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From: "J. White" jawhite99@hotmail.com
To: a0009792@airmail.net
Subject: CRAIGHEAD-STELL document
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 13:20:20 GMT
This document is in the posession of my great-uncle who lives in San
Antonio, Texas. It was scanned by my father and sent to me ... I am still
looking for corroberating proof, but at the very least this document would
be of interest to the descendants of Martha KELLEY. (It is) one of the
documents in R. White's possession ... (copied) as follows:
John A. Craighead
Alice N. Stell
Married October 12, 1880
John A. Craighead, Father
Borned March 25, 1859
Alice N. Stell, Mother
Borned --- 28, 1864
Children's Births
Boy Edgar R. Craighead Borned Oct 2, 1881
Girl Carrie Bell Craighead Borned Sep. 1- 1884
Girl Baby Craighead Borned Feb. 14, 1882
Boy Buriah Lee Craighead Borned June 3, 1888
Girl Little B---y Craighead Borned Sep. 31, 1890
Boy Tobe Stell Craighead Borned --- --, 1892
Girl Tresse Ele--- Craighead Borned April 16, 1895
Girl Lorena Gertrude Craighead Borned May 29, 1897
Girl Ruby Alice Craighead Borned Dec 22, 1898
Boy Arne John Craighead Borned Jan 6, 1900
Girl Little Johnnie R.I. Craighead Borned July 22 1903
--- Baby E---- C. Craighead Borned March -- 1902
WHITE-CRAIGHEAD
CRAIGHEAD-STELL(E)
Ruby Alice CRAIGHEAD, Roy D. White's mother, was b. Dec 21, 1898 in TX and
died May, 1991 per Social Security Death Index. She was 19 years old when
Roy D., her first child, was born.
Ruby's parents were John Alexander CRAIGHEAD, b. March 25, 1859 in
Tennessee (place of birth per 1910 and 1900 TX census). He married on
October 12, 1880 per R. White's STELL document (need other proof of exact
date of marriage) Nancy Alice STELL, b. apx. 1869 per 1910 TX census (or
1864 per 1900 census) in Missouri Township, Pike County, Arkansas.
Ruby A CRAIGHEAD appears in the 1910 Census of Bexar County, Texas, as
follows:
Craighead, John A., head 51 TN TN TN Carpenter
Alice N., wife 41 AR SC AR
Budia L., son 21 TX TN AR
Tobe S., son 17 TX TN AR
Tressie C., dau 15 TX TN AR
Ruby A., dau 11 TX TN AR
John A., son 9 TX TN AR
Irma R., dau 6 TX TN AR
Edwin C., son 3 TX TN AR
This family also appears on the 1900 Census for Texas, Wharton County,
Source No. 15. The Twelfth Census of the United States, Supervisor's
District No. 11, Enumeration District No. 55, Sheet No. 8-A. Enumerated on
June 22, 1900, as follows:
Craighead, J.A. Mar 1859 41 TN TN TN
Allis Feb 1864 36 m 19 years AR SC AR
Edgar Oct 1882 18 TN TN AR
------ dau Sep 1884 15 TN TN AR
------ son Jun 1888 16 TN TN AR
Tobe son Aug 1892 - TX TN AR
Tresse dau --- 1895 - TX TN AR
Ruby dau Dec 1898 1 TX TN AR
What I've left blank I cannot dechiper from the record.
Attachment Converted: C:\INETUSA\SMALL_NA.JPG
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Jen
I hope you realize you are sending great information. I imagine this is an
exciting experience to begin discovering your family ancestry. Thank you
and to your dad for making a scan of the John Alexander Craighead and Nancy
Alice Stell family record. Would you ask him for a copy, non-enhanced, of
this file and forward to me?
I will be making a scan of a picture of Andrew Armstrong Stell and Martha
Elvira Kelley and send in my next email to you.
David
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Subject: CRAIGHEAD-STELL document
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 --:--:-- -0500 (CDT)
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Jen
I have attached a high resolution scan of the picture of Andrew Armstrong
Stell 1820-1912 and Martha Elvira Kelley 1845-1911 as it was saved in Adobe
5.5 without change. The picture, a photograph copy, was sent by Floyd R.
