Here we
are at the end of another month of the year 2009! At our regular meeting
of the Magoffin County Historical Society held on May 17, we were reminded
that there are only 3 more meeting times before the beginning of our 31st
Founders Day celebration. This set us in motion for getting down to work
on getting plans in place for this Magoffin County homecoming time.
Although we are spotlighting the Mann families we want to tell everyone
that ALL families are welcome to attend.
There are
many families with Mann ancestry that we have little or no information on.
One of these is the Nancy (Mann) and Jeremiah “Did” Patrick family. One of
their children was Jeremiah Patrick, Jr. who married Sarah Salyer and we
believe moved to the Madison Co. Arkansas area. Another child was Delilah
Patrick (no info) and also James Patrick who married Frances Brown. James
and Frances may have descendants in the Carter and Lewis counties in
Kentucky
We want
to tell you also that all descendants of Reuben Arnett b. 1810 are part of
the “Manns Clan”. Reuben married Sarah “Sally” Mann and the 1st
of their 7 children was (1) Clarinda Arnett m. Cudberth Stone. Their
children were Jane Stone m. “Red” Sam Howard, James m. Rebecca Fitch, Lena
m. Jasper Owens, Logan Stone, Turner m. Della Sizemore, Commodore m.
Manerva Sizemore, Missouri m. Sam Arnett, Costello m. Nan Minix, Samuel
Stone, Arty m. William “Tater Bill” Howard and Alice Stone who m. 1st
to a Prater and m. 2nd Frank Litteral.
The 2nd
child of Reuben Arnett was Harris Arnett. He married Sarah Joseph and
they were the parents of Sidney m. Polly Salyer, John m. Polly Joseph,
Mary m. Mort Arnett and Boone Howard, Farish m. Polly Richardson, Martha, Usley
b. 1879, and Jane Arnett m. Thomas Higgins and Lafe
Risner.
Reuben’s 3rd
child was Jincy Arnett. She m. William C. Whitaker and their only child
was a son Green m. Rebecca Fletcher.
The 4th
child of Reuben was Reuben Arnett, Jr. and he married Celia Whitaker. They
had a son named Jack May Arnett who married Delaney Salyer.
Jackson Arnett was
Reuben’s 5th child and he married Louraney Howard. Their
children were (1) Sam Arnett m. Missouri Stone, (2) Harris Arnett m. Lou
Queen Shepherd, (3) Delaney Arnett m. William Shepherd and Porter Allen.
Delaney had a son Lee Arnett who has many descendants in the Floyd Co. KY
area, (4) Wiley Arnett m. Rose Hurd and moved west perhaps to Oklahoma,
(5) William Arnett m. Poppy Shepherd, (6) Josie Arnett m. Ben Hale and (7)
Bird Arnett m. Marion Brown, son of Sherman Brown.
Reuben Arnett’s 6th
child was Sarah Arnett and she married Abner B. Salyer. Their children
were Helen, Benjamin F., George C., Henry B., Joseph, Dr. John Hale Salyer
and Martha Salyer. We believe most of their family lived in the
Georgetown, TX area.
The 7th
and youngest child of Reuben Arnett was Stephen Arnett. Stephen m. Mary
Jane Risner. Their children were Roland Arnett m. Eveline Marshall,
Garfield m. Sarah Jane Barnett, Ceford Arnett, Amanda Arnett, Ireland “Ar”
Arnett m. Katy Howard, and Harrison Arnett.
Another large family group that may not know of
their Mann connection are descendants of Samuel Lovely b. 1848. He
married Minerva Mann, the 10th child of William Mann and Rhoda
Howard. Their children were Alice Armina Lovely m. Labe Minix, Lee Lovely
m. Lurany Hensley and Mary Minix, Johaza Lovely m. Samuel Mann, Margaret
Lovely, Cornelia Lovely m. Elbert Minix, Menifee Lovely m. Dove Jackson
and George Lovely m. Rosie Patrick and Katie Dunn.
We found Goms Allen,
Kinner Howard, Rob Minix, Roosevelt Minix and Skid Minix among the many
descendants of this branch of the family.
These are only a
sampling of the many Magoffin families who are part of the Mann family.
We invite you to come in and look at our outline of the family on our
bulletin board and help us gather genealogy info and pictures of
descendants.
