Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Ruth Solley, Age 16 (b abt 1906) G T Henry, Gender Male, Age 33 (b abt 1889) Residence of both Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas Marriage 14 Jan 1922
The name James Mack Henry on a Find-a-Grave memorial seems to represent the husband of Martha Lee Gregory Henry. James' birth certificate and Martha Lee's obituary refer to him as James Meek Henry. James Mack Henry Birth Aug. 2, 1910 Death Jun. 29, 1961 Burial Hills Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee Created by Virgil & DeAnna Mar 31, 2003 -- Find A Grave Memorial #7313425, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Henry&GSiman=1&GScid=13407&GRid=7313425& A birth certifricate in the name James Meek Henry appears to be for this individual. I see that the bierth day is the same, but the year is one year off, which we have seen in several other cases of grave dates. This is a delayed birth certificate, applied for in later years. The birth certificate has the birth date as 2 August 1909, where the grave says 1910. Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909 (Front Side) James Meek Henry Birth 2 Aug 1909 Jefferson County Resdience Rt 2, Dandridge [Jefferson Co], Tennessee [in pencil on reverse] Father Oliver White Henry born Tennessee Mother Nell Viney Layman born Tennessee (Signed) James Meek Henry 4 November 1941 Notarized [name unreadable], Notary Public Abstract of Supporting Evidence 1 Family Bible Showing Date of Birth Aug 1909 Record Aug 2, 1909 2 Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association, No 61S-15536 Dec 26, 1909 3 Pennsylvania Casualty Company No 48-2013 september 25, 1940 4 Afidavit Mrs J P Finchum (Reverse Side) Nov 4, 1941 5 Afidavit C B Rimmer (Reverse Side) Nov 4, 1941 Information as stated in above documents Birth Aug 2, 1909 Jefferson County, Tenn Father Oliver White Henry Mother Nell Viney Layman (Signed) Arthur Hollinger, Clerk and Notary, Nov 4, 1941 Approved State Registrar (Signed) W C Williams Nov 6, 1941 (Back of Certificate is not downloadable from Ancestry.com) Affidavits Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee Mrs J P FInchum, Sister, age 49, Dandridge TN Rt 1 "sister of applicant." (Signed) Mrs J P FInchum. 4th Nov 1941 Notarized Aug 9, 1942 C B Rimmer, age 62, Dandridge "I have known applicant all his life" (Signed) C B Rimmer, 4th Nov 1941 Notarized Aug 9, 1942 [? note that notarization is 9 months after the certificate has actually been approved]
Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 J A Lester Spouse Mary F Henry Marriage 01 Feb 1877 Johnson, Texas, United States Page 193 1880 Federal Hill County, Texas, 19 June, District 76, page 26, Hse/Fam #225 Lester, Joseph W M 34 Head Farmer MS MS MS [b abt 1846] Lester, Mary W F 26 Wife Keeping House AR GA GA [b abt 1854] Lester, Alma W F 14 Dau At Home Cannot write MS MS AR [b abt 1866] Lester, John W M 11 Son Cannot write MS MS AR [b abt 1869] Lester, Blemia (?) W M 8 Son MS MS AR Cannot write [b abt 1872] Lester, Joseph W M 7 Son MS MS AR [b abt 1873] Lester, Paralee W F 3 Dau At Home MS MS AR [b abt 1877] Lester, Infant W M 1mo born March Son TX MS AR
------------------- Temperance Ann Henry Jackson Birth Mar. 25, 1809 Anson County, North Carolina Death Jan. 28, 1877 Dublin, Montgomery County, Alabama Daughter of Philip Henry and Sarah Kirby Wife of John Lewis Jackson Mother of Phillip Henry Jackson, Sarah Ann Jackson Curry, John Kirby Jackson, Jesse Lewis Jackson, William Lewis Jackson, Lou Ellen Lavenia Jackson Pierson, Benjamin D Jackson, Andrew Jackson Jackson, Emily Jane Jackson Huffman, James Francis Jackson, Joseph Burch Jackson, and Francis Asberry "Frank" Jackson. Spouse John Lewis Jackson (1807 - 1867) Children: Sarah Ann Jackson Curry (1831 - 1899) John Kirby Jackson (1833 - 1902) Jessie Lewis Jackson (1835 - 1885) Benjamin D Jackson (1836 - 1916) William Lewis Jackson (1836 - 1851) Andrew Jackson Jackson (1845 - 1938) Emaly (Emily) Jane Jackson Huffman (1846 - 1928) James Francis Jackson (1849 - 1851) Joseph Burch Jackson (1851 - 1879) Francis Asberry "Frank" Jackson (1853 - 1931) Burial Hills Chapel Cemetery, Grady, Montgomery County, Alabama Created by Jennifer Jackson Jan 21, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #33099245, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33099245 -------------------
