 
Agnes (Hart) Morris was born about 1824 in Bedford County TN. She died between 1846 - 1850 in
Texas County MO and we believe she is buried in an unmarked grave in the Pigeon Creek Cemetery.
There are unanswered questions concerning Agnes' death. Many believe she died on the "way"
to Texas County MO, others think it was "after" they arrived. We do know that her sister Elizabeth took her baby and the other two
children she had, into her home until the father, William Jasper Morris remarried.
Gene Morris, one of our Hart/Morris family researchers says that his family does not
talk about Agnes - that they do know the circumstances of her death.
So until we find out where/when and what happened - we are left wondering..
The children that we have been able to put together are :
1. Nancy Morris born abt 1843 married Newton Charles VanDiver
Sometime in the next few years, Jasper was married to his second wife, Mary Williams. William Jasper had his three children with him in 1860. Mary Williams had passed away. Soon after the Civil War, William Jasper was married to Margret Eddy Rust Smyers. Two children were born, Tom and Ira.
William Jasper served as pastor to the Union Baptist Church, west of Houston, MO, on Highway Z. He is buried in Union Cemetery. Four (4) Morris children were found on the 1850 census living with their Aunt and Uncle - James and Elizabeth Hart Coats. The youngest was Henry H. Morris, three years old. We now believe that Agnes must have died soon after (or during) the birth of Henry. Henry did not show up in the 1860 census - its assumed he must have died young.
 Three of the brothers have since died, Eugene in 1988, John in 1989 and Charles in 1990 Photo contributed by Teresa Murray
Velma Eulet Brady 1932 - 1985 Daughter of Carl & Audry (Vandiver) Eulert
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Polly Ward of Cabool, Missouri and Mrs Nancy Robertson of Santa Cruz, Calif. and three brothers, Milo Flowers of Cimarron and Perry and Henry Flowers of Ingalls. Mrs. Edwards was a Baptist. Funeral services were held in the Federated Church in Ingalls, Sunday March 23. Burial was in the Cimarron Cemetery. Dunsford Funeral Home of Cimarron was in charge.
Obituary & Photo from Marguerette Powell - The Jacksonian Vol LXV no. 13 Thursday March 27, 1958
He was preceded in death by one son, Joe Fred Flowers. He was converted in an evangelistic meeting in the Methodist Church at Coldwater, Kansas in the fall of 1918. Wilbur Flowers, Johnny Flowers, Cecil Flowers, Leonard Flowers, Ross Cunningham and Dennis Neal served as pallbearers. Services were held at the Methodist Church in Cimarron Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Henry Dorsey of Minneola officiating. Interment was made in the Cimarron Cemetery.
Friends and relatives, here, have been informed of the death of Mrs. Ella Lee Pickle Flowers, 62, who died November 4 at her home in Ingalls, Kansas. Funeral services were held there. Mrs. Flowers was born December 24, 1879 in Knoxville, Tennessee, moving to Alvarado with her mother as a small child. Later, she moved to Sherman and was married to Will Flowers October 6, 1902. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Besides her husband of Ingalls, Kansas, Mrs. Flowers is survived by the following relatives; a brother, Elbert Pickle and a sister, Mrs. Bert Snapp, Route 4. - The Sherman Democrat - Sherman, Texas, November 30, 1942 - Page 7
Ella Lee Pickle Flowers was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, December 24, 1879. Her father died when she was a small girl and her mother moved with the children to Alvarado, Texas. Later she moved to Sherman, Texas and on October 6, 1902 was united in marriage to Will Flowers. To this union was born four children, one of whom preceded her in death. During the winter of 1914-15, she united with the Methodist Church in Coldwater and remained steadfast in her faith. Mrs. Flowers passed away in her home in Ingalls, Kansas at the age of 62 years,10 months and 10 days.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband of Ingalls; three children, Denver Flowers of Bushton, Ks., Mrs. Ivor Pounds of Coldwater, Ks. and Clehbert Flowers of Montezuma, Ks.; Also two stepdaughters, Mrs. Lee King of Larned, Ks. and Mrs. Dean Kinman of Ingalls, Ks, Levi Kinman of Tishomingo, Ok. and Jay Flowers of Bakersfield, Ca; one sister, Ida Snapp of Sherman, Tx.; 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one son, Fred Flowers of Ingalls and one brother, Luther Pickle who died in infancy. "We have lost a wife, a mother, a sister and a friend; but our loss is her gain, for her Lord has called her Home"
