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Hansel B. Trusty & Martha Ditton Hardy

Hansel Benjamin Trusty b. 18 Feb 1832 Wilson Co., TN d. 5 Mar 1918 Ellsworth Twp., Logan Co., AR. Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR 2nd Marriage: 16 Dec 1894, Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Hansel G. Trusty Mother: Catherine Biter

1st marriage: 15 Mar 1854 AR

1st Wife: Martha Ditton Hardy b. 15 Sep 1830 d. 24 Sep 1893 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

2nd Wife: Nancy Caroline Smith b. 1862 d. ? in 1939 age 68 Logan Co., AR Buried: ? Father: George Washington/Wallace Smith Mother: Esther/Easter Lee

1st marriage of N.C. Smith to X Reid: 1883

Nancy Caroline Smith's 1st Husband: X Reid

H.B.Trusty's 2nd marriage: 14 Dec 1894 Logan Co., AR

3rd Wife: Nancy Smith Pevde



Children of Hansel Benjamin Trusty & Martha D. Hardy



James S. Trusty b. 9 Jun 1856 AR d. 20 May 1859 AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR


John Hansel Trusty b. 7 Oct 1857 AR d. 30 Nov 1930 Married: 24 Nov 1880 Logan Co., AR Buried: Howard Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Wife: Martha "Marthy" Jane Lee b. 12 Jan 1862 d. 1946 Logan Co., AR Buried: Howard Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: John H. Jr. Lee Mother: Nancy Ritchie Dethrow


George Washington Trusty b. 4 Mar 1859 AR d. 25 May 1942 Logan Co., AR Married: 22 Apr 1880 Logan Co., AR

Wife: Susan Rebecca "Becky" Hixson b. 1863 (age 17 on marriage date) Father: James Hixson b. 1810 Bledsoe Co., TN Mother: Mildred Miller Wheeler b. TN


Margaret A. Trusty b. 21 Jun 1861 AR d. Oct 1863 AR


Martha Trusty b. 4 Mar 1863 AR d. 7 May 1865 AR


Robert B. Trusty b. 30 Jul 1866 Johnson Co., AR d. 19 Mar 1942 Logan Co., AR Married: 23 Oct 1886, Logan Co., AR Buried: Caulksville Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Wife: Mary Elizabeth "Lizy" Hamilton b. 1865/8 Ellsworth, Logan/Johnson Co., AR d. 1954 Logan Co., AR Buried: Caulksville Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Thomas Jefferson Hamilton b. 3 Apr 1838 Mother: Dicey Elizabeth Smith b. 1844 Johnson Co., AR


Mary Rachel Trusty b. 19 Mar 1869 AR d. 6 Nov 1947 Logan Co., AR Married: 13 Nov 1892 Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Husband: Marion Monasco Moore b. 12 Sep 1862 d. 5 Jun 1941 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR 1st marriage: Apr 1887 Father: Frederick Jones Moore b. 12 Mar 1831 Bledsoe, Co., TN Mother: Mary Polly Chitwood b. 1833 TN

1st Wife: Martha "Mattie" E. Winchester b. 31 Dec 1871 Union Co., NC d. 30 Nov 1888 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Joseph Winchester Mother: Isabel Kell


Tennessee "Tennie" Virginia Trusty b. 17 Feb 1871 AR d. 8 Jul 1954 Logan Co., AR Married: 7 Feb 1892 Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Husband: Riley Zopher Foster b. 27 Aug 1869 Ellsworth, Logan Co., AR d. 29 May 1953 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Joseph Adkins Foster Mother: Sarah Jane Hixson


Charles "Charlie" Allen Trusty b. 24 Jan 1873 AR d. 1965 MO Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO

Wife: Kathleen "Katie" Snodgrass b. abt 1876 d. ?

2nd Wife: Estella C. X b. 9 Aug 1878 Rolla, Phelps Co., MO d. 6 Jul 1929 Lobar Pneumonia Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO


Perciller Trusty b. 19 Mar 1876 Logan Co., AR d. 5 Feb 1948 Logan Co., AR Married: 14 Jan 1895 Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Husband: William Orange White b. 11 Feb 1872 d. 1953 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR



Children of Hansel B. Trusty & Nancy Caroline Smith



Mark Hanna Trusty b. 7 Apr 1900 AR d. 25 Dec 1980 Paris, Logan Co., AR Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Paris, Logan Co., AR Married: 14 Mar 1920 Logan Co., AR

Wife: Wanda Wayne Sanders b. 3 Jul 1902 Paris, Logan Co., AR d. 23 Sep 1972 Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Thomas Henry Sanders Mother: Laura Alice Ritchie more on findagrave


Ida Kay Trusty b. 9 Feb 1898 AR d. ?


