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Descendants of Amos (Ames) Ammon Holt

14. RILLEY N.⁴ HOLT (WILLIAM S.³, AMOS (AMES) AMMON², BENJAMIN¹) was born July 18, 1882 in Big Flat, Baxter, Ark., and died 1964 in Flint Ridge, Searcy, Fifty-six, Ark.. He married MATTIE PARLEE WOOD June 25, 1906 in Sylamore, Stone, Ar ²⁴, daughter of ANDREW MANNINGS and ARTIE WOOD. She was born October 05, 1886 in Izard Co., Ark, and died October 14, 1963 in Marshall, Searcy co., Ark..

Notes for RILLEY N. HOLT:
Married Mattie Wood 6-25-1903 in Stone Co. (PAGE. 429).Mt.View According to Vanessa Wood Turner she was sister to Charley Wood who married Catherine Rynie.
WWI Registration Med Build & Height, Brown Eyes, light hair, made his mark, living Mt. View, married to Mattie.

Notes for MATTIE PARLEE WOOD:
Found Marriage Book B, Page 429 Stone Co. According to granddaughter of Rymie, Mattie was a daughter of Mary Woods but I have no documentation.

Marriage Notes for RILLEY HOLT and MATTIE WOOD:
Married by R. S. Coyle, JP

Children of RILLEY HOLT and MATTIE WOOD are:

MELVIN⁵ HOLT, b. Ck date several yrs before marriage.

Notes for MELVIN HOLT:
1910 Stone Co. Census age 12

	ii.		ALBERT HOLT.
	iii.		ROBERT HOLT, b. Ark..

15. ARRENIA (RENA) ELIZABETH⁴ HOLT (WILLIAM S.³, AMOS (AMES) AMMON², BENJAMIN¹) was born October 18, 1885 in Big Flat, Stone , Ar, and died September 30, 1978 in Calico Rock, Izard, Ar, MEDICAL CENTER. She married JOHN PRESLEY HILL^25,²⁶ October 21, 1903 in Mountain View, Stone Co., Ar, son of WILLIAM HILL and ALETHA FOWLER. He was born February 24, 1880 in Bald Knob, White Co., Ar, and died April 24, 1944 in Cotter, Baxter, Ar.

Notes for ARRENIA (RENA) ELIZABETH HOLT:
Big Flat is over by Marshall, Ar. She was 93 when she died. She had been in the Calico Rock Care home. When they took her to the hospital they dropped her and had a broken collar bone even Though they said she had pneumonia. Married in a log house in Stone county Harris Bottom. Arrenia was the name her father had on the 1900 census. Marriage was recorded in Stone County book Page 344. I have her death certificate.
Stone Co. Leader Oct 12, 1978 has her obit. Funeral Services by Howard Funeral Home at Calico Rock. Buried at Cotter by John. She was a member of the Church of Christ

Notes for JOHN PRESLEY HILL:
1900 Stone Co, Ark Harris Twp P.6B living with Henry lists birth as Feb 1881,age 19.
He hung his his self from a tree below the Cotter Bridge after receiving word that his son Roy was missing in Action or had Typhus, Delorn ( Franks Son) had drown and the body never found and his Mother at it was told 106 (not this old) disappeared and was not ever found. His funeral service was held April 26. Rev. Wm Hickman preached, prayer by Bro. Sewell. Choir accompanied by Mrs. S. E. Mesimer. Songs were ASLEEP IN JESUS and FARTHER ALONG. Pall bearers were: Arthur Reeves, Elbert Moody, Coleman Long, Earl Parks, J. B. Treat, & H. H. Goodman. He signed his middle name as Henry when he was older but it was (P) on his marriage license and the census. I have his death certificate stated he was born in Bald Knob. 1920 Census Izard Co. Ark. Vol 25 ED 56 Sheet 12, Line 29 age listed as 40.
His birthplace on the census as Kentucky. He Would look for muscles in the White River, He found the largest Pearl ever found. I think they were living at Mt. Olive at the time The Pearl was the size of a dime. Dr. Lane bought it from him for $500.00. The last time the family knew of it, it sold for $1700.00. This was when Hubert was a baby. Hubert said he was 1/2 German and 1/2 Irish. Altho the rest of the family say his Mother was full blood Dutch. One of his sayings was "Chew the Rag, Rene- Chew the Rag".
They went to Oklahoma (Muskogee according to family members ) for 1 year. Marie said they bought a cafe but didn't like it and sold it and came back to Ark. I have found no documentation of this. Luke said that her Dad ( John) worked the White Lime Plant just below Sylamore when she was a girl.
1920 Baxter Co. Census he stated his name was John Henry but in the World War I Registar he lists John Presley Hill. 1930 rented for $6.00 @ month. Homer Queen family lived 2 doors down. Jess is listed as Jessie A., Frank as Frankie, A. Jane was living with them listed as 80 a widow married at age 27, born in TN both parents born in TN
World War I Registar listed him as Brown Eyes, Brown Hair. Short, Stout build working for Missouri Pacific RR.

