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Rev. Elijah Estabrooks, II1
M, #50207, b. 16 May 1756, d. 6 September 1825
Parents
| Father | Sgt. Elijah Estabrooks, Jr. b. About 1728, d. About 11 August 1796 |
| Mother | Mary Hackett b. 1 August 1728, d. 1778 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | Rev. Elijah Estabrooks III, son of Sergeant Elijah II and Mary (Hackett) Estabrooks, was born at Haverhill, Mass., May 16, 1756. In 1777 he married, in N.B., Mary, daughter of Hezekiah and Mary (Chamberlain) Whittemore. She was born in 1761 and died May 13, 1824. They lived in Canning, Queens County, New Brunswick. On the 15th of September, 1800Elijah 'Preacher' Estabrooks, Jr. was ordained pastor of the Baptist Church in Canning, then Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick. This was the first Baptist Church on the St. John River and he was its' first Pastor. A description of this ceremony is contained in the Estabrooks-Palmer Records. The Estabrooks-Palmer Records at the New Brunswick Museum Archives in Saint John, New Brunswick, say that Elijah Estabrooks was ordained a Teaching Elder of the Baptist Church in Cambridge Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick, 15 May, 1800, and was an influential church leader on the Jemseg until his death in 1825. An account of the life of the life of Elijah Estabrooks, Jr. is given in the book, ‘Bill’s History of Baptists', also see 'Raymond's History', page 329. In 1808, he obtained land on Little River. He is referred to in several documents as the Rev. Elijah Estabrooks and he died on the 26th of September, 1825, and is buried at Upper Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada. His tombstone was erected by contributions from the various congregations which he served. He was universally beloved and respected. He worked his farm during the week to support his family. On Sunday, he fulfilled his duties as Pastor. Note #1: Elijah, Jr. gave lots off his land to his sons as they married. These were confirmed at his death. The first lot at Queens-Sunbury went to his son, John. The second house was double and went to Joseph and Jarvis. The third section was a half lot and went to Charles. The fourth section, also a half lot, went to Jesse. Charles Estabrooks kept a store and the Post Office. The tannery was opposite Jesse Estabrooks place. Descendants of Elijah Estabrooks, Jr. are eligible for membership in the D.A.R. and S.A.R. The following is taken from the 'Massachusetts Solderers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War' Vol. 5. Page 156:'Easterbrooks, Elijah Jr. Private, Capt. Jabez West's Co. , Col, Jonathan Eddy’s Reg't: enlisted Nov, 14, 1776: discharged Dec. 16, 1776, service 1month, 5 days, company raised in Cumberland, N. S. Roll sworn to at Boston.' Elijah and Mary Estabrooks children: 1. Hezekiah Estabrooks, b. July 18, 1779, and died Aug. 4, 1869. He married first, in 1803, Emmeline Turney, and second, in 1811, her sister, Sarah Turney. He married third, in 1835, Mrs. Catherine (Knox) Corey. On Sept. 21, 1811, he bought lots 42 to 48 inclusive in the Parish of St. Mary's, York Co., on the south east side of the Nashwaak River, and part of Pennyauk Island, from John Harris and his wife who were Maryland Loyalists. (York County Records D4 pg. 280). On September 19, 1814, he and John Manzer, as trustee of the Calvinist Baptist Church, bought a lot of land from John Coy for a church. This was in the Parish of St. Mary’s on the west side of the Nashwaak River on the main road. (York County Records D4 pg. 280). In 1819 he sold his land on Maquapit Lake to Elijah Estabrooks, Jr. The date of his death is uncertain. He had several children: George Estabrooks (m. Mart Abbott); Emmeline Estabrooks (m. Mr. White and lived in Houlton, Maine.); Mary Estabrooks (David Manzer and lived on the Nashwaak); Elijah Estabrooks (m. 1st, Abigail Dennison, 2nd, Esther Logan). He kept store in Fredericton, N.B.; Sarah Estabrooks (m. Bernard B. Manzer); Pruella Estabrooks (m. Mr. Dennison);Hezekiah Estabrooks (m. Ann McDowall); Turney Estabrooks (m. 1st,Catherine McLean, 2nd, Mary Logan). He lived at Nashwaak and in Fredericton, N.B.; Charles Estabrooks (m. 1st, Lydia Goodspeed, 2nd, Martha Gilmore). He and his second wife moved to Marinette, Wisconsin: Harding Estabrooks (m. Lucy Brown); Ruth Estabrooks (m. Michael White): Frederick Estabrooks (m. Christiana Dennison); and Calvin Estabrooks (m. Catherine Lawrence). He was a storekeeper at St. Mary's, opposite Fredericton, N.B. 2. Mary Estabrooks, b. Sept. 8, 1871, died young. 3. Hannah Estabrooks, b. Jun. 23, 1783, d. 1853; m. Abner Brooks Jr. He was born June 23, 1783. Their children were: 3.1 Elijah, 3.2 Thomas, 3.3Nelson, and 3.4 Emily Brooks. 4. David Hackett Estabrooks, b. Jan. 24, 1787, d. at Rockland, c1873, in his 87th year; m. Sept. 24, 1814, at St. John's Anglican Church, Gagetown, N.B., Sarah, daughter of Archelus and Hannah (Birdsell) Purdy, who were Loyalists from White Plains, N.Y. She was born at Jemseg, N.B., Mar. 31, 1791, and died at Rockland c1877, aged 86 years. The Estabrooks Genealogy gives their marriage date as 1808 but George H. Hayward believes the church record, which shows 1814, is probably more correct. Also, the Estabrooks Genealogy records that they got land in Wakefield, Carleton County, N.B., in 1816 but settled in Brighton in 1829. The Parish of Brighton was not set off from 'old Wakefield' until 1830, so George H. Hayward thinks it more likely they came directly to Rockland in1816, although Sarah's obituary said she came to Brighton in 1823. In any event, they came to Carleton County about 150 years ago and were granted Lot No. 7, 256 acres, at Rockland on the southerly side of the Becaguimec River, where they lived the remainder of their lives, about 50years. David Estabrooks is said to have been a Deacon of the Free Baptist Church for over 50 years, and to have given land for the cemetery on his farm at Rockland where he and Sarah were buried. Their children were: 4.1 David Jarvis Estabrooks (shown on the family tombstone at Rockland as Jarvis D.), b. near Fredericton, N.B., Aug. 6, 1818, d. May 15, 1848; m. Nov. 16, 1845, Millicent Peters Nevers, daughter of Alexadner andMillicent (Peters) Nevers. She was born April 14, 1826, and died Oct. 191889. Their only child, Isabel Eliza, b. June 17, m. at Woodstock, N.B., Dec. 24, 1863, George Rainsford Burtt, a merchant in Hartland for many years. After her husband's death, Mrs. Millicent (Nevers) Estabrooks married Henry A. Beyea. 4.2 Frederick Jotham Estabrooks, b. Jan. 4, 1820. He was a school in N.B. and later moved to Haverhill, Mass. He married, in 1864, Harriet Howard. They had no known children. 