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Ancestors of Ronald Leroy Berryhill
16.John F. Berryhill, born December 23, 1792; died February 21, 1870.He was the son of 32. Alexander Moffett BerryhillIII and 33. Rachel Thomson.He married 17. Rachael James November 23, 1819 in Green County, Ohio.
17.Rachael James, born November 15, 1801 in Ohio; died August 26, 1846.She was the daughter of 34. John C. James and 35. Nancy Whiteford.
Notes for John F. Berryhill:
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 1996 11:05 AM
To: Ron Berryhill
Subject: BERRYHILL HISTORY
RONALD BERRYHILL-I LOOKED THROUGH SOME OF MY FATHER'S PAPERS AND I FOUND YOUR REAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER.HE IS JOHN BERRYHILL, 3RD SON OF ALEXANDER. HE MARRIED RACHEL JAMES 23 NOV 1819 AND THEY HAD 9 CHILDREN.NANCY B. WATKINS, RACHAEL B. CROSSLEY, MADISON BERRYHILL, JOHN JR (YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER), SARAH B. FAUCHNER, JEFFERSON BERRYHILL, AMANDA BERRYHILL,ANGELINE BERRYHILL AND MARIA BERRYHILL.
I WILL SEND YOU MORE INFO LATER- STEVE BERRYHILL
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The 1820 Ohio U.S. census for Greene County, Sugar Creek Township, page 143, list a John Berryhill as head of family. It list 1 male 26 to 45, and 1 female 26 to 45. It shown one person engaged in farming. This researcher takes this to be the same John Berryhill listed above.
The 1830 Ohio U.S. census for Ohio, Warren County, Hamilton Township, page 299,list a John Berryhill as head of family. It list 1 male 20 to 30, 1 female under 5, and 1 female 20 to 30.
The 1840 Ohio U.S. census for Ohio, Allen County, Bath Township, page 129, List a John Berryhill as head of family. It list 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, and 1 male 40-50. It ;list 1 female under 5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30, and 1 female 30-40.This researcher takes to be the same John Berryhill as listed above.
According to a Mrs. Beryl McBride, John and Rachel lost two daughters as children. A Rebecca and Julia.According to Mrs. McBride Rebecca burned to death when her cloths caught fire during a grass fire. No cause of death was given for Julia.
Marriage Notes for John Berryhill and Rachael James:
The Ohio Genealogical Society published a book on Ohio Marriage records through 1820. On page 80 it is recorded that John Berryhill married Rachel James on November 23, 1819 in Greene County, Ohio. Ref. 00A 092.
Marriage Notes for John Berryhill and Sarah McCelland:
This is a second marriage for John Berryhill after his wife Rachel James Berryhill died in 1846. It is listed in marriage records published by the Allen County, Ohio marriage records. It is listed immediately after the record of his son John Berryhill Jr.s marriage to Mary Ellen Harvey. Both names are listed simply as John Berryhill. This has led some to belive this is the same John Berryhill and confused some researchers into thinking John Berryhill divorced and remarried which is not the case.
Children of John Berryhill and Rachael James are:
| i. | Nancy B Berryhill, born 1819; married John Watkins June 06, 1939 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Nancy Berryhill and John Watkins: Married by P.B. Holden, Minister |
| ii. | Rachel Berryhill, born 1820; married James Crossley April 24, 1847 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Rachel Berryhill and James Crossley: Married by James S. Cheevers, J.P. |
| iii. | Madison Berryhill, born 1822; married Sarah Amanda Ross November 19, 1850. |
| Marriage Notes for Madison Berryhill and Sarah Ross: Married by Ralph Wilcox |
| iv. | Sarah B. Berryhill, born 1825; married Saul Faulkner March 22, 1855 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Sarah Berryhill and Saul Faulkner: Married by Lewis Foster, J. P. |
| 8 | v. | John F. Berryhill, Jr., born June 20, 1827 in Ohio; died April 24, 1896 in Barton County, Missouri; married Mary Elender Harvey January 05, 1854 in Allen County, Ohio. |
| vi. | Jefferson Berryhill, born 1829; married Hester Ann Bellinger November 04, 1852 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Notes for Jefferson Berryhill: The 1870 US Census for Allen County, Ohio list Jefferson Berryhill a white male as a farmer age 34. It list his wife Hester 33, and six children, Nancy 14, Olive 12, Franklin 10, Charles 7, Mary 5, and Emma 3. |
| vii. | Amanda Berryhill, born 1832; married Joseph Riley December 01, 1853 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Amanda Berryhill and Joseph Riley: Married by Harrison Malbie, M. G. |
| viii. | Angeline Berryhill, born 1835; married William W. Foster May 01, 1855 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Angeline Berryhill and William Foster: Married by Rev. Sam Downey |
| ix. | Maria Berryhill, born 1837; married Jacob Tester November 03, 1864 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Maria Berryhill and Jacob Tester: Married by J. S. Metzler |
19.Nancy Slye, born December 17, 1801; died 1868 in Ohio.She was the daughter of 38. Willaim Slye and 39. Ann Notley.
