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Anna Mitchell Otey

Anna Mitchell Otey

Female 1869 - 1963  (93 years)

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  • Name Anna Mitchell Otey  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Dec 1869  Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1900  Carrollton city, Carroll, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1920  Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1930  Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 1963 
    Person ID I12854  Bob Juch's Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

    Father Virginius Blackburn Otey,   b. 16 Nov 1844, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1881, Carrolton, Carroll, Mo, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Emma Cooper,   b. 20 Aug 1848, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1931, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1869  [4
    Family ID F4980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Dec 1869 - Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • DAR ID Number: 64215

      She was a third grade teacher in the Carrollton Public School System for many years. As a member of the DAR it was she who responsible for tracing the Herndon line of the family back through Archelaus Perkins for DAR qualification. Miss Anna, as she was known by most of Carrollton remained to her dying day a staunch Rebel who actively displayed the Rebel flag, called Negroes (whom she respected "in their place") Negras, and referred to President Lincoln as "Mr. Lincoln". Along with her father, "Cap'n Otey" she never surrendered. (ref. V. B. Otey notes)

      Her respect for Negroes came naturally as a result of her having played as a child with the children of the slaves on her grandfather's plantation - Herndon Hill, near Carrollton, Missouri.

      These further notes from her grand niece Barbara Schweppe Hanes:

      "Aunt Annie had a colored woman, Mandy, who cooked and cleaned for her and I loved to hear about her life. Don't remember much of her after the war. (WWII) Aunt Annie had only rocking chairs in her living room as she usually had a quilting frame set up there. Her friends in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, War of 1812, Daughters of the Revolution met there. I believe she belonged to every organization in town that a maiden lady could. In the Eastern Star, she knew Mary Jane Truman, the sister of Harry. (Pres. Ca '45-46)

      She did show a lot of spirit as she got mad at the Baptist Church and became a Christian Scientist. I remember her filling gelatin capsules with garlic to use as a cold remedy. In L.A. today, they advertise such capsules as a cure-all.

      She had a little Chevy coupe and she and mother (Vera) and Kay (brother)drove all over Missouri in it.

      Aunt Annie visited us in Fort Scott yearly and mother showed her a grand time. Aunt Annie had a great library in her home with oak glass-fronted bookcases. She usually gave me books for gifts and opened the world of reading to me - for which I am grateful.

      When I eloped with my high school sweetheart, Aunt Annie sent gifts and was supportive of me until her death.

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, ;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Carrollton Ward 3, Carroll, Missouri; Roll: T623_846; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 4.
      Birth date: Dec 1869
      Birth place: Missouri
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Carrollton city, Carroll, Missouri
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      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census


    2. [S10] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri; Roll: T625_912; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 3; Image: .
      Birth date: abt 1872
      Birth place: Missouri
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=51649057&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1920 United States Federal Census
      1920 United States Federal Census


    3. [S8] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Birth date: abt 1871
      Birth place: Missouri
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=6485208&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1930 United States Federal Census
      1930 United States Federal Census


    4. [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, ;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Carrollton Ward 3, Carroll, Missouri; Roll: T623_846; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 4.
      Birth date: Aug 1848
      Birth place: Missouri
      Marriage date: 1869
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Carrollton city, Carroll, Missouri
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=29090433&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census