Wooten Harris was the third son of Isaac Harris of Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia. He was born in March 1759 and died February 11, 1840 in Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois. He married Frances Adams on January 6, 1784, in Rutherford County, North Carolina. She was born March 19, 1765, in Albermarle Parish, Sussex County, Virginia, the daughter of Benjamin Adams, Jr., and Frances Atkinson. The Adams family was living in Tryon County, North Carolina, before January 1, 1779. Tryon County, now extinct, is the parent County of Rutherford County, North Carolina.

The year 1784 was an eventful one for Wooten Harris. He married Frances Adams in January, her father died in July, and their first child was born in November. We know Wooten returned to Brunswick County, Virginia, the following June long enough to be reimbursed for his gun that was taken by the militia, but apparently this was a short trip for he was living in Burke County, North Carolina in 1790. The area where he lived was just over the Rutherford County line into Burke County.

In 1794, a group of settlers, including Wooten Harris, petitioned the Burke County General Assembly to add "that part of Burke County to Rutherford County that included the waters of 2nd Broad River and Conaways Creek" as it would be much closer to the county seat. Technically, Wooten's older children were born in Burke County, and the younger children were born in the same place, but by then it was in Rutherford County; however, it is customary to record a person's birth in the new county. Three of Wooten Harris's daughters married in Rutherford County. His oldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Harris married John Angel on January 3, 1811; his second daughter, Elizabeth Harris, married Andrew Halford on January 15, 1812; and his third daughter, Frances Harris, married Jonathan Alexander Cook on December 25, 1811.

Wooten Harris and family moved to Hickman County, Tennessee in 1818. Apparently, his son-in-law, Andy Halford, moved to Hickman County first, then the others followed. In 1819, Wayne County, was created out of the southern part of Hickman County. Thereafter, the Andy Halford and Jonathan Alexander Cook families were in Wayne County.

It was in the late 1820's that the Wooten Harris family moved from Hickman County, Tennessee to Montgomery County, Illinois. The following is from a brief history of Wooten Harris published in the book Past and Present of Montgomery County, p 729:

"About the year 1827 Wooten Harris, accompanied by his sons, Benjamin and William, emigrated from Hickman County, Tennessee to Montgomery County, Illinois.

"The ancestors of Wooten Harris originally came from Wales and settled in Virginia. An elder son of Wooten, named Starling,


[[ If the spelling "Starling" is what they used in the quote, AND, if the correct spelling should be "Sterling," then we should insert "(sic)" after "Starling." You'll have to tell me whether to do that, or to correct the spelling of the name, if this is just a typo. ]]


remained in North Carolina on the removal of his father from that state to Tennessee. It will be noticed that Wooten Harris originally came from Virginia to North Carolina, thence to Illinois. . . . Wooten Harris was a Revolutionary War soldier, and for several years drew a pension from the government for services rendered during that great struggle. . . ."

The names of the children of Wooten Harris and Frances Adams were on a register of their births included in his Revolutionary War pension records. They were submitted by his widow, Frances Harris, in order to obtain her widow's pension. Their children were all born in that part of Rutherford County, North Carolina that was part of Burke County before 1795. Unfortunately, Wooten Harris's Pension file at the United States National Archives was misplaced, lost, or stolen sometime between the 1960's and when all the files were microfilmed. At least his file was not microfilmed with all the others.

Wooten Harris set aside part of his land for a cemetery. His land was located on the Montgomery County line bordering the land of his brother, Zachariah Harris, who lived in Hurricane Towmship, Fayette County, Illinois. The Harris Cemetery land was actually in Fayette County. It is located in the NW 1/4 of Section 19, South Hurricane Township about 1/2 mile from the Montgomery County line in Fayette County on a main north-south road. There is a bronze tablet placed in the cemetery by the D. A. R. for Wooten Harris which reads: "Wooten Harris, Virginia, Pvt., Col. Harrison's Regt. Revolutionary War, 1759-1840."

1. Sterling HARRIS b 21 Nov 1784 NC.
2. * Martha "Patty" HARRIS b 16 Oct 1786 NC; m John ANGEL
3. * Elizabeth HARRIS b 11 Nov 1788 NC; m Andrew HALFORD
4. Joel HARRIS b 3 Mar 1791 NC
5. * Frances HARRIS b 14 Jun 1793 NC; m Jonathan Alexander COOK
6. * Benjamin HARRIS b 30 Nov 1795 NC; m Mary WALKER
7. * William B. HARRIS b 26 Aug 1798 NC; m Sarah DODSON
8. * Catherine HARRIS b 6 Nov 1800 NC; m James Thomas HICKS
9. * Mary HARRIS b 11 Apr 1803 NC; m James JERDEN

Martha "Patty" Harris was born October 16, 1786, in that part of Burke County, North Carolina that became part of Rutherford County, after 1795. She married John Angel on January 3, 1811 in Rutherford County. He was born about 1786, and died in 1863 in Marion County, Arkansas. The information on this family was sent to me by Elizabeth Reynolds whose husband, Leo Reynolds, is a descendant of John Angel and Martha Harris. There is a record of four children for this couple. Their first three children were probably born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the last was born in Hickman County, Tennessee.

1. William ANGEL b abt 1811; m Sarah
2. * James ANGEL b abt 1813; m Elizabeth WARD
3. John ANGEL b abt 1815; m Wilmouth Ann
4. Benjamin ANGEL b abt 1818

James Angel was born about 1813 probably in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Ward about 1832 in Hickman County, Tennessee. They had fifteen children. The Family Bible had been in the possession of their granddaughter, Jennie Jershua Frances Potter, daughter of Abner Wright Potter and Elizabeth Angel. She died in about 1853, then the Family Bible was found by other members of the family. It contained the names and birthdates of all their children.

1. Martha Ann ANGEL b 2 Feb 1833, d 18 Mar 1862; m James JOHNSON
2. William Gilbert ANGEL b 1 Jan 1835; m Martha ROBINSON
3. Eli Ward ANGEL b 3 Oct 1836, d 7 Jul 1930; m Mary JAMES
4. Mary Jane ANGEL b 23 Oct 1838; m 1st John RIGGINS; m 2nd Stephen CASEY
5. John ANGEL b 5 Feb 1841; d 20 Feb 1901; m 7 Jan 1866 Parasidia Clementine GARRETT
6. Elizabeth ANGEL b 22 Apr 1842, d 5 Jul 1931; m 17 Jan 1867 Abner (or Absalom) Wright POTTER (b 5 Dec 1837 NC, d 4 Dec 1923 Boneta, Duchesne Co, UT)
   
         Children born in Callahan Co, Texas:
   
   
   1. James Aaron POTTER b 29 Sep 1869; m 1st Alice CAREY
   2. William Marion POTTER b 30 Jan 1871; m 13 Apr 1897 Rosetta KITCHEN (d 7 Oct 1975)
   3. Abner Wright POTTER, Jr., b 6 Mar 1873; d 5 Sep 1921
   4. George Elzy POTTER b 13 Feb 1875, d 5 Jan 1963; m 17 Jan 1908 Maude HALL
   5. Charles Wesley POTTER b 5 Feb 1877, d 5 May 1962; m 1st Lucy MITCHELL, 2nd Kate KOFFORD
   6. Eugene POTTER b 1 Sep 1879; m 1st Ellen ALLEN
   7. Jennie Jershua Frances POTTER b 4 Apr 1882, d 11 Jun 1958; m 8 Oct 1901 Francis Edward REYNOLDS
   
   
7. James K. Polk ANGEL b 19 May 1844, lost in Civil War; unmarried
8. George Washington ANGEL b 25 Apr 1846, d 2 Sep 1851
9. Lucinda F. "Lucy" ANGEL b 28 Jan 1848; m Abraham RICHARDSON
10. Levi W. ANGEL b 10 Sep 1849, d 2 Aug 1919; 1st Columbia Annis O'HARA; m 2nd Artella Olive WALLS at Pine Bluff, AR; m 3rd Alice Luella BROWN at Monly, TX
11. Temple Belfield ANGEL b 2 May 1851; m Susan "Susie" HUFFMAN.
12. Sarah A. ANGEL b 2 Jul 1854 Marion Co, AR, d 13 Mar 1919; m 2 Jul 18-- George Worthington CASEY
13. Nancy ANGEL b 30 Sep 1856 Marion Co, AR; m F. Marion CASEY
14. David Nicholas ANGEL 11 Jun 1858 Marion Co, AR; m Nancy JAMES
15. Kizzy ANGEL b 20 Feb 1862 Marion Co, AR; m Mr. GIVSON

Elizabeth Harris was born November 14, 1788, in that part of Burke County, North Carolina, that became part of Rutherford County after 1795. She married Andrew "Andy" Halford, son of John Halford and Nancy Dalton, on January 15, 1812, in Rutherford County, North Carolina. They moved to Hickman County, Tennessee before 1818. Other members of the Harris family followed shortly afterwards. In 1819, Wayne County, was created out of the southern part of Hickman County. Thereafter, the Andy Halford and the Jonathan A. Cook families were in Wayne County. Andy and Elizabeth Halford's children, who were born before 1819, were technically born in Hickman County, while those born after 1819 were born in the new county of Wayne, even though they were living in the same place.

Elizabeth's father, Wooten Harris, and some of her brothers' families moved to Illinois in about 1828, but the Andy Halford family was included in the Wayne County Tennessee census that year. They followed the others to Illinois later and were included in the Fayette County, Illinois census records in the years 1840 and 1850.

Andy Halford's birthdate, May 12, 1787, was computed from his age at death. He died on April 18, 1861, at age 73 years 11 months and 6 days. Elizabeth died on June 17, 1855. They both died in Fayette County, Illinois, and were buried in the Harris Cemetery there.

1. (unidentified daughter) HALFORD b abt 1813 (-10 1820, 15-20 1830) NC or TN
2. * Nancy M. HALFORD b abt 1815 (45-1850); m Hezekiah B. HANES
3. * William Smith HALFORD b abt 1817; m Elizabeth SEARS
4. * Florella M. HALFORD b 11 Apr 1819; m William Russell KELLY
5. * Wooten Whitfield HALFORD b 18 Dec 1823; m 1st Nancy ALEXANDER; m 2nd Sarah M. HARRIS; m 3rd Martha JERDEN
6. Frances N. HALFORD b abt 1826; m 9 Jan 1845 Gilbert HARRIS, s/o Benjamin and Elizabeth HARRIS³, (Zach.², Isaac¹); no children
7. * Andrew Wilson HALFORD b 13 May 1830; m Linza Eleanor LEIGH

Nancy M. Halford was born about 1815 in Tennessee and died November 22, 1899 at Hillsboro, Montgomery, County, Illinois. She married Hezekiah B. Hanes (Haines) in Wayne County, Tennessee in 1831. He was born in Warren County, Kentucky, the son of Hezekiah Haines (Haynes). His birthdate, January 26, 1807, was computed from his age at death. He died July 27, 1848, aged 41 years 5 months and 21 days.

1. * Katherine Jane HAINES b Nov 1832; m 1st Joseph SEARS; m 2nd John Henry CEARLOCK.
2. William Wesley HAINES b May 1840 Fayette Co, IL, d about 1905 Chicago, IL; m 1st 5 Jan 1860 Fayette Co, IL, Tennessee Elizabeth LEIGH, d/o Whitmill LEIGH and Dinah H. DODSON; (b 7 Apr 1842 Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd 25 Jul 1866 Christian Co, IL, Mary Lovina LEIGH, sister of 1st wife, (b 18 Jan 1851 Fayette Co, IL, d 5 Nov 1925 Walla Walla, WN; they div Apr 1873); m 3rd 23 Jun 1873 Mahala (VARNER) McHENRY (b Nov 1839 OH, d 14 May 1920 Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL, bur Bluff Cem, Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL)
   
         Children of 1st wife probably born in Fayette or Shelby Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Florella M. HAINES b 1861 (9-1870) IL; m 8 Feb 1880 Montgomery Co, IL, George C. BRYCE, s/o William BRYCE and Isabella CRAIG, (b 1851, 29-1880, OH)
   2. David W. HAINES b 1862 (8-1870) IL, d 12 Nov 1878 Hillsboro, Montgomery, IL
   3. Alta M. HAINES b 1864 (6-1870) IL
   4. Sarah F. HAINES b 1865 (5-1870) IL
   5. Last secondary child, etc.}}}}
      
                  Children of 2nd wife were probably born in Shelby Co, IL:
      
      
      1. Margaret Salina "Lena" HAINES b 8 Jan 1868 IL, d 18 Oct 1936; m 1st William ECKLIN; m 2nd Henry LAMPE
      2. Gardener Harry HAINES b 19 Oct 1869 IL, d 10 Jan 1932; m 1st Hattie HANKINS
      3. Cora C. HAINES b 1870 (18-1880) IL
      
      
                  Children of 3rd wife:
      
      
      1. Isabella HAINES b 1875 (5-1880, 21-1896) Irving, Montgomery Co, IL; m 23 Feb 1896 Clyde G. ALDEN, s/o Levi ALDEN and Hannah MARTIN, (b 1872, 24-1896, Cairo, Alexander Co, IL. He was of Ashley, Washington Co, IL, when married)
      2. Myrtle HAINES b Nov 1881 IL; m 26 Sep 1900 Lem CLOTFELDER
   
   

Katherine Jane Haines was born in November, 1832 in Wayne County, Tennessee, and died January 14, 1904, in Fayette County, Illinois. She married Joseph Sears, son of John Sears and Anna Lona "Hannah" Johnson, on March 1, 1849, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 11, 1826, in Warren County, Kentucky, and died April 25, 1855, in Fayette County, Illinois. She married her second husband, John Henry Cearlock, son of Abraham Cearlock and Cynthia Landers, on March 21, 1860 in Christian County, Illinois. He was born in July 1831 and died July 9, 1900. Both events took place in Fayette County, Illinois. His first wife, Thurza Rhodes, was a daughter of Alexander Rhodes and Lucinda Harris³ (Zach.², Isaac¹).

1. Frances N. SEARS b 13 Jan 1852, d 11 Apr 1920 Christian Co, IL; m 31 Dec 1871 Christian Co, IL, Levi E. VIRDIN, s/o John VIRDIN and Elizabeth MASSEY, (b 22 Nov 1849, d 23 Oct 1941); they were both bur Bethel Cem, nr Sharpsburg, Christian Co, IL.
   
         Children born Christian Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Alemeda E. VIRDIN b 5 Feb 1873, d 2 Aug 1894.
   2. William Eugene VIRDIN b 22 Jan 1875, d 13 Jul 1954
   3. Tony B. VIRDIN b May 1877
   4. Frederick H. VIRDIN b 10 Jul 1879
   
   
2. Nancy Ann SEARS b 14 Aug 1854, d 29 Jul 1888 Christian Co, IL; m 10 Dec 1871 Christian Co, IL, Josiah Dodge LEIGH, s/o Whitmill LEIGH and Deanah H. DODSON, (b 15 Dec 1854 Fayette Co, IL, d 14 Nov 1923 Christian Co, IL); both bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL.
   
         Children born Christian Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Joseph D. LEIGH b 1874 (6-1880); m Emma MARTIN
   2. Stella M. LEIGH b 7 Dec 1876, d 10 Nov 1877, bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL.
   3. Mertle Ellen LEIGH b 22 Aug 1878; m George WORKER
   
   

1. Cynthia Alice CEARLOCK b Oct 1865, d 2 Apr 1931, bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL; m 19 Mar 1882 Christian Co, IL, Casius Ed KELLEY, s/o John H. KELLEY and Emily J. KELLUMS, (b Dec 1860 Sangamon Co, IL, d 27 Mar 1947 Christian Co, IL); they were both bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL.
   
         Children born Buckhart Twp., Christian Co, IL:
   
   
   1. (daughter) KELLEY b 3 Aug 1883, d before 1900
   2. Charles KELLEY b 24 Mar 1886
   3. Tima M. KELLEY b 20 Jul 1888
   4. Ola F. KELLEY b Aug 1894
   5. Meda KELLEY b Oct 1896
   6. Luther KELLEY b May 1899
   
   
2. Wooten Whitfield CEARLOCK b 14 Dec 1869, d 14 Feb 1905; m 12 Mar 1890 Christian Co, IL, Arminnie WEEDEN, d/o Roland H. WEEDEN and Sarah Jane HARVEY, (b 16 Sep 1869 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, d 14 Jan 1948).
   
         Children born Christian Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Homer Cletus CEARLOCK b 21 May 1891, d 13 Dec 1960, bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL; m 4 Aug 1922 Helen LEE
   2. Everett Hugo CEARLOCK b 28 Apr 1894
   3. Elsie Hazel CEARLOCK b 20 Jan 1896, d 23 Feb 1924; m 8 Apr 1917 Alvey REYNOLDS
   4. Ralph Kenneth CEARLOCK b 1 Aug 1899, d 19 Aug 1962, bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL; m 14 Aug 1920 Marie GEIBEL
   5. Lydia Esther CEARLOCK b 22 Aug 1903; m 18 Feb 1921 Elmer REYNOLDS

William Smith Halford was born about 1817 in Wayne County, Tennessee. He died September 8, 1846, of measles during the Mexican War, and was buried near the Gulf of Mexico. He married Elizabeth Sears, daughter of John Sears and Anna Lona Johnson, on September 6, 1838, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born September 19, 1817, in Warren County, Kentucky. She married, second, John B. Wilson on August 20, 1850, in Montgomery County, Illinois, by whom she had six children. She died February 28, 1883, and was buried in the Casey Cemetery in Montgomery County, Illinois.

1. * Joseph Whitfield HALFORD b 1 Sep 1839; m Sarah Jane CAMERON
2. Lucy Caroline HALFORD b 29 Jun 1841; m John Wesley COOK, s/o William Thomas COOK⁴ (Frances Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), and Minerva RILEY, (b Jul 1847 IL, (see under his name)
3. Benjamin Franklin HALFORD b 14 Mar 1843, d 15 Oct 1926 Christian Co, IL; m 4 Dec 1866 Christian Co, IL, Martha Ann PRATER, d/o Basil King Prater and Nancy ISBELL, (b 1846, 34-1880). They lived in Arkansas for a while then later moved to California
   
         Children: (See Sevier Co, Ark, 1880 census, Monroe Twp.)
   
   
   1. Elizabeth W. HALFORD b 1873 (7-1880) IL
   2. Mary L. HALFORD b 1875 (5-1880) IL
   3. Luise L. HALFORD b 1877 (3-1880) MO
   4. Martha S. HALFORD b Nov 1879 (b Nov age 7mo - 1880) AR
   
   
4. * Elizabeth Ann HALFORD b 21 Mar 1845 m 1st Joel SANDERS, m 2nd William B. MYERS

Joseph Whitfield Halford was born September 1, 1829 in Montgomery County, Illinois, and died on May 12, 1924. He married Sarah Jane Cameron on February 21, 1859, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born January 8, 1840, in St. Louis, Missouri, and died there on May 25, 1927. She was the adopted daughter of L. F. Stoddard. Joseph served his country during the Civil War. His descendants spelled their surname with two "l"s.

1. Samuel Smith HALLFORD b 11 Dec 1859, d 24 Nov 1954; died unmarried
2. Rufus Elmer HALLFORD b 27 Oct 1861, d 28 Aug 1946; m 15 Mar 1883 Mary Ann OBERLE (b 12 Oct 1858 d 15 May 1942)
   
         Children were born in Montgomery Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Sarah Anna HALLFORD b 10 Dec 1883; m 19 Jan 1910 Henry Calum ROGERS
   2. William Elmer HALLFORD b 29 Jul 1886; m Edna DRAKE.
   
   
3. * Benjamin Franklin HALLFORD b 17 Sep 1866; m 1st Sarah Belle ELLIOTT; m 2nd Mary Letitia SINNOTT
4. Elizabeth Marietta "Etta" HALLFORD b 22 Aug 1868, d 1965 St. Louis, MO; m 12 Nov 1883 Montgomery Co, IL, George W. SATTERLEE
5. Lois Eugenia HALLFORD b 25 Jan 1871, d 27 Aug 1872
6. Charles Whitfield HALLFORD b 8 Mar 1873, d 3 Nov 1942; m Della Frances WILSON, d/o Joshua H. WILSON and Sarah Emeline FISH, (b Apr 1886 Fayette Co, IL, d 21 Dec 1960 CA)
7. Joseph Eugene HALLFORD (twin) b 18 Oct 1876, d 13 Nov 1876
8. Sarah Jane HALLFORD (twin) b 18 Oct 1876, d 19 Mar 1879
9. Walter Vernon HALLFORD b 4 Mar 1881, d 17 Jul 1921
10. (infant daughter) HALLFORD b 10 Dec 1883, d 10 Dec 1883

Benjamin Franklin Hallford was born September 17, 1866 and died February 21, 1946 in Boise, Idaho. He married Sarah Belle Elliott, daughter of J. F. Elliott and E. A. Rutledge, on December 28, 1886 in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born March 29, 1861, and died June 20, 1920. He then married Mary Letitia Sinnott who was born January 21, 1877, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She died May 22, 1969, at age 92. She was buried beside her husband at Boise, Idaho. They lived at Portland, Oregon, before moving to St. Louis, Missouri where they lived from 1924 to 1928.

1. Inez Lillian HALLFORD b 9 Oct 1887 Hillsboro, Montgomery, IL; m 17 May 1908 Boise, Idaho, John HARMON (b 15 Dec 1886 d 12 Feb 1969)
2. Mary Evalyne HALLFORD b 7 Oct 1889 Hillsboro, Montgomery, IL; m Elmer MATHERS 15 children)-- no further data
3. Ethel Virginia HALLFORD b 24 Feb 1891 Hillsboro, Montgomery, IL; m 1909 Asa CHENOWETH (b 3 Oct 1879, d 7 Jan 1937)
4. Earl Franklin HALLFORD b 19 Jan 1893 Ontario, OR; m 1st Rhoda Beatrice ALEXANDER, (div 1921, d Jul 1992 in auto accident); m 2nd 14 Jun 1924, Boise, ID, Cora Artencha RATY (b 9 Mar 1905 Lewisville, ID)
5. Luemma Bell HALLFORD b 17 Nov 1896, Ontario, OR; m 1st 24 Dec 1914 William E. SKELTON (d 3 Feb 1919); m 2nd Boise, ID, John L. McINNES
6. Lester Elliott HALLFORD b 4 Jun 1898 Star, Ada Co, ID; m 20 Jul 1920 Leona MOULTON (b 30 Aug 1904 Westport, IN
7. Rollin D. HALLFORD b 26 Aug 1899 Middleton, ID, d 1 Feb 1967; m 3 Mar 1929 Pauline Neomi MOULTON (b 25 Jul 1911 or 23 Jul 1912 (?)

Elizabeth Ann Hallford was born March 21, 1845, and died in 1901; both events took place at Montgomery County, Illinois. She married Joel Sanders August 13, 1863, in Montgomery County. He died March 16, 1865, during the Civil War at Newbern, North Carolina. She then married, William Burton Myers. He was born about 1843/4, and died in 1918. (Note: Cora Myers, age six years, was living with this couple when the 1870 census was taken. Was she a child by his 1st marriage?)

1. Gertrude SANDERS b 15 Apr 1865 Montgomery Co, IL.

1. * Elnora "Ellen" MYERS b 10 Nov 1869; m Elijah R. STOKES
2. Ruth MYERS d in infancy
3. Tossie Sylvena MYERS b 22 Feb 1872 IL, d 14 Jun 1934 near Coffeen, Montgomery Co, IL
4. Ora F. MYERS b 8 Sep 1873 IL, d 1934
5. John MYERS b 1874 (6-1880) IL
6. Hattie M. MYERS b 1877 (3-1880) IL
7. Thomas MYERS b 27 Jan 1892 IL, d 27 Nov 1927, age 35; lvd in Coffeen, Montgomery Co, IL

Elnora "Ellen" Myers was born November 10, 1869 in Montgomery County, Illinois, and died July 21, 1905. She married Elijah R. Stokes, son of Thomas B. Stokes and Louisa W. Rhodes, on September 25, 1887, in Montgomery County, Illinois. He was born in December, 1863, in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and died in 1957.

1. Tornie Benton STOKES b 1 May 1890, d 9 Apr 1932 Los Angeles CA, bur Lynwood, CA; m Virginia. She m 2nd Mr. FALLINGHAM
2. Lena STOKES b and d as an infant
3. Eva Elizabeth STOKES b 26 Sep 1894 IL; m 1st Mr. FEYEN

Florella M. Hallford was born April 11, 1819 in Wayne County, Tennessee, and died May 24, 1881, in Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois. She married William Russell Kelley, son of John Kelley and Mary Whitesides, on August 31, 1837, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born June 11, 1815, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and died March 1, 1895, in Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois. His grandfather, Henry Kelley was born about 1742, and later emigrated to Sangamon County, Illinois. (See Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois by John C. Powers p 423 and Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America by William Terrell Lewis, 1893, p 259 for more information about this family).

