Susan Elizabeth Atchley

Other Events:

• Census: 19 Jun 1900, Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA; 1. Stidham, William, head, white, male, August 1863, 36, married 15 years, Illinois, Illinois, Ohio, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 194 2. _____, Susan E., wife, white, female, April 1864, 35, married 15 years, 9 children 9 living, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Frank, son, white, male, September 1885, 14, Missouri Illinois, Missouri, farm labor, attended school, can read and write 4. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, May 1888, 12, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, at home, attended school 5 months, can read and write 5. _____, Adie, daughter, white, female, August 1889, 10, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, at home, attended school 5 months, can read and write 6. _____, Fredrick, son, white, male, February 1891, 9, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, at home, attended school 5 months, can read and write 7. _____, Bertie, son, white, male, July 1892, 7, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, at home, attended school 5 months, can read and write 8. _____, Clarence, son, white, male, January 1894, 6, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri 9. _____, Sadie, daughter, white, female, December 1895, 4, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri 10. _____, John, son, white, male, August 1897, 2, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri 11. _____, James, son, white, male, March 1899, 1, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
• Residence: 1909, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, USA; FindAGrave offers a brief obituary (no attribution) and it states that the family had moved to Vinita, Oklahoma, the spring before Susan's death.

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Buried:
Her body was brought home from Oklahoma for burial.

Susan married William Penrose Stidham on 25 Dec 1884 in Laclede County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph F. "Frank" Stidham was born in Sep 1885 in Missouri, USA; died on 17 Aug 1917 in Laclede County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Atchley Cemetery, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA.
2. Minnie Mae Stidham was born on 27 May 1888 in Laclede County, Missouri, USA; died on 16 Apr 1982 in Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper County, Kansas, USA.
3. Adie Stidham
4. Fredrick Stidham
5. Bertie Stidham
6. Clarence Stidham
7. Sadie Stidham
8. John Stidham
9. James Stidham

Francis married Minerva Jane "Jane" Bolles on 25 Aug 1862 in Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. Minerva (daughter of Reuben Bolles and Susan Lowery) was born on 17 May 1831 in Sumner County, Kentucky, USA; died on 19 Dec 1924 in Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Parents: Death cert names father as "Reuben Boles" but does not name mother.
• Census: 3 Sep 1850, SW half of district 22, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA; 1. Brown, Daniel, 27, male, farmer, Illinois 2. _____, Manerva [Minerva], 21, female, Kentucky 3. _____, Rubin [Reuben], 2, male, Illinois
• Census: 9 Jun 1860, Lebanon township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA; 1. Bowls [Bolles], Reuben T., 51, male, farmer, real estate $1500, personal $1200, Virginia, cannot read or write 2. _____, Susan, 51, female, farmer, South Carolina, cannot read or write 3. _____, Jane, 29, female, laborer, Kentucky 4. _____, Susan, 23, female, Kentucky 5. _____, James, 21, male, farm laborer, Kentucky 6. _____, Nancy, 18, female, house hand, Kentucky, attending school 7. _____, [Ellisa?], 15, female, Tennessee, attending school 8. Brown, Reuben, 11, male, Illinois, attending school 9. _____, Samuel, 8, male, Illinois, attending school 10. _____, David, 5, male, Missouri
• Census: 18 Aug 1870, Lebanon township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA; 1. Atchley, Francis M., 35, male, white, farmer, real estate $3000, personal $1940, Tennessee 2. _____, Minerva J., 37, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee 3. _____, Elizabeth, 6, female, white, Missouri 4. _____, John, 4, male, white, Missouri 5. _____, Fernando, 3, male, white, Missouri 6. Brown, Reuben, 21, male, white, works on farm, Illinois 7. _____, Samuel, 18, male, white, works on farm, Illinois, attending school 8. _____, Daniel E., 16, male, white, works on farm, Illinois
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA; 1. Atchley, Jane, white, female, 50, widowed, farmer, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky 2. _____, Susan, white, female, 16, daughter, single, keeping house, attending school, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, John, white, male, 13, son, at home attending school, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, Hernando [Fernando], white, male, son, at home, attending school, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. Bowles, Rosa, white, female, 7, niece, attending school, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
• NEWS: 26 Dec 1924, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA; Obituary: "Aged Citizen Dies: "Aunt Jane" Atchley Passed Away Last Friday at Age of 94 Year--Oldest Resident in County Death last Friday claimed Mrs. Minerva Jane Atchley, Laclede county's oldest citizen, who passed away at her home north of Lebanon after a long illness. She was in her 94th year. Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning and burial was in the Atchley cemetery. "Aunt Jane," as she was commonly known, was loved and respected by all that knew her and her passing will mean a great loss to her neighborhood. Minerva Jane Bolles was born Mary 17, 1831, in Sumner county, Kentucky. She was aged 93 years 7 months and 2 days at the time of her death. She was first married to Daniel Brown in 1846. To them were born four children, three sons and one daughter, the latter dying in infancy. One son, Reuben, died Feb. 15, 1920; Samuel died August 6, 1902, and Daniel passed away last November. Mr. Brown died in 1854. She was again united in marriage August 25, 1862, to F. M. Atchley and to this union were born four children, two sons and two daughters. One daughter, Susie E. Stidham, die November 1, 1909; the other, Louella Atchley, died November 3, 1878. The sons John and Nando Atchley, live near Fate. Mr. Atchley died July 5, 1871. "Aunt Jane" came to Laclede county in 1855, having first lived in Illinois, Tennessee and Wisconsin. She first located on what is known as the Willie Mizer farm in the Bolles district, later moving to the farm on which she died. She had lived there more than sixty years. She was the oldest in a family of eight children and was the last to pass away. She leaves besides her two sons a cousin, Callie Lowery, 35 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, and one great, great grandchild."

