AGI-011-08
Elizabeth Hammons Collection 3B-3-3 |
This
collection was given to the library by Elizabeths
sister Ora Ann Brown. The collection includes information
on the Hopkins, Sutton, Reynolds, Wright, Jarnagin and
Billingsley families. These families are from the Fair
Play area. |
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Folder/Item
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Contents |
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Branch of the
Wright Tree, A by Ammerman, Clinton & Heiss c.1972 This book has been placed in the Family
Histories Section on the research floor.
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Hornets, The
1964 (school year book) |
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Pictorial
History of Fair Play, A 1776-1976 |
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Tombstone
Inscriptions in Western Polk County, Missouri Madison,
Union and Jackson Townships compiled and published by
Noble G. Abbott and Betty Ammerman |
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Cemetery
Directory of Polk County, Missouri c. 1977 |
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Directory
Lindley Prairie Cemetery Cedar County c. 1994 |
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Hopkins
Family
- Transcription of Records found in
Pension Claim of James Hopkins 8 pages
- Handwritten receipt "Hiram
Hopkins sold to Thomas Underwood one bay
mare" 24 March 1874
- Story of the Hopkins Family as
given by Mrs. J. B. Easley to Cleo M. (Hopkins)
McKinney 4 copies
- List of Descendants of James
Hopkins living in this area
- Biographical sketch Wellington S.
Hopkins, M.D. 1889 History of Hickory, Dade,
Polk, Cedar & Barton Counties Pg. 655 2
copies
- Abstracted census records Hopkins
families 4 pages
- Page 594 Wayne County, Missouri
paragraph on Thomas Hopkins Family
- Pages 51-53, 57-64 Hopkins family
genealogy no source listed 11 pages
- Peggy Hopkins family (handwritten
on half sheet)
- Hopkins notes
- James Hopkins, Revolutionary
Soldier genealogy 9 pages
- Will Unveil Monuments Program 3
copies
- In Unveiling of Monuments 2 copies
- Transcribed court proceeding Alvin
A. Hopkins testifying on family of James Hopkins
31 Aug 1921 2 copies
- Newspaper clipping
"Revolutionary War Veterans grave near
Fair Play" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 7 Oct
??
- Biographical sketches--W. N. C. C.
A. Fox (page 643), Mrs. E. S. Williams (page 715)
2 pages/copies No source listed.
- "Ozarks GenealogyYour
Family Tree" Springfield Newspaper no date
brief biography of James Hopkins
- "First Mail Carrier still on
duty" Fair Play Advocate no date A. D.
Hopkins 2 pages
- Newspaper clipping "Will
Unveil Monuments ( James Hopkins) and Bessie
Hopkins Married to Charles Lemmon at Joilet,
Mont. No sources photocopies
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Sutton Family
- Family group sheet William Sutton
(William B. Sutton) and Nancy Bryson 2 copies
- Abstracted Census records Allnut
(Alnut), Sutton, Cox 3 pages includes the
following locations/Years
- 1860 Jackson twp. Clinton Co., MO
- 1860 Shaul twp. Cameron, Clinton
Co., MO
- 1850 Barren Co., MO second
district
- 1850 Linn Co., MO District 51
- 1820 Logan Co., KY
- 1870 Lathrop, Clinton Co., MO
- 1880 Lathrop twp.
- 1880 Jackson twp,
- 1880 Washington twp., Clay Co., MO
- Page 166 Index 1830 Census of
Missouri listing of Suttons
- Sutton family history
- Entries from U. S. Land Sales
Indexes Sutton & Hopkins
- Death datesVinah Sutton,
Susan Sutton, John Mathis, Nancy Sutton, William
B. Sutton
- Family group sheet Bertrum Carrick
and Mary Grace Sutton
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Photocopies
of pages from Thomas Jarnagin 1746-1802 by Lee L.
Powers, 1985 Ed.
