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Richard Cedric Dexter

Richard Cedric Dexter



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard Cedric Dexter

    Richard married Beverly Hope Johnson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Robin Lea Dexter
    2. Heather Anne Dexter

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cedric Thomas Dexter was born on 8 Feb 1902 in Clarks, Nebraska (son of Hiram Marcus Dexter and Katherine Amanda James); died in Jan 1966 in Yakima, Washington.

    Notes:

    [Hiram Dexter from Gail.FTW]

    Moved from Montana (where his brother Paul & Leta, his wife, along with his father Hiram was living) to the Portland, Multnomah Co., ORegon area. From there he moved to Yakima, Washington and wrote to Paul to tell him he should move there as there was work to be had. Cedric worked for the Electric & Power Company in Yakima. He died at the age of 64 during a storm. He was working most of the night helping out during the storm where power had been lost. Just as he walked in the door coming home, he died of a heart attack.

    Cedric + Gertrude Katherine Hilda May. Gertrude was born on 26 Jan 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gertrude Katherine Hilda May was born on 26 Jan 1902.
    Children:
    1. 1. Richard Cedric Dexter
    2. Darlene May Dexter


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Hiram Marcus Dexter was born on 7 Aug 1854 in Damascus, Wayne Co., PA (son of Joseph Thomas Dexter and Catherine Reece); died on 16 Sep 1932 in Clarks, Merrick Co., NE; was buried on 17 Sep 1932 in Clarks, Merrick Co., NE.

    Notes:

    From Gail Ferris' notes:
    Hiram Marcus Dexter was born in Aug.7, 1854 in Wayne Co., Pennsylvania. At the age of 1 year old he moved with his parents to Morristown, Minnesota. His father died in 1864 leaving his mother to rear four children of which he was the oldest. At the age of 12 or 14 he and his brother Clarence started the life of a cowboy leaving home after their mother remarried as Hiram did not get along with his stepfather, Philip Smith. They were living in Minnesota near Morristown, having come from New York. Hiram worked his way south to Texas and worked as a cowboy for the Goodnight Ranch riding the range from Minnesota to Texas. He helped trail cattle up through Nebraska on the Old Chisholm Trail until he was twenty-six years of age.

    Hiram met Katherine Amanda James when he wintered some cattle near Silver Creek, Nebraska. After marrying, they started housekeeping on a farm near Silver Creek where they lived for two years. They then moved to a farm in Clarks, Merrick County, Nebraska, where their six children were born on a place owned by him. It later was owned by Lloyd Dexter (at present, 1999, property is owned by Bill Dexter). In 1914 Hiram and Katy decided to go west. They located on a ranch near Kinsey, Montana, (near Miles City Montana) as he loved the frontier life. He felt Nebraska was getting too thickly populated. Paul, Kenneth, Cedric and Lloyd all went to Montana too. Each homesteaded a section of ground and Hiram purchased a section in the same area. Lloyd stayed 5 years, from 1915 to 1920. He then returned to Nebraska. Paul and Cedric went on to Washington State and Kenneth went to California. While in Montana, they cut cedar trees for posts to fence their ground. They mined coal in the Badlands. Coal was free for the mining at that time. This was to earn extra money. Katy died in Miles City, Montana, after a goiter operation for hyperthyrodism. She was brought to Pierce Chapel Cemetery in Clarks, Nebraska for burial.

    In 1932, when Mark (Hiram aka Mark) became ill his son Claude received a message stating he was very sick and wanted to come "home" at once. Claude went to Montana and brought him back to live with them, (Claude & Pearl Dexter) where he was diagnosed as having cancer of the stomach. As there was no cure for the disease, he bore his sickness in faith believing in God to the end. Fifty-one years before the question was asked of him, "In whom do you put your trust? He replied, "In God". He united with the Episcopal church in his youth.

