tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15667747925552779752024-03-21T08:51:32.958-04:00What Was Their StoryWhat Was Their Story: A search for our family, the Dellers, Jones, Roarks, Ingrams, Millers, Hussongs and othersAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-77963322420737976742018-01-13T08:44:00.000-05:002018-01-13T08:44:24.817-05:0052 Ancestors: 3 - Arthur Jackson Jones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 2014 I read about Amy Johnson's <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/">52 Ancestors Challenge</a> at Ancestry.com and at her blog site, started writing, finished a couple of blog posts, then got overwhelmed trying to write about an ancestor that I had a lot of information about. This challenge ended in early 2015, and now it's starting up again [<a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/#more-3982">see her latest post about it here</a>]. I'm not following the prompts strictly, but I am trying to get a few more posts written.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">3 - Arthur Jackson Jones</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Arthur Jackson Jones was born on March 31st, 1897 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Arthur Clifton Jones and Georgia Jackson Jones.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[1][2][3][4]</sup></span> In the 6th grade of school he wrote an assignment entitled "Story of My Life. One of the first sentences was, "I was born at <a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2010/05/wordless-wednesday-dudley-e-jones-house.html" target="_blank">814 Scott St</a> in this city in the year 1897. I was the third son of my parents Mr. & Mrs. A.C. Jones." He was speaking of two older brothers, Edward Curtis Jones (1889-1960) and Dudley Emerson Jones Jr (1892-1971). He also wrote, " I have always gone with my mother when she has visited her mother. Sometimes we went by train to St. Louis and then changed cars and went on. And sometimes we went by boat from Memphis to St. Louis. One time when we went on the boat mama had my curls cut off."<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[5]</sup></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpArPP6Mv1JanFwmf7xgxFVV76I49HJT2Z3RhExOSFoHYz20kkjXuRBjufR1lLZ2xVqNQXiSfGI_llWz-iON0GWUeBUBIjHMlRQhaWFcGcWHbd1fTWRKUtTFPzQMz8GmuyFUpJ7JX8AGo/s1600/Jones_Arthur_Jackson-1914-Portrait.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpArPP6Mv1JanFwmf7xgxFVV76I49HJT2Z3RhExOSFoHYz20kkjXuRBjufR1lLZ2xVqNQXiSfGI_llWz-iON0GWUeBUBIjHMlRQhaWFcGcWHbd1fTWRKUtTFPzQMz8GmuyFUpJ7JX8AGo/s320/Jones_Arthur_Jackson-1914-Portrait.jpg" /></a>Except for about a year and a half, he lived his life in Little Rock, most all of that in the same house,<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[3][6][7][8][9][10]</sup></span> attended the local schools, including the local Grammar School and Little Rock High School, graduating in 1914. His high school entry says, </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">ARTHUR JONES - "Art"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Born in Little Rock, Ark., March 31, 1897</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Entered from Kramer School, 1911. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hermesian Society; class football, '13.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"I would rather be right than be president."<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[1]</sup></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In May of 1918, Arthur joined the War effort at Jefferson Barracks Military Post in Missouri. He was assigned to a Motor Supply Unit and trained in Massachusetts before being deployed overseas for approximately a year.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[4]</sup></span> It was during that time that he was able to visit Paris and meet up with at least one brother, Dudley, and have his picture taken at the top of the Eiffel Tower. The photo we have has the following information recorded on the back side,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Enlargement of a photograph taken June 17 or 18, 1919 on the top of Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Corporal Arthur J. Jones is shown in the photograph. Member of Motor Truck Company 497, Motor Supply Train 42. Was returning to Brest, France when was stationed from a two weeks leave spent in the British Isles. Picture was snapped by Lieut. Dudley E. Jones who was accompanied by Lieut. McDonald of La Grange, Illinois. The tower had just been opened again to the public following it's close during the World War. Looking to the east of the Trocaders. Enlargement made 4-18-29."<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[11]</sup></span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Arthur was honorable discharged 11 October 1919 and returned to Little Rock. In January 1920 he was living with his parents in the same house at 816 Scott Street, along with his brothers and Curtis's wife, Jessie. The census record states Arthur is 23 years old, born in Missouri (rather than Arkansas, as all the other census records state), and working as a lawyer.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[8]</sup></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In that 6th grade assignment mentioned above, Arthur also wrote, "...I went to the St Louis University and studied to be a newspaper reporter." (Obviously this was not all based on current reality.) He went on to imagine a life in New York, and travel around the world as a news reporter interviewing Presidents and noted dignitaries.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[5]</sup></span> We have at least two records where he was working with a newspaper. "In
the 1922 City Directory, Arthur lists his occupation as "Reporter Daily News,"<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[12]</sup></span> and in the 1925 "Reporter Little Rock Daily News"<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[13]</sup></span> So even though he didn't make reporting his life's work, he did try it out.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We're not sure when, or where, Arthur went to Law School. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In an article about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Bowen_School_of_Law" target="_blank">William H. Bowen School of Little Rock</a>, it mentions that the first law school was in Little Rock opening in the 1910s<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[14]</sup></span>, but due to politics was made private and closed in the 1960s. <a href="http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=2563" target="_blank">The Encyclopedia of Arkansas</a> website shares more. After the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville became the sponsor for the law program in Little Rock, there was a disagreement about the autonomy of the school, and the university withdrew that sponsorship. The school was privatized and renamed the Arkansas Law school, graduating it's last class in 1967. It was not accredited by the American Bar Association, but it's graduates could take the bar exam. And in the 1917 Little Rock City Directory, there is a listing, "Arkansas Law School - New Court House. Lectures every day during term 7:30 p.m. Dean, J H Carmichael [John H Carmichael]; Sec, T N Robertson."<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[15]</sup></span> It's possible that when the school closed in 1967 that the records were destroyed, it's also possible that they were taken by the Little Rock Library or the University of Arkansas. That will require a bit more research. In any case, it was the closest law school, and unless he served as an apprentice with another lawyer, it's likely he attended there. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiES1NeKXxcUe3DVnLfHWsHEj1aS01-9p4ajSXLLRBMBu5VIMy8JDUP_diMWMIDajBY9hmgmtRyCVIsGaNWgfP2JEmH3K_MGlYgo-ZhSU7EFZsvIpV7EO6n92rzjpC0FF233af2Gp9P5sF8/s1600/Jones_Arthur_Jackson-1925-Jones_Carolyn.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiES1NeKXxcUe3DVnLfHWsHEj1aS01-9p4ajSXLLRBMBu5VIMy8JDUP_diMWMIDajBY9hmgmtRyCVIsGaNWgfP2JEmH3K_MGlYgo-ZhSU7EFZsvIpV7EO6n92rzjpC0FF233af2Gp9P5sF8/s320/Jones_Arthur_Jackson-1925-Jones_Carolyn.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have 3 wallet
cards that he carried from the Bar Association, for dues paid in 1961,
1962 and 1963, so I assume he sat and passed the Arkansas Bar Examination.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[16]</sup></span> His obituary stated that he was a graduate of
the University of Arkansas Law School,<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[17]</sup></span> but as we all know, sometimes the "facts" printed aren't entirely accurate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">1923 was a momentous year for Arthur. On January 24 he married Nell Marie Ingram in Miller County, Arkansas<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[18]</sup></span>, on August 28 his father, Arthur Clifton Jones, died <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[19][20]</sup></span>, and on October 5th, his first, and only child, Carolyn, was born.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[21]</sup></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">From 1927 to 1929 Arthur was a representative in the Arkansas State House of Representatives for Pulaski County. He was mentioned as a changed vote in the Arkansas Anti-evolution Bill of 1927 (House Bill No. 34).<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[22][23]</sup></span> As a side note, this bill was tabled by the Arkansas Senate, and returned to the House without further consideration.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[24]</sup></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Among the cards left in his wallet and desk was a political advertising card from a previous political campaign with a few items marked through and updated in pen, from 1952 to 1956, and House to Senate.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[25]</sup></span> His nephew, Norman, said that Arthur was always interested in politics, "He was always going down to the government buildings, he just enjoyed the whole political arena."<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[26]</sup></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Arkansas suffered greatly in the Flood of 1927, one of the worst disasters in U.S. history. To give you an idea of the magnitude, the Federal budget at that time was 3 Billion dollars, and the estimated cost of the flood and aftermath was 1 Billion - a third of that. According to the <a href="http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2202">Encyclopedia of Arkansas</a>, "not one dollar of federal money went in direct aid to the flood victims." While I can't find records, I can imagine that not only relief efforts, but other flood related issues must have been a part of the agenda before the Arkansas House in which Arthur would have been a member. Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce said that the government would give what aid it could but the burden would rest upon the Red Cross.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[27]</sup></span> Their efforts were partially documented in <a href="http://www.redcross.org/news/article/The-Great-Flood-of-1927-and-the-Red-Cross-Response" target="_blank">this article</a> at the Red Cross website. At the very least, it would have been in the news most days and discussed among family and friends. With 36 out of 75 counties affected by the flood, I can imagine most people were themselves, or knew someone who was, directly affected by the flood. In Arthur's case, both of his brothers and their families were living in Memphis, Tennessee at the time; though we don't know how or if they were personally affected.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[28]</sup></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In December 1928 his mother, Georgia Jackson Jones, died from influenza in Memphis, Tennessee while visiting her two sons who lived there.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[29]</sup></span> Up until this time, Arthur, Nell and Carolyn had been living with her at the home on 814 Scott Street.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[30]</sup></span> Nell's nephew, Norman Snodgrass, remembered his family living with Arthur, Nell and Carolyn around 1929 or 1930, when they were in-between residences.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[26]</sup></span> That was Elizabeth (Nell's sister) and Edward, and the children, Betty Lou, Marjorie and Norman, then Arthur, Nell and Carolyn, and Nell and Elizabeth's mother, Viola. That's 9 people, a really full house. By the 1930 census the house had been divided into two halves and one side was rented out for income; I hope that happened after Norman's visit.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[9]</sup></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1930 Federal Census for Arthur J Jones family at 814 Scott Street, <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the 1930 census record, Arthur was living with his wife and daughter, his mother-in-law, Viola Taylor Ingram, and an African American servant Carrie Curtis, and they owned a radio. He was working as a lawyer in his own office and it was noted that he was a veteran of the World War.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[9] </sup></span>David remembers his mother (Carolyn) saying that she remembered a grandmother who was sickly. It's only a guess, but it may be that the servant lived with them to help take care of Viola.<br />
