John Steele's and Lynne Busby's Genealogy Pages
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| 251 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Sterling Brooks (I4034)
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| 252 | More About ELIZABETH FINCHER: Christening: April 17, 1608, Upton, Snodsbury, Worcester, England | FISHER, ELIZABETH (I986)
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| 253 | More About JOHN FINCHER: Date born 2: 1612 Christening: September 14, 1612, Upton, Snodsbury, Worcester, England | FISHER, JOHN (I987)
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| 254 | Mother of Joshua is Julie Sheets | STEELE, Joshua (I1351)
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| 255 | Mother of Lisha is Teresa More | STEELE, Lisha (I1352)
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| 256 | Mother- Jane Isabella Brooks Father- unknown Jane Isabella Brooks Married Fielding Steele when Samuel was 5 yearsold Parents came from Northern Ireland (Scotish and Irish ancestry) Bette remembers grampa Steele and his long white beard, which he lether comb and sit on his lap. | STEELE, Samuel Brooks (I3)
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| 257 | Must have died before 1900 since she was not included in census. Bothher mother and two children, Harold and Paul Herman were included incensus.RLBanks | STEELE, Neve Valeria (I3922)
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| 258 | My Dad, Paul, Herman was born in Pender. When I started searching forfamily in 1986, I visited Pender to see if I could find anyinformation. As I drove down the main street, I spotted a sign whichsaid Steele`s Bar & Grill. I went in and found the owner who was aSteele but, as it turned out, didn`t have any connection with any ofour family tree. However, he phoned his 96 year old great Aunt tomake enquiries and she did remember Nora & Henry having lived inPender. I had hoped to visit with the woman, but his nephew said thather health was too delicate to receive visitors. After leaving Pender, I drove to Missouri Valley and started searchingold newspapers at the Public Library where I found a write up ofGrandfather Henry`s funeral. I found out that he was buried in OldTown Cemetary( also known as Oak Grove) in Missouri Valley, and founda family plot containing Henry and other family members. Theinscription on the headstones are as follows: Henry Fielding Steele, born June 10, 1872. Died Nov.3, 1899. Erectedby The Woodmen of the World. The newspaper account stated that he died in Pender and that his bodywas shipped to Missouri Valley for burial. It went on to state thathe died of heart trouble, however, when I visited the County Seat atLogan, their records state that he died from Typhoid Fever. Neva Valeria(Ithink), Daughter of H.F. & N.V. Steele ( I have neverknown what the V. stands for but maybe it, too, was Valeria) DiedOct. 8, 1897. Age 7months, 6 days. With regard to my dad, Paul Steele; he joined the Canadian Army inJan. of 1916 at the age of 15 and went into action in Aug. He gotthrough the battles at the Somme and Vimy Ridge until, just two monthsbefore the end of the war, he was machine gunned in the leg during thebattle for Cambrai. He spent a year in hospital in England andanother year in hospital in Canada. After his release, he completedHigh School and then enrolled in Teacher`s College. He died in Marchof 1962 after teaching for over forty years. The unfortunate thingwas that he had planned a summer trip back to where he had fought inFrance, however, that was not to be. My Dad kept a daily diary whilehe was overseas and it has a couple of addresses in it which arefamily relatives and who he wrote to. I have not been able to figureout who they are but you may be able to shed some light on it. Theyare as follows: LloydO`dell (maybe a brother of Louie) Section"F", Line 331 FirstKelly Field South SanAntonio, Texas | STEELE, Paul Herman (I1393)
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| 259 | Name could be Calvert A Chambers | CHAMBERS, Alva Curtis (I3726)
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| 260 | Name may be wrong- 1880 census 14 years old | STEELE, Charlotte Emeline (I165)
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| 261 | Name: Ancestral file spells last name "Olson." (3/21/06) | OLSEN, Milford Oliver (I4121)
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| 262 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Karen (I4366)
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| 263 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | COOLEY, Marie (I4311)
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| 264 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | LEE, Ethelyn (I4127)
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| 265 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Sherrilee (I4313)
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| 266 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Bonnie Lee (I4368)
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| 267 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | SARE, Kristina Jean (I4160)
