Genealogical Records of Stewart-Stuart Families

Editor - George T. Edson, 1307 High St., Beatrice, NE

Associate - Horace Dickerman, New Haven, CT

Compiled by Dr. Charles D. Hunberd, Barnard, Mo., and Ernest N. Wiseman, Rio Grande, Ohio

John Chilton⁶ Stewart was born Aug. 7, 1800, son of George⁵ Stewart, a farmer, born in Pennsylvania of Scotch-Irish descent. He removed to near Sherritts P.O., 18 miles northeast of Ironton, Ohio, about 1820, and was married there to Sarah Lavisa McCartney, born Jan. 18, 1802. John Chilton Stewart, who was a farmer all his life, died Mar. 5, 1871, near Sherritts and was buried in the hilltop Stewart cemetery there. His widow died Feb. 1, 1883. The farm surrounding this Stewart cemetery is now owned by Frank Vermillion, husband of one of John Chilton Stewart's granddaughters. Eleven of Stewart's sixteen children, and many others of his descendants, are also buried in this private cemetery. His father, George⁵ Stewart, is said to buried in the "French Grant" cemetery, located on the bank of the Ohio River, a few miles below Ironton, Ohio. Children of John Chilton⁶ and Sarah Lavisa (McCartney) Stewart:

George Washington⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) born Mar, 20, 1821, married (1) Cynthia Griffith, born Apr. 23, 1821. She died Aug. 1, 1875, buried in Stewart cemetery. He married (2) Mary Justice. He died Apr. 5, 1899; buried in Stewart cemetery. Children, all by first wife: John E., Frederick, Harriet, Benjamin, Manley T., Ruth Ann, Sarah, Sherman, Martha J., Apr. 17, 1851, died Mar. 31, 1853, Mary F., Aug. 2, 1855, died OCt. 24, 1855, and Amy J. May 14, 1861, died June 24, 1865.

Luana⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) married Providence Robison. They are buried in Woodland cemetery, Ironton, OH. Children (Robison): Rachel; John, married a McKee; Girard, had several children; Perry, died in the west, having several children; Madge; Elizabeth, married a Hambleton, living at Russell, KY; Rufus, married Harriet Ferrell and have daughter Sarah Luana, Pedro, OH.

Calvin Morris⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) born in 1824, married Rebecca Vermillion, born in 1831. He died in 1907 and was buried in Stewart cemetery. Children: Sabina; American; Howard; James K.; Sarah; Effie; Mattie.

Absalom Nathaniel⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) born in 1825, married Elizabeth Hanley, born in 1831. She died in 1898 and he died in 1899. Children: Ellen; Amanuel T.; Jane (unmarried, buried Sherritts, OH); Letitia, July 24, 1855, died Dec. 31, 1871; Julia. An adopted daughter, Anna Brown, married William T. Stewart.

Susan⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) married William Lane. Both are buried at Ashland, KY. Children (Lane): John; Perry; Oliver, living at Portsmouth, OH; Mattie; Julia.

Rufus C.⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) born July 29, 1830, married Jane Boggs. He served as a soldier in Company H, 6th Ohio volunteer cavalry in the Civil War, and died Mar. 30, 1862. He and his wife are buried in Stewart cemetery. Children: Hiram; David G.; Diana; Martha; Robert Scott; and Ida.

Oliver Perry⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) born in 1834, married (1) --- Dalton; (2) Elizabeth Barnhouse, born in 1845. He died in 1905 and she died in 1907. Children: William T.; Lillian; Irene.

Middleton Harmon⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) born Apr. 22, 1837, married Mary Catherine Niday, born Dec. 12, 1834. He was a member of the G.A.R., and died June 5, 1907. Children: Dora (died unmarried); Albert (died unmarried); Allison, married America Boggs Kails but had no children; Sadie; Minnie.

