She plans to gradually back off the demanding work
schedule and move toward a part-time retirement there.
Randy Sue Farmer
Randy’s name was picked in hopes of having a second boy in
the family. George Washington and Mary Elizabeth Cosgriff Farmer
liked it so well that they named their baby daughter and last child,
Randy Sue Farmer. She was born March 13, 1960 in Passavant
Hospital in Jacksonville. She was often teased about her name and
420
ended up placed in boys’ Physical Education classes. She was baptized
April 10, 1960 at Our Saviour's. Her mother’s siblings, Aunt Joann
and Uncle Raymond Cosgriff were her godparents.
Erin, Eric,
Ken and
Randy
Randy attended Kindergarten at South Jacksonville Grade
School. She attended all eight years of elementary school at St. Mary’s
in Mokena. There she made his First Confession, First Communion
and Confirmation. Her sponsor was her aunt, Margaret Cosgriff
Clarke. Randy was in the Girl Scouts. She enjoyed hanging out with
friends, swimming in the family pool, watching television, and playing
tennis.
Randy attended Lincoln Way (Central) in New Lenox. There
she was in Mixed Chorus, Treble Choir, Bike Club, Ski Club, and was
on the Speech Team. It was in high school that he met her future
husband Kenneth Brian Idler. During this period she worked at a local
retail store named Wieboldt’s where she ironically worked with her
future sister-in-law, Linda Idler, long before she ever met Ken.
421
Randy began college at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb
and hated it. She transferred to Eastern Illinois University in
Charleston where she graduated with a B. S. in Family and Consumer
Sciences in Business, concentrating on Merchandising. She, like her
siblings, worked summers and breaks for her father at Mobil Chemical.
Being at Eastern worked much better for Randy as her main interest
was in Ken. She could see him on the weekends by taking a bus to
nearby Champaign where he attended the University of Illinois, getting
his B. S. in what was called the Triple E degree: Ecology, Ethology and
Environment. Ken also worked at the Mobil Chemical plant on his
summers and breaks and had been a defacto member of the family
since the two started dating at age 16. They got engaged as soon as
they finished college.
Randy and Ken married on April 13, 1985 at St. Mary’s Church
in Mokena. Ken was born August 16, 1960 in Hemstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, New York to Marian Elizabeth Sigloch and
Herman Idler. The couple honeymooned in the Ozarks and then
ended their stay with a canoe trip down the Current River with some
friends. During the early days of their marriage the couple lived in
Grayslake, Illinois and Madison, Wisconsin before settling permanently
in Trevor, Wisconsin. Randy and Ken had two children, Eric Brian
and Erin Marie Idler.
Randy was a stay at home mother for the early part of her
children’s lives. As they grew she took on a variety of jobs including
working for Hook’s Marvin Window company doing accounts
receivables and payables, as well as running the delivery dock. She
then moved on with her boss to open his own company, Fox River
Valley Sash and Door, performing the same roles, plus designing
windows and doors. She even at one point worked for Wilmot
Mountain, a local ski resort, so the family could get cheap season ski
passes. She currently has a career position at Life Technologies as a
Supply Center Specialist. She is an account representative and
merchandiser for their pharmaceutical products.
Ken made many career moves, all in the area of scientific
research. He worked in Madison, Wisconsin for a research company
called Agragenetics. He joined Abbott Laboratories running the
sequencing lab, later doing genomic testing as well. Ken stayed with
422
Abbott until the company’s recent split. He now works for AbbVie,
Inc. and continues the research begun under the Abbott name.
Randy 2012
Randy has no chronic medical conditions and takes no longterm medications. Of late, she has had ongoing problems with
abdominal pain that required surgery to resolve. Other than that she is
in outstanding health. Ken has high cholesterol and had a malignant
melanoma which was removed, both of which are under control. He
too is in great health.
Randy and Ken focus on their family in their spare time. They
find time for a couple vacations each year, where they enjoy scenic
places to go camping and hiking as a family. Randy is involved in
social groups including the Red Hat Society, a monthly Bunco group
and a monthly Poker club. Ken spends his alone time maintaining and
423
upgrading their two-story farmhouse and its large yard and garden, as
well as being part of a monthly Poker club and a weekly Baggo league.
Eric Brian Idler
Eric Brian Idler is the son of Randy Sue Farmer and Kenneth
Brian Idler. He was born in Burlington Hospital, Burlington, Racine
County, Wisconsin on December 30, 1992. The family lived in Trevor,
Kenosha County at the time. He was baptized at St. Mary’s in
Mokena. His godparents were Randy’s sister, Aunt Kathy Farmer, and
Ken’s brother-in-law, Uncle Greg Hidlebaugh.
Eric attended Kindergarten through eighth grade at Trevor
Grade School. In a school project Eric proposed the cranberry as
Wisconsin's state fruit. He won the contest! He was mentioned in
several Kenosha News articles about the Cranberry Bill dated January
28, February 21, March 3, and April 7, 2004.
Eric Christmas 2012
424
Eric made his First Confession and First Communion at Holy
Name Church, Wilmot, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. He graduated
from Wilmot High where he lettered as a goalie in soccer, played the
bass clarinet in the Band, and belonged to several organizations
including Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Key Club
and National Honor Society. Eric attended classes, but chose not to
complete his Confirmation due to philosophical differences with the
church’s views.
Eric is a true “cheese head” who has been saying since
childhood that he wants go to the University of Wisconsin at Madison
and he is there now! His projected graduation date is 2015. He is
working toward a B. S. in Computer Science. He works summers and
breaks at the nearby Silver Lake, Kenosha County, Wisconsin Dairy
Queen. During school he has a job at Carson’s Grocery on campus.
They provide carry-out sandwiches and pizza. Eric’s current career
goals are to work for a wireless phone company designing operating
systems.
Erin Marie Idler
Erin Marie Idler is the daughter of Randy Sue Farmer and
Kenneth Brian Idler. She is currently the only member of the George
Washington Farmer Jr. family that is not an adult! She was born in
Burlington Hospital, Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin on March
21, 1997. The family lived in Trevor at the time. Erin was baptized at
St. Mary’s in Mokena. Her godparents were Randy’s sister, Aunt Beth
and Ken’s sister, Aunt Linda Idler Hidlebaugh.
Erin attended Kindergarten through eighth grade at Trevor
Grade School. She made his First Confession and First Communion at
Holy Name Church in Wilmot. She received a State of Wisconsin
Creative Writing Award May 17, 2006. Erin won a local audition to
perform in the Carthage College Lakeside Band Festival on November
16, 2013. She is currently enrolled at Wilmot High School where she
will graduate in 2015. She is heavily involved in Key Club, as well as
Key Club International, where she has held positions as Lieutenant
Governor, Director of Committees, and where she is currently
Governor. She is in National Honor Society, SADD, and she has
lettered in tennis. Erin plans to complete her Confirmation in the
425
spring of 2014. She has her real first job at the local mall where she
sells candles for Yankee Candles, Inc. She is exploring colleges, and is
leaving her options open. Her career aspirations are in flux, but she is
a bright young lady. She will do well in whatever she chooses!
