Tombstone Tuesday ~ Warren Hull - Died Age 16 Years

Warren Hull was born January 29, 1822 and then died July 9, 1838, Candor, Tioga County, New York, He is the son of Russell Hull (1789-1863) and Eunice Hull (1794 - 1858). Young Warren Hull was only 16 years old when he died.

His father, Russell, was the fifth of the twelve children of Freelove (Kelsey) and Samuel Hull. Russell was the brother of my Great Great Great Grandmother, Catherine (Hull) Gates.

Russell married Eunice Hull. Her maiden name is unknown. They had seven children: James, Warren (1822 - 1838), Edward , Nancy, Harriet, Catherine, and Chancy, all born in Tioga, County, New York..


It appears that young Warren was the first of the 47 Hull family members to be buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor, Tioga County, New York.

___LTER HULL 

_______ & EUN___ 

DIED 

(date illegible)

SOURCE: Photo courtesy of D. S. Find A Grave Member.
NOTE: I have edited (lightened) the photo and have been able to just barely read the inscription above.
This year, 2012, the headstone would be 174 years old. D. S. told me that he made a trip to the old section of the Maple Grove Cemetery to take as many photos of the Hull family that he could find. On the lower right of the photo there appears to be another headstone beside it.

Sentimental Sunday ~ Find a Grave and Patch Work Quilts

What does Find a Grave have to do with patch work quilts? Here's my story:

This quilt was made by my paternal grandmother, Ada May (Miller) Gates. Ada made it for her only sister-in-law, Gertie. Ada and Gertie had married two brothers, they had no other siblings. The centre patch is stitched "Mom Mother 1930" and the red patches in the circle have the names of all of Gertie's twelve children. Grandmother Ada made several quilts, probably numbering in the 30's. Some were tucked away (like the one above) and are still treasured today, others were used until they were worn and thread bare. That's what happened to the one given to my parents, it was a bright sunny yellow. As a child I remember sleeping under it; as a mom, my two daughters played with it.

 Now about Find a Grave:
 I became a member in September 2009, posted a few of my ancestors from the late 1800's and early 1900's. Now  I have posted 58 myself and I have had 109 transferred to my care. Although I thought it was interesting, I just didn't realize the value of it as a resource and research tool.

Eventually I found that there were some of my relatives that had been posted by other members from various burial records. Some members have added thousands. For instance I found a woman that told me she had transcribed a cemetery record from a library which included my relatives. She willingly transferred them to me, pleased that they had been claimed by someone who was related.

Now about that quilt::
It seems like the perfect analogy for what I have accomplished at Find a Grave. My previous was post about Nancy Frances (Gates) and Ephriam Duke Eslinger. Not only was I interested in her adopting children at the age of about 75, she was also the step-mother to Ephriam's six children. I wondered who their mother was.  From my handwritten Family Tree, I knew about the six step-children and I knew there were two cemeteries, Burns and Osborn, where the Gates and Eslinger relatives were buried.

So I went to each cemetery on Find a Grave and searched both those surnames. Ephriam and Nancy are buried together in the Osborn Cemetery. They are the only two with that surname. Then I checked the Burns Cemetery and found three Eslinger family members.

Based on the inscriptions, I could see that there were two women who died about 10 years apart. Hannah died 1862, and Mary Ann died 1871, each about the age of 44 years, both the "Wife of E. D. Eslinger." Mary Jane was already identified and linked to Ephriam Duke Eslinger as his wife. Now I assumed that Hannah, who had died even earlier, was also his wife according to the inscription "Wife of E. D. Eslinger."

Finally, there was a little boy, 2 years old, as the only other Eslinger in that cemetery. Hannah, and the little boy both died in 1862. Further information from the Member that had originally posted these burials from the Cemetery Book, concludes that all three of these Eslinger family members are recorded together and inscribed on the same headstone.

So I'm pleased to say that I have linked and "stitched together" this family from so long ago. As well, I have linked together a handful of other families in the same way over the past year.

I highly recommend Find a Grave as a resource tool. Visit Find A Grave Here


 

Surname Saturday ~ Gates Eslinger

GATES ~ origins are English, derived from Olde English gates to a property.  There are various spellings.

ESLINGER ~ origins are German, derived from "esl" - keeper of mules and donkeys. Recorded as early as 1200. There are various spellings.
SOURCE: Surname Data Base - surnamedb.com

 Oliver Uriah Gates

1802 - 1882

Catherine Hull Webb Gates

1800 - 1875

Handwritten Family Tree - 33 pages

Research and compiled by L. B. (Gates) Greenall (deceased)

 
Nancy Frances (Gates) Eslinger is my paternal third great aunt. My first source of information on Nancy is from a handwritten Family Tree given to my mother in 1986. It was researched and compiled by my father's first cousin. They were both born in Kansas and emigrated with their parent in the early 1900's.

Oliver Uriah Gates 1802-1882 Catherine Hull (Webb) Gates 1800-1875 and their Descendants; page 2.

Nancy Frances Gates
Born November 17, 1829, Candor, Tioga County, New York
Died November 14, 1913, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, aged 83 years, 11 months, 17 days.

Nancy was married in 1873 to ~ Ephriam Duke Eslinger (a widower with 6 children)
Born June 2, 1885 Died September 22, 1889, aged 64 years, 8 months, 20 days.
Ephriam and Nancy are buried beside each other in Osborn Cemetery, 2 miles North of Lovilia, Iowa.

