Branch No. 35
Branch Captain: Linda K. Latta Smith, 16300 Cambridge Ct., Bowie, MD 20715, lklattasmith111@aol.com
Branch 9 was combined with Branch 35.
Please send any updates on this branch to Linda.
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LAST NUMBER USED: 237
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THIS BRANCH CAME TO AMERICA AFTER 1763.
1 JOHN (1) LATTA
Born: Abt 1727 in Donegal, No. of Ireland; died January 9, 1795
in South Carolina. Married Sarah (Ramsey) Dunlap, widow of ______ Dunlap (d. 1809
about 61 years of age, making her born about 1748). There was a Robert Ramsey
and his wife, Sarah Givens Ramsey, who was one of the first elders of the Old
Waxhaw Presbyterian Church. Robert Ramsey was from Beverly Manor in "The
Tinkling Springs" area of Augusta County, Virginia. The Ramsey family
moved to the Waxhaws in 1753. Listed among children/guardians of James
Ramsey and his brother, John Ramsey, and baptized by Rev. John Craig, a
Presbyterian minister, was *Sarah Ramsey, 26 Feb 1749 "in the congregation."
John Latta's appearance in North Carolina comes with two stories. One, that he is the half-brother of Rev. James Latta (Br. 8) of Cecil County, Maryland, and the second is that he left Ulster in 1763 and came to America with two brothers, and with his son Thomas, and settled in the Waxhaws of South Carolina. He and his wife, Sarah, are buried in the Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Sarah Ramsey Dunlap may be his second wife.
His tombstone Inscription: JOHN LATTA/ LAY ELDER OF WAXHAW/ CONGREGATION died/ Jan. 9th 1795. Aged 68/ Years./ [on back of stone:] Clasp'd in my heav'nly father's arms,/ I would forget my breath,/ And lofe my life among the charms/ Of fo divine a death./ If Thomas was born in November of 1763, and it took about three months to cross the ocean, then the family would have arrived sometime in 1764.
Children:
The
Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, South Carolina. (from
Find-A-Grave) The
Waxhaw Settlement was settled in 1751 by Scot-Irish from Pennsylvania. They
built the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, and it was thought to be in Anson County,
NC. Once the state boundaries lines were drawn, the church was found to be
in South Carolina. The Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church was burned to the
ground during the Revolutionary War, along with the home of the church's
minister. The church has been built over three times since then. See
photos on "Find-A-Grave."
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{ 1996
Note: " Latta Family Newsletter" In Vol. 1 No:2 Summer 1978, Page 7; By
Connie McD. Latta She writes. John Latta (4 John Steward (3) Latta) was born in
York
District, S.C. the son of Thomas Latta (2 Thomas (2) Latta) and Martha
Neely. He was the grandson of John Latta (1 John (1) Latta) (1727-1795) who
settled in York District
about 1763. Also a record of " Memorials of Land
Titles" of the above John Latta can be found in the same Newsletter on page
4.}
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1996 Note: "Chester Co.,
S.C. Will Book C, Page 70:
I Samuel Neely--Sarah, my beloved wife--my
loving son, James Neely--all the heirs of my body viz; Thomas Neely, Margaret
Latta, Elizabeth Chambers, Martha Latta, Robert Neely, William Neely and James
Neely--14th day of September, 1797".Samuel Neely Born: 1726 Died: Sept. 9, 1803
in Chester Co. S.C. His wife, Sarah Ferguson was Born: 1731. Died: Dec. 28,
1806. Samuel was the son of Henry & Elizabeth Neely. In a GedCom file it was
recorded that the children & their spouses of Samuel Neely & Sarah Ferguson are
as below;
Samuel Neely, Married: Unknown. William Neely, Married: Unknown.
Mary Neely, Married: Joseph Brown. *Margaret Neely, Married: John Latta Jr.*
Elizabeth Neely, Married: John
Chambers. *Martha Neely, Married: Tom Latta.*
Robert Neely, Married: Margaret White. James Neely, Married Jane Simpson.
*Thomas Neely, Married: Prudence Latta.*
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1997 Note: I have no known record of a *Prudence Latta* in any of the Latta
Branches. So that the information that I do have is not lost, and to the idea
that she was a sister of:
2 Thomas & 2a John (2) Latta, I have recorded her
known history here.
Prudence Latta Born 1751. Died: 1832 In: Chester Co.,
S.C. Married: Thomas Neely, He was born Aug. 3, 1772 and died Nov. 7, 1815.
Children; Thomas Neely, Married: Mary Jordan.
Samuel Neely, Married: Mary ?.
"Maj." John Neely, Married: Rachel Dunlap. Mary Neely, Married: Thomas
McFadden. Sarah Neely, Married: John McFadden. Elizabeth Neely, Married: Andrew
Bradford. William Neely, Married: Elizabeth Gaston.
History of Washington County, Arkansas - Shiloh Museum - 1989
In the mid-1820s a caravan of 60 relatively well-to-do families with their black slaves left Charleston, South Carolina, in order to seek their fortunes in the newly opening American West. In the York District of South Carolina the caravan was joined by the family headed by John Latta. The travels were made primarily in ox wagons. When they reached rivers, they used rafts. These families reached the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, where they apparently remained several years. The family headed by Samuel Latta seems to have already been in Tennessee, ahead of the new immigrants. Several of these families eventually settled in Arkansas Territory. During this period, members of the Latta family made several scouting trips further west, into what became Washington County. One of these trips may have been made as early as 1826. Whatever the actual year, during that first trip a small cabin was constructed. The land was part of the Lovely Purchase, claimed by the Cherokees and closed to white settlement. No Indians were living in the immediate area, however, and whites were squatting on the land in expectation that legal settlements would soon be possible. According to Latta family history, a plow was made from the crotch of an oak tree, and a few acres of grain were planted. It was perhaps in this manner that the Lattas established what, at the time, amounted to squatters’ rights to some gorgeous mountainous land that would be called Vineyard (site of Washington County's second post office, established February 21, 1829, with the name and location changed to Evansville in 1837). Latta Settlement In 1828 the Cherokees were forced west. Washington County was then created out of the Lovely Purchase lands, and white squatters were able to legally claim land. In 1831, several years after their initial scouting trip, John Latta, two black slaves named Dan and Ben, and several other family members collected wagons, teams, pine lumber that had been cut and milled in Tennessee, and tools. Two rafts of logs and lumber were floated and poled down the Tennessee River into the Ohio, then down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Arkansas River. The rafts were then towed up the Arkansas by a government steamboat to Phillips Landing (Van Buren), then freighted 45 rugged miles to Vineyard. Here a settlement had already begun under Captain Lewis Evans, the new county's first sheriff. According to the Goodspeed Publishing Company's History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas, "A horse-mill was built by Evans soon after he opened his store, and for a short time it supplied nearly the whole county with meal." A few miles to the north at Cane Hill, several related families had settled and built homes by 1827. At the Latta settlement, tents were put up and work started on houses. According to an account written by a Latta descendant, The Lord's Vineyard, "The colored mechanics, Ben and Dan, did the mechanical masonry work. They would work at one home at a time. Ben and Dan put in the stone foundations and chimneys, and moved to the next place. The rest of the workers hewed the logs and erected the frame of the building. Then Ben and Dan would come back and do the cabinet and inside finish work." Most of the work on the main Latta house seems to have been finished in 1832. During the 1831 trip, the other members of the large Latta family had remained in Tennessee. The families seem to have completed the westward migration into Arkansas Territory by 1833. In this final move the might have been as many as 30 people, including the numerous Latta children and the families of the slaves. The site chosen for the main house was a gently sloping hillside above a tributary of Evansville Creek that is today called Possum Hollow Creek, two miles from the state line and an equal distance northeast of Evansville on Highway 59. A log house was constructed nearby for the slaves. In mid-March of 1833, the new arrivals to Washington County could see mountains in all directions. There were no leaves on the trees, but the trees were covered with gorgeous white flowers, and spice bush and witch hazels were blooming in the creek bottoms. Springs flowed freely throughout the area. Vultures were soaring above, and the little spring peeper frogs announced a new land and a promising season. According to descendant F. F. Latta, "An industrial establishment was planned, developing a general manufactory, including a blacksmith shop under the Negroes, Ben and Dan; cabinet, carpenter and wheelwright shops under grandfather (John Latta); cobbler, saddle and harness shops under Eli Kelly; weaving and tailor shop under Aunt Leah Hale; and a grist mill.' The Lord's Vineyard' was intended to be as near self-sufficient as necessary to insulate and isolate it from the outside world." The two-story log home and several outbuildings stood more than a century at Vineyard, long after almost every trace of Washington County's pioneer day structures had disappeared. In 1958 the Latta buildings were carefully dismantled, transported to Prairie Grove Battlefield Park, and there reassembled. Modern visitors to the park may now ponder the achievements of pioneering carpenters, white and black, in a young Washington County. The Latta home, constructed in the early 1830s, was one of the earliest substantial structures built in Washington County. Originally located near modern Evansville, the house was moved to Prairie Grove Battlefield Park, where it has been restored.
2 JOHN (2) LATTA
John (1) Born about 1760 in Ireland; died January 19, 1819 in Tennessee. Married Margaret Neely, daughter of Samuel Neely and Sarah Ferguson. Margaret was born in 1756, and died in 1842. Neely family records state that John Latta was born in 1756, and died at the age of 65 in 1819.
Children: 5 WILLIAM (2) Born December 5, 1787; died January 14, 1870. 6 SAMUEL (2) born Jan. 10, 1783, died August 9, 1823. Probably a bachelor. Settled on Snow Creek, Maury Co., TN in 1817. Buried in the Latta Cemetery, Santa Fe, Maury Co., TN. 7 SARAH (2) born Oct. 15, 1790; d. 1885. Married David Nelson. They had James David and James Newton Nelson. Buried in the Latta Cemetery, Santa Fe, Maury Co., TN. 8 ALEXANDER (2) born June 29, 1793, died August 9, 1823. No marriage record. 9 JANE (2) born March 29, 1797, died July 26, 1885. Married Lemuel Jones. They had S. W., who married Florence Miller and Mary Lou Ashton.
*1997 Note: John Latta Bible, published Edinburgh in 1789. In possession of W.M.
