Some genealogies give us some helpful but incomplete information about Rebecca Arminda. There is some confusion about her maiden name among the sources, with some reporting her as Jackson, some as Baird and some as Estep. Family information on the Estep family helps some, explaining that Rebecca is the daughter of James Estep and his wife Abigail Teter. She is reported in that information, however, as Rebekah Arminda Jackson Norris, with no further explanation. -- http://thomasestep.homestead.com/S31.html Another source with some spotty and somewhat confused information, but some very helpful details, mentions cryptically that her maiden name was actually Baird, and she was raised by an Estep. It reports that "Arminda was raised by Estep, Married to George Jackson first." It is not mentioned whether they adopted her or only raised her as a foster child. -- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v59t1688&id=I111 According to land records, there were Baird families living in several Illinois counties at the time of Arminda's birth and childhood. The Baird story has been debunked definitively. Evlyn Broumly, genealogist and newspaper columnist in Weatherford, Texas, is one of my partners in researching the Jackson and related families in Texas. Along with other good details, in an email to another Jackson cousin, Evlyn gives us some details of where this Baird story got started. I have highlighted the pertinent phrase in her message below. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Evlyn BroumleyDate: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Cohron-teter, etc. To: wanda cox I don't know anything about the Cohron=Teter couple in Throckmorton County. Sylvester Norris's 2nd wife was Rebecca Arminda Estep Jackson Norris. *** She was not married to a Baird nor a Baird adopted by the Esteps. This info was spread by a lady in the 1970s who also listed Sylvester's dad as James Henry Norris! *** Dr. Hanson stated that Rebecca was definitely a dau. of James & Abigail Teter Estep who were his great grandparents, Christina Teter and Jesse Baker were also another set of his great grandparents. Abigail and Christina were both sisters of Isaac Teter. Dr. Hanson had the family bibles, family stories, and knew some of the descendants of most of the Esteps. He did not have a Norris ancestor, but with the intermarriages between the families he had quite a bit of research that included Norris info which he shared, in the 1970s. I don't know of any Griffith in the Estep family, my family came from Tenn. to Indiana to Missouri to Texas. I reverse the given names of Rebecca's lst husband and their son, checked an old FGS for the Esteps. In rereading Dr. Hanson's letters and some from other researchers, there was quite a few people from Mason County to Parker County area, but many went back north. -- Evlyn Broumley, email to Wanda Cox, 15 April 2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The family name Estep is also found spelled Eastep. One source on the history of Illinois comments on an instance of James Estep's dealings: "[1] ADS, owned by Mrs. Dillard Estep Samuel, Chicago, Illinois. The document is entirely in Lincoln's hand, including the signature of James Eastep, who was a farmer and operator of a 'horse mill' near the location of the present town of Petersburg. His wife was Abigail Teter, daughter of the Abraham Teter named in the document." -- http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;cc=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A5 In the 1870 census, living next door to Arminda and her husband Sylvester Norris we find a 22-year-old George Jackson, who could be her son from this earlier marriage to George Jackson. there are other Jacksons around, but family relationships are unclear. Shortly after reviewing the information from the sources mentioned above, I found the marriage record for Arminda to her first husband, indeed a Jackson, but his name was James, not George. This helps work out the helpful but confusing note in the terse genealogy info about the Jackson connection. George, then, would work out to be the name of their son, and would likely be the young George Jackson in the house next door to Arminda and Sylvester in 1870. Illinois Marriages to 1850 Spouse 1: Estep, Rebecca Arminda Spouse 2: Jackson, James A. Marriage Date: 29 Jun 1847 Marriage Location: McDonough County, Illinois -- http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=eamil%2c&rank=1&pgt=punt&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Rebecca+Arminda&gsln=Jackson&gsby=1828&gsb2co=2%2cUSA&gsb2pl=16%2cIllinois&gsdy=Unknown&gsd2co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd2pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&ftm=1&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=0&recid=41687&recoff=1+2+4+6+18+19+34+36+48+49+51+53 Note that this does report her maiden name as Estep. If the info about the Baird birth and Estep raising is correct, this would seem to indicate that she was adopted, and that Estep became her legal surname before marriage. With the information available so far, it seems we can say that Rebecca Arminda was the child of as yet unidentified Bairds. She was raised as a foster or adopted child by James and Abigail (Teter) Estep, first married a James A Jackson, and after widowed, married the widower Sylvester Norris in 1846. See information on her family with Sylvester in Notes for Sylvester Norris. Rebecca Arminda and James Jackson had one child, George W. He appears in1850 in the Norris household, though with the name Norris. But the age and the later report of George W Jackson in 1870 matches the time of their marriage. He was born in 1847, apparently after April, based on the ages in 1850 and 1870. Arminda did not marry Sylvester until 1849. Genealogies reporting the marriage of Sylvester to Mary Teter report no child named George. 1850 Federal Census, Mason County, Illinois, 5 November, page 335/170, Hse/Fam #370 Sylvester Norris 31 M Farmer born Kentucky cannot read or write Rebecca A Norris 22 F born Illinois cannot read or write Henry N Norris 5 M born Illinois George W (Jackson] Norris 3 M born Illinois Mary E Norris 6 months born Illinois (b abt April 1850] After both their spouses died, Arminda Baird Estep Jackson married Sylvester Norris in 1849. The Illinois Marriage Index, 1790-1860, records the marriage of Sylvester Norris to Spouse Rebecca A. Jackson, Married 19 Jul 1849, Mason County, Illinois -- Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Microfilm 1313033, electronic: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=eamil%2c&rank=1&pgt=punt&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Rebecca+Arminda&gsln=Jackson&gsby=1828&gsb2co=2%2cUSA&gsb2pl=16%2cIllinois&gsdy=Unknown&gsd2co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd2pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&ftm=1&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=1&recid=40935&recoff=1+2+4+16+17+18+45+46+47 The census reports on Arminda with her husband Sylvester are reported under the Notes for Sylvester. Family sources tell us Sylvester died in Cherokee County, Kansas in 1887. Two later censuses give us information on Arminda, who was enumerated up through the 1900 census. I have not found a death record, but some genealogies report her death in 1916. I am including the 1880 census here also because it introduces some interesting information about Arminda. 1880 Federal Census, Mason County, Illinois, 9 June, Cane Creek Township, District 131, page 7, Hse #47, Fam #48 Norris, Sylvester W M 61 Farmer Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky [b abt 1819] Norris, Rebecca A W F 51 Wife Keeping House Illinois NC VA [b abt 1829] Norris, Charles M W M 24 Son Widowed Farm Laborer Illinois Kentucky Illinois [b abt 1856] Norris, Rhoda M W F 15 Dau At Home Illinois Kentucky Illinois [b abt 1865] Norris, Nellie B W F 12 At Home Illinois Kentucky Illinois [b abt 1868] Norris, Arthur S W M 1 Grandson Farm Laborer Illinois Illinois Ohio [b abt 1859] (Charles' son) The 1880 census record for Arminda reports her parents born in North Carolina and Virginia. I also found that on the same page there are two Estep families enumerated. The men are of an age to be the (foster-adoptive) brothers of Arminda: G W Estep age 56 born Illinois, parents NC-VA and J M Estep 60 also Illinois North Carolina and Virginia. It is interesting that the birth states of Arminda's parents are the same as those of these two apparent adoptive brothers. This probably means she reported on her adoptive parents, rather than her birth parents. See the notes below on the 1900 census, where we see a change. Arminda and Sylvester moved to Kansas between 1880 and 1885. In 1885 they were recorded in the Kansas state census with their daughter Nellie. 