John William Hector

1870 - 1905  (34 years)

• Name	John William Hector
  Born	30 Dec 1870	Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Apr 1905  [3]
  Buried	Delta, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	Kenyon Cemetery
  Person ID	I5147	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	James Henry Hector,   b. Between 1847 and 1848, Missouri, USA ,   d. 1878  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Mother	Sarah H. Matthews,   b. Abt 1852, Missouri, USA
  Married	6 Mar 1870	Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F1806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louella Summerlin,   b. 30 Apr 1875, Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 1936, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1894	Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA   [5]
  Notes	Marriage date comes from a newspaper clipping I personally copied. There was no identifying information on the clipping, other than a handwritten date of "Aug 21 -- 74." 80 YEARS AGO AUGUST 16, 1894 Married at Allenville, Mo., on Sunday, August 12, 1894, Mr. John Hector and Miss Lou Summerlin, Rev. C. B. Ford, officiating.
  Children	1. Octa H. Hector,   b. 2 Oct 1895, Missouri, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1936, Selma, Fresno, California, USA  (Age 40 years)  [natural]   2. Harry R. Hector,   b. 22 Nov 1896, Missouri, USA ,   d. 21 May 1972  (Age 75 years)  [natural] + 3. Gertrude K. Hector,   b. 29 Dec 1898,   d. 13 Jan 1972  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   4. Annie Virginia Hector,   b. 17 Dec 1900,   d. 24 Jun 1902  (Age 1 years)  [natural]   5. Georgia Ellen Hector,   b. 3 Dec 1903, Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1983, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F1809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Dec 1870 - Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Married - 12 Aug 1894 - Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Buried - - Delta, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		The Hector Bible The Self-Interpreting Bible, possibly published around 1905.
  		Family Record from the Hector Bible Family Record from the John W. Hector Family Bible. (Received from Bonnie in January 2021. Image taken by S. Lincecum at that time.)
  		John W. Hector and Lou Ella Sumerlin Marriage Marriage document -- NOT original -- from John W. Hector Family Bible.

  
  

  Headstones

  J. W. Hector Kenyon Cemetery at Delta, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

  
  

• Notes

  J. W. Hector b. Dec 30, 1870 d. Apr 30, 1905 There is a bright region above We long to reach its shore To join with the dear ones we love Not lost but gone before This entry is in the 1880 Welch, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri census: Ezekiel HECTOR / Self / M / M / W / 68 / MO / Occ: Farmer / Fa: VA / Mo: VA Caraline HECTOR / Wife / F / M / W / 45 / TN / Occ: Keeping House / Fa: --- / Mo: --- John HECTOR / Son / M / S / W / 19 / MO / Occ: At Home / Fa: MO / Mo: TN William HECTOR / GSon / M / S / W / 11 / MO / Occ: At Home / Fa: MO / Mo: MO Richard PRICHET / Other / M / M / W / 35 / MO / Occ: Laborer / Fa: --- / Mo: --- Louisa PRICHET / Other / F / M / W / 19 / MO / Fa: --- / Mo: MO Scott County Kicker (Benton, Missouri) 13 May 1905 [via Chronicling America] In Southeast Missouri All the Important Happenings of This Corner of the State. -- Doings in Neighboring Counties. ...Dexter Messenger: ...While playing base ball at Allenville, Wm. Hector, aged 35 and married, received injuries from which he died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S907] Lincecum, Charley and Georgia, Family Bible, Passed to Stephanie Lincecum (December 2016) from Michael Lincecum, grandson of Charley and Georgia Lincecum. [S1332] 1900 Census of United States, Missouri, Cape Girardeau, Welch Township, population Schedule; Online Images, E. D. No. 30, sheet no. 4B, dwellings 71 & 73, families 74 & 76, John T. Hector & Wm. J. Hector households, accessed October 2019. [S1328] Kenyon Cemetery (Delta, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri), Grave Markers, Image of tombstone by Bob C. (2014) via FindAGrave memorial #45631759 -- John William Hector, accessed 15 October 2019. [S962] Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920, James H. Hector m. Sarah H. Matthews 6 March 1870 at Cape Girardeau County. [S957] Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991, John W. Hector m. Lou Ella Summerlin 12 August 1894 at Allenville, Cape Girardeau County.