Nancy and Ephriam were married 2 years after his first wife Mary Jane had died. In about 1904, Nettie was adopted by Nancy (GATES) ESLINGER. Nancy was a widow at the time and would have been about 75 years old. Her husband Ephriam had died in 1889, 17 years earlier. Probably because of Nancy's own age she referred to herself as Nettie's grandmother instead of her mother.

I was interested in Nancy due to the fact that she had adopted children as a widow and at the late of about 75 years. The child was thought to have been abandoned.. This information is included in the handwritten Family Tree, as well as Nancy's Obituary, dated November 20, 1913.

EXCERPT: OBITUARY Lovillia Press, November 20,1913 
She leaves two brothers, Levi GATES of Ottumwa and Edward GATES of Flagler, Colorado, also D. W. Masters, who was received into the home when ten years of age and who now lives on the old farm, and Nettie, who was received into the home when about seven years of age. To these hearts she was a true loving mother, their feelings that they indeed had a mother in the fullest sense. SOURCE OF OBITUARY: S. Stewart member of Find A Grave, Nancy Frances Gates Eslinger Memorial, Find A Grave, November 2012.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ The HULL Family

My third great grandmother is Catherine HULL (1800-1875 aged 75). She was was married to Oliver Uriah GATES (1802-1882 aged 80). Catherine was the daughter of Freelove KELSEY (1758-1841 aged 83) and Samuel HULL I (1755-1840 aged 85).

Freelove and Samuel had twelve children: Jonas, James, Samuel II, Lebbeus, Russell, Electa, Hubbard, Phoebe, Curtis, Catherine, Alanson and Hannah. The eld3est child was born in 1782, the youngest in 1804, a span of twenty-two years. Their mother, Freelove KELSEY, would have been age 24 when her first child Jonas was born and age 46 years when her youngest child, Hannah, was born. Freelove died in 1841, at the age of 83 years. Quite amazing for that era.

Although I have not been able to find a photo of Catherine's tombstone, I know that she is buried at the Burns Cemetery, Center Township, Ottumwa, Iowa - Eddyville Road, two miles West of Ottumwa. (SOURCE: Handwritten GATES and HULL Family Tree; 1984, updated 1986.)

However, I do have photos of some of her siblings. Today I have posted the tombstone of her eldest brother, Jonas HULL. Jonas was eighteen years older than his sister Catherine.

Jonas was born 20 April 1782, Killingworth, New Haven, Connecticut; he died 14 October 1854 aged 72, Candor, Tioga County, New York. Jonas married Charlotte (maiden name unknown).

JONAS HULL
DIED

Oct. 14, 1854

Aged 72 yrs
Maple Grove Cemetery 

Candor, Tioga County, New York

Notice the unique Weeping Willow carved on the headstone.

SOURCES: #1 Handwritten Family Tree - "Oliver Uriah GATES and Catherine HULL - Their Descendants;" dated August 1984. #2 Photo courtesy of a member of Find A Grave, 2011.

Surname Saturday ~ HULL ~ Ancestors and Descendants

The HULL family was a prominent family in the early settling of America. There are records available which show that George HULL came from England in 1630 and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

The reference to the Historical Gazetteer of Tioga County, New York, 1785-1888 was included in the handwritten family tree of my ancestors, Oliver Uriah GATES (1802- 1882) and his wife Catherine HULL (1800-1875). This family tree was compiled by by father's first cousin in 1984.

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Historical Gazetteer of Tioga County, New York, 1785-1888

Text: Pages: 181-182

TOWN OF CANDOR

Samuel Hull, son of George Hull, Jr., and a lineal descendant of George Hull, who came from England in 1630 and settled in Dorchester, Mass., was born June 15, 1755, married Freelove Kelsey, June 20, 1781, and reared twelve children, viz.: Jonas, James, Samuel, Lebbeus, Russell, Electa, Hubbard, Pheobe, Curtis, Catharine, Alanson and Hannah. Mr. Hull came to Candor in 1809, and made the first settlement on the farm now owned by his grandson, Nathan T. Hull. Samuel, Jr., was born July 9, 1785, married Sabrina Teall, and had born to him nine children, as follows: James B., Clarissa R., Mary, Lydia M., Samuel, Catharine A., Henry H., Nathan T., and Elizabeth S. Nathan T. was born October 14, 1824, married Ada M., daughter of Daniel Oakley, and six children were born to them, only three of whom are living, namely, Elizabeth G. (Mrs. Hiram Henderson), Mary J. (Mrs. Charles Perkins), of Bradford, Pa., and Daniel O.

SOURCE: Historical Gazetteer of Tioga County, New York, 1785-1888; published by W. B. Gay; W. B. Gay & Company, Syracuse, New York, 1888.

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This is an extensive site with history of Redding, home of the HULL family and Mark TWAIN.
The HULL name is included as one of the first settlers (1630+) in Georgetown.

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The History of Redding, Connecticut

The Hull Family of Redding, Connecticut (CT)

The Hull Family: Arrived 1629 aboard the `Mary and John.` George HULL born: 1590 in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England; married: (1) 17 Aug 1614 Thamzen (Thomesene) MICHELL (Daughter of Robert MICHELL; d. Before 1655 in MA or CT) Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England (2) 1655 Sarah, widow David PHIPIN, Boston; d: Aug - Nov 1659 Fairfield, CT; Son of Thomas HULL & Joane PESON a.k.a. Joanne Psying.