Erin Christmas 2012
Source for the George Washington Farmer Jr. lineage:
in conjunction with her siblings
426
Additions and Corrections to the Genealogy
Please use the space below to personalize this book. Add your
family’s births, marriages, divorces, and deaths. Supply complete first,
middle and surnames, accurate dates, and the city, county, and state
locations for each event. Also include the parents of the individual
referenced to avoid confusion in future generations.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
427
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
428
Index of Individuals
?-
? - Continued
?: 17
? (Maybe Sarah): 43
?: 115
?: 119
? 123
?: 124
?: 125
?: 181
?: 251
?: 280
?: 317
Alice: 12, 17
Alice: 17-20
Amelia: 30, 35, 52
Anna Maria: 194
Annabelle: 137
Annie: 115
Arlette: 171
Betty: 354
Bridget: 132
Carolyn: 366
Catherine: 23
Cornstalk, Chief: 259, 262
Delores: 354
Doris: 180
Edna: 340
Effie Mae: 305
Eliza A.: 123
Elizabeth: 13-14, 17
Elizabeth (Betty): 146, 148
Elizabeth A.: 97
Essie O.: 247
Eva Margaretha: 194
Evonne: 231
Geb (slave): 141
Hanna: 257
Helen: 185
Hester: 21
Isabell: 137
James (slave): 42
Joan: 325, 328
Joyce E.: 60
Judy: 184
Katherine: 137-138
Lillie B.: 122
Linda: 171
Lorna: 314
Malissa: 115-116
Maggie: 288
Margaret: 388
Margery: 140
Mary: 30, 32
Mary: 142
Mary: 306
Mary: 326-328, 330
Mary: 335, 329
Mary Ann (Polly): 35
Mary Elizabeth: 140
Mary Lou: 171
Nancy E.: 121
Pat: 171
Pearl: 360
Peter (slave): 141
Phyllis: 354
Phyllis: 382
Precious: 201
Purdy Ella: 89-90
Rachel: 329
Rita: 308
Rosie: 308
Ruth: 328
Sam (slave): 141
Sarah (Polly): 88
Sarah: 201
Sheri: 308
Susie: 296
Sydney: 122
Will (slave): 141
William: 17-20
Acuna Celia: 374
Adair Eliza: 165
Adler Henry A.: 76
Albers ?: 187
Judy A.: 187
Stanley R. (Robbie): 187
429
Alford Margaret: 195, 200
Salvatore: 194
William Alford: 194
Allday Henry: 132
Mary: 132, 140
Allen Harry (Jack): 123
Martha Virginia: 227
Alvis George: 18
Ambrose Lillie Ella: 177
Anderson Dale: 183, 186
Eloise: 304
James H.: 183
Linda S.: 186
Andras William: 201
Arkley Elizabeth: 86
Franklin: 86
Armstrong Sidney: 367
Arnold Jed Lyndell: 375
Ashley James M.: 86
Nancy: 287
Noah: 275
Austin ?: 375
Linda Rose: 376
Bailey ?: 295
Baker Charlene Wilma: 413
Sarah: 189
Baltzell -
Barnes Rachel: 169
Barnett Andrew: 255
Archie: 229
Barrett Howard: 229
Bass John: 21
Bateman Margaret: 153
Bates Isaac: 37-38, 79, 105
Mary Ann (Polly): 37-38, 40, 48, 79-80
Nancy: 37-38, 105, 109
Baugh John: 16-18
Beard James Aaron: 308
Richard: 330
Ruth: 330
Becker Ann: 194
Martin: 194
Beddingfield Karla Jean: 359
Belcher William: 251
Bell Walter: 123
Benz Rebecca Lynn: 375
Berkeley –
William, Sir: 327
Beroth Heinrich: 200
Berschbacher Joan: 365
Bervard –
Helen Millbarn: 305
Clifford Lee: 256
Barber John L.: 76
Barker ?: 14, 17
Barnd –
?: 293
430
Beverly Ajes: 167
Alice H.: 166
Bracile: 167
Charles: 166
Charles T.: 167
Cora A.: 168
Della: 166
Eliza Jane (Emeline): 166
Elmer L.: 167
Emiline: 166
Florence: 167
Florence P.: 166
George L.: 168
George W.: 166-167
James: 168
James M.: 165-166
John: 167
Laura M.: 166
Leta: 167
Logan: 167
Louis: 166
Mittie Belle: 167
Nellie: 167
Roy: 167
Samuel: 165
Stella M.: 168
Bilderback Ellen: 90
Birt Deborah Kay: 314
Bishop ?: 123
Bixler Ada B.: 121
Carrie Wells: 121, 123
Charles: 121
Elva: 121
John: 121
Joe: 122
Jonas Theophilus: 121
Viola: 122
Willis (Willie): 122
Blackwell Jesian: 251
Blanketer James: 340
Bonnet Kevin: 309
Boone Daniel: 9, 142, 255
Bourchin Elizabeth: 134
Bowler Mary Elizabeth: 194
Thomas: 194
Box John: 16
Bradburn John T.: 93
Bradley Omar: 218:
Bresnahan Bridget: 244
Brewer Doris: 310
Brockman Mary: 307
Broshears Savannah G./E. (Sarah): 116-117
Brown Frances Louise: 305
Joseph: 305
Browning Linda Sue: 374
Bruce Elmer: 229
Martin: 354
Brumley Randy: 309
Brunk Charles: 367
Delores Ann (Dee): 368-369
Frances Irene: 368-369
Gail Robert (Bob): 350, 357, 367-368,
386
Bryant Katie Cecil: 180
James: 180
Bryd Eleanor: 142
Buck Jane: 328
Buechele Hubert: 304
Bullington ?: 322
431
BundyLarry R.: 315
Burbridge Doris Evelyn: 230
Burnett John, Sr.: 329
Malissa Jane: 274, 300, 317,329, 335337
William S.: 329
Burns Robert: 99
Burris Doris Agnes: 245
Jeff, Jr.: 245
Jeff, Sr.: 244-245
John: 244
William Jack (Catfish Jack): 245-246
Burton George H.: 59
Bush Mary E.: 257, 266
Buske Nathan Kyle: 394, 401-404, 407-411,
414
Robert Lee: 394, 405-408
Wilbur Fred: 406
Butler Christopher: 140
Bye David Kenneth: 365
Gary: 365
Joseph Andrew: 365
Sarah Elizabeth: 365
Cadle Eliza: 330
Calvert ?, Lord Baltimore: 31
James Franklin: 310
Camden ?: 183
Camp Carrie: 414
William Martin: 413
Vallerie Dee: 394, 401-404, 411, 413415
Campbell –
Cyrenus: 30, 35, 46, 77-78
Cyrenus: 78
Ellis: 78
Florinda Jane (Flora): 109-110, 116,
171
Julius Heman: 45, 77-78
Kenneth: 171
Parmelia A.: 78
Sarah E.: 78
Caridy Donna Bell: 178
Carmack Rob: 309
Carpenter ?: 122
Carter Andy: 306
Augusta (Gusty): 306
John Louis: 71
Cato Louisa: 113-114
Celphane Brenda Firth: 311
ChambersDavid: 304
Chapala Billy: 313
Chapman Douglas: 339
Sylvia Anna: 339-340, 350
Cheney Ann: 330
Richard: 330
Chinn Elizabeth M.: 109
Chouteau Auguste-Pierre: 148
Christensen Donald: 243
Clagett –
Ann: 332, 329
Henry: 333
Henry: 332-333, 329
432
Clark –
Archie Lee (Paddy): 179
Arthur Eugene (Gene): 179, 182
George Rogers: 145
Gladys Donna: 179
Hudah: 227
James W.: 179
Marbara: 182, 186
Sharon: 182, 185-186
