The Ancestry of Brad Pitt

Biography and family tree of Brad Pitt the actor

Biography and Ancestry of actor Brad Pitt

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Part of my series "Sexy Blond Male Actors"
Part of my series "Entertainment Biographies"
Also see my version of this same page at "Brad Pitt" at countyhistorian.com


1 William Bradley Pitt

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William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born 18 Dec 1963 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, the eldest of three children born to William Alvin Pitt, who worked in management at a truck company and his wife Jane Etta Hillhouse, a high school counselor.

Brad first achieves public notice as "Mr and Mrs William Pitt, sister of the bride, and Brad of St Louis" at the Feb 1966 wedding of his aunt Ruthie.

Brad Pitt has two siblings, brother Doug Pitt (b. 1966 and married to Lisa Something) and sister Julie M (b. 1969 and married to Rob Neal). (Source)  Brad and his siblings, grew up in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, where the family moved soon after Brad's birth. Pitt was raised a Baptist. He attended Kickapoo High School (in Springfield), where he was involved in sports, debating, student government, and acting. He enrolled in 1982 in the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri–Columbia, but dropped out before getting his degree. He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Brad Pitt on a 1987 episode of television
series "Dallas" as "Randy" boyfriend
of Priscilla Presley's character "Charlie"




In 1987 as "William B Pitt" he is mentioned living at 826 W Primrose St, Springfield, Missouri.  His sister Julie is mentioned living there in 1993 as "Julie M Neal", so either they were both living at home, or Brad was living with his sister ?  Wikipedia reports that he moved to Los Angeles "two weeks before earning his degree", as I've shown, he was still in Springfield in 1987.  So either he was on the "five year plan" as I humorously used to call it, or he took a year off here.



Brad Pitt as "Randy", boyfriend of
Priscilla Presley's character "Charlie"
on a 1987 episode of television series "Dallas"
He was most likely in L.A. by November at any rate, as he appeared that month on a episode of the television series "Growing Pains", Season 3, Episode 9 "Who's Zoomin' Who?".  Watch his appearance here on YouTube.  He here plays a high school student (a senior I suppose), but he was almost 24.  A month later, in Dec 1987 he appeared on two back-to-back episodes of the television series "Dallas", episode 264 "Brother, Can You Spare a Child?" and episode 265 "Daddy's Little Darlin".  One or other other of these can be viewed in this clip (in English).  The make-out scene here on the left however I can only find in a French-language version at this clip.  He is a pretty young-looking 24 isn't he?  I can see how he could possibly pass for just being in high school still.

His youthful appearance would change by 1991 when he appears as the cowboy drifter in the hit movie "Thelma and Louise".  Watch his scene here in this six-minute clip.
826 West Primrose Street, Springfield, Missouri
as found on Google Maps - Street View
Brad Pitt was living here in 1987
Is this his childhood home ?


Brad Pitt as cowboy drifter "J.D."
in 1991's "Thelma and Louise"
Brad Pitt's first speaking role in a movie, was in 1988 in ''The Dark Side of the Sun'', although this film was not released until 1997. Pitt appeared uncredited in several movies, and then in smaller parts, but his first widely-known role was as the cowboy drifter "J.D." in ''Thelma and Louise'' (1991), (opposite Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis) which showed him without his shirt.  It is pretty apparent that he had been working out seriously since his first 1987 roles which show him as, a cute but thin and boyish-looking 24.  In this picture he was 27 years old.









Brad Pitt was married on 29 Jul 2000 at Malibu Beach, Los Angeles County, California to Jennifer Joanne Aniston who had been born 11 Feb 1969 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County the daughter of John Aniston and his wife Nancy Dow.  Brad and Jennifer separated on 7 Jan 2005, Jennifer filed for a divorce 25 Mar 2005, but the divorce was not finalized until 2 Oct 2005.


Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, 2010
Source: Brad Pitt and family donate cancer center, Dailymail.co.uk
Since 2005 Brad Pitt has been in a relationship with Angelina Jolie (b. 1975), they have one biological child together, and they have three other children, two which Brad had adopted before the relationship started, and one other they adopted while together.  Angelina is the daughter of actor Jon Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand.

Brad Pitt starred in the 2004 Movie "Troy".  Watch it on YouTube at this link.

Secondary sources for 1

  • "Brad Pitt", ancestral research by plaxamate@yahoo.com (whoever this is)






2 William Alvin Pitt

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William Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jane (Hillhouse) Pitt, Brad Pitt
Source: Brad Pitt and family donate cancer center, Dailymail.co.uk
William Alvin "Bill" Pitt was born 24 Mar 1941, the son of Alvin Monroe Pitt and his wife Elizabeth Jean Brown.  I'm going to strike temporarily the claim that he was born in Cleveland County, Oklahoma as this is not really clear.  If you have a credible source for this, let me know.  Someone else's web page claiming it, is not a credible source.  In 1949 Alvin and Betty are listed in a Baton Rouge, Louisiana city directory, then with three children.

According to his father Alvin Monroe Pitt's funeral notice in Mar 1959, "Billy" was then living in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  This would seem to imply that Alvin and Betty were already divorced.  In Jun 1962, the newspaper announces the coming marriage of William A Pitt to Miss Jane Hillhouse.  In that announcement, his mother Betty appears as "Mr and Mrs Raymond M Russell of Shawnee".  On 11 Aug 1962 while a resident of Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, William married, in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri to Jane Etta Hillhouse, a resident of that town. 
William, Brad, Jane, Doug, Julie
Source: http://www.makemyfamilytree.com
perhaps about 1981 ?

The family were living in 1963 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma when their son William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born there that year, but shortly thereafter moved to Missouri.  They had not moved as of Dec 1964, when Jane is noted as "Mrs William Pitt of Tulsa" when she was a bridesmaid.  He is named as "Mr and Mrs William Pitt, sister of the bride, and Brad of St Louis" at the Feb 1966 wedding of Jane's sister Ruthie.  Jane is named "Jane Pitt, Springfield" in her father's 1976 obituary.

They lived in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri where their three children grew up, and where Brad went to Kickapoo High School in that town.  William Alvin Pitt has been called both "the owner of a trucking company" and "working in management for a trucking company."

I'm not yet sure where Brad's childhood home was, although in 1995, the family was living at 1409 W Sunshine Street, but also citing an address at 826 W Primrose St, and also an address at Rural Route 2, PO Box 88C in Nixa, Missouri.  Bill and Jane were both living in 2010, when they are noted at an address on Josie Way.  I wonder if they don't live in a gated area?  It seems a little odd that the parents of someone so famous, would allow their exact address to be published in this way.

Primary sources for 2

  • ''Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002'' : "License: William A Pitt of Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, age 21; Jane E Hillhouse of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, age 21, dated 8 Aug 1962; Certificate: Thurman D Kelley, Minister, did at Joplin, Jasper County on 11 Aug 1962 did unite the above named persons."

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3 Jane Etta Hillhouse

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Miss Jane Hillhouse 1958
sporting the chemise
or "sack look"
Jane Etta Hillhouse was born in Missouri 13 Aug 1940, the daughter of Hal Knox Hillhouse and his wife Clara Maurine Bell.  In 1958 she was an officer in Lambda Alpha Lambda sorority.  She was also president of her high school's NFL society.  Later that year she opined, "the chemise is the last spoke in the wheel of fashion."  She is also mentioned acting in several plays at this time.  She was also a cheerleader.

In 1959 she is noted as attending Joplin Junior College.  At this time she is noted in a few plays, as a stage co-ordinator for a play, and as a camp counselor.  In Sep 1959 as "Jane Etta Hillhouse, 19" she was in a traffic accident. In 1960, she wrote a review of the play "Barnaby" and her review was published in the "Joplin News Herald".  In Aug of 1960 as "Jane Hillhouse of Joplin" she is noted as beginning her attendance at Oklahoma Baptist College in Shawnee.  In Jan 1961 she was chosen for a part in that school's production of "A Different Drummer".  She was listed on the Honor Roll in July 1961.  She was a finalist for Queen in the "1962 Yahnseh yearbook pageant" Feb 1962

Jane Hillhouse 1962
On 24 Jun 1962, Joplin Globe :
"Annoucement has been made by Mr and Mrs H K Hillhouse, 323 North Connor avenue, of the engagement of their daughter, Miss Jane Hillhouse to William A Pitt, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond M Russell of Shawnee, Okla.

"The marriage will take place in Forest Park Baptist church of Joplin on August 11, with the Rev. Thurman D Kelley officiating.

"Miss Hillhouse is a Joplin high school graduate and attended Joplin Junior college, where she was vice president of her freshman class and cheerleader.  She was a member of the 1962 graduating class of Oklahoma Baptist university.  Miss Hillhouse was graduated with a double major in secondary education and English, and a speech minor.  She was president of College Players, a member of Theta Alpha Phi and Kappa Delta Phi, and was a cheerleader.

"Mr Pitt, a graduate of Shawnee high school, is a Senior at Oklahoma Baptist university.  In high school he was vice president of his sophomore class, president of his junior class and a member of Hi-Y and Letterman Club in basketball and baseball.  He is a "B" Club member at O.B.U. in both basketball and baseball.  He is a summertime employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company."

And that is the last we hear of "Miss Jane Hillhouse" in the newspaper.  Period.  Except in attendance at a few weddings as "Mrs William Pitt".  So let that be a lesson to you.  I don't know what the lesson is, but there you go.  Another brilliant career ended by marriage, perhaps.

On 11 Aug 1962, in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri as a resident of that town, Jane married William Alvin Pitt, a resident of Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.

The family was living in 1963 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma when their son William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born there that year, but shortly thereafter moved to Springfield, Greene County, Missouri where their three children grew up.  She is named as "Mrs William Pitt of Tulsa" as a bridesmaid in Dec 1964.  She is named as "Mr and Mrs William Pitt, sister of the bride, and Brad of St Louis" at the Feb 1966 wedding of her sister Ruthie.  She is named "Jane Pitt, Springfield" in her father's 1976 obituary.

