Father: James Franklin BELSHE
Mother: Julia ???
_William BELSHE _
_James Franklin BELSHE _|
| |_Nancy BOTTS ____
|
|--Gena BELSHE
|
| _________________
|_Julia ??? _____________|
|_________________
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Father: John Walter FERGUSON
Mother: Mary Ellen NESS
_John FERGUSON _
_John Walter FERGUSON _|
| |_Anna MOORE ____
|
|--Robert FERGUSON
|
| ________________
|_Mary Ellen NESS ______|
|________________
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Married with children
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- BIRTH: 14 OCT 1785, Madison, KY
[S22]
Family 1:
Elizabeth CAMPBELL
- MARRIAGE: OCT 1811
[S22]
- MARRIAGE: 14 NOV 1814, Madison, KY
[S117]
- Minerva JOHNSON
- +Irvine JOHNSON
- Nancy JOHNSON
- Betsy JOHNSON
Family 2:
- MARRIAGE: 1808, Madison, KY
[S49]
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| |__
|
|--John JOHNSON
|
| __
|__|
|__
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Father: William LEE
Mother: Ann Elizabeth NEWELL
Family 1:
Henry WINBURNE
_Richard LEE ________
_William LEE __________|
| |_Elizabeth SCOTT(?) _
|
|-- LEE
|
| _____________________
|_Ann Elizabeth NEWELL _|
|_____________________
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- BIRTH: 23 DEC 1896, Pettis, MO
[S1]
- RESIDENCE: 1900, Pettis, MO
[S1]
living with parents
- RESIDENCE: 1910, Pettis, MO
[S1]
living with parents
Father: Lewis Robert LEE
Mother: Margaret Alice CURRAN
Family 1:
Elmer Lee SWEGLE
- MARRIAGE: 16 FEB 1916, Pettis, MO
[S1]
_Grissom Reed LEE _____
_Lewis Robert LEE ______|
| |_Damaris Hannah GLENN _
|
|--Mary Theresa LEE
|
| _______________________
|_Margaret Alice CURRAN _|
|_______________________
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Family 1:
Kevin Arthur FERGUSON
- Christina Marie FERGUSON
- Christopher Lee FERGUSON
__
__|
| |__
|
|--Cynthia Lee SHERMAN
|
| __
|__|
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- EVENT: 01 MAR 1846, Ray, MO
[S267]
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CERTIFICATE
No. 201
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
WHEREAS Ebenezer Titus of Ray County,
Missouri
has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a
Certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Plattsburg whereby
it appears that full payment has been made by the said Ebenezer Titus,
according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of
April, 1820, entitled "An Act making further provisions for the sale
of the Public Lands," for the South West quarter of the North East
quarter of Section Eighteen, in Township Fifty two, of Range
Twenty-none in the District of Lands subject to sale at Plattsburg,
Missouri, containing forty Acres;
according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands,
returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR
GENERAL, Which said tract has been purchased by the said Ebenezer
Titus
NOW KNOW YE, That the
United States of America, in consideration of the Premises, and in
conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and
provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND
GRANT unto the said Ebenezer Titus, and to his heirs, the said tract
above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the
rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever
nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said
Ebenezer Titus, and to his heirs and assigns forever,
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, James K. Polk,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters
to be made PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE t be
hereunto affixed.
GIVEN under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the first day of
March
in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six,
and of the
INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES the Seventieth,
BY THE PRESIDENT: James K. Polk.
By
T. H. Laughlin, RECORDER of the General Land Office
- WILL: 19 JUN 1878
[S140]
Will of Ebenezer Titus
Transcribed 16 September 1966, from photocopy of copy the original
found in Titus Family Folder, Ray County Genealogical Society.
State of Missouri
County of Ray
In the name of God Amen, I Ebenezer Titus of the County and State
above named being old and feeble in bodily health but of sound mind
and disposing memory (Blessed be almighty God for the same) do make
and do claim this as my last will and testimony In manner and form
following viz
I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, blessed be his holy name
I will and devise that all my just debts, liabilites and funeral
expenses be paid
I will and desire that my body be intered in a plain and decent maner,
and laid by the side of my late departed wife
I will and bequeath my daughter Mary Odle sixty acres of land
designated by numbers as follows twenty three acres of the west side
of the north east quarter of the north west quarter twenty three
acres off the west side of the south east fourth and ten acres off the
east side of the north west fourth and four acres out of section seven
north of the above described land all of section eighteen Township
fifty two and Range twenty nine during her natural life also two notes
absolutely that I hold against her I will and bequeath my daughter
Elizabeth McCorkle during her natural life Thirty three acres of land
m_______ the balance of the north west fourth not bequeathed to my
Daughter, - Mary Odle
I will and bequeath to my Daughter Arthusa Furguson during her natural
life all land lying east of the land bequeathed to my daughter Mary
Odel
supposed to be forty acres more or less if one of my Daughters dies I
give all of the land during their natural lives to the surviving ones.
