Friday, July 26, 2019

Aday Hail DNA Match

If I search for Hail born in Arkansas in our Aday DNA.  I get this match and I am puzzled by it.
Does it mean the Hails and Wests or Adays were related before Arkansas?

The DNA source is Nancy Wilson and it links us as 5 to 8th cousin!  How are the Aday's connected to these Hails?

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Katheryne Hail Travis

 Found a few paintings by KatherynenTravis.


Relatively Speaking... Bessie Kate (Kathryn) Hail Travis

Bessie Kate (Kathryn) Hail Travis
An Aday Relative....
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kathryne-bess-hail-travis-3345/

Kathryne Bess Hail Travis (1894–1972)

Kathryne Bess Hail Travis was an artist and teacher who was especially known for her still-life paintings of flowers. For a three-year period in the late 1920s, she and her then-husband, artist Olin Travis, ran the Travis Ozark Summer Art School near Cass (Franklin County).
Kathryne Bess Hail was born in Ozark (Franklin County) on February 6, 1894. She was the only child of Albert Eugene Hail, who owned a general store, and Maude (Brown) Hail. Her education was financed and closely supervised by a wealthy uncle, Oliver Brown. She studied art in high school and graduated with honors from Galloway College in Searcy (White County) in 1911. She briefly attended a girls’ school in Chicago, Illinois, before enrolling in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in 1911. After leaving the AIC in 1912, she continued her art studies in 1913 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cincinnati and later at the Ohio Mechanics Institute. Her instructors included renowned painters George Bellows, Robert Henri, and Randall Davey.
Around 1915, Hail briefly opened a studio in Fort Smith (Sebastian County). In 1916, she returned to AIC for additional instruction. In November of that year, she married Olin Herman Travis, a former instructor at AIC, in Ozark; they had two children. The Travises worked in the Chicago area before relocating to Dallas in 1923, where they established the Dallas Art Institute (DAI) with James Waddell. The first major art school in the South to offer instruction in a variety of fields, DAI existed until 1945. Kathryne Travis also served as an instructor in art at the Hockaday School for Girls in Dallas in 1924. She resigned from DAI in 1931.
In the summer of 1927, the Travises established the Travis Ozark Summer Art School at an abandoned sawmill near Cass, not far from where Kathryne was born. The school, which was an adjunct of DAI, was held each summer for three years. Attended by up to fifty students, the school held classes for a period of one to two months beginning in June. There were about fifteen crudely furnished cabins and a lodge at the camp. Classes were open to not only DAI students but also to Arkansas residents and others from surrounding states. On weekends, the students exhibited their paintings, held dances, and put on impromptu performances.
Although trained as a portraitist, Travis became well known for her landscape and still-life paintings. In February 1930, a painting of wisteria by Travis graced the cover of Holland’s magazine. In 1936, another of her still-life paintings, Texas Centennial Rose, appeared on the cover of the June issue of Holland’s. Fresh roses that had been specially cultivated in Tyler, Texas, had served as models. This painting was also featured at the Texas Centennial Art Exhibit that fall.
In 1934, the Travises divorced, an event much publicized in Dallas and Denver newspapers. Travis completed a self-portrait painting, The Unfinished Picture, in 1936, causing a stir for its overt symbolism related to the breakup of her marriage. This painting was displayed at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in January of that year and is currently on loan to the El Paso Museum of Art.
Travis moved to Beverly Hills, California, in 1936 and began to focus more on landscape and portrait painting. She remained there for the next ten years, returning to her hometown of Ozark for a short period in 1944. She resettled in Seattle, Washington, in 1946. From the mid-1930s until the early 1950s, Travis worked in many western states, including California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Alaska. During this period, she returned to paint periodically in Arkansas, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Like many Americans, she was pressed into defense work on an assembly line for Lockheed Aircraft Co. while in California during World War II.
Travis moved back to Dallas in 1952, opened an art gallery, and took a position as the head of the art department at the Arts Center Studio School. She also offered art instruction at her own studio in Dallas and, in 1957, opened the Kathryne Hail Travis Summer School of Painting in Ruidoso, New Mexico. In 1960, she moved permanently to Ruidoso.
Although comfortable working in both pastels and watercolors, her preferred medium was oils. When working on location, she typically made quick sketches in pastel or took photographs and then worked her best ideas into fully realized paintings in oil. Known for her expertise in flowers and plants, Travis had performed extensive research on the symbolism and lore associated with various flora. Many of her still-life paintings featured wildflowers from the locales where she worked.
Travis was also known for her collection of quilts that she acquired during her many trips to Arkansas to visit family and paint. She was interested in not only the patterns but also the history and symbolism associated with quilts. In 1930, she wrote an article in Southwest Review about her experiences collecting quilts in the Ozarks.
Travis died in Ruidoso on January 10, 1972. She was cremated, and her ashes were scattered in Ozark.
For additional information:Obituary of Kathryne Hail Travis. The Spectator. January 20, 1972, sec. 1, p. 3.
Powers, John, and Deborah Powers. Texas Artists, Sculptures, and Graphic Artists. Austin, TX: Woodmont Books, 2000.
Travis, Kathryne Hail. “Quilts of the Ozarks.” Southwest Review 15 (Winter 1930): 236–244.
W. Russ Aikman
University of Texas at Arlington