- Cover
- "The Backwater Men" at
the Battle of Kings Mountain, After
Yorktown, Captain Jonakin-Jarnagins
Military Service pages 30-31
- "The Mill and Still"
page 44
- "Noah and Mary Russell
Jarnagin" pages 174-75
- "Will of Noah Jarnagin"
pages 176-79 includes comments by author
- "Noah and Mary Russell
Jarnagin and Descendants, Grainger County,
Tennessee" pages 211-17
- "SketchNoah
Jarnagin" page 223
- Miscellaneous Jarnagin Papers
- Family group sheet Allison
Woodville Barrington Jarnagin and Amanda Hopkins
- Genealogy of Thomas Jarnagin and
John Jarnagin 6 pages
- Heirs of Thomas Jarnagin 2 quarter
pages, 1 half page
- "Minnie Lea Jarnagin tells
story of old family home", Morristown
Gazette & Mail 4 May 1952 2 pages
transcribed 2 copies
- Newspaper clipping on death of
Mrs. Emma Jarnagin Smith no source/date
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Billingsley
Family
- Letter to Mrs. Dolen Hammons from
Herschell Milton Billingsley 24 Oct 1974 cover
letter to information on Billingsley Family sent
to Mrs. Hammons 2 copies
- Title page The Billingsley
Family (Billingsly-Billingslea) in America by
Harry Alexander Davis, c. 1936
- Historical pages 7-10
- Thomas Billingsley pages 16-20
- Francis (1) Billingsley pages
20-22 2 copies
- Basil (5) Billingsley pages 52-56
- Elizabeth Billingsley pages
122-127
- John (2) Billingsley pages 23-24
- William (3) Billingsley pages
26-27 (on one page)
- Samuel (4) Billingsley page 32
- Walter Billingsley pages 56-57 (on
one page)
- James (6) Billingsley pages
132-134 2 copies
- Samuel (7) Billingsley pages
331-332 3 copies
- George Christopher (8) Billingsley
pages 575-577 3 copies
- Billingsley Coat of Arms
(photocopy)
- Hopkins Excursus 2 pages
- Roster of Soldier and Patriots
of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee
by Bates c. 1974 information abstracted from
pages 30, 37, 39, 46, 49, 50, 55, 239, 342, 347,
176Bean, Billingsley, Blair, Bowen,
Bradford, Brochus, Jarnagin, Lea, Roddy, Russell,
Hammon, Hammons 5 pages
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Birth, Death,
Marriage Records
- Births, deaths, marriagesbeginning
with James Olivar Hopkins handwritten
transcription 3 pages
- Photocopy of Bible record Reynolds
- Page from Bible marriages Hopkins
to Shemwell, Lemmon and Reynolds
- Page from Bible marriages/births
Reynolds
- Page from Bible deaths/memoranda
Reynolds
- Thomas Oliver Reynolds Family
(half sheet)
- John Billingsley (half sheet)
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Obituaries/Death
Notices
- James Isaac Robberson obituary
- Abraham C. Reynolds obituary
- C. A. Hopkins; Frank Reynolds
obituaries (photocopies also photocopy of 2
pictures Charles Earl Lemmon)
- Abraham C. Reynolds; Mrs. Lula
Shemwell (photocopiesalso picture of young
Abraham Reynolds) 3 copies
- Ora Ann Reynolds In Memoriam
- Mrs. James Oliver Hopkins, Dr. W.
S. Hopkins obituaries; funeral card Mrs. Nancy W.
Hopkins (photocopies) 2 copies
- Elizabeth Reynolds Memoriam (typed
photocopy hard to read)
- Mrs. Nancy J. Brown death notice
- Miss M. E. Hopkins obituary
- Mrs. Lula Shemwell obituary
- Abe Reynolds dies in car wreck
news clipping
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Letters/miscellaneous
- Letter to Elizabeth Hammons 27
Sept. 194, Missouri Secretary of State in
response to request for copies of info on Browns,
Suttons, Hopkins
- Letter to members Hopkins Cemetery
Association 14 May 1993 from Elizabeth Hammons,
Secretary, financial report
- Letter to Anna 1 Jan 2001 from
Better Ammerman 3 pages photocopied
- Letter to Elizabeth Hammons 23
Mar. 2003 from Elinor4 Little Wolf
- Letter to Matilda Polk Campbell
DAR 18 June 2004 giving permission to mark James
Hopkins grave
- Photocopy picture 1896 G. G.
