James Templer (1795-1859)
The ninth of these children is James Templer who was born 7 February 1795 in Loudoun County, VA . After some research, we believe we have located
this man. There were several persons named James Templer and our earlier research had focused on an older man in Ohio. Once the Templer family Bible
was located, we realized we had been looking at the wrong one. We have now decided that this James Templer married Mary Auld on 12 March 1830 in
Knox County, Ohio. Mary was born about 1798 in Virginia. Other researchers of this family, primarily one descendant named Otis Burgess Nesbit, believe
she had been married before and this was not her maiden name, a position we had agreed with. The research of Karen (King) Bickert has now determined that
Mary's maiden name was Bennett per the death certificate of Mary's daughter, Rachel Auld Mauritzius, from her first marriage. James Templer is known to
have gone from Ohio to Andrew County, Missouri, where he obtained a Land Patent for 160 acres and where we find him in the census records for 1850. He is
reported to have died in 1859 in Kansas after going there with his only known daughter. Mary (Auld) Templer is reported to have died 18 November 1857,
in Kansas. We have yet to confirm where either is buried but believe that to be in Doniphan County, KS. Their only known child is:
I- Mary Templer was born 18 January 1831 in Mt. Vernon, Knox County, OH and died 30 August 1916 in Alameda County, CA. She married Samuel
Franklin Nesbit (sometimes spelled Nisbet) on 6 November 1846 in Andrew County, MO. Samuel was born 9 June 1823 in Powell County, KY and died 23 December 1895 in
Washington County, KS. They had nine known children:
A. Mary Melvina Nesbit was born 25 December 1847 in Andrew County, MO near Fillmore and died 11 September 1928 in Richmond, Contra
Costa County, CA. She married Benjamin Franklin McCray 8 July 1869. He was born 28 August 1843 in Buchanan County, Missouri and died 21
January 1937 in Oakland, Alameda County,CA. They had eleven children:
1. Arthur Lee McCray (b. 8 January 1871, d. 26 May 1957) married to Delta B. Snider. They had two children;
a. Leaudrey Bea McCray (b. 20 May 1900, d. 7 January 1987) married to Robert Medley Groody.
2nd husband of Leaudrey's was James Guy Struble
3rd husband of Leaudrey's was Allen R.
Slagle
She had no known children.
b. Maxine Elizabeth McCray (b. 27 July 1911, d. 22 May 2001) married Louie Vernon Beezley. They had one child.
i. Verna Lee Beezley married Herman Charles Craver. They had two children:
aa. Angela L. Craver
bb. Herman Charles Craver, Jr.
2nd husband of Verna Lee's
was Lawrence Brody
2nd husband of Maxine's was Burnell Lee Miller
2nd wife of Arthur's was Florence J. Davis
2. Aaron Franklin McCray (b. 16 September 1874, d. 17 July 1916) married Amanda _____.
3. Elmer McCray (b. abt. 1876, d. ?)
4. Ruth McCray (b. 25 December 1878, d. 24 March 1962) married to Albert R. Usher. They had one child:
a. Angenette "Angel" Rose Usher (b. 4 June 1904, d. 12 November 1987) married Thorwald A. Rasmussen .
They had two children:
i. Margaret Angel Rasmussen (b. 12 August 1927, d. 19 April 2017) married Andrew Craig. They had four children:
aa. Sandra Ann Craig
bb.
Karen Elizabeth Craig
cc. William Andrew Craig
dd. James Norman Craig
2nd husband of Margaret Angel's
was Frank W. Dettmer
3rd husband of Margaret Angel's
was Lauris Dean Barton
ii. Norman Leonard Rasmussen (b. 27 February 1932, d. 3 December 2003)
2nd husband of Angenette Rose's was Hugo Olson
5. Marie T. McCray (b. 16 September 1880, d. 5 March 1957) married to John Bunyon Butler. They had three children:
a. Pauline C. Butler (b. 29 November 1903, d. 5 April 1973) married
James Oscar Hultman. They had four children:
i. Virginia Marie Hultman (b. 29 October 1928, d. 10 September 2006) married Raymond Paul Hagstrom. They had one child:
aa. Dann J. Hagstrom
ii. Cleo Irene Hultman (b. 20 August 1930, d. 18 September 2012) married James G. Fredrickson. They had two children:
aa. Jan M. Fredrickson
bb. Lyn A. Fredrickson
iii. Sylvia Martha Hultman (b. 30 April 1934, d. 15 December 1995) married Earl Edward Grantham. They had one child:
aa. Sandie Lynn Grantham
2nd husband of Sylvia Martha's was _____ Hardin
3rd husband of Sylvia Martha's was Clyde E. Hoskins
4th husband of Sylvia Martha's was Shirley Vaughn Durbin
iv. James Howard Hultman (b. 8 July 1939, d. 14 January 2005) married Sandra L. McGraw. They had two children:
aa. James H. Hultman
bb. Patrick N. Hultman
2nd husband of Pauline C.'s was Oren Sanford McAtee
b. Paul Jay Butler (b. 29 November 1903, d. 7 June 1959) married Dora Koenig. They had two children:
i. Bobbie Jay Butler (b. 12 September 1929, d. 7 June 2018) married Ruby Louise Zugelder. They had four children
aa. Steven Patrick Butler
bb. Thomas Arthur Butler
cc. Mary Katherine Butler
dd. Elizabeth Alverta Butler
ii. Paula Marie Butler (b. 13 January 1934, d. 21 July 2007) married Jimmie Don Gilchrest. They had five children:
aa. Donald Gilchrest
bb. James Gilchrest
cc. Scott Gilchrest
dd. Calvin Gilchrest
ee. Robert Gilchrest
2nd wife of Paul Jay's was Irene _____
c. Earl Butler (b. abt 1909, d. ?)
6. Elsie McCray (b. 16 September 1881, d. 22 September 1905) married Lewis T. Chambers. They had two children:
a. Byron Lewis Chambers (b. 7 February 1902, d. 27 July 1967) married Katherine Elizabeth Iversen. They had one child:
i. Barbara Lee Chambers married Henry Edward Olstad. They had two children:
aa. Kenneth Edward Olstad
bb. Dale Richard Olstad
b. Marguerite Chambers (b. 22 June 1905, d. 22 September 1905)
7. Isabelle A. McCray (b. December 1883, d. 18 December 1936) married to Maurice Aldwin Phillips. They had two children:
a. Aldwin Leroy Phillips (b. 25 August 1906, d. 14 March 1982) married Mary B. Kupec
b. Wauline Dorothy Phillips (b. 26 December 1913, d. 5 January 1990) married Arthur McLaughin. They had one child:
i. Arlene Joyce McLaughlin (b. 15 October 1941, d. 22 December 2018) married Victor William Willits. They had two children:
aa. Kristan Katherine Willits
bb. Maraka Louise Willits
8. Charles Templer McCray (b. 10 May 1886, d. 13 December 1974) married to Maude Anne Kennedy. They had three children:
a. Leon McCray (b. 12 July 1914, d. 12 July 1914)
b. Charles Eugene McCray (b. 31 December 1916, d. 30 November 1995) married Mildred Evelyn Carson
2nd wife of Charles Eugene's was Orie Edna MacDonald
c. Earl Kennedy McCray (b.3 December 1919, d. 1 January 1999) married Margaret Nelda Sholin. They had three children:
i. Earl (aka Ken) Kennedy McCray, Jr., married Nancy Lee Hayes. They had three children:
aa. Melissa McCray
bb. Matthew Earl McCray
cc. Heather McCray
ii. Patricia Diane McCray
iii. Michael George McCray married Pamela Kay Horton. They had two children:
aa. Eric David McCray
bb. Ryan George McCray
2nd wife of Michael George's was Elizabeth Ann Burk
9. Jay Byron McCray (b. 20 June 1888, d. 21 January 1975) married Jennie June Pracht. They had two children:
a. Burns Franklin McCray (b. 18 January 1917, d. 10 December 1993) married Maxine Gertrude Neal. They had three children:
i. Judy Ann McCray, married Richard Dean Croft. They had three children:
aa. Richard Dean Croft II
bb. Christine Susanne Croft
cc. Victoria Leigh Croft
2nd husband of Judy Ann's was James W. Early
ii. Burns Franklin McCray, Jr., married Valerie Oden
2nd wife of Burns Franklin's was Cindy M. Johnson
iii. Larry Joe McCray married Karen Marie _______
b. Audrey Authein McCray (b. 4 July 1919, d. 22 August 2010) married Merl Raymond Cordray .
They had two children:
i. Merl Raymond Cordray, Jr. (b. 9 February 1939, d. 6 October 1994) married Gaynell Daughhette. They had two children:
aa. Merl Raymond Cordray III
bb. Jay Howard Cordray
ii. Carol Authein Cordray, married Richard Leroy Bettis
2nd husband of Carol Authein's was Bruce Griffis
10. Ethelyn Grace McCray (b. 31 October 1892, d. 15 June 1988) married John Johns. They had two children:
a. John Jack Johns (b. 4 April 1918, d. 16 February 2003) married Beulah Iversen. They had four children:
i. Sherrill Joan Johns married Milford Leroy Tallant. They had two children:
aa. Keri Michelle Tallant
bb. Kami Lynette Tallant
2nd husband of Sherrill Joan's was Irvin Byers
ii. Richard John Johns married Inga _____
iii. Rodney Michael Johns married Patricia E. Burnett. They had two children:
aa. Matthew Ryan Johns
bb. Timothy Burnett Johns
iv. Steven Glen Johns married Debby G. Triplitt. They had two children:
aa. Kristi Jonelle Johns
bb. Richard Glen Johns
b. Mary Juanita Johns (b. 10 April 1920, d. 1 March 2007) married Otis Erwin Wheeler. They had two children:
i. Terry James Wheeler (b. 19 January 1946, d. 20 October 2007) married Tonia J. Myers. They had one child:
aa. Terri LeAnn Wheeler
2nd wife of Terry James' was Wendy L. Yearwood.
3rd wife of Terry James' was Thalia K. Bates. They had two children:
bb. Anita Kaye Wheeler
cc. Otis James Wheeler
4th wife of Terry James' was Edna Coulson.
ii. Judith Diane Wheeler married Michael L. Sharp. They had one son who was adopted by Judith's 2nd husband:
aa. Todd Wheeler Sharp Grussing
2nd husband of Judith's was Delmar G. Grussing.
bb. bb. Nicole Elizabeth Grussing
11. Oscar McCray (b. abt. 1894, d. abt. 1895)
B. James W. Nesbit was born 11 February 1849 in Andrew County, MO near Fillmore and died before 1850 in Missouri.
C. Rachel Frances Nesbit was born 17 May 1851 in Andrew County, MO near Fillmore and died 21 November 1925 in Doniphan County, KS.
She married John Young 11 March 1869. John was born 23 November 1845 in Glasgow, Scotland and died 9 April 1930 in Doniphan County,
KS. They had nine children:
1. Zula Jessie Young (b. 31 January 1870, d. 14 November 1959)
2. Leon Decatur Young (b. 2 December 1872, d. 13 March
1947) married Dorothy Spriesterbaugh
2nd wife of Leon's was Mary Bowers Archibald
3. Rozetta Young (b. 20 August 1876, d. 2 March 1963) married Emin Elijah Swinney.
a. Dorothy Jessie Swinney (b. 4 September 1899, d. 24 July 1990)
b. Robert Leroy Swinney (b. 12 April 1901, d. 9 April 1983) married Corrine Brignardollo. They had one child:
i. Antonia Swinney married Gilbert McCoy Warren. They had three children:
aa. Sandra Ann Warren
bb. Gilbert McCoy Warren, Jr.
cc. Julia Lynn Warren
c. John Young Swinney (b. 26 March 1906, d. 9 December 1960) married Clara Ella Webb
d. Gordon Woodrow Swinney (b. 6 April 1917, d. 16 February 2009) married Mary Robelene Scott. They had two children:
i. Robert Scott Swinney married Sandra L. Whitcomb. They had one child:
aa. Brianna Kathleen Swinney
ii. Mary Anne Swinney
2nd wife of Gordon Woodrow's was Billie Jeune Bebout
4. John Franklin Young (b. 30 January 1878, d.8 December 1968) married Virgie Saunders
2nd wife of John's was Almetta Theodosia Crone
5. Grace Pearl Young (b. 22 November 1883, d. 17 May 1981) married Roscoe H. King.
a. Russell Franklin King (b. 24 August 1903, d. 14 June 1971) married Nancy M. Stoffer. They had one child:
i. Leo F. King (b. 19 September 1928, d. 3 January 2016) married Elizabeth May Middleton. They had three children:
aa. Frances Elizabeth King
bb. Larry J. King
cc. Terry B. King
2nd wife of Leo's was Virginia Neely.
2nd wife of Russell's was Erma Irene Wheeler. They had four children:
ii. Grace Alice King (b. 6 July 1935, d. 2 September 2014) married James Lee Royer. They had one child:
aa. James Barton Royer
iii. Russell Franklin King, Jr. married Judy Ann Hobbs. They had four children:
aa. Karen Ann King
bb. Connie Sue King
cc. Shawn Patrick King
dd. Ronald Lewis King
iv. William Edward King (b. 16 November 1939, d. 9 October 2021) married Delilah Little. They had three children:
aa. William E. King
bb. Kimberly King
cc. Charles D. King
2nd wife of Williams's was Brenda Vasquez
v. Michael Wayne King married Bonnie May Morris. They had four children:
aa. Bryan King
bb. Stephen Wayne King
cc. Stacy King
dd. Jason Christopher King
b. Donna Dorothy King (b. 9 May 1905, d. 21 February 2002) married Cecil E. Goforth
c. Ward Wayne King (b. 22 March 1907, d. 23 September 1992) married Flossie Dorrell. They had one child:
i. Betty Jane King married James Dean Myers. They had four children:
aa. James Dean Myers
bb. Daniel Ward Myers (b. 15 May 1955, d. 12 July 2018)
cc. Sue Anne Myers
dd. John David Myers
d. Esther Belle King (b. 24 March 1913, d. 1 January 1918)
e. Harold Roscoe King (b. 18 November 1919, d. 22 October 1944) in World War II
6. LaVinia Young (b. 4 September 1886, d. 8 September 1962) married Charles Blaine Branson. They had two children:
a. Rachel Marian Branson (b. 23 September 1910, d. 21 October 2000)
married Carson Carroll Gilbert. They had two children:
i. Karen Katherine Gilbert married Scott Clugston. They had three children:
aa. Rebecca Clugston
bb. Katia Clugston
cc. Andrea Clugston
ii. David Branson Gilbert married Nell Weaver Hurt. They had three children:
aa. Amy Gilbert
bb. William Gilbert
cc. Carson Gilbert
2nd wife of David's was Gail D. Whitfield
b. Bernece Elizabeth Branson (b. 28 December 1914, d. 10 January 2010) married Howard Sperry Robertson. They had two children:
i. Sally Robertson married _____ Meadows. They had one child:
aa. Mark Stephen Meadows
2nd husband of Sally's was Robert R. Shanks
ii. Kathi (aka Kate) Robertson married Gerald E. Peterson
2nd husband of Kathi's was _____ Winters
3rd husband of Kathi's was _____ Cote
7. Lewis Irvine Young (b. 6 September 1888, d. 11 October 1918) married Rena Emily Sherman.
8. Lester Simeon Young (b. 10 April 1891, d. 11 May 1893)
9. George Otis Young (b. 12 July 1893, d. 12 April 1970) married Ella Louise Lohmuller. They had three children:
a. John Henry Young (b. 23 October 1916, d. 17 April 1996) married Eileen Rose McGhee. They had five children:
i. Jane Louise Young married Kent Stowell. They had three children:
aa. Lance Stowell
bb. Chan Stowell
cc. Stefani Stowell
ii. Karen Elaine Young married Robert Domer. They had three children:
aa. Todd Domer
bb. Jay Domer
cc. Gary Domer
iii. Diane Lea Young married Ade Becker. They had two children:
aa. Jason Becker
bb. Kristen Becker
iv. Marcia Kay Young
v. Craig Allen Young
b. George Otis. Young Jr. (b. 6 June 1918, d. 3 March 1943) killed in training for World War II married Patricia Forbes. They had one child:
i. George Otis Young III married Jean Veronica Jones. They had two children:
aa. Valerie Jenienne Young
bb.James Joseph Young
2nd wife of George Otis Young III was Patricia McDaniel
c. Nancy Ann Young (b. 1 August 1933, d. 28 February 2007) married Robert Bennett. They had three children:
i. Rebecca Bennett
ii. Bradley Bennett married _____. They had one child:
aa. David Bennett
iii. Bruce Bennett
D. Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Nesbit was born 17 February 1853 in Andrew County, MO and died 28 July 1940 in Los Angeles County, CA.
E. John Nesbit was born about 1855 in Missouri and died before 1860 in Kansas
F. Millie Downing Nesbit was born 17 November 1857 in Doniphan County, KS and died before 1860 in Kansas
G. Samuel Anthony Nesbit was born 5 April 1860 in Doniphan County, KS near Severance and died 6 March 1948 in Paradise, Butte County, CA.
He married Nellie Painter 17 October 1894. She was born 14 June 1868 in Afton, Union County, IA and died 12 November 1945 in Paradise,
Butte County, CA. They had three children:
1. Paul Templar Nesbit (b. 13 October 1896, d. 4 February 1954) married Freda Lucille Jahant. They had two children:
a. Kathryn Lucille Nesbit (b. 29 July 1925, d. 11 May 2017) married Alvin Cecil Inman. They had four children:
i. Steven George Inman (b. 7 January 1951, d. 25 August 1974)
ii. James Anthony Inman married Renee O. Chappuis. They had one child:
aa. Stuart James Inman
iii. Boyce Templar Inman (b. 26 September 1954, d. 11 December 2013)
iv. Jonathan Jahant Inman (b. 5 October 1958, d. 10 December 2020) married Emily Gomez
b. Paul Templar Nesbit (b. 5 March 1927, d. 10 April 1994) married Rose Marie Garver. They had three children:
i. Glen Alan Nesbit married Brook Craven. They had one child:
aa. Elizabeth Ann Nesbit
ii. David Paul Nesbit
iii. Laura Rose Nesbit married Roger Leou. They had two children:
aa. Carolyn Mora Leou
bb. Frances Mareva Leou
2nd husband of Laura Rosa' was Max Hamann.
2. Mark Clement Nesbit (b. 22 October 1901, d. 17 April 1966) married (1) Berdina Rogers and (2) Mae Crosby Gambetta.
3. Mary Caroline Nesbit (b. 5 August 1908, d. 6 April 1990) married Thomas Stephen Hafey.
H. Edward Templar Nesbit was born 19 October 1865 in Doniphan County, KS and died 27 February 1952 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA.
He married Effie Alice Miller 19 February 1891. Effie was born 25 November 1863 in McDonough County, IL and died 11 June 1951 in Los
Angeles County, CA. They had two children:
1. Mildred Alice Nesbit (b. 15 September 1893, d. 25 September 1993)
married Lonnie Adelbert Bobo.
2. Reed Miller Nesbit (b. 8 December 1898, d. 30 August 1979) married Mabel Ophelia Wilkins. They had three children:
a. Nancy Alice Nesbit (b. 22 October 1933, d. 29 September 2023) married Julian Ray Youmans.They had three children:
i. Reed Nesbit Youmans married Susan Hare Hudson
ii. John Edward Youmans married Rose _____
iii. Julian M. Youmans (b. 15 January 1959, d. 24 December 2020) married Julie Partian
2nd husband of Nancy Alice's was Robert O. Crummey
b. Mary Templar Nesbit (b. 22 May 1935, d. 26 June 2019) married Edward Anton Razim. They had four children:
i. Mary Anne Razim married John Vernan FitzSimons. They had two children:
aa. Edward Vernon Fitzsimons
bb. Laura Templar Yan FitzSimons
ii. Sarah Anne Razim married David A. VanEmden
2nd husband of Sarah Anne's was John J. McDonough
iii. Nancy Anne Razim
iv. Edward Anton Razim, III married Genevieve Turner
c. Mabelan Nesbit married Roy Jay Correa, Jr. They had two children;
i. Jay Nesbit Correa
ii. Annemarie Correa married Jared B. Smith. They had one child:
aa. Ella Marie Smith
I. Otis Burgess Nesbit was born 31 January 1871 in Doniphan County, KS and died 18 March 1952 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MI. He
married Alice A. Vincent 22 June 1897. Alice was born 22 June 1872 in Lake County, IN and died 29 March 1951 in Lake County, IN.
They had two children:
1. Allegra Mary Nesbit (b. 2 June 1900, d. 1 March 1986)
2. Beatrice Templar Nesbit (b. 6 December 1903, d. 15 January 1990) married Alexander Victor Oppenheim. They had one child:
a. Judith Oppenheim married Nwobidike Nwanodi and reportedly has four children.
i. Oroma Nwanodi
ii. Antony Nwanodi
iii. Erika Nwanodi
iv. Frances Nwanodi
Otis Burgess Nesbit was an early researcher of this family line and wrote several newsletters which he called "Nesbitology" that contained details
that has allowed us to further his research. We do hope that we can make additional contact with descendants of this line to continue that effort.
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