William Arthur* Moyer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 9 Jun 1900, Capitol Twp (Ward 6), Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Occupation: 1907, Bressmer's Dept Store, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Ilinois
• Residence: 1907, 1431 E. Edwards, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 23 Apr 1910, 1431 East Edwards St, Capitol Twp, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illiniois
• Residence: 1916, 816 S 16th, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: Jun 1917, 715 Ave C, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas
• Census: 13 Jan 1920, 904 N Mesquite, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas
• Residence: Between 1922 and Bef 1925, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Other-Begin: 1925, Magnolia Refinery Band, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1925, 816 S 16th, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1927, 297 Schwarner, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 09 Apr 1930, 294 St. Anthony, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1931, 294 St. Anthony, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1933, 294 St. Anthony, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1937, 725 Fulton Ave, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: Between 1938 and 1939, 1337 Roberts, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1940, 1337 Roberts, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 11 Apr 1940, Beaumont (Precinct 1), Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1941, 1337 Roberts, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Military: 1942, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; WWII draft registration
• Residence: 1947, 1337 Roberts, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Organizations: Abt 1950, Beaumont Civic Orchestra, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1950, 1337 Roberts, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 1957, 1337 Roberts, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

1900 Capitol, Sangamon Co.
1910 Springfield Sangamon Co - occupation, dummer, theatre

Beaumont City Directory:
1927 Wm A (Rose) blr clnr Mag Pet Co 297 Schwarner
1931 Raymond 294 St. Anthony
Wm A (Rose) emp Mag Pet Co, 294 St. Anthony
1933 Raymond 294 St. Anthony
Ruth 294 St. Anthony
Wm A (Rose) musician 294 St. Anthony
1937 Wm A (Rose) emp Mag Pet Co; 725 Fulton; Raymond L; Robert E.
1938-39 Wm A (Rose -2) emp Mag Pet Co, 1337 Roberts
1940 Wm A (Rose-1) pipe liner Mag Pet Co 1337 Roberts
Robert - student 1337 Roberts
1941 Wm A (Rose -1) pipe liner Mag Pet Co 1337 Roberts
1943 Raymond (Eliz-1) tchr Bmt Hi Sch, 2230 Ave E
(Wm A not listed)
1945 Raymond (Eliz - 2) athlete director 2360 Ave E
Robert USAA 1337 Roberts
Wm A (Rose - 1 ) emp Mag Pet Co.
1947 Moyer - Arthur L student, 1337 Roberts
Raymond L (Eliz) tchr Bmt Board of Education-2360 Ave E
Robert (Gloria) Salesman Graybar Electric 1092 Grand Av
Wm A (Rose) blr hse worker Mag Pet Co 1337 Roberts
1949 Arthur L hlpr Business Men's Studio, 1337 Roberts
Eliz - Mrs - tchr, Pennsyl. Av. Sch., 2360 Ave E
Raymond L (Eliz) coordinator Board of Education 2360 Ave E
*Robert seaman 2185 Tyler (another Robert Moyer!)
Wm A (Rose) ofc sec Mag Pet Co, 1337 Roberts
1950 Arthur L appr Enterprise Company, 1337 Roberts
Eliz Mrs tchr PS 2360 Ave E
Raymond L (Eliz) tchr PS, 2360 Ave E
Robert E (Gloria) lab 2285 Ave A
Wm A (Rose) opr Mag Pet Co, 1337 Roberts
1952 Arthur L prntr appr Enterprise Co, 1337 Roberts
Eliz tchr PS 2360 Av E
Raymond L (Eliz) tchr PS 2360 Ave E
Wm A (Rose) emp Mag Pet Co 1337 Roberts
(Robert not listed)
1953 Moyer, R.E. (Gloria) mtce worker 640 Vermont
Wm A (Rose) tele opr Mag Pet Co, 1337 Roberts


Bio: William Arthur Moyer was born to Harold and Flora Moyer. His parents were divorced in the1890s, and Will stayed with his mother. After finishing fourth grade, he was taken out of school and put to work chipping mortar off old bricks for ten cents per hundred. Will's brother Preston "Ted" Moyer played drums in the Gold and Silver Convention in Springfield. He listened to Ted's records of the Capitol Band, and using an instrument book learned to read music and play drums. As his skill improved, Will began to play in groups, like the Capitol Band and the Springfield Watch Company Band. Even as he excelled in his music, Will pursued other activities including painting, carpentry and radio.
Will went to work in Springfield at Bressemer's Department Store, where he met Rosa Mae Snider. They were married on Christmas night, 1912, in their new home at 620 S 12th St.
In 1916, Ted called and offered Will a job with the government. Will moved to San Antonio and worked as a timekeeper at the Remount. He was laid off after the Great War and moved back to Springfield for a year. He then returned to San Antonhere he worked for the Postal Service.

In 1925 Will came to Beaumont, Texas, to play in the Magnolia Band. At that time, all the band members were given jobs in the Magnolia refinery (later Mobil), but their band duties were paramount. The band played park concerts, parades, ar many civic affairs. They moved into a house on Fulton Street. Not long after, he moved once more into the house at 1337 Roberts Ave., which would be his home until his death in 1982.

Will stayed on at Magnolia after the band dissolved and retired from the refinery in 1956. At the annual retirement dinner in 1956, most began their speaches with 'When I started working here...' - but Will said, 'I didn't come to the Maa to work, I came to play!' He got an ovation for that."

Some time after Rose died in 1981, Will went up on the roof to clean the rain gutter and trim limbs from an overhanging pecan tree. He fell and injured his back, which forced him into a nursing home. Several months passed, and Will Moyer dit 11:45 a.m. on 27 November 1982 at the Green Acres Nursing Home in Vidor, Texas. He was 91.

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Beaumont Enterprise article re: 60th Wedding anniversary:
The William Moyers
60 Years Married
Guest Column by Jerri Wigington - Family Living Staff

Sixty Years is a long time to be married. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moyer of Beaumont will reach their Diamond Anniversary this Christmas Day. They will observe it with a reception Sunday at the home of a son.
Mrs. Moyer is the former Miss Rose Snider. They were married in Springfield, Ill., on Dec. 25, 1912.
In 1916 the Moyers moved to San Antonio where he played in the San Antonio Municipal band and worked.
In 1925, they moved to Beaumont where he became employed at Magnolia Refinery (now Mobil) and, as a hobby, played in the Magnolia Refinery Band.
He played the snare drum and Mrs. Moyer said, "Naturally, he plays an instrument that makes the most noise and no music."
He also played in the official State of Texas Band, under the direction of Dr. Harry McCloud and then R.A. Douchette.
"At the end of the year, the refinry always gives a dinner for all the employees who are retiring," Mr. Moyer recalled.
"I was asked to say a few words, so I walked to the front of the room and said, "Well, I didn't come to Beaumont to work...."
"And the whole room got quiet.
"Then I said, 'I came here to play.'
"And everyone broke into a laugh."
Mrs. Moyer sews for her family and the public, too. "I really enjoy sewing. It gets me away from everything.
"I sew everything from wedding dresses to pantsuits, and pantsuits more than ever now, because more people wear them than anything else."
And now -- 60 years, 4 children, 8 grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren later -- Mr. and Mrs. Moyer are celebrating.
Sunday, they will be honored with a reception in the home of one of their three sons, Raymond, of 1765 Bandera. The formal announcement will be in the Sunday Enterprise-Journal.
Their daughter, Mrs. Ruth Eggleston of Durango, Colo., and the other two sons, Robert and Arthur, both of Beaumont, will attend -- and, of course, many friends...
Congratulations!

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note: I posted a query on Rootsweb forum for surname Blood since Grandpa had saved a couple of letters from him. I got this response:

Re: Fred W. Blood Orchestra - Springfield IL (letters)
Author: David F Date: 2 Feb 2005 GMT
In Reply to: Fred W. Blood Orchestra - Springfield IL (letters) by: Sherry Sharp

It appears Fred W. Blood never married or had any children.
He is in the 1920 census, living in Springfield IL, age 49, single, and occupation is Music Teacher - Studio.

I was not able to find Fred in the 1930 census so I believe he is the Fred M. Blood who died at Springfield IL on 28 MAR 1924. No age or birth date is given in this index record.

I show Fred was the only child of Leroy S. Blood and Allice Amanda "Allie" Beaver, and he was born in OCT 1871 at Springfield IL.


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note: I posted a query on Rootsweb forum for surname Templeton since Grandpa had a picture of the family. A researcher was interested and sent me this response:
From: TurnerCrenshaw@aol.com
Date: 02/06/05 00:34:33
To: lumoto2@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Sangamon County~Templeton


Sherry,

I seem to recall a Blood family in Loami Township in Sangamon County. I've transcribed the 1860-1880 census for Loami Township. I received an email from someone interested in the Blood family. I'm guessing it's a different branch.

I found the Templeton's living right where the photo said they would be:

1910 US Federal Census
4/18/1910
Monmouth City, Monmouth Township, Warren County, Illinois
Ward 4
ED 145
Page 182A
Sheet 7
Address 912 South A Street
Dwelling 130
Family 132
Lines 10-17

TEMPLETON George H M W 50 M1 29 NY NY NY E laborer odd jobs W Y O M H
Emma W F W 47 M1 29 IL VA VA E none Y
Florence D 19 IL NY IL E f**sha pottery W Y
Willie S 16 IL NY IL E laborer plow shop W Y
Elizabeth D 14 IL NY IL E fr**sha pottery W Y Y
Clarence S 9 IL NY IL none Y
Leonard S 12 IL NY IL E none Y Y
Helen D 4 IL NY IL none

"E" signifies speaks English
"W" - able to read
"Y" able to write
"Y" attend school since 9/1/1909
"O" owned
"M" mortgaged
"H" house
George and Emma have been married 29 years (first marriage).
Emma has had eleven children, with seven still living.

Here's my best guess on the photo: Left to right: Emma, Helen, Elizabeth, Willie, one of the two women not visible could be Florence, Leonard and Clarence. I am guessing the woman in front (about center) is Emma's mother.

If you find any descendants, I'd love an update. Part of the reason I love genealogy research is that I love a good mystery. My specialty is working with photos. I'm pretty good at identifying people in old photos. I think there's a possibity the Templeton's are related to you, maybe through marriage. I wouldn't rule it out.

Letetia



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From: Arthur Moyer (greygo72@isp.com :: 4.253.44.113)
Date Sent: Sat 01 Dec 2007 02:10:12 GMT
Date Read: Mon 05 Oct 2009 16:05:05 BST
Subject: Pictures that Dad painted years ago

Sherry: Milly and I have a couple of pictures that Dad painted years ago that we thought you might like to make copies of them and incorporate them in your website. One is a charcoal drawing that Dad made of himself and the other one is a color painting of an old Interurban car (similar to a street car) that ran between Beaumont and Port Arthur many years ago. If you would like to do this you are welcome to make copies of them. We also have an old oil painting that Dad painted of his old homestead in Illinois. Back in the late 30's or early 40's he went to David Crockett Junior High at night and took painting lessons and these paintings were the only ones he did after that. Anyway if you are interested you can call us at 753-2337 or 753-2322
or drop me an email. Have a good weekend.


Name:
William Arthur "Will" had the same name as William Arthur Abell, who was son of his mother's 1st cousin, Elizabeth "Bet" Abell. Unknown if Will Moyer was named for his cousin.

Census:
726 South 11th Street
Harold C Moyer 45 1855 45 m 23 yrs TN TN TN telephone opr
Flora E 41 June 1868 41 7 births 7 living IL IL IL
Girtrude E 22 dau May 1878 22
Preston B 17 son Aug 1883 17
Maimie J 14 dau Aug 1885 14
Bessie 12 dau 1888 12
William R 9 son Jan 1891 9
Ruth B 7 Apr 1893 7


Occupation:
as indicated in 1907 city directory, Will was working as a window dresser at Bessemer's, as was a Nellie Moyer (?). As stated in his memooirs (see Yellowed Pages, by Elizabeth Deaton Moyer), "Will's brother-in-law, Lee Crutcher, got Will a job at Bressemer's Department Store as electrician, Window trimmer, and elevator operator."
...and..
"Rose Snider worked at Bressemer's Department Store in Springfield in the gift wrapping department and at the cosmetics counter. She met Will Moyer when he was working there. They saw each other at work only." Guessing she wouldn't have started working there before age 16, so between 1910 and 1912 when they married.

Residence:
1907 Springfield city directory
Moyer Flora res 1432 e Edwards
Moyer Harold C. tel opr I C R R res 1538 e Adams
Moyer Nellie, clk, The John Bressmer Co, bds 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Preston D clk C & A R R, bds 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Wm, window trimmer The John Bressmer Co, 1431 e Edwards

Census:
1431 East Edwards Street, Springfield
renting
Flora E Moyer 53 divorced 7 births, 3 living; IL KY IL
nurse, private families
Preston B Moyer 27 single IL TN IL drummer theater
William A Moyer 19 single IL TN IL drummer theater
Ruth G Moyer 17 single IL TN IL operator telephone office
Were you out of work Apr 15 1910
Flora yes; Preston no; Will yes; Ruth no.

From memoirs (see attached article Yellowed Pages, by Elizabeth Deaton Moyer), "He (William Arthur) played in a theater orchestra for $15 a week. One night, the lights went out - the orchestra began playing a piece that was different from their regular numbers. They were playing "Slippery Slide Trombone" when the owner, Mr. Loper, appeared. He didn't apprecitate the number and fired all the musicians except the pianist."

Residence:
1916 Springfield city directory
Moyer Flora E. Mrs. res 816 S. 16th
Moyer Harold C. telep opr, res 2034 E. Capitol av (Rachel)
Moyer Wm A. clk R.L. Berry, bds 816 S. 16th (Rose)

Census:
res 904/200/307 Moyer William A 29 Illinois clerk warehouse, worked for wage
Rose wife 26 Illinois Illinois Illinois
Raymond L son 6 Illinois Illinois Illnois
Ruth daughter 2 6/12 Texas Illinois Illinois
Flora mother 61 widow Illinois Kentucky Illnois
Crutcher Marie neice 17 single Illinois Illinois Illinois
saleslady, deptmt store wage

Residence:
From family information, sometime after my father was born in San Antonio in Aug 1921, the family moved back to Illinois for a few years. Then Will was offered a job in Beaumont, with Magnolia Refinery with the opportunity to play in a band and he happily took it. The family moved back to Texas. According to Aunt Elizabeth's write-up, he joined the Band in 1925.

Residence:
1925 Springfield city directory
Moyer Harold C (Rachel) tel opr I C, r 2034 E Capitol av
Moyer W.A. (Rose) 3, r 816 S 16

W.A. not listed in 1923 or 1924 or 1926 directory

Residence:
Wm A (Rose) blr clnr Mag Pet Co 297 Schwarner

Census:
294 St Anthony
175/244
Moyer, William A head rent 39 m age 1st m 21 IL IL IL
musician refinery
Rose M wife 36, m at 18, IL IL IL
Raymond L son 16 IL IL IL
Ruth L dau 12 TX IL IL
Robert E son 8 TX IL IL
Arthur L son 4/12 TX IL IL

Residence:
1931 Raymond 294 St. Anthony
Wm A (Rose) emp Mag Pet Co, 294 St. Anthony

Residence:
1933 Raymond 294 St. Anthony
Ruth 294 St. Anthony
Wm A (Rose) musician 294 St. Anthony

Residence:
1937 city directory:
Moyer Raymond L r 725 Fulton av
" Robt E r 725 Fulton av
" Wm A (Rose) emp Mag Pet Co r 725 Fulton av



Residence:
1938-39 Wm A (Rose -2) emp Mag Pet Co, 1337 Roberts

Residence:
1940 city directory
Moyer Arth L help Business Men's Studio r 1337 Roberts av
Eliz Mrs tchr pennsylvania Av Sch r 2360 Avenue E
Wm A (Rose) ofc sec Mag Pet Co h 1337 Roberts av
(note: the "Robt seaman" is not my dad. There was another Robt Moyer in town that caused some confusion. This year was my dad's senior year at Beaumont High School. He was living at home. By Sept of this year, he had enlisted in the Army. Ruth was married, had her girls and living on Ashley Street.


Census:
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas
Ward of City 3-Area. B-Part
Block Nos 443 Sheet No. 9A
S.D. No. 2; E.D. No. 123-37
J Precinct 1 census taker: Elizabeth Peatas Fryer, Enumerator

April 16 1940
line no.
6, 7, 8, and 9

1 Steet, avenue, road, etc
Roberts Street

2 House number
1337

3 Number of household in order of visitation
183

4 Home owned (O) or rented (R)
R

5 Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented
25

6 Does this household live on a farm? Y or N
no

7 Name of each person whose usual place of residence on April 1 1940 was
in this household. be sure to include:
1 persons temporarily absent from household Write "AB after name of such persons.
2 Children under 1 yr of age. write "infant" if child has not been give a first name.
enter (X) after name of person furnishing information
Moyer, W.A.
" Rose (X)
" Robert
" Arthur L.