4.3 Mary Jane Estabrooks, b. Sept. 20, 1823, d. May 21, 1905; m. Nov. 4,1854, Douglas, son of Herbert and Mary (Sewell) Sewell. He was bornc1826 and died Dec. 19, 1858, aged 32 years. Of this marriage there was one child, name unknown. Mary Jane later married Enoch Kinney. Enoch’s parent’s names are not known, nor whether there were any children by this marriage. 4.4 Nehemiah Purdy Estabrooks, b. June 26, 1826. He married Eliza Nevers, probably Margaret Eliza, daughter of Alexander and Millicent (Peters) Nevers. About 1870 they moved from Rockland to Houlton, and onto New Limerick, Maine. One son drove the cattle all the way. Their children were: David (never married); Millicent (m. George Harding Estabrooks); Charles (m. Hattie Randall); Elizabeth (m. Charles McKenzie); Frederick; Clara (never married); Nevers (never married), Clarinda (m. Weyman Noble); and Annie Estabrooks (never married). 4.5 Elizabeth Ann Estabrooks, b. Nov. 20, 1830; m. Hilliman Albright. They had one child which died young at St. John, N.B. 4.6 Hannah Sarah Estabrooks, b. June 30, 1834, d. Apr. 17, 1889; m. Jan.3, 1857, Melvin, son of George and Miriam (Sewell) Hayward. Melvin Hayward was a farmer and lumberman. The lived in Ashland, Carleton Co., where their two sons were born: Orin p. (1862-1929), m. Mary Jane Clowes and had a son, Harry Edward Hayward). George H. Hayward The following statement below is found on pages 133 to 135, in the book,' The St. John River and its Tributaries ', by Esther Clark Wright, Copyright 1966. 'Elijah Estabrooks III, one of Joseph Crandell's converts, became a preacher of the Gospel and founder of the Baptist Church in Fredericton. His will, drawn up in 1812, enjoins his sons not to sell to strangers the lands on Grand Lake, Maquapit Lake and Little River. Once again, the nemesis of history shows itself. The Loyalists turned Elijah Estabrooks off his Gagetown land, but when the Loyalist Wilmot stock ran out, it was a descendant of Elijah Estabrooks who bought the Wilmot farms above the Oromocto. Captain Lemuel Wilmot of the Loyal American Regiment had bought five hundred acres from Thomas Colden, a son of the former Governor of New York, who had been given a captaincy in the Pennsylvania Loyalists, but returned to New York after a brief stay in New Brunswick. On of Captain Lemuel Wilmot's son, William, although one of the charter members of the Baptist Church in Fredericton, later became a Methodist preacher, and was thereby refused his seat in the New Brunswick House of Assembly. This, and his own encounter with the privileged class, made William Wilmot’s son, Lemuel Allen Wilmot, the determined foe of the Family Compact and a leader in the struggle for responsible government. At the age of twenty-five, from a platform in front of the old Market House in Fredericton, the young Lemuel ' made his debut in a political speech of such power as to sweep down all opposition and return him, unopposed, a representative of York County.' He was the first New Brunswick born Governor, and later a Supreme Court judge. Lemuel A. Wilmot inherited, too, his father's interest in the Methodist Church, where he was a faithful attendant, director of the choir, and superintendent of the Sunday School. The Wilmot Church in Fredericton perpetuates his name, and Wilmot Park that his half-brother, Edward Wilmot, who gave that land, Queen's Square and College Field for recreation purposes. Inevitably, from the Oromocto, one is led to Fredericton; the Oromocto branches cut across behind Fredericton and reach almost to the St. John River at Kingsclear. Its farms send their produce to the Fredericton market. Its young people have always come to the Fredericton High School, and its people have formed a considerable sector of its population. With the growth of the town at the side of the Oromocto, with the airport situated not far from the little river --- it was the nearest of the airport that caused the cutting down of the lovely row of trees in front of the old Wilmot house ----, with the spreading of houses down the river from the city, the Oromocto and Fredericton are becoming more closely linked than ever.'. |
| Birth | Rev. Elijah Estabrooks, II, was born on 16 May 1756, in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
| Baptism | He was baptized on 23 May 1756 in Fourth Church (Congregational), East Haverhill, Massachusetts, USAG. |
| Marriage | He married Mary Whittemore daughter of Hezekiah Whittmore and Mary Chamberlain, in 1776, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAG.2 |
| Immigration | Rev. Elijah Estabrooks, II, immigrated to Waterborough, Queens County, New BrunswickG, in 1776.3 |
| Ordination | He was ordained on 15 September 1800 as in Pastor of the Baptist Church, Waterborough, Queens County, New BrunswickG.4 |
| Death | He died on 6 September 1825 in Queens County, New Brunswick, CanadaG.1 |
| Burial | He was buried in Upper Gagetown Cemetery, Upper Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, 45.84641, -66.24098G. Inscription: Rev. Elijah Estabrooks / Born / in Mass. 1756, / died 1825. / Settled in Waterboro / 1776, / ordained Pastor of the / Waterboro Baptist Church / Sept. 15, 1800. / ESTABROOKS.1,4  Tombstone, Rev. Elijah Estabrooks II (1756-1825), his wife Mary Whittemore (1761-1824). Upper Gagetown (Baptist) Cemetery, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.  Front inscription.  Right inscription. |
Children with Mary Whittemore b. 1761, d. 13 May 1824
| Son | Hezekiah Estabrooks+ b. 18 July 1779, d. 4 August 1869 |
| Daughter | Mary Estabrooks b. 8 September 1781 |
| Daughter | Hannah Estabrooks b. 23 June 1783, d. 1853 |
| Son | Elijah Estabrooks, III b. 15 August 1785, d. 15 February 1802 |
| Son | David Hackett 'Deacon Dave' Estabrooks+ b. 24 January 1787, d. 1873 |
| Son | John Estabrooks+ b. 4 June 1790, d. 29 April 1876 |
| Son | Samuel W. Estabrooks+ b. 23 May 1792 |
| Daughter | Phoebe Estabrooks b. 17 June 1794 |
| Son | Rev. Gideon Estabrooks+ b. 17 August 1796, d. 12 May 1880 |
| Son | Joseph Estabrooks+ b. 12 April 1798 |
| Son | Charles Estabrooks+ b. 7 July 1800, d. 27 June 1887 |
| Son | Jarvis 'Deacon' Estabrooks+ b. 7 June 1802, d. 8 October 1887 |
| Son | Jesse Estabrooks+ b. 12 September 1807 |
Citations
- [S976] Florence Cecelia Estabrooks, Genealogy of the Anglo-Dutch Estabrooks Family (Saint John, New Brunswick: self published, 1935). Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Anglo-Dutch Estabrooks Family.
- [S988] unknown author, Pioneers of Carleton County, New Brunswick: privately published, February 1996). Hereinafter cited as Pioneers of Carleton County, New Brunswick.
- [S12203] Cemetery marker, Upper Gagetown Cemetery, Upper Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Mary Maria Coy, tombstone inscription & photograph; read by David A. Walker, 16 May 2017.
- [S12204] Cemetery marker, Upper Gagetown Cemetery, Upper Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Rev. Elijah Estabrooks II & Mary Whittemore, tombstone inscription & photograph; read by David A. Walker, 16 May 2017.
