Elmaza Jane (Fletcher) Boone's Timeline

Work in Progress - Bookmark this post and come back to visit again to see progress on this timeline. 

1814 = Sarah "Sally" (Lander) Whaley was born to Henry & Margaret (Allen) Lander. Sally was a sister to Kate (Lander) Boone. See sampler below. 

1816 = Elmaza (Fletcher) Boone was born to John and Dulcena (Elkin) Fletcher (m. 1796, Clark Co, KY). She was first listed on the 1850 Clark County, KY US census record as "Edna" J. (Grandma and I believe her name to be Elmaza, as two of her granddaughters were named Elmaza or Mazie, in her memory). John was a son of William & Winifred (Garrett) Fletcher and Dulcena "Dully" was a daughter of Rev. Robert & Sarah (Reardon) Elkin, minister of the Providence Baptist Church in Clark County, Kentucky. John and Dully were members of the Lulbegrud Primitive Baptist church near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. 

As far as my grandmother and I were able to ascertain, she had two other siblings, Lucy, who married David Gilliam Barrows, son of Eld. David Barrows, an abolitionist minister of Goshen Primitive Baptist church near Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky and Lulbegrud Primitive Baptist Church near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. Lucy's daughter, Sarah, married Isaiah Boone, Elmaza's brother-in-law. Elmaza and Lucy had a brother named John, Jr.  He is buried in the Fletcher-Garrett Cemetery, along with Elmaza and their parents, near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. 

An interesting side-note: Eld. David Barrows, not a popular man for his views, once wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson replied. 

1817 = 5 Mar. Samuel Boone was born to Eld. Thomas and Sarah (Muir) Boone (#306.) in Boone County, Kentucky. Thomas' parents were Eld. Squire Boone III and Anna (Grubbs) Boone and Sarah's parents were George & Nancy (Ferguson) Muir. 

Samuel's great-grandfather, Samuel (1728-1808), was the explorer Daniel Boone's older brother and his great-grandmother, Sarah (1731-1819), taught Daniel how to read and write. 

They were charter members of the Boone's Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Fayette County, KY., constituted on 13 November 1785.  They lie buried in Boone's Station's Cemetery outside of Athens, Fayette Co, Kentucky. 

Samuel's brothers and sisters were: Squire (b.1804), George (b. 1806), Ira (b. 1809), Harriet Rite (b. 1811), Mary (b. 1814), himself (b. 1817), James H. (b. 1819), Milton (b. 1822), Jeptha (b. 1825), Thomas M (b. 1827), Cyrus (b. 1830), and Isaiah (b. 1832). (p. 170)

The Boone family loved handing down names. For example: 

1. Elder Thomas Boone had a brother named Ira Boone (b. 17 Dec 1799). He died in Todd County, KY according to Spraker's book.

2. Thomas had a son also named Ira Boone (1809-1866). Ira Boone was born in Clark County, Kentucky and died in Lafayette County, MO.  He married Elizabeth (Liggett). 

3. And Samuel and Elmaza named a son Ira M. Boone (1849-1929). Ira M. was also born in Clark County, Kentucky and died in Higgins, Lipscomb County, TX.

1823 = Samuel's dad began preaching at the Lulbegrud Primitive Baptist Church in Montgomery County, Kentucky. He was the preacher at Lulbegrud and Goshen Primitive Baptist church in Winchester, Clark County, KY. for the rest of his life. (6 yrs)

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1833 = 1 Sep. In Todd County, Kentucky, Higgason Grubbs Boone, Samuel's paternal uncle, married Martha Marie Edwards, niece to Ninian Edwards, first governor of Illinois. (16 yrs)

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1836 = 10 Feb. Double wedding? Samuel's brother, Ira, marries Elizabeth Ligget in Clark County, Kentucky and 

1836 = 1o Feb. Samuel's older sister, Harriet Rite Boone (1811-1892) married Nelson Scholl (1815-1890), son of  Septimus and Sallie (Miller) Scholl in Clark County, KY.  Nelson was Harriet's 3rd cousin and a descendant of Daniel Boone. (19 yrs.)

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1843 = April. From the records of the Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist church (org. 1837), Independence, MO, a J.R. Boone was dismissed by letter from the Church to be admitted to another. 

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1845 = Harriet Scholl was admitted by letter to the membership of Pleasant Grove church. 

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1849 = Sept. An Elizabeth Boone was admitted to membership of the Pleasant Grove church. 

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1850 = 30 Aug. "Edna" and Samuel and four of their boys were listed in the census record - William T. (1840-1902), John F. (b. 1842), George M. (1843-1917), and Manlius T. (1845-1909). (33-34 yrs.)