William, Brad, Jane, Doug, Julie
Source: http://www.makemyfamilytree.com
perhaps about 1981 ?
She is named as "Bill and Jane Pitt" in 2010 when they jointly gift an object to the University of Missouri auction.

Primary sources for 3

  • ''Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002'' : "License: William A Pitt of Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, age 21; Jane E Hillhouse of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, age 21, dated 8 Aug 1962; Certificate: Thurman D Kelley, Minister, did at Joplin, Jasper County on 11 Aug 1962 did unite the above named persons."
  • "Hal Hillhouse" (obituary), Joplin Globe, 16 Nov 1976 : "Hal Hillhouse. Webb City, Mo. - Services for Hal Knox Hillhouse, 65, Webb City route 1, who died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, where he had been a patient two weeks, following a long illness, will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary, Joplin.  The Rev. Thurman Kelley and the Rev. Russell Whetstone will officiate.  Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Mount Vernon.  Mr Hillhouse was born March 13, 1911, at Mount Vernon, and was a 30-year resident of the Joplin area.  He was retired.  He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, Webb City.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs Clarabelle Hillhouse, whom he married Feb 15, 1935 at Madeira, Calif.; a son, Sam Hillhouse, Yukon, Okla.; two daughters, Jane Pitt, Springfield, and Ruthie Richardson, DeQuincy, La.; his mother, Mrs Etta Hillhouse, Mount Vernon; a brother, Hollis Hillhouse, Miller; a sister, Ms. Freda Overfelt, Sedalia, and seven grandchildren."

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4 Alvin Monroe Pitt

Alvin Monroe Pitt was born on 7 Mar 1913 in Haworth, McCurtain County, Oklahoma ("age 17" 1930), the son of Oliver Brown Pitt and Rosa Lee Dorris.  Robert Yerton reports that "the funeral notice for Alvin in ''The Mobile Register,'' states that Alvin was a native of Hayworth, Oklahoma."

Alvin's parents must have married just before his birth, as Oliver is yet single in the 1910 census where he is living with his parents.  Alvin's parents divorced between 1912 and 1920, with his father marrying secondly Ellen Unknown who appears as his wife in the 1920 census.

I haven't yet found Alvin nor his mother Rosa "Rosie" in the 1920 census but she married secondly in 1920 in Garland County to Henry Wheatley and thirdly in Dec 1924 in Union County, Arkansas to William "Bill" Spooner.  Alvin is living with his mother and step-father Bill Spooner in 1930 in Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas.  Meanwhile his father as "O B Pitt, resident of Camden" married thirdly to Hazel Merrett in 1922 in Ouachita County, Arkansas.

Alvin married Elizabeth Jean "Betty" Brown by 1941 as his son William Alvin Pitt was born that year.  There is an Alvin Pitt, a painter, living in 1941 in Ardmore but his wife is listed as "Belle M".  As "Alvin M Pitt", a pipefitter, with wife "Betty", they appear here in the 1949 city directory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which also states that they then had three children living.  Alvin and Betty must have divorced and Alvin then moved back to Mobile County, Alabama by 1959, because Alvin's funeral announcement states that "Billy" his son was living in Shawnee, OK.

Alvin Monroe Pitt, died on 4 Mar 1959 in Mobile County, Alabama and is buried there in Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery, the same cemetery his mother would be buried in fourteen years later.  His funeral notice appeared in the ''Mobile Register''.  His mother was the informant on his death certificate as "Mrs Rosa Spooner".

Primary sources for 4

  • 1930 Census of Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "Bill Spooner, Head, owns home, worth $2000, Male, White, 33, married first at age 28, born AL/AL/GA, pumper, Creek Oil Prod.; Rosie, wife, female, white, age 30, married first at age 25 [sic], born AR/AL/AR, saleslady, dry goods store; Alvin Pitt, step-son, male, white, 17, single, born OK/MO/MO; Lewis Dorris, nephew, male, white, 17, single, born AR/AR/AR"

Secondary sources for 4

  • "Reader seeks information on Pitt family", 30 Jan 2008 "My great-great grandfather was William H. Pitt, who was born in North Carolina in 1818. He married Cynthia Parker in Marshall County, Ala., on May 30, 1841. My great-grandfather Thomas M. Pitt was born in 1848 in Alabama. Thomas married my great-grandmother, Margaret Mahan, in Monroe County, Miss., in 1868. Margaret died sometime after 1880 and Thomas later married a woman named Belle Armer (could have been Belle Armon or Belle Ray). It is believed that Thomas and Belle had one son named Oliver Pitt. My great-uncle Oliver moved from Hayworth, Okla., to Louisiana. He and his wife, Rosa Lee Dorriss, had a son, Alvin Monroe Pitt, my father's first cousin, who lived in Mobile and died there March 4, 1959. I have been told that Alvin was the grandfather of Brad Pitt, the actor. I've also been told that Alvin M. Pitt's obituary in the Mobile Register stated that his son "Billy" was living in Shawnee, Okla. at that time. William (Billy) Alvin Pitt was the father of Brad Pitt, who was born in Shawnee in Pottawatomi County, Okla. in 1963. I understand also that the Isbells are cousins of Brad Pitt. Would anyone in the Mobile area help me locate Alvin M. Pitt's obituary to verify this information? This would be very much appreciated. Karen Pitt Blaylock 508 Eduardo St. Anthony, TX 79821 E-mail: Swennie2@yahoo.com"

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5 Elizabeth Jean Brown

Elizabeth Jean "Betty" Brown was born in 1922 in Oklahoma, the daughter of Lester B Brown and his wife Una Valerie Coker.  In 1930 the family is living in Bethany, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Betty married firstly, probably in Oklahoma to Alvin Monroe Pitt.  Their son William was born in 1941.  There is an Alvin Pitt, a painter, living in 1941 in Ardmore but his wife is listed as "Belle M".  As "Alvin M Pitt", a pipefitter, with wife "Betty", they appear here in the 1949 city directory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which also states that they then had three children living.

Betty and Alvin must have divorced prior to 1959 when he died in Mobile, Alabama as the informant on his death certificate was his mother "Mrs Rosa Spooner."

As "Mr and Mrs Raymond M Russell of Shawnee" she appears in the marriage announcement of her son William A Pitt to Miss Jane Hillhouse Jun 1962.

As of Apr 2008, she lived in Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma as "Betty J Russell".

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Secondary sources for 5

  • Purported Ascents, and my opinion as to whether they are false or suspicious:
    • Mark Ogle who had a grant of arms in 1535.  Line is flawed by attaching Henry Ogle b 1600 as a son of Luke who-is-known to have died in 1582
    • William Purefoy + Katherine Wigston, but through the probably specious connection of some "Francis Purefoy" purported to be their son who had issue
    • William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie + Dorothea Stewart, but by assigning some "Alexander" Ruthven, fictitiously as their son
      • Ambrose Sutton+Sarah Warner and Nathaniel Tilden+Lydia Huckstep.  This ascent is going to depend on proving this http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Trail/1262/Sutton-Nat.html
      • David Crawford and his wife Jane of New Kent County, Virginia, but ignoring the flaw that Jane's maiden name is not known, and that David's grandfather as that Malcolm Crawford who d 1592 has been disproved.

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    6 Hal Knox Hillhouse

    Hal Knox Hillhouse was born 13 Mar 1911 in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri the son of Emery Hillhouse and his wife Etta Williams.  On 15 Feb 1935, at Madera, Madera County, California, he married Clarabelle aka Clara Maurine Bell.  In 1947 he either owned or worked at the Consumers Feed and Seed Company in Joplin.  In 1951 is mentioned that he had a partner in this business named Lee Williams.  In 1950 he became a partner in a broiler raising operation "scheduled to have a capacity of 12,000 baby chickens".  However in 1954 it is reported that he and his partner Lee Williams have "purchased a 57-acre broiler farm" from Robert Esterline.  Perhaps his first venture didn't go well, or maybe they were expanding.  He is called "of Joplin" up to 1965, but then starting that year he is being called "of Webb City".  In 1966, their daughter Ruthie married Gary Richardson, son of Jim Richardson of Joplin.  Hal Hillhouse died 15 Nov 1976 at Joplin, but a resident of Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri.  His wife survived him.

    Primary sources for 6

    • 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Emery A Hillhouse, owns home, age 37, MO/MO/MO, Farmer; Etta C, wife, age 31, MO/MO/MO; Hal K, son, age 8, MO; Freeda, daughter, age 6"
    • 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Emory A Hillhouse, age 47, married first at 24, MO/KY/KY, Farmer; Etta C, wife, age 41, married first at 18, MO/MO/MO; Hal K, son, age 19, MO; Freda, daughter, age 17, MO; Hollis, son, age 9, MO"
    • Joplin, Missouri City Directory 1947 : "Hal K Hillhouse (Clara; Consumers Feed and Seed Co)"
    • "Hal Hillhouse" (obituary), Joplin Globe, 16 Nov 1976 : "Hal Hillhouse. Webb City, Mo. - Services for Hal Knox Hillhouse, 65, Webb City route 1, who died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, where he had been a patient two weeks, following a long illness, will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary, Joplin.  The Rev. Thurman Kelley and the Rev. Russell Whetstone will officiate.  Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Mount Vernon.  Mr Hillhouse was born March 13, 1911, at Mount Vernon, and was a 30-year resident of the Joplin area.  He was retired.  He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, Webb City.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs Clarabelle Hillhouse, whom he married Feb 15, 1935 at Madeira, Calif.; a son, Sam Hillhouse, Yukon, Okla.; two daughters, Jane Pitt, Springfield, and Ruthie Richardson, DeQuincy, La.; his mother, Mrs Etta Hillhouse, Mount Vernon; a brother, Hollis Hillhouse, Miller; a sister, Ms. Freda Overfelt, Sedalia, and seven grandchildren."

