Cheri, I have just a bit on Benjamin Pinkley and His m to Rachael Hembree. not much. I would be most interested in the information about his first wives and children.!! Would like to add them to my Old Settlers project! Below is what little I have..:} I have only 3 children listed.. John Allen McDowell Pinkley b July 20, 1856 (Could he be the source of family gossip?) William D.M Pinkley b Sept 7, 1858 Benjamin Franklin Pinkley b Dec 18, 1860. Also, I have a marriage for Sarah Jones to William Mayberry.. Benjamin Pinkleys dau Julianne m Benjamin Franklin Hembree, s/o John Hembree. Also, take a look at 1860 James Hh 389. Rachael Merrit, widow of Allen Pinkley has apparently remarried..but I can't locate a m record for her. She has her two children by Allen Pinkley living with her. These families are all connected..Merrit, Jones, Carter, Pinkley. Dang, I know I have more notes around here somewhere, but just can't locate them when I want them Robin -----Original Message----- From: Kinklector@aol.com <Kinklector@aol.com> To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 10:57 PM Subject: [MOSTONE-L] More on PINKLEY's (if I only had a brain) >Geez! I searched the Stone Co. History Books, Reminiscent History of the >Ozarks, the web...Stone Co Webpage (gives me the idea that maybe Benjamin >Franklin PINKLEY was a sibling to Cynthia)....Ancestry.com.. ..Family >Search.org...All The Web....Google....and I don't have to look any further >than my file cabinets right her behind me (in my own backyard). > >In "Lest We Forget" (HEMBREE & WEEKS) by Thelma E. Kurtz, I find the >following on page 4: > >RACHEL ELLEN HEMBREE was born 20 Jun 1837, Dubois County, Indiana, daughter >of JOHN and MAGGIE HEMBREE. As a young child, her parents moved to Stone >County, Missouri, where she grew up. > >On 15th March 1854, then nearly 17 years old, she married to BENJAMIN >FRANKLIN PINKLEY, a widower with four children from previous marriages. > >Benjamin Franklin Pinkley was born 2 November 1819. According to another >family researcher, the late CORA PINKLEY CALL of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, >Benjamin was a descendant from CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY (1746-1825), and >American Statesman from South Carolina, who was responsible for writing 32 of >the 84 provisions contained in the Constitution of the United States of >America. (See American Heritage Magazine, February, 1958)." (Guess I'm >going to have to do that). > >It goes on about Benjamin's first wife, Margarette KILLION, and their 6 kids. > It mentions that Margarette d. in Martin Co, IN. > >Regarding Benjamin it says, "Benjamin was a God-fearing, dedicated servant >who ministered long hours to his fellow-man in many capacities- as a Justice >of the Peace, Minister of the Gospel, teacher, doctor, and even as a >shoemaker. He was a highly respected and well-liked individual." > >It goes on about wife #2, Mrs. Emily Lee (CURBO) FORD and their 2 kids. Then >it continues with wife #3, Rachel Ellen HEMBREE and their 4 kids. > >He mentions how he went to the Civil War, enlisting 18 July 1861 at Galena, >MO as a Corporal in Co. I, 24th Regiment, Infantry, MO Volunteers >(Brian--what does this mean? Did he fill out paperwork listing who is >parents were?) Then it goes on to say that Benjamin caught smallpox and d. >at Rolla, MO on the 24 Apri 1862. > >That meant that he left his wife # 3, Rachel, a widow. There was a scandel >(adultry it says....but if she is a widow, then she's not really comitting >adultry, although she took up with a man without marriage) and it is recorded >in this book. It mentions Frankey DRAHN and Nancy A. HEMBREE (daughter of >Hezekiah JONES & Cynthia PINKLEY) testified "as to what they know about the >deaths of soldier's (Benj. PINKLEY) first and second wives, and the dates of >birth of the claimants." Now, is Nancy (JONES) HEMBREE doing this because >she is a sister-in-law to Rachel, or because MAYBE she is the niece of >Benjamin Pinkley? Nancy would have been almost 9 years old at the time of >wife #1's death and 14 at the time of wife #2's death. Was Nancy there in IN >at the time of wife #1's death? Or was she repeating heresay? > >It mentions that Benjamin's pension papers had Walter Pinkley, B.G. Pinkley, >and J.A. Pinkley. > >Benjamin named one of his daughters by his first wife "Syntha." I wonder if >he did have a sister Cynthia and this daughter was named after him. > >Does this give anyone any ideas? >Cheri > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >