Remembering Cousin Kay

 

Remembering Cousin Kay

And perhaps solving a small mystery

Jean M. Hoffman, CG®

Kathryn “Kay” McShane Kunkel was born 31 October 1902 in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, daughter of William Wallace Kunkel and Effie McClintock.[1] Will was a railroad engineer from Ohio and Effie was a homemaker from Harrison County in north central Kentucky. Effie’s older brother, William Thomas McClintock, was my grandfather, making Kay and my father first cousins.

The Kunkel family moved after Kay was born from Bellefontaine to Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where they eventually lived at 1420 Wagar Avenue. Will and Effie lived there the rest of their lives. Kay went to school in Lakewood and at age 23 married Robert Coleman on 19 December 1925.[2]

Kay and Bob first lived in Lakewood where their son William Grant Coleman was born. In 1930 their home was at 1285 West Lake Avenue for which they paid $40 in monthly rent.[3] In my family their son was known as Billy Grant and my brother, a few years younger, remembered his envy from having to wear Billy Grant’s hand-me-downs due to my family’s lack of income in the Great Depression.

Still in Lakewood, Kay and Bob rented at 1473 Wagar Avenue by 1935 through 1940. Bob was a commercial salesman for a mill hardware manufacturer.[4] The Coleman family moved to Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Oho. That is north of Akron where Bob worked for Manufacturers Rubber & Supply Co. in 1942.[5] They moved to 1830 Falls Avenue by 1950. Bob continued to be a salesman for a mill supply and Kathryn spent 8 hours the previous week as a Gray Lady at a children's hospital.[6]

After their move to Cuyahoga Falls it was a fairly long drive from our house. I only remember visiting once when I was a child. Not only was Kay always a delight to see but she introduced me to her collection of bells. It was so impressive to me as a child that I began my own collection of bells. Mine haven’t been on display for a long time, but they still hold fond memories and lovely sounds. Just a few of them are in the photo.

Kay and her oldest brother, Jim Kunkel, were always part of our extended family and attended special events. Their brother Joe and Bill lived on either coast, so seldom saw them. I remember Jim was at my high school graduation and the photo of Kay is at the wedding of my niece on 31 December 1983 when Kay was 81. Those are just two examples of the connections.

About 1990 Kay and Bob moved back to Lakewood near their son. The Northwesterly Assisted Living Facility was the location. By coincidence, we helped move my husband’s aunt to the same facility in 1992. That was at the time Bob passed away. Since we spent time with the aunt, I also got to see Kay occasionally. One time when my father was in town I took him for a visit. Another time Kay and I had a nice chat about the family history.

Kay told me that her mother married at the age of 23 which was also the age at which Kay and I each married. I asked how Effie, a woman living on a farm in Kentucky, met and married a man from northern Ohio. Kay replied that they met at a McShane wedding where her future husband was a groomsman. Since both of Effie’s parents were McShane descendants, there were a lot of McShane relatives whose wedding could have led to the connection. I thought it would be difficult to ever know the details.

McShane Wedding

Recently I found the likely wedding! The evidence is circumstantial but I think it is highly likely to be the one. Effie and Will were married 6 November 1895 in Harrison County, Kentucky,[7] so it had to be an earlier wedding.

Frank R. McShane (age 34), son of Edward McShane & Helen Gibson, married Hattie L Wilson, daughter of N B Wilson & Mary Ellen Waits, on 8 March 1894 in Harrison County, Kentucky.[8] That was more than a year before Effie’s marriage. Frank R. McShane and Effie McClintock were first cousins, once removed.[9] Effie was also a second cousin of the bride on the Waits side.[10] At the time of his marriage, Frank was a railroad engineer living in Bellefontaine, Ohio, as was Will Kunkel when he married Effie.[11] Both families lived in Bellefontaine in 1900.[12] Frank and wife Hattie McShane lived at 1500 Wagar Ave. in Lakewood, Ohio, in 1910.[13] Frank purchased the property in 1907.[14] Will and Effie Kunkel first lived in Bellefontaine, Ohio, but in 1910 they lived at 1471 Wagar Ave. in Lakewood, Ohio.[15] Will purchased their final home at 1420 Wagar Ave. in 1917 from his father’s estate.[16]

Will Kunkel and Frank McShane were both railroad engineers living in Bellefontaine. Frank married over a year before Will and Effie in Harrison County, Kentucky, where Effie lived. Both families lived in Bellefontaine in 1900 and on Wagar Ave. in Lakewood, Ohio, by 1910. The connections strongly suggest Frank R. McShane’s wedding as the meeting place of Effie McClintock and her future husband.

 

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[1] “Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6ZZ-M1M : viewed 29 November 2025), image group number (IGN) 004016816, image 99 of 211, Logan County Birth Record 3: 89, Catherine Kunkle, 1902.

[2] ”Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q76-3MF : viewed 28 November 2025), (IGN) 004732998, image 695 of 918, Cuyahoga County Marriage Record 143: 62, Robert B. Coleman and Kathryn Kunkel, 1925.

[3] 1930 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, Lakewood, ED 636, sheet 6A, dwelling 117, family 131, Robert Coleman; imaged, “1930 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/73184653:6224 : viewed 28 November 2025.

[4] 1940 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, Lakewood, ED 18-172, sheet 7B, family 151, Robert B Coleman household; imaged, “1940 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/30306823:2442 : viewed 28 November 2025).

[5] “U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947,” Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2238 : viewed 28 November) > Ohio > Clark-Cross > Coleman, Ken-Colley, Paul > image 447 of 2185, Registration Card, Local Board #12, serial no. 230, Robert Bernard Coleman.

[6] 1950 U.S. census, Summit County, Ohio, population schedule, Cuyahoga Falls, ED 77-73, sheet 11, family 130, Robert B Coleman household; imaged, “1950 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/208966134:62308 : viewed 28 November 2025).

[7] “Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F49W-NVJ : viewed 22 November 2025), IGN 005592230, image 528 of 1215, Harrison County Marriage Record (Bond and Certificate) Feb. 1895 - Sept. 1897, p. 162-63, Kunkel and McClintock, 1895.

[8] “Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F49W-FW5 : viewed 22 November 2025), IGN 005592230, image 234 of 1215, Harrison County Marriage Record (Bond and Certificate) Oct. 1892 - Feb. 1895, p. 350-51, McShane and Wilson, 1894.

[9] “Relationship Finder,” WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Relationship : viewed 12 December 2025), McClintock-2087 (Effie) and McShane-270 (Frank).

[10] “Relationship Finder,” WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Relationship : viewed 12 December 2025), McClintock-2087 (Effie) and Wilson-38120 (Hattie).

[11] See notes 3 and 4.

[12] 1900 U.S. census, Logan County, Ohio, population schedule, Bellefontaine, ED 112, sheet 4, dwelling 81, family 83, W. W. Kunkel household; imaged, "1900 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50786743:7602 : viewed 12 December 2025). And, 1900 U.S. census, Logan County, Ohio, population schedule, Bellefontaine, ED 112, sheet 5, dwelling 113, family 117, F. R. McShane; imaged, "1900 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50786881:7602 : viewed 12 December 2025).

[13] 1910 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, Lakewood, ED 37, sheet 8B, dwelling 184, family 189, Frank R. McShane; imaged, “1910 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21340378:7884 : viewed 22 November 2025).

[14] Cuyahoga County, Ohio, deed book 1127: 421, C.C. and Fannie C. Southern to Frank R. McShane, 17 Sept. 1907; “Official Records Search,” Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office (https://cuyahoga.oh.publicsearch.us/ : viewed 22 November 2025).

[15] 1910 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, Lakewood, ED 37, sheet 11A, dwelling 241, family 259, William W Kunkel household; imaged, “1910 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21340458:7884 : viewed 22 November 2025).

[16] Cuyahoga County, Ohio, deed book 1932: 118, Charles R. and Georgiana Kunkel and Frank L. and Ottilie Kunkel to William W. and Effie Kunkel, 28 Dec. 1917; “Official Records Search,” Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office (https://cuyahoga.oh.publicsearch.us/ : viewed 22 November 2025).

Where Are Charles and Warren: sons of Joseph and Deborah (Williamson) Bell?

 

Where Are Charles and Warren: sons of Joseph and Deborah (Williamson) Bell?

