Volume 7, Number 2 - Winter 1980
Bits and Pieces
Mrs. Dolores Sutton, P.O. Box 665, Lexington, OK., 73051, would like to hear from any of the descendants of the following people:
"My grandmother was Sarah Elizabeth (Liz) Bly, daughter of Jane Brittain and ? Bly. Her stepfather Calvin Parton, died Dec. 24, 1878, and is buried in the Mincy Cemetary. Jane Brittain Bly Parton is supposedly buried in the Omaha Cemetary.
Liz’s brothers were John Bly who married Arminda Hopper and George Bly married. One sister, Margaret (Edda) married Hap Hopper.
Half brothers were: Munroe, Jim, Charley and Joe. Munroe married Reta Nichols and Charley married Maggie Parks.
The 1880 census of Taney County, Scott Township, shows my grandmother as Elizabeth DeJurnette, a widow with two children, William and Eurith. She married my grandfather, John Allen Raines in December 1880. They later moved to Lowry, AR., where she was a midwife until her death Ca. 1913.
I would like to hear from any descendants of the above. Also, anyone researching the following names:
Hughey, Raines, Green, DeShields, Richardson and DeJurnette from Taney County, MO., and Boone and Carroll Counties, AR."
Mrs. M. E. Laughland, 196 S. Meredith Ave., Pasadena, CA., 91106 is looking for ANY and ALL information on John W. Estes, born 1824, Missouri and wife, Susan Jane Wilson (?) Estes, born 1840/42 in Missouri. She was raised by a Roberts family in Missouri-- Died (when ?) and buried at Crossroads, MO. Who were John’s and Susan’s parents?
Imogene McConnell, 1940 N. E. Hood Court, Grisham, OR., 97030 is doing a genealogical study of the Havener (Havner), Looper, Hardcastle, and Stout families. Please help this non-member, if you can.
Another non-member is asking our help in researching the Hendricksons of Stone County, the Hams and the Brixey families of Taney and Douglas Counties, and the Bentons of Carroll County, AR. Write to: Mrs. Homer Hendrickson, R.R. 50 Hutchinson, Kansas, 67501
Mary Johnson, S.R. Box 20, Vian, OK., 74962, needs information on great grandparents. Lewis (Dock) Burchett married Nila Wilson. Their daughter, Maude, married Stirl Noblin in 1899 in Ponce de Leon. Both Nila and Dock are buried in Ponce de Leon. Mr. Wilson, Nila’s father, was a Civil War Veteran and attended, with other buddies, a reunion held on New Year’s Day where they ate beans cooked in a large brass kettle. Duck’s second wife was Belle Glossip and he died after 1921.
R. C. Bentley, 6541 Jaffe Court, #12 San Diego, CA., 92119, writes that he is researching Sitton/Sutton families of Massachusetts, Connecticut, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Missouri and Arkansas. He has much information and will exchange and answer all letters. Also interested in the Bentley, Strother and Purvis families of Montgomery County, MO., and Stern/ Steam families of Caroline County, Virginia.
Betty Ingenthron found this bit of information which she shares for those who are researching the Snell genealogy. Robert Snell, an orphan, also known as Robert Snell Vernon, was reared by Don and Helen (Weisgerber) Vernon, prominent Lebanon lawyer and state legislator of Laclede County.
This bit was found in Missouri, The Center State, Volume IV - Page 509.
Mrs. Christa Barton writes that if any society members are researching ancestors in Ohio, information (for a nominal fee) can be obtained from:
The Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Historical Center
I-71 and 17th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43211
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They have indexes to county histories, maps of Ohio, Ohio Census Indexes for 1820-1850, city and county directories, Tax List Indexes for the, early 1800’s, Rosters and Veterans’ graves Registration File, Guide to Ohio Newspapers from 1793 to 1973, and an abstract of county records.
"I am especially interested in the Mayfields of Crawford County, AR., the Colcotes who homesteaded near the Mayfields; and, the Hibbards of Washington County", writes new member Gene Williams, S. R .B- Box 7470, Palmer, AK., 99645.
Your Secretary thanks the many members who sent Holiday Greetings and the many kind remarks. They were sincerely appreciated.
Member Dorothy Ackerman, an ardent researcher, again asks the group for assistance. She writes, "The Missouri State Archives at Jefferson City has some old school records for Taney County from the 1886 to 1918 period on microfilm and will search them for specifically named persons if enough information is given them.