1850 = 25 Sept. Catherine "Kate" Landers (1824-1872) was living with her mother, Margaret,  during the 1850 Bourbon County, Kentucky Census. 

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1854 = 16 May. Elmaza died and was buried in Kentucky. (37-38 yrs.). But that's not the end of the story for her boys, so please continue reading. 

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1854-55 = Samuel moved his family to Jackson County, Missouri. And his 1st cousin, Samuel P. Boone (1830-1899; Isaiah, Squire III, Samuel, Squire, Sr.) moves first to Jackson County, then to Paola, Lykins Co., K.T./Miami County, KS.

1855 = 8 Mar. Samuel's paternal uncle Levi Day Boone (Squire, Samuel, Squire Sr., George III) becomes mayor of Chicago, IL. 

1855 = 22 Sept. Samuel's father, Thomas Boone dies in Clark Co. Kentucky, however, he is buried in the Lulbegrud Primitive Baptist cemetery across the county line in Montgomery County, KY. (38 yrs)

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1856 = 30 Mar. (4 Apr.)  Samuel remarried a Kate Lander. Rev. Robert Hiner, a minister of the Gospel Methodist Episcopal, South officiated their wedding in Clark County, KY. (39 yrs)

Sally Ann (Lander) Whaley's sampler. Sally was Kate's older sister. 

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1857 = March. Samuel and Ira Boone were admitted to the membership of the Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist church in Independence, MO.  (40 yrs)

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1860 = 28 Jun. Martha A Boone (1851-1883), daughter of Ira and Elizabeth (Liggett) Boone, was 8 years old in the 1860 census. She was born in Missouri and attended school during the year. Their post office was in Independence, MO. 

1860 = 8 Aug. By 1860, Samuel was living in Lafayette County, Missouri where he appears in the census, with his second wife, Kate,  six boys and a girl = William T., John F., George M, Manlius T, Robert E.,  Ira and Fannie (1857-1935). (43 yrs.)

1860 = 13 Aug. The Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist church adopted a subscription to discharge their (building) debt. Milton Boone gave $5.00. Ira Boone was the church clerk who recorded the church minutes.

1860 = 20 Oct. The church orders that application be made to Liberty, Big Sni-a-Bar and Marion churches for ministerial aid to assist in the ordination of Brother Ira Boone to preach.

1860 = 17 Nov.  Brother Ira Boone was ordained at Pleasant Grove church to preach the gospel. 

1860 = 15 Dec. On motion and second, the Pleasant Grove church appointed two men, one being Brother Ira Boone to preach for them for twelve months.
And then, on motion, the church orders that Brother I. Boone be released from the clerkship, and another was appointed to serve as clerk in his place.
 

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1862-1865 = Late Spring - Mid-May. Civil War. Samuel Boone might have possibly been a soldier with the rank of "Private" for the 5th Lafayette County Cavalry under Gen. Joe Shelby. (45 yrs.)

1863 = 17-18 Jun. Samuel's nephew, Daniel Boone Scholl was shot in the back by a Federal soldier near Westport (present day Kansas City), Missouri. He managed to ride about 9 miles that night and when he could go no further, he was taken to the home of a Widow Younger or Young where he died the next morning. He was said to have been buried in the Smith-Davis Cemetery in Raytown, MO.

1863 = 25 Aug. General Order No. 11 by General Thomas Ewing, Jr. This Union army directive forced the citizens of four counties in western Missouri to move from Jackson, Cass, Bates, and the northern part of Vernon. Only those citizens loyal to the Union could remain, but they had to move to the Union army outposts in order to remain in those counties.  

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1864 = 29 Aug to 2 Dec. J. Boone, Pvt. Co. D, Gordon's Regt. appears on a report of killed, wounded and missing, of Shelby's Brigade Mo. Cavalry, in the raid into Missouri. 

1864 = October 21-23. Battle of Westport (present day Kansas City, Jackson Co,  MO). 

1864 = October 25. Battle of Marais des Cygnes. Linn County, Kansas.

1864 = 15 Nov. William T. Boone appears on a report of prisoners of war received at the Gratiot Street Military Prison, St. Louis, Mo, during the five days ending 15 Nov 1864. He was captured in Lynn Co, Kansas. 

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1865 = 14 Mar. Pvt. Robert E. Boone, Samuel and Elmaza's son, was in the  Co. G, 5th Missouri Cavalry, CSA and was held at a Union Prisoner War Camp south of Indianapolis, IN called Camp Morton. He did not survive. He was disinterred from Greenlawn cemetery in 1933 and reinterred at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. (48 yrs.)

1865 = 16 June. Wm. T. Boone appears on a roll of prisoners of war exchange list from St. Louis to Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio. 

