William Barmore Before 1879 Submitted by: David H. Perry William Andrew Barmore, Born 1841 in Illinois. Served with company "E" 65 Illinois Inf. Vols (Union) Captured by Robert E. Lee at Harpers Ferry, Va and paroled Sept. 15, 1862 Moved to Jasper County before 1879, as he married Martha B. Reed in Feb 1879 in Joplin. Died in State of Washington in 1914 His Son (My grandfather) David Hal Barmore Born November 9, 1879 on first lot platte off Broadway in Joplin Spanish American War Vet. Died 1961 in Joplin. Jeremiah Mathew Dillon, A Biography By 1874 By: Marlow Bumpus March 29 2004 My great Grandfather, Jeremiah Mathew Dillon, was born somewhere in Ireland in 1842 or 43 to Jeremiah and Margaret Dillon. In 1850, toward the end of the potato famine when Jeremiah was 7 and his older brother David was 13, the family immigrated to America. The Dillon's landed in New York and were there when the census enumerator counted them in the Eastern Division of the First Ward of New York City. Jeremiah Sr. was 36 and Margaret was 35. Living in the same house was a family by the name of Dean. They were John 30, Mary 24, Ellen 1 and a fellow named Charles Cayhill. The new Irish emigrants were not liked then, not even by the American born Irish. Times were tough and there was not much work. Many of the Irish of the day joined gangs of New Irish and Old Irish that had a deep hatred toward one another and battles were fought. The New Irish stuck together in the run-down tenements. Many of them migrated west early on and started new settlements. Many worked the many mineral mines of California, Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and other points "out west" There was one mining town in Colorado in the last half of the 19th century that was almost all Irish. It was founded by an Irishman who would only hire Irish. I'm not sure where Jeremiah's family moved to or when they left New York I suspect they were the Dillon family recorded in the 1880 census in Dakota County Minnesota and that Jeremiah Mathew joined the army serving in the Civil War for the Union, mostly in the Mid Western States around Missouri Kansas and Arkansas. After the war Jeremiah worked at whatever he could and moved often to stay employed. Such was his pattern the rest of his life. At some point he met Clara Olive Gardner who was born in Effingham, Illinois, July 3, 1857. They were married in Clarksville, Arkansas on June 15, 1871. Clara described Jeremiah Mathew Dillon as having "blue eyes, auburn hair, curly or wavy, medium sized, 5 ft. 5 to 8 inches tall, maximum weight, 160 lbs." She claimed he worked as a "bookkeeper, engineer, saloonkeeper, merchant and jack-of-all-trades". Clara said her father deserted the family after the war and that she eventually took her younger sister and moved to Louisville, Kentucky leaving her older brother Frank and sister Elizabeth on the family farm. Jeremiah and Clara Dillon were living in Joplin, Missouri in late 1874 when Mary Ellen was born. The twins; Oma and Nova were born in Arkansas in 1876. They were back in Missouri in 1878 when daughter Olive was born. In 1880 the census taker found Jeremiah and Clara, or Olive, as she preferred, in the young town of Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas. "Eureka Springs A Pictorial History" published in 1975 by the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library Association reviles that a pioneer settler, Dr. Alvah Jackson, first located the site of Eureka Springs in the Ozark Mountains of North West Arkansas. He had been searching for the "Indian Healing Springs" for many years and felt he had found them in 1856 in the mountains west of Berryville Arkansas while he was hunting. He claimed to witness the healing of his young son's eyes after they had been bathed in water from the spring. Feeling the water had healing powers, he began to make use of it in his practice. The spring remained hidden in the wilderness until 1879 when people began coming by the hundreds, in search of "the healing water". The Midwestern Plains Indians had been using the "Great Healing Springs" for centuries. The town grew to become a tourist town, which it remains today, and is still visited for it's healing powers by people from all over the world. The census enumerator counted thousands including the Dillon family in Eureka Springs by the time he showed up in 1880. Many were living in