November, 1942 Ingalls, Kansas
Ica J. Edwards, the third child of Ben and Margaret Flowers was born in Texas County, Missouri August 22, 1896 and died at the Mc Carty Hospital April 8, 1918 following an operation for appendicitis. The family moved to Oklahoma where the home was broken by the death of the mother in 1913. The older sister being married, Ica and an older brother, now on his way to France, tried to keep the younger sister together, after two years, found they could not give them the advantages deserved, the home was broken up and the children found homes with their mother's brothers. Ica was always faithful and conscientious in her work and was especially good to the little folks. She was a member of the Baptist Church and lived a devout Christian life. She will be greatly missed especially at the Red Cross rooms where she was an efficient everyday worker.
Obituary from Marguerette Powell - The Jacksonian Vol. 34 no. 16 April 18, 1918
 Polly Kite Flowers, daughter of Reuben and Mary Morris Flowers, was born on Jan 26, 1875, and died April 13, 1969, after a short illness at the age of 94 years, two months and 17 days. She spent her entire life in the Oak Grove community and was one of Texas County's oldest citizens. On Dec. 6, 1894, at Bado she was united in marriage to William L. Ward and 14 children were born to them, four children, Arthur, Marshall and Virgil and one daughter, Mary Grace, preceded her in death. Her companion of nearly 55 years died in 1949. Many years ago Mrs. Ward united with the Union Baptist Church, being active in both church and community affairs as long as her health permitted.
Surviving her are two son, Carl, Kansas City, Kans.; Cletus, Kansas City, Mo.; eight daughters, May Tuttle, Houston, Myrtle Ward of Cabool, Flora Ellmon, Kansas City, Mo., Edna Coats and Cleo Montgomery of Cabool and Mildred Pluff, Carrollton, Tex.; three brother, Henry Flowers, Montezuma, Kans., Milo Flowers, Cimmaron, Kans., and Perry Flowers, Ingalls, Kans.; 15 grandchildren and 13 step great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held April 15 in the Union Baptist Church with the Rev. Payton Smyer officiating. Burial was in the Union Cemetery under the direction of Elliott-Gentry of Cabool
William Larry Ward, son of William Carl (Carr some places) and Letha Ward, was born on the 31st of January, 1874 on the old home place north east of Cabool, Missouri. After about three weeks of serious illness he departed this life about 8:30 p.m. on the 20th day of September, 1949. Making his age at the time of his death 75 years, 7 months and 20 days.
He was married to Polly Flowers on the 6th day of December, 1893 (Polly's obit has 1894?) and to this union 14 children were born, 9 girls and 5 boys. The girls are Mae Tuttle of Kansas City, Mo., Myrtle Ward, Flora Ellman, Mable Lindgren of Kansas City, Mo., Lolla Schertz of Garden City, Mo., Edna Coats, Cleo Montgomery of Cabool, Mo., Mildred Pluff of Independence, Mo., and one daughter Mary Grace Ward preceded him in death. The sons are Virgie and Carl of Cabool, Mo., and Clettus (Cletus) of Kansas City, Mo., Marshall and Arthur preceded him in death.
Besides his faithful companion and children he is further survived by 11 grandsons, 9 granddaughters and a number of other relatives. Mr. Ward grew up on the old home place and there spent his entire life. He was a devoted loving companion to his faithful wife and a real dad and father to his devoted children. In the community in which he lived he was known as a true neighbor and friend. At an early age in life he accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his own personal Savior and united with the Union Baptist Church.
Services were held by Rev. Leland Heriford of Houston, Mo. at the Union church September 23 at 2 p.m. A large crowd of friends paid tribute to him by their presence and kind words and deeds. A quartet compose of Wayne and Lee Jones, Everett Whetstine and Bob Wade with Mrs. Everett Whetstine as pianist furnished music. Burial was made by the Elliott Funeral Home in the Union Cemetery.
Flora Ellman, 94, died January 13, 1995 at Delmar Gardens, Lenexa, Kansas, where she lived.
Mrs. Ellman was born near Cabool, Missouri, March 28, 1900 to William Larry and Polly (Flowers) Ward. She went to Kansas City as a young girl. She married Harold J. Ellman who died in 1979.
Survivors include one son, Stanley Ellman and wife, Maurene; one brother, Cletus Ward, Liberty; five sisters, Lola Knowles of Liberty, Edna Coats of Cabool, Cleo Montgomery of Strafford, Missouri, Mildred Pluff of Carrollton, Texas, and Mae Tuttle of Washington, Iowa; three granddaughters and a great grandson. Mrs. Ellman was a member of Community Christian Church.
Services were January 16, 1995 at Amos Family Chapel, Lenexa. Burial was in Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
Obituary contributed by Marguerette Powell
Surviving are his aged mother, Polly Ward, two brothers, Carl of Kansas City, Kans; Cletus of Kansas City, Mo.; eight sisters, Mae Tuttle, Houston; Myrtle Ward of the home, Flora Ellman, Kansas City; Mable Rogers, Raymondville; Lola Schertz, Garden City; Edna Coats, Houston; Cleo Montgomery, Cabool and Mildred Pluff, Independence. He was converted at an early age and united with the Missionary Baptist Church of Rocky Branch. Virgil suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1929 leaving him a cripple. Then suffered another in 1960 which left him an invalid. He was cared for in the home by his mother and Myrtle until his condition grew serious and he was taken to the Mtn. Grove Nursing home. Then to Texas County Memorial hospital where he passed away. He bore his suffering with patience and there was always a smile and a wave of the hand for the many friends and relatives who called to see him often. He will be sadly missed.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Oak Grove church with Rev. Payton Smyer officiating. Burial, under the direction of Elliott-Gentry of Cabool, was in the Union Cemetery.
Obituary and Photo contributed by Marguerette Powell
She leaves seven Sisters, May Tuttle, of Ainsworth, Ia, Flora Ellman of Kansas City, Ks, Mable Ray of Licking, Lola Knowles of Garden City, Edna Coats and Cleo Montgomery of Cabool, and Mildred Pluff of Carollton, TX; one brother, Cletus Ward of Libery.
Funeral services were Nov 30, in First Christian Church of Cabool with Larry Atkins officiating. Burial was in the Union Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry.
Photo and Obituary contributed by Marguerette Powell
Mabel Anna Ray, 92, daughter of Wm. L. and Polly Flowers Ward, was born Aug 15, 1903, at Cabool. She died Dec 13, 1994. A former Cabool resident, she was a member of the Baptist church. She was preceded in death by three husband, George Lindgren, Hub Rogers and Mack Ray; two sisters, Mary Grace and Myrtle Ward; and four brothers, Virgil, Carl, Marshal and Arthur Dean Ward.
Surviving are one brother, Cletus Ward of Liberty; six sisters, May Tuttle of Washington, Iowa, Flora Ellman of Lenexa, Kas., Lola Knowles of Liberty, Edna Coats of Cabool, Cleo Montgomery of Stratford and Mildred Pluff of Carrollton, Texas; and three stepchildren. Services were Dec. 16 at the James and Gahr Chapel at Salem with the Rev. Rod Farthing officiating. Burial was in North Lawn Cemetery, Salem.
