Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Basic Facts for an Ancestor: A. Ebenezer Loveless

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

It's Saturday Night again - 

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!










Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings asks us to “Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision.” 

1)  Pick an ancestor, any ancestor.  What do you know about them?  What source type(s) do you have for each item? Answer the 20 questions below about your chosen ancestor.

Here's mine:

1)  Ancestor's birth name: Abner Ebenezer Loveless[1]

2)  Ancestor's parents: Jesse Loveless and Elizabeth Nixon[2]

3)  Ancestor's birth date and place: 8 Feb 1851 in Georgia, likely in Cass County, as that is where the family was living in 1850.[3]

4)  Ancestor's baptism/christening date and place: likely Baptist, so no infant baptism.

5)  Ancestor's spouse birth name: Eliza A. Ro(d)gers;[4] Melissa M. Settle[5]

6)  Ancestor's spouse parents: David Ro(d)gers and Rebecca Waddell; Lemuel J Settle & Anna J Harris

7)  Ancestor's spouse birth date and place: May 1854 in South Carolina;[6] Feb 1868, Missouri[7]

8)  Ancestor's spouse death date and place: 27 Aug 1907 in Faulkner Co, Arkansas; 6 Feb 1950, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, Texas.[8]

9)  Children of Ancestor and spouse: 

Minnie Loveless (1872-1872);
Emma Loveless (1874-1880);
George Alonzo Loveless (1876-1948);
James Oscar Arthur Loveless (1879-1933);
Ida B Loveless (1881-1954);
Thomas Mason Loveless (1883-1960);
John Cecil Loveless (1885-1957);
Robert Jessie Franklin Loveless (1889-1952);
Zachariah Taylor Loveless (1891-1970);
William Hutson Loveless (1894-1998);
Lela Ann Loveless (1896-1951).

10)  Ancestor's death date and place: 27 January 1929, rotan, Fisher Co, Texas.[9]

11)  Ancestor cause of death:  Bronchi pneumonia. Contributary to flu and gen debility.[10]

12)  Ancestor's burial location: Belview Cemetery, Rotan.[11]

13)  Ancestor's occupation(s):  farmer and Baptism minister[12]

14)  Ancestor's military service: none.

15)  Ancestor's residences: Chattooga Co, Georgia;[13] Faulkner Co, Arkansas;[14] Erath Co, Texas;[15] and Rotan, Fisher Co, Texas.[16]

16)  Ancestor's land records: He bought land in Faulkner Co, Arkansas at NE4 of SE4 Sec 8 Township 7 north, Range 12 west.[17]

17)  Ancestor's probate records:  none.[18]

18)  How do you keep track of this information? I use RootsMagic and research reports.

19)  What records do you need to find? I have looked for an obituary. I should follow what happened to his second wife, Melissa. I should also work on bringing his children’s line as far forward as possible so I can do some DNA matching.

20)  Have you written an ancestor genealogical sketch about this person? Yes.

“Treasure Chest Thursday: Ebbie Loveless married Again”

“Treasure Chest Thursday: Ebenezer Loveless Death Certificate”

“Road Trip to Arkansas”

“Using Railroad Maps and Timetables to Discover How Ebenzer Moved to Texas”

“52 Ancestors: Week 2 – Eliza A Rogers (1854-1907)”

“Small County Courthouses & Records: Researching My Loveless Family in Faulkner County, Arkansas”


[1] Every record I have found list him as either Ebenezer or Ebbie, but online trees always call him Abner Ebenezer. The 1900 census listed his name as A. Ebenezer. 1900 U.S. census, Faulkner Co, Arkansas, pop sched, ED 29, p 12, East Fork, fam 204, A. Ebenezer Loveless.

[2] 1870 U.S. census, Chattooga Co, Georgia, pop sched, Summerville Dist. 25, p. 105, family 133, Jesse Loveless, NARA 593, roll 142. Also for marriage of Jesse Loveless and Elizabeth Nixon, see derivative record, Nixon, David, John Medlock, (http://www.ba044ancestry.com/MEDLOCKMATLOCK/JohnMedlocksonofJohnandJudith.html : 12 Aug 2011), Mary Parthenia Medlock & Abner Nixon family.

[3] "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1983324 : accessed 14 Jul 2008), death certificate no. 2972 (1929), E. Loveless; citing Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Deaths 1890-1976."  Also, 1850 U.S. census, Cass Co, Georgia, p. 292, family 1664, Jesse Loveless; NARA $32, roll 63.

[4] Chattooga County Marriages, Bk 1a, 1861-1880, p 156, Ebby Loveless & E.A. Rodgers, 1871, Georgia's Virtual Vault, cdm.sos.state.ga.us, digital images, Georgia State Archives.

[5] Erath County, Texas, marriages, Bk L, p. 42, 1908, E Loveless-Mrs. MM Blount; FHL film 1,026,028.

[6] "Obituary," Log Cabin Democrat, 29 August 1907, p. 5, col. 5, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/).

[7] "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1983324 ), no. 8502, Tarrant Co, Malissa Millison Loveless; citing Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics

[8] Ibid.

[9] Texas Deaths, death certificate no. 2972 (1929), E. Loveless.

[10] Ibid.

[11] Ibid. Also Findagrave memorial 146428682, however there is no tombstone.

[12] All U.S. census records give occupation as farmer. For minister, see “Way Back When,” Log Cabin Democrat (Conway AR), 12 July 1961, p. 22. For credentials, see Faulkner Co, Arkansas, deed records, book 18, p. 50-51.

[13] 1870 U.S. census, Chattooga Co, Georgia, pop sched, Summerville Dist. 25, p. 105, family 133, Jesse Loveless.

[14] 1880 U.S. census, Faulkner Co, Arkansas, pop sched, Hardin, ED 57, sht 33, fam 261, Ebineezer Loveless.

[15] Erath County, Texas, marriages, Bk L, p. 42, 1908, E Loveless-Mrs. MM Blount; FHL film 1,026,028.

[16] Texas Deaths, death certificate no. 2972 (1929), E. Loveless.

[17] Faulkner Co, Arkansas, deeds, Bk 12, p 39-40, E Loveless to WE Banister, 1887; FHL film 1033421i1.

[18] A search of Fisher Co, Texas, Index to Probate Minutes 1, no record of Loveless, FamilySearch, film 5788362, item 3, images 900-908.

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Comments

  1. Linda StufflebeanFebruary 5, 2023 at 6:05 AM

    You should definitely work on bringing his line forward for find DNA matches since most of his children lived to adulthood.

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    1. Lisa S. GorrellFebruary 5, 2023 at 7:19 AM

      I do have all their children, but I haven't researched further than that. It will be easier for those who went to Texas, than those who stayed in Arkansas, but I should give it a try. I believe I have a lot of DNA matches with the Loveless line.

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