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In a general Google search one day, I came across a letter Arthur had written to President Franklin Roosevelt dated 24 March 1936.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[31]</sup></span> He included<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> a cover letter to the president's secretary requesting her assistance in setting it before the President, and in the letter recommended that the credit laws be loosened to help bring an end to the Depression. The copy includes both Arthur's letter, and President Roosevelt's initial response (asking Governor Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board to send him a memo he could send back to "Mr Jones"). If there was a further reply to Arthur, it's not shown with these documents, nor is there a letter in the family's possession. The only reason this file was at the Federal Reserve website, was because the President asked the current chairman for a reply to presumably send with his response to Arthur. It's possible that correspondence between President Roosevelt and citizens of the United States are available at his Presidential Library. The FDR library website says that the President received approximately 3000 letters per day while he was at the White House. The fact that a copy of Arthur's letter survives is a bit of a miracle. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVg6aDsneXH5dsumVPSSermN972DJNYrKBFtFT4pC8xqF3wz-RF5U4z0g6jlTO75urvLQKKqV9nVZyskIX_l2AO-utDapPPk2UY1m9ewpzgmR1Xs-iyicBbGukGcOM8z-Ubx6pmSP4Jbl/s1600/Jones_Arthur_Jackson-1960-CoupleScottSt.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVg6aDsneXH5dsumVPSSermN972DJNYrKBFtFT4pC8xqF3wz-RF5U4z0g6jlTO75urvLQKKqV9nVZyskIX_l2AO-utDapPPk2UY1m9ewpzgmR1Xs-iyicBbGukGcOM8z-Ubx6pmSP4Jbl/s320/Jones_Arthur_Jackson-1960-CoupleScottSt.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The 1940 Census lists Arthur, Nell and Carolyn living at 814 Scott Street. The record shows that Arthur was 43 years old, had completed 2 years of college, been born in Arkansas and lived in the same place in 1935, that he was the Chief Clerk in Records and Research, at a Government facility, and received a salary of $877.<span style="font-size: x-small;">[10]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 1942 he and Nell were listed in the Arkansas City Directory, he was listed as working as a Clerk.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[32]</sup></span> He also registered for the World War II Draft as required by law. All of information on this was consistent with what has been seen in previous documents, i.e. name, address, age and birth date, name and address of his wife, Nell, (as emergency contact). It does mention a telephone number (7490) and lists his Employer as Quarter Masters Office, Camp Robinson, Little Rock. On the back, the Description of Registrant is: White, 5 ft 11 3/4 in., hazel eyes, 220 lbs, brown hair and light complexion. Date of registration February 16, 1942.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>[33]</sup></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLazp5X0ZbpsAsntGP8k-D39PeDiBs_Cxhx8uM95Bvp5QcM7cbrPsPjsv1StroCXYdcHKfJvoQ-VJ2VzNll7UnOqxhmw5_P33Q_WSSvlYWiAu5dYqHR7omsxPcy0JamWmHH3xbC4R6cv2/s1600/Jones_Arthur_Jackson-1952-Photo-w-Nell-Martha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="531" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLazp5X0ZbpsAsntGP8k-D39PeDiBs_Cxhx8uM95Bvp5QcM7cbrPsPjsv1StroCXYdcHKfJvoQ-VJ2VzNll7UnOqxhmw5_P33Q_WSSvlYWiAu5dYqHR7omsxPcy0JamWmHH3xbC4R6cv2/s320/Jones_Arthur_Jackson-1952-Photo-w-Nell-Martha.jpg" width="224" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are more entries in Little Rock City Directories; the ones we have copies of include 1944, 1952 and 1956. In them he is listed as a Lawyer. There are more City Directory listings, but no other public records available that we have found. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There were visits from Carolyn and her family to visit with her parents, and must have been at least one visit when Arthur went with Nell to visited Carolyn and her family at their home. The Photo to the right was taken in Little Rock, in front of the Scott Street house in 1952 and the photo below taken with the two girls was at Charles & Carolyn's home in Owasso, Oklahoma.</span></span><br />
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Jones, Little Rock, Pulaski death certificate 013920 (30 September 1963).<br />[3] "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," Ancestry.com Operations Inc., , Arthur Jackson Jones.<br />[4] Certificate to Arthur J. Jones from State of Arkansas Adjutant General's Dept, 9 October 1952.<br />[5] Jones, Arthur Jackson. "Story Of My Life." School paper. about 1908. Dudley Emerson Jones, 1829-1913. University of Arkansas Special Collections. Fayetteville, Arkansas.<br />[6] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Little Rock Ward 2, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T623_73; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 74.<br />[7] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Little Rock Ward 2, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T624_62; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 681.<br />[8] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Little Rock Ward 2, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T625_79; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 121; Image: 53.<br />[9] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: 91; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 430.0.<br />[10] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, ED 60-22, 61A, , Arthur J Jones.<br />[11] Arthur Jackson Jones, Paris, France, 1919, Item 22, Dudley Emerson Jones, 1829-1913. University of Arkansas Special Collections. Fayetteville, Arkansas.<br />[12] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2011. Digital images. Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1922; Arthur J Jones.<br />[13] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2011. Digital images. Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1925; Arthur J Jones (Nell).<br />[14] Catalogue of the Arkansas Law School, Little Rock Arkansas. 1901-1902. University of Arkansas, Central Printing, 1901.<br />[15] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2011. Digital images. Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1917; Arkansas Law School.<br />[16] Bar of Arkansas Membership Cards. 1961/2. Privately held by D. C. Deller, [Address for private use], New Bern, North Carolina. 2018.<br />[17] "A. J. Jones Dies; Retired Attorney," page 9B, column 2.<br />[18] "Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957." Index and images. Family Search.org. FamilySearch.org. familysearch.org : 2010.<br />[19] Ancestry.com, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950, Arthur C Jones.<br />[20] Oakland Cemetery (Little Rock, Arkansas), book, Arthur C. Jones. Burial Entry Page 2624.<br />[21] Carolyn Jones, birth certificate no. 2173 (1923), Arkansas State Board of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas.<br />[22] Parry, Janine A. Richard P. Wang, David Pryor. Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 2009.<br />[23] Priest, Sharon Secretary of State. Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State. Little Rock, Arkansas: State of Arkansas, 1998.<br />[24] "Arkansas, 1927-HB34", National Center for Science Education, website <https: ncse.com="" node="">.Accessed 12 Jan 2018.<br />[25] Arthur J Jones Political Campaign Card, 1952. Privately held by D. C. Deller, [Address for private use], New Bern, North Carolina. 2018.<br />[26] E. Norman Snodgrass visit, January 2008. <br />[27] "'The Red Cross is Not All Right!' Herbert Hoover's Concentration Camp Cover-Up in the 1927 Mississippi Flood", Myles McMurchy, Written for "Race, Ethnicity, and the Immigration in U.S. History" Professor Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College 2016. <https: cmurchy.pdf="" default="" files="" historicalreview.yale.edu="" sites=""> Accessed 12 Jan 2018.<br />[28] Shelby County, Shelby County Register of Deeds, Digital Image at register.shelby.tn.us, 1927 Polk City Directory, Memphis, TN, Pg 726, Curtis E (Jessie) Jones, and Dudley E (Leona M) Jones, accessed 22 Jan 2013.<br />[29] Shelby County, TN - Shelby County Register of Deeds, Death Certificate - File # 3910 - Georgia Jackson Jones.<br />[30] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2011. Digital images. Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1928; Arthur J Jones (Nell I).<br />[31] The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research, FRASER, Federal Reserve Archive, Correspondence regarding Arthur J. Jones.<br />[32] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2011. Digital images. Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1942; Arthur J Jones.<br />[33] "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," Ancestry.com Operations Inc., , Arthur Jackson Jones.<br />[34] Arthur J. Jones, Little Rock, Pulaski death certificate 013920 (30 September 1963).</https:></https:></span></span>
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-50155454230958159072017-12-20T15:01:00.002-05:002017-12-20T15:01:36.797-05:00Francis & Elizabeth Hussong<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-67315418640577959172017-03-22T06:06:00.000-04:002017-03-22T06:06:36.748-04:00Wordless Wednesday - Spring Fashion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-43135367132196921322016-10-05T09:01:00.002-04:002017-03-22T06:08:11.170-04:00Wordless Wednesday - Happy Birthday Carolyn!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-84752415962539722202016-10-03T13:46:00.000-04:002016-10-03T13:46:43.410-04:00Happy 7th Blogiversary!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There's not much to show here for 7 years worth of blog, but there's been lots going on in the background. On October 1st I began receiving an email from Amy Johnson Crow with a tip each day entitled, "<a href="http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/31days2/">31 Days to Better Genealogy</a>." If you're interested, as I am, she does have good information to share, and I'd encourage you to participate. Personally I'm hoping it'll supply a well needed boost of energy to get this site up and active again. It's a lot of pressure to put on one person, so I won't tell her. I'll just hope and pray for the best!<br />
