JUST A FARMER

By Artist:  Robert Duncan

(21 Jun 2013)  Often while I'm researching our Family, tears fall upon my cheek and blur my vision.  This poem and painting brought tears to my eyes and touched something deep in my Heart.  Our forebears once keepers of the land -- now reside in it under gardens of stone and grass.  Our Family has a long history that is tied to Earth and Faith.

 

Enjoy the image and poem!   

(Dorothy Hazel Tarr)

"I’m Just a Farmer, Plain and Simple"

By:   Bobby Collier

 

I’m just a farmer, plain and simple, not of royal birth, but rather, a worker of the earth.

 

I know not of riches, but rather, of patches on my britches

 

I know of drought and rain, of pleasure and pain.

 

I know of the good and the bad, the happy and the sad.

 

I am a man of emotions, a man who loves this land, and the beauty of its sand.

 

I know of a Spring's fresh flow and Autumn's golden glow, of a newborn calf's hesitation and the eagle's destination.

 

I know of tall pines and long, waiting lines of the warmth of campfires and the agony of flat tires.

 

I'm a man who loves his job and the life I live.

 

I'm a reaper of harvest and the sower of seeds and the tender of stock.

 

I know of planting corn and bailing hay and animals going astray.

 

I live in a complex world, but my faith guides me.

 

I am a man who works with God; I cannot succeed without His help,

 

For you see, I'm just a farmer, plain and simple. But rather, a worker of the earth.

I know not of riches
But rather, of patches on my britches
I know of drought and rain,
Of pleasure and pain.

The Story Tellers – Across Generations



(1 Nov 2012)  – Somewhere in my Heart I heard the echoes of my Family calling me across the generations.  In June 2009, I answered the call by beginning to research my Family History.  When I began, I did not know even the birth locations or birth dates of my parents.  The names of my grandparents were just "Grandpa" and "Granny" and I knew only that they were older than my parents.  The names of my great grandparents were unknown to me as were many Uncles and Aunts and Cousins.  The Story of my Family was never told in my hearing, so I began my genealogy research with meager details and without any experience with internet search, genealogy programs, or genealogical research techniques.  Humble beginnings for sure!

 

Within six months, I had purchased a computer, printer, and scanner, subscribed to www.Ancestry.com, joined a genealogy club, attended several family research seminars, and contacted some of the few older Family members that were known to me.  As my experience increased and Family details became known, my postings on my Ancestry Tree grew.  As of this date, on our Ancestry Tree there are over 50,000 postings of Family members, documents, census records, birth and death records, marriage and divorce records, land records, lots of photos, and many Family and Historical Stories.  Whew!  So did I answer the 'call' or what ? !

 

In 2012, I joined the Findagrave Organization and have the honor of being the creator and maintainer of several Findagrave Online Memorials.  This is a wonderful group of people that volunteer freely giving their time and Heart, using their private individual funds to travel and to research the graves in cemeteries in the USA, and posting their findings online on www.findagrave.com with photos of grave markers and cemeteries, and short bio and orbits of those who have found their rest.  I have found so many of my Family Members, now passed away, online in the Findagrave Memorials.  My Family Members are at their rest in locations where I cannot visit to pay my respects in person, but thanks to Findagrave, I can visit the graves online and leave a 'word and flowers in remembrance' on their Findagrave Memorial.  A SPECIAL THANK YOU to all the Findagrave volunteers for the research, travel, photos, and posting these memorials for my Family on Findagrave.  It is so much appreciated!!!

   

For me, the Journey into Family History has been full of surprises, joy, and tears.  There is a feeling of being 'connected' to the Family when I learn the Story of each Family Member, that seems not to diminish, even when the Story is ferreted from sources on the internet, genealogical societies, county records, legal documents, military records, and historical resources.

 

LOVE my Family Tree and all the Tangled Branches!

 

LOVE Family Research!

 

(Dorothy Hazel Tarr)

My FINDAGRAVE profile--
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=47776571

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Below is something I found on the internet that seems to describe my feelings about my Family, both those that have come and gone before me, those who are here today, and the generations to come.  It touched my Heart and I hope it touches yours! (dht)



[Photo Source: Google online images "family tree in hand"]



[Photo Source: Google online images "a tear"]

 

"The Story Tellers ... We are the Chosen" 

We are the chosen.  In each Family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors -- to put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the Family Story, and to feel that somehow they know and approve. 

 

Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before.  We are the Storytellers of the tribe.  All tribes have one.  We have been called, as it were, by our genes.  Those who have gone before cry out to us, "Tell our Story."  So, we do. 

 

In finding them, we somehow find ourselves.  How many graves have I stood before now and cried?  I have lost count.  How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us."  How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow, there was love there for me?  I cannot say.

 

It goes beyond just documenting facts. 

 

It goes to who I am, and why I do the things I do. 

 

It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying, "I can't let this happen."  The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. 

 

It goes to doing something about it. 

 

It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish.  How they contributed to what we are today. 

 

It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their Family. 

 

It goes to deep pride that they fought and some died to make and keep us a Nation. 

 

It is of equal pride and love that our mothers struggled to give us birth.

 

It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they all were doing it for us, that we might be born who we are, that we might remember them.  So, we do.    

 

Without any of them, we could not exist, and so we love each one, as far back as we can reach.
    

With love, caring, and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are they and they are the sum of who we are. 

 

So, as a scribe called, I tell the Story of my Family.  It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take my place in the long line of Family Storytellers. 

 

That is why I do my Family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and restore the memory or greet those who we had never known before and put flesh on the bones. 

By Della M. Cummings Wright; rewritten by her granddaughter Dell Jo Ann McGinnis Johnson; Edited and Reworded by Tom Dunn, 1943."  (Transcribed by Dorothy Hazel Tarr.)

 

[Photo Source: Google online images]

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FAMILY BIBLE - Jobe W Scott

FAMILY BIBLE - Jobe W Scott (top view)

(7 Oct 2012 – The Family Bible is a handwritten record of the births, marriages, and deaths of Family Members.  I have had the honor of holding in my hands and photographing the Family Bible of Jobe W Scott and his wife Rebecca Scott.  These two are my second great grandparents.  The Family Bible was originally purchased by Jobe and Rebecca in September 1851 in Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, and today is over 161 years old and very fragile; but the Family has grown and is very strong.  Dorothy Hazel Tarr)

 

FAMILY BIBLE - Jobe W Scott (side view)



"MOVED TO DELAWARE OCT 8TH 1851" (Ontario, Canada)

 "JOBE W SCOTT BOUGHT SEPT 1851"



 

 

 

Introduction

This Bible is a legacy of its first owners Jobe W Scott (22 Sep 1817 Ontario, Canada – 3 Dec 1893 Superior, McPherson, Kansas) and Rebecca Scott (5 Feb 1820 Ontario, Canada – 1899 Superior, McPherson, Kansas).

NOTE: ANY errors or inconsistencies in this Short Family Lineage Story are my own, from typing, spelling, or research errors, and will be addressed as time permits and information is gathered.  Comments are welcomed in the spirit they are offered to this compiler.  All dates are approximate, for the records and documents that I have researched have different dates and even locations--very interesting!!

Lineage Details

Jobe W Scott is the fifth of six sons of Samuel Enos Scott (1774-1861) and Christine Bowman/Baumann Scott (1775-1848).  Jobe's siblings are:  John Amos Scott (1797-1897), Jacob Scott (1797-?), Charles Scott (1804-?), Adam Bowman Scott (1812-?), and Enos Scott (1824-1908).  The parents of Rebecca Scott (maiden name also Scott) are unknown to this compiler at this time. 

 

The Scott Family was such a large group and owned so much land in the same area near St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, that a Hamlet was named for them and was called Scottsville, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.  In 1993, Scottsville was annexed by the City of London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.  Scottsville is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated area near Highways 401 and 402.  LOCATION LINKS: 

[https://maps.google.com/?q=42.8852777,-81.2894444] and

[http://www.canmaps.com/topo/places/f/fdvxa.htm].

Scottsville is an dispersed rural community on Colonel Talbot Road in Westminster Township, Middlesex County, Ontario.  It is south of the Village of Lambeth and of Ontario Highway 402 and of Westminster Road.  It is north of the village of Talbotville Royal, of Ontario Highway 401 and of Decker Road.

In 1993, it was annexed by the City of London, Ontario, along with a number of other small villages and hamlets around the city.

It appears to have been named after John Scott who owned part of lot 64 west on the North Talbot Road in 1878.  (See the Westminster map in the Middlesex County Atlas of 1878.)  Source Link: [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Scottsville,_Middlesex,_Ontario,_Canada]



Land Map Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, circa 1840 (some SCOTT parcels highlighted)

Jobe W Scott and his wife Rebecca were married on 11 Nov 1840 with the ceremony witnessed by Jobe's older brother Jacob Scott and younger brother Enos Scott.  The ceremony was performed by Reverend M Burnham in the St Thomas Church, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. 

The St Thomas Church is today a museum and is still located in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.  There are several websites with interesting info about the St Thomas Church and the area.  The Church was built between 1822 – 1824 and is one of the oldest structures in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.  The Church was used for religious service until 1877, and then another Church was used for services.  The Church was founded on land donated by Captain Daniel Rapelje, the founder of the Township of St Thomas. 