Obituary contributed by Marguerette Powell
 Carl William Ward, 80, was born in the Oak Grove Community near Cabool on May 25, 1901 (tombstone has 1905), the son of William L. and Polly Flowers Ward, and died July 21, 1985. Raised and educated in this area, he was a well-known musician with special talent in singing and piano playing and had directed many singing groups throughout the years at various functions. Several years ago a quartet he sang with had a regular radio Sunday program.
On June 10, 1930, he was married to Mary Agnes House and to this union two sons were born. The couple left this area in 1951. Upon his retirement they moved back to Cabool. She preceded him in death in 1974. Three brothers and a sister died earlier. He was married to Myrtle C. Byrd in 1974.
In addition to his wife, survivors are two sons, Leon of Raytown, Dean E. of Kansas City, Kan.; a brother, Cletus of Liberty; eight sisters, Mae Tuttle of Answorth, Iowa, Myrtle Ward of Cabool, Flora Ellman of Lenexa, Kan., Mable Ray of Licking, Lola Knowles of Garden City, Edna Coats and Cleo Montgomery of Cabool, Mildred Pluff of Carrollton, Texas; six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren. Services were Wednesday afternoon in First Baptist Church of Cabool with the Revs. Dick Wakefield and Arch Bolerjack officiating. Burial was in the Bado Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home.
Mary Agnes Ward, daughter of James and Mary Florida House, was born February 7, 1906 in the Oak Grove community near Cabool, and departed this life February 18, 1974, in Texas County Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Her age was 68 years and 11 days. She was converted at an early age and at the time of her passing she was a member of the 31st St. Baptist Church of Kansas City, Mo. She was married to Carl Ward, June, 1930 and to this union three children were born, Josephiine, who preceded her mother in death, Dean, of Kansas City, Kansas, and Leon of Cabool. Agnes was a faithful Christian. She will be sadly missed by her husband, Carl, Dean and Leon, six grandchildren, two sisters, Gladys Pierce, Ben Davis, and Annis Orr, Kansas City, Kan., One brother, Ewing House of Milan, IL., and many other relatives and friends. Services were 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Cabool First Baptist Church with the Rev. Marvin Jacobs officiating. Burial was in Bado Cemetery under the direction of Eliott-Gentry. Contributed by Marguerette Powell
Nancy Jane (Flowers) Roberson, 83, a native of Houston, Missouri and a resident of Scotts Valley since 1954, died last evening in her home at 4729 Los Gatos Highway. She had moved from Missouri with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Flowers, to Sherman, Texas, when she was 17. She married the late James Roberson, who died in 1940 in Oklahoma. He had been a Baptist minister and Mrs. Roberson was exceedlingly active in church work throughout her life until her final illness began about eight weeks ago. She was on the executive board of the Santa Cruz Baptist Church Association and was an original member and founder of the Scotts Valley Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Jolly of Santa Cruz and Mrs. Minnie Magouirk of Kansas ; seven sons, C. R. Roberson, Gleeson Roberson and Lowell Roberson of Santa Cruz, Sturgeon Roberson of San Leandro, Glenn Roberson of Arizona, Ernest Roberson of Oklahoma and Dossie Roberson of Texas ; three brothers, Perry, Henry and Milo Flowers, all of Kansas ; 33 grandchildren and 74 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her youngest son, J. B. Roberson, who was killed in 1943 during cadet training with the Air Force. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 11 a. m. with Rev. Glenn Culwell officiating, assisted by Rev. Johnnie McBroom. The remains will be forwarded to Seminole, Oklahoma, where services will be conducted. Interment will be in Seminole. White's Mortuary, Inc. is in charge of local arrangements. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
