The first child of Isaac and Marguerite House Hildebrand was
born about 1801 in Marais de Liards, Louisiana Territory, St.
Louis District. He moved with his family down on Big River when
he was about four years old. His father, Isaac, died when he was
only seven or eight years old. The following year his mother,
Margaret, married Michael Null. He must have loved his stepfather as he seems to have named his first child after him.
About 1823 Abraham married Battsheba Jones. This marriage
was not recorded in Jefferson or Franklin counties. Her name is
recorded numerous ways: Battsheba, Batsheba, Bassheba and
Bersheba. We refer to her as the name is spelled in the source
given.
By the 1830 census, they were listed in the Bon Homme Twp of
St. Louis county. Thomas Williams and his family were residing
there as were many of the Sullenses, McCourtneys and Peter
Hildebrand, son of Judge Abraham Hildebrand, and who married
Elizabeth Williams.
Abraham died at about age 34 (ca 1835) and may have been
buried in a cemetery in BonHomme. St. Louis records need to be
checked for more information on this man. A search of the Jones
men of the age to be Battsheba's father could be searched in the
1830 census and then those named looked up in the St. Louis
Probate records.
About nine years later, Battsheba married Phillip Owen, 7
Nov 1844. (Jeff Co. Mg. Bk I). They had two children:
Catherine Owens b. 1845 and Angeline Owen (sic), b. 1849. They
also reared the four surviving children of Abraham Hildebrand:
Michael Norman, Maria, Jane and Thomas. Phillip Owen had had
five children by his previous marriage. They were aged 10-20
years old when they married. By the 1860 census, Bersheba was
again widowed and residing in Dallas Co. with her two daughters
and a James L. Hilderbrand. Is this another son? He was born
about 1840 which doesn't quite match with his father's death date
as we have it.
The first child of Abraham and Batsheba Jones was born 24
Dec 1824, BonHomme Twp., St. Louis County, MO. He was
undoubtedly named after his stepfather, Michael Null. The
middle name, Norman may also be a NULL name. He was only nine or ten years old
when his father, Abraham, died. It must have been
a difficult childhood growing up with only a mother to support
the family in pioneering times. He was twenty years old by the
time his mother remarried to Phillip Owens. No doubt Michael did
a great deal to support the family as he was the oldest male in
the family. He learned responsibility early.
On 13 Aug 1848 Michael Norman Hildebrand married Syrena
Johns in Franklin County. BonHomme Twp., St. Louis is just to
the east of Franklin Co. (Frkn Co. Mg Book B, p. 76) They were married on a
Sunday by William Peek, J.P. Syrena Johns was the
daughter of Mr. Johns and Mary (Polly) Pepper Johns. Syrena
Johns was born 1 Aug 1833 in Franklin Co., MO. A search needs to
be made of the Franklin County probates to find a Johns man who
died before 1848 naming his heirs.
We are indebted to Norman Hildebrand for many years of
family research on this branch of the family. His brother,
Charley Tucker, also assisted the author. Their records show
that Mary Pepper was born 17 July 1809 in N.C. She was fullblooded Cherokee
and Mr. Johns of English descent. They had two
known children: Benjamin Franklin Johns and Syrena Johns.
Benjamin F. was born ca 1831. He went to California and was with
the Placer Mines mining gold in Plumas Co., CA during the gold rush period
and remained there until the 1880s. He filed a claim
in 1880 and from a letter to MO, it is known that he had a ranch
and property.
Syrena's mother, Mary (Pepper) Johns married Asa Wiley Scott
3 Nov 1836 in Franklin Co. (Franklin Co. Mg Bk A, p.109). Asa Wiley
Scott was born 1790 in Liddesdale, Scotland.
Syrena was reared by Asa Scott and
with the Scott children born to this marriage: Julius Max, Nancy
and Hugh. The 1860 census of Dallas Co. shows that Julius Scott
was born 1837 in Illinois. We know that a Dr. James B. Pepper from Franklin
Co., MO spent some time in Ill. before he came to Dallas Co, MO.
