This Week: Jesse Graham’s household appeared in the Alabama census (1850), Dessie Coker married William Clayton in Arkansas (1918), and Emogene Davis died in Arkansas (2005). Happy Halloween!
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Graham Ancestry
Based in Illinois, researching the extended family of my 2x great grandparents Jesse F. Graham and Sarah F. Scott in and around the southern United States.
Blogging about it at GrahamAncestry.com
Part Seven of Red River, 1940 takes us to the Watts farm, where Ella Parks recorded Mark and Minnie Watts and their children. It’s a story of deep Arkansas roots, ties that weave through earlier chapters, and one son who would never return home from World War II.
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This Week: Perry Watts married California Cassell in Arkansas (1902), John Henry Scott died in Alabama (1933), and the Graham family gathered in Morley, Missouri (1970).
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This Week: Willis Scott married Margaret Nunnelly in Alabama (1864), Mary Graham died in Arkansas (1905), and Graham Ancestry published its first article online (2010). Plus the 2025 Watts Family Reunion!
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This Week: Willis Scott’s resignation was noted on the Confederate muster roll (1862), Mark Watts married Minnie Bohannon in Arkansas (1917), and Billy Wayne Watts was born in Arkansas (1939).
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In Red River, 1940, Lawson and Birley Scott were recorded with their five children. This was Lawson’s second enumeration for this census, while Birley’s kinship ties linked the Scotts to every family we’ve met so far in this series.
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This Week: Elmina Little married Daniel Dodson in Alabama (1846), John Henry Graham married Mary Matilda Bohannon in Arkansas (1889), and Vernon Graham was born in Arkansas (1932).
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Red River, 1940: Alcidine Barnes
In this episode of Red River, 1940, we meet Alcidine Barnes and her daughter Donnie, the first household recorded on Ella Parks’ second day in Red River Township, where a tradition of midwifery carried across generations.
This Week: James Jackson married Sophia Scott in Alabama (1846), Lawson Scott married Birley Bohannon in Arkansas (1922), and Callie Graham died in Arkansas (1958).
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Martha Bratton’s Year of Death
I use Ancestry.com’s Family Tree Maker (FTM) to keep all my research. One great thing about FTM is that it searches Ancestry.com for possible matching records and suggests them to you by way of a little shaking green leaf icon. I was reviewing some of those suggested records today, and it led me to a couple of discoveries, which I shall now share.
Minnie Graham
Minnie Melinda Adeline Graham was born on 10 June, probably in 1882, in Bear Creek Township, Searcy County, Arkansas to parents Jesse Graham and Sarah Scott. 1900s The 1900 census is the earliest surviving census to record Minnie, the 1890 census having been destroyed by fire in 1921. In 1900, Minnie was living with her widowed mother Sarah F. Graham on the Graham family farm in the Watts community of Red River Township, Searcy County, Arkansas.
http://grahamancestry.com/2012/11/10/minnie-graham/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
In this episode of Red River, 1940, we visit the household of George and Emma Thompson, explore their ties to the Graham and Bohannon families, and see how their farm set them apart from their neighbors.
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This Week: Willis Scott resigned from the Confederate Army (1862), Ervin Bohannon married Ida Belle Thompson in Arkansas (1933), and Julius Graham’s obituary was published in Memphis (2020).
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At the Bur in the Leah of the Forest
In 1940, Birley Bohannon Scott and her children were recorded on a rented farm in Red River Township, Arkansas, while her husband Lawson was over 600 miles away in Chicago.
1518 Wilson Avenue
A 1940 census entry at 1518 Wilson Avenue in Chicago revealed William M. Watts, his wife Louise, and Lawson Scott living far from their Arkansas roots and raised more questions than answers.
Come join us in Marshall this October for two days of food, family stories, and fun! We’ll share photos, swap history, enjoy a potluck lunch, and visit the cemetery where many of our kin rest. Don’t miss this gathering of the Watts family!
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In this episode of Red River, 1940, widow Mollie Bohannon appeared with her children Neal and Hester, while her stepson Loy turned up in another family’s household.
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This Week: Joseph Thompson died in South Carolina (1810), William Graham died at his home in Arkansas (1920), and Julius Graham died in Tennessee (2020).
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The 1940 census captured my great-grandfather John Henry Graham in Red River Township with his wife Tilda, their son Dan, and three grandchildren, including my father, William.
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Draft Card for Doctor Perry Watts
As a follow-up to the recent revision of Eliza Ann Graham’s article, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the 1918 draft card of Doctor Perry Watts, who was not a doctor. Card Recto Perry Watts Draft Card Recto Block 1 recorded his full name: Doctor Perry Watts. Most family sources refer to him as “Dock.” Should that be “Doc”?
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