 Henry M. Flowers, 94, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 1976, at the Bethel Home in Montezuma where he had made his home for the last three years. Henry Marshall Flowers was born September 5, 1882, near Cabool, Texas County, Mo., the son of Ruben and Mary (would be Morris) Flowers. At the age of 12 he moved with his mother, sister and two brothers to Texas, later moving to Indian Territory in 1902 and then to Kansas in 1903. On March 12, 1911 he was united in marriage to Cintha Wood at the home of her parents near Cabool, Missouri. April 10, 1911 they arrived in a covered wagon in Gray County, Kansas, where they have made their home ever since. They lived northwest of Montezuma on a farm where they resided until moving to Bethel Home some three years ago. He was a member of the Montezuma United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Cintha, of Bethel Home, Montezuma; two sons, Leonard, and his wife, Violet, of Ingalls; and Cecil, and his wife, Doris, Montezuma; four great grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild; one brother, Milow Flowers of Cimarron and many nieces and nephews. One niece, Etta Edwards Eastman, made her home with the Flowers from the time she was ten years of age until she was married and was like a daughter to them. He was preceeded in death by his parents; four sisters, five brothers, and one granddaughter. Funeral services for Henry Flowers were held Thursday afternoon, September 30, 1976 at the United Methodist Church in Montezuma, with the Rev. Charles Wretling, Rev. Edwin Classen and Rev. Robert Jeffries officiating. Interment was in the Cimarron Cemetery with Hulpieu-Swaim Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Montezuma Press October 7, 1976 Mrs. Cintha E. Flowers, 92, of Montezuma, died Sunday evening at the Bethel Home, Montezuma. She was born Feb. 15, 1889, at Cabool, Mo., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Woods. (John Henry and Matilda A. Caylor Wood) She grew up in Missouri and she and Henry Marshall Flowers were married March 12, 1911, at Cabool. They came to a Gray County farm, by covered wagon, after their marriage and had lived there since. Mr. Flowers died Sept. 28, 1976. Mrs. Flowers had been at the Bethel Home about eight years.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Montezuma.
Survivors include two sons, Leonard of Ingalls and Cecil of Montezuma; four grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The funeral has been set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Montezuma Methodist Church, with the Revs. Charles Wretling, Edwin Classen and Robert Jeffries officiating. Burial will be in the Cimarron cemetery with Hulpieu-Swaim Funeral Home of Dodge City in charge. Family members suggested memorial contributions to the Bethel Home or to the church.
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Leonard John Flowers - son of Henry & Cynthia (Wood) Flowers Survivors include one daughter, Lorraine Richardson and husband Lonnie, Dodge City, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Cecil. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Swaim Funeral Home, Dodge City, with the Rev. Jeff Hiers presiding. Burial will be at Cimarron Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Swaim Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Hospice of the Prairie or Manor of the Plains in care of Swaim Funeral Home, 1901 Sixth Ave., Dodge City, KS 67801.
Violet Flowers - Wife of Leonard Flowers On February 12, 1933, she married Leonard Flowers at Ingalls. He survives. Other survivors include: A daughter, Lorraine Richardson, Haggard; two brothers, Clyde "Bud" Addison, Dodge City, and Clovis Addison, Ingalls; two sisters, Bernice Whittaker and Erlene Flowers, both of Dodge City; three grandsons; and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services were at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Swaim Funeral Home, Dodge city, with the Rev. Jeffrey S. Hiers presiding. Burial in the Cimarron Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Bethel Home, Montezuma in care of Swaim Funeral Home.
 Cecil H. Flowers, 81, died May 19, 1997, at Columbia-Western Plains Regional Hospital. Born Aug 13, 1915, in Gray County, the son of Henry M. and Cintha E. (Wood) Flowers, he married Doris Arlene Davis on March 12, 1937, in Gray County. She preceded him in death on May 4, 1989. He married Lucy Jo McMillen on May 10, 1994 in Dodge City. He was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Gideon's International, RSVP, all of Dodge City, and Soil Conservation Board, Cimarron.
Survivors include: wife, of the home; one son, Larry, Montezuma; two daughters, Barbara Adams, Dodge City, and Karen Dotson, Corpus Christi, Texas; one brother, Leonard Flowers, Ingalls; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; four step-children; nine step-grandchildren; and eight step-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, Dodge City, with the Rev. Harold P. Cooper officiating. Burial will follow in the Cimarron Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday at Swaim Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials either to the First United Methodist Church or the Gideon's International.
