| i. | Polly Whittington, born 1797 in Clark Co, KY; died Unknown; married Edward David; died Unknown. | |||
| ii. | John Whittington, born Abt. 1799 in Clark Co, KY; died Unknown; married Catherine David; died Unknown. |
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Notes for John Whittington: John Wittington had 4 sons and 5 daughters listed on the 1840, Benton, Taney Co, Missouri US Census |
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More About John Whittington: Census: 1840, Benton, Taney Co, MO |
| iii. | Sabra Whittington, born Abt. 1800 in Clark Co, KY; died Unknown; married Nicholas Petro; died Unknown. | |||
| iv. | Henry Whittington249, born Abt. 1805 in Clark Co, KY; died Unknown; married Sally Eslick 09 Mar 1826 in Barholomew County, IN; born 1807; died Unknown. |
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More About Henry Whittington and Sally Eslick: Marriage: 09 Mar 1826, Barholomew County, IN |
| 179 | v. | Rebecca Whittington, born Abt. 1813 in Clark Co, KY; died Unknown; married Benjamin Francis Boles 17 Oct 1825 in Barholomew Co, IN. | ||
| vi. | Unknown Whittington, born Aft. 1815 in Clark Co, KY; died Unknown. |
| i. | William Pierce253, born 14 Jul 1813 in Duck River, Hickman Co, TN; died Unknown. | |||
| 180 | ii. | Andrew S Pierce, born Abt. 1815 in TN, USA; died Unknown; married Mary Scribner. | ||
| iii. | Richard Pierce, born Abt. 1817 in NC, USA; died Unknown. | |||
| iv. | Nancy Pierce, born Abt. 1818 in TN, USA; died Unknown. | |||
| v. | Sarah Pierce254, born Abt. 1820; died Unknown. | |||
| vi. | Nancy Levinia Pierce255, born Abt. 1822 in TN, USA; died Unknown; married Samuel Eslick, Jr in KY, USA; born 20 Oct 1818 in KY, USA; died 27 Dec 1893 in Elk Point, SD. |
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More About Nancy Levinia Pierce: Census: 23 Jun 1860, Webster Twnshp, Webster Co, MO, USA |
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More About Samuel Eslick, Jr: Census: 1840, Benton, Taney Co, MO, USA |
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More About Samuel Eslick and Nancy Pierce: Marriage: KY, USA |
| vii. | Reverend Alexander Pierce, Rev255, born 10 Mar 1826 in White Co, TN; died 01 Mar 1895 in IA, USA; married Frances Elizabeth Eslick 21 Aug 1842 in Taney Co, MO, USA; born 13 Sep 1824 in Bartholomew Co, IN; died 21 Feb 1921 in Taney Co, MO, USA. |
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More About Reverend Alexander Pierce, Rev: Census: 07 Jun 1860, Madison, Polk Co, IA, USA |
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More About Frances Elizabeth Eslick: Burial: Feb 1921, Hopkins Grove, Madrid, IA Census: 07 Jun 1860, Madison, Polk Co, IA, USA |
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More About Alexander Pierce and Frances Eslick: Marriage: 21 Aug 1842, Taney Co, MO, USA |
| viii. | Martha Jane Pierce255, born 05 Apr 1829 in TN, USA; died Unknown. | |||
| ix. | Thomas Pierce255, born Abt. 1832; died Unknown. |
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Notes for Lavinia Davis: Lavinia Davis was related to Martha Washington and Jefferson Davis. She was their niece. She used to visit them on the weekends even after she married. But they didn't associate with Jefferson Davis because he was a slave owner and the Eslick's were abolitionist and freed what few slaves there family had and also taught them to read and write. |
| i. | Dr Eslick Frances M Eslick255, born 09 Apr 1812 in KY, USA; died 02 Jun 1855; married Mary Ann Alcorn 12 Feb 1834 in KY, USA; died Unknown. |
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More About Dr Eslick Frances M Eslick: Burial: Jun 1855, Vegors Cemetery, Webster Co, IA, USA Census: 1840, Benton, Taney Co, MO, USA Occupation: Medical Doctor |
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More About Frances Eslick and Mary Alcorn: Marriage: 12 Feb 1834, KY, USA |
| ii. | Permelia Ellen Eslick255, born 05 Apr 1814 in KY, USA; died Unknown; married Robert J Alcorn, Sr 31 Oct 1833; died Unknown. |
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More About Robert Alcorn and Permelia Eslick: Marriage: 31 Oct 1833 |
| 182 | iii. | John D Eslick, Jr, born 20 Oct 1816 in IN, USA; died 01 Jun 1902 in McGuire Bend, IA; married (1) Unknown Jenkins 1839 in KY, USA; married (2) Sarah Jane Davis Bef. 1850; married (3) Samantha J Dickey Aft. 1868. | ||
| iv. | Samuel Eslick, Jr255, born 20 Oct 1818 in KY, USA; died 27 Dec 1893 in Elk Point, SD; married Nancy Levinia Pierce in KY, USA; born Abt. 1822 in TN, USA; died Unknown. |
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More About Samuel Eslick, Jr: Census: 1840, Benton, Taney Co, MO, USA |
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More About Nancy Levinia Pierce: Census: 23 Jun 1860, Webster Twnshp, Webster Co, MO, USA |
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More About Samuel Eslick and Nancy Pierce: Marriage: KY, USA |
