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REMEMBRANCES of Bessie Leach Carter
REMEMBRANCES
of
Bessie Leach Carter
1905-1987
Our Grandfather and Grandmother
Leach’s names were Jacob H. Leach and Catherine Williams Leach. Grandfather had
one brother, Len Leach. Grandmother Leach also had one brother, Jobe Williams.
There was no record as to when Grandfather and Grandmother died, but I remember
Dad saying that he was 11 years old when they died. Grandfather Leach had been
a captain in the Home Guards, and we still have the sword in our family. Dad’s
uncle, Jobe Williams, and his wife, Englane, kept him until he was old enough
to go on his own. Dad had twin brothers. Their names were Marion and Clarence.
They died at birth, and there are no records for them. Dad’s oldest brother,
Samuel Leach, had four sons - Oscar, Clyde, Leslie, and
John M. Leach, our father, first married Lottie Sorrels. She had one son (from a previous marriage), Norval, who was our stepbrother. She and Dad had one daughter named Kitty Agnes and one son, Leo. Lottie and their daughter died (we don’t have the dates) and Leo died at age two. Our Uncle Sam and his wife, Finis, took care of Leo until he died. Dad’s second marriage was to Eliza C. Grant.
John M. Leach - May 10, 1858 / March 1, 1941.
Eliza Catherine Leach - October 21, 1880 / November 15, 1941.
Norval Leach - April 7, 1895 / February 4, 1941.
Lucy Leach - July 17, 1907 / July 10, 1908.
All of Dad’s brothers, his first wife
and their two children, and our sister, Lucy, were buried in the Leach
Graveyard at Dad’s old home place. Dad’s Uncle Jobe Williams and his wife were
buried at Liberty Graveyard. His Uncle Len and his wife were buried in the
Arnold Graveyard.
My husband, Charles Carter, died
October 27, 1957, at the age of 53. He was buried in Grand Lawn Graveyard in
You have names and ages to all of the sisters and won’t need any dates until we “kick the bucket.”
Don’t forget to mention
Dad’s Uncle Jobe Williams lost his
mind over religion. I can remember him and his wife. At times he was too much
for his wife, so they got a man by the name of Joe Taylor to take care of him,
and he didn’t like that. Dad said sometimes he would bring Uncle Jobe to
Grandmother Mary Ann Grant’s name
before marriage was Mary Ann Combes. She had one brother, John, and a sister
named
Our Grandmother Grant first married a Mr. Nickelson and had one son. I don’t know the date of death, but remember Grandmother saying that he fell down a stairway and was killed.
Our Grandmother Mary Ann’s second
marriage was to Robert P. Grant. He died May 8, 1901 at age 57. At that time,
they lived in
Our Grandfather Grant had been in
service and was drawing a government pension. When he died, I remember that
Mother went to
As I
said, Uncle John Combes made chairs. He made a chair for Alebel when she was a
baby. I can remember that she didn’t want me to sit in the chair - she was 2 ½
years older than me. I can remember the rest of you kids fighting over the
chair. Alebel still has the chair. She left it with Dorothy when she went to
What about the way people just left
home years ago and never came back. When I think of it, it drives me nuts. I am
glad they keep records of everything now.
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Note: The first marriage of Mary Ann Combs was to John Reynolds, not Mr. Nicholson. Robert P. Grant's first marriage was to Mary Nichloson.
Courtesy: Dorothy (Crabb)
Transcribed: Tracey Johnston
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Brownsville Affair [Texas] - 1906
In 1906, the 25th U.S. Regiment [Colored] was
stationed at
In 1970, author John D. Weaver investigated the incident and found that the men
of the 25th Regiment were all innocent; he published his investigation in The Brownsville Raid.
As a result of Weaver's book, the U.S. Army conducted an investigation into the
In December 1972, an article was placed in the Lexington Leader seeking
the descendants of the 20 men from
·
Pvt. Henry W. Arrin, Pembroke
·
Corp. Ray Burdett,
·
Pvt. Strowder Darnell,
·
Musician Hoytt Robinson,
·
Pvt. Samuel Wheeler,
·
Pvt. Richard Crooks,
·
Pvt. Edward Robinson,
Mulborough
·
Pvt. Benjamin F. Johnson,
·
Pvt. Charles Jones,
Nicholasville
·
Musician Joseph Jones, Midway
·
Pvt. Thomas Taylor,
·
Sgt. Luther T. Thornton,
·
Corp. Preston
·
Pvt. Charles E. Rudy,
·
Pvt. William VanHook, Oddville
·
Pvt. August Williams,
·
Pvt. Stansberry Roberts,
·
Pvt. William Smith,
·
Pvt. John Green, Mulborough
For more see Brownsville Affair in
Wikipedia; Brownsville
Raid of 1906, at The Handbook of Texas Online; and "Descendants
of cleared Black soldiers sought," Lexington Leader,
12/05/1972, p. 2B.
