Mr. Mayo. married Mary Minnie Blocker.
Mary Minnie Blocker [Parents] was born on 21 Nov 1906 in Illinois. She died on 26 Aug 1983 in San Antonio, TX. She married Mr. Mayo.
Other marriages:Cooper, Harold Matthew
Eden, Jack Wayne
McClelland, Ralph
Certificate #: 3374, Book 990, Page 157
Film #: 230, Book 1095 – 1104, From Sept 1951 – Dec 1951Groom: Jack Wayne Eden, Age 43, Born in CA
Residence: 819 9th St., Los Angeles, CA
White, Divorced, No. Previous Marriages: 1
Father: Ike Eden born in CA
MM: Tankersley born in CABride: Mary Minnie Mayo, Age 48, born in Ill
Residence: 567 Jersey, SF, CA
White, Divorced, No. of Previous Marriages: 1
Father: A. Blocker born Ia
MM Gwin born Ia
Bride’s Maiden Name: Mary BlockerCounty Clerk: Martin Morgan
Issued SF on 06/02/1951, Lic. #: 1427
Witnessed by Donald S. Jensen, 3916 26th St., SF, CA
Registrar: Thomas A. Toomey, SF County
Received by Registrar on 06/07/1951
Isaac Richard Middlebrooks [Parents] was born about 1850 in GA. He died after 1910 in TX. He married Mary Eubanks.
Listed on the 1880 census of Lee Co., MS, p. 100A
Listed on the 1910 census of Royse City, Rockwall Co., TX - with wife and children Lila and Austin
Mary Eubanks "Mollie" was born about 1855 in MS. She died after 1910. She married Isaac Richard Middlebrooks.
On the 1910 census, Mollie is the mother of 11, 7 living
They had the following children:
F i Ida Middlebrooks was born about 1875 in MS. F ii Emma Middlebrooks was born about 1877 in MS. M iii Allie Middlebrooks was born about 1879 in MS. F iv Lila Middlebrooks was born about 1889 in TX. M v Richard Austin Middlebrooks was born on 21 Feb 1892. He died in Apr 1972.
Francis M. Cullum [Parents] was born about 1862 in AR. He married Mary M. Boles in 1878 in Van Buren Co., AR.
Other marriages:Porter, Julia A.
Mary M. Boles.Mary married Francis M. Cullum in 1878 in Van Buren Co., AR.
Francis M. Cullum [Parents] was born about 1862 in AR. He married Julia A. Porter in 1883 in Van Buren Co., AR.
Other marriages:Boles, Mary M.
Julia A. Porter.Julia married Francis M. Cullum in 1883 in Van Buren Co., AR.
T.M. Presley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 29 Mar 1923 in Clarksville, TX. He died on 13 Aug 1991 in Corpus Christi, TX. He was buried on 15 Aug 1991 in San Patricio Memorial Gardens, Portland, TX. He married Gertrude Cecilia Simons. T.M. was employed as barber.
Gertrude Cecilia Simons [scrapbook] was born on 9 Sep 1912. She died on 8 Mar 2002 in Kingsville, Kleberg Co., TX. She was buried on 13 Mar 2002 in San Patricio Memorial Gardens, Portland, TX. She married T.M. Presley. Gertrude was employed as bank clerk.
They had the following children:
M i James David Presley was born on 3 Nov 1953.
A. Blocker.A. married Miss Gwin.
Miss Gwin. married A. Blocker.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Minnie Blocker was born on 21 Nov 1906. She died on 26 Aug 1983.
U Martin [scrapbook] was born on 7 Nov 1859 in Whitley Township, Moultrie Co., IL. He died on 8 Apr 1953 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co., IL. He married Rose Eden on 30 Jun 1886 in Sullivan Co., IL.
I.J. Martin, one of Sullivan's oldest and best known citizens, passed away at 2 o'clock, Wednesday morning in the Helmuth Nursing Home in Sullivan. He had been in ill health for a number of years, and had been in the nursing home since December, 1951.
*Sullivan Progress, April 10, 1953.
He was born November 7, 1859, a son of John Neeley and Rachel Elvina Martin, on a farm in Whitley Township. This place is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mark Buckalew. His family were pioneers in Illinois. His great-grandfather, James Scott Martin, was born in Kentucky in 1778, during the Revolutionary War, and he and five brothers came to Illinois, settling near Olney about 1820.
James Martin came to Coles County with two brothers, and in 1833, came to Moultrie where a brother, William Harvey, had previously settled near Bruce.
The first schooling for I.J. Martin was at the Whitfield School. Shortly before his 17th birthday, he began to teach school. For the next seven years, he was occupied with teaching and attending Lee's Academy at Loxa, completing the course there.
In 1883, he became deputy county clerk under Charles Shuman. In 1885, he bought the Sullivan Progress, which he edited for 27 years. In 1899, he bought the Moultrie County
Abstract Company. Although he retired from business in 1941, he maintained an active interest in it.
On June 30, 1886, he was united in marriage with Miss Rose Eden, a daughter of Hon. John R. Eden. Mrs. Martin passed away in 1907, and he and his children moved into the John R. Eden home on West Jefferson Street, where he lived until he went to the nur sing home.He is survived by four children: Olive of Sullivan, Joel Neeley of Decatur, Robert W. of Sullivan, and Mrs. William J. George of St. Paul, Minnesota. A nephew, J.K. Martin also lives in Sullivan. He has eleven grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildr en, and a sister, Mrs. Nancy Harpster of Danville.
Mr. Martin was always a student, and during his later years, was an authority on the history of Sullivan and Moultrie County. He read many newspapers and magazines as long as his eyesight permitted, and kept abreast with modern affairs and happenings in the world. Only in the past year or so was he unable to continue his study.
Funeral services have been set for 2 o'clock, Friday afternoon, at the McMullin Funeral Home, in charge of Rev. Walter Theobald.
Rose Eden [Parents] [scrapbook] was born in 1858 in Sullivan, IL. She died on 5 Nov 1907. The cause of death was Bright's disease. She was buried on 7 Nov 1907 in Greenhill Cem.. She married U Martin on 30 Jun 1886 in Sullivan Co., IL.
They had the following children:
F i Olive Martin.
Never marriedM ii John Eden Martin. M iii Joel Neely Martin was born about 1891 in Sullivan Co., IL. F iv Elvina Martin was born about 1893. She died on 25 Dec 1897 in Sullivan Co., IL. The cause of death was diptheria. M v Robert Walter Martin was born on 16 Feb 1895. F vi Mabel Martin was born about 1899.
Joel Kester Martin was born on 20 Jan 1861. He died on 5 May 1925. He married Belle Eden in 1891 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co., IL.
Brother to I.J. Martin
Belle Eden [Parents] was born in 1863 in Sullivan, IL. She married Joel Kester Martin in 1891 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co., IL.
John A. Lynam [Parents] was born about 1842 in KY.. He married Hannah West on 19 Feb 1863 in Hancock Co., IN.
Listed as widower on the 1880 census of Greenfield, Hancock, IN living with mother and son
Union
Artillery
15th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
Hannah West was born in 1839. She died in 1876. She was buried in Philadelphia Cem., Hancock Co., IN. She married John A. Lynam on 19 Feb 1863 in Hancock Co., IN.
They had the following children:
F i Mollie Lynam was born about 1875 in IN.
William E. Custer was born in 1840 in IN. He died on 22 Jan 1912 in Greenfield, Hancock Co., IN. He was buried in Old Park Cem., Greenfield, IN. He married 1 Hester Ann Lynam on 8 Apr 1861 in Hancock Co., IN. William was employed as vet.
Hester Ann Lynam [Parents] was born about 1838 in KY. She died 1 on 20 Dec 1898 in Greenfield, Hancock Co., IN. She was buried in Old Park Cem., Greenfield, IN. She married 2 William E. Custer on 8 Apr 1861 in Hancock Co., IN.
Appears on the 1870 census with husband and first 3 children living at Center Township, P.O. Greenfield, Hancock Co., IN, p 349a.
Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
They had the following children:
M i Edward S. Custer was born on 27 Mar 1862. He died on 26 Sep 1935. M ii John R. Custer was born in Oct 1864. F iii Minnie Custer was born in 1869 in Hancock Co., IN. She died on 15 Sep 1870. F iv Fanny J. Custer was born about 1874. F v Ida L. Custer was born about 1876.