The St Thomas Church Graveyard next to the St Thomas Church is maintained beautifully with the original markers.  {If I were able to take a walk in the St Thomas Church Graveyard, I wonder how many names of my Scott and Bowman/Baumann Family would be on the aged grave markers.}  

In 1982, the St Thomas Church was designated a historical property and the Church site was made a heritage site.  In 1986, it was restored and renovated.  The Church is known today as the Old St Thomas Church and is open for touring.  Source Links for the Old St Thomas Church: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_St._Thomas_Church] and [http://oldstthomaschurch.com/], and on FACEBOOK--"The Old St Thomas Church"
[https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Old-St-Thomas-Church/142844092398278]
 

The children of Jobe W Scott and Rebecca Scott are:

Sarah Jane Scott Dark (1843-1910);

Hyram/Hiram William Scott (1845-1910);

Elvina Scott Stansel (1847-1942);

John Henry Scott (1850-1945);

Charles Edward Scott (1853-1932);

Zenas George Scott (1856-1935);

Samuel Enos Scott (1858-1951);

Hannah Ann Scott Smith (1860-1930);

Rachael/Rachel Scott (1860-1882);

Helen R "Ella" Scott Ebenhack (1863-1917);

James Alfred Scott (1864-1935) {my maternal 1^st great grandfather}.

On 13 May 1891, James Alfred Scott married Mary Grace Jennings Scott (13 Jun 1872 Iowa-12 Mar 1908 Oklahoma) in McPherson County, Kansas, with ceremony performed by Reverend Clark.

The children of James Alfred Scott and Mary Grace Jennings Scott are:

Gladys Iona Scott Dunlap (1892-1968);

Raymond Cyril Scott (1894-1961);

Laurel Flynn Scott (1896-1979) {my maternal grandfather};

Clarence Jennings Scott (1900-1943);

Zara Harold Scott (1904-1956);

Mary Rebecca Elizabeth "Mamie" Scott Webster (1908-1989).

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Bible gently opened on Jeannette's dining room table.

Title Page.

This illustration is opposite the title page.

Description of Bible

The Bible has a brown paper cover, badly worn, sized 8-1/2 x 11, and 2-3/4 thick.  The paper pages are yellowed in color and very fragile with lots of age spots.  I feel the Book was exposed to weather as it smells musty and looks like it was damp at one time.  It has some illustrations.

The following is printed on the title page of the Bible.  

The HOLY BIBLE, containing the

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS:

TOGETHER WITH

THE APOCRYPHA:

TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES,

AND WITH

THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.

WITH

CANNE'S MARGINAL NOTES AND REFERENCES.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

AN INDEX;

AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE

OF ALL THE NAMES IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THEIR SIGNIFICATIONS,

TABLES OF SCRIPTURE WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND COINS, & c.

BUFFALO: 

PUBLISHED BY PHINNEY & CO.

1851

 

Stewardship of Bible

The Bible is currently (as of this posting in Oct 2012) in the care and stewardship of Jeannette Scott (born 10 Jan 1934 Delano, Kern, California).  Jeannette is the great granddaughter of Jobe W Scott and Rebecca Scott.

Jeannette is the youngest sister of Margaret Lucille Scott Higinbotham (1919-2001) and Dorothy Helen Scott Tarr (1923-1982) {my Mother}.

The Mom and Dad of Jeannette, Margaret, and Dorothy Helen are Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Bennett Scott (1897-1980) and Laurel Flynn Scott (1896-1979) {my maternal grandparents}.  Laurel Flynn Scott is the grandson of Jobe W Scott and Rebecca Scott.

Aunt Mamie [Mary Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Webster] is the youngest sister of Laurel Flynn Scott and granddaughter of Jobe W Scott and Rebecca Scott.

Aunt Gladys [Gladys Iona Scott Dunlap] is the oldest sister of Laurel Flynn Scott and granddaughter of Jobe W Scott and Rebecca Scott.

Jeannette says the following about the stewardship history of the Bible:  

I was given the Bible by Margaret [Margaret Lucille Scott Higinbotham], who was given it by our Mom and Dad.  I think Aunt Mamie gave it to Dad.  I can't remember if Margaret said, but I have a feeling, Aunt Gladys had it, and then gave it to Aunt Mamie, then to Dad, then to Margaret, then to me.





Family Member Names in Bible (Page 1 of 4)

Here are the full names on this page, with dates of birth and death.

