John K. Boaz Genealogy - Our Family Genealogy Pages

Genealogy of the
THOMAS BOAZ,
CHRISTOPHER WAYNE MILLER,
JAMES CLOYD,
JOHANN MEYER,
HUBERT HEINEN, AND
LORENZ GRAFF
FAMILIES
Relating to
Trevor John Boaz and
Allison June Boaz
Compiled by
John Knox and Mildred Ellen Meyer Boaz
November, 1991
Updated most recently: November, 2011
THE THOMAS BOAZ FAMILY IN AMERICA
The following genealogy traces family relationships from Thomas Boaz (1714-1780)
through the male line to Trevor John Boaz (2001- ) and Allison June Boaz (2001- ). The
information included here is largely drawn from The Thomas Boaz Family in America [See
http://www.boazhistory.com, Sources, S1, The Thomas Boaz Family in America, Hiram A. Boaz]
with information collected and prepared by Bishop Hiram Abiff Boaz, second president of Southern
Methodist University, and published by the Parthenon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1949.
As Bishop Boaz acknowledges in the preface to this volume, John D. E. Boaz, great-greatgrandfather of Trevor and Allison Boaz, began gathering information about the Boaz family. He
traveled extensively and collected considerable data from government records, wills, land grants,
and family Bibles. He intended to publish a Boaz family genealogy but became discouraged and
gave up on the idea. Instead, he paid Bishop Boaz a visit and offered the material he had compiled.
Bishop Boaz later extended upon that research and published the volume.
Robert V. Boaz compiled over forty years a volume completed in 1999, The Boaz Family:
Ancestors and Descendants [See http://www.boazhistory.com, Sources, S2, The Boaz Family:
Ancestors and Descendants, Robert Boaz]. He used Bishop Boaz’s book as a point of departure in
seeking to piece together his own forebears. He states, “My original intent was to verify the work of
the Bishop, not to differ with him. However, when I have found differences, I have tried to
document those differences and my conclusions with reference to the many other published works,
census records, tax records, Bible records, vital records, etc. that I have searched…”.
Most notably Bishop Boaz and Robert V. Boaz differ on where and when Thomas was born,
where and when he died, and to whom he was married. With compelling evidence and argument he
disputes Bishop Boaz’s claim that Thomas Boaz was born September 27, 1721, in Scotland, died
September 13, 1791, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and was married in Ireland to Agnes and had
four children before coming to America.
THOMAS BOAZ (1714-1780)
Robert V. Boaz concludes “Thomas Boaz Sr. was born ca. 1714 probably in Virginia and
died August 15, 1780 probably in Buckingham County, Virginia. He had married Elenor
Archdeacon ca. 1736. She was born ca. 1718 in County Kilkenny, Ireland, came to Virginia with
her parents and siblings about 1730/5 and died September 25, 1787, probably in Buckingham
County, Virginia.” Their children and probable birth dates and places (all in Virginia counties) are
as follows: Thomas, Jr. (II), ca. 1737, Goochland; Archibald, ca. 1739, Goochland; Edmond, ca.
1741, Goochland; Daniel, ca. 1743, Goochland; Gemima, ca. 1745, Albemarle; Polly, ca. 1747,
Albemarle; James, May 20, 1749, Albemarle; Shadrach, ca. 1751, Albemarle; Meshack, ca. 1753,
Albemarle; Agnes, ca. 1755, Albemarle; Eleanor “Nellie,” ca. 1757, Albemarle; and Abednego,
February 6, 1760. James Boaz, in his Revolutionary War pension application stated that he was
born in Buckingham County in 1749. At the time of the application he was using the then current
name of the county of his birth.
On September 12, 1738, he received a land grant for 400 acres located in Goochland
County, Virginia on the north side of the Appomattox River and below Fish Pond Creek. A second
patent was granted on July 10, 1745 for 600 acres that included the original patent of 400 acres
granted in 1738 plus an additional 200 acres never before granted. On November 9, 1758, Thomas
Boaz Sr. deeded to his oldest son, Thomas Boaz, Jr., 100 acres of his land, it being in Albemarle
County at the time and retained 500 acres for his own use. Three years later in 1761 the land
became part of Buckingham County and in 1764 Buckingham County made a List of Tithes, that is,
property owners and all males residing there above the age of twenty-one. Included in the list was
Thomas Boaz who owned 500 acres and had three tithes, one for himself, one for his son Edmond
and one for his son Daniel. Also in the tithe list was Thomas Boaz, Jr. who owned 100 acres of land
but without a tithe, because he had vacated his property in Buckingham County and patented 1577
acres of land in Halifax County on May 23, 1763 where he established his residence.
Although Thomas was too old to fight in the Revolutionary War, his descendants are
entitled to membership in Sons of the American Revolution or Daughters of the American
Revolution. In the courthouse records at Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, may be found in
Order Book No. 4, July Court, 1777, and March Court, 1783, that Thomas Boaz was appointed
surveyor of roads in place of James Fulton and took the oath of allegiance. The D. A. R. Magazine
of March, 1930, lists Thomas Boaz as a Pittsylvania County patriot.
The inventory of his possessions found in the Chatham court records includes the following:
eleven Negroes, sixty hogs, nine horses, twenty-seven sheep, thirty-nine geese, forty-four head of
cattle, ox-carts, powder tubes, desks, chairs, money scales, books, flesh forks, quilts, and many
kinds of tools and all the accessories needed on a farm at that time.
SHADRACH BOAZ (1751-1817)
Shadrach Boaz, the sixth son and eighth child of Thomas and Elenor Boaz, was born in
Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1751, married Isabel Rutherford in 1777, and died in 1817. It has
been impossible to prove from court or federal government records that Shadrach was a soldier in
the Revolutionary War. Four of his brothers, Edmond, James, Meshack, and Abednego, left such
records. Family tradition says that he was a soldier, and it may be that he enlisted from
Buckingham, or some other county, where the records have been burned in courthouse fires.
The children of Shadrach and Isabel were William (June 27, 1778-October 27, 1852),
Thomas (November 17, 1780-1833), Nancy (March 6, 1782-n.d.), Phoebe (June 10, 1785-n.d.),
Rosana (December 3, 1787-n.d.), David Rutherford (April 24, 1790-January 19, 1862), Ellinor
(November 13, 1792), Lydia (May 19, 1795-1863), Rebecca (December 17, 1797-n.d.), and Mary
Anthony (Polly) (June 3, 1800-June 28, 1880).
Court records show that Shadrach owned considerable lands. The will of Shadrach is
recorded in Will Book 1 A, page 2, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and dated January 2, 1817. It was
probated on April 30, 1817, indicating he died at some time between those two dates. A brief
excerpt of the certified will follows:
"IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Shadrach Boaz of Pittsylvania County and State of
Virginia being low in body but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and
testament in manner and form following to wit: It is my will and desire that all my just debts be
paid by my executors herein after mentioned.
"Item: I lend my beloved wife, Isabel, during her natural life all my lands whereon I now
live together with all my goods and chattels, occupy during her natural life or widowhood in lieu of
her dower. And I do further give to my beloved wife Negroes Isaac and Betty during her natural
life or widowhood."
He then mentions his sons, William and Thomas, and declares that he had already given
them their part of his estate in certain tracts of land that had been deeded to them in former years.
To each of his daughters he wills lands and Negroes. To some of them other properties are given in
addition to the lands and servants. To his son, David, he wills the home place on which he was then
living. At the death of his wife all chattels and moneys were to be equally divided among his seven
daughters.
The inventory of Isabel, the widow of Shadrach Boaz, may be found in Book of Accounts
Current 11, page 140, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The inventory was dated January 29, 1835,
showing that she lived about eighteen years after the death of her husband. Her personal property,
not counting lands, was estimated at $3,330.20, a sizable sum for that early day.
For information on Isabel's family, see: Rutherford, William K. and Anna C. Rutherford.
Genealogical History of the Rutherford Family. Rev. ed., 2 vols.) Lexington, Missouri: 1979.
(Note especially in Volume 2, pages 177, 180, 188, and 973-75).
THOMAS BOAZ (1780-1838)
Thomas Boaz, the second child of Shadrach and Isabel Rutherford Boaz, was born in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, November 17, 1780. The marriage records of Pittsylvania County
show that he married Lucinda Davis, the daughter of George and Sarah Davis, August 27, 1804.
This Lucinda Davis was the sister of Daniel Davis who married Lydia Boaz, the daughter of
Shadrach and Isabel Boaz. Thomas died in 1838.
Thomas was licensed to preach by the Strawberry (Primitive) Baptist Church in Pittsylvania
County (eleven miles out from Chatham) during August, 1806, and he was ordained to preach
August 7, 1808. It appears that he became quite active in the Baptist Church and was one of its
most distinguished ministers. One of his sons, Elihu, became a preacher and an authority on Baptist
doctrines and practice. A grandson, R. H. Boaz, was also a Baptist preacher. Some of his
descendants were still members of the Strawberry Baptist Church and living in the same community
in 1947.
