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Refer to Volume 2, pages 16, 17 Generation IV, Child 6
IV Burwell (or Burrell) Featherston. Jr. - m. Rebecca Adams
*6. Catherine Susan Parthena Adeline Featherston - b. ca. 1823 TN
V Catherine Susan Parthena Adeline Featherston - b. ca. 1823 TN, d. ca.
1875 IL?; m.l) 24 Sep 1841 Robertson Co., TN to Thomas J. Hightower - b. ca.
1818-19 VA, d. 11 Sep 1859 Madison Co., IL. bur. Wm. Featherston's farm,
Madison Co.. IL; farmer; res. Clinton Co. & poss. Madison Co., IL. Adeline
Featherston m.2) William Hussong - b. ca. 1793 TN d. 19 Oct 1865 Clinton Co.?,
IL?, bur. Jamestown/Shoal Creek, Clinton Co., IL; res. TN. Madison & Clinton
Cos., IL; War of 1812 TN Militia; s/o (unproven) Conrad Hussong / Marie Le
Fevre. William Hussong m.l) Susannah __ - b. ca. 1794-95 NC, d. ca. 1859
IL?. res. Madison & Clinton Cos., IL. William and Susannah Hussong had one
child; Seaton Hussong - d. bef. 6 Feb 1838 IL?; m. 6 Apr 1837 Madison Co., IL
to Martha C. Hagler. (Note by submitter: Widow Martha C. (Hagler) Hussong m.
George W. Dugger 6 Feb 1838, Madison Co., IL. Land records indicate Martha
and George Dugger deeded Seaton's land to William Hussong for $1.00. William
then deeded the land. again for $1.00 to the two sons of William's brother,
Aaron Hussong.) Adeline Featherston m.3) 12 Oct 1867 Clinton Co.. IL by
Henry Medley. JP to Reuben Alien - b. ca. 1807-08 TN d. 20 Feb 1871 Madison
Co.. IL, bur. Lake or Lears Cem., Clinton or Madison Co., IL. Reuben Alien
m.l) name unknown - d. 20 May 1867.
Sources;
1. Dorothy Ruth (Hussong) - personal knowledge
2. "Family Memories" of Lessie May (Hussong) Newman, written 1959
3. 1860 Federal census of Clinton Co., IL
4. 1850 Federal census of Madison and Clinton Cos., IL
5. 1870 Federal census of Madison Co., IL
6. Death certificate of William Washington Hussong - state of California
7. Clinton Co., IL Marriage Book I (1857-1872), p. 108; William Hussong &
Adeleide (sic) Hightower (license issued 25 Jan 1860 at Carlyle, Clinton
Co.; m. 26 Jan 1860 Clinton Co., IL by J. Johnson, MG)
8. Clinton Co.. IL Marriage Book I (1857-1872). p. 368: Reuben Alien & Mrs.
Adeline Husson (sic) (license issued 12 Oct 1867 at Carlyle, Clinton Co.;
m. 12 Oct 1867 Clinton Co., IL by Henry Medley. JP)
9. Clinton Co., IL Deed Books; Book I, p. 382; Book J, p. 263; Book K, pp.
42. 43;Book K, pp. 352, 353; Book K, pp. 489, 490; Book Q. pp. 450, 451;
10. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management: Federal patents
on 2 parcels of land (80 acres each) in Clinton Co., IL- Patents recorded
13 Jul 1852
11. Numerous land records: Madison Co.. IL (purchases by William Hussong and
subsequent sales by William Hussong and his wife Adeline establish identity of William as same individual who was previously husband of
Susannah)
12. Numerous Federal patents on file with the U.S. Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management for Madison Co., IL (also establish identity of
William) cont...
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13. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - 16 Nov 1850 William Hussong applied
for Bounty land based on his service in the War of 1812 (2 applications);
subsequently he was granted a warrant for 160 acres which he patented in
Clinton Co., IL (his applications were numbered "23,434"; warrant was
numbered "5.642" (warrant issued 23 Jun 1851)
14. National Archives. Washington, D.C. - compiled service records for
William Hussong, War of 1812 (Indexed Whosong, Hoosong, Housoung)
15. "Deaths of Neighbourhood" a list of deaths and burials in SE Madison Co..
IL and NE Clinton Co., IL kept by Elias McFadden Morgan 1841-1880/81
(transcribed by Patricia Morgan; printed in Madison Co. Gen. Soc.
quarterly "The Stalker" Vol. 9. No. 3, 1989)
16. Red River Settlers. Records of the Settlers of Northern Montgomery,
Robertson and Sumner Counties, TN by Edythe Rucker Whit ley, 1980 pub.
Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD and available at Carlsbad. CA
City Library
17. Various entries from the Day Books (diaries) of Elias McFadden Morgan (b.
1817, d. 1881) who lived in Madison and Clinton counties. IL. Day books
transcribed by Patricia Morgan and copies of transcription (part) provided by Dave and Pat Morgan of Longmont, CO 1990.
Issue of Adeline Featherston and Thomas J. Hightower:
1. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hightower - b. ca. 1840-41 TN; m. 6 Apr 1859
Madison Co., IL to Thomas A. Hobbs (marriage record shows Ellen L.
Hightower)
2. Rebecca Ann "Beck" Hightower - b. ca. 1843-44 TN; m.l) 7/8 Nov 1860
Clinton Co., IL by B. Baker to Robert C. Kirkham; m.2) Solom Shafer
3. Eliza J. Hightower - b. ca. 1844-47 TN, d. 12 Oct 1868 IL?. bur.
Jamestown, Clinton Co., IL; m. 4 Sep 1863 Madison Co., IL to Levi E.
Rundell (Marriage license 1 Sep 1863. no return, m. date from Elias
Morgan day books)
4. Mary Jane Hightower - b. ca. 1854-55 IL; m. 9 Aug 1876 Madison Co.,
IL by P. Hassinger, MG to Reuben Malan
5. Dorothea/Dorothy "Dollie" Hightower - b. ca. 1857-58 IL, d. ca.
1875-77 of tuberculosis in Clinton or Madison Co. IL
Note by submitter: Great aunt Lessie May (Hussong) Newman indicated
there was an "adopted" son, Andrew Hightower. Andrew appeared on census
with Adeline only once: 1870 Madison Co., IL. household of Reuben and
Adeline Alien as "Andy Heidauer". The following is known about Andrew:
Andrew Hightower - b. ca. 1851-52 IL m. 28 Sep 1876 Madison Co.. IL
by C. Boeschenstein. J.P. to Angeline Hunt
In the day books of Elias M. Morgan (transcribed by Patricia Morgan of
Longmont, CO - Pat is wife of Dave Morgan, a g-grandson of Elias), I
found the following entry:
May 1863
Sat 9 Cleer at Edwards Mrs. housong got Boys Andy Jaison hightower
It may be Andrew and Jason were kin to Adeline's firts husband, Thomas J.
Hightower, but it has also been learned that Adeline's paternal
grandmother was a Hightower.
Issue by 2nd husband:
*6. William Washington Hussong - b. 24 Jun 1861 near Trenton, IL
cont...
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VI William "Will" Washington Hussong - b. 24 Jun 1861 near Trenton, IL
(Trenton is in Clinton Co., IL but is near the Madison Co., IL line; county of
birth has not been established), d. 13 May 1923 Los Angeles. CA from a stroke,
bur. 15 May 1923 Inglewood Cem. (Hussong plot). Los Angeles Co.. CA; m. 12 Jan
1882 (eloped) Greenville, Bond Co., IL to Mary "Lizzie" or "Lil" Elizabeth
Challis - b. 23 Jun 1861 Pocahontas. Bond Co., IL. d. 12 Apr 1935 Los Angeles,
Los Angeles Co., CA. bur. 15 Apr 1935 Inglewood Cem. (Hussong plot), Los
Angeles Co., CA. d/o Samuel Hugh Challis/Sophronia Thompson Plant. Sources:
Dorothy Ruth (Hussong) Brewer; "Family Memories" of Lessie May (Hussong)
Newman, written Dec 1959; State of CA Dept. of Health Services - Death
certificates of William Washington Hussong and Mary Elizabeth (Challis)
Hussong; The Story of Early Pocahontas & Sugg Cemetery, by Sugg Cemetery Board
of Trustees. 1989; Personal visit to Sugg Cem., Pocahontas, Bond Co.. IL - Jun
1989; 1880 Federal Census of Pocahontas, Bond Co., IL (household of Rebecca
Kirkham); 1900 Federal Census of Greenville, Bond Co., IL.
Note by submitter: William Washington Hussong was a tall man with brown eyes and black,
curly hair. He held many jobs in his lifetime - traveling sewing machine
salesman, streetcar conductor, store clerk, store owner, traveling salesman
for a wholesale grocery firm, real estate salesman and speculator. The family
moved many times in Illinois, then to Brawley. California 27 Sep 1907. In 1908
the family moved to Los Angeles, CA where they bought and sold four more homes
before settling at 350 W. 54th St. between Moneta (now Broadway) and Figueroa
10 May 1912. Dorothy Ruth (Hussong) Brewer remembers that this house and the
property on which the family had it built was purchased by her mother with the
inheritance she received for the estate of her Aunt Lizzie (Plant) Hill. With
all the moving she had been through, Mary Elizabeth decided she wanted a place
of permanence for her family. That house remained in the family until Aunt
Florence Hussong sold it to a black family in 1953. About two years later the
property was sold to the State of California and the house was razed to make
way for the Harbor Freeway.
