DAISY MCINTIRE VICKERS 1888-1965
Daisy McIntire, the pretty blond youngest daughter of John A. McIntire and Mary Jane Elliott, was born in the
summer of 1888 in Bickles Cove, Stone County, Arkansas.1,2 Daisy was eleventh of thirteen children with two
younger brothers.3 Hendrix, my great grandfather, was four years older than Daisy.4
John, a stone mason with his fine handwork still apparent in the partially standing log cabin on their old home
place, died of a ruptured appendix when Daisy was just six years old.5,6 Some family members call him John Alfonso
though the existing records only show his middle initial as an A.7 Mary Jane stayed in Stone County raising the
children until she moved to Oklahoma sometime before 1920.8
After reading my blog about a visit to Stone County, Arkansas, a Vickers cousin shared several photographs, which
inspired this article.9 The photographs in this blog can also be found in Pauline Mitchell Pierce Via’s book on pages
249 and 251.10 Pauline still has some of her books available. If you are interested in purchasing her hardback book
with almost 600 pages, you can contact Pauline at the addresses below.11
Pauline’s book and the census records tell us a lot about Daisy, but if you have any family stories or additional
records to add to her story or corrections to this story, let me know. I copyright my blog postings, but family
members may use this information and pictures for their own personal use.
Stone County was created April 21, 1873, from parts of Izard, Independence, Searcy and Van Buren counties and
was named for the rock formations of the Ozark Mountains.12 The county seat is Mountain View. 13 Virtually
unoccupied by white settlers in the first decades of the nineteenth century, present-day Stone County was an
Indian reservation until 1828.14 Stone County's initial white settlements began soon after that in the early 1830s.15
The county was devastated during the Civil War, not from battles, but from lawless bushwhackers and guerillas
who terrorized the border lands of Arkansas and Missouri with their plundering, theft, destruction of property and
even murder.16 After the Civil War, development, especially along the White River, increased.17 Agriculture was
important in the area, though you can imagine with the name of Stone County, farming was not a lucrative
occupation, but with each family producing enough for their own needs.18 The economic base of today’s Stone
County is poultry, livestock, wood products, and light manufacturing along with popular tourist destinations such
as the Ozark National Forest, Blanchard Spring Caverns and the Ozark Folk Center.19
1900 U.S. Census, Blue Mountain Township, Stone County,
Arkansas, family 126.20
Name
McIntire, Mary J
“ Julia
“ Madona
“ Cleveland
“ Hendrix
“
Daisy
“
Clinton
“
Josh
Relationship
to head of
household
Gender
Race
Age
Status
Head
F
F
F
M
M
F
M
M
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
47
20
17
15
19
11
10
5
Wd
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Dau
Dau
Son
Son
Dau
Son
Son
Additional information on the census record indicates Mary J. McIntire was renting land, with her occupation listed
as farmer.21 The census stated Mary J. had been married twenty two years, was the mother of thirteen children
with twelve of the children still living.22
The occupation of the twins, Cleveland and Hendrix, was farm laborer.23 Mary J., Julia and Madona could read and
write, but the census taker indicated none of the other children could. 24 All spoke English.25 It appears none of the
children had attended school in the past year.26 From nearby census pages, about one third to one half of the
school age children had attended two or three months of school.27
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The census records also indicate all the children were born in Arkansas, as was Mary J. McIntire.28 Her parents and
the father of the children were born in Tennessee. 29
The twins, Cleveland (nickname - Cleve) and Hendrix (nickname – Hen), were listed in the index with Cleve as age
15 and Hen as age 19.30 On the digital image of the census, the age of both boys was listed as 15, with that crossed
out and re-entered as 14.31 Then, on the index, Cleve was transcribed as 15 and Hen as 19.32 The twins were born
on 29 Sept 1884. 33 So Cleve and Hen were 15 and would turn 16 in Sept. The transcription error in this index is the
reason genealogists always search for the original record and do not trust a transcription/index.
At the time of the 1900 census, Clifton R. McIntire, just older than Daisy, was not counted with the family but was
listed as a boarder with another Blue Mountain Township resident James Simpson, age 74, and his wife Rachel
Simpson.34 Clifton was 13.
