Generation 1
1. ABRAHAM1 AARON was born about 1734 in Lancaster Co., PA. He died about 1818 in Pittsylvania
Co, VA. He married (UNKNOWN).
Notes for Abraham Aaron:
It it not know where/when Abraham was born. An early researcher put his birth at about 1734
and the U.S. International Marriage Records as 1732, although no primary source is known to
exist. According to Abraham, Jr's Revolutionary War pension application, he (Jr) was born 17
Mar 1859 in Lancaster Co, PA and came with his father to Pittsylvania Co, VA when he was
about 12 years old, which would have been about 1770-71.
There is no primary source which names his wife or wifes, although Judith Dill is the name most
commonly heard as his second wife. The U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900,
lists Judith Dill as his spouse with them being married in PA and his birth date as 1732.
The names of his children are found in a deed dated 1818 when son Jacob bought land from the
heirs of the late Abraham Arun. They were Abraham, Mary, George, Isaac, Catherine,
Susannah, and Jacob who bought the land from the others.
The first record of Abraham is a land purchase on 27 May 1772 for 210 acres for 50 pounds
from George Jefferson, first cousin of Thomas Jefferson. The land was located on Aaron's
Creek, a branch of Turkey Cock Creek in Pittsylvania Co. He later received four land patents.
The first was for 320 acres signed 1784, the second was for 96 acres signed 1796, the third was
for 400 acres signed 1797 and the fourth was for 220 acres signed 1802. Over time he sold his
land to his children.
On 6 Sep 1977, Abraham subscribed to the Commonwealth of Virginia Oath of Allegiance to the
nation to be taken by all freeborn males above the age of 16 years. Although he did not serve in
the Continental army or in the militia, he assisted in the war effort in numerous ways. He served
as a member of the Grand Jury on several occasions from 1778 to 1782, He was paid for
various goods and services which he provided to the militia, which included beef, forage, brandy,
finding and shoeing horses, repairing guns on several occasions, and sundry repairs. Even
though he was later reimbursed for his services and supplies, Abraham was still taking great risk
in participating in the war effort. In the Patriot Index published by the DAR, Abraham is the first
listing in the book and is recognized for patriotic service.
He appears as head of household in the 1790 US Federal Census for Pittsylvania Co with 10
white souls, 1 building, and 3 other buildings. The 1810 census for the northern district of
Pittsylvania Co which was reconstructed from tax lists, Isaac Aron, Abraham Aron, Jacob Aron,
and Abraham Aron are listed separately as a "white tithable" none owning slaves over the age of
12 yrs, and Abraham and Jacob as owing one horse each and George and Isaac as owning two
horses each. By the 1820 census, only George, Isaac and Jacob Aaron are listed in Pittsylvania
Co. Abraham, Sr has died and Abraham Jr has moved away.
There are numerous spelling of this name with the most common being Aaron, Arnn, and Aron,
although Arun, Eron, and Ernn are found on some early documents.
The information on Abraham came from AARON, ARNN, ARON ANCESTORS - A Family History
by Larry Aaron, printed in Danville, Va, 1987.
Abraham Aaron and (Unknown) had the following children:
2. i. JACOB HORATIO2 AARON was born about 1756 in Lancaster Co, PA. He died in
1824 in Callands, Pittsylvania Co, VA. He married Judith Ann Kirby on 20 Dec
1790 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
3. ii. CATHERINE AARON was born about 1758 in Lancaster Co, PA. She died about
1824 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married (1) JOHN WHITSELL on 25 Jul 1778 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. He was born about 1758 in PA. He died about 1785 in
Generation 1 (cont.)
Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married (2) HARMON COOK in 1805 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
He was born about 1728 in PA. He died about 1810 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
4. iii. ABRAHAM AARON was born on 17 Mar 1759 in Lancaster Co, PA. He died in 1840
in Glensfork, Adair Co, KY. He married (1) CHLOE PEARSON on 29 Aug 1795 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died before Sep 1802. He married (2) ELLENDER "NELLIE"
PERDUE on 20 Sep 1802 in VA. She died before 1829 in TN. He married (3)
SENEA REGAN on 09 Jun 1829 in Greene Co, TN. She died in KY.
5. iv. MARY AARON was born about 1760 in Lancaster Co, PA. She died about 1835 in
Adair Co, KY. She married Tobias Kingary on 06 Oct 1780 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
6. v. GEORGE WASHINGTON AARON was born about 1772 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died
on 11 Jul 1855 in Henry Co, TN. He married Sarah "Sally" Walker, daughter of
Elisha Walker and Judith Kirby, on 10 Dec 1797 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was
born about 1784 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died on 21 Jun 1849 in Henry Co,
TN.
7. vi. ISAAC AARON was born between 1776-1777 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died about
Aug 1844 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He married (1) MARY "POLLY" WALKER, daughter
of Elisha Walker and Judith Kirby, on 07 Feb 1797 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She
was born about 1779 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died about 1802. He married (2)
ELIZABETH FULLER, daughter of Zacheriah Fuller, on 20 Dec 1802 in Pittsylvania
Co, VA. She was born about 1782. She died about 1840.
8. vii. SUSANNAH M. AARON was born on 28 Mar 1779 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died
before 15 Oct 1858 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married Joseph Fuller on 22 Dec
1796 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He was born on 19 Jan 1768. He died before Oct
1839.
					Generation 2
2. JACOB HORATIO2 AARON (Abraham1) was born about 1756 in Lancaster Co, PA. He died in 1824
in Callands, Pittsylvania Co, VA. He married Judith Ann Kirby on 20 Dec 1790 in Pittsylvania Co,
VA.
Jacob Horatio Aaron and Judith Ann Kirby had the following children:
9. i. SALLYSALLIE3 AARON was born about 1793. She died on 01 Dec 1857 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA.
ii. GEORGE AARON. He married Francis Donelson on 12 Nov 1820.
iii. ABRAM AARON. He died in Oct 1824.
iv. SUSAN AARON. She married Benjamin Thomas in 1818.
v. ELIZABETH AARON. She married WILLIAM EMERSON.
vi. JOHN AARON. He married JANE ?.
10. vii. JACOB HORATIO AARON JR. He married Jane Mitchell in Nov 1838. She was born
about 1820. She died about 1890.
3. CATHERINE2 AARON (Abraham1) was born about 1758 in Lancaster Co, PA. She died about 1824
in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married (1) JOHN WHITSELL on 25 Jul 1778 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He
was born about 1758 in PA. He died about 1785 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married (2) HARMON
COOK in 1805 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He was born about 1728 in PA. He died about 1810 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA.
John Whitsell and Catherine Aaron had the following children:
i. SUSANNAH3 WHITSELL. She married (1) JOHN FOUST about 1806. She married (2)
KINSEE MARLOW.
ii. MARY WHITSELL.
4. ABRAHAM2 AARON (Abraham1) was born on 17 Mar 1759 in Lancaster Co, PA. He died in 1840 in
Glensfork, Adair Co, KY. He married (1) CHLOE PEARSON on 29 Aug 1795 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
She died before Sep 1802. He married (2) ELLENDER "NELLIE" PERDUE on 20 Sep 1802 in VA.
She died before 1829 in TN. He married (3) SENEA REGAN on 09 Jun 1829 in Greene Co, TN.
Generation 2 (cont.)
She died in KY.
Abraham Aaron and Ellender "Nellie" Perdue had the following children:
i. THOMAS3 AARON.
ii. GEORGE AARON. He married Elizabeth Ennis, daughter of Zacheriah Ennis, on 03
Oct 1831 in Adair Co, KY.
iii. KILLIAN AARON. He married Elizabeth Collins on 01 Nov 1834 in Adair Co, KY.
iv. ISAAC AARON.
v. JACOB AARON.
vi. SUSANNA AARON. She married JOHN ENNIS.
vii. DANIEL AARON. He married Anna Collins on 01 Sep 1831 in Adair Co, KY.
5. MARY2 AARON (Abraham1) was born about 1760 in Lancaster Co, PA. She died about 1835 in
Adair Co, KY. She married Tobias Kingary on 06 Oct 1780 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
Tobias Kingary and Mary Aaron had the following child:
i. ABRAHAM ?3 KINGARY.
6. GEORGE WASHINGTON2 AARON (Abraham1) was born about 1772 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died
on 11 Jul 1855 in Henry Co, TN. He married Sarah "Sally" Walker, daughter of Elisha Walker
and Judith Kirby, on 10 Dec 1797 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born about 1784 in Pittsylvania
Co, VA. She died on 21 Jun 1849 in Henry Co, TN.
Notes for George Washington Aaron:
The earliest record of George are land records, and the earliest land transaction is a deed dated
17 Jul 1797 when he was about 25 years old, He bought 164 acres on Sandy River for 24
pounds. (He may have purchased this land to establish his new household in preparation for his
marriage in Dec of that year.) He is listed in the 1810 census which was reconstructed from tax
lists as a white tithable, no slaves over the age of 12 yrs, and owning two horses. In the 1820
US Federal Census there appears to be nine free white males and five free white females in the
household with no slaves. It lists 2 persons engaged in Agriculture and 2 persons engaged in
Manufactures. Over the years he bought several other properties until by 1825 the land tax
book lists him as having 120, 100, 100 acres each located on Turkey Cock Creek and 134, 40,
72 1/2, and 152 acres each located on Sandy River. George in not listed on the 1830 land tax
records nor afterward because he had sold all of his property by the end of 1829. Probably late
1829 or early 1830 he moved with his wife and most of his children to Henry Co, TN. It appears
that at least two older children - Henry and George - remained in VA since Sarah wrote a letter to
them dated 15 Mar 1830 from Henry Co, In this letter she mentioned that son John was killed
and also mentions a William and Kit as possible children although nothing further is known about
them.
In the 1840 US Federal Census, George is listed with a household of 2 free white males, 1 free
white female, 4 male slaves, 4 female slaves, 6 persons employed in Agriculture and 1 person
employed in manufacture and trade. In the 1850 US Federal Census George is living with his
daughter Ann Walker and her 12 yr old son in Henry Co, TN, his wife having died in 1849. Next
door is his son James Madison and his young family. This census indicates that he was born
about 1772 in VA This would have been shortly after his family arrived in Pittsylvania Co from
Lancaster Co, PA in 1770-71. When he died on 11 Jul 1855, he left a sizable estate. Under
Wills and Inventories 1844-1856, the inventory and account of the sale of the property of George
Arun dec'd is recorded 5 Nov 1855. The six pages list the prices and the buyers of the
belongings in his personal estate. Some items were bought by his children. He was financially
and materially well off, even owning 11 slaves.
Much of the information for the above narrative came from the book, AARON, ARNN, ARON
ANCESTORS - A Family History by Larry Aaron.
A visit to Henry Co, TN in Jul 09 uncovered additional information about the family which is as
follow:
Generation 2 (cont.)
Sarah "Sally" Arnn was received by letter by the Antioch Baptist Church July 1833. This church
was 7 miles north of Paris, TN. Several slaves belonging to George were also received into this
church which was organized 11 Dec 1828.
In the 1836 Henry Co tax list, George is listed in District 13, but no acreage listed, but with 4
slaves. District 13 is just a few miles northeast of Paris. George received a TN land grant #3215
of 228 acres in Henry Co, 26 June 1844. In the 1845 tax list both George Sr and George Jr are
listed in District 13. (The names are spelled Aern.)
A history of the Foundry Hill Branch (1881-1981) of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints gives the following information on the Arnns. "Coming to his area from
Virginia, a young man named George (Boss) Arnn, father of Lois Arnn Overcast, opened a
foundry in 1822. (Ed note: George did not arrive in Henry Co until about 1829-1930.) It was the
only one for miles around and became a thriving business. Silverware, and farm tools made
from local ore, were fashioned there and the quality of these projects is still evident as shown in
the items displayed during the Centennial. This foundry was the origin of the name, Foundry Hill
Branch." (Ed Note: Actually, Lois Arnn Overcast was the daughter of George, Jr by his third
wife.) Lois Arnn Overcast, the wife of Cicero Overcast, was the first baptized in this
congregation. Other Arnns are listed as being members of this congregation from 1874 to 1888.
George left an extensive estate when he died 11 Jul 1855. Unfortunately, he did not leave a will
and his personal property was sold at auction on 25 or 29 Oct 1855. The children went to court
over the disposition of his land and slaves in court document first filed in 18 Sep 1855. In the
Henry Co, TN Circuit Court Minutes of 28 Jan 1856, James Bond is administrator of his estate in
the matter of James M. Arnn et als (Ann Walker, Anadab Arnn, Francis Crawford, and husband
John I. Crawford, Samuel V. Frazier, Thaddeus C. Frazier and William W. Frazier, George Arnn,
Jr) vs Henry Arnn and Abihu Arnn for petition for sale of land and slaves and for an account. (Ed
note: The best I can determine is that the slaves were sold in the personal property sale for very
small amounts - $5.00 to $53.00. This may have led to the law suit among the children.
According to court papers Henry and Abihu were not living in TN) There are 14 slaves and 219
acres of land to be sold at the courthouse door in Paris to the highest bidder. Publication was
made in the newspaper as required by law in Oct 1855. The sale took place on the court house
steps on 10 Mar 1856. George, Jr bought the land for $1155.00. William S. Crawford (probably
George's grandson) bought two of the slaves for $251.00. James Madison Arnn purchased a
slave for $1061.00. Ann Walker purchased a slave for $914.00. They had up to 12 months to
pay. This matter was still before the court 23 Jan 1858. The final outcome is not known.
It is thought that George as well as George, Jr and other family members are buried in the
Foundry Hill Baptist Cemetery on Foundry Hill Rd. Although we do not know where Sarah is
buried, it is likely she in there as well. Many head stones have been destroyed.
Notes for Sarah "Sally" Walker:
The US Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 for the census year 1850 lists Sarah
Arnn as being born in Va, married, birth about 1785, age 65, month of death Jun and cause of
death Dropsy, with census location Henry, TN.
George Washington Aaron and Sarah "Sally" Walker had the following children:
11. i. HENRY CLAY3 ARNN was born about 1799 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died in 1859
in Henry Co, TN. He married (1) MARY ANN ROBINSON on 26 Nov 1825 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born about 1800 in VA. She died after 1870 in
Henry Co, TN. He married (2) NANCY MARTIN on 22 Oct 1821 in Henry Co, VA.
She died before 1825.
ii. ABILEE "KIT" AARON was born about 1801.
iii. JOHN AARON was born about 1803 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died in Mar 1830 in
Henry Co, TN.
12. iv. GEORGE WASHINGTON ARNN was born about 1805 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died
after 1880 in Henry Co, TN. He married (1) LOUIZA VIRGINIA LANKFORD on 08 Sep
1857 in Henry Co, TN. She was born in 1832 in TN. She died in 1921 in Henry
Generation 2 (cont.)
Co, TN. He married (2) FRANCES PHELPS on 30 Sep 1833 in Halifax Co, VA. He
married (3) CHARLOTTE LEWRY on 11 Jan 1848 in Henry Co, TN. She was born
about 1810 in NC.
13. v. ABIHU ARNN was born on 23 Sep 1807 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died on 24 Feb
1893 in Conway Co, AR. He married Margaret "Peggy" Reynolds Blair, daughter
of Samuel Brittain Blair and Mary "Polly" Reynolds, on 26 Oct 1829 in Pittsylvania
Co, VA. She was born on 24 Apr 1811 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died on 09 Nov
1875 in Independance Co, AR.
14. vi. ANADAB ARNN was born on 23 Sep 1807 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died before
1870 in Webster Co, MO. He married Ellen Alexander on 11 Jan 1832 in ? Henry
Co, TN. She was born about 1814 in KY. She died after 1870 in MO.
15. vii. ANN AARON was born about 1810 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died on 22 Apr 1879
in Henry Co, TN. She married WILLIAMSON OR WILLIAM S. WALKER. He was born
about 1788 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died before 1850 in Henry Co, TN.
16. viii. FRANCES "FANNIE" AARON was born about 1811 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died on
25 Aug 1877 in Mccracken Co, KY. She married JOHN S. CRAWFORD. He was born
about 1811 in TN. He died on 27 Jul 1876 in KY.
17. ix. JUDITH AARON was born about 1819 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died before 1855
in TN. She married William M. Fazier on 10 Oct 1839 in Henry Co, TN. He was
born about 1818. He died between 1844-1855.
x. WILLIAM AARON was born about 1820 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
18. xi. JAMES MADISON ARNN was born about 1825 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died in Oct
1860 in Greene Co, MO. He married Amanda F. Bond on 29 Dec 1848 in Henry
Co, TN. She was born about 1832 in TN.
7. ISAAC2 AARON (Abraham1) was born between 1776-1777 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died about
Aug 1844 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He married (1) MARY "POLLY" WALKER, daughter of Elisha
Walker and Judith Kirby, on 07 Feb 1797 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born about 1779 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died about 1802. He married (2) ELIZABETH FULLER, daughter of
Zacheriah Fuller, on 20 Dec 1802 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born about 1782. She died
about 1840.
Isaac Aaron and Mary "Polly" Walker had the following child:
19. i. SUSAN3 AARON was born about 1800 in VA. She married Preston Gilbert Edds on
12 Dec 1818. He was born about 1794 in VA.
Isaac Aaron and Elizabeth Fuller had the following children:
20. ii. MARY "POLLY" AARON was born about 1807 in VA. She married Isreal Fuller, son of
Brittain Fuller and Nancy Pearson, on 26 Jan 1832. He was born on 10 Jul 1800
in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died in 1880 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
21. iii. BERRYMAN ARNN was born on 24 Jul 1810 in VA. He died in 1901 in Sidney, Sharp
Co, AR. He married (1) JOANNA AMANDA BLAIR, daughter of Samuel Brittain Blair
and Mary "Polly" Reynolds, on 20 Nov 1836 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born
on 28 Feb 1813 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died on 12 Mar 1863 in Cave City,
Sharp Co, AR. He married (2) MARY HAMM about 1864 in AR. She was born in Jan
1828 in AL.
22. iv. ASA ARNN was born about 1812 in VA. He died in 1843. He married SALLY
MITCHELL. She was born about 1814 in VA.
23. v. FRANCES ANN AARON was born about 1818 in VA. She died in AR. She married
Phillip P. Parrish on 05 Nov 1835. He was born about 1807 in VA. He died in AR.
24. vi. LETITIA AARON was born in 1819 in VA. She married William White, son of Mary
(Unknown), on 09 Jan 1837. He was born between 1812-1815 in VA.
25. vii. ISAAC AARON JR was born about 1820 in VA. He died about 1844 in VA. He
married Mary C. Fuller on 17 Sep 1842. She was born about 1825 in VA.
26. viii. ZACHERIAH AARON was born about 1822 in VA. He married Martha Nuchols on 17
Nov 1845. She was born about 1828 in VA.
Generation 2 (cont.)
ix. SALLY AARON was born about 1823 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married Joseph
Dunn on 27 Apr 1841.
8. SUSANNAH M.2 AARON (Abraham1) was born on 28 Mar 1779 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died
before 15 Oct 1858 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married Joseph Fuller on 22 Dec 1796 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. He was born on 19 Jan 1768. He died before Oct 1839.
