Mills and Burkholder Genealogy

Husband: John STORY 1
Born: about 1837 in Sevier County, Arkansas 2
Married: 08 Aug 1858 in Sevier County, Arkansas 23
Died: about 1905
Father: William "Bill" STORY
Mother: Jane ?
Spouses: Sarah ROBERTS; Hattie HOLIDAY
Wife: Mahala WYATT 14 15
Born: 1828 in Arkansas
This birth date is based on her age of 16 when she married in 1844.
Died: before 1900 16
Mahala wrote permission note for Obe to get married April 1887 but was not on 1900 Census in Sevier County.
Father: Henry WYATT
Mother: Sally
Spouses: Benjamin BUCHANNON; David BUCHANNON
Children
01 (F): Sarah Jane STORY 25 26
Born: Jan 1860 in Arkansas 27 28 29 30
Died: 08 Feb 1944 in Polk County, Arkansas 31 32 33
Spouses: Henry W. WAGNER
02 (M): William STORY 34 35 36 37
Born: May 1868 in Arkansas 38
Died: 18 Apr 1939 in Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma 39 40
Spouses: Susan Emaline JETER
03 (F): Martha STORY 41
Born: about 1861 in Arkansas 42
Died: Unknown
Spouses:
04 (F): Ann STORY 43
Born: about 1862 in Arkansas 44
Died: Unknown
Spouses:
05 (M): Obediah "Obe" STORY 45 46 47
Born: 02 Apr 1869 in Sevier County, Arkansas 48
Died: 28 Dec 1937 in Grannis, Polk County, Arkansas 49 50 51
Spouses: Caroline McCRAVEN
Additional Information

John STORY:

Buried: about 1905, Overturf Cemetery, Polk County, Arkansas

Census: 1840, Washington Township, Sevier County, Arkansas 3

Census: 1850, Paraclifta Township, Sevier County, Arkansas 4

Census: 1860, Paraclifta Township, Sevier County, Arkansas 5

Occupation: 1860, farmer 6

Military Service: about 1861, Arkansas; Enlisted as a Private in Company G, 2nd Mtd Rifles Cavalry Regiment Arkansas 7

Military Service: about 1861, Arkansas 8

Side: Confederate
Regiment Name Expanded: 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles
Company: G
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private

Census: 1870, Red Colony Township, Sevier County, Arkansas 9

Property: 1870, personal property worth $125 10

Occupation: 1870, farmer 11

Census: 1900, Clear Creek Township, Sevier County, Arkansas; the home of his sister Elizabeth Dollarhide 12

Occupation: 1900, farm laborer 13

Mahala WYATT:

Alt. Birth: about 1830, Arkansas 17 18

Census: 1850, Jefferson Township, Sevier County, Arkansas 19

Mahala is living with husband Benjamin Buchanan.

Census: 1860, Paraclifta Township, Sevier County, Arkansas 20

Census: 1870, Hickman, Scott County, Arkansas 21

Mahala is the head of household, with children Sarah J., William, and Obediah. She lives two households away from James Story (45) and his family. There is no value listed in the "Value of Personal Estate" column for Mahala Story.

Census: 1880, Mineral Township, Sevier County, Arkansas 22

Mahala (Mahaly) is the head of the household and is listed as divorced. She has sons William (15) and Obe (12) living at home, along with niece Sarah Story, and Sarah's two children, Robert (2) and Mary (2/12).