John H.⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) born June 1, 1839, married Ruth Griffith, born Apr. 15, 1835. He died Mar. 12, 1905, and she died June 19, 1919; both buried in Stewart cemetery. Children: Amos, Apr. 27, 1864, died Aug. 11, 1870; Maida; Ella, married Josiah Dalton and lives in Toledo; Emma; Fannie; Harley, married Maida Nelson, Springfield, OH; Ermina; Linnie, June 9, 1878, died July 18, 1878.

William Henry⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) was born Feb. 20, 1841, near Ironton, Lawrence County, OH. Between the age of 6 and 19 years he attended a nearby country school three months each year. He emigrated alone to Maryville, MO, in 1861. His father had, on a trip to this place a few years previously, entered a claim to about 500 acres of "government" land. William H. engaged in farming near his father's land and lived with John Howard in a log cabin which the previous occupant of the farm, John Broad, had built. William H. enlisted at Maryville on Aug. 11, 1861, in Company H, 25th Missouri volunteer infantry, commanded by Capt. Dill. He was wounded by gunshot in the right hip at the battle of Lexington, MO, Sep. 16, 1861, about 11 a.m. After a few days in the hospital at Lexington he was transferred to St. Louis. Late in October he left the hospital and returned to Maryville, and subsequently paid his own surgeon's fees. He married at Maryville on Feb. 1, 1862, Rachel Magdalene, Wray, born Dec. 22, 1841, near Gallipolis, OH, third daughter and sixth child of John and Sarah (Wiseman) Wray. He was still a member of his original Company H when it was "exchanged" in March, 1862, the entire 25th regiment having been captured at the battle of Lexington. Being incapacitated he was then honorably discharged from service. The following summer he was granted a Nodaway County teacher's certificate, after a perfunctory examination, and began teaching the Bloomfield school of 60 pupils in October, 1862. As school had begun late it was necessary for him to teach every alternate Saturday in order to finish the term on time. After this school closed the next spring Mr. Stewart and his wife removed to a farm belonging to his brother-in-law, Stephen K. Wray,9 miles northeast of Maryville. All of his 9 sons and 1 daughter were born in this vicinity, where his principal interests for 30 years were in farming. He was also proprietor of a steam sawmill in the neighborhood. He removed with his family to Barnard, MO, in 1894, and there engaged in conducting a restaurant and a hotel in succession. Six years later with his daughter Mary May and her husband, Charles Oliver Humberd, he removed to Fairview Farm, two miles north of Barnard. Again removing, to Savannah, MO, he made a business of buying poultry and eggs. He next moved to Seneca, Nemaha County, KS, three years later, and operated a 'cream station.' His son Frank was engaged in the same occupation at Valley Falls, KS, and together they founded the Stewart Product Company, a cooperative organization of individual station owners. These members, operating in neighboring towns, were thus enabled to avoid competing with each other, and their association was able to do business on a much larger scale by dealing direct with New York wholesale houses and eliminating the 'middlemen.' On account of his advanced age William Stewart could not long take an active part in the company's affairs. Afer the death of his wife, Rachel, on Sept. 22, 1912, at the home of their son Frank in Valley Falls, he took several trips to Ohio and to California, leaving his station in Seneca in charge of John Lackey. He retired from active business in 1914.

In politics Mr. Stewart was a staunch member of the republican party. He served as county assessor of Nodaway County. MO, in 1864, 1868 and 1869, and as deputy sheriff in 1872 and 1873. He was census enumerator of the county in 1880, and of Polk township in 1890. He was mayor of Barnard in 1896, and there established the three days' picnic which still endures as an annual function, with an attendance of thousands. He was a member of the G.A.R. no. 45 at Maryville and also held membership in the G.A.R. posts at Pickering, MO, and Seneca, KS. He enjoyed a wide local reputation as a checker and chess player, and indulged himself very much in this hobby all his life, but seldom found an opponent worthy of his mettle. After his retirement in 1914 he made his home with his son Frank in Valley Falls, KS. He spent the winter of 1917-18 with his eldest son, James Edgar Stewart, a jeweler, in Maryville, MO. He died Feb. 10, 1918, of apoplexy, in the Sisters of St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, after an illness of four weeks. His body was buried in Myrtle Tree cemetery near Pickering, MO, beside that of his wife. Children:

Sarah Lavisa⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) born Jan. 28, 1843, married (1) William Henry Harrison Irwin, born Oct. 13, 1841. He died Sept. 12, 1873, buried in Stewart cemetery. She married (2) John C. Malone. She died Nov. 17, 1886, buried in Stewart cemetery. No children.

Zarelda⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) married Lewis A. Griffith. They are buried in the Griffith cemetery, Sherritts, OH. Children (Griffith): Amos; Sarah; Mary; Anna; Susan; Dempsey; William; Martha; Lewis; John, married Mary Neal (both dead).

Martha J.⁷ Stewart (John C.⁶) married David Griffith. She is buried at Ceredo, WV, and he is buried in KY. Children (Griffith): Rossie, married a Ramsdale and had several children; Minnie, married John Osgood and had several children; Maude, married a Wilson and had Willard and two other children; John; Gusta, married John McCall and had 3 children - Edith, Gusta, and Gene -- living at Portsmouth, OH; Wilson; Lydia, married a Snyder.

John E⁸ Stewart (George W.⁷ John C.⁶) born in 1842, married Mary Payne, born in 1847. He died in 1907, both buried in Stewart cemetery. Children: George E.; Fred; Edward; Floyd; Frank. George E. married Cora Keller nad is a farmer at Pedro, OH, children Chloe and Earl Hanley. Fred is a farmer at Waterloo, OH, married twice, by second wife has children Freda, Bessie, Denzil, and another son; Freda married Stacy Lloyd, grocer in Springfield and has one child; Bessie married John Woolum, Waterloo. Edward lives in Oklahoma. Floyd, a farmer at Pedro, married Anna Dempsey and had several children and grandchildren, including Leonard B. (1903-1904) and Edgar R. (1898-1918), who married Lorna Taylor. Frank, Ironton, OH, married Minnie Noel. Emma married Jesse Pyles, a farmer at Pedro, OH, and has children Elbert, married Jennie Hanley and has one child; Goldie, married Glen Rice; Mary; Sarah; Minnie Ruth.

Frederick⁸ Stewart (George W.⁷ John C.⁶) married Frances Lawrence. He was postmaster at Rio Grande, OH, and he and his wife are buried there. Children: Etha Neal, buried near Patriot; Charles, buried near Rio Grande; Cora McKeever, Marion, OH; Cynthia Neal, near Columbus.

Harriet⁸ Stewart (George W.⁷ John C.⁶) married Richard Little. They are buried near Campbell, OH. Children (Little): John; Ella Cade; Cynthia Worthington.

Benjamin⁸ Stewart (George W.⁷ John C.⁶) married Harriet Boggs, both are buried at Wellston, OH. Children: Richard; Nolan; May Kerrick of Columbus; Anna and several others.

Manley T.⁸ Stewart (George W.⁷ John C.⁶) born June 2, 1858, married (1) Julia Dalton, born Nov. 16, 1857; she died Jan. 27, 1880. He married (2) Emerine Vermillion, she died Mar. 9, 1897. He married (3) Sally Smith. Children: William of Montana; Jerusha Snyder of Pasadena, CA; Osa Elliott of Addison, OH; Claire of Montana; Carl of Montana; Blanche Pancake of Addison, OH; Stacey of Ironton, OH; Amost, Sep. 1, 1882, died Sep. 2, 1882.

Ruth Ann⁸ Stewart (George W.⁷ John C.⁶) married Franklin Vermillion. She and her husband are telephone operators in Waterloo, OH. Children: Grace, married twice; Ross, Sept. 9, 1885, died Sept. 4, 1886; Irvin, Sept. 15, 1887, died Apr. 15, 1909; Stewart, a world war veteran, Marion, OH.

