The Family of RICHARD JEFFRIES

The Family of
RICHARD JEFFRIES
& Wife
JANE WHITEHEAD
Mecklenburg County, Virginia

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JANE WHITEHEAD, was born CA 1764 Lunenburg Co., VA, daughter of Benjamin Whitehead & Mary Elizabeth Swepson of Mecklenburg Co., Virginia
(M) Richard Jeffries July 1, 1783, Meck., VA, Sec: Richard Swepson
Richard Jeffries was born Lunenburg Co., Va April 10, 1758 and died July 15, 1809 in Mecklenburg Co., Va. (Will)- He was the son of John Jeffries, Sr. & Ann Swepson.of Mecklenburg Co., Va
Jane Whitehead Jeffries died prior to June, 1797 as there is a second marriage for her husband on June 19, 1797.(Richard Jeffries (M) (Mrs) Prudence (Hogan) Russell*, 19 June, 1797, Thomas Burnett sec) Prudence Hogan Russell was Dtr of Edward Hogan & Edith Gunn, and the widow of Burwell Russell whom she had married Jan 11, 1785 Meck. Co., Va Prudence was born Jan 10, 1773 & died Feb. 15, 1830 Mecklenburg Co., Va Prudence had at least one son Richard Russell, by her husband Burrell Russell. * Birth dates/Death dates from Kathy Awbry

Richard Jeffries was Security on the marriage bond of William B. Jeffries & Elizabeth Jeffries when they married in Mecklenburg Co., Va Oct. 5, 1801. When Richard Jeffries made his Will, he left land in Halifax Co., to William Jeffress. I believe Elizabeth was Richard's daughter who had died before Richard made his Will, July 1, 1809, as William B, Jeffress had (M) #2 Elizabeth Major May 3, 1809 Halifax Co., Va.

1. Elizabeth Jeffries Born Ca 1784 Mecklenburg Co., Va & Died Prior to Father's Will Jan 1, 1809* (M) William Betts Jeffress Oct. 5, 1801 Mecklenburg Co., Va Richard Jeffries, Security This couple resided in Halifax Co., Va (Halifax Co. was formed in 1752 from Lunenburg Co.) *Husband remarried to Elizabeth Majors, May 3, 1809 Halifax Co, Va William B Jeffries, Halifax Co., Va is mentioned several times in the estate records of Richard Jeffries of Mecklenburg Co., Va (1809-1821)

William Betts Jeffress was born Sept. 18, 1782 VA & died Jan. 17, 1840 Halifax Co., Va. He was a son of James Jeffress & #1 wife Nancy Betts. (James Jeffress' #2 wife was Nancy Ann HOGAN, sister to Prudence (Hogan) Russell Jeffries.

a Richard Jeffress Born Ca 1802 Halifax Co.,Va Died Sept 7, 1857 Cooper Co. Missouri (M) Susan Bruce, Halifax Co., Va Dec. 16, 1823; Removed to Madison Co., Ala, prior to 1830 Census; then to Cooper Co., MO. prior to 1840. where he died. His Occ: Shoemaker. Susan was born 1804 VA & died July 5, 1871. She has a marker in Pleasant Hill Bapt. Church Cem., along with other family members, but there is no marker for Richard Jeffries, Sr. Susan appears HH head 1860 Booneville, Cooper Co, MO and in HH of Dtr & s-in-law Thomas & Elizabeth Steel, Booneville, Cooper Co, MO.

Children of Richard & Susan Bruce Jeffress: (From Census Records, Halifax Co., Va Records, History of Cooper Co., MO & World Connect File of Linda Stewart:

1 William J Jeffries Born CA 1826 Virginia -(M) Margaret Elizabeth J. Brown, Oct. 24, 1852 Cooper Co., MO He was a butcher 1860 Bates Co., MO, Farmer, 1870 Blackwater, Cooper Co., MO (#1 wife died after last child born 1873) -He is a farmer, 1880 Blackwater, Cooper Co., MO

b. James Milton Born Abt 1856 MO (M) #1 Miss S E Whitton Jan 2, 1881 Cooper Co, MO (M) #2 Mary Daniel Dec 2, 1887 Cooper Co., MO

f. Jurena R. Born Abt 1867 MO (M) Charles W Dunn Dec 31, 1887 Cooper Co., MO

h. William Lee Born Abt 1873 MO (M) #1 Nellie Crenn Oct 9, 1898 Cooper Co., Mo (M) #2 Nannie Zenn Aug 25, 1909 Cooper Co, MO

2. Mary b: 7 OCT 1827 Madison Co, Ala Died_____Cooper Co, MO She (M) Darius E Putnam May 7, 1849 . He was a Shoemaker, 1850 -1880 Palestine T./S, Cooper, MO-(HH of Richard Jeffress-1850)

d. John Maynard Born Abt 1863 Died Nov 28, 1938, age 75 yrs Bunceton Masonic Cemetery, Cooper Co., MO (M) Elizabeth Ranz She died Oct 25, 1964 Bunceton Masonic Cemetery,. Cooper Co, MO

3. James Joseph Born CA 1829 Madison, Ala Died: 1870's Sedalia, Pettis, MO (M) Emily Bruce/Brewer? Oct 11, 1849 Cooper Co, MO She was born CA 1829 MO. He is listed as Joseph & a Blacksmith, 1850 Dist 23, Cooper Co, MO; listed as Joseph & is a clerk in1860 Mt. Pleasant T/S, Bates Co., MO- Listed as James; 1870 Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO Occ: Restaurantman?; Emily & 2 children , 1880 Sedalia, Pettis Co, MO

4 John Richard b: 24 FEB 1830 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama Died Nov 12, 1906 Cooper Co., Missouri (M) (M) #1 Isabelle Laurie Feb. 6, 1851 Cooper Co., MO She was born Feb. 6, 1835 & died July 1, 1880 .(M) #2 Elizabeth Hazell (1836-1914)

John R. Jeffress was born near Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 20, 1830, a son of Richard and Susan (Bruce) Jeffress, Virginians, who in 1840 came to Missouri and settled at Boonville, where John R. Jeffries grew to manhood, later going to Glasgow, Mo., where he became engaged in the shoe business. For some time he drove stage from Glasgow to Boonville, and during the Civil War managed a threshing crew. He later turned his attention to farming, bought a farm in Pilot Grove Township, Cooper County, and on that place spent his last days. He died Nov. 12, 1906. His wife died July 1, 1885. She was born on Feb. 15, 1835. They were the parents of 13 children, three of whom died in infancy, the others being the following: Ann, wife of T. W. Caton, of Blackwater Township; Mary F, now living at Boonville, widow of Joseph Barnhardt; Richard, deceased; John William, of LaMine Township; James T., the subject of this sketch; Sallie E., Washington, D. C., widow of W. H. Cochran; Robert H., of Pilot Grove Township; Susan, wife of H. C. Davis, of Boonville: Charles, of Palestine Township; Jesse Ross, of Boonville Township; and Etson B„ of Boonville Township.

a. Tabitha Ann March 28, 1852 Died: June 4, 1931 Saline Co., Missouri (M) William Thomas Caton Feb. 15, 1870 Cooper Co., MO

2. Cordelia Tabitha b Sept 27, 1872 died Apr 4,1955. (M) Thomas Franklin Taylor Nov 8, 1893

3. John Wesley b: May 6, 1876 in Pilot Grove, Cooper County, Missouri & died Sep 17, 1878.

4. William Warren b: Sep 17, 1878 in Pilot Grove, Cooper Co, Missouri & died Feb 5,1942. He (M) Hallie Johnson. She was born 1880, and died 1954.

