to the best of my knowledge, but you should confirm
any data added to your family tree.
Family Group Sheets (12 to a page)
George Lewis Houston
Husband George Lewis Houston 844,845
Born: 3 Aug 1807 - , Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Caleb (Houston) Huston (1778-1855) 844,845 Mother: Nancy Holmes (1777-1807) 844,845
Wife
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
Henry James Houston and Sarah Owen
Husband Henry James Houston 844,845
Born: 2 Aug 1827 - , Columbus, Franklin, Ohio Christened: Died: 1 May 1892 Buried:
Father: Caleb (Houston) Huston (1778-1855) 844,845 Mother: Elizabeth Purdy (1787-1876)
Marriage: 30 Apr 1857
Wife Sarah Owen 844,845
Born: Est 1830 Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
John Purdy Houston and Ellen McNeely
Husband John Purdy Houston 844,845
Born: 21 Apr 1820 - , Columbus, Franklin, Ohio Christened: Died: 14 Mar 1898 Buried:
Father: Caleb (Houston) Huston (1778-1855) 844,845 Mother: Elizabeth Purdy (1787-1876)
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Grey (Est 1821- ) 844,845 - 17 Mar 1842
Wife Ellen McNeely 844,845
Born: Est 1822 Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
Stearns Hutchinson and Nancy Holmes Houston
Husband Stearns Hutchinson 844,845
Born: Est 1803 Christened: Died: Buried:Marriage: 11 Nov 1824
Wife Nancy Holmes Houston 844,845
Born: 3 Nov 1804 - , Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Christened: Died: 16 May 1873 Buried:
Father: Caleb (Houston) Huston (1778-1855) 844,845 Mother: Nancy Holmes (1777-1807) 844,845
Children
Rodney Houston and Margaret Paisley
Husband Rodney Houston 844,845
Born: 29 Dec 1805 - , Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Caleb (Houston) Huston (1778-1855) 844,845 Mother: Nancy Holmes (1777-1807) 844,845
Marriage: 5 Oct 1830
Other Spouse: Olive Bradford (Est 1806- ) 844,845
Wife Margaret Paisley
AKA: Margaret Whitlock Born: Est 1806 Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
Samuel Dexter Houston and Sarah Jane Rankin
Husband Samuel Dexter Houston 844,845
Born: 11 Jun 1818 - , Columbus, Franklin, Ohio Christened: Died: 28 Feb 1910 - , Salina, Saline, Kansas Buried:
Father: Caleb (Houston) Huston (1778-1855) 844,845 Mother: Elizabeth Purdy (1787-1876)
Marriage: 30 Mar 1842 - , , , Ohio
Other Spouse: Tabitha Kimble (Est 1820- ) 844,845
Noted events in his life were:
• Biography
Samuel Dexter Houston
SAMUEL DEXTER HOUSTON (photo on genweb site). One of the very first settlers in Riley County, Kansas, was Samuel Dexter Houston, who located a claim on Wildcat Creek and built a cabin there, in December, 1853. He was one of the county's foremost citizens for more than a half century and his name is linked with some of the most important events in its early history and with those of other representative men of his time. He was conspicuous in the councils that worked on the construction of the Kansas State Constitution.
Samuel Dexter Houston was born at Columbus, Ohio, June 11, 1818, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Luke Parsons, at Salina, Kansas, February 29, 1910. He was a son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Purdy) Houston. His father was born in New Hampshire, from which state he emigrated to Ohio in 1812 and there married Elizabeth Purdy, who was a native of Pennsylvania.
When Samuel Dexter Houston was twelve years old, his parents removed to Illinois and there he grew to manhood. His first visit to Riley County was made in the winter of 1853 and his impressions of the country were so favorable that he located a claim that was situated not far from the mouth of what is still known as Wildcat Creek. On the shore of this secluded little sheet of water he built his primitive log cabin. He returned then to Illinois but in the spring of 1854 brought his family to the pioneer home and for many years they lived in the cabin in the fertile valley of Wildcat Creek.
In 1842 Mr. Houston was married to Miss Mary Jane Rankin, who was a daughter of Rev. William C. Rankin. She died March 8, 1848, in Iowa, where Mr. Houston was engaged in farming. They had the following children: Catherine Amanda, who was born January 10, 1843, is the wife of Luke Parsons and they reside at Salina, Kansas; Annie Elizabeth, who was born November 22, 1845, resides with her sister, Mrs. Parsons; and Sarah Hunter, who died in infancy.
Mr. Houston returned then to Illinois and on May 20, 1850, was married there to Tabitha Kimble, who was born at Cadiz, Ohio, June 10, 1825, and died in Riley County, Kansas, November 18, 1904. To this marriage the following children were born: Loretta, who died in infancy; Samuel Dexter, Jr., who was born July 11, 1852, is now residing in Texas; Mary Luellen, who was born November 1, 1853, is unmarried and lives at Denver, Colorado; Charles Sumner, who was born June 20, 1855, in Riley County, has always resided in this county and with his sister, Mrs. Charles A. Green, occupies the old family homestead; Angelica, who died in infancy; Lawrence Nile, who was born July 9, 1858, is a resident of Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Ulysses Grant, who was born November 23, 1860, was graduated in 1881 from the Kansas State Agricultural College and is now a lecturer, his home being at Enid, Oklahoma; Hortense L., who was born April 8, 1863, is the wife of A. G. Martin, of Miami, Oklahoma; and Lablanche, who was born January 17, 1869. She is the wife of Charles A. Green, who was born in Sweden, November 29, 1873, and at the age of six years was brought to America by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Green reside on the old parental homestead in Manhattan Township, Riley County.
Dipping into the authenticated history of Riley County it is proved that Samuel Dexter Houston played an important part in public affairs. In the fall of 1854 he, with Judge S. W. Johnson, of Ohio; Judge J. M. Russell, of Iowa; E. M. Thurston, of Maine, and Dr. A. H. Wilcox, college graduates, met at the mouth of Blue River and located a town site and named it Canton. On March 24, 1855, Isaac T. Goodnow, Luke P. Lincoln, C. H. Lovejoy, N. R. Wright, C. N. Wilson and Joseph Wintermute, committee of a New England company, appeared upon the scene. They were soon followed by the other members of the New England company and the new town they named Boston. In April, 1855, a Cincinnati colony appeared. Mutual agreement was made between the parties and eventually the name Manhattan was accepted. Mr. Houston aided in laying out what is now the prosperous City of Manhattan and one of its principal thoroughfares was named Houston in his honor.
In July, 1861, Mr. Houston was appointed by President Lincoln, receiver of public moneys at the Junction City Federal land office. An ardent anti-slavery man, he bore an active and influential part in the struggle that made Kansas a free state, and, as previously mentioned, assisted in formulating the first state constitution. When the republican party came into existence he felt that he could safely unite with an organization that so entirely expressed his own principles and he continued this affiliation until the close of his long life. He was the first state senator from Riley County and represented Riley and Pottawatomie counties in the state Legislature from 1860 to 1862. At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Houston participated in the military movements that succeeded in keeping the Confederate General Price and his legions off of Kansas soil.
Mr. Houston was a man of great force of character and courageous in advocating the principles he believed to be right. He was a fine organizer and so judicious and so enlightened, having been well educated, that his opinions were acceptable to any body of his fellow citizens whose aims were as high as his own. As a husband and father he met every demand and as a neighbor his helpfulness, especially in the early days when assistance was needed on every side, made strong bonds of friendship. His finely improved property including a handsome, commodious stone residence, have long been admirable examples of what the early settlers of the county produced notwithstanding pioneer hardships, and probably his homestead farm ranks with the very best in the county. An exemplary citizen and in every sense a worthy man, he ranked with the builders of the great State of Kansas.
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Transcribed from volume 4, pages 1871-1872 of A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; originally transcribed 1998, modified 2003 by Carolyn Ward.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/archives/1918ks/bioh/houstosd.html
Wife Sarah Jane Rankin 844,845
Born: Est 1820 Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
Samuel Dexter Houston and Tabitha Kimble
Husband Samuel Dexter Houston 844,845
Born: 11 Jun 1818 - , Columbus, Franklin, Ohio Christened: Died: 28 Feb 1910 - , Salina, Saline, Kansas Buried:
Father: Caleb (Houston) Huston (1778-1855) 844,845 Mother: Elizabeth Purdy (1787-1876)
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Sarah Jane Rankin (Est 1820- ) 844,845 - 30 Mar 1842 - , , , Ohio
Noted events in his life were:
• Biography
Samuel Dexter Houston
SAMUEL DEXTER HOUSTON (photo on genweb site). One of the very first settlers in Riley County, Kansas, was Samuel Dexter Houston, who located a claim on Wildcat Creek and built a cabin there, in December, 1853. He was one of the county's foremost citizens for more than a half century and his name is linked with some of the most important events in its early history and with those of other representative men of his time. He was conspicuous in the councils that worked on the construction of the Kansas State Constitution.