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| 268 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | ALLRED, Aniece (I4378)
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| 269 | Nannie E. (Steele) and Russell M. Hough had a total of 10 children, 6of whom lived. According to the information in her obituary in 1930,those children were Herbert Hough, Mrs. John McCauley of Neola, Mrs. Katie Steele, South Omaha, Nebr; Guy Hough, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Mrs. Jennie Scott, Boomer, Mrs. Mary Wetzler of Epworth, Iowa. Surviving also are19 grand children and 7 great grandchildren. | Family (F22)
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| 270 | Nannie E. (Steele) and Russell M. Hough had a total of 10 children, 6of whom lived. According to the information in her obituary in 1930,those children were Herbert Hough, Mrs. John McCauley of Neola, Mrs. Katie Steele, South Omaha, Nebr; Guy Hough, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Mrs. Jennie Scott, Boomer, Mrs. Mary Wetzler of Epworth, Iowa. Surviving also are19 grand children and 7 great grandchildren.annie E. married a Hough | STEELE, Nancy Ann Eveline (I70)
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| 271 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | KLEINBERG, Chad Everett (I7263)
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| 272 | Nora Steele married a cousing named Henry Fielding Steele According to my records, both Henry and Nora were born in CrescentCity, Iowa. Henry`s occupation is listed as Plasterer while Nora`soccupation is Teacher. As to why Grandmother came to Canada, I canonly speculate. She was living in Missouri Valley after Henry diedand was teaching school. Also, it seems that both her and Henry`sparents lived there also. About 1903, three or four brothers came toAlberta to homestead on the free land and I think they convinced herto do the same thing. She lived and worked for her brother, John, andthem moved into northern Alberta to teach. As I understand it, anumber of people from Sylvan Lake(where all the Steele`s were living)were able to get free land in that part of the province and convincedher to join them. Marg is an expert on this period of time as she hasresearched it and has visited the town where Grandmother taught. Infact, Marg actually met one of Grandmother`s former students!Eventually, she returned to Sylvan Lake, bought a farm and worked itwith my Uncle Harold. Harold never married and he and Grandmother areburied in Bentley, Alberta. I`ll have to check, but I think JohnSteele is buried in Sylvan Lake and Ray Steele is buried in Eckville,All in all, quite a trek for a 26 year old widow with two smallchildren but not uncommon for the Steele families as they seemed tohave moved around a lot. Tombstone in Canada lists her name as Nora Velnettie. | STEELE, Nora Venetia (I27)
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| 273 | Nora V. Steele, father was James Steele, mother, Mary Mole Per Robert Paul Steele, son of Henry Fielding Steele, and grandson of Samuel and Martha, Nora and Henry Fielding Steele were 2nd cousins. | STEELE, Nora Venetia (I27)
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| 274 | Notes for ELIZABETH FINCHER: Originally listed as a daughter of Frances The Elder. I moved Elizabeth into the sibling category as birthdates, etc., would have made Frances the Elder to young to be her father. Judy Boring | FISHER, ELIZABETH (I986)
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| 275 | Notes for FRANCIS FINCHER: Submitted by Buel D. & Bonnie F. Rodgers, Warner Robins, GA. Family Search Ancestral Files, submission # AF96-105836. (somewhere there is a connection to a Phillip and John Fincher. Possibly a Richard too. Found at Ancestry.com: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, Richard Fincher, College: Emmanuel 29 Oct 1646, entered Cambridge 1647, B.A. 1650. R . of All Saints', Worcester, till 1662, ejected. Afterwards minister in London. Perhaps son of Johyn, of Hanbury, Worcs.; age 56 in 1682. Died 10 Feb, 1692. (Calamy, II. 549; Vis. of Worcs.) ______________________________________________________________________ A copy of an article provided by Geoffrey Osborne of Sale Green, near Himbleton, England. Pic shows two sisters holding the silver chalice: Sisters are Brimming with Pride - There are two sisters living at Himbleton simply brimming with pride - and all because of a cup. It is no ordinary cup, however, but a rather special solid silver Communion Cup given to the parish by one of their ancestors three centuries ago. Although they do not keep the cup at their bungalow home on Naight Hill, Doris and Ivy Fincher are responsible for looking after it. The Fincher of Himbleton date back to 1549, when two families settled in the parish, one at Himbleton Court and another at Shell Manor. Phillip Fincher was the last male of the last of the male line of the "Shell" family and was his cousin, John, from the Court, who presented the gift to the church in 1656. It was augmented when the paten for the bread was added in 1688. From a family of six, Doris and Ivy, were born on their parent's farm, nestled at the foot of Naight Hill. They