Joseph "Dutch" Vandiver
and Minerva Jane Pharris

Joseph M "Dutch" Vandiver b Oct 1827 Muhlenburg Co KY d 18 Apr 1905 Ohio Co KY from injuries received from the Illinois Central Railroad while attempting to cross the tracks to get to the passenger platform on 9 April 1905 in Ohio Co KY; s/o George H Vandiver and Elizabeth Michler Miller. Joseph M "Dutch" Vandiver m. 12 May 1852 Muhlenburg Co KY to Minerva Jane Pharris b 1825 Knox Co TN d about 1898 Butler Co KY; d/o Reuben Pharris and Mahala Armstrong. Children of Joseph M "Dutch" Vandiver and Minerva Jane Pharris;

I. Martha Jane Vandiver b 6 Jun 1853 d 4 Dec 1906 of typhoid fever; buried Cook old home cemetery, James Cook farm near Arnold KY; m. 9 Feb 1876 Butler Co KY at home of father, Joseph Vandiver, Witnessed by S C Swift and John Cook, married by John T Daugherty, minister of the gospel, to James Cook III b ? d 11 Jul 1924 Ohio Co KY s/o James Cook II and Rosanna Hueston Christmas. James Cook III m. (1) to Lina Willoughby.

II. George Robert Vandiver b 1856 KY m. 3 Jul 1884 Butler Co KY to Sarah Jane Coy b Sept 1866 Butler Co KY d 1908 Butler Co KY of consumption; buried Shallow Ford Cemetery, Bannock KY; d/o Samuel Coy and Nancy L LeGrand. Sarah Jane Coy m. 3 Jul 1903 Butler Co KY to Rev Pleasant Wade Evans b 17 Oct 1859 Butler Co KY d 30 Mar 1940 Butler Co KY s/o Richard Amos Evans and Elizabeth Keith. Rev Pleasant Wade Evans m. 14 Jan 1877 Butler Co KY to Arduma D Dockery b 1862 d/o William Dockery and Frances Embry. Rev Pleasant Wade Evans m. 14 Nov 1908 Butler Co KY to Mary E Veteto b Oct 1872 Grayson Co KY d Oct 1958 Eden, Butler Co KY d/o Elbert Newton Veteto and Sarah Dianna Willoughby Coy. Mary E Veteto m. 1897 Ohio Co KY to Jonathan J Daugherty b Feb 1865 Butler Co KY d 14 Feb 1944 Ohio Co KY s/o Preston G Daugherty and Louisa Cook. Mary E Veteto m. 10 Apr 1903 to William P Daugherty b 1864 Butler Co KY s/o John Sidney Daugherty and Marie A Burden. Mary E Veteto m. 10 Dec 1906 Butler Co KY to George C Yeager b 1865 s/o Phillip Yeager and Jemima Howerton. William P Daugherty m. 18 Oct 1904 Ohio Co KY to Rachel Francis Baize b Apr 1876 KY d/o John J Baize and Nancy Mary Baize. Rachel Francis Baize m. 5 Sept 1895 Ohio Co KY to Charles Joseph Wallace b 14 Jan 1853 KY d before 1905 s/o Finis B Wallace and Jame Miller. Charles Joseph Wallace m. about 1875 to Frances R Lanham b 1858 Ohio Co KY d 23 May 1884 d/o Samuel C Lanham and Sarah J Gillespie. Charles Joseph Wallace m. 23 Dec 1884 Ohio Co KY to Elizabeth J Baize b 1862 KY d/o Henry Baize and Margaret Watson. Jonathan J Daugherty m. 26 Nov 1885 Ohio Co KY to Mary Eliza Allen b 1869 KY. Mary Eliza Allen m. about 1897 to John R Johnson b 1855 Logan Co KY. John R Johnson m. 20 Nov 1886 Ohio Co KY to Parazella Z Daugherty b 1 Feb 1854 Ohio Co KY d 1880 Ohio Co KY buried Allen Cemetery, Ohio Co KY; d/o Daniel Balchain Daugherty and Mary Catherine Marrs. Parazella Z Daugherty m. 2 May 1872 Ohio Co KY to Lewis D Hoskins b 13 Aug 1852 d 3 May 1883 Ohio Co KY buried Allen Cemetery, Ohio Co KY

III. Stanley Singleton Vandiver b 6 Jun 1857 KY d 14 May 1939 Antlers OK; buried Antlers, OK; m. 20 Apr 1880 Butler Co KY to Martha Angeline Snodgrass b 26 Aug 1860 Butler Co KY d 23 Nov 1923 Breckinridge Co KY; buried Ohio Co KY.