Sarah⁸ Stewart (George W.⁷ John C.⁶) born Feb. 7, 1859, married Thomas Blagg. Both are buried in Stewart cemetery. Children: Loren of Waterloo, OH; Cynthia Dinnen of Wellston; Thomas?

Sherman⁸ Stewart (George W.⁷ John C.⁶) is said to have had several children. The name of his wife is not known.

Madge⁸ Robison (Luana⁷ John C.⁶) married Douglas Brown. They live at Newark, OH. Children (Brown): Doris Crabtree; Madge Cantor; Mayme Aleshire; Muriel Spalding; Richard; John; Nora Corinne; Kathleen; Luana.

-------------⁸ Stewart (Calvin M.⁷ John C.⁶) married Fred Griffith and had several children. She is buried in Wisconsin.

Sabina⁸ Stewart (Calvin M.⁷ John C.⁶) married Henry Wiseman. He is buried in the Wiseman cemetery at Sherritts, OH. Children (Wiseman): Fanny Griffith; Mary Massie; Martha Noel; Amos, a farmer in Michigan; Frank; Fred; Fulton; Ross; Neva Sheets; Lina Woolum; Myrtle Lunsford.

America⁸ Stewart (Calvin M.⁷ John C.⁶) married Thomas O. Wiseman. They are buried at Wilgus, OH. Children (Wiseman): Eva; Arthur; Archie; Ethel DeMint; Earl, reported missing in world war; Thomas.

Howard⁸ Stewart (Calvin M.⁷ John C.⁶) married Sarah Wiseman, 1856-1916. They are buried in Stewart cemetery. Children: Minnie Bradshaw; Roy; Charles; Herbert; Kent; Merle Stevenson.

James K.⁸ Stewart (Calvin M.⁷ John C.⁶) married Mishia Hatfield. He resides in Shelby County, OH. One son, Glenn.

Sarah⁸ Stewart (Calvin M.⁷ John C.⁶) married John S. Wiseman. They are buried at Ironton, OH. Children (Wiseman): Alma; Lucile Stout; Avanelle Gray; Marcelle; Clayton.

Effie⁸ Stewart (Calvin M.⁷ John C.⁶) married (1) Joseph Knapp and had a daughter, Estol Nance. She married (2) Luther Sheets and had Helen and Arno, Platform, OH.

Mattie⁸ Stewart (Calvin M.⁷ John C.⁶) married Charles Wiseman. Children (Wiseman): Esta Hamilton; Louise Sloan; Latrelle; ------- Burcham; Mildred Snyder; Ruth; Berkeley; and others.

Ellen⁸ Stewart (Absalom N.⁷ John C.⁶) born 1850, married Andy Cooper, born 1849, of Greenup, KY. Two children (Cooper): Lindsay K. and Judson.

Amanuel⁸ Stewart (Absalom N.⁷ John C.⁶) married Rose Ann Cooper. He was a farmer at Waterloo, OH., and is buried at Sherritts. Children: Stanley, attorney in Columbus; Forrest, physician in Ironton; Faye Van Meter, Waterloo.

Julia⁸ Stewart (Absalom N.⁷ John C.⁶) married L.A. Wiseman, Gallipolis, OH, and left: Davie Phillips; Anna; Dr. Orlyn of Jeffersonville; Flo Davis, Oak Hill.

Hiram⁸ Stewart (Rufus⁷ John C.⁶) born Feb. 17, 1852, married -------- Dulaney, born in Kentucky. He died Dec. 29, 1879, and is buried in Stewart cemetery.

Dr. David G.⁸ Stewart (Rufus⁷ John C.⁶) married Rachel Bradshaw. They reside on Park Ave., Ironton, OH. Children: Darlene; Eloise Massie.