Marriage Notes for ARRENIA HOLT and JOHN HILL:
Married by J.W. Payne

Children of ARRENIA HOLT and JOHN HILL are:

65.	i.	LUCY ANNAS JANE⁵ HILL, b. May 06, 1906, Mountain View, Stone, Ar; d. April 05, 2000, Calico Rock, Ark.
66.	ii.	CLARA NARICISSI HILL, b. March 30, 1908, Mountain View, Stone, Ar; d. April 10, 1978, Mtn. View, Stone Co., Ar.
	iii.	GRACIE HILL, b. February 15, 1910, Mt. Olive, Izard Co., Ark.; d. November 1915, Mt. Olive, Iizard, Ar.

Notes for GRACIE HILL:
Burned when her dress caught on fire at a young age. Luke said she was born in Muskogee, Ok. Marie said Mt. Olive, Ark. There is not a birth certificate for her in Oklahoma or Arkansas. Roy Hill made her a cement head stone at Mt. Olive Cemetery. I have a picture of it made July, 1997.

67.	iv.	JESS JAMES HILL, b. July 04, 1912, Sylamore, izard, Ar; d. January 09, 1989, Lindsay (Tulare)Ca.
68.	v.	FRANK JAMES HILL, b. September 11, 1914, Sylamore, Izard Co., Ar; d. February 05, 1998, Wichita, Sedgwick, at home, Ks.
69.	vi.	HUBERT LEE HILL, b. February 16, 1917, Sylamore, izard, Ar.
	vii.	JOHN HILL, b. 1919, Ark.; d. Aft. 1920, Ar.

Notes for JOHN HILL:
1920 Izard Co. Census listed as age 1, no one in the family remembers this child. (White Rive Twp) House 217-223

70.	viii.	ROY BELL LEE HILL, b. August 16, 1920, Sylamore, izard, Ar; d. September 24, 1992, Calico Rock, Izard Co., Ark..
71.	ix.	GLADYS MARIE HILL, b. March 27, 1922, Mt. Olive, Izard, Ar.
72.	x.	RAYMOND RAY HILL, b. July 11, 1924, Mt. Olive, izard, Ar; d. November 21, 1992, Wichita, Sedgwick, Ks.
73.	xi.	INEZ LOVERN HILL, b. August 22, 1927, Mt. Olive Izard, Ar.
	xii.	JOHNNY HILL, b. 1932, Cotter, Baxter, Ar; d. 1932, Cotter (Baxter) , Ar.

Notes for JOHNNY HILL:
Buried beside John & Rena Hill at Cotter Cemetery. A change of Life Baby Mom ( Inez) remembers her Mother holding this baby. she also tells about Rena sending the boys to get the Midwife to deliver her when it was time.

16. MARY JANE⁴ HOLT (WILLIAM S.³, AMOS (AMES) AMMON², BENJAMIN¹) was born March 29, 1888 in Sylamore, Izard, Ark., and died November 17, 1957 in Gray Hospital, Batesville, Ark. She married WILLIAM ALLEN WALLIS September 15, 1927 in Fifty-Six ( Stone Co.) Ark, son of WILLIS WALLIS and ADELLA BREWER. He was born February 26, 1894 in Hedges, Ark, and died August 22, 1950.

Notes for MARY JANE HOLT:
Married William (listed as Haney in No Ark Funeral Record) Wallace (Otto's wife Edna's brother) ran a junk yard in Batesville, Ar. I visited them once or twice as a child. A Son Levi died 1990 Lived at Batesville when he died Died November 1957, buried at Spoon Flat Cemetery at 56, Ark Stone Co. The Obit lists survivors as her widower, her son, a step daughter Ruth Smith of Mincie Indiana, a step son Bobby Wallis of Detroit, 4 sister Rinie Woods, Reney Hill, Sally Burroughs and Lissie Sullivan, King & Riley Holt. Burial at Stephens Cemetery.

Notes for WILLIAM ALLEN WALLIS:
WWI Registration: Medium Build, Slender, Blue Eyes, Black Hair, Single

Child of MARY HOLT and WILLIAM WALLIS is:

LEVI⁵ WALLIS, b. July 12, 1928, Ark; d. November 05, 1990, Ark.

17. AMOS THOMAS⁴ MIDDLETON (MARGARET JANE³ HOLT, AMOS (AMES) AMMON², BENJAMIN¹)^27,²⁸ was born August 1870 in Marshall (Searcy Co) Ark., and died August 16, 1938 in Wheeler (Washington) Ark. He married MARY ISABELL RAMSEY March 05, 1897 in Ark. She was born August 1873 in Ark.

