Spotlight On: J.H. and M.C. Bettis

J.H. Bettis

1857 - 1942

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Mary C. His Wife

1861 - 1928

Gone But Not Forgotten

Buried in Deer Creek Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014. Note the Masonic symbol above J.H. Bettis' name and the photograph of J.H. and Mary C. Bettis.

  

Miss M.C. Sullenger married J.H. Bettis 20 April 1890 at W.B. Sullinger's in Crittenden County.[1]

According to her death certificate, Mary Catherine Bettis was born 24 October 1861 in Kentucky and died 2 December 1928 in Blooming Rose Pct, Crittenden County. Her parents were listed as Tom Dutch Sullenger and Elizabeth Porter, both born in Kentucky. The informant for this information was J.H. Bettis.[2]

J.H. Bettis wrote his last will and testament 21 December 1936. At that time he was living in Tolu, Crittenden County. After the payment of his debts, he wanted his wife, Effie Bettis, and his son, Ebb Bettis, to each have one-half of his estate. Mrs. Effie Bettis was to be executrix.  The will was recorded in county court 12 February 1942.  According to the 1900 census, J.H. Bettis was born in March 1857.[3]

J.H. Bettis remarried following the death of Mary C. Bettis.

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[1] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriages 1887-1899, Vol. III, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 34.

[2] Kentucky Death Certificate #29859, Mary Catherine Bettis, Kentucky Death Records, Crittenden County, Ancestry.com.

[3] 1900 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, Sheridan, p. 6, E.D. 33, Ancestry.com.

Published 9 October 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - J.W. and Dollie A. Ainsworth

J.W. Ainsworth

Mar. 24, 1841

Apr. 4, 1917

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Dollie A. His Wife

Jan. 9, 1848

Dec. 4, 1918

Buried Deer Creek Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014.

According to his death certificate,[1] James W. Ainsworth was born in Todd County, Tennessee [sic] and was the son of Charl. Ainsworth and Malinda Durham. The family of James C. and Melinda Ainsworth was enumerated on the 1850 Montgomery County, Tennessee census. James W. Ainsworth, age 10,  was listed in that household.[2]  By 1860, the Ainsworth family had moved to Livingston County, Kentucky and was in Crittenden County by 1870.

On 21 December 1865, J.W. Ainsworth married  Miss Darthula Bettis at the home of Jacob Bettis in Crittenden County.[3]  Ainsworth received a pension for his service in Co. B., 6th Illinois Cavalry.[4] Following his death, his wife, Darthula Bettis Ainsworth received a widow's pension.

Darthula/Dorothy  Angelina Ainsworth was the daughter of Jacob W. Bettis and Juda Walker, both of whom were born in Tennessee.[5]

The obituary for J.W. Ainsworth appeared in the 12 April 1917 issue of the Crittenden Record-Press. Survivors included a son, Julian Ainsworth of Blodgett, Missouri  and daughters, Emma, wife of Audie Love of Salem and Annie wife of Will Privet of Sheridan. He was given a Masonic burial at Deer Creek Cemetery.

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #10411, James W. Ainsworth, Ancestry.com, accessed 4 October 2017.

[2] 1850 Montgomery County, Tennessee census, Ancestry.com, accessed 4 October 2017.

[3] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. 1 1842-1865 and Abstracts of Wills Book 1 1842 - 1924, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1990) 114.

[4] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Ancestry.com, accessed 4 October 2017.

[5] Kentucky Death Certificate #38396, Dorothy Angelina Ainsworth, Ancestry.com, accessed 4 October 2017.

Published 5 December 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Jacob W. and Juda A. Bettis

Bettis

Jacob W. Bettis
Jan. 20, 1823
Feb. 28, 1906

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Juda A. His Wife
May 16, 1822
Aug. 5, 1912

Christ Is My Hope

Buried at Deer Creek Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 1991.

Jacob W. Bettis was in Crittenden County by the mid-1850s and appeared on the 1860 Crittenden County census. He married Juda Walker circa 1844 probably in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Juda was the daughter of Jim Walker and Nancy Williams, according to her death certificate. The couple had the following children: Nancy E., James F., Darthula Angeline, John E. and Jacob Henry.