Upper Level: Harmon Utterback and Lavina Briton Falls

Friday, October 19, 2012

Harmon Utterback and Lavina Briton Falls

Harmon Utterback
Born 9 Dec 1810 Boone, Kentucky
Parents Adam Utterback and Catherine Pence Hankerson/Hankinson
Married Lavina Briton Falls abt 1834
Occupation: Farmer
Died 13 Mar 1888
Buried Utterback Cemetery, Ralls, Missouri

Sources
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62018025/harmon-utterback
1820 Nicholas County, Kentucky page 122?
1830 Nicholas County, Kentucky page 217?
1840 US Census for Nicholas County, Kentucky page 75?
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 38)
1860 US Census for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 16 (age 51)
1870 US Census for Missouri (age 55)
1880 US Census for Salt River, Falls, Missouri page 699D (age 66)
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Lavina Briton Falls
Born 2 Mar 1810 Indiana
Parents Tetrarch Falls and Katrin Witte
Died 5 Aug 1886
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 34)
1860 US Census for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 16
1870 US Census for Missouri (age 51)
1880 US Census for Salt River, Falls, Missouri (age 57)
Memorial on findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62018052/lavinia-britton-utterback
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CHILDREN

Mary Catherine Utterback
Born abt 1835 Ralls, Missouri
Married John S Cox abt 1863
Children: Lavina, John, William, Arminta
Died 11 Sep 1883
Buried Ukiah Cemetery, Ukiah, Mendocino, California
Note: name is given as Mary Ann Cox
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 14)
1860 US Census for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 16 (age 25)
1880 Ukiah, Mendocino, California page 188D (age 43)
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Newton's headstone

Newton Andrew Utterback
Born 27 Feb 1836 Ralls, Missouri
Occupation: Farmer (1880)
Married Mary Catherine Leake abt 1860 Missouri
Children: Alice, Frances, Maggie, Betty, Annie, Louisa
Died 25 Nov 1914 Ralls, Missouri
Buried Wolf Cemetery, Perry, Ralls, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 13)
1860 US Census for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 24 (age 23)
1870 US Census for Ralls, Missouri (age 32)
1880 US Census for Salt River, Ralls, Missouri (age 40, widowed)
1900 US Census for Ralls, Missouri page 8A (age 61, widowed)
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Lucy Ellen Utterback
Born 17 Sep 1837 Ralls, Missouri
Married Henry E P Talbot abt 1867 Missouri
Children: Augustus, Henry, Sarah
Died 29 Sep 1928 Danville, Vermilion, Illinois
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 11, should be 13)
1860 US Censu for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 16 (age 23)
1870 US Census for Illinois (age 22, should be 33)
Note: sister Talitha is living with them
1880 US Census for Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois page 614D (age 37, should be 43)
Note: surname misspelled Talboth
1910 US Census for Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois page 14 (age 66, widowed)
1920 US Census for Danville City, Vermilion, Illinois (age 80, widowed)
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Harmon and Sarah's headstone

Harmon Asa Utterback (twin of Hugh)
Born 3 Jul 1839 Ralls, Missouri
Married Sarah Nancy Utterback (his cousin) 19 Nov 1863 Ralls, Missouri
Children: Allen, Hiter, Oder, Arsula, Ernest
Died 21 Jan 1923
Buried Lick Creek Cemetery, Perry, Ralls, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 10)
1860 US Census for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 19 (age 19)
1900 US Census for Jasper Township (south half), Ralls, Missouri page 3B (age 71- should be 61, but his birth year was reported as 1829)
Note: daughter Arsula and her husband are living with them
1910 US Census for Jasper, Ralls, Missouri page 8 (age 70)
1920 US Census for Ralls, Missouri page 5 (age 80)
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Hugh and Mary Ellen Utterback's headstone

Hugh Amos Utterback (twin of Harmon)
Born 3 Jul 1839 Ralls, Missouri
Married Mary Ellen Gore 25 Nov 1875 Ralls, Missouri
Children: Homer, Ida, Lavina, Frances, James, Sallie, Lottie, George
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 10)
1860 US Census for Ralls, Missouri page 16 (age 19)
1870 US Census for Missouri (claims age 23)
Note: brother Owen living with him
1880 US Census for Jasper, Ralls, Missouri page 665B (age 39)
1900 US Census for Jasper Township (south half), Ralls, Missouri page 30A (age 59)
1910 US Census for Jasper Township, Ralls, Missouri page 7 (age 69)
Note: for some reason, his children have the surname Moorman now
Missouri Marriages
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138248946/hugh-amos-utterback
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Talitha's headstone

Talitha Demarius Utterback
Born 14 Jul 1842 Ralls, Missouri
Married Lorenzo D Winders (Widower) by 1910
Died 19 Mar 1917
Buried Green Lawn Cemetery, Ralls, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 8)
1860 US Census for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 16 (age 17)
1870 US Census for Illinois (age 27)
Note: Living with sister Lucy
1910 US Census for Salt River, Ralls, Missouri (age 68)
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Lee, Mary, and Pressley's headstone

Preston Matthew "Pressley" Utterback
Born 10 Apr 1844 Ralls, Missouri
Married Mary Ellen Gourley 24 Feb 1870 Pike, Missouri
Children: Albert, Laura, Lee, Clarence, Stella, Maggie, Flora
Died 10 Jan 1923
Buried Wolfe Cemetery, Perry, Ralls, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 5)
1860 US Census for Ralls, Missouri page 16 (age 15)
1870 US Census for Missouri (age 25)
1880 US Census for Cuivre, Audrain, Missouri page 24C (age 38)
1900 US Census for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 2B (age 53)
1920 US Census for Ralls, Missouri page 4 (age 73)
Missouri Marriages Film 974635 Batch 51560
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58274038/pressley-mathew-utterback
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Owen and Alice headstone

Owen Mark Utterback
Born 27 Feb 1848 Ralls, Missouri
Married Mary Alice Cushman
Died 23 Sep 1883 Missouri
Buried: Pew Cemetery, Gamma, Montgomery, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 3)
1860 US Census for Ralls, Missouri page 16 (age 13)
1870 US Census for Missouri (age 21)
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90712136/owen-utterback
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Alice Cuma Utterback
Born 27 Mar 1849 Ralls, Missouri
Died 9 Dec 1851
Buried Utterback Cemetery, Ralls, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census for Ralls, Ralls, Missouri (age 1)
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62017717/alice-cuma-utterback
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Rosetta Lee "Rose" Utterback
Born 19 Feb 1855 Ralls, Missouri
Married James Franklin Rouse abt 1880 Missouri
Children: Early
Sources
1860 US Census for Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri page 16 (age 5)
1870 US Census for Missouri (age 16)
1880 US Census for Missouri for Salt River, Ralls, Missouri (age 24 - should be 26))
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104377898/rosetta-lee-rouse
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Timothy Smith Utterback and Mary Rouse headstone

Timothy Smith Utterback
Born 2 May 1856 Ralls, Missouri
Married Mary F Rouse 1 Dec 1880 Ralls, Missouri
Children: Elizabeth, David, Edith, Oren, Amy, Emma, Ruth, Timothy
Died 1 Jul 1906 Barr Hotel, Perry, Missouri
Buried Green Lawn Cemetery, Ralls, Missouri
Obituary from Perry Enterprise Newspaper
Timothy Smith Utterback was born May 2, 1856 and died July 1, 1906 at 2 o'clock, aged 50 years, 1 month and 29 days. Was married to Mary Frances Rouse on Dec 1, 1880. To this union was born 9 children, 8 of which are living, - 3 sons and 6 daughters - one son died at the age of 7 months.

Funeral took place at the Green Lawn church Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. Graham preached the funeral discourse. There was a large crowd of sorrowful relatives and sympathizing friends present at the funeral. Burial took place in the church yard at Green Lawn.

Something like three years ago the deceased was injured internally by a saw log falling on him, from which injuries he had suffered almost continually, and about a month ago, he was taken seriously ill, and it was decided best to take him to St. Louis hospital to undergo a surgical operation. For a time it was thought he would recover and derive permanent benefit, but his afflictions became more complicated and it was decided best to bring him home, and on Saturday evening, he was brought to Perry, but on account of him being so weak he was taken to the Barr Hotel building where he passed away on Sunday afternoon.

His faithful wife went with him to St. Louis and never left his bedside hardly a minute at a time.

The deceased was an industrious and well to do farmer, good citizen and had lots of friends.

To the widow and fatherless children the Enterprise joins friends in extending to them heartfelt sympathy. May God comfort and bless them is the writer's prayer.
Sources
1860 US Census for Ralls, Missouri page 16
1870 US Census for Missouri (age 17)
1880 US Census for Salt River, Falls, Missouri (age 26)
Missouri Marriages Film 972909 Batch 51564
Note: his name extracted as TJ Utterback
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65085533/timothy-smith-utterback
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Dolena "Dolly" Utterbuck
Born 11 Nov 1860 Ralls, Missouri
Married Robert Rhodes
Died 16 Sep 1883 Missouri
Buried Utterback Cemetery, Ralls, Missouri
Sources
1870 US Census for Missouri (age 5)
Note: Her name is given as Dolena
1880 US Census for Salt River, Falls, Missouri page 669D (age 18)
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62017670/dorthula-dolena-rhodes
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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Friday, October 19, 2012

Harmon Utterback and Lavina Briton Falls

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