Josiah V. Thompson Uniontown, Pa Family Record Book No 16
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Rogers Carothers married Sept 29, 1789 Sarah Penwell by Rev Robert Davidson, pastor Pres Church, Carlisle, Pa See Mch 1926 Vol 18 No 3 page 303 Genealogical Soc of Pa Magazine. I think she was a 2d wife. [children] Andrew Carothers, married 1 Mary Hayes. He lists below her seven children. She died at age of 54 yrs. Married 2 Mary Robinson. Had three children. He moved from Cumb Co, Pa to Henderson Co, Ills in 1841 by wagon & walking. Andrew Carothers, B Mch 18, 1816, married Lydia Fisher Sarah Ann Carothers, married John Brooks John Carothers, married Gaddis Andrew Carothers Jacob Carothers, married Helen Ritchey Mary Ann Carothers, B May 27, 1818 married Fickes in Pa & did not come west, but had daughter Hattie. John Carothers, B Sept 16, 1820 Ira H. Carothers Samuel Carothers James Carothers, B Dec 24, 1822 Sarah Jane Carothers, B Feby 19, 1825 married John B. Fort Myra Fort, married Fort Virginia Fort, Daughter, married Frank Davis Florence Fort Anna Fort Marion Fort, married, lives in Stronghurst, Ills Edward Fort Caroline Carothers B Mch 14, 1827 in Cumb Co, Pa ob May 14, 1899 married May 31, 1854 in Ills Saml Steel Rankin, born May 3, 1830 in Park Co, Indiana, son of James Rankin & wife Elizabeth Brown. He died Feby 20, 1915 in Henderson Co, Ills to which he came in 1833 with his parents. Both buried at the old Ellison g.y. 3 miles from Media, Ills. Children all born on the old farm near Biggsville, Ill also near Media, Ills Lurancy Elizabeth Rankin, B Mch 21, 1855 married Wm Pogue. He is dead & she lives in Stronghurst, Ills. Has 3 children. Also see Mrs Pogue See page 184. Charles Pogue Arthur Pogue, ob Mch 1926 Olive Pogue, ob Harriet Ann Rankin, B Sept 9, 1856 married Apr 8, 1886 Andrew Carter Allison. Both living in Stronghurst, Ill on a farm one? mile out. Have 3 girls. Thinks she got her parent's bible record. Children all born near Stronghurst, Ills. He was born Feby 14, 1846 near Wbg, Pa son of Jno McBride Allison & wife Margaret Carter. See book 20 page 123. Clara Eleanor Allison, B Oct 24, 1887 married Mch 24, 1909 Merle Leonetta, B May 24, 1889 married June 21, 1907 Bessie Porter Allison, B May 30, 1893 married Sept 27, 1916 Infant son, Born & died on Dec 25, 1897. Mary Ellaner Rankin [dau of Saml Steele Rankin] B Dec 2, 1858 married June 23, 1881 Prof Edwd Payson Thompson He dead. She lives at Riverside, Calif. Has 5 children 124 Westmoreland St Harriet Eleanor Thompson, B Oct 21, 1882 single, See book 22 page 41 Dr Wm Howard Thompson, B May 26, 1887 married Nov 30, 1911. Lives Riverside, Calif. Saml Edward Thompson, B Nov 4, 1889 married Aug 15, 1917. Live Omaha, Neb Riba Geneva Thompson B June 8, 1892, single Carolyn Rankin Thompson, B Apr 8, 1902, single Charles Elmore Rankin, B Oct 24, 1861, married June 21, 1893 in Warren Co, Ills to Nola Brent B Aug 20, 1872 in Ellison, Warren Co, Ills, daughter of Elias Carter Brent & wife Eliza Fitzhugh Payne. Have had but one child, my informant born near Biggsville, Ills Russell Lowell Rankin, B July 8, 1894 unmarried. educated, having graduated 1st fr Tarkis College Mo in 1918 2d fr Drake Univ Des Moines in 1922 fr Yale Univ, New Haven, Conn in 1924 from the Law school taking a doctors degree P.O. 2838 Brattleboro Ave, Des Moines, Iowa. Ralph Worthington Rankin, B May 3, 1865 married June 19, 1895 to Jennie Lant. Both living at Stronghurst, retired abt 3 miles out. Has several children, say 5. He knows more about the family. Generally has a good memeory & takes an interest