Children of George Harvey and Nancy Slye are:
| i. | Henry Harvey, born March 04, 1821; married Arey Shafer April 09, 1846 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Henry Harvey and Arey Shafer: Listed in the Allen Coutny, Ohio Mariages. Married by James S. Cheevers, J.P. |
| ii. | Willey Slye Harvey, born January 18, 1823. |
| iii. | William Harvey, born December 06, 1825. |
| iv. | Benjamin Harvey, born November 06, 1827; married Elizabeth Hoffman February 24, 1850 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Benjamin Harvey and Elizabeth Hoffman: Listed in the Allen Coutny, Ohio Mariages. Married by Benjamin Byerly, M.G. |
| v. | William Marion Harvey, born October 03, 1829 in Lima, Ohio; died June 21, 1916 in Jasper County, Missouri; married Hannah Wine March 23, 1854 in Lima, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for William Harvey and Hannah Wine: Listed in the Allen Coutny, Ohio Mariages. Married by Benjamin Byerly, M. G. |
| vi. | John Wesley Harvey, born September 26, 1831. |
| 9 | vii. | Mary Elender Harvey, born September 05, 1833 in Ohio; died February 26, 1897 in Barton County Missouri; married John F. Berryhill, Jr. January 05, 1854 in Allen County, Ohio. |
| viii. | Sarah Ann Harvey, born December 17, 1835; married George W. Taffinger October 24, 1852 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Sarah Harvey and George Taffinger: Listed in the Allen Coutny, Ohio Mariages. Married by Benjamin Byerly, M. G. |
| ix. | Adaline Harvey, born March 19, 1838; married B. H. Rollins May 17, 1856 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Adaline Harvey and B. Rollins: Listed in the Allen Coutny, Ohio Mariages. Married by Benjamin Byerly, M.G. |
| x. | Jasper Harvey, born April 16, 1840. |
| xi. | Mahala Harvey, born August 24, 1842; married Franklin Roush March 06, 1862 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. |
| Marriage Notes for Mahala Harvey and Franklin Roush: Listed in the Allen Coutny, Ohio Mariages. Married by Hiram Protsman, J.P. |
21.Julia Ann Margraves, born 1825 in MO; died 1864 in Jasper County, Mo, Buried Cedar Bluff.She was the daughter of 42. Anthony Margrave and 43. Ruth Simpson.
Notes for Thomas W. Coffelt:
From the 1850 U. S. census, Jasper County, MO
Coffelt. T. W. 31 M Ky.
Julia Ann 25 FMo.
Miles M. 5 M Mo.
Emely J. 2 FMo.
Amanda 7/12 F Mo.
The Probate Records of Thomas W. Coffelt are on file in Jasper County, Carthage, Missouri. Box 7, file 177
According to the Tomb Stone marking the grave in Cedar Bluff Cemetery in Jasper county, MO. It reads;
T. H. Coffelt B- 1818 D- ???? hus. of Julia.
Julia Coffelt B-1819D-1864
| Notes for Julia Ann Margraves: From the 1850 U. S. census, Jasper County, MO Coffelt. T. W. 31 M Ky. Julia Ann 25 FMo. Miles M. 5 M Mo. Emely J. 2 FMo. Amanda 7/12 F Mo. The Probate Records of Thomas W. Coffelt are on file in Jasper County, Carthage, Missouri. Box 7, file 177 From the 1860 U.S. census, Jasper County, MO, location 1098-1071 Jasper twp p.o. Medock Foster, John, Farmer 38 m SC Julia A 34 fMO Zacharia 13 m MO Mary A 12 fMO Martha A 10 fMO Sarah E 8 fMO ( 1870 census has Sarah 18, living with the Vanderman family as a house keeper. location 534-534 Benjamin C 4 m MO Coffelt, Miles M. 15 m MO Emily 13 fMO Amanda 10 fMO Ann Eliza 6 fMO Thomas B 4 m MO Researcher Ronald L. Berryhill subscribed to the Genealogy Helper magazine and responded to an add for Surname Sheets from Yates Publishing Company in Stevensville, MT. They had 55 sheets available for the name Coffelt For $15.00 On April 17, 1997 the sheets were received and that when this researcher found out Julia Ann's last name was Margrave. This researcher immediately did a search of the marriage records he had available on CD and found the marriage record described in the marriage notes. Further research will continue on the name Margrave. Finding this name concludes a milestone in this researcher's genealogy and family history. He now has the complete names of all his great great grandparents. Further research of the Margrave name at the Oklahoma Historical Society on April 21, 1997, researching the 1840, 1850, and 1870, Missouri census records. In Osage County MO, for 1850 is listed an Anthony Margrave, 55, Farmer. Until further research proves this possible wrong, Anthony Margrave will be shown to be the father of Julia Ann Margrave. |
Using the Family Tree Maker's CD for the marriage index for selected states, 1728-1850, in Osage County, Missouri there is listed a Moses Coffet marriage to a July Ann Margrave. The date is March 20, 1844. Further research at the Oklahoma Historical Society on April 21, 1997. In the Osage County, Missouri marriages is listed a Moses (P.) Coffet and July An Mragraves (Merrygraves) listed on page 30. It shows the marriage date as 20, March 1844.
