Category Archives: Lawrence County

Lawrence Morton McCammon

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Lawrence Morton McCammon
b. 17 June 1878 Heltonville, Lawrence Co., Indiana to Charles Riley McCammon and Nancy Caroline Vaughn
d. 15 April 1938 Sanders, Monroe Co., Indiana
bur. Lucas Cemetery, Clear Creek Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana

Lawrence Morton McCammon

Lawrence Morton McCammon

m/1. 18 August 1898 Monroe Co., Indiana
Mary Ellen Deckard
b. 20 Jan 1878 Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana to King Anthony “Mon” Deckard and Nancy C. Clendenin
d. 19 July 1962 Sanders, Clear Creek Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana
bur. Lucas Cemetery, Clear Creek Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana

m/2. 1931 Monroe Co., Indiana
Emma Garner
Divorced 27 Dec 1932

Children:

  • Charles Clinton McCammon (1899-1967) m. Hulda Curry
  • Clara Jane McCammon (1901-2001) m. Warren Wisley
  • Maggie Pearl McCammon (1903-1920)
  • Clarence Edward McCammon (1910-1989) m. Lucille Smith
  • Harley Gilbert McCammon (1913-1975) m. Irene Sowders
  • Earl Millard McCammon (1915-1979) m. Lois Jean Jones
  • James Hoyd McCammon (1918-1990) m. Ivonne Hays
  • (also, two stillborn infants; one in 1907, the other in 1921)

Though he was born in Lawrence County, Lawrence spent most of his life in Monroe County, where he was employed in the limestone industry. An injury to his leg caused his retirement and, according to his obituary in the Bloomington Daily Telephone, brought complications leading to his death in 1938.

Submitted by:
Mobie McCammon
Bloomington, IN
E-mail: m.mccammon@comcast.net

Lester Lee Moore

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Lester Lee Moore
b. 7 Dec 1907 Bloomington, Indiana to Otis Cleveland Moore and Cantha Ann Easterday
d. 6 Mar 1981 Owen Co., Indiana
bur. Vahalla Memory Gardens Bloomington, Indiana

Lester Lee Moore

Lester Lee Moore

m. 20 Sept 1930 Monroe Co., Indiana
Ona Leola McConnell
b. 15 Mar 1912 Lawrence Co., Indiana to Alva Alaska McConnell and Edithe Johnson
d. 13 May 1998 Monroe Co., Indiana

Children with Ona Leola McConnell

  • Doris Joan Moore (1931-)

Lester grew up in Indian Creek twp, Monroe Co., Indiana and in 1939 he purchased a farm and resided there until 1976 when he moved to Bloomington. His obituary names four brothers at the time of his death, Merle Moore, of Kentucky, Melvin Moore of Martinsville, Marvin of Richmond, and Otis C. Moore of Bloomington. The obituary also named four sisters who all lived in Bloomington, Sylvia Linthicum, Vada May, Mary Hardin and Erva Hoy and Lillian Quackenbush of Lyons.

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Submitted by:
Mobie McCammon
Bloomington, IN
E-mail: m.mccammon@comcast.net

Zachariah Jones

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Zachariah “Zach” Jones
b. 21 March 1874 Huron, Lawrence County, Indiana to Thomas Jones and Sarah Caroline Reed
d. 14 Jan 1968 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
bur. Roselawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Zachariah Jones

Zachariah Jones

m. 18 June 1902 Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana
Emma “Grace” McGrew
b. 12 Apr 1877 Patricksburg, Owen County, Indiana to David Bacon McGrew and Rebecca Ellen Saltsgiver
d. 11 Mar 1963 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Children with Emma McGrew

  • Glenn Winter Jones (1903-1973)
  • Richard Hebb Jones (1904-1995)
  • Clifford Jones (1906-1976)
  • Victoria Nevada Jones (1908-1908)
  • Harold Jones (1910-1962)
  • Herbert Raymond Jones (1912-2003)
  • Wayne Eugene Jones (1915-1951)
  • Kermit Jones (1917-1995)
  • Donald Jones (1919-1975)
  • Wallace Z Jones (1921-1993)
  • Russell Edward Jones (1923-1999)

Zachariah was employed by the railroad for more than 50 years during which he served as a switchman, a brakeman, and a fireman. He was also a member of the brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen for more than 60 years and a member of the Retired Railroadmen’s Association later in life. He enjoyed listening to baseball games on the radio and playing cards.

Submitted by:
Jennifer Cruse
Terre Haute, IN
E-mail: jencruse@msn.com

Alva Dow Cooksey

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Alva Dow Cooksey
b. 30 July 1899, Atkinsonville, Owen County, Indiana, to Samuel Lewis and Mary Cynthia (Criss) Cooksey
d. 25 November 1938, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

m/1. 1 February 1919, Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois
Virgie Jewel Pate
b. 13 June 1900, Fort Ritner, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Rev. Virgil and Clara Isis (Allen) Pate
d. 25 November 1987, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

Children with Virgie Jewel Pate:

  • Clara Cynthia (1919-1961) married Elmer O. Long
  • Geneva Darlene (1922-1984) married Charles Raymond Cade
  • Margaret Evelyn (1925-1979) married Albert Elvin Crothers
  • Dorothy Fern (1928-2003) married Charles Wayne Cox
  • Dow Junior (b. 1930)
  • Hubert Paul (twin, 1934-1956)
  • Hugh Pate (twin, 1934-1934)

The Cooksey family came to Owen County, Indiana from Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1832. They lived at Atkinsonville, Patricksburg, and Vandalia, all in Owen County. About 1915, Samuel Cooksey and family moved to Newman, Douglas County, Illinois. In 1935, Alva Dow, Virgie, and family moved to Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Alva Dow was a successful farmer at Newman, Illinois, until the great depression. After moving to Hoopeston, Illinois, he developed diabetes and attendant health problems. Beginning to lose his sight, he began making brooms, a trade he had learned from his father.

Submitted by:
Dow Junior Cooksey
Danville IL
E-mail: dcooksey@insightbb.com

Virgie Jewel Pate

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Virgie Jewel Pate
b. 13 June 1900, Fort Ritner, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Rev. Virgil and Clara Isis (Allen) Pate
d. 25 November 1987, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

m/1.
Alva Dow Cooksey
b. 30 July 1899, Atkinsonville, Owen County, Indiana, to Samuel Lewis and Mary Cynthia (Criss) Cooksey
d. 25 November 1938, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

m/2.
William Arthur Musk

Children with Alva Dow Cooksey:

  • Clara Cynthia (1919-1961) married Elmer O. Long
  • Geneva Darlene (1922-1984) married Charles Raymond Cade
  • Margaret Evelyn (1925-1979) married Albert Elvin Crothers
  • Dorothy Fern (1928-2003) married Charles Wayne Cox
  • Dow Junior (b. 1930)
  • Hubert Paul (twin, 1934-1956)
  • Hugh Pate (twin, 1934-1934)

Children with William Arthur Musk:

  • Arthur Jyrone (1944-2007) married Penny Ann Edwards

Virgie was a descendant of the very first settlers of Lawrence County, Indiana – the Flinns, Guthries, Williams, Allens, and Plummers. She moved with per parents in 1915 to Newman, Douglas County, Illinois. Virgie and her husband, Alva Dow Cooksey, moved to Hoopeston Illinois in 1935.

Virgie was a homemaker and loving mother. Her husband died at age 39, leaving Virgie with five children still at home. She was a housekeeper in a hotel in Hoopeston to support her family, did sewing for others, always planting a huge garden and canning for winter. Every night she would read to her children and many of the neighborhood children. Her life was centered on her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Church, the denomination of her preacher father.

