John W. Gilleylen & Margaret Conatser
Research of John W. Gilleylen & Margaret Conatser
family of Billstown, Pike County, Arkansas
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Family Group Record
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Husband's Name John W. Gilleylen
Born: 17 Jul 1849 Place: Monroe County, Mississippi
Died: 01 Sep 1904 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 1879 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Father: James M. Gilleylen
Mother: Eliza Feddis
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Wife's Name Margaret Conatser
Born: 03 Mar 1859 Place: Arkansas
Died: 22 Mar 1922 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Father: Andrew Conatser
Mother: Mary Ann
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Children
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1. Sex Name
F Bessie E. Gilleylen
Born: Sep 1881 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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2. Sex Name
M Hueston Gilleylen
Born: Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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3. Sex Name
F Annie Gilleylen
Born: Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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4. Sex Name
M Jesse Oakley Gilleylen
Born: 02 Mar 1886 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 01 May 1962 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Bertha
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5. Sex Name
F Mary Hittie Gilleylen
Born: Mar 1888 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 08 Jan 1911 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (D-079)
Spouse: Claude Long
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6. Sex Name
M William Fonzo "Fonzy" Gilleylen
Born: 27 Nov 1891 Place: Bills, Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: 08 Jan 1911 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (D-084)
Spouse: Cassie Loomis
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7. Sex Name
M Alma Gilleylen
Born: Oct 1893 Place: Bills, Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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8. Sex Name
- Gilleylen
Born: Place: Bills, Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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9. Sex Name
F Nora E. Gilleylen
Born: Jan 1897 Place: Bills, Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: 06 Sep 1914 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (D-547)
Spouse: Ed Wilson
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10. Sex Name
M Joe Garrett Gilleylen
Born: 22 Dec 1898 Place: Bills, Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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11. Sex Name
M John Alvis Gilleylen
Born: 1901 Place: Bills, Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 1923 Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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Biographical
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John W. Gilleylen
John W. Gilleylen, postmaster, and one of the leading merchants of Bills
post office was born in Monroe County, Miss., July 17, 1849. His parents,
James M. and Eliza (Feddis) Gilleylen, natives of Mississippi (the former
born in 1818), had a family of four children, viz., Bedora C., John W.,
Thomas B. and Nancy E. The father was engaged in agricultural pursuits
until the breaking out of the late (Civil) war, when, in 1863, he enlisted
in the Confederate service, under Gen. Samuel Gaston, and served until the
close of the war, when he returned home and resumed farming, and died May
9, 1866. Politically he was a staunch Democrat. His wife died May 9, 1857,
a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The immediate
subject of this sketch was education in the common country schools of his
native State. In 18-- he emigrated from Mississippi to Arkansas, settling
in Pike County, where he took up land and began farming. In 1879 he married
Miss Margaret Conatser, a native of Arkansas, and the fruits of this union
have been these children, viz., Bessie E., Hueston P. (deceased), Annie,
Hittie and Jesse O. Some time since Mr. Gilleylen entered the mercantile
business, beginning with a capital of $500, and his capital has since
increased to $1,000. In connection with this business he owns a fine farm
of 250 acres, with forty acres under cultivation. He is a Master Mason,
belonging to Pisgah Lodge No. 250, and both he and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Excerpt from biography of John W. Gilleylen, Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, 1890, Pike County, page 327.
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Cemetery Records
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Billstown Cemetery
Billstown, Pike County, Arkansas
John W. Gilleylen
Born July 17, 1849
Died Sep. 1, 1904
Margaret Gilleylen
Born Mar. 3, 1859
Died Mar. 22, 1922
Bessie Gilleylen
Born unknown
Died unknown
Annie Gilleylen
Born unknown
Died unknown
Feddis Gilleylen
Born unknown
Died unknown
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Delight Cemetery
Delight, Pike County, Arkansas
Oakley Gilleylen
Born Mar. 2, 1886
Died May 1, 1962
Bertha Gilleylen
Born Nov. 5, 1886
Died Feb. 24, 1960
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DeRoche Cemetery
DeRoche, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
John Alvis Gilleylen
Born 1901
Died 1923
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Census Records
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1850 United States Federal Census
Monroe County, Mississippi
Page No. 122
Schedule I - Free inhabitants in Eastern Division in the County of Monroe,
State of Mississippi enumerated by me on the 30 day of November, 1850. J.H.
Anderson, Ass't Marshal.