Children of Thomas Coffelt and Julia Margraves are:
| 10 | i. | Miles Merritt Coffelt, born May 03, 1844 in Jasper County, Missouri; died January 08, 1920 in Jasper County, Missouri; married Malinda Ellen Flesher November 25, 1867 in Jasper County, Mo. |
| ii. | Emily Coffelt, born 1848. |
| iii. | Amanda Coffelt, born 1849. |
| iv. | Ann Eliza Coffelt, born 1854. |
| v. | Thomas Benton Coffelt, born 1856. |
| Notes for Thomas Benton Coffelt: 1870 U.S. census, Jasper County, MO Location147-154 Foster, John, Farmer 47 SC Martha J. 18 MO ( a Martha A, 10,listed 1860 census) John 9 MO Coffelt, Benton 14 MO ( Listed as Thomas B 1860 census) Location 148-155 Foster, Marion, Farmer 24 AR (possibly Zacharia, 13, 1860 census) Emily J. 22 MO James N. 3 MO |
23.Sarah Spawr, born December 16, 1815 in OH; died February 06, 1890 in Jasper County, Missouri.She was the daughter of 46. Valentine Spawr and 47. Anna Margaret Richer.
Notes for Harrison Flesher:
1870 U.S. Census Missouri Counties, Jasper.
Flesher, Harrison Farmer 56, Oh.
Sarah 53, Oh.
Adaline 28, Ill.
John P. 22, Ill.
Sarah M. 18, Ill.
Henry 15, Ill.
Isadora 13, Ia.
FrancesB.(Female) 11, Mo.
Harrison 8, Mo.
Malinda Ellen was not included in this census. She married Miles Marrion Coffelt in 1867.
The Flesher Probate records are on file in Jasper County, Carthage, MO. Box 11, File 304.
The following information was provided by Gary Flesher , Milan, TN, who, in 1997 had the following Home Page on the Internet: http://www.public.usit.net/gflesher. The information on Harrison's ancestors was also received from Gary. This genealogist has not confirmed the complied information completely. However, what has been compared to original documents agrees.
Harrison removed form Ohio to McLean County, IL. Then to Warren County, IA in 1855. Then to Missouri, possibly Jasper County between 1856 & 1858. Harrison and Sarah had 12 children.
Marriage Notes for Harrison Flesher and Sarah Spawr:
According to the book of Early American marriages, a Harrison Flesher married a Sarah Spawr on January 22, 1835 in McLean County, IL.
Children of Harrison Flesher and Sarah Spawr are:
| i. | Susan Margaret Flesher, born 1837; married Jesse Gum Ginkins August 10, 1852. |
| ii. | Mary Elizaabeth Flesher, born 1838 in McLean County, IL; died 1840 in Buried in Indian Field Cemetery. |
| iii. | Commodore Decatur Flesher, born 1840; died 1841 in Buried in Indian Field Cemetery. |
| iv. | Sarah Adaline Flesher, born February 01, 1842 in IL.; died January 27, 1907 in Jasper County, Missouri. |
| Notes for Sarah Adaline Flesher: Never married. According to the 1900 Jasper County, MO, US census, a Sarah Flesher , 58, was living on a farm with Louis Flesher 29. According to the census, Sahah was born in IL and both her parents were born in OH. Louis is listed as a farmer and was born in MO. Both his parents are shown as born in IL. |
| 11 | v. | Malinda Ellen Flesher, born September 25, 1844 in Illinois; died March 25, 1915 in Jasper County, Missouri; married Miles Merritt Coffelt November 25, 1867 in Jasper County, Mo. |
| vi. | William Smith Flesher, born 1846; died 1846. |
| vii. | John P. Flesher, born 1848; married Della Frances Lott. |
| viii. | Clara May Flesher, born 1852; married Peter Marion Spawr 1876. |
| ix. | Henry Valentine Flesher, born 1855; married Mary Etta Foley 1882. |
| x. | Isadora Catherine Flesher, born 1857; married Jesse Hollongsworth Moody 1882. |
| xi. | Frances Bell Flesher, born 1859; married Richard L. Pace 1885. |
| xii. | Harrison Lyons Flesher, born 1862; married Emma Gross 1892 in Abt 1865. |
25.Elizabeth Watson, born 1841 in IL.She was the daughter of 50. Felix Watson and 51. Milla Ater.
