Generation 1
Moses
Estes
Generation 2
Gallant
Estes, b. abt. 1770/80
NOTE: See letter submitted by: James Young on Archibald Young and
Gallant Estes
+(1)Unknown
Children of Gallant and Unknown are:
1. Edward Estes
2. David Estes
+(2)Margaret BARNHILL,
m. 1802, Greenville Co., SC
Children of Gallant and Margaret are:
3. John Moses Estes,
b.
Apr 28, 1804, SC; d. 1857, Flippin, ¹ MCAR, [see next generation]
4. Bethany E. Estes, b. Feb 27, 1806, SC; m. Andy McCABE
5. Malinda Estes,
b. Mar 2, 1812, TN; m. William B. THOMAS
6. Landa Estes, b. Sep 10, 1813; m. Malachiah CORNINGS
Generation
3
John Moses Estes, b. Apr 28, 1804, SC;
d. 1857, Flippin, MCAR. From 1866 to 1868, treasurer
of MCAR; d. Jan 9, 1908
Flippin, MCAR
+Charlotte ELKINS,
b. Mar 9, 1809, Buncombe Co., NC; m.1829 in Cannon Co., TN
d/o Gabriel and Stacy [DILLARD] ELKINS
Children of John and Charlotte are:
1. Edward Estes, b. Sep 4, 1826, Cannon Co., TN;
d.
May 13, 1862
+Mary Ann PARKER
2. Margaret Ann
"Manda" Estes, b. Aug 9, 1828, Cannon Co., TN.; d. 1909
[see family tree]
+Gideon THOMPSON.
3. John G. Estes, b. Jan 7, 1830, Cannon Co., TN;
d.
Feb 14, 1873, MCAR
+Missouri WOOD
4. Elizabeth Caroline Estes, b. Jul 25, 1833,
Warrensburg, TN; d. May 2, 1915, Yellville, MCAR
+Hiram R. HUTCHINSON
5. Mary Catherine "Kate" Estes, b. Mar 12, 1835,
Woodbury,
Cannon Co, TN d. Mar 25, 1920, MCAR
+Ambrose Sevier WOOD
6. James C. Estes, b. Jul 10, 1839, Cannon Co., TN;
d. Apr 1900, MCAR
+Mira M. MOORE
7. Paralee Estes, b. Jun 30, 1842; d. Feb 24, 1843
8. Benjamin Mason
Estes,
b. Sep 23, 1844, Woodbury, TN; d. Aug 13, 1934, ² BCAR [see next
generation]
9. Nathaniel "Nat" Estes, b. Nov 8, 1847, Cannon Co., TN;
d. 1915
+Lydia CANTRELL ca. 1868, d/o William and Elizabeth [PAYNE]
CANTRELL
10. William "Bill" Estes, b. Feb 10, 1850, MCAR;
d.
1940, Marion Co., AR; bu. Layton
Cem., Yellville, Marion Co., AR
+Julia COVINGTON
11. Thomas Jerome Estes, b.
Feb 17, 1852, MCAR ; d. Sep18, 1938, Olvey, AR
+ Martha J. __?__
+Mary Margaret BELL, b. Jul 10, 1854, Jefferson, AL; d.
Jun 7, 1923, Lubbock,TX; m. Oct 3, 1878 in Bruno, AR
12. Silas Estes, b. Jan 26, 1854; d. July 11, 1857
Generation
4
Benjamin Mason Estes, b. Sep 23,
1844 in
Woodbury, TN, d. Aug 13, 1934 BCAR ³bu:
Speers Cemetery, Capps
area, BCAR
NOTE: Ben was 16 years old when the War Between the States
was declared. He joined the Confederate side - Herrell 's
batallion.
[ Harrell's Cavalry Battalion was organized in late
1863 and was placed in Cabell's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi
Department. It saw light duty in the Camden area, then was
involved in Price's Missouri operations. The unit disbanded
during the spring of 1865. Lieutenant Colonel John M. Harrell and
Major J. W. Bishop were in command. (source: Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors {CWSS} http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/
] He mustered out with the rank of
lieutenant. He was in charge of one section of courier line from
Mississippi to Trans Mississippi Department, participating in the
engagements of Poison
Springs, Marks Mill and others. His military marker in the Speer
Cemetery,
Boone Co., AR reads:
Ben M. Estes
Lieut. Co. C Ark Cav
Confederate States Army
Sep. 23, 1844 Aug.
13,
1934
(click on Benjamin's name to view
family
portrait, military marker, headstone and short bio.)
He was a carpenter, farmer, tradesman, nurseryman, and other
trades. Strong Democrat. Bought, built and sold several
homes finally settling on a farm in the Capps area of Boone Co., AR.
He was married three times being widowed twice.
+ (1) Martha JACKSON, b. Oct. 25, 1847, Taney Co., MO; m.
