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I have a short biography on the above from Kentucky, a History of the
State 1888 by Perris, Battle and Kniffin
Benjamins Mother was a Chism, so thought someone might be looking for
her to fit her into a Chism family.
Becky
Listed in it are.
Ben H. Jones b. Clark Co., KY Feb 2 1838
Wife Amelia S. Cunningham, Widow of Cunningham- dau of Gen.
Donaldson,wo died in 1885 member of the Presbyterian Church.
Father: Thomas Jones native of VA, to Kentucky with his parents- Farmer
and Stock raiser.
Mother: Sarah (Chism) Jones b, Clark Co. KY dau. of Thomas Chism.
Ben raised on farm received common-school education. Occupation farming
until 1862.
Enlisted in Confederate Army under Gen. John Morgan, Co. C Seventh KY
Regt.
Captured at Buffington Island and held prisoner 21 months.
After the War returned to Clark Co. KY
Died Oct 25 1866.
No Children
I am looking for info on my wife's side of the family. Here is what I have
so far. If you can add to or provide corrections, please let me know.
Jim Faires
Sources: Elna Louise MAXWELL Stell 1998/99
and a family group sheet compiled by
Mary CHISM Owens Aug. 1986
John W. CHISUM VA (parents of Obadiah Parker CHISM)
+Salley PARKER VA
Obadiah Parker CHISM/Chisum b. Mar. 25, 1817/14 in KY
lived KY TN AL AR d. July 9, 1889 in Conway Co., AR
m. ca 1838
+Elizabeth C. Rebekah GAYLON/Galyon/Gallion b. Feb. 15,
1816/20 in TN lived TN AL AR d. Apr. 6, 1898 in Skinner,
Conway Co., AR buried at Skinner Cem. Conway Co., AR
(Children of Obadiah Parker CHISM)
1. Samuel B. CHISUM b. 1839 in Tuscumbia, Franklin Co., AL
2. Pleasant CHISUM b. Sept. 1, 1841 Jackson Park, Jackson
Co., AR d. Dec. 21, 1932 in Tulsa, Tusla Co., OK buried at
Francis, Tulsa Co., OK
m. Feb. 14, 1867 near Morrilton, Conway Co., AR
+Louisa D. CONLEY
3. William Henry CHISUM b. Oct. 1843 in Newton Co., AR
d. April 15, 1909 in Cleveland, Conway Co., AR buried at
Skinner Cem., Conway Co., AR
m. Sept. 28, 1872 in Conway Co., AR
+Nancy E. WELLS
4. John Jasper CHISUM b. Mar. 4, 1846 in AR d. Dec. 28,
1928 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK buried Dec. 31, 1928 at Blanco,
Pittsburg Co., OK
m. ca 1870
+Emeline STANDRIDGE
5. James W. C. CHISUM b. 1848 in AR d. ?
m. July 19, 1870 in Pope Co., AR
+Sarah BAILEY
6. Elizabeth Jane CHISUM b. 1849 in AR d. ?
m. Aug. 5, 1867 in Pope Co., AR
+Samuel DOSS
7. Mary A. CHISUM (twin of Rebecca #8) b. 1857 in Conway
Co., AR d. ? buried at Skinner Cem. Conway Co.,.AR
m. Sept. 5, 1882 in Conway Co., AR
+Newton ANDERSON
B. Rebecca Sophia CHISUM (twin of Mary #7) b. 1857 in
Conway Co., AR d. Aug. 6, 1897 in Skinner, Conway Co., AR
buried at Skinner Cem.
m. Feb. 16, 1879 in Conway Co., AR
+Lorenzo Boyd MERRICK
9. George W. CHISUM b. 1862 in Pope Co., AR d. ?
m. Mar. 15, 1887 in Conway, Co., AR
+Mary Jane UPCHURCH
From: Elna Louise MAXWELL Stell
(Children of William Henry CHISM)
1. David Obadiah CHISM b. Dec. 5, 1872 d. Oct. 1, 1944
+Nellie Eldora HARRINGTON b. Oct. 20, 1875 d. Oct. 30, 1917
(2nd wife of David Obadiah CHISM)
+Alta Maude ADAMS Tilley b. Oct. 14, 1881 d. Oct. 4, 1970
2. Carolyn CHISM b. 1876
+Henry N. FERGUSON
(2nd husband of Carolyn CHISM)
+Joe T. MOORE b. 1855
3. Mollie Elizabeth CHISM b. Dec. 23, 1878 d. Apr. 3, 1975
+James Irvin GAYLOR b. Sept. 2, 1875 in Spiro, OK d. Aug.
