Fisher, David

David Alexander FISHER (1838 - 1862) and Sarah Ann KELLER (1838 - 1923)

my gg-grandparents

David Alexander FISHER was born about 1838 in Martin County, IN, the son of Jacob FISHER and Juliana Asia BOYD.

Sarah Ann KELLER was born on 26 Feb 1838 in Lincoln Twp, Lincoln County, NC, the daughter of Andrew Joseph KELLER and Phebe, last name unknown. The birth date and place appear in a declaration made by Sarah on 1 Jul 1919. [WCF] The names of Sarah's parents are Joseph and Phebe KELLER, from Sarah's deposition of 7 Nov 1921. [WCF] Another document from the Bureau of Pensions says "Phebe and Andrew J. Keller, Jane 30, 1866, Jnt-aff., present soon after birth of Phebe A Fisher daut of David A Fisher and Sarah A Fisher on Dec 18, 1861."

So I conclude that Sarah's parents, Andrew Joseph KELLER and Phebe KELLER, were in Martin County, IN, where their granddaughter Phebe A. FISHER was born, soon after 18 Dec 1861. They (or at least Phebe) must also have been in Lincoln County, NC on 26 Feb 1838, when Sarah was born.

See the pages for Jacob FISHER and Andrew Joseph KELLER for more information about their families.

David FISHER and Sarah Ann KELLER were married on 29 Jan 1857 in Martin County, Indiana. She was almost 19, and he was about the same age.

David FISHER died in the Civil War, either 3 Oct 1862 or 18 Dec 1862, in Danville, KY. Sarah married 3 more times, and lived to age 85. Toward the end of her life, she was involved in a legal battle over David's pension. The extensive documentation of this case is a valuable resource, and it has caused me to rewrite this page. Thanks to Scott HUDDLESTON for sharing this with me. [WCF]

David A. FISHER, age 13, appeared in the 1850 US Census for Baker Township, Martin County, Indiana, with his parents and siblings. See the Jacob FISHER page for this.

On 1 Jul 1857, two land patents were taken by a David FISHER, in Section 14, Baker Township.

I have not found David FISHER in the 1860 Census. Since David and Sarah were married in 1857, they should appear together, possibly with small children. This young family in Missouri is a possibility. It looks doubtful, because David and Sarah should both be about 22, Sarah was born in NC, and their 1-year-old son should be Joseph W. FISHER, not David Jr.

This David and Sarah's 1-year-old son was also born in Indiana, so they had recently moved to Missouri. This census says that David is illiterate. Incidentally, the family listed next in the census is the family of Salathiel HARRIS, a descendant of William Medcalf IV, and grandson of Joseph HARRIS and Elizabeth CRIBBS. Small world!

My cousin, who sent me the photo, said that family recollection says that the KELLERs were Pennsylvania Dutch. Sarah and her parents were born in North Carolina, and they seem to have been in Indiana since about 1848, although I have not been able to find them in census records.

Civil War Records

The documents related to Sarah's pension claim [WCF] give overwhelming evidence that the David FISHER who was the father of Phebe Alice FISHER was a Private in Company K, 80th Volunteer Regiment, Indiana. Some of the records for this David FISHER are conflicting, on some details.

David FISHER's biography [JBBC, p. 317] says that he "served in Company F, 134th Indiana Infantry for 100 days in 1864 as a private and later in Company J, 147th Indiana Infantry as a private and as a corporal." However I think this is incorrect. Many David FISHERs were involved in the American Civil War, and it seems that some also had wives named Sarah A. FISHER.

Sources seem to agree that David FISHER enlisted on 13 Aug 1862, at Kecksville, which is a small village in Perry Township, Martin County, Indiana. (Kecksville was called Keck's Church when it was founded in 1849, and became Kecksville in 1852, and changed again in 1890 to its present name, Burns City. It was often referred to as Keck's Church, even after 1852.) David entered service on 3 Sep 1862, in Indianapolis, for a three-year term with the 80th Regiment.

The 80th Regiment, under the command of Lt. Col. Lewis BROOKS, originally gathered at Camp Gibson, Gibson County, IN, in Aug 1862. After only 2 weeks of training, they were ordered to Indianapolis, issued uniforms and weapons, and sent southward, into the fray. They left Indianapolis on 8 Sep 1862, crossing the Ohio River and moving into Kentucky. They went to Covington, then Louisville, where they joined forces with the army of Gen. BUELL. On 8 Oct 1862, now under the command of Col. Charles DENBY, they took part in the Battle of Chaplin Hill (also known as the Battle of Perryville), where they lost 150 men, wounded or injured. The Union Army won the battle, and afterward they appropriated several buildings in Danville, KY, 10 miles east of Perryville, for use as hospitals.

Company K, "the White River Rangers" was from Edwardsport in Knox County, Newberry and Linton in Greene County, and Carlisle in Sullivan County. It was commanded by 1st Sgt. John KECK, of Kecksville. One of the Sergeants was Alonzo RAGLE, of Loogootee, who enlisted David FISHER at Kecksville.

The website of the 80th Regiment and the roster list David's residence as Newberry, Greene County, IN. This is just about 10 miles northwest of Kecksville (now Burns City). Two other FISHERs from Newberry were in Company K. Warner FISHER died at Elizabethtown, KY on 5 Mar 1863, and Levi FISHER mustered out on 22 Jun 1865.

All records agree that David FISHER died at a hospital in Danville, KY and is buried in the Danville National Cemetery. There is no consensus as to the date or cause of death. He died on 3 Oct 1862, or Nov 1862, or 18 Dec 1862, and the cause of death is reported variously as fever, winter fever, measles, or ulceration of bowels. Perhaps the most authoritative is the US Register of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-5, which has his death on 18 Dec 1862, in General Hospital No. 7, Danville, KY, due to ulceration of bowels, reported by Asst. Surgeon M. G. HOYT.

Note: It seems that there is another Danville National Cemetery, in Illinois, and another one in Virginia.

Sarah Ann FISHER first applied, as a widow, for her husband's pension on 31 Jan 1863. Her Declaration [WCF] says that David FISHER died of measles on 18 Dec 1862, at Danville, KY. She gave her marriage date as 25 Jan 1857, and her children were Joseph William FISHER, age 4, and Phebe Alice FISHER, age 2. Her address was Kecksville, IN. One of the witnesses, who signed with his mark, was Noah KELLER - possibly related.

