Genealogy Report in Text Format
From Martin H. Dawson to his great-grandchildren
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[NOTE TO FAMILY AND RESEARCHERS: This report is unformatted and thus perhaps a bit harder to read than the PDF files found under the Genealogy Reports. However, they contain a considerable amount of detail that could not be put into the other reports. The end notes also contain some of the sources of our information. --Forrest Ladd]
Descendants of MARTIN H. DAWSON
Generation No. 1
1. MARTIN H.1 DAWSON was born February 16, 1833 in IN, and died June 17, 1871 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO1. He married MARY BAKER Aft. 1847 in MO or TX, daughter of JOSEPH or JAMES BAKER. She was born May 18, 1832 in KY, and died February 11, 1882 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO2.
More About MARTIN H. DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, MO.
Notes for MARY BAKER:
No doubt the last official record of Mary [before her death] with her family follows:
1880 Census
Name Relation Mar Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace
Mother's Birthplace
Mary DAWSON Self W F W 48 KY Keeps House KY KY
Martha DAWSON Dau S F W 18 TX At Home IN KY
Isam DAWSON Son S M W 17 TX Farming IN KY
Joseph DAWSON Son S M W 13 TX Farming IN KY
Charles DAWSON Son S M W 9 MO IN KY
Source Information:
Census Place Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254694
NA Film Number T9-0694
Page Number 405D
1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Mary DAWSON Self W Female W 48 KY Keeps House KY KY
Martha DAWSON Dau S Female W 18 TX At Home IN KY
Isam DAWSON Son S Male W 17 TX Farming IN KY
Joseph DAWSON Son S Male W 13 TX Farming IN KY
Charles DAWSON Son S Male W 9 MO IN KY
Source Information:
Census Place Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254694
NA Film Number T9-0694
Page Number 405D
More About MARY BAKER:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, MO
More About MARTIN DAWSON and MARY BAKER:
Marriage: Aft. 1847, MO or TX
Children of MARTIN DAWSON and MARY BAKER are:
+ 2 i. NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, born September 21, 1854 in TX; died June 21, 1936
in , Jasper Co, MO.
+ 3 ii. MARY JANE DAWSON, born 1858 in , ,TX; died November 8, 1923 in Harwood,
Jasper Co., MO.
+ 4 iii. MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt" DAWSON, born November 11, 1861 in
Hopkins CO, TX; died 1947 in , Jasper Co., MO.
+ 5 iv. ISOM MARTIN DAWSON, born February 27, 1863 in Black Jack Grove, Hopkins
Co., TX [named changed to Cumby, TX]; died February 3, 1936 in Ford, Ford Co.,
KS.
+ 6 v. JOSEPH W. DAWSON, born July 7, 1867 in TX; died January 31, 1935 in
Oklahoma City, OK.
+ 7 vi. CHARLES H. DAWSON, born July 12, 1870 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO;
died November 20, 1960 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO.
Generation No. 2
2. NANCY JANE2 DAWSON (MARTIN H.1) was born September 21, 1854 in TX, and died June 21, 1936 in , Jasper Co, MO. She married HENRY EDWARDS November 10, 1878 in , Jasper Co., MO, son of WILLIAM EDWARDS and ELIZABETH WHAROL. He was born January 22, 1855 in ENG3, and died July 26, 1917 in , Jasper Co, MO.
Notes for NANCY JANE DAWSON:
NANCY died while visiting daughter, Maude Martin, in Carthage, MO. She had
made her home with daughter, Estelle Brasher. She came to Jasper Co., MO
with her parents in a covered wagon.
from Obituary, Sarcoxie Record, 6-25-1936
More About NANCY JANE DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO
REL PREF: Presbyterian
More About HENRY EDWARDS:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO
Will: Located Box 262, File 5311, Jasper Co., MO
More About HENRY EDWARDS and NANCY DAWSON:
Marriage: November 10, 1878, , Jasper Co., MO
Children of NANCY DAWSON and HENRY EDWARDS are:
8 i. CHARLES3 EDWARDS, born December 16, 1879 in , Jasper Co, MO; died July
16, 1881 in , Jasper Co, MO.
More About CHARLES EDWARDS:
MISC: Death date reported by Bill Stotts: 7-27-1881
+ 9 ii. ELMER R.[E.] EDWARDS, born January 16, 1883 in , Jasper Co, MO; died
March 26, 1947 in , Jasper Co, MO.
10 iii. CORA LEE EDWARDS, born June 9, 1885 in , Jasper Co, MO; died August
6, 1886 in , Jasper Co, MO.
More About CORA LEE EDWARDS:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO
+ 11 iv. ESTELLE EDWARDS, born July 6, 1887 in , Jasper Co, MO; died October
14, 1977 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO.
+ 12 v. IVA CLARISE EDWARDS, born April 1, 1890 in , Jasper Co, MO; died March
10, 1980 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO.
13 vi. LYDIA EDWARDS, born July 22, 1893 in , Jasper Co, MO; died 1952 in ,
Jasper Co, MO. She married WILLIAM "Willie" H. JENKINS; died Unknown.
More About LYDIA EDWARDS:
Burial: Unknown, Harvey Cemetery, N/Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO
More About WILLIAM "Willie" H. JENKINS:
ADDR: Webb City, MO
+ 14 vii. MAUDE EDWARDS, born September 30, 1896 in , Jasper Co, MO; died October 23, 1985 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO.
3. MARY JANE2 DAWSON (MARTIN H.1)4 was born 1858 in , ,TX5, and died November
8, 1923 in Harwood, Jasper Co., MO. She married JOHN WESLEY BIDDLECOME September
16, 1875 in , Jasper Co., MO, son of JOHN BIDDLECOME and LUCY LAMB. He was
born October 17, 1852 in , Lawrence Co., MO, and died April 27, 1922 in Nevada,
Vernon Co., MO.
More About MARY JANE DAWSON:
Burial: November 12, 1923, Carthage MO Park Cemetery6
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
More About JOHN WESLEY BIDDLECOME:
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery6,6
Cause of Death: Prostatic Enlargement
More About JOHN BIDDLECOME and MARY DAWSON:
_______: Unknown, UNKNOWN
Marriage: September 16, 1875, , Jasper Co., MO
Children of MARY DAWSON and JOHN BIDDLECOME are:
+ 15 i. ELLA "Ellie"3 BIDDLECOME, died Bef. 1954 in Joplin, Jasper
Co., MO.
16 ii. ELSIE BIDDLECOME, died Bef. 1954.
+ 17 iii. MINNIE BIDDLECOME, died Bef. 1954.
+ 18 iv. ARTIEMUS "ART" E. BIDDLECOME, born December 2, 1878 in ,
Vineyard Twp., Lawrence Co., MO; died 1964.
+ 19 v. HATTIE MAY BIDDLECOME, born November 21, 1882 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co.,
MO; died June 25, 1969 in Webb City, Jasper Co., MO.
+ 20 vi. JOHN 'FRANK' BIDDLECOME, born 1887 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO; died
July 9, 1966.
+ 21 vii. MYRTLE VENNA BIDDLECOME, born September 21, 1889 in Sarcoxie, Jasper
Co., MO; died January 1975 in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA.
4. MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON (MARTIN H.1) was born November
11, 1861 in Hopkins CO, TX7, and died 1947 in , Jasper Co., MO. She married
ANDREW JACKSON SOLOMON. He was born 1857, and died 1901 in , Jasper Co., MO.
More About MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt" DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, MO
OCC: Homemaker
More About ANDREW JACKSON SOLOMON:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, MO
Children of MARTHA DAWSON and ANDREW SOLOMON are:
+ 22 i. VIRLA3 SOLOMON, born February 25, 1883; died May 1967 in Joplin, MO.
+ 23 ii. JOHN SOLOMON, born January 23, 1885; died Unknown.
+ 24 iii. QUINT E. SOLOMON, born September 5, 1887 in Sarcoxie, MO; died Unknown
in Broadhurst Hospital, Carthage, MO.
+ 25 iv. ADDIE SOLOMON, born November 16, 1888; died Unknown.
+ 26 v. CHARLEY SOLOMON, born December 8, 1890; died Unknown.
+ 27 vi. ELLA SOLOMON, born March 18, 1893 in Sarcoxie, MO; died May 23, 1969
in Carthage, MO.
28 vii. ODUS SOLOMON, born September 26, 1895 in Childhood; died Unknown.
More About ODUS SOLOMON:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO
+ 29 viii. EVA SOLOMON, born January 25, 1900; died January 28, 1988.
5. ISOM MARTIN2 DAWSON (MARTIN H.1) was born February 27, 1863 in Black Jack
Grove, Hopkins Co., TX [named changed to Cumby, TX]8, and died February 3,
1936 in Ford, Ford Co., KS. He married ALFRETTA "Allie" MARIAH
CANNADY October 5, 1884 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO9, daughter of CHARLES
CANNADY and ROSE RAGAN. She was born June 15, 1865 in Mascoutah, St. Clair
Co., IL10, and died April 28, 1945 in Ford, Ford Co., KS.10.
Notes for ISOM MARTIN DAWSON:
I. M. [as he was known] was born in Black Jack Grove, TX on February 27, 1863.
This is sometimes also known as Black Jack, TX. The area was a good farming
community, but very small. It had a church, a school, and a little store
or two, but no post office. This location is now known by and shown on a
current road may as Cumby, Hopkins Co., TX. [On a visit to Cumby in 1999,
we noted that one of the retail stores still had the name on the window --
Black Jack Grove. JKL]
Later the family moved to the Sarcoxie, Jasper Co, MO area, where the Charles
W. Cannady and Harriman families also lived. Isom Martin and Alfretta grew
up in this rural community and were married there on Oct. 5, 1884. Six children
were born in MO. The Cannady family (Allie's parents) had moved to the Great
Bend, KS area, and because of their advice and hoping for better success in
a financial way the I. M. Dawson family started to Kansas by covered wagons
drawn by four fine, husky mules on July 28, 1899. Alfretta had come earlier
by train because a new baby was expected soon. She was disappointed because
she wanted to make the trip with the family, and she greatly enjoyed travelling.
Lillie became ill with malaria fever on the road, so I. M. had to load the
family on a train to reach proper medical help. The family possessions were
left with the John Denny family and Mr. Tom Boucher, who also were coming to
Kansas to make their home.
The I. M. Dawson family moved to a farm in Stafford Co., KS. Farming methods, as well as implements were very different there. There was homesickness, lack of finances, and I. M. was especially discouraged and would have returned to MO if he could have financed the move with his family. The children were taught to work and helped harvest a fair crop of wheat the next year. The older children husked corn for neighbors the first two winters to help carry the financial burden of pioneer days. Cow chips were used for part of the fuel to keep the family warm.
Three different farms were "home" during the five years in Stafford and Barton county where three children were born. After five years, I. M. had accumulated horses, mules, cows, machinery and money enough to make a payment on land. So with a land agent he moved further west to Ford County where he bought three quarters of land which later became known as the "Dawson Place." (Located about 3 miles north of Ford, Ford Co., KS on the Spearville Road). A four room square house was built on his land. The same house was later extensively remodeled by Verna and Elmer Karns in the 1940's.
After the home was ready, the family again loaded into covered wagons pulled by teams and started west, driving their cattle with them. In a raging snow storm, they arrived on Dec. 2, 1904. Neighbors D.O. Rinehart and Frank Cook were keeping a fire expecting the new neighbors to arrive.
The following spring, Lillie was married to W. P. Warner of St. John and returned to live in the same house where the parents and brothers and sisters had previously lived. Only one of the children, the 10th, who was Clarice, was born in Ford County in 1907. Some of the childhood memories of the farm were the harvest crews of header barges, many horses and several men; the huge dinners for the threshers; the mile and one-half walk to and from the rural school; the sand storms pelting the children on the road; the rural Sunday School where the minister, Rev. Ballinger, looked like Abraham Lincoln.
Later, in 1912 the family moved from the farm setting to the town of Ford, Kansas. Memories of adjusting to the town school, the Saturday afternoon visits to town, and later, Saturday night in the little town, are vivid. Ford was a small rural town--perhaps never having more than 250 population at any time. The family home was located in the Southwest corner of the town. The three youngest children each graduated from the High School at Ford, and later had some teaching experience.
After I. M.'s death in 1938, Alfretta moved to a smaller home closer to church
and downtown. She lived there until her death in 1945.
-Excerpts from notes of Verna Dawson Karns
Memories of my grandfather, I.M. Dawson, are of his tall, straight form, with beautiful white hair as he was seen often walking back and forth from the family home to the downtown area of Ford. He seemed also to enjoy teasing the grandchildren as they played at his home.
Most of the children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren lived in that nearby area during all of their years in Ford County.
Isom Martin Dawson and "Allie" Cannady Dawson both are buried in the family plot about a mile east of the town of Ford, Ford Co., KS. [JL]
* * *
By other grandchildren, Isom is remembered for his playful tickling when the
young ones "dashed" past him in his living room, for the peppermints
he carried to be passed out.
Others remember his cheering and hollering at basketball games along with neighbor Bill Heiland, and his V/8 with the hand-throttle installed, as he drove into the surrounding farmlands to survey his land where many of the family lived.
Others remember his stately stance and his black suit as he daily walked down the sidewalk from his home, crossed the railroad tracks, and passed by the grade school on his way downtown to pick up the mail, and spend some time exchanging the time of day and news with friends in this small friendly town.
On the serious side, during those dust-bowl, depression years he gave $3.00
for the old-fashioned meeting. It is still remembered as being generous! With
his glasses pushed up on his head, he could be heard above the rest of the
congregation singing his favorite song, "He Brought Me Out."
More About ISOM MARTIN DAWSON:
ADDR: Ford, Ford Co., KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
OCC: Farming
REL PREF: Protestant -- Scotch Irish Descent
Notes for ALFRETTA "Allie" MARIAH CANNADY:
Alfretta, my grandmother, in her later years, would sit in her favorite rocker
where she could see out the window and watch the activities of the small
town as they came into view. The rocker always seemed to be placed too close
for comfort to the china cabinet with curved glass front and sides. It seemed
to survive the potential hazards of the many grandchildren who visited her.
She is remembered by many of her grandchildren for the "big" sugar
cookies which were always waiting in the cookie jar for some hungry child,
and also for the butterscotch candies [round and hard like a quarter] which
were always there.
While my daughter, Gwen Ladd Hackler, is too young to have known her great-grandparents,
the I. M. Dawsons, she and her husband, Don Hackler, now enjoy in their home
the antique bedroom furniture which furnished the front bedroom of the Dawson's
last home in Ford, Ford Co., KS.
--Excerpts from Jean Karns Ladd
Isom Martin Dawson and "Allie" Cannady Dawson both are buried in
the family plot about a mile east of Ford, Ford Co, KS. Allie's funeral was
conducted by Rev. August Brandes, the first pastor of the Church of the Nazarene
in Ford, Ford Co., KS.
******* Some of the grandchildren's memories of Grandma "Allie" are the big cookie jar always full of sugar cookies. It must have taken dozens and dozens for her many grandchildren who visited her as they dropped in and out--perhaps for a cookies. Always present also was the dish of flat round butterscotch candies just waiting for someone to stop by for a treat!
Grandmother was a quiet, meek little lady who had seen a lot of years and many hardships with her ten children who all lived to be adults. That was quite an accomplishment in the days before antibiotics, plastics, nylons, wash and wear fabrics, automatic washers and dryers! In the last 10 or 15 years of her life she spent much "well-earned" time sitting in her favorite rocking chair (which was always too close to "that" curved glass china cabinet) looking out the window watching the activities of the little town where she had lived so long. She had an excellent view of the highway coming through the center of town, and of the school children walking to and from the schools.
She was always active in the Missionary Society of the Nazarene Church. She served as their treasurer for many years and the money, though often small, was carried in a well recognized little coin purse.
With her hair brushed back to a bun, and dressed in the same style dress almost all of the time, she kept an orderly home. After she was free to be gone, she loved to travel whenever someone was going and had some space, or to board a bus on her way to MO or CO to visit family and friends. These were well-earned vacations!
More About ALFRETTA "Allie" MARIAH CANNADY:
ADDR: Lived in Ford, Ford Co., KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
INTERESTS: Family
OCC: Homemaker
REL PREF: Nazarene
More About ISOM DAWSON and ALFRETTA CANNADY:
Marriage: October 5, 1884, Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO11
Children of ISOM DAWSON and ALFRETTA CANNADY are:
+ 30 i. LILLIE MAY3 DAWSON, born July 28, 1885 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO;
died December 17, 1976 in Bucklin, Ford Co., KS.
+ 31 ii. CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE DAWSON, born November 5, 1887 in Jasper
Co., MO; died November 27, 1970 in Bethany, Oklahoma Co, OK.
+ 32 iii. GUY EVERETT DAWSON, born November 15, 1889 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co.,
MO; died March 31, 1976 in Lamar, CO.
+ 33 iv. JESSE 'J.O.' ORAL DAWSON, born March 8, 1892 in , , KS; died October
26, 1973 in , , KS.
+ 34 v. ELMER CECIL DAWSON, born October 2, 1894 in Sarcoxie, MO; died May
2, 1985 in Colorado Springs, CO.
+ 35 vi. EDITH EDNA DAWSON, born April 1, 1897 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO;
died March 14, 1953 in Wichita, KS.
36 vii. HOMER LESLIE DAWSON, born August 11, 1899 in Great Bend, Barton Co.,
KS; died March 26, 1973 in Dodge City, Ford Co, KS. He married (1) MARTHA HAGER
Private; born Private. He married (2) ELLEN CRANE Private; born Private. He
married (3) PEARLE _______ Private; born Private.
More About HOMER LESLIE DAWSON:
ADDR: Ford and Dodge City, KS area
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
INTERESTS: Jovial; Joker; Flashy dresser
More About HOMER DAWSON and MARTHA HAGER:
Private-Begin: Private
More About HOMER DAWSON and ELLEN CRANE:
Private-Begin: Private
More About HOMER DAWSON and PEARLE _______:
Private-Begin: Private
+ 37 viii. VERNA MABEL DAWSON, born December 9, 1901 in Seward, Stafford Co.,
KS; died August 24, 1978 in Bethany, Oklahoma Co., OK.
+ 38 ix. ELTA JEWEL DAWSON, born March 30, 1904 in Seward, Stafford Co., KS;
died July 16, 1982 in Santa Barbara, CA.
+ 39 x. CLARICE VESTAL DAWSON, born May 30, 1907 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died
March 15, 1940 in AZ.
6. JOSEPH W.2 DAWSON (MARTIN H.1)12 was born July 7, 1867 in TX13, and died
January 31, 1935 in Oklahoma City, OK14. He married (1) MRS. SUE McLUSE June
5, 1881 in Jasper Co., MO15. She died Bef. 1900 in Pattonville, TX. He married
(2) ADDIE GOOD Abt. 1890. She died Unknown. He married (3) EMMA LOUISE BONE16
October 26, 1905 in , , Lamar Co., TX16, daughter of JOHN BONE and MARTHA
GAMBILL. She was born June 2, 1882 in Izard Co., AR17, and died October 15,
1917 in TX.
More About JOSEPH W. DAWSON:
ADDR: Lived in TX, MO, Oklahoma City Area
Burial: Unknown, Sunny Lane Cemetery, Midwest City, OK
Cause of Death: Acc on May Ave Bridge, Oklahoma City, OK; Funeral service at
May Ave. Mission
MISC: Funeral Home reported Ins. of $33.00 [Home State Life] $30. from Oklahoma
County; Cost of service: $35.00
OCC: Grocer - Wichita Falls,TX early 1900s
REL PREF: May Ave. Mission
More About JOSEPH DAWSON and MRS. McLUSE:
Marriage: June 5, 1881, Jasper Co., MO18
More About JOSEPH DAWSON and ADDIE GOOD:
Marriage: Abt. 1890
More About EMMA LOUISE BONE:
Burial: Unknown, Fort Worth, TX area-[marker at grave]
More About JOSEPH DAWSON and EMMA BONE:
Marriage: October 26, 1905, , , Lamar Co., TX19
Child of JOSEPH DAWSON and MRS. McLUSE is:
40 i. LEONARD3 DAWSON, died Unknown.
Children of JOSEPH DAWSON and ADDIE GOOD are:
41 i. WALTER W.3 DAWSON, died December 16, 1940. He married MARY M. _______
Private; born Private.
Notes for WALTER W. DAWSON:
W. W. DAWSON died at his home, 400 Bridge St. in Wichita Falls, TX. Burial
was in the County Farm Cemetery, Wichita Falls, TX.
Mr. Dawson was employed as a painter.
More About WALTER DAWSON and MARY _______:
Private-Begin: Private
+ 42 ii. ORIN C. "Dick/Shorty" DAWSON, born March 26, 1894 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO; died December 8, 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK.
Children of JOSEPH DAWSON and EMMA BONE are:
+ 43 i. FINIS ROLAND3 DAWSON, born December 24, 1907 in Petty, TX; died October
21, 1984 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK.
