Delmar John Kuska was born on February 10, 1932, in Milligan, Nebraska, to John Kuska, Jr. and Julia (Hines) Kuska. He had a younger brother, Verlyn (Butch), and a younger sister, Judy.
The family lived on the Kuska home place south of Exeter. Delmar attended country school Dist. #5 through the eighth grade and graduated from Milligan High School with the class of 1949. During his high school years, he and his cousin, Merle Buzek, stayed with their grandparents, Joe and Lizzie Svec, in Milligan.
Delmar enjoyed all outdoor sports - hunting, fishing, and ice skating - and playing with the Bob Chudly band. After graduation he worked with a crew putting up grain bins and helped farmers in the area. In March, 1951, Delmar enlisted in the United States Navy for four years. He received the National Defense Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was stationed on Guam for 28 months, and received his discharge on March 9, 1955. He began to farm, and on May 24, 1956, he was married to Marjorie Langhorst at the South Lutheran Church by Ohiowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Ohiowa, where the family still belongs. They were blessed with a daughter, Shelli, and a son, Galen.
Delmar farmed and raised livestock in the Milligan/Exeter area all of his married life. The first few winters Delmar worked at the Melton Issler Motor Co., Swede's Garage, and Tom's Place. Delmar served on the Milligan School Board, and the Church Council; he was Commander of Milligan Legion Post #240 for three years, and managed the Legion Bar for many years. He was a member of the Milligan Czech Brass Band since he came home from the service. He enjoyed meeting friends for coffee at Elaine's. He and Marge attended many dances, and the school and sports activities of their children and grandchildren, Casey, Allee, Megan, Steve, and Jake. They enjoyed some nice trips with family and friends. Delmar never quite retired from farming. He maintained his cow/calf operation until a couple of years ago, and helped Galen whenever he got the chance. Delmar passed away at the Friend Manor on Sunday, February 3, 2013, one week short of his 81st birthday.
Preceding him in death were his parents, grandparents, and brother Butch.
Survivors include his wife, Marge; daughter and son-in-law, Shelli & Jeff Krupicka; son and daughter-in-law, Galen & Sharon Kuska; grandchildren, Steve Krupicka, Jake Krupicka, Casey Kuska & wife Kristina, Allee Kuska, Megan Kuska & fianc? Justin White; sister and brother-in-law, Judy & Jerry Ware, sister-in-law, Joan Kuska and numerous other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted from the Milligan Auditorium on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, with Pastor James Sells and Father Rand Langhorst officiating. Deb Brunkow accompanied Karen Filipi who sang "One Day At A Time". Casket bearers were John Becker, Roger Brandt, Marlon Buzek, Ronald Kuska, Russell Langhorst and John Kassik. Interment was in the Bohemian National Cemetery with Farmer & Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Memorials are directed to the Milligan American Legion.
Donald E. Kuska, 97, a resident of Bettendorf, Iowa died on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Trinity Bettendorf.
A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Asbury United Methodist Church of Bettendorf where he was a longtime and faithful member. Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Monday at the McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home of Bettendorf where a Masonic service will be conducted at 7:00 P.M. Additional visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Thursday, April 14, 2011 at the Farmer Funeral Home in Milligan, Nebraska. A graveside service will follow at 11:30 A.M. at the Bohemian National Cemetery, Milligan. Memorials may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church, the Iowa Masonic Health Facility of Bettendorf or the family for the great-grandchildren's education.
He was born June 12, 1915 in Fillmore County, Nebraska, the son of Emil Anton & Katherine (Becwar) Kuska and was a graduate of the University of Nebraska. On June 1, 1940, he was united in marriage to Camille M. Conger in Lincoln, Nebraska. She preceded him in death on July 15, 2009.
Don was employed as an engineer for the J.I. Case Company of Bettendorf from 1971 until his retirement in 1983. In earlier years, he was the Chief Engineer for the Oliver Corporation of South Bend, Indiana from 1950 to 1971.
In addition to the church, he was a member of Hamilton Masonic Lodge, #664 of Bettendorf, the Davenport Scottish Rite, the Hi-Twelve Club where he was past-president, the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society of Agricultural engineers where he received an award for 75 years of membership.
Those left to honor his memory include his daughter, Cindy Buchman of Bettendorf; his grandchildren, Dominick Marcott, Danielle (Brian) Temple, Aaron (Heather) Buchman and Jennifer Buchman; his great-grandchildren, Adelynn & Avery Temple, Charlie Camille Buchman and Kira & Maximus Marcott; along with other relatives and many wonderful friends. In addition to his wife, Don was preceded in death by his daughter, Sherry Potenzo in 1990 and his brothers, Melvin & William.
1930 Census
Nebraska, Fillmore County, Liberty Twp
ED 30-21 SD 11 Sheet 1B
18-18
Kuska, Emil A Head M W 49 M 30 NE Czech Czach Farmer
Kuska, Katherine Wf F W 38 M 21 Neb Czech Czech
Kuska, Donald Son M W 14 S Neb Neb Neb
Kuska, William Son M W 12 S Neb Neb Neb
Kuska, Melvin Son M W 10 S Neb Neb Neb
Mollie was active in the Women's Clubs, 4-H, and church. She was always willing to lend a helping hand. Cooking was a big thing to her. No one stopped by without having a cup of coffee and a kolache. (Milligan, p 195).
At the time of the 1860 census he was enumerated next door to his future wife, Volley Ann Chism, who was then married to Samuel Hibbs. Aaron was living with the widowed Tabitha Chism, age 50, Volley's mother.
A photo of his military marker can be seen on his FindAGrave memorial page, and it is engraved "Aaron Kuykendall, Co. I, 8, Kan. Inf." There is also a photo of him, added to the page by Mike Serpa.
1860 Census
Illinois, Rock Island County, Twp No. 18 NR 3 R 4 PN Canoe Creek Twp, PO Pt. Byron
Enumerated 28 July 1860
Page 449
611-3402
Tabitha Chism 50 F Widow 3000 600 Ill
Aaron Kuykendall 19 M Farm Laborer Ill
Tabitha Hembers 13 F Ill
612-3403
Saml Hibbs 24 M Farm Laborer $--- $100 O
Volley Hibbs 26 F Wf Ill
Louis Hibbs 5/12 Ill
Wesley L Chism 30 M Farmer 6645 1280 Ill
Philip Deringy 23 Farm Laborer Ind
1880 Federal Census:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Aaron KUYKENDALL Self M Male W 39 IL Farmer --- -
Volley A. KUYKENDALL Wife M Female W 40 IL Keeping House --- IL
William N. KUYKENDALL Son S Male W 8 IA IL IL
Alfred KUYKENDALL Son S Male W 6 IA At School
Lewis C. HIBBS SSon S Male W 20 IL Works On Farm OH IL
Marion S. HIBBS SSon S Male W 17 IL Works On Farm OH IL Source Information:
Census Place Prussia, Adair, Iowa
Family History Library Film 1254325
NA Film Number T9-0325
Page Number 19D
1900 Census:
Nebraska, Nance County, Limber Creek,
ED 143
Kuykendall, Aaron Hd W M Jan 1841 59 M 27 Ill Unknown Ill Farmer
Kuykendall, Volley Wife W F Oct 1832 67 M 27 2/2 Illinois Kentucky Illinois
Kuykendall, Alfred Son W M Feb 1874 26 S Iowa Illinois Illinois Farmer
Lippin, Willton Servant W M June 1855 44 S Indiana SC Indiana Farm Labor
APRIL, 1770: Andrew Hampton, Abraham Kuykendall, Henry Clark and Joseph Green presented their commissions as captains in the Tryon militia to the April Court. Tryon formed in 1769, from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in its initial scope had boundaries almost undefinable. See, "The History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties," 1730-1936, by Clarance W. Griffin. The first Tryon Sheriff reported 1226 taxables in 1769. Erent Holcomb in his, "Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina 1769-1786," shows that at the time of its formation, Tryon County, North Carolina included all of the South Carolina Counties of York, Chester, Union, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Greenville, Laurens and Newberry; and also included all or parts of the North Carolina Counties of Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland, Rutherford, Henderson, Polk, Burke and McDowell
After his parents died, Alfred headed up the family, as can be seen from the 1850 census, in which three of his younger siblings lived with he and his wife.
