Great-Great-Great-Grandparents
White Hair (also known as Pawhuska, Papuisea, and Cheveux Blancs), a Great Royal Osage chief (tribe name, there is the Little Osage tribe also) (b. 1763?-d. 1837?) married an Osage women (name unknown). Many Indian Treaties have the mark of White Hair (or Pawhuska) on them. Pawhuska, Ok is named for him. They have a daughter who marries White Plume.(A) son George White Hair
(B) daughter (name unknown)
Great-Great-Grandparents
Daughter (name unknown) b. 1783? m. White Plume (Plume Branche or Mon Charisz) called by the French, an Kanza (Kaw) (also known as No-Pa-War-Ra, Nampawarah, Wompawara and Mannschenscaw) (meaning "man who scares" or "fury") (b. 1765 in Osage City, Southeast of Kansas City, Ks-d. 1838) who was appointed chief of Kansa (Kaw, Kanza) Indians by General Clark. White Plume helped Lewis & Clark when their expedition came through Ks.* denotes Allotee of Article 6 from Kanza 1825 Treaty, signed by White Plume in St Louis
A) daughter Wy-He-See, b. about 1798B) daughter Hunt Jimmy. b. about 1800
(For your information)
Hunt Jimmy later married Joseph James "Jo Jim" (also known as Little Chief).
Children:
a) *Joseph James, JuniorC) Me-Ho-Jah m. Clement Lessert Sr. (b. 1796 in Canada; d. 20 July 1854)
1. *Adele Lessert (b. 1823; d. 1866 Topeka, Ks buried at Rochester Cemetery) m. in Kansas City, Mo., by the Rev. Nicholas Point, S. J.; 7 Jan 1841 Moses (Moise, Moyse) Bellmard (Bellemere) (baptized 19 May 1812)
a) Marie Bellmard (b. May 1845; d. 7 Aug 1846)
b) Joseph Napoleon Bellmard (b. 1 Aug 1847; d. 22 Mar 1925) m. 25 Dec 1865 Mary Susan Pappan (d. 30 Jan 1899 buried Washunga Cemetery Kay County, Okla.)
1. William Bellmard
2. Rachel Bellmard
3. Julia Bellmard
4. Joesph Bellmard Jr.
5. Mary Bellmard
6. Ida Bellmard
married 2nd wife Emily (Emma) Dawson Auld 8 May 1900
1. Raymond Bellmard m. Edna Pappan
A. Colleen Bellmard(?)
B. Sam Bellmard
2. Olavene Bellmard
3. Jane (Jennie) Bellmard b. 25 Jan 1906 m. Glen Benbrook
A. Ernestine Benbrook
B. Raymond Benbrook
C. Jack Benbrook
1) Jeff Benbrook m. Sue
a) Jetri Benbrook
b) Joshua Benbrook
c) Jayson Benbrook
D. Jim Benbrook
1) Christina Benbrook
2) Priscilla Benbrook
4. Leonard (Bob) Bellmard
b) Julie Bellmard b. 1853
c) Francois Bellmard b. 7 May 1850 (in Kansas Territory)
d) Moses Benjamin Bellmard b 28 Jun 1856
d) Leonard Bellmard (b. 1851 in Kansas Territory) m. Josphine Tisseur
1) Adele Bellmard
2) Arthur Bellmard
3) Mose Bellmard
4) Pearl Bellmard
5) Myrtle Bellmard
6) Leonard Bellmard
7) Inez Bellmard
8) Paul Bellmard
9) Julia Bellmard
2. *Clement Lessert Jr. (born in Kansas Territory)
said to have been killed in a horse accident, but later documents proved otherwise per Kansas State Historical Society
D) son Chingacahega, b. 1805E) illegitimate son, (name unknown) (father?), b. 1810
F) son Wasabase, b. 1816
Great-Grandparents
Daughter Princess Wy-He-See (also known as Waisjasi) married (1818?) Louis Gonville (also known as Gonvil, Gonnville) from Canada; his name was changed was from de Gonneville (b. 1804?, St. Louis, Missouri, mother is Potawatomie), a French fur trader. Wy-He-See's first husband was Clement Lessert (the French interpreter).