Latta, Nashville, Tenn. Photostats filed with CAR papers of Anabel Lodbotter.
Copied by Joan
Hutcheson Lodbetter, Aug. 14, 1962.* A copy of the record
was sent to me by; Ms. Barbara Smith, of Salt Lake City, UT.
Samuel Latta, Latta Cemetery, Santa Fe, Maury Co., TN.
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3 THOMAS (2) LATTA
John (1). Born in north of Ireland
November 1, 1763, same year came to America with his father and settled in
the Waxhaws, SC, and then moved to York District near Clover, York Co., S.C. Died there November 14, 1807 and
is buried at the Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County,
South Carolina. He served in the Revolutionary War, in the
Continental Line. If he joined in the fighting abt. 1780, he would have
been abt. 17 years of age. (see tombstone for Revolutionary War
reference). Thomas Latta is listed as an elder in the Fishing Creek Presbyterian
Church in 1799, along with Samuel Neely, David Neely, Thomas Neely, and David
Carr. (History of the Presbyterian Church of South Carolina, Volume
2) Thomas married Martha Neely, daughter of Samuel Neely and Sarah
Ferguson, and a sister to his brother, John Latta's wife. Martha was born November
23, 1765 and died February 18, 1847 in Nashville, Tenn.
Four children:
10 SAMUEL (3).
11 JOHN
STEWARD (3) b. 1790; d. 1861.
12 ELIZABETH (3) m. Mr.
McFadden.
13
SARAH (3) Born: February 3, 1803 Died: March 16, 1847.
Buried in Springhill Cemetery, Gallatin Pike, Nashville, Tenn. Married:
Ebenezer McCance who died June 3, 1851, aged 56 years, 3 months. Children:
William N. b. September 9, 1822; d. June 3, 1851. Matthew m. Ann Walker. Dates
taken from tombstone. The "Origins of Southern Radicalism: The South
Carolina Upcountry, 1800-1860", page 34 state: In 1815, the Fishing Creek
Presbyterian Church of Chester District baptized the infant child of Sarah Latta,
who was not married, and admitted Sarah into membership following "a profession
of her repentance in respect to the crime of fornication...and of her faith in
the Devine Redeemer." Sarah would have been 13 years old at the time.
Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina.
5 WILLIAM (3) LATTA
John (2), John (1). Born December 5, 1787; died October 14, 1874; married Elizabeth Elliott between 1812-1817 before coming to Tennessee. William's second wife was Rachel Watson Caughron, widow of Samuel Caughron. William and Rachel had no children, but Rachel and Samuel Caughron had four children. Rachel received William's War of 1812 pension.
Children: 14 JOHN (4) b. abt. 1810. 15 ELIZABETH (4) m. Thomas Owen, George W. Pigg and L. B. Johnson. 16 MARGARET (4) m. Thomas S. Pigg. 17 MARY E. (4) m. L. B. Atkinson. 18 SARAH JANE (4) m. Towns Christopher on February 2, 1841 in Maury County, TN. Children: William, Nancy, John and James C.
The Herald and Mail - Columbia, Tennessee, Friday, Oct. 16, 1874
6 SAMUEL (3) LATTA
John (3) John (1) Born January 10, 1783; died August 29, 1855. Probably a bachelor.
Maury Co. Wills, Vol. F, p. 75 - Samuel Latta Will
7 JOHN LEANDER (5) LATTA
Samuel (4) Thomas (3)
John (2) John (1). Born in Tennessee
on Feb. 29, 1825; d. abt. 1903; buried at Corsicana, Texas. Married three times.
First wife died soon after marriage. 1) Eunetta Chandler, sister to Thomas Neely
Latta's wife. She was born February 29, 1829 in Fannin Co., Texas. 2) Martha
Story in Fannin Co., Texas. She died at Angus, Texas. 3) Martha McCade. He
served in Co. I, 34th Texas Cavalry. Was also in Doniphon's Army in Mexican War.
Child of John and Eunetta
Chandler:
70 JAMES
(6) died young.
Children of John and Martha Story:
71 EZRA MONROE (6) b. November 12, 1860.
In 1935 lived at Angus, Texas.
72 SAMUEL ELIJAH (6) b. May 9, 1862. In
1935 lived at Angus, Texas.
73 NETTIE BELLE
(6) b. July 30, 1864; m.
Orb Peacock. Lived at Dallas.
Children of John and Martha McCade:
74 SAMUEL
(6).
75
HARRIET (6).
10 SAMUEL (4) LATTA
Thomas (3), John (2),
John (1). Born in York District, S.C. in 1792; d. at Bonham, Fannin Co.,
Texas in 1867. Was over six feet, large frame shoemaker. Married: May Boyd, in
Maury Co., Tenn. she died in 1827. Samuel would be the "Samuel Latta"
referenced as moving to Tennessee ahead of the his brother, John Latta's family. In 1934 he went to near Evansville,
Washington Co., Ark. with his children. He was buried in Shiloh Cemetery,
Bonham, Texas. In 1818 went to Crooked Creek, Maury Co., Tenn. In 1861 moved to Fannin County, Texas, where he died in 1867. His son, Thomas, has moved to Texas
at the same time.
Children:
19 THOMAS NEELY (4)
Born at Duck River, Maury Co., Tenn. April 15, 1820. Died. at Dodd City, Texas September 9, 1908.
20 ROBERT
BOYD (4) Born in Green Co., Tenn. May 15, 1823;
d. September 19, 1893.
21
JOHN LEANDER (4)
Born in Tennessee on Feb. 29, 1825; d. abt. 1903; buried at Corsicana, Texas.
22 JAMES EWING (4).
23
EMALINE (4) "Rachel Emaline Latta" b. in Tenn.; d. near Bellefont, Ark.;
Married: Samuel Holmes Index as Darrell Holmes
24 MARTHA (4) b. in
Tenn; m. Mr. Forgery.
25
MARY L. (4) b.
July 1, 1821; d. Nov. 5, 1900; m. Andrew Agnew. Lived near Nonham,
Texas. Children: William, John, James, Jane, Nancy, and Elizabeth.
Buried at Moore's Chapel, Bonham, Fannin Co., TX.
26 SARAH
(4).
11
JOHN STEWARD (4) LATTA
Thomas (3), John (2), John (1). Born February 23, 1790 in York District,
S.C.; d. at Ft. Smith, home of son James, October 2, 1861. His date of death
is debated. Some family members stated it was October 3. He was buried at the
Academy Cemetery in Washington Co., AK. near Evansville, AK. Married: Jane
Starr, January 24, 1815, daughter of John Starr, Revolutionary Veteran. She was
born in York District S.C. September 17, 1792; died July 20, 1854. (Academy
Cemetery website states that her tombstone says she was born Sept. 17, 1793 and
died July 20, 1851) Her brother Robert Starr aided Jefferson Davis of the
Confederacy and is mentioned by Davis in his "Memoirs". John was like his
brother Samuel in build and looks. Was a terror to evil doers in his early days
and was a man of integrity. Lived two years in Tenn. The Latta records
states that "on the long road from South Carolina to Arkansas, traveling in slow
wagons over roads that today we would consider impassable, John Latta brought
with him to his western wilderness a library of books that exceed that found in
many homes today." This family record also states that "Cane Hill College
was organized in 1833 in the living room of the old Latta home at
Vineyard, near Evansville, and later established in a two room log schoolhouse
on a hill above the present Cane Hill."
Chronicles of Oklahoma, page 288. About 1828, moved to Cane Hill,
Arkansas, with his negro slaves, and built a plantation and industrial plant
which he called "The Lord's Vineyard." Then returned for his family. Blacksmith and farmer.
Reared a large family, set up a blacksmith shop, and furniture manufacturing
plant. Some of his family were skilled blacksmiths, furniture makers,
peace officers, ministers of the Gospel, teachers, and farmers. Served
in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. In the Book " The Lord's Vineyard"
Page 54, Old Chief Starr of the Cherokees, who visited the Latta home claimed to
be related to Jane Starr. {1996 note: the Log home built by this John Latta can
be seen at: Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, P.O. Box 306 Prairie Grove AR
72753 (501) 846-2990}. When John died, his daughter-in-law, Hattie (wife of
James Eudorus Latta), had his body packed in ice, and with the assistance of
Andrew Jackson Latta and two other men, she hauled the body by wagon over the
Boston Mountains. They completed the 50 mile trip sometime after midnight and
buried Latta at 2:00 a.m. The precise date of the burial is uncertain.
Children:
44
BABY SON (4) Died at Birth. Not named, Dec. 3, 1815
45 THOMAS STARR (4) b. in York District, S.C. December 6, 1816; d. April
5, 1842. Emigrated to Arkansas in 1832. Buried in the Academy Cemetery,
Evansville, Washington Co., Arkansas.
46 MARGARET ANN "Peggy Ann" (4)
b. February 19, 1818 in York District, S.C.; d. January 2, 1883. Married: Eli
Kelly, a saddler and Pennsylvania native, on February 19, 1830. Eli Kelly has
been employed on the Latta farm. He met Margaret Ann while he was employed by
her father to run the cobbler, saddle and harness shop on the Latta farm. Had a
large family. Children: Catherine Jane or "Kate" (married Elbert Gross),
Lucretia (married Thomas Carter), Mary G. or Mollie, William Robert, John
Newton, James Andrew, Francis Eli, and twins, born August 3, 1854, were named
Thomas Samuel and Laura Ruth. They were about 8 months old before their parents
finally named them. Went to Texas in 1861. The Kelly family lived in Basin
Springs, Grayson County, Texas. In 1936 her son, James A., lived at Whitesboro,
Texas. They are both buried at the Basin Springs Cemetery, Grayson County,
Texas. Their tombstone says that Margaret was born January 15, 1818.
47
SAMUEL NEELY "Sam" or "Saul"
(4). b. December 1819
48 JOHN STEWART or
STUART (4). b. November, 1821
49 WILLIAM RAMSY "Will"
(4). b. May,
1823
50
ROBERT HALL "Bob"
(4) b. in S.C. February 20, 1825. Went to
Mexican War in 1848. Went to Stockton, Calif. in 1849. Miner and freighter for
many years after he went west, and developed a wide reputation for his skill in
handling a bull team. In 1886 lived at Silver City, Idaho.