| v. | Theodorus Davis Eslick255, born 13 Sep 1821 in KY, USA; died 30 May 1907 in Webster Co, MO; married Martha Jane Pierce; born Abt. 1828 in TN, USA; died 25 Nov 1886 in Webster Co, IA, USA. |
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More About Theodorus Davis Eslick: Census: 11 Sep 1850, Fort Des Moines, Polk Co, IA, 28 yrs old |
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More About Martha Jane Pierce: Census: 11 Sep 1850, Fort Des Moines, Polk Co, IA, 22 yrs old |
| vi. | Frances Elizabeth Eslick255, born 13 Sep 1824 in Bartholomew Co, IN; died 21 Feb 1921 in Taney Co, MO, USA; married Reverend Alexander Pierce, Rev 21 Aug 1842 in Taney Co, MO, USA; born 10 Mar 1826 in White Co, TN; died 01 Mar 1895 in IA, USA. |
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More About Frances Elizabeth Eslick: Burial: Feb 1921, Hopkins Grove, Madrid, IA Census: 07 Jun 1860, Madison, Polk Co, IA, USA |
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More About Reverend Alexander Pierce, Rev: Census: 07 Jun 1860, Madison, Polk Co, IA, USA |
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More About Alexander Pierce and Frances Eslick: Marriage: 21 Aug 1842, Taney Co, MO, USA |
| vii. | Beden Eslick255, born 30 Jan 1826 in Bartholomew Co, IN; died 20 Mar 1914 in Dustin, Hughes Co, OK; married Mary Jane Wright 19 Jan 1846 in Barholomew County, IN; born 1830 in Warrick, IN; died 1914 in OK, USA. |
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Notes for Beden Eslick: The Turnbo Manuscripts by Silas Claiborne Turnbo 1844-1925 A PRAYING INDIAN CHIEF AND OTHER STORIES OF THE RED MEN By S. C. Turnbo Mr. Beden Eslick, who was also an early settler on head of Beaver Creek in Douglas County [Missouri] and who come there 5 years earlier than Zeke Eslick, told me that one day soon after he come there a band of Cherokee Indians stopped a few days on Beaver Creek to hunt. The chief or head man of the party had a small son with him that he was teaching to be chief when lie become older. One day during their stop here the chief and his little boy and a few other Indians come to our house to buy spit which article was very scarce here then and high in price. The chief was an expert dancer but he refused to dance unless he was payed for it. After father sold him a small quantity of salt and the Indian had paid for it in furs’. father told him if he would dance awhile he would Rive him some salt extra. The Indian appeared to be pleased at the offer and fell to dancing at once and danced all over the yard before he let up. The father invited all the Indians into his cabin. After they all got in the house the chief told the boy to beat on the back of a chair with an arrow, and while the boy was beating in a rough like way on the chair his father danced on the floor which was made of very rough puncheons. "I was only a boy myself then" said Mr. Eslick, "and I remember how greatly I was amused at the Big Indian’s capers he out while the boy beat on the chair. The Indian could beat a white man dancing two to one. Though we could not understand their dialect, but we understood their signs. They were all very friendly and peaceably disposed. A few days after this the men of this band went out in the hills to kill big game and was gone several days. My two brothers, John and Sam, were older than I and they [indians] requested father by signs to allow the boys to accompany them on the hunt. The boys wanted to go and father gave them permission, They said when they come back home they enjoyed being out with the red men, but they said that the religious fervor of the chief was more interesting to them than seeing the Indians go on the chase. The boys said that every night while they were in camp with the Indians the chief arose about midnight and devoted an hour in prayer. "We did not know" said they, "who he prayed to but suppose it was to the Great Spirit. Anyway it was a mighty long prayer and was repeated about the same hour each night. When he brought his devotion to an end he would wake up his little boy from his slumbers and bid him to pray and while the little fellow was engaged in prayer the father would retire on his couch of skins again and was supposed to be in the dreamy land again. The boy did not quit off short but he stayed up about as long as his father did, but finally after the religious devotion was ended he too lay down again and was soon apparently asleep once more." ~ Beden Eslick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A DESPERATE COMBAT WITH WOLVES By S. C. Turnbo "The worst trouble I ever got into with wild beasts and the worst seared I ever felt was with a pack of wolves," said Beden Eslick, who settled on Beaver Creek in Taney County, Mo., in 1835. "My encounter with them was during the winter following the close of the Civil War." Mr. Eslick told the balance of the story