Source: Notable
Friday, August 22, 2014
Testimony of Roy Williams from Leach vs Leach lawsuit.
The following testimony of Rob Williams was taken 11 February 1948; this post is the seventh of eleven. The background (explanation) for this testimony can be found in my post dated 23 July 2014.
OHIO CIRCUIT COURT (1948)
Chester F. Leach, Clyde F. Leach, Oscar Leach, Otis Leach, Ersa Leach, and Samuel Leach, Plaintiffs.
vs.
S. D. Leach, Defendant.
DEPOSITIONS FOR DEFENDANT
Also the deposition of Roy Williams, taken at the same time and placed and
tor the purpose stated in the caption. Witness being first duly sworn and
examined by Otto C. Martin, Attorney for defendant, testified as follows:
Q. 1 State your name please.
A. Roy Williams.
Q. 2 Your age.
A. 56 years .
Q. 3 Where do you
live?
A. I live in the Rob Roy community .
Q. 4 You a farmer?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 5 Did you know S. W. Leach during his life time?
A. Yes sir, I did.
Q. 6 How near did you live to where he was living
when he died?
A. A farm between us, three-quarters of a mile, I
guess.
Q. 7 How long have you live where you now live?
A. Since I was 12
years old.
Q. 8 How long have
you known this farm?
A. Since I was grown
and have known any land, you know.
Q. 9 You were about 27 years old when Mr. Leach died?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 10 Have you been on that land very often?
A. Not so many times,
but several times.
Q. 11 You knew about
the kind of farm it was?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 12 How much of
that land was suitable to grow crops on, how much was productive?
A. 10 or 15 acres.
Q. 13 Do you know anything about the timber on that
land?
A. No, not to
observe it closely.
Q. 14 Were you ever through it?
A. Yes, I have been
through it.
Q. 15 What kind of timber was growing on that land
when Mr. Leach died?
A. Medium, I guess, 0ak.
Q. 16 Taking this
farm, the kind of buildings on it, the surface and timber, into consideration,
its location, in 1919, when Mrs. Leach sold this farm to Jasper Leach, what in
your opinion was the reasonable fair market value of that farm, timber,
improvements, and everything at that time?
A. At the time that
was sold, I would say about $2,000.00.
Q. 17 Without the timber what would you say the farm
and improvements were worth?
A. The buildings were
old, and the way timber was selling then I would cut that half into.
Q. 18 Suppose anyone
had purchased from Mrs. Leach her life estate in that farm, and that she was 62
years old, when Mr. Leach died, and in poor health, and only the right to the
use of the farm so long as she might live, what would have been the value of
her life estate?
A. You mean to purchase the farm and make a living on it?
Q. 19 Just purchasing her life estate, that is her
right to use it that is the surface and improvements, but not the timber, as
long as she might live?
A. Not over $200.00 a year. I guess I would give her that much.
Q. 20 What, in your opinion, would have been the fair
renta1 value of that farm at that time in the condition it was in, the cash
rental value per year?
A. You mean per acre?
Q. 2l No, just the farm for farming purposes?
A. Not over $250.00 a year.
Q. 22 Could you have made any profit with no more of
it producing at $250.00 per year cash rental?
A. No, I guess not.
Q. 23 You could not make a good 1iving?
A. No sir.
Cross-examination by Claude E. Smith, Attorney for
plaintiffs
Q. 1 What kind of timber
was growing on this land?
A. Black Oak was the
principal kind. This was just like you
see in old fields.
Q. 2 Any other kind?
A. Some White Oak. I
noticed no Poplar.
Q. 3 As you recall
the kind of timber on that land when Mr. Leach died was White Oak and Black Oak?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 4 Was there a
pretty good growth of that kind of timber on this 1and?
A. About an average.
Q. 5 What was the
condition of the dwelling house on Feb. 15, 1919, when Mrs. Leach, the widow of
S. W. Leach, sold to Jasper Leach?
A. It was in living condition
was about all.
Q. 6 Were there any
other buildings on that land except the dwelling house?
A. There was a barn.
Q. 7 What kind of barn?
A. I judge 30 by 40 -
-maybe 50.
Q. 8 A frame barn?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 9 Are any of those
bu1ldings there now?
A. Most of them are
gone now.
Q. 10 The farm has been permitted to go to what we ordinarily
call waste.
A. That is right.
Q. 11 The timber has been cut off of it has it not?
A. Yes sir.
END
Friday, August 15, 2014
Testimony of Rob Williams from Leach vs Leach lawsuit.
The following testimony of Rob Williams was taken 11 February 1948; this post is the sixth of eleven. The background (explanation) for this testimony can be found in my post dated 23 July 2014.
OHIO CIRCUIT COURT (1948)
Chester F. Leach, Clyde F. Leach, Oscar Leach, Otis Leach, Ersa Leach, and Samuel Leach, Plaintiffs.
vs.
S. D. Leach, Defendant.
DEPOSITIONS FOR DEFENDANT
Also the deposition of Rob Williams, taken at the same time and for the
purpose set out in the caption. Witness being first duly sworn and examined by
Otto C. Martin, Attorney for defendant, testified as follows:
Q. 1 State your name.
A. Rob Williams
Q. 2 Your age.
A. 56.
Q. 3 Where do you live?
A. At Rob Roy.
Q. 4 That also known as t he Bald Knob section?
A. That is right.
Q. 5 How long have you lived in that section?
A. Practical1y all
my life.
Q. 6 Were you born on the farm you now live on?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 7 You are a son of Sep T. Williams?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 8 Did you know S. W. Leach during his lifetime?
A. I did.
Q. 9 How far is the farm on which you live from the
farm on which he lived when he died?
A. One farm between
our farm and his, about a half mile.
Q. 10 Your farm is on the o1d Hartford and Morgantown
road?
A. Yes sir
Q. 11 This Leach farm is on the Bald Knob and Pincheco
road?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 12 Have you been on this S. W. Leach farm very
much?
A. A good deal.
Q. 13 Do you know how long Mr. Leach had lived on
that farm before he died?
A. As long as I can
remember. I don't know just how long.
Q. 14 Mr. Leach died in December, 1918, 29 years ago
last December. What kind of buildings were on that farm when he died, Rob?
A. Otto, I was in the
Navy in 1918 and 1919.
Q. 15 Before you went to the Navy then?
A. They were in
reasonably good condition.
Q. 16 What buildings
were on this f arm?
A. A house and barn.
Q. l7 What kind of a house?
A. A log house.
Q. 18 What kind of a barn?
A. A boxed barn.
Q. 19 Do you know the age of those buildings?
A. No sir, I don't.
Q. 20 You say they were in reasonably good condition
when you went into the Navy?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 21 What about the
farm itself for agricultural purposes?
A. It was in very
low state for agricultural purposes. It was thin land.
Q. 22 Did Mr. Leach
cultivate this land much?
A. Not a great deal.
Q. 23 How much of that land was suitable for cultivation
in 1918, when you went into the Navy?
A. About 30 acres.
Q. 24 Was all that good crop land.
A. No sir.
Q. 25 What kind of land was it?
A. Not over 15 acres
of good producing land on the place.
Q. 26 What was the condition of the remainder of the
land?
A. Very thin soil and
been run hard.
Q. 27 Was it washed?
A. Some.
Q.28 Do you know
about the timber on the land?
A. Not a great deal.
Q. 29 Had you seen it?
A. Yes, I squirrel hunted
there.
Q. 30 What kind of timber was it?
A. Oak and poplar - just
the ordinary run of timber.
Q. 3l What was the nature of the soil where this
timber was growing?
A. Kinda sandy soil.
Q. 32 Strong soil?
A. No sir.
Q. 33 About what size timber was this?
A. It would run, I
would say, from two feet down.
Q. 34 Do you know
about the number of acres of timber growing on that farm?
A. I would think
about 30 acres. I don’t know exactly the number of acres.
Q. 35 Any bottom
land on that farm?
A. Not what we call
bottom land, a little branch bottom.
Q. 36 How much branch
bottom?