Joseph Fuller and Susannah M. Aaron had the following children:
i. NANCY3 FULLER was born on 23 Jan 1798 in VA. She died in 1853 in Pittsylvania
Co, VA.
ii. ISAAC FULLER was born on 28 Dec 1799 in VA.
iii. KISSIAH FULLER was born on 03 Jun 1801 in VA.
iv. ARTHUR FULLER was born on 26 Dec 1803 in VA. He died in 1883 in Pittsylvania
Co, VA. He married SARENA ELIZABETH ?. She was born in 1818. She died in 1853
in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
v. DANIEL FULLER was born on 12 Jun 1806 in VA. He died before Oct 1839.
vi. HENRY P. FULLER was born on 14 Aug 1809 in VA.
vii. HARTWELL A. FULLER was born on 19 Jun 1812 in VA. He died in 1818 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA.
viii. JESSE FULLER was born on 19 Sep 1815 in VA.
ix. RALPH S. FULLER was born on 09 Apr 1817 in VA.
					Generation 3
9. SALLYSALLIE3 AARON (Jacob Horatio2, Abraham1) was born about 1793. She died on 01 Dec
1857 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
SallySallie Aaron had the following children:
i. LOUISA ELIZABETH4 AARON was born about 1827. She married Charles H. Oakes in
Jan 1853 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
27. ii. JOHN BURWELL AARON was born in Jun 1832. He died on 04 Feb 1900. He married
Sarah Jane Oakes on 08 Dec 1852.
10. JACOB HORATIO3 AARON JR (Jacob Horatio2, Abraham1). He married Jane Mitchell in Nov 1838.
She was born about 1820. She died about 1890.
Jacob Horatio Aaron Jr and Jane Mitchell had the following children:
28. i. VOLNEY4 AARON was born on 26 Sep 1839. He died on 23 Apr 1861. He married
Amelia Melissa Fuller on 17 Dec 1859. She was born on 05 Jun 1839. She died
on 29 Apr 1923.
29. ii. FAULKNER HOUSTON AARON was born on 06 May 1844. He died on 15 Oct 1925.
He married Eleanor Elizabeth Slayton on 28 Nov 1867. She was born on 16 Jun
1851. She died on 05 Jan 1928.
iii. JOHN A. AARON was born about 1846. He died in Apr 1861.
iv. MACBETH HARRIET AARON was born about 1850. She married Luther Blair on 28
Mar 1869. He was born about 1843.
v. ALBERT AARON was born about 1852. He died in Mar 1861.
30. vi. BALLARD PRENTICE AARON was born on 22 Feb 1855. He died on 07 Sep 1919. He
married Pattie Wilson Mitchell on 13 Dec 1883. She was born about 1865.
vii. TABITHA AARON was born about 1859. She died in 1919. She married Wm T.
Reynolds on 11 Jun 1876.
viii. JAKE AARON was born in Oct 1862. He died in Apr 1931.
11. HENRY CLAY3 ARNN (George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born about 1799 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died in 1859 in Henry Co, TN. He married (1) MARY ANN ROBINSON on 26
Nov 1825 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born about 1800 in VA. She died after 1870 in Henry
Co, TN. He married (2) NANCY MARTIN on 22 Oct 1821 in Henry Co, VA. She died before 1825.
Generation 3 (cont.)
Henry Clay Arnn and Mary Ann Robinson had the following children:
31. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON4 AARON was born about 1829 in VA. He married (1) JULINA
F. WITCHER. She died on 23 Apr 1875. He married (2) MARY F. HEALY on 28 Aug
1877. She was born about 1851.
ii. DAVID WESTERN AARON was born about 1831 in VA.
iii. EDWARD HENRY AARON was born about 1832 in VA.
iv. CAISPIN D. AARON was born about 1835 in VA.
v. ANNA AARON was born about 1842 in VA.
vi. FRANCES "FANNIE" ARNN was born about 1843.
12. GEORGE WASHINGTON3 ARNN (George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born about
1805 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died after 1880 in Henry Co, TN. He married (1) LOUIZA VIRGINIA
LANKFORD on 08 Sep 1857 in Henry Co, TN. She was born in 1832 in TN. She died in 1921 in
Henry Co, TN. He married (2) FRANCES PHELPS on 30 Sep 1833 in Halifax Co, VA. He married
(3) CHARLOTTE LEWRY on 11 Jan 1848 in Henry Co, TN. She was born about 1810 in NC.
George Washington Arnn and Louiza Virginia Lankford had the following children:
i. LOIS CONLATHA4 ARNN was born on 11 Jul 1858 in Henry Co, TN. She died on 07
Apr 1938 in Henry Co, TN. She married Daniel Ciscero Overcast on 03 Oct 1875
in Henry Co, TN. He was born in Nov 1835 in NC. He died about 1901 in Henry
Co, TN.
ii. ARTISHA ARNN was born on 17 Dec 1861 in TN. She died on 22 Dec 1943.
iii. MARTHA CLARA BELL ARNN was born in Aug 1862 in TN. She died in 1902.
iv. THOMAS FRANCES ARNN was born about 1866 in TN.
George Washington Arnn and Frances Phelps had the following children:
v. LUCY ARNN was born about 1835 in VA.
vi. SARAH ARNN was born about 1838 in TN.
vii. JOHN MADISON ARNN was born about 1840 in TN.
George Washington Arnn and Charlotte Lewry had the following children:
viii. DOCTON ARNN was born in 1849 in TN.
ix. MCKENZIE ARNN was born between 1851-1857 in TN.
13. ABIHU3 ARNN (George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 23 Sep 1807 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died on 24 Feb 1893 in Conway Co, AR. He married Margaret "Peggy"
Reynolds Blair, daughter of Samuel Brittain Blair and Mary "Polly" Reynolds, on 26 Oct 1829 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born on 24 Apr 1811 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died on 09 Nov
1875 in Independance Co, AR.
Notes for Abihu Arnn:
Abihu was born and grew up in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He married 26 Oct 1829 at the age of 22,
just in time for him and his new wife to move to Henry Co, TN with his parents and siblings. His
last name is most commonly spelled Arnn. It is thought by some researchers that Anadab may
have been his twin. They were in Henry Co by Mar 1830 as evidenced by a letter his mother
wrote to his two oldest brothers who remained in VA. All seven of his children were born in Henry
Co, In the 1840 US Federal Census he is in Henry Co with his wife and 2 girls and 2 boys all
under the age of 10 yrs. In the 1850 US Federal Census they are in District 14 of Henry Co, and
he is listed as a Tinner and six of their seven children had been born. Frances, Samuel and
James had attended school in the past year. In about 1853 after the youngest, John had been
born in 1852, the family moved to Conway Co, AR settling in the western part of the county.
In Jul 1855, his father George died in Henry Co, TN without leaving a will. It appears that he and
his brother Henry went to count against their other siblings over disposition of the estate,
specifically the land and 14 slaves. The land and slaves were sold at auction. The final outcome
is not known. (see narrative for George.)
Generation 3 (cont.)
In the 1860 US Federal Census they are living in Griffin Twp, Conway Co and he is a painter and
tinner. Their post office is Old Hickory and the value of his personal estate is $650. He is not
shown as owning any real estate. Four of the children are living at home - James, Sarah,
Edward and John. The three oldest were married. In the 1870 US Federal Census they are still
in Griffin Twp, Conway Co with Springfield as their post office. He and Peggy have the two
youngest - Edward and John - living at home. He is listed as a farmer with real estate value of
$80 and personal estate value of $350. Daughter Frances Gregory and her family are living
nearby.
It is recorded in the Little Rock land office that he purchased 50.55 acres on 25 Nov 1879. This
property was SW of Old Hickory, adjoining the Pope Co line just north of State Hwy 247. The
1880 US Federal Census finds him living in Gregory Twp in the household of his daughter Mary
Ann Houston and her family. (Peggy had died in 1875.) It is said that he died at Moss, Conway
Co and is buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery although there is no marker. There is a marker for his
wife in that cemetery.
In "Western Arkansas Biographie and Memoirs" which appears to be written about 1890, A. Arnn,
tinner, is listed in a list of principle business interests of Atkins.
Some researchers report (unproven) that Abraham (his grandfather) was Dutch and that several
of his descendants were named after Jewish High Priests. A Samuel Blair (Margret's father)
ancestor stated in 1997 that "My grandmother said that Margaret R. Blair had been disowned.
She believed it was because the man she married, Abihu, was Jewish." We have no way of
knowing if this is true and it is interesting to note that Margaret's sister, Joanna, married Abihu's
cousin Berryman, seven years after their own marriage.
Abihu Arnn and Margaret "Peggy" Reynolds Blair had the following children:
32. i. MARY ANN4 ARNN was born on 11 Nov 1831 in Henry Co, TN. She died on 30 Jan
1884 in AR. She married John Hawkins Houston on 06 Mar 1856 in Pope Co, AR.
He was born on 25 Jan 1835 in TN. He died on 28 Nov 1906 in AR.
33. ii. GEORGE SAMUEL ARNN was born on 25 Jul 1834 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 04
Jul 1863 in ?AR. He married Cynthia Ann Jones on 27 Sep 1858 in Pope Co, AR.
She was born about 1839 in TN. She died after 1900 in OK.
34. iii. FRANCES ALABAMA ARNN was born on 23 Oct 1836 in Henry Co, TN. She died on
11 Jan 1906 in AR. She married (1) RICHARD CALLAWAY GRIFFIN, son of Richard
M. Griffin and Phoebe Yates, on 03 Sep 1854 in Conway Co, AR. He was born
about 1832 in TN. He died on 03 Jan 1864 in AR. She married (2) HAWKINS
GREGORY on 11 Jul 1867 in Pope Co, AR. He was born on 07 Aug 1803 in Smith
Co, TN. He died on 04 Aug 1876 in Conway Co, AR. She married (3) WILLIAM
WASHINGTON R. WELCH on 15 Jun 1879 in Conway Co, AR. He was born about
1830 in AL. He died on 06 Feb 1884 in Pope Co, AR. She married (4) DANIEL
MADISON MOURNING on 14 Sep 1886 in Pope Co, AR. He was born in Jun 1827 in
Green Co, (now Taylor Co) KY. He died in 1918 in AR.
35. iv. JAMES WILSON ARNN was born on 20 Dec 1838 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 22
Nov 1886 in Old Hickory, Conway Co, AR. He married Sarah Catherine Wyatt,
daughter of Elijah Wyatt and Alicy Adeliade McClanahan, on 16 Aug 1860 in
Conway Co, AR. She was born on 17 Nov 1839 in Morrilton, Conway Co, AR. She
died on 17 Dec 1942 in Foster, Garvin Co, OK.
v. SARAH ELIZABETH ARNN was born on 30 May 1841 in Henry Co, TN. She died on
09 Sep 1867 in AR. She married William S. Jones on 08 Mar 1866 in Pope Co,
AR. He was born about 1845 in AR.
36. vi. EDWARD MCBRIDE ARNN was born on 21 Jan 1849 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 05
Oct 1884 in Pope Co, AR. He married Martha Washington Stepp, daughter of
William Welch Stepp and Clarissa "Clara" Pew, on 20 Dec 1874 in Pope Co, AR.
She was born on 19 Oct 1856 in Atkins, Pope Co., AR. She died on 26 Jan 1948
in Atkins, Pope Co, AR.
Generation 3 (cont.)
37. vii. JOHN HENRY ARNN was born on 12 Jun 1852 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 07 Dec
1930 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK. He married Ella J. or Anna Arnn,
daughter of Asa Arnn and Martha Jane Davenport, on 31 Jan 1889 in Sharp Co,
AR. She was born on 25 Dec 1870 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. She died in Aug
1955 in Wewoka, OK.
14. ANADAB3 ARNN (George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 23 Sep 1807 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died before 1870 in Webster Co, MO. He married Ellen Alexander on 11
Jan 1832 in ? Henry Co, TN. She was born about 1814 in KY. She died after 1870 in MO.
Anadab Arnn and Ellen Alexander had the following children:
i. MARGARET J.4 ARNN was born about 1833 in Henry Co, TN. She died about 1869.
ii. HESTER ARNN was born about 1834 in Henry Co, TN.
iii. MARY E. ARNN was born about 1836 in Henry Co, TN.
iv. ELLEN SARAH ARNN was born about 1838 in Henry Co, TN. She died about 1900 in
MO.
38. v. JAMES M. ARNN was born about 1840 in Henry Co, TN. He died in 1894 in MO. He
married TABITHA ALEXANDER. She was born about 1841 in TN.
vi. GEORGE W. ARNN was born about 1844 in Henry Co, TN.
vii. SALINA ARNN was born about 1850 in Henry Co, TN.
viii. PARALIE B. ARNN was born about 1851 in Henry Co, TN.
ix. THOMAS D. ARNN was born about 1857 in Henry Co, TN.
15. ANN3 AARON (George Washington2, Abraham1) was born about 1810 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She
died on 22 Apr 1879 in Henry Co, TN. She married WILLIAMSON OR WILLIAM S. WALKER. He was
born about 1788 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died before 1850 in Henry Co, TN.
Notes for Ann Aaron:
The Weekly Intelligencer, newpaper of Paris, Henry, Tennessee stated in the May 1, 1879 the
obituary of Ann Arnn Walker, daughter of George and Sarah Arnn. "Mrs Ann Walker, widow of
Williamson Walker, moved to Henry Co., Tenn. from Pittsylvania Co., Virginia in 1831; she died
in Civil District 13, Henry Co., April 22, 1879 aged nearly eighty years."
Williamson or William S. Walker and Ann Aaron had the following children:
i. WILLIAM D. OR WILLIAMSON4 WALKER was born about 1830. He died about 1915.
ii. JOHN WALKER was born about 1838 in Henry Co, TN.
iii. TABITHA WALKER.
16. FRANCES "FANNIE"3 AARON (George Washington2, Abraham1) was born about 1811 in Pittsylvania
Co, VA. She died on 25 Aug 1877 in Mccracken Co, KY. She married JOHN S. CRAWFORD. He
was born about 1811 in TN. He died on 27 Jul 1876 in KY.
John S. Crawford and Frances "Fannie" Aaron had the following children:
i. WILLIAM4 CRAWFORD was born about 1835 in TN.
ii. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD was born about 1837 in TN.
iii. MARY AINGELINE CRAWFORD was born about 1839 in TN. She married (1) ANDREW
JACKSON ICE on 23 May 1886 in Franklin Co, IL. She married (2) JOHN W. CARTER
on 16 Aug 1855 in Henry Co, TN.
iv. LUCY J CRAWFORD was born about 1841 in TN.
v. MELINDA CRAWFORD was born about 1843 in TN.
vi. JOHN CRAWFORD was born about 1844 in TN.
vii. JUDITH CRAWFORD was born about 1846 in TN.
viii. FRANCES CRAWFORD was born about 1848 in TN.
Generation 3 (cont.)
17. JUDITH3 AARON (George Washington2, Abraham1) was born about 1819 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
She died before 1855 in TN. She married William M. Fazier on 10 Oct 1839 in Henry Co, TN. He
was born about 1818. He died between 1844-1855.
William M. Fazier and Judith Aaron had the following children:
i. SAMUEL V.4 FAZIER was born about 1840 in TN.
ii. THADDEUS C. FAZIER was born about 1842 in TN.
iii. WILLIAM MADISON FAZIER was born about 1844 in TN.
18. JAMES MADISON3 ARNN (George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born about 1825 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died in Oct 1860 in Greene Co, MO. He married Amanda F. Bond on 29
Dec 1848 in Henry Co, TN. She was born about 1832 in TN.
James Madison Arnn and Amanda F. Bond had the following children:
i. ISORA L.4 ARNN was born in Sep 1849 in Henry Co, TN.
ii. WILLIAM FRANKLIN ARNN was born on 25 Jun 1857 in Greene Co, MO. He died on
28 Feb 1937 in Oneida Co, ID. He married MARY DERMOTT BARKER.
iii. DRUSILLA F. ARNN was born on 25 Jun 1857 in Greene Co, MO.
19. SUSAN3 AARON (Isaac2, Abraham1) was born about 1800 in VA. She married Preston Gilbert
Edds on 12 Dec 1818. He was born about 1794 in VA.
Preston Gilbert Edds and Susan Aaron had the following children:
i. BERRY4 EDDS was born about 1835 in TN.
ii. ASA EDDS was born about 1838 in TN.
iii. SUSAN EDDS was born about 1841 in TN.
20. MARY "POLLY"3 AARON (Isaac2, Abraham1) was born about 1807 in VA. She married Isreal Fuller,
son of Brittain Fuller and Nancy Pearson, on 26 Jan 1832. He was born on 10 Jul 1800 in
Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died in 1880 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
Isreal Fuller and Mary "Polly" Aaron had the following children:
i. SUSAN4 FULLER was born about 1833 in VA.
ii. BRITTON FULLER was born about 1835 in VA.
iii. NANCY FULLER was born about 1837 in VA.
iv. BERRYMAN FULLER was born about 1839 in VA.
v. DANIEL FULLER was born about 1840 in VA.
vi. ELIZABETH FULLER was born about 1842 in VA.
vii. GEORGE FULLER was born about 1844 in VA.
viii. MARY FULLER was born about 1849 in VA.
21. BERRYMAN3 ARNN (Isaac2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 24 Jul 1810 in VA. He died in
1901 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. He married (1) JOANNA AMANDA BLAIR, daughter of Samuel
Brittain Blair and Mary "Polly" Reynolds, on 20 Nov 1836 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born
on 28 Feb 1813 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died on 12 Mar 1863 in Cave City, Sharp Co, AR. He
married (2) MARY HAMM about 1864 in AR. She was born in Jan 1828 in AL.
Berryman Arnn and Joanna Amanda Blair had the following children:
i. WILLIAM A.4 ARNN was born about 1838 in VA.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH ARNN was born about 1840 in VA.
iii. MARGARET FRANCES ARNN was born about 1842 in VA.
39. iv. ASA ARNN was born on 29 Nov 1844 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He died on 20 Mar
1914 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co. AR. He married Martha Jane Davenport on 13
Jan 1869 in Independence Co, AR. She was born on 24 Jul 1845 in TN. She died
on 25 May 1912 in little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR.
Generation 3 (cont.)
v. VIRGINA ARNN was born about 1845 in VA.
vi. JAMES ROAN ARNN was born about 1846 in VA.
vii. JOHN FRANKLIN ARNN was born about 1848 in TN.
viii. SAMUEL LAFAYETTE ARNN was born about 1850 in TN.
ix. BERRYMAN ARNN JR was born about 1854 in TN.
Berryman Arnn and Mary Hamm had the following children:
x. JOSEPH DEWEY ARNN was born in Jul 1865 in AR.
xi. MOLLY ETTA ARNN was born on 25 Sep 1869 in AR.
xii. IDA RACHEL AARON was born in May 1871 in AR.
22. ASA3 ARNN (Isaac2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born about 1812 in VA. He died in 1843. He
married SALLY MITCHELL. She was born about 1814 in VA.
Asa Arnn and Sally Mitchell had the following children:
i. WILLIAM J.4 ARNN was born about 1837 in VA.
ii. CLOTILDA ARNN was born about 1838 in VA.
iii. JOHN S. ARNN was born about 1841 in VA.
23. FRANCES ANN3 AARON (Isaac2, Abraham1) was born about 1818 in VA. She died in AR. She
married Phillip P. Parrish on 05 Nov 1835. He was born about 1807 in VA. He died in AR.