    Secondary sources for 6

    • Purported Ascents, based on OneWorldTree connections, not evidenced properly:
      • Via the Dickey family, then via the McIlvaines to Gilbert Kennedy (d. 1527), 2nd Earl of Cassillis and his wife Isabel Campbell
      • Via the Dobbin family, then via the Boyd family, then via the Craig family to here, then up to here.  "James V Stewart" there, is King James V of Scotland.
      • Alternatively by the same route, up to here.  Robert Stewart, the husband of Elizabeth Mure there, is King Robert II of Scotland.
      • The Bethune/Beaton line looks bizarre to me, I can't yet comment on it, it seems completely mixed up.
      • Via the Gibson family to the Oakes family to the Harrison family gets to here  Elizabeth Bernard has a royal ascent through the Bernard family then to the Scrope family
      • Via the Gibson family to the Knox family comes to here.  Obviously some potential there
      • Via the Gibson family to the Gaston family yields a surprise here.  Probably not true, but worth checking out.
      • Via the Button family, then the Hopper family, then the Freeman family, then the Bennett family, we run into a one ascending from Princess Diana yielding some new data on her own ascent if true

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    7 Clara Maurine Bell

    Clara was born 5 Apr 1910 in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri, the daughter of Finis Alonzo Bell and his wife Nora Hammer.  On 15 Feb 1935, at Madera, Madera County, California, she married Hal Knox Hillhouse.  They lived at Joplin, Missouri and from 1965, possibly retired, at Webb City.  They had at least or exactly three children: Sam, Jane and Ruth.  Hal died in 1976, Clara survived him.  She was living at Nixa, Missouri from 1997 to at least 2002, but she died 12 Jul 2003, last residing in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.

    Primary sources for 7

    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Finis A Bell, head, age 42, married first time, 11 years ago, AR/TN/IL, Farmer; Nora, wife, age 38, married first time, 11 years ago, mother of 2, 2 living, AR/MO/TN; Gladys, daughter, age 9, MO; Baby, daughter, 0/12, MO"
    • 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Nora J Bell, head, owns home, age 48, widow, AR/MO/TN, Farmer; Gladys R, daughter, age 18, single, MO/AR/AR; Clara M Bell, daughter, age 9, MO/AR/AR; Felix E Hammer, father, age 74, MO/TN/TN, Laborer, Home Farm; Sarah A, mother, age 74 TN/TN/TN"
    • 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Clara M Bell, age 19, single, MO/AR/AR, servant, private family"
    • "Clarence Taylor Funeral Pending", Nevada State Journal, 25 Nov 1952 : "Clarence Lee Taylor of Sparks died at his home on Sunday.  He is survived by two sisters Mrs Clara Hillhouse of Verona, Mo., and Mrs Homer Smith of Crane, Mo.  He was a native of Metropolis, Ill.  Funeral arrangements will be announced later by O'Brien-Rogers Co."
    • "Hal Hillhouse" (obituary), Joplin Globe, 16 Nov 1976 : "Hal Hillhouse. Webb City, Mo. - Services for Hal Knox Hillhouse, 65, Webb City route 1, who died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, where he had been a patient two weeks, following a long illness, will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary, Joplin.  The Rev. Thurman Kelley and the Rev. Russell Whetstone will officiate.  Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Mount Vernon.  Mr Hillhouse was born March 13, 1911, at Mount Vernon, and was a 30-year resident of the Joplin area.  He was retired.  He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, Webb City.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs Clarabelle Hillhouse, whom he married Feb 15, 1935 at Madeira, Calif.; a son, Sam Hillhouse, Yukon, Okla.; two daughters, Jane Pitt, Springfield, and Ruthie Richardson, DeQuincy, La.; his mother, Mrs Etta Hillhouse, Mount Vernon; a brother, Hollis Hillhouse, Miller; a sister, Ms. Freda Overfelt, Sedalia, and seven grandchildren."
    • "Clara Hillhouse", U.S. Public Records Index

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    8 Oliver Brown Pitt

    Oliver Brown Pitt was born 24 Aug 1891 in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas, the son of Thomas Monroe Pitt and his wife Mrs. Mary Isabella "Belle" Armor.  In 1910, he is single and living with his parents in Webster County, Louisiana.  As "Oliver B Pitt, resident of Camden" on 20 Nov 1911 in Ouachita County, Arkansas he married Rosa Lee Dorris and they had a son Alvin Monroe Pitt, born 7 Mar 1913 in Haworth, McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

    Oliver appears in a World War I Draft Registration Card living in 1917 in Haworth, McCurtain County, Oklahoma where he states that he is then married and working in a saw mill.  He must have still been married to Rosa as she did not remarry until Jan 1920.  But he remarried by June 1920 to an Ellen Somebody.  He and Ellen appear in the 1920 census, married, no children, living in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

    On 13 Jun 1922, in Ouachita County, Oliver as "O B Pitt, age 31, resident of Camden" married thirdly to Hazel Merrett "age 17, resident of Camden", and by 1930 they had moved back to Webster County, Louisiana where he is living with his wife, 6-year-old son Stanton Pitt and widowed mother Belle.

    Oliver Pitt died Nov 1973, having last resided at Springhill, Webster County, Louisiana.

    Primary sources for 8

    • 1910 Census of Police Jury Ward 2, Webster County, Louisiana : "Thomas M Pitt, Head, white, male, 61, married second time, 20 years ago, AL/TN/GA, Farmer, General Farm, rents home; Belle, wife, female, white, 56, married second time, 20 years ago, mother of 4, 3 living, TN/TN/TN, no occupation; Oliver, son, male, white, 18, single, TX/AL/TN, farm labor, home farm; (also living with them is the William Alford family)"
    • "Rosalee Dorris", Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957 : "Oliver B Pitt, age 21, resident of Camden to Rosalee Dorris, age 18, resident of Camden, 20 Nov 1911 Ouachita County, Arkansas; security C M Martin"
    • ''World War I Draft Registration Cards'' : "Oliver Brown Pitt of Haworth, Okla., born 24 Aug 1891 in Honey Grove, Texas; Saw Mill Labor for Anne Shoveltowl Co near Harris Okla; married; primary support of mother and father; medium build, medium height, light blue eyes, brown hair, no disabilities; dated 5 Jun 1917"
    • 1930 Census of Police Jury Ward 2, Webster County, Louisiana : "Oliver B Pitt, Head, rents home, 38, married, first at 31, TX/AL/TN, Farmer, General farm; Hazel, wife, 23, married first at 15, SC/NC/SC, no occupation; Stanton C, son, 6, LA/TX/SC; Bell Pitt, mother, 76, widow, TN/TN/TN, helper"
    • Social Security Death Index, "Oliver Pitt, born 24 Aug 1891, died Nov 1973, last residence Springhill, Webster County, Louisiana, SSN issued by Louisiana before 1951"

    Secondary sources for 8

    • "Reader seeks information on Pitt family", 30 Jan 2008 "My great-great grandfather was William H. Pitt, who was born in North Carolina in 1818. He married Cynthia Parker in Marshall County, Ala., on May 30, 1841. My great-grandfather Thomas M. Pitt was born in 1848 in Alabama. Thomas married my great-grandmother, Margaret Mahan, in Monroe County, Miss., in 1868. Margaret died sometime after 1880 and Thomas later married a woman named Belle Armer (could have been Belle Armon or Belle Ray). It is believed that Thomas and Belle had one son named Oliver Pitt. My great-uncle Oliver moved from Hayworth, Okla., to Louisiana. He and his wife, Rosa Lee Dorriss, had a son, Alvin Monroe Pitt, my father's first cousin, who lived in Mobile and died there March 4, 1959. I have been told that Alvin was the grandfather of Brad Pitt, the actor. I've also been told that Alvin M. Pitt's obituary in the Mobile Register stated that his son "Billy" was living in Shawnee, Okla. at that time. William (Billy) Alvin Pitt was the father of Brad Pitt, who was born in Shawnee in Pottawatomi County, Okla. in 1963. I understand also that the Isbells are cousins of Brad Pitt. Would anyone in the Mobile area help me locate Alvin M. Pitt's obituary to verify this information? This would be very much appreciated. Karen Pitt Blaylock 508 Eduardo St. Anthony, TX 79821 E-mail: Swennie2@yahoo.com"

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    9 Rosa Lee Dorris

    Rosa Lee Dorris was born 6 Jun 1893 in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas, the daughter of George Washington Dorris and his wife Nancy Rosa Lee Smith.

    She married first to Oliver Brown Pitt on 20 Nov 1911 in Ouachita County, Arkansas and they had a son Alvin Monroe Pitt born 7 Mar 1913 in Haworth, McCurtain County, Oklahoma ("age 17" 1930).  She and Oliver divorced before 1920, as she remarried as "Rose Dorris, resident of Camden" on 30 Jan 1920 at Garland County, Arkansas to H N Wheatley "age 22, resident of Parsons, Labette County, Kansas".

    There are Wheatley's living at Parsons, and there are also Wheatley's living in Garland County, but it's not clear exactly where Henry goes in this family.  It's not yet known if Rosa moved to Kansas, or if the newlyweds stayed in Garland County.  He is probably that Henry Newton Wheatley, born 16 Dec 1899 who registered at the WWI Draft, "switchman" for the railroad and then living in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas.

    On 8 Dec 1924 in Union County, Arkansas she married thirdly to William Monroe "Bill" Spooner, and they moved back to Ouachita County, where they appear in the 1930 census.

    Alvin and his wife Betty appear here in the 1949 city directory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  In that same directory Rosa is probably the Rosa listed as wife of Willie Spooner, porter living at 1210 S 18th.  Alvin and Betty must have divorced by 1959 when Alvin's funeral announcement in the "Mobile Register" states that his son "Billy" then lives in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

    When her son Alvin died in Mobile, Alabama in 1959, Rosa was the informant on his death certificate and she was then described as living in "Spring Hill, Alabama".

