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Ida E. Linebarger¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Ida E. Linebarger was born circa 1881.¹
• Residence: She lived in 1920 with sister Mary and her husband Charles Tillman.¹

• Last Edited: 17 November 2022

Citations

1. [S436] National Archives, Washington Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1920 (Washington, D.C.)

Beatrice Harp

Biography

• Birth: Beatrice Harp was born on 18 September 1905.¹
• Marriage: She married Carroll Wilson Sherry, son of Albert Wallace Sherry and Pearl Tillman, on 29 May 1927.¹
• Name-Marr: As of 29 May 1927,her married name was Beatrice Sherry.
• Burial: Beatrice Harp was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Springdale, Washington Co., Arkansas.¹

• Last Edited: 27 October 2022

Citations

1. [S46] NW AR Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Washington Co. Arkansas Vol. III (Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Socity, Rogers, Arkansas.)

John Troutt¹

Biography

• Birth: John Troutt was born circa 1780.²
• Note: Goodspeed NW Arkansas p. 427, mentions John L. Troutt who bought land in Madison Co. in 1840 - What relation, if any, to Robert Troutt, b. 1822 in Tennessee ??
  
  John Trout is listed in the Madison Co. Arkansas census for 1840 as being age 60-70. His wife is about the same age, and there are three children whose ages match those of Nancy, Winney and Robert. So I will assume that John is the father of Robert Trout.³
• Marriage: He married Mary Kerr.
• Residence: He lived in 1839 in Madison County, Arkansas.⁴

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S416] from Cheryl McDonald, Troutt, Mary - Tombstone (unknown publisher.)
2. [S278] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1840 (ancestry.com), p. 39.
3. [S278] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1840.
4. [S12] Madison Co. Records, Arkansas Land Patents - Madison County (Arkansas Research, Conway, Arkansas), Source Information
   
   United States, Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
   
   Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1993.

Daughter Tillman

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Daughter Tillman was born in February 1910.¹
• Death: She died in July 1911 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, at age 1.²

• Last Edited: 27 May 2014

Citations

1. [S446] compiled records, Washington Co. Arkansas Obituaries Vol. III (unknown publisher), p. 355.
2. [S446] compiled records, Washington Co. Arkansas Obituaries Vol. III.

A. C. Watson¹

Biography

• Marriage: A. C. Watson married.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S446] compiled records, Washington Co. Arkansas Obituaries Vol. III (unknown publisher), p. 355.

Hattie May Larkins^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Hattie May Larkins was born in October 1876 in Chase Co., Kansas.^3,4
• Birth: She was born in 1878.²
• Note: Both parents were born in Pennsylvania.
• Marriage: She married John Samuel Craig, son of Isaac E. Craig and Mary E. Poteat, on 23 September 1891 in Jasper Co., Missouri.¹
• Name-Marr: As of 23 September 1891,her married name was Hattie May Craig.
• Residence: Hattie May Larkins lived in 1920 in St. Clair Co., Missouri.⁵
• Residence: She lived in 1930 in Castle Rock, Jasper County, Missouri, at the time of her death.⁶
• Death: She died on 25 November 1930 in Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri, at age 54.⁶
• Burial: She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri.⁶

• Last Edited: 22 October 2022

Citations

1. [S237] Jasper County Recorder, Jasper Co. Missouri Marriages (unknown publisher), Book M p. 240.
2. [S53] Federal Census, Chase Co. Kansas Census - 1880 (Family History Library), p. 265C.
3. [S323] National Archives, Newton Co. Missouri Census - 1900 (Washington, D.C.)
4. [S309] http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/, Missouri State Archives On-line (unknown publisher.)
5. [S400] National Archives, St. Clair Co. Missouri Census Records - 1920 (ancestry.com), Center Twp. District 136, p. 5 A.
6. [S64] (Craig Death), Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, 26 Nov 1930, page 4 column 3. Hereinafter cited as Joplin Globe.

Stella Mae Craig^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Stella Mae Craig was born on 10 January 1893 in Emporia, Kansas.^1,3
• Death: She died on 27 May 1916 in Jasper Co., Missouri, at age 23 of pulmonary tuberculosis.^3,2,2
• Death: She died in March 1917 in Webb City, Missouri, at age 24.⁴
• Burial: She was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Missouri.⁴
• Note: The book Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon implies that she was buried in Oklahoma, near the oil fields. It says that she got sick working for the Salvation Army. This part is correct, according to Essie's daughter, Billie Ruth Turner.
  
