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Volume XXVI Number 4 October, 2007 

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CONTENTS 

Purpose. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 

Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3 

President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Million Mark Reached on the USGenWeb Archives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Need a DAR Lookup? . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Isaac Columbus “Lum” Poindexter . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

Highlight inscriptions on difficult to read stones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Joseph Boyd Poindexter. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Case of the $5 Bill . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

Farmer's Son is Keeping up the Place . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 

Million Mark Reached on the USGenWeb Archives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 

Database Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 14 

Pondering Poindexter Posterity Puzzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 

New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 

2008 Reunion – Williamsburg, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 

Correction to July 07 Newsletter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 

Obituary - Louise Davis Poindexter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. 25 

Membership Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .26 

Reminder – Article deadline for the January 2008 Newsletter is January 15th 

2008 REUNION 

JUNE 12 – 15 IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA 

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Purpose 

Purpose 

The Poindexter Descendants Association is an organization of those who feel that they might have descended from 

the Family POINGDESTRE that has lived in the Channel Islands since the Norman Conquest. A member of this 

Family, George Poingdestre, immigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1657. We invite inquiry from anyone who 

feels that she or he descends from a Poindexter ancestor and who would like to work with Family relatives to learn 

more about her or his Poindexter heritage, to promote fellowship among fellow kinsmen and preserve Family 

history and memorabilia. Membership is open to anyone who submits an Ancestor chart which tells how the 

applicant believes she/he is related to a Poindexter Ancestor; who embraces the “Purposes” set forth in the 

Association’s Bylaws, and who pays annual dues. Members receive the Association’s quarterly Newsletter, are 

invited to attend and participate in PDA Reunions, to serve on committees, and to stand for election to office. 

MEMBERSHIP DUES (PAYABLE 01 AUGUST) 

1 YEAR $15.00 3 YEARS $40.00 5 YEARS $67.50 

Questions about the Association & Applications for Membership should be addressed to:: 

Bill Poindexter Information about membership can also be found on the 

620 Fig Ave Poindexter Descendants Association website at: 

Chula Vista, CA 91910-5423 http://www.poindexterfamily.org 

(619) 422-5751 Email: bill-poindexter@cox.net 

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Officers 

President (term expires 2009) Membership (term expires 2009) 

Robin Daviet Bill Poindexter 

P.O. Box 628 620 Fig Ave 

Laveen, AZ 85339 Chula Vista, CA 91910-5423 

(602) 237-2213 (619) 422-5751 

Email: robindaviet@cs.com Email: poindexter16@cox.net 

1 St Vice President (term expires 2008) Treasurer (term expires 2008) 

Gary L. Garrett Al Hill 

15133 E. Verbena Drive 735 Lacock Ave 

Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 Rual Hall, NC 27045-9742 

(480) 837-0771 (336) 377-2954 

Email: glg11@cox.net Email: hillam@wfu.edu 

2 nd Vice President (term expires 2009) Chaplain (appointed, non expiring) 

John Wade 

3320 B Northcrest Road 

Doraville, GA 30340 

(770) 491-8449 

Email; jw_30060@yahoo.com 

Recording Secretary (term expires 2008) Immediate Past President (2001 - 2005) 

Nancy Tolley Jamie Diana Poindexter 

110 Laurel Hill Road 1413 Winslow Lane 

Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Madison, WI 53711-3739 

(919) 942-5754 (608) 271-6150 

Email: lthedit@mindspring.com Email: jamiepoindexter@charter.net 

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Committees 

Acting Chair, Early Poindexters in Editor – Online Queries 

America Research Committee 

Jamie Diana Poindexter Bill Poindexter 

1413 Winslow Lane 620 Fig Ave 

Madison, WI 53711-3739 Chula Vista, CA 91910-5423 

(608) 271-6150 (619) 422-5751 

Email: jamiepoindexter@charter.net Email: poindexter16@cox.net 

Poindexter Repository Newsletter Editors 

Kay and Bill Poindexter 

620 Fig Ave 

Chula Vista, CA 91910-5423 

(619) 422-5751 

Email: kay-poindexter@cox.net 

Nominating Committee Editor – “Queries” Column 

Ronald Poindexter Ronald Poindexter 

10700 E. 56 th Street 10700 E. 56 th Street 

Raytown, MO 64133 Raytown, MO 64133 

(816) 356-8927 (816) 356-8927 

Email: rkpoind@cs.com Email: rkpoind@cs.com 

Webmaster Computerized Genealogical Database 

Jamie Diana Poindexter Doris Ann Butler Lucas 

1413 Winslow Lane HC 60, Box 4000 

Madison, WI 53711-3739 Lakeview, OR 97630 

(608) 271-6150Email: (541) 947-2482 

jamiepoindexter@charter.net Email: Dorisl10@centurytel.net 

KIM Spangrude is now managing the rootsweb list. She is also watching the 

guestbook for spammers and x-rated material. 

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From Robin’s Nest 

Last weekend I had the good fortune to be able to attend the 4 th International 

Conference on Genetic Genealogy presented by Family Tree DNA. It was a two 

day conference held at the Marriott West Loop Hotel in Houston, Texas on Saturday 

and Sunday, October 20 and 21. We had two full days of talks and seminars with two hundred and ten 

other Family Tree DNA Group Administrators. It was an incredibly informative and enlightening 

experience. 

Family Tree DNA now has over 150,000 DNA records in their database and the number is 

growing daily. Our lecturers included several of the scientists who are working on the Genographic 

Project being conducted by the National Geographic Society and sponsored by IBM. They are working 

on mapping the migration patterns of the entire human race. These are the same experts who are 

analyzing and compiling the information from the samples sent in by members of our Poindexter DNA 

project. 

We had a fascinating presentation on The Lost Colony of Roanoke DNA Project. You would be 

amazed at how DNA is being used today to solve centuries old mysteries. Historians and genealogists 

have had lots of theories as to what happened to the Roanoke Virginia Colony along with Virginia Dare, 

her family and others. With the aid of DNA testing and lots of research work on the part of the experts, it 

looks like we soon may have the answer to this 16 th century mystery. To get more details, visit the 

group’s blog at http://www.the-lost-colony.blogspot.com/ 

On Saturday Dr. John Butler, a research chemist and project leader within the DNA Measurements 

Group of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) explained Nomenclature issues and 

the Y Chromosome. Different testing companies use primarily the same marks to enable Genetic 

Genealogists to make comparisons. However, as the number of companies has increased, not all 

companies have scored all markers using the same nomenclature. This has led to confusion as to which 

scoring methodology to use and has caused a proliferation of suspect marker values to be uploaded into 

various databases used for comparisons. Currently, about half a dozen markers fall into this gray area. It 

is in the best interest of the testing companies and customers to conform to a standard nomenclature. 

NIST is a federal technology agency that develops and promotes measurement, standards, and technology 

and can provide some clarity on this troublesome issue. 

As it turns out, John and I are fourth cousins twice removed. We had a lovely lunch together. I 

provided him a great deal of information on his great, great, great, great, great grandfather and he shared 

his e-mail address with me. I look forward to continuing my DNA education with him in the future. By 

the way, his sister is currently the Manager of the First Floor of the Family History Center in Salt Lake 

City, UT. 

We found out how DNA can help trace Native American bloodlines. The same rules apply as to 

all other DNA testing. It only works on father to son or straight down a female line. The test is limited to 

determining Native American heritage and can not identify specific tribal relationships. 

Matt Kaplan’s topic, one of the scientists I spoke of earlier, was “How Population Genetic Theory 

Tells Us Where We Came From”. He wants to develop a way to differentiate between the branches of a 

family such as ours that descends from a single ancestor. He was excited to know of our group. He took 

my card and said he would be in contact soon. 

This is just the beginning of all I have to share. I will write more in our next issue. 

Your Poindexter Descendants Association President, 

Robin Butler Daviet 

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The following was an announcement in the 

Rootsweb Review, 29 August 2007, Vol.10, No. 35 

Million Mark Reached on the USGenWeb Archives 

As of 2 a.m. (MDT) on Friday, 24 August 2007, the USGenWeb Archives had 1,000,569 files stored, browsable, 

and accessible by a single search. 

The 1 million mark was reached when Cynthia Daigle uploaded a compiled cemetery listing for Moses Baptist 

Cemetery, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. 

The USGenWeb Archives was developed in June 1996 to present transcriptions of public domain records on the 

Web. This huge undertaking is the cooperative effort of volunteers who either have electronically formatted files on 

census records, marriage bonds, wills, and other public documents, or who are willing to transcribe this information 

to contribute. The USGenWeb Archives is hosted by RootsWeb. 

Thanks to all USGenWeb volunteers for the hours they've spent walking cemeteries, hunching over microfilm 

readers, and scouring courthouses and libraries to provide the first million files. 

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb 

PDA applauds and thanks all these volunteers. These are true genealogy angels for whom we all should be 

profoundly appreciative. If you have time to help, just contact any of the usgenweb volunteers listed with any state 

in the nation. You will find all this information online. 

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Below from RootsWeb Review 

By Glenda Thompson 

DAR Vice Chairperson VIS Com. 

NEED A DAR LOOKUP? 

Need a DAR Lookup? Do you think you might have an ancestor who served 

in the American Revolutionary War (1775-83)? Would you like to know 

whether your ancestor is listed with the National Society of the 

Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) in the "Patriot Index"? 

A helpful group of organized DAR VIS Volunteers monitor the RootsWeb 

DAR message board every day and welcome lookup requests or any query. 

Include your Revolutionary War-era ancestor's first and last name, 

spouse's name (if known), dates of birth, death, and state of 

residence when posting your lookup request. You need not be interested 

in joining the NSDAR to request a lookup. Let us help! 

Here is the link for our message board: 

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.dar 

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Isaac Columbus “Lum” Poindexter 

Isaac Columbus “Lum” Poindexter was born October 13, 1837 to Rev. Denson Ashburn Poindexter & 

Sarah “Sally” Jones Poindexter, in Surry County (now Yadkin County), NC. His paternal grandparents 

were William Pledge Poindexter and Elizabeth H. Ashburn. On June 8, 1861, Lum volunteered for 

enlisted at East Bend, NC in Co. F 28 th North Carolina Confederate Regiment, which was organized and 

initially commanded by Captain John H. Kenyoun, a Medical Doctor. The Company began its training 

near the current East Bend water tank. Further training was received near High Point, NC prior to 

deployment to Virginia. In January 1862 Lum was promoted to Sergeant. Reduced to Ranks April 23, 

1862. In 1862 LUM signed up for the duration for which he received a $100 bonus. Promoted to 

Corporal February 1, 1863. Promoted to Sergeant March 1864. In May 1864 LUM was captured at the 

Battle of the Wilderness or Spotsylvania Court House. Confined at Point Lookout Maryland until 

transferred to Elmira, New York August 15, 1864. Lum spent the winter of 1864 at the POW Camp in 

Elmira, NY. According to tradition those prisoners who survived did so on a meager diet that included 

rats. According to tradition rats traded for one US silver dollar per rat. Paroled at Elmira on March 14, 

1865 and exchanged at Boulware's Warf James River Virginia March 18-21, 1865. LUM was captured at 

Richmond April 3, 1865. Lum was released at Point Lookout, Maryland July 25, 1865 after taking the 

Oath of Allegiance. He returned to Yadkin County, and on November 19, 1866 married Mary Ann Milner 

"Polly" Hauser (1840-1925), daughter of Samuel Albert Hauser (1803-1881), a successful Surry County 

farmer, and Nancy Ann Radford Scott Apperson Hauser (1805-1867), in Surry County, NC. Rev. N. T. 

Chaffin performed the marriage ceremony in Surry County, NC. After their marriage, LUM and Polly later 

purchased the Rev. Denson Poindexter home/farm where they resided as long as they lived. The house 

site is located off Friendship Circle Road, East Bend, NC, on a bluff overlooking the Yadkin River and 

almost directly across the Yadkin River from the mouth of the Ararat River. Vandals burned the house in 

1974. After the death of LUM's widow, Mary Ann Milner "Polly" Hauser Poindexter, the home was first 

owned by LUM' son Wiley Alexander, then owned by his son-in-law Dallas Winston Hobson (husband of 

Nancy Leconia) who later sold the property to Richard Columbus Francis Poindexter who made his home 

there until the early 1960's. 

Submitted 10-28-07 by Richard Clinton Poindexter 

Isaac Columbus “Lum” Poindexter & Wife Mary Anne Milner “Polly” Hauser Poindexter 

are shown with their granddaughter Nina Zenoba Poindexter Prim. Lum and Polly’s 

Children were Samuel Albert (1867-1958), Sarah Zenobia (1870-1894), Richard Columbus 

Francis (1874-1965), Nancy Leconia (1877-1962), Wiley Alexander (1880-1959) and William 

Thomas (1882-1887). 

Poindexter children were frequently named for ancestors or other relatives. Samuel Albert, Nancy, and 

Wiley are all Hauser family names. It follows that Samuel Albert was named for his maternal grandfather 

Samuel Albert Hauser; Nancy Leconia was named for her maternal grandmother Nancy Scott Apperson 

Hauser; and Wiley, which to this day is a Hauser family name, was named for his Uncle Solomon Wiley 

Hauser. Sarah, Richard Columbus Francis, and William Thomas are Poindexter family names. It then 

follows that Sarah Zenobia was named for her paternal grandmother Sarah Jones Poindexter; Richard 

Columbus Francis was named for his father Isaac Columbus Poindexter and there were numerous 

family members named both Richard and Francis including the Colonial Preacher Rev. Richard 

Poindexter and Revolutionary War Soldier Captain Francis Poindexter; and William Thomas were both 

frequently used names for Poindexter children including his paternal great grandfather William Pledge 

Poindexter and great, great grandfather Captain Thomas Poindexter. 

Submitted 10-28-2007 By Linda Taylor Thomas and Richard Clinton Poindexter 

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HIGHLIGHT INSCRIPTIONS ON DIFFICULT TO READ STONES 

Following from The Association for Gravestone Studies. They have an online website at 

www.gravestonestudies.org 

The mission of the Assoication of Gravestone Studies is to foster appreciation of the cultrual significance 

of gravestones and burial grounds through their study and preservation. 

Why can't I use shaving cream to highlight inscriptions on difficult to read stones? 

Our professional conservators tell us it is definitely not a good idea to use shaving cream on porous 

gravestones because there are chemicals, greasy emollients, in shaving cream that are sticky and very 

difficult to remove from the stone with a simple washing. Indeed, even with vigorous scrubbing and lots 

of rinsing, the cream fills in the pores of a porous stone and cannot all be removed. The result of leaving it 

there is that in time it may discolor or damage the stone. 

Instead, use a mirror to shine sunlight across the face of a stone, making the lettering stand out. For an 

explanatory leaflet on this technique, see Store Directory, Field Guides, "Photographing Gravestones." 

[Listed as Field Guide #7 on their website.] Always prefer a non-invasive method on gravestones just as 

we do on medical tests on our own bodies. 

A couple of examples of the use of a mirror to enhance the lettering on a weathered gravestone. 

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Without Mirror: With Mirror 

A few more suggestions to accomplish this same technique came from the RootsWeb Review of 

September 12, 2007. 

Another way "to photograph gravestones is to use an LED flashlight--the very bright kind. Have a helper 

shine the light from the side of the stone to illuminate the letters by casting them into comparative 

shadow. 

If you are in very bright sunlight, it helps to shade the stone with an umbrella and then use the flashlight. 

Bright sun will make the entire thing wash out, so shading and then selectively illuminating it will give a 

better photo. " 

"One way to avoid having to carry another thing with you is a simple additive to the clipboard (assuming 

you are using a clipboard). Take several pieces of silver duct tape (not the pliable, all-purpose gray stuff) 

and stick it on the backside of the clipboard. When you need enhanced lighting or shading (depending 

how you hold the clipboard and reflect the sunlight) this becomes a wonderful tool. You can also use 

aluminum foil as long as it is glued completely on the board--taping around the edges will eventually lead 

to ripped foil." 

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JOSEPH BOYD POINDEXTER 

Vol. XXIV No. 4 

Article was located at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,747540-2,00.html 

Hoomalimali Party 

Monday, Jul. 23, 1934 

There are only two directions in Hawaii—makai, toward the sea, and 

mauka, toward the mountains. Last week all Hawaiians were looking 

makai. Somewhere below the horizon a sleek grey cruiser was slicing 

its way westward through the long swells of the Pacific. Aboard was 

the most distinguished visitor to the islands since Explorer-Captain 

James Cook first stepped ashore 156 years ago. 

