Jennifer Jones

Keith married Virginia Lavina Gaines on 14 May 1931 in Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM. Virginia (daughter of Joseph Benjamin Gaines and Dora Lucille Lewis) was born on 15 Nov 1912 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Center Twp., Sebastian County, AR

Notes:

Joseph Benjamin Gaines was referred to in a letter from his brother, Edmund Pendleton Gaines, dated 9 Oct 1915 to Z. M. P. Inge of Mobile, Ala. SHe is an able and educated man two years my senior. His address is Guaranty Bank Bldg., Dallas, Tex.T - tIn a letter in late December 1915 to Z. M. P. Inge, of Mobile, Mrs. Helen Marr Gaines Duke said SBen died * * * he was a fine man, just getting well established in business left his wife and two little childrenT.

Joseph married Dora Lucille Lewis on 29 Oct 1906 in Bokchito, Bryan County, OK. Dora was born on 23 Sep 1876 in Bristol, VA; died on 14 Mar 1951 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, TX; was buried in Grove Hill Cem., Dallas, Dallas County, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Center Twp., Sebastian County, AR

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Greenwood, Sebastian County, AR
• Occupation: 1900, Greenwood, Sebastian County, AR; commercial traveler

Notes:

Marshall Strother Gaines was educated in Fayetteville, Ark. and began clerking in a store in that city at the age of eighteen. After several years he moved to Greenwood, Ark. and established a mercantile business of his own. In 1883 he formed a partnership with Thos. E. Little and the firm was named L & G. This company continued until December 1887 when the partnership was dissolved by mutual agreement and the firm became M. S. Gaines and Company. Their stock of merchandise was the largest in Greenwood and the business was successful. He was a Democrat; a member of the school board of Greenwood. for six years; a Master Mason; a K of H; and he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. (The foregoing was adapted from History of North West Arkansas - author unknown; publisher and date of publication, unknown.)

Marshall married Rebecca Ann Hodgens on 25 May 1877 in Greenwood, Sebastain County, AR. Rebecca (daughter of Joseph Hodgens and Martha Elizabeth) was born in 1861 in Mississippi; died on 20 Mar 1887 in Greenwood, Sebastian County, AR; was buried in Greenwood Cem., Greenwood, Sebastian County, AR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]