William: 78
William: 145, 147-148
Clarke John, Jr.: 20
John, Sr.: 20
Mary: 20-21
Patrick: 411
Clayden Joan: 194
Clifford Ambrose Columbus, Sr.: 45, 54, 70, 94
Ambrose Columbus, Jr. (Uncle Doc):
70-71
C.J.E.: 54
Florence (Flora): 70-71
Harmia C.: 71
Harriett: 71
Jane: 93
John W.: 71
Lavina A.: 70
Parthena A. (Belle): 71
Pearson: 70
Saphonia Elizabeth: 71
Clore Catherine: 195, 199
Father: 195
Coals John: 108
Coates Mary E.: 178
Cockrum -
Coleman –
?: 187
Joseph A.: 108
Combs ?: 124
Conlon Katherine: 305-306
Conner Ann: 257, 265
Cook Jack Earl, Dr.: 312
Michelle Lee: 311
Coombs Abram D.: 116
Corday –
Bridgett: 132
Corn ?: 98
Nora B.: 98
Cosgriff Doris Jean: 393, 405
Gerald William (Jerry): 391, 417
James Theodore: 393
Joann: 389, 417, 421
Margaret: 393, 411, 421
Mary Elizabeth: 350, 386-405,408,
411, 417, 420
Raymond Lee: 391, 405, 421
Ruth Hildegard: 395, 417
William Leo: 393
William Raymond: 387-388, 390, 393
Cowpur Mary: 178
Cox ?: 119
Arthur: 345, 357
Dorothy Ann: 350, 357-358
Mary: 168, 174
Richard: 37
Cinderella: 56
Collins Joe: 322-323
Melissa: 323
Steven Theodore: 323
Theodore: 322
433
Cravens –
Emily: 85
Henry H.: 85
Joseph R.: 84
Louisa Cardella: 85
Martha: 85
Mary E.: 85
Minerva: 85
Permelia: 85
Riley: 84
William: 84
William: 84
Crawford Danielle Lynn: 376
Desiree Marie: 376
Destiny Renee: 376
Jeff Franklin: 376
Stacey: 360
William: 255
Cromwell Oliver: 134
Crouse/Krause Amelia (Emily/Nellie): 194, 200-202
Andrew: 200
Andrew H.: 195, 200
Anna: 200-201
Johann Wendell: 194
Melchoir: 194
Crowe Edward: 56
Mary Isabelle (Belle): 56
Curd –
Samuel: 71
William: 71
Curry ?: 179
Dale James Calvin: 245
Darnell Cloys Irvin: 413
Davenport Ann: 194
William: 194
Davis –
Child: 125
Child: 125, 126
Child: 125
Child: 125
Child: 125
Child: 126
Child: 126
Child: 126
Child: 126
Fred Fuller: 124, 125
John W.: 84, 94
Joyce Marie: 123-124
Katherine (Kitty): 124
Knowla Louise: 125
Lucille: 123
Nancy: 179
Rhoda Elise: 124
Sarah Marie: 125-126
Sinclair (Doc): 124
Theo Madge: 124
Truman Dewey: 123
William: 53
William Pleasant: 123
William Roscoe: 124
Woodrow Wilson: 124
Davisson Evelyn Marie: 319, 321
Juanita: 319, 321-322
Lena Mae: 277, 319-321
Wilbur: 275, 277, 317-320
William: 317
Dawdy Albert Elmer: 176-177
Andrew: 226
Baby Boy: 176
Baby Boy: 176
Baby Boy: 176
Baby Girl: 176
Basil: 181
Beulah Elma: 177
Charles Granville: 207-210
Clarence Joseph Jr.: 182, 185
Clarence Joseph Sr.: 176, 181-182
Curtis Lee: 176, 178
David: 183
Denver Lloyd: 176, 178
Devere Cornelius: 227
434
Dawdy - Continued
Dorothy Isabelle: 177
Dovey Marie: 180
Eileen I.: 180, 184
Elam Reece: 226-227
Emil: 183
Ethel Naye: 179
Eva L.: 182
Florinda Lynn:
Florinda Maude (Estelle): 227-228
George William: 194, 207
Geraldine: 181
Gracie: 178
Grover Cleveland: 176, 179
Guy B.: 180
Guyla: 183
Harvey Joseph (Joe): 185
Hazel: 180, 184
Helen (Glenna): 181
Infant: 168-169
Infant : 181
Infant : 181
Infant: 181
Infant: 181
Infant: 181
Ivan: 181, 185
James Harold: 185
Jesse: 168, 174
Kenneth Lloyd: 178
Lavada: 183
Leona Irene: 180
Louise: 182
Lucy Mildred: 227
Lulu: 180, 183
Melvin: 185
Mildred Marie: 177
Mollie Florinda: 176
Murl A.: 178
Nellie F.: 176
Newton Jasper: 172-176
Opal May: 178
Orvis Leon (Curt): 178
Ottis: 176
Owen: 176, 180
Ralph Newton: 179
Dawdy - Continued
Raymond William: 180
Ruby Rae: 178, 182
Russell Owen, Jr.: 183
Russell Owen, Sr.: 180, 183
Sarah Lucretia (Dollie): 176, 178-179
Stella: 180
Troy Leroy: 176, 181
Urmadene O.: 183, 186-187
Walter Merrit: 227
William Montillion: 168
Day Benton: 87
Dunbar: 87
Elizabeth: 87
George W.: 87
Harmon: 87
Helen: 87
Isabella: 87
James William: 87
John M.: 48, 81, 87
Louisa: 87
Middleton: 87
Sarah I.: 87
Dearing Cora A.: 76
Debruler Sarah: 45, 74-75
Demas George Calvin: 241
Denton Amanda: 106
Benjamin: 106
James: 106
Jane: 106
Joseph: 106
Julia: 106
Martha Robertson: 96
Mary: 106
Samuel: 106
DeVarose Catherine Marie: 283
Randy Gene: 282
Devine Getty: 297-298
Dewsberry Robert: 251
435
Dickenson John: 139
Dill Alexander J.: 35
Elizabeth Jane (Betsy): 29-31, 35, 42,
44-49, 52, 74, 77-78, 86, 131, 169
John: 30
John: 35
John, Sr.: 30, 32
John, Jr.: 29-32
Joseph B, Sr.: 30, 32-34
Lucretia H.: 29, 35, 45-46, 52-54
Martha Jane: 35
Mary Ann (Polly): 35, 46
Philemon C.: 29-30, 35, 38, 42, 46, 52,
157
Sarah: 35
Solomon: 35, 47
William: 35, 47, 54, 72
William, Sr.: 30, 32
Dodd Emily (Emma) J.: 58
Lucy H.: 58
Dodson Emiline Sally: 201-202
Jacob: 201
Dole Inez: 295
Dossett Elizabeth: 55
Douglas Melissa M.: 66
Robert: 171
Doyle W. L.: 154
Duff Angeline: 35
Duncan Mary: 180
Robert: 184
Dunlap Cornel: 228
Dunmore ?, Lord: 259
Dupree -
Duvall/ Dyal Elizabeth: 328, 330
Emily: 282
John, Captain: 330
Mareen: 330
Mary Jane: 329
William: 329
Eacret George: 177
Edloe Tabitha: 194
Edwards ?: 229
Elizabeth Pressela: 194, 202-203, 207
Elam Elizabeth: 21
Gilbert: 21
Elmore Elizabeth: 82
ElsburyChristy Marie: 316
Ronald Joseph: 316
Stacey Dawn: 316
Emmons Mary T.: 120
Evans Darrell: 360
Glen: 360
Jason Reed: 360
Mark Alan: 360
Renee Lynn: 360-362
Fair Lisa Jane: 369, 371
Robert Keith: 348, 369
Farmer Aaron: 107-108
Adaline: 75-76
Albert B.: 107-108, 115-116
Alfred/Alford: 45-48, 68-69, 72
Allen Richard: 117
Allison: 115-116
Alta Bernice: 218
Alvira/Elvira: 90-91
Amanda Christine: 394, 401-404, 409,
411, 413-415
Forest Forris: 27
Griffin: 27
436
Farmer - Continued
Amanda Dawn: 375
Amaretta/Annie: 93-94
Andrew: 86
Andy (see Ezekiel Andrew Jr.)
