Dora Ethyl Kuykendall

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 census, Ethyl was listed as single, and the head of her own household. She was working as a teacher, and was living next door to her parents.

Dora married John A. Kelliher after 1930. John was born about 1882 in Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Keith McGuire indicates that Patrick, William and James were Dora's stepsons.

1. Patrick Joseph Kelliher was born on 12 Jul 1918 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Oct 1978 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.
2. William Kelliher was born on 8 May 1922 in Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming; died on 24 Jan 1991 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.
3. James Kelliher was born on 4 Jul 1926 in Lance Creek, Niobrara County, Wyoming; died on 13 Mar 1977 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, he and Alice were living in Olivet, Kansas, with children Ethel, Hazel, Vernon, Lola and Olive. They had moved to Crawford Township, Kansas, prior to the 1910 census. The older children were all still at home, along with the younger Alice, Maude, George and Charles.

In 1920, they were in Wyoming. George was listed as a Laborer, General Farm. Seven of their twelve children were still at home: Vernon (23), Stella (17), Zelma (14), George (11), Charles (9), Loren (6), and Fern (4). Their eldest daughter, Ethel, was living next door.

In 1930, he was not listed in their home in Wilson County, Kansas. Orinda was shown as the head of household. Even though George was not present, she was shown as Married, and listed the age of her marriage as 16. Only her children Maude (24), Clinton (22), and Loren (16) were still living at home. She and her son Clinton were listed as being engaged in Farming.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Olivet Twp
Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 122 Sheet 8B
170-172
Kuykendall, George Head W M Apr 1863 37 m19 Ill Ill Ill
Kuykendall, Alice Wf W F Jan 1872 28 m 19 5/5 Ks Ind Ind
Kuykendall, Ethel Dtr W F May 1889 11 S Ks Ill KS
Kuykendall, Hazel Dtr W F July 1891 8 S Ks Ill Ks
Kuykendall, Verner Son W M Oct 1895 4 S Ks Ill Ks
Kuykendall, Lola Dtr W F May 1897 3 S Ks Ill KS
Kuykendall, Olive Dtr W F Aug 1900 ?/12 S Ks Ill Ks

George married Orinda Alice Cowdrey on 18 Sep 1888 in Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas. Orinda was born in Jan 1872 in Kansas; died after 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1885 Kansas State Census, for Olivet, Osage County, Kansas, shows that Loren C. and B A E?? Cowdrey were the heads of a household of eight people in total, which included a 12 year old daughter with the initials of O A Cowdrey. Loren was a farmer, and was born in Ohio with his wife being born in Indiana. This is likely Alice's family. A marriage record shows that Loren G. COWDRY married Barbary E FRIEND in Mar 1861 in Clinton County, Indiana. Also, Loren's widow, Barbary A E Cowdrey filed for a Civil War Pension in Missouri, based on the service of her husband for the 86 Indiana Infantry. The Widow's pension number was 915267, certificate number 680310, State Filed, Missouri. It appears that Loren has earlier filed for an Invalid Pension, application number 59361, certificate number 46137.

Notes:

Married:
On the 1900 Census, Alice was shown as the mother of 5 children, all living. By 1910, the number had risen to 10 total children, nine still living. All nine were living at home.

Notes:

In the HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY book, Lee Kuykendall is quoted as saying: "My father's father, my grandfather's name was FRANKLIN KUYKENDALL; his wife's name was MARY JANE ELLIOTT....FRANKLIN KUYKENDALL, my father was born October 17, 1834."

Lee Kuykendall apparently was misquoted, as he was the son of Franklin and Mary Jane (Elliott) Kuykendall, not grandson..

In another section of the HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY, both E.G. Kuykendall of Carmi, Illinois (p 240) and John Kuykendall (p 241) list Franklin as the son of NOAH KUYKENDALL.

