Back to Kansas for the Smiths

A lot has happened Smith-wise since my last post about the Smith children.  

I had an e-mail from a fella on the other side of the country who saw the family photo I had posted for Susan (Smith) Crawford.  He had been looking for his great-great grandmother for 20 years and finally found her.  Hooray!  To say the least, we were both Very Excited to have made contact.

Following up on that contact, and working on more information for Susan, I found on Find a Grave that a fella named Rich was posting obituaries from a commercial newspaper site, and two days before I heard from the Crawford descendant, Rich had posted an obituary for Susan.  I had been looking for her as a Crawford but thanks to David Crawford, my new correspondent, I noticed that he gave her last name as Wallace.  There had been another marriage.  You can see Susan's Find a Grave memorial here.

We added to each other's family information, but there was still a lot to wonder about.  

So this past Wednesday I made another trip to Coffeyville, Kansas.  That was my farthest point to go, but I also wanted to look over Nowata County, Oklahoma.  

In Coffeyville, at the City Clerk's office, I found burial information for Susan and her son Ernest.  They are both buried in Fairview Cemetery, a large one in the northwest part of Coffeyville.  The cemeteries there are interesting in that many acres are devoted to several adjacent cemeteries.  Kind of nice to have them all in once place, but confusing once on the grounds to make sure you are in the right one.  There were no barriers to speak of, just roads wandering from one section to the next.  Nevertheless, experienced cemetery searcher that I am (!), I quickly found the section for Susan and Ernest with only one short miss-turn.  

They are buried at the back of the property in a section that seems pretty old.  Ernest died in 1908 and Susan in 1910, so that section is over a hundred and ten years old.  Still, there was a burial there in 1985, probably in a family plot.  

This is a long view of Section W, with me standing at the south end - the narrow one.  You can see that there are not many markers.  My theory is that they have settled into the ground.  





It was soft ground and I found parts of markers along some of the rows.  

There were no markers for Susan or Ernest, just locations from the city clerk:  

---October 16, 2019, Coffeyville City Clerk, Fairview Cemetery
Ernest E Crawford, died 12/22/1908, buried section W, 1st row, plot 16.
and
S M Wallace / J H Crawford (Burial?), died 10 January 1910, buried section W, 2nd row, plot 105.  

The clerk and I discussed the question about burial; I thought that since J H is supposed to have died in Iowa, it meant that, while owner of the plot, they weren't sure he was buried there.

Next time I go, I plan to take more photos of the markers that are visible and compare them with the burial records at the clerk's office, to see if I can pinpoint where Susan and Ernest might actually be buried.  

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At the Coffeyville library, I looked once again through the Interment Register photocopies, now that I knew Susan and son were buried in the city.  I found records for both of them.  I also looked for more Smiths and Crawfords, but didn't find any I thought to be part of this particular family. 

Ernest:
---Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, Kansas, Public Library, Interment Register, Fairview Cemetery, photocopies of register, page 3 [16 Oct 2019 LC]

Crawford, Ernest E, 29y 8m 1d; date of death 12/22/1908; cause of death: consumption; place of death 710 Spring Streer; Lot 16, single grave; paid for opening grave 6.00; Undertaker: Cof[feyville] Fur[niture] Co[mpany]

Susan:
---Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, Kansas, Public Library, Interment Register, Fairview Cemetery, photocopies of register, page 4 [16 Oct 2019 LC]

Wallace, Susan M, 53 yr; date of death 1-10-1910; cause of death: consumption; place of death 409 W 9th; paid for opening grave 6.00; Undertaker: Cof[feyville] Fur[niture] Co[mpany]

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Here are the postings from Rich, the fella who is going through the commercial site to post obits:

For Susan:
---Find a Grave posting by Rich, 9 October 2019 
--Coffeyville Dailey Journal, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, Kansas, Monday, January 10, 1910, p 4
Death of Mrs Susan M Wallace
Mrs Susan M Wallace, aged 53 years, died Monday morning at 5:40 o'clock of consumption.  Death came at the home of her daughter, Mrs Abe Barkus, 102 1/2 North Union street, where she made her home.  Funeral services will be conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Revd Stanton Olinger, pastor of the Presbyterian church being in charge.

--The Morning News, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, Kansas, Monday, January 10, 1910, p 1

--The Weekly Independent, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, Kansas, Thursday, January 13, 1910, p 5

--The Coffeyville Weekly Journal, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, Kansas, Friday, January 14, 1910, p 7
-Funeral services over the remains of Mrs Susan M Wallace, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Abe Barkus, 102 North Union street, Monday morning, were held at the home Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev Stanton Olinger being in charge. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery.

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For Susan's son Ernest:

---Find a Grave posting by Rich
The Coffeyville Daily Journal, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, Kansas, Wednesday, December 23, 1908, page 1
-Earnest E Crawford died at his home, 710 Spring street Tuesday night at 11:35 o'clock of consumption.
-The deceased was 29 years old and well known in Coffeyville. The funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock from the home and interment will be in Fairview cemetery.

---Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, Kansas, Public Library, Interment Register, Fairview Cemetery, photocopies of register, page 3 [16 Oct 2019 LC]
Crawford, Ernest E, age 29y 8m 1d; date of death: 12-22-1908; cause of death: consumption; place of death: 710 Spring; physician attending: Dr Houston; burial Lot 16, single grave, paid for opening grave 6.00; Undertaker: Cof Fur Co

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After leaving Coffeyville, I headed south to Nowata County, Oklahoma.  The Smith-Crawford bunch lived there, too.  I stopped at Ball Cemetery to see some of Susan's descendants.

Isn't that a wonderful tree?

From Ball Cemetery, I doubled back to Nowata and found the Museum.   Wow!  What a museum.  It is completely professional and the fellas there that day were very friendly and helpful. I took plenty of photographs.

This room was great and I found some more Crawford information.  There is a series of binders with names and photographs and information about Nowata County veterans.  Some of Susan's descendants are remembered here.

There was also a binder just of Purple Heart Recipients 

and one of the above Crawford veterans is in this book.

So, all in all it was a good day.  Great October weather, fine travelling, new information, two cemeteries and a fascinating museum.  But I sure was tired and ready to head for home.  It is a long drive to Coffeyville.  Next time I go - in a few weeks, hopefully - I will be able to stay a few days and not feel so pressured to keep moving.  

Yet, the drive home from Tulsa was magnificent.  The sky was clear of clouds and as the sun retired for the day, the western sky slowly changed from pale blue to a soft yellow, then to warm gold, then a deep rich orange.  It was as though God was leaving a night light on for me to travel by.  I reached the end of the turnpike and Poof! the light went out.  I was safely back in home territory.