1. * Mary Elizabeth Jane KELLEY b 29 Mar 1840; m Henderson Van Buren COLE
2. * Frances Catherine KELLEY b 30 Jan 1842; m John R. SPINDEL
3. Jonathan Alfred KELLEY b 30 Jan 1845, d 22 Mar 1871, bur Edinburg, Christian Co, IL
4. Andrew G. KELLEY b 31 Oct 1847, d 6 Mar 1878, bur Edinburg, Christian Co, IL
5. * Joel Smith KELLEY b 20 Sep 1851; m Phebe May SHADE
6. Nancy M. KELLEY b 1856 (5-1860), d 1886; m Jonathan W. RHODES

Mary Elizabeth Jane Kelley was born March 29, 1840, and died April 10, 1926, in Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois. She married Henderson Van Buren Cole, son of John Cole and Rutha Caroline Conner, on April 21, 1863, in Christian County, Illinois. He was born June 6, 1842, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died April 10, 1925, in Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois.

1. Florence C. COLE b 29 Jun 1864 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 2 Sep 1864
2. Naomi C. COLE b 16 Aug 1865 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 4 Sep 1865
3. Albert Jagonia COLE b 8 feb 1867 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 16 Nov 1887 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL
4. Nancy Miranda COLE b 1 Oct 1868 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 5 Dec 1953 Edinburg; m 22 Jan 1888, Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, George Franklin WOLF, s/o Frank WOLF, (b 25 Nov 1862 IL, d 3 Jul 1953 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL); both bur Taylorville, Christian Co, IL
   
         Children born in Edinburg, Christian Co, IL:
   
   
   1. John Charles William WOLF b 14 Apr 1889, d 4 Jul 1944; m 16 Oct 1912 Oma MAIN
   2. Nettie Ann WOLF b 22 Feb 1891, d 23 Sep 1935; m 29 Dec 1910 William Tracy BANDY
   3. Naomi Grace WOLF b 15 Oct 1892; m 4 Oct 1914 Clarence Dee POTTS
   
   
5. James COLE b Apr 1870 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL
6. Ruth Frances COLE b 23 Mar 1871 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 5 Aug 1950 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL; m 23 Nov 1893 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, Charles P. WINDELL (b 18 Feb 1863 OH, d 27 Jan 1934 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL)
7. Jonathan M. COLE b 20 Jan 1875 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, d 28 May 1948 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL; m 17 Feb 1897 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, Sarah Rosanna LYNN, d/o John T. and Rosanna LYNN, (b Jan 1874 KY, d 30 Mar 1944)
8. Maggie B. COLE b 16 Aug 1876 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, d 17 Feb 1890, bur Edinburg Cem, Edinburg, Christian Co, IL
9. Thomas Oliver COLE b 13 Dec 1878 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, d 7 May 1965 Phoenix, AZ; m 23 Dec 1903 Edythe M. POTTER, d/o James M. POTTER and Lena E. LEWIS, (b 13 Dec 1878 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL)
10. Ida Isabella COLE b 11 Sep 1880 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL; m 17 Jan 1904 Thomas Benjamin MAY (b 31 Mar 1880 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, d 29 Mar 1921 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL)

Frances Catherine Kelley was born January 30, 1842, in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, and died April 6, 1921, in Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois. She married John Randolph Spindel on October 1, 1857. He was born September 8, 1834, and died April 27, 1912, at Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois.

1. Joseph V. SPINDEL b abt 1859 IL; m Delilia
2. Alice L. SPINDEL b 1861 (19-1880) IL; m J. C. RICHARDSON, s/o Isaac RICHARDSON and Louisa HARGIS
3. William Henry SPINDEL b 15 Jun 1863 Christian Co, IL, d 5 Aug 1944; m 28 Jan 1891 Media Laola EASLEY (b 26 Sep 1869, d 16 Nov 1952)
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. Ralph SPINDEL; m Pearl BLANEY
   2. John Glenwood SPINDEL b 1897; m Miss GREENWALT
   
   
4. Sylvester Albert SPINDEL b 1864 IL; m 8 Oct 1889 Lizzy Blanche McBRIDE
5. Edwin Smith SPINDEL b 17 Feb 1868, d 15 Feb 1956; m 14 Oct 1888 Emma MAGIN
6. Enos S. SPINDEL b 21 Jan 1870 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL; m 1893 Vinnie PRITCHMAN, d/o Charles PRITCHMAN and Lizzie KOKEN, of Edinburg, IL
7. Lottie SPINDEL b 15 Apr 1877, d 3 Dec 1956; m Edgar G. SMITH; both bur Edinburg Cemetery, Edinburg, Christian Co, IL

Joel Smith Kelley was born September 20, 1851, in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. He married, first, Phoebe May Shade, daughter of Harvey Shade and Eliza Henshie, on March 8, 1874, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born May 6, 1852, in Medina County, Ohio, and died April 4, 1918, at Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois. Joel married, second, Mrs. Ella K. Wooters. He died November 3, 1937, St. Petersburg, Florida, and was buried beside his first wife at Edinburg Cemetery, Christian County, Illinois.

The following from Christian County, Illinois Births Book B "#4589 Phoebe Kelley b 20 Feb 1886, 6th ch, (f) Joel S. Kelley, 35, Farmer, runs saw mill b Christian Co, (m) P. May Shade, 34, b Ohio, res Buckhart Twp." However, the family lists Phoebe Almeda as born 7 Sep 1882 and Eliza Florella born 20 Feb 1886.

1. Clara Lillian KELLEY b 20 Dec 1875, d 23 Dec 1963, bur Edinburg, Christian Co, IL
2. Emma Arminda KELLEY b 19 Aug 1877, d 15 Jul 1900, bur Edinburg, Christian Co, IL
3. Mary Alice KELLEY b 1 Jan 1879, d 10 Sep 1879
4. Ethel Estella KELLEY b Sep 17 1880, d 24 Jan 1964, bur Edinburg, IL; m Dr. Luther T. LUNDY, s/o Cyrus Cornelius LUNDY and Emily WATERMAN, (b 22 Jan 1878 Uillisca, Montgomery Co, IA, d 5 May 1931, bur Edinburg, IL, He was a dentist at Taylorville, Christian Co, IL.)
5. Phoebe Almeda KELLEY b 7 Sep 1882, d 27 Jul 1946; m Hiram HEDDEN
6. Eliza Florella KELLEY b 20 Feb 1886, d 16 Oct 1921; m Harry BROCKELSBY
7. (infant daughter) KELLEY b 18 Jun 1889, d Jun 1887
   
   Note discrepancy - date of death precedes date of birth ?????
   
   
   
   
   

Wooten Whitfield Hallford was born about December 18, 1823, in Wayne County, Tennessee, and died January 30, 1886, at age 62 years, 1 month, and 12 days. His birthdate was computed from his age at death. He married Nancy Alexander on January 15, 1846, in Montgomery County, Illinois. They had no children. He married his second wife, Sarah M. Harris, daughter of William B. Harris³ (Wooten², Isaac¹) and Sarah Dodson, on April 28, 1849 in Fayette County, Illinois. Wooten W. Hallford married, as his third wife, Martha Ellen Jerden, daughter of James Jerden and Mary Harris³ (Wooten², Isaac¹) on December 25, 1884, in Fayette County, Illinois. Martha Ellen was born in December, 1842, Bingham Fayette County, Illinois. Wooten W. and Martha had no children.

1. * Sylvester Smith HALLFORD b 17 Nov 1851; m 1st, m 2nd Martha TODD
2. Thomas H. HALLFORD b 17 Jun 1854 Fayette Co, IL, d 12 Mar 1871, age 16y 8m 25d, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL

Sylvester Smith Hallford was born November 17, 1851, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died August 11, 1899, in Montgomery County, Illinois. Nothing is known about his first wife. He married his second wife, Martha Todd, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Todd and Michelle Landers, on March 2, 1876, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born about 1859. She was age twenty-one in 1880, and died April 30, 1942, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

1. Lilly A. or Ethel Lilly HALLFORD b 18 Feb 1878, d 1 Sep 1901
2. Sarah M. HALLFORD b 15 Jul 1879 Fayette Co, IL, d 6 Feb 1903; m 17 Jun 1898 James William SEATON, s/o J. Riley SEATON and Sarah HARRISON, (b 22 Aug 1876 Fayette Co, IL, d 6 Feb 1903)
   
         Children born in Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Averal Marie SEATON b 26 Dec 1898; m 17 Jun 1918 Charles W. BAKER
   2. Gordon Sylvester SEATON b 24 Jun 1900, d 21 Sep 1962; m 16 Sep 1922 Elsie MEALHOW
   3. Cleda Florence SEATON b 9 Feb 1902; m 12 May 1921 George HICKS
   
   
3. Rosella M. HALLFORD b 15 Feb 1881
4. Nancy I. HALLFORD b 7 Apr 1883, d Nov 1940 Los Angeles, CA
5. Sylvester Louis HALLFORD b 15 Sep 1885, d 1968; m 20 Oct 1908 Laura HARRIS, d/o Mancil Whitfield HARRIS⁴ (Zach. O.³, Zach.², Isaac¹) (b 23 Dec 1889 Montgomery Co, IL, d 1911, and Hannah ALEXANDER)
6. Wooten Whitfield HALLFORD b 17 Apr 1889, d 11 May 1905; m 15 Oct 1913 Mayme MORELAND (b 16 Jan 1889)
7. Thomas Jefferson HALLFORD b 16 Feb 1893 Fayette Co, IL; m 1st 12 Sep 1912 Buelah Beatrice ISABELL, of Bingham, Fayette, IL (b 9 Sep 1896, d 24 Mar 1959 Resida, CA), m 2nd Mona ______; He moved to California in 1921

Andrew Wilson Halford was born May 13, 1830, in Wayne County, Tennessee, and died August 27, 1907, Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois. He married Linza Eleanor Leigh February 1, 1855, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born May 11, 1838, in Maury County, Tennessee, the daughter of J. P. Whitmill Whitfield Leigh and Diniah H. Dodson. She died December 11, 1916. They were both buried in Edinburg Cemetery, Christian County, Illinois.

1. * Nancy Elizabeth HALFORD b 15 Feb 1856; m Isaac B. ROBERTSON
   
   
   
   dp Note: is it the first or second child who was not born in Christian County? Second entry gives a different county, but no different county cited for child #1 ???
   
   
   
   
   
2. Ellen "Peg" HALFORD b 1859, d 1940; m 6 Jan 1880 Fayette Co, IL, William WEST, s/o Alfred WEST and Nancy WILSON, (b 1858 Hamilton Co, OH).
   
         Children: (See Christian Co, IL, Birth Rec Bk A and B)
   
   
   1. Garfield WEST b 12 Nov 1880 Buckhart Twp, Christian Co, IL
   2. (male child) WEST b 26 Sep 1881 Buckhart Twp, Christian Co, IL.
   3. Rollie Benton WEST 11 Apr 1885 Southfork Twp, Christian Co, IL.
   4. (male child) WEST b 18 Aug 1889 Buckhart Twp, Christian Co, IL.       Children named by the family:
      
      
   5. Chester WEST (killed when hit in the head by ball when playing baseball)
   6. Almond WEST m had son Curtis WEST lvd around Detroit, MI
   7. Elsie WEST m Mr. LEEPER, bur in Alaska
   
   
3. * Hester Ann HALFORD b 10 May 1861; m Thomas Basil PRATER
4. Josephine E. HALFORD b 26 Mar 1864, d 1959, bur Ramsey Cem, Ramsey Twp, Fayette Co, IL; m 12 Feb 1880 Fayette Co, IL, William Douglas JERDEN, s/o James Martin JERDEN⁴ (Mary Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Thurza RHODES, (b 19 Aug 1860 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 16 Dec 1921 Cowden, Shelby Co, IL)
   
         Children born Buckhart Twp, Christian Co, IL:
   
   
   1. (child) JERDEN b abt 1881 d before 1900
   2. (daughter) JERDEN b 12 Jun 1882 d before 1900
   3. Roy L. JERDEN b July 1884, d 1951; m Viola DRISKELL (no children)
   4. Charles C. JERDEN b 24 Jul 1888, m Miss GARDNER
   5. William Cletis JERDEN b 21 Aug 1889
   6. Linza JERDEN b Oct 1895; m Mr. HATFIELD
   
   
5. James Weeden HALFORD b 30 Jul 1867, d 30 Jun 1959, bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL; m 31 Mar 1896 Mille Rosette LEIGH (b 7 May 1873 IL, d 31 Aug 1947 bur Edinburg Cem., Christian Co, IL). His children all spell their surname with two "l's(HALLFORD)"
6. * Seymour Segonie HALFORD b 8 Jul 1869; m Rose Lee MARTIN
7. Ida HALFORD b Apr 1870 (b Apr age 2mo - 1870, not listed in 1880)
8. Clarence Houston HALFORD b 21 Oct 1874; m 1st 21 Dec 1899 Emma Seletha WATKINS, d/o Henry WATKINS and Mary LITTLE, (b 12 May 1877); m 2nd 23 Oct 1933 Mrs. Minerva C. KIRBY
9. Herbert Edward HALFORD b 25 Jun 1877, d 15 Feb 1966; m 1st 5 Sep 1901 Christian Co, IL, Cora B. PRATER, d/o George W. PRATER and Spicey E. FERRIS, (b Jun 1883 Christian Co, IL, d 1906); m 2nd Mollie Bell PARKER or HANLEY

Nancy Elizabeth Halford was born February 15, 1856, near Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois, and died February 28, 1953, at Cowden, Shelby County, Illinois. She married Isaac Butler Robertson on November 6, 1872, at St. Louis, Missouri. They were both from Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois when they married. He was born March 13, 1846, in Kentucky, and died January 23, 1926, at Cowden, Shelby County, Illinois.

1. Alpharette Marie ROBERTSON b 7 Sep 1873, d 18 Mar 1874
2. Mary Bell ROBERTSON b 17 Feb 1875 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 2 May 1948; m 17 Apr 1894, Samuel Robert FARRAND (b 27 Apr 1872 and died 17 Apr 1948)
3. Joseph Cecil ROBERTSON b 9 Jul 1877 Hurricane Twp, Fayette, IL, d 15 Jun 1915; m 8 Feb 1910 Oklahoma MOORE
4. Ebenezer Alexander ROBERTSON b 29 Sep 1879 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL, d July 7, 1910; m 1st 22 Sep 1900 Sarah BAKER; m 2nd Mabel PHILIPS
5. Andrew Wilson ROBERTSON b 6 Jun 1882, d 14 Apr 1883
6. Lesley Leigh ROBERTSON b 17 Dec 1885 Buckhart Twp, Christian, IL; m 22 Jun 1915 Vera FRY (b 4 Aug 1884)
7. Fred Homer ROBERTSON b 17 Apr 1889 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL, d 25 May 1924; m 10 Jun 1910 Helen MOORE, d/o Lafayette MOORE
8. William Everett ROBERTSON b 29 Jun 1894 Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IL; m 2 Jul 1917 Reatha Ina BUFFMEYER
9. Mason ROBERTSON b 29 Jun 1896, d 2 Feb 1897
10. Linza Fern ROBERTSON b 4 Apr 1898 Cowden, Shelby Co, IL; m 11 Apr 1916 Andrew Glen McNANAWAY

Hester Ann Halford was born May 10, 1861, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died September 3, 1949, in Cowden, Shelby County, Illinois. She married Thomas Basil Prater, son of Thomas Jefferson Prater and Lucetta Casey, on October 6, 1880, in Christian County, Illinois. He was born in September, 1858.

1. (infant child) PRATER d 21 Aug 1881
2. Virgil LeRoy PRATER b 8 Apr 1883, d infant
3. Luella Floy PRATER b 6 May 1884, d 27 Dec 1958, bur Mound Cem, Cowden, Shelby Co, IL; m William Douglas JERDEN, s/o James Martin JERDEN and Thurza RHODES, (b 19 Aug 1860 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL. No Children. He m 1st 12 Feb 1880 Fayette Co, IL, Josephine E. HALFORD and had about 6 children)
4. Ellis PRATER b 2 Dec 1885 Christian Co, IL, d 11 Dec 1958; m 1 Apr 1905 Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL, Lena Ivalou NANCE, d/o Thomas NANCE and Viola McDANIEL, (b 6 Jun 1889, d 15 Dec 1968); both buried in Mound Cem, Cowden, Shelby County, Illinois
5. Arizona "Zona" PRATER b 20 Oct 1887 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL; m 10 Sep 1910 Christian Co, IL, Edith WITHEM (b 29 Mar 1891)
6. Cleo Grace PRATER b 26 Feb 1890, d 27 Jan 1965, bur in Mound Cem, Cowden, Shelby Co, IL; m Frank BIRD
7. Hallyard "Hallie" PRATER b 2 Feb 1892 Christian Co, IL, d 16 Aug 1961, bur Mound Cem, Cowden, Shelby Co, IL; m 5 Feb 1913 Christian Co, IL, Gladys SMITH (b 1894, 19-1913)
8. Dayton PRATER b 15 Nov 1893 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL; m 24 Nov 1914 Daisy Maud SMITH
9. Verna PRATER b 20 Dec 1895 Christian Co, IL; m Apr 1917 Louis Harrison PHILLIPS
10. Gordon PRATER b 31 Aug 1898 Christian Co, IL; m 4 Feb 1919 Ina Lorraine LOCKHART
11. Lila PRATER b 24 Apr 1902 Christian Co, IL; m 24 Dec 1919 Willie Calvin DUNAWAY

Seymour Segonie Halford was born July 8, 1869, Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois, and died January 17, 1954, at Edinburg. He married Rose Lee Martin, daughter of Isaac Newton Martin and Anna Elizabeth Cagle, on August 17, 1888, in Edinburg, Illinois. Rose was born January 23, 1871, in Edinburg, and died May 10, 1949, also in Edinburg. She and her husband were both buried in Edinburg Cemetery. Data concerning the last four children was not included because they were born after 1900.

1. Ellis HALFORD b 20 Apr 1889, d July 13, 1954 Springfield, Sangamon Co, IL; m 1st 23 May 1906 Florence Edith CAREY (b March 24, 1888 IL, d 12 Jul 1961); m 2nd 30 Apr 1921 Claudia GUTZWILLER (b 4 Jan 1904)
2. Euris HALFORD b 3 Feb 1891 Edinburg, Christian Co, IL; m 13 Jan 1912 Mabel SWIGERT (b 20 Oct 1891)
3. Marie HALFORD b 17 Jan 1897; m 7 Sep 1920 Frank H. ORR, (div no ch); m 2nd Alonzo REED (b 29 Dec 19--, d Jun 1954)
4. Archie HALFORD, b 19 Aug 1899, d 29 Aug 1966 Edinburg; m 29 Dec 1916 Viola "Vita" Juanita HAGEN (b 1 Jan 1900 Fayette Co, IL, d 14 Aug 1966 Modesto, IL; div)
5. Ethyl HALFORD
6. Seymour Segonia HALFORD
7. Hallye HALFORD
8. Eulalia Rose HALFORD

Frances Harris was born June 14, 1793, in that section of Rutherford County, North Carolina, that became part of Burke County before 1796. She married Jonathan Alexander Cook on December 25, 1811, in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He was born October 20, 1793, in North Carolina. They moved to Tennessee in about 1818 at the same time as the rest of the Harris family. At first they were living in Hickman County, but when Wayne County was formed from Hickman County in 1819 their home was in that county. Later, shortly before 1830, the Harris clan moved to Illinois. Jonathan and Frances Cook made their home in Christian County where Frances died on March 23, 1864. Jonathan Alexander Cook died December 27, 1876, in Sharon Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

The birth and death dates of Frances and Jonathan Cook and their children and some of their grandchildren were found in the Cook Family Bible which was published in the Fayette County, Genealogical Society Quarterly, Fayette Facts Vol VIII No 3 p 63.

1. * Sarah "Sally" COOK b 3 Dec 1812; m Jonathan KELLEY
2. Selah COOK b 24 Jun 1814 Rutherford Co, NC
3. Frances COOK b 4 Mar 1816 Rutherford Co, NC
4. * Benjamin Harris COOK b 13 Jun 1818; m 1st Elzira KELLEY; m 2nd Emeline "Emily" (BURRIS) NAPLES
5. Mary "Polly" COOK b 22 May 1821 Wayne Co, TN; m 27 Aug 1838 Fayette Co, IL, Isaac LANDERS
6. * William Thomas COOK b 19 Aug 1823; m 1st Minerva RILEY; m 2nd Mary M. HINTON
7. Drucilla COOK b 3 Jan 1827 Wayne Co, TN.
8. Ashley R. COOK b 21 Jul 1830 Christian Co, IL.
9. Elizabeth COOK b 9 Dec 1831 Christian Co, IL: m 13 Feb 1857 Christian Co, IL, Benjamin RHODES, s/o Anderson RHODES and Susannah HARRIS³ (Zach.², Isaac¹); see under his name
10. * Jonathan Wilson COOK b 22 Jul 1834; m Jemima SUTLEY
11. * John Wesley COOK b 9 Jun 1838 Christian Co, IL; m Lucy Caroline HALFORD m 2nd Sarah HUMPHREY
12. Martha COOK b 2 Nov 1842 Christian Co, IL

Sarah "Sally" Cook was born December 3, 1812, in Rutherford County, North Carolina. She married Jonathan Kelley on September 9, 1831, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was the son of John Kelley and Mary Whitesides of Rutherford County, North Carolina. His brother William Russell Kelley married Florella M. Halford, the daughter of Elizabeth Harris and Andrew Halford. (See Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois by John C. Power, p 425.) Jonathan Kelley died June 23, 1873; his wife, Sarah, died in 1900. They were both buried in Kelley Cemetery, Curran Township, Sangamon County, Illinois.