Marriage Notes

Divorced: 10 Sep 1866, Sevier County, Arkansas; Divorced 24

Footnotes
  1. 1850 Arkansas Census, Sevier County (Jefferson Township: http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arsevier/1850census2.htm; Paraclifta Township http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arsevier/1850census1.htm), p. 187, son of William Story.
    Quality: 3.
  2. Ibid.
  3. 1840 Arkansas Census, Sevier County, p. 164.
    Quality: 3.
  4. 1850 Arkansas Census, Sevier County (Jefferson Township: http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arsevier/1850census2.htm; Paraclifta Township http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arsevier/1850census1.htm).
  5. 1860 Arkansas Census, Sevier County, Paraclifta Township, p. 183.
    Quality: 3.
  6. Ibid.
  7. American Civil War Soldiers (Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000; Historical Data Systems, Inc., PO Box 35, Duxbury), 425.
    Quality: 3.
  8. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007), Film Number: M376 roll 22.
    Quality: 3.
  9. 1870 Arkansas Census, Sevier County, p. 6 (291).
    Quality: 3.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. 1900 Arkansas Census, Sevier County, Clear Creek Township, ED 152, sheet 25B, p. 231.
    Quality: 3.
  13. Ibid., ED 152, sheet 25B, p. 231.
    Quality: 3.
  14. Letters from Doris Pendleton, June 2000 (Michele Mills' files).
  15. Sevier County, Arkansas Marriage Records, listed as William Story's "father".
    Quality: 3.
  16. 1900 Arkansas Census, Sevier County, Clear Creek Township.
  17. 1860 Arkansas Census, Sevier County, Paraclifta Township, p. 182 (183).
    Quality: 3.
  18. 1850 Arkansas Census, Sevier County (Jefferson Township: http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arsevier/1850census2.htm; Paraclifta Township http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arsevier/1850census1.htm), p. 205; Mahala age 19.
    Quality: 3.
  19. Ibid., p. 205.
    Quality: 3.
  20. 1860 Arkansas Census, Sevier County, Paraclifta Township, p. 182.
    Quality: 3.
  21. 1870 Arkansas Census, Scott County, Hickman, 1870 Arkansas Census, Scott County, Hickman.
    Quality: 3.
  22. Arkansas, Sevier County, 1880 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), T9, roll 57, Mineral Township, enumeration district (ED) 268, p. 2 (41 b), dwelling 17, family 17.
    Quality: 3.
  23. Arkansas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1957 (Ancestry.com), Mahala's name is listed as "Maholy Buckhonnon".
    Quality: 3.
  24. Arkansas. Sevier County., Courthouse Records, Sevier County, Arkansas.
    Quality: 3.

    information from another researcher on Ancestry.com. NEED TO VERIFY INFORMATION

  25. Mills Genealogy, by Kenneth Mills Jr.
  26. 1900 Arkansas Census, Polk County.
  27. Ibid.
  28. 1870 Arkansas Census, White County, Dogwood Township, West Point post office (http://www.rootsweb.com/~arwhite/census/1870Dogwood.html?rc=locale%7e&us=0&o_xid=0022846292&o_lid=0022846292&o_xt=22846292).
  29. 1860 Arkansas Census, Sevier County, Paraclifta Township.
  30. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37592762.
    Quality: 3.
  31. Letters from Doris Pendleton, June 2000 (Michele Mills' files).
  32. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Ancestry.com).
  33. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37592762.
    Quality: 3.
  34. Letters from Doris Pendleton, June 2000 (Michele Mills' files).
  35. Sevier County, Arkansas Marriage Records, lists his "father" as McHaley Story.
    Quality: 3.
  36. Letter from Janie Lantz, July 29, 2001, concerning the Story and McCraven families gram@bnin.net.
  37. 1910 Arkansas Census, Polk County, Ozark Township (File Num: 1374074), sheet 12B.
    Quality: 3.
  38. 1900 Arkansas Census, Polk County, Ozark Township.
  39. Letters from Doris Pendleton, June 2000 (Michele Mills' files).
  40. Obituary of William L. Story.
  41. 1870 Arkansas Census, Sevier County.
  42. Ibid.
  43. Ibid.
  44. Ibid.
  45. Letter from Judy Trammell Smith, 1999, concerning the Herring, Wagner and Yawn families.
  46. 1910 Arkansas Census, Polk County, Ozark Township (File Num: 1374074), sheet 12B.
    Quality: 3.
  47. Letters from Doris Pendleton, June 2000 (Michele Mills' files).
  48. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com).
  49. Letters from Doris Pendleton, June 2000 (Michele Mills' files).
  50. Overturf Cemetery, Polk County, Arkansas.
  51. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com).
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