Children all by first marriage:
1. Josias bap. 16 Nov 1616 (Crewkerne Eng) m. 1640 Elizabeth LOOMIS (Windsor CT) d. 16 Nov 1675 (Killingworth CT -
(Believe that Josia a.k.a. Josiah is our ancestor.)
2. Marie bap. 27 Jul 1618 (Crewkerne Eng) m. Humphrey PINNEY (CT) d. 20 Aug 1684 (CT)
3. Martha bap. 24 Oct 1620 (Crewkerne Eng)
4. Elizabeth bap. 16 Oct 1625 (Crewkerne Eng) m. Samuel GAYLORD d. 2 May 1680
5. Cornelius bap. 9 Apr 1628 m. 1653 Rebecca JONES d. Sept 1695
6. Naomi - 7 Joshua bap. 5 Nov 1630 (Crewkerne Eng) d. young.

SOURCE: The History of Redding Connecticut; http://www.historyofredding.com/HRHull.htm

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The Hull Family in America is available to be read online at US.Archive.org. It includes George Hull, his brother, Rev. Joseph Hull and their descendants. Also included is Richard Hull, of Derbyshire, England, thought not to be related to the brothers.

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THE HULL FAMILY IN AMERICA

INTRODUCTION:

The Hull Family in America has three main divisions: George Hull and his descendants; his brother, the Reverend Joseph Hull and his descendants; and Richard Hull and his descendants. George and Joseph were sons of Thomas and Joane Pescn Hull, of Somersetshire, England, the earliest known ancestors of the tribe. George was about five years older than Joseph and came to this country five years earlier, in 1630. The relationship of Richard Hull to them, if there is any, is not known. . . .

Page 9.

The Descendants of George Hull

#1. George Hull, 1590-1659, surveyor, Indian trader, magistrate, statesman, and founder of a prominent branch of the Hull family in America, the son of Thomas and Joana Peson Hull of Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England. On August 17, 1614, as shown by the original parish records of the ancient church of Crewkerne village, he was married to Thamzen (Thomasene) Michell, daughter of Robert Michell, a well-to-do yeoman of Stockland in the adjoining shire of Dorset. Stockland is about six miles distant of the village of Crewkerne at or near which the ancestral home of the Hulls was situated and it was probably included within the bounds of Crewkerne parish.

SOURCE: The Hull Family in America, compiled by Col. Charles H. Weygant. Published 1913 by Sun Printing Co., for The Hull Family Association in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Total pages 647. http://ia600209.us.archive.org/11/items/hullfamilyinamer00weyg.pdf

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There are other resources available online for researching the HULL family, I only included a few.

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Julia Ann. OAKLEY HULL

Julia Ann OAKLEY HULL
Born 1 September 1795, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Died 22 August 1859, Candor, Tioga County, New York 

Buried Maple Grove Cemetery Candor, Tioga County, New York

Julia Ann OAKLEY was the second wife of Samuel HULL Junior.  It is not known when Samuel and Julia Ann were married. However,  Julia would have been at least 48 years old at the time. Julia and Samuel did not have any children.

Samuel HULL Junior is the eldest of the twelve children of Freelove KELSEY and Samuel HULL Senior. Samuel Junior is an older brother of my third great grandmother Catherine HULL, who was born 9th April  1800, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Catherine died 13 April 1875, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. Catherine's husband was Oliver Uriah GATES.

 

Now, in 2012, the headstone would be 153 years old. It looks like there is some water damage.

SOURCES: #1 This photo is courtesy of a member of Find A Grave.

#2 Handwritten family tree Oliver Uriah GATES and Catherine HULL; compiled 1984.
#3 Internet research 2003-2012.

 

Workday Wednesday ~ Life's Work Well Done

"HORSE POWER" ~ late 1920's early 1930's

George and Emma JOHNSON ~ farm in Milden, Saskatchewan

The cars are probably their sons' the horse and buggy would be George's.

My Mother told me that he father, George, refused to drive his car during the Depression.

An early environmentalist!

George Albert JOHNSON and Emma CLARK

with one of twenty-two grandchildren

 At their home/farm, Milden, Saskatchewan, 1940
George and Emma's tombstone epitaph:
LIFE'S WORK WELL DONE

 Well a lot of my ancestors were farmers. However, along with farming they also were instrumental in building the communities that they settled in.  

Emma CLARK:
pianist and music teacher - piano and violin (1891 Census Canada - at age 17 Emma is listed as a pianist);
pioneer and settler;
Choir Director, Church organist and music director for various community functions; 
Midwife - she assisted the pioneer doctor, a young 20 year old just starting his practice.

Pianist:
In the 1891 Census Canada, at age 17 years old, she was considered to be a piniest. Emma studied music with the Conservatory of Music, Ontario.
In about 1887 or 1888, Emma  and George met at a music recital. She was the dainty, educated young pianist; he was the tall, ruggedly handsome Irish farmer, who loved to sing. Opposites attract. In 1899 they were married in Penetanguishene, Ontario, where she was born.

In 1905, when they settled in their sod house on the barren prairies,  her parents shipped her baby grand piano to them. Little did her parents know that the piano would give them shelter when the roof of their sod house was torn off in a tornado!

In 1911, the Village of Milden was incorporated. For at least 20 years Emma was the only music teacher. She provided music lessons for the children and played the piano and organ at the Methodist/ Presbyterian United Church. She and George were also responsible for the Church choir.
In 1925, silent moving pictures were introduced to Milden. They were shown for five years, until 1930, when the Depression forced the closure of the theatre. Emma played the piano for the silent movies at that time. In 1940, the movies resumed, but now they were 35 millimeter with sound.

Midwife:
In 1912, the second doctor to serve the community was a young man in his early 20's. By then Emma would have been in her mid 30's. My mother told me that Emma was called upon many times to assist the young doctor with pregnancies and births. During the 1918 flu epidemic she also helped to nurse her neighbours.