Line 24-28 | Dwelling 833 | Family 868 R.E. Birthplace
James M. Gilleylen 31 M Farmer 300 Tennessee
Eliza S. Gilleylen 22 F Alabama
Bedorah E. Gilleylen 3 F Mississippi
John W. Gilleylen 1 M Mississippi
Thomas Fiddes 20 M Laborer Alabama
Source Information:
1850 United States Federal Census, M-432, Roll 378. National Archives and
Records Administration, Washington D.C.
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FamilySearch
Household Record
1880 United States Census
Household: John W. Gilleylen
Name | Relation | Marital Status | Gender | Race | Age | Birthplace
Occupation | Father's Birthplace | Mother's Birthplace
John W. GELLEYHEN Self M Male W 33 MS Farmer NC NC
Margaret GELLEYHEN Wife M Female W 22 AR Keeping House AL AL
Source Information:
Census Place: Missouri, Pike, Arkansas
Family History Library Film: 1254053
NA Film Number: T9-0053
Page Number: 442A
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Pike County, Arkansas
1900 Census | Saline Townwship
Page 87A | HSD/FAM: 278/278
Gilleylen, John Head W M JUL 1850 50 M 21 MS MS AR
Gilleylen, Margret Wife W F MAY 1859 41 M 21 10-7 AR TN TN
Gilleylen, Bessey Daug W F SEP 1881 18 S AR MS AR
Gilleylen, Jesse Son W M MAR 1886 14 S AR MS AR
Gilleylen, Mary Daug W F MAR 1888 12 S AR MS AR
Gilleylen, Fonsy Son W M NOV 1891 8 S AR MS AR
Gilleylen, Alma Son W M OCT 1893 6 S AR MS AR
Gilleylen, Nora Daug W F JAN 1897 3 S AR MS AR
Gilleylen, Garit Son W M DEC 1898 1 S AR MS AR
Kensey, Erastus Border W M JAN 1870 30 S AR MS AR
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Pike County, Arkansas
1910 Census | Saline Township
William F. Gilleylen Head M W 18 Sgl Ark Miss Ark
Margaret M. Gilleylen Mother F W 51 Wid 11-8 Ark Tenn Tenn
Mary H. Gilleylen Sister F W 22 Sgl Ark Miss Ark
Nora E. Gilleylen Sister F W 13 Sgl Ark Miss Ark
Joe G. Gilleylen Brother M W 11 Sgl Ark Miss Ark
John A. Gilleylen Brother M W 8 Sgl Ark Miss Ark
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Saline, Pike, Arkansas; Roll:
T624_60; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 95.
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Genealogy
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WorldConnect Project
Ancestors of Ira and Jeri Robinson
Updated: Thu Nov 21 12:19:04 2002
Contact: Jeri Robinson (jrobi01@valornet.com)
ID: I3041
Name: John W. GILLEYLEN
Sex: M
Reference Number: 3041
Marriage 1 Margaret M. CONATSER b: ABT. 1858
Married: 1879
ID: I2451
Name: Margaret M. CONATSER
Sex: F
Birth: ABT. 1858
Father: Andrew CONATSER b: 1831 in Tennessee
Mother: Mary Ann ? b: 1831 in Tennessee
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Ahnentafel, Generation No. 1
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1. Margaret M. CONATSER was born ABT. 1858. She was the daughter of 2.
Andrew CONATSER and 3. Mary Ann ?. She married John W. GILLEYLEN 1879.
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Ahnentafel, Generation No. 2
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2. Andrew CONATSER was born 1831 in Tennessee, and died BEF. 1880 in
Arkansas. He was the son of 4. Joseph Henry CONATSER and 5. NANCY.
3. Mary Ann ? was born 1831 in Tennessee, and died BEF. 1880 in Arkansas.
Children of Mary Ann ? and Andrew CONATSER:
Emiline CONATSER was born ABT. 1852.
William Andrew CONATSER was born 27 FEB 1862 in Arkansas, and died 15
FEB 1937. He married Leanna Elizabeth WALL ABT. 1874, daughter of ?
and ?. She was born 4 MAR 1854 in Arkansas, and died 24 OCT 1908 in
Delight, Pike Co., Arkansas.
Andrew J. CONATSER was born ABT. 1856.
Margaret M. CONATSER was born ABT. 1858. She married John W. GILLEYLEN
1879.
Sarah Ann CONATSER was born ABT. 1862.
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Ahnentafel, Generation No. 3
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4. Joseph Henry CONATSER was born ABT. 1791 in Tennessee, and died BEF.
1880 in Arkansas. He was the son of 8. Johannes Nicolaus KNORTZER and
9. Catherine COOPER.
5. NANCY was born ABT. 1797 in Virginia, and died BEF. 1880 in Arkansas.
Children of NANCY and Joseph Henry CONATSER:
Elizabeth CONATSER was born ABT. 1830 in Tennessee.
