Mary Catherine Ellis & William Carl Blessing

Mary Catherine Ellis was born in June 1841 in Oldham County, Kentucky, the eldest child and only daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Ladd) Ellis. When she was about three or four years old, her family removed to Missouri, eventually settling in Athens Township of Gentry County.

William Carl Blessing was born in 1839 in Monroe County, Indiana, a son of Christopher and Elisabeth Blessing. When he was about three years old, his family removed to Missouri, eventually settling in Bethany Township of Harrison County.

Mary and William were married about 1861, and they made their home together in White Oak Township of Harrison County, close to both of their families—Mary’s uncle and aunt, Thomas and Mary Ladd, lived especially close. Their farm in 1870 was valued at $1000, and their personal estate was valued at $500. Ten children were born to them in White Oak Township, all but one of whom lived to adulthood.

William died an untimely death in 1891, after which Mary’s widowed father moved in to help her raise her children. By 1910, she had moved in with the family of her son, Leroy. She died in 1922 and was buried next to William in the White Oak Cemetery.

 

Children of Mary Catherine Ellis and William Carl Blessing (besides one who died young):

1. Joseph Ellis Blessing (b. 28 Oct 1863, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; d. 25 Oct 1940, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; int. White Oak Cem., White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO) m. (3 Dec 1891) Quintilla Clementine Phillips (b. 22 Oct 1870, Eagleville, Harrison Co., MO, daughter of Warren G. Phillips and Margaret Evelyn Bowles; d. 12 Sep 1943, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; int. White Oak Cem., White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO)
He lived and farmed all his life in White Oak Twp.

2. Isaac Henry Blessing (b. 25 Dec 1864, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; d. 5 Dec 1954; int. Mt. Zion Cem., White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO) m. (Abt 1888) Martha E. Miller (b. 12 Nov 1868, Harrison Co., MO, daughter of George Miller and Eliza Clevenger; d. 25 Jun 1937, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; int. Mt. Zion Cem., White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO)
He lived and farmed most of his life in White Oak Twp.

3. William Grant Blessing (b. 13 Sep 1869, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; d. 21 Dec 1927; int. Miriam Cem., Bethany, Harrison Co., MO) m. (2 Oct 1895) Ella I. Watson (b. 17 Sep 1875, MO; d. 22 May 1948; int. Miriam Cem., Bethany, Harrison Co., MO)
They lived and farmed in Butler Twp., Harrison Co.

4. Vodra Blessing (b. 7 Oct 1872, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; d. 21 Sep 1961, New Hampton, Harrison Co., MO; int. White Oak Cem., White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO) m. (20 Jul 1892, Harrison Co., MO) Mary Eliza Phillips (b. 22 Feb 1873, Eagleville, Harrison Co., MO, daughter of Warren G. Phillips and Margaret Evelyn Bowles; d. 25 Sep 1961, New Hampton, Harrison Co., MO; int. White Oak Cem., White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO)
He lived and farmed in White Oak Twp. They later removed to New Hampton.

5. Albert Ross Blessing (b. 2 Dec 1874, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; d. 9 Feb 1951, Broken Bow, Custer Co., NE) m. (8 Aug 1900) Mary Elizabeth Oxford (b. 11 Nov 1874, Eagleville, Harrison Co., MO, daughter of James Love Oxford and Laura Belle Henderson; d. 2 Jan 1933, Broken Bow, Custer Co., NE)
By 1910 they made their home and farmed in Lillian Twp., Custer Co., NE. In 1920 she and their two daughters were staying in Colorado Springs, but afterward returned home to Lillian Twp.

6. Mary Elizabeth Blessing (b. 5 Mar 1877, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; d. 14 Jul 1937, Custer Co., NE) m. (30 Jun 1898, Harrison Co., MO) Renick Alsco Oxford (b. 9 Feb 1876, Bethany, Harrison Co., MO, son of John Oxford and Hannah King; d. 6 Jun 1953, Broken Bow, Custer Co., NE)
They spent the first few years of their marriage in White Oak Twp. After the birth of their second son, they followed her brother and sister-in-law to Custer Co., NE, settling in Garfield Twp., where they farmed the rest of their lives.