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

The children of Joseph and Deborah Bell are documented in a gravestone and U.S. census records in Washington County, Ohio, in 1850 and 1860, then Gallia County, Ohio, beginning with Deborah’s death in 1865. Those surviving to the end of 1885 are listed in Joseph’s will. Sons Charles and Warren are not accounted for in later sources.

Joseph and Deborah were married in Washington County, Ohio, in 1839 when he was a resident of Newport Township, and she lived in Marietta.[1] They set up housekeeping in Newport Township as recorded in the 1850 U.S. census.[2] At that time their children were:

• John Bell            M          10                         Ohio
• Martha Bell         F            8                         Ohio
• Austin Bell         M            7                         Ohio
• Charles Bell       M            6                         Ohio
• Mary Ann Bell    F             4                         Ohio
• Warren Bell       M            2                         Ohio
• Judith Bell          F            6 months            Ohio

Ten years later they had four more children but the oldest, John, had died.[3] Charles was now 16, listed as a farmer, and Warren was 12. The family was still in Newport Township, Washington County, Ohio.[4]

In 1865 Deborah, the mother, died and was buried in Clay Chapel Cemetery in Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio.[5] Joseph purchased land there adjacent to Walter S. Thorniley, Deborah’s brother-in-law.[6]

Joseph Bell’s household in 1870 consisted of the following:

• Martha A Bell     F            27                       Ohio
• Austin Bell         M           26                       Ohio
• Mary Bell           F            24                       Ohio
• Warren Bell       M           22                       Ohio
• Judith Bell         F            20                       Ohio
• Edgar Bell         M           18                       Ohio
• Ella Bell             F           16                       Ohio
• Willey Bell         M           14                       Ohio
• George Bell       M           11                       Ohio

Now both John and Charles are missing but the other nine children are listed.[7] Austin Bell had served in the Union Army as a private in Co. G, 36th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War but had returned to the family.[8] It is possible that Charles’s absence is related to the war, but with such a common name, it is hard to tell whether any Charles Bell in the army is this one.

During the 1870s six of the nine children married. At the time of the census in 1880 Joseph Bell still had his oldest and youngest daughters, Martha and Ella, living with him. In addition, the youngest child, George Bell, with his wife and child, lived with his father. Joseph (age 72) and George (age 21) were both said to be farmers.[9] Daughter Mary Ann Bell married in Caldwell County, Missouri, and remained there with husband Robert Glenn Murray. The others who married were Austin, Judith, Edgar, and William, all living in Clay Township in 1880.[10] No records were found for Charles or Warren.

Joseph Bell wrote his will on 30 December 1885. He left to “my daughters Martha A. Bell and Ella Bell and my son George Bell all my personal property and the farm on which we now reside.” From the estate he required them to pay his debts and funeral expenses plus a bequest of five dollars ($5.00) to each of his other children listed as “sons Charles W. Bell, Austin Bell, William Bell, Edgar Bell” and “daughters Judith Davis and Mary Murray.”[11]

 This raises the question, who was his son Charles W. Bell? Was this the long missing Charles? Or was it the more recently missing Warren? The settlement of the estate of Joseph Bell doesn’t quite answer the question, but it does make it appear that neither Charles nor Warren was still living.

The Application to Probate Will of Joseph Bell was presented on 12 February 1886 by George Bell. Oddly only five heirs were named: Martha Bell and Ella Bell, daughters in Eureka; Judith Davis, daughter in Gallipolis; sons William Bell and George Bell in Eureka.[12] Ultimately the estate was settled and $5.00 was paid to heirs other than the three, Martha, Ella, and George. Receipts for that sum were signed and included in the estate packet from W.W. Bell (William W.) on 22 November 1886,[13] Edgar Bell on 29 November 1886,[14] Mary B. Murray on 29 November 1886,[15] Austin Bell on 29 November 1886,[16] and Judith Davis on 1 December 1886.[17] There is no receipt from Charles or Warren Bell.

There is no evidence of the demise of either son, but it seems reasonable to think that Charles Bell died sometime in the 1860s and Warren Bell sometime in the 1870s. Clearly neither received any inheritance from their father’s estate in 1886.

All online sources viewed 30 November 2024.

