The name of Jeffries signifies "at peace with God".
Ancient genealogical data relates that this family in the present generation are the decendents in the 35th generation of Leofric, Earl of Chester, who was himself a descendant of the Kings of Mercia who ruled in antiquity over Coventry, Chester, and Oxford.
Jeffries Coat of Arms: Shield - Sable, a lion rampant or, between three scaling ladders.
Crest - On a mounvert, a castle with two towers.
Motto - Fac recte et nil timeNICKNAME: "Skettie (That is how I pronounced spaghetti when I was young)
Oregon Death Index, 1903-98 Record
about John Elt Jeffries
Name: Jeffries, John Elt
County: Lane
Death Date: 28 May 1976
Certificate: 76-07977
Age: 61
Birth Date: - Oct 1915
Spouse: GeorgiaDad grew up on a farm in Eastern Oklahoma. His father raised cotton, plus food for the family. His father also worked at jobs as a brick layer when he could get work. His father didn't think an education was important so all the kids would work in the field in the spring, summer, and fall. Cotton wasn't picked until about November, and all the kids would really work hard so they could go to school before the Christmas Party. At the party all the children got a small sack of nuts and candy, so this was a really important occation. The kids were paid 1 cent a pound for picking cotton. Dad used the phrase of working "from see to can't see" otherwise known as sunup to sundown. At times during the depression, he stomped silage in a silo for one dollar a day. That was done usually in July or August, and it was a 10 hour day. Dad only got to go to school for 9 years, at about 3 months out of the year. He loved to learn anything new, and it was always a joy to him when someone would teach him things, or when he could figure out how to do something. With the help of his father-in-law he was able to build a nice home in the late forties. He loved to go camping, and loved to watch football and baseball. And most of all, he loved his family. He enjoyed his grandchildren, and when he would come to visit he would take them to the store and buy them goodies. He would usually take along a few other children and buy them goodies too. He died too young from a brain tumor, but what time he had he lived with zest.
Kathy Awbrey
My mother was raised on a farm in Eastern Oklahoma. There wasn't much in the way of material things, but there was plenty of good plain food and love. Her mother was an excellent cook, and with the chickens and pigs, and milk cows, they had enough to keep them growing strong and healthy. Mom remembers walking to school one day with her brother Ralph when a Copperhead snake bit her in the ankle. Ralph got her home, and they started to town to the doctor. The car broke down, and the rest of the trip was taken in the back of a hay wagon. Mom said her ankle was swollen to the size of a basketball the next day. When mom and dad married, they had no money but lots of hope. And with that dad went to work up in Iowa at a farm. That didn't work out and they went to Colorado where dad worked for the Santa Fe railroad as a gandydancer. He did odd jobs with there was no work. Finally he got a job with Everett Marshall at his dairy farm in La Junta. When they had heard that there were good dairy farms in Oregon. Dad was 4f so the military was out of the question. When I went to school, mom worked as a school cook. She was very talented. She not only was an excellent cook, but had a beautiful singing voice. She could also play the piano. We had very little money, but she could take an old coat apart, turn it inside out and make a new coat for me. She also would draw me paper dolls when I would run out of the boughten ones. She was always there when my sister or I needed her. When my sister was killed, she gathered strength from within and kept going. She stood firm through Dad's cancer surgeries, treatments, and death. When her father died, she took her mother in to live with her for eight years, until she too died. When she was in her 60's she took up oil painting, and produced some absolutely gorgeous pictures of mountains. She also learned how to use a computer, and has spent the last 20 years doing family research, and now searches on the internet. In the last 20 years, she has travelled to Australia, Africa, Europe, New Zealand, Thailand, and China. She has also taken cruises to Alaska, the Caribbean, down the St. Laurence River to New York, and white water rafting on the Rogue River. She has a wonderful sense of adventure still. I am very lucky to have such a mother.
Kathy Awbrey/ May 2000
1870 Census page 4 McKinney, Collin, Texas taken September 12 1870
42 Bates John 66 M W Farm Laborer England
Eliza 59 F W Keeping House Georgia
Ann 17 F W At Home Texas
Jeffries Howell 48 M W Wheel wright VA
Elizabeth 25 F W Keeping House Texas
Senora 8 F W Ark
Jane 5 F W Ark
Harden 2 M W Tex
William 1 M W Tex**************
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 1, Collin, Texas
Residence : Justice Precinct 1 (North of Creek & West of Public Rd.& West of H&T R.R.), Collin, Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Hardin Head Male Nov 1866 33 Widowed Texas Alabama Texas
Jeffries Howell Son Male Oct 1893 6 Single Texas Texas Mississippi
Jeffries Thelino Son Apr 1896 4 Single Texas Texas Mississippi
Jeffries Elizabeth Mother Female May 1842 58 Widowed Texas Louisiana AlabamaSource Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Collin, Texas; Roll T623_1620; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 4.
************************************** (lots of errors in this census report)Home in 1910: Goldsby, McClain, Oklahoma
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Hardin Head Male 43 abt 1867 Married Texas Texas Texas
Jeffries Minnie Wife Female 27 abt 1883 Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Jeffries Leland Son Male 5 abt 1905 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffries Terrell Son Male 3 abt 1907 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffries Dessie Daughter Female 2 abt 1908 Single Oklahoma Texas TennesseeSource Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Goldsby, McClain, Oklahoma; Roll T624_1261; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 184; Image: 362.