This is confirmed in "...a matter of history..." Old Times, Old People and Old Buildings: Newspaper Accounts of Nineteenth Century Life in Carmi and White County, Illinois (The White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 121, Carmi, Illinois 62821: 1996). In an article reprinted from the White County Democrat Centennial Edition published on July 30, 1914 by William D. Hay, it is noted that "Alfred Kuykendall succeeded his father, Noah, and married a Miss Graham, daughter of George Graham, the cooper. To Alfred and his wife were born several children, none of whom grew to man or womanhood except George G., and I do not see much prospects of the family going any further, though you cannot tell---there is always room for hope.
Mr. Kuykendall's home being the largest in the settlement was for many years the meeting place for all gatherings. Religious services were held there, and many of the more or less and some of powerful preachers held their hearers in fear and trembling while they explained the love and teachings of the Lowely Nazarene. Not forgetting to tell something of the other fellow, hence the fear and trembling. All of Alfred's children were born in the three-story log house described above and he continued to occupy it until 1862. He then moved into his new frame home where he spent his last days, rounding out a long, useful and blameless life."
1850 Census
Illinois, White County, District 13
Enumerated 26 Aug 1850
107-107
Alfred Kuykendall 32 M Farmer 200 Ill
Clarissa " 27 F Ill
George G " 5 N Ill
Samuel " 22 N Farmer 50 Ill
Mary " 19 F 10 Ill
Franklin " 15 M Farmer 100 Ill
1860 Census
Illinois, White County, Town 5 S Range 10E
Enumerated 23 Aug 1860
P O Carmi
1498-1498
A Kuykendall 42 M Farmer 3000 3000 Ill
Susan Kuykendall 34 F Kentucky
Elvis " (sic) 17 M Kentucky
George " 15 N Ill
Lewisa " 9 F Ill
23 year old A.J. Keykendall, born in Ill, and married to 20 year old Ester. Living in Household 408-408 at the time of the 1850 White County, Illinois census.
The Application for his military headstone showed his name first as A. J. Kuykendall, then this was crossed through to show his given name as John. He enlisted on 8-14-1862 and was discharged on 6-16-1865, and served in Co H - 87th Ill. Inf. as a Corporal. U S Civil War Draft Registration Records, also on Ancestry.com, showed him as Andrew J. Kuykendall, a 36 year old Farm born in Illinois and living in French Creek at the time of his enlistment.
1870 Census
Illinois, Wabash County, Coffee Precinct, PO Rochester Mills
Enumerated 14 Jun 1870
Page 9
71-71
Kuykendall, Andrew J 43 M W Farmer $--- $300 Ills
Kuykendall, Esther 39 F W Keeping House Ills
Kuykendall, Frances 14 F W Ills
Brooks, Frank 12 m W Ills
Hildred McGuire, the youngest of Mamie's six children read a draft of the McGuire family history that her nephew, Keith McGuire, Jr was compiling.
In May 1978 she wrote him "When I read your sketch of the McGuire family, it didn't seem just right for some reason, and after I thought it over for awhile, I realized why. You were only 2 yrs. old when THE one who made us a family passed away, and you never knew her at all."
"Mom [Anna Mary Mamie Kuykendall McGuire] was not an average person (I'm a lot like her) and very few people ever really knew her except her kids, but there's not one of us who ever failed to love her and respect her. It was from her that we learned to love; she never talked about it, she just demonstrated it.
So no history of the McGuire family could even begin without Mamie....I'm sorry to say that I hardly know our dad until I was a grown woman. He operated the blacksmith shop during the spring and summer and then was gone from home most of the balance of the year, working on various construction jobs around the country and in Canada. He figures in my recollections something like Santa Claus-he came to us on occasion and usually bought lovely gifts, but Mom was the one who saw to our basic needs (and sometimes his as well!). It never occurred to me 'til years later how it happened that we got up on Sunday morning and our long-johns were freshly laundered (after our weekly bath the night before) and mended and ready to go. It must have taken quite awhile to wash and mend four sets.....maybe that's why Mom was later unable to sleep more than 3-5 hours a night! When she was old, she lost her sight, and couldn't read, and she nearly killed me keeping me from my '8 hours' to play bridge with her---because she was unable to sleep. ha!
In a follow up letter, in July 1979, she added "you didn't mention the divorce and I'm sure you must have heard somewhere that our parents were divorced in 1921. They later remarried (about 1925) but never were compatible and lived apart for the rest of their lives. This deep difference seems to have been present all during their married lives and was the cause of a lot of pain and suffering for both of them, but more for Mom than Dad. Men always have been able to find an antidote for their pains better than women and it was more so in the past than in the present----Mom spent her life like a mother bird without a mate.
Dad meant well and he never understood where he failed. He worked hard and long but he took no responsiblity for the nitty-gritty day-to-day needs of his family. His head was in the clouds with dreams of things 'way to too big for his ability to accomplish. He built buildings and thought up fancy names for the business he envisioned, but it was Mom who did the dirty work and kept on doing it after Dad gave up and turned to something else, because somebody had to keep the family going...
She tried to feed and clothe the family and finance Dad's operations from the the income from the store and she ended up with unpaid bills from merchandise ordered from the wholesale houses. She paid off hundreds of dollars after the store was closed following the divorce. Dad went off to a new life (chasing a married woman) and wouldn't even help support his minor children except when the woman learned of it and made him send us a few bucks. I think dad loved us, but he just didn't understand that he owed us anything. So I would like you to change "he operated the store in Trail" (to) he built the building but had nothing to do with the operation.....he borrowed $500 from a lawyer and gave the building as collateral....(causing Mom to borrow that amount from a relative to gain back the title to the building) which she held until her death. When her estate was settled, we opted to give it to Dad, and that's how it usually worked out. Mom sacrificed and went without things in order to pay the $500, Dad spent his money on women and ended up with the benefits of her sweat!
Mom was very young (about 4-5 yrs. old) when her mother died and her father remarried. She didn't like her stepmother and she left home when she was quite young and worked as a domestic in the homes of wealthy people. I don't know the extent of her formal education but probably 8th grade.
She was a tremendously capable person and had an inquiring active mind. She was way ahead of her time, and this is why she seemed strange to many people. She practiced religious and health ideas that are only recently becoming popular. [Note: her Death certificate shows she was attended to by a Christian Science practioner for the two years prior to her death].
She taught the first school on Red Creek, when Percy and Cecil were probably both to small to attend. I think she said she took them with her because she didn't have anyone to care from them in her absence.
She had a good voice and studied music (organ) when they were little but she said she had to give it up because it interfered with her family duties. (Percy poked several beans up his noise and nearly suffocated while she was having a lesson, so she never had another....and the organ was sold following her divorce).
