(2g1) Randolph
Casey Jolliff, named for his great-grandfather, Randolph
Casey, [Randolph/Randall/Randle were interchangeable in this
family, probably since many of the early ones couldn't write.
Originally, the name was Randolph, but it was commonly spelled
Randall or Randle in Oregon Co., Mo. by the many Jolliffs who were
named this. Even this Randolph's tombstone--put up much later--says
"Uncle Randle."]
Randolph was born Dec. 9, 1818. His obituary says he was born in
Kentucky, but his parents were probably living in Indiana at the
time. The only way to reconcile this is that perhaps his parents
went to visit his grandfather, James Jolliff in Barren Co., Ky. and he
was born while they were there. It is very likely that Elijah
took his new wife back to Kentucky to meet his father. Also, his
father had a baby girl born about the same time and he named her
Lucinda, probably after Elijah's new wife, who was probably visiting
them.
Randolph’s parents moved from Indiana to
Jefferson Co., Ill. when he was about a year old (1819) with his
mother's parents, William & Rebecca (Casey) DePriest and a bunch of
the Casey clan.
His
father died when he was ten (1828) in a gun accident.
His mother remarried
in1834 and then died that same year when he was 16. He was given as a
ward to his mother’s half-brother, Green
DePriest.
In May, 1840 when Randolph was 21 years old, he sold the 16 acres he
had inherited from his father’s estate to his mother’s cousin, Green
P. Casey, for $100. In the fall that year he accompanied his
uncles, Green & Isaac DePriest on their move to Thomasville, Mo.
(at that time it was Ripley Co., but in 1845 it became Oregon
Co.). He and his brothers William & James & sister
Elizabeth moved to Missouri, but his brother Elijah Jr. stayed in
Illinois. As a result they were on opposite sides of the Civil
War!
“Randle”, age 25, married Margaret L. “Peggy”
Huddleston on Feb. 11, 1845, Ripley Co., Mo. (now Oregon
Co.) The ceremony was performed by West Maulding, Justice
of the Peace of Moore Township. Peggy was the daughter of John
& Mary (Baty) Huddleston. West Maulding was the father of her
uncle's wife.
1850 Oregon Co, Mo census, p399a, #56 -
JOLLIFF, Randolph C. -
30, Farmer, b Tennessee
. . . . . Margaret
L. -
26, b Missouri
. . . . . Elizabeth - 4, b Missouri
. . . . . Margaret - 3, b Mo
By 1851 Randolph’s brother William had moved to Oregon County. In
1856 their sister, Elizabeth
Willard also moved to Oregon County. Her husband’s brother, Martin
Willard had already moved there probably the year before.
In 1857 Randolph and William
Jolliff both paid cash for land in Highland township (post office
Thomasville). William bought 80 acres, and Randolph bought 120 (later
buying 200 more), building his cabin beside what became known as
“Jolliff Spring.” [The cabin was later enclosed by a bigger
house, torn down in 2006.] Randolph donated
some of this land for Jolliff Cemetery. (The first burials there were
in 1874 & 1878.)
1860 Oregon Co, Mo census - p 470
JOLLIFF, Randle - 41, Ky
. . . . . Margaret - 36, Mo
. . . . . Elizabeth - 14, Mo
. . . . . Margaret - 12, Mo
. . . . . John - 9, Mo
. . . . . Mary - 6, Mo
. . . . . Nancy - 4, Mo
. . . . . James - 1, Mo
On Feb. 2, 1862 Randolph enlisted in the Confederate Army. His
brother, Elijah, Jr. was in the Illinois Infantry of the Union
Army. It is not known whether they were ever on opposing sides of
the same battle, but they both fought in Mississippi. Randolph
was a private in Company D, 4th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. [The
4th MO Conf. Reg. participated in the big battle at Wilson's Creek near
Springfield, MO, but it was in Aug. 1861, before Randolph
joined.] At the battle of Corinth,
Mississippi, Oct. 4-5, 1862, he was wounded and captured, but was
evidently released soon afterward. His enlistment being for a
12-month period, he was discharged in February 1863 at Grand Gulf,
Miss. (In March 1864 Elijah
Jr. wrote a letter to his "brother"--maybe William--from Vickburg,
Miss.)