Jan 11, 1866; d. Jan 17, 1903, Harrison, BCAR
d/o David and Phinina BROWN] JACKSON of pioneers of
Taney
Co., MO bu: Speers Cemetery, BCAR
+ (2) Widow, Mrs. Ellen [LAYTON] HART,
m. Ben, Jan 26, 1903; b. May 16, 1849; d. June 6, 1924, BCAR
bu Speer Cem. BCAR; widow of Dr. David Gilbert Hart of Mountain
Home, AR ; b. 28 Aug 1826, TN ; d. 17 Oct 1893, BCAR
+ (3) Widow, Mrs. Emeline "Emma" Jane [nee: SECREST] STODDARD,
m. Benjamin Estes on Sep 23, 1925, BCAR
bu. Capps Cemetery, BCAR,
next to first husband Henry W. STODDARD; b. 25 Jan 1854, VT; d. 4 Feb 1914, BCAR
Children of Benjamin and Martha are:
i. Mahulda "Hulda" Estes,
b. Dec 11, 1866; d. Feb 18, 1906, BCAR; bu.
Speer Cemetery, BCAR
+(1)Eugene SPEER; bu. Speer Cemetery, Capps
area of BCAR. Died a few short years
after they
married.
+(2)Aquilla ALBRIGHT; b. Mar 8, 1966; d. Feb. 8,
1923; bu. Speer Cem., Capps, BCAR
s/o William Mosier and Elizabeth Idella [ MOORE}Albright.
Child of Hulda and Aquilla is:
1. Mattie Albright, b. August 17, 1901;
m.(1)
James William TERRY, Jr.;
m.(2) John Conrad Nixon
ii. Belva
Ora Estes
[see next generation]
+ John Allen COWDREY
iii. Alice C. Estes, b. Dec 31, 1869,
MCAR; d. 1947, BCAR; bu.
Denning Cemetery, BCAR
+Jess G. PILLOW; bu: Denning Cemetery, BCAR
Children of Alice and Jeff are:
1. Otto Pillow, m. Walsie TERRY
2. Ernest Pillow; m. Alta EEUAUS
3. Jessie Pillow; m. Foster FILLINGHAM
4. Troy Ross Pillow
iv. Iva Nora Estes, b.
Nov 4, 1871, MCAR; d. Mar 11, 1916, Boone Co., AR; bu. Speer Cemetery, Capps area of BCAR
+Bishop Lafayette "Fate" ELAM, M.D.,
Dr. ELAM was the s/o: George and Rachel [McENTIRE] ELAM
Child of Iva and Fate is:
1. Kelly
Elam, b. Unknown.
v. Isa
Dora Estes, b. Jan 1, 1874, MCAR; d. 1956
+W. T. TERRY
Children of Isa and W. T. are:
1. Virgil
Terry
2. Clay Terry, b. Feb 26,
1910; d. Jan 1974; m. Thelma JEFFERSON
+__?__APPLETREE
vi. Martin Oliver Estes, b. Feb 19, 1876,
Flippin, MCAR; d. May 23, 1960, Capps area, BCAR; bu. Speer Cemetery, BCAR
+Martha Jane WHITE, b.
Sep 20, 1880, BCAR; d. Feb 7, 1974 Harrison, BCAR; bu:
Speer
Cemetery, BCAR
d/o Hugh L. and Eveline [CREEL] WHITE
Children of Martin and Martha are:
1. Benjamin Pierce Estes, b. Jan 10,
1902, Capps
area, BCAR; d. Feb 17, 1983, BCAR; See
Family Tree
bu: Speer Cemetery, BCAR; m. Oct 10, 1928, Capps area, BCAR
+Theo Dora WILSON, b. Dec 4, 1912, Stillwell, OK; d. Feb 22, 1980, Boone Co. AR
bu: Speer Cemetery, BCAR; dau/of Darious
Iven and Essie [Mullen] Wilson
2. Vernon Olta
Estes, b. May 19, 1904, Boone Co., AR; d. Feb 29, 2004, Harrison, BCAR;
bu. Plumlee Cemetery, Mar 4, 2004.
