Dave's Roots and Branches

James P. ANDERSON was born 1871. He died 1959. James married Nora MOORE.

STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John Mayer pg 220

Nora MOORE [Parents] was born 1885. She died 1948 and was buried in Bear Creek, , MO. Nora married James P. ANDERSON.

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: STRANGE OF HOWARD, (Oct 1994 ed ) pg 219 by John MAYER

J. C. RICKMAN married Betty MOORE.

Betty MOORE [Parents] married J. C. RICKMAN.

MARRIAGE: STRANGE OF HOWARD, (Oct 1994 ed ) pg 219 by John MAYER

Lewis E. JONES was born 13 Apr 1907 in Umber, , MO. He died 5 Mar 1952 and was buried in Bear Creek, Cedar, MO. Lewis married Rebecca W. STRANGE on 13 Oct.

BIRTH-Marriage: STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 221

Rebecca W. STRANGE [Parents] was born 31 May 1913 in Fair Play, , MO. She died 17 Jul 1978 and was buried in Bear Creek, Cedar, MO. Rebecca married Lewis E. JONES on 13 Oct.

BIRTH-Marriage-DEATH: STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 221

Mussetta WOODCOX [Parents] was born 17 Aug 1877 in St. Joe, Dekalb, Indiana. She died 20 Sep 1958 in New Castle, Henry, IN and was buried in Riverside Cem., Dekalb, IN.

Musie was injured on a sled. Afterwards she had epilepsy. She never married but did have children, but no mention of their father in family correspondence or vital records.

BIRTH-DEATH: Indiana Death Certificate in posession of David Minson gives date of death, parents names, sister Laura Burley, birthdate and state. (Woo251)

CHILDREN:Death certificate of David Woodcox, names Mussetta as his mother. Obituary of Orla Woodcox names Musie as his mother

SOURCE: Notes of Carol Minson from correspondence with Bea Woodcox Miller.

She had the following children:

  M i
Orla WOODCOX was born 13 Mar 1908 in , Dekalb, IN. He died 13 Aug 1981 in Butler, Dekalb, IN and was buried in Butler, Dekalb, IN.

BIRTH: Info received verbally from DeKalb Co In Health department by Carol
      Minson

BIRTH: obituary gives birth date and place and mother's name
       DeKalb IN Births from 1882, San Francisco Sutro Lib film 483 Reel 11-12
       lists unnamed son born to Musie Woodcox 13 Mar 1908

DEATH: from  Death cert. in possession of David Minson

PARENTS: Orla was the son of Mussetta Woodcox. Mussetta was an epileptic and was institutionalized. His father is unknown. According to family reports, Orla lived with his Woodcox grandparents.

MARRIAGE: never married

1981 obit:  "ORLA WOODCOX  73, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DEKALB CO, died
Thursday in the Meadowhaven Nursing Home in Butler where he had been a resident for one year.  He was born March 12, 1908 in St. Joe to Mrs. Musie Woodcox.  There are no immediate survivors.  . . .Burial in the Butler Cemetery.
  M ii
David WOODCOX was born 24 Apr 1914 in Fort Wayne, Allen, IN. He died 25 Apr 1914 in Fort Wayne, Allen, IN and was buried in Riverside Cem., Dekalb, IN.

BIRTH-DEATH: Indiana Death Certificate of David Woodcox, names Mother, place and date of death. date of birth.  (Woo252)

PARENTS: David's mother was Mussetta Woodcox. She was an epileptic and was institutionalized. David's father is not known or recorded. His brother lived with his Woodcox Grandparents.

Homer Chauncy HAYS [Parents] was born 20 Jun 1883 in Oxford, Worth, MO. He died 13 Nov 1970 in Lisco, Garden, Nebraska and was buried in Lisco, Garden, Nebraska. Homer married Addie PHILLIPS on 27 Feb 1907 in Cozad, Dawson, NE.

To Bill Potts also a Hague searcher"
I thoroughly enjoyed your "homespun tale" surrounding the famous Hague
laughter.  I think a couple of my grandmother's siblings had that "Hague
laugh!"  My (great) Uncle Homer's laughter was so infectious, and so fun
to be around.  It seemed that every family gathering in which he
participated was always jolly.  (Great) Aunt Anna (his sister) had the
same quality in her laugher.  It's the trait I  remember about them the
very most.  My grandmother, Macie Belle Hays, had it also, but not as
much as Uncle Homer and Aunt Anna.    Perhaps they all got their laugh
from their mother CORNELIA LUCRETIA HAGUE,  whose father, JOHN
HAGUE b 1825, was the eldest child of Reuben Hague b 1801, (also an
eldest) child of John Hague b 1775.