George Waters1
M, #50228, b. 12 September 1877, d. 13 December 1955
Parents
| Father | John Clark Waters b. 12 June 1852, d. May 1905 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Taylor b. 25 April 1855, d. July 1923 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | DINGLE AND WATERS FAMILIES HISTORY In the spring of 1884, John Waters and his wife Elizabeth, and sons Robert, George and James came to Terraville, South Dakota from North Thumberland, England. They were all employed in the mines, John as a miner, George as a blacksmith and Jim as an amalgamator. In about 1886, Edward (Jack) and Mary Dingle, and daughter Elizabeth came to Terraville, South Dakota from England. Jack had worked in Africain the mines, heard about the mines in South Dakota so came to work there.Mary ran a boarding house. The family returned to England in 1894 or 1895because of Jack’s health (miners disease). George Waters went back to England in the fall of 1901 to marry Elizabeth Dingle (December 31, 1901). George returned to the USA in the spring of 1902, Elizabeth remaining in England. Garnet was born in England (January of 1903). Then in the fall of 1903, Garnet and her motherElizabeth came back to Terraville, South Dakota. Robert Waters died of acute appendicitis at the age of 19, and isburied in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota. John Waters and his wife Elizabeth moved to the ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming in the spring of 1903. After John’s death in May of 1905, George and his family moved to the ranch (August 1905). Daughter Elizabeth was born at Terraville, South Dakota and daughter Harriet was born at the ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming. Harriet married Leonard Peterson and they lived most of their lives on ranches near Sundance. Elizabeth taught rural schools in Wyoming for about 48 years and presently lives in Sundance (1985). Jim married Maude Lenk. They moved to Los Angeles, California in July of 1926, living the rest of their lives in that area. July 1985. |
| Birth | George Waters was born on 12 September 1877, in Blythe, Northumberland, EnglandG.1 |
| Marriage | He married Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle daughter of Edward 'Jack' Dingle and Mary Ann Penny, on 31 December 1901, in EnglandG.1 |
| Death | George Waters died on 13 December 1955 in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG. cause of death was heart attack.1,2 |
Children with Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle b. 9 August 1877, d. 15 October 1944
| Daughter | Harriet Agnes Waters+ d. 25 July 1988 |
| Daughter | Garnet May Waters b. 13 January 1903, d. 23 June 1985 |
| Daughter | Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Anne Waters b. 16 September 1904, d. 18 October 1993 |
Citations
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry".. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
- [S1003] collected by Edward Hiram and Evelyn Mae (Nilson) Mahoney, compiler, Mahoney Family Ancestry & History: self published). Hereinafter cited as Mahoney Family Ancestry & History.
Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle1
F, #50229, b. 9 August 1877, d. 15 October 1944
Parents
| Father | Edward 'Jack' Dingle b. 5 December 1852, d. 14 February 1898 |
| Mother | Mary Ann Penny b. 15 November 1852, d. 20 December 1916 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle was also known as Elizabeth 'Beth' Waters. |
| Note | Elizabeth Waters Obituary From the Sundance Times, October 19, 1944 MRS. ELIZABETH WATERS PASSES AWAY SUNDAY Following an illness of several years, Mrs. George Waters died lateSunday night at their ranch home near Sundance. She was 67 years of ageand had spent the last 39 years in this section. Funeral services were held this Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clockat the Sundance Methodist Church with Rev. Sanders B. Claytonofficiating. Burial was to be made in Lead, South Dakota. Elizabeth Dingle was born on the Mugford farm near Callington,England, the daughter of Edward and Mary Ann Dingle and came to theUnited States 58 years ago while still a child. Surviving her, in addition to her husband, are three daughters,Mrs. Leonard Peterson of Horton, Elizabeth Waters who lived with herparents on the home place and Mrs. Roy Nilson of Hulett. |
| Birth | She was born on 9 August 1877, in Mugford, EnglandG.1 |
| Marriage | She married George Waters son of John Clark Waters and Elizabeth Taylor, on 31 December 1901, in EnglandG.1 |
| Death | Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle died on 15 October 1944 in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.1 |
| Burial | She was buried on 18 October 1944 in Lead Cemetery, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG. |
Children with George Waters b. 12 September 1877, d. 13 December 1955
| Daughter | Harriet Agnes Waters+ d. 25 July 1988 |
| Daughter | Garnet May Waters b. 13 January 1903, d. 23 June 1985 |
| Daughter | Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Anne Waters b. 16 September 1904, d. 18 October 1993 |
Citations
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry".. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Anne Waters1,2
F, #50230, b. 16 September 1904, d. 18 October 1993
Parents
| Father | George Waters b. 12 September 1877, d. 13 December 1955 |
| Mother | Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle b. 9 August 1877, d. 15 October 1944 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | Elizabeth Anne Waters Obituary (Page 2) Sundance Times, October 21, 1193 ELIZABETH ANNE WATERS Funeral services for Elizabeth Anne Waters, 89, Sundance, Wyoming, will be held on Friday, October 22, 1993 at 10 a.m. at the UnitedMethodist Church in Sundance. The Rev. Lowell Karnes and Merlin O’Haver will officiate at the services. Internment will be in the Green MountainCemetery near Four Corners, Wyoming under the direction of the Fidler-Roberts Northeastern Wyoming Funeral Chapel of Sundance, Wyoming. Miss Waters died Monday morning at the Crook County Memorial Nursing Home in Sundance where she had resided this past year. A memorial has been established for a scholarship fund at theSundance High School for a graduate who is pursuing a career in the teachingprofession. Elizabeth Anne Waters was born on September 16, 1904 at Terraville, South Dakota, the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Dingle) Waters. She grew up on the family ranch 8 miles southwest of Sundance, Wyoming and attended the Talbot Rural school near the ranch home. She graduated from Sundance High School in 1925 and attended Spearfish Normal School at Spearfish, SD. She received her teaching certificate in 1926 and for 46 years she taught rural schools in Crook and Weston Counties of Wyoming. She retired in 1971. She attended many summer school sessions at Black Hills Teachers College at Spearfish. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association and Rebecca Lodge No. 29 of Sundance. Survivors include her nieces and nephews: Matilda Grubb, Carol Huepel, Evelyn Mahoney, Roberta Phelps, Richard Peterson, George Peterson, Donald Peterson and Martin Peterson and many great and great-great nieces and nephews. |
| Birth | Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Anne Waters was born on 16 September 1904, in Terraville, South Dakota, USAG.3,1,2 |
| Death | She died on 18 October 1993 in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.4,2 |
| Burial | She was buried on 22 October 1993 in Green Mountain Cemetery near Four Corners, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.5 |
Citations
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry".. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry"., WATERS FAMILIES ANCESTORY, HISTORY, collected & assembled by Evelyn (nee Nilson) & Edward Hir Donald R. Coy, 1993. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
- [S1085] Edward Hirum & Evelyn Coy, Nilson Family Ancestry, History (U.S.A.: self published, 1993). Hereinafter cited as Nilson Family Ancestry, History.
- [S1113] Edward Hirum & Eveleyn Mae Nilson, "Nilson Family Ancestry & History", 1993. . Hereinafter cited as "Nilson Family Ancestry & History".
- [S1114] Obituary, Elizabeth Anne Waters, Sundance Times, Sundance, Utah, U.S.A., 21 October 1993. Hereinafter cited as Sundance Times.