The short story [written by Hildred] that I mentioned dealt with an incident concerning the store....it was so tantalizing to see all the goodies (which other people bought and we could not afford). Sometimes if something didn't sell we'd get it. [The story was about] some rubber balloons with different designs on them..we finally got....mine got away and I chased it 'till I was exhausted and finally it burst. I came back out of breath and heart and Mom was standing in the door with what looked like the one I had lost. She pretended that she'd found it---this is how she was---she didn't try to protect us from all pain and disappointment, but she knew when we were overwhelmed by events in our lives and and came to our rescue when it would have been disastrous if she had not. I think I would have been unable to believe in anything if I'd lost that small thing that day. I believe there is a Power operationg for good and that it uses us to carry out It's work, if we are loving, caring individuals
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Annetje,......................................................... Luir Jacobsen,.......................... Willem Van Vreedenburg, May 19, 1700................................................ Grietje Tack. ...........................Cornelia Swart.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Arie,.............................................................. Leur Jacobs,.............................. Jan Van Etten, June 8, 1694.................................................. Grietie Tack.............................. Janette Rosa.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
Keith McGuire shows her as being born in Linn County, Kansas, although census records seem to indicate she was born in Illinois. At the time of the 1900 census, she and her husband, Joseph Jenkins, were living in Olivet, Kansas, next to her brother Fred. It was indicated that Joseph was born in Kansas, with both his parents being born in Wales. His date of birth was shown as Nov. 1871, with hers being listed as August 1876. She was shown as the mother of zero children.
Grace Gleason writes that she was shown as Catherine Keykendall at the time of her marriage. Said to have married Benjamin Mathews/Mathis on 8 Mar 1818 Howard County, Missouri, and they lived in Arkansas Territory.
There is a Benjamin Matthews on the 1840 Howard County, Missouri Federal census. Did they come back to Missouri, or did they never leave? They are neighbors of Richmond Gage. (Courtesy of Grace Gleason).
Ira Jean McCracken (rmccracken3@cox.net) writes that "Definitely back to Howard County, Missouri, where their son, Peter Kuykendall, married his first wife, Polly Hargis 20 Feb 1842. In June 1848 Peter again married. This time in Schuyler County, Missouri, to Amanda Fletcher. It looks as if both Polly and Amanda had a daughter and then died. In 1850 Peter 29, occupation mail carrier, is enumerated with a George Naylor family and a 6 month old Amanda Mathews and 4 year old Sarah Fletcher are living with 52 year old Elias Fletcher and his wife also in Schuyler County. Sarah most probably should be listed as Mathews for in the 1860 census of Denton Co., Tx. a 14 year old Sarah is enumated in the home of P. K. Mathis and wife, Missouri. This is Martha Missouri Lile who he married 28 Mar 1851 in Schuyler Co. MO. Amanda is also in Texas living with her mother's Fletcher family."
His obituary, below, was copied from his FindAGrave Memorial page. This page also contains a photo of Charles and his wife, Helen.
Charles A. "Bud" Kuykendall, 96, of rural Crossville, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, at his home.
He was born Oct. 3, 1914, in Phillips Township, White County, Illinois, the son of Aaron Egbert and Laura Ellen (Treadway) Kuykendall. He was married to Helen Higginson, and she preceded him in death on March 13, 2001.
He was a farmer and enjoyed gardening and mowing around his home.
Survivors include three daughters, Lois (Ray) Stover of Enfield, and Doris and Linda Kuykendall, both of Crossville; five grandchildren, Allan Ray Stover of Ozana, Texas, LaDonna (Tom) Grunloh of Enfield, Cindy (Robert) Orrison of Kincaid, Jesse Charles Stover of Mill Shoals and Rajeanna (Mike) Rowe of Enfield; 13 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Bert and Laura Kuykendall; wife, Helen Kuykendall; four brothers, Howard, Frank, Lloyd and Buck; and three sisters, Flora Kern, Wilma Barbre and Lenora Kuykendall.
Transcription of his death certificate, as copied from his FindAGrave memorial page created by Carmian:
Monroe Kuykendall
Birth Date: 19 Jun 1847
Birth Place: White Co
Death Date: 17 Feb 1922
Death Place: Crossville, White, Illinois
Burial Date: 18 Feb 1922
Burial Place: Stokes Chapel
Death Age: 74
Occupation: Retired Merchant
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father Name: Henry Kuykendall
Father Birth Place: Illinois
Mother Name: Karenhoppench Greathouse
1930 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Barclay Township
Enumerated 2 Apr 1930
ED 70-4 SD 10 Sheet 1A Stamped 19
3-3
Kuykendall, Claude Head M W 33 M 21 Kansas Ill Wales Farmer
Kuykendall, Elizabeth Wf F W 31 M 19 Kansas Mich Kansas
Kuykendall, Wilma J Dtr F W 11 S Kansas Kansas Kansas
Kuykendall, Wayne M Son M W 8 S Kansas Kansas Kansas
Kuykendall, Dean C Son M W 2 3/12 S Kansas Kansas Kansas
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Cornelis,........................................................ Leur Jacobs, ...............................Johannes de Hooghes, May 30, 1686............................................... Grietje Tack................................ Jan Evers, Grietje Adriens.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
Some of the descendants of Cornelius who migrated to PA/OH comprise most, if not all, of the Kikendall/Kirkendall/Kirkendale branches. In the Anglicized, frontier environment to which they moved, meticulous records of marriages and baptisms were not kept as they had been in the Dutch Reform Church.
from: Family History Our Dutch Heritage A Research Synopsis of the Kuykendall Family: Kuykendall, Kirkendall, Cuykendall, Coykendall, etc Compiled by Gene Kuykendall, 1997 http://w3.gorge.net/forest/FAMILY%20HISTORY%20BY%20GENE.htm
1850 Census
White County, Illinois
135-135
Daniel Keykendall 25 M Farmer 400 (Ill)
Sarah Keykendall 17 F
Frances Stewart 56 FN.C.
Phebe Stewart 90 F Va.
Could Frances be Sarah's mother, and Phebe her grandmother?. They are living next door to 20 year old Jeremiah Stewart and 16 year old Martha Stewart. The Carmi Sesquicentinnial book notes that one of Carmi's earliest pioneers was William Stewart, a Revolutionary War soldier who served in the company of his father, Capt. Matthew Stewart. The family left North Carolina and settled near Marion, Kentucky before coming to Carmi. William Stewart was the father of Dr. Josiah Stewart and grandfather of Dr. Elam L. Stewart, Carmi's first mayor. He died in 1856 at the age of 93 and is buried in the Old graveyard. Could Sarah be related to him? If so, why was he not listed on the 1850 census with Phebe, Frances, and Sarah?
1860 Census
White County, Illinois, Philippstown
#1604-1594
Daniel Kuykendall 36 M Farmer $5,000 $9,000 IL
Sarah " 26 F IL
John " 20 M IL
Noah E. " 8 M IL
Laura " 6 F IL
Daniel T? " 4 M IL
Mary F? " 2 F IL
Frances Stuart 66 F S.C.
Matilda " 12 F Il
1870 Census
Illinois, White County, Fox River Precinct, Phillipstown
3 August 1870
Page 8
55-54
Kuykendall, Daniel 45 M W Farmer 8,000 1,500 Ill
Kuykendall, Sarah 37 F W Keeping House Ill
Kuykendall, Franklin 18 M W Works of Farm Ill
Kuykendall, Laura 16 F W Ill
Kuykendall, Lawrence 14 M W Works on Farm Ill
Kuykendall, Mary 11 F W Ill
Kuykendall, Charles 5 M W Ill
Kuykendall, Henry 1 M W Ill
Stewart, Frances 76 F W Norht Carolina
At the time of the 1920 census, Ethyl was listed as single, and the head of her own household. She was working as a teacher, and was living next door to her parents.
1910 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Osage City
Enumerated 21 Apr 1910
SD 4 ED 104 Sheet 7B
Market Street
147-149
Amish, Victoria Head F W 77 Wd 4/3 4/3 Bel French Hol Germany Bel French English Own Income
147-150
McGuire, Elizabeth Head F W 76 Wd 10/7 Ir English Ir English Ir English English Own Income
148-151
Kuykendall, Edgar head M W 43 m1 10 Iowa Ill Ill English None
Kuykendall, Katherine B Wf F W 43 M1 10 0/0 Maryland Ir English Ir English English Dressmaker At Home
I noticed on Ancestry.com that you listed the children of Samuel Young and wife Elizabeth Kuykendall [as John Young, Sr., Elizabeth Young, Catherine Young Hildebrand, Francis Young, Solomon Young, and Uknown Son Young]. I am a descendent of Samuel and have been researching this family for over 30 years.