1865 = 14 Jun. Samuel Boone and two of his sons, George M. and Manlius T., Pvt.,  Co. G. Gordon's Mo. Cavalry (residence: Lafayette Co, MO.) appeared on a roll of prisoners of war men commanded by a Capt. Jas. D. A. Warsson, C.S.A. who surrendered at New Orleans, LA, by General E. K. Smith, CSA to Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby, USA, 26 May 1865, and all three were paroled at Shreveport, LA, on the above date. 

1865 = 12 Nov. William T. Boone's name appeared as a signature on an Oath of Allegiance to the United States, subscribed and sworn to at Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio. William's place of residence was Fayetteville, Mo. He was age 24, his complexion light, his hair was red, his eyes blue and he was 5 foot, 9 inches in height. 

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1866-7 = Spring. Elder Jacob Dunham Gossett came to Independence, MO. from Bath County, Kentucky. He frequently preached at the Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Independence, MO.

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1867 = 18 Aug to 31 Dec. W. T. Boone appears on the Company Muster Roll of Gordon's Regiment, Missouri Cavalry. William enlisted on 14 Jan 186? in Lafayette Co, MO by Col. Elliott and he served three years during the Civil War. This regiment appears to have been variously known on the field as 1st Regiment Missouri Cavalry, Gordon's Regiment Missouri Cavalry, and Shelby's Regiment Missouri Cavalry, but it was designated by the Confederate War Department as the 5th Regiment Missouri Cavalry.

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1870 =  24 Aug. At 19, Mattie lived with her mother, Betsy (36 yrs), her older sister, Sally (30 yrs.), George Boone (27 yrs.)  and three siblings, William, Thomas, and Samuel. Their nearest post office was located at Concordia, MO. 

1870 = 27 Aug. He's still living in Lafayette County, MO. according to the 1870 census. There has been an addition to the family since 1860. Another girl named Carrie (1860-1929)! (53 yrs.)

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1871 = 1 Jan. Manlius T Boon and Mattie A Boon tied the knot this day.  E. M. Harrelson, Justice of the Peace performed the ceremony. They were first cousins. 

1871 = 22 Apr. Samuel wrote his will on this day. It was witnessed by John J. Browning and Wm. W. Tindell, in the county of Lafayette, MO. He assigned Warner T. Glover as his executor. Wife: Catherine Boone, her children: Fannie Boone and Carrie Alice Boone. Samuel's four sons William T. Boone, George M. Boone, Minalus T. Boone and Ira Boone. 

1871 = 3 Jul. Samuel died in El Dorado Springs, Cedar County, MO and was buried in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Odessa, MO. (54 yrs.)

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1874 = 6 May. Robert Fletcher Boone Sr. was born to George M. and Sarah Jane (Boone) Boone. 

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1875 = 18 Jun. Essie Boone was born to Manlius T. and Mattie Boon in Johnson County, MO.   (p. 1140)

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1878 = 28 Feb. Elmazie "Mazie" Boone was born to Manlius T. and Mattie Boon in Johnson County, Missouri. She married George Harmon (1875-1947). George's paternal grandmother was a Fletcher. Don't know if she is a relative of Elmaza's (1816-1854) Fletcher family or not. 

(NOTE:) I am a DNA match to a Jeff Boone, a son of Linda Lee (Harmon) and Barry Boone. However, I haven't found a connection yet between Linda Lee's Harmon family and George Harmon's family. 

1878 = 18 Sep. Odessa, MO. was platted and incorporation occurred on 3 Feb. 1880. Many of the early residents and buildings came from Mt. Hope three miles south.  Here's a picture postcard of what downtown Odessa looked like in 1908. 

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1880 = 3 Jun. Manlius and Mattie were recorded in Hazel Hill Township in Johnson County, MO during the 1880 US Census. A son, G.T. (6 yrs), and two daughters, E. (4 yrs.) and E. (2 yrs.) lived there too. Manlius was recorded as a farmer and Mattie, a housewife. Manlius, his father, and mother had all been born in Kentucky and Mattie was said to have been born in MO, but her father and mother were born in Kentucky.  Their children were all born in Missouri. 

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1901 = Quantrill Reunion. George Scholl, Boone Scholl's brother, was in attendance. 

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1914 = 106. Infant son of John BOONE (passes away.) by Dr. Schooley. 13 July (Mt. Tabor)

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1917 = 214. Geo Boone (passes away) by Ira Boone & Ira Pace. 23 Apr (Mt. Tabor.) 

1917 = 22 Apr. Samuel & Elmaza's son, George M. Boone, dies in Washington Twp., Lafayette Co, MO, USA. His Missouri Death Certificate is numbered 15385.

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1922 = 29 Jun. Samuel's nephew, George Thomas Scholl, died in Kirkwood, St. Louis County, MO. He survived the Civil War, unlike his brother, Daniel Boone Scholl who died in 1863. 

