---------------------------------------- Spouse: Margarita Ponz
Children: Miguel
1.1a Miguel Ponz*
---------------------------------------- Spouse: Benita Guardia
Children: Miguel
Other Spouses Francisca Gonalons
1.1a.1 Miguel Ponz
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Name: Miguel PONZ
Sex: M
Father: Miguel PONZ
Mother: Margarita CRESPI
Marriage 1 Juana ALZINA
Children
Francisco PONZ
Spouse: Margarita Crespi
Marr: 25 Dec 1647, Mahon, Minorca
Children: Miguel
1.1a.1.1 Miguel Ponz
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They had 6 children
ID: I12156
Name: Francisco PONZ
Sex: M
Note:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/fl/toc/unknown.htm
Misc. church records of the PONS family, 1500's Menorca>Florida
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FERNANDO MARTI CAMPS, Priest, Notary Archivist of the Episcopal
Tribunal of Menorca.
CERTIFIED: According to the existent documentation in this court,
ascending genealogy line of Matias Pons (Huguet), emigrant to Florida
1768, is as follows:
(I) Juan Pons, colonist of the ancient colony named "Bellver" was
married to Agueda Cardona. Both were living in the town of Alayor, on
the island of Menorca, the second part of the 16th century.
(II) His son, Pedro Pons (Cardona), colonist of the ancient name "Rafal
d' En Fanals", married Margarita Pons (Tremol), daughter of Pedro and
Antonia, the 14th of September 1618, in the parish of St. Eulalia in the
town of Alayor.
(III) His son, Miguel Pons (Pons), married twice. First with Benita
Guardia (Garriga), daughter of Lorenzo and Benita, the 15th of February
1653, Alayor, and having become a widower, he married Francisca Gonalons
(Mercadal), daughter of Jamie and Ana, the 3rd of November 1657, in the
same town of Alayor.
(IV) Miguel Pons (Gonalons) was his son, born of the second marriage of
his father. He married Margarita Crespi (Ximenes), daughter of Pedro and
of Antonia, the 4th of September 1694, in Alayor.
(V) Miguel Pons (Crespi), his son married Juana Alzina (Salom),
daughter of Francisco and Antonia, the 15th of February 1722, in Alayor.
(VI) It was his son, Francisco Pons (Alzina), who married Agueda Huguet
(Quintana), daughter of Matias and of Margarita, the 8th of February
1747. The last name of the wife is correctly written Huguet (it is the
diminutive Hugo), but in the documentation of the period, various
incorrect forms are evident: Uguet, Oguet and Euguet or Euget. But,
after contracting marriage in Alayor, the young couple made their
permanent residence in the town of Mercadal, close to Alayor, on the
same island of Menorca. There, his established branch continued until
he moved to Florida. Francisco Pons (Alzina) became the juror of the
University of Mercadal (it is to say, Municipal Adviser of the town),
by that which he gives the year 1755 honorary courtesy title "Magnifico".
These were the children of the Magnifico Francisco Pons and of wife
Agueda Huguet(Quintana):
1. Miguel Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 16th of
December. Died in childhood.
2. Matais Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 23rd of
November 1749. He moved to Florida where his lineage continued.
3. Juana Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, was baptized the 3rd of
January 1752. Died as a child.
4. Francisco Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, baptized the 5th of
October 1753. He also died at a young age.
5. Miguel Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 16th of
October 1754.
6. Margarita Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, baptized the 9th of
December 1755. Died as a child.
7. Juana Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 29th of
August 1758.
8. Francisco Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 15th of
November 1760. His God-Father at the baptism, was the Reverand Pedros
Camps, who later accompanied the Menorcan Expedition to Florida and
died in St. Augustine.
9. Jaime Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 4th of
February 1763 by the same Reverand Pedro Camps.
10. Margarita Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 11th
of February 1767 by the Reverand Pedro Camps, at this time vicar of
the parrish Mercadal and spiritual guide for the Menorcan Expedition
to Florida in the following year 1768.
All these dates stated by the documentation of this Archivist Diocesan,
they are signed and certified in Cindadela, the largest city in Menorca,
the 7th of February 1976.
Signed,
Fernando Marti, Priest
Father: Miguel PONZ
Mother: Juana ALZINA
Marriage 1 Agueda HUGUET
Children
Francisco PONZ
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Spouse: Juana Alzina
Marr: 9 Aug 1682, Crueta, Mahon Minorca
Children: Francisco
1.1a.1.1.1 Francisco Ponz
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ID: I12156
Name: Francisco PONZ
Sex: M
Note:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/fl/toc/unknown.htm
Misc. church records of the PONS family, 1500's Menorca>Florida
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Robin Bango,
bango@erols.com
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***********************************************************************
FERNANDO MARTI CAMPS, Priest, Notary Archivist of the Episcopal
Tribunal of Menorca.
CERTIFIED: According to the existent documentation in this court,
ascending genealogy line of Matias Pons (Huguet), emigrant to Florida
1768, is as follows:
(I) Juan Pons, colonist of the ancient colony named "Bellver" was
married to Agueda Cardona. Both were living in the town of Alayor, on
the island of Menorca, the second part of the 16th century.
(II) His son, Pedro Pons (Cardona), colonist of the ancient name "Rafal
d' En Fanals", married Margarita Pons (Tremol), daughter of Pedro and
Antonia, the 14th of September 1618, in the parish of St. Eulalia in the
town of Alayor.
(III) His son, Miguel Pons (Pons), married twice. First with Benita
Guardia (Garriga), daughter of Lorenzo and Benita, the 15th of February
1653, Alayor, and having become a widower, he married Francisca Gonalons
(Mercadal), daughter of Jamie and Ana, the 3rd of November 1657, in the
same town of Alayor.
(IV) Miguel Pons (Gonalons) was his son, born of the second marriage of
his father. He married Margarita Crespi (Ximenes), daughter of Pedro and
of Antonia, the 4th of September 1694, in Alayor.
(V) Miguel Pons (Crespi), his son married Juana Alzina (Salom),
daughter of Francisco and Antonia, the 15th of February 1722, in Alayor.
(VI) It was his son, Francisco Pons (Alzina), who married Agueda Huguet
(Quintana), daughter of Matias and of Margarita, the 8th of February
1747. The last name of the wife is correctly written Huguet (it is the
diminutive Hugo), but in the documentation of the period, various
incorrect forms are evident: Uguet, Oguet and Euguet or Euget. But,
after contracting marriage in Alayor, the young couple made their
permanent residence in the town of Mercadal, close to Alayor, on the
same island of Menorca. There, his established branch continued until
he moved to Florida. Francisco Pons (Alzina) became the juror of the
University of Mercadal (it is to say, Municipal Adviser of the town),
by that which he gives the year 1755 honorary courtesy title "Magnifico".
These were the children of the Magnifico Francisco Pons and of wife
Agueda Huguet(Quintana):
1. Miguel Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 16th of
December. Died in childhood.
2. Matais Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 23rd of
November 1749. He moved to Florida where his lineage continued.
3. Juana Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, was baptized the 3rd of
January 1752. Died as a child.
4. Francisco Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, baptized the 5th of
October 1753. He also died at a young age.
5. Miguel Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 16th of
October 1754.
6. Margarita Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, baptized the 9th of
December 1755. Died as a child.
7. Juana Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 29th of
August 1758.
8. Francisco Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 15th of
November 1760. His God-Father at the baptism, was the Reverand Pedros
Camps, who later accompanied the Menorcan Expedition to Florida and
died in St. Augustine.
9. Jaime Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 4th of
February 1763 by the same Reverand Pedro Camps.
10. Margarita Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 11th
of February 1767 by the Reverand Pedro Camps, at this time vicar of
the parrish Mercadal and spiritual guide for the Menorcan Expedition
to Florida in the following year 1768.