Obituary contributed by Marguerette Powell Doris A. Flowers, 68, of 2501 Thompson, died May 4, 1989, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. Born June 5, 1920, at Ingalls, she married Cecil H. Flowers March 12, 1937, in Gray County. She lived on a farm south of Ingalls, moving to
Dodge City in October 1988. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Dodge City, and was active in United Methodist Women, Montezuma, and a Gray County Extension Home unit for many years. In 1988 she received the shelter belt
award presented by the Gray County Soil Conservation Office and the Extension Council.
Survivors include: her husband, of the home; one son, Larry Flowers, Montezuma: two daughters, Barbara Adams, Dodge City, Karen John, Corpus Christi, Texas; one brother, Charles Davis, Plainview, Texas; two sisters, Loretta Fell, Vona, Colo., Wilma Fosse, El Toro, Calif; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Venetta Wilson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Dodge City, and Revs, Harold P. Cooper and Robert Jeffries officiating. Burial will be in Cimarron Cemetery. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. today and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at Swaim Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials to the church in card of the funeral home.
Obituary contributed by Marguerette Powell Dodge City Daily May 6, 1989
Perry L. Flowers, 88, died Thursday at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Born December 29, 1884, near Cabool, Missouri, he married Allie Morrow at Sherman, Texas. He lived in Gray County since 1911 and was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Federated Church of Ingalls. Survivors include his widow; one daughter; Mrs. Dorethea Neal of Oklahoma City, OK.; brothers; Milow Flowers, Cimarron and Henry Flowers of Montezuma and five grandchildren. Funeral will be 10 a. m. Saturday at the Federated Church of Ingalls. Rev. Donald Burns will officiate. Burial will be in the Ingalls Cemetery.
Mrs. Perry Flowers, Ingalls, Kansas--Allie Lea Flowers, 90, died Monday at the Minneola Hospital. Born Allie Lea Morrow, August 30, 1890 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. She married Perry Flowers, November 21, 1908 in Sherman, Texas. He preceded her in death. She was a member of the Federated Church, Ingalls, Kansas. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Dorethea Neal of Oklahoma City, OK.; a brother, Romer Morrow of Sanger, Texas; sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Coen and Mrs. Lizzie Skipworth, both of Texas; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Federated Church. Burial will be at the Ingalls Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 until 8 p. m., Tuesday at Burkhart Gray County Funeral Chapel in Cimarron and noon until service time Wednesday at the church. Family suggests memorials to the church.    |
William Jasper Morris was born in Bedford County, TN, Dec. 16, 1820. He married Agnes Hart in 1842, when they were members of Baptist Church of Mt. Hermon. They left Bedford County in 1845-1846, going by wagon train to Texas County, MO. Their third child was born on the way. It is said that Agnes died before they reached their destination, leaving Jasper, at age 26, a widower with three children. Not much is known about him the next few years. The 1850 Census of Texas County, MO reveals that he was then living with the David Lynch family, while his three children were living in the same county, in the household with their mother's sister, Elizabeth, who had married James Coats.
In Sept, 1859 William Jasper purchased eighty acres of land in Texas County, MO, as shown on Certificate No. 3038, Vol. 55, Pg., 182. The land was west of Hamilton Creek, Sec. 31, Twn, 30, Range 10. This land is now owned by Allen Flowers. William Jasper had three children by his first marriage: Nancy A., Samuel, and Mary R.; none by the second; and two by the third, Thomas and Ira M.
