When Sharon talked to Dan Hutton, he gave his “best guess” on John Osborn’s vitals. In family history, this is not a bad thing. It helps guide us in the right direction.
Three known daughters were born to Edward Dallas Wakenight (1857 to 1927) and Susan R Koehler (1862 to 1954).
Alice was born on 4 JUL 1886 in Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska. She died on 29 MAY 1976 in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California.
Alice married David Marcus Twiggs on 30 SEP 1913 in Pitkin Corner, Washington County, Arkansas. Two children were born to this marriage:
Frances Lorean Twiggs (1914)
Barbara Aileen Twiggs (1927)
David Marcus Twiggs was born on 4 NOV 1885 in Springtown, Benton County, Arkansas. He died on 8 FEB 1965 in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California.
David’s father was David Marion Twiggs. He was born on 14 FEB 1851 in Union County, Georgia. He died on 3 JUL 1925 in Benton County, Arkansas.
David’s mother was Ellen Catherine Hall. She was born on 20 NOV 1843 in Cherokee County, North Carolina. She died on 22 JUN 1913 in Gentry, Benton County, Arkansas.
Alice’s husband began his career as a minister for the Seventh Day Adventist Church. This profession is noted in two documents:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
1920 US Census Record
The 1930 US census shows that David and Alice moved to Fullerton, Orange County, California. David worked as a tree pruner for a local business.
The 1940 US census shows that David and Alice moved to National City, San Diego County, California. David must have not been able to work. No occupation is listed for the years 1939 and 1940. Alice was employed as a nurse at a private hospital.
The U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, notes that David worked for the Paradise Valley Sanitarium. A 1944 directory listing shows that he worked as a laundry worker at the PVS.
Alice and David’s Children:
Frances Lorean Twiggs:
Frances was born on 23 JUL 1914 in Gentry, Benton County, Arkansas. She died on 2 NOV 1969 in San Bernardino County, California.
Frances married Roland Isaac Kincaid in 1937 in San Bernardino County, California. One known child was born to this marriage:
Roger Douglas Kincaid (1943)
Roland Isaac Kincaid was born on 30 DEC 1907 in Grayson County, Texas. He died on 30 NOV 1998 in Redlands, San Bernardino County, California.
Roland had previously married Bernice Addie Walden in 1932 in San Bernardino County, California. Four known children were born to this marriage:
John B Kincaid (1933)
David R Kincaid (1934)
Kay E Kincaid (1936)
Norman W Kincaid (1937)
Bernice Addie Walden was born on 9 OCT 1912 in East Highlands, San Bernardino County, California. She died on 16 SEP 1937 in San Bernardino County, California. Bernice died four days after the birth of her fourth child.
Barbara Aileen Twiggs:
Barbara was born on 21 AUG 1927 in Gentry, Benton County, Arkansas. She died on 9 DEC 2009 in Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon.
Barbara married Ward Henry Hutton in 1953 in San Diego, San Diego County, California. From Barbara’s obituary, four known children were born to this marriage:
Sharon L Hutton (1955)
David W Hutton (1956)
Daniel R Hutton (1958)
Elizabeth A Hutton (1960)
Ward Henry Hutton was born on 13 NOV 1912 near Grenora*, Williams County, North Dakota. He died on 29 SEP 1987 in Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon.
(*) From Ward’s WWII draft registration, he stated that his place of birth was “Gladys”. From an aerial view on Google Maps, I discovered that “Gladys” is a farm. It is about 16 miles southeast of Grenora.
Barbara’s Obituary:
“Barbara Aileen Twiggs Hutton, 82, of Grants Pass died at home Wednesday, December 9, 2009.
A memorial service will be held at 11 am, Sunday, December 20, 2009, at the Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church, with Pastor Edward Nelson officiating. Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Chapel of the Valley – L.B. Hall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Seventh-day Adventist School, 2250 NW Heidi Lane, Grants Pass, OR 97526.
She was born August 21, 1927, in Gentry, Arkansas to David and Alice Twiggs. When she was very young, the family moved to Southern California, where she grew up. She took nursing training in San Diego and received her BS in Nursing from Washington Missionary College, now called Atlantic Union College. In 1953 in San Diego, she married Ward Hutton, who died September 29, 1987. For 21 years, they lived in Borrego Springs, Calif. , where she was the sole medical provider for a number of years. Later, when ambulance service was developed there, she was one of the main ambulance attendants, taking patients to either San Diego or Brawley, Calif.
Ward and Barbara had four children while they lived in Borrego Springs. In 1978 she went to Hong Kong as the director of nurses for two mission hospitals, as well as the coordinator for the nursing school associated with the hospitals. She and Ward spent six years there and enjoyed it very much. After completing her term in Hong Kong, she and Ward moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where she completed her Masters in Nursing at the University of New Mexico.
She then had a call to go to Pakistan as Director of Nurses for the Adventist Hospital in Karachi. After Ward’s death, she moved to Grants Pass in 1989 to be near her daughter Sharon. She worked for the Rogue Community College, for the accreditation of the nursing program.
Barbara was always very involved in the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and she had many friends all over the world. She enjoyed traveling, nursing, gardening, poetry, and talking to people. She strove to be a Godly woman her whole life; studying the Bible was a very important part of her life.
Survivors include two daughters, Sharon Hutton Coupland of Grants Pass and Elizabeth “Betty” Poublan of France; two sons, David Hutton of Puyallup, Wash. and Daniel Hutton of San Andreas, Calif.; and nine grandchildren.”
Carrie was born on 18 DEC 1889 in Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska. She died on 20 OCT 1909 in Gentry, Benton County, Arkansas. She was 19 years old when she died.
Blanche was born on 5 JAN 1893 in Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska. She died on 19 DEC 1985 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas.
Blanche married Fred Castle Osborn on 15 JUL 1913 in Benton County, Arkansas. One known child was born to this marriage:
John Elmer Osborn (1914)
Fred Castle Osborn was born on 20 MAR 1893 in Sewell, Wayne County, Iowa. He died in 1967 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas.
Fred’s father was Charles Castle Osborn. He was born on 15 APR 1856 in Pennsylvania. He died on 27 NOV 1929 in Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma.
Fred’s mother was Lyda Drusilla Sinclair. She was born on 4 OCT 1860 in Pennsylvania. She died on 6 DEC 1938 in Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma.
Blanche and Fred’s Child:
John Elmer Osborn:
John was born on 26 NOV 1914 in Oklahoma. He died on 18 MAY 1990 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas.
John married Geneva M Hardin on 13 MAY 1939 in Saline County, Arkansas. One known child was born to this marriage:
Joneva Dianne Osborn (1945 to 2003)
Geneva M Hardin was born on 21 AUG 1918 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas. She died on 21 MAR 2005 in Plano, Collin County, Texas.
Notes on John Elmer Osborn:
Sometimes family genealogists get their facts wrong. Sharon Strow’s website, shown below, listed John’s vitals as:
“. . . born about 1915 in Pro Searcy. AR and died in 1988 in Searcy, White Co., AR about age 73.”
Sharon cited her source for this information as Dan Hutton. This person is probably Barbara’s son, Daniel R Hutton.
Yet, as I went through the US census records for the years 1920, 1930, and 1940, I discovered that John’s birthplace was listed as Oklahoma. The 1920 and 1930 documents also included the middle initial as “E”.
The U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 confirmed John’s birthplace as Oklahoma. This document also supplied his enlistment date of 23 DEC 1940.
The next record that I discovered on Ancestry.com was from the database entitled U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010.
This document contained the enlistment date of 23 DEC 1940. It also listed John’s full birth date and full death date.
With this data, I was able to find John’s memorial on Find A Grave. He was buried in White County Memorial Gardens in Searcy, White County, Arkansas.
I can assume that when Sharon talked to Dan Hutton, he gave his “best guess” on John Osborn’s vitals. John and Geneva did live in Searcy in the 1940s. And, 1988 is only two years short of 1990.
In family history, giving a “best guess” is not a bad thing. Dan Hutton should be thanked for guiding me and other family genealogists in the right direction.
Notes:
For more information on this part of the Wakenight family, please visit Sharon Strow’s website, “Descendants of Daniel Wakenight.”
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I accidently found your article when I was looking up my mother’s name Barbara Twiggs Hutton, When I saw the title “daughters of Edward Dallas Wakenight”. I checked it out, as I knew that was my great grandfather’s name. In the first sentence my name was used as a source. I became even more interested. I would love to compare notes or information. I talked to Sharon Strow in 2001, I shared with her what I had then, which has changed quite a bit since I too have been involved in Ancestry.
You mentioned my name several times in your article, so will try to address where it is applicable. You mentioned that Barbara Twiggs Married Ward Hutton in 1953, which of course is correct. That he had been born in Gladys ND. HE was born on a farm between Gladys ND, which only had a post office at the time, Hanks now a ghost town museum ND and Grenora ND. When I went with him back there in 1981, the building where he was born were all gone, There may be a farm called Gladys, but it was not the place where he was born. According to Google earth it looked like a nice place. I was impressed by how your dates seemed be correct.
just so I know who you are, what is your name? Are we related? How? I did not see any of that in the article.
You mentioned that Barbara and Ward Hutton had four children, Sharon, David, Daniel, Betty, which of course they did. And I am number three. Later you thanked Dan Hutton for his guesses as they helped guide you in your research, you are welcome. then you suggested that Dan Hutton was Daniel R Hutton the son of Blanche. that was a miss, I think you meant to say Barbara. But the rest was very good. That I had given the information to Sharon on when John Osborn was born and where. That part I did not know 20 years ago. So would have been a guess. But I did know that John and Geneva had two children, one was Joneva and the other was known as John John. At least that is what I remember from the one time I met him in 1970. John and Geneva had a messy divorce, after which I did not know anything that happened to either his wife Geneva, nor the two children. They would have been my second cousins, as John was my mother first cousin. I was not aware that Joneva had died in 2003 and Geneva in 2005, I am guessing that John John would have been a junior, so would have the same name, but not sure of the middle name. He was the younger of the two.
You found a reference that David Marcus Twiggs was married to Alice Wakenight at Pitkins Corner in Washington county AR. I have seen the marriage license, but had not seen where they were married at Pitkins Corner. That was new and interesting information. his name listed on the marrieage certificate is David Twitts instead of David Twiggs. That was one time that he should have read what he was signing. Washington county is where Fayetteville AR is located.
Personal story that might possible be of interest to any one who is descendant of Daniel Wakenight. When my parents were married and started having a family they named my older sister partially after my father’s sister who died when a baby, then they named my older brother after both my mother’s father David Twiggs and my father Ward Hutton, David Ward Hutton, when it came time to name me, they could not agree on anything, so my mother’s sister Francis Twiggs Kincaid who was heavily involved in family history suggested that two important names in the family tree of the Wakenights were Daniel Wakenight and his son Robert Wakenight. So that is where I got my name. Daniel Robert Hutton. When my younger sister came along they still could not agree, but they had a very willing helper with that name, as my older sister Sharon, age four, named her Elizabeth Ann, always called her Betty.
Have a wonderful day. Dan,
P.S. I get excited when some writes a story about my family, so thank you for going to all the trouble and research.