All these dates stated by the documentation of this Archivist Diocesan,
they are signed and certified in Cindadela, the largest city in Menorca,
the 7th of February 1976.
Signed,
Fernando Marti, Priest
Father: Miguel PONZ
Mother: Juana ALZINA
Marriage 1 Agueda HUGUET
Children
Francisco PONZ
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Spouse: Agueda HUGUET
Father: Matias Pons
Mother: Aqueda Pons
Children: Francisco
1.1a.1.1.1.1 Francisco Ponz
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He came to St. Augustine ,Florida in 1768
Name: Francisco PONZ
Sex: M
Reference Number: 4525
Note: still living - details excluded
Father: Francisco PONZ
Mother: Agueda HUGUET
Marriage 1 Agatha EUGENT
Children
Juan Matias PONZ b: 1750 in Minorca. Lived in St. Augustine & Fernandina, FL
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Family Names
Acosta (M)
Andreu* (1550) (M)
Baguer
Baya
Benet*
Bonelli (M)
Canova (M)
Capella
Capo (M)
Carrera (M)
Casanovas
Caules*(1550)
Fallani
Famanias
Fornes
Genopoly
Genovar
Hernandez*(1550)(M)
Joaneda
Leonardi* (M)
Llambias
Lopez (M)
Manucy* (M)
Marin (M)
Masters* (M)
Medici
Oliveros*
Ortegas(M)
Pacetti*(M)
Papi (M)
Pellicer*(1550)(M)
Perez (M)
Perpaul
Peso De Burgo
Pomar* (1566)
Ponce(M)
Reyes* (M)
Rogero*(1550) (M)
Sabate*
Segui*(1550)
Sintes
Triay* (M)
Usina*(1550)
Vens
Vila (1550)
Villalonga (1757)
Ximenez
M - from Mandarin area
* - direct ancestors of Steve Rogero
The Minorcans in Florida
"The New Smyrna Colony" was the name given to a large group of immigrants from the island of Minorca, off the coast of Spain; and a much smaller group of Italians and Greeks from Italy and Greece. Colonel James Grant, governor of the British province of East Florida, in a letter to the Count of Shelbourne in England on July 2, 1768, wrote, "This my Lord, I believe is the largest importation of white inhabitants that ever was brought into America at a time."
England gained control of Florida in 1763 in a trade with Spain and held this control until 1783, when Spain regained Florida. It was during this period, that a Scottish doctor by the name of Andrew Turnbull, a former British Consul at Smyrna, Greece was given a grant of approximately 20,000 acres of land about 70 miles south of St. Augustine, Florida and called it New Smyrna. It was proposed that the colony would undertake the raising of cotton, olives, indigo, and make wine and silk.
Minorca is the second largest of the Spanish Balearic Islands, which at the time of the New Smyrna project was under English control. The islands are 50 to 190 miles off the coast of Spain. Together, they form a province of Spain. Minorca is about 30 miles long and 10 miles wide. The primary town is Mahon, considered one of the finest deep-water ports on the Mediterranean. The immigrants would sail from this port for the New World and, more specifically, for the Florida Colony.
Dr. Turnbull first recruited one hundred and ten Italians and took them to the port of Mahon. He then sailed to the port city of Smyrna and the surrounding Levant to collect several hundred Greeks. It was some months later when he returned to Mahon to find that nearly all of his young Italians had married or were betrothed to the lovely Minorcan girls. The Minorcan families of these girls appealed to be included in the proposed British Colony. Other Minorcan families pressed to go also. So, rather than a couple of hundred Italians and Greeks, the final group that sailed in eight ships, totaled 1,403, largely Minorcans, whose ancestry was mostly Roman and Latin, descended from the famous Carthaginians.
The Minorcans’ contract with the British colonizers came under the Indentured Servant Law. Each was to serve 6 to 8 years and at the end of that time, would receive 50 acres of land, plus 5 acres for each child. Father Pedro Camps of San Martin de Mercadel, in Minorca accompanied the group and was their spiritual leader and advisor. His pain taking efforts in recording baptisms, marriages and deaths formed the background for many of the families histories that was later recorded about many of these families. His diary is called "The Golden Book of the Minorcans". The original book of Father Camps is still in good condition and several handwritten copies are on file at the Historical Library in St. Augustine. The original at the diocesan archives is kept along with other important documents in a special room under at prescribed temperature to aid preservation. The Diocesan headquarters is now located in Loretto across the street from St. Joseph’s.
"LES MESQUITES" as the colony was also called, came to a bitter end in 1777. In the face of extreme adversities, the colony had lasted nine years. Scorching heat, disease, deaths, menacing Indians, inadequate shelter, lack of food, insufficient clothing, but most of all the cruel treatment by Andrew Turnbull and his overseers. There are several accounts of how the English authorities in St. Augustine became aware of the seriousness of these problems. One story passed down through the years, tells of how Ramon Rogero, father of Alberto, and Francisco Pellicer, Sr. undertook to build a makeshift boat so they could get to St. Augustine to report conditions to the governor. Instead of reaching St. Augustine, they were picked up by a British ship sailing to Baltimore. From there they worked their way back down to St. Augustine on foot and horseback.
They reached St. Augustine and met with the governor, who showed great empathy for their plight. He sent soldiers to the colony and took numerous depositions (all a matter of recorded history) from a number of the colonists. As a result, the governor permitted the colony to come to St. Augustine "en masse" which they did in July 1777. And in the Fall of that year, Father Camps followed with the aged and infirm for whom special provisions had to made. The total number of Minorcans that arrived in St. Augustine was a far cry from the number left Minorca nine years prior. There were 1403 that left Minorca in those eight ships and in the ensuing nine years 930 died. With new births in that same period, there were 600 who fled to St. Augustine in 1777.
Some of the more notable descendants of this group were the Benet brothers, Stephen and William, both famous poets, Stephen the better known of the two. Also, Judy Canova, the famous comedianne and Hollywood star of the thirties and forties. There were also two Bishops, Bishop Manucy and Bishop Pellicer. Both served in the Confederate army as Chaplains and were later assigned to the diocese of Mobile, Alabama and San Antonio, Texas.
The Minorcans got along fine with the English, but they were happier to see Spain regain St. Augustine in 1783. They were very much at home with their Latin cousins. They intermarried with the Spanish families and those of the English who remained in the area. It is safe to say that in the veins of all St. Augustine native families runs the blood of the Minorcans.
Minorcans are primarily of Catalan descent, Catalonia being a province in the northeast section of Spain, with Barcelona the principle city. The slingshot was invented by the Minorcans and they were famous as "stone slingers" in the armies of Julius Caesar. Mayonnaise was invented by the Minorcans during the French occupation of the island and carried back to France. Admiral Farragut’s father settled in Tennessee from Minorca in 1783. He was the famous admiral who is known for his alleged cry, "Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead."
The Minorcans were a close knit group, they settled close together in what is now the historical district of St. Augustine, frequently called the Minorcan Quarter. Many of them worked farms a few miles out of town, but returned at night to the protection of the nearby fort. There were frequent encounters with the Indians initially, but as they became less frequent, the farmers went further and further out from town.
Submitted by Steve Rogero
Suggested reading for more in-depth information on the Minorcan Colony.
"THE MINORCANS OF FLORIDA: THEIR HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE" by Philip Rascio, Luthers Press, 1009 North Dixie Freeway, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168-6221.
"MULLET ON THE BEACH: THE MINORCANS OF FLORIDA, 1768-1788" by Patricia Griffin, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL.
"MINORCANS IN FLORIDA: THEIR HISTORY AND HERITAGE" by Jane Quinn, Mission Press, St. Augustine, FL.