A. Not over four or
five acres.
Q. 37 About how old was
Mr. Leach when he died, if you know?
A. I don't know
exactly. He was getting up in the
seventies I imagine.
Q. 38 Did you know his wife, Mrs. Finis Leach?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 39 What was her age when he died?
A. About 80 I imagine.
Q. 40 Her age when Mr. Leach died?
A. Between 5O and
60, I imagine.
Q. 41 You knew these sons - four of them?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 42 Had they all
married and left home before Mr. Leach died?
A. Yes sir
Q. 43 Do you know
where Chester was living when his father died?
A. I don't know
whether he was living on his farm then or not.
Q. 44 He owned a farm
close to his father’s farm?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 45 What kind of
roads did you have in that section in 1919?
A. Bad.
Q. 46 Any state or
rural highways?
A. No closer than we
call Argle Leach' s.
Q. 47 Near Beaver Dam?
A. About a mile and
a half.
Q. 48 That section
had county roads only?
A. County dirt
roads.
Q. 49 Rob, what in
your opinion was the fair , reasonable market value of the farm of S. W. Leach,
including the buildings, surface and timber growing on it in 1919, when she
sold the farm to Jasper Leach?
A. I would say $2,000.00
would be fair price for it.
Q. 50 With the
timber?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 51 What would it be without the timber?
A. $800.00, I would
say.
Q. 52 Now, supposing
you had only been buying Mrs. Leach's life estate in that farm, considering the
fact she was 62 years old and in poor health when Mr. Leach died, what would
you say that 1ife estate was worth?
A. I don't know all
that is included in her 1ife estate.
Q. 53 The right to
the use of the farm as long as she lived, the right to use the surface and
improvements, but not the timber, get the crops grown on it, the rents, considering
she was 62 years old and in poor health what would you say her life estate was
worth?
What was it worth to anybody wanting to buy her life estate?
A. I would say
$2,000.00.
Q. 54 You mean her
life estate?
A. Her life estate is
what the farm would produce in that length of time?
Q. 55 The use of the
farm so long as she lived, get the proceeds of it, the use of the surface and
improvements, but not the timber, and she was 62 years old when Mr. Leach died
and in poor health?
A. I would not want
to pay over $1,000.00. If I bought it, I
would not want it for just that number of year. I would want it outright.
Q. 56 Taking that
farm in the condition you say it was in, the number of acres suitable for
cultivation, what would have been the fair reasonable rental of that farm per
year?
A. $75.00.
Cross-examination by Claude E. Smith, Attorney for
plaintiffs.
Q. 1 Were you out of
the Navy when the timber was cut off that
place?
A. I got out of t he
Navy in September, 1919.
Q. 2 You were possibly out at that time?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 3 Did you know of the timber being cut off that
farm?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 4 Do you know who cut it?
A. Jake Leach was
the one who cut it.
Q. 5 Who did they sell this timber to?
A. I don't know.
Q. 6 What did he cut it into?
A. Mostly ties.
Q. 7 Cut any lumber timber?
A. Some, I think.
Q. 8 Do you mean that Jake actually did the cutting
or sell it to someone and they had it cut?
A. Jake did most of the actual cutting. He was a timber man
himself.
Q. 9 About how many acres was there in timber on
that farm?
A. I think about 30
acres.
Q. 10 Pretty well timbered?
A. Very well,
ordinary run of timber, oak, poplar and beech - what ordinarily grows on any land.
Q. 11 What kind of Oak?
A. White Oak and some Black Oak.
Q. 12 Do you know whether or not the timber had been
cut from that land before Jake cut it?
A. No, I think not.
Q. 13 You don't know whether it had been cut over
before or not?
A. No, I but I don't
think so.
Q. 14 Have you seen this farm lately?
A. Yes, this fall.
Q. 15 The dwelling house is practically rotted down?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 16 The barn gone?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 17 Any other
outbuildings that might have been on it, are gone too?
A. There was none to
amount to anything .
Q. 18 Do you know whether or not there were any
buildings other than the dwelling house and barn?
A. A chicken house,
may be a coal house, none to amount to anything.
Q. 19 That dwelling house was occupied by S. W.
Leach and wife, and his sons until they married and went away, for years and
years before he died?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 20 It was kept in reasonably good condition for
occupancy?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 21 Do you have any idea about what that dwelling
house was worth on Feb.15, 1919, shortly after S. W. Leach died?
