OLIVER, WILSON, BASS and DAVIS reply to
Nancy Kessler
November 1998
Looking for info on Harriet Ann OLIVER who was the
daughter of Wesley
Smith OLIVER and Mahala WILSON. Harriet OLIVER married Francis Marion
BASS
June 1873 in Kinmundy, Marion Co, IL. Francis M. BASS was the son of
Jacob
BASS and Nnancy J. DAVIS. The following is the obit for Harriet Ann
BASS
from the New Florence, Montgomery Co, MO newspaper published after her
death
on 14 Sept 1932. Obituary of Mrs. F. M. BASS Mrs. F. M. BASS, who has
been
ill at her home for the past two weeks passed away Wednesday afternoon,
September
14, at the age of seventy-nine years. She had been a resident of this
vicinity
for the past forty-four years, coming here with her husband from
Kimmunday,
ILL. Mr. BASS preceded her in death four years ago at the age of
seventy-five
years. Mrs. BASS was born in Kimmunday, ILL., May 8, 1853. She was
married
to Mr. BASS there in June 1873. To this union were born nine children,
four
boys and five girls, one daughter passing away in infancy. The
surviving
are Luther BASS of Versailles, Mo.; Bert and Ollie of Kansas City, Mo.;
William
M. of St. Charles; Mrs. Della WILSON of Texas City, Texas; Mrs. J. R.
ANDERSON
of E. St. Louis, ILL.; Mrs. Ed COLEMAN and Mrs. Wm. KOBUSH of this
vicinity.
Also surviving are forty-three grandchildren and twenty-three great
grandchildren, also two sisters, Martha Ellen OLIVER and Mrs. Alice
HALE
of St. Joe. The funeral services were held at her home Saturday
afternoon
with Rev. BAYLEY officiating. Interment was in New Florence cemetery.
The
pall-bearers were: Lewis BASS, Donald BASS, Arthur BASS, Orville
COLEMAN,
Harry COLEMAN, James Orville ANDERSON. Flower girls were Delda BASS,
Virginia
KOBUSH, Viola BASS, Dolly BASS, Ma ( rest of this paragraph is missing)
Those
from out of town to attend the funeral of Mrs. BASS were, Mr and Mrs.
B.
M. BASS and Ollie BASS and daughter Izola of Kansas City; Harry COLEMAN
and
family, Orval COLEMAN and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will BASS, Arthur BASS
and
wife, Donald BASS and wife, Mrs. Ollie BASS and two daughters all of
St.
Charles; Mrs. Dalis SELF, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. L. R. ANDERSON, Mr
and
Mrs. Walter BENSKIN, Mrs. Frank ANDERSON of E. St. Louis, ILL; Luther
BASS
and son of Versailles; Mrs. ELLIOTT of Montgomery; Arthur KOBUSH and
wife
and Mrs. KNIPP of Williamsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Herman KOBUSH and Mrs.
Mike
O'LEARY of Cedar Rapid, Iowa.
MITCHELL reply to
Annette
November 1998
Looking for information on family of my
great-grandmother Maletha Florence
MITCHELL., born in Centralia, IL 1897. Her parents were Benjamin O.
Mitchell
and Caroline Beardin. Looking for ancestry and possible siblings. Info
or
other descendents please let me hear from you !
DUNN reply to
Robert E. Dunn
November 1998
Dr. Jefferson DUNN. 1867 began practice with Dr. J.
A. Wakeman, Centralia,
IL. Moved to Bloomington IL, 1874. Any information, especially
regarding
Civil War service, Company D, 32nd, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Robert
E.
Dunn, P.O. Box 1377, Granite Falls, WA. 98252-1377
STEINWAX,BAUMGARTNER reply to
Cheryl Lovejoy
November 1998
STEINWAX,BAUMGARTNER families from Centralia
1880-1932.Fred and Tillie
STEINWAX and Tillie BAUMGARTNER. cl1971@aol.com Cheryl Lovejoy
O'BRIANT reply to
Delores Ireton
November 1998
I am seeking information about Cheatham O'BRIANT
lived in Marion Co during
the late 1800s. He died in Marion Co on Sept. 17, 1879. Does anyone
know
where he is buried? I don't know for sure who his parents were. He
married
Louisa Catherine SMITH about whom I have no ancestoral information.
Their
son Jesse O'BRIANT was my ggrandfather. Delores Ireton, 14542 S.E.
12th,
Choctaw, OK 73020
SOUTHARD,SOUTHWARD reply to
Edna Franklin
November 1998
I am researching the SOUTHARD,SOUTHWARD family who
were in marion Co.
in the 1850 census. MarySOUTHWARD married Samuel Phillips in Ohio in
1830.
Edna Franklin P.O.Box55 Tilden,Illinois 62292
NELMS reply to
Fred W. Taylor, Jr.
November 1998
I am seeking information regarding Marjorie Nelms,
born ca. 1902 in Kinmundy,
Illinois.
PHILLIPS/HENSLEY/WIDDOWS/ANDREWS/HUDDLE reply
to
Lori Medley
November 1998
Looking for descendents of John A. and Mary Ann
(HENSLEY) PHILLIPS. They
married in Marion Co. in 1860. They had the following (known) children:
Ernest
M. b. 1862 m. Sarah WIDDOWS Nelson R. b. 1875 m. Lillian ANDREWS Marion
E.
b. 1863 m. Ana Robert b. 1866 m. Francis Cora B. b. 1873 m. Marion
"Tol"
HUDDLE I have more info on grandchildren of John and Mary Ann, plus
info
on ancestors of Mary Ann. Lori Medley 323B Vallecito Lane Oceanside, CA
92054
msfly@home.com
HOOKER, BONNER, BONER reply to
Phil Pollock
November 1998
Seeking information on ancestors and relatives of
Norman H. HOOKER died
August 24, 1890 near Patoka,Marion Co.,IL. and Minerva Ann BONNER/BONER
died
Dec. 5,1908. Thank You. Phil Pollock PhilPollock@bigfoot.com
COLE reply to
Nancy Knecht
November 1998
I would like information on Mark COLE, of Foster
Township. Mark was born
in 1812, in Tennessee, and came to Marion County in the late 1820's. He
was
married to Winney Garrett. Does anyone know who his parents were or if
he
had brothers who also came Marion County with him? I have seen other
COLE
names in Foster Township info but cannot connect them to Mark. If
anyone
can help me with this , I would appreciate hearing from you. Nancy
Knecht
DEW,DUE reply to
Cyndi Pratt
November 1998
I need info on John DEW (DUE) and wife Mary.They
resided in Walnut Hill
IL. before going to Missouri. Their daughter, my grandmother was born
in
Christian Co. MO. in 1870. Thanks for any help. Cyndi Pratt
cyndipratt@hotmail.com
PRICE/PHILLIPS reply to
Lori Medley
November 1998
Seeking info on Gye or Guy PRICE b. Dec 1891 in IL.
1900 (age 8)and 1910
(age 18)census he was living with John A. and Mary Ann PHILLIPS in
Iuka.
1900 census indicated "ad=son". Does this indicate adopted son?
SMITH, ROTAN, JONES, OLIVER, FRAZIER reply to
Nancy Kessler
November 1998
We are looking for additional info on the SMITH,
ROTAN, JONES, OLIVER
and FRAZIER families in Marion Co, IL. The following info on George W.
SMITH
and some of his family members is from The History of Wayne and Clay
Co,
IL originally written in 1884 and reprinted by the Clay County
Historical
Society in 1969. George W. SMITH, insurance and real estate agent, is a
son
of Willis and Cynthia(JONES) SMITH, and was born October 7, 1847 in
Marion
County, ILL. The father was born in North Carolina, and when a mere boy
removed
with his parents to Tennessee, where he attained to manhood. He came
with
other members of the family to Illinois, and settled in Marion County
in
1828, and was there married to Sallie LYNCH, who died, leaving a family
of
six children, of whom three are still living. Mr. SMITH next married
Cynthia
JONES, daughter of Byron JONES, and widow of John ROTAN. She was born
in
White County, Tenn., in 1812, and is still living, and a resident of
Flora,
lLL. She is the mother of eight children, three of whom are the issue
of
the marriage to Willis SMITH, which occurred in 1845. The ROTAN
children
were William ROTAN, now a farmer in Missouri; Nancy (deceased), wife of
Mr.
L.L. JOHNSON, of Missouri; the late Hon. Byron J. ROTAN, of Louisville,
ILL.,
who was an able lawyer and a member of the State Legislature from the
Forty-fourth District from 1873 to 1875; he died in Louisville, ILL.
March
9, 1880 leaving a wife and three children, now residents of Missouri;
the
fourth was Jane ROTAN, who died in 1854, in early womanhood; the
youngest
being John M. ROTAN, now of Kinmundy, ILL. Of the three children born
to
Willis and Cynthia SMITH, the first died in infancy, George W. being
the
second and Randolph SMITH the youngest. George W. was educated in the
common
schools and at the Plattsburg College, of Missouri. He adopted the
profession
of teacher, and during an experience of fifteen years in Clay County
established
a reputation as an able educator. He retired from the profession in
1883,
having the three years proceeding been the Principal of the public
school
of Flora. In 1873, he was appointed to the office of County
Superintendent
of Schools of Clay County, to fill the unexpired term occassioned by
the
resignation of J. H. Songer. In 1874, he was elected to the same
office,
and was in 1877 again the choice of the people, in which office he
served
with acceptance until the fall of 1882, an aggregate term of nine
years.