moved a few yards upthe road to their bungalow in 1955. Connections - And, although they have a brother, Albert, living at Eckington and a surviving sister, Elsie, at Kington, Doris and Ivy are the only Finchers remaining in the parish. The family has always been closely connected with the church. One or two have become clergymen in other parts of the country and another went to America, helping William Penn to found Pennsylvania. Doris and Ivy both help to keep the picturesque church full of fragrant flowers. They first started caring for the cup in 1940 and have continued to keep it shining and bright. "Ivy is the one who realy looks after it," said sister Doris. "She cleans it regularly, about once a month, and gives it a special polish for festivals." Ivy said, "we were asked if we would like to look after it when a new Vicar came to the parish and realised we were descendants of its donor. Naturally we were delighted and extremely proud of it." The cup bears the incription "Mr. John Fincher's gift to ye parish of Himbleton" and is dated. It is kept in a beautiful carved oak box specially made for it by Crowle Farmer, Mr. Henry Wythes, about 60 years ago. Many family graves can be found in the church-yard and in the Shell Chapel, which forms part of the church, there are family tombstones and a Coat-of-Arms. by Mary Pryce Footnote: while visiting England in November 1998, Bonnie Fincher Rodgers,, a descendant of the Himbleton Finchers, visited the church. She found that the cup is still in the church, in the same specially made wooden box, secured in the church safe. Current church members, Roma and Gilbert Parker, who live 3 doors from the church, were gracious in allowing Bonnie to photograph the cup. Francis Fincher, who settled in Pennsylvania, is the ancestor mentioned in this article. Article contributed by Bonnie Fincher Rodgers. | FISHER, . FRANCIS (I974)
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| 276 | Notes for FRANCIS THE ELDER FINCHER: Possibly had a brother named Joshua, who's wifes name would have been Elizabeth. Joshua and Elizabeth had a daughter, Mary, who died in Philadelphia, PA on April 4, 1704. Source: Ency. of Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2. Also same source lists a William Fincher, son of Joshua, buried Feb. 19, 1731., Joshua death July 13, 1728. Children and dates source: Submitted by Buel D. & Bonnie F. Rodgers, Warner Robins, GA. Family Search Ancestral Files, submission # AF96-105836. | FISHER, FRANCIS THE ELDER2 (I978)
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| 277 | Notes for JOHN FINCHER: Originally listed as a son of Francis The Elder, but Francis the Elder would have been to young, so I moved John into the sibling category. Judy Boring | FISHER, JOHN (I987)
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| 278 | Notes from tape Fragmented comments from audio tape I took while talking to Daddy one night, probably in the late 80’s. Mother’s voice can be heard too. We were sitting around the dining room table. There are a lot of paper rattling sounds as we were looking at maps. He was in the Épinal (France) hospital maybe a week after being wounded. And another damn hospital someplace. He said he was also in Dijon and Masul (sp). He served in the infantry and was on an outpost when a “damn” shell hit a tree. He said it was an aerial burst, and he didn’t know he was hit until he started to run for shelter in a nearby dug out—a place in the ground with a dead guy (American) killed by the same burst. Daddy said, “The burst killed that SOB dead.” Daddy was at Anzio where the worst fighting was, and fought at Aix les Baines, and Aix en Provence. He said that Grenoble was “all rolling… It was rolling worse than Vicksburg. He also said he walked and rode from St. Tropez up to where he was wounded, near St. Die, France. He said you walked depending on the resistance. If the fighting was heavy you walked and if it all was quiet you rode on trucks. Sometimes it was 150 miles before they had to stop, but when they moved they moved. When they stopped they had to walk. He said that up on a hill road the “SOB” Germans shot a tank gun or self propelled gun at the jeep they were riding in and “KABOOM”--the bastards missed. He said the Germans would shoot a cannon at one person if they saw them and figured they could kill them. Avignon was a familiar town as was Aix en Provence. He said they zigzagged all over. The Germans were up north. He said a German POW gave him a pistol and a pretty knife with a swastika on it, but that he lost it all after he got wounded. They took his pipe too and he never got it back either. He pointed to the map and said we were here—Abt —he referred to it as Abbott—said in Austrian it meant Abbott, and knew a guy at the VA named Abt and he pronounced it Abbott. He said he was at Montremont also. I asked if there was time to visit or rest. “Shit no!!’ , only after Montremont. We were always on the move.” Phone rings in kitchen. Mother answers. I asked him about Switzerland and he said there were some old Swiss who sold milk, and made their own shoes. Montremont was way high on a ridge and he said you could look down and off into the distance and see lakes--it was the most beautiful country he had ever seen. Aix en Provence—Avignon—Montremont were all pretty well torn up and bombed out as well as other towns on the Rhone River. Looking at the map of France he said Lyon was off to the left, and the names of other places escaped him. He mentioned the Ain River which is an eastern French river rising in the Jura Mountains and flowing SSW into the Rhone River. He also mentioned other names such as Roen?? Roan?? Le puve? I could not find them on a map of France. He said he went though towns and didn’t know the names of them because the signs were all torn down. He was in St. Die, and I believe this is the approximate location where he received his wound—a nasty leg wound in the shin area. As a matter of information, I was stationed at Hahn AB Germany from 1975-1978 and was not more than a three hour drive from where he was wounded. He mentioned Besancon and said they referred to it as (Ba San San). He told me that St. Die was in the Bosgue Mountains. Said they didn’t have many hot meals—mainly C rations and later K rations. When they got up to Montremont and St. Die they were able to eat meat, steak and fish. He said an old German lived on the river and was a blacksmith and they traded stuff. Daddy told about dropping grenades in the river to kill fish. He explained difference in fragmentation grenade and concussion grenade as it relates to the sound and water disturbance-fragmentation was bubbly and a concussion grenade was like a high water fountain. Said he walked out on a log that had been blown down by a shell and dropped the grenade by where the fish (pike and pickerel) were and “Kaboom”, directly he (the fish) came to the surface and the son of a bitch was three feet long. The old German fixed poles with steel rods attached because the fish were so deep—I didn’t really understand this but have included in anyway, The old German traded soup and wine for the fish as the fishing was out of season for them so they couldn’t fish. But the Americans could. They also got beef steaks, schnapps, and liquor—annise or anisette. As a matter of historical information, this region (Alsace-Lorraine) has been fought over and switched back and forth between the Germans and French for centuries. Swiss is also spoken there. He said it was the fall of the year when he got wounded and you can hear Mother say it was November 4, 1944. He said the fragmentation grenades would just make the water boil while the concussion grenades would shoot a water spout 20 feet high. That was how they got most of their fish—concussion grenades. Said he landed August 15 at St. Tropez. Said he was in Billey, and Aix les Baines. When I asked him about when Anzio was he said, “Beats the shit out of me!” He also said that after time you forget everything. Suggested the 3rd Division history would tell all about that. Also the VFW or DAV magazines might have that info. He ended the interview with, “that’s’ all I can remember!” He said he wasn’t hurt at Anzio and I heard Mother say he was a replacement, and that he got to Rome in June 1944. This was all in Mother’s voice. Daddy is also heard to say, that he almost got hurt, but didn’t elaborate. As an aside, when I was in Italy in November of 2006, I was within some thirty miles of Anzio, and it occurred to me that Daddy and I no doubt saw some of the same Italian soil and may have in fact traveled the same route, but under entirely different circumstances. Forgive me if this is somewhat disjointed and grammatically flawed, but I had to translated from the spoken word, and you know we don’t write like we speak. | STEELE, Jr Fred Monroe ( Jack ) Jr. (I7530)
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| 279 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Margueritte Ann Twin (I7531)
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| 280 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | COEN, Richard Patrick Jr (I7394)
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| 281 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Heather Jan (I1238)
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| 282 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Paula Kay (I1237)
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| 283 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | THURMAN, Stephanie Mae (I3690)
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| 284 | Priscilla McPherson Marriage: James Denson Priscilla married James Denson. (James Denson was born about 1732 and died in 1777.) | MCPHERSON, Priscilla (I1001)