Looking for the Smith Children

I thought yesterday that I wouldn't be posting any more of my husband's family lines - for a while at least.  While lying abed this morning, thinking, I decided to go ahead and post some of what I have found so far in hope that someone reading would have more information about the Smiths.

✥John Samuel Smith✥

I've posted about my trip to Kansas searching for John Samuel Smith.  John and Nancy had three children and I have two photographs of one of them, daughter Fannie, although I have been unable find anything else about her after the city directory listing.  

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✥Fannie E Smith

Both photos are of Fannie

1880 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, 5-6 July
256/260  Smith, John S, 28, . . .  / Nancy J, 25, . . . Fannie E, 1, dau, b Iowa Kentucky Iowa

1895 Kansas, Montgomery Co, Coffeyville
57/57  John S Smith, 43, . . .  / Nancy J, 40, . . . Fanny E, 16, b Iowa, from Missouri to Kansas . . . 

1900 Kansas, Montgomery Co, Coffeyville, W Fourteenth St, 5 June
131/133  Smith, S, 48, wd . . . Fanny E, dau, b June 1878, 21, single, dressmaker, b Iowa . . . 

1901 Kansas, Montgomery Co, Coffeyville, City Directory
Smith, J S, lab, 208 W 14th
Smith, Fannie E, dressmaking, 208 W 14th

I cannot find a marriage, death or burial record for Fannie, nor any other census records.

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✥James J Smith 

James is the oldest of John and Nancy's children.  I don't have a photograph and have found only some census records for him.

1880 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, 5-6 July
256/260  Smith, John S, 28 . . . / Nancy J, 25 . . . // James J, 5, son, b Missouri. . . 

1895 Kansas, Montgomery Co, Coffeyville
57/57  John S Smith, 43 . . . / Nancy J, 40 . . . / J J, 20, b Missouri . . . 

1900 try Indian Territory

1905 Kansas

1910 Kansas, Montgomery Co, Coffeyville, 1418 Elm Street, 16 April
83/88  Smith, James J, head, 34, marr 2, m 2 yrs, layer tender - glass factory, b Oklahoma unknown unknown / Josie M, wife, 21, marr 1, m 2 yrs, 1 ch l liv, b Oklahoma Texas Oklahoma // Evertt, son, 1 3/12, b Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma

There is a Find a Grave memorial 81484551 for Everett L Smith, born 30 Sept 1909, died 11 June 1987, in Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co, Missouri, the same town where James' sister Bertha is buried - different cemetery

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✥Bertha E Smith

Bertha is the youngest child of John and Nancy.  It was easier to find later records for her since she was the informant on her father's death certificate in 1927: Death certificate John Samuel Smith, . . . Informant: Mrs Dennis Reedy, 3415 Summit, Kansas City, Missouri

1895 Kansas, Montgomery Co, Coffeyville
57/57  John S Smith, 43. . . Nancy J, 40 . . . Bertha E, 14, b Missouri

1900 Kansas, Montgomery Co, Coffeyville, W Fourteenth St, 5 June
131/133  Smith, S, 48, wd . . . Bertha E, dau, b Aug 1880, 19, single, housekeeper, b Missouri . . . Reedy, Dennis, boarder, b July 1880, 19, single, day laborer, b Kansas . . . 

Dennis and Bertha married, but I haven't found a marriage record yet, nor the 1910 census for them.

1920 Missouri, Jackson Co, Kansas City, 18_4 Summit, 3 January
  /54  Reedy, Dennis, head, 40, switchman - RR, b Kansas Ireland Ireland / Bertha E, wife, 39, b Missouri Kentucky Iowa // Clarence, son, 19, school, b Kansas Kansas Missouri

Bertha died in 1929; her death a suicide.  
Missouri Death certificate, 1929: Missouri, Jackson Co, Kaw Twp, Kansas City, General Hospital, Mrs Bertha Reedy, 3415 Summit, female, married, husband Dennis Reedy, age 48 years, 6 months, 16 days, died March 13, 1929, suicide . . . father J S Smith . . . Informant Dennis Reedy, 3415 Summit.  Burial: Mt Washington, 3/15/29. . . . 

Find a Grave memorial 80654452, photo of monument, Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co, Missouri   REEDY . . . // Mother / Bertha E / 1880-1929 // Father / Dennis J / 1879-1947

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Those are the children of John Samuel Smith and Nancy J Miller.

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Mary Elizabeth Smith

The next oldest child is Mary Elizabeth Smith who married James H Greer.  Mary is a direct line, so I have quite a bit for her.  The family saved Everything.  Mary married James Henry Greer and information about him, with a few photographs of Mary can be found here. (waay down on the page).  Mary lived a long time and appears on plenty of census records:

1860 Iowa, Wayne Co, Howard Twp, Warsaw, 3 June
191/171  J J Smith, 31 . . . / Emelene, 26 . . . // . . . M E Smith, 6, b Kentucky . . . 

1870 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, Unionville, 20 August
216/216  Riddle, Preston, 45 . . . / Emily, 35 . . . // Smith, Mary E, 16, school, b Kentucky . . . 

1880 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, 5-6 July
263/268 Greer, James H, 30 . . . Mary E, 26, wife, keeping house, b Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky // Emma E, 8, dau, school, b Iowa Iowa Kentucky; Millard M, 5, son, school, b Iowa Iowa Kentucky; Altia T, 1, dau, b Missouri Iowa Kentucky

1900 Iowa, Wayne Co, Grand River Twp, ED 148
89/90 304/305 Greer, James H, head, b Mar 1850, 50, m 29 yrs, farmer, b Iowa Kentucky  Kentucky / Mary E, wife, b Oct 1853, 46, 5 ch 5 liv, b Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky // Alta, b Mar 1878, 22, b Missouri Kentucky  Kentucky; Harlie A, b Oct 1888, 11, b Missouri Kentucky  Kentucky; Clinton M, b Mar 1892, 8, b Missouri Kentucky Kentucky

1905 Iowa, Wayne Co, Clinton Twp, line 324
Greer, J H, Clio / Mary // Harley; Clinton

1910 Iowa, Wayne Co, Grand River Twp, 16 April 
6/6  Greer, James H, head, 60, marr 1, m 39 yrs, farmer - small farm, b Iowa Kentucky  Kentucky / Mary E, wife, 52, marr 1, m 39 yrs, 5 ch 5 liv, b Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky // Clinton M, 18, work - home farm, b Missouri Iowa Kentucky