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I'll jump back into the blogging world with this simple photo of Charles & Carolyn Deller and their family, taken in Owasso, Oklahoma, probably before 1961.<br />
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-37299510492375379332014-01-16T00:00:00.000-05:002014-01-16T00:00:07.281-05:00Those Places Thursday - Coffeyville, Kansas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The first place I associated with the Deller family was Coffeyville, Kansas. We didn't have a lot of information, but what we did know was that Charles Joseph Deller had grown up there. <br />
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As I searched online, I found that Coffeyville was located in the southeast corner of Kansas, in Montgomery County. It was established in 1869, originally as an Indian Trading post by Col. James A. Coffey. In 1871 the railroad came through and the city was laid out and incorporated in 1873.<br />
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In October 1892, in what might be the cities most famous incident, the Dalton gang tried to rob two banks at one time. The plan didn't work, and four of the gang were killed, with only Emmett Dalton surviving (with 23 bullet wounds). Four citizens of Coffeyville, including a U.S. Marshall were killed in defending the city.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1][2] <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is a Dalton Museum now, and every October they celebrate "Dalton Defender Days", a remembrance of those who lost their lives defending the city.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3]</span></span></span><br />
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Coffeyville had many natural resources, including natural gas, and by the early 1900's there were ten glass factories in operation as well as brick companies.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[4]</span><br />
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These prospects for jobs were probably what brought Peter Deller and his family (including Charles Joseph) to Coffeyville from McKean County, Pennsylvania. His brother, Nickolas "Nick" Deller was already there by 1910.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5]</span> <br />
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They attended the local Catholic church, and may have even helped in it's building, since it wasn't completed until 1916.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[6][7]</span><br />
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Peter and his family initially rented a house on Delaware Street<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[8]</span>, but by 1930 owned that same house<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[9]</span>.<br />
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Coffeyville was a good place for the Deller family. Both Peter and Carrie raised their children and lived out the rest of their lives there.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1] <i>Coffeyville, Kansas</i>, Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeyville,_Kansas], accessed 23 Feb 2011.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2] <i>Coffeyville History</i>, Coffeyville Kansas website, [http://www.coffeyville.com/History.htm], accessed 23 Feb 2011.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3] <i>Dalton Defenders, </i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce website,[http://www.coffeyvillechamber.org/Dalton-Defenders-35840.asp], </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">accessed 23 Feb 2011.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[4] <i>Brick and Glass</i>, Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce website, [http://www.coffeyvillechamber.org/Brick-and-Glass-35900.asp], accessed 23 Feb 2011.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5] FamilySearch.org, 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Coffeyville Ward 2, Montgomery, Kansas; family 1, page 1. Accessed 23 Feb 2011.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[6] <i>Parish Records</i>, Holy Name Catholic Church, Coffeyville, Kansas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[7] <i>History</i>, Holy Name Catholic Church website, [http://www.holynamecoffeyville.org/History.html]. Accessed 23 Feb 2011.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[8] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Coffeyville Ward 5, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: T625_541; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 1088.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[9] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: 712; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 546.0.</span></div>
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-17026928411182228292014-01-15T15:02:00.002-05:002018-01-03T04:16:36.303-05:0052 Ancestors Challenge: 2 - Mable Allie Roark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I read about Amy Johnson's <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/">52 Ancestors Challenge</a> at Ancestry.com and at her blog site. She said, "My goals with No Story Too Small have been to remind myself that it's alright to blog about just a portion of someone's life..." I have been trying to start writing a family history, but I've gotten easily overwhelmed and discouraged wondering when and where to start. So, while the research will never really be complete, this has encouraged me to start writing about what we have found.<br />
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Mable Allie Roark was born 10 February 1906 in Galena, Kansas to George T. Roark and Elnora Hussong, where George was working as a miner.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span> By March 1907, her brother Roy had joined the family,<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2] </span>and in the 1910 Federal Census, Mable and Roy were living with their parents in Webb City, along with their Uncle Tunny and Aunt Minnie Roark. Webb City was then a suburb of Joplin, Missouri, surrounded by mines, and both Mable's father and her uncle worked in those mines; George as a powder-man and Tunny as a Machine-man.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3, 4]</span><br />
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On 27 February 1914, Mable's father, George Thomas Roark died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis attributed to working in the mines.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5]</span> It was probably difficult for a young widow with two young children, but Mable's mother was a hard working woman; we know that later in life she took in laundry and grew a garden to make ends meet. Her family and Tunny and other members of the Roark family may have helped her as well. There was also a suggestion that the mining companies paid some type of benefit to the deceased miner's family, and if that was the case, I'm sure it would have been very welcome. <br />
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Four years later, on 8 March 1918, Mable's mother, Elnora, married William "Bill" Franklin Asbell in Joplin, Missouri.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[6]</span> They continued living in the Joplin area, at least until 9 February 1919, when Mable's little brother, Roy, died from pneumonia.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[7]</span> He was buried next to his father in an unmarked grave at Fairview Cemetery in Joplin.<br />
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By January 1920, Mable was 13 years old and the new Asbell family was living in Coffeyville, Kansas, on Dakota Street; just one street away from the Deller family.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[8]</span> In June she welcomed a little brother, William Franklin Asbell, Jr.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[9]</span> Then four years later, on 16 February 1924, right after she'd turned 18, she married Charles Joseph Deller.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[10] </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In 1924, Nora and Bill Asbell, along with some others, made a trip to California. It is thought that they went in search of jobs. They camped out along the way and took various photos. There is one that seems to show Charles and Mable on the first night they made camp. We don't have any hard evidence for this trip, other than family stories and a few photos, but it certainly brings history a little closer to home.</span> </div>
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In January of 1925, the young family was living in Picher, Oklahoma, and Mable had her first child, Charles Joseph Deller Jr.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[11]</span> Mable had, what was then called, a nervous breakdown after little Charles was born, and her mother, Nora, took care of her and the baby at home.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[12]</span> By 1930 Charles, Mable and little Charles were living in a rented house on Maple Street in Coffeyville, Kansas.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[13]</span><br />
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Mable's illness and an auto accident probably added stress to this young marriage, and it couldn't withstand it. We don't have records for a divorce, but believe they obtained one in 1931 before Mable remarried. She later moved to Tulsa and began working in a drug store. On her lunch hour one day, she walked to a department store to pay on a lay-a-way, and Rudy (Adolfo R. Valdez) saw her. He followed her back to the drug store and asked the proprietor to introduce them. On 10 June 1932 in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma the two were married.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[14, 15] </span><br />
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This happened during the Depression. Their oldest daughter remembers, "...there were no jobs, they moved in with
his family for awhile. One of the stories goes that Dad would get
up early, in time for the milk man to deliver other peoples milk and
he would go up to the porches and steal the milk so I would have milk
to drink. Another story was he would have a cup of coffee for
breakfast, then walk approximately 10 miles , work all day for the
WPA and then walk back home. I think their supper was a bowl of
beans. They had a very hard time of it, I think that is why Charles [Mable's son] lived with his
grandmother, as she had pigs, chickens and a vegetable garden, so
they always had plenty of food.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[16]</span><br />
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In November 1933, Mable and Rudy had their first little girl and in March of 1935, they had a second daughter.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[17]</span><br />
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In 1939 young Charles had moved to live with his mother and step-father in Dallas, when he received a letter from his father.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[18]</span> Four days later, Charles Joseph Deller, Mable's first husband, died from an accidental drowning. Their son attended the funeral with his grandmother Nora.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[19]</span><br />
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year we attended seven different grade schools. It was terribly hard
to keep good grades. Mother was a good trouper, she never
complained about all the traveling but when I was starting high
school, she put her foot down and said the gypsy days were over.