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1929 = 26 Nov. Ira M. Boone passes away in Higgins, Lipscomb Co, TX. He is buried in the Higgins Cemetery there. 

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1930 = 4 Oct. Sarah "Sally" Jane (Boone) Boone, sister to Mattie Boone and wife of George M. Boone (1843-1917), died this day. She was 90 years old. 

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1958 = 7 Oct. Ira William Boone, son of George M & Sarah Jane Boone  passes away this day. He is buried in the Mt. Tabor Methodist Cemetery south of Odessa, MO. 

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More to Read:

1. Before Abolition: African-Americans in Early Clark County, Kentucky. By Lyndon Comstock. 2017. p. 207, 298, 363, 594. Repository: Google Books.
2. Blue Twp., Jackson Co, MO. Census. 1860 US Federal Census. 28 Jun 1860. Page 136, Line #33. Retrieved from Ancestry.com
3. "Bonds, Wills, & Letters: 1863-1879." Wills and Probates Records, 1766 - 1988. Lafayette, Missouri, Vol. C-E.
4.   The Boone Family KY Genweb page. 
5. The Boone Family. By Hazel Atterbury Spraker. Tuttle Co, Rutland, VT, 1922. p. 169-170. No. 913. Repository: Internet Archive.
6. Boone Family Research Links. 
7.  Boone Society "The First 5 Generations of the Boone Family."
8. Clark County, Kentucky Marriage Records 1783-1965. p. 566. Repository: Family Search, Ancestry.com
9. District 102, Hazel Hill Twp., Johnson Co, MO. John K. Byers, Enumerator. 3 Jun, 1880.  P. 5 . Line #46. Retrieved from Ancestry.com
10. Hale County, Texas Cemetery Database and Texas Death Certificates
11. History of Johnson County, Missouri. By Ewing Cockrell. Historical Publishing Co, Topeka, KS, 1918. Vol. 2, pp.1139-40. Repository: Google Books.
12. History of the Lander Family of Virginia and Kentucky. By David Lander. Regan Printing House, Chicago, IL, 1926. p. 70-Part II, p. 43 - 44. Repository: Internet Archive.
13. "Jacob D. Gossett." Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. By Howard L. Conard. Haldeman, Conard, and Co. New York, NY, USA, 1901. Vol. 3, pages 71-73. Received from Anne Gossett via Eld. Robert Webb, Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL.
14.  The Kansas City Journal, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO, Sun 4 Apr 1897. p. 13, column 5. Repository: Findagrave.com
15. Lafayette County, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002. Retrieved from Ancestry.com
16. "Letter from David Barrow to Thomas Jefferson."  Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. 20 Mar 1815. Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives. 
17. "Letter from Thomas Jefferson to David Barrow." Monticello, 1 May 1815. Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives. 
18. The Lexington Intelligencer, Lexington, MO. September 28, 1901, Image 1. Chronicling America Newspapers. (George Scholl, farmer, High Ridge, Mo. was present.) 
19. Library Edition of Fold 3. NARA, M322, 109, MO, Roll 0037. Series 1, Vol. 41, page 670. 
20. Lost Souls of the Lost Township. By Paul R. Petersen with David W. Jackson. 2011. 
21. Lulbegrud Baptist Church Minutes. 1793-1804 and Minutes of the North District Association of Baptists (Messenger Names Only) 1802-1805. Transcribed by Marvin Allen, 2009. USGenweb Archives. 
22. Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri Death Certificates
23. Mount Tabor United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mt. Tabor Road (southeast of Odessa, Lafayette County, MO. 
24. Noted Guerrillas, Or, The Warfare of the Border. By John Newman Edwards, Oxford University, 1877. pp.  176 & 178. Google Books. 
25. Rev. Robert Elkin's Will. Transcribed by Marvin Allen. Will Book No. 5, Winchester, Clark Co, KY. 19 Jun 1809. page 153. USGenweb Archives. 
26. "Records of Jones Funeral Service, formerly Blincoe Funeral Service, formerly Wagner Funeral Service." By Loretta B. Bingham and Marty Helm Brunetti.   MoSGA Journal, Summer 1988. p. 148-159.
27. Sally Ann (Lander) Whaley's Sampler. Photo used by permission from:  Carolyn (Whaley) Vosburg. 
28. Scholl, Sholl, Shull Genealogy: the Colonial Branches. By John William Scholl, 1869-1952. Grafton Press, New York, 1930.  p. 9-14. Internet Archive. 
29. Some Boone Descendants and Kindred of the St. Charles District. By Lilian Hays Oliver. Chedwato Service, 1964. p. 18. Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO.
30. Three Years with Quantrill. As told to O. S. Barton by John McCorkle. Armstrong Herald Print, Armstrong, MO., 1914. p. 68,  74, 86-88, Internet Archive.
31. "The Dunking of David Barrow and Edward Mintz in the Nansemond River." Painting by Sydney King. Encyclopedia Virginia. 
32. The Missouri Partisan Ranger: Roster of Known Members of William C. Quantrill, William T. Anderson, George M. Todd, and John Thrailkill. MCT Internet Service, 1995. 
33. Vital Historical Records of Jackson County, Missouri 1826-1876. By the Kansas City Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Lowell Press, Kansas City, Mo. 1934. pp. 28-33. Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Mo.
34. Washington Twp., Lafayette Co, Missouri. 1870 US Federal Census. Henry Lieman, Ass't Marshal.  24 Aug 1870. P. 47. Line #9. Retrieved from Ancestry.com
35. White Family and Their Kin. By Mrs. Gladys Esther White O'Neal and Elma Leota White Stoops. Paper Graphics, Garden City, Ks, 1983. Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO.
36. William & Winnie (Garrett) Fletcher, Sr. and Their Family's Timeline. By Dolores J. Rush, 29 Aug 2019, Thursday. Rush Family News.