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| 286 | RICHARD'S OBITUARY On Sunday, February 9, 2020, Richard Lowery passed peacefully from this world in his home in Meridian, Mississippi. He was attended by his loving wife, a kind friend and his loyal companion dog, Kennif Ray. He was born Richard Watson Lowery, Jr, in Jackson, Mississippi on March 8, 1952. His father was a Marine Corps. Sargent and the family travelled extensively – usually relocating at least once a year. He fondly remembered his time in coastal North Carolina, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Hawaii and on the mean streets of West Jackson. As the perpetual “new kid”, Richard learned how to make people laugh and he quickly made friends at each new location. Richard was very athletic and was an excellent baseball pitcher and an avid surfer. He began playing guitar as a young teenager and started his performance career when he and two friends formed a band called the Crooked Little Men. Many other bands followed. He was a budding hippie in the summer of 1967 and got into some minor trouble in Salt Lake City. Like Br’er Rabbit, he was thrown into the briar patch when his parents sent him to live with relatives in San Francisco. He confessed that he was never quite the same after he experienced Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love. Through his life, Richard was on a constant quest to feed his active mind. His spiritual pursuits led him to study at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He learned to play the sitar, became an accomplished fisherman and built computers. He studied Horticulture and ran a mail order nursery. He drew and painted obsessively creating scores of pen and ink drawings. Richard was a lover of language. He was very articulate and well read. When he was a few credits away from an English degree at The University of Southern Mississippi, he chose instead to become an apprentice optician. He perfected his craft and worked as a Master Optician for over 40 years. In 1986, he married the love of his life, Gail Barton. He had been a rolling stone – moving at least once a year. He finally grew moss when he settled in with Gail in Meridian. He loved his home so much that he rarely travelled. After work and on weekends, Dickie and Gail cruised in the golf cart exploring the nature trails on their 6-acre home place. They were always accompanied by a pack of happy dogs and occasionally by a cat or two. And so they spent 30 happy years, making a garden under their prized 100’ white oak, lounging on the deck, hanging with their devoted dogs and cherished cats. Dickie was an accomplished chef and grill master and he adored feeding the many friends who came to visit. During the last years of his life, Richard was very ill – eventually becoming bed-bound. He faced his pain and indignity with amazing grace and managed to maintain his sense of humor through it all. He treated his caregivers with love and respect and regaled them with amusing stories that distracted them from the reality of his situation. Richard was preceded in death by his parents – Richard Lowery and Elizabeth “Libby” Steele Lowery. He is survived by his wife, Gail Barton of Meridian; his sister Diane Polk (Edward) of Enid, Oklahoma; sisters-in-law, Jean Barton Mann (Rodger) of Starkville and Joyce Barton Brister (Freddie) of West Point; his nephews - Paul Polk (Jennifer) of Viola, Kansas, Colby Brister (Allison) of West Point, Mississippi and Ryan Mann of Starkville, Mississippi; nieces - Jennifer Tetley (Kyley) of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Mandy Clark (Brandon) of Spring Hill, Tennessee; great nephew Landen Tetley; great nieces Anna Colby and Evan Elizabeth Brister and his adopted family - J’Lynn Howell of Oxford, Mississippi, his best friend, Danny Brantley of Brandon. Mississippi, his kind friend and caregiver Gay Garmon of Meridian. He will be greatly missed by his dogs – Kennif Ray, Dotsie, B, Junebug and Levon. His cats – Sis and Lowell George may notice that he’s gone as well. All who knew him will miss his entertaining colorful stories. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in Meridian, Mississippi. A Memorial Celebration will follow at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, Love & Peas Community Garden or a favorite Animal Rescue Organization. | LOWERY, Richard Watson Jr. (I302)
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| 287 | ROBERT BARHAM FAMILY FUNERAL HOME | LOWERY, Richard Watson Jr. (I302)
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| 288 | Russell Hough was a telegrapher in Neola, and member of the | HOUGH,, Russell (I105)
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| 289 | Shannon Lear Martin November 22, 1971 - March 31, 2022 (50 years old) Georgetown, Texas Shannon Lear Martin Obituary Here is Shannon Lear Martin’s obituary. Please accept Echovita’s sincere condolences. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Shannon Lear Martin of Georgetown, Texas, born in Escondido, California, who passed away on March 31, 2022, at the age of 50, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. She was predeceased by : her step-father Jack Long. She is survived by : her parents, JoLynn Long and Donald Lear; her husband Mitch Martin; her daughter Avery; and her step-daughter Haley. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to H.E.L.P. Center of Austin. | Lear, Shannon (I116)
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| 290 | Shanon was injured 10/24/97 in a work related accident when the roofthat he was working on collapsed sending him down about 45-50 feet. He died about2:30 A.M. l0/10/97 from these injuries. He had sustained serioud head injuries,broke both his arms and numerous broken bones by the time he reached the bottom. | STANLEY, Katherine (I1365)
