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THE DESGENDANTS DF ALEXANDER HARVEY
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THE HARVEY NAM
The Harvey name is derived from two Saxon words meaning
an army fort and evidently had its origin in England prior to the
Norman Conquest. It is one of the oldest among English family
names and appears in the Domesday Book and other Saxon and Norman
annalsa
"Harvey (Saxon) from 'Here*, an army, and 'W1c', a fort."
ARTHUR'S DICTIONARY OF NAMES, Page 15h.
"Well distributed over England south of a line drawn from Hull to
Chester. North of that line its frequency abruptly ceases.
Is best represented in Essex, Hants and Kent,
This name in the reign of Henry I took the form of Harvey
and Hervi and was found in London and Cambridgeshirea (Hundred
Rolls). Herve is an ancient Norman personal name. Harvey is also
found in many parts of Scotlande
Guppyis HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES,
page 53.
TH HARVEY FAMILY
The Harveys came early to America, and settled in prac-
t1cally.al1 parts of the country then open to colonization. When
the Census_of 1790 was taken, families of that name were returned
from every state, comprising a total of 556 families with an
Aggregate of l,9Oh persons. The immigration of families of the
name was evidently from both England and Scotland, and the Harvey
hams appears in practically all Colonial and Revolutionary records
Four Harvey genealogies are en file in the Library of
Congress as follows: "The Harvey Book" by Oscar James Harvey,
published in 1899; "Rev. Erastus Harvey and His Descendants" by
Howard H. Harvey published in 1912; "The Ancestry of Col. John
Harvey" by John Harvey Treat, published in 1907; and "The Des-
eendants of Elisha Harvey" by Rev. John William Kappenberger,
published in l9lh.
It has been impossible to connect the Missouri branch
of the family with any of those recorded in these genealogies,
and unless the official records of the Virginia counties in which
the family is known to have lived supply missing data it is lm-
probable that the family history can be traced beyond Alexander
Harvey the progenitor ef the Missouri Branch.
The county histories of Norfolk County, Orange County,
Albemarle County and Amherst County, while supplying a wealth of
data relative to various Harvey families, make no mention of any
from whom the Missouri family can be traced. One of the descen»
dants in Missouri (V-53) is said to have made an exhaustive and
costly investigation through professional genealoglsts, but was
unable to establish Revolutionary service or trace the line back
to the emigrant Harvey.
The Census of 1790 returns 59 Harvey families for the
State of Virginia as follows:
(Each name given is the head of a separate family living
in the state in 1790. The figures give the page of the
census book and are followed by the name of the county
from which the family was returned. As the census
records for Virginia were destroyed when the British
burned the Capitol at Washington in 18lh, the census
records for_V1rg1n1a are incomplete and the absence of
a name ls not conclusive evidence that such a family
was not living in any particular county or in the state
in 1790.
1.
2. Amelia Harvey,
. Barnett Harvey,
. Charles Harvey,
)
Alexander Harvey, 9h
117.
3
0.
O
, Norfolk County.
Richmond.
Isle of Wight County.
Charlotte County.
New Kent County.
Princess Anne County.
Daniel Harvey, h8,'Amherst County.
. Frances Harvey, 7h, Northumberland County
. Gabriella Harvey, 117, Richmond.
9
20
21.
22
ln, Charlotte County.
h2, Pittsylvania County.
68, Gloucester County.
90, Harrison County.
96, Orange County.
102, Princess Anne County.
117, R1Chm0nd»
. Joseph Harvey, HO, Orange County.
2. Charles Harvey,
3. Charles Harvey,
9
10. John Harvey,
ll. John Harvey,
12. John Harvey,
. John Harvey,
. John Harvey,
2. John Harvey,
1 . John Harvey,
lg
.!,'
22
.E
29
50
51
32.
2%
56
. Thomas
. Thomas
. Thomas
. Thomas
. Ksxiah Harvey, El, Isle of Wight County.
. Margaret Harvey, 117, Richmond.
. Mungo Harvey, 55, Lancaster County.
Mungo Harvey, 91, Lancaster County.
. Oneslphorous Harvey, Tn, Northunoerland County. (onesiphorous
Dameron and several other Damerons in this same county - a
coast county)
. Onlsiphorous Harvey, 57, Northumberland County.
. Patrick Harvey, 21, Frederick County.
. Sinah Harvey, 57, Northumberland County.
Harvey, HO, Orange County.
Harvey, 96, Orange County.
(Many Damerons in
this co.)
Harvey, Jr. (Son of John Harvey), lk, Charlotte County.
Harvey, Sr., lk, Charlotte County.
. William Hervey,(G.C.), 15, Charlotte County.
. William Harvey, 50, Albemarle County,
William Mallory Haggy, 51, Isle of Wight Countyu
Daniel Hgrvie, 95, Amherst County.
John Harvie, Bea., 80, Albemarle County.
. Monte Earvle, H , Amherst County.
. Richard Harvig, §9, Amherst County.
Ao Richard Harrie, 5, imherst County.
5o. Willson Harvie, MB, Amherst County.
59. Nicholas Harvie, 109, Greenbrier County.
we
This wide distribution of the family ln Virginia at so
early a date and a similar distribution of the family through the
other colonies indicates a general immigration for many years
prior to 1790 and from many sources and renders practically lm-
possible the recognition of lines of descent unless supported by
family records or genealogies or the will and probate records of
the counties to which the branch of the family can be authen-
tically traced.
The following citations from a history of Orange County,
Virginia may relate to men connected with early generations of
the present Missouri family, but there is no evidence whatever
to support such connection:
"Thomas Harvey and Joseph Harvey were living in
Orange County, Virginia in 1T82. Joseph Harvey
enlisted in the Revolutionary Army and was enrolled in
the company of Captain Francis Taylor from January 29,
1775 to March 17 of the same year. William Harvey also
is enrolled in the company of Captain William Taylor."
Insroay or ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, by
W. W. Scott, published 1907, page 252.
I~l
EXPLANATION
Name ------------- - --------------- Name of spouse
(Date of marriage)
2-Name
-Name
-Name
2-Name
-Name
7-Name
first Child---
second child
third child---
fourth child
fifth child-
sixth child-
Date
Date
Date
Date
Date
Date
Date of spouse's birth
Date of spouse's death
birth
birth
birth
birth
birth
birth
The Roman numerals on the left hand margin
--Date of
--Date of
--Date of
--Date of
--Date of
--Date of
indicate
death
death
death
death
death
death
the
number of generations from Alexander Harvey. The figures next
to the roman numerals indicate the number of the member of the
family in the order of birth.
THE HARVEY FAMILY.
I"'1c
(Unknown) Harvey ~----- -----
(Date of marriage
2-(Daughter)Harvey--Birth.
-(Son) Harvey »--- ~»B1rth
-Thomas Harvey~»--~Blrth
5-Alexander Harvey--Birth
unknown)
_unknown---
unknown---
unknown---
unknown---
Name of wife unknown
Date of birth unknown
Date of death unknown
Death unknown
Death unknown
Death unknown
Death unknown
No definite record of this Harvey remains, either written or
traditional. Mrs. Lahr (V-50) thinks he lived in England and
that three of his sons, among them his son Alexander, emigrated
to America and settled
in Virginia, but does not vouch for the
data as authentic. Mr. F. F. Harvey (IV-18) says there were
three sons, Alexander,
gotten, and a daughter
mation is available.
II"'2|
Thomas and a son whose name he has for-
who married a Mr. Snow. No further infor~
(Daughter) Harvey --------------------- (Unknown) Snow.
(Marriage date unknown) Birth unknown
Death unknown
This daughter was married in Virginia according to Mr. F.F.
Harvey (IV-18) and spent her entire life there. She was married
to a Mr. Snow but nothing further is known of her or her family.
II-5.
(Son) Harvey- -------------~--» ~---~-'~ Uhm&PPi0d»
This son is said by Mr. F. F. Harvey (IV-18) to have died
unmarried in Virginia. No further information.
II-M.
Thomas Harvey ------------------------- Unknown
Thomas Harvey served in the Revolutionary army in a company
of Virginia Militia, and was killed in battle, according to
Mr. F. F. Harvey (IV-18). It is possible that this is the Thomas
Harvey mentioned as living in Orange County in 1782 in Scott's
History of Orange County, Virginia, although hardly probable.
No information as to whether he was married. fu, .
II'5 0
Alexander Harvey --------------- ------- Name of wife unknown
(Marriage date unknown) Birth date unknown
Death date unknown
6-Francis Harvey -------- May 2, 1790 ---- -f-May 25, 1860
7-Augustin Harvey ------- Jan 29, 1797 -------- Oct 2, 1862
Nothing is known of Alexander Harvey except his name and
that he was living in Virginia at the time of the birth of his
son Francis. The Census of Virginia for 1790, the year of the
birth of that son, gives only one Alexander Harvey as the head of
a family, and he is returned from Norfolk County, one of the
coast counties and entirely across the state from Albemarle,
Nelson and Orange Counties in which the family is known to have
been living thirty years later. However, as the census records
for Virginia were burned in 181k by the Br1tish,_and the remain-
lng records for that state are very incomplete this omission is
not conclusive.