Samuel Dexter Houston was born at Columbus, Ohio, June 11, 1818, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Luke Parsons, at Salina, Kansas, February 29, 1910. He was a son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Purdy) Houston. His father was born in New Hampshire, from which state he emigrated to Ohio in 1812 and there married Elizabeth Purdy, who was a native of Pennsylvania.
When Samuel Dexter Houston was twelve years old, his parents removed to Illinois and there he grew to manhood. His first visit to Riley County was made in the winter of 1853 and his impressions of the country were so favorable that he located a claim that was situated not far from the mouth of what is still known as Wildcat Creek. On the shore of this secluded little sheet of water he built his primitive log cabin. He returned then to Illinois but in the spring of 1854 brought his family to the pioneer home and for many years they lived in the cabin in the fertile valley of Wildcat Creek.
In 1842 Mr. Houston was married to Miss Mary Jane Rankin, who was a daughter of Rev. William C. Rankin. She died March 8, 1848, in Iowa, where Mr. Houston was engaged in farming. They had the following children: Catherine Amanda, who was born January 10, 1843, is the wife of Luke Parsons and they reside at Salina, Kansas; Annie Elizabeth, who was born November 22, 1845, resides with her sister, Mrs. Parsons; and Sarah Hunter, who died in infancy.
Mr. Houston returned then to Illinois and on May 20, 1850, was married there to Tabitha Kimble, who was born at Cadiz, Ohio, June 10, 1825, and died in Riley County, Kansas, November 18, 1904. To this marriage the following children were born: Loretta, who died in infancy; Samuel Dexter, Jr., who was born July 11, 1852, is now residing in Texas; Mary Luellen, who was born November 1, 1853, is unmarried and lives at Denver, Colorado; Charles Sumner, who was born June 20, 1855, in Riley County, has always resided in this county and with his sister, Mrs. Charles A. Green, occupies the old family homestead; Angelica, who died in infancy; Lawrence Nile, who was born July 9, 1858, is a resident of Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Ulysses Grant, who was born November 23, 1860, was graduated in 1881 from the Kansas State Agricultural College and is now a lecturer, his home being at Enid, Oklahoma; Hortense L., who was born April 8, 1863, is the wife of A. G. Martin, of Miami, Oklahoma; and Lablanche, who was born January 17, 1869. She is the wife of Charles A. Green, who was born in Sweden, November 29, 1873, and at the age of six years was brought to America by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Green reside on the old parental homestead in Manhattan Township, Riley County.
Dipping into the authenticated history of Riley County it is proved that Samuel Dexter Houston played an important part in public affairs. In the fall of 1854 he, with Judge S. W. Johnson, of Ohio; Judge J. M. Russell, of Iowa; E. M. Thurston, of Maine, and Dr. A. H. Wilcox, college graduates, met at the mouth of Blue River and located a town site and named it Canton. On March 24, 1855, Isaac T. Goodnow, Luke P. Lincoln, C. H. Lovejoy, N. R. Wright, C. N. Wilson and Joseph Wintermute, committee of a New England company, appeared upon the scene. They were soon followed by the other members of the New England company and the new town they named Boston. In April, 1855, a Cincinnati colony appeared. Mutual agreement was made between the parties and eventually the name Manhattan was accepted. Mr. Houston aided in laying out what is now the prosperous City of Manhattan and one of its principal thoroughfares was named Houston in his honor.
In July, 1861, Mr. Houston was appointed by President Lincoln, receiver of public moneys at the Junction City Federal land office. An ardent anti-slavery man, he bore an active and influential part in the struggle that made Kansas a free state, and, as previously mentioned, assisted in formulating the first state constitution. When the republican party came into existence he felt that he could safely unite with an organization that so entirely expressed his own principles and he continued this affiliation until the close of his long life. He was the first state senator from Riley County and represented Riley and Pottawatomie counties in the state Legislature from 1860 to 1862. At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Houston participated in the military movements that succeeded in keeping the Confederate General Price and his legions off of Kansas soil.
Mr. Houston was a man of great force of character and courageous in advocating the principles he believed to be right. He was a fine organizer and so judicious and so enlightened, having been well educated, that his opinions were acceptable to any body of his fellow citizens whose aims were as high as his own. As a husband and father he met every demand and as a neighbor his helpfulness, especially in the early days when assistance was needed on every side, made strong bonds of friendship. His finely improved property including a handsome, commodious stone residence, have long been admirable examples of what the early settlers of the county produced notwithstanding pioneer hardships, and probably his homestead farm ranks with the very best in the county. An exemplary citizen and in every sense a worthy man, he ranked with the builders of the great State of Kansas.
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Transcribed from volume 4, pages 1871-1872 of A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; originally transcribed 1998, modified 2003 by Carolyn Ward.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/archives/1918ks/bioh/houstosd.html
Wife Tabitha Kimble 844,845
Born: Est 1820 Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
Charles Hiram Vantine and Lola Irene Hovey
Husband Charles Hiram Vantine 13,950,951
AKA: Charles H. Van Tine, Charles Van Tyne Born: Jun 1850 - , , Huron, Ohio 949 Christened: Died: 22 Jun 1890 - , Republic, Seneca, Ohio Cause of Death: Suicide - shot himself Buried: - Greenlawn Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Seneca, Ohio
Father: Hiram J. Vantine (1816-1851) 1334 Mother: Almira Mary Wheeler (1822-1899) 1334
Marriage: 17 Sep 1873 - , Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Noted events in his life were:
• Research Note
There are some big discrepancies in the names of the children. Cleveland Family History provided most of names and dates, but they don't jibe with census data. For instance, I am sure that there is only one Orvilla S(usan) and I have no idea who Orvilla Ariel is.
1880 Soundex of Ohio, Erie Co, Portland Twp,
Sandusky, 230 Hancock St., 19-121-17-11
Charles Van Tine WM 30 OH
Lola " wife F 25 OH
Orvilla " dau F 05 OH
Charles H. " son M 02 OH
1900 Soundex of Ohio, Seneca,
Clinton Twp, Tiffin, #1 Adams, 136-100-3-15
Hovey Van Tine W Sept 1877 22 OH grandson
Lola J. Van Tine Sept 1854 45 OH daughter
Nellie Irene " Sept 1880 19 OH granddau
Orvilla S. " Jan 1875 25 OH granddau
all listed with Susan Hovey
IGI Charles Md Lola Irene Hovey 17 Sep 1873, Sandusky.
977.124/V3a Seneca County, Ohio, Cemtery Inscriptions, 1987. p. 189, Greenlawn Cemetery, Clinton Township.
#257 Lola Hovey Van Tine 1854-1928
Charles Hiram Van Tine 1850-1890
The FamilySearch IGI has a Family Group Record for this family which has an Earl Burnham Van Tyne, b. 22 Dec 1861, Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, and died 16 Oct 1875 as a child of this family. It also has Orvilla Ariel and Orvilla Susan as born and died in 1860.• Research Note
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 49
page 369
Miss Orvilla Susan Van Tine.
DAR ID Number: 48818
Born in Tiffin, Ohio.
Descendant of Aaron Wheeler and of Lieut. Aaron Wheeler, Jr.
Daughter of Charles Hiram Van Tine (1850-90) and Lola Irene Hovey (b. 1854), his wife.
Granddaughter of Hiram Van Tine (1816-51) and Mary Almira Wheeler (1822-99), his wife.
[p.369] Gr-granddaughter of Rev. John Wheeler (1787-1879) and Mary Franklin (b. 1787), his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Aaron Wheeler, Jr., and Mary Knap (1750-91), his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Aaron Wheeler and Hopestill Daggett, his wife.
Aaron Wheeler (1722-1800) turned out from Rehoboth, Mass., at the Rhode Island Alarm. He was born and
died in Rehoboth.
Also No. 23916.
Aaron Wheeler, Jr. (1752-1829), served 1775 as lieutenant in Capt. Samuel Bliss' company. He was born in
Rehoboth, Mass.; died in Livingston County, N. Y.• Military Service 1590, 26 Apr 1861 - Civil War, , , Ohio
This is very strange - there are two records for a Charles with the OH 21st.
Charles:
1. Enl as 1st Lt. 4/26/61; commissioned into OH 21 Inf. Co. I; mustered out 8/12/1861
Charles H.
2. Enl 9/16/1861 as 1st Lt. OH 21 Inf. Co. I; resigned 12/10/1863; promotion. Capt. 2/8/1862.• 1870 Census, 18 Jun 1870 - Ward 2, Sandusky, Erie, Ohio
127/136
Van Tine, A. C. 28 MW Census Taker ---/1000 Ohio
----, E. A. 22 FW Keeping House Massachusetts
----, Mary A. 3 FW Ohio
----, Julia 1 FW Ohio
----, C. H. 20 MW Accountant Ohio
a large assortment of boarders• 1880 Federal Census 949, 1 Jun 1880 - , Sandusky, Erie, Ohio
Extract: 1880 United States Census
Dwelling: 2nd Ward
Census Place: Sandusky, Erie, Ohio
Source: FHL Film 1255013; National Archives Film T9-1013; Page 225A
Household:
Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Charles VANTINE
Self Male M <married>30 OH
Occ: Lime Business Fa: OH Mo: OH
Lola VANTINE
Wife Female M <married>25 OH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: VT Mo: CAN
Orvilla VANTINE
Dau <daug>Female S <Single>5 OH
Fa: OH Mo: OH
Charles H. VANTINE
Son Male S <Single>2 OH
Fa: OH Mo: OH• Newspaper Articles, 23 Jun 1890 - , Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Brooklyn Eagle, page 4, date Monday, June 23, 1890
Condensed Telegrams: Brief News paragraphs by Wire From all Sections of the Country.