1915 Iowa, Wayne Co, Grand River Twp, Clio
--card 347, J H Greer, 65 . . . 
--card 348, Mary E Greer, 61 . . . 

1920 Iowa, Wayne Co, Grand River Twp, Ticklegrass Road, January 13
farm 81/81  Greer, James H . . . 69 . . . / Mary E, wife, 66, b Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

1925 Iowa, Wayne Co, Grand River Twp, lines 27-28
Greer, James Henry . . .74 . . .  father William A Greer, b Kentucky, mother Elzira Webb b Kentucky, parents married Illinois / Mary E, wife, 71 . . . b Kentucky, father James J Smith b Kentucky, mother Emily Wilson b Kentucky, parents married Kentucky

1930 Iowa, Wayne Co, Grand River Twp, 18 April

32/32  Greer, James H, head, 80, first marr at 20, farmer - farm 28, b Iowa Kentucky  Kentucky / Mary E, wife, 76, first marr at 17, b Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

Mary and James Greer married in 1871.  For all the wedding or early photographs in this family, there isn't one, or any, for this couple, nor any kind of formal studio photograph of the pair.  This newspaper clipping records the event of their marriage.  I don't have a marriage record other than these clippings.

---Marriage anniversary: Unidentified newspaper clipping
Mr and Mrs Greer are Wed 62 Years
   Mr and Mrs J H Greer of Clio reached another mile stone New Year's day, when they had the pleasure of celebrating their sixty-second wedding anniversary.
   A bounteous dinner was served at the noon hour by the children of this worthy couple in honor of the occasion.  A special item on the menu was a delicious fruit cake given to them by their grandson, Merlin Berry of Vici, Okla.
   The following children were present to enjoy this event; Mrs Alta Berry of Vici, Okla., who is spending the winter with her parents, Harley Greer and family of Humeston and Clint Greer and family of Kansas City, Mo.
   A delightful afternoon was spent visiting and playing games and all present had such a fine time they are looking forward to a similar celebration next year. 
    Mrs Greer is in poor health, but Mr Greer is hale and hearty. We join with their many friends in extending congratulations to this well known couple.

Mary died a few days after this celebration.

---Obituary: Unidentified newspaper clipping: Mrs J H Greer of Clio is Dead
   Mrs James H Greer, 79, of Clio passed away in her home Friday morning, January 6, following a stroke of paralysis which she suffered a few days previous.  The funeral services were held in the Christian Church at Clio, Sunday afternoon, January 8 and were conducted by the Rev Frank T Carter, pastor of the Church of Christ at Humeston.  Burial was in the Clio cemetery. The following is an obituary:
   Mary Elizabeth Smith was born in Owen county, Kentucky, October 3, 1853 and departed this life, January 6th, 1933 at the age of 79 years, 3 months and 3 days.  When three years of age she moved with her parents to Putnam county, Mo, where she grew to womanhood.  January 1st, 1871, she was united in marriage to James H Greer, who survives her.  To this union were born five children:  Emma Fordyce, who preceded her mother in death December 14, 1928, Millard of Eagle, Idaho; Alta Berry of Vici, Okla, Harley of Humeston; and Clint of Kansas City, Mo.  Mrs Greer leaves to mourn their loss, her husband; three sons and a daughter; 19 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, besides a host of friends.  
   She united with the Christian church at the age of 22 years and has been a conscientious member during all the years and was faithful until the day of her home-going.  January 1st, 1933, the last Sunday of her life, she and her husband, James H Greer, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary with the immediate members of their family.

Mary had a bit of wealth, but I don't know the source of it.  She had a will which left property to her husband  - - I hereby will, devise and bequeath unto my beloved husband, J H Greer, all property of which I may die seized and possessed, after the payment of the expenses of my last illness and burial, he to have the right to use and spend the same as he may see fit and as his needs may require, and without any limitations except that at his death all of my estate and property then remaining undisposed of by him, after the payment of that expenses of his last illness and burial, shall go to and become the absolute property of the devisees and legatees hereinafter named.  And Mary had a bit of money in the bank in 1932 when the will was drawn up - $600 - which was divided among her children and grandchildren at her death.

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Susan Martha Smith

Third child was Susan Martha Smith, who married Jasper H Crawford.  I didn't know anything about her when I started researching the family, but now have a bit more.  Still looking for information about her, though.

Susan is shown in the large photograph I have on my wall.  For many years I only knew that she married Jasper H Crawford and when.  Period.  After looking for her lately, I have discovered online some of the records for Jasper, which indicate that Susan died before February 1898 which is when Jasper married for the second time.  Jasper and Susan had 4 children - John Harmon, William Walter, Ernest E, and Emily Martha.  I have found some information about them through newspaper obituaries.  But nothing about the death of Susan

1860 Iowa, Wayne Co, Howard Twp, Warsaw, 3 June
191/171  J J Smith, 31, farmer, vope 42, b Kentucky / Emelene Smith, 26, b Kentucky // . . . S M Smith, 4, b Missouri

1870 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, Unionville, 20 August
216/216  Riddle, Preston, 45 . . . Emily, 35 . . . Smith, Susan, 14, school, b Missouri . . . 

1880 Iowa, Davis Co, Salt Creek Twp
181/189  Crawford, Jasper H, 29 . . . Susan M, 24, wife . . . John H, 5, son,b Iowa Iowa Missouri; Wm, 3, son, b Missouri Iowa Missouri; Earnest E, 1, son, b Iowa Iowa Missouri . . . 

1885 Iowa, Davis Co, Union Twp, Twp 69 R12 Sec 1, SW SE SW
89/93  Crawford, Jasper, 34 . . . Susan M, 28 . . . John H, 10, b Vanburen Co, Iowa; William W, 8, b Missouri; Ernest, 6, b Vanburen Co, Iowa; Emily M, 1, b Davis Co, Iowa

That's it.  I have, from a family history, that Susan and Jasper married May 22, 1873, Putnam Co, Missouri, but have not seen the record itself.  In 1898 Jasper married Rebecca Clemens - for which I have the marriage record - and by the 1900 census in Kansas, Chautauqua Co, Jasper has married Phebe. Jasper has more children with one of his other wives and there has been interesting tiny bits of information for those children, but I am searching for Susan's children, rather than the other descendants of Jasper.

Here are obituaries for two of Susan and Jasper's children:

I do have a few other records on these two - census, military, etc, but nothing which particularly applies to their grandparents.

After looking at this again, I've printed out information from my computer to take to the library for research.  The three marriages of Jasper seem out of whack.  The two children, Press and Anna O M, may be children of Susan, after all, but I haven't sorted it out yet.  When - and IF - I do, I will change the information here.

