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A Mary Geering is listed as christened on May 18 1709 at Black Torrington, Devon with her father being Philip Greening. Black Torrinton is about 4 miles from Thornbury where 'our' Mary married Thoas Courtice.
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Robert Wayne Sturdevant
Robert Wayne Sturdevant, 72, of Gordonville, Texas, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008, in Oklahoma. He was born October 5, 1936 in Roanoke, Texas, to Fred and Maude (Hunter) Sturdevant. He was a big rig mechanic for 40 years. He was the co-owner of ARS truck service in Denton.
A visitation will be held Thursday, September 4, 2008, from 6-8 p.m. at Denton Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Friday, September 5, 2008, at 11 a.m. at the Denton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Slidell Cemetery. The Rev. Luther Slay will officiate.
He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Anna; son, Lewis Sturdevant of Hanford, Calif.; daughters, Nona Sturdevant of Krum and Roberta Archuleta of Hanford, Calif.; step-daughter, Tracye Crockett of Haslet; brother, Harold Sturdevant of Rexford, Mont.; sister, Margie Irick of Denton; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
His parents preceded him in death.
Services are under the direction of Denton Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
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Kathryn Clyde (Killie C.), attorney, OKC age 96, died Oct 24, 1986. Born Sept, 10, 1890, Cyclone, TX. Graduate Shawnee High School. First woman to pass Oklahoma Bar exam, being admitted to practice in 1912 at age 21. In 1918 she served as President of the Pattawalomie County Bar Assn,. Miss Sturdevant continued in active practice for 75 years. Instrumental in forming the Lawyers Tax Group of Oklahoma City and served as Secretary Treasurer for 30 years. She was an active member of the Oklahoma Bar Assn, the Okla. Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of American Colonists, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century and La Petite Soeur Book Club. She is survived by her nephew, Creed Taylor Huddleston, Jr. and wife, June; great-nieces Susan F. Huddleston, Sarah M. Huddleston, all of Okla City and greatnephew, Creed T. Huddleston, III, Garland, TX; her niece, Pauline Rae Huddleston Ilgenfritz, great-niece Martha Ilgenfritz Van Horn, great-nephew Hugh C. Ilgenfritz, Jr. and three great-great nieces, Palmer Rae and Kathryn Jane McLean and Wesley Reagan Ilgenfritz, all of Shreveport, La. Also great nieces, Susan S. Keith, Dayton, TX Nancy S. Beriel, Parker, Colo, and Barbara S. Wilson, Houston, TX. Services 2 pm Monday in the Chapel of The First Presbyterian Church, arrangements by Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper.
The Oklahoman October 26, 1986 Page 22
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There is a Benjamin Wheeler of the right age listed in the 1850 census - Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: New York Ward 1 Eastern Division, New York, New York; Roll M432_534; Page: 33; Image: 68.
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In 1881 census listed as Elizabeth Encott Wood with a William Wood age 32 (b 1849) Manchester
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The wharf was located on the east side of the Choptank River between Williston and Ganeys landings. A "new" wharf, along with a storehouse and freight building was also built in 1886, which was later leased, to the steamboat company. A granary was built at the site by 1887. An 1887 advertisement mentions a "first-rate shell pile [shell road] leads to Two Johns Landing." The Two Johns wharf was in ruins when visited by Footner in the 1940s.
Three canneries operated at Two Johns: Howard, Charles & Son (1889), Hudson Trice (1910), and S. J. Hurst (1917-1918). The wharf did a considerable business until a vessel capsized and sank near the entrance to the landing, making it difficult to put in at the wharf. Because the wreck was not moved steamers began to bypass the wharf.
The name Two Johns came from John Stewart Crossy and his son John Hart Crossy, two rotund vaudeville actors who looked very much alike and called themselves John Stewart Crossy and John Crossy Stewart. They called their act "The Two Johns."
In 1884, at the peak of their act, they bought a farm along the Choptank River and called it "Two Johns." They improved the farmhouse by adding a three-story addition and made the structure into a flamboyant 21-room manor including a theater inside, porches, gables, gingerbread, etc. At the water's edge they built a pavilion for dancing and theatrical performances.
The steamers brought swarms of their friends including Paul Dreiser (professionally used the name Dresser), author of The Banks of the Wabash, his sister Louise Dreiser, and Ada Kline. To win the support of the locals, the Two Johns chartered a steamboat and invited the entire town of Denton to one of their shows. The Baltimore to Denton steamboats brought folks to Two Johns for dancing and theatrical performances "in the round house on the shore." This site was used as a steamboat landing at least from the 1880s to 1921. A general store was built by the wharf and operated by Butler Crossy, the youngest son. The Crossy's left the area and the farm was foreclosed in 1887.
The 1897 Caroline County Map prepared by M. L. Saulsbury indicates that W. F. Towers owns the store at the Two Johns Wharf. A steamboat vacation brochure lists Mrs. H. Trice having a guesthouse able to accommodate up to six guests. The Two Johns house burnt to the ground in 1947. It is marked as "Two Johns" with no indication of a landing on "Topographic Map of Caroline County" 1950 revised 1971," and "Map of Maryland," 1961 revised 1973.