Note : 3 related Gonville females married 3 related Pappan's
(NOTE : Pappan was spelled Papin {originally was De la Papin in France} in Missouri but changed when Louis Pappan came to Ks) also Pappan brothers had come from St. Louis, Missouri : Louis Pappan, Joseph Pappan, Stephen Achan Pappan and Euberie Pappan following their father Louis Pappan.Louis Gonville's first wife was Hunt Jimmy. Louis Gonville's children by Hunt Jimmy are:
A) *Josette (May Josephine) Mary Gonville b. 1816?, m. :
1st husband Joseph Pappan on Oct. 5, 1837, d. Dec. 12, 1883
1. Benjamin Louis "Big Louis" Pappan b. 1833, d. April 13, 1907; m. Elizabeth McPherson, (b. 1843) in 1869
a) Mary Ellen Pappan b. June 1887
b) Alexander Pappan
c) Susan Pappan
d) Elnora Pappan
e) Rachel Pappan
f) Benjamin Pappan (b. 1875-d.1959) m. Mary Isabel Savage Jan. 15, 1901
1. Emily Pappan
2. Walter Pappan
3. Marion Pappan
g) Anna Pappan
h) Cyrus Pappan
2. Susan Pappan
3. Mary Ogeal Pappan
2nd husband Aguste Pappan (no children?)B) *Pelagie Gonville b. 1817? m. Franceour de Aubri 1842
Louis Gonville's children by Wy-He-See are:
A) *Julie Gonville b. March 16, 1818, m. :
1st husband - Clement Lessert Sr. (the French interpreter) June 13, 1829 by Justice of the Peace Andrew P. Patterson (she left him after two years)
1. Mary Lessert
2. Martha Lessert
2nd husband - Louis Pappan in 1831 (b. 1815, d. March 22, 1877)
B) Rosalie Gonville, b. 1822, m. Charles Fish, half-breed Delaware (interpreter for Kanza Indians)C) *Victoire Margaret Gonville, b. 1819 m. Stephen Achan Pappan (b. Jan. 1838, d. June 24, 1923) (no children?) Stephen Achan Pappan re-married in 1881 to Elizabeth Curley
1. Edward G. Pappan b. March 1881, d. 1925
2. Mitchell Pappan b. Aug. 30, 1882, d. June 2, 1940
3. Charles J. Pappan b. Oct. 1886, d. 1947
4. Mode Pappan
5. Emmitt Pappan
6. Dadie Pappan
7. ---- Pappan
8. ---- Pappan
9 ---- Pappan
10. ---- PappanD) Louis Gonville - died very young
E) America Gonville - b. 1821, d. 1821
F) Baptiste Gonville - b. 1823, d. 1833
Grandparents
Daughter Princess Julie Gonville (1/2 Kansa, 1/2 Osage) (b. 1818?) Louis Pappan (1/2 French, 1/2 Potawatomie) (b. 1815 in St. Louis, Missouri), a French fur trader. Pappan brothers started the Pappan Ferry across the Kaw (Ks) River in 1842.
Oftentimes; Julie Gonville is often confused with Julie Roy, who is an entirely different person.
Julie's children by Louis Pappan as follows:A) Ellen Pappan (also known as Helen, Elena; Papin on marriage records) (1/4 French, 1/4 Kansa Indian, 1/4 Osage Indian, 1/4 Potawatomi Indian) (b. 1840 - d. April, 1863)
B) Louis Pappan b. 1841, d. Jan. 18, 1898; m. Elizabeth McPherson, Feb. 21, 1861
1. "Little" Henry Pappan m. Mary Ann ----
a. Dollie Pappan
b. Alice Pappan m. ---- Hall
2. Bertha Pappan m. ---- Endicott
a. Verne R. Endicott
b. George Baconrind Endicott
3. Lillian Pappan m. ----- Simpkins
a. Helen Simpkins m. ---- Cole
b. Dorothy Simpkins m. ---- Crawford
4. Walter Pappan
a. Gerald L. Pappan
b. Marvin E. Pappan
c. George Howard Pappan
d. Bert J. Pappan
e. Fred W. Pappan
f. John L. Pappan
g. Mary Pappan m. ---- Schutte
5. Anna Belle Pappan m. Hugh F. Chouteau
a. Violet Chouteau m. ---- Stanford
b. Marcellus M. Chouteau
6. Murphy Pappan b. Feb. 24, 1873, d. Sept. 30, 1942; m. Effie ---- about 1896
a. Russell Pappan
b. Clemmia Pappan
c. Alvin Pappan
1) Daisy Kirkbride Pappan
2) Maxine Pappan m. ----- Cravens
3) Walter Russell Pappan
4) Bruce W. Pappan
5) James Douglas Pappan
7. Warren Pappan b. 1880, d. 1955; m. Catherine Auld, 1900
a. Louis Charles Pappan
1) Lillie Mae Guffy Pappan m. ----- Minnis
2) Jimmie Lou Pappan
b. Lorene Bell Pappan m. ---- Bearden
1) Glenda Deanel Bearden m. ---- Kincy
c. Carl Leslie Pappan
1) Carl Leslie Pappan Jr.
2) Warren Leroy Pappan
3) Barabara Lou Pappan m. ---- Ratzlaff
A. Cynthia Ratzlaff m. ---- Pederson
B. Robert Ratzlaff
C. Lloyd Ratzlaff
D. Douglas Ratzlaff (Austin)C) Andres Pappan b. 1844
D) "Big" (also known as "George") Henry Pappan b. Feb. 2, 1849, d. Dec. 25, 1896, m. Susan Acton in 1870 (no children); m. Lucy Janetta Matney (parents are John Henderson Matney and Synthia Emaline Pasley) in 1886, b. March 24, 1870, d. Feb. 27, 1939
1) John C. Keenan Pappan b. May 22, 1888, d. Oct. 13, 1948, m. Florence Eva Jones (b. Jan. 20, 1890-d. April 8, 1976)
a. Virgil Cornell Pappan (b. March 1910) m. -----
1. Bill Pappan
2. Kirby D. Pappan
b. Henry A. Pappan
c. Gene Barker Pappan (b.May 13, 1917-d. Sept. 17, 1993) m. Leta Rosetta Thompson (b. Oct. 10, 1920-d. Feb. 28, 1994) 1947
d. Jonsie Keenan Pappan (b. Dec. 13, 1919-d. April 9) 1988; m. Ruth ----
1. Jeremy Pappan
2. Patty Pappan
3. Llyod Lee Pappan
e. Martha Bell Pappan
f. Rosemary Pappan m. ---- Glenn
g. Rose Marie Pappan
1st husband Coyle
2nd husband Glenn
h. Martin Dale Pappan
i. Margie Lucille Pappan m. Dale Honn
j. Jimmie Lee Pappan
k. Johnnie Guy Pappan m. Dorothy Jenkins
l. Doris May Pappan m. Glenn BooneLucy Janetta Matney (b. March 24, 1870, d. Feb. 27, 1939) re-married Oscar Clark
1. Elmer Clark