Phillip P. Parrish and Frances Ann Aaron had the following children:
i. SARAH4 PARRISH was born about 1836 in TN.
ii. PETER PARRISH was born about 1838 in TN.
iii. ISAAC PARRISH was born about 1840 in TN.
iv. SUSAN PARRISH was born about 1842 in TN.
v. JAMES PARRISH was born about 1844 in TN.
vi. JOHN PARRISH was born about 1848 in TN.
vii. THOMAS PARRISH was born about 1852 in AR.
viii. WILLIAM PARRISH was born about 1855 in AR.
ix. MARY A. PARRISH was born about 1858 in AR.
24. LETITIA3 AARON (Isaac2, Abraham1) was born in 1819 in VA. She married William White, son of
Mary (Unknown), on 09 Jan 1837. He was born between 1812-1815 in VA.
William White and Letitia Aaron had the following children:
i. MARTHA E.4 WHITE was born about 1839 in VA.
ii. ISAIAH MC. C. WHITE was born about 1841 in VA.
iii. ALEXANDER E. WHITE was born about 1845 in VA.
iv. VIRGINIA B. WHITE was born about 1848 in VA.
v. WILLIAM P. C. WHITE was born about 1851 in VA.
vi. SARAH A. D. WHITE was born about 1852 in VA.
vii. LUCY I. WHITE was born about 1856 in VA.
25. ISAAC3 AARON JR (Isaac2, Abraham1) was born about 1820 in VA. He died about 1844 in VA. He
married Mary C. Fuller on 17 Sep 1842. She was born about 1825 in VA.
Isaac Aaron Jr and Mary C. Fuller had the following child:
40. i. ISAAC CLAY4 AARON was born on 03 Dec 1844 in VA. He died on 13 Apr 1924 in
VA. He married Mary Ann Hubbard on 21 Nov 1867 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She
was born on 28 Oct 1847 in VA. She died on 03 Jan 1929 in Callands,
Pittsylvania Co, VA.
Generation 3 (cont.)
26. ZACHERIAH3 AARON (Isaac2, Abraham1) was born about 1822 in VA. He married Martha Nuchols
on 17 Nov 1845. She was born about 1828 in VA.
Zacheriah Aaron and Martha Nuchols had the following children:
i. JOHN JAMES4 AARON was born about 1848 in VA.
41. ii. ASA ISAAC AARON was born in Jul 1854 in GA. He married Letitia Missouri Motley
on 22 Oct 1874. She was born in Jun 1851 in VA.
					Generation 4
27. JOHN BURWELL4 AARON (SallySallie3, Jacob Horatio2, Abraham1) was born in Jun 1832. He died
on 04 Feb 1900. He married Sarah Jane Oakes on 08 Dec 1852.
John Burwell Aaron and Sarah Jane Oakes had the following children:
i. JAMES FILMORE5 AARON.
ii. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AARON.
iii. LENORA ALICE AARON.
iv. JACOB DAVIS AARON.
v. TABITHA JANE AARON.
vi. HORATIO AARON.
vii. MELISSA CARR AARON.
viii. CHARLES SAMUEL AARON.
ix. JOHN REID AARON.
x. NICHOLAS COBB AARON.
xi. LUCY EVELYN AARON.
28. VOLNEY4 AARON (Jacob Horatio3 Jr, Jacob Horatio2, Abraham1) was born on 26 Sep 1839. He
died on 23 Apr 1861. He married Amelia Melissa Fuller on 17 Dec 1859. She was born on 05
Jun 1839. She died on 29 Apr 1923.
Volney Aaron and Amelia Melissa Fuller had the following child:
i. VOLNEY BEAUREGARD5 AARON was born on 24 Sep 1861. He married Mary
Henerietta Wells in Nov 1883. She was born on 07 Nov 1863. She died on 14 Mar
1903.
29. FAULKNER HOUSTON4 AARON (Jacob Horatio3 Jr, Jacob Horatio2, Abraham1) was born on 06 May
1844. He died on 15 Oct 1925. He married Eleanor Elizabeth Slayton on 28 Nov 1867. She was
born on 16 Jun 1851. She died on 05 Jan 1928.
Faulkner Houston Aaron and Eleanor Elizabeth Slayton had the following children:
i. CHESTER5 AARON.
ii. EDGAR AARON.
iii. KATIE AARON.
iv. SERELZA AARON.
v. CORA AARON.
vi. ELVA AARON.
vii. MINNIE AARON.
viii. WILLIAM AARON.
ix. WADE AARON.
x. MACIE AARON.
xi. JOHN AARON.
xii. SUSIE AARON.
Generation 4 (cont.)
30. BALLARD PRENTICE4 AARON (Jacob Horatio3 Jr, Jacob Horatio2, Abraham1) was born on 22 Feb
1855. He died on 07 Sep 1919. He married Pattie Wilson Mitchell on 13 Dec 1883. She was born
about 1865.
Ballard Prentice Aaron and Pattie Wilson Mitchell had the following children:
i. CLAUDE B.5 AARON was born in Feb 1887.
ii. DOUGLAS L. AARON was born in Jan 1890.
iii. NOEL AARON was born in Jun 1892.
iv. CLIFFORD AARON was born in Jun 1894.
v. LORRAINE AARON was born in Nov 1897.
vi. VERNA GREGORY AARON.
31. GEORGE WASHINGTON4 AARON (Henry Clay3 Arnn, George Washington2, Abraham1) was born
about 1829 in VA. He married (1) JULINA F. WITCHER. She died on 23 Apr 1875. He married (2)
MARY F. HEALY on 28 Aug 1877. She was born about 1851.
George Washington Aaron and Julina F. Witcher had the following child:
42. i. TOM5 AARON.
32. MARY ANN4 ARNN (Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 11 Nov
1831 in Henry Co, TN. She died on 30 Jan 1884 in AR. She married John Hawkins Houston on
06 Mar 1856 in Pope Co, AR. He was born on 25 Jan 1835 in TN. He died on 28 Nov 1906 in
AR.
Notes for Mary Ann Arnn:
Accoridng to L. Askew, Mary Ann had TB and was an invalid. She was taken care of by Lizie
Guest who married John 3 months after her death.
John Hawkins Houston and Mary Ann Arnn had the following children:
43. i. MARCELIUS D.5 HOUSTON was born on 11 Jan 1858 in AR. He died on 09 Mar 1903
in AR. He married Mary Jane Greer on 19 Jan 1879. She was born in Mar 1862 in
AR.
44. ii. JOHN HAWK HOUSTON was born on 22 Jun 1859 in AR. He died on 02 Jun 1936 in
AR. He married Cornelia Josephine Conley, daughter of John Anderson Conley
and Charity Emilene Draper, on 06 Nov 1881 in Conway Co, AR. She was born
on 23 Oct 1862 in Hector, Pope Co, AR. She died on 03 Jun 1933 in Old Hickory,
Conway Co, AR.
iii. SARAH FRANCIS HOUSTON was born on 22 Feb 1861 in AR. She died on 13 Aug
1867 in AR.
iv. GEORGE SAMUEL HOUSTON was born on 04 Aug 1862 in AR. He died on 13 Aug
1867 in AR.
45. v. MARGARET JANE HOUSTON was born on 17 Jun 1864 in AR. She died on 25 Oct
1947. She married GEORGE L. MASSINGILL. He was born in Sep 1860 in MS.
vi. HENRY M. HOUSTON was born on 22 Sep 1866 in AR. He died on 15 Aug 1887 in
AR.
vii. MARY ANN HOUSTON was born on 01 Jun 1868 in AR. She died on 03 Dec 1868 in
AR.
46. viii. CHARLES ROACH HOUSTON was born on 11 Nov 1870 in AR. He died on 29 Oct
1925 in AR. He married Sarah C. Jones on 16 Jan 1895 in Conway Co, AR. She
was born in Sep 1871 in AR.
ix. LUTHER HOUSTON was born on 20 Jan 1872 in AR. He died on 08 Dec 1872 in AR.
33. GEORGE SAMUEL4 ARNN (Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 25
Jul 1834 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 04 Jul 1863 in ?AR. He married Cynthia Ann Jones on 27
Sep 1858 in Pope Co, AR. She was born about 1839 in TN. She died after 1900 in OK.
George Samuel Arnn and Cynthia Ann Jones had the following child:
Generation 4 (cont.)
47. i. JAMES HARVEY5 ARNN was born on 30 Nov 1860 in AR. He died on 26 May 1917
in Caney, Atoka Co, OK. He married Martha "Mattie" T. Broach on 26 Aug 1883 in
Conway, Arkansas, United States. She was born on 10 Feb 1866 in AL. She died
on 07 Dec 1930 in Caney, Atoka Co, OK.
34. FRANCES ALABAMA4 ARNN (Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on
23 Oct 1836 in Henry Co, TN. She died on 11 Jan 1906 in AR. She married (1) RICHARD
CALLAWAY GRIFFIN, son of Richard M. Griffin and Phoebe Yates, on 03 Sep 1854 in Conway Co,
AR. He was born about 1832 in TN. He died on 03 Jan 1864 in AR. She married (2) HAWKINS
GREGORY on 11 Jul 1867 in Pope Co, AR. He was born on 07 Aug 1803 in Smith Co, TN. He
died on 04 Aug 1876 in Conway Co, AR. She married (3) WILLIAM WASHINGTON R. WELCH on 15
Jun 1879 in Conway Co, AR. He was born about 1830 in AL. He died on 06 Feb 1884 in Pope
Co, AR. She married (4) DANIEL MADISON MOURNING on 14 Sep 1886 in Pope Co, AR. He was
born in Jun 1827 in Green Co, (now Taylor Co) KY. He died in 1918 in AR.
Richard Callaway Griffin and Frances Alabama Arnn had the following children:
48. i. LYDIA A.5 GRIFFIN was born on 03 Aug 1855 in AR. She died after 1880. She
married John William Moore on 01 Jan 1873 in Conway Co, AR. He was born on
08 Sep 1844 in Georgia. He died on 24 Feb 1884 in Conway Co. AR.
ii. JOHN W. GRIFFIN was born on 07 Mar 1857 in AR. He died on 05 May 1860 in
Pope Co, AR.
49. iii. MARGARET GRIFFIN was born about 1858 in AR. She died between 1882-1883 in
AR. She married Robert T. Johnston on 15 Jan 1880 in Conway, Arkansas,
United States. He was born about 1847 in MS.
iv. GEORGIA ANN GRIFFIN was born on 13 Apr 1860 in AR. She died on 22 Jul 1901 in
AR. She married (1) MILARD FILMORE CLEVELAND on 23 Feb 1879 in Conway Co,
AR. He was born on 04 Oct 1856 in GA. He died on 11 Nov 1915 in Atkins, Pope
County, AR. She married an unknown spouse on 23 Feb 1884 in Conway, AR.
35. JAMES WILSON4 ARNN (Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 20
Dec 1838 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 22 Nov 1886 in Old Hickory, Conway Co, AR. He married
Sarah Catherine Wyatt, daughter of Elijah Wyatt and Alicy Adeliade McClanahan, on 16 Aug
1860 in Conway Co, AR. She was born on 17 Nov 1839 in Morrilton, Conway Co, AR. She died
on 17 Dec 1942 in Foster, Garvin Co, OK.
James Wilson Arnn and Sarah Catherine Wyatt had the following children:
i. MATTIE5 ARNN was born between 1860-1864 in AR.
ii. GEORGIA ARNN was born between 1860-1864 in AR.
iii. FRANCES E. ARNN was born about 1864 in AR.
iv. SAMUEL B. ARNN was born about 1866 in AR.
50. v. ELIJAH BIHUE ARNN was born about 1868 in AR. He married ELLA ROSS. She was
born about 1882 in GA.
vi. JOHN M. ARNN was born about 1870 in AR.
vii. THOMAS A. ARNN was born about 1874 in AR.
51. viii. MARCELLOUS DAVIS ARNN was born on 07 Feb 1877 in AR. He died on 27 Mar
1956. He married EMMA M. (UNKNOWN). She was born in 1882 in AR. She died in
1966.
ix. DENNIS D. ARNN was born about 1879 in AR.
x. WILLIE ARNN was born in 1885 in AR.
36. EDWARD MCBRIDE4 ARNN (Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 21
Jan 1849 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 05 Oct 1884 in Pope Co, AR. He married Martha
Washington Stepp, daughter of William Welch Stepp and Clarissa "Clara" Pew, on 20 Dec 1874
in Pope Co, AR. She was born on 19 Oct 1856 in Atkins, Pope Co., AR. She died on 26 Jan
1948 in Atkins, Pope Co, AR.
Notes for Edward McBride Arnn:
Generation 4 (cont.)
Edward McBride first appears in the 1850 US Federal Census as a one year old. The Abihu
Arnn Family Bible spells his name as Edward Mackbride. He was born in Henry Co, TN and
came with his family to Conway Co, AR about 1853. In the 1860 US Federal Census he is 8
years old living with his family in Griffin Twp, Conway Co with Old Hickory as their post office. In
the 1870 US Federal Census he is 21 years old living with his family in the same location.
He was almost 26 years old when he married. Apparently he went by the name of "Mack" since
this was on his marriage document. He and Martha were married in Pope Co, probably in Atkins.
In the 1880 US Federal Census they are living in Atkins in Pope Co and his occupation is listed
as Undertaker. He and Martha have three children and his youngest brother is living with them
and also a border. The cause of his death is not known and he is buried with his wife in Atkins
City Cemetery. His head stone reads Edward McBride Arnn.
Notes for Martha Washington Stepp:
According to family history Martha's parents and their first three children and her maternal
grandparents, Mary and David Pew (Pugh) and their children arrived in Pope Co, AR from Cape
Girardeau, MO about 1852. They were farmers, settling about one and one-half miles northeast
east of Atkins in Wilson Twp. Martha first appears in the 1860 US Federal Census as a 4 year
old living with her family in Wilson Twp, Pope Co, AR. Her father is a farmer with a real estate
value of $2000 and personal property valued at $1200. Martha was only five years old when her
father, William Welch Stepp died of measles at Moorsville, MS 14 Jun 1862 while serving as a
confederate soldier in Company C, John L. Williamson's vol Arkansas Calvary. In the 1870 US
Federal Census she is 13 years old living with her mother, uncle and siblings. The value of her
mother's real estate is $1500 and personal estate valued at $550. She married her husband
four years later in 1874.
In the 1880 US Federal Census she is living in Atkins with her husband, three children, her
brother-in-law and a border. At the time of her husband's death 5 Oct 1884, she had four living
children. Two months after her husband's death, she lost her youngest child, Almost exactly two
years later she married her second husband, Jim Williams, who brought to the marriage two
children from two previous marriages. Together they had six children. After her second marriage
she and her three daughters moved to Gregory Twp, Conway Co where Jim owned a large farm.
In the 1900 US Federal Census they are in Gregory Twp, Conway Co. There are 14 people in
the household, including her mother-in-law. By the 1910 US Federal Census there are only the
two youngest children living at home with their parents in Gregory Twp. In 1913 they moved into
Atkins, Pope Co so the two children could go to high school. The homestead and land were
rented out for many years thereafter. (His estate was not settled until 1971 when the land was
sold.) In the 1920 and 1930 US Federal Census they are still living in Atkins and Jim still lists
himself as a farmer. After her husband died in 1934 she continued to live in Atkins, dying at her
home at the age of 91 years. In the 1940 US Federal Census she is widowed and living alone,
on Block 8, Atkins. She owns here own home valued at $1000 and has completed a 6th grade
education and was receiving some type of pension greater than $50 per month. She was quoted
as "being the sickliest one of her family" on her 91 st birthday. Services were held at the Church
of Christ.
Edward McBride Arnn and Martha Washington Stepp had the following children:
52. i. ROXIE ANN5 ARNN was born on 02 Nov 1875 in Pope Co, AR. She died on 21 Nov
1934 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. She married Joseph "Joe" Williams, son of
James "Jim" Madison Williams and Mollie A. Peck, on 07 Mar 1901 in Conway
Co, AR. He was born on 14 Dec 1878 in Conway Co, AR. He died on 13 Feb
1953 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
53. ii. HENRIETTA "ETTA" ARNN was born on 12 Dec 1877 in Atkins, Pope Co, AR. She
died on 05 May 1967 in Greenbelt, Montgomery Co, MD. She married Edward
Payson Cunningham, son of John Henry Cunningham and Emily Francis
Truesdale, on 05 Feb 1905 in Conway Co, AR. He was born on 17 Oct 1868 in
Cincinnati, Washington Co, AR. He died on 16 Sep 1952 in Washington, DC.
Generation 4 (cont.)
iii. THOMAS ARNN was born on 03 Dec 1879 in Pope Co, AR. He died on 13 Aug
1880 in Atkins, Pope Co, AR.
54. iv. WILMA MYRTLE ARNN was born on 27 Oct 1881 in Atkins, Pope Co, AR. She died
on 10 Nov 1965 in Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara Co, CA. She married (1) WILLIAM
HOMER "JOHN" STOUT, son of William Winfield Stout and Harriet M. Peck, on 20
Sep 1909 in Pope Co, AR. He was born on 27 Aug 1881 in Conway Co, AR. He
died on 05 Oct 1923 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She married (2) EDWARD LEE
SCHRIMSHER, son of Jasper N. Schrimsher, between 1924-1928 in Yavapai Co,
AZ. He was born on 13 Oct 1872 in Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK. He died on 02
Oct 1935 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ.
v. ALABAMA ARNN was born on 04 Nov 1883 in Pope Co, AR. She died on 16 Dec
1884 in Atkins, Pope Co, AR.
37. JOHN HENRY4 ARNN (Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 12 Jun
1852 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 07 Dec 1930 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK. He
married Ella J. or Anna Arnn, daughter of Asa Arnn and Martha Jane Davenport, on 31 Jan 1889
in Sharp Co, AR. She was born on 25 Dec 1870 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. She died in Aug 1955
in Wewoka, OK.
John Henry Arnn and Ella J. or Anna Arnn had the following children:
i. LUTHER CLYDE5 ARNN was born on 13 Oct 1893 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. He died
on 21 Dec 1971 in El Paso Co, TX. He married ESTHER BIGGS. She was born on
01 Apr 1898 in Colorado. She died on 04 Feb 1973 in El Paso, Texas.
ii. ELMER CLEO ARNN was born on 28 Sep 1895 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. He died on
21 Dec 1955 in Memphis, Shelby Co, TN. He married Louise Anderson on 19 Jul
1934 in Russell, Alabama, USA. She was born on 07 Apr 1906 in GA. She died
on 06 Dec 1961 in Shelby Co, TN.
iii. MONNIE D. ARNN was born in Jun 1897 in AR. She died in 1944 in Oklahoma CO,
OK.
38. JAMES M.4 ARNN (Anadab3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born about 1840
in Henry Co, TN. He died in 1894 in MO. He married TABITHA ALEXANDER. She was born about
1841 in TN.
James M. Arnn and Tabitha Alexander had the following children:
i. ARTELA5 ARNN was born about 1869 in MO.
ii. BUFORD ARNN was born about 1871 in MO.
iii. ROSENA ARNN was born about 1877 in MO.
39. ASA4 ARNN (Berryman3, Isaac2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 29 Nov 1844 in Pittsylvania
Co, VA. He died on 20 Mar 1914 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co. AR. He married Martha Jane
Davenport on 13 Jan 1869 in Independence Co, AR. She was born on 24 Jul 1845 in TN. She
died on 25 May 1912 in little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR.
Asa Arnn and Martha Jane Davenport had the following children:
i. JOHN W.5 ARNN was born about 1870 in AR.