Ann: 22
Ann: 25-26
Anna Jane: 209-210, 213, 217, 238239, 242, 275, 280-281, 355
Archer: 23
Arnold Dean: 82
Arthur Eugene: 112
Arvila: 114
Ashley Marie: 125
Athel: 117
Baby Boy: 86
Basil L.: 99
Ben:96
Benjamin: 21
Berry: 45-48, 74-75
Bertha C.: 95
Bertha M.: 219-220
Betta Joe/Billy: 60
Betty Lou: 76
Blaine Boucher: 96
Brady D.: 366
Brandy: 359
Brenda Sue: 77
Brian: 128
Brian Joseph: 125
Brian Keith: 88
Brittannee: 80
Byron F.: 58
Carabell: 94
Carissa Y.: 365-366
Carl: 222
Caroline: 41, 105-106
Caroline: 90-91
Caroline V.: 97-98
Cecil: 117
Charle (see Mabel Belgium)
Charles: 83
Charles C.: 95, 98-99
Charles Eugene: 223-225
Charles William: 77
Charlotte: 99
Chester Taylor: 209-210, 213, 217,
220-221, 235, 344
Child: 212
Farmer – Continued
Child: 212
Child: 212
Clarence: 57
Claude: 90
Claudia: 58
Claudia Marie: 209-210, 213, 240-241242
Clifford Smith: 344, 350-352, 357,
362-364
Connie Lou: 357-358, 360
Cora B.: 115-116
Cornelia P.: 83-84, 94
Daniel Dennis: 348, 357-359
Daniel G.: 113-114
Darla Joy: 230
Dartha: 114
David J. 97
Dennis Lee: 230
Dewey: 96
Donald F.: 58
Dorothy/Douipha: 107-108
Edna Ethel: 209-210, 213,217, 231-232
Edward Elam: 373-374
Edward W.: 90
Effie: 118
Effy: 119
Elam: (see Jessie Elam)
Elam: 22
Eliza: 45-46, 48-50
Elizabeth: 21
Elizabeth: 25-26
Elizabeth: 45-46, 48, 66
Elizabeth Ann: 390, 394-408, 425
Elizabeth Jane: 158, 163-165, 169
Ellen: 112-113
Embree Carl, Jr.: 57
Embree Carl, Sr.: 52-57, 75
Emiline F.: 158, 163, 165
Emily A.: 107-108
Engracia/Eugenia: 88-89
Ernest: 222
Estella F.: 83-84, 94
Ethel Blaine: 58-59
Eunice Agnes (Orina): 56
Eva: 118
Eva Elizabeth: 209-210, 213, 217, 244245
437
Farmer - Continued
Eva Ella.: 74-75
Everett Lee: 218-219
Ewell (see Yewell Ricie)
Ezekiel: 25-27, 29, 37-38, 40-41, 43,
48-49, 79-80, 94, 105
Ezekiel: 87
Ezekiel: 118
Ezekiel Andrew, Jr. (Andy): 109-110,
118-119
Ezekiel Andrew, Sr.: 41, 88-89, 106,
109-110, 116
Ezekiel Stanford: 83-84, 94-95
Fanny: 23
Ferris (Forest): 29, 35, 45-46, 48, 5254, 72, 75
Finn (see Florinda A. and Mary
Florinda)
Fleming: 37, 40, 80, 82-83, 94
Fleming: 37, 41, 105
Flora (see Florinda Jane)
Florinda A. (Finn): 158-159, 163-165,
172-176, 227
Florinda Jane (Flora): 116-117
Forest: 23-26, 37, 41-42
Forest (see Ferris or Forris)
Forris (Forest): 25-27
Frances: 114
Francis: 25-26
Francis 88-90
Fred S.: 95
Frona (see Saphronia A.)
Gaines Washington: 107-108, 115
George C.: 109-110, 119-120
George Washington, III: 348, 390,
394-404, 408, 411-415
George Washington Jr.: 7, 18, 274,344345, 385-405, 409,411, 417, 420, 425
George Washington, Sr.: 209-10, 213,
215, 220, 247, 277, 279-280, 288, 318,
325, 337-345, 348, 350, 353, 355, 378,
385, 393
Georgia Alice: 340, 350, 353-354
Gertie: 113
Gracie Estell: 209-210, 217, 235, 241243
Grover C.: 120
H. E.: 120
Harden: 113
Farmer - Continued
Harriet Ann: 112-113
Harriett Catherine: 69
Harriet M.: 114
Harrison E.: 88-90
Hattie M.: 90
Hazel: 229
Helen: 60
Henry: 97-98
Henry, Sr.: 16-19
Henry, Jr.: 18-21
Henry III: 20-22
Henry IV: 21-22
Hester M.: 74-75
Hilda Darlene: 229, 231
Ida: 113
Ida Belle: 114
Ida E.: 120
Infant: 56
Infant Son: 91
Ira Jeff: 116-117
Irean: 107-108
Isaac: 41, 47, 89, 105-107
Isaac: 112-113
Isler (see Leler)
J. Christopher Edward: 375
Jaclyn Amanda: 374
Jacob: 87
Jacob: 113
Jacob W.: 120
James Harrison: 40, 48-49, 80, 85-87,
89-90, 105
Jane: 41, 105, 108
Jasper 90-91, 97
Jennifer Kay: 374-376
Jesse Andrew: 118
Jessie: 96
Jessie Elam: 344, 348, 350-352, 357,
371-373
Jessie F.: 96
Joel: 22
John, Gentleman: 14, 17
John: 18-20
John Sr.: 20-21
John Alexander: 45-48, 53-54, 72, 75,
171
John F.: 25-27, 29-30, 35, 38, 40-49,
85-86, 94, 131, 171
John Forris: 59
438
Farmer - Continued
John Franklin, Sr.: 213, 217-218
John Joseph: 223
John L.: 54
John L.: 74-75
John Phillip: 158-159, 163-165, 171172, 208
John T.: 120
John Thomas: 88, 109-110, 118
John W.: 114
Joseph E.: 110
Joseph E.: 115-116
Joseph Franklin: 53-55, 58, 75
Joseph R.: 87
Joseph Riley: 158, 163-165
Julia Ann: 108
Kathryn Diane: 390, 394-404, 414,
417-420, 424
Kathy: 380
Keith Leon: 217, 219
Laura Isabell (see Louisa Jane)
Lee Roy: 229-230
Leler (Isler): 117
Leta Rose: 229-231
Letha: (see Maletha)
Leonard: 113
Lida/Lyda Ruth: 350, 355, 377
Linda Lou: 373-374
Littleberry: 25-26, 37, 42-43
Lodowick: 22
Loral Dennis: 344-345, 350-352, 356358, 373, 385, 389
Louis: 229
Louis E. (Lewis): 115
Louisa: 40, 80
Louisa: 90-91
Louisa Jane (Laura Isabell): 72-73
Lucretia: 45-48, 77-78, 188
Mabel Belgium (Charle): 57, 59
Madison: 40, 80, 90-91
Madison: 90-91
Madison: 97-98
Maletha (Letha) Alice
Maleteti/Matilda.: 53-54
Malissa/Marissa Ann: 53-54
Margaret A.: 88, 90
Margaret L.: 221-223
Margaret Leona: 217, 219
Percy F.: 99
Farmer - Continued
Margie Lucille: 229
Marlene Kay: 230
Martha: 21
Martha: 25-27
Martha (Mattie): 75-76
Martha Jane: 44-48, 69-70, 94
Martha Jane: 72-73
Martha Jane: 110
Martha Parlee: 53-55
Mary: 22
Mary: 94
Mary A.: 54
Mary A.: 90-91, 98
Mary Ann (Polly): 40, 80, 84
Mary E.: 69
Mary E.: 109-110
Mary E.: 116-117
Mary Florinda (Finn): 209,
210, 213, 217, 226-227
Mary Jane: 83-84
Mary Jane: 112-113
Matthew: 86
Mattie (see Martha)
Maud B.: 59
Maude Cecil: 209-210, 213,
217, 223-236
Maud M.: 90
Maxey: 96
May: 96
Mia Michelle: 357, 359, 361
Minerva Jane: 52-55
Minnie E. 93
Miranda Ann: 83, 93
Nancy: 26, 42
Nancy: 113
Nancy: 114
Nancy Caroline: 158, 163-165, 188189
Nancy J.: 116-117
Nancy Jane: 86
Nedra Janelle: 230
Newton E.: 90-91
Newton E.: 97-98
Olive M.: 95-96
Oma Lou: 58
Orville: 56-57
Patsy: 45-46, 48, 50-51, 117
Paul H.: 99
439
Farmer - Continued
Pet (see Thelma Olive)
Phebe: 23
Phile(a)mon(a) Jasper: 52-53
Phillip: 45-48, 72-73, 171
Phoebe: 19
Phoebe Wells: 41, 105, 110-111
Phyllis Ann: 348, 357-360
Pleasant: 96
Polly (see Mary Ann)