Notes for Joel Thomas WescottII:
Most of the information on Joel Wescott as of 2/28/1997 is taken from the 1870 U.S. Census for Newton, County, MO, Marion Township. Marion Township is South of Joplin, MO.
March 3, 1997, Ron Berryhill researching at the Oklahoma Historical Society looked in the 1860 IL census and found Joel Wescott (25) and Elizabeth Wescott (19) in Piatt County, Willow Branch, living with a Felix Watts, a 40 year old farmer. Also in the house was Permila Walls 37, Felix's wife and a Jacob Watson 19. Elizabeth was possible a twin to Jacob. And Felix W. Wescott, Joel and Elizabeth'soldest son born in 1860 was quite possibly names after Felix Watts.
June 23, 1997.
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 4:25 PM
To: Ron Berryhill
Subject: Felix Watts Wescott
I was surfing the net and came across the Illinois genealogy pages and
noticed that you had submitted my great grandfather's name.I have other
information such as his birth and death dates and brothers and sisters.Also
I have information about Elizabeth (Brock).Felix's dad's name was Joel and
was born in Ohio.
October 1997, Ron Berryhill was in Montacello, Piatt County, IL and found Joel served in the Civil War in IL, Company E, Corporal. He enlisted August 11, 1862 and was mustered out June 21, 1865. Jacob Watson served the same time and was also a Corporal.
Joel evidentially died between 1870 and 1880. The 1880 MO census for Newton County, Marion Township list Elizabeth as head of household. See notes for Elizabeth Watson Wescott.
Further research by Ron Berryhill at the Jasper County Historical Society on December 23, 1997, revealed that Joel Wescott died the same day as his 2-year old daughter Lillie. They are buried side by side in the Stone Cemetery in south Jasper County, MO. Research continues.
| Notes for Elizabeth Watson: The 1880 census for Newton County, MO, list Elizabeth Watson as head of household. It list her at age 39 and born in IL. List with Elizabeth are Felix age 20 born in IL, Emma 18, IL, Clars 15, IL, Willie 13, MO, Minnie 10, MO, and Eward 8, MO. They at listed as lining in Newton County, Marion Township, Vol 24, E.D. 98, Sheet 25, and Line 32. |
Children of Joel Wescott and Elizabeth Watson are:
| 12 | i. | Felix Watson Wescott, born November 14, 1860 in Piatt County, IL; died October 17, 1940 in Jasper County, Missouri; married Mary Elizabeth Brock November 20, 1882 in Jasper County, Missouri. |
| ii. | Emma R. Wescott, born 1862. |
| iii. | Bell C. Wescott, born 1865. |
| iv. | William L. Wescott, born October 14, 1867 in Ohio; died March 18, 1957 in Vernon County, MO Buried in Welborn Cemetery, Moundville; married Maude G. Garton November 29, 1906 in Jasper County, MO. |
| v. | Minnie A. Wescott, born 1870. |
| vi. | Eward Wescott, born 1872. |
| vii. | Lillie Wescott, born 1874; died July 25, 1876 in Newton County, MO. |
| Notes for Lillie Wescott: Lillie is buried in Stone Cemetry, in South Jasper County, MO. She is buried beside her father, Joel Wescott II, who died the same day she did. Research continues. |
27.Jariska Jane Hornback, born November 28, 1832 in Iowa; died 1869.She was the daughter of 54. James Hornback and 55. Mary McIntyre.
Notes for Terry Wiley Brock:
Kenal Funeral Home handled the funeral arrangements according to probate records on file in Newton County, MO. Terry W. Brocks file # is 360
According to the 1900 census for Jasper County, MO, Terry Wiley is living in Jackson Township and his daughter Dicy A. 46, and granddaughter Lulu E. 11 are living with him.
| Notes for Jariska Jane Hornback: From: Shirley Honbeck Sent: Friday, February 14, 1997 7:47 AM To: Ron Berryhill Subject: Re: HORNBECK I think this line back to Warnaar, the emigrant, is in my book.What I have is that Jarusha Hornbeck was born Nov 8, 1832, died Apr 16, 1862, d/o Jams and Mar McIntiyre.here were 11 children in this family from Carthage, Jasper Co., MO.They had previous to the civil war lived in Douglas Co., KS.I have her married to a Brock but no first name and nothing further on her personally, but I have all her ancestors and a little on her brothers and sisters. especially her brother John.Is this the one?You may want a copy of my book for info on her ancestors and her family.Go to my Earthlink page to read about it. According to Jasper County, MO, marriage records, a Terry W. Brock married a Jerusha J. Hornback on October 24, 1850. This creates a question as to how the first name is spelled. Research continues. |
The marriage between Terry Wiley Brock and Jerusha (Jariska) J. Hornback is listed in Jasper County Missoui marriage records on a CD published by Family Tree Maker. The date is October 24, 1850.
