Samuel Patterson Story

Other Events:

• Occupation: His occupation was listed on daughter Ella Leah's delayed birth certificate as "timber work." Form likely completed by Ella Leah (Storey) Carter and was verified by signature of sister Jessie Ellen (Storey) Dugger.
• Census: 6 Jul 1860, Iron township, Iron County, Missouri, USA; 1. Story, Charity, 40, female, $0 real estate, $200 personal, Kentucky 2. _____, George W., 10, male, Illinois 3. _____, James A. B., 8, male, Illinois 4. _____, Melinda C., 6, female, Illinois 5. _____, Samuel P., 4, male, Illinois 6. Vicus [Vickers], Eli, 18, male, farmer, Illinois 7. _____, Mary [C.? E.?], 14, female, Missouri 8. Story, John A., 24, male, farmer, Illinois 9. _____, Clarinda, 21, female, Illinois 10. _____, George, 2, male, Illinois 11. _____, Mary C., 7 months, female, Missouri
• Census: 18 Aug 1870, Post Oak township, Johnson County, Missouri, USA; 1. Henderlight, Charity, 50, female, white, keeping house, real estate $1600, personal $925, Kentucky 2. Story, George, 21, male, white, works on farm, Illinois 3. _____, James, 18, male, white, works on farm, Illinois 4. _____, Melinda, 17, female, white, at home, Illinois 5. _____, Samuel, 15, male, white, at home, Illinois 6. Grist, Melinda, 5, female, white, at home, Illinois
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, Neosho township, Newton County, Missouri, USA; 1. Henderlight, Charity, white, female, 60, widowed, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, 2. Story, James, white, male, 28, son, single, works on farm, cannot read or write, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky 3. _____, Carrie, white, female, 24, daughter, single, at home, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky 4. _____, Samuel, white, male, 24, son, single, farmer, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA; 1. Story, Samuel P., head, white, male, March 1856, 44, widowed, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky, farmer, can read and write, owns farm without mortgage, farm schedule no. 1 2. _____, Jessie E., daughter, female, white, Feb 1887, 12, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, attending school 3. _____, Charty F. [Charity Francis], white, female, 11889, 11, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, George [W?], son, white, male, September 1892, 8, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, 5. _____, Samuel E., son, white, male, December 1894, 6, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois 6. _____, Lizzie [E.?], daughter, female, September 1896, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois
• Newspaper Article: 18 Jul 1912, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Journal-Gazette: \"Mrs. John Clark of Willow Springs arrived in this city last Friday and went to South Fork for a visit with her father, Sam P. Story.\"
• NEWS: 11 Mar 1923, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Item in column of West Plains Journal-Gazette:

  \"Irene and Rollin Clark, of Amy, spent Friday in this city with their aunt, Mrs. Chas. Lape, of the Oriental Hotel. They were on their return home from Mountain Grove, where they visited with their grandfather, Sam Story.\"

• Obituary: 10 May 1928, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; From the West Plains Journal:

  \"S. P. Story Dies at Home of Daughter S. P. Story died at 10:30 o\'clock Sunday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Lape, 7 1/2 miles southwest of West Plains. Mr. Story, who was 72 years old, became ill while visiting a daughter, Mrs. Harry Dugger in Tarko, Mo. He was brought home one week ago by his sons-in-law, Charles E. Lape of West Plains and Willie Carter of Amy. He was a pioneer of Howell county having lived on a farm near South Fork. He is survived by three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Lape of West Plains, Mrs. Dugger of Tarkio, Mo., Mrs. Willie Carter of Amy; George Story of Burlington Juction, Mo., and Sam Story of Water Valley, Ark. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Hill Crest Christian church at South Fork, by the Rev. Earl Mustion of Arditta. Burial was made in the South Fork cemetery.\"

Notes:

Name may have originally been Samuel Patton STORY, since that was a family name - since his father died when he was quite small, his mother may have imperfectlly remembered the middle name. Per Jack STORY.

May be buried at Fowler Cemetery, just off of highway 160 near Arditta. The Howell County Cemetery book lists an "S. T. Story" in that cemetery, with no dates or other data. The cemetery is listed roughly in the order of the grave, rather than alphabetically, which should have placed his stone near that of Vina Sharp, as well as a couple of other Story's. His stone does not appear in the cemetery, but there are a couple of places near where it should be that are empty. Possibly it crumbled. We cannot know with any certainty that this is where his grave is located, but it seems possible that his middle initial of "P." could have been misread as "T."

Samuel married Minnie Ellen Hill on 22 Mar 1884 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Minnie (daughter of William A. Hill and Mary Frances Ward) was born about 1869 in Illinois, USA; died on 2 Jan 1899 in Pitts, Poinsett County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
The Story Resource book offers their marriage date as 22 Mar 1884. However, the Howell Co Marriage book states: S. P. Story- Minnie M. Hill 23 Feb 1884, by J. W. Mustion, MG.

The latter must be in error, as the marriage license application is dated 22 March 1884.

It states Sam's age as 28, and Minnie's age as 14.

1. Jesse Ellen Story was born in Feb 1885 in Missouri, USA; died on 1 Aug 1976 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
2. Minnie Mathilda "May" Story was born on 2 Dec 1888 in Arkansas, USA; died on 8 Feb 1923 in Missouri, USA; was buried after 8 Feb 1923 in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.
3. Charity Frances "Frankie" Story was born on 4 Dec 1886 in Missouri, USA; died on 24 Apr 1970 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA; was buried in North Kern Cemetery, Kern County, California, USA.
4. George Washington Story was born on 12 Sep 1891 in South Fork, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 21 Mar 1929.
5. Samuel Alexander Story was born on 17 Dec 1893 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; died on 14 Jun 1982; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA.
6. Ella Leah "Lee" Story was born on 19 Sep 1896 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; died on 31 Dec 1996 in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 4 Jan 1997 in Hocomo, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Notes:

See attached sources.