Note; As Norfolk County is on Hampton R ads; one of the
great harbors of the Atlantic coast and a por of entry to emi~
grants arriving ln Virginia, it is possible.that this is a record
of the Alexander Harvey (11-5) above and indicates him as the
emigrant and fixes approximately the date of the arrival of the
family n America. This would corroborate the version of Mrs.
Lahr¢(II-50) that Alexander was one of three brothers who came to
America together, but there is no documentary evidence on which
to base such a conclusion.
111-6.
Francis Harvey ---------------- ------ Melinda Dameron
(Unknown) June 15,180
July 17,187
8-Caroline Page Harvey ------- Apr 50, 1822---Oct , 1889
9-Nicholas Augustus Harvey---Aug 27, 1825 Jan , 1909
10-Sarah Elizabeth Harvey -----
11-Susan Dameron Harvey ------~ Feb 12, 1829 May 17, 1306
12-Littlepage Dameron Harvey--Jun M, 1850 Apr 7, 1 62
1 -Thomas Alexander Harvey ---- Jan 20, 1852 Aug 2, 1309
1 -Lucy Ann Harvey ------------ Oct 27, 185 Aug ll, 1 52
15-Virginia Ann Harvey -------- Apr 15, 185 Feb 7, 1300
16-Melvinah Salina Harvey ----- Feb 9, 185;--~Oct 50, 1 38
lg-James Columbus Harvey ------ Jun 5, 185 ---Oct 20, 18 8
1 -Francis Floyd Harvey ------- Nov 17, 18 9 Jan 28, 1922
19-Margaret Elnore Harvey ----- Sep ln, 1831 Feb 20, 1300
20-John Andrew Harvey --------- Apr 15, 18h Sep 6, l 9
21-Mary Ann Harvey ------------ Jun 1, 18 Apr E, 18 6
22-Melinda Edith Harvey ------- Oct 50, l8h5 Feb , 1952
Francis Harvey was born in
Orange
ounty, Virginia, in 1790
(Head stone in family cemetery). He was married to Melinda
Dameron about the year 1820 and either was living in Nelson County;
Virginia at the time or moved there soon after, as he was living
in Nelson County in 1825 at the time of the birth of his son
Nicholas. (Census return for Nicholas Harvey for 1850 and History
of Lincoln County, Pe 5H9). As Orange County borders on the
northern edge of Albemarle County, the county in which his wife
was born, and Nelson County borders on_the southern edge of Albe-
marle, it may be inferred that he was born, reared and married
in what in pioneer times amounted to the same neighborhood.
About the time of his marriage Francis assumed the manage-
ment of a'large farm owned by a Judge Reeves, an absentee landlord
Ho continued as superintendent of the Reeves plantation for nine
years at an annual salary of $550, competent salary in those days
of limited specie. The remarkable thrift and management of his
wife made his household self supporting and he was able each year
to put out the $550 at 12% compound interest. When he decided to
resign the management of the farm Mr. Reeves offered him an in-
crease of $100 a year if he would sign a contract for two years
but the lure of free land in the West towards which the tide of
emigration was already setting strongly from.Virginia and the
Carolinas, decided him and he declined Mr. Reeves' generous offer.
Accompanied by one companion, a friend by the name of Emanuel
Poor, he made a prospecting trip from Virginia to Missouri on
horseback in 1829, and bought a tract of land in Lincoln County,
on Bryant's Creek about three miles due north of New Hope, then
the thriving metropolis of Eastern Lincoln. He returned to Vir-
ginia and in 1851 (must have been later as Thomas Alexander (15)
was born in Virginia) came with his family to establish here a
home destined to become one of the noted homes in that section.
The house erected by his slaves on a knoll Jutting out into
the bottom lands which were the source of his wealth still stands.
The frame is constructed of sawn oak fastened together with wooden
pins and it was said at the time it was constructed that it could
have been rolled about like a bird cage without breaking it apart,
and the masonry foundation laid without mortar is still beauti-
fully symetrical after more than a hundred years. Here was .
brought the first carriage, the first piano and the first sewing
machine seen in Lincoln County. Francis was both prosperous and
progressive and brought with him the old Virginia customs of
social intercourse and hospitality. The Harvey homestead and the
large family of boys and girls with the numerous slaves that
swarmed about the servants quarters, the rich abundance supplied
by its fertile bottom fields and upland pastures, and its location
on the principal road to the north, then the nearest road paral-
leling the Mississippi traversable at all seasons, made it one of
the social centers of two counties. Two of the slaves, Campbell
and Eli, were very proficient on the "fiddle", and in the evening
when the young people had gathered for a frolic with Campbell and
Eli in attendance it was not an unusual occurrence for the clock
to be surreptitiously turned back prolonging the festivities until
a forbidden hour in the evening when it would be again turned
forward to conform to sunrise in the morning.
The first six children were born in Virginia and the eldest
was but nine years old at the time of their removal to Missouri.
There were fifteen children in all and Francis took great care in
their training, Like the typical citizen of the Old Dominion,
Francis was a staunch advocate of education. No public school
was available in the neighborhood, so while the children were
' s
small he secured a teacher and maintained a school an his home to
which came many children of his neighborhood as well as his own.
When the children were older he took the entire family to spend
the winters near good schools. The winters of 185 and 1855 were
spent in Louisiana, Missouri, and the winters of 1 56 and 1357,
in_Troy, in both of which excellent schools flourished at that
time. All of the children were given opportunities for advanced
study. Littlepage attended the University of Virginia. Thomas
and Floyd were students at Missouri University from which the
latter was graduated as a civil engineer. Columbus was for two
years at the United States Military Academy at West Po1nt.Caroline
and Elizabeth were for several years at Lindenwood College at
Saint Charles. Susannah attended school ln Clarksville, Missouri
and Pittsfield, Illinois, both noted schools of that day, and
St. Louis where she took dancing fnam Prof. Zorpee, an eminent
educator. Lucy and Virginia were for a number of terms at Monti-
cello College at Godfrey, Illinois and at Pittsfield, Illinois
and Saint Louis, Missouri. Margaret Elnora was a student in
Saint Louis and Little Rock, arkansas. Melinda Edith was a stu-
dent at Visitation Convent, Saint Charles.
Francis was considered a man of exceptional business ability_
At a time when ten thousand dollars was looked upon as a compe~
tency in his locality, and assessments were systematically low,
the Census of 1850 assessed his property as, realty $2h,800;
personality &1b16,50o; total 5,L|.L1,500. At the time of his death ten
years later, after having given each of his children a farm or
its equivalent, he owned 700 acres of land, many slaves, and other
property in proportion.
Francis was a devout member of the Baptist Church and a
lifelong Democrat. In physique he was more than six feet tall,
of fine proportion and commanding presence. It is related that he
had his boots blacked every day and that he wore a tall silk hat
at all times. He is buried beside his wife in a family cemetery
which he established on a knoll just across the public road from
his home. Before his death he had enclosed the cemetery with a
stone wall planned to stand for all time and to be a landmark
for future years. But within fifty years after his death the
busy town of New Hope had become a deserted village, and inter-
state highways had diverted the tide of traffic which flowed past
his door leaving the once populous road a mere lane. The great
establishment has disappeared; the farm has been cut into small
holdings, and the cemetery in which he lies is remote and desolatr
with fallen walls and broken gravestones. Once one of the noted
and influential men of his community his name has been forgotten
save by those few loyal descendants whose affectionate pride in
his character and achievements preserves for their children the
memory of their pioneer forefathers.
Francis Harvey was a friend and supporter of Senator Thomas
Hart Benton and Benton would spend the night at the Harvey home
Whom passing through. At the political meetings he always invited
Francis to sit with the dignitaries on the platform and in the
course of his speech would refer with a wave of his hand to "my
friend Harvey"; .. , ' *_
were a number of books with "Compliments
Benton" on the flyleaves.
in the old Harvey home
of Senator Thomas Hart
the History of Lincoln County, Missouri,
published in 1868, page 5h9 and the Bio-
graphical History of Saint Charles, Warren and Lincoln Counties,
published in 1890, page 505.
For reference see
by Dr. Joseph A. Mudd,
His wife, Melinda Dameron, daughter of Littlepage Dameron
(1779-l8h8) and Susannah Turner (17 h-1850) married in 1802,
was born in Albemarle County, Virginia in 180h. Her maternal
grandfather william Turner (1757-1817), married 1785, died at
Amherst Court House, where his will is recorded under date of
1805 (says Nicholas M. Bell V-28 but this is evidently error).
Assisted Washington and Jefferson in surveying land in Kentucky,
says V-28, (but this also is evidently in error as Washington
and Jefferson did not survey in Kentucky) (1757-1817) who was
married to Elizabeth Thurmond (born 1760) on June 1, 1785, was
a private in the company of Captain Francis Taylor of the 2nd
Virginia Regiment, and fought at Stony Point and at Germantown.