The 1850 U.S. Census for Jasper County list Jariska T. Hornback as 19 being born in Iowa.
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The probate record from Jasper county dated June 7, 1869, listing, inventory of the estate of Jerusha Jane Brock deseased. Terry W. Brock is the guardian for William N. Dicy A. Mary E. James, and Perry G. Brock minors.
It list cash received form Wm. Hornback $38.80 and an undivided one-twentith part of the following described land located in Jasper County, MO, NE 14 & E 1/2 of SE 1/4 Sec 32 and SE 1/4 Sec. 29 Twp. 29 R30.
Terry W. Brock being duly sworn says that the above and for going is a true inventoty of all the realestate and all the goods and chattles, rights and credits of the said minors that have come to his possession or knowledge. signed Terry W. Brock July 19, 1869.
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First annual settlement of Terry W. Brock guardian of the estates of W.N. Brock, Dicy A., Mary E., James, and Perry G. Brock minors.
The guardian charges himself as follows to money received form all sources $43.01
The custodian claims credit as follows:
By cash paid clk f ? fees$1.00
By cashpaid?$3.00
Total$4.00
Balance of the estate of minors $39.00
Feburary 15, 1870
Children of Terry Brock and Jariska Hornback are:
| i. | William N. Brock, born March 10, 1852. |
| ii. | Dicea A. Brock, born November 24, 1854; died July 23, 1935. |
| iii. | James Brock, born November 1855 in MO; died January 01, 1929; married Emma E.. |
| Notes for James Brock: According to the 1900 US, MO Census, Jackson Township. Brock, James w/mh 45 m/22/farmer MO UK UK Emma E. w/f w 40 5-5 TXNC NC Wiley T. w/ms 21 s farmer MO MO TX James S. w/ms 17 s MO MO TX Arthur C. w/ms 13 s a/school MO MO TX Harvey A. w/ms 08 s a/school MO MO TX Charles F. w/ms 04 MO MO TX From the Joplin News Herald January 2, 1929 Brock, Funeral services for James Brock, 73 years old, who died at 11 o'clock last night at his home eight miles east on twentieth street will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Duenwig Baptist church. Burial will be in Forest park cemetery. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Erma Brock; five sons, Charles F. Brock and James S. Brock motor route A. Arthur C. Brock of Duenwig and Wiley F. Brock Carthage, and two sisters, Mrs Lizzie Wescott of Joplin and Dica Brock of Diamond. |
| 13 | iv. | Mary Elizabeth Brock, born November 24, 1857 in Jasper County, Missouri; died November 13, 1938 in Jasper County, Missouri; married Felix Watson Wescott November 20, 1882 in Jasper County, Missouri. |
| v. | Perry Green Brock, born February 1860; died September 16, 1926; married Dora Franklin. |
| Notes for Perry Green Brock: From the Joplin Globe, September 17, 1926. Carthage MO, September 16, all real estate of the late Perry Brock, former county judge goes to his widow, Dora Brock, during her lifetime, and the personal property is to be divided equally between Mrs. Brock and their two sons Fred and Emerial under the terms of the will, which has been filed for probate. The real-estate is composed of two eighty-acre farms, which are to go to Fred Brock, and the residence property on West Central avenue, which is to go to Emeral Brock in the event of their mother's death. The farm lands are valued at $4,000 and the residence property at $2,000. The personal property has an appraised valuation of $23,440.05 of which $22,833.44 is in liberty bonds. The will was drawn March 20, 1926 and was witnessed by G. E. Brummett and Winifred Brummett. The Widow and Fred Brock are named as executors to serve without bond. |
| Notes for Dora Franklin: From the May 30, 1938 Joplin News Harold Mrs Dora Brock dies at Carthage Carthage, MO, May 30, Mrs Dora Alice Brock, 66 years old, died at 4:30 o'clock this morning at her home, 714 West Central avenue. She fractured an arm in a fall February 15 and later fractured a hip in a fall down the cellar stars in her home. She was the widow of Terry (should b Perry) Brock, one-time judge of the circuit court. She was a member of the first Methodist Episcopal church and the Rebecca lodge. Surviving are two sons, Fred Brock of Carterville and Emerald Brock of Springfield; a sister, Mrs. Maude Hutchison of Los Angeles, and two brothers R. S. Franklin of Dallas and J. W. Franklin of Joplin. |
Child of Terry Brock and Martha McCarver is:
| i. | James Thomas Brock, born August 20, 1864. |
29.Elvira Bird, born November 03, 1819 in North Carolina; died October 21, 1890 in Cochran Cemetery, McMinn County, TN.She was the daughter of 58. Richard Bird and 59. Elizabeth Westlake.