2. Oscar Clark
3. Maudie Clark
4. Onia Clark
5. Charlie Clark2) Laura Belle Pappan b. Sept. 24, 1890, d. June 28, 1963; m. :
1st husband Roy Grantham Nov. 9, 1908
a. Violet Leroy Grantham m. ---- Donahoe
2nd husband Dean Randol (Randall) Dec. 21, 1910
a. Julia Lorene Randol b. Sept. 21, 1911, d. Feb. 4, 1988; m. George F. Jack April 7
1. Jerry Jack
2. Daniel William Jack
3. Robert Den Jack
b. Maudie Lodema Randol b. Feb. 27, 1913, d. Sept. 25, 1996; m. :
1st husband Delbert L. Triplett
1. Larry Dean Triplett
2nd husband Jack L. Jenkins
c. Louella Lodema Randol
3) Julia Emaline Pappan (b. Nov. 19, 1892, d. June 24, 1980); m. Henry Le Clair (b. Sept. 18, 18902-d. July 1, 1968) July 14, 1911
a. Loretta Frances Le Clair m. Claudius Earl Blackshere
1. Gary Lee Blackshere
2. Terry Jo Blackshere
3. Marta Sue Blackshere
b. Judy Jean Le Clair (b. March 28, 1930, d. Dec. 20, 1993); m. Keith W. Hearne June 7, 1952
1. Stephen Hearne
4) William Louis Pappan (Sr.) b. Dec. 25, 1894, d. Dec. 4, 1935; m. :
1st wife Nellie Ann Mathews 1914
a. Robert Henry Pappan b. July 13, 1915, d. Aug. 4, 1982; m. Dorothy Lorrine Sisk 1945
1. Robert Louis Pappan
2. Sharon Ann Pappan
3. Karen Arlene Pappan
b. Rose Marian Pappan b. July 22, 1917, d. June 1988; m. Dexter Tait
1. Daniel Tate
2. ---- Tate
2nd wife Grace Octavia Maxfield 1919, b. 1900, d. 1953 (parents are Stephen Gerard Maxfield and Oba Genoba Shockey)
a. Laura Belle Pappan (b. May 25, 1920-d. June 4, 1921)
b. Geraldine Louise Pappan (b. Jan. 3, 1922, d. June 3, 1998); m. Vernon Crow June 16, 1942 (b. Aug. 13, 1918-d. Dec. 3, 1995) (parents are John Lester Crow and Vinia Lofton)
1. Claudia Lynne Crow m. Donald Arthur Hof, Jr. (parents are Donald Arthur Hof, Sr. and Wanda Lee Henderson)
a. Dawn Lynette Hof m. Bradley Neil Schaper
1) Kaycee Nicole Schaper
b. Tony Arthur Hof
c. William Louis Pappan (Jr.) m. Loretta A. Swirczynski (b. Feb. 5, 1923-d. April 24, 1992)
1. Sandy Pappan
2. Jeffery Pappan
3. William Louis Pappan III
4. Grace Pappan m. David Dwight (div.)
a. Jordan Dwight
d. Carolyn Sue Pappan m. ---- Walkabout
e. Stephen Maxfield Pappan
5) Murphy Pappan b. Nov. 26, 1896, d. Oct. 30, 1952D) Antoine Pappan b. 1850
E) Otwin Blonde Pappan b. Oct. 17, 1850, d. March 10, 1899; m. Sophia Curley
1) Louisa Pappan
a. Dorothy M. Pappan m. ---- Agee
b. Hazel C. Pappan m. ---- Wood
c. Lena G. Pappan m. ---- Jackson
d. Mary Pappan m. ---- Bonner
2) Andy Pappan
3) Weso Harrison Pappan b. May 4, 1878, d. Jan. 21, 1968; m. Nora Mapel
a. Forrest Leon Pappan
1. Velma Landers Pappan m. ---- Davidson
2. Kenneth Irvin Pappan
b. Opal Valentine Pappan
c. Harry Weso Pappan
d. Ida Bell Pappan
e. Roy Otis Pappan
f. Neleta Louise Pappan
g. Blon Harrison Pappan
h. Lydia Pappan m. ---- Curry
1. Mary Catherine Curry m. --- Griggs
i. Esther Pappan m. ---- Cooper
1. John Cooper
j. Jeston W. Pappan
1. Jean M. Davis Cobb
2. Kathryn Sue Pappan m. ---- WeberF) Joseph Pappan b. 1852, d. Dec. 12, 1883; m. Berneice Houston Bell
1) Isabelle Pappan b. Aug. 30, 1881, m. James Auld
a. Addie Auld m. ---- Ballagh
b. Harvey F. Auld
c. Flora Auld m. ---- Rickard
d. Geneva Auld m. ---- Orton
e. Dora Auld m. ---- CrouseG) Julia Pappan b. 1854
H) Stephen Pappan b. 1856, m. Jennie Christenol, March 30, 1870
1) Mary Pappan
2) Debby Pappan
3) Rosy Lee Pappan
4) Selvister Pappan
5) ---- Pappan
6) ---- PappanI) Mary Pappan b. 1858
J) Frank Pappan b. 1860, d. March 28, 1884
K) Mary J. ? Pappan
L) Webb Pappan b. 1877, d. 1950; m. Maude H. about 1900; b. 1882, d. 1940
1) William Henry Pappan
2) Pearl Pappan m. ---Mapel
3) Vera PappanFor Your Information --
Julie Gonville had 2 illegitimate children by Ludwig Pappin, (baptisms verified by St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Church, Ks)
a) Maria Pappan
b) Francis PappinFor Your Information --
Ludwig Pappan m. Laury McFarsonParents
Ellen Pappan (b. in U.S. Ks Territory 1840, 1/4th Kansa Indian, 1/4th Osage Indian, 1/4th Potawatomie Indian and 1/4th French; d. 1863 of black fever also known as cholera) m. Orren Arms (Captain Jack) Curtis (100% American) (b. June 2, 1829, d. March 28, 1898) in May 8, 1859 by Father Ignatius Maes, in a Catholic ceremony at St. Marys, Ks, in Potawatomie County, Ks; witnesses were Lodovica Papin and Benjamin Francouer. They had 2 children; Charles and ElizabethSon Charles Curtis (1/8 Kansa Indian, 1/8 Osage Indian, 1/8 Potawatomie Indian, 1/8 French; 1/2 American-English) (b. U.S. Ks Territory, Jan. 25, 1860-d. Feb. 8, 1936) was baptized as Charolus (Charles) Curtis, the child of Gullielmus (William) Curtis (error - should be Orren Arms Curtis) and Elena (Helen?) Papin on April 15, 1860 by Father L. Dumortier S.J.; sponsors were Henry and Susanna Papin at Immaculate Conception Church, St. Marys, Ks; Charles Curtis later m. Annie Elizabeth Baird (b. Dec. 24, 1860 Altoona, Pennsylvania, Parents John M. and Jane Baird; d. June 20, 1924 - FYI- has brother Essington Baird) on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1884 in Topeka, Ks.
