Bettie Brewer Noyes, wife of Ray Noyes of Liberal, Missouri, is seen here visiting her sister, Jessie, in Washington state.
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Bettie Brewer Noyes Visiting Jessie Brewer Jones in Washington State
Bettie Brewer Noyes, wife of Ray Noyes of Liberal, Missouri, is seen here visiting her sister, Jessie, in Washington state.
The Jones Family
Levy Jones and Jessie Brewer Jones are shown here. The identity of the child isn’t certain. Jessie was a sister of Bettie Brewer Noyes (this blog’s line) and daughter of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana Fowler Brewer.
The original photo is courtesy of Jim and Dieanna Swearngin.
Levy Jones and Jessie Brewer Jones
A very cool photo of Jessie Brewer Jones and her husband Levy Jones, courtesy of Dieanna and Jim Swearngin.
Jessie was a daughter of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana Louise Jane Fowler, and sibling of this blog’s Elizabeth “Bettie” Brewer who married Ray Noyes and resided in Liberal, Missouri.
Jessie was born 1888 Jan 10 in Barton County, Missouri, and died 1981 June 22 in Yakima, Washington. John Levy Jones, born 1883 Dec 28 in Missouri to Willieam C. Jones and Lutesia “Luttie” Steeley, died 1952 Dec 28 in Yakima. Both are buried in the Tahoma Cemetery.
They were married about 1905 in Everton, Dade, Missouri.
Levy and Jessie had four children:
1. Herman Chester Jones b. 1906 Sep 22 in Arcola, Dade, Missouri, died 1977 March 9 in Selah, Yakima, Washington.
2. Herbert Leo Jones b. 1910 Oct 28 in Missouri, died 1989 March 7 in Yakima, Washington. 1947 Aug 27 in Selah, Yakima, Washington he married Edna Lambeth, born 1919 March 1, died 2006 Oct 10. She is buried at West Hills Memorial Park in Yakima.
3. Burton Jones b. 1917 Sep 24 in Missouri, died 1975 Nov 6 in Yakima, Washington.
4. Mary Katherine Jones b. 1921 May 9 in Missouri.
Jessie and Levy are in the 1910 Pilgrim, Dade, Missouri census, living amongst his family:
District 0071, Pilgrim, Dade, Missouri
30/31 JONES Aughty 34 md 2 times 6 years b. MO parents b. MO farmer
Emma wife 25 md once b. MO father b. IN mother b. MO
31/52 JONES Levy 26 md once b. MO paretns b. MO farmer
Jessie wife 22 md once 4 years 1 child b. MO father b. KY mother b. IL
Herman son 3 b. MO parents b. MO
32/33 JONES Wm C. 64 md twice 28 years b. MO father b. KY mother b. MO farmer
Lulu wife md once 28 years 5 children 5 living b. MO parents b. MO
Elbert son 22 b. MO parents b. MO farm laborer
Elva daughter 18
Deltha daughter 17
33/34 JONES Thomas J. 59 md once 40 years
Elvira Walace wife 56 md once 40 years 12 children, 10 surviving
Clarence son 20
Earl son 18
Roy son 15
Ethel daughter 12
The 1920 census again shows them in Pilgrim, Dade, Missouri, living near Lewis Brewer, Jessie’s brother:
66/68 BREWER Lewis Own 39 b. MO father b. IN mother b. IL Farmer
Eva P. 34 b. MO parents b. MO
Clyde E. 16 b. MO parents b. MO73/75 JONES Levy Rent 37 b. MO parents b. MO Farmer on General Farm
Jessie 32 b. MO father b. IN mother b. IL
Herman 13 b. MO parents b. MO
Herbert 9 b. MO parents b. MO
Berton 2 and 3/12 b. MO parents b. MO
The 1930 census shows them in North, Dade, Missouri:
Year: 1930; Census Place: North, Dade, Missouri; Roll: T626_1185; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 0132.
29/29 JONES Levi Rent 46 married at 21 b. MO parents b. MO Farmer on General Farm
Jessie 41 married at 17 b. MO father b. US mother b. IL
Herbert 19 b. MO parents b. MO
Burton 12 b. MO parents b. MO
Mary C. 9 b. MO parents b. MO
Jessie’s certificate of death shows she was at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home when she died, her next of kin being her daughter, Mrs. Mary Smith, who was living at Rt. 4, Box 4334 in Selah, Washington. She was buried June 25, 1981, with Shaw & Sons Funeral Home at 201 N. 2nd St. in Yakima taking care of the funeral.
