F. S. Ewing Censuses

1880

 F.S. Ewing, age 11, was listed as a son of James H Ewing in Montgomery County, Arkansas on line 31.  John and Martha Ewing are living nearby. There are several McKinley families next door.  Frederick Short Ewing eventually married for a second time to Mary Short McKinley after his first wife Emma Frances Woodall died in 1910. 

1900

Frederick Short Ewing and Emma Frances are found in

Caney Township, Montgomery County Arkansas

line 79-82 with two daughters, Ludie and Ula.

1910

F. S. Ewing and Emma F are listed on lines 11-18. They have 6 children, including my grandmother Murphy "Mephia". Emma died later that year and F.S. remarried to Mary Loren "Short" McKinley. 

Record of Birth - B.J. Quillin

 Register of Births

in the District of Charles Addington

Commissioner of the Revenue for the

4th District of Scott County Virginia

during the year ending on 31 Dec 1853

On line 26, Ira D Quillin gave the information about the birth of a son, Beverly J Quillin. They were living in Fowlers Branch and B.J.'s mother is listed as Edney E Quillin.

Daddy and His Siblings

Paul Bryan Quillin

with Francelle, Truman Bryan, Billye Merle

Merphia Hart nee Ewing,Quillin

with Francelle, Truman, Bobby Carver, Billye Merle, Merphia

 

Oscar Hart's 1939 Pontiac

 These pictures were sent to my daddy when he was overseas during WWII. They must have been very proud of this vehicle. 

Granny Hart (Merphia Hart nee Ewing)

          

 

Billye Merle Quillin 

 

Daddy, Truman Quillin Sr, back home on leave.

Granny Hart

Oscar and Merphia Hart

 I always knew my daddy's mother as Granny Hart. She was born in 1901 as Merphia Ewing. Merphia married Paul Bryan Quillin in 1919. They had 3 children, one of whom was my daddy, Truman Bryan Quillin, Sr. 

Merphia and Paul divorced in 1940, and she remarried to Oscar Clifton Hart in 1941. Paul Bryan Quillin passed away in 1957. I was born in 1956 so I never knew my grandfather. I always associated Granny Hart with her second husband, Oscar. 

Granny and Oscar didn't live far from us in Vernon, Texas, and that was a place that Mother allowed me to ride my bike to go see them. I was a thrilled to be independent at 8 years old. I loved spending the mornings with Granny. Oscar built me a rabbit hutch, and I rode my bike nearly every day during that process. 

Granny was a special lady. She had a big heart and she gave great bear hugs. I remember her making me chocolate cakes from scratch. It was such a treat and it seemed to please her that I loved these cakes. It is welded in my memory the day that Granny wanted to give me some pottery that she had purchased in Mexico. She was a large lady and she climbed up on the kitchen countertop to retrieve the dishes from the overhead cabinet.  I was horrified when she began to lose balance and I knew perfectly well what was about to happen. I was a tiny child, smaller that most, and there was no way that I could try to keep this from happening. And sure enough, she fell backwards, hitting her head on the kitchen table. She was out cold. I felt so guilty that I couldn't help her. In remembering that fall, I see it in slow motion. I ran next door to get help from the neighbors whom I knew very well. They were able to quickly revive Granny. There were no broken bones, and when they determined that she was okay (which was a miracle), I don't remember much after that.  Later on, though, someone DID get the pottery down, and it was given to me. 

I remember Oscar sitting me down in the living room near the record player and pulling out the old 78 rpm record of "One Day A Time, Sweet Jesus." We would listen to it multiple times. I never knew quite what the reason was at the time, but now as an adult, I can only imagine what he was hoping that I might learn from that song. 

Paul Bryan and Merphia Quillin

1920 Census

Paul Bryan Quillin and his wife Merphia "Ewing" are living in Seymour, Texas. They are found on lines 6-10.  Living with them is Ludie Montgomery and her two young sons. It says that Ludie is a widow, but I believe that her first husband, John Bunyan Montgomery, died in California in 1966. Ludie was probably separated from John and in the process of a divorce. 

Census Frederick Short Ewing Family in 1910

Frederick Short Ewing and Emma F in the 1910 Census. My grandmother Murphy Ewing is listed on line 21. 

 Year: 1910; Census Place: Caney, Montgomery, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .lines 17 -24

Paul Bryan Quillin and Merphia Ewing Group Sheet

 

Merphia Ewing Quillin Hart - Final Resting Place

 Merphia E. (1901-1985) and Oscar C. (1893-1974) Hart were buried in Wilbarger Memorial Park Cemetery just west of Vernon, Texas. 

Paintings by Merphia Ewing Quillin Hart

 

This painting was from a slide picture that my daddy took in Colorado. Mother and Daddy vacationed in Colorado for quite a few years when I was a child. This was Mother's favorite scene, and Granny painted it for her. Mother had it framed and it hung in my childhood home for as long as I remember.

It is now hanging on the wall of my Possum Kingdom lake cabin. 

This painting was a still life which Granny gave to Mother and Daddy. When Mother moved to Abilene in the early 1980s, Mother hung it in a spare bedroom and used it to decorate the room with a rose theme. When Mother passed away in 2007, I took it to the Possum Kingdom lake home. 

Merphia Ewing

 My grandmother, Merphia Ewing, was born in 1901.  There is/was some confusion about her name. We called her Murphy. Her delayed birth certificate reads "Annie Murphy Ewing". Her headstone and other records list her as "Merphia Emma."  She was an artist and signed her paintings as "Merphia." I will refer to her as she signed her paintings....Merphia. She was my daddy's mother. 

She married Paul Bryan Quillin in 1919 and divorced him before 1940. She remarried Oscar Clifton Hart. I called her Granny, and many times, she was referred to as "Granny Hart." 

Delayed Birth Certificate of Merphia Ewing

 Frederick Short "F.S." Ewing, Merphia's father, gave the information for this delayed birth certificate. F.S. has been a bit hard to find personal information on. He seemed to be a bit of a drifter.  

This information was given in 1953. Frederick Short Ewing would have been about 83 years old. When F.S. died in 1962, he was living in an infirmary, so I'm not sure how accurate his information would be.  

Unfortunately, I believe that this delayed birth certificate led to confusion about my grandmother's name. I had always wondered why sometimes she was referred to as Murphy, or Annie Muphy, or Merphia Emma, or Merphia, so forth and so on.

I have decided to go with the name of Merphia. She was an artist, and she always signed her paintings as "Merphia." 

Mattie Bell "Bridges" Jones Death Certificate

The death certificate of Mattie Bell Jones is found in Taylor County, Texas. Mattie Bell had always lived next door to my grandfather, J.C. Jones. My grandmother, Ava "McNair" Jones had always taken care of Mattie Bell. During the last year of Mattie's life, her daughter Lucy, moved her to a nursing home in Abilene, Texas, where Mattie died in 1971. Therefore, the informant is Lucy Day. She gave the names of Mattie's parents as William E. Bridges and Harriet A Springfield.  This has caused me some complications in my research, as MOST all family trees have the father as William L. Bridges. Could Lucy have made an error...most likely. Could the registrar have made an error...maybe. I feel, though, that Mattie's father should have been listed as William L. Bridges. 

Mattie Bell Bridges 1880 Census

 Mattie Bell "Bridges" Jones at age 2 is found in the 1880 U.S. Census, line 9-15. She is listed with her parents, William and Harriet Bridges. They are living in Whitfield County, Georgia. 

Family Group Sheet for Martin Harmon and Mattie Bell Jones

 

Beverly Johnson (B.J.) Quillin History Sheet

 

History Sheet

Beverly Johnson Quillin

Source: B.M Quillin

Date: 1990   Recorded by Nancy Quillin Long

 

B.J. often claimed a background of Scot-Irish and Black Dutch.  According to B.M. Quillin, “Beverly Johnson Quillin was a kind and gentle man.”  Buster (B.M.) was raised by his grandparents, B.J. and Polly.

 

B.J. was born in Lee Co. Virginia, now Scott County.  Later in Lee County, he worked as a wagon master carrying freight by horse and wagon.  On a trip through VA down to Bristol, Tenn., B.J. spotted a pretty girl of about 18 or 19 years of age who had platinum blonde hair.  Her name was Polly Ann Sprowls, and he knew right away that he wanted to marry her.  It appears as though they ran away together to Texas to get married.  They arrived in Texas in the early 1880’s by train and were married in Leonard, Texas.

 

Shortly after B.J. and Polly arrived in Leonard, Texas, Polly’s mother, Millie Wright (known as Grandma Sprowls), came to live with them.  Millie had been alone for quite some time because her husband had deserted her in Tenn., hence the decision to move to Texas.  Her sons (Polly’s brothers), Sam and Jim Sprowls, also moved to Leonard, Texas.  Sam died in Leonard, but Jim finally settled in Seymour, Texas, and married a lady name Kara.  Millie died and was buried in Leonard, Texas.

 

B.J. never owned any property in Leonard, but he worked a hay meadow and bailed hay on property that he rented from a man in New York.  He was also the deputy sheriff/city marshal in Leonard.  All of his children were born in Leonard.  He suffered from severe hay fever so Grandpa Moses convinced him to move to Little Rock or Hot Springs, Arkansas.

 

In 1904 when B.J’s youngest child, Opal, was one year old, B.J. moved his family to Hot Springs, Ark.  There he tried raising cattle, but rustlers continued to steal his cattle so his life as a cattleman was short lived.

 

B.J. decided to move his family to Clyde, Texas, Callahan County, and there he farmed a piece of land for a short while until he moved to Haskell, Texas.  In Haskell, B.J. operated and managed a hotel.

 

In 1910, B.J. moved his family to Seymour, Texas, and continued living there until his death in 1936.  Only for a short time did he move to Peoni, Oklahoma to pick cotton.   But Seymour was where he settled and worked as a night watchman.  Both B.J. and Polly were buried in the Seymour cemetery.

Sources for Beverly Johnson Quillin

 

Sources Report:  Beverly Johnson Quillin           Compiled by Nancy Quillin Long

                                                                                  Dec. 2013

 

1860 United States Federal Census.  “Beverly J Quillin.” (Scott, Virginia, 1860)            Roll: M653_1376; Page: 231; Image: 239; Family History Library            Film: 805376.<ancestry.com>accessed 2011.

 1870 United States Federal Census. “Beverly J Quillin.” (Fulkerson, Sceott, Virginia)             Roll: M593_1677; Page: 536A; Image: 465; Family History Library             Film: 553176. <ancestry.com>accessed 2011.

 1900 United States Federal Census. “Beverly Quillin.” (Leonard, Fannin, Texas)             Roll: 1633; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0066; FHL microfilm: 1241633.             <ancestry.com>accessed 2011.

 1910 United States Federal Census. “B J Quillin.” (Haskell, Haskell, Texas)             Roll: T624_1562; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL             microfilm: 1375575. <ancestry.com> accessed 2011.

 1920 United States Federal Census. “Beverley Quillin.” (Seymour, Baylor, Texas)             Roll: T625_1774; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 618.             <ancestry.com> accessed 2011.

1930 United States Federal Census. “Beverly J Quillin.” (Seymour, Baylor, Texas)             Roll: 2289; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 82.0; FHL             microfilm: 2342023. <ancestry.com> accessed 2011

 MacQuillin, Claude. The Quillin (MacQuillin) Family: the MacQuillins in Ireland and             The Quillins in America. Compiled by Milligan Wood Quillen and Mary Kinser             Brown.  Published by The Quillin Clan: Gate City, Virginia, 1961. Reprinted             1987. “Truman Bryan Quillin” pp. 133-135.

 Quillin, B. M.  Personal interview.  1990.

 Quillin, Carolita.  Personal interview.  2000.

 Quillin, Truman Bryan Quillin Sr. Personal interview. 1990.

 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. “B. J. Quillian.” (Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of             Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.) <ancestry.com> accessed 2011.

 

50th Wedding Anniversary of Martin and Mattie Jones

 

Above: Double Cousins Left to right:

Martin Harmon Jones, Mattie Belle Bridges, 

Hugh Springfield Bridges, Nancy Jane Jones. 

Martin and Nancy were siblings.

Mattie and Hugh Springfield were siblings.

Mattie and Martin Harmon with the children.

Left to right: Hugh, Mattie, George, Martin Harmon, Albert, Joe Carroll

Hugh Springfield Bridges

Left to right: Lucy Katherine Jones Day, Martin Harmon Jones, Mattie Bell Bridges Jones

THE IN-LAWS

Left to right:

Joicy Pigg Jones, Ava Ella McNair Jones, Bertha Birdsong Jones, Dono Day

Sources for Martin Harmon Jones

 

Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi:  accessed 4 Feb 2013.

 Interview. "Carolita Jones." 1995.

 Interview. "Martin Frank Jones." 12 Feb 2013.

 1880 United States Federal Census. "Martin H. Jones." (Columbia, Shelby, Alabama, 1880) Roll:      31; Family History Film: 1256031; Page 162D; Enumeration District: 122; Image 0011         <Ancestry.com> accessed 2010.

 1900 United States Federal Census.  "Martin H. Jones." (Justice Precinct 8, Collin, Texas, 1900)   Roll: 1621; Page 17A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1241621.         <Ancestry.com> accessed 2004.

 1910 United States Federal Census.  "Martin F. Jones." (Justice Precinct 2, Foard, Texas, 1910)   Roll: T624_1551; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1375564.   <Ancestry.com> accessed 2006.

 1920 United States Federal Census.  "Martin H. Jones."  (Justice Precinct 2, Foard, Texas, 1920)   Roll: T625_1804; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 88; Image 74. <Ancestry.com>         accessed 2010.

 1930 United States Federal Census.  "Martin H. Jones." (Precinct 6, Foard, Texas, 1930) Roll:      2333; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 135.0; FHL microfilm: 2342067.   <Ancestry.com> accessed 2002.

 1940 United States Federal Census.  "Martin Harmon Jones." (Foard, Texas, 1940) Roll:    T627_4033; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 78-2. <Ancestry.com> accessed 2012.

 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. (Austin, Texas: Texas Department of Health, 1903-2000)   <Ancestry.com> accessed 2006.

 Texas Death Certificates. "Martin Harmon Jones." (iArchives, Orem, Utah, 1903-1982) Texas    Department of State Health Services. <Ancestry.com> accessed 2013.

 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. "Martin Harmon Jones." (Washington   D.C.: National Archives & Records Administration) M1509; 4582 rolls; Imaged from      Family History Library microfilm. <Ancestry.com> accessed 2014.

Sources for Mattie Bell Bridges Jones

 1880 United States Federal Census. “Mattie Bell Bridges.”  (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia,

1880) Roll: 171; Family History Film: 1254171; Page:82B; Enumeration District:195; Image: 0674. <Ancestry.com> accessed 6 April 2013.

 

1900 United States Federal Census. “Mattie Bell Jones.” (Justice Precinct 8,

Collin,Texas, 1900) Roll:1621; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0023; Family History Film: 1241621. <Ancestry.com> accessed 6 April 2013.

 

1910 United States Federal Census.  “Mattie Bell Jones.” (Justice Precinct 2, Foard,

Texas, 1910) Roll: T624_1551; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0110; Family History Film Microfilm: 1375564. <Ancestry.com> accessed 6 April 2013.

 

1920 United States Federal Census.  “Mattie Bell Jones.” (Justice Precinct 2, Foard,

Texas, 1920).  Roll: T625_1804; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 88; Image: 74. <Ancestry.com> accessed 6 April 2013.

 

1930 United States Federal Census.  “Mattie Bell Jones.” ( Precinct 6, Foard, Texas,

1930). Roll: 2333; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 135.0; FHL microfilm: 2342067. <Ancestry.com> accessed 6 April 2013.

 

1940 United States Federal Census.  “Mattie Bell Jones.” (Foard, Texas,

1940). Roll: T627_4033; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 78-2. <Ancestry.com> accessed 6 April 2013.

 

Social security Death Indes.  “Mattie Bell Jones.”  (Texas: Social Security

Administration, 1965). <Ancestry.com> accessed 6 April 2013.

 

Texas Death Indes, 1903-2000.  “Mattie Jones.” (Texas: Texas Department of Health,

2006). <Ancestry.com> 6 April 2013.

 

Harris, Linda L. “Card-Kenfield-Ludlow-Harris Connection.”  Rootsweb’s World

Connect Project; 2 March 2007.  http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=llh&id=I17472 .  accessed Feb 2013.

 

Interview. "Carolita Jones Quillin."  2003.