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Descendants of John Conway - June 24, 2003

89. RHODA⁵ GROUNDS (JOHN⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 17 Apr 1837 in Edwards Co, IL, and died 08 Dec 1855 in Edwards Co, IL. She married WILLIAM E. HOCKING 09 Nov 1854 in Edwards Co, IL, son of JOHN HOCKING and SUSANNA ... He was born Abt. 1835 in Illinois, and died Bet. 1879 - 1880.

Notes for WILLIAM E. HOCKING:
Additional sources:
      Evelyn Barclay:
            Bonnie Beckham
            Marriage Certificate, William H. Hocking

Child of RHODA GROUNDS and WILLIAM HOCKING is:

FREDERICK⁶ HOCKING, b. 1855, Edwards Co, IL; d. Unknown.

90. ROBERT⁵ GROUNDS (JOHN⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born Feb 1839 in Edwards Co, IL; went to Christian Co, IL, and died Aft. 1910 in on 1910 Census, Macon Co, IL. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH STONE Bet. 1859 - 1860, daughter of JOHN STONE and MARY HORSEMAN. She was born Abt. 1846 in Kentucky, and died Bef. 03 Nov 1872 in Illinois. He married (2) MARY E. WHITAKER 03 Nov 1872 in Edwards Co, IL, daughter of REUBEN WHITAKER and PATSEY ... She was born Jan 1847 in Illinois, and died Unknown. He married (3) SARAH PELLAM 11 Oct 1874 in near Samsville, Edwards Co, IL. She was born Abt. 1851 in (from marriage records & Census) b. Tennessee, and died Unknown.

Notes for ROBERT GROUNDS:
Additional sources:
      Evelyn Barclay:
      Marriage records:
            Martha Ground & Henry Schofield
            Robert Ground & Sarah Pelham
            Robert Ground & Mary Whitaker
      Guardianship papers, Mary Whitaker
      Phyllis Schofield Flowers
      1850-1870-Census-Edwards Co, IL
      1800 Census-Shelby Co, IL
      1880 Census, Edwards Co, IL (see below)
      1900 Census-Christian Co, IL
      1910 Census-Macon Co, IL

1880 Edwards Co, IL (Shelby Co., Tower Hill Twp.), Sheet 1, line 27
Grounds, Robert 43M b. IL
Grounds, Sarah 29F wife b. TN (2nd wife)
Grounds, Lizzie 17F dau b. IL
Grounds, William Harrison 15M son b. IL
Grounds, Frank 7M son b. IL
Grounds, Margaret 5F dau b. IL
Gounds, John 3M son b. IL
Grounds, Grace 1F dau b. IL

Notes for SARAH PELLAM:
May have married a Pellam or a Hicks, maiden name either Pellam or Hicks. Some sources say Sarah was born in Georgia.

Children of ROBERT GROUNDS and MARY STONE are:

187.	i.	MARTHA A.⁶ GROUNDS, b. 15 Jan 1861, Edwards Co, IL; d. 16 Nov 1921, Chicago, Cook Co, IL.
	ii.	MARY ELIZABETH GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1863, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	iii.	WILLIAM HARRISON GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1865, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	iv.	JOHN GROUNDS, b. 30 Aug 1868, Illinois; d. 04 Jan 1869, Illinois.
	v.	FRANK GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1871, Illinois; d. Bef. 1880, not on 1880 census.

Children of ROBERT GROUNDS and SARAH PELLAM are:

	vi.		MARGARET⁶ GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1875, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	vii.		JOHN GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1877, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	viii.		GRACE GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1879, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	ix.		UNKNOWN GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1880; d. Unknown.
	x.		ROBERT GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1882, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	xi.		NELLIE GROUNDS, b. May 1887, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	xii.		DAVID GROUNDS, b. Oct 1888, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	xiii.		LEWIS AMES GROUNDS, b. 1892, Illinois; d. Unknown.

91. MARGARET⁵ GROUNDS (JOHN⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 06 May 1841 in near Samsville, Edwards Co, IL; went to Chautauqua Co, KS, and died 09 Nov 1924. She married JOSEPH FILDES 19 Jul 1860 in Edwards Co, IL, son of JAMES FILDES and HANNAH SAFFERS. He was born 1841 in "Joe" b. Upper Providence Twp, Delaware Co, PA, and died Unknown in left family in 1881, not heard from after.

Notes for JOSEPH FILDES:
Evelyn Barclay's sources:
      US Census 1850-Edwards Co, IL
      Marriage Certificate, Joseph Fildes & Margaret Grounds
      "Edwards County, Ill. Past & Present" 1980, p. 210
      Bonnie Beckham

Children of MARGARET GROUNDS and JOSEPH FILDES are:

JAMES WILLIAM⁶ FILDES, b. 26 May 1861, Olney, Richland Co, IL; unmarried; d. 03 Jul 1939, near Dearing, KS.