+ 44 ii. CHARLES H. DAWSON, born September 6, 1910 in Reno, TX; died September
7, 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK.
45 iii. RUTH DAWSON, born July 12, 1912 in Paris, TX; died July 20, 1914.
46 iv. CECLE DAWSON, born January 29, 1915 in Childress, TX; died December
14, 1915.
More About CECLE DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Paris, TX
47 v. MATTIE M. DAWSON, born Private.
48 vi. ELVIE DAWSON, born September 13, 1916 in Wichita Falls, TX20; died May
15, 191720.
49 vii. JOHN DAWSON, born 1917; died 1917 in , , TX.
7. CHARLES H.2 DAWSON (MARTIN H.1) was born July 12, 1870 in Sarcoxie, Jasper
Co., MO21, and died November 20, 1960 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO. He married
MARY MARGARET BUCK October 24, 1896 in , ,Jasper Co., MO, daughter of THOMAS
BUCK and MARGARET MYERS. She was born December 3, 1880 in , , Jasper Co.,
MO, and died February 13, 1960 in , , Jasper Co., MO.
More About CHARLES H. DAWSON:
ADDR: 1954: Living with son, Roy, Sarcoxie, MO
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, MO
More About MARY MARGARET BUCK:
ADDR: 1954: Home place southeast of Sarcoxie
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, MO
More About CHARLES DAWSON and MARY BUCK:
Marriage: October 24, 1896, , ,Jasper Co., MO
Children of CHARLES DAWSON and MARY BUCK are:
+ 50 i. LOYCE 'BESS'3 DAWSON, born February 24, 1899; died April 1987 in ,
Jasper Co., MO.
51 ii. ROY ALBERT DAWSON, born June 21, 1901 in Sarcoxie, MO; died November
17, 1960 in Monett, MO. He married AUDRA ELIZABETH STEPHENS May 5, 1921 in
Carthage, MO; born January 23, 1895 in Exeter, MO; died December 3, 1989 in
Monett, MO.
Notes for ROY ALBERT DAWSON:
ROY ALBERT DAWSON
Memories of visiting in the home of Roy and Audra Dawson include
the fun of "pulling" up the bucket of water from the well at the
back of the house; corn on the cob in abundance; trips with our
Grandmother Alfretta Dawson who loved to travel. The large brown
battered up metal suitcase that she carried on her trips is still
in the family.
More About ROY ALBERT DAWSON:
ADDR: Sarcoxie, Mo
Burial: Unknown, Sarcoxie MO Cemetery [west of town]
OCC: Carpenter
More About AUDRA ELIZABETH STEPHENS:
ADDR: Sarcoxie, MO
Burial: Unknown, Sarcoxie MO Cemetery [west of town]
OCC: Avon Saleslady
More About ROY DAWSON and AUDRA STEPHENS:
Marriage: May 5, 1921, Carthage, MO
+ 52 iii. NELLIE DAWSON, born March 7, 1903 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO; died
March 31, 1998 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO.
+ 53 iv. OPAL MARGARET DAWSON, born Private.
+ 54 v. CHESTER HEADON DAWSON, born June 20, 1913; died April 28, 1991 in Joplin,
MO.
+ 55 vi. WAYNE CLARENCE DAWSON, born January 19, 1916 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co.,
MO; died January 17, 1999 in , , MO.
Generation No. 3
9. ELMER R.[E.]3 EDWARDS (NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born January 16, 1883 in , Jasper Co, MO, and died March 26, 1947 in , Jasper Co, MO. He married ANNA BLAKEMAN July 20, 1911 in , Jasper Co., MO. She died Unknown.
More About ELMER EDWARDS and ANNA BLAKEMAN:
Marriage: July 20, 1911, , Jasper Co., MO
Children of ELMER EDWARDS and ANNA BLAKEMAN are:
56 i. WILLIAM4 EDWARDS, born January 25, 1914; died July 198022.
57 ii. EVA EDWARDS, born Private.
58 iii. PAUL EDWARDS, born Private.
11. ESTELLE3 EDWARDS (NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born July 6, 1887
in , Jasper Co, MO, and died October 14, 1977 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO.
She married (1) WILLIAM RICHARD ABRAM November 10, 1909 in , Jasper Co.,
MO. He was born March 12, 1888, and died December 4, 1916. She married (2)
ANDREW JACKSON BRASHER Abt. 1920. He was born July 19, 1878 in , Wright Co.,
MO, and died April 15, 1935 in , Jasper Co., MO.
More About ESTELLE EDWARDS:
ADDR: 1954: Sarcoxie, MO
Burial: Unknown, Sarcoxie MO Cemetery, Jasper Co., MO
More About WILLIAM ABRAM and ESTELLE EDWARDS:
Marriage: November 10, 1909, , Jasper Co., MO
More About ANDREW JACKSON BRASHER:
Burial: Unknown, Sarcoxie MO Cemetery, Jasper Co., MO
More About ANDREW BRASHER and ESTELLE EDWARDS:
Marriage: Abt. 1920
Children of ESTELLE EDWARDS and WILLIAM ABRAM are:
59 i. LILLIAN N.4 ABRAM, born September 4, 1910 in , Jasper Co., MO23; died
July 7, 1916 in , Jasper Co., MO.
More About LILLIAN N. ABRAM:
Burial: Unknown, Sarcoxie MO Cemetery, Jasper Co., MO
+ 60 ii. EUGENE L. ABRAM, born November 29, 1912 in , Jasper Co., MO; died
April 26, 1990 in Kansas City, , MO.
+ 61 iii. HELEN MAY ABRAM, born Private.
Children of ESTELLE EDWARDS and ANDREW BRASHER are:
+ 62 i. KATHERINE4 BRASHER, born April 23, 1919 in , Jasper Co., MO; died February
1977 in Kansas City, , MO.
+ 63 ii. EVERETT L. BRASHER, born Private.
+ 64 iii. MAXINE C. BRASHER, born Private.
12. IVA CLARISE3 EDWARDS (NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born April 1,
1890 in , Jasper Co, MO, and died March 10, 1980 in Carthage, Jasper Co.,
MO. She married LAWRENCE WINFORD LYNN January 19, 1910 in , Jasper Co., MO.
He was born November 11, 1884, and died November 20, 1981 in Carthage, Jasper
Co., MO.
Notes for IVA CLARISE EDWARDS:
Larry Martin remembers that his Aunt Ivy, who lived about a block from his
grandmother Maude, would bake him a raisin pie for his birthday each year--and
inside the pie he would find a silver dollar! He lived just a couple houses
from his Aunt Ivy.
More About IVA CLARISE EDWARDS:
ADDR: 1954: Carthage, MO
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery
More About LAWRENCE WINFORD LYNN:
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery
More About LAWRENCE LYNN and IVA EDWARDS:
Marriage: January 19, 1910, , Jasper Co., MO
Children of IVA EDWARDS and LAWRENCE LYNN are:
65 i. FRANCES4 LYNN, born Private. She married FORREST WHITAKER Private; born
Private.
More About FORREST WHITAKER and FRANCES LYNN:
Private-Begin: Private
66 ii. IRENE LYNN, born Private. She married MR. MOSS Private; born Private.
More About MR. MOSS and IRENE LYNN:
Private-Begin: Private
67 iii. JOE LYNN, born Private. He married VICKIE LYNN Private; born Private.
More About JOE LYNN and VICKIE LYNN:
Private-Begin: Private
68 iv. DALE LYNN, born Private.
14. MAUDE3 EDWARDS (NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born September 30,
1896 in , Jasper Co, MO, and died October 23, 1985 in Carthage, Jasper Co.,
MO. She married ROY LEE MARTIN September 30, 1913 in , Jasper Co., MO, son
of JOHN MARTIN and ANNIE SHRYOCK. He was born November 7, 1889, and died
November 3, 1967.
Notes for MAUDE EDWARDS:
OBITUARY: Services for Mrs. Maude Martin, 89, of 614 Sophia St. who died Wednesday,
were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Ullmer Funeral Home. Ken Washburn, minister,
officiated. Catherine Snyder sang "How Great Thou Art". Betty Anne
Wyatt was organist and Pallbearers were J.C. Neathery, Dennis Martin, Micheal
Martin, Claude Perry, Robert Tatum, and Freddie Francisco. Burial was in
Park Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of the Ulmer Funeral
Home.
* * * * *
Maude was known for being a great cook. She had a special way with yeast and flour, and could make a wonderful dinner roll!
More About MAUDE EDWARDS:
ADDR: 1954: Carthage, MO
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery
More About ROY LEE MARTIN:
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery
INTERESTS: Raised fighting cock roosters
MISC: Blood Clot caused his right leg to be amputated about the early 1960s
OCC: Machinist at Carthage Foundry
More About ROY MARTIN and MAUDE EDWARDS:
Marriage: September 30, 1913, , Jasper Co., MO
Children of MAUDE EDWARDS and ROY MARTIN are:
+ 69 i. LEROY4 MARTIN, born April 11, 1914; died May 28, 1947.
+ 70 ii. CECIL HENRY MARTIN, born July 18, 1916 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO;
died February 1, 1991.
+ 71 iii. EVERETT ELLIS MARTIN, born October 1, 1918 in Carthage, Jasper Co.,
MO; died July 13, 1973.
+ 72 iv. NADINE MARTIN, born Private.
15. ELLA "Ellie"3 BIDDLECOME (MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) died
Bef. 1954 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO. She married JAMES [JIM] BRIDGES. He died
Unknown.
Children of ELLA BIDDLECOME and JAMES BRIDGES are:
73 i. MILDRED4 BRIDGES, born Private.
74 ii. WILLIAM BRIDGES, born Private.
17. MINNIE3 BIDDLECOME (MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) died Bef. 1954. She
married _______ _______. He died Unknown.
Children of MINNIE BIDDLECOME and _______ _______ are:
75 i. EDITH4 BIDDLECOME, born Private. She married MR. HAGEDORNE Private; born
Private.
More About MR. HAGEDORNE and EDITH BIDDLECOME:
Private-Begin: Private
76 ii. IRENE BIDDLECOME, born Private. She married MR. TOBY Private; born Private.
More About MR. TOBY and IRENE BIDDLECOME:
Private-Begin: Private
18. ARTIEMUS "ART" E.3 BIDDLECOME (MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1)
was born December 2, 1878 in , Vineyard Twp., Lawrence Co., MO24, and died
1964. He married LAURA A. McDANIEL. She was born 1879 in McCune [near Parsons],
KS, and died 1956.
More About ARTIEMUS "ART" E. BIDDLECOME:
ADDR: 1954: El Dorado Springs, MO
Burial: Unknown, Lefler Cemetery, R.R. Harwood, MO
OCC: Farmer; Bus Driver
More About LAURA A. McDANIEL:
Burial: Unknown, Lefler Cemetery, R.R. Harwood, MO
OCC: Housewife
Children of ARTIEMUS BIDDLECOME and LAURA McDANIEL are:
+ 77 i. RALPH ELBERT4 BIDDLECOME, born August 3, 1899 in , Mt. Vernon Twp.,
Lawrence Co., MO Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO; died March 1977 in ElDorado Springs,
MO.
+ 78 ii. FAYE BIDDLECOME, born Private.
79 iii. RAY BIDDLECOME, born in KS; died Unknown in His Childhood.
More About RAY BIDDLECOME:
Medical Information: Double-Jointed
19. HATTIE MAY3 BIDDLECOME (MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born November
21, 1882 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO25, and died June 25, 1969 in Webb City,
Jasper Co., MO. She married (1) WILLIAM CLAUDE THORNBERRY July 29, 1900 in
Wentworth, , MO, son of ANDREW THORNBERRY and MAHALA BLANCHARD. He was born
August 18, 1880 in , ,Osborne Co., KS, and died March 27, 1954 in Coldwater,
Branch Co., MI26. She married (2) LESLIE BURTON "Burt" CAMPBELL
191527. He died Unknown.
Notes for HATTIE MAY BIDDLECOME:
1954 -- Hattie Biddlecome Campbell living in Webb City, MO
More About HATTIE MAY BIDDLECOME:
ADDR: 1954: Webb City, MO
Burial: June 28, 1969, Forest Park Cemetery, Range Line Rd., Joplin, Jasper
Co., MO.28
Notes for WILLIAM CLAUDE THORNBERRY:
A TRIBUTE to WILLIAM THORNBERRY
written by Tyler Blase about his _____________ for his 8th grade Language Arts
Class.
After reviewing the list of my ancestors, I settled on William Thornberry for my in-depth study. I chose my great-great grandfather because of his interesting life. He lived a successful life despite a disabling accident.
William was the first of ten children born to Andrew (better known as Sam) and Mahala Thornberry. He was born in 1880, and was the older brother of Charles, Viola, Rosa, Bessie, Myrtle, Marshall, Lenora, Hazel, and Lawrence. At that time the family lived in a small town in Kansas, where Sam
More About WILLIAM CLAUDE THORNBERRY:
Burial: Unknown, Mecligan Cemetery
More About WILLIAM THORNBERRY and HATTIE BIDDLECOME:
Marriage: July 29, 1900, Wentworth, , MO
More About LESLIE CAMPBELL and HATTIE BIDDLECOME:
_______: Unknown, Unknown
Marriage: 191529
Children of HATTIE BIDDLECOME and WILLIAM THORNBERRY are:
80 i. HAROLD "Harry" ALBERT4 THORNBERRY, born May 5, 1901 in Wentworth,
, MO; died March 14, 1962 in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH. He married (1) LOTTIE BERKOWSKI
Private; born Private. He married (2) KATHERINE _______ Private; born Private.
More About HAROLD "Harry" ALBERT THORNBERRY:
ADDR: MI
Burial: March 16, 1962, Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery, Toledo, OH
More About HAROLD THORNBERRY and LOTTIE BERKOWSKI:
Private-Begin: Private
More About HAROLD THORNBERRY and KATHERINE _______:
Private-Begin: Private
+ 81 ii. CHARLES "BEE" FRANKLIN THORNBERRY, born December 10, 1903
in Wentworth, , MO; died June 6, 1979 in Webb City, Jasper Co., MO.
+ 82 iii. RUTH LEONA THORNBERRY, born June 2, 1904 in Oronogo, Jasper Co.,
MO; died June 18, 1931 in Diamond, , MO.
+ 83 iv. CLAUDE HERBERT THORNBERRY, born December 27, 1906 in Oronogo, Jasper
Co., MO; died August 11, 1978 in Whitefish, Flathead Co., MT.
+ 84 v. OPAL MAY THORNBERRY, born November 30, 1908 in Oronogo, Jasper Co.,
MO; died September 27, 1995 in Geneva, Ashtabula Co., OH.
+ 85 vi. JOHN ANDREW THORNBERRY, born September 22, 1910 in Newtonia, KS or
Laton, , KS; died February 16, 1966 in Asbury, Jasper Co., MO.
Children of HATTIE BIDDLECOME and LESLIE CAMPBELL are:
86 i. ROY4 CAMPBELL, born Private. He married MILDRED "MIDGE" PASSELY
Private; born Private.
More About ROY CAMPBELL and MILDRED PASSELY:
Private-Begin: Private
+ 87 ii. HOWARD CAMPBELL, died December 1, 1966 in West Covina, Los Angeles
Co., CA.
88 iii. EDWARD CAMPBELL, died September 1, 1996 in , , MO. He married CATHERINE
_______ Private; born Private.
More About EDWARD CAMPBELL:
Cause of Death: Cancer
More About EDWARD CAMPBELL and CATHERINE _______:
Private-Begin: Private
+ 89 iv. BOBBY LEE "Bob" CAMPBELL, born Private.
20. JOHN 'FRANK'3 BIDDLECOME (MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born 1887
in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO, and died July 9, 1966. He married WIFE OF FRANK
BIDDLECOME. She died December 5, 1918.
Notes for JOHN 'FRANK' BIDDLECOME:
OBITUARY:
John Frank Biddlecome, born 1887, in Carthage MO, and died at the age of 79
years on July 9, 1966. Services held at the D. W. Newcomer's Chapel on July
15, 1966, 11:00 a.m. Officiant Dr. Ben Morris Ridpath, Trinity Methodist Church,
Music Organist: Graham Cook. Internment Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, MO. He
was a retired electrician.
More About JOHN 'FRANK' BIDDLECOME:
ADDR: 1954: Kansas City, MO
Burial: Unknown, Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, MO
OCC: Electrician
More About WIFE OF FRANK BIDDLECOME:
Burial: Unknown, Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, MO [Blk. 30, Lot 27, 2nd NW
corner]
Cause of Death: Pneumonia ate age 28
Children of JOHN BIDDLECOME and WIFE BIDDLECOME are:
90 i. HOWARD4 BIDDLECOME, born Private.
91 ii. CALVIN BIDDLECOME, born Private.
92 iii. FRANCIS PAULINE BIDDLECOME, born 1915; died September 26, 1917.
More About FRANCIS PAULINE BIDDLECOME:
Burial: Unknown, Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, MO [Blk. 30, Lot 27, NW corner]
Cause of Death: Uremic Poisoning
21. MYRTLE VENNA3 BIDDLECOME (MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born September
21, 1889 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO, and died January 1975 in Visalia, Tulare
Co., CA30. She married EZRA MARK ESTUS July 25, 1908 in Baxter Springs, Cherokee
Co., KS, son of ROBERT ESTUS and CARRIE BORDERS. He was born March 17, 1889
in Mansfield, Wright Co., MO, and died May 1972 in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA31.
More About MYRTLE VENNA BIDDLECOME:
ADDR: 1954: CA
More About EZRA MARK ESTUS:
OCC: Employed by Railroad
More About EZRA ESTUS and MYRTLE BIDDLECOME:
Marriage: July 25, 1908, Baxter Springs, Cherokee Co., KS
Children of MYRTLE BIDDLECOME and EZRA ESTUS are:
+ 93 i. MARGARET "THELMA"4 ESTUS, born February 27, 1910 in Lockwood,
Dade Co., MO; died September 24, 1998 in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA.
94 ii. ROBERT "WESLEY" ESTUS, born Private.
95 iii. MARY LOUISE ESTUS, born Private.
96 iv. FERNITA MAY ESTUS, born Private.
97 v. VENNA RUTH ESTUS, born Private.
+ 98 vi. HOWARD RAYMOND ESTUS, born Private.
99 vii. EZRA EUGENE ESTUS, born Private.
100 viii. RALPH LESTER ESTUS, born Private.
22. VIRLA3 SOLOMON (MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born February 25, 1883, and died May 1967 in Joplin, MO. She married HENRY
HARVEY NEWMAN. He was born October 16, 1876, and died June 6, 1946 in Sarcoxie,
MO.
More About VIRLA SOLOMON:
ADDR: 1954: Joplin, MO
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Mem. Park Cemetery, Joplin, MO
More About HENRY HARVEY NEWMAN:
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Mem. Park Cemetery, Joplin, MO
Children of VIRLA SOLOMON and HENRY NEWMAN are:
+ 101 i. VERA FAYE4 NEWMAN, born August 27, 1906; died May 12, 1988.
+ 102 ii. GLADYS NEWMAN, born May 14, 1911 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died December
19, 1983.
+ 103 iii. NINA NADINE NEWMAN, born Private.
+ 104 iv. EDITH NEWMAN, born Private.
23. JOHN3 SOLOMON (MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born January 23, 1885, and died Unknown. He married SARAH MEADOR. She died
1963.
Children of JOHN SOLOMON and SARAH MEADOR are:
+ 105 i. ALBERT4 SOLOMON, died 1980.
+ 106 ii. WESLEY LEROY SOLOMON, born August 12, 1912; died December 18, 1989
in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO.
+ 107 iii. HOPE SOLOMON, died Unknown in Deceased.
108 iv. HOMER EARL SOLOMON, born Private. He married BARBARA _______ Private;
died Unknown in Deceased.
More About BARBARA _______:
ADDR: Huntington Beach, CA
More About HOMER SOLOMON and BARBARA _______:
Private-Begin: Private
24. QUINT E.3 SOLOMON (MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1)
was born September 5, 1887 in Sarcoxie, MO, and died Unknown in Broadhurst
Hospital, Carthage, MO. He married RUBY ELLEN FRANKLIN August 28, 1930 in Court
House, Mt. Vernon, MO. She was born September 25, 1904 in Rich Hill, MO, and
died October 22, 1978 in Sarcoxie, MO.
More About QUINT E. SOLOMON:
ADDR: 1954: Sarcoxie MO
More About QUINT SOLOMON and RUBY FRANKLIN:
Marriage: August 28, 1930, Court House, Mt. Vernon, MO
Children of QUINT SOLOMON and RUBY FRANKLIN are:
109 i. COLEEN4 SOLOMON, born Private.
110 ii. ARTHUR LEE SOLOMON, born Private.
111 iii. PHYLLIS SOLOMON, born Private. She married MR. MOORE Private; born
Private.
More About MR. MOORE and PHYLLIS SOLOMON:
Private-Begin: Private
112 iv. MILDRED SOLOMON, born November 12, 1938; died August 20, 1983.
More About MILDRED SOLOMON:
ADDR: Res: Sarcoxie, MO area
25. ADDIE3 SOLOMON (MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born November 16, 1888, and died Unknown. She married FRED RAY. He died Unknown.
More About ADDIE SOLOMON:
MILITARY: Children in Portesville and Bakersville,CA
Children of ADDIE SOLOMON and FRED RAY are:
113 i. CECIL4 RAY, born Private.
114 ii. LEONARD RAY, born Private.
115 iii. EARL RAY, born Private.
116 iv. CLARENCE RAY, born Private.
117 v. ROBERT RAY, born Private.
26. CHARLEY3 SOLOMON (MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1)
was born December 8, 1890, and died Unknown. He married HEASTER BRYANT. She
died Unknown.
Child of CHARLEY SOLOMON and HEASTER BRYANT is:
+ 118 i. LEMONE A "Jack"4 SOLOMON, born February 23, 1910 in Sarcoxie,
Jasper Co., MO; died January 3, 1997 in Jasper Co., MO.
27. ELLA3 SOLOMON (MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born March 18, 1893 in Sarcoxie, MO, and died May 23, 1969 in Carthage, MO.
She married DELMAR CORUM. He was born November 27, 1888 in Monett, MO, and
died November 25, 1968 in Carthage, MO.
More About ELLA SOLOMON:
ADDR: 1954: Carthage, MO
Child of ELLA SOLOMON and DELMAR CORUM is:
+ 119 i. MILDRED MAXINE4 CORUM, born Private.
29. EVA3 SOLOMON (MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born January 25, 1900, and died January 28, 1988. She married ORA TRIPLETT.
He died Unknown.
Notes for EVA SOLOMON:
EVA SOLOMON TRIPLETT: The grandchildren remember the good times they had taking
trips together, and still remember the times they ate her good cooking! It
was fun and very comforting to spend time at the grandparent's home.
More About EVA SOLOMON:
ADDR: 1954: Sarcoxie, MO
Notes for ORA TRIPLETT:
ORA TRIPLETT is remembered for the stories which he told the grandchildren
of his World War I experiences.
Children of EVA SOLOMON and ORA TRIPLETT are:
+ 120 i. MARTHA GERTRUDE4 TRIPLETT, born April 8, 1920 in Jasper Co., MO; died
March 2, 1997 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO.
+ 121 ii. ROBERT D. TRIPLETT, born Private.
+ 122 iii. LAVONNE TRIPLETT, born Private.
30. LILLIE MAY3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born July 28, 1885 in
Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO, and died December 17, 1976 in Bucklin, Ford Co.,
KS. She married WILLIAM P. WARNER March 15, 1905 in Ford, Ford Co., KS. He
was born August 26, 1881 in Patriot, IN, and died December 14, 1963 in Larned,
KS.
Notes for LILLIE MAY DAWSON:
Lillie May Dawson Warner was the first of 10 children born to Isom Martin and
Alfretta Dawson. She came with her parents from MO to KS by covered wagon
in 1899. Their first Kansas home was in Stafford County. She moved to Ford
County with her parents in 1904. The following year she was married to Willie
P. Warner at Ford on March 15. She and her husband lived on farms near St.
John, Larned and Rozel before moving to Ford in August, 1924.
Lillie was a member of the Ford United Methodist Church. A Charter member of the Women's Society of Christian Service, she served as president of the women's organization for many years. She was also a member of the Ford Historical Society, the Prairie Gleaners Club, and Ideal Homemakers Club, the Golden Age Club, and Butcher Travel Club.
Their 50th Wedding Anniversary was celebrated with their family and friends. A family dinner was given, followed by an open house in the afternoon. Their first twenty years together were spent in Stafford and Pawnee Counties, and the following thirty years in Ford, Ford Co., KS.
Lillie's love for growing things was expressed and will be remembered by her beautiful flower and vegetable gardens. One of the joys of her life was sharing with others from her gardens. She spent many hours on the banks of a stream with her fishing pole and found this a good place to meditate on the problems of life.
Lillie had the opportunity of being a members of the first All-Lady City Council of the town of Ford. And that was "before" women's-lib!
In 1971, she enjoyed the opportunity of having a five-generation picture made with herself being the Great-great grandmother Lillie Warner, and the Great-grandmother Iva Snook, the Grandmother Shirley Riegel, the Mother Leslie Schoonover, and the Child Ami Cherise Schoonover.
For several years, a Dawson reunion was held in the Warner home on Memorial Day when many of the relatives came to Ford to participate in the activities and decorate the graves of loved ones at the cemetery in Ford.
At her funeral, the eulogy was given by her nephew, Rev. Clyde Dawson, and the music, a vocal trio, consisted of two nieces, Berniece Dawson Lemmons and Dorothy Dawson Close, along with a high school friend of theirs, Roberta Pearsall Shrauner, who also was a friend of Lillie. They were accompanied at the pianist by a granddaughter, Marilee Williams. Other family members were also Casket Bearers.
* * * * * *
50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF FORD, FORD CO., KANSAS 1887-1937
Transcribed and contributed by Barb Boese <barbwire@midusa.net> 29 July
1998
Extracts copied from a booklet in commeration of the 50th Anniversary of
the City of Ford, Ford County, Kansas 1887-1937
Warner Produce
Operated by Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Warner. Mr. Warner was born in
Switzerland Co., Ind. and Mrs. Warner in Newton Co. Mo. Mr. Warner with
his parents moved to a farm near St. John [Ks.] when he was a small child
and where he lived until moving to Ford. Mrs. Warner's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. I.M. Dawson moved to a farm near St. John 38 years ago,
later moving to a farm near Ford. Mr. and Mrs. Warner met in
Stafford County, but were married at the Dawson homestead north of town.
They made their home in Stafford Co., until 1925, when they moved their
family to Ford. They have been in the Produce business 11 years.
Mr.Warner engages in carpentering and insurance on the side. The Warner
slogan is "Honest Service". Mrs. Warner was recently elected Police
Judge
on the all women's ticket. The celebration of Fords anniversary happens
to fall on Mr. Warner's Birthday.
This abstract is located in the Kansas DAR Library in Dodge City, Ks.
More About LILLIE MAY DAWSON:
ADDR: Ford, Ford Co., KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
INTERESTS: Gardening and fishing
OCC: Homemaker
REL PREF: Methodist
Notes for WILLIAM P. WARNER:
Willie Patterson Warner was born in Patriot, Indiana in 1881. When a child
he came to Kansas with his family. They settled in the St. John area. There
he grew to manhood.
While there he met Lillie Dawson. They were married in Ford, Kansas on March 15, 1905. Following their marriage they lived on farms near St. John, Larned and Rozel before moving to Ford, Ford Co., KS in August of 1924.
Will spent many years at the Ford creamery where he bought and sold milk products from the farmers in the area. His large scales were always present to weigh the produce as it came to him--and to weigh the children who thought the scales were a novelty, with the heavy weights that had to be moved to get their proper weight. They were so much BIGGER than those at the doctor's office just up the street.
At the time of his death, he was survived by two brothers: E. J. Warner of Larned and Howard Warner of Great Bend, KS. Three sisters also survived: Emma Warner of Winslow, Arkansas, Mrs. Arthur Burnett of Bennett, CO and Mrs. Harry B. Bemis, Arcadia, CA.
************
Remembrances of Will Warner by a younger generation are:
His cream station where he had a "large" scale for weighing cream
cans
...his eating lunch at the station
...his cigar
...the smell of the fresh cream
...the image of the short, hard worker, quick to tell another what/how to
get the job done
...the "big" chair where he relaxed
More About WILLIAM P. WARNER:
ADDR: Ford, Ford Co., KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
EDU-2: Campbell College at Holton, KS
OCC: Creamery Business
REL PREF: Methodist
More About WILLIAM WARNER and LILLIE DAWSON:
Marriage: March 15, 1905, Ford, Ford Co., KS
Children of LILLIE DAWSON and WILLIAM WARNER are:
+ 123 i. IVA MURIEL4 WARNER, born February 7, 1906 in St. John, , KS; died
March 16, 1996 in Ford Co., KS.
+ 124 ii. WESLEY MARTIN WARNER, born Private.
+ 125 iii. NELLIE PEARLE WARNER, born Private.
31. CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was
born November 5, 1887 in Jasper Co., MO, and died November 27, 1970 in Bethany,
Oklahoma Co, OK. He married FRANKIE 'NONDUS' LOWE June 12, 1910, daughter of
FRANK LOWE and LAURA WILKINSON. She was born April 23, 1889, and died May 22,
1982 in Bethany, Oklahoma Co., OK.
Notes for CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE DAWSON:
Cliff Dawson and his wife, Nondus, moved to Bethany, OK in their later years,
and both are buried in the Bethany, OK, Cemetery just north of the City of
Bethany in Oklahoma County.
Cliff is remembered by his family as
...a hard worker who taught the children to work
...proud of his kids and helped them with their arithmetic
...Christmas treats he provided
...finding money for school books
...loud singing that might be heard by those in the nearby town of Ford
...creating hand shadows on the wall with his fingers for entertainment
...making biscuits
* * * * *
Excerpts from A TRIBUTE TO DAD written by Eileen Dawson Rollins at the time of Cliff's death. . .
On November 5, 1887, a small bundle from Heaven was delivered into the care
of I. M. and Allie Dawson. On this day Cliff Dawson began what was to be a
long, long and sometimes wearisome journey. The gift was nurtured in, and early
taught, of recognizing the importance of the things of God.
Always there have been children richer in the world's meaningless goods,
but there were never ones more loved or whose father was more proud.
To his seven children were born 14 grandchildren, who in turn have presented their grandparents with 12 great-grandchildren.
...The sun is setting now and has nearly slipped beyond the horizon. And now the care so diligently lavished on us, your children, can be returned. Many times now, Dad it seems you are going to slip away, but you seem to say, "Just a little longer, Lord. My family may need me yet another time."
And now the journey is ended.....the hand of God beckons you to come through the Portals of Glory. "And please, Dad, we will be so anxious for a big reunion, won't you meet us at the Gate?"
More About CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE DAWSON:
ADDR: Ford, Ford Co., KS and Bethany, OK
Burial: Unknown, Bethany OK Cemetery
REL PREF: Ch/Naz
Notes for FRANKIE 'NONDUS' LOWE:
Nondus, with her beautiful red hair, is remembered as
...witty, fun-loving, a fiery lady
...a good mother and a hard worker
...gardening, weeding
...adventurous enough to turn a car over
...had a Victrola player which was a real attraction for visiting cousins
********* Excerpts written for Nondus Dawson on Mother's Day 1973--nine years
before
her death by Berniece Dawson Lemmons...
Dear Mom
I have a poem which begins:
Love your Mother while she lives
Don't wait for her to die --
To show how much you cared for her
With mourners standing by.
There are probably few families who have a more profound
love for each other than ours; yet few who express it verbally
less than we. --Perhaps this is not all bad. Those who know
our family, either casually or well, are aware of the unusual
closeness. . . . It may be that feeling is more genuine than
it were voiced glibly on one hand -- and then, either by action
or inference, we caused other members of the family or those
outsiders who look on to question the depth of love. . . I think
we "live our love" rather than "talk" it.
In hopes that it will bring some pleasant memories, let me
reminisce and recall some things from the childhood of each
of your seven children.
Well, Clyde just burned the barn down. No, it wasn't arson--
he just burned the barn down! Clyde would strut around say-
Ing "I'm little C.C. --- I'm little C.C."
Now Pearle probably led the "quiet life." I recall you thought
perhaps you neglected her because she was so good! I guess
the most cruel thing she ever did was squeeze a baby chicken
around the neck--until it died!
Then there was Vernon! Trying to be Mom's Little Helper and
take some things off the clothesline, he stood on the sharp
edge of the plow, fell and cut a jagged three cornered gash
in his forearm.
Dorothy was the "House-Cleaner." Dad never could find his
things because Dorothy cleaned the house so well. She
also was the part-time hairdresser. Remember when she
curled my hair for school? By the time I got to school I had
the "stiffest" curls in school. She had used water on it that
turned out to be Sugar Syrup!
And then there was me!! I seemed to be the calamity Jane--
like leaping toward the bed and landing on someone's buried
treasure---yes, a piece of burnt and gnarled glass. Now I
had a scar to match Vernon's.
Paul caused and received his share of excitement. Remember
his ride to town on the black pony to get you a bucket of lard?
On the way home, a noisy truck frightened the pony and Paul
got home with no Pony and only the bail of the bucket. Didn't
make many pies, did it?
And then, there was Eileen! In a first grade music contest she
sang "I Have a Little Shadow that Goes In and Out with Me"
and won second place. We all were as proud as though she
had won first place.
It seems rather strange! But all down through the Seven--if
anyone "picked on" any of the Seven---they better be "A good
fighter" or "A Good Runner."
Love You
Berniece
"Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good...
and on the Seventh Day God ended His work which He had done." NJ -JUL
More About FRANKIE 'NONDUS' LOWE:
Burial: Unknown, Bethany OK Cemetery
OCC: Homemaker
More About CLIFTON DAWSON and FRANKIE LOWE:
Marriage: June 12, 1910
Children of CLIFTON DAWSON and FRANKIE LOWE are:
+ 126 i. 'CLYDE' CLIFTON4 DAWSON, born Private.
+ 127 ii. MARJORIE 'PEARLE' DAWSON, born Private.
+ 128 iii. VERNON DAWSON, born Private.
+ 129 iv. DOROTHY ELAINE DAWSON, born Private.
130 v. ESTHER 'BERNIECE' DAWSON, born Private. She married ROY LEMMONS Private;
born March 7, 1924; died July 14, 1988.
More About ROY LEMMONS and ESTHER DAWSON:
Private-Begin: Private
+ 131 vi. RICHARD 'PAUL' DAWSON, born Private.
+ 132 vii. FRANCES 'EILEEN' DAWSON, born Private.
32. GUY EVERETT3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born November 15, 1889
in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO32, and died March 31, 1976 in Lamar, CO32. He
married (1) FLORE ETHEL FEEBECK 1912. She was born February 27, 1895, and
died March 7, 1968 in Ford, Ford Co, KS. He married (2) BERTHA OLIVERSON
Abt. 1969. She was born January 15, 1903, and died Abt. October 1972.
More About GUY EVERETT DAWSON:
ADDR: Ford, Ford Co., KS; Ashland, KS; CO
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
OCC: Farming
More About FLORE ETHEL FEEBECK:
ADDR: Lived in Ford and Dodge, KS area
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
OCC: Homemaker
More About GUY DAWSON and FLORE FEEBECK:
Marriage: 1912
More About GUY DAWSON and BERTHA OLIVERSON:
Marriage: Abt. 1969
Children of GUY DAWSON and FLORE FEEBECK are:
133 i. LILLIE4 DAWSON, born August 17, 1913 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died Unknown.
More About LILLIE DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
MISC: Twin
134 ii. LIZZIE DAWSON, born August 17, 1913; died Unknown.
More About LIZZIE DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Ford, Ford Co., KS Cemetery
MISC: Twin
+ 135 iii. WILBUR NATHAN DAWSON, born October 18, 1914 in Ford, Ford Co.,
KS; died October 16, 1979 in Walsh, CO.
+ 136 iv. GUY HERBERT DAWSON, born June 1, 1917 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died
January 31, 1983 in Lamar, CO.
+ 137 v. HELEN MILDRED DAWSON, born December 17, 1919 in Ford, Ford Co., KS;
died May 3, 1971 in Casper, WY.
+ 138 vi. DONALD EUGENE DAWSON, born Private.
+ 139 vii. KENNETH WAYNE DAWSON, born Private.
33. JESSE 'J.O.' ORAL3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born March 8,
1892 in , , KS, and died October 26, 1973 in , , KS. He married (1) MARIETTA "Metta" HUTSELL
Abt. 1911. She was born October 31, 1891 in , Grant Co., KY, and died October
25, 1956 in , Ford Co., KS. He married (2) ESTHER WEISS Private. She was
born Private.
More About JESSE 'J.O.' ORAL DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
OCC: Farming
More About MARIETTA "Metta" HUTSELL:
Burial: Unknown, Ford Cemetery, Ford Co., KS
More About JESSE DAWSON and MARIETTA HUTSELL:
Marriage: Abt. 1911
More About JESSE DAWSON and ESTHER WEISS:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of JESSE DAWSON and MARIETTA HUTSELL are:
+ 140 i. HARRY MILTON4 DAWSON, born August 27, 1913 in Ford, Ford Co., KS;
died May 29, 1944 in LaJunta, ,CO.
+ 141 ii. CARL FREDERICK DAWSON, born December 6, 1917 in Ford, Ford Co., KS;
died February 16, 1981 in Colorado Springs, CO.
34. ELMER CECIL3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born October 2, 1894
in Sarcoxie, MO33, and died May 2, 1985 in Colorado Springs, CO. He married
GEORGIANNA "Georgia" FRENTZ February 11, 1918 in Dodge City, KS34,
daughter of GEORGE FRENTZ and JEANNETTE RAYMOND. She was born October 28,
1899 in Scotch Plains,Union Co., NJ, and died May 29, 1981 in Dodge City,
KS.
More About ELMER CECIL DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
Cause of Death: Stroke
OCC: Carpenter
Notes for GEORGIANNA "Georgia" FRENTZ:
On Sunday afternoon, 2-12-1978, Elmer and Georgia Dawson were honored at an
open house reception in the fellowship hall of the Methodist Church in Ford,
Ford Co., KS. The occasion was their 60th wedding anniversary. Hosts for
the event were their children, Mrs. Mildred Mann of Dodge City, Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Dawson of Security, CO, and Mr. Dean Dawson of Los Angeles CA.
A group of 44 relatives arrived from the Oklahoma City and Bethany area in
a chartered bus for the occasion. The relatives braved a winter snow storm
that swept through Kansas and Oklahoma and closed Highways before the day was
over.
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The story of Georgia's early life only became known to many of her family in her later years of old. She was a part of the group who came to Kansas on the Orphan Trains. Here is a little background of this historical part of our history.
Advertisements were a common way to let people know an orphan train would
be making a stop
in their town. A typical announcement would read: "A company of orphan
children, under the
auspices of the Children's Aid Society of New York, will arrive on Friday.
These children are from
orphanages, both boys and girls two years old and up… Parties can take
them on trial. Adoption
is not demanded… Those taking children must agree to send them to church
and Sunday School
properly clothed and cared for until they are 17 years old (boys) and 18 years
old (girls)."
While many of the children were placed in loving homes, there were also many
cases where the
children were abused by their foster or adoptive parents. Local committees,
appointed to approve
the families who offered to take children, rarely turned down an applicant.
The committees were
often made up of merchants and local businessmen who did not want to offend
their customers
or cause trouble among those in the community.
One success story was John Green Brady. His mother had died and he was left
with an abusive
and alcoholic father who often beat him. At the age of seven, he fled and lived
on the streets for
a time. He was finally picked up by the police and sent to the city orphanage.
In 1859, he found
himself on an orphan train that rolled into Noblesville, Indiana. There, Judge
John Green described
"the most motley crew of youngsters I ever did see." He took John Brady
home because he
considered him the "homeliest, toughest, most unpromising boy in the lot," and
he had a desire to
see what he could do for the boy.
John Green Brady went on to graduate from Yale. He became a trader and a
missionary, and
served three terms as the governor of Alaska.
Alice Ayler, another orphan train rider, earned a master's degree in counseling
psychology after
beginning college at the age of 50, despite being sent to two different homes
as a child and
constantly being threatened to be sent back to the orphanage.
The orphan trains continued to run until 1929. It is estimated that between
100,000 and 200,000
children rode the trains and were placed in foster homes. Many of the records
were destroyed
and it is only in recent years, through organizations like the Orphan Train
Heritage Society, that
the importance of these children – their experiences, their ordeals,
and their resilient spirits –
have begun to take their place in history.
Alice Ayler was placed in a home in the Marion, KS area for a part of her stay with foster parents. It is interesting to know that Georgia was also an Orphan Train Rider and she was placed in that town, though at an earlier date. Alice has been very active in telling the story of these children. It has been almost a silent part of our history until the later part of the 20th Century.
The amazing thing is that in spite of their very difficult beginnings in life, many of these children became very useful outstanding citizens. I consider our Georgia Frentz Dawson to be one of those--a very courageous, loving, and gracious lady! The important thing for them was not what they were, but what they became--in spite of their situations. We salute you!
More About GEORGIANNA "Georgia" FRENTZ:
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
Cause of Death: Heart Complications
OCC: Retail Clerk
REL PREF: Methodist
More About ELMER DAWSON and GEORGIANNA FRENTZ:
_______: February 12, 1918
Marriage: February 11, 1918, Dodge City, KS34
Children of ELMER DAWSON and GEORGIANNA FRENTZ are:
+ 142 i. MILDRED4 DAWSON, born January 13, 1919 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died
August 19, 2002 in , ,VA.