(History of Albemarle County, Virginia, page 571) (Also, Mlssour
Register, Sons of American Revolution. 1907-1909, page 159).
She like her husband was a communicant of the Baptist Church and
lies beside him in the family cemetery.
The name of her father does not appear in the list of heads
of families in the Census of 1790 for Virginia, but her family
should be easily traced as there were but 17 Dameron families in
the United States in 1790 and lh of them were returned from
Virginia.
1
Melinda married Francis Harvey, Lizzie married Phil Thurmond,
Susan married William Wells (Susan #11 named for her). These
three sisters together had forty' children.
III-7
Augustine Harvey----- ----Mildred Palmer
2 -Ardena Sarah Harvey--(unknown) ---------- -(unknown)
2 -Mildred Ann Harvey---Jul ll,18h5 --------- Aug 17,1867
2nd---~ ----------------- ---- Matilda Halley
(Dee 10, 1852) Jul' ag, 1851
Aug 1 , 1819
22-Mary Elizabeth Harvey-Sep 7,l855--- --»~ May 9,19 5
2 -William Andrew Harvey-Oct 17,l857- -~----- D80 5,19 3
Augustin Harvey was born in Virginia and followed his brother
Francis to Missouri where he secured land near the present church
of Star Hope. He was twice married, the
reached the age of 60. Buried.in family
adjoining his yard.
last time after he had
cemetery in orchard
Mildred Palmer, daughter of John William Palmer and Louisa
Riddle, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, and was a sister
of Cordelia Palmer who marrled Martin Joseph Mays, see #M Mays
Book, biographical record of St. Charles
and Warren Go. po 558.
Her grandfather served in the War of 1812 and her great grand-
father in the American Revolution.
Matilda Halley was born in Bedford County, Virginia and was
brought by her parents to Missouri Whed air month old. Baptist.
Subsequently married to Frederick Burger
were born five children as follows:
Ada Belle Burger --»------ ~--- -Feb
John Frederick Burger~ -------- Aug
Joseph Edward Burger-- ----~°~- Oct
Mary Jane Burger -»------- ---- -Sep
Benjamin Franklin Burger- --*-- Jan
Caroline Page Harvey--4May l,18hO)-
2;-Lou Washington Bell -------- Feb
2 -Nicholas Montgomery Bell---Nov
29-Lucy Melinda Bell ~--- ------ Aug
50-Theodore Preston Bell ------
5l~William Avery Bell, Jr, ----
52-Thomas Alexander Bell- ----- Oct
April ZZ, 1865 to whom
15, 1866 ----- '
11, 1867 ----~
12, 18b9 ---*-
20, 1871 -----
a 1875* ""'
=-Qwllliam Avery Bell
Jun 6,181h
Nov 5O,l89h
22,l8hl ----
2,18h2 ~--- Aug 51,1951
11855 ""
12,1862 ---- Sep 19,1925
Caroline Page Harvey was born in Virginia and came with her
father to Missouri at the age of eleven.
Student at Lindenwood
College, Saint Charles Missouri and communicant of the Christian
Church. Married in 18&®. Lived for many years on the present
site of Elsberry. Is buried in the family cemetery at Locust
Grove.
William Avery Bell, son of Major William Bell, Sr., came
from Kentucky to Missouri in 1818, and member of 5th General
Assembly, Missouri, that assembled at St. Charles then in Pike
County, the state capitol in 1923, and Melinda Grimes, was born
at Mount Sterling in Montgomery County, Kentucky. Ancestors
emigrated to America from Scotland in 1710 to what is now Bucks
County, Pennsylvania. Major William Bell, Sr. married Peggy
McCarthy. Peggy McCarthy also from Scotland of Scotch Irish des-
cent. (N.M. Bell V-27).
Buried, Lincoln County, Missouri
Nicholas Augustus Harvey---(Feb 1, 185h) ------ Amy Jane Reid
Jan 2§ 1851
.nm 2611890
5 -James Francis Harvey-- Dec 2, 1853 Jun 28,L927
5 -George Robinson Harvey Jul 27, 18% Jan 21,1351
§2~Luoy Robinson Harvey»- Dec , 1860 Mar 11,1 61
5 »Garo11ne Harvey-~-~--- Mar 28, 1862 Apr 13,1863
5;-Alexander Reid Harvey- Aug 9, 18th ~---- Nov ,186
5 ~Lucy Reid Harvey ~--~-- Sep 26, 1865 Aug 1,19h9
9-Andrew Dameron Harvey- Jul 20, 1869 Feb 22,1gh1L
0-Fannie Finley Harvey-- Jul 20, 1869 Nov 21,1 75
Nicholas Alexander Harvey was born in Nelson County, Virginia
and was but eight years old at the time of his father*s migration
to Missouri. He was a Mason, an.Odd Fellow and a member of the
Democratic Partys Immediately after his marriage in Lincoln
County, Missouri, in 185h he moved to the State of Wisconsin
where he was engaged in.the mercantile business until 1860 when
he returned to Missouri and continued in business in New Hope
until 1868 when he transferred his business to Cap-au-Gris and
was in business there until 1875. After the death of his wife
he lived with his sister Susan Dameron Dawson and after her death
with his niece Mrs. Ida Dawson Lahr.
Am Jane Reid, daughter of James Reid (born in Virginia,
August E, 1799, died in Missouri, February 1, 1871) and Lucy
Robinson (born in Kentucky, July 25, 1808, died in Missouri, April
51, 1886) was born in Shelby County, Kentucky. Her parents came
to Missouri while she was young and spent the remainder of their
lives in Lincoln County. Both were members of the Associate
Reform Presbyterian Church and her father was a Democrat and was
for a number of years County Surveyor of Lincoln County. éHistory
of Lincoln County, Ivnssouri by Dr. Mudd, published in 188 ,P.5}.|.9.)
Her father James Reid was the son of Major Alexander Reid
(born in Scotland, April 28, 1766, emigrated to South Carolina,
thence to Virginia later to Kentucky and finally to Missouriycgwi
where he died in 1850, was the first buried in Reid #Sill y and
Jane Shannon (Born April 22, 1769, died in Missouri in 1852).
Her mother Lucy Robinson was the daughter of George Robinson
(Born Oct. 12, 1771 in Virginia of Scotch descent and removed to
Kentucky where he was living at the time of his death in 1861)
and Amy Newland of whom little is known. (Biographical Record
for Saint Charles, Warren and Lincoln Counties, page 200).
IV-10. *
Sarah Elizabeth Harvey--(l8H5)"----Theodore Preston Vgnce
l8ET
M1-Benjamin Vance ----- ----- Feb l9,18h5----May 11,1859
2nd ---- --------- Robert Lindsay Vagce
1
. 18TH
M2-Francis Harvey Vance ------- May 5,1855 ---- Sep 11,1928
M -Caroline Vance ------------- ---- Apr 12,198
-Susan Virginia Vance ----~-- 1858 ---- 18?
Sarah Elizabeth Harvey was born in Virginia and came to
Missouri with the family in l85l(?). She was educated in Louisi
ana and Lindenwood College, was married in Lincoln County and
went with her husband to Saint Louis. And was living in New
Orleans, Louisiana at the time of her death. She is buried in
the VHIICS
Cemetery at Vancewood.
Theodore Preston Vance, son of Benjamin Vance and Margaret
Lindsay, brother of Robert Lindsay Vance and Benjamin Milton
Vance (IV-15). Buried at Vnncewood. (If so, no headstone).Died
in Wisconsin.
Robert Lindsay Vance, son of Benjamin Vance and Margaret
Lindsay, brother of Theodore Preston Vance and Benjamin Milton
Vance (IV-15). Buried at Vancewood, but if so there is no;
headstone
IV-ll.
Susanna Dameron Harvey---(Apr l8,l850)---James Lewis Dawson
E2
M?
83
M9
50
Melinda Harvey Dawson -----
Jane Elizabeth Dawson -----
Luo? Caroline Dawson ------
Francis Ludwell Lee Dawson
Margaret Virginia Dawson--
Ida Louise Dawson ---------
Jan
Aug
Jun
Jan
Nov
Jan
Mar 15,1828
Apr 25,1905
9,1851 Feb 12,1955
16,1852 ---- Feb 5,1331
11,185 may 8,1 1
27,185 ----Jan 23,1058
5,1825 ---- occ 2 ,l89'
20,18 8 Nov 15,1958
Susan Dameron Harvey was born in Nelson County, Virginia,
and was but two years old when her father moved to Missouri in
1851. Educated in the schools of Louisiana, St. Louis and Troy
James Lewis Dawson's grandfather, James Watt owned a home
around which Appomatox River curved.
She was a woman of unusual beauty and of lovable disposition
Quiet, reserved, tactful, and with high ideals, she exerted
through a busy but uneventful ldfe an influence reflected in the
life and character of every descendant, and at every hearth
kindled from her own. A A
At her marriage her father gave her a tract of land on
Bryant's Creek adjoining what was then known as the New Hope Ford
Because of its lofty elevation and beautiful view the home was
called "Top Lofty" and printed invitations are still preserved
requesting the presence of fortunate recipients at social func# a
tions at Top Lofty in the early seventies.