in family lore. His wife was born Dec 18, 1878 daughter of David G. Lant & wife Anna Letitia Sampy. See book 20 p 60 Lloyd Rankin, B May 30, 1896 see book 20 p 60 Harold Orter Rankin, B Dec 5, 1898 see book 20 p 60 Mabel Winifred Rankin, B May 31, 1901 Donald Wayne Rankin, B Aug 14, 1903 Lawrene Dale, a boy B Dec 23, 1905 John Wesley Rankin [son of Saml Steele Rankin] B Apr 11, 1868 married Apr 17, 1895 to Clara Lant sister of Jennie. Both living in Monmouth, Ia, dealer in Walnut lumber. Has 6 children. She was born Sept 21, 1870 daughter of David S. Lant & wife Anna Sampy. Their 3 oldest children born in Biggsville, Ill & 3 youngest in Stronghurst, Ills see Book 21 p 521 Jennie Marie, B May 3, 1896 Dean Willard B May 21, 1898, married Anna Caroline, B Sept 13, 1900 Dorothy Evelyn, B Oct 2, 1902, married Marjorie Bernice, B July 4, 1910 David Kenneth, B Feby 14, 1913 Laura Jeannette Rankin, B Jany 28, 1870 at Biggsville, Ills married June 21, 1905 to Samuel R. McArthur. He was born near Biggsville, Ills Mch 23, 1860 son of Rev James McArthur U.P. & his wife Anna McNab. Both living at Newton, Kan R.E. dealer & abstractor. 2 children born at Newton, Ks. Anna Carolyn McArthur, B Nov 29, 1907 single Laurene Jeannette McArthur, B Sept 29, 1909 single. Harriet Carothers [dau of Andrew b 1816] B June 5, 1829 ob. Married Saml McElhinney. John McElhinney did live in Stronghurst, Ills James Carothers, B Aug 23, 1842 Matthew Carothers, B June 24, 1844 Martha Carothers, B Oct 18, 1845 V16 Page 76 At residence of Tome [sic] Sylvanus Arnold, 1203 South Main St Leon Decatur Co, Iowa, Mch 2, 1926 6 PM I arrived here about 4:30 PM & was admitted by Mr Arnold. His wife had gone up town about 3 o'c & only got back ten minutes ago. She has given me an old piece of paper which is in the handwriting of her father, Dr John Patterson Finley 1813 1883 which she says embodies what his Uncle Samuel Finley, the much married man told him when once here on a visit many years before her father died. I copy the paper entire as it disproves the statement of Major A.F. France that Rev Robt W. Finley was the son of Henry of Archibald. This James might have been a brother of Henry. Investigate the Archibald Finley children in Bucks Co, Pa The paper is: [margin note reads:] Where I have used Pickard in this conference, change to "Piqua" "Statement of Saml Finley. My first recollection of our family is near Camden, S.C. My grandfather's name was James & he had five sons, James, George, Thomas, Robert & Samuel and & daughter named Mary. Samuel was a Presbyterian minister, lived in Lincoln Co, Ky. I visited him some forty years
Robert W. Finley (Samuel's father) born June 8, 1750 & died Dec 8, 1840. Rebecca Finley died Mch 22, 1821. Hannah Hough born Dec 4, 1787" (It was written 1797 & the 8 is written over the 9 I think or vice versa)
She tells of a Mrs Layton living here who with Helen Finley Daily visited Concord Church g.y. near Claysville, Pa 5 or 6 miles from Washington, Pa, West where they found many very old tombstones of the Finlays, Pattersons & Posts, the latter being Mrs Layton's family. Mrs Arnold has D.A.R. papers galore of many persons & from these & other data, I will commence a genealogical table on page 80. Mrs Arnold has the bible records of her father & grandfather which I am incorporating in the table. Jesse Finley born 1764 died 1854 married 1785 to Charles Gillam. Stephen Harrison Arnold's mother was a cousin of Wm H. Harrison. Stephen H's father was John Harrison Arnold & his father Sylvanus Arnold married Phoebe Loree Harrison. They have funeral card of Rev J.B.