During the War the family was constantly vulnerable to bushwhackers and
roving soldiers. The bushwhackers stole Randolph's race horses
that he had brought to Missouri with him. Another time some Union
soldiers came by demanding food, and they took all the blankets and
quilts in the house. With one child sick with typhoid at the
time, Peggy was very angry. She (or her teenage daughter, “Bets”)
cursed the men. One of the soldiers, amused by it told Bets that if she
would give another certain soldier a good “cussing” he would leave her
some of the covers—so she did! They had to hide what food and
valuables they could under the beds and floors to keep from being
robbed.
“Aunt Bets” was known for her spunk and sharp tongue. This story
also shows a little of her temperament. Newell Baty, who was
married to Bets’ cousin, Sarah
(Dunkin), had gone A.W.O.L. from the army during the War and was
hiding under the Jolliff house. “Bets” saw him there through the
cracks in the floor, and angrily said she would like to take an ax and
split his head open. Another version of this story (from Clara
VonAllmen Trantham 1905-1995) says that Sarah and Newell Baty were
living with her aunt Peggy because Newell was in the army. The
bushwhackers knew Newell was staying at the Jolliff house but they had
a hard time finding him. When they finally found him, they took him
down near Thomasville, where they hung him from a big red oak tree,
leaving him there several days. [Sarah then married Will King, and
later became the mother-in-law of John Martin Willard, grandson of
Elizabeth Jolliff Willard]. [Billie Perkins, who was married to
Randolph's neice, Della Jolliff, was hung by the Bushwackers from the
same tree near Thomasville and someone cut him down and saved his life.]
It was a very dangerous time for men in that area. It was common for
bushwhackers to shoot whatever men they found at home. They spared the
women and children but took all the food and supplies they could find.
Randolph’s son, Rab said "we ate parched corn and milk three times a
day." They had a few cows.
Randolph donated some of his land for the Jolliff Cemetery, Jolliff School,
and Jolliff church, which was across the road from the other two. The
church and school are no longer standing, but the cemetery is still in
use. There still is a spring on Randolph’s land near his house,
called, of course, Jolliff Spring. Once Randolph had a sickness
that he could not overcome and he felt that the Lord told him to go
wash his face in the spring. That evening there was a revival
meeting going on at the little Jolliff church down the road, and
Randolph ran from the spring to the church shouting that the Lord had
healed him and saved him. The people in the church heard him
coming and shouting, and they all had real revival that night!
1870 Oregon Co, Mo census
(Moore twp, Alton PO) - p 24, #335
JOLLIFF, Randall - 61, Ky
. . . . . Peggy - 40, Mo
. . . . . Elisabeth - 22, Mo
. . . . . George - 19
. . . . . Polly - 16
. . . . . James - 10
. . . . . Nancy - 7
. . . . . Randell - 5
. . . . . Elijah - 3
1880 Oregon Co, MO census:
JOLLIFF, Randal C., fmr - 61 IL IL
IL
. . . . . Margaret, wife - 56 MO Tn Ky
. . . . . Rutha, daug - 19 Mo IL MO
. . . . . Elija S. , son - 14 Mo Il MO
WILLARD, Randle, grandson - 6 Mo
Il
Mo [son of Polly]
. . . . . Bill, servant - 10 IL IL IL
BATY, Geo., grandson - 12 Mo Mo Mo
[son of Bets]
SEALY, Geo., laborer - 28, IL IL IL
In 1898 there was a dinner honoring his 80th birthday. The
newspaper, The South Missourian,
Thursday, Dec. 29, 1898, has this to say:
“There was a birthday dinner given by
R.C. Jolliff and his children, he being 80 years old the 9th of
December; has been in the county 67 years; he was in the county when
the elk was here. He says has followed the elk to
Arkansas to try to kill it. And that he has hewn the paths
of man for many years, and now, says he is ready to leave this
sinful world and go where there is no sin.”
The South Missourian,
Thursday, Apr 6, 1899:
“Mrs. Margaret Jolliff is low with
the fever.”
Next page: “Aunt Peggy wife of James
(sic) Randle Jolliff passed [through?] here Friday on her [way
home?]. She had been over in Ripley county to have a cancer on
her face
cured. She was glad of the fact that the cancer had been killed, and
her face was healing up. We are glad too.”