James Lewis Dawson, son of Luiwell Lee Dawson and Jane
Malvina Watt, was born in Amherst County, Virginia and came to
Missouri with his guardian in l8hh. He was a Mason, a Democrat
and a Baptist and his home was considered headquarters for the
ministers officiating at the Ebenezer Baptist Church of which he
was Clerk and Deacon_from the time of its founding. Long a
prominent member of Salt River Association, he was the first
Chairman of the Executive Board of Cuivre Association and pre-
sided dver its meetings until his death. Oak Ridge Cemetery,
Lincoln County, Missouri. (History of Lincoln County by Dr.
Mudd, published 1888, page 52}.|..)
IV-12.
Littlepage Dameron Harvey------ ---- --- ---------- Unmarried.
Littlepage Dameron Harvey was born in Virginia and brought
to Missouri. He was graduated from the Law Department of the
University of Virginia and immediately made a prospecting trip
to California with the gold seekers. (Census of 1850). On his
return he located at Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas for the
practice of his profession. He was successful from the first
and was shortly elected to the circuit bench where he was serving
at the outbreak of the Civil War. He was among the first to
volunteer and joined the army of the Confederacy taking with him
as his bodyguard the negro boy given him by his father and kept
as an office boy. His regiment bore the brunt of Grant's attack
at Shiloh on the afternoon of April 6, 1862 and held position
through such desperate fighting that at nightfall only 121 men
remained, many of whom were wounded. Orders were given to re-
place the shattered regiment with fresh troops but the men by a
unanimous vote petitioned to remain and went into action at
earl dawn the morning of April Yth. Out of Littlepage's company
of li? men only 17 survived. The faithful negro servant searched
among the piled up heaps of the slain until he found his master
and carried him to the edge of the field and after removing his
watch and papers buried him in a separate grave where he sleeps
today. The watch, a gold hunting cased time piece was forwarded
to the family by Confederate officers who retained the slave.
He was later drowned in crossing a swollen stream. Littlepage
possessed a well equipged office, a good law library and is said
to have owned several undred acres of Arkansas land, but in
the turmoil and uncertainty attending and following the war the
family did not investigate and nothing was ever heard from his
property.
Nora: Judge James Linanan, er Trey, who participated in W
the battle under Buell gives the following account of the battles
Albert Sidney Johnston with consumate generalship planned
to defeat the Union armies by piecemeal. He attacked Grant who
had 25,000 men while he was separated from Buell by the Mississip-
pi River, and drove him back five miles to the river bank and at
fou o'clock in the afternoon had him badly beaten and huddled
in a narrow valley, while Johnston held hills around. The death
of Johnston early in afternoon saved Grant's command from
annihilation and capture. That night Buell crossed the river
with his division and reenforoed Grant and next day with his
fresh troops overwhelmed the Confederates and drove them back,
but could not capture or break them.
IV-13. '
Thomas Alexander Harvey-(May ll, l877)§li2a Jane Wheeler '
Apr 5.1839
Mai 11,1877
51- Harvey ---------- Unknown --------- 4---Un nown
2nd ------------ Cynthia Anna Guy _
( Aug lh,l888) nee Omohundro
Oct 18,1856
Mar 23,l9hh
S2-Floyd Block Harvey ~-------- May 19,1889 ----- -Jan 2,1890
53-Henrietta Jacquline -------- May 3,1893 ----- --
Sh-Julia Thomas Harvey--~ ----- Feb 16,1898 ------ Sep h,l91h
Thomas Alexander Harvey was the last child born in Amherst
County, Virginia.
On the way to Missouri Thomas was taken violently ill and
apparently died and was laid out on a trunk. Application was
made to the owner of the farm on which the cavaloade was camped
for permission for burial. The wife of the owner came down to "
offer consolation. [She had herself recently lost a child of the
same age and on seeing Thomas suddenly caught the child to her
bosom crying: "Oh my baby, my darling baby". when she laid the
child down a flutter of it's eyelids was noted. Restoratives
were applied and the child revived and recovered.
' W ._
He attended school at Troy and Louisiana and was later a
student at Missouri University. When gold was discovered in -
California he joined the tide of adventurous spirits-seeking
the Eldorado of the West and made the trip overland to the Pacific
but returned after a short stay and was for many years engaged
with his brother Floyd in the cattle business. Under their
shrewd management both accummulated independent means and after
his second marriage Thomas moved to Eureka Springs where he res
sided until his death.
ail¥¥G§; Clarksville Cemetery, Pike County, Missouri.
Eliza Wheeler, daughter of Judge Wheeler, sister of Dr.
Charles Wheeler, was born in Lincoln County, Missouri. She was a
daughter of Charles Wheeler, a graduate of Dartmouth and sister
of Mrs. Lou East Carter and Judge Wheeler of Troy. She had no.
children and is buried in the Troy Cemetery. Thomas Alexander
Harvey was the second time married at Keokuk, Iowa, by Rev. John
Burgess to Cynthia Ann Omohundro, daughter of Spottswood James
Omohundro and Sarah Elizabeth Hutcherson and the widow of John
W. Guy. She was born in Amherst County, Virginia,near Lynchb g.
she aa#£'s1ster of w.w. omonunaro
yo
After Thomas' death she moved to Sprl§gfield, Missouri
fat=T?C;East Lombard venue,
o
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IV-ln. '
Lucy Ann Harvey ------------------------------ Unmarried 1
Lucy Ann Harvey was the first child born in Missouri. Sh
died at the age of nineteen and is buried in the fmaily cemetery
at Locust Grove. Attended Monticello College at Godfrey, Illinois
and contracted typhoid at school and died.
IV-15. Q
Q
Virginia Ann Harvey--(May l7,l855)---Benjamin Milton Vande
May 7,1829
Jan 12,1891
55-Charles Cameron Vance -----~ Mar 10,1856 -----~ Mar 2,h858
So-Frances Melinda Vance ~--~-- Jun 2,1858 ------ May 3,l935
Virginia Ann Harvey was born in Lincoln County, Missouri.
She was educated in the schools of Pittsfield, Illinois, at
Monticello College, Godfrey, Illinois and at Saint Louis, Missourtc
§
z
a
She was 1 member of the Baptist Church. She lies beside her
husband in the Vanta Cemetery at Vancewood.
,_ Benjamin Milton Vance, son of Benjamin Vance (Har l3,l7B0e
Jan 10, l8h8, Vancewood Cemetery) and Margaret Lindsay (Mar lu,
1790 - Apr 15, l8h3, Vancewood Cemetery) was born in incoln
County, Missouri. His father was a native of Virginia who in
1810 emigrated to the State of Kentucky where he met Miss Lindsay,
a native of that state, and was married to her a year later in
1811. They came to Missouri in 1827 and spent the remainder of
their lives in Lincoln County on the farm which still bears their
name. (Mrs. F. T. Meriwether says came to Missouri early part
of 1829 bringing family and servants by wagon trail from Virginia
to Missou i and oak tree under which they camped the first night
at Vancewood is still standing and pointed out as one of the
landmarks and heirlo ms).
His paternal grandfather, Samuel Vance was born in Scotland,
emigrated to America, and served as a Colonel in the French and
Indian War under General washington. Benjamin M. Vance was a
Baptist, a Mason and a Democrat. He went to Wisconsin in ISM9
and while there joined the gold rush to California in 1850 but
returned in l85h to wisconsin and soon after to Missouri. Family
Cemetery at Vancewood.
Descended from Samuel Vance and Sarah Byrd; born in Augusta
County, Virginia, and buried at Mountain Grove, once Vanoels
Fort, Bath County, Virginia. Samuel Vance was a son of Colonel
John Vance and Rachel Primrose of Virginia.
Iv'16 Q
Melvinah Selina Harvey ------ ---+- ---------- ----#Unmarried
Born in Lincoln County, Missouri. Died in early infancy
and is buried in the family cemetery on the Harvey Homestead at
Locust Grove.
IV-17.
