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Descendants of Robert Polite

Generation No. 2

2. CATHERINE² POLITE (ROBERT¹) was born 1836 in Ohio. She married GILBERT H. FARRIS May 02, 1854 in Scott Co, IL.

Children of CATHERINE POLITE and GILBERT FARRIS are:

	i.		WILLIAM³ FARRIS, b. 1868, Missouri.
	ii.		ROBERT FARRIS⁷, b. 1860, Missouri.
	iii.		JOHN FARRIS⁷, b. 1864, Missouri.
	iv.		GEORGE FARRIS⁷, b. 1866, Missouri.
	v.		MAJOR FARRIS⁷, b. 1868, Illinois.

3. JOSEPH² POLITE (ROBERT¹) was born April 04, 1839 in Ohio ⁸, and died Aft. 1912 ⁹. He married LYDIA ELLEN MCMILLAN January 29, 1868 in Scott Co, IL.

Notes for JOSEPH POLITE:
White Hall, IL 1912
Information from obituary.
Civil War 1851-56 Co K Illinois Cavalry.

There is a birth certificate for an unanmed male child, 4th child, born to Joseph and Lydia Ellen on April 15, 1878 at Naples,

Children of JOSEPH POLITE and LYDIA MCMILLAN are:

	i.		ALICE³ POLITE, b. Bet. 1860 - 1870; m. CHARLES SCOTT, July 06, 1887, Cass County, Illinois.
	ii.		LENA POLITE, b. Bet. 1860 - 1870; m. JAMES N. REED, September 23, 1891, Greene Co, IL.
	iii.		LESTER POLITE, b. 1875, White Hall, Greene Co, IL ¹⁰; d. 1959, White Hall, Greene Co, IL; m. LEONOLA M. HAYDEN, May 03, 1900, Greene Co, IL.
	iv.		WILLARD POLITE, b. Bet. 1860 - 1870.
	v.		ETTA POLITE, b. Bet. 1860 - 1870.
	vi.		JOSEPH POLITE, b. Bet. 1860 - 1870.

4. MARTHA JANE MATTIE² POLITE (ROBERT¹) was born June 21, 1844 in Naples IL ¹¹, and died June 25, 1942 in Naples, Scott Co, IL. She married (1) WILLIAM HARRIS 1864 in Unknown, possibly Michigan. She married (2) THOMAS BINGE August 07, 1877 in Jacksonville IL, son of JOHN BINGE and ELIZABETH FERNEHOUGH.

Notes for MARTHA JANE MATTIE POLITE:
She was a twin. Twin Ann? died at birth.
First husband was a plasterer and she lived in Michigan some of her early married life.
She was engaged prior to the Civil War, and her fiance (Mr. Wills?) was killed in the war.
Two of her children died in a meningitis epidemic.
She often visited a half-sister in St. Joseph MO whom she called "Sis" Hurst.

A brother was a Civil War draft dodger and was hidden in a Rockford/Rockport?, Il attic.

A brother? "Gil" went to the mill in Oxville or Exeter IL and was never seen again, believed to have been killed by Indians and his horses stolen.

More About WILLIAM HARRIS:
Fact 1: 1860, seved in Civil War

Notes for THOMAS BINGE:
Thomas Binge was born in Sheffield England in 1834. Died of congestive heart failure. He came to Naples, IL following service on both sides of the Civil War to stay with his aunt, Lettice Braddock Chambers. (Lettice Braddock would seemingly be his mother's sister).

Confederate Service Records:
Louisiana Infantry Company A, 1 (Strawbridge's) Mustered in 3/20/1861.
Oct 1862 - "Deserted on retreat from Kentucky, October, 1862" on company muster roll.
Undated: On Prisoners of War Page.........."Released on taking oath".

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Binge, Thomas,Pvt. Co. A. 1st La. Infty. (Strawbridge's). En. April 9th, 1861, New
Orleans, La. Age, 27 Years. Present on All Rolls to April, 1862. Roll for Sept. and Oct., 1862, Deserted on Retreat from Ky., Oct. —, 1862.” Register of Prisoners of War states, Released on Taking the Oath, Louisville, Ky.
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Bingley is an English place name, as determined by the suffix - ley , from Old English leah = clearing, meadow. The prefix is generally a descriptive term for the clearing, and in this case, it may be derived from Old English byne = cultivated. The man who came from the so-named town in Yorkshire would be known by that description at his new location, as would the man whose dwelling
was near a similar cultivated clearing in the woods.

