Revised Aug. 25, 2007 with additions in brackets found from a list posted on the Dent County Website
Akers, Mr. & Mrs. (See if this is Allen M. (1888 - 1969) & Alice M. Barnes
Akers (07 Feb 1890 - 03 Mar 1947) OR Anvil Elvie (09 May 1883 - 20 Feb 1924) & Melissa Hodges) OR Joseph
Akers (1854 - 1907) & Nancy Springer)
Akers, Ralph Vernon Mar. 2, 1907 - Mar. 23, 1907
Anderson, Infant [of Roy & Marie nee Vance (parents bur. Cedar
Grove Cem]
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Banks, Lummas
Morgan Aug. 4, 1851 - Apr. 5, 1930 Born in Ohio. MO Death Cert.#15049 lists Lomar
Morgan Banks, Aug. 5, 1852 - Apr. 5, 1930. Son of Lomar
Banks & Jane
Morgan. Husband of Francis Summers; widower. Informant Mrs. Ferguson.
[BANKS, LU "LUM"
Morgan 8/4/1851, Ohio - 4/5/1930, home of son, Ed, 5 miles S. of Rector; m. Sarah F. Summers, 9 ch., 8 sons 1 dau.: Robert "Bob" Earl, (1878 - 1947, m. Nora Webb, lived Eminence), John Wesley, (1885 - 1947, m. Rada Patterson, bur. Eminence), George W. (m. Cora Wave
Boyce, bur. Cedar
Grove Cem.), W. Spence (m, Louvige Deatherage, to Eminence), Edward (m. Eva N. Lewis, bur. Rector Cem.), Andrew "Andy" Jackson (m. Meada Hines, m. Albennie McMullin, he bur. Short Cem.), Marion, Lum. & Sarah A. (Mrs. J. A. Ferguson); lived farm
Shannon Co. near Current River]
Banks, Sarah Frances Aug. 24, 1851 - Apr. 18, 1926 MO Death Cert.#15148 lists Francis
Banks, Aug. 24, 1852 - Apr. 18, 1916, daughter of Andy
Summers &
Adeline Boyd. Born at Ink. Died at
Rector Village, Jackson Twp.,
Shannon Co MO. Died of influenza. Informant A. J. Banks. [BANKS, SARAH FRANCES, w/o L. M., nee
Summers 8/24/1851 - 4/18/1926]
Banks, Marion Apr. 20, 1895 - Sep. 23, 1917 MO Death Cert.#33962 lists Francis Marion
Banks, Apr. 9, 1895 - Sep. 24, 1917, Daughter of Louis
Morgan Banks & Sarah Francis
Summers. Died of typhoid fever. Informant Rob E. Banks.
[s/o L. M. & S. F. 4/20/1895 - 9/13/1917]
Briggs, Vester Jul. 1, 1881 - May 4, 1908
Brown, Virginia Faye [d/o John, d. 10/1942, at home Lewis Hollow]
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Chrisco, Allen R. Jun. 23, 1910 - Nov., 1976 'Father'
Chrisco, Wilma A. 1915 - 1994 'Mother'
Dooley, Charles Arthur Born & Died 1885
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Dooley, Clement '
Clem' Jan. 27, 1857 - Jun. 3, 1923 MO Death Cert.#20552 lists dates as Jan. 26, 1857 - Jun. 4, 1923. Son of Matthew
Dooley & Nancy Massey. Lists burial site as
Dooley Cemetery. Informants 'Wife & Sons'.
