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 - Remicka Elizabeth Nation

Remicka Elizabeth

Nation

Dec. 4, 1864

Dec. 21, 1950

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

According to her death certificate, Remicka E. Nation was born 3 December 1864 in Crittenden County and lived in Tolu.  Her father was listed as Eph Nation (born Jackson County, Tennessee) and her mother's maiden name was given as Lear. 

Remicka E. Nation was single.

Published 10 July 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 - Rev. John and Sarah Bebout

John Bebout and Sarah Ann Shoemaker were married 4 February 1841 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. [1] They were later enumerated on the 1850 Caldwell County census with their three oldest children, Mary, Abraham J. and John A. Bebout. [2]

By 1860, John and Sarah had moved to Crittenden County, Kentucky. Their children are listed as Mary, Abraham J., John A., Enoch B., James B. and Columbus Bebout.[3]

Sarah A. Bebout died in 1869 and John died in 1883.  Both are buried in Deer Creek Cemetery in Crittenden County.

 Sarah A.

Wife of

Rev. John

Bebout

Apr. 7

1823

Feb. 1

1869

 Rev. John

Bebout

June 17

1816

June 12

1883

Tombstones were photographed 10 June 2010.

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[1] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Caldwell County, Kentucky Marriages 1833-1853, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1997), 56.

[2] 1850 Caldwell County, Kentucky Census, Dist. 1, p. 295, Ancestry.com, accessed 30 March 2017.

[3] 1860 Crittenden County, Kentucky Census, West Half of County, Post Office Carrsville, p. 56, Ancestry.com, accessed 30 March 2017.

Published 2 May 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/                           

Tombstone Tuesday - Sybil I. Belt

Sybil I. Dau. of

Geo. T. & R.A.

Belt

Oct. 24, 1891

Mar. 2, 1922

Gone But Not Forgotten

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

According to Kentucky death certificate #5912 (1922), Sybil I. Belt was the daughter of George T. and Ritta Weldon, both of whom were born in Kentucky. George Thomas Belt died 1925 and Ritta Weldon Belt died 1941. Both are buried in Deer Creek Cemetery.

Published 9 June 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - E.W. Nation

E.W. Nation

Nov. 6, 1838

Nancy 

His Wife

Feb. 13, 1844

Aug. 7, 1919

Casandria

His Wife

Mar. 6, 1842

Oct. 20, 1870

Sleep on Mother and take your rest

God called you home. He thought it best

While Mother sleeps beneath the sod

Her [?]  dwell with God

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

According to death certificate #557, Ephraim W. Nation was the son of John Nation and -- Grigry and was born in Jackson County, Tennessee. He died 28 January 1928 Crittenden County. E.W. Nation first married Mrs. Cassandria Bird 13 February 1859 in Crittenden County and then married Mrs. Nancy Margelin. Kentucky death certificate #2293 of Nancy Nation lists her father as Ben Curnell, born Tennessee. When Ephraim W. Nation died in 1928, his death certificate shows he was married to Clara Nation. The 1920 Crittenden County census lists him as married, but he was living alone.

Published 12 May 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - J.H. and Mary F. Curnel

J.H. Curnel

Apr. 4, 1840

Apr. 10, 1912

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Mary F.

His Wife

Apr. 2, 1840

Mar. 2, 1932

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

According to Kentucky death certificate #9500 (1912), J.H. Curnel was born 2 April 1838 and died 10 April 1912. His parents are listed as James Curnel and Francis Hawkun, both born in Tennessee.

Mary F. Curnel was the daughter of my 3rd great-grandparents, Logan Croft and Mary Ann Lucas. Her death certificate #5474 (1932) gives her birth date as 2 April 1841 and her death date as 3 March 1932.

J.H. and Mary F. Curnel last appear together on the 1910 Crittenden County census.  At that time they were living on Irma Road.

Published 18 November 2014, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - A.J. and Sue Bebout

A.J. Bebout
1844 - 1924

Sue His Wife
1853 - 1895

Buried Deer Creek Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Note the Masonic symbol. Tombstone photographed early 1990s.

Abraham J. Bebout, son of John and Sarah Bebout, was born 8 March 1844 Kentucky and died 3 April 1924. He married Sue Shoemaker 4 December 1873 in Livingston County, Kentucky. Abraham and Sue appear on the 1880 Livingston County census with their children Lewis, Anna L. and John and Abraham's brother, Christopher C. Bebout.

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.