There is an 1829 deed in Cleveland Co., NC where the heirs sell the land of Samuel Young deceased to Solomon Young also an heir. The heirs were John Young, Catherine Hildebran and Solomon Young. This also agrees with the census that they had 2 sons and only one daughter.
If you have information or proof that they had other children, I would like to hear from you about this.
There were 3 Samuel Youngs living in old Rutherford Co about the same time period. Some people get these families confused. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Terry Young (t_young@charter.net) Vale, NC
Email dated March 25, 2006
Information about this branch of the Kuykendall family was also provided by Linda Young.
In the HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY book, Lee Kuykendall is quoted as saying: "My father's father, my grandfather's name was FRANKLIN KUYKENDALL; his wife's name was MARY JANE ELLIOTT....FRANKLIN KUYKENDALL, my father was born October 17, 1834."
Lee Kuykendall apparently was misquoted, as he was the son of Franklin and Mary Jane (Elliott) Kuykendall, not grandson..
In another section of the HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY, both E.G. Kuykendall of Carmi, Illinois (p 240) and John Kuykendall (p 241) list Franklin as the son of NOAH KUYKENDALL.
At the time of the 1850 White County, Illinois census, Franklin had been orphaned and was living with his older brother, Alfred. In 1860, he was married and living with his wife and children, and 67 year old Lucinda Bradshaw from Kentucky. They were living next door to another Bradshaw family.
1860 Census
Illinois, White County, Town 5 S Range 10 E, PO Carmi
23 Aug 1860
Page 213
1513-1503
Franklin Kuykendall 24 M Farmer $2,000 $1,200 IL
May J. Kuykendall 22 F IL
Joseph Kuykendall 3 M IL
Sarah F Kuykendall 1 F IL
Lewcinda Bradshaw 67 F KY
1514-1504
Thomas Bradshaw 43 M Farmer $5,600 $2,000 KY
Sarah Bradshaw 31 F IL
Lewcinda Bradshaw 29 F IL
Fanny Bradshaw 5 F IL
Joseph Hardester? 23 M Farmer Laborer TN
The relationship of Lucinda Bradshaw to Franklin and Mary Jane is not known. Note at the time of the 1840 census that Lucinda was living in between Benj. Elliott and John Elliott. Perhaps the three of them were siblings?
1840 Benj Elliott 1-0-1-0-0-0-1-0//0-2-1-0-0-1
Lucinda Bradshaw 0-0-1-1-2-0-0-0//0-2-1-1-0-0-1
John Elliott 2-4-1-2-2-0-0-1//1-0-2-0-1-0-1-0
1870 Census
not located
1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Frank KERYKANDALL Self M Male W 46 IL Farm
Mary J. KERYKANDALL Wife M Female W 41 IL Keeping House MD VA
Lee KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 23 IL Farmer IL IL
James KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 19 IL At Ho
George KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 17 IL At Ho
Anjuline KERYKANDALL Dau S Female W 15 IL At School IL IL
Edger KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 12 IA At Scho
Ann M. KERYKANDALL Dau S Female W 10 KS At School IL IL
Fred KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 8 KS At Scho
Bell KERYKANDALL Dau S Female W 4 KS IL IL
Charles KERYKANDALL Son S Male W 2 KS IL IL
Source Information:
Census Place Dragoon, Osage, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254391
NA Film Number T9-0391
Page Number 86B
1900 Census
Missouri, Vernon County, Lake Township
Enumerated 14 June 1900
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 13 ED 132 Sheet 5A Stamped 238
88-91
Kuykendall, Frank Head W M Oct 1835 64 M 18 Ill Va Ill Farmer
Kuykendall, Mary Wf W F Apr 1847 53 N 18 2/2 Ill Ill Ill (Second wife?)
Kuykendall, Charley Son W M Oct 1876 23 S Kansas Ill Ill
Keith McGuire shows him as being born in Williamsburg, Kansas. Census records seem to indicate he was born in Illinois, as were his older sibling
At the time of the 1900 census, he was married to Lottie, and living in Olivet, Kansas. Next door to his home lived Belle and Joseph JENKINS, his sister and brother-in-law. The census shows his DOB as June 1871, and his wife as being born in April, 1868, both being born in Illinois. Lottie was shown as being the mother of no children.
At the time of the 1900 census, he and Alice were living in Olivet, Kansas, with children Ethel, Hazel, Vernon, Lola and Olive. They had moved to Crawford Township, Kansas, prior to the 1910 census. The older children were all still at home, along with the younger Alice, Maude, George and Charles.
In 1920, they were in Wyoming. George was listed as a Laborer, General Farm. Seven of their twelve children were still at home: Vernon (23), Stella (17), Zelma (14), George (11), Charles (9), Loren (6), and Fern (4). Their eldest daughter, Ethel, was living next door.
In 1930, he was not listed in their home in Wilson County, Kansas. Orinda was shown as the head of household. Even though George was not present, she was shown as Married, and listed the age of her marriage as 16. Only her children Maude (24), Clinton (22), and Loren (16) were still living at home. She and her son Clinton were listed as being engaged in Farming.
1900 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Olivet Twp
Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 122 Sheet 8B
170-172
Kuykendall, George Head W M Apr 1863 37 m19 Ill Ill Ill
Kuykendall, Alice Wf W F Jan 1872 28 m 19 5/5 Ks Ind Ind
Kuykendall, Ethel Dtr W F May 1889 11 S Ks Ill KS
Kuykendall, Hazel Dtr W F July 1891 8 S Ks Ill Ks
Kuykendall, Verner Son W M Oct 1895 4 S Ks Ill Ks
Kuykendall, Lola Dtr W F May 1897 3 S Ks Ill KS
Kuykendall, Olive Dtr W F Aug 1900 ?/12 S Ks Ill Ks
Linda Kuykendall, whose grandfather Aaron Egbert Kuykendall was a first cousin of George Graham wrote that:
"George Graham or G.G. as we called him was a small man, sometimes referred to as sickly. After Alfred's first wife died he wed Susan Britton Stinnett the widow with a child of Dabney K. Stinnett and his son Elvis Stinnett.
G.G. and Elvis became close When Elvis died of such a simple accident with a dog (fractured skull) G.G. began carrying a small gun when going into town and elimating loose dogs on the streets as told to me by my father. This can be backed up by the fines he paid off at the courthouse. He also had a habit of carrying quite a bit of money which I think probably also had something to do with the gun also since Elvis was gone.
After church G.G. would invite the different Kuykendall's to his house for dinner and would always enjoy the children. Dad said he would carve fish lures and give them to the boys for fishing.
In later years Dad's Aunt and Uncle were hired to stayed with him she taking care of the house and he taking care of the farm work."
A photo of his grave marker, on his FindAGrave memorial page created by Carmian, show that along with his name and years of birth and death, the marker was further engraved "In Memory of George G. Kuykendall who donated this ground for the original cemetery on or berfore the recorded date of 1/27/1891 and the first addition recorded date of 4/17/1911."
Grace Gleason notes that she was shown at time of marriage, on 18 Sep 1822 in Howard County, MO as Hannah Qurkendall. Said to have married Richman/Richard GAGE and they lived in Howard County, MO.
Velma Winn lists her as a daughter of Peter and Margaret. However, she was not listed with her mother and sisters at the time of the 1850 census (she would have been just a toddler)? However, a marriage record for a Harriet Kuykendall was located as follows: BRITTON, WILLIAM KUYKENDALL, HARRIET WHITE 08/23/1863 006/
Are there two Harriet's? Or might she be the daughter of someone other than Peter and Margaret.