Sarah and her second husband, Thomas MITCHELL

Sarah (KELLER) FISHER remarried on 4 Mar 1864, in Overhill (probably Dover Hill), Martin, IN to Thomas MITCHELL. He was 49, she was 26. Thomas had several children, mostly grown, from a previous marriage.

Thomas MITCHELL married Mary WAGGAMAN on 10 Dec 1835 in Monroe County, IN. Mary was born 17 Dec 1813 in KY and died 4 May 1861. Her gravestone is in Williams Cemetery in Burns City (formerly Kecksville), Martin County, IN.

In 1860, Thomas MITCHELL and his first wife, Mary, and their 6 children lived on a farm in Martin County, with P.O. in Keck's Church. Mary was illiterate, and the 4 youngest children were attending school. Thomas owned a good-sized farm, valued at $1,500.

Three of Thomas and Mary's sons joined the 49th Indiana Regiment in the Civil War, and one son, David MITCHELL, was killed in the Siege of Jackson, MS, on 13 Jul 1863.

Sarah would no longer have been eligible to receive David FISHER's pension, after she married Thomas MITCHELL. I don't know if she actually received any pension money between 31 Jan 1863 and 9 Mar 1864. Another Act of Congress made her children eligible for pensions, and she applied for this on 10 Feb 1866, with Thomas MITCHELL as a guardian. This time, she entered David's date of death as 3 Oct 1862. She listed her children as Joseph William FISHER, born 13 Jan 1859, and Phebe A. FISHER, born 18 Dec 1861.

Sarah's sister Hannah Jane "Lucy" KELLER married William H. LEDBETTER on 14 Jan 1866, in nearby Daviess County, IN.

In 1870 Sarah and Thomas were still in Martin County. Phebe A FISHER must be Alice. All the birth dates and places match up nicely. Thomas MITCHELL is a prosperous farmer, with real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate $800. George MITCHELL, possibly a brother or nephew of Thomas, is also a farmer, with real estate $1,000 and property $300. Joseph MITCHELL can read but not write, and Joseph FISHER cannot read or write, at age 11. James MITCHELL is an apprentice carpenter.

Mary J. L. MITCHELL, who appears at age 1 in the 1870 Census, must be Mary Lillian "Lillie" MITCHEL, who was born

Mary Lillian "Lillie" MITCHELL, born 13 Apr 1869 in Martin County. The youngest child was Cara B. "Carrie" MITCHELL, born Sep 1871, in IN.

Shortly after the birth of Carrie MITCHELL in Sep 1871, the MITCHELL/FISHER family moved about 75 miles west, from south central Indiana to southeastern Illinois, and in 1880 they are found in Claremont, Richland, IL. All 4 of Sarah's children made the move. I don't know the reason for the move.

The move would have involved the following family members, with their approximate ages around 1872:

Thomas MITCHELL (52-57) and Sarah Anne (KELLER) (FISHER) MITCHELL (34), Joseph W. FISHER (13), Phebe Alice FISHER (11), Lillie MITCHELL (3), Carrie MITCHELL (1)

The move would probably have been by rail. I'm sure Sarah wanted to take along some of the household furniture and belongings, and Thomas would also have needed his farm equipment, such as it was in the mid 1870s, and perhaps they even moved some livestock. The only railroad that went through Martin County at the time was the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, which operated between Cincinnati, OH and East St Louis, IL.

Joseph W. FISHER, son of Sarah and David FISHER, married Susanna BERLIN on 11 Nov 1879 in Richland County, IL.

Joseph FISHER's deposition, on 7 Nov 1921, says: "From the time I was married until Mitchell died I lived most of the time close to my mother and said step-father. Logotee was our P.O. Box in Martin Co., Ind. When I was about 12 years old all of us moved to Richland Co., Ill., P.O. Sumner, Lawrence Co., Ill. John Beard; Wallace Beard, Harry Beard, sons of John; Ike Mowry and his son George; John McVeely and his sons whose christian names I do not remember and Pat McVeeley and his sons whose given names do not come to me, were our neighbors there in Ill. My step father had a farm there about three miles west of Sumner." [WCF]

Phefy is undoubtedly Pheby, or Phebe Alice FISHER. Richland County is in southeastern Illinois. Joseph and Susan A FISHER are married, but not within the past year, as there is a column for that statistic, which is not marked.

In late 1880 or early 1881, the MITCHELL/FISHER family moved again, this time some 350 miles southwest, to northern Arkansas. They seem to have settled, eventually with their own families, in Marion and adjacent counties. On 26 Nov 1886, Lillie MITCHELL married Samuel J. REED in Baxter County, AR, and after that, all records for this family were in Arkansas, except for the birth of Mary, daughter of Joseph FISHER, born in Oct 1888, somewhere in Missouri.

The move would have involved the following family members, with their approximate ages around 1881:

Thomas MITCHELL (61-66) and Sarah Anne (KELLER) (FISHER) MITCHELL (43), Joseph W. FISHER (22) and his wife Susanna (BERLIN) FISHER (21), Phebe Alice FISHER (20), Lillie MITCHELL (12), Carrie MITCHELL (10)

It would seem that Joseph W. FISHER and his family might have stayed behind, since the 1900 Census says that their daughter Nella M. FISHER was born in Nov 1884, in IL. However, in his deposition, Joseph says "Then we all moved to Manila, Ark., called then Daugherty’s Gin, also Big Lake Island. I lived there until my said step father died."

Death of Thomas MITCHELL - 1881

Thomas MITCHELL died in 1879, in "Darotg Gin, Arkansas," according to a declaration made by Sarah on 1 Jul 1919. [WCF] However, in another declaration made on 20 Nov 1916 [WCF] Sarah says he died in Nov 1878, in "Missippia [Mississippi] Co, Arkansas." These dates must both be wrong, because Thomas appeared in the 1880 US Census (above), taken 15 Jun 1880, in Claremont, Richland, IL.

In a deposition taken on 7 Apr 1920, L. E. BOLLINGER, an acquaintance, stated that “… Thomas Mitchell died in Fall 1881 and in Spring 1882 the Mitchell family moved away from Manila which was then known as Big Lake …” [WCF]

Manila is a small village in Mississippi County, AR, about 50 miles north of Memphis, TN.

A deposition given by Joseph W. FISHER, son of Sarah and David FISHER, on 7 Nov 1921, says: "Then we all moved to Manila, Ark., called then Daugherty’s Gin, also Big Lake Island. I lived there until my said step father died. I saw the corpse of the said Thomas Mitchell and saw it buried. He died in the fall of the year and I think the year was 1881. He died just before the big overflow of the Mississippi River which began in Jan 1882. Mitchell was buried in the edge of the town which is now Manila, Ark." [WCF]

Daugherty's Gin must be the Darotg Gin referred to by Sarah. I have not seen other references to this name for Manila, AR. A nearby feature known as Big Lake Island was formed by the New Madrid earthquake of 1812.