Notes for John J. Dixon:
After John J.'s first wife died, he married (2) Elvira Bird, daughter of Richard Bird, a traveling Methodist minister.Proof of this connection to the circuit rider came from a McMinn County court case on 23 July 1853 [#118, p.65].It stated that R. Bird was the father-in-law of John J. Dixon and Joseph Hamilton (Susan Selinda/Selena/Salina Bird, born 5 April 1807, marriage announcement in the North Carolina Spectator of 18 June 1831:"Miss Salina Bird, dau of Richard Bird to Joseph Hamilton June 14, 1831, on Catawba River, Burke County")Elvira had been born 3 November 1818 in Black Mountain, North Carolina.There is a family story that she was one-half Native American [No evidence, probably not so].It is unknown how the couple met, but they married 16 January 1845 in McMinn County, Tennessee (Book C/116).They had six children together.
[Information on the preceding children of John J. Dixon and both his wives came from the Raper newspaper article, research done by H.R. Thomas, a page from the John J. Dixon family Bible, and later censuses.]
John J. and Elvira appeared on three censuses together.The first was the 1850 [McMinn 258-1950], which listed the names of the entire family.John J. (mistakenly noted as "William" by the census taker) was registered as a 45-year-old machinist.His birthplace was said to have been Tennessee.Elvira counted herself as being 32, also born in Tennessee (although the state is doubtful.)The children living with them, all born in Tennessee, were Elizabeth 20, William M 18, James Harvey 16, Mary J. 11,
Susan 5, John H. 4, and Nathaniel 1.
The 1860 McMinn census listed the Dixon's' home as within the Eureka Post Office area.John J. was 54 and a farmer.Elvira was 42.On this census, she claimed, probably correctly, to have been born in North Carolina.John J.'s children by his first wife were, by 1860, living away. Enumerated with the family were Susan 15, John 12, Nathaniel 10, Eli 5, Richard 7, and Riley 2.
For the 1870 McMinn census, John J., age 63, once again had his occupation recorded as "machinist."The family was living in the 6th district [p.4, #1-1].Elvira was 51, born in North Carolina.John Hamilton, 22, and Nathaniel, 20, were still living at home, although they were said to have been "in school."Since both were teachers, perhaps Elvira considered the census taker to have asked where they worked.Other children listed were Richard 17, Eli C. 15, and Rily W. 12.Riley really was a student.
John J.'s life is also able to be followed through court records and other legal documents.For instance, in a McMinn County court case filed 8 April 1844 [#5, p. 2] - Moses Cunningham vs. Eli and John J. Dixon
and Elisha Bryant, Eli Dixon had loaned money [McMinn Deed Book H, p. 94, 21 December 1842] to a Thomas Frazier of Polk County, with John J. issuing the deed of trust.Frazier then defaulted and proceeded to leave the country.The note passed through four different hands, Eli's, John J.
Dixon's, Amond Bond's, and Moses Cunningham's, with each man endorsing it to the next, before being declared invalid and uncollectible by the bank. When the bank tried to sell property belonging to the four men to recover its losses, only one of the men, Cunningham's, property was claimed and
sold by the sheriff.In the court suit of 1844, Cunningham charged Eli Dixon with making a fraudulent sale of his property to Elisha Bryant (Cunningham must have felt Eli did this only to get his money out of a bad note and to avoid having land that the bank could repossess.)
In another document found, McMinn County paid John J. for having made a walnut coffin for a pauper in 1849.In 1858, according to the Wills and Estate Records of McMinn, John J. served as a commissioner.In 1871, just a few years before he died, he was in a law suit over which faction of the Presbyterian Church - the northern or the southern - had jurisdiction over his church, Mars Hill Presbyterian in Athens.
The final legal document uncovered was court case #389, McMinn p.140-141, filed 4 Dec.1873 - Susannah Brient vs. John J. Dixon et al: In 1857, Jacob P. Brient and the Dixons bought the mill site and started the
Eureka Mills factory, each having a half-interest.In 1860, Elisha Brient had some debts, so John J. and Jacob put up their mill property in a deed of trust as security.In 1868, the holder of the trust sold the property to Elisha and he became the trustee.In 1869, a family of McElwees were awarded a judgment against John J. and Wm. M. which constituted a lien upon the entire water power, mills, machinery, and buildings of Eureka Mills. Nothing was left John J. except the equity of redemption (the ability to buy back the mills).In 1870, Hugh McElwee, John J., and Elisha signed an agreement to extend the time of redemption until 1 March 1871.If John J. did not redeem the mills, then Elisha would give up to Hugh McElwee the half interest of the Dixons and Hugh would relinquish the lien on the other half (belonging to Jacob Brient).In the meantime (Aug 1871), Elisha died, and Susannah, his widow, purchased Hugh's interest in the agreement and in the judgment.John J. finally could not redeem the mills, tried some legal maneuvering, but lost.The court gave the Dixons' half-interest in the Mills to Susannah.The Dixons appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court, but John J. had died (8 January 1874) before that appeal was concluded. Nothing is known about the result of that suit at this time.