Diana⁸ Stewart (Rufus⁷ John C.⁶) born Feb. 26, 1855, married William Thomas White, born Aug. 9, 1845. He was a soldier in the Civil War. He died April 20, 1900, and Diana died Aug. 15, 1918, and is buried in Stewart cemetery. Children (White): Bertha, postmistress at Sherritts; Myrtle; Gusta Richards; John, ex-sheriff; Maude.

Martha⁸ Stewart (Rufus⁷ John C.⁶) married Will White. She is buried in Stewart cemetery. Children (White): Minnie Vermillion of Columbus; Mae Eakins; Margaret Hall; Leslie Smith; Claire Justice; Frank, in Louisiana; Myrtle.

Dr. Robert Scott⁸ Stewart (Rufus⁷ John C.⁶) married Ida Hudson. They are buried in South Webster, OH. Children: Caroline Davis; Roxie Williams; Emil; Nelle.

Ida⁸ Stewart (Rufus⁷ John C.⁶) married W.W. Wiseman. They live at Sherritts, OH. and have two children, Avrel and Marie Weaver.

William T.⁸ Stewart (Oliver P.⁷ John C.⁶) married Anna Brown, adopted daughter of Absalom Nathaniel Stewart. They lived at Ironton and had two children, Donald and Dorothy.

Lillian⁸ Stewart (Oliver P.⁷ John C.⁶) married Elmer Williams. They live at Loveland, OH., and have 3 children: Cressie, Russell and Stewart.

Irene⁸ Stewart (Oliver P.⁷ John C.⁶) married Roscoe Wiseman. They live at Ironton and have 5 children: Elizabeth Wade; Merrill; Morton; Elmer; Wilbur.

Sadie⁸ Stewart (Middleton H.⁷ John C.⁶) married William Wray, born Dec. 27, 1868. They live in Joplin, MO, or Rosemont, CO. Children (Wray): Lorena, 1892; William Dale, 1894; Irvin Stewart, 1897; Ethlyn, 1909; Lenora, 1912. Lorena⁹ married V.L. Callahan and lives in Kansas City, MO. Two children: Willard and Curtis. William Dale⁹ Wray married Pauline Waughtal and lives in Joplin, daughter Lucile 1924. Irvin S. Wray married Letha Byrd.

Minnie⁸ Stewart (Middleton H.⁷ John C.⁶) married Asa Fox. Children (Fox): Rhea; Gardner, died in service in world war; Emir; Ruth.

Maida⁸ Stewart (John H.⁷ John C.⁶) married Tom Edwards. She lives in Columbus, a widow. They had two daughters, Alva and Edna Edwards of Ironton.

Emma⁸ Stewart (John H.⁷ John C.⁶) married William Marks and lives in Detroit. They have 3 children: Gertrude, Frank, and another daughter.

Fanny⁸ Stewart (John H.⁷ John C.⁶) married U.T. Cox, a son of the famous horticulturist. They have two children, Ermina and Earl.

Ermina⁸ Stewart (John H.⁷ John C.⁶) married Frank Vermillion, Sherritts, OH. They have 3 children, Phyllis Staph, Claire and Gusta.

James Edgar⁸ Stewart (William H.⁷ John C.⁶) born Jan. 3, 1864, near Pickering, MO, married near Maryville, June 17, 1884, to Mary Frances Dempsey, born Nov. 10, 1860, near Maryville, second daughter of William Franklin and Polly (Neal) Dempsey. She was distantly related to her husband by her descent through the Wiseman family. James E. Stewart spent most of his life in Barnard, MO, where he followed the occupation of watchmaking and engraving, and was more than ordinarily proficient in these professions, his reputation extending over the entire northwestern part of Missouri. He was also well known as an artist. All loving cups, medals, etc, awarded in athletic events in Nodaway County for many years were his handiwork. In the spring of 1914 he removed to Maryville, where he lived until his death on Sep. 30, 1928, from diabetes mellitus and ruptured oesophogeal varicosities. After a Masonic funeral service he was buried in Oak Hill cemetery. His widow is still living on West 5th Street in Maryville. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart had no children.