[1/27/1857,
Shannon Co. - 6/3/1923, farm home near
Akers, s/o Matthew & Nancy nee Massey, m. Josephine
Boyce, 1884,
Dent Coo., 12 ch.: May E. (m. Joseph Doms, m. W. A. Hook, bur. Cedar
Grove Cem.), Carrie (m. Tom
Medlock, bur. North Lawn Cem.), Julia (b. 8/7/1897,
Shannon Co. - c1970, Rolla, bur. Roach Cem.-Phelps Co., m. Wallace), Iva, Toney Ray,
Hattie E. (m. Elmer M. Purcell), Jesse Clark (5/14/1909, Akeres - 5/16/1988, Springfield, bur. Rivermonte Mem. Gardens - Springfield, m. Wilma 6/1936, lived CA 30 yrs.), Charles, Essie
Welch, (to Pilot Knob AR & Shell Knob MO), &
Boyce Ednond, Lloyd E., & Clyde M.--all bur.Cedar
Grove Cem.;
Dooley (original Doully) is French; lived same farm 40 yrs. near mouth of Gladden Valley]
Dooley, Sarah Josephine 'Josie' [w/o
Clem 11/19/1864 AR - 5/14/1931, nee
Boyce, d/o Alexander (d. Civil War) & Thankful nee Lewis (both bur. AR) who lived in Gladden Valley]
[DOOLEY, CHARLES ARTHUR, Inf. s/o
Clem & Josie 1885]
Dooley, Harry B. Apr. 11, 1911 - 1917 MO Death Cert.#38265 lists Harry Bryce
Dooley, Jul. 14, 1913 - Oct. 26, 1913. Son of Lloyd Elmer
Dooley & Nora Ellen Howell. Died of pertussis. [s/o Lloyd E. & Nora E. 7/14/1913 - 10/26/1913]
Dooley, Infant Oct. 2, 1910 - Oct. 3, 1910 Son of Lloyd E. Dooley & Nora Howell. Cause of death 'compression'. MO Death Cert.#32924. Informant Lloyd E. Dooley.
[Inf. s/o Lloyd E. & Nora E. nee Howell 10/3/1910]
Dooley, Ivy MO Death Cert.#25003 lists Iva M.M.C. Dooley, Jr., age 16 years, 7 mos., 25 days, died Sep. 16, 1921. Daughter of
Clem & Josephine
Dooley. Cause of death suicide by voluntary drowning self. Julia
Dooley, informant. [DOOLEY, IVY d/o
Clem & Josie 1/21/1905 - 6/1922]
Dooley, Iva Maudeline Jun. 21, 1905 - Sep. 16, 1942
Dooley, Maudeline L. Aug. 10, 1920 - Oct. 3, 1942 [8/10/1920, near
Rector - 10/3/1942, d/o
Boyce Ednond & Alta nee Banks; converted age 11]
Dooley, Toney Ray Born & Died 1909 [Inf. s/o
Clem & Josie]
Farris, Unknown - Family plot outlined with concrete, room for 6 graves, three graves inside marked with field stones, no inscriptions. Found the following searching death certificates:
Farris, Clara - age 54 years, 5 mos. 25 days - d. Mar. 27, 1921 Daughter of John (looks like Koosinis) & Malinda Shockley? Wife of J. M. Farris. Born in Gasconade Co MO. Informant Jack Farris,
Akers, MO. (Undertaker B. S. Purcell). MO Death Cert.#8658.
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Ferguson, John A. Oct. 23, 1881 - Aug., 1976 Died
Salem Dent Co MO.
[FERGUSON, J. A. d/ 1976 s/o John & Jane nee Brown, m. Sarah A. Banks, ch.: Nora Mae (Mrs. Johnnie Halbrook), Roy V., Willie E., Pearlie L.]
Ferguson, Sarah
Adeline 1883 - Jun., 1940 Died in
Dent Co MO. MO Death Cert.#21640.
[w/o J. A. , nee
Banks, d/o L.. M. & Sarah nee
Summers 3/13/1883 - 6/25/1940]
Ferguson, Pearlie Louise Feb. 9, 1918 - Feb. 18, 1918 MO Death Cert.#7487; daughter of J. A. Ferguson & Sarah
Adeline Banks; born
Rector MO. Died of Hives. Informant Ed
Banks.