For some Pepper family history:PEPPER
This family moved to Dallas Co., MO. Julius became a minister
for the Church of God. Julius and Nancy died in Dallas Co. Asa
Wiley Scott also died in Dallas Co. Syrena's mother, Mary Scott,
then married a John West 13 Aug 1848 and moved to Howell Co., MO
where she died. She is buried near Pomona, MO.
One can find the descendants of Julius Scott by writing to: Shirley Scott.
Michael Norman Hildebrand and Syrena Johns began their home
in Franklin Co., MO where the first children were born: Byron
Green in 1850 and Malinda Paralee in 1851. The third child, Mary
B., was born in 1852 but it is uncertain whether the place was in
Franklin Co., or in Dallas Co. where the family migrated. They
settled on land in Jasper Twp: Range 18, Twp 34 and on Sec. 3
bordered by Enoch Wilson and David Lawson.
Four or five more children came along and then the Civil War
demanded service. Michael Norman was a private in Co. B, 8th
Regiment of Cavalry, Missouri State Militia.
Michael Norman Hildebrand was a farmer in Dallas Co. and
took an active role in the community. He served as Justice of
the Peace and performed marriages. In 1869 he married Silas
Phillips to Lucinda Hildebrand, dau. of Francis. In 1870 he also
married William Stow to Prudence Scott; in 1876 he md W. D.
Hamlett to Luvina Scott and W. D. Ware to Sarah E. Wilson the
following year. He performed marriages for the Bennetts and
others in the Jasper Twp. community.
Michael Norman Hildebrand died 13 Jan 1878 in Jasper Twp. of
pneumonia. He was 54 years old. He and his wife, Syrena, are
buried at the Hildebrand Cemetery, Windyville, MO. They had 16
children.
The first child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 28 July 1850 (or 1849?) in Franklin Co., MO.
Since he was not named after the Hildebrand side of the family,
this may be a JOHNS name. He moved with his family to Dallas
Co., MO about 1852. He served in the Union Army during the Civil
War Company H, 14th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry.
See: James Riley and Byron Green Hildebrand Byron Green with brother, James.
He married Sarah Scott 24 March 1867 in Dallas Co., MO. She
was the daughter of John W. and Delilah Scott. Byron and Sarah
had two children, John Norman and Mary Maggie. Sarah Scott was
born 24 Aug 1846. She died 26 Sept 1873, apparently of heart
attack. She was pregnant at the time. She and her two children
are buried in the Morgan Cemetery just S.W. of Bennett Springs
State Park. It is on private property and a beautiful location
in view of the Niangua River.
Byron Green married (2nd) Louisiana Scott, daughter of
George Washington and Sarah Catherine (Johnson) Scott, and a
cousin of his first wife, Sarah Scott. They were married 27 July
1876. She was born 1 March 1854 in Dallas Co., MO. Five
children were born to this union.
The fourth child of Byron Green and Louisiana
Hildebrand was born 28 Jan 1880 in Dallas Co., MO. She married
Edward Calvin Lawson on 24 Mar 1895 in Dallas Co., MO. He was
the son of William Adam and Louisa Jane (Perkins) Lawson. He was
born 16 Oct 1876, Dallas Co., MO. They had nine children:
William Byron, Hester Blanche, Jesse Ray, Ruby Adaline, Robert
Jackson, Oda Alice, Bertha Lois, Anna Louise, and Icile Chloe.
Estella died 26 Oct 1954 of cancer. Edward Calvin died 16 March
1963 at age 86. They are buried at Oaklawn Cem. Buffalo, MO.