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| 291 | Shirlee was born April 7, 1950 at Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE. Sheweighed 6 lbs.13 ozs. 17 l/2 inches long. | WAITE, Shirlee Kay (I760)
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| 292 | Signeur was her adopted name after her father died. | THOMPSON SIGNEUR, Mary Iva (I3867)
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| 293 | Single in 2006 and lives in St Louis MO | STEELE, Ryan Andrew (I7021)
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| 294 | Son of F. A. and J. F. Howell. My mother, Julia Lynn Howell Steele told me that while all the kids were going swimming, Frank, who could not swim, drowned. My grandmother, Mama Howell, felt she was responsible for his drowning because she had told him "I love you" before he left. This carried on to my mother. | HOWELL, Frank Allen (I120)
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| 295 | Son of Shadrach Denson and Jane Conner. His family left North Carolina in 1818 and settled in Washington County, Alabama. In 1825, his parents and siblings removed to Bond Co., IL and later Houston Co., TX where his parents died in the 1840s. He removed to Rankin Co., MS (then Hinds County) in 1827 and is among those citizens who petitioned the state for the creation of Rankin County. He and his first wife, Alethia Chambers, were among the founding members of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Rankin County. In the early 1830s he moved into the newly formed Scott County. S. J. Denson was aeading citizen of Ludlow and NW Scott County, serving as probate judge and state senator, as being a member of the Board of Police (Board of Supervisors). He owned an 800 acre plantation that includes most of present day Ludlow. It was worked by some 30 slaves and his plantation home was located on the northside of the Ludlow Road just east of the Coffeebogue. The site cane be idenified by cedar trees and old bricks. He was married three times and his descendants became productive members of the various communities in Madison, Scott, Leake and Jasper Counties. He died in 1888 at the age of 87. His obituary The Jasper County News (Bay Springs, Jasper Co., MS), 17 Dec 1936, p. 2. A HERO RESTING (In going over the church records in Scott County, Rev. J. L. Hughes brought to light the notice which the Baptist Association of the county gave to the death of Shadrick [sic] J. Denson. Mr. Denson was the great grandfather of the large Denson connection residing in Jasper County.) Shadrick [sic] J. Denson was born in Ashbury, N. C., April 23rd 1800 and departed this life Jan 1888, having nearly reached the ripe old age of 88 years. He received a limited education in the county schools of that day. But possessing an analytical mind and being a devoted reader, he acquired a great deal of knowledge. He moved from North Carolina in 1818 into Alabama and settled in Washington County. He was married first to Miss Althea [sic] Chambers in 1820. By this marriage he reared ten children. He left children, grand children and great grand children to the number of 140. His 2nd marriage was with Mrs. Perry in 1863. She was a sister of old Brother W. W. Eley, being the treasurer of Harmony Association. His 3rd marriage was with Mrs. Lyon (née Frances Lynn) in the year 1871, who survives him. The Lord, while chastening him, yet gave him as good wives as ever were claimed. They were all and each of them to the fullest extent, all the word can imply, a good wife and kind mother. Too much praise on them can not be bestowed, nor can his children and grand children ever feel too grateful especially to the last stepmother, for her devotion to their dear old father in the last days when he was blind, for she did every thing to make him happy and comfortable. May God reward her and Jesus bless her as she did it unto him. In 1822, he united with the Baptist church, was baptized by Elder Norris in Washington county, Ala. In the winter of 1828 he moved to Rankin county, Miss. He was one of the commissioners that located the county seat at Brandon. He remained in Rankin county several years, and was in the constitution of Mt. Pisgah church. In 1834 he moved in the Choctaw Purchase and took a leading role in the organization of Scott county, assisted in locating the county seat at Hillsboro. He was in the organization of Mt. Pisgah Association and was the last surviving member. He was in the organization of Jerusalem church (Ludlow) where he served long and acceptable as deacon. This was the church of his love. Truly it could be said of him as regarded Jerusalem church (paraphrased somewhat): For her tears did fall For her his prayers ascend; To her his cares and toils were given Till toils and cares did end. His clay rests beneath her walls as he had always expressed a wish, yes his injunction to bury him there was almost as imperative as of Jacob to his sons that they should not bury him in Egypt but to take him back to his beloved Canaan. He served as justice of the peace, as a member of the board of police