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James Benton

Biography

• Birth: James Benton was born in 1727 in Cherokee Indian Nation, North Carolina.
• Marriage: He married Martha Melinda Looney.
• Note: There is a will for a James Benton who died in 1821 in NC in county #37.??

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Martha Melinda Looney

Biography

• Birth: Martha Melinda Looney was born circa 1735 in Old Cherokee Nation, Tennessee.
• Marriage: She married James Benton.
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Martha Melinda Benton.

• Last Edited: 7 November 2022

William Thomas Hill¹

Parents

Hill, Wm. Thomas

Biography

• Birth: William Thomas Hill was born on 19 November 1840 in Stewartsville, Posey Co., Indiana.²
• Residence: He lived in 1860 in Graves Co., Kentucky.³
• Milit-Beg: He began military service in the Civil War. He was living in KY in 1860 – Enoch didn’t move to IL till after the war.
  See pension file in exhibits.
  Two KY possibilities – Confederate
  W.T. HILL – 1^st (Helm’s) Cavalry Co. G
  W.T. HILL – 7^th Mtd. Inf. Co. A
  
  Researcher Harold Hill provides this info, but it might be the wrong William Hill, since he didn't live in Arkansas until after the war: Civil War Pension AZ Arkansas Cavalry, claim filed 26 Jul 1890, APP #852 739, Cert. #690 626 C2 570 228.^4,5
• Marriage: He married Mary A. Keaster, daughter of Lewis H. Keaster and Jane Richey, on 28 October 1866 in Williamson Co., Illinois.⁶
• Residence: William Thomas Hill lived in 1870 in Union Co., Illinois.⁷
• Marriage: He married Rebecca Jane Estep, daughter of Eli Cleveland Estep and Elizabeth Tucker, on 10 July 1879 in Johnson Co., Arkansas.^8,2
• Residence: William Thomas Hill lived in 1880 in Mulberry Township, Johnson Co., Arkansas.⁹
• Residence: He lived in 1905 in Hindsville, Arkansas+.¹⁰
• Residence: He lived in 1910 in Prairie Township, near brother-in-law John, Madison Co., Arkansas.¹¹
• Death: He died on 26 January 1918 in Hindsville, Madison Co., Arkansas, at age 77.²
• Burial: He was buried in Hindsville, Arkansas.

• Last Edited: 9 July 2024

Citations

1. [S157] National Archives, Gibson Co. Indiana Census Records - 1850 (Family History Library.)
2. [S195] Hill. William T. - Family Bible Record (from Harold Hill.)
3. [S164] National Archives, Graves Co. Kentucky Census Records - 1860 (ancestry.com), p. 284.
4. [S500] WT Hill, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, M390 Roll 12 (unknown publisher address: unknown publisher). Hereinafter cited as Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.
5. [S203] Harold Hill, Hill, Harold - personal correspondence with Anita Hill Tally (unpublished.)
6. [S221] Office of Vital Statistics, Illinois, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index (unknown publisher), Book B p. 121.
7. [S422] National Archives, Union Co. Illinois Census Records - 1870 (ancestry.com), Casper Pct. p. 32.
8. [S246] Johnson County vital records, Johnson Co. Arkansas Marriage Records (publ. by Johnson Co. Historical Society), Book O, p. 427.
9. [S245] Jimmie Dewberry and Doris Evans, Johnson Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1880 (unknown publisher.)
10. [S356] Springdale (Arkansas) News, Plummer, Loduska Hill - Obituary (6 Jan 1905.)
11. [S284] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1910 (Washington, D.C.), Household #181.

Rebecca Jane Estep¹

Parents

Hill, Wm. Thomas

Biography

• Birth: Rebecca Jane Estep was born on 20 June 1849 in St. Paul, Madison Co., Arkansas.^2,3
• Note: Research Notes: Goodspeed says Rachel (sister of Rebecca) is "a native of this county [Madison Co. Arkansas] whose parents came from Illinois".
  Source: Goodspeed p. 1114
  
  One source says Rebecca married George Slusher in 1868, but she is living with her parents in the 1870 census.
  