Ferguson, Roy Vernon Jan. 5, 1912 - Mar. 18, 1929 MO Death Cert.#13503 lists date of birth Jan. 5, 1911. Son of John Ferguson & Anna
Banks. Died of lobar pneumonia.
[He was in the 8th Grade at
Rector School]
Ferguson, Willie Everett Apr. 10, 1919 - Sep. 4, 1921
Hodges, Billy Joe Nov. 15, 1933 - Aug. 30, 1937 Died
Dent Co MO. MO Death Cert.#30561.
Hodges, Dora S. 1887 - 1914 MO Death Cert.#39848 lists May 3, 1887 - Nov. 25, 1915; daughter of James N. & Rhoda
Summers. Died of malarial fever. Informant Melissa
Akers.
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Hodges, Nancy Emaline 'Nora' Oct. 10, 1858 - Dec. 12, 1930 MO Death Cert.#41727 lists Oct. 10, 1857 as date of birth. Daughter of Erin Percell (Aaron
Purcell?) & Sara McHenry. Wife of Thomas R. Hodges. 'Mrs. Akers' informant. [w/o T. R. 10/10/1858 - 12/12/1930, 8 p.m. home,
Rector, d/o Aaron & Elizabeth Purcell; sis. to: Rebecca
Medlock (bur. New Hope Cem.); converted early life, member of the Church of Christ 45 yrs]
Hodges, Thomas R. - died Mar. 05, 1936,
Shannon Co MO. MO Death Cert.#13692.
[11/28/1855 - 3/5/1936, home,
Rector, s/o Samuel & Tabitha
Adeline ---Samuel also m. Lavina; m. Nora Emma
Purcell, 7 ch.: Sam B. (bur. Rector Cem.), James "Jim" H. (bur. Cedar
Grove Cem., Salem), Melissa (m. Akers & m. Norton, to Eminence), Oliver m., Nora Counts, & 2 sons d. young; bro. to Green, Polly, William Solomon (bur. Jadwin Cem.)., Sarah Hackworth, Martha Lewis, Fanny Rhodes, & rhoda
Adeline Wilson Burrus (bur. Cage Cem.); member
Akers Odd Fellows Lodge ]
Hodges, Oliver M. Oct. 29, 1882 - Oct. 5, 1969 [10/29/1882,
Shannon Co. - 10/5/1969, Springfield, s/o Thomas and Emma nee
Purcell, 1st. m. Dora
Summers, 1906 (d. 1914), 2 ch.: Mont O. (bur. Jadwin Cem.) & Mabel Conway; m. Belle
Welch (d. 1955,
Rector Cem.), 1917, 2 ch.: Evangeline
Smith & Toney Hodges]
Hodges, Ruth Born & Died Jun. 6, 1924 Daughter of O. M. Hodges & Bell
Welch. Lived one hour. Informant James Hodges, MO Death Cert.#19527.
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Hodges, Samuel Green Jan. 27, 1869 - Jun. 2, 1944 MO Death Cert.#21469 lists name as Hodge. Died
Dent Co MO. [1/27/1860, MO - 6.2.1944, home near Cedar
Grove, s/o Samuel & Tabitha
Adeline, m. Tryphana Emily Lewis, 1881,
Salem Courthouse (drove ox team to
Salem to get license), 6 ch.: Rose & Oscar (both d. inf.) Ida (m. James Steelman, bur. Summers Cem.- Dalrymple place), Arthur L. & William Franklin (both bur. Cedar
Grove Cem.- Salem), Ellis (Live Oak, CA), inf Son; life spent farmer, Dent & Shannon Co.s; baptized 1919, joined
Rector Church of Christ]
Hodges, Tryphana Emily 'Phaney' Feb. 27, 1860 - Feb. 27, 1950 Daughter of William & Mary Lewis. Died of pneumonia. Born
Shannon Co MO; died Montauk
Dent Co MO. MO Death Cert.#4404. [w/o S. Green 2/27/1860,
Shannon Co. - 1950, home of granddau., Geraldine Stephens near Montauk, d/o Wm. & Mary
Boyce Lewis; member Church of Christ]
Hodges, Thomas B. Nov. 28, 1855 - Mar. 5, 1936 Died
Shannon Co MO. MO Death Cert.#13692.
Holland, Cecil R. Feb. 25, 1913 - Mar. 28, 1996
Howell, Minnie Bell Cutright Jul. 26, 1882 - Aug. 12, 1911 Daughter of Phillip B. Cutright & Ida E. Lacey. Born at Menden MO; died Jackson Twp
Shannon Co MO. Typhoid fever. Married; husband's name not listed. MO Death Cert.#33409. Informant T. A. Baltz, M.D., Cedar
Grove MO. [7/26/1882, Menden MO -- 9/12/1911, typhoid fever, nee Cutright; m. James F. Howell, 12/18/1901, 2 ch.: Ruby Miller & Herbert; J. F. 2m. Ella Hamilton, both bur. Jadwin Cem.]
Jennings, Mary Matilda Emily Dec. 13, 1869 - Mar. 31, 1914 MO Daughter of M. R. Holenbak (Hollenbeck?) of Ohio. Death Cert.#14940. Informant Frank Jennings.
Lewis, Alvin Joseph, [inf. s/o Alvin Josiah (bur. Summers Cem. -Dalrymple farm) & Kate nee East (bur. Miner Cem.]
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Maggard, Fernando Emmett Jul. 2, 1872 - Mar. 21, 1952 Son of David Maggard & Delilah Hogue. Born in Indiana; died in Texas Co MO. MO Death Cert.#11757. Informant Otto Maggard,
Salem MO. [home of dau. Myrtle Hale, Ellis Prairie, s/o David & Deliah;m. Louisa Schmidt, 3/28/1895, 8 ch.: inf. dau., Dewey (d. young), Earl (m. Pearlie Jordan nee
Purcell), Gaylord E. "Buck", Otto (m. Vance), Denver (bur. Cedar
Grove Cem.), Myrtle Hale, & Beulah Smith; lived on Current River above
Akers since 1930, joined Baptist Church early in life]
Maggard, Louisa 1873 - 1912 [12/21/1873 - 9/4/1942; d/o August & Magdaline Wyss Schmidt; sis to: Charley, John, August, Willie, Lizzie Bland, Calla Ellerman, Gusta Dark; joined Baptist Church in early life]
Mascher, Lyle Thomas or Thurman Jan. 12, 1929 - Jun. 21, 1936 [drowned
Welch Cave, Current River, s/o Thurman (bur. Licking Cem.) & Fay; bro. to Iona Miller & Eva Pappadato; family lived near
Welch Cave at time]
McEntire, Joseph W. Nov. 6, 1868 - Oct. 14, 1913 Son of H. J. McEntire & Marie Cross. Married, wife's name not listed. MO Death Cert.#35093; informant Andy McEntire, Eminence MO.
Mendenhall, Lucy Delma Oct. 11, 1915 - Oct. 30, 1915 Daughter of Richard Mendenhall & Amy Howell. Born & died at Cedar
Grove Shannon Co MO of a septic infection. MO Death Cert.#32559. [These were the dates on the list I got off the
Shannon Co website: Oct. 18, 1915 - Nov. 5, 1915]
[?P. A.]
Pankey, Dolly Faye - Died Jul., 1941 in
Dent Co MO. MO Death Cert.#28192. [inf. d/o Homer & Renia nee Freeze 7/18/1937 - 7/27/1937; parents bur. Jadwin Cem.]
Pankey, Infant Born & Died Jul. 26, 1933 Son of Homer Pankey & (looks like) Revie Freeze. MO Death Cert.#25327.
Pankey, Wesley Junior
Purcell, Arch V. 'Archie' Dec. 21, 1912 - May 14, 1920 Son of Elmer M. Purcell &
Hattie Dooley. Died of pernicious anemia. MO Death Cert.#21187. Informant Willis Schafer,
Salem MO. [s/o Elmer &
Hattie]
Purcell, B. S. 1882 - 1940
Purcell, Bertha S. 1898 - 1964 [d/o George & Jane 2/17/1898,
Akers - 2/25/1964, Salem; attended
Akers School; polio victim at early age; joined Church of Christ at early age]
Purcell,
Clem '
Dooley' Dec., 1923 - Jan. 8, 1924 Age 1 month, 21 days. Son of Elmer M. Purcell &
Hattie Ellen
Purcell. Died of whooping cough. MO Death Cert.#3292. [[s/o Elmer &
Hattie]
Purcell, Daphene Ann Nov. 18, 1960 - Nov. 18, 1960 [Inf. d/o Vancel & Beulah nee Steelman 11/18/1960; sis to: Clarence, Richard]
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Purcell, Elmer Moses Nov. 14, 1887 - Mar. 1, 1962 [s/o Moses & Elizabeth 11/14/1887,
Shannon Co.- 3/1/1962, Jefferson City; m. Hattie E. Dooley, 2/4/1912, 8 ch.: Arch V., Clem D., Vancel, Jim, Max, Sam, Joseph & Wilma (m. Allen Chrisco); entire life spent Gladden Valley near Akers; joined Evangelical & Reformed Church c1932, baptized by Bro. Zen Yount]
Purcell,
Hattie Ellen
Dooley Dec. 1, 1889 - May 27, 1968 [w/o Elmer M., d.o
Clem & Josephine
Boyce Dooley 12/1/1889,
Shannon Coo., - 5/27/1968, Houston]
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Purcell, Etta E. Shedd 1882 - 1950 [w/o S. B. 1882, Ink, - -1950, 6th child born to George & Sarah Shedd; sis to: Anna Jewell, Will, Effie Lard, Charles, Sadie, Randolph, Bertha Stevens, Elsie Fuller; attended school at Ink, Summersville, & Birch Tree--taught at Ink, Boyds Creek, Bluff, Lewis Hollow, akers; bookkeeper, Summersville Bank; resident librarian at Shannondale since 1941]
Purcell, Sylvenous Belford 'Venus' Died Feb., 1940,
Shannon Co MO. MO Death Cert.#8314. [s/o F. M. & Sarah 12/10/1882, north
Shannon Co. 2/12/1940, Shannon Co.; m. Etta Shedd, 2/26/1908; lived just below
Akers on Current River; baptized in Current River (home swimming hole) by Rev. Paul Wobus, helped build Mt. Zion Community Church near
Akers]
Purcell, Francis 'Marion', Jr. Sep. 16, 1874 - Nov. 14, 1921 Son of Frank
Purcell & Sarah
Dooley. Husband of Meadie
Purcell. “He was found dead; from previous history, from organic heart disease. Died instantly.” Died at home at
Akers MO. Orville
Stringer, informant. MO Death Cert.#31230 [Prev. list has date of birth Aug. 30, 1874]
[s/o F. M. & Sarah 8/30/1874 - 11/14/1921, home near Montauk; m. a Jordan]
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Purcell, Francis M. 'Frank' Jan. 18, 1843 - Jun. 24, 1927 Son of Thomas
Purcell & Lottie Robinson. Husband of Sarah. Died of carcinoma, face & eye; MO Death Cert.#20369. Informant Lena Reary, West Eminence. [1/18/1843 - 8/24/1927, s/o Thomas & Sarah, m. Sarah M. Dooley, 12 ch.: John (to Hayden CO), Orin Gray (bur. Rector Cem.), George, Tommy, Marion, S. B., Nandy Charlotte "Lottie" (m. Frank Doms & Ike Cox, bur Cedar
Grove Cem), Lena (m. George Martin Reary, b. 1/13/1890 - d. 1/25/1991, Denver CO)]
Purcell, Sarah M. Dooley Dec. 5, 1850 - Dec. 14, 1928 Daughter of Matthew
Dooley & Nancy Massey. Died of complications from influenza. MO Death Cert.#43737-a. Maisie
Medlock, informant. [w/o F. M. 12/5/1850, GA - 12/14/1928, nee
Dooley, d/o Matthew & Nancy E. Massey of Nashville, TN]
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Purcell, George C. Aug. 11, 1871 - Jun. 28, 1945 Son of Frank
Purcell & Sarah
Dooley. MO Death Cert.#21506. [s/o F. M. & Sarah 8/11/1871 - 6/28/1945, m. Jane M. Summers, ch.: Mamie Terrill, Bertha, Maisel (m. Darwin
Medlock, d. 2/16/1977, bur. Oak Hill Cem. - St. Louis), & Cassie Arenia (Mrs Walter
Welch), Pearlie Jordan Magg ard & Loren (Mrs. Buck Maggard) --all bur. Cedar
Grove Cem.]