    Rosa Lee Dorris died 5 Oct 1973 "80 years old" in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, and is buried there in Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

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    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "George Dorris, Mar 1853, age 47, married 24 years ago, AR/AL/AL, Farmer, Owns Home; Rosa Lee, wife, July 1857, age 42, married 24 years ago, mother of 7, 5 living, AR/GA/LA; Marian, son, Aug 1886, age 13, AR, Farm Labor; George, son, Jan 1890, age 10, AR, Farm Labor; Jessie L, daughter, Jun 1893 [or Jan], age 8 [or 6 ?], AR; Burqiuan McKnight, boarder, Jul 1835, age 65, SC/SC/SC, widower, Farm Labor; Bill Parnell, boarder, Mar 1853, age 47, MS/MS/AL, widower, Farm Labor"  Note: living next door are his two sons William and John Dorris.  Bill Parnell is evidently his son's uncle-in-law.
    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ward 3 Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "R L Dorris, age 50, widow, mother of 7, 5 living, AR/GA/LA, no occupation, owns home; Rosa, daughter, age 16, single, AR/AL/AR"
    • "Rosalee Dorris", Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957 : "Oliver B Pitt, age 21, resident of Camden to Rosalee Dorris, age 18, resident of Camden, 20 Nov 1911 Ouachita County, Arkansas; security C M Martin"
    • "Rose Dorris", Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957 : "H N Wheatley, age 22, resident of Parsons, Labette County, Kansas; Rose Dorris, age 26, resident of Camden; 30 Jan 1920 at Garland County, Arkansas"
    • 1930 Census of Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "Bill Spooner, Head, owns home, worth $2000, Male, White, 33, married first at age 28, born AL/AL/GA, premper ?, Creek Oil Prod.; Rosie, wife, female, white, age 30, married first at age 25 [sic], born AR/AL/AR, saleslady, dry goods store; Alvin Pitt, step-son, male, white, 17, single, born OK/MO/MO; Lewis Dorris, nephew, male, white, 17, single, born AR/AR/AR"
    • "Rosalee D Spooner", Alabama Deaths 1908-1974, pilot.familysearch.org : "Rosalee D Spooner, died 5 Oct 1973 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; 80 years old; spouse: William Monroe Spooner; father George Doris [sic]; mother Nancy Rosalene Smith"

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    10 Lester B Brown

    Lester B Brown was born 20 Aug 1902 in Oklahoma.  Some trees in the Ancestry World Tree project claim that he was born on Sep 1902 and was the son of George Washington Brown and his wife Cynthia Martin.  I'm not happy so far with those sources that do not cite any underlying source.  The main thing that bugs me is that in the 1930 census Lester B Brown's birthstates are given as "OK/MN/NE".  This is a very odd response as you can see.  The parents ascribed to him however were both born AR which is a rather normal response for an Okie.  I would really like to see some better sources on his purported parents.

    He married Una Valerie Coker about 1921/2, probably in Oklahoma. Their eldest child Elizabeth Jean "Bettie" Brown was born about 1922/3.  In 1930 the family was living in Bethany, Council Grove Township, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma where he was a freight agent for the railroad.

    Lester Brown and Una Coker divorced, probably in Oklahoma, sometime between 1930 and 1935, when she is already married to a Mr Speak and has a son William Speak born 1936.  I'm not certain if Lester ever remarried but he died in 1987 in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas.  We can be certain that this is the same Lester, as that is the same town to which Kathryn (Speak) Gansz, his step-daughter and her husband Edward moved and where Una died nine years later.  That co-incidence is too much for there to be more than one Lester.

    Primary Sources for 10

    • Social Security Death Index, "Lester Brown, born 20 Aug 1902, died 7 Nov 1987, SSN issued by Arkansas, last residence Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas"

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    11 Una Valerie Coker

    Una Valerie Coker was born in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee, in 3 Mar 1903, the daughter of Richard Ogle Coker and his wife Laura Trotter.  Una married Lester B Brown about 1921/2, probably in Oklahoma, possibly in Cleveland County where she was living.  With Lester, she had three daughters: Bettie 1923, June 1925 and Amaryllis 1927.  She is listed as the wife of Lester in the 1930 census, but divorced him by 1936 and married a Mr Speak by whom she had Mary Ann, William 1936, and Kathryn 1938.  She either divorced him, or he died, sometime before 1979, as her last husband, of whom she died the widow, himself died in 1978.

    Charles Cerba (1896-1978), a native of Cleveland, Ohio died in Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.  It is probably Una herself who is listed in 1987 as "Charles Cerba" in Shawnee, using the old-fashioned way some women refer to themselves as "Mrs Charles Cerba".  She was living in Shawnee as "Una V Cerba" as late as 1993, but by 1996 she had moved to Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, which is the county where she died 12 Nov 1997 at the home of her daughter.

    Her obituary, printed in the "Shawnee News-Star" on 14 Nov 1997 stating that she was a former Shawnee resident, lists the following children:  Betty Brown Pitt Russell, June Brown Ventura, Amaryllis Brown Miller (deceased), Mary Ann Speak Lanier, Kathryn Speak Gansz, and Dr William B Speak (deceased).  The Social Security Death Index lists Amaryllis L. Miller born 14 Jul 1927, died Sep 1991, last resided in Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma.  Someone has helpfully put up a page of the "Shawnee High School Class of 1955" where we see : "SPEAK, Kathryn Sue (Gansz) Spouse: Edward, 2207 Prestonwood Dr. Arlington, TX 76012". (Even though that site lists her phone number, I'm going to redact that here.  I'm not totally heartless.)  The Social Security Death Index lists several William Speaks, but I'm going to choose the one born 20 Jul 1936, who died Aug 1973, SSN Issued by Oklahoma before 1951.  The U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 tells us that Kathryn S Gansz of Arlington, Texas was born in 1938, while Edward was born in 1936.  They named a daughter Hildegard, so he must be a son of that Edward Gansz (b 1901) who married Hidegard Jud.

    Primary Sources for 11

    • 1910 Census Civil District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee : "Richard Coker, 37, married first time, 17 years ago, TN/NC/TN, Farmer; Laura T, wife, 36, maried first time, 17 years ago, mother of 9, 8 living, TN/TN/TN, House Keeper; Zola B, daughter, 15, TN; John T, son, 14, TN; Claude H, son, 12, TN; Rudyard K, son, 10, TN; Una V, daughter, 8, TN; Glenn D, son, 5, TN; Lucy M, daughter, 3, TN; Milburn K, son, 3/12, TN" Note: James Coker living next door is probably his father.
    • Texas Death Index, "Una Cerba died 12 Nov 1997 Tarrant County"
    • "The Shawnee News-Star", 14 November 1997 : "Una Cerba.  Former Shawnee resident Una Cerba died Wednesday at home with her daughter in Arlington, Texas. She was 94.  She was born March 3, 1903, in Sevierville, Tenn., the daughter of Richard Ogle and Laura Trotter Coker. She was part of the 1920 high school diploma program at Oklahoma Baptist University. She married Charles Cerba, who preceded her in death in 1979.  Mrs. Cerba had been a social worker for the State of Oklahoma.  She is survived by four daughters, Betty Brown Pitt Russell, June Brown Ventura, Mary Ann Speak Lanier, and Kathryn Speak Gansz; 14 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren, one sister, Lucy Coker Davis, and one brother, Charles Austin Coker.  Also preceding her in death were her son, Dr. William B. Speak, and her daugher, Amaryllis Brown Miller.  Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. John Mixon, the Rev. Charles A. Coker, the Rev. John T. Coker III and the Rev. Bill Crow. Burial will in New Hope Cemetery, Tecumseh, under the direction of Roesch-Walker Funeral Chapel.  Memorials may be made to the Samaritan's Purse in care of Franklin Graham, Box 3000, Boone NC 28607 or to the American Red Cross Diaster Relief Fund, Box 37243, Washington DC 20013"

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    12 Emery A Hillhouse

    Emery A Hillhouse was born 1882/3 in Lawrence County, Missouri, the son of Elijah B Hillhouse and his wife Melinda B Morris.  He married Etta Coleman Williams and they had at least three children, one of them was Hal Knox Hillhouse born in 1911 in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri.  Emery died in Jan 1965 at St John's Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.  His wife Etta survived him.

    Primary Sources for 12

    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Emery C Hillhouse, age 27, married first time, 3 years ago, MO/MO/MO, farmer, owns home; Etta, wife, age 20, married first time, 3 years ago, mother of 0, MO/MO/MO"
    • 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Emery A Hillhouse, owns home, age 37, MO/MO/MO, Farmer; Etta C, wife, age 31, MO/MO/MO; Hal K, son, age 8, MO; Freeda, daughter, age 6"
    • 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Emory A Hillhouse, age 47, married first at 24, MO/KY/KY, Farmer; Etta C, wife, age 41, married first at 18, MO/MO/MO; Hal K, son, age 19, MO; Freda, daughter, age 17, MO; Hollis, son, age 9, MO"
    • "Emery Hillhouse" (obituary), "Joplin Globe", 24 Jan 1965: "Emery Hillhouse. Mount Vernon, MO - Emery A Hillhouse, 82 years old, Mount Vernon resident, died at 8:55 o'clock Saturday morning in St John's hospital in Springfield following a long illness.  Mr. Hillhouse was a lifelong resident of Lawrence county and a retired farmer.  Survivors include his widow, Mrs Etta Hillhouse; two sons, Hal Hillhouse, Joplin and Hollis Hillhouse, Miller, Mo.; a daughter, Mrs Freda Overfelt, Jefferson City; a brother Snowden Hillhouse, Aurora, Mo., five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  Services will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Mount Vernon Free Methodist church with the Rev T P Holcomb and the Rev Fred Palmer officiating.  Burial will be in Zion cemetery near Mount Vernon."

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    13 Etta Coleman Williams

    Etta was born in Oct 1888 in Missouri, possibly in Lawrence County, as the daughter of Henry Thomas Williams and Ida May Isbell.  In 1906/7 possibly in Lawrence County, Missouri, she married Emery A Hillhouse also a Missouri native.  She is mentioned as "Mrs Etta Hillhouse" in Sep 1960 as a great-great-grandchild of James Gibson, a pioneer at Verona, Missouri.  She is mentioned as "Mrs Etta Hillhouse, grandmother of the bride" at the Feb 1966 wedding of Ruthie Hillhouse.  She is mentioned as a surviving daughter in the obituary of her mother Ida Williams who died Apr 1968, aged 101.