My conclusion is that Thomas MITCHELL died in the fall of 1881, in Manila, Mississippi County, AR.

Sarah after Thomas

After the death of her second husband, Thomas MITCHELL, Sarah and her children moved several times, in Arkansas, Missouri and Michigan. Sarah married her 3rd and 4th husband, and stayed with each only a few months. These two marriages turned out to be very costly, because they caused her pension claim to be investigated and ultimately rejected.

Around 1882, Sarah and some of her children moved from Manila to Baxter County, AR. They lived first in Gassville, and later in Mountain Home, where Sarah ran a photo gallery. [WCF] I have not found any advertisements or photos taken by Sarah during this period. Gassville and Mountain Home are both in the present township of Whiteville, Baxter County, AR.

Sarah's first grandchild, Nella/Nellie M. FISHER, daughter of Joseph W. FISHER (see below), was born in Nov 1884, according to the 1900 US Census. The birth was probably in Baxter County, AR. (As mentioned elsewhere, the census also says she was born in IL, but that must be a mistake. This the only source I have for Nella's birthdate, so it may also be a mistake.)

Sarah's daughter Mary Lillian "Lillie" MITCHELL married Samuel REED on 28 Nov 1886, in Gassville. Lillie gave birth to Sarah's 2nd grandchild, Grace REED, on 10 Dec 1887, in Marion County. Sarah had 12 more grandchildren from 1888 to 1906, most in Marion or Baxter County.

Sarah (KELLER)(FISHER)MITCHELL married on 19 Nov 1889, in Baxter County, AR, to James WESTMORELAND of Powell (now Pyatt), Marion County, AR. James was 43 and Sarah was 50, according to the marriage bond. [WCF] (Sarah was actually 51.) They lived together until 1 Feb 1890, less than 3 months.

James WESTMORELAND was a Civil War veteran, on the Union side, having served as a Private in Company I, 12th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry. He was born 9 Sep 1845, and died 29 Mar 1920. His gravestone is in the Carrollton Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll County, AR.

James filed for divorce on 10 Aug 1891, on the grounds of desertion. From his deposition: "I had rented a farm from R. E. Hurst and Walter Talbert on Buffalo Fork, Marion County and had moved part of my plunder and hers to White River part of the way to ware(?) house and returned after her and she refused to go with me and said she had heard me say I was going to Indian Territory and she would never move there and take her children and that had as well separate now as anytime. I stated I had not started yet and did not know if I would ever go, but if I got ahead right I was sure to go and she still refuses to go and live with me." The divorce was granted on 2 Sep 1891. [WCF]

Sarah's stepson, James WESTMORELAND Jr, was involved in coal mining, and killed another man in Marion County. This happened after Sarah and James Sr had separated, but before the divorce.

James WESTMORELAND was granted 80 acres of land in Carroll County, on 11 Oct 1909, under the Homestead Act.

In her deposition supporting her mother's pension claim, Carrie B. (MITCHELL) HOGAN states that "Mother did not live at Manila long after father died. She with her three children, Alice Fisher, my full sister Lillie and I moved to Baxter County, Ark, and lived at Gassville, Mountain Home, said county and Yellville, Marion County, Ark., at Gassville the longest." [WCF] She does not mention the marriage to James WESTMORELAND.

A deposition by Henry C. BROWNING, a "real estate man," states that "I remember the claimant Sarah A. Mitchell, and knew her many years ago, and the first time I remember seeing her, she was living in Mountain Home, and was running a picture gallery. That must have been along about 1895, and she lived there some time, but how long, I don’t remember. She was known as Mrs. Mitchell all the time I knew her, but I never knew of her husband, and don’t know what became of him.... Later Mrs Mitchell moved to Marion County and homesteaded a tract of land … near what is now Cotter." [WCF] The date of 1895 must be wrong, because Sarah was homesteading the land in Marion County from 1890 to 1897. So Sarah also ran a photo gallery in Mountain Home, at some point. It is also noted that Sarah was still known as Mrs. MITCHELL, not WESTMORELAND.

The timeline given above is helpful, but needs some adjustment, based on the headings and postmarks on documents in [WCF]. In particular, Sarah and her children were in Mountain Home in the mid 1880s, not 1895.

Sarah opened a photo gallery.

Soon after she separated from James WESTMORELAND, Sarah opened a photo gallery in Yellville, Marion County, AR. I don't know where she got her training as a photographer, or the equipment. Less than 4 months later, she moved about 10 miles to the east, so that probably means she closed the photo gallery.

Sarah's daughter Phebe Alice FISHER married Adelbert C. HUNTLEY on 11 Mar 1895, in Marion County. Her address was listed on the marriage record as McBee’s Landing, Marion, AR, and his address was Lone Rock, Baxter, AR. Adelbert had 7 children from a previous marriage, and most of them were grown, living in Michigan. By 1900 Phebe and Adelbert had 2 children, and lived in Sebastian County, AR. See the Adelbert HUNTLEY page for more details.

The 1892 Annual Report of the Arkansas Geological Survey mentions the Mitchell mine, a zinc mine located on Wild Cat Creek, about 300 feet west of the Wild Cat, or District #13, school house. [EB, pp. 461-71]

Sarah was granted a 160-acre plot of land on the White River in 1897. This must be the place "below McBee's Landing" where she moved in 1890, apparently as a homesteader. The land was in Crooked Creek (or Crooked River) Township, Section 30, above the K in Crooked. In 1904, Sarah's daughter Carrie B. MITCHELL was granted land in Sections 30 and 31. The town of Rea Valley, which no longer exists, was less than 2 miles away.

Sarah went into debt and lost the property in 1898.

By 1900 Sarah was living in Crooked Creek, Marion, AR with her daughters: Carrie, still single, and Lillie (MITCHELL) REED, with a husband and 6 children. See the section on Mary Lillian MITCHELL, below. Her son Joseph W. FISHER and his family lived in Big Creek Township, Searcy County, AR and daughter Phebe (FISHER) HUNTLEY and family lived in Jenny Lind Township, Sebastian County, AR.

Carrie MITCHELL, Sarah's youngest child, was the last to marry. On 2 Apr 1905 in Baxter County, AR she married John L. HOGAN. She was 33 and he was about 51, with several children from a previous marriage. They had 2 or 3 children before 1910, and lived on a farm near Booneville, Logan County, AR. I have not found them in the 1910 US Census, or any records after 1905, except documents associated with Sarah's pension application. [WCF]

Sarah married her 4th husband, Alfred Marion HALFORD or HOLFORD, on 26 Sep 1908, in Logan County, AR. She was 69 and he was 77, according to the marriage certificate. Alfred Marion HALFORD's death certificate says he was born 9 Sep 1831 in Gibson County, TN, and died 30 Jun 1915 in Cauthron, Logan, AR.

Sarah and Marion HALFORD could not get along, according to he daughter Carrie's deposition, and they only stayed together a few months. Sarah's pension claim was rejected at one point because they could not find any proof of his death.

From Sarah's affidavit of 30 Jul 1921: "Affiant says that she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Hogan, about three years, on a farm near Booneville, Arkansas, after she separated from Marion Halford, before moving to Van Buren, Arkansas, where she lived over one year." That would cover most or all of 1909, 1910 and 1911. I have not found them in the 1910 US Census for Logan County, AR.

The 1910 US Census does have Sarah's other offspring: Joseph W. FISHER and family were in Jefferson, Jackson, AR; Phebe (FISHER) HUNTLEY and family were in Boone, Logan, AR; Lillie (MITCHELL) REED and family were in White River, Marion, AR. They were all still in northern and western Arkansas!

I assume that the Van Buren referred to is not Van Buren County, but the city of Van Buren, in Sebastian County. So Sarah, and presumably Carrie, and Carrie's children, and husband if he was still living, lived in Van Buren during the year 1912.

Marion HALFORD died on 30 Jun 1915. Sarah had heard of his death, but had no proof, until the following record was sent from Boone Township, Logan C0unty, AR, in a deposition of William F. SLONE, dated 18 Jan 1922. [WCF]

Sarah's Pension Struggle

The last decade of Sarah's life was characterized by extreme poverty, poor health, and the quest for David FISHER's pension.

Some time between 1912 and 1916, Sarah moved from Arkansas to Missouri, probably with one or more of her grown children. I don't have much data from this period, except that Sarah's granddaughter Isel HUNTLEY married William Ezra MARTIN on 24 Jan 1915. The marriage was recorded in the records of Yell County, AR, a neighbor of Logan County, so perhaps this means that Sarah was still in Logan County, AR at that time.

In an affidavit mentioned above, Sarah further stated that "From there, affiant moved to Blue Lick, Missouri, where she lived about three years. From Blue Lick, Missouri, affiant moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she lived one year, and from thence to Arbyrd, Missouri, where she lived about six months, and from Arbyrd, affiant moved to Poplar Bluff, Missouri."

Sarah (FISHER)(MITCHELL)(WESTMORELAND)HALFORD applied for David FISHER's pension after A. M. HALFORD's death, and spent the next 10 years trying to prove her claim. According to law, she was not eligible for the pension if she was married. The collection [WCF] contains extensive documentation of this process, and also provide a treasure for genealogists. Thanks to Scott HUDDLESTON for this.

A form from the Committee on Pensions, US Senate, dated 16 Jul 1912, and another dated 7 Jun 1913, bear witness to Sarah's renewed efforts to obtain David FISHER's pension.

On 8 Sep 1916, an Act of Congress increased the pension for widows over 70, from $12 to $20 per month. It also provided that widows of Civil War veterans who were dropped because of remarriage were restored to the rolls.

Sarah lost little time in applying under these new terms. On 20 Nov 1916 she made a sworn declaration to a notary public, stating the facts about her husband, David A. FISHER. She said her address was Blue Lick, MO, and she was born on 26 Feb 1838 in North Carolina. She gave the dates and places of her marriages to David FISHER and Thomas MITCHELL. She stated that Thomas MITCHELL died in Nov 1878 in "Missippia" County, AR. We know from other sources (above) that he died in 1881. One of the witnesses was her daughter, Carrie HOGAN, of Blue Lick, MO. The form was stamped by the Pension Office on 26 Mar 1917.

Notably, Sarah neglected to mention her 2 other marriages. She may have thought that these were irrelevant. As it turned out, they caused no end of trouble.

I don't know why Sarah and her daughter Carrie went to Blue Lick, MO. I have not found Carrie or Joseph in the 1920 US Census. However, there is one tantalizing clue. The 1876 Atlas of Saline County [SM] does not show Blue Lick, as it didn't exist yet. However, it would be in Sections 21 and 22 of Township 49 North, Range 21 W, 5th P.M. This map shows about 1243 acres - almost 2 square miles, including most of the future site of Blue Lick - owned by Jacob FISHER Est. That would seem to indicate that the owner, Jacob FISHER, had died shortly before 1876. This Jacob FISHER could not be the father of David, husband of Sarah, because we know enough about that Jacob to be sure that he lived in Martin County, IN, and didn't have any large estate in MO. Of course, FISHER is a common name, and it could easily be a coincidence. But there must be some connection between Sarah and Blue Lick. It could be that Jacob FISHER of Saline County, MO, who died around 1875, was the grandfather or grand uncle of David A. FISHER.

In her deposition of 7 Nov 1921, Sarah states "I was on Ed Mary's farm, near Blue Lick, Mo." In the 1930 Plat book of Saline County, there is a farm near Blue Lick, under the name of Ed MERSEY. Maybe that is the right place.

On 17 Jan 1917, Senator Moses E. CLAPP (R-MN) wrote to the Commissioner of Pensions, in support of Sarah's claim. I don't think that Sarah ever lived in MN, but Senator CLAPP was born in IN, so maybe that's why he took an interest in Sarah's case. He left office on 4 Mar 1917. He said in his letter that “Mrs. Mitchell is now 78 years of age, and totally helpless.”

The Commissioner wrote back to Sen. CLAPP, just 2 days later, to say that "… the widow was pensioned up to the date of her remarriage and the minor children were pensioned up to the date the youngest attained the age of sixteen years." The Commissioner further stated that "If the widow’s second husband has died, or if she were divorced from him upon her own application and without fault on her part, and if she is at the present time a widow, she would probably have title to pension under the present act of Congress, of September 8, 1916."

Sarah wrote a letter of her own to the Commissioner, on 26 Mar 1917. Her address at this time was Blue Lick, MO, Route 1, Box 87.

On 7 Apr 1917 a postcard was mailed from the Department of Pensions, addressed to Mrs. S. A. Mitchell, at Blue Lick, RR $1, MO. It says the claim has been received and will be reviewed.

