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Children of Great-Grandparents   
Benson & Susan (Waltrip) Gillett

Benson and Susan (Waltrip) Gillett were the parents of nine children:

Minnie A
Gillett 		Born: about 1873 in Barry County, Missouri
     In 1880, at the age of seven, Minnie was listed as living with her grandmother, Nancy Ann
     (Radford) Gillett, in Shoal Creek Township of Barry County, Missouri
Died: in 1917 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, about 44 years old - the Frisco Railroad had a number of
     company hospitals and she could have died in any one of them.
Married: George Green on September 21, 1892, in Purdy, Barry County, Missouri.
     George was born January 9, 1871 in Lee County, Virginia, the son of Morrison and Martha
     (Harris) Green. Minnie's father, B.O. Gillett, confirmed their ages for the marriage.
                George's father, Morrison, was born in 1842 in Lee County, Virginia, the son of
                James and Lucinda (Sprinkle) Green. Morrison died in Texas in 1933 about 91 years old.
                George's mother, Martha, was born in 1841 in Lee County, Virginia, the daughter
                of Martin and Rhoda (Daugherty) Harris. She died in Virginia in 1875 about 34 years old.
     At the time Minnie and George were married, George was living in Cameron, Choctaw Nation
     (Oklahoma) and working for the Frisco Railroad. He began working for the railroad in 1889 at the
     age of 18. He worked for the Frisco Railroad all his working life (37 years). The 1910 census had
     George and Minnie (Gillett) Green living in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas where George
     was general agent for the railroad. Living with them was Clyde Gillett, Minnie's 16-year-old brother.
Children: None
     
After Minnie died, George moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, continuing to work for the Frisco Railroad - there he met and married Mildred West in 1920 - both were recorded in the 1920 census for Tulsa - the couple then moved to St. Louis, Missouri where they remained the rest of his life -
      George and Mildred (West) Green were the parents of one son:     George Green, Jr.
George Green, Sr. died August 7, 1926, while traveling in Michigan - his body was returned to St. Louis for burial - at the time he was 55 years old
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Molinda J
"Nettie"
Gillett