C.H. Vantine, a well known resident of Sandusky, O., committed suicide by shooting himself yesterday at Republic, Seneca county, whre he had gone to look after some business interest. Despondency over imaginary losses led to self destruction.
Wife Lola Irene Hovey 13
Born: 17 Sep 1854 - , Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio 949 Christened: Died: 6 Nov 1928 - , Toledo, Lucas, Ohio Cause of Death: Myocarditis Buried: 8 Nov 1928 - Greenlawn Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Seneca, Ohio
Noted events in her life were:
• 1880 Federal Census 949, 1880 - , Sandusky, Erie, Ohio
Extract: 1880 United States Census
Dwelling: 2nd Ward
Census Place: Sandusky, Erie, Ohio
Source: FHL Film 1255013; National Archives Film T9-1013; Page 225A
Household:
Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Charles VANTINE
Self Male M <married>30 OH
Occ: Lime Business Fa: OH Mo: OH
Lola VANTINE
Wife Female M <married>25 OH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: VT Mo: CAN
Orvilla VANTINE
Dau <daug>Female S <Single>5 OH
Fa: OH Mo: OH
Charles H. VANTINE
Son Male S <Single>2 OH
Fa: OH Mo: OH• 1900 Census, 2 Jun 1900 - ED 100, Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Adams Street
58/59
Hovey, Susan head WF Apr 1827 73 widow 5/1 Canada(eng) Ireland Ireland immigration 1831 69 Landlord own free house
Van Tine, Lola I. dau WF Sept 1854 45 widow 3/3 OH Vermont Canada
----, Orvilla S. grdau WF Jan 1875 25 single OH OH OH teacher
----, Hovey grson WM Sept 1877 22 single OH OH OH student
----, Nellie Irene grdau WF Sept 1880 19 single OH OH OH• 1910 Census, 15 Apr 1910 - District 145, Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Ward 2, {Seventh}
1/1
Hovey, Susan head FW 73 widow 5/1? living Can French?, Ireland Ireland, imm 1831, none, owns free house
----, Lula? Dau FW 55 widow 3/3 Ohio Vermont Can- French?, none
Van Tine, Orvilla grand dau FW 35 single Ohio Ohio Ohio, Reporter, newspaper, wage• 1920 Census, 5 Jan 1920 - ED 111, Clinton, Seneca, Ohio
Water Street
74/79
Van Tine, Lola head Own Free WF 65 widow OH Canada (Eng) Vermont no occ
Garrett, Clinton s-i-law WM 48 widow OH Vermont Vermont manager of Owen {Lange}
----, Lola granddau WF 14 single school OH OH OH• Death Record, 6 Nov 1928 - , Toledo, Lucas, Ohio
Ohio Deaths 1908-1953
Name : Lola Irene Van Tine
Titles :
Death date : 06 Nov 1928
Death place : Toledo, Lucas, Ohio
Birth date :
Estimated birth year : 1854
Birth place :
Age at death : 74 years 1 month 19 days
Gender : Female
Marital status : Married
Race or color :
Street address :
Occupation :
Residence :
Burial date :
Burial place :
Cemetery name :
Spouse name : Chas. Ke. Van Tine
Father name : Ariel Burnham Hovay
Father titles :
Father birth place :
Mother name : Susan Boyce
Mother titles :
Mother birth place :
GSU film number : 1991605
Digital GS number : 4022209
Image number : 2542
Certificate number : fn 68165
Description : Name index and images of Ohio statewide death certificates.
How to use Ohio Deaths 1908-1953 : Death certificates are the best source of death information. The certificates contain clues for further research: the birth date and birthplace of the individual; the name of the spouse; the names of parents; the place of residence; the name of the informant who may be a child of the deceased.
Children
1 F Orvilla Van Tine 5
Born: Jan 1875 - , Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio 949 Christened: Died: After 1930 Buried:Spouse: Never Married
2 M Charles Hovey Vantine 5
Born: 15 Sep 1877 - , Sandusky, Erie, Ohio 949 Christened: Died: After 1920 Buried:Spouse: Hazel E. Botkin (1887-1916)
3 F Orvilla Ariel Vantine
Born: 11 Mar 1880 - , Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio Christened: Died: 1 Aug 1880 - , Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio Buried:Spouse: Never Married
4 F Orvilla Susan Vantine
Born: 11 Mar 1880 - , Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio Christened: Died: 2 Aug 1880 - , Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio Buried:Spouse: Never Married
5 F Nellie Irene Vantine
Born: Sep 1880 - , Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio Christened: Died: Bef 1920 Buried:Spouse: Clinton Garrett (Cir 1872-After 1920)
John A. Howard and Maggie Renee Vance
Husband John A. Howard 893
Born: Cir 1875 - , , , Missouri Christened: Died: Buried:Marriage: 1909 - , , , Texas
Wife Maggie Renee Vance 893
Born: 6 Dec 1875 - , Graham, Garza, Texas Christened: Died: 4 Dec 1939 - , Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma Buried:
Father: James George Washington Vance (1829-1883) 893,894 Mother: Mary E. (Polly) Beverly (1834-1915) 893,894
Other Spouse: Rush Floyd Davidson (1862-Abt 1905) 893 - Est 1897 - , , , Texas
Children
1 F Living (details have been suppressed)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Notes (Marriage)
Living
Husband (details have been suppressed)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Wife Living (details have been suppressed)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John A. Howard (Cir 1875- ) 893 Mother: Maggie Renee Vance (1875-1939) 893
Children
William H. Howe and Sarah Ann Stevens
Husband William H. Howe
Born: 1817 - , , , Connecticut Christened: Died: Bef 1860 Buried:Marriage: 17 Mar 1846 - , Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut
Wife Sarah Ann Stevens
Born: 8 Oct 1815 - , , , Connecticut Christened: Died: 10 Jun 1869 - , Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut Buried: - Slasson Cemetery, Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut
Father: William Stevens (1795-1855) 1025 Mother: Hannah Scofield (Abt 1797-1871) 1025
Noted events in her life were:
• WARNING
This may be a wrong connection
• 1850 Census, 7 Aug 1850 - Ward 10, New York, New York, New York
90 Essex St. written in margin
701/1674
Smith Howe 33 M - Cooper CT
Sarah " 35 F - CT
Catherine " 22 F - CT
Henrietta " 14 F CT School• 1860 Census, 26 Jul 1860 - , Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut
1772/2152
John H. Stevens family
down 2 families
1774/2154
Frederick M. Shaw 32 M - Carpenter 2,000/25 CT
Henriette ----- 24 F - CT
Anna M. " 5 F - CT
Emily A. " 8/12 F - CT
Sarah Howe 44 F - CT
Jane Shaw 63 F - CT
Children
Clifford Burt Van Tine and Winifred Howell
Husband Clifford Burt Van Tine 5,35,142,143
AKA: Clifford Vantine Born: 28 Jul 1891 - , Atlas, Genesee, Michigan 143 Christened: Died: 1928 143 Buried: - Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father: Milo Lucius Vantine (1851-1915) 5,13,143 Mother: Mary Ellen Millholland (1852-1914) 13,142,143
Marriage: 30 Apr 1919 - , Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Other Spouse: Grace M. Welch (1889- ) - 27 Jul 1911 - , Yale, Wayne, Michigan
Noted events in his life were:
• Birth Record, 28 Jul 1891 - , Atlas, Genesee, Michigan
Name: Clifford B. Vantine
Birth date: 28 Jul 1891
Birth place: Atlas, Genesee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document):
Father name: H.L. Vantine
Father birth place: Mich
Age of father:
Mother name: Mary E. Vantine
Mother birth place: Mich
Mother age:
Christening date:
Christening place:
Additional relatives:
Death date:
Age at death:
Film number: 2321269
Digital GS number: 4207594
Image number: 1322
Frame number:
Reference number: item 2 p 215 rn 1086
Collection: Michigan Births 1867-1902
• 1910 Soundex 143, 1910 - , Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
1910 Soundex of Michigan, Wayne Co, Detroit, 99-0083-551
Clifford B. Vantane (Boarder) WM 18 MI
en/w Edzell N. Wyllie• World War I Draft Registration 50, 5 Jun 1917 - , Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Clifford Burt Van Tine
age: 25
162 Stanton, Detroit, Mich.
born: July 27, 1891
natural born citizen
born: Goodrich, Mich. USA
Inspector
Northway Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.