8 Relationship of this person to the had of the household, as wife, daughter, father, mother-in-law, grandson, lodger, lodger's wife, servant, hired hand, etc
head, wife, son, son

A Code (Leave Blank)
0, 1, 2, 2

9 Sex - Male (m) female (f)
M, F, M, M

10 Color or race
W, W, W, W

11 age at last birthday
48, 46, 18, 10

12 Marital staus -- single (s); married "m", widowed (Wd),
divorced (D)
M, M, S, S

13 Attended school or college any time since March 1 1940 Y or N
no, no, yes, yes

14 Highest grade of school completed
6
8
H4
4

B Code (Leave blank)
6, 8, 30, 4

15 Place of Birth
illinois, Illinois, Texas, Texas

C Code (Leave blank)
61, 61, 87, 87

16 Citizenship of the foreign born
In what place did this person live on Apr 1 1935
Same place, same place, same place, same place

17 city town village having 2500 or more inhabitants
enter "R" for all other places
same place, same place, same place same place

18 county ---- blank
19 State or Territory blank
20 On a farm Y or N blank
D Code (leave blank) blank

21 was this person at work for pay or profit in private or nonemergency govt. work during week of Mar 24 30 Yes or no
yes, no, no, blank

22 If not, was he at work on, or assigned to, public emergency work
(WPA, NYA, CC, etc) during week of Mar 24, '30 y or n

blank, no, no, blank

if neither at work nor assigned to public emergency work, No in Cols 21 and 22
23 Was this person seeking work? y or no?
blank, no, no, blank

24 If not seeking work, did he have a job, business, etc? y or no
blank, no, no, blank


for person answering No to questions 21, 22, 23, or 24

25 Indicate whether engaged in home house work (H), in school (S), unable to work (U) or other (Ot)
blank, H, S, blank

Code E
1, 5, 6, blank

If at private or nonemergency Government work (yes in Col 21)
26 Number of hours worked during week of March 24-30 1940
40, blank, 40, blank, blank


If seeking work or assigned to public emergency work (Yes in Col 22 or 23)
"Yes" in Col 22 or 23)

27 Duration of unemployment up to Mar 30 1940 in weeks

blank, blank, blank, blank, blank

28 Occupaton, Trade, profession, or particular kind of work as--
frame spinner, salesman, laborer, rivet heater, music teacher

pipe fitter, blank, blank, blank

29 Industry or business as
cotton mill, retail grocery, farm, shipyard, public school

oil petroleum refinery, blank, blank, blank

30 class of worker
DW, blank, blank, blank

code F (W.A. 348 18 1)
(Rose blank
(Robert blank
(arthur blank

31 Number of weeks worked in 1939
Equivalent full-time weeks
52, 0, 0, 0 blank


Income in 1939 (12 months ending December 31 1939
32 amount of money wages or salary received
including commissions
3060, 0, 0, blank


33 Did this person receive income of $50 or more from sources other than money wages or salary Y or N
no, no, no, no, blank

34 Number of Farm Schedule

Line NO.
6, 7, 8, 9


Residence:
Wm A (Rose -1) pipe liner Mag Pet Co 1337 Roberts

Military:
name: William Arthur Moyer
event: Draft Registration
event date: 1942
event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
gender: Male
birth date: 02 Jan 1892
nara publication title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Texas
nara publication number:
arc identifier: 576252
film number: 4150845
digital folder number: 004150845
image number: 00857


Residence:
Moyer Arthur L student r 1337 Roberts av
" Raymond L (Eliz) tchr Bmt Bd of Educ h 2360 Av E
" Robert E (Gloria) slsmn Graybar Elec h 1092 Grand av
" Wm (Rosa M) blr hse wkr Mag Pet Co h 133 Roberts av


Residence:
Beaumont City Directory 1950
Moyer, Arthur L appr Enterprise Co r 1337 Roberts Av
Moyer, Eliz Mrs. tchr PS r2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Raymond L (Eliz) tchr PS h2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Robt E (Gloria) lab h2285 Avenue A
Moyer, Wm A (Rose M) opr Mag Pet h1337 Roberts av


Residence:
1959 Beaumont city directory
Moyer, Arth L. (Mildred) adj John R. Gray Claims Serv h790 Woodrow av
Moyer, Raymond L. (Eliz D) safety dir Bd of Educ h2360 Avenue E
Moyer, Robt E (Gloria J) help Pure Oil h640 Vermont av
Moyer Wm A (Rose M) h1337 Roberts av

Died:
Death Certificate: Registrar's File No. 167, Date Rec'd b y Registrar 12-7-82
William Arthur Moyer; male; Date of Death 11-27-82 11:45 a.m.
Race: White:
Was the Decedent of Spanish Origin: No
If Yes, specify Mexican Cuban, Puerto Rican, Etc. ___
Date of birth: 1-2-1891. Age in years of last Birthday: 94
Place of Death: Vidor, Orange Co, Tx Green Acres Nursing Home; Inside City Limits: Yes
Widowed
Birthplace: Illinois
Was Decedent ever in US Armed Forces: No: Surviving Spouse: None
SS No. 456-03-0101
Usual Occupation: Operator, Oil Industry
Residence: Texas, Jefferson Co, Beaumont, 1337 Roberts Avenue Inside city Limits: Yes.
Father's Name: Harold Christopher Moyer
Mother's Maiden Name: Flora Breckenridge
Sig of Informant: Robert E. Moyer (not Robert's signature, someone signed his name)
Immediate Cause: Senility due to or as a consequence of C.B.S., due to or as a consequence of general arteriosclerosis Autopsy: No.
Signed R.D. Isern, M.D.; 12-2-82
Burial: Removal, Burial; Date 11-27-82; Forest Lawn Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas
Funeral Director: Carroll-Wallace Funeral Home
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Obit: Beaumont Enterprise Nov 28, 1982
William Moyer ... Mobil Oil retiree
William A. Moyer, 91, of 1337 Roberts, died Saturday at Green Acres Nursing Home in Vidor.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Forest Lawn Memorial Park under the direction of Carroll-Wallace Funeral Home.
A native of Cropsey, Ill., and a resident of Beaumont 37 years, he was a retired operator from Mobil Oil Corp. He was a former member of the Magnolia Band.
Survivors include three sons, Raymond L. Moyer, Robert E. Moyer and Arthur L. Moyer, all of Beaumont; a daughter, Ruth Eggleston of Bayfield, Colo.; eight grandchildren; 12 great-granchildren; and three great-great-granchildren.


Buried:
Buried in Section A, I believe.

William married Rosa Mae* Snider on 25 Dec 1912 in Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois. Rosa (daughter of Joseph Abraham* Snider and Irene Frances* Skinner) was born on 23 Mar 1894 in Morrisonville, Christian Co, Illinois; died on 16 May 1981 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 18 May 1981 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
______
Moyer-Snyder
The marriage of William A. Moyer and Miss Rose Mae Snyder, daughter of Joseph A. Snyder of Morrisonville, Ill, which was solemnized Christmas night took place in the newly erected home of the couple. 620 South 12th Street. The ceremony was peformed by Rev. E.B. Randle of the Laurel M.E. church. The bride was dressed in a white chiffon over white silk and carried a large bouquet of white roses. Miss Marie Grudd, who was bridesmaid, wore a pink chiffon over pink and carried pink roses. Mr. Thomas Richardson acted as best man. They ten year old niece of the groom, Miss Marie Crutcher, played the wedding march. Miss Mae Winters, aged seven, was ring bearer.
The home was decorated in the wedding colors o pink and white. A three course dinner followed the ceremony. The groom is a prominent musician of Springfield.

"This Certifies that William A Moyer of Springfield, State of Illinois and Miss Rose Snider of Springfield, Illinois, were united in Holy Matrimony at Springfield according to the Ordinance of God and the laws of the State of Illinois on the 25th day of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve. Witness: Thomas Richardson.
Rev. E.B. Randle, officiating.

1. Raymond Lee Moyer was born on 5 Oct 1913 in Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois; died on 5 Aug 1988 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 8 Aug 1988 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. Ruth Louise Moyer was born on 24 Jun 1917 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; died on 3 May 1996 in Bayfield, LaPlata Co, Colorado.
3. Robert Earl* Moyer was born on 28 Aug 1921 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; died on 10 Nov 2000 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 13 Nov 2000 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
4. Arthur Leslie "Buster" Moyer was born on 08 Dec 1929 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 15 May 2010 in Bevil Oaks, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee
• Census: 27 Jun 1870, Fairfield, Wayne Co, Illinois
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, Village of Breckenridge, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1894, 916 North 12th, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois; thru 1898
• Residence: 1896, 901 N 9th, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 09 Jun 1900, Capitol Twp (Ward 6), Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1905, 1431 E Edwards, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1906, 1431 E. Edwards, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1907, 1538 E. Adams, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 27 Apr 1910, Capitol Twp, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois; 147 Dist, 6th Ward,
• Residence: 1916, 2034 E Capitol av, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 19 Jan 1920, Capitol Twp, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1923, 2034 E Capitol av, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1924, 2034 E Capitol av, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1925, 2034 E Capitol av, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1934, 2034 East Capitol Ave, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Other-Begin: Aft 1937, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois

Notes:

1880 occupation: railroad agent, Cooper Twp, Sangamon
1900 Capital, Sangamon Co
1910 occupation telegraph operator
1920 occupation: railroad telegraph operator


In 1881 he was the agent for the Ohio & Mississippi railroad (History of Sangamon County, 1881)

After Harold and Flora were divorced, Harold remarried Rachel who had a daughter Jessie. They were married sometime around 1900.
Family notes: "Many of the Moyers were musical. Harold Moyer, father of Will, played alto horn. He directed a small civic band in Cropsy, Illinois. He would play the alto with one hand and direct the band with the other. Flora, Will's motr, played their reed organ. Ted sold the organ and bought a piano. Gertie, May, and Bessie all became quite proficient on the piano. Gertie played regularly for the Macabee Lodge in Springfield. She could also fill in on the bass drum if necessary. May was a good singer, and was in demand for social occiasions. Ted and Will were both good drummers.
Harold and Flora were divorced sometime around 1895. She remarried a Mr. Newell and lived in Indiana.

Retirement notice: H.C. Moyer, operator at Springfield, Ill, was retired on a pension, effective August 31 (1926). Mr. Moyer was born at Knoxville, Tenn, August 27, 1854, and began his railway service with this railroad as a billing clerk atloomington, Ill, on June 15, 1882. In November, 1884, he was appointed agent-operator at Risk, Ill. He also served as agent at Swygert and at Cropsey, Ill. In June, 1893, he was sent to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he remained for about two months, returning to Springfield as night opertor and ticket clerk. Three years later he was made day opertor at the local freighthouse and beginning November 11, 1900, became operator at East Grand Avenue, Springfield, which position he held until his retirement. His total service credits amounts to forty-two years, two months. His record is one of faithful performance of duty and loyalty to the company. In the last thirty-one years he lost no time from his work except when absent on vacation leaves.
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Name:
Name on his death cert Harold Charles. Death cert of son William Arthur shows Harold Christopher.

Census:
son of Thomas Stone & Elizabeth Williams Stone
773 Stone E H 32 (Enoch Herschel) 1828 Male Tennessee
773 Stone Eliza (Maxwell) 30 1830 Female Tennessee
773 Stone Cicero 10 1850 Male Tennessee
773 Stone Granville 8 1852 Male Tennessee
773 Stone Austin 6 1854 Male Tennessee
773 Stone Elihu 4 1856 Male Tennessee
773 Stone Isaac 4 1856 Male Tennessee
773 Stone Oliver 2 1858 Male Tennessee

(widow of Thomas* Stone)
774 Stone Elizabeth* (Williams) 66 1794 Female South Carolina
774 Stone Fanny 35 1825 Female Tennessee
774 Stone Elihu 25 1835 Male Tennessee

Elizabeth Moyers/Myres da of Thomas Stone & Elizabeth Williams Stone
781 Myres O H (Oliver* Hopkins) 36 1824 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Elizabeth* C (Stone) 27 1833 Female Tennessee
781 Myres Christopher* H (Charles Hopkins) 6 1854 Male Tennessee <<<
781 Myres Mary 4 1856 Female Tennessee
781 Myres John P 2 1858 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Ann 4/12 1860 Female Tennessee


Census:
Harrold, age 16, m, w, engineer in mill,born in TN
head of household - Oliver H Moyers

Census:
Village of Breckenridge, also Cooper Twp
154/155 Moyer H.C. 27 R.R. Agent TN TN TN
Flora 20 IL KY KY
Gertie 2 IL
Gracie 4/12 (Jan) IL

Residence:
Springfield City Directory: Moyer H.C. tel opr I C R R., r 916 North 12th
same residence as his daughter, Gertrude

Residence:
1986 Springfield city directory
Moyer Miss Gertrude, res 901 N 9th
Moyer H.C. night tel opr I C R R frt dept, re 901 N 9th

Census:
726 South 11th Street
Harold C Moyer 45 1855 45 m 23 yrs TN TN TN telephone opr
Flora E 41 June 1868 41 7 births 7 living IL IL IL
Girtrude E 22 dau May 1878 22
Preston B 17 son Aug 1883 17
Maimie J 14 dau Aug 1885 14
Bessie 12 dau 1888 12
William R 9 son Jan 1891 9
Ruth B 7 Apr 1893 7


Residence:
1905 Springfield city directory
Moyer Bessie bds 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Harold C. tel opr, res 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Preston B., clk, CP& St L Ry., bds 1431 e Edwards

Residence:
1906 Springfield city directory
Moyer Harold C. tel opr I C R R res 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Preston D clk bds 1431 e Edwards
Moyer William A. elev opr, The John Bessmer Co, 1431 e Edwards

Residence:
1907 Springfield city directory
Moyer Flora res 1432 e Edwards
Moyer Harold C. tel opr I C R R res 1538 e Adams
Moyer Nellie, clk, The John Bressmer Co, bds 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Preston D clk C & A R R, bds 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Wm, window trimmer The John Bessmer Co, 1431 e Edwards


Census:
Harold C. Moyer, b Tennessee
Divorced
Family No. 268, Page 12; residence 1330 - maybe 14th or 13th street.
Age 55, birth year abt 1855
relation to head of household: boarder
Springfield Ward 6, Capitol Twp, Sangamn
operator, railroad office
last entry:
147 Dist of 6th Ward of Springfield City.
Household members,
Eugene Cump 51 m2 18 yrs Indiana; parents Ireland, speak Irish; machine fitter in Machine office
Cathern Cump 40 m1 18 yrs no births no living children Indiana, parents German, speak German


Residence:
1916 Springfield city directory
Moyer Flora E. Mrs. res 816 S. 16th
Moyer Harold C. telep opr, res 2034 E. Capitol av (Rachel)
Moyer Wm A. clk R.L. Berry, bds 816 S. 16th (Rose)

Census:
Moyer, (no S)
est birth yr, 1855
age: 65, Tennessee Virginia Tennessee
head of house,
male, white, married
Rachel A Moyer b 1861 Illinois
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace Tennessee
Image No. 00630
Sheet No. 8
Telegraph operator, railroad

Residence:
1923 Springfield city directory
Moyer Horald H (Rachel) wks I C, r 2034 E Capitol av

Residence:
1924 Springfield city directory
Moyer Harold (Rachel), tel opr, r 2034 E Capitol av


Residence:
1925 Springfield city directory
Moyer Harold C (Rachel) tel opr I C, r 2034 E Capitol av
Moyer W.A. (Rose) 3, r 816 S 16

Residence:
Mayer Harold C ret 2034 E Capitol Av

Other-Begin:
general info, as I do not have this document, is that there was an "Applicaton in the Matter of Finding the Heirship of Harold C. Moyer" which states,
that Harold was married a second time to Rachel Moyer (d. 19 Sept. 1933) who already had two sons, Rev. R.A.Beaty and Jessie B. Thompson (Tompkins?). Mae Winter Buth (Ruth), granddaughter of Harold also testified. She was the daughter of Mae Winter who was the daughter of Harold. Marie Henry was another granddaughter of Harold. Marie's mother was Gertie Crutcher.

This is according to Johnny Moyer, referring to his mother, Elizabeth Deaton Moyer's research.


Died:
Obit: Harold Moyer, age 82 dies at Residence
Had been an employe of Illinois Central Railroad for 42 years.
Harold C. Moyer, retired veteran Illinois Central railroad telegraph operator, died at his residence, 2034 East Capitol Avenue at 3:18 p.m. yesterday, following an illness of three weeks. He was 82 years old.
Mr. Moyer was born Aug 27, 1854, at Knoxville, Tenn., and began his railway service with the Illinois Centrl railroad as a billing clerk at Bloomington in 1882. He also served as agent-operator at Risk, Ill.; as agent at Swygert, Ill., and Csey, Ill, and also worked in Fort Dodge,La., before coming to this city.
His service here included that as night operator and ticket clerk, day operator of the local freight house and operator of the East Grand avenue station tower, which duty he began in 1900. He retained this position until his retirement in 19. His total service with the railroad amounted to forty-two years and two months.
He is survived by two sons, T.B. Moyer of the quartermasters' corps of the United States army at Fort Louis, Washington, and W.A. Moyer, Beaumont, Texas.; a stepson, Rev. R.A.D. Beaty, New York City, and a stepdaughter, Jessie B. Tompkins (Bennville, Ill).
Remains were removed to the Campbell & Margrave funeral home at Riverton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Funeral arrangements:
Harold C. Moyer, Former Railroad Employe, is Dead.
Funeral services for Harold Charles Moyer, 82, of 2034 East Capitol avenue, will be held at the residence at 2:45 p.m., Thursday, and at 3:15 p.m., at the Full Gospel church, Rev. E.C. Sumrall officiating, assisted by Rev. H.M. Hildebrandt. Bial will be made in Oak Ridge cemetery.
Remains were moved from the Campbell and Margrave funeral home, Riverton, to the residence this afternoon.
_______
Certificate of Death Registration Dist. No. 817 Registered No. 50
Place of Death Sangamon, Springfield, Primary District No. 3615
Street and Number: 2034 E. Capitol Ave. Length of Residence where death occurred: 43 yrs.
Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois, Township - Capitol
Full Name: Harold Charles Moyer
male, White, Widowed
Personal and Statistical Particulars
Wife: Rachel Moyer
Date of birth: Aug 27, 1854
Age: 82 yrs 6 mos 23 days
Trade: Telegraph operator, Railroad.
Date Deceased last worked at this occupation: Jul 1923 Total Time 42 years
Birthplace: Knoxville
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Informant: Jessie B. Tompkins
Bensenville, Ill.
Place of Burial:
Cemetery: Oak Ridge Jan 21, 1937
1441 Monument Avenue, Springfield, IL 62702
Springfield, Sangamon, Ill.
217/879-2340
Undertaker: L.M. Campbell, Riverton, Illinois.
Medical Certificate of Death
Date of Death Jan 17, 1837
Hereby certify that I attended deceased from Jan 1, 1937 to Jan 19, 1937. I last saw him alive on Jan 19, 1937. Death is said to have occurred on the date stated above at 3:15 p.m.
The principal cause of death and related causes of importance: Acute myocardia
date onset 1-17-37
Other contributory causes of importance: chronic myocarditis & endocarditis 1-1-37
Was an operation performed: No
signed Harry A..., M.D., Springfield, Ill. Date Jan 19, 1937. Telephone M 5453