51 JAMES
EUDORUS "Jim" (4). b. January 9, 1827 in York District, SC.
52 ANDREW
JACKSON "Jack" (4). If his father
grew up in the Waxhaws in South Carolina, his family would have been acquainted
with President Andrew Jackson's family. b. May, 1829
53 ELI (ELY) CHAMBERS (4). b.
April, 1831
54
MARTHA JANE "Mat" or "Mattie" (4) b. at Vineyard, Ark.
August 10, 1833; Died: Aug. 8, 1915 and was buried at Fair Lawn Cemetery,
Oklahoma City, OK. Became a seamstress in the Old Cherokee Mission School at
Talequah, Indian Territory. While in the Indian Nation, she met and married a
teacher, Frederick Pilkington on July 4, 1855. They moved to Grayson County,
Texas, in 1856 where he purchased 320 acres of land and taught school. Two
children, Bobbie & Mattie Pilkington. Mr. Pilkington and the two children of the
marriage died of an "epidemic of flux." Mattie remained in Texas and on August
2, 1860, she married Moses M. Potts. In 1928 she lived at Shawnee, Okla.
Children: John Calhoun Potts b. in Tenn. July 28, 1861. Mary Myrant "Mollie"
Potts b. April 24, 1866. Jacobson Latta Potts b. in Paris, Tenn. January 20,
1868; m. Miss Wales. Thomas W. Potts b. August 10, 1872; m. Miss L. Davidson.
THE ARKANSAS
NEWS
(1836-1860), Spring 1986 ed. states:
"Vineyard
Woman Will Try Sewing Job with Indians" -
VINEYARD - This just in from
our Washington County correspondent reporting on a recent conversation with
Mattie Latta of Vineyard, Arkansas. Mattie says she has decided to try living
away from home for a year. She has an offer to go to a religious mission in the
Indian Nation to serve as a seamstress for $100 per year. Rooms are furnished.
There is little way, she says, for a girl to make anything here without
particular employment such as teaching school, painting, or drawing. Since she
can do none of these, Mattie has decided to sew. After a time, she hopes to have
enough money to visit relatives in South Carolina. Mattie is the daughter of
John and Hattie Latta.
55 FRANCIS MARION "Frank" (4). b. March, 1836
56 SARAH ELIZABETH
"Lizzie" (4) b. at Cane Hill, Ark. January 6, 1839; m. Hon. James
Mitchell January 31, 1860 at the Latta homestead at Vineyard. He was a college
professor and journalist. He was born at Cane Hill, Ark. May 8, 1832 and died at
Little Rock, Ark. June 26, 1902. Was editor and proprietor of Arkansas Democrat
which after his death was carried on by his two sons, William and Horace. She
was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1914 she lived at Little
Rock, Ark. She died there December 1, 1920. They are both buried at the Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas. Children: Belle d. at 2
years of age, Mamie d. at 23 years of age, Frances "Fannie", Alice, Jennie,
William S., Horace G., and James.
1850 Washington County Arkansas Census
John Latta w/m 60 yrs Farmer $1,600 SC
Jane Latta w/f 57 yrs
SC
William Latta w/m 25 yrs Farmer SC
Robert Latta w/m 24 yrs Farmer SC
James Latta w/m 22 yrs Farmer SC
Andrew Latta w/m 20 yrs Blacksmith SC - S
Eli Latta w/m 18 yrs Farmer TN - S
Francis Latta w/m 14 yrs AR
Jane Latta
w/f 16 yrs AR - S
John Leander Latta w/m 24 yrs Farmer TN
Sarah Latta w/f
12 yrs AR - S
THE ARKANSAS NEWS (1836-1860) Spring 1986 ed. "Burial for Latta Requires Long Trip Through Mountains" - VAN BUREN - John Latta, pioneer settler of Vineyard, Arkansas, died here in October, 1861. He had lived with his son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Hattie, and their family, in Van Buren for some months prior to his death. He had been in poor health much of that time. His condition worsened toward the end of September as the weather changed, and in early October he died after much discomfort. As Hattie Latta stood over him toward the end, she noted the time of his passing at 15 minutes before 11 p.m. She stooped to close his eyes and repeated the lines, "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep." John Latta's late wife, Jane Starr Latta, lies buried in the Old Academy Cemetery near Vineyard. Against the advice of friends who were concerned for reasons of safety, Hattie, her husband away from home because of the war, determined to bury Latta next to his wife's grave. Hattie packed the body in ice, left her baby with the mammy, took her brother-in-law and two Negro men and hauled the ice-packed body in a wagon over the Boston Mountains to the cemetery. It is a distance of nearly 50 miles. A Negro man had been sent ahead on horseback to notify Vineyard relatives to prepare the grave and summon the preacher. After a long and lonely trip, the small group from Van Buren reached the grave site some days after departure. It was past midnight when they finally arrived. The mourners placed tallow-dip candles beside the grave and buried Latta at 2 a.m. Latta is survived by 11 children and numerous grandchildren.
14 JOHN (4) LATTA
William (3) John (2) John (1). Born about 1810; Neely Family papers say 1790; died _____; married 1) Lucretia Slayden on May 20, 1842. She was the daughter of Benjamin Slayden and Polly Pistole. 2) Angeline Gant on December 15, 1847.
Children of John Latta and Lucretia Slayden: 27 WILLIAM WASHINGTON(4) m. Elizabeth Dockery. 28 MARY E. (4) born ______, died _____. Married a Dockery.
Children of John Latta and Angeline Gant:
29 JAMES A. (4) b. August 2, 1849; died March 2, 1933.
30 THOMAS S. (4) born Oct. 4, 1848, died March 28, 1928. Married Martha Johnson.
31 JOHN GANT (4) b. abt. 1858
1860 Census, Dist. 18, Santa Fe, Maury Co., TN
John Latta, 39,
farmer
Wm L, 17
Mary, 15
Thos, 10
Jos., 7
John, 2
G. Latta - 1/12 (1
month)
19 THOMAS NEELY (5) LATTA
Samuel (4) Thomas (3)
John (2) John (1). Born at Duck River, Maury Co.,
Tenn. April 15, 1820. Died. at Dodd City, Texas September 9, 1908; m. Emily
Chandler at Vineyard, Washington
Co., Ark. March 4, 1841. Farmer. Went to
Fannin Co., Texas in 1843. There they farmed near Dodd City. She was born
April 6, 1815 and died February 16, 1897. He and his wife Emily are buried
at the Dodd City Cemetery.
Abstracted from the "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Tx. 22 Sept 1908:
Thomas Neely Latta, pioneer; died yesterday at Dodd City; services :
Rev. H.L. Walker of Presbyterian church of Dodd City; buried Dodd
City; in Fannin 62 years; Irish parentage; "immigrated 1763"; born
Columbia , Tenn. 14 Apr. 1820; to Fayettville, Ark. 1837; married
Miss Emily Chandler 4 March 1841; she died after 53 years of
marriage; 10 children; to Fannin Co. 1846; to Dodd City 1883, 3 mi.
east of town; in 1840 joined Cumberland Presbyterian church at Cane
Hill, Ark. PHOTO with article.
Children:
57 ELIZABETH "Lizzie" LORETTA
(6) b.
at Washington Co., Ark. December 25, 1841; d. Alvin, Texas August 1904; m.
Frank M. Stephens on January 17, 1869. Children: Samuel and Ella. In 1933 both
lived at Phoenix, Ariz.
58
MARGARET AUNITH (6) b. at Washington Co.,
Ark. at Vineyard March 29, 1843; d. at Dodd City, Texas February 14, 1917; m.
Mason F. Gray on May 26, 1868. Children: Thomas. William. John. Luther. Robert
R. In 1933 lived at Dodd City, Texas. She is buried in the Dodd City
Cemetery.
59
WILLIAM FRANKLIN "Franklin"
(6).
60
ROBERT ALFRED "Alfred" (6).
61 DIALTHA EUGENIA
(6)
b. at Fannin Co., Texas November 23, 1850; d. at Phoenix, Ariz. August 31,
1934; m. Charles F. Rowland June 14, 1874. Children: Edna, Alma, and Ethel. She
and her children lived at Phoenix, Ariz.
62 MARY LUCINDA
(6) b. at Fannin Co., Texas June 16, 1851; d. August 22, 1924; m. William Erasmus Lovelace August
25, 1875. She is buried in the Inglish Cemetery, Bonham,TX.
63 THOMAS JEFFERSON (6).
64 MARTHA JANE (6) b. in Fannin Co., Texas August 28, 1854; m. Robert S. Moore December 24, 1874. In
1940 lived at 312 W. 24th Street, Oklahoma City, Okla. One
child: Alva.
65
DELBERT CHANDLER (6)
b. February 16, 1856 in TX; d. Sept. 5, 1887; m. Kate C. __________. She
was born Oct. 26, 1858 and died Dec. 22, 1936; They are buried in the Dodd
City Cemetery.
66
JOHN LUTHER (6)
b. 1858 in TX.
20 ROBERT BOYD (5) LATTA
Samuel (4) Thomas (3) John (2) John (1). Born in Green Co., Tenn. May 15, 1823; d. September 19, 1892; buried
in the Edmiston Cemetery, Morrow, Washington Co., Arkansas; m.
Elizabeth Jane Simpson. She came from Kentucky and died in 1903. He lived at
Crooked Creek, Maury Co., Tenn. He was lame. Boot and shoemaker at Evansville,
Ark. where he went in 1837. Went to Cane Hill, Ark. where he worked at his trade
for 24 years and died there.
Children:
67 HUGH THOMAS (6)
b. 1858; d. Feb. 3, 1943. Buried in the Edmiston Cemtery, Cane Hill, Ark.
68 FRANCIS BOYD (6)
b. March 29, 1862; d. March 16, 1943. Buried in the Edmiston Cemtery,Cane Hill, Ark.
69 MARY JANE (6) b. near Cane Hill, Ark.
September 27, 1854; m. Robert Young Shearer. Born in Caldwell, North
Carolina, USA on 1 Feb 1862, son of Robert F. Shearer and Kathryn Pressnell.
He passed away on July 22, 1933 in Lincoln, Washington Co., Arkansas, USA.
