Asa Monroe Ivester was my great grand father. His son John Wesley Ivester was my grandfather... Asa Monroe Ivester - b. 27 Dec. 1846 in Ga. - d. 1876/1877 in Stoddard Co., Mo. md. on 17 Dec. 1868 to Mary Ann Jinkins - daughter of Edwin B. Jinkins & Elizabeth Jane Wray Mary Ann Jinkins - b. 6 Sept 1852 in Stoddard Co., Mo. - d. 21 Sept. 1907 Sayre, Beckham Co., Oklahoma children of Asa Monroe Ivester & Mary Ann Jinkins: 1. Nancy Jane Ivester - b. 16 Oct 1869 Stoddard Co., Mo. - d. bef 1880 probably in Stoddard Co., Mo. She is in the 1870 census of Stoddard Co., Mo. as age 1. 2. John Wesley Ivester - b. 5 Aug. 1871 at Dexter, Stoddard Co., Mo. - d. 11 Nov. 1944 in Sayre, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.md - on 15 Dec. 1892 in Joplin, Jack Co., Texas to Margaret Emily Carnahan, daug. of James Newton Carnahan & Leo Dicia Johnston. Children include: James Alford Ivester; William Lando Ivester; Edward Byron Ivester; Clay Ivester; Hubert Clifford Ivester; Horace Ivester; Gladys Marion Ivester: Dorothy Beatrice Ivester: Ernest Windle Ivester: Lucille Hazel Ivester (my mother); Louise Helen Ivester; & Jack Ivester. Only Louise Ivester is still living. 3. Oscar Johnson Ivester - b. 6 Feb. 1873 in Stoddard Co., Mo. - d. Mar 1949 in Sayre, Beckham Co., Ok. - md 9 July 1893 in Jack Co., Texas to Alice Lee Welch. Children include: Charles L. Ivester; Lillian B. Ivester; Leonard O. Ivester; Lilburn Witt Ivester; Loyd Ivester; & Lando T. Ivester. Am hoping that his grandson Wayne will also join the list. 4. Laura Elizabeth Ivester - b. 1 Dec. 1874 in Stoddard Co., Mo. - d. 19 May 1963 in Sayre, Beckham Co., Oklahoma. md. on 4 Dec. 1892 in Jack Co., Texas to Joseph Pennington Carnahan, son of James Newton Carnahan & Leo Dicia Johnston and brother of Margaret Emily Carnahan. Children include: Lelah Carnahan; James Herbie Carnahan; Wilbert Delbert Carnahan; Ruthie Carnahan; Floyd Carnahan; Jewel Carnahan; billie J. Carnahan; Ruby Carnahan; Effie Margaret Carnahan. Jewel Carnahan is the only one still living. 5. Jacob Edmond Ivester - b. 12 Mar 1876 in Stoddard Co., Mo. - d. bef 1880 probably in Stoddard Co., Mo. notes for Asa Monroe Ivester: 1846 - Dec. 27 - b. record - Information from my grandmother, Margaret Emily Carnahan Ivester. 1850 - census - Walker Co., Ga - age 31860 - census - Craighead Co., Ark - age 13 1868 - Dec. 17 - m. record - Stoddard Co., Mo. 1870 - census - Stoddard Co., Mo - age 23 1871 - Mar. 16 - purchased land from father-in-law Edwin Jinkins 1876 - tax roll - Stoddard Co., Mo. 1876/77 - died - probably Stoddard Co., Mo. Have estate records dating from 1882 to 1891 on the settlement of his estate... notes on Mary Ann Jinkins:1852 - Sept. 6 - b. record - E. B. Jinkins family bible. 1860 - census - Stoddard Co., Mo. - age 8 1868 - Dec. 17 - m. record to Asa M. Ivester - Stoddard Co., Mo. 1870 - census - Stoddard Co., Mo. - age 17 1878 - Jan. 24 - m. record to David Solomon - Stoddard Co., Mo. After Asa's death she married David Solomon. They had 1 child who died young. David also did not live but a few years after their marriage. 1880 - census - Stoddard Co., Mo. - age 28 - This is listed under David Solomon as head of household and the Ivester children are listed a step children. 1882 - Sept. 30 - listed as admiistratrix of David Solomon estate. After David Solomon's death her Jinkins family (who had moved to Texas just prior to 1880) returned to Missouri and moved Mary Ann and her children by Asa Monroe Ivester to Texas. 1890 - July 22 - m. record to James Newton Carnahan - Jack Co., Texas. So.... are you following this one... Mary Ann Jinkins Ivester Solomon married James Newton Carnahan as his second wife. And... John W. Ivester & Laura E. Ivester (children of Asa M. Ivester & Mary Ann Jinkins) married Margaret Emily Carnahan & Joseph P. Carnahan (children of James Newton Carnahan and his first wife Leo Dicia Johnston). So.. a brother & sister married a brother & sister and the father of one set married the mother of the other set and they then had 5 more children... ARE YOU CONFUSED YET????? I have the family bibles for:John Wesley Ivester & Margaret Emily CarnahanJames Newton Carnahan & Mary Ann Jinkins Ivester Solomon and a copy of the bible record forE. B. Jinkins and wife Elizabeth Jane Wray and the bible forWilliam Wray and Catherine Keepers - parents of Elizabeth Jane Wray.