Harriet Agnes Waters1
F, #50231, d. 25 July 1988
Parents
| Father | George Waters b. 12 September 1877, d. 13 December 1955 |
| Mother | Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle b. 9 August 1877, d. 15 October 1944 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Harriet Agnes Waters was also known as Harriet Agnes Peterson. |
| Birth | She was born, in at the Waters ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.1 |
| Marriage | She married Leonard Albert Peterson on 5 February 1927, in at the home of her parents in, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.1 |
| Death | She died on 25 July 1988 in at Lookout Memorial Hospital in Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG. Harriet Agnes Peterson Obituary From the Sundance Times HARRIET AGNES PETERSON Funeral services for Harriet Agnes Peterson, Sundance, will be heldat 10 a.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church in Sundance. Mrs.Peterson, 82, died Monday at Lookout Memorial Hospital in Spearfish. Shehad been in ill health for the last 1 1/2 years and had undergone threemajor surgeries. The Rev. Robert Flier will officiate and burial will be in GreenMountain Cemetery in Weston county near Four Corners. Fidler-RobertsNortheastern Wyoming Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Memorials have been established to the Wyoming Special Olympics andthe Sundance Senior Citizens Center. She was born May 18, 1906 to George and Elizabeth Dingle Waters onher parents ranch six miles southwest of Sundance where she grew up. Sheattended rural schools here and graduated from Sundance High School in1925. She taught rural schools for three years and was married to LeonardPeterson Feb. 6, 1927 on her parents ranch. The couple moved to thePeterson ranch on the north edge of Weston county. In 1956, they moved to a Crook county ranch three miles from wherethey had lived. She moved to Sundance in 1981. Mrs. Peterson was a member of theSundance Senior Citizens Center. She is survived by: two daughter - Matilda Grubb, Sundance; andCarol Heupel, Colorado Springs, Colo.; five sons - George, Robert,Martin, Donald and Richard, all of Sundance; one sister, ElizabethWaters, Sundance; 16 grandchildren, 12 step grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbandLeonard, Oct. 26, 1967; one son, Carl (Bull) on April 28, 1984; onesister, Garnet Nilson; and an infant son. Peterson Anniversary (Page4) From the Sundance Times, February, 1967 40th ANNIVERSARY MARKED BY RANCH COUPLE FEB. 5 Sundance, Wyo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Peterson were honored with anopen house at their ranch home sixteen miles south of Sundance Sundayafternoon, Feb. 5 in observance of their fortieth wedding anniversary. The Event was hosted by their two daughters, Mrs. Frances Grubb,Devils Tower; and Carol; and their six sons, Carl, George, Martin, Robert, Donald andRichard all of Sundance. A four-tiered anniversary cake centered the refreshment table andwas cut and served by Mrs. Martin Peterson. Mrs. George Peterson served coffee andMiss Carol Peterson the punch. Mrs. Grubb was in charge of the guest book signed byapproximately 70 persons. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson were married February 6, 1927, at the home ofher parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Waters. Judge Harry Isley presided at theceremony. Witnesses were Miss Elizabeth Waters, Mrs. Peterson’s sister; and Louis Peterson,Mr. Peterson’s brother. Peterson - Waters Wedding (Page4) From the Sundance Times, Feb 5, 1927 PETERSON -- WATERS Mr Leonard A. Peterson and Miss Harriet Agnes Waters were united in marriage last Sunday morning at 11:30 at the home of the bride’s parents,Mr. and Mrs. George Waters, Judge Harry P. Ilsley performing the ceremony and Mrs. George Waters playing the wedding march. Louis Peterson acted as the best man, and Miss Elizabeth Waters as bridesmaid. The bride was beautifully adorned in a dress of bois de rose crepe. The ceremony was attended by members of the two families and a few close friends.Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served by Mrs. Waters. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Waters and is a graduate of the Sundance High School. Since graduating she has taughtschool in Crook and Weston Counties. She was born and raised in Crook County and is well known and liked by everyone within her acquaintanceship. Thegroom is a popular and prosperous farmer whose ranch is in the northern boundsof Weston County where the young newly-weds will make their future home and where they are now at home to all their friends.1,2 |
| Burial | She was buried in Green Mountain Cemetery near Four Corners, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.3 |
Children with Leonard Albert Peterson b. 30 August 1897, d. 26 October 1967
| Son | George Andrew Peterson b. 29 July 1929, d. 13 February 1998 |
| Son | Robert Leonard Peterson b. 1 June 1931, d. 18 June 1993 |
| Son | Carl 'Bull' Dan Peterson b. 9 April 1948, d. 27 April 1984 |
Citations
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry".. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
- [S1003] collected by Edward Hiram and Evelyn Mae (Nilson) Mahoney, compiler, Mahoney Family Ancestry & History: self published). Hereinafter cited as Mahoney Family Ancestry & History.
- [S1115] Obituary, Harriet Agnes (Waters) Peterson, Sundance Times, Sundance, Utah, U.S.A.. Hereinafter cited as Sundance Times.
Leonard Albert Peterson1
M, #50232, b. 30 August 1897, d. 26 October 1967
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Birth | Leonard Albert Peterson was born on 30 August 1897.1 |
| Marriage | He married Harriet Agnes Waters daughter of George Waters and Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle, on 5 February 1927, in at the home of her parents in, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.1 |
| Death | Leonard Albert Peterson died on 26 October 1967 in Four Corners, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.2 |
| Burial | He was buried on 28 October 1967 in Green Mountain Cemetery near Four Corners, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.2 |
Children with Harriet Agnes Waters d. 25 July 1988
| Son | George Andrew Peterson b. 29 July 1929, d. 13 February 1998 |
| Son | Robert Leonard Peterson b. 1 June 1931, d. 18 June 1993 |
| Son | Carl 'Bull' Dan Peterson b. 9 April 1948, d. 27 April 1984 |
Citations
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry".. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
- [S1003] collected by Edward Hiram and Evelyn Mae (Nilson) Mahoney, compiler, Mahoney Family Ancestry & History: self published). Hereinafter cited as Mahoney Family Ancestry & History.