James Colu bus Harvey ..-........._ - ..-..-.....--- Unmarried
James Colu bus Harvey was born in Lincoln County, Missouri,
and was educated at Troy, where he met and courted Miss Eliza
Wheeler. In 1853 he received an appointment as a cadet at the
United States Military Academy at West Point from Congressman
Alfred William Lamb of Hannibal, Missouri, where he was student
under Captain Robert E. Lee, later to become the great Confeder-
ate Chieftain. He returned to Missouri, became engaged to Miss
Wheeler and enlisted in the Cdnfederste Army at the first_ca11
for volunteers. He was commissioned as a Captain and served
with distinction during the entire war, and when he returned
after the~surrender at Appomattox to find his former sweetheart
already married to his brother was so em&ittered that he never
spoke to him againo He lies near his father in the family
cemetery at the old Harvey Homestead.
o _
Francis Floyd Harvey--(Oct 27,187O)--Cecelia Frances Block
may 3O,18h6
Nov 3,1908
Znd- ----- - ---- Mary Lula Tinsley
(Jan 12,l91h) Bright Mackey
Jun 8,1553
FSI)
Francis Floyd Harvey was born at the old Harvey ho estead
in Lincoln County, Missouri. He was educated in the schools of
Louisiana and Troy and was graduated from Missouri University at
Columbia as a Civil Engineer. He taught school for a n mber of.
years and then engaged in the cattle business with his brother
Thomas Harvey. He moved to Elsherry in 1888 and organized the
Bank of Lincoln County, the first bank to be organized in that
section, and iii continued as President of that institution from
its organization to 1921. He spent the winters in Miami, Florida,
returning to Missouri for the sum ers. (Biographical Record of
St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren Counties, page 503),t
Cecelia Frances Block, daughter of Jacob Block and Catherine
Adams was born in Pike County, Missouri. Louisiana Cemetery.
Lula Bright Mackey, daughter of Captain Edward Bright and
Martha Ward was born in Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri and
was formerly married to Joseph S. Mackey (Jan ln, 1878 - Aug 25,
l902)g
Iv-19.
Margaret Elnora Harvey--- ----- ---Clement Bell Lindsa
57-Willie Jane Lindsay ----
58-Minkie Bell Lindsay ----
S9»Franois Harvey Lindsay-
6O~Melinda Maria Lindsay-1
61-Margaret Elnora Lindsay
62-Clement Boll L1ndsay---
nu-no-API'
hov
Nov
Apr
----Jan
27,1868
5,1869
1T=187O
23,18T1
28,1875
30,1880
Feb 23,1829
Mar l9,19O?
------Jan 16,1869
------:avr 7, /W5
------aug 19,1867
--uounlrrlqpr 6
-Apr '&,1B 0
,_
Margaret Elnora Harvey, affectionately known in the family
as "Bratie" was born in Lincoln County, Missouri, and was edu-
cated at Troy, Saint Louis, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Family
cemetery at the Harvey Homestead.
, Clement Ball Lindsay, son of William Culbertson Lindsay
(Mar 8, 1793 ~ Sep 9, 1861) and Maria Lewis, nee Bell (1800 -
Apr 12, 1883) was born in Scott County, Kentucky, and was brought
by his father while a few weeks old to Missouri. The elder
Lindsay was also a native of Scott County, Kentucky, coming to
Missouri in 1829. `
Mason; Baptist; Democrat.
IV"20e
John Andrew Harvey ------------------------------- Unmarried
John Andrew Harvey was born in Lincoln County, Missouri, and
accidentally shot himself fatally trying to blow an obstruction
out of the touch hole while hunting a hawk at the age of sixteen.
Buried in the family cemetery at Locust Grove.
It is related as an incident of the tragedy that he was
accompanied by a hunting dog which had been his inseparable coma
panion and which defended the body of his master so determinedly
that no one was able to reach the boy until his mother was brought
to quiet the dog and lock him in her room.
IV-21.
Mary Ann Harvey ----------------------------------- Unmarried.
Mary Ann Harvey was born in Lincoln County, Missouri and died
before she was two years old. She is buried in the family ceme-
tery at the Harvey Homestead.
IV-22.
Melinda Edith Harvey---(Jul 1868)--James William Dameron
Mar 1891
63-Mary Melinda Dameron--- --- 1869 --°-- --Jul 31,1936
6h-Frances Dameron-~-~ -------- 1871 ------- Apr 6,1931
65-Tella Damercn ------- ---- 187 ------- Mar 17,1951
66-William Dameron ----- 187 ------- May 1891
67-Lila Dameron ---------- 1878 1893
Melinda Edith Harvey was born in Lincoln County, Missouri
on the old Harvey Homestead and was educated at Troy and Louis-
iana and at the Visitation Convent at Saint Charles, Missouri.
Familiarly known in the family as "Tuggie." Graduate of Still
School of Osteopathy and practicing Osteopath. She married her
cousin, James William Dameron, son of James Dameron. 'Q
Prairieville Cemetery, Eolia, Missouri.
IV-23. 5 '
`A
Ardena Sarah Harvey ------ J ----------- PaschaI"Halley
-w1111an Lee Haney --------- Unknown -... ,l;-_..Mar 23,1918
-Ellen Haney-
Unknown----------Unknown
-Milton Halley -------- ---~--Unknown-----;----Unknown
-Ardena Halley-----~»-------Unknown-------»--Unknown
4
68
69 - ----------- -
70-Paschal Halley§9-\'5-S2-341-¥5-fziinimowm ---------- Hn-know-n Alu: fvj
71
72
73
*Lois Halley----- ------- ----Unknown- ----- ---- Unknown
Mill Creek Cemetery
Iv'2,-|»|
Mildred Ann Harvey ---- ---John William Morton Palmer
Jan 1,1839
Nov 18,1919
7h-Jennie Lee Palmer ---- ---- Nov 26,1865 ----- :Eaka wn7'3°
754William Palmer ------------- Jul 15,1867 ------ Aug 30,1867
Mildred Ann Harvey was born in Lincoln County.
John Millian M. Palmer, son of William Palmer and Nancy
Ellis was born in Kentucky. He was a manufacturer of tobacco in
Louisiana and erected there the Palmer House, for half a century
one of the noted hostelries of North East Missouri. Later a
manufacturer of concrete products at Elsberry. Baptist; Democrat.
Star Hope Cemetery.
IV-25.
Mary Elizabeth Harvey-- ---------- Alexander Levi Gililland
(occ 16, 1877) 18113
_ Mar h,1896
76-Gayland Gordon Gililland---Jan 27,l88M ------ Apr 12,l9h8
-/95
Mary Elizabeth Harvey was born in Lincoln County, Missouri.
Christian Church; Democrat; married to Alexander Levi Gillilland,
at Star Hope, Lincoln County, Missouri, Rev. William Malone
officiating. Known in the family as "Betty."
lexander John Gililland, son of Alexander John Gililland
and' essie Polly Presly; born in Milwood, Lincoln County, Missouri
in l8h3; farmer and stockman; Christian Church; Democrat; died
March M, 1896. Millwood Cemetery, Lincoln County, Missouri.
IV-26.
William Harvey--- ------- -------------------- --Unmarried.
1 William Harvey, known as "Billy" Harvey was born in Lincoln
County. Star Hope Cemetery, Apex, Lincoln County, Missouri.
c
Lou Washington Bell ---- --- ----- ---Phillip P. Green
77-Clara Bell Green-- .... ---..Unkncwn- --------- Unknown
78-May Green ----------------- -Unknown ---------- Unknown
Educated at William Jewell College with Jesse and Frank
James. Wholesale grocery merchant in St. Louis. Mother Couchie
Wigginton stayed with them.when going down to see her physican.
*t
IV-28.
Nicholas Montgomery Bell--(Sep 27,l888)---Margaret Hhperas
l 9
Aus 7:1912
79-cnrisu1an_neper Bell ------- sep 9,1892 ----- -
80-Majorie Beper Bell ------- --May 8,l897-- ---- -
Nicholas Montgomery Bell was born in Lincoln County, Missouri
near the present site of Elsberry. "Mack" Bell. Scottish Rite
Mason; Shriner. He has been for many years prominent in politi-
cal circles and in l8__, was appointed by the Governor First
Excise Commissioner of the City of Saint Louis,
Member of Missouri Legislature in Twenty-sixth General As-
sembly which met January M, 1871 and Twenty-seventh General
assembly which convened in 1873. Through influence of Senator
Stone appointed Third Assistant Postmaster General under Presi-
dent Cleveland. Member of Louisiana Purchase Exposition Direc-
torate 1903. Member of every National Democratic Convention,
1868-1896 inclusive. Secretary National Democratic Convention
at Saint Louie, 1878. Negotiated first parcel peat realty with
Mexico. Wrote law that created Forest Park, Saint Louis.
Nicholas Montgomery Bell, een of william A. Bell, who came
to Mieeouri from Kentucky and Caroline Page Harvey, born in Vir-
ginia and graduated from Lindenwood College in 182o. Major
William Bell, his grandfather moved from Bucks County, Pennsvl-
vania to Mount Sterling, kentucky and sorted in the War of 1812
under General William Henry Harrison. Major Bell was a member
of the General Assembly of Missouri from 1328 to 1838 and his
grandson (Nicholas Mont omery Bell) was a member of the General
Assembly of Missouri (22th General assembly) defeating Joseph
Pulitzer. `
Major William Bell was the son of William Bell who was the
son o william Boll, Sr., who emigrated to America from England
and received a granton the Upper Racstar River in what is now
Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1710.
Margaret Pnper, daughter of ChrietianvPeper and
was born Bellefontaine County, St. Louis, Missouri. Her father
was a manufacturer of tobacco in Saint Louis.
V-29k
Lucy Melinda Bell--~-(Jan 19,19Oh)----John Henry Dietrich
.~ Unknown
Dec 15,1922
No. Children; D.A.R.
