8300. Jesse Eugene Blair
Jesse Eugene BlairAKA: Called, Eugene Blair
BIRTH: 19 Feb 1907
(Source: SSDI)SSN:
Individual: Blair, Jesse
Social Security #: 253-18-4203
Issued in: Georgia
Birth date: Feb 19, 1907
Death date: Feb 1980
Residence code: Georgia
ZIP Code of last known residence: 30201
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Alpharetta, Georgia
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Flora Ethel MorrowAKA: Called, Ethel
SSN:
Individual: Blair, Flora
Social Security #: 256-34-8081
Issued in: Georgia
Birth date: Aug 21, 1912
Death date: Dec 1981
Residence code: Georgia
ZIP Code of last known residence: 30201
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Alpharetta, Georgia
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8301. Elijah Hagens Conger
Elijah Hagens CongerPARENTS: William Jonas Conger and Hicksey Ann Clementine Mitchell
BIRTH-ERROR: Born 1878, not 1877 (CFA II, p. 715)
CONFLICT: Was he born in Dempsey, Clay Co., AL or at Shiloh, Randolph Co., AL? Was the date of death 2 Dec 1950 or 2 Dec 1951? CFA I, lists both.
RESEARCHER: Elijah Hagens Conger, D.D.S. paid to have the records of Charles Leslie Conger, [in the collection of the Library of Congress] microfilmed. He then purchased a reader and with the help of his wife, Carrie, retyped them, making three copies. The project required about three years. The film was donated to the Salt Lake Genealogical Society. After Elijah's death, his copy was given to his sister, Era (Conger) Jones. She loaned it to H. Maxine (Crowell) Leonard for copying.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, unnumbered page, - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
RESEARCHER: Elijah Hagens and Carrie Iola (Braden) Conger
Elijah Hagens Conger, born on 22 Oct 1878 in either Shiloh, Randolph county, AL or Dempsey, Clay county, AL was another person who was very interested in Conger genealogy and history.He learned that the papers of Charles Leslie Conger, including the correspondence, was in the Rare Book Division of the Library of Congress. In 1941, while living in Caliente, Nevada he made these records available to the public.
In a letter to Maxine Leonard dated, 4 Mar 1963, Elijah's wife, Carrie, wrote,
"My husband did so much research and received so much information from so many different people. I am quite sure that he received the information from Charles
L. Conger's widow that he had deposited these eight volumes in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. I know he wrote to the Library and made arrangements to have the eight volumes microfilmed. Cost $32.00. Then he had to buy a reading machine, $75.00, so that we could type them back into book form. As my husband was practicing his profession (dentistry) at this time we could only do this typing in our spare time, it took us three years to complete the assignment. As you can see the spelling is far from correct. That was one thing my husband just couldn't master. He wrote a beautiful hand, though. When we finished typing the films my husband deposited them in the Genealogy Library in Salt Lake City, UT."In another letter Carrie explained that Charles Leslie Conger's eight volumes were made into four books in re-typing the records, and that there were 990 pages. They made two sets -- the original and one carbon. One set was given to Dan Conger (nephew, Dan Lewis Conger? ) and after Elijah's death the other was given to his sister, Era (Conger) Jones of Overton, Nevada. (Of the 990 pages, much space was wasted by so many indentations. Copies of all correspondence was included also. [Probably a comment my Maxine Leonard. REH])
Era (Conger) Jones later let Maxine (Crowell) Leonard copy the books one at a time.
Elijah Hagens Conger died on 2 Dec 1950 at Las Vegas, Clark county, NV. His wife, Carrie Iola (Braden) Conger, who was born on 19 Apr 1880 in Wildwood, Randolph Co. AL, died on 5 Jun 1966 at Oakland, Alameda Co. CA.
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Carrie Iola BradenSSN:
Individual: Conger, Carrie
Social Security #: 545-34-8357
Issued in: California
Birth date: Apr 19, 1880
Death date: Jun 1966
Residence code: California
ZIP Code of last known residence: 94605
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Oakland, California
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12039. Cavrie Braden Conger
Cavrie Braden CongerSSN:
Individual: Conger, Cavrie
Social Security #: 573-12-1193
SS# issued in: California
Birth date: Mar 28, 1898
Death date: Oct 1965
Residence code: California
ZIP Code of last known residence: 90012
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Los Angeles, California
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12042. Albert Henry Conger
Albert Henry CongerERROR: CFA I, lists the birth place as Parawan, UT.
COMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
12043. Eltha Marie Conger
Eltha Marie CongerCOMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
12044. Carrie May Conger
Carrie May CongerCOMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
8302. John Jonas Conger
John Jonas CongerPARENTS: William Jonas Conger and Hicksey Ann Clementine Mitchell
Problem: Was he born at Delta, Randolph Co., AL or Dempsey, Clay Co., AL? CFA I, lists both.
COMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
COMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
12045. Era Elender Conger
Era Elender CongerCOMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
Luther N. BoydSSN: Is this the SSDI record of Luther N. Boyd? If so, the date of birth and
death is known.
Individual: Boyd, Luther
Social Security #: 418-12-3518
Issued in: Alabama
Birth date: Sep 30, 1906
Death date: Dec 1980
Residence code: Alabama
ZIP Code of last known residence: 35020
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Bessemer, Alabama
ZIP Code of address where death benefit payment was sent: 35020
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Bessemer, Alabama
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12046. Hicksey Flora Conger
Hicksey Flora CongerAKA: Hixie Lovvorn in the SSDI
SSN:
Individual: Lovvorn, Hixie
Social Security #: 423-22-7417
Issued in: Alabama
Birth date: Sep 9, 1907
Death date: Nov 2, 1992
ZIP Code of last known residence: 36201
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Anniston, Alabama
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12049. Andrew Zeak Conger
Andrew Zeak CongerSSN: Is this SSDI record for Andrew Zeak Conger? If so, there is a conflict on
the day of birth.
Individual: Conger, Andrew
Social Security #: 423-18-3083
SS# issued in: Alabama
Birth date: Sep 12, 1919
Death date: Apr 4, 1989
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8303. Simeon David Conger
Simeon David CongerPARENTS: William Jonas Conger and Hicksey Ann Clementine Mitchell
NAME-CONFLICT: Samuel David Conger; S.D. Conger; Simeon David Conger all CFA I, p. 108
AKA: Probably called, Dave or David
OCCUPATION: Farmer
HOBBIES: Loved dancing, horse racing, watching ball games and like to work with young people.
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Latter-day Saints
RESIDENCES: Dempsey, AL; Milford, UT; Overton, NV; Las Vegas, NV; Kaolin, NV?; Hurricane, UT
DIVORCE: The marriage of David Conger and Jessie Harrison ended in divorce.
RECOLLECTIONS: Beulah LaVoun (Conger) Frehner, oldest child, wrote the following: This was dictated to me, 1 Mar 1965, at his home, 4300 Evergreen, Las Vegas, Nevada. Papa was 82 years old on the 12th of February 1965. His health is good, he is active, drives his car to Overton and around Las Vegas. He doesn't take long trips anymore. He mows the lawn and last summer painted his house. He and his wife, May, have been married since 1946. They have a dog, Bobo, who Papa says can talk to him.Papa believes his name is Simeon David Conger, but [he] was known only as "S.D." Conger until 17 years old. At that time he needed to write his name out in full and wrote it as, Samuel David Conger, which was later shortened to Dave. His records in Salt Lake City are, Samuel David.
I asked Papa when he first came to the Valley, he said, "on August 2, 1905." I will try to tell it just like he did.
I had been living in Milford, Utah. Pa and Ma, Era, Agnes and Zeke had moved to the Wiser Ranch and the girls were lonesome, because they had no one to take them down the valley. My folks had been on the ranch two or three months.
I came from Milford to Moapa on the train, then on a buck-board. I can't remember the name of the man who drove it. He was the first person I met from the valley. I left in September and went to Arizona, New Mexico, California and Old Mexico. This was the year 1906, when San Francisco had its great earthquake. Bill Gann and Bert Thomas went along with me and we swam our horses across the Colorado River at Greggs Ferry. Then I came back and went to work for Old Man Gunn. I worked for him about two years, from 1907 to 1909.
In 1910 the first day of January the big flood came down, it washed out the railroad track in the Meadow Valley, leaving the train on an island. It was six months before the train was moved back to Las Vegas. But they took the people off the train the day after the flood.
