Mincy School

This is the Mincy School in Missouri.  Don't know the year or who is in the photo.  Mary Elizabeth Mahnkey lived near here.  I love the book about her, Candle Within her Soul.

Commonplace

I stick smart weed and beggar lice in with my bouquet

And then I smile when my friends begin to say,

"How beautiful, how delicate, what can these blossoms be?"

"Oh, yes," I say, "Oh, yes, but it takes one just like me

To show you all that common things have beauty, charm and grace,

.....But not until you see them stuck in a crystal vase."

Mary Elizabeth Mahnkey

Emma Blevins Long

 This is Emma Blevins Long and her daughter Stella.  Emma was born in  November 1871 in Arkansas, her father, Isham Martin Blevins, was 30, and her mother, Catherine Matlock Blevins, was 25. She married James Albert Long in 1893. They had six children in 13 years. She died in 1942 at the age of 71, and was buried in Collinsville, Texas.

The photo was probably sent back to her sister Elizabeth Blevins Cody from Texas.  Today we might send a photo standing by our car back home to family.  Emma sent a picture of her cow, a family prized possession!

Lee Henry Cody

When Lee Henry Cody was born on January 29, 1880, in Arkansas, his father, John, was 34 and his mother, Sarah, was 30. He had two sons and one daughter with Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" BLEVINS between 1908 and 1916. He died on June 18, 1949, in Carroll County, Arkansas, at the age of 69, and was buried in the Denver Cemetery.  His mother was Sarah Mckee Cody.

Anderson Pinkney Darby

Anderson P. Darby and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Anderson married in 1903.  They lived near Denver, AR.  The picture below is from the Betty Blevins Cody Cedar Chest Collection.  Above Anderson and Betty are pictured near Denver, AR at an older age.

Anderson and Betty Darby were born in 1883.  Anderson was the son of Levi Cazey Darby and Margaret Mckee.  Margaret was the daughter of John Mckee and Mary Susan Carpenter.  Mary Susan Carpenter and our Grandfather William Wesley Carpenter were siblings!

The picture of Anderson P. Darby is from the Betty Blevins' Cody collection and below is a copy of the same photo from Ancestry.  Same picture from different sources.  

This photo from Ancestry is Anderson and Betty Anderson Darby and three of their children:  left to right are Oscar, Clara and baby Herman Darby.

 This photo from Ancestry is Mary Elizabeth Anderson and her sisters.  Back row left to right: Belle and Cassie and front left to right Dela and Betty.  The Anderson's father was Richard Anderson and their mother was Cynthia Emeline Matlock.  Cynthia Emeline was a sister to Betty Blevins Cody's mother, Catherine; thus, the four Anderson girls were first cousins of Betty Blevins Cody.  Anderson P. Darby was a first cousin to Lee Henry Cody (Betty's husband).

I can't help but ponder--was Anderson P. Darby is some way related to Richard Anderson, father of the four sisters above?    Cynthia Matlock husband Richard Anderson died in July of 1893.  Cynthia married two more times--James Hobbs and Green Asbury Williams.

Perry Cody and Arvilla Cody

This is brother and sister, William Perry Cody (Coady) and Arvilla Cody.  They are children of John C. and Sarah McKee Cody.   Perry was born in Oct. 1885 and Arvilla in 1888 near Denver AR.  This photo is from Betty Blevins Cody's Cedar Chest Collection.  Perry and Arvilla are siblings of Betty's husband, Lee Henry Cody!

Perry Cody married Josephine Carpenter, daughter of Eli Carpenter.  Josie was Grandpa Gaddy's first cousin.  Arvilla married Charles Henry Avery.  Charles was the son of John and Martha Jane Mattox Avery.  Martha Avery was a daughter of Redden Mattox.

The families in the photos contained in the Cedar Chest of Betty Blevins Cody all have a connection by family or place.  Sorting out the families is complicated but possible.  I want to thank Bob Thompson for sharing the photos with the Three Sisters!

Sally and Nola Miles

Nola and Sally Miles were sisters, daughters of William Edward Miles and Sarah Elizabeth Cody Miles.  (Sarah Cody was Lee Cody's sister, Lee Betty Blevins' husband).Nola married Robert Roberts and Sally married Alfred Bess.  Nola and Robert Roberts are on the left and Sally and Alfred Bess on the right.

Robert Roberts was born July 7, 1888 and Nola Miles July 30, 1897.  They were parents of R. J. Roberts, who was the father of Steven Roberts.  Steve's partial obituary:  Steven Roberts, age 60, of Omaha, Arkansas, passed away Friday, April 17, 2015, at his home. He was born January 14, 1955, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the son of Robert Justin “RJ” and Jeanie (Pugh) Roberts, who preceded him in death. 

 I found these three pictures that relate to the first old photo at Ancestry.  First, one her porch is Nola Miles Roberts.  I think the picture was taken in Ok.  Below, is her husband Robert Justin Roberts (he was called Bob).

This last photo is of the Nola and Bob's grandson, Steve, when he was in High School in Tulsa, OK,  1971. 