Father's side: Curtis / Hubbard (of Charles Curtis) -
Grandparents
WILLIAM CURTIS (b. Dec. 22, 1800 in Albany, New York, d. March 3, 1873 of small-pox plague in North Topeka, Ks) m. PERMELIA HUBBARD CURTIS (b. May 14, 1807 in Berkshire, Massachusetts-d. Sept. 4, 1903 in North Topeka, Ks) on Nov. 4, 1827 in Eugene, Indiana. They had fourteen children. (Permelia Hubbard's ancestors can be traced back into the 1400s, into England, Wales and Scotland) William Curtis and Permelia Hubbard Curtis' children as follows:(A) ORREN ARMS CURTIS b. June 23, 1829, Eugene (now Evertonville) Vermillion county, Indiana, d. in Newkirk, Indian Territory (Ok) March 28, 1898) is buried in the private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks also was a Civil War veteran, had been a Captain, (so he was nicknamed Captain Jack) Co. F, 15th Regiment Cavalry, Ks Volunteers, received a general court-martialed April 1865, spent one month in military prison in Missouri State Prison in Joplin; then was pardoned May, 1865. He joined up with Co. H, 19th Ks Cavalry, Oct. 1868. he was the quartermaster-sargeant, he was mustered out in April 18, 1869.
Orren Arms Curtis m.: (spent time with the circuses after his first marriage)
1st wife's mother Naomi Quick was born in New York
1st wife: Isabelle Jane Quick (Waldron or Walden) Curtis, m. Feb. 2, 1849, div. 1858, North Dakota (her mother Naomi Quick lived with them)
a) Milo Curtis, b. Dec. 1849, Eugene (now Evertonville) Vermillion county, Indiana
b) William Harvey Curtis b. Sept. 25, 1851, m. Lena Ware
c) John N. Curtis, b. Dec. 29, 1853, m. Clarrie ---- (b. June 1866, Minco, Grady county, Ok)
1) Evie Curtis, b. about 1891
2) Harry E. Curtis, b. about 1894
d) Florence Curtis, b. 1855 Eugene (now Evertonville) Vermillion county, Indiana, d. before 1860
After marrying Orren Arms Curtis, Isabelle Jane Quick Curtis, (they were divorced in 1858) she then m. Allan (Waldron or Walden) Sept. 29, 1858
a) Benjamin (Waldron or Walden) b. 1850, Indiana
1) Ambrose Quick, b. about 1824, m. Hulda Bennet
(brother to Isabelle Jane Quick Curtis (Waldron or Walden)
2) John Quick, b. about 1826, m. Lucy Ricardson
(brother to Isabelle Jane Quick Curtis (Waldron or Walden)
2nd wife: m. Ellen Pappan May 8, 1859, by Father Ignatius Maes, in a Catholic ceremony at Immaculate Conception Church in St. Marys, Ks, she died of black fever also known as cholera 1863, unknown where she is buried, supposedly Northwest of the private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks. (his only wife to die, the others he deserted or divorced)
a) Charles (NO MIDDLE NAME) Curtis, (1/8th Kansa, 1/8th Osage, 1/8th Potawatomie, 1/8th French; 1/2 American-English) (b. U.S. Ks Territory Jan. 25, 1860-d. Feb. 8, 1936) was baptized as Charolus (Charles) Curtis, the child of Gullielmus (William) Curtis (error - should be Orren Arms Curtis) and Elena (Helen?) Pappan on April 15, 1860 by Father L. Dumortier; sponsors were Henry and Susanna Papin at Immaculate Conception Church, St. Marys, Ks; Charles Curtis later m. Annie Elizabeth Baird (b. Dec. 24, 1860 Altoona, Pennsylvania, Parents John M. and Jane Baird; d. June 20, 1924 - FYI- has brother Essington Baird) on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1884 in Topeka, Ks.
b) Elizabeth Curtis, b. in Ks, Sept. 08, 1862, d. Aug. 15, 1943, buried in Topeka Cemetery, close to her brother Charles, in Topeka Ks. No record found has been found of her baptisms.
