BJ Martindale wrote: >Thank you Kevin, Danny, Jess and others. I wish you (one or all) would >write an expanded organized version of this discussion so we could all >have it - like a magazine article or a new paper article we could save. >You know so much! Maybe the Courier would print it, like they recently >did on Bradyville. Maybe a monthly column? (yes I am greedy for >information). Putting events onto social, cultural, and historical >perspective really helps fill out the picture beyond the bare facts. > >I am particularly interested in what motivated the GTT (gone to Texas) >movement after the war? My Moore relatives did it, (I have a wonderful >picture of the wagon train if you'd like to use it for your article?), >but I do not understand why they went. > >Thank you again for your great discussion. > >BJ Patton Martindale > > >==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== >Several people subscribe and unsubscribe from the list each month. >You are encouraged to resubmit your queries once or twice per year >to reach new listmembers. > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > We have one of those "both sides of the war" stories in our family. My great, great grandmother was Martha Virginia (Elkins) Fowler, daughter of Thomas & Mary "Polly" (Melton) Elkins. Her youngest brother was Higdon Richard Jarrett "Dick" Elkins, born 29 June 1839 and named for a man who served in a county office the same time as Thomas Elkins. There are so many H. R. J.'s in the family after that that I've tried to find some blood connection, but I think all the others were just named after "Dick" Elkins. At least, I've never found any relationship. Like many, many other Cannon County people, Dick Elkins came here to Christian County, Missouri. He arrived about 1871 - I haven't found him anywhere on the 1870 census, but his three young children from his first marriage were listed still in Cannon County, next door to or with the parents of his third wife. Dick's youngest child from his third marriage was born 29 February 1876 here. A Higdon Richard Jarrett settled nearby in Greene County, Missouri, but I've never gotten around to checking whether he is the same man from Cannon County, Tennessee. One of the elementary schools in Springfield is named Jarrett Elementary for him. On 5 July 1859, Dick married Ruth E. Neely, born 31 December 1841 to Isaah & Ann Neely. They had three children. The oldest, Euclid S. Elkins, married Sarah Mary "Mollie" Hart, daughter of William and Laura (Fowler) Hart. Mollie was my great grandmother's first cousin and a first cousin once removed of her husband, as Mollie's grandmother and Euclid's father were brother and sister. The second child was Dr. Cullen Bryant Elkins who married Alice Eva Flagg. Their youngest was Melissa Caroline Elkins. Her husband, William Lincoln "Bill" Phillips, was a younger brother of my great grandfather, Hugh B. Phillips. When Ruth (Neely) Elkins died 9 Dec 1867, the children were all still young. But, Ruth had lived through the dreadful Civil War events. I've never determined exactly how Ruth was related to teenage Jack Neely who was one of the leading Confederate sympathizers. However, Ruth had a brother named Elijah, born about 1831 - not old enough to be considered "elderly" during the Civil War. But what the Neely boy did was said to be in revenge for a raid on the family of "elderly Lige Neely". Dick's uncle, James Melton had married Polly Elledge. One of their children, Martha Emaline Melton, married James Higgins. In the Civil War James was Pro-Union. Among their children was a daughter named Eliza Ann Higgins. James Higgins was credited with leading the raid which drove off all the lifestock and took all food from old Mr. Neely who was said to be a Confederate sympathizer. In retaliation, Jack Neely and another teenager, came to the Higgins home and killed James Higgins. The boys then hid in a cave. Some of the Union sympathizers followed a child taking food to them, killed the boys, displayed their bodies on a store counter and refused to allow the families to claim them for burial. On 2 February 1868, Dick Elkins married Eliza Ann Higgins. Cousin or not, both probably should have known that neither the Higgins or Neely family was about to accept a daughter of James Higgins raising three children of a Neely mother. The marriage soon failed, but not before a child was on the way. Even though the 1870 Cannon County census seems to suggest that Jenny Emaline Elkins was a boy, her husband, William Levy Muncy, and seven children all know that that particular part of the census was mistaken. Most of Dick's decendants come from this daughter whom he is not known to ever have seen after she was a year or so old. That part of the family seemed to have been unaware of where Dick went after leaving Tennessee. With three of Martha Emaline (Melton) Higgins' Melton uncles and scores of cousins settling around here, that seems unlikely. Maybe, they just didn't tell the younger generation. After the divorce, Eliza also remarried and had additional children. Dick Elkins married third Amanda/Arminda Petty. Amanda's brother accompanied them and they moved into a neighborhood whick included the families of Dick's uncle, Jacob Melton and aunt, Ann (Elkins) Brown Pendleton among other relatives. They had two sons, James Thomas and William Bryan. James had just one son, Dr. Higdon Bryan "Red" Elkins who died with no offspring and William had no children. Arminda/Amanda (Petty) died before 1880. Having tried and lost at marriage three times before age 40, Dick chose to spend his remaining fifty-plus years single, dying 4 Apr 1931. He is buried in the Linden Chapel Cemetery beside his son Euclid and daughter Melissa and surrounded by scores of other Cannon County kin, including his sister, Melissa Caroline "Cal" (Elkins) Melton.