The fifth child of Byron Green and Louisiana
Hildebrand was born 22 Feb 1882. She married Charles Francis
McKee, son of Lafayette and Mary (Scott) McKee in Dallas Co., MO
21 Dec (Oct?) 1902. Charles F. McKee was born 2 May 1884 in
Dallas Co., MO. He died 24 May 1973 at Waverly, Lafayette Co.,
MO. Ora Belle died 8 June 1949 in Saline Co., MO at the age of
67 years. She is buried in Malta Bend Cem. Saline Co., MO. They
had moved to Saline Co. about 1913. They had ten children: Roy
Lester; twins: Gladys Opal and Ova H. (Ova died in infancy);
Clyde Jesse; twins: Lonnie L., and Bonnie E. (did not survive);
Ona Mae, Ermel Leonard, Wayne Glen and Junior Clive (James or
Jim).
The sixth child of Byron Green and Louisiana
Hildebrand was born 27 Oct 1884 in Dallas Co., MO. She married
Charles Turner Morrow, son of James David and Lucy Margaret
(McLeod) Morrow, in Dallas Co., MO 21 Sept 1902. Charles Turner
was born 31 Jan 1881 in Dallas Co., MO. They had three
daughters: Edna Pearle, b. 24 Sept 1903; Ruby Jewell, b. 28 May
1905; and Edythe Opal, b. 20 May 1908; all born in Dallas Co.,
MO.
Four years after the loss of his wife and son, Byron
remarried, this time to Susan Jane Holloman Stogsdill, widow of
Lafayette Washington Stogsdill. She was the daughter of Owen
Prady and Malissa (Boxley) Holloman. Byron and Susan were
married 12 Nov 1891 at Dallas Co., MO. Susan had been born 15
Sept 1855 in Knox Co., TN. She had first married L. W. Stogsdill
3 Oct 1872, Dallas Co., MO. They had five children which she
brought to the marriage to Byron Green Hildebrand. They were:
William Miller, John Wesley, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Newton,
and Stella Ann Stogsdill. Another son, Owen Bradey Stogsdill,
born 1 Feb 1877 and died 22 Nov 1886 and was buried in Kirk
Chapel Cem., Dallas Co. MO.
The eighth child of Byron Green was born 12 June
1892 and she md John Kay Miller, 1915 at Lawton, OK. She died 3
May 1925 at Apache, OK of leukemia, and was buried at Fletcher
Cem., Fletcher, OK. They had two children: Naomi Gale, b. 6 June
1916 at El Reno, Canadian Co., OK; and Johnny Byron Miller, b. 14
Feb 1919 in Apache, Caddo Co. OK.
The ninth child of Byron Green was born 30 Dec 1893, Dallas Co., MO.
She married Harry Theodore Vogel, 5 June
1910 in Fletcher Co., OK; son of William Theodore and Bessie
Vone Vogel. They had four daughters: Emma Geraldine b. 19 Nov
1911; Nadine Belle, b. 9 Jan 1914; June Elizabeth b. 2 June
1919, and Catherine Margerette Vogel b. 2 Feb 1926. All born in
Fletcher, Comanche Co., OK. Harry Theodore Vogel died 28 Jan
1969 at Lawton, OK with burial in the Fletcher Cem.
Byron Green Hildebrand died 27 July 1908 of Bright's
disease, at Fletcher Co., OK, where he was buried.
The second child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 10 May 1851 (1850?) at Franklin Co., MO. She
married Calvin C. Lawson 9 March 1871 in Dallas Co., MO. He was
the son of David and Caroline Lawson and born 22 Aug 1848. He
only lived 8 and 1/2 years after the marriage. He died 9 Nov
1879 and was buried in the Phillips Cemetery near Windyville, MO.
They had three children:
(First) Syrena Elizabeth Lawson, b. 18 Sept 1872. She
married Christopher Columbus Ford 2 Aug 1888, Dallas Co., MO. He
was born 21 Apr 1871. They had one daughter, Minnie Alice, b. 20
May 1892. Minnie Alice Ford married Everett L. Phillips, son of
William Riley and Ida (Stephens) Phillips on 14 July 1912 in
Dallas Co., MO. They moved to Oklahoma for a year, then back to
Dallas Co., for a while before returning to OK. They had six
children: Cecil A., Marvin J., Harold W., Lola Faye, Norman L.,
and Margie R. Minnie's husband, Everett died 4 Aug 1955 at
Selma, CA. Syrena and "Clum" Ford were divorced.