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Name: Harold Charles Moyer
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1854
Birth Place: Knoxville, Tennessee
Death Date: 19 Jan 1937
Death Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
Burial Date: 21 Jan 1937
Burial Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Ill.
Death Age: 82
Occupation: Telegraph Operator
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Rachel Moyer
FHL Film Number: 1766278

Harold married Flora Elizabeth* Breckenridge on 30 May 1877 in Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois, and was divorced between 1906 and 1907 in Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois. Flora (daughter of Cornelius* Breckenridge and Katherine* Elizabeth L. Barnhill) was born on 29 Jan 1858 in Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois; died on 27 May 1938 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana; was buried on 31 May 1938 in New Crown Cem, Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana; burial info
• Census: 25 Jul 1870, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, Village of Breckenridge, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 09 Jun 1900, Capitol Twp (Ward 6), Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 23 Apr 1910, 1431 East Edwards St, Capitol Twp, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illiniois
• Other-Begin: 1 Feb 1915, Sangamon Co, Illinois; heir father's will
• Residence: 1916, 816 S 16th, Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 13 Jan 1920, 904 N Mesquite, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas
• Residence: Abt 1936, Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana
• Residence: 10 Mar 1938, 1233 Congress Ave, Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana

Notes:

1870 census Sangamon Co, Cooper Twp (FHL Film 1254348, pg 280A)
1880 census Sangamon Co, Cooper Twp
1900 census Sangamon Co, Illinois, Capital Twp
1910 census Sangamon Co, Capital Twp - head of household;
age 53, Divorced, children 7/3 -- b IL, father b KY, mother b IL nurse for private families
also living w/ her; Preston B, 27 S; William, 19; and Ruth B, 17 born IL, father TN, mother Il. Preston & William, drummers in theater, Ruth B, telephoneoperator

Indianapolis, Indiana
Jan 6, 1938

Dear Son Family (Will Moyer),
At last try to write you few lines so hard for me to get started shake so bad eye sight bad I have to get me some glasses trying to save little [long] I don't no what they will cost me have had so many dark days never seen so much Gloomy wiher if I dont get them pirty soon wont be able to see at all. I sure get Blue discouraged if I could go back things be so different to day will can't be my will what did you Rose and that Rex hire for Christmas and you expected to be lost sure was surprised to get it Rose cake fine we sure enjoyed all you sent Thanks I thought off Chrismases that gone bye when i could off sent Presents Just didnt do it I have so many bad Christmas my you aright had some celbration Christmas Anniversary Birth day all to gether like too been their help celbrate we hd nice Chistmas tree I didnt feel well enough (worried) two take any interest in Christmas I havent been out of the house in year only just out the yard I am going to try get my I am better walking better just think I have been here two years been awfull nice to me.

Will inregard to the picture you spoke of. I dont believe I want to part with that picture just now how I wish you Ted was here divide theas pictures some I think so much off are fading out I am fraid they have faded too much one tht was taken on Fathers Birthday I am holding you on my lap I have been thinking sending few of them see if you can do anything with them I want too send (Rurrie) Large Picture some large pictures I have several glass Broken on them Picture you Painted one off your self I dont want to part with them how I love them Pictures will how did you come to take up painting can you make any thing do you paint any to sell you sure do fine work how I love my pictures how I love too see my little -- Grand Kiddies and did not get too rember them Christmas my will you Ted sure have Fine Boys yes Raymond made his own I came cross letter Raymond wrote me when he was kid cute Rose spoke or wrote sometime ago bout (peicing) (on) (Ferrisburg) my quilt I dont know Just "whose) I can send would she care to have the 2 quilt I dont care for quilts any more hard for me to sew for I shake so Dr says cant be cured called paulsy awful Ted sent me card looked like advertisement sure cute Betty writes real often sure writes sweet letters I dont no whether I can make trip there as not be hard for me too make the trip now with you could all come over Earl Remodeling his kitchen sure nice Fredy Robert have lots of Christmas (Burtin) Donald got him an (Slarir) things to build them with other games (Janie) starts two high school this month Thanks gain for our Christmas presents nothing so nice as my Pictures Picture your self -- fine I had few cards mostly something to Eat Rex (thankes) I have bout 30 handkerchiefs I have handkerchief Raymond gve me when he was 4 years old red one nice assortment try not to be so busy something next time.
Love to all I suppose you long ways from Ruth give them my Luve Kiss Kiddis for me.
Best wishes luve
Your mother
Flora Newell

Mrs. Flora E. Newell Postmark 10 Jan 1938
1133 Congress Ave
Indianapolis, Indiana

(people mentioned in Flora's letter
want to send Rurrie large picture
Earl remodeling his kitchen (Earl Henry, g-son-in-law)
Fredy Robert have lots of Christmas (Burtin) donald (Donald Henry) got him an (Slarir) things to build them with other games
Janie starts two high school this month (Jane Henry)
Rex (thankes) I have bout 30 handkerchiefsex
Ferrisburg (abt quilt)


(inquiry http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.marion&m=3262

Research Notes:
address: 1133 Congress Avenue
Indianapolis
Flora Newell
died 27 May 1938

for cemetery records:
Crown Hill
Monique
317-232-3678

researcher:
Schofield
nschofield@crownhill.org
($5.00 for lookup)

____________
Indianapolis State Library
Monique
317-232-3678
(found death notice in paper
will mail (abt May 18, 2011)
$2.00
death notice received and posted to this file posted request at findagrave for volunteer for picture.


Census:
Breckenridge, C 39 Tanner 5200, 200 KY
Elizabeth 32 IL
Flora 12 IL
Willie 6 IL
John 4 IL

next door:
Breckenridge, Alex farmer 300 KY
Martha 37 IL
Elizabeth 16 IL
Alice 14 IL
Hardin 10 IL
Lillian 8 IL
Charley 8 IL
Robert 3 IL

Census:
Village of Breckenridge
154/155 Moyer H.C. 27 R.R. Agent TN TN TN
Flora 20 IL KY KY
Gertie 2 IL
Gracie 4/12 (Jan) IL

Census:
726 South 11th Street
Harold C Moyer 45 1855 45 m 23 yrs TN TN TN telephone opr
Flora E 41 June 1868 41 7 births 7 living IL IL IL
Girtrude E 22 dau May 1878 22
Preston B 17 son Aug 1883 17
Maimie J 14 dau Aug 1885 14
Bessie 12 dau 1888 12
William R 9 son Jan 1891 9
Ruth B 7 Apr 1893 7


Census:
1431 East Edwards Street, Springfield
renting
Flora E Moyer 53 divorced 7 births, 3 living; IL KY IL
nurse, private families
Preston B Moyer 27 single IL TN IL drummer theater
William A Moyer 19 single IL TN IL drummer theater
Ruth G Moyer 17 single IL TN IL operator telephone office
Were you out of work Apr 15 1910
Flora yes; Preston no; Will yes; Ruth no.

Other-Begin:
Will: William R. Breckenridge, Administrator; Bond $500 by E.L. Chopin.
Heirs: Flora B. Moyer, William R. Breckenridge, George E. Breckenridge
Inventory filed 6 April 1915
Recorded Book 25 p 231
Final report approved 12 June 1916; Discharge ordered 12 June 1916.
(Sangamon Co. Court Records at Family History Library: Film 1313283 Illinois. Probate Court Sangamon Co, Wills, Conservatorships, Guardianships, Appraisements, Book 23
Part 2, p 28 #8922.)

Residence:
1916 Springfield city directory
Moyer Flora E. Mrs. res 816 S. 16th
Moyer Harold C. telep opr, res 2034 E. Capitol av (Rachel)
Moyer Wm A. clk R.L. Berry, bds 816 S. 16th (Rose)

Census:
res 904/200/307 Moyer William A 29 Illinois clerk warehouse, worked for wage
Rose wife 26 Illinois Illinois Illinois
Raymond L son 6 Illinois Illinois Illnois
Ruth daughter 2 6/12 Texas Illinois Illinois
Flora mother 61 widow Illinois Kentucky Illnois
Crutcher Marie neice 17 single Illinois Illinois Illinois
saleslady, deptmt store wage

Residence:
States in letter dated Jan 6, 1938, "Just think I havae been here two years been awful nice to me."

Residence:
1133 Congress per her letter to her son William Arthur.

The 1937 and 1938 city directories do not show an address 1133.
Between 1932 and 1934 granddaughter Florella Marie Crutcher and husband Earl Henry and family moved from their home on North Oxford to 1233 Congress. Florella Marie died there as a widow in 1950, after which their son Donald and his wife were living there. The address where Flora lived must have been 1233 instead of 1133.
1233 is between Elmira and Barnes streets.


Died:
Indianapolis News, 28 May 1938, pg 12

NEWELL -- Flora, beloved mother of Preston B. Moyer, Ft. Lewis, Washington; W.A. Moyer, Beaumont, Texas; sister of George Breckenridge, Muskogee, Oklahoma; grandmother of Mrs. Earl Henry, passed away May 27. Friends may call at Blasengym Chapel, 2229 Shelby st., after 12 o'clock Sunday. Funeral service 10 a.m. Tuesday. Interment New Crown cemetery.
(Died on Friday, 27th; buried on Tues, 31st. image attached)

comment: I contacted Indiana State Library 2 or 3 weeks ago with the request that they look for an obit for Flora (my great-grandmother). A follow up call a few days later, and then a week or some days went by and then the lady called to say she found it. Great! She mailed it, and then another week to get here. It came in the mail "today" Friday, May 27, 2011. What is so awesome about this is Flora died on Friday, May 27, 1938! How amazingly cool is that!


Buried:
----- Original Message -----
From: Deb Gelber
To: 'Sherry'
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:07 AM
Subject: RE: Flora Newell

She is buried between an Emma Ellis and John W Asher. I will have to check further on the memorial.
-----------------------

From: Deb Gelber
To: lumoto@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:45 AM
Subject: Flora Newell
The information you requested:
Flora Newell, Died May 27, 1938 Buried May 31, 1938
Sec 6 Row 12 Grave 13
I hope this information helps.

Sincerely,
Deb Gelber
Family Service Manager
New Crown Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
ILLINOIS MARRIAGE INDEX:
MOYER, WILLIAM H BRECKINRIDGE, FLORA E
05/30/1877 005/0147 SANGAMON
("Marriage Records, Sangamon Co, Il," prepared and published by Sangamon Co Gen Soc, Springfield, IL, 1995, filmed by Gen Soc of Utah, found in Family Hist Lib Salt Lake City, 977.356 V2m Vol 6: p 60 Certificate # 7404 WILLIAM H. MOYER to FLORA E. BRECKENRIDGE, 30 May 1877 - dtr of Cornelius Breckenridge)

______________

Illinois Marriages 1851-1900
Flora E. Breckenridge
spouse: William H. Moyer
Marriage date May 30, 1877
Sangamon County
comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records at Springfield, Illinois

Divorced:
1906 city directory, Harold at 1431 e Edwards
1907 city directory shows Harold has moved out to 1538 e Adams, Flora and sons Preston & William still on E. Edwards.
1907 Springfield city directory
Moyer Flora res 1432 e Edwards
Moyer Harold C. tel opr I C R R res 1538 e Adams
Moyer Nellie, clk, The John Bressmer Co, bds 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Preston D clk C & A R R, bds 1431 e Edwards
Moyer Wm, window trimmer The John Bessmer Co, 1431 e Edwards

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 28 Oct 1850, Eastern Division, Bledsoe Co, Tennessee
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee
• Military: 1863, Clay Co, Illinois; registration
• Research Notes: 1870, Fairfield, Wayne Co, Illinois
• Census: 27 Jun 1870, Fairfield, Wayne Co, Illinois
• Census: 1880, Pana, Christian Co, Illnois
• Other-Begin: 9 Apr 1882, White Co, Tennessee; letter
• Other-Begin: 18 Sep 1963; letter

Notes:

He registered for the military in 1863 in Illinois, but apparently did not serve. In 1870 he was a laborer, then 1880 he was a railroad carpenter. After he moved back to Tennessee, he did some farming.

Letters both written by and quoted from some of the Stone family give a few more clues in to Oliver's life. They mention a daughter Cate who does not show up in the records and she is only known of because Cicero Stone mentioned in a letter in 1932 those who had died since a previous letter he had written in 1877, and listed Cate.
She is not listed in her father's household in 1870 or 1880 census. Was she first born or last born? If first born, maybe married young? But more likely born last. Elizabeth was dead by 1880. Could she have died in childbirth? She was getting at a critical age for childbearing. Oliver, widowed by 1880 census, still living in Illinois. Nellie and John and Ann are there - no Cate. Ann marries soon after, September of that same year.
In the letter in 1882, Cicero mentions that Moyers is living by him farming. It is also told that Nellie died of consumption at Uncle Anderson's home in January of 1882, that John, her brother, had come to be with her while she was sick, and she died the day after he left.
So, it's very clear that Oliver moved back to Tennessee with Nelly and apparently Cate after Elizabeth died, probably shortly after the census was taken or in the following year. His other children were establishing their own lives. John and Ann stayed in Illinois. He seemed to have no other family in Illinois and it's not hard to imagine the need of the comfort of his wife's family and their support to raise Cate was his motivation to move back to Tennessee.
Back to Cate, she must have grown up there in a close family relationship with Cicero for him to remember her specifically. He made a collective comment about several cousins had died, but then called her by name.
Then we learn from the letters that Enoch Herschel Stone named his son after him, Oliver Myers Stone, as it's said, ""our Uncle Moyers was named after Nelly's father." Oliver Stone was born in 1858. Oliver Moyers was Herschel's brother-in-law, married to his sister Elizabeth C. in about 1853.
In 1860, the families were all living in their own community in Putnam County (probably the same land, just changing county borders.) You'll see in residence enumerated as No. 773 Enoch Herschel Stone with his family and adjacent to him in Residence 774 is his widowed mother, Elizabeth (William) Stone with a couple of her adult children, Elihu Patton and Fanny. Then Oliver Hopkins Moyers and Elizabeth C are nearby in the residence numbered 781 where my great grandfather, shown as Christopher H, in the census is only 6 years old. Somehow that name evolved into Harold Charles.
Much gratitude to the Stone family for their letters and to Floyd Weatherbee who posted them to the Internet. They brought a lot of life to my great-great grandparents, Oliver and Elizabeth Stone Moyer.

(these letters are in a pdf file attached to Oliver and all the many other names of three or more generations mentioned in the letters.)


Christened:
name: Oliver Hopkins Moyers
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 07 Nov 1824
baptism/christening place: Westminister And St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Jefferson, Tennessee
birth date: 02 Apr 1824
birthplace: Westminister And St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Jefferson, Tennessee
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Christoper Moyers
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C71068-1
system origin: Tennessee-EASy
source film number: 570840
reference number: 2:26HGCZT


Census:
residence: 702
Joseph A. Myres 23 1827 TN farmer 100
Ruth 20 1830 TN

residence 703
Christopher Myres 53 1795 farmer 200 TN
Sarah 49 1803 NC
Oliver 26 1824 TN Laborer
Nancy I. 20 1830 TN
Sarah C. 18 1832 TN
Thompson 16 TN 1834 laborer
Henry Y. 12 1838 TN
Teresy Y 8 1842 TN
Robert B. 7 1843 TN

Residence 704
Alexander Myres 45 1805 farmer 300 TN
Catherine 42 1808 TN
James A. 20 1830 laborer TN
Patrick D. 18 1832 laborer TN
Serena E. 16 1834 TN
Martha A. 14 1836 TN
Mary C. 12 1838 TN
Jasper L. 7 1843 TN
Albert H. 6 1844 TN
Susan E.S. 4 1846 TN

(Alexander and Christopher are brothers, Joseph is Alexander's son)

Census:
766 Mccaleb J M (James Madison) 29 1831 Male Tennessee
766 Mccaleb Susan E 29 1831 Female

son of Samuel Moore Mccaleb)
768 Mccaleb S M (Samuel Moore) 48 1812 Male North Carolina
768 Mccaleb Ellender (Ray) 49 1811 Female Tennessee
768 Mccaleb Samuel J 17 1843 Male Tennessee
768 Mccaleb Kuziah 15 1845 Female

24 Jul 1860 Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee
771 Ellis A L (Albert Lindsey) 42 1818 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Sarah J (Brown) 39 1821 Female Tennessee
771 Ellis Hiram S 19 1841 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Alvin R 17 1843 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis John B 16 1844 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Edward F 14 1846 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Martha E 13 1847 Female Tennessee
771 Ellis Daniel N 7 1853 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Alexander 2 1858 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Margaret 80 1780 Female North Carolina
brothers whose mother is Margaret Madden 11 Mar 1778 Orange NC; his sister Parentha m Elias Jones)

772 Ellis Elijah 45 1815 Male North Carolina
772 Ellis Margaret J (Jane) (McCaleb) 44 1816 Female North Carolina
772 Ellis Elvira 20 1840 Female Tennessee
772 Ellis Robert 16 1844 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Juda Ann 14 1846 Female Tennessee
772 Ellis Samuel 7 1853 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Millard F 4 1856 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Joseph A 6/12 1859 Male Tennessee
(McCaleb desc m Thomas Denton Stone (Wm P. Stone; Thomas/Sarah Corder) 

son of Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Stone
773 Stone, E.H. 32 1828 farmer 100 Tennessee
773 Stone, Eliza 30 1830 Tennessee
773 Stone, Cicero 10 1850 Tennessee
773 Stone, Granville 8 1852 Tennessee
773 Stone, Austin 6 1854 Tennessee
773 Stone, Elihu 4 1856 Tennessee
773 Stone, Isaac 4 1856 Tennessee
773 Stone, Oliver 2 1858 Tennessee

widow of Thomas Stone
774 Stone, Elizabeth (Williams) 66 farmer 1800 200 South Carolina
774 Stone, Fanney 35 Tennessee
774 Stone Elihu 25 1835 Tennessee

775 Ellis William 20 1840 Tennessee (son of Albert Lindsey)
775 Ellis Elizabeth 20 1840 Tennessee

776 J.H. Ray (connecting family with McCaleb & Ellises)

777 Gentry, S.W. 1835 (?)
778 Gentry, L.P. 1837 (?)

779 Gentry, W.H. 1812 (?)
(Gentry fam married into Davis Family. Davis Family desc incl m to Louis Wm Stone (Ephraim, Enoch/Anthony, John/M.Corder)and a m to Elbert Myers/Moyers(son of 1st cousin to Oliver Hopkins. Elbert's mother is a Campbell)

(son of Wm & Mary Campbell; gson of Curtis Mills & Ann Lovelady. Loveladys connect to NC-Maddens (related to Moyers/Stones?)
780 Mills Joseph 29 1831 Tennessee
780 Mills Alvira E 29 1831 Tennessee
780 Mills William 9 1851 Tennessee
780 Mills Polly J 4 1856 Tennessee
780 Mills John L 2 1858 Tennessee

Elizabeth Moyers/Myres dau of Thomas Stone & Elizabeth Williams Stone
781 Myres O H (Oliver* Hopkins) 36 1824 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Elizabeth* C (Stone) 27 1833 Female Tennessee
781 Myres Christopher* H 6 1854 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Mary 4 1856 Female Tennessee
781 Myres John P 2 1858 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Ann 4/12 1860 Female Tennessee

782 William Marion 31 1829 Tennessee
782 William Louisa 30 1830 Tennessee
782 William James M 5 1855 Tennessee
782 William Mary S 3 1857 Tennessee
782 William John L 2 1858 Tennessee
782 William Lycurgus 7/12 1859 Tennessee
782 Williams Jesse 56 1804 Virginia
(believed to be brother to Elizabeth Williams Stone)
782 Williams Mary 62 1798 Tennessee

812 Jones M F 35 1825 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Celia A 35 1825 Female Tennessee
812 Jones John W 14 1846 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Jesse M 12 1848 Male Tennessee
812 Jones James A 10 1850 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Sarah J 8 1852 Female Tennessee
812 Jones Mary E 2 1858 Female Tennessee
812 Jones Wiley M 2/12 1860 Male Tennessee


Military:
Moyers, O.H. age 39, laborer, Tennessee

Research Notes:
1870 Census, same page as Oliver family.
Oliver is residence 96.
In Residence 101:
Trussell Otis G. 52 1818 day laborer 150 New Hampshire
Mortimer B. 19 1851 Ohio carpenter apprentice
Laura 15 1855 Ohio keeping house
Moyers, Erinda 8 1962 Illinois

Could Erinda be Oliver's daughter??
description of Otis:
Sex: M, Birth: 11 FEB 1818 in Boscawen, NH
Death: 12 FEB 1879 in Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois
Military Service: 18 MAY 1864 Recruited in Company G, 18th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 18 May 1864
Military Service: ABT. 1861 Civil War
Military Service: 17 MAR 1864 Company D, 87th Infantry Regiment - Illinois
Event: Cause of Death (Facts Pg) 12 FEB 1879 pnuemonia
Religion: 1860 Methodist Episcopal Church - Fairfield, Illinois
Religion: ABT. 1860 Listed as an Exhorter at the Methodist - Episcopal Church - Fairfield, Illinois
Reference Number: 1151

Father: Amos TRUSSELL b: 9 JAN 1785 in Warner, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Mother: Laura JEWETT b: 5 JUL 1795 in Sugar Hill, near Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH

Marriage 1 Sarah MILLER b: 15 MAY 1827 in Indiana
Children
Henry M. TRUSSELL b: 14 DEC 1848 in Ohio
Mortimer Benton TRUSSELL b: 1 FEB 1852 in Ohio
Laura Emma TRUSSELL b: 6 JAN 1855 in Bashan, Meigs County, Ohio
Mary Frances TRUSSELL b: 7 OCT 1857 in Ohio
--- 1870 census shows Otis 52, Mortimer B, 19, Laura, 15, and Erinda MOYERS, age 8. Unk whose child she was or relationship to Trussell.


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relation?
1860 Clairborne
William Moyers 1803 TN 22 May 1803; d m Feb 1893
Sarah E. (Bowman) 61 1799 TN
Rachel 26 1834 TN
Eliza Ann 22 1838 TN
Baylis, Daniel 17 1843 (Daniel B. Bayless, b 1843 Ohio; in 1910 Clairborne Census; next door to John M. Moyes 1862 & Louise B. - other side Mayers, Zack b 1869 & Barbara E)
note: (Bayless line earlier connected to Stone/Corder line)

note: It has been indicated that William may or may not be a son of Nicholas Sharp. Other documents have stated that this child was conceived out of wedlock. However, it is known that William took on his mother's maiden name.

Nicholas Sharp s/o George; 1755 VA
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Census:
Oliver H Moyers, 45, carpenter, 1800, 400, Tennessee
Elizabeth, 36, keeping house, Tennessee
Harrold 16 engineer in mill TN
Mary, 14 Tennessee
John 12 Tennessee
Ann 10 Tennessee
Erasmus 4 Illinois

Census:
Oliver H. Moyer 54 1826 widower Tennessee Tennessee Virginia; railroad carpenter
John Moyer 22 1858 Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee freight agent
Annie Moyer 20 1860 Tennessee
Nellie Moyer 17 1863 Illinis Tennessee Tennessee
Erasmus Moyer 13 1867 Illinois Tennessee Tennessee at school


Other-Begin:
Letter written in 1963 by Enoch, son of Cicero, to cousin Alene, wherein he quoted from this letter, written by Enoch Herschel to his brother Elihu.

(dated Apr 9, 1882 from White Co, Tenn)
Quote: "Cicero [Cicero Constantine Stone] still lives at Bloomington and Vick [Lenora Vick Stone] lives with him. Newton [Isaac Newton Stone] is there going to school. Herschel [Elihu Herschel Stone] is still living at his Uncle Geo. Anderson's [George W. Anderson, hus of Phama]. Aut is now at home. Moyers lives close to me and farming. Cleopatrae & Omega, Euclid & Mary
are all at home growing finely. Minerva has only had
two children. Mary is the youngest will be 7 years
old the last day of July."

This old letter was headed White Co. Tenn. and dated
April 9, 1882.

Now quoting a little further from the same old letter,
Quote: "I suppose Phama, wrote you about the death
of Nelly Moyers, she died last January at her Uncle
Geo. Anderson's with consumption. John her brother
came to see her while she was sick, and I think she
died the next day after he left."
(see attached letter)


Other-Begin:
Letter written by Enoch Garnet Stone, son of Cicero, in 1963 to his cousin, Alene. In it he quotes from a letter that had been dated 9 Apr 1882, written by Enoch Herschel, his grandfather, to Enoch Herschel's brother Elihu.

Quoted from Enoch Herschel's letter of 1882, "Moyers [Oliver Hopkins Moyers, husb of Elizabeth C. Stone (d bef 1880)] lives close to me and farming."

Then Enoch Garnet continues, "Now quoting a little further from the same old letter,
Quote: "I suppose Phama [Phama Lovina Stone], wrote you about the death of Nelly Moyers, she died last January at her Uncle Geo. Anderson's with consumption. John her brother
came to see her while she was sick, and I think she died the next day after he left."

I quote the above to show you that Uncle Moyers was named for Nelly's father, who I am quite sure married Elizabeth, who was grandfather's sister, i.e., I know he had a sister, Elizabeth, and am quite sure she married Mr. Moyers. He is the one who lived in Nashville,and Ridley Stone was my brother who lived there for many years until he moved to California."

I quote the above to show you that Uncle Moyers was named for Nelly's father, who I am quite sure married Elizabeth, who was grandfather's sister, i.e., I know he had a sister, Elizabeth, and am quite sure she married Mr. Moyers. He is the one who lived in Nashville.
(see attached)

named for Nelly's father (Oliver);
that would be Oliver M Stone, son of Enoch Herschel Stone.
married Elizabeth "grandfather's sister"

Oliver* married Elizabeth* C. Stone about 1853 in Tennessee. Elizabeth* (daughter of Rev Thomas* Stone, (DNA) match 7A and Elizabeth* Williams, (dau?) (DNA)) was born in 1833 in Jackson Co, Tennessee; died between 1877 and 1880 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: 1850
• Census: 20 Sep 1850, Jackson Co (District 12), Tennessee
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee
• Census: 27 Jun 1870, Fairfield, Wayne Co, Illinois

Notes:

Sources for Ancestors of Elizabeth Stone compiled from
Rootsweb Family Trees, submitted by Rosemary Smith Harris, canterburybell@hotmail.com
Rootsweb Family Trees, submitted by Don R Dawson ddawson@agt.net
Rootsweb Family Trees, submitted by Deborah Watson Stubbs debstubbs@hotmail.com
Rootsweb Family Trees,submitted by Floyd, fweatherbee@gmail.com
Also http://www.nps.gov
Nowlin-Stone Genealogy by James Edmund Nowlin



Research Notes:
Marjory Stone, age 40-50 living next door to Christopher in 1840 with 2 males, 20-29 (1811-1820)

In 1850 in Easter District Bledsow, there is a Marjory:
Margery Stone 36 1814 NC
Hyram Stone 39 1811 NC
Frances I Stone 10 1840 TN
William Stone 4 1834 TN

Marjory Stone in 1830:

Name: Margery Stone
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Bledsoe, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1

Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4

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in Roane Co -- neighboring county to the west of Knox County where first son was born. Oliver is in Bledsoe, which is to the west. )Part of Rhea Co is in between; but basically Roane is between Bledsoe and Knox)

172 Manoah Stone 63 1787 VA
Elizabeth Stone 60 1790 VA
Alexander D. 21 1829 TN
Elizabeth 18 1832 TN
Daniel C. 16 1834 TN
next door:
183 Granville Stone 30 1820 VA
Margaret Stone 30 1820 TN
Arnade J. 8 1842 TN
Malvina 6 1844 TN
John F. 2 1848 TN

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Rootsweb:
Manoah, b 26 Sep 1787 - son of
William Stone
b 13 Mar 1776 Elk Creek, Grayson Co, VA
d 1823 Grayson Co; burial Elk Creek
m Elizabeth 14 Sep 1793 in of Elk Creek
siblings:
Children
Manoah STONE b: 26 Sep 1787 in
Jonathan STONE b: 31 May 1789 in
Jeremiah STONE b: 9 Aug 1791 in
Anna STONE b: 12 Nov 1793 in
STONE b: 1797 in
William STONE b: 29 Apr 1800 in
John STONE b: 10 Jun 1803 in Elk Creek, Grayson, Va
source: Fam His Lib, Salt Lake
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2621067&id=I1404
==================================
Wm Stone (1766-1843)
b March 13 1766 Elk Creek Grayson Co VA
died 1843 Elk Creek
m Elizabeth Nunn
father Jeremiah Stone
mother: Susannah Hurt

Elizabeth Nunn
b 1776 Elk Creek
daughter of Thomas Nunn and Betty Alexander

father of William:
Jeremiah Stone 1742, Caroline, Virginia
d 1827 Elk Creek

mother Elizabeth Last
http://www.geni.com/people/Jeremiah-Stone/6000000001596930550
1704 Lunenburg, VA


d 9 Feb 1850 Elk Creek
bur Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky

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Wesley Stone, living alone, age 26
in 1880 census in Cass, Texas Co, Missouri,
next door to Nancy Moyers
and Armstrong Martin.
Nancy is sister-in-law to
Elizabeth* Stone.

Wesley Stone b Tennessee 1854
s/o Louis Stone and Elizabeth Davis.

Louis Stone b 1830;
Elizabeth* stone b 1833 TN.
but Louis b NC.

Louis Stone son of Ephraim Stone
and Catherine Crouse
also in 1860 census
with other family. But
he had no child Elizabeth
and he did have children
during the time slot of her
birth -- they were all in NC.
so, must be close, but not him.


Census:
Thomas Stone 79 1771 NC no profession; property 500
Elizabeth Stone 57 1793 SC
Phonry Stone 24 1826 TN
Isaac Stone 20 1830 TN
Elizabeth Stone 17 1833 TN
Elisha Stone 16 1834 TN


Census:
766 Mccaleb J M (James Madison) 29 1831 Male Tennessee
766 Mccaleb Susan E 29 1831 Female

son of Samuel Moore Mccaleb)
768 Mccaleb S M (Samuel Moore) 48 1812 Male North Carolina
768 Mccaleb Ellender (Ray) 49 1811 Female Tennessee
768 Mccaleb Samuel J 17 1843 Male Tennessee
768 Mccaleb Kuziah 15 1845 Female

24 Jul 1860 Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee
771 Ellis A L (Albert Lindsey) 42 1818 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Sarah J (Brown) 39 1821 Female Tennessee
771 Ellis Hiram S 19 1841 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Alvin R 17 1843 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis John B 16 1844 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Edward F 14 1846 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Martha E 13 1847 Female Tennessee
771 Ellis Daniel N 7 1853 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Alexander 2 1858 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Margaret 80 1780 Female North Carolina
brothers whose mother is Margaret Madden 11 Mar 1778 Orange NC; his sister Parentha m Elias Jones)

772 Ellis Elijah 45 1815 Male North Carolina
772 Ellis Margaret J (Jane) (McCaleb) 44 1816 Female North Carolina
772 Ellis Elvira 20 1840 Female Tennessee
772 Ellis Robert 16 1844 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Juda Ann 14 1846 Female Tennessee
772 Ellis Samuel 7 1853 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Millard F 4 1856 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Joseph A 6/12 1859 Male Tennessee
(McCaleb desc m Thomas Denton Stone (Wm P. Stone; Thomas/Sarah Corder) 

son of Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Stone
773 Stone, E.H. 32 1828 farmer 100 Tennessee
773 Stone, Eliza 30 1830 Tennessee
773 Stone, Cicero 10 1850 Tennessee
773 Stone, Granville 8 1852 Tennessee
773 Stone, Austin 6 1854 Tennessee
773 Stone, Elihu 4 1856 Tennessee
773 Stone, Isaac 4 1856 Tennessee
773 Stone, Oliver 2 1858 Tennessee

widow of Thomas Stone
774 Stone, Elizabeth (Williams) 66 farmer 1800 200 South Carolina
774 Stone, Fanney 35 Tennessee
774 Stone Elihu 25 1835 Tennessee

775 Ellis William 20 1840 Tennessee (son of Albert Lindsey)
775 Ellis Elizabeth 20 1840 Tennessee

776 J.H. Ray (connecting family with McCaleb & Ellises)

777 Gentry, S.W. 1835 (?)
778 Gentry, L.P. 1837 (?)

779 Gentry, W.H. 1812 (?)
(Gentry fam married into Davis Family. Davis Family desc incl m to Louis Wm Stone (Ephraim, Enoch/Anthony, John/M.Corder)and a m to Elbert Myers/Moyers(son of 1st cousin to Oliver Hopkins. Elbert's mother is a Campbell)

(son of Wm & Mary Campbell; gson of Curtis Mills & Ann Lovelady. Loveladys connect to NC-Maddens (related to Moyers/Stones?)
780 Mills Joseph 29 1831 Tennessee
780 Mills Alvira E 29 1831 Tennessee
780 Mills William 9 1851 Tennessee
780 Mills Polly J 4 1856 Tennessee
780 Mills John L 2 1858 Tennessee

Elizabeth Moyers/Myres dau of Thomas Stone & Elizabeth Williams Stone
781 Myres O H (Oliver* Hopkins) 36 1824 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Elizabeth* C (Stone) 27 1833 Female Tennessee
781 Myres Christopher* H 6 1854 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Mary 4 1856 Female Tennessee
781 Myres John P 2 1858 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Ann 4/12 1860 Female Tennessee

782 William Marion 31 1829 Tennessee
782 William Louisa 30 1830 Tennessee
782 William James M 5 1855 Tennessee
782 William Mary S 3 1857 Tennessee
782 William John L 2 1858 Tennessee
782 William Lycurgus 7/12 1859 Tennessee
782 Williams Jesse 56 1804 Virginia
(believed to be brother to Elizabeth Williams Stone)
782 Williams Mary 62 1798 Tennessee

812 Jones M F 35 1825 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Celia A 35 1825 Female Tennessee
812 Jones John W 14 1846 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Jesse M 12 1848 Male Tennessee
812 Jones James A 10 1850 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Sarah J 8 1852 Female Tennessee
812 Jones Mary E 2 1858 Female Tennessee
812 Jones Wiley M 2/12 1860 Male Tennessee


Census:
Oliver H Moyers, 45, carpenter, 1800, 400, Tennessee
Elizabeth, 36, keeping house, Tennessee
Harrold 16 engineer in mill TN
Mary, 14,
John 12,
Ann 10,
Erasmus 4,

Died:
mentioned in letter from Cicero to his son Enoch that she had passed since 1877. Letter was dated 26 Apr 1931 and quoted in another letter by Enoch to his cousin Arlene written on 3 Feb 1967. (see attached)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Oct 1834, Cotton Hill, Sangamon Co, Illinois; moved to
• Census: 1840, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 27 Nov 1850, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 31 Jul 1860, Sangamon Co (District 16), Illinois
• Census: 25 Jul 1870, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 26 Jul 1870, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois; Agriculture census
• Census: 08 Jun 1880, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Property: 26 Jun 1885, Nicholas Co, Kentucky; heir of Uncle Allen Moler
• Census: 09 Jun 1900, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Will: 12 Jun 1916, Sangamon Co, Illinois; final report

Notes:

Lived on a farm near Breckenridge, Cooper Township, Sangamon County, Illinois 1860 census of Springfield shows: Cornelia Breckenridge, Elizabeth, Elizabeth (the entry looks as if it is Tourrence, which is the children listed as living with Cornelius' father Preston)
1880 census of Cooper, Sangamon Co, shows C. Breckenridge, Elizabeth, William, George, also with them: Steven Blankenship, 14, IL, cousin.
(1880-1900) where William Arthur spent much of his boyhood there.
In 1910 Cornelius was living with John Hede in Sangamon Co., Ilinois.