Molinda Gillett 		Born: December 1873 in Barry County, Missouri -- Molinda was called "Nettie"
Died: May 12, 1952, in Neosho, Missouri, while visiting her son, Harry Hadley - she was 78 years
      old at the time - the service and burial were in Oklahoma City on May 20, 1952
Married: Charles M. Hadley on June 15, 1890, at Purdy, Missouri - Molinda was 16 years old at
      the time - Charles was 21 years old - he was born in March of 1869, the son of Everhart and
      Elizabeth Jane (Bradley) Hadley - sometime between 1900 and 1905, the young Hadley family
      moved to Denison, Texas - they were living there during the 1910 and 1920 census - Charles
      was working for the railroad there - it was reported that the Charles Hadley's lived at sometime
      in Oklahoma City and owned a chain of grocery stores - that reference may have been referring
      to Charles and Nettie's children
Children: Five sons
  • Roy O. Hadley
        Born: May 27, 1892 in Barry County, Missouri
        Died: April of 1965 in Kentucky, almost 73 years old
  • Harry Glen Hadley
        Born: November 13, 1893, in Exeter, Barry County, Missouri - Harry served in World War I -
              he was associated with the grocery business in Denison, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
              and Neosho, Missouri; -- the first president of the Retail Grocers Assn. of Oklahoma
        Died: June 6, 1971, in Neosho, Newton County, Missouri, at age 78
        Married: Frances Maude Thomas - she was born April 22, 1898
        Children: Four sons and one daughter
      • Harry F. Hadley - born December 6, 1919 in Dension, Texas - married Ada Jean Stewart August 3, 1945, in Neosho, Missouri - he served in World War II - in his younger days Harry was a catcher with the St. Louis Cardinals AA farm team - Harry and Ada were the parents of three children - Harry died March 13, 1996, in Neosho, Missouri, at age 76 - he was buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Neosho - Ada (Stewart) Hadley died in Neosho on November 4, 2002
      • Charles Fred Hadley - born March 11, 1923, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - married Peggy Mathias on January 12, 1946, in Neosho, Missouri - she was born November 27, 1825, in Joplin, Missouri - Charles served in the Air Force during World War II - he and Peggy were the parents of three children - Peggy died October 21, 1994, at the age of 68 with burial in the Neosho Memorial Park Cemetery
      • Rev. H. Paul Hadley - born January 11, 1925, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - married Virginia Sharp - Paul served in the Navy during World War II - he was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church; Curate at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, Texas; on the Bishop's staff as a Canon for the Diocese of Dallas; Dean of the Cathedral in Oklahoma City and Rector of churches in Athens, Hurst-Euless-Bedford and Paris - all in Texas - Rev. Paul and Virginia (Sharp) Hadley were the parents of three children - Paul died June 10, 1988, in Longview, Texas, at the age of 63 - he and Virginia were living in Jefferson, Texas, at the time
      • Betty Hadley - born December 22, 1927, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (a twin) - married Leland Tretbar - they lived in Picayune and Carriere, Mississippi, and were the parents of two children
      • Jack M. Hadley - born December 22, 1927, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (a twin) - married Mary Alice Dabbs on June 24, 1950 - she was from Neosho, Missouri - they were the parents of four children - Jack was in the tire sales business and worked at Montgomery Wards in Springfield, Missouri, where he retired in March of 1990 at the age of 62 - he continued working for Wal-Mart in the automotive department for eight more years, retiring in October of 1998 almost 71 years old
  • Howard Hadley
        Born: June 7, 1896
        Died: June 1974 in Greensburg, Kiowa County, Kansas, at the age of 78
  • Wayma Paul Hadley
        Born: June 13, 1900, in Walnut Grove, Missouri - he served in World War II -
              Wayma operated a grocery business in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for 23 years before
              going to Neosho, Missouri, in 1952 where he was in the motel business with his brother,
              Harry
        Died: April 9, 1967, in Neosho, Missouri, at the age of 66 - he was buried in the IOOF
              Cemetery in Neosho next to his brother, Harry
        Married: Pauline Cameron - she was born about 1902 in Denison, Texas, the daughter
              of W.D. Cameron - Pauline (Cameron) Hadley died December 24, 1954, in Neosho at
              the age of 52 - she was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City
  • George M. Hadley
        Born: about 1905 in Texas, probably Denison, Grayson County, Texas
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    Elmer
    Owen
    Gillette         		Born: March 17, 1876, in Barry County, Missouri - Elmer and his family always thought there was
          an "e" on the end of the "Gillett" name
    Died: Tuesday, October 15, 1935, at the Frisco Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 59 -
         both Elmer Owen Gillette and his wife are buried in their family plot in the IOOF Cemetery in
         Monett, Missouri
    Married: Maude Aldwilde Birkes November 7, 1897 - she was born June 1, 1878, the daughter of
         Allen and Nancy Caroline (Ray) Birkes - Maude (Birkes) Gillette died in Monett, Missouri,
         September 14, 1960, at the age of 82
    Children: Three sons and three daughters, all born in Monett, Missouri
  • Yolanda O. Gillette - never married
        Born: August 28, 1898
        Died: May 10, 1971, in Monett, Missouri, at the age of 72 - buried in the family plot in the IOOF
              Cemetery in Monett
  • R. Neil Gillette
        Born: December 24, 1900
        Died: December 31, 1981, in North Platte, Nebraska, at age 80 - both Neil and his wife were buried
              in the IOOF Cemetery in Monett, Missouri - the cemetery records do not include the "e" at the
              end of their name
        Married: Kathryn A. _______ - Kathryn was born April 25, 1905 - she died May 11, 1974, in
              Monett, Missouri, at the age of 69
        Children:Two daughters - one of those daughters was named "Dorothy" and was born about 1926 -
              after the death of his wife, Neil went to live with his daughters in Nebraska
      • _________ Gillette - married Harry Carrithers - they lived in Hastings, Nebraska, and Ontario, California
      • _________ Gillette - married Darrell Krueger - they lived in Hastings and North Platte, Nebraska
  • Clarence Russell Gillette
        Born: June 15, 1903 - he went by his middle name "Russell" - He lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where
              he worked on the Frisco Railroad - in 1970 he moved back to Monett, Missouri
        Died: December 9, 1977, in Monett, Missouri, at the age of 74 - he killed himself - he was buried
              in the Gillette family plot in Monett, Missouri
        Married: __________ - probably divorced
        Children: Two sons
      • Russell Owen Gillette - lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1977
      • Jimmy Mack Gillette - lived in California in 1977
  • Marie Gillette

