My Uncle - Mountain Man, Indian Interpreter, Barber, Dentist

The 25 May 1859 issue of The Deseret News, contained the following marriage notice:

At American Fork, Utah county, on the 27th ult., by Bishop L. E. Harrington. Mr. JOSEPH A. GEBOW, Indian Interpreter, G. S. L. City, and Miss PRUSSIA P. WALTON, of Provo.

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NOTE: Prussia was the daughter of Alfred WALTON,
my 4th great grandfather.

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Joseph A. GIBAULT was born about 1822 in Canada. The parish register of l'Assomption Paroisse (Assumption Parish) St. Pierre du Portage, in the District of Montreal, Quebec, records the baptism of Joseph Amable GIBAULT who was born 12 Apr 1822 and baptized 13 Apr 1822. It is possible this was the same person.

(French) Le treize Avril de l'an mil huit cent vingt deux par nous Toussigne Prêtse a été baptisé Joseph Amable née hier du legitime mariage de Jean Baptist Gibault cultivateur de calla Paroisse St de Maria Louisa Rachel Evans, Parrain st Amable Archambault, marreine dame Catherine Josepha Louisa Degoine que ont signé avec nous le pere á ont déclaré ne scavoir signer.                     Amable Archambault, Jos deBelleville (English-a poor translation) The thirteenth of April one thousand eight hundred twenty two by us all signed Priest was baptised Joseph Amable born yesterday of the legitimate marriage of Jean Baptist Gibault, farmer of "calla" from St Maria Parish, Louisa Rachel Evans, Patron St Amable Archambault, godmother Lady Catherine Louisa Josepha Degoine that we have signed with the father has said they know how to sign.                     Amable Archambault, Jos deBelleville

By 1845 he was living among the Indians in the mountains (presumably the Rocky Mountains). He was the interpreter for Dr. Jacob Forney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Utah Territory.

In 1858 he was living in Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, where he began teaching a class on "The Snake or Shosone Dialect." In 1859 he published a booket called A Vocabulary of the Snake or Shoshone Dialect.

It appears, at least for a time, he became a Mormon, and on 27 Apr 1859, he married Prussia P. WALTON, who was born 24 Aug 1841 in Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio. (Prussia was the daughter of Alfred WALTON, an Elder in the church.) On 25 Sep 1859, Joseph advertised the opening of his "Indian School at Wardle's Hall in the 16th Ward." Cost was 25¢ per lesson.

Joseph and Prussia GIBAULT were listed in the 1860 census, living in the 9th Ward, Great Salt Lake City.

21 Jul 1860 Jos A. GIBAULT, age 38, indian interpreter, born in Canada Prussia GIBAULT, age 18, born in Pennsylvania

No further record of Prussia has been found and she may have died soon after, as Joseph married Pooewet, an Indian, and about 1861 had a daughter named "Bruzasly".

On 17 Sep 1864, The Deseret News reported:

JOSEPH A. GEBOW, was arrested on the 1st inst., charged with giving whisky to Indians. The case being a plain one, Gebow begged for mercy, promised reformation of character, which there is plenty of room for, and then allowed judgment to be entered pro confesso. Fined $30.

The 21 Sep 1864 issue of The Deseret News reported:

Jesse Ewbanks was brought before Alderman Clinton on Thursday last, charged with insulting the wife of Joseph A. Gebow. The defendent brought witnesses to prov that the house of Gebow was generally known as a house of ill fame, and that such propositions as were made by Ewbanks were of common occurance.

Joseph left Utah and moved to Wyoming Territory about 1865. The 11 Jan 1865 issue of The Deseret News contained a list of unclaimed letters at the Post Office, including one for Joseph A. GEBOW. Joseph and Pooewet had a second daughter, Josephine, born about 1866 in Wyoming Territory.

The 1870 census listed them living in Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory.

27 Jun 1870 Joseph A. GEBOW, age 48, barber, born in Canada Pooewet GEBOW, age 35, Indian, born in Wyoming Brazasly GEBOW, age 9, Indian, born in Wyoming Josephine GEBOW, age 4, Indian, born in Wyoming

A sermon by Bishop Wooley, given sometime in the 1860s or early 1870s and published 1875 in Mormon Expositor, contained a reference to Joseph GEBOW who appears to be an excommunicated Mormon.

Our streets are filled with whores, thieves, gamblers, pimps, etc. The only way to purify it is to drive them out. Tear down their houses and send them where Gebow and his gang (looking toward the camp) went. That Gebow was a Mormon–Brother Gebow–was a Mormon once (laughter); but it is true though.

He moved back to Utah, living in Ogden, Weber County. He was listed in the 1879-80 Utah Directory, Odgen Business Directory, under two categories (Barbers and Dentists), as J A GEBOW, opposite Fireman's Hall.
The 1880 census listed him as a widower, living with the Alonzo and Marie Stephen family in Ogden.

3 Jun 1880 Joseph GEBOW, age 58, barber, born in Canada

No further record has been found concerning Joseph A. GIBAULT/GEBOW

The Northcutts and the Oklahoma Land Run

There were actually several land runs. For complete details of Oklahoma land settlement, visit the OKGenWeb site: http://www.okgenweb.org/~land/.