Polly Ann: 87
Randy Sue: 390, 394-404, 408, 416,
420-425
Rhoda V.: 114
Ricky Rae: 348, 373,
375
Rob Roy: 96
Ronald Clifford: 348, 364-365
Roscoe (Stub/Ross): 57, 59
Rosie Mae: 344-345, 348, 350-352,
357, 366-368, 377, 385-386
Rossa: 96
Roy Earnest: 209210, 213, 217, 228229
Russell L., Jr.: 60
Russell L., Sr.: 58, 60
Ruth Ann: 90-91
Salina: 40, 80-81, 87
Salina: 86
Samantha: 87
Samuel: 107-108, 113-114
Saphronia A. (Frona): 119
Sarah (Sally): 40, 80-81, 88
Sarah: 87
Sarah: 88, 90
Sarah: 97-98
Sarah: 107-108
Sarah Katherine: 277-278, 342-343,
350, 355-356,
Sarah Lucretia: 158, 163-165, 188-189
Seth: 22
Shea Elizabeth: 394, 401-404, 411,
413, 415-417
Son: 41, 105
Stewart: 95-96
Stub (see Roscoe)
Susan M.: 108
Farmer - Continued
Susan Marie: 364365
Thelma Olive
(Pet): 345-346,
348, 350-352, 357,
377-379, 385-386,
393
Thomas: 14-16, 17
Thomas: 20-21
Thomas H.: 120
Thompson: 40, 80, 88
Thurman: 118
Tiffany: 359, 361
Unknown Girl: 46
Unnamed Girl ( See Francis)
Victoria Lynn: 375
Washington Wales: 83-84, 94, 96
Wayne: 231
Wendy Sue:
Wesley William: 110, 120
William: 20-21
William: 22-23
William: 25-27, 29, 37-38, 40-43, 49,
79, 104-105, 109, 157-165, 169, 171172, 188
William: 45-46, 48-49, 72, 131-132,
153, 156, 205, 217
William: 60
William: 83-84, 93-94
William: 108, 112-113
William Butler: 159, 163-165, 171,
191, 194, 203, 205-215, 217, 220, 227,
239, 242, 247, 280, 338
William E.: 120
William Fleming: 95-96
William H.: 118
William Harrison: 109-110, 116-117
William Harvey: 209-210, 213, 216217, 220
William I.: 74-75
William Wesley: 116-117
Winston D.: 365-366
Yewell Ricie (Ewell): 342, 350, 354356, 377
Farmer-Elledge Alexalyn Joelle: 361
440
Farren Patricia: 312
Farris/Ferris/Faires David: 49
David Monroe: 50
George W.: 50
Joel: 50
John K.: 50
John Riley: 45, 47-50
Nancy: 50
Martha Alice: 50
Patsey: 50
Ruth Ann: 50
Sarah A,: 50
Theodore: 50
William: 50
Feland ?: 125
Fermor Agnes: 12, 17
John: 12, 17
Thomas, Esquire I: 12-14, 17
Thomas, Esquire II: 14, 17
Field/Fields/de l(a) Feld(e) Abraham, Captain, Gentleman: 132,
141-144
Abraham: 132, 144-148, 259
Abraham James Riley: 152-153
Abraham, Sr.: 132, 140
Adam: 134-135
Anna Jane: 45, 131-132, 152-153, 156159, 163-165, 205-206, 238-239
Cynthia: 146
Daniel: 132, 140-141
Ezekiel: 55
Ezekiel: 152
Harrison L. (E.): 55
Henry: 132, 139-140
Henry: 134
Hubertus, Sir: 133-134
J. R.: 154
John: 134
John: 136-137
John, Colonel: 144
John, Jr.: 132, 138-139
John, Reverend, Sr.: 132, 133-134,
138-139
Joseph: 146-148
Field/Fields/de la Feld(e) - Continued
Joseph J.: 153-154
Joseph Riley: 132, 150-156, 158, 163164
Keen: 132, 146, 148-150
Keene: 132, 142-144
Laura B.: 154, 164
Nancy A.: 150
Nancy Caroline: 152-153
Reubin: 146-148
Robert: 135
Roger: 135-136
Ruben: 152
Thomas: 136
Thomas: 137
Thomas: 137
William: 132, 138
William: 137-138
William: 138
Fielder Judith Ann: 27
Sarah A. (Sally): 27
Thomas: 23, 25-27
Fish Daniel Lee: 316
Richard: 316
Fisher ?: 124
Fischer Theresa: 393, 396-397, 405
Fitzgerald Kenyon: 181
Flatt Barbara Jean: 184, 187
Joyce: 184
Leslie: 184
Martha: 184
Terry: 184
Fleetwood Joe: 310
Fleming John, Earl of Wigtown: 37
Fletcher David Walter: 311
James Franklin: 312
Timothy Lee: 311
Walter Clarence: 311
441
Ford Darrell: 354
Doris: 354
Douglas Wayne Fowler: 311
Gary Douglas: 310-311
George: 179
George Glenn: 350, 353-354
Gilbert: 354
Harold: 354
Rodney Eugene: 311
Russell: 304
Rusty Lee: 311
Ruth: 180
Ruth: 354
Sarah Florence: 179
Verna Juanita: 227
William: 353
Forest Elizabeth: 22-23
Forrester ?: 179
?: 184
Gerald (Nick): 184
Harley (Leon): 184
Fortado Reginald: 357-358
Foster ?: 184
Nancy: 80
Fouts Dale: 374
Della Diane: 374, 376
Heather Dawn: 374
Shelby Lynnette: 374, 376
Fowler Douglas Wayne (see Ford)
Robert Eugene: 310-311
Virginia Mae: 310
Frederick ?: 60
Frazier Luther F.: 48, 85-86
Frey Gregorious: 193, 195, 197-198
Hans Heinrich: 193, 195, 197
Johan Peter (Hans): 193, 195-199
Johann (John): 197, 195, 199
Johann Jacob: 193, 195, 198
Johann Peter (Pelzar): 195, 197, 199
Fry Amelia Jane (Millie/Nellie): 191, 193,
195, 202-203, 206-212, 214-215, 217,
220, 239, 242, 280, 338
Andrew: 202
Andrew Franklin: 201-202
Anna Elizabeth: 201-202
Christian S.: 201
Clarence: 363
Delphia Amira: 201-202
Fanny A.: 202
George: 195, 200-202
George E.: 202
George Harvey: 195, 201-202, 207,
217, 339
Grace E.: 362-364
John (see Johann Frey)
John W.: 201
Malvina Catharine: 201-202
Margaret M.: 201
Mary E.: 202
Sarah A.: 202
Thomas: 90
William F.: 202
Fulton Richard: 107
GainorJohn James IV: 362
John James V: 362
GallagherAnna: 300
Gaither/Gater Ada Ellen: 336
Alexander: 328
Alexander: 334
Amos: 329
Andrew Jackson: 274, 300, 329, 334337
Anna Katherine: 301, 303
Benjamin: 329
David: 329
Edith Irene: 278, 301-304
Edward: 329
Edward: 329-331
Jeremiah: 330, 332-333
Joe: 315
John I: 325-328, 330
John II: 328
John III, Captain: 328, 330
442
Gaither/Gater - Continued
John V: 329, 330-331
John VI: 331-332, 330
John Franklin: 333
Joshua: 329
Le Roy: 278, 301-302, 305-306
Lisa: 306
Matilda: 332
Mildred Katheleene: 278, 301-302,
304-305, 312-313
Naomi: 301, 303 306-307
Rachel: 331, 339
Rezin: 329
Richard: 329
Rita: 306, 315
Robert Dallas: 306
Robert Dennis: 278, 301, 303, 306
Robert Samuel: 300
Roy Sylvester: 277-278, 283, 289, 300302, 341
Samuel: 329-330
Sarah Katherine: 238, 247, 273-279,
282, 288, 300, 318, 325, 337, 339, 348,
355-356
Virginia Hazel: 277-278, 299-303
Wiley: 329, 332-335
William Wiley: 300
Gamball Sarah: 85, 87
Garner ?, Reverend: 367
Gast Zora Marie: 180
Gattoso Robert: 298
Gerhardt Catharine: 199
Gerould/Gerald/Jerald George William: 80
Gillis Eugene: 171
Faye: 171
Fred E.: 171
George Edward: 171
Harvey Lee: 171
John G.: 171
June: 171
Richard (Dick): 171
John IV: 328-329, 336