1850 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina, 29 August, Fox Squirrel District, Hse #968, Fam #992 Henry Greene 60 M Farmer $75 Real Estate b NC [b abt 1790] Mary Greene 64 F b NC [b abt 1786] Lucinda Greene 35 F b NC [b abt 1815] Willis Greene 17 M b NC [b abt 1833] Henry Green Birth 1790 in Rutherford County, North Carolina Death 1850 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio Marriage 1: Mary Green, Birth 1790, DeathMarriage to Charlotte Corbin-Green Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Birth 8 Apr 1793 in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Death 1836 in Hancock, Ohio -- Nancy Ballard, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20250722/person/19970702895?ssrc=&ml_rpos=2&ftm=1
Johnathan Henson Birth 1805 in Tennessee, Death 1842 in Tennessee Spouse Elizabeth Barcroft 1820-1904, Mary Isabella Henson b 1841 -- Pfaff Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8527934/person/1564620111
"My father died in 1996, about a month before my 18th birthday. ... My father's name is Melton Joe Riley. NO ONE called him Melton. He was Joe. He was born Feb 26, 1942 in Lubbock, TX. ... His mother was called Mabel, though her name was Cordelia Ophelia Powell. She died when i was very young" -- JoAnna Riley Luney, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 25 May 2013 Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 Kerdelia (Cordelia) Henson, Age 18 (b abt 1921) Residence Denison, Grayson County, Texas Marvin C Riley, Age 25 (b abt 1914) Residence Bennington, Bryan County, Oklahoma Marriage 18 October 1939 Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA Ceremony performed by C A Woodward, Justice of the Peace, at Durant, Oklahoma Witnesses Thomas A Clark of Durant & Maxie Wilkerson of Kemp, Okahoma Recorded 18 October 1939 Bryant County Marriage Book 1939 - 1940, page 13 Source FamilySearch U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Marvin Cleo Riley Age 26 Birth 15 Dec 1913 Emory (Rains County), Texas, USA Residence Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Employer Homer Smith Next of Kin Kerdelia Ophilia Riley 5'4" 160 lbs, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Light Complexion Registration 16 October 1940 Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Signed with full name U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Melton Joe Riley [Melton Riley] Birth 26 Feb 1942 Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas Death Date 15 Nov 1996 Father Marvin Riley Mother Kerdilia O Henson SSN 456662239 Signature on SSN Card Joe Riley Jan 1958 Name listed as MELTON JOE RILEY; 12 Nov 1996 Name listed as MELTON RILEY Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997 Dolores Katherine Riley Birth 26 Sep 1940 Lubbock County Father's name Marvin Cleo Riley Mother's name Kerdelia Ophila Henson U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Deloris Katherene Smith [Deloris Katherene Riley] [Deloris Foster] [Katherene Sneed] [Deloris Sneed] Birth 26 Sep 1940 Lubbuck, Lubbuck County, Texas Death Date 14 Jul 1995 Father Marvin C Riley Mother Kerdelia O Henson SSN 467660258 May 1958 Name listed as DELORIS KATHERENE SMITH; Nov 1959 Name listed as DELORIS KATHERENE RILEY; Jan 1968 Name listed as DELORIS KATHERENE FOSTER; 20 Jun 1980 Name listed as KATHERENE DELORIS SNEED; 08 May 1985 Name listed as DELORIS KATHERINE SNEED; 08 Aug 1995 Name listed as DELORIS K SNEED U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Kerdelia Powell Birth Date 1 Aug 1923 Death Date Aug 1985 SSN 466-38-8596 Issued Before 1951 in Texas Last Residence Dumas, Moore, Texas, 79029 Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000 Kerdelia Powell, Gender Female Death 6 Jul 1985 Moore County
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 Mahala Hanson [Henson] John S Petty Marriage 20 Mar 1855 Cass County, Texas, United States Mahala Henson Petty BIRTH May 1839 Alabama, USA DEATH 16 Jan 1923 (aged 83) Bryans Mill, Cass County, Texas, USA BURIAL Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bryans Mill, Cass County, Texas Parents: Mary Elizabeth Henson Barcroft 1805-1885 Spouse John Sutton Petty 1819-1888 (m. 1855) Siblings: William R Henson 1833-1904 John Henson 1837-1906 Children: Exie Catherine Petty Waldon 1858-1944 Ada Petty Edwards 1876-1949 Created by Daniel Stevens 11 Sep 2012 -- Find A Grave Memorial 96892060, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96892060