He is buried in the Edmiston Cemetery, Cane Hill, Ark.
22 JAMES EWING (5) LATTA
Samuel (4) Thomas (3) John (2) John (1) James Ewing Latta was born abt. 1827 in Tennessee. He married Eliza Ann Frasier on Sept 26, 1867 in Texas. Served in Mexican War. Lived in Bonham, TX.
Child:
____ CHARLES (6) LATTA - b. abt. 1869
1880 Census, lived in Precinct 6, Hunt County, Texas James Latta, 53, farmer, born TN Eliza Latta, 39, b. TN Charley, male, age 11, born TX
27 WILLIAM WASHINGTON (5) LATTA
Children:
Children:
(Photos from Find A Grave by John William Latta II)
Martha Johnson Latta - photo from Find A Grave by John William Latta II
The Herald and Mail, Columbia, TN - 16 July 1897.
Children of Thomas and Martha Johnson: 36 SARAH "Sallie Jane"(5) Born Nov. 16, 1870, Married Sam Vestal. They had Bernard Vestal who was killed at the Battle of Argonne Forest in France. 37 LENA MAY (5) Born Jan. 1, 1876. Married Emory Vestal and they had Esther Eugenia and Johnny Mae (Pigg). 38 JOHN WILLIAM (5) Born July 23, 1872 in Maury County, Tennessee; died March 25, 1950 in Decatur County, TN.
Thomas had no children with Hattie E. Sellers.
Feb. 20, 1903 - The Herald and Mail, Columbia, TN
Nashville Banner - Saturday March 31, 1928, page 5
38 JOHN WILLIAM (6) LATTA
Thomas (5) John (4) William (3) John (2) John(1). Born July 23, 1872. Died March 25, 1950 in Parsons, Decatur Co., Tennessee. Married Mattie Anne Woody on January 1, 1901 at Santa Fe, TN in 1900.
The Herald and Mail, Columbia, TN - Feb. 1, 1901Children:
(Photo from Find A Grave by John William Latta II)
Robbie Elise Latta - photo by John William Latta II from Find-A-Grave
47 SAMUEL NEELY (4) LATTA
John Steward (3) Thomas
(2) John (1). Born December 20, 1819; m. Tennessee Gray November 26, 1844.
Carpenter. Went to California in 1850. The 1867-73 Voters Registration for
California lists him at Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, in 1867, age
47, stating that he was a carpenter and that he originated from South Carolina.
He was also listed in the 1873 Voters Registration. He had placer mined when he first arrived
in California. When he went to California, he left his wife, Tennessee Gray Latta, and their two children in Arkansas. While he apparently planned to return
for his family, he never did and the family was never reunited. Lived at
Maysfield, Nevada City, and Grass Valley.
Members of the Washington County
Company who mustered at Grand Saline (
Children:
77 LUCETTA
CAROLINE "Settie" (5) b. at Evansville, Ark. in 1845; m. Robert McCarty.
78 IANTHA ANNA "Sam" or "Sammy" (5) b. at Evansville, Ark. in 1848; m.
Samuel Black.
48 JOHN STEWART or STUART (4) LATTA
John Steward (3) Thomas (2) John (1). Born : November 4, 1821 at: York District, S.C.
Died: October 17, 1898 near Prairie Grove, Ark. Buried in Cane Hill (Arkansas)
Cemetery.
His middle name honored some Starr ancestor. Married: Mary Jane
Shannon November 2, 1848. Went with his parents from S.C. to near Evansville,
Ark. when 14 years of age. Blacksmith and U.S. Deputy Marshall in the "Cherokee
Nation" Known as "Indian Territory".
Children:
79 FRANCES STEWART
(5) b. at Evansville, Ark. November 29, 1840; m.
George L. Washington.
Children: Maud Lillian b. January 1, 1869;; m. P.V. Craig. Anna Pearl b. July
23, 1869; d. 18 years. John Dreas b. March 10, 1872; m. Lorena Cravens. Ruby May
b. October 22, 1873.
80
THOMAS FRANKLIN (5).
81 JOHN ANNA
(5) She was Born: November 11, 1852 at Evansville, Ark. Married: Thomas
Price, near Modseto, Calif. (He was the brother to Lucy Leanna Price, the
first wife of Eli Chambers Latta) Four girls all born there. 1) Florence
Evans Price Married: Jack Giovanetti. 2) Ruby Price Married: Frank Bell. 3)
Mary Price Married: Floyed Wisecarver.
4) Francis Price Married: Lawrence
Whitmore.
82
MARGARET (5) b. December 10, 1855; Married: Edward Meek
Allison; She Died: March 24, 1925. Lived near Prairie Grove, Ark. Children: 1) Martha Allison Married: W.E. Carter. Lived at Little Rock, Ark. 2) Samuel
Allison.
83
ELLA MAY (5) b. December 22, 1858; m. Acquilla Garrett.
Lived near Prairie Grove, Ark. Eleven children. One was John.
49
WILLIAM RAMSEY (4) LATTA
John Steward (3) Thomas (2) John (1). Born in York
District, S.C. May 26, 1823; d. July 23, 1906. Married twice. First to Ann
Jones November 20, 1851. She was the daughter of Rev. Evan Jones, a Baptist
missionary to Cherokee Indians and had traveled west with them, conducting one
of their detachments in the 1838 removal. Ann died and was buried at Tallequa,
Cherokee Nation, Okla. He was ordained to the Cumberland Presbyterian ministry.
After his return to Leavenworth, he married Mary Jane Robinson of Wyandotte,
Kansas, on November 11, 1869, at Wyandotte, Kan. In 1927 she lived at Maywood,
Kan. She was born in Virginia and died from a fall in 1931. They had three
children. He was a minister at Maywood and both taught in Indian Mission,
Muskogee, Okla. When young he went with his parents from S.C. to Ark. In 1861
went to Kan. He wrote a history of the Latta family but it was burned by Mrs.
James E. Latta, his brother's wife. She did not know its value.
Children
by second wife:
84
ROBERT BOYD (5).
85 ROSS FERRELL (5).
86 WILLIAM HARTLEY (5) b. January 24, 1877 at Tullahasse Mission, Okla.;
m. Bertha M. Reitz, sister to his brother's wife, in 1908. She was born at
Kansas City, Kan. In 1918 no children.
50 ROBERT HALL (4) LATTA
John Steward (3) Thomas (2) John (1) b. 1825; d. 1898. Single.
1880 Census, Silver City, Owyhee Co., California Robert H. Latta, 55, teamster, b. SC, boarder (hotel list)
Idaho Statesman Newspaper, June 18, 1898.
51 JAMES EUDORUS (4) LATTA
John Steward (3) Thomas (2) John (1). { Seen as: James Eudoris Latta} Born in York
District, S.C. January 9, 1827or 1829; d. and was buried at Claremont, Okla.
December 6, 1895.
Married: Harriette Ann Sheldon "Hattie" { Seen as: Harriet
Ann Shelden} of Utica, N.Y. June 15, 1858. She was a missionary sent to the
Cherokee Indians by the old Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Utica, N.Y. and he
was a teacher in the Indian School at Tahleequah, Indian Territory. In 1903
lived at Greenwood, Okla. Served in the Confederate Army in Civil War. Was at
the battle of Ft. Gibson. After the Civil War, James was overseer of the George
Murrell estate at Park Hill and lived in the "Hunters Home" while his wife
taught private prescription schools for the white children. Children all but Thomas lived at Fargo, Okla. { Taken
from the Book " The Lord's Vineyard" Page 28. By Frank Forrest Latta, In a
letter to Eli Chambers Latta written April 25, 1909, Sarah Elizabeth Latta
referred to Aunt Hattie and the children as " The Tribe", Mentioning many
children and grandchildren. Eli Chambers often referred to them as " Jim's
Indians". On page 54 " Old Chief Starr of the Starr band of Cherokees used to
visit at the old Latta home at Vineyard and claimed to be related to Grandmother
Latta. He had known her in S.C.} By 1860, James and Hattie had returned to
Vineyard where they lived in the John Latta home. Manuscript returns of the
Eighth U.S. Census, 1860, Schedule 1, Free Inhabitants, Washington County,
Arkansas, on microfilm at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., and the
Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock, M-653, roll 52.
87 JOHN SHELDON
(5).
88
WILLIAM FOWLER (5) b. 1861; d. at Ft. Smith, Ark., aged 18
months.
89
JAMES GARDNER (5).
90 DWIGHT HITCHCOCK (5).
91
AMANDA MOOR (5) b. at Park Hill, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) July 12,
1870; m. Lee Jackson Hanley at Ft. Gibson, Ark. April 29, 1891. In 1940 lived
at Fargo, Okla.
Children: Sheldon Hodge b. December 8, 1892; m. Carrie
Reininger. James Arthur b. January 21, 1899; m. Mae Bacon. Harold Edward b. June
23, 1904; d. October 22, 1932.
92 THOMAS ALBERT (5) b. September 7,
1872 at Park Hill, Indian Territory (Oklahoma); d. March, 1931; m. Iva
Kirkpatrick, September 26, 1900. She was born August 21, 1876 and died January
28, 1915.
Arkansas Democrat, Wed.
Jan. 18, 1905, pg 7"A description of a California meeting held by the Rev. E. C. Latta, another faithful Cumberland Presbyterian pioneer on the Pacific coast, will give the reader an idea of the difficulties under which the first preachers in that country sometimes labored. Latta was earning his bread by hunting. A hotel at which he boarded bought his venison. He got permission from Jim, the hotel keeper, to have preaching at the bar-room. When Sabbath came the only two women in all the country came to the meeting. Gamblers, too, were there, busy at their cards. Latta interrupted their games, saying, "Boys, it's my put in now. Jim says I may preach in this room. Just mark your place and wait till I preach." And then, without preliminaries, he began his sermon. When the sermon was over the gamblers returned to their cards." http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/mcdonold/30-36.htm
Children by first wife:
95 LINNA MAY (5) b.
Sonoma Co., Calif. May 9, 1873; d. at Stockton, San Joaquin County, California
onFebruary 6, 1899; m.
John Orr at the Latta home at Orestimba on August 19, 1891. No children. (THE
LORD'S VINEYARD)
96
SARAH CATHERINE (5) b. at Salida, Calif.
