The ominous omission of James Scott in the probate summaries suggests that he was dead by 1903.
Establishing Senia Scott’s Date of Death
Previously on Graham Ancestry, I wrote that I was able to find Jefferson Scott’s date of death in the probate records of his estate. I think I may be able to establish his wife Senia’s death date as well. The date isn’t so obviously found, however, and will require some identification. Looking through the hundreds…
The Estate of Jefferson Scott
I’ve been doing some digging into my 2x great grandmother Sarah Scott’s family. Ancestry.com last year added wills and probate records to their collections, and as luck would have it, they have probate records online for Sarah’s parents, Jefferson M. Scott and Senia P. Malone. I found a lot of information on Sarah’s parents and…
Obituary: Freda Scott
While researching the Scott family for yesterday’s article, I came across this obituary for their eldest daughter, Freda, who died one year ago. The obituary was published in the Appeal Democrat on 18 February 2012. Freda Kelley 6-29-23 to 2-13-12 88 years old. A long time resident of Sutter. She worked at Del Monte and…
At the Bur in the Leah of the Forest
In a previous article, 1518 Wilson Avenue, I wrote that the 1940 census recorded Lawson Scott living as a border with William and Louise Watts in an apartment in Chicago. To quote myself: William and Lawson were both employed as “wreckers” in the “building wrecker” industry, with Lawson apparently having left behind his wife to…
Obituary: Birley Bohannon
My previous post mentioned Lawson Scott and Birley Bohannon, so now is a good time to post Birley’s obituary, which I’ve had in my collection for a while. This appeared in the Sikeston Standard-Democrat on Friday, 13 February 2004: Birley Scott MATTHEWS – Birley Evelyn Scott, 97, died at 2:50 p.m. Feb. 11, 2004, at…
1518 Wilson Avenue
And now, another tale of Chaotic Genealogy, when the records lead us into unexpected directions. Family Tree Maker recently gave me a Shaky Leaf icon for William M. Watts, a son of James Madison Watts and Sylvannia Bohannon. A Shaky Leaf indicates that FTM has found a potential record match. I clicked on the leaf…
Timeline Thus Far
I thought it might be neat to take some of the dates mentioned in the articles on Graham Ancestry and arrange them in chronological order along with some other significant American historical milestones. Nineteenth Century 4 July 1819. The Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of the Missouri Territory. 15 June 1836. Arkansas…
The Tale of Two Sarahs
I was doing some research on Mollie Graham in the 1910 census when I saw that her mother Sarah was living with Mollie and her second husband Patrick Bohannon. “Ooh, nice find,” I thought. “I need to add that to my previous blog entry for Jesse and Sarah Graham.” So I pulled up that entry…
Jesse & Sarah Graham
Jesse Graham was born circa 1844 somewhere in Alabama. I have found conflicting information about his parents, so I will not commit to any names yet. Sarah F. Scott was born on 5 June 1844 somewhere in Alabama. Jesse and Sarah were wed circa 1864 in Alabama. While residing in Alabama they had at least…