no dependents
single, caucasian
no military service
no exemption
Signed: Clifford Burt Van Tine
medium height, medium build
light brown eyes, dark brown hair, not bald
no disability• 1920 Census, 3 Jan 1920 - District 555, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Ward 17, Walbridge Street
74/61/65
Howell, Tudorhead rents MW 44 md, 1911 immigration, naturalized 1919 South Wales/Welsh Wales Wales, Painter, Electric Co., salary
----, Sarahwife FW 45 md, 1912 immigration, naturalized 1919 South Wales/Welsh Wales Wales
----, Arthurson MW 17 single, 1912 naturalized, South Wales/Welsh Wales Wales, draftsman, Steel Spring, salary
----, Davidson MW 11 single, 1912 naturalized, South Wales/Welsh Wales Wales
----, Robertson MW 2 6/12 single, Michigan Wales Wales
Van Tine, Cliffordson in law MW 28 md, Michigan MI MI, machinist, Auto Factory, Motor Plant, Wage
----, Winifreddau FW 20 md. 1912 naturalized, South Wales/Welsh Wales Wales • Cemetery, http://findagrave.com, 1928 - Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Clifford B. Van Tine
Birth: 1891
Death: 1928
Burial:
Grand Lawn Cemetery
Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 5
Record added: Mar 3 2006
By: Laura
Wife Winifred Howell 35
Born: 1900 - , , , Wales Christened: Died: After 1930 Buried:
Noted events in her life were:
• 1930 Census 35, 5 Apr 1930 - District 778, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Lakeview Avenue
Howell, Rhya J. head own 5,000 radio WM 54 md 23 age at first mg Wales Wales Wales 1911 naturalized Painter, Electric Company, not a veteran
----, Sarah A. wife WF 55 md 24 age at first mg Wales Wales Wales 1912 na
Van Tine, Winifred daughter WF 30 widowed 19 age at first mg Wales Wales Wales 1912 na comptometer operator, automobile factory
----, Florence W. granddau WF 9 single school MI MI Wales
----, Alice M. granddau WF 8 single school MI MI Wales
Howell, David M. son WM 22 single Wales Wales Wales 1912 na mechanical engineer, steel factory, not a veteran
----, Robert J. son WM 12 single school MI Wales Wales
Taylor, Ben J. nephew WM 20 single Wales Wales Wales school 1929 alien Draftsman, steel factory, not a veteran
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Marriage Record, 30 Apr 1919 - , Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
FamilySearch database, familysearch.org
Groom name: Clifford Vantine
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 27 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Michigan
Bride name: Winifred Howell
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 19 years
Bride birth year: 1900
Bride birth place: South, Wales
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 30 Apr 1919
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Milo
Mother of groom name: ...ry Mulholland
Father of bride name: Tudor
Mother of bride name: ...rah Lewis
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342734
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210041
Image number: 79
Reference number: v 8 p 258 rn 173691
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
Children
1 F Living (details have been suppressed)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 F Living (details have been suppressed)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Lewis Riley Vantine and Elizabeth Howey
Husband Lewis Riley Vantine 5
AKA: Lewis Van Tine, Louis G. Vantine Born: 8 Nov 1874 - , , Genesee, Michigan Christened: Died: 6 Aug 1948 - , , Genesee, Michigan Buried:
Father: George Riley Vantine (1838-1902) 907 Mother: Rachel Sweers (1835-1921) 5,899,909
Marriage: 25 Aug 1920 - , Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Other Spouse: Verna May Smith (1877-1963) 35,854 - (Divorced)
Other Spouse: Alma Elizabeth Gushen (1882-1977) 31,35 - 17 Oct 1923 - , Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Noted events in his life were:
• Int'l Genealogical Index
>Name note: 1988 IGI Michigan has this entry
• Researcher, OneWorldTree/Miriam Midkiff
ID: I7331
Name: Lewis R. VAN TINE
Given Name: Lewis R.
Surname: Van Tine
Sex: M
Birth: 8 NOV 1874 in Genesee Co., Michigan
Note:
1) Family History Library, 1880 Federal Census CD-ROM; age: 5; birthplace: Michigan
2) Linda Hole; b. 8 Nov 1874, Genesee Co.
Death: AFT 1910
Note: 1) Linda Hole Residence: 1880 Richfield Twp., Genesee Co., Michigan
Note: 1) Family History Library, 1880 Federal Census CD-ROM
Father: George Riley VAN TINE b: OCT 1838 in New York
Mother: Rachel SWEERS b: ABT 1835 in New York
Marriage 1 Verna M. SMITH
Married: 1 SEP 1897 in Davison, Genesee Co., Michigan
Note: 1) Linda Hole
Children
Glada M. VAN TINE b: 4 FEB 1898
Emma VAN TINE b: JAN 1900
• Alt Birth 50, 8 Nov 1875
• 1900 Soundex, 1900 - , Burton Twp, Genesee, Michigan
1900 Soundex for Michigan, Genesee Co., Burton Twp, 20-3-6-55
• 1900 Census, 15 Jun 1900 - , Burton Twp, Genesee, Michigan
Michigan, Genesee County, Roll 710 Book 1, Page 216a
Vantine, Louis head WM Nov 1874 25 md 4 MI MI MI Farmer Rents farm
-----------, Vernie wife WF May 1877 23 md 4 MI MI MI
-----------, Gladys dau WF Feb 1898 2 s MI MI MI
-----------, Emma dau WF Jan 1900 4/12 s MI MI MI• 1910 Soundex, 1910 - , Flint, Genesee, Michigan
1910 Soundex for Michigan, Genesee Co., Flint, 18-0012-0113
• 1910 Census, 18 Apr 1910 - Ward 1, Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Michigan, GENESEE, Roll 642 Book 2, Page 7a
Taylor Street
Van Tine, Lewis head WM 34 md1 12 MI MI MI Conductor, steel car, Own, mtg
-------------, Verna wife WF 32 md1 12 2/2 MI MI MI
-------------, Glada (sic) dau WF 11 s school MI MI MI
-------------, Emma dau WF 9 s school MI MI MI
{Kurz}, Eugene boarder• World War I Draft Registration 10,31,50, 12 Sep 1918 - , Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Lewis Riley Vantine
Res: Davison, Genesee, Michigan
Age: 42
Born: November 8, 1875
white, native born
Occ: Mechanic, F.J. Smith & Sons, Davison, Genesee, Michigan
Rel: Verna Vantine
Davison, Genesee, Michigan
signed: Lewis Riley Vantine
medium height, medium build
blue eyes, light brown hair• Directories 917, 1919 - , , Genesee, Michigan
Vantine, L. R. (w Verna) (ch Glade, Erma) mechanic Davison Vil
• 1920 Census, 13 Jan 1920 - ED 27, Flint, Genesee, Michigan
East Keasley Street
142/175
en/w Ambrose Pratt
Vantine, Louis R. boarder MW {44} md MI MI MI Chauffeur, private family
under Louis is listed Ronald K. age 6, no surname, as grandson. I feel very certain that this is a Pratt not a Vantine. Notice that Louis still has md for marital status.• 1930 Census 35, 4 Apr 1930 - District 33, Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Vantine, Louis G. head owns 5,000 no radio MW 54 md 22 age at first mg MI NY NY no occ
----, Alma E. wife WF 47 md 28 at first mg MI Canada (French) Canada (French) no occ• Death Record, 6 Aug 1948 - , , Genesee, Michigan
http://www.co.genesee.mi.us/
Genesee County Clerk
Instrument: 194808060000003 Volume Page: D62 135 Document Type: DEATH CERTIFICATE
Deceased: VANTINE , LEWIS RILEY
Date of Death: 08/06/1948 Local File No: 972
Wife Elizabeth Howey
Born: Est 1882 - , , Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: Buried:
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Researcher, Family Tree/Ancestry.com/levalley36
This database has a marriage to Elizabeth Howey and not one to Alma Gushen.
