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Lewis Cobble Wall

Lora Mae Durham

They had the following children:

  F i Karen Sue Wall

John Shannon Bass [Parents] was born on 26 MAY 1847 in Taney Co. MO, USA. He died on 2 MAY 1936 in Ruth, Stone, Missouri. He was buried on 3 MAY 1936 in Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri. He married Clarinda Clementine Massey on 2 MAR 1870 in Crane, Stone Co., MO, USA.

Both John and his sister Mary were helped to education by their uncle Eli Bass. Both also married Massey (Nathaniel and Clarinda).
Married Clarinda Clementine Massey, Mar 2, 1870 Crane, Stone Co., MO.

88 years 11 months 6 days, died of Apoplexy. Death Certificate # 21715, informant: Clara C. Bass, Reed Springs, MO.

Clarinda Clementine Massey [Parents] was born on 4 JAN 1852 in Campell Twp, Greene Co., Missouri, USA. She died on 27 JUL 1950 in Lowry City, St. Clair County, Missouri. She was buried on 29 JUL 1950 in Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri. She married John Shannon Bass on 2 MAR 1870 in Crane, Stone Co., MO, USA.

Clarinda never dressed herself untill she was 16 yrs. old. They had slaves to do this.
Gravestone. Widow, 98 years 6 months 23 days, died of Bronchial Pneumonia: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52514849&ref=acom

They had the following children:

  M i Theophilus Edwin Bass
  M ii John Lawrence Bass was born on 22 JUL 1873 in Old Major Moore place on Crane Creek, Stone County, MO. He died on 22 FEB 1899 in Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri.

John L. Bass died at the home of his parents, near Ponce de Leon, February 22nd. 1899. John was about 26 years of age, was a good, moral young man, and his loss will be deeply felt by all who knew him.

A friends tribute

John Lawrence Bass was born July 22nd, 1873, at the Old Major Moore place on Crane Creek, Stone County, MO, and remained in the county of his birth except four years his father and family were sojourning in Western Kansas and the state of Texas, in his youthful days.

He spent the year 1897 in Greenwood county, Kansas, with tow brothers, Theophilus and William C. Theophilus and John returned to the old homestead last December, and was in the vigor of life unitl Sunday night Feb y 19; with a complication of bowel troubles, he departed this life at 9 o clock p.m. Feb 22d, 1899, in the presence of the family, except Wm.C. who is yet in Greenwood County, Kansas.

Johnny was a single man, and leaves a father, mother, three brothers and three sisters, to mourn his loss, together with a host of friends, as he only had to form acquaintance to make a friend.

His body was laid to rest in the beautiful little cemetery at Ponce de Leon, Friday Feb 24, 1899. The funeral services were conducted bu Rev. Wesley Henry, which was short and impressive.

As we grew older and our loved ones leave this world for the glorious beyond we feel that our excistence here is less tedious, this world grows less and the prospect of a glorious future grows brighter. The hope of a glorious meeting of the loved ones gone before, where broken hearts are healed and partings are unknown.
  M iii William Calvin Bass
  F iv Minnie Jane Bass
  M v Wesley Cherokee Bass was born on 25 OCT 1879 in Stone Co, Missouri, USA. He died on 24 APR 1881 in Stone Co, Missouri, USA. He was buried in Cape Fair, Missouri, USA.
  F vi Gertrude Bass
  F vii Myrtle Bass
  M viii Charles Otis Bass

Francis Marion Simmons [Parents] was born in 1852 in Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA. He died on 7 MAR 1915 in Beaver, Carroll, Arkansas. He married Malinda Cordelia Hagewood on 4 AUG 1873 in Missouri.

1880 census for Lincoln, Dallas, Missouri has F.M. and Malinda Simmons with children John W. and Nancy. F.M. is a farmer born in Texas, both his parents born in Tennessee.

1900 census for Ponce de Neon & Washington Townships, Stone, Missouri, FM Simmons is a farmer living with his wife MC and four youngest children.

1910 census for Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri has Francis with sons Claud and William and daughter Bertha, plus two grandhildren, Otho and Charley. Daugher Amy (15) is a servant with the Flood family on the neighbouring farm.

Family history says he was a preacher: Methodist Preacher, he and his wife, Malinda, lived northeast of Abesville in stone County, Mo, just below the Stone-Christian County line. He helped build a huge log church in Chrisian County where he preached.

Malinda Cordelia Hagewood [Parents] was born on 12 JUL 1856 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. She died on 10 FEB 1910 in Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri. She married Francis Marion Simmons on 4 AUG 1873 in Missouri.

They had the following children:

  M i John Wesley Simmons was born on 1 OCT 1874 in USA. He died on 1 OCT 1922 in USA.
  F ii Nancy Elizabeth Simmons
  F iii Ora Ellen Simmons Cloudborn was born on 8 AUG 1880 in USA. She died in 1946 in USA.
  F iv Bertha Mae Simmons Benscoter was born in 1886 in Ponce de Leon & Washington Townships, Stone, Missouri. She died in 1947 in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States.
  M v William T. Simmons was born in 1888 in Ponce de Leon & Washington Townships, Stone, Missouri. He died in 1918 in Missouri.
  M vi Claude Simmons was born in FEB 1893. He died on 18 MAY 1918 in Quapaw, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States. He was buried in GAR Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States.
  F vii Amy Jane Simmons McDonald was born on 9 OCT 1894 in USA. She died on 20 JAN 1974 in USA.

David Philip Simmons was born on 24 DEC 1815 in Tennessee. He died on 20 DEC 1894 in Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, United States. He married Mary Elizabeth Smiley.

The 1870 census for Washington, Dallas, Missouri has David (born Tennessee) and Elizabeth (born Kentucky) Simmons with four children John (21 - born Missouri), Francis (19 - born Texas), Margaret E (16 - born Missouri) and Hugh L. (14 - born Missouri).

Mary Elizabeth Smiley was born on 18 MAY 1819 in Kentucky. She died on 15 FEB 1893 in Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, United States. She was buried in Bowells chapel cemetary, Urbana. She married David Philip Simmons.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Jane Simmons was born on 24 OCT 1839 in Grayson, Texas.
  M ii Benjamin Franklin Simmons was born on 10 APR 1842 in Missouri. He died on 27 AUG 1920 in Hickory County, Missouri, USA.

Married Susanna M. Simmons 1840-1892, son: Franklin E. Simmons b. 1878.
  M iii David Smiley Simmons was born in 1843 in Grayson, Texas. He died after 1880 in Missouri.
  M iv John Beiderlinden Simmons was born on 4 DEC 1848 in Missouri. He died after 1870 in Missouri.

John Biederlinden was named after his uncle, married in 1845 to Nancy Smiley.
  M v William J. Simmons was born on 12 JAN 1849 in Grayson, Texas. He died on 12 JUN 1922 in Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri.
  M vi Francis Marion Simmons
  F vii Margaret Elizabeth Simmons was born on 1 AUG 1853 in Missouri. She died in Missouri.
  M viii Hugh L. Simmons was born on 30 MAR 1855 in Missouri. He died on 26 JAN 1930 in Malta Bend, Saline, Missouri, United States.
  M ix Daniel Simmons was born in JAN 1860 in Porter, Christian, Missouri. He died in Missouri.

Thomas Hagewood [Parents] was born in MAR 1820 in Tennessee. He died after 1900 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. He married Nancy Jane Reynolds.

Other marriages:
Payne, Sophie

1850 census has Thomas and Nancy Hagewood with first five children in Polk, Greene, Missouri.

1870 census Pond creek, Greene, Missouri:

Thomas Hagewood, 50y
Jane Hagewood, 51y
Nancy Hagewood, 20y
William Hagewood, 17y
Malinda Hagewood, 14y
Samuel Hagewood, 9y
Missouri Hagewood, 7 y
Benjamin Hagewood, 80 y

Nancy Jane Reynolds [Parents] was born in 1819 in Greene Co, MO, USA. She died on 16 NOV 1885 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. She was buried in Lindsey Chapel Cemetery, Republic, Greene, Missouri, United States. She married Thomas Hagewood.

Lindsay or Reynolds

They had the following children:

  M i John Calvin Hagewood was born in 1841 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. He died in USA.

Private John Calvin Hagewood fought in the 46th Regiment, Missouri Infantry during the Civil War.
He married Martha and in 1870 census they lived with their daughter Gillian in Pond creek, Greene Co., Missouri.
  M ii Marion Leander Hagewood was born in 1844 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. He died in USA.

Private Marion L. Hagewood served in 2nd Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery during the Civil War.
  F iii Mary Ann Hagewood was born in 1846 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. She died on 31 OCT 1916 in Missouri.

«u»Marriage to William M Fuqua in 1868.«/u»
  F iv Sarah Rebecca Hagewood was born on 10 FEB 1848 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. She died on 3 JUL 1928 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA.

Married Henry Clay Cavener (1849-1932).
  F v Nancy Ellen Hagewood was born on 26 DEC 1849 in Greene Co, MO, USA. She died in Seattle, USA. She was buried in Acacia Memorial Park, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.

Married William Joseph Cox in 1871.
  M vi William Matial Hagewood was born in APR 1853 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. He died after 1930 in Van Buren, Newton, Missouri.

1930 census has William living with son John F. Hagewood in Van Buren, Newton, Missouri.
  F vii Matilda Francis Hagewood was born on 15 APR 1850 in Pond creek, Greene, Missouri. She died in 1886 in Buck Prairie Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States.
  F viii Malinda Cordelia Hagewood
  M ix James Wesley Hagewood was born on 11 APR 1857 in Pond creek, Greene, Missouri. He died in USA.
  M x Samuel William Hagewood was born on 19 MAR 1861 in Greene Co, MO, USA. He died on 24 OCT 1926 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA.
  F xi Elizabeth Hagewood was born about 1860 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. She died in USA.
  F xii Missouri Ora Hagewood was born in 1863 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. She died in USA.

Thomas Hagewood [Parents] was born in MAR 1820 in Tennessee. He died after 1900 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. He married Sophie Payne in 1888.

Other marriages:
Reynolds, Nancy Jane

1850 census has Thomas and Nancy Hagewood with first five children in Polk, Greene, Missouri.

1870 census Pond creek, Greene, Missouri:

Thomas Hagewood, 50y
Jane Hagewood, 51y
Nancy Hagewood, 20y
William Hagewood, 17y
Malinda Hagewood, 14y
Samuel Hagewood, 9y
Missouri Hagewood, 7 y
Benjamin Hagewood, 80 y

Sophie Payne was born in NOV 1840 in Missouri. She died after 1900 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. She married Thomas Hagewood in 1888.


Benjamin Hagewood was born on 2 JUN 1791 in South Carolina. He died on 12 JUL 1881 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA. He married Mary Robertson on 10 APR 1819 in Roane, Tennessee.

Mary Robertson [Parents] was born in 1787 in Amherst, VA. She died on 24 FEB 1861 in Polk, Greene, Missouri. She married Benjamin Hagewood on 10 APR 1819 in Roane, Tennessee.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas Hagewood

David D. Reynolds [Parents] was born on 5 MAR 1797 in Greene Co, MO, USA. He died on 17 DEC 1869 in Pond creek, Greene, Missouri. He was buried in Garoutte Cemetary, Greene, Missouri. He married Mary Polly Kelley on 15 NOV 1817 in Greene Co, TN, USA.

Mary Polly Kelley [Parents] was born on 11 DEC 1799 in Kelleys Gap, Greene Co., Missouri. She died on 4 JUL 1890 in Pond creek, Greene, Missouri. She was buried in Garoutte Cemetary, Greene, Missouri. She married David D. Reynolds on 15 NOV 1817 in Greene Co, TN, USA.

They had the following children:

  F i Nancy Jane Reynolds

Warren Kelley Shoemaker [Parents] was born in DEC 1842 in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio. He died on 18 MAR 1917 in Veterans Home, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA. He married Lidia Margaret Heckathorn on 2 APR 1868 in Wells Co., IN.

Other marriages:
Pence, Jane

Both 1900 and 1910 censuses has Warren with second wife Jane in Wells Co. Indiana. In 1910 they had been married 22 years.

Warren served in the Civil War (153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry), but there is no pension record for him. There may be a Spanish-American War pension record for him.

Lidia Margaret Heckathorn [Parents] was born on 12 FEB 1845 in Ohio. She died on 24 JUL 1885 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA. She married Warren Kelley Shoemaker on 2 APR 1868 in Wells Co., IN.

Other marriages:
Ewing, Levi

1870-census for Harrison township (Bluffton post office), Wells Co., Indiana on the 25th of June 1870, has Dillman Ewing Shoemaker, age 4, with mother Lydia Shoemaker, age 25, born in Ohio, keeping house, and stepfather farmer Warren K. Shoemaker, age 27, born in Ohio.
On the same farm we find George Hickadorn age 53, Joseph Hickadorn age 58 and Elizabeth Hickadorn age 60, all born in Pennsylvania.

1880 census for Harrison, Wells, Indiana says Warren Shoemaker is Dillmonds stepfather.


Warren Kelley Shoemaker [Parents] was born in DEC 1842 in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio. He died on 18 MAR 1917 in Veterans Home, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA. He married Jane Pence on 19 APR 1888 in Wells Co., IN.

Other marriages:
Heckathorn, Lidia Margaret

Both 1900 and 1910 censuses has Warren with second wife Jane in Wells Co. Indiana. In 1910 they had been married 22 years.

Warren served in the Civil War (153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry), but there is no pension record for him. There may be a Spanish-American War pension record for him.

Jane Pence was born in 1859 in Indiana, USA. She died after 1917 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA. She married Warren Kelley Shoemaker on 19 APR 1888 in Wells Co., IN.

They had the following children:

  F i Lizzie H. Shoemaker was born in FEB 1889 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA. She died in Indiana, USA.
  M ii George W. Shoemaker was born in 1891 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA. He died in Indiana, USA.

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