Lula (Dixon) Parsons, John J.'s granddaughter, told what must have been the same tale in this manner.The carpetbaggers were trying to take away John J.'s mill.He was riding everywhere on horseback, trying to get some money to buy it back.He wasn't having any luck.One day, it was pouring rain.
He rode out anyway.When he came back, it was dark.He fell off his horse, possibly from exhaustion, in the front yard.The family carried him into bed.He died the very next day.
It isn't apparent from just reading the law suit which people John J.'s family would have considered "carpetbaggers."Susannah Brient, widow of Elisha, ended up owning the Dixons' part of the mill, and she was probably from the area.Elisha Brient was an in-law of Eli Dixon [whose marriage was performed in McMinn County in 1830], as proved in a land sale by the Jones heirs in Blount County in 1861 [Book aa, p. 283].Eli Dixon's wife was Charity Jones; Elisha Briant's wife was named Susan Jones.
Elvira Dixon lived another sixteen years after John J.'s death on 8 January 1874.She had him buried, for whatever reason, next to his first wife, Mary Caroline, in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Athens, Tennessee, in McMinn County.She appeared on the 1880 McMinn census [Mc90-90], counting herself as 60 years old and asserting that she was born in North Carolina, as was her father, and that her mother was born in Virginia.Living with her were Richard 26, and Riley 21.Found also in McMinn was the James Harvey Dixon census of 1880 [Mc105-104].It was recorded as Harvey Dixon47, Sarah 43, William 23, John 19, Robert 13, Horace 9, and Julie 4. Elvira's son Eli was living with his family next door to her [Mc91-91]. His census read Eli 24, Addie 22 (she was from Georgia, and her parents
were from Sweden and South Carolina), and daughter Amy 1.
Elvira died 21 October 1890 and is buried at Cochran Cemetery beside her son Richard Ivy Dixon.
| Notes for Elvira Bird: Elvira died 21 October 1890 and is buried at Cochran Cemetery beside her son Richard Ivy Dixon. |
Children of John Dixon and Nancy Kennedy are:
| i. | Darcus Caroline Dixon, born 1828. |
| Notes for Darcus Caroline Dixon: No record of birth or death [information as to her identity only from the newspaper article]. |
| ii. | Elizabeth Clementine Dixon, born October 03, 1830; married Joseph H. Smith June 24, 1852 in McMinn County, TN. |
| Notes for Elizabeth Clementine Dixon: Evidently moved to another county or state, had probably five children (listed in 1874 as John A., William H., Susan C., and Joseph, minors, heirs of John J. Dixon, deceased, in a McMinn County court case [#389, pp.140-1]),the 1860 McMinn CO census [p.111/260] showed J.H. Smith 29 machinist $1200/100 TN, Elizabeth 29 TN, John 6 TN, William 4 TN, George 1 TN, and Mary Dixon 20 TN (Mary Joanah, Elizabeth's sister). |
| iii. | William M. Dixon, born April 15, 1832; died 1913 in Michigan; married Margaret Caroline Keyhill July 01, 1860 in McMinn County, TN. |
| Notes for William M. Dixon: Was in McMinn CO for 1860-1880 censuses, was in business with his father for a time, moved to Michigan, died in 1913, although a search for a death certificate for 1912-14 in Michigan did not produce one; children listed on 1870 census[p.117/183/188] were Eva, Lillian, Cordelia, and Belle; Matilda Keyhill, 50, and Sallie Keyhill, 23, were also present as well as a male, 21, who was clerking in a store; William's occupation was "clerk in store;" in 1880 [p.60/503], William was a laborer, with younger children, Inez, and Mabel, added to the rest; no one but his immediate family were in his home in 1880; |
| iv. | James Harvey Dixon, born May 15, 1834; married Sarah Newman August 09, 1855. |
| Notes for James Harvey Dixon: Their marriage and two of the children (William Lewis, Sarah Caroline) were listed in the Dixon Bible record; four more children (John, Robert, Horace,Julie) were named in the 1880 census of McMinn County; bought 147 acres from Moses Cunningham, an attorney, on 20 August 1868, died 27 February 1915; both husband and wife are buried in Cochran Cemetery; Sarah E. Dixon'sdates: 11 April 1838-18 August 1921; descendants are still in McMinn; [1870 TN census for McMinn CO can be found 48/29/29]; |
| v. | Sarah Dixon, born 1836. |
| Notes for Sarah Dixon: No record of birth or death [information only from a newspaper article. |