  She is listed in her father's will of 1888 (Probate Book C, p. 297) as Jane Hill.
  
  Harold Hill tells that his uncle Gordon Evans told the story about how after the death of William H. Hill, Gordon and Enoch (Doc) Hill took Rebecca to Eureka Springs to get a train to Heber Springs Arkansas to live with her daughter Edith.
  
  In 1920, Rebecca might be living in Baxter Co. Arkansas with grandson Arthur Hill and godson Paul Anderson, age 28, widower.
• Marriage: She married William Thomas Hill, son of Enoch E. Hill and Mary Almon, on 10 July 1879 in Johnson Co., Arkansas.^4,3
• Name-Marr: As of 10 July 1879,her married name was Rebecca Jane Hill.
• Residence: Rebecca Jane Estep lived in 1888 in Washington Co., Arkansas.⁵
• Residence: She lived in 1930 in in the home of daughter Edith Whitlock, Ouachita County, Arkansas.
• Death: She died after 1930.⁶

• Last Edited: 28 August 2024

Citations

1. [S290] multiple authors, Madison Co. Musings (a publication of the Madison Co. Arkansas Historical Society), Spring 1997 p. 37.
2. [S241] National Archives, Johnson Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1860 (Washington, D.C.), p. 102.
3. [S195] Hill. William T. - Family Bible Record (from Harold Hill.)
4. [S246] Johnson County vital records, Johnson Co. Arkansas Marriage Records (publ. by Johnson Co. Historical Society), Book O, p. 427.
5. [S286] Madison County Probate Records, Madison Co. Arkansas Probate Books (Madison Co. Historical and Genealogical Society), Book C, p. 297.
6. [S336] National Archives, Ouachita Co. Arkansas Census - 1930 (ancestry.com), Louann Twp. District 27 p. 134.

Mary A. Keaster¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Mary A. Keaster was born on 21 April 1841 in Marion, Williamson Co., Illinois.¹
• Name-Var: Mary A. Keaster was also known as Mattie Keaster.
• Residence: She lived in 1860 in Williamson Co., Illinois, with her mother and step-father.²
• Marriage: She married William Lewis Bradley on 17 January 1861 in Illinois.
• Name-Marr: As of 17 January 1861,her married name was Mary A. Bradley.
• Marriage: She married William Thomas Hill, son of Enoch E. Hill and Mary Almon, on 28 October 1866 in Williamson Co., Illinois.³
• Name-Marr: As of 28 October 1866,her married name was Mary A. Hill.
• Residence: Mary A. Keaster lived in 1870 in Union Co., Illinois.⁴
• Death: She died on 10 May 1878 in Johnson Co., Arkansas, at age 37.⁵
• Note: In Johnson Co. Arkansas in 1880 there is a William KEASTER living four households away from William HILL. I believe this is M.A. KEASTER's brother....father born Pennsylvania, mother born Kentucky.⁶

• Last Edited: 18 October 2022

Citations

1. [S460] National Archives, Williamson Co. Illinois Census - 1850 (ancestry.com), p. 236.
2. [S461] National Archives, Williamson Co. Illinois Census - 1860 (ancestry.com), p. 850.
3. [S221] Office of Vital Statistics, Illinois, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index (unknown publisher), Book B p. 121.
4. [S422] National Archives, Union Co. Illinois Census Records - 1870 (ancestry.com), Casper Pct. p. 32.
5. [S203] Harold Hill, Hill, Harold - personal correspondence with Anita Hill Tally (unpublished.)
6. [S245] Jimmie Dewberry and Doris Evans, Johnson Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1880 (unknown publisher.)