The 1900 census says they had 11 children with only 4 still living.
Only 9 of these children are accounted for. Either 11 is wrong or
2 must have died very
young. Also, I have 6 (not 4) of their children alive when Randolph
& Peggy
died (1900-1904):
Randle (d 1907)
Eli (d 1911)
Rab (d 1930)
Bets (d 1931)
George (d 1932)
Rutha (d 1935)
[These children died earlier: Margaret (d bef 1870), Nancy (d bef
1870), Polly (bef 1900), and maybe 2 babies]
Randolph died April 20, 1900 and was buried in the Jolliff
Cemetery on the land he had donated up the hill from his
property. His house is still there near the spring. He gave or
sold his land to his daughter, Bets Jolliff Judd (wife of Mark Judd),
then the land passed to her sons J. George Jolliff & Hemond Judd.
Peggy had been a midwife for many of her years. After Randolph
died she lived with her grandson, George W. Jolliff, and she died in
1904 with cancer of the right eye. Both their gravestones show
the year of death as 1904, but Randolph’s is incorrect, as his obituary
shows:
The South Missourian, May 3,
1900:
"Died—Randal C. Jolliff died the 20
day of April, 1900, at his home in Highland township. He was born
in Kentucky in the year 1818; at the time of his death was about 82
years old. He moved to this state in 1840, was married in
1842 [incorrect] to Margaret L. Huddleston, he bought land on Barren
Fork and settled for life. In 1862 he cast his lot with the
lost cause. Was a soldier with the writer in General Cockrell’s
brigade, until May in 1863, at Grand Gulf, Miss., he was
discharged, being over age. He was wounded at the battle of
Corinth, Miss., in Oct. 1862. He professed faith in a
Savior’s love when a young man; at the time of his death was a devout
man, and his soul went ‘sweeping through the gates’ to his
heavenly home.”
Children:
1. Elizabeth M.
Jolliff
2g1a) “Bets” was born July, 1846, named for her aunt, great aunt, &
great-grandmother Jolliff.
Her first baby was the illegitimate son of Ambrose Baty. Then she
married 1st Mar 10, 1875 to Farris Self, no children, divorced 1877.
Married 2nd Jan 18, 1878 to Mark M. Judd, a widower with 3 children.
She and Mark had 5 children. She was a mid-wife like her mother. She d
Jan 22, 1931.
Children:
2g1a1) JOHN GEORGE WASHINGTON JOLLIFF, b Oct 5, 1868
(son of Ambrose Baty, and called “Betsy’s George”). He was living with
his grandfather, Randolph Jolliff in 1880 and was listed on that census
as "George Baty," though later he always was George Jolliff. He m 1st
Mary Bras; m 2nd Amanda Tatum (daughter of William; his aunt Matilda’s
half-sister); they lived in Oregon Co, Mo. She d & George m
3rd Lillie Moore, Dec 30, 1899; George, Amanda & Lillie buried
together in Jolliff Cem.
He was known as something of a backwoods surgeon
because he could set broken bones.
This article from the South Missourian newspaper, Nov 23,
1899, probably refers to him:
"George Jolliff
killed the wampus Nov 12, 1899. No one knows what it is, but he thinks
it is a cross of a wolf with some other animal. He shot it 6 times and
then took his knife to kill it. The neighbors heard the commotion and
George Huddleston came with a pitchfork, J.M. Willard with a 10 ft
rail, and William Huddleston came with his hat in his hand and a big
Bowie in the other hand. 217 people have come for miles around to see
the animal. Charles Hopper of West Plains offered Mr. Jolliff $25 for
its hide. Anyone wishing to see the hide can see it at the Jolliffs'
home in a few days for he is going to have it mounted. Now old men can
go to church; young men can go see their girls and leave their guns at
home. This animal has performed nightly depradations in Highland (twp)
for 6 months, been seen by a great many people, and called everything
from a lion to a common dog." [George was a widower with 2
little girls at the time, Amanda had died 2 years before, and this
event happened a month before he married Lillie.]