• Marriage Record, 25 Aug 1920 - , Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Groom name: Lewis Riley Vantine
Groom race or color (on document):
Groom age: 44 years
Groom birth year: 1876
Groom birth place: Genesee Co., Michigan
Bride name: Elizabeth Howey Rothfus
Bride race or color (on document):
Bride age: 38 years
Bride birth year: 1882
Bride birth place: Ontario
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 25 Aug 1920
Marriage place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Father of groom name: Geo. R. Vantine
Mother of groom name: Rachel Sweers
Father of bride name: Robert Howey
Mother of bride name: Elizabeth Taylor
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342736
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4209975
Image number: 553
Reference number: v 2 p 369 rn 814
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
Children
Henry Howland
Husband Henry Howland
Born: Abt 1590 - , Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England Christened: Died: Buried:Marriage:
Wife
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 M Pilgrim John Howland
Born: Abt 1610 - , Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England Christened: Died: 24 Feb 1672/73 - , Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Buried: 25 Feb 1672/73 - , Plymouth, Plymouth, MassachusettsSpouse: Pilgrim Elizabeth Tilley (Abt 1607-1687) Marr: Abt 1626 - , Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrim John Howland and Pilgrim Elizabeth Tilley
Husband Pilgrim John Howland
Born: Abt 1610 - , Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England Christened: Died: 24 Feb 1672/73 - , Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Buried: 25 Feb 1672/73 - , Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Father: Henry Howland (Abt 1590- ) Mother:
Marriage: Abt 1626 - , Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration, 11 Nov 1620 - , Mayflower, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Wife Pilgrim Elizabeth Tilley
AKA: Howland Born: Abt 1607 - , Henlow, Bedfordshire, England Christened: 30 Aug 1607 - , Henlow, Bedfordshire, England Died: 21 Dec 1687 - , Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Buried:
Father: John Tilley (Abt 1590- ) Mother: Joan Hurst ( - )
Noted events in her life were:
• Immigration, 11 Nov 1620 - , Mayflower, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Probate, 10 Jan 1687/88
Children
1 F Desire Howland
AKA: Gorham Born: Abt 1623 - , Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Christened: Died: 13 Dec 1683 - , , , Massachusetts Buried:Spouse: Capt John Gorham (Abt 1621-1676) Marr: Abt 1643 - , Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts,
Alvah (Tentative) Scofield and Mary Catherine Hoyt
Husband Alvah (Tentative) Scofield
Born: 1822 - , , , Connecticut Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Son Scofield (1794- ) Mother:
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• 1850 Census, 22 Nov 1850 - , Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut
1850 Federal Census of CT, Fairfield Co, Darien, p. 259,
22 Nov 1850,
120/141
Frances Howland (36) M Coaster CT {I believe this person should be with the previous family.}
Wm Stephens 55 M Cooper CT
Hannah 54 F CT
Wm A 37 M Shoe Maker CT (Wm. Augustus md to Rhoda Stevens)
James 34 M "" CT
John 32 M Mason CT
Alfred 10 M CT
Sylvester 22 M CT
Ann 22 F CT
next house to William Stevens
121/142
Alva Scofield 28 M Shoe M. CT
Mary A. "25 F CT
Sarah "4 F CT
Charles "1 M CT • 1860 Census, 28 Jun 1860 - , Harrison, Westchester, New York
Post Office - Pound Ridge
487/520
Alvah Scofield 38 M - Shoe maker 600/50 Conn
Mary C. "35 F - Conn
Sarah F. "13 F - Conn school
Charles H. "11 M - Conn school
Isaac "7 M - Conn school
Lafayette "4 or 9 M - NY
Maria "6 F - NY
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Harrison, Westchester, New York; Roll: M653_882; Page: 0; Image: 70.• 1870 Census, 1870 - , Marmaroneck, Westchester, New York
PO Marmaroneck
152/161
Scofield, Alfred 51 MW Shoemaker NY
----, Mary E. 47 FW Keeps house Connecticut
----, Wm. H. 12 MW at home NY school
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Scofield, Lafayette 18 MW at home New York school
----, John 8 MW Connecticut school
Wife Mary Catherine Hoyt
Born: 1825 - , , , Connecticut Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
Thomas Jefferson Vantine and Nancy Jane Hubbard
Husband Thomas Jefferson Vantine 5,13
Born: Nov 1837 - , , , Indiana 416 Christened: Died: 9 Aug 1926 - , Austin, Travis, Texas Cause of Death: Pneumonia, age Buried: 13 Aug 1926 - Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas
Father: Garret Voorhees Vantine (1801-1863) 162 Mother: Mary Elizabeth Dawson (1812-After 1880)
Marriage: 26 Jul 1866 - , , Johnson, Missouri
Noted events in his life were:
• Military Pension - , , Baylor, Texas
Confederate Pension Applications. On file at the Texas State Library
and Archives at Austin, Travis Co., TX
September 03, 2002
Seventy-six (76) applications were found for Baylor County.
The index to the confederate pension applications at
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html list the claimant name,
application number, county, husband's name for widow pension applications,
and the husbands application number if for a widow pension.
Vantine, Thomas Jefferson 24318 Baylor• Military Service 330, Confederate Army
Name: T. J. Vantine
Unit: Chisum's Reg't Texas Cavalry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Confederate• Research Note
FHL# 541243 US Civil War Pension Index
Thomas J. Vantine, Indian Wars, Capt. G. S. Fitzhughs
Co, Texas Vols.
enl. 1860 discharge 1860
1917 Sept 28 Indian Service app# 15096 TX
1880 Soundex of Missouri, Johnson Co, Warrensburg Twp., 18-105-20-5
Thomas Jefferson Vantine 50 IN
Nancy J. " 35 MO
Thos G. " 11 MO
Allia N. " 06 MO
Rose Zella " 05 MO
Betsy B. " 04 MO
Jake " 1/12 MO
William Adkins (SS) 18 MO
James " " 16 MO
1900 Soundex of Missouri, Johnson Co, Warrensburg Twp, 2062 W. Culton.
1900 Soundex of Missouri, Bates Co, Rich Hill, Olive St.
This is rather strange. Apparently Nancy lives in
Johnson County and Thomas J. lives in Bates County. Could there have been a divorce?
Wheeler Family, get #• 1870 Census, 24 Jun 1870 - , Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri
305/293
Vantine, Thomas 32 MW Teamster --/300 Indiana
----, Nancy 28 FW Keeping House Missouri
----, William 7 MW at home Missouri
----, James 5 MW Missouri
----, Thomas 3 MW Missouri
----, Elizabeth 56 FW None Delaware• 1880 Federal Census 416, 1880 - , Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri
Extract: 1880 United States Census
Census Place: Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri
Source: FHL Film 1254696; National Archives Film T9-0696; Page 419D
Household:
Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
T. J. VANTINE
Self Male M W 50 IN
Occ: Farmer Fa: NJ Mo: DE
Nancy J. VANTINE
Wife Female M W 35 MO
Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY
Thomas G. VANTINE
Son Male S W 11 MO
Occ: At Home Fa: IN Mo: MO
Allia N. VANTINE
Dau Female S <Single>6 MO
Fa: IN Mo: MO
Rosa VANTINE
Dau Female S W 5 MO
Fa: IN Mo: MO
Betsy B. VANTINE
Dau <daug>Female S <Single>4 MO
Fa: IN Mo: MO
Jake VANTINE
Son Male S <Single>1M MO
Fa: IN Mo: MO
William ADKINS
SSon <SteMale W <Wh18 MO
Occ: Laborer Fa: MO Mo: MO
James ADKINS
SSon <SteMale W <Wh16 MO
Occ: Laborer Fa: MO Mo: MO• 1900 Census, 22 Jun 1900 - ED 17, Rich Hill Ward, Bates, Missouri
Olive Street
461/461
Vantine, Thomas J. Head WM Nov 1837 62 Divorce Indiana New Jersey Delaware Teamster, rents house• Newspaper Articles, 10 Aug 1908 - , , , Texas
Civil War Letters of 1908
Abstracts of the Pioneer and Veteran letters from the Galveston Semi-Weekly, 1908
http://www.historictempletonmccanlessdistrict.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=51
Monday, August 10, 1908.
Scouting in the Northwest. I would like to find old Texas Rangers belonging to M. T. Johnsons regiment. I belonged to Gabe Fitzgeralds company. I enlisted at McKinney, Collin County, in March, 1860. We went from McKinney to Fort Belknap, on the Brazos River, and went from there to old Camp Radmensky, on Otter Creek, in the Wichita Mountains. We scouted around in that country a month or two. They called for a sixty days scout, and I volunteered and went on the scout. We were gone about ninety days. We crossed the Staked Plains and went up the Cimarron river; then we traveled up the Cimarron about four days and a half. We lost fifteen men there on the river. They came to the regiment through the mountains by themselves. The next day we started back, going east; traveled about ten miles and came to what we called the Indian Rock. After we got to the Indian Rock, going east, our Indian guide didnt know any further. Our provisions gave out and we were out about forty days, except what we could catch, such as deer and antelope, buffalo, jack rabbits and mesquite beans, hackberries and prickly pears.
We traveled east about four or five days. We crossed two different Indian trails about forty feet wide. Two days we didnt have anything to eat or any water to drink hardly, and we came across an old buffalo. We ate him and took the bones and hide. From there we camped up and down a creek. There were about 100 of us. Next day we traveled down to Dog Town River, and there is where the Indians ran through our camp about 4 oclock in the morning and took sixty-two head of horses and pack-mules. When daylight came they started out about forty-five men to get the horses. I was one that volunteered to go. We found more Indians than we could handle, and we turned back to camp. We didnt travel any that day. About 2 oclock in the evening the Indians fired a few shots through our camp. The boys said when they came into camp that night that Sul Ross shot and killed an Indian. Sul Ross had about fifteen white men and Pete Ross had about twelve Indians in his company. He had a company of Indians. Gabe Fitzhugh had about fifteen men in his company. Capt. Burleson had about fifteen men in his company, and M. T. Johnson had a company of about fifteen men. A man by the name of Smith was our Lieutenant-Colonel; Bill Fitzhugh was our Major, of Collin County. When we left the camp where our horses were taken we burnt our saddle and packsaddles and blankets and things we could not carry with us. Then we traveled right down the bed of the river about twelve miles and camped up in the sand hills that night. The next morning we didnt have anything to eat or drink. We traveled the next morning till about 11 oclock, and then we let our horses graze. We started then about 2 o'clock. Joe and John Engling gave out and we left them under a mesquite bush. Then we traveled a mile further and left a man by the name of Frank Hunter under another bush, all on account of not having anything to eat or drink and traveling on foot in the hot sun. Then we traveled about six miles and found water. When we got to the water it was so salty we couldnt drink it, and you ought to have seen about twenty-five or thirty old Texas Rangers get down and pray, and then came word there was water about four hundred yards up the river. Capt. Fitzhugh sent back and got the men we left under the bushes. We all stood guard that night. Then we traveled on four or five days and came to Pease River. That was the first we found out as to where we were. Then we went on to Big Wichita River, and from there to Fort Belknap. That was about the 20th of October, and there Fitzhughs and Burlesons companies were discharged.
