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Morris Edrington and Ida May Dyer

Ida Dyer Sheets and Morris Edrington Sheets

My paternal great-grandparents were Morris Edrington Sheets and Ida May Dyer Sheets.  They were both from early pioneer families to Lincoln County, Missouri. Both of their grandparents moved here about 1840.  

Back row: John, Martin
Front row: Frank, Claudean and Vest

Both Morris and Ida were born near Moscow Mills, Missouri, Morris 1853 and Ida in 1858.  They married in Lincoln County in April of 1880 and raised five children: Claudean, John, Martin, George and Francis (Frank).  "Aunt Claude" married Oscar A. Gordon, a Baptist minister; they lived in Troy and had no children.  John graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine and became a doctor who practiced in "The Hill" neighborhood of St. Louis.  He was on staff at Missouri Baptist Hospital.  He married Emma Hogan and they had one daughter, Arleen.  Uncle John and Aunt Emma are buried in St. Louis. Martin married Lucy Gill and they had one daughter, Nora.  They are buried in the Troy City Cemetery,  George "Vest" was a county extension agent and vocational education teacher in the Dexter, Missouri area.  He married Pearl Morgan and they had two children, Barbara and Robert.  Uncle Vest and Aunt Pearl are buried in Dexter.  Francis Marion (Frank) was the youngest Sheets child and he married Ruby Hazel Lee in Lincoln County in 1915.  Frank and Ruby were my grandparents.  They had six children, Francis Woodrow (my father), Ida Belle, Morris Lee, Marion, Melva and Donald.  I'm getting ahead of myself a bit but wanted to lay out the lineage as it connects to me.

As I mentioned earlier, Morris descended from an early Lincoln County pioneer family, Charles Sheets and his wife Sarah Edrington Sheets.  I plan to write their story later.  Their graves and some of their family members are buried in the Troy City Cemetery near the front entrance.  

Morris was a Christian man, know for his industry, honesty and high ideals of home, social and political life.  He raised his family on his wife's family farm located on what is now Highway MM, between Moscow Mills and Point Road.  The farmhouse is still there and has been remodeled and, it looks like it is beautifully cared for.

Ida was a descendant of the Dyer and Basset families of Henry County, Virginia.  Her grandfather, David Dalton Dyer, and father, John Salmon Dyer, along with their families, emigrated to Lincoln County in 1840.  According to her obituary, she was born in the house where she and Morris raised their family.  Ida was described as a hard-working, Christian woman.

Morris and Ida were married in Lincoln County, Missouri on 8 April 1880.  You will find a copy of their marriage license later in this post but when I tried to find this couple in the Lincoln County census records for that year, I ran into a brick wall.  They weren't listed in any township in Lincoln County, Missouri.  Our father grew up near them on the same farm so not finding them living in Lincoln County right after their marriage was perplexing.  It wasn't until two years later, when I was doing research on this family to present at the annual Troy City Cemetery Tour, that I ran across them recorded, along with Morris' family in Windsor, in Henry County, Missouri!  Morris and Ida married in April of 1880 and by June of 1880, they had moved with his parents and siblings!  This was information I had never heard!  Martin and Malinda Sheets were listed as living in Lincoln County, Missouri in 1870 and their obituaries mentioned they were living in Hinton, Oklahoma at the times of their deaths.  Never had I heard anything about how they made it to Oklahoma.  That is a separate story and will be shared in another post.

I don't know if Morris and Ida originally planned to moved to Windsor permanently with the family or just went along to help his family set up their new home and then planned to return to Lincoln County.  Perhaps, 22-year-old Ida had enough of watching her younger siblings-in-law and told her new husband that her father would sell them part of his farm east of Moscow Mills and it was time to go back to Lincoln County!  😁  Whatever the original plan was, documents show that Ida's father was owning a farm east of Moscow Mills in 1879 and when a new Lincoln County plat map was created in 1899, that farm was owned by M.E. Sheets!  

Only daughter, Claudean, or 'Claud' as she was known to the family, became the young bride of Rev. Oscar A. Gordon in 1989 at the age of 17.  She was under age so her father had to sign the marriage record giving permission.  They stayed in Lincoln County where Oscar preached at Baptist churches for many years.  Sons John and George "Vest" Sheets moved from Lincoln County and started their own professions but maintained close ties with the family.  There are many mentions of their visits in the Troy Locals portion on the Troy Free Press, the local newspaper.  Martin (Mart) and Frank worked on the family farm with their father.  