5. Maggie Leona b Feb 15, 1881 in Nelson, Missouri & died Jan 7,1959. She (M) John Campbell Martin 16 MAR 1902. He was born Abt 1879

6. Thomas Houston b: March 10, 1884 in Nelson, Missouri & died OCT 26, 1967. He (M) Nora Beatrice Dickerson Oct 26, 1906.

7. James Ireland b: Nov 9,1886 in Nelson, Missouri & died March 4, 1940. He married Peal R Finley March 17, 1907. She was born 1890 & died 1924.

9. Lucy Ann Elizabeth b: March 16, 1893 in Nelson, Missouri & died April 11, 1971. She (M) Clarence Biggs JAN 6, 1914. He was born abt 1891

d. John William April 11, 1857 Died: Feb. 10, 1939 (M) Rhoda Hazell Dec 19, 1870 Cooper Co., MO He is a Farmer, 1880 Pilot Point,. Cooper Co., MO

e. James Thomas June 17, 1859 Died: Feb 19, 1942 (M) Amanda J Brumfield, Nov 17, 1881 Cooper Co, MO

g. Robert Houston Oct. 19, 1863 (M) #1 Mattie Lind Nov 16, 1887 Cooper, MO (M) #2 Sophia A Baker June 25, 1893 Cooper, MO

j. Charles Edward Aug 13, 1868 Died: Oct. 10, 1959 (M) Lucinda E. Richey, Dec 24, 1893 Cooper, MO

n. Homer Etson B. Aug 21, 1876 (M) #1 Alice Haarte Nov 29, 1899 Cooper, MO (M) #2 Willa Ruth Moore July 4, 1917 Cooper, MO

5. Martha b: 20 MAY 1832 (M) Manar Ruter, Sept 20, 1849 Cooper Co., MO-She is in father's HH 1850 Cooper, Mo. She (M) #2 Henry Franklin He was born abt 1825 Tenn, was a farmer 1860 Boonville, Cooper Co, MO

7. Elizabeth "Bettie" b: 25 MAY 1842 (M) Thomas L Steel, March 3, 1863 Cooper, MO (HH of mother, 1860)

8. Susan b: 18 OCT 1844 (M) James A. Watson Oct. 17, 1861 Cooper Co, MO- (HH of Henry & Martha Franklin, 1860)

b. Branch Jeffress Born 1804 Va. Died after 1850 Missouri (M) Mary J, Williamson, May 22, 1824, Halifax Co., Mo went to Madison Co., Ala pr to 1830; then to Cooper Co., MO. PR to 1840. He was a farmer1850 Cooper Co., MO

1. Mary Born Abt 1831 Died July 9, 1859 age 28 yrs, 2 mos. (M) Capt. Gabriel Allen Cramer He was born July 22, 1822 Cooper Co, MO & died 1911 Both are buried # Old Lamine Cemetery, Cooper Co, MO. He was a farmer, Lamine T/S 1850-1900, Cooper Co., MO. He married 3 more times and had other children.

a. Milton born abt 1847 died June 15, 1928 (lived Colorado, 1880-1883) Buried @ Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO -He was a Boatman, 1870 Lamine T/S, Cooper Co., MO & a salesman, 1880 Pueblo, Pueblo Co., Colorado He (M) #1 Mary E. _____ Born abt 1853 TX *Ref: 1870 Census)

(M) #2 "Jenny" _________Born 1854 Ind. Died 1939 Buried @ Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO (Ref: 1880 Census)

b. Mary Jane. Born Jan 16, 1844 Cooper Co., MO Died Aug. 8, 1886 Buried Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO (M) Thomas Wright Hamilton He was born abt 1847 MO Died 1938 Buried @ Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO. - He was a farmer, 1870, 1880 Lamine T/S Cooper Co., MO

c. Lucinda Born Oct. 19, 1850 Cooper Co., MO Died Oct. 22, 1913-Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO M) Amos O'neal, Oct. 2, 1869 Cooper Co., MO He was born Feb. 16, 1841 Virginia Died Oct. 12, 1925 Buried Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO-He was a farmer, 1870-80 Lamine T/S Cooper Co., 1900 Blackwater, Cooper Co, MO-Hotel Proprietor, Shows (M) 31 yrs, Had 9 children, 6 living)

1. S. Alonzo "Lon" Born July, 1870 Cooper Co., MO Died 1923-Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO (M) S. Agnes _____Abt 1894 She was born Auig, 1874 & Died 1950 Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co, MO 1900 Blackwater T/S (M) 6 yrs, Hasd 2 children, 2 living.

2. Edward Lee Born Oct.,1871 Cooper Co., MO Died 1954 Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO (M) Belle Crockett Abt 1897. She was born Sept., 1873 & died 1953 Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO He is a farmer, 1900 Blackwater, Cooper Co., MO NO ch in HH

3. Robert Silas Born March, 1874 Cooper Co., MO Died 1939-Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO (M) Martha________CA 1900 She was born Feb., 1877 MO He is a farmer, 1900 Lamine T/S, Cooper Co., MO-NO ch in HH

5. Riley Born Nov 18, 1877 Cooper Co., MO Died Nov. 15, 1899-Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO

6 Jesse Aubrey Born July 31,1879 Died Oct 2, 1962 Cooper Co., MO-Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., MO-single HH of parents, 1900 Blackwater, MO

e. Gabriel A. JR Born Sept., 1855 Cooper Co., MO Died______(M) "Mamie" Mary Margaret Hill, Dtr of Frank Hill, pr to 1880. She was born June 22, 1857 Ohio Died 1907 Buried Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co, MO, ""w/o Gab Cramer, Jr". . He is a Farmer, 1880, Farmer 1900 Lamine T/S Cooper Co., MO (M) 22 yrs, Had 8 children, 4 living- (M) Mary E Hill (1883 Bio of father says he (M) Maey E Hill) Birth dates on ch. are from 1900 census

1. Raymond P. Born Sept, 25,1880 Cooper Co., MO Died Died June 9, 1947 Buried Old Lamine Cem., Cooper Co., Mo (M) Lillie K Wing., Dtr of D W Wing. He organized Booneville Oil & Gas Co. at Okmulgee, Oklahoma and the Gilmer Oil Company of same. Both became consolidated and became known as Gilmer Oil Company. Mr Cramer has been successful in the oil fields and his property of 102 acres has 13 oil wells and 2 gas wells-Ref: History of Cooper Co, MO

2. Nettie Born April, 1884 Cooper Co., MO Died 1963 Old Lamine Cem., Coope Co., Mo

g. Susan Born CA 1859 Cooper Co. MO (Prob. Mother died when she was born) (M) Peter P. Beck July 23, 1873 Cooper Co., MO Susan died April 24, 1874 Cooper Co., Mo, age 15 yrs 5 mos, 2 days. Prob. in childbirth. Peter was born June 29, 1841 and died March 23, 1908 Peter remarried and had other children. Peter, Susan and son John are buried @ Old Lamine Cemetery, Cooper Co., MO.