The Oklahoma "Land Runs"

1st Run: 22 Apr 1889 (Unassigned Lands)

The First Land Run opened all or part of the present Oklahoma counties of Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne. At noon on 22 Apr 1889, millions of acres land that was formerly Indian Territory (commonly referred to as "unassigned lands") was made available to white settlers. The land was laid out in 160-acre homesteads and could settlers could claim title to the land if they lived on the land and improved it. An estimated 50,000 people lined up on the border waiting for the noon "rush." The hopeful, by all kinds of transportation - horses, wagons, trains, bicycles or on foot) raced to claim their land. Settlers who illegally entered the territory early in order to claim the best land became known as "Sooners." By the end of the day, tent cities had sprung up from nothing at Oklahoma City, Kingfisher, El Reno, Norman, Guthrie, and Stillwater. Oklahoma City and Guthrie had populations of 10,000 after only half a day.

2nd Run: 22 Sep 1891 (Iowa, Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie, and Shawnee Lands)

In 1891, three Indian Reservations (which had been purchased from the Indians) bordering on the former "unassigned lands" were declared "surplus" and opened for settlement. About 20,000 people lined up to settle the land in Counties "A" and "B" which became Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties.

3rd Run: 19 Apr 1892 (Cheyenne and Arapaho Land)

In 1892, 25,000 settlers "rushed" to settle land in Counties "C" (Blaine), "D" (Dewey), "E" (Day, obsolete county combined with Ellis county in 1907), "F" (Roger Mills),"G" (Custer), and "H" (Washita).

4th Run: 16 Sep 1893 (The Cherokee Outlet)

The 1893 run was the largest of the land runs. An estimated 100,000 people raced to claim land, The Cherokee Outlet was land leased by cattlemen from the Cherokee after the Civil War. The U. S. Government eventually purchased the land and allowed settlement of the area originally known as Counties K, L, M, N, O, P, and Q. It was decided that the inhabitants of each county could select the name after the run. The names selected were Kay, Grant, Woods, Woodward, Garfield, Noble, and Pawnee. (In 1907, after Oklahoma achieved statehood, the following counties were made from existing counties in the Cherokee Outlet: Alfalfa County was formed from Woods County; Ellis County from Day and Woodward Counties; Harper County from Indian Lands, Woods, and Woodward Counties; and Major County from Woods County.)

5th Run: 3 May 1895 (Kickapoo Lands)

The last, and smallest, land run in Oklahoma was the opening of 183,000 acres of Kickapoo land. The area was added to Lincoln, Oklahoma, and Pottawatomie Counties.

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The NORTHCUTT Family and the Oklahoma Land Rush

Shadrach Daily NORTHCUTT was an older brother of Willis NORTHCUTT (great grandfather my wife, Judy).

Shadrach was born in Champaign County, Ohio, and moved with his family to Wapello County, Iowa, then to Harrison County, Missouri, where he married Mary Jane FALLIS on 3 Nov 1872. Four children were born in Missouri and in 1882, they moved to Stafford County, Kansas, where they had four more children and lived until 1893.

In 1893, Shadrach made the land run into the Cherokee Outlet. He staked his claim to the South West Quarter of Section 28, Township 28 North, Range 6 West (in what is now Jarvis Township, Grant County), approximately 5 miles northwest of Wakita, and rode 80 miles to Kingfisher to file the claim.

His name is inscribed on the Homesteaders Memorial, located at the County Courthouse in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma. The monument reads:

To the homesteaders and early settlers of Grant County this monument is gratefully dedicated. In recognition of their courage in the face of untold hardships the descendants sincerely acknowledge their sense of obligation.

These early Grant County settlers were among some 100,000 who lined up September 16, 1893 to race for a 160 acre claim. The homesteads scattered throughout an area comprising six million acres. The award went to the first person arriving, planting their stake and duly registering their location at the land office.

Others while not actually making the run acquired the land at an early date, either by purchase or barter, lived on it and raise their families and together with the homesteaders became the early pioneer settlers of Grant County, laying the foundation for our modern society.

The family, including seven children, settled on the claim. They lived in a small sod house, complimented by a large white tent. According to Mary's diary, they arrived "with our stock, goods, chattels, twelve head of horses, four cows, no money, no house, no fence, and no fuel except surface coal (cow chips)."

Ten years later, on 17 Aug 1903, Shadrach recieved the homestead certificate for his land. In 1907, the sod house was replaced with a two-story frame house, only a few months before Shadrach died. He died 19 Dec 1907 in Grant County.

Two of Shadrach's brothers later moved to Oklahoma, Jesse (1841-1917) and Willis (1854-1940), settling in Grant County.

Beer Barrel Polka

One of the first songs I learned to play on the accordion was "Beer Barrel Polka." The song, often called "Roll Out The Barrel," was composed by Czech musician, Jaromír Vejvoda in 1927 and was originally written as music only. The lyrics were added in 1934 by Václav Zeman and the song was known as "Škoda lásky" ("Wasted Love").