| vi. | Mary Joanah Dixon, born May 27, 1838; died September 07, 1898. |
| Notes for Mary Joanah Dixon: Mary Joanah Dixon,born 27 May 1838 (from H.R. Thomas research),never married, lived with her sister Elizabeth's family in 1860, died 7 September 1898, buried in Cochran Cemetery;tombstone reads Mary J. Dixon May 12 1838-Sept 7 1898 |
| vii. | Amelia Dixon, born February 1841; died March 1841. |
| Notes for Amelia Dixon: Information only from the newspaper article. |
Children of John Dixon and Elvira Bird are:
| i. | Susan Salina Dixon, born October 31, 1845; died October 24, 1923 in McMinn County, TN; married (1) Bazzel Thomas November 03, 1866 in MC TN; married (2) Bazzell Thomas November 04, 1866 in McMinn County, TN. |
| Notes for Bazzell Thomas: Was a soldier in the Confederacy - Company T, 9th Tennessee Cavalry,buried in Cochran Cemetery in McMinn CO. |
| ii. | John Hamilton Dixon, born December 27, 1847; died 1925 in McMinn County, TN; married (1) Tennessee Boon; married (2) Isabell Brown; married (3) Margaret Tennie Boone 1880; married (4) Isabelle Brown 1886. |
| Notes for John Hamilton Dixon: [John J. Dixon Bible], had a narrow escape from death as a child [told in H.R. Thomas manuscript]:One day John Hamilton and some older boys went swimming (I would guess in the old Dixon Mill dam).John Hamilton was the first to get his clothes off and dive in.When he did not surface, the older boys knew something was wrong.They dived in and searched for him.One of the older boys found John Hamilton lodged under a rock or log.The boys brought him out on the bank and laid him down.He looked like he was dead.One of the older boys suggested they hold John Hamilton up by the legs with his head down to see if they could get the water to run out of his mouth.John Hamilton started breathing and coughing with every breath.He regained consciousness and became all right. John Hamilton married (1)Tennie Boone ca.1880, had two children (Elsie, Jessie); she was deceased by 1886, according to a court case then; in Cochran Cemetery, there is a tombstonewhich reads "Margaret T. Dixon, wife of John H.,Feb 8 1858-Aug 16 1883, there is also a child's grave reading "Daniel Dixon July 3 1883 (3 weeks old) child of John H and MT Dixon;" Margaret T. must have died of childbirth complications; 1880 McMinn CO census [p.32/286] listed John as 32 machinist born in TN and Tennie 22 born in TN; John Hamilton married (2) Isabell (Belle) Brown by 1886,had seven children (Susie, Virgil, Gypsy, Iris,Erb, John, and Bird, ; Belle's gravestone in Cochran Cemetery has the dates 1859-1928;John H. was also buried in Cochran, with the dates listed as 1846-1925; |
| 14 | iii. | Nathaniel Morrison Dixon, born January 21, 1850 in Athens, TN; died July 27, 1930 in Alba, MO; married Martha Victoria Jacks 1883. |
| iv. | Richard Ivy Dixon, born August 21, 1852; died December 06, 1917 in Cochran Cemetery, McMinn County, TN. |
| Notes for Richard Ivy Dixon: [John J. Dixon Bible], It is assumed that he was named for the Richard Ivy who was associated with Elvira's father, Richard Bird], never married, was living with the Riley Dixon family in 1900, buried in Cochran Cemetery; |
| v. | Eli Caldwell Dixon, born October 31, 1855; died 1905; married Addie Addleberg 1876. |
| vi. | Eli Caldwell Dixon, born October 31, 1855; married Amy Lou ?. |
| vii. | Emmanuel Riley Dixon, born November 25, 1858 in TN; died March 25, 1939 in Englewood, TN; married (1) Sarah Lucy Dodson November 14, 1891; married (2) Lucy Dodson November 14, 1891. |
| Notes for Emmanuel Riley Dixon: Emmanuel Riley Dixon, born 25 November 1858 [John J. Dixon Bible], married Sarah Lucy Dodson 14 November 1891, had two children (Earl, Reyanna/Anna Ray), died 25 March 1939 at Englewood;Earl's daughter, Marie Dixon Middleton (Mrs. Robert) still owns a drive-in store in Englewood. |
31.Sara Malisa Daugherty, born May 01, 1835 in South Carolina; died March 11, 1923 in Webb City, MO.She was the daughter of 62. Matthew Daugherty and 63. Nancy Cass.
Children of Vincent Jacks and Sara Daugherty are:
| i. | Emma Jacks. |
| ii. | Laura Jacks. |
| iii. | W.G. Jacks. |
| iv. | W.A. Jacks. |
| v. | James B. Jacks, born January 14, 1857 in McNunn County, TN; died October 22, 1945 in Joplin, MO; married Alice Gaches. |
| 15 | vi. | Martha Victoria Jacks, born October 15, 1858 in Athens, TN; died June 28, 1936 in Nashville, MO; married Nathaniel Morrison Dixon 1883. |