Gilmore Robert V.: 245
Virgil: 218
Givans Arthur Louis: 283, 285-286
Harry Buford: 286
Marjorie L.: 286
Smith: 285-286
Winch: 285
Godar Michelle: 370
Godfrey John: 326
Golder William: 251
Goodwin Donald Leroy: 314-315
Kay Char Deloris: 315
Gosnold Bartholomew: 143
Gowin Dennis: 187
Dirk: 187
Dixie: 187
Donald, Jr.: 187
Donald, Sr.: 187
Grady Charlie: 374
Charles: 374
Grafton Buell Jackson (Gas): 184
Graham Harry E.: 176
Gray Isaac: 238
Wilbur Perry: 238-239
Green Andrew: 58
Naomi (Nonie): 281-283, 285
William: 282
Greenwalt ?: 124
Arah Ann: 124
Grey Grace: 132
GriffinMatilda/Maranda: 238
443
Gross Florence: 378
Grunion ?: 387
Guerard Benjamin, Governor: 33
Guinn Amanda Jane: 380
Elizabeth Ann: 381
Gary Wayne: 380
Walter: 380
Haas ?: 117
Hackley John: 194
Mary Elizabeth: 194
Richard: 194
Hamer ?: 186
Hammon/Hammond Maude Mae: 216-217
Franklin: 216
Hand Norman: 306
Haney Charles: 166
Oscar: 166
Hanson ?: 187
Brian Robert: 187
Lewis: 347
Hardcastle ?: 202
Harden James: 107
Jeremy David: 315
Marvin David: 314-315
Hardesty Sue Sylvia: 309
Harris Brian: 299
William, Major: 18
Harrison Eliza: 234
Hart Alice D.: 92
Carl B.: 92
Charles C.: 82, 88
Claude A.: 92
David L.: 81-82, 88, 91-92
Edmund H.: 92
Elizabeth: 81-82, 88
George: 81
George C.: 88
John: 81
Martha: 81-82
Nancy Ellen: 82, 88
Nina B.: 92
R. E.: 92
Ruth: 92
Sarah (Sally) A.: 81-82
Samuel Willoughby: 81-82, 88
Talmadge: 92
Thompson B.: 92
Thompson Bates, Honorable: 81-82,
88, 92
William: 48, 81, 88
William: 81-82
William E.: 92
William J. S.: 92
Zora B.: 92
Hartley Hazel: 296
Hartmann Catharina: 195, 199
George Freiderich: 195
Hastings ?: 121
Haus Kap Sun: 380
Hazelwood ?: 275, 335-336
J. W.: 336
Lavina P.: 275
S. E.: 336
William S.: 335
Helmes James J.: 388
Hemmingway William: 37
Hendrick Morris V.: 108
444
Hendrickson Mary Rachel: 218
Hepperle Jerry Frayne: 313
Hesson Melissa: 119
Hightower Cordelia: 233
Hidlebaugh Greg: 424
Hildreth ?: 295
Hobbs Otis: 347-348
Hoefly Maria: 195
Holman Darin Ray: 311
Robert Leon: 310-311
Hon Anna: 197, 195
Horn David: 316
Horney Becky: 296
Carol: 296
Dan: 296
David F., Sr.: 296-297
David F. III (Fred): 296
David F. II: 296
Debra K.: 296, 298-299
Janet: 296
Michael: 296
Hoskins Dixie Bell: 308
Hubbard Clarence: 340
Frances Josephine: 185
Harvey: 185
Hudelson Alexander: 99
Winifred Pearl (Winnie): 98-99
Hunt Ruth: 368
Hunter -
Hyneman Samuel McClittick: 114
Idler Eric Brian: 394, 401-404, 421-422
Erin Marie: 394, 402-404, 421-422,
425-426
Herman: 421
Kenneth Brian: 394, 401-404, 416,
421-425
Linda: 421, 425
Inman George E.: 69
Inmon John: 27
Ironmonger Corderoy: 140
Mary: 132, 140
Samuel, Jr.: 132
Samuel, Sr.: 132
William: 132
JacksonAlice: 216
Jaco Charles: 69
Jacob Anne: 331-332
Jeremiah: 330-332
John: 330
John, Sir: 330
James Jane: 249-250
Javan Mary English Fields: 329
Jeffries George P.: 269
Jenkins Beverley Kay: 307
Charles D.: 306-307
Jo Beth (Jody): 307, 317
Linda Charlene: 307, 315-316
Rhonda Sue: 307, 316
Jennings Tara: 366
Jerrell ?: 315
Mary Margaret: 219
Hutchinson Elen: 132, 139
445
Johnson Charles McKinley: 308
Julie Ann: 90
Mabel J.: 167
Jones ?: 296
Charlotte (Lottie): 170
Elizabeth: 132
Elizabeth: 330
Ethel Rose: 181-182
Florence Bell: 229
Richard: 257
William: 181, 229
William: 330
Jordan ?: 30
Joseph Norman: 412
Jouett Benjamin: 238
Charles David: 238-239
Kadis Stella Annette: 243
Karlock Minnie: 181, 229
Kearns Margaret: 85
Keene Elizabeth: 132, 142
Matthew: 132
Thomas, Jr.: 132
Thomas, Sr.: 132
Keiger Harrison F.:72
Kell Elizabeth Jane: 152-153, 158
James: 80
Matthew: 48, 80
Sarah Jane: 85-86
Kelly Samuel: 257
Ursula: 257-258, 263
Kesinger ?: 180
Key David: 321
Louise: 32-322
Sheldon: 313
Key - Continued
Thomas: 321
King Ida Adelia: 95
John: 95
Norma Jean: 241
Kirk Eliza Jane: 56-57
Klein Alice: 243
Knight ?, Captain: 271
Kyle Kevin: 310
Lahey Gary Paul: 394, 401-402, 407
Lain Kelley: 121
Lamar June: 361
Lamb Rosalind: 313
Lance Joseph M.: 54
Landes Allen Dale: 382
Lankford/Langford Andrew: 47
Ehrey: 51
Jarius: 51
John:51
Nancy: 107
Samuel: 45, 47-48, 51, 117
Sarah: 51
Sarah L.: 116-117
William: 116
Lash Douglas: 381
Justin Michael: 382
Kim Duane: 381-382
Sheena Mae: 382
Lauramore James: 89
Lomeda:89
Randolph: 89
Rebecca: 89
Samuel: 89
Thomas: 89
446
Lawson Anita: 132
May: 236
Lechner Caroline: 121
Lee ?: 125
?: 202
Robert E.: 162
Leggins Melvin: 309
Lene Evelyn: 178
Lewis Anna: 146, 148-150
Dr.: 48
Meriwether: 147-148
Susan E.: 71
William: 146
Lindsay ?: 124
Lisenfelt ?: 202
Loftis Nancy D.: 30, 32-34
Logsdon Andrew Jack: 268, 273
Anthony: 248-249
Arthur Lewis: 268, 273
Arthur Louis: 282-285
Benjamin Goff: 269-273
Boaz Ada: 267-268, 273
Boazada (Boaz): 257, 265-266
Clarendon Young (Clarence): 268, 273
Dennis J., Reverend: 266
Dennis Jasper: 238, 247, 257, 268,
273-280, 282, 288-289, 301, 318, 325,
329, 337, 348
Ebenan P. (Anne): 268, 273
Ebenezer Jr.: 268, 273
Ebenezer Sr.: 256-257, 259, 263, 265274, 278
Edgar Darrell: 238-239, 274-275, 279281, 288, 355
Edward: 262
Essie Ovie: 239, 247, 274-275, 277,
279-280, 288, 318, 325, 340-353, 378,
385, 387, 393
Gracie Forest: 274-275, 324
Logsdon - Continued
Grider Francis: 269-270, 273
Hubert Earl: 274-275, 281-283, 347
James: 248-250
John: 262
John R.: 256-259, 262-264
Joseph Bulger: 255-257, 259-260, 262
Joseph Wiltsberger: 257-258, 263-266
Lemuel Basset: 269-270, 273
Maggie Olive: 274-275, 278, 283, 289290, 301, 386
Malissa Jane: 274-275, 277, 317-321,
335
Mary: 262
Nancy: 256-257, 259, 263, 265-268,
272-273
Nellie Opal: 239-240, 280-281
Stamper: 268, 273
Stanley: 276-278
Sudie Mae: 282-286
Thelma Mae: 274-275, 277-278, 283,
289, 299-302, 341, 386
Thomas G.: 268
Thomas S. I: 253-254, 256-257, 259
Thomas S. II: 256-262, 265
Thomas S. III: 251, 262, 265
William: 247-254, 257