A. I imagine three or four hundred dollars.
Q. 22 What was the barn worth at that time?
A. $200.00
Q. 23 What is your idea as to the worth of this farm
in its present condition?
A. I would estimate it
at around $1,000.00.
Q. 24 Is the farm
worth as much now as it was when Mrs. Leach sold it, leaving out of
consideration the timber that was on it?
A. No sir.
Q. 25 How much was the farm worth then, in your
opinion, leaving out of consideration the timber on it?
A. About $1,000 .00.
Q. 26 It is worth
practically the same now as it was then so far as making a living, notwithstanding
the fact the dwelling house is gone and the barn is gone?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 27 It is grown up now, the cleared land has grown
up?
A. Pretty well.
Q. 28 In order to cultivate it you would have to clear
it again?
A. Not all of it, some
of it you would have to clear.
Re-direct examination by Otto C. Martin, attorney for defendant.
Q. 1 Rob, there is a
good deal of difference in the value of farm lands in this county now and in
1919?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 2 A considerable increase in value?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 3 In the last few years there has been a rural
improved highway constructed from Beaver Dam to Rob Roy, that is rocked?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 4 How close does it come to this farm?
A. About a mile I guess.
Q. 5 The price of farm
products are higher and have been for the past two years, a good dea1 higher
than ever before?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 6 Wou1d that have anything
to do with the value of farm lands?
A. It boosts the
price of farm lands a deal.
Q. 7 In other words
that same farm would be worth a good deal more now than in 1919?
A. Oh yes.
Q. 8 Do you know what Oak ties were selling for in
1919, Rob?
A. I think from 80
cents to $1.00.
Q. 9 What are they worth now?
A. $1.50 to $1.75.
Q. 10 Double what they were then?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 11 Do you know what Jake Leach and Jasper Leach
got for the timber they sold off this farm?
A. No sir.
Q. 12 How many ties do you say could have been
manufactured from that timber?
A. I have no idea.
Re-cross examination by Claude E. Smith, Attorney for plaintiffs.
Q. 1 What kind of crops did S. W. Leach raise on
this farm?
A. Mostly corn.
Q. 2 Have any tobacco?
A. He did not raise
any tobacco.
Q. 3 Raise a fair
crop of corn?
A. Yes sir.
Re-redirect examination by Otto C. Martin, attorney for
defendant.
Q. 1 Mr. S. W. Leach was a magistrate in this
county at one time?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 2 Also County Assessor at one time?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 3 And also Deputy Assessor?
A. Yes sir.
END
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Testimony of F. M. Williams from Leach vs Leach lawsuit.
The following testimony of F. M. Williams was taken 11 February 1948; this post is the fifth of eleven. The background (explanation) for this testimony can be found in my post dated 23 July 2014.
OHIO CIRCUIT COURT (1948)
Chester F. Leach, Clyde F. Leach, Oscar Leach, Otis Leach, Ersa Leach, and Samuel Leach, Plaintiffs.
vs.
S. D. Leach, Defendant.
DEPOSITIONS FOR DEFENDANT
Also the deposition of F. M. Williams, taken at the same time and place
and for the purpose set out in the caption. Witness being first duly sworn and
examined by Otto C. Martin, Attorney for defendant, testified as follows:
Q. 1 State your name,
please.
A. F. M. Williams.
Q. 2 Your age?
A. 66.
Q. 3 Where do you
live?
A. I live out about two miles east of Beaver Dam, near Liberty
Church.
Q. 4 How far from
the Rob Roy Section or neighborhood?
A. 2 1/2 or 3 miles.
Q. 5 How long have
you lived in that neighborhood?
A. All my life.
Q. 6 Did you know S. W. Leach during his life time?
A. Yes sir.
Q.7 Did you know his
wife, Mrs. Finis Leach?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 8 Know his boys, Oscar, Leslie, Chester and
Clyde?
A. I knew them all.
Q. 9 How long had you known them?
A. Practically all
my life.
Q. 10 Did you know
the farm on which S.W. Leach lived at the time of his death?
A. Yes Sir.
Q. 11 Were you frequently in that home?
A. Occasionally.
Q. 12 Were you related to Mr. Leach?
A. I guess I was
distantly .
Q. l3 How long had you known the farm on which he
lived when he died?
A. I had know it practically
all my life. When a boy I would, go by there going to the Cicero Taylor place.