7. Leroy Blessing (b. 26 Oct 1881, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; d. 8 Sep 1944, Bethany, Harrison Co., MO; int. Miriam Cem., Bethany, Harrison Co., MO) m. (6 Nov 1901, Harrison Co., MO) Sadie Harriet McCoy (b. 28 Aug 1881, MO, daughter of William McCoy and Harriet Friend; d. 5 Nov 1971, Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO; int. Miriam Cem., Bethany, Harrison Co., MO)
After they were married they lived briefly in Nebraska before returning to White Oak Twp. by 1905, where they farmed next door to his brother Calvin. His mother lived with them in 1910. In the 1920s, they moved into the nearby town of New Hampton, where he worked as a clerk at a produce farm.

8. Estella Blessing (b. 29 Aug 1883, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO)

9. Calvin Blessing (b. 28 Aug 1887, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO; d. 24 Mar 1973, Bethany, Harrison Co., MO; int. Miriam Cem., Bethany, Harrison Co., MO) m. (17 Sep 1908, Harrison Co., MO) Sylvia Pearl Francis (b. 26 May 1886, MO, daughter of Charles E. Francis and Chloe Jane Arthur; d. 22 Dec 1954; int. Miriam Cem., Bethany, Harrison Co., MO)
They settled in White Oak Twp., where they farmed until the 1920s, when they moved into the nearby town of New Hampton, where he worked for a railroad.

 

Sources:

Missouri Birth Records (1851-1910) Database Record of Stella Blessing (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index Record of Calvin Blessing (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Transcriptions from Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Harrison Co., MO, online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moharris/miriamcem.html
Transcriptions from Mount Zion Cemetery, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO, online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moharris/mtzioncem.html
Transcriptions from White Oak Cemetery, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO, online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moharris/whiteoakcemhc.html
World War I Draft Registration Card of Albert Ross Blessing (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War I Draft Registration Card of Calvin Blessing (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War I Draft Registration Card of Leroy Blessing (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War I Draft Registration Card of Vodra Blessing (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War I Draft Registration Card of Rennie Alsco Oxford (hosted at Ancestry.com)
1860 United States Federal Census, 3 Jul 1860, Twp. #63, Gentry Co., MO (Roll M653_620, p. 11 of 64)
1860 United States Federal Census, 3 Jul 1860, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll M653_622, p. 50 of 61)
1870 United States Federal Census, 18 Jul 1870, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll M593_778, p. 10 of 22)
1880 United States Federal Census, 10 Jun 1880, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll 689, p. 7 of 25)
1900 United States Federal Census, 1 Jun 1900, Butler Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T623_857, pp. 1 of 21)
1900 United States Federal Census, 9,14-15,18 Jun 1900, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T623_857, pp. 12,16-19 of 26)
1910 United States Federal Census, 28 Apr 1910, Butler Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T624_778, p. 16 of 24)
1910 United States Federal Census, 26-27,29 Apr 1910, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T624_778, pp. 17-18,20 of 26)
1910 United States Federal Census, 29 Apr 1910, Garfield Twp., Custer Co., NE (Roll T624_841, p. 6 of 11)
1910 United States Federal Census, 22 Apr 1910, Lillian Twp., Custer Co., NE (Roll T624_841, p. 4 of 15)
1920 United States Federal Census, 6 Jan 1920, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO (Roll T625_163, p. 10 of 20)
1920 United States Federal Census, 26 Jan 1920, Butler Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T625_920, p. 13 of 15)
1920 United States Federal Census, 15,19,21 Jan 1920, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T625_920, pp. 19,21,23 of 27)
1920 United States Federal Census, 28 Jan 1920, Garfield Twp., Custer Co., NE (Roll T625_985, p. 1 of 10)
1920 United States Federal Census, 5 Jan 1920, Lillian Twp., Custer Co., NE (Roll T625_985, p. 3 of 15)
1930 United States Federal Census, 11 Apr 1930, Abbott Twp., Washington Co., CO (Roll 251, p. 7 of 8)
1930 United States Federal Census, 23 Apr 1930, Adams Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll 1190, p. 7 of 10)
1930 United States Federal Census, 8 Apr 1930, Butler Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll 1190, p. 7 of 13)
1930 United States Federal Census, 3 Apr 1930, Cypress Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll 1190, p. 2 of 10)
1930 United States Federal Census, 9 Apr 1930, Grant Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll 1190, p. 4 of 11)
1930 United States Federal Census, 2 Apr 1930, Lincoln Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll 1190, p. 1 of 13)
1930 United States Federal Census, 30 Apr, 8 May 1930, New Hampton, Harrison Co., MO (Roll 1190, pp. 2,8 of 10)
1930 United States Federal Census, 2,25,28 Apr, 14 May 1930, White Oak Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll 1190, pp. 1,5,7,9 of 13)
1930 United States Federal Census, 9 Apr 1930, Garfield Twp., Custer Co., NE (Roll 1270, p. 3 of 10)
1930 United States Federal Census, 14 Apr 1930, Lillian Twp., Custer Co., NE (Roll 1270, p. 6 of 15)
1930 United States Federal Census, 9 May 1930, Superior, Nuckolls Co., NE (Roll 1289, p. 48 of 61)