Marie Caroline Trusty, b. 4 Dec 1895 18, from Ellsworth, Marriage date: 13 Oct 1912, Logan Co., AR d. 20 Sep 1989 Buried: Carnegie Cemetery, Caddo Co., OK

Husband: Marion Clinton Scrudder b. 28 Apr 1889 d. 17 Jun 1945 Buried: Carnegie Cemetery, Caddo Co., Oklahoma Father: Isaac Michael Scrudder Mother: Susan Isabelle Gadd


Information of X Reid & Nancy Caroline Smith

Myrtle Reid b. 1887


Mary Reid b. 1892


Maree Reid b. 1896


Family history of the Trusty's


Hansel G. Trusty b. 1794 Spottsylvania Co., VA Father: John Trusty b. 1760 Mother: Keziah Carter b. 1770

Hansel's Trusty's Father: Hansel G. Trusty b. 1794 d. 1847 of Cholera in Nashville, TN married: Wilson Co., TN Mother: Catherine Biter b. ? d. 1847 of Cholera in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN. Did Hansel have another wife named: Nancy Welch found in TN Marriages to 1825. Hansel had one brother, Henry Trusty b. 1822 found in earlier info. TN State Marriages: 1780-2002. I located brothers: James b. 1817, John W. b. 1824 d. MS. Thomas b. 1827 d. AR


Hansel B. Trusty, in his youth, was hired out to a slave holder, he ran away from home at age 13 and came to Arkansas. He returned to Tennessee two years later, approximately the year 1847 and found that his parents had died. He decided to return to Arkansas, and his brother Henry Trusty had come with him and they stayed at Crowley's Ridge, Greene Co., AR in eastern Arkansas, later, Hansel moved to Ellsworth, AR. He was a veteran of the Black Hawk War in Company B, 4th Arkansas Cavalry, USA, Civil War. He became a Mason and served during the Civil War in the Battle of Pea Ridge and in the Battle of Helena near Vicksburg, MS.

John Hansel Trusty & Martha Jane Lee had one son known of, at present, Arthur Henry Trusty who married Ola Mae Lee.


1860 Federal Census, Shoal Creek Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Trusty, Hansel, 22, TN, farmer, $50

Martha, 21, NC

John, 2, TN

George, 1, TN


1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Trusty, H.B., 37, TN

Martha D., 36, NC

John H., 13, TN

George W., 11, TN

Robert B., 4, TN

Mary R., 1, AR


1870 Federal Census, Shoal Creek, Johnson Co., AR:

Foster, Samuel J., 34

Sarah, 33

Delilah J., 13

Joseph Adkins, 9

Amanda C., 4

William M., 2

Elbert A., 8/12


1880 Federal Census, Clark Township, Logan Co., AR:

Trusty, Hansel, 46

Martha, 47

John H., 22, son

Robert, 14

Mary, 12

Tennessee, 9

Charles, 6

Persila, 4

George, 21

Rebecca, 18


Union Army Company B, 4th Arkansas Calvalry, I, 1890, Widow, 1918, Union Pension Application.

1900 USFC Logan Co., AR:

H.B. Trusty, 66

Nancy Trusty, 38

Myrtle Reid, 13, step-dau

May Reid, 8, step-dau

Esther Smith, 75, mother

Marie Trusty, 3, dau

Ida Trusty, 2, dau

Mark Hanna Trusty, 2/12, son

1910 USFC Logan Co., AR:

Hansel B. Trusty, age 76

Nancy, 48

May Read, 18, step-daughter

Maree Trusty, 14, dau

Ida Trusty, 12, dau

Mark Trusty, 10, son


1910 USFC: George Trusty, b. 1860 wife: Susan, residence: Los Angeles, CA

1920 USFC: George Trusty, b. 1862, residence: Logan Co., AR

1930 USFC: George Trusty b. 1861, wife: Susan R., residence: San Diego, CA


Isaac M. Scrudder b. 15 Jan 1853 Holland d. 19 Dec 1919 Logan Co., AR Mother: Susan Isabelle Gadd b. 2 Jun 1856 d. 4 Aug 1926 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR (Father: William Gadd Mother: Rebecca Kell) more children info. on rootsweb


Children of Robert B. Trusty & Mary Elizabeth Hamilton: Viola, Asala, Charles Allen, Lula Belle, Ben, Russell, Robbie, Zena Mae, Carl Arch, Opal, Hazel, Ova Delores.


Children of George Washington Trusty & Susan Rebecca Hixson: Clay Wheeler b. 17 Apr 1883, Holman b. 25 Dec 1887, and Bertie Mae b. 1 Sep 1888. Info by David Plunkett.