If there is any one that was in that scout, I would like to hear from him.
Best wishes to The News and its many readers. - T. J. Vantine, Quanah, Tex., Hardaman County.
• 1910 Census, 1910 - Ward 1, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
East Second Street
Hope, John F. head MW 35 md1 4 TX Ohio Ohio Switchman, RR, rents house
----, May N. wife FW 32 md 1 0/0 MO IN MO
Van Tine, Thomas J. father-in-law 72 Divorced Indiana Delaware New Jersey no occ.• 1920 Census, 3 Jan 1920 - District 97, Austin, Travis, Texas
Ward 2, Confederate Home
Vantine, T. J. Inmate MW82 md Indiana New Jersey Delaware, no occupation• Cemetery, 1926 - , Austin, Travis, Texas
Birth: 1838 Death: 1926
T. J. Vantine
Confederate Veteran
Birth Date: 1838
Died: August 9, 1926
Buried: August 13, 1926
Co. B. 2. Tex. Reg.
Green's Brig.
Trans Miss. Army Burial:
Texas State Cemetery
Austin
Travis County
Texas, USA
Plot: Section:Confederate Field, Section 1 Row:S Number:23
Record added: Apr 17 2005
By: Bev Gillihan
Wife Nancy Jane Hubbard 13
Born: 11 Apr 1845 - , Lexington, Boone, Missouri 416 Christened: Died: 15 Apr 1924 - , Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage--Hypertension-arteriosclerosis Buried: 18 Apr 1924 - Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona
Other Spouse: Absolum Adkins (Est 1840- ) - 8 Jan 1860 - , , Johnson, Missouri
Noted events in her life were:
• Alt Birth, 11 Apr 1845
From Death Record.
• 1880 Federal Census 416, 1880 - , Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri
Extract: 1880 United States Census
Census Place: Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri
Source: FHL Film 1254696; National Archives Film T9-0696; Page 419D
Household:
Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
T. J. VANTINE
Self Male M W 50 IN
Occ: Farmer Fa: NJ Mo: DE
Nancy J. VANTINE
Wife Female M W 35 MO
Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY
Thomas G. VANTINE
Son Male S W 11 MO
Occ: At Home Fa: IN Mo: MO
Allia N. VANTINE
Dau Female S <Single>6 MO
Fa: IN Mo: MO
Rosa VANTINE
Dau Female S W 5 MO
Fa: IN Mo: MO
Betsy B. VANTINE
Dau <daug>Female S <Single>4 MO
Fa: IN Mo: MO
Jake VANTINE
Son Male S <Single>1M MO
Fa: IN Mo: MO
William ADKINS
SSon <SteMale W <Wh18 MO
Occ: Laborer Fa: MO Mo: MO
James ADKINS
SSon <SteMale W <Wh16 MO
Occ: Laborer Fa: MO Mo: MO• 1900 Census, 13 Jun 1900 - ED 117, Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri
West Colton Street
206/286/289
Vantine, Nancy {J.} head WF Apr 1844 56 Widowed 2/2 MO KY KY Dressmaker rents house
-----, Pearl dau WF Aug 1882 17 Single MO IN MO Milliner
-----, Charles A. son WM Jun 1870 20 Single MO IN MO Restaurant waiter
• 1910 Census, 21 Apr 1910 - District 408, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Ward 26, Academy Avenue
1356/178/228
Van Tine, Nancy J. head FW 65 widowed -- 8/8 living MO VA KY, no occ, rents house
-----, Charles A. son MW 29 single MO IN MO, Bartender, Saloon, wage
-----, Pearl M. dau FW 27 single MO IN MO, Milliner, Wholesale House, wage• 1920 Census, 11 Jan 1920 - District 119, Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona
South Washington Street
205/475/412
Vantine, C.A. head rents age 38 Single Missouri Indiana Missouri - no occupation
Ostrum, Pearl A. head rents age 37 divorced Missouri Indiana Kentucky - no occupation
------, James son 6 Arkansas Iowa Missouri, school
------. Vantine son 3 1/12 Arkansas Iowa Missouri
Vantine, Nancey J. mother 74 married Missouri Virginia Kentucky• Death Record 417, 15 Apr 1924 - , , Yavapai, Arizona
VAN TINE, NANCY (blank) birth: 1845.04.11 Death: 1924.04.15 County: YAVAPAI
Children
1 M Thomas G. Vantine 5
Born: Aug 1869 - , , , Missouri 416 Christened: Died: 7 May 1933 - , , Los Angeles, California Buried:Spouse: Maud Victoria Walker (1871-1949) Marr: 3 Apr 1890 - , Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
2 F Rose Zella Vantine
Born: 28 Sep 1871 - , Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Harry Joseph Wheeler (1873- ) Marr: 29 Nov 1900 - , , St. Louis, Missouri
3 F Allia N. Vantine
AKA: May N. Born: 1874 - , , , Missouri 416 Christened: Died: After 1910 Buried:
4 F Betsy B. Vantine
Born: 1876 - , , , Missouri 416 Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M Charles Arthur Van Tine
Born: 5 Jun 1880 - , , , Missouri Christened: Died: 10 Apr 1920 - , Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona Cause of Death: Consumption/ Pulmonary Tuberculosis Buried: 12 Apr 1920 - Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai, ArizonaSpouse: Never Married
6 M Jake Vantine
Born: 1880 - , , , Missouri 416 Christened: Died: Buried:
7 F Pearl Maude Vantine
Born: Aug 1882 - , , , Missouri Christened: Died: After 1920 Buried:Spouse: James Ottimer Ream Ostrum (1886-1961) 1591 Marr: (Divorced before 1920)
General Notes (Husband)
Pioneer Days in the Southwest from 1850-1879
Thrilling Descriptions of Buffalo Hunting, Indian Fighting and Massacres, Cowboy Life and Home Building
Contributions by Charles Goodnight, Emanuel Dubbs, John A. Hart, and others
The State Capital Company; Guthrie, Oklahoma; 1909
Chapter XVI
T.J. Vantine, Quanah, Texas
pp. 301-318
I went out in the spring of 1860 under Bill Fitzue as Captain, from McKinney, Collins county, Texas; we went by way of Jonesboro, and from there to Ft. Belknap, where we joined M.T. Johnson's regiment and then moved out about 12 miles north or Ft. Belknap. The first night on guard were Ed Mires, Bill Tight and myself. Ed Mires was standing under a pecan tree, our stands were about 75 yards apart. I left my stand on some account and went to Bill Mires' stand and when I got to Ed's stand I found Bill Right there.
As I sat down against the pecan tree Ed was standing under, my horse took a scare and jerked me down and then Ed Mires hallooed "Indians," and began to shoot. I got up and saw the Indian that was behind the tree from Ed and then I began to shoot with a Navy 6 and Bill Right and Ed Mires said for Lord sake don't leave us. Bill came back and the Indians shot a dozen or so arrows, and we kept firing until we exhausted our ammunition, saving only one round for future use.
By that time our captain and the rest of the company came to our aid and then the Indians left us. It was so dark that we couldn't follow them. The next morning we started a scout after them. We were in a thin oak thicket and the Indians had a good hiding place in there. We found much blood next morning after the shooting, but no dead Indians. They stampeded our horses, and it took us two days to get them together.
Then we moved about fifteen miles farther on towards the Brazos river and camped about two weeks there. Then we went out on a two weeks' scout and traveled about two days west, close to the Brazos river, and then we camped on a small prairie that was surrounded by tall, thin oaks. We put out our guards about seventy-five yards apart and along about 10 or 11 o'clock at night the Indians began to show up in five or six different places around our camp. The boys began to shoot, four or five at a time. They kept it up all night. That was the first trip for some of the boys, and they were all excited. There were about seventy-five Texas rangers in that scout, who wanted to move the camp that night. The others did not want to go because they were afraid the Indians would molest us. If we stayed till morning we would have a chance to get out, but the next morning the captain said we had better go back to the regiment. There wasn't enough of us to fight them then, and when we got back to camp we were ordered out on another scout at the head of the Washita river.
