It is 'Elizabeth's' grandfather Field Whitworth how has the oldest grave marked 1 Aug 1868, and transcribed by Richard Whitworth in the Hamtown Cemetery Log on 9 Aug 1868.
Butler Co., MO Marriage Record book B pg 234 (at that time no application to marry was required):
Elizabeth, as she was known, married James R. Ham on Dec. 10th 1874. The couple was married by James' father John D. Ham, Minister of the Gospel (he was also an M.D.!).
To this union 9 children were born:
1) Ida - 1879
2) Cora Lee - 1881
3) Viola Bell - 1884
4) Arlene - 1895
5) Ira M. - 1888
6) David G. - 1889
7) Lorena - 1893
8) May G - 1895
9) Riley M. - 1900
3 of her sisters rests in this same cemetery:
Lavina M. Whitworth MACOM / w/o Robert
Mary Dene Ann Whitworth Holloway / w/o Delany
Rhoda Whitworth Lade / w/o Frank LADE
Brother John Alexander Whitworth md Sarah CAVE (Poplar Bluff City Cemetery), d/o Gabriel CAVE (Hamtown Cemetery).
It is 'Elizabeth's' grandfather Field Whitworth how has the oldest grave marked 1 Aug 1868, and transcribed by Richard Whitworth in the Hamtown Cemetery Log on 9 Aug 1868.
Butler Co., MO Marriage Record book B pg 234 (at that time no application to marry was required):
Elizabeth, as she was known, married James R. Ham on Dec. 10th 1874. The couple was married by James' father John D. Ham, Minister of the Gospel (he was also an M.D.!).
To this union 9 children were born:
1) Ida - 1879
2) Cora Lee - 1881
3) Viola Bell - 1884
4) Arlene - 1895
5) Ira M. - 1888
6) David G. - 1889
7) Lorena - 1893
8) May G - 1895
9) Riley M. - 1900
3 of her sisters rests in this same cemetery:
Lavina M. Whitworth MACOM / w/o Robert
Mary Dene Ann Whitworth Holloway / w/o Delany
Rhoda Whitworth Lade / w/o Frank LADE
Brother John Alexander Whitworth md Sarah CAVE (Poplar Bluff City Cemetery), d/o Gabriel CAVE (Hamtown Cemetery).
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