    Primary Sources for 13

    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, Jan 1864, age 36, married 16 years, MO/TN/KY, owns home; Addie M, wife, Nov 1866, 33, married 16 years, mother of 7, 6 living, MO/KY/KY; Lora A, dau, Mch 1885, 15, MO; Etta C, dau, Oct 1888, 11, MO; Sarah E, dau, Sep 1890, 9, MO; Frank T, son, Dec 1892, 7, MO; Fred, son, Jan 1895, 5, MO; Clarence, son, Oct 1896, 3, MO"
    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Emery C Hillhouse, age 27, married first time, 3 years ago, MO/MO/MO, farmer, owns home; Etta, wife, age 20, married first time, 3 years ago, mother of 0, MO/MO/MO"
    • 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Emery A Hillhouse, owns home, age 37, MO/MO/MO, Farmer; Etta C, wife, age 31, MO/MO/MO; Hal K, son, age 8, MO; Freeda, daughter, age 6"
    • 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Emory A Hillhouse, age 47, married first at 24, MO/KY/KY, Farmer; Etta C, wife, age 41, married first at 18, MO/MO/MO; Hal K, son, age 19, MO; Freda, daughter, age 17, MO; Hollis, son, age 9, MO"
    • "Mrs Etta Hillhouse, grandmother of the bride" at the Feb 1966 wedding of Ruthie Hillhouse.
    • "Mrs Ida Williams" (obituary), 21 Apr 1968, "Joplin Globe" : "Mount Vernon, Mo. - Funeral services for Mrs Ida May Williams, 101 years old, Mount Vernon, who died at 6:30 o'clock Friday night, will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the First Presbyterian church.  The Rev Thomas Cavicchia and the Rev Kenton Webb will officiate.  Burial will be in Zion cemetery under the direction of the Max L Fossett funeral home.  Born November 20, 1866, near Miller, Mo., Mrs Williams had been a lifelong resident of this area.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian church.  Survivors include three daughters, Mrs Lora Wheat, Mrs Etta Hillhouse, and the Rev. Mrs. Elizabeth Hillhouse, all of Mount Vernon; three sons, Frank Williams, Mount Vernon, C H William, Kosciusko, Miss., and Lee Williams, Joplin, Mo.; 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren."

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    14 Finis Alonzo Bell

    Finis Alonzo Bell was born 21 Nov 1867 in Benton County, Arkansas, the son of William Bell and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Neece.  He while a resident of Mount Vernon, married Lenora Jane "Nora" Hammer on 20 Nov 1898 in Lawrence County, Missouri.

    Finis Bell died at Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri on 4 Nov 1918 in the Influenza Pandemic.  He was buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Mt Vernon.

    Sources for 14

    • 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Anderson, Benton County, Arkansas : "Lizzie Bell, age 43, Keeping House, TN/TN/TN; Willie, age 18, son, Laborer, MO; James, age 16, son, Laborer, MO; Lucy, age 14, daughter, MO; Finis Bell, son, age 12, AR; Alice, age 11, daughter, AR; Roena, age 6, daughter, AR"
    • Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 : "Finis A Bell, age 30 of Mount Vernon, to Lanora J Hammer, age 26 of Phelps,  20 Nov 1898 Lawrence County, Missouri"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Finis A Bell, Nov 1867, age 32,  married 2 years, AR/TN/TN, Farmer; Nora J, wife, Dec 1871, age 28, married 2 years, mother of 0, MO/TN/TN; Sarah E Bell, mother, Jun 1835, widow, mother of 10, 6 living, TN/TN/TN; Fred A Russell, boarder, Nov 1880, age 19, single, MO/MO/MO, Farm Labor"
    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Finis A Bell, head, age 42, married first time, 11 years ago, AR/TN/IL, Farmer; Nora, wife, age 38, married first time, 11 years ago, mother of 2, 2 living, AR/MO/TN; Gladys, daughter, age 9, MO; Baby, daughter, 0/12, MO"
    • Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1959 : "In Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. Finis Alonzo Bell.  White, male, married.  Born 21 Nov 1867, age 50 years 11 months 13 days. Farmer.  Born in Benton County, Arkansas.  Father William Bell born in Tennessee.  Mother Sarah Elizabeth Neece born in Illinois.  Informant J L J [?] Bell of Miller, Mo.  Died 4 Nov 1918 of Influenza and Pneumonia. P A Holmra, M.D. of Mt Vernon.  Burial I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Mt Vernon"

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    15 Lenora Jane Hammer

    Lenora Jane "Nora" Hammer was born Dec 1871 in Missouri, daughter of Felix Emery Hammer and his wife Sarah.

    Sources for 15

    • Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 : "Finis A Bell, age 30 of Mount Vernon, to Lanora J Hammer, age 26 of Phelps,  20 Nov 1898 Lawrence County, Missouri"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Finis A Bell, Nov 1867, age 32,  married 2 years, AR/TN/TN, Farmer; Nora J, wife, Dec 1871, age 28, married 2 years, mother of 0, MO/TN/TN; Sarah E Bell, mother, Jun 1835, widow, mother of 10, 6 living, TN/TN/TN; Fred A Russell, boarder, Nov 1880, age 19, single, MO/MO/MO, Farm Labor"
    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Finis A Bell, head, age 42, married first time, 11 years ago, AR/TN/IL, Farmer; Nora, wife, age 38, married first time, 11 years ago, mother of 2, 2 living, AR/MO/TN; Gladys, daughter, age 9, MO; Baby, daughter, 0/12, MO"
    • Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1959 : "In Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. Finis Alonzo Bell.  White, male, married.  Born 21 Nov 1867, age 50 years 11 months 13 days. Farmer.  Born in Benton County, Arkansas.  Father William Bell born in Tennessee.  Mother Sarah Elizabeth Neece born in Illinois.  Informant J L J [?] Bell of Miller, Mo.  Died 4 Nov 1918 of Influenza and Pneumonia. P A Holmra, M.D. of Mt Vernon.  Burial I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Mt Vernon"
    • 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Nora J Bell, head, owns home, age 48, widow, AR/MO/TN, Farmer; Gladys R, daughter, age 18, single, MO/AR/AR; Clara M Bell, daughter, age 9, MO/AR/AR; Felix E Hammer, father, age 74, MO/TN/TN, Laborer, Home Farm; Sarah A, mother, age 74 TN/TN/TN"
    • 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Nora Bell, owns home, age 58, widow, AR/TN/TN, Manager, Own Farm; Gladys R Bell, daughter, age 29, single, MO/AR/AR; Jayne R Bell, daughter, age 9, MO/AR/AR"


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    16 Thomas Monroe Pitt

    Thomas Monroe Pitt was born 1848/9 in Alabama ("age 61" 1910); but note that he states on his marriage license in 1888 that he is only 34 years old.

    Thomas was married twice.  By his first wife Margaret he had a number of children.  After her death, he married secondly on 31 Oct 1888 in Hempstead County, Arkansas to Mrs Mary Isabella "Bell" Armor and they had one surviving child Oliver Brown Pitt, born 1891 in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas.

    Thomas Monroe Pitt died sometime between 1910 and 1930, probably in Webster County, Louisiana.  In 1930 his widow "Bell" is living, as "mother" and a widow, with her son Oliver in Webster County, Louisiana.

    Primary sources for 16

    • 1910 Census of Police Jury Ward 2, Webster County, Louisiana : "Thomas M Pitt, Head, white, male, 61, married second time, 20 years ago, AL/TN/GA, Farmer, General Farm, rents home; Belle, wife, female, white, 56, married second time, 20 years ago, mother of 4, 3 living, TN/TN/TN, no occupation; Oliver, son, male, white, 18, single, TX/AL/TN, farm labor, home farm; (also living with them is the William Alford family)"

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    17 Mary Isabella Armer

    Mary Isabella Somebody was born 1852/4 in Tennessee.  Her maiden name is not known.  She married firstly to a Mr Armer who either died or they divorced by 1888 when she married as "Mrs Bell Armer, age 35" on 31 Oct 1888 in Hempstead County, Arkansas to Thomas M Pitt age 34.  On the marriage document boilerplate it states "of Hempstead County" which is not stricken out, so presumably they were both residents at that time.

    Armor was not her maiden name.  When she married in 1888 to Thomas Monroe Pitt, she was already Mrs Bell Armer.  In 1910 she states that she has had four children, three are still living, I only know of one child  Oliver B Pitt.

    Primary sources for 17

    • Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957, search.labs.familysearch.org : "Thomas M Pitt, age 34, to Mrs Bell Armer, age 35, 31 Oct 1888 Hempstead County, Arkansas" A F Sparks as surety
    • 1910 Census of Police Jury Ward 2, Webster County, Louisiana : "Thomas M Pitt, Head, white, male, 61, married second time, 20 years ago, AL/TN/GA, Farmer, General Farm, rents home; Belle, wife, female, white, 56, married second time, 20 years ago, mother of 4, 3 living, TN/TN/TN, no occupation; Oliver, son, male, white, 18, single, TX/AL/TN, farm labor, home farm; (also living with them is the William Alford family)"
    • 1930 Census of Police Jury Ward 2, Webster County, Louisiana : "Oliver B Pitt, Head, rents home, 38, married, first at 31, TX/AL/TN, Farmer, General farm; Hazel, wife, 23, married first at 15, SC/NC/SC, no occupation; Stanton C, son, 6, LA/TX/SC; Bell Pitt, mother, 76, widow, TN/TN/TN, helper"

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    18 George Washington Dorris

    George Washington Dorris was born Mar 1851 in Alabama.  He married on 25 Jul 1875 in Calhoun County, Arkansas to Nancy Rosa Lee Smith.  They moved to Ouachita County, living there for at least twenty years, which is probably where he died sometime between 1900 and 1910.

    George and Rosa had seven children, but two possibly died as infants, or at least before the 1900 census where Rosa states that she is the mother of seven, five living.  The known children were : William 1876, John H 1878 married in 1899 to Eunice Parnell, Nancy 1880, Marian 1886, George 1890 married May Steadman on 20 Nov 1911, Jessie "Rosalee" 1893 married Oliver B Pitt on 20 Nov 1911 as well. We are missing one child, and it must be that Nancy died before the 1900 census.