History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois; "centennial record" by John Carroll Power, Sarah A. Harris Power, page 136

"Cornelius, born March 12, 1831, in Kentucky, married Sept. 4, 1855, to Elizabeth L. Barnhill, who was born May 29, 1838, in Wayne county. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy. The other three, Elizabeth F., William R., and George E., reside with their parents near Breckenridge."


Census:
Name: Preston Reinhard
[Preston Breckenridge]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Sangamon, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 Cleophas 4
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3 Elmore 6; Joseph 8; Cornelius 9
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 Hugh 11; Alexander 12
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Preston
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 Catharine 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Catharine
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9


Census:
Enumerated 27 Nov 1850 by Inv. E. Aderson
Breckenridge, Preston 42 5,000 KY farmer
Lucy 35 Indiana
Alex 22 Farmer IL
Hugh 20 IL
Cornelius 19 IL attended school
Joseph 18 IL attended school
Elmore 16 IL
Theophilus 14 IL
Catherine 13 IL
Elizabeth 10 IL
Mary 10 IL
Preston 8 IL
Jane 6 IL

Census:
31 Jul 1860 Sangamon County (District 16) Illinois
2285/2302
Preston Breckenridge 52 1807 farmer 16000, 600 KY
Preston 18 1842 IL
Mary 19 1841
Elizabeth 20 1840
Jane 15 1845
David 10 1850
Lucy 5 1855
Elmer 25 male farmer IL 1835
Susana 21 1839
Leanor 1 1859

2286/2302
Cornelius Breckenridge 20 farmer 2000 100 KY
Elizabeth 25 IL
Elizabeth 2 IL



Census:
110
Brackenridge C 31 1831 farmer 5200 900 KY
Elizabeth 32 1838 IL
Flora 12
Willie 6
John 4

111
Brackenridge, Alex 42 1828 farmer 5000 2000 Kentucky
Martha 37 1833 Illinois
Elizabeth 16 1854
Alice 14 1856
Hardin 10 1860
Lillian 8 1862
Charley 8 1862
Robert 3 1867
Martha 2/12 1870 (May)






Census:
C. Breckenridge Cooper Sangamon Illinois 25 Jul 1870 Agri
ulture (cannot read column titles)
2 100
3 20
4
5 5200
6 152
7
8 3
9
10 3
11
12 ?(under 10)
13
14 5
15 407
16
17 100
18
19 212
20 213
28 100
32 40
33 202
36 12
51 100
52 400


Census:
residence 130
Alex Breckenridge 1828 KY KY KY
Martha Breckenridge 1833 47 yrs IL KY KY
Harden 20 1860 laborer IL
Lillian 17 1853 IL
Charles 15 1855 IL
Robert 12 1858 IL

residence 127
Breckenridge C 49 1831 farmer KY VA VA
Elizabeth 49 1831 IL KY KY
William 16 1864 IL
George 8 1872 IL

p 278B

Breckenridge men are brothers
wives are sisters.




Property:
from the will of Allen Moler, brother of his mother Catherine Moler Breckenridge, will written 26 Jun 1885 Nicholas Co, KY; 12 Mar 1894 Nicholas Co, KY
Fifth: I will and bequeath that the Remainder of the proceeds of the sale of said real estate herein before spoken of after deducting the Five Hundred Dollars ($500) willed and bequeathed to my step-son Thomas S. Bramblett be equally dividied between the legal heirs of my sister Catherine Breckenridge Decd. who died a resident of the State of Illinois, the said heirs or heir of said Catherine Breckenridge to receive together that portion which would have fallen to the parent had he been now living.

note: do not have probate but descendants of Catherine who were probable heirs:
1. Alexander Breckenridge
2. Hugh Breckenridge - died bef 1880; so perhaps his heirs.
3. Cornelius* Breckenridge
4. Joseph Breckenridge, d. 1862; so perhaps his heirs
5. Elmore "Elmer" Breckenridge
6. Cleophas C Breckenridge
7. Catharine Breckenridge Randolph d. Aft 1876 - unknown if she inherited or her children
8. Elizabeth "Bet" Breckenridge Abell
9. Mary Breckenridge Rishton
10. Preston Breckenridge, Jr; d 1865 - died single in Civil War. No heirs
11. Jane Breckenridge Kalmadge
12. (infant) Breckenridge d 1847 as an infant; no heirs


Census:
residence 117/118
Breckenridge, Cornelius Mar 1831 69 m 45 yrs, KY KY KY
Elizabeth May 1839 61 5 children, 3 living, IL NH KY
Mounty (Mountz) Bancroft Feb 1879 21 (laborer) IL WV IL
(John deceased by 1900)

two residences away: brother Alexander and wives were sisters
Breckenridge, Alexander Oct 1828, 71 m 48 yrs KY KY KY
Martha H. wife Aug 1833 66 m 48 9 children, 4 living IL PA KY
Fay cousin male Jun 1889 10 IL IL MO
May grand-dau Sep 1891 8 IL IL MO

Census:
144 Hege John 51 1859 PA PA PA m 26 yrs. farmer general farm
Annie B. wife 41 1869 PA PA PA 3 births, 3 liv
Ella E. dau 18 1892 PA PA PA
Myrtle dau 15 1895 PA PA PA
Fred L. son 12 1898 PA PA PA
Breckenridge, Cornelius boarder 78 1832 KY KY KY own income

146 Mountz Goldie head female 25 1885 wid IL OH IL general farm
Thrall son 5 1905 IL IL IL
Kenneth B. 1 10/12 1909 IL IL IL
Breckenridge, Alexander grandfather, grandpa 81 1829 widowed KY KY KY own income

Will:
Will: William R. Breckenridge, Administrator; Bond $500 by E.L. Chopin.
Heirs: Flora B. Moyer, William R. Breckenridge, George E. Breckenridge
Inventory filed 6 April 1915
Recorded Book 25 p 231
Final report approved 12 June 1916; Discharge ordered 12 June 1916.
(Sangamon Co. Court Records at Family History Library: Film 1313283 Illinois. Probate Court Sangamon Co, Wills, Conservatorships, Guardianships, Appraisements, Book 23
Part 2, p 28 #8922.)

Cornelius* married Katherine* Elizabeth L. Barnhill on 5 Sep 1854 in Perry Co, Illinois. Katherine* (daughter of Felix* Harder (Hardin) Barnhill and Elizabeth* McClain) was born on 29 May 1838 in Fairfield, Wayne Co, Illinois; died on 30 Jan 1904 in Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois; was buried in Edinburg Cem, Edinburg, Christian Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 8 Jun 1880, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 09 Jun 1900, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois

Notes:

1870, 1880, 1900 Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co.

(Note: Marriage Records from Sangamon, Illinois found at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; 977.356 Marriage records from Book 3 1851-1855 DAR V25d p 59: License No. 1014 - ANDREW J. BARNHILL to Lucretia A. Perry. License 30 Nov 1853. Married 1 Dec 1853 by G. McGee M.G. - relation to the Barnhill sisters not determined)

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History of Wayne & Clay County, Illinois
Chicago, Globe Publishing Co., Historical Publishers, 183 Lake Street, 1884.

Page 47
During the year 1818, there was added to those first comers as given above, Andrew Kuykendall, Andrew Clark, James, Solomon and William Clark, Enoch Wilcox, George Borah, Felix and John Barnhill... et al...

Page 50 Three houses in Fairfield at that time, Gen Leech, John Barnhhill, and Dr. Park.

Page 64 Rigdon S. Barnhill was postmaster to the Senate in the Assembly of 1858-60. R.T. Forth was the representative.

Page 72: Capt Willis Hargrave's company of rangers, by camping one night just north of the present town of Fairfield, furnished the first settlers for this portion of the conty. In his company were some of the Barnhill family, after whom Barnhill Township takes its name and they remembering the beautiful camp returned and settled here as soon as peace was proclaimed and the Indian was out of the way."

Page 78 The company from Wayne Co was Company F, Third Regiment in the Mexican war, and the roster of the company is as follows:... Musician Jefferson W. Barnhill, Privates, Rigdon S. Barnhill ..."

Page 83: August 24, R.S. Barnhill joined the company, and Col Hicks made him Adjutant of the regiment.

Page 85: From the pen of R.S. Barnhill we have the following report of the condition of the Fortieth Regiment at this time:... (abt 1862)"

Page 86: "June 27 (1864), the Fortieth Regiment participated in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain. Lieut. Co. R.S. Barnhill, of this county, was shot through the head and instantly killed, while leading his column in a charge."

Page 89: Term of Probate Court, Dec 18 1821, entered into bond with others on behalf of Betsey Martin, widow of Joseph Martin...

April 13, 1824, letters granted upon estate of Henry Hall, deceased, to Alfred Hall. His securities were Andrew Kuykendall and John Barnhill.

Page 90
In July of the same year, Felix H. Barnhill was granted letters upon the estate of John Barnhill, deceased.

Page 92: Literary Society -- As early as 1823 the leading citizens of the county met and organized a debating and literary society. Articles were drawn and signed by ...... Alexander Campbell and John Barnhill."

In 1823 discussion of penitentiary or gallows, John Barnhill among others was in favor of gallows.

Page 110
"it was here that Charles Slocumb preached the funeral of John Barnhill and his wife."

Page 127 Catholic church organized abt 1842, present church ediface erected by familes, assisted greatly by ... Nelly Barnhill, ....

Page 175 - county clerks ... Jeff W. Barnhill 1858 to 1865

Page 179 - It is accepted tradition - a tradition borne out by local facts - that the first house in Fairfield was built by the Barnhills. They had entered the land from the Government, upon which the town was laid out, and had lived there for some time before, and thus may be termed the first settlers of the town, as well as the first of the township. This first house stood a little north of the present bank building, but on the opposite side of the street, near the marble factory. It has passed away with other landmarks of the pioneer days, and the spot now is only known by a few of the older citizens..... John Barnhill built the second residence in Fairfield on the lot where Mr. Thomas L. Cooper's handsome brick residence now stands. It was of logs, and was built by Barnhill just after his marriage which took place about the time of laying out the town.
The elder Barnhill, the patriarch of the Barnhill family, died in Gallatin County before any of the family moved to this section, as we have stated in a preceding chapter, and his widow came here with her children among the earliest settlers of the county. Hardin Barnhill was the eldest son, and John, mentioned above, was the second, while Andley was the third and youngest. The family at one time was a rather numerous and prominant one - prominant in business and local affairs but of no particular pre-eminence. they were honest, industrious, honorable, faithful and accommodating - kings among their kind, fine types of their class, with instincts keenly whetted in their struggle for existence against the wild game, the ferocious beasts and the murderous savage. The Barnhills have now been dead for many years, with no lineal descendants surviving them nearer than the grandson of the Widow Barnhill - "Jeff" Barnhill, as he is called. Even he is growing old and is becoming bent with age and infirmity. There is much in the history of the Barnhills that recalls a type of that day. They had been admirably trained, or had trained themselves, for their place in life and in security and content had lived out their span, tilling to fullness their measure of ambition."

Page 181: Felix Barnhhill's Addition bears date Jul 16, 1841..

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Barnhills buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield:
Same cemetery where Harold and Rachel Moyer were buried.

Barnhill, A.J. b unk d Nov 14, 1877 (overdosed on Laudanum)
1860 Sangamon Co.
A J Barnhill 29 Pennsylvania
Lucretia Barnhill 26 IL
M J Barnhill 2 female IL


Barnhill, Charles, b unk d Aug 2, 1874

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Census:
residence 117/118
Breckenridge, Cornelius Mar 1831 69 m 45 yrs, KY KY KY
Elizabeth May 1839 61 5 children, 3 living, IL NH KY
Mounty (Mountz) Bancroft Feb 1879 21 (laborer) IL WV IL
(John deceased by 1900)

two residences away: brother Alexander and wives were sisters
Breckenridge, Alexander Oct 1828, 71 m 48 yrs KY KY KY
Martha H. wife Aug 1833 66 m 48 9 children, 4 living IL PA KY
Fay cousin male Jun 1889 10 IL IL MO
May grand-dau Sep 1891 8 IL IL MO

Notes:

Married:
From "Illinois Marriage Record Index," Illinois State Genealogical Society, Fiche # 0086563 at the Family History Library: "Breckenridge, Cornelius, to Barnhill, Elizabeth; date: 09-05-1854; Volume 2, p. 90 married in PERRY County, Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1830, Jefferson Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1840, Bledsoe Co, Tennessee
• Census: 26 Oct 1850, Eastern Division, Bledsoe Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1860, Bee Creek P.O., Cumberland Co, Tennessee

Notes:

died in Whitepine, Jefferson Co., or Bledsoe Tennessee

Farmer.
_______

1830 Jeff Co, TN census
1840 Bledsoe Co. TN
_______
Posted to TN mail list:
Does anyone know who Mathias Moyer is?
I found several land transactions involving him in "Land Deeds of Jefferson County, Tennessee 1792-1814." I'm researching the line including Christopher Moyers & Sarah McGowan who were married there 1 Feb 1822. Neither their children nor Chtopher's siblings show a Mathias. Am I missing something? Also, what do the double dates signify?

According to these records:
Commissioners of Dandridge Deed to Matthais Moyer
3 Apri 1811 20 Jul 1808 1/2 acre $200
Jefferson Co, being a lot in the Town of Dandrige, Plat No. 21
Wit: James Bradford, A. Henderson

Commissioners of Dandridge Deed to Matthias Moyers
(Hawkins Co.)
5 Aug 1806 7 Jun 1806 1/2 acre $100
Jefferson Co, being a lot in the Town of Dandrige, Plat No. 73
Wit: John Love
William S. Blair

Thomas Sheddon (Sheddan), John Eakin, William Eakin and Jane Eakin (all of Blount Co) deed to Mathyas Moyer
18 Mar 1812 7 Jan 1812 158 acres 2 rods 32 poles $600.00
on s side of Holston River adj John Longacre, John Churchman
Wit: David Shields, John Jamason Jr

Henry Collins and Mathias (Mathyas) Moyer Title Bond to George Gregory
30 Mar 1812 19 Jul 1809 "___" $320.00
We, Henry Collins and Mathyas Moyer, are held and firmly bound to make George Gregory a right to a certain tract of land hereafter mentioned by the said Gregory paying the instalments agreeable to an act of assembly in this state, the land adjoining Richard Gregory, George Turnly, George Gygar, "___" Rickets, Solomon Copeland, and John Sehorn; to be paid on condition the above obligation is performed; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Test: Jno Sehorn /s/ Henry Collins, Mathyas Moyer.

Heirs of Mathias Moyers, Deceased, deed to George Gregory
11 Dec 1813 9 Mar 1813 139 acres 3 lengths $160.00
on the south side of French Broad River adj William Dunn. Andrew Henderson and William More, administrators of all and singular the goods and chattles rights and credits of Mathias Moyers, deceased; and Polly Gass, late Polly Moyers, Administratrix of said Estate; and Andrew Gass, who intermarried with Polly Moyers; and Henry Collins (Sevier Co.). $160.00 in hand paid by George Gregory to Mathias Moyers in his lifetime, and to me the said Henry Collins, the receipt whereof we severally acknowledged the said Mathias Moyers sold to George Gregory, and there in his lifetime on 19 Jul 1809 said Mathias Moyers made and executed to said Gregory his bond for title to said land, which bond was signed and sealed by Henry Collins and George Gregory, having had the said bond proven in the County Court of Jefferson and recorded as the law directs. Surveyed 15 Apr 1807. Wit: Jacob Crider; Joseph McGuire. /s/ A. Henderson; William Moore; Mary Gass; A. Gass; Henry Collins. March Session 1813.

The name Gass (John) showed up witnessing the will of Alexander Breckenridge in 1813. But that was in Bourbon Co, KY. His g-granddaughter m Harold Charles Moyer, the grandson of Christopher Moyers & Sarah McGowen.
There was a Catherine McGuire who m Andrew Blackburn whose sister Mary married James Moyers, father of Christopher Moyers.
With these common names, it seems that Mathias belongs to the same family of Moyers, but how???

Census:
1830 Jeff Co, TN census
299 582 Moyers, Christopher
2 (5-10 males) Oliver 6, James 7. John is said to have died in infancy.
1 (20-30 male) ? probably a bro or broL
1 (30-40 male) Christopher - 32
3 (under 5 females) Emaline - 5, Nancy & Mary
1 (20-30 female) Sarah - 27
no slaves

Census:
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Bledsoe, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10


next door:
Marjory Stone age 40-49 (1791-1800) and
two males 20-29 (1911-1820)


Census:
residence: 702
Joseph A. Myres 23 1827 TN farmer 100
Ruth 20 1830 TN

residence 703
Christopher Myres 53 1795 farmer 200 TN
Sarah 49 1803 NC
Oliver 26 1824 TN Laborer
Nancy I. 20 1830 TN
Sarah C. 18 1832 TN
Thompson 16 TN 1834 laborer
Henry Y. 12 1838 TN
Teresy Y 8 1842 TN
Robert B. 7 1843 TN

Residence 704
Alexander Myres 45 1805 farmer 300 TN
Catherine 42 1808 TN
James A. 20 1830 laborer TN
Patrick D. 18 1832 laborer TN
Serena E. 16 1834 TN
Martha A. 14 1836 TN
Mary C. 12 1838 TN
Jasper L. 7 1843 TN
Albert H. 6 1844 TN
Susan E.S. 4 1846 TN

(Alexander and Christopher are brothers, Joseph is Alexander's son)

Census:
residence: Cumberland, TN, Third District
Page 17, Family #10, Film No. 805244
Post Office Bee Creek

110 Christopher Moyers 62 1798 TN
110 Sarah 56 1804 NC
110 Henry Y. 22 1838 TN
110 Terrissa S. 19 1841 TN
110 Robert A. B. 16 1844 TN

111 Christopher G Moyers 26 1834 TN (son)
111 Malissa Moyers 24 24 1836 TN
111 Amanda S Moyers 2 1858 TN
111 William C Moyers 1 1859 TN
111Mary Dyer 18 1842 domestic
(Mary Dyer related to daughter Sarah' husband Apollas Dyer, but not their daughter.)