John H. Dietrich, merchant; Methodist; Republican, A.F. &
A.M.; buried at Manchester, Missouri. MAME west Pine Boulevard ,
Saint Louie, Missouri. Manchester, Saint Louis County, Missouri.
Masonic Home, St. Louie.
v"3oe
Theodore Preston Be1l---- --- -------------houise Basil
81-Blanch Be11----- ---- -------Unknown --------- -
82-Theodore Preston Bell, Jr., ,IBM9--~-°----MBP 27,19h0
83-Frank Be11------------ ----- Un1me.m----------
Commission merchant. Known in the family as "Dora." Mayor
of Sen Angelo. San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.
Louise ("Law") Bazil was of Italian descent and was awarded
title of most beautiful we an in her city.
V-31°
William Avery Bell, Jr.,----- ----- J-- --.---- -----Lou
8h~Avery$Be11= -------~------- -Unknown- --------- Unknown
85-Gene Boll- -------------~--- Unknown---f ------ Unknown
86+Dan Bell--~--~ ----~~---- ---Unknown----------Unknown
V-32.
Thomas Alexander Bell-----(May S,1886)------Almeda Weloh
Mar 8,1868
may 23 ,l92l|.
8?-Caroline Castlemann Bell--#Jun 13,1888 ------
88-Almeda Eugenia Bell ------- -Oct 9,1898 ------
:lease
Thomas A. Bell opened Oklahoma's first gusher oil well was
Oct Eh, 1902. The well was on the first Osage Indian lease granted
approved by che Secretary of the Interior, Almeta
1903. Mr. Bell was a Thirty-second degree Mason and past grand
master of Missouri AJF,&A,N,_and assisted in locating the Masonic
Orphans Homes After filling out the Almeba lease Nr. Bell moved
to Muncie, Indiana and later to the Pennsylvania and Ohio oil
fields. Soottich Rite Mason; Shriner; Rotary.
Almeda Welch, daughter of Dr. James Wesley Welch and Mary
Ann Castleman. New Hope and Woodlawn Seminary; Methodist, Dem-
ocrat; D.A.R»; Wednesday Club.
V-33.
James Francis Harvey--(Sep 6,l893)----Ellen West Johnson
Jun 12,1870
89-Frances Sidney Harvey------Mar 21,l900------
90-Barbara Reid Harvey-~ ------ Mar 31,1902 ------
91-Ellen Lucy Harvey ---- ~ ----- Feb 9,l9Oh------Fab 7,192h
James Francis Harvey was born in New Hope, Lincoln County,
Missouri, Deoenbor 2, 1855, Attended Missouri University, Rail-
way mail service. Member of Methodist Church; Democrat, Married
in Hannibal, Missouri September 6, 1893. Mr. Fielder officiated.
Married to Ellon West Johnson, daughter of John Alexander
Johnson and Elizabeth Barbara DeSpada.
.»|.;,..m...»......;;.L
V-3)_|..
George Robinson Harvey---r(Jan 2,l88n)-----Rilla Shannon
92»Lutie Harvey-- ------ as ----- Unknown ---------- Unknown
George Robinson Harvey was born Lincoln County, Missouri.
Attended Troy, William Jewell College. Manayer of Louisville
Times and Journal Courier. Died Owensboro, Centucky. Reid
Cemetery, Okete, Lincoln County, Missouri.
V-35»
Lucy M. Robinson Harvey ----- - ----------- ---- Unmarried
Reid Cemetery, Lincoln County, Missouri;
V"36o
Caroline Harvey --------------------------- ------ Unmarried
Reid Cemetery, Okete, Lincoln County, Missouri.
V-37-
Alexander Reid Harvey-¢- ------------------------- Unmarried
Reid Cemetery, Okete, Lincoln County, Missouri.
V-38.
Lucy Reid Harvey--Q--4Sep 26, l88n)----William Pharr Stark
` Mar 16,1862
Oct 2,l9n3
93-William Harvey Stark- ---- --Unknown ---. --__--Unknown
9M-Amy Stark ------------------ Unknown --------- -Unknown
95-Isabelle Eleanor Stark-----Sep 27,1897------
"Lutie". `
william Pharr Stark, son of William Stark and Cynthia Eliza
Pharr, was born in Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. Educated
at Louisiana Schools and McCune College and assumed charge of
his £ather's business at age of 16. For many years President of
Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards Company at Louisiana,
Missouri. Now President of the William P. Stark Nurseries of
Stark City, Missouri, which town is named in his honor. Scottish
Rite Mason, a member of Moclah Temple and a Knight Templar. A
Presbyterian and recently a delegate to the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church at Dallas, Texas. President of Board of
Trustees of Missouri Valley College, President of Louisiana Public
Library Association, President of Board of Education of Louisiana
Public Schools. Author of numerous articles on horticulture and
pomology.
v'390
Andrew Dameron Harvey--(Jun 3, 1903)--Rosalind Ford Ewing
- Jul 7,1875
96-James Ewing Harvey ------- f-May 25,l9Oh ------
Andrew Dameron Harvey known in the family as "Bunch." Born
at Auburn, Lincoln County, Missouri. Educated in Psynesville
High School, La3range College, William Jewell College. Member of
Presbyterian Church. Belongs to Democratic party. Married at
Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, to Rosalind Ford Ewing, daughter
of Chatam Moore Ewing and Anna Louise Ford, born at Missouri City,
Clay County, Missouri. Educated at Excelsior Springs High School,
Kirksville Normal. Member of the Christian Church; Democrat.
V-MO. <
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B 3X1 5 B111 '13 fl :?3.\¥f.§9m-;z.1~'€f'~'9'*'e =s;~|5.-fi L-5-2 .,TIf¢f|g_g
eossseie1%?scs~{Bssmia1 was hers in Btssolnncosnsy, s;§sqs;g
&nd~diB& in Ba? Y Fduth. Slipped from rock bluff at Cah aux Gris!
and drowned in Mississippi River, Bu ied at Vancgsoed,
9
Francis Harvey Vance~(Mar 3,1893)-Wilholmina Dorothea Lange
Feb 6,1863
SSP 25,1933
97-Carolyne Vance ----- ----._. N¢v 5, 1893 _....
~ H- »>~ ~- -w -'~4¢»+1ff»'..;$&'iwJ:! if ;?'§°Z~%1»£'
1 ,. _ _
Known as "Neokie". Barn at Maneew°GQ F!§ » LiH°°1N ¢°"B¥7¢
Missouri. Buried in Vancewood Cemetery, Linoo n County, Missouri,
September 13, l?28.
Wilnelmina Dorothea Lange (Minnie) born Quincy, Illinois,
daughter of Louise Lange and Caroline Lange.
Dateson head stone at Vanoewood are incorrect.
v'L|.3 e
Caroline Vance-- --------- --- ---- ------- ------- Butler
Known in family as "Carrie." No children.
vahhe
S528 ER 'V ILFS i¥!ii& VSRQEQ 1* sesgersesue H' *Q* * '° ~ °»°1sm@'~iefrU¥iiii€`£?I*i'~.®¥i ~
Susan Virginia Vance was born in Missouri and died at the
age of sixteen.
v.z,5 .
B linds IIPYCQ'UlHl0h¢¢¢-§¢u¢uo¢w1111ll Culbertson Ltldsmg
(Novi 16, 1870) Sep 2,1 M2
Nov 12,1928
Melinda
98fMaria Dawson Lindsay- -~-- Sep 2,1871 -»--- --»
99-William.Vardeman Lindsay-Oct 20,1873 ------ -"Apr 2h,l9h3
100-Lucy Dawson Lindsay¢~-»--Mar 12,1676 ---- ~--~
1Ol»Susan Dawson Lindsay»~---Mar 22,1880 ----- --~
Known in family as "Minkie". Housewife. `
William Culbertson Lindsay is a brother of Clement Bell
Lindsay, He was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, and came with
his father!s family from Frankfort, Kentucky to Missouri in 1828.
His father bought 3000 acres of land in St. Charles County and
built the house in which the family still resides. St. Paul, St.
Charles County, Missouri. Democrat; Baptist; farmer and stockman.
St. Charles Cemetery. Complete biography given in "Biographical
Record of Saint Charles, Warren and Lincoln Counties, Missouri"
(1895)» page 131.
v-ue.