They bought a duplex in Dallas and settled down. If he [Rudy] had work out
of town, he went alone." This would probably have been after World War II, between 1947 and 1949, when their oldest daughter was about 15 years old.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[20]</span></div>
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During the 50's and 60's, family photos show that Mable and Rudy
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There are family pictures of Mable and Rudy in various places,
indicating that they traveled a bit after the children were married. Mable's mother Nora came to live with them in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later moved with them to Dallas, Texas. Nora died 26 March 1965 of cancer.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> [24, 25]</span><br />
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On 15 June 1979, Rudy died in Dallas, Texas. After his death, Mable lived with her oldest daughter until her death on 17 December 1988. She is buried at Laural Lane Cemetery in Dallas, Texas, next to her husband, Rudy Valdez.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[26, 27]</span><br />
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At some point, Mable changed her name, from Mable Allie to Mable Alice. Her oldest daughter said that she never knew where "Allie" had come from, and hated it.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[28] </span> And, from all the descriptions that I've heard, that sounds just like something that Mable would do. She was an independent, opinionated and sometimes a coarse woman, but she loved her family and grandchildren, and they meant the world to her.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[29, 30]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1] ROARK, F, first child, Cherokee County Birth Records 1903-1911 birth certificate (1906).<br />[2] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Webb Ward 2, Jasper, Missouri; Roll: T624_791; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 852.<br />[3] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Webb Ward 2, Jasper, Missouri; Roll: T624_791; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 852.<br />[4] "Mining Artifacts & History." Article. Mining Artifacts. http://www.miningartifacts.org : 2014.<br />[5] George T Roark, death certificate no. Registration District No. 411, File No. 5118, Primary Reg Dist No 2002, Registered No. 75 (1914), Missouri State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate of Death, St Louis, MO.<br />[6] Marriage Certificate for William F Asbell & Norah Roark.<br />[7] Ancestry.com, Missouri Death Records, 1834-1931, Death Certificate - Roy Roark.<br />[8] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Coffeyville Ward 5, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: T625_541; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 1085.<br />[9] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, Number: 446-10-1910; Issue State: Oklahoma; Issue Date: Before 1951.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[10] Montgomery Kansas, Marriage License, 11464, 16 February 1924.<br />[11] Charles J. Deller Jr., birth certificate no. Reg. Dist. 58254, Primary Dist No. 8315, Reg. No. 89 (1925), Oklahoma State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Oklahoma City, Okla.<br />[12] E.D. Valdez, "nora=mable=deller," email to A.B. Deller, 3 May 2013.<br />[13] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: 712; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 553.0.<br />[14] Society, Oklahoma Historical. "Marriage Records." Database. Research Center. www.okhistory.org/research: 2014.<br />[15] E.D. Valdez, "Mable-Deller ltr," email to A.B. Deller, 17 October 2009.<br />[16] Valdez, "Mable-Deller ltr," email to A.B. Deller, 17 October 2009.<br />[17] Personal knowledge of the author, E. D. Valdez.<br />[18] Letter from Charles Joseph Deller to Charles Franklin Deller, 11 Jul 1939.<br />[19] Charles J. Deller, notice, unidentified clipping, Newspaper Clipping - Funeral Service for Charles Joseph Deller.<br />[20] E.D. Valdez, "Mable-Deller ltr," email to A.B. Deller, 17 October 2009.<br />[21] Charles F. Deller and Carolyn Jones Wedding, Reception, digital image.<br />[22] Personal knowledge of the author, E. D. Valdez.<br />[23] Multiple photos of Mable & Rudy Valdez with Deller and childrens families, digital images.<br />[24] E.D. Valdez, "nora=mable=deller," email to A.B. Deller, 3 May 2013.<br />[25] Nora Asbell, Dallas, Dallas Texas death certificate 14242 (1965).<br />[26] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, Number: 457-16-6260; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951.<br />[27] Gravestone for Mable A. Valdez, 1909 - 1988, Laural Land Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.<br />[28] E.D. Valdez, telephone interview, 16 April 2010.<br />[29] E.D. Valdez, "Mable-Deller ltr," email to A.B. Deller, 17 October 2009.<br />[30] D.C. Deller, interview, 14 January 2014.</span><br />
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Other posts about Mable Roark:<br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2010/04/wordless-wednesday-roy-mable-roark.html">Wordless Wednesday - Roy & Mable Roark</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2013/02/10-february-happy-birthday-granny-mable.html">10 February - Happy Birthday Granny Mable!</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2013/03/happy-birthday-george-t-roark.html">Happy Birthday George T. Roark</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2010/03/hi-all-we-deller-family-are-in-process.html">Share Your Memories</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2009/10/tombstone-tuesday.html">Tombstone Tuesday - George Roark</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2014/01/tombstone-tuesday-mable-alice-roark.html">Tombstone Tuesday - Mable Alice Roark Deller Valdez </a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2014/01/wordless-wednesday-roy-and-mable-roark.html">Wordless Wednesday - Roy & Mable Roark, 1910</a><br />
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-7697371512816700242014-01-15T13:53:00.000-05:002014-01-15T13:53:19.361-05:00Wordless Wednesday - Roy and Mable Roark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-85415058113935321382014-01-14T12:34:00.000-05:002014-01-14T12:34:36.949-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - Mable Alice Roark Deller Valdez<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-69793453891521535592014-01-12T11:15:00.003-05:002018-01-03T04:18:13.029-05:0052 Ancestors Challenge: 1 - Charles Joseph Deller<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I read about Amy Johnson's <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/">52 Ancestors Challenge</a> at Ancestry.com and at her blog site. She said, "My goals with No Story Too Small have been to remind myself that it's alright to blog about just a portion of someone's life..." I have been trying to start writing a family history, but I've gotten easily overwhelmed and discouraged wondering when and where to start. So, while the research will never really be complete, this has encouraged me to start writing about what we have found. <br />
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1 - Charles Joseph Deller<br />
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Charles Joseph Deller, or Charlie, was born in Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania on 21 July 1905 to Peter and Carrie Deller.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span> His family had moved there from Norristown, Pennsylvania after 1900,<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2]</span> possibly following his uncle Charles Deller, who had moved to Kane with his family before 1900 along with his Uncle Nicholas and new wife.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3]</span> In 1910 his family lived in Wetmore, a little village outside of Kane, and had grown by two, twins, Joseph and Josephine.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[4]</span> In 1911 Peter and Carrie moved their family to Coffeyville, Kansas.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[14]</span> <br />
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In 1920 at the time of the census, he was 14 years old and living with his parents in Coffeyville.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5]</span> Sometime between 1918 and 1920 a new family moved to their neighborhood, Bill and Nora Asbell, with their daughter, Mable, who was only a year younger than he was.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[6,7]</span> Mable probably went to school with and was friends with the Charlie's sisters (Margerite and Josephine were about her age). Both Bill and Peter loved to fish, and Nora and Carrie were hard working housewives. Families with a lot in common, just the kind of situation that would encourage two young people. Charlie and Mable were married in Coffeyville, Kansas on 16 February 1924 with his parents permission.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[8]</span><br />
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After Charlie Jr. was born, the family stories say that Mable had a nervous breakdown; and at some point she had a bad car accident. We don't have any records of this (except for a picture of the smashed up car), but whatever happened probably contributed to the breakup of their marriage. We haven't found a record of their divorce, but we do know that Mable remarried around 1931 and are assuming they divorced before then.<br />
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Charlie married Thelma (unknown last name) on 12 July 1933. The next record we find is a petition for divorce dated 7 October 1937 in the Montgomery County Court system. This document stated they had no children, no property, and that Thelma had been guilty of "gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty."<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> Then, on 1 November 1937, Charles submitted an "Order of Dismissal" to stop the divorce proceedings.</span>[12] <span style="font-size: small;">At the time of his death, in 1939, he was still married to Thelma.</span>[13]</span><br />
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The next record we have for Charlie is a letter, dated 11 July 1939, sent to his son Charles in Dallas, Texas (who was visiting his mother and step-father). He told him that he had a night job outside the Corden Building in Tulsa, Oklahoma and would have all day to spend with him. He also told him that he had a new boat trailer and outboard motor.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[13]</span><br />
