Darbys of Denver, Arkansas

Cazie Darby, Loyd and Clifford Cody and Henry Riggs

Cazie, Oscar and Herman Darby

 Herman, Richard and Cazie Darby

Anderson Pinkney Darby is the father of the Darby boys in the pictures.  He married Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Anderson.   She was the daughter of Richard Anderson and Cynthia Emeline Matlock.  Anderson's parents were Levi Cazie Darby and Margaret McKee.  Margaret's parents were John McKee and Mary Susan Carpenter.  John's mother was Phanny Carpenter.  Mary Susan was William Wesley Carpenter's sister.  William Wesley was Grandma Martha  Jane Carpenter Gaddy's father.  So all the Denver Darby's our kinfolk.

John McKee's and Mary Susan Carpenter's daughter Sarah McKee married John Cody--who were the parents of Lee Cody who married Mary Elizabeth Betty Blevin's' who owned the Cedar Chest Collection.

Eula Darby was by second grade teacher.  She married Dewey Wendell Darby.  They had two children Gail and Terry.  Wendell was the son of Oscar (pictured above and Oscar was a son of Anderson Pinkney Darby whose mother was Margaret McKee whose mother was Mary Susan Carpenter--my Grandmother Martha Jane Carpenter's aunt!  But our kinship to Gail and Terry don't stop there.

It's complicated.   Eula Herriman Darby's father was Luther Milton Herriman.  Luther Herriman's mother was Mary Evannie Maples.  Mary Evannie Maples father was Russell Reno Maples was a half brother to my Grandmother Gertrude Maples Powell's father William Burl Maples.

So my classmate, Gail Darby, was kin to me twice through both her mother and her father.  I wish I had know then we were related.  She was always so extra nice, kind, humble--quite the opposite of me!

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.