+Roy M. ALFORD, b. March 6, 1899, Carroll Co., AR; m. Feb 26, 1928; d. Aug 23, 1989, BCAR
3. Infant Son Estes, b. Feb 8, 1906, BCAR;
d. Feb 8, 1906, BCAR; bu. Speer Cemetery, BCAR
4. Avis Inez Estes, b. Oct 8, 1912; d. May 9, 1922,
BCAR; bu. Speer
Cemetery, BCAR
Note: Fell from a
hayloft, suffered a concussion, and died a few hours later
5. Don Oliver
Estes b. Dec 4, 1914; d. Oct 11, 2002 Branson, MO; bu. Speer Cemetery,
BCAR
+Pearl Sue WILSON b. Jun 24, 1918; d. Feb. 17, 2008; bu. Speer Cemetery, BCAR
d/o Luther Burton and Ethel [ROSS] WILSON
6. Leo McRae
Estes, b. Aug 9, 1921, Capps, BCAR; d. Jul 6, 1954; m. Lorene DIXON
vii. Essie Estes, b. Dec 29, 1879 Gaither
Mtn., BCAR, d. 1934; bu: Denning Cemetery, BCAR
+B. John STALKUP,
b.1877, BCAR; d. 1954; bu: Denning
Cemtery, BCAR
Children of Essie and John are:
1. Earl Stalkup, m. Erma SLAGLE.
2. Eleanor Stalkup, m. E. C. COOK.
3. Marie Stalkup, m. Oscar GROGAN
viii. Nettie
Myrtle Estes, b. Mar 13, 1884, Bear Creek, MCAR; d. 1922;
m
Sep 8, 1901
+Joseph Wackel McLEAN, son of: W. and
Margaret [NORTON] McLEAN
Children of Nettie and Joe are:
1. Ruby Dexter McLean; b. Sep 12, 1903,
Eros, MCAR; d. Nov 14, 1988,
Richmond, Henrico Co., VA
+Lonnie Earl NANCE, b. Feb 17, 1901, Checotah, ( Ind. Terr.
) OK; d, May 24, 1956, Kansas Cty, Wyandotte Co., KS
2. Ralph Roland McLean; b. Mar 21, 1908, Eros, MCAR;
d. Feb 05, 1965, Holdenville, Hughes Co.,OK
+Evelyn Juanita TUCKER
Generation
5
Belva Ora Estes, b. Oct 12,
1868, MCAR; m. Jul 24, 1887, Eros, MCAR; d. May 26,
1933, MCAR bu. Layton Cemetery,
Yellville, MCAR
+John
Allen COWDREY b. May 1, 1865,
Green Co., MO, d. Jul 1, 1927 of peritonitis enroute to Hosp.
from Yellville, MCAR to
Springfield, MO; bu: Layton Cemetery, Yellville, MCAR;[
see Cowdrey Family Tree]
Children of John and Ora are:
1. Kirby Thurman
Cowdrey, b. Sep 1, 1888, MCAR; d. Oct 3, 1925, Yellville,
MCAR; m. 27 Apr 1912; Yellville, MCAR; bu: Layton Cemetery,
MCAR
+Alsey Layton BERRY 1894 MCAR;
d. Oct 25, 1962; d/o James Cambell and Edna Earle [LAYTON] BERRY
2. Troy Edgar
Cowdrey, b. Mar 14, 1891, MCAR; d. Apr 17, 1964,Yellville, MCAR;
m. 09 Feb 1918, MCAR; bu: Layton Cemetery, MCAR;
bu: Layton Cemetery, MCAR;
+Abbie Jane McCARTY b. Jul 25,
1892 Yellville,MCAR; ; d. Jan 17, 1982, Harrison, BCAR;
m. Apr 27, 1912, Yellville, MCAR; d/o James Levi and Mary Tennessee [nee: THOMPSON] McCARTY
3. Myrtle May Cowdrey [see
next generation]
+ John Albert JEFFERSON
4. Cam Lavette
Cowdrey, b. Jan 2, 1896, Eros, MCAR d.
Jul 5,
1970; bu: Layton Cemetery, MCAR;
m. Apr 12, 1917, MCAR
+Ethel Rosalie CAVANESS b. Jan 11, 1895,
Akers, MO, d. May 17, 1961, Rochester, MN; bu: Layton
Cemetery, MCAR
Dau. of: Thomas Mathew and Ida Diana [BROWN] CAVENESS
5. Allen
Leon Cowdrey, b. Dec 25, 1900, MCAR, d.
Jan 1, 1960. Never married.
6. Eva Gertrude
Cowdrey, b. Apr 11, 1909, Eros. MCAR, d.
Nov.