1840 Census
White County, Illinois, p 285
Henry Kuykendall 0-0-1-1-1; 2-0-1-0-1-0-0-0-1
1850 Census
Illinois, White County, District 13
Enumerated 26 Aug 1850
137-137
Henry Kuykendall 36 M Farmer 1000 Ill
Karen H Kuykendall 34 F Ky
Emily Kuykendall 13 F Ill Attended School
Cerelda Kuykendall 10 F Ill Attended School
Francis Kuykendall 5 F Ill
Monrow Kuykendall 3 M Ill
Margarate Greathouse 78 F N C Blind
Samuel I Britton 31 M Laborer Ky
William W George 29 M Laborer Tenn
1860 Census
Illinois, White County, Phillipstown
Enumerated 29 Aug 1860
#1725-1715
Henry Kuykendall 46 M Farmer 10,000 3,000 IL
Karenhappuch "44 F KY
Monroe "13 M IL
Francis "15 F IL
Elvis " 9 M IL
Fredonia " 6 F IL
At the time of the 1860 Federal census, H. Kuykendall was the Asst Marshall for the Carmi census.
1870 Census
Illinois, White County, Fox River Precinct, Phillipstown
3 August 1870
Pages 7 and 8, Stamped 372
53-52
Kuykendall, Henry 56 M W Farmer 10,000 1,500 IL
Kuykendall, Karon 54 F W KY Keeping House KY
Kuykendall, Monroe 23 M W Works on Farm IL
Kuykendall, Elvis 19 M W IL Works on Farm
Kuykendall, Fredonia 15 F W IL
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Jacob, ............................................................Luyr Jacobs,............................... Annetie Arys, August 12, 1683............................................. Grietje Tack............................... Jacob Jans Van Etten.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
He was reared to manhood in the region about Kingston, and married Adrientjen Tietsoort, who was the daughter of Abram Tietsoort of Kingston, and niece of William Tietsoort, the pioneer blacksmith. The Tietsoorts, (now spelled Tittsworth); and the Kuykendalls intermarried in several instances later, as when William, a son of Stephen Tittsworth, married Cath-crine Kuykendal, daughter of Hendrick Kuykendall and Elizabeth Cole. Jacob Kuykendall had Only one child, Margrita, by his first wife. She was baptized at Kingston, N. Y., September 11, 1709. This first wife, Adrientje Tietsoort, must have died soon after the birth of her daughter Margrita, for his second marriage is recorded as having taken place at Minisink, February 3, 1712. The record in the Church register reads: "Married, Jacob Van Kuykendaal, wid'r of Adrientjen Tietsoort, and Sara Westvaal, maiden, both residing in Mennissing, (Minisink).
Family record of Jacob Van Kuykendaal now follows: Margrita, baptized Sept. 11, 1709, by 1st wife Adrientje Tietsoort. Johannes, (John), baptized Jan. 19, 1713, by 2nd wife Sara Westphael. Jacobus, (James), baptized August 19, 1716, he and the others, by 2nd wife. Dina, baptized Jan.28, 1719. Marretjen, baptized Oct.22, 1721. Benjamin, baptized Sept. 1, 1723. Christina, baptized Feb.12, 1727. Nathaniel, baptized Oct. 6, 1728. Abraham, was probably born in Virginia, no record found.
The family of Jacob, with some of his brothers and their families, went to Virginia, as elsewhere related, and some of their descendants are found still farther west and south. Going out into the frontier so early, many of the descendants lost trace of their forefathers.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
Jacob van Kuykendall was among the residents who granted land in Old Minisink Village (Sussex co, NJ) for a schoolhouse and a burying ground. That old cemetery can still be found, with some perseverance, back in the woods. There are fieldstone markers hand carved in old Dutch with some 1700's dates still decipherable.
Where did Jacob, Cornelius and Arie live out their lives? The evidence seems strongest for Warren and Hunterdon counties in NJ. Property granted to a Cornelius K at Northampton, PA in 1753 was believed to refer to Cornelius van Kuykendall, son of Luur. A later record of a Cornelius K improving that land makes it much more likely that this land was granted to his grandson, Cornelius Kuykendall.
The descendants of Jacob and Mattheus, most of whom migrated to VA/WV/NC tend to be found today with the original version of the last name, Kuykendall. Some of the earliest Kuykendall's in Texas were NC descendants who were Col. Austin's original 300 and played key roles in forming Austin's Colony. These have been documented by a Mr. Marshall Kuykendall of Austin, Texas for a History of Texas to be published in 1995/1996.
from: Family History Our Dutch Heritage A Research Synopsis of the Kuykendall Family: Kuykendall, Kirkendall, Cuykendall, Coykendall, etc Compiled by Gene Kuykendall, 1997 http://w3.gorge.net/forest/FAMILY%20HISTORY%20BY%20GENE.htm
Said to have married Sarah COBURN of South Carolina. Sometimes shown as dying in Anson, North Carolina. Shown as having five children, James, Samuel, Jonathan, Mary and Elizabeth.
1940 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Superior Twp
SD 4 ED 70-23 Sheet 5A
101-0-1000-Yes
Kuykendahl, James Head M W 79 M No 8 Ill R Osage Kansas
Kuykendahl, Mary Wf F W 80 M No 6 Wales Same Place
Mann, Joy Son-in-law M W 61 M No 8 Neb Same Place Farmer
Mann, Elsye Dau F W 51 No C-3 Kansas Same Place
At the time of the 1850 White County, Illinois census, he was living with his sister and brother-in-law, Louisa and Andrew J. Rudolph in Grayville, District 12. Shown as age 19.
In 1860 he was still in White County, but in Phillipstown. It appears he was living with his in-laws, the Whittings from England.
He was said to have died ca 1861 in Phillipstown, Illinois. Said to have been buried in the Whiting (Family) Cemetery in Phillipstown, which has since been abandoned.
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Johannes........................................................ Leur Jacobs, ...............................Cornelis Aartz Tack, April 20, 1685............................................... Grietje Tack................................. Sytie Van Etten.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Johannes, .......................................................Lur Jacobs, ................................Johannes de Hooghes, September 30, 1688...................................... Grietje Tack............................... Johannes Evers, Grietje Adriens.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
He during Queen Anne's war, as part of the Canadian Expeditonary Forces.
John wrote George Benson Kuykendall, the author, the following "I went into the army from Edwards county, Illinois, August 14, 1862, was corporal in Company H, 87th Regiment, Ilinois Volunteers. Was born in White county, Illinois. " John was a resident of the Soldier's Home in Los Angles in 1912.
Death Certificate information, below, copied from his FIndAGrave memorial page created by Carmian:
John Kuykendall
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1861
Birth Place: White Co , Ill
Death Date: 22 Dec 1927
Death Place: Hawthorne, White, Illinois
Burial Date: 23 Dec 1927
Burial Place: Hawthorne, White, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Kuykendall
Death Age: 66
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Residence: Hawthorne, White, Ill.
Father Name: Samuel Kuykendall
Father Birth Place: Illinois
Mother Name: Mary Jane Sanders
Mother Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse Name: Julia Kuykendall
1900 Census
Kansas, Osage County, Barclay Twp
Enumerated 21 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 112 Sheet 18A
137-142
Kirkendall, J Head W M Mar 1857 43 m 18 Ill Unk Unk Farmer
Kirkendall, Mary Wf W F Sept 1860 39 M 18 5/5 Mousera Egland Pa
Kirkendall, Laura Dtr W F Aug 1883 16 Kansas Ill Missouri At School
Kirkendall, Mary Dtr W F May 1885 15 Kansas Ill Missouri At School
Kirkendall, Ray Son W M Apr 1887 13 S Kansas Ill Mousera At School
Kirkendall, Ruth Dtr W F Apr 1892 8 S Kansas Ill Mousera At School
Kirkendall, Ester Dtr W F Aug 1897 2 S Kansas Ill Mousera
Land grant in Cooper County, Missouri finalized on 10 Jan 1840. His Texas land grant states he arrived in Texas in Dec 1840, and that he received a conditional certificate for 640 acres issued 5 July 1841 in Fannin County. He married Melissa Peveler in August 1841. Listed on the 1850 Williamson County, Texas census with three children. (Courtesy of Grace Gleason).