Died:
His wife Charity is found without him in the Iron Co MO census of 1860, leading me to believe that he died between 1858 and 1860.

George married Charity Adams on 3 Oct 1848 in Randolph County, Illinois, USA. Charity (daughter of John Adams and Nancy [Unknown]) was born in 1820 in Kentucky, USA; died after 1887 in Jackson County, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 28 Sep 1850, Chester, Randolph County, Illinois, USA; 1. Adams, John, 58, male, stone cutter, real estate $550, Kentucky 2. _____, Nancy, 55 female, [Kentucky?] 3. _____, Bryant W., 37, male, farmer, Tennessee 4. _____, Charity, 30, female, Kentucky 5. _____, Abraham, 29, male, Kentucky 6. _____, Cecilia, 24, female, Kentucky 7. Vickers, Clarinda, 10, female, Illinois 8. _____, Eli, 9, male, Illinois 9. Adams, Joanna T., 26, female, Tennessee 10. Clark, Nancy, 8, female, Kentucky 11. Boswell, Mary Ann, 17, female, Tennessee
• Census: 6 Jul 1860, Iron township, Iron County, Missouri, USA; 1. Story, Charity, 40, female, $0 real estate, $200 personal, Kentucky 2. _____, George W., 10, male, Illinois 3. _____, James A. B., 8, male, Illinois 4. _____, Melinda C., 6, female, Illinois 5. _____, Samuel P., 4, male, Illinois 6. Vicus [Vickers], Eli, 18, male, farmer, Illinois 7. _____, Mary [C.? E.?], 14, female, Missouri 8. Story, John A., 24, male, farmer, Illinois 9. _____, Clarinda, 21, female, Illinois 10. _____, George, 2, male, Illinois 11. _____, Mary C., 7 months, female, Missouri
• Census: 18 Aug 1870, Post Oak township, Johnson County, Missouri, USA; 1. Henderlight, Charity, 50, female, white, keeping house, real estate $1600, personal $925, Kentucky 2. Story, George, 21, male, white, works on farm, Illinois 3. _____, James, 18, male, white, works on farm, Illinois 4. _____, Melinda, 17, female, white, at home, Illinois 5. _____, Samuel, 15, male, white, at home, Illinois 6. Grist, Melinda, 5, female, white, at home, Illinois
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, Neosho township, Newton County, Missouri, USA; 1. Henderlight, Charity, white, female, 60, widowed, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, 2. Story, James, white, male, 28, son, single, works on farm, cannot read or write, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky 3. _____, Carrie, white, female, 24, daughter, single, at home, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky 4. _____, Samuel, white, male, 24, son, single, farmer, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky

Notes:

Charity appears in two census families in the 1850 census; once in Randolph Co IL with her parents and two of her VICKERS children; and once with her husband George Foster STORY in White Co IL. Oddly, her youngest VICKERS child, Mary age 6, appears in the George STORY home, while her old two VICKERS children, Eli and Clarinda, appear in the home of her parents. Possibly Charity was visiting her parents when she was enumerated with them on 27 Sept 1850, and had returned home to her husband by Oct of the same year, leaving her older children behind.

Notes:

Appointed to serve as county (probate?) Commissioner, along with Samuel Hughes and Benjamin Latimore.

Died:
Present in 1850 census.

John married Elizabeth Wilson before 1814. Elizabeth was born about 1790 in South Carolina, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Marriage date calculated from birth date of eldest known child, Elizabeth, 1814.

Other Events:

• Census: 28 Sep 1850, Chester, Randolph County, Illinois, USA; 1. Adams, John, 58, male, stone cutter, real estate $550, Kentucky 2. _____, Nancy, 55 female, [Kentucky?] 3. _____, Bryant W., 37, male, farmer, Tennessee 4. _____, Charity, 30, female, Kentucky 5. _____, Abraham, 29, male, Kentucky 6. _____, Cecilia, 24, female, Kentucky 7. Vickers, Clarinda, 10, female, Illinois 8. _____, Eli, 9, male, Illinois 9. Adams, Joanna T., 26, female, Tennessee 10. Clark, Nancy, 8, female, Kentucky 11. Boswell, Mary Ann, 17, female, Tennessee

John married Nancy [Unknown] before 1816 in Kentucky, USA. Nancy was born about 1795 in Kentucky, USA; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nancy MARLIN? Query found on the White Co IL website: "I have not done much on my Wilson line yet but maybe someone can help me get started. My GG-grandfather was John Harvey Wilson, m. Mary Jane Adams. They were born and died in White Co. Specifically, Enfield/Carmi. Their parents were Rawleigh Chinn Wilson & Callia T. Rice, and John A. Adams & Nancy Marlin." Posted by JRay38s@aol.com

Notes:

1820 White Co IL census reflects both a George STORY Sr (1 free white m 21 +, 1 other white inhabitant) and a George STORY Jr (1 m 21 +, 4 other) This must be George and his son. At this time his youngest known child would have been well grown - probably just him and his wife in the home.

George married Susannah Elder in 1788. Susannah was born in 1769 in Fairforest, Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; died in 1850 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]