Zelma Lee: 283
Lombard James: 322
Long Jennifer: 37-371
Mary E.: 167
Longerbean ?: 124
Lovelace Eleanor: 332
Lowe Theresa Ann: 309
Luffman ?: 293124
Luke Pearl: 304
Machlan Larry A.: 315-316
Robert David: 316
447
Madden –
Neely M.: 60
Maddox Sandra: 185
Maggert Carle Danielle: 369
Daniel Joseph: 369
Sydni Leann: 369
Manly L. C.: 339
Mann Arthur Roy: 310
Mark: 303
Mansfield Washington: 268
Marling Dennis Michael: 313-314
Lucinda Joy Marie: 314
Michele Rene: 314
Marsh Betty: 350, 372-373
John: 372
Paul: 180
Marshall ?: 124
Mason Billy: 306
Gary: 370
George W.: 69
Susan A.: 71
Trinity Rose: 370
Massa Cecily C.: 109
Florinda J.: 109
John B.: 108
Mary E.: 108
Nancy: 108
Sylvanius: 108
Thomas J.: 108
McCarthy Betty Lou: 230
McConnell Nettie Richey: 57
Velma: 59
McCoy Huddah (Nell): 243
McClure Paul: 256
McDaid ?: 205
McElroy Christina: 312
McGinnis Susan: 375
McGivern Tim: 414
McGowen Susan: 72
McGregor Andrew, Jr.: 105
Andrew, Sr.: 105
McIntosh April Dawn: 315
McKimmy Michael Leon: 310
McNealy Steve: 296
McPherson George C.: 167
Mears Thomas: 328
Mee Eleanor: 248-249
Mercer Adam: 287
Benjamin Harrison: 275, 278, 287-290
Dale: 295
Darlene Marie: 298
Dennis Dale: 293
Denver Uen: 288-290, 293, 298
Elmer Ray: 289, 292, 295
Floyd Ray: 295
Glen: 294
Helen Louise: 293
Ira Sylvester: 289, 291
Joe: 295
Josh: 288
Lillian Forrest: 288-290, 292-293
Lou Verna (Wilma): 288-290, 29, 294
Lynn: 293-294
Margaret: 293
Mary Beth: 298
Myrtle Irene: 289, 292, 296-297
Pam: 294
448
Mercer - Continued
Thelma: 289, 291
Walter Roosevelt: 289, 292, 297-298
Wanda: 295
Wanda Gale: 295
Wayne: 293
William H.: 289, 291
Metcalf ?, Captain: 271
Miller C. E.: 340
Mary Charlen: 314
Tommas: 314
Mills Frances: 95
Milton James: 134
Miner Claude: 217, 219
Minnis Calvin J.: 35, 45-47, 66, 72
James, Jr.: 35, 47, 54
Sylvester (Arvil): 48, 66-67
Thomas (James), Sr.: 66, 72
Minor Jerry T. Jr.: 299
Jerry T. Sr.: 298-299
Rachel: 299
Rebecca: 299
Monroe Anna L.:
Montgomery ?: 112
Montijo Aurelio: 374
Lupita: 374
Moody Austin Daniel: 370
Cole Jonathan: 370
John: 370
Megan Lynn: 370
Moore ?: 186
James F.: 146
Jodi: 186
Tammy: 186
Morgan ?: 329
Charles: 329
Susannah: 329
Morris Clarence: 123
Dale: 354
David: 381-382
Larry E.: 147-148
Morrison Gary: 184
Munday Margaret: 16
Murphy ?: 322
James: 322
Iona: 322
Neal ?: 227
Delbert:
Nell Cora: 185
Nelson ?: 60
Newington Sandy Lea:
Noakes Joseph Dean: 314
Norris ?, Captain: 259
Nuendorf Terry Dean: 314
O’Flynn Edward: 252
Honora: 252-253
Oberdorfer Verena: 195, 197-198
Olson ?: 122
Osborne Jessie: 181
Owens Carol Jean: 185
Carrie: 76
449
Owensby Christopher: 303
Harry: 303, 306
Harry Eugene: 303
Paul Richard: 303
Sarah Ethel Marie Schoettmer: 306
Paine Mark: 340
Park Tina M.: 316
Paschall Homer S.: 177
Past Mary: 363
Patton Lester: 227
Pea Franklin S.: 48, 85-86
Peck Ophelia: 154
Pence Janis: 182
Jeanne: 182
Joyce Ann: 182
Walter (Pip): 182
Pendergast John Corbett: 394, 401-403, 419-420
Penn William: 31
Peirsey Abraham: 16
Petro Mark James: 394, 404, 408
Phillips ?: 109
Agnes: 116
Fannie J.: 115
Pierce ?: 322
Barbara Ann Key: 305, 312-313
Brenda Carol: 305, 310-311
Bruce Wayne: 308
Carrie: 308
Celina Kay: 308
Christina Ann: 309
David Lee: 305, 309
Pierce - Continued
Deanna: 308
Franklin James Jr.: 305, 308, 313
Franklin James Sr.: 304-305
Geneva Kathelene: 309
George Herschel: 305, 309-310
Helen Ann (April): 305, 314-315
Janice Sue: 309
Laura Le: 309
Lawrence Edward, Jr.: 321-322
Lawrence Edward, Sr.: 320-321
Matthew Ryan: 309
Pamela Reneè: 310
Patricia Lynn: 309
Rosanna: 118
Roy Phillip: 305, 308
Rubin B.: 121
Ruth Irene: 305, 313-314
Sarah Ellen: 118-119
Shea: 314
Sheila Ann: 309
Sherry Lee: 310
Thelma Caralee: 305, 311
Tina Louise: 309
Uriah Derk: 314
Viola: 285
William, Captain: 325
William Ray: 305, 314
Pinkerton Mary: 238
Porter Ryan Lee: 313
Price ?: 140
Prindle Addie Winona: 245
Probus Alexander: 333
Mary Betsy: 329, 333-335
William: 329
Provo Caleb Douglas: 366
Donald Jr.: 366
Donald Sr.: 366
450
Pryor Andrew: 329
Blanche: 170
Charles Francis: 169
Claude: 171
Ernest: 170
Francis Marion: 169
George Washington: 170
Harvey: 171
Hazel: 170
Infant: 170
Isaac: 189
James H.: 188-189, 206
John Phillip: 170
Mary: 169
Mary Ellen: 333, 329
Minnie M.: 170
Nathaniel: 148
Nettie Caroline: 169
Paul O.: 170
Ruby Mae: 170-171
Simon B.: 329
William: 169
William Riley: 170
Pulan Ann: 242:
Purkheiser Mitchell: 308
Quakenbush Phillip: 308
Race Joyce: 393
Rambo ?: 124
Ramsey Virgil: 247
Randel ?: 307
Darien: 307
Davitta: 307
Ransom ?: 186
Jami: 186
Ray Nellie: 167
Reams Robert: 268-269, 278
William P.: 269-270, 273, 278
Reavis Alexander D.: 72
Dysea: 55
James R.: 54
Martha Jane: 45
Solomon, Sr.: 53
Redburn Adaline: 45, 74-75
Reed Thomas: 316
Reel Edith: 115
Reese Amy (Anna): 257, 264
Rembe Louis: 108
Rettig Joyce Marie (Joy): 304, 307
Lawrence E.: 304
Yvonne: 304
Reveal Zelma: 179
Reynolds Elizabeth: 194
Rhodes Bernetta: 119
Riemer Darrin: 317
Richards/Ricard ?: 150
Henry: 11-12, 17
Thomas: 12, 17
Thomas: 12, 17
Rigga Russel : 218
Riley Nancy: 49
Ritchey Jenny: 71
Roberts Ricky Lee: 316
Robinette Amy Lynn: 316
James C.: 315-316
451
Robbins Edward: 330
Rachel: 330
Robinson Nancy E.: 111
Rodgers Jim: 181
Rogers Will: 71
Romelin Mary Margaret: 236
Romine James B.: 164-165
Rose Scott: 309
Ross Gertrude: 222
Ruley Anne: 330-331
Anthony: 330
Rutledge Lewellyn O.: 166
Salle Edward Gray: 310
Sanders Lana Kael: 376
Mike: 376
Savage Beverly: 359
Sawyer Kelly Kay: 311
Schaub Anna Maria: 195, 198
Schenck ?: 124
Schleber Anna: 195, 198
Schmidt Anna Barbara: 195, 198-199
Hans: 195, 198
Schutz Ethel Mae (Edith): 217-218
Harold A.: 221-222
Lora: 353
Scott Kenny: 31
Sears Lawrence: 236
Seaton Casper: 234
Orville Edgar: 234, 236
Selby Charles: 27
Settles Mary Isabelle: 245