Enoch E. Hill¹

Parents

Hill, Robert - Will

Biography

• Birth: Enoch E. Hill was born in 1817 in Barren Co., Kentucky.^2,3
• Note: He was orphaned in 1818. His first guardian was Maximillian Haley (Barren Co. Order Book, December 1818). In April 1828 he was bound to Nelson Hill (uncle) to learn the business of farming until age 21. In October of 1828 Nelson Hill was appointed his guardian.
  
  Maximillian Haley, guardian for Enoch and his siblings, was the son of Henry Hailey. Henry also had a son named Berryman. The Haileys are found in the Barren County (Kentucky) Order Books, beginning in 1806, where Henry Hailey purchases 400 acres of land (p. 2). In Book 4 we find Henry Hailey deceased - his will is proved in Aug 1817 by oaths of Reuben B, Stockton, Achilles H. Jameson, executors Berryman Hailey, Maximillian Haley and William Murphy. In October of 1817, younger siblings (?) for whom Max is appointed guardian are Julia Haley, Patrick Rivers Haley, and John G. Haley.
  
  In 1816, Maximillian Haley proves the will of Lawrance Fitzjerral (Barren Co. Order Book 4 - p. 131)
  Henry Haley was active in the Mt. Tabor Church (see notes 6-2). This church was the "mother" church to all Baptist curches in the Barren Co. area. It was formed in 1798 with 7 members and 3 elders. Nelson Hill might have been a member of this church. It is in what is now Green Co.
  Maximillian Hill's sisters' wedding dates can be found in the Barren Co. Marriage records.
  See notes 6-6 for church information on Polly Sample, Mary Sample, David Sample, and Henry Haley.
  
  possible relation:
  Charles HILL information:
  1850 Indiana Census, Greene Co. Taylor Twp. p. 418
  Charles W. HILL, age 51, CHAIRMAKER, b. Kentucky
  Cinthia A. HILL, age 47, b. Kentucky, children (all born in Indiana): Joseph 17 CHAIRMAKER, Hezekiah 14, Thomas 12, Charles W. 6 or 1.
  I have no firm leads on these sons (see notes 5-7ff.)
  
  In 1870 there is an Adam Vancil living with Enoch Hill..Adam is the first cousin of Enoch's son-in-law, Anselm Batson....in Makanda Twp. Jackson Co. Illinois. There is a daughter Adelia (?) age 1 month, and Adam Vancil age 9 and Rebecca Reed (?) age 28, a domestic. This name might connect to J REEDER who was living in the HILL household in 1860.
  
  In Jackson Co. Illinois 1910 Carbondale Twp. is Elizabeth HILL age 84. Also on same page, Albert Vancil, age 30, and his mother Eliza Vancil, age 44? (page 45A). Adam Vancil died in Adams Co. Illinois (Quincy) on Oct. 26, 1944. Death certificate # is 0037563.
  
  In the 1880 Census, it states that Enoch's parents were born in Georgia.
  
  Enoch's obit states that he moved to Jackson Co. Illinois in 1864 from Union City, Tennessee. He is survived by William and Ruth.^4,5,6
• Residence: He lived in 1830 in Hart County, Kentucky.⁷
• Residence: He lived in 1840 in Posey Co., Indiana.⁸
• Marriage: He married Mary Almon, daughter of Thomas Almon III and Ruth Martin, on 2 February 1840 in Stewartsville, Posey Co., Indiana.⁹
• Residence: Enoch E. Hill lived in 1850 in Montgomery Township, Gibson Co., Indiana.²
• Occupation: He was a painter and a chairmaker in 1850.²
• Note: He is found in New Harmony Archives Series 12 Volume 16 p. 559 (says he is from Paris – later called Stewartsville) – these were account books – this series is known as the N. G. Nettleton account book from 1846-1853 – Enoch is near the end of the volume, so perhaps his account record could be dated 1853.¹⁰
• Residence: He lived in 1857 in Posey Co., Indiana.¹¹
• Marriage: He married Dorcas B. McAlister, daughter of J. McAlister and Barbara, on 30 September 1858 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee.³
• Residence: Enoch E. Hill lived in 1860 in Graves Co., Kentucky.¹²
• Occupation: He was a physician in Jackson Co. Illinois in 1863.¹³
• Note: He bought land in Illinois, Jackson Co. (40 acres ) Section 34 Twp 10S Range 01W for $12/acre on 10 June 1868.
• Occupation: He was a Minister of the Gospel. He performed at least two marriages in Union Co. Illinois between 1869 and 1885.¹⁴
• Occupation: He was a physician in 1870.¹⁵
• Residence: He lived in 1870 in Jackson Co., Illinois.¹⁵
• Residence: He lived in 1880 in Jackson Co., Illinois.¹⁶
• Residence: He lived in 1894 in Makanda, Jackson Co., Illinois.¹⁷
• Death: He died on 3 December 1894 in Makanda, Jackson Co., Illinois, at age ~77.^18,17
• Burial: He was buried in Jackson County, Illinois. He might be buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Makanda, ( in an unmarked grave), where daughter Ruth is buried.