John Clark Waters1
M, #50233, b. 12 June 1852, d. May 1905
Parents
| Father | George Waters |
| Mother | Elizabeth Tromble |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Birth | John Clark Waters was born on 12 June 1852, in Horton, Northumberland, EnglandG.1 |
| Marriage | He married Elizabeth Taylor.1 |
| Death | He died in May 1905 in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG. John Clark Waters Obituary (Page 1) From the Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times, Friday, May 11, 1905 John Waters, who has been a resident of Terraville for most of thelast twenty years, died yesterday morning at his ranch, two miles beyond Sundance. Mr. Waters who was fifty years of age, suffered a stroke amonth ago which caused much un recognition among his friends, and nearly proved fatal at that time. From the Lead Daily Pioneer, Saturday, May 13, 1905 Funeral services over the remains of J. C. Waters will be held onSunday afternoon at Central City in the Miners Union Hall. The funeralservices will take place at 2 o’clock and be conducted by Rev. Roberts of Sundance, Wyoming, who Accompanied the remains of Mr. Waters to the hills, Rev. Roberts having been pastor of the church which Mr. Waters attended during his lifetime. Internment will be made in West Lead Cemetery. Mr. Waters when alive had been a member of Lead Lodge of Odd Fellows and his funeral will be attended by his brothers in that order. John C. Waters Obituary (page 1) From the Blythe News and Wansbeck Telegraph (England) Friday, June 2, 1905 BLYTHE MAN DIES IN AMERICA One of the American papers for last month to hand contains a lengthy reference to the death of the late Mr. John C. Waters, a native of Blythe, whose aged mother resides in Crown Street, Blythe, and who was an honoured citizen in Crook County, U.S.A. The article proceeds: -- The prolonged illness of John C. Waters, who has been lying for four weeks in the shadow of death, at his home in Bearer Creek, seven mileswest of Sundance, culminated in death on Tuesday morning, May 9th, 1905. His ailment was a chronic complication with which he had a seizure in hisyoung manhood, and while for years previous to his last illness there appearedto be no cause for alarm from his physical condition, the former afflictionsrecurred, taking his mortal life. The deceased was born in Blythe, England, June 12th, 1852, but wasone of the venerable pioneers of the Black Hills, having, with his family,made ingress to this frontier territory twenty-four years ago, coming directlyfrom his native land, which required the great courage and fortitude for whichhe was known and will be revered. After spending many years in the faithful employ of the Homesake Company in responsible position at Terraville, the deceased, with his wife, about four years ago, made their permanent abodein Crook County at the place above stated. On Wednesday the body was embalmed and the journey of conducting the remains to Terraville for final obsequies was begun, Rev. M. C. Roberts, of this city, accompanying the procession. The remains will be interred from the M. E. Church atTerraville in the Masonic and Oddfellow’s Cemetery at Lead, of which latter order the deceased was a highly valued member, and who also had membership in the Central Miner’s Union. Of the near relationship of the deceased his wife and two sons,George and James, survive, the first-named son being married, and both sonsresiding in Terraville, and his mother and two sisters residing in England. The deceased was an affable, honest and upright citizen, and numbered his friends by his acquaintances. The loss is keenly felt by all, andwill be enduring. DINGLE AND WATERS FAMILIES HISTORY In the spring of 1884, John Waters and his wife Elizabeth, and sons Robert, George and James came to Terraville, South Dakota from North Thumberland, England. They were all employed in the mines, John as a miner, George as a blacksmith and Jim as an amalgamator. In about 1886, Edward (Jack) and Mary Dingle, and daughter Elizabeth came to Terraville, South Dakota from England. Jack had worked in Africain the mines, heard about the mines in South Dakota so came to work there.Mary ran a boarding house. The family returned to England in 1894 or 1895because of Jack’s health (miners disease). George Waters went back to England in the fall of 1901 to marry Elizabeth Dingle (December 31, 1901). George returned to the USA in the spring of 1902, Elizabeth remaining in England. Garnet was born in England (January of 1903). Then in the fall of 1903, Garnet and her motherElizabeth came back to Terraville, South Dakota. Robert Waters died of acute appendicitis at the age of 19, and isburied in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota. John Waters and his wife Elizabeth moved to the ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming in the spring of 1903. After John’s death in May of 1905, George and his family moved to the ranch (August 1905). Daughter Elizabeth was born at Terraville, South Dakota and daughter Harriet was born at the ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming. Harriet married Leonard Peterson and they lived most of their lives on ranches near Sundance. Elizabeth taught rural schools in Wyoming for about 48 years and presently lives in Sundance (1985). Jim married Maude Lenk. They moved to Los Angeles, California in July of 1926, living the rest of their lives in that area. July 1985.1 |
| Burial | He was buried in Lead Cemetery, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG.1 |
Children with Elizabeth Taylor b. 25 April 1855, d. July 1923
| Son | George Waters+ b. 12 September 1877, d. 13 December 1955 |
| Son | Robert 'Bob' Smith Waters b. 20 September 1879, d. 11 February 1899 |
| Son | James 'Jim' Robertson Waters b. 31 August 1881, d. 11 July 1969 |
Citations
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry".. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
Elizabeth Taylor1
F, #50234, b. 25 April 1855, d. July 1923
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Elizabeth Taylor was also known as Elizabeth Waters. |
| Note | Elizabeth Waters Obituary (Page 1) From the Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times, Wednesday, July 25, 1923 OLD TIME RESIDENT DIES IN SUNDANCE The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Waters, old time resident of Terraville,who died at the home of her son, George Waters, at Sundance, Wyoming Monday afternoon will arrive in Lead at 3:30 this afternoon and will beconducted at the grave. Mrs. Waters at the time of her death was 69 years old. She came tothe United States from England in 1881 and has lived for the remainder of herlife in the Black Hills. Her husband died about 17 years ago. She leaves twosons, George, who was with her at the time of her death and James, now residingin Central City. |
| Birth | She was born on 25 April 1855, in Alnwick, Northumberland, EnglandG.1 |
| Marriage | She married John Clark Waters son of George Waters and Elizabeth Tromble.1 |
| Death | Elizabeth Taylor died in July 1923 in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG.1 |
| Burial | She was buried on 25 July 1923 in Lead Cemetery, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG. |
Children with John Clark Waters b. 12 June 1852, d. May 1905
| Son | George Waters+ b. 12 September 1877, d. 13 December 1955 |
| Son | Robert 'Bob' Smith Waters b. 20 September 1879, d. 11 February 1899 |
| Son | James 'Jim' Robertson Waters b. 31 August 1881, d. 11 July 1969 |
Citations
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry".. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
George Waters1,2
M, #50235
| Last Edited | 24 January 2002 00:00:00 |
| Marriage | George Waters married Elizabeth Tromble.3 |
| Note | Possibly lost at sea. |
Child with Elizabeth Tromble
| Son | John Clark Waters+ b. 12 June 1852, d. May 1905 |
Citations
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry".. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
- [S1076] Evelyn (Nilson) and Edward Hiram Mahoney, "Waters Family Ancestry"., WATERS FAMILIES ANCESTORY< HISTORY, colleted & assembled by Evelyn (nee Nilson) & Edward Hiru Donald R. Coy, 1993. Hereinafter cited as "Waters Family Ancestry".
- [S1085] Edward Hirum & Evelyn Coy, Nilson Family Ancestry, History (U.S.A.: self published, 1993). Hereinafter cited as Nilson Family Ancestry, History.
Elizabeth Tromble1
F, #50236
| Last Edited | 24 January 2002 00:00:00 |
| Name | Elizabeth Tromble was also known as Elizabeth Waters. |
| Marriage | She married George Waters.2 |
Child with George Waters
| Son | John Clark Waters+ b. 12 June 1852, d. May 1905 |
Citations
Edward 'Jack' Dingle1
M, #50237, b. 5 December 1852, d. 14 February 1898
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | DINGLE AND WATERS FAMILIES HISTORY In the spring of 1884, John Waters and his wife Elizabeth, and sons Robert, George and James came to Terraville, South Dakota from North Thumberland, England. They were all employed in the mines, John as a miner, George as a blacksmith and Jim as an amalgamator. In about 1886, Edward (Jack) and Mary Dingle, and daughter Elizabeth came to Terraville, South Dakota from England. Jack had worked in Africain the mines, heard about the mines in South Dakota so came to work there.Mary ran a boarding house. The family returned to England in 1894 or 1895because of Jack’s health (miners disease). George Waters went back to England in the fall of 1901 to marry Elizabeth Dingle (December 31, 1901). George returned to the USA in the spring of 1902, Elizabeth remaining in England. Garnet was born in England (January of 1903). Then in the fall of 1903, Garnet and her motherElizabeth came back to Terraville, South Dakota. Robert Waters died of acute appendicitis at the age of 19, and isburied in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota. John Waters and his wife Elizabeth moved to the ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming in the spring of 1903. After John’s death in May of 1905, George and his family moved to the ranch (August 1905). Daughter Elizabeth was born at Terraville, South Dakota and daughter Harriet was born at the ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming. Harriet married Leonard Peterson and they lived most of their lives on ranches near Sundance. Elizabeth taught rural schools in Wyoming for about 48 years and presently lives in Sundance (1985). Jim married Maude Lenk. They moved to Los Angeles, California in July of 1926, living the rest of their lives in that area. July 1985. |
| Birth | Edward 'Jack' Dingle was born on 5 December 1852, in EnglandG.1 |
| Marriage | He married Mary Ann Penny.1 |
| Death | He died on 14 February 1898 in EnglandG.1 |
Children with Mary Ann Penny b. 15 November 1852, d. 20 December 1916
| Daughter | Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle+ b. 9 August 1877, d. 15 October 1944 |
| Son | Edward John Dingle+ b. 5 February 1888, d. 25 October 1967 |
| Son | William J. Dingle b. 14 August 1890, d. 5 December 1980 |
| Daughter | Myrtle Dingle b. 20 December 1893 |
Citations
- [S1113] Edward Hirum & Eveleyn Mae Nilson, "Nilson Family Ancestry & History", 1993. . Hereinafter cited as "Nilson Family Ancestry & History".