During the year 1816, soon after he and his wife were dismissed by certificate from the
Strawberry Baptist Church (August 14, 1816), they and seven children emigrated to Middle
Tennessee and settled on a farm sixteen miles southeast from Nashville, the famous "Hermitage" of
Andrew Jackson being only nine miles north of the Boaz farm. There they lived and prospered for
many years. There were fourteen children in the family, eight boys and six girls. Eleven of them
reach maturity and had families of their own. The Davidson County records show that Thomas
Boaz, the minister, became a man of considerable wealth and for a time owned quite a few slaves.
These records also show that long before the Civil War, 1827, he sold to one, Benejah Gray, a
number of slaves "for $1.00 and love considerations." He educated his children in the schools of the
district and in Nashville.
Lucinda Davis Boaz died December 31, 1821, when she was only forty-three years of age.
Bishop Hiram A. Boaz visited the Thomas Boaz III farm during the summer of 1923 and found the
old Boaz cemetery and the place where the old house stood in Thomas's day. It was marked by the
remains of the chimney and good-sized trees were growing up through the old hearthstones. On a
sandstone marking one of the graves in the cemetery he found the words, "Lucinda Boaz died Dec.
31, 1821, age 43. She bore 16 [14] children in 18 years. A loving wife, a pious Baptist."
In due time after the death of Lucinda, Thomas married Mollie Tait of Tennessee and to this
union two children were born: Zephaniah Henry Tait (August 20, 1825-November 1889) and a
daughter who died in infancy.
The children of Rev. Thomas and Lucinda Davis Boaz were Shadrach (November 9,
1804-September 4, 1860), William (October 29, 1805-1870), David (November 9, 1806-February 2,
1876), Sally D. (January 2, 1808-n.d.), Samuel (March 9, 1809-June 28, 1894), Joshua (May 18,
1810-March 7, 1890), Elihu (September 1, 1811-September 16, 1880), Nancy R. (January 30,
1813-n.d.), Lydia R. September 30, 1814-n.d.), Thomas (December 20, 1815-August 20, 1892),
Lucinda (May 7, 1817-November 1, 1820), Josiah (August 5, 1818-January 24, 1852), Annie Lewis
(March 22, 1820-1868), and Polly J. (November 12, 1821-December 25, 1821).
DAVID BOAZ (1806-1876)
David, the third child of Thomas and Lucinda
Davis Boaz, was born November 9, 1806, in Pittsylvania
County, Virginia. He married Lucinda Whitis
(1808-1876) in 1827 and died February 2, 1876. When
David was ten years old his father, with his family,
emigrated to Middle Tennessee (Davidson County),
where he settled on a Revolutionary grant of land
inherited from his father, Shadrach. Here David grew to
manhood, attending the schools of the community and at
Nashville, sixteen miles away, where he secured a
thorough education. At the age of twenty-one David
Boaz was married to Lucinda Whitis of Tennessee. At
the time of her marriage she was nineteen, having been
born April 2, 1808, the daughter of William Nelson and
Nancy Jane Whitis. To this union ten children were
born: James Nelson (January 1, 1829-March 12, 1875),
Lucinda Jane (1831-1835), Sally Ann (June 30,
1833-1855), William Thomas (February 10,
1835-February 28, 1876), Samuel Shadrach (March 24,
1837- January 14, 1901), Mary Elizabeth (October 28,
1839-n.d.), David Franklin (October 28, 1841-1876),
Nancy Rutherford (November 10, 1843-July 25, 1924),
Martha Isabelle (February 18, 1846-June 8, 1923), and
George Pierce (January 10, 1850-March 28, 1922). All of them reached their majority, married, and
established homes of their own, except one girl who died in infancy and one son who never married.
For ten years after their marriage, David and Lucinda lived in Davidson County, Tennessee,
near his father's home. In 1837 he, with several of his brothers and sisters, emigrated to "Jackson's
Purchase," Kentucky, and entered a section of land in the northern part of what is now Graves
County. He was a Captain of a company of Kentucky Militia in 1849. Joshua, a younger brother,
who had married Polly Whitis, sister of Lucinda, entered a section adjoining, and to the south, while
Shadrach, William, and others of the family settled near where Fulton, Kentucky, now stands.
David Boaz became a man of means, owning a number of slaves. Some of these he had
inherited from his father. Land was cleared and put in cultivation, corn, wheat, oats, and tobacco
being the principal crops. Orchards, too, were planted.
David Boaz early donated land for the establishment of a public school, which was largely
maintained by him and his brother, Joshua, during that
time when the state gave little assistance. This school
for many years, and in fact to this day, is one of the
leading schools of the county. It is known as "Boaz
School, District Number 72." In this school as well as
in other schools of the county two of his sons, two
nephews, and a number of grandsons have been
prominent teachers.
David Boaz was a Democrat of the Jackson
type. He had been reared only a short distance from
the "Hermitage." He inherited slavery from his father
but early decided to dispose of his slaves gradually,
which he did by selling a number and freeing others
before the Civil War broke out. He remained loyal to
his state and was neutral throughout the war. David
and his brother, Joshua, who was living on an
adjoining section south, were on different grounds:
Joshua joined with the South and gave one son to the
Confederate Army. David's son, Samuel Shadrach, ". .
. had a crippled arm that prevented him from serving. [H]e was examined for Union service and
rejected, but the truth of the matter is that if he had been able to serve, he would already have been
gone as a member of the Orphan Brigade of the Confederate forces. David, although sympathetic to
his friends, was very pro-Union and took the oath of allegiance to the Union, for which his son,
Sam, never forgave him." (Statement from a letter of Malcolm R. Boaz, a grandson of David, dated
February 1, 1982, and quoted in T. D. Boaz, Jr., and Ann Riley Heath. David Boaz (1806-1876)
and His Descendants. McLean, Virginia: 1982.) David's two Negro servants, the only ones kept by
him at the time he disposed of his slaves, remained in his home until his death in 1876.
David Boaz was a most popular man in his community, and his home was an open house to
friends from everywhere, in the old Kentucky style of hospitality. He and his wife, Lucinda, were
consistent members of the Primitive Baptist Church, and for a number of years he was an officer in
the Mount Pleasant Church, which was located only a short distance from his home. He was often
called upon to administer estates, until he had more of that kind of work than he could well attend to
and at the same time look after his own estate. Believing it the best way to start his children right in
the world, he began to deed to them land for a home as they married and established homes of their
own; and as a result most of them established homes near him. To this day many of his descendants
live in that part of the county.
David Boaz was a man of medium build, square shoulders, rather heavy set, weighing about
165 pounds, and had a fair complexion and blue eyes. He had a broad forehead, open, frank, and
pleasant address, and a kind disposition. He and his wife, Lucinda, were known and loved by many
far and near. He was a man who practiced his religion, and those who needed assistance found him
a friend indeed. Many years before their death, David and Lucinda Boaz expressed the desire that
they be taken at the same time. They died two hours apart, February, 1876, and were buried in the
same grave, but in separate coffins, in the family graveyard near their home
The family graveyards may be located as follows: From Paducah, KY take US45 south of
I24 for 5 or 6 miles, turn left (east) on 1241, go 1 mile east on 1241 to 348 (large cemetery on the
left at this intersection), turn right (south) on 348 and go 3.6 miles to the intersection with 994 (The
Old Mayfield Road), proceed south on 348 for 2.6 miles following 1684 as it forks with 348 a
couple of tenths of a mile before the Hardmoney Missionary Baptist Church (on the right), proceed
south on 1684 for 1.6 miles beyond the Hardmoney Missionary Baptist Church (HMBC is just
south of the county line between Crack and Graves counties on 1684) to Boaz Cemetery Road (on
the right), take Boaz Cemetery Road west 0.4 mile to the cemetery on the right. David and Lucinda
are buried here along with their son, James Nelson, and his wife, Martha Evers. Proceed around
looping road, turning right at the intersection with its self back to 1684. One may then turn right
(south) on 1684 and go 1.2 miles to the Joshua Boaz Cemetery which is on the left (east) side of the
road.
JAMES NELSON BOAZ (1829-1875)
James Nelson Boaz was born on January 1, 1829, in Davidson County, Tennessee. He was
the first born child of David and Lucinda Whitis Boaz. He was a farmer and schoolteacher in
Graves County, Kentucky. He was of medium build, had dark hair and gray eyes and weighed
about 165 pounds. He reared a large family. In addition to his duties as a farmer and teacher he
built a small schoolroom in his yard where he spent two hours each day in teaching his children. He
was not a slave owner, and his sympathies lay with the North during the Civil War. He died on
March 12, 1875, and he is buried in the David Boaz Cemetery, south of Hardmoney, Kentucky.
In 1849 he married Martha Evers, daughter of John Alexander Evers and Cynthia
Brookshire. She was born January 22, 1831 and died in February of 1899. To this union ten
children were born, three of whom died in early manhood: Alice Rosalie (May 6, 1853-March 25,
1899), George Washington (September 18, 1854-April 21, 1877), Benjamin Franklin (April 13,
1856-October 31, 1948), Linn Boyd (February 7, 1858-May 13, 1903), Mark Wilton (April 11,
1859-April 6, 1884), Thomas Dick (May 25, 1861-November 8, 1919), Lorenzo Dowell (July 14,
1863-n.d.), Abraham Sherman Grant (1865-1866), John David Evers (January 26, 1867-December
23, 1943), and William Penn (December 11, 1868-July 31, 1887).