Jobe W Scott (1817-1893) {my maternal 2nd great grandfather};

Rebecca Scott (1820-1889) {my maternal 2nd great grandmother};

Sarah Jane Scott Dark (1843-1910);

Hyram William Scott (1845-1910);

Elvina Scott Stansel (1847-1942);

John Henry Scott (1850-1945);

Charles Edward Scott (1853-1932);

Zenas George Scott (1856-1935);

Samuel Enos Scott (1858-1951);

Hannah Ann Scott Smith (1860-1930);

James Alfred Scott (1864-1935) {my maternal 1^st great grandfather};

Zara Harold Scott (1904-1956);

Helen Simpson Scott (1911-1996);

Gary Kenneth Scott (1939-?);

Stanley Lloyd Scott (1941-1991);

Helen R "Ella" Scott Ebenhack (1863-1917);

James Harold "Jimmy" Scott (1930-2000);

Henry Howard Scott (1933-2010);

Beverly Joan Scott (1935-?);

George Mervyn Webster (1907-1989);

Mary Elizabeth Rebecca "Mamie" Scott Webster (1908-1989);

Mary Marca Webster Ferry (1929-?);

Merrill Mervyn Webster (1931-?);

James William Dunlap Scott (1909-1979);

Jessie Valera Griffith Scott (1913-1996);

David Laurence Scott (1937-?);

Joseph Lee Scott (1943-?).

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Family Member Names in Bible (Page 2 of 4)

Here are the full names on this page, with dates of marriages and some births.

Jobe W Scott and Rebecca Scott (11 Nov 1840) {my maternal 2nd great grandparents};

Sarah Jane Scott Dark and James W Dark (8 Feb 1864);

James Alfred Scott and Mary Grace Jennings Scott (13 May 1891) {my maternal 1^st great grandparents};

James Alfred Scott and Mary Alice Dunlap Scott (30 Dec 1908);

Mary Elizabeth Rebecca "Mamie" Scott Webster and George Mervyn Webster (3 Nov 1928);

James William Dunlap Scott and Jessie Valera Griffith Scott (15 Feb 1936);

David Laurence Scott (1937-?);

Joseph Lee Scott (1943-?);

Gladys Iona Scott Dunlap Scott and Forrest Earle Dunlap (6 Sep 1911);

Raymond Cyril Scott and Dora Burnett Scott (12 Nov 1919);

Laurel Flynn Scott and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Bennett Scott (23 Aug 1916) {my maternal grandparents};

Clarence Jennings Scott and Mary Genave Evelyn Phillips Shackleford (10 Nov 1928);

Zara Harold Scott and Helen Simpson Scott (23 Aug 1929).

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Family Member Names in Bible (Page 3 of 4)

Here are the full names on this page, with dates of birth and death.

Mary Grace Jennings Scott (1872-1908) {my maternal 1^st great grandmother};

Jobe W Scott (1817-1893) {my maternal 2nd great grandfather};

Rebecca Scott (1820-1889) {my maternal 2nd great grandmother};

Hyram William Scott (1845-1910);

Sarah Jane Scott Dark (1843-1910);

Hannah Ann Scott Smith (1860-1930);

Charles Edward Scott (1853-1932);

Helen R "Ella" Scott Ebenhack (1863-1917);

James Alfred Scott (1864-1935) {my maternal 1^st great grandfather};

Zenas George Scott (1856-1935);

John Henry Scott (1850-1945);

Elvina Scott Stansel (1847-1942);

Clarence Jennings Scott (1900-1943);

Samuel Enos Scott (1858-1951);

Zara Harold Scott (1904-1956);

Gladys Iona Scott Dunlap (1892-1968);

Raymond Cyril Scott (1894-1961);

Laurel Flynn Scott (1896-1979) {my maternal grandfather};

James William Dunlap Scott (1909-1979).

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Family Member Names in Bible (Page 4 of 4)

Here are the full names on this page, with dates of birth and death.

Mary Grace Jennings Scott (1872-1908) {my maternal 1^st great grandmother};

Jobe W Scott (1817-1893) {my maternal 2nd great grandfather};

Rebecca Scott (1820-1889) {my maternal 2nd great grandmother};

Hyram William Scott (1845-1910);

Sarah Jane Scott Dark (1843-1910);

Hannah Ann Scott Smith (1860-1930);

Charles Edward Scott (1853-1932);

Helen R "Ella" Scott Ebenhack (1863-1917);

James Alfred Scott (1864-1935) {my maternal 1^st great grandfather};

Zenas George Scott (1856-1935);

John Henry Scott (1850-1945);

Elvina Scott Stansel (1847-1942);

Clarence Jennings Scott (1900-1943);

Samuel Enos Scott (1858-1951);

Zara Harold Scott (1904-1956);

Gladys Iona Scott Dunlap (1892-1968);

Raymond Cyril Scott (1894-1961);

Laurel Flynn Scott (1896-1979) {my maternal grandfather};

James William Dunlap Scott (1909-1979).

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Closing Thoughts

The Family Bible of Jobe W Scott and Rebecca Scott is more than just that of God's story and a few pages with the names of their descendants.  It is a Family Heirloom whose pages hold the hopes and prayers of a Family with firm beliefs in God and founded in the daily living in His Word.  I am honored to be a member of this Family and feel blessed to have held this Family Bible in my hands.  My name and the names of other descendants are written in this Family Bible via the names of our forebears albeit not visible to the eye—yet inscribed with our Hearts.