Monday, July 22, 2019

Picturing Boaz Aday [1790 Tennessee - 1851 Taney County, MO]

I know this Boaz Aday found on the 1850 Taney County, Missouri census with his wife Martha Aday, is my husband's Great-Great Grandfather.  His son on this census, William Green Harrison Aday, is father of John Aday.  John Aday [1861-1931] is father to George Washington Aday [1916-1989].  George Washington Aday is father to George Henry Aday [1947-2017].

That is about the extent of the known facts for our Boaz Aday.  With such an unusual name, it would seem to be easy to determine if a particular record references this individual.  Unfortunately, the records have been obfuscated by the many magical family trees spread throughout the online genealogy world. A few separate individuals can be found with the name Boaz Aday in the time frame 1800 thru the early 1900. I concede that it is obvious all these Boaz Aday individuals are related, their exact relationship to each other is not known, nor can exact relationship be assumed from any extant records this researcher has found on line or otherwise.

I am going to attempt to list records and data here that I am confident I can connect to the above Boaz Aday [1790-1851].

1. Land records in Warren County, Tennessee
here is a link, if you have Ancestry.com subscription
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/landrecordstnnc/?name=_aday&count=50&name_x=1

All Tennessee, Early Land Registers, 1778-1927

I am confident the Boaz Aday is our Boaz Aday.  The records indicate that Boaz and Walter Aday of Warren Co. TN, were referencing land in Warren Co on Hickoy Creek.  This is land near Mcminnville, TN. Surely, there is a close relationship between this Boaz and Walter Aday, maybe brothers.  At one time, I thought the John Eady on there was misspelling of Aday, but have since found online that indeed a John Eady or Eddy went on north to Illinois or somewhere and is not actually a misspelling for John Aday.  Matter Aday is actually Walter Aday on the record, so that is a miss transcribed record. Conculsion: Boaz Aday has records in Warren Co. Tennessee land records dating 

On Ancestry, I have found an image of Madison County, AL deed records index with a record of:
Booz Aday and Polly deed book I&J page 538 date 1825, Sec 31, 5, -W sold to Benjamin Rogers.  I have seen trees with a name of Mary for Boaz's wife. This is the only record I find that actually lists a name for Boaz's first wife. I should mention that I have found trees that list other names for Boaz's wife.  The tree where I found this land record has Boaz's wife named Mary Holcomb.

