--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Group Record 0114 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband's Name Andrew Armstrong Stell Born: 18 Dec 1820 Place: Morgan County, Georgia Died: 22 Feb 1912 Place: Delight, Pike, Arkansas Married: 30 Dec 1847 Place: Clark County, Arkansas (C-75) Married: 25 Jul 1861 Place: Pike County, Arkanss Spouse: Martha Elvira Kelley Father: Joseph Stell Mother: Isabella Armstrong --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife's Name Emily Wingfield Born: Abt 1822 Place: Clark County, Arkansas Died: 01 Sep 1859 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Married: 13 Apr 1840 Place: Clark County, Arkansas (B-45) Spouse: Robert M. Langdon Father: Charles Wingfield Mother: Mariam Hasley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children 6 children 5 identified --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sex Name F Lenora Stell Born: Abt 1849 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: Bef 1860 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (census) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Sex Name F Lucinda Adaline Stell Born: 14 Mar 1851 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: 10 Mar 1899 Place: Married: Abt 1871 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: Granderson K. (Kurb-Curb) Griffin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sex Name F Indiana Josephine Stell Born: 07 Mar 1854 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: 08 Apr 1926 Place: buried ... Delight, Pike, Arkansas Married: 14 Jun 1870 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: Samuel Teague East --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Sex Name M John Henry Stell Born: 14 May 1856 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: 10 Mar 1929 Place: buried ... Delight, Pike, Arkansas Married: 23 Dec 1875 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: Martha Dickson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Sex Name F Mary Eugenia Stell Born: 30 Apr 1858 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: 22 Feb 1928 Place: Murfreesboro, Pike, Arkansas Married: 07 Apr 1875 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: Richard H.L. Rutherford (Doctor) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources of Information: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 136, 164, 338-339; Census Records: Pike County, Arkansas 1850, 1860; Tombstones, inscriptions of: Antoine Cemetery, Antoine, Arkansas (Mary E. Rutherford); Delight Cemetery, Delight, Arkansas (A.A. Stell, Martha Elvira Stell); Mortality Schedule: Pike County, Arkansas 1860. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Armstrong Stell and Emily (Wingfield) Langdon married "at the hse. of Chas. Wingfield" ... 30 Dec 1847 by Elijah Kelley, E.E.C. Clark County, Arkansas Marriage Book C, page 75. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pike County, Arkansas Census 1850 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike, State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 1st day of December, 1850. William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal. 252-252 A.A Stille 29 m Farmer South Carolina Emily Stille 27 f Arkansas Lenora Stille 2 f Arkansas Engeline P. Langdon 8 f Arkansas --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pike County, Arkansas Census 1860 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike, State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 9th day of August, 1860. W.J. White, Ass't Marshal. Post Office: Antoine 421-421 A.A. Stelle 39 m Farmer Georgia L.A. Stelle 8 f Arkansas Josafine Stelle 6 f Arkansas J.H. Stelle 4 m Arkansas M.E. Stelle 2 m Arkansas --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pike County, Arkansas Mortality Schedule 1860 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths from June 1, 1859 to May 31, 1860 Name Age Sex Born Died Cause of Death Emily Stell 37 f Ark Sep (1859) Infl. Stomach --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.A. Stell is numbered among the prominent and wealthy planters of Pike County, Missouri Township, and was born in Morgan County, Ga., December 18, 1820, a son of Joseph and Isabella Stell ... (December 30, 1847), he married Miss Emily Wingfield, a native of Arkansas, who bore him six children: (two not indicated), Lucinda (who married G.C. Griffin), Indiana J. (married S.T. East), John H. (married Martha Dickson), and Mary E. (who married Dr. Rutherford), and died September 1, 1859, a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South ...Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 338-339. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Rutherford Died Wednesday. Had Been a Resident of Murfreesboro For Ten Or Twelve Years Buried At Antoine. Mrs. Mary E. Rutherford died here Wednesday morning at 5:10 a.m. (February 22, 1928) from a stroke of paralysis suffered early Tuesday evening, at the age of 69 years. She is survived by three sons, Charles H., Assistant Cashier of the Pike County Bank, Will, and Stell B., traveling representative of McCormick & Co., all of Murfreesboro, two daughters, Mrs. N.C. Hare, of Murfreesboro, and Mrs. Tom East, of Peoria, Illinois, and the following brothers, J.H. and R.W. Stell of Delight, S.B. Stell, of Hot Springs, J.T. Stell, of Redland, California, D.A. Stell, of Murfreesboro, and Charles E. Stell of Durant, Oklahoma, and six grandchildren. Mrs. Rutherford was the young daughter of Capt. A.A. and Emily (Wingfield) Stell, and was born at Stelltown, near Delight, on April 30, 1858. She was married to Dr. R.H. L. Rutherford on April 7, 1875. Dr. Rutherford, who was one of Southwest Arkansas' leading physicians, died at Antoine on Dec. 20, 1900, where Mrs. Rutherford continued to reside until about 1914 when she moved to Murfreesboro. Funeral services were held here at the Methodist church, by the pastor, the Rev. J.D. Montgomery, and interment was had in the cemetery at Antoine, Thursday afternoon. She was one of the oldest and most devoted members of the Methodist church of which she had been a member for many years. Mrs. Rutherford's father, Capt. A.A. Stell, who was prominently identified with the development of Pike county for more than three-quarters of a century, was born on December 18, 1820 in Morgan county, Georgia, the son of Joseph and Isabella Stell, both natives of Georgia. His father, Joseph Stell, was a planter and teacher and served in the Florida and Cherokee wars. Capt. Stell came to Arkansas with his parents ... (about 1840) settling in Clark county, where he lived some few years (three) before settling in Pike County. He was married on (December 30, 1847) to Emily Wingfield, a native of Pike county, who died September 1, 1859. On July 25, 1861, he was married to Martha E. Kelley, daughter of Robert and Sarah Kelley, who died in 1911. Capt. Stell served in the Confederate Army as a member of Co. G. Craven's Regiment, under Gen. Thomas J. Churchill, returning to his home (in) May, 1865, where he lived a useful life until his death on February 22, 1912, in his ninety-third year. He served as Justice of the Peace in his Township for ten years, and as Coroner of Pike county for a period of ten years. The passing of Mrs. Rutherford marks the departure of another of Pike county's oldest native-born and highly respected citizens, and of one whose pleasant smiles, cheerful disposition and kind words will be sadly missed by her relatives and host of friends. Pike County Courier, Delight, Arkansas, February 24, 1928: Volume 40, Number 8, page 1, columns 4-5, edited with revision. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 04.11.00 David Kelley 2000 FGR-0114.HTM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------