Title: Notes
Text:
In Search of Mrs Martha Robertson Arnold
Birth & Family
Estimate of Birth Date - About 1801 to 1807
LDS Family Search Ancestral File™ (q.v.)
Martha Eliza GOODLOE (AFN:HCCW-L7)
Born: 1801 Place: NC
Died: 1881 Place:
Maury County Tenn. Wills & Minutes, Vol 1, Book B, 1810-1825
1-Dec-1816
Last will & test. Of John M. Goodloe, pp. 29-31
Goodloe emancipated his "woman of color, Rachel", but distributed his other
slaves. His property (land, household, and slaves) was divided approximately
equally between his wife, Mary Hunt Goodloe, and his daughter, Martha Eliza
Goodloe.
Martha (unnamed) is also present in the 1830 Census for Madison County,
Tennessee (p. 84):
Males:
1 (0-5); b. abt 1820-1825
1 (15-20); b. abt 1810-1825 (a nephew or visitor?)
1 (30-40); b. abt 1790-1800 (= William ARNOLD, b. abt 1795)
Females:
1 (5-10); b. abt 1820-1825 (= Mary Elizabeth Robertson; q.v.)
1 (20-330); b. abt 1800-1810 (= second wife, Mrs. Martha Eliza Robertson; q.v.).
The Arnold family is recorded in Stephen F. Austin's "Register of Families" (page
30):
William Arnold, 38 years of age (b. abt 1795)
Martha Eliza, his wife, 26 years of age (b. abt 1807)
2 female children
From the state of Tennessee and just arrived
Took the oath and entered in Coast Colony
(Note: this entry appears to be made in early 1833, before the death of William
Arnold)
One of the (unidentified) female children may be the child enumerated in the 1830
Census for Madison County, Tenn. (b. 1820-1825), who would have been about 8
to 13 years of age in 1833. The other female child (not listed in the 1830 Census)
may have been aged 3 years or less, and would thus be the daughter of William
and Martha Eliza. [DeArmond-Huskey (2001) states that Martha's two daughters
from her previous marriagees, Mary E. Robertason and Martha Arnold, were
placed in a convent inKentucky at the time of her marriage in 1836 to Peter
Rives]. (See entries below: the eldest child, Mary Elizabeth Robertson, was born
23-Aug-1824. By 1843 she married Dr. John Martin Taylor, and she died about
25-Feb-1868). Their mother, Martha, survived the epidemic, but appears to have
left Texas, perhaps later remarrying ("Martha Arnold" is absent from the Republic
in an 1837 Court hearing (q.v.) and she is not found in the 1840 Texas Census,
nor is "Martha Arnold" found in the 1840 Census for Tennessee). (But see later
entry from the LDS: Martha had remarried again by this time, and would have
been listed in the cited time interval as "Martha RIVES").
Martha's First Marriage
Sistler, Early Tennessee Marriages"
Robertson, F., to Martha E. Goodlove (sic), 9-30-1823
S. F. Kelley (1973), Children of Nashville - lineages of James Robertson, Blue &
Gray Press.
Re: Martha Goodloe
Page 170: "Benjamin Franklin Robertson married Martha Goodloe of Maury
County, Tennessee, and moved to Union County, Kentucky. A daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, was born in 1824 to the couple. Shortly thereafter Frank died, leaving
a widow and fatherless child. The mother remarried sometime later. Mary Eliza
was educated at St. Vincent's Convent in western Kentucky. By 1843 she
married Dr. John Martin Taylor, a graduate of Transylvania University at
Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Taylor was the son of Samuel Mitchell Taylor, who was
kin to the distinguished family of Taylors which produced two presidents of the
United States. In later years, the family of Dr. John M. Taylor lived at "Mauvilla,"
a plantation in Oldham County, Kentucky, near Westport. A second home was
located on Bayou Bartholomew in Arkansas. It was called the "Hollywood"
plantation".
An archived web page on Rootsweb gives additional information:
http//archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ ROBERTSON/1999-01/0916447581
ROBERTSON-L: Robertson Report Vol 15 Gen. James Robertson Part 4, No 16:
Benjamin Franklin Robertson, s/o Jonathan Friar Robertson and Ciddy Davis mar
Martha Goodloe, d/o John M. Goodloe and Elizabeth Jelks of Maury Co, Tn
100 Mary Elizabeth Robertson b 23 Aug 1824; d 25 Feb 1868
Benjamin Franklin Robertson was born ca 1798 to Jonathan and Ciddy (Kitty)
Davis Robertson, who had married about 1791 (Kelley, 1973, pp. 38, 54).