At the time of the 1850 White County, Illinois census, Franklin had been orphaned and was living with his older brother, Alfred. In 1860, he was married and living with his wife and children, and 67 year old Lucinda Bradshaw from Kentucky. They were living next door to another Bradshaw family.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Illinois, White County, Town 5 S Range 10 E, PO Carmi
23 Aug 1860
Page 213
1513-1503
Franklin Kuykendall 24 M Farmer $2,000 $1,200 IL
May J. Kuykendall 22 F IL
Joseph Kuykendall 3 M IL
Sarah F Kuykendall 1 F IL
Lewcinda Bradshaw 67 F KY
1514-1504
Thomas Bradshaw 43 M Farmer $5,600 $2,000 KY
Sarah Bradshaw 31 F IL
Lewcinda Bradshaw 29 F IL
Fanny Bradshaw 5 F IL
Joseph Hardester? 23 M Farmer Laborer TN

The relationship of Lucinda Bradshaw to Franklin and Mary Jane is not known. Note at the time of the 1840 census that Lucinda was living in between Benj. Elliott and John Elliott. Perhaps the three of them were siblings?

1840 Benj Elliott 1-0-1-0-0-0-1-0//0-2-1-0-0-1

Lucinda Bradshaw 0-0-1-1-2-0-0-0//0-2-1-1-0-0-1

John Elliott 2-4-1-2-2-0-0-1//1-0-2-0-1-0-1-0

1870 Census
not located

1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Frank KERYKANDALL Self M Male W 46 IL Farm
Mary J. KERYKANDALL Wife M Female W 41 IL Keeping House MD VA
Lee KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 23 IL Farmer IL IL
James KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 19 IL At Ho
George KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 17 IL At Ho
Anjuline KERYKANDALL Dau S Female W 15 IL At School IL IL
Edger KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 12 IA At Scho
Ann M. KERYKANDALL Dau S Female W 10 KS At School IL IL
Fred KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 8 KS At Scho
Bell KERYKANDALL Dau S Female W 4 KS IL IL
Charles KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 2 KS IL IL
Source Information:
Census Place Dragoon, Osage, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254391
NA Film Number T9-0391
Page Number 86B

1900 Census
Missouri, Vernon County, Lake Township
Enumerated 14 June 1900
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 13 ED 132 Sheet 5A Stamped 238
88-91
Kuykendall, Frank Head W M Oct 1835 64 M 18 Ill Va Ill Farmer
Kuykendall, Mary Wf W F Apr 1847 53 N 18 2/2 Ill Ill Ill (Second wife?)
Kuykendall, Charley Son W M Oct 1876 23 S Kansas Ill Ill

(Medical):Presumed DNA:

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From:

http://www.familytreedna.com/(44mafw45r1mben45g43rjf55)/public/kuykendall/index.aspx?fixed_columns=on

Franklin married Mary Jane Elliott on 1 Aug 1855 in White County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of John Elliott and Anna Condet) was born about 1838 in Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This was the only Mary Elliott in White County, IL in 1850 that was the right age to marry Franklin Kuykendall in 1855.

1850 Census, White County, Illinois
82-82
John Elliott 59 M Farmer 1000 Md
Layfaitt " 15 M LaborerIll
Silas " 14 M"
Mary J " 12 F"

WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS WILLS 1816-1916, Vaught Index by Davis WILL BOOK A 1846-1893 Page 26-27

John Elliott: His daughter Mary Jane Elliott receives land. Son Lafayette Elliott gets the land. Son Silas Elliott gets land but if he has no heirs then his portion of the land is to go to the surviving heirs. Sally Elliott, Emaline Graves, Anna Jones and son Jacob Elliott are to get all of the personal property. Executors sons Samuel Elliott and Joseph Elliott. 18th Mar 1853. Att; Benjamine Elliott and James Graves. Probated 7th April 1853.

Courtesy of Janice Knotter Columbus, OH Janice@Knotter.com

Notes:

Married:
Signed by Nat'l (?) Blackford J.P.

WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS MARRIAGES, 1816-1865, Davis Page 30

Elliott, Mary Jane/Kuykendall, Franklin 1 Aug 1855 Marriage Book 3/Box 4

Courtesy of Janice Knotter Columbus, OH Janice@Knotter.com

Notes:

In ' "...a matter of history..." Old Times, Old People and Old Buildings: Newspaper Accounts of Nineteenth Century Life in Carmi and White County, Illinois' (The White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 121, Carmi, Illinois 62821: 1996). An article was reprinted from the White County Democrat Centennial Edition, published on July 30, 1914 by William D. Hay, it was noted that "Noah Kuykendall....had not inherited his father's love for moving and hunting a new and unsettled country, selected a location in the north edge of the Prarie and in 1809 built a log cabin about one hundred yards west of the present home of George G. Kuykendall, his grandson. He married and brought to his cabin home a Miss Jones, sister of Dan and John, prominent men in their day. The only descendant of the Jones family now living in the county so far as I know is our fellow townsman, John R.

In that cabin, one of the first to be built in that section or in the county, Alfred Kuykendall and other members of Noah's family were born. About 1825, Mr. Kuykendall built on the site of his little cabin a three-story log house. A large roomy, and for that day, an extra fine residence. Built of nicely hewn logs. Some of the logs of that house are still in use, being a part of the barn near where the the old house stood. They are still sound and you can scarely see an ax mark. This shows that the man who got out the logs for that house could hew the line. And that was considered quite an accomplishment at that day...I do not want to leave Mr. Kuykendall's home without saying more about the three story log house. The finishing lumber was all sawed with a whip saw. That is, a log was gotten into a scaffold, after being squared, high enough for one man to stand under it. Another man stood on top of the timber and with a whip saw (a kind of a rip saw made for the purpose) sawed it into the lumber faster than we would suppose. Though I have been told that making lumber that way was at least a first cousin to work. After the lumber came from the saw, it was planed, and the flooring tongue and grooved all by hand."

There is a Noah Kuykendall indexed in the 1818 White County, Illinois census.

1820 State: Illinois County: White
Page No: 189 Reel No: M33-11
Division: Prairie Township
Enumerated by: Jesse C. Lockwood
Enumerated on: November 22, 1820
Transcribed by John C. Jacoby and Proofread by Cindy Birk Conley for USGenWeb.
Copyright: 2001 Page 189
15
Kirkindall, Noah 3-0-0-0-1,2-0-0-1-0

1830 Census, White County, Illinois p 11 Noah Kuykendall 2-1-2-1-0-0-1;0-1-2-0-0-1-0


1840 Census, White County, Illinois, p 285 Noah Kuykendall 0-3-2-2-1-0-0-1; 0-2-0-0-2

Abraham Lincoln came to Carmi on September 1, 1840 in a political rally as part of his campaign for William Henry Harrison for President. Despite the rain, the rally was a great success. Lincoln stood before the huge throng and spoke for more than an hour. That night he lodged at the Ratliff Inn, where he visited with his many friends. Noah, age 53, and his family may well have been at the rally. (Source: Carmi Illinois 1816-1966 Sesquicentennial: Carmi Sesquicentennial Commission, Inc.).

Noah married Elizabeth "Betsy" Jones about 1814. Elizabeth was born about 1798; died after 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
In the book by Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919), E. G. Kuykendall cites eight sons of Noah Kuykendall: Henry, Peter, Alfred, Daniel, Samuel, James, Franklin, and Aaron (p 240). John Kuykendall cites Noah with only six sons, Alfred, Daniel, Peter, Samuel, Frank and Henry (p 241). (Note: Neither list a son John (1822-1842), shown by Velma Winn).

The daughters of the family are based on census and marriage records, and the list prepared by Velma Winn.