(Note from Connie (Frehner) Money, Beulah's daughter: At the time of the flood the Arthur Lewis family was living on the Capalapa Ranch between Logandale and Overton in wooden floored tents. Dave went with some other men on horseback to see if the family needed any help. This was the first time he met Maybell Rosalie Lewis, a very lovely, talented girl who used to sing with her two sisters in the Tabernacle Choir. The Lewis family wasn't too happy that Dave was courting their daughter for the next six months. He seemed too wild a young man, racing his horse through town, but Dave married Maybell and they lived on the Pixton Ranch.)
The water from the flood was from one side of the valley to the other. The Wells, Bowman and Gunn homes were all that was in the upper part of Logandale. The water came all the way from Panaca and down the Meadow Valley wash. Some parts of Logandale didn't get water.
In 1902, an Indian named, Swain, that I knew went on a rampage (maybe it was his daddy) and he killed Albert Jones' half-brother. He was tried in St. Thomas and turned over to the Indians to kill. Now it was either the son had to kill his father or the father had to kill his son, I have forgot which. They tied the Indian to his horse, his feet under the horse's belly and his hands around the neck, and sent him towards the reservation. On the way the Indians shot him in the back and buried him at the reservation.
Two years before, Pa was selling fruit trees in the valley. Pa was in St. Thomas and sleeping on one side of a hay stack. On the other side was an Indian who had run away with another Indian's squaw. During the night he was killed by the squaw's buck. He killed him with a wagon horn. A wagon horn was used to hook wagons together, then the teams would be put at the front to pull all the wagons.
The first family who lived in Logandale was Bert Mills. Pa had leased the Wiser ranch and I lived with them, Elijah was still in Parawan, Era, Agnes and Zeke and Ma were there but the rest were still in Alabama. I didn't get married until four and a half years after I first came to the valley. I lived, or we lived, in Overton, but I rode a horse or drove a buggy to Capalapa Ranch where I worked for Dan Livingston. I helped build the three houses, then we moved into one of them. We raised sheep and alfalfa, until Livingston went broke. He owed me $1,200. I went to a lawyer in Las Vegas to collect it, and he did for half. The lawyer's name was Bustead.
There was another flood while we lived on the Capalapa Ranch, but it had more channels to go down. I had to pick the pigs, sheep and chickens out of the water on horseback. That was about 1918, when there was lots of flu. I took you kids and your mother down to Overton in a hayrack. I don't remember where you stayed. The pigs, sheep and chickens were put in an empty house next door to where we lived to keep them alive or from drowning. We raised hay and grain and asparagus. The Lewis family raised cantalopes when they first moved to the ranch.
We moved to the Weber ranch and lived there about three years. That was where Dan was born, May 10th, 1921, and that was where we had smallpox. I had already had the smallpox when we lived in Parowan, so I was able to nurse many people who were sick.
While we were living on the Weber ranch, I bought our place in Kaolin. That was in 1922. I also owned a piece of ground next to Perkins store. Beatrice was born on June 28, 1917 when we lived there. We thought she wouldn't live. Mrs. Lytle was the midwife in those days. I don't know how many of our children were delivered by her.
We also lived in the house that Clarence McDonald had lived in. You kids rode the bus to get to school. Except when you and Dave and Carl Marshall drove to school in a wheeled buggy with one horse. That was when you (Beulah) were in first grade. We lived on the Overton Ranch, just a little way from town. That was where we were living when Whitehead's tractor went through the corner of the house and just missed Elinor's buggy.
When we lived on the Overton Ranch, Harry Hill came to town. He helped me and from then on when he came back each spring he camped somewhere on my ground. Brig Whitmore had a store in Overton when I first went there. I mean the valley. He also was the first Bishop in Overton. His wife was named, Mame Perkins.
I was ordained an Elder by Willard Jones. We were married in St. George on May 10th, 1910 and about two and one-half years later went through the temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. That was the 9th of October, 1912.
I was the first Scout Master in Moapa Valley, and for twelve years. I was a counselor in the M.I.A. Edwin Wells was the president. We had a long way to go in those days. (He remembered something else and forgot to say how far they traveled.)
When we moved from the Weber Ranch to Kaolin I had already built chicken coops and runs and bought 500 chickens from Bert Galloway. I built a cellar to put my incubators in. I could hatch 2500 chickens at a time. I sold baby chicks in Overton, Bunkerville and Misquite. I sold fryers to a meat market in Las Vegas for 15 cents each. I also sold eggs to a cafe in the old Overland building. I went into the egg business with Albert Jones, Clarence Lewis and John Lewis and one other person. I can't remember the person, but I do remember all the dirty eggs that had to be washed.
