Sidney Rector

Notes:

Arrival of the first steamboat.

The second notable event in 1819 was the arrival at Franklin, on May 28,
of the steamer Independence, of Capt. John Nelson - the first which ever
attempted the navigation of the MO River.

Col. Elias Rector and others, of St. Louis, had chartered her at
Louisville, Ky., to go up the MO as high as the town of Chariton,
now a deserted town two miles above Glascow, near the mouth of the
Chariton River. She left St. Louis May 15, 1819, and arrived at
Franklin, Howard County, on May 28, occasioning the wildest excitement
and the greatest joy among the people.

Note: marriage record for Elias and Fanny list him as "General in
Retirement"

Elias Rector, Ft. Smith AR Oak Cemetery US Marshall
OK Territory Peace Officers
Frank Rector Barling
Jerry Kanady Barling
Elias Rector

Dear Ann, you had contacted me some time ago...and I wasn't much help
then, but this is what I have on the Rectors of MO and AR...(this is an
excer from my cousins direct cousins book published in 1976) "The first
gov. surveys of AR were accomplished by Gen. Wm Rector and his brothers,
Elias, Wharton, Stephen, and Thomas; his nephews William V. Rector, son
of Wharton and Frederick
Rector Conway of Ann Rector Conway, his sister. This as the beginning of
the Rector influence in AR."(pls note this has been abbrev.) There is
more if interested. Kathleen

From HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF J.J. RECTOR In the war of
1812 Elias was Colonel of the 1st regiment and proceeded with
it up the Mississippi with brothers Nelson and Stephen as
captains. At one time the Indians lined the banks and firing
set the boat on fire but they got in the water and floated down
the river with the boat as a shield. In 1819 Elias was appointed
postmaster of St Louis, Mo. and his nephews, Thurston and Conway
were his assistants. He remained postmaster till his death in
1822

Name: INDEPENDENCE
Type: Stern-wheeler Size: small
Launched:
Destroyed:
Area: Mo. R.
Owner: Elias Rector
Captain(s): 1819, Nelson, John
Comments: 1819, May, First steamer to reach upper Mo. Reached
250 mi. to Chariton Mo. with whiskey, flour and
iron castings.
Comments: from Boone's Lick Heritage Quarterly

Elias married Fanny Badello Thruston on 30 Aug 1810 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Fanny (daughter of John Thruston and Elizabeth Thruston Whiting) was born on 7 Mar 1798; died in Little Rock, AR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Henry Massey Rector served as governor of Arkansas from 1860-1862. He
was the son of Elias and Fanny Bardella (Thurston) Rector, b.
1816...near as I can tell.

"The first gov. surveys of AR were accomplished by Gen. Wm Rector and
his brothers, Elias, Wharton, Stephen, and Thomas; his nephews William
V. Rector, son of Wharton and Frederick Rector Conway of Ann Rector
Conway, his sister. This as the beginning of the Rector influence in AR."

John married Elizabeth Thruston Whiting on 13 Oct 1782 in Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1771 in Virginia, USA; died in Jul 1822 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Elizabeth T. Thruston already had ten children when she and Aaron married.