Mother and Farm wife:
Emma was skilled at knitting and crocheting. My Mother told me that when she or one of her six siblings lost their mittens, there was always a new pair waiting for them in the morning. They had a large garden and had their own livestock. The cold cellar was well stocked with preserves for the winter.
In the 1930's, during the Depression, my Mother told me that there was always a meal for the "hobos" who travelled the rails looking for a days work. During harvesting, Emma always provided their farm hands with substantial meals.

George Albert JOHNSON:
farmer, carpenter, pioneer and settler;
School Board Trustee (founding Member); 
Choir Director (he was an Irish tenor, his wife Emma was the pianist and organist); 
Telephone Company Board Trustee (1923-1940); 
President, Milden Local, Grain Growers Cooperative Association Ltd.; 
well respected neighbour and friend.

Farmer and carpenter:
My maternal grandfather, George Albert JOHNSON, only had a Grade 8 education. That was all that was available in the little community where his Irish parents settled. Of course later, after he had grown up, there was more schooling available for his eight younger siblings. Like his Irish parents, he was a farmer and a carpenter. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Ireland in 1839; his maternal grandparents in 1850. both his father and mother were born in Ontario.

In about 1897 or 1898, George left his parent's farm. He was married to Emma CLARK in 1899, in Penetanguishene, Ontario.

Labourer:
In 1900, at the age of 25 years, he worked on the Locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Carpenter and Labourer:
In 1903, he and his wife Emma (CLARK) moved West to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he worked as a carpenter. My mother thought that he also worked on laying the grade for the railroad as it was built Westward across Canada.

Pioneer and Settler:
In 1905, George and Emma with their first two children, traveled further West to Saskatchewan. I'm not sure how far the train would have taken them, but the end of their journey would have been by a settler's wagon to what would become the farming community of Milden, Saskatchewan. The Canadian Government was giving land to the early settlers. The condition being that they worked the land for three years, then they could pay the $10.00 fee to register their land in their own name. In 1908, after living in a sod house for three years, George had "proved up" his quarter section.

Co-Founder and School Trustee:
In 1907, his two oldest children, ages six and eight years needed to attend school. So he and a few other settlers submitted a request to the Saskatchewan Commissioner of Education to establish a school. It was approved in November 1907. George was appointed a School Trustee on the four member Board. He was appointed to travel by wagon to purchase lumber and the necessary school supplies, desks, chalkboards, etc. He served for thirteen years, from 1908 to 1921.

President, Grain Growers' Cooperative:
January/February 1910, the first Local of the Grain Growers' Cooperative Association Ltd. was formed. George was the first Wheat Pool delegate for an annual convention to represent the Milden community.

Board Member, Milden Telephone Company:
In 1915, the first telephone switchboard was installed in the town drugstore. In 1918, George JOHNSON and my uncle Edmund GATES, were elected to the six-member Board.

Survived 1905 Prairie Grass Fire while helping a neighbouring farmer:
The pioneers and settlers were a close knit community, helping neighbours in their hour of need. In 1905, there was a major prairie grass fire that swept across Saskatchewan. The flames leap more than twenty feet in the air. Grandpa George had gone about a mile to help another farmer set up his fire guard. The fire overtook him and he had no choice but to run over the burnt ground to get back to his sod house where his wife, Emma, and their two small children were. Fortunately he was not badly burnt, however, his did carry some small scars on his hands and face for the rest of his life.

Sources: Personal knowledge; stories my Mother told me; LOOKING BACK - 1905-1965; The History of the Milden Community; published 1966. (Copy given to my parents in 1969.)

Sunday's Obituary ~ Sarah Frances (GATES) WHITE ~ 13 January 1938

Cropped from photograph with her father, Edmund Uriah GATES, and siblings. Circa 1915. Flagler, Kit Carson County, Colorado.  [Scroll down for the larger family photograph.]

SOURCE: photograph courtesy of a GATES cousin; emailed 2010.

Sarah GATES was the daughter of Edmund Uriah and Harriet (SPONSLER) GATES.

The Flagler News, Thursday, January 13, 1938:

Mrs. Sarah White Died Sunday Night

Word was received late Sunday night by George Gates of the death of his sister, Mrs. Sarah White, at a Colorado Springs hospital. Mrs. White had been in failing health for the past year and was taken to the hospital there several months ago where her condition gradually grew worse.

Wife of one of Flagler’s first business men, Mrs. White had made her home here since 1902 when she and Mr. White came here from Kansas. He passed away in 1931.

Sarah Gates White was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, on September 4, 1859, and was 78 years of age. At an early age she moved with her parents to Robinson, Kansas, at that time nearly the frontier of
civilization.

On February 24, 1878, she was united in marriage with John A. White and they continued to live in Kansas until 1902 when they purchased a hardware store in Flagler, at that time a very small village. They operated the hardware store here until after Mr. White’s death
when Mr. and Mrs. George Gates purchased it.

Mrs. White is survived by her brother, Geo. O. Gates, of Flagler, and a sister, Mrs. Kathryn Spees of Tecumseh, Nebr., as well as two adopted daughters, Mrs. Alice Thorp of Limon, Colo., and Mrs. Myrtle Dennis of Buena Vista, Colo. Two other adopted daughters, Ruth Gates and Nellie White, preceded her in death.

Mrs. White was a charter member of the Flagler chapter of Eastern Star, and a member of the Arriba Christian church.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Congregational church, Rev. George P. Gibbs giving the funeral sermon. Interment, in charge of the Shaw Mortuary, was made in the Flagler cemetery beside her late husband.

NOTES BY C. GATES 2010
This Obituary was posted on 5th March 2003. I have found two email addresses for V. Louise. I have emailed both, most recently January 2011. However, all of my emails have come back "undeliverable."