Syrena married James Matthew Phillips 20 Feb 1895, Dallas
Co., MO. He was born 1 Jan 1870, Dallas Co., MO, the son of
Silas and Lucinda Hildebrand Phillips. Jimmy reared Minnie Alice
Ford and also had four children: Myrtle, Paralee, Daisy, and
David. The history of this family is printed in the Phillips
Family History, J. A. McClung, 1987.
Syrena died 30 Nov 1903/4. They buried her at the old
Phillips Cemetery on the Poole farm between Windyville and Moon
Valley. The children were very small and Jimmy gave them to
Syrena's mother, Paralee, to raise. Paralee was by then the
second wife of Jimmy's uncle, John Washington Phillips. Paralee
and John Phillips reared these of her grandchildren along with
their brood. (John Washington Phillips is the greatgrandfather
of the author.)
(Third) Alice Belzora Lawson, born 16 March 1878 in Dallas
Co., MO. She married Benjamara Thomas Hicks 12 Sept 1897. To
this union were born six children: Calvin Manson, Lloyd William,
twins Ada and Sada, Jessie Jewell and Benjamin Albert Hicks.
Benjamara Thomas Hicks was born 20 Jan 1874 and died 9 Apr 1916,
burial in Lone Rock Cemetery. When a group of the Hicks and
Phillips families were headed
for Pitcher, OK for work, Laly Phillips (dau. of John Washington
Phillips) had a proposal of marriage from Everett Sweaney.
Belzora was going with them and as there was no time to prepare,
"Belzorie" lent Laly her wedding dress. Laly always remembered
that. She is the author's grandmother. Laly and Belzorie were
always best of friends and loved to get together on a Sunday
afternoon to visit.
Belzora married Collins F. Austin 29 Sept 1920. He died
three years later. Alice Belzora died 18 Nov 1953 and was buried
in Lone Rock Cem., Windyville, MO.
After Calvin Lawson died, Paralee married Ezra G. Louck 1
Sept 1885, Dallas Co., MO. The Buffalo Reflex carried this
article in the 17 Sept 1885 issue: "A correspondent sent us the
following item of news: `married Sept 1st 1885, Mr. E. Lock and
Mrs. P. Lawson. A few evenings afterward the friends came to
serenade them, but alas, they had fled. But as there were
several women among them, they searched until found and
surrounded the house and did not yield until a treat was agreed
upon cider for the boys and candy for the girls. Mr. Lock said
he never had more fun in his life. He is 75 years old.'" There
were no children born to this union and Ezra did not live much
longer.
Paralee then married John Washington Phillips 20 Dec 1888.
She brought with her the children from her marriage to Calvin
Lawson and in a few years took in her grandchildren when Syrena
died. John had four children surviving his first marriage to
Elizabeth Hildebrand (dau. of Francis & Syrena Williams H.) John
and Paralee had two more children: William Seberry and Ellis
Green Phillips. A listing of all their descendants can be found
in the Phillips Family History, 1987 by the author. Many
pictures of this family are included.
The third child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 6 Sept 1852 and died before the 1860 census
was taken.
The fourth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns was
born 20 Feb 1854 in Dallas Co., MO. He grew up in the Windyville
community. He married Catharine Elizabeth Kahler, daughter of
John S. and Rebecca Barnhart Kahler. They md 1 Jan 1882 in
Dallas Co., MO. They had a son, Louis E., who died in infancy,
Catharine Elizabeth died 25 Oct 1884 and they both are buried in
the Riverview/Sweaney Cemetery.