Jonathan (b. 13-Jun-1769) was the son of James Robertson, co-founder of the
city of Nashboro (later, Nashville, which would become the administrative center
for Davidson County, and Capital for the State of Tennessee), and Charlotte
Reeves. The Craigheads were kinsmen, and married into the Robertson family
(Ibid, pp. 99-100). (Note: David CRAIGHEAD** was bondsman for the marriage
of Martha E. Robertson to William Arnold in Nashville, Tennessee in 1826). If
this attribution is correct, then William Arnold would have had another link to
famous Tennessee pioneers, by helping to raise the granddaughter of General
James Robertson (1742-1814).
Clayton, W. W., History of Davidson County, Tennessee : with illustrations and
biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers
Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1880, 677 pgs.
** David Craighead came to the bar about 1814, and would have acquired more
distinction as a lawyer had he not married into wealth, and thus become relieved
of the spur of necessity.
LDS FamilySearch™ Ancestral File entries support this attribution. They list
Martha Eliza Goodloe (1801-1881), AFN:HCCW-L7, as being the daughter of
John Minor GOODLOE (1771-1816) and Elizabeth JELKS (b. abt. 1778), who
settled in Maury County, Tennessee. These ancestral files attribute the following
marriages for Martha:
1. Benjamin F. ROBERTSON (AFN: HCCW-PQ), marriage 1823.
2. William ARNOLD (AFN: HCCW-R3), marriage 5-Nov-1826.
3. Peter G. RIVES (AFN: HCCW-TF), marriage 14-Feb-1836.(Peter Rives would
die in Crittenden County, Arkansas, in 1852).
4. James B. HARRIS (AFN: HCCW-TF), marriage 29-Sep-1852
Remarriage In 1826
In 1826, the widowed William remarried, to Mrs. Martha Eliza Robertson, in
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
"Mrs. Eliza Robertson married General William Arnold, of Jackson, in Nashville,
Nov. 5, 1826" [this from the Jackson Gazette, 16-Nov-1826, as abstracted by
J.K.T. Smith (1996), "A Genealogy Miscellany III. Madison County, TN," p. 18].
This reference suggests that Eliza was a young widow, being about 20 years of
age at the time of the marriage to General Arnold (as estimated from the survey
recorded by Stephen F.Austin, q.v.).
Davidson County Marriage Record Book 1:
Arnold, William to Martha E. Robertson, sol. Nov-5-1826 by Robt. Paine, M.G.
Reference to check:
http://www.seark.net/~rdea/bayou/NamesIndex.html
"Bartholow's Song: A Bayoo History," by Rebecca DeArmond-Huskey (> 600
pages), © 2001
These are (apparently) page numbers in the book (need p. 51 & 509):
ARNOLD, Martha 51 Martha Eliza 509 Martha Goodloe Robertson 51 William 509
Author: rdea@seark.net
Rebecca DeArmond-Huskey
1054 Ozment Bluff
Wilmar, AR 71675
Subj: Re: Martha Goodloe Robertson Arnold
Date: 10/18/2003 4:52:26 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: rdea@seark.net
To: WDBostick@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
No, she's not related to me. This family [Martha & Peter Rives were very early
settlers in Drew county; Peter was here by 1818; her daughter, Mary Elizabeth
Robertson m Dr. John Martin Taylor; they moved to Drew County in 1844 and
established a very large plantation on the bayou. The book has a great amount
of info , family history and other, on this prominent family, photo of the house,
etc. The house, built in 1844, still stands. The Drew County Museum has a large
collection of their fine china, furniture, etc.
The book has Mary Elizabeths bd, parents, their m date, her m date to
Robertson, his bd, parents, their m date, their parents. General James
Robertson was known as the "father of Nashville."
Also Martha Eliza Goodloe's bd, her parents, their m date, their parents with
dates and marriages, her m to Gen. William Arnold [5 Nov 1826]; he d 1 Jun
1833; m 3rd Peter Rives 17 Mar 1836; by 1836 she and Peter were living in
Crittenden County ; he d in 1852; Martha d there 4 Jan 1881.
Martha Eliza was called "a wealthy" widow " by a family member.
