Note

Jarboe Family, Book 3 (Maquire)

(C. Avis Catalog entry #965)

Maquire, Mary Jo.  Detroit, MI:  M. Maquire, 1977

(DAR Library in DC has only Book 2; Dallas Central Library has Books 1 & 3)

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BENEDICT JARBOE (JS-6)

Like his older brother and sisters, Benedict was born in Kentucky. His baptismal record, naming his parents, is at Holy Mary in Calvary, Kentucky. He evidently died young because he is not among the household of Joshua Jarboe in the 1820 census.

JAMES JARBOE (JS-7)

Of all Joshua's children, it was James who was destined by time and circumstance to become the patriarch of the family. He was the senior member of the family, outliving his brother, Richard by many years. His land holdings were considerably more extensive than those of his brother and sisters - often more than 1/2 section. He served as security and administrator for family members.  He was Uncle Jimmy to the next two generations.

James was born in Kentucky and removed to Indiana with his family while still a schoolboy. He returned to Kentucky and married Matilda Avis in Nelson County. 

Matilda's father, John, was deceased at the time of her marriage, and her brother, Basil, was her bondsman. According to tax lists, the Avis' had only been in Nelson County a year. After James and Matilda married, they moved to Perry County.  Matilda's mother and brother, James, went with them. Mary Avis is buried at St. Augustine and James Avis was a livelong resident of Perry County and a next door neighbor of James and Matilda.

Although James owned many tracts of land, the home tract seems to have been in Section 17 and Section 18, Town 5 South, Range 2 West in Leopold Township. This corresponds to family stories that James and Benedict Jarboe (JS-23) lived next door to one another.

Family legend also explains why James had two sons named John. The elder John went down the river in a flatboat and never returned, they say. The family, certain that he drowned, named their next son John. The older boy is never found in Perry County records again, so presumably he did lose his life on the river.

No records have been found for James' daughter Ann at St. Augustine. The Ransoms apparently were not members of that church. However, at the death of Elisha Ransom, James served as executor and guardian for his estate. After her marriage to Archibald Little, she is found in the church records.

All of James' other children are proven by the church records.

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[Handwritten note added presumably by Mrs. Brown:

“James Jarboe m. Matilda Avis daughter of Mary 1832 Nelson Co., KY “]

[The original page also has a photo of the tombstone of James Jarboe. ]

Notes re Ross-Mooring marriage on back of picture of Frances Ross

(C. Avis Catalog entry #772)

This is a tintype taken of Frances Ross when she was sixteen.  Frances Ross and Charles Gray Mooring were married right after Charles Mooring returned from Virginia after Lee's surrender.  They were both in their teens.

Notes about Roberson children and grandchildren by Gladys Roberson Avis
(C. Avis Catalog entry #702)

Gladys' paternal grandparents were Sharp Roberson and Rebecca Kennedy (married in 1845 or 1846).  
Their children:
1. Richard
2. Blunt
3. Martin Bowers (b. 8-24-1859, d. 4-24-1934)
4. other female

Gladys' father Martin married Nancy Narcissa Herring (b. 8-28-1866, d. 10-14-1956) on 11-12-1885.
Their children:
1. Lawrence Clyde (b. 8-28-1886) married Elizabeth Waller in 1911?.  He later married Paulene Bridges. 
    Children with Paulene:
    a. Lawrence Clyde, Jr. who married Joyce Lynch
2. Harry Richard (b. 1888, d. 1959?) married Hazel Stearns (b. 1895?).  They lived in Durango, CO.
Their children:
    a. Jeanne
    b. Carolyn
3. Jennie Herring (b. 1890)
4. Gladys Broyles (b. 1893)
5. Zola Kennedy (b. 1895) married Reuben Hill Gracy (b. 1893?, d. 5-28-1968)
Their children:
    a. Nancy Ann married Bartlett Mann of San Angelo.
    Their children:
        i. Richard (dec.)
        ii. Sara Nancy (b. 1946 or 1947) married Keith Moore on 10-5-1968)
    b. Jeanne (b. 1916 or 1917) married Thomas W. Hopkins, Jr. of Houston, TX.
    Their children:
        i. Thomas
        ii. Nancy
6. Harold Martin (b. 1905, d. 1907)