Smith Matlock

This is from "Find A Grave"

Birth: Dec. 15, 1852

Denver

Carroll County

Arkansas, USA

Death: Jan. 5, 1916

Omaha

Boone County

Arkansas, USA

Matlock Smith 15 Dec 1852 5 - Jan.1916

Matlock Mary E. 30 June 1855  

 Spouse:

  Mary Elizabeth Butler Matlock (1855 - 1929)*

 Children:

  Asbury Vespucius Matlock (1874 - 1894)*

  Effie Alice Matlock Hulen (1884 - 1916)*

  Walter Lafayette Matlock (1888 - 1976)*

Burial:

Cottonwood Cemetery 

Boone County

Arkansas, USA

 This is Smith Matlock with two of his sons.  The picture card was sent to Betty Blevins Cody by the son standing to the left.  I think Smith was a "blacksmith".

The card says, " that is the one that got his leg broke.  He can't walk good yet.  His name is Jodie?."  Goes on to say, "Bettie, this is me and paw and one of my brothers.  It was dark where I was standing."

William Riley Benton

William Riley Blevins

Born 1899 in Boone County, AR

William Benton was the son of John and Caroline M. Edmondson Benton.  Caroline Edmondson was Betty Blevins Cody's first cousin through her mother Catherine Matlock.  Catherine's sister Nancy Harriett Matlock married an Edmondson who died during the Civil War.  She married second to a White.  Nancy Matlock was only a half sister to Catherine Matlock.  

This picture is from the Betty  Blevins Cody cedar chest collection

c

William Blevins 1872-1920

William M. Blevins and 

Minnie Slaten Blevins

with their child

This photo is from the Betty Blevins Cody cedar chest collection.
William Blevins is the son of James K. Polk and Sarah Jane Matlock Blevins.  He is Betty Blevins Cody's first cousin (double--both parents were siblings).  He went by the name Bill.  The child is likely their first, Evert (1908-1909) or second Iris E. Blevins.  James K. Polk and Sarah Jane Matlock Blevins died when their children were young.  Isham Martin Blevins (Betty's father) took the children into his home.  He was James Blevins' brother and his wife, Catherine, was their mother's sister!

Bessie Cloud

Bessie Cloud
From Betty Blevins Cody cedar chest collection.

notes from Fleta:

I think she was Bessie May Cloud, married Alvah Varner


 I found this tree online
  2-William Alvah 'Alvah' Varner b. 26 Feb 1885, Green Forest, Carroll Co AR, d. 30 Jun 1947, Taft, Kern Co
  CA, bur. Union Cemetery, Kern Co CA
  +Bessie May Cloud b. 26 Sep 1894, Sneedsville, Hancock Co TN, m. 26 Oct 1912, Carroll Co AR,
  d. 10 Mar 1922, Taft, Kern Co CA, bur. Union Cemetery, Kern Co CA
    3-Bernice Varner b. 3 Jan 1913, AR, d. 3 Jun 2003, bur. West Side District Cemetery, Taft, Kern, CA
    +Cecil Tanner bur. West Side District Cemetery, Taft, Kern, CA
    3-Lucille 'Luke' Varner b. 31 Dec 1920, Taft, Kern Co CA, d. 15 Jun 2001, Taft, Kern Co CA,
    bur. West Side District Cemetery, Taft, Kern, CA
    m. 22 Mar 1944, Las Vegas, , Nevada
    3-Maxine Varner d. Jul 2001, bur. West Side District Cemetery, Taft, Kern, CA


Ancestry has her a daughter  of Joseph Cloud and Ruth Lucinda Jefferson (or maybe Foley) in Hancock Co TN.


buried here Kern Co CA
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=varner&GSfn=bessie&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=6&GScnty=197&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=25158034&df=all&

Birth:	1894
Death:	Mar. 10, 1922
Erickson and Brown Funeral Home Records, Taft, CA: Book D, Line 72 Varner Bessie ca 1894 10 March 1922- Age about 28 yrs. Union Cem. Bakersfield, Ca. Father: J. H. Cloud - Tenn. Mother: Not Listed. Spouse: Not Listed Chg. William A. Varner 512 Shattuck St. Taft, Ca. Phy. H. M. Hawkens. Family links:  Spouse:   William Alvah Varner (1885 - 1947) Inscription: Bessie May wife of W. A. Varner Sep. 26, 1894 Mar. 10, 1922 MOTHER Only Sleeping
Burial: Union Cemetery Bakersfield Kern County California, USA Plot: 1091 - 10

Name:	Bessie Cloud
Gender:	Female
Age:	19
Birth Year:	abt 1893
Residence:	Denver, Carroll, Arkansas
Spouse's Name:	Alvah Varner
Spouse's Gender:	Male
Spouse's Age:	27
Spouse's Residence:	Green Forest, Carroll, Arkansas
Marriage Date:	26 Oct 1912
Marriage License Date:	8 Oct 1912
Marriage County:	Carroll
Event Type:	Marriage
FHL Film Number:	1035336

Arvilla E. Cody

This picture is from the cedar chest collection of Betty Blevins Cody.  This collection was shared with the Three Sisters by her grandson, Robert Thompson.

Arvilla E. Cody (1890-1970) and

Charles Henry Avery

 The writing on the back of this picture says the photo is of Arvill and Abb Miles, but as I investigated these families, I think it is Arvilla Cody and her husband, Charles Henry Avery.  The tiny print at the bottom says the picture is of the parents of Beatrice Mastropolito.   Her parents were Arvilla E. Cody and Charles Avery.  Arvilla E. Cody is the sister of Lee Cody, husband of Mary Elizabeth Blevins Cody.

We would welcome information concerning this photo.