George Wiseman⁸ Stewart (William H.⁷ John C.⁶) was born Sep. 26, 1865, in Nodaway County, MO. At an early age he removed to California, where he became a street car conductor. Here he learned the building trade and from then on he remained in that business, occasionally indulging a hobby for prospecting for oil and minerals. He married at Alameda, CA, Nov. 17, 1892, Lily ------, and has since made his homethere at 3010 Central Ave. He has been a member of the city council, and he and Mrs. Stewart are active church workers. He drafted plans for, and built a number of the original bungalows which make Alameda a beautiful city. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are childless.

Harland⁸ Stewart (William H.⁷ John C.⁶) was born Aug. 3, 1867, in Nodaway County, MO. He went west while a youth and became a street car motorman with his brother George in San Francisco. There he married Aug. 3, 1890, Henrietta Sheppard, and they have since lived at 4041 24th St. in that city. He built and owns the Palmer Theater in San Francisco. Children: Florence (dead); Evelyn, Dec. 24, 1906; William.

Frank Wiseman⁸ Stewart (William H.⁷ John C.⁶) born Jan. 27, 1871, near Pickering, Nodaway County, MO, married Maryville to Neva Dickson. In 1905 he removed to Valley Falls, KS, where he operated a cream station. With his father he organized the Stewart Poultry Company and for years continued as its head. He is now a salesman for a line of mill products and lives in St. Joseph. Children: Charles Lawrence, died Mar. 31, 1930, age 37; two sons died in infancy; Dr. Chester Harold of Waller, TX; Ethel May McLeod, Kansas City; Wayne Wellington, Phildaelphia. Charles Lawrence⁹ Stewart was his father's assistant in the produce business and later operated stations in Kansas and Arkansas. He married (1)Erma -----; his second wife lives in Kansas City. He left two sons, Laverne and Noel. Dr. Chester Harold⁹ Stewart is practising medicine in Waller, TX, ad has two children. Wayne Wellington⁹ Stewart lives in Philadelphia and has an infant son.

Arthur Wellington⁸ Stewart (William H.⁷ John C.⁶) born Nov. 7, 1873, near Pickering, MO, married at St. Joseph, Aug. 12, 1903, Clara Alexander, daughter of Edward Milton and Martha Ann (Townsend) Alexander. He was associated with his father and older brother Frank in the produce business. He was fatally injured Mar. 24, 1906, in a railroad accident at Coatesville, PA, while conducting a car of poultry to New York, and died the same day in a hospital there. He left a widow and two children: William Wellington, born June 8, 1904, at Savannah, and Clara May, Mar. 3, 1906, Savannah. Mrs. Stewart married Nov. 30, 1910, James Beardsley Sweet, at Savannah. They now live at Maryville, where Mr. Sweet runs a bakery. William Wellington⁹ Stewart married at troy, KS, June 26, 1931, Margaret Phillippe, born Mar. 31, 1911, daughter of Ray Phillippe; he is proprietor of a filling station in St. Joseph. Clara May⁹ Stewart married in Kansas City, Jan. 18, 1926, Ward Franklin Benton.

