Isom TERRY John HUGHES John Thomas HUGHES George W YANDELL William Isom YANDELL Mary Ellen YANDELL William TERRY Mary E TERRY Notsure HUGHES Mini tree diagram
Rachel A TERRY

Rachel A TERRY1,6,2,3,2,4,5

21st May 18511,2,3,2,4 - 25th Jan 18903

Life History

21st May 1851

Born in Kentucky.1,2,3,2,4

16th Jun 1872

Married John HUGHES in Johnson County, Arkansas.6,2

19th Apr 1874

Birth of son John Thomas HUGHES in Ft Douglas, Johnson, Arkansas.7,4,8,9,10,11,12

4th Mar 1877

Death of John HUGHES in Ft Douglas, Johnson, Arkansas

1st Feb 1878

Married George W YANDELL in Johnson County, Arkansas.2,5

26th Dec 1885

Birth of son William Isom YANDELL in Johnson County, Arkansas.13,3,14,2,15

Mar 1888

Birth of daughter Mary Ellen YANDELL in Johnson County, Arkansas.14

25th Jan 1890

Died in Johnson County, Arkansas.3

after 25th Jan 1890

Buried in Hartman Cemetery, Hartman, Johnson County, Arkansas.3,5

Notes

  • 1860 Federal Census, Madison County, Arkansas, 3 July, PO St Paul, Hilburn Township, page 50, Hse/Fam #326
    Isham Terry 26 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $15 Personal born KY Cannot read or write
    Ceatta Terry 29 F born KY Cannot read or write
    Rachel Terry 7 F born KY

    "The record says Rachel Terry married John Hughes, Johnson Co AR June 16 1872 in AR marriages book."
    --  Jami Sue Yarger Brandt, Geneanet Messaging communication to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 29 April 2015

    Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    John Hughes
    Age 21, Birth Year abt 1851
    Residence Johnson, Arkansas
    Spouse's Name Rachel A Tary
    Spouse's Age 20
    Spouse's Residence Johnson, Arkansas
    Marriage 16 Jun 1872 Johnson County

    There is some information in family tradition about another husband for Mary Terry Hughes, named George W. Yandell.

    "Have you found any documents to support Rachel marrying John Hughes before she married George W. Yandell?"
    --  Jami Sue Yarger Brandt, Geneanet Messaging communication to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 30 April 2015

    Searching on this name found their marriage record in Johnson County.

    Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    Geo W Yandle
    Age 26, Birth Year abt 1852
    Residence Butts Store, Johnson, Arkansas
    Spouse's Name Rachel Hughes
    Spouse's Age 26
    Spouse's Residence Fort Douglas, Johnson, Arkansas
    Marriage 1 Feb 1878 Johnson County
    Marriage License Date 30 Jan 1878

    "G.W. Yandell was my great grandfather. ... Rachel had a son, John, when she married George and they had two children; William Isom, and Mary Ellen.  My g-mother was Amanda Yandell, the youngest of Mary Bunker's (Huffstuttler) children.  She had three; Nathan, Charles, and Amanda.  After Mary died, George married Sally Smithwick and they had one child; Oma Jeanette.  Sally Smithwick died and George married Ruth Hickenbottom.  I think George died around 1905 and supposedly he and all four wives are buried in the Hartman, Arkansas cemetery. (unmarked)."
    --  Lanita ("tandibruce"), Ancestry Messaging  to Orville Boyd Jenkins, Jun 27, 2016

    In the 1880 census, Rachel and George are reported living in the same area as her father and his current wife Celia.  Her son John Hughes oddly reports John born in Kentucky.  No other record supports it, but perhaps they went to Kentucky, where Rachel was born, for a short time.

    No death or burial information has been found on Rachel's husband John Hughes.  We just know that Rachel married Geo Yandell in 1878 in Johnson Co AR, where they had all been living before.  They are near her father and his wife Celia.

    1880 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas, 2 June, Pilot Rock, District 88, page 10 (scan 258A), Hse #8, Fam #10
    Yandel, George W M 26 Head Farming Cannot read or write MO KY IN [b abt 184]
    Yandel, Rachel W F 27 Wife Keeping House Cannot read or write KY OH KY [abt 1853]
    Hughes, John W M 7 Stepson Kentucky Ark Kentucky [b abt 1873]

    There is no burial information on Find a Grave for anyone named Yandle in Johnson County or anywhere in Arkansas.  There are some Yandells, but none named George but thos born 1880 or later, and none named Rachel.

    The exact birth date on a grave in Hartman Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas, matches the general year of birth for Mary Terry Hughes.  This memorial was found before additional information on Mary's later years was found, as the later censuses above.

    Nothing has been found on any marriage to a Washborn, and no memorial or published grave information has been found for a Washborn in Johnson County.  Is this just an eerie coincidence of a Rachel Hughes who married a Washborn.  Amd why is the birth date exactly the same on both?

    Rachel Hughes Washborn
    Birth May 21, 1851
    Death Jan. 25, 1890
    Burial Hartman Cemetery, Hartman, Johnson County, Arkansas
    Created by bill sullivan May 13, 2010
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #52348787, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52348787&ref=acom

    What makes this more eerie is another memorial on Find a Grave with the exact same birth date for a Mary Hughes (not Washborn) in the same cemetery.  It has the same date of death, but a different year.  The dates here may not be the actual dates on the grave marker, since no photo is attached to this memorial.  The one for Mary Hughes Washborn does have a photo, which clearly reads as the dates on the above memorial.  So we can be certain the above dates are correct for the referenced grave.

    These two memorials appeared to be for the same individual.  But though she has not been definitely identified, it seems the one above was for a Rachel Hughes born about the same time as our Rachel Terry, and this memorial above and burial are for her, not Mary Terry Hughes.  The later censuses leave no room for Mary Terry Hughes to have married anyone named Washborn, since she married George W Yandell in 1878, and is enumerated with him in 1880, then children of that marriage are reported in the 1900 census born up to December 1894.

    George is a widow with these children in 1900, and Mary's death year of 1895 matches the birth of the last child in December 1895.  Why the exact same birth date occurs on this grave memorial is suspicious, as well as the exact same day of death 5 years later.  But another question is why in the following memorial our Rachel Terry Hughes Yandell would have the name on her grave as Rachel Hughes, from her first marriage.

    Rachel Hughes
    Birth May 21, 1851
    Death Jan. 25, 1895
    Burial Hartman Cemetery, Hartman, Johnson County, Arkansas
    Created by Bea Smith Daniel Nov 15, 2008
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #31422501, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31422501&ref=acom

    There is another piece of the puzzle that adds another consideration into the picture.  If the grave for Mary Terry Hughes Yandell is the one wiht the death date of 1890, this would fit withe another marriage record found reproting that G w Yandell married one Mary Bunker in May 1890.  The date of death 1895 may be for this wife, Mary Bunker in the marriage record, whom George married on 18 May 1890.

    But this still does not explain where the name Washborn came from on the grave with death year 1890, nor why the name on the other grave memorial (with no grave photo) has the last name as Hughes instead of Yandell.  And no death record has been found in either name to match either of the names or dates.

    G W Yandell
    Marriage 18 May 1890 Johnson, Arkansas
    Age 38, Birth Year (Estimated) 1852
    Residence Hartman, Johnson, Arkansas
    Spouse's Name Mary E Bunker
    Spouse's Age 30, Birth Year (Estimated) 1860
    Spouse's Residence Hartman, Johnson, Arkansas
    Marriage License Date 14 May 1890

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