    Sources for 18

    • "G W Dorris", Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957, search.labs.familysearch.org : "G W Dorris, age 24 to N R L Smith, age 18, 25 Jul 1875 Calhoun County, Arkansas"
    • 1880 U.S. Federal Census, La Fayette, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "George Dorris, age 29, Farmer, AL/GA/SC; Rosa, age 23, wife, Keeping House, AR/AL/LA; William, age 4, son, AR; John, age 2, son, AR; Nancy, age 4/12, daughter, AR; Mary PARKER, age 19, servant, working on farm, AR"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "George Dorris, Mar 1853, age 47, married 24 years ago, AR/AL/AL, Farmer, Owns Home; Rosa Lee, wife, July 1857, age 42, married 24 years ago, mother of 7, 5 living, AR/GA/LA; Marian, son, Aug 1886, age 13, AR, Farm Labor; George, son, Jan 1890, age 10, AR, Farm Labor; Jessie L, daughter, Jun 1893 [or Jan], age 8 [or 6 ?], AR; Burqiuan McKnight, boarder, Jul 1835, age 65, SC/SC/SC, widower, Farm Labor; Bill Parnell, boarder, Mar 1853, age 47, MS/MS/AL, widower, Farm Labor"  Note: living next door are his two sons William and John Dorris.  Bill Parnell is evidently his son's uncle-in-law.
    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ward 3 Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "R L Dorris, age 50, widow, mother of 7, 5 living, AR/GA/LA, no occupation, owns home; Rosa, daughter, age 16, single, AR/AL/AR"
    • "Rosalee D Spooner", Alabama Deaths 1908-1974, pilot.familysearch.org : "Rosalee D Spooner, died 5 Oct 1973 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; 80 years old; spouse: William Monroe Spooner; father George Doris [sic]; mother Nancy Rosalene Smith"

    19 Nancy Rosa Lee Smith

    Sources for 19

    • "G W Dorris", Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957, search.labs.familysearch.org : "G W Dorris, age 24 to N R L Smith, age 18, 25 Jul 1875 Calhoun County, Arkansas"
    • 1880 U.S. Federal Census, La Fayette, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "George Dorris, age 29, Farmer, AL/GA/SC; Rosa, age 23, wife, Keeping House, AR/AL/LA; William, age 4, son, AR; John, age 2, son, AR; Nancy, age 4/12, daughter, AR; Mary PARKER, age 19, servant, working on farm, AR"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "George Dorris, Mar 1853, age 47, married 24 years ago, AR/AL/AL, Farmer, Owns Home; Rosa Lee, wife, July 1857, age 42, married 24 years ago, mother of 7, 5 living, AR/GA/LA; Marian, son, Aug 1886, age 13, AR, Farm Labor; George, son, Jan 1890, age 10, AR, Farm Labor; Jessie L, daughter, Jun 1893 [or Jan], age 8 [or 6 ?], AR; Burqiuan McKnight, boarder, Jul 1835, age 65, SC/SC/SC, widower, Farm Labor; Bill Perciell, boarder, Mar 1853, age 47, MS/MS/AL, widower, Farm Labor"  Note: living next door are his two sons William and John Dorris.  Bill "Perciell" is evidently his son's uncle-in-law.
    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ward 3 Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas : "R L Dorris, age 50, widow, mother of 7, 5 living, AR/GA/LA, no occupation, owns home; Rosa, daughter, age 16, single, AR/AL/AR"
    • "Rosalee D Spooner", Alabama Deaths 1908-1974, pilot.familysearch.org : "Rosalee D Spooner, died 5 Oct 1973 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; 80 years old; spouse: William Monroe Spooner; father George Doris [sic]; mother Nancy Rosalene Smith"

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    22 Richard Ogle Coker

    Richard Ogle Coker was born Jul 1872 in Tennessee.  On 14 Dec 1892, in Sevier County, Tennessee he married Laura Trotter also a Tennessee native.  They had ten children, the first nine born in Sevier County, Tennessee : Zola 1893 never married, John 1896-1990 married in 1915 to Mary Folks, Claud 1897, Rudyard "Rudy" 1899-1993, Una 1903, Glenn 1905-1976 married Cleo Dawson, Lucy 1907-2004 married in 1932 to Oral Davis, Milburn 1910-1970 and Charles 1916-2001 who was born in Oklahoma and married Frances Menius.

    From Sevier County, they moved to Cleveland County, Oklahoma and then to Pottawatomie County.  Richard was living in 1930, but may have died in this place.

    As a resident of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, his son Milburn enlisted 17 Jan 1942 as a private in the Army Air Corps "single without dependents", and would later die in Los Angeles, CA in 1970.

    Sources for 22

    • Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage Records, sevierlibrary.org : "Richard Coker to Laura Trotter 14 Dec 1892"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census of Civil District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee : "Richard Coker, Jul 1872, 27, married 8 years ago, TN/TN/TN, Farmer, Owns Home; Laure T, wife, Jul 1873, 26, married 8 years ago, mother of 4, 4 living, TN/TN/TN; Zola B, daughter, Sep 1893, 6, TN; John T, son, Feb 1896, TN; Claud H, son, Aug 1897, TN; Rudyard K, son, Sep 1899, 8/12, TN" Note: James Coker living next door is probably his father
    • Sevier County, Tennessee Birth Records, sevierlibrary.org (PDF 58 pages! Are you crazy!) : "Milburn Coker, born 20 Jan 1910, father Richard Coker born in Sevier County, mother Laura Coker born in Sevier County"
    • 1910 Census Civil District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee : "Richard Coker, 37, married first time, 17 years ago, TN/NC/TN, Farmer; Laura T, wife, 36, maried first time, 17 years ago, mother of 9, 8 living, TN/TN/TN, House Keeper; Zola B, daughter, 15, TN; John T, son, 14, TN; Claude H, son, 12, TN; Rudyard K, son, 10, TN; Una V, daughter, 8, TN; Glenn D, son, 5, TN; Lucy M, daughter, 3, TN; Milburn K, son, 3/12, TN" Note: James Coker living next door is probably his father.

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    23 Laura T Trotter

    Laura T Trotter was born Jul 1873 in Tennessee, probably in Sevier County, as the daughter of John Trotter and his wife Tryphena.  On 14 Dec 1892 in Sevier County, Tennessee Laura Trotter married Richard Coker.  They stayed living in Sevier County, where most of their children were born until they moved, sometime between 1910 and 1917 to Cleveland County, Oklahoma where they are found in the 1920 Census.  In 1930 they are living in Brinton, Oklahoma.  Laura may have died in this place.

    Sources for 23

    • 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee : "John M Trotter, age 49, Carpenter, TN/TN/TN; Tryphena, age 49, wife, Keeping House, TN/VA/TN; Valentine, age 27, son, Farming, TN; George W, age 23, son, Farming, TN; Barbry T, age 19, daughter, TN; Asa S, age 18, daughter, TN; Nancy E, age 14, daughter, TN; Mary W, age 12, daughter, TN; Laura T Trotter, age 7, TN; George Flin, age 79, father-in-law, No occupation, TN/Germany/Virginia" Note: James Trotter next door is probably a brother.
    • Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage Records, sevierlibrary.org : "Richard Coker to Laura Trotter 14 Dec 1892"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census of Civil District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee : "Richard Coker, Jul 1872, 27, married 8 years ago, TN/TN/TN, Farmer, Owns Home; Laure T, wife, Jul 1873, 26, married 8 years ago, mother of 4, 4 living, TN/TN/TN; Zola B, daughter, Sep 1893, 6, TN; John T, son, Feb 1896, TN; Claud H, son, Aug 1897, TN; Rudyard K, son, Sep 1899, 8/12, TN" Note: James Coker living next door is probably his father
    • Sevier County, Tennessee Birth Records, sevierlibrary.org (PDF 58 pages! Are you crazy!) : "Milburn Coker, born 20 Jan 1910, father Richard Coker born in Sevier County, mother Laura Coker born in Sevier County"
    • 1910 Census Civil District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee : "Richard Coker, 37, married first time, 17 years ago, TN/NC/TN, Farmer; Laura T, wife, 36, maried first time, 17 years ago, mother of 9, 8 living, TN/TN/TN, House Keeper; Zola B, daughter, 15, TN; John T, son, 14, TN; Claude H, son, 12, TN; Rudyard K, son, 10, TN; Una V, daughter, 8, TN; Glenn D, son, 5, TN; Lucy M, daughter, 3, TN; Milburn K, son, 3/12, TN" Note: James Coker living next door is probably his father.

