Footnotes for letters 99- 109: 1891

Footnotes for Letters 99 - 109: 1891 - 1923

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(1) Fiatt, Fulton Co. Illinois
(2) From Sarah Elizabeth Overstreet Twining to William and Margaret Watts Hays Overstreet. It seems that Lizzie Twining went to Missouri and bought a headstone for a relative who had died recently.
(3) Ruth A Twining (1890-?), Lizzie’s first grandchild, the daughter of Edwin/Edward H. Twining.
(4) Claude Colwell Overstreet, Margaret’s son and Lizzie Twining’s nephew.
(5) Sarah Elizabeth Twining (1829- after 1901) Margaret Hays Overstreet’s sister-in-law. Lizzie was born in Boyle Co., Kentucky. She married Samule R. Twining in 1854 in Boyle Co. They had two children, Clarence (1856) born I Iowa and Edwin or Edward H. (1859) born in Ohio. They moved to a farm near Fiatt, Fulton Co., Illinois in 1870. Samuel Twining died in 1881.
(6) A liver tonic. It works by helping the body eliminate gall stones.
(7) Clara Alice Watts (1877-1943), Margaret’s niece, daughter of Dewitt Clinton Watts and Lucy
(8) Clara Alice Watts (1877-1943) and John H. Watts (1880-?) were children of Dewitt Clinton Watts, Margaret’s half-brother. They were born in Utah and went to live with Margaret after their parents died.
(9) Wilford Woodruff Freckleton (1869-1929) married Emily Jane Kropf 17 June 1895 in Eureka, Juab Co., Utah. Elizabeth Jane Freckleton (1873-1962) married Hans Johannes Hassell.
(10) A daughter of John Watts Gashwiler of Randolph Co., Missouri.
(11) From Sarah Elizabeth Overstreet Twining to Margaret and William B. Overstreet.
(12) Henry Twining lived with his nephew James M. Stewart in Lewiston, Fulton Co., Illinois.
(13) Mary Elizabeth Hays Moutrey, Margaret’s daughter.
(14) Mary Agnes McMurtey and Peter Louis Utz.
(15) Joel Andrew Whiteside (1856-1936) was married to Margaret’s daughter Jane Upton Hays. His parents were Mary Farley and William Harrison Whiteside who lived in Kings Co., California.
(16) John Nathan Hays, Margaret’s son.
(17) Missouri
(18) Elfleda Hays Apperson (1858-1943) lived with her husband James Kimble Apperson in Lemoore, Kings Co., California.
(19) Mitchellsburg, Boyle Co., KY
(20) Grace Twining (1889-?, Lizzie’s daughter-in-law, married to Edward or Edwin H. Twining.
(21) Clarence W. and Edward/Edwin H. Twining
(22) Canton, Fulton Co., OH.
(23) Claude Colwell Overstreet, Margaret and William’s son.
(24) Sarah Elizabeth Oerstreet Twining.
(25) From Louisa Catherine Yager Overstreet to Margaret Watts Hays Overstreet.
(26) William Bernard Hamilton (1845- after 1930), her husband. His family lived in Westport, Jackson Co., Missouri neat the Hays’ farm and he married Louisa Yager before Margaret left for California.(
(27) Erysipelas – a painful skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.
(28) Maj. James Yager Hamilton (1872- after 1930), Louisa’s son. Her served as a private in the Spanish American War and in World War I. He had a long career with the Indian Service and in 1930 was the Chief Clerk, Indian Service, Klamath Co., Oregon. He married Minnie Davis in about 1904, probably in Washington, D. C. while an accountant with the Indian Bureau.
(29) Rev. Cornelius Yager (1811-1895)
(30) Cornelius Yager Brown (1861- before 1902), Uncle Neely Yager’s grandson. He was a lawyer in Martinez, Contra Costa Co., California. He is listed as C. Y. Brown, District Attorney, in the 1900 Martinez, Contra Costa Co., Census.
(31) Eugene Elam Brown (1857- after 1920)
(32) Sarah Eleanor Yager Caldwell (1835- after 1902), Uncle Neely’s daughter. She lived in Fresno Co., California.
(33) Selecious Price Arnold (1869-?)
(34) Robert Arnold (1836-1924) married to Elvira Allen (1844-?) in 1867, Callaway Co., Missouri.
(35) Callaway Co., Missouri.
(36) Perry Robert Buchanan (1842-1901) married Martha Elizabeth Berry (1844- after 1920), 19 Mar 1873 Callaway Co., Missouri. Martha Elizabeth Berry was a daughter of Caleb Ewing Berry, Margaret and Louisa’s uncle.
(37) Bettie J. Neal married Celsus Arnold 31 Mar 1897 in Audrain Co., Missouri.
(38) Louisa and her family were exiled from Jackson Co., Missouri during the Civil War. They lived not far from Margaret Watts Hays Overstreet near Williamsburg, Callaway Co., Missouri.
(39) Cornelia Overton Bernard Hamilton (1822-1912), Louisa’s mother-in-law.
(40) Colorado
(41) Probably Ellen Hamilton (1858-?), Louisa’s sister-in-law.
(42) Henry Harper (1835-?), Louisa’s brother-in-law)
(43) William B. Overstreet (1835-1916).