When she was fifteen, Daisy married William Alfonso Vickers, a widower seventeen years
older than her.35 A copy of their marriage record is in the Pierce Via book, along with
Pauline’s comments about the marriage license stating Daisy was 17, when she was really
only 15.36 In later years, Daisy said she married at age 15, which perfectly matches the
calculation using her birth date and marriage date.37 William had one daughter Nettie,
eight years old.38, 39 William’s first wife was Lucy Belle McIntire, a granddaughter of John
McIntire and Lydia McCollum, who were great grandparents to Daisy, so the two wives of
William Alfonso Vickers were first cousins, once removed.40 In this culture, it seems a
widower with children naturally looked to his wife’s family for a second wife, perhaps to
Daisy McIntire
make sure the children are well treated. Daisy went on to raise Nettie and have nine
handsome sons of her own, eight who lived to adulthood.41
U.S. censuses are collected every 10 years and can tell us a lot of information. While many of the same basic facts
are gathered at each census, some different facts are also collected. Here’s what we can tell about the Vickers
family from 1910-1940 census records.
1910 U.S. Census, Cove, Stone County, Arkansas, family 9.42
Name
Vickers, William
Vickers, Daisy
Vickers, Nettie
Vickers, Elihue
Vickers, No Name
Gracie, M J
Relationship
to head of
household
Gender
Race
Age
Status
Married
yrs
Born
In
Head
M
F
F
M
M
F
W
W
W
W
W
W
38
21
14
2
10/12
58
M2
M1
S
S
S
Wd
6
6
TN
AR
AR
AR
AR
TN
Wife
Dau
Son
Son
Mother
Father
born
in
TN
AR
TN
TN
TN
TN
Mother
born in
TN
AR
AR
AR
AR
TN
In the 1910 census, the Vickers family was renting land just three dwellings from Mary J. McIntire, who now owns
her land.43 Evidently, the township name was changed from Blue Mountain to Cove with Mary Jane McIntire still in
the same location since the 1900 census. From the 1910 census, Daisy had two children who are both still living. M.
J. Gracie, mother of William Vickers and enumerated with the William Vickers family, indicates she had six children
with only one still living.44 Other Ancestry.com records indicate William’s mother was Mary Jane Berrryhill Vickers
Gracy(ie), born about 1854 in Tennessee and died in 1910 sometime after the census was taken that year.45 Most
of these Ancestry.com records indicate William Vickers’ father was Robert Lafayette Vickers born about 1852, with
no death information. 46
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1920 U.S. Census, Cove, Stone County, Arkansas, dwelling #6.47
Name
Vickers, W. A.
Vickers, Daisy
Vickers, Elihue
Vickers, Borden
Vickers, Richard
Vickers, Wymond
Vickers, Jennings
Relationship
to head of
household
Head
Wife
Son
Son
Son
Son
Son
Gender
Race
Age
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
49
32
12
10
8
4 7/8
1
1/12
Attended
school
Can
read
Can
Write
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
By 1920, the Vickers family is still renting in the Cove area, with the Cleveland McIntire family listed three families
down on the same census page.48 Daisy and Cleve’s mother, Mary Jane McIntire has moved to Cleveland,
Oklahoma to live with son, Jasper.49 Nettie Vickers had left the family home and married Silas Albright.50 Find-AGrave.com records indicate Nettie was born in 1895 and died in 1973.51 Also, Ancestry.com family trees indicate
Odis Vickers was born in 1913, two years after Richard.52 Find-a-Grave shows a tombstone picture for Odis,
indicating he was born on March 1, 1913 and died in Nov 1914, so Odis wouldn’t appear in any census records.53 I
don’t find any notes on the cause of death. From the 1920, 1930 and 1940 censuses, the state the family members
was born in, along with the state their parents was born in, is consistent with the 1910 census.
1930 U.S. Census, Wallace, Stone County, Arkansas, dwelling #60.54
Name
Relationship
to head of
household
Head
Gender
Race
Age
Attended
school
M
W
58
N
Can
read/
write
Y
Vickers, Daisy
Vickers, Richard
Wife
Son
F
M
W
W
44
19
N
N
Y
Y
Vickers, Wyman
Vickers, Jennings
Vickers, Forest
Vickers, Ford
Vickers, Ralph
Son
Son
Son
Son
Son
M
M
M
M
M
W
W
W
W
W
14
11
9
7
4
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Vickers, W. A.