1. William W. KELLEY b 11 Feb 1833; m 2 Aug 1855, Sangamon Co, IL, Mrs. Alameda (DAVIS) MacMURRAY
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. Thomas J. KELLEY
   2. Sarah E. KELLEY
   
   
2. Mary F. KELLEY b 10 Jun 1834; m 26 Nov 1853 Sangamon Co, IL, William B. COBB (b 1829, 31-1860, Ohio)
   
         Children: (See Christian Co, IL, 1860 Census, Blueville)
   
   
   1. Lucinda COBB b 1854 (6-1860) IL
   2. James B. COBB b 1856 (4-1860) IL
   3. David W. COBB b 1858 (2-1860) IL
   
   
3. John C. KELLEY b 27 Mar 1837, d 1925, bur Old Salem Cem, Gardner Twp, Sangamon Co, IL; m 1st Emily J. KELLUMS, m 2nd Mary J. WOODS
   
         Children by 1st wife:
   
   
   1. Casius Ed KELLEY b Dec 1860, d 27 Mar 1947; m 19 Mar 1882 Christian Co, IL, Cynthia Alice CARLOCK, d/o John Henry CARLOCK and Katherine Jane HAINES⁵ (Nancy M. Halford⁴, Elizabeth Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b Oct 1865 Christian Co, IL, d 2 Apr 1931); both bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL
      
            Children born Buckhart Twp., Christian Co, IL:
      
      
      1. (daughter) KELLEY b 3 Aug 1883 d before 1900
      2. Charles KELLEY, b 24 Mar 1886
      3. Tima KELLEY b 20 Jul 1888
      4. Ola F. KELLEY b Aug 1894
      5. Meda KELLEY b Oct 1896
      6. Luther KELLEY b May 1899
      
      
   2. Ida B. KELLEY
   3. Mary E. KELLEY
   4. Lydia A. KELLEY
   
   
4. Elizabeth A. KELLEY b 5 Oct 1839; m 10 Oct 1872 Charles A. JACKSON of NY, lvd NE.
5. Harriet L. KELLEY b 20 Jan 1842; m 1st William D. KELLEY, s/o Elisha KELLEY and Nancy SIMS, (b 1830 Sangamon Co, IL); m 2nd Erastus CANFIELD
6. Benjamin F. KELLEY b 12 Apr 1848; m Margery S. HIBBS, of Marion Co, IL, lvd near Curran, Sangamon Co, IL.
7. Melissa E. KELLEY b 1851 d 1852.
8. Sarah Ellen KELLEY

Benjamin Harris Cook was born June 13, 1818, in Wayne County, Tennessee. His date of birth was recorded in the Cook Family Bible. He married his first wife Elzira Kelley, daughter of William Kelley and Dicey Ann Cook, on November 3, 1836, in Sangamon County, Illinois. The date on her tombstone in Cook Cemetery, Shafter Township, Fayette County, Illinois, indicates she was born in 1819. After her death, Benjamin married, second, Emeline "Emily" (Burris) Naples November 7, 1861, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born in about 1828 in Indiana. She was age forty-two in 1870 according to the Fayette County, Illinois census that year. Benjamin died December 29, 1881, and was buried in Cook Cemetery, Shafter Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. William A. COOK b 1837 (13-1850), d 9 Mar 1861, age 23y 6m 20d, bur Cook Cem
2. * James W. COOK b 1840 (10- 1850); m 1st Anne Frances GRISSEL, m 2nd Mary Catherine (GARRETT) BROWN
3. Dicy Frances COOK b 20 Mar 1842, d 12 Dec 1927, bur Rush Cem., Shafter Twp, Fayette Co, IL; m Ashley H. PETTIBONE, s/o Chancy PETTIBONE and Sarah STANTON, (b 16 Mar 1839, d 28 Dec 1917, bur Rush Cem, Shafter Twp., Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children born in Sharon Twp., Fayette Co., IL:
   
   
   1. Hiram O. PETTIBONE b 1 Oct 1866, d 30 Apr 1917; m Winnie R. _____(b 15 May 1873, d 14 Jun 1953); both bur in Rush Cem
   2. Benjamin PETTIBONE b 26 Sep 1868, d 3 Mar 1914; m 27 Mar 1901 Fayette Co, IL, Edith E. PARADEE, d/o William T. and Margaret PARADEE, (b 1872, 8-1880 IL)
   3. Rosa Bell PETTIBONE b 1871 (9-1880); m 5 Apr 1894 Fayette Co, Henry Thomas DONALDSON, s/o Robert DONALDSON and Amanda YOUNG, (b 1866, 28-1894, Montgomery Co, IL). Had son L. Clifford DONALDSON
   4. James Sanford PETTIBONE b 1873 (7-1880)
   5. Stella May PETTIBONE b 1874, 21-1895, Mo; m 2 Oct 1895 Bingham, Fayette, IL, Charles M. CUNNINGHAM, s/o John CUNNINGHAM and Nancy MATHIAS, (b 1868, 27-1895, IL)
   6. Eliza PETTIBONE b 1875 (5-1880)
   7. Pearl PETTIBONE b 8 Nov 1877, d 25 Apr 1888, bur Rush Cem, Shafter Twp, Fayette Co, IL
   
   

James W. Cook was born in 1840 in Sharon Township, Fayette County, Illinois. He married his first wife, Anne Frances Grissell, August 8, 1861, in Fayette County, Illinois. The family has no knowledge of her or if she had any children. He and his second wife, Mary Catherine [Garrett] Brown, daughter of Isbell Garrett and Lisa Dodson, were married July 31, 1879, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born in March, 1844, according to the 1900 census of Montgomery County, Illinois, but tombstone dates in Old Hurricane Cemetery are 1840-1932. He died in February, 1888, at age 48 years. This was her third marriage. She was previously married to Robert Merriman on March 22, 1859. He was killed in a sawmill accident. Her second husband, Cornelius S. Brown, deserted her. James W. Cook died in February, 1858, and was buried in the Whitten (Old Hurricane) Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. Mary married a fourth time to Wilson Merriman, son of Dempsey Merriman and Matilda Scribner, on December 14, 1892, in Montgomery County, Illinois. He was born May 2, 1852, and died August 20, 1929, and was buried in Stokes Cemetery.

1. Edward COOK (twin) b 8 Sep 1880, d 17 Sep 1961; m Gertrude BLANKENSHIP (b 1883, d 7 Nov 1971); both bur MacIntruff Cem. - no children
2. Fred COOK (twin) b 8 Sep 1880, d 18 Apr 1960, bur Greenville Cem, South Fillmore Twp, Montgomery Co, IL; m 23 Jul 1905 Mary Alice CARLOCK, d/o Pleasant Frank CARLOCK and Mary Elizabeth JERDEN5, (Alex. M.⁴, Mary Harris³, Wooten², ^Isaac1), (b 18 Nov 1888 Fayette Co, IL, d 7 Jan 1972, bur Greenville Cem)
3. Thomas Eugene COOK b 20 Dec 1881, d 16 Aug 1968 Shafter Twp, Fayette Co, IL; m 12 Feb 1905 Shafter Twp, Fayette Co, IL, Martha Edith ELAM, d/o James ELAM and Martha KIMBRO, (b 16 Oct 1887 Bond Co, IL, d 27 May 1969); both bur Greenville Cem, Montgomery Co, IL

William Thomas Cook was born August 19, 1823, in Wayne County, Tennessee. He died March 13, 1879 in Sharon Township, Fayette County, Illinois and was buried in Cook Cemetery, there. He married Minerva Riley, daughter of Barnabus Riley and Margaret McKenzie. She was born about 1827 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was age 23 in 1850. They had two children. He married second, Mary Mahala Hinton, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hinton, February 20, 1855, in Fayette County, Illinois. Her tombstone in Browning Cemetery, Fayette County, gives her death date as December 21, 1888, age 51y 7m 1d. Her birthdate was computed to be May 20, 1837. She was age 13 in 1850; born in Illinois.

1. * John Wesley COOK b July 1847 IL; m Sarah Jane ORR
2. * Barnabus Riley COOK b 3 Jan 1851; m Ruth Arminda WILSON

1. Sarah F. COOK b 16 Dec 1855, d 7 Jan 1902, age 46y 21d; m 1 Apr 1885 Fayette Co, IL, William T. SEARS, s/o John Johnson SEARS and Oma Prudence POPE, (b 2 Sep 1852 Fayette Co, IL, d 29 Apr 1898 Wilburton Twp, Fayette Co, IL)
2. Henry COOK b 1860 (10-1870)
3. Dicey A. COOK b 1862 (8-1870)
4. Laura B. COOK b 1863 (7-1870)
5. Alzira COOK b 26 Jul 1864, d 22 Feb 1934; m 24 Nov 1892 Fayette Co, IL, James A. HILL, s/o Elijah HILL and Hanna Mahala SEARS, (b Sep 1858 Fayette Co, IL, d 9 Jun 1908 Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Child:
   
   
   1. Carl A. HILL b Dec 1894 IL, 15-1910; m Emma SNOW
   
   
6. James COOK b 1866 (4-1870), d 29 Aug 1887, age 21y
7. America E. COOK b 1868
8. Virgil S. COOK b Apr 1870 (born Apr, age 3mo-1870)
9. Jonathan COOK b 1872 (8-1880)
10. Paulina Isadora COOK b 7 Apr 1875, d 22 Jan 1929; m 23 Dec 1894 Fayette Co, IL, George Louis HUGGINS, s/o David HUGGINS and Eliza WEAVER, (b Oct 1872 Clinton Co, IL)
    
          Children: (1900 Fayette Co, 1910 Montgomery Co, IL)
    
    
    1. Claud C. HUGGINS b Oct 1895 Fayette Co, IL
    2. Grace HUGGINS b Dec 1896 Fayette Co, IL
    3. Pauline HUGGINS b Jul 1899 Fayette Co, IL
    4. Newell HUGGINS b 1910, age 4mo-1910, Montgomery Co, IL
    
    
11. Homer COOK b 20 Jan 1878; m 18 Oct 1898 Viola ENGLAND

John Wesley Cook was born in July, 1847, in Illinois. He married Sarah Jane Orr on September 1, 1874, in Christian County, Illinois. She was born in November, 1855, in Morgan County, Illinois.

1. Mary Alice COOK b July 1875 IL; m 3 Nov 1901 Christian Co, IL, Henry Arthur FOLLOWELL (b 1879, 22-1901)
2. Lila May COOK b 1878 (2-1880) IL; m J. S. STRONG
3. Charles B. COOK b 27 Aug 1879 IL
4. Thomas Edgar COOK b 19 Aug 1881 IL
5. (daughter) COOK b 10 Mar 1883 IL
6. Homer COOK b 26 Mar 1884 IL
7. Grover COOK b 5 Jun 1886 IL
8. Harry COOK b May 1888 IL
9. Mattie Edith COOK b 8 Jun 1890 IL
10. Hattie COOK b Jul 1892 IL

Barnabus Riley Cook was born January 3, 1851, in Sangamon County, Illinois. He married Ruth Arminda Wilson, daughter of John B. Wilson and Elizabeth Sears, on August 25, 1872, in Montgomery County, Illinois. According to the Christian County, Illinois 1900 census, Buckhart Township, Edinburg Village, she was born in April, 1851; she had eleven children of whom eight were living in 1900. Children's names are from the 1880 and 1900 census records Christian County, Illinois. The birthdates are from Christian County birth records.

1. Virgil S. COOK b 1875 (5-1880)
2. Ora A. COOK b 21 Aug 1879 Buckhart Twp
3. Roy COOK b May 1881
4. Celesta COOK b 28 Jun 1883 (8th child)
5. Jesse COOK b 10 May 1887 Edinburg Twp
6. Ina or Ida COOK b 18 Aug 1889 (Ina in birth rec, Ida in census)
7. Rosco COOK b Oct 1892
8. Golda COOK b Apr 1894

Jonathan Wilson Cook was born July 22, 1834, in Christian County, Illinois. He married Jemima Sutley who was born in March, 1837. He died in 1904 and she died in 1908. They were both buried in Edinburg Cemetery, Christian County, Illinois.

1. Frances M. COOK b Oct 1858; m 10 Sep 1885, Christian Co, IL, John W. WESTBROOK (b Sep 1844, Christian Co, IL)
   
         Children: (See Christian Co, IL, 1900 census, South Fork Twp)
   
   
   1. Ida WESTBROOK b Jul 1886 IL
   2. Joseph WESTBROOK b Feb 1889 IL
   3. Mary WESTBROOK b May 1894 IL
   4. Everett Russell WESTBROOK b 7 Dec 1895 Blackburn, Christian Co, IL
   5. (child) WESTBROOK b Dec 1899
   6. (female child) WESTBROOK b 17 Feb 1902 Southfork Twp, Christian Co, IL
   
   
2. Henry S. COOK b Jun 1861; m 6 Nov 1890 Christian Co, IL, M. Addie FINLEY (b Feb 1868 MO. In 1900, she had two children, one living)
   
        Child: (See Christian Co, IL, 1900 Census, Buckhart Twp)
   
   
   1. Ralph S. COOK b Feb 1894, IL
   
   
3. William F. COOK b 1864 (6-1870)
4. Robert Weeden COOK b Aug 1868
5. Mary E. COOK (1875-1877) d age 2y, bur Edinburg Cem, Christian Co, IL

John Wesley Cook was born June 9, 1838, in Christian County, Illinois. He married Lucy Caroline Halford, daughter of William Smith Halford⁴ (Elizabeth Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Elizabeth Sears, on April 26, 1860, in Fayette County, Illinois. They had eight children whose birthdates were included in the Cook Family Bible. Lucy died March 28, 1899. He married second, Sarah Humphrey on May 29, 1901, in Christian County, Illinois. She was born about 1857 (she was age 44 in 1901). They had no children.

1. Frances E. COOK b 20 Apr 1861, d 17 Aug 1862
2. Benjamin Harrison COOK b 17 Dec 1862, d 22 Jan 1914; m 13 Nov 1889 Susan O. WESTBROOK (b Mar 1865 IL, according to the 1900 census she was the mother or 5 ch 4 lvg)
   
         Children born Christian Co, IL:
   
   
   1. George Frederick COOK b 16 Feb 1891
   2. Myrtle Alice COOK b 29 May 1892
   3. Thomas Flood COOK b 28 May 1895
   4. Blanch Ethel COOK b May 1897
   
   
3. Mary E. COOK b 23 Feb 1865, d 9 Sep 1868
4. Marion Albert COOK b 23 Sep 1866, d Nov 1968; m 1st 6 Sep 1893 Christian Co, IL, Martha WEEDEN, d/o Roland H. WEEDEN and Sarah Jane HARVEY, (b 12 Aug 1872 Christian Co, IL, d 6 Jan 1897); m 2nd 1899, Emma Jane MASON
   
         Children by 1st wife:
   
   
   1. Lelia Florence COOK b 29 Mar 1894
   2. James Archie COOK b 30 Dec 1895
   
   
5. Jonathan E. COOK b 25 Aug 1870, d 9 Oct 1871
6. William S. COOK b 31 Aug 1873, d 11 Nov 1899
7. Cora Ann COOK (twin) b 9 Aug 1877, d 12 Oct 1877
8. Dora Bell COOK (twin) b 9 Aug 1877; m 1st Oliver L. WINTHROW (div 16 Apr 1913), m 2nd 15 Sep 1915 William Milford CARSWELL

Benjamin Harris was born November 30, 1795, in that part of Burke County, North Carolina that became part of Rutherford County after 1796. He moved to Hickman County, Tennessee in 1818 with his father's family where he married Mary Walker in about 1822. She was born January 22, 180,2 in Georgia. Later, in about 1827-8, Benjamin and family accompanied his father, Wooten Harris, and other members of the Harris family from Hickman County, Tennessee, to Montgomery County, Illinois. Benjamin died September 8, 1838, in Montgomery County, Illinois, and was buried in Fillmore Cemetery, Montgomery County, Illinois. His widow, Mary, died May 8, 1881, and was buried beside her husband.

An extract from the Montgomery County (Illinois) News gives information about Benjamin Harris. He lost a horse, saddle, and blanket which were stolen by the Indians shortly after he first arrived in Tennessee. A document dated June 21, 1818, was found in the effects of the late Isaiah Toberman addressed to Benjamin Harris. This was an order signed by Capt. Josiah Hannah of the Tennessee Mounted Gun Men to enable Benjamin to recover the amount of his loss from the government.

1. Wooten HARRIS b 29 Aug 1823, d 21 Mar 1901 Montgomery Co, IL; m Evelyn C. WOOLARD, d/o James B. and Mary WOOLARD, (b 10 Apr 1831, d 16 Jan 1911 Montgomery Co, IL)
   
         Children born in Montgomery Co, IL:
   
   
   1. James Henry Woolard HARRIS b 1857 (3-1860); m 14 Feb 1877 Montgomery Co, IL, Mary Ellen BOWERS (b 1857, 23-1880, IL)
      
            Child:
      
      
      1. George Bowers HARRIS b May 1880 (age 1mo- 1880 born May) IL, d 21 July 1880 age 2m 11d
      
      
   2. Albert W. B. HARRIS b 18 Jun 1863, d 25 Aug 1901 Montgomery Co, IL; m 15 Oct 1891 Montgomery Co, IL, Evanna "Anna" MURDOCK, d/o Carmi David MURDOCK and Margaret Ann McNEELEY, (b 1870, 21-1891, Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL, d 1899).
      
            Child:
      
      
      1. Ralph Murdock HARRIS b Jan 1899 Montgomery Co, IL (His mother died at his birth; He was raised by his grandmother, Margaret Ann MURDOCK)
      
      
   
   
2. * Elizabeth HARRIS b 17 Feb 1825; m Jacob Henry BOST
3. * Joel A. HARRIS b 1827; m 1st Elizabeth HILL, m 2nd Mary E. McCULLOUGH
4. * Sarah "Sally" HARRIS b 1829; m Jonathan Bowers LANE
5. Frances HARRIS b 9 Jul 1831, d 21 Jun 1853 age 17y 7d Fillmore, Montgomery, IL
6. Benjamin HARRIS b 1832 (18-1850), d 1 Nov 1856; m 24 Feb 1853 Montgomery Co, IL, Julia Ann YOUNG (b 10 Feb 1833, d 10 Dec 1887 Fayette Co, IL)
7. * Mary HARRIS b 9 Sep 1833; m 1st John Blair SCRIBNER; m 2nd Isaiah TOBERMAN
8. William HARRIS b 7 Mar 1835, d 21 Jun 1853, age 18y 7d, Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL
9. * John HARRIS b Aug 1837; m Susannah Catherine TOBERMAN

Elizabeth Harris was born February 17, 1825, in Hickman County, Tennessee. Her parents moved to Illinois when she was three years old and settled in Montgomery County, where she lived the rest of her life. She married Jacob Henry Bost, son of Jacob Bost and Margaret Cress, on February 5, 1846, in Montgomery County, Illinois. He was born September 17, 1820, in North Carolina. Elizabeth died September 12, 1857, in Montgomery County. Henry married second Julia Ann (Young) Harris, widow of Benjamin Harris, on May 2, 1858. Benjamin was the brother of Elizabeth Harris. They had no children. Julia was born February 10, 1833, and died December 10, 1887. Henry died February 28, 1876, in Montgomery County, Illinois. Julia married 3rd October 18, 1877, Charles C. Matthewson who was age 55 in 1877.

1. Mary Frances or Mary Louise BOST b 12 Mar 1849 Fayette Co, IL, d 29 Jul 1940, bur Bost Hill Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m 22 Oct 1868 Montgomery Co, IL, Squire HILL, s/o Henry HILL and Elizabeth PRICE, (b 17 Jan 1845 IL, d 18 Oct 1905)
   
         Children born in Montgomery Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Ollie HILL b 5 Sep 1869; m 16 Oct 1890 Montgomery Co, IL, Alva E. TRAYLOR, s/o Joel C. TRAYLOR and Sarah AMET, (b 1861, 29-1890, Coffeen, Montgomery Co, IL)
   2. Henry C. HILL b 29 Oct 1873; m Hattie M. HENDRICK (b Jan 1 875, IL).
      
            Child: (See Montgomery Co, IL, 1900 Census, Fillmore Twp)
      
      
      1. Hal H. HILL b May 1900 IL
      
      
   3. Anna Elizabeth HILL b 28 Feb 1876, d 26 Aug 1876
   4. Mary Elnora "Toad" HILL b 19 Apr 1878; m 1st 12 Oct 1904 Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL, Easton W. WILLIAMS, s/o Henry W. WILLIAMS and Catherine STEELE, (b 1873 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL); m 2nd J. B. HICKS, m 3rd E. C. MAYHEW
   5. Ruby B. HILL b 1886 (24-1910); m 1907 Albert E. LIVINGSTON (b 1883 IL, 27-1910)
   
   
2. Rufus Jacob BOST b 2 Mar 1850, d 13 Feb 1934 Montgomery Co, IL; m 1st 29 Oct 1871 Luro Matilda SHERER (b 2 May 1850, d 16 Apr 1876); m 2nd 20 Sep 1877 Montgomery Co, IL, Ida OTTER (b 1857 OH, 20-1877)
   
         Children by 1st wife born in Montgomery Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Henry BOST b 1872 (8-1880)
   2. Bertie BOST b 1873 (7-1880)
   3. Gracie BOST b 1875 (5-1880)
      
      
   
         Child by 2nd wife born Montgomery Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Illinois BOST b 1879 (1-1880)
   
   
3. Victor Alexander BOST b 15 Sep 1853; m 25 Nov 1875 Sarah A Amelia SHERER
4. Jeremiah L. BOST b 6 Apr 1855, d 2 Apr 1908, bur Bost Hill Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m 13 Apr 1878 Montgomery Co, IL, Hester Jane WRIGHT, d/o Harris WRIGHT and Mary MOORE, (b 18 May 1858 IL, d 29 Feb 1916)
   
         Children: (See Montgomery Co, IL, 1900 Census)
   
   
   1. Cora C. BOST b May 1879, d 1949; m Mr. RITTZER
   2. Carrie C. BOST b Nov 1880
   3. Joseph C. BOST b Mar 1882
   4. Nelly M. BOST b Sep 1892
   5. Edward BOST; m Miss DEY
   
   
5. Elias D. BOST b Feb 1857; m 5 Sep 1872 Montgomery Co, Grace Belle MASON, d/o Henry F. MASON and Emily DAVIS, (b Nov 1861)
   
         Children: (See Montgomery Co, IL, 1900 Census, Fillmore Village)
   
   
   1. Jacob Henry BOST b 1879 (22-1901) IL; m 8 Aug 1901 Olive J. McCASLIN, d/o Charles H. McCASLIN and Rachel C. LIUXWILER, (b 1881, 20-1901, Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL)
   2. Effie F. BOST b Nov 1882 IL
   3. Else BOST b Mar 1884 IL
   4. Myrtle BOST b Jul 1888 IL
   5. Frederick W. BOST b Sep 1891 IL
   6. Glen BOST b Jan 1893 IL
   7. Gladys BOST b Oct 1895 IL
   8. Ruth BOST b May 1900 IL
   
   

Victor Alexander Bost was born September 15, 1853, in Montgomery County, Illinois. He married Sarah Amelia Sherer, daughter of Simon Sherer and Mary Elizabeth Blackwood, on November 25, 1875, in Montgomery County. She was born July 12, 1856, in Montgomery County. They made their home in Fillmore, Montgomery County, where their ten children where born and where they lived until they died. He died May 2, 1940, and she died in 1957. They were buried at Bost Hill, Montgomery County, Illinois.

1. Lula Lee BOST b 19 Mar 1877, d 13 Sep 1932; m 11 Feb 1904 Homer J. HARRIS⁵ (John⁴, Benj.³, Wooten², Isaac¹); (see children under his name)
   
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2. Mary Maud BOST b 15 Aug 1878, d 2 Oct 1912
3. Daisy Ethel BOST b 1 Dec 1879, d 21 Mar 1960 Hillsboro, Montgomery, IL; m 26 Apr 1905 Fillmore, John R. JOYCE, s/o Robert R. JOYCE and Sarah Jane WILSON, (b 1881, 28-1910 Montgomery Co, IL)
4. Ada O. BOST b 18 Nov 1880, d 29 Jul 1938; m 19 Apr 1906 Fillmore, IL, James D. CRESS
5. William Roy BOST b 22 Apr 1883; m 11 Apr 1906 Alma SIMPSON
6. (infant son) BOST (twin) b 4 Jan 1885
7. Ralph Shirley BOST (twin) b 4 Jan 1885, d 12 Mar 1939; m 14 Mar 1912 Wilda DOWNS
8. Bessie Bonnie BOST b 4 Jun 1887, d Feb 1958; m 25 Nov 1915 Mulberry Grove, Bond Co, IL, Lindsey McCOLLUM
9. Leta O. BOST b 2 Oct 1890, d 10 Dec 1922; unmd
10. Leva Lina Marie BOST b 6 Sep 1894, d 10 Dec 1922; unmd

Joel A. Harris was born in Hickman County, Tennessee. He was still an infant when his parents moved to Montgomery County, Illinois. His age was given as 23 in the 1850 census of that county. He was therefore born about 1827. He married Elizabeth HILL, daughter of Henry Hill and Ruth Prater on May 21, 1851, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born April 16, 1831, and died March 31, 1857. She was buried on Joe Whitten's farm. Joel married second, Mary E. McCullough, daughter of John and Sarah McCullough, on June 18, 1859, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born about 1836 in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was age 17 in 1850. He died October 15, 1862 in Montgomery County, Illinois.

1. Mary Hillis HARRIS b 1852 (8-1860); m 4 Mar 1880 Montgomery Co, IL, Peter SAILE, s/o Martin SAILE and Elizabeth HORN, (b 1839, 41-1880, Rochester, NY).
2. Sarah Frances HARRIS b Sep 1855 (5-1860); m 3 Oct 1879 Montgomery Co, IL, Albert Jefferson ABELL, s/o Pascal C. ABELL and Penny M. LYNN, (b Jun 1857 IL, d 22 Dec 1928 Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children were born in Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Delbert P. ABELL b Jan 1879 (1-1880); m 3 Nov 1901 Viola BECK (b 1878, 32-1910, IL)
   2. Joel William ABELL b 28 Oct 1881 IL; m 26 Jan 1911 Essie Aurora CRAIG, d/o Morgan Wilson CRAIG and Rebecca Jane HARRIS⁵ (Zach. O.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach.², Isaac¹), (b 14 Dec 1889 Fayette Co, IL)
   3. Chloe Priscilla HARRIS b 1 Oct 1856, d 8 Oct 1862, bur Danie Cress Cem, Fillmore Twp, Montgomery Co, IL
   4. Clarinda S. HARRIS b 1857 (3-1860); m Levin Nathan MURLEY
   
   

1. William Mc HARRIS b 1860 (19-1880); m 24 Jul 1889 Laura J. HUGHES, d/o Cleve M. HUGHES and Martha A. ROBERTS, (b 1866, 23-1889)
2. Margaret HARRIS b abt 1862
3. Joel HARRIS b 1863 (17-1880), d 31 Aug 1886.

