May 28, 2009

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This article, written by Todd Preston, President of the Magoffin County Historical Society, was taken from the May 28, 2009 issue of THE SALYERSVILLE INDEPENDENT newspaper.


The Salyersville Independent  is a weekly newspaper published and edited by Michael David Prater, P. O. Box 29, Salyersville, KY 41465. Telephone (606) 349-2915.  Yearly subscription rates are $24.00 in Kentucky and $30.00 per year out of state.

            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.

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