Question: What took WILLIAM HAYS out of Wathena, Doniphan Co. Kansas?
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DESCENDANTS OF DAVID (1) Hays- SIXTH GENERATION
by Eugenia Morris 1917-1988?

HOMER(6)HAYS (WILLIAM 5, JOHN 4, THOMAS 3, MOSES 2, DAVID 1)

1881 Sep 1, WM HAYS (age 23) md  CORNELIA LUCRETIA HAGUE (age 19)
in Bates Co. MO.
1883, Jun 20, HOMER CHAUNCY HAYS was born in Worth Co. MO.
1907, Feb 27, HOMER CHAUNCY HAYS  md ADDIE PHILLIPS at Cozad, NE.
1908, Aug, HOMER C. HAYS filed on his Homestead at Lisco, Garden,NE.

1914, Mar 29,  CORNELIA LUCRETIA HAGUE HAYS died. Buried Cozad, NE.
1933, Nov 17,  WILLIAM M. HAYS died at Cozad. Buried Cozad, NE.
 Died at his son James & wife Estella Hays home.

Addie PHILLIPS was born 25 Sep 1885 in Cozad, Dawson, NE. She died 3 Mar 1967 in Lisco, Garden, NE and was buried in Lisco, Garden, NE. Addie married Homer Chauncy HAYS on 27 Feb 1907 in Cozad, Dawson, NE.

Records of Carol Minson

DESCENDANTS OF DAVID (1) Hays- SIXTH GENERATION
by Eugenia Morris 1917-1988?

HOMER(6)HAYS (WILLIAM 5, JOHN 4, THOMAS 3, MOSES 2, DAVID 1)

1881 Sep 1, WM HAYS (age 23) md  CORNELIA LUCRETIA HAGUE (age 19)
in Bates Co. MO.
1883, Jun 20, HOMER CHAUNCY HAYS was born in Worth Co. MO.
1907, Feb 27, HOMER CHAUNCY HAYS  md ADDIE PHILLIPS at Cozad, NE.

George Washington STRANGE [Parents] was born 21 Jul 1850 in Buckner, Jefferson, MO. He died 1937 in Brock, Nemaha Co, Nebraska and was buried in Lafayette Cem, Brock, Nemaha, NE. George married Georgeann W. ROBINSON about 1879 in Kansas.

Other marriages:
STRANGE, Lucinda


1875 Oct 20: This first mg. of Geo. Washington Strange to Lucinda Strange--is strange.
info from Sharon Capezza.

1879:  Lucinda probably died soon after mg --up till 1879 when husband George probably remarried Georgeann W. Robinson.  George and Georgeann had their first child in 1880.

BIRTH-Marriage-DEATH:   STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 222:  "They had five children in KS between 1880 and 1887, and six children in NE between 1889 and 1900.   He died in 1937.  Both buried in Lafayette Cem, Brock, Nemaha Co, NE,."

1900 Brocktown, Nemaha,NE Census

Georgeann W. ROBINSON was born 27 May 1858 in , , Of Kansas. She died in Of Brock, Nemaha Co, Nebraska and was buried in Lafayette Cem, Brock, Nemaha, NE. Georgeann married George Washington STRANGE about 1879 in Kansas.

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444     august 2000
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1875 Oct 20: This first mg. of Geo. Washington Strange to Lucinda Strange--is strange.
info from Sharon Capezza.

1879:  Lucinda probably died soon after mg --up till 1879 when husband George probably remarried Georgeann W. Robinson.  George and Georgeann had their first child in 1880.

BIRTH-Marriage-DEATH:   STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 222:  "They had five children in KS between 1880 and 1887, and six children in NE between 1889 and 1900.   He died in 1937.  Both buried in Lafayette Cem, Brock, Nemaha Co, NE,."

1900 Brocktown, Nemaha,NE Census

See  STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 222 for possible parents of Georgeann W.

1900 Brocktown, Nemaha,NE Census

They had the following children:

  F i
Effie Erwin STRANGE was born 9 Feb 1880 in Topeka, Shawnee Co, Kansas. She died 24 Nov 1892 in Kansas.

BIRTH-DEATH: STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 222

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444     august 2000
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  F ii Myrtle May STRANGE was born 8 Jan 1882.
  F iii Hattie Bell STRANGE was born 6 Nov 1883 and died 1971.
  M iv
George Edward STRANGE was born 1 Sep 1885 in Of Havensville, Pottawatamie, KS. He died 26 Oct 1910 in Kansas.

BIRTH-DEATH: STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 222

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444     august 2000
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  F v Maude Jane STRANGE was born 10 Feb 1887 and died 17 Oct 1954.
  M vi John Calvin STRANGE was born 20 Oct 1888 and died Dec 1970.
  M vii
Marvin STRANGE was born 22 Mar 1891 in Of Brocktown, Nemaha, NE.

BIRTH-DEATH: STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 222

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444     august 2000
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  F viii Ella Jesse STRANGE was born 20 Apr 1892.
  F ix Zelma STRANGE was born 10 Feb 1893.
  F x Nancy Yvetta STRANGE was born 30 Jun 1896.
  M xi
Omer Henry STRANGE was born 12 Sep 1900 in Brocktown, Nemaha, NE.

BIRTH: STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 223:  Omer was born in Nebraska and never married.

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444     august 2000
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Eli SMITH [Parents] was born 15 Jul 1817 in Bartlett, Washington, OH. He died 4 May 1879. Eli married Phoebe SKINNER on 1854 in , Perry Co., OH.   More notes on Eli Smith

Other marriages:
STUART, Sarah
SKINNER, Julia

Phoebe SKINNER was born 1839 in Of Lexington, Perry Co., OH. She died 7 Dec 1877. Phoebe married Eli SMITH on 1854 in , Perry Co., OH.

1842  Eli Smith  md to Sarah Stuart in Perry Co. BOOK 2-3  pg 56.
1846, May 23: Eli's wife Sarah died. She was 28.

1847 Perry Co. OH Marriage record for Eli Smith and Julia Skinner,
book 2-3 p 158.

1853 May 2: Eli's wife Julia died.

1854:  Eli married Phoebe Skinner in Perry Co., OH. Its in book 2-3 p 337.
Are these two Skinner girls sisters?  and is Jessy Skinner who md
Talma, their brother?  All from Perry Co....and probably all from
Lexington.

Jake TROMBLAY was born 1878 in Tecumseh, Nebraska. He married Myrtle May STRANGE.

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444     august 2000
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Myrtle May STRANGE [Parents] was born 8 Jan 1882 in Topeka Shawnee Co, Kansas. She died in Tecumseh, Nemaha, Nebraska and was buried in Catholic Cem, Tecumseh, , NE. Myrtle married Jake TROMBLAY.

BIRTH-DEATH: STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 222:
      "no children."

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444     august 2000
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Tom ALKIRE was born 1879 in Kansas. He died 1940. Tom married Hattie Bell STRANGE.

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444
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Hattie Bell STRANGE [Parents] was born 6 Nov 1883 in Of Havensville, Pottawatamie, KS. She died 1971. Hattie married Tom ALKIRE.

Other marriages:
ALKIRE, Tom

BIRTH-DEATH: STRANGE OF HOWARD (Oct 1994 ed) by John MAYER pg 222

From record of NELLIE CONKLIN  1337 E MARGARET ST, SHAWNEE,OKLAHOMA 74801-7444     august 2000
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Edwin Elden BROOKENS [Parents] was born 13 Sep 1877 in Hicksville, Defiance, OH. He died 22 Sep 1928 in Topeka, , KS and was buried in Topeka, , Kansas. Edwin married Flora Moore RAGSDALE on 28 Aug 1907 in Smith Center, , Kansas.

info from Brookens-Brookins book pg 3,8.

Occupation: Teacher, Supt of Schools, Lawyer, and Judge

Flora Moore RAGSDALE was born 18 Jul 1878 in Cora, , Kansas. She died 12 May 1962 in Champaign, , IL and was buried in Topeka, , Kansas. Flora married Edwin Elden BROOKENS on 28 Aug 1907 in Smith Center, , Kansas.

info from Brookens-Brookins book pg 8.

They had the following children:

  M i Norris L BROOKENS was born 10 Oct 1911 and died 28 Jul 1969.
  M ii Dwight M. BROOKENS.
  M iii Randall J BROOKENS was born 10 May 1916 and died 10 Oct 1969.

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