The funeral home sheet shows the officiating minister was Rev. Wendel D. Jensen, the organist was Mr. Reuben Ausink, the vocalist Eric Hillstrom. Songs were “Will the Circle be Unbroken” and “When We All Get to Heaven”.
Pallbearers were Junior Jones, Jason Jones, Bob Smith, Darell Smith, Percy Bauguess and John Ferguson.
She was 93, and her usual residence had been Box 272 in Selah, Washington, having resided there since 1937.
She had 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren, and was preceded in death by her husband and 3 sons.
She was a member of the Selah Covenant Church.
Levy, a farmer, had died 1952 Dec 18 at 10:50 a.m., and was buried Wed., Dec 31, 1952 at 1:30 p.m., the Rev. Lloyd Tornell, of the Mission Covenant Church of Selah officiating. Mrs. Helen Herr was the organist. Singers were Mrs. Tena Williams and Leonard Dahl. The pallbearers were Linvil Pyle, Tom Smith, Jack Ellis, Earl Dixon, Junior Jones and Lennie Lantrip.
At the time of his death, sons Herman and Herbert, and daughter Mary Catherine Smith were all living in Selah, while Burton was in Yakima.
Brother Elbert was in Everton, Missouri, as were his sisters Mrs. Elvie Wright and Miss Delpha Jones. His sister Mrs. Pearl Perona was in Crowburg, Kansas.
He had 9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
Obituaries of Delana Louise Fowler Brewer
Delana Louise Fowler was the wife of David Nathaniel Brewer. Her daughter, Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Brewer was of the line of the blog’s author.
Mrs. Dave Brewer
9 Nov 1939
Mrs. Dave Brewer, 85, a pioneer citizen of the Shady Grove community east of this city, died on Saturday at the home of her son, Walter Brewer, at Liberal, Mo., after an extended illness. Mrs. Brewer is survived by five children, six other children and her husband having preceded her in death.
Delana L. Fowler daughter of John and Nancy Fowler was born Sept. 12, 1854, and died on Nov. 4, 1939. She was united in marriage to D. N. Brewer March 1869. To this union 11 children were born, her husband and 7 children preceded her in death. The children living are: John Brewer of Joplin, Mo., Mrs. Mary Rhodes of Minden Mines, Mrs. Levi Brewer of Selah, Wash., and Walter Brewer of Arcadia, Kansas, where she made her home. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Mike Workman of Lamar and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Many nieces and nephews. Funeral services was conducted by Rev. Lokey at the Carr Chapel Sunday afternoon to a large crowd of relatives and friends. There was a beautiful floral offering. Her children were all here when she passed away.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Gordon Lockey on Sunday afternoon at Carr Chapel, east of this city, and interment was made beside her husband and children, in the Carr Chapel cemetery, under direction of the Ward Funeral Home.
Well, that’s one of the more confused obituaries ever.
Mrs. Brewer Dies at Her Home Near Oskaloosa
Mrs. Delana L. Brewer died Saturday morning, Nov. 4 1939, at the home of her son Walter Brewer, near Oskaloosa. Mrs. Brewer was 85 years, 1 month and 23 days.
OBITUARY
Delana Louise Fowler, daughter of John and Mary Fowler, was born Sept. 12 1854, near Bloomington, Ill. At the age of 9 years she moved with her parents to Osage Mission, Kans. She was married to David N. Brewer, March 1, 1869 they moved to Barton City, Mo., in 1872 and Dade County, near Greenfield in March 1895.
Mr. Brewer passed away Aug. 21, 1921. To Mr. and Mrs. Brewer eleven children were born, two dying in infancy and Alva, May 24, 1909; Elmer, May 1, 1912; Lewis, May 1932; Dan, Dec. 31, 1938. She leaves to mourn her departure, two sons, John D. Brewer, Joplin, Mo., Walter R. Brewer, Oskaloosa; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Rhoades, Mulberry, Kans, Mrs. Jessie Joenes, Selah, Wash., Mrs. Betty Noyes, Liberal, Mo; one sister, Mrs. Lois Workmam, Lamar, Mo., and a number of grandchildren, great grand children and great, great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held at the M. E. church at Greenfield, Nov. 5 at 1 o’clock, conducted by the pastor of the church. Song numbers were, “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” “Come Angel Band” and “The Old Rugged Cross.” The pallbearers were grandsons, Herman Jones, Earl Spurling, James Noyes, Clyde Brewer, Earnest Brewer and Schuyler Brewer. Burial was at Cars Chapel cemetery by the side of her husband and children. The Ward Funeral services in charge. Those attending the funeral from here besides the relatives were Geo. Petgen, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Talbott and Mr. and Mrs. Newt Smith.