[1] Hymeneal [marriages], Marietta Gazette and Washington County Agriculturist, Marietta, Ohio, Sat. Sept. 7, 1839, Vol. II, No. 40, “Married . . . On Sunday evening last, by the Rev. H. Gear, Mr. Joseph Bell of Newport to Miss Deborah Williamson of this township.”

[2] 1850 U.S. census, Washington County, Ohio, population schedule, Newport Township, sheet 465A, dwelling/family 1, Joseph Bell household; imaged, "1850 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4093962_00577).

[3] Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90379458), “John Bell” (1840-1854) memorial created by Arden & Ginger Wince with tombstone image by Jean Hoffman; citing Barker Cemetery, Lower Newport, Washington County, Ohio.

[4] 1860 U.S. census, Washington County, Ohio, population schedule, Newport Township, sheet 81, dwelling 66, family 68, Joseph Bell household; imaged, "1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4304720_00166).

[5] Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52061456), “Deborah Bell” (unknown-1865) memorial created by “hospicenurse ali” with tombstone image by “Anonymous”; citing Clay Chapel Cemetery, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio.

[6] Gallia County Deed Record 34: 545, Walter S. & Mary J. Thorniley to Joseph Bell, 7 April 1865; imaged, “Gallia. Deeds 1864–1865, 1865–1866,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37H-WSWP-V), image 290 of 646.

[7] 1870 U.S. census, Gallia County, Ohio, population schedule, Clay Township, sheet 252A (continuation skips over a page), dwelling/family 83, Joseph Bell household; imaged, "1870 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4277795_00050).

[8] Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vol. III (Cincinnati: Ohio Valley Pub. & Mfg. Co., 1886), 36th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, p. 675, Private Austin Bell; imaged "Official roster of the soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vols. 1-12," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/31412/images/glh_092851__0001_a_01-0344?usePUB=true&_phsrc=knB5087&pId=30225), image 1144 of 2792).

[9] 1880 U.S. census, Gallia County, Ohio, population schedule, Clay Township, ED 21, sheet 277B, dwelling 231, family 237, Joseph Bell household; imaged, "1880 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4243599-00200).

[10] See Joseph Bell - WikiTree Profile, ID Bell-48459 (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bell-48459) to follow his and his children’s records not cited here.

[11] Will of Joseph Bell, 1885, recorded 1886, Gallia County Will Record 3: 137-38; imaged, “Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27667-19735-76?cc=1992421&wc=M934-6WY:n601757916), Gallia > Wills 1898 vol 3-4 > image 169 of 1223.

[12] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Application to Probate Will; imaged, “Gallia. Probate Estate Case Files 1803–1943,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS2J-Z9LB-R), image group number (IGN) 103808575 > image 478 of 2118. Entire Case File > images 462-516.

[13] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of W. W. Bell, image 497.

[14] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of Edgar Bell, image 502.

[15] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of Mary B. Murray, image 496.

[16] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of Austin Bell, image 493.

[17] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of Judith Davis, image 499.

“Full-Text Search” Leads to Will of Francis Scott, 1865

 

“Full-Text Search” Leads to Will of Francis Scott, 1865

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

Full-Text Search at FamilySearch Labs can deliver records with names and keywords never previously indexed. One example is names of witnesses. Recent searches for James McClintock in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in the 1800s returned records that I needed. There were also records for his son of the same name. In one of these the younger James was a witness to the will of Francis Scott, a brother of my ancestor, Thomas Scott.[1]

I did not have a date of death for Francis Scott, only the likelihood that he died about 1865. The will narrowed the date to the time between his writing the will, 29 September 1865, and the date it was presented for probate, 21 October 1865. Francis named his wife, Matilda. She was a sister of the James McClintock who witnessed the will. (See posts about Matilda here and here.) Francis also named his three children: Susan Jane English, Ann Bivin, and Wm. N. Scott. Proceeds of his estate were to be divided equally among them. However, he stated “but that portion thereof that may fall to my daughter Ann Bivin shall be placed in the hands of my Executor, or a trustee, for her exclusive use and benefit as separate estate and may be invested in a house for her & to descend to her children or their descendants living at her death.”