Sarah "Sally" Harris was born about 1829 near Fillmore, Montgomery County Illinois. She was age 21 in 1850. She married Jonathan Bowers Lane, son of Timothy L. Lane and Roxena Harvey on March 9, 1848. He was born September 10, 1826, in New Hampshire. Sarah died in March 1850. Jonathan married second, Rachel Susan Bost, daughter of Jacob Bost and Margaret Cress, on February 3, 1852. She was born March 22, 1830. They had seven children. Sarah and Jonathan were both buried in Fillmore Cemetery, Montgomery County, Illinois.

1. Timothy Lional LANE b 24 Mar 1850 near Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL, d 1921 Fillmore, IL; m 31 Oct 1872 Montgomery Co, IL, Minerva C. BARRINGER, d/o Alfred BARRINGER and Sarah SHERER, (b 14 Jun 1843 East Fork Twp, Montgomery Co, IL, d 16 Apr 1940 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL)
   
         Children born Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Walter LANE b and d as an infant
   2. Corby Estella LANE b 24 Aug 1873, d 8 Dec 1843; never married
   3. Lottie M. LANE b 24 Feb 1875, d 30 Mar 1958 Morrisville, Montgomery Co, IL; bur Glendale Cem, Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL; m 3 Jul 1895 Montgomery Co, IL, Homer L. ALEXANDER, s/o Joseph T. ALEXANDER and Irena WRIGHT, (b Mar 1871 IL
      
            Child born Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL:
      
      
      1. Corba Estella ALEXANDER b Jun 1896; m Chester W. DOWNS, s/o William H. DOWNS, (b Feb 1894 IL
      
      
   4. Orville Bowers LANE b 24 Jun 1882, d 27 Apr 1955, bur Fillmore Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m 13 Aug 1919 St. Louis, MO, Vida V. MILLER, d/o David MILLER and Kate BOST, (b 30 Sep 1889 Montgomery Co, IL
   
   

Mary Harris was born September 9, 1833, near Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois. She married John Blair Scribner March 6, 1854, in Montgomery County, Illinois. He was born about 1813 in Kentucky. They had one child then he died. She married, second, Isaiah Toberman, son of Peter Toberman, on January 30, 1858. He was born September 24, 1831, in Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia, and died in St. Louis, Missouri. She died November 6, 1909, in Montgomery County, Illinois.

1. John B. SCRIBNER b 17 Mar 1855 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 4 May 1904; m 14 Mar 1878 Montgomery Co, IL, Carrie Melvina WILLIAMS, d/o Henry W. WILLIAMS and Catherine V. STEELE, (b 1861, 19-1880, OH)
   
         Child:
   
   
   1. Evelyn A. SCRIBNER b 1879 (age 9mo-1880) IL
   
   

1. Wooten TOBERMAN b 1859 (age 7mo-1860) d in infancy.
2. Marion F. TOBERMAN b 15 Jul 1861, d 27 Aug 1934 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL; m 5 Dec 1889 Montgomery Co, IL, Laura C. CRESS, d/o Eli TOBERMAN and Sally HOLZEHOUSER, (b 13 Mar 1864 IL, d 1942 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL)
   
         Children born Montgomery Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Macon E. TOBERMAN b July 1890, d 1 Dc 1981; m Edith CRAIG
   2. Muriel TOBERMAN b 28 Jul 1892, d 23 Apr 1901, age 9y, bur Fillmore Cem
   3. Maurice TOBERMAN b Jan 1894; m Hazel BURGESS d/o Ben BURGESS
   4. Marvin TOBERMAN b 9 Jul 1895; m 23 Sep 1928 Rebecca Charlotte HALFORD, d/o Homer Stoddard HALFORD and Ada Nela HENSEN, (b 17 Sep 1904)
   5. Murrey TOBERMAN b 4 Jun 1898, d 20 Apr 1901, age 3y, bur Fillmore Cem.
   6. Voris TOBERMAN
   
   
3. Joel H. TOBERMAN b 1863 (7-1870), d 1950 Fillmore, bur Fillmore Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m 1st 14 Nov 1888 Montgomery Co, IL, Susan Helen WRIGHT, d/o W. W. WRIGHT and Mary BROWN, (b 24 Aug 1861 IL); m 2nd Lucy J. DODSON (b 1873, 36-1910, MO)
   
         Children by 1st wife: (See Montgomery Co, IL, 1910 Census)
   
   
   1. George E. TOBERMAN abt 1890; m 2 Aug 1914 Alma RUSH
   2. Georgia TOBERMAN b 1892 (18-1910
   
   

      Children of 2nd wife: (See Montgomery Co, IL, 1910 census)


1. Gerald E. TOBERMAN b 1 Oct 1894 Crocker, Pulaski Co, MO; m 11 Jun 1955 Edith Gurman CEARLOCK, d/o James Robert CEARLOCK⁶ (Jas. R.⁵, Thurza Rhodes⁴, Lucinda Harris³, Zach.², Isaac¹) and Izetta B. HICKS, (b 10 Jul 1905 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL)
2. Mary H. TOBERMAN b 1896 (14-1910) IL
3. Walter E. TOBERMAN b 1898 (12-1910) IL
4. Thomas A. TOBERMAN b 1903, 6-1910 IL

4. Florence A. TOBERMAN b Dec 1865 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL; m 22 Dec 1889 Henry Francis or Francis Henry WILLIAMSON, s/o James R. WILLIAMSON and Nancy McDOWELL, (b 1 Jun 1860 Fillmore, d 31 Mar 1915)
   
         Children: (See Montgomery Co, IL, 1900 census Fillmore Twp)
   
   
   1. Buell O. WILLIAMSON b Aug 1890 IL
   2. Ethel Y. WILLIAMSON b Nov 1892 IL
   3. (infant) WILLIAMSON b and d an infant
   4. Paul B. WILLIAMSON b May 1898 IL
   
   
5. Benjamin Elmer TOBERMAN b Dec 1867, d 2 May 1955 Coffeen, Montgomery Co, IL; m 30 Oct 1890 Montgomery Co, IL, Annie Anise SNYDER, d/o Samuel SNYDER and Fannie BROWN, (b Sep 1869 Montgomery Co, IL). In 1900 census she had 3 ch, 2 living
   
         Children born Fillmore Twp., Montgomery, IL:
   
   
   1. Lloyd Orville TOBERMAN b 17 Aug 1891, d 11 Jul 1967; m 26 Feb 1917 St. Clair Co, IL, Hazel RICE (had son Rice TOBERMAN
   2. (child) TOBERMAN d before 1900
   3. (son) TOBERMAN b May 1900
   
   
6. Roxey TOBERMAN
7. Wellington TOBERMAN
8. William H. TOBERMAN
9. Thomas A. TOBERMAN b 14 May 1874, d 30 Jun 1903, bur Glendale Cem, Montgomery Co, IL
10. Walter Harris TOBERMAN b 19 Mar 1879, d 13 Feb 1960 Jefferson City, MO; m 16 Sep 1903 Montgomery Co, IL, Emma Estella SHORT, d/o Hiram S. SHORT and Sarah Minerva STOKES, (b 31 Oct 1876 Montgomery Co, IL)
    
          Child:
    
    
    1. Walter I. TOBERMAN
    
    

John Harris was born in August, 1837, in Montgomery County, Illinois, and died April 3, 1874, in the same county. He married Susannah Catherine Toberman, daughter of Peter Toberman, on November 19, 1857, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born in August, 1830, in Virginia, and died July 2, 1917, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was buried at Bost Hill Cemetery there.

1. Mary Frances HARRIS b 1858 (1-1860), d 1925; m 10 Mar 1880 Montgomery Co, IL, Robert McGUIRE, s/o Andrew Jackson McGUIRE and Lucinda SELLERS, (b Apr 1859, IL; dates on tombstone 1859-1947); both bur in Coffeen Cem, Montgomery Co, IL
   
         Children: (See Montgomery Co, IL, 1900 and 1910 Census):
   
   
   1. Ella C. McGUIRE b July 1884 IL
   2. Carrie A. McGUIRE b Jun 1887 IL; m John BLACKBURN
   
   
2. Laura HARRIS b 1861 (9-1870), d 22 Feb 1909, age 48y.
3. Clara HARRIS b 1863 (7-1870)
4. William Jasper HARRIS b 1865 (5-1870), d 1939, bur Coffeen Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m 24 Feb 1892 Montgomery Co, IL, Nina Gertrude BECK, d/o John P. BECK and Nancy J. BROWN, (b 1869 Coffeen, d 1950, bur Coffeen Cem, Montgomery Co, IL)
   
         Children: (See Montgomery Co, IL 1910 Census)
   1. Edger HARRIS b 1895 (15-1910) IL
   2. Nelly HARRIS b 1896 (14-1910) IL
   3. Vera HARRIS b 1898 (12-1910) IL
   4. Neva HARRIS b 1902 (8-1910) IL
   
   
5. Matilda Ordella HARRIS b 9 Aug 1869 Bost Hill, near Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL, d 24 Dec 1903, age 14y 4m 15d.
6. Homer J. HARRIS b Sep 1873; m 11 Feb 1904 Montgomery Co, IL, Lula Lee BOST, d/o Victor Alexander BOST and Sarah Amelia SHERER, (b 19 Mar 1877 Montgomery Co, IL, d 13 Sep 1932)

William B. Harris was born August 26, 1798, in Rutherford County, North Carolina. They moved to Hickman County, Tennessee in 1818. He married Sarah Dodson August 24, 1820. They had three children born in Tennessee, then moved to Illinois about the same time as his parents and brothers and sisters. They settled in Fayette County, where the rest of their children were born. William B. Harris died January 6, 1975, and Sarah died January 18, 1884. Both in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and they were buried in Harris Cemetery there.

1. * Frances Jane HARRIS b 24 Dec 1822; m Levi SEARS
2. Martha "Patty" HARRIS b 12 Aug 1824, d 19 Aug 1848
3. * Thomas D. HARRIS b 10 Jun 1826: m Delila PREWITT
4. * William Marble HARRIS b 22 Mar 1828; 1st Lurana Jane SEARS, 2nd Martha Ellen (JERDEN) HALFORD
5. Sarah M. HARRIS b abt 23 Dec 1830 Fayette Co, IL, d 6 Feb 1884, age 53y 1m 13d Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 28 Feb 1849 Fayette Co, IL, Wooten Whitfield HALFORD⁴ (Eliz. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b abt 18 Dec 1823 Wayne Co, TN, d 30 Jan 1886, age 62y 1m 12d; birthdates computed from ages at death)-- See under his name
6. * Mary A. HARRIS b Mar 1833; m George W. TURNBOW
7. * Benjamin A. HARRIS b 1834 (16-1850); m Louisa Van WATKINS
8. * Elizabeth M. HARRIS b 1836 (14-1850); m Pleasant Frank SCRIBNER
9. Wooten HARRIS b 13 Apr 1839 Fayette Co, IL, d 3 Sep 1840
10. Catherine Caroline HARRIS b Mar 1841 Fayette Co, IL; m 1st 31 May 1859 Montgomery Co, IL, John TURNBOW; m 2nd 1 Aug 1862 Fayette Co, IL, Willis D. SPEARS; m 3rd 25 Apr 1867 Fayette Co, IL, Robert "Robin" H. RHODES, s/o Anderson RHODES and Susannah HARRIS3, Zach.2, Isaac1) (b Jan 1830 Fayette Co) no children
11. Mahala Ellen HARRIS b 19 May 1843 Fayette Co, IL, d 31 Dec 1860 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL; m 4 Feb 1858 Fayette Co, IL, Willis Dodson CASEY, s/o Abner CASEY and Vincynthia Jane REEVES, (b 31 Dec 1833 Montgomery Co, IL; he m 2nd 19 Nov 1862 Fayette Co, IL, Ruth Elizabeth COLE; m 3rd Anna F. GRISSOM; Willis d 10 May 1931 Fayette Co, IL); Mahala, Willis and Anna bur Casey Cem, Montgomery Co, IL
    
          Child:
    
    
    1. Mary Frances CASEY, b 1859 (1-1860) Montgomery Co, IL, d 1931; m 1st 22 Feb 1874 Fayette Co, William Aquilla DAVIDSON, s/o Adley DAVIDSON and Lucinda SPEARS, (b 2 Oct 1853 TN)
       
             Children:
       
       
       1. Alta M. DAVIDSON b 1878; m 6 Nov 1897 Montgomery Co, IL, James Norris MERRIMAN, s/o John Hamilton MERRIMAN and Harriet L. BUTLER, (b abt 1872 Fayette Co, IL
       2. Willis A. DAVIDSON b 1879 (1-1880) IL
       
       
    
    

Frances Jane Harris was born December 24, 1822, in Hickman County, Tennessee. She married Levi Sears, son of John Sears and Anna Lona Johnson, on September 19, 1839, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born November 17, 1818, in Warren County, Kentucky, and died November 22, 1891. She died December 2, 1907. They were both buried in Liberty Cemetery, Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. * William T. SEARS b 9 Aug 1840, d 12 Sep 1916; m Nancy WILLIAMS
2. * Cynthia Frances SEARS b 19 Feb 1842; m John Lawrence MEYER
3. John E. SEARS b 4 Mar 1843, d 23 Dec 1865 Civil War, bur Harris Cem, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL
4. Elizabeth A. SEARS b 11 Jul 1844, d 18 Dec 1844, age 5m 7d
5. * Emily B. SEARS b 2 Feb 1846; m Henry HICKS
6. * Smith R. SEARS b 3 Dec 1847; m 1st Melissa A. HICKS, m 2nd Isabell (McLAUGHLIN) CARLOCK
7. * Sterling Harris SEARS b 21 Feb 1849; m 1st Burnette HICKS, m 2nd Delila Adaline DEATON
8. * Martha E. "Patty" SEARS b 8 Apr 1851; m Ellison M. HICKS
9. (infant son) SEARS b 15 Oct 1852, d 15 Oct 1852
10. Sarah M. SEARS b 16 Apr 1854, d 11 Dec 1855, age 1y 7m 25d
11. * Joseph L. SEARS b 31 Jan 1856; m 1st Harriet G. CRAIG; m 2nd Mary F. (ISBELL) HICKS
12. Johnson P. SEARS b 5 May 1858, d 13 May 1866, bur Harris Cem, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL
13. * Delila SEARS b 3 Apr 1858; m James F. COLE

William T. Sears was born August 9, 1840, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Nancy Williams, daughter of Benjamin Williams and Hannah Jones, on December 20, 1860, in Fayette County. She was born March 16, 1842, in Illinois, and died June 7, 1926. He died September 12, 1916. They were both buried in Liberty Cemetery, South Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Benjamin R. SEARS b 24 May 1862, d 6 Jan 1911, Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL; m 26 Sep 1886 Fayette Co, IL, Martha Ann SCRIBNER, d/o Pleasant Frank SCRIBNER and Elizabeth M. HARRIS⁴, (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac1), (b 25 Jul 1864 Fayette Co, IL, d 12 Dec 1900)
   
         Children born Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Clinton SEARS b 20 Jul 1890
   2. Charlotte Emeline SEARS b Jun 1892; m Virgil Lawrence MEYER (b 19 Jul 1893 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, s/o George Lawrence MEYER and Florence Rebecca HARRIS⁵, Benj. A.⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹)
   3. Carter Harrison SEARS b 15 May 1895, d 15 Mar 1919, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL
   4. Roscoe C. SEARS b 1 May 1898 (date on tombstone); b 30 Apr 1898 (date given in death record), d 18 Apr 1927, WWI US Inf., bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL
   
   
2. Sarah M. SEARS b 12 Nov 1863; m Levi LAWSON, s/o Sam LAWSON and Gertrude CARTER
3. Keziah Frances SEARS b 3 Apr 1876, d 28 Jul 1938; m 28 Nov 1882 Fayette Co, IL, John J. GARLAND, s/o Nathaniel M. GARLAND and Laura Ann HARRISON, (b 1859 Fayette Co, IL)
4. Mary J. SEARS b 3 Feb 1869, d 1871
5. Martha E. "Patty" SEARS b 15 Jun 1872; m 31 Mar 1887 Fayette Co, IL, Samuel McCager WRIGHT
6. Dorothy Ann SEARS b 18 Jun 1875; m William O. ROBERTS
7. Elmina SEARS b 18 Sep 1878, d 1944 Peoria, IL; m 18 Apr 1895 Fayette Co, IL, William M. WHITTEN, s/o John S. WHITTEN and Margaret WILSON, (b Mar 1874, 26-1900, Fayette Co, IL
   
         Children: (See Christian Co, IL, 1900 Census):
   
   
   1. Irma WHITTEN b Jan 1896 IL
   2. Dora WHITTEN b Dec 1898 MO
   3. Gladys WHITTEN b Jan 1900 IL
   
   
8. Levi E. SEARS b 7 Apr 1879, d Jul 1880
9. Flora Effie SEARS b 29 Dec 1880
10. Van Buren SEARS b 2 Sep 1881
11. Johnson P. SEARS b 16 Mar 1885, d 6 Apr 1954; m 6 Aug 1907 Julia WILLIAMS (d 1942); no children)

Cynthia Frances Sears was born February 19, 1842, in Fayette County, Illinois. She married John Lawrence Meyer, son of George Meyer and Margaret Johnson, on March 8, 1859, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born October 10, 1835, in Bremerhaven, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany, and died January 13, 1915, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. She died February 24, 1918. They were both buried in Liberty Cemetery, Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Levi B. MEYER b 1 Jan 1860, d 13 Mar 1956, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m Thilie Ann CASEY, wid of Mart CASEY
2. Margaret Jane MEYER b 24 Jul 1861, d 9 Nov 1953, bur Liberty Cem; m 1st 3 Oct 1879 Fayette Co, IL, Benjamin W. TURNBOW, s/o George W. TURNBOW and Mary HARRIS⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹, (b 30 Jul 1858 Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd 18 Feb 1894 Fayette Co, IL, William Riley HICKS, s/o James Jerden HICKS⁴ (Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Nancy Caroline HALFORD, (b 9 Nov 1854 Fayette Co, IL, d 24 Aug 1926, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL; no children)
   
         Child: (See Fayette Co, IL, 1900 Census, Hurricane Twp):
   
   
   1. Frances P. TURNBOW b Aug 1881 IL.
   
   
3. * Frances N. MEYER b 16 Feb 1863; m John Curtis FORCE.
4. Elizabeth A. MEYER b 20 Dec 1865, d 5 Feb 1953; m 12 Mar 1879 Henry C. DAVIDSON (b Aug 1851, IL; she was his 3rd wife; he m 1st 18 Feb 1872 Cynthia Catherine COOK; m 2nd 23 Dec 1874 Norcissa Jane COOK)
   
   
   
   Is this the correct spelling for Norcissa???
   
   
   
   
5. * George Lawrence MEYER b 15 Feb 1867; m 1st Florence Rebecca HARRIS; m 2nd Dora DAVIDSON
6. Lucy Caroline MEYER b 7 Dec 1868, d 19 Nov 1909 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 17 Nov 1895 Fayette Co, IL, Silas HICKS, s/o William Riley HICKS⁵ (James J.⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Mary Frances MATTHEWS, (b 4 Jun 1874 Bingham, IL, d 13 Sep 1942 Bingham, IL, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children born in Bingham, Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Mary "Polly" Frances HICKS b 31 Oct 1896, d 17 Jun 1971, bur Fillmore Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m 25 Mar 1916 East St Louis, Madison Co, IL, Ralph Aaron BUTLER, s/o Charles BUTLER and Emma HERRIN, (b 7 Dec 1892 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL, d 3 Jun 1947 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL
   2. Fonie Earl HICKS b 3 Jan 1900, d 17 Jun 1971, bur Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL
   
   
7. Joseph Erwin MEYER b 25 Nov 1870, d 10 Feb 1956, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 21 Jan 1894 Fayette Co, IL, Dora K. MERRIMAN, d/o Dempsey Marion MERRIMAN and Catherine MATTHEWS, (b 7 Jan 1874 IL, d 30 Dec 1918, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children born in Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Lora Myrtle MEYER b Jan 1895; m Homer G. CEARLOCK, s/o Thomas J. CEARLOCK and Rebecca Jane HICKS, (b Feb 1893)
   2. Homer L. MEYER b May 1897; m 1920 Vida F. CASEY, d/o Ora E. CASEY and Mary T. PARHAM, (b 1902, 7-1910, Fayette Co, IL)
   3. Cynthia MEYER; m Mr. SEATON
   4. Opal MEYER; m Mr. CARTER
   5. Everett MEYER b ____ d 1 Jan 1982; m 1927 Ruby RHODES, d/o Elmer Smith RHODES⁶ (Lucinda E.⁵, Robert H.⁴, Susannah Harris³, Zach.², Isaac¹) and Lucy Irene BOYD
   
   
8. Marion MEYER b 7 Oct 1872, d 3 Aug 1938; m 1898 Cora May CONARROWE, d/o William CONARROW and Hannah SHAFTER, (b 11 Jun 1878 Jacksonburgh, OH, d 19 Sep 1946, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; in 1910 she had 6 children 4 were living)
9. Eldred MEYER b 5 Sep 1874, d 9 Oct 1913, bur Liberty Cem, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL
10. John Erwin MEYER b 18 Sep 1876, d 29 Feb 1958, bur Liberty Cem; m 11 Dec 1911 Mary E. SEARS, d/o John Johnson SEARS and Frances LANDERS, (b 10 Jan 1872, Fayette Co, IL, d 5 Aug 1943, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
11. Homer MEYER b 4 Jan 1878, d 23 Aug 1879
12. Cynthia Melissa MEYER b 24 Nov 1880 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 4 Jan 1937, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 28 Oct 1897 Fayette Co, IL, Cyrus HICKS, s/o William Riley HICKS⁵ (James J.⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Mary Frances MATTHEWS, (b 4 Jun 1875 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 27 Jan 1922, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
13. Ora Theodore MEYER b 29 Jan 1883, d 11 Sep 1916 Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co, IL; m 20 Jan 1904 Ina Roberta COLE (b 15 Jun 1882 Fayette Co, IL, d 1 Jan 1946 Fayette Co, IL)
14. Anna Arada MEYER b 12 Jul 1885; m William Matthew HARRIS, s/o Campbell C. HARRIS and Telithew Jane CULBERTSON, (b 25 Aug 1881 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 25 Apr 1958, bur Liberty Cem, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co, IL)

Frances N. Meyer was born February 16, 1863, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died November 5, 1919, Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois. She married John Curtis Force, son of Thomas Force and Elizabeth Holtz, on April 3, 1890, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 11, 1865, in Effingham County, Illinois, and died October 25, 1925, in Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois. He was buried beside his wife at Mulberry Grove Cemetery, Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois.

1. Laura A. FORCE b 30 Dec 1890 Altamont, Effingham Co, IL; m 24 Nov 1910 Fayette Co, IL, Ernest A. CROWDER, s/o James CROWDER and Victoria ELAM, (b 17 Aug 1891, d 25 Mar 1956 Smithboro, Bond Co, IL, bur Mulberry Grove, Bond Co, IL)
2. Cora Elizabeth FORCE b 31 Jul 1892 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL; m 18 Dec 1910 Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL, Edgar ELSWORTH (b 9 Jun 1889 Finney Co, KS, d 21 May 1951)
3. Caroline FORCE b 10 Sep 1894 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL; m 7 Jun 1917 Greenville, Bond Co, IL, Charles ANDREWS, s/o Henry ANDREWS and Emma GLEN, (b 5 Nov 1891, d 24 Oct 1936 Waterman, IL, bur Mullberry Grove, Bond Co, IL)
4. Floyd M. FORCE b 26 Sep 1899 Mulberry Grove, Bond Co, IL, d 10 Dec 1918
5. Cynthia Mildred FORCE

George Lawrence Meyer was born February 15, 1867, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died May 2, 1955, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Florence Rebecca Harris, daughter of Benjamin A. Harris⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Louisa or Eliza Van Watkins, on November 9, 1888, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born March 1, 1868, near Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died there on November 19, 1906. He then married his second wife, Dora Davidson. Both George and Florence were buried at Liberty Cemetery, Fayette Co, Illinois.

