Individual Details

Married by John Q. West, Elder.

1930 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 316
William H. Kilgore, age 55, married at 22, b. AR, father b. TN, mother b. AR, farmer, truck farm
Ida F., wife, age 56, married at age 22, b. GA, father b. GA, mother b. FL
Lillie, dau, age 30, teacher, public schools
Maggie M., dau, age 25, married at 17, works at the Biscuit Factory
Bessie, dau, age 18
Billie Hammock, male, age 7, "lodger" [was he a grandson?], b. AR

1940 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co AR, Hh 396 (next to Jim and Clara)
Highway 59 - same house in 1935
Harry Killgore, 65, b. AR
Ida, wife, 66, b. GA
Lillie, dau, 40, b. AR
Foster Hale, Boarder, 44, b. AR

Next door to William in 1910 is Merryman Kilgore, age 77 married 53 years to Mary J. who is 69. Marked as no children but he must surely be kin since the young child of William H. is named for him. Merryman & Mary also have two widowed sisters living with them: Margaret Stevenson, age 66 and Dorcas Titswood, age 59.

The 1860 census shows Merryman and Mary with what appears to be his siblings. It seems likely that they helped raise them and did not have children of their own. I suspect Merryman is an uncle to William H. Kilgore. Van Buren Township: Merryman Kilgore age 23, b. VA. Mary age 18, b. AR. John 13, Margaret 12, Dorcus 7, and Martha 18. All the younger ones born in Tennessee. This Margaret must have married a Stevenson, and Dorcas married a Titswood. Is John the father of William H? It seems likely.
Posted on the memorial page of the nephew, Merryman Payne Kilgore, was a note that he was the great nephew of the older Merryman & Maggie Stevenson - so these are the correct relationships.

From Kilgore postings on FindAGrave, Pevehouse Cemetery, Crawford Co AR
Merriman Payne Killgore
Birth: Jan. 15, 1833
Virginia, USA
Death: Nov. 16, 1917
Van Buren
Crawford County
Merriman Payne Kilgore was the husband of Mary Isabelle (Miller) Kilgore and son of Robert and Sarah Kilgore. Robert was born in 1802, Greene, Tennessee.

Merriman was the brother of Martha Kilgore, William Kilgore, John M. Kilgore, Margaret E. (Kilgore) Stevenson III, Darcas (Kilgore) Titsworth, and Rebecca (Kilgore) Mitchell.

His neices and nephews included: Maggie (Kilgore) Spoon, William Harry Kilgore, Charles Titsworth, JoAnna "Annie" (Titsworth) Wood, Mary (Titsworth) Whittle, Laura (Titsworth) Shockman, Wallace Titsworth, Ross Titsworth and Mack Titsworth. Carl A. Spoon was a great-nephew, son of Maggie.

First name spelling variations: Merriman, Meriman, Merryman, Maryman, Mariman.
Surname spelling variations: Kilgore, Killgore

Note: Joint headstone for M.P. and Mary Isabelle Killgore (Kilgore) has fallen off of its pedestal.

Mary Isabelle Miller Killgore
Birth: Jan. 1, 1840, USA
Death: Jan. 24, 1917
Van Buren
Crawford County
Mary Isabel Killgore (Kilgore), the wife of Merriman Payne Killgore (Kilgore) and the daughter of George E. and Mary A. (Shannon) Miller. Mary Isabelle was one of Crawford County's founding father's daughers. Her father was born (1811) in Powhatan, Virginia, and her mother was born (1822) in Batesville, Arkansas.
Her sister, Lenora Miller, married Merriman's brother, John Kilgore.

Birth	1875	Arkansas
Marriage	19 Apr 1896	Crawford County, Arkansas - Ida Fletcher Byrum
Death	Oct 1940	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial		Gracelawn, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	Ida Fletcher Byrum (1873 - 1954)
Child	Lillie F. Kilgore (1899 - 1994)
Child	James Harry Kilgore (1901 - 1974)
Child	Maggie M. Kilgore (1904 - 1944)
Child	Merryman R. Kilgore (1908 - 2003)
Child	Living

Father	John M. Kilgore ( - )
Mother	Lenora McAlister Miller (1854 - 1925)
Sibling	Maggie Kilgore (1871 - 1925)