+ 143 ii. ELMA MARCENE DAWSON, born March 14, 1922 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died
April 24, 1965 in Wichita, KS.
+ 144 iii. MELVIN WAYNE DAWSON, born Private.
145 iv. DONALD DEAN DAWSON, born January 27, 1927; died April 24, 1989 in California.
More About DONALD DEAN DAWSON:
ADDR: Lived in KS and CA
Burial: Unknown, Riverside CA National Cemetery
Cause of Death: Cancer of Liver
EDU-1: Ford KS High School
EDU-2: Graduate of Hayes State in KS.
OCC: Teacher in first years after College
35. EDITH EDNA3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born April 1, 1897 in
Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO, and died March 14, 1953 in Wichita, KS. She married
ARTHUR MARTIN KARNS April 13, 1917 in Ford, Ford Co, KS, son of ALVA KARNS
and SALOME MEARKLE. He was born August 9, 1891 in Bedford, Bedford Co., PA,
and died March 7, 1972 in Pratt, Pratt Co., KS.
More About EDITH EDNA DAWSON:
ADDR: MO and KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
OCC: Homemaker
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
More About ARTHUR MARTIN KARNS:
ADDR: PA and Ford Co. and Pratt, Pratt Co., KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
Cause of Death: Stroke
Medical Information: Stroke
OCC: Farmer
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
More About ARTHUR KARNS and EDITH DAWSON:
_______: need info
Marriage: April 13, 1917, Ford, Ford Co, KS
Children of EDITH DAWSON and ARTHUR KARNS are:
+ 146 i. GLENN ELMER4 KARNS, born July 10, 1918 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died
June 25, 2001 in Pratt, Pratt Co., KS.
147 ii. VERNA BETHENE KARNS, born March 29, 1920 in Ford, Ford County, KS;
died July 12, 2000 in Pratt, Pratt Co., KS.
More About VERNA BETHENE KARNS:
Burial: Unknown, Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt, Pratt Co., KS
EDU-2: Ford KS High School
MISC-1: Moved in 1991 to OKC, OK [aft Dodge,Topeka]
OCC: Burroughs Corporation
REL PREF: Protestant - Ch/Naz
37. VERNA MABEL3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born December 9, 1901
in Seward, Stafford Co., KS, and died August 24, 1978 in Bethany, Oklahoma
Co., OK. She married ELMER MEARKLE KARNS August 14, 1921 in Hutchinson, KS,
son of ALVA KARNS and SALOME MEARKLE. He was born July 14, 1893 in Everett,
Bedford Co., PA, and died July 20, 1977 in Bethany, Oklahoma Co., OK.
Notes for VERNA MABEL DAWSON:
Verna Dawson Karns spent grades one through High School in the Ford, Ford Co.,
KS, public schools. After graduation she attended Normal School in Emporia,
KS to earn a certificate to teach. She taught a few years in rural schools
near Ford.
After Verna and Elmer married they first lived south of Ford, Ford Co., KS
[though the address at that time was Kings down, KS. While living there they
experienced a tornado on their property, though it did not do extensive damage
to the buildings.
While there, pictures indicate that Verna had two close friends--Edna Patterson
Haley who was a schoolmate through their school years, and Nancy Karns, wife
of Carl. Pictures show them working on a car together, and along with their
husbands and children, kept busy with farm, church and community activities.
About 1930, Elmer and Verna moved west of Ford to the Taylor Place where they farmed several years and the girls began school years in a the rural Wilroads School, a mile or so north of their home.
Later a move was made to the Madison Farm about 2 miles east of Ford where
the family lived in a home with their first basement, first indoor bathroom,
first
upstairs--and one very small room [only a few feet square] with windows and
a step-down floor level! A perfect doll-house!
The Madison Farm adjoined the Arkansas River and as one approached the river area a beautiful pasture with large cottonwood trees made a wonderful place for picnics, etc.
In the early 1940s, one last farm move was made to Dawson Farm north of Ford. Elmer and Verna completely remodeled and/or rebuilt all the buildings which had stood there since Isom Dawson came to this area in 1903/04. A large pasture of native buffalo grass lay to the west of the house and farm land to the north.
In 1956, Elmer and Verna decided it was time to retire. They had spent their lives in this same community and were very highly involved in the activities of the church, community, and lives of their families. They were involved either with playing or singing at many of the funerals in the area for many years.
The farm was sold and they moved to Oklahoma City to be near family. Verna was active and managed the Bethany Book Store for a few years until her retirement in 1971. Elmer kept busy maintaining some rental properties which they had acquired and caring for his yard at their home.
Both are buried in the Bethany OK Cemetery, just north of Bethany, OK.
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THINGS I REMEMBER........................... by Melva JEAN KARNS Ladd
About Verna:
. . . Christmas programs at church . . . white sheets on the platform to look
like snow; angel costumes.
. . . Curling hair with a hot curling iron heated over a kerosene lamp--or
making long curls by winding on rag rollers.
. . . Teaching Sunday School and leading evening young people's service.
. . . Gardening for vegetables.
. . . Flowers for the yard and cut flowers inside our home.
. . . Cooking for Sunday guests--or a harvest crew.
. . . Winter projects of quilting, sewing clothing.
. . . Summer canning of grapes, and "fuzzy" peaches.
. . . Varnishing floors--and the fun it was to walk from carpet to carpet bridged
over the varnish with table leaves.
More About VERNA MABEL DAWSON:
ADDR: KS and OK
Burial: Unknown, Bethany OK Cemetery
EDU-1: Ford KS Schools
EDU-2: Emporia Normal School [KS]
INTERESTS: Church and Family
Medical Information: Heart disease
OCC: Teacher; Later Homemaker; Store Manager
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
Notes for ELMER MEARKLE KARNS:
Elmer Mearkle KARNS was born July 14, 1893 near Clearville, south of Everett,
Bedford County, Pennsylvania. On August 14, 1921 he married Verna Mabel DAWSON
in Hutchinson, Kansas. Their first daughter, Winifred Colleen, was born February
21, 1926. Melva Jean was born March 9, 1927. Elmer died July 20, 1977 in
Bethany, Oklahoma.
His mother died of pneumonia in Clearville, Bedford County, Pennsylvania on Sept. 16, 1896. After her death the care of the younger children at home was too much for Alva. The two youngest children, Elmer and Carl, were placed in foster homes. Elmer lived with the Jacob Grubb family, along with their daughter Olive Grubb. Two items that he had in his possession from his years with the foster family were a picture of "Mother Grubb" and a small New Testament which was inscribed on a page in the back "From Miss Olive Grubb - 1902". It was from these two items that it was possible to trace the exact family with whom he had lived. He attended public schools in Pennsylvania and later in Kansas.
In 1903/04 Elmer's father, Alva, began the journey west to Kansas with five children, including Elmer. They lived first in the Englevale, Kansas region, and later moved to western Kansas. Elmer attended the Kiowa County Teachers Normal School, completing his training as a teacher in 1912. He taught in the Shuman School, District #7, near the town of Wright in Ford County, Kansas during the 1912-1913 school year. He had 19 students that year. His occupation then shifted to farming and raising livestock.
The Church of the Nazarene of Ford, Kansas was organized in 1924. Elmer was Sunday School Superintendent for many years and always was a faithful member until he moved from the community.
Following their marriage, Elmer and Verna lived in the vicinity of Ford, Kansas from 1921 until his retirement. They first lived south of town on the Clark Place, then in 1927 moved to the west side of Ford on the Taylor Place. They next lived on the Madison Farm just east of Ford. They moved to the Dawson home place northeast of Ford in 1943. There lived until retirement in 1956, when they moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
After retirement, they lived in Oklahoma City until Elmer's health failed and it was necessary for him to go to a nursing home. Verna did not want to leave her husband, so they lived together in the nursing home for a year. Elmer's heart was weak, and the end came when he passed away peacefully in his sleep of heart failure in 1977. Verna survived him, living until August 24, 1978.
SOME THINGS I REMEMBER . . . by Melva Jean KARNS LADD, daughter
About Elmer--
. . . His habit of checking the car for flats in time to change a tire and
still be on time.
. . . Always stopping the machinery on the Sabbath--even though the crops were
ready for harvest and storms might threaten.
. . . Always dependable.
. . . Starting the day with family Bible reading and prayer following breakfast.
About the family–
. . . The yearly trek to church assembly in August--sometimes staying in homes
of community people, a few times sleeping in a tent, always meeting old friends
from earlier years.
. . . Trip to Colorado to see Pike's Peak and crossing the Divide--first time
to see a mountain.
. . . Trips to take Grandmother Allie Dawson to Missouri to visit relatives--always
looked forward to roasting ears and visiting the well to draw water with a
bucket at the home of Roy and Audra Dawson in Sarcoxie, Missouri.
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A LETTER TO ELMER KARNS FROM HIS NIECE, SARA JEAN RILEY
Oct. 31, 1970
Dear Uncle,
The attached article from the November Reader's Digest [concerning early memories]--together
with my heartfelt wish that I could have come with mother last weekend--prompts
this letter. I read the article Monday night after everyone was in bed; and,
slowly at first, then almost rhythmically like waves rushing up on the sand,
memories began tumbling in on the shores of my mind . . .
Of course I remember the special days, the holidays, the reunions; but there
are so many others, too.
Some I've thought of often, and shared with many friends and loved ones. First
in this category is the penciled postcard, the delightful loving poem about
the harvest and the newborn kittens, you wrote to me. I still recall the thrill
that long-ago day of discovering--for the first and only time--that instead
of a card or letter quoting you, I actually had one from you. That was not
only a childhood treasure but for many years an adult one as well, one still
treasured in memory. [See a copy of the poem below.]
Also oft-repeated is that hilarious (in retrospect--it wasn't all that funny
then) episode of the tiny baby mice you carefully gathered up out in the granary
and put in a box for me, telling me they were baby pigs. (I saw some baby mice
that size in the LSU [Louisiana State University] animal lab last week, and
with a little imagination they still look like baby pigs!) I rushed to the
house with that box, down the basement stairs to show Auntie, Colleen and Melva
Jean, and spilled them every which way to the accompaniment of mild but definitely
outraged feminine shrieks.
Poignantly, with awesome clarity, I remember what must have been the only times
in childhood when I was truly, desperately, despairingly sorry for something
I'd done. The time in the basement when I played with that forbidden temptation,
your round shaving mirror, and broke it. You eyed me sadly and told me where
you'd gotten it and how many years you'd had it. And I wished miserably that
I could just disappear. Then there was the time you found a tiny not-even-any-feathers-yet
baby sparrow out by the chicken house before I'd caught up with you. You turned
with it hidden in your hand, said 'shut your eyes and hold out your hands'--I
was so startled at that shivering, palpitating naked little bit of life that
I dropped it, and once again, so ashamed, made you sad.
Very-little-girl memories, from the time of the old two-story farmhouse:
You rescuing kittens from the basement during the flood, the water slowly
but inexorably rising step by step.
Getting caught sucking the corners of the new cloth sugar sacks after a trip
to the store; also getting caught out in the corral in my best dress licking
the new salt lick--and scaring the daylights out of everyone when I was discovered
'cause the bull was in the corral.
Being given a penny, or pickle, tied in the corner of a hankie, to keep me
quiet in church.
You shaking powder inside my cast before bedtime when I had my collarbone broken.
The bewildering excitement of the stubble field catching fire.
Learning to ride the full-size bike--and my surprise the first time I looked
back to find Colleen far behind me no longer holding on to the back fender.
Mixed-up pride and stage-fright the first time I had a "piece" in
the Christmas pageant at church.
What seems to be one of my very earliest memories is being hoisted up to
the top of whatever-model-Ford-had-a-sort-of-rubber-roof to watch the 4th of
July fireworks.
You giving me one of Fluffy's kittens to take home when I left--reluctantly--to
go to Dodge City.
And later:
I remember being taught to drive the tractor (at the ripe age of 9); the
big truck a year later--and a lesson learned that day lingers still, "A
good driver should be able to go up and down hills without losing or gaining
speed"--; the new, blue '48 Plymouth?
I remember learning to drive the black '46 pickup (and you shooting at winter
rabbits out the window). There's a sequel to this. About 3 years ago Bob went
shopping for a pickup to use for hunting, camping, etc. He bought one, brought
it home, and hollered 'come see!" A light green, 1946 Chevrolet pickup.
I took a startled look at its grill, the windshield that opened outward, the
floor shift and the big floor starter button up to the right of the gas pedal,
then climbed in. Bob innocently asked "Think you can drive it?" And
I burst into almost tearful laughter (the poor man probably wondered what he'd
done wrong!) and finally sputtered out, "Honey, I learned in it!"
All sorts of big and little memories, unconnected chronologically:
The fun you had with the new record player, mirroring my own delight at "I'm
My Own Grampa" and Spike Jones' "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two
Front Teeth."
The jokes at Christmas, particularly Uncle Arthur's multi-wrapped boxes which
finally unwrapped down to a walnut filled with Carter's Little Liver pills.
"Pull a pig's tail and he says unh-huh"'--and now I'm saying that to
Marie's 'huh?'
My chuckles as you, with unerring accuracy, splattered a cat's mouth with a
stream of milk clear across the barn. And the splashing, butting struggles
of weaning a calf to a bucket.
The baby skunk with eyes still closed that you put with the new litter of barn
kittens--and Jean's squeamish surprise when she realized what it was.
The night Shep barked "snake!" and you found the big bull snake hanging
nearly at eye level over the chicken house door.
The big, beautiful, orange and white goldfish in the cattle tank.
The fun of watching for rabbits when the haystacks were broken up and loaded.
The truck rides to the 'far' pasture to feed the cattle, and my apprehension
of 'Old Horny.'
Carrying skinned, gutted rabbits in to the house for you and watching them
jump in the sink--just like you said they would.
The hog-butchering when you tried to give me an eye and I wouldn't take it.
The delicious yet scarifying smell of the poison mash--for grasshoppers?
The taste of water out of a tin cup at the windmill.
How grown-up and important I felt when you took me to the cattle sales.
The 'big flood' of '43. I'd hoped it would keep me at the farm, but we drove
thru what must have been over a foot of water across the highway back to Dodge.
The scolding you gave Dwight when he frightened me with a snake during the
post-hole digging.
The early pre-dawn sound of you shoveling coal into the furnace--and the times
I got sent back to bed 'til the house warmed up.
Turning the ice-cream freezer; and licking the butter-churn paddles.
I remember the squishy feeling when you put my hand print in the porch step
cement. (Four years ago I satisfied the Sitton's curiosity as to where that
print came from).
I remember being utterly terrified at seeing you in the hospital when you got
cement poisoning.
I remember you coming for me, standing there in my 3rd grade classroom, when
grandmother died.
I remember you teaching me to find the North Star, and the Big and Little Dippers,
and answering my never-ending stream of questions. (I also remember believing
a rabbit could be caught by putting salt on its tail)
I remember my first trip out-of-state--to Bethany with you for the graduation.
I remember 'keep quiet now' when you listened to the farm market reports on
the old radio. (They still sound like Greek to me)
I remember the old crank wall telephone, and the general ring for frost warnings
and such.
I remember--with unspeakable nostalgia--SNOW. Snowdrifts, three feet of snow
in the driveway, snowmen, the big sleigh, delicious forehead-splitting cold,
blizzards . . . I haven't seen over an inch of snow in 10 years!
I remember the sound of your voice leading the evening prayers.
I remember. I remember so many things. You, more than anything or anyone else,
were responsible for my continuing bump of curiosity and my childhood sense
of wonder. And I wish there were still a farm, and that my not-quite-four Marie
could be "Tag-Along-Too Lou" with you, making memories. . . .
What do you remember best? I'm still asking questions . . . please, to satisfy my curiosity, and for little Colleen's baby book--who picked the name 'Colleen', how, and from where?
I remember the distaff side of things, too; the sewing, cooking, the garden--but that's another letter.
Much love,
Sara Jean
NOTE: Sara Jean RILEY is the niece of Elmer KARNS. At the time of his death in 1977 she rewrote this letter in essay form. She was librarian for the Ventura, California Star-Free Press at that time. The essay was printed by the Dodge City Daily Globe and by The Bucklin Banner. Sara's preface to the article in The Bucklin Banner follows.
Elmer Karns was far more than "uncle" to me--he was the only "father" I know. My own father, Eugene C. Riley, died Christmas of 1938 in a disastrous house fire at his mother's home in Kinsley, Kansas. Where do I fit in? Mrs. Elmer Karns (Verna) is my mother's sister. My mother, Elta J. Riley, was clerk of the district court in Dodge City from 1940 to 1967. Unless it's been sold again since 1972, the "old home place" referred to is the farm now owned by the Sittons northeast of the Ford bridge across the Arkansas river. It was the original Dawson farm started by Isom Martin Dawson in about 1904. Elmer and Verna Karns rebuilt every building on the place in the early 1940s, and it stayed in the family continuously for nearly 60 years.
A POEM WRITTEN BY ELMER KARNS FOR HIS NIECE, SARA JEAN RILEY:
The newest things down on the farm
Are two new calves around the barn;
A dozen kittens are in the hay,
All are yellow if they're not grey.
Plums all picked and corn all gone
Peaches are green and still hanging on.
Long wet harvest wasn't funny,
Lots of work and not much money.
************
Elmer retired from farming in 1956 and moved to Oklahoma City, OK
where he resided until his death.
Burial was in Bethany OK Cemetery.
More About ELMER MEARKLE KARNS:
ADDR: PA.,KS,..In 1956, retired in Oklahoma
Burial: Unknown, Bethany OK Cemetery
Cause of Death: Heart Problem
EDU: Primary School - PA and KS
EDU-2: Teacher's Preparation School for Certificate
INTERESTS: Church and Family
Medical Information: Heart disease
OCC: Teacher; Later Farmer & Stockman
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
More About ELMER KARNS and VERNA DAWSON:
Marriage: August 14, 1921, Hutchinson, KS
Children of VERNA DAWSON and ELMER KARNS are:
148 i. WINIFRED COLLEEN4 KARNS, born February 21, 1926 in Kingsdown, Ford Co.,
KS; died December 13, 2001 in Yukon, Canadian Co., OK. She married DONALD E.
CORNWELL Private; born Private.
Notes for WINIFRED COLLEEN KARNS:
W. Colleen Karns Cornwell and her husband, Don Cornwell, both attended schools
in their home communities, both later attended Bethany Nazarene College [now
known as Southern Nazarene University], and along with other careers along
the way, spent the last approximately 35 years both working at the Nazarene
Publishing House, Kansas City, MO. Colleen worked in administrative/personnel
work, and Don in the Accounting Dept.
They retired and moved to Bethany, OK, where they built a new home.
More About WINIFRED COLLEEN KARNS:
Burial: Unknown, Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co.,
OK
EDU: Wilroads Rural School [3 yr], Ford KS Public Schools, 1948 Grad of Bethany
Nazarene College [B.S.-Bus], add'l work at Wichita University; M.A. University
of Oklahoma
INTERESTS: Church, Family, and People
Medical Information: Cancer
OCC: Teacher, Personnel Manager--Nazarene Publishing House [KC] Retired in
Bethany, OK
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
More About DONALD CORNWELL and WINIFRED KARNS:
Private-Begin: Private
+ 149 ii. MELVA JEAN KARNS, born Private.
38. ELTA JEWEL3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born March 30, 1904 in
Seward, Stafford Co., KS, and died July 16, 1982 in Santa Barbara, CA. She
married EUGENE CARL RILEY September 4, 1927 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, son of
JONATHAN RILEY and LILLIE SAYRE. He was born March 28, 1897 in Corning, Nemaha
Co., KS, and died December 25, 1938 in Dodge City, Ford Co., KS.
More About ELTA JEWEL DAWSON:
ADDR: KS, LA, CA
Burial: Unknown, [Cremation] Ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean & Kinsley,
KS
EDU-1: Graduate of Ford KS High School
EDU-2: Kansas Normal School
OCC: Teacher at Lincoln Rural School [near Dawson Family home where she had
several nieces and nephews as students, Clerk of District Court, Ford Co.
More About EUGENE CARL RILEY:
ADDR: Corning, Seneca, Centralia, Ford,Palco, KS
Burial: Unknown, Kinsley KS Cemetery
Cause of Death: House Fire of Burns
EDU-2: Baker University, Baldwin, KS
MILITARY: WWI Service
OCC: Lumber Sales
More About EUGENE RILEY and ELTA DAWSON:
Marriage: September 4, 1927, Ford, Ford Co., KS
Child of ELTA DAWSON and EUGENE RILEY is:
+ 150 i. SARA JEAN4 RILEY, born Private.
39. CLARICE VESTAL3 DAWSON (ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born May 30, 1907
in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died March 15, 1940 in AZ. She married (1) Don
Gray. He died Unknown. She married (2) FERRIS SMITH Abt. 1929. He was born
June 4, 1902, and died Abt. 1990 in Missoula, MT.
More About CLARICE VESTAL DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
Notes for FERRIS SMITH:
In 1983, Ferris told Jean Karns Ladd of travelling by covered wagon in 1913
from the Springfield and Buffalo, MO area to the area of Kansas at Mullinville.
There he was acquainted with the "Karns" boys [as he called them]
-- Elmer Karns being Jean's father. At the time of this conversation, he
was living at 2404 Kemp, Missoula, MT 59801.
A son of Ferris' sister is Bill Brooks who has been affiliated with Southern Nazarene University and also Friends University at Wichita, KS.
More About FERRIS SMITH and CLARICE DAWSON:
Marriage: Abt. 1929
Children of CLARICE DAWSON and FERRIS SMITH are:
+ 151 i. ROBERT MARTIN4 SMITH, born Private.
+ 152 ii. WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH, born Private.
42. ORIN C. "Dick/Shorty"3 DAWSON (JOSEPH W.2, MARTIN H.1) was born
March 26, 1894 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO, and died December 8, 1974 in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma Co., OK. He married MRS. AUDREY BEA TULLIS Abt. 1940. She was
born August 17, 1905, and died November 7, 1991 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Co., OK35.
Notes for ORIN C. "Dick/Shorty" DAWSON:
Services for O. C. Dawson, 80, of 2625 W. Main, Oklahoma City, were held from
the Hahn-Cook Street and Draper Funeral Home. He died at his home.
Dawson moved from the Sarcoxie, MO, area to Oklahoma City in 1920. He was
survived by his wife, Audrey; a stepson, Junior Judge, Konawa, a stepdaughter,
Mrs. Beatrice Becker of Montana, a half-brother, Finis R. of Oklahoma City,
and a
half-sister, Mrs. Gladys Stone, Paris, TX.
Burial was in Sunny Lane Cemetery, Midwest City, OK -- Lot CD 188, Block #14, Plat #10.
"Uncle Dick" was remembered by his nieces and nephews and cousins as being double-jointed.
More About ORIN C. "Dick/Shorty" DAWSON:
ADDR: Lived at 2625 W. Main, Oklahoma City, OK
Burial: Unknown, Sunny Lane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
OCC: Retired Gardener
Notes for MRS. AUDREY BEA TULLIS:
11-7-91 Deceased
11-11-91 Graveside services 10 a.m. Monday directed by Hahn-Cook, Street & Draper
[405-848-3744]
Berniece Dawson Lemmons attended the service.
More About MRS. AUDREY BEA TULLIS:
Burial: Unknown, Sunny Lane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
More About ORIN DAWSON and MRS. TULLIS:
Marriage: Abt. 1940
Child of ORIN DAWSON and MRS. TULLIS is:
153 i. GRANDDAUGHTER4 TULLIS, born Private.
43. FINIS ROLAND3 DAWSON (JOSEPH W.2, MARTIN H.1) was born December 24, 1907
in Petty, TX36, and died October 21, 1984 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co.,
OK36. He married BEULAH BROWN September 3, 1931, daughter of JOHN BROWN and
JESSIE TAYLOR. She was born September 2, 1913 in Shawnee, OK, and died July
5, 1988 in Salem, Marion Co., OR.
Notes for FINIS ROLAND DAWSON:
FINIS DAWSON came to the Oklahoma City area in the 1920s. He died in South
Community Hospital, Oklahoma City.
Mr. Dawson was a member of the Southside Missionary Baptist Church. Funeral services were held from the Colonial Chapel of Vondel-Smith South Funeral Service with burial in Sunny Lane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK.
He worked as a plumber, and retired in 1979 from Randall Mechanical Co.
More About FINIS ROLAND DAWSON:
ADDR: Lived: 2011 S. Kentucky PL, OKC, OK 73108
Burial: Unknown, Sunny Lane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
OCC: Plumber
REL PREF: Missionary Baptist Church
Notes for BEULAH BROWN:
Grave side services were held at Sunny Lane Cemetery, Midwest City, for Beulah
Brown who died in Salem, Oregon.
Besides her children she is survived by 15 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Rev. James H. Moore presided at the service.
Location of plot: N.E. Lot 43, Blk 2, Sec 14.
More About BEULAH BROWN:
ADDR: Lived in Oklahoma City and Moore, OK
Burial: Unknown, Sunny Lane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
OCC: Homemaker
REL PREF: Baptist
More About FINIS DAWSON and BEULAH BROWN:
Marriage: September 3, 1931
Children of FINIS DAWSON and BEULAH BROWN are:
+ 154 i. EUGENE FLOYD4 DAWSON, born Private.
+ 155 ii. ERMA DEAN DAWSON, born Private.
+ 156 iii. PATSY DAWSON, born Private.
+ 157 iv. EARLINE DAWSON, born Private.
+ 158 v. LINDA DAWSON, born Private.
44. CHARLES H.3 DAWSON (JOSEPH W.2, MARTIN H.1) was born September 6, 1910
in Reno, TX, and died September 7, 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County,
OK. He married LALLA _______. She died Abt. 1992.
More About CHARLES H. DAWSON:
ADDR: 1954: Spencer, TX
Burial: Unknown, Wheatland OK Cemetery
Child of CHARLES DAWSON and LALLA _______ is:
159 i. MARTHA MAE4 DAWSON, born Private.
50. LOYCE 'BESS'3 DAWSON (CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born February 24, 189937,
and died April 1987 in , Jasper Co., MO. She married G. R. OVERALL. He was
born August 31, 1910, and died December 24, 1999 in , , KS37.
More About LOYCE 'BESS' DAWSON:
ADDR: 1954: Sarcoxie, MO
More About G. R. OVERALL:
ADDR: 1954: Sarcoxie, MO
Children of LOYCE DAWSON and G. OVERALL are:
160 i. MARGARET MAY4 OVERALL, born 1920; died 1920.
More About MARGARET MAY OVERALL:
Burial: Unknown, Cave Spring Cemetery, Sarcoxie, MO
161 ii. MARY RUTH OVERALL, born Private.
52. NELLIE3 DAWSON (CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born March 7, 1903 in Sarcoxie,
Jasper Co., MO, and died March 31, 1998 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO38. She
married SAMUEL ELZA CASH August 21, 1920 in Carthage, MO39. He was born May
6, 1896 in Eureka Springs, AR40, and died April 4, 1944 in Carthage, Jasper
Co., MO41.
More About NELLIE DAWSON:
ADDR: Most of life spent in the Jasper Co., MO area
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Memorial Cemetery, Joplin, MO
REL PREF: Forest Park Baptist Church, Joplin, MO
More About SAMUEL ELZA CASH:
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Memorial Cemetery, Joplin, MO
More About SAMUEL CASH and NELLIE DAWSON:
Marriage: August 21, 1920, Carthage, MO42
Children of NELLIE DAWSON and SAMUEL CASH are:
162 i. LENVAL H.4 CASH, born May 28, 1921; died June 11, 1943 in Pocatello,
ID Army Air Force Base [WW II Pilot -- Killed in Action]43. He married ELEANOR
SOTO Private; born Private.
More About LENVAL H. CASH:
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Memorial Cemetery, Joplin, MO
MISC: World War II Pilot - Killed in Action
More About LENVAL CASH and ELEANOR SOTO:
Private-Begin: Private
+ 163 ii. VELMA MAY CASH, born May 12, 1923 in Carthage, MO; died Abt. May
1998 in MO.
+ 164 iii. NELSON E. CASH, born Private.
+ 165 iv. BRAXTON CASH, born Private.
53. OPAL MARGARET3 DAWSON (CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born Private. She married
LOREN MARTIN BROOKS Private. He was born July 6, 1902 in Jericho Springs,
MO, and died February 25, 1984 in Sarcoxie, MO.
More About LOREN MARTIN BROOKS:
ADDR: 1954: Sarcoxie, MO
More About LOREN BROOKS and OPAL DAWSON:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of OPAL DAWSON and LOREN BROOKS are:
+ 166 i. WANDA MAE4 BROOKS, born Private.
+ 167 ii. KENNETH LLOYD BROOKS, born July 6, 1931 in Pierce City, MO; died
March 2, 1988 in Joplin, MO.
54. CHESTER HEADON3 DAWSON (CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born June 20, 1913,
and died April 28, 1991 in Joplin, MO. He married (1) MARGARET PLUMMER Private.
She was born Private. He married (2) IMOGENE MCSWAIN WISE Private. She was
born Private.
More About CHESTER HEADON DAWSON:
ADDR: 1954: Sarcoxie, MO
Burial: Unknown, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, MO
OCC: Farming
More About CHESTER DAWSON and MARGARET PLUMMER:
Private-Begin: Private
More About CHESTER DAWSON and IMOGENE WISE:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of CHESTER DAWSON and MARGARET PLUMMER are:
+ 168 i. DOROTHY CLYDENE4 DAWSON, born Private.
+ 169 ii. RICHARD LEROY DAWSON, born Private.
170 iii. BETTY SUE DAWSON, born Private.
+ 171 iv. GEORGE ALLEN DAWSON, born Private.
55. WAYNE CLARENCE3 DAWSON (CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born January 19, 1916
in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO44, and died January 17, 1999 in , , MO45. He
married ERNA HELENA KORFF Private. She was born Private.
More About WAYNE CLARENCE DAWSON:
ADDR: 1954: Sarcoxie, MO
Burial: Unknown, Sarcoxie MO Cemetery, Jasper Co., MO
OCC: Retired Farmer, Carpenter, Plasterer
REL PREF: Undenominational
More About WAYNE DAWSON and ERNA KORFF:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of WAYNE DAWSON and ERNA KORFF is:
+ 172 i. MICHAEL WAYNE4 DAWSON, born June 3, 1943 in Carthage, Jasper Co.,
MO; died June 6, 2000 in St. Louis, MO.
Generation No. 4
60. EUGENE L.4 ABRAM (ESTELLE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born November 29, 1912 in , Jasper Co., MO46, and died April 26, 1990 in Kansas City, , MO. He married MARGARET HUNT Private. She was born Private.
More About EUGENE ABRAM and MARGARET HUNT:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of EUGENE ABRAM and MARGARET HUNT are:
173 i. DONALD RAY5 ABRAM, born Private.
174 ii. LYNETTE ABRAM, born Private.
175 iii. DARRELL [TWIN] ABRAM, born Private.
176 iv. TWIN ABRAM, born Private.
61. HELEN MAY4 ABRAM (ESTELLE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born Private. She married KEITH H. STOTTS Private. He was born Private.
More About KEITH STOTTS and HELEN ABRAM:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of HELEN ABRAM and KEITH STOTTS are:
177 i. BILLY KEITH5 STOTTS, born Private.
178 ii. SUSAN ELAINE STOTTS, born Private.
62. KATHERINE4 BRASHER (ESTELLE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born April 23, 1919 in , Jasper Co., MO, and died February 1977 in Kansas
City, , MO. She married ENVER HOLLAND Private. He was born Private.
More About KATHERINE BRASHER:
ADDR: Res: Sarcoxie, MO
More About ENVER HOLLAND and KATHERINE BRASHER:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of KATHERINE BRASHER and ENVER HOLLAND is:
179 i. DANIEL5 HOLLAND, born Private.
63. EVERETT L.4 BRASHER (ESTELLE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1)
was born Private. He married ROSALIE CLARK Private. She was born Private.
More About EVERETT BRASHER and ROSALIE CLARK:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of EVERETT BRASHER and ROSALIE CLARK are:
180 i. GARY LEON5 BRASHER, born Private.
181 ii. TERRY BRASHER, born Private.
182 iii. THOMAS BRASHER, born Private.
183 iv. BRENDA BRASHER, born Private.
64. MAXINE C.4 BRASHER (ESTELLE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born Private. She married WILLARD [EAGENS] AGAN Private. He was born Private.
More About WILLARD AGAN and MAXINE BRASHER:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of MAXINE BRASHER and WILLARD AGAN are:
184 i. FRANK5 AGAN, born Private.
185 ii. DENNIS AGAN, born Private.
186 iii. JANET AGAN, born Private.
187 iv. RHONDA AGAN, born Private.
69. LEROY4 MARTIN (MAUDE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born
April 11, 1914, and died May 28, 1947. He married (1) PHYLLIS HARR Private.
She was born Private. He married (2) DORTHY LILLY Private, daughter of WILLIAM
LILLY and REVA INGLES. She was born Private.
More About LEROY MARTIN:
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery
More About LEROY MARTIN and PHYLLIS HARR:
Private-Begin: Private
More About LEROY MARTIN and DORTHY LILLY:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of LEROY MARTIN and DORTHY LILLY are:
188 i. SANDRA5 MARTIN, born Private. She married (1) JONAS BRITTON Private;
born Private. She married (2) WRAY MORRISON Private; born Private.
More About JONAS BRITTON and SANDRA MARTIN:
Private-Begin: Private
More About WRAY MORRISON and SANDRA MARTIN:
Private-Begin: Private
189 ii. RITA MARTIN, born Private. She married JERRY HENSEL Private; born Private.
More About JERRY HENSEL and RITA MARTIN:
Private-Begin: Private
70. CECIL HENRY4 MARTIN (MAUDE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was
born July 18, 1916 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO, and died February 1, 1991.
He married FREEDA STANLEY Private. She was born Private.
Notes for CECIL HENRY MARTIN:
OBITUARY:
Cecil Henry Martin, 74, 1200 Olive St. died at 9:55 a.m. Friday in the emergency
room of McCune-Brook Hospital following an apparent heart attack at his home.
Mr. Martin had been seriously ill since early in January. Born July 18,1916,
in Carthage, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs Roy L Martin. He was a lifelong resident.
He was manager of the meat department of Karbe's Grocery Store for many years
and later was with Piggly Wiggly in Joplin. He retired in 1978. He was a former
city Councilman, serving in the Second ward in the 1950's. He was a member
of Carthage Lodge No. 197, AF&AM, Abou Ben Adhem Shrine, Carthage Shrine
Club, where he was a former rajah and now treasurer and a charter member of
the Carthage Shrine Train Crew. He was active in the formation of the Carthage
Little League organization in 1953, serving on the board. He was a member of
the First Baptist Church of Carthage. He was married to Freeda Stanley Sept
4, 1938, in Carthage. She survives. Also surviving are two sons Dennis Martin,
2124 Buena Vista Ave, Carthage. and Mike Martin Kansas City, Mo; a sister Nadine
Perry, 310 N McGregor St. Carthage and five grandchildren. Services will be
at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Knell Mortuary. The Rev. S. Ray Crews will officiate.
Burial will be in Park Cemetery. The family will be at 1200 Olive St. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Shrine Crippled Children's transportation
fund, in care of the Knell Mortuary.
More About CECIL HENRY MARTIN:
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery
More About CECIL MARTIN and FREEDA STANLEY:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of CECIL MARTIN and FREEDA STANLEY are:
190 i. DENNIS STANLEY5 MARTIN, born Private. He married (1) CONNIE CARTER Private;
born Private. He married (2) CATHY SHELLY Private; born Private.
More About DENNIS MARTIN and CONNIE CARTER:
Private-Begin: Private
More About DENNIS MARTIN and CATHY SHELLY:
Private-Begin: Private
191 ii. MICHAEL RAY MARTIN, born Private. He married CYNTHIA _______ Private; born Private.
More About MICHAEL MARTIN and CYNTHIA _______:
Private-Begin: Private
71. EVERETT ELLIS4 MARTIN (MAUDE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1)
was born October 1, 1918 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO, and died July 13, 1973.
He married EVELINE EPPERSON 1941 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO. She was born
April 29, 1923 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO, and died December 19, 1998 in
Joplin, Jasper Co., MO.
More About EVERETT ELLIS MARTIN:
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery
Notes for EVELINE EPPERSON:
Obituary... Eveline Mae Logsdon, 75, Carthage, died at 8pm Saturday, Dec 19,1998,
at St John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, after a long illness. Mrs Logsdon
was born April 19,1923 at Carthage, and was a lifetime resident. She had
been waitress at Red's Cafe, the C&W Cafe, and the Carthage Country Club.
She was a member of Carthage First Christian Church, Carthage Travel Club,
and Ulmer Funeral Home Surviving Spouse group. She married Everett Ellis
Martin in 1941 in Carthage. He died in 1973. She married Don Logsdon on June
27, 1980, at Carthage. he died July 3, 1992. Survivors include two sons,
Larry L. Martin, Jamesport, Mo. and Timothy L Martin, Rock Falls, Ill; a
brother, Cecil Epperson, Carthage; three sisters, Geraldine Simpson, Tulsa,
Okla, Pauline Carter, Carthage, and Ernestine Ellison, Goodman; four grandchildren
and three great grandchildren. The body will be cremated. Memorial grave
side services will be 2 PM Tuesday at Park Cemetery, Carthage. Arrangements
are under direction of Ulmer Funeral Home, Carthage.
More About EVELINE EPPERSON:
Burial: Unknown, Carthage MO Park Cemetery--Cremation
OCC: Waitress
REL PREF: Christian Church
More About EVERETT MARTIN and EVELINE EPPERSON:
Marriage: 1941, Carthage, Jasper Co., MO
Children of EVERETT MARTIN and EVELINE EPPERSON are:
192 i. LARRY LEE5 MARTIN, born Private. He married JANE JACKSON Private; born
Private.
More About LARRY MARTIN and JANE JACKSON:
Private-Begin: Private
193 ii. TIMOTHY LeROY MARTIN, born Private. He married CAROL ANNE CARR Private; born Private.
More About TIMOTHY MARTIN and CAROL CARR:
Private-Begin: Private
72. NADINE4 MARTIN (MAUDE3 EDWARDS, NANCY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born
Private. She married FRANK LeROY PERRY Private. He was born Private.
More About FRANK PERRY and NADINE MARTIN:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of NADINE MARTIN and FRANK PERRY are:
194 i. NANCY5 PERRY, born February 24, 1943 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO; died
April 11, 1999 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO. She married FRED "Buck" FRANCISCO
Private; born Private.
Notes for NANCY PERRY:
OBITUARY... Nancy L. Francisco, 56, 910 S Orner, died at 11 am Sunday, April
11, 1999 at her residence of natural causes. Mrs. Francisco was born Feb
24, 1943 to Frank and Nadine Perry. She was a long-time Carthage resident
and worked as a sales associate for Wal-Marts. She was a life member of the
VFW Post of Carthage. She married Fred "Buck" Francisco on Jan
23,1960 at Carthage. He survives. Additional survivors include her mother,
Nadine Perry, Carthage; a son Richard Francisco, state of Illinois, three
daughters, Denise Thompson of Baxter, Minn., Shelby Rock of Chesapeake, Va,
and Lisa Miller of Lindenhurst, Ill; a brother Claude Perry, Cedar Hills,
Texas, a sister, Marsha Tatum, Owasso, Okla; and seven grandchildren. A Memorial
service will be held at 2 PM, Thursday, April 15, at the Ulmer Funeral Home
Chapel. The body has been taken for cremation.
More About NANCY PERRY:
Burial: Unknown, Cremation with Ashes sprinkled over Kellog Lake, Carthage,
Jasper Co., MO
OCC: Wal-Mart Sales Associate
More About FRED FRANCISCO and NANCY PERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
195 ii. MARSHA PERRY, born Private. She married ROBERT TATUM Private; born Private.
More About ROBERT TATUM and MARSHA PERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
196 iii. CLAUDE LEE PERRY, born Private. He married MARY RHINE Private; born Private.
More About CLAUDE PERRY and MARY RHINE:
Private-Begin: Private
77. RALPH ELBERT4 BIDDLECOME (ARTIEMUS "ART" E.3, MARY JANE2 DAWSON,
MARTIN H.1) was born August 3, 1899 in , Mt. Vernon Twp., Lawrence Co., MO
Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO47, and died March 1977 in ElDorado Springs, MO48.
He married GRACE ESTELLA ROBERTS, daughter of SAMUEL ROBERTS and AMANDA ROBERSON.
She was born November 17, 1904, and died November 5, 1974.
More About RALPH ELBERT BIDDLECOME:
Burial: Unknown, ElDorado Springs City Cemetery, ElDorado Springs, MO
MISC: Arts obituary indicates the family lived in McCune, KS before moving
to Vernon Co., MO
OCC: Farmer; Mill Worker, County Road Maintenance
More About GRACE ESTELLA ROBERTS:
Burial: Unknown, ElDorado Springs City Cemetery, ElDorado Springs, MO
OCC: Homemaker
Child of RALPH BIDDLECOME and GRACE ROBERTS is:
197 i. ELDON JEWELL5 BIDDLECOME, born May 30, 1925; died February 25, 2000.
He married (1) VENICE RaDean BARROW June 26, 1949; born March 24, 1928; died
January 24, 1977. He married (2) WANDA LEE REYNOLDS Private; born Private.
More About ELDON JEWELL BIDDLECOME:
ADDR: RR 2, Box 390, ElDorado Spgs.,MO 64744
Burial: Unknown, Lefler Cemetery, R.R., Harwood, MO 64750
Hobbies: Flowers, Friends and Grandchildren
MISC: Eldon and Vernice bought their farm in 1950 and it was still theirs until
2002 when their estate was settled
OCC: Shoe Factory Employee; MFA: Bulk Truck Driver; Gas Station & Exchange
Manager, Board Member; Cattle Farmer
More About VENICE RaDean BARROW:
ADDR: ElDorado Springs, MO
Burial: Unknown, Lefler Cemetery, R.R., Harwood, MO
Hobbies: Sewing, Gardening, Upholstering, Refinishing Furniture; Farm Activities
OCC: Homemaker; Shoe and Shirt Factory Employee
More About ELDON BIDDLECOME and VENICE BARROW:
Marriage: June 26, 1949
More About ELDON BIDDLECOME and WANDA REYNOLDS:
Private-Begin: Private
78. FAYE4 BIDDLECOME (ARTIEMUS "ART" E.3, MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN
H.1) was born Private. She married (1) JOHN HURT Private. He died Unknown.
She married (2) JOE MAJERSKI Private. He was born Private.
More About JOHN HURT:
Burial: Unknown, ElDorado Springs, MO
More About JOHN HURT and FAYE BIDDLECOME:
Private-Begin: Private
More About JOE MAJERSKI and FAYE BIDDLECOME:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of FAYE BIDDLECOME and JOHN HURT are:
198 i. JOHNNY ANN5 HURT, born Private. She married MR. CALFI Private; born
Private.
More About MR. CALFI and JOHNNY HURT:
Private-Begin: Private
199 ii. AUDREY HURT, born Private. She married PAUL SCHAPLER Private; died Unknown in Kansas City, MO area.
More About PAUL SCHAPLER and AUDREY HURT:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of FAYE BIDDLECOME and JOE MAJERSKI is:
200 i. MONA SUE5 MAJERSKI, born Private.
81. CHARLES "BEE" FRANKLIN4 THORNBERRY (HATTIE MAY3 BIDDLECOME, MARY
JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born December 10, 1903 in Wentworth, , MO, and
died June 6, 1979 in Webb City, Jasper Co., MO49. He married EMILY "EMMA" WOODARD50.
She was born August 13, 190350, and died March 7, 198050.
More About CHARLES "BEE" FRANKLIN THORNBERRY:
Burial: June 9, 1979, Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO
More About EMILY "EMMA" WOODARD:
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO
Children of CHARLES THORNBERRY and EMILY WOODARD are:
201 i. HAROLD DEAN5 THORNBERRY, born January 10, 1924; died March 7, 1982.
He married FREDA BYRDEEN HOBSON BARRETT50; died Unknown in MO.
More About HAROLD DEAN THORNBERRY:
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
202 ii. NORMA MARIE "SIS" THORNBERRY, born Private. She married HOWARD DOYLE VAN SLYKE Private; died February 4, 1996.
More About HOWARD VAN SLYKE and NORMA THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
82. RUTH LEONA4 THORNBERRY (HATTIE MAY3 BIDDLECOME, MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN
H.1) was born June 2, 1904 in Oronogo, Jasper Co., MO, and died June 18,
1931 in Diamond, , MO51. She married CLARENCE J. PRIGMORE. He was born 1890,
and died 1942.
More About RUTH LEONA THORNBERRY:
Burial: Unknown, , , MO
Children of RUTH THORNBERRY and CLARENCE PRIGMORE are:
203 i. CLARENCE J. "JUNIOR'5 PRIGMORE, JR., born Private. He married ________
PRIGMORE Private; died Unknown in WA.
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Private-Begin: Private
204 ii. BETTY LOU PRIGMORE, born 1923; died 1925.
205 iii. ROSEMARY PRIGMORE, born Private. She married _____ GREENWOOD Private;
born Private.
More About _____ GREENWOOD and ROSEMARY PRIGMORE:
Private-Begin: Private
83. CLAUDE HERBERT4 THORNBERRY (HATTIE MAY3 BIDDLECOME, MARY JANE2 DAWSON,
MARTIN H.1) was born December 27, 1906 in Oronogo, Jasper Co., MO51, and
died August 11, 1978 in Whitefish, Flathead Co., MT. He married DORIS PEARL
HALL August 4, 1928 in Osborne, Osborne Co., KS, daughter of FREDERICK HALL
and EMMA FRANCIS. She was born June 15, 1909 in Natoma, Osborne Co., KS,
and died April 4, 1997 in Ashland, Jackson Co., OR.
More About CLAUDE HERBERT THORNBERRY:
Burial: Unknown, Glacier Memorial Gardens, Kalispell, Flathead Co., MT
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
OCC: Farmer, Miner, Truck Driver, Construction Laborer
More About DORIS PEARL HALL:
Burial: April 9, 1997, Glacier Memorial Gardens, Kalispell, Flathead Co., MT
Cause of Death: Cancer
OCC: Nurse's Aide
More About CLAUDE THORNBERRY and DORIS HALL:
Marriage: August 4, 1928, Osborne, Osborne Co., KS
Children of CLAUDE THORNBERRY and DORIS HALL are:
206 i. WINIFRED CLAUDYNE5 THORNBERRY, born Private. She married (1) CARLO GALASSI
Private; born Private. She married (2) HARRY EUGENE WEBBER Private; born Private.
She married (3) GEORGE HATHAWAY MASTERSON Private; born Private.
More About CARLO GALASSI and WINIFRED THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
More About HARRY WEBBER and WINIFRED THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
More About GEORGE MASTERSON and WINIFRED THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
207 ii. BARBARA FRANCES THORNBERRY, born Private. She married (1) DONALD EDWARDS Private; born Private. She married (2) LEONARD SAM FARAONE Private; born Private.
More About DONALD EDWARDS and BARBARA THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
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Private-Begin: Private
208 iii. RONALD CLAUDE THORNBERRY, born Private. He married (1) KAREN MARGRETHE MARIE LIND Private; born Private. He married (2) ESTHER MacKENZIE O'DELL Private; born Private.
More About RONALD THORNBERRY and KAREN LIND:
Private-Begin: Private
More About RONALD THORNBERRY and ESTHER O'DELL:
Private-Begin: Private
84. OPAL MAY4 THORNBERRY (HATTIE MAY3 BIDDLECOME, MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN
H.1) was born November 30, 1908 in Oronogo, Jasper Co., MO51, and died September
27, 1995 in Geneva, Ashtabula Co., OH. She married HARRY SHAFER May 28, 1927.
He died Unknown.
More About HARRY SHAFER and OPAL THORNBERRY:
Marriage: May 28, 1927
Children of OPAL THORNBERRY and HARRY SHAFER are:
209 i. FREDERICK "BUD"5 SHAFER, died Unknown in MO [Need Proof].
210 ii. ILA JEAN SHAFER, born Private.
211 iii. DELORES SHAFER, born January 17, 1934; died Unknown in MO [Need Proof].
85. JOHN ANDREW4 THORNBERRY (HATTIE MAY3 BIDDLECOME, MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN
H.1) was born September 22, 1910 in Newtonia, KS or Laton, , KS, and died
February 16, 1966 in Asbury, Jasper Co., MO52. He married LAVON ROLLEG Private.
She was born Private.
More About JOHN ANDREW THORNBERRY:
Burial: Unknown, Carl Junction Cemetery, Carl Junction, , MO52
Cause of Death: Heart Attack53
More About JOHN THORNBERRY and LAVON ROLLEG:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of JOHN THORNBERRY and LAVON ROLLEG are:
212 i. EVELYN RUTH5 THORNBERRY, born Private. She married DAVID HASENPLAUGH
Private; born Private.
More About DAVID HASENPLAUGH and EVELYN THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
213 ii. ROBERT "BOB" THORNBERRY, born December 29, 1937; died May 4, 1989. He married DELORES ETHERIDGE in NJ; died Unknown in MO.
More About ROBERT "BOB" THORNBERRY:
Burial: Unknown, Carl Junction Cemetery, Carl Junction, , MO
Cause of Death: Heart Attack53
MILITARY: Served 20 years in U.S. Navy
More About ROBERT THORNBERRY and DELORES ETHERIDGE:
Marriage: NJ
214 iii. LINDA MAY THORNBERRY, born May 6, 1938; died Unknown.
More About LINDA MAY THORNBERRY:
Burial: July 15, 1938
215 iv. LAWANDA "SALLY" THORNBERRY, born Private. She married (1) RAYMOND PURCELL Private; born Private. She married (2) DANNY COPPENBARGER Private; born Private. She married (3) HOWARD SIDENSTRICKER Private; born Private.
More About RAYMOND PURCELL and LAWANDA THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
More About DANNY COPPENBARGER and LAWANDA THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
More About HOWARD SIDENSTRICKER and LAWANDA THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
216 v. GARY GRANT THORNBERRY, born Private. He married (1) LINDA STEWART Private; born Private. He married (2) MARLANA WARWICK Private; born Private. He married (3) MARY BYSE Private; born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
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Private-Begin: Private
More About GARY THORNBERRY and MARY BYSE:
Private-Begin: Private
217 vi. CAROLYN SUE THORNBERRY, born Private. She married (1) RAY MARTIN Private; born Private. She married (2) RONALD DUNN Private; born Private.
More About RAY MARTIN and CAROLYN THORNBERRY:
Private-Begin: Private
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Private-Begin: Private
218 vii. GEORGE THORNBERRY, born Private. He married TERRI STORM Private; born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
219 viii. KAREN KAY THORNBERRY, born Private. She married (1) JOE SANDERS Private; born Private. She married (2) JOHN MAYFIELD Private; born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
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Private-Begin: Private
220 ix. KEVIN THORNBERRY, born Private. He married (1) CAROL HUMBARD Private; born Private. He married (2) WILLA _______ Private; born Private. He married (3) VIVIAN EADS Private; born Private. He married (4) ______ SAILER Private; born Private.
More About KEVIN THORNBERRY and CAROL HUMBARD:
Private-Begin: Private
More About KEVIN THORNBERRY and WILLA _______:
Private-Begin: Private
More About KEVIN THORNBERRY and VIVIAN EADS:
Private-Begin: Private
More About KEVIN THORNBERRY and ______ SAILER:
Private-Begin: Private
87. HOWARD4 CAMPBELL (HATTIE MAY3 BIDDLECOME, MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN H.1)54
died December 1, 1966 in West Covina, Los Angeles Co., CA. He married (1)
MARGE ________ Private. She was born Private. He married (2) FLORENCE ________
Private. She was born Private.
More About HOWARD CAMPBELL:
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
More About HOWARD CAMPBELL and MARGE ________:
Private-Begin: Private
More About HOWARD CAMPBELL and FLORENCE ________:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of HOWARD CAMPBELL and FLORENCE ________ is:
221 i. WAYNE5 CAMPBELL, born Private.
89. BOBBY LEE "Bob"4 CAMPBELL (HATTIE MAY3 BIDDLECOME, MARY JANE2
DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born Private. He married JEAN BLASKA Private. She was
born Private.
More About BOBBY CAMPBELL and JEAN BLASKA:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of BOBBY CAMPBELL and JEAN BLASKA is:
222 i. TIMOTHY LESLIE5 CAMPBELL, born Private.
93. MARGARET "THELMA"4 ESTUS (MYRTLE VENNA3 BIDDLECOME, MARY JANE2
DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born February 27, 1910 in Lockwood, Dade Co., MO, and
died September 24, 1998 in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA. She married HERMAN "MILTON" SEXTON
June 16, 1928 in Greenfield, Dade Co., MO, son of CHARLES SEXTON and LUCY MARSH.
He was born September 11, 1907 in Greenfield, Dade Co., MO, and died February
25, 1998 in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA.
More About HERMAN "MILTON" SEXTON:
OCC: Managed farms for growers in the San Joaquin Valley in California
More About HERMAN SEXTON and MARGARET ESTUS:
Marriage: June 16, 1928, Greenfield, Dade Co., MO
Children of MARGARET ESTUS and HERMAN SEXTON are:
223 i. DONALD LEE5 SEXTON, born Private. He married HELEN WOODARD Private;
born Private.
More About DONALD SEXTON and HELEN WOODARD:
Private-Begin: Private
224 ii. MARY DELORAS SEXTON, born Private.
225 iii. NORMA JOYCE SEXTON, born 1934; died 1934.
More About NORMA JOYCE SEXTON:
Cause of Death: Stillborn
226 iv. GARY ALAN SEXTON, born Private.
227 v. GLENDA KAY SEXTON, born Private.
98. HOWARD RAYMOND4 ESTUS (MYRTLE VENNA3 BIDDLECOME, MARY JANE2 DAWSON, MARTIN
H.1) was born Private.
Children of HOWARD RAYMOND ESTUS are:
228 i. FERNITA5 ESTES, born Private.
229 ii. JEAN ESTES, born Private.
230 iii. RUTH ESTES, born Private.
231 iv. RALPH ESTES, born Private.
101. VERA FAYE4 NEWMAN (VIRLA3 SOLOMON, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON,
MARTIN H.1) was born August 27, 1906, and died May 12, 1988. She married VERNON
N. VAUGHN. He was born August 27, 1907, and died February 23, 1989.
More About VERA FAYE NEWMAN:
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Mem. Park Cem., Joplin, MO
More About VERNON N. VAUGHN:
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Park Mem. Cem., Joplin, MO
Children of VERA NEWMAN and VERNON VAUGHN are:
232 i. BERNARD GENE5 VAUGHAN, born Private. He married ALMA PATTI FORSYTHE
Private; born January 17, 1930; died July 1, 1986.
More About BERNARD VAUGHAN and ALMA FORSYTHE:
Private-Begin: Private
233 ii. VIRGINIA FAYE VAUGHN, born Private. She married MONTY BLUE SKELTON Private; born Private.
More About MONTY SKELTON and VIRGINIA VAUGHN:
Private-Begin: Private
102. GLADYS4 NEWMAN (VIRLA3 SOLOMON, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON,
MARTIN H.1) was born May 14, 1911 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died December
19, 198355. She married WILLIAM POTTS. He was born 1909, and died May 12, 1952.
More About GLADYS NEWMAN:
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Park Mem. Cem., Joplin, MO
Cause of Death: House Fire
More About WILLIAM POTTS:
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Park Mem. Cem., Joplin, MO
Child of GLADYS NEWMAN and WILLIAM POTTS is:
234 i. WILLIAM DON5 POTTS, born Private. He married CAROLL JONES Private; born
Private.
More About WILLIAM POTTS and CAROLL JONES:
Private-Begin: Private
103. NINA NADINE4 NEWMAN (VIRLA3 SOLOMON, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2
DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born Private. She married WALTER HANNA Private. He
died 1976 in Tucson, AR.
More About WALTER HANNA and NINA NEWMAN:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of NINA NEWMAN and WALTER HANNA is:
235 i. NINA LEE5 HANNA, born Private. She married (1) Mr. SIZEMORE Private;
born Private. She married (2) CHARLES LYONS Private; born Private.
More About Mr. SIZEMORE and NINA HANNA:
Private-Begin: Private
More About CHARLES LYONS and NINA HANNA:
Private-Begin: Private
104. EDITH4 NEWMAN (VIRLA3 SOLOMON, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON,
MARTIN H.1) was born Private. She married (1) JOHN JASPER ORR Private. He was
born Private. She married (2) WILLIAM H. WHITESIDE Private. He died March 8,
1988 in CA.
More About JOHN ORR and EDITH NEWMAN:
Private-Begin: Private
More About WILLIAM H. WHITESIDE:
Burial: Unknown, Cremation
More About WILLIAM WHITESIDE and EDITH NEWMAN:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of EDITH NEWMAN and JOHN ORR is:
236 i. JOHN MICHEAL5 ORR, born Private. He married BARBARA _______ Private;
born Private.
More About JOHN ORR and BARBARA _______:
Private-Begin: Private
105. ALBERT4 SOLOMON (JOHN3, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN
H.1) died 1980. He married SUE CONNER Private. She was born Private.
More About ALBERT SOLOMON:
ADDR: Joplin, MO
MILITARY: Nickname: "Sol"
More About ALBERT SOLOMON and SUE CONNER:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of ALBERT SOLOMON and SUE CONNER is:
237 i. JON5 SOLOMON, died 1996. He married CHARLOTTE Private; born Private.
More About JON SOLOMON:
ADDR: Res: Joplin, MO
More About JON SOLOMON and CHARLOTTE:
Private-Begin: Private
106. WESLEY LEROY4 SOLOMON (JOHN3, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON,
MARTIN H.1) was born August 12, 1912, and died December 18, 1989 in Joplin,
Jasper Co., MO. He married CLAUDIA LAVON HARDISTY Private. She was born Private.
More About WESLEY LEROY SOLOMON:
ADDR: Joplin, MO
Burial: Unknown, Cremated w/ashes Ranch Line Road, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO
MILITARY: Ashes scattered near school--North Joplin
More About WESLEY SOLOMON and CLAUDIA HARDISTY:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of WESLEY SOLOMON and CLAUDIA HARDISTY is:
238 i. GLENN WESLEY5 SOLOMON, born Private. He married REBA JO CROSS Private;
born Private.
More About GLENN SOLOMON and REBA CROSS:
Private-Begin: Private
107. HOPE4 SOLOMON (JOHN3, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON, MARTIN
H.1) died Unknown in Deceased. She married MR. HAMPTON. He died Unknown in
Tucson, AR.
More About HOPE SOLOMON:
ADDR: Lived: Hampton, CA
Child of HOPE SOLOMON and MR. HAMPTON is:
239 i. SON5 _______, born Private.
118. LEMONE A "Jack"4 SOLOMON (CHARLEY3, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2
DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born February 23, 1910 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO56,
and died January 3, 1997 in Jasper Co., MO. He married LORRAINE HEDGE. She
was born February 13, 1915 in Cassville, MO., and died September 19, 1982.
More About LEMONE A "Jack" SOLOMON:
ADDR: 1994: 1515 S. Jefferson St, Webb City, MO 64870
Burial: Unknown, Cremated
OCC: Retired Union Carpenter; Field Trial Judge for bird dogs.
More About LORRAINE HEDGE:
Burial: Unknown, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, MO
OCC: Office Manager - furniture companies in Carthage and Webb City, MO
Child of LEMONE SOLOMON and LORRAINE HEDGE is:
240 i. WILLIAM C. [Andy]5 SOLOMON, born Private. He married CARLA _______ Private;
born Private.
More About WILLIAM SOLOMON and CARLA _______:
Private-Begin: Private
119. MILDRED MAXINE4 CORUM (ELLA3 SOLOMON, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2
DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born Private. She married VICTOR F. FRERER Private.
He was born Private.
More About VICTOR FRERER and MILDRED CORUM:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of MILDRED CORUM and VICTOR FRERER are:
241 i. BARBARA5 FRERER, born Private. She married (1) MR. HARTLEY Private;
born Private. She married (2) JIM SPENCER Private; born Private.
More About MR. HARTLEY and BARBARA FRERER:
Private-Begin: Private
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Private-Begin: Private
242 ii. VICKIE FRERER, born Private. She married JEFF UMMEL Private; born Private.
More About JEFF UMMEL and VICKIE FRERER:
Private-Begin: Private
243 iii. RONALD FRERER, born Private. He married NANCY WALLACE Private; born Private.
More About RONALD FRERER and NANCY WALLACE:
Private-Begin: Private
120. MARTHA GERTRUDE4 TRIPLETT (EVA3 SOLOMON, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2
DAWSON, MARTIN H.1) was born April 8, 1920 in Jasper Co., MO, and died March
2, 1997 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO. She married FAYE CHANDLER Private. He was
born Private.
More About MARTHA GERTRUDE TRIPLETT:
EDU-2: 1939, Graduate of Sarcoxie MO High School
OCC: Employed at St. Luke's Nursing Home, Carthage, MO
REL PREF: Morningside Baptist Church in rural Sarcoxie
More About FAYE CHANDLER and MARTHA TRIPLETT:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of MARTHA TRIPLETT and FAYE CHANDLER are:
244 i. DONALD FAYE5 CHANDLER, born Private. He married JUDY KAY LONG Private;
born Private.
More About DONALD CHANDLER and JUDY LONG:
Private-Begin: Private
245 ii. PAUL DAVID CHANDLER, born Private.
246 iii. SUSAN "Susie" A. CHANDLER, born Private. She married MICHAEL
NOVACICH Private; born Private.
More About MICHAEL NOVACICH and SUSAN CHANDLER:
Private-Begin: Private
247 iv. LANA JO CHANDLER, born Private. She married (1) BOB WILLIAMS Private; died Unknown in , , MO. She married (2) KURT UMMEL Private; born Private.
More About BOB WILLIAMS and LANA CHANDLER:
Private-Begin: Private
More About KURT UMMEL and LANA CHANDLER:
Private-Begin: Private
121. ROBERT D.4 TRIPLETT (EVA3 SOLOMON, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON,
MARTIN H.1) was born Private. He married ORA BELLE LUNDERMAN Private. She was
born Private.
