Family Group Sheets for B.J.'s daughter Cathleen "Corintha" Melvina Quillin

Many genealogists confuse Cathleen's situation, and many trees reflect incorrect information. I have FIRSTHAND CORRECT KNOWLEDGE of this daughter from her illegitimate son, B. M. Quillin. He was a loving kind man that was raised by B.J. and Polly Quillin. (see my earlier tribute to B.M.) They are the ones that gave B. M. the Quillin name. Since Cathleen's first two children lived with B.J., many people think they are B.J.'s biological children. Cathleen did later marry a man named Thomas Bagby. Therefore, there are two group sheets for Cathleen. 

Pedigree Chart for my Great Great Grandfather Ira D. Quillin

 I'm a descendant of Ira's son, Beverly Johnson Quillin. 

Family group for B.J.'s daughter, Margaret "Maggie" Edna Quillin

 Maggie and Joel Moses had 10 children. My folks often referred to them fondly as 'the Moses Clan'. They lived for a while in B.J.'s hotel in 1910 in Haskell, Texas. After the Moses clan moved to Pampa, Texas, in the 1930s, Daddy (Truman B Quillin, Sr.) and his dad (Paul Bryan Quillin) lived with them for a while in order to find work. It was a happy time for Daddy as he remembers the "pickin' and grinin'" as people would gather on the Moses's porch to sing and pick guitars. Daddy remembers Bob Wills joining them on occasion. There are so many members of the family that the group sheet had to condense in size to print. I apologize for the blurred image. 

Family Group Sheet Beverly Johnson Quillin

At this point, I have worked my way through my 4 great grandparents. I'm sure there will be additional pieces of their history that I will find and will certainly post more about them, as I have amassed a huge amount of information in my genealogy files. But for now, I will begin again at the top of my pedigree chart with Ira D. Quillin. 

Before I leave Beverly Johnson Quillin, I will post several family group sheets for his family.

The Enlightenment

 The American Tradition in Literature Vol. 1  4^th ed.  By Bradley, Beatty, Long, Perkins, 1974.

A growing sense of unity and independence characterized the second great period of American cultural history, beginning about 1725.  Politically, this spirit encouraged the growth of a loose confederation, disturbed by the British colonial wars on the frontier and by “intolerable’ British trade and taxation policies.  Eventually, this produced the Revolution.  The Enlightenment and rational thinking infused the minds and acts of American leaders.   Earlier religious mysticisms, local in character, were now overlaid by larger concerns for the general toleration, civil rights, and a more comprehensive democracy in government.  The last member of the Puritan hierarchy, Cotton Mather, had met fundamental and final opposition.  The secular spirit, the immigration of a new population, and the development of enterprise and commerce doomed the Puritan commonwealth, even if the Puritans themselves had not outgrown it. 

The Age of Reason manifested a rational concept of man in his relations with nature and God, suggested the extension of principles and equality and social justice, and encouraged the belief that man might assume greater control of nature without offending God.

Middle Colonies

 

The American Tradition in Literature Vol. 1  4^th ed.  By Bradley, Beatty, Long, Perkins, 1974.

The seed of American toleration was produced here in the melting pot of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.  The Dutch, Swedes, Germans, French-Huguenot refugees and the Jewish merchants settled here.  Of all the colonies, the middle colonies enjoyed the best geographical location, easy access with the great inland waterways.  By 1750, the Quaker city of Philadelphia had become the unofficial colonial capital.   Their basic conditions and ideas were important aspects for building our national character and framing a democratic government.  These people were from the humbler ranks of the English middle classes – artisans, tradesman, farmers- and their leader, William Penn was one of the best-trained men in the colonies and one of the greatest.  The early Quakers’ were fundamentally closer to Luther’s theology than to Calvin’s.  It was less concerned with the original depravity of man than with the abounding grace of God.  William Penn exercised great powers by writing his famous “Frame of Government” which ordained a free commonwealth, bestowing wide privileges of self-government upon the people.  Like the Puritans, the Quakers provided education: Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia (King’s College), Rutgers (Queen’s College).  The energy of these mixed cultures fostered the development of science and medicine, technical enterprise and commerce, journalism and government.  Penn made the first proposal for a union of the colonies. 

My Recollections of Mama & Papa (part 2)

 

The Garden Plow like Papa would use for his massive garden.

My Daddy- Truman Quillen Sr.   Mama-Ella Vermell King   Papa-Charles Franklin McNair

 In 1990, I returned home (Vernon) so that Daddy could drive me around the county to revisit all of the old homesteads. On our visit to Lockett, the Baptist Church was still standing strong, but the little green brick house was abandoned and mostly in a dilapidated state.  It was actually open and we were able to peak in. There was an old wooden chair that I picked up and brought home, but there is no certainty that it belonged to Mama and Papa. It is identical to another chair that I have that I am certain belonged to Papa.  Daddy explained to me that somewhere in the time frame of 1923, he and Papa built two homes, one on the farmland east of town (that mother and daddy moved into) and the other was the little green house in Lockett where Mama and Papa lived. This makes sense because Papa listed his profession in 1910 as a carpenter. Daddy explained how they even made the bricks (and sun dried them) that were used on the exterior walls. Papa did the framing.

 Stories that I heard about them that I remember most:

 When my grandmother (Ava) gave birth to her first child, Jo, it was a difficult labor. Jo was stuck in the birth canal. It was a home birth, and when Jo finally made her way into the world, all hope was given up that she would live through the night. Ella stayed up all night extracting mucus/debris from Jo’s airways. Jo survived, though she was deformed from being in the birth canal too long. I was blessed to grow up knowing Jo as I learned how to see her as a person, rather than seeing her as a deformed person.

 Papa was always dedicated to preaching the gospel. He was a ‘hell, fire and brimstone’ preacher. I was able to secure some of his thoughts in letters that he wrote to his son and grandson. I have pictures of him baptizing people in the river.

 Mama and Papa were the ones that took in Mother’s (Carolita Jones Quillin) family,  (J.C. Jones and Ava and FIVE children) when their home was destroyed by fire. They had nothing but the shirts on their backs, and Mama and Papa took them and bought clothes and shoes.  They provided shelter for the Jones family until J.C. could secure another dwelling.

 Possession from Mama and Papa that I have – bible, Hull vase, iron skillet