Preacher Man

My husband and I have been listing the men of the cloth in our families. Some are ancestors and some are cousins. They may be by blood or by marriage. Some I have written short biographies for and they are linked in.  

I have also listed our family faith backgrounds where known. 

This list will be on-going as we identify those men and women in our families who heard and obeyed a calling to serve as ministers or missionaries of God.

HER's
Rev. Millard M. AKERS (1890-1945), Church of God (Anderson, IN)
Elder David BARROWS (1835-1918), Primitive Baptist
Eld. Ira BOONE (1809-1866), Primitive Baptist
Eld. Isaiah H. BOONE (1802-1835), Primitive Baptist
Eld. Thomas BOONE (1785-1855), Primitive Baptist
Rev. Robert ELKIN (1745-1822), Separatist Baptist
Rev. Israel FRANCO, Church of God (Anderson, IN) 
Eld. Jabez HAM (1796-1842), Primitive Baptist
Eld. Stephen Peter HAM (1836-1908), Primitive Baptist
Eld. Abraham HOLLIS (1804-1870), Primitive Baptist
Rev. Arnold E. LARUE (1924-1997), Wesleyan
Rev. James E. LARUE (1903-1981), Wesleyan
Rev. Timothy PUSEY , Nazarene
Miss Edna F. THIMES (1914-1995), Church of God (Anderson, IN) Missionary Nurse
Rev. Ervin C. TIPTON (1900-1977), Methodist
Eld. Martin WHITE (1802-1862), Primitive Baptist


Baptist including Primitive Baptist; Catholic; Church of God (Anderson, IN.); Disciples/Church of Christ (Campbellite, Christian); Methodist; Nazarene; Quaker. 


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HIS
Eld. James ASHTON (1641-1705), Primitive Baptist
Rev. Henry LOVEALL (1694-1778), Freewill Baptist
Rev. Morgan MORGAN (1737-1797), Episcopalian
Rev. Thomas MUSICK (1756-1842), Baptist
Rev. Wayne Sawyer, Nazarene 
Rev. James SIBBITT, Presbyterian
Eld. William David SCRIVNER, Jr. (1855-1924), Baptist
Rev. Alexander SULLENS (1830-1905), Disciples of Christ
Rev. Edward E. SULLENS (1865-1942), Methodist
Rev. Enos A. SULLENS (1867-1934), Methodist
Rev. James SULLENS (1860-1908), Methodist



Baptist including Primitive Baptist;  Catholic;  Church of God of Holiness;  Disciples of Christ;  Episcopalian;  Jehovah Witness;  Lutheran;  Methodist;  Nazarene; Presbyterian


Post compiled by Dolores J. Rush. Updated: 9-6-2022. 

Positive Memories - Trails

As Weekend Ramblers, my husband and I have visited these trails a time or two and compiled the list we have been on for my positivity journal this month. They are shown in my corresponding YouTube video here at time 1:40. How many have you traveled on? When we homeschooled, we would take a field trip on the weekends to find and read historical markers as enrichment material. You can find many of them listed on this website.  My husband and I joined the KCAHTA last year to learn more about the Historic Trails in our area. 

Boone's Lick Trail -- if you wish to read more about Daniel Boone, click here. 

Butterfield Overland Mail Route 

Denver-Canadian-Dallas highway - read about Postle, Oklahoma, a tiny town on this early road

California Trail

Lewis and Clark - you may read about George Sibley, who was in charge of Fort Osage on the Missouri River. 

Military Road from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Scott, Kansas

Oregon Trail

Pony Express Route - you may wish to read about Alexander Majors. 

Santa Fe Trail or National Frontier Trails Center

Trail of Death 

Trail of Tears 

My husband collects tack pins and patches from each of the trails he and I have touched down on as a memento of the experience.  This first batch of pins is from the Lewis & Clark Trail. The second are from (left to right) Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, the California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Trail of Tears, the Continental Divide Trail and the Grizzly Trail.  The patches are from the Lewis & Clark Trail and the rest are from various other trails. 

How Are We Related to Jessica Biel Timberlake?

Robertson Roberts                                        Daniel H. Allen (1807-1878)

+ Vianna D (_____)                                      + Nancy (Loveall) (1809- 1856)
           |                                                                          |

Rufus Bolton Roberts (1835-____)      +      Sarah (Allen) (1836-____)

                                                       |                                                    

William David Roberts (1857-1922) -- Mary Francis (Roberts) (1861-1922)

+ Hannah Jane (Miller) (1861-1921)         + James Robert Bittle (1858-1843)

          |                                                                          |

James Conaway Roberts (1893-1962)       Alice Isabelle (Bittle) (1877-1951)

+ Flora Zobeda (Brazier) (1895-1990)      + Ephraim David RUSH (1869-1942)

          |

Norma Jean (Roberts) (b. 1929)                 

+ Garth L. Conroe (1927-1997)

          |

Kimberly (Conroe)

 + Jonathan Edward Biel

          |

Jessica Claire (Biel) (b. 1982)

+ Justin Timberlake (b. 1981)

          |

Silas Randall Timberlake (b. 2015)
Phineas Timberlake (b. 2020)

Jessica Claire Biel Timberlake, Miller County Museum, Tuscumbia, MO.

Season 9, Episode 5, "Who Do You Think You Are." 

More To Read:

1."Jessica Biel Timberlake". Miller County Historical Society, Tuscumbia, MO; March 2017. Vol. 9, Issue 1. Front Page. Miller County Museum website.

2. Garth Lon (Lawn) Conroe, b. 7-25-1927; LA Junta, Otoe Co, Colorado. d. 12-12-1997; Saluda, Chaffee Co, Colorado. US. Navy, plumber. Ancestry.com. 

3. Aunt Peggy Ann Conroe Findagrave #61103589

4. Jessica (Biel) Timberlake YouTube playlist. 

6. Edward Lincoln Biel Findagrave # 119265674

7. Mary Francis Bittle Death Certificate # 13199

8. Kimberly Conroe, Ancestry.com DNA Match

9. The Rush Report: The Descendants of William Rush, Westmoreland Co, Virginia (1615-??) and Descendants of Henson Rush, Adair Co, Kentucky (Abt. 1794-1848) and Miller County, Missouri. Allied Families: Loveall, McAlister, Williams, Winters and also: Bittle, Farley, Johnston, Mertell, and Spalding. Compiled by Gaynelle Jenkins Moore. March 2003. Research Assistance By David Wayne Rush., p. 117. 

10. The Loveall Report: The Descendants of Rev. Henry Loveall, an Able and Worthy Preacher, Baltimore Co, Maryland (1694-aft. 1772) and Descendants of Jonathan Loveall, Sr. Maryland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky (abt. 1744-aft. 1833) and Allied Families: Bittle, Jenkins, Mertell, Roberts, Rush, Smith, Sullens, Williams, Winters. Compiled by Gaynelle Jenkins Moore. April 2010. p. 129. 

11. The James Robert Bittle Family Tree. Compiled by Ada Maxine (Shackleford) McDonald. Jefferson City, MO., p. 34.


Researched by David W. and Dolores J. Rush, Updated: 8/7/2025. 

In Memory of Her Veterans

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR "Seven Years War" (1754-1763)

REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783)

FLETCHER, William (1750-1792) served under George Rogers Clark, DAR#:A209074

GRIFFIN, Richard (1735 -1824), Montgomery County, KY DAR marker on Montgomery Co, KY courthouse

TODD, Peter (1756-1841) North Carolina under Captain Robert Moore. DAR No. #A114383

WAR OF 1812 (1812-1815)

BLACKHAWK WAR (1832)

MEXICAN WAR (1846-1848)

BORDER WAR/CIVIL WAR (1854 to 1865 in KS/MO.)

BOONE, Robert E. (1848-1865) Co. G, 5th Missouri Cavalry, CSA, Private. POW-Camp Morton, Indianapolis, IN  

BOONE , Samuel (1817-1871) Co. G., 5th Regiment, MO Cavalry, CSA, Private

O'NEAL, Philander H (1850-1920) 2nd Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, Company M.A. (Union). 
RIDDLE, Dr. Hamilton Rush (1841-1926), Co. B, 130th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. POW-Camp Ford, Tyler, TX

SCOTT, Jasper  (1843-1863) Co. E, 3rd Missouri Cavalry, CSA, Private

WHITE, Martin (1802-1862) Field & Staff, 3rd Cavalry, 8th Division, Lieutenant Colonel, Elected 7/30/61, Born in KY, Residence: Bates County, MO, Age 58, Resigned 8/20/61

WORLD WAR I (1914-1918)

ULLOM, Benjamin Franklin (1895-1965) 

WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)

HANSEN, Glen E. (1915-2008), Field Artillery, Battle of the Bulge; USO chairman

O'NEAL, Nelson B. (1920-1947) 

O'NEAL, Willie (1919-1995) US Army

KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)

O'NEAL, Robert (1927-1989) USAF, Master Sargent

O'NEAL, Willie (1919-1995) US Army

ULLOM, Benjamin F., Jr. (1934-1997) USAF

ULLOM, Melvin (1936-2014) USMC

VIETNAM WAR (1955-1975)

ULLOM, Melvin (1936-2014) USAF, Tech Sargent

UNKNOWN 

BERRY, Benjamin Franklin (1841-1904) info based on his obituary "an old soldier"

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PEACE TIME SERVICE:

O'NEAL, Charles (1931-1969)

THORNHILL, Neva D. (O'Neal) (1927-2016) USAF, flight nurse 

ULLOM, Laurence (1897-1961) Medical Honorable Discharge 

Researched by Dolores J. Rush, Updated: 9/29/2019