  According to the death certificate, she contracted TB at Emporia. The doctor treated her from March until May of 1916.⁵

• Last Edited: 23 October 2022

Citations

1. [S323] National Archives, Newton Co. Missouri Census - 1900 (Washington, D.C.)
2. [S72] Stella Craig tombstone, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Jasper Co. Missouri, Webb City, Missouri; read by Anita Tally.
3. [S309] http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/, Missouri State Archives On-line (unknown publisher.)
4. [S225] Interview with Billie Ruth Turner (Joplin, Missouri), by Anita Tally, 28 Aug 2000. at the home of Jim Williams (unknown repository address.)
5. [S162] Williams, David, Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.)

Opal Craig¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Opal Craig was born in May 1897 in Missouri.¹
• Marriage: She married Arthur Shaffer on 25 April 1914 in Webb City, Missouri. Her name is spelled Ople Craig on the Marriage License.²
• Name-Marr: As of 25 April 1914,her married name was Opal Shaffer.
• Residence: She lived in 1920 in St. Clair County, Missouri.³
• Note: She At the time of her husband's (Shaffer's) death, there were 2 daughters and 1 son. (all born between 1914 and 1924).
• Marriage: She married Arthur Wesley Gunnels.
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Opal Gunnels.
• Residence: She lived in 1940 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.⁴
• Marriage: She married John T. McDonald.
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Opal McDonald.
• Death: She died on 13 July 1985 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, at age 88.⁴
• Burial: She was buried on 16 July 1985 in Chester T. French Memorial Mausoleum, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.⁴

• Last Edited: 1 July 2022

Citations

1. [S323] National Archives, Newton Co. Missouri Census - 1900 (Washington, D.C.)
2. [S237] Jasper County Recorder, Jasper Co. Missouri Marriages (unknown publisher), Vol. 37 p. 300.
3. [S400] National Archives, St. Clair Co. Missouri Census Records - 1920 (ancestry.com), Center Twp. District 136, p. 5 A.
4. [S672] McDonald, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 15 Jul 1985, page 29. Hereinafter cited as Albuquerque Journal.

Kenneth Craig¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Kenneth Craig was born on 12 March 1900 in Missouri.^1,2
• Occupation: He was a common laborer in 1923.²
• Death: He died on 8 February 1923 in Newton Co., Missouri, at age 22.²
• Burial: He was buried in Burkhart Cemetery (no marker), Newton Co., Missouri.³

• Last Edited: 22 October 2022

Citations

1. [S323] National Archives, Newton Co. Missouri Census - 1900 (Washington, D.C.)
2. [S68] Missouri Vital Records, Craig, Kenneth - Death Certificate (State of Missouri.)
3. [S225] Interview with Billie Ruth Turner (Joplin, Missouri), by Anita Tally, 28 Aug 2000. at the home of Jim Williams (unknown repository address.)

Ester L. Craig¹

Parents

Craig, Essie with Frank

Biography

• Birth: Ester L. Craig was born on 22 June 1902 in Jasper Co., Missouri.^2,3,4
• Residence: She lived in 1915 in Lyon County, Kansas.⁵
• Marriage: She married Unknown Meredith.⁴
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Ester L. Meredith.
• Marriage: She married Frank Smith Williams.
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Ester L. Williams.
• Note: She SSN was 491-07-9362.⁶
• Death: She died on 13 November 1996 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, at age 94.⁷

• Last Edited: 22 October 2022

Citations

1. [S399] From Census Records, Soundex - Missouri - 1910 (Washington, D.C.), C620.
2. [S399] From Census Records, Soundex - Missouri - 1910.
3. [S458] Joplin Globe, Williams, Essie Craig - Obituary (17 Nov 1996 p. 8C col. 1.)
4. [S528] National Archives, Jasper Co. Missouri Census Records - 1940 (ancestry.com.)
5. [S677] J.S. Craig household, 1915 state census, Jackson Twp Lyon County Kansas, "Kansas State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-K27W : 13 October 2019), Essie Craig in household of J S Craig; citing Jackson Township, Lyon, Kan, familysearch.org Salt Lake City, Utah.
6. [S397] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com.)
7. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, 85295150. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.

Leeroy Jack Craig¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Leeroy Jack Craig was born on 16 October 1904 in Jasper, Jasper Co., Missouri.^1,2
• Name-Var: Leeroy Jack Craig was also known as Jack Craig.
• Marriage: He married Stella Hammontree on 4 August 1934 in Girard, Kansas.²
• Death: He died on 19 September 1977 in Stella, Missouri, at age 72.²
• Burial: He was buried in Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper County, Missouri.³

• Last Edited: 22 October 2022

Citations

1. [S399] From Census Records, Soundex - Missouri - 1910 (Washington, D.C.)
2. [S69] (Craig Death), Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, 20 Sep 1977, page 2A. Hereinafter cited as Joplin Globe.
3. [S225] Interview with Billie Ruth Turner (Joplin, Missouri), by Anita Tally, 28 Aug 2000. at the home of Jim Williams (unknown repository address.)