2.  Military Records
Name:Booz Aday
Military Unit:7th Regiment (Perkin's Battalion)
Highest Rank:Private
First Muster Date:8 Nov 1813
Discharge Date:9 Dec 1813
Series Number:M678
Roll Number:
1

And This John Aday with widow Harriet T Aday is most certainly a relative of the above Booz Aday

Name:
John Aday
Military Unit:
7th Regiment (Perkin's Battalion)
Highest Rank:
Private
First Muster Date:
29 Sep 1814
Discharge Date:
25 Apr 1815
Series Number:
M678
Roll Number:
1

John Aday
Widow: Harriet T Aday
Harriet T Aday
Marriage Date: 18 May 1842
Date Enlisted:29 Sep 1814
Date Discharged: 25 Apr 1815
Soldier's Death Date: 22 Apr 1856
Soldier's Death Place: Huntsville, Ala
Military Service Location: Mississippi
Pension Number - #1: WO 13682
Pension Number - #2: WC 12539
Bounty Land Number - #1: 7511 80 50
Bounty Land Number - #2: 44423 160 56
Roll Number: 1
Archive Publication Number: M313

3. Census records
Giles County, Tennessee 1830 census page 189 has Boas Aidy that I am certain is our Boaz Aday.  On the same census on page 186 is a Parker or Baker Ady female age 15-20 with a male less than 5 years old and a female less than 5 years old. Page 168 has Sally Aday a female age 20-30, with a male age 1015, female age 10-15 and a female age 5-10. Page 169 has Bows Aidy, male age 15-20, female age 15-20, female 15-20, female age 10-15, and a male age 5-10.  This last record is surely Boaz Walter Aday [1812 - 1891 Crawford Co AR] with possibly a young wife and several siblings.

4. Bray Ady
 I have found the name Bray Ady as a Tennessee Methodist Circuit Ridder in 1813.  I have always just took this to be a corruption for Boaz Aday.  Today, I again found a marriage record online in Madison County, Alabama marriage records that I remember seeing years ago but lost somewhere. The marriage record is
Ady, Brathein           Philips, Letity         31 Aug 1813     Madison
This throws into doubt that Bray is actually Boaz. But who else could it be? Old Boaz Aday was a Circuit Ridder according to many family stories. More questions than answers.


Monday, July 15, 2019

Monday, July 8, 2019

Old Pictures Rediscovered

 Found these in Sister Patsy's first Blog posts---this say Matilda Barnes--Aunt Tee.  Her daughter sent this to Patsy.  Now, which one is Aunt Tee, Fleta?
 Another one here is labeled Tommy Lou Gwaltney at 18 months.
This one is Richard Powell and Patsy Powell labeled "on Grandma's porch"

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Powell to Taylor DNA continues...


Descendants of Charles Powell / Sarah Gholson matches to James Taylor / Frances Walker / Mary Gregory.