Jane Elisabeth Dawson-~ ------- ~éFrancis Thornton Merfiwether
(May 2, 1872) Mar 16,1838
_ Dec 30,1918
102-James Dawson Meriiwether--Jun 27,l87h-~----Jul 19,1880
lO3~Gharles Lewis Merfiwethar-Nov 20,1877------Jun 3,1928
Known in family as "Lizzie", Clarksville Public Schools. Housewife
Francis Thornton Merfiwether, son of William Nicholas Maril-
wether and Martha Louise Manson, was born at "Pebbleton" the count:
home of his father in Bedford Count , Virginia. Graduate of the
University of Virginia, Glass of 1820, and a member of the first
chapter of Y.M.G.A. organized. Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He enlist-
in the Army of the Confederacy at Forest Depot, May 2 , 1861,
serving through the entire war as a member of Co pany G, 2nd Caval
Army of Northern Virginia, General Stewart's Brigade and was
pajroléed at Lynchburg, Virginia, May 27, 1665. At the close of
the wa he cams to Missouri and was elected Superintendent of the
public schools at Clarksville and was one of the organizers of the
Episcopal Church there. ln l8?0 after taking the teachers exam-
ination in San Francisco, California he was made a member of the
State Examining Board of California. In 1876 he was elected
Principal of the Louisiana High School and removed to Louisiana,
where he resided until his death.
Appointed Postmaster of Louisiana by President Cleveland and
served during the Democratic administration. Was first president
of Building and Loan Association, Louisiana, Missouri. He was a
descendant of Colonel Nicholas Merqiwether who served on Washing-
ton's staff, and Rev. William Doug as who was educated in Scotland
Pralrieville Cemetery, Eolia, Pike County, Missouri.
V-M7.
Lucy Caroline Dawson--(Jun 6,1879)---Reuben Thomas Wigginton
= Jul ll,_18L;_l
Apr 6,1916
10h-Susan Teresa Wigginton--Jun 10,l880~-------Dec 23,1880
Reuben Thomas wigginton, son of Fielding Wigginton and Theresa
Smith, born in Trimble County, Kentucky. Both buried at Star Hope
Cemetery, gincoln County, Missouri.
Lucy Farollne Dawson, born in Lincoln County, Missouri.
As her last illness drew to its close her physician, Dr. Love
lace, realizing that the end was near, suggested that she be told.
The family shrinking from the ordeal placed it on the doctor. It
was in the spring and a bush of flowering almond on the lawn was
just bursting into bloom. He broke a spray of the blossom and
coming in took his seat by her bed. "Don't you think it is beau-
tiful, Lucy?" he asked. Startled by the gravity of his manner,
she answered "Yes, Doctor, why do you ask?" Pausing for a moment,
he bowed his head, "Heaven is more beautiful than this" he said.
vane. _
Francis Ludwell Lee Dawson~(0ot l6,l88h)-Molly Jane Thomas
Sep»7,l865
` oct
105-Lillian Thomas Dawson---Nev 3o,1885- ------ -_f
106-Elizabeth Dawson -------- Jul 23,1890 ------- -Sep 8,1908
107-Mary Frances Dawson ----- Mar 31,1898 ------- -
Frank L. Dawson was born in Lincoln County, Missouri. Educa-
ted at William Jewell College. Member of the Baptist Church.
Member of the House of Representatives in h2nd and h3rd General
Assemblies of Missouri. Chief Clerk of the House of Representative
in the hhth General Assembly. Judge of the County Court of Lin-
coln County frcm the First District from 1910 to 1918. Mason.
First_Clerk of Cuivre Association and Moderator from 1901 to l90h.
Official Manual of Missouri, 1905-6, page 36° A.F.& A.M.
Molly Jane Thomas, daughter of Abraham Milton Thomas and ,
Misso ri Howard, born near Eisberry, Missouri. Her father was 5,
born in Kentucky, her mother in Tennessee. Attended Paynesvi11e`
Academy. O.E.S., P.E.O., Christian Church, Democrat.
v*,.|.9 0
Margaret Virginia Dawson- ------ ------Reuben Thomas Wigginton
(Jun 28, 1883) Jul ll,loh1
Apr 6,1916
108-Ida Dawson.Wigginton----Jun'1,1885 ----- ----
109-Sarah Melinda Wigginton-Sep 17,1891-----~--May 7,1917
(See note under V-M?)
Margaret Virginia Dawson was known in the family as "Couchie"
Graduated from the Baptist College at Louisiana, Missouri as
valedictorian of her class. Star Hope Cemetery.
v"5o|
Ida Louise Dawson---(Nov l7,l887)-----Frederick William Lahr
Mar 26,1859
Sep 17,1911
110-James Dawson Lahr-------Aug 26,1888 ----- ---
lll-Charles Wigginton Lindsay Lahr-May 26,1890-
Ida Louise Dawson, McCune College, Louisiana, Mol < u& E&E§H.
n Oak Ridge Cemetery,
_ 'Frederick William Lahr son of Antone Lahr (born January 1,
1522) and Hanna Bchu acher fbern December 17. 1833) daughter of
Casper Schu acher fb. 1?9T~d. lBh?), was born in Vincennes, Indians
His grandfather was elected Egrgomeister of the City of Udenhetm,
Rrevinoe of Reinhesson, Germ y, August, 1822. Buried in the
Cemetery in Vincennes, Indiana.
-e- a~
V-#51,
~ Harvey ----- ; ---------------- ----~» -¢~- Unmarried
Died in infancy and bu ied beside mother in Troy Uemetery.
V-52.
Floyd Block Harvey--»~-f -»----» -»- ------~----- --Unmarried
Died in infancy.
V-53.
Henrietta Jacquline Harvey-(Ju ll,l913)-Robert Maupin Rawls
Apr 5,1890
112-Julia Thomas Harvey Rawls-Jan 27,191T-----
1l3~Bobbie Jacqueline Rawls-Jul 17,1932-af-----
770 E. Lombard Avenue, Springfield, Green County, Missouri.
Born in Pike County, Missouri. Attended Sacred Heart Convent
and Crescent College, Eureka Springs, Arkansas; Christian Church;
Democrat; Eastern Star.
Robert Maupin Rawls, son of James B. Rawls and Ruth Ray.
State Normal School, Daphne, Alabama, Springfield Com ercial
College; Shriner.
V-Siu
Julia Thomas Harvey- ----- --- --------------- ------Unmarried
Clarksville Cemetery, Pike County, Missou i.
V"55 0
Charles Cameron Vance~--~ -»---- ~» »---- -----------Unmarried
Charles Cameron Vance died in early infancy. Buried at Vance-
wood.
v-56.
Frances Melinda Vance ------ (1882)- ---- William Jackson Seaman
' Mar 18,18h8
'/Lw. s<>,1°r;2 //Q'u\:\,q;a"?05/5 '
Gayland Gordon G11i11and-----»»-------»Zelms Ester Waggener
(SL |'}_a__°/ SC/E, /5,
/va-f/' 'LJ i11and**_°'/V0 ly. ~§*; '? :'4 1' ~ - - - fjx; Q _-J,
125-Gordop,§1Ii11and -~--- ---Ih1.v",; ' ""
4| €1-'#f,¢~ ,
Elsberry, Lincoln County, Missouri. A i
»a~§&//~,4¢1.--/ I %/_» "f-(/7_4 l
/
VI-77.
christian PBper Bel1-- ----- -( 1912)--- ---- -Hazel Walker
Christian Heper Bell was born in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Married in Saint Louis. Divorced April 19, 1918. MALE West Pine
Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri.
2nd -------~------- (April 2u,19l8)- -------- --Helen E. ~
Divorced February 2S,l920.
3rd.---- ------- ---(Aug 23, l92O)- ------ Mrs. Hattie Greer
Married in Topeka, Kansas. Divorced July 1927. Second
-ceremony at St. Charles after divorce of third wife.
hth. ------------- -(Sep 23,192h)- ------ ----»-Daplin 'Doyle
Married in Texarkana, Arkansas. Divorced at Reno Aug 9,l928.
5th.- --------- ----(Aug 8,l929) ----~--- -----~-Mabel Boyer
1906
Divorced July 1, 1931 at Anniston, Alabama.
P.o. Bax 371, Ocean Park, California (1952)
VI-78.
Majorie Hhper Bell--(Jun 1915)----Richard Eugene Hinrichs
126-Rohert H1nr1¢ns--------- 1917-----------
Majorie/Beper Bell graduate of Mary Institute. Episcopalian.
Candidate for_U.S. Senate in 1950 against_Thomas Hennings, Jr.
Richard Eugene Hinriohs, Naval Reserve at Great Lakes, 1919.
Junior
Industrial Engineer, President, Young Men s Divis on,
Chamber of Commerce, `
Divorced in 1932.
2nd--._--(Oct 9, 1935)4---w1111am E. Hoeflin
MLMZ West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri.
|
Clara Bell Green----- ----- ----
Greennnnuninn dnnnunnna neuron-nn:-¢u|!»¢¢¢¢»u»~
Member of writer's Guild. Now in New York.
VI-81°
Blanch Be11---- ----- ------ ------- ---- --- Montague
127-Louise Montague--------- 1907---------Feb 1930
128- Montague- ------- - ---- -----
129- Montague- ------- - -- ------ -
Blanch Bell was born in San Angelo, Texas, Catholic; Demos
0
Theodore Preston Bell, Jr°,------- -
130-Nicholas Theodore Be11--
131-T. Frank Be11-----------
132-(daughter) Be11---- ---- -
Mayor of San Angelo, Texas. City Council of St. Louis 188
1886.
o
Frank __§e11
VI-Sh.
