Hamilton Brown was the oldest son of James Brown (ca. 1802-1867) and older brother of Elizabeth (Brown) Anderson. In the 1850 census, Hamilton is listed with his wife Rebecca Ramsey, in the household of James Brown. Hamilton and Rebecca were relative newlyweds, having married in 1849 and Hamilton and his half-brother, Thomas J, were workingContinue reading “Hamilton Brown | Murdered”
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Thomas Hardy | Will & Land Distribution
Thomas Hardy wrote his last will and testament in the summer of August 1811 and by the next spring (May 1812), it was probated in court: To his wife, Mary, he lent “four feather beds and furniture, and all my household and kitchen furniture, plantation utensils, &c.” He also lent “one bay mare called Lady,Continue reading “Thomas Hardy | Will & Land Distribution”
Joseph Relfe | Widow
Joseph Relfe died in 1818, leaving an estate in debt, a widow, and four “infant” boys, Stephen, Joseph, Malachi and Josiah. In this case, the “infant” boys are merely under 21 years of age. Many family histories located on the web and in ancestry.com list Joseph Relfe’s wife as Mary Trueblood with a son, Joseph,Continue reading “Joseph Relfe | Widow”
Henrietta Mariah Van Slyke | Orphan
In 1852, Henrietta’s father, Andrew Van Slyke died. In 1857, her mother. Her eldest sister and her husband moved back to Texas to administer the estate and three siblings were sent to lived with three separate guardians. Guardianship was a legal arrangement to manage the property of those considered unable to manage it themselves, eitherContinue reading “Henrietta Mariah Van Slyke | Orphan”
Nathan B Cook | Casualty of Disease
Nathan B Cook was the second son of Permelia (Baker) Cook Rickner. Permelia had married James H Cook (I) in Washington County, Missouri in 1828. In the 1830 US Federal Census, they were enumerated in Crawford County, Missouri, a neighboring county in Meramec Township, created in 1829 from Gasconade county. Nathan’s father died prior toContinue reading “Nathan B Cook | Casualty of Disease”
Moses J Baker | Civil War
Samuel Rickner married Permelia Baker in 1832. Rickner, an immigrant from Switzerland, married into a slave-holdinng family that had migrated to Missouri from Kentucky and who in previous generations had migrated from the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina, all slave-holding states. In the mid 1830s, the Rickner family and Permelia’s brother, Moses J BakerContinue reading “Moses J Baker | Civil War”
Jonathan Walden | Brother, Lewis
Jonathan Walden’s obituary states that his parents died when he was young and he converted to the Baptist faith, shortly before moving to Ohio. It gives no other indication to his family. The earliest records located for Jonathan show that he married Sarah Millikin in Jackson County, Ohio in 1832 (Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993Continue reading “Jonathan Walden | Brother, Lewis”
John Walden | Morgan’s Raid
In 1867, William A. Walden posted an Executor’s notice in the Jackson Standard that he had been appointed as the executor of John Walden’s last will and testament. His will was recorded in the Probate Office of Jackson County, where his mother and most of his siblings were residing. He bequeathed “all the interest IContinue reading “John Walden | Morgan’s Raid”
George Vanslyke | Model T & Pie Suppers
George Vanslyke (1887-1967) purchased a Model T in 1927 from the Carter Hardware Store in Stella, MO. 1927 was the last year that Ford produced the Model T. Our first car was a 1927 Model T Ford- a demonstration model which the Carter Hardware Store at Stella, which had a Ford agency, sold Dad. IContinue reading “George Vanslyke | Model T & Pie Suppers”
James Brown | First Wife
Who was his wife prior to Rachel Pearse? James Brown died in 1867 while visiting his daughter, Elizabeth Anderson, in Greenwood County, KS. His probate records report that he died intestate with a widow and children living in Fulton County, Illinois. Elizabeth Anderson, his daughter, had married Devine Anderson in Fulton County in 1847 andContinue reading “James Brown | First Wife”
Finding the Yellow Bricks 