Will Glahé and his Glahé Musette Orchestra recorded the German version in 1934 and in 1939, recorded an English version, Beer Barrel Polka, with lyrics by Lew Brown and Wladimir Timm. The Andrews Sisters recorded the song that same year.

During World War II, the song became immensely popular with soldiers on both sides.

LYRICS

Common Version There's a garden, what a garden, Only happy faces bloom there And there's never any room there For a worry or a gloom there. Oh there's music and there's dancing And a lot of sweet romancing When they play a polka They all get in the swing. Every time they hear that oom-pa-pa Everybody feels so tra-la-la They want to throw their cares away They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay, Then they hear a rumble on the floor It's the big surprise they're waiting for And all the couples form a ring, For miles around you'll hear them sing: Chorus: Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun. Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run. Zing! Boom! Ta-ra-rel,      ring out a song of good cheer! Now's the time to roll the barrel, For the gang's all here.

1939 Andrews Sisters Version There's a garden, what a garden, Only happy faces bloom there And there's never any room there For a worry or a gloom there. Oh there's music and there's dancing And a lot of sweet romancing When they play the polka They all get in the swing. Every time they hear that oom-pa-pa Everybody feels so tra-la-la They want to throw their cares away They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay, Then they hear a rumble on the floor, the floor, It's a big surprise they're waiting for And all the couples form a ring, For miles around you'll hear them sing: Chorus: Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun. Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run. Zing! Boom! Ta-rar-rel,      ring out a song of good cheer! Now's the time to roll the barrel, for the gang's all here. Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Then they hear a rumble on the floor-or-or-or It's a big surprise they're waiting for, And all the couples they form a ring For miles around you'll hear them sing Zing do da do ding do da-do-do-day ----- instrumental break ----- Roll it out, roll it out, roll out the barrel. Dump-dump-da da-da da-dat en da-da-da-da-da. Sing a song of good cheer, 'Cause the whole gang is here. Roll it out, roll it out, Let's do the beer barrel polka.

Here is the 1939 version by the Andrews Sisters.



This version is by Canada's Polka King, Walter Ostanek And His Band (recorded in 1994). They sing the chorus but only play the verse.

The Northcutts and the Rogue River Indian Wars

Settlement of  Oregon

In 1834, to encourage settlement of western lands, the U. S. Government passed the Indian Intercourse Act, which provided "the United States shall make indemnification out of the Treasury for property taken or destroyed in certain cases by Indians treaspassing on white men." Between 1840 and 1850, over 11,000 settlers traveled the Oregon Trail.

The Rogue River Indian Wars

During the late 1840s and early 1850s, there were a several "wars" between the native Indians and the settlers. From 1855-1856, there was a major outbreak of violence known as the Rouge River War. (The Rogue River is located in southern Oregon near.)

Three brothers owned a store and hotel in Deer Creek Valley, in Josephine County, Oregon. The firm, E. J. Northcutt and Brothers, was owned by Edward J., Shadrach D., and William W. NORTHCUTT. A fourth brother , Salathiel T., worked at the store but was not an owner. In the early morning hours on 24 Oct 1855, the Northcutt home and business was attacked. Their house and property were destroyed or carried off by Indians; an accounting of lost property included:

40 lbs butter, worth, per pound, 75 cents ($30), 50 lbs bacon, worth, per pound, 40 cents ($20), 40,000 lbs potatoes, worth, 8 cents ($3,900), 3,000 pieces of board, per M pieces, $150 ($150), 50 hogs, each worth $15 ($750), 2 American horses, each $280 ($560), 2 yoke oxen, each worth $250 ($500), and 1 building, store and hotel ($1,000). The total loss was $6,100.

By 1880, Edward had moved to Idaho, William had returned east, to Missouri, and Shadrach and Salathiel had moved north to  Salem, Marion County, Oregon. In Jul 1880, Shadrach, the only brother from the firm of E. J. Northcutt and Brothers remaining in Oregon, filed a claim for compensation from the 1855 Indian raid under the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834. Although the act had been repealed in 1859, claims could still be filed for earlier actions.

It took eight years for the government to process the claim, but in 1888 the claim, reduced to $5,450, was finally approved.

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NORTHCUTT FAMILY IN OREGON

The four Northcutt brothers were sons of Willis NORTHCUTT, a brother of Jeptha NORTHCUTT (great-great grandfather of my wife, Judy).

Willis was born between 1805-1810 in Champaign County, Ohio. On 24 Jan 1828, in Clark County, Ohio, he married Sarah (Sally) TURMAN. Willis and Sarah had six children in Ohio: Margaret (1828), a infant son who died young (c1829), Edward J. (1830), Shadrach D. (1832), William W. (1835), and Salathiel T. (1836).

In 1839, Willis and Sarah left their home in Champaign County, Ohio, and moved to Sagamon County, Illinois, where their last two children were born: Mary Elizabeth (1839), and Harriet M. (1841).