    •     Born: May 24, 1906
        Died: April 12, 1919, almost 13 years old - she was buried in the family plot in the IOOF
              Cemetery in Monett, Missouri.
  • Dorothy Gillette
        Born: August 1, 1909
        Died: October 1986 at the age of 77
        Married: James J. White - they lived in St. Louis, Missouri
        Children: One daughter - Marie Joan White
  • Ben Allen "Bud" Gillette
        Born: December 29, 1916
        Died: August 14, 1989, in Overland Park, Kansas, at the age of 72 -
              his wife, Dorothy (Linebarger) Gillette, died February 5, 2001 -
              both were buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Monett, Missouri
        Married: Dorothy Linebarger on April 12, 1936 - she was born January 16, 1917, in Monett,
              Missouri, the daughter of Walter Bert and Sarah (Long) Linebarger - the Bud Gillette's lived in
              Monett until 1962 when they moved to Johnson county, Kansas - he worked for the Frisco
              Railroad and a service station in the area
        Children: One son and two daughters, all probably born in Monett, Missouri
      • Ronald Gillette - born about 1942 - lives in Overland Park, Kansas
      • Annette Gillette - married _________ Neff - lives in Houston, Texas
      • Sarah Gillette - born about 1951 - married _______ Higgins - lives in Olathe, Kansas
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    Charles C.
    Gillett         		Born: December 1876 in Barry County, Missouri - Charles was listed in the 1900 census as still
         living with his parents in Seneca Nation Oklahoma working for the railroad as a depot agent
    Died:
    Married: Elva R. _______, probably around 1902 - she was born in Missouri about 1883 - the 1910
         census had the Charles Gillett's living in Jewell, Jewell County, Kansas, where he was working
         as a railroad depot agent
    Children: at least one daughter -- Ferol E. Gillett - born about 1904 in Illinois
         Since both the 1910 and 1920 census records indicated their daughter was born in Illinois,
         Charles and Elva must have lived in Illinois after marrying and before moving to Kansas (or she
         was Elva's daughter by a previous marriage) - sometime before 1930 they moved to Downs,
         Osborne County, Kansas - both Jewell and Osborne Counties are in north central Kansas with
         Jewell on the Nebraska border and Osborne southwest of Jewell - it was reported that one of his
         sons, Leonard, was an officer with International Harvester in Los Angeles, California (no record
         was found, but he might have been the husband of their daughter, Ferol).

    NOTE:   Jewell, Kansas, where Charles Gillett was working for the railroad, is just 30 miles west of Gaylord, Kansas, where my grandfather, George Gillett, was also working for the railroad in 1908 when he met his wife, Sana Shedden - Charles may have been the reason George was working for the railroad and may have actually gotten him the job.

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    Emma
    Myrtle
    Gillett         		Born: November 10, 1878, in Barry County, Missouri
    Died: September 7, 1925, in Neosho, Missouri at age 46
    Married: John W. Freeman on November 18, 1897, in Tiff City, McDonald County, Missouri -
         John was born about 1875 in Granby, Missouri, the son of Thomas R. and Olive Freeman -
         Emma and John initially lived in Neosho, Missouri, until about 1911 when they moved to Oklahoma
         City - John Freeman was senior partner in the Freeman-Langston Mercantile Company in
         Oklahoma City - they returned to Neosho about 1922
    Children: Three children -- the name of only one is known at this time
  • Jean Freeman
        Born: 1899 in Neosho, Missouri
        Died: 1900, only 1 year old or younger - she was buried in the family plot in the IOOF Cemetery
              in Neosho
    After Emma died, John returned to Oklahoma City where he remarried - he died September 1, 1936, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, about 61 years old - he was buried in the family plot in Neosho, Missouri
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    Carrie
    Samantha
    Gillett         		Born: March 28, 1880, in Barry County, Missouri
    Died: August 27, 1881, just one year old - she was buried next to her grandfather, Joel G. Gillett, in
         Maddy Cemetery near Purdy, Missouri
    W. Clarence
    Gillett         		Born: March 11, 1883, in Barry County, Missouri
    Died: March 15, 1902, in McDonald County, Missouri, at the age of 19 - this was just 14 days after
         his mother died - they were buried next to each other
    George
    Erron
    Gillett         		George Erron GillettBorn: September 8, 1885, in Barry County, Missouri
    Died: May 31, 1952, in Kansas City, Kansas, at the age of 66
    Married: Sana Elmira Shedden on February 5, 1908, in Frankfort, Kansas -
         she died August 29, 1967, in Kansas City, Kansas, at the age of 80
    Children: Three sons
    Clyde
    Gillett         		Born: July 1894 in Missouri -
         the only time he appears in the records is the 1900 census records for the Seneca Nation
         Oklahoma and the 1910 census records where he was living with his sister,
         Minnie (Gillett) Greene in Arkansas
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