1885 Kansas State Census, Crawford County, 1 March, Pittsburg, page 70 (205), Hse/Fam #543 Sylvester Norris 66 M W Laborer b Kentucky, moved to Kansas from Illinois [b abt 1819] Arminda Norris 56 F W b Illinois, moved to Kansas from Illinois [b abt 1829] -- page 71 (208) -- Nellie Norris 17 F W b Illinois, moved to Kansas from Illinois [b abt 1868] A genealogy gives us details about Sylvester Norris and his family. In this and other family sources we learn that Sylvester died in 1887 in Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas. I found Arminda in the 1900 census, as a widow living in the home of her daughter Nellie, who has married Ivan Mills. They are living in Osage County, Kansas. 1900 Federal Census, Osage County, Kansas, 20 June, Agency Township, District 110, page 10-11B, Hse #275, Fam #277 Mills, Ivan Head W M Dec 1860 39 Married 13 years Indiana Ohio Ohio Farmer Owns -- page 11B -- Mills, Nellie Wife W F Nov 1867 32 Married 13 years 6 children/5 living Illinois Kentucky Illinois Mills, Glover Son W M Feb 1888 12 Kansas Indiana Illinois At School Mills, Orval Son W M Sept 1893 6 Kansas Indiana Illinois At School Mills, Harold Son W M Nov 1895 5 Kansas Indiana Illinois Mills, Myrtle Dau W M Apr 1897 3 Kansas Indiana Illinois Mills, Frank Son W M Nov 1899 7mos Kansas Indiana Illinois Norris, Araminta Mother [of Nellie] W F May 1829 71 Wife Keeping House Illinois TN TN Here we see that Arminda's parents are reported as both born in Tennessee, not North Carolina and Virginia. We noted above that in 1880, the birth sates of her parents match those of the two Estep men found nearby. This may indicate she reported her adoptive parents' birth states in 1880, rather than her birth parents. In 1900 perhaps the change indicates that both her Baird birth parents were both born in Tennessee. In 1910 she is back in Illinois, in the household of her brother William Jackson Estep. 1910 Federal Census, Mason County, Illinois, 19 April, Mason City, District 72, page 3B, Main St, Hse/Fam #71 Estep, W J Head M W 79 Married [? No wife recorded] Illinois NC VA Own Income, Owns Home Norris, Rebecca Arminda Sister F W 80 Widow Borne 7 children/3 living Illinois NC VA Teten [Teter?], Abagail Servant F W 46 Widow 2 children/2 living Missouri Illinois Illinois The head of the household here is Arminda's brother William Jackson Estep, who genealogies tell us was born 4 January 1831 in Menard County, Illinois. The birth states of her parents again matches that of her Estep brother. Note that this report indicates that of all 7 of Arminda's children, only 3 are still living. Though the name of the third person here looks like Teten, the Abagail is likely a widow of one of their Teter relatives. Genealogies report her death as occurring 16 January 1916 in Cherokee County, Kansas. This is a bit odd, since (1) this is the first location where we find her and Sylvester after they moved to Kansas (2) the last location in Kansas where we saw her was in Osage County with her daughter Nellie and finally (3) in 1910 she is back in her home area of Mason County, Illinois, with her brother. This is the last record of her redsidence before we have a report of her death in Cherokee County, Kansas. Arminda is last known to be living with her brother. Arminda is buried next to her husband Sylvester Norris in Cherokee County, Kansas. Two genealogies definitely report that she died in Cherokee County, Kansas. This matches with the burial information. Rebecka Arminda Estep b 19 May 1829 Sangamon County, Illinois d 16 Jan 1916 Cherokee County, Kansas -- Ancestry Trees, Engelken, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=5453781&pid=-1451661922 Rebecca Arminda Baird Estep Birth 19 May 1829 in Sangamon, Illinois Death 16 Jan 1916 in Cherokee, Cherokee, Kansas Parents James Estep 1795-1857, Abigail Teter 1794-1855 Marriage 1847 in Mason City, Mason, Illinois, to George Jackson [should be James, which the tree actually has; George is their son] Marriage 19 Jul 1849 Mason, Illinois, to Sylvester Norris -- Stracener Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15347399/person/269912252