Hendricks, Fort Smith, Arkansas postmarked July 5, 1990.
David
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Subject: Scan Stell picture
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 --:--:-- -0500 (CDT)
Andrew Armstrong Stell & Martha Elvira Kelley
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Jen
The additional proof of marriage including notations for John Alexander
Craighead and Nancy Alice Stell:
J.A. Craighead "of Missouri Township in the County of Pike" Arkansas and
Allice (sic) Stell "of Missouri Township in the County of Pike" Arkansas,
married October 12, 1880 by S.H. Wingfield, J.P. Clark County, Arkansas
Marriage Book I, page 218. "Nancy A. (Stell) (who married J.A. Craighead
and resides at Hot Springs) ...", Biographical and Historical Memoirs of
Southern Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago, Nashville
and St. Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 339. John A. Craighead enumerated
in the Pike County, Arkansas Census 1880, Missouri Township (39) in the
household of A.B. Craighead. Nancy A. Stell enumerated in the Pike County,
Arkansas Census 1880, Missouri Township (27) in the household of Armstrong
A. Stell.
David
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Subject: Additional Marriage Proof
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:41:01 -0500 (CDT)
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From: "J. White" jawhite99@hotmail.com
To: a0009792@airmail.net
Subject: Re: Additional Marriage Proof
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 16:16:20 GMT
Thank you, once more. I have contacted Clark County, Arkansas and as soon
as they get my check they'll send me a copy of the record. Thrilling.
Also the photograph of A.A. Stell and Martha Kelley was very interesting.
The age difference is very obvious there--I wonder if he was married
before. It would be odd, at least to me, were he not because people simply
didn't make it to 50 without having been married. Well, that is yet another
question for another day.
Also thank you for the lead on the Robert McMahan-Kelley record in the deed
(volume) in Illinois. I'll contact them and find out if they have as ready
access to these ... as they do for wills and marriages--if so I'll get a
copy and if you need one I'll of course send it.
Jen
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From: "Roy White" whiteroyd@hotmail.com
To: a0009792@airmail.net
Cc: jawhite99@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Power of the Internet ...
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 06:05:49 PDT
I will be sending a full-up "raw" and "restored" detailed scan of this
document on CD-ROM to my daughter: the file size is much too large for one
diskette.
Mr. Kelley, your help is greatly appreciated.
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To: "Roy White" whiteroyd@hotmail.com
From: a0009792@airmail.net (David Kelley)
Subject: JPEG Scan
Cc: jawhite99&hotmail.com
Mr. White
I would like to call you Roy and I am David. I want you to know, how much
it is appreciated, the scan of the John Alexander and Nancy Alice (Stell)
Craighead family record. I have made a transcript for review and I believe
it is reasonably accurate. I will be glad for your's and Jennifer's
feedback.
John A. Craighead
& Alice N. Stell
Married Oct. 12, 1880
John A. Craighead Father
Borned March 25, 1859 M
Alice N. Stell Mother
Borned Feb. 28, 1864
Children's Births
Boy Edgar R. Craighead Borned Oct. 2, 1881
Girl Carrie Bell Craighead Borned Sep. 1, 1884
Girl Baby Craighead Borned Feb. 14, 1882
Boy Beriah Lee Craighead Borned June 3, 1888
Girl Little Bessy Craighead Borned Sep. 31, 1890 *
Boy Tobe Stell Craighead Borned Aug. 2-, 1892
Girl Tressie Cleres Craighead Borned April 16, 1895
Girl Lorena Gertrude Craighead Borned May 29, 1897
Girl Ruby Alice Craighead Borned Dec. 21, 1898
Boy Arne John Craighead Borned Jan. 6, 1900
Girl Little Johnnie R.I. Craighead Borned July 24, 1903
Boy Baby Edwin C. Craighead Borned March 3, 1907
* September 30 days
Jen asked in a recent email about Nancy Alice Stell's father and whether
he was married before he married Martha Elvira Kelley. He was previously
married and had six children.