55. ii. ELLA J. OR ANNA ARNN was born on 25 Dec 1870 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. She
died in Aug 1955 in Wewoka, OK. She married John Henry Arnn, son of Abihu
Arnn and Margaret "Peggy" Reynolds Blair, on 31 Jan 1889 in Sharp Co, AR. He
was born on 12 Jun 1852 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 07 Dec 1930 in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma Co, OK.
iii. FRANCIS L. ARNN was born in Mar 1872 in AR.
iv. THOMAS B. ARNN was born about 1873 in AR.
v. DORCAS J. ARNN was born about 1875 in AR.
vi. MARY V. ARNN was born about 1878 in AR.
vii. ADA L. ARNN was born in Feb 1880 in AR.
viii. BERTHA L. ARNN was born in Jan 1882 in AR.
Generation 4 (cont.)
ix. SAM J. ARNN was born in Mar 1886 in AR.
x. LIZZIE ARNN was born in Mar 1886 in AR.
40. ISAAC CLAY4 AARON (Isaac3 Jr, Isaac2, Abraham1) was born on 03 Dec 1844 in VA. He died on
13 Apr 1924 in VA. He married Mary Ann Hubbard on 21 Nov 1867 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She
was born on 28 Oct 1847 in VA. She died on 03 Jan 1929 in Callands, Pittsylvania Co, VA.
Isaac Clay Aaron and Mary Ann Hubbard had the following children:
i. ANNIE PEARLE5 AARON was born on 19 Sep 1868 in VA. She died on 10 Nov 1930
in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
ii. ASHBY LELA AARON was born on 09 Dec 1869 in VA. He died on 16 Dec 1960 in
Chatam, Pittsylvania Co, VA.
iii. JOHN ISAAC AARON was born in 1871 in VA.
iv. ROSA LEE AARON was born in 1873 in VA.
v. ALVA AARON was born in 1875 in VA.
vi. GRACE LENORE AARON was born on 21 Jul 1878 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She died
on 17 Feb 1979 in Callands, Pittsylvania Co, VA.
vii. HUGH AARON was born in Mar 1883 in VA.
viii. MARY S. AARON was born in 1884 in VA.
ix. LIZZIE H. AARON was born in May 1888 in VA.
41. ASA ISAAC4 AARON (Zacheriah3, Isaac2, Abraham1) was born in Jul 1854 in GA. He married
Letitia Missouri Motley on 22 Oct 1874. She was born in Jun 1851 in VA.
Asa Isaac Aaron and Letitia Missouri Motley had the following children:
i. WALTER AVERETT5 AARON was born about 1875 in VA. He died in Spencer, NC.
ii. ANNIE M. AARON was born in Aug 1882 in VA.
				Generation 5
42. TOM5 AARON (George Washington4, Henry Clay3 Arnn, George Washington2, Abraham1, George
Washington4, Henry Clay3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1).
Tom Aaron had the following child:
i. GEORGE W.6 ARON.
43. MARCELIUS D.5 HOUSTON (Mary Ann4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1
Aaron) was born on 11 Jan 1858 in AR. He died on 09 Mar 1903 in AR. He married Mary Jane
Greer on 19 Jan 1879. She was born in Mar 1862 in AR.
Marcelius D. Houston and Mary Jane Greer had the following children:
i. JOHN WESLEY6 HOUSTON was born on 10 Aug 1882 in Conway Co, AR.
ii. LELA HOUSTON was born in Feb 1885 in Conway Co, AR. She died in 1955. She
married Benjamin Victor Long on 15 Feb 1903 in Conway Co, AR.
iii. HUGH LUTHER HOUSTON was born on 03 Apr 1887 in Conway Co, AR.
56. iv. CHARLES LESTER HOUSTON was born on 10 Jan 1890 in Conway Co, AR. He died
in Apr 1964. He married LYDIA REBECCA GORDON. She was born on 14 Nov 1890
in Arkansas. She died on 28 Dec 1978 in Bexar, Texas.
44. JOHN HAWK5 HOUSTON (Mary Ann4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1
Aaron) was born on 22 Jun 1859 in AR. He died on 02 Jun 1936 in AR. He married Cornelia
Josephine Conley, daughter of John Anderson Conley and Charity Emilene Draper, on 06 Nov
1881 in Conway Co, AR. She was born on 23 Oct 1862 in Hector, Pope Co, AR. She died on 03
Jun 1933 in Old Hickory, Conway Co, AR.
John Hawk Houston and Cornelia Josephine Conley had the following children:
i. JOHN HAWKINS6 HOUSTON was born on 26 May 1883 in Old Hickory, Conway Co,
AR. He died on 03 Mar 1965 in Conway Co, AR. He married (1) BERTHA MAE
Generation 5 (cont.)
MASSINGILL. She was born on 06 Nov 1891. She died on 20 Aug 1977. He married
(2) IDA BELLE MASSINGILL on 14 Feb 1904 in Conway Co, AR. She was born on 11
Jun 1878 in Cleveland, Conway Co, AR. She died on 23 Apr 1920 in Conway Co,
AR.
ii. ELBERT B HOUSTON was born in Oct 1884 in AR. He died in Aug 1900.
57. iii. EVA JOSEPHINE HOUSTON was born on 01 May 1895 in AR. She died on 11 Sep
1982. She married HUGH MONTGOMERY CHEEK. He was born on 09 Jan 1888. He
died on 24 Oct 1953.
58. iv. MAUDIE GRACE HOUSTON was born in Feb 1897 in AR. She died in 1981. She
married WALTER DUNCAN. He was born in 1891. He died in 1988.
59. v. EUGENIA FRANCES HOUSTON was born on 21 May 1899 in AR. She died on 07 Aug
1963 in Lanty, AR. She married Luther A. Maxwell on 21 Apr 1918 in Atkins, AR.
He was born on 22 Aug 1892 in Lanty, AR. He died on 22 Apr 1973 in Cleveland,
AR.
45. MARGARET JANE5 HOUSTON (Mary Ann4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron,
Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 17 Jun 1864 in AR. She died on 25 Oct 1947. She married
GEORGE L. MASSINGILL. He was born in Sep 1860 in MS.
George L. Massingill and Margaret Jane Houston had the following children:
i. WILLIAM W.6 MASSINGILL was born in Oct 1883 in AR.
ii. JULIAN MASSINGILL was born in Jun 1886 in AR.
iii. GEORGE MASSINGILL was born in Aug 1889 in AR.
iv. BERTHA MASSINGILL was born in Dec 1892 in AR.
v. CHARLIE MASSINGILL was born in Sep 1894 in AR.
vi. LELA MASSINGILL was born in Jul 1898 in AR.
vii. WELDON MASSINGILL was born in Sep 1899 in AR.
46. CHARLES ROACH5 HOUSTON (Mary Ann4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron,
Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 11 Nov 1870 in AR. He died on 29 Oct 1925 in AR. He married
Sarah C. Jones on 16 Jan 1895 in Conway Co, AR. She was born in Sep 1871 in AR.
Charles Roach Houston and Sarah C. Jones had the following child:
i. NO6 CHILDREN.
47. JAMES HARVEY5 ARNN (George Samuel4, Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron)
was born on 30 Nov 1860 in AR. He died on 26 May 1917 in Caney, Atoka Co, OK. He married
Martha "Mattie" T. Broach on 26 Aug 1883 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. She was born
on 10 Feb 1866 in AL. She died on 07 Dec 1930 in Caney, Atoka Co, OK.
James Harvey Arnn and Martha "Mattie" T. Broach had the following children:
i. JAMES WILLIS6 ARNN was born on 26 Feb 1885 in AR. He died on 17 Nov 1935 in
Amarillo, Potter Co, TX.
ii. CORA ANN ARNN was born on 20 Apr 1888 in AR. She died on 24 Apr 1947 in
Caney, Atoka Co, OK. She married P S Adair on 25 Sep 1904 in Atoka,
Oklahoma, USA. He was born about 1881.
48. LYDIA A.5 GRIFFIN (Frances Alabama4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1
Aaron) was born on 03 Aug 1855 in AR. She died after 1880. She married John William Moore
on 01 Jan 1873 in Conway Co, AR. He was born on 08 Sep 1844 in Georgia. He died on 24 Feb
1884 in Conway Co. AR.
John William Moore and Lydia A. Griffin had the following children:
i. ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" A.6 MOORE was born on 01 Sep 1874 in AR. She died on 29 Oct
1926 in Pope Co, Arkansas. She married Sam May on 01 Nov 1904 in Pope,
Arkansas, United States. He was born about 1874.
ii. JONES ALPHEUS MOORE was born on 27 Aug 1876 in AR. He died on 08 Aug 1951
in AR. He married Josie Fryer on 15 Jan 1903 in Conway, Arkansas, United
Generation 5 (cont.)
States. She was born about 1871.
49. MARGARET5 GRIFFIN (Frances Alabama4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron,
Abraham1 Aaron) was born about 1858 in AR. She died between 1882-1883 in AR. She married
Robert T. Johnston on 15 Jan 1880 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. He was born about
1847 in MS.
Robert T. Johnston and Margaret Griffin had the following children:
60. i. LUCY MAY6 JOHNSTON was born on 21 Nov 1880 in Conway Co, AR. She died on
30 Jul 1949 in Pope Co, AR. She married George W. Cheek, son of J. B. Cheek
and Mary Elizabeth (Unknown), on 08 Dec 1897 in Pope Co, AR. He was born on
10 Jan 1879 in Smith Co, MS. He died on 15 Dec 1960 in Pope Co, AR.
ii. WILL JOHNSTON was born about 1882 in AR.
50. ELIJAH BIHUE5 ARNN (James Wilson4, Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was
born about 1868 in AR. He married ELLA ROSS. She was born about 1882 in GA.
Elijah Bihue Arnn and Ella Ross had the following children:
i. LIVING ARNN.
ii. LIVING ARNN.
iii. MYRTLE ARNN.
iv. LIVING ARNN.
51. MARCELLOUS DAVIS5 ARNN (James Wilson4, Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1
Aaron) was born on 07 Feb 1877 in AR. He died on 27 Mar 1956. He married EMMA M.
(UNKNOWN). She was born in 1882 in AR. She died in 1966.
Marcellous Davis Arnn and Emma M. (Unknown) had the following children:
i. LIVING ARNN.
ii. LIVING ARNN.
52. ROXIE ANN5 ARNN (Edward McBride4, Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was
born on 02 Nov 1875 in Pope Co, AR. She died on 21 Nov 1934 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
She married Joseph "Joe" Williams, son of James "Jim" Madison Williams and Mollie A. Peck, on
07 Mar 1901 in Conway Co, AR. He was born on 14 Dec 1878 in Conway Co, AR. He died on 13
Feb 1953 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
Notes for Roxie Ann Arnn:
In the 1900 US Federal Census, Roxie is the oldest (23 yrs old) in a house full of children - her
two sisters, two step-brothers, and six half-siblings. The following year, she married Joe, her
step-brother by her step-father's first wife. Joe was a couple of years younger than she was. In
the 1910 US Federal Census, they are living in Gregory, Conway Co and Joe is a farmer. In
addition to four children, Joe's grandmother is living with them. In the 1920 US Federal Census,
he continues to farm and they now have six children. In the 1930 US Federal Census, Joe
continues to farm and the four youngest children are still at home. Four years latter, Roxie died
of Pneumonia.
Notes for Joseph "Joe" Williams:
According to Virginia Williams, Joe's mother Molly died as a result of childbirth.
In the 1940 US Federal Census Joe is widowed, lives in Gregory his son Arnn is living with him.
Joe owns his own farm valued at $300, and both are farmers. Both conmpleted one year of high
school.
Joseph "Joe" Williams and Roxie Ann Arnn had the following children:
i. MARION BLAIR6 WILLIAMS was born on 01 Dec 1901 in Conway Co, AR. She died
on 31 Jul 1992 in Indio, Riverside Co, CA. She married Ernest Robert Tinkham,
son of Herbert T. Tinkham and Hannah Hanson, before 1942 in ? AZ (no
Generation 5 (cont.)
children). He was born on 13 Sep 1904 in Toronoto, Ontario, Canada. He died on
26 Feb 1987 in Indio, Riverside Co, CA.
61. ii. ARNN WILLIAMS was born on 07 Feb 1904 in Conway Co, AR. He died on 15 Jul
1990 in Contra Costa Co, CA. He married Charlotte Katherine Jones on 21 Mar
1942 in AR. She was born on 12 Jul 1914 in Old Hickory, Conway, Arkansas. She
died on 16 Oct 2006 in Concord, Contra Costa Co, CA.
62. iii. ARCHIE WILLIAMS was born on 11 Mar 1905 in Conway Co. AR. He died on 09 Mar
1995 in Morrilton, Conway Co, AR. He married Barbara Lee Cargile on 14 Dec
1930 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. She was born on 03 Jun 1910 in AR.
She died on 27 May 1985 in AR.
63. iv. BARTON TRUMAN WILLIAMS was born on 14 Sep 1908 in Hattieville, Conway Co,
AR. He died on 25 Apr 1996 in Thermal, Riverside Co, CA. He married Ruby
Pearl Whitlock on 07 Oct 1933 in Ginton, Ark.. She was born on 31 Mar 1910 in
Marshall, Searcy Co, AR. She died on 16 Jul 2000 in Thermal, Riverside Co, CA.
64. v. SHERMAN WILLIAMS was born on 13 Nov 1912 in Conway Co, AR. He died on 22
Jun 1995 in Garland Co, AR. He married Glenna Emmadean Norwood on 07 May
1939 in Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States. She was born on 13 Nov 1915 in
Conway Co, Arkansas. She died on 07 Mar 2008 in Little Rock, Pulaski,
Arkansas.
65. vi. JAMES FOREST WILLIAMS was born on 08 Apr 1915 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
He died on 09 Mar 2007 in Merritt Island, Brevard Co, FL. He married MADELINE
ANN PRENDERGAST. She was born on 11 Apr 1915 in Steinauer, Pawnee Co, NE.
She died on 25 Oct 1999 in Merritt Island, Brevard Co, FL.
53. HENRIETTA "ETTA"5 ARNN (Edward McBride4, Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1
Aaron) was born on 12 Dec 1877 in Atkins, Pope Co, AR. She died on 05 May 1967 in
Greenbelt, Montgomery Co, MD. She married Edward Payson Cunningham, son of John Henry
Cunningham and Emily Francis Truesdale, on 05 Feb 1905 in Conway Co, AR. He was born on
17 Oct 1868 in Cincinnati, Washington Co, AR. He died on 16 Sep 1952 in Washington, DC.
Notes for Henrietta "Etta" Arnn:
Henrietta first appears in the 1880 US Federal Census in Wilson Twp, Pope Co, AR as a 3 year
old with her parents (her father is an undertaker), her older sister, an unnamed younger brother,
her uncle who is a cabinet maker and a female border.
Etta is enumerated twice In the 1900 US Federal Census. In one she is living with her family in a
large household of 14 people in Gregory Twp, Conway Co, AR. Her mother had remarried after
her father died in 1884, and her stepfather had a son from each of two previous marriages, plus
her mother and stepfather had six children together. Her stepfather is a farmer. In the other
census she is living with her maternal grandmother and aunt in Wilson Twp, Pope Co, AR.
Considering the number of people and noise at home, it's no wonder she was living with her
grandmother. She is not listed as having an occupation.
In a letter to her son Perry, dated 5 Feb 1965, she described her wedding day. (The date of the
letter was her 60th wedding anniversary.) She must have been in Atkins when she wrote it.
"Well today doesn't look like it did in 1905 in Ark (Atkins) there was a foot of snow on the ground
and the sun was shining. It was a beautiful day. . ." In the same letter she writes about when
they left AR by train for Indian Territory (OK). "It was a beautiful day then in 1907 we left
Arkansaw Feb 14th you was about 1 year and 2 months old and it was another beautiful day but
cold. We stayed all nite in Morrilton with my cousin and wife on Father side John Hawk Houstin
he was my second cousin. His father and mother was good christians she wasn't afraid to shout
they were Presbytearns people shouted because they felt like they were on their way to Heaven
instread of Hell."
In about 1945 she and Ed moved permanently to Washington D.C. to live with their son Perry
and his family. In her later years after her husband died in 1952 she often traveled back and
forth across the United States by Greyhound bus with her sister Myrtle, visiting various members
of the family.
Generation 5 (cont.)
Etta had been living for a short time at the Greenbelt Convalescent Center in MD when she died
as a result of throat cancer. She had had surgery several years earlier and was unable to speak.
She left a will dated 27 May 1956. In it she left $1.00 each to her three sons, Truesdell, Howard
and Warden. She left to her son Perry all of her remaining estate.
Notes for Edward Payson Cunningham:
In the 1870 US Federal Census, Ed is a 2 year old living with his parents in Illinois Twp,
Washington Co, AR, Cincinnati post office. He and his family are not found in the 1880 US
Federal Census. They would have been living in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (OK) by
this time. Son Perry wrote "At an early age the family moved in to what then was known as the
Indian Territory, living for a while near what is now Muskogee, Okla, and for an extended period
in and around Pryor Creek near Claremore and Vanita."
(added Jan 2016) Ed is listed with his entire family in the Cherokee Census, 1890. This was the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959 which listed persons
residing in said District, not recognized as Cherokee Citizens and who are under permit, either by
the Nation or U.S. In this census John Henry is a laborer, arrived in the Nation Apr 1872, have 9
horses and 8 cows. (I can't read what district they are in.)
Perry wrote, "Since cattle raising and grazing was the principal activity in that section of the
Territory, he spent most of his time as a young man in "cow punching". A good horse, a good
saddle, and a good pair of boots were considered primary requisites of such occupation. Life as
a "cowpuncher" was spent out in the open, literally eating and sleeping out in the open under the
sky and riding."
Cousin Paul related the following story. "In the early 60s, I went with my dad and granddad to
visit Gus, my great uncle. (He was Ed's younger brother.) Gus lived in Hutchinson, KS. It was
the only time that I ever saw him alive. He was about 90 years old and terminally ill. My
granddad wanted to visit him to pray with him and try to get him to turn his life to the Lord. Even
at 90, he was still pretty tough and salty. I don't remember why or what started him to tell a story
about his childhood. He said that when he was a small boy about 7 years old, (this would have
been about 1882) the Cunninghams (John H, Joe, Ed, their mother and others) decided to move
to Oregon. They were camped near Coffeyville, KS waiting to join up with a wagon train to go
over the Oregon Trail. They had 7-8 wagons and had traded all of their horses for mules except
for one mare horse. Gus said they were camped on this particular day in a grove of trees.
During the day, 2 cowboys rode by several times trailing their lariats. They thought they were
just cowboys doing their job. That night, they heard a commotion outside. Gus said that his
uncles went out to investigate. It was these 2 cowboys trying to steal the mare. Gus said that
they tied up the mare and hobbled the mules at night. That way, the mules would not stray far
and would stay close to the mare. If the horse thieves could steal the mare and lead her away,
the mules would follow until they were away from the camp. Then, they could catch the mules,
unhobble them and be on their way. Gus said that his uncle (Hut) shot and killed one of the
horse thieves. He thought that he had wounded the other one, but wasn't sure. The next day
the wagon train began their trek and stared west. Gus said that they came to a telegraph shack
alongside the railroad about sundown. Outside, tied to a telegraph pole was a saddle horse.
Setting in the saddle was a half empty bottle of whiskey. Inside the shack was the other cowboy.