1. John S. Beck Stone Broken-NO dates, "son of P P & S Beck" Old Lamine Cemetery, Cooper, MO

2. Joseph Born 1836 MO (May be the Joseph Jeffress who (M) Georgia Ann E Potter, Nov 9, 1873 Cooper Co, MO He is a farmer 1880 Blackwater, Cooper Co, MO

4. Narcissa Born 1842 MO Died 1862 Cooper Co., MO Buried Harris Cemetery, Cooper Co, MO (M) Hugh G. Odneal Feb. 21, 1859 Cooper Co., MO He was born 1837 & died 1912 Buried Harris Cem., Cooper Co, MO This couple resided Moniteau, MO and he was a farmer. Hugh remarried and had other children.

4. Thomas W. Born 1846 MO (M) Susan Ellen Ellis Oct. 8, 1863 Cooper Co., MO-Children are in HH of gr/father, William Ellis 1870, 1880 Clear Creek, Cooper, MO

c. Jane Whitehead Jeffress Born Ca 1808 Halifax Co, Va Died 1850's, Cooper Co., MO (M) James Bruce, Nov. 3, 1823 Halifax Co., Va.(1830 Halifax Co, Va, 1840 Cooper Co., MO Farmer, 1850 Dist 23,Cooper Co., MO; 1860 Clear Creek T/S, Cooper Co, MO; Retired Farmer, age 67, 1870 & age 78, 1880 Blackwater T/S Cooper Co, MO HH of Dtr Mary Potter

1. James Born abt 1830 Va (M) Martha Ellis March 17, 1853 Cooper Co, MO He app.died pr to 1860, she & 2 children are in William Ellis HH 1860, 1870

2. Granville T Born abt 1832 Missouri (M) #1 S. E _________She was born abt 1833 MO . He is a farmer1860, 1870 Clear Creek T/S Cooper Co, MO He died pr to 1880 Census, as his Wid. Rebecca is (M) to J C Hamilton- Missouri Union Provost Marshall's Papers for Cooper Co., Missouri-Granville Bruce-2/24/1862 #F1286 -Oath of Allegiance

4. Lucy Ann Born abt 1837 Cooper co, MO (M) Jeremiah E. Phillips, Dec 23, 1858, Cooper Co, MO He is a farmer 1860, 1870, 1880 Clear Creek, Cooper Co, MO-Unable to locate this family 1900 census

b. Missouri Belsie Born Abt 1862 Cooper Co, MO (M) Robert Crockett May 3, 1882 Cooper Co, MO

5. Mary Frances Born August, 1838 (Census shows 1842) Cooper Co., MO Died June, 1908 (M) Jacob Potter Born Nov, 1841 Died Dec, 1928 Both are buried at Peninsula Baptist Chuirch Cem., Cooper Co., MO-He is a farmer, 1870-1900 Blackwater T/S, Cooper Co, MO

b. James B. Born June 18, 1874 Blackwater T/S, Cooper Co, MO Died May, 1962 (Peninsula Bapt. Church Cem., Cooper Co, MO (M) Flora B. Whitlow Oct. 21, 1896 Cooper Co., MO She was born July, 1880 & died Nov, 1959-Both are buried at Peninsula Bapt Church Cem., Cooper Co, MO He is a farmer, 1900-1930 Blackwater T/S, Cooper Co, Mo

3. Nettie M Born CA 1904 Cooper Co, MO (M) Walter Mercer Abt 1920 He was born abt 1899 MO

William B. Jeffress (M) #2 Elizabeth Major May 3, 1809 Halifax Co., Va & had other children: Drury J. (M) Permelia E. Davis Jan 9, 1835, moved to Weakley, Tn; , Elisha B. (M) Margaret S. Cheatham Oct. 14, 1843, moved to Weakley Co., Tn; , Narcissa M. (M) William C. Roberts Dec 10, 1833; Catherine E. (M) John C. Baker Jan 13, 1839 & perhaps others

Peninsula Baptist Church and Cemetery
Location: Lamine Township, Cooper Co., Mo. on Rt. "R"; NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 10; t-48-N; R-19-W.

Name: Walter J. Hanlin
Birth Date: 05 Nov 1894
Death Date: 06 Oct 1978
of Blackwater, Mo., b. at Pilot Grove, Mo.; son of James & Anna (Miller) Hanlin; hus. of Elsie Pearl (Jeffress) Hanlin married July 17, 1878; Member of Heath Creek Church

Name: Mary Potter (Bruce) Dtr of James Bruce & Jane W Jeffress
Birth Date: Aug 1838
Death Date: Jun 1908

Octa Strickfadden
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1898
Death Date: 21 Apr 1979
nee' Potter, wife of Louis Strickfadden; (deceased July 13, 1963); dau. of James & Flora (Whitten) (Marriage says Whitlow) Potter

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Description: Location: T-47-N; R-16-W; Section 3; NW 1/2 of the Section; about 1 1/2 miles south and west of Old Clark's Fork Cross-roads. The cemetery is just south and near the little white church - The Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church. This list of burials recorded by Mrs. Garling Hill of Boonville, Mo. with the assistance of friends and members of the congregation, May, 1982

Location: T-46-N; R-18-W; Section 25 - SE 1/4 of Section; near Pilot Grove, Mo. "A plot of land was deeded to a party, or parties; interested in establishing a burial ground, in the year 1852; seven or eight miles southwest of Boonville, Mo. The Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was also at this location. Many of the stones in this cemetery are unreadable; as the ravages of time and the elements have left them as they are. Many of the graves were marked only by ordinary stones, or as generally referred to, as fieldstones, some of which are still there; but not identifying the persons buried there. The following is a list of the stones, and graves, some marked and some not marked, the best that we have been able to list." Recorded by Mr. Tom Bryan and Mr. Charles Warnhoff. When the Pleasant Hill Church was disbanded, Mr. Tom Bryan was appointed to dispose of the property and also to give letters of membership to those who wished to join other congregations - some went to Mt. Herman and some to the Pilot Grove Churches. The church building was sold to the Lotspiech brothers and is still standing on the former church-yard which adjoins the cemetery. The building has been sided with tin and is used as a grainery. The cemetery is well cared for by a cemetery association.