JOHN DAVID EVERS BOAZ (1867-1943)
John David Evers Boaz, the ninth child of James
Nelson and Martha Evers Boaz, was born in Graves County,
Kentucky, on January 26, 1867. He became the principal of
the school of that district and earned a teaching certificate
from the University of Kentucky. He soon became the
principal of the school at Union City, Tennessee. Here he
met and married Annette Jane Gardner (March 12, 1877,
Obion County, Tennessee-August 21, 1942, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma), the second daughter of Southerland Mayfield
Gardner (December 18, 1833, South Carolina) and Nancy
Katherine Harper (July 28, 1845, Obion County,
Tennessee—May 15, 1921, Union City, Tennessee) Gardner,
December 21,1899.
Nancy Katherine Knox Gardner (1845-1888), mother
of Annette Jane Gardner Boaz, was the daughter of Benjamin
Knox and Margaret Elizabeth Harper who were married
September 1, 1838 at the home of Angus Polk in Obion
County, Tennessee. Benjamin Knox was the seventh child of
John Knox (1708-1758) and Jean Gracey (1708-1772) who came to the colonies about 1740. John
Knox was great-great-great-great grandson of John Knox, the famous Scottish Reformer, and was
born in Renfrewshire, Scotland, around 1708. They came to the colonies by way of Northern
Ireland. (Jane Knox, daughter of Captain James and Lydia Gillespie Knox, married Major Samuel
Polk. They were the parents of James Knox Polk,
eleventh President of the United States. James Knox was
the brother of Benjamin Knox.
Later John D. E. Boaz was Assistant Post Master at Union
City. He was a Republican and all the Harpers were
Democrats, and politics was taken very seriously in
Tennessee. He took employment with the Oliver
Typewriting Company. Working for this and other
typewriting companies, he and his family moved from
Union City to Knoxville and from there to Nashville and
to Memphis and to Chicago and finally to Oklahoma City,
where they settled in 1911. Here, after operating for a
short time as an insurance agent, he returned to the
typewriter business in which he remained for most of his
later life. While engaged in this work he undertook the
collection of information concerning the Boaz family in
America. In this task he traveled extensively and
collected many very valuable facts. Much of the
information found in the volume published by Bishop
Hiram A. Boaz was collected by him and from members
of his family whom he visited in person. John D. E. Boaz was divorced from Annette Gardner Boaz
in 1922. He was married twice after that, but each marriage was short lived and to him no children
were born of either of those marriages. His first wife, Annette Gardner Boaz, died in Oklahoma
City, August 21, 1942. He was struck by a truck or automobile in Salem, Illinois, and died of
compound skull fractures on December 23, 1943. He lived the last ten years of his life in Salem,
and was married to Mary at the time of his death. He is buried in Eastview Cemetery, Salem, IL.
To him and Annette Gardner Boaz five children were born, the first of which died in
infancy: David Franklin (November 30,1900, Union City, Tennessee—February 7, 1901), Knox
Gardner (January 6, 1902, Union City, Tennessee-May 3, 1977, Sun City, Arizona), Evers Harper
(August 10, 1908, Union City, Tennessee-March 8, 1983, Ft. Pierce, Florida), Ruth Baird (August
22, 1912, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-February 1, 1976, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), and Joseph
Nowlin (July 20, 1917, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma- ).
Knox married Felma Louise Carden (daughter of Mrs. W. W. Cochran Butler) in 1935.
Their children were Knox Gardner Boaz, Jr. (1938-died in infancy), Nancy Annette Boaz Morrison
(1939- ), and James Knox (1945- ). He attended Central High School, Oklahoma City, and the
University of Oklahoma. He was employed by Security National Bank and in 1925 became a paint
sales manager for the Oklahoma City office of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. In 1949 he was
transferred as branch manager of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company office in Joplin, Missouri.
Next he was made branch manager of the Springfield, Missouri, office. In 1963 he became District
Manager of PPG in Kansas City, a post he held until he was 67, two years beyond the company’s
normal retirement age. Then, for several years he managed a suburban Kansas City country club,
finally retiring with Felma to Sun City, Arizona. He was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church.
Ruth married Frank Duane Wood (September 11, 1911-March 13, 1955) in 1935, and they
were divorced in 1942 without having any children. With truly remarkable secretarial abilities, she
possessed a typing skill by which she could reach a speed that produced a virtual hum on a manual
typewriter. She first worked as secretary to the manager of the Oklahoma City branch of
International Harvester Company. For 15 years, she was the Secretary of Oklahoma City’s
Downtown Kiwanis Club, where with an outgoing personality she took special pleasure in working
with “her” members and producing their weekly newsletter. She went into business operating a
secretarial service and finally worked as a legal secretary. She attended Oklahoma City schools and
the Draughon School of Business, and enjoyed many years of dedicated membership in Sigma
Sigma Chi and The Sorority Council, women’s business clubs. She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Joseph ("Joe") was five in 1922, the year his parents divorced. Knox was 20, Evers 14,
and Ruth was 10. For many years the constant interstate traveling of John D.E. had left the home
and child rearing to the warm heart and capable hands of their mother. Subsequent to the
divorce, Knox who had worked part time since an early age left the University of Oklahoma
(O.U.), immediately assumed financial responsibility for the family, and began sharing many
other home responsibilities with Annette. He was an instant father figure for Joe and continued
to be a caring older brother for the younger Boazes. Evers began part time work that year, and
three years later became Knox's partner in home finances, to be joined by Ruth three years later.
Joe started work at nine, attended public schools in Oklahoma City, was graduated by the
University of Oklahoma, B. Architecture and B.S. Architectural Engineering, 1940 and by
Columbia University in New York City, M.S. Architecture, 1941. He interned in Washington,
D.C., and New York where, in 1944, he became a registered architect and was certified by the
National Council of Registration Boards. He was licensed for practice in New York, Oklahoma,
Texas, Connecticut, North Carolina and Georgia. In 1955 in Oklahoma City, after a two year
courtship, Joe married Helen Fast Byrd (1917-1998), and that year with her two children, John
H. Byrd, Jr., 8, and Jane Marie Byrd (now Melton), almost 6, the new family moved to Raleigh,
NC. At this 2006 writing the children, some of the grandchildren and a great-grandson live in
North Carolina, a few hours from Joe/Dad/Pop in Clemson, SC. Joe's professional pursuits
included several intervals away from practice, including four months of travel and study in
Europe in 1948; Teaching Assistant, Columbia University Extension (evenings), 1944-45;
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Yale University, 1950-51; six five-week terms as Visiting
Critic for 4th year classes, twice each in the 40s and 50s, at Cornell University, Syracuse
University and Virginia Tech (then "V.P.I."). In 1962 he joined the faculty at North Carolina
State University, where in 1969 he resigned as a full professor to return to private practice. In
1970 a total revision (6th edition) of the standard drafting room reference Architectural Graphic
Standards was published. The project required six years to complete with Joe serving as the
Editor under a contract with the American Institute of Architects. During those years he made
over 100 trips to the project offices in NYC at John Wiley and Sons, publishers.
EVERS HARPER BOAZ (1908-1983)
Evers Harper Boaz was born on August 10, 1908, in Union City, Tennessee. He grew up in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he was a Boy Scout, attended
Oklahoma City schools, and graduated from Central High School
in 1927. He was President of the Booster Club in 1927 and a
member of the Ciceronian Debating Society, a social club. He
was Master Councilor of the Order of DeMolay.
He worked for Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, paint and
glass manufacturer (1927-67), mainly in sales. He managed the
branch store in Salina, Kansas, for a time.
Evers Harper married
Alice Josephine Miller (19141996) in Oklahoma City on
November 2, 1935. They moved
to Enid, Oklahoma, where John
Knox was born on June 7, 1938. The family moved back to
Oklahoma City for six months before Evers was transferred to
Salina, Kansas. The family lived in Salina for nine years where
twins, David Evers and Robert Howard were born on December 5,
1943. Evers was active in community affairs there, a member of the
Optimist Club and the Mariners Club of the First Presbyterian
Church.
The family moved to Hutchinson, Kansas, in January of
1951 and lived there for two years before moving to Tulsa,
Oklahoma, where they lived between 1954 and 1980. Evers and
Alice were members of John Knox Presbyterian Church where
Evers was a Ruling Elder for four years and an adult Sunday School
teacher. Evers was Co-Chair of the Commercial Division of the United Way, and in retirement
from Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company he worked as a safety instructor for the Tulsa Area Safety
Council and as a bailiff for the County Court.
Evers and Alice moved to Port Saint Lucie, Florida, in July of 1980. They were members of
the First Presbyterian Church of Stuart, Florida. Evers had an outgoing personality. He never met a
stranger. He was a kind and caring person who loved his family and friends. He was an amateur
photographer, and he enjoyed listening to classical music on his high fidelity, and later, stereo
equipment.
Evers Harper died on March 8, 1983, and he is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery,
Oklahoma City, along with Alice Josephine Miller Boaz who died April 20, 1996.