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Home in 1920: Black Dog, Osage, Oklahoma
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffreys Hardin F Head Male 52 abt 1868 Married Texas Ireland Arkansas
Jeffreys Minnie Wife Female 37 abt 1883 Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Jeffreys Leland Son Male 15 abt 1905 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Terral Son Male 13 abt 1907 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Dessie Daughter Female 12 abt 1908 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Lottie Daughter Female 9 abt 1911 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Opal Daughter Female 6 abt 1914 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Elton Son Male 4 abt 1916 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Eva Daughter Female 2 abt 1918 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Limbard Charles A Boarder Male 41 abt 1879 Married Missouri England Illinois
Limbard Thelma Boarder Female 21 abt 1899 Married Indiana Indiana IndianaSource Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Black Dog, Osage, Oklahoma; Roll T625_1479; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 78; Image: 213.
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Home in 1930: Rider, Mayes, Oklahoma
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Harden T Head 63 abt 1867 Texas
Jeffries Minnie E Wife 47 abt 1883 Tennessee
Jeffries Opal Daughter 17 abt 1913 Oklahoma
Jeffries John Son 14 abt 1916 Oklahoma
Jeffries Eva Daughter 12 abt 1918 Oklahoma
Jeffries Lucile Daughter 7 abt 1923 OklahomaSource Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Rider, Mayes, Oklahoma; Roll 1913; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 1002.0.
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I never met my grandfather as he died before I was born. Grandma was his 3rd wife and was quite a lot younger than grandpa. Grandpa didn't know how to read or write, but Grandma taught him how to sign his name, and she read to him out of the Bible so often that he had most verses memorized. According to dad, he never backed down, and could whopp anyone twice his size, and did several times.
Kathy Awbrey
personal knowledge - information from 2 sons
census recordsGrandma was the oldest of 14 children. Around 1903 they moved first to Collin County then to Denton County Texas. She married Hardin in 1903 and gave him 8 children that grew up to adulthood. The only time I saw her was when I was a baby, so I don’t remember it. I was told that during the depression her dad was president of a bank and gave away all his money to make good the depositors savings. I wrote to her several times in the early 50's, but I no longer have her letters. She died in September 16, 1953 in Tyler, Texas. At the time, she was living with her daughter Opal.
World War1 veteran--358th Infantry, 90th Division Company F. Drafted 19 Sept. 1917 at Grove, OK
went to Camp Travis, San Antonio, TX. Private, became Corporal, left for Overseas duty 26 June 1918,became Sargeant in 1919. arrived back in US 7 June 1919 to Camp Deven, MA 8 June 1919 for honorable discharge.
This company suffered the poison gas in Oct 1918 and spent about 3 months in a hospital. He had no mail until he returned to his unit. Pay as private--33.00, pay as corporal--40.20, pay as sargeant--44.00I was lucky enough to have my maternal grandparents living close to me from the time I was four years old. Grandpa and Grandma decided to come to Oregon in the mid 1940's. They bought a little house less than a mile away from where we lived. Grandpa was a carpenter by trade, and remodeled that little house several times. He was also quite inventive in figuring out ways to do things a little better. Grandpa fought in World War I in France, and was hospitalized over there from a mustard gas attack. He once told me that a bullet from a enemy machine gun went into the end of his sleeve and came out the elbow, and somehow did not touch him. He also took a German soldier captive when he had the soldier in his sights to shoot and then saw his face, and could no longer shoot him so took him prisoner. When he came home, he and grandma raised a family on a farm in Eastern Oklahoma. He farmed and did other jobs as he could for cash money. He raised several things including sorgum cane. My memories of him were that he was a stern, upright man, but with a good sense of humor. We would have a good Sunday dinner at their house, and grandpa always drank iced tea with a little saccharine. The saccaharine was in powder form in the small round blue can. Grandpa would stick the end of his knife in the iced tea, then into the saccaharine, and get just the right amount for his glass. Well, naturally I had to do the same thing. Grandpa also ate biscuits and gravy most mornings for breakfast. Sometime he ate his biscuits with butter and sorgum. He would mix the two of them together on his plate and then spread it on the biscuits. It was better that way. Grandpa taught the adult sunday school class for years, and I can remember hearing his voice good and clear through the walls of the sunday school classes. It was a good voice to hear.
