Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485321635:1030:191555462
• _UID: 6FA456FB225E4227A157C460EADF0DFA39CE
• Census: 2 May 1910, Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 7 Feb 1920, Osage, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  Bigheart Township
• Census: 7 Apr 1930, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 9 Apr 1940, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
• Military: 15 Feb 1942, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; registered for the draft
• Residence: Sep 1963, Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States

Notes:

Seems that while his father was called Shipplett on his marriage record, all others say Shifflett

Birth:
Also seen as 1902.

Census:
He is enumerated as Edker Shifflett in 1910

Residence:
noted in his father's obituary.

Died:
Galveston, TX, Sat, Jul. 14, 1984
LOUIS EDGAR SHIFFLETT
ANGLETON - Services for Louis Edgar Shifflett, 82, a retired operator, will be at 2 p.m. today at James Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque, the Rev. Paul H. Corner officiating. Burial will be at Forest Park East Cemetery in League City. Mr. Shifflett died Thursday at Danbury Angleton Memorial Hospital in Angleton. He was born on July 5, 1902, in Rudy, Ark. He was a retired operator at Operating Engineers Local 450 of Texas. He lived in Angleton for the past three years and had previously lived In Texas City for 2 years. Survivors include his daughter. Mrs. Irene Crisp of Angleton; six sons, George Oliver Shifflett of New Orleans, R. L. "Bob® Shifflett and Charles H. Shifflett, both of Texas City, Glen E. Shifflett of La Marque, John Dale Shifflett of Alta Lorna, and Jerry Don Shifflett of Santa Fe: 19 grandchildren: and numerous great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Robert McDougle, Johnny McDougle, David McDougle. Rodney Crisp, Darrel Shifflett and Billy Don Bates. Visitors may call at the funeral home after 1 p. m. today.

Louis married Mary Abbiegale Goldsmith in 1923. Mary was born on 5 Jul 1903 in Sara, Indian Territory, United States; died on 5 Jun 1975 in Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States; was buried in Webster, Harris, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Oliver Shifflett was born on 4 Dec 1923 in Oklahoma, United States; died on 28 Jun 1995 in Metarie, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States; was buried in Bedico, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States.
2. Robert Louis Shifflett was born on 17 Jul 1925 in Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; died on 7 Oct 2004 in Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States; was buried in Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, United States.
3. Charles Henry Shifflett was born on 5 Jun 1927 in Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; died on 24 Mar 2012 in Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States; was buried in Webster, Harris, Texas, United States.
4. Mary Louise Shifflett was born on 31 Jul 1929 in Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; died on 29 Aug 1975 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States; was buried on 1 Sep 1975 in Webster, Harris, Texas, United States.
5. Irene Shifflett
6. Glen E. Shifflett
7. John Dale Shifflett was born on 23 Jun 1939 in Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; died on 14 Aug 2014 in Webster, Harris, Texas, United States; was buried in Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, United States.
8. Jerry Don Shifflett was born on 1 May 1949 in Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States; died on 8 Jun 2008 in Texas, United States; was buried in Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, United States.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485319575:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: KLN4-VB7
• _UID: DCE5421DFAE14892AFD4CDF1832E221C0552
• Census: 2 May 1910, Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Avant, Osage, Oklahoma, United States; registered for the WWI draft
• Census: 7 Feb 1920, Osage, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  Bigheart Township
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, Creek Township, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 22 Apr 1940, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
• Military: 25 Apr 1942, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; registered for the draft during WWII
• Census: 4 Apr 1950, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  517 E. 4th
• Residence: Sep 1963, Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States

Notes:

George has been listed as Shipplett, Shiflett, Shifflett.

Birth:
In the 1920 census, he was listed as 39 years old, which would give a birth year of 1881.

Census:
In 1910, he is recorded as John Geo Shifflett

Census:
In 1940, he is recorded as George Shifflett

Died:
Survivors include one son, Louis E. Shifflett, Texas City, eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and eight nieces.

George married Minnie Zarada Dickson on 18 May 1902 in Crawford, Arkansas, United States. Minnie (daughter of John H. Dickson and Martha A. Taylor) was born on 12 Nov 1879 in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; died on 20 Aug 1961 in Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; was buried in Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485316523:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: KLN4-VB3
• _UID: 862A879E69034689BE8038DEC79D6DC6FB81
• Census: 25 Jun 1880, Bridge Bend Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Oliver Springs Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 2 May 1910, Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 7 Feb 1920, Osage, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  Bigheart Township
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, Creek Township, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 22 Apr 1940, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: 18 Feb 1942, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 4 Apr 1950, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  517 E. 4th
• Residence: 1961, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

This Minnie and Minnie Jones may be confused, especially since Granddad says Minnie Jones married a Shipplett.