He was wounded. Gus ended his story by saying (and I remember his words clearly), "When
sunup come, we hung him. We didn't think much of horse thieves in those days"
In a narrow grave just six by three,
They buried him there on the lone prairie.
And forever after, there was an empty chair around the dinner table where a mother, father, wife,
or sisters waited and wondered why their beloved one did not ever come back home. Justice
was sometimes sure and quick on the frontier. It was serious to steal someone's horses and
leave them and their families stranded with limited water and food and no transportation. The
Cunninghams traveled to Wyoming and then decided not to continue and returned home to OK.
Forever after, I am told that Emily would not go on a picnic. She said that she had burned her
hands too often cooking around an open campfire."
Generation 5 (cont.)
Paul's Grandpa told him another story. "Ed was a cowboy at age 16. Another cowboy hired Ed
to run calves for him. The other cowboy worked on a large spread about 10 miles from his
ranch. During the daytime, he would rope a calf, hide it in the brush, and Ed would come at night
and carry it back on his horse to the ranch. He paid Ed $1 for each calf he carried. Ed said he
thought he and the other cowboy were partners, but he was sure glad they were not when the
other cowboy got caught. Grandpa could name several prominent OK ranchers who got their
start swinging their lariat in the moonlight. He said they gained respectability after they built up a
large ranch and had money, if they hadn't gotten caught."
Paul also tells the following story passed down from his grandfather, Ed's brother. "He said that
Ed was working as a cowboy on a ranch near Vinita or Miami, OK. One of the other cowboys
working on the ranch was Emmet Dalton. Emmet's brothers showed up one evening and wanted
Emmet to go to Coffeyville to rob the bank there. Emmet was going to go but Ed said that they
talked him out of going with them. However, Emmet's brothers had some moonshine whiskey
with them and Emmet got to drinking. Later that evening, maybe about 10 or 11 o'clock, Emmet
decided to go with them. Ed said that they rode all night and entered Coffeyville the next
morning. You know the rest of the story."
(Editor's Note): The famous bank robbery was 5 Oct 1892. According to the histories of the
Dalton Gang, Emmett Dalton for the most part earned a living as a cowboy working on the Bar X
Bar Ranch near the Pawnee Agency. There is no evidence where or if Emmett was working on a
ranch at the time of the robbery.
It was 16 Sep 1893 that Ed claimed land in the Cherokee Strip Land Run and registered that
claim at the Enid Land Office. In these records, he is listed as Ed Cunningham, Pryor Creek, I.
T, and his land was in the northeast corner of what was later to become Garfield Co. He was
just a month short of his 25th birthday. Cousin Paul tells the following story which was passed
down in his family. Ed told his brother "that when they shot the pistol at twelve noon, he took off
along with all the rest of them. He said that those with fast horse passed him like he was sitting
still. However, Ed had a good saddle horse and about 2-4 in the afternoon, he began to pass
them. Ed located a claim and staked it out. He had just finished when an old geezer came out
of the woods on a nag and said, "Hey, this is my claim." Ed looked at him and looked at his
horse and knew that he couldn't have made the run since noon. Ed drew his pistol, cussed the
man, and said, "If you are still in my sight in 3 minutes, I will give you a claim 6 feet long and 3
feet deep." Ed said that the old geezer didn't waste any time getting out of there and that was
the last that he ever saw of him." Paul goes on the say that Ed made the run with his brother-inlaw,
Cal Rosecrants, and after a year, Ed sold his claim to Rosencrants.
The 1900 US Federal Census finds a 31 yr old Ed living in his parent's household as a farm
laborer living in Twp 27, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. According to son, Perry "When
approximately 34 years old (about 1902), they moved back to Arkansas and this time settled in
Conway County where he met and courted Miss Henrietta Arnn." According to a letter by
Henrietta, they left AR for Indian Territory (OK) by train on 14 Feb 1907 when son Perry was a
little over 1 year old. (See the notes for Henrietta for more details.) Son, Perry said that they
"moved back into the Territory near Edna, KS where soon after he was converted in meetings
being conducted in the "Thompson" school house. His conversion stemmed from such deep
conviction as to cause him to give up such habits as drinking and smoking."
In Jun 1908 (when Truesdell was born) they were living 7 miles south of Edna, KS in Craig Co,
OK. The 1910 US Federal Census finds them living in Hickory Twp, Nowata Co, OK, where Ed
is a farmer on a general farm, working on his own account, renting his farm. In Apr 1911 (when
Howard was born), and Nov 1912 (when Warden was born) they were living on the Greer farm in
Nowata Co. It is not known where the Greer farm was. Son, Howard said the farm was between
Wann and Coffeyville, KS with Coffeyville being their big town (and their post office).
According to son, Truesdell, the family moved to Wann, Nowata Co about 1914 where according
to Howard they moved into a box car house, and their Dad took on odd jobs.
In the 1920 US Federal Census they are still living in Hickory Twp, Nowata Co. However, Ed is
Generation 5 (cont.)
now an oiler in a gasoline plant. He is renting his home and apparently has 2 young men living
in the household as renters, also working at the gasoline plant. Everyone was a wage worker.
Howard describes this period as follows: "Dad got a good job with Carter Oil Company as oiler,
about five miles from Wann. We lived at the lease and had a Company house. We bought our
first automobile, a Model T Ford Touring. We had better times for a while. We rode the bus to
school. . . .Unfortunately this job folded within a year and we moved back to Wann. . . .Back in
Wann we bought a home for $1000 from Mr. Reynolds. Dad became Head Custodian for the
Wann School which housed all Elementary and High school grades. We boys all worked to help
him with the job."
According to Truesdell, the family moved to Bartlesville in 1926 when he graduated from Wann
High School. Howard said "Dad learned of a job opportunity in a dairy near Bartlesville. We sold
our home in Wann for $1000 and moved to the dairy at Bartlesville for one year. Both Dad and
sons could work at the dairy, milking cows, etc. . . After this year we moved into Bartlesville. . . .
Dad and Mom did home laundry to help pay expenses." According to the 1927 Bartlesville City
Directory, they were living at 1600 W 2nd, with Ed listed as "farmer" and the three oldest boys as
"student". According to the 1929 City Directory, they are living at 110 S Seminole Ave, with Ed
listed as "lab" (laborer), Howard "mailer Morning Examiner" and Truesdell "sten" (stenographer).
The 1930 US Federal Census shows that they are living in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. It
shows them living on South Kaw Ave on the west side where they are renting for $27 per month.
Ed's occupation is a janitor on a ranch. Perry works in special deliveries for the post office dept,
Truesdell is a stenographer in the cement plant office, Howard in a printer in a printing office and
Warden is 17 years old and unemployed. However, according to the 1930 City Directory, they
are living at 401 South Creek Ave and Ed is listed as "clk Phillips Pet Co", Howard "mailer
Examiner Co", Perry "clk", Truesdell "mailer Examiner Co, Warden unemployed. (There appear
to be errors in this directory. The Census is probably much more accurate for the occupations.)
According to court records, they bought the house at 401 SE Creek Ave 6 Jun 1930. Howard
said that after Perry came home from graduating from college (1929), they all worked and
"Together we bought a nice house in East Bartlesville.. sharing costs - four grown sons and
parents - for a few years." The 1933 City Directory shows them living at 401 S Creek Ave with
Ed not listed with a job, Howard "stero (stereotyper) Examiner Co, Truesdell "clk Examiner Co,
and Warden, no job. The house was sold 1 Mar 1935. The 1935 City Directory shows them
living at 423 S Comanche Ave with Ed "circulation dept", Howard "stereo" (stereotyper), and
Warden "circulation dept Examiner Co".
Court records show that Ed and Etta bought 10 acres with a house from D. A. and Vivian Jones
on 19 Feb 1935. It appears that they purchased the property for about $1911.00. At that time
the address was Rt 1 Box 301 in the nearby Tuxedo community. The address later became 710
NE Washington Blvd. They are at this address when Warden joined the Army in Aug 1939. In
the 1940 US Federal Census they are living in Jackson Twp, Washington, Dewey and Tuxedo
Road, Tuxedo, own their own home valued at $3000 where they were also living on 1 Apr 1935.
Ed is listed as having a 4th grade education, worked a 24 hour week as a route carrier for the
Examiner newspaper, earned $750 a month and worked 52 weeks in 1939. Etta is listed with an
8th grade education. Grandson Forrest remembers that Ed delivered newspapers during this
time, and in fact, the 1940 Bartlesville Directory lists him as "driver Examiner Co". Truesdell and
his family moved into this house in Feb 1941. In Apr 1941 there is evidence that Ed and Etta are
living with Perry and Alma on Owen Place, Washington D.C. (In April Alma was three months
pregnant and Glenn was born that Oct. According to Grandson Perry, she had a number of
miscarriages and may have been on bed rest so they may have gone to help take care of Perry.)
It was not until 6 Nov 1942, however, that Truesdell and Ruby bought the house and property
from Ed and Etta for about $2250.00. In Dec 1943 Ed and Etta are living at 1232 Wyandotte St
in Dewey (there is no longer a house at this address) and in Jul 1945 they are living at 618 E. 6
th Ave in Dewey, across from the Nazarene church. In the front of one of his Bibles is the
following information: "618 East 6th St, Dewey, Okla, 5-17-45" When we visited them at this last
address, Forrest and I remember him eating peas with a knife! We also remember the ice truck
delivering ice for the icebox based on a card stuck in the screen door which listed various
pounds of ice. Sometime in the mid 1940s they moved permanently to Washington D.C, living
Generation 5 (cont.)
with Perry and family at 1263 Monroe St. NE.
Perry ended his Dad's bio by saying "He considers himself a pioneer of Oklahoma and even now
longs to be back in his native haunts."
Edward Payson Cunningham and Henrietta "Etta" Arnn had the following children:
66. i. EDWARD PERRY6 CUNNINGHAM was born on 24 Dec 1905 in Hattieville, Conway Co,
AR. He died on 25 Oct 1989 in Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. He
married Elma Lou Kitchen, daughter of Emmett Lee Kitchen and Cora Lee
Branch, on 01 Sep 1934 in Washington, DC. She was born on 20 Jun 1912 in
Wakefield, Sussex Co, VA. She died on 20 Nov 1996 in Washington, DC.
67. ii. FORREST TRUESDELL "TRUES" CUNNINGHAM was born on 08 Jun 1908 in Craig Co,
OK (7 miles South of Edna, KS). He died on 05 Sep 1964 in St. John's Hospital,
Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He married Ruby L Cunningham, daughter of William "Willie"
Alfred Fain and Magnolia "Nola" Stockstill, on 18 May 1934 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK (at the Presbyterian Manse). She was born on 11 Nov 1906
in Ceder Co, MO. She died on 17 Oct 1985 in St Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa
Co, OK.
68. iii. HARRY HOWARD CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Apr 1911 in Greer Farm, Nowata
Co, OK. He died on 18 Mar 1996 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA. He
married Thelma Goldie Rouintree, daughter of Harvey Leander Rouintree and
Margaret "Peggy" Alva Baty, on 14 Apr 1935 in Nowata, Nowata Co, OK. She was
born on 22 Aug 1907 in Cull, Howell Co, MO. She died on 10 Apr 1989 in Chino,
San Bernardino Co, CA.
iv. WARDEN YOUNG CUNNINGHAM was born on 01 Nov 1912 in Greer Farm, Nowata
Co, OK. He died on 08 Jun 1971 in Seattle, King Co, WA. He married LIVING
CROZIER.
Notes for Warden Young Cunningham:
Warden's birth certificate does not list a middle name. His death certificate lists
the initial "Y" in the middle name block. Family records all indicate his middle
name was "Young" although this name is not used on any legal documents
including his Army and Merchant Marine records. It is interesting to note that the
1920 U.S. Federal Census lists his name as Paul W and the 1935 Bartlesville City
Directory as P Warden. He was born on the Greer Farm between Wann and
Coffeeville. Wann is listed on his birth certificate.
See information on his early life in the notes for his parents. According to brother
Howard's memories, Warden was call "Wamp" by his family when he was a child.
He would have been 11 years old when his parents moved to Bartlesville.
According to his Army records he completed 8 years of grammar school and 1
year of high school. In the 1930 US Federal Census he was 17 years old and
unemployed. However, this was during the Depression when it was not easy to
get a job. The 1935 Bartlesville City Directory stated his job as "circulation dept
Examiner Co".
Warden was considered to be the black sheep of the family and according to
Cousin Paul his father (Ed) said he was no good and had harsh things to say
about him. According to the 1940 US Federal Census, he is 27 years old, single,
in the US Army stationed at Ft William Davis Military Reservation, Cristobal,
Panama Canal as a Private First Class, working 52 hours a week. He completed
9 years of schooling. According to his US WWII Army Enlistment Records, he
enlisted in the Regular Army, Chemical Warfare Service branch on 11 Aug 1939.
He would have been 26 years old. It lists his marital status as Divorced, with
dependents. His address is given as Rt 1 Box 301, Bartlesville, the home of his
parents. He entered the service at Ft Lewis, WA and was separated there on 25
Jul 1945 "for the convenience of the government" because of demobilization.
Generation 5 (cont.)
There is a great deal of information to be found in his Enlistment Record and
Report of Separation. He received an honorable discharge, held the rank of PFC,
was in the infantry and in the regular army. He was assigned to Hq Company, 1st
Battalion, 253rd Infantry, permanent address 618 E. 6th St, Dewey, OK (his
parent's address), had blue eyes, brown hair, was 5'7", wt 157 lbs, white, single, a
US citizen, no civilian occupation. His military history is interesting. Apparently
his first job was as a Quartermaster supply technician, he qualified as a
marksman with a rifle, his battles and campaigns were Northern France,
Rhineland, Central Europe, and his decorations and citations were the Good
Conduct Medal, American Theater Service Medal, American Defense Service
Medal, and European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal. Apparently he got
into some trouble along the way since his highest grade held was SSgt but his
discharge rank was PFC. This was not the whole story however. Letters to/from
his mother show that he did not write to her regularity and as a result, on more
than one occasion she wrote to his company commander regarding his health and
whereabouts. In one letter to her dated 21 Jan 1940 it says he has been in the
Panama Canal since 29 Aug last year and has reenlisted for three years.
Apparently he was sent to Panama as soon as he enlisted. A reply from the War
Dept dated 18 Apr 1941 in response to his mother's request for information stated
that he was a Corporal, Guard and Service Company, Post of Corozal, Canal
Zone. Apparently he returned to the US Aug 1941 where he remained until Aug
1943 at which time he was deployed to Europe where he remained until he
returned to Ft Lewis for discharge. In a letter dated 30 Dec 1943 he wrote to his
mother (in response to her letter to his company commander) that he was
stationed in Iceland and had been for some months. In a note dated either Jul or
Sep 1944 he said he was in France. In the tone of his brief responses to his
Mother, he was not happy that she was writing to his company commander, He
was stationed for a total of almost 4 years overseas and almost 2 years in the US.
Three months after his military service ended he joined the Merchant Marines
where he was a seaman from several weeks to several months at a time. His first
date of shipment was 18 Oct 1945 from Portland, OR (his job was as a Mess
man) and he returned from his last shipment 29 Jul 1968 in Seattle (his jobs were
Boson and Able Seaman). In a 1946 New York Passenger List which states his
length of service at sea as 6 months, he shipped or engaged on 21 May 1946 in
Portland, OR, his position was a Wiper (in the engine room?) was 33 years old, 5'
8", 165 lbs with tattoos on both forearms. He most always was engaged out of
Portland, and his position was usually listed as A. B. (able seaman). There is only
one known time that he had a problem when in the Merchant Marines. On 3 Jan
1968 the Person Charged failed to join the vessel upon its departure from the port
of DaNang, Vietnam. He " together with the rest of his watch and the day man
having the day off on 3 January, went ashore with the knowledge of the vessel
and without the sailing board having been posted, at a time when the estimated
time for completing discharge of cargo was three days. For reasons unknown to
the Person Charged and to this record, the vessel sailed at 6 o'clock..." The US
Coast Guard heard the case in San Francisco and on 14 Mar 1968 suspended a
one month suspension.
On 12 Aug 1970 (after he left the Merchant Marines) he made application to carry
a concealed weapon for "protection". He lists his business address as Burns Det.
Agency, Seattle. Then on 20 Aug 1970 a complaint was sworn out against him for
the crime of "assault in the second degree." He shot a .38 Colt revolver and "did
willfully inflict grievous bodily harm." Apparently he was held in jail because he
was unable to make bond. Disposition of the case is not known.
He married sometime during the mid 1950s and was divorced probably in 1957. I
remember that in the 1950s we were sent a color 8 x 10 glamor photo of the
attractive woman he had married. In a letter from Truesdell to his mother dated
27 Jan 1958, he says "I'm still praying for Warden. We sent them a Christmas
Generation 5 (cont.)
card didn't know they had quit. It's just as well." He may have been married
again a few years later. There is CA Marriage Index for a Warden Cunningham
age 50 (born about 1913) and Patricia T. Crozier age 47 (born about 1916),
married 9 Jan 1963 in Los Angeles. He died of pneumonia in his room in a Settle
residential hotel at the age of 58 years.
The inscription on his head stone reads S.U.P (Sailor's Union of the Pacific).
54. WILMA MYRTLE5 ARNN (Edward McBride4, Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron)
was born on 27 Oct 1881 in Atkins, Pope Co, AR. She died on 10 Nov 1965 in Los Altos Hills,
Santa Clara Co, CA. She married (1) WILLIAM HOMER "JOHN" STOUT, son of William Winfield Stout
and Harriet M. Peck, on 20 Sep 1909 in Pope Co, AR. He was born on 27 Aug 1881 in Conway
Co, AR. He died on 05 Oct 1923 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She married (2) EDWARD LEE
SCHRIMSHER, son of Jasper N. Schrimsher, between 1924-1928 in Yavapai Co, AZ. He was born
on 13 Oct 1872 in Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK. He died on 02 Oct 1935 in Tucson, Pima Co,
AZ.
Notes for Wilma Myrtle Arnn:
Myrtle sent a note to her sister dated 22 Dec 1909 on letterhead of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railway Co, Accounting Department. They were living at 6434 Jackson Ave. In the 1910
US Federal Census, they are still living in Chicago.
Her daughter Margaret Stout Burke wrote a narrative about her father. "When John Stout
married Myrtle Arnn in 1909, they left Arkansas for John to take a position with the railroad in
Chicago. After their first child was delivered still-born, John became restless to move, so he
applied for a job with the Southern Pacific railroad in Walnut Creek, CA. Their trip west included
a stop-over in Tucson, AZ. We were told that when John stepped off the train in Tuscon, he
looked around at the valley and beautiful mountains and said, "This is where I want to spend the
rest of my life." He then went into the office at the depot to ask if they had an opening in Tuscon.
They did, and he accepted on the spot. Later, John sold the property he purchased in Walnut
Creek, just as he had bought it, sight unseen.
"When the Stouts arrived in Arizona, it was about to become the baby state, and John saw a
great potential in real estate. In the following 13 years to his death, John purchased two rental
properties, a small house and a duplex. Next he found a large, brick, fully furnished home for
the family. then built another duplex on the lot adjoining the home. John was smart, diligent and
ambitious and his vision in property allowed his widow to remain in Tucson and to raise their
children without hardship, as well as to enable her to live all her 84 years independently. . .The
flu epidemic after World War One took John at the age of 43. He is buried in a common grave
with his son John Arnn." who died from swallowing a pin in 1916.
