Shipman Denton Estate

Shipman Denton

Born 1804 to Benjamin & Sarah Jane Shipman 

White County Tennessee

Married in Perry County Tennessee
unknown date to 

Sarah Shumake (daughter of  Robert Carrol & Dicey Shumake) 

Died before July 19, 1870 

Drew County Arkansas 

Children: 

Elmira, Annanasis, Kemp, Martha, Marian, Samuel, Ozais, Dicey Jane, Matilda and Alexander

Most children born in Tennessee, with a couple born in Mississippi before Shipman and Sarah brought family to Drew County Arkansas.  

There are no headstones to be found for Shipman, his wife Sarah, or my 2 greats grandmother Elmira, who married a young man named Simon Peter Sumner very shortly after the family arrived in Drew County, and when he passed in 1871, she almost immediately remarried to a Yankee soldier (John Maes) from Wisconsin, and then she disappeared until 1910, when found living with her daughter and family.  

Once a prominant land owner, what the family owned was lost during and after the civil war. Carpetbaggers ravaged the county.  This document is one of a couple of documents that gives me a clue as to the approximate date of Shipman's death.  The children scattered between 1870-1880, with Sarah passing between 1876-1877.  Drew County Courthouse is very small and several records have been removed to other storage. 

I do not have the source for this document.  It was sent to me many years ago by a family researcher.  All I have is the page number of the estate book - 326.   The Denton and Sumner family research folders are both fairly slim books and have been for most of my 42 years of researching.  I'll never give up though!  

sharing with 52 Ancestors  (theme is "taxes") & 2018 Ancestor Challenge 

Grandma Sutton

Lela Barrett Sutton 

Random Memories of my grandmother~ (reblog from 2013)

Every summer... shelling purple hull peas, .ice cold sweet tea, watermelons, wood floors, green linoleum dining table, well water, face powder.

She wore roll- up stockings to just below her knee, and always wore dresses until after my grandpa passed. Then she started wearing pants every now and then.

If a bad storm was coming, she would part the clouds with an ax put in the ground out in the garden to split the clouds and keep her home safe.  (I never actually saw her do this, but was told she did.)  She also had a hidey hole, but I did not like that place due to my deep seated fear of spiders, red wasps and snakes.

She had chickens and hogs and I imagine they did not have names, because they were breakfast, lunch and dinner.  (I swear she is choking a chicken in this picture, but I can't really tell) My grandpa also had cattle.

She made homemade biscuits every day. The flour was kept in a bowl with a towel over it under the cabinet.  She hollowed out  the flour, poured milk into the hole, then rotated her hand around and around until a biscuit was formed.  She then placed the biscuit in an old black pan, and patted it in the middle with the back of her fingers, the poured a bit of melted butter over that.  Grease (lard) was involved, but I don't remember when she put it in) 

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#52 ancestors - longevity- my grandmother was born in 1909 and passed away in 2000, almost 91 years old.
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Four Generations ~ Nichols, Albey, Sutton

This is one of my favorite photos- taken in 1958, almost 60 years ago.   The baby is me, and to the right is my sweet mom-  I miss her so much! 

Standing is my granny- my mom's mom, Esther Adaline Nichols Albey, and holding me is Sara Adaline Fitzhugh Nichols, my great grandmother, who passed about one year later. 

There is a little more about the Nichols/Albey families posted on my other blog  located here and here

Week 2 prompt for 52 ancestors is "Favorite Photo"

Barrett & Bowers

Franklin Edward Bowers

(birth name: Burton Harper)

Born:  May 22, 1911 

Died:  March 22, 1997, Kirby, Pike County Arkansas 

married: 

July 4, 1942 

Howard County Arkansas 

to: 

Lillie Mae Barrett 

Born: July 22, 1913 Howard County Arkansas 

Died:  December 24, 2002 Pike County Arkansas 

My great aunt & uncle