If two of my Daughters dies I give all my land to the surviving one
during her natural life
I give and bequeath to my two Daughters Elizabeth McCorkle and Arthusa
Furguson all of my money goods and chattels and all evidence of debts
due me not otherwise disposed of in this will. __posing special
confidence and trust in my two grand sons namely Calvin C. Martin and
Daniel W. Pettis to sell all my land within three months after ?...?
(probably date of death) and pay themselves out of the proceeds for
their trouble and divide the balance equally between my grand children
and except Noah Titus and Squire Titus as a legacy withheld from them
I give and bequeath to my grand son Rice Martin son Calvin C and minie
Martin
I hereby forbid any appraisment or sale of any part of my estate
except as directed in this will and testiments by made
In testimony whereof I set my hand and seal this 15th January AD one
thousand (unreadable line in this copy)
Ebenezer Titus (signature)
Signed sealed, published and declared by the above named Ebenezer
Titus to
be his last will and testament in the presence of us, who have
hereunto sub
scribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator
Mark H Wyman
William Dillen(?)
A.J. Craven
State of Missouri| In the Probate Court of Ray County Missouri
County of Ray | In vacation June 19. 1878.
I Charles J. Hughes Judge of the Probate Court of the County of Ray
aforesaid and Exafficio clerk thereof Do Hereby Certify that I have
examined the foregoing Instrument of writing purporting to be the last
will and testament of Ebenezer Titus signed by him I having heard the
evidence of Mark H. Wyman Wm Dillen(?) & A.J. Craven the subscribing
witnesses thereto in relation to the same and that the said Ebenezer
Titus deceased was of sound disposing mind and memory at the time of
signing the same Do declare and Adjudge said instrument of ___ting
aforesaid to be the last will and testament of him the said Ebenezer
Titus deceased late of said County of Ray In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the offical seal of the Probate Court
of said Ray County Missouri at office in the city of Richmond in said
Ray County this June 19th 1878.
J. Hughes Judges Clerk
- BIRTH: 28 APR 1781, Augusta, VA
[S126]
[S126]
[S126]
- DEATH: 08 JUN 1878, Prathersville, Clay, MO
[S134]
- BURIAL: AFT 08 JUN 1878, Excelsior Springs, Clay, MO
[S39]
- EVENT: 1870, Clay, MO
[S123]
was refused the right to vote in Clay County in 1870 because of his
southern sympathies
- EVENT: 02 JAN 1847, Liberty, Clay, MO
[S126]
List of (dead) letters at Liberty Post Office (The Liberty Tribune)
- EVENT: BETWEEN 1862 AND 1864, Missouri City, Clay, MO
Appears on ledger books for this unknown store, ledger books found by
Carol Proffitt of the Ray County Genealogical Society.
- RESIDENCE: 1810, Madison, KY
[S25]
- RESIDENCE: 1824, MO
[S123]
- RESIDENCE: 1850, Ray, MO
[S1]
Father: Joseph TITUS
Mother: Elizabeth MATHEWS
Family 1:
Dorothy 'Dolly' LEE
- MARRIAGE: 09 SEP 1802, Madison, KY
[S210]
[S128]
[S1]
Bond given by a Peter Lee (is this the Peter Lee of Pulaski County?)
- +Ann TITUS
- Noah TITUS
- +Elizabeth TITUS
- Celia TITUS
- +Mary 'Polly' TITUS
- Calvin Lee TITUS
- +Squire Caleb TITUS
- +Arthusa (Arthusia) TITUS
_Ebenezer TITUS ______
_Joseph TITUS ______|
| |______________________
|
|--Ebenezer TITUS
|
| _John MATHEWS ________
|_Elizabeth MATHEWS _|
|_Anne 'Betsy' ARCHER _
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