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Four days later, 15 July 1939, Charlie died as the result of an accidental drowning. His obituary, printed in the Coffeyville newspaper, reported that he had taken his boat to Ketchum, Oklahoma to spend the weekend fishing. "Persons on the bank said that immediately after Mr. Deller started the motorboat, it whirled around several times and he plunged into the water."<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[14, 15]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> He was buried on 17 July 1939 at Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville, Kansas.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[15, 16]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1] County, MCKEAN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA McKean County PA Early Births 1893 - 1905, Diller, not named.<br />[2] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623_1444; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 245.<br />[3] FamilySearch.org, 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place:Kane , McKean, Pennsylvania; Enumeration District: 0112, Sheet Number 13A, Household id: 264, GSU Film Number 1241439.<br />[4] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1374; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 140; Image: 557.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Coffeyville Ward 5, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: T625_541; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 1088.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[6] Marriage Certificate for William F Asbell & Norah Roark.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[7] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Coffeyville Ward 5, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: T625_541; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 1085.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[8] Montgomery Kansas, Marriage License, 11464, 16 February 1924.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[9] Charles J. Deller Jr., birth certificate no. Reg. Dist. 58254, Primary Dist No. 8315, Reg. No. 89 (1925), Oklahoma State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Oklahoma City, Okla.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[10] U.S. Bureau of Mines ID Card for Chas. Deler.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[11] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: 712; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 553.0.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[12] District Court of Montgomery County Kansas, Independence, Kansas, Microfiche, C.J. Deller vs Thelma Deller.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[13] Letter from Charles Joseph Deller to Charles Franklin Deller, 11 Jul 1939.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[14] <i>Coffeyville Daily Journal</i>, 17 July 1939.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[15]Charles J Deller, Ketchum, Mayes, OK death certificate 12310 (15 July 1939).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[16] </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Gravestone for Charles Joseph Deller, 1906 - 1939, Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kansas. </span><br />
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Other blog posts about Charles Joseph Deller:<br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordless-wednesday.html">Wordless Wednesday</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2011/02/wordless-wednesday-charles-joseph.html">Wordless Wednesday - Charles Joseph Deller</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2011/02/amanuensis-monday-last-letter-from.html">Amanuensis Monday - The Last Letter from Charles Joseph Deller</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2011/05/sundays-obituary-charles-joseph-deller.html">Sunday's Obituary - Charles Joseph Deller</a><br />
<a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2011/02/tombstone-tuesday-charles-joseph-deller.html">Tombstone Tuesday - Charles Joseph Deller</a><br />
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-72490853950257539022013-03-23T10:23:00.002-04:002013-03-23T13:01:44.424-04:00Happy Birthday George T. Roark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Digital image of (standing) Unknown boy, Elnora Hussong Roark, George Roark, <br />(sitting) Allie Hogan Roark holding an Unknown child. c. 1905, probably <br />Lawrence County, Missouri, original photograph held by D. Bell, c.2010</span></td></tr>
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George Thomas Roark was born March 23, 1881 in Barry County, Missouri to David Martin Roark and Almeda "Allie" Hogan.<br />
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In 1900 he was resident in Barry County, living with and working for a local family. In 1904 he married Elnora Hussong, and soon had two children, Mabel Allie (Mabel changed this to Alice later) and Roy.<br />
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In 1910 their family was living together, with his brother Tunny and new bride Minnie in Webb City, Missouri, both he and Tunny working in the mines there in Jasper County, Missouri. George stated his occupation as "Powder-man" while Tunny was a "Machine-man."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Digital image of Mabel Roark, George Roark, and Roy Roark,<br />c. 1910, probably Jasper County, Missouri, original print held by D. Deller, c.2013</span></td></tr>
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George died February 27, 1914; the cause of death was Pulmonary
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The mines were not good to the Roark brothers. Three of the four brothers worked in the local mines, and all three died in their 30's, of tuberculosis.<br />
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-53867817213547859192013-02-10T09:42:00.001-05:002013-02-10T09:43:04.399-05:0010 February - Happy Birthday Granny Mable!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-67758685869293232522013-01-30T14:12:00.000-05:002013-01-30T14:12:00.505-05:00A Family Treasure - Continued<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here are the family pages from the G.W. Hussong Family Bible <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1)</span>, with transcriptions next to them.<br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Marriage Certificate</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">This is to Certify That</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Mr. George W Hussong</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">and</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">M Elisebeth Ann Gilbert</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Were Solemnly United By Me In</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Holy Matrimony</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">At A.B. Hussong On the 27 of September,</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">In the Year of Our LORD</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy three</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Conformably to the Ordinance of GOD and the Laws of</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">In Presence of</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">A.B. Hussong C.F. Gilbert</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">LaVina McCan Margaret Gilbert</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">George W. Hussong and Elisebeth Ann</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">G.W. Hussong was Borned November the 13, 1854</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">E.A. Hussong was Borned febuary [sic] the 4, 1857</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">A.M. Hussong was Borned febuary the 7, 1876</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">M.L. Hussong was borned Jenuary [sic]the 28, 1878</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">L.L. Hussong was borned march the 10, 1880</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Lilly Jane Hussong was born November the 4, 1881</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">John Franklin Hussong was Borned January the 14, 1884</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Elnorah Hussong was Borned may the 1, 1888</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">James Allen Hussong was born September 6th, 1890</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Mayble Agnes Hussong bornd sept 21, 1892.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Charles Elmer Hussong Was borned June the 20 1895</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Wilmer Leander Hussong Was borned march the 10 1901</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04;">John Franklin Hussong Died January the 27, 1903</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Mary Larien Hussong was Born Dec. 5, 1915</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">L Nora Jeneva Hussong Born October 18, 1918</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Elmer Lee Hussong born April 30, 1921</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">William Roy Hussong Borned Sep. 19, 1923</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">John Arthur Hussong Borned Jan 13, 1927</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Luisey LuViney Hussong Died July the 19th 1881</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Mary L. Hussong Died September 13th, 1888.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">James Allen Hussong Died September 1st 1891</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Mable Agness Hussong Died August the 12, 1893</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">John Franklin Hussong Died January the 27, 1903</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Wilber Leander Hussong Died Jan. 1th 1914</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Anna Leslie Died 18 Jan 18th, 1914</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Charley Elmer Hussong died November 14 in 1928</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">George W. Hussong died April 3 in 1929</span><br />
