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Descendants of Robert Dukes - June 24, 2003

39. LEONORA HALL⁵ DUKES (WILLIAM HALL⁴, ROBERT SHERARD³, ROBERT S.², ..¹) was born 20 May 1868 in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co, CA, and died 20 Mar 1898 in Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA. She married WILLIAM BEVERLY HOLLIDAY 20 Aug 1890 in Lafayette, CA, son of BEVERLY HOLLIDAY and JANE HARDY. He was born 24 Apr 1860 in "Will" b. Contra Costa Co, CA, and died 24 Apr 1948 in Contra Costa Co, CA.

Notes for LEONORA HALL DUKES:
Ed Kutz cites as sources for Lenora Dukes Holliday:

1. Letter from Mattie Bogart to niece, Lenora Dukes, dated 9 Jan 1883 at Healdsburg: Partial information..."Sis Krane been crocheting lace of out of (sic) black silk thread, it makes very pretty lace for the sleeves of dresses." (files of Katherine Honegger)

2. Another letter from Mattie Bogart to Sister & Brother. (Honegger files)

3. Letter sent to Aunt Mattie Bogart, Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA, ca Dec 1883, by "Sissy" (Leonora) Dukes. (Honegger files)

4. Letter postmarked and dated 30 Jul 1890, Kansas City, MO to Miss Leonora Dukes, Martinez, Cal. Leggerhead Jos. Cahn & Co., 415 & 417 Delaware St., Kansas City. (Honegger files)

5. Letter from Beverly Richfield Holliday to his son, William Beverly Holliday and his bride, Leonora Dukes, dated 30 Aug 1890:

"This is to congratulate you on the occasion of your entering upon the duties and obligations of housekeeping, for which no doubt this little surprise is tendered you & further to assure you of the esteem in which you are held by your relatives, and acquaintances, which you richly deserve & merit, and I trust they may never have occasion to regret their good will & wishes for your future prosperity & happiness. You must bear in mind that marriage is like wealth, offers no hope for perpetual & lasting happiness But happiness depends greatly on good health and pleasant and agreeable associates of which you have a large field for selection. From your affectionate Pa." (Honegger files)

Notes for WILLIAM BEVERLY HOLLIDAY:
Information on the family of William Holliday came from Katherine Honneger, and also from Ed Kutz of Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County, California. Ed cites the following sources on William Holliday:

1. Files of Lauren Egenberger, 6114 LaSalle Ave., Oakland, CA 94611

2. Photocopies of pages from Rasmussen's "California Wagon Train Lists," showing members of the "Illinois Union Band" wagon train that left St. Joseph 11 May 1849. Includes B. R. Holiday (sic).

3. A copy of a grand of land from B. R. Holliday with A. M. Holliday and Jane A. Holliday, February, 1854.

4. Copy of "Contra Costa Gazette" obituary of B. R. Holliday dated 15 Aug 1908.

5. Copy of 23 Feb 1945 article (probably Contra Costa Gazette, unmarked), re the burning of the family home oroginally owned by B. R. Holliday, then owned by his son, Will.

Children of LEONORA DUKES and WILLIAM HOLLIDAY are:

79.	i.	MABLE LEONORA⁶ HOLLIDAY, b. 21 Jun 1891, Alhambra or Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA; d. 19 May 1994, Los Banos, CA.
80.	ii.	LUCY RUTH HOLLIDAY, b. 30 Dec 1893, Alhambra, Contra Costa Co, CA; d. 09 Aug 1978, Res St. Louis MO 1932; d. Brentwood, Contra Costa Co, CA.
	iii.	WILLIAM BEVERLY HOLLIDAY, JR., b. 09 Sep 1895, Alhambra, Contra Costa Co, CA; d. 17 May 1899, Prob in Alhambra, CA.
81.	iv.	MYRA AGNES HOLLIDAY, b. 30 Aug 1897, "Dode" b. Alhambra, Contra Costa Co, CA; d. 16 Feb 1991, Oakley, Contra Costa Co, CA.