In the 1920 US Federal Census they are living in Tucson with three children and John is working
for the railroad. After John died in 1923, she married at second time to a man who was a meat
cutter. He is described by a step-granddaughter as not being a very nice man. In the 1930 US
Federal Census, he is listed as a meat cutter in a grocery store. They they would have been
married sometime between 1924 and 1930. He died in 1935. In the 1940 US Federal Census,
she is a widow living in the same location with three children living at home, as well as a lodger.
In her later years she traveled around the country on a Greyhound bus with her sister Etta,
visiting various members of the family. According to her obituary she died in Los Altos Hills, CA
while visiting her daughter, Martha Hodges, was a resident of Tucson since 1910, and was active
in church work at the Church of Christ.
William Homer "John" Stout and Wilma Myrtle Arnn had the following children:
i. BABY6 STOUT was born on 04 Jul 1910 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL. Baby died on 04
Jul 1910 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL.
Notes for Baby Stout:
According to Stout Family Genealogy Site, the baby was stillborn.
Generation 5 (cont.)
69. ii. CLARA LOUISE STOUT was born on 19 Jul 1911 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She died
on 29 Dec 1997 in Mesa, Maricopa Co, AZ. She married Duke Charles Burks, son
of Abel Ross Burks and Myrtle Lee Akers, on 07 Feb 1931 in Yavapai Co, AZ. He
was born on 17 Jul 1910 in Hunt Co,TX. He died on 01 Mar 1983 in Phoenix,
Maricopa Co, AZ.
70. iii. WILLIAM WINFIELD STOUT was born on 22 Mar 1913 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. He
died on 25 Apr 1971 in San Bernardino Co, CA. He married NORMA S. SCARLETT.
She was born on 08 Dec 1921 in Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, CA. She died on 20
Jun 2016 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ.
iv. JOHN ARNN STOUT was born on 10 May 1915 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. He died on
11 Aug 1916 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ.
Notes for John Arnn Stout:
According to Stout Family Genealogy Site, he died from swallowing a pin.
71. v. MARTHA ASHMORE STOUT was born on 16 Jun 1917 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She
died on 05 May 1993 in Los Altos, Santa Clara Co, CA. She married JAMES
WALLACE HODGES. He was born on 19 Jun 1921 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV. He
died on 19 Sep 1993 in Los Altos, Santa Clara Co, CA.
72. vi. MARGARET BLAIR STOUT was born on 30 Apr 1921 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She
died on 11 Mar 1998 in Los Altos, Santa Clara, CA. She married Thomas
Jefferson Burks, son of Abel Ross Burks and Myrtle Lee Akers, in 1939 in AZ. He
was born on 25 May 1917 in Moro, Taylor Co, TX. He died on 26 Jan 1993 in
Santa Clara Co, CA.
Notes for Edward Lee Schrimsher:
According to census records and other documents he was 1/4 Creek Indian and was born near
Muskogee,OK when it was Indian Territory. The 1900 and 1910 US Federal Census lists him as
married with one daughter and he is a butcher/meat cutter. It appears from the 1920 US Federal
Census that he may be married for a second time and living as a boarder in a rooming house
and is still a meat cutter. In the 1930 US Federal Census he has married Myrtle for a third
marriage?, and is still a meat cutter,
55. ELLA J. OR ANNA5 ARNN (John Henry4, Abihu3, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron)
was born on 25 Dec 1870 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. She died in Aug 1955 in Wewoka, OK. She
married John Henry Arnn, son of Abihu Arnn and Margaret "Peggy" Reynolds Blair, on 31 Jan
1889 in Sharp Co, AR. He was born on 12 Jun 1852 in Henry Co, TN. He died on 07 Dec 1930
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK.
John Henry Arnn and Ella J. or Anna Arnn had the following children:
i. LUTHER CLYDE5 ARNN was born on 13 Oct 1893 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. He died
on 21 Dec 1971 in El Paso Co, TX. He married ESTHER BIGGS. She was born on
01 Apr 1898 in Colorado. She died on 04 Feb 1973 in El Paso, Texas.
ii. ELMER CLEO ARNN was born on 28 Sep 1895 in Sidney, Sharp Co, AR. He died on
21 Dec 1955 in Memphis, Shelby Co, TN. He married Louise Anderson on 19 Jul
1934 in Russell, Alabama, USA. She was born on 07 Apr 1906 in GA. She died
on 06 Dec 1961 in Shelby Co, TN.
iii. MONNIE D. ARNN was born in Jun 1897 in AR. She died in 1944 in Oklahoma CO,
OK.
					Generation 6
56. CHARLES LESTER6 HOUSTON (Marcelius D.5, Mary Ann4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2
Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 10 Jan 1890 in Conway Co, AR. He died in Apr 1964. He
married LYDIA REBECCA GORDON. She was born on 14 Nov 1890 in Arkansas. She died on 28
Dec 1978 in Bexar, Texas.
Charles Lester Houston and Lydia Rebecca Gordon had the following child:
i. CHARLOTTE SUE7 HOUSTON was born on 04 Oct 1917 in Morrilton, Conway Co, AR.
She died on 28 Jan 2008 in Russellville, Arkansas, USA. She married RICHARD
TONKIN MITCHELL. He was born on 20 Apr 1900 in Iron Mountain, Dickinson Co,
Generation 6 (cont.)
Michigan. He died on 02 Jul 1987.
57. EVA JOSEPHINE6 HOUSTON (John Hawk5, Mary Ann4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2
Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 01 May 1895 in AR. She died on 11 Sep 1982. She
married HUGH MONTGOMERY CHEEK. He was born on 09 Jan 1888. He died on 24 Oct 1953.
Hugh Montgomery Cheek and Eva Josephine Houston had the following child:
73. i. MARY JOSEPHINE7 CHEEK was born on 31 May 1918 in Old Hickory, Conway Co,
AR. She died on 08 Nov 2002 in Little Rock, Puaski Co, AR. She married OLEN
RAYMOND CHURCHILL. He was born on 12 Jul 1917 in Hector, Pope Co, AR. He
died on 27 Feb 2011 in Little Rock, Puaski Co, AR.
58. MAUDIE GRACE6 HOUSTON (John Hawk5, Mary Ann4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2
Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born in Feb 1897 in AR. She died in 1981. She married WALTER
DUNCAN. He was born in 1891. He died in 1988.
Walter Duncan and Maudie Grace Houston had the following children:
i. WILLIAM HOUSTON7 DUNCAN was born on 19 Jul 1919. He died on 03 Dec 1986.
ii. LIVING DUNCAN.
iii. LIVING DUNCAN.
iv. LIVING DUNCAN.
59. EUGENIA FRANCES6 HOUSTON (John Hawk5, Mary Ann4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2
Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 21 May 1899 in AR. She died on 07 Aug 1963 in Lanty,
AR. She married Luther A. Maxwell on 21 Apr 1918 in Atkins, AR. He was born on 22 Aug 1892
in Lanty, AR. He died on 22 Apr 1973 in Cleveland, AR.
Luther A. Maxwell and Eugenia Frances Houston had the following children:
i. KATHERINE GRACE7 MAXWELL was born on 09 May 1924 in AR. She died in 1924 in
AR.
ii. LIVING MAXWELL.
60. LUCY MAY6 JOHNSTON (Margaret5 Griffin, Frances Alabama4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 21 Nov 1880 in Conway Co, AR. She died on
30 Jul 1949 in Pope Co, AR. She married George W. Cheek, son of J. B. Cheek and Mary
Elizabeth (Unknown), on 08 Dec 1897 in Pope Co, AR. He was born on 10 Jan 1879 in Smith
Co, MS. He died on 15 Dec 1960 in Pope Co, AR.
George W. Cheek and Lucy May Johnston had the following children:
i. JOHN ROBERT7 CHEEK. He died on 24 Nov 1944.
ii. JAMES GUY.CHEEK.
iii. MARGARET ATHLEEN CHEEK.
iv. MARY ANNA CHEEK.
v. WILLIAM CLEO CHEEK.
vi. FANNIE RHAE CHEEK.
61. ARNN6 WILLIAMS (Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2
Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 07 Feb 1904 in Conway Co, AR. He died on 15 Jul 1990
in Contra Costa Co, CA. He married Charlotte Katherine Jones on 21 Mar 1942 in AR. She was
born on 12 Jul 1914 in Old Hickory, Conway, Arkansas. She died on 16 Oct 2006 in Concord,
Contra Costa Co, CA.
Arnn Williams and Charlotte Katherine Jones had the following children:
i. JUDITH A.7 WILLIAMS. She married ? MARTIN.
ii. JAMES A. AUSTIN.
62. ARCHIE6 WILLIAMS (Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2
Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 11 Mar 1905 in Conway Co. AR. He died on 09 Mar 1995
in Morrilton, Conway Co, AR. He married Barbara Lee Cargile on 14 Dec 1930 in Conway,
Arkansas, United States. She was born on 03 Jun 1910 in AR. She died on 27 May 1985 in AR.
Generation 6 (cont.)
Archie Williams and Barbara Lee Cargile had the following children:
74. i. JOE MEDFORD7 WILLIAMS was born on 20 Dec 1932 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
He died on 05 Apr 2020 in Ozark, Franklin County, AR. He married (1) MARY
CLIFTENA WISDOM after 1991. He married (2) YVONNE SUE PITTS before 1965. She
was born on 21 Aug 1936 in Amistad Unio, New Mexico. She died on 12 Feb
1991.
ii. LIVING WILLIAMS.
63. BARTON TRUMAN6 WILLIAMS (Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 14 Sep 1908 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
He died on 25 Apr 1996 in Thermal, Riverside Co, CA. He married Ruby Pearl Whitlock on 07
Oct 1933 in Ginton, Ark.. She was born on 31 Mar 1910 in Marshall, Searcy Co, AR. She died on
16 Jul 2000 in Thermal, Riverside Co, CA.
Barton Truman Williams and Ruby Pearl Whitlock had the following child:
i. BARBARA ANN7 WILLIAMS. She married ANDREW "ANDY" HOLLANDER.
64. SHERMAN6 WILLIAMS (Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 13 Nov 1912 in Conway Co, AR. He died on
22 Jun 1995 in Garland Co, AR. He married Glenna Emmadean Norwood on 07 May 1939 in Hot
Spring, Arkansas, United States. She was born on 13 Nov 1915 in Conway Co, Arkansas. She
died on 07 Mar 2008 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.
Sherman Williams and Glenna Emmadean Norwood had the following children:
75. i. LIVING WILLIAMS. She married WILLIAM FARRAR SHERMAN. He was born on 12 Sep
1937 in Arkansas. He died on 11 Mar 2020 in St Louis, AR.
76. ii. LIVING WILLIAMS. She married LIVING MCKUIN.
65. JAMES FOREST6 WILLIAMS (Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 08 Apr 1915 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
He died on 09 Mar 2007 in Merritt Island, Brevard Co, FL. He married MADELINE ANN
PRENDERGAST. She was born on 11 Apr 1915 in Steinauer, Pawnee Co, NE. She died on 25 Oct
1999 in Merritt Island, Brevard Co, FL.
James Forest Williams and Madeline Ann Prendergast had the following children:
77. i. SAMUEL LEE7 WILLIAMS was born on 16 Apr 1955 in Montgomery, Montgomery Co,
AL. He died on 24 Nov 2016 in Leon Co, FL. He married VIRGINIA M. RITCHIE.
78. ii. SUSAN WILLIAMS. She married CHARLES CORRY.
iii. JAMES FOREST WILLIAMS JR.
iv. THOMAS ARNN WILLIAMS.
66. EDWARD PERRY6 CUNNINGHAM (Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn,
George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 24 Dec 1905 in Hattieville, Conway
Co, AR. He died on 25 Oct 1989 in Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. He married
Elma Lou Kitchen, daughter of Emmett Lee Kitchen and Cora Lee Branch, on 01 Sep 1934 in
Washington, DC. She was born on 20 Jun 1912 in Wakefield, Sussex Co, VA. She died on 20
Nov 1996 in Washington, DC.
Notes for Edward Perry Cunningham:
See the notes for Perry's parents for information on his early life.
Perry graduated from Wann High School in May 1925 and was the first Cunningham to go to
college. He graduated from Bethany Peniel College (now Southern Nazarene University) in May
1929 with a BA degree in history. He returned to Bartlesville, where his family had moved in
1926. The Great Depression was starting and from May 1929 to Jul 1930 he worked at
miscellaneous jobs in Bartlesville, living at home with his parents, In the 1930 US Federal
Census, Perry at age 24 years is working in special deliveries for the post office department,
From Jul 1930 to May 1931 he worked for the Phillips Petroleum Co as an accounting clerk until
he was laid off because of the depression. He returned to Phillips that Dec but resigned to move
to Washington D.C.
Generation 6 (cont.)
From Jan 1932 to Feb 1935 he worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture library as a junior
librarian. During this period (Sep 1932 - May 1934) he was taking graduate courses at George
Washington University, accumulating 12 credit hours. In Sep 1934 he married and established
their home as 1271 Owens Place, N.E. In about 1940-41 they purchased a large 2-story home
at 1263 Monroe St, NE. In Feb 1935 he went to work for the Internal Revenue Service in the tax
rulings area, and worked for the IRS for the rest of his professional life. In the 1940 US Federal
Census, they are living at 1276 Owen Place where they were also living on 1 Apr 1935, renting
their home for $35 a month. Elma's sister is living with them and their young son. Perry is listed
as having completed 5 years of college, working a 35 hour week as a correspondent clerk for the
Internal Revenue for $2000 per month, having worked 52 weeks in 1939. Elma has completed
four years of high school.
He died of complications related to progressive dementia over the last seven years of his life.
His son Perry wrote the following about his father:
He was an active/devoted church member and held every layperson office in the local Nazarene
church in Washington, DC, including Sunday school teacher, church treasurer, Nazarene Young
Peoples president and church board member for over 50 years. He was at his best as a
greeter/usher, where he was a welcoming presence to all.
Devotion to family and home handyman projects filled his life. He loved people particularly in the
local Christian social group as well as in secular settings. Party gatherings and Rook card game
playing were some of his favorites. Besides his church activities, he was involved in local
community civic activities and served as president for the community "Brookland Civic
Association". During WWII he participated in local civic "air warden" duties of his community. He
was active in the local PTA at both the junior and senior high school levels, this involved being
PTA president at the local senior high school during the initial school desegregation period in DC
and he was elected as a regional PTA representative to the National PTA in the middle 1950's.
He loved sports particularly basketball, baseball and football and played softball in the local
church league. He went to local college basketball games and "Senator" baseball games at old
Griffin stadium. One of his greatest interests was in world and particularly US history/politics (he
completed some initial post graduate level studies in history at George Washington University in
Washington, DC). He was a lover of literature and could quote sections of English poetry. He
loved nature and art, particularly landscapes and birds. Museums and monuments in
Washington with their historical significance were some of his favorite outings. He would take the
family to parades in Washington and attend the National Geographic world film lectures in
Constitution Hall.
Notes for Elma Lou Kitchen:
The following is written by her son Perry.
Elma Lou Kitchen, born in Wakefield, VA was proud of her southern roots! She loved people,
particularly church and community. She was well known to neighbors and had close association
with the Catholic convent and subsequent priest priory "next door". During the Depression Years
she moved to Washington, DC and following the death of both parents by the age of 17, she
became responsible for two other younger sisters and one brother. Because of her early
struggles, she had a strong family focus and was the devoted mother of two sons. A member of
the local Nazarene church in Washington, her activities includes Sunday school teacher and
juniors program leader for several years. Additionally, she was an avid supporter/sponsor of the
church teenage fellowship.
Before her marriage to Perry, she was a model for the Hecht Department Store in Washington.
She later returned to work where she had a long work history as an office worker for the labor
union of postal clerks and The National Geographic Society. She was active in the local schools
and was a junior and high school PTA president and vice president during the 1950's school
desegregation years in Washington.
Generation 6 (cont.)
For many years she managed her large 2-story home on Monroe St as a boarding house and
room rental for Catholic University women in graduate studies and other professional singles and
US government workers. She also had the responsibility of looking after her husband's elderly
parents who lived with them for many years.
The Washington Redskins pro football team had no more avid supporter than Elma. She played
basketball as a child and also loved watching the Washington pro basketball team. She was
culturally oriented with a high priority on learning and life experience. Some of her favorite
pastimes included sewing, cooking, decorating her house and gardening (flowers and
vegetables).
Edward Perry Cunningham and Elma Lou Kitchen had the following children:
i. NANCY LEE7 CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Mar 1938 in Sibley Hospital,
Washington, DC. She died on 14 Feb 1939 in Washington, DC.
Notes for Nancy Lee Cunningham:
Nancy died as a result of multiple congenital defects.
79. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM JR.. He married LIVING HARDING.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING MANWARING.
67. FORREST TRUESDELL "TRUES"6 CUNNINGHAM (Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 08 Jun 1908 in Craig
Co, OK (7 miles South of Edna, KS). He died on 05 Sep 1964 in St. John's Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa
Co, OK. He married Ruby L Cunningham, daughter of William "Willie" Alfred Fain and Magnolia
"Nola" Stockstill, on 18 May 1934 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK (at the Presbyterian
Manse). She was born on 11 Nov 1906 in Ceder Co, MO. She died on 17 Oct 1985 in St Francis
Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK.
Notes for Forrest Truesdell "Trues" Cunningham:
Notes for Truesdell's parents describe his early years.
Cousin Paul tells the following story passed down from his father. "Daddy said that when he was
a boy living in AR (Conway Co) Ed and his family would periodically visit. They would visit Etta's
sister and her family and then they would come by and visit with grandpa (Alfred). One time
when they came for a visit Truesdell wanted to ride a bull. He said that he was rather insistent
on riding. He selected a large calf that daddy said was pretty gentle. Daddy and Morrice held
the bull and helped Truesdell get on. He didn't have a cinch or rope. He just held on the fur of
the calf. When daddy and Morrice released the calf, it began to run toward the creek, bucking
some. When it reached the creek, it planted its heels and stopped. Truesdell flew over its head
and landed in the mud on the other side of the creek. Daddy said that seemed to satisfy
Truesdell's desire to be a bull rider. Truesdell may have wanted to test his skills because his
father had been a cowboy."
Truesdell graduated from Wann, Nowata Co, High School in 1926 and moved the same year with
his family to Bartlesville. He attended the Bartlesville Business School for two years then worked
for a short time in the mailing department of the Examiner Enterprise Newspaper. On 21 Jan
1929 he went to work in the office of the Dewey Portland Cement Co, initially as a stenographer.
Eventually, he became the chief clerk and office manager.
Truesdell and Ruby were married 18 May 1934 at the home of the pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church and started their married life in Dewey, OK. in 1934. Don Tyler, General
Manager of the cement plant gave them a house on the south edge of Dewey rent free for a year
as a wedding present. The address is thought to be 116 S. Wyandotte Ave. In the 1940 US
Federal Census, they are living at 1225 North Choctaw which was near the cement plant, and
own their home valued at $1500. They were also living in the same home in 1935 and it is likely
that they had recently moved there from their "free" house. Truesdell is listed as having been
born in KS and having completed one year of college. He is listed as Chief Office Clerk in a
cement plant, working a 40 hour week, working 52 weeks in 1939, earning $2000 per month.
Ruby is listed as having completed 8 years of school and in Home Housework.