In 1920, she was newly married to Charles Adkins and living in Fannin County, Texas. Her younger sister, Olive "Ollie" was living next door to them, married to a Grant Adkins, also from Kentucky. Perhaps Charles and Grant were brothers? (George Benson Kuykendall shows, apparently in error, that Lola was married to Grant Adkins).
Texas, Fannin County, Precinct 6, ED 58
Adkins, Charles H Hd R M W 35 M Kntcky Kntcky Kntcky Driller Oil Well
Adkins, Lola M Wife F W 22 M Kansas Illinois Kansas
Adkins, Delorrris Niece F W 3 1/12 Oklahoma Kentucky Oklahoma
At the time of the 1930 census, she was living with her second husband, and their census listing was a follows:
Texas, Swisher County, Happy Town, JP 3 142-150
Slaughter, Ross H Hd R $40 M W 37 M 36 Tx Tx Tx Agent Sewing Machine Slaughter, Lola M Wife F W 32 M 22 Kansas Illinois Illinois Hotel Keeper
Adkins, Donald L. Stepson M W 9 S Tx Kentucky Kansas
Adkins, Ruth E StepDaughter F W 8 S Wyoming Kentucky Kansas
Adkins, Doris M. StepDaughter F W 5 S Tx Kentucky Kansas
Adkins, Billy C.H. Stepson M W 3 11/12 S Tx Kentucky Kansas
Bellos, Clifford Lodger M W 40 S Iowa Iowa Kentucky Laborer Odd Jobs
Keith McGuire notes that she later married a third time, to Drew O GRAHAM. Keith does not note any children born to them.
At the time of the 1850 census, she was living with her sister and brother-in-law, Louisa and Andrew J. Rudolph in Grayville, District 12. Shown as age 32.
Her obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page created by Carmian, is copied below:
Mrs. Mary F. Dobbs Wolf 1106 Parrish street died on Sunday at 7:45 p.m. after an illness of several weeks. She was a native of White county, a daughter of Daniel and Sarah Stewart Kuykendall, where she was born on July 9 1860. At the time of death she was aged 71 years, 1 month and 14 days. She had been a resident of this city for 10 years.
Surviving her are her husband William Grant Wolf, Mount Carmel; one daughter, Mrs. Lida Ethel Lawson, Vincennes; one sister Mrs. Laura Rudolph, Grayville and two brothers, Charles Kuykendall, Grayville and Lawrence Kuykendall, Crossville. She was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Burial will be made in the Kuykendall cemetery near Carmi. The body was moved to the Roy D. Short Funeral Home where friends may call.
Mattheus was born about 1690, no baptismal record found.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
Son Mattheus, and various grandsons began to migrate following the settlement patterns of this new country. Some moved south first to NJ/PA then VA/WV/NC then TN/KY and next west to TX. Some went to Upstate NY and, travelling primarily by boat across mighty rivers, to the midwest and eventually across the Oregon Trail in covered wagons to the far west.
The grandsons of Luur and Grietje who accepted early land grants in VA (WV) and NC, left a Dutch environment and entered an Anglicized environment. This meant the loss of the meticulous records of marriages and baptisms kept by the DRC's. Largely for this reason, there remains some doubt and serious disagreement about the lineage of the lines from NC. Were Abraham, Peter, Jacobus (James), Jonathan and Jacob the sons of Matthew or Cornelius? Researchers like Velma Winn and Betty Price are still working on this puzzle. The following records seem to indicate that Abraham, John, Peter and James lived in close proximity to Matthew. It would therefore seem they are more likely they are his sons, and not sons of Cornelius.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1748: Andrew Hampton shows in the North Carolina Militia Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Cobrin (Coburn). Dr. Robert W. Ramsay cited Samuel Coburn as the eldest son of James Coburn, who was a flourishing Indian Trader in the Susquehana Valley of Pennsylvania and then on the south branch of the Potomac River in Virginia by sometime earlier than his death there in 1748. Other members of Captain Coburn's Company in North Carolina under date of September 4, 1748, were Abraham, John, Peter and James Kuykendall. In 1743, one older Peter Kuykendall had been designated to lay out a road to Noah Hampton's mill on the Capon River, which later became Hampshire County, West Virginia. The old James Coburn was a neighbor of Noah Hampton. (Note: Peter married a Hampton and James married a Coburn).
MARCH, 1754: Anson County, North Carolina Deeds show Mathew Kuykendall and [second] wife Mary sell 150 acres for 28 Pounds Virginia money to Andrew Hampton. The land is located on the south side of the Catawba River and south side of Leapers Creek. Witnesses were John and Peter Kuykendall and Charles Dunlap and the Register shows all parties to be of Anson County. Dr. Robert W. Ramsay in his 1967 article by map locates Andrew Hampton on Dutchmans Creek below the Kuykendall Creek.
http://harrisonheritage.com/anhamptn.htm
The descendants of Jacob and Mattheus, most of whom migrated to VA/WV/NC tend to be found today with the original version of the last name, Kuykendall. Some of the earliest Kuykendall's in Texas were NC descendants who were Col. Austin's original 300 and played key roles in forming Austin's Colony. These have been documented by a Mr. Marshall Kuykendall of Austin, Texas for a History of Texas to be published in 1995/1996.
from: Family History Our Dutch Heritage A Research Synopsis of the Kuykendall Family: Kuykendall, Kirkendall, Cuykendall, Coykendall, etc Compiled by Gene Kuykendall, 1997 http://w3.gorge.net/forest/FAMILY%20HISTORY%20BY%20GENE.htm
On the 1850 Lavaca Co, Texas Federal census, Narcissa Kendle (sic), 19, lived next door to William and Jeanette (Kuykendall) Adams. The census taker started to mark her at being Mulatto. Was her mother Native American? Grace Gleason notes that she lived with her sister, Jeannette until at least 1880.
In ' "...a matter of history..." Old Times, Old People and Old Buildings: Newspaper Accounts of Nineteenth Century Life in Carmi and White County, Illinois' (The White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 121, Carmi, Illinois 62821: 1996). An article was reprinted from the White County Democrat Centennial Edition, published on July 30, 1914 by William D. Hay, it was noted that "Noah Kuykendall....had not inherited his father's love for moving and hunting a new and unsettled country, selected a location in the north edge of the Prarie and in 1809 built a log cabin about one hundred yards west of the present home of George G. Kuykendall, his grandson. He married and brought to his cabin home a Miss Jones, sister of Dan and John, prominent men in their day. The only descendant of the Jones family now living in the county so far as I know is our fellow townsman, John R.
In that cabin, one of the first to be built in that section or in the county, Alfred Kuykendall and other members of Noah's family were born. About 1825, Mr. Kuykendall built on the site of his little cabin a three-story log house. A large roomy, and for that day, an extra fine residence. Built of nicely hewn logs. Some of the logs of that house are still in use, being a part of the barn near where the the old house stood. They are still sound and you can scarely see an ax mark. This shows that the man who got out the logs for that house could hew the line. And that was considered quite an accomplishment at that day...I do not want to leave Mr. Kuykendall's home without saying more about the three story log house. The finishing lumber was all sawed with a whip saw. That is, a log was gotten into a scaffold, after being squared, high enough for one man to stand under it. Another man stood on top of the timber and with a whip saw (a kind of a rip saw made for the purpose) sawed it into the lumber faster than we would suppose. Though I have been told that making lumber that way was at least a first cousin to work. After the lumber came from the saw, it was planed, and the flooring tongue and grooved all by hand."
There is a Noah Kuykendall indexed in the 1818 White County, Illinois census.