3rd wife: m. Rachel Funk (aka Mrs. Hatch?) born in Jefferson county, in July 276, 1863, div. Dec. 19 1864, in Shawnee county, Ks
a) no children
4th wife: m. Lucy (or Lou) A. Jays, b. in New York, m. in Dec. 28, 1864 (thought to be buried in the Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks).
a) Permelia "Dolly" Curtis, b. March 24, 1866 in Ks. d. Jan. 31, 1953, buried in Washington D.C. m. Edward Everett Gann, June 17, 1915 in Washington D.C. (Edward Everett Gann was the attorney for the Interstate Commerce Commission and a Democrat) (no children)(B) JOHN THOMAS CURTIS b. Nov. 2, 1830, Eugene (now Evertonville) Vermillion county, Indiana, d. April 24, 1904, Newkirk, buried Ponca City, Ok; m. Jennie Hayes, then m. Louisa Walden born about 1832, is buried in North Topeka, Rochester Cemetery, Ks.
a) Charles Monroe Curtis b. Feb. 16, 1866 Quincy, Indiana; d. Feb. 19, 1952, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho; m. March 2, 1887 (in Topeka, Ks) *Margaret E. McKeever (b. Sept. 7, 1868 Hoyt, Jackson county, Ks; d. Sept. 27, 1952 Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho (may be from Tubermore Town, Kerry county, Ireland?)
1) Blanche Eve Curtis (b. Dec. 27, 1887 Hoyt, Jackson county, Ks; d. Dec. 27, 1957; Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho) m. in McComb, Potawatomie county, Ok, Aug. 6, 1907 to William Emmett Willis (son of James Willis and Hannah { or Anga} Hart), b. Oct. 1, 1884 in Garland, Dallas county, Texas, d. Sept. 22, 1975, Richland Washington
a) Magalena Willis b. Sept. 17, 1908, Burnett, Ok; d. July 24, 1982; m. Sept. 17, 1928 to John Merril Cradduck
1. William Merril Cradduck
2. Peggy Joan Cradduck b. Dec. 14, 1930; m. J.B. Troxel
A) Terrill Lee Cummins Troxel
B) Dana Merrill Troxel
3. John Beverly Cradduck b. 1932
4. Virgie Clarola Cradduck b. in Feb. 1934; m. Jack Merrill
A) Gayla Lynn Merrill
5. Charles Curtis Cradduck b. 1936
b) Anna Edna Willis "Peg" b. Dec. 14, 1909; m. Claude Davis 1935
1. Leonard Glen Davis b. April 25, 1927
A) Gregory Davis
2. Jackie Marion Davis b. May 10, 1929
3. Kenneth Wayne Davis b. April 2, 1933 m. Margie
A) Kenneth Wayne Davis, Jr.
c) Raymond Curtis Willis b. July 26, 1911, McComb, Potawatomie county, Ok; d. Oct. 25, 1987; m. Dorothy Mae Cox (daughter of Dawson Cox and Ethel Bright) Oct. 18, 1930 (b. June 25, 1914; d. Feb. 26, 1995 Merced, California.
1. Ara Lou Willis b. April 27, 1932; d. Oct. 28, 1995, Fallon Nevada; m. Wayne Andrew Jackson (son of Archie Jackson and Essie Collins) Sept. 1, 1951 in California
A) Gregory Wayne Jackson b. Dec. 1, 1952; m. Terry June Bennett Jan. 15, 1972 in Fallon, Nevada (b. Aug. 3, 1952, daughter of Melba Taylor)
1) Christopher Michael Jackson b. Oct. 14, 1974
2) Jamie Lynn Jackson b. Sept. 22, 1977
B) David Ross Jackson b. Aug. 6, 1956 Fresno, California; m. Sheryl Romero June 30, 1986 in Fallon, Nevada (b. Sept. 19, 1955
1) Loujean Rose Jackson b. July 8, 1988
C) Laura Kaye Jackson b. Sept. 24, 1959, Fresno, California; m. Joesph Lloyd Gomes (son of John Gomes and Mary Hutchinson)
1) Thayne Curtis Gomes b. Feb. 21, 1976
2) Lance Edward Gomes b. Nov. 5, 1981
3) Nick Joseph Gomes b. Sept. 9, 1983
D) Wayne Andrew Jackson, Jr. b. Aug. 29, 1963 m. Kathy Evian April 11, 1987
1) Wayne Andrew Jackson III b. Jan. 27, 1988
2) Michone Kaye Jackson b. July 10, 1989
2. Glora June Willis b. Dec. 28, 1934 m. Richard Carl Bachle (b. 1931) in 1951
A) Cheryl Lynn Bachle b. 1952
B) Christine June Bachle b. 1953
C) Rikki Jane Bachle b. Sept. 18, 1958
3. Herman Dawson Willis b. Nov. 12, 1936 m. Patricia Vienne 1960 (b. 1940)
A) Raymond Curtis Willis b. 1962; d. about 1990
B) Paul Phillip Willis b. 1964
C) Jeffrey Allen Willis b. 1967
D) Debra Ruth Willis b. 1967
4. Marva Lea Willis b. Aug. 29, 1939 m. Ken Jensen (father C. Jensen) b. 1938
A) Elisabeth Jensen born Aug. 1960
1) Chance Jensen
B) Doug Jensen b. 1962 m. Terry
1) Ryan Jensen
2) Brylie Jensen
C) Donald Jensen b. 1959 m. Lisa Boldt (daughter of Diane)
1) Blaine Jensen
2) Kenner Jensen
d) William Martin Willis "Bill" b. March 2, 1913; d. 1975; m. May Belle Black March 1938
1. Wanda Louise Willis b. Oct. 2, 1938
2. Billy Leon Willis b. Dec. 26, 1939
3. Donna Joy Willis
4. Martin Leo Willis
5. Steven Paul Willis
e) Opal Willis b. about 1915
f) Jewell Elizabeth Willis b. May 28,1918, Burkburnett, Texas; m. Franklin George Coates April 25, 1939
1. Ronald Lee Coates
2. Larry Joe Coates
3. Dickie Coates
g) Charles Henry Willis b. May 2, 1920 Atwood, Rawlins county, Ks; m. Grace Ellen Turnbull
1. Charlotte Ann Willis
2. Mary Ellen Willis
3. Jimmie Willis
4. Susan Elizabeth Willis
h) Dorotha Lorraine Willis b. April 2, 1922 Atwood, Rawlins county, Ks; m.