Apparantly Willis and Sarah were divorced, as Willis married, 18 May 1847, in Sagamon County, Emily GREEN(E). Sarah also remarried 3 Sep 1847, (probably in Sagamon County), Samuel SMITH. Sarah had a daughter, Clarinda M. SMITH (1851).


In 1851, Willis NORTHCUTT moved to Oregon Territory. Once in Oregon, Willis lived alone in northern Oregon; first in Benton County, then Yamhill County, then Polk County. On 8 May 1851, Willis NORTHCUTT wrote a letter to his brother, Jeptha, who was living in Westville, Champaign County, Ohio. Willis wrote from Council Bluffs, Iowa, which he described as "the extreme end of the United States." (This letter was taken from Pat N. Stephen's web site. Used by permission.)

Jeptha Northcutt, Champaign County, Westville, Ohio

Cainsville, "Jocuay" seven miles above Council Bluff

May 8, 1851

Brother in my last letter I in form you that I was on my way to Oregon. We have arrived at the extreme end of the United States nothing but the Missouri River to cross and we enter an indian possessions an they are very hostile and have assembled 500 "braves" to dispute our passage or to pay tribute for passing "through" there country that we will pay in powder and lead or with our blood on Monday next We intend to cross the river or "dyi" we are at this moment mustering our strength which will not exceed 75------men a small force to repel so many "Sarcys-Sarcigs???" I have no doubt there willl be a severe battle for all are "resolved" to go through and will or they must bury us all well Thank God excuse my halt as I am riting they have appointed me to the "command" thirty "Mannert-warrants" at I am in form give my love to father and mother an all in "grieving family" 

Yours in hast

Jeptha Northcutt Willis Northcutt 

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Transcription by Donetta Northcutt

Sarah SMITH and her younger children also moved to Oregon in 1851. Her eldest daughter, Margaret, was married and remained in Iowa. They crossed the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where Omaha now stands, and the first night out the Indians plundered the camp but because of the fierce resistance offered by the emigrants they got but one steer. The next day Edward, age 21, was chosen captain of the train, which he piloted through, having many trying experiences and some severe fighting with the Indians.

Sarah and her children settled in southern Oregon, living in Deer Creek Valley, in what is now Josephine County.


In 1852 the mining town of Althouse was established as a trading post by A. G. WALLING, E. J. NORTHCUTT, and B. J. BELL. A few years later Edward established a store and hotel in Deer Creek Valley. The business was operated as "E. J. Northcutt and Brothers" (Edward, Shadrach, and William). Salathiel was employed there.

S.S. (RMS†) Lucania - The Luxury Cruise Ship That Brought the Langen Family to America

On 11 Oct 1902, Herman LANGEN and his son, Andrew Albert LANGEN boarded the S.S. Lucania in Liverpool, England. On 12 Oct, 1902, after picking up additional passengers in Queenstown, Ireland, the ship departed, arriving in New York on 19 Oct 1902.

S. S. Lucania

The Lucania was built in 1893 by Fairfield Shipbuilding Companie in Glasgow for Liverpool to New York service. She measured 622 feet long and 65 feet 3 inches wide. Her average speed was 21 knots (max 23 knots), produced by two 5-cylinder, triple expansion engines that generated 30,000 HP. She had a crew of 415-424 and accommodation for 600 1st class, 400 2nd class and 1,000 3rd class passengers (2,000 total passengers).

S. S. Lucania, and her sister S. S. Campania (built in 1892) had rendered all other liners obsolete, setting a new standard for both spead and appearance. On her maiden voyage (2 Sep 1893) Lucania set a new record crossing from Liverpool to New York, breaking the record of Campania. The two ships continued to set new speed records until 1898, when the newly built German Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse passed them.

First Class Smoking Room

In their day, Lucania and her sister offered the most luxurious 1st class passenger accomodation available. It was Victorian oppulence at its peak – an expression of a highly confident and prosperous age that would never be quite repeated on any other ship. All the 1st class public rooms, and the en suite staterooms of the upper deck, were generally heavily panelled, in oak, satinwood, or mahogany; and thickly carpeted. Velvet curtains hung asside the windows and portholes, while the furniture was richly upholstered in matching design. The predominant style was Art Nouveau, although other styles were also in use, such as French Renaissance, which was applied to the forward 1st class entrance hall, while the 1st class smoking room was in Elizabethan style, comprising heavy oak panels surrounding the first open fireplace ever to be used aboard a passenger liner.

First Class Dining Room

In 1901 Lucania became the first Cunard liner to be fitted with a Marconi wireless system, followed a few months later by Campania. Shortly after these installations, the two ships made history by exchanging the first wireless transmitted ice bulletin; and two years after that, Lucania made history again, this time by publishing on board newspaper based on information received by wireless telegraphy while at sea. The newspaper was called Cunard Daily Bulletin and quickly became a success.

In 1906/1907, two new Cunard ships were built, the S.S. Lucitania and the S.S. Mauretania. The Lucania voyages gradually decreased and her last voyage was 7 Jul 1909. On 14 Aug 1909 fire raged through the entire vessel. As firefighters poured water into her, she took on a list, and by the early hours of the next morning she took on a severe list. Tugs worked to right the vessel and she was taken out into the middle of the dock where she settled into the mud. She was beyond economic repair, the end had finally come. It was found that her massive engines had escaped undamaged and so, with the diginity she deserved, it was under her own steam that Lucania progressed to Ward's breakers yard in Swansea, Wales, there to be slowly cut up.

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^†RMS (the abbreviation for Royal Mail Ship) is the prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail. Technically, a ship would use the prefix only while contracted to carry mail, and would revert at others times to a standard type designation, such as S.S. (steam ship). Having the title RMS was seen as a mark of quality and a competitive advantage, because the mail had to be on time.

IMAGES of S. S. LUCANIA

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Mitchelville, Missouri - Family History in a Ghost Town

Mitchelville is a now extinct town located about five and one-half miles southwest of Bethany, in Harrison County, Missouri. The community, located where a gravel road (now called W 347th Street) extends east from  what is now U. S. Hwy 69. The community was named after an early settler, James MITCHELL. The post office was established in 1865. The Mitchelville School was one mile east.

Mitchelville Church (1999)

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The Mitchelville Church sits on the southeast corner of the intersection. Built in 1869, it is the last remaining evidence of the rural community that at one time was home to a store and sawmill. About a quarter mile south of the church is the Burris Cemetery, and across the gravel road north of the church, in the field of the Claude Cox Farm is the remains of the Mitchell Family Cemetery. (In 1974 descendants of James M. MITCHELL collected the surviving markers and placed them in a concrete foundation. It is surrounded by a chainlink fence.

To get to Mitchelville: Travel west from Bethany on U. S. Hwy 136, go south on U. S. Hwy 69 for 2.8 miles to W 347th St. Mitchelville Church is on the east side of the road. The Claude Cox Farm is .2 miles east of the Hwy, the entrance to Burris Cemetery is .3 miles south of Cox Farm on W. 187th Ave.

William and Jacob MITCHELL (relationship unknown) settled in the area in 1838. During that year and 1839 several families settled at different points in the county and the communities were known by the names of some of the more prominent of the first settlers. Communities such as Dunkerson's Grove, Taylor's Grove, Harris' Mill, Foster's Farm, and Allen's Big Spring were common. These localities became known among the people and were used as commonly as the towns and villages.

1876 Map of Mitchelville

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The site of Mitchelville was along Big Creek in the northern part of newly organized Daviess County. In 1845, Daviess County was divided and Harrison County was formed and Mitchelville was now in southern Harrison County. By this time, Jacob's father, James Mullin MITCHELL had arrived with his family from Indiana. James built a sawmill on Big Creek, west of the church. Other families who called Mitchelville home included Arnold, Burris, Gardner, Noble, Slaughter, and Tilly. John Noble operated the store and was postmaster of Mitchelville from 1869-1888. The church was built on his land.

Mitchelville declined as rapidly as it grew. After 1900, most of the early families had left the area or were buried under the ground of Mitchelville. After 1917, it no longer appeared on maps of the area.

NOTE: James Mullin MITCHELL is the 3rd great-grandfather of my wife, Judy.

Joseph WEBB - "Living Skeleton" - Circus Giant - Murdered in Cold Blood

Joseph P. WEBB and his twin sister, Mary P., were born on 14 Feb 1875, in Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri. Their parents were Joseph Howard WEBB and Mary Jane COOPER.

By the age of 16, Joseph, who known as "Jodie," "Jode," or "Joe D.," was 6 foot 11 inches tall and weighed just over 100 pounds. A 2 Jun 1892 newspaper article reported:

Jode Webb, the "Giant" drum major has a gorgeous uniform with red military coat, a two-foot black bear shaker and a six-foot baton, when arrayed in all his glory, he has to dodge all signs that swing less that eight and one-half feet from the  sidewalk

On 1 Sep 1892, the paper reported:

(Joseph) left for Lincoln, Nebraska, where he has an engagement in a museum and is, we presume, now being advertised as the 'giant boy from Missouri–eight feet tall.'

Joseph traveled with the Lemen Brothers Circus and also with Ringling's Circus, as a giant–he was known as "the living skeleton."

In Jun 1908, Joseph was in the small town of Las Vegas, Nevada. He may have been performing with one of the circuses or side shows that traveled throughout the west. (The Sells-Floto Circus, which had performed in Las Vegas in 1907, had recently performed in Riverside, California.)

NOTE: Las Vegas began as a train stop in 1905, and by 1908, the population was less than 100. Las Vegas did not become a city until 1911.)

On 23 Jun 1908, Joseph and two other men hopped a train leaving Las Vegas, heading to Salt Lake City. The train stopped at Dry Lake Pumping Station, 30 miles north of Las Vegas, where the brakeman discovered the three men riding on top of the train and put them off.

When they asked for water, the pumper and his wife ordered the men to leave. The other two started walking away, but when Joseph did not respond (one report said he was hard of hearing), the couple shot him and left him lying on the hot sand to die. (The couple was tried and convicted of murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison.)