Name: Tabitha Ann Caton
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1852
Death Date: 04 Jun 1931
nee' Jeffress, his wife, dau. of J. R. & Isabelle (Lourie) Jeffress

Name: John R. Jeffress
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1830, near Huntsville, Ala
Death Date: 12 Nov 1906
son of Richard & Susan (Bruce) Jeffress

Name: Isabel Jeffress
Birth Date: 06 Feb 1835
Death Date: 01 Jul 1880
nee' Lourie, his wife

Name: Elizabeth Jeffress
Birth Date: 1836
Death Date: 1914
nee' Hazell, wife of John R. Jeffress, 2nd wife; dau. of Edwin & Sarah (Yarnell) Hazell

Name: Susan Jeffress
Birth Date: 1804
Death Date: 05 Jul 1871
nee' Bruce, b. in Va.; wife of Richard Jeffress; mother of John R. Jeffress

Name: Emmett Jeffress
Birth Date: 1870
Death Date: 1873
son of J. R. & Isabel Jeffress

Name: Walter Lee Jeffress
Birth Date: 04 Dec 1871
Death Date: 17 Mar 1872

Name: Albert W. Jeffress
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1868
Death Date: 17 Mar 1869

Name: Richard Jeffress
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1856
Death Date: 07 Sep 1857

Name: Johnnie Hazell Jefress
Birth Date: 01 Mar 1903
Death Date: 18 Mar 1904
son of Charles & Lucy (Richey) Jeffress

Name: Doren I. Jeffress
Birth Date: Jan 1898
Death Date: 04 Jan 1898
son of Charles & Lucy (Richey) Jeffress

Name: Mollie Lind Jeffress
no dates; 1st wife of Robert H. Jeffress
Name: Milford Jeffress
Infant; no dates; son of R.H. & Sophie (-) Jeffress

Name: Davis-Three infants of Homer & Susie (Jeffress) Davis; no markers; no dates
Name: Infant Davis
child of Homer & Susie (Jeffress) Davis; no marker

Salt Fork Cemetery-Location: T-48-N; R-19-W; Section 5; northwest corner of Cooper County; 1/2 mile from Cooper-Saline Counties line; near Highway #40. Recorded by Mr. Harold Holder; list supplied to association by Mrs. Cornine. Mr. Holder said there were eleven (11) unmarked graves, across the fence in a pasture; no record of whom were buried there.

Name: Anna Elizabeth Biggs
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1893
Death Date: 11 Apr 1971
nee' Caton, his wife, dau. of Thomas W. & Tabitha Ann (Jeffress) Caton

Name: Mary Jeffress
Birth Date: 02 Nov 1869
Death Date: 31 Jul 1873
dau. of W. J. & E. J. Jeffress;

Name: Lelia Jeffress
Death Date: 07 Oct 1893
Age: 37 yrs., 7 mos., 24 das. (?)
dau. of J. & -. Jeffress;

Name: James M. Jeffress
Death Date: 27 Mar 1893
Age: 37 yrs., 7 mos., 24 das. (?)

Name: D. E. Caton
of Blackwater, Mo.; son of Thomas & Tabitha Ann (Jeffress) Caton; hus. of Mary Edna (Towsend) Caton

Name: Oscar Bruce
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1884
Death Date: 03 Jun 1904
son of J. W. & Sarah (-) Bruce;

Name: Sarah C. Bruce
Birth Date: 1862
Death Date: 1950
nee' -, his wife, "Mother"

Name: Oden Bruce
Birth Date: 1888
Death Date: 1956
"Father"
Name: Emma Bruce
Birth Date: 1892
nee' -; "Mother" d.

Name: Carla Lynn Climer
Birth Date: 1967
Death Date: 1968
dau. of (Only a metal marker - against large stone [Jeffress[)

Name: Robert H. Jeffress
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1863
Death Date: 1946
son of John R. & Isabel (Laurie) Jeffress

Name: Sophie A. Jeffress (w/o Robert H)
Birth Date: 1872
Death Date: 1942
nee' Baker, dau. of Charles & Rebecca (Hill) Baker

Name: Mildred Jeffress
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1904
Death Date: 06 Aug 1927
dau. of Robert H. & Sophie A. (Baker) Jeffress

Name: Ruth Jeffress
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1894
Death Date: 06 Nov 1958
dau. of Robert H. & Sophie A. (Baker) Jeffress

Name: Charles Edward Jeffress
Death Date: 1918
Age: 3 months
Infant, son of - & Willa Ruth (Moore) Jeffress

Name: Willa Ruth Jeffress
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1896
Death Date: 05 May 1961
nee' Moore; dau. of Frank & - (Donahue (?) Moore; wife of -Jeffress

Name: Mabel J. Stein
Birth Date: Oct 1899
Death Date: 29 Nov 1966
nee' Jeffress, his wife; dau. of

Name: Henry Jeffress
Birth Date: 1897
Death Date: 1964
son of Robert H. & Sophie (Baker) Jeffress; hus. of Stella (Marr) Jeffress

Name: John Maynard Putnam
Death Date: 28 Nov 1938
Age: 75 yrs.
son of Darius & Mary (Jeffress) Putnam; hus. of Elizabeth (Ranz) Putnam Bunceton, Mo.

Obit-Jeffress: Grover Leland; 64 yrs of Boonville, MO; b. Aug. 29, 1920 at Speed, MO; d. July 29, 1985; Son of Grover C. & Amy K. (Bryan) Jeffress, Married Laverne O'Dell on Oct. 10, 1976 at Forsythe, MO.Cemetery Unknown

Obit-Davis: James Roy; 79 yrs. of Blackwater, MO; b. Jan. 19, 1912 at Blackwater, MO; d. Oct. 21, 1991 at Boonville, MO; son of James W. and Gertrude (Jeffress) Davis; (No wife named in obituary?).

Old Lamine Cemetery- There is no record of the origin of Old Lamine Cemetery; all that we know is: There is about an acre in the southeast corner that is filled with unmarked graves. The only marked graves in that corner are those of the Cramer Family and they have a family tradition that in the beginning it was Cramer Land that was donated for cemetery purposes. The remainder of the cemetery was donated in small plots of 1/2 to 1 acre. The first plots were donated by Mr. Thomas Mellar of Lamine Township in the 1870 decade. Later a plot was donated by Eddie and Billie Sims in 1906. All three of these plots were deeded to the Elders of Old Lamine Christian Church. There was a small Baptist Cemetery located in what is now the south-central part of the cemetery and which was added to by the moving of the Baptist Church to Blackwater. The part from the Baptist Church is about an acre in size. During the 1940's, the Old Lamine School was closed and became a part of the Blackwater School District. The Blackwater District donated the school yard to the cemetery. A new plot of three-fourth acre has just been purchased by the cemetery from Mr. and Mrs. Winkler. So much for the physical part of the cemetery; now as to organization and care of the cemetery: Previous to 1910, the cemetery was un-cared for and grew up in weeds and brush except for families caring for their own lots. During that year, the Ladies Old Lamine Cemetery Association was formed. The men met and cleared up the cemetery. It was sowed in bluegrass and sugar maples were set out along the driveways. I hesitate to try to name the ladies responsible for the organization - but to name a few families that I know were helpful would have to include: Gibsons; McMahans; Kincheloes; Turleys; Harrises; Sites; Wings; and others of the Old Pioneer families of the community. The ladies kept the cemetery in perfect condition for more than sixty years - financing it by donations - an annual bazaar and dinner, and ice-cream socials. However, as the community changed, it became a burden upon a few ladies to stage the annual affairs and another method had to be employed. In 1964, a meeting was called by the Ladies Association to discuss a Perpetual Fund. Mr. Gus Boller spoke at that meeting. Among other things, he said were "Organize tonight or it will be postponed indefinitely". There were men present who had considerable business experience and proposed a corporation resulting in the Old Lamine Cemetery Corporation, where a board of directors undertook to raise an endowment fund for the perpetual care of the cemetery. The raising of the fund and maintenance of the cemetery is now the responsibility of the Old Lamine Cem. Corp. While the fund is not yet large enough to guarantee the future, it is large enough that added to gate collections, it can take care of the cemetery at present. By Mr. D. T. Weekley, Blackwater, Mo. - May, 1981

Cramar: Gabriel Allen; (had 4 wives);
#1- Mary (Jeffress) Cramar; 1st wife, married Sept.11, 1845 - Mary J Cramer died July, 1859, age 28 yrs, 2 Mos (Born abt May,1831)
#2-Nancy Cramar (deceased 1866); widow of Andrew Davenport;
#3-Sarah (Wright) Majors Cramer (Widow of Matthias Majors) & #4 Mrs. Artemesia Lind 1840-1909 (M) abt 1887

Name: Gabriel A. Cramar
Birth Date: 1824
Death Date: 1911
hus. of Nancy Cramer (& 3 others)

Name: Mary J. Cramar (Dtr of Branch & Mary J Williamson Jeffress)
Death Date: 09 May 1859
Age: 28 yrs., 2 mos. (Born abt May, 1831)
1st wife of G. A. Cramar

Harris Cemetery
Description: Location: In Prairie Home Township, Cooper County, Mo.; T-47-N; R-15-W; Section 31; NW corner of SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4. Probably on land now owned by the Missouri Conservation Commission. This cemetery was originally the private cemetery of the Harris Family; William Harris, Sr. was the first burial here. He came to Cooper Co., in 1820. Road directions: From Prairie Home, take Rt. "J" west about one mile or less to Rt. "W" going south (left); go almost two miles (past a gravel road going east). The cemetery is on east (left) side of Rt. "W". It may be back in the field a short distance. This cemetery was recorded by Mr. William Don Carlos, March 15, 1967.

Name: Hugh J. Odneal
Birth Date: 1837
Death Date: 1912
son of Valentine & Dicy (Gilbreath) Odneal (M) #2 Eliza J McCarty May 23, 1847 (M) #2 Narcissa Jeffress Feb 21, 1858 (M) #3 Marcha J Devasher Nov 22, 1865

Name: Narsissa A. Odneal (Jeffress) #2 Wife Of Hugh G Odneal-(M) Feb. 21, 1859
Birth Date: 1842
Death Date: 1862
Cemetery: Harris Cemetery (Dtr of Branch & Mary J Williamson Jeffress)

Name: Valintine J. L. Odneal (Only child of Hugh G & Narcissa A Jeffress Odneal))
Birth Date: 1860
Death Date: 1876

Name: John Maynard Putnam
Death Date: 28 Nov 1938
Age: 75 yrs.
son of Darius & Mary (Jeffress) Putnam; hus. of Elizabeth (Ranz) Putnam Bunceton, Mo. Mrs. J. M. Putnam

Name: Mrs.Elizabeth Putnam
Death Date: 25 Oct 1964
nee Ranz, b. Manchester Mich., dau. of John & Elizabeth Ranz; wife of John Maynard Putnam Bunceton, Mo.

Name: Alma Putnam
Death Date: 30 Aug 1972
Age: 75 yrs., 7 mos., 22 das.
nee wife of Tom Putnam Tipton, Mo. Tom Putnam Husband

Name: Thomas B. Putnam
Birth Date: 07 Feb 1896
Death Date: 30 Jul 1979
Age: 83 yrs.
of Tipton, Mo., b. Bunceton, son of John & Elizabeth (Ranz) Putnam; hus. of Alma (Monks) P. 1st wife married July 27, 1923, dec. Aug. 30, 1972; hus. of Mrs. Viola (Hibdon) (Arnold) P., 2nd wife survives.

I. O. O. F. Cemetery
Description: Otterville, Cooper Co., Mo. An alphabetical list of 1041 names of persons whose graves were identified, in a complete canvas of all legible markers and gravestones. 10 October 1960 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Sedalia, Mo. Branch members: Mrs. Edna Wilson, Mrs. Ethel Funnell, and Mrs. Juanita Waggoner. Typed by courtesy, Mrs. Lillie Taylor, Highway 54 South, Rt.#2, Jefferson City, Mo.

Name: George M. Putnam
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1890
Death Date: 20 Mar 1981
b. Cooper Co., Mo.; son of John Maynard & Elizabeth (Ranz) Putnam; hus. of Gracie Belle (Roe) Putnam; (dec.); married Dec. 30, 1915 at Bunceton, Mo.

Name: Grace Belle Putnam
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1897
Death Date: 23 Oct 1975
Age: 78 yrs.
nee' Roe; of Otterville, Mo.; b. at Climax Springs, Mo.; dau. of Robert S. & Gilla Corum (Cole) Solomon Roe; wife of George Putnam

New Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Description: Location: Center NE 1/4 of Section 21; T-46-N; R-18-W; on the Forest Lewis Farm Note: August, 1978 Mr. Lewis informed Mr. Gene Cordry that recently some grave stones had been discovered when he and his sons were cultivating land at this site. He had not known of a burial plot there. They took the stones to his home and stacked them near the house. Mr. Cordry and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mitzel were invited to his home and recorded these names:

Name: Florence S. Hutchison (M) April 14, 1919
Birth Date: 1888
nee' Putnam, d. wife of Clarence E. Hutchison; dau. of John Maynard & Elizabeth (Ranz) Putnam

Name: Clarence Edward Hutchison
Birth Date: 1887
Death Date: 1968
son of Edward Chilton & Lacy Anderson (Mann) Hutchison

94-Putnam: Arthur Wm.; b. 1893 d. 1926; son of John Maynard & Elizabeth (Ranz) Putnam; husband of Mary Gertrude (Cordry) Putnam.

Peninsula Baptist Church and Cemetery
Location: Lamine Township, Cooper Co., Mo. on Rt. "R"; NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 10; t-48-N; R-19-W.

Celebrating its centennial year in 1973 is the Peninsula Baptist Church. It was organized in the Peninsula School House in August, 1873. The Sunday School had functioned since 1865, first meeting in Dr. John Allison's office. Charter members were: Fleming Marshall, James Bruce, George Potter, Frank Mallote, James Murphy, Robert Quinsenberry, George (R or G)ucker; Mrs. Harriet Potter, J. L. Dix, Mrs. H. K. Mallett, Jim Bridgewater and wife, Tandid Dix, Joseph Dunn and wife, Mrs. Nat Allison, Mrs. Allison, Sr., Tom Bridgewater, Carrie Bridgewater, Carter Bridgewater, Alonzo Dix, Billie Williams, and wife, Mrs. Robert Quinsenberry, Wm. Thornton and wife, Mrs. Fleming Marshall, Mrs. George (B. or R)ucker, Jack Potter and wife, Tom Dix and wife, and Allen Malotte. The Rev. Nathaniel Allison was the first pastor.