1st husband Mark Kenny
1. Richie Lynn Kenny
2nd husband Thomas Clayton Cline 1940, (no children)
3rd husband George Anthoney Muir
2. Robbie Muir
3. Randy Muir
i) Virgil Emmet Willis "Bud" b. March 30, 1924 Atwood, Rawlins county, Ks
j) Norma Josephine Willis b. June 13, 1926 McComb, Potawatomie county, Ok m.;
1st husband John Author Smith
1. William Charles Smith
2. Wanona Fay Smith
3. Rosie Smith
4. Dewayne Smith
5. Erin Smith
6. Jonnitta Smith
2nd Jack McGinnis
7. Micheal Leroy McGinnis
k) Jerry Paul Willis b. Dec. 14, 1928 McComb, Potawatomie county, Ok; d. Dec. 18, 1995, Alaska, m. Jennie Lou Duty
1. Connie Lynn Willis
2. Cynthie Lee Willis
2) Lena Bedelia Curtis, b. Jan. 3, 1890 in Hoyt, Jackson county, Ks; d. Feb. 19, 1931. m. Aug. 6, 1907 to George Willis (brother to William Emmett Willis) (son of James Willis and Hannah Hart)
3) Lois Jane Curtis, b. May 23, 1895 in Lexington, Ok, d. Dec. 20, 1915.
4) James O. Curtis b. Sept. 1, 1897 in Lexington, Ok; d. Sept. 4, 1958
5) Milo Curtis, b. July 25, 1901, Shawnee, Ok
6). Estell John Curtis b. Dec. 8, 1904 Shawnee, Ok
7) Cecil Loren Curtis, b. March 13, 1911, Uncas, Ok; d. March 26, 1974 m. Valeria Angell on Dec. 17, 1933a) Jennie Curtis b. Oct. 3, 1857, m. *Robert C. McKeever in Eugene (Ks or Indiana, most likely Ks) on Jan. 1, 1890
1) Clyde McKeever
2) Nora McKeever
3) Doyle McKeever
b) John Frank Curtis b. March 1859, m. :
1st wife Anna Quirk on Nov. 22, 1881
2nd wife Jennie Hays
c) Milo F. Curtis b. 1861, m. Louisa Dean on Nov. 21, 1880
d) Oscar Curtis b. 1868, m. Lucy Dean* For your information - Parents of Robert C. McKeever and Margaret E. McKeever are Clark McKeever and Jane Norvell
(C) JANE C. CURTIS b. 1833, Eugene, (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, m. :
1st husband Josiah C. Smith , (b. 1829?) Aug. 22, 1854
a) Alphia C. Smith m. W.B.. Rambo
b) Holly Smith (buried in private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks))
c) Oliver Milton Smith b. 1858, died 1934, is buried in private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks; m. Martha A. Feaks on Oct. 3, 1880
1. Harold J. Smith m. Pearl ---- (he d. Sept. 17, 1991 in Topeka)
2. unnamed boy, died as infant
2nd husband Philetus Thompson
a) William C. Thompson(D) CYNTHIA G. CURTIS b. April 18, 1834, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. Dec. 30, 1917 and is buried in private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks She m. John Worley Smith (b. 1830? d. Nov. 8, 1908) March 15, 1852 in Danville, Illinois.
a) Jessie C. Smith (b. Dec. 10, 1852, d. Sept. 6, 1928) m. Dellas Myers on Dec. 24, 1873.
1. Charles Curtis Armstrong (b. Aug. 23, 1898, d. Jan. 23, 1987)
2. Helen Smith m. ---- Gohres (Kansas City, Missouri)
b) Anna Permelia Smith m. --- Dewey (Alhambra, California)
c) Alice Smith
d) Lizzie Smith, died as a child(E) EUNICE CURTIS b. 1836, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. 1921, buried in private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks; m. Feb. 14, 1854 to Andrew J. Wise, (b. 1810 in Indiana, d. 1903) also buried in private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks, also was a Civil War veteran of Indiana Calvary, were residents of Topeka as of 1898.