Avery _;Bel1
Q
Gene Bell
VI-86.
Dan , Bell
VI-87.
Caroline Castlemann Be11~ ----- ~----Charles Spurgeon Elliott
(Apr 7,1917) Jul 11,1891
Mar 15,l9hh
133-Charles Spurgeon Elliott-Feb 1, l923--- ---- Feb 1, 1923
Known in family as "Lina". Mary Institute; Washington Uni-
versity; Episcopal; Democrat; Axson Club; Women's City Club.
Charles Spurgeon Elliott son of J. C. El1iott_and Josephine
Hawkins Halkon. Episcopal; Democrat; Engineer; Mason; Kiwanis.
a
Almeda Eugenia Bell---(Sep 20,192u)--Henry Fredrick Kors; Jr
_ Mar 15 ,1895
13h-Joan Kors- ------ --------Nov lh,l926-------»
Born in St. Louis, Missouri; Lindenwood College; Presbyteria
Republican.
Henry Fredrick Kors son of Henry Frank Kors and Laura Finney
Born in Virginia, Illinoise
VI+9u.
Amy Starklnuunnasuunununh-é;|4;s_|»»¢§¢lll&-¢ll¢nl|Ea,I'1
Unknown
l39~Amy Jane Wilson-------33 dead
1hO~ y Wilson---#4--44
was employed
Earl Mott wilson mmm/in advertising department of the Curtis
Publishing Company.
vI'95e
Isabelle Eleanor Stark-----(Jul l7,1929)-------John D. Cole
Aug 5,1886
Isabelle Stark was born in Louisiana, Missouri; was graduated
from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Presbyterian;
Democrat.
John D. Cole, son-of Joshua T. Cole and Nancy T. Tomb.
Westminster College; Presbyterian; Republican. Senior member of
firm of Cole & Brack, lhh0 Broadway, New York.
25 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York.
vI'96e
James Ewing
lhl-James
James Ewing
Missouri. Eolia
Detroit. Church
Harvey--~--(Jun l5,l92h)--Lola Margaret Jameson
Jul 5,1907
Noel Harvey------~Apr 26,1933-----~--
Harvey was born at Elsberry, Lincoln County,
High School, teacher. Departmental executive in
of Christ, Democrat.
Lola Margaret Jameson, born at Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri,
Eolia High School, Kirksville State Teachers College, Teacher,
13971 Roselawn, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
VI~97.
Carolyn Vance-------(Oct 16,1915)------Samuel Whiteside Bell
Aug 10,1885
lh2-Carolyn Bel1~ ------ f-n-~Ju1 29,1916-- ---- -~
1h3~Rosemary Bell- -~--- -e---Oct 23,1919- ---- ~~»
Carolyn Vance was born in St. Louis, November S, 1893.
Attended Yeatman High School. Writer, Woman's National Press Club
She married in Atlanta. She is the child of Frank Vance and
Whilhelmina D. Lange.
Samuel Whiteside Bell, son of Augustus John Bell and Caroline
Margaret Boyce, was born in Toledo. Attended Kenyon College.
Newspaperman. Member of National Press Club.
3803 Alton Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. Woodley #2531
e
Maria Dawson LindsayJJ~-(Jun l8,l891)-~-Landy Pn111p waters
Apr 23,1866
g Aug 9,1906
1hhéBerniece Lindsay Waters»Sep 26,1896~-------
Bornin saint cnarxescehnuy, Missouri. Known inbthe family
as "Maydeet, _Was graduated frbm_the Baptist College at Louisiana,
Missouri in 1888; Married in Saint Edu s, Missouri.
Landy Philip Waters, son of John William Waters and Mary
Whiteside, was born in Lincoln County, Missouri, died in Dallas,
Texas. Elsberry Cemetery, Elsberry, Missouri.
VI-99.
William Vardeman Lindsay---(Jun 29,190h)----Helen Vail Mills
Sep 25,1880
1hS-Jane Dawson Lindsay-----Mar l2,l909--------
1h6-Barbara Mills Lindsay~--Jul 29,l911~- ------
Dr. William Vardeman Lindsay, M.D., was born in Saint Charles
County, Missouri. Was graduated from Missouri Medical College,
Saint Louis, Missouri. Physician, Scottish Rite Mason, Shriner,
Baptist, Democrat. Vclunteered at opening of the Great War and
com issioned as Captain in Medical Corps in 1917, Served overseas
in the Siberian Expedition and promoted to Major.
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota.
vI'].o0e
Lucy Dawson Lindsay----~-----(1902)-------John Calvin Brown
. _ Jan 12,1667
Mar 22,1939
0
Frances Sidney Harvey---(Jun 16,1926)-»-Wallace Elijah Wing
Sep 12,1897
l3S~%allace Elijah W1ngé4Q¢~Mar 20,1927---~----
befor +\<1fvQ\/ \/Q>'\;-T
-- - é5W§@I§gLLne»k_
'&av¥x>(a.¥&by MIKNH
\»O'*\\°-C2, 3 . MDIIQQIEI..
136. ©o\-<\\o.'> P- W \n<:\ `
A. B. Sieber ------ ------ ~
137.
Stark-- ------ -
138.
Stark- ---- -
'I-39|
Amy Jane wilson- -------- -(Nov 12,1932)---John Alexander
Scarsdale, New York.
Mathews, Jr
VIIQIMO.
y Wilson ------- -»
V11-lhla
Ja es Noel Harvey---~--#"-
vII-3.3.2. f . y
Carolyn Bell--~ ---- ---~5#e#*#4L*-Marcellus Cnristian Hughes
163-Christian Bell HughesJ#» ~-33---~
Marcellus Christian Hughes was prisoner in German prison
camp in Africa in 19U3.
vII=1u3;
Rosemary Bell ------ -4~¢#--
V11-lun; _
Berniece Lindsay Waters-(Sep 15,19l7)~Alf¥ed Harvey Harrison
C Oct 6,1895
lou-Lucy Kathryn Harrison--@Jan 1O5l919L--------
Formerly Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, now, Kansas
City, Missouri;
Second time married Jesse Soradley, now residing in Kansas Ci y
VII-1h5.
VII
O
Jane Dawson Lindsay-- ------ e- ----- -----Charles Warley
o
165-Melinda Norris Ndr1ey--- ---------
165%-son ----- deceased
Blacksburg, Virginia. Teaches at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
-1h6.
S
Barbara Mills Lindsay-----(Jun 2,l93S) ---- -----Paul Bérkman
9
166~Vai1 Lindsay Bu&kman---- --------
166%-son
1665-son
Live in New York.
VIIa1L;7.
John Calvin Brown, Jr.- ---- '-- ---- Edith Beatrice Glosemeyer
(Jafla 20| 193,-I-) A1-15° 39 1-gg;
/66 %%gl262Paul Louis Brown ------ - ----------- Jul. 23, l93Se-
John Calvin Brown, Jr., son of John Calvin Brown and Lucy
Dawson Lindsay. Attended Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton,
Missouri; Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri; Cumberland
University, Cumberland, Tennessee. Executive position in
Federal government in Washington, D. C.
Edith Beatrice Glosemeyer, graduate Webster College, Ste
Louis County, Missouri. Graduate work at St. Louis University
Catholic. Teacher at Saint Cecelia Academy, Alexandria, Virginia
3h22 South Wakefield, Fairlington, Virginia. '
Charles Lewis Meriwether, Jr. ---------------------
Charles Lewis Meriwether, son of Charles Lewis Meriwether
and Marie Naxera. Missouri University, Rotary Club, Lambda Chi
Alpha, Episccpalian, Democrat.
VII-lh9.
Robert Francis Sanders ---- ------------ Marjorie
(Oct. ll, 19u7) Aug
167l€?-William Clayton Sanders ------------------ Nov
168lb&~Robert Francis Sanders ------------------- Nov
169l6Q-Marjorie Ann Sanders --------------------- Apr
169113---Sally Sue Sanders ------------------------ Aug;
Jane Etherton
3, 1918
13. l9h8
2¢'19a9
11, 1951
17 1956
Robert Francis Sanders, son of William Seaton Sanders and
Lillian Dawson, born in Elsberry, Missouri. Elsberry Public
Schools; Central College, Fayette, Missouri; University of
Missouri. Presbyterian, Democrat, Mason, Scottish Rite, Shrine,
Moberly Country Club. Mercury Auto Agency.
Married at First Christian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, by
Reverend Claude Hill to Miss Marjorie Jane Etherton, daughter
of Henry Clayton Etherton and Winna Morton, Born in Overland,
St. Louis County, Missouri. University City, Stu Louis,
Schools, Southeast Missouri State Teachers College at Cape
Girardeau, B.S, Teacher prior to marriage. Housewife,
Presbyterian, Democrat, P,E.O,, American Association of Univer-
sity Women, Beta Sigma Phi, Eastern Star.
Urbandale, Moberly, Missouri.
VII-150.
Miles Lewis Hall, Jr.---~ ----------- Muriel Mullinaux Fisher