Name: James B. Bruce
Birth Date: 11 Dec 1874
Death Date: 11 Sep 1889

Sunset Hill Cemetery
Description: Bunceton, Missouri Location: T-46-N; R-17-W; Section 5; at south edge of town; take road going south off of Main Street (Route J) about half way up the hill, go to a lane going east (left) to the cemetery.

Ernest Bruce
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1898
Death Date: Jan 1974
son of John & Ellen (-) Bruce

MissNora Bruce
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1899
Death Date: 14 Feb 1975
dau. of Frank & Ellen (-) Bruce, b. Prairie Home, Mo.

Anna Bruce
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1892
Death Date: 27 Feb 1981
nee' Humphries, dau. of Robert & Sarah (-) Humphries; wife of Quincy Bruce

Clayton Cemetery
Description: Location: In the northeast corner of Section 8; T-48-N; R-15-W; about one mile south and east from Overton, Mo. The land for this burial was given by Mr. Taylor and is maintained by the Clayton Cemetery Association. The officers of which are: President, Mr. Eugene Korte; Vice-pres., Mr. Albert Waibel; Board members, Mr. Oscar Mochel and Mr. Murrell McGinnis; and Secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Arch L. Chrisman. The cemetery was recorded in 1977 by Helen & Roy Mitzel, members of the Cooper County Historical Cemeteries Association. Road directions: From Boonville, Mo. follow Rt. #98 about ten miles; east to Overton, Mo.; as road curves to north, at edge of Overton, take a sharp right turn to south and follow gravel road up over a hill; about one mile; cemetery on right (west) side of road, near a house.

Name: Bruce
Birth Date: 1901
Death Date: 1901 (?)
"Little Twila" dau. of - & - Bruce (illegible)

Splice Creek Baptist Church Cemetery-Location: T-47-N; R-15-W; Section SW 1/4 of Section 10. The Splice Creek Baptist Church is nearby - only about one quarter mile south of the cemetery, at the crossroads in the N. E. 1/4 of Section 16.

Allison Family Cemetery
Description: Located in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 14; T48; R19 on land entered by Jesse Allison in July, 1853. "A Mr. R. Brownfield owns the property surrounding the cemetery (1976) and stated that the 1/4 plot was owned by Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville, Mo. The cemetery is not fenced and cattle have knocked over most of the stones and I was told that two markers (stones) had been carried off by local farmers and used to hold down a fence."

Name: Granville P. Bruce
Death Date: 30 Apr 1874
Age: 42 yrs.
son of

Old Woolery Cemetery
Location: In Western Area; T-47-N; R-19-W; Section 20; north of the Cecil Porter place, on the east side of road; about one half mile north of the swinging bridge over the Lamine River.

Name: Lizzie B. Bruce
Birth Date: 04 Feb 1856
Death Date: 24 Mar 1881
nee' Woolery; dau. of Andrew W. & Catherine (Thomas) Woolery; wife of J.W. Bruce

Wooldridge-Hopkins Cemetery
Location: In Saline Township, Cooper County, Mo.; northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 23; Township 48 North; Range 15 West; at the north edge of the town of Wooldridge. This cemetery is on the old Wooldridge Homestead, now owned by Mr. H. Wooldridge. It is situated on a high hill overlooking the Missouri River Valley, a short distance east and north of the residence. This was originally a private burial ground; it is now maintained by the Hays, Hopkins, and Wooldridge families. It is in very good condition. This list was submitted by Mrs. Henry Alex Nixon of Wooldridge, Mo. There are approximately fifty unmarked graves of Negro Slaves who were buried here before the Civil War. There is also the grave of a transient worker, named Bill Bennett, in an unmarked grave.

Name: Nell Wooldridge
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1889
Death Date: Feb 1975
nee' Bruce, wife of Hercules Hayes Wooldridge II; dau. of Daniel T. & Ella (Reimler) Bruce

Name: Lee Hallah Hopkins
Birth Date: 08 Sep 1904
Death Date: 14 Nov 1975
son of Trueman B. & Hattie May (Bruce) Hopkins; hus. of Ruth (Tippett) Hopkins

Reed: Ethel Mae neé Bagby; 97 yrs. of Boonville, MO; b. April 2, 1897 at Blackwater, MO d. April 21, 1994 at Boonville, MO; dau. of William Allen and Dorothy Mae (Bruce) Bagby; married Charles A. Reed on Sept. 2, 1914 (deceased).

Bagby: William Thomas; 74 yrs. of Boonville, MO; b. Feb. 13, 1908 near Blackwater, MO d. July 9, 1982; son of William A. and Dolly (Bruce) Bagby; married Peachie Griffith on May 9, 1942 (survives).

Bruce: Robert Sterling; 71 yrs of Wooldridge, MO; b. Sept. 11, 1920 at Wooldridge, MO; d. April 13, 1992 at home; Son of Hugh Franklin and Ruby Fay (Roberts) Bruce; Married Doris Lehman on Jane 24, 1949 at Kansas City, Kansas.

Bruce: Miss Helen Elizabeth, 79 yrs of Wooldridge, MO; b. ca 1904 at Wooldridge, MO; d. May 26, 1993 at Columbia, MO; Dau. of Hogan and Elizabeth (Bruce) Bruce.

2 Benjamin Whitehead. Jeffries Born Ca 1786 Mecklenburg Co., Va
   (M) Nancy Hogan Evans Dec 11, 1809 Meck Co., Va Dtr of Ludwell Evans & Mary Hogan. Her mother (M) #2 Rev. William Richards, Bapt. Min., of Essex & Meck. Co. Nancy removed to Nicholas Co., KY with some of her children prior to 1830. Nancy's sister (M) Judge Paul C. Jeffries, moved to Kentucky, then to Iowa. Nancy left a Will in Nicholas Co., Ky. (WBC 1830-1839, P OS229) ORDERED
     Index to War of 1812 Service Records
     BENJAMIN W JEFFRIES 98 REG'T (GREEN'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.
     CORPORAL/ CORPORAL
     BENJAMIN W JEFFRIES 6 REG'T (SHARP'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.
     CORPORAL /S. M. SERGT.