They have also have a card signed by Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Meth Epis Church setting apart John P. Finley as a deacon of the M.E. church dated Sept 17, 1815. In the Democrat Reporter of Leon, Iowa, among the obituary notices of Dr John P. Finley (father of my informant, Mrs Arnold) who died Sunday Mch 11, 1883 is one by Henry Clay Dean in which he says "In Dec 1849, I met him at his home in Bloomfield, Iowa. He was then vigorous, brilliant & versatile, gentle as a child in his manners, kind as a woman in his devotion to a friend & brave as a lion in defense of his conviction of right. Dr Finley was of a noble stock of Scotch Irish Presbyterians. My father listened to the ministrations of his grandfather Robert Finley in Western Penna. Robert Finley was a strong man among strong men. Two of his sons, John P. Finley, the father of our friend Dr Finley & James B. Finley were Methodist minister. Rev John P. Finley died while he was President of Augusta College, Ky. A nobler heart never beat in the bosom of a man. Leon, Iowa Mch 12 Henry Clay Dean
It states that Rev Robert W. Finley was educated at Princeton College. Helen Finley Daily's D.A.R. papers is No 94664. Some of the papers I have seen here state that Rev Robt W. Finley was born in Bucks Co, Pa. Wm McKendree Finley was an M.D. & married Mary Bangs & he died in Aug 1880. He had children: Anna Martha married Capt John Duffield John Bangs, M.D. married Mary Moore. Samuel Parker, married Ella Wray & lost two small children Ella Wray was granddaughter of Saml of many wives. Anna Martha had 3 children, one died aged 2 mos & the others: Dr Wm Duffield living at Los Angeles Calif in the Auditorium Bldg No 516 married no issue. Mary Moore was daughter of Samuel B. Moore & wife Clark. They had four children viz: Dr Park A. Olga married Horace SuSong. Live Des Moines John, married Reika, single Where I have used Pickaney here, change to Piqua. Leaving 12:12 PM Mch 3, 1926 See book 11 p 409 V16 Page 80 & V16 Page 81 [descendant chart] James Finley [children] James George Thomas Rev Robert W. Finley, Born in Bucks Co, Pa June 8, 1750 ob Dec 8, 1840 married 1780 to Rebecca Bradley born 1752 ob Mch 22, 1821 daughter of James Bradley born in Wales 1720 died 1796 & his wife Elizabeth Pelham 172401788 married 1742. He & his sons James, John & Francis all served in the Revolutionary War, the three sons being killed by the Tories. He first settled in Delaware & then went to North & South Carolina where he lived until 1786 when he moved to Ky with his son in law Robert W. Finley. Rev John Patterson Finley, B June 13, 1783 ob May 8, 1825 married Sarah Strain, Feby 7, 1805, b 1787 ob 1852. See life of James B. Finley p 419. James Wilkes Finley, B Dec 26, 1806 don't know about him. Elvirah Hugby Finley B Nov 13, 1809, married William B. Hutt & went to Little rock, Ark & died there & her children if living are. She died Oct 1, 1863. Finley Hutt youngest son lived at Little Rock, or Pine Bluff, Ark. Elizabeth Pelham Finley, B June 29, 1811, married Wm Cheever at Piqua, Miami Co, O a half bro of Mrs A's mother. Children all dead. One in Davis Co, Iowa, A granddaughter, Miss Clif [sic] Cole married Milton Hull. He dead & she lives in Oklahoma near or at Byron, Okla. Robert Thomas Finley, B Aug 29, 1813 (twin) ob Oct 5, 1814 John Patterson Finley, B Aug 29, 1813 (twin) ob Mch 11, 1883 at Leon, Iowa, married Sept 28, 1836 at Piqua, O to Maria Louisa Cheever B Dec 4, 1818 at Piqua, O daughter of John