To receive the first U. S. President in its territorial history the 

"Paradise of the Pacific" was prepared to give Franklin Roosevelt a 

royal welcome. Its citizens were planning to put him up at the Royal 

Hawaiian Hotel, in the suite occupied three years ago by Siam's good 

King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai Barni. There from his lanai 

(veranda) he could look out at the surfboarders and swimmers of 

Waikiki Beach. A hundred volunteer guides were eager to show him 

the huge fortifications on Diamond Head, the great naval base in landlocked 

Pearl Harbor (which he as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 

helped develop), a review of troops at the largest U. S. Army post 

(Schofield Barracks: 30,000 men). For the asking they would gladly take him fishing for the great a'u 

(swordfish) in Kona waters, drive him through Hawaii's fern forests, show him sugar-cane fields, 

pineapple plantations, the leper colony, crown him with leis, feed him poi (taro root paste), or entertain 

him at a native feast (luau) with straw-skirt ballet. 

Races. But aside from the happy excitement of playing host to such a notable stranger for a few days 

Hawaiians had another, deeper reason for being interested in the President's coming. Last year he had 

tried to take away the territory's cherished right to home-rule, to appoint a mainlander as its Governor. 

His ostensible reason was that it was hard to find, as the law required, a good man resident on the 

islands. But all the world knew that the President was thinking of the Massie rape & murder case of 1931- 

32, of the racial seethings that followed, of the loud squawks of an outraged Navy (TIME, Dec. 28, 1931, 

et seq.). By refusal of the Senate to act the President was prevented from carrying out what every resident 

of the territory would have considered a gross injustice based on a false premise. 

Far from being troubled by race problems, Hawaiians are proud of their islands as a place where 146,000 

Japanese, 66,000 Filipinos. 27,000 Chinese, 22,000 Polynesians, 29,000 Portuguese, 7,000 Puerto 

Ricans, 45,000 whites and 31,000 mixed breeds all live happily together, intermarry and get along more 

peaceably than any other similar mixture in the world. 

Balked by Congress in his effort to name a mainland Democrat to a $10,000-a-year job, the President 

was in no hurry to appoint a new Governor. Not until he had been in office nearly a year did he finally 

pick a successor to Lawrence McCully Judd, descendant of a Yankee medical missionary who went to the 

Sandwich Islands a century ago. Then he appointed the next best thing to the kind of man he originally 

wanted—a Democrat who had lived on the islands only 17 years. 

Governor. Joseph Boyd Poindexter is the son of a California pioneer who became a rancher in 

Montana during the '80s. Son Joseph grew up, took to the law, went into politics, became a State judge. 

He was Montana's Attorney General in 1917 when Woodrow Wilson made him a Federal judge in Hawaii. 

He was a quiet man, some said stubborn, firm and courteous on the bench, not given to expansive talk or 

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large social entertainments. Hunting, fishing and contract bridge were his only sports and his only boast 

concerned fishing: "The big ones never get away from me." 

The job of Governor of Hawaii was one of the big ones that did not get away from him. Yet he made no 

elaborate expedition for it. After he retired from the bench in 1924, he practiced law in Honolulu, became 

president of the Hawaii Bar Association, something of an island civitarian. Neither the powerful 

Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association nor the local Democratic machine sponsored him for Governor. 

Coolidge-like in disposition, and having little in common with Franklin Roosevelt save religion 

(Episcopalian) and one personal habit (incessant cigaret smoking), "Judge" Poindexter won the 

President's approval because all groups admitted he was a good man, although not their man. 

Years ago John Dominis, a shipmaster who made a fortune in the Pacific trade, built himself a fine white 

colonial mansion in what is now the centre of Honolulu. His half-white son married Liliuokalani, last 

Hawaiian monarch. John Dominis' house became Iolani Palace and his daughter-in-law lived in it long 

after she was deposed. When she died, a great fat wahine, in 1917, the territorial Government bought 

Iolani Palace as a Governor's mansion. It still stands, enlarged but little changed. There on March 1, 

"Judge" Poindexter was sworn in as Governor by his friend Justice Banks of the Hawaiian Supreme 

Court. There, with his daughter Helen, Governor Poindexter stood in Queen Lil's throne-room giving 

formal reception to all and sundry who tramped past the statue of King Kamehamcha I, across the 

landscaped grounds, and through the Governor's door. 

Those who looked for a New Deal Governor to begin with a flourish were disappointed. He did not even 

deliver an inaugural address. During his first nine days in office, he allowed many people to come and 

whisper in his ear, including Democratic National Committeeman John H. Wilson (⅜ Scotch-Irish, ¼ 

Tahitian, ⅛ Hawaiian), but no political appointment was made, not one single official statement issued. 

Masters & Men. Thus after monarchs, missionaries and merchants came a Montanan to join the company 

of rulers who have governed the Sandwich Islanders. In 1820 in the days of the sandalwood trade, when 

missionaries began to arrive by shiploads, the islands were ruled by the native dynasty founded by the 

great Kamehameha. The missionaries undertook more than the care of Polynesian souls. They became 

advisers and ministers to the native monarchs. Their lay offspring became merchants and, with Yankee 

traders who settled there, took the islands' economic upbringing firmly in hand. Thus sprang up a 

benevolent white aristocracy which developed the islands and dominates them socially and economically 

to this day. 

In 1893 when the monarchy passed away a white aristocrat named Sanford Ballard Dole became 

President of the Hawaiian Republic. In 1900, when the Republic became a U. S. Territory, he was named 

its first Governor and the same families, the Castles, the Cookes, the Binghams, the Dillinghams, the 

Judds, continued to rule. Like southern planters before the Civil War they built up a comfortable society 

based economically on agriculture. Like the South, also, the mudsill of their society was cheap labor. First 

they imported Chinese and Portuguese, then Japanese, and, when the "gentlemen's agreement" with 

Japan was made, Filipinos and Puerto Ricans. These peoples arrived by the shipload, were quartered in 

agricultural camps, given free housing, free water, free wood, free medical service. In spite of small wages 

it was a beneficent system—too beneficent, as it turned out. The Chinese coolie who contentedly grew rice 

in the river bottoms, and the Filipino who irrigated the sugar-cane fields, had children who were U. S. 

citizens. The second and third generation of field workers, after much free schooling, refused to live and 

do as their forebears. So the importation of labor went on and Depression caught the islands with a far 

larger white-collar population than an agricultural land can easily support. 

The biggest fish in Hawaii's economic pool are her five big companies of "factors"—American Factors, C. 

Brewer & Co. ("oldest American corporation west of the Rockies"), Castle & Cooke, Alexander & Baldwin, 

Theodore Davies & Co. These firms, controlled by old missionary-merchant families and interlocked by 

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marriage, own or act as agents for most of Hawaii's sugar plantations. At the turn of the century James D. 

Dole, no islander but a second cousin of Patriarch Sanford, came out from Boston, and started the 

pineapple business which made him many a million. After suffering huge losses in 1931 and 1932, his 

Hawaiian Pineapple Co. was reorganized, and Castle & Cooke took a hand in its management. 

Sugar. Since Hawaii's chief industry is agriculture, since her No. 1 agriculture product is sugar and her 

No. 2 product is pineapples, since her chief manufacturing industries are processing sugar and canning 

pineapples, there is no doubt about who rules the territory, regardless of who happens to be holding forth 

in Iolani Palace. Most of these economic rulers, traditionally Republican, view the New Deal of their 

distinguished Democratic visitor with considerable apprehension, if not downright alarm. 

Last spring when the Costigan-Jones sugar restriction bill was under consideration, they were 

disappointed when President Roosevelt proposed a Hawaiian sugar quota of only 935,000 tons whereas 

the average annual production on the island for the last three years has been about 1,000,000 tons. They 

were still more chagrined when Congress, after upping the quota of mainland beet-sugar producers 

100,000 tons above the President's request, left the quota for Hawaii to be fixed by Undersecretary of 

Agriculture Tugwell. In proportioning quotas between Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and 

the Philippines, Brain Truster Tugwell used the average crops of 1931-32-33 as figures for the other 

islands, but based Hawaii's quota on the years 1930-31-32, to Hawaii's disadvantage. Result: Hawaii's 

quota was set at 917,000 tons instead of at least 975,000 which she felt was her due. The reason for this 

discrimination, many Hawaiians said privately, was Dr. Tugwell's disapproval of the Hawaiian industry's 

control by a few rich families. 