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George Jefferson Smith

George Jefferson Smith was the youngest surviving Smith child.  There appears to have been another child - a daughter - born to Emily and Jeff, who died at an early age.  That's apparent because of the large gap between Susan's birth and his and a note from another researcher.  

I have found very little about George - - 

1870 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, Unionville, 20 August
216/216  Riddle, Preston, 45 . . . / Emily, 35 . . . // Smith, Geo J, 9, school, b Missouri

1880 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp
262/267  Smith, George J, 18, married within year, farmer, b Missouri Kentucky Kentucky / Mary M, 21, wife, keeping house, b Kansas Indiana Indiana

---NARA Pension Index
Smith, Jefferson J, Co B, 18th Missouri Infantry / Widow Smith, Emily / Riddle, P, Gdn / 1863 ??  Widow, Application 15,872; certificate 42,026  [Box 31908, #35] / 1870 Mar 28 Minor application 185,306; certificate 142,828
     Item: Increase.  No 42026  Iowa.  Emily Smith, widow of Jefferson J Smith, Sergeant Co B 18th Mo.  Fairfield Agency, rate per month $8 commencing 17 Mch 1862.  Additional sum of $2 per month for each of the following children until arriving at the age of 16 years, commencing July 25, 1866, viz:
John S, 19 July 1867 / Mary E, 2 Oct 1869 / Susan M, 1 Apl 1872 / George J, 14 June 1877 / . . . Certificate dated 12 Nov 1867.  Sent to W E Taylor, Corydon, Iowa.  Act 14th July 1862 Book B Vol 2 Page 52

Every time I read the Item from the pension record, I have to remember that the date noted is when each child will become 16 years old and no longer qualified for assistance.  Please take note of that yourself.

Hunting for George Smith on the internet is a frustrating search, yet some day I will find out about George and his family.

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It wasn't such a great stretch, but the four Smith children ended up pretty much in the same area - Northeastern Oklahoma and Southwestern Kansas.  Nowata and Coffeyville are just a few minutes from each other across the state lines.  Even if George stayed in Missouri, it wasn't but a few hours journey to the homes of the other siblings.

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Tryon and Thompson

In the previous post, I added this picture of Lora Belle Tryon.  For many years her daughter couldn't find a record of her mother's birth - somewhere in Kansas.  My husband and I made a trip to Baxter Springs one time to search in their fine library and museum  We didn't find what we needed, but had a wonderful visit there.  Finally, while searching census records, I found this:

1885 Kansas, Sedgwick Co, Kechi Twp, p 19, line 18
Cooley, Isaac, 79, b Pennsylvania / Caroline, 49, b Pennsylvania // Adeline, 17, b Pennsylvania; Emma, 14, b Pennsylvania
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Tryon, H Z, 36, b unknown / Mary, 21, b unknown // Olive May, 2, b unknown; line 25  Baby, 7 days, female, b unknown

That Baby was Lora, 7 days old, in Kechi Township.  Hooray!  Found at last.  Thank goodness for the state census records!  The interesting thing about this record is that it's just a few miles down the road from where her great-grandson currently lives with his family.  He was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Michigan, but has for quite a few years has lived in Park City, just down the road from where his great-grandmother was born.  

Lora had two sisters, one older and one younger.  The younger sister, Rosetta, died when she was 14 years old.  I never have looked for the cause of her death.  Two other children were born, both boys, Walter Harrison Tryon who only lived about 6 months, and Charles Harry Tryon, who was in his 60s when he died.

Hiram Zachariah "Zack" Tryon and wife Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" 

(Thompson) Tryon with daughters Olive, Lora and Rosetta.

Zack Tryon was born in Connorsville, Fayette County, Indiana on the 4th day of February 1849.  He is listed on three census records in Indiana.  

1850 Indiana, Franklin Co, Metamora Twp, 17 October
48/48  Noah Tyron, 35, farmer, b Ohio / Mary, 35, b Indiana // . . . Zachery, 1, b Indiana . . . 

1860 Indiana, Franklin Twp, Metamora Twp, Metamora, 27 July
855/784  Mary A Tryon, 43, manager of farms, vore 370, vope 500, b Indiana // Isaac, 21, farm hand, school, b Indiana; Noah, 17, school, b Indiana; Mary A, 15, school, b Indiana; Martha, 13, school, b Indiana; Zachariah, 12, school, b Indiana; Lavina, 10, school, b Indiana; Nicholas, 6, school, b Indiana

1870 Indiana, Franklin Co, Metamora Twp, Metamora, 18 July 
199/210  Alley, John, 31, engineer, vope 1000, b Ohio / Martha J, 24, keeping house, b Ohio // Colonel, 4, b Ohio; William, 3, b Ohio; Alley, John, 6/12, b Nov, b Indiana /// Tryon, Lavina, 19, at home, b Indiana; Tryon, Zachariah, 22, teamster, b Indiana . . . 

Martha Alley is Zach's sister.

Sometime between 1870 and 1880 Zack came to Kansas as shown in the 1885 census record above.  He was living with his uncle, brother to his mother Mary Ann (Cooley) Tryon.  Isaac's portrait and an article appear in the Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kansas; Chapman Brothers 1888, Pages 329 - 330, A portrait of Mr Cooley graces an adjoining page.

When Zack appears on the 1880 census in Kansas, it is next door to the William Thompson family and included in that list of children is daughter Mary E.  Mary and Zack were married on October 27, 1880, in Wichita, Kansas.  He was 31 and she was 17.  

---Marriage record: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/mhgs/S-T.htm

Sedgwick County Marriage Records, Book B, p 106

Thompson, Mary to Tryon, H Z, 27 October 1880

Mollie Thompson and Zack Tryon

Zack is listed on these two city directory records:

Wichita City Directories
1887: Tryon, H Z, fr Ind, speculator, r 234 Ohio
1888: Tryon, Hiram Z, liveryman, (T & Loper), r 839 n Mkt

Zach died in 1922.  Mollie died in 1929.  

☙Death certificate Kansas 
Mr Hiram Zack Tryon, meat inspector - Dold Packing Co, age 73 yrs, 1 mo, 21 ds, residing 1906 Arkansas Ave, City, city resident 33 years, married, husband of Mrs Mollie E Tryon, died at 11:45 am on 3-25-22, of lobar pneumonia contributed to by mitral heart lesion.  Born 2-4-1849, Connersville, Ind; father Noah Tryon b NY;  mother ______ Cooley b NY.  Informant: Mrs Mollie E Tryon, 1906 Arkansas Ave.   Burial Highland Cemetery, 3-27-22.  Undertaker: Gills, city.