Hope some help,
Rebecca
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http://www.geocities.com/heartland/arbor/8110/vicky100299/d0000/g0000087.html#I2833
Martha Eliza GOODLOE
1801 - 1881
BIRTH: 1801, NC
DEATH: 1881
Father: John Minor GOODLOE
Mother: Elizabeth JELKS
Family 1 : Benjamin Franklin ROBERTSON
MARRIAGE: 30 Sep 1823, Maury County, TN
+Mary Elizabeth ROBERTSON
Family 2 : William ARNOLD
MARRIAGE: 5 Nov 1826
Family 3 : Peter G. RIVES
MARRIAGE: 14 Feb 1836
Family 4 : James B. HARRIS
MARRIAGE: 29 Sep 1852
=====
It appears that Martha's second husband, General William Arnold, was frequently
in debt, probably due to unwise land speculation. The following abstract (from
Crumpton, "Madison County Deeds") is of interest, because it refers to a "Martin
E. Goodloe" (a relation of Martha's?) And the original document apparently
features the signatures of both Martha and William:
2/435, 436 22 Dec 1829 $1.00 Deed of Trust
William/Martha E. Arnold to Robert Hughes
Arnold owes Charles Miles on note now in suit in Madison Co with Thomas
Henderson as co-defendant and security. Mortgages 222.5 acres on 4R-11S in
Haywood Conty as being at Martin E. Goodloe ENT# 297 about 1 mile W of s.e.
crn R5-S11. Also mortgages a lien on 234.5 ac in Weakly County heretofore
conveyed to William Stoddard in trust. This trust is to take effect after said
Stoddert is satisfied.
Signed: William Arnold, Martha E. Arnold
Wit: Powhatton May, George G. Hyde
Proven: May 1830 by May; Nov 1830 by Hyde. Rec: 4 Jan 1831
===
Rebecca DeArmond-Huskey gives additional information on the widow Martha
and her daughter Mary in her book Bartholow's Song: A Bayou History (2001). On
p. 51, she writes that in 1818, a young surveyor, Peter Gilam Rives (pronounced
Reeves) left his home in Virginia and headed west, arriving in Arkansas (then
Missouri Territory). He claimed government land in what would become the
counties of Crittenden, Drew, DeSha, and Lincoln Counties. By 1836, Rives was
in Crittenden County, and married a young, wealthy, twice- widowed lady, Martha
Goodloe Robertson Arnold, and brought her to his wilderness home where they
lived the remainder of his life. Martha's two daughters from her previous
marriages, Mary E. Robertson and Martha Arnold, remained in a convent in
Kentucky. In 1843 Mary E. Robertson, age 18, left the convent to visit relatives in
Union County, Kentucky. There the beautiful and wealthy heiress met Dr. John
Martin Taylor, a practicing physician and also well- to-do. They immediately fell in
love and were married a few months later.
On page 509, Ms. DeArmond-Huskey writes that "John Martin Taylor married
Mary Elizabeth Robertson 4 Jul 1843 in Union County KY. She was born 9 Aug
1824 in Nashville, TN, the daughter of Martha Eliza (Goodloe) and Benjamin
Franklin Robertson, who were married 30 Sep 1823. ..
Martha Eliza Goodloe was born 15 Jun 1807 in Maury County TN, the daughter
of Elizabeth (Jelks) and John Minor Goodloe, who were married 12 Nov 1805.
John Minor Goodloe was born 1771 or 1789, the son of Sarah and Robert
Goodloe.... Martha Goodloe Robertson married second (5 Nov 1826) General
William Arnold, who died 1 Jun 1833. She married third (17 Mar 1836) Peter
Rives, who was born 24 Oct 1793 in VA. Peter Rives claimed land on Bayou
Barthomew in Drew County as well as land in Desha, Lincoln, and Crittenden
Counties in 1818. He settled on the Bayou and built a cabin. By 1836 he was in
Crittenden County, where he died in 1852. Martha Eliza Goodloe Rives died
there 4 Jan 1881.
===
I'm sure you have more things to do than answer questions from unexpected
sources, so I apologize for the question I sent to Rebecca Husky and am
forwarding to you. Basically I am trying to determine who married James B.
Harris. Was it Martha Eliza, or her daughter, Martha J. Arnold?
Thank you for your assistance, Chaplain, Colonel E. Arnie Porter
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Re:Martha Eliza Goodloe Robertson
Arnold Rives
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 13:58:15 -0500
From: Rebecca Husky <rdea@seark.net>
To: Arnie Porter <arnieandco@erols.com>
References: <44CCDFD2.7030803@erols.com>
I don't have any info on this.
My source just says that Peter Rives "married a young, wealthy,
twice-widowed lady, Martha Goodloe Robertson Arnold...."
She had two daughters from the previous marriages:
Mary E. Robertson and Martha Arnold.
Mary m Dr. John Martin Taylor when she was 18.
No info on Martha.
> Our family read your email included in the report, IN SEARCH OF MRS.
> MARTHA ROBERTSON ARNOLD with great interest since it dealt with a
> subject we have often questioned. Did you ever sort out whether Martha
> Eliza married James B Harris as the LDS records suggest? My Porter
> family traditions-records have always believed James B Harris (born 15
> Nov, 1829) married the daughter of Martha and Gen William Arnold, Martha J.