JOHN KNOX BOAZ (1938- )
John Knox Boaz was born on
June 7, 1938, in Enid, Oklahoma. He
grew up there and in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma; Salina, Kansas; Hutchinson,
Kansas; and Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he
graduated from Will Rogers High
School. He completed a Bachelor of
Science degree in Speech Education at
Northwestern University (1960), Evanston, Illinois, and a Master of Arts (1961) and a Ph.D. (1969)
degree in Rhetoric and Public Address at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
John married Mildred Ellen Meyer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 19, 1961. They met
as students at Northwestern University where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English
(1960). Mildred completed a Master's degree in English at the University of Michigan while
teaching English at Birmingham High School in suburban Detroit. Julia Ruth Boaz, the first of their
two children, was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on April 12, 1963.
In the fall of 1965 the family moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where John was employed at
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, as an Assistant Professor of Speech. In Bloomington
Andrew John was born on April 14, 1966. Mildred completed a Ph.D. in English at the University
of Illinois, taught at Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, and at
Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois.
John has served variously at Illinois State University as Director of Forensics, Director of
the Speech Communication Area of the Department of Speech, Director of the International Studies
Program in Grenoble, France, Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Speech Communication, and
Assistant and then Associate Vice President for Administrative Services. He retired in June, 1994.
He served as President of the Midwest and American Forensic Associations, and he chaired
the Forensics Division of the Speech Communication
Association.
John served the community as a board member,
including a term as President of the Bloomington-Normal
Symphony Society (and later both as Trustee and
Governing Board member of its successor, the Illinois
Symphony Orchestra) and of the United Campus Christian
Foundation. He served on both the Board and the
Campaign Cabinet of the United Way of McLean County.
He was President of the Bloomington-Normal Tennis
Association for over fifteen years (1980-97) and President
of the Middle Illinois Tennis Association for five years
(1988-92). He served two terms as President of the Normal
Chamber of Commerce (1987-89) and several as President
of the Bloomington-Normal Humanities Council. During
his several years as a board member of the Illinois Council
of Orchestras he served both as President and Secretary.
John and Mildred moved to Chicago, Illinois, in
retirement, and after ten years there moved to San Diego.
John pursues volunteer work in music and tennis. He has
worked with the Illinois Council of Orchestras, the Symphony Orchestra Institute, the Chicago
Chamber Orchestra, and the Chicago Opera Theater. And, he has recently resumed playing the
clarinet after a fifty year hiatus. John has served on the boards of the Chicago Tennis Patrons,
including a term as President, and the Chicago Tennis Umpires Council, and he has umpired many
tennis matches in the Chicago area. He continued
his committee service with the USTA/Midwest
Section as chair of its Awards Committee, and he
is currently a member of the Awards Committee
of the USTA. Mildred pursues music through her
cello, playing in the Bloomington-Normal
Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Bar
Association Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony
of Oak Park and River Forest, the Poway
Community Symphony Orchestra, and various
small ensembles. Both attend various cultural
events, play tennis, and enjoy traveling.
JULIA RUTH BOAZ CHASE (1963- )
Julia Ruth Boaz was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on April 12, 1963. She moved with the
family in 1965 to Bloomington, Illinois. She graduated from the University High School of Illinois
State University in the spring of 1981. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, in the spring of 1985. She began work as a social
worker and trained to become a paralegal in Dallas, Texas. She worked for TechLaw, first in Dallas
and later in Denver, Colorado. She married John Chase on August 29, 1998. She is presently
employed by the City of Boulder, Colorado, in the City Attorney’s office.
ANDREW JOHN BOAZ (1966- )
Andrew John Boaz was born on April 14, 1966 in Bloomington, Illinois. He graduated from the
University High School of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, in the spring of 1984. He
completed a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
California, in the spring of 1988. He began work as an
engineer with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation in Long
Beach, California. He moved into the quality assurance
area at this plant which was subsequently acquired by
Boeing. He completed a Master’s degree in Business
Administration at the University of Southern California, in
the spring of 1999. In March of 2000, he began work as a
financial analyst with United Airlines in Elk Grove Village,
Illinois. He is currently employed by the Northrup
Grumman Corporation as Project Manager, Global Hawk.
On May 26, 2000, he married Jennifer Rae Lee (October 10,
1964, Weisbaden, Germany), a graduate of California State
University, Long Beach, and a fellow McDonnell Douglas
and later Boeing employee. They became parents of twins,
Trevor John and Allison June on March 8, 2001, and the
family currently resides in the Rancho Bernardo area of San
Diego, California.
THE CHRISTOPHER WAYNE MILLER FAMILY IN AMERICA
The following genealogy traces family relationships from Christopher Wayne Miller
(1799-1886) through the male line to Alice Josephine Miller Boaz (1914-1996). The information
included here is largely drawn from written records handed down within the family.
CHRISTOPHER WAYNE MILLER (1799-1886)
Christopher Wayne (Christy) Miller was born February 11, 1797 and died in 1886. His
father was another Christopher Miller, son of Joseph who was born in 1768. He married Mary
Quisenberry (1807 in Virginia-1875 in Kentucky). He was the father of James Moorman Miller
(1824-1910).
Mary was born April 13, 1807 in Virginia, the daughter of James Quisenberry and Mildred
Moorman who were married in 1790 and came to Kentucky in 1814. She died August 12, 1875.
JAMES MOORMAN MILLER (1824-1910)
James Moorman Miller was born March 2, 1824, on a farm near Nolin in Hardin County,
Kentucky. He married Susan Malvinia Cash (December 15, 1831-January 25, 1875). Their children
were Mary Catherine (Mollie) (1850-1917), Isham (Bud) (1851-1929), Annie (1853, who died in
infancy), Josephine (1855-1937), Gabriel Thompson (1857-1925), Christopher Moorman (Christy)
(1858-1942), Louise Etta (1860-87), Cathleen (Lena) (1862-1917), Rosa Belle (1866-1942), Martha
Ellen (1868), John Durall (1871-1916), and Henry Edgar (1873-1961) who changed his middle
name from Edgar to Cooper after his father's second wife, Josephine Carson Cooper (December 9,
1835-April 18, 1902). James died near Glendale in Hardin County, Kentucky, February 10, 1910.
Susan Malvinia Cash was the daughter of Warren Cash (1760-1849) of Albermarle County,
Virginia, one of Kentucky's earliest Baptist preachers who was ordained in the ministry in Shelby
County, and Susanna Baskett who came to Kentucky in 1883 from Fluvanna County, Virginia, and
was the first woman ever known to profess religion in Kentucky. She and her husband were
baptized in Clear Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, by John Taylor, a regular Baptist preacher.
The Cash family came from Ireland. The Baskett family came from Pennsylvania.
HENRY COOPER (nee HENRY EDGAR) MILLER (1873-1961)
Henry Cooper Miller was born on October 28, 1873, in Hardin
County, Kentucky. Reared on a farm four miles southwest of Glendale,
he was christened in the Gilead Baptist Church near Glendale, Kentucky.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Kenyon College,
Hodgenville, Kentucky, in 1898. After serving a term as County School
Superintendent he represented Hardin County in the 1902 General
Assembly. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the Bowling
Green State Normal School and owned an
insurance agency in Elizabethtown,
Kentucky. He married Lucy Colston Cloyd
on October 27, 1908. They lived in Enid,
Oklahoma, commencing in 1906, before
moving to Huron, South Dakota, where he
managed a hotel and their daughter, Alice Josephine, was born on
August 5, 1914. The family moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
where their son, John Howard, was born on October 13, 1916. (John
Howard who died in 2004 married Nancy Poindexter, 1922-2011).
Henry worked in the insurance business until his retirement. Henry
died on July 28, 1961, and he is buried
in Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma
City along with his wife, Lucy Cloyd
Miller who died December 4, 1960.
ALICE JOSEPHINE MILLER BOAZ (1914-1996)
Alice Josephine Miller was born August 5, 1914, in Huron,
South Dakota, the eldest child of Henry Cooper Miller and Lucy
Colston Cloyd Miller. Alice came to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
with her parents where she attended Jefferson Grade School, Harding
Junior High School, and graduated from Classen High School in 1932. During her school days she
was a member of National Honor Society in junior high school and Comes Pep Club and the
Dramatic Club in high school.
She attended Oklahoma College for Women at Chickasha, Oklahoma, for one year. She
took a comptometer course, worked for the Magnolia Petroleum Company in Oklahoma City and in
Stillwater, Oklahoma, and worked for the government on the Bankhead Bill.
She married Evers Harper Boaz on
November 2, 1935, in Oklahoma City. They
had three sons, John Knox (born June 7, 1938,
in Enid, Oklahoma), and twins, David Evers
and Robert Howard (born December 5, 1943, in
Salina, Kansas).
Alice enjoyed her family, home,
gardening, and cooking. She was active in her
children's activities, serving as a Cub Scout Den
Mother and attending their various baseball
games. She was active in Wishful Diggers
Garden Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the
Women's Association of John Knox
Presbyterian Church.
She and Evers moved to Port Saint
Lucie, Florida, in July of 1980 and lived in
Spanish Lakes Golf Village. She was a member
of the First Presbyterian Church of Port St.
Lucie. She moved to Slidell, Louisiana, in June
of 1993. She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Slidell. Alice died on
April 20, 1996, and she is buried in Memorial
Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
along with her husband, Evers Boaz, who died
March 8, 1983.