June 7, 1874; m. Lloyd Dorsey Worthington on August 24, 1891 at the Latta home
at Orestimba. Children: Martha, married Lloyd Preston, and Frank Claire.
Marthsa was born January 3, 1895, and Frank was born March 9, 1896, both at the
Worthington home at Las Gerzas, Stanislaus County, California. Frank
married Eva Kniebes. (THE LORD'S VINEYARD)
97 RICHARD BEARD (5) b. at
Salida, Calif. June 5, 1876. He was broad and powerful, 6 feet four inches
in height and had dark hair and eyes, resembling his mother. Accidentally
killed March 29, 1892, at Orestimba school by a playmate who tripped him in a
jumping contest. Buried in Hill's Perry Cemetery near Newman. (THE
LORD'S VINEYARD)
98
WILLIAM FRANKLIN (5) b. at Salida, Calif. March 15, 1878.
He was a large man, six feet one inch in height, large square frame, extremely
heavy shoulders and arms and was a very powerful man. He had light hair,
blue eyes, fair complexion, and was of a quiet unobtrusive disposition, but
independent to an extreme, and a dangerous man when imposed upon. A great
deal of his work was done with young stock, in which occupation as well as all
other mattes he was absolutely fearless. It was his fearlessness that at
last led to his death, for he was killed by the kick of a mule which he was
breaking. He died at Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, Feb. 6, 1906,
and was buried by the side of his brother, Richard Beard (THE LORD'S VINEYARD)
Children by second
wife:
99
MARY JOYCE (5) b. at Orestimba, Calif. July 29, 1884; m.
Albert Barnes Holtham at Modesto, Dec. 20, 1903. There were four children.
Alberta Joyce born at the Latta home at Las Garsas, Merced County; Frances
Brown, married Rector, had 2 children, died 1937; Willard, Howard. (THE
LORD'S VINEYARD)
100
JOHN CAMPBELL (5) b. at Orestimba, Calif. October 8, 1885.
In appearance and character resembled his grandfather, 4 John (3) Latta.
Six feet one and one-half inches in height, light hair, blue eyes, and even
white teeth which were always well cared for, large frame but not fleshy.
At the age of fifteen, he, as his father was incapacitated, was the acting head
of the family and bought eight mules, carrying on a teaming business and later a
grain farming business which in 1922 had grown to 5000 acres. John
Campbell Latta was a man who was square and honest to an extreme. He was
known and respected by everyone. He had many friends and no enemies.
He early assumed responsibility and sacrificed ten years of his life to the
rearing of his two younger brothers. On Oct. 17, 1915, at San Jose,
California, he was united in marriage to Miss Edythe V. Menzel. She was
the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Menzel, who were pioneers of the
Romero Distinct Merced County, California. In 1922 he quit farming
and moved to Gustine where he died in 1934. He had no children. (THE
LORD'S VINEYARD)
101
FRANK FORREST (5).
Born at Orestimba, Sept. 18, 1892, six feet 2 and one-half inches in height,
weight when normal 200 pounds. In general Frank resembled his father,
having light hair, blue eyes, and large frame. In addition to pysique, he
also resembled his father in personal characteristics, actions and speech.
In August 1899, he moved with his parents to Las Garzas, 11 miles south of
Orestimba. Graduated from the Occidental Grammar School in May 1907.
In August 1908 he moved with the family to San Luis, 12 miles south of Las
Garsas, and 6 miles west of Volta. Worked for two years in the blacksmith
shop for his brother John Latta. In April 1909 started work as an
apprentice at the carpenter trade and worked at carpentry until September 13,
1913, when he started to attend the newly organized Gustine Union High School,
driving 11.5 miles each way with horse and buggy. Later moved to Gustine
and did janitor work in the high school and several other buildings. He
was prevailed upon by the principal of the high school (C. R. Perrier) to enter
the Summer Session of the University of California in 1915 and prepare to teach
woodwork in the high school the following year. This was accomplished and
for the two following years he taught during the afternoons and attended classes
in the morning, graduating from High School in May 1917. During these two
years his mother kept house for him in Gustine. After teaching one month
in the Newman and Crows Landing school in the Fall of 1917 he entered the
military service on Sept. 20, 1917, and was sent to Camp Lewis, American Lake,
Washington. Here he entered the Machine Gun Co. of the 363rd Inf. 91st
Division. In Dec. 1917 was transferred to the Air Service at Kelly Field,
San Antonio, Texas. On the way to his new post he stopped at Gustine and
was united in marriage to Mathilda Jeannette Allen, daughter of John Thomas and
Clara Belle (DeMont) Allen. John Thomas Allen was born in Sacramento,
California, and Clara Belle DeMont was born in Oakland, California. After
holding several non-commissioned grades in the Enlisted Mechanics Training
Department at Kelly Field, Frank Forrest Latta was commissioned a 2nd Lieut. Air
Service Production and ordered to Vancouver Barracks, Washington, where he was
in an officer's school for 30 days. Service was with the 75th Spruce
Squadron in Clatsop County, Oregon. After the Armistice he was given
command of the squadron and demobilized it at Vancouver Barracks. Jan. 1,
1919, he left Vancouver Barracks as train adjutant with 500 troops for the
Presidio of San Francisco, California and was in demobilization work at the
Presidio until discharged June 13, 1919. Upon leaving the service he
carried on a general contracting business in Gustine until 1922 when he started
teaching school at Ceres High School, handling Woodwork and Physical
Education. In Sep. 1923, he started teaching Carpentry, Farm Mechanics and
Rifle Range in the High School at Porterville, Tulare County, California, where
he taught two years. In 1925 he began teaching Farm Mechanics in the
Tulare High School. During the summers of 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927
he attended the State Teacher's College at Santa Barbara. In addition,
during the summer of 1925 he attended the post session of the State Teacher's
College at San Diego, California. March 1, 1931, he began teaching Farm
Mechanics in the High School at Shafter, California where he is still employed
(1940). In 1940, he had four children: Monna Starr, born Jan 18, 1921 in
Gustine, California; Nedra Marie, born August 15, 1923, in Gustine, California;
Don Allen, born Jan. 18, 1926, in Tulare, California, and Donna Jean, born March
23, 1928, in Tulare, California. (The Lord's Vineyard)
102 THOMAS STARR (5).
Born at Orestimba, July 31, 1896. Six feet two inches in height, large
frame, very muscular, light curly hair, blue eyes, weight about 185 pounds.
Like his brother William Franklin in appearance. Married Elma Letitia Allen,
sister of the wife of his bother Frank. Served during the World War with
the Machine Gun Battalions of the 13th Division. In 1940 living on a ranch
near Gustine. Children: Verne Claire, born March 27, 1920 in Gustine,
California. Married Henry Jensen on Nov. 26, 1939; John Thomas, born June
23, 1923, at Gustine, California (The Lord's Vineyard)
The Latta Genealogy Newsletter - Fall 2021
"The Lord's Vineyard" by Jack Latta, jklatta@suddenlink.net
"I recently came across a booklet entitled "The Lord's Vineyard," my Dad had given to me several years before he passed some 30 years ago. I recently rediscovered it and put it aside. It was written and mimeographed by F. F. Latta on Feb. 9, 1940. It is 92 pages long and has a Latta Coat of Arms in the front. Here is an except from this book.
THE LIFE OF ELI CHAMBERS LATTA
Eli Chambers Latta, the son of John Latta and Jane Starr, the principal character of this entire sketch, was born in Maury County near Nashville, Tennessee, April 8, 1831. He was a covered wagon baby, although born 18 years before the covered wagon babies of 1849. In 1825, his family started to move from York District, South Carolina, to Arkansas Territory, one or more trips west being made by the head of the family immediately following that date. In 1831, while the family was camped on Crooked Creek in Maury County, Tennessee, the wagon beds were removed from the running gears and placed on the ground to serve as living quarters. Some of the men of the party continued to Arkansas Territory and returned later. It was in one of these scoop-bed lynch-pin wagons that Eli was born. The family continued from Maury County, Tennessee to found the little settlement of Vineyard in Washington County, Arkansas, late in 1832 or early in 1833, three miles from Evansville and within two miles of the western border of the state. At the settlement which grew up near the old Latta homestead and known as Vineyard, a church and a Post Office were established. In 1833, John (3) Latta was the Postmaster and had the office in his log home.
On April 12, 1850, Eli Latta started for California with teams in a company with something more than sixty people. It is certain that upon this occasion he was accompanied by Andrew Jackson Latta and probably Samuel Neely Latta. After four months experience on the road, such as was common with the "tourist trains" of that day, they arrived in California, August 10, 1850. The trip to California was made over the Santa Fe Trail and across the southern end of Death Valley to Los Angeles and on to Santa Barbara. Shortly after joining the wagon train, Andrew obtained the job of caring for the loose stock which accompanied the outfit Eli worked his way by gathering buffalo chips. The southern route was almost entirely barren of wood and "boise de vaca" as the only available fuel. during the entire journey to southern California this was his occupation. He carried a gunny sack suspended from the horn of his saddle and rose several miles from the trail to find it. The immediate vicinity of the trail itself has been stripped as clean as a floor. Each wagon had an empty sack hanging on the end of the reach which projected to the rear of the running gear. It was Eli's business to keep all of those sacks full of chips. In after years he used to state that it seemed that those sacks had no bottom and were always empty.
Eli's marriage to Miss Lucy Leanna Price took place in February 1877. She was a helpmeet indeed, but she lived a little less than seven years, and passed away. Lucy Leanna Price was born in Sedalia, Missouri, February 3, 1850, and came to California to Sonoma county with her father and mother in 1868. She was the daughter of William Arjelon Price and Lucy Edwards. She died December 9, 1878 and is buried in Modesto. she had two sisters and three brothers:
1) William who was killed in Tennessee while a soldier in the Civil War.
2) Catherine Deshti, born in Sedalia, Missours, and married (`) ____Quizenberry and (2) John Davies. She died and was buried at Modesto, California June 1914.
3. Sarah was born at Sedalia, Missouri, married Wm. Bradley. She died and was buried at Fresno in June 1915.
4. Thomas Edwards was born at Sedalia, Missouri, married Johanna Latta. She died and was buried in Modesto in 1894. She was a niece to E. C. Latta who married Lucy Leanne Price, sister of Thomas Edwards Price.