Issue:
1. Baby Boy - stillborn 21 Oct 1883 Pocahontas, Bond Co., IL. bur. Sugg
Cem, Pocahontas, Bond Co., IL
2. Lessie May Hussong - b. 30 Jun 1886 Pocahontas, Bond Co., IL, d. 23
Sep 1967, bur. 26 Sep 1967 Inglewood Park Cem.. Los Angeles Co., CA;
m. 25 Dec 1912 at St. Marks Meth. Church. Los Angeles, CA to Horace
Morton Newman - b. ,NY. d. 4 Oct 1967, bur. 7 Oct 1967 Inglewood Park
Cem., Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., CA
3. Florence Leota Hussong — b. 4 Aug 1890 Pocahontas. Bond Co., IL. d.
30 Jan 1955 Encino, Lon Angeles Co., CA, bur. Inglewood
*4. Dorothy Ruth Hussong - b. 27 Mar 1896 Greenville. Bond Co., IL
5. Robert Gordon Hussong - b. 26 Oct 1903 Greenville. Bond Co., IL, d.
1 Apr 1969; m.l) 20 Sep 1928 Mexico to Connie Escobar; m.2) 30 May
1942 to Irene Conlin
VII Dorothy Ruth Hussong - b. 27 Mar 1896 Greenville, Bond Co., IL; m. 3 Jul
1919 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA to Raleigh Ellsworth Brewer - b. 5 Jan
1896 Cooke Co., TX, d. 10 Jun 1987 Sylmar. CA, s/o William Robert
Brewer/Alafair Jennie Hunter cont...
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Issue:
*1. Paul Edward Brewer - b. 2 May 1923 Los Angeles, CA
VIII Paul Edward Brewer - b. 2 May 1923 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA;
Protestant; Commercial Artist; m.l) 28 Jan 1944 Los Angeles, CA (at Robertson
Cmm. Methodist Church) to Janet Mabel Hanson - b. 6 Aug 1923. Hayes Co., NE.
(near Culbertson); Christian; Secretary; d/o Ralph Albines Hanson/Ina Myri
Carter. Paul Edward Brewer and Janet Mabel Hanson Brewer were div. 1982 at
Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA; he m.2) Betty Jane Taylor.
(Note by submitter: Culbertson, NE is in Hitchcock Co.; Janet was born in Hayes Co. Ralph and
Myrl's farm is said to have been in Culbertson but the location of the
property has not yet been proven.) Sources: Becky Lynne Brewer - personal
knowledge; Janet Mabel (Hanson) Brewer - personal knowledge; Paul Edward
Brewer - personal knowledge; Birth certificate of Janet Mabel Hanson (NE State
Dept. of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics).
Issue:
1. Roxanne Brewer - b. 25 Dec 1944 Van Nuys, Los Angeles Co., CA; m.l)
16 Oct 1965 Los Gatos, Santa Clara Co., CA to John Leiand Walker;
m.2) Orange, Orange Co., CA to Thomas Charles Johnson; m.3) Jul 1983
Napa. Napa Co., CA to Greig Sweeney
2. Thomas Michael Brewer - b. 26 Oct 1947 at St. Joseph Hosp. Santa
Monica, Lon Angeles Co., CA; m. 3 Apr 1971 Camarillo, Ventura Co.,
CA to Barbara Jane Thompson
*3. Becky Lynne Brewer - b. 17 Apr 1952 Santa Monica, CA
submitted Dec 1990 by: Becky L. Brewer
Refer to Volume 2, page 22 - Generation VI
VI Christopher Columbus Featherston - b. 1845 Hickman Co.. KY, bur. Masonic
Cem., Piedmont, MO; res. Hickman & Franklin Cos., KY & Wayne Co., MO; m.2)
Martha Ada line Garrison
Issue by 1st wife:
1. Charlotte Lee Featherston - b. 26 Sep 1867 Franklin Co., KY; m. 2
Feb 1886 to William Jerome Garrison
2. George N. Featherston - b. Hickman Co., KY. d. Memphis, TN
3. Nettie Featherston - b. 1873 Hickman Co., KY. d. 1940 Ripley Co.,
MO, bur. Amity Cem., Ripley Co., MO; m. Goha Hector
Issue by 2nd wife:
4. John Cicero Featherston - b. 22 Apr 1879 Clinton. Hickman Co.. KY,
d. 11 Feb 1940 Brandsville, Howell Co., MO
5. Ora Glenn Featherston - m. 28 May 1898 to George Washington Rideout
6. Minnie Pearl Featherston - b. 13 Apr 1883 Clinton, Hickman Co., KY.
d. 10 Nov 1967 Doniphan, Ripley Co.. MO; m. 13 Dec 1902 Doniphan,
Ripley Co., MO to Edward Warren "Ed" Ponder cont...