Notes:

Birth:
Varying birth years and places appear in census--Tennessee or Kentucky for place. Death cert gives this date of birth and gives specific place of birth as Sumner County, Kentucky. There is a Sumner County in both Tennessee and Kentucky.

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Married:
From age of their first child in the 1870 census.

Other Events:

• Census: 3 Sep 1850, SW half of district 22, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA; 1. Boles [Bolles], Rubin [Reuben], 40, male, farmer, unknown [place of birth] 2. _____, Susan, 40, Tennessee 3. _____, Albert, 19, male, farmer, Kentucky 4. _____, Robert, 18, male, farmer, Kentucky 5. _____, Sarah, 15, female, Kentucky 6. _____, Susan, 14, female, Kentucky 7. _____, James, 11, male, Kentucky 8. _____, Nancy, 10, female, Kentucky 9. _____, Eliza, 6, female, Tennessee 10. _____, William, 1, male, Wisconsin
• Census: 9 Jun 1860, Lebanon township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA; 1. Bowls [Bolles], Reuben T., 51, male, farmer, real estate $1500, personal $1200, Virginia, cannot read or write 2. _____, Susan, 51, female, farmer, South Carolina, cannot read or write 3. _____, Jane, 29, female, laborer, Kentucky 4. _____, Susan, 23, female, Kentucky 5. _____, James, 21, male, farm laborer, Kentucky 6. _____, Nancy, 18, female, house hand, Kentucky, attending school 7. _____, [Ellisa?], 15, female, Tennessee, attending school 8. Brown, Reuben, 11, male, Illinois, attending school 9. _____, Samuel, 8, male, Illinois, attending school 10. _____, David, 5, male, Missouri

Reuben married Susan Lowery on 29 Jul 1829 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA. Susan (daughter of William Lowrey and Sarah Roland) was born on 15 Jun 1809 in Tennessee, USA; died on 10 Mar 1863 in Laclede County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Roland about 1790 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]