THE JAMES CLOYD FAMILY IN AMERICA
The following genealogy traces family relationships from James Cloyd (1680-1769) through
the male line to Lucy Colston Cloyd Miller (1883-1960). The information included here is largely
drawn from Genealogy of the Cloyd, Basye and Tapp Families in America with information
collected and prepared by A. D. Cloyd, M. D. and published by The Champlin Press, Columbus,
Ohio, in 1912.
JAMES CLOYD (1680-1769)
James Cloyd, a Scotsman, born in Ireland in 1680 and said to have been in the Siege of
Derry when nine years old, died in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1769. It is said he would often
lecture the young folks, his grandchildren, on wastefulness and tell them of the privations endured
by the besieged in 1689. Nothing definite is known about him, but he is supposed to have been the
father of the following: James (1707), David (1710), Joseph, John, Thomas, and Jane.
DAVID CLOYD (1710-n.d.)
David Cloyd, supposed to have been the son of James of Chester County, Pennsylvania,
married Margaret Campbell. The first legal record of his residence in America is found in the
purchase of a tract of land in New Castle County, Pennsylvania, now a part of Delaware, from
Letitia Aubrey, a daughter of William Penn, which he and his wife, Margaret, sold in 1733. It is not
known where he lived for the next twelve years, but one report has it that he moved to Vermont
where he lived for some time. This same tradition also states that there were three immigrant
brothers who landed in New England. That he had brothers in America who did not live in Virginia
is shown by the fact that one of his sons at a later date visited his cousins in the north. It is probable
that he remained in Delaware in accordance with a more authentic tradition as he sold his New
Castle County home in 1749.
In 1745 he bought 400 acres from John Buchannan in Orange County, Virginia, in what was
afterwards set off to form Augusta County, later in 1770 to form Montgomery, and in 1776 to form
Rockbridge County.
It is not known when he came to America or when he married. One report states that he
married in New Jersey and another that his oldest son, James, was born in Ireland.
The following facts gleaned from "Green's Historic Families of Kentucky" bear closely on
the time of his coming and the ancestry of his wife:
"The Journal of Charles Clinton, the founder of the historic family of that name in New
York gives an account of some of the families that sailed from Ireland on the 'George and Ann' and
the 'John of Dublin' on May 9th, 1729, and landed in Pennsylvania, September 4, 1729. In the
company were McDowells, Campbells and many other families which settled first in Pennsylvania
and later in Virginia.
"Of this number, Ephraim McDowell and his sons, John and James, arranged in the spring
of 1737 to settle on the famous 'Beverly Manor' tract in Augusta County, Va., when they met with
Benjamin Borden, the holder of the famous 'Borden Grant.'
"Borden was required by the conditions of his grant to locate not less than 100 families on
his land and he made the McDowells a tempting offer which they accepted. Complying with their
agreement with Borden, they immediately entered into communication with their kindred, friends
and co-religionists in Pennsylvania, Ireland and Scotland, soon drawing around them other Scotch
and Scotch-Irish families among whom were the Cloyds and Campbells.
"John McDowell married Magdelena Wood, whose mother was a Campbell, and, as
tradition has it, of the noble family of Argyle. Mary, daughter of Ephraim married James Greenlee
and James McDowell married Mary Greenlee, said to have been remotely descended from the
Argyle Campbells.
"James McDowell left no male issue; John McDowell has two sons, Samuel and James; and
the latter married Elizabeth Cloyd, daughter of David Cloyd of 'Beverly Manor', whose wife was
Margaret Campbell."
In 1764 a party of Indians raided the house of David Cloyd near Amsterdam in Botetourt
County, killing his wife, Margaret Cloyd, and son, John. An account of this massacre is given in
Waddel's "Annals of Augusta County," written in 1843 by Mrs. Letitia Floyd, wife of Gov. Floyd
and daughter of Col. Wm. Preston:
"One day in March 1764 when Col. Wm. Preston had gone to Staunton, Mrs. Preston early
in the morning heard two gun shots in quick succession in the direction of David Cloyd's house half
a mile distant. Presently Joseph Cloyd rode up on a plow horse and related that the Indians had
killed his brother John, had shot at him (the powder burning his shirt) and having gone to the house
had probably killed his mother. Mrs. Preston immediately sent a young man to notify the garrison
of a small fort on Craig's Creek and then dispatched a white man and two Negroes to Mr. Cloyd's.
They found Mrs. Cloyd tomahawked in three places but still alive, and conscious. She told of the
assault by the Indians, of their getting drunk, ripping up the feather beds and carrying off the money.
One of the Indians wiped the blood from her temples with a corn cob saying, 'Poor old woman.' She
died the next morning."
The papers in a law suit in Augusta County in 1766 throw some light on the Indian invasion
and the robbery of David Cloyd's house. The Indians carried away over 200 pounds English
money. They were pursued by a party of militia, one of them killed on John's Creek, 30 miles or
more from the scene of the massacre and robbery. One hundred and thirty-seven pounds were
found on the body of the dead Indian. A dispute arose among the militia as to whether the money
belonged to them or to Cloyd. The money was finally distributed among them, all of whom except
one James Montgomery returned their share to David Cloyd who thereupon paid each of the men
five pounds, the reward he had offered, and sued Montgomery for the balance, thirty-one pounds
and ten pence. The suit was decided in Cloyd's favor but Montgomery took an appeal to the
General Court and the final result is not known.
A Negro woman named "Dolly" survived the Massacre at Amsterdam and lived to an old
age. Many have been the stories handed down about this old Negro, her scalped head and indented
skull. The "History of Southwest Virginia" by Thomas Bruce, published in 1891 gives an incorrect
account of the massacre, stating that the woman killed was a widow. John who was killed then was
married and reference is probably made to his widow.
David Cloyd and Margaret Campbell had the following children: James (1731), David,
Michael (1735), John, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary (1741), and Joseph (1742).
JAMES CLOYD (1731-n.d.)
James Cloyd was born on October 29, 1731. He married Jean Lapsley on February 16,
1764. He received from Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, in 1783 a grant to 881 acres of land
in Jefferson County, Virginia, lying on Cloyd's Creek. (See Grant Book, O. P. 517, Richmond Land
Office.) James and Michael Cloyd were privates in the Augusta County Militia in 1758. (See
Hennings Statutes at Large, Vol. 7) James Cloyd and wife Jean, supposedly Jean Lapsley, had the
following children: Sarah (1765), David (1766), Joseph (1768), Margaret (1771), Mary (1773), Jean
(1776), Margaret (1779), and James L. (1782).
JAMES L. CLOYD (1782-1874)
James L. Cloyd, the youngest child of James and Jean Cloyd was born on January 9, 1782,
probably in Virginia. When quite young, he went to Indiana and from there to Kentucky. He
resided in Garrard County, Kentucky, in 1817, and later removed to Kenton County, remaining
there until 1852. From that date to 1865, he lived in Pike County, Missouri, and moved to Decatur,
Illinois, where he died on April 1, 1874. He married Mrs. Sally Gates Lillard on July 29, 1811. He
was a farmer, a Whig and a member of the Christian Church. Their children were Joseph (1812),
Nancy (1815), David Jamison (1817), Mary Jane (1820), Sarah Woods (1822), James Crow (1825),
and James Preston (1827).
DAVID JAMISON CLOYD (1817-1886)
David Jamison Cloyd was born in Garrard County, Kentucky, on August 15, 1817, the third
child of James and Sally Gates Lillard Cloyd. He married in 1839 Mary Ann Roberts, daughter of
William Roberts of Walton, Boone County, Kentucky, who was born November 28, 1817, and who
died August 12, 1895 in Decatur, Illinois. David died March 20, 1886 in Decatur, Illinois. Their
children were Sarah Elizabeth (1840-1922), James William (1842), John Gates (1844-1909),
Thomas Joseph (1847), William Gordon (1848-1932), David Holmes (1851-1939), Mary Candace
(1853-1859), Walter Clay (1855-1866), and Margaret Roberts (1859-1942).
JOHN GATES CLOYD (1844-1909)
John Gates Cloyd was born August 6, 1844, in
Kenton County, Kentucky, third child of David J. and
Mary Ann (Roberts) Cloyd. He lived for a while in Pike
County, Missouri, and with his father and grandfather
moved to Decatur, Illinois, in 1865. He returned to
Kentucky for his wife, Miss Alice Henrietta Thomas
(1844-1923) whom he married January 16, 1867 at
Hodgenville, Kentucky. She was a daughter of Joshua H.
Thomas and born in Breckinridge County, November 26,
1844. In politics John was a Democrat. The Decatur,
Illinois, Review,
March 5, 1909, has
this to say:
"Few men
in Decatur had a
more extensive
acquaintance than J.
G. Cloyd both in
the city and county
and throughout
Central Illinois. He
had been traveling
for the American Hominy Company for the last eight years,
and previous to that he was in the wholesale and retail
grocery business for himself."
Their children were Mary Thomas (1867-1938),
David Joshua (1868-1933), Anne Roberts (1876-1931),
Howard Gates (1879-1952), and Lucy Colston (1883-1960).
John G. Cloyd died March 4, 1909, and Alice H.
Thomas Cloyd died August 2, 1923. All save Lucy Colston
Cloyd Miller are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur,
Illinois.