Sources are few for the family of Mary Isabella Henson. Some genealogies provide some details, without source and documentation, as is so lamentably the case more often than not. Johnathan Henson Birth 1805 in Tennessee, Death 1842 in Tennessee Spouse Elizabeth Barcroft 1820-1904 Daughter Mary Isabella Henson b 1841 -- Pfaff Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8527934/person/1564620111 Mary Isabella Henson was married twice. Some family genealogies spell her middle name Ersebella. She was first married to Archibald (A C) Chapel (Chappel). They were married in Cass County, Texas. Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 Mary Henson Gender Female Spouse A Chappell Marriage 30 Oct 1856 Cass County, Texas They moved soon to Arkansas, where their first child was born. They are back in Cass County for the 1860 census in October. In censuses, their oldest child Thomas Jefferson Chapel is reported born in Arkansas in about 1858. His younger brother James J was born in Texas 9 months before the census. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 October, PO Unionville & Cusseta, page 73, Hse $490, Fam #562 A Chappell 26 M Farm Laborer $500 Real Estate $530 Personal Estate born GA M S Chappell 18 F born TX Thos Chappell 2 M b Ark J J Chappell 9mos M b TX Archie after died around the time of birth of their third child Jeremiah in August 1861 and before Mary married Benjamin Franklin Smith in May 1864. Their first child, Catherine Smith, was born in 1868 in Cass County, Texas. Their second daughter Hester Ann Smith, born July 1870, married Joseph Asa Jenkins [this writer's grandfather], also in Cass Country, Texas. In 1880, Mary and her second husband, Benjamin Franklin Smith, are living in the household of Mary's mother Eliza Barcroft. Actually both Eliza and Ben (enumerated here as D F, instead of B F) are both listed in the 1880 fashion of Head of the Household, with no designation at all. Other sources tell us that Barcroft is Eliza's maiden name. I have not found a specific documentation her maiden name. However, her memorial on Find a Grave reports her parents as Daniel F Barcroft Sr and Elizabeth McDunagh. But in this census, note that she is reported as a widow, with the surname Barcroft, not Henson. She apparently went back to using her maiden name after the death of her second husband. A few genealogies erroneously report her name as Elizabeth Hambrick Barcroft, with no documentation or comment. Hambrick was the maiden name of her second husband James Elliott's mother. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 12 July, Precinct 3, District 12, page 60 (scan 150A), Hse/Fam #562 Barcroft, Eliza W F 70 (No Relationship) Widow Farming NC NC NC Smith, D F [BF] W M 45 (No Relationship) Married Farming TN TN TN Smith, Mary E W F 38 Wife Married Keeps House TX NC NC In the 1900 census and later census records, Catherine reports her mother was born in Texas, and her father in Mississippi, rather than Tennessee. In 1910 Catherine's mother is reported born in Tennessee, and her father in Mississippi. In 1910 Catherine reports her father born in Arkansas and mother born in Tennessee. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 2 July, Marlow Town, District 164, page 18A, Hse #326, Fam #329 Christian, Joseph Head W M Feb 1856 44 Married 16 years TX TX TX Day Laborer Rents Can Read and Write Christian, Cathrine Wife W F Apr 1868 32 Married 16 years 8 children/7 living TX MS TX Can Read and Write 1910 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 30 April, Kiowa Township, District 226, page 17B-18A, Hse #306, Fam #311 Christian, Joseph B Head M W 54 Married 42 yrs TX TX TX Farmer Rents Christian, Catherine C Wife F W 44 Married 27 yrs 12 children/3 living TX AR TX In the 1900 census, Mary was living in the household of her son Jerry (Jeremiah) Chapel. Also with her is her daughter Ella Smith. She reports her birth state as Texas, but her son Jerry and daughter Ella both report their mother born in Georgia (the enumerator wrote it down that way, anyway). 1900 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 15 June, Precinct 2, District 7, page 16A, Hse/Fam #281 Chapel, Jerry Head W M Aug 1861 38 Married 13 years TX GA GA Farmer Rents Can Read and Write Chapel, Alice Wife W F July 1871 28 Married 13 years 6 children/5 living MS TN MS Can Read and Write Smith, Mary Mother W F May 1841 59 Widow 1 children/1 living TX TN TN Can Read and Write Smith, Ella Sister W F Sept 1881 18 TX TX GA Can Read and Write In 1909, she applied for a military pension based on Benjamin Franklin Smith's Confederate service. She states therein that she has lived her whole life in Bryan's Mill, Cass County, Texas, in spite of the fact that we have the census record of her living with her son in Bowie County north of there for some period covering the census time in 1900. U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 Benjamin Franklin Smith Widow Application 16 Aug 1909 Cass, Texas Enlisted June 1862, surrendered at end of war Co C 32nd Texas Dismounted Cavalry Pension File Number 14852 Spouse Mary I Smith Marriage 1 Aug 1864 Cass, Texas Death 27 Aug 1887 Bowie, Texas In Mary's census record in 1910, she is reported born in Texas. She is enumerated as the widowed head of household with her son Will in the home. 1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 26 April, Precinct 3, District 32, Page 10A, Hse #124, Fam #126 Smith, Mary E [Mary Isabella] Head F W 68 Widow TX TN AL Farmer Rents [b abt 1842] Smith, Will Son M W 28 Single TX AL TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1872] We have records of Mary up to 1914, related to her military pension. In 1912, her physician, Dr McElroy, appealed to the Pension Board on her behalf, for an increase in the pension amount. Letter from Dr A P McElroy of Bryans Mill, Cass County, Texas, 17 Jan 1912 General letter to the Military Pension Office In support of a request for an increase in military pension amount for widow Mary I (Henson) Smith Widow of Benjamin Franklin Smith, a veteran of the Confederate States Army Another appeal was made in 1914. No record after that year has been found. The pension file has no record of death, or indeed any resolution of her request for an increase. -------------------- Letter from Dr A J Halbrook vouching for Dr A P McElroy of Bryans Mill, confirming him as the person physician of Mary I Smith, and confirming the total disability of Mrs Smith; in regard to a request for an increase in military pension amount for widow Mary I (Henson) Smith, widow of Benjamin Franklin Smith, a veteran of the Confederate States Army. Written on the invoice pad of S J Brock, Druggist in Bryans Mill, Cass County, Texas Notarized by Judge J P Fant, Cass County, Texas, 24 March 1914 -------------------- In the 1920 census, Catherine's mother is reported as born in Texas, while Mary's son William P Smith, living in Catherine's household, reports his mother born in Tennessee. Catherine and her brother both report their father's birth place as Tennessee. 1920 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 31 January, Kiowa Township, District 199, page 18B, Hse #350, Fam #357 Christian, Joseph B Head Owns Farm M W 67 TX MO MO Farmer [b 1856] Christian, Katherine Wife F W 53 TX TN TX [b 1866] -- page 19A, 2 February -- Smith, William P Brother-in-Law M W 38 Single TX TN TN TN [b abt 1881] Laborer In the 1930 census, Catherine reports her mother's birth state as Texas. 1930 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 10 April, Kiowa Township, District 32, page 7A, Hse/Fam #120 Christian, Joseph B Head (Ownership of home not reported) M W 74 Married at 28 yrs old TX TN TN Farmer [b abt 1856] Christian, Catherine Wife F W 63 Married at 17 yrs old TX TN TX [b abt 1867]
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 Ruby Lee Henson Birth 30 Dec 1905 Ben Arnold, Milam, Texas Father Tom Henson born Texas, age 25 Mother Mable Miller born Texas, age 25 Mother Residence Rural, Ben Arnold, Milam, Texas Informant Mrs Dollie Henson, Rockdale, Texas Midwife M E Seale, Burlingotn, Texas Correcting the original name "White Female" (No Name) Registrar's File No Vol , p 107, 3 January 1906 Affidavit by Mrs Dollie Henson, Notarized by Leo J O'Neill, Milam County, Texas 22 August 1957, Certificate # 108412 Registeed State 23 Aug 1957 1940 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas, 13 April, Justice Precinct 6, District 166-22, page 5B, Buckholtz and Davilla Rd, Hse #95, Rents $2.50 Adley, Lee Head M W 29 Grade 5 b TX same place in 1935 Farm Laborer Adley, Ruby Wife F W 34 Grade 6 b TX same place in 1935 Adley, Otis Lee Son M W 5 Single Grade 0 b TX same place in 1935 Adley, Edward Son M W 3 Single Grade 0 b TX Lee and Ruby are listed in the 1955 and 1956 Ft Worth City Directories. In the 1956 edition, Lee is listed twice under two different spellings of his name. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory, 1956 Adley Lee R (Ruby) Emp Ace Bag & Burlap h 5021 Wheeler -- Leroy (Ruby) bag grader Ace Bag & Burlap r 5021 Wheeler -- Otdies (Pat) Multilith opr Panther Oil & Grease Mfg r RD 1 Box 90B Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Ruby Adley Death 18 Dec 1989 Tarrant County Social Security Death Index Ruby H. Adley Born 31 Dec 1905 Died 18 Dec 1989 Last Residence Azle, Tarrant, Texas 76020 SSN 465-06-6081 issued Texas (1970) Ruby Lee Henson Adley Birth Dec. 31, 1905 Death Dec. 18, 1989 Tarrant County, Texas, USA Burial Whitney Memorial Park, Whitney, Hill County, Texas, USA Created by Cathy Creger Shelley Oct 30, 2003 -- Find A Grave Memorial #8045809, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=AD&GSfn=r&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=1081&GRid=8045809&df=all&&ftm=1
One source reports the birth place as Arundel, Essex, England. As far as I know, however, the only Arundel is in West Sussex. The castle and town associated with the FitzAlan family and Earldom of Arundel is in the Arun District of the county of West Sussex. I have shown this as the birth place. An excellent summary of Joan's life is found in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_de_Bohun,_Countess_of_Hereford Joan de Bohun, Countess of Hereford Lady Joan FitzAlan Countess of Hereford Countess of Essex Countess of Northampton Spouse Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton Issue Eleanor de Bohun Mary de Bohun Father Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel Mother Eleanor of Lancaster Born 1347 Arundel Castle, Sussex, England Died 7 April 1419 Joan FitzAlan, Countess of Hereford, Countess of Essex and Countess of Northampton (1347 - 7 April 1419), was the wife of the 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton. She was the mother of Mary de Bohun, the first wife of Henry of Bolingbroke who later reigned as King Henry IV, and Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester. She was the maternal grandmother of King Henry V. In 1400, she gave the order for the beheading of the Earl of Huntingdon in revenge for the part he had played in the execution of her brother, the 11th Earl of Arundel. The estates which comprised Joan's large dowry made her one of the principal landowners in Essex, where she exercised lordship, acting as arbitrator and feoffee in property transactions. Family Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster, parents of Lady Joan FitzAlan Lady Joan FitzAlan was born in 1347 at Arundel Castle, Sussex, one of seven children, and the eldest daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster. Her paternal grandparents were Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice de Warenne, and her maternal grandparents were Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth. List of siblings Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel (1346- 21 September 1397 Tower Hill, Cheapside, London), married firstly Elizabeth de Bohun, sister of Humphrey de Bohun, by whom he had seven children, and secondly Philippa Mortimer. He was beheaded on charges of high treason against King Richard II of England. John Fitzalan 1st baron of Arundel, 1st Baron Maltravers (1351-16 December 1379), married Eleanor Maltravers, by whom he had issue. He drowned in the Irish Sea, having been shipwrecked after defeating the French off the Cornish coast. Alice Fitzalan (1350- 17 March 1416), married Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, by whom she had issue. Thomas Arundel Archbishop of Canterbury (1352- 19 February 1414) Mary Fitzalan (died 29 August 1396), married John Le Strange, 4th Baron Strange of Blackmere, by whom she had issue, including Ankaret Le Strange who married Richard Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot. These were the parents of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury Eleanor Fitzalan (1356- before 1366) Joan had a half-brother from her father's first marriage to Isabel le Despenser: Edmund of Arundel (1327- after 1377), he was bastardised by his parents annulment. He married Sybil Montagu, by whom he had two daughters. Joan had two uterine half-siblings from her mother's first marriage to John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont (died 14 April 1342): Henry de Beaumont, 3rd Lord Beaumont (4 April 1340 - 17 June 1369), married as her first husband Margaret de Vere (died 15 June 1398), by whom he had issue. Matilda de Beaumont (died July 1367), married Hugh de Courtney. Marriage and issue Sometime after 9 September 1359, Joan married Humphrey de Bohun, one of the most powerful noblemen in the realm. His titles included 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, and he was the hereditary Constable of England. He was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth de Badlesmere. Their marriage united two of the most prominent noble families in the kingdom; an alliance which was further strengthened by her elder brother Richard's marriage to Humphrey's sister, Elizabeth. Together Humphrey and Joan produced two daughters, whom upon the death of their father, divided his vast estates between them: Eleanor de Bohun (c.1360- 3 October 1399), co-heiress of her father. In 1376 she married Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, the youngest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. The marriage produced five children, including Anne of Gloucester. Eleanor died as a nun at Barking Abbey. Mary de Bohun (1369- 4 June 1394), co-heiress of her father. On 27 July 1380 she married Henry of Bolingbroke, who would later be crowned King Henry IV. She died before he ascended the throne. The marriage produced six children including King Henry V of England. Widowhood Joan was left a widow in January 1373 at the age of about 25 or 26, and she chose not to remarry. Her two daughters were made wards of Edward III. Sometime after her husband's death, she received from King Edward the manor of Langham, which she held until her own death, among the numerous other manors she owned. The numerous estates which comprised Joan's large dowry ensured that she was one of the principal landowners in Essex. This placed her at the hub of a powerful structure of landed country gentry, who acted as her advisers and officers; Joan in turn acted as "arbitrator, feoffee in property transactions, and intercessor with the royal government." During the Peasant's Revolt in 1381, some of Joan's manors were sacked by the rebels; this did not deter Joan from expanding and industrialising her lands after the uprising had been put down, having done much to encourage the dyeing and fulling of woollen cloth on some of her estates such as Saffron Walden. In the Public Record Office, London, there is an extant document, written in Latin, which records the payment to Joan by John of Gaunt for the maintenance of her younger daughter Mary after the latter's marriage until she came of age in 1384. A member of St. Helen's religious guild in Colchester, Joan founded chantries and was also a patron of Walden Abbey, having donated money for relics, vessels, vestments, and the construction of new buildings. She is described in the State Rolls as having been a "great benefactress" to the monasteries of Essex. Execution of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter In 1397, Joan's brother Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel and a Lord Appellant was executed on Tower Hill for his opposition to King Richard II of England. The king's half-brother John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon accompanied him to the scaffold, as one of King Richard's representatives. Less than three years later in 1400, when Holland joined a conspiracy to murder the new king Henry IV, and was captured near Joan's principal residence Pleshy Castle in Essex, he was turned over to her for punishment. Described as having possessed a "stern character," she showed him no mercy, and promptly gave orders for his decapitation, after having summoned the children of her dead brother to witness the execution. Following the beheading, which was performed without benefit of a trial, she ordered that Holland's severed head be raised on the end of a pike, which was placed upon the battlements of Pleshy Castle. Henry IV rewarded Joan for her services on behalf of the Crown, by granting her custody of forfeited lands and properties. When Henry died in 1413, Joan's grandson Henry V followed suit; therefore up until her death in 1419, a large number of forfeited estates had come under her control. Death Lady Joan FitzAlan died on 7 April 1419 and was buried with her husband in Walden Abbey, which she had previously endowed. In fiction Joan appears as a character in Georgette Heyer's last book My Lord John, which is set in the reign of King Henry IV.
1910 Federal Census, Denver County, Colorado, 27 April, Denver Ward 2, District 87, page 12B, [address unreadable], No Hse/Fam # Herlacher, Frank Lodger M W 20 Single KS Penn Illinois Railroad Laborer The 1910 census here matches the WWI registration information for Frank J Herlacher in Wichita County, Texas. But the date of birth given in family sources for our Frank J Herlacher is in 1892, not 1889. This census record and the registration may be for a different Frank J Herlacher. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Frank J Herlacher Residence Electra, Wichita County, Texas Birth 13 Nov 1889 Kansas City, Kansas Occupation Oil Well Driller, Magnolia Petroleum Co Tall, Medium Build, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair Registered 15 June 1917 Wichita Co, Texas City Directories indicate that Frank and his wife Eva Lena Key were in Shawnee, Oklahoma, where he was working in the oil fields. This matches the occupation on the draft registration we present here. They were in Shawnee in directories in 1930, 1932 and 1935. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Shawnee, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1930, p 169 Herlacher Frank J (Lena) Driller h l236 E Main U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Shawnee, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1932, p 139 Herlacher Frank J (Lena) Driller h 530 W Dewey av U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Shawnee, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1935, p 156 Herlacher Frank J (Lena) Driller h 530 W Dewey av Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Frank Herlacher Death 22 Feb 1964 Potter County Gender: Male Marital Status: Separ/divorced (Divorced) I have not been able to find any information on a divorce or separation indicated in the death record. I have not seen a copy of the death certificate.