5, 1924
4. William Robert CHISM b. Sept. 14, 1878 d. Oct. 20, 1923
+Linda NEWTON
S. James Monroe CHISM b. Jan. 31, 1885 d. Jan. 7, 1978
+Cynthia Allie BYERS b. Feb. 15, 1884 d. July 25, 1950
(2nd wife of James Monroe CHISM)
+Nora STOBAUGH
(Children of David Obadiah CHISM)
1. William Harmon CHISM b. Oct. 29, 1894 d. July 15, 1971
+Johnnie Victoria SUTTON b. Aug. 6, 1893 d. March 8, 1961
2. Eva Ethel CHISM b. July 29, 1898 d. Sept. 19, 1983
+James Victor MAXWELL b. July 28, 1895 d. Apr. 23, 1975
3. Famie Jewel CHISM b. 1901 d. 1950
+Tollie L. BROWN b. 1897 d. 1979
4. Mary Elmus CHISM b. May 12, 1903 d. March 13, 1975
+Stanly COLE
(2nd husband of Mary Elmus CHISM)
+Max W. Morphis b. Jan 12, 1899 d. Sept. 29, 1981
5. Zora Bell CHISM b. June 6, 1905 d. Oct. 13, 1992
+Jasper Joe Marion HANEY b. Aug.4, 1896 d. Jan. 10, 1967
6. James Roscoe CHISM b. Apr. 16, 1908 d. May 1, 1990
+Ruby Lee ORR b. Feb. 17, 1911 d. Apr. 13, 1981
7. Thomas Reno CHISM b. Feb. 2, 1911 d. Dec. 6, 1966
+Vernie Mae WELLS
(2nd wife of Thomas Reno CHISM)
+Estie Artelia SCROGGINS b. Jan. 6, 1910 d. Sept. 6, 1995
I am still looking for the parents of Lydia THOMPSON who m.
Samuel Wayne MARRS s/o Samuel Marrs and Francina BRADSHAW.
Samuel m. Sarah (Sally) MULKEY, d/o Jonathan Mulkey and Nancy
HOWARD, granddaughter of Obadiah HOWARD and Priscilla Avery
BREED.
Sarah (Sally) Mulkey connects to the BOONE line.
The following chart is from research by Michael D. Ford, Doug
Moore, Dayton Birdwell and other researchers of the KYMONROE
rootsweb list.
1. SAMUEL WAYNE3 MARRS (SAMUEL2, WILLIAM ERSKIN1)1,2 was born
March 31, 1769, and died June 12, 1831. He married (1) LYDIA
THOMPSON3,4,4 October 08, 1788 in Montgomery Co., VA5,6. She was
born March 07, 1768, and died October 1814. He married (2) SARAH
(SALLY) MULKEY6 February 10, 1815, daughter of JONATHAN MULKEY
and NANCY HOWARD. She was born 1771 in Washington Co., TN.
Children of SAMUEL MARRS and LYDIA THOMPSON are:
i. ABIJAH T.4 MARRS6, b. 1789; d. December 26, 1872.
ii. WILLIAM MARRS6, b. 1791.
iii. JOHN A. MARRS6, b. 1793.
iv. SINAH F. MARRS6, b. 1794.
v. SAMUAL WAYNE MARRS, JR.6, b. 1795.
vi. ELIZABETH MARRS6, b. 1797.
vii. LYDIA MARRS6, b. 1800.
viii. HENRY BRADSHAW MARRS7,8, b. February 20, 1801; d. December
01, 1880; m. MARY (POLLY) HAMMER9, Bet. 1815 - 182010,11; b. June
04, 1801, Washington Co, TN12; d. April 10, 1877, Tompkinsville,
Monroe Co, KY.
ix. RUTH MARRS13, b. 1803.