The next occurrence was truly remarkable. On 2 May 1917 (calendar date 4 May 1917), a bill was introduced in the US Senate, specifically for the purpose of helping Sarah to obtain her pension, at a rate of $40 per month instead of the usual $20! It was introduced by "Mr. REED," which probably means Senator James A. REED (D-MO). The bill did not pass, but was referred to the Committee on Pensions, on 3 Apr 1918.

I'm sure Sarah waited patiently, while her bill was being considered by the US Senate. Meanwhile, she was in dire straits. On 23 Feb 1918 she wrote a handwritten letter, from Blue Lick, MO, to Mr. MCADOO, Secretary of the Treasury, practically begging for help. The letter was stamped by the Pension Office on 19 Mar 1918.

The letter mistakenly asks for the military service of Thomas MITCHELL, who never served in the military, nor was it claimed that he had. This would be easy to clarify. However, the other things needed attention.

Sarah used the last page of the rejection letter to write back to the Commissioner. She said “I get no money and Among strangers.” Wasn't she with her daughter Carrie and family in Blue Lick?

On 3 Apr 1918, as mentioned above, the Senate Bill with Sarah's name on it was referred to the Bureau of Pensions, where it was already being considered. It must have been a great disappointment, after waiting 11 months. But maybe having support from a former senator and a current one would help her case with the Bureau.

The Bureau of Pensions responded in a letter dated 20 Mar 1918. The claim was not granted, due to lack of certain information that was required.

Some time between mid 1917 and mid 1919, Sarah moved again, from Blue Lick, Saline, MO to Grand Rapids, Kent, MI, where her daughter Phebe and family were living. I don't know whether Sarah received the letter above at Blue Lick, or if it was forwarded to her. She may have made the move, in part, because the Congressman representing the district that included Kent County was willing to write a letter for her.

On 7 Jul 1919, Rep. Carl MAPES, of Michigan's 5th District, which then included Kent County, took up Sarah's cause.

214 Bostwick Ave, Grand Rapids, MI is no longer in a residential area. It's a few blocks east of the Grand River, and less than a mile north of downtown, across the street from the Grand Rapids Community College, established in 1914. The site of 214 appears to be occupied by the Gerald R. Ford Fieldhouse, first used in 1976.

The new declaration was notarized on 1 Jul 1919, and the witnesses were A. C. HUNTLEY, at 937 Sherman St, and Edward L. WAGNER, at 629 Innes Dr. This declaration contains mostly the same information as the previous declaration, except that Sarah gives her birthplace more precisely, as Lincoln Township, Lincoln County, NC. She also says she married Thomas MITCHELL at Overhill, Martin County, IN. This can only be Dover Hill. Once again, Sarah neglected to mention her two other marriages.

The home of Adelbert and Phebe (FISHER) HUNTLEY in 1919, at 937 Sherman St is 1.5 miles southeast of 214 Bostwick Ave. There is an old house at 937, but it doesn't look 100 years old.

It is curious that Rep. MAPES had requested that the Bureau send Sarah an explanation of the information that was needed, since it had done so in the letter of 20 Mar 1918. It may be that Sarah never received this letter, or that Rep. MAPES never saw it. At any rate, the Commissioner responded by sending Sarah another letter, dated 25 Jul 1919, explaining this.

The 1920 US Census, taken 9 Jan 1920, has Sarah in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI, living with her daughter Phebe Alice (FISHER) HUNTLEY and family. Their street address was 937 Sherman. Lillie and her family were still at White River Township, Marion County, AR. I have not found Joseph or Carrie in the 1920 Census.

Internal documents at the Board of Pensions indicate that Sarah's application was rejected on 26 Apr 1920, but the rejection was cancelled after an Act of Congress on 1 May 1920 changed the rules, saying that "more than one marriage is no bar to pension."

A letter to Sarah from the Commissioner, dated 12 May 1920, requests information about Sarah's marriage after the death of Thomas MITCHELL, and proof of the death or divorce of the husband. I don't know when she admitted to this, but it was not in her declaration of 1 Jul 1919.

The affidavit of B. G. and Charles GRIFFEY states that Sarah had lived with Marion HALFORD until he died. But we now know that he died on 30 Jun 1915, and there are several records of Sarah without Marion between 1909 and 1915.

By the end of 1920, Sarah and Carrie had moved to Arbyrd, Dunklin County, MO. Dunklin County is part of the "boot heel" in the southeast corner of Missouri, and Arbyrd is about 12 miles north of Manila, AR, where Thomas MITCHELL died.

Sarah found a law firm to represent her to the Bureau of Pensions, which seems to have written one letter for them (above).

On 5 Jul 1921, Rep. Edward HAYS (R-MO) took up the cause, and wrote a letter to the Commissioner (below). He received a reply on 13 Jul 1921, listing all the information that was still needed.

This makes the 4th member of Congress to support Sarah's pension application. To recap: Senator Moses E. CLAPP (R-MN) wrote a letter to the Commissioner. Senator James A. REED (D-MO) introduced a bill in the US Senate with Sarah's name on it. Rep. Carl MAPES (R-MI) wrote to the Commissioner. Rep. Edward HAYS (R-MO) also wrote to the Commissioner.

Apparently, Sarah didn't stay long in Arbyrd, as Rep. HAYS said that on 5 Jul 1921 she was about 50 miles farther north, in Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO. It seems that Rep. HAYS became the driving force behind the application, and began sending in affidavits to help furnish the evidence needed.

Sarah made a sworn statement on 30 Jul 1921, regarding her marriage to Marion HALFORD, and her movements after the marriage. This affidavit was sent to the Bureau of Pensions by Rep. HAYS on 3 Aug 1921.

Several internal documents from the Bureau of Pensions give a somewhat confusing account, but it seems that a Special Review was recommended on 13 Aug 1921, and a Special Examiner was appointed, the Special Examination formally began on 7 Nov 1921. By 21 Nov 1921 the Special Examiner had an assessment of the investigation he needed to conduct.

The Special Examiner began by interviewing Sarah and Carrie in Poplar Bluff, on 7 Nov 1921. She was "not mentally competent to answer any more questions," and her signature is so unrecognizable that it is called "her mark." Witnesses were two of her grown children, J. W. FISHER and Carrie HOGAN.

Carrie (MITCHELL) HOGAN was also interviewed by the Special Examiner on the same day as her mother. Both Sarah and Carrie are still neglecting to mention Sarah's 3rd marriage, to James WESTMORELAND. On the following day, Carrie was interviewed again, by a second Special Examiner.

Special Examiners C. M. LANE, C. W. WALKER, T. Quinn JONES and Charles A. HUGHES conducted interviews and made affidavits from several witnesses in late 1921 and early 1922.

Letters were sent by the Commissioner to Sarah and to Rep. HAYS, both dated 18 Apr 1922, stating that the pension claim was denied, although Sarah was divorced from James WESTMORELAND, because the divorce was "not without fault on her part." Ironically, James WESTMORELAND had died on 29 Mar 1920, in Carroll County, AR, but neither Sarah nor the Special Examiners were aware of it.

Sarah's gravestone is in Woodlawn Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, in southeast MO. It has birth date 26 Feb 1835 (not 1838), and death 2 Nov 1923, age 88. The stone doesn't have a first name that is visible in the image, but the poster on Findagrave has it as Sarah. Her son-in-law, Adelbert Calvin HUNTLEY, died on 9 Mar 1923, and his gravestone is also in Woodlawn Cemetery. Also, Adelbert and Phebe had their 5th child in Poplar Bluff, in 1924. See the William Ezra MARTIN page.

1 Sarah Anne KELLER b: 26 Feb 1838 in Lincoln, Lincoln, NC, d: 02 Nov 1923 in Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO
+ David Alexander FISHER b: 1837 in Martin, IN, m: 29 Jan 1857 in Martin, IN, d: 03 Oct 1862 in Danville, KY
......2 Joseph William FISHER b: 13 Jan 1859 in Martin, IN
...... + Susan A. BERLIN b: Mar 1860 in IL, m: 11 Nov 1879 in Richland, IL
......2 Phebe Alice FISHER b: 18 Dec 1861 in Martin, IN, d: 30 May 1945 in Manteno, Kankakee, IL
...... + Adelbert Calvin HUNTLEY b: 15 Mar 1847 in Dryden, Lapeer, MI, m: 11 Mar 1895 in Marion, AR, d: 09 Mar 1923 in Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO
+ Thomas J. MITCHELL b: 05 Mar 1813 in Washington, IN, m: 09 Mar 1864 in Dover Hill, Martin, IN, d: 1881 in Manila, Mississippi, AR
......2 Mary Lillian MITCHELL b: 13 Apr 1869 in Loogootee, IN, d: 07 Feb 1966 in Marion, AR
...... + Samuel Jesse REED b: 14 Feb 1866 in TN, m: 28 Nov 1886 in Gassville, Baxter, AR, d: 26 Mar 1934
......2 Carrie Bell MITCHELL b: Abt. Sep 1871 in Martin, IN, d: 08 Mar 1959 in WI
...... + John L. HOGAN b: 1856 in MT. Home, Baxter, AR, m: 02 Apr 1905 in Baxter, AR
+ James WESTMORELAND b: 09 Sep 1845 in TN, m: 19 Nov 1889 in Baxter, AR, d: 29 Mar 1920 in Carroll, AR
+ Alfred Marion HALFORD b: 09 Sep 1831 in Gibson, TN, m: 26 Sep 1908 in Logan, AR, d: 30 Jun 1915 in Cauthron, Logan AR

The following sections will cover the children of Sarah Anne (KELLER) FISHER. She had 2 children with her 1st husband, David FISHER, and 2 more with her 2nd husband, Thomas MITCHELL.

1. Joseph W. FISHER was born in Jan 1859 in Indiana, the son of Sarah Anne KELLER and David FISHER. Joseph married Susanna BERLIN on 11 Nov 1879 in Richland County, IL. Susanna BERLIN was about 2 years younger than Joseph. She was a daughter of Andrew BERLIN and Hanna LAUSTER.

The 1880 US Census (above) has Joseph living with his mother and step-father in Claremont, Richland, IL. His wife is called Susan A. FISHER, age 21, born in IL. They had no children at that time.

In 1900, Joseph is a Farmer, and owner of a farm, free of mortgage. Joseph and Susanna have been married 20 years, so they were married about 1880. The box for "married within the census year" in the 1880 Census (above) probably should have been checked. Susana has had 5 children, all still living in 1900, so one of them is not at home. Mary's birthplace is "Masouria" but I think that is Missouri. It says Nella M. FISHER was born in IL, but I think that is a mistake, since the family had moved to AR in late 1880 or early 1881.

In 1910 Joseph and Susanna appear in Jackson County, Arkansas. They had been married 30 years, and Susanna had 5 children, all still living. So far we know the names of 4. They have a rented house. I don't know what it means that Joseph is a Doctor in the Faith industry.

Also living with them is a black couple, George and Fannie WASHINGTON. I think they are in the same household, because the WASHINGTONs don't have a family number, and the family after them is 66. George is the owner of the house, so apparently the FISHERs are renting from the WASHINGTONs. George and Fannie had been married 35 years. Fannie had 2 children, but none were still living in 1910.

I have not had much luck tracing this family after 1910, except that Joseph was living in Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO on 7 Nov 1921 when he made his deposition in the case of his mother's pension application. At age 62, he was a "laborer and Minister of the Gospel." [WCF]

There was a Nellie M. FISHER who married Frank D. MILLER on 23 Dec 1905. However, the marriage took place in Jackson County, MO (the county that includes Kansas City), not Jackson County, AR. If the 1900 US Census is correct, Nella/Nellie was born in Nov 1884, so she would have been 21 years old on 23 Dec 1905, but the Nellie who married Frank MILLER was 19. The 1910, 1920 and 1930 US Census for Kansas City all say that Nellie's father was born in KY, but we know that Joseph FISHER was born in IN. Also, the 1930 US Census for Kansas City has Clara E. FISHER, age 76, as Nellie's mother. So it's the wrong Nellie M. FISHER.

Joseph and Susanna had another child, older than the 4 daughters who appeared in the 1900 Census (above). David Ulysses FISHER was born on 10 Aug 1880 in Sumner, Richland, IL, and died 17 Nov 1961. He is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, in Harriet, Searcy County, AR, along with his wife, Elizabeth "Lizzie" McKinney, born 9 Apr 1913 and died 1 Jun 1952. David and Lizzie were married on 7 Jan 1935 in Van Buren County, AR. He was 54, she was 21, and they were both residents of Cozahome, Searcy County, AR.

In 1940 David FISHER and family lived on a farm they rented for $250/month. Their residence in 1935 was Leslie, Searcy, AR. David was a WPA worker on the county roads, and he only worked 6 weeks in 1939. The educational level was recorded in this census, but left blank for this family, and none had attended school.