and in 1855 when the Democratic party was split twain on the Know Nothing question and after making two other failures to obtain a candidate, the joint senatorial convention met at Ludlow and tendered him, entirely unsought, the nomination. He still declined, but as the last measure the committee informed him that if he did not accept, the convention would adjourn and let the nomination go by default. So great was his repugnance to becoming a political officer holder, this alone induced him to take the field and he was triumphantly elected. Serving the term of four years. A committee of gentlemen of Madison [county] again waited on him at the end of his term, stating that he was succeeded in bringing the party, when inevitable defeat surely awaited it. They again tendered him the nomination. He declined. He held no other political office, but about 1848 was appointed by the Governor as superintendent of the R. R. from Jackson to Brandon, now a part of the A. & V., and the same was built and much graded east of Brandon under his supervision. But the greatest field of usefulness was to his labor as a layman in the pioneer days of the Baptists in the early settling of this country. Then it was necessary that the experienced members should visit the surrounding churches to give counsel and otherwise help especially the weak churches. He did a great deal of this labor in Scott, Madison, Rankin and Leake counties. He was ordained to the full ministry in the early part of 1860. As long as his strength permitted was actively engaged and the Lord prospered his work at every point by large in gatherings. He became blind about the latter part of 1868 and though a cross, yet cheerfulness never left him up to the day he took his bed. His character none could well know but admire: he was the friend of the poor, and none ever applied to him but got relief if in his power to give it. He was the friend of truth and justice; the oppressed ever got his sympathy and he would always condemn injustices. If it were one of his own children that had wronged even a negro. Quick to resent a wrong he was anxious to see the least evidence of the penitence of the wrong doer, that he might fully forgive and his happiest moment, it seemed to me, was when an offender would turn to him, and say "I repent." He then forgive not in part, but in whole. His home was ever open to his friends nor did he ever turn away a traveler seeking lodging. His home was thrown open to all at meetings of his church and associations. He paid liberally to the support of his church, the pastor and to her enterprises. he made a rule to pay a dollar annually to foreign mission. Since his blindness he paid this last year at the meeting of Harmony Association. He had for several years been waiting for the summons to call him home. "There is a Beautiful Land far Beyond the Skies," had been for several years a great favorite hymn of his. It would have surprised you at the clearness of his voice. It had lost none of its melody, in singing this and other hymns about two years prior to his death. Others returned to his memory. A very long song, perhaps 20 or more verses that his mother taught him when a boy, at first it came by the single verse at the time until all had been recalled except two verses. Upon these his memory played truant with him, but alt last these came and he could then until his death, sing all through without hesitation. many incidents of his boyhood days also were thus resurrected. The song alluded to is not in print, but alas, for human calculation, his song until then had not been thought of in 20 years. END From Mrs. G. M. Nutt (née Kate Burks). The name of this song was, "When My Final Farewell to this World I have Said." I have heard my father sing it often, he being the party's grandson. Family links: Spouse: Alethia Chambers Denson (1800 - 1860)* Children: James Nathaniel Denson (1836 - 1907)* Burial: Ludlow Cemetery Ludlow Scott County Mississippi, USA Created by: John P. S. Quinn Record added: Jun 28, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 54232450 | DENSON, Shadrach James (I300)
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| 296 | Source deathplace: Harriet Virginia Roberts family group s heets.Same sheets list the death date as 11 Jun 1951 an d burial as 13 Jun1951. David Allred's obituary in Verna l Express Sep 5, 2001 list herdeath also 11 Jun 1951. The refore changed from 8 Jun 1951 to 11 Jun1951. | STEELE, Ione (I4062)
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| 297 | Source: "Roberts Family - Connecticut to California" and H arrietVirginia Roberts family group sheets. Name: Harriet spells middle name as "Lucretta". | DUNCAN, Dorthea Lucreta (I4285)
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| 298 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | PIERCE, Mary Jane (I4389)
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| 299 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Barbara Joyce (I4390)
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| 300 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | STEELE, Robert Howard (I4392)
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