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Descendants of Edward Ground - August 2006

24. MARGARET⁶ GROUNDS (JOHN⁵, ROBERT⁴ GROUND II, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) 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 WILLIAM⁷ 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

85.	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.
86.	iii.	MARY ELIZABETH FILDES, b. 28 Mar 1869, "Lizzie" b. Edwards Co, IL; d. 17 Feb 1960, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS.
87.	iv.	JESSE FILDES, b. 1872, Edwards Co, IL; d. 1961.
88.	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.
89.	viii.	LEONE FILDES, b. 21 Dec 1881, Kansas; d. 24 Jan 1957.

25. HENRY⁶ GROUNDS (JOHN⁵, ROBERT⁴ GROUND II, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) 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:

90.	i.	JAMES ROBERT⁷ GROUNDS, b. Apr 1869, Edwards Co, IL; a RR sect. Foreman; d. Aft. 1910, Los Angeles, CA.
91.	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.
92.	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.
93.	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.

26. HARRISON⁶ GROUNDS (JOHN⁵, ROBERT⁴ GROUND II, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) was born 15 Apr 1848 in Albion, Edwards Co, IL, and died 08 Feb 1937 in Sedan,Chautauqua Co, KS. He married MARY ANN VANDEVENDER 27 Jan 1867 in Edwards Co, IL. She was born 09 Feb 1851 in Albion, Edwards Co, IL, and died 21 Apr 1930 in near Sedan, Chautauqua Co, KS.

Notes for HARRISON GROUNDS:
Additional sources for this family group were obtained from Evelyn Barclay. Her sources:
      US Census 1850-1880 Edwards Co, IL
      Marriage Certificate, Harrison Grounds & Mary Ann Vandevender
      Cemetery Records Cedar Vale, Chautauqua Co, KS
      Bonnie Beckham family files
      Flavia Jenkins family files

US Census 1880 - Edward Co, IL, Shelby Pct. ED16, Sheet 7, line 13
Grounds, Harrison 35M b. IL
Grounds, Mary Ann 27F wife b. IL
Grounds, Elizabeth 12F dau b. IL
Grounds, Ida A. 10F dau b. IL
Grounds, Aaron 7M son b. IL
Grounds, Hattie L., 5F dau b. IL
Grounds, John 3M son b. IL

Ground-Grounds Family Association Newsletter, Volume V, Number 2, p. 5:

"Forrest Grounds' Family Story" from the "Cedar Vale Messenger," Cedar Vale, Kansas, 18 Apr 1985

"Harrison and Mary Ann Grounds and five children came to Leeds by covered wagon from Albion, Ill., in 1881. They settled on a farm that was just south of Leeds. The little town of Leeds had a store, church and blacksmith shop. Nothing remains now of this little town to show it ever existed there.

"The five children to come from Illinois were Elizabeth, Ida, Joseph, Aaron, and John W. (father of Charley and Forrest). Three more children born at Leeds were Ethel, Lillie, and Ruth.

"John W. and his sisters went to Ebinezer School one mile north of Leeds, and Shilo two miles west. John W. left home as soon as he was old enough to earn wages and worked as a Cowboy for Stonebreaker and Zoy in the early 1880s until 1911. He drove a lot of cattle into Elgin, as it was the only shipping yard where they could send Oklahoma cattle to market in Kansas. Stonebreaker headquarters were just south of Blue Mound which is south of Cedar Vale six or seven miles.

"John W. was born Dec. 14, 1877 and his wife Lynnie Cable on Apr. 4, 1886 near Cedar Vale. They were married Oct. 14, 1908, and lived on a little farm south of Cedar Vale where two sons were born, Forrest on June 12, 1911, and Charley on Sept. 18, 1913.

"In the spring of 1917 the Grounds family moved to a farm two and one half miles east of the little village of Cloverdale. It had a general store, cream and egg station, church, blacksmith shop, schoolhouse, and five or six housees.

"In the wintertime literary programs were held in the schoolhouse. John W. managed a baseball team for years during the summertime. Today, all that is left of the Cloverdale village is the schoolhouse and one dwelling.

"The Grounds family lived in the hardpan school district and that is where Forrest and Charley went. Lynnie Grounds organized a club that met every two weeks and it was active for years.

"In 1939 the Cloverdale farm was sold and John purchased a farm two miles north of Cedar Vale where the family lived until the spring of 1978. John died June 9, 1943 at the age of 64. Lynnie lived on the farm until her death Sept. 29, 1959 when she was 73. Both are buried in Cedar Vale.

"Charlie Grounds farmed until he went into the Army in Jan. 1941. He served in England, Africa, Sicily and Italy, and returned home in 1945. He worked for Cable's International Harvester Co., and later Ford Co. After a serious injury to his left arm he had to quit doing mechanical work and drove a school bus. He was also a substitute mail carrier and worked in the school shop. Charley had a heart attack and died carrying the mail Feb. 13, 1982 at the age of 68. He is buried in Cedar Vale.

"Forrest Grounds farmed all his life except for the two years spent in the army. He was stationed in Alaska and returned home in 1944. He lived on the farm until the spring of 1978 when he moved to Cedar Vale. He is now retired and takes care of his place and has a few hobbies he enjoys.

"Forrest is the last of his family with the Grounds name."

Children of HARRISON GROUNDS and MARY VANDEVENDER are:

94.	i.	ELIZABETH MAHALA⁷ GROUNDS, b. 05 Jan 1868, Samsville, Edwards Co, IL; d. 21 Sep 1954.
95.	ii.	IDA ALICE GROUNDS, b. 15 Jan 1870, near Egypt, Edwards Co, IL; d. 13 Apr 1942.
96.	iii.	JOSEPH AARON GROUNDS, b. 11 Dec 1872, near Shilo, Edwards Co, IL; d. 15 Oct 1955.
97.	iv.	HATTIE LAVINA GROUNDS, b. 02 Jan 1875, Olney, Richland Co, IL; d. 02 Feb 1931, Caney, Montgomery Co, KS.
98.	v.	JOHN WILLIAM GROUNDS, b. 14 Dec 1877, Olney, Richland Co, IL; d. 09 Jun 1943, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua Co, KS.
99.	vi.	DORA ETHEL GROUNDS, b. 16 Jun 1883, Leeds, Chautauqua Co, KS; d. 11 Apr 1961, Caney, Montgomery Co, KS.
100.	vii.	LILLIE MAY GROUNDS, b. 17 Nov 1887, Leeds, Chautauqua Co, KS; died of a stroke; d. 06 Jan 1974, Lava Hot Springs, UT.
101.	viii.	RUTH ANN GROUNDS, b. 23 Oct 1889, Leeds, Chautauqua Co, KS; d. 26 Jul 1973.

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