Grandfather Reynolds
- Information on Farmers Mutual Fire
& Lightning Insurance Co., photocopy of card
mailed to W. L. Potts, Dunnegan
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- Copy of article about store at
Erna, written by George Hooper Polk County
Historama No. 2, Jan 1980 2 pages
- Notes from Handybook of
Genealogy
- Handwritten list of namesAkard,
Boren, Brown, Hopkins, Jernigan, Simmons,
Williams
- Organization date Baptist Church,
Fair Play
- Miscellaneous scraps (6) of paper
with namesHopkins, Jones, Romney, Reynolds,
Hogan, Brown, Pierce
- Guy Everton Tremaine 2 pages
- Copy of Bryson article in Ozarks
Genealogy 8 May 1977 Springfield News-Leader and
"Quail" written by Lula Shemwell 1927
- Reynoldses celebrate 50th
anniversary
- Public Sale of School Property
Hopkins, Fox, Potts, Kinder, Mt. Bethel 1952
- Sutton Brothers Pay Rare Visit
Here Fair Play Advocate 25 Jan 1968
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Photographs
- Group at Home of Jim Thompson, NW
of Fair Play, Grant Brown only person identified
- James Oliver Hopkins, Amanda
Hopkins Walker, Nancy Arrah Hopkins Crow, Alvin
Lincoln Hopkins c. 1922
- Sutton relatives, taken at U. G.
Browns home
- Junior League, M. E. Church Oct.
1898
- Unidentified group
- Unidentified baby
- Ruby, Grace and Addie, taken 7
June 1971
- Small picture of Charles Reynolds
- Small picture of Vickie Reynolds,
Charles daughter
- Small picture, unidentified except
for "age 7 2nd grade"
- Tombstone PicturesFrieze,
Effie & O., R. "Honk", Alfred &
Elsie L.; Wyman (3 sleeves)
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Miscellaneous
- Hopkins listed in Polk County
Cemetery Directory 1979 pages 87-88
- 1850 Federal Census Wayne County,
MO Sutton, Hopkins pages 39-40 & 47-48
- 1850 Federal Census Cedar County,
MO Hopkins pages 16, 30, 35
- 1850 Federal Census Polk County,
MO Hopkins pages 38, 62, 63
- Population Census Schedules 2
pages
- Where to obtain Confederate
Pension Records
- Contact sources for vital records
in Indiana 2 pages
- Suggestions and items to consider
in writing your personal history 2 copies
- MO Society DAR List of collateral
descendants Meriweather Lewis & William Clark
- 2003-2004 Yearbook Matilda Polk
Campbell Chapter DAR
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Plat of
Hopkins Cemetery hand drawn |
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Documents
- Memorandum of Taxes Due Hiram
Hopkins Est. no date 2 copies original and
photocopy, also includes news article
"Funeral of James O. Hopkins" no source
listed
- Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins 1881,
Cedar County, MO
- Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins 1887,
Cedar County, MO
- Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins 1893,
Cedar County, MO
- FlyerBates & Clarke,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law, St. Louis
Claims against the United States in the Military
Departments of the West Pension, Bounties,
Soldiers pay
- General Warranty Deed Hopkins,
Walker, Crow 16 Feb 1886
- Receipt of payment State &
County Tax Elizabeth Hopkins 1855
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Newspaper
Clippings
- "Redressing The
Nutcracker" Springfield News-Leader,
Sunday Dec 3, 200, page 1G Jessica Engleman,
descendant of James Hopkins
- "Missouris war against
Texas herds" Springfield News & Leader,
Sunday, Jan 30, 1977
- "Whatever the ailment,