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7. Henry Marion Featherston - m. Etta Frances Rideout (sister of Sarah
Webster Rideout and George Washington Rideout -spouses of 4. and 5.)
*8. Jesse Arnet Featherston - b. 3 Jan 1890 Piedmont, Wayne Co., MO
VII Jesse Arnet Featherston - b. 3 Jan 1890 Piedmont, Wayne Co.. MO, d. 29
Dec 1968 Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO; res. Wayne, Ripley, Butler Cos., MO;
Timber Dealer; Church of God; m.l) 6 Mar 1910 to Rozetta "Zetta" Ponder - b.
24 Aug 1890 Ripley Co., MO. d. 6 Apr 1977 Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO, bur.
Amity Cem.. Ripley Co.. MO; res. Ripley Co.. MO; Church of God; d/o Marion
Ponder/Thula Smith. Jesse Arnet Featherston and Rozetta Ponder Featherston
were divorced. He m.2) Pauline Epps.
Issue by 1st wife:
1. Eunice Edna Featherston - b. 25 Dec 1910 Ripley Co., MO; m. 12 Jan
1929 Pocahontas, AR to Eolen Eirod
2. Jessie May Featherston - b. 29 Nov 1912 Ripley Co., MO; m. 3 Apr
1930 to Herbert Lawrence Paries
*3. Hazel Ruth Featherston - b. 3 Jun 1915 Ripley Co.. MO
4. Marion Marvin Featherston - b. 18 Apr 1917 Ripley Co.. MO. d. 23 Jul
1967 Ripley Co., MO. bur. Doniphan City Cem., Ripley Co., MO; m.
Martha Beatrice Grissom
5. Carson James "Kit" Featherston - b. 18 Feb 1919 Ripley Co., MO; m.
23 Mar 1940 to Alma Lee Kenner
6. Carl Lindell Featherston - b. 4 July 1921 Ripley Co., MO. d. 19 Jun
1967 Ripley Co.. MO, bur. Amity Cem., Ripley Co., MO; m. Bonnie
Marie Jones
7. Harold Earl Featherston - b. 1 Oct 1924 Ripley Co., MO; m.l) Pearl
Sullivan; m.2) 1 Dec 1962 to Mabel Berzas
8. Marjorie Fay Featherston - b. 10 May 1928 Ripley Co., MO; m. 13 Jan
1951 to Benjamin Carson Young
9. Mary Etta Varner - b. 9 Jun 1934; m. 1 Jan 1955 Hernando. MS to
Charles Alfred Bigler (niece of Rozetta Ponder Featherston. Mary's
mother died when Mary was born and she was raised by Rozetta.)
VIII Hazel Ruth Featherston - b. 3 Jun 1915 Ripley Co.. MO; res. Ripley &
Butler Cos.. MO; Church of God/Baptist; m. 24 Dec 1932 Doniphan, Ripley Co.,
MO to Vester Leiand Hodo - b. 20 Mar 1908 Ripley Co., MO. d. 15 Aug 1988
Poplar Bluff. Butler Co., MO, bur. Butler Co., MO; res. Ripley & Butler Cos.,
MO; Grocery Clerk; Baptist; s/o Robert Monroe Hodo/Sallie Paralee Driver
Issue:
*1. Donald Eugene Hodo - b. 18 Apr 1939 Doniphan, Ripley Co., MO
2. Shirley Ann Hodo - b. 9 Sep 1936 Doniphan, Ripley Co.. MO; m. 17 Mar
1956 Hernando, MS to John Max Ballard
3. Roberta June Hodo - b. 13 Nov 1938 Doniphan, Ripley Co., MO; m. 20
Aug 1966 Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO to Bobby Dale Boyet
4. Kathy Sue Hodo - b. 18 Apr 1951 Doniphan, Ripley Co., MO; single
IX Donald Eugene Hodo - b. 18 Apr 1934 Doniphan, Ripley Co., MO; re's.