A large number of Indians were headed for the Wichitas. We at once went after them but didn't strike their trail. We were out ten days before we turned back to camp. Then we moved camp and started for the Wichita mountains, and camped on the west prong of Otter creek at Colonel Van Daran's old camp. We scouted that country about two months and killed buffalo and antelope and hunted Indians for pastime. The Indians were reported to be there and threatening our camp. We had been hunting for them about a week and couldn't find them.
Dave Wash and I were out hunting bear one day and we found a mountain where the rocks were broken open and made an opening where one could walk in about seventy yards, and there was a bear den in there and we went back to camp and our colonel, M.T. Johnson, gave us orders for no one to leave camp without orders, but I wanted to kill a bear by myself, so the next morning about the break of day I slipped out through the guards and struck out for the bear den about four miles away.
I got about three miles but there were many coyotes and lobo wolves howling. I heard one that howled different from the rest of them I began to hunt to see what it was, and I saw a big Indian standing on the bank of East Otter creek. I drew my gun down to fire. I thought that I could hit him, but I missed, the ball striking right at the left of where he stood. I had a muzzle loading Mississippi rifle which threw an ounce ball. I went through the motion of loading right quick and threw my gun down on him again, and he ran into the brush.
I turned then and ran behind a hog back mountain and ran about half a mile to where I left my horse. I had gained the spur of the mountain when I looked to see if the Indians were coming on the other side, but I saw none. When I looked back I struck my foot against a rock, but I lost no time in the fall. I ran against my lariat pin and knocked it out and done my rope up as I ran and jumped on my horse and went back to camp. I didn't let any grass grow under his feet.
When I got to camp my captain came out and took hold of my horse and asked me what was the matter. I told him I shot at an Indian up on East Otter creek. I said I might consider myself under arrest and he took me to the colonel's headquarters and they assessed my fine at ten days on guard duty, two hours on, and four hours off. I stood two turns. On the third turn I called up the corporal of the guard that my time was up, and he started around with the relief, and before he got to me I laid down and went to sleep, and the fellow that was going to stand where I stood, begged them to let me lay there for company, and so they assessed me ten days more, two hours on and four hours off.
They started a scout after the Indians the day I came in, and found fifty of them close to where I shot at that one. They ran them up about Fort Cobb and the Indians all scattered and they couldn't follow them any farther. Then we moved camp about fifteen or twenty miles on the south prong of Red river, and that night they put me on guard, right close to a big slew, and the guards were about seventy-five or eighty yards apart.
About 10 o'clock that night a big bear came splashing through the water. He passed a man by the name of Vanvaris then by me, and then by a fellow by the name of Van Winkel. The bear had caught a mussel and was sitting upon his haunches eating it. He was a fair target for Van Winkle, and he fell dead right there. Van Winkle hallooed "Indians," and ran into camp but I didn't believe it was and stayed at my station. When Van Winkle ran into the camp the whole company came out they asked me where the Indians were, and I told them I hadn't seen any, and didn't think there were any Indians here. Then they asked me where Van Winkle stood, and I went down and showed them where he stood. Then I looked over the weeds and water and saw the bear lying where he had given him a dead shot, and they went back to camp. That was the last night of my sentry duty.
We scouted around there about two weeks longer and then we started out on the famous scout. We crossed the South Canadian where that emigrant train was captured by the Indians in 1849, and the people all murdered; it was not very far from the old Adobe fort. We went on and crossed the North Canadian, then we struck across the plains to the Cimarron river. When we got to the river we traveled its banks four days and a half. We ran out of provisions the day before we struck the Cimarron; then we traveled up the river four days and a half, then we lay idle a half day. Every Indian camp we struck the ashes was full of beads.
A man by the name of John Huff and I were out hunting; we both had big guns; he claimed he had the best gun and I claimed I had the best. We were standing on the side of the mountain and there was a stump on the other side of the valley on a mountain, we shot at the stump to see who had the best gun. John Huff shot first and he hit right at the root on the left had side; I shot and hit right at the root on the left had side; then we went over to the stump and called it a tie shot. While we were up there looking around there was in a big crevice in a rock and an old dead Indian lay in there wrapped in a blue blanket, and I wanted Huff to go down and get him but he wouldn't do it, so I told him that I would go down' that I wasn't afraid of a dead Indian, so I went down and unwrapped him.
There was nothing there but the bones and hide, so we just took a little bone off the shoulder and left the rest lay. We went back to camp and told the boys and a good many of them went and got a bone to take home with them. One Indian guide said this Indian was a brother of a Chickasaw Chief.
After that we started on another scout, four of us. We went up into the mountains and saw a Mexican lion laying upon a rock jutting over four or five feet, and we took a shot at him, and he came rolling down nearly to where we were before he stopped and he showed fight at sight of us and nearly scared our horses. We couldn't get within fifty yards of him. We shot him several times, but he didn't die, and we were afraid to go to him on foot. We then took our scout about half a mile further and saw three Indians. We were afraid to follow them on account of running into a big bunch of them, and also getting cut off from the camp; so we went back to camp.
There were fifteen men out that never came back and they fared worse than we did. They traveled all day and didn't get anything to eat. They killed a wild cat and ate it and the next day after they eat the wild cat they killed an Indian pony. The Indian had just gotten off of him and went to the brush. After they killed him [pony] they cut out of him what they wanted and went on about five miles and stopped and got supper. They went on again until away after dark so as to dodge the Indians; that was the way we all traveled, so we would not have any fire where we camped.
Those men traveled straight for the Wichita mountains. Before they got to the mountains they ran onto part of their own regiment and took them to be Indians, and their regiment also took them to be Indians, and they all began to shoot and broke for the brush. When they got together they were surprised but there was great rejoicing. They all went to the mountains with the regiment; they got through two days before we did. Now I will refer back to our camp on the Cimarron river.
We started the next morning traveling east up a big level flat. There was a rock about ten miles ahead of us that was fifteen feet high and as a house. It was flat on top, and was called the Indian rock. When the Indians were traveling through the country and came to that rock they all left something \endash such as rings, ear rings, and beads. It seemed as though they worshipped that rock. After we got there our Indian guide didn't know the road any farther, and so we traveled through an unknown country without any guide for four hundred miles. We traveled that day about ten miles farther and camped for the night with but little to eat or drink.
Next morning we started about sunrise and traveled about five miles and came across an Indian trail going east. Then we went ten miles farther and camped. We had killed three deer that day and some rabbits, so we fared pretty well for supper and breakfast. We started pretty early next morning and traveled about fifteen miles and struck the brakes, and there we struck another Indian trail about the same size as the first one going the same direction. Traveling on about five miles farther we struck a stream which we took to be the North Canadian river; there we saw quite a few Indian signs and traveled on about six miles and camped for the night; then we went through a smooth prairie for about fifteen miles.
Our hunters had killed some deer that day so we had plenty to eat. That day we traveled about ten miles farther. That evening as the hunters came in they saw three Indians right south of us; that was all the Indians we saw that day. We camped there that night but was off next morning by daylight. We went ten miles and crossed a stream that we took to be the South Canadian. We traveled all that day and didn't have much to eat that night. The next day we traveled through a rough country and killed a bear and two deer and one or two turkeys. We ate the deer meat for breakfast and the bear meat for supper and camped for the night again.
We started about two o'clock in the morning and traveled over a pretty level country for ten miles. We stopped then to let our horses graze and eat breakfast; it was about eight o'clock when we ate. We started on the march again about ten o'clock; we traveled till about two o'clock and then we let our horses graze an hour or so; some of them had little to eat and most of them didn't have anything.
We traveled on about seven miles farther, when there was a bunch of about one hundred head of wild horses ran through our ranks. As we were marching there was a colt that joined us from the bunch of wild horses and we let him follow along with us. We traveled about five miles and came across a lone buffalo: they killed and skinned him and took his hide for moccasins and bridle reins.
We went down to the creek and camped. There was plenty of wild grapes and nice running water. Three men and myself went a quarter of a mile below the rest of them and got our suppers. Later the three men saddled their horses and rode off, leaving me alone. About ten o'clock at night I thought I heard the Indians hello right close to me. I took my horse and moved him about a hundred yards farther up the creek, closer to where the company was camped. I ran onto a man in a ditch asleep. I woke him up and told him I heard Indians, and that we would have to stand guard, and he agreed to stand guard two hours off and two hours on till daylight. I stood the first two hours and woke him up and he was to stand two hours. In about an hour I woke up and he was asleep, so we both stood guard from then until morning.
About four o'clock in the morning those three men who left me alone came back and camped right close to where they had eaten their suppers that night, camping by an old dry stump about twenty feet high; it was covered with old dry vines and they built a fire by the stump and the vines caught fire and made a big light, they could see it for miles and we thought it was Indians, and we were as still as death for about five minutes, till the fire went down and we hailed them before we went up to the fire, and when we went up we saw that they were the men who left me that night, and they asked me if I hadn't followed them all night.
I told them no, that they had traveled all night and had come back to where they had eaten their suppers the night before. I told them I would show them when daylight came where they had eaten their suppers. We ate our breakfast, then about sunrise and started on our journey east, right down the creek that we were camped on; traveled about three miles, rode up on a high rocky mountain to look around and see if we could see any Indians or the rest of the company coming, but we didn't see any Indians anywhere; then we looked west and saw our company coming. We waited till they were within four hundred yards of us to see if they were Indians or our boys. We saw they were our boys and we came down to fall in line with the company.