Kathy Awbrey
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1920 Census Oklahoma, Delaware Co., Township 4, Dist 33 - Pg 3A
Est Birthplace
Name Age Sex Birth Occupation self father mother
Ketchum, George 25 F 1895 Farmer KS MO MO
Ketchum, Sarah E 25 F 1895 AR TX AR
Ketchum, Georgie 1.12 F 1919 OK KS AR1930 Census Oklahoma, Mayes Co., River Twp, Dist 19 - Pg 4A & 4B
Est Birthplace
Name Age Sex Birth Occupation self father mother
Ketchum, George 35 F 1895 Farmer KS MO MO
Ketchum, Emma 35 F 1895 AR Mix Bld Cherokee
Ketchum, Georgia 11 F 1919 OK Mix Bld Cherokee
Ketchum, Ralph 9 M 1921 OK Mix Bld Cherokee
Ketchum, Billie 4.12 M 1926 OK Mix Bld Cherokee
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Oregon Death Index, 1903-98 Record
Name: Ketchum, George Hen
County: Lane
Death Date: 19 May 1980
Certificate: 80-08206
Age: 86
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1894
Spouse: Emma
My memories of grandma were of the times when she would take care of me when I had to stay home sick from school. Grandma would take the time out to play games with me, like "Button, button, who'es got the button" and "I spy". She was just about the best cook there ever was. She could raise, kill, dress, and cook the best chicken ever. They always joked about eating "Hoover Chickens" when they lived in Oklahoma, which were actually squirrels. Her dressing and homemade egg noodles were better than anything one could buy at a five star restuarant. Every May, grandma and I would walk up to Corum Hill and pick the wild irises. Then we would go home and wash up good with lifebouy soap to keep from getting poison oak. Grandma was a excellent seamtress, and of course made quilts for her family. Grandma always had a garden and grew beautiful flowers in her yard. She always said that maybe you couldn't have a real nice house, but you could always have a beautiful yard. She also had a knack with arranging flowers so that they looked their best. There was always a nice bunch of "babies breath" growing in her yard. She lived until she was almost 94 even though she ate fried food, never had a piece of toast, (just biscuits) and put salt on everything she ate, except her hot cereal, and she put half and half on that.
Kathy Awbrey
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Oregon Death Index, 1903-98 Record
Name: Ketchum, Emma Sarah
County: Lane
Death Date: 24 Jul 1988
Certificate: 88-14096
Age: 94
Birth Date: 06 Sep 1894
Spouse: George
stillborn
only lived a few hours
Was killed by a drunk driver.
1870 Census page 4 McKinney, Collin, Texas taken September 12 1870
42 Bates John 66 M W Farm Laborer England
Eliza 59 F W Keeping House Georgia
Ann 17 F W At Home Texas
Jeffries Howell 48 M W Wheel wright VA
Elizabeth 25 F W Keeping House Texas
Senora 8 F W Ark
Jane 5 F W Ark
Harden 2 M W Tex
William 1 M W Tex**************
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 1, Collin, Texas
Residence : Justice Precinct 1 (North of Creek & West of Public Rd.& West of H&T R.R.), Collin, Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Hardin Head Male Nov 1866 33 Widowed Texas Alabama Texas
Jeffries Howell Son Male Oct 1893 6 Single Texas Texas Mississippi
Jeffries Thelino Son Apr 1896 4 Single Texas Texas Mississippi
Jeffries Elizabeth Mother Female May 1842 58 Widowed Texas Louisiana AlabamaSource Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Collin, Texas; Roll T623_1620; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 4.
************************************** (lots of errors in this census report)Home in 1910: Goldsby, McClain, Oklahoma
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Hardin Head Male 43 abt 1867 Married Texas Texas Texas
Jeffries Minnie Wife Female 27 abt 1883 Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Jeffries Leland Son Male 5 abt 1905 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffries Terrell Son Male 3 abt 1907 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffries Dessie Daughter Female 2 abt 1908 Single Oklahoma Texas TennesseeSource Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Goldsby, McClain, Oklahoma; Roll T624_1261; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 184; Image: 362.
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Home in 1920: Black Dog, Osage, Oklahoma
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffreys Hardin F Head Male 52 abt 1868 Married Texas Ireland Arkansas
Jeffreys Minnie Wife Female 37 abt 1883 Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Jeffreys Leland Son Male 15 abt 1905 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Terral Son Male 13 abt 1907 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Dessie Daughter Female 12 abt 1908 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Lottie Daughter Female 9 abt 1911 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Opal Daughter Female 6 abt 1914 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Elton Son Male 4 abt 1916 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Eva Daughter Female 2 abt 1918 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Limbard Charles A Boarder Male 41 abt 1879 Married Missouri England Illinois
Limbard Thelma Boarder Female 21 abt 1899 Married Indiana Indiana IndianaSource Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Black Dog, Osage, Oklahoma; Roll T625_1479; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 78; Image: 213.
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Home in 1930: Rider, Mayes, Oklahoma
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Harden T Head 63 abt 1867 Texas
Jeffries Minnie E Wife 47 abt 1883 Tennessee
Jeffries Opal Daughter 17 abt 1913 Oklahoma
Jeffries John Son 14 abt 1916 Oklahoma
Jeffries Eva Daughter 12 abt 1918 Oklahoma
Jeffries Lucile Daughter 7 abt 1923 OklahomaSource Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Rider, Mayes, Oklahoma; Roll 1913; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 1002.0.
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I never met my grandfather as he died before I was born. Grandma was his 3rd wife and was quite a lot younger than grandpa. Grandpa didn't know how to read or write, but Grandma taught him how to sign his name, and she read to him out of the Bible so often that he had most verses memorized. According to dad, he never backed down, and could whopp anyone twice his size, and did several times.
