{"id":4002,"date":"2009-09-12T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T19:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/?p=4002"},"modified":"2013-12-18T19:52:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:52:21","slug":"george-washington-mckenney-jr-and-belle-sparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/4002\/george-washington-mckenney-jr-and-belle-sparks\/","title":{"rendered":"George Washington McKenney Jr. and Belle Sparks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maarriage photo of Belle Sparks and George Washington McKenney Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

George Washington MCKENNEY, son of George Washington MCKENNEY Sr. and Isabella LOVE was born 2 Sept. 1861 in Iowa. He died 3 March 1947, at the age of 85, in Sedan, Chautauqua Co. KS, and is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Chautauqua Co.<\/p>\n

On 3 June 1883, in Elgin, Chautauqua Co. KS, George Jr. married Belle M. SPARKS, daughter of James E. SPARKS and Carrie BURCH<\/a>. She was 15 and he was 21.<\/p>\n

Belle was born 14 Jan 1868 in Shelby Co., Illinois and died 28 Dec. 1935, at the age of 67, in Sedan, Chautauqua Co. KS. She is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Chautauqua, along with G. W.<\/p>\n

George and Belle were married 52 years and had the following children:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. James Albert b. 22 March 1884 at Sedan, married Vera CROCKETT<\/a>. Direct line.<\/li>\n
  2. Cleo May b. Chautauqua Co. KS. Born 9 April 1885, died 22 May 1892. (My family had Elsa May. Descendants of Mable Clair have Cleo May and birth and death dates.) <\/li>\n
  3. Mabel Clair b. 16 Oct. 1888 at Chautauqua Co. KS, died 11 Sept. 1972, married Frank TRIPP<\/a>. James Preston TRIPP, who married Mary Sparks MCCORMICK, was father of Frank TRIPP by his first wife Jennie McWhirt. <\/li>\n
  4. Carrie Isabel b. Nov. 1897 in OK, died 1931. In 1916 she married Jessie C. HAMPTON<\/a>, b. 24 August 1885 and died 8 March 1965.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A couple of stories survive about G. W. McKenney Jr., but that’s it. I was told by family of his sibling Addie that he was attached to family and kept in close contact with family in the Osage area, visiting them. Down our line is the story that he was a deputy and as a teen I saw an old photo of him with a bullet dangling from his pocket watch chain. I’ve also been told that, as a deputy, one night they came by to get him for something that was going on, and that when he returned he said he was quitting but never spoke about the events of the night. What that was about, we’ll never know.<\/p>\n

    My grandfather said he was five feet six inches tall.<\/p>\n

    A newspaper article survives of George Jr’s trip to visit his half-brother Eli in 1937.<\/p>\n

    “Brothers to Meet in Culkin after Seventeen Years<\/p>\n

    “Major and Mrs. Eli W. McKenny, of the Culkin neighborhood, are Expecting a visit from Major McKenny’s brother George McKenny Former mayor of Chataqua, Kansas, and his wife and son, of Sedair, Kans., who will arrive here next week. They are traveling by auto. <\/p>\n

    “The visit will be the first time the two brothers will have met since Major McKenny came south about seventeen years ago. The Kansans Wish to visit the National Military Park while here. This will be the First time that George McKenny and his son have been south. After staying here for a short while, the visitors (torn) New Orleans for a few(torn). ”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    G. W. Jr. was never a mayor of Chautauqua Kansas. The federal censuses given him in 1900, 1910 and 1920 as living in Belleville in Chautauqua, whereas the the state census in 1905 and 1915 has the family in Chautauqua in Chautauqua county, which is confusing to me. I’ve considered the confusion may have something to do with a known mayor of Chautauqua, a James Bird Jones, who the 1920 census shows next to G. W.’s family. James Bird Jones was, sometime after 1915, a mayor of Chautauqua. He was part Chahta (Choctaw) Indian and his wife was Laura Mae Revelette, daughter of Frederick “Frank” Revelette and Emma Frances Davenport. The Revelettes and McKenneys would have been acquainted with each other prior this, according to the census. 1905 shows the James S. Revelette and Annie Rhatigan family (James was a brother of Laura) living at household 9 in Chautauqua and the McKenneys at household 14. The 1915 census records the family next to Benjamin Sparks, a brother of Belle Sparks. <\/p>\n