Mann Cheever & 2d wife Helen Haup. She died at Point Piqua, O Jany 5, 1865 at Des Moines, Iowa & is buried here at Leon. They had 7 children, the oldest born in Piqua, 2d in Galena, Ills the 3d in Henry Co, Iowa 4th at Bloomfield, Ills as were also the 5th, 6th, & the youngest, my informant was born here. See page 82. He was a doctor. William McKendree Finley, B July 30, 1816 ob Aug 11, 1880 Samuel Patterson Finley, B Apr 3, 1820. Don't know much about him. Rev Samuel Finley [son of James Finley, subject of this chart] Pres Minister in Lincoln Co, Ky. Moved to Missouri Mary Finley V16 Page 82 & V16 Page 83 [descendant chart] [fermata mark appears here] Dr John Patterson Finley see page 80 born, O. Practiced medicine in Galena, Ills. He was born in Augusta, Ky where his father was then preaching & was President of the College there where his father died & after his death, his widow & the children moved to Piqua, Miami Co, Ohio. He moved in 1839 to Henry Co Iowa & from New London in that Co he moved to Burlington, Iowa & from there to Galena, Ills where he remained until 1845, when he moved to Bloomfield, Iowa & from there he moved in 1853. He was on the Civil War Board of Enrollment, Des Moines from 1861 to 1865. He was a member of the Methodist Church & an officer & a hot Republican & a Christian gentleman. [children] Capt John Patterson Finley Jr, B Sept 17, 1837 ob Apr 10, 1903 at Gering, Neb & is buried here. Married Jany 9, 1865 to Jennie C. Miller born Dec 1, 1841 & died June 16, 1877 at Leon, Iowa & buried here. Daughter of Isaac Miller & his 1st wife Elizabeth Kiemer Lee Had 4 children all born here at Leon. He enlisted in 1861 in 4th Iowa Inf, was captured at Battle of Pea Ridge & escaped 3 days later & had to have his right arm amputated by reason of wounds recd. He was a Captain. Harry Miller Finley, B Dec 16, 1865 ob May 24, 1915 at Omaha, Neb married June 9, 1898 to Mary E. Manor b Nov 11, 1863 at Xenia, O. She is at Soldier's & Sailors Orphan Home Xenia, O. No issue. Daughter of Geo W. Manor & wife Hester A. Collins Present P.O. Address is Box 1170 S & S.O.H. Xenia, O. John Patterson Finley, b 1867 ob aged 1 1/2 yrs & buried here. Helen Finley B Feby 13, 1869 ob Mch 21, 1921 at Lakeside Hospital Chicago, Ills. Married Harlan David Dailey. She buried here. No issue. She was well versed in the family record. Eloise Finley, B June 30, 1871 married Nov 1, to Robert Bruce Wadsworth born July 1858 at Summerset, Iowa, son of ____ Wadsworth & wife _____ Thompson. Both living in Warren Co, Iowa 9 miles S. of Des Moines, Iowa P.O. Carlisle, Iowa, he a farmer. No issue. She has her parent's bible James William Finley B Jany 18, 1840 ob Jany 12, 1866 at Leon, Iowa & is buried here, was not married. He enlisted in 1861 in the 4th Iowa Inf & served throughout the war to in 1865. Was with Sherman to the Sea Charles Parker Finley, B Nov 28, 1842 ob Jany 16, 1904 at Leon, Iowa & is buried here. Married Nov 10, 1869 at Leon, Iowa to Jessie Hammer born Nov 16, at Bonaparte, Iowa, daughter of Tobias W. Hammer & his wife. She died Dec 23, 1922 at Portland, Oregon where she was cremated & the ashes buried here. Had two daughters born here at Leon, Iowa. Ella Finley, B Nov 19, 1874 unmarried living at No 1264 East Flanders, Portland, Oregon with her sister. Florence Finley, B Apr 17, 1876 married to Wm David Bennett. Both living at 1264 East Flanders, Portland, Oregon. Have 3 children born at Portland, Oregon. Finley John Bennett, B Apr 26, 1918 Wayne Bennett, Suzanne