Sunday, November 13, 2005

Laura Ault Varoom & Children


The back reads, "Laura Ault Varoom." I believe her mother is Emma Ross Ault, a daughter of Lafayette Ross. It is one of my favorite pictures...


History of Greene County, Missouri 1883
R. I. Holcombe, Editing Historian

Chapter 1
Pioneer History
Part 2First Settlement of Springfield — The Rountrees — Uncle Joe's Journey — Other Early Settlers and Settlements — Some Odd Characters — Pioneer Life — Character of the Old Settlers — List of Pioneers of Campbell Township, in 1833
In 1832, Bennett Robberson, the father of Dr. E. T. Robberson, who is one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Springfield, came from Tennessee and settled near Mr. Rountree's, about two miles southwest of Springfield, and about a year afterward his mother (the grandmother of the doctor) came with her sons William, Allen, John, Edwin, Russell and Rufus, who all settled in the north part of the county, on the prairie which still bears their name. She also had three daughters, who married, respectively, Rev. David Ross, father of Dr. Ross, Thomas Stokes and Richard Say. [148]
Some time in the year 1832, Wm. Ross, originally from South Carolina, but more recently from North Missouri, settled in the north part of the county.

From The History of Greene County, 1883


History of Greene County, Missouri 1883
R. I. Holcombe, Editing Historian
Chapter 36
Robberson TownshipDescription--Topography--Early History--First Settlers--Pioneer Camp meeting--Knox Cave--Masonic Lodge, Ebenezer--Biographical History
TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION AND BOUNDARY.

This is the central northern township of the county, bounded by Franklin township on the east, Campbell and Center townships on the south, Cass township on the west and Polk county on the north. It comprises all of congressional township 30, and the south 24 sections of congressional township 31, all in range 22. There is but little prairie territory in this township, and that lies chiefly in the vicinity of Ebenezer, in the eastern central part. It is most even and least broken in the central parts north of Little Sac river, stretching thence away to the northeast towards Sims branch. These two streams and their branches, which flow for the most part from the southeast towards the northwest, form the chief drainage of the township. The northern part is rough and more hilly, and not the best adapted to agricultural purposes like the central portion in and around the Robberson prairie.
EARLY HISTORY.
One Mr. Paynter settled Ebenezer in 1831. Paynter has long since gone, and Thomas Wilson lived on the farm. For a lonG time it has been owned and occupied by a worthy citizen, William H. Paine. In 1834, one of the largest and most worthy and respected families of Greene county settled near Ebenezer, and their name was given to that large, rich and beautiful prairie, "Robberson." In that family were seven brothers and seven sisters. They were from Tennessee. Edwin was an eminent Methodist divine. Bennett, whom we all knew, and knew him to love and respect him, was a large farmer, a politician of a large and broad soul, who had and held the confidence of all parties. Rufus is the only one of that large enterprising family now living. Some of their children are leading men and women, and are citizens of Greene county. [915]
The Rev. David Ross, Elisha and Daniel Headlee were early settlers. The Rev. David Ross was respected by all, for his many virtues and Christian example. He left a small family who true to the teachings of their father, are ornaments of virtue and worth in society. The first camp meetings were organized mainly by the influence of this truly Christian settlement.
A grist mill was built by Joseph Evans, and he ventured to erect a frame dwelling, house, and for years it was the admired of all admirers, every one being, curious to know how much such a building cost. Uncle Joe is still living and is happy.
Many other names ought to have a place here, and are left out only for want of sufficient and correct data. It is now a densely populated part of the country, and in all respects commendable as a church-going and industrious community of citizens.
In congressional township 31, range 22, which forms the northern part of Robberson township, a family by the name of Alsop were settlers at an early date, and lived west of the State road. John Jones came about 1834, and lived in section 15. The log cabin which first occupied the spot where Jones settled was built by a man named House. William Tuck came from McMahon county, East Tennessee, in the fall of 1837, and settled where House and Jones had formerly lived. Simeon Bird came from Tennessee in 1837, and settled on the Dry Sac in the neighborhood of Tuck. About the same time several families came to this part of Missouri from Tennessee, but settled in what is now Polk county, adjacent to this township. In the fall of 1838 or 1839 Thomas Swadley, from East Tennessee, settled on the Dry Sac about a mile above the Tuck and Bird settlement.
The Bolivar road, which runs north through Robberson township, is said to have been the first road regularly laid out in Greene county. It was laid out by the State, and ran from Boonville on the Missouri river to Fayetteville in Arkansas. A post-office was formerly kept on the James Headlee place, which was called Richland, but it is several years since it has been in existence. [916]

Some History on Joseph Evans

Joseph Evans was the father of Malinda Evans who was married to Lafayette Ross.

Copied from
Moser's Directory of Towns, Villages and Hamlets Past and Present of Missouri


Evans (Evans Station)
Evans Station, Greene County, was at the home of Joseph Evans, an early settler in the region. The location was nine miles north of Springfield in Township 30 N, Range 22 West, Section 23, approximately one-quarter mile east of the newly established line of Highway 13, which ran originally in front of the house. The original house and section was a two-story, dressed walnut log building with porches and red chimneys. >From a survey of the few foundation and chimney ruins, the approximate dimensions of the building were: 37 feet 6 inches wide and the same long. It was between Ebenezer and Glidewell. (--Butterfield Stage: Along the Old Wire in Missouri and Arkansas, in the Springfield Public Library.)A grist mill was built by Joseph Evans, and he ventured to erect a frame dwelling house and for years it was the admired of all admirers, everyone being curious to know how much it cost. (--Holcombe, p. 916.)

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

In Memory

1939 - 2005
"Through you can't see or touch me, I'll be near and if you listen with your heart you'll hear all my love around soft and clear. And then when you must come this way alone, I'll greet you with a smile and say, "Welcome Home."