Will of Francis Scott, 1865, Bourbon County, Kentucky

Creating a trust for one married daughter but not the other might have been an attempt to protect Ann’s inheritance from her husband. If that was the intent of Francis Scott, it was not entirely successful. The executor, W. W. Mitchell, died so a new trustee was needed. James B. Bivin was appointed with surety for his bond provided by Matilda Scott, Ann’s mother.[2] James B. Bivin was Ann’s husband. This record was located using Full-Text Search of the name of Francis Scott. (See Anna’s cemetery blog post.)

The other daughter, Susan Jane English, was born to the first wife of Francis Scott, Cynthia McDaniel. Susan Jane was provided for not only by her father, but also in the wills of both of her grandfathers, George McDaniel in 1847[3] and John Scott in 1857.[4]

The will of John Scott was originally located in person in Cynthiana. The will of George McDaniel was located at FamilySearch in unindexed will books. Using the AI-assisted Full-Text Search finds records for more names and keywords providing results quickly.

Try this experimental search here, first logging into your FamilySearch account. Watch the informative video on that page for ideas.

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[1] Bourbon County, Kentucky, Wills Book R (1864-1871): 96, will of Francis Scott, 1865; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP3T-9MQW : viewed 16 October 2024), image group number (IGN) 4818827, image 49 of 264; citing Bourbon County Clerk of Court.

 [2] Bourbon County, Kentucky, Order Book UU (1868-1871): 265, Anna E. Bivin agt. James B. Bivin in Equity case regarding trustee appointment and bond, October 1869; imaged FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-N38M-Y53H : viewed 30 October 2024), IGN 8690212, image 165 of 308; citing county courthouse, Paris.

 [3] Harrison County, Kentucky, Will Book E (1842-1847): 498-99, will of George McDaniel, 1847; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9P3H-985Y?i=814&cc=1875188&cat=423239  : viewed 7 February 2020), IGN 4818763, image 570 of 583; citing Harrison County Court.

 [4] Harrison County, Kentucky, Will Book G (1853-1859): 410, will of John Scott, 1854, recorded 1857; imaged FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPS5-9J62?i=204 : viewed 11 February 2024), IGN 4816027, image 205 of 669; citing Harrison County Court.

 

What the Second Wife Said: Death of “Elcy” A. (Reynolds) Henry

 

What the Second Wife Said: Death of “Elcy” A. (Reynolds) Henry

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

 Alcey (or Elcy, see post about her name) was left in Gallia County, Ohio, with small children when her husband enlisted in the Union Army. James M. Henry enlisted across the river at Point Pleasant in Company H, 13th Virginia Infantry, later West Virginia, on 20 September 1862. At enlistment he was 35, a carpenter, 5’ 6” tall, with gray eyes, dark hair and a dark complexion. He reported his birth was in Columbiana [County], Ohio.[1]

 During his service Alcey gave birth to their last child, James A. Henry, on 5 June 1863.[2] Her husband mustered out on 25 May 1865 having remarried two months earlier on 19 March 1865.[3] His second wife was Mrs. Alvira S. Lyons who had received a divorce two days before from her husband, James H. Lyons.[4] Alcey apparently died between the birth of her son in 1863 and the remarriage of James M. Henry but no record of the death or gravestone was initially found.

 James M. Henry was hospitalized a few times during his service, but never applied for a pension before his death 27 December 1883 in Carroll County, Missouri.[5] He and his family moved to Missouri by September 1865 when he bought land there as a resident.[6] His widow, Alvira, applied for a widow’s pension in 1890 and needed to prove their earlier marriages had ended.[7] While Alvira obtained copies of her marriage record to James M. Henry and her divorce decree, there was no official record of Alcey’s death.

Alvira had no civil or church record of Alcey’s death, but she did have the James M. Henry family bible published by the American Bible Society in 1844. In 1891 a Notary Public transcribed from it the entries for the marriage of Elsy A. Reynolds and James M. Henry and the further entry “E. A. Henry wife of James M. Henry died October 5^th 1863.”[8] Alvira S. Henry also gave her own statement that “she was personally acquainted with said Elcy A. Henry during her life and has visited her grave since her death.”[9] And thus, the second wife revealed the death date of the first wife.