Children of SAMUEL MARRS and SARAH MULKEY are:
x. ICYPHENY4 MARRS14,15, b. February 25, 1816, KY; d. DeWitt Co.,
IL; m. EZEKIEL LISENBY15, Abt. 1833; b. February 14, 1808,
Washington Co., TN; d. February 06, 1891, DeWitt Co., IL.
xi. MULKEY WATTS MARRS16, b. December 25, 1818.
xii. HANNAH BOONE MARRS16, b. March 18, 1821; m. SAMUEL G.
VAUGHAN; b. May 05, 1814, KY; d. Gatewood, MO;.
xiii. SIRENA ANN MARRS17,18, b. January 29, 1824, Monroe Co, KY;
m. ALFRED MOORE18,19, Bef. 184319; b. Abt. 1818.
Endnotes
1. Dayton Birdwell, comp., History of Monroe County, Kentucky
1820-1988, (Tompkinsville, Ky.: Monroe County Press, 1992)
(hereafter cited as Dayton Birdwell, History of Monroe Co., Ky.),
249.
2. Samuel Wayne Marrs, Michael Ford (Fordmic(a)aol.com, "Marrs
Family." E-mail to Jemima Gee Morse Sept. 25, 1998. (hereafter
cited as Michael D. Ford, Marrs-Thompson-Mulkey Family.
3. Dayton Birdwell, History of Monroe Co., Ky., 249, Henry B.
Marrs was the son of Samuel Jr. and Lydia (Thompson) Marrs.
4. Michael D. Ford, Marrs-Thompson-Mulkey Family.
5. Ancestry.com, <http://www.ancestry.com>, Mairs, Samuel Jr.
married Thompson, Lydia on 08 Oct 1788 in Montgomery County,
Virginia.
6. Michael D. Ford, Marrs-Thompson-Mulkey Family.
7. J. Douglas Moore (moore(a)asu.edu), Hammer Family of
Barren-Monroe Co., Ky., E-Mail to Elizabeth Bailey
(eebailey(a)ionet.net) 28 Jan 1998 (hereafter cited as J. Douglas
Moore, Hammer-Marrs Family).
8. Michael D. Ford, Marrs-Thompson-Mulkey Family.
9. J. Douglas Moore, Hammer-Marrs Family, Born 4 Jun 1801 in
Washington Co., TN; m. Henry B. Marrs bet. 1815-1820; d/ 10 Apr
1877 in Monroe Co., KY. at age 75; bur. in Mt. Zion Cem., Monroe
Co., KY. She was the mother of Emily Virginia Marrs who married
William Ray Chism, son of Nathan Breed Chism and Martha Ray..
10. Michael D. Ford, Marrs-Thompson-Mulkey Family, M. date Mar
12, 1822.
11. J. Douglas Moore, Hammer-Marrs Family, m. bet. 1815-1820.
12. J. Douglas Moore, John B. Moore - Kezziah Hammer,
<http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore> (hereafter cited as Doug
Moore, J.B. Moore - Kezziah Hammer Family).
13. Michael D. Ford, Marrs-Thompson-Mulkey Family.
14. Doug Moore, Rodden Thompson - Mary Ray,
<http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore> (hereafter cited as Doug
Moore, Thompson-Ray Family.
15. Doug Moore, Thompson-Ray Family.
16. Michael D. Ford, Marrs-Thompson-Mulkey Family.
17. Doug Moore, John Moore - Elizabeth Unknown Family,
<http//www.worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db
=dougmoore> (hereafter cited as Doug Moore, John Moore -
Elizabeth Unknown.
18. Michael D. Ford, Marrs-Thompson-Mulkey Family.
19. Doug Moore, John Moore - Elizabeth Unknown.