Mostly Angels in the Sky

Isaac Newton Smith^1,2

Family

TMG ID:98241, (11 Oct 1839 - 27 Feb 1912)

Father*

Lewis Morrison Smith¹ B: 10 Nov 1810, D: 1 Mar 1851

Mother*

Elizabeth Snyder¹ B: 19 Nov 1815, D: c 1899

Vital Statistics

Born: Isaac Newton Smith was born on Friday, 11 Oct 1839, at Adams County, Illinois^G.^1,2
Died on Tuesday, 27 Feb 1912 at Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon^G, at age 72 years, 4 months and 16 days.²
Interred after 27 Feb 1912 at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Isaac Newton Smith was the son of: Lewis Morrison Smith and Elizabeth Snyder.¹

Other Major Events

Military: at Washington Territory^G, Isaac Newton Smith military service, Company E, Ist Regiment, Washington Territory Volunteers, US Civil War.²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	15 Nov 1850, Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G	Lewis Morrison Smith, Elizabeth Snyder, Joseph C. Smith, John L. Smith, Francis Marion Smith, Charles Jasper Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Baccus¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Nov 1850, Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G

Lewis Morrison Smith, Elizabeth Snyder, Joseph C. Smith, John L. Smith, Francis Marion Smith, Charles Jasper Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Baccus¹

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

4 Oct 2020

Francis Marion Smith^1,2

Family

TMG ID:98242, (5 Aug 1841 - 26 Aug 1905)

Father*

Lewis Morrison Smith¹ B: 10 Nov 1810, D: 1 Mar 1851

Mother*

Elizabeth Snyder¹ B: 19 Nov 1815, D: c 1899

Vital Statistics

Born: Francis Marion Smith was born on Thursday, 5 Aug 1841, at Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G.^1,2
Died on Saturday, 26 Aug 1905 at Payson, Adams County, Illinois^G, at age 64 years and 21 days.²
Interred after 26 Aug 1905 at Fall Creek Methodist Protestant Cemetery, Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Francis Marion Smith was the son of: Lewis Morrison Smith and Elizabeth Snyder.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "F.M."²

Other Major Events

Military: Francis Marion Smith military service, Corporal, Company K, 16th Illinois Infantry regiment, US Civil War.²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	15 Nov 1850, Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G	Lewis Morrison Smith, Elizabeth Snyder, Joseph C. Smith, John L. Smith, Isaac Newton Smith, Charles Jasper Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Baccus¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Nov 1850, Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G

Lewis Morrison Smith, Elizabeth Snyder, Joseph C. Smith, John L. Smith, Isaac Newton Smith, Charles Jasper Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Baccus¹

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

4 Oct 2020

Charles Jasper Smith¹

Family

TMG ID:98243, (1845 - 8 Mar 1888)

Father*

Lewis Morrison Smith² B: 10 Nov 1810, D: 1 Mar 1851

Mother*

Elizabeth Snyder² B: 19 Nov 1815, D: c 1899

Vital Statistics

Born: Charles Jasper Smith was born in 1845, at Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G.^2,1
Died on Thursday, 8 Mar 1888 at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri^G, at age 43 years.¹
Interred after 8 Mar 1888 at Fall Creek Methodist Protestant Cemetery, Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Charles Jasper Smith was the son of: Lewis Morrison Smith and Elizabeth Snyder.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Jasper"^2,1

Memorable Moments & Stories

Anecdote: in 1880, Charles Jasper Smith and John L. Smith After the death of his brother, John L., in 1880, Jasper married John's wife Isadora and had a son, George.¹

Other Major Events

Military: Charles Jasper Smith military service, Company E, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, US Civil War.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	15 Nov 1850, Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G	Lewis Morrison Smith, Elizabeth Snyder, Joseph C. Smith, John L. Smith, Isaac Newton Smith, Francis Marion Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Baccus²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Nov 1850, Fall Creek, Adams County, Illinois^G

Lewis Morrison Smith, Elizabeth Snyder, Joseph C. Smith, John L. Smith, Isaac Newton Smith, Francis Marion Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Baccus²

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

Last Edited

4 Oct 2020

Sarah Ann Hornbeck^1,2

Family

TMG ID:98244, (1836 - 1905)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Hornbeck¹ B: Apr 1814, D: Jan 1901