• Last Edited: 10 July 2024

Citations

1. [S26] County Court Clerk, Barren Co. Order Books (Barren County, Kentucky), December 1818.
2. [S157] National Archives, Gibson Co. Indiana Census Records - 1850 (Family History Library.)
3. [S165] p. 287 from this book was sent to Anita Tally by email from a researcher in Kentucky. It includes information added by the transcriber from other records., Graves Co. Kentucky Census Transcription - 1860 (unknown publisher), p. 287.
4. [S479] Gorin, Sandra K., compiler, Mt. Tabor Church Minutes Barren Co. Kentucky Vol. 1 (unknown publisher address: Gorin Genealogical Publications, July 1994), p. 27. Hereinafter cited as Mt. Tabor Church Minutes.
5. [S26] County Court Clerk, Barren Co. Order Books.
6. [S355] C.P.Cawthorn and N.L.Warnell, Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South-Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee 1799-1899 (Cawthorn and Warnell, 1985.)
7. [S848] NARA, Hart Co. Kentucky Census Records - 1830 (Ancestry.com), Year: 1830; Census Place: Hart, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 37; Page: 214; Family History Library Film: 0007816.
8. [S362] National Archives, Posey Co. Indiana Census Records - 1840 (ancestry.com), Robb Twp. p. 571.
9. [S157] National Archives, Gibson Co. Indiana Census Records - 1850, Year: 1850; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M432_147; Page: 55A; Image: 115.
10. [S361] Cox, Carroll and Gloria, Posey Co. Indiana - A Documented History 1815-1900 Vol. 1 (1982 McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Kentucky), p. 559.
11. [S361] Cox, Carroll and Gloria, Posey Co. Indiana - A Documented History 1815-1900 Vol. 1, p. 438.
12. [S164] National Archives, Graves Co. Kentucky Census Records - 1860 (ancestry.com), p. 284.
13. [S352] John Hrabik M.D., Physicians of Jackson Co. Illinois (1878), p. 28.
14. [S423] Transcribed by Darrel Dexter, Union Co. Illinois Marriages 1869-1885 (Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois, Carterville, Illinois, 2002), p. 206.
15. [S229] National Archives, Jackson Co. Illinois Census Records - 1870 (ancestry.com), Makanda Twp. p. 182.
16. [S230] National Archives, Jackson Co. Illinois Census Records - 1880 (ancestry.com), Makanda Twp. p. 206 C.
17. [S200] Jonesboro Gazette (Union Co. Illinois), Hill, Enoch E. - Obituary (unknown publisher), 8 Dec 1894.
18. [S222] Darrel Dexter transcriber, Index to Obituaries and Death Notices in the Jonesboro Gazette (Union Co. Illinois), from December 8 issue, 1894.