Purcell, Jane M. Summers. 1873 - Oct., 1938 MO Death Cert.#33450. [w/o G. C. 10/8/1873 - 10/8/1938, home near
Akers, of Wm. & Martha Briggs Summers; member Evangelical Church]
Purcell, Moses Sep. 11, 1839 - Dec. 20, 1901 [9/11/1836 - 12/20/1901, m. Elizabeth 11/14/1887, ch.: Elmer M., Marion, Amos, Martha F. (Mrs. Willis Schafer)---bur. Green Forest Cem., Margaret Patton, Fremont, MO]
Purcell, Robert Van Aug. 17, 1905 - Dec. 6, 1906 [s/o W. R. & Lucy nee Terrill 8/31/1895 - 8/10/1912; parents bur. Jadwin Cem.]
Purcell, Thomas W. Feb. 23, 1869 - Mar. 20, 1904 [s/o F. M. & Sarah 2/23/1869 - 3/20/1904, never married]
[PURCELL, THOMAS; d. 1/1891 at home of son, F. M., Akers, MO, aged 83 yrs.; m. Sarah, ch.: Francis M.]
Purcell, Virginia May 27, 1928 - Jul. 26, 1930
Purcell, Walter Harland 'Harlan' Aug. 31, 1895 - Aug. 10, 1912 Son of William
Purcell & Lucy Terrill. Died of typhoid fever. MO Death Cert.#28373.
Purcell, Walter M. Aug. 31, 1895 - Aug. 10, 1912
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Riley, James L. 1857 - 1933 Son of James Riley (Knoxville TN) & Sarah E. Eudy. Married; wife's name not listed. Myocarditis. Dr. W. T. Eudy signed the death certificate. MO Death Cert.#38801. Informant Pearl Campbell, Washington Park, IL. [m. Sarah Eudy, 9 ch.: Carter Wm. (bur. Cedar
Grove Cem.), Cleatus, Ozro (bur. Jadwin Cem.), Hayden, Pearl (Mrs. Earl Campbell),
Hester Gillett, Bess (m. Bill Null, she d. 11/1957, Cheyanne WY), Nora
Stringer, & Claudia Tremble]
Riley, Sarah I. Eudy Sep. 14, 1875 - Nov. 19, 1916 Daughter of J. F. Eudy &
Hester Tripp. MO Death Cert.#39665; informant J. T. Riley. [RILEY, SARAH JANE, wife of James, 1875 - 1916, d/o James Franklin & Malinda Eudy (bur. Short Cem.) ]
Riley, John Wesley May 3, 1887 - Feb. 26, 1937 Died in
Shannon Co MO. MO Death Cert.#9063.