5. John Louis was born at Sedalia, Missouri, married Bell Emerson and is buried in Modesto.
Harmonia Campbell (second wife)
About this time Mr. Latta settled on an 80-acre ranch on Orestimba Creek about one and one-half miles below Orestimba school house. On October 25, 1883, the second marriage of E. C. Latta took place. The second wife was Harmonia Campbell, a daughter of Lewid Campbell and Jane (Sturgeon) Campbell. Lewis Campbell was a pioneer settler in Washington County, Iowa, a wheelwright, cabinet maker and carpenter by trade. He was an all-round mechanic and ran a sawmill for several years. Jane Sturgeon, his wife, was a twin sister of Edward Lindsay Sturgeon, who was a pioneer settler in California, coming in 1852, and working in the mines and redwood sawmills for many years. E. L. Sturgeon settled first at Danville, Contra Costa County. In 1868, he came to the San Joaquin valley plains, acquired 400 acres of virgin soil and planted it to grain. this land lays four miles southwest of where the town of Gustine now stands. He served one term as County Supervisor of his district and carried on an extensive grain farming business near his brother, Jeremiah G. Sturgeon. They at one time farmed 6000 acres of land. Edward Lindsey Sturgeon died at Capitola, Santa Cruz County, California, in 1920, at the age of 92.
"Cottonwood" School
Harmonia Campbell taught school in
Iowa several years before coming to California in 1873. After coming to
California, she taught the Clay District Grammar school (known as the Cottonwood
School) for two years. The schoolhouse then stood a mile and a quarter
north and a quarter of a mile east of where it now stands. Quitting
teaching in 1875, she kept house for her uncle, Jeremiah Candee Sturgeon, on his
grain ranch until her marriage in 1883. she was a woman of most exemplary
character and an extremely hard worker. She died Nov. 7, 1922 at the home
of this writer, her son, Frank Forrest Latta, at Gustine, Merced County,
California, and is buried in Hills Ferry Cemetery, 3 miles northwest of Newman.
"Big Salada Claim"
While located at Orestimba (about 1896) Eli Chambers filed on a homestead of mountain land about 30 miles west of Crows Landing and 6 miles east of Mount Hamilton. Here, with the aid of John Campbell Latta, the oldest son by his second marriage he built a three-room mountain home with porches and a stone fireplace also a barn and wagon shed. This place was on the Big Salada Creek and was afterward sold to the owners of a nearby cattle ranch.
"To Las Garzas"
In 1899, about August 15, the entire family moved to a ranch ten miles south of Orestimba on Garzas Creek. This ranch of 160 acres belonged to mother. It was here in 1904 that Eli's health broke down completely, making it necessary for him to seek hospital treatment.
"Finis"
E. C. Latta passed away May 30, 1909, aged 78 years, 1 month and 22 days, and was buried in the Cemetery at Modesto, California.
NOTE: In the Library of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville there is a similar book in their Arkansas Collection. The call number is: F417.W3.W3 no. 27-28. The citation is: Latta, Frank F., 1892-1983 1956 The Lord's Vineyard; being the history of the pioneer Latta family of old Vineyard in Washington County, Arkansas and including the life of E. C. Latta. Washington County Historical Society, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 118 pages. Firs published by the author at Shafter, California in 1940. Revised by the author in 1956.
55
FRANCIS MARION (4) LATTA
John Steward (3) Thomas 92) John (1). Born at Vineyard,
Ark. March 10, 1836; m. Elizabeth
"Bette" Willis July 3, 1862. Was a
Presbyterian minister. Lived at Clarksville, Ark. and died at Russellville, Ark.
where he was buried. Children:
103 MARGARET "Maggie" (5) b. abt. 1862. d. in 1870, aged 8 years from an accident. He mother had gone up the river 30 miles to visit her sisters and had left Maggie with her grandmother. It was November 1870, and her father was on his circuit pastor duties. Maggie caught her head in the band-wheel of the cotton gin and was killed instantly. Her face was crushed. This happened one year after the death of her brother Seth.
104 SETH (5) b. abt. 1865. d. abt. 1869 from an accident at the age of 4. He fell from the footboard of a bed, received a severe blow to the head and lived only a few hours.
105 GUY WILLIS
"Guy" (5) b. abt. 1868. Electric
engineer. Died and buried at Mexico City, Mexico.
59 WILLIAM FRANKLIN (5) LATTA
Thomas Neely (4) Samuel (3) Thomas (2) John (1). Born in Washington Co., Ark.
on October 12, 1844; d. at Buffalo Gap., Texas in 1891; m.
Flora Alice Grogan July 10,
1873. In 1933 she was living at Ovalo, Taylor Co., Texas. Buried in
the Buffalo Gap Cemetery, Taylor Co., TX.
60 ROBERT ALFRED
"Alf" (5) LATTA
Thomas Neely (4) Samuel
93) Thomas (2) John (1). Born in Fannin Co., Texas February 28, 1847; d. at
Dodd City, Texas September 1, 1932. Buried at the Dodd City Cemetery, Fannin
Co., TX; m. Mariah Sadler October 26, 1871. She was born Dec. 6, 1846 and
died Aug. 10, 1886. She is buried at the Smyrna Cemetery, aka Lannius
Cemetery, Fannin Co., TX. (There are many Sadler's buried in this cemetery
also, and is located 5 miles east of Bonham, TX)
Children:
115
HEZAKIAH (6) lived at El Paso, Texas.
116 MONT (6).
117 WORTH (6)
b. Aug. 2, 1878 in Fannin, TX; d. July 15, 1936 in Dodd City, Fannin,TX.
Married Nettie F. Kinkade Bridges, daughter of John Lawson Kinkade and Sarah
Eveline Grubb Kinkade. She was born Sept. 3, 1891 in Fannin, TX and died
June5, 1983 in Dodd City, Fannin Co., TX. They are buried in the Dodd City
Cemetery. She had three children by her first husband, James Bridges.
She and Worth had no children.
118 JOHN (6).
119 DEMA
(6).
120
ALFIE (6).
121 BENTON F. (6) b. Oct. 21, 1872; d. Nov. 13, 1942 (found dead at his home; possible dead for 48 hours before found); single, carpenter, self-employed. Death certificate signed by Jack Latta of Dallas, TX. Buried in Dodd City Cemetery.
122 JACK (6) b.
August 2, 1880 at Bonham, TX; d. August 23, 1956 at Dallas, TX; never married.
Lived at 720 Delaware St., Irving, TX. Carpenter. Served in the Spanish American
War. Buried at the Dodd City Cemetery.
Fannin County, Texas - Military: Confederate Pension
Applications
On file at the Texas State Library and Archives at Austin,
Travis Co., TX
September 27, 2002 - -Latta, R. A. - 40745 Fannin
63 THOMAS JEFFERSON (5) LATTA
Thomas Neely (4)
Samuel (3) Thomas (2) John (1). Born in Fannin Co., Texas December 31, 1852;
d. July 25, 1890; m. Belle Smith December 24, 1879.
Children:
123 COWAN
(6) in 1933 lived at Uvalde, Texas.
124 Female (6) m. Bert Hall of
Bowie, Texas.
125
Female (6) m. Roy Sadler of Corpus Christe, Texas.
126 Female (6) m. Howard Meacham of Dermit, Texas.
65 DELBERT
CHANDLER (5) LATTA
Thomas Neely (4) Samuel (3) Thomas (2) John (1). Born in Fannin Co., Texas February 16, 1856; d. September 5, 1887; m. Catherine Scott
May 16, 1880. In 1933 his children were living at Dodd City, Texas.
127 MATTIE E. (6)
b. June 27, 1881; d. June 26, 1936. Buried at the Dodd City Cemetery.
Never married.
128
LULA (6) b.
March 12, 1883; d. February 15, 1958. Buried at the Dodd City Cemetery
(shared marker with brother Wade). Never married.
129 WADE (6)
b. Jan. 22, 1887; d. Apr. 21, 1946. Buried at the Dodd City Cemetery
(shared marker with sister Lula). Never married.
66
JOHN LUTHER (5) LATTA
Thomas Neely (4) Samuel (3) Thomas (2) John (1). Born at
Dodd City, Texas November
16, 1858; d. June 23, 1953 in Marks, Tennessee; m. Maria Forgey November 20, 1889.
Presbyterian Minister. In 1940 living at Wylie, Texas.
Children born in
Texas.
130
THOMAS FORGEY (6)
131
EMILY (6) b. September
9, 1904. Lived in Wylie, Texas 1940. Died June 10, 2004.
132 LUCILE (6) b. July 20, 1895;
d. December 20, 1895. Buried in the Dodd City Cemetery.
133 HELEN (6) b. June 10, 1897; m. P.P. Gray.
134 JOHN MURRAY (6) b. June 23, 1900; m. Florence Carnahan.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Friday, June 26, 1953, pg 19
The Memphis Press-Scimitar - Wed, June 24, 1953, pg 34
The Clarksdale Press Register, Clarksdale, Mississippi - Monday, June 14, 2004
67
HUGH THOMAS (6) LATTA
Robert B. (5) Samuel
(4) Thomas (3) John (2) John (1). Born
at Cane Hill, Ark. April 27, 1857; d. February 10, 1943; m. Mary Dorcis (Dolly) Reed,
daughter of Samuel Reed and Elizabeth Holt Reed in 1933. She was born February
12, 1871 and died December 30, 1945. They are both buried in the Edmiston
Cemtery, Cane Hill, Arkansas.
Children:
135 EVA ELIZABETH (6) b. June 25, 1890;
d. 1944; m.
J.S. Brown. Lived at Picher, Okla.
136 CHARLES THOMAS (6) b. February
10, 1893 in Morrow, Washington Co., Ark; d. May 9, 1978 in Prairie Grove, Ark; m. Durgo Hatchett. Lived at Lincoln, Ark.
136 VERONA PEARL (6) b. March 27, 1895;
d. June 19, 1978 at Tahlequash, Okhaloma; m. Robert Wesley Freeman. Lived at
Wagoner, Ok.