Sharp Lasalle: 241
Shaw Patrick: 33-34
Paul: 294
Sherman William Tecumseh: 161
Shively Malinda: 112-113
Shute Hazel Don: 55
Sigloch Marian Elizabeth: 422
Simmons Renabelle: 380
Simons Catrine: 141
Harold: 179
Simpson William David: 113
Simms Nancy: 316
Sizer Margaret Alice: 406
Skelton Flora: 54-55
James: 55
John: 54
Joseph Washington: 53-55
William: 54
Smay Braley Nicole: 371
Bridget Ann: 371
Leslie: 368
Robert Edward (Rob): 368
Roy Edward: 369-371
Tammy Jane: 368-369
Teresa Rose: 369-370
452
Smith ?: 124
Beverly: 295
Carol: 316
Donna: 295
Frances: 295
Janice: 295
John: 328
John: 340
Karen Susan: 295
Larry: 295
Leona May: 295
Leslie: 294
Louis Ray: 295
Nancy: 317
Rebecca: 381
Rhonda Karen: 308
Robert: 295
Samuel, Captain: 251
Warren: 296
William Roosevelt: 294
Wilbur Franklin: 294
Sneed -
Spradley Effie: 118
Sprague Rob: 309
Spray Christina Ann: 382
Gary Lynn: 382
Joshua Duane: 382
Mick: 309
Quinn: 382
Staats Glenn: 357, 360
Stapleton Joshua: 82
Polly: 82-83
Steele Mary Ellen (Mamie): 45
James: 47
Steinbrook John: 310
Stennes Carolina Marie: 223
H. Parker: 312-313
Hillary Wilson: 313
Shelta Jo: 313
Stewart -
Sorrell -
Stone -
Alisha Marie: 380
Daniella Mae: 379, 382
Debra Ann: 379, 382-383
Harry Ovid Sr.: 378
Harvey Ovid III: 379-380
Harvey Ovid IV: 380
Harvey Ovid Jr.: 345-346, 350, 357,
378-379
Michael Ovid: 381
Samuel Eugene, Jr.: 381
Samuel Eugene, Sr.: 348, 379, 381
Sharon Mae: 379, 381-382
Thelma Olive (June): 379-380
Timothy Paul: 381
William Ray: 381
Spangenben Jack: 365
Jaclyn: 365
Spencer Susan: 14, 17
Rosa Bell: 94-95
William: 94-95
Elizabeth: 153
Susan K.: 92
Stouffe Margaret Augusta (Gussie): 387-388,
391-392
Stout Chester: 180
Diana: 380
Straub Elizabeth: 234
Sturgeon ?:
Clarence S. (Fred): 233-236
Glemual Sylvester: 235-237
Robert: 233
Sudberry Ezekiel, Jr.: 23
Ruth: 23-27, 37, 41-42
Suiter James: 388
Sullivan Marilyn Sue Theresa: 308
453
Summers John: 329
Priscilla: 332-333, 329
Virginia: 374
Surbeck Harvey: 180
Swanson Mary: 329
Swint Theresa F.: 92
Syra Amanda: 303
Talbot Sarah: 30-31
Talley Eva Mae: 183
Taylor Claude F.: 95
Cletis: 58
Eva Mae:
John J.: 84, 94
Rachel: 308
Temple John, Esquire: 14, 17
Mary: 14, 17
Templin Gladys: 359
Thaxton Peggy: 26
The Conqueror William: 30, 133
Thomas Francis M.: 70
Margaret: 357
Thorley Mary: 132
Till Zella Lucille: 59-60
Tom Jeremy: 309
Torres Eva: 243
Townsend Andrew J.: 201
Tracey Terence J., Father: 389-390
Trammell Gerrard, Sr.: 329
Priscilla: 329
Tramp Paul E., Dr.: 177
Traylor Caleb: 233
Marcella (Lela): 236
Ora E.: 233, 235-236
Trotten Elisha: 107
Sarah: 107
Tubb ?, Reverend: 34
Tucker Ella: 99
Tunstall Flossie Adelle: 236-237
Turner Paulette: 350, 357-358
Tutlewski/Tuttle Dorothy J. (Dot): 214, 243
Gerald Wayne: 214, 243
Marvin Dale: 214, 243
Robert K.: 214, 243
Rudolph, Jr.: 214, 243
Rudolph, Sr.: 242-243
Terry Neil: 214
Walter: 242
William Gilbert: 214, 243
Yound George: 251
Valasquez Christian David: 362
David: 360
Mario David: 360
Mindy: 360, 362
VaughtBarbara Ann: 310
Veadle Alyssa Janae: 317
Andrew Jackson: 317
Lindsay Reonna: 317
Stacy Cheyenne: 317
Vestel Daisy L.: 182
454
Vickers Henry C.: 93
Mary L.: 93
Myrtle: 93-94
Vincent Wyonetta: 3056
Virgil William: 230-231
Wagner Katherine: 232
Walden Jeremy Richard: 380-381
Walk/Welk Catharina: 195, 199
Hans Martin: 195, 199
Walker Martin A.P. (Reavis): 73
Walls Bert L.: 179
Delbert Harland: 232-233
Infant Son: 233
John Andrew: 231-232
Oscar: 231
Walsh Pam: 416
Walthall William: 18
Ward Edward: 21
John, Captain: 15
Mary: 16
Sarah: 21-22
Theres Antoniene: 309
Wardrope James Younger: 257
Nancy: 257, 264-266
Younger: 257, 264
Ware Jayden: 361
Joe: 361
William Bradley: 361
Washington George: 254-255, 259. 265
Watkins Amelia: 107
Harry: 364
Warfield ?: 328
Warren Edward, Sir: 194
John R.: 194
Mary: 194
Thomas: 194
William: 194
Watson Martha Jane: 45, 68-69
Weber ?: 184
Helen: 393
Ronald Lee (Butch): 184
Ronald Lee (Ronnie): 184
Webster John: 35
Weddle Hattie: 304
Welcherk Bridget Margaret: 221
Wells Mary: 231
West ?: 126
Wheeler ?: 140
White Donna: 308
Whitsitt Andrew: 57
Wilkerson Edna (Emma): 220-221
Joseph P.: 268-269
Sarah Elizabeth: 268-272, 274, 278
Thomas: 26
Wilkinson Becky Jo: 308
Williams ?: 187
James P.: 78
Mary: 365
Rachel: 194
Warner: 42
Williamson Larry Thomas: 312
Wilmington Leona A.: 178
Wilner Stanley: 357, 360
455
Wilson Allen: 72
Amanda: 45, 72-73
Anna/Annie: 257-266
Jane: 45, 74-75
John H.: 93
Winder John: 359
Lucille: 359
Wingfield Edward Maria: 143
Winnett Jacob Robert: 371
Tony: 371
Withers Elizabeth: 132, 142-143
James: 132, 142
William: 132
Wright ?: 109-110
Nancy E.: 119-120
William: 119
Woods Jennifer: 360
Wooley John: 254
Mary Vaughn: 255, 257
Woolsey Louvicey (Louisa): 70, 82-84, 94
Wallace P.: 117
William: 82
Yager/Yeager Charles C.: 121
Charles H.: 112, 122-123
Charles O.: 112
George M.: 112, 122
Hiram L.: 111
John: 111
John W.: 111, 120-121
Joseph: 111
Joseph A.: 123
Joshua S.: 111
Lulu: 122
Lydia Ellen (Leola): 111, 121
Madge: 122
Mary A.: 112
Nancy: 111
Orean: 121
Thomas Leroy: 112, 122
William O.: 121
Yates James: 243
Paschal S. III: 304
Paschal S. IV: 304-305
York John: 201
Zimmer Ida Martha: 293
Zuck Lou, Reverend: 348
Zuniga ?: 307
Jesse: 307
Zyph Billie Joanne: 241
Charles: 241
Richard Lee: 241
William Oscar: 241
456

Farmer, The George Washington, Jr., Family

Transcription

Similar documents

Heifer International - 2016 Central America Summit

Hu Xinmei buthtan+10

The HighGrow Agri Model

old-houses- 0485 - Old Houses of the North Country

Preview - stanfordhouse.com.hk

American Woodhenge: Archaeoastronoraly at Cahokia

FarmTracking - LandbrugsInfo

Fifth Grade Textbooks - Duneland School Corporation

vol 4-51.pages

Cass Telephone Company, Cass Cable TV, Inc