Kathy Awbrey
family history state that she and all her children died from TB
1870 Census page 4 McKinney, Collin, Texas taken September 12 1870
42 Bates John 66 M W Farm Laborer England
Eliza 59 F W Keeping House Georgia
Ann 17 F W At Home Texas
Jeffries Howell 48 M W Wheel wright VA
Elizabeth 25 F W Keeping House Texas
Senora 8 F W Ark
Jane 5 F W Ark
Harden 2 M W Tex
William 1 M W Tex**************
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 1, Collin, Texas
Residence : Justice Precinct 1 (North of Creek & West of Public Rd.& West of H&T R.R.), Collin, Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Hardin Head Male Nov 1866 33 Widowed Texas Alabama Texas
Jeffries Howell Son Male Oct 1893 6 Single Texas Texas Mississippi
Jeffries Thelino Son Apr 1896 4 Single Texas Texas Mississippi
Jeffries Elizabeth Mother Female May 1842 58 Widowed Texas Louisiana AlabamaSource Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Collin, Texas; Roll T623_1620; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 4.
************************************** (lots of errors in this census report)Home in 1910: Goldsby, McClain, Oklahoma
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Hardin Head Male 43 abt 1867 Married Texas Texas Texas
Jeffries Minnie Wife Female 27 abt 1883 Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Jeffries Leland Son Male 5 abt 1905 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffries Terrell Son Male 3 abt 1907 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffries Dessie Daughter Female 2 abt 1908 Single Oklahoma Texas TennesseeSource Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Goldsby, McClain, Oklahoma; Roll T624_1261; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 184; Image: 362.
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Home in 1920: Black Dog, Osage, Oklahoma
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffreys Hardin F Head Male 52 abt 1868 Married Texas Ireland Arkansas
Jeffreys Minnie Wife Female 37 abt 1883 Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Jeffreys Leland Son Male 15 abt 1905 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Terral Son Male 13 abt 1907 Single Texas Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Dessie Daughter Female 12 abt 1908 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Lottie Daughter Female 9 abt 1911 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Opal Daughter Female 6 abt 1914 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Elton Son Male 4 abt 1916 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Jeffreys Eva Daughter Female 2 abt 1918 Single Oklahoma Texas Tennessee
Limbard Charles A Boarder Male 41 abt 1879 Married Missouri England Illinois
Limbard Thelma Boarder Female 21 abt 1899 Married Indiana Indiana IndianaSource Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Black Dog, Osage, Oklahoma; Roll T625_1479; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 78; Image: 213.
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Home in 1930: Rider, Mayes, Oklahoma
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries Harden T Head 63 abt 1867 Texas
Jeffries Minnie E Wife 47 abt 1883 Tennessee
Jeffries Opal Daughter 17 abt 1913 Oklahoma
Jeffries John Son 14 abt 1916 Oklahoma
Jeffries Eva Daughter 12 abt 1918 Oklahoma
Jeffries Lucile Daughter 7 abt 1923 OklahomaSource Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Rider, Mayes, Oklahoma; Roll 1913; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 1002.0.
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I never met my grandfather as he died before I was born. Grandma was his 3rd wife and was quite a lot younger than grandpa. Grandpa didn't know how to read or write, but Grandma taught him how to sign his name, and she read to him out of the Bible so often that he had most verses memorized. According to dad, he never backed down, and could whopp anyone twice his size, and did several times.
Kathy Awbrey
Home in 1860: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas
Post Office: Magnolia
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Howell Jeffries 28
Elizabeth Jeffries 17
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll M653_39; Page: 249; Image: 250.
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Home in 1870: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas
Post Office: McKinney
Household Members: Name Age
Bates John abt 1804 Male White England
Bates Eliza abt 1811 Female White Georgia
Bates Ann abt 1853 Female White Texas
Jeffries Howell abt 1822 Male White Virginia
Jeffries Elizabeth abt 1845 Female White Texas
Jeffries Senora abt 1862 Female White Arkansas
Jeffries Jane abt 1865 Female White Arkansas
Jeffries Hartten abt 1868 Male White Texas
Jeffries William abt 1869 Male White TexasSource Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas; Roll M593_1579; Page: 319; Image: 30.
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Home in 1880: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Jeffries H. Male 60 abt 1820 Self (Head) Married Virginia Virginia Virginia
Jeffries L. Female 40 abt 1840 Wife Married Texas
Jeffries Sonara Female 19 abt 1861 Daughter Single Texas Virginia Texas
Jeffries Jane Female 16 abt 1864 Daughter Single Texas Virginia Texas
Jeffries H. Male 13 abt 1867 Son Single Texas Virginia Texas
Jeffries Wm. Male 11 abt 1869 Son Single Texas Virginia Texas
Jeffries Geo. Male 8 abt 1872 Son Single Texas Virginia Texas
Jeffries Dick Male 6 abt 1874 Son Single Texas Virginia Texas
Jeffries Jno. Male 4 abt 1876 Son Single Texas Virginia Texas
Jeffries Loula Female 1 abt 1879 Daughter Single Texas Virginia Texas
Higgins J. W. Male 23 abt 1857 Son-in-law Married Texas Tennessee North Carolina
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas; Roll T9_1296; Family History Film: 1255296; Page: 22.2000; Enumeration District: 17; .