☙Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, Kansas, Sunday, 26 March 1922, page 3, col 2

H Z TRYON DIES, Was Wichitan Since 1878 and Dold Employee for Twenty Years

     H Z Tryon, 73 years old, Wichitan since 1878, who had been an inspector and meat piler employed by the Dold packing company for the last 20 years, died of pneumonia at 11:40 o'clock Saturday morning at his home, 1906 Arkansas avenue.  He was taken ill Monday morning.
     Mr Tryon came from Connersville, Ind, his native state.  For a while he farmed, one of his farms being situated on what is now Twenty-fifth street in North Wichita.  During the boom days Mr Tryon was manager of Oak Street stables, Oak (now Murdock avenue) and Main streets.
     Surviving Mr Tryon are his widow, Mrs Mollie E Tryon; two daughters, Mrs William F Buckeridge, 1149 North Market Street, and Mrs J M Chandler, Oklahoma City; his son, Harry Tryon, 1906 Arkansas avenue; a sister, Mrs M E Genn, Chicago, and one broher [sic] N W Tryon, Frederick, Md.  Eight grandchildren also suvice [sic].
     Funeral services will be conducted at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Gill Funeral home.  Burial will be in Highland cemetery.

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☙Death certificate, Kansas
Mary Elizabeth Tryon, age 65 years 1 month, 18 days, of 921 Litchfield, City, widow - husband Zack Tryon, died 31 January 1929, at St Francis Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, Kansas, from pneumonia.  Birthplace: Fleming, Kentucky; father: Wm Thompson, b Fleming Co, Ky; mother: Mary Jane Lytle, b Fleming, Ky.  Informant Wm F Buckeridge, 921 Litchfield.  Burial Highland Cemetery.  Gill Mortuary, Wichita.

☙Obituary: Unidentified newspaper clipping: Mary E Tryon Passes
      Mrs Mary E Tryon, 65, a resident of Wichita for 50 years, died in a local hospital Thursday evening.  Her home was at 921 Litchfield Avenue.
      Mrs Tryon was the widow of the late Zack Tryon, farmer and later with the Dold Packing company, who died seven years ago.  Mrs Tryon was a member of St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church.  She was born in Fleming, Ky.
      She is survived by two daughters, Mrs J M Chandler, Oklahoma City, and Mrs William Buckeridge, 921 Litchfield Avenue; a son, C H Tryon, Los Angeles; a sister, Mrs W F Edsall, Louann, Ark; five brothers, Robert Thompson, Ft Garland, Colo; Taylor and Sam Thompson, Colorado Springs; Charles Thompson, Anness, and N A Thompson, St Joseph, Mo; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
      Gill mortuary is in charge.

Both are buried in Highland Cemetery, Wichita, Kansas.

Zach and Mollie Tryon

I do have a picture of Zach's mother, Mary Ann Cooley, and I thought I had a picture of his father Noah Tryon.  Turns out, according to an internet descendant of another Tryon, that the photo is of a child of Noah rather than Noah himself, which makes sense since the direct-line-Noah died earlier than a photograph would appear.  Aunt Mary did a lot of research on the Thompson and Cooley and Tryon families and was for many years very involved with the Cooley family organization.  

Aunt Mary had traced Mollie Thompson's line back to:

☙William Thompson born 1840 Fleming Co, Kentucky and Mary Jane Lytle born 1844 Fleming Co, Kentucky

☙William's father A T Thompson born 1811 Virginia and wife Sarah born 1812 Kentucky

☙Mary Jane's Lytle line to Samuel Ramsey Lytle born 1811 in Kentucky and Elizabeth Todd born 1821 in Kenucky

☙their lines to Nathaniel Lytle born 1773 in Virginia and Rebecca Ramsey born 1776 Huntington, Bedford Co, Pennsylvania

☙and John Todd born 1787 and Mary Ann Flynn born 1803 Fleming Co, Kentucky

I am not posting information about them just yet as I have mostly Aunt Mary's excellent research and have not looked at it in a long time - a very long time. It needs a good going-over and updating before I post it.  One of these days . . .

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Smith in the family

Fortunately for me, there is only one Smith line in our direct family tree.  

I have a huge portrait on my wall of a mother and her four Smith children. This is a lousy image since the portrait itself is very nice.  This image looks like it's from an old television, but it's in a good frame with non-glare glass.  I guess that's what gives it such a strange appearance.

Emeline "Emily" Wilson was born November 10, 1833, in Kentucky, the daughter of Elizabeth "Betty" Clark and Samuel Wilson.  On August 1, 1850, Emily married James Jefferson "Jeff" Smith in Grant Co, Kentucky.  Jeff was born about 1829 in Kentucky, the son of Willis and Sarah Smith and died May 14, 1862 in POW Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia.  

I have only two census records that show him by name:

1850 Kentucky, Grant Co, 22 July
31/31  Willis Smith, 55, farmer, b Kentucky / Sarah, 45, b Virginia // James, 21, b Kentucky; Green P, 18, b Indiana; Thomas B, 16, b Kentucky; Madison, 14, b Kentucky; Nancy J, 12, school, b Kentucky; Willis, 5, school, b Kentucky; William O B, 3, b Kentucky

1860 Iowa, Wayne Co, Howard Twp, Warsaw, 3 June

191/171  J J Smith, 31, farmer, vope 42, b Kentucky / Emelene Smith, 26, b Kentucky // J S Smith, 8, school, b Kentucky; M E Smith, school, 6, b Kentucky; S M Smith, 4, b Missouri

In 1861 Jeff went off to war.  I ordered the pension file for Emily's application as a widow and it is extensive.  In these papers various dates are given for Jeff's death.  I imagine that even though records were kept, it's a minor miracle that they survived at all.  Here is part of the record.  Item 22 is the final determination of death date and location.