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Lawrence W Ester Jr Born 1921 Oklahoma Residence Orange County, California Enlisted 3 Jan 1942 Los Angeles, California Private, Air Corps Education 4 years of high school Civil Occupation Machinist Single, without dependents Height 75 Weight 206 [no image of document] He went by the nickname Larry, which in his wife's obituary was spelled Larrie. The 1940 census tells us that Larry's parents moved to Buena Park, Orange County, California after 1935. Their previous residence is reported as Garfield County, Oklahoma, and the youngest child is only 1 years old, born in Oklahoma. City directories tell us they were there at least by 1938. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Anaheim, California, City Directory, 1938, p 125 Ester Lawrence W (Bessie D) [no occupation rptd] h 3412 W Commwlth Fullerton U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Anaheim, California, City Directory, 1939, p 126 Ester Lawrence W (Bessie D) mech Tucker Foundry h 237 Court Buena Park In the 1940 census, we learn that Lwrence Jr is the oldest child. 1940 Federal Census, Orange County, California, 15 April, Buena Park, District 30-10, Page 7B, 153 East court, Hse #155, Rents $16 Ester, Lawrence W Head M W 43 Married Grade H3 b Kansas Rural Garfield Co Okla in 1935 Laborer [b abt 1897] Ester, Bessie Wife F W 38 Married Grade H3 b Oklahoma Rural Garfield Co Okla [b abt 1902] Ester, Lawrence W Son M W 18 Single Grade H3 b Oklahoma Rural Garfield Co Okla new worker [sic] [b abt 1922] Ester, Wanda Lou Dau F W 10 Single Grade 3 b Oklahoma Rural Garfield Co Okla At Home [b abt 1930] Ester, Robert J Son M W 8 Single Grade 1 b Oklahoma Rural Garfield Co Okla new worker [sic] [b abt 1939] Larry and his parents are reported in the 1940 Anaheim, California City Directory. Their address is in Buena Park. The streeet address is the same as reported in the 1940 census. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Anaheim, California, City Directory, 1940, p 131 Ester Lawrence W (Bessie D) mech Tucker Foundry h 237 Court Buena [Park] Ester Lawrence W Jr studt r 237 Court Buena [Park] "Mr. Jenkins, I live in Bakersfield, California, 2 or 3 years ago I purchased at a yard sale a "My Life In The Service Diary" given to L W Jr Ester on October 2, 1942 by Aunt Frances, Uncle Walter, Larry and Margie." -- Robert Pena, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 29 January 2019 Larrie married Beatrrix Virginia Jenkins in November 1944. Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972 Lawrence W Ester, Age 23 (born abt 1921) Beatrix Virginia Jenkins, Age 23 (born abt 1921) License issued 21 November 1944 Marriage 23 November 1944 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA Ceremony performed by C W Gardner, Justice of the Peace Witnesses Albert Hesselberg & A J Gardner Recorded 24 November 1944 Arizona Marriage Records, Book 23 (1944-1945), p 231 Mail Recorded document to Lawrence W Ester, Jr, 1106 N Pioneer Blvd, Norwalk, California However, there is a daughter, Carol Sue Ester, who is reported in several records as being born in November 1942. On her marriage record, she reported her parents as Lawrence and Beatrix. But this birth date is two years before they married, and while Larry was in the war. In 1964, Carol Sue and her mother are listed together in the Orange County voter rolls, at the same street address. (Larrie was not listed there.) Larrie and his wife are reported in the 1956 city directory of Lynwood, California, in Los Angeles County. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Lynwood, City Directory, 1956, p 32 Ester Lawrence Jr (Beatrix) fndywkr Tucker Foundry h Louise av NEwmrk 8-4310 California, Death Index, 1940-1997 Lawrence W Ester Birth 3 Nov 1921 Oklahoma Death 14 Dec 1977 Los Angeles Social Security #571185038 No memorial existed on Find a Grave for Larry until October 2017. Lawrence William Ester BIRTH 3 Nov 1921 DEATH 15 Dec 1977 (aged 56) BURIAL Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California Spouse Beatrix V Jenkins Ester 1921-2007 Created by Michael Tidwell 26 Oct 2017 -- Find A Grave Memorial 184622743, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184622743
Phoebe Estes Sellers Birth Jan 30, 1944 Death unknown Double grave with Harold Gene Sellers Burial Arlington Memorial Park, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas Created by widowmate Dec 27, 2006 -- Find A Grave Memorial #17177301, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sellers&GSiman=1&GScid=52858&GRid=17177301&