138
LELAND EARL (6) b. October 28, 1897
at Morrow, Washington Co., Ark; d. Apr. 17,1979 at Fayetteville, Washington Co,
Ark;
m. Lucy Bell Reed, daughter of Ambrose Reed and Kizzie Rather Reed. She was born
November 3, 1898, and died March 5, 1951. They are both buried at the
Edmiston Cemtery, Cane Hill, Ark.
139 ELMER EUGENE (6) b. March
10, 1899; m. Euna Choate. She was born July 6, 1906 and died March 22, 1990 in
Farmington, Washington Co., Ark. Elmer lived at Cane Hill, Ark.
140 RAY
(6) b. 1902; d. January 31, 1903.
141 IDA MARIE (6) b. November 30,
1903 in Clyde, Washington Co., Ark; d. August 29, 1979 in Fayetteville, Ark; m.
Orville Troy Reed, brother of Lucy Bell Reed, son of Ambrose Reed and Kizzie
Rather Reed. He was born May 14, 1903 at Cane Hill, Ark, and died Oct. 26, 1986
at Siloam Springs, Benton Co., Ark. They are buried in the Bethesda
Cemetery, Morrow, Washington Co., Ark.
142 SAMUEL BOYD
(6)
b. April 21, 1903 at Cane Hill, Ark; d. Jan. 31, 1979 at Tulsa, OK; m. Essie Tredwell. She was born Dec. 7, 1914 and died July 6,
1994 in Tulsa, OK. Samuel lived as Wagoner, Okla.
143 LILLIAN REED (6)
b. October 5, 1914 in Morrow, Arkansas; d. Feb. 23, 2002 in Fayetteville,
Arkansas. m. Clyde Loftin. Buried at the Bethesda Cemetery, near Morrow,
Washington County, Arkansas.
The Record-Democrat, Wagner, OK - Thu. Feb. 11, 1943, pg 3
68 FRANCIS "FRANK" BOYD (5) LATTA
Robert B. (4) Samuel (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born:
March 29, 1862. Died: March 16, 1943; buried in the Edmiston Cemetery, Morrow,
Washington Co., Arkansas; Married:
4 times 1) Amanda M. Reed, (she is buried in the Edmiston Cemetery) 2) Jane Reed, 3) Mrs. Blakemore, 4) Minnie Cobb.
The
children below could be that of any one of the above 4:
144 JAMES (6)
145
ALICE (6) Married: Albert Cox.
146 JULIA (6) Married:
Mr. Green
147
MAUD (6)
148 MINNIE (6) Married: Roel Pennell
149 FRANK (6) b. 1853 in AR; m. Sofronia Alberty. Children: John b. 1876,
Levi b. 1877, Minnie b. 1878 and Sam, b. 1879.
Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Arkansas - Thurs, March 18, 1943
80 THOMAS FRANKLIN
"Frank" (5) LATTA
John S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1). Born at Evansville, Ark.
on December 21, 1850; d. Aug. 8, 1916; buried in the Park Hill Cemetery, Park
Hill, Cherokee County, Oklahoma; m. Sophronia Alberty. She was born November 1,
1853 and died on June 14, 1911. Thomas was a Constable. In
1903 lived at Tahlequah, Okla. The 1910 census listed him as divorce.
His children, Charley and Dona were living with him.
The Tahlequah Star-Citizen - Wed, Aug 2, 1916
84 ROBERT BOYD (5) LATTA
William R. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1)
Born May 27, 1872 at White Church, Wyandotte Co., Kansas; died May 24, 1948 in
Emporia, Kansas. Married Myrtle Addie
Allen at Maywood, June 11, 1902. She was the daughter of Milton L. Allen &
Amanda Walker.
Children:
160 HOWARD ALLEN
(6) Born: June 24,
1903. At: Kansas City, Kansas. Married: Esther Gaddis
161 LESTER
VERNON (6) Born: Dec. 25, 1911. At: Lenexa, Kansas. Married: Viola Marie
Hink. They married on December 17, 1939, in Wichita, Kansas.
162 DORIS MARGUERITE (6) Born: Oct. 10, 1904. At Kansas
City, Kansas. Married: John B. Jacobs.
the Emporia Weekly Gazette, Emporia, Kansas - Thurs, May 27, 1948
85 ROSS FERRELL (5) LATTA
William R. (4) John
(3) Thomas (2) John (1). Born at Maywood, Wyandotte Co., Kan. August 5, 1878;
Died: Dec. 19, 1919 in a mine at Mount Harris, Colorado. Buried: Manitou, Colorado. m.
Leonora L. Reitz, sister to brother William's wife, June 22, 1909 at Kansas
City, Kan. where she was born July 29, 1884. After the death of Ross she
remarried in January 1940. In 1918 he was bookkeeper in Water Department at
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Children:
163 HERBERT SHIELDS (6)
b. at Colorado Springs May 21, 1914.
164 BRUCE FERRELL (6) b. at
Colorado Springs January 8, 1916
The Kansas City Times - Sat., Dec. 27, 1919
87 JOHN SHELDON (5) LATTA
James E (4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (2) John (1) Born at Park Hill
Missions, near Talequash, Oklahoma (Indian Territory)
Aug. 4, 1866; died
Dec. 20, 1935 in Marshall, Texas. Married: Susan Edwina Rogers, Near Whitesboro, Texas
on November 24, 1885.
Children:
165 THOMAS EUDORUS (6) Married: May Calhoun
166 HELEN MAY (6)
167 JOHN ERNEST (6) Married: Bessie Prior.
168 WINA RAE (6)
b. Nov. 1, 1894; d. Oct. 12, 1986; Married:
Walter Calhoun
169
HAZEL (6) Married: Ollie Phillips.
170 JEWEL
(6)
Ellis County Capital, Arnett, OK - Friday, Dec. 27, 1935
Tulsa World, Tulsa, OK - Tues, Oct. 14, 1986
89 JAMES GARDNER (5) LATTA
James E (4) John (3) Thomas (2)
John (1) Born: Aug. 29, 1863 at Ft. Smith, Arkansas while his father was in the
Confederate Army, and the family was a refugee there.
Married: Gertrude
Venger (or: Benger) Daughter of Arthur Noel Venger.
Children:
171 NOEL (6) Married: Ella Bostwick.
172 GUY (6)
173 KENNETH
(6)
174
PAULINE (6) Married: Jess Baughman. Had 4 children: Carole
(married Ronald Johnson); Pat who lives in Oklahoma; Dorothy who lives in
Oklahoma City, and Mac, who is a minister in Delaware.
175 TRUMAN (6)
Married: Catherine Atkinson.
176 GERTRUDE (6) Married: Dale Pratt.
177 DONALD (6)
90 DWIGHT HITCHCOCK (5) LATTA
James E
(4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born: Sept. 27, 1867. Died: Feb. 5, 1915 in
North Albany, Oregon following a surgical procedure.
Married: Mabel Clare Harvey, Feb 13, 1878.
Children:
178 SHELDON HARVEY (6) Born: Jan. 1, 1904.( I think the
birth date might be in the 1890's) Married: Marion Isabelle Scranton, Nov. 19,
1911. In 1940 living in Lander, Wyo.
179 JAMES EUDORUS
(6) Born: Dec.
29, 1904 ( I think the birth date might be in the 1890's) Married: Olive ______.
In 1940 they lived in OK.
180 JOHN HARVEY (6)
181 DWIGHT
HITCHCOCK, Jr. (6)
Woodward News - bulletin, Woodward, OK - Fri., Feb. 19, 1915
92 THOMAS ALBERT (5) LATTA
James E (4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born: at Park Hill Indian Mission, Near
Tahlequah, OK. Sept. 7, 1872. Died at Tulsa, OK. April 11, 1931. Married: Iva
Kirkpatrick, at Claremont, OK. Sept. 26, 1900. She was born in Illinois on Aug.
21, 1875. She died on Jan. 11, 1939 and is buried in Bartlesville, OK. He was a
Presbyterian and Republican. Author of "Life's Highway" and published a magazine
known as " Latta's Fortnightly Review" Owned several newspapers in OK. And
editor of other papers. At the time of his death was editor of Tulsa OK. World.
Enlisted in the Spanish American War as member of Co Cd, 1st Territorial Vols.
Discharged at Sergeant.
Children:
182 EDWARD KIRKPATRICK
(6)
Born: 1901, Sapulta, Ind. Ter. (OK); d. abt. 1947;
Married: Augusta McDonald,
who was Born at Shreveport, LA.
183 IVA (6) b. abt. 1902in Tulsa, OK.
Married: Leonard A. Hough. Two children: Leonard A., Jr., and Sharganie.
184
HARRIET (6) b. 1903, Bartlesville, OK; m. Charles U. Cole.
185 ALBERT LLOYD
(6) b. 1905, Tulsa, OK; d. abt. 1961; m. Jackie Irene Lay.
186 THOMAS JOHNSTONE (6) b. in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on July 11, 1908,
and married his wife Lydia E. _______ on Aug. 26, 1935. He moved to Sapulpa from
Bartlesville and lived here most of his life. He was an avid golfer. Thomas
Johnstone Latta, age 83, died in Tulsa, OK, on Oct. 26, 1991 at the Skyline
Nursing Home. Buried at South Hills Cemetery. Lydia was born February 6, 1908 in
Sapulpa, OK, and died June 30, 1994. Son: Thomas, Jr., lived in San Francisco,
California in 1991.
187
MARGARET (6)
188 CHESTER ASHBY (6)
Born: 1912
189
ALMA (6) Born: 1914, Bartlesville, OK.
190 AMANDA
(6) Born: 1916.
191
DWIGHT MORRIS (6) Born:1917, Tulsa, OK.
The M'Alester News-Capital - McAlester, OK - Sun, Apr 12, 1931
101 FRANK FORREST (5) LATTA
Eli C (4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born:
Sept. 18, 1892. At: Orestimba, CA. Died May 7, 1983 in Santa Cruze, California. Married: Mathilda Heannette
Allen, Sept., 1917. She was the daughter of
John Thomas Allen & Clara Belle.
* Also see the Book " The Lord's Vineyard" By The above Frank F Latta.*
Children:
192 MONNA STARR (6) Born: Jan. 18, 1921. At: Gustine,
CA.
193
NEDRA MARIE (6) Born: Aug. 15, 1923. At: Gustine, CA.