    Frederick “Frank” Revelette’s parents were Pierre Carbaneau Revelette and Mary Louise Roy, daughter of Louis Roy and Julia Royer (French, Osage and Kansas descent), and sister of other Roys who had a number of Osage descendants in the area, including John Baptiste Roy who had married Pagrachenah, said to be Ioway-Osage. Other relations of this family were living beside George’s sister Addie as well as other relatives. For instance, the family of Joseph Richmond Pearson and Rosa Lee Denoya had been residing between Addie in the Osage area in 1910. Rosa was a granddaughter of Julia Roy, Mary Louise Roy’s sister, through Francis Denoy and Martha Lessert.<\/p>\n

    With the story of G. W. Jr’s mother being Ioway, and with their location in the Osage area, I have considered that the story of G. W. Jr. having once been a mayor of Chautauqua is instead perhaps garbled knowledge that G. W. Jr. was in some way related to the family of James Bird Jones and Laura Mae Revelette. <\/p>\n

    THE CENSUS INFO<\/p>\n

    So far I’ve only located George Washington McKenney Jr. and Sr. in the 1885 census, not George Jr’s family, which makes me wonder if they could possibly be in Oklahoma at this time.<\/p>\n

    KS State Census – 1885 KS Chautauqua Co. Center
    \nG. W. McKenney 48 carpenter widowed b. OH from Iowa
    \nGeorge McKenney 22 married carpenter b. Iowa
    \nAncestry.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Mable Clair was born in 1888. Her obituary gave the family as living in Pawhuska when she was a child. By 1897, with Carrie Isabel was born, they were in Kay County, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

    The family was back in Chautauqua County, Oklahoma by 1900.<\/p>\n

    1900 CHAUTAUQUA BELLEVILLE TOWNSHIP CENSUS<\/p>\n

    120\/120
    \nSPARKS James w m 1832 age 68 b. Ind. Father-KY Mother-KY
    \nCarrie w f Aug 1834 65 b. Ind. father-Ind. mother-Maryland
    \nJohn L w m Dec 1852 47 single b. Ind. Father Ind. Mother-Ind.
    \nWilliam E. w m Aug 1876 23 single b. Kansas father-Ind. Mother-Ind.<\/p>\n

    (19) or (10 A)
    \nATKINSON Benjamin ? (uniintelligible, written through) and Mary E.
    \nHOPKINS John and Mariam <\/p>\n

    198\/198
    \nJACK James A. Sept. 1869 30 md. 7 yrs. b. IA parents b. OH lumber and hardware owns
    \nCarrie wife Feb. 1878 23? 3 children b. MO parents b. IL
    \nSelma daughter 1895 4 b. KS
    \nRussell son 1896 3 b. KS
    \nRansom son 1898 1 b. KS <\/p>\n

    199\/199
    \nJAY Fred H. Aug. ? 31 md. 5 years b. IA parents b. unk
    \nGray M. or Mary? wife Apr. 1873 27 1 child b. IL father b. VA mother b. OH
    \nHazel L. daughter July 1887 2 b. KS
    \nJOHNSTON Thomas and Eveline <\/p>\n

    201\/201
    \nMOFFET John N. Apr 1864 36 md. 5 yrs. b. KS father b. OH mother b. MO farmer rents
    \nCora E. wife Oct. 1872 27 4 children b. IN father b. IA mother b. IN
    \nMamie L. daughter Aug 1895 4 b.KS
    \nClarence E. son Oct. 1896 3 b. I.T.
    \nKittie L. daughter Oct. 1897 2 b. I.T.
    \nNorma daughter Oct. 1898 1 b. KS <\/p>\n

    202\/202
    \nMCKINNEY George Sept. 1861 38 md. 17 yrs. b. IA parents b. OH house carpenter rents
    \nBelle wife Jan. 1868 32 4 children 3 surv. b. IL parents b. IN
    \nJames A. son Mar. 1884 16 b. KS farm laborer
    \nClare M. daughter Oct. 1889 11 b. KS
    \nCarrie daughter Nov. 1898 2 b. OK <\/p>\n

    203\/203
    \nECRET (?) Harry Sept. 1871 28 md. 5 yrs. b. IN parents b. IN day laborer rents
    \nLula wife May 1875 25 3 children 3 surv. b. MO parents b. MO
    \nViola M. daughter Nov. 1898 2 b. KS
    \nHerbert W. son Apr. 1900 3\/12 b. KS <\/p>\n