1 Joseph William FISHER b: 13 Jan 1859 in Martin, IN
+ Susan A. BERLIN b: Mar 1860 in IL, m: 11 Nov 1879 in Richland, IL
......2 David Ulysses FISHER b: 10 Aug 1880 in Richland, IL, d: 17 Nov 1961 in Searcy, AR
.... + Elizabeth "Lizzie" MCKINNEY b: 09 Apr 1913 in AR, d: 01 Jun 1952 in Searcy, AR
.........3 Retha Jean FISHER b: 1931 in AR
.........3 Joyce M. FISHER b: 1936 in AR
.........3 Myrtle FISHER b: 1939 in AR
......2 Nellie M FISHER b: Nov 1884 in IL
......2 Mary A FISHER b: Oct 1888 in MO
......2 Cora J FISHER b: Mar 1892 in AR
......2 Lillie E FISHER b: Sep 1899 in AR

2. Phebe Alice FISHER was born 18 Dec 1861 in Martin County, IN, the daughter of Sarah Anne KELLER and David FISHER. Phebe appeared in the 1870 and 1880 US Censuses, above. Then 15 years later, on 11 Mar 1895, she was married in Marion County, AR, to Adelbert HUNTLEY. Phebe and Adelbert and 2 children were living in Sebastian County, AR in 1900.

See the Adelbert HUNTLEY page.

In 1920, Phebe is found with her mother, husband and son in Grand Rapids, MI. They lived at 937 Sherman St.

3. Mary Lillian "Lillie" MITCHELL was born 13 Apr 1869 in Martin County, Indiana, the daughter of Sarah Anne KELLER and Thomas MITCHELL. She was Mary J. L. MITCHELL in the 1870 US Census (above).

Mary Lillian MITCHELL married Samuel J. REED on 28 NOV 1886 in Baxter County, Arkansas. Samuel was about 3 years older than Lillie.

In 1900, Sarah MITCHELL was a widow, living with her daughters, Cara and Lillie. Cara was still single, but Lillie had 6 children in 1900.

The 1900 Census tells us that Sarah has had 5 children, with 4 still living in 1900. I only know about the 4 living. Lillian has had 7 children, with 6 still living, clearly the 6 here listed. J. Samuel REED is a farmer, but lives in a rented house, not on a farm.

The census records all seem to agree that Sarah was born in North Carolina, about 1838, and the 1900 Census says Feb 1838. Furthermore, her parents were both born in North Carolina.

The 1910 Census says that Lillian has had 11 children, with 10 still living in 1900. The second child, Nettie, would be 20, but she is not present. Scott HUDDLESTON told me that "Nettie married Felix Grundy Huddleston in 1909, so that is why she isn't listed with her parents in the 1910 census." Sam REED is a farmer, with a rented farm, and his 4 oldest children are farm laborers.

In 1920, Samuel owns his farm, with a mortgage. The 3 oldest sons are single, still working on their father's farm. The oldest, Grace and Nettie, are married and living elsewhere; all others are present.

In the 1930 US Census, Sam and Lilian were still in the same place. Sam was owner of his farm, and his son Walter, recently married, was living nearby with his wife, and was a renter. The farm and all the other farms on the census page were called Truck Farms. Family #89 included Margaret FEE, future wife of James REED. (Margaret FEE is the infant in this photo.)

In 1940, Lillian lived with her daughter Maude, who was still single, and near her son Jim, and his wife and child. Lillian and Jim owned farms valued at $800 and $400, respectively. All lived in the same place in 1935. Maude was working as a housekeeper in a private home.

Samuel REED died on 26 Mar 1934, age 68. Mary Lillian (MITCHELL) REED outlived her husband by almost 32 years, and died on 7 Feb 1966, age 96. Their gravestones can be seen in Gassville Cemetery, Gassville, Baxter County, Arkansas.

1 Mary Lillian "Lillie" MITCHELL b: 13 Apr 1869 in Loogootee, Martin, IN, d: 07 Feb 1966 in Marion, AR
+ Samuel Jesse REED b: 14 Feb 1866 in TN, m: 28 Nov 1886 in Gassville, Baxter, AR, d: 26 Mar 1934 in Marion, AR
......2 Grace REED b: 10 Dec 1887 in Marion, AR, d: 26 Jul 1972 in Dudley, Stoddard, MO
...... + John Fred FLIPPIN b: 06 Feb 1884 in Flippin, Marion, AR, m: 14 Sep 1918 in Marion, AR, d: 24 Apr 1962 in Dexter, Stoddard, MO
......2 Nettie Isabel REED b: 12 Sep 1889 in Marion, AR, d: 13 Mar 1940
...... + Felix Grundy HUDDLESTON b: 16 Dec 1888 in Flippin, Marion, AR, m: 13 Nov 1909 in Marion, AR, d: 13 Feb 1971 in Cotter, Baxter, AR
......2 Robert Charles REED b: 18 May 1891 in Marion, AR, d: 28 Aug 1987
......2 William McKinley REED b: 29 Oct 1893 in Flippin, Marion, AR, d: 25 Feb 1975 in Flippin, Marion, AR
...... + Arlie GOODEN b: 1896, d: 1966
......2 Albert T REED b: 28 Aug 1896 in Marion, AR, d: 28 Aug 1986 in Harrison, Boone, AR
...... + Daisy Ann "Dada" NOE b: 04 Feb 1899 in Marion, AR, m: 23 Dec 1922 in Marion, AR, d: 08 Sep 1982 in Harrison, Boone, AR
......2 Lillian B. REED b: 16 Nov 1899 in Marion, AR, d: 04 Aug 1994
......2 Rosalie REED b: 29 Jun 1902 in Marion, AR, d: 10 Sep 1998
......2 Walter Kenneth REED b: 18 May 1904 in Flippin, Marion, AR, d: 24 Jan 1991
...... + Martha Katherine WOOD b: 16 Jan 1909, m: 25 May 1929 in Marion, AR, d: 13 Mar 1999
......2 James Dexter REED b: 07 Sep 1906 in Marion, AR, d: 21 Oct 2006
...... + Margaret FEE b: 26 Mar 1912, m: 17 Apr 1931 in Marion, AR, d: 29 Nov 1974 in Flippin, Marion, AR
......2 Maude Shirley REED b: Jul 1909 in AR, d: Aft. 1940

4. Carrie B. MITCHELL was born about 1871 in Indiana, the daughter of Sarah Anne KELLER and Thomas MITCHELL. She married J. L. HOGAN on 2 Apr 1905, in Baxter County, Arkansas.