a) Elizabeth Wise, b. 1873, d. 1907; buried in private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks
b) Charles C. Wise, b. 1880, d. 1914; buried in private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks
c) George Wise, b. 1860 in Indiana(F) SARAH ELIZABETH CURTIS b. 1837, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana (is buried at the private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks ) m. Francis J. Brown (b. about 1832) Aug. 26, 1869, were div. Nov. 1901, were residents of Topeka in 1898, she d. 1931 Topeka, Ks
a) Frank O. Brown, b. in 1875 in Topeka, Ks(G) MARY ANN CURTIS b. 1839, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. 1931; m. Joseph Parke on Dec. 25, 1861, moved to Oregon. (later dropped the "e" from last name)
a) William Parke
b) Joseph Allen Parke
c) Harriet E. Parke
d) Joseph Allen Parke m. Alice Connor (dropped the "e")
1) Ida Park
2) Charles Park
3) Ada Park
4) Winifred Park
5) John Ennis Park(H) WILLIAM H. CURTIS b. May 11, 1840, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. April 16, 1927; m. Laura Ellen Tripp, (b. May 29, 1847, Maine) , lived in California in 1898 (she d. 1898 in CA)
a) Ernest A. Curtis b. Aug. 9, 1867, Jefferson county, Ks
b) William D. Curtis b. Dec. 31, 1873, Jefferson County, Ks
c) Ira Curtis(I) CHARLES CLARK CURTIS b. 1842, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. April 16, 1927; m. Louisa Neal, (b. Sept. 1849 in New York, d. Oct. 21, 1936) in 1872, lived in Lawrence, Ks as of 1898. (Her parents are Jordan Neal and Emeline Neal)
a) a still-born child(J) RUTH ISABELLE "BELLE" CURTIS b. Feb. 4, 1843, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. Dec. 1, 1928; m.
1st husband: Harvey G. Young on March 13, 1856, no children
2nd husband: Daniel D. Armstrong, (b. 1840) on Sept. 5, 1867
a) Sarah P. Armstrong b. Dec. 5, 1868, died Dec. 15, 1877
b) Charles William Armstrong b. Feb. 2, 1873, d. Jan. 21, 1951, m. Mary Alice Davis Aug. 31, 1893 (North Topeka, Ks)
c) Roy D. Armstrong b. Jan. 21, 1879, died May 12, 1947; m. Reta Harrington of Scott City, Ks)
d) Edward T. Armstrong b. March 16, 1881, d. March 6, 1948 (Topeka, Ks), m. :
1st wife Ethel Warren
2nd wife Eula Brown in 1927(K) EMMA (EMILY) CURTIS b. 1846, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. Jan. 9, 1930, m. on Dec. 27, 1870, Koertinis (Court or Charles) La Tourette, b. Dec. 12, 1840, d. Nov. 23, 1912. (lived in Tin Cup, Colorado) They had no children.
(I) NOAH EDWARD CURTIS b. 1847, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. 1917 in Topeka. m. Margaret McClintock on June 27, 1873, who was b. 1850.
a) Edris Curtis, b. 1874
b) Hallick C. Curtis b. July. 7, 1876, d. May 12, 1968 (Arkansas City, Ks) m. Evalena Wares.
1. Emmett Curtis b. Oct. 30, 1902, d. Dec. 7, 1977 m. ??????
2. Maude S. Curtis b. Feb. 26, 1904, d. Nov. 21, 1947 (never married)
3. Aletha B. Curtis b. Sept. 2, 1906 d. 1990 m. ????
1) ?
2) ?
3) ?
4. Jed Curtis b. Mar. 3, 1908, d. Mar. 24, 1984 m. Myra ????
5. Babe Curtis b. May 18, 1910 d. Jun. 13, 1983 m. Wanda ????
6. Helen Josephine Curtis b. Sept. 20, 1912 d. Feb. 19, 1980 m. ?????
a) Camilla(M) IRA CURTIS b. June 2, 1849, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. Jan. 5, 1873, is buried in private Curtis Family Cemetery in North Topeka, Ks; never married
(N) ISAAC J. CURTIS b. May 12, 1850, Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana, d. 1937; m. Laura Ann Dickey, (b. May 12, 1859 in Napa, California)
a) Pearl Gertrude Curtis b. July 14, 1880, Napa, California
b) Chester Oliver Curtis b. Jan. 20, 1883, Napa, California, d. Feb. 10, 1978
c) Elford Floyd Curtis b. Oct. 30, 1887 Napa, California
d) Leland Stanford Curtis b. June 10, 1890, Napa, California, d. Nov. 24, 1961, m. Ethel V.Sons Ira Curtis and Orren Arms (Captain Jack) Curtis convinced their father, William Curtis to go to the new Ks territories prior to 1855, settled near Mount Florence, (south of Meriden, which does not exist anymore, check William Curtis link for photo before destruction) Ks
Parents
Son OREN ARMS (Captain Jack) CURTIS married ELLEN PAPPAN (also found as Papan, Papin, Pepin) (b. 1840 - d. 1863 of cholera), May 8, 1859. They have two children, Charles and Elizabeth. (Orren Arms {Captain Jack} Curtis had a total of at least four wives (maybe 5), Charles and Elizabeth Curtis would have lots of half-brothers and half-sisters and lots of cousins)
Son CHARLES CURTIS (b. Jan. 25, 1860 in Eugene {North Topeka, Ks} dd Feb. 8, 1936 of a heart attack in Washington D.C.) m. Annie Elizabeth Baird performed by DR. F.F.. Dornblazer, Jesuit priest, (b. Dec. 24, 1860 to John M and Jane Baird in Altoona, Pennsylvania; d. June 20, 1924 of pneumonia in Washington D.C.) on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1884.