128 De Moyers Paterick 28 1832 Male Tennessee
128 De Moyers Martha J 24 1836 Female Tennessee
128 De Moyers Alford A 7 1853 Male Tennessee
128 De Moyers Joseph N 6 1854 Male Tennessee
128 De Moyers Emily C 5 1855 Female Tennessee
128 De Moyers John E F 3 1857 Male Tennessee
128 De Moyers Gennsha D F 6/12 1859 Female Tennessee

129 Moyers Joseph A 32 1828 Male Tennessee
129 Moyers Rutha 31 1829 Female Tennessee
129 Moyers John T 9 1851 Male Tennessee
129 Moyers George A 7 1853 Male Tennessee
129 Moyers Milton H 5 1855 Male Tennessee
129 Moyers Catharine E 3 1857 Female Tennessee
129 Moyers Elbert W 5/12 1860 Male Tennessee
Patrick, Joseph and James bros of Geo Alex;
nephews of Chis Sr

142 Martin Annstrong 31 1829 Male Tennessee
142 Martin Nancy J (Moyers (d/o Chris) 29 1831 Female Tennessee
142 Martin Mary E 3 1857 Female Tennessee
142 Martin Sarah E 1 1859 Female Tennessee

143 Wyatt John 32 1828 Male North Carolina
143 Wyatt Martha (Moyers (d/o Geo Alex) A M 24 1836 Female Tennessee
143 Wyatt Milly C 5 1855 Female Tennessee
143 Wyatt Jane A 3 1857 Female Tennessee
143 Wyatt Mary E 1 1859 Female Tennessee

149 Moyers James A 30 1830 Male Tennessee
149 Moyers Nancy M 29 1831 Female Tennessee
149 Moyers William A 5 1855 Male Tennessee
149 Moyers Martha J 4 1856 Female Tennessee
149 Moyers Mary C 4 1856 Female Tennessee
149 Moyers Dillard W 3/12 1860 Male Tennessee
(James s/o Geo Alex; neph of Christopher Sr.)

Christopher* married Sarah* McGowan on 1 Feb 1822 in White Pine, Jefferson Co, Tennessee. Sarah* (daughter of Pettigrew S.* McGowan and Elizabeth* Noblet (or Noblett) (?)) was born in 1803 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina (maybe); died after Jun 1860 in Pikeville, Bledsoe Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

possibly born in Spartanburg, South Carolina

McGowen's father & her children & spouses furnished by Jane Wall,
janewall@mail.multipro.com (janewall)

Moyers in Bledsoe Co in 1850 spelled Myres. Armstrong Martin is there, age 21. Probably moved there with daughter Nancy.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage bond:
C Moyer to Bond 1250 - Wm Carroll, Govn
Know all men by these presents that we Christopher Moyer and John Moyer of Jefferson county and state of Tennessee are held and firmly bound unto William Carroll, Governor, and his successor in office in the sum of Twelve hundred fifty dollars, to be void on condition there be no cause to obstruct the marriage of the said Christopher Moyer with Sarah McGowen.
Witness our hand & seal this 1st day of February 1822.
(signed) Christopher Moyers
(signed) John Moyers
State of Tennessee
Jefferson County
To any regular Minister of the Gospel or Justice of peace for said county, greeting.
You are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage between Christoper Moyer and Sarah McGowen and join them together as husband and wife according to the ceremony of your church.
Given at office this 1st day of February 1822.
(signed) Joseph Hamilton
clerk by J. Hamilton
Marriage license:
C. Moyers to License Sarah McGowen
The within named couple married by me the 1st of January 1822.
(signed) Robert McFarland
Justice of the Peace

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1830, Jackson Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1840, Jackson Co (District 12), Tennessee
• Census: 20 Sep 1850, Jackson Co (District 12), Tennessee
• Other-Begin: 26 Apr 1961; letter

Notes:

The Stone Family of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, and Beyond, Part Two (Descendants of Thomas Stone of Hamilton Parish, Virginia, by Jack E. MacDonald, Powell, Wyoming, 2011.
stone.pdf - (attached)
p81

Familytreedna.com
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/stone/default.aspx?section=results

Group #7-ATest results received. Kit #24588.Haplogroup: R1b1b2 (suggested)Contact: davidgracejane@gmail.com
*JOHN STONE, Sr., b. abt. 1734; d. bef. 1819, Surry Co. NC.
*Mary Corder (wife), b. abt. 1742, VA.
Children:
*ENOCH STONE, b. abt. 1763, Surry Co., NC; d. Aug. 1823, Surry Co., NC; m. Nancy Anthony
*THOMAS* STONE, b. abt. 1767, Surry Co., NC; m. Sarah* Corder.
*JOHN STONE, Jr., b. abt. 1771, Surry Co., NC.
*CORDER STONE, b. abt. 1772, Surry Co., NC; d. bet. 1843-1845, White Co., TN; m. Mary Elizabeth Mason.
*TAZEWELL STONE, b. abt. 1774, Surry Co., NC.
*JAMES STONE, b. abt. 1778, Surry Co., NC; m. Martha King.

This Stone family came from Prince William Co., VA to Surry Co. NC in the 1770s. Through circumstantial evidence, this Stone line may be connected back to Gov. William Stone, the colonial governor of Maryland in the mid-1600s.

+++Match+++

___________________________
Thomas Stone, born about 1767, possibly in Surry, North Carolina, married Sarah Corder. Is reported to have "gone west" (probably to Tennessee) about 1812. Thomas and Corder Stone witnessed indentures for Davis Nores and Robert B. Purkins (Perkins) in White County, Tennessee, 13 August 1816 (Deed Book F, page 8) and for John Trap and John Lollar, 18 March 1818 (Deed Book F, page 185).

http://www.familyhistorypages.com/Stone.htm#ES2

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Thomas Stone.
Thomas Stone, believed to be the son of John Stone and his first wife, was calculated to have been born in 1771 in Surry County, North Carolina. 246 Thomas was apparently
married twice during his life. He married first to a woman named Sarah "Sally" Corder.

Sarah was also a native of North Carolina. Although no record of their marriage has been found, it is believed to have taken place in North Carolina prior to their move
to Kentucky.

On 21 April 1792, Thomas Stone and his older brother, Corder Stone, witnessed a deed in Surry County, North Carolina between their uncle, Daniel Barrow, and Mr. Edward Lovell. 244 Sometime after this, Thomas and Sarah, along with his brother, Corder Stone, left North Carolina, and after spending a short period of time in Tennessee, moved further north into Kentucky. Although Thomas and Sarah remained
in Kentucky for several years, they eventually moved south into Tennessee, where they settled in White County. Thomas Stone acquired 684 acres of land in White County, Tennessee on 10 May 1808, which was situated on Cane Creek, a branch of Caney Fork of the Cumberland River. 251 Thomas and his brother, Corder Stone, were later found on the 1812 list of taxable property in White County. 245 Thomas Stone?s first
wife, Sarah Corder, is believed to have died in White County, Tennessee.

After his first wife passed away, Thomas married for a second time in about 1824 in Tennessee to a woman named Elizabeth Williams. 249,250 Elizabeth, who was a native of South Carolina, was calculated to have been born there in 1793. 246 According to the 1830 federal census of Tennessee, shortly after their marriage Thomas and Elizabeth settled on a farm in Jackson County. 252 Thomas, who was a farmer and Minister by trade, subsequently died in Jackson County, Tennessee.

NOTE: Unfortunately, several of the children enumerated on the pre-1850 censuses of Jackson County, Tennessee did not match up well from census to census. As a consequence, additional research is needed to identify all of Thomas Stone's children from his first marriage.

Those children listed below, however, are either known, or are considered very likely to be children of Thomas Stone and his first wife, Sarah Corder. The exact order of birth
of some of the below listed children is not known, however. Although most genealogies indicate that Nancy was the eldest child of Thomas Stone and Sarah Corder, this appears to be contradicted by indenture between Ireby W. Stone and his father, Thomas Stone, which was entered into on 5 March 1814. Because of the date and contents of this indenture, it would appear that Ireby may have been born as early as 1793, and therefore the eldest child.

Known and probable Issue from 1st marriage: (Surname Stone)
Ireby W. b. (1790-1800) in TN.
W. m. (unknown) in TN. d. after 1840 in Jackson Co., IL. 254

Nancy b. 18 November 1794 in NC.
m. ca. 1813 to John J. Lollar in TN.
d. 17 August 1865 in Putnam Co., TN.
bur. Perkins Cem., Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN.

Corder H. b. 22 December 1796 in TN.
m. October 1818 to Jane Allison in White Co., TN.
d. after 1880 in Muhlenberg Co., KY.

William P. b. calc. 1799 in Greene Co., KY.
m. Jane Welch in TN. 249,257
d. 16 March 1883 in Putnam Co., TN.

John P. b. (1800-1810) in TN.
m. (unknown) in TN.

Thomas b. 24 December 1806 in TN.
(NOTE: he is son of Corder, not Thomas)
m. Margaret Bounds in TN.
d. 29 October 1872 in Putnam Co., TN.
bur. Stone Seminary Cem., Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN.


James b. in TN.
420. (female) b.(1815-1820) in White Co., TN.

Jeptha G. b. 4 February 1815 in White Co., TN.
m. ca. 1838 to Martha J. ( ) in TN.
d. 2 June 1890 in Pottawatomie Co., KS.
bur. Wheaton Congregational Cem., Pottawatomie Co., KS.

Hiram Shelton b. 3 January 1817 in White Co., TN.
m. 20 October 1840 to Leann DeFreese in White Co., TN.
d. 27 October 1894 in Macon Co., MO.


Issue from 2nd marriage: (Surname Stone)
Phama Lovina b. calc. 1826 in TN.
m. ca. 1863 to George W. Anderson in TN.

Enoch Herschel b. 9 January 1828 in Jackson Co., TN.
m. (1) ca. 1849 to Eliza Maxwell in TN.
m. (2) 30 June 1872 to Minerva Jane Patton in TN.
m. (3) 15 March 1903 to (Mrs.) Sarah S. Pistole in White Co., TN.
d. 16 November 1909 in White Co., TN.
bur. Jericho Cem., Quebeck, White Co., TN.

Isaac C. b. January 1830 in Jackson Co., TN.
m. 29 May 1853 to Leann Weaver in White Co., TN.
d. 19 October 1902 at Shelburn, Sullivan Co., IN.

Elizabeth b. calc. 1833 in Jackson Co., TN.
m. ca. 1853 to Oliver Moyers in TN. 269,270

427. Elihu Patton b. 7 March 1835 in Jackson Co., TN.
m. ca. 1867 to Margaret Lindsey in TN.
d. 26 July 1902 in White Co., TN.
bur. Jericho Cem., Quebeck, White Co., TN.

http://o.mfcreative.com/f4/exports/7/77d3aa70-4af0-46a0-af64-803ec4791773/The%20Stone%20Family%20of%20Virginia,%20.pdf

Census:
Name: Thomas Stone
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Jackson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 1761-1770 Thomas 1771
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825 ?
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2 1816-1820 ? ?
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800 Elizabeth

Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5

notes: who are 3 dau bet 1816-1825?
where are sons: Enoch b 1828 (2 y-o); Alfred 16; Jeptha 14; and Hiram 13???

This Thomas Stone? only one found in Jackson Co, and sons John and William nearby - so must be???
----

Name: John Stone (son)
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Jackson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

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Name: William Stone (son)
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Jackson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (1801-1810) William 1799
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 (1825-1830) Sarah 1828; Nancy? 1832 or a missing dau?
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (1801-1810) Jane 1805
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4


Census:
District 12
Name: Thos Stone
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): District 12, Jackson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8


next door:
Jeptha Stone (son)

also:
Alfred Stone
Tabetha Stone
Wm Stone



Francis A. Stone (District 4)
James Stone (District 6)
Samuel Stone (District 2)
Saud E. Stone (District 1)


White County
Courder Stone
Solomon Stone
Joel Stone


also Stones in Smith, Roane, and Overton Co. and a few others.

Census:
daughter by 1st wife Sarah Corder
336 Alison Joseph 50 1800 Male North Carolina
336 Alison Aseneth (Stone) 48 1802 Female Kentucky
336 Alison Jasper 20 1830 Male Tennessee
336 Alison Elizabeth 16 1834 Female Tennessee
336 Alison Jsenl 12 1838 Male Tennessee
336 Alison John 9 1841 Male Tennessee
336 Alison Emeline 5 1845 Female Tennessee
336 Alison Asemth 3 1847 Female Tennessee
336 Alison Martha 1 1849 Female Tennessee

son by 3rd wife Elizabeth* Williams
347 Stone Enoch N 22 1828 Male Tennessee
347 Stone Eliza 20 1830 Female Tennessee
347 Pathe Elender 73 1777 Female Virginia

359 Stone Thomas* 79 1771 male no profession, 500 North Carolina <<<<
359 Stone Elizabeth* (Williams) 57 1793 female South Carolina
359 Stone Phonry (Phama) 24 1826 female Tennessee
359 Stone Isaac 20 1830 Male Tennessee
359 Stone Elizabeth 17 1833 Female Tennessee
359 Stone Elisha 16 1834 Male Tennessee

son by 1st wife Sarah Corder
361 Stone William P 51 1799 Male Kentucky
361 Stone Jane 45 1805 Female North Carolina
361 Stone Sarah J 22 1828 Female Tennessee
361 Stone Nancy 18 1832 Female Tennessee
361 Stone John 16 1834 Male Tennessee
361 Stone Lafayatt 14 1836 Male Tennessee
361 Stone Hiram 11 1839 Male Tennessee
361 Stone Margaret 8 1842 Female Tennessee
361 Stone Thomas 6 1844 Male Tennessee

son by 1st wife
373 Stone Alfred 36 1814 Male Tennessee
373 Stone Tally 36 1814 Female Kentucky
373 Stone Elen 14 1836 Female Tennessee
373 Stone Elvina 12 1838 Female Tennessee
373 Stone Martha 10 1840 Female Tennessee
373 Stone Asbury 8 1842 Male Tennessee
373 Stone John 6 1844 Male Tennessee
373 Stone David 4 1846 Male Tennessee


Other-Begin:
mentioned in letter from Enoch to his cousin Alene, stating, " It as I have it is that Grand Pa's [Enoch Herschel Stone] father was "Tom" Stone [Thomas Stone] and that he married a Williams (Elizabeth Williams--FWW). I just cannot remember the name of Tom's father and mother, which I think I used
to know. Tradition has it that they descended from
W.M. Stone (William Stone--FWW) 1603-1660 Proprietary Governor of Maryland appointed by Lord Baltimore. As to its being a fact you will know just as well as I."

Thomas* married Elizabeth* Williams, (dau?) (DNA) about 1824. Elizabeth* (daughter of William Williams and Judith "Judy"* Baker (Harold?), (?)) was born in 1793 in Virginia or South Carolina; died after 1860 in Putnam Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 20 Sep 1850, Jackson Co (District 12), Tennessee
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee

Notes:

Note: Since Elizabeth was around 31 or 32 years old at the time she and Thomas married, it could be she had a previous marrige and Williams not be her maiden name. However, there were some Williams living nearby that appear to be her brothers. There was one mention that her mother was a Judy Harold, but only one and it was not sourced. ~ss

A tree showing one of her "brothers" here:
http://person.ancestry.com/tree/80188192/person/34413947120/facts

Census:
Thomas Stone 79 1771 NC no profession; property 500
Elizabeth Stone 57 1793 SC
Phonry Stone 24 1826 TN
Isaac Stone 20 1830 TN
Elizabeth Stone 17 1833 TN
Elisha Stone 16 1834 TN


Census:
766 Mccaleb J M (James Madison) 29 1831 Male Tennessee
766 Mccaleb Susan E 29 1831 Female

son of Samuel Moore Mccaleb)
768 Mccaleb S M (Samuel Moore) 48 1812 Male North Carolina
768 Mccaleb Ellender (Ray) 49 1811 Female Tennessee
768 Mccaleb Samuel J 17 1843 Male Tennessee
768 Mccaleb Kuziah 15 1845 Female

24 Jul 1860 Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee
771 Ellis A L (Albert Lindsey) 42 1818 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Sarah J (Brown) 39 1821 Female Tennessee
771 Ellis Hiram S 19 1841 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Alvin R 17 1843 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis John B 16 1844 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Edward F 14 1846 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Martha E 13 1847 Female Tennessee
771 Ellis Daniel N 7 1853 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Alexander 2 1858 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Margaret 80 1780 Female North Carolina
brothers whose mother is Margaret Madden 11 Mar 1778 Orange NC; his sister Parentha m Elias Jones)

772 Ellis Elijah 45 1815 Male North Carolina
772 Ellis Margaret J (Jane) (McCaleb) 44 1816 Female North Carolina
772 Ellis Elvira 20 1840 Female Tennessee
772 Ellis Robert 16 1844 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Juda Ann 14 1846 Female Tennessee
772 Ellis Samuel 7 1853 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Millard F 4 1856 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Joseph A 6/12 1859 Male Tennessee
(McCaleb desc m Thomas Denton Stone (Wm P. Stone; Thomas/Sarah Corder) 

son of Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Stone
773 Stone, E.H. 32 1828 farmer 100 Tennessee
773 Stone, Eliza 30 1830 Tennessee
773 Stone, Cicero 10 1850 Tennessee
773 Stone, Granville 8 1852 Tennessee
773 Stone, Austin 6 1854 Tennessee
773 Stone, Elihu 4 1856 Tennessee
773 Stone, Isaac 4 1856 Tennessee
773 Stone, Oliver 2 1858 Tennessee

widow of Thomas Stone
774 Stone, Elizabeth (Williams) 66 farmer 1800 200 South Carolina
774 Stone, Fanney 35 Tennessee
7774 Stone Elihu 25 1835 Tennessee