Q. 14 That was an adjoining farm on the same county
road?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 15 That was called the Bald Knob and Pincheco
road?
A. Yes sir.
Q. l6 It crossed the Hartford and Morgantown road?
A. Yes sir, just beyond
the Sam Leach place.
Q. 17 The Bald Knob and Pincheco road crossed the
Old Hartford and Morgantown road at Chinn's farm?
A. That is right.
Q. 18 Sam Leach died in December, 1918, 29 years
ago, state to the court what kind of building were on the farm when he died, if
you know?
A. As well as I
remember there was a two room log house with a hall between the rooms, a barn
of some kind and that is about as much as I know about it.
Q. l9 What kind of land did he have on this farm?
A. It was pretty thin
1and.
Q. 20 Any timber on it?
A. Yes, there was
some timber.
Q. 21 Do you know how long Mr. Leach had lived on
this place before he died?
A. No sir, I don't.
Q. 22 Had he lived there since you had know that
community?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 23 How much of this farm would you say was
suitable for cultivation, to raise crops on ?
A. That would be a
rough guess. I would not think more than 40 acres.
Q. 24 Would that 40 acres produce crops?
A. A part of it would
not make much. It was growed up the first time I ever saw it.
Q. 25 Washed?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 26 Grown up in
what?
A. In bushes.
Q. 27 Did you ever go
through this woods, or timber?
A. It is a rough road
through there. I have travelled it.
Q. 28 What kind of timber was that?
A. Principally oak
timber.
Q. 29 What character of soil was it where this timber
was growing?
A. It was mostly
post oak, branch bottom land.
Q. 30 Was it large timber or small?
A. It was average, I
would think.
Q. 31 Very many logs in there that could be sawed up
into lumber?
A. There was some.
Q. 32 Any improved roads in that section of the
county back in 1919?
A. No sir.
Q. 33 County dirt roads was all you had?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 34 No state highways or rural highways?
A. No sir.
Q. 35 There has been
built in the last few years a rural highway from Beaver Dam out to Rob Roy?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 36 That is rocked?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 37 How close is
that rock road to this Leach farm?
A. I would think it
was a mile.
Q. 38 Now Mr. Williams,
state what in your opinion was the fair, reasonable value of that farm
including the buildings , surface and timber growing on it in February, 1919,
when Mrs. Finis Leach sold it to Jasper Leach?
A. I don’t have much
idea about the value of land. I would consider the land at something like
$1,000.00 without the timber.
Q. 39 Including the buildings?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 40 You mean $1,000.00 for the land and
improvements - where you got a good title?
A. Yes sir. I would not consider buying it if I couldn't get
a good title.
Q. 4l Suppose you had only been buying Mrs. Leach’s
life estate taking into consideration you only got the use of the place while
she lived or during her life time?
A. I wouldn't know
about that.
Q. 42 Would that he worth 1 ,000.00?
A. If I was going to buy a piece of 1and I would
want a good deed.
Q. 43 Suppose you were
only buying the land during her life and she was 62 years old and in poor
health, what would you have valued that farm at under those conditions?
A. Not very much - not
over half of it.
Cross examination by Claude E. Smith , Attorney for
plaintiffs.
Q. l You say you live near Liberty Church?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 2 How far from this S. W. Leach farm?
A. 2 or 3 miles.
Q. 3 You never had any occasion to be on the S.W.
Leach farm very often?
A. I would go through
there occasionally, traveling that ridge road.
Q. 4 Your knowledge
of the farm was obtained from your passing along that ridge road out to the
highway?
A. Yes sir, some.
Q. 5 When did you
last see that farm?
A. It has been a year
or two since I have been through that road.
Q. 6 The dwelling house has rotted down?
A. It was in bad
condition the last time I saw it.
Q. 7 The barn gone?
A. Yes sir.
Q. 8 The timber gone?
A. I think it has
been cut over.
Q. 9 The timber was out shortly after J.N. Leach
bought it?
A. I imagine that is
when it was cut.
Q. 10 You observed when you went through when they
were cutting it and after it was cut?
A. Oh yes.
Q. 11 It is your recollection that the timber was
cut off shortly after J. N. Leach bought this farm?
A. I think so.
Q. 12 That was approximately 28 years ago?
A. I guess something like that.
Q. 13 What timber is there now is what has grown
since they cut it over?
A. They probably cut from ten to twelve inches up
when they worked it.
Q.14. Approximately how many acres of this 112 acres was in
timber, if you know?
A. I couldn't tell
you exactly. I imagine about 30 acres, that would be just a rough guess.
Q. 15 That land is a different character of land to
your land?
A. I have some real good land and some about like it, in
gullies.
Q. 16 You live farther
down in the low lands from the Leach farm?
A. Yes sir.
END
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Stephen Ross Williams
Stephen Ross Williams
The first of this man's
ancestors who settled in America came from Wales previous to the Revolution,
and settled in Maryland; his name was Edward Williams, and he served under
Washington in the war, at the close of which he removed to Ohio county, Kentucky, a
section of country then perfectly wild, savage Indians and ferocious beasts
holding almost complete sway. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in that
county, leaving 8 children, one of whom, Stephen, was the grand father of the
subject of this biographical notice. He was a Baptist minister for over 50
years, preaching in Kentucky, Illinois and Iowa. He died in Jefferson county
about 1868, leaving also a family of 8 children, the eldest of whom, Isaac, was
the father of Stephen R. Issac was born in Ohio County, Kentucky in 1800, and in January, 1819,
married Sarah Coleman, a daughter of Henry Coleman, of Ohio county, Ky., whose
father was a German and an early settler of Kentucky. Of this marriage were 13
children, of whom 9 are living, the eldest of whom is Stephen R., who was born
Nov. 12, 1820, in Ohio county, Ky. His early life was passed on his father's
farm in White county, Ill., whither his father had moved when his son was but 2
years of age. Here also he obtained his education in the old-fashioned log
school-house, with a window of greased paper where a log had been taken out for
the purpose; indeed, Mr. W. never went to school where glass windows were used.
June 22, 1837, he married Miss Nancy J. Funkhouser, daughter of Isaac
Funkhouser, in White county, Ill., and 3 children were born to them in that
county, namely, Sarah, Virgil and William. In 1844 he moved with his family to
this county, settling in Pittsfield tp., where he commenced farming. His land
title not being perfect, he returned his claim to the seller in 1846, and
removed into Derry township, where he rented farms for several years. In 1852
he bought the southeast quarter of Sec. 32, this tp., which place was slightly
improved, having on it a log house. The same year he moved his family here. He
has since put under fine cultivation about 100 acres at this place. Here he
lived about 14 years, when he moved to a farm which he bought, the southwest
quarter of sec. 31, this tp., where he is still residing.
In 1842 Mr.
Williams joined the Primitive Baptist Church, of which he has ever since been a
member. He is a man of deep convictions, and has believed it his duty to take a
public and active part in the cause of the Church. His public efforts caused
his brethren to induce him to become a regular preacher, and with some
reluctance he complied with their wishes, and was ordained after about two
years' preaching. He has now served in that capacity 22 years. He has never
preached for a salary. He has preached at the regular annual and monthly
meetings in Missouri and Iowa, besides this State.
At present he
owns 515 acres of land in this tp., and 80 acres in tp. 6 s., 6 w. He has 4
children living, 2 boys and 2 girls. Win. D. married Angeline Moore, and lives
on one of his father's farms, on sec. 32; Isaac married Eliza Jane Moore, and
lives on sec. 30, his father's farm of 200 acres; Sarah married Benj. House and
lives in Atlas tp.; Fanny married Charles Drummond, and resides on the home
place. He has had 8 other children, who have deceased, namely, Mary, who died
after she was a married woman; Henry, who died at the age of 17; Lucy Ann and
Martin, who died very young, and 3 others died in infancy. Although Mr.
Williams is interested in political matters, he has not taken a very active and
prominent part. He is a Democrat, has been Collector, Commissioner, Township
Trustee, etc. It is claimed that the first person ever baptized by the Green
river (Ky.) wafers was Mrs. Williams' great-grandmother on her mother's side.
NOTE: Mr. Stephen Ross Williams died 26 March 1912 in El Dara,
Illinois.
Source: History of Pike County, Illinois; published 1880,
Chapman & Company, Page 768.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
History of Sanamon County, Illinois
History
of Sanamon County, Illinois; Published 1881
In this book of Illinois history
we have some information about three people that once lived in Ohio County, but
later moved to Sanamon County, Illinois. The four are: Edward Williams;
Cassandra Peddecord; and Joseph W. Martin.
1. Edward Williams was born June 3, 1789, in Hardin
county, Kentucky. Margaret Neal was born April, 1788, in Nelson county,
Kentucky. The places of their birth were only about six miles apart, and the
parents of both moved, when they were children, to Ohio county, where they were married about
1806. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving December, 1826, in what
is now Gardner township. He died in 1871.
2. Knotts, Thomas, was born in Lee county, Virginia,
and was married there to Ella Young. They moved to Washington county, Ind., and
from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1819, in what is
now Ball township. They had ten children, four of whom, or their descendants,
live in Ball township, namely:
LUCT married Martin G. Pulliam.
ALBION, born April i, 1814, was married April 16, 1835, in
Sangamon county, to Linna Davidson, who was born Dec. 23, 1819. They had seven
children in Sangamon county. THOMAS, born Nov., 1837, married Cassandra
Peddecord, a native of Ohio county, Ky., and daughter of Jonathan Peddecord, now of
Ball township. Thomas Knotts and wife had two children, CORDELIA E. and THOMAS.
Mr. Knotts died Dec. 26, 1870, and his widow and children live in Ball
township. JOHN, unmarried, and lives with his father. ELLA married George S.
Pulliam. See his name. SAMUEL was born a cripple, in 1845, lives with his
father. ELIZABETH married Joseph Dragoo, and lives in Ball township. JOSEPH O.
married Martha Brawner, and lives in Pawnee township. WILLIAM J. lives with his
father. Mrs. Linna Knotts died, and Albion Knotts was married March 2, 1854, to
Mary J. Peddecord. They have four children, CHARLES W., ALBERT, HENRY J. and
EDDIE, all live with their parents on the farm where their grandfather Knotts
settled in 1819. It is in Ball township, two and a half miles southeast of
Chatham.
3. Robison, John, was born in Virginia, and married
in Maryland to Nancy Robbins. They moved to Delaware, where they had four
children, and moved to Nicholas county, Ky., where five children were born, and
from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in
Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their children:
ELIZABETH R., born Nov. 26, 1797, in Delaware, married in
Kentucky to Samuel H. Steele.
WILLIAM, born about 1799, in Delaware, married in Nicholas
county, Ky., to Mahuldah Tarr, moved to Buffalo Hart Grove, Sangamon county,
thence to Madison county, where the parents died, leaving several children.
SALLT and NANCT, twins, born about 1801, in Nicholas county,
Ky.
SALL T died in Buffalo Hart Grove, about 1835.
NANCT married Hiram Starr. See his name.
JOHN W., born about 1803, in Nicholas county, Ky., married
in Sangamon county to Lucinda Burns. They had four children, WILLIAM T., born
in Sangamon county Aug. 2, 1833, married Dec. 4, 1856, to Julia A. Lunbeck.
They had five children; four died under five years. IDA LOU resides with her
parents in Springfield. William T. Robison is a clerk in the freight depot of
the C. and A. railroad. ELIZABETH M., born April 4, 1835, in Sangamon county,
married Dec. 20, 1866, to John Finfrock, who was born July 8, 1833, near
Chambersburg, Penn. They have four children, EDGAR H., FRANK E., GRACIE M. and
MARY L. Mr. Finfrock enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 1 1 4th
111. Inf.; served until Aug., 1865, when he was honorably discharged. They live
three-quarters of a mile north of Buffalo Hart station. MARY J., born April 20,
1837, in Sangamon county, married Sept. n, 1864, to Joseph W. Martin,
who was born Nov. 16, 1838, in Ohio county, Kentucky. They have four children, JESSE w.,
WILLIAM H., LENA F. and ROBERT F., and live one-half mile north of Buffalo Hart
station. JOHN F., born June 20, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted July, 1862,
for three years, in Co. I, 1 14th ill. Inf.; served until Aug., 1865, when he
was honorably discharged. He was married March 20, 1867, to Eliza A. Guthrie.
They have two children, IVA E. and a babe, and live in Atlanta, Illinois. John
W. Robison was killed by lightning at one o'clock on the morning of August 28,
1840, three and a half miles northeast of Buffalo Hart Grove. He was sitting at
the bedside of, and was fanning his sick mother, who died two days later. His
widow married Sept. 20, 1848, to David S. Warner. She is now a widow, and resides
half a mile north of Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.
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