Anne Jeffries, Widow of John Jeffries, SR made a Will June 24, 1812 Mecklenburg Co, Va leaving her estate to her Grand/children: Benjamin W. Jeffries, Richard S. Jeffries, Paul C. Jeffries, and Nancy (Jeffries) Garner. This Will was presented to the Court on Feb. 13th, 1813 by Richard S. Jeffries.

a. Mary Jeffries Born CA 1812 Meck. Co., Va -Married John Hornbeck/Hornback, Jan. 1, 1833 Nicholas Co., Ky-. lived 1850 Nicholas Co., Ky, No children in HH. She may have married Samuel Stookey prior to 1860, as there is a Mary Stookey in the HH of her brother, Giles Norman James Jeffries, born about 1813 Va; however she appears in the same HH in 1870 as Mary Hornbeck, Born CA 1812 VA. Perhaps she reverted to the Hornbeck name after Mr. Stookey died, or they may have divorced. NO children of record

1840 Nicholas Co., Ky-John Hornbeck1 M 30-40, 1 F 20-30 (M) Mary Jeffries Jan 1, 1833 Nicholas Co., Ky

1850 Nicholas Co, Ky Dist #2 HH 149-150 John Hornback 46M Ky farming $5800.; Mary " 38F VA-See 1860 Illinois-HH of Brother Dr. Giles N Jeffries below

b. Richard Joseph Jeffries Born CA 1814 Meck. Co., VA; (M) Elizabeth Sandys (1/2 1st cousin), Dtr of Prudence Jeffries & #1 husband, William Sandys; on Nov. 14, 1835 Meck. Co., VA.. He died in Nicholas Co., Ky, in.1836. His Will was filed in Mecklenburg Co., Va Vol 14, P 96-Below

In the name of God, Amen, I, Richard Joseph Jeffries of Nicholas County, Kentucky, but at this time am in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, do hereby make and publish this as and for my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, to wit:

In the first place I desire that all of my just debts be first paid by my executors herein after named.

2ndly, I give to my beloved wife Elizabeth C. Jeffries the Negroes Washington, (Blacksmith) and Nancy together with all property and effects to which I have derived title to by marrying with her whether real or personal of every kind in nature whatsoever to her and her heirs forever, excepting to the amount of one hundred dollars which I require her to pay to my executor or contribute to the payment of my debts and also it is my will and desire to subject the bequest herein above made to my beloved wife is to be in lieu of all dower and on her complying with my desire in paying the above named sum of one hundred dollars and paying all debts which may be due from or contracted by her previous to her marriage with me. The bequest to her is intended by me to be absolute and a fee simple estate.

3rdly, My will and desire is that all the rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, of every kind and nature whatsoever (not herein given to my beloved wife Elizabeth) be equally divided between my brothers Giles N Jeffries and John R Jeffries which I give to them and to their heirs forever, requiring my executor to pay to my youngest brother, John R Jeffries the sum of one hundred and ninety dollars when he arrives to the age of nineteen years, which sum I owe him as executor of my mother, Nancy H Jeffries, as may be seen in reference to her will of record in Nicholas County, Kentucky.

Lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my brother Giles N. Jeffries of Nicholas County, Kentucky, Executor of this my last Will and Testament . In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 24^th day of March, in the year 1834.

Signed, sealed and declared as and for the last Will and Testament of the said Richard Joseph Jeffries in presence of us “the words” the payment of interlined before signed.

At a Court held for Mecklenburg County on the 17^th of October, 1834. The foregoing last Will and Testament of Richard J. Jeffries dec’d. was this day produced in court and proved by the oath of Wm. Baptist and Wm. N. Smith his subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.

And at another court held for the said County on the 19^th day of December, 1836, the said Will was again produced in court and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Giles N. Jeffries, the Exor. Named in said Will refuses to take upon himself the burthen of the execution thereof, on motion of Elizabeth C. Jeffries, who made oath thereto and together with C T Haskins* and Wm. A Smith, her securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of $5,000. conditioned according to law certificate is granted her for obtaining letters of administration on the said Decedent’s estate with the Will aforesaid annexed in due form. *Creed T Haskins is stepfather to Elizabeth C. Sandys Jeffries-sgs)

c. Giles Norman."James" Jeffries Born CA 1817 Meck. Co., Va Occ: Physician He died in 1876, Belleville, St Clair Co., Ill., after a brief illness. (See Biography Below, (1907)

Single, Physician, 1860, Belleville, St. Clair Co., Ill; Appears as James Jeffries, Physician, w/wife & children, 1870 Belleville, St Clair Co., Ill--located only 1 son 1880 Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn HH of A E Davis, Ed. W. Jeffries 10WM born Ill @ School.

G. Norman Jeffries (M) Mary Walton (West) Estis May 17, 1861, St. Clair Co., Ill-She was born CA 1839 Ill. She apparently died prior to 1880 census-did not locate 1880.

1. Louisa Jeffries Born April,1863 Belleville, Ill -(M) --------OSGOOD & moved to Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn. where she appears in 1900 census as a Widow.; She appears in 1910 Chicago, Cook, Ill w/3 children & Bro, Edmund Jeffries; in 1920 Chicago, Cook, Ill w/3 lodgers & 1 servt; in 1930 Hartford, Hartford, Co., Conn. with son Harold W. Osgood in HH.

b. Stanwood N.Osgood Born July, 1886 Minn Died Nov 7, 1973 Hennepin Co., Minn. (M) Jane S.______________Abt. 1912 . She was born CA 1888 Minn. and died April 14, 1940 Hennepin Co., Minn.

SSDI -Stanwood Osgood Born Kuly 10, 1888 Died Nov. 1973 Last Res: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minn, ISA, Iss'd Minn. Pr to 1951

c. Harold W. Osgood Born April, 1892 Minn -Lived W/Mother, 1930 Hartford, Conn.-Truck Salesman (Divorced, No record of Children.) 1935 City Directory, Hartford, Conn. Harold W. Osgood, slsman 128 Allyn, res-363 Main St.

2. Charles A. Jeffries (From Census) Giles N. Jeffries, Jr (From Biography of Father) Born Ca 1865 Belleville, Ill Moved to Minnesota prior to 1907-Did not locate in Census

3. Edmund N. Jeffries Born July, 1869 Belleville, Ill (Student, age 10, 1880 Hennepin Co., Minn. HH of A E Davis; Single, 1900 Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn in HH of sister Occ: Clerk, Glass store; &1910 Chicago, Cook Co., Ill HH of sister Louisa Osgood.; Occ: Tool Store-Did not locate 1920 census

There is a Thomas Jeffries, Born CA 1860 Ill in the HH of Dr. Jeffries in 1870 St. Clair Co., Ill-Either Dr. Jeffries was married prior to his marriage to Mrs. Mary Estis, in May, 1861, or Thomas may be a nephew.; He was not in Dr. Jeffries' HH in 1860 Census.

HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA of ILLINOIS Edited by Newton Bateman, LL. D. & Paul Selby, A.M and History of St. Clair County, Edited by A. S. Wilderman & A A Wilderman Vol 4, P 841-842 Chicago, Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers 1907

Dr. Giles Norman Jeffries, from Kentucky, made his home for a time at Prairie du Rocher. From there he moved to St. Louis, where he lived only a short time and then, at the earliest solicitation of Duteil Cabanne and Colonel Don Morrison, came to Belleville. As Dr. W W Roman had only recently died and his friends were casting about for a successor to his practice, Dr. Jeffries appeared most fortunately on the scene. Here was his opportunity, and he made good use of it. His welcome and his success were commensurate. By his urbanity and his gentlemanly conduct, no less than by his professional skill, he won and held the hearts of the community. One thing more than all else that came into Dr. Jeffries' life for his good was his marriage to Mrs. Mary West Estes, "one who moved in an atmosphere of refined spirituality." Dr. Jeffries was truly indebted in many ways to his good wife, who brought him some of his best patrons. She bore him three children-one daughter, Mrs. Louisa Osgood, and two sons, Giles Norman Jeffries, Jr., and Edmund Jeffries-all of whom live in Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Jeffries died at Belleville, after a brief illness, in 1876. Born and educated in the sunny Southland, he carried with him all through his life the genial, fragrant comradeship of the born cavalier. Children ran to meet him; they never saw him frown. The widow's heart sent up a prayer, as incense at the mention of his name. The old couple on the farm, in their rustic simplicity and in their hard-handed honesty, almost welcomed a spell of bilious fever if it brought him under their rooftress. He brought them all they needed, interpreted the things in the hurly-burly of the changing world that they did not understand, and, setting the seal of his approval on all that they had done for his patient and giving them all an honest opinion and an efficient remedy, he departed with their benedictions.