    In 1881 he joined the Masonic order at Morristown, Minnesota. He was a continuous member for fifty-one years. He helped to organize Solar Lodge, No. 134 of Clarks, Nebraska. He was the last of the charter members of that lodge. He died September 16, 1932. He was also buried at the Pierce Chapel Cemetery on the Dexter lot.
    [Hiram Dexter from Gail.FTW]

    Hiram Marcus Dexter was born in Aug.7, 1854 in Wayne Co., Pennsylvania. At the age of 1 year old he moved with his parents to Morristown, Minnesota. His father died in 1864 leaving his mother to rear four children of which he was the oldest. At the age of 12 or 14 he and his brother Clarence started the life of a cowboy leaving home after their mother remarried as Hiram did not get along with his stepfather, Philip Smith. They were living in Minnesota near Morristown, having come from New York. Hiram worked his way south to Texas and worked as a cowboy for the Goodnight Ranch riding the range from Minnesota to Texas. He helped trail cattle up through Nebraska on the Old Chisholm Trail until he was twenty-six years of age.

    Hiram met Katherine Amanda James when he wintered some cattle near Silver Creek, Nebraska. After marrying, they started housekeeping on a farm near Silver Creek where they lived for two years. They then moved to a farm in Clarks, Merrick County, Nebraska, where their six children were born on a place owned by him. It later was owned by Lloyd Dexter (at present, 1999, property is owned by Bill Dexter). In 1914 Hiram and Katy decided to go west. They located on a ranch near Kinsey, Montana, (near Miles City Montana) as he loved the frontier life. He felt Nebraska was getting too thickly populated. Paul, Kenneth, Cedric and Lloyd all went to Montana too. Each homesteaded a section of ground and Hiram purchased a section in the same area. Lloyd stayed 5 years, from 1915 to 1920. He then returned to Nebraska. Paul and Cedric went on to Washington State and Kenneth went to California. While in Montana, they cut cedar trees for posts to fence their ground. They mined coal in the Badlands. Coal was free for the mining at that time. This was to earn extra money. Katy died in Miles City, Montana, after a goiter operation for hyperthyrodism. She was brought to Pierce Chapel Cemetery in Clarks, Nebraska for burial.

    In 1932, when Mark (Hiram aka Mark) became ill his son Claude received a message stating he was very sick and wanted to come "home" at once. Claude went to Montana and brought him back to live with them, (Claude & Pearl Dexter) where he was diagnosed as having cancer of the stomach. As there was no cure for the disease, he bore his sickness in faith believing in God to the end. Fifty-one years before the question was asked of him, "In whom do you put your trust? He replied, "In God". He united with the Episcopal church in his youth.

    In 1881 he joined the Masonic order at Morristown, Minnesota. He was a continuous member for fifty-one years. He helped to organize Solar Lodge, No. 134 of Clarks, Nebraska. He was the last of the charter members of that lodge. He died September 16, 1932. He was also buried at the Pierce Chapel Cemetery on the Dexter lot.

    Hiram married Katherine Amanda James on 3 Aug 1882 in Columbus, NE. Katherine (daughter of Joshua James and Catherine Brown) was born on 23 Dec 1863 in Haverdegrace, Harford Co., MD; died on 9 Nov 1924 in Miles City, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Katherine Amanda James was born on 23 Dec 1863 in Haverdegrace, Harford Co., MD (daughter of Joshua James and Catherine Brown); died on 9 Nov 1924 in Miles City, Montana.