ROUTE ONE
Mrs. D. L. Brewer
Delana L. Fowler, daughter of John and Mary Fowler, was born September 12, 1854, and died November 4, 1939. She was united in marriage to D. N. Brewer in March 1869. To this union eleven children were born. Her husband and seven children preceded her in death. The children living are John Brewer of Joplin, Missouri; Mrs. Mary Rhodes of Minden Mines, Missouri; Mrs. Ray Noyes of Liberal, Missouri; Mrs. Levi Jones of Selah, Washington, and Walter Brewer of Arcadia, Kansas, where she was making her home. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Mike Workman of Lamar, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Lokey at Carr’s Chapel on November 5, in the presence of a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives. There was a beautiful floral offering. Her children were all here when she passed away.
Lewis Brewer with Mule Team in Dade County, Missouri
Lewis Brewer, b. 1880 May 19th in Barton county, Missouri, was a sibling of Bettie Brewer Noyes, and son of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana L. Jane Fowler. This photo, contributed by Jim and Dieanna Swearngin, would likely have been taken in Dade County, Missouri, where Lewis lived. He died May 19, 1932 so we’re looking a date some time in the 1920s I imagine.
Lewis married Pearl Eva Jones on 1902 July 4 in Everton, Dade, Missouri. She died 1966 May 10. Their son was Clyde E. Brewer b. 1904 in Missouri.
The 1920 census shows Lewis in Pilgrim, Dade, Missouri, living not far from his sister Jessie Brewer Jones, married to Levy Jones.
66/68 BREWER Lewis Own 39 b. MO father b. IN mother b. IL Farmer
Eva P. 34 b. MO parents b. MO
Clyde E. 16 b. MO parents b. MO73/75 JONES Levy Rent 37 b. MO parents b. MO Farmer on General Farm
Jessie 32 b. MO father b. IN mother b. IL
Herman 13 b. MO parents b. MO
Herbert 9 b. MO parents b. MO
Berton 2 and 3/12 b. MO parents b. MO
The 1930 census again shows Lewis in Pilgrim, Dade, Missouri. He appears to be living next to his nephew, Davie Brewer, born about 1902, who was a son of Daniel Brewer and Rose E. Trent. Daniel Brewer was a son of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana L. Jane Fowler.
Year: 1930; Census Place: Pilgrim, Dade, Missouri; Roll: T626_1185; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 0154.
40/40 BREWER David head Own 29 married at 24 b. MO parents b. MO Farmer not a veteran
Flossie B. wife 29 married at 24 b. MO parents b. MO
Anna B. daughter 4 b. MO parents b. MO
Alpise J. daughter 3 b. MO parents b. MO
41/41 BREWER Lewis Own 50 married at 22 b. MO parents b. MO Farmer, not a veteran
Pearl wife 45 married at 17 b. MO parents b. MO
Clyde E. son 26 b. MO parents b. MO
If this is Lewis Brewer’s land, I’m wondering if that hill in the background isn’t instead an Indian mound. The shape is suggestive of one.
Before 1939 Brewer, Spurling and Jones Family Gathering
This photo of a family gathering, supplied by Nancy Benton, is of an event which would have occurred before 1939 as Delana Fowler Brewer is shown and she died November 4, 1939 at Oscaloosa in Dade County, Missouri.
The first photo is the original.
Just wanted to show that because I needed to mock up a lower part of the photo in order to not cut out the gentleman on the left.
Below, to add some definition, I did a quick color job, nothing detailed as the photo is too lo-fi.
Now for identifications supplied by Nancy Benton. The third man over in the back row (with the hat) is Charles Bryant, b. 1890, husband of Pansy Ruth Noyes. In front of him is Delana Fowler Brewer, b. 1854, the matriarch of this clan photo. The woman behind the smallest girl is Edith Gilmore Brewer b. abt. 1894, wife of Robert Walter Brewer, b. 1890, a son of Delana’s. Next to her is Bettie Brewer Noyes, daughter of Delana, b. 1877. Between and behind them is Pansy Noyes Bryant, b. 1895. The man next to Pansy (looking over Bettie’s left shoulder) is Walter Brewer and Jessie Brewer Jones, another daughter of Delana’s, b. 1888, is to the right of Bettie.
I think the man on the far right would be Levy Jones, b. 1883, husband of Jessie Brewer Jones.