Kit #/Name/wife or ?
 C Powell 1

Thelma P G 1  
A192101  Steve (T) g 1
13.3/5.3 +
145.4/3.7
A899047  Ben (T) g 1
 16.1/6.1 +
131.5/5.6 +
A863039  Anne (T) g 1
13.8/6.0 +
123.5/4.6
M211699  Allen (T) g 2
15.6/4.3
170.0/5.0 +
A141854  Debbie g 2
7.9/3.5
159.4/5.4 +
M133999  John H g 2
19.9/4.5
112.4/4.4
A323918  Betty g 1
18.0/3.9
143.9/4.1
A422362  Gladys g 2
8.8/3.1
151.0/5.6 +
A501196  Sheila F g ?
13.7/4.5
117.5/4.4
A274641  DSH g 2
12.5/4.8
96.3/3.7
A145388  BJH g 2
21.6/4.2
112.8/4.4
M182825 Catherine g 2
23.7/5.0 +
160.1/4.9
M192231  Andy g 2
15.9/4.9
120.1/4.3
A967209  Becky 2
9.1/3.9
93.3/3.5
T771254  Teresa 1
17.2/5.0 +
146.8/6.6 +
T813274  Tom 1
13.3/4.5
144.3/5.4 +
T915426  Marvin 1
12.3/3.2
151.1/4.5
T966605  Ray 1
8.5/3.2
186.3/6.8 +
A440919  TLH 2
3.1/1.7
180.6/5.5 +
A750522  Joyce B. ?
18.6/5.3 +
127.9/4.3
T097440  MHill ?
11.6/4.7
121.9/5.5 +
T820438  HillFam ?
9.6/5.4 +
137.0/4.8
M060705  James K. 1
30.0/4.8
168.7/4.4
M124232  Mladen g ?
4.4/1.7
168.9/4.7
A379648  Jeffrey ?1
22.4/4.7
168.5/5.7 +
A023013  Dawn g 1
 12.2/4.7
150.2/5.1 +
A920473  Stephen g 1
12.3/5.0
166.4/4.6
A317547  Thomas H (T)g?
MRCA 4.7   40.0/22.1
MRCA 6.8   141.3/8.5
M094229  Bob W. 2
 0.0/0.0
72.5/4.8
A246186   Mark E. 1
17.3/5.2 +
107.0/6.8 +
A555825   Koreen 1
11.3/5.4 +
110.6/4.1
A224642  Annmarie (T)?
4.1/4.1
150.8/3.9
M054266  Catrina g ?
5.9/5.9 +
20.2/3.5
A415609  Collier g 1
0.0/0.0
172.1/5.0 +
A516783  Larry (T)?
3.0/3.0
160.1/5.2 +
M416339  Donnie ?
5.9/5.9 +
63.2/4.1
A674906  RJBumgar 1
4.8/2.5
149.1/5.5 +
A879579  Rhonda M. 1
7.8/5.9 +
181.6/6.2 +
A542529  Mark (ELT) ?
21.8/5.6 +
120.6/4.2
A058443  Jim T. (T) g 1
0.0/0.0
184.5/5.3 +
T567172 Anita C-T ?
21.3/4.5
126.3/5.0 +
A594269  W G Will ?
28.0/4.4
157.1/4.4
M891068  Caroline C ?
0.0/0.0
57.9/5.2 +
A209734  P A Will ?
7.1/3.6
143.9/4.1
A221975 W. S. Will ?
20.2/5.1 +
114.1/4.6
M170119 Veronica W ?
13.8/4.4
145.7/5.6 +
(T727172 Gloria Tune 2)


T238964 R C Tune 2
8.3/4.7
143.6/5.2 +
T772666  S R McP 2
9.7/3.8
78.4/3.3
T232210  A D McP 2
5.5/3.8
87.1/3.4
T259432  J N Saun 2
7.7/2.9
168.1/5.2 +
A872592  Dave B  2
MRCA 7.5   17.0/7.4
MRCA 7.5   132.8/7.3
M570184  Megan g 1
8.7/4.2
187.3/4.7
T272292  Alfred K ?
12.1/4.1
108.2/3.6
A494058  L.K. s1?
1.2/1.2
13.5/5.5 +
A759000  Valarie 1
10.9/3.8
118.1/5.3 +
A070564  Carl W. s1?
0.0/0.0
24.2/4.1
T612212  M Cheek ?
8.3/3.4
MRCA 7.5   148.6/7.3
A076346 Chuck W 1
0.0/0.0
174.0/5.2 +
T095757  Laurie W 1
16.9/4.7
143.0/6.6 +
A162056  Chris T. (T)?
10.0/4.7
152.7/6.6 +
A868569  Ramona g 1
14.3/5.4 +
141.8/5.0 +
T868597  Fred P. 1
3.9/2.8
137.1/6.7 +
A050343 Marilyn L (T) 2
14.1/7.0 +
MRCA 4.5    191.6/29.2
A912243  Joseph T. ?
19.9/4.9
113.7/5.0 +
A174146 Nan Hlavaz ?
1.1/1.1
139.0/3.9
A118972 Sanna D. g *
12.0/3.5
129.2/5.7 +
A622924  mskayty s*
0.0/0.0
17.8/3.0
A503002  Eliza M *
0.0/0.0
141.2/3.7
A134182 T Cooper*
12.4/3.3
135.7/5.2 +
A179498 Terry g #
0.0/0.0
141.9/3.2
T051291 Walt DeM*
11.4/3.4
143.0/5.7 +
T458505  HHKing*
27.1/5.1 +
121.9/3.4
M913514  JSabol 1
5.4/5.4 +
51.1/4.7
M629568  Louisa 1&2
7.5/6.0 +
39.3/5.1 +
A682437  Barlow T ?
10.8/3.7
143.6/4.9
(T522149  S J Taylor ?)