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<span id="goog_2031004345">(1) Family data, G.W. Hussong Family Bible, The Holy Bible (John E. Potter & Company, Philadelphia, PA); original owned in 2013 by David C Deller (address private). The G.W. Hussong Family Bible passed from George W. Hussong to his daughter, Elnora Hussong Asbell to her son William Asbell Jr, to his son Bill Asbell, to Elnora's great-grandson David C. Deller.</span></div>
Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-72924207940559410862013-01-30T13:02:00.001-05:002013-01-30T13:04:10.722-05:00Happy Birthday Grandpa Jones!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dudley Emerson Jones, c. 1849 <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dudley Emerson Jones, c. 1895 <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1) Susan Taylor-Colby, "Dudley Emerson Jones - View Media" at Ancestry.com, at [http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1036595/person/-2010065442/photo/8?pgnum=1&pg=32816&pgpl=pid|pgNum] (accessed 30 January 2013). Photo of Dudley Emerson Jones with friend.</span><br />
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Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-49560228075442165242012-05-03T18:37:00.005-04:002012-05-03T18:37:54.404-04:00A Family Treasure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Last summer we were able to visit a distant relative that I had never met, and my husband hadn't seen in years. He knew I'd been doing some family research, and when he heard we would be coming, he pulled out several boxes of family pictures and documents.<br />
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For a while, all we did was pore over them all, trying to figure out who was who. Making guesses from the few pictures that were labeled (yet another reminder that ALL photos should be labeled for those future generations who might be curious). I had started scanning in the photos we'd viewed, when he pulled out an army green bag. When he pulled out an old family Bible, my heart skipped a beat. <br />
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Understand, I hadn't found a lot of information on this particular side of the family, and didn't really have any leads. And then he showed us the family pages, from not one, but two family Bibles. I don't know what happened to the other Bible, but the family pages had been removed and placed in another larger Bible. These pages appear to have been filled out by the parents of George W. Hussong. I now have the names of the parents of George W. Hussong and plenty of leads to continue the search.<br />
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Here are pages from the oldest Bible (we're assuming), and transcriptions next to them. <br />
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<b>PARENTS' RECORD.</b></div>
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<b>FATHER</b>. Andrew B. Hussong </div>
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Rebecca Dorrel </div>
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was bornd August the 15 - 1834.</div>
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Andrew B. Hussong and </div>
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Rebecca Dorrel was married </div>
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<b>MOTHER.</b> October the 27, 1853</div>
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Peter Jacob Been was bornd </div>
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December the 25th, 1838</div>
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George W Hussong</div>
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was bornd November the 13. 1854</div>
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Joseph Hussong was bornd</div>
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July the 18. 1857</div>
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Mary Jane Hussong was bornd</div>
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September the 24. 1858</div>
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Maliesa Carline Hussong</div>
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2 1860</div>
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Rebeca Hussong was bornd </div>
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July the 18, 1863.</div>
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George W Hussong was converted august </div>
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our Little Baby Leslie</div>
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Myrtle Leslie wase Borned</div>
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Joseph Hussong</div>
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July the 28 1857</div>
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Mary Jane Hussong</div>
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Febuary the 15. 1859</div>
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Rebeca Hussong departed this</div>
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this life July the 18, 1863</div>
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Rebeca Hussong Junior departed</div>
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this life September the 14, 1863</div>
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Malica Caroline departed</div>
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this life July the tenth, 10, 1866</div>
<div style="color: #783f04;">
A B Hussong departed this</div>
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life Febuary the 14, 1883</div>
<div style="color: #783f04;">
Mr. George W. Hussong,</div>
<span style="color: #783f04;">Died April, 3 1929.</span><br />
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If you recognize anyone from these listings or would like higher resolution images, please contact me. And thank you again Bill for a great visit, and for one of the greatest treasures we've ever received.</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-40551220566082237392011-05-15T10:58:00.000-04:002011-05-15T10:58:27.893-04:00Sunday's Obituary - Charles Joseph Deller<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsO6JttY7qqwjD3GUlpaNFkXYWP6fDh2TG5w5DjeuB81ZGQf8tWqIc4b1zazQ9hjT7wZtQbwuX3SzMtunZ63WWtaWTqdzTqKwOXssWjFFKFvYwbZO5ssyKNrovVRccDPzofMhdT1tXmBLi/s1600/Obituary+-+CJ+Deller+1939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsO6JttY7qqwjD3GUlpaNFkXYWP6fDh2TG5w5DjeuB81ZGQf8tWqIc4b1zazQ9hjT7wZtQbwuX3SzMtunZ63WWtaWTqdzTqKwOXssWjFFKFvYwbZO5ssyKNrovVRccDPzofMhdT1tXmBLi/s320/Obituary+-+CJ+Deller+1939.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">C. J. DELLER DROWNS</div><br />
Former Coffeyville painter and O. C. S. Employe [<i>sic</i>] Falls from Motorboat.<br />
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C.J. Deller, 33, painter and paperhanger and O. C. S. Mfg. Company employe [<i>sic</i>] here until two years ago, when he moved to Tulsa, drowned Saturday when he fell from a motorboat into deep water near Ketchum, Okla.<br />
Persons on the bank said that immediately after Mr. Deller started the motorboat, it whirled around several times and he plunged into the water. Mr. Deller had gone to Ketchum to spend the week-end fishing.<br />
He was born July 22, 1905, at Kane, Pa., and came to Coffeyville with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Deller, 907 Delaware street, in 1911.<br />
Mr. Deller's death was reported to have been the fourth drowning near Ketchum within 24 hours.<br />
Besides relatives mentioned, Mr. Deller is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelma Deller; a 14-year-old son, Charles Deller, jr., who was visiting his grandparents at Neosho, Mo.; six sisters, Mrs. Charles Koehlhoeffer and Mrs. Ora Bonham, both of Coffeyville, Mrs. W. T. Stegall of Denver, who is visiting in Coffeyville, Mrs. Vernon Syons and Mrs. C. H. Jackson, both of Sommerset, Pa., and Mrs. J. A. Longnecker of Earlsboro, Okla., and two brothers, George and Ted Deller, both of Coffeyville.<br />
Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. H. Austin Smith, pastor of the First Christian Church, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Skinner funeral home. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. Members of the painters' local union will be pallbearers.</blockquote><br />
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Sunday's obituary is a <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/daily-blogging-prompts/">daily blogging prompt</a> used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites. To participate in Sunday’s Obituary, post obituaries along with other information about that person. This is an ongoing series developed by Leslie Ann at <a href="http://ancestorslivehere.blogspot.com/">Ancestors Live Here</a>.<br />
</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-60987308212911290052011-02-23T01:01:00.002-05:002011-02-23T01:01:02.654-05:00Wordless Wednesday - Charles Joseph Deller<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqrYH90GJBQAGeTryk_CLmA8qJ2UQM7bIOGxoQohepalFoZpGN6HbCEbcC_l_iU9s8Zp33bvNwhOGsfDJUIS3QkZacqeXX6pdzQx7pL5bUTC8rIoBKbMhjlhx5QAp4xC-QCAlo27wYzOj/s1600/CJDeller-Mable-others.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqrYH90GJBQAGeTryk_CLmA8qJ2UQM7bIOGxoQohepalFoZpGN6HbCEbcC_l_iU9s8Zp33bvNwhOGsfDJUIS3QkZacqeXX6pdzQx7pL5bUTC8rIoBKbMhjlhx5QAp4xC-QCAlo27wYzOj/s400/CJDeller-Mable-others.jpg" width="260" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Digital image of Mable Alice Roark, Charles Joseph Deller, unknown girl, unknown boy, <br />
unknown man, c. 1923, probably SE Kansas, original held by D. & M. Deller, Tulsa, OK. c. 2011</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Besides the interesting hairdo and hats, the first thing I noticed was what appeared to be 'sand dunes'. In fact, they're probably chat piles; remains from the ever present lead mining in SE Kansas, NE Oklahoma, and SW Missouri. Charles worked in those mines in Picher, Oklahoma for a short time. You can read more about it in this article about the <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.geospectra.net/kite/picher/picher.htm">Legacy of Mining</a> and in an article, "<a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.kansasfreepress.com/2009/10/growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-the-chat-piles-1.html">Growing up in the Shadow of the Chat Piles</a>."</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-7889691799673527052011-02-22T12:29:00.000-05:002011-02-22T12:29:40.241-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - Charles Joseph Deller<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8fghP_MToYn_4T4WtIO0iVyvqlIuyRsAIFSdFC7YbwkWSnZc33oQ2b5QUM-Hcz08hxygCdRw66hTJLsd-Mbz72bc7I2JaLcHsv2Qee9iIyGjWBG0bdDrlO1nsEdZ8kCDkokkePOPawZ2/s1600/Gravestone+-+Deller%252C+Charles+Joseph-600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8fghP_MToYn_4T4WtIO0iVyvqlIuyRsAIFSdFC7YbwkWSnZc33oQ2b5QUM-Hcz08hxygCdRw66hTJLsd-Mbz72bc7I2JaLcHsv2Qee9iIyGjWBG0bdDrlO1nsEdZ8kCDkokkePOPawZ2/s320/Gravestone+-+Deller%252C+Charles+Joseph-600.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Digital image of Gravestone for Charles Joseph Deller, <br />
Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville, KS, A. B. Deller, February 2010</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Charles Joseph Deller was born in Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1905 to Peter and Carrie Deller.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span> He died in a drowning accident July 15, 1939 near Ketchum, Oklahoma.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2]</span> This is another one of those instances where the gravestone isn't accurate.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1] Diller, not named entry, McKean County Births, Return of Births 1904-1905, File Number 29.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2] Charles J Deller, Ketchum, Mayes, OK death certificate 12310 (15 July 1939).</span><br />
</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-39216983489001022462011-02-21T08:57:00.002-05:002011-02-21T08:59:27.986-05:00Amanuensis Monday - The Last Letter from Charles Joseph Deller<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ptbeg-Vhz1jFp8luxr3vjvJl1X3d0GLrR6PC_zi6Zrm-VntJcdRpZuyys3NegFSJt-9fAgcAHWY32MaNmWb-3MXACRdCSUBF6XEYXCK5h4zUvfTaGaoey1tt5pnv3JUBZLN4gSq4ga4p/s1600/Copy+of+Letter+Env+-+CJD+to+CFD+Jul+1939+-600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ptbeg-Vhz1jFp8luxr3vjvJl1X3d0GLrR6PC_zi6Zrm-VntJcdRpZuyys3NegFSJt-9fAgcAHWY32MaNmWb-3MXACRdCSUBF6XEYXCK5h4zUvfTaGaoey1tt5pnv3JUBZLN4gSq4ga4p/s320/Copy+of+Letter+Env+-+CJD+to+CFD+Jul+1939+-600.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Digital image of Family Letter Envelope, July 1939, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Personal collection of D. & M. Deller, Tulsa, OK, <span style="font-family: Arial;">©</span> 2011.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>This letter was quite a find for us. We were cleaning out and sorting through old family papers and pictures, when my husband saw his father's "box" of personal items. It was once a cigar box, now full of little treasures from the past. Inside the box was a small envelope, dated July 1939, from Charles Joseph Deller, to his son, Charles Franklin Deller. At the time, we knew Charles Joseph had died in 1939, but had no other information; only a family story of an accidental drowning.<br />
<br />
After a search at <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=92427&CScn=fairview&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=946&">Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville, Kansas</a>, and a talk with the very helpful grounds manager, we narrowed down his death to July 1939, and the cemetery record confirmed that it was a drowning. I then visited the <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://cvillepublib.org/">Coffeyville Public Library</a> and searched microfilm of the local paper, hoping to find an obituary or notice of death; instead I was thrilled to find a full article about the accidental drowning in the Coffeyville Daily Journal. This article (along with the death certificate I obtained from the Oklahoma Health Department confirmed that he died July 15, 1939, only a few days after the letter was posted to his son.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBQU9FMNaFfOFLLfcICq4TX22OMHP9GjnRlZ5LDBf_5-SA__NYNWOQaFxUTvTtSld3r8hxHCRjBF3ZIyoUOeHSouYs08xfHgXfO_rGOJuY946QOABx-0-mP6iR0VmPvMJNIieWGmSpyF9/s1600/Copy+of+Letter+-+CJ+Deller+to+CF+Deller+Jul+1939-600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBQU9FMNaFfOFLLfcICq4TX22OMHP9GjnRlZ5LDBf_5-SA__NYNWOQaFxUTvTtSld3r8hxHCRjBF3ZIyoUOeHSouYs08xfHgXfO_rGOJuY946QOABx-0-mP6iR0VmPvMJNIieWGmSpyF9/s400/Copy+of+Letter+-+CJ+Deller+to+CF+Deller+Jul+1939-600.jpg" width="322" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Digital image of Family Letter, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Personal collection of D. & M. Deller, Tulsa, OK, <span style="font-family: Arial;">©</span> 2011.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Both pieces of paper were in the envelope, one part written on the back of a used envelope, and the second on a piece of card. Both are undated. They are transcribed exactly as written.<br />
<blockquote style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Soney - Inclosed you will find a ticket and $1.00 I want you to come through Tulsa so I can get your Scout things and other nessaties and I will take you on to Graneys from here take the afternoon Buss that gets in here at 12 30 P.M. and I will meet you at Bus Terminal. From what you have told me about the trip to Yellowstone Park you don't have to much time to get ready. so will be looking for you<br />
Love from<br />
Dady.<br />
<br />
Soney - Thanks for thinking of me. I hope you are enjoying your visit. I would like for you to come back in time to spend some time with me. I have a job on outside of the Cosden Bldg. and am doing it at night. so will have all day to be with you. I have a new boat trailer and outboard moter and I'm sure we can havea good time. I also want to get your Scout layout while I am working.<br />
Let me hear from you soon. You should write to your Graney also.<br />
Lots of Love from Dady.<br />
[written on side of page] 711 S Cheyenne Tulsa</span></blockquote><br />
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</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-84781299963565271782011-02-16T12:50:00.000-05:002011-02-16T12:50:18.659-05:00Wednesday's Child: Joseph C. Deller<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiepi1ll37BC_CaRc33wr1LqRdErpHnU4JrbdI2TGTLBQv1CSvo7tEZgFKz2VxGeTcu6dM94vlZSqjVMgoo4hkFWwamaaQ9aUf6-3vitZTjlyLDzyWrXvJxWkj0Ug5NLJGzUF5cSlA2lWJ/s1600/Gravestone+-+Deller%252C+Joseph+600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiepi1ll37BC_CaRc33wr1LqRdErpHnU4JrbdI2TGTLBQv1CSvo7tEZgFKz2VxGeTcu6dM94vlZSqjVMgoo4hkFWwamaaQ9aUf6-3vitZTjlyLDzyWrXvJxWkj0Ug5NLJGzUF5cSlA2lWJ/s320/Gravestone+-+Deller%252C+Joseph+600.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Gravestone for Joseph C. Deller, Calvary Cemetery, Coffeyville, Ks. <br />
Digital photo by A.B. Deller, 2 Sep 2010</span></td></tr>
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Peter and Caroline "Carrie" [Miller] Deller had 11 children<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span> born between 1893 and 1914. In 1907 it appears that they had twins, Joseph and Josephine, born in October<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2]</span>. In 2009, not knowing exactly where Charles Joseph Deller had died, I ordered a death certificate from the Kansas State Board of Health. Instead of <i>Charles </i>Joseph Deller, I received a death certificate for Joseph C. Deller (I did find a death certificate for Charles Joseph Deller, in Oklahoma, but that's another story). <br />
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I had assumed Joseph had died before 1920 because he wasn't living with his parents and siblings in Coffeyville, so I hadn't searched census records for him as an individual. After receiving the death certificate, I looked for him in the 1920 US Federal Census in Parsons (where he died), and he was listed as a patient at the Parsons State Hospital for Epileptics.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3]</span> The death certificate isn't as complete as I would think a certificate filled out by a hospital should be; it didn't include his date of birth or his parents names (and he was technically still a minor). He died June 22, 1922 at 6:00am of Status Epilepsy and Exhaustion.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[4]</span><br />
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Joseph was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Coffeyville, Kansas on June 24th, 1922. His death and burial was recorded in the Holy Name Catholic Church parish register by Father J. O'Brien.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1374; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 140; Image: 557.</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2]i.b.i.d</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920;Census Place: Parsons Ward 4, Labette, Kansas; Roll: T625_536; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 157; Image: 1062.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[4] </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Joseph Deller, Parsons, Labette, Kansas death certificate 50 2693 (22 June 1922).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5] Holy Name Catholic Church, Coffeyville, Kansas, "1922 Parish Register - Liber Defunctorum Ecclesiae," Page 8, Entry No. 5.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span> <br />
</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-86623110144954277752011-02-16T06:25:00.000-05:002011-02-16T06:25:50.842-05:00Back to Work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It's been way over a month since my last post, and high time I was back to work. Blogging isn't my best skill, but it's definitely an important one in this world of genealogy. If I didn't know this before, I found it out a week ago, when I was contacted by an unknown, distant relative for the first time. She had seen the blog, and an entry for our common ancestor, and emailed me. And now, I'm the recipient of a new genealogy friend. <br />
<br />
She's been researching as well, and found other family members in Pennsylvania who hold a treasure in family photographs. She also has old photos of the family, and has shared some with me. It's so exciting, seeing a picture of someone I've been researching; in a way, it brings them back to life for me, if only for a few minutes. <br />
<br />