Children of MARTHA POLITE and WILLIAM HARRIS are:

9.	i.	ALBERT³ HARRIS, b. Bet. 1864 - 1865, Illinois or Michigan; d. Aft. 1944, Pike Co Illinois.
10.	ii.	WILLIAM BURT HARRIS, b. Bet. 1872 - 1875, Illinois; d. Aft. 1942, Denver Colorado.
	iii.	UNKNOWN HARRIS, b. Bet. 1864 - 1874.
	iv.	FANNIE HARRIS, b. Bet. 1864 - 1874.

Notes for FANNIE HARRIS:
Name is a guess. Frieda Meyer had a Currier and Ives print of "Little Fannie" which is believed to come from the Marha Binge household and was said to have hung on the wall in her memory.

UNKNOWN HARRIS, b. Bet. 1864 - 1874.

Child of MARTHA POLITE and THOMAS BINGE is:

11.

vi.

MAMIE³ BINGE, b. October 22, 1878, Naples, Scott, Illinois; d. May 22, 1949, Morgan Co, IL.

5. THOMAS² POLITE (ROBERT¹)¹² was born June 1848 in Ohio, and died January 1933 in Hancock Co, Illinois ¹³. He married (1) NANCY ELLEN WHITCOMB¹⁴ January 29, 1887 in Greene Co. He married (2) ELIZA ANN ELLA HAYDEN¹⁵ June 15, 1873 in Scott Co, IL, daughter of ZIBA HAYDEN and ELIZABETH PARKER.

Notes for THOMAS POLITE:
May or may not be son of Robert Polite,Keokuk, Iowa
Hamilton Il in 1912 (Frieda Meyer Smith notes)

e-mail from Roberta Summers KSum555@aol.com
Thomas born 1/14/1848 in Naples, Il died jan, 1933 buried at Montebello, Hancoock Co IL, married Eliza Hayden.
Confusion on spouses, may be more than one Thomas,

1880 Scott Co IL census:
Thomas Polite 31 M Farmer IL OH OH
Annie 23 F wife IL KY KY
Vinie 6 F daughter IL IL IL
Annie M 1 F daughter IL IL IL

J. Coleen D. of W. Burlington Iowa gives death Jan 1933, burial Greenwood cemetery in Hamilton IL (correspondence Sept 1998)

Mariage and death dates of wives in conflict, More than one Thomas Polite?

1900 census per Roberta S.
Hancock Co IL
Thomas- White M b June 1848 parents b Ohio can't read or write
wife Nancy E. b Mar 1858 Il father Va Mother IL 10 children 8 living
Stella M. daughter Feb 1885 IL
Ruby dau. b April 1889 Il
John D. son b Dec 1891 IL
Freddie F. son Jul 1893 Il
Elmer C. son B Apr 1898 IL.

Notes for NANCY ELLEN WHITCOMB:
The Nancy E. given as wife of Thomas Polite in 1900 Census is likely the same as Ellen Whitcomb marriage in Greene Co.

Children of THOMAS POLITE and NANCY WHITCOMB are:

	i.		RUBY³ POLITE, b. April 1889 ¹⁶; m. FRANK W. THOMPSON, Hancock Co IL Book C p 104 ¹⁷.
	ii.		JOHN D. POLITE, b. December 1891 ¹⁸.
	iii.		FREDDIE F. POLITE, b. July 1893¹⁸; m. EDITH DAVIS, Hancock Co IL Book d P 13 ¹⁹.
	iv.		ELMER C. POLITE, b. April 1898.

Children of THOMAS POLITE and ELIZA HAYDEN are:

	v.		VINA BELLE VINIE³ POLITE, b. 1874, Scott Co IL ^20,²¹; m. GARDINER DEE WHITE²², July 1895, Carthage, Illinois.
	vi.		ANNIE M. POLITE²³, b. September 16, 1878, Oxville, Scott, IL ^24,²⁵.

Notes for ANNIE M. POLITE:
Her birth certificate (Scott Co IL) lists her as 3rd child of Thomas and Eliza.

vii.

THOMAS LEE POLITE, b. December 19, 1880, Naples, Scott Co, IL ²⁶.

Notes for THOMAS LEE POLITE:
Birth certificate lists Thomas Lee as 4th child of Thomas and Eliza Ann.

viii.

STELLA M. POLITE, b. February 11, 1885, Scott County Illinois ²⁷; m. FRANCIS BATES, Hancock Co IL Book C p 92.

Notes for STELLA M. POLITE:
Stella's birth certificate states that she is the 5th child of Thomas and Eliza. A sister Mrs. Vina Dell? 186 S. Eleanor Pl, Peoria Il swore to truth of the certificate.

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