Mary Ann Penny1
F, #50238, b. 15 November 1852, d. 20 December 1916
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Mary Ann Penny was also known as Mary Ann Dingle. |
| Note | DINGLE AND WATERS FAMILIES HISTORY In the spring of 1884, John Waters and his wife Elizabeth, and sons Robert, George and James came to Terraville, South Dakota from North Thumberland, England. They were all employed in the mines, John as a miner, George as a blacksmith and Jim as an amalgamator. In about 1886, Edward (Jack) and Mary Dingle, and daughter Elizabeth came to Terraville, South Dakota from England. Jack had worked in Africain the mines, heard about the mines in South Dakota so came to work there.Mary ran a boarding house. The family returned to England in 1894 or 1895because of Jack’s health (miners disease). George Waters went back to England in the fall of 1901 to marry Elizabeth Dingle (December 31, 1901). George returned to the USA in the spring of 1902, Elizabeth remaining in England. Garnet was born in England (January of 1903). Then in the fall of 1903, Garnet and her motherElizabeth came back to Terraville, South Dakota. Robert Waters died of acute appendicitis at the age of 19, and isburied in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota. John Waters and his wife Elizabeth moved to the ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming in the spring of 1903. After John’s death in May of 1905, George and his family moved to the ranch (August 1905). Daughter Elizabeth was born at Terraville, South Dakota and daughter Harriet was born at the ranch near Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming. Harriet married Leonard Peterson and they lived most of their lives on ranches near Sundance. Elizabeth taught rural schools in Wyoming for about 48 years and presently lives in Sundance (1985). Jim married Maude Lenk. They moved to Los Angeles, California in July of 1926, living the rest of their lives in that area. July 1985. |
| Birth | She was born on 15 November 1852, in EnglandG.1 |
| Marriage | She married Edward 'Jack' Dingle.1 |
| Death | She died on 20 December 1916 in EnglandG.1 |
Children with Edward 'Jack' Dingle b. 5 December 1852, d. 14 February 1898
| Daughter | Elizabeth 'Beth' Dingle+ b. 9 August 1877, d. 15 October 1944 |
| Son | Edward John Dingle+ b. 5 February 1888, d. 25 October 1967 |
| Son | William J. Dingle b. 14 August 1890, d. 5 December 1980 |
| Daughter | Myrtle Dingle b. 20 December 1893 |
Citations
- [S1113] Edward Hirum & Eveleyn Mae Nilson, "Nilson Family Ancestry & History", 1993. . Hereinafter cited as "Nilson Family Ancestry & History".
John Thomas Mahoney1
M, #50239, b. 4 July 1856, d. 30 September 1936
Parents
| Father | Stephen Mahoney b. 13 February 1809, d. 22 February 1888 |
| Mother | Martha Barrowclough b. 11 April 1828, d. 16 August 1900 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Birth | John Thomas Mahoney was born on 4 July 1856, in Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa, USAG.1 |
| Marriage | He married first Harriet K. Hall on 27 October 1880 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USAG.1 |
| Marriage | He married Mary Gertrude Seeley daughter of Frederick Brice Seeley and Mary Ann Cox, on 22 December 1915 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USAG.1 |
| Death | John Thomas Mahoney died on 30 September 1936 in at the Mahoney ranch near Alva, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG. Unknown GEDCOM info: Yellow Jaundice.1,1 |
| Burial | He was buried on 2 October 1936 in Alva Cemetery North Side, Lot 46, Alva, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.2 |
Children with Harriet K. Hall b. 1 February 1859, d. 13 July 1909
| Son | Morris Mahoney b. 11 August 1881, d. 23 September 1899 |
| Son | Benjamin Franklin Mahoney+ b. 13 April 1892, d. 14 April 1977 |
| Daughter | Catherine Mahoney b. 25 September 1896, d. 18 March 1900 |
Children with Mary Gertrude Seeley b. 28 June 1886, d. 15 April 1965
| Son | Frederick Thomas Mahoney b. 23 October 1916, d. 29 March 2012 |
| Daughter | Alice Marie Mahoney+ b. 3 March 1918, d. 2 December 2006 |
| Son | John Seeley Mahoney+ b. 30 June 1920, d. 4 September 2009 |
| Son | Lloyd David Mahoney b. 13 May 1923, d. 29 April 1929 |
Citations
- [S1003] collected by Edward Hiram and Evelyn Mae (Nilson) Mahoney, compiler, Mahoney Family Ancestry & History: self published). Hereinafter cited as Mahoney Family Ancestry & History.
- [S1034] More Hullett Area Past & Present, Hullet Area Senior Citizens, compiler, (Hullett, Ontario: Hullet Area Senior Citizens). Hereinafter cited as More Hullett Area Past & Present.