Benjamin Franklin then married Mary Jane Chastain
(pronounced Chasteen) 27 Jan 1887 in Dallas Co., MO. She was
born 5 Jan 1870 to George Washington and Elizabeth Dame Chastain.
Ben and Elizabeth had five children. Mary Jane died 4 Sept 1896
just two months after Jack was born and one month after he died.
She and the baby were buried at the Hildebrand (Pea Ridge)
Cemetery.
The first son of Benjamin Franklin and his first
wife, Catharine Kahler, was born 1 Jan 1882 and died in infancy.
Burial at Riverview Cemetery.
The second child of Benjamin Franklin Hildebrand
(by his second wife, Mary Jane), was born 24 Dec 1887. She
married George Washington Anglin, son of Isaac Miles and Mary
Magdaline (Clark) Anglin. They married 19 Nov 1905 in Dallas
Co., MO. They had one son, Clarence Madison Anglin, who was born
4 Oct 1910. They moved to Oklahoma and later to Idaho after the
baby was born.
The third son of Ben and his wife, Mary Jane, was
born 6 Dec 1889 and he died 12 Dec 1889, living only six days.
He was buried at Pea Ridge/Hildebrand Cemetery.
The fourth child of Ben and Mary Jane Hildebrand
was born 22 June 1892 in Dallas Co., MO. She married Harvey
Hiram Jones 17 Aug 1913, Dallas Co., MO., the son of Edward E.
and Caroline (McClurg) Jones. They had two children: Marvel
Elzin, b. 13 June 1914; and Harley Clifford Jones b. 22 May 1916,
Dallas Co., MO. After living in Dallas Co. for a while, they
moved to Oklahoma.
The fifth child of Ben and Mary Jane Chastain
Hildebrand, was born 24 June 1894 in Dallas Co., MO. She married
Jake Owen Dugan 26 July 1914, Dallas Co., MO. He was b. 12 Aug
1892, Dallas Co., MO to Theodore Franklin and Elvira (Lowder)
Dugan. They had five children: Healy Benjamin b. 25 Apr 1915,
died 17 Dec 1919; Reba Juanita, b. 25 May 1919; Kenneth Paul,
b. 28 July 1921; Clifford George, b. 9 Dec 1924 and died 15 Dec
1924; Nay Roosevelt b. 14 June 1927. All the children were born
in Dallas Co., MO. Jake Owen Dugan died 7 Jan 1954 of cancer at
Windyville, MO. Georgia Edith died at Kansas City, KS of cancer
15 June 1966. Both are buried in Hildebrand Cemetery.
The sixth child of Ben and Mary Jane Hildebrand
was born 6 July 1896 and died a month later on 3 Aug 1896.
Benjamin Franklin Hildebrand married 9 Nov 1899 Julia Evelyn
Dugan, dau. of Theodore Franklin and Mary A. (Lawson) Dugan. Two
children were born to this marrige:
The seventh child of Benjamin Franklin Hildebrand
was born 20 Aug 1900 in Dallas Co., MO. He married 19 Oct 1917
to Oda Reeves, dau of Willis Reeves and Janey Phillips who later married Wiley Scott. (See Phillips Family History).
The eighth child of Benjamin Franklin (and by his
wife, Julia Evelyn Dugan Hildebrand), was born 26 July 1902,
Dallas Co., MO. She married 6 Sept 1919 James Henry Dibben in
Buffalo, MO.
Benjamin Franklin Hildebrand lived all his life in Dallas
Co. He died 18 Feb 1941 at the age of 86. He was buried in the
Hildebrand/Pea Ridge Cemetery.
The fifth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 4 Sept 1855 in Dallas Co., MO. She married
25 June 1876 to George Washington Vance in Dallas Co., MO. He
was born 9 Nov 1849, Laclede Co., MO. They lived all their lives
in Dallas Co., MO. George died 20 Dec 1917 at Buffalo, is buried
in Oak Lawn Cem. there. Virginia died 8 Feb 1937 at Buffalo,
burial at Riverview/Sweaney Cemetery.