Mary Almon

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Mary Almon was born on 6 November 1819 in Alabama.¹
• Birth: She was born in 1820 in Indiana.²
• Name-Nick: Mary Almon also went by the name of Mary Almon Polly.
• Marriage: She married Enoch E. Hill, son of Robert Russell Hill and Margaret Angle, on 2 February 1840 in Stewartsville, Posey Co., Indiana.²
• Name-Marr: As of 2 February 1840,her married name was Mary Hill.
• Death: Mary Almon died before 1858 in Kentucky.
• Note: There is another Hill child, Rebecca HILL, same age as Ruth, living with John and Rebecca Almon in 1860. This would be Mary Almon Hill's brother and sister-in-law. They are in Posey Co. Robb Twp. On the next page, Ruth HILL is living with the grandparents, Thomas and Ruth Almon. A few pages later Eliza Hill (Nancy E.?) is living with Jno Almond and family.
  
  Theory - Mary died before 1858. Enoch remarried in Sept. 1858 to Dorcas McAlister. Mary's two youngest children, Sallie and John, were born in Kentucky, so I assume that Mary died in Kentucky.
  
  There is a record of a Mary Hill receiving a land grant in Henderson Co. Kentucky, which is right across the river from Posey Co. Indiana, 19 acres, Book 44, on 8-12-1854, Ohio River Watercourse!

• Last Edited: 9 September 2023

Citations

1. [S497] Hill, Nancy E., International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah: familysearch.org.)
2. [S157] National Archives, Gibson Co. Indiana Census Records - 1850 (Family History Library), Year: 1850; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M432_147; Page: 55A; Image: 115.

Susanah Barber¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Susanah Barber was born circa 1836 in Williamson Co., Illinois.¹

• Last Edited: 7 November 2022

Citations

1. [S460] National Archives, Williamson Co. Illinois Census - 1850 (ancestry.com), p. 236.

James M. Barber¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: James M. Barber was born circa 1834 in Williamson Co., Illinois.¹

• Last Edited: 7 November 2022

Citations

1. [S460] National Archives, Williamson Co. Illinois Census - 1850 (ancestry.com), p. 236.

Thomas Almon III¹

Parents

Alman in Index of Posey Co. Hi

Biography

• Birth: Thomas Almon III was born on 11 September 1790 in Fayette Co., Kentucky.^2,3,4
• Residence: He lived in 1812 in Knox Co., Indiana.⁵
• Marriage: He married Ruth Martin on 12 December 1812 in Knox Co., Indiana.⁶
• Note: Thomas Allmon Sr. and Thomas Allmon Jr. served on a grand jury in September 1818.⁷
• Note: The family group sheet from Harold Hill has other children that I am not listing yet - Nathan Almon, b. 10 Aug 1826, Andrew, b. 1 Apr 1830, and he has no record of some of the ones that I have found. He has Milton Almon married to Dodema E. Harper, 11 Dec 1853.
• Note: In the 1860 census there are three teen-agers living with Thomas and Ruth: Della Walsing (?) age 17, Jewell Fitzgerald, age 14 (male) and Ruth M. Hill age 10....all grandchildren????
  
  Grandson named in the will - John M. Almon - not sure whose he is - in 1900 he has a brother James living with him in Posey Co. (John b. 1873, James b. 1880)
  There is one granddaughter named in the will whose parents I am not sure of: Mary M. Sheppherd.⁸
• Death: He died on 17 October 1877 in Posey Co., Indiana, at age 87.⁴
• Death: He died on 19 December 1877 in Posey Co., Indiana, at age 87.^9,10
• Burial: He was buried in Black River Cemetery, Posey Co., Indiana.⁴
• Probate: His estate was probated in 1879 in Posey Co., Indiana.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 31 December 2023

