Upper Level: William Kellogg Halsey 1839-1901 and Laura Hannah Hicks 1863

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

William Kellogg Halsey 1839-1901 and Laura Hannah Hicks 1863

William Kellogg Halsey headstone

William Kellogg Halsey
Born 16 December 1832 Pennsylvania
Parents Thomas Jefferson Halsey and Abigail Baldwin Kellogg
Occupation: Teacher (1880)
Married 1) Sarah 19 February 1857 Pennsylvania
Children: Sue, Cora, Henry, Thomas, Victoria, William, Vertie
2) Laura Hannah Hicks 8 Aug 1878 Missouri
Died 1899 Missouri
Buried Hocker Cemetery, Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania (age 17)
1860 US Census Sugarloaf, Luzerne, Pennsylvania (age 26, with Sarah and 2 children)
1870 US Census Missouri (age 34, with Sarah and 5 children)
1880 US Census page 543D for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 41)
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95804440/william-kellog-halsey

Laura Hannah Hicks Halsey headstone

Laura Hannah Hicks
Born 16 September 1863 Missouri
Died 21 December 1946 Missouri
Buried Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Marshall, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1880 US Census page 543D for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 17)
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri (age 37)
1910 US Census for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 46)
1930 US Census for Marshall, Saline, Missouri page 3A (age 66, her son Raymond, his wife, and son are living with her)
Note: census names her "L.H. Halsey"

CHILDREN

Josephine's headstone

Josephine D. Halsey
Born 3 Nov 1879 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Married Andrew M Henley 16 Sep 1903 Missouri
Children: Audrey, Laura, Howard, James
Died 1968
Buried Fairview Cemetery, Sweet Springs, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri page 2B (age 20)

Lucretia's headstone

Lucretia M Halsey
Born 13 Jun 1881 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Unmarried
Died 27 Nov 1969 Saline, Missouri
Buried Sunset Memorial Gardens, Marshall, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri page 2B (age 18)
1910 US Census for Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri page 2 (age 22 - should be 28)
Note: living in Miller household
1920 US Census for Jackson County, Missouri page 4 (age 38)
1930 US Census for Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri page 8A (age 28 - should be 48)
Note: living with Keir family
1940 US Census for Kansas City, Kaw Township, Jackson, Missouri page 1B (age 44 - should be 58)
SS Death Index
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120054082/lucretia-m.-halsey

James Walter Halsey and Stella Hayes headstone

James Walter Halsey
Born Nov 1884 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Married Stella Hayes abt 1916 Missouri
Children: Violet, Carson, Nadine, Gladys, Betty
Died 30 Jul 1978 Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri page 3A (age 16)
1910 US Census for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 27)
1920 US Census for Saline County, Missouri (age 35)
1940 US Census for Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri (age 56)
Note: listed as J.W. Halsey
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117241020/james-walter-halsey
Unnamed Girl
Born 21 Sep 1885 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Sources
Family Search
K Richard Halsey
Born 28 Apr 1887 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Sources
Family Search

Richard Ross Halsey
Born Apr 1888 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Married Nana Imogene Hall 16 Oct 1912 Sweet Springs, Saline, Missouri
Children: Pleasant, Dorothy
Sources
Family Group Record prepared by Cleta Marianne Fisher
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri page 3A (age 14)
1910 US Census for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 22)
1920 US Census for Saline County, Missouri (age 32)
Note: His brother Floyd living with them
1930 US Census for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 41)
1940 US Census for Marshall, Saline, Missouri (age 52)
Jesse M Halsey
Born 7 Jan 1890 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Sources
Family Search

John and Lillian's headstone

John Baker Halsey
Born 13 May 1891 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Married 1) Ida Jane Pannell
Children: Iva, Minnie, Gloria
2) Lillian Keith (she was a lot younger than her husband)
Died 10 Jan 1970 Marshall, Saline, Missouri
Buried Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Marshall, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri (age 9)
1910 US Census for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 18)
1930 US Census for Marshall, Saline, Missouri page 21B (age 38, wife named Ida)
Note: Census lists him as J.B.
1940 US Census for page Marshall, Saline, Missouri page 12A (age 47, with Lillian)
SS Death Index
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70819159/john-baker-halsey

Ammi and Laura's headstone

Ammi Dow Halsey (male)
Born 27 Jan 1894 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Married Laura Rebecca Hall
Children: James, William, Lester, Anna, Imogene, Paul, Georgia, Frances
Died 8 May 1978 Fitzgibbon Hospital, Marshall, Saline, Missouri
Buried: Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Marshall, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri (age 7)
1910 US Census for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 15)
1920 US Census for Saline County, Missouri (age 25)
1930 US Census for Marshall, Saline, Missouri page 8A (age 35)
1940 US Census for Marshall, Saline, Missouri, page 2B (age 45)
SS Death Index

Lester and Maude Halsey headstone

Lester Halsey
Born 9 May 1896 Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri
Married Maude Johnson abt 1920
Children: Samuel, Ruth, Doris, Mora (infant twins?)
Died Feb 1980 Loveland, Larimer, Colorado
Buried: Loveland Burial Park, Loveland, Larimer, Colorado
Sources
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri (age 4)
1910 US Census for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 13)
1930 US Census for Cedar, Pettis, Missouri page 2B (age 33)
1940 US Census for Loveland, Larimer, Colorado page 4A (age 43)
SS Death Index
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31212601/lester-halsey
Raymond Halsey
Born 20 August 1900 Saline, Missouri
Occupation: Cook at a restaurant (1930)
Married Dolly abt 1928 Missouri
Note: In or before 1940, Dolly remarried so there is either a divorce or a death and I can't find Raymond in the 1940 census
Children: Raymond
Sources
1900 US Census for Grover Township, Johnson, Missouri (age 0)
Note: listed as Ragannon
1910 US Census for Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 10)
1930 US Census for Marshall, Saline, Missouri (age 30)
Note: he and his family are living with his mother

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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."

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

William Kellogg Halsey 1839-1901 and Laura Hannah Hicks 1863

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