Generation 6 (cont.)
It was about Feb 1941 (when Maridell was nine months ole) that they moved to the Tuxedo
community between Dewey and Bartlesville, This was 10 acres with a house owned by his
parents which had the address of Rt 1 Box 301. When they moved there they added running
water and a bathroom. They purchased the property 6 Nov 1942 for about $2250.00, the
address eventually becoming 710 NE Washington Blvd. On 16 Jul 1947 they sold the house and
3 acres to P. W. and Ruby Tate. Prior to selling the house they had build a small 2 BR cinder
block house on 2 acres (now 3916 NE Wisconsin St) behind the main house where they lived for
two years while a house was being build on the remaining 5 acres. They moved into the new
house and assumed a mortgage of $11,488.00 on 8 Apr 1949. The address for this new home
became 746 NE Washington Blvd (Hwy US 75). On 14 Jul 50 they rented then sold the block
house and 2 acres to Glenn and Nancy Blair for $5500. On 18 Sep 1958 they sold the house to
Ernest and Maud Tannehill when Trues was transfered to the new cement plant in NE Tulsa and
where he was working at the time of his death. They purchased a new construction home at
11404 E. 4th Place in a new subdivision in northeast Tulsa.
Because of his age, job and family he was low on the priority list to serve in WWII. However, at
the time the war ended, he had been scheduled to take his physical for induction and would have
been called up had the war not ended when it did.
Trues was a quiet spoken, kind and generous man. Occasionally a worker from the Dewey
cement plant would come to the house to ask for a loan of money to last until payday. (The first
black person I ever remember seeing was a man who came to our door for assistance) No one
was ever turned away and he was always repaid. He was a devout Christian and a student of
the Bible all his adult life and gave a minimum of 10 percent of his income to the church. He
was a founding member of the Eastside Church of the Nazarene in Bartlesville, eventually
transferring (probably about 1951) to the Dewey Church of the Nazarene. After moving to Tulsa,
they attended First Church of the Nazarene until his death. He was always active in the church
as Sunday school superintendent, church treasurer, adult Sunday school teacher, and song
leader/choir director, all positions which he held for many years. He had a good singing voice
and frequently sang solos and duets with his daughter. His only vanity that I can remember was
his hair; He tried many different hair products over the years to prevent baldness. Although his
hair was thin, he was successful in preventing baldness.
He loved to fish, and played tennis in his younger years. He was not handy and had no ability fix
things although he made outdoor concrete benches and ornamental items later in life. In early
March 1964 at age 55, while at work he experienced chest pain, saw the doctor but was not
hospitalized until the next morning when he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. After his
heart attack he eventually returned to work part-time but never fully recovered. He was
hospitalized a second time with congestive heart failure in September. He died at the age of 56
of complications following his initial heart attack in March.
Notes for Ruby L Cunningham:
In the 1910 US Federal Census, Ruby is a 3 yr old living with her parents and younger brother in
Cottonwood Precinct, Yavapai Co, AZ. Her father is listed as being a farmer on a truck farm on
his own account, and renting his farm. Her parents had three children, the oldest having died.
Yavapai Co is where her father had been born and where his uncle had a ranch.
The family had moved to AZ for her father's health. She had a great fear of water as she almost
drowned when she fell into a canal behind the house where they were living. Her father died of
TB when she was 6 years old. By this time the family had moved back to Cedar Co, MO. At the
time of her father's death, her mother was 8 months pregnant and moved back with her own
mother to have the baby. They continued to live with her grandmother while her mother worked
in a nearby country store (Pacetown). Ruby felt she never really had a childhood since she was
essentially responsible from an early age for raising her two younger brothers while her mother
worked at the store. She remembers standing on a wooden box at the sink washing dishes.
When she was about 12 to 14 years old she contracted flu and almost died during the dreaded
1918 Spanish Influenza Epidemic which killed millions of people worldwide. Because her father,
paternal grandparents and other close relatives died of TB, she was always very careful to
maintain good hygiene within her own family. Although she never tested positive for TB, it was
Generation 6 (cont.)
always one of her greatest fears.
In the 1920 US Federal Census, the family is still living with Ruby's grandmother although her
mother is listed as head of household and as working as a store clerk. Only the youngest
brother is listed as attending school. Ruby (13 yrs old) and Newell (11 yrs old) are not in school.
The children in this community attended a one room school (Sand Ridge, which is still standing)
which was first through eighth grades. After eighth grade children had to move into town and
stay with relatives to complete their schooling, which the family could not afford to do. Thus,
Ruby only received an 8th grade education (which is probably equivalent to a 12th grade
education by today's standards). She was excellent in math and spelling.
In about 1924 when she was about 18 yrs old, she moved to Bartlesville, OK where she had
family living. She soon got a job with a family who was employed as an executive with Phillips
66 Petroleum Company. She was a live-in house keeper and took care of their two young boys.
The address was 1112 S. Johnstone Ave. She worked there for about 10 years until her
marriage. In the 1930 US Federal Census she is listed in their household as a "Servant". In the
1940 US Federal Census she is married and living in Dewey with her husband and 4 yr old
Forrest. Maridell is not listed in the census since she was born about a month after the census
was taken. The family is living at 1225 N. Choctaw which they own and where they were also
living in 1935.
Ruby was a product of a poor, single parent family as well as the depression which was reflected
in everything she did for the rest of her life. She was frugal, hard working, and an excellent
money manager. She was fiercely loyal and dedicated to her family, After they moved to the
Tuxedo community in 1941 on ten acres belonging to her inlaws, she kept a large garden,
canned, raised chickens for food and eggs, made butter, and raised caves to butcher for food.
This was especially the case during and immediately following WWII.
After her daughter started first grade she went to work as a cafeteria worker in the same school,
and was quickly promoted to supervisor. The 1956 Tuxedo City Directory lists her a cook at the
Highland Pk School. Even after moving into their newly built house in 1949, she continued to
raise chickens for food, and sold eggs, but her main cash crop was pigs. She would buy piglets
in the fall, take home cafeteria garbage to feed them and sell the adult pigs the next spring.
(This was on five acres in the country.) She did this for a number of years.
After her husband was transferred to Tulsa in 1959 she stayed active, providing child day care
for several families up to the time of her death. She attended First Church of the Nazarene until
her husband's death, when she then became a member of the Central Church of the Nazarene.
In 1979 she moved to University Village in Tulsa, a retirement community, living in an
independent efficiency apartment until her death in 1985. She died in the hospital as a result of
complications following surgery for a ruptured aortic aneurysm.
Forrest Truesdell "Trues" Cunningham and Ruby L Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married ROBERT WILLIAM LOOMIS. He was born on 03
May 1935 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co, CA (Palo Alto Hospital). He died on 07
Apr 2012 in Cannon Memorial Hospital, Pickens, Pickens Co, SC.
Notes for Robert William Loomis:
Bob was born 3 May 1935 in Palo Alto Hospital, Palo Alto, CA. He was raised by
his parents, Joyce Dowswell (Clark) Loomis and Harry Everett Loomis in Mountain
View and Los Altos, CA. He attended Dana Street School, Mountain View
Elementary, and Mountain View High School (MVHS). He graduated from MVHS
in 1953, and received his university education at the University of California, Davis
(UCD), graduating with an AB Degree in American Civilization, May 1957. In Dec
1956 he married Darly Ann Jenkins. Three children from this marriage are Robert
Scott, Kenneth Michael, and Teri Leanne Loomis. Bob and Darly were divorced in
1976.
Upon graduation from UCD, and completion of a four year Army ROTC program,
Generation 6 (cont.)
he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, Regular Army, Infantry, U.S. Army. He
attended basic infantry Officers School, Ft. Benning, GA, and was assigned to Ft.
Ord, CA where he served for two years. In 1959 he attended the Military Police
School, Ft. Gordon, GA and was subsequently assigned to Giessen Post,
Germany in 1960 as a military police officer. In 1963 he transferred to Military
Intelligence Branch, attended special and advanced MI training at Ft. Holabird,
MD. Upon completion of training he served as a intelligence officer in many
varied assignments. His assignments included Sacramento, CA, Vietnam (twice),
Iran and Washington, D.C. Upon completion of over 23 years of service in Sep
1980, he retired at the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
(INSCOM), Arlington Hall Station, VA, where he had served as INSCOM Public
Affairs Officer.
While assigned to Washington D.C from 1973-77, he attended American
University, receiving a Graduate Certificate in Public Relations. On 11 Dec 1976
Bob married Maridell Cunningham. Following his retirement he accompanied
Maridell (a USAF Nurse and Officer) on her many assignments to Colorado
(twice), Japan, and Maryland. Prior to Maridell's assignment to Japan in 1984,
Bob worked as a financial planner. While in Japan from 1984-87, Bob taught
professional writing courses for members of the USAF and civilians. He was also
employed as the Testing Officer for the USAF Education Center. He also taught
English at a local Misawa English Language School. While in Japan he applied
for graduate school of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Upon
Maridell's assignment back to CO, Bob embarked on an intensive 22 month, 61
semester hour graduate program in Counseling and Human Services, graduating
May 1989. Maridell was reassigned to Andrews AFB, MD and Bob was employed
as Mental Health Counselor at the St. Mary's Co, MD County Health Department
Mental Health Services, Leonardtown, MD until 1994. Subsequent to the move to
our retirement home in Pickens, SC in 1994, Bob was employed as a Mental
Health Counselor, Greenville Mental Health Center, Greenville, SC until he retired
in 2003. After this "final" retirement, Bob devoted much of his time to the church.
He enjoyed his work with Pastoral Care, Worship Ministry, and assisting our local
Parish grow. He also enjoyed traveling at any opportunity and cutting grass with
his large John Deer tractor on our 54 acres. Bob had a heart attack at home and
died 7 Apr 2012.
Bob had an inquiring mind, loved educational pursuits, could fix almost anything,
loved to build/refinish furniture, but most of all loved his family especially his two
grandsons, Jeremy and Andrew.
Residences since birth: May 1935-Sep1935, Bailey Ave.. Mtn View, CA. Sep 35-
Jan 43, 225 Church St., Mtn. View, CA. Jan 43-Feb 46, 630 Palo Alto Ave., Mtn
View, CA. Feb 46-Mar 51, 1947 El Camino Real, Mtn. View, CA. Mar 51-Sep 53,
659 Spargur Dr., Los Altos, CA. Sep 53-Dec 53, Beckett Hall, UCD, Davis, CA.
Dec 53-Dec 56, 515 1st St., Davis, CA, Theta Xi. (Summers spent at 659
Spargur Dr., Los Altos, CA) Dec 56-Jun 57, 212 University Ave., Davis CA. Jun
57-Dec 57, 95 Matheson, Columbus, GA. Dec 57-Jan 58, 1320 3rd Ave,,
Sacramento, CA. Jan 58-Sep 59, 226 Briggs Cir., Bayview Park, Ft. Ord, CA.
Sep 59-Dec 59, BOQ, Ft. Gordon, GA. Dec 59-Jan 60, 1320 3rd Ave,
Sacramento, CA. Jan 60-May 60 BOQ 1, Rodgenstrasse, Giessen, FDR. May
60-Jul 60, 7-G Jackson Rd., Giessen, FDR. Aug 60-Jun 63, 48-E Jefferson
Circle, Giessen, FDR. Jun 63-Dec 64, Ft. Holabird, MD. Dec 64-Apr 66, 3449
Imperial Way, Sacramento, CA. Apr 66-Apr 67, MACVSOG, RVN. May 67-Jul
69, ARMISH MAAG, 28 Rezagi, IBEC, Teheran, Iran. Jul 69-Feb 72, 7419 Inzer
St., N. Springfield, VA 22151. Feb 72-Mar 73, MACV/USARV, Saigon, Long Binh
Post, RVN. Apr 73-Dec 73, 7419 Inzer St., N. Springfield, VA. Dec 73-Jul 74,
3917 Bruce St. Alexandria, VA 22305. Jul 74-Jan 78, 6641 Wakefield Dr. #817,
Alexandria, VA 22307. Jan 78-May 81, 4432 Chase Park Ct., Annandale, VA
22003. May 81-Jun 84, 10555 Holden Cir, Franktown, CO. Jun 84-Jun 85 Qtrs
Generation 6 (cont.)
365, Misawa, Japan. Jun 85-Apr 87, Qtrs 65, MAB, Misawa, Japan. April 87-May
89, 19435 Misty Morning Dr., Monument, CO. Apr 89-Jun 94, 2618 Apple Way,
Dunkirk, MD. Jul 94-Dec 94, 2927 Table Rock Rd, Pickens, SC 29671. Dec 94-
Apr 2012, 2925 Table Rock Road, Pickens SC 29671.
80. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM JR. He married LIVING HOWARD.
68. HARRY HOWARD6 CUNNINGHAM (Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn,
George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 10 Apr 1911 in Greer Farm, Nowata
Co, OK. He died on 18 Mar 1996 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA. He married
Thelma Goldie Rouintree, daughter of Harvey Leander Rouintree and Margaret "Peggy" Alva
Baty, on 14 Apr 1935 in Nowata, Nowata Co, OK. She was born on 22 Aug 1907 in Cull, Howell
Co, MO. She died on 10 Apr 1989 in Chino, San Bernardino Co, CA.
Notes for Harry Howard Cunningham:
See notes for Howard's parents for a description of his early life. Howard wrote the following
about his memories of his life.
"My parents were Edward Payson and Henrietta Arnn Cunningham. I was born April 10, 1911 at
which time my parents with my two brothers, Perry and Truesdell, were living on a farm between
Wann, Okla and Coffeyvile, Kansas. Coffeyville was our big town. Latter the family moved to
Wann into a box car house, Dad took on odd jobs. How we had another brother Warden
"Wamp". One recollection here was when my parents disciplined me sharply and I ran away
from home into the corn fields and they had to search for me. It was no easy matter to find such
a small boy in a field of tall corn. Another time I recall falling asleep in church at night and my
parents forgot me and left me in the little dark church. They missed me on their way home and
turned back to get me. I had awakened, climbed out a window and started to walk home when
they met me. . . One time I hoed corn and made money to help pay for train tickets and went with
my Mom to visit my Grandma and other relatives in Arkansas. That was a very special event. . .
I worked during summer vacations for the farmers, worked in the hay fields and other farmer's
helper jobs. One time I was driving a team of horses for the big hay rake and raked right through
a bumble bee's nest. What a swarm of bees! I jumped off the hay rake and ran as fast as I
could and the farmer came to my rescue and drove the team out of the swarm of bumble bees. I
also helped the farmers feed and care for the live stock. . . Another time I had a job of riding one
horse and leading a mare to another farm, a distance of some miles, for breeding. I saw a pump,
I was thirsty and stopped my horse to get a drink. The mare got away from us and I had to run
to catch her. It was pretty exciting. . . I heard radio my first time with head phones at a friend's
house. Looking back today I feel I was given lots of responsibility for such a young boy. . . . I
finished 8th grade school at Wann, and this was the end of my happy and productive farm life
and work."
After the family moved near Bartlesville living on the dairy farm in 1926, Howard helped out on
the dairy farm and entered high school besides. After moving into Bartlesville a year later he
worked at the Morning Examiner newspaper. "I worked part time at the Examiner, finishing the
9th grade. You may have guessed by now that I liked working more than school." In the 1930
US Federal Census Howard is 18 years of age working as a printer in a printing office, " My part
time with the newspaper became a full time apprenticeship and correspondence studies with
International Typographical Union."
"Our Social activities were mostly centered around our church where we devoutly attended and
worshiped. I met Thelma there, and we were married in 1935. . . I was now a husband and we
were in our own home. In 1938 our first son, Ross was born and now we were a family. A year
later, because I had completed my newspaper apprenticeship, we left Bartlesville. First we went
to New York to enroll in a finish course in I.T.U. School. We had saved some money and
purchased a new Ford Sedan. With our year old son we traveled across country east to west.
Our goal was to find the right location and the best job opportunity. We made several temporary
stops, with temporary apartment lodging, always as near a park as possible, or with a yard for
our son to play. I worked in several newspapers - New York Daily News, Washington Star, St.
Louis Post Dispatch, Philadelphia, Corpus Christi and others, gaining experience and paying
expenses. This was an interesting and memorable experience for me. Our travels ended in Los
Generation 6 (cont.)
Angeles. I enrolled in Frank Wiggins Trade School for more training and worked part time at the
Morning Examiner. I also went to Aircraft Training School to prepare for war-time employment.
Then I worked at Douglas Aircraft for a few years."
"We established our home in Venice, Cal where we lived for the next ten years, and where our
next two sons, Gary and Dean, were born. We bought our first home, which was a terrific old 2
story house, where we enjoyed a good life with our three little boys. Previous to this I had
accepted a Government Printing assignment. We soon knew that life wasn't what we wanted
and were glad to return to Venice a year later to stay. I was now successful in getting into the
Offset Printing Trade. First there was Addressograph Multigraph, then Page Lithograph, and
finally the City of Los Angeles Printing, each time a better experience."
"With our three growing sons we now considered a change in location for their better
advantages. We were now able to sell the Venice home for a nice profit and buy a new home in
Whitter near the orange groves." According to Ross they moved to Whittier in 1955. "There was
more space everywhere for the boys. Schools were good. Dean completed Grades 7 and 8 in
the new Katherine Edwards School just back of our place. Ross and Gary graduated from
Whittier High and Dean from the new Pioneer High."
"God has been so gracious to our family, and for His blessings we are continually thankful. Our
love and prayers are for the family we were blessed with. We pray that their homes and lives will
be blessed with Happiness, Health, Love, Joy and Peace; most of all that they may know God
and His Love, Christ the Saviour and Hope of Everlasting Life, and that they may seek Divine
direction as their children grow up through happy childhood to become strong men and women,
taking their places in God's world."
In the 1940 US Federal Census Howard was living with his young family at 33251/2 Baldwin
Street, Los Angeles and renting their home for $20 per month, and had been living in Bartlesville
is 1935. Howard is listed as unemployed and there is no occupation or income listed. Thelma is
employed as a stenographer for a wholesale cracker company but an income is not listed.
Notes for Thelma Goldie Rouintree:
Thelma Goldie was the fourth girl to be born to the Rouintree family and was the runt of the
family. The birthday of this small but mighty girl was Aug 22, 1907. She had brownish hair that
curled in ringlets over her head. Thelma loved church and liked to perform in Sunday School
programs at the little Presbyterian Church of Elk Creek where the family worshiped. She
remembered her Papa carrying her piggy-back across the fields to church as they walked with
the family. Papa and Mama were very special to Thelma: fishing with her Papa at Whitworth
pond after the day's work was done was a special treat. Wearing the pretty dresses that her
Mama made for her and all her other sisters was very special too. The stories that her Mama
told meant a great deal to her and would be handed down to her coming generations.
Thelma's childhood was a very active one. She had good times with the family: picnics at the
creek, playing ball and other games in the "woods" play area out in front of the farm house.
Games that she excelled in were jumping rope, making doll clothes, having mud pie parties and
making play houses. Her very best childhood friend was Ruth King. They went to school and
Sunday School together and enjoyed all the other childhood happiness. A special post office
was created by these two friends under an old oak tree half way between their two homes which
was just down one hill and up another. There were other childhood friends but Ruth was special
to her. School was always easy for Thelma and she liked it. Being good in reading gained her
promotion in three years. (Skipping these grades would make her a very young and little
freshman coming into high school.) Mathematics and Spelling were her best subjects and she
dared to stand up in "ciphering matches or spelling bees" on Fridays with upper class students
when she was in the earlier grades.