Smith, Bob Only Date b. Jun. 25, 1931
Smith, Mary Dec. 21, 1913 - May 2, 1987
Strain, Benjamin F. 'Ben' Apr. 25, 1861 - Feb. 28, 1912 Son of Daniel & Melinda Strain. Widower. MO Death Cert.#39665. [d. 1912, aged 50 yrs]
Stringer, Della A. 1871 - 1932 [1871 - 1934, nee
Summers, d/o Wm. & 1st wife, Martha nee Briggs]
Stringer, Dixie Jane Jul. 17, 1929 - Jul. 26, 1929 Daughter of Arvil
Stringer & Nora Riley. Cause of death: Under Developed. MO Death Cert.#26725.
Summers, William Jul. 27, 1852 - Feb. 21, 1923 Son of William
Summers. Married; wife not named. MO Death Cert.#7607; J. S. George,
Akers MO, informant. [7/2/1852, Gladden Valley - 2/21/1928, m. Martha Briggs, ch.: Della
Stringer, Jane (Mrs. George
Purcell), James, Josie Townsend, Emma Frazier (to Kansas City); m. Caroline, 1 son: Earl Lorenzo 11/14/1904,
Akers - 12/1953, auto accident near
Akers, bur. Summersville Cem.); Caroline is also mother of: Jayson Boyet; lived entire life
Shannon Co.]
Terrill, Besford, Jr. 'Red' May 25, 1925 - Mar. 21, 1976
Terrill, Mamie O. Purcell 1894 - May 19, 1932 Age 37 yrs. 7 mos. 29 days. Daughter of George
Purcell & Jane
Summers. Widowed; husband not named. Meningitis, tuberculosis. MO Death Cert.#18394. [w/o E. 1894 - 5/19/1934, d/o George & Jane
Summers Purcell; m. Besford Terrill, ch.: Besford "Red", George (m. Billie), Victor (bur. Cedar
Grove Cem.), Marie (Mrs. Ward
Smith), inf. Virginia]
Terrill, Virginia M. Apr. 7, 1929 - Aug. 7, 2001 Died at
Salem Dent Co MO.
HUSBAND & WIFE:
Welch, John Calvin 'Jack' [11/8/1840,
Dent Co. - 9/6/1914,
Akers,
Shannon Co., s/o Thomas & Ann Eliza nee Reddick (bur. Round Pond Cem.); m. Martha E. Wofford, 12/20/1866,
Dent Co., 7 ch.--- 5 boys & 2 girls, James Calvin (bur. Wofford Cem.), Thomas
Smith (m. Nettie Elnora McCrea bur. Walker Cem), William Jefferson "Jeff" (b. c1872, m. Kate), Joseph
Morgan. (b. c.1872, m. Stella, no children ),
Hester Iona Anna "Annie" Elizabeth (11/4/1877,
Dent Coo. - 11/21/1943, San Bernardino CA, m. Andrew Burr Johns, 2/24/1895), Mary Bertha E. (b.c1879, disappeared in St. Louis, m. Edward Marks), & Walter Herman (b. after 1880 - d. c1919, m. MT girl), in Civil War, enlisted 1861 freeman's Co. Mo. State Militia 1st., later Sgt. Co. F 9th Mo. Inf. Confederate Army; served as Collector of
Dent Co., member Odd Fellow Lodge;
Welch Cave on Current River named for this family]
Welch, Martha Ellender Wofford Dec. 6, 1846 - Feb. 7, 1918 Daughter of
Smith Wofford & Easter Posey. MO Death Cert.#7488. Joe
Welch, informant. [w/o J. C. 1846 - 1918, d/o John
Smith &
Hester "Easter" Ann Causey Wofford (bur. Wofford Cem.)]
Welch, John Calvin Mar. 18, 1895 - Mar., 1984 Died
Dent Co MO.
Welch, Raymond 'Earl' Sep. 9, 1898 - Dec. 31, 1922 Son of James C. Welch & Lucy Castal. Died at his home in St. Louis MO. Employed by LaClede Gas Co. Unmarried. MO Death Cert.#36301-8. [s/o James Calvin & Lucy nee Casteel 9/9/1898 - 12/31/1922, parents bur. Wofford Cem.]