IV. William J "Will" Vandiver b May 1861 McLean Co KY d about 1902 Butler Co KY m. 11 Apr 1883 Butler Co KY to Melina A "Meela" Daugherty b 1868 d 1888 Butler Co KY. William J "Will" Vandiver m. 14 Aug 1890 Ohio Co KY to Sarah Jane Likens b 14 Aug 1872 Ohio Co KY d 24 Sept 1940 Grayson Co KY.

V. Joseph Levi Vandiver b 1862 KY m. 22 Mar 1883 Butler Co KY to Isaphina Evans b 1863 Butler Co KY d/o Virgil Evans and Elizabeth M White. Child of Joseph Levi Vandiver and Isaphine Evans;

1. Reuben Vandiver b 27 May 1893 Butler Co KY d 14 Aug 1923 m. 17 Dec 1917 Butler Co KY to Pearl May Carmichael b 30 Aug 1887 Grayson Co KY d 28 Jan 1921. Child of Reuben Vandiver and Pearl May Carmichael; i. Helen May Vandiver b 15 Aug 1918 m. Hewey Cook b 18 Sept 1913 Ohio Co KY s/o William A Cook and Lizzie "Mammy" Wilson.

VI. Mahala E "Haley" Vandiver b 1864 KY d Jun 1941 Ohio Co KY m. 26 Jun 1886 Butler Co KY to Robert Allen "Ra" Coy (Barnett) b 1867 Grayson Co KY s/o Male Barnett and Mary Ann Coy. Mahala E "Haley" Vandiver m. before 1900 to Robert John Dockery b Aug 1863 d Jul 1913 Ohio Co KY buried Antioch Cemetery, SE Ohio Cty. Mahala E "Haley" Vandiver met Unknown Doctor that she cleaned for. Robert John Dockery m. Elvira Embry. Robert John Dockery m. Florence Cook. Mahala E "Haley" Vandiver m. 23 Nov 1916 to Perry Morris

VII. James Pendleton "Uncle Pen" Vandiver b 1867 KY; depicted in the lyrics from "Uncle Pen" by nephew, Bill Monroe (s/o Melissa Ann Vandiver m. James Buchanan "Buck" Monroe); m. Anna Belle Johnson b 1886 Hancock Co KY d about 1926 Ohio Co KY.

VIII. Melissa Ann Vandiver b 12 Jul 1870 Ohio Co KY d 31 Oct 1921 Ohio Co KY m. 2 Aug 1892 Ohio Co KY by W. M. Pharis to James Buchanan "Buck" Monroe (aka J. B.) b 28 Oct 1858 Ohio Co KY d 14 Jan 1928 Ohio Co KY; s/o John "Jess" Buchanan Monroe and Lydia Charlotte Stevens.

Melissa had many different spellings of her name. They include: Molessath, Molissa, Molissath, Melissa, Mallissa - Marriage book, & Melisse - Death Cert. The Monroe brothers credit their mother Malissa Vandiver as being the origin for their musical talent. Family sources say that J. B. was a good square dancer, serious, stern, and hardworking; Melissa was a musician, easygoing, lighthearted and jovial. Malissa played accordion and fiddle. One time a local dance was to be held but the regular fiddler didn't show. The dance organizer borrowed a horse and rode to the Monroe farm and asked J.B., "We thought we was going to have a dance.. but the fiddler didn't show. I wonder if we could borrow Malissa." J.B. agreed, and Malissa got her fiddle. "You never heard such fiddling. Just sawed to death. Stood upright - wouldn't sit down - just stood up, and she was a tall woman, and she stood up... and just put the music right in your feet," said Charlie Monroe. They were married by a W.M. Pharis. 1920 Cencus, Ohio Co., ed130 s18 l60; Roll #: 520 M1563-110  (Source: Katie Cook - katiecook01@hotmail.com).