> Arnold, (born 20 Nov, 1830). The marriage produced a child, Annie
> Elsie Harris, (born 19 June, 1853). If James Harris did marry Martha
> Eliza, he married a woman about 23 years older than he was and she gave
> birth when she was in her fifties. Both events seem unlikely. We would
> be grateful if you can shed some light on this.
> Arnie Porter
----
http://www.gencircles.com/users/sfoster/29/data/332303
Martha Eliza Goodloe 1 SmartMatches
Birth: 15 JUN 1807 in North Carolina
Death: 4 JAN 1881 in Crittenden County, Arkansas
Sex: F
Father: John Minor Goodloe b. 1 MAR 1771
Mother: Elizabeth Jelks b. ABT 1778
Spouses & Children
Benjamin Franklin Robertson (Husband) b. 16 JAN 1796
Marriage: 30 SEP 1823 in Maury Co., TN
Children:
Mary Elizabeth Robertson b. 23 AUG 1824
William Arnold (Husband) b. 26 JUL 1793 in KY
Marriage: 5 NOV 1826 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
Children:
Martha J Arnold b. 20 NOV 1830
Annie Williams Arnold b. 22 AUG 1834
Peter Gilam Rives (Husband) b. 24 OCT 1793 in VA
Marriage: 17 MAR 1836 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
Children:
John Goodloe Rives b. 9 JUL 1837
George Gibson Rives b. 19 JAN 1842
David Craighead Rives b. 28 MAR 1846
Burnel Frederick Rives b. 14 DEC 1848
Title: Notes from "Bartholomew's Song"
Text:
"Bartholow's Song: A Bayoo History," by Rebecca DeArmond-Huskey (> 600
pages), © 2001
p. 51: "Hollywood Plantation." In 1818, a young surveyor, Pter Gilam Rives
(pronounced Reeves) left his home in Virginia and headed west, arriving in
Arkansas (then Missouri Territory). He claimed government land in what would
become the counties of Crittenden, Drew, DeSha, and Lincoln Counties.
By 1836, Rives was in Crittenden County, and married a young, wealthy, twice-
widowed lady, Martha Goodloe Robertson Arnold, and brought her to his
wilderness home where they lived the remainder of his life. Martha's two
daughters from her previous marriages, Mary E. Robertson and Martha Arnold,
remained in a convent in Kentucky. In 1843 Mary E. Robertson. Age 18, left the
convent to visit relatives in Union County, Kentucky. There the beautiful and
wealthy heiress met Dr. John Martin Taylor, a practicing physician and also well-
to-do. They immediately fell in love and were married a few months later.
P. 509: "John Martin Taylor married Mary Elizabeth Robertson 4 Jul 1843 in
Union county KY. She was born 9 Aug 1824 in Nashville, TN, the daughter of
Martha Eliza (Goodloe) and Benjamin Franklin Robertson, who were married 30
Sep 1823. ..
Martha Eliza Goodloe was born 15 Jun 1807 in Maury County TN, the daughter
of Elizabeth (Jelks) and John Minor Goodloe, who were married 12 Nov 1805.
John Minor Goodloe was born 1771 or 1789, the son of Sarah and Robert
Goodloe.... Martha Goodloe Robertson married second (5 Nov 1826) General
William Arnold, who died 1 jun 1833. She married third (17 Mar 1836) Peter
rives, who was born 24 Oct 1793 in VA. Peter Rives claimed land on Bayou
Barthomew in Drew county as well as land in Desha, Lincoln, and Crittenden
Counties in 1818. He settled on the Bayou and built a cabin. By 1836 he was in
Crittenden County, where he died in 1852. Martha Eliza Goodloe Rives died
there 4 Jan 1881.
Title: Bible Records
Text:
Martha Goodloe Arnold Rives Family Bible
Original (as of 2006) is in the possession of descendants of Robert Lee Payne
family; copy provided to WDB by Col. Arnie Porter (August, 2006)
Select Notes (portions of copy are unreadable)
Births
William Arnold was born July 26, 1793 - husband of Martha Eliza Goodloe
(Robertson)
[WA & MEG were married Nov 5, 1826; WA died 1833]
Peter G. Rives was born 24th Oct 1793 [PGR & MEG were married March 17,
1836; PGR died 1852]
Martha E. Goodloe, the wife of Peter G. Rives, born June 15th 1807
West Harris was born _; Mary Williams his wife was born _. [These may be the
parents of James B. Harris, husband of Martha J. Arnold - ?]