---NARA Compiled Military Record
     Item 1:  Smith, Jefferson J, Co B, 18 Missouri Inf / Sergeant / Sergeant / Card numbers 7760505, 760604, 7760805, 7760974, 7761048, 36633880, 7779-A-1881, 7779-A-1881 / Bookmark: 7779-A-AGO (EB) 1881
     Item 3:  S 18 Mo / Jefferson J Smith, Sergt, Co B, 18 Reg't Missouri Infantry / Age __ years / Appears on Company Muster-in Roll of the organization named above. Roll dated Cp Morgan, Laclede Mo, Nov 14, 1861; Muster in to date Nov 14, 1861 / Joined for duty and enrolled June 17, 186_, Putnam Co, Mo, for period 3 years . . . 
     Item 7:  S 18 Mo / Jefferson J Smith, Sergt, Co B, 18 Reg't Missouri Infantry / Appears on Company Muster Roll for May & June 1862 / Absent / Remarks: Missing in action since Apr 6, 1862 . . . 
     Item 11:  Casualty Sheet / J J Smith, Private of Company B, 18th Regiment of Mo State Volunteers / Nature of Casualty - Death, Died at Camp Oglethorpe, Macon, Ga, of wound, May 14 ' 62 . . . 
     Item 13:  Casualty Sheet / Jeffn J Smith, Company B, Regiment 18, Mo / Nature of Casualty: Death / Cause of Casualty: Wounded at Shiloh . . . 
     Item 17:  Casualty Sheet:  J J Smith, Private, Company B, Regiment 18, Infty, Mo / Nature of Casualty: Death / Cause of casualty: Disease . . .  
     Items 19-20:  Memorandum from Prisoner of War Records / No 116 / Smith, J J [crossed out and] Smith, Jefferson J [written] / Organization: 18 Reg't Mo I[nf] Co B / Information obtained from Records of: D B Vol 1, p 313, Vol 1, p 317; Mus? Roll 907 / Captured at ~~~~, confined at Richmond, Va,  [blank] admitted to hospital at  [blank] where he died [blank] / Paroled at [marked through and written in]: "Died at Camp Oglethorpe, Macon, Ga, May 14, 1862, [in red ink] June 18, 1862 [June date marked through and this statement inserted with caret] buried in Rose Hill cemetery by the sexton" / Corroborated by (report continued) Orig report of Med Dir CSA See 1773 B (EB) A G O / 1877, J L, 3.10.77 / Enrolled as Jefferson J Smith, Co B, 18 Mo Inf / CGS case recd Mar 7, 81, Holmes Dec 15 '87 / to Sig, Dec 21, '81, copied by BGE / 7779-A-1881 / Adjutant General's Office / Dec 6, 1881 / This is accepted as referring to Jefferson J Smith, Co B, 18th Reg't Mo Vols and records will be corrected accordingly / A ? Nickerson?, Assistant Adjutant General
     Item 22:  [Notation]  S 18 Mo / Jefferson J Smith / Co B, 18 Reg't Mo Inf / Notation / Book mark 7779 A 1881 / Record and Pension office, War Department, Washington, Sept 6, 1901 / It has this day (Sept 6, 1901) been determined by this Department from the records and from evidence on file that the above named soldier died May 14, 1862.  Notation of Dec 16, 1881 is canceled.  / W W Gibson, copyist

---National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Jefferson J Smith / Regiment Name 18 Missouri Infantry / Side Union / Company  B / Soldier's Rank_In  Sgt / Soldier's Rank_Out  Sgt / Film Number M390 roll 45

I don't know how long after Jeff's death that Emily learned of it.  She was not yet 30 years old and had four children at home, including a baby less than one year old.  Emily managed for a while, then in March of 1868 she married a widower, Preston Riddle, whose wife had died a year before.  Preston had small children still at home, and the two households became one.  Preston and Emily had three children, one dying as a child, one as a teenager, and one as a young adult.  The article Two Riddles tells about the girls.

This house was probably Preston's home.  I haven't done research on the original owner, but on an early plat map, the owner is shown is Emily Riddle.  Emily lived here the rest of her life, apparently by herself after Preston's death in January 1896 until shortly before her own in September 1909.  I have made myself a note to do some land record looking.

Emily (Wilson) Smith Riddle in Powersville, Missouri.  

Property was adjacent to the cemetery, according to a plat map of the era.

1870 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, Unionville, 20 August
216/216  Riddle, Preston, 45, farmer, vore 1700 vope 850, b Tennessee / Emily, 35, keeps house, b Kentucky // Sarah, 16, school, b Indiana; Mary E, 14, school, b Indiana; James A, 11, school, b Indiana; Elias, 10, school, b Missouri; Nancy A, 5, school, b Missouri; Louisa J, 1, b Missouri /// Smith, Mary E, 16, school, b Kentucky; Smith, Susan, 14, school, b Missouri; Smith, Geo J, 9, school, b Missouri
[Emily's other Smith child, John, was working as a farm hand nearby]

1880 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, 5-6 July
257/261  Riddle, Preston, 55, farmer, b Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee / Emily, 47, wife, keeping house, b Ky -- -- // Nancy A, 15, dau, school, b Missouri Tennessee Tennessee; Louisa J, 11, dau, school, b Missouri Tennessee Kentucky; Rilla T, 9, dau, school, b Missouri Tennessee Kentucky; Thomas M, 4, son, b Missouri Tennessee Kentucky /// James A, 22, son, single, teacher, b Indiana Tennessee Tennessee

1900 Missouri, Putnam Co, York Twp, 16 June
147/147  Riddle, Emily, head, b Nov 1833, 66, wd, 10 ch 4 liv, owner farm 102, b Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky

Emily's death is recorded here:
        Obituary: unidentified newspaper clipping, (Oct 1, 1909 hand written)
        Emily Riddle was born November 10, 1833, in Grant county, Kentucky, was married to James J Smith August 1, 1850.  To this union were born five children, two sons and three daughters, one of the daughters dying in infancy.  The other four children were present at funeral services.  Her husband enlisted in the service of his country in 1861 and died a prisoner of war, May 17, 1862.
        She was united in her second marriage to Preston Riddle, March 18, 1868, and to this union were born five children, all of whom have preceded her to the better land where sorrow and pain are unknown.
        She was again left a widow January 24, 1896, ad [sic] lived alone for thirteen years, when on June 24, 1909, being stricken with paralysis, she was moved to her daughter's, Mrs J H Greer, where she made her home until her death, which occurred Sept 21, 1909.  She was buried at the Greer Cemetery, seven miles southeast of Clio.  
        She was united with the Methodist church when quite young and lived a quiet christian life, ____ by all who knew her.
        She bore affliction with much patience and christian fortitude, expressing satisfaction with anything done for her.  As her friends, we all feel that she has only crossed the threshold into a more glorious existence and shall strie [sic] to meet her on the plane where partings are no more and while it seems sad to see her on earth no more we abide in the submission, "Thy will, not mine, be done."


Ok, you are saying, Jeff was the Smith, not Emily, except for a while as a wife and also as mother of Smith children.  That's were I am working now.  I have previously written about beginning my hunt for the Smith children, starting with oldest child John Samuel Smith.  I have found some information about George, the youngest, and found that Susan died as a young wife.  Mary Elizabeth, who married James Henry Greer, and is our direct line, is the fourth child.  More to come later on these Smith children as I continue the journey.