(*There is a caveat to this, though.  I remember Dad mentioning Uncle Mart and Aunt Lucy homesteaded in Oklahoma before making the family farm their home.  Years after hearing this story, I looked in the the possibility of it being true and found that, yes, Lucy and Martin had homesteaded and proved a plot of 160 acres in Tillman County, OK.  You can read more about that below in the section about that couple.)

The Sheets Farm was like many farms in Lincoln County, well run and proudly maintained.  Two of the young sons, Mart and Frank worked with their father to raise crops and livestock, including a set of prized mules.  

These are pictures of the old Dyer / Sheets home on Hwy. MM east of Moscow Mills, Missouri.  It is still a home and has been remodeled and apparently well maintained.  Its evolution through the years can be seen in these photos.  There is no record of those in the photos.
Unfortunately, life in the early 1900's was never certain.  In late May of 1928, Mart became ill.  He was taken to Missouri Baptist Hospital with pneumonia where he died June 5th at the age of 42. Census records in 1930 show Lucy and Nora were living on Church Street in Troy, Missouri.  Lucy was not working but Nora was teaching public school.

Then in February of 1930, Morris was taken to Missouri Baptist Hospital to treat a heart ailment.  He stayed there six weeks.  When he came home he was unable to continue working on the farm. The work went to his youngest son, Frank, his wife, Ida, and his oldest grandson, Woodrow who was then a young teenager.  Morris' condition worsened and he died in June of 1931.  As the only farmer of a once thriving farm, Frank worked very hard to keep it running. In October of 1931 his appendix ruptured and he was taken to Missouri Baptist Hospital and underwent several surgeries.  The fall proved difficult as he was in and out of the hospital with pneumonia and infections.  He struggled to recover and finally passed away January 25, 1932.

Ida, who had three healthy men working her family farm just five years earlier and at the age of 74, sound herself the sole owner of a family farm as the country fell into the Great Depression.  She also had to help support her two daughters-in-law, six grandchildren with another on the way.  At the time of Frank's death, he and Ruby were expecting their last child, Donald, who wouldn't be born until May, 1932.

Oldest grandson, Woodrow, quit high school and, with the help of neighbors, worked the farm until his grandmother could work through the estates.  Ida moved into Troy and lived with her daughter and son-in-law Claudean and Oscar Gordon.  Eventually, Ruby and her children also moved in Troy and lived in a little house across the street from the Troy City Cemetery.

Ida took responsibility of closing the estates of her husband and two sons during the depression.  She was a shrewd business woman during these times and although tough decisions were made, she was able to make enough money to help her family get through the Great Depression.  Ida passed away at the age of 85 in 1943.

Her obituary stated "she was born three years before the Civil War and was was old enough to realize...hardships and privations.  Married just at the beginning of hard times in 1880,* she knew the difficulties attending the pioneer period."  I would say she was a strong, resolute woman who drew on her pioneer upbringing and guided her family through tough times.


*Depression of 1882-1885 is considered the third-longest recession in U.S. history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_of_1882%E2%80%931885#:~:text=The%20Depression%20of%201882%E2%80%931885,of%20business%20cycles%20since%201854.


   Ida [Dyer] Sheets sitting outside of the Gordon     Ida holding Tommy Walton (son of Ida             Place                                                                   Belle [Sheets] Walton and Charles Walton.                                                                      

                                                Morris and Ida's graves at the Troy City Cemetery.  Others buried in this area are Mart and Lucy; Frank and Ruby; and grandson Morris Lee and his wife, Ann.  Nearby are Ida Belle and Charles Walton, their son Terry Walton and his wife Connie [Twellman] Walton; Woodrow and Ethel [Groshong] Sheets


I've discovered some interesting facts about each of Morris and Ida's children.  I've decided to share them here instead of creating their own individual page.  Source citations for documentations will be included at the very end under each child's name.  You may want to check some of these out as many of them are interesting.

Claudean Sheets and Rev. Oscar A. Gordon


Claudean, or Claud as her family called her, was born 21 Jan 1880.  She married Oscar Gordon, a Baptist minister on 30 Jun 1898.  They had no children.  Oscar was a minister in the Troy, Missouri area for many years and his ledger recordings of marriages and baptisms has been added to the dar.org website.


They lived on a small farm on the northwest side of Troy on Harris Street.  When Claud's mother, Ida, moved from her farm outside of Moscow Mills, she lived with Claud and Oscar until her death.  Claud's nephew, Woodrow Sheets, bought the little farm and lived in the house for a time.  In 1958 they build a new home on the property. 