1. Chester Barton MEYER b 24 Sep 1889; m Gladys MAY
2. Pearl Valla MEYER b 7 Sep 1891; m 15 May 1912 Everett Emery HARRISON, s/o William HARRISON and Cynthia DONALDSON, (b 18 Apr 1890 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL, d 18 Aug 1957, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
3. Virgil Lawrence MEYER b 29 Jul 1893; m Charlotte Emeline SEARS d/o Benjamin R. SEARS⁶ (Wm. T.⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), and Martha Ann SCRIBNER⁵ (Eliz. M. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b Jun 1892)
4. Alice Belle MEYER b 10 Jun 1895, d 7 Apr 1924, bur Liberty Cem; m Torney Alonzo HILL s/o Joseph Preston HILL and Catherine HICKS⁵ (Alfred R.⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 26 Jan 1890 Fayette Co, IL, d 1924, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
5. Cleda Van MEYER b 23 Nov 1900; m Eddie PADDOCK
6. Bessie Eileen MEYER

Emily B. Sears was born February 2, 1846, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died August 13, 1918. She married Henry Hicks, son of Lewis Hicks and Jane Lloyd, on April 9, 1863, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born May 31, 1844, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died October 5, 1918. Both Emily and Henry were buried in Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. (infant child) HICKS, b abt 1865
2. Johnson P. HICKS b 3 Jul 1867; m 29 Sep 1901 Ethel Catherine CARLOCK, d/o James Robert CARLOCK5 (Thursa Rhodes⁴, Lucinda Harris³, Zack.², Isaac¹) and Frances E. WOLF, (b 24 Jul 1884 Buckhart Twp, Christian Co, IL, d 19 Dec 1967, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL). (Ramsey News Journal: "Apr 1, 1910 Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Hicks and family left from Illinois Central for Ainsworth, Nebraska to make their home there")
3. Mary Elizabeth HICKS b 17 Jun 1870, d 21 Feb 1937; m 14 Feb 1889, Fayette Co, IL, Joseph Edward CARLOCK, s/o James Robert CARLOCK⁵, (Thursa Rhodes⁴, Lucinda Harris³, Zack.², Isaac¹) and Melvina Peradine VIEDIN, (b 8 Dec 1869 Buckhart Twp, Christian Co, IL, d 22 Feb 1935); both d Pana, Christian Co, IL, and both bur Ramsey Cemetery, Fayette Co, Illinois
4. (infant child) HICKS
5. Rebecca Jane HICKS b Mar 1873 (7-1860); m 26 Dec 1890 Thomas J. CEARLOCK, s/o Elias CARLOCK and Martha Ann HARRIS⁵ (Thos. D.⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b Jan 1870 Fayette Co, IL)
6. Izetta B. HICKS b 27 Feb 1875; m 1st 26 Dec 1891 James Robert CEARLOCK⁵ (Thursa RHODES⁴, Lucinda HARRIS³, Zach.², Isaac¹) and Izetta B. HICKS; m 2nd Mr. MILLER
7. Alice B. HICKS b 15 Feb 1877; m 1st 8 Mar 1899 James Norris DAVIS s/o Jonathan Franklin DAVIS and Elizabeth RHODES⁴ (Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 23 Jun 1871 Fayette Co, IL, d 21 Apr 1921); m 2nd 1925 Clark G. CRAIG s/o William Branwell CRAIG and Marilla Ann SWISHER, (b Jul 1874 Audubon Twp, Montgomery Co, IL); m 3rd 20 Oct 1958 Henry William MERRIMAN, s/o Wilson C. MERRIMAN and Elizabeth CLINE, (b Feb 1875, Fayette Co, IL, d 1959)
8. Otis HICKS b 1878 (1-1880)
9. Jennie HICKS b 16 Mar 1879; m Lloyd JOHNSON

Smith R. Sears was born December 3, 1847, and died in 1927 in Detroit, Michigan. He married Melissa A. Hicks, daughter of Greenberry Hicks and Sarah Jane Hicks, on October 15, 1865. She was born May 13, 1846, in Tennessee. She died January 19, 1876, age 30y 8m 8d, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. He married 2nd Isabell McLaughlin Carlock, daughter of Isaac Carlock and Lucinda Scribner, on October 28, 1876 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born November 6, 1858, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. John Pinkerton SEARS b 12 Dec 1866, d 1941; m 23 Oct 1889 H. Ginnette FORBUS, d/o George FORBUS and Augustine BUMGARTEN, (b 18 Oct 1869 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 5 Jan 1953 Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL); both bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL
2. Ada M. SEARS b 1869 (1-1870); (had son named Mansel SEARS, b 25 Nov 1893)
3. Lucinda or Lulu SEARS b 1872 (8-1880)
4. Greenberry SEARS b 20 Aug 1874

1. Sarah Malissa SEARS b 29 Sep 1877, d 28 Aug 1878
2. Anna Arena SEARS b 16 Jan 1880; m William TEETERS
3. Francis Debin SEARS b 16 Aug 1881, d 1881
4. Miles Willis SEARS b 29 May 1883, d 3 Aug 1973, bur Liberty Cem; m 1st Ona L. MERRIMAN, d/o Dempsey Marion MERRIMAN and Catherine MATTHEWS, (b 1878, d 1924 nr Bingham, IL, bur Liberty Cem, Bingham, Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd 25 Jul 1925 Illinois "Noia" STOKES, d/o John Milton STOKES and Elizabeth L. FLEET, (b 9 Mar 1885 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL; she m 1st Willie OWENS)
5. Mary Emma SEARS b 23 Jun 1884; m James BROWN
6. Harvy Henry SEARS b 1 Feb 1887 d in Claremore, OK; m Emma
7. Ina Sevilla SEARS b 10 Sep 1889 d 1890
8. Lona Dell SEARS b 26 Apr 1891 (9-1900); m 22 Oct 1910 Fayette Co, Samuel Franklin HORN, s/o Gusave HORN and Anna SARVER, (b 7 Jul 1890 Herrick, IL, d 10 Oct 1952 Detroit, MI)
9. Erma Intha Bell SEARS b 21 Aug 1900, d 28 Dec 1921; m Mr. HOFFMAN

Sterling Harris Sears was born February 21, 1849, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Burnette Hicks, daughter of Lewis Hicks and Jane Lloyd, on July 1, 1866, in Fayette County. She was born about 1852 in Fayette County. He married his second wife, Delila Adaline Deaton, daughter of Branson and Martha Deaton, on July 2, 1876, in Fayette County. She was born February 19, 1849, in Boliver, Tennessee. He died May 17, 1898, and Delila died October 23, 1918. They both died in Fayette County, and both were buried in Liberty Cemetery, Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Wylie SEARS b 16 Dec 1869, d 31 Apr 1932
2. Ida May SEARS b 31 May 1871

1. Viola SEARS b 12 Apr 1877
2. Ivanson SEARS b 28 Nov 1878, d 2 Mar 1878
3. Flora Effie Gale SEARS b 29 Dec 1880; m Horace Grant MORRISON (d 19 Sep 1955 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL)
4. James F. SEARS b 27 Feb 1884, d 2 Mar 1884
5. Amanda Lula SEARS b 1 Jun 1885, d 23 May 1955; m J. D. HARRIS, of Los Angeles, CA
6. Thomas Thurman SEARS b 22 Jun 1888, d 1972, bur Liberty Cem, Bingham, Fayette Co, IL; m 8 Dec 1909 Florence Lillian ROSIER, d/o Levi and Lillian ROSIER, (1887-1948) dates on tombstone in Liberty Cem, but obit says b 5 Oct 1890 Beecher City, IL, d 29 Jun 1948 at home in Logansport, IN)
7. Branson Bell SEARS b 26 May 1890, d 19 Oct 1949 Fayette Co, IL, bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 1st Rosella HICKS, d/o Martin McCallister HICKS and Mary Lucretia STOKES, (b 1 Mar 1896 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL, d 20 Jun 1943 Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL); m 2nd Mamie _________

Martha E. "Patty" Sears was born April 8, 1851, and died May 27, 1898; both events took place in Fayette County, Illinois. She married Ellison M. Hicks, son of Greenberry Hicks and Sarah Jane Hicks, on March 10, 1852, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born October 5, 1848, at Boliver, Hardman County, Tennessee, and died August 19, 1900, in Fayette County. Patty and Ellison were both buried in Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Frederick C. HICKS b 7 Jul 1885, d 25 Sep 1932, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL
2. 2. John Ewin HICKS b 16 Feb 1888, d 23 Dec 1932, bur Liberty Cem; m Mary ISBELL (b 1895 d 1971)
3. Nova Andrew HICKS b 11 Jul 1889; m 1st Zella Orlena ADAMS, d/o Robert N. ADAMS and Orlena HILL, (b 12 Jun 1892 Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL, d 29 Mar 1944 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd Lurana Jane STOKES d/o Joseph Green STOKES and Nevada HARRIS⁶ (Ozias D.⁵, Wm. M.⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 16 May 1891 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL)

Joseph L. Sears was born January 31, 1856, and died February 15, 1934, both events took place in Fayette County, Illinois. He was buried in Liberty Cemetery, there. He married Harriet G. Craig, daughter of John Wesley Craig and Margaret Hilliard Coy, on December 23, 1875, in Fayette County. She was born on December 28, 1856, in Illinois, and died March 16, 1910, in Fayette County where she was buried in Liberty Cemetery. He married, second, on October 27, 1910, Mary F. (Isbell) Hicks, widow of Alonzo N. Hicks and daughter of William C. Isbell and Adeline Williams. She was born in 1854 in Tennessee. She was age 26 in 1880. She died on March 25, 1955, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Melissa Jane SEARS b 5 Nov 1876, d 17 Apr 1962 Fayette Co, IL; m Joel Thomas HARRIS, s/o Benjamin A. HARRIS⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Louisa Van WATKINS, (b 19 Apr 1870, d 30 May 1950 both in Fayette Co, IL); Melissa and Joel were both bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; Melissa had two children one living in 1900
   
         Children: (See Fayette Co, IL 1900 Census)
   
   
   1. Joseph A. "Jody" HARRIS b June 1892 IL
   2. (child) HARRIS born and died before 1900
   3. Ruby Jewell HARRIS b 13 Sep 1900
   
   
2. Nora Bell SEARS b 21 Sep 1878, d 18 Mar 1886, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL
3. Dona B. SEARS b 6 Mar 1880, d 29 Apr 1960, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 1st 25 Aug 1897 Fayette Co, IL, (Rev) Willis A. DAVIDSON, s/o Aquilla A. DAVIDSON and Mary Frances CASEY, (b 27 Feb 1879 IL, d 13 Aug 1954 Fayette Co, IL, bur Liberty Cem)
4. Louis C. SEARS b Aug 1884
5. Homer Burton SEARS b 15 Dec 1887, d 19 Mar 1955; m 3 Mar 1906 Carrie POPE, d/o Seth T. POPE, (b 1891, 19-1910); this couple lived in St. Louis in 1912
6. Wesley L. SEARS b 9 Apr 1890
7. Lola M. SEARS b 19 Jan 1894, d 24 Nov 1894, bur Liberty Cem, Bingham, Fayette Co, IL

Delila Sears was born April 3, 1858, Fayette County, Illinois. She died April 15, 1942, in Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois. She married James F. Cole, son of Rainey Bluford Cole and Martha Pettitte, on February 24, 1876, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born September 28, 1854, and died January 26, 1930; both events took place in Fayette County, Illinois. He was buried beside his wife in Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Dallas Bluford COLE b 29 Jan 1877, d 16 Aug 1909 Alton, Madison Co, IL, bur Glendale Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m 1st 2 Mar 1902 Josie HILL; m 2nd Lillie (SMOOK) MILLER, wid of Dan MILLER
2. Laura Bell COLE b 22 Sep 1878
3. Flora Bell COLE b 22 Sep 1878, d 1 Jun 1907; m 2 Jul 1903 Roy BECK
4. Elsie Irene COLE b 25 Sep 1880; m 18 Jun 1878 James Thomas HICKS, s/o Martin M. HICKS⁵ (James J.⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten2, Isaac¹) and Mary Lucetta STOKES, (b 16 Sep 1880 Fayette Co, IL, d 13 Aug 1950)
5. Roa Myrtle COLE b 1 Apr 1883, d 24 Feb 1905, bur South Hill Cem, Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL; m 20 Aug 1902 Wesley J. PRATER
6. Illinois Frances COLE b 20 Aug 1892, d 5 Sep 1892
7. Frederick Burwell COLE b 16 Jan 1895, d 25 May 1967, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 20 Dec 1919 Anna B. KISSINGER
8. Jesse Owen COLE b 6 Mar 1898, d 7 Apr 1985 Schram City, Montgomery Co, IL; m 1 Nov 1919 Verna BURKE, d/o Fred Walter BURKE and Lola B. UPCHURCH, (b 2 Feb 1903 Montgomery Co, IL)

Thomas D. Harris was born June 10, 1826, in Hickman County, Tennessee. He married Delila Prewitt on February 18, 1846, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born June 21, 1826, in Kentucky or Tennessee, and died June 10, 1863. He died January 1, 1875. They both died in Fayette County, Illinois where they were buried in Harris Cemetery.

1. * Martha Ann HARRIS b 26 Jan 1847; m Elias CEARLOCK
2. William Shedack HARRIS b 6 Aug 1848, d 28 Oct 1851
3. * Sarah Lucretia HARRIS b 27 Jun 1850; m Joseph C. DAVIS
4. Mary Still HARRIS b 25 Mar 1853, d 24 May 1853
5. Susan F. HARRIS b 27 Sep 1855 MO, d 22 Nov 1882; m 24 Jan 1875 Fayette Co, IL, Saintclair O'Dell DAVIS, s/o William Jenkins DAVIS and Mahala C. WRIGHT, (b 1846, 4-1850, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. Dora DAVIS b 1875 (5-1880) IL
   2. Mahala DAVIS b 1877 (3-1880) IL
   
   
6. * Thomas Edward HARRIS b 4 Feb 1857 MO; m Sarah Ann HARRIS
7. George C. HARRIS b 7 Sep 1863, d 16 Dec 1883
8. Delila Almeda HARRIS b 1 Oct 1870; m 24 Aug 1899 John Thomas HICKS, s/o Jefferson HICKS and Frances Priscilla SEARS, (b 8 Jul 1859 Fayette Co, IL, d 23 Mar 1936; In 1910, Delila Almeda had 5 children 3 were living. John Thomas HICKS m 1st Sadie HARRIS⁵ (Thos. J.⁴, Thomas W.³, Zach.², Isaac¹)

Martha Ann Harris was born January 25, 1847, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and died March 30, 1882, according to her tombstone in Carlock Cemetery, but the death date March 30, 1884, is given in the family bible record of child #3, Mary. Martha married Elias Carlock, son of Abraham Carlock and Cynthia Landers, on September 5, 1884, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born September 20, 1844, in Illinois, and died January 27, 1891, (date on tombstone) in Fayette County, Illinois. The date of death for Elias was June 27, 1884, on the estate record in Fayette County Estate Box 492 and 521. They were both buried in Carlock Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. George J. CARLOCK b 22 Jun 1868, d 7 Jan 1949; m 4 Jul 1888 Fayette Co, Mattie POPE, d/o Macajah POPE and Drucilla POPE, (b Jan 1869 Fayette Co, IL)
2. Thomas J. CARLOCK b Jan 1870; m 26 Dec 1890 Fayette Co, Rebecca Jane HICKS, d/o Henry HICKS and Emily B. SEARS⁵ (Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b Mar 1873 Fayette Co, IL)
3. Mary CARLOCK b 28 Feb 1873
4. Lillie A. CARLOCK b 22 Sep 1875, d 2 Jun 1959, bur Glendale Cem; m 22 Sep 1892 James FLEET, s/o John W. FLEET and Mary J. DONALDSON, (b Sep 1872 IL)
5. Sarah Elizabeth CARLOCK b 28 Oct 1888; m 11 Nov 1894 Fayette Co, Rainey or Wrainey McD. COLE, s/o Thomas Ewing COLE and Melissa Jane FISH, (b 26 Feb 1875 Fayette Co, IL, d 22 Oct 1950)
6. Flora Ellen CARLOCK b 29 Nov 1879, d 14 Jan 1904; m 1898 Walter Cyrus FLEET, s/o John FLEET and Mary J. DONALDSON

Sarah Lucretia Harris was born June 27, 1850, in Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois, and died January 3, 1923, in Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma. She was buried in Galcaleher Cemetery there. She married Joseph C. Davis, son of William Jenkins Davis and Mahala C. Wright, on September 10, 1865, in Montgomery County, Illinois. He was born September 8, 1843, and died May 13, 1947. He was buried in Harris Cemetery, Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois.

1. George Washington DAVIS b 3 Jul 1867, d 13 May 1947, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 16 Jun 1904 Fillmore, Montgomery, IL, Mary Ann Matilda MERRIMAN, d/o Elias Terrill MERRIMAN and Nancy Eleanor RHODES, (b 2 Aug 1872 IL, d 9 Feb 1920 Montgomery Co, IL; she m 1st St. Clair Odell DAVIS)
2. St. Clair Odell DAVIS b 20 Oct 1869, d 20 Apr 1903, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 22 Mar 1891 Fayette Co, IL, Mary Ann Matilda MERRIMAN, d/o Elias Terrill MERRIMAN and Nancy Eleanor RHODES; (b 2 Aug 1872 IL, d 9 Feb 1920 Montgomery Co, IL, she m 2nd George Washington DAVIS)
   
         Children: (See 1900 Montgomery Co, IL, Fillmore Village)
   
   
   1. Mary E. DAVIS b Dec 1891 IL
   2. Bertha W. DAVIS b Jun 1894 IL
   3. (infant child) DAVIS b & d before 1900
   4. Cleda DAVIS b Oct 1899 IL
   
   
3. Frances Lulu DAVIS b 7 May 1871; m 28 Dec 1899 Henry Dallas WEEDEN, s/o Roland H. WEEDEN and Sarah Jane HARVEY; (b 2 Apr 1877, d 31 Oct 1930, he m 2nd 30 Apr 1910 Nellie PERRY, d/o John T. PERRY)

Thomas Edward Harris was born February 4, 1857, in Missouri, and died in 1922. He married Sarah Ann Harris, daughter of Benjamin A. Harris⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Louisa "Eliza" Van Watkins, on January 3, 1878, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born October 26, 1859, in Montgomery County, Illinois, and died January 13, 1947, in Pana, Christian County, Illinois. She was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Christian County, Illinois.

1. Lovely Dell HARRIS b 15 Oct 1879, birth rec, (1880 Christian Co, IL, age 7mo sick chills)
2. (infant son) HARRIS
3. Martha or Nora Ann HARRIS b 30 Mar 1884 Fayette Co, IL; m Fred H. BECK
   
   Obituary of Mrs. Fred H. Beck (not dated)

   "Decatur World: Mrs. Fred H. (Martha Ann) Beck, 85, of 1140 N Edward St., died 1:25 a.m. Saturday in her daughter's home. She was born March 30, 1884 in Fayette County. She is a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ann Harris, and a member of Westside Church of the Nazarene. She married Fred H. Beck May 25, 1902 in Bingham. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Edward (Opal) Heath, Decatur; a son, Edward O. Beck, Decatur; a sister, Mrs. Goldie Singler, Nokomis; two grandsons, four great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. Two brothers proceeded her in death. Services will be held Monday at Westside Church of the Nazarene at two p.m. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery."

4. George C. HARRIS b Aug 1888 Bingham, Fayette, IL; m 1st Flora Alice MARTIN, m 2nd Dewella _______
   
   Obituary of George Harris

   "Journal: George Harris, 79, native of Bingham dies at Decatur, IL (d 17 Jul 1967). Funeral services for George Harris were held Monday morning in Decatur with interment in Graceland Cemetery there. Mr. Harris, a native of Bingham died Friday night. His 1st wife was the former Flora Alice Martin of Sorento. She died in 1945. Surviving are his present wife, Dewella, two sons, two daughters, and two sisters, one of whom, Mrs. Goldie Singler, lives in Nokomis. He was a retired Decatur policeman."

5. (daughter) HARRIS b 1 Jun 1895 Fayette Co, IL
6. Glodia D. "Goldie" HARRIS b June 1899; m 1st Paul WRIGHT, m 2nd John SINGLER

William Marble Harris was born March 22, 1828, in Fayette County, Illinois. His first wife, Lurana Jane Sears, was born August 12, 1833, in Montgomery County, Illinois, and died December 8, 1892, in Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Candace Sears a sister of John Sears, Sr.; her father was Thomas Jefferson Todd. William married his second wife, Martha Ellen (Jerden) Halford, daughter of James Jerden and Mary Harris³ (Wooten², Isaac¹). She was the widow of Wooten Whitfield Halford. She was born in May, 1842, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. They had no children. William was her third husband. She married first George W. Cearlock. W. W. Halford was her second husband.

1. * Ozias Denton HARRIS b 25 Jul 1850; m Sarah Mahala JERDEN
2. Herbert Swain HARRIS b 25 Apr 1853, d 13 Jul 1879 unmarried
3. Saint Hellen HARRIS b 28 Nov 1855, d 18 Apr 1861
4. Parthenia M. HARRIS b 16 Feb 1860, d 12 Aug 1919 OK; m 24 Jan 1878 Fayette Co, IL, Silas J. KESSINGER, s/o Josiah KESSINGER and Cynthia Ann BROWN, (b 1851, 27-1878, d OK); Parthenia was his 2nd wife; the name of his first wife is not known
5. Saint Hellen HARRIS b 22 May 1864, d 10 Apr 1866
6. Euris HARRIS b 13 Jun 1867, d 8 Jun 1947, bur Olive Hill Cem, Coffeen, Montgomery Co, IL; m 11 Jul 1889 Victoria B. HICKS, d/o Eli and Malinda HICKS, (b 24 May 1862 Hardman Co, TN, d 31 Dec 1931 Montgomery Co, IL, bur Coffeen Cem, Montgomery Co, IL).
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. Ruby Mildred HARRIS b 26 Oct 1890, St. Louis, MO, d 28 Oct 1953
      
      FORMER EIU TEACHER DIES

      "Charleston, (Coles County, IL) Oct 28 1959. Miss Ruby Harris, 69, long time member of the geography department at Eastern Illinois University died in Community Hospital here today. Miss Harris graduated from Eastern in 1912. She joined the staff in 1923 and taught in the geography department until her retirement June 1 1956. She was acting head of the department from 1942 to 1946.

      "The body will be taken to Coffeen (Montgomery Co, IL). Miss Harris was born 26 Oct 1890 in St. Louis, MO. Her parents were Euris and Victoria Harris. She is survived by a brother, Frank C. Harris, Bridgeport, W. VA."