Benjamin H [A] Harris was born 15th Jan 1855
Mary E. Robertson was born 23rd Aug 1824 [child of Benjamin F. Robertson
(1796-1824) and Martha Goodloe]
John M. Taylor was born 23rd July 1818 [husband of Mary E. Robertson]
Martha J. Arnold was born 20th Nov 1830 [child of William Arnold and Martha
Goodloe]
Samuel D. Rives was born 17th Oct 1826 [child of PGR & previous wife? see end
notes]
Margaret Ferguson (?) was born _. [wife of Samuel D. Rives]
Peter G. Rives, Jr., was born 15th Aug 1830 [child of PGR & previous wife]
John Goodloe Rives was born 9th Jul 1837 [presumably son of PGR & MEG]
Lucy Ann Rives was born 4th Jul 1839 [presumably daughter of PGR & MEG]
George G. Rives was born 19th Jan 1842 [presumably son of PGR & MEG]
David C. Rives was born 28 Mar 1846 [presumably son of PGR & MEG]
Burnel F. Rives was born 14th Dec 1848 [presumably son of PGR & MEG]
Annie Eliza Harris was born 15th Nov 1829 [daughter of Martha J. Arnold &
James B. Harris]
James B. Harris was born 15th Nov 1829 [husband of Martha J. Arnold]
Florence Harris Rives was born 11 Mar 186_ [wife of John G. Rives; either the
birth date (186_) or the marriage date (1864) must be wrong]
Anna Goff (?) Rives was born 1871[? daughter of John G. Rives and Ellie Goff?]
Lucy Lee Payne born Clarksdale Hospital Sunday Nov 7, 1943.. daughter of
James H. and Evelyn Jones Payne
Annie Williams Arnold daughter of Martha E. and William Arnold was born in
Texas August 22nd 1834.
Mattie E. Tolleson was born May 2, 1876
Florence Mary Harris was born 18 April 1838 [unidentified]
Emmett B. Tolleson was born in Helena Ark 14th March 1842
Marie (?) Elliott Tolleson was born in Memphis Tenn. May 2, 1879
Valerie Eliza Tolleson was born in Memphis, Tenn., 18th Jul 1880(10:30 AM
Sunday)
Annie Imogene Tolleson was born in Memphis, Tenn., 12th Dec 1881 (4 PM
Walker Ave)
Emmett Benjamin Tolleson was born in Memphis, Tenn., 11th July 1886.
Clarendon Hotel Room 20.
Lucus Tolleson Payne was born near Biloxi Miss. Oct 24, 1914
Marguerite Arnold Tolleson was born in Memphis, Tenn., Clarendon Hotel Room
20, Oct 12, 1889 Saturday
Heber Jones Tolleson [F] was born in Memphis, Tenn., 263 Union St.,
9/15/[18]91
Edgar Sellic Porter, Jr. was born in Cleveland OH May 25, 1866
Leman Emmett Porter was born in Chicago Ill., Sept 4, 1900, 12 AM
Wm Arnold Porter was born in Chicago, Ill., Jan 6, 1906
Eugene H Lee Porter born in Artesia, New Mexico, Jan 25, 1908
Marriages
Benjamin F. Robertson and Martha Eliza Goodloe [MEG] were married Sept 20,
1823
William Arnold and Martha Eliza Goodloe were married in Nashville, Tenn., by
Rev. Robert Paine Nov 5, 1826.
Peter G. Rives and Martha Eliza Goodloe were married 14th Feb 1836.
West Harris and Mary Williams were married _
Mary E. Robertson & John M. Taylor were married 4th July 1843
James B. Harris & Martha [J.] Arnold were married 29th Sep 1852 [probably in
Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn.]
Samuel D. Rives and Margaret Ferguson were married 27th Dec 1855
Robert Lee Payne and Annie Imogene Tolleson were married in Memphis Tenn
March 18th 1908 [AIT was daughter of Annie Elsie Harris and Emmett B.
Tolleson]
John G. Rives and Florence M. Harris were married 11th May 1864
John G. (?) Rives and Ellie G. Goff were married 18th May 1870
Emmett B. Tolleson & Annie E. Harris were married at Calvary Church in
Memphis, Tenn Sept 29th 1874 by the Rev. D. George White.
Edgar S. Porter and Mattie E. Tolleson were married _ _ at Memphis Tenn Sept-
15 1899 by the Rev. Dr. Patterson.
Heber Jones Tolleson and Ernest Alexander Buford were married Feb 15th 1917
at Union Church
Betty Jean Payne and James Franklin Dorris were married Dec 29, 1962 at home
ceremony in Clarksdale (Miss?)
Deaths
William Arnold died in Texas June 1st 1833 or 1834 - husband of Martha Eliza
Goodloe (Robertson).