NOTES BY V Louise
I am sure there are living descendants of the adopted children of Sarah and John WHITE. I would
welcome learning more about this Gates-White family and connecting with relatives.
Thank you,
Vlouise
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This thread:
Subject: [COKITCAR] Gates-White Obituary Flagler News 1938
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 20:12:30 -0800
by "V.Louise"  I've tried to contact her by email, they come back "undeliverable."

John A. WHITE ~ Flagler Businessman Celetrates 20th Anniversary

John A. WHITE is the husband of Sarah Frances (GATES), she would be a paternal great aunt of mine.

BUSINESS NEWS:

The Flagler News, November 1922

Twenty Years in Hardware Business Here

John A. White, the pioneer hardware merchant of Flagler, celebrated his twentieth year in the
hardware business at this place on Monday, November 20, 1922. There was no demonstration on account of the event, but Mr. White feels that this is a good long time to remain in one business
in one town.

J. A. White came to Flagler from Eastern Kansas in 1890 and pre-empted land in Section 28, west of
the old Jewell place, northwest of Flagler, living there about a year. He then thought the country
was not much good and went to Huron, Kansas, where he remained for 12 years.

In 1902 he returned to Flagler and homesteaded land ten miles northeast of town on Duck Creek.
This land he still owned and has bot [sic] enough more to make him 1200 acres.

On November 20, 1902 Mr. White bought the hardware store from the late H. W. Brown. This store was established by Charles E. Bernard in 1889. Mr. Bernard was later killed in Denver.
In the fall and winter of 1902 he built the house in which the family now resides at the west edge of town he having purchased that quarter of land in 1892. At the time he built his home there was
not a building between that place and his store building.

The following spring the family came to join him in the new home.

Mr. White was a postmaster at Flagler from 1908 to 1914. When he took the office it was in the 4th
class and within a few months it was placed in the 3rd class. He had the postoffice in the building with the hardware store. E. H. [illegible, may be Knudsen] …as post master.

Mr. White says he can see many changes in all [illegible] in the past twenty years. Business has
been picking up from the very beginning, and since taking over the business he has added the long back room.


Uncle John’s many friends hape [sic] (hope) to see him [illegible] as a resident and business man
of Flagler for many more years.

NOTES by VLouise.
Subject: [COKITCAR] The Flagler News (1922) John White, businessman
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:08:45 -0800
John A. White was husband of Sarah GATES. Surnames mentioned in the
following article: WHITE; JEWELL; BERNARD; E. H. [illegible, perhaps KNUDSEN?]; and BROWN.


NOTES by Carole:
I found two Obituaries: Edmund Uriah GATES; and his daughter, Sarah Frances (GATES)
WHITE. Also, this article about Sarah's husband, John A. WHITE.
All posted on the Kit Carson/ rootsweb thread by VLouise. I've seen two or three email addresses on the internet for her. I've tried all of them but they come back as "undeliverable." These posts are dated March 2003.

Sentimental Sunday ~ Sarah Frances (GATES) WHITE and Her Adopted Family

Sarah Frances GATES was the daughter of Edmund Uriah GATES (see post 9 January 2011).

Edmund and his wife, Harriet A. SPONSLER, had five children. Alexander Z. 2 July 1857- 16 May 1928 (AZ was my great grandfather); Sarah Frances 4 September 1859- 9 January 1938; Hanford J. 1862 - 7 March 1925; Albert Levi 1865-??; and George Oliver 8 August 1871-24 April 1944.

GATES Family Circa 1915

Seated ~ Edmund Uriah GATES

Left ~ Alexnder Z. ~ Katherine Maude*  ~ Hanford J. ~ George Oliver ~ Sarah Frances

* Katherine Maude GATES, is the daughters of Nancy (RICHARDSON) HARE and Edmund Uriah GATES.

Since we know that Edmund spent his later years living with his daughter Sarah and his son-in-law John A. WHITE, it is presumed that this photograph was taken on the porch of the WHITE home.

SOURCE: Photograph emailed from a cousin 2010.

Sarah Frances was married to John A. WHITE on 24 February 1878 in Kansas. John A. born 8 December 1851 - died 8 July 1931.

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SOURCE: GATES FAMILY TREE

Oliver Uriah GATES

1802 - 1882

Catherine (HULL) WEBB GATES

1800 - 1875

Handwritten by: Leila Belle (GATES) GREENALD; 1984 & 1988.

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The WHITE`s took Elizabeth `Lizzie` Hannah BISHOP from an orphanage into their home.

Also, in 1884, Sarah (GATES) WHITE, took her younger brother George GATES, [born 1871, so would have been 13 years] when their mother, Harriet A. SPONSLER GATES, died.

In 1894, the WHITE`s adopted Nellie C. (SEARCY) WHITE when a few months old.

Nellie was born 1894; died 1912; buried in Flagler Cemetery, Kit Carson County, Colorado.

In 1901, the WHITE`s took and cared for Ruth GATES (age 4 years) when her mother died. Ruth was the daughter of Sarah`s younger brother, Hanford J. GATES & Blanche Vivian (TOWNSEND).
Ruth was born February 1897; died 25 May 1907; buried at Flagler Cemetery, Kit Carson County, Colorado.

In 1922, the WHITE`s adopted two little girls, Alice and Myrtle.

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In all, the WHITE's had four adopted daughters and also cared for two related GATES children.

Sunday's Obituary ~ Edmund Uriah GATES

Edmund Uriah GATES is my paternal great great grandfather.

