11. Ellen"Aunt Nell" MULLEN-16
Laveta (Burdett) Mullen said that "Aunt Nell" had a soft Irish brogue. Her father spoke Irish, her second husband spoke Irish, so I would imagine she possibly sounded like she too, had came from Ireland. Aunt Nell told the 1900 census taker that her father spoke 'Irish'. Laveta said she loved to hear Aunt Nell talk.
She would call young women "colleen's" -- Irish for girl/lassie/woman. Her footstool was called a "cricket".When she died, she had a very nice obituary, all living children in attendance; yet her possessions from the Cuba Hotel were offered to anyone who would come and take them. Virginia Rowden is the proud owner of Aunt Nell's beautiful dining room set, two gorgeous rockers (that Virginia had the bottoms rewoven in) and a couple kitchen cabinets. The dining room set is in fabulous condition.
CUBA REVIEW
Thursday, Sept. 19, 1940"MRS. ELLEN DOWLEY PASSED AWAY THURSDAY"
Mrs. Ellen Dowley, one of Cuba's pioneer citizens, passed away at her home Thursday evening at 5 o'clock. She was 87 years of age.
Born at Lexington, Indiana, Mrs. Dowley spent the greater part of her life in Cuba. She came here in 1879.
Mrs. Dowley had been ill off and on since last February but on Labor Day had a relapse from which she did not rally. Death was caused by the infirmities of old age.
Mrs. Dowley was the widow of Mr. Maurice J. Dowley, who passed away 19 years ago. She is survived by seven children: Mrs. Eva C. Mullen and Thomas P. Dowley of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Nellie Chapman and Mrs. Kathryn A. Schweisz of St. Louis; Mrs. Marguerite F. Mraz of Canton, Ohio; Mrs. Nora F. Wells and Maurice J. Dowley of the home; also seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock from Holy Cross Catholic Church. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery under the direction of Hollow Funeral Service.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere thanks to our very dear relatives and friends for the kindness and sympathy shown us in our late sad bereavement in the loss of our dear mother, Ellen Dowley; also to Reverend Father C. J. Hornsey, pallbearers, Ladies of the Altar Society, Choir, Edwin E. Johnson, Dr. G.G.A. Herzog and the Hollow Funeral Service.
Eva C. Mullen
Nora F. Wells
Nellie B. Chapman
Kathryn A. Schweisz
Maurice J. Dowley
Thomas P. Dowley
Marguerite F. MrazHOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS:
from Carolyn Horsefield, Church Secretary, July 2, 1996;Record books only go back to 1914...however, the platt of the cemetery shows the following names of the Dowley Family buried there.
Caroline Dowley
James I. Dowley
Mary E. Dowley Michael Dowley
Thomas Dowley Lillie DowleyMaurice Dowley
Mary Walch (Dowley) Bertha Dowley
James Dowley Lura May Dowley
William Dowley John Dowley
Dowley (Infant) William DowleyM. J. Dowley
Dowley
Ellen Dowley
Edwin Dowley
Maurice Dowley
Nora F. Wells (Dowley)Record book records the deaths of the following:
Maurice Dowley died 9/14/1921 age 77 yrs 8 mo. interred - 9/17/21
Edwin Dowley (Spouse-Ellen) died 7/1/1934 age 35 yr 11 mo. and was interred 7/3/1934
Ellen Dowley died 9/12/1940 age - 87 yr.8 mo. interred 9/14/1940
Maurice J. Dowley died 3/20/53 and was buried 3/23/53Church history records the founders of Holy Cross including the names of Maurice J. Sr. & Mary Dowley, Michael Dowley, Thomas Dowley, John Dowley and Maurice J. Jr. and Ellen Dowley.
headstone inscription --
just last name "DOWLEY"
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INFANT
M. J. DOWLEY
30 AUG 1881
OBITUARY --
Mrs. Mary Ann Davis, age 76 years, 7 months and 20 days, wife of Lemon Davis, died at her home near St. James, MO, at 1:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, 1931. Mrs. Davis was not sick but a few days prior to demise. Her condition became critical last Friday and all her children were called to her bedside and remained to the end.
Mrs. Davis was born June 6th. 1854 at Chillicothe, MO. She moved to Crawford county when a child where she spent the greater part of her life. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mullen were descendants of Galway, Ireland and came to this country while young. She was married to Lemon Davis near Cuba, MO Feb. 11, 1876. To this union 14 children were born, eight of whom preceded her to the great beyond. Surviving besides her husband are five boys; William and Lemmon of Granite City, IL, James of Cuba, MO, Frank of St. James, and Ralph of near St. James, and one daughter, Mrs. Wm. Mullen of Cuba, MO and two sisters, Mrs. Norma Cain and Ellen Dowley, both of Cuba, MO and three half sisters, Mrs. Bridget Foster of Maplewood, MO, Mrs. Katherine Washington of West Plains, MO, Mrs. Sarah Rick of St. Louis, and three half brothers, Henry and John of Cuba and John Mulen of Kansas City, MO. She also leaves behind 16 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Besides the rearing of her own family Mrs. Davis raised a granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Wantland of Granite City, IL, and a half sister, Mrs. Katherine Washington of West Bourbon, MO.