Children of Marion Monasco Moore & Mattie E. Winchester's: Mary Moore

1900 Federal Census lists: Marion M. Moore b. 1863 wife: Mary, residence: Clinton, Illinois

1910 Federal Census lists: Marion M. Moore b. 1863, wife: Mary R., residence: Logan, AR

1930 Federal Census lists: Marion M. Moore b. 1863, wife: Mary R., residence: Logan, AR

children of Marion Monasco Moore & Mary Rachel Trusty: Haskell, Agnes, Cecil, Carl, Faye, Flo Elizabeth, Monaie Martha. Info provided by David C. Plunkett


The Paris Express, dated 13 May 1915, "G. W. Trusty who lived in Glendale, California, and has been away for 20 years, has come to visit his sister, Mrs. M. M. Moore. His wife is from Springdale, AR. She visits her neice, Mrs. Jack Bennett".


The Paris Express, dated 22 Mar 1923, “M. C. Scrudder from Tecumseh, OK has moved to Rocky, OK”.


children of Mark Hanna Trusty & Wanda Wayne Sanders:

Jerry Lynn Trusty b. 1935 d. 1964

Mark Howe Trusty b. 12 Jan 1923, Subiaco, Logan Co., AR d. 1977

Donald Glynn Trusty b. 7 Aug 1928 d. 2000

Charles Gene Trusty b. 1932 d. 2006

Perry Neal Trusty b. 23 Nov 1925 d. 1998

Carol Ann Trusty McClure b. 4 May 1941 d. 1941 d. 1990

John Thomas Trusty b. 11 Nov 1944 d. 1994. More info on rootsweb and (findagrave has family pictures)


The Paris Express, dated 24 Dec 1945, “Plainview Community Column, Mrs. Nancy Trusty is seriously ill at this time”.

The Paris Express, dated 24 Dec 1945, “Plainview Community Column, Mrs. Marie Scrudder & sons of OK visited part of last week with her mother, Mrs. Nancy Trusty, who is ill”.

The Paris Express, dated 24 Dec 1945, “Plainview Community Column, Mark Trusty of Richmond, CA, & his sister, Mrs. Mae Hixson of Wyoming, have arrived at the bedside of their mother, Mrs. Nancy Trusty”.


Robert Trusty lived in Paris, AR, Rt 3, farming.

Children of Robert Trusty & Mary Elizabeth Hamilton:

Carl Trusty, Paris, Arkansas, Rt 3

Lula Black, Paris, AR

Opal Nelson, Paris, AR

Arra Smalley, McAlester, OK

Zena Utley, Wagner OK

Hazel Weaver, Fairview, OK

Viola Campbell, Ratcliff AR

Ben Trusty, Russellville AR, Rt 4

Christle (sp) and Thelma Campbell. Info. provided by interview with Quentin C. Tompkins


children of Percillar Trusty & William Orange White: Ethel, Eddy Harlin, Cevilla Percillor

Information on marriages from Logan County, AR marriage records. Cemetery information from tombstone project of Logan County, AR, and Arkansas Death Index.

1880 Federal Census list: Charles Trusty b. 1874 residence: Clark twp., Logan Co., AR

WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 list: Charles Allen Trusty residing in Jasper, MO.

1910 Federal Census lists: Charles H. Trusty b. 1870 wife: Kathleen, residing in Hudson, NJ

1910 Federal Census shows Kathleen Trusty b. abt 1876 in Hudson, NJ. Charles H. age 40. Lists children: Mandolin, age 15, Charles H. Jr., 13, Frances, 7, Wallace, 10.

Social Security Death Index: Charles Trusty d. 1965 in Missouri.



Joseph Winchester [Mecklenberg, NC>Wayne Co., KY>Sequatchie, TN] b. 1820 Wayne Co., KY d. ? 1st marriage: 10 Aug 1832 Wayne Co., KY

1st Wife: Rachel Spradlin b. ? d. ? Father: James Spradlin Mother: Elizabeth Mounce

Wife: Isabel Kell b. 15 Jan Marion Co., TN d. ? Married: 1884 Sequachie Co., TN Father: John Kell Mother: Mary M. X



Children of Joseph Winchester & Rachel Spradlin:



Elizabeth, Francis, Sally, Cynthia Jane, David, Rachel, Andrew, Marilla, William Riley, Henry, John, Samuel, & Martha



Children of Joseph Winchester & Isabel Kell:



James Levander Kell Winchester, in Logan Co., AR 1878

Mattie Winchester is 1/2 sister to James L. Kell.


1860 USFC: Winchester, J., W: Isabel, residence: Sequachie Co., TN

Children of George Washington Trusty & Susan Rebecca Hixson: Clay Wheeler 1883-1924, Holman 1887-1889, & Bertie Mae 1888-1935.

1930 USFC Logan Co., AR: Nancy Trusty, age 68

Dicey Elizabeth Smith & Leroy F. Corley
John H. Jr. Lee & Nancy Dethrow
Tennessee Virginia Trusty & Riley Zopher Foster
John Hansel Trusty & Martha Jane Lee
Esther Lee & George Wallace Smith
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