1880 Census

1850 Cenus

WM Scholl 26 years old
Sarah G(wife) 27 years old
Mary E. (daughter)1 year old
WM T (son) 3 months old
Elizabeth (mother of WM Scholl) 49 years old
Margaret (prob sister of WM Scholl) 20 years old

Some of these ages don't match my existing information. Some further research will be required.

Slave Update

"William Milton Scholl owned slaves, how many I don't know, but I do remember distinctly at being at grandpa Scholl's for a Sunday dinner. An old negro lady was there, having been owned by the family, and was highly regarded by all the family. She was treated as a guest in every respect. She died about 1915, and had a long obituary in the Fulton Missouri Gazette. No one today can recall her name." This is Our Story, p 66.

We have researched all deaths in Callaway County for 1914, 1915, and 1916. There are 1,073 recorded deaths for those 3 years. Based on the 1850 slave census we know that the Scholl family had two female slaves listed as 13 and 8 years old. We identified the females in the database and reviewed all of their death certificates looking for those with an approximate age of 68 - 83 at the time of their death and a designation as Negro, colored, or black.

We identified 24 individuals who fit the criteria. However the historical society just notified me that none of these 24 individuals are listed in the obituary index for the Fulton Missouri Gazette within the 3 years in question.

The historical society did let me know there is a Fulton Journal index that lists 3 possible candidates that passed away in 1914 and 1916. However, none of those 3 individuals appears on my list of possibilities.

Is the story wrong? Is the date wrong?

The historical society is going to search for the 3 obituaries in the Fulton Journal and I will also check the 1860 Missouri Slave Census to see if any additional information can be found there.

1910 Missouri Census - Joseph & Jennie Scholl

The 1910 census shows Kyle and Nolley Scholl still living at home. Kyle's occupation is listed as a blacksmith with Nolley and Joseph are listed as farmers.

Abraham Lincoln

Christina (Tina) Carter emailed me wanting to know how she was connected to Abraham Lincoln. Tina is a granddaughter of Afton Swanson and Ruth Scholl. Ruth is the granddaughter of Joseph Scholl and Jennie Lee Berry.

The Lincoln connection comes from the Berry side of the family. Abraham Lincoln would have been a 2nd cousin twice removed of Jennie Lee (Berry) Scholl.

Abraham Lincoln would have been a 2nd cousin 6 times removed of Tina Carter.

Richard Berry II, Tina's 6th great grandfather, married a Rachel Shipley. One of Rachel's sisters married Dennis Hanks. They had a daughter, Nancy, who was the mother of Abraham Lincoln.

Family Contact Update

I will be leaving town at the end of this week for a few days so you might not hear from me for a week or two.

I wanted to give a quick update on my contact information for the various families.

Mary E. Scholl & Jarrett T. Maupin - I have had email contact with one member (Melody Maupin Craighead). She is to be sending me some information but I have not received it yet. I have also found a second source (Robert) that has some pictures of this family that I hope to get in the next month or so.

William T. Scholl & Ann Maria McCubbin - I have not yet made any contacts with anyone from this branch of the family.

Joseph Scholl & Jennie Lee Berry - I have 3 great contracts for this family. Anndrea, Darlene, & Youlen. These 3 have give me others to contact but I have not gotten to them yet. Information keeps coming in weekly from these 3. Thanks!!!

Margaret A. Scholl & Shelton Armstrong - No contacts. I do not yet know for sure that they had any children that survived to adulthood.

Milton Scholl & Carrie Cobb - My line. I have a couple of contacts that have a lot of information on this branch of the family, Robert Scholl and Carolyn T.

These five had 3 other brothers. 2 of them died young and the third (Reece) never married.

New Picture

I need help identifying 3 individuals in this picture.

Front Row, L to R: Anna Lou Scholl & Robert Scholl
Middle Row, L To R: Milton Scholl, Carrie (Cobb) Scholl, Rose (Blocher) Scholl, Forrest Scholl
Back Row, L to R: Reece Scholl, Unknown Male, Unknown Male, Unknown Female

Do you have a copy of this picture?

This picture appeared in Harry Merle Scholl's book. We would love to find an original so that a high quality copy can be made for other family members and the book.

"This picture has been in the Scholl Family for years and has always been referred to as William Milton Scholl." In about 1972 this picture was in the possession of L.E. Scholl, Moville, Iowa." (This is our Story).

Slaves

I have been working with the Callaway County Historical Society in an effort to track down some information regarding slave ownership by the family. My current correspondence with the historical society follows:

Eric - I am very interested in tracking down an obituary of an individual that died about 1915. Supposedly a long obituary appeared in "Fulton Missouri Gazette". My information comes from the following source:

"William Milton Scholl owned slaves, how many I don't know, but I do remember distinctly at being at grandpa Scholl's for a Sunday dinner. I must have been about four at the time. An old negro lady was there, having been owned by the family, and was highly regarded by all the family. She was treated as a guest in every respect. I recall all the family talking and joking with her, buy she did not eat with the others, but in the kitchen after every one else had eaten. That was the custom of the day, and I doubt if she could have eaten a bite if she had been asked to sit with the others. She died about 1915, and had a long obituary in the Fulton Missouri Gazette. No one today can recall her name." This is Our Story, p 66.