Emily had a hard life.  Her obituary says she bore it all with fortitude and patience.  She is an inspiration to me and I'm very glad to have the portrait on my wall.


ps.  Emily had a sister.  Betty Wilson married Henry Burns and they moved to Iowa, it seems like the same time as Emily and Jeff - and it appears a couple of other Wilson children came too.  I have a photograph of Betty and am including it here.

Elizabeth Jane (Wilson) Burns, 

born 7 November 1827, Grant Co, Kentucky, 

died April 2, 1915, Powersville, Putnam Co, Missouri

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Descendants of Shadrack Chandler and Elizabeth Latta, part 2

James Jackson Chandler, the youngest child of Shadrack and Elizabeth, was born the 18th of December 1824, in Maury County, Tennessee.  He is the earliest Chandler for whom I have a likeness.  

I have these notes in my file:
---pictures of James Jackson and Mary Jane are photographs taken by Jack Chandler while on a visit to Tennessee.  Mary Elizabeth says they were 16x20 charcoal drawings; she has photographs of the original drawings in their frames, hanging on the wall in the home of Bertha (Chandler) Thorne, daughter of James and Mary Jane.  Mary Elizabeth also has an old photograph of James that is the same pose as the drawing, only a full photo - not just head and shoulders.  Feb 2005: she believes that Lanier Thorne . . . grandson of Bertha and great-grandson of James and Mary Jane, would know the current whereabouts of the original pictures.

---Mary Elizabeth Chandler Fields has a watch belonging to James Jackson Chandler.  It is made by Joseph Johnson, Liverpool, England, and was made about 1824, according to the serial number on the watch.  1824 is the year James J was born.  The pocket watch is heavy and is silver with a jeweled movement.  I don't know if there is a correlation between the date of the watch and the birth of James, but it's an intriguing thought that the watch and birthdate match.

James was only 14 when his father Shadrack died.  Next older child, Sarah, married in 1839 so she was still at home at the time of Shadrack's death.  Son John Chandler married July 1938, the same year as his father's death.  Shelby didn't marry until 1850 and is shown here with Elizabeth and James living with he and his new wife.

1850 Tennessee, Maury Co, Dist No 22, 21 August
51/51  Shelby Chandler, 33, farmer, vore 1200, b Tennessee / Lavina, 21, b Tennessee /// Elizabeth, 66, b North Carolina; Jas J, 26, farmer, b Tennessee

James then appears on these three census records:

1860 Tennessee, Maury Co, District No 22, Columbia, 9 August
1006/1006 Sarah Roan, 36, vope 250, b Tennessee / Rebecca, 19, b Tennessee; Thomas, 17, farmer, b Tennessee; Sarah E, 15, b Tennessee /// James J Chandlers, 35, house carpenter, vope 2500, b Tennessee

1870 Tennessee, Maury Co, 22nd Civil District, Columbia, _ July
302/315  Payne, David, 30, b, farming, b Tennessee / Ellen, 25, b, house keeping, b Tennessee // Dick, 5, b, at home, b Tennessee; Sarah, 4, b, at home, b Tennessee; Gordon, 6/12, b, b Jan, at home, b Tennessee /// Payne, Amy, 50, black, domestic servant, b Tennessee;  Chandler, James J, 44, farmer, vore 4000 vope 1700, b Tennessee; Chandler, Elizabeth, 90, at home, b N Carolina; Chandler, Rebecca, 55, house keeper, b N Carolina; Chandler, Sally, 46, at home, b Tennessee; Rone, Lizzie, 25, at home, b Tennessee; Chandler, James W, 18, at school, vope 100, b Tennessee

1880 Tennessee, Maury Co, 22nd Civil District, 19 June
229/229  Miller, Nancy, 47, wd, keeping house, b Georgia South Carolina South Carolina // W D, son, 24, single, farmer, b Alabama Alabama Georgia; Sarah A, 21, dau, single, at home, b Alabama Alabama Georgia; Nancy E, 19, dau, at home, b Alabama Alabama Georgia; John, 17, son, farmer, school, b Alabama Alabama Georgia; Marcus, 13, son, school, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia; Pattie, 11, dau, school, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia; Walter, 9, son, school, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia; Jerome, 7, son, school, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia; Leona, 4, dau, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia  /// Chandler, James, 56, son-in-law, wd, carpenter, b Tennessee North Carolina North Carolina; Nannie, 4, gr dau, b Tennessee Tennessee Alabama; Berthie, 2, gr dau, b Tennessee Tennessee Alabama; Jimmie, 3/12, gr son, b Tennessee Tennessee Alabama

The 1860 and 1870 census records are eye-openers.  James had a value of personal estate of 2500 dollars.  Since he was a carpenter, he must have had plenty of tools to do his work with.  On the 1870 census, after the Civil War, James had value of real estate of 4000 dollars in and value of personal estate was 1700 dollars.  The value of his possessions is less, but the real estate amount is very interesting.  Yet, he was living in the households of others.  I haven't found enough records to be able to tell why he was in such good financial condition.  

James' brother Shelby died in 1862.  James became guardian of Shelby's son James.  James was still single, caring for his mother and other family members.  

James went to war.

---48 Reg't, Tenn Inf, Co's A and B, 1861-1863    
*James J Chandler pvt Capt Thomas E Jamison's Co, 48 Regiment Infantry not dated
*James J Chandler pvt Co A  48 Reg't Tennessee Infantry  Jan 26 to Mar 2, 1862 (dated Apr 30, 1862)  Enlisted Nov 26 1861 Maury Co  by Ths Jamerson  for 12 mos. From Co K to Co A 48 Reg't Tenn  Mar 3, '62
*J J Chandler pvt Co A 48 Reg't Tennessee Infantry age 37 years  Roll dated Mobile, Ala  Oct 21 1863  Joined for duty and enrolled Dec 12 1861 Nashville by Cate(?) Beal  for 12 mos present
*J J Chandler pvt Co B  48 Reg't Tennessee Inf  for Mch 1 to July 1, 1862  Enlisted Nov 26 1861 Maury Co  by Thos Jameson for 12 mos paid by Morgan to March 1 1862  present From Co K to B, 48 Regt, May 2, 1862
*J J Chandler pvt Co B  48 Reg't Tennessee Inf  for July & Aug 1862  Enlisted Nov 26 1861 Maury Co by Thos Jameson for 12 mos last paid by Capt Wooten to July 1 1862  present  Note: name appears in col of names present as Jas J Chandler
*J J Chandler Co B 48 Tenn Regt  appears on a list of mechanics in the 3d Corps, Army of the Mississippi  List not dated  Brigade 2  3  Occupation  House carpenter   
*J J Chandler pvt Capt Jemerson's Co, Capt Sowell's Detachment Tennessee Infantry
Appears on a list of men of the organization named above at Decatur on the 16th day of March, 1862   List dated Decatur, Ala  Mch 16, 1862

Elizabeth (Latta) Chandler, mother of James, died in August 1872.  James married 24th October 1875 at Columbia, Maury Co, Tennessee.  James was 51 and Nancy was 21.