All the individuals to our left of Delana are unidentified, as is the woman with the curly dark hair standing to the right of Delana. The two girls in front are unidentified. The man standing hidden behind the two women in the middle of the photo is unidentified. The young man limbing the house is unidentified, as is the young man behind Jessie Brewer Jones.
The Spurlings are Mary Katherine Brewer Spurling, b. 1872, another daughter of Delana’s. She married three times, to a George Spurling, and they had a son named Earl, and also to a man named Rhodes (this was before 1939) and a Robert L. Trent. I don’t know the order of the marriages.
If Mary Katherine Brewer Spurling is in the photo, she is in her 60s and is either going to be the woman on the far left or the woman standing to the right of Delana (just left of center of the photo).
Dorothy Noyes McKenney (a daughter of Bettie Brewer Noyes) and her husband, Lloyd, aren’t in the photo. Also, Ray Noyes, husband of Bettie Brewer Noyes, wasn’t identified by Nancy Benton as being in the photo.
The reunion was perhaps to honor Delana, who died at the age of 85 in 1939. I don’t know the location of the photo but it is likely in Dade county, Missouri.
Another photo from the same gathering shows Bettie Brewer Noyes, sister Jessie Brewer Jones, their mother Delana, and an unknown individual. I imagine it is one of Delana’s sons, possibly Robert Walter who is seen in the family group picture as well but his face is obscured in the second row.
Photos of David Nathaniel Brewer, Rachel Jane Brewer Henderson and Lewis Brewer
The digital file of this photo came to me via Dieanna and Jim Swearngin. They were uncertain of who the woman in the photo was. Fortunately, I have a photo of Rachel Jane Brewer Henderson from this era and it matches her in appearance. David Nathaniel Brewer b. 1850 Oct 31 at Pleasant, Steuben, Indiana, was a sibling of Rachel Jane Brewer b. 1852 Oct 6 at Terra Haute, Vigo, Indiana. She married Atwell Henderson 1866 in Moutrie, Illinois and they settled in Chautauqua County, Kansas. David married Delana L. Jane Fowler 1869 March 1 at Osage Mission, Neosho, Kansas and they settled first in Central, Barton county, Missouri and then in Dade county, Missouri. I’m currently uncertain where this photo might have been taken, but as it passed down through the Levy Jones and Jessie Brewer Jones family it may have been taken in Dade county where Jessie and Levy lived.
Above is the original photo. As with almost all my files, it was a small digital file but I thought it might be nice to try touching it up just a little in order to distinguish David and Rachel just a little from the surroundings.
Another photo appears to be from the same day and shows three unidentified men.
I did a little fixing up of it.
My guess is that Lewis Brewer is the individual in the middle, b. 1880, son of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana Fowler Brewer.
Here is a group shot of David and Delana’s family showing Lewis Brewer. He is the man in the middle of the top row. To learn more about the below photo click here.
David Nathaniel Brewer was the father of my great-grandmother, Bettie Brewer Noyes.
Family of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana Louise Jane Fowler
Courtesy of Nancy Benton is the below image of the family of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana Louise Jane Fowler.
Here, I’ve tried to add a little more body to it.
Rarely do I have a photo showing a full family and am lucky to have this as it has enabled me to make possible identifications on other photos.
Shown in the photo are top row, left to right: Dan, Bettie, Lewis, Jessie, Elmer. Bottom row left to right: Mary, Dave, Walter, Delana, John.
This was taken, what, circa 1909 or 1910 in likely Dade county, Missouri.
A post on the family is here.
Daniel b. 1874 was the third child, Bettie b. 1877 was the fifth, Lewis, born 1880 was the 6th child, not shown is the 7th child named Lois who only lived 1880 to 1881, Jessie b. 1888 was the 10th child, Elmer b. 1883 was the 8th child. Mary b. 1872 was the 2nd child, Dave is the father b. 1850, Walter was the 11th child b. 1890, Delana is the mother b. 1854, and John is the eldest child b. 1869.
Not shown also is Alva who lived from 1885 to 1909. My belief is his death was likely the inspiration for this family photo. Robert Walter was driving a buggy through a creek, and the buggy overturned, throwing “the boys” out. Alva, trying to help the horse out, stepped into a deep hole and was drowned and not found until the following day.
Note that in the front row we have the eldest daughter sitting beside her father, the eldest boy sitting beside the mother, and Walter, the youngest, who was with Alva when he drowned, in the center between his parents.
