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The WikiTree Challenge 2022 Challenge 8

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Date: 14 Apr 2022 to 21 Apr 2022
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WikiTree Challenge Week 8

Guest Star: Carolyn "CJ" (Cherry) Cherryh

Notes From Guest

CJ has graciously allowed us to research all ancestors. Please do not add the children of anyone at the grandparent level, even in the narrative, as they may be living. Thank you!
  • Yes, I do have a tree. It's on Ancestry.
  • Genealogy is a hobby for her. Her tree, once over in England, may be dicey as she didn't look up all the records for those ancestors.
  • Dad's mother, Georgia Scanlan is her problem. She is a total mystery to her. County names and lines changed. Some records aren't available. They were divorced twice and married once (in Texas). Once in Chickashay and once in Hobart, as something wasn't filed right and he wanted to remarry.
  • His parents ran cattle across what is Oklahoma, and dealt with the Creek nation. They may have had issues with Sam Houston (a difference of opinion) as the Cherokee and the Creek didn't get along. After a smallpox outbreak in the Creek nation, they settled down to town life. Her father was born to the first wife, Georgia Gertrude Scanlan, who disappeared. She may have remarried. Her funeral was in the 1930s. She would like to know about those missing years.
  • Louisianna Caroline Boone was living in Louisianna. Her father was Lafayette Boone. CJ has an ancestor Basil Scanlan, who may be the one that connects the two lines.
  • She has had her DNA tested, but not added me yet.
  • She is confident of the Tipton line, back through the Civil War. She has ancestors on either side of every US war.
  • Ethinicity: Mostly England and Northern Europe - UK (45%), Cherry line out of France, Scotland (21%), Ireland (18%) (Cherry line was there at one time. 'The King and Squire Cherry' ballad), Wales (10%), Sweden and Denmark (6%)
  • Oldest ancestor she knew: some were on the Cherry side, who were very elderly, but she doesn't remember names. Oldest she knew was Uncle Silas and his wife Molly. She never met any of the greats. They died about the 1920s.
  • Her parents are not living. She has one brother and a cousin living.
  • She knows the Boone's 'get around' but not sure if she is related to any other notable people. She may be related to Thomas Jefferson's wife.
  • Jane would like us to find a pirate.

Needs Work

Once all of the tasks have been done, please take them off the list. Thanks!!


Photographs

Note: Please check with your captain, Laura DeSpain, if there are any questions about the images being protected by copyright.
  • add image link here

FamilySearch Image Look-ups

  1. Pieter Jansen (VanDeventer) Van Deventer (1653-aft.1709) - Nederland
  2. Mary Susannah (Jones) Vandeventer (abt.1757-abt.1857) - England
  3. Thomas Norris (1608-1675) - England
  4. Elizabeth (Burwell) Garland Vaulx (bef.1621-1666) - England

Tell Us What You Found!!