The Flagler News, Thursday, January 2, 1917, Volume IV;
Official Democratic Newspaper of Kit Carson County.

OBITUARY
Edmund U. Gates Answers Final “Taps”

Again we are called upon to chronicle the death of a veteran of the civil war. Edmund U. Gates passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. A. White, in this city, at about 4 o’clock, Sunday afternoon, January 7th, 1917, after an illness of short duration.

Mr. Gates, who was aged 84 years and 6 months, had been in good health up to about a year ago, when he began to fail, since which time he was able to be up and about most of the time. A couple of weeks ago he suffered a relapse and was confined to his bed a few days, but had been up and around the house until a few days before his death.

Edmund U. Gates was born in Thomas County, Ohio, July 8th, 1832, where he grew to manhood, moving to Iowa in 1850. He was married October 2nd, 1856, and on November 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company E, 13th Regiment Iowa Infantry, where he served his country until the end of the war, being
discharged on July 21 st, 1865.

In 1873 he moved with his family to Brown county, Kans., where he resided for nine years, after which he moved to Marshall county, where he lived until 1896, when he came to Colorado. For a number of years he made his home with his son, George, on the ranch east of town. He also took a
homestead east of town, on which he made final proof.

Grandpa Gates, as he was known to Flagler people, was liked by all who knew him; he was of a cheerful disposition and always had a pleasant word for those with whom he came in contact. For several years he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. White.

The deceased leaves to mourn his death, three sons and two daughters, A.Z. Gates of Beattie, Kans.; H. J. Gates, of Worden, Mont.; George O. Gates, of Burlington, Colo.; Mrs. J. A. White ofFlagler; and Mrs. Kate Myers, of Pawnee City, Nebr., besides several grandchildren and a host of friends.

Funeral services were conducted from the Congregational church Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, by Rev. A. A. Marquardt, after which the body was taken to Beattie, Kans., for interment. Geo. O. Gates and son, John, accompanied the remains to their last resting place.

W. H. Lavington, H. W. Brown, E. T. Epperson, H. C. Jones, George Huntley, and George Epperson, old friends of the deceased, acted as pallbearers.

The many friends in Flagler and community will join with the News in extending sympathy to thebereaved relatives in the loss they have sustained.

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NOTES:
Edmund Uriah GATES born 8 July 1832-7 died January 1917
(1) Married October 1, 1856 Harriet SPONSLER 1836-1884; their children:
Alexander Z. GATES 1857-1928, Sarah Frances (GATES) WHITE 1859-1938;
Hanford J. GATES 1862-1925; and George Oliver GATES 1871-1944.

Edmund's grandson, George Oliver's son John GATES 1894-1974.

(2) Married: August 1886 Nancy (RICHARDSON) HARE 1842-1933;
their daughter Katherine 'Kate' Maud (GATES) MEYERS 1888-1970.

SOURCES:
1.  Photograph courtesy of a GATES cousin, emailed received 2009.
2.  Obituary - internet search April 2010;  http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read
     >  [COKITCAR] The Flagler News 1917, Edmund Gates Obituary

I've tried to contact the person who posted this, but to no avail. That is why I haven't included her name. The post was dated March 2003.

Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Winter in Saskatchewan ~ Circa 1916 and 1928

         PIONEER LIFE AND WINTER TRANSPORTATION

Joseph Samuel JOHNSON Circa 1928

 Homestead: Section 34,Township 20, Range 11, West 3rd.

 The Village of Milden, Saskatchewan, incorporated 1910.

Uncle Joe with his team of prise winning horses and cutter.

He was and avid horseman and showed his horses at local county fairs and won many ribbons.

Jane "Jenny" Victoria (MORTIMER) JOHNSON - 1916

holding Arlive Mortimer JOHNSON
Handwriting at top is Jenny and Joe's daughter, Hazel Bernice.

In about 1910, my Uncle Joe headed West to join his elder brother, George Albert JOHNSON. Joe and his wife, Jenny, homesteaded on an adjoining Quarter Section. When George and his wife, Emma CLARK, arrived in 1905, the only source of building material was the Prairie sod. George and Emma lived in their sod house from 1905 to 1908, when they were finally able to build a frame house.

The little homesteader's shack became the chicken coop after Joe had proved up his farm and then built the home that the family lived in for the rest of their years.
The two JOHNSON brothers farmed their homesteads for their entire lives.

SOURCE: Photographs provided by Hazel (JOHNSON) DISHAW. Collection of my Mother's photographs. Family story told by my mother Eva (JOHNSON) GATES.

Tombstone Tuesday - William "Willie" Alexander GATES

In July 2010, my sister was on a forum where there was information about this postcard. The woman said that it was with some of their family's memorabilia, but she wasn't sure if it was from her relatives or her husband's.
She offered to send it to a family member if the identity could be confirmed by a rightful owner. She was satisfied that it belonged to our family and sent the postcard to my sister.

William "Willie" Alexander GATES

WILLIE

SON OF MR. & MRS. W. A. GATES

Born  Jan 8 1908

Died Mar 18 1911

ASLEEP IN PEACE

Buried Quinter, Gove County, Kansas.

This sweet heart-shaped headstone with the dove on top is for the eldest of the five children of Warren Addison GATES and Ada May (MILLER) GATES. Willie would be an older brother of my father and would be my uncle. He was named after Alexander Z. GATES, who was his grandfather and my great grandfather. (I've tried to find out what the Z. stands for, but no luck!)

Warren and Ada are my paternal grandparents.

SOURCES: Postcard of headstone: mailed from US to Canada
Name and dates: match to the Handwritten Family Tree - Oliver Uriah GATES and Catherine HULL.