I think that John L. HOGAN, in the following census record, is the J. L. HOGAN who married Carrie MITCHELL. Reasons:

1. He is about the right age. If he was born in Jan 1854, then he was 51 on 2 Apr 1905, and the marriage record says 48.
2. He lived in Baxter County.
3. His wife, Dollie, died in 1904, the year before Carrie and J. L. were married.
4. His son, Joseph C. HOGAN, is buried in the Gassville Cemetery, in the same town where Carrie and J. L. married.

The 1900 US Census has John L. HOGAN in Mountain Home, with his wife, Dollie, and 5 children. They had been married 22 years, so about 1878. Dollie had had 9 children, with 7 still living. John was owner of the farm, free of mortgage.

The photo above is sometimes identified as John and Dollie HOGAN. However, John was 60 when Dollie died, and he looks older than 60 here. Also, Dollie was about the same age as John, but Carrie was 14 years younger, and the woman in the photo looks younger. So I think she is Carrie, not Dollie, and Joe SEARS agrees with my argument.

In her deposition of 7 Nov 1921, Carrie states “I am 50 years of age; occupation housekeeper, I am a widow; residence and post-office address Poplar Bluff, Mo. RR2.”

I have not yet found Carrie, John or Dollie in census records between 1900 and 1930, but Carrie lived with her mother in Blue Lick, Saline, MO on 20 Nov 1916, when she was a witness to her mother's declaration in her pension application. Carrie and her mother were in Arbyrd, Dunklin, MO in Dec 1920 when they hired a law firm to represent them in the pension application. (above)

Thomas Arthur HOGAN told me that Carrie had 3 sons: Frank, Arthur and Albert. In Arkansas Marriage Records there is a record of a marriage of Arthur HOGAN and Bessie DOWDY, in Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO, on 26 Oct 1926. Arthur and Bessie were 19 and 15, both from Datto, Clay, MO.

In the 1930 US Census, Carrie is found living with her son, Arthur, and his family, at 1635 Warren St, Chicago. The building had two apartments, the other being occupied by a black family. (I mention that because it would have been significant in

1930.) Each apartment rented for $22/month.

Brothers Frank and Albert HOGAN also lived in Chicago in 1930. They had an apartment at 2421 Wilcox St, for which they paid $25/month. The rest of the building was rented by Louise LOAHR, a widow from Germany who ran a school supply store, possibly out of her large apartment, for which she paid $45/month. Frank and Albert were also Florists, possibly working at the same shop as their brother Albert. The 1930 Census also recorded whether the family owned a radio set. Neither HOGAN household had one, although most of their neighbors did!

In 1940 Carrie lived with her sons Albert and Arthur, at 2620 Seminary Ave. Albert and Arthur owned a greenhouse. Arthur was widowed, and his 3 sons were in the home. They were at the same address in 1935.

By 1940 Frank and his family had moved to Niles, on the outskirts of Chicago's north side. They rented a home for $30/month at 8233 Niles Center Road. In 1935 the HOGANs resided in Cook County, as did Delbert LIGON, but Callie and Valdean LIGON had resided in Doniphan, Ripley, MO. All the adults worked at a greenhouse, with Frank as Proprietor. Frank and Delbert were Florists, and Ethel and Valdean were Helpers.

Arthur Thomas HOGAN's WWII draft card says his employer was "Hogan And Son Greenhouses." It sounds like a strange name for three brothers. Arthur was 5' 11'' dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair. The SSDI records Arthur T. HOGAN's death in San Diego, CA on 19 Feb 1995.

1635 Warren Ave in on the Near West Side, near the present site of Malcolm X College, and 2620 Seminary Ave is 4 miles north, in Lincoln Park, near DePaul University.

1 John L. "Dow" HOGAN b: 1854 in Mountain Home, Baxter, AR, d: 1911? in Mountain Home, Baxter, AR

+ Dorothy A. "Dolly" WRIGHT b: 1855, m: 19 Oct 1873 in Independence, AR, d: 1904
......2 Joseph Clyde HOGAN b: 19 Sep 1879 in Hardy Sharp, AR
......2 A. A. Gertrude HOGAN b: Sep 1886 in AR
......2 George Brewer HOGAN b: Apr 1888 in AR
......2 Huston Evans HOGAN b: Mar 1890 in AR
......2 Ethel Louise HOGAN b: 04 Mar 1895 in Mountain Home, Baxter, AR, d: 21 Aug 1972 in Tyler, Smith, TX

+ Carrie Bell MITCHELL b: Sep 1871 in Martin, IN, m: 02 Apr 1905 in Baxter, AR, d: 08 Mar 1959 in WI
......2 Frank Leonard HOGAN b: 02 Mar 1906 in Mountain Home, Baxter, AR, d: 28 Mar 1986 in Palm Beach, FL
...... + Ethel M. LIGON b: 1912 in AR, m: 20 Oct 1926 in AR
.........3 Frank HOGAN b: 07 Oct 1928 in Datto, Clay, AR, d: 08 May 2007
.........3 Kenneth HOGAN b: 1930 in IL
.........3 Dorothy M. HOGAN b: 1934 in IL
.........3 Evelyn HOGAN b: 1936 in IL
......2 Arthur Thomas HOGAN b: 26 Mar 1907 in Booneville, AR, d: 19 Feb 1995 in San Diego, CA
...... + Bessie DOWDY b: 1911 in AR, m: 26 Oct 1926 in Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO, d: Bef. 1940
.........3 James L. HOGAN b: Sep 1927 in AR
.........3 Fred R. HOGAN b: Jun 1929 in IL
.........3 John Arthur HOGAN b: 1937 in Chicago, Cook, IL
......2 Albert Blacknell HOGAN b: 1909 in Mountain Home, Baxter, AR, d: Australia

Sources

]EB] History of Marion County (1977) by Earl Barry

[FFSI] Fisher Families of Southern Indiana on Ancestry.com

[JBBC] John Boyd of Berkeley County, West Virginia, by Gordon W. Paul, 1991

[JHSH] John L Dow Hogan, on the Jones/Helms/Sears/Hogan tree

[MCA] Marion County ARGenWeb page

[MCI] Martin County, Indiana Land Maps and 1876 Map

[RRM] Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900

[SM] Illustrated Atlas of Saline County, Missouri (1876)

[WCF] Widow's Certificate File Number 3075

This page was last updated 4 Jan 2023 by William Haloupek. Contact haloupek at gmail dot com.