Lucy Ann Rives daughter of Peter G. Rives and Martha E. Rives died Sep 8th
1841. [Text was struck through on Bible text; do not know whether the parentage
or the death date were incorrect]
Peter G. Rives, Sr., died 8th Feb 1852
Samuel D. Rives died 20th April 1865
Peter G. Rives, Jr., died 8th Feb 1852
Mary E. Taylor daughter of M.E. Rives [by 1st husband, B.F. Robertson], died
25th Feb 1868
Florence Mary Rives, wife of John G. Rives, died 11th Mar 1868
David Craighead Rives, son of P.G. and M.E. Rives, died 26 Sep 1849 [Note that
David Craighead of Nashville, Tenn, had been bondsman to the marriage of MEG
to William Arnold in 1824; see endnotes].
Burnel Frederick Rives died May 12, 1859
George Gibson Rives died Aug 12th 1859
Martha J. A. Harris daughter of M.E. [Goodloe] Rives and Gen'l William Arnold
and wife of James B. Harris died in Memphis at _ C.W. Adams on 17th July 1873
in the forty third year of her age.
J.B. Harris died at Grand Lake, Ark, _ 1855
Nancy E. Tolleson, mother of Emmitt Broadnax Tolleson, died in Lexington, KY
11/13/1885
Anna Goff daughter of John Goff and Ella G. Rives, died Oct 8th 1873
Mary W. Rives, daughter of John G and Florence Rives, died Oct 8 1871
John Goodloe Rives died July 31st, 1876 (?)
Benjamin Arnold Harris died 23rd Sep 1877
Peter G. Rives died July 11th 1865
Samuel D. Rives April 1866
Martha E. Rives died 4th January 1881 at the residence of her granddaughter
Annie E. Tolleson in Crittenden County Arkansas, aged seventy-three years, six
months and twenty days.
Valerie Elisa Tolleson died 12th February 1881 at the residence of her parents in
Crittenden County Ark, aged 7 months & 21 days.
Emmett B. Tolleson died Monday 12 AM 23rd Sept 1901 at his residence in
Crittenden C. Ark. age 59 years 6 mo & 9 days. Father receive his soul in eternal
glory. For Christ's sake - amen.
Eugene Harvey Lee Porter died July 23rd 1908 at the residence of his parents
near Artisia (?), New Mex.. 2 days [shy?] of 6 months
Mattie - Martha - Elliott Tolleson Porter died at the Porter Ranch near Grand
Junction Colo Nov 10 [at] 4 PM 1912 - interment Edmund Cemetery, Memphis
Tenn.
Emmett Benjamin Tolleson died in his home at Hulbert, Ark, Jan 20th 1934 -
heart trouble - 9:45 PM
Robert Lee Payne died of heart & kidney trouble room 647 Baptist Hospital
Memphis Tenn at 9:45 Sunday night July 10th 1938 - interment Elmwood
Cemetery at 3 PM Tuesday July 12th. 72 years [b ~ 1866]
Elizabeth Brabston Jones died at home in Clarksdale, Miss on Jan 11th 1964.
Buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Clarksdale, Miss, on Jan 13th
Annie Elise Harris Tolleson died of pneumonia following a fall at Campbell's Clinic
in Memphis Tenn at 3:15 AM Sunday Sep 10th. Interment Elmwood Cemetery 2
PM September 12th 1938. 85 years [b. 1853]
Emmett Lee Payne - oldest son of Robert Lee & Imogene Tolleson Payne - died
at St. Joseph's Hospital in Memphis Sat May 3rd 1947 at 5:30 PM from injuries
received in an automobile wreck near Memphis. .. 36 years [b ~ 1911]
Ernest Alexander Buford Sr died March 28th 1948, Clarksdale Hospital - Miss.
Marguerite Arnold Tolleson Leftwich, wife of Eugene P. [Porter] Leftwich, Sr.,
died Nov 27th 1963 - age 74 [b~ 1889], buried Nov 28th Elmwood Cemetery.
Neal Holt Leftwich, Julia C. Leftwich (wife) Vivian Lee Leftwich (Daughter, 7)
killed in car wreck Sept 30, 1962 (Neal died Oct 4th).
Endnotes (WDB)
Annie Williams Arnold, born in Texas in August 1834, would have been
conceived about the time of William Arnold's death in June 1833.
"Mrs. Eliza Robertson married General William Arnold, of Jackson, in Nashville,
Nov. 5, 1826" [this from the Jackson Gazette, 16-Nov-1826, as abstracted by
J.K.T. Smith (1996), "A Genealogy Miscellany III. Madison County, TN," p. 18].
Davidson County Marriage Record Book 1:
Arnold, William to Martha E. Robertson, sol. Nov-5-1826 by Robt. Paine, M.G.
(Bondsman: David Craighead).
Index to Arkansas Wills & Testaments, Critittendon County.