P.S. I'm having problems with my neck and arm again, so can't spent as much time as I would like on researching. :-(

However, I have spent some time on ZAZZLE. I'll post more about that later.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Edmund Uriah GATES ~ Civil War Veteran

Edmund Uriah GATES

Born 8 January 1832 Hardy, Holmes County, Ohio

Died 7 January 1917 Flagler, Kit Carson County, Colorado

Buried Beattie, Marshall County, Kansas

Lived in Beattie for fourteen years from 1882 to1896.

In the larger photograph, I can see that he is wearing his signature hat!

SOURCE: Family photograph emailed by a first cousin 2009.
Cropped from a photograph taken with five of his six children, on the porch at his home with his daughter Sarah F. (GATES) WHITE, where he lived until his death in 1917.  He was taken to Beattie, Marshall County, Kansas to be buried with other family members.

SERVICE RECORD: THIRTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER REGIMENT, COMPANY E:
Page 62.

Gates, Edmund U. Age 32.
Residence Fourth Congressional District, nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Nov. 2, 1864. Mustered Nov. 2, 1864. Mustered out July 21, 1865, Louisville, Ky

SOURCE: Internet search

Edmund Uriah GATES was my 2nd great grandfather.

Treasure Chest Thursday~ Remembering Those Who Served ~ American Civil War 1861-1865, World War I 1914-1919 and World War II 1939-1945.

                                     

"In Flanders Fields"

Poem written by Canadian John McCrae, December 1915

Illustrated book published 1921, after his death in 1919.

SOURCE: Wikipedia - several pages of information

The following are relatives and ancestors that I have found so far that have served in the Amrican Civil War, World War I and World War II. 

I have also been told that the ancestors of my third great grandparents, Oliver Uriah Gates and his wife Catherine Hull, served in the American War of Independence 1775-1783. Also, that my sisters and I would be eligible for the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

I have not done any research on that. 

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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ~ 1861-1865

Edmund Uriah GATES

Born 8 June 1832 Holmes County, Ohio

Died 7 January 1917 Flagler, Kit Carson County, Colorado

Buried Beattie, Marshall County, Kansas

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SERVICE RECORD: THIRTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER REGIMENT, COMPANY E:
Page 62.

Gates, Edmund W. Age 32.
Residence Fourth Congressional District, nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Nov. 2, 1864. Mustered Nov. 2, 1864. Mustered out July 21, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

SOURCE: internet search

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Edmund is my paternal 3rd great grandfather.

SOURCE: His Civil War service is noted in the handwritten family tree prepared by Leila Belle (Gates) Greenall, dated 1984 and given to my mother. Leila was a cousin of my father, Floyd. Edmund's photo sent to me by email by a Gates cousin.

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WORLD WAR I ~ July 1914 - 11th November 1918 (1919)



NORMAN ROSS BEEGHLY

KANSAS

FARRIER 301 ANL EMB DEP VC

WORLD WAR I

SEPT 9 1891    AUG 2 1961

Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Nemahs County, Kansas

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My connection to the BEEGHLY family is through my father's mother, Ada May MILLER. Ada was the daughter of William MILLER and Sarah BEEGHLY.

Norman Ross' father was Ezra J. BEEGHLY. Ada's mother Sarah was the younger sister of Ezra J. 

Ezra J. BEEGHLY and Deliala COLEMAN were the parents of Norman Ross. 

 So, Ada May and Norman Ross were first cousins. (I think.)
SOURCE: Internet search

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       WORLD WAR II ~September 1939 - Summer 1945

Clifford Fallis JOHNSON

Born 14 March 1908 Homestead, sod house, Milden, Saskatchewan

Died 1966 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Burial  Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Sasktachewan

Isabel Victoria (ARMSTRONG) JOHNSON

Born 26 Nov 1916 Quill Lake, Saskatchewan

Died 9 April 2010 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Street photo taken during World War II, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Cliff served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 14 July 1941 until his discharge on 18 September 1945.

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Cliff is my uncle, one of my mother's older brothers.

SOURCE: Personal collection, sent to me by email from my cousin, Cliff's son.

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Agnes (LAUDER) JOHNSON

Born 4 Aug 1921

Died 11 February 2002 North Battleford, Saskatchwan

Gordon Clark JOHNSON

Born 23 February 1901 Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma, Ontario

Died 6 Nov 1991 North Battleford, Saskatchewan

Both Aunt Agnes and Uncle Gord are buried beside each other in the  

Veterans' Section, Town of Battleford Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan

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 They both served in World War II. I've been told by their family that they were both held the rank of Sargent. 

My Uncle Gord was unable serve in Europe because he had a severe leg injury from getting caught in some farm equipment. However, he did serve in the Royal Canadian Army Reserves in Edmonton. Also, Aunt Agnes served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division, also in Edmonton. They met and married after the War ended. 

SOURCE: Photo my Mother's personal collection.Information about their service from Mom, Uncle Gord's family and Gord's youngest brother Uncle Howie.

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Ross ROBINSON In July 1934, Ross married my Mother's older sister, Florence Irene JOHNSON. I don't have any information for Ross, except this photograph taken at the train station in 1945.

SOURCE: Sent to be by mail from my Uncle Howie.

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Gordon Wesley "Wes" McCool

Born 17 June 1925 Saskatchewan

Died 28 October 2009, British Columbia

Wes would have been 18 years old in June 1943. so I think it was possible for him to enlist at that age.

I don't have any details of his service.

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Wes is one of two children of Mary Jane "Mae" (JOHNSON) McCOOL and Knox McCOOL.