775 Ellis William 20 1840 Tennessee (son of Albert Lindsey)
775 Ellis Elizabeth 20 1840 Tennessee

776 J.H. Ray (connecting family with McCaleb & Ellises)

777 Gentry, S.W. 1835 (?)
778 Gentry, L.P. 1837 (?)

779 Gentry, W.H. 1812 (?)
(Gentry fam married into Davis Family. Davis Family desc incl m to Louis Wm Stone (Ephraim, Enoch/Anthony, John/M.Corder)and a m to Elbert Myers/Moyers(son of 1st cousin to Oliver Hopkins. Elbert's mother is a Campbell)

(son of Wm & Mary Campbell; gson of Curtis Mills & Ann Lovelady. Loveladys connect to NC-Maddens (related to Moyers/Stones?)
780 Mills Joseph 29 1831 Tennessee
780 Mills Alvira E 29 1831 Tennessee
780 Mills William 9 1851 Tennessee
780 Mills Polly J 4 1856 Tennessee
780 Mills John L 2 1858 Tennessee

Elizabeth Moyers/Myres dau of Thomas Stone & Elizabeth Williams Stone
781 Myres O H (Oliver* Hopkins) 36 1824 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Elizabeth* C (Stone) 27 1833 Female Tennessee
781 Myres Christopher* H 6 1854 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Mary 4 1856 Female Tennessee
781 Myres John P 2 1858 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Ann 4/12 1860 Female Tennessee

782 William Marion 31 1829 Tennessee
782 William Louisa 30 1830 Tennessee
782 William James M 5 1855 Tennessee
782 William Mary S 3 1857 Tennessee
782 William John L 2 1858 Tennessee
782 William Lycurgus 7/12 1859 Tennessee
782 Williams Jesse 56 1804 Virginia
(believed to be brother to Elizabeth Williams Stone)
782 Williams Mary 62 1798 Tennessee

812 Jones M F 35 1825 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Celia A 35 1825 Female Tennessee
812 Jones John W 14 1846 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Jesse M 12 1848 Male Tennessee
812 Jones James A 10 1850 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Sarah J 8 1852 Female Tennessee
812 Jones Mary E 2 1858 Female Tennessee
812 Jones Wiley M 2/12 1860 Male Tennessee

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1830, Nicholas Co, Kentucky
• Census: 1840, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 27 Nov 1850, Sangamon Co, Illinois
• Census: 31 Jul 1860, Sangamon Co (District 16), Illinois
• Possessions: 1864, Cotton Hill, (District 8), Sangamon Co, Illinois; Tax assmt list
• Will: 25 Jul 1880, Sangamon Co, Illinois; probate

Notes:

His father was 65 years old when he was born.
Residence: Carlisle, Nicholas Co, Kentucky, 1827, 1830, 1840
Sangamon County, Illinois, 1834-1847 - farm settled by him, in the northeast corner of Cotton Hill Township, 3 1/2 miles west of Breckenridge.
Springfield, Sangamon Co, Illlinois 1850-1860
1850 Sangamon Co., IL P. 504/282 Dwelling 2169 Family 2169
Enumerated 27 Nov 1850 by Inv. E. Aderson
Breckenridge, Preston M 42 b KY Farmer $5000
, Lucy F 35 b IN
, Alex M 22 b IL
, Hugh M 20 b IL
, Cornelius M 19 b IL Attended School
, Joseph M 18 b IL Attended School
, Elmore M 16 b IL A. S.
, Theophilus M 14 b IL A. S. (Cleophas)
, Catherine F 13 b IL A. S.
, Elizabeth F 10 b IL A. S.
, Mary F 10 b il A. S.
, Preston M 8 b IL A. S.
, Jane F 6 b IL A. S.

1860 Census of Springfield, Sangamon, shows Preston, Preston, Mary, Elizabeth, Jane, David, Lucy, Elma (25 m) and Elma's wife Susanna and their daughter Leonor. Also with them are: William Tourrence, 12/m; Margaret Tourrence 16/f, and Eliza Tourrence 13/f.

Preston was living with son Cleophas and family in Sangamon Co, Illinois 1870-1880
1870: Village of Breckenridge, named in honor of Hon. Preston Breckenridge, its village plat being recorded in May 1870, being described as the "north half of the northeast quarter of Section Five, township fourteen, range three." A post office was established shortly after the village was laid out, Alexander Breckenridge being the first postmaster.

Source: (Jerry Donly Papers; family group sheets on Preston Breckenridge and his children; "A History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois." received from yoko@pclink.com - Roger Carroll Breckenridge.)

BRECKENRIDGE, PRESTON,
son of
Alexander and 2nd Mary Chadd Breckenridge
was born Aug. 5, 1807, near Paris, Bourbon county, Ky. The name of Breckenridge originated in a singular manner. In one of the wars in Scotland between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, a family by the name of McIlvain participated on the side of the Protestants, who were defeated. Some of the McIlvain brothers saved their lives by taking refuge under a low shrub, called brack, which grows on the ridges in the Highlands of Scotland. This circumstance so impressed them, that they determined to give themselves a new name, hence Brack-on-ridge. As Protestants, the Breckenridges took part in some of the wars in Ireland at a later period, in which the great, great grandfather of Preston was a leader. The Protestants being again defeated, two of the Breckenridge brothers fled to America. One of them settled in Pennsylvania, and the other in Virginia. Their first names are not preserved, but the descendants of the one who settled in Pennsylvania have retained the original spelling: Brackenridge. The brother who settled in Virginia raised a family, among whom was one son Alexander, who had a son Robert, who had a son John, who had two sons, Robert Jefferson, known as the late Rev. R. J. Breckinridge, D. D., of Kentucky, and Joseph Cabell, the latter whom was the father of John C. Breckinridge, ex-Vice-President of the United States. The first Alexander also had a son George, who had a son Alexander. He was twice married, and the eldest child by the second wife was Preston, whose name heads this sketch.

Preston Breckenridge married Catherine Moler in her home in Nicholas Co. Ky., Nov. 17, 1827. She was born in that county Aug. 30, 1804. They had four children born in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 1834, in what is now Cotton Hill township, east of Sangamon river, where eight children were born, one of whom died in infancy.

The Breckenridges purchased approximately 300 acres of land in section 1, Cotton Hill Township, which had been owned originally by Joseph and Lydia Moore, for $2,000.00 in cash. The deed was recorded on December 19, 1834.

They erected a log cabin between the present Russell Simpson home and Leslie Simpson home. From a model made by Cleophas Breckenridge in 1888, which is in the Russell Simpson home, it appears to have started as one log cabin to which anothers attached, doubling its size; later a bevel siding addition was made across the front with a recessed porch on one side. This bevel siding is also from the first floor level up with a window indicating this area was used, and a wood shingle roof. There are three chimneys, four doors, two front and two back, and eight windows. It is a little over half again as wide as it is deep, according to the model, but the actual dimensions are unknown.

Preston Breckenridge remembers that the fall of 1834, when he came to the county, was dry, and continued dry through the winter; that May 12, 1835, a great rain storm set in, and rain continued to fall for about forty days and nights, which seriously interfered with plowing and planting that but very light crops were put in. When the rain ceased, and hot weather set in, the stagnant water and decaying vegetation poisoned the atmosphere, and chills and bilious diseases prevailed to such an extent that in many case there were not enough well persons to take care of the sick and bury the dead. that year has ever since been spoken of as the wet and sickly summer and fall.

The wheat crop looked well in the fall of '34, but it nearly all froze out, and in 1835, '6 and '7, the wheat crop was a total failure, and wheat bread was so scarce that a biscuit became an object of interest, so much that women would senm to the children when visiting took place between the families.
The difficulty of obtaining food during the winter of 1835 and '6 was very great, there being nothing for bread in Central Illinois except for frost-bitten corn. Good crops were raised in the southern part of the State, and those who couy for it went there for corn. That is believed to have been the origin of calling the southern part of the State Egypt, and not because of any unusual darkness prevailing there."

Source: [History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois, "Centennial Record," by John Carroll Power, Springfield, Illinois: Edwin A. Wilson and Co., 1876
pages 136 - 138.]

While primarily a farmer, Preston Breckenridge also erected a carding machine and the first water mill on the South Fork of the Sangamon River at Cascade; it was known as Breckenridge Mill, later as Torrence's Mill. He could look at a tree and correctly estimate the board feet of lumber in it. It was from this mill that the oak timbers came for construction of the South Fork Church of Christ in 1852, timbers which are in the original building still in use today. Preston is also recorded as being at a revival meeting in Robert Bell's barn in 1851.

The weather was an important matter to the early settlers as most were farmers. 'The Sudden Change' occuring in 1836 was recalled by many in the 'History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois' in 1876.

"Mr. Preston Breckenridge expressed the opinion that the velocity of the cold wave, given in another part of this sketch, is too slow. He thinks it must have moved at least seventy miles an hour, judging from his present knowledge of the subject. He had just taken his dinner, and was sitting near a window, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, in view of a pool of water, ten or twelve inches deep. He heard a terrific roaring sound. Suddenly the rain ceased and it became quite dark. The first touch of the blast scooped all the water out of the pool. Some pf it returned, but in a moment it was blown out again, and scattered as frost and ice, leaving the pool empty and the bottom frozen dry. He says it had been raining slowly all the fore part of the day, and so warm that he thinks a thermometer would have stood as high as forty degrees above zero, possibly higher, and that the first touch of the tempest would have brought it down to zero in a second of time." (from Powers' History, cited above)

.....In all, the couple had twelve children, one daughter who died in infancy and is buried with her mother on February 4, 1847, in the family cemetery on the original homeplace. One would suspect that both died at the time of childbirth. They rest in an above ground vault which is unusual for this part of the country. It was Catharine's death which is believed to have caused the start of the plot.

In the early 1900's, her son, Cleophas Breckenridge, recalled the time that followed. "When I was a boy," said Breckenridge, "about ten years of age, in the summer of 1846 or 1847, I lived with my father upon the same farm which I now own in Cotton Hill Township in this county. We were very poor. My father was above the average in intelligence, but he had a large family, and was in debt, so that while we had enough to eat, we lived very plainly. My mother had died a short time before I was ten years old, and my father in those days was doing the best he could to be father and mother both to us children." (In the same book, neighbor Moses Martin recalls a temperance meeting at the newly built South Fork School House in 1847): "Mr. Lincoln asked if anyone had anything to say for or against the movement, and Mr. Preston Breckenridge rose up and spoke of the importance of parents taking an interest in the matter. The wife of the said Breckenridge had recently died, and he pointed to his motherless children and spoke of his anxiety for them, and as he spoke, the tears ran down his face. Afterward at various times and places the said Preston Breckenridge held Washingtonian meetings and I went with him and acted as secretary and helped enroll the signers of the pledge." (above quotes from 'The Lincoln Legion', by Louis Albert Banks. New York, New York: The Mershon Company, 1903).


Preston Breckenridge was one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature of 1851 and '2. Abraham Lincoln was a candidate before the convention, but Mr. B. beat him. Mr. B. was a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors for 1873.

In 1851 and 1852 Preston Breckenridge served as a Representative of Sangamon County in the Illinois State Legislature. He claimed to have beaten Abraham Lincoln for the nomination of the Whig Party for that post. His son, Cleophas, recalled that Lincoln attended to his father's legal business on numerous occasions. Preston added to the farm: forty acres in 1858 and 161 more acres in 1866. He also served on the Sangamon County Board of Supervisors in 1873. The village of Breckenridge was named in his honor, its plat being recorded in 1870, and in the 1970's, a street in Springfield bore his name too. He continued to farm and saw four sons enter the Civil War on the side of the North. Hugh, Joseph, and Preston Jr. enlisted in Company B, 10th Illinois Cavalry, and Joseph and Preston Jr. lost their lives. Cleophas enlisted in Company D, 33rd Illinois Infantry, and though wounded, recovered.

Preston died July 26, 1880, and his remains are in Breckenridge Cemetery on the land he settled in 1834 and on which his great-grandson, Preston Russell Simpson, resides. Unwilling to divide his debt-ridden acres into many small parcels for each of his living children, as he feared all would fail, he willed his land, and debts, to his sixth son, Cleophas. Some feathers must have been ruffled according to this letter addressed to Mrs. W. Camlage (Cleophas' sister), in Pawnee County, Larned, Kansas dated Oct. 5, 1881.

"Mrs. Camlage,
If yo want to brake your Pa will, you will haft to do it be-fore July no-ets. He was wirth $27550.00. He owed $14000.00. And you sea how much Cleopas is worth. If you want to consult about it you must not get a Springfield Lawyer.
Yours Truly, Cod"

We do not know who "Cod" was, but apparently nothing came of it as the Notice of Final Settlement was published in the "Morning Monitor" in early 1883.


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After Catherine died he remarried LUCY ROBB on 29 March 1849 in Sangamon Co, Illinois. Lucy was born 19 July 1816 in Acworth, New Hampshire, daughter of David Robb and Diane Farr. They lived in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. In, the Robbs and their six children had settled two miles south of the village of Breckenridge. Lucy died 18 Nov 1854 at the age of 38, also to be buried in the family cemetery. Preston was now left with thirteen living children to raise.


Their children were:
1. David "Daniel" Breckenridge, born December 28, 1850 Sangamon Co, Illinois and died after 1900 in Indiana. In 1860 and 1870 he was living with father. At some point before marriage resided near Cedar Hill, Dallas Co, Texas.
He married Margaret (maiden name unknown). She was born in July 1859 in Utah. Where they were married is not known, but they were living in Indiana when they died.

2. Lucy D. Breckenridge, born August 13, 1854 in Sangamon Co, Illinois. She married William H. Hunter on 13 October 1874. William Hunter was born December 10, 1848 in Muskingum Co, Ohio. William's grandfather, Charles Hunter, was born and married in Scotland; came to America, and settled in Muskingum Co, Ohio. His eldest son, William, was the father of William H. Hunter, the latter of whom, with his wife, reside in Cotton Hill Township.
Their children were:
i. Allen Hunter, who was born 7 Oct 1872 and died 9 Oct 1873, age of 1 year, 2 months.
ii. William Hunter who was born 3 Dec 1875 died 24 July 1876, age 8 mos, 15 days
The children were buried at Breckenridge Cemetery in Cotton Hill.

COURT RECORDS:
Thursday July 29, 1880
Estate of Preston Breckenridge, Deceased:
Cleophas Breckenridge this day filed in Court an affidavit of decease of Preston Breckenridge which is examined by the Court and ordered to be filed and recorded and is as follows to wit:
State of Illinois
Sangamon County
Cleophas Breckenridge being duly sworn deposes and says that Preston Breckenridge late of the County of Sangamon and State of Illinois is dead and that he died on or about the 25th day of July A.D. 1880 after having made and published his ill and testament and that his personal estate will probably amount to the sum of $2000, that said Preston Breckenridge left at the time of his decease no widow and Alexander Breckenridge, Hugh Breckenridge, Cornelius Breckenridge, Elmore Breckenridge, Cleophas Breckenridge, Catherine Randolph, Mary Richton, Elizabeth Abell, Jane Gamage and David Breckenridge, Lucy H

Friday August 24, 1880:
Estate of Preston Breckenridge, deceased.
And now at this day comes Cleophas Breckenridge, Executor of the Estate of Preston Breckenridge, deceased, and presents to the Court an Inventory of said Estate and the appraisement Bill which are examined by the Court approved and ordered toe filed and recorded.

OBIT:
Copy of the Obituary of Preston Breckenridge from the Sangamon Monitor

Gone to Rest, Preston Breckenridge, Born Aug 5 1807; Died Sun July 25, 1880

Life's toils being or'r he retires to rest
No sound will disturbe his slumbers;
His work well done and among the blest
He's one of God's chosen number

Another workman in life's vineyard has wrapped the mantle of a well spent life around the imperfections of nature and gone into the presence of God to deliver up life's stewardship. For 73 years he has been constant in season and out of it, bve in voice for the truth as he understood it, courageous in deeds for his race when duty whispered action. However differeing, and honestly as men may from the sentiments on any subject which interests mankind, there was none who knew the man who would dare question his earnestness nor doubt his actions and utterances as other than the result of candor and conviction.
Preston Breckenridge was in many respects one of the most remarkable men of his age. He belongs to a family of whom one has said "to feel the grandeur of the Breckenridg family you must be thoroughly acquainted." Preston Breckenridge was onf the uncultivate members of the family. He had great force of character from native worth and implanted principles without cultivation. His native good sense was immense and had he been educated and scholarly, he would have been one of the giants of his day. For forty-six years he has been the center of marked characters in this county. Always ready to express his sentiments and being s intensely Democratic in his theory of government and catholic in his views of man's relation to God, that it lead him at times to be victimized into affililiation with those whose sinister motives misled him and his earnestness in effort became lost to the good of the world.
His presence was always an assurance that good-nature and kindness should prevail, if he had the indexing. He was kind and courteous, and would uter his sentiments regardless of friend or foe, and totally indifferent to the size of the man, tally or physically. His figures of speech were crude but forcible, his language plain but emphatic, and his courage to say or do doubted least by those who knew him best. He had no man-fearing spirit when he attempted a religious duty, he never quailed in the presence of an antagonist to his temperance principles, and fearned nothing in uttering his convictions politically. For the possession of these qualities he commanded the respect of his neighbors, however they honestly differed with him, and he woujld go out of his way to show his admiration for an opponent whom he believed earnest in his belife, and who might doal him the hardest blows in defending his sentiments.
It was to his earnest effort that we are indebted for many of the good things we enjoy as a people in the county.
But he has passed away, and paid the debt - in peace and is home - which human nature must liquidate in some way. His name lives in the annals of the county and his memory will be preserved by all who appreciate the life, and the virtures,d courage of an honest man. His remains were interred at the family burial ground on the ?rn y, and the services conducted by the Rev. A.J. King of this city, who was his bosom friend.
Preston Breckenridge was born near Paris, Ky., was married in 1827 and returned to this state in 1843, settling on the farm where he died in Cotton Hill Township in this county. He was the father of eleven children and grandfather to a largemily of that name in this county and other points west. He was the second cousin to John C. Breckenridge, Vice-President of the United States under President Buchanan. He was a member of the State Legislature of this State in 1852, beathing Abraham Lincoln for the nomination of the Whig party, upon which ticket he was elected. He was also a member of the Sangamon County Board of Suprevisors for one or more terms. He took great interest in the meetings of the Old Settlers and was one of the principal parties interested in keeping up the association.