Mary Gertrude Seeley1
F, #50240, b. 28 June 1886, d. 15 April 1965
Parents
| Father | Frederick Brice Seeley b. 7 September 1859, d. 1 November 1944 |
| Mother | Mary Ann Cox b. 13 October 1865, d. 27 June 1899 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Mary Gertrude Seeley was also known as Mary Gertrude Mahoney. |
| Name | She was also known as Mary Gertrude Morris. |
| Name | She was also known as Gert Seeley.1 |
| Biographical Note | Auto-Biography of Mary Gertrude Morris Seeley: It was in the spring of 1905 that we came from Iowa to Alva, Crook County, Wyoming, my sister, Alice Jane 'Jenny' (Seeley) Ingraham, Amy Mahoney, and Will Mahoney. We came to John Thomas Mahoney's home one miles south of Alva. Alva was only a Post Office and the family of Ed and Sarah (Mahoney) McWilliams lived in the same building, and cared for the Post Office. We enjoyed the hospitality of the John Thomas Mahoney family for three weeks, getting acquainted with 'Aunt Hattie' (Harriett Hall) as she was called by many friends in this part of the country, and Ben (Benjamin Franklin Mahoney) who was about eleven years old at the time. I had contracted to teach the at Alva School before coming from Iowa, and began teaching three weeks after I came. Some of the children who came to school the first term were, Ethel McWilliams (who married Dr. Clarence Spradling), Nina Ellen Morris (who a few years later became the wife of Benjamin Franklin Mahoney, Ben Mahoney, Robert and Milo Fry, Jack, Ada, and Mattie Ruth Bear and Steve Nevil. Hirum Mahoney’s family lived farther up Lame Jones Creek, John and Hirum came from Magnolia, Iowa in 1877. Afterwards they moved to Centennial Prairie, between Spearfish and Whitewood and from there to Alva in 1886and filed on claims of land. They both lived on these until death took them. Farther on up Lame Jones Creek, about a mile from Hirum Mahoney’s ranch,Dana Simmons lived on another ranch. His wife was Lena Taylor. After several years, Dan and Belle Ruland and their son Dillon moved to Alva and took the Alva Post Office to care for. Also had a grocery store in Alva. Mrs. Ruland had three children, two daughters and a son from a former marriage, to Charles Worthington French (who deserted her), Lulu,Lana, and Victor French. Belle Ruland united with the Reorganized Church the same time I joined and afterwards we had many good visits along gospel lines. Bud Morris and family lived about a mile from Alva at the foot of the Bear Lodge Mountains. He ran a blacksmith shop and built a home up there and lived there for many years. Uncle Jake and Sally Wood and family came into the Alva vicinity several years before 1905. He was the promoter of getting churches built in the country. Many of the early residents donated material and work towards building two community churches, one in Alva and one in Hulett. Ed McWilliams donated the land the Alva church was built on, with the understanding in writing that it would always be a community church, tobe used by all church denominations. Hirum Mahoney preach the gospel in the early days, having been ordained an Elder by Elder Morgan who came in for a short series of sermons in the Alva church. I was baptized into the Christian Church in Iowa, since my mother, Mary Seeley preferred that church. But after more study of the Bible, I found the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of The Latter Day Saints to be in more harmony with truths of the Bible teachings, and was baptized again into that church. Steve Morris, my husband, was baptized at the same time by Elder James Kelly from Independence, Missouri who came into our Alva community to hold services and visit members of the church. In 1908 I married Steve Morris. When Joe was four months old, Steve and Henry Nevil were taking horses to Canada to sell: en route during a bad electrical storm Steve was killed by lightning. He was holding the pole on their tepee which was struck. It was one year from the time of his baptisms, 30 June, 1912, leaving me a widow with two children to support,Mary Ellen and Joseph Albro Morris. We had 3 1/2 years of a happy married life before he was taken from me. When I first came to Wyoming most every one traveled on horse back or with buggies and team. There was much land open for filing on homesteads. When I became 21, I filed on 160 acres of land near Deer Creek while I was boarding with the Frank Heinbaugh family there and teaching their school. Mr. Heinbaugh located my ranch for me. Seven of their nine children came to my school. They were a fine family and I enjoyed my stay with them. While teaching my first term of school in Alva, I rode four miles to school as I was boarding with my sister’s family who were living on the old Snyder place. I faced a blizzard from up there to Alva in May and said I was going back to Iowa where it didn't snow in May, as soon as my school was out.That was 54 years ago and I am still here, living in Hulett at the present time (1959). Aunt Hattie Mahoney died in 1909 and left John and Ben very lonely. She was a good wife and mother and a very dear friend of mine. We had many good times together. She was one of the early pioneers of Wyoming and told me there had been periods of six months that she did not see a woman. Aunt Sally Wood, Uncle Jake’s wife was another honest hearted good woman of the Alva community. I stayed with her at nights for a week and milked her cows while her men folks were gone. They lived on Beaver Creek about a mile from the Alva school where I was teaching. After Steve was killed, I kept house for John Thomas Mahoney, keeping my two children with me in his house. After three and one half years we were married. We had twenty years of happy married life until he died 30 September,1936 at the age of eighty years of age. We had five children, Frederick, Alice, John, Lloyd and Edward. Lloyd died 25 April, 1929. Cause of death was sugar diabetes. Joe Morris, Steve’s and my son, enlisted in the air force and became a Lieutenant Colonel. He married Bernice Lown of Spearfish, South Dakota. They were in Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack.He was gone three days following the initial attack before his wife saw or heard from him. He was shot down over Elbeuf, France in a fighter plane. His body was never found. We lived on our ranch near Alva for two more years after my husband John's death, and then moved to Hulett, Wyoming where I am still living,very thankful to have a comfortable modern home. All of our family are married and some living far away. There have been many changes in living conditions since I first came to Wyoming. We have electricity and many conveniences we didn't have then, which does not make us any happier or more contented than we were 50 years ago. This account is stated in the book - 'Hulett Area Past and Present', in Honor of CROOK COUNTY CENTENNIAL 1885 - 1985, Compiled, Published and Distributed by Hulett Area Senior Citizens, Incorporated, Printed by Sand Creek Printing, Belle Fourche, South Dakota 1985 and written by Mary Gertrude (Morris) (nee Seeley) Mahoney in 1959. This account below is stated on pages 307 and 308 in the book -'Pioneers Of Crook County 1876 - 1920', by the Crook County Historical Society, Crook County, Wyoming, Copyright 1981. Mary Gertrude Seely was born June 28, 1886 at Woodbine, Iowa. She came to Wyoming as a young girl to teach school. She taught at Alva,Wyoming and the Bear Creek School. She homesteaded on land on Deer Creek in north central Crook County where she lived long enough to prove up on it. She sold it to Lou Ford. In 1908 she married Steve Morris. They had two children, Mary Ellen and Joseph Albro. When Joe was four months old, Steve Morris and Henry Nevil were taking horses to Canada to sell; en route during a bad electrical storm Steve was killed by lightning. He was holding the pole on their tepee which was struck. Being left with two small children to support,and not wanting to leave them to teach school - she was hired by John Mahoney, a widower who owned a large ranch and raised registered Hereford cattle and registered Belgian horses. She worked as housekeeper for him for about three years and then they were married. They had five children: Fred Thomas, Alice Marie, John Seeley, Lloyd David and Edward Hiram. The children were all born at their home at Alva, Wyoming (one mile south). Mrs Parkins always came as midwife and Doctor Boswick of Hulett, was the doctor. The children all went to grade school at Alva. Some of their teachers were Mr. Jones, Edna Morris (Glen), Mrs. Cole, Mildred Colvin (L.Ripley), Rose Sorenson (Nielson, Copland) and Agnes Engle (Elmer). They all attended high school at Hulett, Wyoming. Joe Morris enlisted in the air force and became a Colonel. He Married bernice Lown of Spearfish, South Dakota. They were in Peal Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack. He was gone three days following the initial attack before his wife saw or heard from him. He was shot down over Elbeuf, France during the war. His body was never found. Mary Ellen Morris married Harry Turner, who was a butcher by trade and they had three boys, Jim, Fred, and Sam. They all live at Bremerton,Washington. Fred Mahoney married Jean Bush, daughter of Herb Bush in 1942 and they had four children, Jerry Lynn, Karen, Sarah and Paul. Their home is at Randolph, Minnesota. He has been a commercial airplane pilot for Braniff Airlines for many years. Alice married W. S. 