He was the nephew of Eva (JOHNSON) GATES and Howard JOHNSON. 

SOURCE: "The Acheson Family 1850 - 1950" published by the Acheson family; page 43 (see below) lists the names of 34 relatives that served in World War I and World War II.

Note: Included in the list are Clifford Johnston, Howard Johnston, and Wesley McCool. Also In-Law Ross Robinson.

Photo is from Wes's uncle Nellis Howard JOHNSON. (Johnston).

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Howard Nellis JOHNSON

Born July 1917 Outlook, Saskatchewan

Living - now aged 93 years 4 months

Update: now aged 95 years 4 months -11th November 2012

Howie served in World War II with the Royal Canadian Engineers - 5th Division from March 1941 to December 1945. He was involved in the action on the front lines in six countries:  England, North Africa, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

This photograph was taken 11 November 2002.

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This is my Uncle Howie, my Mother's youngest brother and the only surviving sibling of eight children.

SOURCE: Photo - my Mother's personal collection, sent to her in November 2002.

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Roy Clell GATES

Born 19 December 1919 Beattie, Marshall County, Kansas

* Died 4 February 2011 Rosetown, Saskatchewan

Buried Milden Cemetery, Milden, Saskatchewan

Roy enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. Trained as a pilot at Brandon, Manitoba; Summerside, Prince Edward Island; and Patricia Bay, Victoria, British Columbia.

He was assigned to the #415 Swordfish Squadron, Coastal Command, RCAF.

Roy was stationed at bases in southern England. He flew torpedo, bombing and smokescreen missions over the English Channel. He recalled laying smokescreen along the water on the morning of the D-Day invasion.

SOURCES: 1. Date and place of birth - Handwritten Family Tree.

2. War service details: Eulogy for Service of Remembrance - Friday 11th February 2011 at the Milden United Church, Milden, Saskatchewan.  

*NOTE: 19 March 2011 -- After Uncle Roy passed away, this post was updated with his photograph and the details of his service. Roy was my father's youngest brother. 

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To be watchful.

Acheson Family Crest

To Honour the Acheson Family and Relatives:

"THE ACHESON FAMILY 1850-1950"

Published June 1951, page 43.

HONOUR ROLL

LORNE MARTIN HOWELL

World War I, France, killed in action, September 1918,
Age 17 years, 11 months, 10 days.

PILOT OFFICER JIMMY LAING
 Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF),
426 (Thunderbird) Squadron - Motto: "On Wings of Fire"

World War II, France, killed in action, February 9, 1945, age 20 years.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." ~ John 15:13

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WORLD WAR I

John James "Jim" Duncan, Sargent
Enlisted in 1914 at age 25, Royal Canadian Armed Forces
 Awarded Military Medal for "Bravery Beyond the Call of Duty."
Wounded and discharged in 1919.

WORLD WAR II
Robert Acheson, Renfred Acheson,
Delbert Bannon, George Bannon, Ivan Copeland, Jack Duncan,
Margaret Duncan, Stuart Duncan,
Vernon Gooding, Robert Orville Howell,
Clifford Johnston, Howard Johnston,
Robert Laing, Elwood Logan,  Wesley McCool,
John A. McTaggart, Mansell McTaggart, Kenneth Smith.

IN-LAWS

Art Blair, Conrad Brunelle, Thomas Caristilaw,
Allan Doner, Lesley Drury,Wilfred Dunkley,
Wesley McCraken, George McKee, William Neck, Gordon Prosser,
Ross Robinson, John Thompson, Sidney Martin.

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Additional information about their service from Acheson and Gates family trees:

Robert "Bob" Acheson
Enlisted about age 18 with a Winnipeg Regiment, served overseas in Italy, Belgium and Holland. 

Renfred Acheson
He was age 38 at the beginning of World War II, no details of his service.

Margaret Elizabeth Duncan
At age 18 in 1943 she took a special secretarial course in Toronto.
She was a member of the Royal Canadian Armed Forces, Womens' Division, R.C.A.F. 
Margaret and Stuart were sister and brother. 

Stuart Duncan
Enlisted about age 18, Royal Canadian Air Force, Fighter pilot Royal Armed Forces,
1945 shot down over Italy, rescued by Italian farmer.

Vernon Gooding, Robert Orville Howell.

Clifford Johnston
(my uncle)  Enlisted at age 33, served 1941-1945,
Corporal Royal Canadian Air Force.

 Howard Johnston 
 (my uncle) Enlisted at age 23 in March 1941,
Royal Canadian Engineers, Fifth Division,
shipped to England and then directly to the front lines in Italy.
Served  in Italy, North Africa, Belgium, Holland and Germany until December 1945.
Cliff (deceased) and Howie (now age 95 in 2012) are brothers.

Wesley McCool
(my first cousin) enlisted at about age 18 in 1943.

Ross Robinson
 ( my uncle-in-law) was about age 32 at the beginning of the war.

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SOURCES: "The Acheson Family 1850 - 1950, the list above of those who severed in the military, page 43.
Additional information from "The Acheson Family Tree" compiled by B. M. Acheson Anderson;
and "The Gates, Johnson / Johnston Family Tree" compiled by C. Gates.

All the others listed are related to our Acheson ancestors and relatives in some way.

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Remembered. Lest we forget.

The Poppy - Papaver Rhoeas

Antique botanical illustration - 1897 (cropped)

SOURCE: Wikipedia

The language of flowers:

The symbolism for the Poppy is "sympathy" and "peace." 

Not to be confused with Rosemary which is for "remembrance."

SOURCE: various internet searches

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SOURCES: Family history and knowledge, emails from family, photos and records, as well as various internet searches.