We hope descendants
will send or bring in their family info even if you think someone else in
the family has done so.
We appreciate the
help of Alma B. Arnett who brought in info this week on descendants of
Della Mann, the daughter of Lewis Green and Eliza Howard Mann. Della
married Charles Montgomery and Tone Bailey.
Attending our monthly
historical society meeting in May were Herley Manns, Sharon Brengartner,
Todd Preston, Faye Mann, Ronnie Jenkins, Ronnie Pelfrey, Charlene Pelfrey,
Hollie Jenkins, Green Mann, James C. Montgomery, Brenda Jenkins, Connie A.
Wireman, Dorothy Wireman, Dallas Bentley, Kay Bentley, Leola Cole, Jill
Cole, Marvin Minix, Mary Ann Minix, Joe Howard, Ruie Howard, Ronnie Mann,
Deborah Mann, Belsey Connelley, Dan Sarr, Charlene Sarr and Nick Sarr of
Sandusky, OH; also Dawn Combs and Don McCarty of Norwalk, OH.
We all got to share in wishing a very happy birthday
to Ronnie Manns Jenkins, wife of Hollie Jenkins and mother of Brenda
Jenkins. There was some scrumptious food served for the occasion,
including sandwiches, sloppy joes, cake, ice cream, chips and dip. Ruie
Howard brought dried apple pie and Green Mann brought fresh strawberry
pie! We missed the Ted Manns family from Breathitt County and YOU, too!
Very welcome visitors
during the meeting were Bart Hammond, his wife and daughters. They were
here cleaning the Joseph Hammond cemetery and dropped in to say hello. We
have much admiration for this family who continues to make sure that the
gravesites of their ancestors are not abandoned.
Raymond Edington and his wife of 16778 St. Rt. 235,
Waynesfield, OH 45896 visited this weekend. Raymond is writing a book on
his Prater side of the family and is seeking any info from local kinsman.
He has told us he will share it with us for the update of the Prater book
we are doing. His email address is
[email protected].
Raymond is the
grandson of Shelly Prater. Shelly was a son of Kendal “Kenny” Prater b.
ca. 1922. Kenny was a son of George Prater b. 1896 and Sylvania Hale who
are buried in the Dan Wireman Cemetery at the mouth of Brushy Fork of
Licking River. George was a son of James “Jim” Prater b. 1861 d. 1923 who
married in 1882 to America “Merky” Bailey. America was b. in 1866 and died
in 1950, a dau of Joseph Bailey and Jenny Runyon. Jim and America are
buried in the J. B. Wireman Cemetery near the mouth of the Jake Fork of
Trace on Rt. 542. Raymond wants to visit those cemeteries.
Jim Prater was a son
of Riley Prater b. ca. 1837 and Loucretia “Cresa” Shepherd, a dau of
Bryson Shepherd and Rebecca Bradley.
Riley was a son of
Jonathan Prater b. 1815 and Margaret Bailey b. 1819. Margaret was a dau of
John Bailey and Susan.
Johnathan was a son
of William Prater b. 1790 and Obedience Prater b. 1794. Obedience
Prater’s father was also named William Prater b. ca. 1760.
Work is continuing on
the Wireman log home in the Pioneer Village which has taken up the major
portion of my waking hours. We have finally gotten it under roof,
thanks to Randall Risner, Jack Sizemore and Henry Clay Sizemore.
Through the process we also had the help of Toddie Preston, the carpentry
shop students and teacher at the Magoffin County Vocational School, as
well as James Wallen and Bob Kugel. We send our high regard to Albert Wireman
who donated the cabin to the Pioneer Village and also helped take down and
load the logs so they could be transported to their present location. We
also want to extend our great appreciation to our good friend A. B. Conley
for donating the wood for the flooring. And last, but certainly not
least, many thanks to Willie and Nellie Montgomery for spending a day
working very hard to
help us with this reconstruction. We're very grateful to all who take time
from their busy schedule to help out!
We look forward to hearing your comments and family
history questions. You may write to the Magoffin County Historical Society
at Box 222, Salyersville, KY 41465 (email:
[email protected]),
telephone 606-349-1607 or come in at 191 South
Church Street in Salyersville.