My great uncle, Harvey Carrick, his nother was Frances Moore. They lived east of Bradyville in Shelton Hollow. Kevin Morgan --- "Mabel G. Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote: > BJ Martindale wrote: > > >Thank you Kevin, Danny, Jess and others. I wish > you (one or all) would > >write an expanded organized version of this > discussion so we could all > >have it - like a magazine article or a new paper > article we could save. > >You know so much! Maybe the Courier would print > it, like they recently > >did on Bradyville. Maybe a monthly column? (yes I > am greedy for > >information). Putting events onto social, > cultural, and historical > >perspective really helps fill out the picture > beyond the bare facts. > > > >I am particularly interested in what motivated the > GTT (gone to Texas) > >movement after the war? My Moore relatives did it, > (I have a wonderful > >picture of the wagon train if you'd like to use it > for your article?), > >but I do not understand why they went. > > > >Thank you again for your great discussion. > > > >BJ Patton Martindale > > > > > >==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > >Several people subscribe and unsubscribe from the > list each month. > >You are encouraged to resubmit your queries once or > twice per year > >to reach new listmembers. > > > >============================== > >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and > search for your ancestors at the same time. Share > your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > > > We have one of those "both sides of the war" stories > in our family. My > great, great grandmother was Martha Virginia > (Elkins) Fowler, daughter > of Thomas & Mary "Polly" (Melton) Elkins. Her > youngest brother was > Higdon Richard Jarrett "Dick" Elkins, born 29 June > 1839 and named for a > man who served in a county office the same time as > Thomas Elkins. There > are so many H. R. J.'s in the family after that that > I've tried to find > some blood connection, but I think all the others > were just named after > "Dick" Elkins. At least, I've never found any > relationship. Like many, > many other Cannon County people, Dick Elkins came > here to Christian > County, Missouri. He arrived about 1871 - I haven't > found him anywhere > on the 1870 census, but his three young children > from his first marriage > were listed still in Cannon County, next door to or > with the parents of > his third wife. Dick's youngest child from his third > marriage was born > 29 February 1876 here. A Higdon Richard Jarrett > settled nearby in Greene > County, Missouri, but I've never gotten around to > checking whether he is > the same man from Cannon County, Tennessee. One of > the elementary > schools in Springfield is named Jarrett Elementary > for him. > > On 5 July 1859, Dick married Ruth E. Neely, born 31 > December 1841 to > Isaah & Ann Neely. They had three children. The > oldest, Euclid S. > Elkins, married Sarah Mary "Mollie" Hart, daughter > of William and Laura > (Fowler) Hart. Mollie was my great grandmother's > first cousin and a > first cousin once removed of her husband, as > Mollie's grandmother and > Euclid's father were brother and sister. The second > child was Dr. Cullen > Bryant Elkins who married Alice Eva Flagg. Their > youngest was Melissa > Caroline Elkins. Her husband, William Lincoln > "Bill" Phillips, was a > younger brother of my great grandfather, Hugh B. > Phillips. When Ruth > (Neely) Elkins died 9 Dec 1867, the children were > all still young. But, > Ruth had lived through the dreadful Civil War > events. I've never > determined exactly how Ruth was related to teenage > Jack Neely who was > one of the leading Confederate sympathizers. > However, Ruth had a > brother named Elijah, born about 1831 - not old > enough to be considered > "elderly" during the Civil War. But what the Neely > boy did was said to > be in revenge for a raid on the family of "elderly > Lige Neely". > > Dick's uncle, James Melton had married Polly > Elledge. One of their > children, Martha Emaline Melton, married James > Higgins. In the Civil War > James was Pro-Union. Among their children was a > daughter named Eliza Ann > Higgins. > > James Higgins was credited with leading the raid > which drove off all the > lifestock and took all food from old Mr. Neely who > was said to be a > Confederate sympathizer. In retaliation, Jack Neely > and another > teenager, came to the Higgins home and killed James > Higgins. The boys > then hid in a cave. Some of the Union sympathizers > followed a child > taking food to them, killed the boys, displayed > their bodies on a store > counter and refused to allow the families to claim > them for burial. > > On 2 February 1868, Dick Elkins