Graydon Springs had a cure for it" Sunday
News & Leader, Aug 28, 1977
- Photo Civil War T. H. B. Dunnegan,
William Lower, Gid H. Higginbotham BHFP Nov 15,
2000
- Photo Franklin House 1880 BHFP-no
date (photocopy)
- Photo Brush Creek section/house
crew 1890s W. A. Hopkins, foreman Daily Record,
Lebanon, MO (photocopy)
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Tablet with
census and cemetery material on Hammons, Holman, Hopkins,
Simmons, Williams |
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Original
sheet music
- The Little Ford Rambled Right
Along
- The Light in a Lovers Eyes
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Ancestry
chart beginning with William Hopkins 15 pages taped
together & rolled up |
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AGI-013-08 |
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63 photos of
tombstones in Hopkins Cemetery, Fair Play |
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AGI-014-10 |
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This part of
the collection includes information on the Hopkins
family, the DAR recognition of James Hopkins, photos of
Potts School in the late 1930s, several obituaries and
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Hopkins
Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery Layout Map in
fragile condition
- Invitation to dedication of grave
marker by Matilda Polk Campbell Chapter DAR on
grave of James Hopkins
- Copy of newspaper article
"Revolutionary War Veterans grave near
Fair Play BHFP 7 Oct 2005 2 copies
- Newspaper article
"Revolutionary War veterans grave near
Fair Play" with picture of grave marker BHFP
7 Oct 2005
- Newspaper article
"Revolutionary war Soldier honored, grave
marked BHFP 4 May 2005 2 copies
- Ozarks genealogy column SNL 31
July 1977 "Reunion & MeetingHopkins
Cemetery
- PhotoJames Hopkins
grave #3
- photoDAR ceremony at Hopkins
grave site #4
- PhotoRex and Dorothy
Hopkins, Carolyn Mott #5
- Financial status of Hopkins
Cemetery Association 29 Apr 2001 2 copies
- Hopkins Cemetery Association
Letter 12 Oct 2000 providing information on
problems in caring for the cemetery 2 copies
- Newspaper article "James
Hopkins Soldier of the Revolution"
printed from website of Ozarks Newsstand 2005 2
pgs.
- "In --- unveiling of
Monuments" placing of marker on Hopkins
grave 2 copies
- Ozarks genealogy column no date
"Revolutionary War Soldier James
Hopkins"
- Family Group SheetJames
Hopkins
- Newspaper article "James
Hopkins, Soldier of the Revolution" 2 copies
- Newspaper article about Hopkins
family no source/date
- Newspaper article "Hopkins
Cemetery Meeting Set"
- PhotoBarren Creek Church
- Newspaper article "Headstone
dedication at Greenwood May 20" for Bertie
Williams BHFP 17 May 2006
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Newspaper
photos
- Civil War Veterans in 1920 taken
in front of Watson Café
- Civil War Veterans pose for photo
in 1920
- Notes on Elijah Devin family
- 1908 Polk County Officers
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Hopkins/Jenkins
- The Story of the Hopkins Family as
Given by Mrs. J.B. Easley to Cleo M. (Hopkins)
McKinney
- Descendants of James Hopkins 3
pgs. 3 copies
- Jinkins Family Tree 17 pgs.
compiled in 1981, updated 1995
- Information about my mothers
(Mrs. Blanche Hopkins Reynolds? Mothers
people 4 pgs.
- Descendants chart for James
Hopkins 2 copies
- Family Group SheetJoshua F.
Brown & Louann Young 2 copies
- Death CertificateRonald
Franklin Jenkins
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Emojean
Reynolds Jenkins Hembree Schools
- 1953 Fair Play High School
Commencement Program w/photo
(photocopies, no identification on photo)
- 50th
Anniversary and Reunion of Fair Play
Class of 1953
- Potts School photos (10)
#s 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18,
19
- Polk Countys Rural
Schools special section of BHFP 7 Sep
2001
- Newspaper photo
unidentified public school building no
source/date
- Newspaper photo
Potts School in 1906 w/identification
- Photocopied photo of
children w/valentine box no
identification/date
- Photos (3) Emojean
Reynolds #s22-24
- Newspaper photo
Fair Play Seventh Graders 1941
w/identification
- PhotoPotts School
1937 #s 7, 13
- PhotoSouth Ward
Third Grade 1953-54 composite photo w/no
identification
- Letter to Emojean from
Sally concerning DAR information on
Hopkins
- Newspaper article
"The Hembrees are at home in two
counties"
- Christmas card sent to the
Hembrees from Nancy and Verdell Cowan
1977
- PhotoFair Play
Seventh and Eighth Grades 1946-47
composite photo no identification
- Photono date, some
identification on back possibly a third
grade class from South Ward
- 1935 Fair Play High School
Commencement Program
- 1933-34 Fair Play High
School Basketball Rosters both
girls and boys listed
- Polk County Populace 12
Aug 2008 w/photo and article about Fair
Play High School girls basketball team,
1933-34 champions of Ozark League
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Newspaper
articles
- Ora Curl Retires from Welfare
Office
- Debate gave Hamilton confidence
- Aged mates observe three score and
ten (Solomon and Minerva Hopkins)
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Obituaries/Funeral
Cards
- Obituary Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Holmes
- Obituary Mrs. Lula Shemwell
- Obituary Mrs. W. B. (Pearl)
Lee
- Obituary Mrs. Willie R.
Runyan
- Funeral Card Mrs. Willie R.
Runyan
- Thank you card from Willies
family for being casket bearer
- Thank you card from Willies
family for expression of sympathy
- Funeral Card Selma Imo
Kaudle
- Handwritten obituary information
for Wilma G. Reed
- Will of Alvin I. Hopkins 2 copies
- Birthday card no signatures/date
- Obituary Isaac Simeon
Reynolds 5 different publications
- Funeral Card Blanche
Reynolds
- Funeral Card Mrs. Nancy W.
Hopkins
- Obituary Anna M. Meador
- Funeral Card Anna M. Meador
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Miscellaneous
papers
- Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins 8
Sep 188?
- Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins 6
Dec 1887
- Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins
23 Nov 1889
- Woodmen of the World Clerks
Official Receipt (2) W. O. Hopkins 30 Dec 1911, 4
June 1912
- Unknown source containing letter
for Fair Play newspaper from W. Clay Sutton
writing about living in Fair Play dated 9 Apr
1963 w/photo W. Clay Sutton and twin
granddaughters in Washington DC
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Photos
- Group picture taken at Cave
Springs 2 copies one w/identification taken 1922
contains 38 people (descendants of J. O. Hopkins)
#2, 3
- Group picture taken at Cave
Springs w/identification taken circa 1922
contains 16 people (Hopkins, Reynolds) #1
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Miscellaneous
papers
- Poems (2) on index card
M-O-T-H-E-R Just Before the Battle
- Poem One night as I was walking
home
- Im a Senior Citizen by
Patricia Ann Rivera
- "Wishes for a Beautiful Year
by Rebecca Woodman Turner
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Miscellaneous
- A Pictorial History of Fair
Play
- Newspaper article concerning Mark
Hopkins estate SDN 14 Sep 1929 2 copies
- Franklin, our Forgotten State CMH
Care newsletter of Citizens Auxiliary Sep
2002
- View from the Rooftop newsletter
of The Chimney Checker Spring/Summer 2005
- chart showing charitable giving to
a church no name/date
- Missouri Soil Survey Map very
poor condition
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Emojean M.
Reynolds Jenkins Hembree
- PhotoJunior Class
1934 Fair Play no identification
- Photo1033-34 Fair Play Girls
Basketball Team no identification
- Photo1935 Fair Play Seniors
composite
- Photo1932-33 Fair Play High
School Girls Basketball Team no identification
- PhotoFair Play Girls
Basketball team circa 1935 some identification
- PhotoHalfway basketball and
softball teams coached by Emojean no
identification circa 1950
- Photo1959-60 Bolivar Seniors
composite
- High School DiplomaEmojean
M. Reynolds Class of 1935
- Burial reportEva Fay Hembree
b. 1934 d. 1934
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