Mary May⁸ Stewart (William H.⁷ John C.⁶) was born Feb. 19, 1876, near Pickering, MO, and removed with her parents to Barnard in 1892. She was married at Wilcox, Nov. 6, 1805, to Charles Oliver Humberd, a grocer of Barnard, and has since lived with her husband at Barnard. She is a past matron of the Daughters of Rebekah and takes a lively interest in church, aid, and missions work. Charles Oliver Humberd was born July 17, 1866, at Flag Springs, MO, son of Jacob Gaines and Mary Malinda (Bland) Humberd. in 1893 he removed with his parents to Barnard, where he has since lived. Until he attained his majority he assisted his father, Jacob Gaines Humberd, in operating a transfer line and livery service. He next went into the grocery business, in partnership with his oldest brother, Thomas Allen Humberd, and continued with him until, in 1899, he was forced by ill health to an outdoor life. After a short period spent in farming near Barnard he moved into town and with Thomas Allen Humberd operated a livery stable. On Nov. 1, 1906, he started in the R.F.D. service as a mail carrier, and remained in this position for 25 years. He was forced to retire (by age limit law) on Oct. 31, 1931, and is now living with his wife in Barnard. He has been prominent since 1887 as an official in the I.O.O.F. Mr. and Mrs. Humberd are very fond of travel and have made numerous motor trips to nearly all American points of interest. Children (Humberd): Charles Dean, MD, Apr. 16, 1897; Ross Thomas, Jan. 5, 1899; Ralph Stewart, Jan. 1, 1906. Dr. Charles Dean⁹ Humberd was born at Barnard, MO, and graduated from the high school there and at Maryville; he graduated A.B., University of Missouri, 1918; B.Sc., University of Minnesota, 1919, and MD, George Washington University, 1923. He has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Barnard for the past 9 years. He served two years as president and five years as secretary of the Nodaway County medical society, and has been his county's delegate to the Missouri State Medical Association for four terms. His hobby is astronomy and he is a member of several American astronomical societies; he is also a member by election of the British Astronomical Association and a member by election of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. In addition to being a fellow of the American Medical Association, the American Legion and the Masonic and Shrine fraternal orders. His political affiliations are with the democratic party. Ross Thomas⁹ Humberd graduated from Barnard High School in 1915 and began the study of telegraphy, holding his first position as station agent for the C.B.&Q railway at Arkoe, MO, at the age of 17. After a few years of experience in various places and a course in modern high-speed telegraphy he was employed in a supervisory capacity for 7 years by a telegraph company, but returned to railroad work. He married in Bernalillo, NM, July 6, 1926, Zelda Decker, born June 25, 1899, in Clinton, IA, daughter of Abraham Otto and Margaret (McCormick) Decker. They have no children. Ralph Stewart⁹ Humberd graduated from Barnard High School in 1923, attended the state teachers college at Maryville two years, and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a B.S. in E.E. in 1929. He has since been employed by the Automatic Electric Company of Chicago, a firm engaged in the manufacture of dial telephones. He married at Excelsior Springs, MO, July 7, 1927, Roma Gaynelle Logan, born Sep. 29, 1903, in Keraney, MO, daughter of Gwathmey Page and Laura Alice (Robeson) Logan.

Amos⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married --------- Allison; they are buried in Louisville, KY. Children: Claude; Lewis; Richard; Ruth; Lola.

Sarah⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married (1) Marion Vermillion, (2) John Haig. Children: Amos; Minnie Sloan Payne; Ann Hutchinson; Zella Haig Betz.

Mary⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married John Boggess, they live at Ironton, OH. Children: Jennie Flowers; Charity Bradshaw; Sabra Wiseman; Jesse.

Anna⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married John Bradshaw; she lives, a widow, at Wilgus, OH. Children: Ed; Rachel Keller; Wilhain; John; Sarah; Alma Haney.

Susan⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married married Jesse Vermillion. Children: "Doc"; Fred; Nell; John.

Dempsey⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married married Louisa Bradshaw. Children: James; Myrtle; Maude Stewart; George; Ernest; Earl; Guy.

Dr. William⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married Sarepta Wiseman, he is buried at Pedro, OH; she lives at Coal Grove, OH. Chilren: Amos; Clara Stevens; Erma Sutton.

Martha⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married George Powell, they live in Washington state and have a daughter, Georgia.

Lewis⁸ Griffith (Zarelda.⁷ John C.⁶) married Martha Rose; she, a widow, lives at Pedro, OH. Children: Sarah; Owen.