Researched and compiled by Dolores J. Rush. Updated: 15 May 2023. 

Our All-Time Favorite Reading Books

Awhile back, one of my first cousins was looking to purchase a book for her nephew for Christmas. She wanted to give him a book that was popular with her age group and asked for our advice.  We thought her suggestion was too mature for his age and level of understanding, so we told her of several other books that we thought would be more appropriate.  That's when I decided to compile a list of our all-time favorite chapter books and I'm finally getting around to it. 😄

(Pssst! Many of them have been made into audio books and movies too. A book and the corresponding CD or DVD  would make an excellent birthday or holiday gift. They can listen to, read and/or watch and compare the story lines. And I was able to find a few free e-books for your I-Pad, Kindle, Lap-Top, Nook, or Smart Phone. They are linked in. Our favorite bookstore is Half-Price Books. We discovered it during our homeschooling days. We also visit our local library and thrift stores for books.)

Author - Book Title(s).
(Many of the books may be appropriate for both boys and girls.)

for boys 

1. Bender, Esther  - Thank God for Rocks.
2. Bowen, Robert Sidney  - Dave Dawson (book series); Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal (audio)
3. Burgess, Thornton W. - The Adventures of Bob White (audio); The Adventures of Buster Bear (audio); The Adventures of Bobby Coon (audio); The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (audio); The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (audio); The Adventures of Grandfather Frog (audio); The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat (audio); The Adventures of Johnny Chuck (audio); The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer (audio);  The Adventures of Mr Mocker (audio); The Adventures of Old Man Coyote (audio); The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (audio); Adventures of Peter Cottontail (audio); The Adventures of Sammy Jay (audio); The Adventures of Prickly Porky (audio); The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum (audio);  The Adventures of Poor Mrs Quack (audio); The Adventures of Reddy Fox (audio); The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk (audio); The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad (audio);  Bowser the Hound (audio);  The Burgess Animal Book for Children (audio); The Burgess Bird Book for Children (audio); Blacky the Crow (audio); Buster Bear's Twins (audio); Happy Jack (audio); How Old Mr. Crow Lost His Double Tongue (audio);  How Old King Eagle Won His White Head (audio); How Old Mr. Mink Taught Himself to Swim (audio); Mother West Wind's Animal Friends (audio); Mother West Wind's Children (audio); Mother West Wind "How" Stories (audio); Mother West Wind When Stories (audio);  Mother West Wind 'Where' Stories (audio); Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories (audio);  Old Mother West Wind (audio); Mrs. Peter Rabbit (audio); Old Granny Fox (audio); Tommy and the Wishing Stone (audio);  Whitefoot the Wood Mouse (audio); Why Hooty the Owl Does Not Play On the Green Meadow (audio)
4. Burroughs, Edgar Rice  - Moon Maid (audio); The Princess of Mars (audio), (book); Son of Tarzan (audio);  Tarzan (book); Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (audio); Tarzan the Terrible (audio); The Land that Time Forgot (audio); 
5. Chesterton, G. K.  - The Wisdom of Father Brown (audio)
6. Cooper, James Fenimore - The Last of the Mohicans (book)
