Joseph Henry Heydon

Notes:

DOD maybe 28 March 1922 (1).Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 133
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, Sh 4, p 157

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-446

Had foster child named Celia Thayer.

Buried Mt. Gilead Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Joseph married Susan E. East 24 Apr 1871, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Susan was born 17 Feb 1852, Missouri U.S.A.; died 7 Sep 1920. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Seely was the birth daughter of Corp. Elias L. Thayer Jr.
and Lovina Seely Hunter. Elias died in 1881, and Lovina
gave away some of her younger children to various Polk
County families, including Seely.

Source of the following obit is unknown - possibilities are
"The Bolivar Free Press" or "The Bolivar Herald:"

Seeley Thayer McKinney was born in Polk Co., MO, Sept. 22,
1877; died Dec. 3, 1915, age 38 years, 2 months and 11
days. She was married to Lester McKinney, Jan. 7, 1900. To
this union were born four children, Albert, Gertrude,
Lillian, and Edgar.

She was taken at the age of 3 ½ years by Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Heydon, who reared and cared for her until her marriage.

Rev. S. S. Pike preached her funeral at Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church, Sat., Dec. 4. A large concourse of friends
and relatives gathered to pay the last tribute of respect
to this good wife and mother.

Foster daughter of Joseph Henry Heydon & Sue East.

!NAME:Janet de la Pena, de la Pena, Janet, email dated
2011-12-13

Notes:

Buried Mt. Gilead Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO