My Genealogy Data
Kelly Jean Batson
PRIVATE -
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Kelly Jean Batson was born PRIVATE (daughter of Billy Bruce Batson and Sylvia Faye Fryar). Kelly married Jeffery Paul Strange PRIVATE. Jeffery was born PRIVATE. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Courtney LaVelle Renee Strange was born PRIVATE.
Kelly married Mark Raymond Dunbar PRIVATE. Mark was born PRIVATE. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Katerina Irene Dunbar was born PRIVATE.
- Cassidy Michelle Dunbar was born PRIVATE.
2. Billy Bruce Batson was born 1938, Jonesboro, IL; died 1983, Tampa, FL. Billy married Sylvia Faye Fryar PRIVATE. Sylvia (daughter of Harvey Ignatius Fryar and Irene Josephine Black) was born PRIVATE. [Group Sheet]
3. Sylvia Faye Fryar was born PRIVATE (daughter of Harvey Ignatius Fryar and Irene Josephine Black). Children:
- Jeffrey Alan Batson was born PRIVATE.
- Harvey Batson was born PRIVATE.
- 1. Kelly Jean Batson was born PRIVATE.
- Patrick Earl Batson was born 17 Mar 1966, Kankakee, IL; died 11 Sep 1987, Rockford, IL.
Generation: 3
6. Harvey Ignatius Fryar was born 8 Oct 1889, Ewing, IL (son of George Washington Friar and Harriet Atchison); died 29 Aug 1966, Mt. Vernon, IL. Notes:
[Broderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #0129, Date of Import: 25 Jul, 1998] Told many tall tales. Called his parents George & Ellen. Defendant Index Jeff Co: Roger Welch vs Harvey I Fryer mortgage foreclosure 1912.
Harvey married Irene Josephine Black 3 Oct 1915, Bonnie, IL. Irene was born 16 Dec 1891, Elk Prairie Twp. Jefferson Co, IL; died 26 Apr 1983, Mt. Vernon, IL. [Group Sheet]
7. Irene Josephine Black was born 16 Dec 1891, Elk Prairie Twp. Jefferson Co, IL; died 26 Apr 1983, Mt. Vernon, IL. Children:
- Ben George Fryar was born PRIVATE.
- Ruby Nell Fryar was born PRIVATE.
- Wilma Sadie Fryar was born PRIVATE.
- 3. Sylvia Faye Fryar was born PRIVATE.
- Delcie Margaret Fryar was born 15 Aug 1916, Jefferson Co., IL; died 14 Feb 1989, Mt. Vernon, IL.
- Melvin Morton Fryar was born 1 Oct 1918, IL; died 6 Jun 1985, Albany, TX.
- Agnes Marie Fryar was born 23 Oct 1920, Jeff. Co. IL; died 23 Jul 1994, Jeff Co., IL.
- Theodore Clark Fryar was born 15 Feb 1929, Jefferson Co, IL; died 18 Feb 1929, Jefferson Co, IL.
Generation: 4
12. George Washington Friar was born Jan 1866, IL (son of Rezin Wayman S. Fryer and Mary Ann Drennan); died 27 Jul 1953, buried at Ham's Grove Cem. Jeff. Co. IL. Notes:
[Broderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #0129, Date of Import: 25 Jul, 1998] divorce action Harriet vs Geo Dec. 1886 & Geo vs Harriet Dec 1889 According to grandson, Ben Fryar, he hauled salt to the L & N railroad - Logan & Lee trail Chicago to Shawneetown. Supposedly couldn't read or write, but had great math aptitude. Knew logarithms, land areas, etc. Called Ben "Manus". Ben & Harold Kniffen would tease him by reading the paper with wrong info. Sometimes he could read - don't know how he learned. "Old Man Cat-o" He gave violin from Germany to Nick Kniffen - he gave it to Ben. Jack took it to Chicago (LaGrange) to get it fixed - ruined it? Conway Twitty may be relative. Friar's Point MS may be connected. Unverified stories passed down by G.W. Friar - his father? grandfather? owned a steamboat to haul freight between St. Louis & New Orleans. Had 30 slaves - hauled cotton - treatede children badly. George & Walt & sister ran away near Cairo or Mounds, IL & lived with Harry Braumeier. Name was Sherman Tecumseh Friar- changed to George Washington. Mother (stepmother?)was Drennan Married at W A Clark, Spring Garden, IL Aug 9, 1889. Witnesses: Walter Fryer, Harry Pickett, WA Clark, P.M. (Police Magistrate) Conversation between Wilma Hungate & Bertha Webber December 1992: Grandpap (Atchison) was something else. He never wanted to see a kid paddled. He had arthritis very bad. Grandparents Ignatius & Mirie Atchison raised 12 children. Grandpap was burned in fire. HE didn't die, but was burned so bad he died later. He had been sick for 2 or 3 days and hadn't eaten. Gaston was there & he went to the store to get Ignatius some food. As he came home he could see smell something burning & could hear Ignatius moaning & groaning. He said he got cold & was standing with his back to the fireplace, fell backward, and burned him so bad some of the meat fell off his bones. He lived a couple of days.
George married Harriet Atchison 9 Aug 1889, Jefferson Co. IL. Harriet (daughter of Ignatius Atchison, Jr. and Mirie Louisa Cockram) was born Feb 1865, IL; died 1944, Buried Ham's Grove Cem. Spring Garden Twp.. [Group Sheet]
13. Harriet Atchison was born Feb 1865, IL (daughter of Ignatius Atchison, Jr. and Mirie Louisa Cockram); died 1944, Buried Ham's Grove Cem. Spring Garden Twp.. Notes:
[Broderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #0129, Date of Import: 25 Jul, 1998] WIlma can't remember ever having a conversation with her grandma (Ellen). She was a short lady with wide feet & went barefoot. Grandpa George held her on his lap & took her to the store to buy candy. Defendant Index Jeff Co. Chas I Atchison vs Harriet Fryer et al partition 1912
Children:
- Infant Friar was born PRIVATE.
- Infant Friar was born PRIVATE.
- Infant Friar was born PRIVATE.
- 6. Harvey Ignatius Fryar was born 8 Oct 1889, Ewing, IL; died 29 Aug 1966, Mt. Vernon, IL.
- Charles Edward Friar was born 11 Aug 1895, Farrington Twsp., Jeff Co., IL; died 18 Apr 1952, Jefferson Co, IL.
- George Washington Friar, Jr. was born Feb 1899, Jefferson Co., IL; died 15 Jul 1959, Jefferson Co, IL.
- Infant Boy Friar was born 2 Jul 1905, Jefferson Co., IL; died Abt 1905.
- Louis Harrison Friar was born 29 May 1906, Spring Garden, IL; died 12 Nov 1964, Mt. Vernon, IL.
- Dick Friar was born Bef 1910; died Bef 1910.
- Mary Ellen Friar was born 20 Sep 1910, Spring Garden, IL; died 27 Oct 1981, Jefferson Co., IL.