Children (Amanda’s): Edith Gertrude (b 1894; m
Elijah Mobley), Mabel Victoria (1896; m Frank Posey Bales); (Lillie’s):
Homer, Cecil Harvey, Leslie, Clara, Nathan, Evelyn, Everett, Eugene
2g1a2) HEMOND HERBERT JUDD, born May 5, 1880; married
Ida Willard; moved to Ark. where he died Sept 19, 1929.
2g1a3) NANCY A. JUDD, born Oct 18, 1881; married John
M. Miller, Aug. 30, 1903, Ore. Co (The Oregon County Tribune &
Thayer Republican Sept 2, 1903: "John Miller and Nancy Judd married Aug
30, 1903. Her parents are Mr. & Mrs. Mark Judd of Brady. Ira Hull
officiated."). Nancy died in 1967 and was buried in Woodside Cem.,
Oregon Co, Mo. Children: Grace, Wade, Wilda
2g1a4) MATILDA E. “Tilda” JUDD, b Feb 7, 1884;
married 1st ? Peters; married 2nd June 5, 1901 to Posey Woodside
Willard (s/o James & Mandy); died Feb 21, 1973, buried Huddleston
Cem., Oregon Co, Mo. Children: Herbert Peters; Alice Clara, Mildred
& Irma Louise Willard
2g1a5) ROSANNA W. JUDD, born May 1888, died before
1910.
------ Mark O. Judd (b Jan 1881, d abt 1907) was
living with Mark & Bets Judd in 1900 but was listed as a boarder,
so not sure if he is a son. He married Alphretta Willard about 1905. He
was killed in a buggy accident when his wife was pregnant with their
first child, who was then called “Mo”.
2. Margaret Jolliff
2g1b) MARGARET was born 1848, named for her mother; Not on the 1870
census, so she probably died before 1870. Not sure where she
would have been buried. The earliest known graves in Jolliff
Cemetery are 1874 & 1878. However, there are many unmarked
graves there.
2g1c) JOHN GEORGE was born Jan 22, 1851, named for his grandfather John
Huddleston and his uncle John George Huddleston. He married Oct 14,
1869, Nancy Elvira Huddleston (d/o Nathan--their parents were possibly
cousins). He died Dec 18, 1932 and was buried in Jolliff Cemetery
From: West Plains Daily Quill, West Plains, Mo, Sept 10, 1932 [A
portion of the article is included here]
"Gus Jolliff of West Plains, chief of
the West Plains Fire Department, was the principal speaker at a large
family reunion gathering at the home of his father, 'Uncle George'
Jolliff, widely-known pioneer resident of Rover, Wed. evening of this
week, when scores of descendants and other relatives and friends
gathered to aid the aged pioneer in the celebration of his 83rd
birthday anniversary.
"In his talk Chief Jolliff paid high
tribute to the many admirable qualities, not only of his father and
mother, but to the men and women of the Willard and Huddleston
families, who formed a little band of Illinois pioneers who came to the
Ozarks a number of years before the Civil War to hew out their homes in
a wilderness where the Rover community is now located.
"Chief Jolliff's mother was Nancy
Huddleston, daughter of Nathan,
a Civil War veteran, who was killed by bushwhackers near Thomasville
during the Civil War. Her brothers also were slain by the same band,
and Mrs. Huddleston, and her mother and sisters escaped only because
they were ill with small pox and the bushwhackers were afraid to go
near their home. The Nathan Huddleston family, however, were not
members of the Huddleston family so many of which now live in the Rover
community.
[Note: I think Nathan could
have been a son of Charles, son of Abraham
Sr. Charles had a son named Nathan listed in his probate records
as an
heir who died before 1872. Also Nathan named his first child, Milberry,
the name of Charles' first wife. Probably since Nathan had only sisters
(& a half-brother, Charles)
and died young himself, his children were essentially cut off from the
rest of the Huddlestons, and they were all too distantly related to his
children for them to consider themselves a part of the rest of the
Huddleston clan. On the other hand, there were numerous Nathan
Huddlestons, including a brother of Abraham Sr, who this Nathan could
have been descended from.]