More About ROBERT TRIPLETT and ORA LUNDERMAN:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of ROBERT TRIPLETT and ORA LUNDERMAN are:
248 i. MARY LORAINE5 TRIPLETT, born Private. She married CECIL RAY HENRY Private;
born Private.
More About CECIL HENRY and MARY TRIPLETT:
Private-Begin: Private
249 ii. ROBERT EUGENE TRIPLETT, born Private. He married PATRICIA ANN HAGEBUSCH Private; born Private.
More About ROBERT TRIPLETT and PATRICIA HAGEBUSCH:
Private-Begin: Private
250 iii. LARRY DON TRIPLETT, born Private. He married JUDY KAY JONES Private; born Private.
More About LARRY TRIPLETT and JUDY JONES:
Private-Begin: Private
122. LAVONNE4 TRIPLETT (EVA3 SOLOMON, MARTHA ANN "Aunt Matt"2 DAWSON,
MARTIN H.1) was born Private. She married (1) RAYMOND ELLIOTT POLLARD, JR.
Private. He was born April 25, 1932 in St. Louis, MO, and died August 2, 1982
in Overland Park, Ks. She married (2) LEMUEL C. MADDOX, JR. Private. He was
born Private.
More About RAYMOND ELLIOTT POLLARD, JR.:
EDU-2: 1980, M.S. - Nazarene Theological Seminary
INTERESTS: Studious - Reading - Family Man
MILITARY: materials, radio program, good public spkr
MISC: Involved in church work, wrote for S.S.
OCC: Minister:Wichita,KS,Kirksville,Overland PK
REL PREF: Church of God Holiness
More About RAYMOND POLLARD and LAVONNE TRIPLETT:
Private-Begin: Private
More About LEMUEL MADDOX and LAVONNE TRIPLETT:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of LAVONNE TRIPLETT and RAYMOND POLLARD are:
251 i. TERRY WAYNE5 POLLARD, born Private. He married PATTY Private; born Private.
More About TERRY POLLARD and PATTY:
Private-Begin: Private
252 ii. RODNEY LAYNE POLLARD, born Private. He married CINDY Private; born Private.
More About RODNEY POLLARD and CINDY:
Private-Begin: Private
253 iii. MICHAEL DWAYNE POLLARD, born Private. He married PAM _______ Private; born Private.
More About MICHAEL POLLARD and PAM _______:
Private-Begin: Private
254 iv. SANDRA ELAINE POLLARD, born Private. She married ROB SMITH Private; born Private.
More About ROB SMITH and SANDRA POLLARD:
Private-Begin: Private
123. IVA MURIEL4 WARNER (LILLIE MAY3 DAWSON, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was
born February 7, 1906 in St. John, , KS, and died March 16, 1996 in Ford
Co., KS. She married MAYNARD SNOOK March 1, 1930. He was born May 12, 1911
in S.W. of Ford, Ford Co., KS on Snook Farm, and died November 14, 1989 in
Dodge City, KS.
More About IVA MURIEL WARNER:
ADDR: Ford, Ford Co., KS. Lived 1991 -Bucklin, KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
EDU-2: Rozel KS High School
INTERESTS: Gardening
Medical Information: No Heart disease, No High blood pressure, No Stroke, No
Cancer, No Addictions, Alzheimer's, No Diabetes, No Other
OCC: Teacher, Paper Hanger, Dry Cleaning Del'ry
REL PREF: Protestant
More About MAYNARD SNOOK:
ADDR: Ford, Ford Co., KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
Cause of Death: Massive Coronary
EDU-2: Wichita State - 1 yr.
INTERESTS: Liked Music, Reading, Care of Homeless
Medical Information: Heart disease, High blood pressure, No Stroke, No Cancer,
No Addictions, No Alzheimer's, No Diabetes, No Other
OCC: Farmer
REL PREF: Protestant
More About MAYNARD SNOOK and IVA WARNER:
Marriage: March 1, 1930
Children of IVA WARNER and MAYNARD SNOOK are:
255 i. SHIRLEY MAXINE5 SNOOK, born Private. She married DUANE DALE RIEGEL Private;
born June 14, 1928 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died August 6, 2001 in , , KS.
More About DUANE DALE RIEGEL:
ADDR: 1996:Dodge City,KS
EDU-2: Dodge City JUCO
INTERESTS: Civic worker
Medical Information: Heart disease, No High blood pressure, No Stroke, No Cancer,
No Addictions, No Alzheimer's, No Diabetes, No Other
OCC: Farmer
REL PREF: Protestant
More About DUANE RIEGEL and SHIRLEY SNOOK:
Private-Begin: Private
256 ii. LARRY DEAN SNOOK, born November 2, 1933 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died January 28, 1996. He married SANDRA SUE TROUTMAN Private; born Private.
More About LARRY DEAN SNOOK:
ADDR: 1991 - Johnson, KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
EDU-1: Ford High School
EDU-2: DCJC; Grad of Alva, OK
INTERESTS: Horses, Sports
OCC: Teacher; Farmer
REL PREF: Protestant
More About LARRY SNOOK and SANDRA TROUTMAN:
Private-Begin: Private
257 iii. MARILEE SNOOK, born Private. She married DARRELL DUANE WILLIAMS Private; born November 19, 1934 in Imperial, NE; died February 26, 1986 in Dodge City, KS.
Notes for DARRELL DUANE WILLIAMS:
Darrell earned many honors for his photography. He was very active
in civic work for his community. His contribution to the activities for the
celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ford, Ford Co., KS. added much to the
occasion.
More About DARRELL DUANE WILLIAMS:
ADDR: 1986 - Ford, Ford Co., KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
Cause of Death: Car Accident
EDU-2: Hays KS State & Dodge City KS Juco
INTERESTS: Horses, Sports, Music; True Christian
Medical Information: No Heart disease, No High blood pressure, No Stroke, No
Cancer, No Addictions, No Alzheimer's, No Diabetes, No Other
OCC: Data Processor; High Plains Journal
REL PREF: Protestant - Christian Church
More About DARRELL WILLIAMS and MARILEE SNOOK:
Private-Begin: Private
258 iv. KENNETH WESLEY SNOOK, born Private. He married BARBARA ANN BARNGROVER STOLL Private; born Private.
More About KENNETH SNOOK and BARBARA STOLL:
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124. WESLEY MARTIN4 WARNER (LILLIE MAY3 DAWSON, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was
born Private. He married ROBERTA [BOBBIE] WHITWORTH Private. She was born
May 10, 1913 in Ada, OK, and died September 25, 1991 in Denver, CO.
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Children of WESLEY WARNER and ROBERTA WHITWORTH are:
259 i. VIRGINIA ANN5 WARNER, born Private. She married VINCENT DePAUL MEHLING
Private; born September 8, 1922 in Baltimore, MD; died June 15, 1981.
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260 ii. ROBERT WHITWORTH WARNER, born Private.
125. NELLIE PEARLE4 WARNER (LILLIE MAY3 DAWSON, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was
born Private. She married (1) ARCHIE LOCKMAN Private, son of HUGH LOCKMAN
and KATIA DEVOE. He was born May 17, 1901 in Winona, MO, and died August
20, 1963 in Ford, Ford Co., KS. She married (2) GLEN McDONALD Private. He
was born March 27, 1916 in Mullinville, Kiowa Co., KS, and died September
20, 1987 in Greensburg, KS.
More About ARCHIE LOCKMAN:
ADDR: MO and KS
Burial: Unknown, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, KS
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
EDU-2: William Jewel, Liberty, MO & NE Wesleyan
MILITARY: Award from National Science Foundation
OCC: Science Teacher:Ford,Dodge,Kinsley,etc.
REL PREF: Methodist
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More About GLEN McDONALD:
Burial: Unknown, Hillcrest Cemetery, Mullinville, KS
INTERESTS: School Board/ Mullinville Co-op Oil Board
MISC: Received Banker's Award in Soil Conserv.
OCC: Farmer and Stockman
REL PREF: Methodist
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Children of NELLIE WARNER and ARCHIE LOCKMAN are:
261 i. DEANNA RUTH5 LOCKMAN, born Private. She married MICHAEL FRANCIS Private;
born Private.
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262 ii. CAROLYN MAE LOCKMAN, born Private. She married GARY ROBERT SALYER Private; born Private.
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126. 'CLYDE' CLIFTON4 DAWSON (CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE3, ISOM MARTIN2,
MARTIN H.1) was born Private. He married (1) BEATRICE ELLEN MANESS Private,
daughter of DOAN MANESS and NEDA WILSON. She was born November 2, 1915 in Duke,
MO, and died May 25, 1993 in Oklahoma City, OK. He married (2) ANNA FAYE SILVERS
Private. She was born Private.
More About BEATRICE ELLEN MANESS:
ADDR: KS, NE, TX, IN, OK
Burial: Unknown, Resurrection Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
OCC: Minister's Wife, Homemaker
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
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Children of 'CLYDE' DAWSON and BEATRICE MANESS are:
263 i. WANDA LOU5 DAWSON, born Private. She married CARLTON HARRY WOOD Private;
born Private.
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264 ii. JUDITH ELLEN DAWSON, born Private. She married JOHNNY F. RAYBURN Private; born Private.
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265 iii. VELDA 'JOYCE' DAWSON, born Private. She married REX LYNN DAVIDSON Private; born Private.
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127. MARJORIE 'PEARLE'4 DAWSON (CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE3, ISOM MARTIN2,
MARTIN H.1) was born Private. She married (1) HENRY EDWARD CRAMM Private. He
was born March 17, 1907 in Leavenworth, KS, and died February 6, 1979 in Yukon,
OK. She married (2) O. W. RUSH Private. He was born November 26, 1900, and
died May 13, 1998 in Yukon, Canadian Co., OK.
More About HENRY EDWARD CRAMM:
ADDR: KS, CA, OK and Yukon, OK
Burial: Unknown, Arlington Mem. Cem., Midwest City, OK
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Medical Information: Heart disease
OCC: Carson Machine & Supply, Retired
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
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More About O. W. RUSH:
ADDR: Yukon, OK
Burial: Unknown, Rose Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
OCC: Military; Teacher
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Children of MARJORIE DAWSON and HENRY CRAMM are:
266 i. GERALD EDWARD 'Jerry'5 CRAMM, born Private. He married MARTHA 'Jan'
JANETTE MATHIS Private; born Private.
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267 ii. JEAN ELAINE CRAMM, born Private. She married DAVID L. FOSTER Private; born Private.
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128. VERNON4 DAWSON (CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN
H.1) was born Private. He married (1) JUNE ' MAYBELLE' STONE Private. She was
born June 27, 1922 in Garden Plain, KS, and died July 28, 1974 in Bethany,
OK. He married (2) MARGARET WIMAN McREYNOLDS Private. She was born Private.
More About JUNE ' MAYBELLE' STONE:
ADDR: KS, CO, and Oklahoma
Burial: Unknown, Bethany OK Cemetery
MISC: Sunday School Teacher
OCC: Homemaker and Secretary
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
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Children of VERNON DAWSON and JUNE STONE are:
268 i. VERNONA KAYE5 DAWSON, born Private. She married DWIGHT WILLIAM PURTEE
Private; born Private.
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269 ii. KERRY ELAINE DAWSON, born May 23, 1943 in Ford, Ford Co., KS; died August 10, 1996 in Bethany, OK. She married STANLEY W. FUNK Private; born Private.
Notes for KERRY ELAINE DAWSON:
KERRY DAWSON was educated in the schools of Colorado Springs, CO. and at Bethany,
OK. She later attended and graduated in 1965 from Bethany Nazarene College,
Bethany, OK.
Occupation: Bank Coordinator; Balance Reporting
Hobbies: Sports, Church Choir (Bethany First Nazarene Church), Reading, Family, Cooking
Burial: Bethany OK Cemetery
More About KERRY ELAINE DAWSON:
ADDR: CO, KS, and Bethany, OK
Burial: Unknown, Bethany OK Cemetery
EDU-1: 1961, Bethany OK High School Grad
EDU-2: 1965, Bethany Nazarene College, Bethany, OK
INTERESTS: Enjoys sports and reading and cooking
OCC: Bank Coordinator; Balance Reporting
REL PREF: Nazarene
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270 iii. JANIS LOUISE DAWSON, born Private. She married HAROLD EMRICK Private; born Private.
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129. DOROTHY ELAINE4 DAWSON (CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE3, ISOM MARTIN2,
MARTIN H.1) was born Private. She married LENES NORTON CLOSE Private. He was
born November 28, 1914 in Elkhart, KS, and died June 30, 2000 in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma Co., OK.
More About LENES NORTON CLOSE:
ADDR: Oklahoma City, OK
Burial: Unknown, Resurrection Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
OCC: Grocery Business - Retired
REL PREF: Nazarene
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Children of DOROTHY DAWSON and LENES CLOSE are:
271 i. KENNETH LEE5 CLOSE, born Private. He married EDNA JOYCE REED Private;
born Private.
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272 ii. ROBERT EUGENE CLOSE, born Private. He married BARBARA ANN OWEN Private; born Private.
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273 iii. RICHARD 'Dick' WAYNE CLOSE, born Private. He married JAN CAROL McCLURE Private; born Private.
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131. RICHARD 'PAUL'4 DAWSON (CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE3, ISOM MARTIN2,
MARTIN H.1) was born Private. He married VELDA MANESS Private, daughter of
DOAN MANESS and NEDA WILSON. She was born Private.
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Child of RICHARD DAWSON and VELDA MANESS is:
274 i. DEBORAH ANN5 DAWSON, born Private. She married FRANK E. JELDY Private;
born Private.
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132. FRANCES 'EILEEN'4 DAWSON (CLIFTON "Cliff" CLYDE3, ISOM MARTIN2,
MARTIN H.1) was born Private. She married JAMES KENNETH ROLLINS Private. He
was born August 31, 1927, and died 1999 in Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS.
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Children of FRANCES DAWSON and JAMES ROLLINS are:
275 i. JAMES "Jim" KENNETH5 ROLLINS, JR., born Private. He married
SUSAN DIANE HENRY Private; born Private.
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276 ii. RICHARD "Rick" ALAN ROLLINS, born Private. He married SHERYL DIANE DUARTE Private; born Private.
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135. WILBUR NATHAN4 DAWSON (GUY EVERETT3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born
October 18, 1914 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died October 16, 1979 in Walsh,
CO. He married KATHLEEN MARY BELL Private. She was born Private.
More About WILBUR NATHAN DAWSON:
ADDR: Lived in KS and CO
Burial: Unknown, Two Buttes CO Cemetery
Cause of Death: Compli. of Diabetes
EDU-2: Ford KS High School
INTERESTS: Debating, Generous, Responsible
Medical Information: Heart disease, Diabetes
MISC: State Officer Colorado Odd Fellows, & PTA
OCC: Farming, Insurance
REL PREF: Protestant
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Children of WILBUR DAWSON and KATHLEEN BELL are:
277 i. DAVID ALAN5 DAWSON, born Private. He married (1) PATRICIA SUE MOORE
BIBLE Private; born Private. He married (2) LINDA KAY GREEN Private; born Private.
He married (3) MARGARET ANN FUNCANNON ROSBERG Private; born Private.
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278 ii. ALBERT NEAL DAWSON, born Private. He married DENISE GALARETTI Private; born Private.
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279 iii. ROBERT OWEN DAWSON, born Private. He married (1) SALLY JO SENIER Private; born Private. He married (2) PEGGY ELAINE EBLEN Private; born Private.
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280 iv. PETER LYNN DAWSON, born Private. He married (1) TERRI LYNN RICHARDSON Private; born Private. He married (2) DONNA LYNN PACKARD Private; born Private.
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281 v. JOHN "JACK" KIM DAWSON, born Private.
136. GUY HERBERT4 DAWSON (GUY EVERETT3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born
June 1, 1917 in Ford, Ford Co., KS57, and died January 31, 1983 in Lamar,
CO57. He married (1) HELEN MAE MOWRY July 4, 1937 in Sawyer, KS, daughter
of FRED MOWRY and CORA PADGET. She was born September 9, 1918 in Kingsdown,
, KS, and died February 20, 2000 in Renton, WA. He married (2) ARLENE JOYCE
MICKELSEA November 4, 1970 in Granada, CO. She was born in Appleton, WI,
and died June 14, 1988 in Colorado Springs, CO.
More About GUY HERBERT DAWSON:
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
EDU-2: Ford KS High School
INTERESTS: Family Get-togethers, playing cards
Medical Information: Heart disease
OCC: Farmer/Rancher
REL PREF: Protestant
More About HELEN MAE MOWRY:
ADDR: 1999: Renton, WA
Burial: February 24, 2000, Ford KS Cemetery
EDU-2: Ford KS High School
INTERESTS: Music, visiting
Medical Information: Stroke, Diabetes
MILITARY: [A]
OCC: Housewife; musician
REL PREF: Methodist
More About GUY DAWSON and HELEN MOWRY:
Marriage: July 4, 1937, Sawyer, KS
More About GUY DAWSON and ARLENE MICKELSEA:
Marriage: November 4, 1970, Granada, CO
Children of GUY DAWSON and HELEN MOWRY are:
282 i. HERBERT LEROY5 DAWSON, born Private. He married JUDY KAY WATKINS Private;
born Private.
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283 ii. LEILA MAXINE DAWSON, born Private. She married (1) ROBERT WAYNE ROSE Private; born Private. She married (2) WILLIAM BRUCE ROEBUCK Private; born Private. She married (3) ROBERT NOBE Private; born Private.
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284 iii. LEOMA KAY DAWSON, born Private. She married (1) HENRY ALLEN HIXSON Private; born Private. She married (2) WARREN HOWARD HARDING Private; born Private.
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285 iv. STEVEN LANE DAWSON, born Private. He married (1) ELLA CAVE Private; born Private. He married (2) CONNIE LEE SHAPLAND Private; born Private.
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286 v. JACQUELYN "Jackie" MARIE DAWSON, born Private. She married JIM DOYLE SCHEUERMAN Private; born Private.
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287 vi. ISOM MARTIN DAWSON, born Private.
137. HELEN MILDRED4 DAWSON (GUY EVERETT3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born
December 17, 1919 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died May 3, 1971 in Casper,
WY. She married LEE R. SHELDON Private. He was born Private.
More About HELEN MILDRED DAWSON:
ADDR: Lived in Dodge City & Ulysses, KS & WY
Burial: Unknown, Casper WY Cemetery
Cause of Death: Blood Clot following surgery
EDU-2: Business College, Dodge City, KS
INTERESTS: 4-H, Hardworker, efficient
MISC: Received honors in Toastmaster's Club
OCC: Bkpr. in Wash. DC & Casper; Homemaker
REL PREF: Protestant
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Children of HELEN DAWSON and LEE SHELDON are:
288 i. MARTIN LEE5 SHELDON, born Private. He married PATRICIA ANN ROESSING
Private; born Private.
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289 ii. DENNIS KAYLE SHELDON, born Private. He married (1) ROSE MARIE ROSSI Private; born Private. He married (2) MARILYNN _______ Private; born Private.
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290 iii. SUSAN LYNN SHELDON, born Private. She married JAMES P. RUSSELL II Private; born Private.
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138. DONALD EUGENE4 DAWSON (GUY EVERETT3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born
Private. He married THELMA LOUISE METCALF Private. She was born Private.
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Children of DONALD DAWSON and THELMA METCALF are:
291 i. JANET GAIL5 DAWSON, born Private.
292 ii. ROGER LYNN DAWSON, born Private. He married _______ _______ Private;
born Private.
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139. KENNETH WAYNE4 DAWSON (GUY EVERETT3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born
Private. He married DOROTHY RAE MARTIN Private. She was born September 11,
1924 in Winders, TX, and died July 7, 1999 in CO.
More About DOROTHY RAE MARTIN:
ADDR: 1993: Granada, CO
Cause of Death: Massive heart attack
EDU-2: Attended 11 Colleges and Universities
EDU-3: M.A.--Greeley, CO
INTERESTS: Writing, art work, gardening
OCC: Teaching [25 yrs]
REL PREF: Protestant
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Child of KENNETH DAWSON and DOROTHY MARTIN is:
293 i. DEBORAH ELAINE5 DAWSON, born Private. She married (1) KEITH KOELLER
Private; born Private. She married (2) DELMAR FREDERICK HARN Private; born
Private.
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140. HARRY MILTON4 DAWSON (JESSE 'J.O.' ORAL3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was
born August 27, 1913 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died May 29, 1944 in LaJunta,
,CO. He married HELEN WOOTEN Private. She was born Private.
More About HARRY MILTON DAWSON:
ADDR: Trinidad, CO
Burial: Unknown, Ford Cemetery, Ford Co., KS
OCC: Minister; Church of the Nazarene
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
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Child of HARRY DAWSON and HELEN WOOTEN is:
294 i. HARRY EUGENE5 DAWSON, born Private. He married ELOYCE DIANE PHILLIPS
Private; born Private.