40. ISADELLA G.⁵ DUKES (WILLIAM HALL⁴, ROBERT SHERARD³, ROBERT S.², ..¹) was born 22 Feb 1870 in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co, CA, and died 18 Dec 1951 in Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA. She married CLARENCE LEE COURT 30 Mar 1892 in Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Children of ISADELLA DUKES and CLARENCE COURT are:

82.	i.	RAYMOND LEON⁶ COURT, b. 21 Dec 1892, Contra Costa Co, CA; d. Bef. 19 Dec 1951, res Lakeview, OR.
	ii.	WILLIAM EDWARD COURT, b. 06 Dec 1894; d. 27 Mar 1963, Lakeview, Lake Co, OR; m. IRENE .., Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
83.	iii.	HARRY ERVIN COURT, b. 29 Jun 1902; d. Aft. 19 Dec 1951, Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA.
	iv.	HELEN WINIFRED COURT, b. Private.

41. JESSE ELIZABETH⁵ DUKES (WILLIAM HALL⁴, ROBERT SHERARD³, ROBERT S.², ..¹) was born 06 Dec 1871 in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co, CA, and died 17 Jun 1947 in Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA. She married GEORGE THOMAS GRIFFIN 18 Jul 1895 in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co, CA, son of THOMAS GRIFFIN and ALICE ... He was born 10 Jun 1862 in Victoria, Australia, and died 25 Apr 1958 in Alhambra Valley, Contra Costa Co, CA.

Children of JESSE DUKES and GEORGE GRIFFIN are:

	i.	JAMES THOMAS⁶ GRIFFIN, b. 26 May 1897, Alhambra Valley, Contra Costa Co, CA; d. 04 Apr 1907, Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA.
84.	ii.	ROBERT WILLIAM GRIFFIN, b. 09 Mar 1899, Alhambra Valley, Contra Costa Co, CA; d. 1997, Piedmont, CA.
85.	iii.	ELIZABETH CARY GRIFFIN, b. 22 Jul 1912, "Bess" a twin to Thomas Haughton Griffin; d. Aft. 1997, res Los Altos, Santa Clara, CA.
86.	iv.	THOMAS HAUGHTON GRIFFIN, b. 22 Jul 1912, Twin to Elizabeth Cary Griffin; d. Unknown, res Martinez, CA.

42. MAY LOUISA⁵ DUKES (WILLIAM HALL⁴, ROBERT SHERARD³, ROBERT S.², ..¹) was born 09 Nov 1873 in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co, CA, and died 29 Dec 1951 in Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA. She married CHARLES L. HALL 09 Aug 1903. He was born Abt. 1872 in Kentucky, and died Aft. 29 Dec 1951 in res Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co, CA.

Notes for MAY LOUISA DUKES:
Records differ as to the birth of May Louise Dukes. Some accounts have 20 Nov 1874. She is also referred to both as May Louise and Louise May.

Contra Costa Gazette, Martinez, California
About 1 Jan 1952

May L. Hall Succumbs Here

Mrs. May L. Hall, 78, native of the Alhambra Valley, passed away Saturday at her home on Reliez Valley Road near Grayson Road, after a long illness.

Mrs. Hall, daughter of pioneer settlers, Mr. and Mrs. William Dukes, was a sister of Mrs. Della Court who died two weeks ago. She is survived by her huagand, Charles L. Hall, retired Pleasant Hill area rancher, a son, Hiram D. Hall, and a daughter, Mrs. Catherine Belon of Martinez. She also leaves two grandchildren, Richard and Lynden Belon of Martinez. She was a sister of the late Mrs. Jesse Griffin and the late Sherard L. Dukes.

Mrs. Hall was a member of the auxilliary of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Camp, U.S.W.V.

Funeral rites will be said Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Brunscher-Connolly Chapel with the Rev. Donald F. Gatlord officiating, followed by internment at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland.**

Pallbearers will be M. L. Jones, Harry Court, Lloyd Coffman, Thomas Ball, Thomas Griffin and William Cutts.

** Note that Ed Kutz supplies information that she was buried at National Cemetery in Colma, CA.

Children of MAY DUKES and CHARLES HALL are:

HIRAM DUKES⁶ HALL, b. 03 Jun 1904; d. 04 May 1984, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Notes for HIRAM DUKES HALL:
Hiram D. Hall lived in Grover City, California.

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ii.