small wood framed housed on the side of a steep hill and the main street was named Mud Street, probably for good reason. The previously mentioned history of Eureka Springs includes a photograph taken in 1880 of almost the entire town and shows major progress with some larger buildings, some under construction, as high as four or five stories and several businesses along Mud Street. I assume Jeremiah moved to this boomtown for a job. The family was back in Missouri when Frank was born in 1882 but in October of 1886 James was born in Arkansas. Jeremiah's last child, David, was born in Missouri in December of 1889. That's a lot of moving around but not unusual for the time if one wanted to stay employed. 1889 is the year Jeremiah was killed in a mining accident, probably in Missouri. Wasting no time, on Christmas day that same year, Clara Olive Gardner Dillon married John W McGuire in Eureka Springs. John McGuire was also a hard working laborer who worked in the mines and smelters in the area where Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri come almost together. John and Clara had three children, Minnie in 1893, Sidney in 1894 and Albert in 1901. They lived in Iola Kansas in 1900 and were living in Fresno California by 1920. John and Clara both died and are buried in Fresno. Frank Dillon moved to Dinuba, California about the time his mother did. He raised his family and died there. Nova Dillon married Henry Shea in Iola, Kansas in about 1900. They moved to Edmonds Washington, owned and ran an apartment house and raised their family there. David Dillon may have joined the Navy as George Marlowe Bumpus inherited his "Navy Colt" One of the Jeremiah Dillon's daughter's married and moved to Texas but I don't know where in Texas or which daughter. Having retired, Frank Dillon's son John is living in Fresno California and his sister is living in a near by town. John remembers being told by his father that Jeremiah had to shoot squirrels to feed his family at times. John Dillon has been a great help in researching the life of Jeremiah Dillon and continues to research the Dillon, McGuire and Bumpus families. Without his efforts and knowledge of the family, this biography, as brief as it is, would not have been possible. Absalom Pennington & Mary Jane (Gray) Free Before 1880 Submitted by: LaRae Free Kerr People can contact me for documentation. I would also like help in finding more information about these people. They lived in Joplin for many years. I would particularly like to find tombstones and obituaries. Where can I find them? Absalom Pennington Free born 3 Mar 1841 in Liberty, Clay, Missouri marriedd Mary Jane Gray born 19 Nov 1849 in Clinton, Clinton, Kentucky on 15 Mar 1866 in Mascoutah, St Clair, Illinois. He died 11 Jan 1920 in Joplin and she died 21 Dec 1926 in Joplin. Their children are: Nellie G Free born 29 Dec 1866 in Fayetteville, St Clair, Illinois. Lillie Free born 25 Aug 1869 Fayetteville, St Clair, Illinois. Willie L Free born 28 Dec 1870 Fayetteville, St Clair, Illinois. Anna Pearl Free born 28 Oct 1872 in Mascoutah, St Clair, Illinois. Myrtle J Free born 8 Jan 1875 in Mascoutah, St Clair, Illinois, married John E Briswalter on 25 Jun 1910. Junius W Free born 28 Jun 1876 Mascoutah, St Clair, Illinois. Emma G Free born 19 Feb 1878 Joplin, Jasper, Missouri married William A Haglin on 27 Nov 1899. Lucy Iva Free born 3 Oct 1881 Joplin, Jasper, Missouri married a Mr Wilson about Apr 1904. Mary Ethel Free born 14 Sep 1887 Independence, Jackson, Missouri married Ellis Rogers on 2 Aug 1907. The family was in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri in the 1880 census and in Galena, Jasper, Missouri in the 1900 census. They are all in the Joplin city directories at various times from 1902 to 1926. Christian and Susannah Holdeman 1880 Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker Christian Holdeman Christian Holdeman, the second son of Amos and Nancy (Yoder) Holdeman, was married June 10, 1862 to Susanna (Susannah) Martin, born January 1, 1838, daughter of John and Elizabeth Martin. She died December 30, 1914 at the age of 76 years, 11 months, 29 days. Christian Holdeman was a minister of the Gospel in the Church of the Brethren, and preached continuously from the time of his ordination at the age of twenty-one until his health failed at about the age of seventy, a period of nearly fifty years. While