The problem is this: The person I seek lived at or near Walnut Shade and would have attended school there from about 1891 to 1900, after which time they moved to Kansas. One source of family information suggests that the surname possibly was BRIGHT (BRITE), although she later used great grandfather Smith’s surname. To date there is no found evidence of adoption, but no question that she was raised in great grandfather’s home for a time. Her given name Golda, born in July of 1885. Since there is no extant 1890 U. S. census I don’t know how long or when this person came to live with the family. The 1900 U.S. census (Kansas) where they moved shows her as a "daughter", age 15 living in the household.
I do not know the legal description where great grandfather, Asa G. Smith lived, but at the time of his last marriage to Isabelle St. Clair in May of 1887 his residence was recorded "of Walnut Shade". Some of his other children attended the old school that is by the Meadows Cemetery. I believe this building is now used as a church or community meeting place. Great grandfather's first and second wives and several of their infants are buried in the Meadows Cemetery Perhaps this information will help pinpoint the school most likely attended. The U.S. census for 1870 and 1880 show that he resided in Jasper Township.
Could you please tell me where a list of the schools around Walnut Shade during the 1891-1900 period would be found? I note Mr. Ingenthron’s book "The Land of Taney" (Pg. 361) includes a map, locating the schools in Taney County in 1912. The following appears in the probable area. #46 -Flint Hill, #49 -Walnut Shade, #50 -Meadows, and #51—Pleasant Shade.
I would appreciate any lead anyone may be able to give." Dorothy Ackerman, 9608 N. E. 198th, Bothell, WA., 98011
And Dorothy adds this super paragraph for our pleasure. "I continue to enjoy the quarterly very much and am so pleased to be a part of this organization. It appears a new "burst" of interest and a healthy increase in membership is occurring. I think that is just great! I only wish I lived closer or that it was possible to be there for an occasional meeting. But alas! I will have to be content with observing from afar it seems.
Information wanted on John Reeves born about 1811 in New York by Mrs. Loren Roden, Shell Knob Route, Cassville, MO., 65625. He was married 12 April 1838 (recorded in Green County, Mo. marriages), Eda Taylor born about 1815 in Tennessee. Was John son of William
M.Reeves? Who were Eda’s parents?
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An old letter dated 1858 from Rocky Creek, Goddon County, Georgia, from T.M. Henson to Virgil Henson states: that my old grandfather, Willian Henson and six brothers came from Virginia to North Carolina. All seven brothers served in the Revolutionary War; all seven brothers married sisters, Holder women, the sister married Jacob White. Information is wanted on this family by Ruth Asher, Route 2—Box 158, Galena, MO., 65656.
"I am researching my Butler line, who came from around Blue Eye, Mo. and Oak Grove, AR. writes Connie L. Hayes, Route 2, Box 140, Holt, MO., 64048. I received a letter and some information about a Butler family who lived in this area at the right time. One of the items was a will published by The White River Valley Historical Quarterly, Summer 1975, Vol.5, No.8. It was the will of Elias Butler, of Carroll County, TN. His wife was named Sarah. Their sons: John, James M., Elias, Joshua and Neally -daughters: Mary Butler Queen, Judah Butler Boyd, Elizabeth Butler McAuley and Sarah Butler Boyd. The date the will was signed was February 1838.
From other sources I have the name Neely or Nathaniel Butler as my great, great, great, great, grandfather. There is a question mark beside the name, because they don’t know for sure. This grandfather supposedly was married to an Anna Wheat. I’m trying to find out where my sources got this information as the location of this Butler’s Barrens is exactly where my ancestors came from.
My third great grandfather’s name was Johnathan Wesley Butler, who married Rosaline Matilda Ayers. He was born in Tennessee in 1821 and death was 1854 in Denver, AR. It is Johnathan Wesley Butler’s father and mother that I am trying to find. I’m thinking that it is this Nealy, since they were in the right place, and another source had mentioned Nealy as his father.
Neely had a famous descendant— Lyndon Baines Johnson, former U. S. President. Neely’s daughter, Melissa Ann married George Washington Baines in 1840 in Carroll County, AR.
My question: Is Johnathan Wesley Butler the son of Nealy Butler? If you have any members in your society working on the surname Butler, would they please write me? It would be greatly appreciated."
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