P 834- Dr. William W. Roman, who finished his work and died about half a century ago, was a medical giant, whose name and fame are written large upon the history of Belleville. He was not only dictator in the medical world, but reigned supreme in his social and political environments. From "that noble Roman" as he has been called, keen students learned many valuable lessons. Dr. Perryman was one of his students. In a sense, Dr. Jeffries was his successor.

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d. John R. Jeffries Born CA 1820 Mecklenburg Co., Va.-Named in Brother Richard's Will, 1836, Nicholas Co., KY & Meck. Co., Va. There is a J R Jeffries, age 30, Stage Driver, Born Unk. in 1850 Huntsville, Madison Co., Ala.-HH of Bartley M Lowe 47M Fla, Commission Merchant;. appears to be a Boarding House. This may be the same John R. Jeffries.

Also John R Jeffries (M) Mary Betts.( Jeffress) Blackwell, Wid., in Henderson Co., Ky, on Oct. 3, 1852. He is missing from 1860 census; Mary is listed as Mary Jeffers,(Jeffries) age 42 with dtr M. B. Jeffries age 7F Born January 26, 1853 Henderson Co., KY in her HH, along with some of her Blackwell children, and others. It may be John R Jeffries has died between 1853-1860.or he may be in California-There is a John Jeffries, 40M Born Ky in 1860 Coloma, El Dorado Co., California Occ: Miner.

Kentucky Birth Records-Mary W Jeffries Born Jan 26, 1853 Henderson Co, Ky, Parents: John R Jeffriesd/Mary B Jeffries-Maiden Name of Mother.

1820 Mecklenburg Co, Va P 141 Benjamin W Jeffries
1 M 26-45, (Himself) 3 Males Und 5, (Richard J., Giles Norman, & John R.) 1 F 26-45, (Nancy Evans Jeffries)1 F Und 10 (Mary)

1830 Mecklenburg Co., Virginia-William Richards HH includes 1 M 30-40 and 1 female 20-30. These 2 persons MAY be Benjamin W Jeffries & wife Namcy H. Evans, as she is the dtr of Rev. Richards' wife Mary Hogan, Evans, Richards.

1830 Nicholas Co., Ky-Paul C. Jeffries (Has other people in HH-May be Nancy & her children-sgs) Moved to Mercer Co, Ky then to Wapello Cop, Iowa.

Also Ludwell Evans, Nancy's brother, was living next door to Paul C. Jeffries, in Nicholas Co., KY in the 1830 census. He later removed to Mercer Co, then Boyle Co. Nancy's nephew Edward A Evans, s/o Ludwell Evans, wrote a letter to his Uncle John Young Richards from Mercer Co, Ky July 12, 1834 (file of Rob Jolly)

Below is the Will of Nancy H. Evans JEFFRIES, Widow of Benjamin Whitehead JEFFRIES, of Mecklenburg Co, Va & Nicholas Co., KY

Will of Nancy H JEFFRIES, September 13, 1833 Nicholas Co, Ky Proved November Term of Court, 1833 Book C, P 229-230
Nicholas County, Kentucky

In the name of God, Amen, I Nancy H JEFFRIES, being weak in body,but in soundness of my mind, Blessed be God for the same, I do make this my Last Will and Testament to revoke and set aside all former Wills.

First, I Will and bequeath that after death that my body shall be decently buried and laid in the ground.

Secondly, that all my just debts shall be paid.
Thirdly, that my son Joseph has been doing business for me and all the obligations now standing against him whether due or not due is to be considered as my debts and to be paid out of my estate.

Fourthly, that my son Joseph JEFFRIES is to be my executor and if he chooses may have the property of my estate by paying all my debts as above named, and paying to my daughter Mary Hornbsck ninety-six dollars in good property and to my son Giles JEFFRIES one hundred and eighty four dollars, allowing him to be free at my death, to be paid in such property as may suit a young man, and pay to my son John JEFFRIES one hundred and eighty-four dollars in good property when he becomes nineteen years of age, allowing him to remain with Joseph and under his control until he arrives at the said nineteen years old. Joseph is to give him sufficient schooling to do common business and confortably clothe him suitable to the seasons, and he is to be free at nineteen.

Given under my hand this thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three in the presence of

Test: John Hamilton, William Johnson.

Signed: Nancy H JEFFRIES

Nicholas County Court, Nov. Term, 1833
This instrument of writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Nancy H JEFFRIES, , dec'd, was produced in Open Court and proved by the Oaths of John Hamilton & William Johnson, the subscribing Witnessesm thereto; And thereupon confirmation established, and Ordered to be recorded, which hath been done.

Attest: J G Parks, Cn.Cle

P 246-Appraisement Bill and Inventory of the Estate of Nancy H JEFFRIES, Dec'd:
1 lot of Bedclothes, $25.00 3 Beds, $35.00, 1 Bureau, $12.00, 2 Tables $10.00, 1 set of chairs $5.00, 7 Head of Horses $300.00; 1 lot of Hogs, $50.00, 1 lot of Cattle $28.00, Plough gear, etc $10.00, 23 Head of Sheep $23.00, 1 Negro woman and girl $350.00, Cart & 2 Oxen (No amt given)

The foregoing Articles were pruduced to us by R J JEFFRIES, Exor. of the said decedent on the 23 day of this month, and by us truly & faithfully appraised to the best of our knowledge and Judgment. Given under my hand this 27th day of January 1834. Robert Westfall

Nicholas County Court, January term, 1834. This Inventory and Appraisement of the property of Nancy H JEFFRIES, Dec'd was produced in Court, examined, allowed, and ordered to be recorded, which is done.
Attest: J G Parks. Cn. Cle.

3.Richard Swepson Jeffries Born Ca 1788 Meck Co, Va
           (M) Priscilla May, Feb 28, 1815 Charlotte Co., Va
           Index to War of 1812 Service Records
           RICHARD S JEFFRIES 22 REG'T (AUG.-SEPT., 1814,)
           VIRGINIA MIL. CORPORAL/ CORPORAL

Ann Jeffries, Widow of John Jeffries, SR made a Will June 24, 1812 Mecklenburg Co, Va leaving her estate to her Grand/children: Benjamin W. Jeffries, Richard S. Jeffries & Paul C. Jeffries, and Nancy (Jeffri