They had five children: Charles Green Vance, b. 2 July
1881; William Earl Vance, born 13 Dec 1883; Rena Jane Vance b.
25 March 1890 and died 26 Feb 1897; Harvey Harrison Vance, b. 26
Oct 1892; Zerilda Parlee Vance, b. 16 March 1894.
The sixth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns was
born 2 Jan 1857 in Dallas Co., MO. He married Mary Jane Smith,
dau. of Jonathan M. and Zerilda (Blankenship) Smith 13 July
1876, Dallas Co., MO. Mary Jane was born 16 Jan 1863 in Laclede
Co., MO. The family changed residences many times, living for a
time in Ark, OK, NM, and CA. In 1892 he wrote a letter to the
Buffalo Reflex from Indian Territory: "We often see men and
their grayhounds chasing jack rabbits and wolves. A. Rice
captured four wolves. Ye correspondent, R. A. Garret and J. W.
Youngblood and myself gave a big gray wolf a hard chase. . . "
See: James Riley and Byron Green Hildebrand James Riley with brother, Byron
James Riley died 17 July 1926 in Los Angeles, CA with burial
at Bellevue Cem., Ontario, CA. Mary Jane died 18 March 1939 in
Pomona, L.A. Co., CA and buried with her husband. They had
eleven children:
The second child of James Riley and Mary Jane
Smith was born 3 Feb 1879 and died in Washington Co., AR.
The third child of James Riley and Mary Jane
(Smith) Hildebrand was born 28 Feb 1881 near Fort Smith,
Sebastian Co., AR. He died 18 Apr 1892 near Coodys Bluff, Nowata
Co., OK.
The fourth child of James Riley and Mary Jane
Smith Hildebrand was born 16 Sept 1883, Dallas Co., MO; died 27
Nov 1949 in L.A., CA.
The fifth child of James Riley and Mary Jane Smith
Hildebrand was born 24 Dec 1885 at Joplin, Jasper Co., MO. He
died 18 Oct 1959 at San Bernadino County, CA.
The seventh child of James Riley and Mary Jane
Smith Hildebrand was born 27 Oct 1890 in OK. Died in infancy.
The eighth child of James Riley and Mary Jane
Smith Hildebrand was born 7 May 1893, Dallas Co., MO.
The ninth child of James Riley and Mary Jane Smith
Hildebrand was born 3 June 1896, Died in infancy.
The tenth child of James Riley and Mary Jane Smith
Hildebrand was born 23 Apr 1898 probably in OK; died 9 Jan 1951
in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.
The eleventh child of James Riley and Mary Jane
Smith Hildebrand was born 21 Sept 1901 at Farmington, San Juan
Co., NM.; died 23 Nov 1902 at same place, burial in Aztec Cem.,
Aztec, NM.
The seventh child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 2 Aug 1859 in Dallas Co., MO. He died two
years later24 Dec 1861.
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The eighth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 3 Apr 1862 at Dallas Co., MO. He died 18 Jan
1863.
The ninth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 7 Dec 1863 in Dallas Co., MO. He died 14
June 1864.
The tenth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns Hildebrand was born 8 April 1865 in
Dallas Co., MO. She married
11 Jan 1883 to John Wesley Youngblood. He was born in 1858 in MO to Joseph Youngblood, Jr
who was born in 1835. His father, Joseph Sr. was born in 1797 in SC. John and Nancy began
rearing a family in Dallas Co., but three of their babies died and were buried in the
Hildebrand Cem.: a son b. and d. 1 Jan 1888; I.W.Youngblood b. 1 Jan 1888 and died 22 June
1888; Comfort, a dau. b. 22 Mar 1889 and died 17 March 1890. Their children also included
Ross who md Camilla, Lillie who md a Westlake and Rena who married a Cox. It seems that most of this
family moved to Pomona,CA.
The eleventh child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 27 Oct 1866, a twin to Sarah Evelyn. She
married Theodore H. Tucker 4 Dec 1886. He was born 17 June 1862
and died 12 May 1950. Mary L. died 16 June 1935. They ar e
buried at Kirk Chapel Cem. where his mother, Arnisa J. Tucker, is
buried. Arnisa was b. 27 Aug 1838 and died 3 Feb 1876.
The twelfth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 27 Oct 1866 in Dallas Co., MO, a twin to Mary
Lillian. She was married 1st to Robert Garrett 28 Feb 1883 and
2nd to James Lykins in 1925. She died 3 March 1941.
The thirteenth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 1 Jan 1868 in Dallas Co., MO. He married
Bertha Mae Scott 3 Jan 1892. He purchased 300 acres in Nowsata,
Oklahoma in 1892 about the time his brother, James Riley went
there. David died 6 Feb 1923.
The fourteenth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 24 (4?) March 1870 in Dallas Co., MO. She
married 1st Hughea A. Lee 10 Sept 1890. She md 2nd Archelano
Bennett in 1897. Manerva died 6 Jan 1953.
The fifteenth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 4 Jan 1872 and died 31 Aug 1877.
The sixteenth child of Michael Norman and Syrena Johns
Hildebrand was born 5 Dec 1875 in Dallas Co., MO. He married
Lillie Melzena Mustain 30 Aug 1902. He died 13 Apr 1946. Lillie
was born 22 Oct 1886 and died 27 Feb 1913. They were both buried
at Kirk Chapel.
The second child of Abraham and Bassheba Jones
Hildebrand was born 1827, BonHomme Twp., St. Louis, Co., MO. He
married Sarah Sullens, possibly the dau. of David Sullens as he
was appointed guardian. They were married 22 Nov 1857 (Franklin
Co. Mg. Rec.Book A). They lived in Franklin Co., MO. See 1860
census, #494, p. 63. They have two children recorded in the
Franklin Co. Birth records: Mary Ann and David.
The Franklin Co. Probates have Silas J. Hildebrand with
guardian appointed for his two children 4 Dec 1866 so it would
appear that this is the year of his death.
We have no proof that Silas J. was the son of Abraham as the
statement of heirs has not been found. We know from the 1830
census that Abraham had a son b. between 1825-30. This man's
records were found and he seems to fit into that slot in the
puzzle. Earlier we had tried to place him into the descendants
of Judge Abraham because he married a Sullens but it was obvious
that this was in error because of his birth date. We still need
proof of this connection. {1} MARY ANN HILDEBRAND
The first child of Silas J. and Sarah Sullens
Hildebrand was born 14 March 1858 in Franklin Co., MO (Birth Records of Franklin Co.) If Silas died by 1866, her mother
probably remarried and she would be in a different household.
The second child of Silas J. and Sarah Sullens
Hildebrand was born 8 Oct 1861 in Franklin Co., MO.
The third child of Abraham and Bassheba Jones
Hildebrand was born ca 1828, BonHomme Twp., St. Louis Co., MO.
She married Robert Stanton. This marriage is not recorded in
Franklin or Jefferson counties.
The fourth child of Abraham and Bassheba Jones
Hildebrand was born ca 1834 in BonHomme Twp., St. Louis Co., MO.
The fifth child of Abraham and Bassheba Jones
Hildebrand was born in the 1830s, probably St. Louis Co., MO.
His wife's name was Mary A. This marriage is not recorded in the
first two books of either Franklin or Jefferson counties, MO.
There is a James L. Hildebrand who took out land in
1856 in Dallas Co., MO in R. 18, Twp 35 and section 33 between
Francis Hildebrand and his brother, Peter.
James L. is in the 1860 census of Dallas Co. listed between
Peter and Francis Hildebrand, age 20 and residing with his
mother(?), Bersheba Owen and two Owen daughters: Camarine M. and
Angeline, ages 14 and 11. The exact date of Abraham's death
needs to be ascertained. A probate record for Abraham would list
his heirs but so far, this has not been found. A descendant
wrote that Bersheba Owens moved to Jasper Co., MO.
There is a marriage record at Dallas Co. for a James A (R?)
Hildebrand married Mary J. Smith 13 July 1876. The names and
dates fit but we would like to hear from relatives who know for
sure.
Land records at Buffalo show that William Adams was awarded his bid for $160 23rd Aug 1892 for the James L. Hildebrand land.
The second child of Isaac and Marguerite House was born
approximately 1803 probably at Marais de Liards (St. Ferdinand),
Louisiana Territory. She moved with her family to the Big River
when she was quite young. She grew up in that Meramec community.
Her father died when she was about five years old. Her stepfather, Michael Null, reared her.
The Jefferson County Marriages give an Elizabeth Hildebrand
marrying Bartlett Herrington 28 June 1829. The Herringtons were
relatives as "Pioneer John" had a daughter who married Isaac
Herrington. (Mg. Bk 1, Jeff. Co., MO) A census check needs to
be done to locate the children.
The third child of Isaac and Marguerite House Hildebrand was
born ca 1806 in Missouri. The family lived at Marais de Liards
(St. Ferdinand, St. Louis Co.) and purchased land on Big River in
1805. We know from a deed (Bk C, p. 13) at Hillsboro, MO that
Isaac's wife's name was Nancy. We do not yet have a marriage
record for them. They were living in a Catholic community and
the family is listed as Protestant in other records. Some of the
family went to St. Charles, MO to have a Protestant wedding. We
do not know yet, where Isaac and Nancy were married.
The Pyatt family has made a connection to this family. Nancy was the daughter of John Pyatt/Piatt who was listed as a witness in the probate of John Hildebrand. Nancy Hildebrand is named as an heir in the intestate proceedings of John Piatt in Jefferson County 12 Dec 1827. See Pyatt
Isaac and Nancy were listed in the 1830 census of Jefferson
Co., Merimac Twp. They do not appear in subsequent censuses for
the county so it is likely that they died.
He is probably the Isaac listed in the 1840 census index of
St. Louis Co. The original needs to be searched.
There is a record of a Nancy Hildebrand who md Wm. H.
Eagleson 5 Feb 1852 in St. Louis, MO and might be the record of
Isaac's widow.
There is a marriage record in Jefferson County for an Isaac
Hildebrand who married Miss Mathiah Wilson 6 Dec 1857. This
Isaac would probably have been born ca 1837 or earlier.
There is another record of an Isaac Hildebrand born 1842 in
the St. Louis 1880 Soundex census. He is married to Mary b.
1843. Their children are Addie M. b. 1866; David b. 1871; James
b. 1872. This Isaac may be the son of Isaac Jr with Mary a nickname for Mathiah.
The Hildebrand Database provides the original documentation to this work as well as for many Hildebrand lineages in the U.S. {15} EVA ALICE HILDEBRAND
{16} GEORGE VALENTINE HILDEBRAND
(2) SILAS J. HILDEBRAND
{2} DAVID HILDEBRAND
(3) MARIA HILDEBRAND
(4) JANE HILDEBRAND
(5) THOMAS HILDEBRAND
(6) JAMES L. HILDEBRAND
2. ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND
3. ISAAC HILDEBRAND, (Jr)
(1) Son HILDEBRAND (Isaac III ? )
The 1830 census shows a son born 1825/30 in Jeff. Co.
(2) OLIVE HILDEBRAND
The 1830 census shows a daughter born 1825-30 in
Jefferson County, MO. In 1850 Jefferson Co. (p. 426) we find Olive living with her uncle, William Peyatt and his wife Anjelica and two sons. Her mother, Nancy, was the granddaughter of Jacob and Olivia McClure Pyatt.
4. child?
There is possibility that Isaac and Marguerita House
Hildebrand had another child.
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