"DR. ANDREW TURNBULL AND THE NEW SMYRNA COLONY" by Carita Doggett Corse
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Spouse: Agatha EUGENT
Children: Jaun Matias (1750->1814)
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1 Jaun Matias Pons
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Birth: 1750, Minorca. Lived in St. Augustine & Fernandina, F
Death: aft 1814, St. Augustine, FL
Name: Juan Matias PONZ 1
Sex: M
Birth: 1750 in Minorca. Lived in St. Augustine & Fernandina, FL
Death: AFT. 1814 in St. Augustine, FL
Event: Land Grant Heirs of, Index to Confirmed Claims FL Spanish Land Grants
Reference Number: 4243
Note:
Mathias Pons name is on the "Minorcan Memorial" in front of the Catholic Cathedral at St. Augustine, FL.
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/fl+index+18578909462 1+F
Florida Territorial Land Records listed in the National Archives NAIL Catalog
Mathias Pous -- Claimant 91 - 400 acres.
Father: Francisco PONZ
Mother: Agatha EUGENT
Marriage 1 Juana VILA b: 1756 in Minorca. Lived St. Augustine & Fernandina
Children
Antonia PONZ b: 1781 in St. Augustine, FL
Agatha (Agueda) Antonia PONZ b: 1784 in Minorca. Lived in St. Augustine FL
Francisco Domingo PONS b: 10 MAR 1786 in St. Augustine, FL-lived in Fernandina FL
Pedro Antonio Marcial PONZ b: 20 JUN 1788 in St. Augustine, FL. Moved to Nassau Co., FL
Juana Maria PONZ b: 20 OCT 1790 in St. Augustine, FL
Sources:
"The People of East FL During the Rev. War-War of 1812 Period" pg. 213 by Shirley Joiner Thompson
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Misc. church records of the PONS family, 1500's Menorca>Florida
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FERNANDO MARTI CAMPS, Priest, Notary Archivist of the Episcopal
Tribunal of Menorca.
CERTIFIED: According to the existent documentation in this court,
ascending genealogy line of Matias Pons (Huguet), emigrant to Florida
1768, is as follows:
(I) Juan Pons, colonist of the ancient colony named "Bellver" was
married to Agueda Cardona. Both were living in the town of Alayor, on
the island of Menorca, the second part of the 16th century.
(II) His son, Pedro Pons (Cardona), colonist of the ancient name "Rafal
d' En Fanals", married Margarita Pons (Tremol), daughter of Pedro and
Antonia, the 14th of September 1618, in the parish of St. Eulalia in the
town of Alayor.
(III) His son, Miguel Pons (Pons), married twice. First with Benita
Guardia (Garriga), daughter of Lorenzo and Benita, the 15th of February
1653, Alayor, and having become a widower, he married Francisca Gonalons
(Mercadal), daughter of Jamie and Ana, the 3rd of November 1657, in the
same town of Alayor.
(IV) Miguel Pons (Gonalons) was his son, born of the second marriage of
his father. He married Margarita Crespi (Ximenes), daughter of Pedro and
of Antonia, the 4th of September 1694, in Alayor.
(V) Miguel Pons (Crespi), his son married Juana Alzina (Salom),
daughter of Francisco and Antonia, the 15th of February 1722, in Alayor.
(VI) It was his son, Francisco Pons (Alzina), who married Agueda Huguet
(Quintana), daughter of Matias and of Margarita, the 8th of February
1747. The last name of the wife is correctly written Huguet (it is the
diminutive Hugo), but in the documentation of the period, various
incorrect forms are evident: Uguet, Oguet and Euguet or Euget. But,
after contracting marriage in Alayor, the young couple made their
permanent residence in the town of Mercadal, close to Alayor, on the
same island of Menorca. There, his established branch continued until
he moved to Florida. Francisco Pons (Alzina) became the juror of the
University of Mercadal (it is to say, Municipal Adviser of the town),
by that which he gives the year 1755 honorary courtesy title "Magnifico".
These were the children of the Magnifico Francisco Pons and of wife
Agueda Huguet(Quintana):
1. Miguel Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 16th of
December. Died in childhood.
2. Matais Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 23rd of
November 1749. He moved to Florida where his lineage continued.
3. Juana Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, was baptized the 3rd of
January 1752. Died as a child.
4. Francisco Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, baptized the 5th of
October 1753. He also died at a young age.
5. Miguel Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 16th of
October 1754.
6. Margarita Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, baptized the 9th of
December 1755. Died as a child.
7. Juana Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 29th of
August 1758.
8. Francisco Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 15th of
November 1760. His God-Father at the baptism, was the Reverand Pedros
Camps, who later accompanied the Menorcan Expedition to Florida and
died in St. Augustine.
9. Jaime Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 4th of
February 1763 by the same Reverand Pedro Camps.
10. Margarita Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 11th
of February 1767 by the Reverand Pedro Camps, at this time vicar of
the parrish Mercadal and spiritual guide for the Menorcan Expedition
to Florida in the following year 1768.
All these dates stated by the documentation of this Archivist Diocesan,
they are signed and certified in Cindadela, the largest city in Menorca,
the 7th of February 1976.
Signed,
Fernando Marti, Priest
Spouse: Juana Vila
Birth: 1756, Minorca. Lived in St. Augustine FL
Father: Peter Vila
Mother: Antonia Fiol
Children: Juana Maria (1790->1848)
Antonia (1781-)
Agatha (Agueda) Antonia
Francisco Domingo (1786-)
Pedro Antonio Marcial (1788-)
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1 Juana Maria Pons
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Birth: 20 Oct 1790, St. Johns, County, St. Augustine , Florida
Death: aft 1848, Duval County, Florida
Burial: Plummer Cemetery, Duval County, Florida
The 1790 St. Johns Co. census has her listed as the daughter of Juan Pons of Minorca. She is buried at Plummer Cemetery, Duval County, Florida
Name: Juana Maria PONZ 1
Sex: F
Birth: 20 OCT 1790 in St. Augustine, FL
Reference Number: 4249
Father: Juan Matias PONZ b: 1750 in Minorca. Lived in St. Augustine & Fernandina, FL
Mother: Juana VILA b: 1756 in Minorca. Lived St. Augustine & Fernandina
Marriage 1 John Seymour PICKETT II b: ABT. 1772 in Culpepper Co., VA
Married: in East FL Territory, Nassau County or St. Johns County, FL
Children
John Seymour PICKETT III b: 1810 in Pickettville, Duval County, Fl
Mary Ana PICKETT b: 1811
Stephen PICKETT b: 1815
James A. PICKETT b: 1819 in FL
Cornelia Ann Louisa PICKETT b: 1823
Francis PICKETT b: 1828 in FL
Ferdinand PICKETT b: 1833
Sources:
"The People of East FL During the Rev. War-War of 1812 Period" pg. 213 by Shirley Joiner Thompson
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Spouse: John Seymour Pickett II
Birth: abt 1772, Culpepper Co., Viringa
Death: abt 1847, Pickettville, Duval Co. Florida
Father: John Seymour Pickett I (1744-1803)
Mother: Hannah Withers
Marr: East FL Territory, Nassau County or St. Johns County, FL
Children: John Seymour (1810-1889)
Mary Ana (1811-)
Stephen (1815-)
James A. (1819-)
Cornelia Ann Louisa (1823-)
Francis (1828-)
Ferdinand (1823-)
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 John Seymour Pickett CSA
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Birth: 1810, Pickettville, Duval County, Fl
Death: 30 Jan 1889, Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl
Burial: Westview Cemetery, Duval County, Fl
Name: John Seymour PICKETT III 1
Sex: M
Birth: 1810 in Pickettville, Duval County, Fl
Death: 30 JAN 1889 in Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl
Burial: Westview Cemetery, Duval County, Fl
Census: 1850 Duval Co., FL
Military Service: Indian Wars
Reference Number: 2200
Note:
John Seymour Pickett III, was a pioneer farmer, cattleman and builder of Duval and Nassau Counties. He also served in the Civil War for about a year. In October, 1823, Doggett contracted with the county to build a courthouse. It was located on a lot given by John Brady. the building wasn't erected until the summer of 1825. It was 40 feet square, two stories high with a basement of 10 feet in length. It faced south and was laid out and framed by Seymour Pickett and the people of the county voluntarily gathered, and under Mr. Pickett's able direction, in two days raised it.