living in Ohio he preached in the Mohican church, located one mile north of Lattasbury. On February 23, 1867 he purchased from Henry Gable and wife the old Grandfather Christian Holdeman farm, which he owned until November 8, 1880. On November 17, 1880 he left Ohio and, accompanied by members of his family, moved to Jasper County, Missouri. In Missouri he was pastor of the Spring River Brethren Church, located on the corner of his farm, for at least twenty-five years, and also had regular appointments in Lawrence County, Missouri. He was an elder in a considerable number of churches, traveled extensively, and conducted revivals. He has been described as "a faithful minister" and "an earnest worker". About four years before his death he was stricken with paralysis, from which he never fully recovered. He died within the bounds of Dry Fork congregation, Jasper County, Missouri, March 10, 1912, at the age of 72 years, 1 month, and 27 days. The children of Christian and Susanna Holdeman were: 1. Laura Holdeman, born March 16, 1863; died February 17, 1933. Aged 69 years, 11 months, 1 day. 2. Franklin Holdeman, born October 19, 1864; died December 24, 1894. Aged 30 years, 2 months, 5 days. 3. Amanda Holdeman, born October 11, 1866; died November 5, 1929. Aged 63 years, 24 days. 4. Sarah Holdeman, born November 21, 1868; died February 24, 1878. Aged 9 years, 3 months, 3 days. She is buried in the Mohican cemetery, Wayne County, Ohio. 5. Ida Holdeman, born April 15, 1871; died February 9, 1909. Aged 37 years, 9 months, 24 days. 6. William Holdeman, born February 19, 1874. 7. Edward M. Holdeman, born September 18, 1878; died May 7, 1931. Aged 52 years, 7 months, 19 days. 8. Clara Holdeman, born February 28, 1881. The above were all born in Wayne County, Ohio, excepting Clara who was born in Jasper County, Missouri. Source: Holdeman Descendants, a Compilation of The Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Descendants of Christian Holdeman, 1788-1846, by Edwin L. Weaver, published 1937 Christian Holdeman They came from Wayne County, Ohio in November, 1880. He had been chosen to the ministry in the Mohican Church in Ohio. They located on a farm ten or more miles northeast of Carthage, Missouri where they reared their family and had an active part in the leadership of the Spring River Church. He was ordained to the eldership on October 20, 1883. Many years of service were ahead for him. He directed his home congregation during his years of ability, and assisted the adjoining elders as needed, and often held evangelistic meetings when called upon. He maintained an active part in District Meetings, and served as standing committee delegate at Annual Conference. One outstanding responsibility which he engage in, and seemed to enjoy, was District Mission work, helping other ministers organize or maintain new congregations, or developing new groups by his own labors. An outstanding example of this type of work was a tour of small groups of isolated members to the east of Cedar County. He often took along a minister from the Nevada, Missouri Church. Travel was by railway as near as it would take them to their destination, then continue by vehicle conveyance, or on horseback, or on foot. The service sometimes were a few sermons, or a love feast, or the organization of a new church group. It included the area near Bolivar, Buffalo, Lebanon, and as far as Waynesville in Pulaski County, where there was a church. Head there been sufficient ministerial supervisors for them, it is possible some would have developed into sizable congregations. Other ministers of the district were assigned to other areas. Each carried out their shares of responsibility with a zeal that was commendable. The attentive response of people was such that Bro. Holdeman expressed his desire to stop and preach everywhere he went. He helped in other fields of the district, also. Bro. Holdeman was considered quite conservative, which he often expressed in his sermons- "walking circumspectly as they ought to walk". Yet he had a hidden sense of humor that could be discerned as he was preaching or in private conversation. It was common for him to carefully explain the deeper meaning of some scripture, and then add- "but it is so much plainer in the German language", upon which he would open his German Bible and read it from there, and proceed to explain the difference. Of