***********************************************************It seems that Howell Lewis Jeffries told his family that he stole away on a boat from Ireland to Texas to be a "cowboy". Well, now the real story is: My mother found a Howell Lewis Jeffries in the book "Lewis of Warner Hall" That man turned out to be our Howell's uncle. His father was actually Richard Jeffries, not Rachel as stated in book, the youngest son of Swepson Jeffries and his second wife Isabella Lewis. As far as I can tell, Our Howell L. Jeffries went with his uncle Charles Jeffries to Arkansas in about the 1840's. I found Charles and his wife in the 1850 Littlerock Ark census as running a boardinghouse. Now, our Howell was in Prison for larceny. Sometime between 1850 and 1860 he got out and headed for Texas, met and married Elisabeth Chenoweth, who had inheirited over 1500 acres of land in Collin County TX. Originally 5000, but had to share with Hardin's grandaughter by his first marriage.They had 8 children; Senora, Jane, Hardin, William, George, Dick, John, and Lorila. I have never been able to find his death record. I was told that Howell gambled most of the land away. Was told one time he traded 80 acres for a barrel of whiskey.
Little Rock Arkansas 1850 census
Collin Co. Texas 1870,1880 census
George B. Hamner will(Grandfather)1835,Mecklenburg, VA
Death Certificate
Probate records/Collin Co. Texas
Land records/Collin Co. Texas
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Home in 1850(City,County,State): Milam and Williamson, Milam, Texas
Family Number: 338
Household Members: Name Age
Bates John C 45 abt 1805 Male England
Bates Eliza 40 abt 1810 Female Virginia
Bates Henry E 8 abt 1842 Male Texas
Bates Amos C 4 abt 1846 Male Texas
Bates Georgiana 1 abt 1849 Female Texas
Edmonson Thomas J 11 abt 1839 Male Arkansas
Edmonson Jane 8 abt 1842 Female Texas
Oneil John W 10 abt 1840 Male Texas
Chinsworth Elizabeth 5 abt 1845 Female TexasSource Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Milam and Williamson, Milam, Texas; Roll M432_913; Page: 8; Image: 17.
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Home in 1860: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas
Post Office: McKinney
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Bates John C 55 abt 1805 Male Staffordshire;England
Bates Eliza 52 abt 1808 Female Virginia
Bates Henry E 18 abt 1842 Male Texas
Bates Amos C 13 abt 1847 Male Texas
Bates George A 11 abt 1849 Female Texas
Chiniworth Elizabeth 15 abt 1845 Female TexasSource Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas; Roll M653_1291; Page: 32; Image: 67.
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Home in 1870: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas
Post Office: McKinney
Household Members: Name Age
Bates John abt 1804 Male White England
Bates Eliza abt 1811 Female White Georgia
Bates Ann abt 1853 Female White Texas
Jeffries Howell abt 1822 Male White Virginia
Jeffries Elizabeth abt 1845 Female White Texas
Jeffries Senora abt 1862 Female White Arkansas
Jeffries Jane abt 1865 Female White Arkansas
Jeffries Hartten abt 1868 Male White Texas
Jeffries William abt 1869 Male White TexasSource Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas; Roll M593_1579; Page: 319; Image: 30.
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To the Honorable the County CourtThe undersigned John C. Bates [guardian?] and estate of ELIZABETH CHINOWORTH a minor [?] CHINOWORTH Deceased respectfully reports that in pursuant of [the order] of your Hon. Court made on the thirty first day of March A. D. 1858 authorizing me as such Guardian to sell certain Real estate of my said ward. I did on Tuesday the first day of June A. D. 1858 at the door of the Court House in the town of McKinney between the hours of one and three o'clock in the afternoon of said day offer for sale the real estate of said Ward described as follows - In Collin County, Texas, Beginning at the South East corner of the original [headright?] of H. T. CHINOWORTH of 3325 acres lying North East of the Town of McKinney, running thence North 4½º West 31 chains and 65 links a post from which an ash 10 inches in diameter marked X bears South 16º West 1 chain & four links. Thence West 31 chains and 65 links a post from which an Elm 12 inches in diameter marked X bears South 9½º E 125 links. Thence South 4½º E 31 chains and 65 links a post in the South of said original survey. Thence East on said South line 31 chains and 65 links to the place of beginning containing one hundred acres of land.
That more than 20 day before said day of sale I caused notices to be posted in three public places in said County of the time and place of said sale one of which was upon ;the Court house door and two at places outside the Town of McKinney. That at said sale EDWARD HIGBY became the purchaser of said land at the sum of two hundred and ninety seven dollars and fifty cents that being the highest sum bidden, therefore said Higby being the highest bidder said sale was made for cash in hand, and was in all respects fair and regular and in accordance with the terms of said order.
All of which is respectfully submitted. McKinney June 1st, 1858.
John C. Bates, Guardian of Elizabeth Chinoweth.
Collin County SSJohn C. Bates the guardian above named being duly sworn upon his oath said that the foregoing report by him signed [?] true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day of June A. D. 1858.