Joseph "Dutch" Vandiver
and Martha Marshall Beales

Joseph M "Dutch" Vandiver b Oct 1827 Muhlenburg Co KY d 18 Apr 1905 Ohio Co KY from injuries received from the Illinois Central Railroad while attempting to cross the tracks to get to the passenger platform on 9 April 1905 in Ohio Co KY; s/o George H Vandiver and Elizabeth Michler Miller. Joseph M "Dutch" Vandiver m. 30 May 1843 to Martha Marsha Beales. Children of Joseph M "Dutch" Vandiver and Martha Marshall Beales;

I. Louisa Vandiver m. Male Hoskins. Child;

1. Charles Hoskins

II. Nancy Catherine "Nan" Vandiver b Jun 1846 Butler Co KY d 1929 Crockett, TX; buried Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett TX; m. 16 Oct 1873 McLean Co KY to Michael Milliff  s/o Michael Angelo Milliff and Theresa L Castleschouldt. Child of Michael Milliff and Nancy Catherine "Nan" Vandiver;

1. Michael Angelo Milliff b 9 Jul 1875 Owensboro, KY d 92 Aug 1949 Trinity TX; m. 8 Jan 1898 Bremen KY to Rosella Elizabeth Bobbitt b 22 Feb 1878 d 20 Apr 1917 Crockett TX; She was buried in Crockett, Texas. Died of Peritinitis in 1917. Uncle John relates the story of how she miscarried, and became sicker and sicker. The Doctor said her only chance would be to go to the hospital in Palestine, Tx. One by one, her children filed into her bedroom to say their goodbyes to their mother, as their Dad sat at the foot of the bed and softly wept. That was the last time her children saw her alive. Children of Michael Angelo Milliff and Rosella Elizabeth Bobbitt; i. Vernon Clayton Melliff ii. Nina V. Milliff iii. Michael Franklin Milliff iv. John Henry Milliff v. Lawrence Wooten Milliff.

III. John Henry Vandiver b 27 Feb 1847 d 20 Apr 1900 McLean Co KY; m. about 1873 to Mary Elizabeth Hiley or Higley b 19 Jan 1843 McLean Co KY d 20 Sept 1900 McLean Co KY. Children of John Henry Vandiver and Mary Elizabeth Hiley or Higley;

1. Flora W Vandiver b about 1874 McLean Co KY m. Male Boyken. Children; i. Everett Boyken ii. Hilsman Boyken

2. Julia Mansfield Vandiver b 1876 McLean Co KY m. George Gieskie. Children of George Gieskie and Julia Mansfield Vandiver; i. Ruby Gieske ii. Georgia Gieskie iii. Clarence Gieskie.

3. James Owen Vandiver b 22 Sept 1879 McLean Co KY d 11 Oct 1948; buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Livermore, KY; m. about 1900 to Eura Dwyer b ? d 8 Mar 1977; buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Livermore, KY. Children; i. Wilma Vandiver ii. Larry Brooks Vandiver iii. Gildred Vandiver

4. Cordia Vandiver m. Simeon Edgar Everly. Children; i. Simian Everly ii. Ella May Everly iii. Maurice Everly iv. Johnny Everly

5. Jeremiah "Jerry M" Vandiver b 29 Sept 1884 McLean Co KY d 1 Jun 1964 Daviess Co KY; m. 21 Apr 1909 McLean Co KY to Gertie Poole Thompson (named after the towboat Gertie Poole). Children; i. Lucille Vandiver ii. John Henry Vandiver iii. Dorothy Nell Vandiver iv. Bobby Gene Vandiver

Jerry's given name was just Jeremiah. He gave himself a middle initial. He played organ and guitar. While they were cutting kindling, he chopped off two fingers of his sister, Zella's left hand. According to his daughter Lucille the incident occurred at an earlier time. Zella was a crawling baby and was climbing wood piled in front of the fireplace, when he used the hatchet.

