Dennis C. Howard [Parents] was born on 10 Aug 1896 in USA. He died on 19 Jun 1968 in USA. He married Irene Edith Parsons on 1 Oct 1919.
They had the following children:
M i John Parsons Howard F ii Mary Denice Howard M iii Jerry Howard M iv Kenny Howard
Mary Denice Howard [Parents]
Leonard Edward Howard [Parents] was born on 24 Feb 1898 in USA. He died on 1 Nov 1979 in USA. He married Cassie Bolen in Dec 1921.
Cassie Bolen died in 1981. She married Leonard Edward Howard in Dec 1921.
Robert Otis Howard [Parents] was born on 5 Aug 1900 in USA. He died in 1970 in USA. He married Margaret Griffith.
Beulah Clara Howard [Parents] was born on 25 Oct 1904 in USA. She died in 1987 in USA. She married Carl Mc Kee.
Walter Remer was born on 25 Jan 1901 in USA. He died on 6 Apr 1991 in USA. He married Mary J. Howard on 26 Dec 1943.
Mary J. Howard [Parents] was born on 15 Mar 1911 in USA. She died in USA. She married Walter Remer on 26 Dec 1943.
George Eric Anderson [Parents]
They had the following children:
F i Shannon Kelley Anderson
They had the following children:
F i Dianne L. Spyr M ii Charles Michael Spyr F iii Elaine Spyr M iv Patrick Spyr
James H. Massey was born in 1779 in Ireland. He died on 1 Mar 1864 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. He was buried in Family Cemetary, Springfield, Greene Co., MO, USA. He married Faithful Elizabeth Strickland before 1804 in NC?.
Other marriages:Anderson, Martha Ellen
Born in Ireland, where he spent his boyhood and attended school. When eighteen years of age he ran away from home and sailed on broad Atlantic toward the United States to seek his fortune. He first settled in Knox County, Tennessee, at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains, regarding whose picturesque inhabitants so much has been written, and in that locality he was married and made his home until the year 1832, when he made the tedious and somewhat hazardous overland trip to Greene county, Missouri, bringing his family in a primitive wagon, and thus the Masseys were among the earliest pioneers of this locality.
He secured a tract of land just east of what is now the thriving city of Springfield, but which was at that time an encampment of the Kickapoo Indians.
He set to work with a will, cleared, broke and fenced his land, erected a log cabin and by perseverance and hard work became very comfortably fixed in due course and time, and was a man of influence among the early frontiersmen, his neighbours being, however, very few and most of them some miles distant, untill more Tennesseeans followed him, the Fulbrights, the Freemans and others.
Although he devoted the major portion of his life to farming, he was a mechanic by trade and a skilled workman. He made the first separator, or "ground-hog" tresher, ever seen in this part of the country.
During the war of 1812, he enlisted in defense of his adopted country, gladly figting against the flag under which he was born, and for meritoruius conduct on the field of battle he was promoted from a private to a captain, and served with distinction throughout the war.
Politically he was first a Whig, then a Republican after that party was organized in the fifties.
His death occured on his farm here in 1863.
His first wife was Faithful Strickland, she bore him 13 children. Among them Nathaniel J., William, Mrs. Mc Adams, Mrs. Rountree. William was a quarter master in the Union Army during the Civil War.
His second wife, Martha Ellen Anderson, was a native of Tennessee, where she grew up and recieved a limited education. She lived to an advanced age, dying in Stone County, Missouri, in February 1899. To these parents nine children were born.Greene County, Missouri, History Book, pages 1927-29
Faithful Elizabeth Strickland was born before 1790 in NC, USA. She died in 1837 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. She married James H. Massey before 1804 in NC?.
They had the following children:
M i James H. Massey was born in 1810 in NC, USA. He died on 3 Oct 1843 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. F ii Mary Jane Massey was born before 1815 in NC, USA. She died on 2 Feb 1848 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
Married to General Joseph Powell 1830/5 in (Giles Co.), TN.F iii Ephraim M. Massey was born before 1815 in Tennessee. She died in USA.
Maried to Eliza Warren 7 July 1836 in Greene Co., MO, USAM iv Nathaniel J. Massey F v Josephine Massey F vi Elizabeth Massey M vii William B. Massey was born on 19 Mar 1824 in Pendelton District, SC, USA. He died on 14 Mar 1888 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
Married 1: Almarinda Caroline Rountre 18 Dec 1845 in Springfield, MO.
Married 2: Laura Onstott.F viii Nancy Margaret Massey was born in 1826 in Greene Co., Missouri, USA. She died on 14 Jan 1898 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
Married to William H. Mc Adams 31 October 1841 in Springfield, Mo.F ix Hervey A. Massey was born in 1828 in Greene Co., Missouri, USA. She died on 6 Jan 1872 in Greene Co, MO, USA.
Samuel C. Massey [Parents] was born in 1847 in Greene Co., Missouri, USA. He died in Dec 1872 in Southwest City, Macdonald, MO., USA. He married Jackoline Meeks on 17 Sep 1870 in Stone Co, MO, USA.
Jackoline Meeks was born in Missouri, USA. She died in Missouri, USA. She married Samuel C. Massey on 17 Sep 1870 in Stone Co, MO, USA.