I was water boss for about 10 years. I didn't have anything but trouble. If the water got turned off at the upper Muddy it took 24 hours for it to get turned back on and down the ditches again. If the Indians turned it off we couldn't do anything about it because there was some kind of agreement with the government.
We were living in Kaolin when Maybell died. When you kids went to school I took Naomi and Charles with me in the "Puddle Jumper" that I drove to tend the water. The kids had Scarlet Fever after Mama died and I would leave water for the ones who were too sick to go to school or go with me and tell them not to get out of bed. I don't think they did much, because the others would tell on them. Maybell and I had ten children. I lived in the valley 28 years altogether.
When the government bought us out I had married Jesse Harrison and we moved to Hurrican[e], Utah. We lived together for five years, then we divorced and I moved back to Overton for a while.
I married May Caldwell in June 21, 1946. Kent was my youngest. He asked May what her name used to be, and she said, "Change the name, not the letter; change for worse, not for better." Kent became most indignant and said, "And what's the matter with Conger?"
We used to have good times on the 4th of July and other holidays. We would have horse races. I remember Joe Perkins had a gray stallion, and John Bunker had a gray mare. John bet Joe his mare could beat his stallion in a race, but Joe's stallion won. John was so sure that his mare would win they set up a race for the 24th of July and bet $5.00, but Joe's stallion won. The mare was fast at running but not long-winded.
We had a cross-lot pulling. I had the best horse, her name was "Gyp." She pulled eleven men on a cross wagon. I won $5.00 off Huntsman. We pulled in a street across from where Bishop Jones lived. We chain-locked both wagons. The horses were on the end of the tongue. She had to pull 10 inches by stretching without raising her feet. We each had ten men on each wagon. I told little Joe Perkins to get on because he didn't weigh much. Gyp pulled eleven against the other ten. The horses were owned by Huntsman, who lived by Windy Jones.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 109-110 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
RECOLLECTIONS:
Connie (Frehner) Money adds that after the completion of the dam, Dave worked as a guide in the dam for a number of years. He met May Caldwell in Boulder City, and they lived there many years. Dave and May at one time ran the station at Wheaton and later he was the night clerk at the Charleston Hotel in Las Vegas.During his lifetime Dave became noted for his unselfish assistance to needy families, sometimes much to the chagrin of his own family. Once he brought home a woman with her six children, and they remained for two weeks, including the Thanksgiving holidays.
May was a great help and companion to Dave. Her devotion to him and her hard work during all their time together was a source of admiration and appreciation, especially during his illnesses, by the children, grandchildren and the many friends of Dave. Her great sense of humor and easy conversation were a pleasure to Dave as these were his outstanding qualities also. A guest in their home couldn't help but feel the joy of their association and know that they were blessed with a special kind of happiness.
Samuel (Simeon?) David Conger died 30 Nov 1969 at 10:40 a.m. at the Las Vegas Convalescent Center. His wife, May, and his daughter, Beulah, were with him at the time. Burial was at the Overton Cemetery in Clark County, Nevada, next to his first wife, Maybell, and with his father and mother, and brother Elijah's family. (Elijah Conger was the one who had Charles L. Conger's records microfilmed from the Library of Congress.)
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 110-111 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
COMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
Maybell Rosalie LewisNAME-CONFLICT: Rosalie M. Lewis and Maybell Rosalie Lewis in CFA I; Maybelle Rosalie Lewis in CFA II, p. 336 & 698.
HOBBIES: Enjoyed sewing. As a girl she sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Latter-day Saints
May CaldwellSPOUSE: May Caldwell was the 3rd wife of S.D. Conger.
8304. Ezra Tooele Conger
Ezra Tooele JolleyPARENTS: William Jonas Conger and Hicksey Ann Clementine Mitchell
Problem: Was the middle name, Toole or Toele? CFA I, lists both. According to Sheila Morgan, the middle name is, Tooele.
Problem: Was she born at Dempsey or Buckeye, Clay Co., AL? According to Sheila Morgan she was born in Buckeye, Clay Co., AL.
SPOUSE: Ezra Tooele Conger was the 2nd spouse of Reuben James Jolley.
RECOLLECTIONS: Life Sketch of Ezra (Conger) Jolley McGavin
Ezra Tooele Conger was born March 28, 1885 in Buckeye, Alabama to William and Hicksey Ann Mitchel [sic] Conger. She was the fourth of seven children.There home was a small acreage cleared in the woods, where they raised cotton, peanuts, sweet potatoes, a few sheep for wool, a milk cow and a span of muloes for plowing. Everyone helped with the farm work. They raised their own food and clothing. The cotton and wool would be spun into thread on the spinning sheel then woven into cloth on the loom. They knit their own sweaters and hose from the wool and made their clothes from the cotton material.
Her mother being in poor health, she was needed at home so was only priviledged to go to school to the fourth grade. However, through experiece she was educated in the important things of life.
The Missionaries converted her family to the Gospel in 1890 so she was raised in a Latter-day Saint home and was baptised when 8 years old.
In January 1901 the family moved to Parawan, Utah, then later to Washington, Utah. Here Ezra worked in the cotton mill and hired out as a maid to families and hotels. While living there she met and married Reuben James Jolley, July 13, 1905. He was a widower with four small children so even as a bride she began raising a family.
To this union was born five daughters and six sons, one son dying in infancy, making a total of fourteen children that came under her influence.
In 1913 they moved to Oakley, Idaho. Her husband came overland by team and wagon while she came on the train with the smaller children. It took her husband six weeks to make the trip. He then helped build the canals on the Oakley Project. Later they moved to Albion, Idaho and in 1918 moved to the Burley Project.
They settled on a farm and there is no reason to think that farm life with a family the size of the Jolley's was easy. Husband and wife worked side by side to raise their children and give them a testimony of the Gospel that they might grow up to be honorable and respectable men and women.
In 1940 her husband died leaving her with four sons still at home. She worked at many different places and on one occasion even moved to Portland, Oregon to manage a hotel, but in 1955 she moved back to Burley, ID.
For 17 years she was a widow, but while doing Temple work at Idaho Falls she met Roland McGavin who she married in the Idaho Falls Temple on February 27, 1957. They did a great deal of Temple Work until his death in May 1961. Though left again a widow she was never idle. One might say that she did not live alone because her hands, with their accomplishments in various kinds of needlework, from small fancy stitching to quilt making, kept her not only busy but seemed to give companionship, because she was making these things as a labor of love for her many children, grandchildren and others near and dear to her. One can be sure that these articles made with the labor of love will be cherished by their owners for many years to come.
She had a firm testimony of the gospel and her church activities were many, her main love being for the Relief Society organization and she was a visiting teacher for many years.
After five days of illnes she died at the Cassia Memorial Hospital on June 28, 1973 at 4:45 a.m. as the dawn was breaking in the eastern sky to begin a new day.
She is survived by ten children:
Agnes Hogg, Jerome, Idaho
Tallie Vanek, Portland, Ore.
Wanda Anderson, Boise, Idaho
William Jolley, Rupert, Idaho
Carol Rayborn, Baker, Ore.
Lula Mae Baird, Boise, Idaho
Anthony Jolley, Bruneau, Idaho
James Jolley, Molalla, Ore.
Edsel Jolley, Talon, Ore.
John J. Jolley, Boise, Idaho
Three step-children:
Delpha Westover, Salt Lake City, Utah
Ella Mercier, Hollywood, Cal.
Bryan Jolley, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Forty-three grandchildren, eighty four great grandchildren, and eight great great grandchildren, a grand total of one hundred and forty-five progeny.She is buried in the Pleasant View Cemetery at Burley, Idaho, beside her husband and infant son.
(Source: unknown author, undated - furnished by Sheila Morgan - retyped by REH)
BIOGRAPHY: Ezra Jolley McGavin
Ezra Jolley McGavin, who at nearly 85 years of age now stays "young" by keeping busy making quilts, afghans, fancy work, attending church regularly and walking, was born March 27 [sic 28], 1885 in Buckeye, Ala.When 12 years of age, she moved with her family to southern Utah. She married Reuben J. Jolley on July 13, 1905. In 1913 they moved to Oakley, traveling overland with their horses and wagons, camping along the way.
In Oakley her husband worked for a construction company building the canals. They later moved to Albion which at that time was the county seat of Cassia County.
In 1918 the family moved from Albion to the Burley project where they farmed for many years. Her husband died in 1940, and in 1957 she married Roland McGavin. He died in 1961.
Mrs. McGavin is the mother of 11 children, 10 still living. She has 40 grandchildren, 66 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildrn - 119 descendants. She also reared four step-children.