Rives, Peter G. 1852 Admin I p. 404
v From Rootsweb (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-
bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2217097&id=I132727339)
Name: Marguerite TOLLESON; Birth: Oct 1890
Marriage 1 Eugene Porter Jr. LEFTWICH b: 16 Aug 1885
Married: 5 Jan 1912 in Memphis, TN
Children:
Eugene Porter III LEFTWICH b: 17 Jun 1915
Neal Holt LEFTWICH b: 25 Sep 1916
Imogene Tolleson LEFTWICH b: 18 Apr 1918
Heber Lois LEFTWICH b: 9 May 1919
Additional Notes
1860 Census, Proctor, Crittenden, Ark.
John Rives, 22 (b. abt 1838), head of household, planter, RE 10,000; PE 3,000
Mrs. Martha Rives, 52 (b. abt 1808 in TN); RE 4,000; PE 8,000 [Martha Goodloe
(etc.), widow)
Marth Harris, 29 (b. abt 1838); RE 4,000; PE 4,000 [Martha Arnold Harris, widow]
Nannie Harris, 7 (b. abt 1831 AR) [Annie E. Harris]
Ben Harris, 5 (b. abt 1855 AR) [Benjamin Arnold Harris]
LDS (1880 Census) - Martha Goodloe (etc.) is living with her granddaughter,
Annie Harris Tolleson
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
E. B. TOLLESON Self Male W 38 (b ~ 1842) AR Planter SC KY
Annie H. TOLLESON Wife M Female W 27 (b. ~ 1853) AR At Home TN
KY
Mattie TOLLESON Dau S Female W 4 (b ~ 1876) AR At Home AR AR
Martha E. RIVES GMother W Female W 73 (b ~ 1807) TN At Home NC
NC
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Source Information:
Census Place Lucas, Crittenden, Arkansas
Family History Library Film 1254042
NA Film Number T9-0042
Page Number 96B
(1900 U.S. Census)
MISSISSIPPI , BOLIVAR, 4-BT
Series: T623 Roll: 802 Page: 34
TOLLESON, EMETT B , b. Mar 1842 AK; m 26 y (~1847); father b. SC; mother b.
KY; manager
Annie L, wife; b. Jun 1853 AK; 6 child (5 living); parents b. TN; bookkeeper
Imogene, dau, b. Dec 1881 TN
Marguerite, dau, b. Oct 1889 TN
Heber J, dau, b. Sep 1889 TN
(1900 U.S. Census)
ILLINOIS , KANE, 3-WD AURORA
Series: T623 Roll: 310 Page: 46
Porter, Edgar, head, b. May 1866 OH (parents b. OH), shipping clerk
-, Mattie, b. May 1876 TN, married 9 y, no children [Bible records indicates that
they were married in 1899, or < 1 year at the time of the census]
Tolleson, Emm_ [Jr], b. Jul 1886 TN, bro-in-law, attending school
Biography of Emmett B. Tolleson (1842-1901)
http://www.couchgenweb.com/arkansas/crittenden/biog.htm
Emmett B. Tolleson, a substantial planter and merchant of Lucas Township,
whose postoffice is at Pinckney, is a native of this State, born at Helena, March
14, 1842, and is the son of William P. Tolleson, originally from Spartansburg, S.
C., who died about 1845. He [William P. Tolleson] immigrated from South
Carolina to Helens, Ark., near the year 1830, and was one of the early settlers of
that portion of the State. A lawyer by profession and circuit judge [p.444] of the
Helena judicial district for several terms, he was an influential citizen, and as a
Democrat in politics, was one of the electors of Polk and Dallas. He was married
in Helena in 1836 to Miss Nancy Elliot Williams (then the widow West) who was
born in Lexington, Ky., in 1809. She died in her native town in 1885, being the
mother of one child by Mr. West and three by Mr. Tolleson: W. P. (deceased),
Margaret W. McConnell (who resides at Lexington, Ky.) and Emmett B. The
latter, the youngest child, grew up in Phillips County, Ark., receiving his education
at the private schools of Helena. He lived with his mother till he was grown and
then commenced for himself as a planter in the county where he now lives. He
was married in Memphis, Tenn., to Miss Annie Elise Harris, September 29, 1874.