Citations

1. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32467579/milton-allmon: accessed 08 September 2023), memorial page for Milton Allmon (12 May 1831–17 Mar 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32467579, citing Black River Church Cemetery, Posey County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Susan Carlisle Branam (contributor 47079137). Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
2. [S203] Harold Hill, Hill, Harold - personal correspondence with Anita Hill Tally (unpublished.)
3. [S365] National Archives, Posey Co. Indiana Census Records - 1870 (ancestry.com), Robb Twp. p. 16.
4. [S484] Cox, Carroll O., compiler, Posey Co. Cemetery Records 1814-1979 (unknown publisher address: Evansville, Indiana, 1979), p. 240. Hereinafter cited as Posey Co. Cemetery Records.
5. [S253] Knox Co. Indiana recorder, Knox Co. Indiana Land Records and Court Indexes (unknown publisher.)
6. [S595] Indiana Vital Records, Indiana State Library Genealogy Database: Marriages through 1850 (https://www.statelib.lib.in.us/INMarriages1850/marriages_display.asp?ID=4613.)
7. [S361] Cox, Carroll and Gloria, Posey Co. Indiana - A Documented History 1815-1900 Vol. 1 (1982 McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Kentucky), p. 335.
8. [S361] Cox, Carroll and Gloria, Posey Co. Indiana - A Documented History 1815-1900 Vol. 1, p. 7 - Probate records.
9. [S215] Goodspeed, History of Posey Co. Indiana (Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1886), p. 581.
10. [S361] Cox, Carroll and Gloria, Posey Co. Indiana - A Documented History 1815-1900 Vol. 1, Probate Records, p. 7.

Ruth Martin¹

Almon, Thomas and Ruth

Biography

• Birth: Ruth Martin was born on 3 November 1794 in South Carolina.^2,3
• Note: According to Goodspeed, she is a native of Virginia.
• Marriage: She married Thomas Almon III, son of Thomas Almon Jr. and Mary Sansum, on 12 December 1812 in Knox Co., Indiana.⁴
• Name-Marr: As of 12 December 1812,her married name was Ruth Almon.
• Death: Ruth Martin died on 6 November 1870 at age 76.^1,3
• Burial: She was buried in Black River Cemetery, Posey Co., Indiana.³

• Last Edited: 8 September 2023

Citations

1. [S203] Harold Hill, Hill, Harold - personal correspondence with Anita Hill Tally (unpublished.)
2. [S365] National Archives, Posey Co. Indiana Census Records - 1870 (ancestry.com), Robb Twp. p. 16.
3. [S484] Cox, Carroll O., compiler, Posey Co. Cemetery Records 1814-1979 (unknown publisher address: Evansville, Indiana, 1979), p. 240. Hereinafter cited as Posey Co. Cemetery Records.
4. [S595] Indiana Vital Records, Indiana State Library Genealogy Database: Marriages through 1850 (https://www.statelib.lib.in.us/INMarriages1850/marriages_display.asp?ID=4613.)

Thomas Almon Jr.¹

Biography

• Birth: Thomas Almon Jr. was born circa 1756 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.^2,3
• Marriage: He married Mary Sansum on 2 October 1784 in Louisa County, Virginia. According to some sources, many of the Melungeon families of Tennessee came from Louisa Co. Virginia.¹
• Note: In the marriage record in Virginia, his name is spelled Almand.
• Note: On 25 May 1818, Thomas Allman Sr. appears before the board of commissioners and is allowed $1.25 for returning poles in the March 1818 elections in 1818.⁴
• Note: Thomas Allmon Sr. and Thomas Allmon Jr. served on a grand jury in Sept. 1818. in September 1818.⁵
• Death: He died on 15 March 1839 in Pike County, Indiana, at age ~83.^2,3
• Burial: He was buried in Black River Cemetery, Robb Township, Posey Co., Indiana.²
• Burial: He was buried in Blackfoot Cemetery, Coe, Pike County, Indiana.³

• Last Edited: 9 September 2023

Citations

1. [S425] Jordon R. Dodd (editor), Virginia Marriages - Early to 1800 (Precision Indexing, Bountiful, Utah, 1990.)
2. [S5] Almon Family Website, online http://www.wilcoxen.com/family/Mason/almon.htm. Hereinafter cited as Almon Family Website.
3. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17423598/thomas-allman: accessed 08 September 2023), memorial page for Thomas Allman (1756–15 Mar 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17423598, citing Blackfoot Cemetery, Coe, Pike County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by L. S. W. (contributor 46818090). Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
4. [S361] Cox, Carroll and Gloria, Posey Co. Indiana - A Documented History 1815-1900 Vol. 1 (1982 McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Kentucky), p. 320.
5. [S361] Cox, Carroll and Gloria, Posey Co. Indiana - A Documented History 1815-1900 Vol. 1, p. 335.