Submitted by:
Dow Junior Cooksey
Danville IL
E-mail: dcooksey@insightbb.com

Jackson Jones

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Jackson Jones
b. 17 May 1869, near Huron, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Thomas and Sarah Caroline (Reed) Jones
d. 1 January 1964, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri

m. 15 October 1892, Daviess County, Indiana
Nancy Ella Hammersley
b. September 1872

Children with Nancy Ella Hammersley:

  • Herman (b. aft 1900)
  • Monroe (b. aft. 1907)

Jackson was born in Indiana, and lived in Washington, Spice Valley, and Center townships while in Indiana. He eventually moved to St. Louis, Missouri. Jackson had two brothers, Zachariah and Louis, and one sister, I. May Jones. He also had half-brothers and sisters; Mary Jane, William, Henry Jones; Henry Clay, Mary Elizabeth, and William Harrison Redyard.

He was a lather by trade and is buried in Memorial Park, St. Louis, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Jennifer Cruse
Terre Haute IN
E-mail: jencruse@msn.com

Sarah Jane Walters

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Sarah Jane Walters
b. 9 February 1861, Fort Ritner, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Thomas R. and Eliza Levina (Compett) Walters
d. 31 July 1925, Anthony, Harper County, Kansas

m. 22 May 1879, Lawrence County, Indiana
George Washington Carothers
b. 7 May 1856, Fort Ritner, Lawrence County, Indiana
d. 12 June 1939, Anthony, Harper County, Kansas

Children with George Washington Carothers:

  • Minnie Maye (1880-1957)
  • Florence Etta (1883-1969)
  • George Orton (1885-1970)
  • Charles Crittendon (1888-1969)
  • Harry Lester (1890-1982)
  • Clarence Early (1892-1976)
  • Eva “Ethel” (1895-1956)
  • Otto Melvin (b. 1901)

Sarah and George emigrated from Indiana to Harper County, Kansas, in 1882. They lived in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, 1888-1892, and then returned to Harper County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Elizabeth Hendrixson
Wichita KS

George Walters

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George Walters
b. 4 July 1853, Fort Ritner, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Thomas Rayburn and Eliza Levina (Compett) Walters
d. 17 December 1917, Harper, Harper County, Kansas

m. 30 March 1879, Lawrence County, Indiana
Margaret Hill
b. 19 February 1854, Jackson County, Indiana, to Jessie B. and Catherine Hill
d. 4 March 1910, Anthony, Harper County, Kansas

Children with Margaret Hill:

  • Florence Lavina (1881-1944) married Abraham Louis Hoober
  • Carrie Catherine (1882-1957) married Robert Bruce Cullison
  • Stella Rose (1888-1943)
  • Jessie May (1890-1961) married Ernest Moldenhauer
  • Maude Elstia (1893-1971) married Flynn “Jess” Conner

George and Margaret Walters emigrated from Lawrence County, Indiana, to Eminence, Finney County, Kansas, in 1885/86. George and Margaret lived at the Harper County Poor Farm, where they cared for families and individuals until her death in 1910.

Submitted by:
Elizabeth Hendrixson
Wichita KS

Charles Crittendon Walters

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Charles Crittendon Walters
b. 23 October 1862, Fort Ritner, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Thomas R. and Eliza Levina (Compett) Walters
d. 15 July 1926, Anthony, Harper County, Kansas

m. December 1892, Harper County, Kansas
Gertrude Phillips
b. 1874
d. 1946

Children with Gertrude Phillips:

  • Ruth E.
  • Grace (1893-1895)
  • Gordon L. (1900-1974)
  • Nell
  • Ruby (1916-1954)

Charles went west to Colorado when he was 19. Later he was in Texas and then moved north to Harper County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Elizabeth Hendrixson
Wichita KS

Gordon Burton

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GORDON BURTON
b. 9 February 1838, Lawrence County, Indiana
d. 30 January 1918, Olivet, Osage County, Kansas

m. 13 December 1858
Mary Jane Griggs
d. 16 April 1915, Olivet, Osage County, Kansas

Children with Mary Jane Griggs:

  • Elmer of Olivet, Kansas
  • Lon of Lebo, Kansas
  • Henry of New Mexico
  • Mary of Macksville, Kansas
  • Lottie of Salem, Washington County, Indiana

Gordon emigrated from Indiana in 1878.

Submitted by:
Dr. Eric C. Stumpf
Burr Ridge IL