about this way. "Their attack on me was so unexpected and desperate that I thought my time had come to die, and I prayed as well as fought. There are but few people who, when facing death, forget to pray. In truth some people never pray in the interest of their souls unless they are staring death in the face. Our prayers then are not uttered in a routine way. It makes our supplications so earnest that we mean what we pray for and do not pray like some does at meeting, the same old thing over and over again which is not much heartfelt. But our prayers go deep down into the heart when we realize that our time is up. One knows what they are praying for when they think they are standing on the edge of eternity. Our call on God then is so fervent, ardent, zealous and devoted. But to the wolves. As remarked above it was the first winter after the war ended. I had taken one of my little boys, whose name was William, and went to Long Creek which flows into Beaver Creek near the John Mosely Mill place. I intended to stay on the creek a few days on a camp hunt, and took the little boy with me for company. The weather, though not very cold, was chilly and a big fire felt comfortable. We pitched camp in an open space in the middle of a thicket which would afford some protection from cold winds. We went prepared with bed clothes and cooking utensils. For provisions we took a supply of corn bread and expected to depend on my rifle for venison and wild turkey meat. When we camped that evening we built a fire and collected a lot of wood in order to keep a big fire and light during the night. The fire would give us warmth from the cool air and the light would encourage the wild beasts to not venture up too close to us. But in this last I was disappointed. I intended starting early the following morning on the day’s hunt. We had no dogs with us except two half grown ones which were worthless as hunting dogs. I thought they and the little boy could take care of camp while I was absent. Soon after night spread its dark mantle over the creek valley we spread our bed quilts down before the fire and lay down and felt comfortable and was soon in the dreamy land of plenty of deer and other game. But my dreams did not pan out like I saw them in my visions as I lay on my couch with my eyes closed. How long I slept, I am unable to say, when my little boy woke and said, "Daddy, do you hear the wolves howling?" I was too drowsy to give the child a sensible answer, and I replied, "All right, William, let’em howl. We are here. They can’t hurt anything." and went to sleep again. I often think how careless I was when the little boy warned me of our danger. "Shortly afterward I was awakened by some animal whining and smelling over my face, which I at first supposed was one of the pups, but as its cold nose touched my face causing a shudder to run over my entire body I raised up quickly and saw the two pups lying at the foot of the bed, and at the same time I saw a wolf run from the head of my bed into the thicket. Of course my beautiful dreams of the fairyland of game ended at once. I was now fully awake. With gun in hand I leaped to my feet and yelled to William, who was now asleep, to rouse up and help me fight wolves. The wolf I had seen dart into the brush was gone only a few seconds when I saw a bunch of vicious looking wolves come charging into the circle of firelight and ran right up to the bed and began snapping at our legs and feet, and at the pups which were yelling and cowering at our feet. The hungry beasts were dashing around so rapidly that it would be only chance work to hit one with a rifle ball, and I fought them with clubs and stones. I thought it my last moments on earth for I actually believed they would soon overpower me and rend us to pieces. I fought with a will to avoid meeting such a horrible death. "I well recollect the agonizing thoughts as I realized our perilous position. After a few minutes of this desperate attack on us from the daring animals I was gratified to see them all sneak back into the brush. Then we hastily jerked on our clothes and shoes and snatching up a lot of the wood threw it on the fire. The wood was so dry that it ignited at once and there was a big blaze which illuminated the surrounding thicket for several paces. We had no resting spell for the hungry creatures dashed up again and was all around us in less time than it takes to tell it and snarled and snapped their teeth together. It seemed that our doom was surely sealed. "In addition to the clubs and stones for defense I used fire brands which I hurled at them but this appeared to irritate and aggravate the animals so that I soon quit this kind of warfare. I would kick one every opportunity, sometimes knocking it sprawling for a moment and up it would rise and at us it would come again. As the fight went on two wolves fell out and engaged in a combat of their own. One, then the