7. Defoe, Daniel  - Robinson Crusoe (audio)
8. Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol (video); Oliver Twist [note: video may be disturbing for young children] (video), 
9. Dixon, Franklin W. - the Hardy Boys (mystery series). (video)
10. Douglas, Lloyd C.  - The Robe (book), (video clip)
11. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - The Lost World (book); Sherlock Holmes
12. Dumas, Alexandre - The Count of Monte Cristo (audio), (book) ;  The Three Musketeers (audio)
13. ENGLISH FAIRY TALES - Jack & the Beanstalk (video); 
14. Fleming, Ian - Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang 
15. Field, Eugene = The Poems of Eugene Field (book)
16. George, Jean Craighead - My Side of the Mountain
17. Gipson, Fred  - Old Yeller
18. Grahame, Kenneth - The Wind in the Willows (audio), (book) 
19. God - The Holy Bible (book), (audio)
20. Guest, Edgar Albert - Just Folks (book)
21. Haggard, H. Rider  - King Solomon's Mine (book), (audio), (video)
22. Hamner, Jr., Earl  - Spencer's Mountain,  The (Walton's) Homecoming: A Christmas Story (video)
23. Herriot, James (pen name for James Alfred Wight) - All Creatures Great and Small (series); Dog Stories; 
24. Hope, Laura Lee - The Bobbsey Twins (book); The Bobbsey Twins in the Country (audio); The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea (audio); The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore (audio); Merry Days Indoors and Out (audio); 
25. Lawhead, Stephen R. - the Pendragon Cycle (series)
26. Lewis, C.S.  - The Chronicles of Narnia (series). 
27. London, Jack - The Call of the Wild (audio), (book) (video); Sea Wolf (audio); White Fang (audio); 
28. Kipling, Rudyard  - The Jungle Book (audio)
29. Malory, Sir Thomas  - Le Morte Darthur: King Arthur & His Round Table (book)
30. Marzollo, Jean  - I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles
31. McSpadden, J. Walker - Robin Hood (audio)
32. Munsch, Robert - Love You Forever.
33. Lofting, Hugh - The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle (audio).
34. Nesbit, E.  - The Railway Children (audio)
35. O'Dell, Scott - Island of the Blue Dolphins
36. Pyle, Howard  - Robin Hood (book)
37. Rawls, Wilson  - Where the Red Fern Grows
38. Sayers, Dorothy - Lord Peter Wimsey (adult mystery series) (book)
39. Scott, Sir Walter - Ivanhoe (audio), (book) 
40. Sheldon, Charles M. - In His Steps (book), (video-1) (video-2) (video-3)
41. Stevenson, Robert Louis (some of his writings are on the dark side, but these are okay) - A Child's Garden of Verses (book);  The Black Arrow (audio);  Treasure Island (audio);  
42. Swift, Jonathan - Gulliver's Travels (book)
43. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel  - The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings (the movie is too intense for little ones)
44. Travers, Pamela Lyndon  - Mary Poppins
45. Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel) - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (audio); Huckleberry Finn (audio), (video), The Prince and the Pauper, Tom Sawyer (audio), 
46. Verne, Jules - 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (audio); Journey to the Center of the Earth (book) 
47. Wallace, Lewis - Ben Hur (book)
48. Warner, Gertrude Chandler  - The Boxcar Children (audio)
49. White, E. B. - Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little.
50. Wright, Harold Bell - The Shepherd of the Hills (book); 
51. Wyss, Johann David - Swiss Family Robinson  (audio), (book)

for girls

Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale. 

1. Alcott, Louisa May  - Eight Cousins (audio); Jack and Jill (audio); Little Men (book); Little Women (audio), (book), (video);  Rose in Bloom (audio), (audio 2); Spinning Wheel Stories (audio)
2. Barnes, Emilie - Sharing a Cup of Kindness with Treasured Friends, The Spirit of Loveliness: Bringing Beauty, Creativity, and Order to Your Life; If Teacups Could Talk: 
3. Brink, Carol Ryrie  - Caddie Woodlawn; The Pink Motel
4. Brown, Ruth Alberta  - At the Little Brown House (book); The Lilac Lady
5. Buck, Pearl S. - The Good Earth.
6. Burnett, Frances Hodgson  - A Little Princess (audio), (book), (video);  Little Lord Fauntleroy (audio),  (book); The Secret Garden (audio), (book); The Shuttle (audio)
7. Childs, Laura =  Cackleberry Club; Scrapbook; Tea (adult cozy mystery series)
8. Finley, Martha - Elsie Dinsmore (book series); Elsie's Children (audio); 
9. Field, Rachel -- Hitty, Her First Hundred Years.
10. Frank, Anne - The Diary of a Young Girl (video)
11. Gates, Doris - The Blue Willow
12. God - The Holy Bible (book)
13. Hale, Mabel - Beautiful Girlhood (audio) 
14. Hill, Grace Livingston - (abt. 100 novels); The Enchanted Barn (audio); The Girl from Montana (audio)
15. Keene, Carolyn  - Dana (mystery series); Nancy Drew (mystery series)
16. Keller, Helen - The Story of My Life (book)
17. Landon, Margaret  - Anna and the King of Siam (video clip; The King and I); Never Dies the Dream
18. Lindgren, Astrid - Pippi Longstocking.
19. MacLachlan, Patricia  - Sarah, Plain and Tall (video)
20. Marshall, Catherine - Christy; Julie
21. Montgomery, Lucy Maud  - Anne of Avonlea (audio); Anne of Green Gables  (audio), (book); Anne's House of Dreams (audio);  Anne of the Island (audio); Emily of the New Moon; Further Chronicles of Avonlea (audio);  Jane of Lantern Hill; Rainbow Valley (audio); 
22. Norton, Mary  - The Borrowers (series)
23. Oke, Janette  - Love Comes Softly (series);
24. Page, Patti  - Once Upon a Dream; This is My Song: A Memoir. 
25. Perrault, Charles - Cinderella (book)
26. Porter, Eleanor H. - Pollyanna (audio), (video clip); Pollyanna Grows Up (audio), (book)
27. Porter, Gene Stratton - Freckles (book); Keeper of the Bees; Laddie (book), (video); The Girl of the Limberlost
28. Potter, Beatrix -  Great Big Treasury (audio);  The Tale of Peter Rabbit (book); Miss Potter (video)
29. Sewell, Anna - Black Beauty (audio), (book) 
30. Shaw, Bernard -Pygmalion (video) (My Fair Lady; Audrey Hepburn version is my favorite)
31. Sidney, Margaret  - Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (book) (video) 
32. Smith, Hannah Whitall -  The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (audio)
33. Spyri, Johanna - Heidi  (audio), (book), (video)
34. ten Boom, Corrie - The Hiding Place; Tramp for the Lord. 
35. Tudor, Tasha - A Tale for Easter.
36. von Trapp, Maria - The Story of the Trapp Family Singers  (video); (movie: Sound of Music) (video clip)
37. Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. (book); Rose O' The River (audio)
38. Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House on the Prairie (series). 
39. Williams, Margary - The Velveteen Rabbit (audio)

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Heirlooms: Little Mementos of Our Ancestors

I've been reading a book for my personal summer reading program called "Gratitude: Affirming One Another Through Stories." By Len Froyen. 2013. I was inspired to compile a list of heirlooms we have by a couple of sentences in a chapter: "Gratitude inspires one generations contributions to the next." and "Gratitude preserves the indispensable heritage of each generation."

Reminds me of my favorite Bible verse found in Proverbs 24:3,4 

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures." 

Both of us have a wealth of cards, letters, newspaper clippings, photos and recipes that have been shared with us and they are scattered throughout this blog. Be sure to come back to see this list as it is sure to grow longer, for when we sat down to compile a list of our treasures, things that we had forgotten about kept coming to mind. Why just today, my husband dug down in a cabinet to retrieve something of his dad's! smile! 

Here are some of HIS heirlooms:

Ishmael Rush's Bolo Tie clasp he purchased while  on vacation to South Dakota. 

Ishmael Rush's Cuff Links. 

Marie Rush's Red Willow Plate. It hung in her farmhouse kitchen for years and she gave it to me when she learned I loved the novel "Blue Willow" by Doris Gates.  Both Marie and I shared a love of reading. 📚

Norman Rush's toy car. 

Norman Rush's candlestick that he made in high school shop class. It is dated 1950. 

Bertha Carrender's cookie jar. 

And here are some of HER heirlooms:

Tacy Ullom's graniteware cup. Tacy cooked in her husband's inn before and after marriage in Coffeyville, Kansas and in Streator, Illinois before moving out to Postle in the panhandle of Oklahoma to settle.

Gladys O'Neal's print of the Good Shepherd given to her by her Sunday School class. It is from a painting by Warner E. Sallman.

Gladys O'Neal also had a framed copy of this print which was hanging in one of her bedrooms. She gave it to our son. It is called "The Pilot." Also by Warner E. Sallman. 

Gladys Esther (White) O'Neal worked on her genealogy for 28 years, finally publishing it in 1983. Each one of her children and grandchildren received a copy. There are no more copies and Vera Lane holds the copyright. 

Gladys O'Neal had a little ceramic shop out in her garage. Many of the ceramic pieces was used in the wedding cakes she made for the young couples in the area and as VBS crafts. She took some china painting classes and this is one of the plates she painted. I always thought this plate was lovely, so it came to me upon her death as she had a little note taped to the back of the plate that I was to have it.  

Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale.

Gladys O'Neal received this book for Christmas from her parents, Papa and Mama White when she was a girl. 

Russell Griffith's book "The Little Brown Suitcase" is at the bottom of this post. 