Aunt Mary Ann as most every one knew her was widely known and kindly loved and respected by everyone who knew her. A wonderful mother, woman and aid, One who is better God never made, A wonderful worker so loyal and true, One in a million that mother is you. Just in your judgement always right, Honest and liberal ever upright, Loved by your friends and all whom you knew. Our wonderful mother.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Honsthy at the Holy Cross Catholic Church at Cuba, MO. Interment was made in Lick Creek Cemetery near Cuba. The pallbearers were her five sons and her son-in-law.(**many errors in this obituary; 1870 Crawford Co., MO census shows her as 14 yrs. -- birth year abt. 1855-1856, not 1854; Mrs. Norma Cain was Mrs. Nora Cain; Mrs. Bridget Foster was Mrs. Bridget Forrester; three half brothers, Henry and John of Cuba and John Mulen of Kansas City, MO were Henry and Lawrence of Cuba and John Mullen of Kansas City, MO; Mrs. Katherine Washington lived in West Plains, MO not West Bourbon, MO**)
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DAVIS
1851 LEMON 1942
1858 MARY A. 1931
1890 HENRY 1919
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BRIDGET FORESTER
NEE MULLEN
1865 - 1942
17. Lawrence "Gaffer" Louis MULLEN-23
Lawrence was known to say that there wasn't a horse born that he couldn't break and ride. Family have joked that he met Emma while trading horses in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri.
dates verified with Missouri death certificate
George Dusenberry WASHINGTON-242
George came from the direct line of descent of Charles Washington -- brother to President/General George Washington. As close to being a direct descendant of George Washington as one could get:
Augustine[1] Washington father of President George[2] Washington & Charles[2] Washington; Charles' line of descent -- Samuel[3] Washington; Samuel[4] T. Washington; Jesse[5] David Washington; George[6] Dusenberry Washington.
George D. Washington's family history/lineage is in the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
OBITUARY --
FUNERAL OF GEORGE WASHINGTON HELD SUNDAY
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Howell County Descendant of Brother of First President of United States Laid At Rest In Howell Valley Cemetery
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Funeral services for George Dusenberry Washington, 64 years old, who died suddenly last Wednesday morning, were held yesterday at the family home at Cull, eight miles east of West Plains, and were attended by many relatives and friends of the family.
The service was conducted by the Rev. Joe Rouintree, Methodist minister at Cull, and special musical numbers were given by a choir of eight voices.
Serving as pallbearers were B. R. Holcomb, Steve Heard, Tom Summers, Leslie Ryan and J. W. Thompson, all of Cull, and Arthur Allen of West Plains.
Burial was in Howell Valley cemetery (formerly Langston cemetery).
INTERESTING FAMILY HISTORY
Mr. Washington, who was a direct descendant of Charles Washington, a brother of George Washington, first president of the United States, was a son of Jesse David Washington and Sarah Maria Washington, early pioneer residents of West Plains.
Although he was born in Breckenridge, Mo., June 3, 1867, soon after his family moved to Missouri from Virginia, George Washington had spent the greater part of his life in Howell County.
He was married April 20, 1892 to Katie Mullen, daughter of Patrick Mullen of Crawford county, the marriage having taken place in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield, Mo.
Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Washington moved to Howell county and located on a farm southwest of West Plains where they reared a large family.
Surviving Mr. Washington are his widow and five sons and five daughters who are Mrs. Sarah Dixon Rouintree, of Red Oak, Ia., Miss Cora Rosa Washington of Phoenix, Ariz., Lee Patrick Washington and Edward Hudson Washington of West Plains, Mrs. Katherine K. Robertson of Talmadge, Calif., Robert Dusenberry Washington of Red Oak, Ia., Georgia Marie Washington of Phoenix, Ariz., Wayne Kenneth Washington, who is a member of the U.S. Cavalry of Ft. Riley, Kans., Russell Lowell Washington and Dorothea Louise Washington of the home. Five grandchildren and also one sister and a brother are Miss Zella Washington and Dan Washington of West Plains.
All of the sons and daughters and the surviving brother and sister were present for the funeral.
AUTHENTIC FAMILY RECORD
The death of George Washington, namesake and kinsman of the illustrious "father of his country" recalls the interesting history of the Washington families here.
While Howell county boasts many families who are descendants of famous early pioneer families of America, none lay claim to more distinguished ancestry than does the Washington family here, and also there is no family whose ancestral records are more complete nor more authentic than those of the family of Jesse David Washington, the late father of George Washington of Cull.
The family records are on file in Washington, D. C., and many years ago family heirlooms in possession of the Washingtons here were presented to Congress and accepted as authentic heirlooms of the family of General George Washington.
Although his ancestors all were members of the Church of England and an ancient family Bible in possession of the family here shows that the colonial members of the family were members of the Protestant Episcopal church of Virginia, George Dusenberry Washington of Cull was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, having been converted and baptized into the Methodist church when he was 17 years old.
George Dusenberry Washington's father, Jesse David Washington of West Plains, was the great-grandson of Charles Washington, brother of General George Washington, first president of the United States.
Charles Washington who was the fifth son of Augustine Washington, father of General Washington, was married to Mildred Thornton, daughter of Col. Francis Thornton of Spottswood county, Virginia. Charles Washington was a colonel in the American Army and had four children. His second son, Samuel Washington was the great-grandfather of George Dusenberry Washington of Cull.
Samuel Washington was a captain in the American army and lived in Fredericksburg, VA. He married Dorothea Quarrier and their son, Samuel T. Washington, was the grandfather of George Dusenberry Washington. Samuel T. Washington died in Oklahoma in 1860. He had seven sons, Jesse D. Washington of West Plains, father of George D. Washington, of Cull, being his second son.
WIFE NIECE OF JEFF DAVIS
Mrs. Katie Mullen Washington, widow of George Washington of Cull, is herself a descendant of another illustrious family, being a niece of Jeff Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy.
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