"Chief Jolliff's address to the large
assemblage of guests at his father's home Wed. evening is so
interesting that it is given here in part:
"'...We have met ... [to pay] our
respects to one of Oregon County's oldest and most highly respected
citizens, Uncle George Jolliff.... Many years ago, when this country
was a vast wilderness and inhabited only by wild animals, there came to
this community the Jolliff, Willard and Huddleston families who settled
in and around nearby communities. They were all poor and to a great
degree uneducated. Their earthly possessions consisting mostly of a
yoke of oxen, an old flintlock muzzle-loading rifle, a coon dog and
chopping ax....
"'Uncle George Jolliff....is the
father of 8 children, 4 girls and 4 boys, all of whom are present
tonight except 1 girl and 1 boy. Uncle George was born and raised and
lived his life within 3 miles of this place. He was born in a log house
and raised his family in a log house. ... He labored on and on with his
loving companion, who has long passed away...
"'Uncle George was converted to the
Christian religion when a young man and joined the Methodist church,
and in his active life always took part in all religious work. He
believe in the old time religion. He believed in the family altar and
he raise his children to believe likewise.
"'He was a Master Mason of many years
standing, being now possibly the only living charter member of the
Woodside Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Thomasville, Mo.
"'And may I say my friends, I am
proud to be the son of such a man, and the descendant of such a people.'
"Besides Chief Jolliff from West
Plains the other sons and daughters of George Jolliff present at the
reunion included N.E. Jolliff, Mrs. W.E. Smoot, and Miss Beulah
Jolliff, all of Rover; G.N. Jolliff and Mrs. W.W. Ginlee of Shreveport,
La. Another son and daughter, L.L. Jolliff of Detroit, MI and Mrs. G.W.
Dobson of Shreveport visited their father this summer, but were unable
to be present for the reunion."
Children:
pictured:
Gus Jr, Gus Sr, Robert S, Nathan Jolliff
2g1c1) ELVIRA JOLLIFF b abt 1870, died young
2g1c2) RANDALL JOLLIFF, b abt 1872, died young
2g1c3) NATHANIEL ELIJAH “Nathan” JOLLIFF, b Mar 11,
1875; m Ethel Jones; lived Rover, Mo; d 1945, bur Jolliff Cem; no
children
2g1c4) GEORGE NEWELL JOLLIFF, b Feb 19, 1878; m Jan
5, 1899 Josie B. (Haywood) Bryant; 1900 living in Oregon Co, Mo; moved
to Shreveport, La; ch: Wade, Ray, Wayne
2g1c5) LUCINDA (Nova/Nobles) JOLLIFF, b July 17,
1880, named for her great-grandmother Lucinda (Nobles) Jolliff; m
William E. Smoot, Nov 13, 1900; lived Rover, Mo; d July 3, 1969; ch:
Cecile, Allen, Fern, Valerie, Robert.
2g1c6) AUGUSTUS WILLIAM “Gus” JOLLIFF, b Feb 21,
1883; m Mazie Cora McCabe. He was fire chief in West Plains, Mo. When
he was 21 years old he was working for the Shreveport, LA Fire
Department in 1904 as this note from "The Oregon County Tribune &
Thayer Republican" Apr 15, 1904 states, "Among Oregon County people
Sheriff Davis saw on his recent trip south were: Nathan E. Jolliff, Gus
W. Jolliff, and E.J. Davidson. All are employed on Shreveport, La. Fire
Department. . . The sheriff was there 4 days and was handsomely
entertained by them."
ch: Chris O’Brian, Nathan Edward, Pauline Eleanor,
Gus William, Virginia Lee, Donna Marie, Mary Leaton, Robert Sloan (see
picture)
2g1c7) LOLA BELLE JOLLIFF, b Aug 5, 1885; m William
Walter Ginlee, 1910; lived Shreveport, La; 1 child: Helen Geraldine
2g1c8) MINNIE BEULAH “Jack” JOLLIFF (born with
uncertain sex), b Mar 28, 1888; d June 14, 1970; unmarried
2g1c9) OPAL IVA JOLLIFF, b July 19, 1890; m George W.
Dobson; lived Shreveport, La; ch: Nan Elizabeth
2g1c10) LOUCIOUS LORENZO (“Louch” or "Lou") JOLLIFF, b Oct 5, 1895; m
1914 to Eva Roby; lived Detroit; m 2nd 1924 to Vivian Norris; m 3rd
Marie ? (in France); ch: (Eva’s): Lou Jr, (Vivian’s): Mary Jean &
Betty Louise, (Marie’s): Francis Dale & Robert Louis
4. Mary Jolliff
2g1d) MARY “Polly” was born 1854, named for her grandmother Mary (Baty)
Huddleston. She married April 16, 1872 in Oregon Co, Mo to Henry
Willard.
(Henry’s step-grandmother, Betsy (Jolliff) Willard was a sister of
Polly’s
father, Randolph Casey Jolliff).
Henry died before 1880. Polly’s son (James Randolph Willard) was living
with her parents,
Randolph & Peggy Jolliff in 1880. Henry’s younger sister,
Belveretta Willard was also living with them. Belveretta married Eli
Jolliff is 1887 after having his child.
Not sure if Polly remarried. She died before 1900.
children:
2g1d1) JAMES RANDOLPH WILLARD, b Mar 31, 1874, he had
blue eyes and dark hair. He was living
with his grandfather Randolph Jolliff in 1880; m 1st Aline ?; m 2nd in
1900
to Ethel Gentry. He and Ethel moved to Creek County, OK where he
registered for the draft in 1917. He died in 1928, Okla.; buried
in Jolliff Cemetery,
Oregon Co, Mo; ch: (Aline’s): Fern, Robert J. & a daug., (Ethel’s):
Manson
5. Nancy Ann Jolliff
2g1e) NANCY ANN was born Jan 11, 1855; probably died before 1880. She
was on the 1860 & 1870 census records, however her birth years
don’t match. In 1860 she was 4 years old, in 1870 she was 7 years
old.
2g1f) JAMES ERASMUS “Rab”
was born Aug 8, 1858, named
for his uncle James Erasmus Jolliff, & for two of his
great-grandfathers, James Jolliff and Erasmus Nobles; m July 11, 1878
to Matilda Tatum; d July 26, 1930; (pictured at
right)
children:
2g1f1) Mandy Jolliff (probably named for her mother’s
half-sister, Amanda Tatum), 1879-–1882/3
2g1f2) ELIZABETH M. “Lizzie” JOLLIFF (named for her
aunt Elizabeth Jolliff, and perhaps for her mother Matilda?), b 1881; m
Amos J. Tull
2g1f3) NORA BELL JOLLIFF, b 1885; m Elmer VonAllmen
2g1f4) ELIJAH SUMMERS “Lije” JOLLIFF (named for his
gr-grandfather, Elijah Jolliff), b 1886; m Lillie VonAllmen
2g1f5) WILLIAM RANDOLPH “Randle” JOLLIFF (named
forhis father Randolph & his uncle Bill Jolliff), b 1890; m Ida
Nichols
2g1f6) JAMES RASMUS “Razie” JOLLIFF (named for his
uncle James Erasmus, who was named for his 2 grandfathers, James
Jolliff & Erasmus Nobles), b 1892; m Audrey Miller
2g1f7) AARON GEORGE JOLLIFF, b 1895; m Ruby Ellis
& Lula Elnora Hamilton
2g1f8) baby, 1897-–99 (18 months old)
2g1f9) AVA MAY JOLLIFF, b 1900
7. Rutha Ann Jolliff
2g1g)
RUTHA ANN was born Feb 18, 1861. She married Aug 15, 1880,
Oregon Co, Mo. to William D.F. “Willie” Trantham (s/o Elijah &
Rosannah). William died Nov 15, 1898.
Two newspaper clippings: "South
Missourian":
Dec 1, 1898: Attie Community. Nov. 28. "Willie Trantham died the 15th of this
month with consumption."
For some reason, the next year there was this note in the newspaper:
Nov 2, 1899: "William Trantham born
Oct 2, 1861, married Rutha Jolliff on Aug 15, 1880, died Nov. 28, 1898"
Rutha married 2nd to Obadiah B. “O.B.” Judd, Nov 29, 1900 (he was a
widower with 3 children: Tilden, Rufus, Please). Rutha died about
1920.
[Rutha and O.B. are pictured at left.]