6. Zella Marshall Vandiver b 8 Sept 1887 d 3 Apr 1962; buried Island Methodist Cemetery, McLean Co KY; m. 1907 to Lona H Everly b 13 Dec 1886 d 10 Nov 1978 buried Island Methodist Cemetery, McLean Co KY; d/o George Lovell Everly and Mattie "Mamie" A James. Children of Lona H Everly and Zella Marshall Vandiver; i. Raleigh Anderson Everly Sr. ii. Nancy Elizabeth Everly

John Henry Vandiver was born on 27 Feb 1847 McLean Co. KY. He resided in 1880 in McLean Co., Kentucky. He died on 20 Apr 1900 in McLean Co., Kentucky. He was buried on 22 Apr 1900. Cemetery West of Mulberry St., in Livermore. John Henry was described as a large stocky man. He farmed but also cut timber. He would buy the lumber off a tract of land, cut it, and sell it to a mill. He was a practical joker and enjoyed a good laugh.
There is no record of John Henry or his father in 1850 he would have been two. It is thought that after his mother, Martha Beales, died, that Joseph and John Henry stayed with the Beales or other relatives. At this time we don't know where they resided. In 1860 Census, he was a lad of twelve living with Joseph and his stepmother Minerva in Ohio Co. In this census he did not attend school. A genealogist working family records in The South, at the time peroid following the reconstruction, ran across a John Henry Vandever, a local politician there. At one time it was thought that this John H. Vandiver may be our John Henry Vandiver, the eldest son of Joseph M. Vandiver.

He (Joseph M "Dutch" Vandiver) served in the military between 1863 and 1864 in Ohio Co., Kentucky. Joseph appeared on the 1863 & 1864 personnel lists for the 87th Kentucky Regiment of Enrolled Militia, Col. W.H. Porter, Commanding. He was Plaintiff in suit against Newport News & Mississippi Valley RR on 11 Jan 1889 in Ohio Co., Kentucky. for $40 in damages from loss by killing a cow. Court ruled in favor of plaintiff in amount of $35 plus 6% interest until paid. He was injured by Illinois Central RR on 9 Apr 1905 in Ohio Co., Kentucky. As Joe was attempting to cross railroad to passenger platform, the trains engine and cars "ran against" him inflicting injuries resulting in his death 9 days later on 18 Apr 1905. He died on 18 Apr 1905 in Ohio Co., Kentucky.(889) (890) In his later years Joseph became nearly blind. It was reported that he walked into a train - Moving ? He was hit by a train in White Run, Ohio Co., Ky. He was badly injuried and died in Rosine 9 days later. His son Levi was executor of the estate. Levi sued the Illinois Central Railroad for $2000 but settled out of court for $100. He was buried in Ohio Co., Kentucky. Joseph may be buried in the Rosine Cemetery where his son, Pen Vandiver is. 1900 Census; Butler Co., ed30 s14 l14 lists a Joseph Vandiver (b Jul 1825) with Robert J. Dockery

1900 Census; Ohio Co., ed31 s2 l45 lists a Joseph Vandiver (father, b 1827, Illinois) living with Will Vandiver. Will is the father of Arthur Vandiver, my Grandfather - LA Warren

From the two Census Records above it appears that Joseph moved around frequently, certainly ahead of the County Census Enumerator. It also appears that his birthdate moved around as well. My Grandfather, Arthur Vandiver, was known as a prankster and lived next farm to his Grandfather Joseph. -- LA Warren

From relatives and descendants of the Joseph Vandiver & Martha Beals. They have it that Joseph had a temper. They recall that John Henry & Owen were both to make statements to that effect. One story had it that one of Joseph's calf or colt got it's neck caught in a fence. Loosing his temper in trying to extricate the animal, he ended up breaking the animal's neck in impatience.

(Source: Katie Cook - katiecook01@hotmail.com).