course, every youngster in the audience was attentive to that. He carried a cane with a hook on it, and he was likely as not to hook some shy child around the neck with it, pull them over to him and seat them on his lap. After talking to the child awhile, he would slip a couple of pennies to them and put them down, changing their fear to friendship. As community interests changed, as as his abilities declined, the Spring River Church also gradually went down, until services were discontinued after 1909. A final love feast was held in the fall of 1907, which also served as a homecoming. In 1910 Bro. Christian Holdeman and wife Susannah moved to Jasper, Missouri, which put them within the Dry Fork Congregation, and near their son, William Holdeman and wife. Bro. Holdeman passed away March 10, 1912, and his wife, Susannah, on December 30, 1914. They are buried in the Dry Fork Cemetery (now Paradise Cemetery), three miles south of Jasper, Missouri. Source: History of The Church of the Brethren, District of Southern Missouri and Arkansas, by Earl Harvey, published 1964 Find A Grave has his headstone, death certificate, photo and obituary which can be viewed at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31381335/christian-h_-holdeman Hezekiah & Sarah Ingle Submitted by: Douglas Phillip Card Hi, my name is Douglas Phillip Card, and as you, I am a descendent of Hezekiah and Sarah Emily Jane (Sanders) Guthrie Ingle. As I just began doing a little research on the web of this family I was happy to run across your two postings. Being new to this I'm just sending you two this email rather than actually posting anything yet. (and sending copies to two others with excellent web material.) My relation to Hezekiah and Sarah Ingle: Ella E. (Ingle) Knight, one of their daughters, was my maternal grandmother, a sweet, Christian old lady as I remember her; as my mother Lorena Fern (Knight) Card was her only child, I ended up with some interesting historical family material from both her parents. Some of this is from my grandfather Elmer, of the Nelson and Phillip Knight families, another well known Jasper County farm family; and some from the Ingle family. Three of the Ingle children married Knights. As Ella and her new husband Elmer Knight (as well as Nellie K. and Charles Ingle) moved out West in 1904, there are naturally pictures, post cards, etc. One interesting item is an antique doll, now in possession of my niece, which had belonged to Ella as a girl; my Mom used to tell me the doll was named "Sarah Emily Jane Guthrie Ingle". I was fascinated to learn about her Sanders family's extensive N.C. and Tennessee background. Among these items is a Family Record scroll bearing the birth, death, and marriage records of Hezekiah and Sarah Ingle, and all their children. Although they generally correspond to your own records, there is quite a bit of additional material as well. While it shows a very large, "blended" family, it does not bring clarity, however, to the question of the relation between Hezekiah Ingle, Sarah E. (Sanders) Guthrie Ingle, a male Guthrie whom she seemingly married about 1847, at only about age 15, and a possible first wife for Hezekiah. While it seems to be accepted that Hezekiah was Sarah's second husband, this list of children also suggests that he may also have had an earlier wife with whom he had children . This is quite complicated, even with figuring in the birth places which you list. One puzzle is that you have them married in about 1847 in McNairy Co., Tennessee, whereas this Family Record lists their marriage in Jan. 9, 1853, and there are children born in Tennessee, Illinois, and Missouri. I am sending this Family Record information to you exactly as it is printed on the scroll; any interpretations are up to you. The captions on the scroll are "Family Record", "Births and Marriage of Parents", "Father", "Mother", "Births of Children", "Marriages of children", and "Gone before". They mostly seem to have been filled in by the same excellent hand back in the 1880s, then a similar hand through the 1930s, with a few deaths added later by my mother. Parts are incomplete. (For comparison, I have added the place of birth from your records) BIRTH DEATH MARRIED DATE (BIRTHPLACE) Hezekiah Ingle Oct. 28, 1825 May 16, 1908 Sarah E. Guthrie Jan. 9, 1853 (N.C.) Sarah E. Guthrie Feb. 24, 1832 June 8, 1898 Hezekiah --------- (TN) CHILDREN