1820 State: Illinois County: White
Page No: 189 Reel No: M33-11
Division: Prairie Township
Enumerated by: Jesse C. Lockwood
Enumerated on: November 22, 1820
Transcribed by John C. Jacoby and Proofread by Cindy Birk Conley for USGenWeb.
Copyright: 2001 Page 189
15
Kirkindall, Noah 3-0-0-0-1,2-0-0-1-0
1830 Census, White County, Illinois p 11 Noah Kuykendall 2-1-2-1-0-0-1;0-1-2-0-0-1-0
1840 Census, White County, Illinois, p 285 Noah Kuykendall 0-3-2-2-1-0-0-1; 0-2-0-0-2
Abraham Lincoln came to Carmi on September 1, 1840 in a political rally as part of his campaign for William Henry Harrison for President. Despite the rain, the rally was a great success. Lincoln stood before the huge throng and spoke for more than an hour. That night he lodged at the Ratliff Inn, where he visited with his many friends. Noah, age 53, and his family may well have been at the rally. (Source: Carmi Illinois 1816-1966 Sesquicentennial: Carmi Sesquicentennial Commission, Inc.).
Death Certificate, copied from his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Carmian:
Noah C. Kuykendall
Birth Date: 27 Nov 1858
Birth Place: White Co
Death Date: 23 Dec 1917
Death Place: Hawthorn, White, Illinois
Burial Date: 25 Dec 1917
Burial Place: Kuykendall
Death Age: 59
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Samuel Kuykendall
Father Birth Place: White Co.
Mother Name: Mary Jane Sanders
Mother Birth Place: White Co.
FHL Film Number: 1543820
Death Certificate, copied from his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Carmian:
Noah Franklin Kuykendall
Birth Date: abt 1852
Birth Place: Crossville
Death Date: 8 May 1922
Death Place: Barnhill Township, Wayne, Illinois; living with daughter Lena Ewing
Burial Date: 9 May 1922
Cemetery Name: Kuykendall Family Farm Cemetery
Death Age: 70
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Widower
Gender: Male
Father Name: Daniel Kuykendall
Father Birth Place: White Co., Ill.
Mother Name: Sarah Stewart
Mother Birth Place: White Co., Ill.
wed second wife Sarah Heck Davenport 23 Aug 1893 Sarah died in Lawton Okla 28 June 1907
Headstone has been either destroyed or moved. No longer can be found at the cemetery.
OLIVE ADKINS
16 Aug 1899
Feb 1983
71417 (Colfax, Grant, LA )
(none specified)
525-32-9327
New Mexico
The one-year discrepency in her date of birth is noted. The date shown, 16 August, is the same shown by Keith McGuire and George Benson Kuykendall. Only the year, 1899 vs. 1900, is different.
"Enlisted in the U.S. Navy Aviation Corps, March 8, 1918. He was trained at the naval training stations at Balboa Park and North Island, both near San Diego, California. He was honorably discharged February 15, 1919. He has been living on his father's place at Tucamcari, New Mexico until recently, but is now living at Olney, Ill."
From GenealogyLibrary.com: Abstracts of Wills, Washington County, Tennessee pg. 41 P. 6 --Will of Peter Kuykendall, Feb. 17, 1783: Son, Jesse slave and land; d. Jane; s. Adams; d. Elizabeth; s. Matthew; s. Peter; ch. Mary, Ruthy, Rebecca, Offay [Affay]. Brother, Abraham, executor. Teste: Andrew Thompson, John Kuykendall, Robert Irwin. May Sessions, 1783.
(Courtesy of Grace Gleason)
Will of Peter Kuykendall
I, Peter Kuykendall of the State and aforesaid county being sick and in a low state of health, but in perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for it with all others of his mercies, calling to mind the mortality of the body and knowing that it was appointed for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my last will and testament and principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God who gave it., etc. First, I give an bequeath that track or parcel of land where I now live and one Negro boy named Harry to my well beloved son Jesse; Secondly I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Jane Kuykendall one Negro named Dick; Also I give and bequeath to my son Adam Kuykendall five shillings sterling. I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Young the sum of one shilling sterling; I give and bequeath to my son Matthew the sum of one shilling sterling; I give and bequeath to my son Peter the sum of one shilling sterling and remaining part of my Estate after the discharge of all my just debts. I do ordain that it shall be equally divided among six of my children (viz) Mary Kuykendall, Ruth Kuykendall, Rebecca Kuykendall, Affray Kuykendall, Jesse Kuykendall and Jane Kuykendall. and this I do ordain and constitute my last will and testament revoking all others and affirm my seal this seventeenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. The above will and testament to be put into execution by my brother Abraham Kuykendall.
Signed Peter Kuykendall (Seal) Witnesses Andrew Thompson, John Kuykendall and Robert Irvin. Proven in open court by the oath of Andrew Thompson and John Kuykendall two of the subscribing witnesses. May Sessions 1783 and ordered to be recorded. Will Book 1 1779-1808
George Benson Kuykendall, author of HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY SINCE ITS SETTLEMENT IN DUTCH NEW YORK IN 1646, featured a section in his book featuring some of those Kuykendall's whose membership is quite large and widely scattered over the country, but who had not yet been able to trace their lineage back to earlier Kuykendall families. He listed Peter Kuykendall in this section at the time of the books publication in 1919.
The HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY quotes E.G. Kuykendall, a veterinarian of Carmi, Illinois, "My great grandfather, Peter, came to this county from near Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1807 or 1808. He came to Kentucky from farther east, supposedly Virginia. He stayed here a few years and went to Northern Missouri. His two sons, James and Noah, stayed here, and later James moved to Southeast Indiana, where some of his descendants still live, one or two in New Harmony."
In the winter of 1912-1913, George Benson Kuykendall received a letter from an old veteran of the Union Army, John Kuykendall, at the Soldier's Home, Los Angeles, California "There were two Kuykendalls settled in White county, Illinois, in an early day; there names were Noah and Peter. Peter was my grandfather; my father's name was James."
In the book, the author notes that "There are a lot of Kuykendalls whose ancestors came into White county, Illinois, in the first decade of the nineteenth century, and since then have scattered...Carmi, the county seat of White county, is yet the location of a considerable sized settlement of Kuykendalls. These people with all their known relatives have been classified by me as the "Carmi Branch." By consulting a map of the country surrounding Carmi, in the White county, White river regions, it will be seen that Carmi is only about ten miles from the Wabash river, and that the White river empties into the Wabash only about twenty miles distant by straight line. The Ohio is the line between Kentucky and Indiana, and between the lower part of Illinois and Kentucky. In early times it was very common for the emigrants from Kentucky to go down the Ohio in barges or pirogues and to land at such points as suited their destination. It appears very likely that a good many of these Kuykendalls ....took the water lines of travel...(being) much more convenient to travel this way, after the Indians had been subdued by Wayne and Harrison. It was easier to float down the rivers than to go through the vast forests of Kentucky and Indiana."