Occupation
General
farming
Work on
father’s
farm
1930 U.S. Census, Wallace, Stone County, Arkansas, dwelling #61.55
Vickers, Elihue
Head
M
W
20
N
Y
Vickers, Clara
Wife
F
W
18
N
Y
General
farming
1930 finds these two Vickers households each renting and enumerated next to each other in the community of
Wallace. Elihue’s census record carries a note in the margin – “Did not operate farm last year.”56A new question for
the 1930 census is the age of the person at marriage – W. A. Vickers listed his age at what was probably his first
marriage as 22, Daisy listed her age at marriage as 20, Elihue is listed 20 and Clara is listed as 16. 57,58[Since we
know from previous analysis Daisy married at 15, perhaps she was trying to set an example for her sons to wait a
bit before marriage.] A new question for the 1930 census asked if the household had a radio set. Neither Vickers’
household had one at the time of the census.
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Daisy and William A. Vickers with all their sons-picture used by permission from a Vickers cousin
Information on the picture states this is the William & Daisy Vickers family with all of their children,
with the other couple Thomas Elihue Vickers and Clare Mae Wade Vickers. My best guess based on
size compared to ages from the 1930 census is starting from the three standing in the back –
Wymond, Bordon, Richard. Then Elihue with his wife Clara, Forest, Jennings – standing just behind
Ford, Ford, Ralph, Daisy and William. This picture probably taken around 1930.
Ancestry.com family trees indicate William Alfonzo Vickers died in Poinsett County, AR. on 13 Mar 1938.59 I did not
find his records in the Arkansas Death Indexes, nor any records the family lived in Poinsett County, with my brief
search. William and Daisy have a grave marker together at York Cemetery, Marcella, Stone County, AR, with the
tombstone indicating both their birth and death dates.60
The family might have moved to Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas before William’s death or he might have
been working alone there. We do know that Daisy was the widowed head of household renting in nearby
Mississippi County, AR for the 1940 census, which stated the family had lived in Mississippi County on 01 April
1935.61
Poinsett was one of the Arkansas counties devastated by the Civil War, right on the border of Missouri, Arkansas
and Tennessee.62 The county didn’t start a financial recovery until the railroads came in the 1880s, giving farmers a
way to ship their cotton, farm animals and timber to new markets. 63 Many of the small railroad towns boomed,
but, still, the county was mostly poor sharecroppers and tenant farmers.64 Poinsett County was the hardest hit
county by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, flooding thousands of fields and destroying many homes
throughout the county.65 Probably not really pertinent to this family analysis, but, never-the-less interesting,
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the Southern Tenant Farmers Union was founded in the area in the years after the flood. 66 The organization was an
interracial union to improve the pay and working conditions of poor sharecroppers. 67
Mississippi County, Arkansas was named for the Mississippi River which makes up the eastern border of the
county.68 This county has the unusual arrangement of two county seats – one in Blytheville in the north and one in
Osceola in the south.69 This county also has the unfortunate distinction of being part of the First Congressional
District in Arkansas which is the poorest Congressional District in the United States.70 Mississippi County was
known for its rich delta farmland with easy transportation access to the Mississippi River and is known these days
as a great area of duck hunting and fishing for northwest Arkansas and southeast Missouri ‘Bootheel’ residents.71
1940 U.S. Census, Mississippi County, Arkansas, dwelling #559.72
Name
Vickers, Daisy
Vickers, Forest
Vickers, Ford
Vickers, Ralph
Relationship
to head of
household
Head
Son
Son
Son
Gender
Race
Age
# Yrs of
School
F
M
M
M
W
W
W
W
51
19
17
15
5
8
4
4
1940 U.S. Census, Mississippi County, Arkansas, dwelling #557.73
Vickers, Wymon
Vickers, Nellie
Vickers, Orace
Vickers, Horace
Vickers, Betty Sue
Head
Wife
Son
Son
Dau
M
F
M
M
F
W
W
W
W
W
24
23
4
4
4/12
5
1
0
0
0
The 1940 census asked where the family was living in 1935. The Daisy Vickers family was living in Rural,
Mississippi Co., AR on 01 Apr 1935.74 The Wymon Vickers family was living in Rural, Stone Co., AR on 01 Apr
1935.75 Wymon Vickers is the name of the second son of Daisy and William Vickers, as indicated in previous
census records and Pauline Via’s book. With the Wymon Vickers family living two houses from Daisy Vickers in
the 1940 census, a comparison of the age of this Wymon Vickers in previous censuses and the fact that he was
living previously in Stone County near other relatives, this Wymon Vickers was very likely the son of Daisy
Vickers and had, perhaps, moved close to his mother and youngest brothers to help out after the death of his
father.
For final remarks on Daisy, Pauline Via writes a beautiful summary of her life. In describing Daisy’s appearance
and her life, Pauline could be describing many of our McIntire relatives.
“Daisy was a tall woman, 5’ 9 1/2” and, in later years, had the most beautiful snow white hair. She was
a widow for almost 28 years, but made a home for her young sons until they married and moved away
from her house. She lived with her youngest son Ralph, for several years after his marriage, then alone
in a small house in the back yard of her son Forrest in Lepanto, Arkansas. She spent her last years at the
home of her son Richard, suffering from complications of high blood pressure, heart problems and
diabetes.
Her fruit salad and jam cake were a tradition for Christmas dinner. Today, when you visit various
households of granddaughters, you may find these (especially the fruit salad) as part of the Christmas
dinner. As a testimony of her character, her daughters-in-law speak of her with respect and affection.”76
If anyone has more to add to Daisy’s story or the recipes for the jam cake or fruit salad, please let me know.
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1
1900 U.S. Census, Stone County, Arkansas, population schedule, Blue Mountain Township, enumeration district
(ED) 129, p. 142A (stamped), sheet 8, dwelling 126, family 126, Mary J. McIntire; digital image, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 January 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 77.
2
Pauline Mitchell Pierce [Via], The McIntires and the Elliotts of Bickle’s Cove, Stone County, Arkansas and the
Descendants of John McIntire of Maury County, Tennessee, (Palestine, Texas: Pauline Mitchell Pierce [Via], 17557
Hwy 14, Mountain View, AR 72560, 1993), p 84.
3
Ibid.
4
Ibid.
5
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 141.
6
Verbal communication with Pauline Mitchell Pierce Via, June 2013.
7
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 141.
8
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 141.
9
Andrea Musgrove Perisho, “Photo Tour of Stone County, Arkansas,” After Toil Comes Rest, 03 July 2013,
(http://andreamusgroveperisho.com/?p=353 : accessed 13 Oct 2013).
10
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 249 & 251.
11
Pauline Mitchell Piearcy Via, email address - avia@mvtel.net, mailing address - 17557 Hwy 14, Mountain View,
AR 72560.
12
http://local.arkansas.gov/ : accessed 12 Oct 2013.
13
Ibid.
14
Don Brown, History and Architectural Heritage of Stone County, (Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Historic
Preservation Program, unknown publication date), p. 5; digital image, Department of Arkansas Heritage,
(http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/pdf/publications/stone_county.pdf :accessed 12 Oct 2013.)
15
Brown, History and Architectural Heritage of Stone County, p 5.
16
Brown, History and Architectural Heritage of Stone County, p 9.
17
Ibid.
18
Ibid.
19
http://local.arkansas.gov/ : accessed 12 Oct 2013.
20
1900 U.S. census, Stone Co., Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 142A, dwell. 126, fam. 126, Mary J. McIntire.
21
Ibid.
22
Ibid.
23
Ibid.
24
Ibid.
25
Ibid.
26
Ibid.
27
Ibid, plus a review of p. 138-147.
28
1900 U.S. census, Stone Co., Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 142A, dwell. 126, fam. 126, Mary J. McIntire.
29
Ibid.
30
Ibid.
31
Ibid.
32
Ibid.
33
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 68.
34
1900 U.S. census, Stone Co., Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 140A, dwell. 96, fam. 96 [dwelling and family originally
written as 95, then overwritten as 96], Joseph Simpson.
35
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 250. [Pierce Via’s citation notes marriage records are from Stone County,
Arkansas marriage records, Book B, p 373.]
36
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 250.
37
Ibid.
38
Ibid.
39
Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 20 Jan 2014), memorial page for Nellie
Vickers Albright (1895-1973), Find A Grave Memorial # 8,807,695, citing Prince Cemetery, Bald Knob, White
County, Arkansas.
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40
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 29, 85, 143 and 346.
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 250.
42
1910 U.S. census, Stone County, Arkansas, population schedule, Cove Township, enumeration district (ED)
145, p. 206 (stamped), sheet 1A (handwritten), dwelling 9, family 9, W. A. Vickers; digital image, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 64.
