WATERS and FISHERS

Waters Family 

So often as I have tried to trace this group, I have seen the counties lacking some basic information concerning residents in their county.  So I am posting these notes so they may perhaps help others searching the line of Waters.

Our line is Jesse S. Waters, b. in Georgia who married Amelia Ann Fisher (d/o Moses and Lucy Shaver Fisher) in Union Co., IL in 1865.  They are then found on the Bollinger Co., Mo census, the Union County, Il, and the Mississippi Co., Mo census.  One line is in Butler Co., Mo. I have often thought they might have traveled into those areas because family might have been in those areas as well.  Recent information suggests Jesse might have been in Tennessee and Kentucky before Union Co., ca 1865.  If this is true, the groups listed revealing those birth areas may indeed be linked.

Bollinger Co., Il -, Union Twp, 1860, pp37
Lucy Waters,44 b 1816 Mo
Wm M Waters, 16, 1840’s Mo
Benj F Waters, 12, Mo
Thos A Waters 7, Mo
Mary R Waters, 6, Mo


Union Co., IL- 1865
Jesse Waters md Amelia Ann Fisher

Bollinger Co., MO – 1870 – Liberty Twp
Jesse (listed as John), 32, b. SC
Note: a Robert Fisher , 58, b. TN is nearby with wife Nancy (possible Fisher relative?)

Mississippi Co, MO -1870 – St. James Twp
George M. Waters, 13 b. Il in the home of an Alfred Hall

Mississippi Co., MO 1880 – St. James Twp
John C Waters 18 TN
Wm Waters 21 TN
Josp K Watters 25 TN  (I read the name this way)

Mississippi Co., MO 1900 – St James Twp
John M Waters 44 Ky
Thomas Waters 24 Ky
Jesse Waters           SC
Lulu Waters, 11, Ky with the Brumfield Family – sisterinlaw of Georgia Brumfield

Mississippi Co., MO 1900 – Long Praire Twp
John Waters 36, TN

Butler Co., MO – Ash Hill 1930
Frank B.Waters , 30 b MO, Ella, Benjamin, Delia,  Harrison, Myrtle

1860 – Union CO., IL
No waters listed
Fishers –
163a  11  Fisher         A**a             5     Ills              pg0163a.txt
218a  29  Fisher         Ann              50    NC                pg0214a.txt
163a  10  Fisher         Caroline         25    NC                pg0163a.txt
166a  28  Fisher         Elizabeth        7     Ills              pg0163a.txt
208b  16  Fisher         Elizabeth        61    NC                pg0205b.txt
166a  27  Fisher         Harrison         10    Ills              pg0163a.txt
208b  15  Fisher         John             63    NC                pg0205b.txt
167b  24  Fisher         John             22    Ills              pg0163a.txt
166a  26  Fisher         John             11    Ills              pg0163a.txt
166a  24  Fisher         Lucy Ann         37    Ga                pg0163a.txt
166a  25  Fisher         Martha           13    Ills              pg0163a.txt
166a  29  Fisher         Mary Ann         5     Ills              pg0163a.txt
166a  23  Fisher         Moses            39    NC                pg0163a.txt
163a  12  Fisher         Not named        2     Ills              pg0163a.txt
218a  30  Fisher         Phelix           18    Ills              pg0214a.txt
208b  17  Fisher         Rosannah         19    Ills              pg0205b.txt
163a  9   Fisher         Simeon           27    NC                pg0163a.txt
167b  25  Fisher         Sophia           20    NC                pg0163a.txt
http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/union/1850/indx-e-g.txt

1900 Butler Co., Mo – 
   17a      17a   Watters            Benjamine  F
   17a      17a   Watters            Benjamine F
   25a      25a   Watters            Edgar C
   25a      25a   Watters            George
   17a      17a   Watters            George W
   17a      17a   Watters            James C
   25a      25a   Watters            Martha E
   25a      25a   Watters            Nancy
   25a      25a   Watters            Nora M
   25a      25a   Watters            Ressa or Hessa
   25a      25a   Watters            Timothy C
   17a      17a   Watters            William H
   25a      25a   Watters            *  B.

1900 Butler Co., Mo – Victoria Waters Hudson Easley will go here by 1910-1920;
   31b      6b    Hudson             Benjamin
   14a      14a   Hudson             Benjamin L
   31b      6b    Hudson             Bessie B
   14a      14a   Hudson             Clauda L
   31b      6b    Hudson             Ella P
   14a      14a   Hudson             Hershell
   31b      6b    Hudson             Inda D
   14a      14a   Hudson             Lurra D
   14a      14a   Hudson             Mandy J
   31b      6b    Hudson             Nancy J

St. Francis twp,Butler Co., Mo 1900
John S Waters
34
Martha E Waters
31
Anta D Waters
13
John F Waters
10
Bessie J Waters
7
Essie M Waters
4
Walter Waters
4/12

1910 Mounds City, Pulaski Co., IL  - no clear connection other than locale where  the Hudson-Water family resided.
John W Waters
56
Mary E Waters
50
Olive M Waters
21
Clyde J Waters
15
Carrie M Waters
13

MISSING CHILD! : The Strange Disappearance of J.F. Conner 1925

What caused young Jesse Feeman Conner to run away from home in 1925: the normal adolescent struggles for autonomy, the stress of moving from Okmulgee to Bristow, or the tensions of a blended family, or a young man's dreams of adventure and found riches? The answer may never be known but what does remain is this postcard used to circulate information about the lost boy. A worried mother and step-father were very concerned. Luckily, in this particular case, the young man returned home safe and unharmed.

WHAT SHOES!!

The Victorian era had many symbols of a class system - customs and habits that revealed a dependence on servants for those in certain social classes, or those who wished to be considered in those social classes (some things never change). The large 'painted lady' Victorian houses, for example, made necessary a large family and/or supportive servants. The dress of women, the better class and definitely 'lady' variety, also revealed this class symbol in such things as hooks down the back of dresses, lacing's, and similar things. As the spirit of Independence infiltrated all ranks of society - accommodations were made to reflect this new and daring streak of individualism. Buttonhooks made possible the lacing of high and elegant ladies shoes something anyone - with or without a servant - could accomplish with finesse. Shown here is an ad reflecting the type of shoes common in the 1870-1920 time period. The one is a drawing of a buttonhook owned by Effie A. Ray Conner Hudson and given to the bride of her grandson as a wedding present.

Hudson Bible Page

Jesse Hudson of Poplar Bluff, Missouri and Effie A. Conner of Poplar Bluff, Mo were married in Cairo, Alexander Co., Il on the 26 July 1914.

Witnesses: J.A. Wright and uncle E.C. James (married to Millie Hudson)

Justice of the peace: August Bode

Effie A. Ray Conner Hudson Tucker

This photo was taken about 1910-1912. It was hand colorized, as was common in the period, and was in a large frame with the oval image highlighted. This has been cropped. She was born in Illinois to Drury E. and Harriet Ann Rowe Ray. She married Jesse Willoughby Conner in about 1905. She married Jesse Hudson in Cairo, Ill in 1912. She married (without issue) Aaron Tucker about 1931 in Oklahoma.