Notes for AMOS THOMAS MIDDLETON:
Frank Middleton as told in the Searcy Co. Folklore book. "Played fiddle"
daughter Minty E. born Jan. 1898. Found in 1910 in Searcy Co. Beaver Twp Searcy Co. 1900 220-228

Marriage Notes for AMOS MIDDLETON and MARY RAMSEY:
Marriage date March 5, 1897 from Ed Smith, Aug 1893 from another source.

Children of AMOS MIDDLETON and MARY RAMSEY are:

	i.		ELIZABETH⁵ MIDDLETON, b. Abt. 1898, Ark.
	ii.		MINTY E. MIDDLETON, b. January 1898, Ar; d. Bef. 1910, Ar.
	iii.		ROSA MIDDLETON, b. 1901, Ark.
	iv.		SARAH J. MIDDLETON, b. 1903, Ark..
	v.		ROY MIDDLETON, b. 1907, Ark.
	vi.		TROY MIDDLETON, b. 1907, Ark..

18. SEBE E⁴ MIDDLETON (MARGARET JANE³ HOLT, AMOS (AMES) AMMON², BENJAMIN¹)²⁹ was born April 1876 in Searcy co., Ark., and died June 19, 1970 in Marianna, Ark. He married LAURA MORRIS 1901 in Ark.. She was born 1877 in Ark., and died 1915.

Notes for SEBE E MIDDLETON:
Searcy Co. Obit information. Survivors 3 sons, 2 daughters. In Searcy Co Book E, Sebe has land Twp 15,Range 14 for 80 acres Aug 26, 1903. near Amos T & Henry Middleton land.

Children of SEBE MIDDLETON and LAURA MORRIS are:

	i.	NORA JANE⁵ MIDDLETON, b. 1903, Searcy Co, Ark; d. 1968, Cozahome, Ar; m. (1) CHARLIE WILLIAMS; m. (2) JOE BARNETT.
74.	ii.	LONNY HOMER MIDDLETON, b. July 08, 1904, Searcy Co, Ark.; d. December 03, 1993.
	iii.	BESSIE MIDDLETON, b. 1907, Searcy Co., Ark.; d. Abt. 1985, Cozahome, Ar; m. (1) ? KING; m. (2) WILEY B. JOHNSON; m. (3) GEORGE CHISUM.
	iv.	DESSIE MIDDLETON, b. 1908, Searcy Co., Ark..
	v.	LAVINA MIDDLETON, b. Bet. 1909 - 1910, Searcy co., Ark; m. GEORGE CHISUM, Aft he divorced Bessie Middleton.

Notes for LAVINA MIDDLETON:
Searcy Co. Obit information. listed as one of the daughters of Sebe.

Notes for GEORGE CHISUM:
Married to both Bessie & Lavina

	vi.		WILLIAM MIDDLETON, b. January 27, 1910, Searcy Co., Ark.³⁰; d. October 1979, Seattle, Washington; m. ETTA UNKNOWN.
	vii.		JIM MIDDLETON, b. January 07, 1912, Searcy Co, Ark.; d. September 28, 1993, Cozahome, Ar; m. (1) ETTA MAE DROPPEN; m. (2) FAY UNKNOWN.

Notes for JIM MIDDLETON:
Information from Vicky Linda (Middleton) Kirland Rt 2 Box 112 B Monticello, Fl 32344 Phone 850-997-3743 July 24, 2000.

19. SARAH M.⁴ MIDDLETON (MARGARET JANE³ HOLT, AMOS (AMES) AMMON², BENJAMIN¹) was born March 03, 1878 in Ark., and died March 09, 1974 in Mtn. View, Stone Co., Ark.. She married JESSE J HUFFMAN August 14, 1907 in searcy Co, Ark. He was born Abt. 1876.

Notes for SARAH M. MIDDLETON:
Married a Huffman. Death Record in No Ark Funeral Book

Children of SARAH MIDDLETON and JESSE HUFFMAN are:

75.	i.	ETHEL⁵ HUFFMAN, d. Bef. 1995, Searcy Co. Ark.
	ii.	HENRY HUFFMAN, d. Bef. 1995, Searcy Co. Ark.
	iii.	FRANK G HUFFMAN.

Notes for FRANK G HUFFMAN:
living in Mt.View in 2001 according to Sandy Sutton

	iv.	ELBERT JAMES HUFFMAN, d. Bef. 1995.
76.	v.	EATHEL HUFFMAN, b. July 02, 1919, Cleveland, Ar; d. March 29, 1995, Mountain View (Stone) Ark Medical Center.
	vi.	WILLIAM MATTHEW HUFFMAN.

Notes for WILLIAM MATTHEW HUFFMAN:
Living in Poyen, Ar according to Sandy Sutton

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