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141. CARL FREDERICK4 DAWSON (JESSE 'J.O.' ORAL3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1)
was born December 6, 1917 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died February 16, 1981
in Colorado Springs, CO. He married (1) LILLIE BROWN Abt. 1940. She was born
April 1922, and died November 1981. He married (2) IRENE MONNTEEN Private.
She was born Private. He married (3) JEAN GRIFFITH Private. She was born
Private. He married (4) CARLENE "Kelly" THOMPSON HEINRICH Private.
She was born Private.
More About CARL FREDERICK DAWSON:
ADDR: Lived in Kansas and Colorado area
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
MILITARY: World War II Prisoner of War - Europe
More About CARL DAWSON and LILLIE BROWN:
Marriage: Abt. 1940
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Child of CARL DAWSON and LILLIE BROWN is:
295 i. JON STUART5 DAWSON, born Private. He married (1) JOYCE BARBARA HOFFMAN
Private; born Private. He married (2) MARSHA KINSEY Private; born Private.
He married (3) PATSY McCLENON Private; born Private.
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Child of CARL DAWSON and IRENE MONNTEEN is:
296 i. JAMES ORRIN5 DAWSON, born Private. He married (1) PAULA PFEIFFER Private;
born Private. He married (2) MARIAN HART Private; born Private. He married
(3) CHRISTINE DIANE CANDLER LOPEZ Private; born Private.
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Child of CARL DAWSON and CARLENE HEINRICH is:
297 i. CARLA JEAN5 DAWSON, born Private. She married _______ _______ Private;
born Private.
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142. MILDRED4 DAWSON (ELMER CECIL3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born January
13, 1919 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died August 19, 2002 in , ,VA. She married
(1) ERNEST W. MANN Private. He was born Private. She married (2) JAMES HAROLD
BEAVERS Private. He was born Private.
More About MILDRED DAWSON:
ADDR: 2002: Warrenton, VA
Burial: Unknown, VA at Graveside Service. Ashes were placed near her daughter,
Virginia's gravesite there.
EDU-2: Ford KS High School Graduate
OCC: Secretary-Bookkeeper
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Child of MILDRED DAWSON and JAMES BEAVERS is:
298 i. VIRGINIA ANN5 BEAVERS, born July 18, 1944 in Dodge City, KS; died August
28, 1984 in Walter Reed Hospital, Wash. D.C.. She married (2) BYRON FARREL
LATTA August 19, 1967 in Lawrence, KS--Maywood Corner at 119th St.; born February
19, 1943; died March 31, 1986 in VA.
More About VIRGINIA ANN BEAVERS:
Burial: Unknown, Fairfax Memorial Park, Fairfax, VA, Lot 100c, Site 2, Garden
of Peace
More About BYRON LATTA and VIRGINIA BEAVERS:
Marriage: August 19, 1967, Lawrence, KS--Maywood Corner at 119th St.
143. ELMA MARCENE4 DAWSON (ELMER CECIL3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born
March 14, 1922 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died April 24, 1965 in Wichita,
KS. She married CHARLES MARSHALL in KS, son of CHARLES MARSHALL and ADA BROWN.
He was born November 26, 1917 in Potwin, KS, and died September 27, 1999
in Wichita, KS.
More About ELMA MARCENE DAWSON:
ADDR: Lived in Ford, Topeka, and Wichita, KS
Burial: Unknown, Ford KS Cemetery
Cause of Death: Brain Aneurysm
OCC: Office Work, Homemaker
REL PREF: Methodist
More About CHARLES MARSHALL:
ADDR: Wichita, KS
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Marriage: KS
Child of ELMA DAWSON and CHARLES MARSHALL is:
299 i. RITA DeANN5 MARSHALL, born Private. She married CRAIG EUGENE FABIN Private;
born Private.
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144. MELVIN WAYNE4 DAWSON (ELMER CECIL3, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born
Private. He married PHYLLIS BISBEE Private. She was born Private.
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Children of MELVIN DAWSON and PHYLLIS BISBEE are:
300 i. JON WAYNE5 DAWSON, born Private. He married GRETCHEN "NELSON" _______
Private; born Private.
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301 ii. DRINDA KAY DAWSON, born Private. She married THOMAS JAMES NIGBUR Private; born Private.
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302 iii. CLARK GREGORY DAWSON, born Private.
303 iv. MELANIE JEAN DAWSON, born Private. She married DEAN A. ROGGE Private;
born Private.
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146. GLENN ELMER4 KARNS (EDITH EDNA3 DAWSON, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was
born July 10, 1918 in Ford, Ford Co., KS, and died June 25, 2001 in Pratt,
Pratt Co., KS. He married SHIRLEY TROWER Private, daughter of CHESTER TROWER
and AMY MAXWELL. She was born Private.
More About GLENN ELMER KARNS:
ADDR: Pratt, Pratt Co., KS
Burial: Unknown, Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt, Pratt Co., KS
EDU-2: U.S. Navy - WW II
INTERESTS: Flying, Golf
MILITARY: US Navy
OCC: Banking
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
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Children of GLENN KARNS and SHIRLEY TROWER are:
304 i. CAROLYN KAY5 KARNS, born Private. She married GARRY DEAN PATE Private;
born Private.
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305 ii. DENNIS EUGENE KARNS, born May 25, 1949 in Pratt, Pratt Co., KS; died August 3, 1987 in Riverside, MO.
More About DENNIS EUGENE KARNS:
ADDR: Lived 1987 - Riverside, MO [Pratt,KS & KC]
Burial: Unknown, Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt, Pratt Co., KS
EDU-2: Bethany Nazarene College & McPherson Col.
INTERESTS: Sports
OCC: Employed at Nazarene Publishing House
REL PREF: Church of the Nazarene
149. MELVA JEAN4 KARNS (VERNA MABEL3 DAWSON, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was
born Private. She married FORREST E. LADD, JR. Private. He was born Private.
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Child of MELVA KARNS and FORREST LADD is:
306 i. GWEN ELLEN5 LADD, born Private. She married DONALD RAYMOND HACKLER,
JR. Private; born Private.
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150. SARA JEAN4 RILEY (ELTA JEWEL3 DAWSON, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1) was born
Private. She married (1) ROGER EARL STEELE Private, son of LUCY ______ STEELE.
He was born Private. She married (2) ROBERT GREGORY CROCHET Private. He was
born Private.
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Children of SARA RILEY and ROGER STEELE are:
307 i. EUGENE EARL5 STEELE, born Private. He married CELLO _______ Private;
born Private.
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308 ii. CHRISTINE RAY STEELE, born Private. She married (1) JOHN GOOSMAN Private; born Private. She married (2) DAVID RYAN Private; born Private.
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309 iii. CATHERINE KAY STEELE, born Private. She married RAY SOLID Private; born Private.
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Children of SARA RILEY and ROBERT CROCHET are:
310 i. SARA MARIE5 CROCHET, born Private. She married DANNY RIVAS Private;
born Private.
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311 ii. DEBRA COLLEEN CROCHET, born Private. She married CHRIS HITESMAN Private; born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
151. ROBERT MARTIN4 SMITH (CLARICE VESTAL3 DAWSON, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1)
was born Private. He married COLLEEN MOORE Private. She was born Private.
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Children of ROBERT SMITH and COLLEEN MOORE are:
312 i. LEANN JEANETTE5 SMITH, born Private. She married (1) JERRY TRUNKENBOLZ
Private; born Private. She married (2) STEVEN ROYCE FLOYD Private; born Private.
She married (3) WAYNE ALLEN LONG Private; born Private. She married (4) KEN
KLABON Private; born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
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Private-Begin: Private
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313 ii. JEWELL LYNETTE SMITH, born Private. She married (1) MIKE BULLEN Private; born Private. She married (2) MATT BUCK Private; born Private.
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314 iii. CRISTY BOBETTE SMITH, born Private. She married (1) GLEN HEINZMAN Private; born Private. She married (2) CHRIS LANDERS Private; born Private. She married (3) STEVE CUTLER Private; born Private.
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315 iv. KAREN LOU ANN KUTZ, born Private.
152. WILLIAM EUGENE4 SMITH (CLARICE VESTAL3 DAWSON, ISOM MARTIN2, MARTIN H.1)
was born Private. He married (1) BONNIE DAVIS Private. She was born Private.
He married (2) DONNA SKIDMORE Private. She was born Private. He married (3)
KAREN HELEAN CRAIG Private. She was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
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Children of WILLIAM SMITH and DONNA SKIDMORE are:
316 i. ARTHUR DAYLE5 SMITH, born Private. He married KENDRA KAY SIMMONS Private;
born Private.
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317 ii. RANEE MICHELLE SMITH, born Private. She married TIMOTHY RANDALL GOKIE Private; born Private.
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Children of WILLIAM SMITH and KAREN CRAIG are:
318 i. MELISSA 'Missy' LIN5 SMITH, born Private. She married JEFFERY ALLEN
AIREHART Private; born Private.
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319 ii. MELINDA 'MINDY' KAY SMITH, born Private. She married GEORGE STAPLETON Private; born Private.
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154. EUGENE FLOYD4 DAWSON (FINIS ROLAND3, JOSEPH W.2, MARTIN H.1) was born
Private. He married INA MAE PRINCE Private. She was born Private.
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Children of EUGENE DAWSON and INA PRINCE are:
320 i. DAVID ROLAND5 DAWSON, born Private. He married HELEN 'DARLENE' KUNZE
Private; born Private.
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321 ii. DOUGLAS EUGENE DAWSON, born Private.
322 iii. DENISE DAWSON, born Private. She married GREGORY DAVIS Private; born
Private.
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323 iv. DAWNA DAWSON, born Private. She married MICHAEL HERRING Private; born Private.
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155. ERMA DEAN4 DAWSON (FINIS ROLAND3, JOSEPH W.2, MARTIN H.1) was born Private.
She married JOE WAYNE COLEMAN Private. He was born November 6, 1935, and
died April 7, 1991.
More About JOE WAYNE COLEMAN:
ADDR: Lived Pecos, TX area
OCC: Texas Ranger
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Children of ERMA DAWSON and JOE COLEMAN are:
324 i. THOMAS ROLLAND5 COLEMAN, born Private.
325 ii. MARK ALAN COLEMAN, born Private. He married GLYNDA FLORA Private; born
Private.
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326 iii. MARY ELIZABETH COLEMAN, born Private. She married MATTHEW BURKHOLDER Private; born Private.
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156. PATSY4 DAWSON (FINIS ROLAND3, JOSEPH W.2, MARTIN H.1) was born Private.
She married DONALD BOWEN Private. He was born Private.
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Children of PATSY DAWSON and DONALD BOWEN are:
327 i. TODD EVERRET5 BOWEN, born Private.
328 ii. DANE GARRET BOWEN, born Private.
329 iii. ERIC ALLAN BOWEN, born Private.
157. EARLINE4 DAWSON (FINIS ROLAND3, JOSEPH W.2, MARTIN H.1) was born Private.
She married WILLIAM PAUL BRANUM, JR. Private. He was born Private.
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Children of EARLINE DAWSON and WILLIAM BRANUM are:
330 i. JEFFERY KEITH5 BRANUM, born Private. He married DENISE MICHELLE PARKER
Private; born Private.
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331 ii. ROBERT NEAL BRANUM, born Private. He married CHERI LYNN HEFTIN Private; born Private.
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332 iii. GREGORY PAUL BRANUM, born Private. He married JAN MARIE HOPPER Private; born Private.
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158. LINDA4 DAWSON (FINIS ROLAND3, JOSEPH W.2, MARTIN H.1) was born Private.
She married MICHAEL JACK RUSHING Private. He was born Private.
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Children of LINDA DAWSON and MICHAEL RUSHING are:
333 i. PATRICK5 RUSHING, born Private.
334 ii. CHRYSTAL DAWN RUSHING, born Private.
163. VELMA MAY4 CASH (NELLIE3 DAWSON, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born May
12, 1923 in Carthage, MO58, and died Abt. May 1998 in MO. She married (1)
JAY NEWTON FLAHERTY Private. He was born Private. She married (2) HOWARD
H. HARNAR Private. He was born Private.
More About VELMA MAY CASH:
ADDR: 1992: Reeds Springs, MO
Burial: Unknown, Ozark Memorial Cemetery, Joplin, MO
EDU-2: High School: Joplin, MO
OCC: Homemaker
REL PREF: Baptist
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Private-Begin: Private
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Child of VELMA CASH and HOWARD HARNAR is:
335 i. RONALD D.5 HARNAR, born Private. He married DOROTHY A. SHILLING Private;
born Private.
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164. NELSON E.4 CASH (NELLIE3 DAWSON, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born Private.
He married JANICE RIGGS Private. She was born Private.
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Children of NELSON CASH and JANICE RIGGS are:
336 i. CINDY5 CASH, born Private. She married DAVID SCOTT Private; born Private.
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337 ii. DIANE D. CASH, born Private. She married RICHARD SCHWALM Private; born Private.
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165. BRAXTON4 CASH (NELLIE3 DAWSON, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born Private.
He married LUCY SHELTON Private. She was born Private.
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Children of BRAXTON CASH and LUCY SHELTON are:
338 i. REX A.5 CASH, born Private.
339 ii. LENVALLA CASH, born Private.
340 iii. MECHELLE CASH, born Private. She married CHARLES _______ Private;
born Private.
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166. WANDA MAE4 BROOKS (OPAL MARGARET3 DAWSON, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was
born Private. She married WARREN FLOYD KLEEMAN Private. He was born Private.
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Children of WANDA BROOKS and WARREN KLEEMAN are:
341 i. RHONDA RENE5 KLEEMAN, born Private.
342 ii. WARREN DANIEL KLEEMAN, born Private. He married KAY CADWELL Private;
born Private.
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167. KENNETH LLOYD4 BROOKS (OPAL MARGARET3 DAWSON, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1)
was born July 6, 1931 in Pierce City, MO, and died March 2, 1988 in Joplin,
MO. He married PATRICIA JEAN RUBOTTOM May 20, 1951 in Sarcoxie, MO, daughter
of DARWIN RUBOTTOM and ANNIE _______. She was born August 21, 1933 in Sarcoxie,
MO, and died June 9, 2001 in Joplin, MO.
More About PATRICIA JEAN RUBOTTOM:
OCC: Realtor [27 yrs]; St. John CHI Medical Center
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Marriage: May 20, 1951, Sarcoxie, MO
Children of KENNETH BROOKS and PATRICIA RUBOTTOM are:
343 i. KENNETH LLOYD5 BROOKS, JR., born Private. He married JANE EARLENE POTTER
Private; born Private.
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344 ii. GAYLA DAWN BROOKS, born Private. She married RICHARD LEE BARNETT Private; born Private.
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345 iii. SHERI LANE BROOKS, born Private. She married DAVID WARREN FULLER Private; born Private.
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346 iv. LANCE MARTIN BROOKS, born Private.
168. DOROTHY CLYDENE4 DAWSON (CHESTER HEADON3, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was
born Private. She married (1) BASIL COATES Private. He was born Private.
She married (2) JOHN FARMER Private. He was born Private.
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Children of DOROTHY DAWSON and BASIL COATES are:
347 i. WILLARD5 COATES, born Private.
348 ii. JAN COATES, born Private.
349 iii. DUANE COATES, born Private.
350 iv. STEVE COATES, born Private.
169. RICHARD LEROY4 DAWSON (CHESTER HEADON3, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born
Private. He married JOYCE PARKER Private. She was born Private.
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Children of RICHARD DAWSON and JOYCE PARKER are:
351 i. RONNIE5 DAWSON, born Private.
352 ii. ROBYN DAWSON, born Private.
353 iii. ROBERT DAWSON, born Private.
354 iv. ROXANNE DAWSON, born Private.
355 v. ROGER DAWSON, born Private.
356 vi. GREG DAWSON, born Private.
171. GEORGE ALLEN4 DAWSON (CHESTER HEADON3, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born
Private. He married (1) CHINH Private. She was born Private. He married (2)
GAYLE_______ Private. She was born Private. He married (3) VIRGINIA _______
Private. She was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
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Private-Begin: Private
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Children of GEORGE DAWSON and CHINH are:
357 i. TUGRET5 DAWSON, born Private.
358 ii. MONICA DAWSON, born Private. She married DALE DANDRIDGE Private; born
Private.
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Children of GEORGE DAWSON and GAYLE_______ are:
359 i. GABRIELLE5, born Private.
360 ii. GERROD, born Private.
361 iii. GEREMIAH, born Private.
172. MICHAEL WAYNE4 DAWSON (WAYNE CLARENCE3, CHARLES H.2, MARTIN H.1) was born
June 3, 1943 in Carthage, Jasper Co., MO58, and died June 6, 2000 in St.
Louis, MO. He married GAY LYNNE McDONALD Private. She was born Private.
More About MICHAEL WAYNE DAWSON:
ADDR: 1992: Sarcoxie, MO
Burial: Unknown, Sarcoxie MO Cemetery, Jasper Co., MO
EDU-2: 1973, M.S. - Ag. Econ.
MISC: Gamma Sigma Delta
OCC: Farmer
REL PREF: Lutheran
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Children of MICHAEL DAWSON and GAY McDONALD are:
362 i. MICHAEL WAYNE5 DAWSON, JR., born Private.
363 ii. NATHAN JAMES DAWSON, born Private.
Endnotes
1. Cave Sprgs. Cemetery stone, Sarcoxie, MO
2. Cave Sprgs Cemetery Stone, Sarcoxie, MO
3. FR = Family Records, Bill Stotts found a birth of Jan 22, 1856, born in
IL.
4. TX 1860 Federal Census, Hunt Co., Greenville, TX, Precinct 9.
5. [PDS] Pattie Sexton
6. [BFF] Barbara F. Faraone
7. TX State Records, Batch 7601207, SS 18
8. Hopkins County Genealogical Journal, Names of Towns in Hopkins Co. Texas.
9. Marriage License on File - JL/CKC
10. Funeral Folder
11. Marriage License on File - JL/CKC
12. Lamar County, TX Marriage Records.
13. From Sunny Lane Cemetery - Oklahoma City, OK and Guardian Central Funeral
Home where the Watts Funeral Home Records are stored. Records in Carthage,
Jasper Co, Mo. Court
14. Records in Sunny Lane Cemetery, and Guardian Funeral Home, Oklahoma City.
Also Carthage,Jasper Co., MO. courthouse -- BK G, p. 318.
15. Records in Carthage, Jasper Co.,MO courthouse -- BK G, p. 318& BK 1,
p. 173.
16. Lamar County, TX Marriage Records.
17. MP
18. Records in Carthage, Jasper Co.,MO courthouse -- BK G, p. 318& BK 1,
p. 173.
19. Lamar County, TX Marriage Records.
20. MP
21. Sara Riley Records
22. Social Security Death Index, (Appears to be correct person).
23. [BS] - Bill Stotts, Springfield, MO.
24. [KBM] - Karen Biddlecome Meurer, Earlier reported as McCune [near Parsons],
KS; however, census records shortly after birthdate show the corrected place
of birth [1880 Census].
25. Information on Hattie Biddlecomb's children given by Lavon Thornberry,
Asbury, MO., and Ronald Thornberry from MT.
26. [BFF] Barbara F. Faraone
27. [LRT] Lavon Rolleg Thornberry, Asbury, MO - Oral History.
28. [BFF] Barbara F. Faraone
29. [LRT] Lavon Rolleg Thornberry, Asbury, MO - Oral History.
30. SSDI--Social Security Death Index, [PDS].
31. SSDI--Social Security Death Index, [PDS].
32. Funeral Folder
33. Sarcoxie Record newspaper.
34. 60th Ann. -- Bucklin Banner, 2-16-78
35. From Daily Oklahoman, OKC, OK. 11/9/91
36. Vondel & Smith [S] Funeral Records, OKC,OK
37. SSDI--Social Security Death Index.
38. Information from Mason-Woodard Funeral Home, Joplin, MO
39. Marriage License
40. Birth Cert.
41. Death Cert. and JOPLIN GLOBE
42. Marriage License
43. JOPLIN GLOBE, Joplin, MO
44. Birth Cert. shows 1916
45. SSDI--Social Security Death Index.
46. [BS] - Bill Stotts, Springfield, MO.
47. [KBM] - Karen Biddlecome Meurer, Conversation with grandfather.showed place
of birth Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO; however 1900 Census indicates it was probably
just across the county line in Lawrence Co., MO.
48. SSDI--Social Security Death Index.
49. [BFF] Barbara F. Faraone
50. [LRT] Lavon Rolleg Thornberry, Asbury, MO - Oral History.
51. [BFF] Barbara F. Faraone
52. [LRT] Lavon Rolleg Thornberry, Asbury, MO - Oral History.
53. [BFF] Barbara F. Faraone
54. [LRT] Lavon Rolleg Thornberry, Asbury, MO - Oral History.
55. Obit. in Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO
56. Carthage Press, Carthage, MO.
57. Obituary
58. Birth Cert.