Joseph, who had been seen on the streets of Las Vegas the previous several days, had $34.75 in money and a certificate of deposit for $52.00 drawn by the bank at Albia, Iowa. He was unarmed.

His body was shipped to Albia, Iowa, where his parents lived. He was buried at Memphis, Missouri.

UPDATED: The Journey of John STULL (1848-1919)

John STULL (great-great grandfather of my wife, Judy) was born 5 May 1848, in the part of Virginia that is now West Virginia. (His parents, Joseph and Elizabeth STULL, were from Pennsylvania.) In 1850 (age 2) and in 1860 (age 12) living with his family in Tyler County. (West Virginia became a separate state in 1863, during the Civil War.)

On 16 Feb 1868, in Tyler County, West Virginia, he married Sarah A. LEWIS, who was born in Feb 1850, in Virginia (now West Virginia). (Her parents were Abraham and Margaret LEWIS.) John was listed as age 19, from Monongalia County, Virginia, Sarah was listed as age 17, from Tyler County, Virginia, widow.

John and Sarah remained in West Virginia for eleven years and their first seven children were born there: Margaret Elizabeth “Lizzie” (1868), William Riley (1870), George (1872), Susan “Susie” (1873), Abraham “Abe” (1875), Dollie (1878), and Ida (Sep 1879).

Shortly after the birth of Ida, John moved his family 1,100 miles west and on 17 Jun 1880, he was farming in Grant Township, Osborne County, Kansas. They only lived in Kansas a short time before moving 250 miles northeast and by Jul 1881 they were in Cass County, Nebraska, where their last five children were born: Bessie Anna (1881), Minnie (1883), Lora (or Laura) (????), Anna (or Annie) (1886), and George (1888). Sarah died 4 Jul 1888 following the birth of George. She is buried in Cass County.

John made the long trek back to West Virginia, where he married Malinda (Milinda) J. GRAY on 11 Nov 1888 in Tyler County, West Virginia. (The marriage register lists John's place of birth as Monongalia County, and Malinda's place of birth as Ohio.) John and Malinda were living in Pennsylvania in Apr 1890 when their first child, Rosa May, was born. By Mar 1892 they were somewhere in Iowa, where Mary Alice was born and by 1894 they were living in Missouri where their they had at least five more children: John Henry (Feb 1894), Charles Harrison (Feb 1897), Roy Alva (Apr 1899), Oliver Rue (Oct 1903), and one unknown child (according to the 1910 census, Malinda had seven children). On 9 Jun 1900, John was farming in Dayton Township, Newton County, Missouri.

John died in 1918, at the age of 71 at Avery, Hickory County, Missouri. Malinda died 30 Dec 1922. They were buried near Fairfield, Benton County, Missouri. Sometime in the 1960s-70s, the graves were moved to Concord Cemetery, Benton County, during the construction of the Truman Reservoir.

John STULL had a total of 19 children: 12 with Sarah and 7 with Malinda. Here are some interesting notes:

• John was 20 and Sarah was 17 when they were married. Sarah was 18 when her first child was born and was 38 when she had her 12th child.
• John’s oldest child, Margaret, was born in 1868 and was 20 years old when her mother Sarah died (Margaret married that same year.) 
• John’s second wife, Malinda was only six years older than Margaret. Margaret was 35 when her youngest brother, Oliver, was born in 1903.
• John was 41 and Malinda was 26 when they were married. Malinda was 27 when her first child was born and was 41 when she had her seventh child. She died at age 60.
• John was 56 when his younger youngest child, Oliver was born. Oliver was 15 years old when his father died.

The Legacy of Jesse HARBOUR

Jesse HARBOUR was the third great-grandfather of my wife, Judy. According to a 1917 history of Champaign County, Ohio, Jesse accumulated more children and more acres of ground than any other pioneer in the county. Jesse had 32 children; 18 of them reached maturity (age 21); and to each of these children, Jesse gave 80 acres of land (or its equivalent).

Jesse was born May 23, 1787 in Patrick Henry County, Virginia. (Patrick Henry County was later divided into two counties–Patrick County and Henry County.) He was the son of Joel and Sarah HARBOUR.

On Oct 12, 1810, he married Jane HALL in Patrick County, Virginia. She was born Feb 7, 1792, probably in Virginia. Jesse and Sarah moved to Ohio, along with his parents, shortly after their marriage.

Their first child, Rozina (1811), was born in Brown County, Ohio. He eventually settled in Champaign County, being one of the earliest settlers of Mad River Township. Jesse and Jane had five more children in Mad River Township: Hardin (1813), Amina (Mimah) (1814), Charity (1815), Sarah (1817).

In 1818, the township was divided and the portion he resided in became Concord Township. They had seven more children: Lavina (1819), Elizabeth (1820), Talmon (1822), John (1824), Henry (1825), Elisha (1827), Josephine “Josey” (1831), William Jesse (1834).

Sarah died May 17, 1834, during the birth of her 13th child, at age 42.

On Mar 18, 1838, Jesse married Elizabeth THOMAS. She was born Jun 20, 1814, in Patrick County, Virginia, daughter of Charles and Deborah THOMAS.