   2. Frank C. HARRIS b May 1896 St. Louis, MO
   
   
7. Vanilla HARRIS b 16 Feb 1871, d 7 May 1941, Bingham, Fayette, IL, bur Glendale Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m 27 Dec 1889 Fayette Co, IL, Willis Harris DONALDSON, s/o Samuel J. DONALDSON and Nancy CARTER, (b 25 May 1965 IL)
   
         Children born Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Vivian DONALDSON b Dec 1891, d and bur in Dakota, Stephenson Co, IL; m Mr. CLATTY
   2. Clarence Warren DONALDSON b Nov 1893; m Mary Lucile TOWNSLEY, d/o Addison Patfield TOWNLEY and Cirbia Dowell MACON, (b 1893)
   3. Roscoe Warren DONALDSON, d in his teens
   4. Richard B. DONALDSON b Dec 1893
   
   

Ozias Denton Harris was born July 25, 1850, in Montgomery County, Illinois, and died May 20, 1904. He was buried in Davis Cemetery, near Baxter, Henderson County, Texas. He married Sarah Mahala Jerden, daughter of Alexander Monroe Jerden⁴ (Mary Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Anna Jane Prater, on November 2, 1870 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born April 2, 1849, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died May 26, 1920, and was buried in Harris Cemetery, in Hurricane Twp, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Nevada HARRIS b 1 Sep 1871; m 26 Jan 1890 Fayette Co, IL, Joseph Green STOKES, s/o John Milton STOKES and Elizabeth FLEET, (b 14 Aug 1867 Bingham Fayette Co, IL, d 11 Oct 1904)
2. Arna Ardean HARRIS b 29 Jan 1874, d 17 Jan 1948 Fayette County, IL, bur Bolt Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 17 Mar 1901, Fayette Co, IL, Mattie Catherine BOLT, d/o Abraham BOLT and Virginia BUCHANAN, (b 13 Nov 1869 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL, d 13 Nov 1947 Fayette Co, IL)
3. Arada Isada HARRIS b 27 Sep 1875, d 1875
4. Oscar Eugene HARRIS b 11 Apr 1877; m Anna CALLEY (d from childbirth when only child, Sarah Elizabeth Harris was born near Athens, Henderson Co, TX)
5. Everett Evens HARRIS b 24 Feb 1879, d 1 Apr 1882, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL
6. Elta Celesta HARRIS b 2 Nov 1880, d 12 Apr 1882, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL
7. Arizona Lurough HARRIS b 12 Sep 1883, d 20 May 1916; m Jesse WILKENSON in TX, had 6 children; lvd nr Athens, Henderson Co, TX
8. Chalmer Denton HARRIS b 24 Jun 1885, d 30 Oct 1885
9. Erna Stewart HARRIS b 11 Feb 1889; m 24 Oct 1910 Lula Annie BEARDEN

Mary A. Harris was born in March, 1833, Fayette County, Illinois. She married George W. Turnbow October 28, 1854, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born in May, 1824, in Tennessee. Mary was his second wife. He had five children by his first wife, Lucette "Lucy" Pearson. He died January 19, 1908, at age 83, in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and was buried in Harris Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. Mary died January 22, 1917, in Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Sarah Jane TURNBOW b 2 Oct 1855, d 10 Feb 1940 Fayette Co, IL; m 26 Apr 1873 Fayette Co, IL, Henry M. POPE, as his 3rd wife, (b 1853, 26-1880, d 1922 bur Browning Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children born Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Sylvester POPE b Apr 1874, d 1914, bur Browning Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 16 Dec 1894 Amelia NETTLEBACK, d/o Herman NETTLEBACK and Elizabeth BROWNING, (b Sep 1870 IL)
      
            Child:
      
      
      1. Bessie M. POPE b Aug 1899 Fayette Co, IL
      
      
   2. Elijah POPE b Apr 1877: m Cora (b Jun 1876, IL)
   
   
2. * John W. TURNBOW b Nov 1856; m Mahala Frances HARRIS
3. Benjamin W. TURNBOW b 30 Jul 1858, d 4 Apr 1927 Hurricane twp, Fayette Co, IL, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 1st 3 Oct 1879 Fayette Co, Margaret Jane MEYER, d/o John Lawrence MEYER and Cynthia Frances SEARS⁵, (Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 24 Jul 1861 Christian Co, IL, d 9 Nov 1953); m 2nd 1 Oct 1884 Martha B. ALEXANDER, d/o Jacob ALEXANDER and Mary Ann HICKS, (b Apr 1863, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Child by 1st wife:
   
   
   1. Frances P. TURNBOW b Aug 1881, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL

      Children by 2nd wife:


1. Ora D. TURNBOW b Jul 1889, Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 21 Jul 1960; m 1st Ethel SNOW; m 2nd 23 Apr 1929 Noia L. GARLAND, d/o Anthony T. GARLAND and Sarah Ellen SCRIBNER, (b 16 Mar 1887 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL); she m 2nd Robert GARLAND
2. Zora B. TURNBOW b Dec 1895, Bingham, Fayette Co, IL; m Mr. BRAYLOCK


1. Louisa or Eliza Ann TURNBOW b 1859 (age 10mo-1860); m 15 Nov 1877 James DAVIS (b 1857, 20-1877, IL)
   
         Children: (Fayette Co, IL, 1880, and 1900 census, Hurricane Twp)
   
   
   1. John M. DAVIS b Dec 1878 IL
   2. (son) DAVIS b 1880 (age 3mo-1880) IL
   3. Sarah E. DAVIS b 26 Jun 1885, d 3 Aug 1959 Hillsboro, Montgomery, IL, bur Glendale Cem; m Fred SPEARS
   
   
2. Thomas Houston TURNBOW b 1861 (9-1870) IL
3. Martha Mahala TURNBOW b 19 Mar 1862, d 27 Feb 1948 Fayette Co, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 24 Feb 1881 Fayette Co, IL, William Louis ALEXANDER, s/o Jacob ALEXANDER and Mary Ann HICKS, (b May 1861 Fayette Co, IL)
4. Mary Elizabeth TURNBOW b 27 May 1863, d 17 Dec 1952; m 1st 28 Nov 1884 Fayette Co, IL, John W. SEATON, s/o William SEATON and Miss WILLIAMS (b 1856, 28-1884, Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd 4 Dec 1892 Fayette Co, IL, Benjamin F. HARRISON, s/o Benjamin HARRISON and Michel HINTON, (b 1853, 39-1892, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Child by 1st husband: (1900 Fayette Co, Hurricane Twp, p 55)
   
   
   1. George D. SEATON b Jan 1887 IL
   
   

      Children by 2nd husband:


1. Elisha HARRISON
2. Fred HARRISON
3. Rosa HARRISON

John W. Turnbow was born in November, 1856, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Mahala Frances Harris, on August 29, 1878, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born October 9, 1862, in Montgomery County, Illinois, the daughter of Benjamin A. Harris⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Louisa "Eliza" Van Watkins. They were cousins. Her father, Benjamin A. Harris, was the brother of his mother, Mary A. Harris.

1. Celestia TURNBOW b 1880 (age 1mo-1880) IL, d before 1900
2. Mary T. TURNBOW b Nov 1885 IL, d before 1910
3. Zilla M. TURNBOW b Dec 1889 IL

Benjamin A. Harris was born about 1834 Fayette County, Illinois. He was age 16 in 1850. He married Louisa "Eliza" Van Watkins, the daughter of Absalom Cradock Watkins and Mary Little. Her birth and death dates on her tombstone in Fillmore Cemetery were 1840-1925; however, she was age 12 in the Fayette County 1850 Census. Benjamin died in 1888 and was buried in Harris Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. Louisa married second, November 11, 1897, Emasiah M. Card.

1. Mary Jane HARRIS b Jun 1857, d 27 Jun 1904, age 41y 11m 23d; m 27 Sep 1876 Levi HICKS, s/o Lewis HICKS and Jane LLOYD, (b Aug 1856 Fayette Co, IL, d Nov 1929, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL).
   
         Children born in Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Louisa Jane HICKS b 14 Apr 1857
   2. Adell Perkins HICKS b July 1889
   3. James Frank HICKS b Nov 1894
   
   
2. Sarah Ann HARRIS b 26 Oct 1859, d 13 Jan 1947; m 2 Jan 1878 Thomas Edward HARRIS⁵, Thos., D.⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹); see children under his name
3. Mahala Frances HARRIS b Oct 1862; m 19 Aug 1878 John W. TURNBOW, s/o George W. TURNBOW and Mary A. HARRIS⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹); see children under his name
4. William HARRIS b 1866 d 1867
5. Florence Rebecca HARRIS b 1 Mar 1868 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 19 Nov 1906, bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m George Lawrence MEYER, s/o John Lawrence MEYER⁵ (Frances J. HARRIS⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Cynthia Frances SEARS, (b 10 Feb 1862 Fayette Co, IL); see descendants under his name
6. Joel Thomas HARRIS b 19 Apr 1870 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 30 May 1950; m Melissa Jane SEARS, d/o Joseph L. SEARS and Harriet G. CRAIG, (b 5 Nov 1876 Fayette Co, IL, d 17 Apr 1962 Fayette Co, IL); both bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL

Elizabeth M. Harris was born about 1836 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was age 14 in 1850. She married Pleasant Frank Scribner, son of Pleasant Scribner and Mary Ann Venable, on March 13, 1853, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born in September, 1833, in Illinois. She was his first wife. He married second, August 30, 1870, Catherine Hicks, daughter of James Thomas Hicks and Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹, and the widow of James Martin Van Buren Williams.

1. Whitfield H. SCRIBNER b abt 1854 (6-1860); m 13 Feb 1878 Grace Ann Kimmons HARRIS (b 8 Feb 1863 d/o Isaac HARRIS and Minerva KIMMONS. She m 2nd 3 Apr 1881 Thomas MULLIGAN.) (Note: No known relationship to our Isaac Harris)
   
         Child:
   
   
   1. Elizabeth SCRIBNER b 2 Feb 1879 Fayette Co, IL
   
   
2. Thomas Joel SCRIBNER b 28 Aug 1856 Fayette Co, IL; m 16 Mar 1878 Martha Jane RHODES d/o James Ewing RHODES and Mary A. HICKS⁴, Catherine HARRIS³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b Dec 1858); in 1900, she had 7 children, 3 were living
   
         Children: (See Fayette Co, 1900 Census, Hurricane Twp)
   
   
   1. James Franklin SCRIBNER b May 1880 IL
   2. Mary Ellen SCRIBNER b 2 May 1883 IL; m 24 Aug 1900 John Eliphas DAVIS, s/o James Anderson DAVIS and Miranda Catherine HARRIS, (b 21 Dec 1870 d 14 Feb 1934)
   3. Joseph C. SCRIBNER b Aug 1896 IL
   
   
3. Katherine Isabel SCRIBNER b 23 Mar 1859 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 18 Oct 1916 Fayette Co, IL, bur Little Hickory Cem, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL; m 11 Feb 1875 Fayette Co, IL, Alexander J. HICKS, s/o Alfred R. HICKS⁴ (Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹] and Elizabeth DAVIS), (b 30 Jul 1852 Fayette Co, IL, d 17 Mar 1932 bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL); see children under his name
4. Sarah Ellen SCRIBNER b 18 Jul 1862 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 26 Jun 1958; m 8 Aug 1886 Fayette Co, IL, Anthony T. GARLAND, s/o Nathaniel M. GARLAND and Laura Ann HARRISON, (b Jan 1867 IL, d 1924 Christian Co, IL)
   
         Children: (See Montgomery Co, IL, 1900, and Fayette Co, IL, 1910 censuses)
   
   
   1. Noia L. GARLAND b 16 Mar 1887 IL; m 1st Robert GARLAND, s/o William R. GARLAND and Eliza DODSON, (b 29 Mar 1874 Montgomery Co, IL, d 23 Aug 1903 Fillmore, bur Fillmore Cem, Montgomery, IL); m 2nd 23 Apr 1929 Ora D. TURNBOW, s/o Benjamin W. TURNBOW⁵ (Mary A. HARRIS⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Martha B. TURNBOW, (b Jul 1889 Fayette Co, IL, d 21 Jul 1960)
   2. Martha A. "Madge" GARLAND b 9 Apr 1889 IL; m 1st Harry DICKERSON, m 2nd Louie PELOT
   3. Carrie GARLAND b abt 1890 IL, d as an infant
   4. Floyadell GARLAND b Dec 1892 IL; m Clifford W. DAVIS, s/o John DAVIS and Grace DONALDSON, (b 1904, d 1955, bur Harris Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
   5. William Whitfield GARLAND b Jun 1894 IL, d 16 Nov 1933
   6. Elizabeth GARLAND b 1898 (12-1910) IL; m 23 Nov 1916 Fayette Co, IL, William WALTON, s/o Charles WALTON and Mary JONES, (b 1897, 19-1916)
   7. Laura Eva GARLAND b Oct 1897 IL
   8. Alta Bessie GARLAND b May 1900 IL; m 21 Jun 1917 Fayette Co, IL, George E. MOSBY, s/o ________ MOSBY and Parthena OVETON (b 1890, 27-1917)
   9. Ina GARLAND b 30 Oct 1903 IL; m Bert BRANDHAM
   10. Eva GARLAND
   
   

Catherine Harris was born November 6, 1800, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and died October 5, 1856. She married James Thomas Hicks in Tennessee, where their first five children were born. He died May 11, 1882, at age 81 years 2 months 16 days at Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois, and was therefore born about February 25, 1801. His birthplace was North Carolina then later he lived in Maury County, Tennessee. He was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. After Catherine's death, he married Cynthia (Landers) Carlock, the widow of Abraham Carlock and the daughter of Jacob Landers and Sarah Johnson. They were married March 29, 1857, in Fayette County, Illinois. They had no children.

1. * Alfred R. HICKS b 3 Dec 1822 Maury Co, TN; m Elizabeth DAVIS
2. * Mary A. "Polly" HICKS b 16 Mar 1824; m 1st Alfred Greenberry HARRIS; m 2nd James E. RHODES
3. * Mahala HICKS b 18 Jan 1826; m 1st James Henderson HARRIS; m 2nd Isham Jehu HICKS
4. * Martha Jane HICKS b 29 Dec 1826; m Elliott Wilburn RHODES
5. * James Jordan HICKS b 28 Dec 1828; m 1st Nancy Caroline HALFORD; m 2nd Mary Frances HALFORD
6. * William Berry HICKS b 16 Oct 1857; m Nancy J. MATTHEWS
7. * Catherine HICKS b 1839 (11-1850); m James Martin Van Buren WILLIAMS; m 2nd Pleasant Frank SCRIBNER
8. * Frances HICKS b 28 Dec 1840; m George W. MATTHEWS

Alfred R. Hicks was born December 3, 1822, in Maury County, Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Davis September 19, 1840, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born in about 1823 in Tennessee. She died on November 4, 1884, at age 61 years. He died on October 26, 1868. They both died in Fayette County, Illinois, and both were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery there.

1. * Jasper Marion HICKS b 26 Mar 1846; m Sarah Caroline HERRIN
2. George Thomas HICKS b 1848 (12-1860), d Oct 1868, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 7 Jun 1866 Montgomery Co, IL, Artemisa Adeline DAVIDSON, d/o Adely DAVIDSON and Lucinda SPEARS, (b 1851, 9-1860, TN; she m 2nd Thomas H. PATTON)
   
         Child:
   
   
   1. William Thomas HICKS b Sep 1868, d 3 Feb 1955; m Drucilla M. HICKS, d/o William Berry HICKS⁴ (Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Nancy J. MATTHEWS, (b Dec 1876, d 1961)
      
            Children:
      
      
      1. (daughter) HICKS; m James HEFFINGTON, lvd Decatur, IL
      2. (daughter) HICKS; m Robert HINTON, lvd Hammond, IN
      
      
   
   
3. Mary HICKS b 1850 (10-1860), d before her father
4. * Alexander J. HICKS b 30 Jul 1852; m Catherine Isabell SCRIBNER
5. Martha HICKS b 1853 (7-1860), d before her father
6. Peyton HICKS b 1855 (5-1850), d before his father
7. * Catherine HICKS b 25 Dec 1856; m Joseph Preston HILL
8. Mahala A. HICKS b 11 Apr 1859, d 2 Feb 1883; m 11 Apr 1878 Fayette Co, William Woodford WHITTEN, s/o Martin H. WHITTEN and Clarissa WILLIAMS, (b 31 Dec 1855 Fayette Co, IL, d 28 Aug 1939 Fayette Co, IL, bur Mt Carmel Cem; he m 2nd 5 Jun 1884 Lavina Elizabeth CASEY, d/o John CASEY and Thursa RHODES; she b 22 Mar 1869 Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children of Mahala and William W. Whitten:
   
   
   1. William Frederick WHITTEN b 20 Aug 1879 Fayette Co, IL, d young
   2. Dora WHITTEN b Dec 1880 Fayette Co, IL, d Nov 1960; m 1st 5 Apr 1897 Fayette Co, IL, William Leonard DYCUS, s/o William Frank DYCUS and Alice WILBURN, (b 5 Feb 1873); m 2nd Homer E. HARRIS, s/o James F. HARRIS⁵ (Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach.², Isaac¹), and Frances Evelyn RHODES, (b 2 mar 1879 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 30 Dec 1905 Fayette Co, IL, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL); m 3rd Walter FINLEY
   3. Joseph Easton WHITTEN b Feb 1882 Fayette Co, IL; m Bessie M. SEATON, d/o Casper SEATON and Eliza A. HARRISON, (b May 1886 Fayette Co, IL)
   
   
9. Joseph HICKS b 20 Oct 1862
10. Nancy HICKS b 16 Sep 1864; m 1st 15 Jan 1882 Fayette Co, IL, John Peter DUNN, s/o Baldon DUNN and Miss SUMMERANTES, (b 1857, 25-1882, Paris, Henry Co, TN); m 2nd Thomas WOODFORD

Jasper Marion Hicks was born March 26, 1846, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died April 7, 1916, in Fordyce, Dallas County, Arkansas. He married Sarah Caroline Herrin, daughter of Mr. Herrin and Priscilla "Drucilla" A. (Morris) Herrin, on April 19, 1866, in Fayette County, Illinois. Sarah was born December 11, 1851, in Tennessee, and died October 20, 1911, in Fordyce, Dallas County, Arkansas.

1. A. R. HICKS b 30 Jan 1867, d 18 Mar 1867
2. David C. HICKS b 6 Feb 1868; m 1 Oct 1888 Montgomery Co, IL, Emma E. WELCH, d/o William and Sarah WELCH, (b Jan 1869, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co, IL)
3. Charles E. HICKS b 8 Nov 1869, d 1923; m Della Viola CARLOCK d/o William P. CARLOCK and Emma A. CONNER, (b 20 Jun 1874 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL, d 28 Mar 1911 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL); both bur Shad Cem, Ramsey Twp, Fayette Co, IL
4. L. B. HICKS b 24 Apr 1871, d 11 Jan 1872
5. James W. HICKS b 7 Nov 1872
6. Elijah A. HICKS b 30 Jun 1875, d 12 Feb 1912; m 16 Mar 1898 Fayette Co, IL, Mahala E. RHODES, d/o William Madison RHODES and Delia Ann WATSON, (b Feb 1872 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL)
7. Frederick HICKS, twin, b 12 Aug 1880, d 15 Jun 1942 Springfield, Sangamon Co, IL; m 6 Jan 1901 Montgomery Co, IL, Ettie Belle REVIS, d/o James H. B. REVIS and Nancy RHODES⁵, Mary A. HICKS⁴, Catherine HARRIS³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 3 Jan 1882, d Nokomis, Montgomery Co, IL); both bur Nokomis, Montgomery Co, IL
8. Edward HICKS, twin, b 12 Aug 1880
9. Eliza HICKS b 10 Jan 1982, d 12 Aug 1912 Assumption, Christian Co, IL, bur Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL.
10. Pearl HICKS b 18 Sep 1884; m John DODSON.
11. Lela M. HICKS b 13 May 1889; m Harvey RICH
12. Rose D. HICKS b 2 May 1893

Alexander J. Hicks was born July 30, 1852, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Catherine Isabell Scribner, daughter of Pleasant Frank Scribner and Elizabeth M. Harris⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) on February 11, 1875 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born March 25, 1859, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died February 18, 1916. He died March 17, 1932. They both died in Fayette County, and both were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Leonard Easton HICKS b 26 Aug 1877, d 12 Oct 1958; m Rebecca Jane Stokes, d/o John Milton STOKES and Elizabeth L. FLEET (b Feb 1880, IL, d 1954); m 2nd Martha M. (MERRIMAN) COLE, wid of Barzella COLE, and d/o John Hamilton MERRIMAN and Harriet L. BUTTLER, (b 30 Oct 1879)
2. Altonio HICKS b Feb 1880 (born Feb age 4mo-1880)
3. Wesley HICKS, twin
4. Chesley HICKS, twin
5. Alfred R. HICKS b Dec 1887.
6. Elizabeth M. HICKS b Mar 1890; m 1st Otie Jerden RHODES, s/o Thomas Alexander RHODES and Sarah Ann COLE⁵, Rebecca J. Harris⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach.², Isaac¹), (b 21 Feb 1882 Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd William BASS, m 3rd Niles BESS.
7. Walter Frank HICKS, twin, b Jan 1899
8. Madge M. HICKS, twin, b Jan 1899; m Mr. SANDERS

Catherine Hicks was born December 25, 1856, in Fayette County, Illinois. She died February 26, 1935, in Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, there. She married Joseph Preston HILL, son of Joel Hill and Nancy Scribner, on September 20, 1878, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born September 24, 1854, in Illinois.

1. Josie L. HILL b 14 Jul 1879 Fayette Co, IL; m 2 Mar 1902 Dallas Blueford COLE, s/o James F. COLE and Delila SEARS, (b 29 Jan 1877 Montgomery Co, IL)
2. Joel R. HILL b 11 Apr 1880; m Bessie RHODES, d/o Elijah RHODES and Emily Jane HICKS, (b Jan 1890)
3. Ida Orlena HILL b 30 Sep 1881; m 1902 Frank McCASLIN s/o John McCASLIN and Nancy Drucilla HICKS⁵ (Lucinda E. Harris⁴, Thos. W.³, Zack.², Isaac¹), (b Sep 1883, d 1969, bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
4. Samuel A. HILL b 9 May 1883, d 26 Jun 1960; m 31 Jul 1910 Bertha MORELAND
5. Bert A. HILL b 4 Nov 1884; m 1908 Minerva L. "Lizzie" DONALDSON, d/o Greenberry DONALDSON and Cynthia Jane HICKS, (b Feb 1890 IL)
6. Bertha B. HILL b 30 Jun 1888, d 3 Jan 1978; m 5 Oct 1911 James Brownbow BASS, s/o Joseph BASS and Mary LANGFORD, (b 17 Feb 1891 Montgomery Co, IL, d 7 Jan 1964)
7. Torney Alonzo HILL b 26 Jan 1890, d 1924; m Alice B. MEYER, d/o George Lawrence MEYER and Florence Rebecca HARRIS⁵, (Benj. A.⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 10 Jun 1896 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 7 Apr 1924). Family all burned in their house fire; bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL
8. Harvey H. HILL b 11 Jan 1882
9. Ruby May HILL b 5 Dec 1893; m Walter HOFFMAN
10. Louis T. HILL
11. Claudy HILL, twin, b 4 Mar 1898
12. Maude HILL, twin, b 4 Mar 1898
13. Nola HILL b 11 Oct 1900, d 17 Jun 1959 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL, bur Glendale Cem, Montgomery Co, IL

Mary A. "Polly" Hicks was born March 16, 1824, in Maury County, Tennessee, and died December 12, 1897. She married Alfred Greenberry Harris⁴, son of Ancil Mancil Harris³ (Zach.², Isaac¹), and Keziah Veach, on October 1, 1843, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born May 30, 1822, in Humphreys County, Tennessee, and died March 16, 1849, in Fayette County, Illinois. Mary then married James Ewing Rhodes, son of Alexander Rhodes and Elizabeth Pettitte, on October 12, 1858, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 21, 1818, and died December 3, 1897, in Fayette County, Illinois. For descendants of Mary and her first husband, see under his name in Part IX Descendants of Zachariah Harris.