Ref: Webb's History of Duval Co., Florida, pg. 105.
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http://www.homestead.com/aahala/files/flduval1883.html
Duval County, Florida 1883 Pensioners on the Roll
Certificate No Name Post Office Cause for which pensioned Monthly rate Original date
2276 John S. Pickett do w. of shoul 8.00 Dec 1838
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Father: John Seymour PICKETT II b: ABT. 1772 in Culpepper Co., VA
Mother: Juana Maria PONZ b: 20 OCT 1790 in St. Augustine, FL
Marriage 1 Amanda Emma FLINN b: 1820 in Duval Co., Fl
Married: 14 JUL 1834 in Duval County, Fl
Children
Josiah W. PICKETT
Harrison J. PICKETT
Isabella PICKETT
John W. PICKETT b: 27 MAY 1835 in FL
James E. PICKETT b: 16 NOV 1836 in Duval Co., FL
Louisa Catherine PICKETT b: 1837 in Duval Co., FL
Louannah PICKETT b: 1838 in FL
William S. PICKETT b: 1 AUG 1839 in Duval Co., FL
George W. PICKETT b: 1842 in FL
Henry Clay PICKETT b: 6 DEC 1844 in Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl
Edward Cabot PICKETT b: 9 OCT 1847 in Pickettville, Duval Co., FL
Emma Amanda PICKETT b: 26 APR 1848
Thomas Cabel PICKETT b: 1849 in FL
Catherine Lavinia PICKETT b: 22 APR 1859 in Pickettville, Duval Co., FL
Sources:
Title: Jack & Kathy Lee
Spouse: Amanda E. Flinn
Birth: 1820, Duval Co., Fl
Death: 1890, Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl
Father: Charles E. Flinn
Mother: Catherine DOVER
Marr: 14 Jul 1834, Duval County, Fl
Children: Henry Clay (1844-1922)
Josiah W.
Harrison J.
Isabella
John W. (1835-)
James E. (1836-)
Louisa Catherine (1837-)
Louannah (1838-)
William S. (1839-)
George W. (1842-)
Edward Cabot (1847-)
Emma Amanda (1848-)
Thomas Cabel (1849-)
Catherine Lavinia (1859-)
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a Henry Clay Pickett CSA*
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Birth: 6 Dec 1844
Death: 22 Feb 1922
Name: Henry Clay PICKETT
Sex: M
Birth: 6 DEC 1844 in Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl
Death: 22 FEB 1902 in Nassau County, Fl
Burial: Live Oak Cemetery, Nassau, Co. Fl
Military Service: 1861 Pvt. Co F, 2nd Fla Cav Partisian Rangers CSA
Census: 1850 Duval Co., FL
Reference Number: 5669
Note:
Henry Clay Pickett served a short time when he was only 16 years old in the Civil War,
The old Thomas Creek Baptist Church was built by Henry Clay Pickett, grandson of Seymour, about the year 1877. He and his wife Emily and family were members there. The building is still standing, today in 2000, and is now used as a dwelling house across Thomas creek on Lem Turner Road, Duval County, FL.
Father: John Seymour PICKETT III b: 1810 in Pickettville, Duval County, Fl
Mother: Amanda Emma FLINN b: 1820 in Duval Co., Fl
Marriage 1 Moria TURNER
Marriage 2 Emily DeNora BRADDOCK b: 16 MAY 1855 in Dyal Station, Nassau Co., FL
Married: 10 JUN 1874
Children
Desdamona PICKETT b: 4 JUL 1875 in Nassau, County Fl
John Seymour PICKETT b: 3 FEB 1877
Lewis Wilson PICKETT b: 1 OCT 1878
Mary Ella PICKETT b: 24 OCT 1880
Henry Ellwell PICKETT b: 25 AUG 1882 in FL
Emily Volena PICKETT b: 28 DEC 1887
Martha E. PICKETT b: 31 MAR 1889 in FL
Grace Estelle PICKETT b: 3 NOV 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL
William Jennings PICKETT b: 25 JAN 1896 in FL
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Spouse: Emily Denora Braddock
Birth: 16 May 1855, Dyal Station, Nassau Co., FL
Death: 13 Sep 1921, Callahan, Nassau Co, Fl
Father: John Spicer Braddock (1833-)
Mother: Mary Higginbotham (1835-)
Marr: 10 Jun 1874
Children: Grace Estelle (1891-1986)
Desdamona (1875-1960)
John Seymour (1877-)
Lewis Wilson (1887-1951)
Mary Ella (1880-1952)
Henry Elwell (1882-1943)
Emily Volena (1887-)
Martha (1889-)
William (1896-)
Other Spouses Moria TURNER
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a Grace Estelle Pickett*
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Birth: 3 Nov 1891, Callahan. Florida , Nassau Co.
Death: 18 Feb 1986, Callahan. Florida , Nassa Co.
Name: Grace Estelle PICKETT
Sex: F
Birth: 3 NOV 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL
Death: 18 FEB 1986 in Nassau Co., Callahan, FL
Burial: Jones Cemetery, Callahan, Nassau Co., Fl
Census: 1920 Marianna, Jackson Co FL
Reference Number: 1585
Note:
Grace Estelle Pickett was the eighth child of Henry Clay and Emily Denore Braddock Pickett. She was born in the year of 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, Florida. Her father, Henry C., was a contractor, builder, farmer and cattleman, and the home that he built is located on Pickett Road south of Callahan, which is the home now owned by Mr. Cary Holmes. Grover Cleveland was President of the United States during this period of time, when Grace was a young girl.
William McKinley was President in 1896 and the Spanish American War began April 21, 1898, and Spanish American War hero Theodore Roosevelt became vice president in 1900. He took over when McKinley was assassinated less than one year later.
Grace's family produced and grew their own beef, pork, chicken, corn, potatoes, vegetables and sugarcane. Also milk, eggs and butter. They would butcher their own beef and tan the cowhides for chair seats. When the weather grew cold in the winter, they would have "hog killings" and butcher hogs, make homemade sausage, hams and bacon, and hang them in the smoke house to be smoked and cured. They would have Cane grindings to make cane syrup in the large syrup boiler outside. She baked homemade breads as bread wasn't bought in the grocery store in those days. How well I remember her delicious home made cake with chocolate fudge icing! She grew up knowing how to do
all of these things and learned to sew clothes for her family as well.
Grace grew up to be a beautiful young woman, and married Lawrence Beasley, a cross tie inspector, from Columbia, South Carolina. They lived in Marianna, Florida, with his parents, and had three children. Times were hard, and jobs were scarce. He left town to look for work in Texas, and later they could come join him when he found work. But he never contacted them or came back to get them. Grace and her children journeyed back to Callahan on the train to be with her people.
Her sister Dessie and her brother Ellwell helped her to find work and an apartment to live in. She worked as a telephone operator for awhile and for the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Later, she rented a large house and took in boarders to support her family. About eight years later, John Brandies, a local dairyman ask Grace to marry him. To this marriage was born six children. Grace thought her life would be better when she married John, but it became ever harder, as he had became an alcoholic. She worked hard in the dairy, cooked for all of the hired dairy hands and raised nine children.