Jesse and Elizabeth had 18 children: Charles Thomas (1837), Deborah (1838), Jurdin (1840), Susannah (1841), Jane (1842), Ann (1843), Ruth (1844), twins (1845), Joel (1846), Mary (1849), Enoch (1850), Nancy (1851), Judith “Judy” (1853), Rachel (1854), Simeon W. (1856), David Emory (1858), and one other child.

Jesse died 26 Jan 1863, at age 75. Elizabeth died 28 Jun 1899, at age 85.

Children of Jesse and Jane HARBOUR: 

1.	Rozina, b. 2 Nov 1811 Brown County, Ohio, md. 30 Jan 1827, William McINTIRE, d. 27 May 1848, Bluff City, Schuyler County, Illinois.
2.	Hardin, b. 7 Feb 1813 Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio, md. 23 Jun 1835, Sarah NEWCOMB, d. 15 Sep 1862 Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio.
3.	Amina (Mimah), b. 11 Apr 1814 (prob) Champaign County, md. 4 Jun 1835 Abraham KELLY.
4.	Charity, b. 27 Nov 1815 (prob) Champaign County, md. 1 Oct 1835 John IDLE.
5.	Sarah, b. 20 Jul 1817 (prob) Champaign County, md. 23 Aug 1836 (Rev) William Sneed FUSON.
6.	Lavina, b. 20 Mar 1819 (prob) Champaign County, md. 6 Oct 1839 Martin IDLE.
7.	Elizabeth, b. 4 Nov 1820 (prob) Champaign County, md. 6 Oct 1839 Jeptha NORTHCUTT, d. before 1888 Harrison County, Missouri.
8.	Talmon, b. 6 Oct 1822 (prob) Champaign County, md. 19 Nov 1849 Catharine CRIM.
9.	John, b. 14 Apr 1824 (prob) Champaign County, md. 23 Jul 1846 Effa DICKERSON, d. 6 Jul 1864.
10.	Henry, b. 28 Dec 1825 (prob) Champaign County, md. first 9 Jan 1851 Nancy HALL, md. second Ruth Elizabeth PERSINGER, d. 1 Jan 1908.
11.	Elisha, b. 3 Feb 1829 Concord Township, md. 10 May 1853 Margaret CRIM.
12.	Josephine "Josey", b. 24 Feb 1831 (prob) Champaign County.
13.	William Jesse, b. 17 May 1834 (prob) Champaign County, md. 3 Nov 1853 Roseanna SPEECE.

Children of Jesse and Elizabeth HARBOUR: 

14.	Charles Thomas, b. 21 Jun 1837 (prob) Champaign County, md. 14 Feb 1861 Anna Philena BAKER.
15.	Deborah, b. 9 Nov 1838 (prob) Champaign County, md. 18 Oct 1855 Joseph SNYDER.
16.	Jurdin, b. 2 Feb 1840 (prob) Champaign County.
17.	Susannah, b. 30 Mar 1841 (prob) Champaign County, d. 1844.
18.	Jane, b. 10 May 1842 (prob) Champaign County, md. 2 Apr 1862 George KISER.
19.	Ann, b. 19 Jun 1843 (prob) Champaign County.
20.	Ruth, b. 26 Jul 1844 (prob) Champaign County.
21.	A child HARBOUR (twin), b. 7 Jul 1845 (prob) Champaign County.
22.	A child HARBOUR (twin), b. 7 Jul 1845 (prob) Champaign County.
23.	Joel, b. 14 Jul 1846 (prob) Champaign County.
24.	Mary (K. or C.), b. 18 Feb 1849 (prob) Champaign County, md. (Rev) Flemmon HALL.
25.	Enoch, b. 27 Apr 1850 (prob) Champaign County.
26.	Nancy, b. 16 Jun 1851 (prob) Champaign County.
27.	Judith (Judy), b. 9 Feb 1853 (prob) Champaign County, d. 19 Apr 1880 Champaign County, Ohio.
28.	Rachel, b. 17 Jul 1854 (prob) Champaign County.
29.	Simeon W., b. 6 Nov 1856 (prob) Champaign County, md. Sarah LUTZ, d. 8 Oct 1892 Champaign County, Ohio.
30.	David Emory, b. Mar 1858 (prob) Concord Township.
31.	Joseph, b. about 1861 (prob) Concord Township.
32.	William T., b. about 1862 (prob) Concord Township.

Lucinda CORNELIUS - Pioneer Holiness Minister

Lucinda Catherine HUGGINS was born in 1864, in Rome, Georgia. After moving to Alabama, she married Houston CORNELIUS in 1883 and had two children (Emma and Minnie). Houston died in 1886, and in 1891, she married Houston's 2nd cousin, Raymond Robert CORNELIUS. They had three children (Mittie, Myla, and Ruth). About 1894 the family moved from Blount County, Alabama, to Ellis County, Texas.