Mary Sansum¹

Almon, Mary - headstone

Biography

• Note: Other possible surnames include Sansum and Samsom.
• Birth: Mary Sansum was born on 2 June 1761 in Louisa County, Virginia.^2,3
• Marriage: She married Thomas Almon Jr. on 2 October 1784 in Louisa County, Virginia. According to some sources, many of the Melungeon families of Tennessee came from Louisa Co. Virginia.¹
• Name-Marr: As of 2 October 1784,her married name was Mary Almon.
• Death: She died on 11 September 1844 in Pike County, Indiana, at age 83.²
• Burial: She was buried in Blackfoot Cemetery, Coe, Pike County, Indiana.³

• Last Edited: 9 September 2023

Citations

1. [S425] Jordon R. Dodd (editor), Virginia Marriages - Early to 1800 (Precision Indexing, Bountiful, Utah, 1990.)
2. [S5] Almon Family Website, online http://www.wilcoxen.com/family/Mason/almon.htm. Hereinafter cited as Almon Family Website.
3. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17423906/mary-almon: accessed 08 September 2023), memorial page for Mary Sansum Almon (2 Jun 1761–11 Sep 1844), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17423906, citing Blackfoot Cemetery, Coe, Pike County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by L. S. W. (contributor 46818090). Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.

_____ (w/James Barber) _____

Biography

• Marriage: _____ (w/James Barber) _____ married James Barber circa 1832 in Illinois.
• Name-Marr: As of circa 1832,her married name was _____ (w/James Barber) Barber.

• Last Edited: 7 November 2022

Lewis A. Keaster¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Lewis A. Keaster was born circa 1859 in Williamson Co., Illinois.¹
• Marriage: He married Susan Murrell on 12 June 1888 in Harmony Twp., Johnson Co., Arkansas.²

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S461] National Archives, Williamson Co. Illinois Census - 1860 (ancestry.com), p. 900.
2. [S246] Johnson County vital records, Johnson Co. Arkansas Marriage Records (publ. by Johnson Co. Historical Society), Book Q p. 349.

William R. Keaster¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: William R. Keaster was born circa 1857 in Williamson Co., Illinois.¹

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S461] National Archives, Williamson Co. Illinois Census - 1860 (ancestry.com), p. 900.

Louisa J. Keaster¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Louisa J. Keaster was born circa 1855 in Williamson Co., Illinois.¹
• Marriage: She married J.M. Dorsey on 18 March 1880 in Johnson Co., Arkansas.²
• Name-Marr: As of 18 March 1880,her married name was Louisa J. Dorsey.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S461] National Archives, Williamson Co. Illinois Census - 1860 (ancestry.com), p. 900.
2. [S246] Johnson County vital records, Johnson Co. Arkansas Marriage Records (publ. by Johnson Co. Historical Society), Book P p. 45.

Benjamin Porter

Biography

• Birth: Benjamin Porter was born in 1679 in Virginia.
• Note: Another source gives his birthdate in 1696.
• Marriage: He married Ann Campbell in Virginia.

• Last Edited: 21 November 2022

Ann Campbell

Biography

• Birth: Ann Campbell was born in 1704 in Virginia.
• Marriage: She married Benjamin Porter in Virginia.
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Ann Porter.

