The following are some original records of the family of James T. Cearnal and Mary Angeline McMillen (grandson of Lucy Thaxton and William M. Cearnal, great-grandson of George Thaxton and Sarah Bailey of Halifax Co., VA), 23 Jan 1928 Jasper Co., Missouri. (Click on following links to see images.)
* * * * *
From the Official Register of the United States, Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, from the thirtieth September, 1841, to the thirtieth September, 1843. United States Civil Service Commission, published by U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1843:
Missouri
Post office: Bull Mills [Dis(continued). Sept. 8, '41]
Postmaster: Wm. M. Cearnal, to 30th Sept., 1841
Compensation: 44 [cents]
Net proceeds: 50 [cents]
* * * * *
Death record of Sarah Cordelia Morris Cearnal, wife of James T.’s son James Robert Cearnal:
Death record Sarah Cordelia Morris Cearnal
* * * * *
Death record of James and Mary’s son-in-law Robert Green Archer, who died in Missouri but who lived in Kansas:
Robert Green Archer death record 1917
* * * * *
News item from the Sikeston Herald (MO), 09 Apr 1942 regarding the family of James Robert Cearnal’s son Robert Ellis Cearnal:
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cearnal had as guests during last week-end their son, James, a student at the University of Illinois in Urbana, and their daughter, Miss Alene, of St Louis. The family spent Easter in Mayfield, Ky., with their son and brother, R E. Cearnal Jr. and family.
I am a descendant of Sarah Cordelia Morris and James Robert Cearnal. You can find her death record on the website of the Missouri State Archives. She died of interstitial nephritis and is buried in Fasken Cemetery in Jasper Co., Mo.