After Oscar passed away in 10 May 1951, Claud moved to the Baptist Home in Ironton, Missouri.  She passed away there 20 May 1958.  Both Claud and Oscar are buried in the Troy City Cemetery.

John Salmon Sheets married Emma Hogan on 25 December 1913

Photo taken from Washington University yearbook The Hatchet, 1909, John was a graduating senior in the "Medic" college.  Yearbook found at the Missouri Historical Society Library, 225 S. Skinker Blvd, St. Louis, MO.
Several census records and his death certificate indicate John was born in different locations: Nebraska; Nevada, MO.  It is possible he was born while visiting his grandparents who lived in Nevada, MO.  His birthday is listed on his death certificate and military registration as 28 March 1883.

John grew up with his siblings attending the local schools and graduated from Buchanan College in 1904 in Troy.  He earned an M.D.  in 1909 from Washington University in St. Louis.  He practiced medicine on "The Hill" area of South St. Louis and was on staff at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis.  John was at Missouri Baptist Hospital and attended his brother, Mart, his father, Morris and his younger brother, Frank, as each were taken to the hospital during their illnesses.  He served in WW I.

Photo taken from World War I Biography and Service Records: Persons Who Enlisted in St. Louis City and County, found at the Missouri Historical Society Library, 225 S. Skinker Blvd, St. Louis, MO.

The map below shows the locations of Dr. Sheets' home, office and hospital in 1938.  The family residence was listed in the St. Louis Directory of 1938 as 4662 Tower Grove Place and his office was just around the corner at 2500 South Kingshighway.  Missouri Baptist Sanitarium was located at 919 North Taylor in St. Louis until it moved in 1962 to its current location on North Ballas Road.

Emma was the youngest daughter of William and Mathilda (Hoffmann) Hogan (her father was deceased at the time of her marriage).  She had business training but stayed home and helped with her husband's medical practice after marriage.  The couple had one daughter, Arleen. 

Arleen is listed as a commercial artist in 'retail furniture' and living with her parents in the 1940 census.  She married Leo Holzhauer about 1940 and lived in St. Louis.  They had two sons, Mark D and Greg J Holzhauer.

Emma suffered from hypertension and heart disease and passed away at Missouri Baptist Hospital on 10 July, 1957.  She was 66 years old.

In later years, John developed dementia and was living at Parkside Nursing Home, 3450 Russell Blvd., St. Louis.  According to his death certificate, he was "found in a bathtub containing hot water on February 20th, 1968.  He had 2nd degree burns of 50% of hit total body surface."  He died the next day at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 84.

John and Emma are buried in Valhalla Cemetery in North St. Louis County.


Martin Edrington Sheets married Lucy Gill on 21 December 1909  

Martin, or Mart as he was known by his family members, was born 5 October 1885 and married Lucy Gill in 1909 in Lincoln County, MO. They had one daughter, Nora.  Mart was a farmer and apparently quite a worker.  He not only worked the family farm with his father and younger brother, Frank, but he and Lucy also homesteaded property in Oklahoma on 7 Apr 1910.  Land patent records show he purchased and was granted a land patent for 160 acres in Tillman County, Oklahoma.  They apparently kept the land, renting it out as farm/pasture ground and moved back to Missouri.  

Mart helped with the Sheets family farm until his death in 1928.  In late May of that year, he became ill and was taken to Missouri Baptist Hospital with pneumonia where he died 5 June 1928 at the age of 42.  His estate included the land in Oklahoma.  Lucy and Nora both inherited it and made a good profit from its sale.  In 1930, Lucy and Nora were living on Church Street in Troy.  Lucy was not working but Nora was teaching public school.  

Lucy never remarried but Nora did marry.  She and Homer Leo Hammett wed and made their home in Callaway County, Missouri.  Lucy lived with them for and was listed in their household in 1940 and 1950 where she passed away 16 May 1986 at the age of 75.

Nora and Leo adopted an orphan, Robert Burns.  He is included in the Hammett household in 1950.


George 'Vest' Sheets married Pearl O. Morgan on 24 Dec 1921

Photo taken from University of Missouri Yearbook 1913.  Vest was a senior majoring in education.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1265/images/1265_b924260-00078?pId=1457351393

George Graham 'Vest' Sheets was born 21 March 1889 in Moscow Mills, MO.  He attended Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, MO (1910) and the University of Missouri- Columbia (1913-14) and graduated with a degree in agriculture education.  Vest served in the army during World War I.  In 1921, he married Pearl Morgan in St. Louis (but obtained the marriage license in Lincoln County).  At the time he was working at the Stoddard County (MO) Farm Bureau.  The couple went on the have and raise two children, Barbara Jean and Robert Dean.  Newspaper articles from the Troy Free Press have the family visiting his Lincoln County family often and Vest having a variety of jobs including county extension agent, agriculture teacher, insurance agent, manager salesman and even selling a little real estate.  Vest passed away 27 Dec 1976 and Pearl on 8 May 1988.  They are both buried in the Dexter City Cemetery, Dexter, MO.  