Photo of Russel (Russell) Dean Jones
Russell Dean Jones b. 1918 Feb 25 in Missouri, died 1920 Feb 5 in Dade county, Missouri, was the son of Elbert Jones and Blanche Griffith. Elbert was the son of William C. Jones and Luttie Steeley. And William C. Jones was the son of Fleming Jones and Mary Funk. This and related families were in Dade County early on, coming from Kentucky, and a number of Jones families in Dade descend from them.
Rosa Bell Jones, Levy Jones and Pearl Jones, all of the Jones family, married Brewers. Rosa b. 1885, who married Elmer Brewer (son of David Nathaniel and Delana Fowler Brewer) was a daughter of James Jones, who was a brother of the above William C. Levy and Pearl were siblings and children of William C. Pearl, b. May 5, 1885 in Dade county, Missouri, on July 4 1902 in Everton, Dade, Missouri married Lewis Brewer. Levy was married to Jessie Brewer.
The 1900 census shows Elbert (listed in the census as Albert) in the household of his father, William C. Pearl is also shown, listed as Emma P.
1900 District 66, Polk, Dade, Missouri
22/22 JONES Thomas J. Nov 1851 48 md 29 farmer b. MO father b. KY mother b. IL
Elvira wife April 1855 45 13 children with 10 surviving b. IN father b. MO mother b. IN
Arthur son aug 1882 17 b. MO father b. MO mother b. IN
Iva S. daughter april 1885 15
Mary F. daughter june 1889 12
Clarence son june 1890 10
Earl son sept 1892 7
Roy son aug 2895 4
Ethel daughter sept 1898 1
23/23 JONES William C. feb 1847 md 18 years b. MO father b. KY mother b. IN
Luttie wife aug 1851 5 children b. MO parents b. KY
Leroy son dec 1883 16 b. MO parents b. MO
Emma P. daughter May 1885 15
Albert son apr 1888 12
Elvy daughter july 1891 8
Deltha daughter apr 1893 7
The 1910 census shows Elbert in the household of his father William C. Jones. On one side lives William’s brother brother Thomas J., and on the other side we find Levy Jones and Jessie Brewer (daughter of David Nathaniel and Delana Brewer) and Aughty Jones, who was another son of William C. Jones through a first marriage to Angeline Hockman.
1910 District 0071, Pilgrim, Dade, Missouri
30/31 JONES Aughty 34 md 2 times 6 years b. MO parents b. MO farmer
Emma wife 25 md once b. MO father b. IN mother b. MO
31/52 JONES Levy 26 md once b. MO parents b. MO farmer
Jessie wife 22 md once 4 years 1 child b. MO father b. KY mother b. IL
Herman son 3 b. MO parents b. MO
32/33 JONES Wm C. 64 md twice 28 years b. MO father b. KY mother b. MO farmer
Lulu wife md once 28 years 5 children 5 living b. MO parents b. MO
Elbert son 22 b. MO parents b. MO farm laborer
Elva daughter 18
Deltha daughter 17
33/34 JONES Thomas J. 59 md once 40 years
Elvira Wallace wife 56 md once 40 years 12 children, 10 surviving
Clarence son 20
Earl son 18
Roy son 15
Ethel daughter 12
The 1920 census shows Elbert and Blanche with their young son.
1920 District 75 Pilgrim Dade Missouri
14/14 Jones Elbert 30 b. MO parents b. MO
Blanche wife 22 b. MO father b. TN mother b. MO
Russel D. son 1 11/12 b. MO parents b. MO
Luttie mother 70 b. MO parents b. KY
Diltha sister 25 b. MO parents b. MO
In 1930 they are living beside Roy Jones, a son of Thomas J. (Jefferson) Jones, who was beside William C. Jones in 1910.
1930 District 11 Pilgrim Dade Missouri
36/36 JONES Elbert 37 md 27 b. MO parents b. MO
Blanche wife 29 md 18 b. MO father b. FL mother b. MO
Lutie mother 79 md 24 b. MO f parents b. MO
37/37 JONES Roy 34 md 26 b. MO ” ”
Florence wife 25 md 17 b. MO father b. MO mother b. IN
Maxim daughter 5 b. MO parents b. MO
Eula M. daughter 3 and 1/12 ” ”
Hilda J. daughter 5/12 ” ”
Thomas father 77 b. MO ” “
The photo of Russell is courtesy of Dieanna and Jim Swearngin. Jessie Brewer Jones had written on the back: “Russel Dean Jones. Uncle Albert + Blanches Boy. Died of Whooping Cough.”
A beautiful boy and a sad entry in the photo archive.