A375202  Laura W ?
3.2/3.2
122.9/4.8
A521755  V F K ?
8.0/4.2
108.4/3.7
A109353  M Kaelin ?
0.0/0.0
170.0/4.2
A671800 David N 1
6.6/3.4
88.7/4.0
A570178 Christy T J (T) ?
9.5/4.3
133.4/3.8
T184852  Wm D Sprigg 1
28.5/4.1
MRCA 7.5   154.5/7.2
A416364 Susan Wann 1
8.8/6.7 +
164.5/4.7
A838650  Joan R ?
8.3/3.9
153.2/3.1
A271240  Jamie DeH 1
0.0/0.0
154.7/4.3
A893563 Leard M ?
14.9/5.6 +
141.8/4.3
A265249 Billy Taylor (T) ?
4.6/4.6
154.3/5.4 +
A699486  C Stelly ?
0.0/0.0
148.2/6.3 +
M679136  John Ellis 2
0.0/0.0
MRCA 7.4   76.0/7.8
A858898 Chrystal S **
0.0/0.0
96.0/4.8
A089957 Lee Ann P 2
11.0/3.6
107.6/4.3
M185013 Cindy G 2
5.2/5.2 +
54.6/4.1
A066476  Chere Lee 2
19.2/5.9
141.3/4.3
A686798  J McManus 2
0.0/0.0
166.6/4.6
A977861  L Withers H ?
1.4/1.4
149.5/5.1
A340513 E L Hudman ?
13.0/4.5
MRCA 7.5   149.3/7.2
A475305 Rob Helvey 2
3.9/3.9
139.1/6.9 +
A952896  James T Sr (T)?
17.6/4.6
12 2.0/3.7
A396979 Michael Lilly 1
0.0/0.0
157.8/6.1 +
A397357 Marty Nash ?
MRCA 6.9   11.4/8.4
148.3/3.7
A206569  Sherman T (T)?
8.6/5.8 +
124.2/3.6
A896328 Wm Hurley 1
0.0/0.0
193.8/4.3
T809421 Ellen Hendry 2
12.9/5.2 +
MRCA 6.2   156.7/9.1
A146100  M Hubbard 2
3.9/3.9
185.3/5.7 +
M192188 Lena Atkins g ?
1.3/1.3
51.3/6.1 +
A608298  Brett K ?
10.3/5.0 +
105.5/3.5
A802454  Rosie P g ?
11.7/3.8
141.3/3.9
A439162  Mary T  (T)?
0.0/0.0
171.2/4.5
T545217  Matt (T) ?
8.7/3.8
131.8/5.3 +
A745881  Bruce L  1
0.0/0.0
155.4/4.6
A906657  Andrew T (T) ?
13.0/3.5
163.9/6.4 +
A294038  Daniel T (T) ?
33.0/7.0 +
158.7/6.4 +
A116504  Clara g ?
6.9/4.9
131.3/4.3
A160769 Ken Lingle ?
0.0/0.0
176.8/4.7
A323478  Bryan T. g?
6.5/5.3 +
146.4/4.7
T138814  Laurel  ?
23.6/4.7
170.9/4.3
T456753  R Chandler ?
24.1/6.6 +
148.5/6.4 +
(A168253  Dana Hayes ?)