She was a wonderful Christian mother, and loved all of her children. She taught Sunday School in the children's department on Sundays. She had an entertaining sense of humor, and at times, a hint of mischief in her eye. In spite of her hardships and circumstances, she was a happy person and never complained. She was known to have said that she was thankful that out of nine children, she didn't have any on the chain gang! She could sit down at the piano and play "by ear," she never had any lessons. Sometimes she would just put on a show and entertain her children and grandchildren, and we loved it. Some of her brothers and sisters were musically inclined, also.
When any of her children or grandchildren were sick and needed someone to be with them, she would come and sit with them, cook and do what she could help them out.
When she was older, she loved to travel with her children, when she had the opportunity. She was a humble lady and never wanted to be any trouble to them or to inconvenience anyone, which seemed to make them want to do more for her. Her life wasn't easy, but she did whatever she had to do when she faced the problems in life that were placed before her. This lady was a survivor and she was known to her family as, "Amazing Grace". When she was old, she told me, "I don't know why I've lived so long, If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself"! She lived to be 94 years old. I just hope that I will inherit just a few of her qualities, she was so special.
Submitted by: Jean Hodges Mizell, granddaughter.
Father: Henry Clay PICKETT b: 6 DEC 1844 in Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl
Mother: Emily DeNora BRADDOCK b: 16 MAY 1855 in Dyal Station, Nassau Co., FL
Marriage 1 Lawrence Winfred BEASLEY , Sr. b: 18 OCT 1889 in Westville, SC
Married: 18 DEC 1908 in Coolidge, Thomas Co., GA
Children
Irene Emily BEASLEY b: 1911 in Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA
Lawrence Winfred BEASLEY , Jr. b: 19 JUN 1913 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL
Helen Estelle BEASLEY b: 7 FEB 1915 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL
Marriage 2 John Stanley BRANDIES b: 31 MAR 1885 in Dahoma, Nassau Co., FL
Married: 29 APR 1926 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL
Children
Cleo Gay BRANDIES b: 24 OCT 1925
John Henry BRANDIES b: 4 JUN 1927 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL
Gene Stanley BRANDIES b: 13 FEB 1930
Grace Chloe BRANDIES b: DEC 1931
Charles Edward BRANDIES b: 20 NOV 1932 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL
Norma Elizabeth BRANDIES b: 6 NOV 1934
Spouse: Lawrence Winfred Beasley Sr.
Birth: 18 Oct 1889, Darlington South Carolina
Death: 21 Mar 1967, Houston , Texas
Father: Aaron Wesley Beasley (1848-1926)
Mother: Sarah Amanda (Sallie) Hearon (1870-1947)
Marr: 18 Dec 1908, Coolidge, Thomas Co. , Ga.
Children: Irene Emily (1911-1988)
Lawrence Winfred (1913-)
Helen Estelle (1915-)
Other Spouses John Stanley Brandies
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a Irene Emily Beasley*
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Birth: 1911, Moultrie, Colquitt Co. , Ga.
Death: Jul 1988
Name: Irene Emily BEASLEY
Sex: F
Birth: 1911 in Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA
Death: JUL 1988
Census: 1920 Marianna, Jackson Co FL
Reference Number: 1596
Note:
Father: Lawrence Winfred BEASLEY , Sr. b: 18 OCT 1889 in Westville, SC
Mother: Grace Estelle PICKETT b: 3 NOV 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL
Marriage 1 Elvie Harford RUSSELL , Jr. b: 12 MAY 1905 in Kings Ferry, Nassau Co., Fl
Children
Grace Estelle RUSSELL
Elvie Harford RUSSELL , Jr.III
Cuyler W. RUSSELL
Mary Virginia RUSSELL
Spouse: Elvie Harford Russell
Children: Grace Estelle
Elvie Harford
Cuyler W.
Virginia
Other Spouses Ted Howell
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.1 Grace Estelle Harford
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Spouse: Marion Rabloeux
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.2 Elvie Harford Russell Jr.
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1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.3 Cuyler W. Russell
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Spouse: Carol Milanders
Children: John Cuyler
Marion Leon
Russ Robert
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.3.1 John Cuyler Russell
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1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.3.2 Marion Leon Russell
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1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.3.3 Russ Robert Russell
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1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.4 Virginia Russell
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Spouse: James Donald McQueen
Father: James McQueen
Mother: Bertha Stalcup
Children: James Donald
Ronald Russell
Angela Grace
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.4.1 James Donald McQueen Jr.
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Spouse: Teresa M. Oakley
Father: Jerry Oakley
Mother: Gloria Allen
Children: Stephen
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.4.1.1 Stephen McQueen
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1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.4.2 Ronald Russell McQueen
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1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1a.4.3 Angela Grace McQueen
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Spouse: Kevin Owens
Father: H Owens
Mother: Maria Delouch
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.1b Irene Emily Beasley* (See above)
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Spouse: Ted Howell
Other Spouses Elvie Harford Russell
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a Lawrence Winfred Beasley*
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Birth: 19 Jun 1913, Callahan. Florida
Occ: Truck driver -- Owner /Operator
Educ: almost none can bearley read and write
Spouse: Ruth Magdalene Earnest
Birth: 23 Oct 1917, San Antonio, Texas
Death: 9 Aug 1968, San Antonio, Texas
Father: Ben Earnest (1896-1974)
Mother: Effie Moore (1898-1957)
Marr: 8 Dec 1936, San Antonio, Texas. Baxer County
Div: Uvalde , Texas
Children: Bonnie Gay (1941-)
Effie Magdalene (1938-)
Other Spouses Pauline Hamock, Mary Moreno Rodriques
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1 Bonnie Gay Beasley
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Birth: 10 Jul 1941, Jacksonville, Florida
Spouse: T/Sgt. Thomas Damian Orthmann USAF
Birth: 15 Apr 1939, Vancouver, Washington
Death: 2 Dec 1972, Fairfield, Calif.
Father: Lewis Eugene Orthmann (1903-1971)
Mother: Lillian Frances Brous (1912-1997)
Marr: 28 Jun 1961, Roswell, New Mexico
Div: Aug 1969, Fairfield, Calif. Salano, County
Children: William Edward (1962-1997)
Robert Wayne (1963-)
Rebecca Ann (1967-)
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.1 William Edward Orthmann
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Birth: 1 May 1962, Roswell, New Mexico
Death: 24 Nov 1997, Phenox, Arz.
Burial: Red Oak, Texas
Spouse: Sandra Denice Brown
Birth: 7 Aug 1963, Cumberland Co, North Carolina
Father: Theodore Roosevelt Brown (1920-)
Mother: Corrine Rowell (1935-)
Children: William Edward (1983-)
Amanda Lynn (1985-)
Jeffery DeWayne (1989-)
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.1.1 William Edward Orthmann Jr.
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Birth: 17 Sep 1983, Dallas , Texas
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.1.2 Amanda Lynn Orthmann
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Birth: 13 Mar 1985, Dallas , Texas
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.1.3 Jeffery DeWayne Orthmann
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Birth: 6 Jul 1989, Dallas , Texas
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.2 Robert Wayne Orthmann
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Birth: 16 Nov 1963, Mt. Home, Idaho
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.3 Rebecca Ann Orthmann
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Birth: 27 Nov 1967, fairfield, Calif.
Children: Elizabeth Ann (1987-)
Travis Matthew (1993-)
Ashley Nicole (1995-)
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.3.1 Elizabeth Ann Orthmann
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Birth: 23 Aug 1987, Dallas , Texas
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.3.2 Travis Matthew
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Birth: 15 Aug 1993, Dallas , Texas
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.1.3.3 Ashley Nicole Orthmann
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Birth: 23 Aug 1995, Dallas , Texas
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.2a Effie Magdalene Beasley*
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Birth: 30 Oct 1938
Spouse: Gerold Maurice Walsh
Birth: 17 Jun 1941, Minotp, North Dakota
Children: Gerold Maurice (1966-)
Patrick Michael (1972-)
Other Spouses Manuel Duane Sims
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.2a.1 Gerold Maurice Walsh II
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Birth: 31 Dec 1966, Vancouver, Washington
Spouse: Tonia Jean Olson
Birth: 27 Oct 1972, Calif.