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    24 Elijah B Hillhouse


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    25 Melinda B Morris


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    26 Henry Thomas Williams

    Sources for 26

    • Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002 : "Henry T Williams, under 21 to Ida Isbell who is under 18, on 23 Dec 1883, Lawrence County, Missouri; both residents of Lawrence County; written consent of Sarah G Williams, mother of Henry T and Thomas R Isbell father of Ida Isbell to the issuing of this license"
    • "Thomas Frank Williams", World War I Draft Registration Card stating in part, that he was born 20 Dec 1892 in "Mount Vernon Township"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, Jan 1864, age 36, married 16 years, MO/TN/KY, owns home; Addie M, wife, Nov 1866, 33, married 16 years, mother of 7, 6 living, MO/KY/KY; Lora A, dau, Mch 1885, 15, MO; Etta C, dau, Oct 1888, 11, MO; Sarah E, dau, Sep 1890, 9, MO; Frank T, son, Dec 1892, 7, MO; Fred, son, Jan 1895, 5, MO; Clarence, son, Oct 1896, 3, MO"
    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Mt Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, 46, married first time, 26 years ago, MO/KY/US, liveryman, own stable, owns home; Ida M, wife, 43, married first time, 26 years ago, mother of 8, 6 living, MO/KY/KY; Sarah E, daughter, 19, single, MO; Frank T, son, 17, single, MO, hosler, father's stable; Clarence H, son, 13, MO; Lee, son, 1 8/12, MO"
    • 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, owns home with mortgage, 56, MO/KY/KY, Farmer; Ida M, wife, 53, MO/KY/KY; Elizabeth HILLHOUSE, daughter, 29, widow, MO, Clerk, Dry Goods Store; Clarence WILLIAMS, son, 23, single, MO, no occupation; Lee, son, 11, MO; Berniece, granddaughter, 6, IL/MO/MO"
    • 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, owns home, worth $1400, age 66, married first at 20, MO/US/US, Retail Merchant, Feed and Produce; Ida M, wife, 63, married first at 17, MO/KY/KY; Lee, son, 21, single, MO; Bernice M HILLHOUSE, granddaughter, 16, single, IL/MO/MO"
    • "Henry T Williams", Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1959 : "Died in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri, where he had lived 'all his life'.  Henry Thomas Williams, not a veteran, no social security.  White, male, married.  Wife Ida living and aged 80.  He was born 12 Jan 1864, age 83 years 7 months 26 days.  Born in rural Mount Vernon.  Retired Farmer.  Father Francis Coleman Williams born in Kentucky.  Mother Sarah Gullerton, born in Jasper County Missouri.  Informant Mrs Ida Williams of Mount Vernon.  Burial at Mt Zion Cemetery.  Died 8 Sep 1947 of apoplexy."

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    27 Ida May Isbell

    Sources for 27

    • 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Ozark, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Riley Isbell, 35, Farmer, $1500/$3500, KY; Migu ? A H, 31, Keeping House, KY; Butler, 6, MO; Ida, 3, MO"
    • 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Mt Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "T R Isbell, age 45, Farmer, KY/NC/NC; Becky Ann, age 41, Keeping House, KY/NC/SC; Butler, age 16, son, farmer, MO; Ida, age 13, daughter, MO; William, age 6, son, MO"
    • Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002 : "Henry T Williams, under 21 to Ida Isbell who is under 18, on 23 Dec 1883, Lawrence County, Missouri; both residents of Lawrence County; written consent of Sarah G Williams, mother of Henry T and Thomas R Isbell father of Ida Isbell to the issuing of this license"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, Jan 1864, age 36, married 16 years, MO/TN/KY, owns home; Addie M, wife, Nov 1866, 33, married 16 years, mother of 7, 6 living, MO/KY/KY; Lora A, dau, Mch 1885, 15, MO; Etta C, dau, Oct 1888, 11, MO; Sarah E, dau, Sep 1890, 9, MO; Frank T, son, Dec 1892, 7, MO; Fred, son, Jan 1895, 5, MO; Clarence, son, Oct 1896, 3, MO"
    • 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Mt Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, 46, married first time, 26 years ago, MO/KY/US, liveryman, own stable, owns home; Ida M, wife, 43, married first time, 26 years ago, mother of 8, 6 living, MO/KY/KY; Sarah E, daughter, 19, single, MO; Frank T, son, 17, single, MO, hosler, father's stable; Clarence H, son, 13, MO; Lee, son, 1 8/12, MO"
    • 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, owns home with mortgage, 56, MO/KY/KY, Farmer; Ida M, wife, 53, MO/KY/KY; Elizabeth HILLHOUSE, daughter, 29, widow, MO, Clerk, Dry Goods Store; Clarence WILLIAMS, son, 23, single, MO, no occupation; Lee, son, 11, MO; Berniece, granddaughter, 6, IL/MO/MO"
    • 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Henry T Williams, owns home, worth $1400, age 66, married first at 20, MO/US/US, Retail Merchant, Feed and Produce; Ida M, wife, 63, married first at 17, MO/KY/KY; Lee, son, 21, single, MO; Bernice M HILLHOUSE, granddaughter, 16, single, IL/MO/MO"
    • "Mrs Ida Williams" (obituary), 21 Apr 1968, "Joplin Globe" : "Mount Vernon, Mo. - Funeral services for Mrs Ida May Williams, 101 years old, Mount Vernon, who died at 6:30 o'clock Friday night, will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the First Presbyterian church.  The Rev Thomas Cavicchia and the Rev Kenton Webb will officiate.  Burial will be in Zion cemetery under the direction of the Max L Fossett funeral home.  Born November 20, 1866, near Miller, Mo., Mrs Williams had been a lifelong resident of this area.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian church.  Survivors include three daughters, Mrs Lora Wheat, Mrs Etta Hillhouse, and the Rev. Mrs. Elizabeth Hillhouse, all of Mount Vernon; three sons, Frank Williams, Mount Vernon, C H William, Kosciusko, Miss., and Lee Williams, Joplin, Mo.; 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren."

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    28 William Saterfield Bell

    William Saterfield Bell died between 1870 and 1880, probably in Benton County, Arkansas

    Sources for 28

    • "The Neece Family" by Bill Putman, updated Feb 2009 (PDF, 25 pages) : "Sarah Elizabeth Neece, born 2 Sep 1836.  She was married twice, first to William H Poindexter on 12 Sep 1855 and next to William Satterfield Bell on 17 Jun 1861, both in Lawrence County, Missouri.  William Bell was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee 19 Apr 1820 and he died in Benton County, Arkansas 21 Jun 1879"
    • 1870 U.S. Federal Census of Osage, Benton County, Arkansas : "William Bell, age 50, TN; Sarah Bell, age 34, TN; Mary, age 17, MO; Ambrose, age 16, MO; Sarah, age 12, MO; William, age 8, MO; James, age 6, MO; Lucy, age 4, MO; Lewis, age 2, AR; Alice, age 1, AR"
    • Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1959 : "In Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. Finis Alonzo Bell.  White, male, married.  Born 21 Nov 1867, age 50 years 11 months 13 days. Farmer.  Born in Benton County, Arkansas.  Father William Bell born in Tennessee.  Mother Sarah Elizabeth Neece born in Illinois.  Informant J L J [?] Bell of Miller, Mo.  Died 4 Nov 1918 of Influenza and Pneumonia. P A Holmra, M.D. of Mt Vernon.  Burial I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Mt Vernon"

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    29 Sarah Elizabeth Neece

    Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Neece was born 3 Sep 1836 in Tennessee, probably in Lincoln County, the daughter of Hardy Holman Neece and his wife Alice Catherine Small.  The family is enumerated living in Lincoln County, Tennessee in the 1840 census.  She moved with her family, while young, to Green County, Illinois where they are found in the 1850 census.  They probably moved by 1855 to Lawrence County, Missouri where she married first on 12 Sep 1855 to William H Poindexter, who may have died or they divorced by the time of the 1860 census.  By William she had a son Ambrose Poindexter born 1856.  Secondly on 17 Jan 1861 in Lawrence County, she married to William Saterfield Bell, who evidently also had a child Mary by some prior wife.  With William, Sarah had several children in Missouri, then moved to Benton County, Arkansas.  He died between 1870 and 1880 probably there.

    Her son Finis moved by 1898 to Mount Vernon, Missouri and she is found living with him in 1900.  She died in Mount Vernon in 1910, but was buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Miller, Missouri.

    Sources for 29

    • "The Neece Family" by Bill Putman, updated Feb 2009 (PDF, 25 pages) : "Sarah Elizabeth Neece, born 2 Sep 1836.  She was married twice, first to William H Poindexter on 12 Sep 1855 and next to William Satterfield Bell on 17 Jun 1861, both in Lawrence County, Missouri.  William Bell was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee 19 Apr 1820 and he died in Benton County, Arkansas 21 Jun 1879"
    • "Ryden/Pearsley", Ancestry World Tree Project, database jryden, by Julia juryden@gmail.com : "Hardin Holeman 'Hardy' Neese, born 18 Dec 1815 Lincoln County, Tennessee; died 14 Jul 1895 Lawrence County, Missouri; married Alice Catherine Small 6 Dec 1835 Lincoln County, Tennessee, she born 21 Aug 1821 Lincoln County, Tennessee; died 29 Jan 1892 Lawrence County, Missouri" -  no sources cited
    • "Sarah Elizabeth Neece", OneWorldTree
    • 1840 U.S. Federal Census of Civil District 2, Lincoln County, Tennessee, Sheet 8B : "H H Neece 100011-2001" - One male under 5; one male 20-30, one male 30-40; two females under 5; 1 female 15-20
    • 1850 U.S. Federal Census of North of Apple Creek, Greene County, Illinois : "Hardy H Niece, 34, Farmer, TN; Alice, 30, TN; Elizabeth Niece, 13, TN; Permelia, 12, TN; James E, 11, TN; Finetta E, 9, TN; William, 5, IL; Martha A, 2, IL; Naoma, 2/12, IL"  Note: H W Niece on the next page is probably a brother.
    • 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Ozark, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Hardy H Neece, 44, Farmer, TN; Alice, 39, TN; William B, 15, Farmer, IL; Martha A, 12, IL; Naomi, 10, IL; Robert C, 7, IL; Hopwood, 3, MO; Sarah E POINDEXTER, 23, (Inmate), TN; Ambrose H, 4, (Inmate), MO" Note: James Neece on this same page could be a brother.  I believe this enumerator used the expression "(Inmate)" to simply refer to other people living in the same household with different surnames.
    • 1870 U.S. Federal Census of Osage, Benton County, Arkansas : "William Bell, age 50, TN; Sarah Bell, age 34, TN; Mary, age 17, MO; Ambrose, age 16, MO; Sarah, age 12, MO; William, age 8, MO; James, age 6, MO; Lucy, age 4, MO; Lewis, age 2, AR; Alice, age 1, AR"
    • 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Anderson, Benton County, Arkansas : "Lizzie Bell, age 43, Keeping House, TN/TN/TN; Willie, age 18, son, Laborer, MO; James, age 16, son, Laborer, MO; Lucy, age 14, daughter, MO; Finis Bell, son, age 12, AR; Alice, age 11, daughter, AR; Roena, age 6, daughter, AR"
    • 1900 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Finis A Bell, Nov 1867, age 32,  married 2 years, AR/TN/TN, Farmer; Nora J, wife, Dec 1871, age 28, married 2 years, mother of 0, MO/TN/TN; Sarah E Bell, mother, Jun 1835, widow, mother of 10, 6 living, TN/TN/TN; Fred A Russell, boarder, Nov 1880, age 19, single, MO/MO/MO, Farm Labor"
    • Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1959 : "In Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. Sarah E Bell. White, female, widow. Born 3 Sep 1836, aged 74 years 19 days.  Occupation: Companion for children.  Born in Tennesee.  Father H H Neece born in Tennessee.  Mother A Small born in Tennessee.  Informant F A V Bell of Mt Vernon.  Died 22 Sep 1910 Chronic Bronchitis.  C W Shelton, MD of Mt Vernon.  Burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Miller, Missouri"
    • Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1959 : "In Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. Finis Alonzo Bell.  White, male, married.  Born 21 Nov 1867, age 50 years 11 months 13 days. Farmer.  Born in Benton County, Arkansas.  Father William Bell born in Tennessee.  Mother Sarah Elizabeth Neece born in Illinois.  Informant J L J [?] Bell of Miller, Mo.  Died 4 Nov 1918 of Influenza and Pneumonia. P A Holmra, M.D. of Mt Vernon.  Burial I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Mt Vernon"