    MYER or MYERS A. stepson Mar. 1893 7 b. KS parents b. KS <\/p>\n

    204\/204
    \nRYERS ? ROGERS? BYERS? William May 1835 65 md. 42 yrs. b. OH parents b. PA Post Master owns
    \nEliza wife 1837 62 10 children 4 surv. b. KY father b. Scotland mother b. England
    \nSHOBE Lila J. (grandson) 1889? 11 b. KS father b. OH mother b. IA <\/p>\n

    220\/220
    \nCROCKETT James K. w m sept 1832 67 b. Mo. Father-Va. Mother-KY
    \nMillie A. (STRICKLIN) w f Dec. 1835 64 b. Mo. Father-Tenn. Mother-Ky.
    \nFOSTER Lulu (daughter) w f Oct. 1875 age 24 b. Missouri father-Tenn and mother-KY.
    \n221\/221
    \nCROCKETT Samuel w m Oct. 1855 age 44 b. Mo. Father-Mo Mother-KY
    \nSarah E. (HACKNEY) w f Dec 1857 age 42 b. Iowa Father-Ohio Mother-Ohio
    \nWilliam D. w m Sept 1883 age 16 b. Kansas f-Mo m-Iowa
    \nBuell K. w m Feb 1885 age 15 b. Kansas f-Mo m-Iowa
    \nVera w f Mar. 1886 age 14 b. Kansas f-Mo m-Iowa
    \nClifford R.w m May 1888 age 13 b. Kansas f-Mo m-Iowa
    \nGeorge K. w m Sept 1886 age 14 b. Kansas f-Mo m-Iowa
    \nSadie D. w f Oct 1892 age 7 b. Kansas f-Mo m-Iowa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The 1905 lineup shows the Osage Revelettes. The Lynns. J. L. Henderson with a Rena Canville in the household and she would have been Osage. Then the family of William Leo Callahan whose mother was Louisa Monica Julia Canville, Osage, daughter of Andrew Bernard Canville and Mary Louise Tayrien, and was in the household as M. Ferrell. (Cornelius Callahan, another child of Julia Canvilles, was residing a couple doors from George and Belle in 1930).<\/p>\n

    Chautauqua County had its share of mixed Indian families–in particular, French-Indian families, lines extending back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who tended to be listed as white in the Chautauqua County census, but were Osage enrolled and listed as Osage when down in the Osage area, for they moved back and forth or had family in the Osage area that was listed in the census as Osage.<\/p>\n

    1905 Chautauqua, Chautauqua, Kansas
    \n9\/9 REVLETT J S 28 b. Osage Nation from Osage Nation
    \nA L 28 b. IA from IA
    \nTessie 6 b. KS from KS
    \nL 4
    \n10\/10 LYNN RS 40 b. IN from COL
    \n F E 41 b. IL from COL
    \nLura 11 b. IL from IL
    \nEdith 9 b. IL from COL
    \n11\/11 HENDERSON J L 33 b. PA from OH
    \nME 31 b. IL from IL
    \nCANVILLE Rena10 b. Osage Nation
    \n12\/12 CALLAHAN W L 23 b. Osage Nation
    \nAnna (line 6) 26 b. Iowa from Osage Nation
    \nLeo 7 b.Osage Nation from Osage Nation
    \nCharles 5 b. Osage Nation
    \nMary 3 b. KS from KS
    \nGertrude 1 b. KS from KS
    \nFERRELL M 49
    \nSHAW Adie 20 b. Osage Nation from ON
    \nAVERY Emma 23 b. KS from KS
    \nSHAW Robert 15 b. Osage Nation from ON
    \n13\/13 NESSELROAD W B 26 b. WV and LB 20 b. KS
    \n14\/14 MCKINNEY George 43 (line 19) b. Iowa from Iowa carpenter
    \nBelle 37 b. Illinois from Illinois
    \nMay Belle 16 b. KS from KS
    \nCarrie 7 b. OK from OK
    \nG W 73 b. OH from Iowa common laborer
    \n15\/15 MCKENNEY Albert 21 b. KS from KS carpenter
    \nVera 19 b. KS from KS
    \n16\/16 GODWIN J F 35 b. IN from IN
    \nEmma 33 b. MO from MO
    \nV… 7 female b. KS from KS
    \nJames 6
    \nArthur 7
    \nCarl infant
    \nMCCORMAC Weltha 20<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    In 1908 their daughter Mable married Frank Tripp.<\/p>\n

    G. W.’s father is living in the household in 1910. They are both given as James. Clara Sparks is also in the household. This would seem to be Belle’s mother, Carrie, given as widowed, though she was still married and was also enumerated with her husband in this census. A peculiar situation, I’m not sure what’s going on there.<\/p>\n