The family moved in West Plains in her Junior year of high school and she graduated from West
Plains High School as would the rest of her brothers and sisters coming after her. Later she was
able to attend Springfield Business College with her Papa helping her borrow money for entrance
and her working for room and board. Very early in life the realization that her parents worked
hard for her made her wish she could grow up and do something to help them, like buying a
Generation 6 (cont.)
pretty house up on a hill which the family could see on their drive into West Plains from Elk
Creek. Her first job was seven dollars a week in a Realtor office. At only seventeen years of age
and young looking for that, she was glad to have a job. she kept her eye out for betterment and
kept moving up into better paying jobs. Her final move came in 1929 in Bartlesville, OK where
she became secretary in the Phillips Petroleum Company offices. She grieved "buckets of tears"
when she left home to go to Oklahoma for her better job. She loved home! She wanted to help
her younger brothers and sisters to have a little more financial ease and to keep helping her
parents as much as possible. She helped the others mostly with their clothes budgets through
high school and college. Each of them managed somehow to provide the funds for their actual
tuition. Then there was the first family car, a Model T Ford that she bought; it made history long
after she had gone from home. The family did not demand a lot of earthly goods nor was there
enough money to provide them. They had the necessities of life, a good Christian home, parents
who loved them, and brothers and sisters to make life interesting at home.
When she met her husband-to-be, Howard Cunningham in a Bartlesville church, he was almost
engaged to someone else and she didn't try to compete. Finally that other girl moved away and
Howard was free to choose from a few girls who were hoping for his attention. He was the local
best catch and he chose Thelma and she fell for him. She was a happy oil company secretary
and enjoyed her free life and wasn't eager to give it up, but her real love was Howard. She
compromised by getting married 14 Apr 1935 and continuing to work three more years, until their
first son Ross was born.
Howard Cunningham was born 10 Apr 1911 and spent his early years in the country on a farm
near Wann, OK, the third son of four. His brothers were Perry, Truesdell and Warden. His father
Edward Payson was Scots-Irish, and his mother Henrietta was of German-Irish descent. His
growing up years were mostly in the country where he had the fields, orchards, the old swimming
hole and the hay barn for recreation. The Cunninghams were a Christian family, loyal to God
and Church. They moved up to Bartlesville for better employment and schools when Howard
was a freshman in high school. He preferred work to school however. He had helped do
janitor's work when just a kid and before be finished his sophomore year of high school, had a
job. It was with the newspaper "Morning Examiner" where his Dad also worked as a route man
driving the trucks of newspapers to other towns. Howard was a mailer, but soon became a 6-
year apprentice to learn the printing trade. During this time he completed by correspondence
and with a diploma, an extensive I.T.U. Printing Course. This led into many other printing jobs.
Howard and Thelma moved to CA in 1940, a year after Ross was born. The war was on and
Howard got into the defense industry, still using his printing skills. In 1941 war was declared with
Japan, and second son Gary was born that year. Howard took a government printing
assignment in Washington D.C. for nine months during the war. They disliked the eastern coast
and went back to CA to live. Two brothers, James, US Air Force and Lyman, US Navy enlisted.
In time, they were both in training in CA and were able to be near the Cunninghams. Mother
Rouintree came to CA to get a job and be near her sons. Thelma helped and encouraged her
Mother in her first paying job. Mother Rouintree worked at ironing mostly service men's shirts at
a big laundry in Venice. Dad Rouintree came to CA to get a defense job and they both settled in
an apartment and were there through the time the boys were on the west coast. Thelma's sisters
Florence and Ruth and Ruth's husband Floyd also lived in and around Venice. Mary Lee,
Lyman's wife had also come to CA to be near her husband. It was a special time of living close
for all of them. Ruth and Floyd had a small daughter Joella, Mary Lee and Lyman had a little boy
Ronnie and the Cunninghams had their third son, Dean who was born in Feb 1946, soon after
the war ended.
The town of Venice, CA that the Cunninghams, Rouintrees, Wardens, Mary Lee and Florence
lived in was an old beach town, with many attractions, the best of which was the beach and surf.
Venice formerly was a city of its own, with canals patterned after Venice, Italy, Some of those
canals remained down through the years although Venice developed into a modern city of
apartments and marinas. The Cunninghams bought their first home in Venice, CA and when
Dean was ready for Kindergarten, Thelma's second career began. She accepted a position with
the Los Angeles City Schools. During those years the family thrived on fun with each other and
friends. The boys learned to swim in the breakwater, while active in the Boy Scouts and in
Generation 6 (cont.)
church activities. They camped in the mountains where they built their own cabin together with
Lyman (Thelma's brother) and his sons in Green Valley. The boys built their own boat for the
lake, and they learned to ski. The families of Thelma, Lyman and Florence had very special
times together at Green Valley.
Ross, the oldest son of the Cunninghams, attended Los Angeles City College earning his degree
in Civil Engineering. His first job after graduation was with Los Angeles City Harbor Division
where he was totally happy to be working outside. He was later transferred to the City
Department of Water and Power and while there he earned his license for a surveyor. Gary,
second son applied for NROTC scholarship upon graduation from high school. He attended
Idaho State university, majoring in engineering and business. Upon graduation, he was
commissioned a Lt in the Marine Corp and went for officers training. Later he flew helicopters to
pick up the wounded during the Vietnam war. Two years after returning home from Vietnam he
went into commercial flying for Delta Airlines. Dean attended Los Angeles College and enlisted
in the US Marines. After this tour in the service he went to Fresno State to complete his college,
majoring in Psychology. He returned to military service in the USAF for officers training where he
completed work in communication.
Thelma and Howard are both retired, Thelma after twenty three years with the Los Angeles
school system. They still work on the cabin and their home is now in Whittier, CA. They enjoy
traveling in their trailer and flying in Delta's jets with special rates and free flights provided by son
Gary. To their children and grandchildren, they would like to bequeath the Christian heritages
handed down to them by their parents, their love, and good name and integrity, rather than the
riches on earth.
Harry Howard Cunningham and Thelma Goldie Rouintree had the following children:
81. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING KING.
82. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING FRAM.
83. iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married (1) DANA JO ANDREWS. She was born on 26 Aug
1941 in Twins Falls, Twins Falls Co, ID. She died on 17 Jun 2011 in Denton,
Denton Co, TX, at hpme. He married (2) JOY LARAYNE BOLEN. She was born on 14
Nov 1945 in Contra Costa Co, CA.
69. CLARA LOUISE6 STOUT (Wilma Myrtle5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 19 Jul 1911 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She
died on 29 Dec 1997 in Mesa, Maricopa Co, AZ. She married Duke Charles Burks, son of Abel
Ross Burks and Myrtle Lee Akers, on 07 Feb 1931 in Yavapai Co, AZ. He was born on 17 Jul
1910 in Hunt Co,TX. He died on 01 Mar 1983 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ.
Duke Charles Burks and Clara Louise Stout had the following children:
i. DUKE CHARLES7 BURKS JR was born on 21 Oct 1933 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. He
died on 02 Nov 2008 in Mesa, AZ. He married Barbara Jean King on 16 Nov 1957
in Nevada.
ii. LIVING BURKS.
iii. LIVING BURKS.
70. WILLIAM WINFIELD6 STOUT (Wilma Myrtle5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 22 Mar 1913 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. He
died on 25 Apr 1971 in San Bernardino Co, CA. He married NORMA S. SCARLETT. She was born
on 08 Dec 1921 in Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, CA. She died on 20 Jun 2016 in Tucson, Pima
Co, AZ.
William Winfield Stout and Norma S. Scarlett had the following children:
i. LIVING STOUT. He married LIVING MOIST.
ii. LIVING STOUT.
iii. LIVING 111.
Generation 6 (cont.)
71. MARTHA ASHMORE6 STOUT (Wilma Myrtle5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 16 Jun 1917 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She
died on 05 May 1993 in Los Altos, Santa Clara Co, CA. She married JAMES WALLACE HODGES.
He was born on 19 Jun 1921 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV. He died on 19 Sep 1993 in Los
Altos, Santa Clara Co, CA.
James Wallace Hodges and Martha Ashmore Stout had the following children:
i. MARGARET JACQUELINE "JACKIE"7 HODGES was born on 23 Feb 1937 in El Paso, TX.
She died on 07 Nov 1998 in Chico, Butte Co, CA. She married RONALD LEE
NELSON. He was born in 1936. He died in 2002.
84. ii. ADRIENNE BLAIR HODGES was born on 17 Dec 1944 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She
died on 14 Dec 1996 in Campbell, Santa Clara Co, CA. She married (1) PATRICK
WESLEY LOERICH on 13 Feb 1976 in Carson City, Nevada, USA. He was born on
26 Apr 1943 in Contra Costa, California. He died on 20 Jun 2012 in King,
Washington. She married (2) LIVING HERING. She married (3) LIVING BINNS.
iii. JAY JONATHAN HODGES was born on 21 Mar 1956 in San Mateo, CA. He died on
16 Jul 2000 in Sunol, Alameda Co, CA.
iv. LIVING HODGES.
v. LIVING HODGES. She married LIVING EUCHNER.
vi. LIVING HODGES.
72. MARGARET BLAIR6 STOUT (Wilma Myrtle5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 30 Apr 1921 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ. She
died on 11 Mar 1998 in Los Altos, Santa Clara, CA. She married Thomas Jefferson Burks, son of
Abel Ross Burks and Myrtle Lee Akers, in 1939 in AZ. He was born on 25 May 1917 in Moro,
Taylor Co, TX. He died on 26 Jan 1993 in Santa Clara Co, CA.
Thomas Jefferson Burks and Margaret Blair Stout had the following children:
i. CAROLYN MARGARET7 BURKS was born on 19 Feb 1941 in Santa Clara Co, CA.
She died on 08 Jan 1991 in Santa Clara Co, CA. She married (1) LIVING DUNN JR.
She married (2) UNKNOWN MILLER. He was born in 1935. He died before 1980.
ii. GERALDINE M. BURKS. She married EDUARDO ?.
iii. THOMAS D. BURKS.
iv. JOHN R. BURKS.
					Generation 7
73. MARY JOSEPHINE7 CHEEK (Eva Josephine6 Houston, John Hawk5 Houston, Mary Ann4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 31 May 1918 in Old
Hickory, Conway Co, AR. She died on 08 Nov 2002 in Little Rock, Puaski Co, AR. She married
OLEN RAYMOND CHURCHILL. He was born on 12 Jul 1917 in Hector, Pope Co, AR. He died on 27
Feb 2011 in Little Rock, Puaski Co, AR.
Olen Raymond Churchill and Mary Josephine Cheek had the following children:
i. LIVING CHURCHILL.
ii. LIVING CHURCHILL.
iii. LIVING CHURCHILL.
74. JOE MEDFORD7 WILLIAMS (Archie6, Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn,
George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 20 Dec 1932 in Hattieville, Conway
Co, AR. He died on 05 Apr 2020 in Ozark, Franklin County, AR. He married (1) MARY CLIFTENA
WISDOM after 1991. He married (2) YVONNE SUE PITTS before 1965. She was born on 21 Aug
1936 in Amistad Unio, New Mexico. She died on 12 Feb 1991.
Joe Medford Williams and Yvonne Sue Pitts had the following children:
i. JACKIE8 WILLIAMS.
ii. MIKE WILLIAMS.
Generation 7 (cont.)
iii. DOUGLAS ARCHIE WILLIAMS.
iv. JAN WILLIAMS.
v. JANET WILLIAMS.
75. LIVING WILLIAMS (Sherman6, Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Sherman6, Joseph "Joe", James "Jim" Madison, William
Jonathan). She married WILLIAM FARRAR SHERMAN. He was born on 12 Sep 1937 in Arkansas.
He died on 11 Mar 2020 in St Louis, AR.
William Farrar Sherman and Living Williams had the following children:
i. LIVING SHERMAN.
ii. LIVING SHERMAN.
iii. LIVING SHERMAN.
76. LIVING WILLIAMS (Sherman6, Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George
Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Sherman6, Joseph "Joe", James "Jim" Madison, William
Jonathan). She married LIVING MCKUIN.
Living McKuin and Living Williams had the following children:
i. LIVING MCKUIN.
ii. LIVING MCKUIN.
77. SAMUEL LEE7 WILLIAMS (James Forest6, Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn,
George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 16 Apr 1955 in Montgomery,
Montgomery Co, AL. He died on 24 Nov 2016 in Leon Co, FL. He married VIRGINIA M. RITCHIE.
Samuel Lee Williams and Virginia M. Ritchie had the following child:
85. i. ROXANN8 WILLIAMS. She married THISEAS MOURATIDIS.
78. SUSAN7 WILLIAMS (James Forest6, Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn,
George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, James Forest6, Joseph "Joe", James "Jim"
Madison, William Jonathan). She married CHARLES CORRY.
Charles Corry and Susan Williams had the following child:
i. ERIN8 CORRY.
79. LIVING CUNNINGHAM JR. (Edward Perry6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3
Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Edward Perry6, Edward Payson, John
Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). He married LIVING HARDING.
Living Cunningham Jr. and Living Harding had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
86. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING GORDON.
80. LIVING CUNNINGHAM JR (Forrest Truesdell "Trues"6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4
Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Forrest Truesdell "Trues"6,
Edward Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). He married LIVING HOWARD.
Living Cunningham Jr and Living Howard had the following children:
87. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married (1) LIVING WILLIAMS JR.. She married (2) LIVING
HINES.
88. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING OYLER.
81. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn,
George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Harry Howard6, Edward Payson, John Henry,
Alfred C., David C., William, James). He married LIVING KING.
Living Cunningham and Living King had the following children:
89. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING BIRD.
90. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING JAMES.
91. iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING CAAL.
Generation 7 (cont.)
iv. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
82. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn,
George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Harry Howard6, Edward Payson, John Henry,
Alfred C., David C., William, James). He married LIVING FRAM.
Living Cunningham and Living Fram had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
92. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING HASKELL.
83. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn,
George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Harry Howard6, Edward Payson, John Henry,
Alfred C., David C., William, James). He married (1) DANA JO ANDREWS. She was born on 26
Aug 1941 in Twins Falls, Twins Falls Co, ID. She died on 17 Jun 2011 in Denton, Denton Co,
TX, at hpme. He married (2) JOY LARAYNE BOLEN. She was born on 14 Nov 1945 in Contra
Costa Co, CA.
Notes for Dana Jo Andrews:
Dana Jo Andrews was born 26 Aug 1941 in Twin Falls, ID to Don and Emma Lou Andrews. We
lived in Twin Falls and Jerome Counties except for one year in Wells, NV where my father was a
grocer. The family moved to Hazelton, ID in 1945 where Don became the manager of a bean
warehouse. Dana attended the local schools until graduation from high school and was a
member of the First Presbyterian church in Hazelton. Dana attended and graduated with honors
from the University of Idaho in 1963 with majors in French and Spanish and a minor in English.
She and three sorority sisters moved to Garden Grove, CA where they taught secondary school
for the next three years off and on. The summers of 1964 and 1965 Dana received a NDEA
scholarship to study for a Masters in French. The first summer was in Tallahassee, FL, and the
second summer in Lyons, France. Both summers were conducted total immersion in French. In
1965 Dana taught for the Dept of Defense in Chistose, Japan. In 1966 she taught foreign
languages for The Garden Grove, CA schools. In 1968 she married Gary Cunningham. . .and
the excitement began. . . (Jan 2011)
Living Cunningham and Dana Jo Andrews had the following children:
93. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING SCHLACHTER.
94. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING KUGLER.
95. iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING DOMIZIANO.
84. ADRIENNE BLAIR7 HODGES (Martha Ashmore6 Stout, Wilma Myrtle5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron) was born on 17 Dec 1944 in Tucson,
Pima Co, AZ. She died on 14 Dec 1996 in Campbell, Santa Clara Co, CA. She married (1)
PATRICK WESLEY LOERICH on 13 Feb 1976 in Carson City, Nevada, USA. He was born on 26 Apr
1943 in Contra Costa, California. He died on 20 Jun 2012 in King, Washington. She married (2)
LIVING HERING. She married (3) LIVING BINNS.
Patrick Wesley Loerich and Adrienne Blair Hodges had the following child:
i. LIVING LOERICH. She married LIVING WITHINGTON.
Living Binns and Adrienne Blair Hodges had the following children:
i. LIVING BINNS.
ii. LIVING BINNS. He married LIVING BINNS JR.
					Generation 8
85. ROXANN8 WILLIAMS (Samuel Lee7, James Forest6, Roxie Ann5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Samuel Lee7, James Forest6,
Joseph "Joe", James "Jim" Madison, William Jonathan). She married THISEAS MOURATIDIS.
Thiseas Mouratidis and Roxann Williams had the following child:
i. APOLLONIA9 MOURATIDIS.
86. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living Jr., Edward Perry6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living Jr., Edward Perry6, Edward
Generation 8 (cont.)
Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). She married LIVING GORDON.
Living Gordon and Living Cunningham had the following child:
i. LIVING GORDON.
87. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living Jr, Forrest Truesdell "Trues"6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward
McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living Jr, Forrest
Truesdell "Trues"6, Edward Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). She
married (1) LIVING WILLIAMS JR.. She married (2) LIVING HINES.
Living Williams Jr. and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING WILLIAMS. She married LIVING SMITH-WHITMORE.
ii. LIVING WILLIAMS. She married LIVING KING.
88. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living Jr, Forrest Truesdell "Trues"6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward
McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living Jr, Forrest
Truesdell "Trues"6, Edward Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). He
married LIVING OYLER.
Living Cunningham and Living Oyler had the following children:
96. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING REGIER.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING KELLY.
89. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living, Harry Howard6, Edward
Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). She married LIVING BIRD.
Living Bird and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING BIRD.
ii. LIVING BIRD.
iii. LIVING BIRD.
iv. LIVING BIRD.
90. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living, Harry Howard6, Edward
Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). She married LIVING JAMES.
Living James and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING JAMES.
ii. LIVING JAMES.
iii. LIVING JAMES.
iv. LIVING JAMES.
v. LIVING JAMES.
91. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living, Harry Howard6, Edward
Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). He married LIVING CAAL.
Living Cunningham and Living Caal had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
92. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living, Harry Howard6, Edward
Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). She married LIVING HASKELL.
Living Haskell and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING HASKELL.
ii. LIVING HASKELL.
Generation 8 (cont.)
93. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living, Harry Howard6, Edward
Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). He married LIVING SCHLACHTER.
Living Cunningham and Living Schlachter had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
94. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living, Harry Howard6, Edward
Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). She married LIVING KUGLER.
Living Kugler and Living Cunningham had the following child:
i. LIVING KUGLER.
95. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward McBride4 Arnn,
Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living, Harry Howard6, Edward
Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James). He married LIVING DOMIZIANO.
Living Cunningham and Living Domiziano had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
					Generation 9
96. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Living Jr, Forrest Truesdell "Trues"6, Henrietta "Etta"5 Arnn, Edward
McBride4 Arnn, Abihu3 Arnn, George Washington2 Aaron, Abraham1 Aaron, Living, Living Jr,
Forrest Truesdell "Trues"6, Edward Payson, John Henry, Alfred C., David C., William, James).
She married LIVING REGIER.
Living Regier and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING REGIER.
ii. LIVING REGIER.