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Family Group Record 0114
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Husband's Name Andrew Armstrong Stell
Born: 18 Dec 1820 Place: Morgan County, Georgia
Died: 22 Feb 1912 Place: Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Married: 30 Dec 1847 Place: Clark County, Arkansas (C-75)
Married: 25 Jul 1861 Place: Pike County, Arkanss
Spouse: Martha Elvira Kelley
Father: Joseph Stell
Mother: Isabella Armstrong
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Wife's Name Emily Wingfield
Born: Abt 1822 Place: Clark County, Arkansas
Died: 01 Sep 1859 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 13 Apr 1840 Place: Clark County, Arkansas (B-45)
Spouse: Robert M. Langdon
Father: Charles Wingfield
Mother: Mariam Hasley
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Children 6 children 5 identified
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1. Sex Name
F Lenora Stell
Born: Abt 1849 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Bef 1860 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (census)
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2. Sex Name
F Lucinda Adaline Stell
Born: 14 Mar 1851 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 10 Mar 1899 Place:
Married: Abt 1871 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Granderson K. (Kurb-Curb) Griffin
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3. Sex Name
F Indiana Josephine Stell
Born: 07 Mar 1854 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 08 Apr 1926 Place: buried ... Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Married: 14 Jun 1870 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Samuel Teague East
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4. Sex Name
M John Henry Stell
Born: 14 May 1856 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 10 Mar 1929 Place: buried ... Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Married: 23 Dec 1875 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Martha Dickson
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5. Sex Name
F Mary Eugenia Stell
Born: 30 Apr 1858 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 22 Feb 1928 Place: Murfreesboro, Pike, Arkansas
Married: 07 Apr 1875 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Richard H.L. Rutherford (Doctor)
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Sources of Information: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern
Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago, Nashville and St.
Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 136, 164, 338-339; Census Records: Pike
County, Arkansas 1850, 1860; Tombstones, inscriptions of: Antoine Cemetery,
Antoine, Arkansas (Mary E. Rutherford); Delight Cemetery, Delight, Arkansas
(A.A. Stell, Martha Elvira Stell); Mortality Schedule: Pike County,
Arkansas 1860.
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Andrew Armstrong Stell and Emily (Wingfield) Langdon married "at the hse.
of Chas. Wingfield" ... 30 Dec 1847 by Elijah Kelley, E.E.C. Clark County,
Arkansas Marriage Book C, page 75.
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Pike County, Arkansas Census 1850
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 1st day of December, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.
252-252 A.A Stille 29 m Farmer South Carolina
Emily Stille 27 f Arkansas
Lenora Stille 2 f Arkansas
Engeline P. Langdon 8 f Arkansas
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Pike County, Arkansas Census 1860
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 9th day of August, 1860. W.J.
White, Ass't Marshal. Post Office: Antoine
421-421 A.A. Stelle 39 m Farmer Georgia
L.A. Stelle 8 f Arkansas
Josafine Stelle 6 f Arkansas
J.H. Stelle 4 m Arkansas
M.E. Stelle 2 m Arkansas
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Pike County, Arkansas Mortality Schedule 1860
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Deaths from June 1, 1859 to May 31, 1860
Name Age Sex Born Died Cause of Death
Emily Stell 37 f Ark Sep (1859) Infl. Stomach
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A.A. Stell is numbered among the prominent and wealthy planters of Pike
County, Missouri Township, and was born in Morgan County, Ga., December 18,
1820, a son of Joseph and Isabella Stell ... (December 30, 1847), he
married Miss Emily Wingfield, a native of Arkansas, who bore him six
children: (two not indicated), Lucinda (who married G.C. Griffin), Indiana
J. (married S.T. East), John H. (married Martha Dickson), and Mary E. (who
married Dr. Rutherford), and died September 1, 1859, a worthy member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South ... Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago,
Nashville and St. Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 338-339.
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Mrs. Rutherford Died Wednesday.
Had Been a Resident of Murfreesboro For Ten Or Twelve Years
Buried At Antoine.
Mrs. Mary E. Rutherford died here Wednesday morning at 5:10 a.m. (February
22, 1928) from a stroke of paralysis suffered early Tuesday evening, at the
age of 69 years. She is survived by three sons, Charles H., Assistant
Cashier of the Pike County Bank, Will, and Stell B., traveling
representative of McCormick & Co., all of Murfreesboro, two daughters, Mrs.