Geo. H. Pegues, Justice of the Peace Collin Co., Texas
1870,1880 Collin Co TX census
Name: John Jeffries
Home in 1900: McKinney, Collin, Texas
Age: 23
Birth Date: Jul 1876
Birthplace: Texas
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Boarder
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Divorced
Residence : McKinney City, Collin, Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Elias Higgins 39
Effie Higgins 29
Lee Higgins 19
Alfia Higgins 7
John Jeffries 23
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: McKinney, Collin, Texas; Roll T623_1620 Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 5.
Death Certificate
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Home in 1900: Civil District 24, Greene, Tennessee
Household Members: Name Age
Bell Henry A Head Male Dec 1862 37 Married 19 1881 Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Loretta Wife Female Jun 1862 37 Married 19 1881 Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Minnie Daughter Female Nov 1882 17 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Etta Daughter Female Dec 1885 14 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Clara Daughter Female Jun 1888 11 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Mamie Daughter Female Mar 1890 10 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Florence Daughter Female Mar 1892 8 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Mona Daughter Female Apr 1894 6 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Edmond H Son Male Sep 1897 2 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Franklin Son Male Oct 1899 1/12 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Broyles Kittie Head Female May 1867 33 Widowed Tenn Tenn TennSource Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 24, Greene, Tennessee; Roll T623_1573; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 30.
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Household Members: Name Age
Bell Henry A Head Male 46 abt 1864 Married Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Susan L Wife Female 27 abt 1883 Married Tenne Tenn Tenn
Bell Clara Daughter Female 21 abt 1889 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Mamie P Daughter Female 20 abt 1890 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Florence E Daughter Female 18 abt 1892 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Mona E Daughter Female 16 abt 1894 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Edwin H Son Male 12 abt 1898 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Henry F Son Male 10 abt 1900 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Hazel L Daughter Female 8 abt 1902 Single Texas Tenn Tenn
Bell Beulah B Daughter Female 5 abt 1905 Single Texas Tenn Tenn
Bell Ruby R Daughter Female 4 abt 1906 Single Texas Tenn Tenn
Bell Jewel H Son Male 2 abt 1908 Single Texas Tenn TennSource Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 7, Denton, Texas; Roll T624_1546; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 94; Image: 742.
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Home in 1920: Justice Precinct 7, Denton, Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Bell Henry A Male 57 abt 1863 Married Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Susan L Wife Female 57 abt 1863 Married Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Florence E Daughter Female 27 abt 1893 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Mona E Daughter Female 25 abt 1895 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Henry F Son Male 21 abt 1899 Single Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bell Hazell L Daughter Female 17 abt 1903 Single Texas Tenn Tenn
Bell Beulah B Daughter Female 15 abt 1905 Single Texas Tenn Tenn
Bell Ruby R Daughter Female 13 abt 1907 Single Texas Tenn Tenn
Bell Jewel H Son Male 12 abt 1908 Single Texas Tenn Tenn
Wilson Gerold C Grandson Male 12 abt 1908 Single Texas Tenn TennSource Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Justice Precinct 7, Denton, Texas; Roll T625_1796; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 67; Image: 415.
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Home in 1930: Precinct 7, Denton, Texas
Household Members: Name Age
Bell H A Head White 67 abt 1863 Tennessee
Bell S L Wife White 67 abt 1863 Tennessee
Bell Beulah Daughter White 25 abt 1905 Texas
Henson Ida Servant White 34 abt 1896 Tennessee
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Denton, Texas; Roll 2324; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 26; Image: 31.0.
information from William Jeffries(my uncle White)
death certificate
census records
moved t0 Texas - 1901
GRANDPA CHARLES M. AND GRANDMA MARY A. KETCHUM
Grandpa Charles, called Charley, was born near Fairmont, Clark Co., MO, 16 Feb 1867 or 68. His parents were Elisha Franklin Ketchum and Susanna Weaver. He was their thirteenth child. His mother died when he was very young.
Grandma Mary Agnes was born 6 Oct 1873 near Kidder, but in Daviess Co., MO. She was the daughter of William View and Mary Rebecca "Margery" Bellomy. Her mother had evidently gone from Clay Co., MO to be with her relatives as William had died about seven months before. She had one brother William "Billy" who was about one year older.
They met while Mary Agnes was living near Kidder with her Aunt Nancy (Bellomy) and Uncle Henry Wilson. They knew each other a very short time when they eloped. I have not found their marriage records although I have researched the surrounding counties. It is said that Charley met her while visiting relatives in the area. I wonder who???? It is assumed Charley was living in KS then as did most of his older brothers and sisters. They married 15 Sept 1891.
Grandpa Charley was a tall man, 6'3" with reddish brown hair and blue-grey eyes. He was a good looking man and he wore a mustache. His children called him Papa. Grandma Mary Agnes was under five feet tall, a very petite woman with dark hair and eyes. She never gained much weight. We called her Grandma but never, never called her Granny.
I have found Charles and Mary Ketchum in the following census records: 1895 KS state census Moran, Allen Co., KS. 1900 Federal census, Indian Territory, Afton, OK (on one side was Uncle Frank and family, on the other side was Aunt Cal and Uncle Will Abbey). 1910 Federal census, Mayes Co., OK, Post office was Adair. The Sparks family lived nearby. The 1920 census will not be available until 1992. I expect to find them probably in Delaware Co., OK as they lived for a time near my folks, George and Emma Ketchum.