Mary J. Ingle Dec. 16, 1848 May 2, 1866 (TN, 1849) James M. Ingle Mar 2, 1850 -- Emma Hildreth March 14, 1879 (TN) Wm. J. Ingle April 4, 1852 Aug. 7, 1852 Joseph N. Guthrie Aug. 10, 1852 Oct. 6, 1930 Emma Taylor April 4, 1872 Sarah. A. Ingle Oct. 17, 1853 May 10, 1935 C. F. Barnes June 20, 1869 (TN) Wm. L. Ingle Mar. 20, 1855 Nov. 23, 1856 Nancy Isabelle Ingle Aug. 31, 1856 Aug. 26, 1931 F. E. Hedge Nov. 25, 1875 (TN) Laura F. Ingle Feb. 13, 1861 -- George E. Hedge Dec. 25, 1880 (ILL) Lydia E. Ingle July 5, 1862 -- John. D. Sanders Jan. 11, 1886 Edgar Ingle Aug. 15, 1864 July 2, 1939 Rebecca J. Cagle Dec. 4, 1887 (ILL) Minnie Ingle April 1, 1866 Oct. 15, 1866 Ida May Ingle June 8, 1870 May 16, 1933 Wm. Knight Nov. 8, 1888 (M0) Ella E. Ingle Aug. 23, 1873 Jan. 27, 1947 Elmer P. Knight Oct. 29, 1902 (M0) Charles H. Ingle Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 19, 1946 Nellie F. Knight Jan. 1, 1899 (MO) Hoping this helps you, and that together we may also be able to add some clarification to this puzzle, Douglas Phillip Card The Hezekiah Ingle puzzle is solved: Here is the clarification on the first marriage and children of Hezekiah Ingle, as found on the 1850 Census from McNairy Co. Tennessee: Hezekiah was 24 (not 26) years old, a farmer with 150 acres; his wife Matilda (born TN) was 21; their two children were Mary, 1, and James, 3 month, both born TN. Evidently Matilda died soon after this, as he remarried in 1853. This explains why there were these two children born to Hezekiah prior to his marriage to Sarah Sanders Guthrie, for whom it was also her second marriage, with whom she had Joseph Guthrie. Dimmick Lattin Biography A work in Progress Written by: Marlow Bumpus 6/27/2005 There is much that I don't know about the life of Dimmick Lattin but he probably descended from Richard Lattin who came to America from England in 1638 and first settled in Boston. He then turned up in Concord Mass. in 1643, Fairfield Connecticut in 1646, Hempstead Long Island in 1654 and Oyster Bay Long Island in 1660 where he died in 1672. Richard bought land from the Indians in 1646, which was called Lattington Tract, the present location of Lattington Long Island. From that time Richard Lattin's descendants fanned out throughout the Colonies and today can be found in every state. Dimmick Lattin, as the census records indicate, was born in New York State. Most Lattin researchers agree that he was born in Albany County New York in 1800. The census records of 1850 and 1870 indicate he was born in 1799 or 1800. Dimmick turned up in Lost Creek twp., Miami County Ohio in 1818 when he married Mary Catherine Saunders, one of the 9 children of Theodore and Catherine Saunders. Dimmick and Mary had two children before Mary died in 1835. Dimmick married Serena Taylor in 1837. They had 8 children. According to the Bureau of Land Management, Dimmick purchased 160 acres in Lebanon, Boone County Indiana in 1837. Land records show that in 1854 Dimmick Lattin purchased 40 acres in Mineral Twp., Jasper County Missouri west of Carthage where he was recorded in the 1870 Census. His grandson, George James Bumpus was born on the Lattin farm in 1870 and his birth certificate records Carthage as his birthplace. No Lattin researcher has been able to locate Dimmick Lattin in the 1860 census but all agree he must have been in Jasper County. A Plat Map from 1876 indicates two parcels had been added to the Lattin farm. One of 120 acres and another of 40 acres straddling the Spring River, then owned by George Lattin, one of Dimmick's sons. That increased the size of the farm to 200 acres. The Seidensticker family purchased the 40-acre parcel on the river in 1879. The farm was on the west side of what is now the town of Purcell, which was founded in 1903. According to the inscription on Dimmick Lattin's tombstone in the Indian White/ Seidensticker Cemetery, he died in 1872. Pictures and Transcriptions of the remaining stones in Sidenstricker Cemetery can be viewed at https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2706921/sidenstricker-cemetery Samuel Pepper 1875/1876 Submitted by: David H. Perry Samuel Pepper Jr. Born January 1828 in Franklin Country Missouri Moved to Webb City, 1875/6 Died in Webb City 1905 Buried in Webb City Cemetery His Son: James Jefferson Pepper Born Sept. 17, 1851 in Jefferson Country, Missouri Moved with Samuel in 1875/6 to Webb