Rutha’s children:
2g1g1) DOVIE MYRTLE TRANTHAM, b June 1881; m 1898 to
Samuel Tilden Judd (her step-brother); m 2nd 1916 to John Shinalt (1
ch). ch: Emmie S., Ogle Tharp, Please Alonzo “Lonnie”, Opal, Nobel
JUDD; Melvin SHINALT
2g1g2) ELIJAH SANFORD TRANTHAM, b Jan 3, 1887; m
Pearl Giles, 1909 (5 ch); m 2nd Emma Jane (Bay) Ledbetter, 1923 (5 ch);
Lije was a farmer near Rover and also had a grist mill for grinding
corn. He and also made molasses and brooms during the Depression. Both
Lije and Emma lost their first spouses, leaving each of them with 3
little children when they married. ch: (Pearl’s): Orpha Ellen, Cora
Marie, Clara Beulah & Richard Willie; (Emma’s): Eva Olive, Emma
Elila, Veva Mayola, Elijah Sanford Jr & Ronald DeeOrlen
2g1g3) VIOLA Z. TRANTHAM, b Sept 12, 1894; m Walter
Roberts; d Mar. 30, 1971, West Plains, Mo., bur Jolliff Cem.; ch:
Clifford, Grover Cleveland, William, Ethel, Christine, Jewell, Cleo
Sanford
2g1g4) ALVA JUDD, b Nov 12, 1901; d 1932
2g1g5) ELLA JUDD, b Mar 31, 1905; m Willie “Bill”
Julian Old, 1927
8. William Randolph
Jolliff
2g1h) WILLIAM RANDOLPH “Randle”was born 1865, named for his father and
uncle. He was not living at home in 1880. He married 1st Carolyn ?;
married 2nd Tilde ?. He died in 1907 (age 42); buried Jolliff cem.
Children (Carolyn’s):
2g1h1) AMANDA JOLLIFF, b 1902; d 1904
9. Elijah Summers
Jolliff
2g1i) ELI was born Oct 8, 1867, named for his grandfather by that name.
In 1880 Belvaretta Willard, who was orphaned, was living with his
parents. Eli’s sister, Polly, was married to Belvaretta’s half
brother, Henry Willard. The 1885 birth records of Oregon Co, Mo. show
that 16-year-old Belvaretta had a baby daughter (Rutha); she named Eli
as the father. They were married Sept 7, 1887, when the little
girl was about 2 years old and Belvaretta was 18. Randolph
Jolliff vouched for her age when they got the license, so she may have
still been living with them.
By 1895 Belvaretta had divorced Eli and married Archie Redburn and
after 1900 they moved to Pawnee Co, OK where she died.
Eli died Dec 27, 1911, Oregon Co, Mo. Children:
2g1i1) ADALINE RUTHA JOLLIFF, b April 5, 1885; on
1900 census as 15 years old.
2g1i2) Sarah M.”Sallie” JOLLIFF, b Sept 1888; m
Ashland Partrick in Okla.
2g1i3) RANDOLPH “Randle” CASEY JOLLIFF, b May 5,
1893, named for his grandfather R.C. Jolliff; m Mar 11, 1912 to Ora
Trantham (2g2f1a; d/o Elijah & Matilda). Ora had 2 sons and
she died in 1920. He m 2nd to Grace Maybell McDaniel and had 4
daughters. He d Mar 26, 1928 (age 42). Children:
2g1i3a) Richard Glen Jolliff (b
Mar 27, 1914; d 1931
after he was accidentally shot when he and a cousin were playing with a
gun they didn’t know was loaded. Richard lived 24 hours after
being shot in the stomach)
2g1i3b) Raymond Carl Jolliff (b
Sept 22, 1918; d 1992 in Okla.)
2g1i3c) Dorthea Elvira Jolliff (m
Frank Lockhart Garess)
2g1i3d) Helen Louise Jolliff
2g1i3e) Grace Jolliff
2g1i3f) Rutha Jolliff
Site map: Generations
- Richard - James
- Elijah - Randolph
- Rab
- school
- pictures
- home
If
you would like to check my database to see if the information on your
family is correct, go to my ancestor
file then search for the name of one of your ancestors. (Only those
born before 1930 or no longer living are listed by name. I have names
of the living, but they are not displayed in the online database.) Please
email me if there are any
corrections or additions!!