He is now Police Magistrate of the village of Flora, and is doing a
thriving
business in insurance and real estate. He was married in Louisville,
ILL.,
April 9, 1875 to Miss Nora DAVID, daughter of James and Elizabeth (
ADAMS)
DAVID, the former deceased and the latter the wife of Judge L.S.
Hopkins,
of Louisville. Mrs Nora SMITH was born October 20, 1852 in Indiana.
They
have had but two children, viz., Randolph, born September 18, 1876,
died
November 9, 1878; and Nell SMITH, born March 3, 1880. Mr and Mrs SMITH
are
members of the M. E. Church, and he of the Masonic order. Willis SMITH,
father
of George W. and Randolph SMITH, died in 1850, of cholera, while en
route
for California.
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George
W. and Randolph SMITH were the half-brother of my husband's
gggrandfather
William E. ROTAN who married 1) Sarah GRAY in 1854 in Mo and 2) Sarah
J.
OLIVER in 1865 in Marion Co, IL. Sarah J. OLIVER was the daughter of
Wesley
OLIVER and Mahala WILSON According to the info we have found the SMITH
and/
or ROTANS lived in Marion and Clay Counties in IL and in Platte,
Clinton,
Worth, and Gentry Counties in MO. We have been able to find out that
their
mother Cynthia (JONES) ROTAN / SMITH had a brother Middleton R. JONES
who
married Elizabeth BURPO and that Fannie FRAZIER and Byron JONES were
the
parents of Middleton JONES and Cynthia (JONES) ROTAN / SMITH. We would
appreciate
any help you can give us on any of the above individuals.
DAVIS reply to Darwin
Davis
November 1998
Looking for info on Israel DAVIS, who came to Marion
Co. from TN 1830-40.
He was b. in VA abt. 1800, m. Rosanne ? (b. abt 1800, NC), and
apparently
d. bef. 1860. Their children (all b. in TN) were John P. (b. 1831, m.
Emily
ADAMS, d. 1868), Elizabeth (Teresa ?, b. 1834, m. James W. LYNCH), and
William
P. (b. 1836, m. Hannah FOSTER). Children of John P. DAVIS were Riley
(1854-1936),
Henderson (1857-1883), Barbara, Martha (both b. aft. 1860). DAVIS
descendants
continued to live in Marion Co. until the present day (Frank DAVIS,
Charlie
DAVIS, Ralph DAVIS, Henderson B. (Joe) DAVIS, Darwin DAVIS). William P.
DAVIS
had one son, John (b.1868) and several daughters Belle, Rosa, Nancy and
Cora.
Any info on these DAVIS's, esp. Israel and Rosanne, would be greatly
appreciated.
Other surnames I'm researching are MYERS (MOYERS), WEEMS, SKINNER,
PIGG.
Darwin Davis -105 Tampa Dr.-Victoria, TX 77904
PUGH reply to Nancy
Pugh
November 1998
Need info on PUGH families of Marion Co ILL. They
were there ca 1850.
Will share.
BEASLEY reply to Bob
Beasley
November 1998
Seeking info on Henry W. BEASLEY (my ggf) and his
father, David or Daniel
BEASLEY (my gggf). Also, interested in a W. BEASLEY that shows up on
the
1860 Illinois (Macon Co.) census with a Sarah BEASLEY. Living close by
is
A.W. BEASLEY and John BEASLEY. I think this could be my line that may
have
moved from Hamilton County (as shown on 1850 census).
SHOMAKER or SHOEMAKER reply to
Paul Brown
November 1998
I'm looking for information re the daughters of
Newton SHOMAKER and his
wife Emily TAYLOR who moved from Pendleton Co, KY to Marion Co IL abt
1885.
Daughters were Mary, Agatha, Sarah, Bessie, Miporia, Belle, Gertrude.
HELM, PROPES, BRYAN, CLARK reply to
Jack Helm
November 1998
Searching for any descendents of JOSIAH HELM who was
in Marion Co. in
1860-70-80. His wife was SINA HUDSON. Children named HENRY, ELLEN,
JAMES
OR LYNCOLN, JOHN LOGAN, and ZORA. Ellen and Henry both married PROPES,
Henry
married a second time to a BRYAN, Izora married FLEMING CLARK. Jack
Helm
249 E.McClendon Rd Batesville, AR 72501 870-251-1382