Charles Dabney Nuckolls
According to my grandfather, we descend from the eldest son of James Nuckolls I.
I have a copy at home of Bertha Nuckolls’ book. Sadly, Bertha died before
completing her work and the book went to print without my great-grandfather or my
grandfather’s generations mentioned.
As a start for those folks looking at the Kansas Nuckolls, here is sort of a nutshell of
what I’ve collected so far...
My grandfather, Wil Lou Nuckolls (b. Scammon Kansas Dec 2, 1896 the 13th
of 14 children of Charles Dabney Nuckolls and Elizabeth Bell Stevens, and died January
1992) had forgotten which of the last entries on Bertha Nuckolls chart (fold out from the
back of the book) was his great-grandfather. He wasn’t sure if it was Samuel or
Nathaniel Nuckolls.
I’ve got the list of all the names and birth dates of my grandfather’s
siblings, as well as the burial location of Charles Dabney Nuckolls (he
deserted his family in 1902, and ultimately ended up in Greeley Colorado, where he is
buried.) Both Charles Dabney Nuckolls and Elizabeth Bell Stevens immigrated into the newly
formed Kansas territory from somewhere in Illinois. I don’t know
whether they were man and wife and immigrated together, or whether they immigrated
separately and then met and married in Kansas.
Elizabeth Bell Stevens Nuckolls and some of her children (and now
inluding my grandfather) are buried at the Hosey Hill Cemetery of Wier, Kansas.
Elizabeth Bell Stevens Nuckolls was born sometime in 1848 (it’s on her grave
marker). Her oldest children were grown adults by the time my grandfather was born.
We have found only one photograph of her - taken in a studio with her 4 sisters -
all looking like Victorian battle-axes in their stiff black Taffeta dresses with
leg-o-mutton sleeves. Elizabeth was almost 6 feet tall.
My grandmother, Susie Elizabeth Imhoff Nuckolls (b April 17, 1898, and
died Jan 1990) helped my father gather the information about the family. It was
necessary because my father went to work for a defense-oriented aviation company and
needed to have the highest possible security clearances. All the family information,
going back 3 generations was required for the security process. We lost the track
with Grampa Wil’s father, Charles Dabney Nuckolls, because of my gramdpa being so
young and most of his oldest brother’s and sisters being already dead, so nobody was
around to remember anything about Charles Dabney.
My Grandma Susie Imhoff Nuckolls became very interested in the family genealogies of both
the Imhoff and Nuckolls’ families as a result of helping my father, and became a
newspaper clipper... I salvaged several small boxes of family vital statistics that
she cut from the Pittsburgh Kansas local paper (Cherokee, Wier, Scammon, East and West
Mineral are all villages in the Pittsburgh Kansas area). Most of the items were
Imhoff data, but I think there are a few Nuckolls things in there as well.
Anyhow, I’ve gone on long enough - and I would love to help to provide whatever I can
to further the resarch on the Kansas Nuckolls’ families.
Best regards,
Cheryl Nuckolls Ryder
P.S. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t until after I married Martin Ryder that I found
out his father’s family came from Carthage Missouri - just a few miles east of
Cherokee/Weir/Scammon area of Kansas !! We’re both of us descendants of the
Kansas Territory Homesteaders.
P.P.S. Do you feel as if you dropped a nickel into a juke box that won’t stop
playing !! Getting me started on family history is one way to make sure that I
never shut up.
Ok, I’ll shut up for awhile. <grin>.
Cheryl [email protected]
Somewhere down the road I'll probably decide to be more active in my participation,
but right now school keeps me busy enough.
I'm afraid my knowledge of my branch of the Nuckolls family is sketchy at
best, but here's what I know. I don't know the proper formatting of this,
so I'll start with myself and siblings, then work backwards.
Matthew Aaron Nuckolls born 13 July 1977
Joseph Charles Nuckolls born 18 September 1981
Andrew James Nuckolls born 12 July 1983
Rebecca Marie Nuckolls born 8 July 1987
Our parents are:
Jimmy Charles Nuckolls born 26 April 1951
Brenda Sue Hoover born 15 January 1951
My dad's parents are:
James Charles Nuckolls -still alive, don't know birth date
Helen ? -still alive, don't know birth date
My dad's dad's parents are:
Joseph Charles Nuckolls -died sometime in the 50's
Elsie -died November 1997
I can gather missing info fairly easily, but I need to know exactly what
sort of information is pertinent. For example, Joseph and Elsie were
farmers in western Kansas, but looking at the web site, I don't see that
such information is wanted.
--
Matthew Nuckolls
[email protected]
WFT VOL. 10, # 4084, I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this information.
Descendants of Charles Dabney Jr. Nuckolls
1 Charles Dabney Jr. Nuckolls b: WFT Est. 1820-1849 d: WFT Est.
1874-1934
.. +Elizabeth Bell Stephens b: WFT Est. 1829-1852 d: WFT Est. 1874-1940 m:
WFT Est. 1846-1889
......... 2 Frank Savage Nuckolls b: August 28, 1871 in Hillsdale,
Miami,
Kansas d: August 16, 1943 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
............. +Mary Louisa Kalm b: May 06, 1870 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois
d: June 22, 1959 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma m: October 21, 1893 in
Coalvale, Kansas
.................... 3 Lula Edith Nuckolls b: August 10, 1902 in
#10 Camp,
Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas d: February 22, 1992 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma
........................ +Joe Hunsaker b: September 28, 1893 in Novelty,
Knox, Missouri d: August 13, 1985 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma m:
May 04, 1919 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
............................... 4 Infant Joseph Hunsaker b: Private
............................... 4 Mary Elizabeth Hunsaker b: Private
................................... +Fred Harriss b: Private m: Private
........................................... 5 Betty Lee Harriss b: Private
........................................... 5 Patricia Kaye Harriss b:Private
............................................... +Alton F. Deaver b: Privatem:
Private
........................................... *2nd Husband of Patricia KayeHarriss:
............................................... +Frank Phillip Buras b:Private
m: Private
...................................................... 6 Kimberly Kristin
Buras
............................... 4 George Lee Hunsaker b: Private
................................... +Alma Louise Murphy b: Private m:Private
........................................... 5 Lucy Ann Hunsaker b: Private
........................................... 5 Joe Thomas Hunsaker b:Private
............................................... +Barbara Carol Telford b:Private
m: Private
...................................................... 6 JT Hunsaker b:Private
Fact 1: Private
...................................................... 6 Jonathan
TaylorHunsaker b: Private
........................................... 5 Julie Beth Hunsaker b:Private
Fact 1: Private
.................... 3 Lucy Nuckolls b: February 08, 1900 d: July 19, 1968
........................ +Guy Eagle b: WFT Est. 1883-1903 d: WFT Est.1917-1989 m:
WFT Est. 1914-1945
.................... 3 Carl Nuckolls b: February 09, 1898 d: April 16,1968