This theory is confirmed in "...a matter of history..." Old Times, Old People and Old Buildings: Newspaper Accounts of Nineteenth Century Life in Carmi and White County, Illinois (The White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 121, Carmi, Illinois 62821: 1996), an article reprinted from the White County Democrat Centennial Edition published on July 30, 1914 by William D. Hay: " It has been stated that the first name to become of record in the new county of White was Kuykendall. That being true, a few lines regarding him and his family will likely be of interest. James (sic) Kuykendall came from Tennessee in the winter of 1807, crossing the Ohio river at Shawneetown. There he camped to rest himself and family and take a look around. It appears that he tarried too long, for before he was aware of it, he was water bound. The river had backed up and he found himself on an island with no way of getting off. He had more than the usual amount of stock for a mover at that time, and he lost the greater part of it getting it out of the backwater. After getting to dry land with his family and such of his stock and household goods as he was able to save from the water, he felt he had all of Shawneetown that he wanted. So he came to Big Prarie and settled near where Georgia school house now stands. There he raised one if not two crops of sod corn. Enough of it to be able to loan a load to Robert Land when he came in the fall of 1809. So far as I can learn James (sic) Kuykendall made no effort to enter land and about 1820, maybe before, he complained that the country was getting too thickly settled to suit him, so he moved on. Going to northeast Missouri and settled near Chillicothe, where he died. Noah Kuykendall, a son of James, who had not inheritied his father's love for moving and hunting a new and unsettled country, selected a location in the north edge of the Prarie and in 1809 built a log cabin about one hundred yards west of the present home of George G. Kuykendall, his grandson. He married and brought to his cabin home a Miss Jones, sister of Dan and John, prominent men in their day. The only descendant of the Jones family now living in the county so far as I know is our fellow townsman, John R.
The Carmi Illinois 1816-1966 Sesquicentennial booklet also mentions the earliest settlers of Carmi: first the trappers and hunters, seeking fur and game. Then the land-lookers, wanting to settle. Daniel Bain, a Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia, pushed into this area in 1806. He sired 18 children; was step-father of six more. Others built on the Big Prarie---Peter Kuykendall in 1808; Robert Land, Thomas Miller, Henry Jones, James Garrison, Thomas Gray and the Rev. Daniel McHenry in 1809.
The year 1811 was one of trouble and terror. Indians were killing and scalping. Tecumseh was trying to unite all tribes for war. "This is our land," he told General William Henry Harrison at Vincennes.
Then came that terrifying December 16. It was 2 a.m. Monday. Settlers slept. Suddenly the earth shook. Cabins shuddered. Logs creaked. Cradles rocked. Chimneys cracked. Bells rang. Clocks stopped. Dishes crashed. Cattle bawled. Dogs howled. Horses panicked. People fled their cabins; huddled in the cold. Parents prayed. Children cried. The ground rolled up in waves. Trees blew up, cracked, split, fell by the thousands. When earth waves hit the tall timber, forest giants weaved their tops together, interlocked their branches, sprang back and cracked like whip lashes. The earth rumbled, roared, split open, raised in some places, sank in others. On the prairie, snow white sand shot up like geysers. Along the Wabash and little Wabash Rivers banks caved in. Trees toppled into the water. Mrs. Edward McCallister hurried her children into a dugout canoe, pushed it into the Wabash River. Violent waves forced her to struggle back to the heaving land.
The earth shook all night and the following day. Tremors continued for three months, with massive shocks January 23 and February 7. The praying pioneers didn't know it, but they had experienced the heaviest earthquake ever to shake the American continent. It shook 1,000,000 square miles.
The following biography, not entirely accurate, was published in the "HISTORY OF NEW LEBANON, COOPER COUNTY, MO":
Peter Kuykendall went from KY to IL at an early date; he was dealing in land there at least in 1814-15. By his first wife (name unknown) he had the following children: Benjamin (R AR Terr.); Catherine (married Mar. 8, 1818 Howard Co., MO Benjamin Mathews) (R AR Terr.); Sarah (R AR Terr.); Moses (R Howard Co, MO); Hannah (married a Gage, R Howard Co, MO); Jesse (R IL); Polly (married a Taylor, R IL); and Noah Kuykendall (R IL); the geographic placements are as of 1826. While in Illinois, Peter Kuykendall married his second wife, Ruth Wyatt, and had seven more children: Wyatt, b Sept 28, 1810 IL; William Grant b Nov. 18, 1811 IL d 27 July 1892 buried Otterville, MO; Josiah A. b Feb 19, 1815 d Jan. 20, 1853, buried Brush Creek Cemetery, Williamson Co, TX; Peter b ca 1817 d before 1846; Mary d 1892; Narcissa; and Janette Kuykendall (married William Adams).
Wyatt, Josiah, and William Grant all entered land inthe 1830's northwest of Otterville Isee DVKM). Ruth (Wyatt) Kuykendall and her sons, Peter and Josiah entered land northwest of Otterville (see DVKM). Just when Peter Sr. and Ruth Kuykendall moved to Cooper County, Missouri from IL is not known, but Peter died there in Dec. 1826. Ruth died in 1858 and is buried in Llano County, Texas. **Taken from the probate papers for the Estate of Peter Kuykendall. R=resides
In Gifford White's unpublished paper titled "William and Mary Kuykendall Perry of Llano County, TX", he quotes Lania and Mattie Perry as saying "Mary Kuykendall Perry said that her father was in the Revolution, and was an old man when he married Ruth Wyatt, with a first family. She said he died of TB because of exposure in the war...the Kuykendall family lived near Boonville in MO because they used to hitch up and go into town."
There were 17 KNOWN living children of the two marriages of Peter Kuykendall at the time his estate was probated.
There was a land grant in Cooper County, Missouri for him, finalized on 1 April 1843, The deed was signed by all family members in order to sell it in 1846 after his apparent death. He was unmarried. (Courtesy of Grace Gleason).
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Pieter,............................................................ Luir Jacobs,.............................. Peter Van Etten, May 1, 1698. ................................................Grietje Tack.............................. Hyltje Van Etten.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
Pieter van Kuykendall, youngest son of Luur and Grietje, married Femmetje Decker and purchased a large tract of land from the Decker family in Machackemeck. This old farm literally encompassed the current village of Port Jervis. A historical marker depicts where Pieter's farm was burned in an Indian raid.
The descendants of Pieter tended be the only ones who remained in the Machackemeck area pioneered by Luur. This is fortunate for later descendants like myself who have the have the advantage of additional years of Dutch Reform Church records to identify our lineage.
The descendants of Pieter who remained in the vicinity of Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY before migrating primarily to Upstate NY are to be found as Cuykendall/Coykendall with the one exception noted below:
Wilhelmus Kuykendall, gr-grandson of Luur and my gr-gr-gr grandfather moved to old Mamakating Village (Wurtsboro, Sullivan Co., NY) before the Dominies and Clerks institutionalized their common misspelled versions (Cuykendall/Coykendall) of the surname.
from: Family History Our Dutch Heritage A Research Synopsis of the Kuykendall Family: Kuykendall, Kirkendall, Cuykendall, Coykendall, etc Compiled by Gene Kuykendall, 1997 http://w3.gorge.net/forest/FAMILY%20HISTORY%20BY%20GENE.htm
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Sara,.............................................................. Luir Jacobsen,.......................... Pieter Van Etten, June 14, 1702 ................................................Grietje Tack.............................. Eva de Hooghes.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
Name Sarah Elizabeth Melrose
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Event Date 01 May 1946
Event Place Bone Gap, Edwards, Illinois
Gender Female
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Age 93
Birth Year (Estimated) 1853
Birth Date 23 Dec 1852
Birthplace White Co.
Father's Name Andy Kuykendall
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Mother's Name Esther Mcdaniels
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Occupation Housewife
Residence Place Bone Gap, Edwards, Ill.
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Spouse's Name Gibon Melrose
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Burial Date 03 May 1946
Burial Place Bone Gap, Edwards, Ill.
Cemetery Bone Gap
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Digital Folder Number: 4005313
Image Number: 1497
GS Film number: 1991242
Reference ID: cn 18930
Citing this Record:
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQHY-ZHF : accessed 27 Mar 2014), Sarah Elizabeth Melrose, 01 May 1946; citing Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1991242.
Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)
Styntie............................................................ Leur Jacobz, ..............................Stintie Douwes, April 2, 1682.................................................. Grietje Artz Tack....................... Claes Teunisse.
From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)
"Is in army training camp at Fort Riley, went July 22, 1917"
At the time of the 1930 census, Vernon, age 35, and his brother Warren, age 20, were lodgers in the home of Abner Weston in Box Elder, Wyoming. Both were single, and lsited as farm laborers.