Tourism. But for one business favor every Hawaiian last week thanked the New Deal which supplied a 

traveling President to publicize the territory as a land for tourists. In 1929 nearly 22,000 people sailed 

four days and a half across 2,000 miles of Pacific Ocean to see Hawaii's famed hedges of night-blooming 

cereus, to lie lazily on its beaches, explore its volcanoes, taste its papaias and mangos, smell its fragrant 

pikake blossoms, listen to its ukuleles. For these and like blessings they left $11,000,000 behind, a sort of 

thank-offering which the Hawaiians gratefully received. 

Eager to be thanked again on the 1929 scale, Hawaii made much of the delights to be offered to President 

Roosevelt and to any one else with $150 for round-trip steamship fare. One theme on which territorial 

boosters harped heavily: Hawaii is an integral part of the U. S. 

Every white, brown or yellow resident who hopes the New Deal will deal the islands four aces instead of a 

bobtail flush repeats those words. Hawaii is not a possession of the U. S., like Puerto Rico or the 

Philippines, but a territory like Alaska. Unlike Puerto Rico, which keeps all for itself, it pays into the 

Federal treasury income taxes, internal revenue taxes, customs' duties, has sent an average of 

$5,000,000 a year to Washington for each of the last 34 years. Its tax contribution is bigger than that of 

any one of 17 full-fledged states. Geography can be argued against Statehood for Hawaii but not 

governmental finances. 

The Hawaiians have a word meaning to humor or jolly for a purpose. It is hoomalimali. Last week 

President Roosevelt, who can hoomalimali better than most men, was coming to apply his art to their 

injured feelings. His hosts had prepared the biggest hoomalimali party on record to get Hawaii out of 

the stepchild class. 

Thanks to Irene at IreneTH@cal.berkeley.edu for sharing the above information with the RootsWeb Poindexter 

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TIME MAGAZINE Monday, Apr. 12, 1948 

CASE OF THE $5 BILL 

The grey-haired Harvard law professor asked his class: "Does anyone have a $5 bill?" When a student waved one 

aloft, Professor William Lloyd Prosser beckoned him down front, transferred the money with a flourish to his own 

wallet. Then he folded his hands across his belly and smiled broadly at Second-Year Student William Poindexter. 

The class snickered. Poindexter blushed. 

Said Prosser: "Now, Mr. Poindexter, what are your rights?" Poindexter and his classmates, pondering legal 

recourses for the rest of the hour, disagreed. Remarked the professor: "Since we have not reached a conclusion, I 

expect I'd better keep the $5." 

But, after class, Student Poindexter made up his mind. Next day a burly constable took the seat next to 

Poindexter. Amid student applause, he marched down front and served a summons on the nonplussed professor. 

Admitted Prosser: "This seems to be in order." He handed Poindexter $5. 

Then, pointing to the summons, he asked: "Now, what do you want me to do with this?" Replied 

Poindexter: "Keep it. That is for another $5. Thank you for the gift of this one." 

The incident was no put-up job between professor and student. To "teach Professor Prosser some law," 

Poindexter had brought suit in the Cambridge (Mass.) courts for the return of the pocketed $5, plus $5 damages for 

mental anguish. Then he reconsidered. By mutual consent, the action was transferred to a mock court in the 

Harvard Law School. 

This week, before a courtroom of Harvardmen, District Judge Frederick A. Crafts of Waltham will hear 

the case of Poindexter v. Prosser. Professor Prosser has retained Professor Edmund M. Morgan, Harvard's expert 

on evidence, to defend him. Poindexter will have six other students and two recent Harvard Law School graduates 

among his battery of legal talent. In the preliminary pleadings, Plaintiff Poindexter cited as one of his legal 

authorities a textbook known as Prosser on Torts. Pooh-poohed Defendant Prosser: "A very inadequate book I 

once wrote." 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR of TIME MAGAZINE Monday, 30 September 1946 

TIME . . . quoted Professor Prosser as saying that his opus on the law of torts was "inadequate." . . . Consternation 

reigns supreme in the Ole Miss law school. If Prosser on Torts, all 1,309 pages of it, is inadequate, what must an 

adequate volume be? ... 

TOM BOURDEAUX - University, Miss. 

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Sir: 

Professor Prosser tried his $5 bill trick [TIME, April 12] on us at the University of Minnesota Law School last 

October, but we had the $5 back before the end of the hour. Justice is swift on the frontier . . . 

GORDON A. STEPHENSON .............Minneapolis, Minn. 

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Sir: 

What was the decision of Judge Crafts in the case of Poindexter v. Prosser? FRANCIS J. MOYNIHAN - Justice 

- Justice Court of Jamestown, N.Y. 

The professor won.—ED. 

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FARMER'S SON IS KEEPING UP THE PLACE 

Posted on: Thursday, 7 Dec 2006, 12:00 CST By Lisa O'Donnell, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. 

Dec. 7--LEWISVILLE -- Felix Huffman was a hard-working farmer who appreciated the beauty of the 

countryside. For 70 years, Huffman managed Hilltop Farm, a nearly 500-acre estate on Conrad Road 

that belonged to William Conrad, a vice president at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Huffman planted 130 

sugar maples along both sides of Conrad Road. He made sure the lawns were mowed, the brush was 

cleared and the equipment stayed out of view in barns and sheds. "He would do what was necessary to 

keep it looking good," said his son, John. Huffman lived on a three-acre spread that the Conrad family 

gave to him in 1976. It included a house, a barn and several outbuildings. 

When Huffman died in January 2005 at 91, he left the property to his son John, who moved in 

shortly after with his wife, Barbara. John Huffman, 62, promptly set about restoring the buildings and old 

farm equipment and tidying the grounds. "I'm just trying to memorialize the old place so that people can 

remember how it used to be," he said. 

Frank Bailey Jr., grew up near the Huffmans and has fond memories of the place. Because Felix 

Huffman had the only bull in the area, neighbors would walk their cows through the woods so the animals 

could mate, Bailey said. Huffman also put on dances in one of his barns about once a year. "You could 

hear his tractor running sometimes at 2 or 3 in the morning," Bailey said. "He really worked at it." On a 

recent Indian summer day, Huffman walked around the grounds, stopping at each building, tractor and 

wagon to tell a story about the old days. Felix Huffman was hired when he was 19 to run Hilltop Farm. 

He grew such grains as corn, wheat and rye, raised livestock to eat and sell at market and harvested 

timber. About half of the farm was timberland, Huffman said. In the late 1940s, the farm switched from 

raising beef cows and hogs to dairy cows. "The farm had to run in the black," Huffman said. "There were 

two or three times when he had to revert to selling timber to make it pay." Many of the buildings, 

including the home that Conrad had built for Huffman, date to either 1934 or 1935. John Huffman lived 

and worked on the farm until he was 22. When he was 5, his father made him mow the yards at the 

family's house and the Conrad place up the road. "When I was 6, I was expected not to leave streaks," 

he said. As an older boy, he was put in charge of watering the sugar maples along the road. He would 

pull a water tank loaded onto a wagon with his tractor to a 12-acre lake off Grapevine Road. After filling 

the tank -- and taking a swim -- he would spend the next two days watering the trees. The wagon and 

tank are among the old farm equipment that Huffman pulled out of storage and restored. His father kept 

a lot of the old equipment including a few steel-wheeled tractors, several horse plows and a whetstone 

used to sharpen axes. Huffman restored two tractors -- a 1921 Fordson and a McCormick-Deering, 

known as Big Red, from the early 1930s. Both are steel-wheeled tractors that were retired when rubberwheeled 

tractors came on the scene in the 1940s. 

One of his next projects will be restoring a rusted 1950 Farm-all Model A tractor. Huffman has 

placed some of the equipment where it sat when his father ran the farm. Other pieces of equipment look 

more like garden art. Several horse plows line the driveway. An antique washing machine is a flower 

container filled with pansies. The wood-sided outbuildings include a horse barn, dairy barn, 

smokehouse, chicken house and a power plant that was later converted to a wash house and then an 

apartment for his grandfather. Most of the buildings have tin roofs and are painted white with crisp green 

trim. Huffman also restored his mother's stove and laid yellow pine floors in the kitchen. 

Like his father, Huffman works well with his hands. He taught woodworking in high schools for more than 

20 years, restored cars and built several homes along Conrad Road. He said he learned many of his 

carpentry skills from his father. He hopes to repave the driveway, re-roof a few of the buildings and add 

a fence. Passers-by have taken notice of the changes at the Huffman place. Some people have even 

stopped their cars and wandered around the property. "It's brought real satisfaction to know that people 

enjoy this," Huffman said. "One guy stopped to look at the red tractor just to enjoy it." 

To see more of the Winston-Salem Journal, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to 

http://www.journalnow.com. Copyright (c) 2006, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. 

Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. 

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The following was an announcement in the 

Rootsweb Review, 29 August 2007, Vol.10, No. 35 

Million Mark Reached on the USGenWeb Archives 

As of 2 a.m. (MDT) on Friday, 24 August 2007, the USGenWeb Archives had 1,000,569 files stored, browsable, 

and accessible by a single search. 

The 1 million mark was reached when Cynthia Daigle uploaded a compiled cemetery listing for Moses Baptist 

Cemetery, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. 

The USGenWeb Archives was developed in June 1996 to present transcriptions of public domain records on the 

Web. This huge undertaking is the cooperative effort of volunteers who either have electronically formatted files on 

census records, marriage bonds, wills, and other public documents, or who are willing to transcribe this information 

to contribute. The USGenWeb Archives is hosted by RootsWeb. 

Thanks to all USGenWeb volunteers for the hours they've spent walking cemeteries, hunching over microfilm 

readers, and scouring courthouses and libraries to provide the first million files. 

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb 

PDA applauds and thanks all these volunteers. These are true genealogy angels for whom we all should be 

profoundly appreciative. If you have time to help, just contact any of the usgenweb volunteers listed with any state 

in the nation. You will find all this information online. 

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Database Committee 

Goal: Publish proven POINDEXTER pedigrees. 

Mission Statement: Per professional practices, pursue POINDEXTER progeny. 

Preserve proper POINDEXTER posterity portrayal, past plus present. 

1. Prepare preliminary POINDEXTER pedigrees. 

2. Plan pursuit process. 

3. Provide plentiful potential prime pointers. 

4. Place pertinent puzzle pieces. 

5. Pose POINDEXTER portraits. 

6. Ponder problems. 

7. Procure primary paperwork providing parentage proofs. 

8. Proficiently produce personal POINDEXTER profiles. 

9. Publicly present precise POINDEXTER pedigrees. 

When we recently uncovered the New York Times article concerning Myles Connard POINDEXTER’s 

father’s untimely death and decided to turn it into a piece of ongoing sleuthing work for all you amateur 

and possibly a few professional detectives out there, we thought you might enjoy a little of “the rest of the 

story” concerning Myles’ family’s history as was provided to the Poindexter Descendants Association by 

Myles himself. 

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Myles Connard POINDEXTER was one of PDA’s earliest members. His membership number is 38. 

Shortly after he joined our association, he shared a truly fascinating family tale with us that has never 

been published. It is the kind of story from which legends grow. Here for all future generations, we 

present the real truth of a terrifying Indian attack on the Western Frontier. 

“On a June night in 1887 two families in a wagon were hurrying across the Camas Prairie toward safety at 

the Fort at Mount Idaho. The Nez Perce Indians attacked the wagon and several of the wagon party was 

massacred. The next day, a party from the Fort rode out to the scene. John Chamberlain laid there dead, 

with his daughter, Hattie, lying on his arm, also dead. Sitting on the ground between her father's legs was 

a tiny tot covered with blood and dirt. She had been stuck through the neck with a knife which passed 

between the bone and the jugular vein. Also, the end of her tongue had either been cut off or bitten off. 

Little Effie lived.” 

Following up on the above information, we subsequently found additional details to add to the story. Let 

us first begin with a time line of events that outline what happened on 14 June 1877 between the Nez 

Perce Indians and the settlers living nearby them in Idaho on that fateful night. 

“14 June 

Anger at being forced to leave their homes and move onto the reservation three warriors took their 

personal revenge by killing four men living along the Salmon River. 

Wahlitits gathered his cousin Sarpsis llppilp (Red Moccasin Tops) and his nephew Wetyetmas Wahyakt 

(Swan Necklace) to act as horse holder. The young men left the camp. Wahlitits and Sarpsis llppilp kill 

Richard Devine at Carver Creek, and Henry Elfers, Henry Beckrodge, and Robert Bland at John Day 

Creek. Sarpsis shoots Samuel Benedict in the legs. Upon hearing the news, the encampment at Tolo Lake 

breaks up. Nearby communities panic. 

Looking Glass and Husishusis Kute hurry back to the reservation. The other three bands flee to a place of 

safety on Cottonwood Creek. The Norton and Chamberlin families leave Cottonwood for the safety of 

Mount Idaho at 9 p.m. Their wagons are attacked in the middle of the night. 

John Chamberlin, his three-year-old daughter Hattie, and Benjamin Norton are killed. Lew Day and Joe 

Moore are fatally wounded. They were buried in the Mount Idaho cemetery. 

A raiding party of seventeen warriors kills James Baker, Samuel Benedict, and August Bacon in White 

Bird and Harry Mason, William Osborne, and Francois Chodoze at Cooper Bar. Jack Manuel and his sixyear-old 

daughter, Maggie, are wounded, and Jeanette Manuel is injured in a fall from her horse. 

Ninety soldiers leave Fort Lapwai at 8:00 p.m. to begin driving the Nez Perce onto the reservation. 

Norton-Chamberlin Party 

In early June, the five non-treaty Nez Perce bands gathered at Tolo Lake, three miles south of Fenn, to 

discuss plans for moving onto the reservation. Their council was brought to an abrupt end on June 14 

when news came that three warriors had taken personal revenge and killed four white men on the Salmon 

River. Despite the peaceful intentions of the chiefs and elders, the spark of war had been ignited. 

That same night, a party of seventeen warriors headed south, back to the Salmon River. About halfway 

between Fenn and Grangeville, the Norton and Chamberlin families fleeing from Cottonwood ran into 

this group of warriors in the middle of the night. 

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In June 1877, Cottonwood House was the only commercial establishment in 

Cottonwood. For the preceding fifteen years it had served as a way station on the 

stage road from Mount Idaho to Lewiston. It was a hotel, saloon, and store all 

rolled into one. 

Cottonwood (1889) 

Built from lumber obtained from a nearby 

cottonwood grove, its large stables 

accommodated the number of horses used for 

hauling in those days. At that time, Benjamin 

Norton was the proprietor of Cottonwood 

House, which he had bought from Joe Moore 

and Pete Ready. 

It was on the evening of the 14th of June, 1877 

that John Chamberlin drove up to our home at 

the Cottonwood House. He had with him his 

wife and two children and his wagon was 

loaded with household goods.... Lew Day came 

along about that time and told us that the Indians were on the warpath, and then went on up the 

Cottonwood hill. In a short time he came back, wounded by the Indians. He had been shot in the back, but 

managed to escape on his horse and got back to the Cottonwood House. My father [Ben Norton] and Joe 

Moore dressed his wounds as best they could. 

Since there were Indians on the mountain, the Chamberlins decided to make a 

run for Mount Idaho and begged us to go with them. We hurriedly finished 

packing a few clothes in their wagon, and shortly after dark started out with 

the tired horses. Besides my mother and Mrs. Chamberlin and the two little 

Chamberlin children, there were in the wagon, Lynn Bowers, my mother's 18year-old 

sister, the wounded Lew Day and myself. Father and Joe Moore rode 

ahead—Chamberlin was driving. 

As I remember, we were getting along fine until the moon came up, and we were about five miles from the 

Grange Hall, when the Indians came running and firing from the direction of Tolo Lake. Father and Joe 

Moore galloped out to meet them but they were both wounded and their horses shot down. Then our team 

was shot down. Father and Joe Moore got back to the wagon; father got inside the wagon box with the 

rest of us, and Joe Moore and Lew Day got under the wagon and began shooting from behind the wheels. 

I think Moore was shot again before he got under the wagon and I'm sure Day was shot again. Moore 

died about six days later from his wounds, but Day lingered for two months before he died. 

Then we all got under the wagon, the men firing, keeping the Indians away Day was getting feverish and 

was begging for water. There was a jug of water in the back of the wagon box and father climbed up on 

the hub to reach it and there received his deadly wound. He fell to the ground. Later mother called out, 

"My God, I'm shot!' She was shot through both legs. Then, I think, Chamberlin stampeded. He insisted 

that he and his wife and the two little children leave the wagon and try to break through to Mount Idaho. 

The moon must have gone down or been covered by a cloud, when the entire Chamberlin family left the 

wagon, but went toward Lake Tolo instead of Mount Idaho. They evidently ran right into the Indians, as 

we could hear shots, and the screaming of the children and Mrs. Chamberlin. We learned later that 

Chamberlin and one child was killed and the baby's tongue had been cut off. 

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Father was still alive and choked out that I should try. to get away, but mother did not want me to go. 

Father said, "He'll be killed here anyway." He died a little while after I left. Lynn Bowers took off her 

heavy skirt so that she could run faster, and we both sneaked away toward Grange Hall, through the high 

bunch grass. Joe Moore kept firing until his ammunition was gone. I was found near Grange Hall by 

Frank Fenn and another settler found Lynn. It was a terrible experience! 

Hill Beachey Norton 

ten years old 

Most of that night I had been scouting over the prairie northerly and westerly for a distance of a mile or 

so from the Grange Hall which at that time comprised about all there was of the present city of 

Grangeville.... About one and a half miles northwesterly from the Hall, I detected some person crawling 

through the tall grass about one hundred yards away. I rode my horse toward the person whom I had 

thought to be an Indian skulking in the grass. Getting near I saw it was a white person and when within 

perhaps twenty paces he arose to his feet and clapped his hands, exclaiming "It's Mr. Fenn-it's Mr. 

Fenn," And I recognized him as Hill Norton, a boy who had attended school under my instruction the year 

before. 

Mounting the boy on the crup behind me I started my horse on a gallop for the Hall .... Upon arriving at 

the Hall, I found some four or five men assembled there.... 

No time was lost in starting west over the stage road to find the survivors of the attack. Charles L. Rice, . . 

. James Adkison, . . . and I, just the three of us, rode off in a hurry to the scene of the attack. 

Mrs. Norton ... was under the wagon shot through both legs and helpless. Her husband lay dead within a 

few feet of the wagon. We hustled Mrs. Norton into the wagon in which there were already Lew Day, shot 

in three places, and ]oe Moore, shot through the hip. Both died a few days later. We had no chance to 

pick up Norton's body because the Indians were almost upon us. I mounted the "off" horse and Rice 

mounted the "near" one and we started plying halter ropes as whips to urge the horses to their best speed. 

Adkison rode my saddle horse on that eventful trip 

Fortunately for us, from the point where the wagon had stood, there was a long, gradual slope in the 

direction of Grange Hall and our horses had no pull to make. All that was necessary was to keep them in 

the road and encourage them to win the race. There was encouragement aplenty for those halter ropes 

never "missed a lick.' Before we reached the foot of the slope the Indians had appeared at the top of the 

hill and it seemed that they would surely overhaul us when we had to drag the wagon over relatively level 

ground. just then, however, quite a large relief party hove in sight riding hard from the direction of 

Grange Hall.... The advance of the hostiles was checked and shortly, as the volunteer party drew nearer, 

the Indians turned about, abandoned the chase and enabled their prey to escape. 

Frank Fenn 

Mount Idaho volunteer 

Soon a second relief party returned to the scene of the attack. 

... We were not long in reaching the place where the Norton Party had been attacked. I was off to the 

right of the road and a few hundred yards from the wrecked wagon, when I saw some object not far from 

me. I rode up and there lay Johnny Chamberlain cold in death, and his oldest girl was lying on his arm. 

She too was beyond all earthly harm. 

Luther P. Wilmot 

Mount Idaho volunteer 

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Benjamin Norton, John Chamberlin and his three-year-old daughter Hattie, Lew Day, 

and Joe Moore were all buried in the Mount Idaho cemetery. 

Half of the settlers killed by the second Nez Perce raiding party on June 14 are buried 

here in the Mount Idaho cemetery. Ben Norton, Johnathan Chamberlin and his daughter 

Hattie, Joe Moore, and Lew Day were all killed or mortally wounded while crossing 

Camas Prairie on the night of June 14. 

James Baker, a White Bird settler, lies alone in the southwest corner of the cemetery. A headstone 

memorializes Jeanette Manuel, also of White Bird, although her body was never actually found. 

Also buried here is D.B. Randall who was captain of the Brave Seventeen. The graves of Ben Evans and 

D.H. Houser, both members of the Brave Seventeen are here as well, but Houser has no headstone.” 

Above details were gathered and placed on the internet by Wilfong at 

http://www.ourheritage.net/index_page_stuff/Following_Trails/Chief_Joseph/6_June77/6_1877_No 

rton_Chamberlain.html 

We do not know what happened to Effie’s mother Emily Emma MCLAUGHLIN Chamberlin during or 

after the attack. 

Tragedies continued to plague Effie Dora CHAMBERLIN throughout her life. Effie was widowed twice 

before she was 44 years old. Four years after the loss of her second husband, Max and Effie’s youngest 

son Robert Edwin POINDEXTER died. Then her own death occurred just four years later, only eight 

years after Max Connard POINDEXTER had died under an unresolved cloud of questions and supections. 

This left her three surviving minor Poindexter children orphaned. We find them in the 1930 census in 

South Haven Township, Van Buren County, Michigan under the care of their half brother, Marcus 

Poindexter, one of Effie’s two sons from her first marriage to a Smith. 

Narratives such as the one above give us significant insight into the dangers our ancestors faced as they 

ventured westward in this great country of ours. It helps us understand why and how they reacted to the 

things happening around them. It brings us closer and provides us a renewed appreciation for the trials 

our ancestors endured so we would have better lives today. 

These are the stories that bring alive the mundane particulars of every day existence. They provide us the 

real history, authentic details, and human interest side to the facts and figures of our personal genealogies. 

Help us flesh out the bones of your ancestors by sharing with us the fine points that chronicle their daily 

lives along with the moments of triumph and despair your grandparents experienced. 

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Pondering POINDEXTER 

posterity puzzles 

Get your detective hat on, we have mysteries to 

solve! 

“Without accuracy, what we do is worthless.” 

A Poindexter “Cold Case” 

This is a story of intrigue, stalking, a clandestine plot, an illicit love affair, and conflicting evidence in a 

true “who done it” mystery. All you “Sherlock Holmes” types, put on your best deductive reasoning 

caps, grab your magnifying glasses, sharpen your observation skills, and hunker down to the details of 

heavy duty investigative work. 

The following appeared in the New York Times on Sunday, July 25, 1920. 

SCOUTS SUICIDE THEORY 

Special to The New York Times 

Brother Says Max Poindexter Was 

Killed by Robber in Chicago 

CHICAGO, July 24 – That Max C. Poindexter, oil speculator, who was found dead in the Lexington 

Hotel, was slain by a robber is the belief of his brother, Robert Poindexter of St. Joseph, Mo., who arrived 

today. 

The brother does not accept the suicide theory, and he exonerated Miss Ora Walters, the Memphis 

woman with whom Poindexter was traveling. His theory is that criminals have been following his 

brother, who always carried a large sum of money, and that he was slain for his money. 

The police scout this theory, and say it is not borne out in any particular. They assert that a robber 

would not have overlooked the $300 Poindexter had strapped to one of his legs. 

Robert Poindexter says that his brother believed himself marked as the victim of a plot. He had 

said he was being trailed by some persons who knew that he carried money. 

“Before he left on this last trip South he borrowed a pistol from our sister, Mrs. Della Othse [sic- 

Ochse], saying he might need it for protection. This is the pistol that was found beside his body,” Robert 

said. 

Mrs. Poindexter, the widow, and Miss Walters were brought together after the inquest had been 

postponed. 

“Please forgive me,” pleaded Miss Walters. 

“I forgive you,” finally said the widow, after she had considered the request for some time. 

Miss Walters is being held for the inquest, after which it is thought she will be released. 

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Are you a Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, or Perry Mason fan? Have you just been 

waiting for that special case you could tackle with those detective skills you have been honing all these 

years? Are you ready to take on the mantel of Lilly Rush and crack this real life Poindexter “Cold 

Case”? Will then, you are just the person the PDA Database Committee has been searching for. 

Following are some of the critical personal family facts we have already collected: 

Edwin Waddy POINDEXTER (Josephus -Joseph Poindexter , James L. Poindexter , Joseph Poindexter , 

John Poindexter , Thomas Poindexter , George Poindexter , George Poindexter , Thomas Poingdestre , 

Edouard Poingdestre , Jean (John) Poindestre , George , John (Johan) , Johan , John , John , John , Jean ) 

was born on 15 November 1851 in Madison County, Indiana. He died in December 1893 in Mercer 

County, Missouri. He was buried in Dec 1893 in Hamilton Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri. 

Hamilton Cemetery is located on Route D, approximately three miles south of the Highway 136 

intersection east of Princeton. 

Edwin married Mary Caroline MCQUERRY. Mary was born on 15 October 1857 in Indiana. She died 

on 19 June 1942 in Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri. Mary remarried following Edwin’s death to a 

Mr. Thomas. In the 1900 census Mary is residing in Lineville Town, Grand River Township, Wayne 

County, Iowa with Joseph M., Della F., and Edgar R. Poindexter, her three youngest children. Mary is 

listed as divorced. Then she married a third time to John W. Crow sometime after 15 April 1910 and 

prior to 1920. They are listed together in the 1920 census living in St Joseph, Buchanan County, 

Missouri. In the 1930 census she is listed as a widow living in the household of her youngest son Robert 

Edgar Poindexter in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. 

The following children came from World Family Tree connections listed online. Details were borne out 

through the original newspaper story printed above, verification from censuses as they are presented in 

this article, and original lineage information and family history that was provided by Myles Connard 

POINDEXTER when he joined the Poindexter Descendants Association. We have been unable to locate 

an 1880 census or other records to prove some of the details. 

There is some confusion because the only 1880 census we have that appears to possibly be Edwin and 

Mary Poindexter contradicts the facts as they are presented in the World Family Tree and elsewhere. We 

have Edwin W. Poindexter, age 8, listed in the 1860 census of Adams Township, Madison County, 

Indiana with his brother Joseph’s family, mother and other siblings. In the 1870 census, Edwin, age 18, is 

working as a farm laborer and living with John Sloan in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana. 

Then in the 1880 census we have an Edward (could possibly be Edwin – writing hard to read.), age 28, 

occupation Painter, living with his wife, Mary, age 20, and two children, son Frank 3 and daughter Mary 

1 in Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri. Also living in this township is “Culley McQuerry and 

his wife P. J.”, Mary Caroline McQuerry’s parents. We need assistance in getting the facts straightened 

out and the details corrected. 

Calley Dixon POINDEXTER was born 27 August 1877. Calley served in the Spanish American War in 

1898. When he returned home to Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri after the war, he was suffering 

from malaria. According to the 1900 census for Mary P. Thomas, Calley’s mother, taken in Lineville 

Town, Grand River Township, Wayne County, Iowa, she had given birth to five children and all five were 

living at that time. Apparently Calley married Maude W. circa 1906 because she is living with and listed 

as the daughter-in-law of Mary C. Poindexter, widow in the 1910 census of St. Joseph, Buchanan, 

Missouri. Maude is shown as having been married for 3 years. Mary repeats in this census she has had 

five children and five are living. Myles told us that Calley and Max formed a road building partnership. 

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Max Connard POINDEXTER was born circa 1878 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Max 

died in July 1920 in the Lexington Hotel in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. If we can locate the inquest 

report and death certificate, we should be able to get more specific dates. 

The Lexington Hotel had opened in 1892 and had been designed by Clinton Warren, the architect of the 

famed Congress Hotel. The brick and terra cotta building had been hurriedly opened to serve the masses 

of visitors who came to Chicago for the 1893 World’s Fair. These were boom years on the city’s south 

side and the fine hotel attracted scores of wealthy and famous visitors, including President Benjamin 

Harrison, who once addressed an audience from the balcony. It was in July 1928, eight years after Max’s 

death, when Al Capone moved into the Lexington Hotel and made it his residence and business 

headquarters. 

Max Connard POINDEXTER married Effie Dora CHAMBERLIN circa 1910. She was born 11 

October 1876 in Oregon. Before she was three years old, she had experienced horrors beyond 

imagination. (See the PDA Database article in this issue for more details.) Effie died in 1928 in South 

Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan. 

Max and Effie are buried side by side in the Lake View City Cemetery in South Haven City, South Haven 

Township, Van Buren County, Michigan. Buried close by are Effie’s oldest son from her first marriage, 

Charles Arthur SMITH Poindexter b. 24 February 1902 d. 1972, Max and Effie’s son Myles Connard 

POINDEXTER b. 31 July 1912 in Moscow, Latah County, Idaho d. 25 April 1994 in South Haven, Van 

Buren County, Michigan, and Max and Effie’s youngest son, Robert Edwin POINDEXTER b. 1915 in 

Washington, d. 1924. 

A plot is waiting for Max and Effie’s youngest child and only daughter Mary Della POINDEXTER, b. 

circa August 1918 who married Henry Kuebler. Hazel DUSENBERY Poindexter, Myles’ wife, has a plot 

reserved for her next to her husband. 

Myles had an obituary run in the Herald-Palladium, Benton Harbor at the time of his death. If you have 

access to this paper in a local library in your area and could provide us a copy of his obituary, the PDA 

Database Committee would greatly appreciate that addition to our archives 

Max and Effie had one more child, Louis Joseph POINDEXTER, b. 18 October 1913 in Richland, Benton 

County, Washington, d. 25 December 1974 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, buried in Udel 

Cemetery, Willis, Washtenaw County, Michigan. In 1936, he married Helen Bailey. 

Marcus John SMITH Poindexter, Effie’s other son from her first marriage, was born 13 May 1903 in 

Washington or possibly Idaho. He died on 16 April 1971 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan. 

He took in his POINDEXTER half siblings when their mother died in 1928. He had married Clifford 

MEARS circa 1925. She helped Marcus rear his orphaned siblings. 

Joseph Marion POINDEXTER was born 3 February 1881 in Missouri. He died April 1969. “Joe”, as 

he was called, was a barber. He moved to Iowa with his mother, step-father and younger siblings. Joe 

married Lena L. THOMPSON, an Iowa native. Their children were: Roberta E. b. circa 1908; Stacy L. 

b. 27 October 1911 d. June 1987 Racine County, Wisconsin; Robert J. b. 3 February 1913 d. 1 January 

1989 in Racine County, Wisconsin; Keith Homer b. 6 November 1917 d. 12 September 1996 in Polk 

County, Iowa; Landis I. b. circa 1919, and Dean C. b. circa December 1924. They were all born in Iowa. 

Joe had moved to Polk City, Polk County Iowa by 1918 and remained living in that town for the rest of 

his life. He led an extremely different life style from his brothers Calley or Max who lived in many 

different parts of the United States and traveled a great deal on business. 

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Flora Della POINDEXTER was born 15 April 1885 in Missouri. She died August 1966 in Pasadena, 

Los Angeles County, California. She is buried in Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Bucahnan County, 

Missouri. She was married 12 June 1912 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri to Franklin Louis 

OCHSE. Franklin was born according to his World War I Draft record 20 May 1880, but according to 

the 1880 census taken on 12 June 1880 he was born December 1879 in Great Bend, Barton County, 

Kansas. He died 12 July 1946 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, and was buried 16 July 1946 in 

Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Franklin was a bookkeeper in a bank. 

By 1930, Della had become a Rabbit Raiser to help supplement the family’s income. Their children were 

Betty J. b. circa August 1919 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri and Orpha Caroline b. circa 

December 1925 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Betty is not listed in the 1930 census with her 

family. We have no further information for her. Orpha was listed in both the 10 th and 12 th editions of 

International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory. The Database Committee could use a 

transcription of those entries, if you have access to them or any of the following which also listed Orpha 

Caroline OCHSE. 

• Contemporary Authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, 

journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Volumes 93-96. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. 

(ConAu 93) 

• Directory of American Scholars. Sixth edition, Volume 1: History. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1974. (DrAS 

6A) 

• Directory of American Scholars. Seventh edition, Volume 1: History. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1978. 

(DrAS 7A) 

• Directory of American Scholars. Eighth edition, Volume 1: History. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1982. (DrAS 

8A) 

• Who's Who in American Music: Classical. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1983. (WhoAmM) 

• Who's Who in the West. 15th edition, 1976-1977. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1976. (WhoWest 15) 

• Who's Who in the West. 16th edition, 1978-1979. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1978. (WhoWest 16) 

Robert Edgar POINDEXTER [according to a census record, it appears he may have been originally 

named Edgar Robert] was born 15 July 1890 in Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri. He became a 

Locomotive Fireman for the C.B. & 2 Railroad Company. He married circa 1911 to Anna who was born 

in Austria. Their children were Paul b. circa 1913, Robert b. circa 1915, Kenneth b. circa 1917, Richard 

b. circa November 1919, and Mary Anna b. circa 1923. 

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NEW MEMBERS 

Abbreviated lineages are published in the newsletter. Copies of the complete membership 

application is provided to the Database Chairman for verification. 

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Leslie Walton Mbr 672 Exp: 8/1/2008 

75 Oak Tree Road 

MONTGOMERY CITY, MO 63361 

Home: (573) 929-3732 EMail: . rwalton@socket.net 

Leslie Lee Hubbard Walton/ Roy E. Walton 

Leslie/ George W. Hubbard/ Warren Leslie Hubbard/ Leslie Engene Hubbard/ George Bulie Hubbard/ 

Caroline Kennerly Poindexter/ Richard Poindexter/ “Capt” Joseph Poindexter/ John Poindexter/ Thomas 

Poindexter/ George Poindexter 

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Janelle Johnson Mbr 673 Exp: 8/1/2008 

201 N. 5 th Ave 

MAYODAN, NC 27027 

Home: (336) 548-1603 EMail: butchjanel@triad.rr.com 

Janelle Gray Mickey/ William Johnson Jr. 

Janelle/ Shirley Doreen Vaden/ Nannie Albertha Jones/ Cora Dell Hall/ William Lewis Hall/ Daniel S. Hall/ 

Mary W. Scott/ Ann Radford Poindexter/ Thomas Poindexter 

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Brenda Pogorzelski Mbr 674 Exp: 8/1/2008 

1116 East Franklin Boulevard 

GASTONIA, NC 28054 

Home: (336) 548-1603 EMail: sue.pogorzelski@citizenssouth.com or bsu 

Brenda Sue Welch/ Conrad Roy Pogorzelski, Sr. 

Brenda/ Barbara Allie Elkins/ Allie Oberia Poindexter/ William Poindexter/ Peter Poindexter/ 

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Denise Poling Mbr 675 Exp: 8/1/2008 

4206 Glen Garden Dr. 

ARLINGTON, TX 76016 

Home: (817) 563-4249 EMail: denise.poling@sbcglobal.net 

Kathryn Denise Poling 

Kathryn/ Charles Parry Poling/ Betty Jo Tanner/ Bonnie E. Walker/ William L. Walker/ William L. Walker/ 

John Poindexter 

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Patrick Wright Mbr 676 Exp 8/1/2008 

14114 Rockland 

ROCKLAND, MI 48234-2967 

Home (313) 533-3364 Email: wright48239@yahoo.com 

Patrick Wright/ Ellen McCarty 

Patrick/ Charles Carter Wright/ Francis Thomas Wright/ Georgiana Chalfant Wright/ Martha Bibb 

Holton Chalfant/ Martha Mosby Holton/ Nicholas Mosby/ Mary Poindexyer Mosby/ Benjamin 

Poindexter/ George Poindexter 

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PDA REUNION 2008 

Thursday, June 12 th through Sunday, June 15 th , 2008 

The reunion will be held Thursday, June 12 th through 

Sunday, June 15 th , 2008. in Williamsburg, Virginia. 

The hotel will be the Shreaton Four Points 

351 York Street Williamsburg, VA 23185. 

Phone: 757-229-4100 

Toll-Free: 1-800-962-4743 

Web site is http://www.williamsburgfourpoints.com 

Rates $ 89.00 Standard Hotel Room 

$190.00 Two Bedroom Efficiency 

These rates are for single/double occupancy. All guestroom rates are subject to state 

and local taxes, currently 10% plus $2.00 per night lodging tax. There is a $10.00 extra adult 

charge per room, per night. Rates will be in effect three days prior to June 12th and three days 

after June 15 th , on a rate and availability basis. 

Room reservations will be made by 

individuals calling into the hotel to 1-800-962-4743. 

Reservations must be received no later than May 

12, 2008. Any reservations received after the cut off 

date will be honored based on space and rate 

availability. 

The reunion is being hosted by our 2 nd Vice 

President, John Wade. John has planned a 

bus tour on Friday, June 13 th , to view local sights, including St Peters Church, as 

well as a banquet on Saturday night. 

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CORRECTION TO JULY 2007 NEWSLETTER 

RAY POINGDESTRE 

My apologies to Ray Poingdestre for misidentifying him as 

Paul Poingdestre in the July Newsletter. Its inexcusable 

especially in light of the incredible hospitality he provided 

to Bill and me. He took us, along with President Robin 

Daviet, for a full day of touring which included lunch at his 

home and afternoon tea and scones. It is a memorable part 

of our visit to Eastbourne. 

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OBITUARIES 

6875. Oscar Vernon Poindexter Jr (Oscar Vernon Poindexter , Pleasant Henderson Poindexter , Robert 

Alexander C. Poindexter , Thomas Poindexter , Thomas Poindexter , Thomas Poindexter , George 

Poindexter , George Poindexter , Thomas Poingdestre , Edouard Poingdestre , Jean (John) Poindestre , 

George , John (Johan) , Johan , John , John , John , Jean ) 

Oscar married Rebecca Louise Davis daughter of Henry Evan Davis. 

They had the following child: 

Vernon Clayton Poindexter 

Louise Davis Poindexter POINDEXTER WILMINGTON - Louise Davis Poindexter, 91, of 

Wilmington died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at Davis Health Care Center in Wilmington. She was born in 

Yadkin County, the daughter of the late Henry Evan Davis and Carrie Butner Davis. She lived in East 

Bend for many years. She also lived in Garner before moving to Wilmington in 1991. Mrs. Poindexter 

worked many years for Hanes Knitting in Winston-Salem and at age 53 opened her own greenhouse and 

plant business, Poindexter Gardens. She lived for her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She loved her church, 

her family and friends and her many years growing flowers. . She was preceded in death by her husband, 

Oscar Vernon Poindexter Jr.; her brothers, Paul Hauser, George Davis and Moody Davis; and her sister, 

Ruth Doub. She is survived by her only son, Vernon Clayton Poindexter, and wife Sandra of Wrightsville 

Beach; three granddaughters, Lynne Jones and husband Harvey of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Sarah Minges and 

husband John of Greenville, N.C.; and Valerie Koeppen and husband Doug of Lugoff, S.C.; and two 

great-grandsons, Zachary Davis Koeppen and Patrick Josiah Koeppen. A memorial service will be held at 

11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at East Bend Baptist Church. The family will receive friends one hour before 

the service. Memorials may be made to East Bend Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 27, East 

Bend, NC 27018. Huff Funeral Home in East Bend is assisting the Poindexter family. Online condolences 

may be made to the family at www.andrewsmortuary.com. 

Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 10/25/2007. 

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Submitted by Michael Poindexter Dixon - My wife and I did/do know several members of this family. 

The "Henry Davis" store building was used in some interior and exterior scenes of the 2003 film Two 

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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 

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New _____ Renewal_____ Date: ______________________ 

Membership dues are $15.00 per year, $40.00 for three years, and $67.50 for five years. A membership 

includes husband, wife and children (under 18) in one household. 

PDA #__________ (If renewal) 

Ms. Mrs. 

Miss Mr. ____________________________________________________________________ 

(circle) (Print Last Name First Name Middle Name Title) 

_____________________________________________________________________________ 

Address City State ZIP 

Spouse:______________________________________ Telephone ( )_________________ 

(If wife, full maiden name) 

Email____________________________ 

1. First time applicants - please fill out a lineage chart. (2 nd page of application). 

2. Make check payable to: Treasurer, PDA and send to Membership Secretary: 

Bill Poindexter Phone (619) 422-5751 

620 Fig Ave FAX: (619) 422-2154 

Chula Vista, CA 91910-5423 Email: poindexter16@cox.net 

Acceptance as a member depends upon acceptance by the Membership Secretary of the Association. All 

who pay annual dues will receive the Poindexter Newsletter and may attend national reunions of the 

Association. Dues are payable by August 1st of each year. First time applicants must send in a brief 

lineage chart. Lineage charts will be published in the Newsletter. 

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Official Use: Appl#:______________ Exp. Date:______________ Date:_____________ 

PUBLICATION: The Poindexter Newsletter is published quarterly (Jan-Apr-July-Oct) by the Poindexter 

Descendants Association, 620 Fig Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910, Kay and Bill Poindexter, Editors. One 

copy is mailed to each member household free of charge. Additional copies are $2.00. DEADLINE is 

the 10th of each issue month. 

Only paid ads will be published in the Newsletter. The ad is limited to five typewritten lines and should 

be sent to the editors with a signed and dated request and $1.00. 

Lineage Sheet 

Of_____________________________________Date___________________________________ 

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#1 first line is Poindexter descendant making application. First line next to each number, whether male or 

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