By Apr 1910 they were living in Carter, Oklahoma. Where, on 29 Oct 1910, Lucinda, known as Lou or Lue Cinda, was ordained as a Home Missionary by F. (Felix) A. Hale. Not long after that they moved to Electra, Texas, where she was instrumental in starting the Electra Assembly of God Church. She held meetings throughout the area, including Plainview, Texas (1912), Corsicana, Texas (1913), Portales, New Mexico (1923).

Raymond & Lucinda CORNELIUS

(1910-1920) Electra, Texas

On 23 Jan 1917, she requested and received credentials as a Home Missionary from the recently organized Assemblies of God. (The A/G was organized in Apr 1914.) In 1922 she was temporarily the pastor of the Electra A/G, and in 1924, pastor of the Vernon, Texas, A/G. From 1925-26, she was again pastor of the Electra church.

Raymond & Lucinda CORNELIUS

(9 Feb 1922) Electra, Texas

In 1927, they moved to Borger, Texas, and started the Assembly of God there, returning to pastor the Electra church in 1929. In 1933 she began a church in Dodd's Corner, Texas, and eventually moved back to Electra, Texas. Raymond died in 1937, in Electra, and the same year, Lucinda was "superannuated" or retired by the Assemblies of God.

1930s-40s

1930s-40s

Nov 1939 (75th Birthday)

Lucinda lived in Electra until her death on 9 Mar 1959. At the time of her death two of her grandchildren were Assembly of God Ministers: R. C. "Keetah" JONES of Florida (son of Mittie), and Mittie Orena (TOWLES) (daughter of Myla), wife of Jeff GIBBS of Idaho.

Joseph Soper WALTON, Canadian Printer

Joseph Soper WALTON, brother of my ancestor, Alfred WALTON, was born 2 Apr 1801 in Hanover, New Hampshire. He apparantly was named after a neighbor, Joseph SOPER, who was livin near the family in Canterbury, NH, in 1790.

About 1805, his family moved from New Hampshire to Peacham, Vermont, where, in 1816 (at the age of 15), Joseph became an apprentice to his eldest brother, Ezekial Parker WALTON, who had established a printing business in Montpelier, VT. Much has been written about General E. P. WALTON, but little was known about Joseph. He seemed to disappear after marry a woman named "Esther SOUTHARD."

J. S. WALTON was the 8th child, and 4th son, of George WALTON and Mary PARKER. He followed in the footsteps of his three older brother, E. P., George S., and Calvin in the printing business in Montpelier.

On 28 Jul 1833, probably in Vermont, Joseph married Esther Wetmore SOUTHMAYD. She was the daughter of Ebenezer SOUTHMAYD and Elizabeth STARR. (Ebenezer was a pewtersmith from Middletown, Connecticut, who settled in Castleton, Vermont, in the late 1790s.) The baptism record of Andrew and Mary WALTON listed their parents as Joseph S. WALTON and Esther W. SOUTHMAYD. When Mary was married in 1875, her parents were listed as Joseph Soper WALTON and Esther Whetmore SOUTHMAYD. Mary's death certificate lists her parents as Joseph WALTON and Esther SOUTHMAID.

 

Baptism Record of Andrew Robertson WALTON & Mary Elizabeth WALTON

Marriage Record of James Robertson GIBB & Mary Elizabeth WALTON

Death Certificate of Mary Elizabeth WALTON GIBB

It seems Joseph was not content with the family business and sometime around 1833, began a printing business in Lower Canada (in what is now Sherbrooke County, Quebec). In 1833, Joseph Soper WALTON began publishing the Farmer's and Mechanic's Journal, in the village of Stanstead (about one mile north of the Canada/U.S. bornder). He associated with Asa GAYLORD, a bookbinder in Stanstead and in Jun 1834 Walton and Gaylord published the first issue of the weekly Farmers' Advocate and Townships Gazette, written by Joseph S. WALTON. (It appears they edited a weekly newspaper under various titles: St. Francis Courier (1831-1836) Farmer's Advocate (1836-1837), Sherbrooke Gazette (1837-1839), Farmers' and Mechanics' Journal (1839), and again Sherbrooke Gazette (1840).)

Joseph was in the militia (listed as Ensign in the Sherbrooke Loyal B. A. Rifle Company in 1840) and in 1841 served as Clerk of the Municipal Council of the Municipal District of Sherbrooke.

Joseph and Esther had at least five children:
1. Charles Henry WALTON, b. 12 Jun 1834, Sherbrooke
2. Edward W. WALTON, b. c1835, Sherbrooke
3. Andrew Robertson WALTON, b. 3 Jul 1841, Sherbrooke
4. Mary Elizabeth WALTON, b. 22 May 1845, Sherbrooke
5. Ellen Marie WALTON, b. Stanstead (shed died 6 Aug 1855, New York)

Esther died 16 Dec 1855 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Sherbrooke. Joseph married again, 1 Jan 1857, in Sherbrooke, to Mary SUTTON (widow).

Joseph and Mary had at least two children:
1. Joseph Goulding WALTON, b. 1857, Sherbrooke
2. Catherine WALTON, b. 1860, Sherbrooke (died 14 Feb 1860)