    Notes:

    From Gail Dexter Ferris notes:
    "Katherine Amanda James was born December 23, 1863 in Haverdegras, Harford Co., Maryland. (This information was shown on her death certificate, however I have been unable to find such a place or verify this as her birthplace. I did find a P.O called Haver de Grace in Harford Co. Maryland however, where the family was listed on the census records in 1860). Later, Katy, as she was called, moved to Indiana then to Nebraska. She lived in Silver Creek where her parents (or her brother Joseph H. James) ran a grist mill. She was a schoolteacher and met Hiram when he wintered some cattle near Silver Creek, Nebraska. (She and her parents are buried at Pierce Chapel Cemetery Clarks, Nebraska on the Dexter Lot.) After moving the family to Kinsey, Montana (near Miles City) around 1915, Katy died in the Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City, Montana after a goiter operation & hyperthyroidism. She was brought back to Pierce Chapel Cemetery in Nebraska for burial."
    [Hiram Dexter from Gail.FTW]

    Katherine Amanda James was born December 23, 1863 in Haverdegras, Harford Co., Maryland. (This information was shown on her death certificate, however I have been unable to find such a place or verify this as her birthplace. I did find a P.O called Haver de Grace in Harford Co. Maryland however, where the family was listed on the census records in 1860). Later, Katy, as she was called, moved to Indiana then to Nebraska. She lived in Silver Creek where her parents (or her brother Joseph H. James) ran a grist mill. She was a schoolteacher and met Hiram when he wintered some cattle near Silver Creek, Nebraska. (She and her parents are buried at Pierce Chapel Cemetery Clarks, Nebraska on the Dexter Lot.) After moving the family to Kinsey, Montana (near Miles City) around 1915, Katy died in the Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City, Montana after a goiter operation & hyperthyroidism. She was brought back to Pierce Chapel Cemetery in Nebraska for burial.

    Children:
    1. Claude Marcus Dexter was born on 10 Sep 1884; died on 1 Sep 1964 in Mead Twp., Merrick Co., Nebraska; was buried in Pierce Chapel Cemetery, Merrick Co., Nebraska.
    2. Kenneth James Dexter was born on 24 Jun 1890 in Clarks, Nebraska; died in 1967 in Lodi, CA.
    3. Lloyd Dexter was born on 8 Oct 1891 in Clarks, Nebraska; died in Aug 1986 in Central City, Nebraska.
    4. Paul Clarence Dexter was born on 16 Sep 1894 in Clark, Merrick County, NE; died on 25 May 1970 in Yakima, WA.
    5. Dorothy Catherine Dexter was born on 9 May 1897; died on 4 Dec 1927.
    6. 2. Cedric Thomas Dexter was born on 8 Feb 1902 in Clarks, Nebraska; died in Jan 1966 in Yakima, Washington.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph Thomas Dexter was born on 19 May 1818 in Sullivan Co., NY (son of Aaron Dexter and Mary Thomas); died on 26 Feb 1868 in Morristown, Rice Co., Minnesota.

    Notes:

    According to Maxine Dexter his wife remarried when my grandfather Hiram aka Mark was about 8 years old. "My grandfather didn't get along with his stepfather so when he was 16 he took to trail riding between Minnesota and Texas, along the Chisholm Trail.

    Both Joseph and Catherine are listed living together in the 1850 Census for Damascus, Wayne Co., PA.

    They operated a hotel called "the Delaware House" in Rice Co., MN. (Popielarz).

    Joseph married Catherine Reece before 1850 in Wayne Co., PA. Catherine was born in 1828 in Pennsylvania; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catherine Reece was born in 1828 in Pennsylvania; and died.
    Children:
    1. 4. Hiram Marcus Dexter was born on 7 Aug 1854 in Damascus, Wayne Co., PA; died on 16 Sep 1932 in Clarks, Merrick Co., NE; was buried on 17 Sep 1932 in Clarks, Merrick Co., NE.
    2. George R. Dexter was born in 1857; and died.
    3. Sara Jennie Dexter was born in 1859; and died.
    4. Clarence Dexter was born in 1860; and died.

  3. 10.  Joshua James and died.

    Joshua + Catherine Brown. Catherine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Catherine Brown and died.
    Children:
    1. 5. Katherine Amanda James was born on 23 Dec 1863 in Haverdegrace, Harford Co., MD; died on 9 Nov 1924 in Miles City, Montana.



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