    1910 Belleville, Chautauqua, Kansas
    \n7\/7
    \nMcKENNEY James m w 47 m. 26 years b. Iowa f-Ohio m-Pennsylvania
    \nBell f w 42 b. Illinois f-Indiana m-Indiana
    \nCarrie f w 12 b. Kansas f-Iowa m-Illinois
    \nJames W. (father) m w age 78 b. Ohio f-Ireland m-Pennsylvania
    \nSPARKS Clara (reads may be mother’s sister) f w 76 had 9 children, 4 surviving, b.Ind father-Ohio mother-Maryland. Born about 1836. Haven’t a clue who this is unless it is Belle’s mother, Carrie, enumerated twice in this census for she is observed living with her husband (noted below). Carrie’s parents were however born in NC and MD. And then also the Clara here is given as a widow. Belle and G. W. did name a daughter Mable Clair. Is it possible she is named for this Clara?<\/p>\n

    (forgot to write the number)
    \nSPARKS James E. head m w 78 married 52 years b. Indiana, parents b. KY
    \nCarrie A. wife f w 75 married 52 years, having had 9 children with only 4 surviving b. Indiana and parents b. in KY
    \nJohn L. son m w 56 single\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    1915 Chautauqua, Chautauqua, Kansas
    \n Pg. 12
    \n HE Pennell 40 and family, Anderson, S E Moffit 73
    \nGeo W McKENNEY 53 IA
    \nBelle 45 IN
    \nCarrie 17 OK
    \nJ E SPARKS 83 IN
    \nCarrie 81
    \nH. B. TRIPP 31 OK
    \nMable 26 KS<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    In 1920 G.W. McKENNEY and Belle are living next door to daughter Carrie Isabel. Georgie’s sister, Addie, is a few households away, giving herself as widowed, though she is still married (her husband gives himself as widowed in the 1930 census).<\/p>\n

    1920 CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY BELLEVILLE TOWNSHIP CENSUS
    \nNAME OF UNINCORPORATED PLACE: CHAUTAUQUA CITY
    \n14 January 1920 by Carl H. McDonald
    \nPg. 9B
    \nKiles Street
    \n66\/75 MCKENNEY George W. Head OF mw 56 md. b. IA father b. OH mother b. PA house carpenter own business
    \nC. Belle Wife fw 50 md b. IL father b. IN mother b. IN
    \nSPARKS James E. Father-in-law mw 87 wd b. IN father b. KY mother b. KY
    \n67\/76 JONES James B. head white 40 b. OK father b. MS mother b. unknown
    \nLaura M. wife 33 b. OK parents b. MO
    \nJames F. son 14 b. KS parents b. OK
    \nAubrey C. son 10 b. OK parents b. OK
    \nMary F. daughter 7 b. KS parents b. OK
    \n…
    \n70\/79 HAMPTON Jesse C. Own, Free mw 34 md b. Illinois and parents in Tennessee Retail salesman, general merchandise, wages
    \nCarrie I. fw 22 md b. Oklahoma. Father-Iowa and mother-Illinois
    \nMarie M. fw 1 6\/12 b. Kansas father b. IL mother b. OK
    \nDoris R. (daughter) fw 3\/12 b. Kansas father b. IL mother b. OK<\/p>\n

    pg. 10a
    \n73\/82 JACK William G. 45 b. IA father b. Ire mother b. Ohio Doctor in General practice Ermie W. 39 b. KS mother b. MO
    \nGeorge A 11 b. KS
    \nPauline 9 b. KS
    \nWillard F 1 and 7\/12 b. KS
    \n74\/83 ALEXANDER John W. 78 b. PA parents b. PA Garage
    \n75\/84 ELDRIDGE John E. 39 b. KS parents b. NC Farm laborer
    \n76\/85 MCKENZIE Joseph 70 b. OH parents b. PA
    \nFlorence 61 b. IA father b. IA mother b.IN
    \n77\/86 HARPE, Carter H. 42 b. MO father b. MO mother b. AR Rail builder, oil gas drilling rig
    \nBertha A. 39 b. KS father b. IL mother b. OH
    \nRussell H. 11 b. KS father b. MO mother b. KS
    \nAveril E. 9 b. CO father b. MO mother b. KA
    \n78\/87 REID Henry N 64 b. MO parents b. KY farmer
    \nAmanda 53 b. MO parents b. KY
    \nJulia N. 21 b. KS parents b. MO
    \n79\/88 MCWHIRT Harry B. 33 b. MO father b. IL mother b. IA … dresser, oil and gas well
    \nAdda M. mother 54 widow b. IA father b. OH mother b. PA
    \nMary sister 15 b. OK father b. IL mother b. IA
    \nNOTE: In this census, Addie MCKINNEY MCWHIRT, sister of George Washington MCKINNEY Jr., is living four households down from Joseph MCKINSEY.
    \n80\/89 GREGORY John F. 44 b. MO parents b. MO works at oil and gas field
    \nSarah A. 42 b. KS mother b. IL father b. IN<\/p>\n