1. Nancy RHODES b Sep 1856; m 6 Nov 1879 James H. B. REVIS, s/o Harris REVIS II and Dorothy Elizabeth SCRIBNER, (b Dec 1856 Fayette Co, IL, d 17 Aug 1934 Montgomery Co, IL, bur Craig Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children born in Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Ettie Belle REVIS b Jan 1882, d 23 Jan 1969; m 6 Jan 1901, Montgomery Co, IL, Frederick HICKS (b 12 Aug 1880 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 15 Jun 1942 Springfield, Sangamon Co, IL). Both bur Nokomis, Montgomery Co, IL
   2. Ida REVIS b Mar 1888; m Dick SANDERS
   3. Charles REVIS, b Jan 1890
   4. Polly REVIS b Mar 1893; m 6 Sep 1912 Elliott Floyd RHODES, s/o James Jerden RHODES⁵ (Martha J. HICKS⁴, Catherine HARRIS³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Nancy Drucilla HICKS⁵, Lucinda E. HARRIS⁴, Thos. W.³, Zach.², Isaac¹)
   
   
2. * John Anderson RHODES b 25 Nov 1857; m Settie Sarah BECK.
3. Martha Jane RHODES b Dec 1858; m 16 Mar 1878, Fayette Co, IL, Thomas Joel SCRIBNER s/o Pleasant Frank SCRIBNER and Elizabeth M. HARRIS⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b Aug 1856 Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. James Franklin SCRIBNER b May 1880 IL
   2. Mary Ellen SCRIBNER b 2 May 1883 IL; m John Eliphas DAVIS, s/o James Anderson DAVIS and Miranda Catherine HARRIS, (b 21 Dec 1876, d 14 Feb 1934)
   3. Joseph C. SCRIBNER b Aug 1890 IL.
            (There were also four children who died before 1900)
      
      
   
   
4. Mary RHODES b Sep 1860 IL, d 1936, bur Little Hickery Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 25 Apr 1895 Thomas Ewing COLE
5. * Thomas Alexander RHODES b Apr 1862; m Mary Jane MERRIMAN
6. George Jefferson RHODES b 26 May 1864, d 24 Jan 1941; m 14 Dec 1891 Fayette Co, IL, Harriet Etheline DAVIS (b 26 Feb 1874 Fayette Co, IL, d 19 Dec 1943); they were both bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL

John Anderson Rhodes was born November 25, 1857, Fayette County, Illinois, and died July 26, 1931, in Fayette County. He married Settie Sarah Beck, daughter of Nathaniel Beck and Sarah Matthews, on February 21, 1884, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born in January, 1862, and died in 1931. They were both buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. (son) RHODES b abt 1886 IL, d in infancy
2. Mary E. RHODES b July 1888 IL
3. James Franklin RHODES b Sep 1889 IL, d 27 Jul 1909, age 20
4. Ada B. RHODES b Aug 1891 IL; m Mr. HAYES
5. Noi E. RHODES b 22 Jul 1893 IL; m Mr. BROWN
6. John Freddie RHODES 14 May 1895 IL, d 14 Dec 1957; m 7 Nov 1916 Edna WILSON
7. Alpha F. RHODES b Feb 1897 IL; m Mr. FISH

Thomas Alexander Rhodes was born in April, 1862, and died December 13, 1928. He married Mary Jane Merriman, the daughter of Mathias Ferrin "King" Merriman and Harriet Culbertson. Mary Jane was born in January, 1871 in Fayette County, Illinois, and died in 1947. They were both buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Walter Ferrin RHODES b 22 Jun 1891; m Susie Mae _______
2. Ina P. RHODES b Jan 1893; m Joseph A. RHODES, s/o John William RHODES and Lucinda Elender RHODES⁵ (Robt. H.⁴, Susannah HARRIS³, Zack.², Isaac¹)
3. Lillie Mae RHODES b 10 Jun 1895; m Ernest LeRoy COLE
4. Matt F. RHODES b 25 Oct 1899, d 27 Jan 1974; m 1st 7 Apr 1920 Viola E. LEIGH (b 21 Oct 1895, d 22 Sep 1954); both bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 2nd 17 Oct 1955 Gertrude MURKIN, d/o Neri and Emma MERKIN, (b 5 Mar 1910 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL, d 20 Sep 1978 Decatur Memorial Hosp., Decatur, Macon Co, IL, bur Craig Cem, Fayette Co, IL; she m 1st John Melvin SANDERS)
5. Myrtle Elizabeth RHODES b 25 Nov 1902, d 20 Jun 1970, bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m Aug 1920 Jesse Bell COLE

George Jefferson Rhodes was born May 26, 1864, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died January 24, 1941. He married Harriet Etheline Davis, daughter of James Anderson Davis and Miranda Catherine Harris, on December 14, 1891, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. She was born February 26, 1874, Fayette County, Illinois, and died December 19, 1943. They were both buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Jesse James RHODES b 13 Jul 1894; m 29 Jul 1919 Fay Florence RHODES, d/o Elijah RHODES and Emily Jane HICKS, (b 12 Aug 1896)
2. William Wesley RHODES b 12 Dec 1895, d 11 Jan 1962, bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m May 1923 Della T. CRAIG, d/o Jacob CRAIG, Jr., and wife Margaret, (b 28 Jan 1900 IL)
3. Martin Lesley RHODES b 13 Oct 1897, d 11 Sep 1898
4. Roy Everett RHODES b 1 Aug 1899, d 1970; m 24 Jul 1922 Lena Viola RHODES, d/o Charles Ferrin RHODES⁶, (Lucinda E.⁵, Robert H.⁴, Susannah Harris³, Zach.², Isaac¹) and Anna BOYD, (b 27 Mar 1905, d 19 Dec 1989)
5. Elsie Bell RHODES b 29 Nov 1905, d 17 Jul 1962; m 12 May 1923 Clarence Lesley RHODES, s/o James Jerden RHODES⁵ (Martha J. Hicks⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Nancy Drucilla HICKS⁵ (Lucinda E. HARRIS⁴, Thos. W.³, Zach.², Isaac¹), (b 4 Oct 1899 d 20 Apr 1970)

Mahala Hicks was born January 18, 1826, in Hickman County, Tennessee. She married James Henderson Harris, on October 20, 1842, in Fayette County, Illinois. He died a month after they were married on November 20, 1842. He was a brother of Alfred Greenberry Harris, who married her sister, Mary A. "Polly" Hicks, and the son of Ancil Mancil Harris and Keziah Veatch. Ancil Mancil was the son of Zachariah Harris and Bathsheba Haley. Zachariah was the son of Isaac Harris of Brunswick County, Virginia, our first known ancestor on the Harris line. James Henderson Harris was born November 11, 1820, in Humphreys County, Tennessee. They had no children. Mahala then married Isham Jehu Hicks on December 6, 1849, in Fayette County, Illinois. He is the son of Buttler C. Hicks, and was born in about 1829 in Tennessee. Researchers have not found any relationship between Buttler C. Hicks and James Thomas Hicks. Mahala died January 20, 1879, in Fayette County, Illinois, and was buried in Hicks Cemetery, (Little Hickory Cemetery) there.

1. Drucilla P. HICKS b 1851 (9-1860); m 18 Aug 1875 William Ewing STOKES, s/o Jasper N. STOKES and Elizabeth RHODES, (b 27 Jan 1853 Nokomis, Montgomery Co, IL)
   
         Children born in Montgomery Co, IL:
   
   
   1. A. May STOKES b 1877 (3-1880)
   2. Isadora STOKES b Dec 1879
   3. Albert Hicks STOKES b May 1882 Nokomis; m 1 Jan 1903 Roxanne BARKLEY, d/o David T. BARKLEY and Julia Ann FREELAND, (b 1882 Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL)
   4. Paul C. STOKES b Jan 1888
   
   
2. Thomas W. HICKS b 1852 (8-1860)
3. Joseph F. HICKS b 1855 (5-1860
4. Robert HICKS b 1859 (1-1860)

Martha Jane Hicks was born December 29, 1826, in Hickman County, Tennessee. She married Elliott Wilburn Rhodes, son of Alexander Rhodes and Elizabeth Pettitte, on October 5, 1843, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 22, 1822, in Tennessee, and died April 14, 1893. She died on November 11, 1890. They were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois.

1. * Thomas Alexander RHODES b 22 Sep 1845; m Sarah Ann COLE
2. * Elizabeth RHODES b 12 Jun 1847; m Jonathan Franklin DAVIS
3. Catherine RHODES b 10 Jan 1851; m 2 Sep 1869 Elzey M. COLE, s/o Alfred W. COLE and Alice Drucilla CASEY, (b abt 1852 Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children born in Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Celia Ann COLE b 1871 (9-1880)
   2. Thomas COLE b 1872 (8-1880)
   3. Clarence COLE b 1874 (6-1870)
   4. LeRoy Edward COLE b 1876 (4-1880), d 23 Dec 1938; m 27 Dec 1897 Montgomery Co, IL, Naomi Arrabell DAVIS, d/o Jonathan Franklin DAVIS and Elizabeth RHODES⁵ (Martha J. Hicks⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 11 Sep 1879 Fayette Co, IL)
   5. Wesley COLE b 1879 (1-1880)
   
   
4. James Jerden RHODES b 27 Jul 1853; m 1st Mary Elizabeth LOVEGROVE (b 6 Nov 1855 Fayette Co, IL, d/o Ulysses and Nancy LOVEGROVE; m 2nd Nancy Drucilla HICKS (b 5 Sep 1866 IL, d 1906); both Nancy and James bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL
   
         Child by 1st wife born in Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Flora Ellen "Florella" RHODES b 6 Nov 1881, d 12 May 1956, bur Glendale Cem, Montgomery Co, IL; m John Mitchell COLE, s/o Richard Tillman COLE and Edna Jane RHODES, (b 10 Apr 1863 Fayette Co, IL, d 24 Oct 1943 Fayette Co, IL).
      
      

      Children by 2nd wife born in Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co, IL:


1. Elliott Floyd RHODES b 19 Mar 1889, d 31 Dec 1967, bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 1 Sep 1912 Polly REVIS, s/o James H. B. REVIS and Nancy RHODES⁵ (Mary A. Hicks⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b Mar 1893)
2. Lilly Amber RHODES b 24 Jan 1893; m Charles REVIS
3. Chester Arnel RHODES b 27 May 1896; m 26 Aug 1919 Lottie R. RHODES
4. Clarence Leslie RHODES b 4 Oct 1899, d 20 Apr 1970, bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 12 May 1923 Elsie Bell RHODES, d/o George Jefferson RHODES⁵ (Mary J. Hicks⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹, and Harriet Etheline DAVIS, (b 1903, d 1962)


1. John William RHODES b 11 Jan 1857; m 1st Lucinda Eleanor RHODES⁵, (Robt. H.⁴, Susannah Harris³, Zach.², Isaac¹), (b 30 Aug 1861 IL, d 30 Dec 1926, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd Telethew Jane CULBERTSON
2. Edna Jane RHODES b 15 Feb 1859
3. Eliott Wilburn RHODES b 5 Mar 1862
4. Martha Ann RHODES b 17 May 1866; m 4 Jan 1891 Fayette Co, IL; m John Mitchell COLE, s/o Richard Tillman COLE and Edna Jane RHODES, (b 10 Apr 1863 Fayette Co, IL, d 24 Oct 1891 Fayette Co, IL; he m 2nd 22 Apr 1897 Flora Ellen RHODES⁶ (James J.⁵, Martha E. Hicks⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹)

Thomas Alexander Rhodes was born September 22, 1845, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died there on January 24, 1923. He married Sarah Ann Cole, daughter of William O. Cole and Rebecca Jane Harris⁴ (Ancil M.³, Zach.²,Isaac¹) on October 29, 1868, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born March 24, 1850, Montgomery County, Illinois, and died January 23, 1928. They were both buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Rebecca Jane RHODES b 29 Dec 1869, d 31 Aug 1945; m Thomas Jefferson "Shorty" HICKS, s/o Jacob HICKS and Lucinda Emily HARRIS⁴ (Thomas W.³, Zach², Isaac¹)
2. Hiram Buttler RHODES b 20 Dec 1870, d 17 Dec 1953; m 22 Oct 1899 Myrtle M. ROBERTSON, d/o Orville A. ROBERTSON and Clarissa F. WILLIAMS, (b 1884, d 10 Jan 1954 Taylorville, Christian Co, IL)
3. Joseph Aaron RHODES b 10 Aug 1872, d 25 Oct 1874
4. Sylvester Smith RHODES b 16 Jul 1875, d 1 Nov 1959; m Hattie CRAIG (1883-1971)
5. Albert Alexander RHODES b 8 Sep 1877, d 14 Mar 1910
6. (male child) RHODES b 10 Aug 1879
7. Otie Jerden RHODES b 21 Feb 1882; m Elizabeth M. HICKS, d/o of Alexander J. HICKS⁵ (Alfred R.⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Catherine Isabell SCRIBNER⁵ (Elizabeth M. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b Mar 1890 Fayette Co, IL; they divorced; she m 2nd 1909 William BASS; 3rd Niles BESS)
8. Ida O. Belle RHODES b 21 Jul 1884, d 21 mar 1954; m 1st 16 Jan 1901 Thomas Jefferson CASEY, s/o John CASEY and Thursa RHODES, (b 2 Oct 1875 Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd Jesse DAVIS; m 3rd Tony VACCO

Elizabeth Rhodes was born June 12, 1847, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died November 3, 1926. She married Jonathan Franklin Davis, son of Eliphis R. Davis and Angeline Harriet Halford, on July 4, 1865, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born January 3, 1844, in Wayne County, Tennessee, and died April 22, 1932.

1. Willis Franklin DAVIS b 5 Aug 1866, d 5 Jul 1947; m 2 Dec 1896 Fayette Co, IL, Emma Lou VIRDIN, d/o Levi VIRDIN and Martha THORP, (b 17 Apr 1875 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 5 Apr 1945)
2. Mary Helen "Hettie" DAVIS b 17 Oct 1868, d 1946; m 2 Oct 1889 Fayette Co, IL, Thomas Johnson WHITTEN, s/o Martin H. WHITTEN and Clarissa WILLIAMS, (b 8 Oct 1867 Fayette Co, IL; no children
3. James Norris DAVIS b 23 Jun 1871, d 21 Apr 1921; m 1st 21 Apr 1895 Fayette Co, IL, Amanda Elizabeth BOLYARD (b 28 Apr 1875 Fayette Co, IL, d 10 Aug 1898); m 2nd 8 Mar 1899 Fayette Co, IL, Alice B. HICKS, d/o Henry HICKS and Emily B. Sears⁵, (Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 15 Feb 1877 Fayette Co, IL, d 7 Jul 1909, bur Ramse Cem, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children by 1st wife born in Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Freda Sylvia DAVIS b 25 Mar 1896; m 19 Jan 1916 Guy F. MERRIMAN
   2. Edith Jeanette DAVIS b 5 May 1898, d 1972; m 19 Jan 1916 Martin "Jay" Henry WHITTEN s/o Woodford William WHITTEN and Lavina Elizabeth CASEY, (b 31 Dec 1895, d 1912)
   
   

James Jordan Hicks was born about December 28, 1828, in Hickman County, Tennessee, and died January 19, 1889, at age 60 years 21 days, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Nancy Caroline Halford, daughter of Jonathan Adkinson Halford and Martha Riley, on April 2, 1849, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born about May 13, 1830, Wayne County, Tennessee, and died February 15, 1882, age 54 years, 9 months, 1 day, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. James and his wife Nancy's death dates and their age at death were on their tombstones; their birthdates were calculated from their age at death. After his first wife's death, James married her sister, Mary Frances Halford, who was born May 13, 1830, Wayne County, Tennessee, and died January 16, 1926, in Fayette County, Illinois. He and both his wives were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. * Martha Caroline HICKS b 22 Aug 1850; m Richard Tillman RHODES
2. * William Riley HICKS b 9 Nov 1854; m 7 Aug 1872 Mary Frances MATTHEWS
3. * (Rev) Martin McCallister HICKS b 5 Sep 1859; m Mary Lucetta STOKES
4. Rebecca Ann HICKS b 2 Sep 1866; m 11 Aug 1887 Fayette Co, IL, William Doyle STOKES s/o Thomas B. Stokes and Louisa W. Rhodes, (b 22 Dec 1866 Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL, d 3 May 1917 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL); both bur Liberty Cem, northeast of Bingham, in Fayette Co, IL
   
         Children born in Bingham, Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Norma A. STOKES b 25 Sep 1889; m 17 Oct 1914 Claud B. HICKS (b 11 Nov 1886, d 29 Nov 1943)
   2. Mattison Benton STOKES b 28 Oct 1891, d 21 Sep 1962; m 19 Sep 1912 Amy L. LOVELACE (b 19 Jan 1894)
   
   

Martha Caroline Hicks was born August 22, 1850, in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois, and died August 19, 1911. She married Richard Tillman Rhodes, son of McComis Rhodes and Sarah Jane Cole, on September 22, 1869, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born November 28, 1847, in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois. He was previously married to Mahala E. Harris, daughter of Alfred Greenberry Harris⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach.², Isaac¹, and Mary A. Hicks. Martha Caroline died on January 7, 1868.

1. Silas RHODES b 21 Oct 1870, d abt 1871
2. Herod Wilson RHODES b 23 Oct 1873, d 12 Mar 1955 Pana, Christian Co, IL; m 24 Jul 1901 Fayette Co, IL, Anna D. DODSON, d/o James and Anna DODSON, (b 20 Sep 1882 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL, d 23 Nov 1954 Pana, Christian Co, IL, bur Nokomis, Montgomery Co, IL)
3. Edward Martin RHODES b 20 Jun 1875, d 13 Mar 1940 Nokomis, Montgomery Co, IL; m 1 Mar 1896 Fayette Co, IL, Grace WEDDLE, d/o John Wesley WEDDLE and Martha BRUMMETT, (b 30 Apr 1878 Oconee, Shelby Co, IL, d 19 Dec 1947, bur Zion Cem, SE of Nokomis, Montgomery Co, IL)
4. Mahala Caroline RHODES b 16 Jul 1879, d 6 Oct 1917 Fayette Co, IL; m 23 Jan 1894 Fayette Co, IL, Uriah HAMBLEN, s/o James Thomas HAMBLEN and Louisa PARMERLEE, (b 5 Apr 1868 Hamblen Twp, Brown Co, IN, d 26 Mar 1941 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI); both bur Vandalia Cem, Fayette Co, IL
5. Bertie McComis RHODES b 12 Jun 1882, d 28 Oct 1896
6. Riley Manford RHODES b 12 May 1886, d 30 Aug 1949; m 22 May 1911 Lenore Luella STANLEY (b 2 Aug 1892 Montgomery Co, IL, d 24 Jan 1960 East Peoria, Tazwell Co, IL)

William Riley Hicks was born November 9, 1854, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Mary Frances Matthews, daughter of Greenberry Matthews and Melinda Fox, on August 7, 1872, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born February 4, 1855, in Illinois, and died December 28, 1892, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married second, Margaret Jane (Meyer) Turnbow, widow of Benjamin W. Turnbow, and daughter of John Lawrence Meyer and Cynthia Frances Sears⁵ (Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹). They were married February 18, 1894, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born July 24, 1861, and died November 9, 1953. They had no children. William died August 24, 1926, in Fayette County, Illinois, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Silas HICKS, twin, b 4 Jun 1874, d 13 Sep 1942 at Bingham; m 17 Nov 1895 Lucy Caroline MEYER, d/o John Lawrence MEYER and Cynthia Frances SEARS⁵ (Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 7 Dec 1868 Fayette Co, IL, d 29 Nov 1909 Bingham, Silas m 2nd 16 Feb 1924 Grace COLVIN (b 5 Jul 1880); Silas and both wives were bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL.
2. Cyrus HICKS, twin, b 4 Jun 1874, d 27 Jan 1922; m 28 Oct 1897 Cynthia Malissa MEYER, d/o John Lawrence MEYER and Cynthia Frances SEARS, (b 24 Nov 1880 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 4 Jan 1937 Montgomery Co, IL)
3. Amos HICKS b abt 13 Apr 1876, d 9 Jul 1881, age 5y 2m 20d, bur Little Hickory Cem, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL. (Note: birthdate computed from age at death)

Rev. Martin McCallister Hicks was born September 5, 1859, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died December 10, 1940, in Fayette County. He married Mary Lucetta Stokes, daughter of Thomas B. Stokes and Louisa W. Rhodes, on November 4, 1877, in Fayette County. She was born October 8, 1861, in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and died March 31, 1915 in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. She and her husband were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. He married second, Elva Viola (Platt) O'Dell, the widow of Albert O'Dell, on December 27, 1915. She was born March 31, 1886, and died April 1, 1955.

1. Carrie May HICKS b 16 Nov 1878, d 9 Jul 1957; m 26 May 1895 Fayette Co, IL, David Easton RHODES, s/o McComas RHODES and Mary Lucetta STOKES, (b 21 Oct 1870 Fayette Co, IL, d 2 Dec 1856)
2. James Thomas HICKS b 16 Sep 1880, d 13 Aug 1950; m 1st 18 Jan 1898 Elsie Irene COLE, d/o James F. COLE and Delila SEARS⁵ (Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.3, Wooten², Isaac¹), (b 25 Sep 1880 Montgomery Co, IL, d 17 Jan 1937); m 2nd Mary HEURER; m 3rd 1941 Grace (DONALDSON) DAVIS
3. Nancy Caroline HICKS b 19 May 1884; m 11 May 1900 (Rev) Wilson Albartus FISH (b Sep 1879, d 11 May 1900, s/o Edwin McDonald FISH)
4. Nora M. HICKS b 13 Dec 1887, d 6 Jan 1896, bur Little Hickory Cem, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL
5. Dora Cleo HICKS b 3 Nov 1891, d 28 Mar 1947; m 1st 3 Feb 1909 Fayette Co, IL, Homer Ray SEATON (1890-1919); m 2nd Bert W. COOPER; Dora and Homer both bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL
6. Rosella HICKS b 1 Mar 1896, d 20 Jun 1943 Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL; m Branson Bell SEARS, s/o Sterling Harris SEARS⁵ (Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Delila Adeline DEATON, (b 26 May 1890 Bingham, Fayette Co, IL, d 19 Oct 1949 Fayette Co, IL, bur Mt. Carmel Cem, Fayette Co, IL)

William Berry Hicks was born October 16, 1857, in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois, and died November 14, 1910, in Ramsey. He married Nancy J. Matthews, daughter of Greenberry Matthews and Melinda Fox, on April 16, 1867, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born March 29, 1840, in Kentucky. Her date of death on the tombstone couldn't be read, but she and her husband were both buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Alfred HICKS b 1859 (11-1870)
2. * James Thomas HICKS b 9 May 1861; m 1st Martha RUNYON; m 2nd Nancy DONALDSON.
3. Keziah HICKS b Oct 1865 (5-1870); m 19 Feb 1885 William A. DONALDSON, s/o Presley Garner DONALDSON and Elizabeth LOVEGROVE, (b Dec 1859 IL, d 1910)
   
         Children: (See Fayette Co, IL, 1900 Census)
   
   
   1. Homer DONALDSON b Dec 1885 IL, d Mar 1910, age 21y 2m 2d, Witt, Montgomery Co, IL; m ________; had one child
   2. Rosa L. DONALDSON b Mar 1888 IL
   3. Ruffus E. DONALDSON b Mar 1890 IL
   4. Betsy E. DONALDSON b Oct 1895 IL
   
   
4. Parthena HICKS b 17 Mar 1868, d 14 Nov 1957, Fayette Co, IL, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL
5. George Ewing HICKS b 28 Jul 1869, d 30 Dec 1943 Fayette Co, IL, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 24 Nov 1890 Minnie Lavina COZAD, d/o John COZAD and Cenith BAKER, (b 27 Jan 1872 IL)
6. Drucilla M. HICKS b Dec 1876, d 1961, bur beside husband in Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m William Thomas HICKS, s/o George Thomas HICKS⁴, (Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), and Artemisia Adeline DAVIDSON, (b Sep 1868, Fayette Co, IL, d 3 Feb 1955)
7. Antonette HICKS b 27 Jun 1874; m Wesley Carroll HARRISON

James Thomas Hicks was born May 9, 1861, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died July 9, 1912. He married Martha Runyon, daughter of John Runyon and Demerias Anders, on August 25, 1879, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born in about 1864 in Illinois. She was age 16 in 1880. He married his second wife, Nancy Jane Merriman, daughter of Dempsey Merriman and Lucinda Renshaw, on August 27, 1882, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born in May 1860, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died December 2, 1944, in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.

1. Walter H. HICKS b 31 Oct 1883, d 23 Oct 1918 WWI, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL
2. Alfred G. HICKS b Dec 1887, d 1973; m Pearl (b 1891 (19-1910) IL)
3. Elsie Elizabeth HICKS b 26 Nov 1889, d 14 Mar 1914; m Nov 1910 Fayette Co, IL, Jesse Edward WHITTEN, s/o William Woodford WHITTEN and Lovina Elizabeth CASEY, (b 11 Sep 1890 Fayette Co, IL, d 11 Jun 1967)
4. Hershel J. HICKS b Mar 1892
5. Cecil E. HICKS b 28 Oct 1895, d 8 Jun 1935, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL
6. Hallie V. HICKS b Sep 1897; m Mr. KEESECKER
7. Hazel HICKS b Apr 1900; m Mr. EVANS
8. Fern Alpha HICKS

Catherine Hicks was born in about 1839 in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois. She was age 11 when the Fayette County 1850 census was taken. She married James Martin Van Buren Williams, son of Benjamin R. Williams and Hannah Jane Jones, on August 6, 1857, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born in about 1838 in Illinois. He was age 12 when the Fayette County 1850 census was taken. He died in about 1861/2. She then married, Pleasant Frank Scribner, son of Pleasant Scribner and Mary Ann Venable, on August 30, 1870, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born in September, 1833, in Illinois.

1. * Clarissa F. WILLIAMS b 28 Jun 1858; m 14 Jan 1875 Orville A. ROBERTSON
2. Alexander WILLIAMS b 1860 (10-1870)
3. Hannah WILLIAMS b 1862 (8-1870); m 30 Aug 1883 Elijah U. LOVEGROVE, s/o James LOVEGROVE and Priscilla MORRIS, (b 26 Dec 1861 Fayette Co, IL, d 15 Jul 1905, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL)

1. William Alexander SCRIBNER b 1875 (5-1880)
2. Ellen SCRIBNER b 1876 (4-1880)
3. Martha SCRIBNER b 1878 (2-1880)

Clarissa F. Williams was born June 28, 1858, in Fayette County, Illinois. She married Orville A. Robertson, son of Ebenezer Alexander Robertson⁶ (Nancy E. Halford⁵, Andy W.⁴, Elizabeth Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Rebecca Matthews. They were married January 14, 1875, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born in December 1853 in Shelby County, Illinois and died there on August 21, 1928.