Miss Harris was born in this county in 1853 and is a daughter of James Harris, of
Columbia, Tenn. [Annie's mother was Martha J. Arnold]. He [James Harris] was
for a time book-keeper in Memphis and afterward became an extensive planter in
Arkansas. His wife was Martha Arnold of Tennessee origin, where she died. Her
[Martha Arnold's] father, Gen. William Arnold, was a graduate of West Point and
a brigadier- general in the United States army, and died in Texas about 1836,
owning vast landed estates. To Mr. and Mrs. Tolleson have been born five
children, all living except one, viz: Martha E., Annie Imogene, Emmett B. and
Marguerite A. Mr. and Mrs. Tolleson own two plantations, 675 acres of good land,
with 350 in a fine state of cultivation, upon which are usually raised 200 bales of
cotton. These are superior farms, located on the Mississippi River sixty miles
north of Helena and thirty miles south of Memphis, and upon one Mr. Tolleson
has resided since 1852. In 1861 he joined the Confederate army, enlisting in
Company E of the Third Arkansas Cavalry. He served till near the close of the
war and participated in the following noted battles: Jonesboro, Ga., Chickamauga
and was with Longstreet at Knoxville. He was captured at Island No. 40, near
Memphis, in January, 1865, and was immediately paroled, returning to his home.
He is a stanch Democrat and cast his first vote for Seymour. Mr. and Mrs.
Tolleson are members of the Episcopal Church and are highly respected.
Some biographical notes for Peter G. Rives (Third husband of Martha Goodloe)
R. DeArmond (1980), "Old Times Not Forgotten, A History of Drew County"
(Arkansas), Rose Publ., Little Rock, AK
p. 21. "Peter Gilam Rives, who came from Virginia in 1818-19 to survey land in
Arkansas County (later to become Drew and Crittenden), bought a parcel of land
in 1820 that was known as "the Rives tract." Rives lived in a one-room log cabin
[possibly the one illustrated on p. 8 of Ms DeArmond's book] on the west bank of
Bayou Bartholomew near the old Indian Trace crossing. In 1836 he married
Martha Eliza Googloe Arnold in Nashville, Tennessee, and soon after came to
live in Crittenden County. Her daughter by a previous marriage, Mary Elizabteh
Robertson, married Dr. John Martin Taylor of Winchester, Kentucky. In 1844, Dr.
Taylor bought the Rives plantation from his father-in-law and built a large log
house, which he named "Hollywood Plantation," after the holly trees which grew
there. He [Taylor] also owned a plantation and a magnificent house, "Mauville,"
near West Port, Kentucky. His wife died in 1868, and Dr. Taylor established a
home in Monticello for his young children. He continued to commute to
Hollywood Plantation and upon his death in 1884 was buried there. His sons
Henry, Ben, and Rives continued to manage the plantation under the name of
The Valley Planting Company, moving the headquarters to Winchester in 1901."
Excerpts from: http://www.couchgenweb.com/arkansas/crittenden/biog.htm
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas: Crittenden County
Senate: P. G. Rives; 1846-53, House: P. G. Rives; 1844-49.
Nannie Rives Cashion: Her grandfather, Peter G. Rives, was one of the first
settlers of this county, having come here before Pierce was president. He was a
large land owner, and cleared most of the land south of West Memphis, and was
a prominent and useful citizen. Thomas Cashion (deceased) was born in Bullitt
County, Ky., in May, 1858, and died December 3, 1888, in Crittenden County,
Ark. When a boy he went from his birthplace to the State of Texas, where he was
married to Miss Nannie E. Rives, January 11, 1880. She was born April 27, 1860,
in this county, and is the daughter of Samuel D. Rives, who was born in Kentucky
and died here on April 16, 1865. Mrs. Cashion's father was a well-to- do farmer;
her mother was born and raised in this county, where she died December 31,
1879, having had four children of whom two are still living: Nannie E. and Edna
(who resides in Galveston, Tex.). Mrs. Cashion, the second child, moved from
Crittenden County to Texas with her mother, and received her education in the
district schools of Collin County, afterward attending the high school in McKinney.
[ "Samuel D. Rives" (ca 1826-1865/6; father to Nannie Rives Cashion in the
narrative above) appears to be the son of PGR and a previous wife. One LDS
contributed file gives Martha A. Davis as a spouse of PGR.]
From the above-cited Bible records, I assume that the Rive children born
between the 1836 marriage to MEG and the death of PGR in 1852 were born to
this union. These children were:
John Goodloe Rives - born 9th Jul 1837; died July 31st, 1876 (?) (aged ~ 39-y).
Lucy Ann Rives - born 4th Jul 1839 [death date 1841 is struck-through in Bible
records]
George G. Rives - born 19th Jan 1842; died May 12, 1859 (aged ~ 17-y)
David Craighead Rives - - born 28 Mar 1846; died 26 Sep 1849 (aged ~ 3-y).
Burnel (Burwell?) Frederick Rives - born 14th Dec 1848; died May 12, 1859
(aged ~ 9-y)
[One LDS file gives the parents of PGR, Sr., as Burwell Rives and Mary Gillum]
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