Mother*

Mariah Plum¹ B: 1 Oct 1814, D: 3 Aug 1840

Step-mother

Nancy Snider¹ B: c 1811, D: 22 Mar 1851

Vital Statistics

Born: Sarah Ann Hornbeck was born in 1836, at Ohio^G.^1,2
Interred in 1905 at Clarksburg Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas^G.²
Died in 1905 at age 69 years.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Sarah Ann Hornbeck was the daughter of: John Hornbeck and Mariah Plum.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1855, her married name became Mrs. Golden (née Hornbeck).²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1855, Sarah, age 19 years, and Mahlon Golden, age 33 years were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1855, Sarah, age 19 years, and Mahlon Golden, age 33 years were married.²

Children of: Sarah Ann Hornbeck and Mahlon Golden

John W. Golden+² B: 28 Oct 1855, D: 10 Feb 1934
Robert M. Golden² B: 27 Dec 1856, D: 13 Apr 1923
Maria Golden² B: 3 Sep 1858, D: 16 Sep 1937
Elnora Golden² B: 25 Jun 1864, D: 17 Jul 1935

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1850	16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1850

16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

5 Oct 2020

William H. Hornbeck^1,2

Family

TMG ID:98245, (1837 - 21 Dec 1922)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Hornbeck¹ B: Apr 1814, D: Jan 1901

Mother*

Mariah Plum¹ B: 1 Oct 1814, D: 3 Aug 1840

Step-mother

Nancy Snider¹ B: c 1811, D: 22 Mar 1851

Vital Statistics

Born: William H. Hornbeck was born in 1837, at Pickaway County, Ohio^G.^1,2
Died on Thursday, 21 Dec 1922 at Harrison Twp., Vernon County, Missouri^G, at age 85 years. Details as recorded: 03:45 PM Cause of Death: mitral regurgitation Duration: several years. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Nancy M. Hornbeck.^2,3
Interred on Saturday, 23 Dec 1922 at Heavisides Cemetery, Vernon County, Missouri^G.^2,3

Obituary & Other Vital Info

William H. Hornbeck was the son of: John Hornbeck and Mariah Plum.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1882, William, age 45 years, and Anna L. Graham, age 19 years, daughter of: Samuel Graham and Emma Jane Dacon, were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1882, William, age 45 years, and Anna L. Graham, age 19 years, daughter of: Samuel Graham and Emma Jane Dacon, were married.²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1850	16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1920	12 Jan 1920, Harrison Twp., Vernon County, Missouri^G	Benjamin Franklin Hornbeck, Nancy M. Hornbeck and Sarah Elizabeth Smith⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1850

16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1920

12 Jan 1920, Harrison Twp., Vernon County, Missouri^G

Benjamin Franklin Hornbeck, Nancy M. Hornbeck and Sarah Elizabeth Smith⁴

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.

Last Edited

9 Oct 2020

Margaret Hornbeck¹

Family

TMG ID:98246, (7 Jan 1839 - 11 Nov 1919)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Hornbeck¹ B: Apr 1814, D: Jan 1901

Mother*

Mariah Plum¹ B: 1 Oct 1814, D: 3 Aug 1840

Step-mother

Nancy Snider¹ B: c 1811, D: 22 Mar 1851

Vital Statistics

Born: Margaret Hornbeck was born on Monday, 7 Jan 1839, at Ohio^G.^1,2
Died on Tuesday, 11 Nov 1919 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G, at age 80 years, 10 months and 4 days. Details as recorded: 02:30 AM Cause of Death: chronic nephritis Contributory: senility. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Harry A. Hewitt.²
Interred on Wednesday, 12 Nov 1919 at Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri^G.^2,3

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Margaret Hornbeck was the daughter of: John Hornbeck and Mariah Plum.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Hewitt (née Hornbeck).³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Margaret and Joseph Allen Hewitt were married.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Margaret and Joseph Allen Hewitt were married.³

Children of: Margaret Hornbeck and Joseph Allen Hewitt

Charles Hewitt⁵ B: c 1871
Jociefen Hewitt⁵ B: c 1873
William Hewitt⁵ B: c 1876
Nettie M. Hewitt⁴ B: 28 Oct 1878, D: 5 Mar 1913
Harry A. Hewitt² B: 25 Oct 1881, D: 15 Aug 1927
Frank C. Hewitt⁴ B: c 1885

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1850	16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1910	19 Apr 1910, 3414 Lexington Ave., Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G	Sarah Baccus and Lewis Morrison Smith⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1850

16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1910

19 Apr 1910, 3414 Lexington Ave., Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G

Sarah Baccus and Lewis Morrison Smith⁴

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	Kinderhook Twp., Pike County, Illinois^G	keeping house⁵
circa Apr 1910	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G	own income⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

Kinderhook Twp., Pike County, Illinois^G

keeping house⁵

circa Apr 1910

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G

own income⁴

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.

