Volume 9, Number 8 - Summer 1987
Bits & Pieces
By Ionamae Rebeenstorf
Huba PRICE, Route 1, Box 197K, Bates City, MO 64011 would like to know who were the parents of Thomas G. PIERCE born about 1831 in Greene (Taney) Co., MO. who married Frankie JONES? In 1849. They lived in Polk Co., IA 1849-1851; Taney Co. 1852-1863. Enlisted in the Union Army at Des Moines, IA on January 1, 1864 the 16th regiment of the Iowa INFT. VOL. He was in Taney County in 1867 and died 1888.
Who were the parents of Andrew Jackson HODGES born in 1836 in Indiana. He married Nancy B. ? in 1855. Where? They lived in Taney Co. in 1860 and Ozark Co. 1870-1880.
Mrs. Price also needs information on the parents of Oliver BARNES born in TN in 1824. He married Elizabeth SANDERS and lived in Conway Co. AR in 1850, Searcy Co. AR in 1860, and Douglas Co. MO in 1863. He was a Private in Co. I, 16th Cavalry Union Army from July 1, 1864 to June 30, 1865. Lived in Taney Co. MO in 1890.
Opal PARISOTTO, 1034 Laurel, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 is seeking information about William B. HILL, born March 1855 in Christian or Barry County, MO. Parents were Richard Henry and Mary Elizabeth Matthews HILL. He had at least four wives-Jane, Retta HAMMOND, Ruth and Betty. His children were Mary, Lulu, Minnie, Martha, and Rosie. Any help appreciated.
Emma L. ADAMS, 2005 South 65th, Fort Smith, AR 72903 is looking for the James E. HARBISON family background. James E. and Naricuss WESTMORELAND were married in Texas County, MO in the 1850’s and were in Arkansas by 1880. Where were they between those two dates?
Gladys CARLSON, 8604 Belle Meadow Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32514 continues to research and has made a little progress on the family of Mary BARBER. BARBERIBIRCHFIELD-at least three BARBER children were left orphans before 1850, in Stone or Taney County. Mary BARBER (married BRUMLEY), A. BARBER (male - age 18 in 1860) and Joshua BARBER. Joshua was raised by friends of the family, the W.P. BIRCHFIELD household. Please contact and will exchange.
Larry T. GAYLOR, 5101 Green Valley Trail, San Angelo, TX 76904 would like to get in touch with someone who has information on the COOPER family who owned property on White River across from The School of the Ozarks. It is believed COOPER was a Major in Union forces during the Civil War. After his first wife died he married his housekeeper, Susan DOEKERY (maiden) SIZEMORE (1st marriage). Susan brought three sons and a daughter with her from Pea Ridge, AR near the end of the war. She owned a small cabin on Cooper Creek.
Her Cherokee first husband, Will SIZEMORE, was removed from his field by Union forces on March 6, 1861, two days before the Battle of Pea Ridge of March 8, 1861, never to be seen again. Their field was on the southwest corner of the battlefield and is now a part of the existing Battlefield Park. Susan became "GRANDMA COOPER" to her and shared several stories of her past. One of the grand daughters wrote some of them down in the early 1900’s. Too late to perserve Major COOPER’S first name or confirmation of earned or honorary title of Major.
Like stories in oral history, some think he was a Colonel. Family did visit GRANDMA COOPER from Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri until her death. Her daughter, Mary Ann Texas SIZEMORE, married Campbell Maynard "Doc" GAYLER, Son of Calvin and Cassandra GAYLER. One of Susan’s granddaughters, Margery (Gaylor~I HUDSON, lives in Riverton, KS and visited the area with me in ‘85 and ‘86.
Other children of this GAYLER marriage are deceased. "Doc" GAYLER remarried and has three children living from the second marriage.
These three sons and Margery plan to attend a family gathering in Branson in October.
If Major COOPER’S first name was known, Federal records of his military service could be checked and a more detailed accounting of our families’ invplvement could be recorded. Any help greatly appreciated.
William C. LOWRY, P.O. Box 3521, Kansas City, KS 66103 would like to have information on Thrasher or Thresher Bill JOCUM who was born in 1814. He lived with Leonard COKER in Carroll County, AR near the bo~der. Later on he lived in Marion County, AR and died in the 1890’s in Woodruff County, AR. Any help appreciated on him or his folks.
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