------------------- Tommie Carroll Estes Birth Jul 21, 1904 Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma Death Jul. 2, 1955 Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California CONCORD TRANSCRIPT, July 5, 1955, P 2 Last Rites held For Taxi Owner Services for Tommie C. Estes, owner and operator of the Port Chicago Cab Co., were held yesterday [4 July 1955] at MacFarlane-Bryant Chapel and internment today [5 July 1955] in the family plot at Visalia. A Port Chicago resident for over 10 years, Estes died Saturday in a Walnut Creek hospital. He was a native of Oklahoma and member of Coalgate Lodge 211 A.F.&A.M. in that state. Survivors include his wife, Pearl, 634 Meridian St., Port Chicago; two sons, Tommie and Lewis; a daughter, Marlene; two brothers, Dewey and Jimmie, a sister, Hattie Cooper, all of Port Chicago, and a brother, Clyde, Vallejo. Parents: John Carroll Estes (1877 - ____) Etta Estes (1888 - 1936) Spouse Pearl Estes (1911 - 2007) Children: Bobby G Estes (1925 - 2013) Allen Dean Estes (1929 - 1950) Stanley Lee Estes (1937 - 1937) Lewis Carroll Estes (1939 - 2015) Siblings: Dewey O Estes (1908 - 1964) Clyde Freeman Estes (1912 - 1981) Hattie Mae Estes Henriksen (1914 - 1963) Jimmie R Estes (1917 - 1986) Burial Visalia Public Cemetery, Visalia, Tulare County, California, Sec E, Tier 10, Grave 19 Created by Marion Dec 27, 2012 -- Find A Grave Memorial #102731103, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102731103 -------------------
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Neva Spann Widowed Death 31 Mar 1966 Potter County While the Death Index has only her first name Neva, her name on her death certificate is Neva Foye. A genealogy ot two has her name as Neva Faye. But the name on her memorial on Find a Grave is Foye. No gravestone photo was posted on the memorial until July 2015. The name on the grave is simply Foye Spann. Neva Fay [Foye] Etheridge Birth 12 Sep 1904 in Georgia Death 31 Mar 1966 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas Parents: Andrew Jackson Etheredge 1887 - 1942 Minnie F Chamlee 1875 - 1956 Spouse William Clarence Spann Birth 9 Feb 1903 in Wood County, Texas Death 10 Apr 1963 in Maysville, Garvin, Oklahoma Son William Clarence Spann Jr. Birth 25 Jun 1926 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Death 10 Nov 1997 in Temple, Bell, Texas -- Johnson, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26003421/person/2048463730 In 1953 Foye Spann ordered a military headstone for her brother's grave. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Dee M Etheredge Birth Date 31 Dec 1912 Enlistment 8 September 1940, U S Army 179th Infantry Regiment, Oklama 45th Division Honorable Discharge 1 April 1945 Serial #20 826366, Pension #AR 615-361 Death Date 24 Jan 1953 Burial Whitebead Cemetery, Garvin, Maysville, Oklahoma Flat Granite Marker, Christian Emblem Ordered 26 January 1953 by Foye Spann, Box 45 Maysville, Okla Request verified 4 February 1953 Stone ordered 13 July 1953 Texas Death Certificate of Neva Floye Ethridge Spann, wife of William Clarence Spann Neva Floye Spann, widow, No Social Security record Father Ethridge (no first name) Mother Minnie Chamley Age at Death 61 years Born 1904 Texas Died 31 March 1966 Hillhaven of Amarillo, Amarillo [Potter County], Texas, stay of 2 months W C Spann informant Cause of Death Reticulum cell carcinoma Removal 31 March 1966 by Blackburn Shaw for burial in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Oklahoma [actually buried in Whitebead Cemetery, west of Pauls Valley, joint grave with her husband] Certificate #23782 filed 7 April 1966, filed State 21 April 1966 Foye Spann Birth Sep 12, 1904 Death Mar 31, 1966 Spouse William Clarence Spann (1903 - 1963) Burial Whitebead Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma [The cemetery is actually in the Whitebead community, west of Paul's Valley. Perhaps the address is a Maysville box] Created by Carolyn Mackey-Byrum Sep 22, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #42256785, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42256785 No Spanns are listed in the burial registry of Whitebead Cemetery on Oklahoma Cemeteries. -- Oklahoma Cemeteries, Whitebead Cemetery, http://www.okcemeteries.net/garvin/whitebead/whitebead.htm But she and Clarence are included in the transcription posted on OKGenWeb registry for Whitebead Cemetery. -- OK GenWeb, Whitebead Cemetery, http://www.okgenweb.org/~okgarvin/whitebead/whitebeadssurnames.htm