She will soon be 85 years old, is still active and cares for herself. In the summertime she can be seen outside at her home in Burley, wearing her sunbonnet, tending her flowers.
(Source: undated clipping - furnished by Sheila Morgan - typed by REH)
Reuben James JolleyAKA: Called, Rube, in biographical sketch written by his daughter, Hicksey Caroline.
CHILDREN: 13 children living at the time of this death.
MARRIAGE: Reuben James Jolley was a widower with four small children when he married Ezra Tooele Conger on 13 Jul 1905.
RECOLLECTIONS: Reuben James Jolley
Reuben James Jolley was born, on 13 Feb 1866 at Washington, Utah, the second son of Washington Lafayette Jolley and Emily Knight. He was the fifth child of a family of ten children. His father's family was one of the first families to be called, by President Brigham Young, to southern Utah to start a settlement. Some of the families became discouraged by the many hardships and went back to their former homes, but Washington stayed.Life was very hard for the few families in the little settlement on the Virgin River. Many times they did not have enough to eat or wear and they had to work very hard to make a living. Reuben had very little time to go to school, therefore he only got to the fourth grade. Nevertheless, he was well educated from life experience. His parents taught him the Gospel and the important things in life. One winter he had no shoes so he carried a pan of hot ashes to school with him to keep his feet warm.
He would go with his father to sell vegetables, chickens, eggs and other produce to the mining towns and surrounding communities. On a trip in 1889, his father was taken ill with pneumonia and he drove the horses to their limit to get him home to a doctor. In spite of all the doctor could do, his father died 8 November 1889, leaving his mother a widow with four small children.
Reuben played several musical instruments as well as having a good singing voice. He played in the town band and also a dance orchestra. He could play the guitar and harmonica at the same time, or the organ and harmonica. He had talent as an actor and would go from town to town with a troupe and put on shows, among them many minstrel shows. The townspeople of the many small towns in southern Utah enjoyed these shows very much and there would always be a good turn out, as there was very little entertainment in those days. This also helped the actors to make a living for their families as well as having a very enjoyable time themselves. He was a caller for square dances and composed several songs.
He was a very good teamster and took great pride in his horses. Horse racing was a very popular pasttime in those days and he always had a horse to enter in a race. These races were very important events and would be talked about for days ahead and would always draw a large crowd. Much betting would go on among the horse owners.
He married Margarite Alice Jackson, in St. George Temple. Alice was the daughter of Johnston Jackson and Alice Robinson. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and came to Dixie with her parents. She worked in the cotton factory when she was so small she had to sit on a high stool to reach the loom.
After Margarite's death, Reuben James married Ezra Tooele Conger, daughter of William Jonas Conger and Hicksey Ann Clementine Mitchell. Her family was converted to the Latter-day Saints church in Alabama and moved to Utah in 1891. They moved to Idaho in 1912 and followed farming.
He was an Elder in the church and enjoyed the church all his life, especially singing in the choir. He had a pleasant disposition and made many friends.
He died at the age of 74, leaving his widow and family of 13 living children and many friends.
(Source: p. 120 of unknown publication, written by Agness [sic] Jolley Hogg - furnished by Sheila Morgan)
REFERENCE: Some of the information about the Jolley family came from the book, "The Jolley Family Book," complied by Bryant Manning Jolley and Committee, in 1966. Location of the book is not known by REH.
12063. Wanda Jolley
Wanda JolleyNO_ISSUE: Wanda (Jolley) Anderson had no issue.
RESIDENCES: Boise, ID
OCCUPATION: Advisor to Hollywood School of Beauty
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: LDS; S.S. teacher; Secretary of the Relief Society
HOBBIES: Writes poetry and does oil painting
Omer AndersonCHILD: One son by a relationship prior to marriage to Wanda Jolley. She reared the son.
NAME-CONFLICT: Homer
MILITARY: Served in the Navy
OCCUPATION: Supervisor at the State Penitentiary in Idaho
RESEARCHER-HOBBIES: Very active in genealogical work
Jeremiah SmithSPOUSE: Jeremiah Smith was the 2nd spouse of Wanda Jolley.
8305. Agnes Israel Conger
Agnes Israel CongerPARENTS: William Jonas Conger and Hicksey Ann Clementine Mitchell
Problem: Was she born at Dempsey, Clay Co., AL or Randolph Co., AL? CFA I, lists both.
COMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
COMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
12073. Karl Edwin Marshall
Karl Edwin MarshallSSN: Is this SSDI record for Karl Edwin Marshall?
Individual: Marshall, Karl
Social Security #: 530-07-6518
SS# issued in: Nevada
Birth date: Sep 17, 1910
Death date: Jul 30, 1988
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12076. Albert Julius Marshall
Albert Julius MarshallSSN:
Individual: Marshall, Albert
Social Security #: 530-03-9058
SS# issued in: Nevada
Birth date: Mar 2, 1919
Death date: Aug 1977
ZIP Code of address where death benefit payment was sent: 89101
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Las Vegas, Nevada
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8306. Era Lehi Conger
Era Lehi CongerPARENTS: William Jonas Conger and Hicksey Ann Clementine Mitchell
RESIDENCES: Overton, NV
Problem: Was she born in Randolph Co., AL or Dempsey, Clay Co., AL? CFA I, lists both.
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Latter-day Saints
RESEARCHER: Era Jones maintained the Conger records after the death of her brother, Elijah H. Conger. She loaned the records to Maxine Leonard.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, 753 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)COMMENT: Not found in the SSDI
Albert Larson JonesCHURCH_AFFILIATION: Latter-day Saints
OCCUPATION: Railway Express agent.
BIRTH-CONFLICT: Was the date of birth, 8 Nov 1887 or as listed in the SSDI, 18 Nov 1887?
SSN:
Individual: Jones, Albert
Social Security #: 720-16-5326
Issued in: Railroad Board
Birth date: Nov 18, 1887
Death date: Oct 1970
Residence code: Nevada
ZIP Code of last known residence: 89040
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Overton, Nevada
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8307. William Ezekiel Conger
William Ezekiel CongerPARENTS: William Jonas Conger and Hicksey Ann Clementine Mitchell
SSN:
Individual: Conger, William
Social Security #: 530-05-2245
Issued in: Nevada
Birth date: Jul 4, 1892
Death date: Dec 1968
Residence code: Utah
ZIP Code of last known residence: 84105
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Arvilla CooleyNAME-CONFLICT: Orvilla Cooley, CFA II, p. 70; Arvella Conger in the SSDI
SSN:
Individual: Conger, Arvella
Social Security #: 554-80-7893
Issued in: California
Birth date: Jun 17, 1896
Death date: Jul 1984
Residence code: Utah
ZIP Code of last known residence: 84106
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Salt Lake City, Utah
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12085. Edna Hicksey Conger
Edna Hicksey CongerBIRTH-QUESTION: In what county was the birth place?
Arthur Andrew DiehlBIRTH: Texas or Alabama (CFA I, p. 727)
SSN: Is this the SSDI record of Arthur Andrew Diehl? If so, there is a conflict on the year of birth and the date of death is known.
Individual: Diehl, Arthur
Social Security #: 456-28-0117
Issued in: Texas
Birth date: Dec 27, 1920
Death date: Feb 1980
Residence code: Nevada
ZIP Code of last known residence: 89121
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Las Vegas, Nevada
ZIP Code of address where death benefit payment was sent: 89121
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Las Vegas, Nevada
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John R. RobinsonSPOUSE: John R. Robinson was the 2nd spouse of Ruby Frances Beall.
8313. Casper Parker Conger
Casper Parker CongerBIRTH-CONFLICT: 26 Mar 1894 (CFA I, p. 343); 26 Mar 1895 (CFA I, p. 52); 26 Mar 1896 in the SSDI.
MARRIAGE-CONFLICT: 23 Oct 1923 (CFA I, p. 343); 28 OCt 1923 (CFA I, p. 52)
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Methodist
RESIDENCES: 8th Street; Barnesville, GA
SSN:
Individual: Conger, Casper
Social Security #: 252-05-5761
SS# issued in: Georgia
Birth date: Mar 26, 1896
Death date: Jun 1972
Residence code: Georgia
ZIP Code of last known residence: 30204
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Barnesville, Georgia
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Annie Rosetta GardnerCHURCH_AFFILIATION: Methodist
SSN:
Individual: Conger, Annie
Social Security #: 252-05-5758
SS# issued in: Georgia
Birth date: Jun 17, 1899
Death date: Mar 1984
Residence code: Georgia
ZIP Code of last known residence: 31709
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Americus, Georgia
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Walter Roy CornwallProblem: Listed as Cornwell on p. 343 and Cornwall on p. 718 of CFA I.