aunt minerva collection
handwritten document
from the folder Creswell family records
just found all this but in my grandma Grace's handwriting instead of Aunt Minerva's.....Grandma has a few additional notes.
Creswell Family
written by Grace & Minerva Brown
1st Generation of Creswell Family the family tree of James Creswell & wife Alice
Birth of 2nd generation (James & Alice Creswell)
Henry Creswell was born July 11 1781 in Ireland and came to America when a small boy hid on a ship. Henry Creswell married Susy (Susanah) Whitt Tuesday April 19 1804. Susy was born Friday 19 1787
birth of 3rd generation children of Henry & Suzy Creswell
1. Alice Creswell b. tues. Nov 19 1800
2. Betsy (Elizabeth) b. Sat. July 23 1808
3. John Yancy Creswell b. Wed Aug 24 1814. John Yancy was called Yancy Creswell. he was our grandfather.
marriage of Henry & Suzy Creswell children
1. Alice Creswell married Whitten Maxwell sunday MArch 4 1827
2. Betsy Creswell married William Peery July 23 182_ can't make out the rest of the date. No record of their family.
3. John Yancy Creswell married Cyntha Whitt Sunday morning Oct 15 1837. Cyntha Whitt wasn't related to Susy Whitt.
4th generation
the children of Alice Creswell Maxwell & Whitten Maxwell
1. Susy C Maxwell b. Monday May 12 1828
2. James C Maxwell b. Monday Dec 17 1829 our grandfather
3. Mary Jane Maxwell b. Wed Dec 26 1832
4. Henry Maxwell b. Tues. June 4 1835
these are brothers and sisters of J.C. Maxwell. J.C. Maxwell was called Uncle Jim. Jim's children are Henry-Tom-Emma.
5th generation
James C. Maxwell b. Dec 17 1829 married Minerva Creswell d. Feb 26 1878
Tazwell to Virgina
Children of James & Minerva Maxwell
1. John Henry Maxwell b. Oct 1 1869 called Henry
2. Cynthia Alice Maxwell b. J (can't tell if Jan, July, or June) 12 1870 d. 18763
3. Thomas Whitten Maxwell b. June 7 1873 called Tom
4. Mary Emily Maxwell called Emma b. Sept 29 1876
5. twin boy died at birth Feb 26 1878
6. twin girl died at birth Feb 26 1878
Their mother Minerva Maxwell died at same time.
all children were born in HArrison County Missouri north of Melbourne.
JAmes C MAxwell married Harriet Hughs Harrison MArch 4 1881. Harriet Maxwell died Feb 21 1911. James C Maxwell died March 18 1925.
Marriage of James & Minerva Maxwell Children
1. John Henry Maxwell -Jospehine (Josie) Quigley m. March 27 1899. Joohn Henry Maxwell died Feb 25 1948. Josephine Maxwell died March 4 1925.
#1. their son James Franklin Maxwell b. Aug 4 1903. was killed in car accident near Gilman City Mo.
2. Thomas Whitten MAxwell m. Gilly Mae Higdon April 15 1900
Thomas Maxwell died March 4 1959.
Gilly Maxwell died MAy 19 1961
their children were:
#1. Mildred Evie Maxwell April 7 1902-Jan 1 1948
#2. James Phillip Maxwell Nov. 8 1904-FEb 11 1980
#3. Eugene Maxwell Jan 25 1907-Oct 8 1910
#4. Joseph Henry Maxwell July 16 1909-Oct 3 1910
#5. Leland ALbert Maxwell Dec 17 1911
#6. John Leonard Maxwell April 6 1914
#7. Leona Grace MAxwell Sept 21 1916
#8. Minerva Alice Maxwell Oct 10 1922
3. MAry Emily Maxwell d. April 5 1963 m. Barton Utterback d. April 3 1961, they were married in 1901.
their children:
#1. Harmon Utterback Jan 5 1902
#2. Vernon E Utterback June 13 1903
#3. infant dau. Utterback Feb 3 1905
#4. Ellen Marie UTterback Aug 27 1907
#5. Colleen May Utterback April 5 1910
#6. Lois MarJorie Utterback July 3 1912
#7. Roberta Florence Utterback July 29 1914
#8. Lorene Frieda Utterback Feb. 12 1917
note: children of John Yancy Creswell shouldl come next after Alice Creswell Maxwell family, page 4.
6th generation
Cosba Creswell married Joesiah Peery Gilliland
their children are:
#1. John Henry Gilliland b. Sunday Dec 9 1866 died with diptheria Wed. Nov 23 1867
#2. LEwis PReston Gilliland b. Oct 14 1868
#3. Cynthia Susan Gilliland b. Tuesday June 27 1871
#4. Effie Soffrona Gilliland b. Tues. Feb 1873
#5. Effie twin sister died at birth
#6. Baby boy died at birth
#7. Shone Emily Gilliland b. Wed Jan 17 1877
#8. baby boy died at birth
#9. George Yancy Gilliland b. Aug 20 1880
#10. Mary Eva Gilliland b. Friday June 15 1883
Mary Eva Gilliland married Clayton James Grigsba Monday Dec 2 1907
children:
#1. Lloyd George Grigsba b. Sat. June 12 1909
#2. Mary Louise Grigsba b. Wed May 8 1912
#3. Marian Grigsba (twin) b. Wed. May 8 1912 died at birth
#4. Joe James Grigsba b. Sat April 12 1919
#5. Wiley Donald Grigsba b. Mon. Dec 3 1923
marriage of Mary Eva & Clayton James Grisgba children
Lloyd George Grigsba-Dorcas E Estas Friday Feb 19 1943
Mary Louise Grigsba-Gene R. Cooper
to be continued....
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