Since Vonda added something to the very extensive and interesting CUPP-BEARDON family data, and stated toward the end of her message below that Lorea BEARDON married Albert COMPTON but she didn't have anything further, here is (as Paul Harvey would say) THE REST OF THE STORY about Lorea and her husband: LOREA LAURA BEARDEN (spelling given me was BEARDEN--I don't know which is correct) b.14 July 1912 in Chestnut Ridge, Taney Co., MO d.31 Jan 1990 Springfield, Greene Co., MO md 27 June 1931 in Branson, Taney Co., MO JAMES ALBERT COMPTON s/o John Thomas COMPTON & Daisy Mae SHAWLEY McKINNEY b.5 Oct 1910 Branson, Taney Co., MO d.21 Sept 1999 Branson, Taney Co., MO they were parents of 2 children: 1) Betty Mae COMPTON who married Archie PLUMMER and still lives in Branson 2) Albert James COMPTON who married Lynn Conway b.12 Aug 1935 Branson, Taney Co., MO d.2 Jan 1977 In order for Vonda to add to another name to her list of those having Cherokee roots, the above-named Daisy Mae SHAWLEY was a Cherokee orphan raised by Benjamin & Sis McKINNEY and hence took their name, as did some others whom they took into their home since Benjamin & Sis had no children of their own. Who Daisy's Cherokee line was unfortunately wasn't ever identified prior to her death so I guess it will never be known. Daisy and her husband John Thomas COMPTON were married in Forsyth 3 July 1897 and lived to celebrate their 71st wedding Anniversary in 19 68 prior to John's death in Calif. that year & Daisy's death in 1969. Above-mentioned Benjamin Franklin McKINNEY is mentioned in numerous early Taney Co. stories but I have no other info on his ancestry except that shown below, and therefore wonder if anyone else knows about his line since he left no descendants: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN McKINNEY b.18 Sept 1837-TN d.5 Feb 1926 Taney Co., MO md about 1860-1861 Taney Co., MO BELVERETTA CATHARINE "Sis" CASEY (d/o Levi CASEY & Mary "Polly" HAGGARD) b.2 Dec 1844 Greene Co., MO d.26 Apr 1921 Taney Co., MO Benjamin & Sis had no children of their own but helped raise a number of orphans or at least opened their home to a number of less fortunate young people in the Taney Co. area throughout their lives. Don Houk E-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Vonda Sheets [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 2:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Cupp & Beardon & Hensley & Long & Wilson & Nash, etc. Hey, Ideana, >>3 Florence Beardon 1909 -<< Florence Beardon married Chester Hensley, s/o Benjamin Hensley and Maggie Long. She died 27 May 1970, here in Branson. They lived up by the Berry Cemetery, on land that is just south of the current Branson High School. I posted about this back in June, when our cemetery hopper group was featured in the Springfield paper. There were tombstones taken from the cem and used in the rock porch and outbuildings. You can see them quite clearly. There is a small building out of the rock, once used by George Beardon as a house. I don't imagine he had more than a cot and maybe a cabinet in it--if memory serves me right, Grandma said that it was also a chicken coop. If you want to get really twisted up....(gosh, a person shouldn't have so much fun being cruel...LOL) Are you "listening", Pama? Maggie Long was the daughter of Franklin Long and Susan Charity Wilson. Susan was the daughter of David William Wilson and Catherine Ann Brant. David and Catherine were my ggg grandparents. David and Catherine's son, John William, was my gg grandfather. His first wife was Millie Wilson, who was the daughter of Johnathon Wilson and Mary Ann Chrisman. Johnathon and David Wilson were brothers, so John William married his first cousin (this was not an Indian marriage; these folks were probably Irish). John William Wilson and Susan Charity Wilson Long had a sister, Ruth, who married Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Nash, who were Pama's great-grandparents. Catherine Ann Brant Wilson is buried in Renshaw Cemetery. Please forgive me for forgetting...but someone else onlist is looking for Beardon info. Florence's father was Louis F. Beardon, as Ideana stated. Louis' father was Frances Marion Beardon. The last child you have under Louis and Laura Cupp Beardon, was Lorea Beardon. Her husband was Albert Compton. I don't have any information on them other than that. So you are cousins, at least by marriage--I'd be afraid to figure the exact degree out--to both me and Pama, possibly Don H., my husband Greg (who is a Blansit/St. Clair descendant), the whole Bilyeu shebang, and most of the folks who lived in Bear Creek Valley. Hee hee. Gawrsh, dat wuz fun... Congrats on your new info...way to go! Vonda ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== ============================== Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: http://pml.rootsweb.com/