 Alvira said she had visited the grave of the first wife, so perhaps a gravestone was placed there. No record of it has been recorded by the Gallia County Genealogical Society in either Morgan Township where the Henry family lived in 1860 or Cheshire Township where their daughter Mary E. Henry was buried.[10] There are gaps between stones for Reynolds family members in Van Zant Cemetery, so perhaps Alcey was buried among them but with a stone no longer standing.[11]

 Also unknown is what the surviving Henry children did between their mother’s death and their father’s remarriage. They did move with their father to Missouri.[12] The two who survived their parents were Perry B. Henry (born ca. 1856) and James A. Henry (1863–1949).[13] Both inherited from their maternal grandfather, James Reynolds, and their father in the 1880s.

 In 1904, Alvira married another Union veteran, Henry McNelly, who died in 1909. Alvira’s information was recorded again.

 

Endnotes:

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[1] Volunteer Service, 15 September 1909, Alvira S. Henry, widow's pension application no. 463,317, W.C. no. 334,980, service of James M. Henry (Pvt., Co. H, 13th West Virginia Inf., Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861–1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 [2] “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1973,” database with images, Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesmvc/deathcertificates : viewed 28 September 2024), 1949, certificate no. 29573, James Allen Henry, Carroll County; citing Missouri State Archives.

 [3] ”Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRMD-SK5G?i=51&cc=1614804 : viewed 30 September 2024), image group number 4016312, image 52 of 276, Gallia County Marriage Record No. 3 (1862-1874), p. 88, James M. Henry and Alvira S. Lyons, 1865.

 [4] Certified Copy of Journal Entry, Divorce Decree, Gallia County, Ohio, 18 May 1891, Alvira S. Henry, W.C. no. 334,980, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861–1934; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 [5] “Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910,” database, Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/BirthDeath/ : viewed 29 September 2024), Jas. M. Henry, 1883; citing Carroll County, roll no. C 1368, page 15.  And, Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71960118 : viewed 19 June 2024), “James Madison Henry” (1827–1883) memorial and tombstone image created by Patt Ricketts: citing Big Creek Cemetery, Bosworth, Carroll County, Missouri. Only middle initial engraved on stone, has death date and age.

 [6] 1870 U.S. census, Carroll County, Missouri, population schedule, Hurricane Township, sheet 295A, dwelling 189 family 196, James M Henry household; imaged, “1870 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4273845_00129  : viewed 19 June 2024). And, Carroll County, Missouri, Deed Record V (1865), page 207; imaged, “Deed records (Carroll County, Missouri), 1819-1929,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39Y-6SHT-T?mode=g&cat=214042 : viewed 28 September 2024) image group no. 8487885,  image 111 of 685, quit claim Lewis B. Ely to James M. Henry, 6 September 1865; citing Recorder of Deeds.

 [7] Declaration for Widow's Pension, 1 September 1890, Alvira S. Henry, W.C. no. 334,980, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861–1934; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 [8] General Affidavit of J. H. McCombs, 12 March 1891, Alvira S. Henry, W.C. no. 334,980, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861–1934; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 [9] Inability Affidavit, 3 June 1891, Alvira S. Henry, W.C. no. 334,980, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861–1934; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 [10] “Gallia County Cemetery Records,” database, Gallia County Genealogical Society OGS Chapter, Inc. (https://www.galliagenealogy.org/cem_records.htm : viewed 30 September 2024), search of all entries for surname Henry.

 [11] Van Zant Cemetery (Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio, section 35), Reynolds and related gravestones viewed and photographed by the author, 24 October 2000. There were gaps in the row and the standing stones were not in the best condition.

 [12] 1870 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Mo., pop. sch., Hurricane Twp., sheet 295A, dwell. 189, fam. 196, Henry.

 [13] Gallia County, Ohio, Gallia Probate Case File 197, James Reynolds, Power of Attorney of Perry B. Henry and James A. Henry, 14 February 1882; imaged in “Ohio, Gallia County, probate case files, 1803–1943,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS2Q-GQSJ-Y?i=484&cat=2827731 : viewed 25 June 2024), image group no, 103741784 > images 485–87 of 2055. Also, “Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988,” database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3527875:9071 : viewed 30 September 2024), image 205 of 606, Carroll County Will Record D, page 330, will of James M. Henry, 25 December 1883.