N.C. Hare, of Murfreesboro, and Mrs. Tom East, of Peoria, Illinois, and the
following brothers, J.H. and R.W. Stell of Delight, S.B. Stell, of Hot
Springs, J.T. Stell, of Redland, California, D.A. Stell, of Murfreesboro,
and Charles E. Stell of Durant, Oklahoma, and six grandchildren. Mrs.
Rutherford was the young daughter of Capt. A.A. and Emily (Wingfield)
Stell, and was born at Stelltown, near Delight, on April 30, 1858. She was
married to Dr. R.H. L. Rutherford on April 7, 1875. Dr. Rutherford, who was
one of Southwest Arkansas' leading physicians, died at Antoine on Dec. 20,
1900, where Mrs. Rutherford continued to reside until about 1914 when she
moved to Murfreesboro. Funeral services were held here at the Methodist
church, by the pastor, the Rev. J.D. Montgomery, and interment was had in
the cemetery at Antoine, Thursday afternoon. She was one of the oldest and
most devoted members of the Methodist church of which she had been a member
for many years. Mrs. Rutherford's father, Capt. A.A. Stell, who was
prominently identified with the development of Pike county for more than
three-quarters of a century, was born on December 18, 1820 in Morgan
county, Georgia, the son of Joseph and Isabella Stell, both natives of
Georgia. His father, Joseph Stell, was a planter and teacher and served in
the Florida and Cherokee wars. Capt. Stell came to Arkansas with his
parents ... (about 1840) settling in Clark county, where he lived some few
years (three) before settling in Pike County. He was married on (December
30, 1847) to Emily Wingfield, a native of Pike county, who died September
1, 1859. On July 25, 1861, he was married to Martha E. Kelley, daughter of
Robert and Sarah Kelley, who died in 1911. Capt. Stell served in the
Confederate Army as a member of Co. G. Craven's Regiment, under Gen.
Thomas J. Churchill, returning to his home (in) May, 1865, where he lived a
useful life until his death on February 22, 1912, in his ninety-third year.
He served as Justice of the Peace in his Township for ten years, and as
Coroner of Pike county for a period of ten years. The passing of Mrs.
Rutherford marks the departure of another of Pike county's oldest
native-born and highly respected citizens, and of one whose pleasant
smiles, cheerful disposition and kind words will be sadly missed by her
relatives and host of friends.
Pike County Courier, Delight, Arkansas, February 24, 1928: Volume 40,
Number 8, page 1, columns 4-5, edited with revision.
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I am sending a copy of this email to Jen.
David
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From: "Roy White"
To: a0009792@airmail.net
Subject: Re: JPEG Scan
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:12:16 PDT
Fine - David and Roy it is.
Thank you kindly. I am attempting for about the fifth time to send you a
reply; my computer has crashed the previous four times and I asked Jennifer
to thank you just in case this decided not to work yet again.
I sent Jennifer the CD-ROM with full bitmap scans (both "raw" and partially
restored) of the Stell-Craighead documents I have. The documents themselves
are in quite ragged condition, and I thought it best to have full image
maps made and archived. I also sent Jennifer photographic reproductions of
the restored documents.
As I said before, your help is greatly appreciated. Do you know what is
necessary to post this information on the www.familysearch.com?
Roy
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Hi Roy
It is good to hear from you again. I do understand the computer crashes. I
had a major one beginning March 15 and have been working since to recover
files and in some cases it was necessary to reach out to others I had
shared files and information with to restore some of the loss. The recent
page files I set up for Pike County research are intact because they were
on a server but some of the files were a little out of date and a require
updating again.
Without checking www.familysearch.com I believe you can submit your own
GEDCOM file with your family genealogy created from a genealogy program
like PAF (Personal Ancestral File) or FTM (Family Tree Maker). Whether
this can be done by attaching a file to email or you have to mail in a
diskette, I am not certain. Several years ago (1989) while in Salt Lake
City I visitied the Family History Department and left a diskette of my
genealogy which was put into the Ancestral File Database (and) you could
mail them in as well. Why not send email to them and find out. They will be
glad to help you.
I hope your computer trials are over for now.
David
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Update 03.28.01 David Kelley 2000 EM-00004.HTM