Breckenridge Cemetery:
A Large Monument.
on West Side: Breckenridge
Alexander Breckenridge Oct 31 1828 - July 26 19?
Martha, his wife. Aug 19 1933 - May 18, 1904
on East Side: Elizabeth Mountz, daughter March 28, 1854 - May 15 1883
Infant son 1853
Children of A & M Breckenridge
Infant 1892 - son of R.C. & A.E. Breckenridge

B Large Monument
on West Side: Cleophes C. Breckenridge
Lillian T. Breckenridge
on North Side: Infant son July 2 1880
on South Side: from 1861 to 1865, C.C. Breckenridge, Co. D. 33 Reg D.V.
(Sleep Solider Sleep Thy Warfares O'er."

C Large Monument
Lucy Robb, wife of Preston Breckenridge, Sr.
Died Nov 18, 1854 aged 38 yrs 4 months
Catherine Moler, wife of Preston Breckenridge, Sr. (above-ground vault)
Died Feb 4, 1847 Aged 42 yrs 6 months 1 day
Preston Breckenridge, Sr.
Died July 25, 1880 Aged 72 yrs 11 mons 20 days

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Event: Biography
Note:

In Bourbon County, Ky., near Paris, the late Preston Breckenridge was born August 5, 1807, and in Nicholas County the eyes of Catherine Moler opened to the light, August 30, 1804. This couple were united in marriage at the bride's home November 17, 1827, and spent a few years of wedded life in the county where their marriage took place. They then removed to this county, arriving in October, 1834, and at once taking up their residence on the farm now owned and operated by their son, our subject. The faithful wife and mother died February 4, 1847, and the father subsequently married Lucy D. Robb, who survived until November 18, 1854. Mr. Breckenridge lived until July 26, 1880, reaching a goodly old age. His first marriage was blessed by the birth of seven sons and five daughters. He was a near relation of Hon. John C. Breckenridge, whose connection with politics is well known and belongs to the annals of history.
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Event: 1850 Census 1850 IL, Sangamon Co 7
Event: 1880 Census 1880 IL, Sangamon Co, Cotton Hill Township 8
Event: 1860 Census 1860 IL, Sangamon Co, Springfield Precinct 16 3
Event: 1870 Census 1870 IL, Sangamon Co, Cooper Township 9

Father: Alexander Breckenridge b: 16 MAY 1743 in VA, Augusta Co
Mother: Mary Chadd b: ABT 1776 in VA, Washington Co


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Subj: Re: Moyers & Breckenrides
Date: 8/9/99 9:48:18 PM Central Daylight Time
From:BhthuesonTo:Lumoto

Dear Sherry,
Thanks a bunch for sending all that info on Preston Breckenridge and family. I did have some of it; some of it I didn't. I had the picture of Preston Breckenridge, but now, because of your sending it, I have it on disk.
By the way, Roger Carroll Breckenridge's email address now is: rogerb@pclink.com.

Thanks for all your help.

Barbara

Census:
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 1811-1815
another daughter? Mary Jane "Jenny" is already married and listed in Nicholas County with her Husband and young daughter.

Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 Mary 1771-1780
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2

also son Preston:
Preston Breckenridge
Name: Preston Breckenridge
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Nicholas, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 Hugh and Alexander
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Catherine
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

(looks like they omitted to register Preston, himself)

also son Washington:
Name: Washington Breckenridge
[Washington Breckinridge]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Nicholas, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Washingtgon
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Melinda
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2

also daughter and son-in-law
Name: Michael Wilson
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Nicholas, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Mary Jane "Jenny)
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3


Census:
Name: Preston Reinhard
[Preston Breckenridge]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Sangamon, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 Cleophas 4
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3 Elmore 6; Joseph 8; Cornelius 9
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 Hugh 11; Alexander 12
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Preston
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 Catharine 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Catharine
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9


Census:
Breckenridge, Preston 42 5,000 KY farmer
Lucy 35 Indiana
Alex 22 Farmer IL
Hugh 20 IL
Cornelius 19 IL
Joseph 18 IL
Elmore 16 IL
Theophilus 14 IL
Catherine 13 IL
Elizabeth 10 IL
Mary 10 IL
Preston 8 IL
Jane 6 IL



Census:
2285/2302
Preston Breckenridge 52 1807 farmer 16000, 600 KY
Preston 18 1842 IL
Mary 19 1841
Elizabeth 20 1840
Jane 15 1845
David 10 1850
Lucy 5 1855
Elmer 25 male farmer IL 1835
Susana 21 1839
Leanor 1 1859

2286/2302
Cornelius Breckenridge 20 farmer 2000 100 KY
Elizabeth 25 IL
Elizabeth 2 IL



Possessions:
Breckenridge, Preston,
location: Cotton Hill
income: 490
Rate of Tax 5



Will:
Sangamon County Probate Case Files Index
1821-1885
BRECKENRIDGE, PRESTON 7/25/1880 2957


http://genealogytrails.com/ill/sangamon/probate_1821-85.html
Copies of probate case files found in this index may be obtained by mail or telephone. Inquiries should be made directly to the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Probate case files show the court term; the names of the estate, judge and court clerk; the petitions, bonds, oaths, and letters of estate administrators, executors, guardians and conservators; the court's approval of estate inventories, appraisement bills, petitions to sell property, reports of sales, accounts, reports of receipts and expenditures, and final reports; and the orders and decrees of the court. The record may also show the names of heirs, claims against the estate, and recordation of wills.

Call or write:

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Preston* married Catharine* Moler on 17 Nov 1827 in Kentucky. Catharine* (daughter of Joseph* Moler, Jr. and Elizabeth* Welty) was born on 30 Aug 1804 in Nicholas Co, Kentucky; died on 4 Feb 1847 in Sangamon Co, Illinois; was buried in Breckenridge Cem, Cotton Hill, Sangamon Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 26 Jun 1885, Nicholas Co, Kentucky

Notes:

She is listed as Catherine Breckenridge in the Will of her brother, Allen Moler.

Residence: Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky 1830-1840
Sangamon County, Illinois, 1834-1847

She died at the age of 42 years, 6 months, one day. She was buried in an above-ground vault. Also buried in the Breckenridge Cemetery is Elizabeth Moler of Kentucky, age 44 years, who died on the same day as Catherine, 4 Feb 1847. Elizabethas buried in a masoleum, along with an infant daughter buried with her. Catherine's relationship to Elizabeth is undetermined, but best guess is sister-in-law.


Property:
Her children heir of her brother Allen Moler whose will was written 26 Jun 1885 Nicholas Co, KY, probated 12 Mar 1894 Nicholas Co, KY
"Fifth: I will and bequeath that the Remainder of the proceeds of the sale of said real estate herein before spoken of after deducting the Five Hundred Dollars ($500) willed and bequeathed to my step-son Thomas S. Bramblett be equally dividied between the legal heirs of my sister Catherine Breckenridge Decd. who died a resident of the State of Illinois, the said heirs or heir of said Catherine Breckenridge to receive together that portion which would have fallen to the parent had he been now living."

note: do not have probate but descendants of Catherine who were probable heirs:
1. Alexander Breckenridge
2. Hugh Breckenridge - died bef 1880; so perhaps his heirs.
3. Cornelius* Breckenridge
4. Joseph Breckenridge, d. 1862; so perhaps his heirs
5. Elmore "Elmer" Breckenridge
6. Cleophas C Breckenridge
7. Catharine Breckenridge Randolph d. Aft 1876 - unknown if she inherited or her children
8. Elizabeth "Bet" Breckenridge Abell
9. Mary Breckenridge Rishton
10. Preston Breckenridge, Jr; d 1865 - died single in Civil War. No heirs
11. Jane Breckenridge Kalmadge
12. (infant) Breckenridge d 1847 as an infant; no heirs


Buried:
Catherine Moler Breckenridge, wife of Preston B.
42 yrs 6 mo 1 d

one daughter who died in infancy and is buried with her mother on February 4, 1847, in the family cemetery on the original homeplace. One would suspect that both died at the time of childbirth. They rest in an above ground vault which is unusual for this part of the country. It was Catharine's death which is believed to have caused the start of the plot.

Also listed in Findagrave at Breckenridge Cem is Elizabeth Moler, d 4 Feb 1847, same day as Catherine with notation "44 yrs buried with infant daughter."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1818, Barnhill, Wayne Co, Illinois
• Other-Begin: Apr 1829, Wayne Co, Illinois
• Census: 1830, Wayne Co, Illinois
• Census: 1840, Wayne Co, Illinois

Notes:

Although history of Wayne co said Felix was older, he was older of the three brothers that they talked about, Felix, John and Andley. However, the book also mentioned Jefferson was grandson. His census records had him b 1817 or 1818. Felix was at 1800 or 1801 from his census records. Jefferson said his parents were from SC; but Katherine and Martha said their father was from KY or PA - not SC. Had to be an older brother that the article didn't include. Perhaps he had died early on and not in the picture.

Birth:
Martha Barnhill Breckenridge stated in 1900 census he was born in PA
Katherine Barnhill Breckenridge stated he was born in NH.

both girls said he was born in Kentucky in 1880 census

age: 1840 census states he was bet 30 thru 39
or 1791 to 1810.
age 1830: (1791-1800)
We know from Wayne Co, History that he was the oldest. Audley was the youngest of at least 3 and born 1804, John older than him (abt 1802)


Residence:
History of Wayne County
"During the year 1818 there was added to those first comers as given above, ... Felix and John Barnhill...."
pg 47)

Barnhill Twp: J. Felix and H. Barnhill in 1818 in Section 6"

Felix H. and John Barnhill made a deed to the county for the original town of Fairfield.

Mills and Factories:
the manufacturing industry of Fairfield are few and mostly unimportant, being confinded chiefly to mills. Hardin Barnhill built the first mill in the town in a very early day. It was a horse mill, and stood just across the street from Mr. Thomas Cooper's residence.
pg 183


Other-Begin:
History of Wayne County
In Jul of the same year (1829), Felix H. Barnhill was granted letters upon the state of John Barnhill, deceased.
pg 90



Census:
Name: Felie H Brockus
[Felix H Barnhill]
Home in 1830: Wayne, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (1816-1820) son 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 3 (1801-1810)
Bro1? , Bro2? Bro3?
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 (1791-1800)
Felix
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (aft 1825) dau1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1(1801-1810) Mrs. Felix
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1(1761-1770) Anna

Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 5
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8

It looks like they have two children, a boy over 10 and a girl less than 5.
Looks like they are living with one of their mothers with three sons 20 to 29 (1801-1810) and
Felix is the 1800 slot.

based on 1840 census, Felix is b 1801; so 29 yrs old
wife is same or younger

Census:
1840 Wayne Co Census:
Barnhill, Felix H. 000 301 000 0000 221 001 000 0000
(Martha named son Felix Harder)

male: 15-20 3 (1820-1825) ?, ?, ? (one son over 10 in 1830 - where were the other two?)
30-40 1 (1800-1810) Felix
female: <5 2 (aft 1835) Katherine Eliz L 1838; ?
5-10 2 (1830-1835) Martha 1833; ?
10-15 1 (1825-1830) ? (was less than 5 in 1830)
30-40 1 wife (maybe Mary - Martha and Katherine both had a Mary)

Three missing males, four missing females.
Sarah would fill one of the females. Her age is unk.

Felix* married Elizabeth* McClain about 1819 in Wayne Co, Illinois. Elizabeth* was born about 1800 in Kentucky or Illinois; died after 1840 in of, Wayne Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Re: McCLAINs of MADISON CO KY
By Sandra Gorin December 02, 1999 at 08:04:06

In reply to: Re: McCLAINs of MADISON CO KY
10/10/99

Hi - as a Gorin descendant and historian here in the area of Mammoth Cave- no McClains are ever shown to have owned the cave. I know the author of the Longest Cave book, and have done extensive research into the cave ... name just doesn't appear! Sandi
http://www.genealogy.coaker.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mcclain/1045/


HISTORY OF THE MAMMOTH CAVE.

As told to me by Mrs. Nancy Maria Barnhill Whitson my Mother in law. (by Marie T Jentzech Whitson; wife of Edward Whitson, son of James Edward Whitson and Nancy Maria Barnhill) Healdsburg, California. April 18, 1922.

"Sometime before the Southern war, just exactly when I can not tell, There were two Brothers by the name of McClane. They came from Europe some where and setteled in Kentuckey, and became very wealthy in real-estate, and I have heard from one of there Granddaughters, that they owned nearly one half of the State of Kentucky. This might have been exagurated, never the less they owned much very much.

As the snake were rather plentiful and dangerious in Kentuckey it was in the Winter time when men dug for Saltpeter, and on one of these ocasions these two McClane Bros. punched a hole into the side of a Hill. When they discovered that it was a large cavity, they made investigations and by letting themselves down in the cave by a rope, they discovered that it was a very large Cave, and found many curiosities on there first visit into the Cave, among which was an Indian woman who sat in a stone arm chair - or a stone that was shaped thus. With her knitting basket on her arm and her needle work in her hands, On close inspection they found that she was dead and petrefide, the two brothers were so amaised over it, that they desided to take the Indian woman out of the Cave and put her on Exebition, and in doing so they were much disapointed when they saw this woman fall to pieces as soon as she got into the open fresh air. As time went on many investigating parties were taken into the Cave, as it was on the land owned by the McClane Bros. They found so many Indian relics and curiosities, that they were assured that at some time the Cave must have been the home of a prominent Indian Chief - There was a large apartment like a dineing room in the center of which was a large stone table, around it were stone chairs just like the one the woman had died in, at the head of the table was a chair somewhat larger than the rest, as though it was a Chief! Chair, from the ceiling hung earth shaped like icidles and various ornaments adorned the walls. There was a river in the Cave with very clear water and in it were fishes without eyes, and many other things I have now forgotten as time rolled on. They found the Cave to be about five miles long and had several enterences. On one accasion while a party of explorers were in the Cave, One of the McClane Bros. Strayed away from the rest of the party and got lost. It tuck them three days to find him, he was almost dead from exposure and hunger when they found him perfectly nude haveing burned up one piece of clothing after another after his torch had burned out. Now all this happened and much more up to fifty years before the Southern war broke out- when the McClane Bros decided to leave Kentuckey I can not remember the given of either of the McClane Bros. But they bothe liberated there negro slaves they hac many and sold all there land - the Cave was sold to two men - who?s names I do not remember althou I have been told, these men were pardners in the agreement of buying the Cave. The deed of the Cave was made out to these two men, by the McClane Bros. And all that was paid down at that time was $25.00. These men were to make regular payments, but never did so. The McClane Bros. Had so much of this worlds goods they did not bother them about it and the full amount is still due. They settled again in Illinois these McClane Bros. One of them had eight children. He was my husbands Great- great grandfather, in some way he received the news that one of the men to whom they sold the Cave was dead - Now comes a case of curcumstancial evidence. It seams that one of these two men was a mean sort who wanter to get the Cave in his own name but could not persuade his pardner to sell - so one day the two men were seen going into the cave - only one came out again and that was the mean one - a week went by - and neighbors began to asked where the other pardner was (the good man) but could find out nothing. Thus a searching party went forth, and found him down in a gulch where they believed the mean pardner had thrown him from the Bank above. And it killed him, as the good man had no relatives there was nothing done about it and the mean man got the cave in his own posesion. I understand that the presant owners of the Cave are his decendents- One of the Daughters of my husbands Great Great Grandfather McClane who setteled in Illinois, who?s name was Elizibeth maried an enterpriseing young man after whom the Town of Barnhill, Ill. was named he built homes and induced people to come there and live - his daughter the oldest married James Whitson - that marrage tuck place in Fairfield or Springfield - Mrs. Nancy Maria Barnhill Whitson brought her husband and one child to Cal. Just about the end of the war 1853 - of that family there are four children liveing - Mrs. Murphy in Oregon. Frank Whitson in Sunsmure Cal. Geo. Whitson Alameda Cal. And Ed Whitson of Healdsburt Cal - who is my husband -

This is about all I can tell you about the Mammouth Cave. Mrs. Marie T. Jentzech Whitson, 426 Nort St Healdsburg Cal.

The births as I know them - McClane came from Europe - Elizibeth McClane his daughter - married Barnhill. Nancy Maria Barnhill his daughter was born in Barnhill Ill - married either in Springfield or Fairfield Ill. I can?t tell the place was not far from Barnhill - to James Whitson who was born in Monrow Co. Kentuckey. About 40 years ago Grandma Whitson recieved a letter from a Lawyer in Fairfield of Springfield Ill. asking her to sign a paper - but I could not induce her to do so - The Lawyer was doing some recearch work and came across the unpaid deed of the Cave - said if she would sign - he would fight the case for half - but she was not interested and distroied the letter. I do not know what year Henry went back- he married into the Turney family- Mrs. Ed. Whitson."


Darrah3591

Darrah3591 originally shared this to Hopkins Rashall Family History
19 Nov 2013 story

Story of the Mammoth Caves, Kentucky with some genealogy of the McClanes and Barnhills and Whitsons
18 April 1922 Healdsburg, California
keith_m_andrews

keith_m_andrews added this to Keith Andrews family tree
10 Dec 2013

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