43
Ibid.
44
Ibid.
45
"Public Member Trees," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2014),
"Carrigan, Vickers, Densford and Wade Family, Vickers Family, Bridges Family and My Gatewood Family " entries
for Mary Jane Berryhill (1854-abt 1910); submitted by [private user names], citing 1870 and 1900 U. S. Censuses.
46
Ibid.
47
1920 U.S. census, Stone County, Arkansas, population schedule, Cove, enumeration district (ED) 147, p. 2951
(handwritten), sheet 1A (handwritten), dwelling 6, family 6, W. A. Vickers; digital image, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 82.
48
1920 U.S. census, Stone County, Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 2951, dwell. 9, fam. 9, Cleveland McIntire.
49
1920 U.S. census, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, pop., sch., Norman City, enumeration district (ED) 17, p. 9663
(handwritten), sheet 3B (handwritten), dwelling 126, family 58, Jasper A. McIntyre; citing NARA microfilm
publication T625, roll 1456.
50
“Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 20 Nov
2014), entry for Nettie Vickers-Silas Albright, 4 July 1914; citing digital images of originals housed at courthouse,
Stone County, Arkansas.
51
Find A Grave, memorial page for Nellie Vickers Albright(1895-1973), Find A Grave Memorial # 8,807,695, the
accompanying photograph by Annette Pillow clearly indicates the birth and death dates.
52
"Public Member Trees," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2014),
“Vickers Family, Evelyn Durlene Humphrey Deichman Family, Vicker Family, Thompson Family, McAndrew, Glaze,
Lamb, McIntyre Family and My Gatewood Family " entries for Otis McIntire (1913-1914); submitted by [private
user names].
53
Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 20 Jan 2014), memorial page for Odis
Vickers (1913-1914), Find A Grave Memorial # 14,181,749, citing Cove Cemetery, Mountain View, Stone County,
Arkansas; the accompanying photograph by OkieBran indicates parents, the birth date of 01 Mar 1913 and death
dates of Nov 1914 [no date of death.]
54
1930 U.S. census, Stone County, Arkansas, population schedule, Wallace Township, enumeration district (ED)
69-27, p. 270 (stamped on opposite page), sheet 3B (handwritten), dwelling 60, family 60, W. A. Vickers; digital
image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication
T626, roll 95.
55
1930 U.S. census, Stone County, Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 270, dwell. 61, fam. 61, Elihue Vickers.
56
Ibid.
57
1930 U.S. census, Stone County, Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 270, dwell. 60, fam. 60, William A. Vickers.
58
1930 U.S. census, Stone County, Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 270, dwell. 61, fam. 61, Elihue Vickers.
59
"Public Member Trees," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2014),
“Vickers Family, Evelyn Durlene Humphrey Deichman Family, Thompson Family, Hardin Family and Scott Family "
entries for William Alfonzo McIntire (1874-1938); submitted by [private user names].
60
Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 20 Jan 2014), memorial page for William A.
Vickers (1874-1938) and Daisy Vickers (1887-1965), Find A Grave Memorial #6,859,773, citing York Cemetery,
Marcella, Stone County, Arkansas, accompanying photograph by Virgil and Deanna C. Cooley.
61
1940 U.S. census, Mississippi County, Arkansas, population schedule, Dyees township, enumeration
district 47-22, p. 430 (stamped), sheet 31A (handwritten), order of visit 559, no family # written, no dwelling #
written, Daisy Vickers; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 Oct 2013); citing
NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 155.
62
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poinsett_County,_Arkansas : accessed 12 Oct 2013.
63
Ibid.
41
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64
Ibid.
Ibid.
66
Ibid.
67
Ibid.
68
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_County,_Arkansas : accessed 12 Oct 2013.
69
Ibid.
70
Ibid.
71
http://www.mcagov.com/ : accessed 12 Oct 2013.
72
1940 U.S. census, Mississippi County, Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 430, order of visit 559, Daisy Vickers.
73
1940 U.S. census, Mississippi County, Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 430, order of visit 557, Wymon Vickers.
74
1940 U.S. census, Mississippi County, Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 430, order of visit 559, Daisy Vickers.
75
1940 U.S. census, Mississippi County, Arkansas, pop. sch., p. 430, order of visit 557, Wymon Vickers.
76
Pierce [Via], McIntires and Elliotts, p 250.
65
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