Roy William Monfore & Eula Moore

Roy William Monfore was born May 12, 1887, in Springfield, Dakota Territory, the second youngest child and son of Emerson John and Alice Ann (McNair) Monfore. While he was quite young, his family moved to Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa, where his maternal grandparents, Robert and Nancy McNair, lived. They moved again in the late 1890s to Dallas Township, Harrison County, Missouri, before finally moving about 1905 to Jenks, Oklahoma, where Roy went to work as a laborer on oil pipelines. When his parents returned to northwest Missouri in late 1910 or early 1911, Roy stayed behind in Jenks.

Eula Moore was born May 20, 1889, in Tennessee, a daughter of William L. and Mary P. Moore, and came to Jenks before 1910, where she met Roy. Roy and Eula were married December 27, 1911, in Jenks, and two sons and a daughter were born to them, besides another child who died at birth. Roy supported his family working as a petroleum engineer for the P.P.L. Company in Tulsa, and probably other petroleum companies in the Tulsa area as well.

Eula died March 22, 1924, and was interred in the Rose Hill Memorial Park in Tulsa. After her death, their daughter, Doris, was sent for a time to live with Roy’s brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Ethel Monfore, in Waverly, Kansas.

Bertha M. Redding was born July 1895 in Pottawatomie Township, Coffey County, Kansas, a daughter of Charles F. and Emma M. Redding, and was raised near Waverly. About 1920, she moved for a time to Tulsa to work as a servant for the James and Julia Woodford family, but she had moved home by 1925. She likely would have known Robert and Ethel Monfore, who probably introduced her to Roy, and the two were married about 1926.

Roy’s and Bertha’s marriage lasted about nineteen years, until Bertha’s death February 24, 1945. She was laid to rest in Tulsa’s Rose Hill Memorial Park. Roy survived her by nine and a half years, passing away August 20, 1954. He, too, was laid to rest in Rose Hill Memorial Park.

 

Children of Roy William Monfore and Eula Moore:

1. Infant (d. at birth)

2. Dolph Emerson Monfore (b. 4 May 1916, Tulsa Co., OK; d. 19 Jan 2001, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK; int. Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK) m1. (Jan 1948; div.) Olivia Gayle Davidson (b. 23 Jun 1926, Morgan Twp., Carter Co., OK, daughter of Walter W. Davidson and Willie <LNU>; d. 3 Jul 2006, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK; int. Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK); m2. Jewell M. Harper (b. 14 Nov 1919, Indianola, Pittsburg Co., OK, daughter of Reece Harper and Nora <LNU>; d. 25 Sep 2009, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK; int. Floral Havens Mem. Gardens, Broken Arrow, Tulsa Co., OK)
He enlisted 25 Oct 1940 at Tulsa as a private in the U.S. Army Air Corps. They were living in Tulsa in 1954, 1987, and 1993.

3. Doris Lee Monfore (b. 23 May 1918, Tulsa Co., OK; d. 17 Jan 2006, Emporia, Lyon Co., KS; int. Emporia, Lyon Co., KS) m. (28 Jul 1940, Emporia, Lyon Co., KS) Daniel J. Dodge (b. 15 May 1917, Lincoln, Lincoln Co., KS; d. 8 Feb 1990, Emporia, Lyon Co., KS; int. Emporia, Lyon Co., KS)
She was sent to live with her uncle and aunt, Robert Emerson and Ethel Satt (Painter) Monfore for a time after her mother’s death, but was again living with her parents in Jenks, Tulsa Co., OK, in 1930. In 1940, just before she m., she and her cousin, Alice Stockton, were renting rooms from Edgar and Frances Tomlinson at 1007 Market St. in Emporia, where she worked as a saleslady for a retail dry goods store, earning $364 per year. She alone of her siblings settled in Kansas, living in Emporia all her adult life.

4. Roy William Monfore, Jr. (living) m. Grace Marie Mullins (b. 30 Sep 1924, Jenks, Tulsa Co., OK; d. 10 Jan 2007, Mena, Polk Co., AR)

 

Sources:

Family Records from Fern Stockton
Monfore, Fred H., Genealogical Data on the Monfore (Monfort) Family (Yankton, SD: Privately Published, September 1954), pp. 18-19
Obituary of Grace Monfore in Southwest Times Record, 16 Jan 2007
Social Security Death Index for Daniel J. Dodge (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Doris L. Dodge (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Dolph E. Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Gayle D. Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Grace M. Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War I Draft Registration Card of Roy Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War II Army Enlistment Records (1938-1946) Database Record of Dolph E. Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
1905 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1905, Pottawatomie Twp., Coffey Co., KS (Roll KS1905_31, pp. 15-16 of 88)
1915 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1915, Pottawatomie Twp., Coffey Co., KS (Roll KS1915_49, pp. 11-12 of 80)
1925 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1925, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS (Roll KS1925_26, pp. 10,36 of 80)
1900 United States Federal Census, 13 Jun 1900, Pottawatomie Twp., Coffey Co., KS (Roll T623_475, p. 11 of 20)
1900 United States Federal Census, 1 Jun 1900, Dallas Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T623_857, p. 7 of 20)
1910 United States Federal Census, 15 Apr 1910, Pottawatomie Twp., Coffey Co., KS (Roll T624_435, p. 1 of 18)
1910 United States Federal Census, 21,25 Apr 1910, Jenks, Tulsa Co., OK (Roll T624_1275, pp. 3,5 of 25)
1920 United States Federal Census, 12 Jan 1920, Jenks, Tulsa Co., OK (Roll T625_1486, p. 3 of 22)
1920 United States Federal Census, 3 Jan 1920, Tulsa Precinct 16, Tulsa Co., OK (Roll T625_1487, p. 4 of 24)
1930 United States Federal Census, 18 Apr 1930, Jenks, Tulsa Co., OK (Roll 1933, p. 15 of 25)
1940 United States Federal Census, 22 Apr 1940, Ft. MacArthur Lower Res., Los Angeles Co., CA (T627_432, p. 10 of 29)
1940 United States Federal Census, 27 Apr 1940, Emporia Ward 4, Lyon Co., KS (T627_1242, p. 20 of 28)
1940 United States Federal Census, 17 Apr 1940, Jenks Twp., Tulsa Co., OK (T627_3336, p. 13 of 34)

Robert Emerson Monfore & Ethel Satt Painter

Robert Emerson Monfore was born July 30, 1882, in Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa, the fourth child and eldest son of Emerson John and Alice Ann (McNair) Monfore. When he was about three years old, his family removed to Springfield, Dakota Territory, where they stayed for a few years near his paternal grandparents, before returning to Iowa, near his maternal grandparents. When he was in his teens, his family moved to Dallas Township, Harrison County, Missouri, where he stayed until the early 1900s, when he removed to Waverly, Kansas.

Ethel Satt Painter was born October 4, 1886, in Waverly, a daughter of John Gervaise and Phebe L. (Jagger) Painter, and was raised there by them to adulthood. Her father was the town butcher.

Robert and Ethel were married October 5, 1904, at her parents’ home in Waverly. She “wore a very becoming costume of white,” and he wore “the conventional black.” Presbyterian minister Rev. Charles Whorrall performed the ceremony. “The rooms were nicely decorated with cosmos and evergreen, and a pretty evergreen horseshoe in a corner of the room helped to make the decorations most beautiful. After the ceremony the company and 65 guests were served a lap supper of cake and ice cream, while the Waverly concert band played a few serenade selections.”

During the early years of their marriage, Robert and Ethel lived with her parents in Waverly, where Robert soon established himself as the town barber, operating his own shop. Before the end of the decade, her father died and her mother came to live with them. Two sons were born to Robert and Ethel in Waverly—Robert in late 1905, and Gervaise in early 1910. Phebe Painter had moved out by 1915, but she had returned to live with them by 1920. In the mid-1920s, Robert’s niece, Doris Monfore, came to live with them after her mother’s death. Ethel’s niece, Agnes Wilson, also came to live with them about the same time.

In the late 1920s, Robert sold his barbershop in Waverly and moved his family, including his sons and mother-in-law, to Emporia, Kansas, where they purchased a home at 828 West Street valued at $4000 in 1930 and $3000 in 1940. He opened another barbershop in Emporia, and Ethel helped him out by working as his cashier. In 1930, his nephew, Bermie Stockton, also came to work with him, staying on for twelve years until he left to work for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Robert also kept a parrot in his barbershop.

Robert passed away February 14, 1955, in Emporia, with Ethel following him nearly three years later on February 2, 1958. Both were laid to rest in Emporia.

 

Children of Robert Emerson Monfore and Ethel Satt Painter:

1. Kenneth Emerson Monfore (b. 3 Oct 1905, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS; d. 31 Dec 1992, Yreka, Siskiyou Co., CA) m. (30 Jun 1930, Hartford, Coffey Co., KS) Mary Nienstedt (b. 12 Mar 1910, Franklin Twp., Franklin Co., KS; d. 12 Mar 1992, San Diego, San Diego Co., CA)
He earned a four-year college degree. They were living in Denver, CO, in 1935 and Seattle, WA, in 1940, where they owned their own home at 6202 26th Ave. NE, valued at $6500, and where he worked as an inspector for the U.S. Food & Drug Admin. for $2800 per year. They were living at 9433 Vineyard Crest in Bellevue, King Co., WA, in 1954.

2. Gervaise Edwin Monfore (b. 26 Feb 1910, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS; d. 6 Oct 2003, Springfield, Greene Co., MO) m. (6 Sep 1936) Helen Virginia Shoop (b. 5 Sep 1910, MO; d. Jul 1980, Springfield, Greene Co., MO)
In 1940, they were renting for $7 per month a home at 2343 S. Milwaukee St. in Denver, CO, while he was working as a physicist for the U.S. Bureau of Standards. In 1954, they were living at 3760 Nielsen Ln. in Denver.

 

Sources:

Family Records from Fern Stockton
California Death Index (1940-1997) Database Record of Kenneth Emerson Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
California Death Index (1940-1997) Database Record of Mary N. Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Monfore, Fred H., Genealogical Data on the Monfore (Monfort) Family (Yankton, SD: Privately Published, September 1954), p. 18
Social Security Death Index for Gervaise Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Helen Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Mary N. Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Wedding Notice of Ethel Painter and Robert E. Monfore
World War I Draft Registration Card of Robert Emerson Monfore (hosted at Ancestry.com)
1885 Iowa State Census, Allen Twp., Warren Co., IA (Roll IA1885_272, p. 51 of 63)
1895 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1895, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS (Roll v115_28, p. 18 of 35)
1905 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1905, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS (Roll KS1905_30, pp. 27-28 of 51)
1915 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1915, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS (Roll KS1915_47, pp. 19-20 of 47)
1925 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1925, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS (Roll KS1925_26, p. 10 of 80)
1900 United States Federal Census, 2 Jun 1900, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS (Roll T623_457, p. 4 of 35)
1900 United States Federal Census, 1 Jun 1900, Dallas Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T623_857, p. 7 of 20)
1910 United States Federal Census, 21 Apr 1910, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS (Roll T624_435, p. 15 of 45)
1920 United States Federal Census, 28 Jan 1920, Waverly, Coffey Co., KS (Roll T625_527, p. 20 of 31)
1930 United States Federal Census, 17 Apr 1930, Emporia Ward 1, Lyon Co., KS (Roll 709, p. 26 of 54)
1940 United States Federal Census, 20 Apr 1940, Denver Ward H, Denver Co., CO (T627_487, p. 1 of 14)
1940 United States Federal Census, 2 Apr 1940, Emporia Ward 1, Lyon Co., KS (T627_1242, p. 2 of 36)
1940 United States Federal Census, 3 Apr 1940, Seattle, King Co., WA (T627_4376, p. 5 of 38)

Nettie Adelma Monfore & Andrew J. Frank

Nettie Adelma Monfore was born December 26, 1872, in Springfield, Dakota Territory, the eldest child and daughter of Emerson John and Alice Ann (McNair) Monfore. While she was quite young, she and her parents removed to Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa, close to her maternal grandparents, Robert and Nancy McNair. When she was in her early teens, her family moved back to Springfield for a few years, but afterward returned to Iowa.

Andrew J. Frank was born May 7, 1871, in Liberty Township, Warren County, Iowa, the youngest son of Josiah and Bernetta Frank, and was raised on his parents’ farm in Liberty Township. He and Nettie were married February 17, 1891, in Liberty Township.

Nettie and Andy first made their home in Liberty Township, where their daughter, Maude, was born to them. In the late 1890s, Nettie’s parents moved to Dallas Township, Harrison County, Missouri, so she and Andy sold their farm and followed them, purchasing a farm nearby. Nettie’s sister and brother-in-law, Nannie and Purl Clodfelter, also followed them, settling in the nearby town of Martinsville.

In late 1900 or early 1901, Nettie and Andy sold their farm in Missouri and removed to Elm Creek Township, Morris County, Kansas, where their daughter, Blanche, was born to them. Nannie and Purl also followed them to Elm Creek Township, where Nettie’s and Nannie’s half-grandaunt and uncle, Mary Almirah (Monfore) and Henry V. Monroe, lived.

Sometime between 1905 and 1910, Nettie and Andy moved 25 miles to the southeast to Americus Township, Lyon County, Kansas. By 1910, they owned their farm free from mortgage. About this time, Andy’s widowed mother came to live with them, staying until her death shortly after 1910. They sold their farm in the late 1910s and retired to nearby Agnes City Township, where they rented their home. They returned to their farm in Americus Township in the early 1920s, but returned to Agnes City Township int he late 1920s, where Andy died December 10, 1929.

After Andy’s death, Nettie removed to the Lyon County seat of Emporia, where she took in the five orphaned children of her sister, Orpha Stockton, after Orpha had died and Orpha’s husband, Clair, had been committed to the Topeka State Hospital. However, she eventually returned to Agnes City Township. In 1940, she divided her time between living with a friend of hers named Anna Grimsley in the town of Bushong, near Agnes City Township, and living with her daughter, Maude Shoup, in Emporia.

Nettie remarried February 3, 1942, to John Edward Duncan, who had lost his first wife in 1937. John was born June 22, 1877, a son of William A. and Martha A. Duncan, and was raised by them on their farm in Agnes City Township. He married his first wife, Rosetta, about 1907, and they lived for about fifteen or twenty years in Lees Township, Logan County, Kansas, before returning to Agnes City Township. He survived Nettie by twenty years, passing away in March 1969, and was laid to rest next to Rosetta in the Elmwood Cemetery in Bushong, Kansas.

Nettie died February 25, 1949, in Emporia, and was laid to rest next to her first husband, Andy, in the Elmwood Cemetery.

 

Children of Nettie Adelma Monfore and Andrew J. Frank:

1. Maude Delana Frank (b. 15 Jun 1892, Liberty Twp., Warren Co., IA; d. 4 Mar 1961, Gooding, Gooding Co., ID) m. (23 Dec 1915, Lyon Co., KS) Harry John Shoup (b. 28 Mar 1891, Bushong, Lyon Co., KS; d. May 1970, Gooding, Gooding Co., ID)
They farmed in Agnes City Twp., Lyon Co., KS, until the late 1930s, when they moved into Emporia, where in 1940 they rented a house at 923 Market St. for $10 per month while he continued to farm. By 1942, they had removed to Bliss, Gooding Co., ID, where he was employed by Arthur Butler. By 1954, they had settled in the nearby town of Gooding, living at 337 E. 2nd Ave.

2. Blanche Adelma Frank (b. 28 Jul 1901, Elm Creek Twp., Morris Co., KS; d. 28 Mar 1984, Emporia, Lyon Co., KS; int. Elmwood Cem., Bushong, Lyon Co., KS) m1. (26 Oct 1923, Lyon Co., KS) Alvah A. Persons (b. 1903, Agnes City Twp., Lyon Co., KS, son of Moses I. Persons and Jennie E. <LNU>; d. 1945; int. Elmwood Cem., Bushong, Lyon Co., KS); m2. (18 Feb 1947) Elmer Calvin Williams (b. 6 Nov 1893, Norris, Anderson Co., TN; d. Apr 1980, Admire, Lyon Co., KS)
She and Alvah farmed in Agnes City Twp., where in 1930 they were renting a farm, and in 1940 they owned their own farm, valued at $700, and brought in $100 in income. She and Elmer lived in Admire.

 

Sources:

Family Records from Fern Stockton
“Annual Appeal for Polio Fund Opens Today” in Schenectady Gazette, 4 Jan 1954
Iowa Marriages (1809-1992) Database Record of Nettie A. Monfore and Andrew J. Frank (hosted at FamilySearch.org)
Monfore, Fred H., Genealogical Data on the Monfore (Monfort) Family (Yankton, SD: Privately Published, September 1954), p. 17
Social Security Death Index for John Duncan (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Harry Shoup (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Blanche Williams (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Social Security Death Index for Elmer Williams (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Tombstone Transcription of Duncan, John E. (hosted at Flint Hills Genealogical Society—http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksfhgslc/)
Tombstone Transcription of Duncan, Rosetta S. (hosted at Flint Hills Genealogical Society—http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksfhgslc/)
Tombstone Transcription of Frank, Andrew J. (hosted at Flint Hills Genealogical Society—http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksfhgslc/)
Tombstone Transcription of Frank, Nettie A. (hosted at Flint Hills Genealogical Society—http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksfhgslc/)
Tombstone Transcription of Persons, Alvah A. (hosted at Flint Hills Genealogical Society—http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksfhgslc/)
Tombstone Transcription of Persons, Blanche A. (hosted at Flint Hills Genealogical Society—http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksfhgslc/)
World War I Draft Registration Card of John Edward Duncan (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War I Draft Registration Card of Harry John Shoup (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War I Draft Registration Card of Elmer Calvin Williams (hosted at Ancestry.com)
World War II Draft Registration Card of Harry John Shoup (hosted at Ancestry.com)
1885 Iowa State Census, Allen Twp., Warren Co., IA (Roll IA1885_272, p. 51 of 63)
1885 Iowa State Census, Liberty Twp., Warren Co., IA (Roll IA1885_272, p. 1 of 37)
1905 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1905, Elm Creek Twp., Morris Co., KS (Roll KS1905_106, pp. 37-38 of 90)
1915 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1915, Americus Twp., Lyon Co., KS (Roll KS1915_132, pp. 104-105 of 177)
1925 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1925, Americus Twp., Lyon Co., KS (Roll KS1925_83, p. 13 of 124)
1925 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1925, Agnes City Twp., Lyon Co., KS (Roll KS1925_84, pp. 4,8 of 71)
1880 United States Federal Census, 3 Aug 1880, Belmont Twp., Warren Co., IA (Roll 368, p. 15 of 25)
1880 United States Federal Census, 6 Jun 1880, Liberty Twp., Warren Co., IA (Roll 368, p. 1 of 21)
1900 United States Federal Census, 1 Jun 1900, Dallas Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T623_857, p. 10 of 20)
1910 United States Federal Census, 27 Apr 1910, Americus Twp., Lyon Co., KS (Roll T624_445, p. 11 of 21)
1920 United States Federal Census, 7 Jan, 5 Feb 1920, Agnes City Twp., Lyon Co., KS (Roll T625_538, pp. 14,16 of 17)
1930 United States Federal Census, 12,19 Apr 1930, Agnes City Twp., Lyon Co., KS (Roll 709, pp. 3,8 of 20)
1930 United States Federal Census, 15 Apr 1930, Emporia Ward 4, Lyon Co., KS (Roll 709, p. 13 of 52)
1940 United States Federal Census, 16 Apr 1940, Agnes City Twp., Lyon Co., KS (T627_1242, p. 6 of 18)
1940 United States Federal Census, 11 Apr 1940, Americus, Lyon Co., KS (T627_1242, p. 10 of 12)
1940 United States Federal Census, 5 Apr 1940, Bushong, Lyon Co., KS (T627_1242, p. 3 of 4)
1940 United States Federal Census, 8 Apr 1940, Emporia Ward 4, Lyon Co., KS (T627_1242, p. 7 of 36)

Emerson John Monfore & Alice Ann McNair

Emerson John Monfore was born September 29, 1848, in Center Lisle, New York, the eldest son of Peter and Diana A. (Howland) Monfore. In 1865 and 1868, he moved with his family to Putnam County, Illinois, and Warren County, Iowa, respectively. In 1871, Peter Monfore sent Emerson and his brother, Elmer, to Bon Homme County in the Dakota Territory, where Emerson filed on homesteads both for his parents and for himself before returning home to Iowa.

Alice Ann McNair was born July 27, 1854, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Two years later, she was adopted by Robert and Nancy (McNeer) McNair. Her birth name and family are not known. Alice moved with her parents and brother, William, to Belmont Township, Warren County. She and Emerson were married in Warren County on February 29, 1872.

Emerson and Alice first made their home in Bon Homme County, near the town of Springfield, where their eldest daughter, Nettie was born. However, they soon sold their farm and moved back to Belmont Township, where the next three children were born. In 1885, Emerson and Alice returned for a while to Bon Homme County, where their daughter, Orpha, and son, Roy, were born. After Roy’s birth, the Monfores returned to Belmont Township, where their youngest son, Harry, died two days after birth.

Emerson converted to the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1884. Alice was apparently converted at a much younger age. In his later years, Emerson was active in the church, serving at different times as Sunday school superintendent and class leader. According to his obituary, he was fervent in spirit and eloquent in his testimony.

Emerson and Alice moved to Missouri in the late 1890s, first to a farm in Dallas Township, Harrison County, near the town of Martinsville, where their daughter, Orpha, would meet Clair Bernard Stockton. About 1905, Emerson and Alice moved to Jenks, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Territory, where they hosted Orpha and Clair’s wedding the next year.

Starting in 1910, Emerson’s health began declining, beginning with a pneumatic attack. Either late year or in early 1911, he and Alice removed to Stanberry, Missouri, with Orpha and Clair. For the last year of his life, Emerson was incapacitated, requiring his wife’s constant care. He passed away February 5, 1912, in Stanberry from humipluglia.

After Emerson’s death, Alice removed to Emporia, Kansas, to live with her daughter and son-in-law Nannie and Purl Clodfelter, and was living with them when the 1920 census was taken. She was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Nettie and A. J. Frank, in the town of Americus, near Emporia, when she passed away June 30, 1926, of apoplexy. She was laid to rest next to Emerson in the High Ridge Cemetery in Stanberry.

 

Children of Emerson John Monfore and Alice Ann McNair:

1. Nettie Adelma Monfore m1. Andrew J. Frank; m2. John Edward Duncan

2. Nannie Delana Monfore m. Purl Henry Clodfelter

3. Alice May Monfore m. Phillip H. Roe

4. Robert Emerson Monfore m. Ethel Satt Painter

5. Orpha Belle Monfore m. Clair Bernard Stockton

6. Roy William Monfore m1. Eula Moore; m2. Bertha M. Redding

7. Harry Carl Monfore (b. 2 Oct 1892, Milo, Warren Co., IA; d. 4 Oct 1892, Milo, Warren Co., IA; int. Warren Co., IA)

 

Sources:

Family Records from Fern Stockton
Death Certificate of Emerson John Monfore
Death Certificate of Mrs. Alice Ann Monfore
Howland, Franklyn, A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and their Descendants of the United States and Canada, together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of their English Ancestry, Etc. (New Bedford, MA: E. Anthony & Sons, September 1885), p. 196
Iowa Marriages (1809-1992) Database Record of E J. Monfore and Alice A. McNear (hosted at FamilySearch.org)
Iowa Marriages (1851-1900) Database Record of E J. Monfore and Alice J. McNear (hosted at Ancestry.com)
Monfore, Fred H., Genealogical Data on the Monfore (Monfort) Family (Yankton, SD: Privately Published, September 1954), pp. 16-19
New York Births and Christenings (1640-1962) Database Record of Emerson Howland Monfore (hosted at FamilySearch.org)
Obituary of E. J. Monfore
Obituaries of Mrs. Alice (Ann) Monfore
“R. R. McNair” in A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa, Illustrated (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1896), pp. 304-305
1885 Iowa State Census, Allen Twp., Warren Co., IA (Roll IA1885_272, p. 51 of 63)
1925 Kansas State Agricultural Census, 1 Mar 1925, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co., KS (Roll KS1925_16, p. 21 of 40)
1850 United States Federal Census, 1 Aug 1850, Lisle, Broome Co., NY (Roll M432_478, p. 7 of 40)
1860 United States Federal Census, 20 Jun 1860, Lisle, Broome Co., NY (Roll M653_724, p. 16 of 47)
1860 United States Federal Census, 25 Aug 1860, Henry Clay Twp., Fayette Co., PA (Roll M653_1109, p. 15 of 27)
1870 United States Federal Census, 1,3 Aug 1870, Belmont Twp., Warren Co., IA (Roll M593_423, pp. 3,10 of 27)
1880 United States Federal Census, 3 Aug 1880, Belmont Twp., Warren Co., IA (Roll 368, p. 15 of 25)
1900 United States Federal Census, 1 Jun 1900, Dallas Twp., Harrison Co., MO (Roll T623_857, p. 7 of 20)
1910 United States Federal Census, 21 Apr 1910, Jenks, Tulsa Co., OK (Roll T624_1275, p. 3 of 25)
1920 United States Federal Census, 5 Jan 1920, Emporia Ward 1, Lyon Co., KS (Roll T625_538, p. 2 of 36)