City Died Nov 30, 1916 in Webb City, Buried in Webb City Cemetery His daughters Daisy Geneva Pepper, born April 30, 1883 in Webb City. Died L.A. California in 1972 Tressa Pepper born July 9, 1885 in Webb City, died 1980 in Joshua, Texas. (my grandmother) Lived in Webb City most of her life. David Reed 1876 Submitted by: David H. Perry David N. Reed Born 1827 in Indiana Move to Jasper County Mo 1876. Died August 15, 1887, Buried in Cox Cemetery. (my great great granddad) David's eldest daughter Mattie B. Reed, married David H. Barmore. Levi & Mary (Molly) Reynolds Before 1847 Submitted by: William Thayer Levi and Mary were on the 1840 census in Jackson County MO but by the mid 1840's they had moved to Jasper County (their son William Edwin Reynolds were born in Jasper County in 1847. Levi died in Jasper county in 1857 and is buried, along with Molly in Stone Cemetery. William and his wife Mary Etta Boss Reynolds and some of their children are also buried at Stone. According to Jasper County Land Records, page 18 Levi Reynolds bought land on Section 12, Township 27, Range 32. It was offered January 5, 1847 and purchased October 6, 1854. Ansel & Elizabeth Sidenstricker 1879 Written by: Leon Sidenstricker Submitted with permission by: Kathy Sidenstricker Ansel & Elizabeth Sidenstricker Ansel Bailey Sidenstricker was born March 16, 1851 in Athens County, Ohio. His parents were David A. Sidenstricker and Elizabeth Knoling (Knowling). David died in December 1852 when Ansel was 10 months old. Ansel later moved to Johnson County, Missouri, where he met Elizabeth Jane Young. Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael and Mary Ann Walls Young. She was born December 16, 1851 in Putnam County, Missouri. Ansel and Elizabeth were married on July 19, 1870 in Johnson County, Missouri. They had four children there before moving to Jasper County, Missouri in 1879. Ansel and Elizabeth bought a parcel of land for $50.00 in the Purcell-Neck City area on April 1, 1879. Elizabeth's parents, Michael and Mary Ann Young, bought adjoining land the same day. Ansel and Elizabeth built a log cabin on North Fork River, near Neck City, Missouri. They farmed the land and had four more children there. Their children grew up on the river, swimming, fishing and hunting for squirrels in the Missouri countryside. There were apple trees and good ground, so the family prospered. In 1897, lead and zinc was discovered in the surrounding area and the area became quite a boomtown. The area between the rivers began producing the finest zinc in the world bringing miners and new businesses to the region. Ansel would begin to sell farm goods to the miners and allow them to live on his land in tents. Ansel did not allow mining on his land. His land was rich in corn and hay as well as apple and walnut trees. Ansel also had a ford, or crossing point, on the river that was called Sidenstricker Ford. It later would have a walking bridge, then a wagon bridge put across it. On March 10, 1922, Elizabeth Jane Sidenstricker passed away. Elizabeth and Ansel had been married for fifty-two years. Ansel continued to live a life of patience and endurance, doing the best he could to be a Christian and father to the large clan of his. He died April 13, 1933. Ansel and Elizabeth are buried in Friends Cemetery, Purcell, Missouri. The children of Ansel and Elizabeth are: Mary Ellen, married Alexander Spencer; Michael David, married Chloe Morgan; Isaac Milton (Milt), married Jida Holcomb; Charles Albert, married Maud Rowland and Minnie Conrow Eagle; Alta Lee, married Robert Johns, J. W. Costley and Charles E. Richardson; Letha Ann, married Millard Sloan and Charles Lake; Aaron Monroe (Jack), married Erma Jane Bullin; Josiephine Edna, married Joseph Lydiatte. Sidenstricker Farm This is the old homestead, located west of Purcell on Spring River. Rusty and I went looking for the foundation about 12 years ago and could not find anything. I believe this site was farmed. We did find a few tombstones in what is supposed to be the Sidenstricker cemetery. They had been cast aside by the farmer to make way for the plow. No Sidenstrickers are buried there that I know of. Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker Pictures and Transcriptions of the remaining stones in Sidenstricker Cemetery can be viewed at Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2706921/sidenstricker-cemetery