One document record does report that Champness Terry had a wife named Christian or Christina, and she died in 1762. Christian "Cristina" Evans Birth before 1740 in Virginia, Death 1785 in Virginia 1717 Marriage to Champness Terry (some uncertainty) [This date is impossible, since it is before her reported birth, maybe 1771, but she would be 31 at that point, maybe 2nd marriage?] Children: Thomas Terry 1734-1816 [can't work - he was born before she was! Well, OK, birth was "before 1740," but how long before?] William Terry Sr. 1745-1805 [she was 54 years old when he was born!] Henry Terry 1754-1816 [maybe, probably not, she was 14 when he was born] JOSEPH Terry b 1754 [twin? some birth year as Henry] DAVID Terry 1755-1819 [She was 15, maybe a little older, when he was born?] -- Terry Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24042377/person/1486097786
1930 Federal Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, 17 April, Unimproved Section West Ada, District 15, page 8B, Hse #183, Fam #187 Philpot, Joe Head Rents $12 M W 26 Married at 20 OK MS MS Plumber Philpot, Dovie Wife F W 26 Married at 19 OK TX TX Philpot, Joe Jr Son M W 4 Single OK OK OK Philpot, Betty M Dau M W 8mos OK OK OK Philpot, Nute [Newt] Father M W 26 Widowed MS OK OK 1940 Federal Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, 18 April, Ada, District 62-7, 729 W 15th St, page 19A, Hse #449, Owns $400 Philpot, Joe R Head M W 37 Grade 8 b Oklahoma same place in 1935 Cement Finisher, Building Contractor Philpot, Dovie Wife F W 36 Grade H1 b Oklahoma same place in 1935 Philpot, Joseph N Son M W 14 Single Grade 8 b Oklahoma same place in 1935 Philpot, Betty Marie Dau F W 10 Single Grade 4 b Oklahoma same place in 1935 Philpot, James Wendell Son M W 6 Single Grade 8 b Oklahoma same place in 1935 - page 19B - Philpot, Newton Father M W 74 Widowed Grade 4 b Mississippi same place in 1935 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Dovie Philpot Born 23 Jan 1903 Died Feb 1987 Last Residence Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma 74820 SSN 453-56-4580 issued Texas (1953)
--------------------- Francesca Anne Evans Strange Birth unknown Death1820 Spouse Benjamin Strange (1715 - 1779) Son Julius Strange (1740 - 1810) Burial Non-Cemetery Burial, Place of Burial Unknown Created by janine mcquiston Nov 25, 2012 -- Find A Grave Memorial #101266852, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101266852 ---------------------
Then first information I was able to find other than the names of James and his wife Sarah Ann Henderson was a genealogy that provided some details and the names of the children. James F. Evans Birth abt 1832 in Arkansas County, Arkansas, Death Unknown Marriage 22 Dec 1853 to Sarah Ann Henderson, Birth 24 Dec 1833 in Arkansas County, Arkansas, Death Unknown Children: Margrett A. Evans b 1854 Nancy Isabel Evans b 1856 William M Evans b 1858 John Evans b 1862 Amanda Ellen Evans 1867-1958 Mary Evans b 1874 -- Carver Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15172531/person/224380008?ssrc=&ftm=1 Jerry had found the 1860 census reporting James and his family. In 1860, James and his family are living in Maurice Township of Arkansas County. Note that their post office is McAdams Long POint. I find it interesting that the post office for the 5 families on the next page (one of which is split on this page also) is reported as DeWitt. 1860 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 23 June, PO McAdams Long Point, page 214, Hse/Fam #162 James F Evans 28 M Farmer $800 Real Estate $300 Personal Tennessee [abt 1832] Sarah M Evans 24 F Housekeeping b Mississippi [abt 1836] Margarett A Evans 6 F b Arkansas [abt 1854] Nancy I Evans 4 F b Arkansas [abt 1856] William M Evans 2 M b Arkansas [abt 1858] Living next door is a household headed by a Margarett Evans, age 542, who appears to be James' widowed mother. 1860 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 23 June, PO McAdams Long Point, page 214, Hse/Fam #162 Margarett Evans 52 F Farming & Stock Raising b Kentucky [abt 1808] Amanda Evans 17 F Domestic b Tennessee [abt 1843] Margarett J Evans 12 F b Arkansas [abt 1848] John J Baryard (?) 33 M Farm Laborer b Alabama In 1870, James has died and his wife Sarah is the head of household. See Sarah Ann Henderson. I have no exact date of death for James, but we can say it was before 1870.