Francis Marion Sheets married Ruby Hazel Lee on 22 December 1915


                                     
Frank and Ruby's children: 
back row: Ida Belle, Morris Lee, Woodrow
front row: Melva, Donald and Marion Sheets 

Ruby Hazel (Lee) Sheets outside of her home on Boone Street in Troy, MO.  Grandson Tommy Walton is sitting on the porch.

Francis Marion (Frank) Sheets was born 7 Feb 1892 near Moscow Mills, Missouri.  He married Ruby Hazel Lee 22 Dec 1915 in Lincoln County, Missouri.  Like many of the men in his family, Frank was a member of the Moscow Mills Masonic Lodge having served as Past Master.  His obituary states upon their marriage he and Ruby "moved into a home prepared for them on the old homestead."  Here he worked the family farm with his father and brother, Martin.  He was described as a man to have "exemplified the principles of Freemasonry in his life.  His departure removes from the walks of life a dutiful son, a kind and loving husband, a fraternal brother, a faithful friend and a useful citizen."* 

Frank and Ruby had six children: Francis Woodrow, Ida Belle, Morris Lee, Marion, Melva Martin and Donald Frank.  Frank passed away 25 Jan 1932 due to complications of a ruptured appendix. According to The Bloomfield Vindicator, the newspaper in Vest's area, Frank passed away "after a serious illness that extended over a period of fourteen weeks, - during which time he underwent five operations.  Beginning with an appendicitis operation the latter part of October, he had hardly started back on the road to recovery when he suffered an attack of pneumonia.  Partially recovering from pneumonia and feeling that he was gradually beating back, meningitis developed which finally proved fatal."  His brother, John Sheets, attended to him at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis.  At the time of his death, Ruby was four months pregnant carrying Donald.  Ruby would go on to raise the children alone as she never remarried.  After her mother-in-law Ida sold the farm and moved in with Claud and Oscar Gordon, Ruby also moved to Troy and lived in a little house on Boone Street across from the city cemetery.  Later she lived in a trailer behind her daughter and son-in-law's (Ida Belle and Charles Walton) home on Kuhne Blvd. in Troy.  She worked for Katy Flynn (Flynn Well Drilling) as a babysitter for her children in the 1960s and 1970s.  Ruby passed away 7 May 1985 in Troy, Missouri she was 88.


*Troy Free Press, Friday, Feb 12, 1932, Vol. 54, no. 40, pg 7


Bibliography:
I have printed documentation of most of these items listed below.  They are also available on the ancestry.com website.  If you need the exact reference, please let me know in the comments below and I will work to provide those to you. 