Notes for JAMES WILLIAM FILDES:
Obituary reprinted in Plymouth Rock to the Pacific, Mullenneix, p. 101

188.	ii.	JOHN FILDES, b. 03 Nov 1863, Edwards Co, IL (some sources say b. 30th); fell from a cliff & died; d. 31 Aug 1932, Osage Co, OK.
189.	iii.	MARY ELIZABETH FILDES, b. 28 Mar 1869, "Lizzie" b. Edwards Co, IL; d. 17 Feb 1960, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS.
190.	iv.	JESSE FILDES, b. 1872, Edwards Co, IL; d. 1961.
191.	v.	LAVINA FILDES, b. 18 Sep 1875, (or "Levina") b. Albion, Edwards Co, IL; d. 21 Aug 1959, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS.
	vi.	HENRY FILDES, b. Abt. 1877, Kansas; d. Unknown.
	vii.	ARTEMUS ARTHUR FILDES, b. 1879, Kansas; died trying to hitch a ride on a train; d. 07 Jul 1889, St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS.
192.	viii.	LEONE FILDES, b. 21 Dec 1881, Kansas; d. 24 Jan 1957.

92. HENRY⁵ GROUNDS (JOHN⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 06 Oct 1844 in Edwards Co, IL, and died 20 Dec 1883 in Chautauqua Co, KS; pneumonia. He married (1) MARY JANE MCCOY 16 Apr 1868 in Edwards Co, IL. She was born May 1849 in Bowling Green, Barren Co, KY, and died Abt. 1910 in Chautauqua Co, KS; pneumonia. He married (2) .. JONES Unknown. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for HENRY GROUNDS:
Henry and Mary Jane McCoy Grounds, with their smallest children, traveled overland via wagon through and Eastern Kansas community now known as Thayer. They came to a small German homestead where a Kate Bender, her parents and other relatives had migrated from Germany, planted a new fruit orchard and offered it and supplies to travelers passing en route to new homes.

The Grounds had an ill feeling about the place (premonition), and rejected the offer to stay overnight. They watered their horses and cattle and traveled several miles and camped on a stream bank. Later, after they reached Cloverdale, Kansas, the heard that the Bender's place had been under suspicion for some time, and that many travelers had passed through there and never seen or heard from again. A raiding part of local vigilantes proceeded to the Bender's to search and soon found a great number of buried bodies in the orchard. They also heard first that the Benders had disappeared, then that they had been caught and hung on the spot by vigilantes.

The family went to Independence, Kansas, then to the Cloverdale area where coal slopes were operating and where Henry and the two boys hired on and mined soft coal for use by the railroad and by residents. The children arriving there were Robert and Albert. Born later was Clara, then Luella, then Ada and "Hazel" who disliked the name, Mahalia.

Vera Miller writes 23 Jan 1999 that she has found a land patent where Henry Grounds bought 160 acres of land in Chautauqua County, Kansas, in May 1881.

After Henry Grounds died of pneumonia, Mary Jane married a Jones, and had Frankie, who at age 12 was visiting his brother Albert and wife at Cedarvale, and started home to Cloverdale with his two dogs. He was found en route frozen to death.

A daughter age 7 or 8 came too close to the wood stove in her home and her gown caught fire, burning her to death.

Jones left Mary Jane, taking all her stock and cash. With no "relief" in those days, she was destitute. Friends and relatives aided her.

This information written by Edison W. Tipton, 10 May 1980.

Children of HENRY GROUNDS and MARY MCCOY are:

193.	i.	JAMES ROBERT⁶ GROUNDS, b. Apr 1869, Edwards Co, IL; a RR sect. Foreman; d. Aft. 1910, Los Angeles, CA.
194.	ii.	ALBERT LUTHER GROUNDS, b. 30 Jun 1871, Chautauqua Co, KS; d. 11 Apr 1949, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI.
	iii.	ELIZABETH GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1874, Chautauqua Co, KS; d. 1880, Chautauqua Co, KS.
195.	iv.	CLARA ANN GROUNDS, b. 14 Feb 1877, Leeds, Chautauqua Co, KS; res Wichita KS 1900; d. 12 Jun 1945, Stanford, FL; also lived in Phoenix AZ.
196.	v.	LUELLA SARAH GROUNDS, b. Abt. 1879, Chautauqua Co, KS; res Wichita, KS 1900; d. Unknown, Lived in Coffeyville, KS.
	vi.	ADA GROUNDS, b. 08 May 1881, Chautauqua Co, KS; moved to Ozark, AR; d. 28 May 1968, Venita, FL; m. (1) ERNEST PERRY, 06 Sep 1913; b. Unknown; d. 1975, Springfield, MO age 81; m. (2) JOHN KEITHLY, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	vii.	MAHALA M. GROUNDS, b. Jul 1883, "Hazel" b. Chautauqua Co, KS; d. Abt. 1937, Miami, FL, suicide; m. WALLY GAVERICK, Unknown, no children; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

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