Interesting Finds

List interesting finds to share with the guest at the end of the week
  • Henry Clay Vick Vick-1448 Was a POW Prisoner of War at Black River Bridge from 15 Jun 1863 to 17 May 1863. He fought on the side of the Confederates.
  • Henry Clay Vick Vick-1448 daughters Georgia Ann (Vick) Dollar Vick-1455 and Hattie Mae (Vick) Dollar Vick-1459 married brothers Madison Lafayette Dollar Dollar-1083 and Fred Thomas Dollar Dollar-1084.
  • William Beakley (bef.1791-1849), Carolyn's 4th great-grandfather, died in 1849 in Hickman County, Tennessee. Several of his children contested his Will. His probate file spanned 401 images.
  • Carolyn's first cousin twice removed Jennings M. Scantlen (1896-1985) murdered the man who had attempted to assault his younger sister in 1913. The jury deadlocked and he was apparently never convicted.
  • Great-grandfather J. L. Scantlen: In 1906 traveling correspondents used horse and buggy to gather the news of the region. W. O. Smith reported in The Mangum Star that J. L. Scantlen was among the successful farmers interested in a new cotton gin company being organized by the farmers of the area. The company hoped to raise $5,000 to put in a cotton gin with four stands in time for the 1906 season.
  • Great-grandfather John Scantlen's brother James M. Scantlen lost a barn full of feed to fire in the winter of 1905-1906. He decided to sell a variety of livestock. He also offered land to rent, lease, or sell on easy payments. Breeding stallions were Prince Colwood the Kentucky saddle-horse ($25 on insurance) and Captain Lowe the four-year-old Kentucky jack ($10 by insurance). The insurance must have been to insure that a foal was produced.
  • Same great-granduncle James Scantlen and his wife in 1907 named a son Haskell Scantlen after Charles Haskell, the editor of the New-State Tribune who was elected first state governor (after several territorial governors) of Oklahoma in November 1907. Haskell received a thankful birth announcement in the newspaper.
  • Carolyn's 3rd great grandfather Dr. Wright Berry Beakley (1816-1908) was married three times. After his first wife died, he married his son’s wife’s sister America Scantlen (1832-1916). After over 25 years of marriage, he divorced her to marry a much younger woman. America or one of her children got some revenge by noting on her tombstone that she was his wife and that “As she bore her cross, she wears her crown.”
  • Georgia Scantlen's brother Edgar Scantlen left home at age 16 on 1 October 1906 while his mother was away. She posted a notice in the newspaper on 1 November 1906 asking anyone who knew of him to write to her. By mid-November the notice was running in many newspapers around the state.
  • Carolyn's ancestor Isaac van Deventer (1697-1775) had a twin brother Abraham -- and these twins were baptized twice, once in 1697 and again in 1704. It seems that the record of the first baptism was thought to be lost, so they were baptized later to ensure that they would have a record.
  • Carolyn's 2nd great grandfatherThomas Duff's two sons were out plowing in 1868 and decided to swim in a creek. Later it was discovered that both had drowned.
  • Grandfather's first cousin, Edward Vandeventer (1867-1903) was killed while "dynamiting fish"
  • Carolyn's great grandfather William Tolbert Vandeventer and his wife were dazed by a lightning strike that killed their two cows.
  • 3rd Great Granduncle William Henry Chambers (1842-1879) fought for both sides in the US Civil War. He initially joined the Confederacy, but after he was taken prisoner by the Union, he agreed to join the 3rd US Volunteer Infantry in return for his release. He served the Union for about a year before being released from duty.
  • Carolyn's great grandfather's brother Archibald Tennessee Vandeventer was a "retired farmer and had been traveling for the past 10 years with his wife, visiting every state in the nation and appearing in news reels several times because he wore a suit of clothes made of 400 different kinds of cloth." Another article claimed the suit was made from 2,887 pieces of cloth.
  • Joseph Callaway Redmond son of son of Jason Monroe Redmond and Mary Vick, was run over and killed by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. He was sleeping at the side of the road with his wife and 10 children, The Family were enroute to California to see the sea. The common Ancestor is Samuel Vick. Carolyn and Joseph are first cousins three times removed.
  • Robert Franklin Vick had twin girls in 1913, he named them Oral Ruby and Opal Ruth. Robert was Carolyn's Greatx3 Uncle
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Free Space Pages

List of Free Space Pages created for or linked to members of this family.

Military Profiles

Did any of the guests' family serve in the military or military conflicts?
  • 2nd Great GrandfatherSylvester Tipton, Civil War, Union, Private; Co. B., 80th Regiment OVI, Entered service 1861 10 05 for 3 yrs. term., Died May 20, 1863, at Jackson, Miss., of wounds received May 14, 1863, in battle.
  • Emery "Emzy" Maxfield, Civil War, Union, Private, Waggoner 122nd Ohio Infantry Company G. Died as a POW near Richmond, Virginia.
  • George Washington Scantlen (2nd great-grandfather), Civil War, Confederate, Private Company E, 5th Arkansas Infantry
  • Francis Marion Scantlen (2nd great-granduncle), Civil War, Confederate, Private Company A, 7th Texas Cavalry Mounted Volunteers
  • 2nd Great-Grandfather Lafayette Boone (1834-1900) served as a Major in the Civil War for the Confederacy. According to an article about his burial, he was paralyzed by the explosion of a shell.
  • 3rd Great-Grandfather James Monroe Boone (1788-1856) served in the War of 1812.
  • 2nd GGF William Foley enlisted in the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry (Union) in 1863 to fight in the Civil War.
  • Joseph Ferrell Revolutionary War, records not found on Fold3 but he has a military tombstone.
  • 3rd Great Granduncle William Henry Chambers (1842-1879) fought for both sides in the US Civil War. He initially joined the Confederacy, but after he was taken prisoner by the Union, he agreed to join the 3rd US Volunteer Infantry in return for his release. He served the Union for about a year before being released from duty.
  • John S Tipton (1843-1924)served in the Civil War with the Indiana Volunteers.
  • Vick-1488 In 15 Feb 1862 Henry Clay Vick from Russellville, Arkansas enlisted as a Private in the Confederacy. He serve in First (Stirman's) Battalion, Cavalry, S-Y AND First State Cavalry, as well as Company F.
  • David Cherry and Francis Cherry Brothers of William P Cherry, Carolyn's great grandfather both enlisted 9th TEXAS INFANTRY MAXEY'S BRIGADE ROSTER
Cherry, David, age 27, born abt. 1834, Pvt., Co. C, enlisted 4 Oct 1861 at Sherman, Grayson Co., TX
Cherry, Francis M., age 30, born abt. 1831, 2nd Lt., Co. C, enlisted 4 Oct 1861 at Sherman, Grayson Co., TX


Ancestors

Brick Walls

Brick wall ancestors will be added mid-week by Mindy and Laura DeSpain. Please don’t add profiles to this list. Thank you!

Paternal Brick Walls

  1. Anne Jamieson (1773-1832)
  2. Louisianna Carolina (Boone) Cherry (1850-1920) This one may not be solved this week.
  3. William Scantling (abt.1770-aft.1850)
  4. Drucilla (Neil) Vick (1790-)

Maternal Brick Walls

  1. Rebecca (Morton) Vandeventer (1814-1900)
  2. Thomas Duff (1795-aft.1870)
  3. Nancy (Steward) Tipton (abt.1822-1888)
  4. Emory Maxfield (abt.1807-1863)

Resources

General WT Resources

  • Editing Tips This page shows basic markup that can be used on WikiTree profiles and Space pages. Please remember not to use tables on Challenge profiles.
  • Example Challenge Profiles This is a guideline on how the profiles can look.
  • WikiTree AGC This addon is to clean up gedcom 'clutter' once we've connected to existing profiles. It is awesome at cleaning up the gedcoms and putting the source information together.
  • WikiTree BEE This addon is great for a lot of things, but the main help for the Challenge is the 'auto-bio' button that it puts on the profiles. This will give you basic narrative you can add to.

England

  • English Roots Sticker {{England Sticker}} (See their sticker page for more specific locations)

France

Germany

  • German Roots Sticker {{German Roots Sticker}}

Ireland

  • Tip: The census records are a good start, and you should be able to find images of all the birth records for each child on irishgenealogy. They have exact birth date, places, fathers Occupation, and mother’s maiden names. Once you get that, you can search for the marriage of the parents, and that gives their fathers names. The civil records are great, but only go back to 1864 for births, a bit earlier for marriages.

Nederland

  • Dutch Roots Template {{Dutch Roots|year=1699}} (use their birth year). Only for Dutch Roots project profiles.
For Project Managed profiles please contact the Dutch Roots Project
For non-project profiles:
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Scotland

  • Scottish Roots Sticker {{Scotland Sticker}}

United States

North Carolina
South Carolina Resources
  • Migrating ancestor:
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Flags
Virginia
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Anadarko Townsite, Oklahoma Territory
Anadarko Townsite, Oklahoma Territory
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