'Chub' Long in 1936 and they had five children: Dan,William, Dave, Lorrie and Lucy. Baby William died at birth. John Mahoney Married Neil Willson, daughter of Earl and Bea Willson.They had eight children: Darlene LaNette, Joan, Mike, Gaylord Vonn,Sheryl, Linda (who died in infancy), Nena Bea and Marla. The couple are now divorced and John is married again and resides in Tucson, Arizona.They have one son, Todd Mahoney. Lloyd died in 1929 of diabetes. Ed married Evelyn Nilson, daughter of Roy and Garnet Nilson. They have four children; Linda, Roy, Bruce and Sandra. Ed is an electrical research engineer and had been in the employ of a large SeismographCorporation, in Tulsa, Oklahoma for many years. 'Aunt Gertie' as she was called by most everyone who knew her, was respected and loved by all. She had a strong faith in God and was a longtime member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. During the depression years of the thirties and after her husband had died, they lost the ranch. She moved to Hulett, Wyoming where she taught music and took high school students to board and room. As stated above, this was stated on page 307 and 308 in the book --'Pioneers Of Crook County 1876 - 1920'.2 |
| Birth | She was born on 28 June 1886, in Woodbine, Harrison County, Iowa, USAG.1 |
| Marriage | She married first Stephen Albro Morris son of John 'Bud' Derrikson Morris and Minerva Ellen Black, on 19 December 1908.1 |
| Marriage | Mary Gertrude Seeley married second John Thomas Mahoney son of Stephen Mahoney and Martha Barrowclough, on 22 December 1915 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USAG.1 |
| Death | Mary Gertrude Seeley died on 15 April 1965 in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USAG. Unknown GEDCOM info: Blood clot.1,1 |
| Burial | She was buried on 19 April 1965 in Alva Cemetery North Side, Lot 77, Alva, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.3 |
Children with Stephen Albro Morris b. 12 August 1879, d. 30 June 1912
| Daughter | Mary Ellen Morris b. 10 March 1910, d. 11 October 2012 |
| Son | Col. Joseph Albro Morris b. 8 December 1912, d. 16 August 1943 |
Children with John Thomas Mahoney b. 4 July 1856, d. 30 September 1936
| Son | Frederick Thomas Mahoney b. 23 October 1916, d. 29 March 2012 |
| Daughter | Alice Marie Mahoney+ b. 3 March 1918, d. 2 December 2006 |
| Son | John Seeley Mahoney+ b. 30 June 1920, d. 4 September 2009 |
| Son | Lloyd David Mahoney b. 13 May 1923, d. 29 April 1929 |
Citations
- [S1003] collected by Edward Hiram and Evelyn Mae (Nilson) Mahoney, compiler, Mahoney Family Ancestry & History: self published). Hereinafter cited as Mahoney Family Ancestry & History.
- [S4375] Mary Gertrude Morris Seeley, Autobiography of Mary Gertrude Morris Seeley: self published,. Hereinafter cited as Autobiography of Mary Gertrude Morris Seeley.
- [S1034] More Hullett Area Past & Present, Hullet Area Senior Citizens, compiler, (Hullett, Ontario: Hullet Area Senior Citizens). Hereinafter cited as More Hullett Area Past & Present.
Mary
F, #50241, b. About 1672
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Mary was also known as Mary Brooks. |
| Birth | She was born About 1672, in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
| Marriage | She married Benjamin Brooks son of William Brooks and Mary Burt.1 |
Children with Benjamin Brooks b. 1671
| Son | Benjamin Brooks+ b. 1693 |
| Daughter | Mary Brooks b. 26 May 1695 |
| Daughter | Sarah Brooks b. 15 March 1695/96 |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Brooks+ b. 24 February 1697/98 |
| Daughter | Mercy Brooks b. 12 March 1699/00 |
| Son | John Brooks+ b. 21 March 1702/03 |
| Daughter | Thankful Brooks b. 3 February 1703/04 |
| Daughter | Abigail Brooks+ b. 3 December 1706 |
| Son | William Brooks b. 1 August 1708 |
| Son | Joseph Brooks b. 6 August 1710 |
| Son | Samuel Brooks b. 20 August 1712 |
| Son | Noah Brooks b. 24 January 1713/14 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
Hannah Walker
F, #50242, b. About 1695
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Hannah Walker was also known as Hannah Brooks. |
| Birth | She was born About 1695, in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAG. |
| Marriage | She married Benjamin Brooks son of Benjamin Brooks and Mary.1 |
Children with Benjamin Brooks b. 1693
| Son | Benjamin Brooks, III b. 21 October 1726 |
| Son | Edward Brooks, I b. 16 March 1726/27 |
| Daughter | Hannah Brooks b. 31 May 1730 |
| Son | Simeon Brooks b. 30 June 1732 |
| Son | Phineas Brooks b. 30 June 1732 |
| Son | Abner Brooks, Sr.+ b. 16 August 1734 |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Brooks b. 27 September 1736 |
| Daughter | Sarah Brooks b. 17 November 1738 |
| Son | John Martin Brooks+ b. 11 March 1739/40 |
| Daughter | Mercy Brooks+ b. 30 April 1743 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
Simeon Brooks
M, #50243, b. 30 June 1732
Parents
| Father | Benjamin Brooks b. 1693 |
| Mother | Hannah Walker b. About 1695 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | Twin to Phineas. |
| Birth | Simeon Brooks was born on 30 June 1732, in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
Phineas Brooks
M, #50244, b. 30 June 1732
Parents
| Father | Benjamin Brooks b. 1693 |
| Mother | Hannah Walker b. About 1695 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | Twin to Simeon. |
| Birth | Phineas Brooks was born on 30 June 1732, in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
Hannah Brooks
F, #50245, b. 31 May 1730
Parents
| Father | Benjamin Brooks b. 1693 |
| Mother | Hannah Walker b. About 1695 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Birth | Hannah Brooks was born on 31 May 1730, in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
Edward Brooks, I
M, #50246, b. 16 March 1726/27
Parents
| Father | Benjamin Brooks b. 1693 |
| Mother | Hannah Walker b. About 1695 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Birth | Edward Brooks, I, was born on 16 March 1726/27, in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
Benjamin Brooks, III
M, #50247, b. 21 October 1726
Parents
| Father | Benjamin Brooks b. 1693 |
| Mother | Hannah Walker b. About 1695 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Birth | Benjamin Brooks, III, was born on 21 October 1726, in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
Elizabeth Brooks
F, #50248, b. 27 September 1736
Parents
| Father | Benjamin Brooks b. 1693 |
| Mother | Hannah Walker b. About 1695 |
| Last Edited | 12 April 2024 19:31:35 |
| Birth | Elizabeth Brooks was born on 27 September 1736, in (Western), now Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
Sarah Brooks
F, #50249, b. 17 November 1738
Parents
| Father | Benjamin Brooks b. 1693 |
| Mother | Hannah Walker b. About 1695 |
| Last Edited | 12 April 2024 19:31:35 |
| Birth | Sarah Brooks was born on 17 November 1738, in (Western), now Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".
John Martin Brooks
M, #50250, b. 11 March 1739/40
Parents
| Father | Benjamin Brooks b. 1693 |
| Mother | Hannah Walker b. About 1695 |
| Last Edited | 12 April 2024 19:31:35 |
| Birth | John Martin Brooks was born on 11 March 1739/40, in (Western), now Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USAG.1 |
| Marriage | He married Mary Hoare.1 |
Children with Mary Hoare b. 1744
| Daughter | Mary Brooks b. 6 April 1770 |
| Son | Caleb Brooks b. 15 February 1779 |
| Son | Solomon Brooks b. 27 July 1782 |
| Son | John Brooks+ b. 13 June 1785 |
Citations
- [S1049] Don Coy, "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart, Donald R. Coy, 1997.", July 1996 (Seattle, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "Ancestral File (TM) - ver 4. 17, Descendancy Chart".