194
DON ALLEN (6) Born: Jan. 18, 1926. At: Tulare, CA.
195 DONNA JEAN
(6) Born: March 23, 1928. At: Tulare, CA.
The Gustine Standard, Gustine, California - Thurs. May 12, 1983
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Wed. May 11, 1983
102 THOMAS STARR (5) LATTA
Eli C (4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born: July 31, 1896. At:
Orestimba, CA. Died:
April 12, 1988 in Gustine, California. Married: Elma Letitia Allen, sister of the wife of his
brother Frank.
Children:
196 VERNE CLAIRE (6) Born: March 27,
1920 At: Gustine, CA. Married: Hery Jensen, Nov. 26, 1939.
197 JOHN
THOMAS (6) Born: June 23, 1923. At: Gustine, CA.
The Gustine Standard, Wed., April 13, 1988
130 THOMAS FORGEY (6) LATTA
John L (5) Thomas (4) Samuel (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born: Sept. 11, 1892,
Gainsville, Texas. Married: Clara Edwards Miller, May 1, 1913 at Ben Franklin,
Texas. Because of his job he moved many times in Texas, Ohio and GA.
All the
Children were born at Ben Franklin, Texas.
198 JOHN MAX
(7) Born: Feb.
27, 1914.
199
DON MILLER (7) Born: March 30, 1915.
2008 CLARA
BELL (7) Born: Oct. 2, 1916.
138 LELAND EARL (6) LATTA
Hugh Thomas (5) Robert B. (4) Samuel 93) Thomas (2) John (1). Born October 28, 1897 at Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas. Died April 17, 1979 at Fayetteville, Washington Co., Ark; m. Lucy Bell Reed, daughter of Ambrose Reed. Lived at Cane Hill, Ark. They are buried in the Edmiston Cemetery, Morrow, Washington Co., Arkansas.
Children:PRAIRIE GROVE -- Willis Doyle Latta, 77, of Prairie Grove died Dec. 21, 2003, at Medi-Homes Nursing Home in Prairie Grove. He was born May 9, 1926, in Dutch Mills to Leland and Lucy Reed Latta. He was a member of the First Assembly of God in Lincoln and was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a truck driver for 33 years in Sacramento, Calif., retiring in 1986, and moving to Prairie Grove. He was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Lisa Jenine.
Survivors include his wife, Billie Latta of the home; two sons, Ricky Latta and wife Beth of Lodi, Calif., and Scott Latta of Prairie Grove; one daughter, Elaine Ballenger and husband Tom of Farmington; four brothers, Ernest Latta of Kansas City, Mo., Lloyd Latta of Tulsa, Okla., Delmar Latta of California and David Latta of Morrow; four sisters, Maxine Phillips of California, Lila Crutchfield and Wilma Copley, both of Tulsa, Okla., and Erma Nunamaker of Kansas; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Assembly of God in Lincoln with Jerry Mizell and H.M. Shipp officiating.
Burial will be in Prairie Grove Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be John Heithaus, Ryan Langley, Marion Waldrop, John Latta, Brandon Latta and Tyson Latta.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. today at Luginbuel Funeral Home in Prairie Grove.
Memorials may be made to the First Assembly of God, P.O. Box 476, Lincoln, 72744
144 JAMES (6) LATTA
Francis B (5) Robert B (4) Samuel (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born: Jan. 16, 1890.
Married: Della Kidd.
Children:
201 VERA AGNES (7) Married:
Ray Kidd.
202
JAMES VERNON (7) Married: Rowena Reed.
203 FRANKLIN HUGH (7) Born: Feb. 21, 1925.
149 FRANK (6) LATTA
Francis Boyd (5) Robert B. (4)
Samuel (3) Thomas (2) John (1) born abt. 1853 in Arkansas; m. Sofronia Alberty.
(This Frank may be "Thomas Franklin Latta #80 since their wives have the same
name. Francis Boyd may not have had a Frank, or the wife's name may have been
wrong)
Children:
220 JOHN (7) b. 1876
221 LEVI
(7)
b. 1877
222
MINNIE (7) b. 1878
223 SAMUEL
(7) b. 1879
151 LEE MITCHELL (6) LATTA
Thomas
Franklin (5) John S. (4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1). Lee M. Latta was b.
Nov. 6, 1875 in Evansville, Washington Co., Arkansas; d. Nov. 3, 1935 in
Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., Oklahoma; m. Emma Elizabeth Estell Justus. she
was b. June 17, 1886 in Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, d. May 31,
1968 in Park Hill, Cherokee Co., Oklahoma. They were married on August 9,
1903 in Park Hill.
Lee Latta and family resided at 2 No. Chickasaw
Street, Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 1910 and he worked in stock at the city police.
In 1920, the family resided at 519 S. College Street, Tahlequah, Oklahoma and
Lee worked as a general trader. His aunt Mary Alberty resided with them at that
time.
Children:
224 ANNE DORA (7) b. July 15, 1904 in
Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; d. Feb. 19, 1905.
buried in the Park Hill Cemetery, Park Hill, Oklahoma.
225 RUBY LEE (7) b. July 10, 1907 at Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; d. Feb. 10, 1999; m. Joe. William Lamons.
226 JAMES PERRY (7) b. December 7, 1909; d. Sept. 30, 1987; never married. Buried: Tahlequah City Cemetery, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
227 GERALDINE (7) b. Sept. 7, 1920; d. Mar. 3, 2012. Buried in the Tahlequah City Cemetery, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. m. 1) __________ Holloway, and 2) O'Malley. Obituary: Geraldine (Latta) O'Malley, 91, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away March 3, 2012 in Torrance, California. She was born September 7, 1920 in Park Hill, Oklahoma to Lee and Emma Latta. Geri liked to travel to visit relatives in Oklahoma and Arkansas, loved to go to parties, garden, visit friends and care for her many grandchildren. She was predeceased by her eldest son Jerry (Nina) Holloway and is survived by children Tom (Linda) Holloway, Madera, CA; Ted (Jan) Holloway, San Pedro, CA; Carol Benton, Tulsa, OK and Kelley O'Malley, Carson, CA. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren, as well as cousins, nephews, nieces, extended family members and friends. Always a lady, ever in our hearts and prayers, we love you Geri. You will be missed. Services to be held March 30, 2012, 2 p.m., Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
161 LESTER VERNON (6) LATTA
Robert Boyd (5) William R.
(4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born Dec. 25, 1911 at Lenexa, Kansas. Married
Viola Marie Hink on Dec. 17, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas.
Lester
passed away on June 12, 1978 and is buried in Wichita. Viola eventually
remarried, in the early 90s, but she is now in a rest home in Hesston, Kansas.
(Information from Alan Dennis - 2004)
Children:
228 ALAN DENNIS
(7) born June 28, 1940 in
Wichita, Kansas.
229
DANNY RAY (7) born July 22, 1942 in Wichita,
Kansas.
230 ROBERT LEHMAN
(7) born July 2, 1945 in Wichita,
Kansas.
231
RONALD DEAN (7) born April 28, 1956 in Wichita, Kansas.
178 SHELDON HARVEY (6) LATTA
Dwight H (5) James E
(4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born: Jan. 1, 1904; Died Oct. 4, 1974;
Married: Marion I.
Scranton. Marion was born Nov. 19, 1911 and died Aug 7, 1981.
Sheldon served in the US Navy during WWII. Sheldon and Marion are buried
in the Wheatland Cemetery, Platte Co., Wyoming.
Children:
232 MARIANNE ELIZABETH (7) Married: James A
.Wise, Two Children; Jaime Elizabeth & Dustin Kyle.
233 JAMES SCRANTON
(7) Married: Laurie McGinnis.
180 JOHN HARVEY (6) LATTA
Dwight H (5) James E
(4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born: Dec. 31, 1906. Married: Reva Atkins.
In the 1940 census lived in Greenwood, Ellis Co, Oklahoma.
Children all live in Fargo, OK.
204 DWIGHT DEAN (7)
Born: Jan. 20, 1932 (Twins with Earnest Jean)
205 EARNEST JEAN (7)
Born: Jan. 20, 1932.
206 PATRICIA JOY (7) Born: Oct., 18, 1933
207 THELMA JOYCE (7)
Born: Feb. 1935
208
JOHN WILLARD (7) Born: Nov. 3, 1939.
181
DWIGHT HITCHCOCK, Jr. (6) LATTA
Dwight H (5) James E (4) John (3) Thomas
(2) John (1) Born: Oct. 30, 1915. Married: Eva Gilbert.
Children;
209 ANNAVEE (7) Born: May 31, 1935.
210 JANICE MAY (7) Born: Dec. 4,
1936.
185 ALBERT LLOYD (6) LATTA
Thomas Albert (5) James E
(4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) b. 1905 in Tulsa, OK; d. 1961; m. Jackie Irene
Lay.
Children:
234 THOMAS ALBERT
(7) b. abt. 1930. Two
children: Thomas Albert Latta, III and John Montgomery Latta.
235 JOELLEN
(7) b. ____; m. Kent Arnold. Children: Steve and Tracey.
233 JAMES SCRANTON (7) LATTA
Sheldon H (6) Dwight
H (5) James E (4) John (3) Thomas (2) John (1) Born:____. Married: Laurie
McGinnis, She was Born:_____. She was the Daughter of:__&__.
Children:
236 MORGAN McGINNIS (8) Born____. Married____.
237 KEEGAN JAMES
(8) Born___. Married____.
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THIS IS THE END OF THE BRANCH.................BELOW YOU WILL FIND THE NOTES.
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{ Also look to branch No. 11 for a branch tie ??}
____________________________
1997 Notes on: 2 Thomas (2) Latta & 4 John
Steward (3) Latta.
From the family line of: 49 Margaret Ann (4) Latta
Married: Eli Kelly, Tom Kelly 149 Chisholm Hills Rd Weatherford, Texas 76087
writes me and states that he has notes of his Grandfather George Kelly that
states 2 Thomas (2) Latta is buried at: Fishing Creek Cemetery, York District,
S.C. He also states he is a "SAR" member through the above Thomas. About: 4 John
Steward (3) Latta, he states he has seen and has a photo of the grave marker
from: Academy Cemetery in Washington Co., AK.