Last Edited

8 Oct 2020

Mary Catherine Hornbeck^1,2

Family

TMG ID:98247, (7 Jun 1843 - 17 Dec 1930)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Hornbeck¹ B: Apr 1814, D: Jan 1901

Mother*

Nancy Snider¹ B: c 1811, D: 22 Mar 1851

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Catherine Hornbeck was born on Wednesday, 7 Jun 1843, at Ohio^G.^1,2
Died on Wednesday, 17 Dec 1930 at Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G, at age 87 years, 6 months and 10 days.²
Interred after 17 Dec 1930 at Modesto Citizens Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mary Catherine Hornbeck was the daughter of: John Hornbeck and Nancy Snider.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Clingan (née Hornbeck).²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Mary and Francis W. Clingan were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mary and Francis W. Clingan were married.²

Children of: Mary Catherine Hornbeck and Francis W. Clingan

Nancy Rachel Clingan² B: 23 Jan 1878, D: 20 Aug 1962
Mary Elizabeth Clingan+² B: 22 Jun 1884, D: 27 Dec 1938

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1850	16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1860	9 Jun 1860, Post Office: Hamilton, Montebello, Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Elizabeth Snyder, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck, John Wesley Hornbeck, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Nancy M. Hornbeck, Lydia J. Hornbeck, Benjamin Franklin Hornbeck and Rachel Hornbeck³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1850

16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1860

9 Jun 1860, Post Office: Hamilton, Montebello, Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Elizabeth Snyder, Elizabeth Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck, John Wesley Hornbeck, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Nancy M. Hornbeck, Lydia J. Hornbeck, Benjamin Franklin Hornbeck and Rachel Hornbeck³

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.

Last Edited

4 Oct 2020

Elizabeth Hornbeck¹

Family

TMG ID:98248, (c 1845 - )

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Hornbeck¹ B: Apr 1814, D: Jan 1901

Mother*

Nancy Snider¹ B: c 1811, D: 22 Mar 1851

Vital Statistics

Born: Elizabeth Hornbeck was born circa 1845, at Ohio^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Elizabeth Hornbeck was the daughter of: John Hornbeck and Nancy Snider.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1850	16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1860	9 Jun 1860, Post Office: Hamilton, Montebello, Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Elizabeth Snyder, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck, John Wesley Hornbeck, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Nancy M. Hornbeck, Lydia J. Hornbeck, Benjamin Franklin Hornbeck and Rachel Hornbeck²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1850

16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1860

9 Jun 1860, Post Office: Hamilton, Montebello, Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Elizabeth Snyder, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Simon P. Hornbeck, John Wesley Hornbeck, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Nancy M. Hornbeck, Lydia J. Hornbeck, Benjamin Franklin Hornbeck and Rachel Hornbeck²

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.

Last Edited

4 Oct 2020

Simon P. Hornbeck^1,2

Family

TMG ID:98249, (6 Feb 1847 - 1 Jul 1930)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Hornbeck¹ B: Apr 1814, D: Jan 1901

Mother*

Nancy Snider¹ B: c 1811, D: 22 Mar 1851

Vital Statistics

Born: Simon P. Hornbeck was born on Saturday, 6 Feb 1847, at Illinois^G.^1,2
Died on Tuesday, 1 Jul 1930 at age 83 years, 4 months and 25 days.²
Interred after 1 Jul 1930 at Holly Cemetery, Holly, Prowers County, Colorado^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Simon P. Hornbeck was the son of: John Hornbeck and Nancy Snider.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1876, Simon, age 28 years, and Mary I. (?), age 23 years were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1876, Simon, age 28 years, and Mary I. (?), age 23 years were married.²

Child of: Simon P. Hornbeck and Mary I. (?)

Albert Walker Hornbeck² B: 17 Jan 1877, D: 23 Jul 1938

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1850	16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹
Census-1860	9 Jun 1860, Post Office: Hamilton, Montebello, Hancock County, Illinois^G	John Hornbeck, Elizabeth Snyder, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, John Wesley Hornbeck, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Nancy M. Hornbeck, Lydia J. Hornbeck, Benjamin Franklin Hornbeck and Rachel Hornbeck³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

4 Nov 1850, Hancock County, Illinois^G, Note: John and family is counted twice in the 1850 census, by the same enumerator: Wesley Williams

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1850

16 Nov 1850, Sonora Twp., Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Nancy Snider, Sarah Ann Hornbeck, William H. Hornbeck, Margaret Hornbeck, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck and John Wesley Hornbeck¹

Census-1860

9 Jun 1860, Post Office: Hamilton, Montebello, Hancock County, Illinois^G

John Hornbeck, Elizabeth Snyder, Mary Catherine Hornbeck, Elizabeth Hornbeck, John Wesley Hornbeck, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Nancy M. Hornbeck, Lydia J. Hornbeck, Benjamin Franklin Hornbeck and Rachel Hornbeck³

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.

Last Edited

8 Oct 2020

Francis W. Clingan¹

Family

TMG ID:98251, (17 Dec 1845 - 17 Jul 1920)

Vital Statistics

Born: Francis W. Clingan was born on Wednesday, 17 Dec 1845, at Pennsylvania^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 17 Jul 1920 at Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G, at age 74 years and 7 months.¹
Interred after 17 Jul 1920 at Modesto Citizens Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Francis and Mary Catherine Hornbeck, daughter of: John Hornbeck and Nancy Snider, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Francis and Mary Catherine Hornbeck, daughter of: John Hornbeck and Nancy Snider, were married.¹

Children of: Francis W. Clingan and Mary Catherine Hornbeck

Nancy Rachel Clingan¹ B: 23 Jan 1878, D: 20 Aug 1962
Mary Elizabeth Clingan+¹ B: 22 Jun 1884, D: 27 Dec 1938

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

4 Oct 2020

Nancy Rachel Clingan¹

Family

TMG ID:98252, (23 Jan 1878 - 20 Aug 1962)

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis W. Clingan¹ B: 17 Dec 1845, D: 17 Jul 1920

Mother*

Mary Catherine Hornbeck¹ B: 7 Jun 1843, D: 17 Dec 1930

Vital Statistics

Born: Nancy Rachel Clingan was born on Wednesday, 23 Jan 1878, at Kansas^G.¹
Died on Monday, 20 Aug 1962 at Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G, at age 84 years, 6 months and 28 days.¹
Interred after 20 Aug 1962 at Modesto Citizens Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Nancy Rachel Clingan was the daughter of: Francis W. Clingan and Mary Catherine Hornbeck.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Nanna"¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

4 Oct 2020

Mary Elizabeth Clingan¹

Family

TMG ID:98253, (22 Jun 1884 - 27 Dec 1938)

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis W. Clingan¹ B: 17 Dec 1845, D: 17 Jul 1920

Mother*

Mary Catherine Hornbeck¹ B: 7 Jun 1843, D: 17 Dec 1930

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Elizabeth Clingan was born on Sunday, 22 Jun 1884, at Galva, McPherson County, Kansas^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 27 Dec 1938 at Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G, at age 54 years, 6 months and 5 days.¹
Interred after 27 Dec 1938 at Modesto Citizens Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mary Elizabeth Clingan was the daughter of: Francis W. Clingan and Mary Catherine Hornbeck.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Pearson (née Clingan).¹
Nick-Name: her nickname was "Bessie"¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Mary and David Henry Pearson were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mary and David Henry Pearson were married.¹

Child of: Mary Elizabeth Clingan and David Henry Pearson

Leslie Ethel Pearson+¹ B: 20 Oct 1893, D: 9 Dec 1972

Citations

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David Henry Pearson¹

Family

TMG ID:98254, (18 May 1869 - 7 Apr 1926)

Vital Statistics

Born: David Henry Pearson was born on Tuesday, 18 May 1869, at California^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 7 Apr 1926 at Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G, at age 56 years, 10 months and 20 days.¹
Interred after 7 Apr 1926 at Modesto Citizens Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	David and Mary Elizabeth Clingan, daughter of: Francis W. Clingan and Mary Catherine Hornbeck, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

David and Mary Elizabeth Clingan, daughter of: Francis W. Clingan and Mary Catherine Hornbeck, were married.¹

Child of: David Henry Pearson and Mary Elizabeth Clingan

Leslie Ethel Pearson+¹ B: 20 Oct 1893, D: 9 Dec 1972

Citations

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Leslie Ethel Pearson¹

Family

TMG ID:98255, (20 Oct 1893 - 9 Dec 1972)

Relationship:

4th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

David Henry Pearson¹ B: 18 May 1869, D: 7 Apr 1926

Mother*

Mary Elizabeth Clingan¹ B: 22 Jun 1884, D: 27 Dec 1938

Vital Statistics

Born: Leslie Ethel Pearson was born on Friday, 20 Oct 1893, at Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 9 Dec 1972 at Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G, at age 79 years, 1 month and 19 days.¹
Interred after 9 Dec 1972 at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Leslie Ethel Pearson was the daughter of: David Henry Pearson and Mary Elizabeth Clingan.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Holloway (née Pearson).¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Leslie and Oscar Scott Holloway were married.¹

Children of: Leslie Ethel Pearson and Oscar Scott Holloway

Carroll David Holloway¹ B: 29 Sep 1913, D: 21 May 1995
Emery Holloway¹ B: 20 Dec 1925, D: 27 Mar 2011

Citations

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Oscar Scott Holloway¹

Family

TMG ID:98256, (22 Jan 1887 - 13 Oct 1953)

Vital Statistics

Born: Oscar Scott Holloway was born on Saturday, 22 Jan 1887, at Anthony, Harper County, Kansas^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 13 Oct 1953 at Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G, at age 66 years, 8 months and 21 days.¹
Interred on Thursday, 15 Oct 1953 at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Oscar and Leslie Ethel Pearson, daughter of: David Henry Pearson and Mary Elizabeth Clingan, were married.¹

Children of: Oscar Scott Holloway and Leslie Ethel Pearson

Carroll David Holloway¹ B: 29 Sep 1913, D: 21 May 1995
Emery Holloway¹ B: 20 Dec 1925, D: 27 Mar 2011

Citations

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Carroll David Holloway¹

Family

TMG ID:98257, (29 Sep 1913 - 21 May 1995)

Relationship:

5th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Oscar Scott Holloway¹ B: 22 Jan 1887, D: 13 Oct 1953

Mother*

Leslie Ethel Pearson¹ B: 20 Oct 1893, D: 9 Dec 1972

Vital Statistics

Born: Carroll David Holloway was born on Monday, 29 Sep 1913, at Modesto, Stanislaus County, California^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 21 May 1995 at Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G, at age 81 years, 7 months and 22 days.¹
Interred after 21 May 1995 at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Carroll David Holloway was the son of: Oscar Scott Holloway and Leslie Ethel Pearson.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Cal"¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1938, Carroll, age 24 years, and Hazel Isbill, age 19 years were married.¹

Citations

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Hazel Isbill¹

TMG ID:98258, (16 Nov 1918 - 15 Sep 2001)

Vital Statistics

Born: Hazel Isbill was born on Saturday, 16 Nov 1918, at Burlington, Skagit County, Washington^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 15 Sep 2001 at San Joaquin County, California^G, at age 82 years, 9 months and 30 days.¹
Interred after 15 Sep 2001 at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1938, her married name became Mrs. Holloway (née Isbill).¹
Name-Married: on Saturday, 5 Dec 1998, her married name became Mrs. Suess (née Isbill).¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1938, Hazel, age 19 years, and Carroll David Holloway, age 24 years, son of: Oscar Scott Holloway and Leslie Ethel Pearson, were married.¹

Marriage

Saturday, 5 Dec 1998, Hazel, age 80 years and 19 days, and Forrest E. Suess, age 78 years, 2 months and 14 days were married.¹

Citations

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Forrest E. Suess¹

TMG ID:98259, (21 Sep 1920 - 25 Apr 1999)

Vital Statistics

Born: Forrest E. Suess was born on Tuesday, 21 Sep 1920, at Torrington, Alberta, Canada^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 25 Apr 1999 at Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G, at age 78 years, 7 months and 4 days.¹
Interred after 25 Apr 1999 at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 5 Dec 1998, Forrest, age 78 years, 2 months and 14 days, and Hazel Isbill, age 80 years and 19 days were married.¹

Citations

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Emery Holloway¹

Family

TMG ID:98260, (20 Dec 1925 - 27 Mar 2011)

Relationship:

5th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Oscar Scott Holloway¹ B: 22 Jan 1887, D: 13 Oct 1953

Mother*

Leslie Ethel Pearson¹ B: 20 Oct 1893, D: 9 Dec 1972

Vital Statistics

Born: Emery Holloway was born on Sunday, 20 Dec 1925, at Atwater, Merced County, California^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 27 Mar 2011 at Capitola, Santa Cruz County, California^G, at age 85 years, 3 months and 7 days.¹
Interred after 27 Mar 2011 at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Emery Holloway was the son of: Oscar Scott Holloway and Leslie Ethel Pearson.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Emery and Janie A. Miller were married.¹

Citations

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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