(44) James C. Lobb (1835-1908) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Hays Lobb (1838-1934). Both Louisa and Margaret were cousins of Jimmie and Mollie was Margaret’s niece. They lived at Blue Springs, Jackson Co., Missouri.
(45) Mary Louisa Yager Tritt (1861-1927) was Louisa’s niece. She and her husband, John H. Tritt lived in Jackson Co., Missouri.
(46) The children were Mabel R. Tritt ((1882) and Lawrence C. Tritt (1885)
(47) Pauline Hays (1888-1967) and Alice Hays (1891-1930), Margaret’s granddaughters.
(48) Louisa Catherine Yager Hamilton (1849-1933)
(49) Margaret Watts Hays Overstreet
(50) Sarah E. Caldwell to Margaret Watts Hays Overstreet. Sarah was widowed and had provided a home for her father, Rev. Cornelius Yager until his death in 1895. Left without a means of support she found work with a family. She was 67 years of age when she wrote this letter.
(51) Richard Nile Hainline (1891-1942), Laura’s son.
(52) Farmers could sell their milk to a creamery which processed it into milk products.
(53) Probably Margaret’s son John Nathan Hays. He was widowed and his children were living with several relatives.
(54) Clara Watts Richmond and John H. Watts, Margaret’s niece and nephew. John was living with her and working on the farm.
(55) Probably Claude C. Overstreet, Margaret’s son.
(56)A church meeting of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (South) Sarah’s father had been a minister and had been prominent in the church.
(57) Selma, Fresno Co., California is about 25 miles north of the Overstreet farm.
(58) Sarah Eleanor Yager Caldwell (1835-?), a daughter of Rev. Cornelius Yager.
(59) John S. Watts. He died in 1860 in Mariposa, California.
(60) quarantined
(61) A very infectious and deadly viral disease prevalent until vaccines were required.
(62) A childhood disease , not as serious as small pox, but with similar symptoms.
(63) harmonica
(64) Matson, St. Charles Co., Missouri
(65) From John Boone Hays to Margaret Watts Hays Overstreet.
(66) Upton Hays (1832-1862), Margaret’s first husband and John B. Hays’ cousin.
(67) Mary Frances Hays Howell (1867-1907). Married to Hamilton Tessaun Howell she had lived in St. Charles Co., Misouri near Jophn B. Hays. In 1900 she was living in Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas.
(68) Higginsville, Lafayette Co., Missouri. A home for Confederate soldiers was established there in 1891. One of Margaret’s nephew’s, John Ed Berry, lived there for a number of years until his death in 1936. The Confederate Home closed in 1950 and is now a State Historic Site. The Lion of Lucerne Monument is in the Confederate Cemetery at the Park.
(69) William Hays, Jr. (1780-1845) was the son of William Hays and Susanna Boone, daughter of the pioneer, Daniel Boone. He was Upton Hays’ uncle. William Hays’ sons Wade, Preston and Van Hays all migrated to California in the 1850’s. The heirs mentioned in the letter were probably children of Wade Hays.
(70) William B. Overstreet (1835-1916) served in the Civil War with Quantrill’s Guerillas.
(71) John Boone Hays (1836-1913).
(72) Probably from Mary Elizabeth Hays Moutrey to her daughter Margaret May Moutrey Franklin.. after 1910
(73) Elizabeth M. McCubbin McMurtry, the widow of James Calvin McMurtry. The family lived in Callaway Co., Missouri until about 1897 then moved to Kings Co., California. James died in 1902 and his widow returned to Callaway Co., Missouri by 1910. The two youngest sons, Lewis and Joseph W. McMurtry returned to Missouri with their mother
(74) Joseph W. McMurtry (1895-?)
(75) Amazon Hays Collins (1847-1927)
(76) Nancy Alice Foster Yager (1847?-after 1910). She was married to Francis Marion Yager, Counelius’ son.
(77) Rev. Cornelius Yager (1811-1895). He was actuslly a cousin and brother-in-law of Margaret’s mother, Elizabeth Berry Yocum Watts.
(78) Francis Marion Yager (1842-1908). He and Alice had 12 children.
(79) Elfleda Jane Moutrey Landback (1883-1962), the writer’s daughter.
(80) Thomas Lee Moutrey (1847-1927)
(81) Beth M. Landback (1909-1938)
(82) Lewis Friend Franklin (1010-1998)
(83) Asa Edward Moutrey (1874-1952)
(84) Mary Elizabeth Hays Moutrey
(85) Nancy Berry Craighead
(86) Margaret May Moutrey Franklin, Bettie’s daughter.
(87) O’Neals, Madera Co., California
(88) James W. Craghead (1838-aft 1922)
(89) Confederate Veteran. A magazine.
(90) Academy, Fresno Co., California
(91) Laura Craghead Hainline (1866-1946)
(92) The Civil War Battle of Lone Jack, Jackson Co., Missouri was fought August 15-16, 1862. (for more information see: www.historiclonejack.org )
(93) Richard Berry (1835-1888) and Isaac Berry (1832-1928).
(94) Col. Upton Hays (1832-1862) led the 2nd (12th) Missouri Cavalry Regiment, also know as the Jackson Co. Brigade. This regiment was only one of several Confederate units in the battle. William Clarke Quantrill’s Partisan Ranger’s also fought in this battle and Dick and Ike Berry both rode with Quantrill for the remainder of the Civil War.
(95) Margaret Watts Hays Overstreet.
(96) Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President of the United States.