LUCY COLSTON CLOYD MILLER (1883-1960)
Lucy Colston Cloyd was born May 17, 1883, in Decatur, Illinois, the fifth and youngest
child of John Gates Cloyd and Alice Henrietta Thomas Cloyd. She graduated from Decatur High
School and attended Millikin University, Decatur, for one year. She married Henry Cooper Miller
on October 27, 1908. They lived in Enid, Oklahoma, before moving to Huron, South Dakota,
where their daughter, Alice Josephine, was born on August 5, 1914. The family moved to
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where their son, John Howard, was born on October 13, 1916.Lucy
enjoyed her home and family, and she had many friends. She was a wonderful cook and enjoyed
having friends in to share holidays and special days. She took an active part in her children's school
activities and her church. She died December 4, 1960, and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, along with her husband, Henry C. Miller who died July 28, 1961.
Lucy Colston Cloyd's mother, Alice Henrietta (1844-1923), was the daughter of Joshua Howard
Thomas (1804-September 10, 1886) and Lucy Landon Carter Colston (1803-July 5, 1850) who
were married April 10, 1826, in Winchester, Virginia. Lucy Landon Carter Colston was the
daughter of William Traverse Colston (1776-1815) and Elizabeth Burgess Armistead (1777-1834)
who were married July 10, 1802. Elizabeth Burgess Armistead was the daughter of Henry
Armistead (1750-1787) and Winifred Peachy (1752-n.d.) who were married in 1774. Winifred
Peachy was the daughter of Col. William Peachy 1729-1802) and his first wife Million Glasscock
(1735-1748). William Peachy assisted in establishing American Independence while acting in the
capacity of Col. in 5th Va. Regiment
from February 13, 1776 to May 7,
1776 (War Dept.). The source for this
is William & Mary's Quarterly,
Williamsburg, Va. Vol. 3-Nov. 2-p.
114 and Vol. 1-p. 31. Hintman's
Historical Register of Officers of
the Continental Army, p. 322.
William Traverse Colston was the son
of Captain William Colston (17441777) and his wife, Lucy Landon
Carter who were married in 1775.
Lucy Landon Carter was the daughter
of Colonel Landon Carter (17101778) and his wife, Elizabeth Beal.
Colonel Landon Carter assisted in
establishing American Independence
while acting in the capacity of
enrolling the militia to defend the
colony. The source for this is
Schraaf’s History and Archives of
Maryland, note no. 86727.
Joshua Howard Thomas was
born March 10, 1804, the son of
Samuel Thomas (1776-n.d.) and Mary
Howard. He was a doctor, practicing
from 1825 to 1839 in Frederick
County, Virginia, near Winchester,
and then in Breckinridge County,
Kentucky. In 1851 Dr. Thomas
represented Breckinridge County in
the Kentucky legislature. He took the
side of the Union in the Civil War. In
1873 he moved to Elizabethtown and
joined his brother, Samuel B. Thomas, in private banking. He died September 10, 1886 in
Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Samuel Thomas was born November 13, 1776, the son of Samuel Thomas (1753-n.d.) who
settled in Montgomery County, Maryland, and who married Mary Cowman, daughter of John
Cowman, on October 31, 1775.
Samuel Thomas was born December 2, 1753, the son of Richard Thomas (1728-n.d.) and
Sarah, daughter of Skipwith and Margaret Holland Coale.
Richard Thomas was born about 1728, the son of John Thomas (1697-1749 or 50) and
Elizabeth Snowden, daughter of Richard and Mary Snowden.
John Thomas was born April 15, 1697, the son of Samuel Thomas and Mary Hutchins, and
married Elizabeth in April of 1727. He died in February of 1749 or 50.
Samuel Thomas was born in about 1655, the son of Philip and Sarah Harrison. He was
probably a minister of the Society of Friends as early as August 4, 1686, when Herring Creek
quarterly meeting approved of his proposal to attend the yearly meeting at Philadelphia. On April
13, 1688, he was appointed to a Committee on "drowsiness" by the West River meeting. He held
72 acres of Talbot's ridge, north side of West River, surveyed in 1674, and after 1698, at a rental of
6s.8d., 200 acres of Lordship's manor on the Ridge. He married on May 15, 1688, at his own house
in Anne Arundel County, Mary, daughter of Francis Hutchins of Calvert County.
Philip Thomas was born in England before 1651 and there married Sarah Harrison who
survived him, dying early in 1687. Philip Thomas, of the mercantile house of Thomas &
Devonshire, at Bristol, England, son of Evan Thomas of Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, who
died in 1650, is the earliest ancestor of this family of whom we have legal and documentary proof,
although I have little doubt that the descent given in this genealogy is accurately taken from Sir
Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., and will be confirmed by further investigations. The earliest land patent in
his name, dated February 19, 1651-2, conveys to him 500 acres of land called "Beakely" or
"Beckley" on the west side of Chesapeake Bay, "in consideration that he hath in the year 1651
transported himself, Sarah, his wife, Philip, Sarah, and Elizabeth his children, into this our
province." He would appear to have come directly from Bristol to Maryland. The source for this is
The Thomas Book, by Lawrence Buckley Thomas, D.D., published in New York City by The
Henry T. Thomas Company, 1896, pp. 27-55.
Mary Howard was the daughter of Joshua Howard and Rebecca Owings. Joshua Howard
was the son of Sir Henry Howard, born in England and came to the Province of Maryland in 1706,
and married to Sarah Dorsey, daughter of John and Honor Elder.
The Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, stand next to the blood royal at the head of the peerage of
England, and are undoubtedly of Saxon origin. Howard, or Hereward, was living in the reign of
King Edgar (957-973) and was a kinsman of Duke Oslac. His son, Leofric, was the father of
Hereward, who was banished by William the Conqueror. Hereward's grandson, Hereward, or
Howard, was granted land in Norfolk by Henry II. Sir William Howard (1297-1308) was Chief
Justice of Common Pleas. It would be useless, however, to follow the intricate genealogy of the
Howards. John Howard was created Duke of Norfolk in 1483, and his direct descendants have
retained that honor until the present day. Catherine, the niece of the second Duke, was the fifth wife
of King Henry VIII. The son of the third Duke, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was a famous poet.
The house of Howard is divided into numerous branches, the Earls of Suffolk and Berkshire, of
Carlisle, of Effingham, of Wicklow, Barons of Lanerton and many others. The third son of Sir
Henry Howard married a Miss Rebecca Owings, immigrated to America and became the progenitor
of the Howards of Maryland and Washington. To this family belongs Colonel John Eager Howard,
who rose to distinction in the Revolutionary War, was Governor of Maryland for three terms and
member of the first Senate of the United States. His son, George, was also Governor of Maryland
and a friend of Henry Clay. (The source of this is The Thomas Book, by Lawrence Buckley
Thomas, D.D., published in New York City by The Henry T. Thomas Company, 1896, p. 367 and
a newspaper clipping contained therein regarding the Howards of England.)
William Traverse Colston was the son of Capt. William Colston (1744-1777) and Lucy
Landon Carter who were married in 1775. Lucy Landon Carter was the daughter of Col. Landon
Carter (1710-1778) and his wife, Elizabeth Beal. Col. Landon Carter assisted in establishing
American Independence while acting in the capacity of Enrolling the Militia to defend the colony.
(The source for this is Schraaf's History & Archives of Maryland. See Nat. Nv. 8 to 727.
THE JOHANN MEYER FAMILY IN GERMANY AND AMERICA
The following genealogy traces family relationships from Johann Meyer (1785-n.d.) through
the male line to Marion Agnes Meyer Thompson (1930- ), Marjorie Evelyn Meyer Halvorson
(1933- ), and Mildred Ellen Meyer Boaz (1938- ). The information included here is largely drawn
from written records handed down within the family.
JOHANN MEYER (1785-n.d.)
Johann Meyer, a worker, was born in Höchstädt, Bavaria, Germany, on December 10, 1785,
son of Johann Meyer and Barbara Huttel. He married Eva Barbara Russ on April 3, 1808. Their
son was Johann Christoph Meyer (1809-n.d.).
JOHANN CHRISTOPH MEYER (1809-n.d.)
Johann Christoph Meyer, a weaver, was born in Höchstädt, Germany, on June 21, 1809. He
married Margareta Kunigunda Hautmann (June 15, 1806-n.d.) on December 22, 1833. Their son
was Johann Christian Friedrich Karl Meyer (1839-n.d.).
JOHANN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH KARL MEYER (1839-n.d.)
Johann Christian Friedrich Karl Meyer, a weaver, was born in Höchstädt, Germany, on
August 28, 1839. He married Katharina Barbara Thüring (June 21, 1839-n.d.) on November 14,
1863. Katharina Barbara Thüring was the daughter of Adam Thüring (1811-1882) and Barbara
Döbereiner (1812-1890). Their son was Adam Meyer (1869-1959). Other children were Heinrich
(1860-1948), Anna Margaretta (Jette) (April 30, 1878-April 1, 1933), and Margarete (1883-1943).
Heinrich (Henry) came with Adam to the United States and settled in New England. The
girls remained in Bavaria, Germany, and the descendants of Anna Margaretta (Jette) Meyer
continue to live in an around Höchstädt and Wundsiedel. The descendants of Margaretta Meyer live
in an area, once part of East Germany, around Breitenfeld, Germany.
ADAM MEYER (1869-1959)
Adam Meyer was born in Höchstädt,
Germany, on April 9, 1869. He left
Germany at age 17, April 9, 1886, for the
United States, arriving April 17. He worked
as a weaver in cotton mills in Baltic,
Connecticut, and New Bedford and Natick,
Massachusetts, for a short time. He came to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in April of 1889.
Having learned the barber trade, he opened a shop at
what is now South 5th Street, near West Walker
Street. He continued in business until about 1902,
when he joined the sales force of the Schlitz brewery.
He recalled driving teams of mules to nearby lakes
and summer resorts. With the help of other men
from the South Side office, he built a summer cottage
at Bass' Bay. He worked for Schlitz until his
retirement in 1943.
Adam met Agnes Boehm (June 15,
1870-December 1, 1915) at singverein and married
her on October 16, 1895. To this union were born
Edna (October 12, 1896-December 13, 1959), who
married Ted Last (June 12, 1923), Eugene Paul
(1899-1980), and Helen (1905-1996). Agnes was the
daughter of Joseph (1834-1915) and Mary
Westmeyer (January 1, 1843-1931) Boehm. Joseph
was born in Poland, reared in Germany, came from Germany in 1855 to St. Louis and then to
Milwaukee. He was a gardener and then a masonry contractor. Mary was born in Mexico, reared in
New Orleans, and came to Milwaukee. Joseph and Mary were married June 14, 1861. Agnes
Boehm Meyer died December 1, 1915. Adam next married Emma Zuleger (July 20, 1886-February
3, 1957), daughter of Anton Zuleger and Anna Haberling, on July 5, 1923. Emma had been married
to Adolf Zuleger who died December 21, 1914.
Adam’s activities in civic work on the South Side were numerous. He served as a charter
member and was one of the organizers of the Mitchell Park July 4th Association, and he served it
until health forced his retirement from active participation. He was president of the group from
1911 to 1951 and then was succeeded by his son, Eugene Paul, also a staunch south side civic
leader. Adam Meyer was a member of the Milwaukee July 4th Association from 1920 to 1927. He
was popularly referred to as "Mr. Mitchell Park July 4th Association."
A charter member of the South Division Civic Association he served on its board of
directors for many years. His activity in south side activities was spurred by his friendship for the
late Mayor John L. Bohn and County Judge Michael Sheridan.
He died on May 1, 1959, and is buried in Lincoln Memorial (formerly Wanderer’s Rest)
Cemetery, Milwaukee, Section 10, Block 17, Lot 19.
EUGENE PAUL MEYER (1899-1980)
Eugene Paul Meyer was born February 12, 1899
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He married Evelyn Heinen
on October 9, 1926. Children born to them were Marion
Agnes (March 6, 1930- ), Marjorie Evelyn (July 5,
1933- ), and Mildred Ellen (July 2, 1938- ).
He graduated from South Division High School
in June, 1916, and from the University of Wisconsin
Law School in 1924. He practiced law for 54 years. He
began in private practice (1924-46), then served for 16
years as corporate attorney for George J. Meyer
Manufacturing, a Cudahy packaging machinery firm
(1946-59), and returned for 20 years to private practice
with the law firm of John & Meyer, 324 East Wisconsin
Ave.
He is a past president of the Milwaukee Land
Commission, the South Division Civic Association, the
Mitchell Park July 4th Association, the Rotary Club of
Mitchell Field, and the South Side Old Timers Club. He
was awarded a citation by the City of Milwaukee for his
work with the Milwaukee American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission. He was a member for fifty
years of the American Legion, Post #1, Milwaukee.
He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and
had been president of the congregation. He also was
active in Lutheran groups, serving 12 years on the
Mission Board of the English District of the Missouri Synod. In 1977, he was named Lutheran
Layman of the Year by Lutheran Men in America of Wisconsin.
He died on December 26, 1980, and is buried in Arlington Cemetery, Milwaukee.
MARION AGNES MEYER THOMPSON (1930- )
MARJORIE EVELYN MEYER HALVORSON (1933- )
MILDRED ELLEN MEYER BOAZ (1938- )
Marion Agnes Meyer was born on March 6, 1930, in
Milwaukee. She attended Anna Doerfler Grade School, Walker Junior
High School, and South Division High School, graduating in January
of 1948. She attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and
graduated with a degree in Sociology in June, 1952. She married John
Seymour Thompson (May 30, 1927-September 12, 1992, son of Harry
and Floris Thompson) of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on June 28, 1952.
Children born to them were Susan Ellen (August 14, 1958), David
John (July 25, 1960), and Anne (June 11, 1964). Marion earned a
Master's degree in Psychiatric Social Work from Columbia
University, New York City, and has been a practicing social worker,
recently a partner in Intervention Associates, Wayne, Pennsylvania.
She lives in retirement in (town), New Jersey. John Thompson was
employed as a chemist by FMC Corporation. He died September 12,
1992.
Marjorie Evelyn Meyer was born on July 5, 1933, in
Milwaukee. She also attended Anna Doerfler, Walker, and
South Division, graduating in January of 1951. She attended
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, graduating in 1955
with a B.S. degree in Elementary Education. She taught for a
while in schools of both Milwaukee and Madison. She
married Curtis Halvorson (July 26, 1930- ) of Milwaukee on
December 29, 1956. The following children were born to
them: Christine Ann (April 2, 1961) who married Donovan
Thomas Walsh on December 27, 1986, Judith Ellen (March
2, 1964), and Amy Viola (May 30, 1967) who married Brian
Ward Holzworth on March 19, 1994. The Halvorsons lived
in Missoula, Montana, before moving to their current
residence in Fort Collins, Colorado. Marjorie also holds a
M.A. degree in Education (1959) from the University of
Colorado, Boulder. She has endorsements as a specialist in
early
childhood
education from the University of Montana, in media
from the University of Colorado, and in reading from
Colorado State University. She taught in the public
schools of Fort Collins. Curtis was employed by the
Fish and Wildlife Division of the U.S. Department of
the Interior.
Mildred Ellen Meyer was born on July 2,
1938, in Milwaukee. She, too, attended Anna
Doerfler, Walker, and South Division, graduating in
June of 1956. She attended Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating in 1960
with a degree in English. As a freshman she was
president of Alpha Lambda Delta, and as a senior she
was president of Mortar Board. She taught high
school English one year in Westfield, New Jersey,
and several more in Birmingham, Michigan. She
married John Knox Boaz of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on
August 19, 1961. They met as students at
Northwestern where he completed a Bachelor of
Science degree in Speech Education in 1960. They
had two children, Julia Ruth (April 12, 1963) born in Pontiac, Michigan, and Andrew John (April
14, 1966) born in Bloomington, Illinois. Mildred completed a Master's degree in English from the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1964, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, in 1977. She has taught English at Illinois State (Normal), Illinois Wesleyan
(Bloomington), and Millikin (Decatur, Illinois) Universities. Mildred served Millikin as Chair of
the Department of English, Director of the James Millikin Scholars (Honors) Program, and as
Warren F. Hardy Distinguished Professor of English. She plays cello and a mean game of tennis.
THE HUBERT HEINEN FAMILY IN AMERICA
The following genealogy traces family relationships from Hubert Heinen (1839-1936)
through the male line to Evelyn Gertrude Heinen Meyer (1902-1995). The information included
here is largely drawn from written records handed down within the family.
HUBERT HEINEN (1839-1936)
Hubert Heinen was born September 10, 1839 in Düeren,
Germany. He married Gertrude Gnadenthur (May 31, 1838November 7, 1879) from Düeren, Germany, on July 19, 1866, and
from that marriage there were six children: Anna Celia (June 1, 1867,
Düeren Germany-February 25, 1932); Lillian Elizabeth (September
17, 1869-May 27, 1946) who married James Elsby; Josephine
(October 9, 1871-September 2, 1872); Herman (1874-1960) who
married Amalia Graf (1876-1966); William Peter (September 25,
1877-November 25, 1947); and Helen Mary (December 15,
1872-April 23, 1957). Hubert was a cabinetmaker by trade, who made
fireplace mantels and door moldings in Milwaukee homes. He also
made furniture, including a black walnut dining room table and chairs
now owned by Jim and Sherry Lee. He also made a black walnut
table in the Queen Anne style now in the home of Marion Meyer
Thompson. Gertrude died November 7, 1879, and Hubert died
January 27, 1936. He died January 27, 1936, aged 96 years and 5
months. All of the above are buried in Calvary Cemetery, except Lillian who is buried in Arlington
Cemetery, Milwaukee.
HERMAN ANTHONY HEINEN (1874-1960)
Herman Heinen was born October 27, 1874. He was a
Spencerian College graduate and a student at the old Marquette
University. He married Amalia Margaretha Louise Graf (May 1,
1876, Milwaukee, Wisconson-May 31, 1966, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin) on June 14, 1900. He worked as a glove maker and
bookkeeper for Ziegler Candy Company and as an accountant and
office manager for more than fifty years at Fred Oestermann's
business in Milwaukee. Herman was a civic-minded person. He
was a notary public. He served as treasurer of the Mitchell Park
July 4th Association for several years.
He and Amalia had five daughters: Gertrude (1901-died in
the same year), Evelyn Gertrude (December 24, 1902-February 5,
1995) who married Eugene Paul Meyer (1899-1980), Mildred Alice (January
2, 1904-February 18, 1998), Lorraine Claire (May 1, 1907-August 13, 1968),
and Anne Ethel (April 22, 1909-May 7, 2005) who married Irve Zink
(September 12, 1908-July 9, 1985) on August 1, 1936. Five grandchildren
were also born in Milwaukee: to Evelyn--Marion Agnes, Marjorie Evelyn,
and Mildred Ellen Meyer; to Anne--Jeffrey (January 8, 1945- May 5, 2005)
and Meredith Zink (June 7, 1947- ). Herman died December 5, 1960 in
Milwaukee and is buried in Arlington Cemetery, Milwaukee.
EVELYN GERTRUDE HEINEN MEYER (1902-1995)
Evelyn was born on December 24, 1902, and she attended
schools in Milwaukee, graduating from South Division High School
and the Milwaukee Normal School. She also held certificates in
music, in particular a master's
degree in music theory from the
Wisconsin College of Music
with a study on Cesar Franck
under the instruction of Karl
Eppert. She played the piano
and organ at Faith Lutheran
Church for many years. She
taught private piano lessons and
worked in a music store playing
sheet music for prospective
buyers. Before her marriage,
Evelyn taught kindergarten at
27th Street School, Milwaukee.
On October 9, 1926, she married Eugene Paul Meyer,
and they had three children: Marion Agnes Meyer Thompson
(March 6, 1930), Marjorie Evelyn Meyer Halvorson (July 5,
1933), and Mildred Ellen Meyer Boaz (July 2, 1938). She
lived on the South Side of Milwaukee in the family home at
1033 South 29th Street until her death February 5, 1995. She
is buried in Arlington Cemetery, Milwaukee.
THE LORENZ GRAF FAMILY IN AMERICA
The following genealogy traces family relationships from Lorenz Graf (1824-1911) through
the male line to Amalia Graf Heinen (1876-1966). The information included here is largely drawn
from written records handed down within the family.
LORENZ GRAF (1824-1911)
Lorenz Graf was born on February 14, 1824, in Germany. He died on February 11, 1911.
He is buried along with his wife, Elizabeth Thuering Graf (August 3, 1827-September 9, 1911), in
Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee. They were parents of eleven children, among them a son,
John. Another, Bertha, married Fred Rheins.
JOHN W. GRAF (1853-1930)
John Graf was born February 27, 1853, in the
dwelling at the northeast corner of Eleventh and Chestnut
streets. John was one of 11 children of Bavarian German
immigrants, Loranz and Elizabeth (Thuering) Graf who
came to the United States in 1846, arriving in Milwaukee
on April 6, 1846. At the age of twelve, in 1865, he started
working as a bottle washer for Hickey and Sons, a
Milwaukee soda water manufacturer. Even at the time,
Milwaukee was a beverage center, with many breweries
and soda water factories in existence. In 1873, when he
was 20, he started a soda water and Weiss beer business.
John soon found a partner in Philip Madlener.
Their plant was located at 330 Grove (later 800 South 5th
Street). The plant originally employed but four people.
Four years later, the business amounted to $15,000 a year
and employed twelve men. Graf and Madlener made their
own malt extracts and the extracts used for their white,
cherry, and raspberry sodas and their root beer,
sarsaparilla, and lemon-lime soda. In 1881 John
purchased the interest of his partner and owned the greater
part of the stock in the enterprise until his death. By 1909
the plant employed sixty employees, and its product was
valued at $120,000 per year. It required fourteen teams and wagons in constant use to transport the
product to their customers.
The business eventually outgrew its location. In the 1920s he selected the site at South 40th
Street and West Greenfield Avenue. In 1968
Laurie O. Graf, President and third
generation member of the family to head the
firm, led Graf Beverages, Inc. to become a
wholly owned subsidiary of P & V Atlas
Industrial Center, Inc. At that time in
addition to its line of soft drinks including
root beer and 50/50, Graf's produced Dr.
Pepper, Squirt, Royal Crown Cola, Diet Rite
Cola, and Schweppes tonics under franchise
arrangements. Graf’s was among the
pioneers in a number of developments in the
soft-drink industry, including the
introduction of quart-size containers, the
production of flat top rather than cone top
cans, the creation of sugar-free sodas, and the
development of twist-off resealable caps on
non-returnable bottles. In the 1980s the
property was sold and is now occupied by a
modern Sentry Super Market Store and
parking lot. Canfield, an Illinois firm, in
1985 purchased the John Graf soft-drink
recipes, and by popular demand the public is
able to purchase their favorite (labeled) John
Graf soda water.
He was married in 1873 to Anna Bertha Gleisberg (born February 24, 1851, Mequon,
Wisconsin), daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Gleisberg; Mr. Gleisberg, born Kulenberg, Saxony,
Germany, was a pioneer of Ozaukee county Wisconsin, settling there in 1848). There were six
children from this marriage: Edward J. (November 2, 1872-March, 1948) who married Bertha
Reinhardt, Amalia Margaretha Louise (1876-May 31, 1966) who married Herman Heinen (October
27, 1874-December 5, 1960), Amanda (December 28, 1879-1935) who married Alfred Pellman,
Anna (March 24, 1882-September 11, 1976) who married John Murphy, Clara (March 20,
1886-February 12, 1960) who married Clifford Loew (1879-1927) and later Bo Carter, and John II
(May 31, 1886-May 30, 1929) who married Bertha Boerner and later Sylvia Schaeffer. Mr. Graf
belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the E.S.O.S. Club, the Knights of Pythias,
the South Side Turners, and the Calumet Club. He was independent in political views, voting for
the candidates who seemed to him best fitted for the office.
John Graf died May 16, 1930. His wife, Anna, died on November 5, 1913. They are buried
in Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee.
Clara (1885-1960) married Clifford Loew (1879-1927), and they had three children:
Clifford, Jr.; Florence Anderson, and Marjorie Merideth Tans. Lyle and Marjorie Tans had three
children: James, John, and William. Clara, Clifford, Sr., and Clifford, Jr., are buried in Arlington
Cemetery, Milwaukee.
John II married Sylvia Schaeffer. He worked in the Graf soda company and enjoyed
singing. He is also buried in the John Graf plot in Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee. Sylvia Graf,
who died January 2, 1963, aged 71 years, and her son, John Graf III who married Pearl Braun, are
buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. The other son of John II and Sylvia, Lawrence O. who married
Elaine Jeffers, is still living. Two other cousins are buried in the Forest Home Graf plot: John G.
Pellman, Jr. (1897-1911) and Alfred Pellman, Jr. (September 6, 1900-October 8, 1926). It was days
after her wedding that Evelyn Gertrude Heinen Meyer played for her cousin Alfred's funeral.
AMALIA GRAF HEINEN (1876-1966)
Amalia Margaretha Louise was the eldest daughter of John W. and Anna Gleisberg Graf.
She was born on May 1, 1876. She married Herman Heinen (1874-1960) on June 14, 1900, and
they had five daughters: Gertrude (March 2, 1901-August 5, 1902), Evelyn Gertrude (December 24,
1902-February 5, 1995), Mildred Alice (January 2,
1904-February 18, 1998), Lorraine (Lolly) Claire (May
1, 1907-August 15, 1968), and Anne Ethel (April 22,
1909- ). Each daughter was musically inclined. At an
early age, each daughter took piano lessons,
individually, from a professional piano teacher, Ms.
Clara Boase, who resided in the neighborhood. By ten
years of age each had a sufficient background of music
to choose an instrument. Evelyn continued piano;
Mildred chose violin; Lorraine, saxophone; and Anne,
violin. Soon, they formed the Heinen quartet, and
entertained upon request at various local functions.
Mildred also played with the South Division High
School orchestra (1920-22). Later, Evelyn continued
with piano and organ lessons. Mildred took violin
lessons at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music with
Ms. Roberta Bost and voice lessons with Ms. Elsa
Bloedel. She sang with the Milwaukee Opera
Company, the Lutheran A Cappella Chorus, and the
Faith Lutheran Church Choir, many times as soloist.
Each daughter graduated from the Milwaukee
Normal School Kindergarten-Primary Department and
taught in the Milwaukee public and suburban schools. Each also continued to study in her field,
attaining advanced degrees: Evelyn, a Master's degree in music; Mildred, a B.A. from Mount Mary
College and an M.E. from Marquette; Lorraine, a B.A. from Mount Mary College; and Anne, a
Bachelor's degree in Education and the Master's equivalent from Milwaukee State Teacher's
College. All had teaching careers: Evelyn (1923-30), kindergarten teacher in Milwaukee; Mildred
(1924-69), primary department in Milwaukee; Lorraine (1928-68), a kindergarten teacher in
Wauwatosa; and Anne (1930-77), kindergarten in Milwaukee.
Amalia (Molly), enjoyed music and could play the piano by ear. She attended the
American-German Academy in her late teens. She died on May 31, 1966, and is buried in
Arlington Cemetery, Milwaukee.
Anne married Irve Zink (September 12, 1908-July 9, 1985) and had two children: Jeffrey
and Meredith.