According to Crawford Co., AR Marriage Book G, Minnie Dickson, age 22, married George W. Shipplett, age 22, on 18 May 1902. The marriage was solemnized by W.C. Gentry, J.P.

Birth:
Census says October, delayed birth certificate says November.

To add more confusion, the birth certificate says John was 32 at the time of her birth, when it appears he was more like 43. It says Martha / Susie was 29, which seems

Her obituary says she was born in 1877.

Census:
The 1910 census records that George and Minnie have been married 8 years and she has had just one child.

Census:
In the 1930 Census, Minnie reports that her father was born in Kansas and her mother born in Alabama. Her mother (Martha) reports that she and both her parents were born in Alabama.

Census:
Minnie's half-sister Addi Mullen is living on the same property, presumably in a home in the back yard, with her daughter Geneva.

Died:
inferred from obituary of her husband

Notes:

Married:
Obituary says they married in 1901.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485316491:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: LHSH-ZQS
• _UID: BFC7D85D37CF4013B899996389B57E5C79D5
• Census: 5 Sep 1850, Marengo, Alabama, United States
• Census: 4 Aug 1860, Leake, Mississippi, United States
• Military: 21 Mar 1862, Carthage, Leake, Mississippi, United States; mustered into Co. F, 33rd Mississippi Infantry, CSA
• Military: 10 Jul 1863, Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; Absent, sick in the hospital; Address:
  Lorings Division Hospital
• Military: Sep 1863, Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; returned to service from hospital stay; Address:
  Lorings Division Hospital
• Military: 31 Oct 1863; promoted to Corporal, Co. F, 33rd Mississippi Infantry
• Military: 21 Apr 1864, Demopolis, Marengo, Alabama, United States; rejoins his unit, demoted to Private
• Military: Jul 1864; listed as 2nd Corporal
• Military: 31 Dec 1864; promoted to 4th Sergeant
• Military: 26 Apr 1865; paroled at the end of the Civil War as 3rd Sergeant, Co F, 33rd Mississippi Infantry
• Census: 16 Aug 1870, Desoto, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 25 Jun 1880, Bridge Bend Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States
• Occupation: 25 Jun 1880, Bridge Bend Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States; farmer

Notes:

We know very little about John H. Dickson. In the 1880 US Census, he reports that his father was from Tennessee and his mother was from Virginia. By the 1900 US Census, we find his family in the household of Jack A. Jones in Arkansas. From this, we can deduce that he died sometime between 1880 and 1900, most probably before 1889, based on the ages of the children of Jack A. Jones and his wife.

According to Eric Beard, John H. Dickson was the son of David and Elisa Dickson. This family lived in Talladega, AL at the time of John's birth, later moving to Leake Co., MS. At some point, John's sister Mary E. Dickson and her husband Lorenzo Dow Williams, along with John's brother William, moved from Leake Co., to Desoto Co., MS. It seems likely that John must have joined them there.

While many deeds are recorded during this time in Desoto and Tate Co.,MS, for William Dickson, the only records of John Dickson in Desoto Co., MS are a marriage record for J.H. Dickson to Martha A. Taylor and a mention in the 1873 tax assessment. In the 1880 US Census, John's wife is in fact recorded as Martha A. Dickson, so this appears to be the correct marriage record. However, no Taylor family has yet been found to place Martha in a family.

The 1873 tax assessment of Desoto Co, MS shows J.H. Dickson owning 80 acres.

The 1880 census of Prairie Co, AR shows him and his family. It shows his mother as from VA and his dad from TN. The 1890 census is lost, but 1900 shows his wife(?) and his children in the home of Jack A.Jones in Sebastian Co. From this, we can guess that he died around 1889.

While no family for Martha Taylor has been found, the 1870 US Census of Desoto Co., MS includes a family of William Taylor. Enumerated with this family is a J. Dickson, age 21. No Martha is in this family, however. Assuming that John is part of the family of David Dixon, in 1870, he is enumerated with his parents.

According to Rhonda Dickson, wife of David Noyle Dickson, grandson of Cecil Dickson, John Dickson married Martha Taylor. They knew this as factual, so the marriage records found in MS are the right ones.

MARRIAGE: IGI M516483, 1051 Need better Marriage Record.