Ripley, Jackson, Butler & Howell Cos., MO; Radio Operator; Baptist; US Air
Force - 4 yrs.; m. 26 Apr 1958 Miami, OK to Mary Frances Gillespie - b. 12 Jul
1939 Torch, Ripley Co., MO; res. Ripley. Butler, St. Louis, Jackson. Howell
cont...
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Cos., MO; Secretary; Baptist; d/o John Artis Gillespie/Thelma Pearl Jenkins
Issue:
1. Donna Joyce Hodo - b. 21 Aug 1958 Doniphan. Ripley Co., MO
X Donna Joyce Hodo - b. 21 Aug 1958 Doniphan, Ripley Co.. MO; res. Ripley,
Jackson, Butler, & Howell Cos., Willow Springs. Springfield, MO. San Antonio,
TX. Hardy, AR; m. 22 Aug 1975 Willow Springs. Howell Co., MO to Samuel Louis
Silverthorn - b. 26 Aug 1956 Springfield. MO; res. Willow Springs &
Springfield, MO, San Antonio. TX. Hardy, AR; Electronics Tech.; US Air Force 4
yrs.; s/o Dean Silverthorn/Georgie McDonald
Issue:
1. Angela Dawn Silverthorn - b. 3 Apr 1976 West Plains, Howell Co., MO
2. Bryan Samuel Silverthorn - 23 Jul 1979 San Antonio, TX
submitted Dec. 1990 by: Don Hodo
Refer to Volume 2, pages 16-19 Generation VII, Child 3
VIII George Lee Featherstone - b. 12 Oct 1886 Carlisle Co.. KY, d. 3 Jan 1956
Hickman Co.. KY, bur. Arlington Cem., Carlisle Co., KY; m.l) 12 Oct 1907
Fulton. Obion Co., TN to Mayme Lou Haynes - b. 27 Mar 1886 Union Co., KY. d.
30 Sep 1923 Carlisle Co.. KY, bur. Arlington Cem.. Carl isle Co.. KY. d/o
Edward Walker Haynes/Henrietta Wright; m.2) 9 Mar 1924 Kansas City. MO to Lucy
Maud Ashley - b. 14 Nov 1898 Hickman Co., KY, d/o Benjamin Franklin Ashley/
Susanna Ann Crane
Issue by 1st wife;
1. Christine Featherstone - b. 1 Sep 1908 Carlisle Co., KY, d. 24 Oct
1933 Arlington, Carlisle Co., KY, bur. Arlington Cem.. Carlisle Co.,
KY; not married.
2. J.E. Featherstone - b. 6 .Oct 1909 Carlisle Co., KY. m. 20 Apr 1934
Detroit. MI to Ruth Winfrey - b. 28 Oct 1910. No children.
*3. John L. Featherstone - b. 29 Aug 1913 Carlisle Co.. KY
4. Richard Lee "Jack" Featherstone - b. 29 Jul 1917 Carlisle Co.. KY;
m. 25 Sep 1943 to Eva Puntney - b. 1918 cont...
5. James Wendell "Jim" Featherstone - b. 11 Dec 1921 Carlisle Co..
KY; m. 21 Nov 1941 Benton, MO to Pauline Sutton - b. 1921
6. Charles Haynes "Jerry" Featherstone - b. 21 Sep 1923 Carlisle Co.,
KY; m. 21 Apr 1946 to Martine Bishop - b. 1920
Issue by 2nd wife:
7. Jeanetta Lee Featherstone - b. 7 Jan 1928 Hickman Co., KY;' m. 25 Mar
1950 Jefferson City, MO to Robert Lee Calvert - b. 1926 cont...
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IX John L. Featherstone - b. 29 Aug 1913 Arlington, Carlisle Co.. KY, d. 11
Nov 1983 Mayfield. Graves Co., KY, bur. Arlington Cem., Carlisle Co.. KY;
Farmer; Baptist; m. 14 Jan 1934 Fulton. Obion Co., TN (or Fulton. KY?) to
Maurine Hogancamp - b. 9 Feb 1913 Bardwell, Carlisle Co.. KY, d/o Phineas
Hogancamp/Bertie Morris
Issue:
1. Betty Lee Featherstone - b. 9 Oct 1935 Arlington, Carlisle Co.. KY;
m. 4 Oct 1952 St. Louis, MO to Thomas Byrum
Issue:
1. Alleta Byrum -
2. John Bryum -
3. David Byrum -
2. Martha Lou Featherstone - b. 18 Jun 1941 Arlington, Carlisle Co.,
KY; m. 6 Jun 1954 Arlington. Carlisle Co., KY to Bily McGee. No
children.
submitted Dec 1990 by; Maurine Featherstone
End of Volume 3