Mary Jackson MOLLIE EVANS Birth 14 June 1863 in Clarksville, Johnson Co, AR Death 12 May 1942 in Clarksville, Johnson, AR Spouse Thomas M McSWAIN b 1855 Daughter Agnes Ethel McSWAIN 1897 - 1961 -- Rosemary Gardner, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5561074/person/1575644846 Mollie Jackson Evans Birth 14 June 1863 in Clarksville, Johnson, AR Death 12 May 1942 in Clarksville, Johnson, AR Parents Andrew Evans, Ann Hightower Spouse Thomas Miner McSwain 1855 - 1910 -- Phillips Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16486677/person/385036322 Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 Mollie McSwain Age 78, Estimated birth year 1864 Death 12 May 1942 Johnson County, Arkansas Volume 41, Certificate #627 In September 2015, we submitted additonal information from our research on Mollie, and this was added to her memorial on Finda Grave. Here is the updated memorial. Mary Jackson "Mollie" Evans McSwain Birth Jun. 14, 1863 Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas Death May 12, 1942 Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas Children: Henry Garland McSwain (1886 - 1940) La Sedaylia McSwain (1894 - 1896) Spouse Thomas Miner McSwain (1855 - 1910) Burial Hardgraves Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas Created by Bea Smith Daniel Nov 07, 2008 -- Find A Grave Memorial #31213857, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31213857
For along time I did not know Nancy Isabel's maiden name. In February 2010 I got a message from Jerry Grisham informing me that she was a Henderson. Here is Jerry's initial note: "Nancy Isabel Nolastname last name is Evans, daughter of James F. Evans and Sarah Ann Henderson. Sarah Ann was one of 9 brothers and sisters that came to Arkansas County, AR in 1850. Nancy Isabell's grandson Holland married a relative Gladys Henderson and Virgil married a Henderson." -- Jerry Grisham, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 13 February 2010 I later found a few more details about her parents and her siblings from Jerry's website. See information on James F Evans. Jerry had found the family in the censuses of 1860 through 1880. In 1860 James Evans and his family are living in Maurice Township, not far form DeWitt, the southern county seat of Arkansas County, Arkansas. This census reports him born in Tennessee and his wife Sarah Henderson born in Mississippi. James F Evans 28 M W Farmer $800 Real Estate $300 Personal Tennessee [abt 1832] Sarah M Evans 24 F W Housekeeping b Mississippi [abt 1836] Margarett A Evans 6 F W b Arkansas [abt 1854] Nancy I Evans 4 F W b Arkansas [abt 1856] In 1870, it appears that Isabel's mother is the head of the household, and thus likely widow. 1870 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 27 June, Crockett Township, PO Mount Adams, page 1, Hse/Fam #6 Evans, Sarah 30 F W $300 Personal Estate b Mississippi Evans, Isabel 13 F W born Arkansas Evans, William 10 M W born Arkansas Evans, John 8 M W born Arkansas Evans, Mary 6 F W born Arkansas Evans, Amanda 3 F W born Arkansas In 1880, the census shows that Sarah moved her family to Bayou Meto township of the same county. This census reports Sarah's birth state as Tennessee instead of Mississippi. I favor Mississippi, since her brother Joseph, two years younger than Sarah, was also reported born in Mississippi. Likewise the 1860 census. This census also reports Sarah's husband was born in Tennessee, consistent with his report in 1860. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 23 June, Bayou Meto Township, District 5, page 37, Hse #392, Hse #477 Evans, Sarah W M 44 Keeping House TN TN TN [born abt 1836] Evans, Belle W F 22 Dau AR TN TN [born abt 1858] Evans, William W M 21 Son AR TN TN Evans, John W M 18 Son AR TN TN Evans, Mary W F 16 Dau AR TN TN Evans, Amanda W F 12 Dau AR TN TN In 1910, we find that Nancy Isabel Kennedy is a widow, her husband Edwin D having died since the 1900 census. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 2 May, Bayou Meto Township, District 2, page 13A, Hse/Fam #2 Kennedy, Jerome F Head M W 28 Single AR AR AR Farmer Kennedy, Isabel Mother F W 54 Widow 5 children/4 living AR AL MS Kennedy, Zula H Sister F W 16 AR AR AR Houghton, Walter Hired Man M W 19 AR AR AR Kennedy, Shannon A Son M W 20 AR AR AR Farm Laborer In 1920, all the children have left the household except for Jerome, who remains as Head of the household, and his mother Nancy Isabel continues to stay with him. Note that he is listed as Frank, giving us the middle name for which we had only the initial in 1900 and 1910. In this census, the enumerator spells her name in the French fashion, Isabelle. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 28 January, Garland Township, District 9, page 1A, Hse/Fam #4 Kennedy, Frank Head M W 38 Single AR AR AR Farmer Kennedy, Isabelle Mother F W 64 Widow AR AL MS In 1930, Jerome's transition to frank is complete. The original name Jerome is now reduced to a middle initial J. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 25 April, Garland Township, District 7, page 1B, Hse/Fam #12 Kennedy, Frank J Head M W 49 Single AR AR AR Farmer Kennedy, Nancy I Mother F W 74 Widow AR AL MS I have found no further information about Nancy Isabel or Jerome Frank after the 1930 census.
1860 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas, 18 June, PO Monticello, page 154, Hse/Fam #931 Jones, W 34 M Farmer $2500 Real Estate $200 Personal b AL [b abt 1826] Jones, S E 34 F b VA [b abt 1826] Jones, W J 5 M b Ark [b abt 1855] Jones, H B 2 M b Ark [b abt 1858] Jones, ME 1/2 (half-year?) F b Ark [b abt Jan 1860] The 1860 census indicates that Sarah and her husband W Jones married about 1854. After his death, Sarah Jones married widower Jacob Pentecost sometime before 1870. The youngest Jones child was born about 1862, so we can estimate that Mr Jones lived till about that time at least. I found a marriage record in Drew County that appears to be the corretone. Thsi reports that Sarah's maiden name was Evans, and her husband's name was William L Jones. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Sarah E Evans Age 24, Birth Year abt 1829 Residence Drew County, Arkansas Spouse's Name William L Jones Spouse's Age 26 Spouse's Residence Drew County, Arkansas Marriage 20 Oct 1853 Drew County By 1867, she was widowed and married Jacos M Pentecost in the neighboring Arkansas county of Desha (pronounced Duh-shay). Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Jacob M Pentecost Age 45, Birth Year abt 1822 Residence Desha County, Arkansas Spouse's Name Sarah E Jones Spouse's Age 40 Spouse's Residence Desha County, Arkansas Marriage 17 Oct 1867 Desha County 1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 22 July, Jefferson Township, PO Cypress Creek, page 13, Hse/Fam #145 Pentecost, Jacob M 47 M W Farmer $2000 Real Estate $2000 Personal born Tennessee [b abt 1823] Pentecost, Sarah E 44 F W Keeping House b Virginia [b abt 1826] Pentecost, Sarah F 15 F W At Home b Arkansas [b abt 1855] Pentecost, Isaac S 13 M W At Home b Arkansas [b abt 1858] Jones, Henry B 13 M W At Home b Arkansas [b abt 1858] Jones, Ozella 8 F W At Home b Arkansas [b abt 1862] There are two Jones children now in the household of Jacob and Sarah Pentecost. Henry B matches H B. Ozella apears to be a different child from M E, who is identified as Mary in some genealoiges. It looks like M E died before the 1870 census. Ozella was born about 1862. As of November 2012, I have not determined the maiden name of either Nancy or Sarah E. Jacob and Sarah appear to be in the same location for the 1880 census. Sarah's two Jones children are still in the household. 1880 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 7 June, Jefferson Township, District 77, page 5A, Hse #57, Fam #58 Pentecost, Jacob M W M 57 Farmer Unemployed 4 months of the year, General Debility TN VA VA[b abt 1823] Cannot write Pentecost, Sarah E W F 53 Wife Keeping House Physical Disability (not specified) VA VA VA [b abt 1827] Pentecost, Isaac S 23 W M Son At Home b AR TN AR [b abt 1857] Cannot write Jones, William B W M 22 Stepson Farming AR AL VA [b abt 1858] Jones, Ozella W F 18 Stepdaughter Assist in Home AR AL VA [b abt 1862] Bradly, Pinckney S W M 6 Living in Family At Home AR AL AR Cannot write Note that stepson William B Jones matches Henry B Jones of the 1870 census. Perhaps this person's name was William Henry or Henry William. Or the enumerator in 1870 made an error? It is not clear who the 6-year-old Pinckney Bradly is.
Zora Gertrude Edwards Chapel Birth Nov. 1, 1901 Death Feb. 16, 1986 Navarro County, Texas Spouse Thomas Jefferson Chapel (1899 - 1956) Burial Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, Plot: Block 15 Lot 19 Created by Chris Easley Apr 29, 2013 -- Find A Grave Memorial #109723115, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=109723115