Morris and Ida:
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Lincoln County, Missouri.
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Lincoln County, Missouri.
  • Marriage Record, 8 Apr 1880, Lincoln County, Missouri.
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Henry County, Missouri (Windsor).
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Lincoln County, Missouri.
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Lincoln County, Missouri.
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Lincoln County, Missouri.
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Lincoln County, Missouri.
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Lincoln County, Missouri; lists Ida in her son-in-law and daughter's home.
  • Lincoln County, MO Plat Map, 1878, Historic Atlas of Lincoln Co, MO, shows Ida's father's property that Morris would later own.
  • Lincoln County, MO Plat Map, 1899,page 43; from State Historical. Society of Missouri, (https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/plat/id/6146).
  • WWI registration cards for Martin E., George V. Francis M. listing Morris and Ida as their parents.
  • Death certificate for Morris, 1931, MO Secretary of State -https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1931/1931_00022532.PDF.
  • Death Certificate for Ida, 1943, MO Secretary of State - https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1944/1944_00003415.PDF.
  • Atlas of Lincoln County, MO, 1926, personal file.
  • Obituary of Morris, 26 Jun 1931, Troy Free Press.
  • Obituary of Ida, 24 Dec 1943, Troy Free Press, vol. 66, no. 35, pg. 7.
  • Will of Morris, 1931, Lincoln County, MO Courthouse; lists Ida as wife, lists children and grandchild (Nora).
  • Will of Ida, 1943, Lincoln County, MO Courthouse; lists children and grandchildren, Nora Hammett and Frank's children.
  • Grave of Morris, Find-a-grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60227294/morris-edrington-sheets
  • Grave of Ida, Find-a-Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60227240/ida-may-sheets
  • Obituary of Martin E. Sheets (Morris' father), 1909, Troy Free Press; lists Morris as his child.
  • Lincoln County, MO Recorder of Deeds, Book 133, pp. 108, 109, 175, 241,331,357; Book 137, p 455; 1932-1934; lists at least seven parcels of land that were sold by Ida Sheets in various locations throughout the county.  I have not determined how the land was originally acquired.
Claudean Sheets and Rev. Oscar A. Gordon
    No children
    John Sheets and Emma Hogan
    Daughter: Arlene Sheets Holzhauer (married John R. Holzhauer)
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Lincoln County, MO
  • Marriage record, 24 Dec 1913; "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DTG-HRS4 : 21 May 2022), John S Sheets, 24 Dec 1913; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007513796.
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1910, St. Louis City, MO
  • U.S. WWI Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1920, St. Louis City, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1930, St. Louis City, MO
  • U.S. City Directory, 1938, St. Louis City, MO; lived at 4662 Tower Grove Place in St. Louis, MO (The Hill Neighborhood).
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1940, St. Louis City, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1950, St. Louis City, MO
  • Death Certificate for Emma, 1958, Missouri Secretary of State; https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1957/1957_00026561.PDF .
  • Death Certificate for John, 1968, Missouri Secretary of State; https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1968/1968_00009899.PDF .

Martin Edrington Sheets and Lucy Gill
    Daughter: Nora Sheets Hammett (married Leo Hammett)

George Graham Vest Sheets and Pearl Morgan
    Two children: Barbara Jean Sheets Williams (married Winston Williams)
                        Robert Dean Sheets (married Polly Janes Russell)
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Lincoln County, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Lincoln County, MO
  • U.S. School Yearbooks, 1910, Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, MO; George Graham Vest Sheets is listed as a Senior in the College of Liberal Arts.
  • U.S. School Yearbooks, 1913-14, University of Missouri - Columbia, George Graham Vest Sheets is listed as attaining a certificate to teach for two years, page 457; he is also pictured in the yearbook as a Senior in Education, page 75.
  • U.S. WWI Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918, Lincoln County, MO
  • Marriage record, 24 Dec 1921, St. Louis, MO; The Bloomfield Vindicator, 30 Dec 1921, Bloomfield, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Stoddard County, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Stoddard County, MO
  • U.S. WWII Draft Registration Card, 1942, Dexter, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Stoddard, County, MO
  • Death and Burial of Vest, 27 Dec 1976, Dexter City Cemetery, Dexter, MO; Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23759149/george-v-sheets
  • Death and Burial of Pearl, 8 May 1988; Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23759217/pearl-m-sheets

Francis Marion Sheets and Ruby Hazel Lee
    Six children: Francis Woodrow Sheets (married Ethel E. Groshong)
                       Ida Belle Sheets Walton (married Charles N. Walton)
                       Morris Lee Sheets (married Ann Hardesty)
                       M. Sheets (private)
                       Melva Martin Sheets Hechler (married George Hechler)
                       Donald Frank Sheets (married Barbara Lonsberry)
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Lincoln County, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Lincoln County, MO
  • Marriage record, 22 Dec 1915, Lincoln County MO
  • U.S. WWI Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918, Lincoln County, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Lincoln County, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Lincoln County, MO
  • Death Certificate of Frank, 25 Jan 1932, St. Louis, MO (died at Missouri Baptist Sanitarium), Missouri Secretary of State: https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1932/1932_00003177.PDF .
  • Grave of Frank Sheets, 25 Jan 1932; Troy City Cemetery, Troy, MO; Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60227199/francis-marion_cockerell-sheets .
  • Obituary of Frank, Troy Free Press, Friday, Feb. 12, 1932, vol. 54, no. 40, pg. 7.
  • Obituary of Frank, The Bloomfield Vindicator, Friday, Feb, 12, 1932, vol. 54, no. 20, pg. 1.
  • Probate record of Frank listing Ruby and children, 29 Jan 1932, Lincoln County Courthouse, Troy, MO.
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Lincoln County, MO
  • U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Lincoln County, MO
  • Obituaries of Ruby from Troy Free Press, May 1985 and the St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 9, 1985.
  • Grave of Ruby Lee Sheets, 7 May 1985; Troy City Cemetery, Troy, MO; Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60227354/ruby-hazel-sheets
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