In 1925 they lived about a mile west and a little north of Military school in southern Craig Co., OK. After that they lived near Blue Jacket in the northern part of Craig County. They also lived very near our house in Mayes Co. near the area where Langley is located. They were in Co. at least once before they lived in Pueblo when Grandpa died 25 July 1935. He is buried at La Junta.
Grandma, with Orville and Mary Ellen moved to La Junta. She died there 18 Sept 1938 at Uncle Amel's house. She is buried at La Junta next to Grandpa.
Georgia Margaret Ketchum Jeffries
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Census Date: 1 Mar 1895
Residence County: Allen
Residence State: Kansas
Locality: Marmaton
C M Ketchum 27 abt 1868 Male Missouri
Mary Ketchum 21 abt 1874 Female Missouri
Cally Ketchum 2 abt 1893 Female Missouri
Geo Ketchum 6 M abt 1894 Male Kansas1895 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 - K-169. Kansas State Historical Society
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Home in 1900: Township 26, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
Household Members: Name Age
Ketchum Charles Head Male Feb 1868 age 32 Married 1891 Missouri Ohio Pennsyvania
Ketchum Mary Agnes Wife Female Oct 1873 age 26 Married 1891 Missouri Missouri VA
Ketchum Carline A Daughter Female Aug 1892 age 7 Single Missouri Missouri Missouri
Ketchum George H Son Male Sep 1894 age 5 Single Kansas Missouri Missouri
Ketchum Ira Franklin Son Male Feb 1897 age 3 Single Indian Terr Okla Missouri Missouri
Ketchum Charles Monroe Son Male May 1900 age 9/12 Single Indian Terr,Okla MO MO
Ketchum Albert J Brother Male Aug 1873 age 26 Married Missouri Ohio PennsylvaniaSource Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 26, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; Roll T623_1843; Enumeration District: 7.
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Home in 1910: Adair, Mayes, Oklahoma
Household Members: Name Age
Ketchum Charlie Head Male 42 abt 1868 Married Missouri Ohio Ohio
Ketchum Mary A Wife Female 35 abt 1875 Married Missouri United States Missouri
Ketchum George Son Male 15 abt 1895 Single Kansas Missouri Missouri
Ketchum Ira Son Male 13 abt 1897 Single Oklahoma Missouri Missouri
Ketchum Wayne Son Male 9 abt 1901 Single Oklahoma Missouri Missouri
Ketchum Amel Son Male 6 abt 1904 Single Oklahoma Missouri Missouri
Ketchum Elva Son Male 4 abt 1906 Single Oklahoma Missouri Missouri
Ketchum Agnes Daughter Female 2 abt 1908 Single Oklahoma Missouri Missouri
Ketchum Clara Daughter Female White 0/12 abt 1910 Single Oklahoma Missouri Missouri
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Adair, Mayes, Oklahoma; Roll T624_1262; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 690.
GRANDMA MARY AGNES VIEW'S FAMILYMary Agnes was born 6 Oct 1873 near Kidder, MO. Her parents were William View and Rebecca Mary "Margery" Bellomy. Her father William died about seven months before she was born. She had one brother, Billy, who was about a year older.
William View was the third child of Peter View and Nancy Terrier. Very little is known about the Views. I first located the family in Kansas City, MO, 1850 census. Per those records, Peter was born about 1815 with birthplace listed as Scotland. Nancy was born 1823. She and all the children were listed as born in MO. This is doubtful information. (It changes per 1860 census).
William married 26 Mar 1871 to Mary Rebecca Bellomy at the home of the bride's father, in Clay Co., by G. W. Ogilvie, J. P. Two children were born, first Billy about 1872 and Mary Agnes in Oct 1873. William died before Mary Agnes was born. I wonder why he died so young?
Mary Rebecca Bellomy, called Margery most of her life, was born 1 Apr 1851, in Scott Co., VA. She was the daughter of Joseph Bellomy and Rebecca Taylor. The Bellomy's were also spelled Bellamy in the known records. Her brothers and sister were:James D., William C., John T., Joseph C., Harvey H., and Nancy Unity.
Margery's mother died about 1864. Her father married again to Sarah Sage, a Civil War widow. I have found records where View's and Sages intermarried in MO.
By 1870 census time Joseph's younger family and his son John T. lived in West Virginia. Shortly thereafter, they lived in Harlem, Clay Co., MO (Now north Kansas City). Harlem Village was about a mile from the View farm. Later, the Bellomy's settled in the southern part of Daviess Co., MO, not far from Kidder.
After William View's death, Margery went to her family as Mary Agnes was born there. Her father, brother John T. and sister Nancy Unity, married in KY, lived close to each other there. After Mary Agnes was born, she went back to the View family in Clay Co. There on 22 Feb 1874 she married Samuel Kilgore, a widower with older children. Her children by this marriage were Clara, Laura and Samuel, Jr. (1880 census).
CHRISTOPHER C. AND MARY ANN SPARKSChristopher Columbus "Lum" Sparks was born 18 Sept 1856, Denton or Bosque Co. Texas. His parents were William Sparks and Sarah Ann (Emmerick) Rector. Both had previous marriages. They were married in Buchanon Co, Missouri, in 1845.