• Last Edited: 8 November 2022

Mariah A. Shores

Biography

• Birth: Mariah A. Shores was born circa 1821 in Virginia.
• Marriage: She married Watson McSwain Cooke, son of Major Richard Fielding Cooke and Margaret Cox, on 2 October 1841 in Fluvanna Co., Virginia.
• Name-Marr: As of 2 October 1841,her married name was Mariah A. Cooke.
• Death: Mariah A. Shores died on 25 November 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee, at age ~82.^1,2
• Burial: She was buried in Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.²

• Last Edited: 24 November 2022

Citations

1. [S103] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #4 from J. L. Sawyer (Cooke-Lindsey in Missouri) (unpublished.)
2. [S50] Nancy Kathryn Lindsey Parrett, Cemetery Lots - List from Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee (unpublished.)

Thomas Bransford Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Thomas Bransford Cooke was born in 1846 in Jackson Co., Tennessee.
• Note: He C.S.A. "Fell by his gun at Port Hudson."
• Death: He died on 27 May 1863 in Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, at age ~17.¹
• Burial: He was buried on 19 April 1866 in Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee, (body was returned after the war).

• Last Edited: 22 October 2022

Citations

1. [S50] Nancy Kathryn Lindsey Parrett, Cemetery Lots - List from Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee (unpublished.)

Derenda E. Cooke

Parents

Biography

• Name-Nick: Derenda E. Cooke also went by the name of Dora Cooke.
• Birth: She was born in 1848 in Jackson Co., Tennessee.
• Birth: She was born in Virginia.¹
• Marriage: She married James W. McFerrin in December 1868.^2,3
• Name-Marr: As of December 1868,her married name was Derenda E. McFerrin.
• Residence: She lived in 1870 in District 18, Davidson County, Tennessee.²
• Death: She died on 25 April 1875 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, at age ~27.⁴
• Burial: She was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.⁴

• Last Edited: 17 May 2021

Citations

1. [S103] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #4 from J. L. Sawyer (Cooke-Lindsey in Missouri) (unpublished.)
2. [S632] National Archives, Davidson Co. Tennessee Census Records - 1870 (ancestry.com),
   
   Year: 1870; Census Place: District 18, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1522; Page: 57A
   Source Information
   
   Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
3. [S633] Marriage Licenses, The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 4 Dec 1868, page 4 column 3. Hereinafter cited as The Tennessean.
4. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, # 155129989. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.

Pattie Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Pattie Cooke was born circa 1852 in Jackson Co., Tennessee.
• Marriage: She married Edward Simons Lewis in 1876.²
• Name-Marr: As of 1876,her married name was Pattie Lewis.

• Last Edited: 11 November 2022

Citations

1. [S88] From an unknown grandchild of Zenira Cooke, Document #4 - Handwritten list of Zenira Cooke's siblings and their families (unpublished.)
2. [S103] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #4 from J. L. Sawyer (Cooke-Lindsey in Missouri) (unpublished.)

David Ray Bennett

Biography

• Birth: David Ray Bennett was born on 19 November 1948 in Barry Co., Missouri.¹
• Marriage: He married Carol Faith Roustio circa 1971 in Missouri.¹
• Divorce: He and Carol Faith Roustio were divorced circa 1974 in Bolivar, Missouri.¹
• Marriage: He married Anita Kathleen Hill, daughter of Autry William Hill and Geraldine Parrett, on 18 December 1976 in First Baptist Church, Bolivar, Missouri.¹
• Divorce: David Ray Bennett and Anita Kathleen Hill were divorced in January 1988 in Joplin, Newton Co., Missouri.¹
• Marriage: He married Joyce Kay Gibbons in May 1989 in Joplin, Missouri.¹
• Divorce: He and Joyce Kay Gibbons were divorced in 1990 in Joplin, Missouri.¹
• Marriage: He married Kathy Kissinger in October 1992 in Joplin, Missouri.¹
• Death: He died on 21 June 2018 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, at age 69.¹

• Last Edited: 27 October 2022

Citations

1. [S198] Hill, Anita K. Tally - PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE (unpublished.)