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    30 Felix Emery Hammer

    Sources for 30

    • 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri : "Nora J Bell, head, owns home, age 48, widow, AR/MO/TN, Farmer; Gladys R, daughter, age 18, single, MO/AR/AR; Clara M Bell, daughter, age 9, MO/AR/AR; Felix E Hammer, father, age 74, MO/TN/TN, Laborer, Home Farm; Sarah A, mother, age 74 TN/TN/TN"
    • "Felix Emery Hammer", Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1959 : "In Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. Felix Emery Hammer.  Male, white, widower.  Wife was Sarah Angeline Hammer. He was born 14 Oct 1845, aged 81 years 8 days. Occupation: Minister of the Gospel.  Born Lawrence County, Missouri.  Father Enoch Hammer born in Tennessee.  Mother Newby.  Informant Nora Bell.  He died 22 Oct 1926 of Nephritis.  Buried at New Liberty Cemetery, Mt Vernon"

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    31 Sarah Angeline Parker

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    46 John Trotter

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    47 Tryphena Philogene

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    58 Hardy Holman Neece

    Hardy Holman Neece was born 18 Dec 1815 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. The census tells us he was born in Tennessee and he is enumerated in Lincoln County in the 1840 Census as "H H Neece".  The exact date of birth comes from his tombstone.  There is no documentary evidence that his name was "Hardin", and as you can see from my detailed extracts below, he is never called Hardin.  I don't yet know what the source is, for naming his parents, although there was a man named Hardy Holman who was an early pioneer in Lincoln County, Tennessee.  Bill Putnam tells us that Hardy's parents were John Neece and his wife Mahulda "Huldy" Ellis.

    We know that Hardy married Alice C Small.  Sources below claim that they married 6 Dec 1835 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, but without providing a primary source for this claim.  The earliest marriage books of Lincoln County are gone, so we cannot use those as the source.  The will of James K Neece is abstracted in Helen &Timothy Marsh's book "Abstracts of Wills Lincoln County Tennessee 1810-1895," on page 40 (LCT Will Book #1 page 226)  "James K. Neece.  His Guardian Jesse Neece.  Mother Huldy Neece.  Executrix: Mother Huldy Neece.  Signed: Sep 9, 1843.  Witness: W. W. Gill, W. W. Reese, Jesse Nees and Hardy N. Nees. The next entry on page 226 is the will of George Cathey.  His will was (signed 26 Jun 1843) "proven and recorded at Nov Term 1843." (Thanks to James Danley for this citation)  There was a genealogical publication called "Lincoln County Tennessee Pioneers", where in Volume XXVII, No. 1 we find stated in an article "Neece Family" by Monte Neece but without source, that John Neece and Mahulda Ellis were the parents of Hardy Holman Neece.

    As "Hardy H Niece" he is enumerated with his wife Alice and children in Apple Creek, Greene County, Illinois in the U.S. Federal Census of 1850.  I suppose he moved there sometime after his 1843 signature as a witness to James' will above, and before the birth of his son William born in Illinois in 1846.  Perhaps it's the movement of an extended family of Neeces from Lincoln County to Illinois to Lawrence County, Missouri that can provide evidence that he is the son of John.  I haven't reviewed that documentation yet.  It's likely the entire family had moved to Lawrence County, Missouri by 1855 when his eldest daughter Sarah is married there that year.

    At any rate,  as "Hardy H Neece" he has three land grants in Lawrence County, Missouri, all in S32-T29N-R26W but recorded on different dates in 1857 and 1858.  On 15 May 1857 he bought the NENW portion.  On 30 Oct 1857 he bought the SWNE and SENW portions.  On 1 Sep 1858 he bought the NWNE portion. By the time he had finished purchasing these four portions, his land holdings formed a square.  He may have been involved in other land transactions here, these are just those which were grants from the federal government, not land he bought and sold privately.  For any of these transactions, someone would have to go through the land deeds books of Lawrence County to see if he appears.

    Their eldest child Sarah Elizabeth has already married to her first husband there, but he is not with her.  Perhaps he died, or they divorced.  Hardy, Alice and their children stayed in Lawrence County, Missouri.  He has an pension application for his Civil War service as an invalid.  Hardy is buried here, in Miller Memorial Gardens, according to his findagrave entry, in 1895.  His wife Alice as "wife of H H Neece" is also buried in the same place.

    With his only known wife Alice, Hardy had the following children:

    1. Sarah Elizabeth Neece born 3 Sep 1836 in Tennessee, married first on 12 Sep 1855 in Lawrence County to William H Poindexter, secondly on 17 Jan 1861 in Lawrence County to Saterfield Bell.  Died a widow in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri 22 Sep 1910.  (DC: Father H H Neece born in Tennessee.  Mother A Small born in Tennessee.  Informant F A V Bell of Mt Vernon, MO).
    2. Permelia Neece born 1838 in Tennessee, possibly in Lincoln County.  Married on 13 Sep 1855 in Lawrence County to Elliot Robinson
    3. James E Neece born 1839 in Tennessee, possibly in Lincoln County
    4. Finetta Neece  born 18 Apr 1841 in Tennessee, probably in Lincoln County. Married on 12 Jan 1860 in Lawrence County to H S Hammer; died a widow 20 Apr 1924 Lawrence County (DC: Father Hardy Neece, Mother Unknown, Informant E R Hammer of Mt Vernon, MO)
    5. William Barkstal  Neece, born 30 Jan 1846 in Illinois, possibly in Greene County. Married 24 Feb 1867 in Lawrence County to Sarah Eliza Ramsay, died married 17 May 1917 Lawrence County (DC: Father Hardy Neece born Tennessee; Mother Small born Tennessee; Informant Mrs Martha White of Miller, MO)
    6. Martha Ann Neece born 27 Mar 1847 in Illinois, possibly in Greene County. Married on 9 Sep 1866 in Lawrence County to William C White; died married 23 Feb 1923 Lawrence County (DC: Father Hardy White [sic] born Tennessee; Alice Small, born Tennessee; Informant Mrs Jennie Hunter of Miller, MO)
    7. Naomi Neece born 1850 in Greene County, Illinois
    8. Robert C Neece, born 1 Sep 1853 in Illinois, possibly in Greene County. Died a widower 22 Feb 1924 Lawrence County (DC: Father Hardy Neece born Ill; Mother Alcie Small, born Ill; Informant F A Neece of Miller, MO)
    9. Hopwood W Neece, born 1856/7 in Lawrence County, Missouri


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    59 Alice Catherine Small

    Alice Christina or Catherine Small was born 21 Aug 1821 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, the daughter of George Small and his first wife Philpena Jarman.

    Alice is buried at Miller Memorial Gardens, in Miller, Lawrence County, Missouri where her tombstone states "Alice C wife of H H Neese" with dates that I can't read.

    Sources for 59


    116 John Neece

    117 Mahulda Unknown

    118 George Small

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    119 Philpena Jarman

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    Possible Interesting Non-Royal Ascents

    Possible Ascent One

    One line is given by OneWorldTree from Brad Pitt to Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts
    1. Brad Pitt b 1963
    2. Jane Etta Hillhouse b 1940
    3. Clara Maurine Bell 1910-2003
    4. Finis Alonzo Bell 1867-1918
    5. Sarah Elizabeth Neece 1836-1910
    6. Hardy Holman Neece 1815-95
    7. Mahulda Ellis (?) 1786-1861 m John Neese 1800 Jefferson Co, TN.  The line may break at this point depending on whether we can fix the problem that the Jeff Co license says John RAY not Neese.
    8. Sarah Riggs d 1840 m James Ellis (his will in Lincoln Co, TN dated 1817)  James in his will calls one of his daughters "Huldah Ness"
    9. Edward Riggs 1720-1820 m 1749 at Morristown, NJ Jane Buckley
    10. Samuel Riggs 1681-1770
    11. Edward Riggs b 1636
    12. Edward Riggs d 1668
    13. Edward Riggs d 1671, the immigrant

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    Possible Royal Ascents

    Possible Ascent One

    As given by OneWorldTree but not yet confirmed by me, Brad Pitt ascends to the couple Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Huckstep.  Nathaniel is known to ascend to Edward I, King of England 1272-1307

    1. Brad Pitt 1963-
    2. William Alvin Pitt 1941-
    3. Elizabeth Jean Brown 1922-
    4. Una Coker 1903-98
    5. Laura Trotter 1873-1952
    6. John Trotter 1831-1889
    7. John Trotter 1807-1884
    8. Alcie White 1782-1852, born in Bertie, NC; died in Sevier, TN
    9. Meady White ~1750-~1804
    10. Mary Hardy
    11. Rebecca Byrd ~1692
    12. Rebecca Sutton 1676-1758
    13. Nathaniel Sutton 1643-82
    14. Sarah Tilden 1613-77
    15. Nathaniel Tilden 1583-1641

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