I believe John served in the Confederacy - 33rd Miss Inf., enlisted in Carthage

Records in Crawford county are sketchy at best. There are limited probate indexes and even fewer actual records. No deeds to speak of. Limited tax records.

Birth:
Eric Williams reports John H. Dickson's birth as 1838.

Military:
I am confident that this John Dickson is the one in Co. F. Co. F of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry was organized in Carthage, Leake Co., Mississippi. John was enumerated in the 1860 Census in this county, where Carthage was the county seat. I have not found any other John Dickson in the county.

http://www.angelfire.com/ms3/davidg33/rosters.htm
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CMS0033RI

Military:
While in the hospital, John was assigned extra duty as a nurse.

Military:
Service card says that John rejoined his unit after desertion, losing several cartridges to his rifle along the way. He is demoted to Pvt from Cpl.

Died:
I have always thought that John had to have died by 1889 because his wife remarried to Jack A. Jones in 1890. However, he appears in the 1892 list of voters who have paid the poll tax. If he paid a poll tax in 1892, he had to be alive.

That means that perhaps there was a divorce between him and Martha.

Or the record of the voter list is wrong.

So, for now, I will note the new death date, but consider that he may have died before 1890.

John married Martha A. Taylor on 12 Sep 1872 in Desoto, Mississippi, United States. Martha was born in Sep 1858 in Alabama, United States; died on 11 Sep 1931 in Creek, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Susan Taylor
• _AMTID: 162485319865:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 948K-3WX
• _UID: CE8A7B7706014AC6B25F3A82C902488ECF3F
• Census: 25 Jun 1880, Bridge Bend Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Oliver Springs Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 23 Apr 1910, Oliver Springs Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 7 Feb 1920, Osage, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  Bigheart Township
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, Creek Township, Creek, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

Martha remains a mystery. While a marriage record for a J.H. Dickson to Martha A. Taylor exists in Desoto Co., MS in 1873, no other Taylor information has been found. In 1870, a J. Dickson appears to be enumerated with a Wm. Taylor family in Desoto Co. But no Martha is in that family.

In the 1880 Prairie Co., AR census, Martha and John Dickson are enumerated. However, after that, Martha's name gets difficult to trace. She is enumerated with Jack A. Jones in 1900, but the name given is Emma. Maybe that's M. A. One of her step-daughters was named Emma, as well. However, in the marriage return for her marriage to Jack Jones, she is listed as Mrs. Sue Dickson.

MARRIAGE: IGI M516843, 1051

Though I found her in the 1880 census for sure, I'm not certain about 1900. I found the household of Jack A. Jones, her second husband, as well as her children in this household. But, in 1880, she is listed as Martha A. and in 1900 she is listed as Emma S. The length of the marriage is such, though that I think this must be the same person.Her father and mother are reported from GA in 1900. 1900 census lists her birthdate as Sept. 1858.

Perhaps the key to finding Martha is to concentrate on her children by her second marriage. Maybe the Jones family has some information. Moreover, Clida Taylor is listed as a step-niece of Jack Jones in the 1900 census. That gives credence to the Taylor connection. Probably she is the daughter of one of Martha's brothers. Look for Taylors near the Jones family in Arkansas, as well as near them in Mississippi and Alabama (near Dicksons).

In the 1880 census, Martha reports that she has had 6 children, of whom 5 are living. In the 1910 census, it says she has had only 1 child. From this, I would surmise that there were two children with Jack Jones, one of whom who died

Perhaps, she was Martha Susannah Taylor. There is a Taylor family on the next page of the census in 1870 with a Susannah, age 12, which would fit Martha. See Desoto Co, T5R7, dwelling 372. It appears that her mother is Martha and that she has an older brother W. A. Taylor. This leaves us still with no father for her.

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Given that Martha A. Taylor is later on known as Susannah, let's focus on that.

Just one page over from the David Dickson family in the 1870 census, there is a W.A. Taylor family with a daughter, Susannah. She was born in 1858 in Alabama, which is consistent with what has always been reported for the wife of John H. Dickson. This may be a really good lead. This family is headed by W.A. Taylor, but he is only 22 years old. I would propose that he is an older brother to Susannah. There is a Martha that is 40 years old that is likely the mother.


Birth:
Based on census responses, her parents might have been from Georgia or Alabama. She was likely born 1856-1858. There are several likely candidate families in Alabama and Mississippi that need more research to narrow down which might be hers.

Minnie's delayed birth certificate says she was born in Tennessee and was 29 when Minnie was born.

Name:
She seems to have gone by both names.

Census:
In the famiy of George W Shifflett & Minnie Z Shifflett, a Martha S Anner is listedas George's mother-in-law. Since he has been married only once, this must be Minnie's mother. So this is our Martha / Susan. She is listed as 64 years old and widowed, born in Alabama.

Census:
In 1930, Martha is shown as Martha Jones, living in the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Oklahoma. She says that she is 73 years old (b. abt. 1857) and was 16 when she was first married. That's a bit later than earlier censuses would indicate.

Died:
In the Oklahoma death index, there is a Martha A. Jones listed as having died on 11 Sep 1931. However, the death certificates are not open records in Oklahoma and require considerable proof to obtain. Therefore, this may not be a great record to pursue to get more data on Martha.

Notes:

Marriage License:
W.W. Whitten, security.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485316476:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 9J35-G38
• _UID: C47DE1074E58404294CDDE505A82E9E1861E
• Census: 1840, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
• Census: 5 Sep 1850, Marengo, Alabama, United States
• Possessions: 1 Oct 1859, Leake, Mississippi, United States; east half of the southwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8, in township eleven, north of range eight, east in the district of lands subject to sale at Columbus, Mississippi, containing one hundred nineteen and forty six hundreths of an acre
• Census: 4 Aug 1860, Leake, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 16 Aug 1870, Desoto, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

Of the children listed on the 1870 Census, I suspect that the younger 4 are children of Mary E. Dixon Williams. The dates just don't jive otherwise. Likewise, Lucy Vaugh listed there would likely be the mother of Elisa.

In the 1850 AL census, David Dixon had a son John who matches in age to my John H. Dickson. In 1860 in Leake Co., MS, we find him again with John 22 years old. Mary E Dickson, sister of John, moved to Tate Co, MS, to Coldwater after the war with four children and a brother William. Her husband, Lorenzo Dow Williams, was killed in a battle at Franklin, TN. All of this according to her g-grandson, Eric Williams.

NOTE: Uncertain, but looks likely. Might be descended from the Dicksons of Dickson County, TN, probably through Michael Dickson.

In Marengo Co., there are a lot of Dicksons already there in 1830. Likely connected - Joel, Samuel, N.F., Watson, Thomas.

In Desoto / Tate county, there are a large number of Dicksons who do not appear to be connected. The History of Tate County has a submitted history of a lot of them.

Census:
Is this really the right David Dickson? Why would he start out in Tennessee, go pretty far south into Alabama, quickly come back to Tennessee, and then head back to Alabama and on to Mississippi? I am no longer really convinced that this is him.

Census:
Interestingly, there is a Dixon's Mills in Marengo County.

Wikipedia - Beginning in the late 1820s, Joel B. Dixon, Sr. operated a water-powered gristmill at a dam that he and his sons built on Mill Creek along the old Linden-to-Choctaw Corner Road. The modern U.S. Route 43 bridge over Mill Creek now stands at the location. Dixon (January 11, 1777 – December 23, 1861), a native of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, was one of the early settlers of Marengo County. His business grew and eventually included a steam engine-driven sawmill and two steam-powered cotton gins. The mills remained in use into the first years of the 20th century. They were still standing in 1923, when they were demolished during the construction of Route 43.
Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The Heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, pages 177-178. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 1-891647-58-X

Died:
I originally had a death date of 1885, maybe from Eric Williams. But in 1880, Eliza is listed as a widow.

David married Eliza W. Johnson on 29 Jan 1835 in Marengo, Alabama, United States. Eliza was born in 1812 in Virginia, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485317902:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: MDQ6-V5S
• _UID: 39A11B47E9AA4F068EA92ACC30FAB1C7F378
• Census: 5 Sep 1850, Marengo, Alabama, United States
• Census: 4 Aug 1860, Leake, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 16 Aug 1870, Desoto, Mississippi, United States
• Census: Jun 1880, Coldwater, Tate, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

There is an E.W. Dickson listed in the 1880 census, Coldwater, Tate Co., Mississippi, listed as Mother in Law of J.F. Pardue and wife L.A. Pardue. David & Eliza have a daughter Lucy Ann.

The next house down is Bob Blackburn. There is a will for a John Dixon in 1900 that lists Bob Blackburn as his father in law. I am not sure who this John Dickson is, unless he is the John Dickson that I have called mine.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Certificate clearly states 29 Jan 1835.

Hugh McLean is security for the bond with David Dickson