Pettigrew Line

This line trace's the family of Elizabeth Pettigrew Robberson. She is the mother of Louisa Robberson who married Rev. David Ross. Elizabeth Pettigrew is my Mother-in-Law's 4th Great-Grandmother.

Husband: James Pettigru
born: France
marr: unknown
died: unknown
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CHILDREN
#1
James Pettigrew
born: 1613 in France
marr: 1658 in Edinburgh, Scotland
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: Geiles Moncrieff

#2 John Pettigrew
born: unknown
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown


Husband:
James Pettigrew
born: 1613 in France
marr: 1658 in Edinburgh, Scotland
died: unknown
buried: unknown

Wife: Geiles Moncrieff
born: unknown
died: unknown
buried:unknown
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CHILDREN

#1
James Pettigrew
born: About 1659
marr: about 1705 in Scotland
died: about 1753 in County Tyrone, Ireland
buried: unknown
spouse: Martha Moore, 1690?-?

#2 John Pettigrew
born: unknown
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

Note: There may well have been other children of this marriage.

Husband:
James Pettigrew
born: About 1659
marr: about 1705 in Scotland
died: about 1753 in County Tyrone, Ireland
buried: unknown

Wife: Martha Moore
born: About 1690 in Scotland
died: unknown
buried: unknown
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CHILDREN

#1 William Pettigrew
born: about 1706 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#2 Robert Pettigrew
born: about 1708 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#3 John Pettigrew
born: about 1710 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#4
James Pettigrew
born: 18 April 1713 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: about 1731 in County Tyrone, Ireland
died: 24 September 1784 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: Mary Cochran, 1715?-1786

#5 Charles Pettigrew
born: about 1715 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#6 Samuel Pettigrew
born: about 1717 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#7 child, name and sex unknown
born: about 1721 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#8 Jane Pettigrew
born: about 1723 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

Husband:
James Pettigrew
born: 18 April 1713 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: about 1731 in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, Ireland
died: 24 September 1784 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
buried: unknown

Wife: Mary Cochran
born: about 1715 in County Tyrone, Ireland
died: 7 October 1786 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
buried: unknown
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CHILDREN

#1 Rachel Pettigrew
born: about 1732 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: about 1754 at sea
buried: Atlantic Ocean
spouse: unknown

#2 Martha Pettigrewborn: about 1734 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: May 1796 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#3 John Pettigrew
born: about 1736 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: 9 November 1806 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#4 James Pettigrew
born: about 1738 in County Tyrone, Ireland
marr: unknown
died: 1779
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#5 Charles Pettigrew
born: 20 March 1742 (OS) in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
marr: unknown
died: 8 April 1807 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#6 Mary Cochran Pettigrew
born: 1745 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
marr: unknown
died: after 1822 in the Pendleton District of South Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#7
George Pettigrew
born: 14 April 1746 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
marr: after 1775 in South Carolina
died: 7 March 1818 in Moniteau County, Missouri
buried: unknown
spouse: Elizabeth Jane Long, 1756-1833
note: George had a wife previous to Elizabeth, but nothing is known of her except that they had two children.

#8 Jane Pettigrew
born: 1750 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
marr: unknown
died: 1838 in Gwinnett County, Georgia
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#9 Elizabeth Pettigrewborn: 1751 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
marr: unknown
died: 15 September 1779 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#10 Ebenezer Pettigrew
born: 1752 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
marr: unknown
died: 1795 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#11 female child, name unknown or unnamed
born: 1754 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
died: 1755 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
buried: unknown

#12 Nancy Pettigrew
born: 1755 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
marr: unknown
died: 11 August 1779 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#13 William Pettigrew
born: 26 February 1758 in Lunenburg County, Virginia
marr: unknown
died: 23 January 1837 at Badwell Estate in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

Husband:
George Pettigrew
born: 14 April 1746 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
marr: after 1775 in South Carolina
died: 7 March 1818 in Moniteau County, Missouri
buried: unknown
note: George had a wife previous to Elizabeth, but nothing is known of her except that they had two children.

Wife: Elizabeth Jane Long
born: 10 March 1756
died: 10 August 1833
buried: unknown

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CHILDREN

#1 James Pettigrew
born: 17 September 1776 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
marr: unknown
died: 6 November 1826
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#2
Elizabeth Jane Pettigrew*
born: 14 March 1779 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
marr: 19 May 1795 in Franklin County, Georgia
died: 1868 in Greene County, Missouri
buried: Robberson Prairie Cemetery, Robberson Township, Greene County, Missouri
spouse: Abednigo Robberson, ?-1829

#3 Mary Pettigrew
born: 29 September 1783 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina
died: 13 December 1787 in Wilkes County, Georgia
buried: unknown

#4 John W. Pettigrew
born: 14 August 1785 in Wilkes County, Georgia
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: 8 November 1862 in Hempstead County, Arkansas
spouse: unknown

#5 Rachel Pettigrew
born: 2 July 1788 in Wilkes County, Georgia
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#6 Ann Pettigrew
born: 22 April 1790 in Wilkes County, Georgia
marr: unknown
died: unknown
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#7 Louisa Pettigrew
born: 27 September 1792 in Wilkes County, Georgia
marr: unknown
died: 12 March 1823
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#8 George A. Pettigrew
born: 23 December 1793 in Wilkes County, Georgia
marr: unknown
died: 1854 in Arkansas
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#9 Matthew L. Pettigrew
born: 20 January 1796 in Georgia
marr: unknown
died: 22 August 1874 in Moniteau County, Missouri
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown

#10 Charles Pettigrew
born: 14 December 1799 in Georgia
marr: unknown
died: 30 November 1857 in Sevier County, Arkansas
buried: unknown
spouse: unknown