The three men I camped with the night before were aiming to leave the company and go to Fort Belknap by themselves, but got lost and came back to where they started that night. We traveled on till about eleven o'clock that day and stopped to graze our horses a couple of hours when our hunters came in. They reported seeing five Indians about a half a mile south.
All we had for dinner was Mesquite beans and hack-berries and a few prickly-pear apples. We started again on the march about one or two o'clock and traveled about ten miles. We came to what they called Dog Town or Red river, about half of us camped on one side and about half on the other side. We had nothing to eat or drink when we camped. We dug a down about three feet in the river and found a little alkali salt water. The party that camped on the west side of the river then sent us word that they had killed three buffaloes and found water.
We all went over there and camped with them. We had plenty of meat to eat and plenty of water to drink; we laid down and all went to sleep, and our officers were all out and we didn't put out any guards. About four o'clock in the morning, just as the moon was going down heard two shots, and then the Indians began to yell and ran through our camp, taking sixty-two head of our riding ponies and pack mules. Captain Sull and Pete Ross fired at the Indians as they passed right over them. I heard the captain say to shoot at the yelling Indians and to shoot downward.
The yelling and shooting scared me so I couldn't keep my hat on my head. There was a pond of water close, and two or three of our boys were scared so bad that they ran and jumped into that pond of water. I had turned my horse loose that night and just left him drag his lariat and I had to go and hunt him up myself, because I wouldn't ask anybody else to go with me.
I went up the river about six hundred yards with my army six in my hand. I found my horse, got on him and looked around and saw another horse. I went and got him and took him to camp with me. The owner of the horse came to me when I got to camp and said he wouldn't have went out after him for a dozen horses. When daylight came our colonel called for all of those who had good horses to follow the Indians, and I was one of the men that went with the detail after the Indians.
We went about six miles when we found the Indian Chief's head dress. It was fine polished buffalo horns and covered with velvet and painted feathers and beads; then we went on about half a mile farther and came to a hill. We sent four or five men to look over the hill and saw our horses; the streams forked there.
There were two tribes of Indians; one tribe camped on one side and one on the other. They were herding our horses between the two tribes, and there were so many of them we didn't tackle them. We went back to camp and the orders were that we wouldn't travel any that day. Some of the boys who lost their horses cried. We stayed there all day, and along about three or four o'clock in the afternoon there were a few shots fired through our camp. We had lost fifteen men on the Cimarron and Major Fitzue thought it was them shooting through our camp, thinking we were Indians. So Major Fitzue went out about five hundred yards and hallooed at them and waved his hat, and he said they shot so close to him that he knew it wasn't our boys.
Then we stayed there until dark and piled our saddles and pack saddled and everything we couldn't carry with us and burned them up. We threw our cooking utensils into a hole of water. We traveled right down the bed of the river ten miles and went up in the sand hills about three miles and camped. Most of us had no water or anything to eat that night. The next morning we traveled till about 11 o'clock and got off and left our horses graze and the men on foot have a rest, and we had nothing to eat or drink. We started again and traveled two miles and left Joe and John England under a mesquite bush, played out. We traveled about a mile further and left Frank Hunter another bush. I was carrying a man behind me and I stopped to get him on my horse, and the man that was on behind me objected and hallooed at Major Fitzue that I was going to get off and make him get off and take Frank Hunter on. Major Fitzue said to tell me to get on and come on or he would have me dismounted in half a minute. I told Frank if we found water anywhere close I would come back and get him. We went about six miles and found water, but it was so salty we could not drink it.
The officers was quarreling down in the bed of the river, and there were about twenty-five men who got down along the side of the banks and began to pray. Word came down the river that there was plenty of nice water about four hundred yards above. We all started up the river to the water, and when we got there it was alkali or jip, and they drank so much of it that it made them all sick. The man who was riding behind me jumped off into the water, clothes and all. There was a man who came down the river and told us that about a quarter of a mile above was nice stream of water and a good nice fortification.
We all went up there and found it all O.K., and then sent back and got the boys we left and sent out hunting parties. My mess didn't kill any game. I was at Captain Burlson's company, and his company had killed three deer, and he gave me half a deer to take to Major Fitzue, and told me to tell Major Fitzue to divide it among his men that had nothing to eat. I had two shirts on, so I cut off all the flesh I could and poked it in between my shirts, and told the major that Captain Burlson told him to divide it among the men who had nothing to eat. The major told me to cut me a piece and say nothing, So I cut it in two and went to my mess and told them how I treated the major, and they said it was all right, that the major was always a rascal, so we ate our supper and when night came we all went on guard.
We carried rocks and logs and made a fort. They put fifty men in about two hundred feet, and none of us slept that night. Our lieutenant -colonel, Smith, went up and down the lines and talked to every man. He told them they would have to stand and fight as though they knew no danger. Then the guard sent word down the river that there was a large force of Indians coming down the river, and Colonel Smith kept going up and down the lines telling his men not to shoot until they could kill an Indian. He told them if they ran they were gone, but if they stood they had a good chance to save themselves.
The Indians came up on the other side of the river from us, and the moon was shining as bright as day, when all at once the Indians made the awfulest whistle I ever heard. I thought sure they were coming, so I braced up to face the storm. They turned back, and Smith told us to hold our places, for they might come from some other direction, but they never came in that night; we stayed there and didn't sleep any that night. The next morning we found that about half a dozen men had their horses saddled to get away, while we did the fighting.
We got our breakfast and started out about sunrise and traveled about ten or twelve miles and found a pretty good place and thought we would stay all night, and sent out hunting parties to get game to strengthen the boys up a little. We got enough game for our supper and breakfast. We had to travel slow on account of our men on foot. We started the next morning after breakfast and traveled about twelve miles farther. That day our south guard saw Indians about half a mile away, but as there were only two, we paid not the least attention to them. We traveled until we came to a good camping place where we had plenty of water, but we had very little to eat, traveled on ten or twelve miles again, and our men on foot got so they could walk better than they did all forenoon. They picked mesquites, beans and prickly-pear apples as they went along for their breakfast.
Nothing of note happened for four or five days. When we got to the river we got some buffalo and steers that had strayed off from the settlers. Before we got there we killed three or four bears in one place, and up in the shinoaks we saw some musk hogs. When we got to the river we found out where we were. Some of the boys had been there before. We crossed Peas river about twenty miles above Mule creek, where the Indians captured Cinthy Ann Parker. After that there was nothing more of note happened until we got to the Wichita river, then we camped on the Big Wichita a day or two, and the colonel sent four men to Fort Belknap to get provisions, about sixty miles, and I was one that went. We traveled about thirty miles and met Till Yelton and others about midnight with a train of pack mules and guards, with provisions for our scout. We were gone so long that they were going to hunt us up, to see what had become of us.
A fellow by the name of Jim Lewis had eaten so much bacon and stuff that it made him sick, and we had to roll him all night, so we didn't get to Fort Belknap till about noon the next day. We stayed at Belknap about four or five days and there were about two hundred of our men who came in, and we were discharged. John R. Bailor went out with four or five men the day before I was discharged and he came in the next evening with seven Indian's scalps, and that was the last of the scout. I will go back and tell of some more Indian and buffalo chases that I wasn't in, but some of my company were.
Four men up in the Wichita mountains upon seeing a like number of Indians gave chase. They took after them and the Indians broke for a creek where it was awful brushy. They got within about three hundred yards of them, but couldn't get any closer, so they ran them for about three miles till the Indians got into the brush and there they gave up. White men never follow them any farther than where they strike the brush, then they quit them. When the men came back they said an Indian could get more ride out of a horse than a white man could. Every time our boys went to shoot, the Indians would gain ground on them, but they had an interesting chase of it. And a few days after that there were five of us went out on a buffalo hunt. We got after some buffaloes and wounded two or three of them, and one of the wounded buffaloes stopped and showed fight. He made a lunge at one of the horses and hooked one of them in the side and knocked him down and ran over him, the man was kicked about fifteen feet. He got up, ran and jumped into a gulley and said: "Wasn't I lucky not to get killed?" He then jumped on behind another man and went back to camp. Two months after that Phillip Yelton went out buffalo hunting by himself. He saw some buffalo about two hundred yards from him, so he got off his horse and slipped up on one and shot at him. He thought he had killed it but when he came close to him, he [buffalo] jumped up and made at Phillip. He shot at him again and the buffalo whirled around six or eight times, and every time he whirled around he would shoot him again. Three or four of the other men saw the fight, and got there in time to attract the buffalo's attention so Phillip could get away. After he had emptied both of his six shooters, the men ran up and patted him on the shoulders and said" "Bully for you, Phillip."
This closed our campaign for the year 1860.
The End
Notes (Marriage)
FHL#874364 Marriage Recs of Johnson Co, MO, p. 17
Medical Notes for Child Charles Arthur Van Tine
4 years 6 months
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