Charl Bennett Helen Maria Finley, B Feby 27, 1845 ob Aug 23, 1846 at Bloomfield, Iowa Frank Bradley Finley, B May 27, 1847 married July 1, 1877 in Phillips Co, Kansas to Mary E. Randall born Nov 24, 1854 daughter of Wm Alonzo Randall & wife Melissa Ann Cartwright. Has 6 children. He is a rover in Mo or Ark when last heard from 1st & 2 children born in Pawnee Tp, Smith Co, Ks 3d at Philipsburg, Ks 4th & 5th in Granite Tp, Phillips Co, Ks & 6th at Logan, Ks see book 20 p 615. Kate Finley, B Dec 23, 1878 married Feby 12, 1896 to Walter Henry Winters at Hiawatha, Ks & live near Tryon, Neb. Have 9 or 10 children. He was born in Brown Co, Kan Dec 16, 1871 son of Washington Winters & wife Mary Stumbo. Have 10 children, the 1st two born in Dawson Co, Neb near Lexington & the other 8 in McPherson Co, Neb near Tryon. Warren Lee Winters, B Dec 27, 1896 Jessie Mary Winters, B Mch 9, 1899 Nettie May Winters, B Jany 4, 1901 Elsie Marie Winters, B Nov 13, 1903 Hazel Mildred Winters, B Aug 16, 1906 Ida Myrtle Winters, B Apr 9, 1909 Clara Mabel Winters, B Dec 14, 1911 Clarence L. Winters, B Apr 28, 1914 Kate Madeline Winters, B Aug 11, 1915 Guy LeRoy Winters, B Feby 4, 1919 Ruth Finley, B Apr 22, 1880 at Falls City, Neb married Apr 8, 1908 Mark Alexander Goolsby & lives at Falls City, Neb & has 3 children, 1st two born there & 3d born in Sheridan Co, Neb. He was born Dec 4, 1879 in Richardson Co, Neb son of James Mark Goolsby & wife Kate Sparks. Lawrence Robert Goolsby, B Dec 20, 1908 James Gordon Goolsby, B June 21, 1910 Mary Helen Goolsby, B Dec 1, 1912 John Patterson Finley, B Aug 11, 1883 married June 20, 1925 at Atchison, Ks to Naomi Winifred Newton & lives in Falls City, Neb. She was born Apr 14, 1888 at Chillicothe, Ills daughter of John Newton & wife Ella Dalrymple. No issue. Jessie Finley, B Aug 11, 1887 unmarried & lives at Falls City, Neb my informant by mail for these dates & records. Runs a grocery store. Grace Finley, B May 26, 1890 married Oct 25, 1915 to T.A. Whiting at David City, Ks. No issue. His name is Troy Allen Whiting B July 3, 1895 at Gairleum, Ga son of Wm Harris Cummiham [sic] Whiting & wife Aria Albertine Burch. Bertha Finley, B Apr 29, 1893, married Aug 20, 1917 at St Joseph, Mo Charles Hollis Putnam & live in Chicago, Ill where he is a machinist. No issue. He was born Aug 25, 1879 at Plano, Ills son of Wm Henry Putnam & wife Catherine Henry McNally. Elam Carpenter Finley [son of John Patterson Finley Sr] B Feby 22, 1852 ob Aug 17, 1855 at Leon, Iowa Kate Finley, B Mch 25, 1858 married Jany 6, 1881 at Leon, Iowa to Tome Sylvanus Arnold born Dec 12, 1852 at Tiffin, O son of Stephen Harrison Arnold & his wife Eve Murray. He came to Garden Grove this, Decatur Co, Iowa with his parents June 26, 1854. He entered 1st NBK Leon, Iowa Feby 19, 1872 which sold out to Farmers & Traders Bank, later F & T State Bank, now closed. Had one child born in Leon. Lua Arnold, B Dec 31, 1882 ob Jany 12, 1891 of diptheria. V16 Page 84 Cincinnati, O Hotel Sinton room 411 Mch 4, 1926 10:40 AM I had the recorders office, Des Moines, Iowa search for wills of George & Elizabeth Bailey from 1850 to 1881 & Jesse Fulton from 1850 to 1900 & they reported that they found none. Mrs Kate Arnold, night before last, spoke of Shff Park A. Finley & of his loveliness to his mother who he called every day to see. He was short & light weight & was twice rejected in the Philippine or Spanish American War because of being under weight, but his doctor told him to drink lots of water & he finally passed. He & his brother, John P, who was big & tall over 6 ft, finally went in same Co. John, however was in this country when he heard of Park being in a hospital in the Philippines, Manila, I think very low with typhoid fever. He tried to get leave of absence, but could not, but went over & found Park in bed greatly wasted & taking him in his arms, Park said to him "John, I am going to die". John said "No, you are not, there is no damn soil over here good enough to cover a Finley, you