    2nd Feb. pg. 20B
    \n188\/188
    \nMCKENNEY James A. Rents 35 b. KS father b. IN mother b.IL farmer
    \nVera C. wife 33 b. KS father b. MO mother b. IA
    \nLoyd C. son 11 b. KS
    \nThelma E. daughter 8 b. KS
    \nLela M. daughter 5 b. KS
    \n188\/189 CROCKETT Samuel head owns free mw 64 md b. MO parents b. MO Farmer owns own farm #125
    \nSadie H. wife fw 62 md b. IA parents b. IA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The 1930 census.<\/p>\n

    1930 KS, CHAUTAUQUA CO., CHAUTAUQUA DISTRICT 1
    \n58\/58 CALLAHAN Cornelius head $3000 Indian 55 md. 20 b. OK mixed blood Osage
    \nSadie wife 68 md 16 b. MO father b. OH mother b. IA
    \n59\/59 ELDRIDGE John E. head 49 b. Kansas father NC mother US (brother of Effie who married William Fronkier)
    \n60\/60 MCKENNEY George W. Own $700 68 married at 22 b. IA father b. OH mother b. PA Carpenter
    \nBell A. 62 married at 15 b. IL parents b. IN
    \n61\/61 JACK William G. Own $800 55 wd. b. IA father b. Ireland mother b. OH physician in general practice
    \nGeorge 21 b. KS father b. IA mother b. KS
    \nPauline 20
    \nWilliam F 11
    \nNOTE: Martha Eliza CROCKETT, sister of Samuel Kelly CROCKETT (James Albert MCKENNEY’s father-in-law), married W. F. LEMMON. A daughter, Ermie LEMMON, married William G. JACK.
    \n62\/62 MCKENZIE Joseph Own $375 80 married at 28 b. OH parents b. PA
    \nFlorence 72 married at 17 b. IA father b. US mother b. MO
    \nHAMPTON Opal 32 married at 18 b. KS father b. OH mother b. IA
    \nFlorence O. granddaughter 13 b. KS father b. IL mother b. KS
    \nJoseph R. grandson 10 b. KS father b. IL mother b. KS
    \nNOTE: A daughter of Joseph is shown as being an Opal HAMPTON, who had married John R. HAMPTON. Belle’s daughter Carrie married Jesse C. HAMPTON in 1916 and it is possible John R. was a brother.
    \nFlorence PERSHALL MCKENZIE was the sister of John Wesley PERSHALL m. Lucretia Jennie Kirkpatrick, whose mother Zilpha Strickland was the sister of Millie Ann STRICKLIN who married James Kelly CROCKETT who was the grandfather of Vera who married James Albert MCKENNEY, Belle’s son, in 1904.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    George Washington MCKENNEY, son of George Washington MCKENNEY Sr. and Isabella LOVE was born 2 Sept. 1861 in Iowa. He died 3 March 1947, at the age of 85, in Sedan, Chautauqua Co. KS, and is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Chautauqua Co. On 3 June 1883, in Elgin, Chautauqua Co. KS, George […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,1],"tags":[62,107,145,217,286,306,307,362,376,384,391,490,512,755],"class_list":["post-4002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mckenney-family","category-mckenney-photos","category-uncategorized","tag-belle-sparks-mckenney","tag-carrie-isabel-mckenney-hampton","tag-cleo-may-mckenney","tag-eli-w-mckenney","tag-frank-tripp","tag-george-washington-mckenney-jr","tag-george-washington-mckenney-line","tag-james-albert-mckenney","tag-james-preston-tripp","tag-jennie-mcwhirt","tag-jesse-c-hampton","tag-mabel-clair-mckenney-tripp","tag-mary-elizabeth-sparks","tag-vera-crockett-mckenney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10437,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002\/revisions\/10437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}