The family moved to Texas in the early 1850's and in 1853, settled on pre-emption land in Denton Co. near an area where William's oldest son had settled. It is probable that Christopher was born there as requirements for the land was three years of residence. However, the family was found in Bosque Co. in the 1860 census.
The family left Texas about 1862 (see William Sparks story). It is not yet known where they went. They were found in the 1870 census in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where William died. Some time prior to 1875, the rest of the family moved to Washington Co., Arkansas where Christopher met and married Mary Ann Bower, on 12 Sept, 1875. Mary Ann was born 2 June, 1867 in Washington Co. to William Bower and Lydia Martha (Newman) Elms. (We have not found this new Sparks family in the 1880 census)
Christopher C. and Mary Ann Sparks moved from Cane hill, Arkansas to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma about 1897 and lived near Old Ketchum. They later moved just west and north of Pensacola and lived in the "Old Hooley Bell" house. They helped build a chapel near the location of the Ghormley Cemetery. (Emma remembered Happy times while living there and playing with cousins who descended from her Aunt Rebecca Newman) The Ketchum family lived nearby. All are listed in the same area in the 1910 census, of Mayes Co. Okla.
About 1912, the Sparks family moved to a farm just west of Jay, Oklahoma in Delaware Co. where there was open-range for the livestock. When he was no longer able to farm (late 1920's) they lived with their married children. They were called Pap and Ma by their children and Pap and Granny by their grand-children.
Pap died in 1932 following complications of a stroke at Emma and George's home. There was no funeral home involved and he was buried in a home made coffin. This was his wish.
Granny continued living with her children, a time with each until she died on her birthday while at Aunt Ida's. Both are buried at Ghormley Cemetery .
I REMEMBER GRANNY AND PAPPap was a slender man of medium height. He had blue eyes, white hair and a white beard in the wintertime. He usually shaved the beard off in the summer. He could not read or write. He knew the bible well as Granny would read it to him. One of his favorite times was when Dad would read at night from a Zane Grey book. It was also a favorite for us kids and we'd always beg for more. I'm not sure now but I believe they were Methodist. He had strict morals. Granny had a sharp tongue and usually told us kids how ornery we were and how good Uncle Billy's kids were. No doubt, she turned that around when she was staying at their house. She believed in spirits and often told of seeing them. She wore mother hubbard long dresses and shoes with felt high tops. Both smoked after each meal, a little clay pipe. Later, Granny used Garrett's Snuff until her last illness.
I remember going out into the fields to look for wild greens to cook . Granny knew all the things that were good to eat and what was poison. She also knew all about mushrooms. She always made Sassafras tea in the spring to help "thin the blood".
Granny used to tell us stories about her younger days while living in Arkansas, She remembered riding on a horse behind her father sitting on a pillow one night when they had to go somewhere else because a Civil War battle was being fought near their house. She told of how the soldiers always looked for food and wanted salt, which her mother hid under the bed in a clean chamber pot. She told of walking through the woods to school one snowy morning and when they went around a bend in the road, there was a big panther lying on his belly and swishing his tail in the snow. They walked backward around the bend and then ran back home. (the roads of that era were wagon roads not much more than paths through woods and brush)
Another story she told was about a group of young girls who decided to go skinny dipping one hot afternoon. A bunch of boys found them, sat around by their clothes so they stayed in the water until they finally had to get out. One girl covered her breasts with her hands and said they could see what God had given her but not what grew on afterward.
July, 1995 Georgia Ketchum JeffriesFamily information
Marriage licenses
Census records
Home in 1900: Township 23, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
Household Members: Name Age
Sparks Columbus Head White 43 Sep 1856 Texas
Sparks Mary Wife White Female 43 Jun 1856 10 children/6 living Arkansas
Sparks Eddie Son White Male 19 May 1881 Arkansas
Sparks Pearl Son White Male 14 Mar 1886 Arkansas
Sparks Ben Son White Male 12 Nov 1887 Arkansas
Sparks May Daughter White Female 8 Nov 1891 Arkansas
Sparks Emma Daughter White Female 5 Sep 1894 Arkansas
Sparks Nellie Daughter (son) White Female Male ) 3 Jun 1897 Arkansas (census taker was wrong)
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 23, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; Roll T623_1844; Enumeration District: 18.
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Name: Columbus Sparke
[Columbus Sparks]
Home in 1920: Township 3, Delaware, Oklahoma
Family Number: 143
Household Members: Name Age
Sparke Columbus Head Male White 63 abt 1857 Married Texas Missouri Tennessee
Sparke Mary Wife Female White 63 abt 1857 Married Arkansas Pennsylvania Tennessee
Sparke Ida Daughter Female White 18 abt 1902 Single Oklahoma Texas Arkansas
Sparks William Head Male White 23 abt 1897 Married Arkansas Texas ArkansasSource Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Township 3, Delaware, Oklahoma; Roll T625_1458; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 410.
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Household Members: Name Age
Sparks C C Head White 74 abt 1856 Texas
Sparks Mary Wife White 74 abt 1856 ArkansasSource Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Adair, Mayes, Oklahoma; Roll 1913; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 3; Image: 750.0.
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