Reuben Flowers (1827-1891) was the son of Arter and Polly Kyte Flowers. From a previous marrige, Reuben had two sons, Abraham and James Washington, who came to Missouri with his father. Reuben homesteaded land in Texas Co. MO. receiving the land title in 1857. He also served some time in the Civil War. Reuben married Mary R. Morris in 1861. She was the daughter of Elder William Jasper and Agnes Hart Morris. Mary was born in Kentucky, on the banks of the Mississippi River, Sept 15, 1846. Enroute to Missouri from Tennessee by wagon train, her mother, Agnes Hart Morris, died and was buried in a cemetery on Pigeon Creek near Licking, MO. Mary was cared for by her aunt, Elizabeth Coats, until her father remarried. Soon after Reuben and Mary Flowers were married. soldiers burned their house. The soldiers let them remove their household furnishings and provisions and did not harm them in any way. It was said that Reuben Flowers was a most gentle man. He was praised by his family for his good nature. His father-in-law, William Jasper Morris, requested that his wife, Mary, be buried on one side of him and Reuben be buried on the other side in the Union Cemetery. Children of Reuben and Mary were: Jasper married Nancy Evans; William Arter married Hattie Geaheardt; Samuel married Ellen Stevens; Martha married Harrison Edwards; Margaret married Benjamine Edwards; Polly Kyte married William Larry Ward; Nancy Jane married James Roberson; Milow married Fern Good; Henry married Cynthia Wood; Perry married Allie Marrow; and James Washington married Nannie Kinman.
Mrs Martha Ann Edwards of Cimarron died Friday March 21 in the Fulmer Convalescent Home in Dodge City, where she has been a patient for the past three years. Mrs. Edwards would have been 92 years old April 10. She was born in Texas County, Missouri. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Flowers. She and Harrison Edwards were married in Missouri in 1884. They went to Oklahoma in 1916. Mr. Edwards died there January 13, 1922. Mrs. Edwards came to Cimmarron to make her home in 1928.
William Arthur Flowers born near Houston, Missouri, May 15, 1868. He left Missouri in 1891 and went to Cripple Creek, Colorado. He came to Larned, Kansas on June 26, 1892 and April 20, 1894, he married Hattie C. Gerhardt. To this union two children were born. Hattie passed away January 8, 1898 and November of the same year he went to Sherman, Texas. On October 6, 1901, he married Ella Lee Pickle at Locust, Texas. To this union four children were born. Ella passed away November 4, 1942. Mr. Flowers entered the Trinity Hospital in Dodge City, October 31, 1954 and passed away February 10, 1955. He is survived by five children; Mrs. Myrtle King and Mrs. Violet Kinman of Fort Scott, Kansas, Denver Flowers of Bevier, Missouri, Mrs. Viola Pounds of Wichita and Clehbert Flowers of Cimarron; 22 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Virgil Orba Ward, son of William Larry and Polly Ward was born November 17, 1896, and passed away at Texas County Memorial hospital on September 10, 1963 at the age of 66 years 11 months and 13 days.
Myrtle A. Ward passed away in Houston Nov 27 at age 87 yrs, 2 mos and 25 days. (1985) She was the daughter of William and Polly Ward, born on the farm home north of Cabool Sep 2, 1898.
Reuben Milo Flowers, 97, died Monday, March 28 1977 at the Dodge City Regional Hospital after a short illness. Born January 4 1880 at Cabool, Mo,. he had lived at Cimarron since 1913. He married Anna Good on December 2, 1914 at Cimarron. "Uncle Milo" , as Mrs.Ivor Pounds fondly calls him, lived ten years in Comanche County on the old Dan Urschel place, one mile north of the Roy Boisseau place. In 1919 he returned to Cimarron where he lived until the time of his death. He was a member of the Cimarron Baptist Church. Survivors include widow of the home; sons, Wilbur of Larned and Johnny of Dodge City; two sisters; Thema Mitch of Scott City and Hazel Brown of Springfield, CO; 15 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, March 30, 1977 at the Cimarron Baptist Church with Rev. Buddy Jones officiating. Burial was in the Cimarron Cemetery. All of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren attended his funeral with the exceprion of one son who was ill and one grandson, now in Guam.