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Finding Aid for the Deatherage Family Collection
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Deatherage Family Collection
Collection Summary
Title
Deatherage Family Collection
Date
Approximately 1890 – 1976
Extent
10 Folders
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO
Reference code: MGC 1035-DFC
Processed by: Nicole Pye, 2013; Finding aid created by Nicole Pye, 2014
Name of Creator
Deatherage Family
Scope and Content
This collection contains genealogical and family history information for the Deatherage family. Also
contained within this collection is information on the Bates and other families. In addition to the
genealogical and historical information, the collection contains numerous photographs from these
families, especially the Deatherage family. Also included are legal documents from the state of Texas
pertaining to Deatherage family land holdings as well as obituaries for Deatherage family members.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 4 series.
Series 1, Genealogy and history
Folder 1, Deatherage chart
Item 1, Multi-generational Deatherage family tree, undated
Folder 2, Deatherage family genealogy and history
Item 1, Deatherage history, undated
Item 2, Deatherage coat of arms with description, undated
Series 2, Administrative
Folder 1, Correspondence
Item 1, Letter from Mrs. Theda Loux to Edna Chastain Deatherage, 1976
Item 1, Letter from George E. Deatherage to Cousins, 1984
Item 2, Letter from Robert Barnes to George E. Deatherage, 1988
Folder 2, Deatherage Genealogical Society
Item 1, Family Reunion minutes, June 25 & 26, 1988
Item 2, Family Reunion guest book, June 25 & 26, 1988
Series 3, Photographs
Folder 1, Edna and Alex Deatherage
Item 1, Edna and Alex, circa early 1890s
Item 2, Edna, Alex, Ester, Elva, and Marvin Deatherage, circa late 1890s/early
1900s
Item 3, Edna, Alex, Ester, Elva, and Marvin Deatherage, circa 1900s
Item 4, Alex on binder, undated
Item 5, Alex, undated
Item 6, Edna and Alex, undated
Item 7, Edna and Alex, undated
Item 8, Edna, Alex, and unknown man, circa 1940s
Item 9, Alex and unknown man, circa 1940s
Item 10, Edna and Alex, undated
Item 11, Edna, Alex, and Marvin, undated
Item 12, Edna and Alex, undated
Item 13, Edna, Alex, and unknown baby, January 1955
Item 14, Alex Deatherage’s gravestone, November 1959
Item 15, Edna, undated
Item 16, Edna, unknown woman, and unknown man, June 1964
Item 17, Edna, December 31, 1965
Item 18, Edna, December 31, 1970
Item 19, Marvin, Elva, Edna, and Esther, 1975 or 1976
Item 20, Edna, December 31, 1975
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Folder 2, Other Deatherage family members
Item 1, James Deatherage, circa 1850s
Item 2, Hiram Deatherage family, 1892
Item 3, Unknown Deatherage couple, undated
Item 4, Elva Deatherage at Fairmount School, 1909
Item 5, Helen Elwert, Joy Barber, Elva Deatherage, Bertye Adams, Lora Williams,
and Emma Elwert, undated
Item 6, Mrs. Deatherage, undated
Item 7, Marvin and Evelyn Deatherage, undated
Item 8, Evelyn Deatherage, undated
Item 9, James Deatherage and unknown man, circa 1940s
Item 10 James Deatherage and Johnny Hewitt, circa 1950s
Item 11, Marvin Deatherage, undated
Folder 3, Deatherage/Bates families
Item 1, Deatherage family, undated
Item 2, Esther Deatherage, Jess Bates, and others, undated
Item 3, Esther Deatherage, Jess Bates, and others, undated
Item 4, Esther Deatherage, Jess Bates, and others, undated
Item 5, Alex Deatherage, J.B. Bates, undated
Item 6, Esther, Marvin, and Elva Deatherage, undated
Item 7, Unknown woman, Mayme, Dode, and Edna Deatherage, undated
Item 8, JB Bates, Esther Deatherage Bates, Edna Chastain Deatherage, and Jehu
T. Chastain, undated
Item 9, JB Bates, Evelyn Deatherage, Irma Bates, and Warren Bates, undated
Item 10, Alma Deatherage, Mrs. Jenkins, Edna Deatherage, and Esther Bates,
undated
Item 11, Bates/Deatherage families, undated
Item 12, Esther Deatherage Bates, Edna Deatherage, and unknown woman,
undated
Item 13, Demaris Deatherage, Margaret Martin, and Edna Deatherage, undated
Item 14, Edna Deatherage, Esther Bates, Warren Bates, Sandra Bates Bowman,
and Heidi Bowman Fox, undated
Item 15, Marvin Deatherage, Edna Deatherage, and Esther Bates, undated
Item 16, Bates/Deatherage family gathering, circa 1966
Item 17, Unknown man, unknown woman, Margaret Martin, and Edna
Deatherage, undated
Item 18, Unknown woman, unknown man, and Edna Deatherage, undated
Item 19, Mary & Lowell Chastain and Edna Deatherage, circa 1976
Item 20, Mary Chastain, Esther Bates, Lowell Chastain, and Edna Deatherage,
circa 1976
Folder 4, Other related families
Item 1, Hugh Rausher, May 1918
Item 2, Fred Rausher, circa 1918
Item 3, Fred Rausher, circa 1918
Item 4, Alex, Oscar, and Albert Martin, November 1919
Item 5, Neoma, Jack, Pat, and John Henderson, circa 1906s
Item 6, Norwood and Henderson families, circa 1970s
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Series 4, Miscellaneous
Folder 1, Published materials
Item 1, Obituary for Sarah Amna Sager, 1919
Item 2, Newspaper article on Edna Chastain Deatherage, 1969
Item 3, Obituary for James Carlton Deatherage, undated
Item 4, Poem by Edna Deatherage, undated
Item 5, Book of poetry by Maggie Aldridge Smith, 1973
Folder 2, Legal materials
Item 1, Texas State and County Tax Receipt, 1913
Item 2, State of Texas land lease contract, 1915
Folder 3, Inscriptions from Hico: A Heritage, Siloam Springs History
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Danny Lane.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Related Materials
Hico, A Heritage: Siloam Spring History / Smith, Maggie Aldridge. p.335. 976.713 Sm62
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