A848447  Tommy ?
15.4/4.2
149.8/4.8
A198410  Nickey S ?
3.9/2.5
119.6/4.4
A439351  Dennis R ?
0.0/0.0
114.2/4.7
M796842 Pam F g 1
3.7/2.3
68.6/5.6 +
A960431 J D Taylor  S
21.2/5.3 +
164.8/5.4 +
A177736  Bill G ?
13.3/4.0
152.2/4.7
A926422 J W Jones ***
18.4/5.8 +
143.0/6.3 +
A720262  David Botts  2
0.0/0.0
131.4/5.3 +
A787530  Christie R ?
1.6/1.6
165.3/5.2 +
A344352  M Wolford J 1
5.3/5.3 +
157.9/4.8
A888498  M Lester  ?
MRCA 7.5   19.9/7.0 +
154.5/5.8 +
A202286  L Lester  ?
21.9/5.4 +
119.8/6.6 +
A754543  P A Beal g 1
26.1/5.5 +
142.0/4.0
A573901 Rebecca Lee g ?
20.9/4.0
155.3/4.5
HH8021525 K. Kreutzer g S
0.0/0.0
130.1/4.6
A015288  Penny B  g 1
8.6/4.7
143.1/6.5 +
A923506  Steve L g ?
4.1/2.8
13 3.4/5.2 +
ES9721169  Penny T g ?
MRCA 7.5   323.4/7.1
0.0/0.0
(MX3294677  Kevin Hall g 2)

BZ4857535  Carrie C (T) g?
3.6/1.9
133.0/3.2
T023752  MJHollowayH g?
16.7/4.9
143.4/5.6 +
A055703  S T Scott g #
 0.0/0.0
163.4/5.1 +
28.3/6.3 +
109.9/3.3
A448329 Julie Taylor g ?
4.7/3.7
157.4/3.8
A934598 Kath Apel g ?
8.4/4.0
112.3/3.8
DG6914272 Kris Thomp g 1
MRCA 5.4   420.1/9.8
0.0/0.0
LA3207455 Kris Thiltgen g 1
 0.0/0.0
162.3/4.0
M308541 Dawn W M g ?
9.4/6.1 +
MRCA 4.7   82.8/13.9
QC2831725 Reggie g 1
5.9/3.2
MRCA 6.5   147.5/8.8
T266975  Doreen  g ?
23.9/4.8
134.4/6.8
A222646 S. Montavon  g 1
8.0/6.7 +
152.0/3.4
A467519 Cheryl A g 1
0.0/0.0
170.2/6.8 +
TP3805209  Ray L W g 1
4.3/4.3
129.1/3.6
A366074  Irene C D g ?
3.3/1.9
152.5/6.0 +
A153915  Betty P R  g 1
MRCA 1.2   2862.6/109.8
MRCA 2.4   639.6/44.8
A108458  J B Powell  g 1
MRCA 2.4   532.7/63.7
MRCA 3.2   313.0/50.8
BH7199313 Rob Aday  g 1
MRCA 2.1   798.4/47.5
MRCA 3.9   216.3/28.6
XJ5444703 Geo Aday  g 1
MRCA 1.5   1731.1/83.0
MRCA 3.4   280.7/33.5
UW1474958 C Powell  g 1
self
MRCA 2.6   419.8/41.3
A771425  Thelma P G  g 1
MRCA 2.6   419.8/41.3
self

1 behind name = descends from James Taylor I & first wife (Frances? Walker?)
2 behind name = descends from James Taylor I & second wife, Mary Gregory
? behind name = connection unknown or not proven or questionable
* behind name = descends from Rev. Daniel Taylor
** behind name = descends from John Taylor & Alice Gaskins?
*** behind name = descends from Simon Taylor (Richard Taylor & Sarah)
# behind name = descends from Andrew Taylor line of Ireland, came later to the colonies
+ following cM = one or more DNA segments of 5 to 7 cM included in this total
(around number & name) = no longer on GEDmatch
MRCA = Most Recent Common Ancestor (number of generations is ESTIMATED)
cM = unit for measuring genetic linkage. Used to infer distance along a chromosome. It is not a true physical distance.
cM/cM = total of lengths of common DNA segments/longest DNA segment in common