married Eliza Ann > Higgins. Cousin or > not, both probably should have known that neither > the Higgins or Neely > family was about to accept a daughter of James > Higgins raising three > children of a Neely mother. The marriage soon > failed, but not before a > child was on the way. Even though the 1870 Cannon > County census seems to > suggest that Jenny Emaline Elkins was a boy, her > husband, William Levy > Muncy, and seven children all know that that > particular part of the > census was mistaken. Most of Dick's decendants come > from this daughter > whom he is not known to ever have seen after she was > a year or so old. > That part of the family seemed to have been unaware > of where Dick went > after leaving Tennessee. With three of Martha > Emaline (Melton) Higgins' > Melton uncles and scores of cousins settling around > here, that seems > unlikely. Maybe, they just didn't tell the younger > generation. After > the divorce, Eliza also remarried and had additional > children. > > Dick Elkins married third Amanda/Arminda Petty. > Amanda's brother > accompanied them and they moved into a neighborhood > whick included the > families of Dick's uncle, Jacob Melton and aunt, Ann > (Elkins) Brown > Pendleton among other relatives. They had two sons, > James Thomas and > William Bryan. James had just one son, Dr. Higdon > Bryan "Red" Elkins who > died with no offspring and William had no children. > Arminda/Amanda > (Petty) died before 1880. Having tried and lost at > marriage three times > before age 40, Dick chose to spend his remaining > fifty-plus years > single, dying 4 Apr 1931. He is buried in the > Linden Chapel Cemetery > beside his son Euclid and daughter Melissa and > surrounded by scores of > other Cannon County kin, including his sister, > Melissa Caroline "Cal" > (Elkins) Melton. > > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > Several people subscribe and unsubscribe from the > list each month. > You are encouraged to resubmit your queries once or > twice per year > to reach new listmembers. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about > your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

My family, the Monroe SPURLOCK family, and some of his siblings - moved to Union County in Southern Illinois, but not until the 1890-1900 period. Then in 1900, one of the sons - John Wesly Spurlock - my great grandfather - moved on to Texas. So, we got to Texas - but it took a while! A couple of Monroe's siblings moved to Madison Co., Arkansas. Rick Springer Kevin Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: My great uncle, Harvey Carrick, his nother was Frances Moore. They lived east of Bradyville in Shelton Hollow. Kevin Morgan --- "Mabel G. Phillips" wrote: > BJ Martindale wrote: > > >Thank you Kevin, Danny, Jess and others. I wish > you (one or all) would > >write an expanded organized version of this > discussion so we could all > >have it - like a magazine article or a new paper > article we could save. > >You know so much! Maybe the Courier would print > it, like they recently > >did on Bradyville. Maybe a monthly column? (yes I > am greedy for > >information). Putting events onto social, > cultural, and historical > >perspective really helps fill out the picture > beyond the bare facts. > > > >I am particularly interested in what motivated the > GTT (gone to Texas) > >movement after the war? My Moore relatives did it, > (I have a wonderful > >picture of the wagon train if you'd like to use it > for your article?), > >but I do not understand why they went. > > > >Thank you again for your great discussion. > > > >BJ Patton Martindale > > > > > >==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > >Several people subscribe and unsubscribe from the > list each month. > >You are encouraged to resubmit your queries once or > twice per year > >to reach new listmembers. > > > >============================== > >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and > search for your ancestors at the same time. Share > your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > > > We have one of those "both sides of the war" stories > in our family. My > great, great grandmother was Martha Virginia > (Elkins) Fowler, daughter > of Thomas & Mary "Polly" (Melton) Elkins. Her > youngest brother was > Higdon Richard Jarrett "Dick" Elkins, born 29 June > 1839 and named for a > man who served in a county office the same time as > Thomas Elkins. There > are so many H. R. J.'s in the family after that that > I've tried to find > some blood connection, but I think all the others > were just named after > "Dick" Elkins. At least, I've never found any > relationship. Like many, > many other Cannon County people, Dick Elkins came > here to Christian > County, Missouri. He arrived about 1871 - I haven't > found him anywhere > on the 1870 census, but his three young children > from his first marriage > were listed still in Cannon County, next door to or > with the parents of > his third wife. Dick's youngest child from his third > marriage was born > 29 February 1876 here. A Higdon Richard Jarrett > settled nearby in Greene > County, Missouri, but I've never gotten around to > checking whether he is > the same man from Cannon County, Tennessee. One of > the elementary > schools in Springfield is named Jarrett Elementary > for him. > > On 5 July 1859, Dick married Ruth E. Neely, born 31 > December 1841 to > Isaah & Ann Neely. They had three children. The > oldest, Euclid S. > Elkins, married Sarah Mary "Mollie" Hart, daughter > of William and Laura > (Fowler) Hart. Mollie was my great grandmother's > first cousin and a > first cousin once removed of her husband, as > Mollie's grandmother and > Euclid's father were brother and sister. The second > child was Dr. Cullen > Bryant Elkins who married Alice Eva Flagg. Their > youngest was Melissa > Caroline Elkins. Her husband, William Lincoln > "Bill" Phillips, was a > younger brother of my great grandfather, Hugh B. > Phillips. When Ruth > (Neely) Elkins died 9 Dec 1867, the children were > all still young. But, > Ruth had lived through the dreadful Civil War > events. I've never > determined exactly how Ruth was related to teenage > Jack Neely who was > one of the leading Confederate sympathizers. > However, Ruth had a > brother named Elijah, born about 1831 - not old > enough to be considered > "elderly" during the Civil War. But what the Neely > boy did was said to > be in revenge for a raid on the family of "elderly > Lige Neely". > > Dick's uncle, James Melton had married Polly > Elledge. One of their > children, Martha Emaline Melton, married James > Higgins. In the Civil War > James was Pro-Union. Among their children was a > daughter named Eliza Ann > Higgins. > > James Higgins was credited with leading the raid > which drove off all the > lifestock and took all food from old Mr. Neely who > was said to be a > Confederate sympathizer. In retaliation, Jack Neely > and another > teenager, came to the Higgins home and killed James > Higgins. The boys > then hid in a cave. Some of the Union sympathizers > followed a child > taking food to them, killed the boys, displayed > their bodies on a store > counter and refused to allow the families to claim > them for burial. > > On 2 February 1868, Dick Elkins married Eliza Ann > Higgins. Cousin or > not, both probably should have known that neither > the Higgins or Neely > family was about to accept a daughter of James > Higgins raising three > children of a Neely mother. The marriage soon > failed, but not before a > child was on the way. Even though the 1870 Cannon > County census seems to > suggest that Jenny Emaline Elkins was a boy, her > husband, William Levy > Muncy, and seven children all know that that > particular part of the > census was mistaken. Most of Dick's decendants come > from this daughter > whom he is not known to ever have seen after she was > a year or so old. > That part of the family seemed to have been unaware > of where Dick went > after leaving Tennessee. With three of Martha > Emaline (Melton) Higgins' > Melton uncles and scores of cousins settling around > here, that seems > unlikely. Maybe, they just didn't tell the younger > generation. After > the divorce, Eliza also remarried and had additional > children. > > Dick Elkins married third Amanda/Arminda Petty. > Amanda's brother > accompanied them and they moved into a neighborhood > whick included the > families of Dick's uncle, Jacob Melton and aunt, Ann > (Elkins) Brown > Pendleton among other relatives. They had two sons, > James Thomas and > William Bryan. James had just one son, Dr. Higdon > Bryan "Red" Elkins who > died with no offspring and William had no children. > Arminda/Amanda > (Petty) died before 1880. Having tried and lost at > marriage three times > before age 40, Dick chose to spend his remaining > fifty-plus years > single, dying 4 Apr 1931. He is buried in the > Linden Chapel Cemetery > beside his son Euclid and daughter Melissa and > surrounded by scores of > other Cannon County kin, including his sister, > Melissa Caroline "Cal" > (Elkins) Melton. > > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > Several people subscribe and unsubscribe from the > list each month. > You are encouraged to resubmit your queries once or > twice per year > to reach new listmembers. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about > your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. 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