Keith McGuire lists one additional daughter, that I was unable to find on either census or marriage records of the county, Jane born ca 1832 who married a William Randolph. He could be confusing her with daughter Louisa, who married Andrew Rudolph.

Notes:

John Elliott and his wife were early settlers and business owners in White Couty, as detailed in an article titled "Founding of Phillips Township" (Carmi Times Sesquicentennial Edition 9 Dec 1965, p 1), excerpted below: "Phillips Township is situated on the great Wabash River, containing 64 square miles. It was formerly comprised in Fox River precinct. Parts of it lay in Carmi, Burnt Prairie and Gray precincts. At this time it was mostly timberland, the surface hilly, with parts near the rivers low and swampy. The first settlers were James Kahn and Richard Davis, George Hoover, James Hodge, Absalom Driggers, Stephen Stanley, Thomas Poole and Daniel Boultinghouse. In 1809, John Lucas settled about a mile south of what is now Phillipstown. James Davenport stopped there at about the same time. John Fraser came from North Carolina in 1818...Alexander Phillips was another man well known in this part of White County...Others, John Stum, Richard Graves, Walter Higden, JOHN ELLIOTT, Josiah McKnight, Samuel Hughes, James Johnston, James Evans, the Starks, Hans, Randolphs, Charles, Potters, Davises, Whitneds, Crosses, Grahams, and the Creightons. Deer was plentiful as were wild turkeys...Phillipstown was platted in 1837...Crossville was laid out by John Mills, county surveyor for Thomas Cross and SILAS ELLIOTT. In 1883 there was a flouring mill...one tile factory owned by Williams and Rudolph; two general stores run by Blockford and ELLIOTT; one drug store owned by Davenport...a furniture store...one hotel, MRS. ELLIOTT, proprietor; a blacksmith shop...a meat market...

Another article in the same paper contained a biography of William O. Smith, the first doctor in the new village of Crossville (destined to become the metropolis of Phillips Township). It noted that "he established his first office in a corner of the Elliott store, which at that time, was the only store in Crossville. He slept in his office and boarded in the nearby Elliott hotel...(after his marriage he and his wife) moved to their new home on Crossville's Main Street, raising a family of four children, became firm friends of the Cross, Elliott and Kuykendall families and many others....

A John Elliott is listed as the head of a large household in the White County, Illinois 1820, 1830 and 1840 Federal Census

1820 White County, IL Fox River John Elliott

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1830 John Elliott

1-2-2-0-0-0-1-0-0//2-0-1-0-1-1-1-0-1

1840 John Elliott

2-4-1-2-2-0-0-1//1-0-2-0-1-0-1-0



WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS WILLS 1816-1916, Vaught Index by Davis WILL BOOK A 1846-1893 Page 26-27
John Elliott: His daughter Mary Jane Elliott receives land. Son Lafayette Elliott gets the land. Son Silas Elliott gets land but if he has no heirs then his portion of the land is to go to the surviving heirs. Sally Elliott, Emaline Graves, Anna Jones and son Jacob Elliott are to get all of the personal property. Executors sons Samuel Elliott and Joseph Elliott. 18th Mar 1853. Att; Benjamine Elliott and James Graves. Probated 7th April 1853.

Courtesy of Janice Knotter Columbus, OH Janice@Knotter.com (White County, IL Wills 1816-1819 Book B)

EARLY LAND GRANTS OF WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS 1814-1854 and PROBATE INDEX 1818-1976, Vaught Index by Davis Page 31
Probate Box 68 John Elliott Adm/Exec Samuel Elliott and Joseph Elliott 1853

Courtesy of Janice Knotter Columbus, OH Janice@Knotter.com

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
White County, Illinois
82-82
John Elliott 59 M Farmer 1000 Md
Layfaitt " 15 M Laborer Ill
Silas " 14 M "
Mary J " 12 F "

John married Anna Condet. Anna was born before 1800; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]