Andrew CONATSER was born 1831 in Tennessee, and died BEF. 1880 in
Arkansas. He married Mary Ann ?. She was born 1831 in Tennessee,
and died BEF. 1880 in Arkansas.
David A. CONATSER was born ABT. 1833 in Tennessee.
Nancy N.R. CONATSER was born ABT. 1835 in Tennessee. She married David
BURKETT 1854.
Benjamin J. CONATSER was born ABT. 1838 in Tennessee.
James N. CONATSER was born ABT. 1838 in Tennessee.
Sarah Catherine CONATSER was born ABT. 1841 in Tennessee.
Henry A. CONATSER was born ABT. 1844 in Tennessee. He married Nancy
Ann BROCK ABT. 1855 in Pike Co., Arkansas, daughter of Moses BROCK.
She was born 1836 in Grainger Co., Tennessee.
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Ahnentafel, Generation No. 4
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8. Johannes Nicolaus KNORTZER was born 28 JAN 1746/47 in York Co.,
Pennsylvania, and died BEF. 1830 in Fentress Co., Tennessee.
9. Catherine COOPER.
Child of Catherine COOPER and Johannes Nicolaus KNORTZER:
Joseph Henry CONATSER was born ABT. 1791 in Tennessee, and died BEF.
1880 in Arkansas. He married NANCY. She was born ABT. 1797 in Virginia,
and died BEF. 1880 in Arkansas.
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Marriage Records
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Pike County, Arkansas
Reconstructed Marriages
1834-1895
Gilleylen, John W. Margaret Conatser 1879
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Pike County, Arkansas
Marriages 1895-1947
GILLEYLEN, FONZY 21 Pike County
LOOMIS, CASSIE 18 Pike County
08 Jan 1911 | Book D page 084
LONG, CLAUDE 21 Pike County
GILLEYLEN, HITTIE 21 Pike County
08 Jan 1911 | Book D page 079
WILSON, ED 18 PIKE
GILLEYLEN, NORA 18 PIKE
06 Sep 1914 | Book D page 547
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Military Records
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Jessie Oakley Gilleylen
City: Delight
County: Pike
State: Arkansas
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1886
Race: White
Roll: 1530569
Age: 32
Occupation: Farming, Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Nearest Relative: Bertha Gilleylen, Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Height/Build: Medium, Medium
Color of Eyes/Hair: Gray, Black
Signature: Jessie Oakley Gilleylen
Name: William Fonzo Gilleylen
City: Bills
County: Pike
State: Arkansas
Birthplace: Bills, Pike, Arkansas
Birth Date: 27 Nov 1892
Race: Caucasian (White)
Roll: 1530569
Age: 25
Occupation: Farming, Myself, Bills, Pike, Arkansas
Nearest Relative: Married, Child
Height/Build: Medium, Medium
Color of Eyes/Hair: Light Brown, Black
Signature: William Fonzy Gilleylen
Name: Joe Garrett Gilleylen
City: Delight
County: Pike
State: Arkansas
Birth Date: 22 Dec 1898
Race: White
Roll: 1530569
Age: 19
Occupation: Farming, Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Nearest Relative: Marguette Gilleylen, Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Height/Build: Medium, Medium
Color of Eyes/Hair: Blue, Dark Brown
Signature: Joe Garrett Gilleylen
Source Citation: Registration Location: Pike County, Arkansas; Roll:
1530569.
Source Information:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Original data: United
States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System
Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.
Description:
This database contains an index and images of World War I draft
registration cards completed by approximately 24 million men living in the
U.S. in 1917 and 1918. Information that may be found for an individual
includes: name, place of residence, date and place of birth, race, country
of citizenship, occupation, and employer.
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U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Jessie Oakley Gilleylen
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1886
Residence: Pike, Arkansas
Birth: Pike, Arkansas
Race: White
Roll: WW2_2281295
Name: William Fonzy Gilleylen
Birth Date: 27 Nov 1892
Residence: Pike, Arkansas
Birth: Pike, Arkansas
Race: White
Roll: WW2_2281295
Source Citation: Roll: WW2_2281295; Local board: Pike, Arkansas.
Source Information:
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Original data: United
States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards,
World War II: Fourth Registration. National Archives and Records
Administration Branch locations: National Archives and Records
Administration Region Branches.
Description:
This database is an indexed collection of World War II U.S. draft cards
from the Fourth Registration, the only registration currently available
to the public (the other registrations are not available due to privacy
laws). The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's
registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born
on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45
and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military.
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Update 08.09.07 © David Kelley 2007 JW-GLLYN.HTM
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