LAURA KATHRYN HALL, b. 21 Nov 1916, (adopted child) Contra Costa Co, CA; d. Aft. 29 Dec 1951, res Martinez, Contra Costa Co, CA.

43. MARTHA LENA⁵ DUKES (ANDREW JACKSON⁴, ROBERT SHERARD³, ROBERT S.², ..¹) was born 25 Oct 1874 in Mansfield, Tarrant Co, TX, and died 27 Apr 1894 in Mansfield, Tarrant Co, TX. She married WILLIAM SILAS POE, SR. 24 Apr 1893 in Fort Wort, Tarrant Co, TX; Worth Hotel, son of HENDERSON POE and NANCY VAUGHT. He was born 30 Jul 1871 in Tarrant Co, TX, and died 26 Nov 1944 in Mansfield, Tarrant Co, TX.

Notes for WILLIAM SILAS POE, SR.:
William S. Poe and Martha Lena Dukes were married in the parlors of the Worth Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas, in the presence of a few friends of the city. She was a student at Ad-Ran-Jarvis College and a pupil of the art colony of Trope Springs and Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This college later became known as Texas Christian University of Ft. Worth. Lena became a member of the Christian Church at Mansfield at age 12, and was baptized in the waters of Walnut Creek which flowed by her father's house. During the period of one year of her marriage, she resided with her husband on the Hence Poe estate lying north of the town of Mansfield six miles.

One child was born to this union, Andrew Jackson Poe, born 1894 at Lonepine, the home of his maternal grandparents. A.J. Poe resided for a number of years with his father on the estate of his grandfather, Hence Poe. Lena Dukes died of "slow fever" only a few days after the child was born. She is buried at Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Texas.

About the time of his marriage to Lena Dukes, William S. Poe also got Ida Murphy "in trouble," but decided to marry Lena. The marriage record is missing from the courthouse at Tarrant County. The Murphy child, Ray Murphy, was sent to Ft. Worth to live with his grandparents and returned to Mansfield about 8th grade. It was common knowledge that he was the son of William S. Poe. Murphy was a cartographer for Gulf Oil Co. and invented a lease locator map. He later became an executive for the company and died in Pennsylvania. He married twice, first to Blanch Cunningham, from whom he was divorced. His second wife is unknown. He had no children.

When Will Poe's first son, Andrew Jackson "Jay" Poe graduated from high school, Will and Maggie threw a party for all the graduates, which also included Ray Murphy. They gave each child a gold coin, and attendees watched intently to see if Will would at last acknowledge his son. He did not.

Sources for the Poe/Vaught families:
Roberta Dukes Richardson notes to 1935
Tarrant County, Texas, Marriage Records
Rehobeth Cemetery Records
Biographical History of Texas
Mansfield, Texas Historical Society (Beryl Steele Gibson)
DeLane Poe Peery

Child of MARTHA DUKES and WILLIAM POE is:

ANDREW JACKSON⁶ POE, b. 22 Apr 1894, Mansfield, Tarrant Co, TX; d. 20 Nov 1964, Tarrant Co, TX.

Notes for ANDREW JACKSON POE:
Andrew Jackson Poe served in the U.S. Army in France during World War I. In a letter to his father, published in the newspaper in January 1919, he said, "We arrived at Brest, France, Aug. 12th, after 12 days of exciting journey over the waves. Were attacked by 8 subs and saw much fighting. Sank 2 of them, but they came near getting us. They later attacked a freighter and damaged it...there were 7 ships of us in the convoy; 1 ship had 3800 passengers and the others a like amount...We ran into a 2 day storm and sure was some rough water, often coming into our rooms..lone man was lost overboard one night and never was found...(upon arriving at Brest) We slept in pup tents, had only 1 blanket for cover and almost froze to death...." Written from Headquarters, 111th Ammunition, A.E.F. via New York.

A. J. Poe lived in a small house about 3 miles from Mansfield on Highway 157. He never married. In the early 1960s, A.J. Poe became interested in family history and several letters survive which chronicle his efforts. He died November 20, 1964, leaving as heirs his step-brothers and sister, Henderson Poe, Sue Poe Leath, and William Silas Poe, Jr. to inherit 220 acres of property in Tarrant County, Texas, and deposits in the Mansfield Bank of $16,909, and household furniture.

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