Mr Arnold said his majority on his first election as Shff was 12,000 & on his second election it was 17,000 & the excellence of his service has been so great that he will be a candidate this year for a third term. Mr Arnold showed me a picture in their sitting room, a big face of Finley type of Wm McKendree Finley, grandfather of the Shff, who he said was peculiar & in his desire to be different from others, put a d in his name spelling it Findley. He also showed pictures of his brother Dr John P. Finley, father of Mrs Arnold which shows a remarkably fine big head, high & expansive brow & very fine handsome face with side whiskers. He told me of his going with a doctor to administer ether to a youngster who had diptheria & the doctor had to cut in the side of the neck to insert a tube in the windpipe which resulted in covering a new suit he had on with blood, which when he came home, he hung high in the barn & two years later fumigated it & cleaned & sterilized it. His wearing it then gave his young daughter the diptheria, the only case in town V16 Page 86 from which she died. Coming east yesterday, there was a light snow at Albia, Iowa, but by the time we reached Fairfield, it was 3 in deep & snowing fast, but it only extended to Burlington, Iowa. the Mississippi River was partly frozen over with ice. The thermometer at Des Moines Tuesday was 12 above & at Leon, 16. When I went to the diner last night at 6 o'c, they seated a large big jawed man with a moustache at my table. Asking him where he got on, he said at Fairfield. He knew Rev Dr T.D. Ewing & is a trustee of Parsons College there. His name is John McMillan Lyon, born in Burlington, Iowa, entd Parsons College as a Prep in 1885 & graduated 1890. Says they have 500 students now which is their capacity. His grandfather, Thomas Harvey Lyon of Canonsburg, Pa region lived to be 94 yrs old & his first wife, grandmother of my informant, was a granddaughter of Rev Dr John McMillan. Frank Lyon at Hill Church, who I visited is an Uncle of my informant being a son of Thomas Harvey Lyons by his second wife. Mr L. said his father moved from Canonsburg, Pa V16 Page 87 Burlington, Iowa in 1866. Mr L. is in the lumber business & was going to Chicago to attend a convention. He lives at La Harpe, Hancock Co, Ills opposite Keokuk. I find that the representative of Clark & Krebs Coal & Mining Engineers of Charleston, WVA, one A.O. Kirshner by name of 6257 Montgomery Road here, is reported as being in Huntington, WVA last night & is expected to reach home at noon today. It is now 12:15 PM V16 Page 88 At residence of Mrs Sarah Margaret Simkins No 116 Griffith St, Jackson, Hinds Co, Mississippi, Mch 5, 1926 4:40 PM I arrived in Jackson on the Illinois Central at 3:45 PM & went to the Royal Hotel where I found that Miss Simkins had not been there for the past year. Miss Ida Mayes Simkins says her mother, Mrs Sarah Margaret Simkins nee Sarah Margaret Redburn, Simkins;Sarah Margaret (Redburn)Simkins;Sarah Margaret (Redburn)Simkins;Sarah Margaret (Redburn)Simkins;Sarah Margaret (Redburn)Simkins;Sarah Margaret (Redburn) Redburn;Sarah Margaret (family record) Family Records;Redburn, Sarah Margaret daughter of Rev John Redburn & his first wife Summers was born Sept 7, 1838 in Franklin Co, Ills, she thinks, celebrated her 87th birthday anniversary on Sept 7th last in this house which Miss Ida rents & on Oct 15, 1925 went to Little Rock, Ark where she now is with her daughter Mrs Anna Rude, a widow at NO 202 E 11th St while Ida M. went to the Ear, Eye, Nose & Throat hospital at New Orleans where she had a serious Anthrumi [best guess] operation, leaving her Jany 25, 1926 & returning here Feby 20, 1926. She says her mother had nine children of whom three are living which in the order of their ages were: 1. Mary Jane now dead unmarried. 2. James Logan, married now living V16 Page 89 at Ludlow, Mo & has five children. He is a farmer out of town. [fermata mark appears here beside next entry] 3. Sarah Florence, now dead, married William Houk, he dead also. Have five children living & two dead. They live in Okla, two at Sapulpa, one at El Reno, one at Hominy & one in Kansas City, MO. Thinks her mother & sister can give dates. 4. Prudence Elizabeth married Fred Barnes of Kansas City, Mo he living there & she dead. Have one child. 5. Cora Anna married Gilbert A. Rude who is dead & she is living as above stated in Little Rock, Ark. She had not children, but adopted Jack Henderson Rude whose name was Young, who was born at Fayetteville, Ark on Dec 16, 1898. He married when 17 to Rose Snyder of Little Rock, Ark & have one child. 1. Jack Rude born Nov 28, 1916 at Little Rock, Ark. They live here with Ida. She being back at Memphis. 6. Samuel Mayes died a babe before Ida M. was born 7. Ida Mayes Simkins born Oct 21, 1875 near Fayetteville, Ark. Unmarried was housekeeper of Royal Hotel here for 5 yrs & at Hotel Heidelburg for one year in 1925. 8. Manuel Calloway Shepard Simkins died single. 9. Wm Theodore, married & has 2 children V16 Page 90 living & two dead. He died June 27, 1920 at Beggs, Okla where he was a mechanical engineer connected with Oil plants there. I have concluded to come back here from Scooba, Miss & go up to Memphis, Tenn & Miss Ida says it is only three hours from Memphis, Tenn. Says the Southern Hotel is the best at Meridian Miss & the Marion at Little Rock Ark. I will go now to the Royal & get my satchel & go to the Station & take the 6:10 PM train to Meridian, Miss. Leaving 5:40 PM
V16 Page 92 At residence of Capt Guy Jack Scooba, Kemper Co, Miss, Mch 6, 1926 9:40 AM Mr Jack has a "History of Mississippi, the heart of the South Vol 4 illustrated published by the S.J. Clarke Pub Co, Chicago Ills 1925" edited by Roland Dunbar Mississippi, historian. The article in it about Mr Jack is on page 115 118 inclusive. In a History of Mississippi by Roland Dunbar Vol 1 pub same time by same party on page 478 mentions Capt Wm Jack commanding Mississippi volunteers from near Natchez, sent by Gen Claiborne was among the 105 massacred by the Creek Indians at Fort Mims in Aug 30, 1813? Capt Guy Jack says Genl Andrew Jackson was sent over to Fort Mims & massacred the Indians later. He does not know who this Wm Jack was, but says his grandfather, Patrick Jack in service during the War of 1812 being Col of the 8th U.S. Reg was stationed at Savannah, Georgia, during the War of 1812 when Gen Jackson was at New Orleans. He says two or three of his brothers were also in the War of 1812.
Abner McGehee Jack says that Geo Whitfield Jack at Shreveport, La a Federal Judge, died a year ago & his step mother died abt Christmas. He was son of Wm W. Jack of Natchitoches, La. His brother, Wm H. Jr's daughter, Ada Jack Snell of Minden, La is the writer of short stories. Write to her. Capt Jack says there are Jacks in Augusta, Ga who are very prominent people & he was told when there that they were worth millions & live on Greene St there. They are mfrs of brick. Look up records & get parentage of Harriet Spencer
Write & ask him also of Judge R.V. Davidson who married Laura Jack & whether she is living. Page 991 [941?] Edward Jack's oldest daughter, Flossie married Judge H.C. McCabe of Vicksburgh, Miss. He is dead & she is living in Chicago with a married daughter. She has sons who are lawyers in Vicksburg, viz. H.C. McCabe & Edwin Jack McCabe. Her sister, Miss Fannie Jack, a school teacher lives in Vicksburg. Another sister Miss Pearl Jack is a trained nurse at Hattiesburg, Miss. Write to Miss Fannie for her father's record. A son of Walter lives at Houston, Chickasaw Co, Miss, is married, has children & well off. A daughter, May married a Cheek. Another daughter married a Craig & moved to Waco, Texas & has a large family. Another son, Leb [sic] Jack lives out from Meridian Miss & has a big family. V16 Page 95 Capt Jack says that during the war, when he was but ten years old & his sister 4 yrs older, they were left on the farm with their mother while his father was away in the service with 150 niggers on the plantation, slaves, who understood what the war was for & not an able bodied white man within seven miles, being very few left in the county & any or all of them would have laid down their lives to protect or save their mother or her two children. If any of them were sick, Mrs Jack took them in her own house & cared for them as tenderly as she cared for her own. Capt Guy Jack says that when his father was laying sick on his death bed, the Federal troops came to their farm & took 114 bales of cotton which was then selling at 50 cts a pound equal to $250 a bale record of which is on file in Wash D.C. & his Atty in Wash D.C. is Fred Beall of 600 F St N.W. Washington D.C. This was in the summer of 1865. Abner M. says there is V16 Page 96 three million dollars in the U.S. Treasury now for cotton taken from east Miss alone. Capt Jack proposes using some of this money when paid for the betterment of the negroes of Kemper Co, Miss. [margin note reads:] Capt James Jack Rose A. Collins is now M.C. from 5th Congressional Dist of Miss, comprising Kemper & other Cos viz Lauderdale, Winston, Neshoba, Newton, Clarke, Smith, Jasper, Scott & Wayne
Capt Guy Jack was postmaster here under Prest Wilson for four years & was Supervisor of 14 post offices in Kemper Co under his charge & sold here over $250,000 war Sav Stamps, could not be reappointed because of arriving at 65 yrs of age. He was elected Circuit clerk of Kemper Co in 1875 receiving the largest vote of anyone in the county. Has been Alderman, City Clerk, School Trustee & was largely instrumental in locating the Agricultural V16 Page 97 High School here to which he gave one thousand dollars. Has always been strong against mob violence. Leaving 12:44 AM Mch 7, 1926 Capt Jack gave me several letters which I am to return after making necessary record of the information. He also gave me a copy of his Iconoclast which he said I could keep or give to Pres. Coolidge also a D.A.R. book & 100 master speeches to be rtd. Abner gave me a book on the Chisholm massacre & a copy of "Time" with Robt T. Lincoln's picture on front cover telling about his hanging his mother's picture in the White House or capital alongside his father. Jany 20, 1926 Capt Guy Jack writes Oct 167, 1926 small env filed that he will buy a book.
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