With my recent success of hunting down the parents and family of my 2nd Great Grandfather’s second wife, I thought I’d spend a little more time documenting what I do and don’t know about his first wife. Sometimes thinking through the process and making a checklist is helpful for me. What I do know:...
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Roxena Meacham Carter was the second wife of William Furlsbury Carter and my 3rd Great Grandmother. She had quite amazing life, and lucky for me, she told her life story to her daughter who recorded it. This autobiography was handed down to me from my mother who got it from hers. The copy I...
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William F. Carter was my 3rd Great Grandfather with his second wife Roxena Meacham Carter (1830-1919) through their daughter Junietta Carter (1865-1937) who married John Henry Wall (1861-1881) in 1881. William had quite a rich history and an interesting life. I’ve run across many biographies, journal entries, stories and other tales of his life’s...
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The following is the headstone of my Great Grandparents William “Will” Ingram and his wife Minnie (Nees) Ingram. I noticed on their headstone that it also lists their marriage date as the 10th of November, and I always had it in my records as the 11th. Another reminder that it’s always nice to have...
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The following is a rough table showing the pedigree for my paternal McCall family starting with my Great Grandfather Robert Lee McCall who married Etoyl Montgomery in 1920. The links that are located below their names are to the individual blog posts I’ve made. Since I’ve been focusing primarily on the paternal sides of...
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Will and Minnie Bell (Nees) Ingram are my Great Grandparents through their daughter Syble Bell Ingram. Only one of their daughters is still living, Lucille. I’m working on getting in touch with her to see if she can tell me more about her parents. Here’s the family record I have for Will and Minnie...
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The following is a history of my 3rd Great Grandfather James Ewell McCall published in the Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas in 1890. Judge J. E. McCall, an agriculturist of Herring Township, was born in Alabama, March 11, 1826, and is a son of John and Sarah (McCall) McCall, who were...
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James Ewell “J.E.” McCall is my 3rd Great Grandfather through his son John Keener “J.K” McCall who married Married Martha Olive “Ollie” Johnson in 1893. Much of the information of his life, I have gathered through a history that was written about him and his connection to the Clan Cholla charts. I spent many...
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Captain Robbert Harreld is my 5th Great Grandfather through his daughter Sinai who married William Neal, Sr. Sinai and William Neal’s son James Preston Neal had told a story of he and his brother (my 3rd Great Grandfather William Thomas Neal) as boys having had the opportunity to meet Samuel Houston and welcomed him...
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Johannes Adam Pfeifer, who went by Adam, is my Great-Great Grandfather through his son Anton A. Pfeifer (1893-1946) who married Anna Zimmerman (1891-1978). Johannes Adam Pfeifer Birth – 10 May 1859, Herzog (Susly), Wolga, Russia Death – 30 Oct 1917, Hays, Ellis, Kansas Burial – St. Josephs, Hays, Kansas Father – Johannes Adam Pfeifer...
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