---Marriage Record, Tennessee, Maury Co, Bk 5, p59, entry 12018

James J Chandler to Mary J Miller, license issued October 23, 1875. I solemnized the rites of matrimony between the within named parties the 24th day of October 1875.  R B Allen, JP

Nancy was the daughter of John H Miller, a Civil War soldier when not a farmer, and Nancy E Brumley.  John Miller died in 1877, leaving behind his wife and 11 children.  

Mary Jane is listed on only two census records, those of 1860 and 1870.  By April of 1880 she had died, leaving behind three children.  James and his children are living with his mother-in-law, still in Maury Co, Tennessee.

1880 Tennessee, Maury Co, 22nd Civil District, 19 June

229/229  Miller, Nancy, 47, wd, keeping house, b Georgia South Carolina South Carolina // W D, son, 24, single, farmer, b Alabama Alabama Georgia; Sarah A, 21, dau, single, at home, b Alabama Alabama Georgia; Nancy E, 19, dau, at home, b Alabama Alabama Georgia; John, 17, son, farmer, school, b Alabama Alabama Georgia; Marcus, 13, son, school, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia; Pattie, 11, dau, school, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia; Walter, 9, son, school, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia; Jerome, 7, son, school, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia; Leona, 4, dau, b Tennessee Alabama Georgia  /// Chandler, James, 56, son-in-law, wd, carpenter, b Tennessee North Carolina North Carolina; Nannie, 4, gr dau, b Tennessee Tennessee Alabama; Berthie, 2, gr dau, b Tennessee Tennessee Alabama; Jimmie, 3/12, gr son, b Tennessee Tennessee Alabama

James lived in Tennessee all his life.  When he died, he was buried in Lasting Hope Cemetery, next to Mary Jane.

---Note from Mary Elizabeth Fields:

-In 1977 when John and Mary Elizabeth visited Lasting Hope Cemetery, they had a photo of Mary Jane Miller Chandler's gravestone.  Since there was no longer a marker on James Chandler's grave, we contacted a monument company; they said they would check the cemetery records and place a marker on his grave.  (We had been told that the original marker was of wood.)  So John and Mary and Clinton Chandler paid for and had the stone placed on James Jackson's grave in 1977.

Find a grave memorial for James is 11126110 and for Mary Jane it is 15195895.

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The three children of James and Mary Jane lived just a short while longer in Maury County.  The family story says that the children were mistreated by other family members after James died and they found ways to leave the county.  Nannie married and moved away; she married a second time and later died in Oklahoma City, after an illness of several years.  Bertha married and moved to Memphis where she lived until her death.

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The third child, James Mallard Chandler, is our direct line.  Jimmy was born March 15th 1880; his mother, Mary Jane, died April 12, 1880, at the age of 26.  

I have never found an explanation for Jim's middle name of Mallard.  I finally looked at the 1880 census (Jim's birth year) for Dist 22, Maury Co, Tennessee, and find that there are two Mallards - one is W L Mallard, farmer, with a wife and children; the other is J R Mallard and wife, he a physician, born Tennessee.  Both men state that their mother was born in North Carolina.  Perhaps this is where James Jackson drew the name for his son - from a neighbor or from the doctor.  

Jim Chandler was, among other things a builder, building for his family a small house in Oklahoma City.

Jim's three children - Jack, Clint, and Mary Elizabeth - sat down at dates between 1976 and 1979 to record their memories of their dad.  I have lengthy typed records from those conversations.

Jim was a steamfitter for most of his life, moving from place to place, until wife Lora said they were going to settle down in one place.  

In 1905 he was living in Dallas, Texas.  One of the older Miller children had moved his mother and some siblings to Texas and Jim was there, too.

1905 Texas, Dallas Co, Dallas city directory
Chandler, James M, hlpr Mosher Mfg Co, r 536 S Austin

1906 Kansas, Sedgwick Co, Wichita city directory
Chandler, James M, helper Boxworth-Hahn & Co, r 1901 N Lawrence av

On March 1st, 1904, Jim and Lora Belle Tryon, of Wichita, Kansas, were married in Wichita. Lora was born May 21, 1885, Kechi Township, Sedgwick Co, Kansas.  

State of Kansas, County of Sedgwick.  Wichita, Kansas, March 1st 1904
. . . You are hereby authorized to join in marriage J M Chandler of Wichita, Kansas, aged 23 years, Lora B Tryon of Wichita, Kansas, aged 18 years . . . I, J T May, a minister of the Gospel, do hereby certify . . . I did, on the 1st day of March AD 1904, at my residence, 1328? S Douglas, Wichita, Ks, in said County, join and unite in Marriage the within-named J M Chandler and Lora B Tryon. 

In 1907 Jim and Lora were living in Wichita

1907 Kansas, Sedgwick Co, Wichita city directoryChandler, James M (Lora) helper Bosworth-Hahn & Co, r 212 Mathewson av

By 1910 Jim is listed as a steam fitter working for a plumbing company.  They lived in Wichita when their first child was born.  His name was Clarce Mallard Chandler, but every one called him Jack.  

Jim and Lora Chandler with son Clarce "Jack"

A 1911 city directory for Dallas, Texas lists Jim Chandler as a steamfitter; 1915 they are in Houston; in 1917 in Waco, Texas; in 1919 back in Wichita.  It was 1916 before their second child was born, Clinton on April 20, 1916, in Dallas, Texas.  

Lora and Jim Chandler with son Clinton

I think it must have been after that when Lora wanted a permanent home.  They were in Oklahoma city in 1920 and stayed there for the rest of their lives.  Daughter Mary Elizabeth was born 1927 in Oklahoma City.  There was a 10 year gap between the first two children and an 11 year gap between the second and third.  Aunt Mary always said she felt like an only child at times, since Jack was gone from home by the time she came along and Clint so much older, their friends and interests didn't coincide.  

Clinton, Mary, Jack, Lora and Jim Chandler, 

1940s, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Lora and Jim were married 57 years when he died in 1961.  

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Their middle child, Clinton Chandler, is our direct line.    

More about Clint is in this article about his Navy life.

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