other down, while the other stood over him and growled. If our position had not been so critical it might have been amusing to see two wolves lose their friendship for each other and go to war, but as it was I had fight enough on my hands without trying to get time to watch them battle together. So snatching up the rifle which lay on the ground nearby I shot at the one standing, but owing to my excitement and terror I guess I missed. The shot separated them and they both ran into the thicket. They were hardly gone before I saw one of them run back and join the others that were dancing a jubilee around me seemingly in anticipation of devouring my flesh and cracking my bones with their teeth. There were a few trees standing in reach of me, but I was too busy to take refuge in one or take time even to lift my little boy to safety. How long I was forced to defend mine and my child’s life I have not the least idea, but it seemed hours. Life was precious and I struggled in a frenzied desperation to save my life and that of my little son. How long the hungry beasts would have kept the battle going I am not able to answer, but suddenly above all the din of my yelling and direful racket of the wolves I heard a mighty scream close to camp. I knew at once that It was no night hawk or owl but a ferocious panther. The great loud cry almost made my blood curdle worse than I thought the wolves had curdled it. The cry also attracted the attention of those terrible creatures that wanted to end our lives. The wolves seemed to understand that the scream of the panther was a bad omen and began to stop and listen for more of the same kind of noise. Very soon the panther gave vent to another piercing scream which sounded near. The pack of wolves faltered in their vicious work and began to retreat into the thicket in an opposite direction from where the panther made itself known. They were soon all gone and I and my little boy and the terrified pups held the battlefield. I had been kept so busy in trying to beat the ferocious beasts back that I was nearly exhausted, but a new danger threatened us. When I first heard the panther it added to my terror, for I believed I would have both it and the wolves to contend against, but when I perceived that the wolves feared it and when I noticed that the second cry of the panther put them to flight, I welcomed the panther, for even if it attacked me I had rather fight a single panther with my clenched hand as my only weapon as to battle with a hungry gang of wolves with knives, guns and pitchforks; but the panther did not come any closer and went on. It is more than probable," continued Mr. Eslick, "that the near approach and cry of the panther saved our lives. The combat with the wolves broke up the camp hunt, for before the great luminary of the day rose above the horizon we were on our way back home. Since that time I have visited this same spot on a few occasions and took a long view of where the two dogs cowered where we stood on the bed clothes and were frightened almost to death. I well remember how I kicked and struck with clubs and stones and how the wolves dashed around and about us. The night scene formed around the camp fire on that night in December, 1865, is still vivid in my recollections." ~Beden Eslick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Civil War Soldiers about Beden Eslick Name: Beden Eslick , Residence: Homer, Iowa Enlistment Date: 21 January 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Iowa Unit Numbers: 188 188 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 21 January 1862 at the age of 35 Enlisted in Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 28 January 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal on 17 April 1862 Received a disability discharge Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 27 December 1862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Civil War Soldiers about Beden Eslick Name: Beden Eslick , Residence: Genoa, Illinois Enlistment Date: 14 February 1865 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Illinois Unit Numbers: 333 333 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 February 1865 Enlisted in Company C, 152nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 14 February 1865. Mustered out Company C, 152nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 11 September 1865 in Memphis, TN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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More About Beden Eslick: Burial: May 1914, Dustin, Hughes Co, OK Census: 28 Jul 1870, Beaver Twnshp, Taney Co, MO, pg 9, 45 yrs old |
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More About Mary Jane Wright: Census: 28 Jul 1870, Beaver Twnshp, Taney Co, MO, pg 9, 43 yrs old |
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More About Beden Eslick and Mary Wright: Marriage: 19 Jan 1846, Barholomew County, IN |