So now, I'll be working on sorting through all that information we collected over the summer (no, I still haven't finished that). And now, it's been long enough, that when I review a scan, I'm surprised all over again. Procrastination does have it's (few) rewards.</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-65541368661672729332010-12-26T07:35:00.000-05:002010-12-26T07:35:14.929-05:00Sentimental Sunday - Family Christmas Card<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikebbgD4MZTUIgtRp9j6wY7qaMBhCFRFh12sGp0oZi5HL9e889-K-v-6fZv5Kw3yKDlhFru7nS3it3D7fjMfV1Ro2a9pO1_JdCaow34DA44tKRqYEiCLfakwiMjyiSFNzNteCtBJg42BZQ/s1600/Deller+Christmas+Card++with+Martha+-500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikebbgD4MZTUIgtRp9j6wY7qaMBhCFRFh12sGp0oZi5HL9e889-K-v-6fZv5Kw3yKDlhFru7nS3it3D7fjMfV1Ro2a9pO1_JdCaow34DA44tKRqYEiCLfakwiMjyiSFNzNteCtBJg42BZQ/s400/Deller+Christmas+Card++with+Martha+-500.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Deller Family Christmas Card, Tulsa, OK, 1961</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-89408541479587219712010-11-12T08:47:00.000-05:002010-11-12T08:47:54.851-05:00Bartlett S. Jackson - Spanish American War 1898<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkV3nrk6zGPLwmdpGV9O8VtQq6qnffPkBg5WiROECTwC0ajt3HHucphFDpdLHgWrmrQnCahvUITlzD8HZQ53ksj5s46xgwYiLSRoOQP3n54zK0ile6DSauoV3PcDv59IarJ6acul4TO9t/s1600/img065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkV3nrk6zGPLwmdpGV9O8VtQq6qnffPkBg5WiROECTwC0ajt3HHucphFDpdLHgWrmrQnCahvUITlzD8HZQ53ksj5s46xgwYiLSRoOQP3n54zK0ile6DSauoV3PcDv59IarJ6acul4TO9t/s400/img065.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photo of B.S. Jackson, Dick Ashbrook, John Fall, Chas. Davenport at Chickamauga, <br />
Georgia, June 25, 1898 [Digital copy, A.B. Deller, July 2010]. Dudley Emerson Jones, <br />
1829-1913, Papers, 1849-1976, Manuscript Collection MC 1305, Box 4, Folder 5. <br />
Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville. </span></td></tr>
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Bartlett S. Jackson was the brother of Georgia Jackson Jones (our great-grandmother). He was born on April 9th, 1871, the youngest son of William P. Jackson & Susan A. Johnson, in Missouri (probably in Sedalia). He joined the 2nd Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri in April 28, 1898; and was listed as a Sargent in Company D, Mustered in Jefferson, Missouri, May 12, 1898, and discharged Feb 17, 1899. <br />
<br />
According to this author, at <a href="http://www.spanamwar.com/2ndMissouri.htm">The Spanish American War Centennial Website</a>,<br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"The Carthage Light Guard [Company A], along with the remainder of the Second Missouri Volunteer Infantry never left the continental U.S. during its term of service during the Spanish American War."</span></blockquote>During his enlistment, he sent a gift back to his Sister's son, Arthur Jackson Jones. We found this when we were cleaning out the attic. A small silver cup, with a note inside that read,<br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Arthur. Sent by Uncle Bartlett from Chattanooga during Spanish American War. Mom."</span></blockquote>In the 1900 US Federal Census, Bart was living with his mother, Susan [Johnson] Jackson in Sedalia, Missouri, and working as a Policeman [his brother John was working as a Detective]. On April 5th, 1904, he died and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery next to his parents.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-41467230496775179212010-11-08T07:42:00.000-05:002010-11-08T07:42:52.887-05:00William Talifero Ingram and "Mug" or Heritage Books<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Mary Jennie Eddy (standing), & WT Ingram <br />
holding his great-granddaughter, <br />
Marguerite Blanche Smith. <br />
Personal Photo, owned by E.N.Snodgrass. <br />
Digital Copy, A. B. Deller, July 2010.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div>William Talifero Ingram was born on November 8, 1830 in Greenville, Kentucky, and if we are to believe the biographical information presented in the "Portrait and biographical record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties", then he had an interesting life indeed.<br />
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</div><div>The majority of what we [think we] know about William was found in this book. I first learned about it from a letter that was written to Viola Taylor Ingram (his daughter-in-law) from Springfield, Illinois in 1902. Five of those pages are devoted to transcribing the entry about "Col. W.T. Ingram" from the book. I remember searching for the book online, and finding it at <a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/portraitbiographi00biograp#page/766/mode/2up">Archive.org</a>. I read through the entry with excitement, but even so, thought it sounded just a little "too" good in places. </div><div><br />
</div><div>I began to search for information about the book itself, to determine just how accurate I could consider it. Initially I found a source that discounted the majority of information in these books, which sounded a bit harsh. Since then I've found better written articles, one at the website <a href="http://www.common-place.org/">Common-Place</a> ["A bit friendlier than a scholarly journal, a bit more scholarly than a popular magazine, <i>Common-place</i> speaks--and listens--to scholars, museum curators, teachers, hobbyists, and just about anyone interested in American history before 1900." It's a great site.] . The article by Rhonda Frevert, "<a href="http://www.common-place.org/vol-03/no-01/tales/">Mug Books</a>" says of them, </div><div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Late nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century mug books are collections of biographical sketches, a curiously rich source for genealogists and historians alike."</span></blockquote><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Title Page from "Portrait and Biographical Record, <br />
Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, IL <br />
(Chicago, 1894). Archive.org</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div>In an old blog entry from the <a href="http://genealogyeducation.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/family-lore-from-heritage-books-mug-books-and-local-histories/">Genealogy Education</a> website, they're also called "Heritage Books." And he references another <a href="http://www.lenzenresearch.com/georgejackson.html">article written by Connie Lenzen</a> that submitted to the NGS Quarterly. All of them emphasize the importance of evaluating the source for accuracy. It's something I've [usually] done, and considered just plain common sense. Sources are important, and unfortunately, this book doesn't list any sources at all. There's no way of knowing if the information was obtained by personal interview, or even who wrote the entry [whether stranger, friend or even the man himself]. </div><div><br />
</div><div>This is another reminder to always consider the source. I want to make sure that the information I use in our family history is accurate, or as accurate as possible, because, as Ms. Lenzen writes, </div><div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"...when family members or researchers possess a record or a piece of knowledge, publishing it without documentation is a disservice to others interested in that family."</span></blockquote><div>Other blog entries about William Talifero Ingram include <a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2010/10/sunday-obituary-william-talifero-ingram.html">Sunday Obituary</a>, and <a href="http://whatwastheirstory.blogspot.com/2010/10/tombstone-tuesday-william-talifero.html">Tombstone Tuesday</a>. </div><div><br />
</div></div></div></div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566774792555277975.post-54820037352590444272010-11-05T12:52:00.000-04:002010-11-05T12:52:52.725-04:00Re-Examine Your Historical DocumentsCurrently I'm participating in <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">NaNoWriMo</a>, writing the first draft of a novel about one of our ancestors, Berthena Taylor Roark. Actually, I'm using this process to get myself geared up to write out an account of ALL the information we've gathered about the family, since I've been having trouble starting to write anything at all. I imagine I'm not alone in wondering how in the world I'm going to be able to make any written sense of all the documents and information I've gathered. So, while I'm not very far along with my word count (all participants are trying to write 1667 words per day, to total 50,000 words for November), I'm definitely farther along in writing out some of my research. <br />
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Now you might ask if I actually have enough information on this person who lived from 1828 - 1882 to write a 50,000 page novel, and I would have to answer with a definite no. So, what I'm <i>really </i>writing is historical fiction. I'm trying to imagine just what her life might have been like, being born and raised in Kentucky, moving away from all her family, with her new husband, to Kansas, having (at least) seven children, moving again into Missouri, and dying a long way from her original home. I'm reading up on as much 19th century history as I can get my hands on (which is really limited when you're outside the USA), and re-reading all the documents I already possess.<br />
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And last night, I made some surprising discoveries in documents I thought I'd read well. I had a date for her marriage to Saul Roark in January 1850 (I obtained this from an online family tree), but I had two census records for the same year, and the two young people were still living in their parents home, and both marked as single. I'd also missed seeing that Jeff Campbell was reported living in their household in the 1865 Kansas State Census. This made me wonder if he was related to Fannie Campbell who reportedly killed Berthena.<br />
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I also spent more than an hour looking for alternative sources of the 1880 US Federal Census (no, I don't have a membership to Ancestry.com, and yes, I do know it would be most helpful in cases such as this), only to find than my online friend had already found Berthena in the 1880 census, listed as "Bink". It appears to be the right person, the dates match other records for her birth year, and the children listed under her name are also in previous census records, although in this record, she has moved to a neighboring county, and now she has been marked as widowed [she was also marked as married, so I'm not exactly sure what that means].<br />
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It goes to show, sometimes I have more information that I really realize; it's just a matter of organizing it and reviewing it, an in my case, creating a timeline and transcribing all the details onto it.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907533130315518956noreply@blogger.com2