Daughter ELIZABETH CURTIS (b. Sept. 2, 1862 in Eugene [now known as North Topeka], Ks d. Aug. 15, 1943 in Topeka, Ks), m. : (she is buried in the Topeka Cemetery in Topeka Ks as Charles Curtis is)
1st husband Joseph E. Layton, m. Dec. 24, 1878, later div.
a) Joseph Oran Layton b. March 11, 1884; m. Cora P. (b. 1885)
1. Florence Elizabeth Layton b. July 29, 1907; died Nov. 24, 1986
m. Dec. 9, 1928; Daniel Henry Myers II (1903-1985)
a. Clifford Myers, b. 1895
b. Daniel Henry Myers III, b. 1930, d. 1996 m. Elizabeth Blanton
1) William Henry Myers
2) Joseph L. Myers
3) Sarah E Myers
2. Helen Permelia Layton b. July 29, 1909; m. Forrest (Frosty) Cox
a. "Frosty" Cox
b. Judith Cox
1) Jennifer
3. Robert Oran Layton b. Oct. 18, 1912
4. James Jerome Layton b. Sept. 18, 1920
b) Robert Oran Layton
1. Florence Layton
2. Robert Scott Layton
3. Candyce Layton m. ---- Hunt
2nd husband Jerome "Rome" Ashby Colvin, b. Dec. 22, 1863 in Lima, Allen county, Ohio, m. 1892, died Sept. 3, 1932
a) William "Willie" Bear Colvin b. 1893??
b) Richard Ashby Colvin
c) Margaret Colvin m. ---- RaffertyAre you related to Charles Curtis or (his sister) Elizabeth Curtis Layton Colvin ?
Family of Charles Curtis and Annie Elizabeth Baird
CHARLES CURTIS (b. Jan. 25, 1860 in Eugene in U.S. Ks Territory}, d. Feb. 8, 1936 of a heart attack in Washington D.C.) was baptized at The Immaculate Conception Church in St. Marys, Ks, March 15, 1860, later he m. ANNIE ELIZABETH BAIRD (b. Dec. 24, 1860 to John Marion Baird and Jane (Bromberg) Baird in Altoona, Penn. d. June 20, 1924 of pneumonia in Topeka, Kansas) Thanksgiving Day in Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 27, 1884
For Your Information - daughters Permelia and Leona hated their first names so went by their middle names.
Daughter Permelia Jeannette Curtis
(b. Jan. 6, 1886 in Topeka, Ks; d. Oct. 17, 1955 Memphis, Tn) graduated from Topeka High School in Topeka, Ks, in 1903; then graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts in 1908, then m. Major Charles Peasley George (b. Aug. 10, 1886 Texas; d. Dec. 31, 1946 ) of Fort Riley 3 Jan. 1914 at the Curtis House at 11th and Topeka. He was on the Olympic Riding Team for America in 1928 She never remarried. Both are buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Texas. They had two children.Grand-son Charles Curtis George,
b. April 12, 1921 in Washington D.C.; d. July 27, 1958 and buried in Nantucket, Massachusetts; attended United States Military Academy at West Point, New York; graduated class of 1942; unmarried; West Point www.usma.army.milGrand-daughter Ann George
(b. 1919 m. Harrrison Humphreys 1944 m. --- Morton)
a) Ann Curtis Humphreys
b) Jane Baird HumphreysSon Harry King Curtis
(b. October 1, 1890; d. May 29, 1946) m. Beatrice (Bea) Eliot, divorced 1936, then m. "Kitty"(?), graduated from Harvard in Massachusetts and the University of Michigan, became a lawyer, was former President of Motorists Association of Illinois; (no children?) (Kansas census verified DOB, though not where; DOD, POD, verified Florida Death index)Daughter Leona Virginia Curtis
(b. April 1, 1892, in Topeka, Ks; d. Oct. 29, 1965 in Providence, Rhode Island) m. (July 9, 1919 in Washington D.C.) Webster Knight II (d. Oct. 27, 1967 in Providence, Rhode Island). was a representative of Rhode Island and seconded the nomination of her father as Vice-President at the 1928 Republican convention in Kansas City, also she did the dedication in 1959 for Charles Curtis bronze bust at Washington D.C.; later the bust was moved to Anadarko, Ok. (See Legacy link for more details) They had two children.Grandson - Charles Curtis Knight
(b. Oct. 19, 1920, d. Dec. 26, 1968) m. Alice Hill Mayes (b. 1 Mar 1921) April 12, 1942.
a) Webster Knight III ; (b. 7 Feb 1943; d. 22 Jul 2008) m. Maureen (aka Moe) Ann Newman ( later Heise) 23 May 1964
m. Geneva S. Fraser
1. Shannon Blair Knight b. 1 Feb 1968 ; m. David Gassert (b. 17 Dec 1967) 22 Sep 2000.
m. Vincent Beatty (8 May 1962)
2. Kecia Jean Knight b. 7 Mar 1965 m. James Alram Healey 16 Oct 1988.
3. Kerrin Curtis Knight b. 28 Jul 1969 m. Mathew James Chrupcala 4 Sep 1993.
b) Steven Curtis Knight ; b. 12 Aug 1944; d. 2 May 1964 in Guantanamo Bay, Naval Base, Cuba.
c) William Maxwell Knight b. July 16, 1952 m. Cheryl Ann Elizabeth Pease (b. Mar. 18. 1955; d. May 19, 2002)
1. Jeremiah Maxwell Knight m. Samantha L. Corkins 19 Apr 1998 (b. 11 Apr 1974)
a. Deven Maxwell Knight b. Nov. 30, 1998
b. Matteson Ava Knight b. Oct. 16, 2006
2. Acacia Hill Knight b. Apr. 18, 1980
a. Zabrith Taron Knight b. Aug. 16, 1996
d) Allison Curtis Knight m. --- Barrett
e) Roger Frederick Knight ; born about 1940 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.Granddaughter Constance (Connie) Knight,
(b. June 25, 1923; d. July 16, 2002) m. Alexander E. McCollom (b. Feb. 27, 1913; d. Jul. 16, 1986)
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