Notes for Rebecca Arminda ESTEP


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.

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From: Evlyn Broumley 
Date: 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
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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
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Notes for Lawrence W ESTER


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
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Notes for Phoebe ESTES


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&
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Notes for Tommie Carroll ESTES


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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
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Notes for Neva Foye ETHEREDGE


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
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Notes for Christian EVANS


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
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Notes for Dovie EVANS


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)
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Notes for Francesca Anne EVANS


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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
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Notes for James F EVANS


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.
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Notes for Mary Jackson EVANS


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
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Notes for Nancy Isabel EVANS


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.
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Notes for Sarah E EVANS


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.
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Notes for Zora Gertrude EVANS


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
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