1. Dona Belle Olive ROBERTSON b July 1878; m Thomas CLINE (b 1877, 26-1903, Eunice, IN)
2. Myrtle M. ROBERTSON b 1881 (18-1899), d 10 Jan 1954 Taylorville, Christian Co, IL; m 22 Oct 1899 Fayette Co, Hiram Butler RHODES, s/o Thomas Alexander RHODES and Sarah Ann COLE⁵, (Rebecca J. Harris⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach.², Isaac¹), (b 20 Dec 1870, d 17 Dec 1953 Fayette Co, IL)
3. Letha A. ROBERTSON b Sep 1885 IL; m 1st Mr. STRUTH, m 2nd Mr. STULTZ.
4. Bazil A. ROBERTSON b June 1887 IL
5. Nellie J. ROBERTSON b Sep 1890 IL
6. Mable C. ROBERTSON b Oct 1894 IL; m Hershel HICKS
7. Maree A. ROBERTSON b Feb 1898 IL
8. William B. ROBERTSON b 1908 IL

Frances Hicks was born December 28, 1840, in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois, and died on December 20, 1891, in Fayette County, Illinois. She married George W. Matthews, son of Greenberry Matthews and Melinda Fox, on January 15, 1857, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born July 25, 1836, in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Both Frances and George were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Thomas G. MATTHEWS b 25 Feb 1860, d 25 Jan 1923, bur Little Hickory Cem; m 12 Aug 1880, Montgomery Co, IL, Nancy Ann DAVIDSON, d/o Adley DAVIDSON and Lucinda SPEARS, (b 5 Apr 1862, d 9 Oct 1947). In 1900 Nancy had 4 children 2 were living; in 1910 she had 6 children, 3 were living)
   
         Children: (See Fayette Co, IL, 1900 Census and Montgomery Co, IL, 1910 Census)
   
   
   1. Oris B. MATTHEWS b Sep 1881 IL; m Pearl Sarina SUPPINGER, d/o Jesse SUPPINGER and Joicey P. SEARS, (b May 1885, Montgomery Co, IL)
   2. (child) MATTHEWS d before 1900
   3. (child) MATTHEWS d before 1900
   4. Orpha B. MATTHEWS b Mar 1891 IL
   5. Otto MATTHEWS b 1902 (8-1910) IL
   6. (child) MATTHEWS d before 1910
   
   
2. James R. "Gabe" MATTHEWS b 5 Jan 1862, d 17 Jan 1942; both in Fayette Co, IL; m 2 Aug 1883 Fayette Co, IL, Mary Leona SKEEN, d/o William SKEEN and Martha ROBINSON); (b 20 Apr 1864 IL, d 15 Oct 1952); James and Mary both bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL
3. Frances Mahala MATTHEWS b 4 Apr 1864, d 3 Jan 1905, bur Little Hickory Cem, Fayette Co, IL; m 30 Oct 1884 Montgomery Co, IL, Francis Huntley GAMBLE s/o Goodrich GAMBLE and Sarah WILLIAMS, (b Mar 1866 MO; he m 2nd 3 Sep 1905 Fayette Co, IL, Bertha M. HARRIS, d/o William Berry HARRIS⁵ (Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach.², Isaac¹) and Leona J. SKEEN)
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. Charley R. GAMBLE b Mar 1886 IL; m 1909 Bessie
   2. Ernest E. GAMBLE b Jan 1888 IL; m Mae
   3. Bert E. GAMBLE b Mar 1890 IL
   
   
4. Basil B. MATTHEWS b 1866 (4-1870), d 1948, bur Little Hickory Cem; m 26 Sep 1889 Fayette Co, IL, Nora Z. CASEY, d/o John Jefferson CASEY and Rebecca Jane RUSH, (b 1773 Fayette Co, IL)
5. Elijah MATTHEWS b Feb 1870 IL; m 30 Mar 1891 Fayette Co, IL, Emma GARLAND, d/o Nathaniel M. GARLAND and Laura Ann HARRISON, (b 1872 (19-1891) Fayette Co, IL)
6. Arna MATTHEWS b 6 Sep 1877 IL, d 11 Jan 1891

Mary Harris was born April 11, 1803, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and died September 1, 1878. She married James Jerden, son of John and Jane Jerden, on February 20, 1823, in Hickman County, Tennessee. He was born in about 1798 in North Carolina. They moved to Illinois at about the same time as Mary's parents, and settled at Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois in 1827. The will of James Jerden was probated on March 10, 1843, in Fayette County, Illinois. He and his wife were both buried in Pope Cemetery there.

1. * Sarah JERDEN b 14 Aug 1824; m Joseph Edward CHUMLEY
2. * Alexander Monroe JERDEN b 23 Apr 1827; m 1st Anna Jane PRATER; m 2nd Frances Priscilla SEARS
3. * Nancy Catherine JERDEN b 12 Nov 1829; m Robert W. TUCKER
4. * Caroline JERDEN b 24 Aug 1832; m James Brown BREEZE
5. * Mary Ann JERDEN b 1834 (16-1850); m Jacob HICKS
6. * James Martin JERDEN b 13 Aug 1856; m Thursa RHODES

Sarah Jerden was born August 14, 1824, in Hickman County, Tennessee. She married Joseph Edward Chumley on November 10, 1844, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born in Virginia in about 1818. He was age 32 in 1850 according to the census of Montgomery County, Illinois that year. See Montgomery County, Illinois, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1900 census records.

1. James CHUMLEY b abt 1845 (5-1850)
2. John F. CHUMLEY b abt 1847 (3-1850); m 17 Apr 1873 Fayette Co, IL, Amanda Clementine DAVIS, d/o Eliphas DAVIS and Angeline Harriet Halford, (b 2 May 1855 IL, d 10 Oct 1882, age 26y 6m 12d; m 2nd 28 Oct 1885 Montgomery Co, IL, Della F. DIXON, d/o George F. DIXON and Mary TAYLOR, (b 1867 Pike Co, IL, 43-1910). He had 8 children by his 2nd wife
   
         Children of 1st wife: (See Fayette Co, IL 1880 Census)
   
   
   1. Olla A. "Ally" CHUMLEY b 8 Sep 1874 IL, d 4 Sep 1890
   2. James H. CHUMLEY b 23 Jan 1877 IL, d 10 Apr 1910
   3. Marietty CHUMLEY b 1879 (1-1880) IL
   4. Elmer M. CHUMLEY b 26 Oct 1881 IL, d 26 Sep 1900
   
   
3. Gilbert H. CHUMLEY b Sep 1849 IL; m 25 Sep 1879 Fayette Co, Mary Elizabeth PRATER, d/o John M. PRATER and Mary STEIN, (b Jan 1860, Hurricane Twp, Fayette, IL)
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. Edward M. CHUMLEY b Jul 1893 IL
   2. Joseph B. CHUMLEY b Jul 1896 IL
   
   

Alexander Monroe Jerden was born April 23, 1827, in Hickman County, Tennessee. He married Anna Jane Prater, daughter of Bazil K. Prater and Sarah Merrill. She was born October 23, 1829, in Warren County, Kentucky, and died August 27, 1889, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married his second wife, Frances Priscilla [Sears] Hicks on June 17, 1885, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was the widow of Jefferson Hicks, and daughter of John Sears and Emily Pope. She was born March 14, 1844, and died May 24, 1932, in Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Sarah Mahala JERDEN b 6 Apr 1849, d 26 May 1920; m 2 Nov 1870 Ozias Denton HARRIS, s/o William Marble HARRIS⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Lurana Jane SEARS, (b 25 Jul 1850); see descendants under his name
2. * Mary Elizabeth JERDEN b 1850 (20-1870); m Eliphas Riley DAVIS
3. Siner Lucetta JERDEN b Nov 1852, d 1940 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL; m 8 Nov 1874 Fayette Co, IL, William J. HARPER (b Oct 1845, Fayette Co, IL, d 1916 Ramsey); both bur Liberty Cem, Hurricane Twp, Fayette Co, IL).
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. (child) HARPER d before 1900
   2. Cora W. HARPER b Feb 1880; m William DORBLIN
   
   
4. * James Basil JERDEN b 16 Mar 1854; m 1st Margaret Arminda PRATER; m 2nd Laura J. (RUSH) NICHOLS
5. William Ewing JERDEN b May 1857; m 1st 3 Oct 1878 Fayette Co, IL, Susan LOVEGROVE d/o James LOVEGROVE and Priscilla MORRIS, (b 22 Feb 1863 Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd Ida BEARDON. See Fayette Co, IL 1900 Census
   
         Children by 1st wife:
   
   
   1. Bessie Estella JERDEN b 30 Jul 1879 Fayette Co, IL; m 7 Nov 1900 Fayette Co, Tony E. DONALDSON (b 23 Aug 1879, d 30 Oct 1905 East St. Louis, St Clair Co, IL, s/o Moses M. and Amanda Soletha DONALDSON)
   2. Erasmus L. JERDEN b July 1884 IL.
   3. Baran O. JERDEN b Dec 1886 IL.
   4. Gracie L. JERDEN b Dec 1888 IL
   5. James Monroe JERDEN b 15 Dec 1893 IL
   
   

Mary Elizabeth Jerden was born about 1850 in Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois. She was 20 years of age in 1870, and died in 1926. She married Eliphas Riley Davis, son of Eliphas R. Davis and Angeline Harriet Halford, on December 19, 1869, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born August 3, 1845, in Illinois. He died November 3, 1873, and was buried in Hurricane Cemetery, Montgomery County, Illinois. She and her second husband, Pleasant Frank Carlock, son of Isaac Carlock and Lucinda D. Scribner, were married February 11, 1875, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born on October 26, 1840, in Fayette County, and died on March 12, 1934. See Fayette County, Illinois 1880, and 1900 census records.

1. William DAVIS b 1870 (9-1880).
2. Dora R. DAVIS b 1871 (8-1880); m 8 Aug 1890 Fayette Co, IL, James A. DAVIDSON s/o Allen DAVIDSON and Jane HINTON, (b Dec 1861 Fayette Co, IL).

1. Annie Elizabeth CARLOCK b 30 Jan 1876, d 20 Sep 1878
2. Mahala Ellen CARLOCK b 20 Feb 1878, d 18 Mar 1958; m 25 Feb 1897 Fayette Co, Jesse B. MATTHEWS, s/o James Berry MATTHEWS and Martha CLINE, (b Oct 1873 Fayette Co, IL)
3. Jesse Monroe CARLOCK b 8 Sep 1881, d 7 Apr 1933; m 5 Jan 1902 Cora E. WHITE, d/o James WHITE and Mary LANZA, (b 1884 IL)
4. Nora Jane CARLOCK b 25 Mar 1883
5. Edward Sidney CARLOCK b 30 Aug 1885, d 16 Apr 1955; m 1906 Lillie BONE
6. Mary Alice CARLOCK b 18 Nov 1888, d 7 Jan 1872; m 22 Jul 1905 Fred COOK, s/o James W. COOK⁵ (Benj. H.⁴, Frances Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Mary Catherine GARRETT
7. Ora Jefferson CARLOCK b 2 Apr 1891, d 15 Feb 1954 in AZ; m Fauvetta HOOD, had son Cloyd CARLOCK
8. Charles Earl CARLOCK b 31 Aug 1893; m 1st Bessie SNOW, div; m 2nd 17 May 1919 Hazel HUNTER

James Basil Jerden was born March 16, 1854, and died January 14, 1908, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Margaret Arminda Prater, daughter of Holloway Sears Prater and Siner Casey, on October 12, 1879, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born September 9, 1851, in Fayette County, and died there on February 9, 1904. Both James and Margaret were buried in Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. James married second, Laura J. (Rush) Nichols. She had a son Fred Nichols who was age seven in 1910.

1. Jennie Juliette JERDEN b 5 Sep 1880, d 2 Sep 1967 Los Angeles, CA; m 16 Aug 1900 Fayette Co, IL, Homer DONALDSON, s/o John William DONALDSON and Isabella GANNON, (b 1 Jul 1879 Ramsey, Fayette Co, IL, d 27 May 1963 Hillsboro, Montgomery Co, IL); both Homer and Jennie bur Liberty Cem, Fayette Co, IL
2. Elmer Prater JERDEN b 23 Mar 1885, d 1925; m 1908 Nellie M. (b 1893, 17-1910, IL) m 2nd Alvina PICKSBERG
3. Carlos Howard JERDEN b 14 Mar 1893, d May 1964; m 1st Mae LARMER, d/o Charles and Nancy LARMER, (b 1891 Valley Head, DeKalb Co, AL, d Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN); m 2nd Carmine ________
4. Raymond Harold JERDEN b 26 Jan 1896, d 21 May 1972 Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA; m Evelyn Mary TURNER (b 3 May 1898, d 24 Oct 1963 Long Beach, CA); both bur Fort Rosecran's National Cem, San Diego, San Diego Co, CA

Nancy Catherine Jerden was born November 12, 1827, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. She married Robert W. Tucker, son of Robert W. Tucker and Mary Pierman, on April 24, 1844, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 15, 1823, in Wythe County, Virginia. Nancy and Robert both died in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma; he died March 8, 1907, and she died on June 20, 1908.

1. George TUCKER b 11 Apr 1845 Fayette Co, IL, d 9 Nov 1845
2. Levi TUCKER b 24 Aug 1846 Fayette Co, IL, d 26 Nov 1932; m 23 Oct 1879 Fayette Co, IL Frances S. KIRK (b 1840, 4O- 1880, IL)
3. James Jerden TUCKER b 12 May 1848 Fayette Co, IL, d 12 Jul 1887 NM; m 5 Mar 1871 Eliza Adeline LEWIS (b 4 Mar 1855, d 1 Jan 1934 Eagle Rock, Barry Co, MO, bur Easley Cem, near White River, Stone Co, MO)
4. Mary Ellen TUCKER b 14 Oct 1849 Fayette Co, IL; m Mr. REYNOLDS
5. Elizabeth Ann TUCKER b 19 Apr 1851 Fayette Co, IL, d 12 Feb 1930 Stillwater, Payne Co, OK, bur Fairlawn Cem; m S. Ransome GRIGGS
6. Amos TUCKER b 3 Jan 1853 Fayette Co, KY; m Elizabeth KIRK (b 1855 [25-1880] IL. A sister of Frances S. KIRK, wife of child #2 Levi TUCKER)
7. Martha Jane TUCKER b 2 Nov 1954 MO; m 23 Mar 1874 Jones Creek Twp, Newton Co, MO, Newton CORBITT
8. Nancy Drucilla TUCKER b 14 Nov 1857 MO, d 29 Dec 1938; m 25 Oct 1877 James M. HARP
9. Sarah Frances TUCKER b 7 Oct 1859 MO, d 14 Jan 1929 McDonald Co, MO; m William H. COSGROVE in Roswell, NM
10. Robert Bergin TUCKER b 21 Jun 1861, d 28 Jun 1953 Cushing, Payne Co, OK; m 21 Aug 1887 Cowley Co, KS, Anna Lena ANDERSON (b 25 Dec 1865 nr Springfield, Greene Co, MO, d 24 Jun 1916 Fairfax, Osage Co, OK, bur Fairfax City Cem.) Her obituary names the following children:
    
    
    1. Laura TUCKER; m Walter HAIL, of Santa Paula, CA in 1916.
    2. Gladys (TUCKER) MICHAEL.
    3. Elzie or Alvia TUCKER, of Fairfax, Osage Co, OK
    4. Amos TUCKER, of Fairfax, Osage Co, OK
    
    
11. Perlina Price TUCKER b 16 Mar 1863 Petaluma, Sonoma Co, CA, d 23 Apr 1957 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, bur Grandview Memorial Park Cem; m 3 Jul 1887 Dodge City, Ford Co, KS, Willie J. CHISUM (b 1864, 23-1887)
12. * Cynthia Carolyn TUCKER, twin, b 13 Dec 1865; m Thomas Fletcher BRATTIN
13. Jathina Emaline TUCKER, twin, b 13 Dec 1865 Petaluma, Sonoma Co, CA, d 14 Mar 1866
14. Eliza Adaline TUCKER b 6 May 1870 Petaluma, Sonoma Co, CA, d 3 Jan 1973 Temple City, Los Angeles Co, CA; m 1st 26 Jul 1891 Chavez Co, NM, Alexander L. T. BANNON; m 2nd Chester HILL

Cynthia Carolyn Tucker was born on December 13, 1865, in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, and died on February 26, 1952, in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. She married Thomas Fletcher Brattin, son of William Brattin and Susan Harrell, on November 18, 1853, in Lincoln County, New Mexico. He was born on December 9, 1861, in McDonald County, Missouri, and died on January 25, 1949, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They were both buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma.

1. Monta Ernest BRATTIN b 16 Mar 1887 Rocky Comfort, McDonald Co, MO, d 3 Apr 1962, bur Fairlawn Cem, Stillwater, Payne Co, OK
2. Nevada Flo BRATTIN b 24 Nov 1888 Rocky Comfort, McDonald Co, MO, d 11 Nov 1889, bur Rocky Comfort, McDonald Co, MO
3. Vera Vitell BRATTIN b 2 Oct 1890 Rocky Comfort, McDonald Co, MO.
4. Euris Ray BRATTIN b 24 Apr 1893 Rocky Comfort, McDonald Co, MO, d 9 Aug 1893.
5. Zula Mable BRATTIN b 28 Jul 1894 Rocky Comfort, McDonald Co, MO, d 20 May 1895, bur Fairlawn Cem, Stillwater, Payne Co, OK
6. Noble Thomas BRATTIN b 24 Mar 1892 Stillwater, Payne Co, OK, d 30 Dec 1964; m 26 Nov 1919 Lucile Pauline MEADOR
7. Merle Asa BRATTIN b 7 Apr 1899 Stillwater, Payne Co, OK
8. Willie BRATTIN b 24 Jun 1901 Stillwater, Payne Co, OK, d 8 Jul 1901 bur Fairlawn Cem
9. Alma Letha BRATTIN

Caroline Jerden was born August 24, 1832, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died in 1869. She married James Brown Breeze, son of James Handley and Charity Spivey, on December 4, 1850, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 20, 1828, in Orange County, Indiana. After Caroline died, he married Mary L. Augustine as his second wife. He married his third wife, Elizabeth (Cole) Cunningham, on June 22, 1880, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born about 1841 the daughter of Lyttleton Cole and Anna Wakefield. He died April 21, 1914, and was buried at Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Mary BREEZE b 1852 (8-1860) d 1890; m 1 Jan 1872 Henry EBELMESSER (b abt 1836, 44-1880, Germany); he was the first blacksmith at St. Elmo, Fayette Co, IL
   
         Children: (See Fayette Co, IL, 1880 Census, Avena Village)
   
   
   1. Edmond or Edward Eugene EBELMESSER b 18 Jun 1873 Avena, Fayette Co, IL, d 20 Sep 1935 Villa Grove, Douglas Co, IL; m Edna STOCKER; m 2nd Pearl GRISSOM
      
      Child by 1st wife:
      
      
      1. (son) EBELMESSER; he was a dentist in SC

Children by 2nd wife:


1. Gertrude EBELMESSER b Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL; m Ward PERSHING (a bro of Gen John J. PERSHING), lvd Hollywood, Los Angeles Co, CA
2. Mary "Mayme" EBELMESSER d 31 Jan 1966; m W. A. WINGFIELD
3. Louise EBELMESSER, d Denver, Denver Co, CO
4. Charles Henry EBELMESSER b 22 Feb 1882 d 29 Apr 1961; m Nelta
5. Laura West EBELMESSER b 15 May 1885; m Dr. COFFIN at St. Elmo; m 2nd Fred BIXBY

2. Martha BREEZE b 1855 (5-1860), d in childbirth, bur South Hill Cem, Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL; m 12 Jul 1872 Charles KIRK
3. Sarah E. BREEZE b 27 Jun 1858, d 14 Nov 1922; m 9 Dec 1880 Fayette Co, IL, Owen David LONG, s/o Hugh LONG and Sarah HINKLE, (b 1845, 35-1880, Marseilles, Wyandot Co, Ohio)
   
         Children:
   
   
   1. Alta LONG
   2. Murile LONG
   3. Effie LONG
   
   
4. John BREEZE b abt 1860, d in infancy
5. James Henry BREEZE, twin, b 29 Apr 1862, d 5 Dec 1929; m 20 Dec 1885 Adella Belt COCHRAN, d/o Robert COCHRAN and Elizabeth BELT, (b 2 Apr 1864, d 6 Dec 1951)
   
         Children born in Fayette Co, IL:
   
   1. William Edward BREEZE b 22 Feb 1889, d 22 May 1948 Decatur, Macon Co, IL; m Fern E. KEILMAN
   2. Mamie Dell BREEZE b 11 Jun 1891, d 23 Dec 1943; m Corlas B. LOGUE
   3. Hattie Caroline BREEZE b 29 Apr 1896.
   4. George Frederick BREEZE b 24 Aug 1898, d 21 Apr 1973; m 4 Aug 1935 Juanita McNELLEY.
   5. Francis Elwood BREEZE b 19 Jan 1903, d 10 Oct 1970; m 5 Feb 1928 Margaret STUCKEY
   
   
6. Carrie Harriet BREEZE, twin, b 29 Apr 1862, d 1884; m 12 Sep 1883 Fayette Co, IL, Charles B. CARTER, s/o Elisha CARTER and Marinda HINES, (b 1855, 28-1883).

Mary Ann Jerden was born about 1834 in Fayette County, Illinois; she was age 16 in 1850. She married Jacob Hicks February 25, 1852, in Fayette County. He was born January 4, 1831, in Benton County, Tennessee, the oldest son of Lewis Hicks and Jane Lloyd. The Lewis Hicks family moved to Fayette County, Illinois, and three of Jacob Hicks's brothers and one sister intermarried with descendants of the Harris family. Jacob and Mary had one child then she died. He married a second wife, Lucinda Emily Harris, daughter of Thomas Wooten Harris³ (Zach.², Isaac¹) and Angeline Ishmael, on August 3, 1854, in Fayette County, Illinois. They had five children. They will be listed under her name. Jacob married three more times and had six more children. He died April 25, 1913, age 83 years 3 months and 21 days, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Twp., Fayette County, Illinois.

1. Alice Janetta HICKS b 26 Aug 1853 Fayette Co; m 31 Jan 1873 Fayette Co, IL, John DODSON, s/o Willis G. DODSON and Mary CARTER, (b 1853, 57-1910, Fayette Co, IL)
   
         Children: (Only two children identified)
   
   
   1. Nora DODSON b 24 Oct 1879 Fayette Co, IL
   2. Fred J. DODSON b 1885 (25-1910) Fayette Co, IL
   
   

James Martin Jerden was born August 13, 1856, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Thurza Rhodes, daughter of Thomas Rhodes and Penina Tancil, on April 22, 1858, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born November 11, 1839, in Illinois. James died January 10, 1865, in a prison camp during the Civil War. Thurza married, second, John Casey, Jr., son of John Casey, Sr., and Drucilla Hill, on April 7, 1968, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born July 21, 1812, and died February 16, 1897. He was buried in Casey Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. They had nine children. Thurza died March 14, 1913, and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

1. William Douglas JERDEN b 19 Aug 1860, d 16 dec 1921 Cowden, Shelby Co, IL; m 1st 18 Feb 1880, Fayette Co, IL, Josephine E. HALFORD, d/o Andrew Wilson HALFORD⁴ (Eliz. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Linza Eleanor LEIGH, (b Mar 1864, 36-1900, Christian Co, IL, d 1959, bur Ramsey Cem, Fayette Co, IL); m 2nd Luella Floy PRATER, no children
   
         Children by 1st wife were born in Buckhart Twp, Christian Co, IL:
   
   
   1. (child) JERDEN b abt 1881 d before 1900
   2. (daughter) JERDEN b 12 Jun 1882 d before 1900
   3. Roy L. JERDEN b Jul 1884 d 1951; m Viola DRISKELL, no children
   4. Charles C. JERDEN b 24 Jul 1888; m Miss GARDNER
   5. William Cletis JERDEN b 21 Aug 1889
   6. Linza JERDEN b Oct 1895; m Mr. HATFIELD
   
   
2. Marion Whitfield JERDEN b 19 Dec 1862, d 25 Dec 1926; m 2 Nov 1884 Fayette Co, Edith Florence PARHAM, d/o William PARHAM and Elizabeth POWELL, (b 12 Apr 1863 Granville Co, NC, d 3 Apr 1943 Fayette Co); both bur Ramsey Cem, Fayette Co, IL.
   
         Children born Fayette Co, IL:
   
   
   1. Elmer Ernest JERDEN b 3 Aug 1885, d 28 Jun 1912; m Nellie CAMBLE
   2. Charles Herschel JERDEN b 3 Jul 1887, d 10 Oct 1959; m 11 Feb 1911 Faye STEWART
   3. Lillian Valentine JERDEN b 12 Feb 1889; m Aug 1908 Samuel ELLER
   4. Claud Ray JERDEN b 27 Apr 1892, d 28 Jan 1895
   5. Vertal Hugh JERDEN b 17 Jan 1896; m 25 Apr 1920 Blondy HUDSON
   6. Martha Lucile JERDEN b 2 Apr 1898; m 1932 Ray SHORT.
   7. Josephine Fern JERDEN b 1 Jan 1900
   8. William Martin JERDEN b 21 Apr 1904; m 31 Mar 1937 Betty DeCLASPEL; m 2nd Tommy PACKETT

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