Some family members use the name "Nora" when referring to this individual. Whether or not this is correct I have no idea.


Historical Society - Can you tell me who this is that is stating these facts, so I could determine more of the date of the statement. I am not finding any black person living with William Milton Scholl ( who died in 1881) in the 1880 census. There is no black Scholl in the 1910 census in Callaway. There are listed 3 black Scholl women who married but I did not find an obit listed for these ladies under their married name. I have my doubts one can find this without more information.

Does anyone else have information related to this subject that may help our search??

Kingdom of Callaway County Historical Society Website

Dorothy (Scholl) Armold - Granddaughter of William M. & Sarah Scholl

We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese

On May 6^th the Japanese arrived. The Japanese did not know what to do with the women. So they kept the women and wounded in the tunnel until June 25, then brought them to topside of the building for four days. Dorothy was then moved with nearly 100 other nurses to Santa Tomas where she interned except for a short period at Santa Cantalens, a convent.

The nurses and the Army women were brought back to Manila, where the nights still smelled of gardenia. They were joined by four thousand civilian P.O.W’s at the National University prison camp. It was her home for two and half years. At the camp 500 to 800 women shared three showers and five toilets. There were only two bathtubs in the whole camp. For the first eighteen months, life was tolerable under Japanese civilian guards.

Then the Japanese began to lose the war and the soldiers came. Black marketers and Filipino farmers who had helped supplement the starvation diet of rice and mush with fresh vegetables were banished from camp. Dozens died of malnutrition and a doctor who refused to falsify the cause of death was beheaded. During the last year, when rations were inadequate in the prison camp Dorothy lost twenty-five pounds. With the other nurses in camp she continued to nurse internees, although during the last year as strength diminished from lack of nourishment, they were able to nurse only four hours a day.

In all the time she was imprisoned Dorothy was allowed to write one card. She sent it to her mother in Independence, who received it. Of Armold she heard not a word.

From February of 1944 on, they were all forced to bow low to the guards and never look at their faces. When the American plans started flying over they were forbidden to look up. When they started dropping leaflets they were severely punished if they caught them with one.

On Christmas Day 1944 an American plan flew over. In late January another plane flew by and dropped leaflets, saying “Christmas is here”. On February 4, 1945 some of the nurses smelled gasoline. Then suddenly American tanks came rumbling into camp. They could hear the tanks and then they could hear the boys who had come to rescue them. Dorothy said, “This was the happiest sound in the world”.

When General Douglas McArthur returned in 1945 the prisoners were liberated. On February 12^th, they were headed for home. They stopped in Hawaii for new uniforms. While here Dorothy was promoted to First Lieutenant. (Dillard, pp 38 - 42).

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William Milton Scholl Obituary

CALLAWAY WEEKLY GAZETTE
August 12, 1881
Captain Wm. M. Scholl

At 2 P.M. Friday August 5th at his residence on Nine Mile, the eyes of our valued friend, Capt. Wm. M. Scholl, closed in death. For several years past, he had been in delicate health, and when on the Monday before his death he was attacked by that violent disease, the flux, his bodily vigor was so worn away that his physicians could not save him. The funeral services took place on Saturday at Liberty church, and were attended by a large number of friends. An instructive and eloquent sermon was delivered by Elder T. J. Marlow, of Martinsburg, and then the body was laid in the grave with the usual Masonic honors by the Williamsburg lodge of which Capt. Scholl had long been a member.

Capt. Scholl was born in Clarke County, Kentucky, and came to Missouri in early youth. At the early age of sixteen years he became a member of Liberty Christian Church, and until the time of his death was an elder in Liberty church. He married a daughter of Reece Wells (incorrect, should be Hughes), one of the best known and most successful farmers of Nine Mile. The union was blessed by six children, four sons and two daughters, who with the widow are left to mourn his loss. He had been spared to a long and useful life, and had seen his children grow up around him. One of his daughters was married on the Wednesday before his death.

Probably no man in Callaway county was better known or enjoyed more universal respect than William M. Scholl. To a consistent Christian life, he added those genial attributes that easily and quickly attract friends, his friends to be his friends always. At the opening of the late civil war, his convictions led him to espouse the cause of the South, and to the end he followed the fortunes of his flag, serving most of the time in Shelby's Cavalry Brigade. On his return he again devoted himself to his chosen pursuit, farming, until in November 1873, he was chosen sheriff, to serve out the unexpired term of the late Col. Geo. Law, and in November 1874 was elected again without opposition. After this he was a Candidate for the office of Collector, but was defeated, his opponent receiving a small majority after a most heated contest. In this contest, Capt. Scholl bore himself with a dignity and gentle firmness that won the admiration of even those who voted against him. For a number of years he served as Justice of the Peace for his Township.

And now after a life of fifty-seven years, while yet in the prime of manhood, he has been called to his eternal rest. His well known face and cheering words will be missed by very many of us, and we here record our heartfelt regret at the loss of this true and earnest friend, while we extend our sympathy to those whose lose is still more grievous. A brave, honorable, Christian man has gone to his rest. Green be the sod above his grave, as his memory will linger in the hearts of those who knew him well.