23, 1997, Harrison, BCAR; bu: Layton
Cemetery ,MCAR
m. Jul 29, 1930, Springfield,
MO [no issue]
+Elza Navarre "Ed" KIRBY b. Jun 1, 1903, Clinton, IL; d. Jan 1,
1991, Harrison, BCAR; bu: Layton Cemetery ,MCAR
son of Irwin Navarre and Sammy Pearl [BYERLY] KIRBY
Generation
6
Myrtle May Cowdrey, b. May 18, 1894, Eros, MCAR; d. Sep 12,
1973, Pasadena, CA; m. 08 May 1912, MCAR; bu: Rose Hill Cemetery, Whittier CA
+ John Albert JEFFERSON b. Sep 5, 1890,
Yelleville, MCAR; d. Aug 23, 1976, Temple
City, CA; bu: Rose Hill Cem., Whittier CA
Son of: Robert Breckenridge and Ida Jane [WOOD] JEFFERSON (see Jefferson Tree)
Children of John and Myrtle are:
1. Letha May Jefferson, b. May 30,
1913, Yellville, MCAR; m. Nov 4, 1934;
d. Jul 27, 1936, Mt. Vernon, MO
+Ernest TRASK b. Jan 23, 1911, MO d. Nov 8, 1993; [no issue]
2. Mable
Helen Jefferson, b. Feb 13,1915,
Yellville, MCAR; m 1939, Joplin, MO;
d. May 31,1966 Pasadena, CA; bu: Rose Hill Cemetery,
Whittier, CA
+(1) Michael FLUHARTY
b. ?; d. 1945, Philippine Islands;
bu. Manila, Philippine Islands; [one son]
+(2) Richard D. COOK b. Aug 23, 1906, El
Paso, TX, d. Oct 1980, Burbank, CA; no issue
3. Mamie
Eva
Jefferson, b. Jun 30, 1917 Yellville, MCAR,
d. Dec 1, 1936, Springfield, MO; [no issue]
4. Johnnie Lou Jefferson, (f) b. Mar 1, 1920, Springfield, MO, d. Sep 1,
1994, Lucadia, CA; bu: Rose Hill Cem., Whittier, CA
+(1) Wayne HERIFORD , b. Jan 25, 1923, Springfield, MO; d. Mar
1985, Clarkston, WA, [no issue]
+(2) Ellis GRAY , b. Jun 2, 1904, d. Aug 1977, PA; [no issue]
+(3) Euclid Thomas LaBLANC
[Private], [no issue]
5. Othel
Louise
Jefferson, b. Nov 9, 1921, Springfield, MO,
d. Mar 26, 1962 Fontana, CA; bu: Rose Hill Cem., Whittier, CA
+(1) John TALLEY, b. Mar 14, 1909;
d. Feb 16, 1947; [no issue]
+(2) Fred George MILLER , b Mar 18, 1913, Salt Lake City, UT, d Aug 23,
1994, Orange Co. CA; [2 sons and 1
daughter]
Son of: Julius and Mary [STERZER] MILLER
6. Helen
Marie
Jefferson [Private]
+Jack Weston STOREY , b. Jun 27, 1922, Los Angeles, CA; d. Nov 10,
1990, Arcadia,CA; [
1 daughter
and 1 son]
7. Ida Bell Jefferson; a.k.a.
Idabelle [Private] [2 daughters and 3 sons]
+Michael Paul MORRONE
b. Aug 3, 1916, Pueblo,CO;
m. Nov 8, 1942, Las Vegas, NV;
d. Feb 15, 2003, Burbank,CA;
bu.
Feb 20, 2003, San Fernando Mission Cem.; Mission Hills, CA;
s/o Veto Pasquale and
Angela Marie [Rovito] Morrone of Trento,
Cosenza, Calabria, IT
8. William
Seldon Jefferson [Private]
+(1) Beverly KROENER [Private] [2 daughters and 1 son]
+(2)Mrs. Catherine [nee:BLACKMAN] Hammel [Private]; [no issue]
NOTE:
¹ MCAR = Marion County, AR
² BCAR = Boone County, AR
³ bu. = buried |
No later generations will be
added for privacy reasons.
Many thanks to the
following people for supplying some of the data in this tree:
Roberta Lee [ESTES] HALL (Robert Lee1; Benjamin Pierce2; Martin Oliver3; Benjamin Mason4; John Moses5; Gallant6; Moses7)
Robert Lee ESTES,
( Benjamin Pierce1; Martin Oliver2; Benjamin
Mason3 ; John Moses4; Gallant5; Moses6)
fourth Generation
David THOMAS,
desc. of Malinda ESTES in the first generation
Peggy ESTES, desc.
of James C. ESTES in the second generation
Mary HAMLIN: desc
of Thomas Jerome Estes third generation
Cindy LOUTH, desc. of
Charlotte Elkins, in the third generation
Richard Earl NANCE,
desc. of Nettie Myrtle Estes, in the fourth generation
James M. YOUNG, desc. of Archibald Young,
friend of Gallant Estes
Some Sources
"Genealogies of
Marion County Families 1811-1900", published by:
The Historical and
Genealogical Society of Marion Co., AR
"Mountain Echo"
newspaper of Marion Co.,AR
"The Boone Banner"
newspaper of Boone Co., AR; M. H. Trimble, Editor
Boone County, AR, Will
Book "B" p. 166 index 1869 - 1942
AR Federal Lands
Record Vol. 2370; p. 14; document #905; Land Office of Harrison
Marion County 1850
census #355
Arkansas Research -
Ark. CSA soldiers index: 1911 Census of Confederate
Veterans:
by: Desmond Walls Allen
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