Violet Craig¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Violet Craig was born on 14 July 1911 in Jasper Co., Missouri.^2,3
• Residence: She lived in 1930 in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, with sister Opal Craig Gunnells.⁴
• Name-Marr: As of after 1930,her married name was Violet Ripley.
• Marriage: She married Edward Payson Ripley III, son of Edward Payson Ripley and Kathryn Sprague, after 1930.⁵
• Note: Violet Craig had this SSN: 568-01-1959.³
• Milit-End: She ended military service with the rank of LTJG in the Navy.⁶
• Death: She died on 1 June 1998 in New Mexico at age 86.³
• Burial: She was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexio.

• Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

1. [S162] Williams, David, Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.)
2. [S62] Joplin Globe, Craig - Birth Announcement (Joplin Globe.)
3. [S397] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com.)
4. [S526] Gunnells household, 10 Apr 1930 Federal Census, at www.ancestry.com, Roll: 1394; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 29.0, Ancestry.com FHL # 2341129.
5. [S64] (Craig Death), Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, 26 Nov 1930, page 4 column 3. Hereinafter cited as Joplin Globe.
6. [S606] "U.S. Veterans' Gravesites"; Ancestry.com; at www.ancestry.com, National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
   
   Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.

Walter L. Mullins¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Walter L. Mullins was born on 2 June 1881 in Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri.¹
• Birth: He was born in June 1882 in Washington Co., Arkansas, according to the 1900 Census.
• Note: If this is the son of Julia and N.H. Mullins and if dates are correct, he was born one month after the wedding.
  
  I do not find Walter on any census records through 1930.
• Marriage: He married May Cooper, daughter of Bascom Cooper, on 10 November 1901 in Washington Co., Arkansas.²
• Residence: Walter L. Mullins lived in 1910 in Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas.³
• Note: He was not living with the rest of the family in Twin Falls in 1920 in Idaho.⁴
• Residence: He lived in 1928 in California.⁵

• Last Edited: 20 November 2022

Citations

1. [S434] National Archives, Washington Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1900 (Family History Center), p. 315B.
2. [S440] Miller, Lois, Washington Co. Arkansas Marriages 1901-1911 (unknown publisher), Book M p. 17.
3. [S435] National Archives, Washington Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1910 (familysearch.org), Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Springdale, Washington, Arkansas; Roll: T624_67; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 137408.
4. [S419] National Archives, Twin Falls Co. Idaho Census Records - 1920 (ancestry.com), Pct. 2, Household #4.
5. [S315] Grove Sun, Mullins, Julia Carter Williams - Obituary (29 Mar 1928, page 1.)

Louisa^1,2

Biography

• Birth: Louisa was born circa 1833 in Pennsylvania.²
• Marriage: She married William Larkins.
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Louisa Larkins.
• Note: She gave her consent for her daughter Hattie to marry, since Hattie was only 14 at the time of the marriage. John Craig, her husband, was 30. in 1890.

• Last Edited: 7 November 2022

Citations

1. [S237] Jasper County Recorder, Jasper Co. Missouri Marriages (unknown publisher), Book M p. 240.
2. [S53] Federal Census, Chase Co. Kansas Census - 1880 (Family History Library), p. 265C.

Arthur Shaffer¹

Biography

• Birth: Arthur Shaffer was born circa 1895 in Arkansas.^2,3
• Marriage: He married Opal Craig, daughter of John Samuel Craig and Hattie May Larkins, on 25 April 1914 in Webb City, Missouri. Her name is spelled Ople Craig on the Marriage License.¹
• Residence: Arthur Shaffer lived in 1920 in St. Clair Co., Missouri.³
• Residence: He lived in 1925 in 1018 Sargent, Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri.²
• Death: He died on 18 January 1925 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, at age ~30.²
• Burial: He was buried in Burkhart Cemetery (aka Dayton Cemetery) (no marker), Newton Co., Missouri.²
• Note: Burkhart/Dayton cemetery is N of Racine on Hwy. 86.

• Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

1. [S237] Jasper County Recorder, Jasper Co. Missouri Marriages (unknown publisher), Vol. 37 p. 300.
2. [S393] Joplin Globe, (Shaffer Death) (January 20, 1925.)
3. [S400] National Archives, St. Clair Co. Missouri Census Records - 1920 (ancestry.com), Center Twp. District 136, p. 5 A.

Neil Shaffer^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Neil Shaffer was born on 25 December 1914 in Kansas.¹
• Note: When he was born his parents Arthur and Opal Shaffer were living in Kansas with her parents, John and Hattie Craig.¹

• Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

1. [S162] Williams, David, Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.)
2. [S672] McDonald, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 15 Jul 1985, page 29. Hereinafter cited as Albuquerque Journal.

Edward Payson Ripley III

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Edward Payson Ripley III was born on 28 November 1910 in Kansas.^1,2
• Marriage: He married Violet Craig, daughter of John Samuel Craig and Hattie May Larkins, after 1930.³
• Note: His SSN was 012-14-3971, issued in Massachusetts.¹
• Education: Edward Payson Ripley III was educated at Harvard University.⁴
• Death: He died in July 1986 in New Mexico at age 75.¹
• Burial: He was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.⁵

• Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

1. [S397] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com.)
2. [S808] Ripley household, Jan 1920 federal census, at www.ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Emporia Ward 1, Lyon, Kansas; Roll: T625_538; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 48, Ancestry.com Census Records.
3. [S64] (Craig Death), Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, 26 Nov 1930, page 4 column 3. Hereinafter cited as Joplin Globe.
4. [S225] Interview with Billie Ruth Turner (Joplin, Missouri), by Anita Tally, 28 Aug 2000. at the home of Jim Williams (unknown repository address.)
5. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, #1121061. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.

Frank Smith Williams

Craig, Essie with Frank

Biography

• Birth: Frank Smith Williams was born on 2 August 1898 in Missouri.^1,2
• Marriage: He married Ester L. Craig, daughter of John Samuel Craig and Hattie May Larkins.
• Occupation: Frank Smith Williams was an iron ore miner in Diamond, Missouri.³
• Residence: He lived in 1969 in 2024 Nashville, Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri.⁴
• Death: He died on 30 November 1969 in Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri, at age 71.⁵

• Last Edited: 26 November 2022

Citations

1. [S397] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com.)
2. [S528] National Archives, Jasper Co. Missouri Census Records - 1940 (ancestry.com.)
3. [S162] Williams, David, Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.)
4. [S459] Joplin Globe, Williams, Frank S. - Obituary (Dec 1969.)
5. [S459] Joplin Globe, Williams, Frank S. - Obituary, Monday, Dec. 1, 1969 p. 2A col. 8.

Billie Ruth Meredith¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Billie Ruth Meredith was born on 10 March 1922 in Racine, Newton County, Missouri.^2,3
• Marriage: She married John C. Ashlock in 1955.⁴
• Name-Marr: As of 1955,her married name was Billie Ruth Ashlock.
• Residence: She lived in 1957 in Kansas City, Missouri.⁵
• Marriage: She married Robert L. Turner.
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Billie Ruth Turner.
• Residence: She lived in 1969 in 2304 Mississippi, Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri.⁶
• Note: She had a long-time boyfriend, Bo, who was living in Adamsville, Alabama at the time of her death in 2015.³
• Death: She died on 13 January 2015 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, at age 92.³

• Last Edited: 9 October 2022

Citations

1. [S459] Joplin Globe, Williams, Frank S. - Obituary (Dec 1969), Monday, Dec. 1, 1969 p. 2A col. 8.
2. [S528] National Archives, Jasper Co. Missouri Census Records - 1940 (ancestry.com.)
3. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, 141466520. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
4. [S671] Briefly Chronicled, Miami Daily News-Record, Miami, Oklahoma, 18 Dec 1955, page 8. Hereinafter cited as Miami Daily News-Record.
5. [S593] US City Directories 1822-1995 (unknown publisher address: ancestry.com), Kansas City 1957, page 138 of 544. Hereinafter cited as US City Directories 1822-1995.
6. [S459] Joplin Globe, Williams, Frank S. - Obituary, Monday Dec. 1, 1969 p. 2A col. 8.

Robert L. Turner¹

Biography

• Birth: Robert L. Turner was born on 8 January 1923.²
• Address: As of 1940, Robert L. Turner lived at 108 N. Joplin, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.³
• Marriage: He married Billie Ruth Meredith, daughter of Unknown Meredith and Ester L. Craig.
• Death: Robert L. Turner died in March 1993 at age 70.²

• Last Edited: 27 June 2022

Citations

1. [S250] City of Joplin Missouri, Joplin City Directory (unknown publisher), 1968.
2. [S397] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), 493-16-3612.
3. [S250] City of Joplin Missouri, Joplin City Directory, 1940.

John T. McDonald¹

Biography

• Marriage: John T. McDonald married Opal Craig, daughter of John Samuel Craig and Hattie May Larkins.
• Residence: John T. McDonald lived in 1945 in Clovis, Curry Co., New Mexico.¹

• Last Edited: 20 November 2022

Citations

1. [S67] (Craig Death), Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, 6 Jan 1945, page 4, column 4. Hereinafter cited as Joplin Globe.

Albert Parker Swindell Jr.

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Albert Parker Swindell Jr. was born.
• Death: He died in 1977.

• Last Edited: 28 April 2014