Maurine Ullom's Household Searchlight cookbook that she traded a chicken for.

Maurine Ullom's lamp. It was moved from Maurine and John's 2 story old farmhouse to their new ranch house that John had built in the 1960s on their Postle, Oklahoma farm.

Maurine Ullom's Dutch couple. 

Maurine Ullom's small crockery pitcher. She had a love for dolls and miniatures and she used it for toothpicks. 

We visited Hallie Maple at her 2-story home up in Stanberry, MO several times where she gave me all of her genealogy notes for the Bailey and Morris families and gave me this old doll. She made the dress herself as it was to grace her made bed as a bed doll.  According to the internet, classic boudoir dolls were meant for decoration rather than play and was popular during the 1920s to 1940s. 

Robert O'Neal's 2 year old summer suit he wore for a photo along with long hose that went up over his knees and high top, tie-on oxford shoes. Imagine wrestling a squirmy kid in and out of this outfit. 😁

Little Robert, when about two or three years old, played with these little dolls. As worn as the paint is on the female doll, I'd say his three siblings played with them too! 😄

Lavon Robertson purchased a pair of these lamps as a gift for her mother. They sat on the vanity in the guest bedroom for many years.

Melba Robertson gave Lavon this perfume bottle which sat on her dresser until Lavon's passing. 

Mom's repainted porch glider.

Article written and updated by : Dolores J. Rush. 

We're Pet People

I listed five pets that brought me joy over the years in my positivity journal, including our most recent pet - Lily, a tan chihuahua dog, who died in April during coronavirus lockdown. When I first joined Find-a-grave, occasionally I ran into pet memorials (yes, Find-a-grave allows them) and at the time, I thought it silly to have them on there, but I've changed my mind since then as making a memorial for Lily brought me some measure of comfort after she passed. 

She joined our family in 2009 after a trip to Tennessee to visit family for Thanksgiving and we brought her home with us. Since she was a rescue dog, her guesstimated age was about 10 months old at that time. She was very afraid of the car and rode on my shoulder the whole way home in panic mode, but since that time, she loved to go riding as her daddy spoiled her by buying a treat (hotdog) for her at Quik-trip when he stopped to buy gas and a coke. She also went with us on many weekender vacation trips and was a good rider. 

I've been spring cleaning and finding things of Lily's. Some I've packed away, in case we decide to add a new pet to our household in the future, but holding them in my hands makes me miss her. She balanced out the females to the males in our home and we had her for ten years. As her Find-a-grave memorial states, I taught her many things for she was a smart dog and good company. I mentioned her in this article about genealogy code here. 

Today, I remembered that I had some documents concerning her shots, etc. packed away in a filing cabinet. So I dug them out and thought that they might be good documents to prove our residence at the time as they have our address written on them.  However, since this is a sample, I've taken care to remove our address from the below record for this article. 

Here's a list of other pets that I remember. I have a few more records in my filing cabinet for other pets like Ami, Baby, and Hunter. I remember a few more critters that our family kept as pets, but will have to dig for their names to add to this list. 

1. Ami (D. Rush; female Bichon Frise dog)
2. Baby Cakes (D. Rush;  male bicolor cat)
3. Blackie (J. Ullom's male farm dog; they thought he was a mutt, but he looked like a black Irish Setter)
4. Bumbles (S. Yoder; cat)
5. Candy (J. Ullom's rat terrier)
6. Darby (P. Eubank; male dog)
7. Darcy (D. Rush; male Sheltie dog)
8. "Don't remember name" pets (finches, fish, gerbils, hamsters, a hermit crab, a horned toad, lizards, turtles)
9. Diamond (I.L. Rush; horse) 
10. Freckles (N. Rush's male Brittany Spaniel dog)
11.  Ginger (N. O'Neal; female Lhasa Apso dog)
12. Gracie (M. Rush; Great Danes)
13.  Hunter (D. Rush; Pomeranian)
14. King (M. Rush; Great Dane)
15. Lily (D. Rush; chihuahua)
16. Misty (D. Rush; pet rabbit) 
17. Nancy (J. Ullom; Shetland pony)
18. Nellie (I.L. Rush; horse)
19. Nova (S. Yoder; cat)
20.  Perry (D. Rush; parakeet)
21.  Pretty Boy (N. O'Neal; canary)
22.  Rusty (R. O'Neal; Irish setter)
23.  Sam (N. O'Neal; Beagle dog)
24. Shirley (I.L. Rush; horse)
25. Snowflake (I.L. Rush; horse)
26. Song (N. O'Neal; female Siamese cat)
27. Sugar (I.L. Rush; horse)
28. Sugar (R. Rush; female miniature poodle)
29. Tippy (I.L. Rush; dog)
30. Violet (S. Yoder; cat)