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.2a.2 Patrick Michael Walsh
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Birth: 18 Mar 1972, Vancouver, Washington
Spouse: Tonya Diane Melton
Birth: 2 Apr 1974
Children: Elizabeth Marie (1995-)
Michael Patrick (1999-)
Kristin Effie Lynn (2001-)
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.2a.2.1 Elizabeth Marie Walsh
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Birth: 5 Dec 1995, Portland, Oregon
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.2a.2.2 Michael Patrick Walsh
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Birth: 28 Sep 1999, Portland, Oregon
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.2a.2.3 Kristin Effie Lynn Walsh
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Birth: 3 Mar 2001
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2a.2b Effie Magdalene Beasley* (See above)
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Spouse: Manuel Duane Sims
Birth: 15 Aug 1933, Okla.
Father: John Sims
Mother: Laura Smith
Other Spouses Gerold Maurice Walsh
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2b Lawrence Winfred Beasley* (See above)
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Spouse: Pauline Hamock
Children: Susan
Other Spouses Ruth Magdalene Earnest, Mary Moreno Rodriques
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2b.1 Susan Beasley
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Spouse: Nicholas Flowers
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2c Lawrence Winfred Beasley* (See above)
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Spouse: Mary Moreno Rodriques
Children: Lawrence Winfred (1947-)
Sylvia Marie (1949-)
Other Spouses Ruth Magdalene Earnest, Pauline Hamock
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2c.1 Lawrence Winfred Beasley
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Birth: 10 Oct 1947, Martin Co. Texas
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.2c.2 Sylvia Marie Beasley
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Birth: 28 Sep 1949, Martin Co. Texas
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.3a Helen Estelle Beasley*
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Birth: 7 Feb 1915, Callahan. Florida
Name: Helen Estelle BEASLEY
Sex: F
Birth: 7 FEB 1915 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL
Census: 1920 Marianna, Jackson Co FL
Reference Number: 5353
Note:
Helen Estelle Beasley Hodges, 1995
1915 - Helen Estelle Beasley was born, February 7, 1915, in Callahan, Florida, in the
home of her grandmother, Emily Braddock Pickett. For that day and time it was
considered a nice home and it was on the corner of road US 1 and road A1A where
the intersection of US1, 301 and SR200, on the southwest corner. Helen's family lived
in Marianna, Florida at this time, but her mother wanted to come home and be near her
mother, when Helen was to be born. Helen was the third child of Lawrence Winfred
Beasley, who was born in Columbia, S. C. Her Mother was a good Christian woman
named, Grace Estelle Pickett, born in Callahan, Florida. After Helen was born, when
her mother was able, they journeyed back home to Marianna.
Helen's earliest memory there was that they lived upstairs in a two story house and her
Grandmother and Grandfather Beasley and their youngest daughter, Ruth, who was about
14 years old at the time, lived downstairs. She loved them very much and can remember
them holding her and singing to her. She was the baby of her family then, with a brother
two and a half years old and a sister that was four. Her mother, Grace, worked for
Singer Sewing Machine Co., that had a shop upstairs there. At this time, her Father,
Lawrence, was a log and timber inspector for a large company. He took care of the
whole family then.
She remembered that they had a Nash automobile and her mother was such a good
driver that she was asked by several of her friends to teach them how to drive, and she
did. That was a wonder in those days, as women didn't have the privileges that they
enjoy now. Her mother became very popular and had many friends there. But soon, this
would all end, as her Father was popular too, --- with the ladies. His Boss's wife fell for
him, they left town together and life was never the same again. Woodrow Wilson was
President of the United States at this time.
1917 - World War I began.
1918 - Times were hard, especially for a mother with three small children, so Grace and her family planned to leave Marianna and go back home to live near her people in Callahan.
Helen remembered, as they left how sad her black Nanny was and how she had cried for
Grace to take her to live with them, as she loved them all so much. But Grace knew that she would
not be able to support her children and a Nanny, even though she wanted to work
for them for "free".
They parted and rode the train back home to Callahan. Helen was only three years old, at
the time, and would never forget the train coaches were full of soldiers riding off to fight in World
War I. She was the only little child there and they would take turns holding and
cuddling her, with tears streaming down their faces, remembering their own children left
without a father at home. Many of these brave young men never returned. War is, indeed,
a terrible agony for the human race, and this was supposed to be the war that would end
all wars. When they arrived back in Callahan, they went to live with Grace's sister Dessie
and her husband, Cuyler Hilliard, in Orange Park, where they worked on his dairy farm, until they
could find a place to live.
1919 - Warren G. Harding elected President of the USA. This was the beginning of the Probition Era when gangsters began "bootlegging" liquor and crime increased. Later,
Calvin Cooledge was Elected President, and this was the time of Farm and Labor
Hardships. Most American farmers became poor because of high tariff and crop surpluses.
The KuKlux Klan was revived.
1920 - The Roaring 20's era. Herbert Hoover was President. As a whole, most of the country
prospered. Riotous spending and real-estate booms sent prices skyrocketing. Henry Ford put
" America on wheels" with his "Model T Ford".
1921- World War I ended. After some time, Grace found a house and moved to Jacksonville where
she opened a rooming house and made a living renting rooms and cooking for boarders. Later, they moved to Callahan to the large two-story house on Green Street near the corner of Mickler Street, that was
called the "Virginia White House".
Grace needed a larger rooming house, as time went on, and the family moved to the "Mickler House," which was later known as the "Newt Conner home," and was located on the corner of Mickler and
Green Street, where the First Baptist Church Family Life Center is today.
Grace, also, worked as the church custodian for the "old" church, while living at this house, and
Helen and Larry would go in the bellfrey and ring the church bell every Sunday morning for church.
The US 1 highway was being surveyed through the State of Florida at this time, and Helen's Mother boarded the survey Boss, his crew and two of the crews wives.
The years passed, and they moved to a twostory house called the "Higginbotham House"
that was across US 301 in front of where the Elementary School is now, and Rented rooms to
boarders.
Grace's brother Elworth Pickett was a kind, and good man and had helped her whenever he could. He had a "general store" on Dixie Ave. His slogan was--- "Buys what you want to sell and sells what you want to buy". Upstairs, there was the Telephone Office and some vacant rooms, which he offered to Grace and her children to live in. They moved and she got a job as the first telelphone operator in Callahan.
No one in Callahan had a telephone in those days, so it was up to Helen and her brother to summond people to the telephone office to talk on the telephone, when a call came through. Theyt were paid 25 cents for each walk to summond. In those days, 25 cents looked like a fortune to them!
Through the years, Helen's mother, Grace, had worked as a seamstress, ran a rooming House and cooked for boarders and, also, worked as a telephone operator, to support her family the best she
could in her day day and time. How she had time to do all of this was a "wonder". Helen learned to
sew by watching her Mother and was able to help her.
The next house that they moved to was the "Thomas house", located on US 1, across from Walter Hodges, Sr. home. Helen was six years old, and it was in this house that Helen's grandmother Pickett was living with them before she passed away, with a heart attack.
1925 - Now, Mr. John S. Brandies was a local dairyman that owned a dairy on A1A, about a block East
of US 1 in Callahan.
1927 - John Brandies and Grace had six children. Meanwihle, Helen was left at home on the dairy
farm, and her step-father took her out of school to help her Mother run the milk room at the dairy. It
was her job to make the butter for market and wash the milk containers. She also, helped her mother cook and make biscuits for all of the dairy hands that worked there. She didn't think that anybody had cooked more biscuits than she had cooked! Until this day, she does not care for biscuit and wouldn't care if she never had to eat another one! Also, she had to carry heavy buckets of water from the well
for cooking and for bath water for the family.
Throughout her childhood, Helen had always been friends and had played with Thelma Hodges, who lived across the street from her. Thelma's older brother was Walter Hodges, and about this time,
Helen and Walter had begun dating. Helen finally left home when she was eighteen and married
Walter Hodges.
1933 - This was the year that Walter W. Hodges, Jr. and Helen Beasley were married in Folkston, Georgia. They lived with Walter's parents for about a year. Walter worked for his father,
W. W. Hodges, Sr., on his chicken farm for $7.00 a week. Walter and Helen, also, helped run his father's chicken hatchery. His father gave him the land for their chicken farm that was a mile and a
half East of Callahan, on what is now called Hodges Road, where they built a small house to live in
on their farm. Later, Walter's father wanted to get out of the hatchery business, and they continued to run it until Walter built his own hatchery at his farm. They were so busy and happy and didn't have much in those early years, but had "love and commitment".
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President that year.
1935 - On May 18, 1935, Walter and Helen's first child, Jean Theresa, a beautiful baby girl, was born
to them. Helen has stated that "She has been the greatest blessing God could give them".
1937 - Her daughter, Jean, was entered in Sixth National Photograph Contest and won fifth National
prize in the United States.
1939 - Purchased their first automobile, a 1939 Plymouth, and was so proud of it!
1941 - World War II began when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and was a very difficult time for our Country. There was a shortage of doctors and nurses in the hospitals here in the states,
as many of them had gone away to the war to care for our wounded and dying servicemen overseas. This was the year that Jean started to school and Walter and Helen's second child, Vivian Patricia,
was born on July 24th. She was a beautiful little baby girl with black hair, and was a "blue baby"
which was a heart defective condition.. The hospitals were very crowded and short of nurses at this time and there wasn't room in the baby nursery for her, so they had to but her in an incubator outside
of the nursery in the hospital hall. She died on July 26, 1941. This was such a sad time in our lives. This was the last child born to this family.
During the war, you could hardly buy an automobile or truck, since they were so scarce. We had to repair whatever we had, and make-do the best we could with what we had, until the war was over.
Meat, sugar, butter, coffee and cigarettes were rationed, as these items were needed to be sent to
feed our service men fighting the war. The government issued "rationed food stamps and tokens" to purchase each family's limited allowance of these foods. Instead of sugar, we used karo syrup and homemade syrup in place of sugar, when our allowance was used up. Automobiles (metal), tires
(rubber) and leather were also rationed and scarce, as metal and rubber were used to make machine guns, army tanks, trucks and jeeps for the war, and leather was used to make boots for our soldiers.
Helen, along with other women volunteers, helped the Red Cross make childrens overalls and shirts
for the orphaned children of the war in Europe. They also made bandages for our servicemen that
were wounded and in the hospitals. Japanese war planes were sighted off the coast of the U. S., and
the President ordered everyone had to paint their automobile headlights with black paint, on the upper half of the headlights, to make it harder for any "Jap" planes to see cars down below at night, and to avoid possibly being bombed by the "Japs". In our homes at night, we had to have blackout curtains and could have only one or two lights on to try to keep our homes and towns from being easily seen
in the dark.
Farmers raised crops and meat to feed our troupes in the war. Walter was a farmer, of course, and every time he received an update on his draft card status, he would be relieved that he was not drafted again for that time. He was needed more on the farm, to produce more chickens and eggs to help feed our country. We were fortunate to have pretty floral printed feed sacks, that chicken feed came in, which Helen used to sew pretty dresses and shirts. Sheets, pillow cases, dish towels and underwear were sewn from white feed sacks that had been bleached. Also, we had plenty of chicken and eggs to eat. Fried chicken was "special" for Sunday dinner. Most people had to have a garden to have enough food to eat for the family. We ate lots of beans, rice, biscuits and cornbread, too. We canned our fruits and vegetables from the garden for winter and grew sugar cane, had cane grindings and made home made syrup. Coffee was very scarce and we drank a lot of Postum and Ovaltine, and of course we had milk cows for milk and butter and, also raised hogs to butcher for meat. Walter was an excellent deer hunter and we had plenty of vinison and wild game to eat.
Helen was a faithful Christian mother and active church worker and Sunday School teacher, at the First Baptist Church in Callahan, from about 1938 until around 1960, where she taught various age groups from three year olds to teenagers. She was, also, a teacher in Vacation Bible School, and was the wife of Walter W. Hodges, Jr., who was the Chairman of the Board of Deacons for several years and was also Sunday School Superintendant.
1945 - Harry S. Truman was President that year and ordered the Atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima. World War II was over, it was a joyous time for the American people and our allies! During Jean's school years, Helen was very active in the PTA, and was a dependable room-mother for many years.
Helen and Walter were active workers in the Northeast Florida Fair, when it was started around 1949, entering chicken and egg exhibits and winning blue ribbons. Helen was President of the Home Extension Club in Callahan during this time, and entered many beautiful exhibits in the Home Sewing division of the Fair. Her beautiful dresses, suits and other clothing won many blue ribbons. She even designed beautiful ladies hats with matching purses and shoes! One year, she designed and made a beautiful navy blue voile dress that won a blue ribbon in the 27th annual Florida State Council of Home Demonstration Workers. In 1953, she made Jean's beautiful satin wedding dress that was appliqued with lace and embrodieried with seed pearls. She, also, painted oil paintings and won blue ribbons on them. She had so many talents!
1948 - Bought first station wagon. Jean was queen of the Halloween carnival at school that year and a young man named Dorman Mizell came up and began talking to her that night. Little did she know that this would be a sign of things to come!
1949 - Walter and Helen built a beautiful new brick home. It took fifteen years to save the money to get this new home. Walter did not believe in buying anything on credit, so he saved his money and paid $15,000.00 cash for this house back then.
1950 - Korean War began.
About this time, Helen's stepfather's health bad, his business failed and he was admitted into the hospital with cirrhosis of the liver and soon died. 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President
of U. S.
1953 - Jean graduated from high school this year and married Dorman Mizell on June 6, 1953. Dorman had a milk route, and was employed by Perrett's Dairy in Dinsmore, 1954. Florida. They lived in Callahan for eight months in a house rented from her Uncle Leon Hodges. The following February, Dorman went to work on the chicken farm for Walter.
Walter loved and enjoyed his three grandsons and took Clyde and Larry bird and squirrel hunting with him. Clyde tried his patience at times from some of the things that he did. He was a mischievous, adventuresome boy, not at all like the tame, only little girl that he had raised and been used to. It was such a shocking difference! Mike was only two and a half at this time, and the "apple of Walter's eye", especially since the older boys would aggravate him so bad at times.
1963 - John F. Kennedy, President, was assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson became President of U. S.
Walter's health began to fail and he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had surgery the following January.
1964 - Vietnam war started. Walter had cancer surgery in January and had to take radiation and cobalt treatments. His condition seemed to improve for awhile, as the cancer went into remission, but it did not last but about six months, even after several more surgeries.
1965 - Fourth grandson Walt was born January 28th. Dorman and Jean took Walt to the hospital when he was three weeks old, so Walter would get to see him before he died. Walter passed away, on February 28th, at the age of 53. Helen was only fortynine and Jean was only twenty-nine when this
great loss consumed us. Walter's mother Pearl Hodges, passed away later that year. This past year was so hard and sad.
After Walter's death, Hodges Poultry Farm, Inc. was established. Dorman had operated the farm during Walter's illness and was under a lot of stress and pressure, shouldering this big responsibility. He was the logical person to be President of the Corporation. Helen was Vice President and Treasury and Jean was Secretary. This period in time was very difficult for all of us to endure. Life would never be the same again. Helen's life went on after the death of her husband, Walter. The grandsons helped, some, to occupy her time, but she needed to get out more and develop new friends and interests. She began taking ballroom dance lessons and began to enjoy them. It was good exercise and she became quite good at it, and won several competitions.
1967 - Helen moved and traded homes with Dorman and Jean and the boys, so they could be near the business.
1968 - Richard M. Nixon was President of the U. S., now. About this time, Helen remarried but the marriage didn't last.
1969 - This was the year that the U. S. astronauts were the first men on the moon.
1974 - Gerald Ford was President this year. Helen met Jim Libby about this time, and later they were married. They joined the Eastern Star in Callahan. and were very active in this organization. She was also a member of the DAR. They became interested in family geneology as a hobby and enjoyed traveling to different states gathering information on the families of the Braddocks', Higginbothams', Picketts', Hodges' and others.
1976 - This was the year of the Bicenteniel celebration of our country. Helen and Jim were very involved in this.
1977 - Grandson, Larry, married Ann Brooks Jimmy Carter was now President of U. S.
1978 - Dorman and Jean celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary that year. 1979 - Grandson Clyde married Lucy Vittorie. The first great grandchild, Stephen, was born to Larry and Ann Mizell on February 21, 1979.
1980 - The second great grandchild, Jason, was born October 9, 1980 to Larry and Ann Mizell.
1981 - The third great grandchild, Adam, was born to Clyde and Lucy Mizell March 1, 1981. Ronald Regan was President of U. S. It was around this period in time that Helen and Jim's marriage ended.
1983 - The fourth great grandchild, Amy, was born to Larry and Ann Mizell on July 27, 1983.
1984 - Third grandson, Mike, married Kathy Carter Hammer on March 17, 1884. The fifth and "instant" great grandchild was acciquired, Ronald Scott Hammer. The sixth great grandchild , Justin, was born
on September 11, 1984, to Mike and Kathy Mizell.
1985 - The seventh great grandchild, Emily, was born to Larry and Ann Mizell on May 21, 1985. The eighth great grandchild, Luke, was born to Clyde and Lucy Mizell on September 16, 1985. The fourth grandson, Walt, married Denise Davis on October 18, 1985.
1986 - Helen's mother, Grace, passed away on February 18, 1986.
1988 - The ninth great grandchild, Kayla Helene, was born to Mike and Kathy Mizell on December 28, 1988.
1989 - George Bush was President of U. S. During the past years, Helen had become interested in geneology, and had done extensive research on the Braddock, Pickett, Higginbotham, Hodges, Wilds, Mizell and other families. This was her hobby and she enjoyed it immensely!
1990 - The tenth great grandchild, Devin, was born to Walt and Denise Mizell.
1991 - Helen's health was not good this year, and she had to have colon cancer surgery. The next year her health had returned and she was feeling much better.
1992 - Helen's brother, Charles Brandies, passed away on August 13, 1992. This year, Dorman leased the Hatchery to H & N International.
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1993 - Bill Clinton was elected President of the U. S. Dorman's health was failing and had to have colon cancer surgery and chemotherapy.
1994 - In November, Helen attended the Braddock-Higginbotham Reunion in Callahan, where she is always getting orders for her "Braddock-Higginbotham Family History" books. Then, she was invited to a Thanksgiving play and dinner at grandchildren, Ronnie, Justin, Kayla and Devin's school. Later in November, Helen went on a bus tour with Dorman and Jean to Nashville, Tennessee, to see The Grand
Old Opry and had a wonderful trip! In December she took another trip, with Dorman and Jean to Tallahassee, to see her great niece, Shannon Boyd's wedding and reception, and also attended a brunch the next day at her niece, Edith Boyd's new home. After they returned home, they attended great grandaughter Amy's Christmas play at University Christian School where Amy had the leading role.
Next, we attended Ronnie, Justin, Kayla and Devin's Christmas play and reception at First Assembly of God School in Callahan, where Ronnie and Kathy played the leading parts of the play. Next, she attended the Mizell Brothers family Christmas dinner in Bolougne and, of course, Christmas dinner at Jean and Dorman's house. Not bad for an 80 year old great grandmother!! Her family keeps her going!
There's always something going on!
Her birthday is February 7th, 1995, and this Sunday, February 5th, I will have a surprise birthday dinner in her honor. All of her brothers and sisters, that are still living, and their families have been invited to be here. Ido hope they can all come --- we haven't all been together in a long time. Helen will be EIGHTY!! What a GREAT LADY!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA, have a WONDERFUL day!!! I love you,
Your daughter, Jean, 1995
Father: Lawrence Winfred BEASLEY , Sr. b: 18 OCT 1889 in Westville, SC
Mother: Grace Estelle PICKETT b: 3 NOV 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL
Marriage 1 Walter Willis HODGES , Jr b: 1 AUG 1911 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., Fl
Married: 17 DEC 1933 in Folkston, Charlton Co., GA
Children
Jean Theresa HODGES b: 18 MAY 1935 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL
Vivian Patricia HODGES b: 24 JUL 1941 in Duval County, Jacksonville, Fl
Marriage 2 Oscar AMERSON
Married: ABT. 1968 in Jacksonville, FL
Marriage Ending Status: Divorce
Marriage 3 James R. (Jim) LIBBY
Married: 1972
Marriage Ending Status: Divorce
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Spouse: Oscar Amerson
Other Spouses James R. ( Jim ) Libby, Walter Willis Hodges
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.3b Helen Estelle Beasley* (See above)
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Spouse: James R. ( Jim ) Libby
Other Spouses Oscar Amerson, Walter Willis Hodges
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.3c Helen Estelle Beasley* (See above)
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Spouse: Walter Willis Hodges
Children: Jean Theresa (1835-)
Vivian Patricia (1941-1941)
Other Spouses Oscar Amerson, James R. ( Jim ) Libby
1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1a.3c.1 Jean Theresa Hodges
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Birth: 18 May 1835, Jacksonvolle, Duval Co., Florida
Founding Florida Pioneer Settlers & Their Descendants
Updated October 28, 2001
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WELCOME to my Southern home page! Y'all come on in! NEW UPDATES!! There are over 24,000 PEOPLE in my database now! Yes, I have been very busy! Be sure and check your family lines for new additions or corrections. The family reports are listed at the BOTTOM of this page. Check out new link to "FOUNDING FLORIDA PIONEER FAMILY SETTLERS & THEIR DESCENDANTS, II" for MANY other northeast Florida and southest Georgia families! Please let me know of any family ADDITIONS or corrections, I need all of the help that I can get!
I have included a link to Jerry Braddock's web page, " J. G. Braddock's Bloodline Back into History," below, on the early Braddock ancestors. He also has links to "our Braddock cousins", Verna, Lori and Nassau County's Jan Jackson's web pages with other Braddock family and allied lines in our area.
FAMILY REUNION DATES
KEENE FAMILY REUNION, FOLKSTON, GA --- in May at the Folkston Train Depot, Folkston, GA. Contact: Archie D.(Corkey) Carrol
904-879-5957.
ROSCO WALKER AND LEE WILLIAM FAMILY REUNION -GOLDEN GATE, FL--- Saturday July 28, 2001, 11:00 a.m untill 4:00 p.m. 4701 Golden Gate Communnity Center, corner of Sunshine Blvd. and Golden Gate Parkway, Golden Gate, Collier County, Florida. Bring a covered dish plus eating utensils. Tell your family. Bring new family birth, marriage and death dates, aLso family pictures to share. These are family of Whidden-Kirkland-Walker-Webb-Prine-Mercer-Waldron-Keen-Register-Skinners, etc. Katherine Worth, 233 Lake Drive West, Okeechobee, FL 34974. Ph: 863-763-5437. Email: