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POINDEXTER POINDEXTER POINDEXTER DESCENDANTS DESCENDANTS DESCENDANTS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION OCTOBER OCTOBER 2007 2007 NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER 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. 18 of 18
POINDEXTER POINDEXTER POINDEXTER DESCENDANTS DESCENDANTS DESCENDANTS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION OCTOBER OCTOBER 2007 2007 NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER 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. 19 of 19
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