Forest City, Holt County, Missouri
Our Family History in the Town
Tobias Stickney Lease and his wife Mary Jane Powe moved to Forest City, Holt County, Missouri sometime after 1870. In the 1870 Census, they lived in Lewis Township, Holt County, Missouri. By the 1880 Census, they lived in Forest City. They had many children including my third great grandfather George Webber Lease born September 13, 1872 in Forest City, Missouri. His siblings include Rice Almer Lease, Mortimer Newton Lease, Mattie May Lease, Newton Tobias Lease, James Allen Lease, Asher Washington Lease, Charles Austin Lease, and Harriet Mallie Lease. By 1880, George Webber Lease at age 7 lived with his parents Tobias Stickney Lease age 51 and Mary Jane Lease age 46 in Forest City, Holt County, Missouri. At the time, his siblings were age 21 (Asher), age 18 (James), age 14 (Newton), age 11 (Mortimer), age 11 (Mattie), and age 5 (Rice). George's father Tobias worked as a farmer and a merchant. He served in the military from August 18, 1862 to May 26, 1865 as a corporal. Tobias was wounded in the left leg during his service. He died on December 29, 1898 in Forest City, Holt County, Missouri. Tobias is buried in Union Cemetery in Forest City.
Mary Jane (Powe) Lease at age 66 lived in Forest City with her son James Allen Lease age 39 in 1900. In 1910, they still lived together in Forest City with James age 48 and Mary age 75. She died on January 23, 1927 in Forest City, Holt County, Missouri. She is buried in Union Cemetery in Forest City.
George Webber Lease married Maria Jane Wilson on June 6, 1894. They had several children including my second great grandmother Ethel Maria Lease, Mary Charlotte Lease, and George Floyd Lease. In 1900, George Webber Lease age 28 and Maria Jane age 25 lived in Forest City, Missouri with their children Mary C. Lease age 4 and Ethel M. Lease age 3. George age 37 and Maria age 34 in 1910 lived in Forest City with their kids Ethel age 12, George age 6, and Bernice age 3. In 1920, George and his wife Maria lived in Minton, Holt County, Missouri with their son George Floyd Lease age 16 and their daughter Bernice age 12 before they moved back to Forest City, Missouri. George worked as a farmer and a lumber retail merchant. George Webber Lease died on April 13, 1927 in Forest City, Holt County, Missouri. He is also buried in Union Cemetery like his father Tobias Stickney Lease. Maria Jane (Wilson) Lease married Andrew Jackson Lyons in 1933. Maria Jane Lyons and Andrew Jackson Lyons lived in Forest City in 1940. Maria was very active in her community from the Forest City Christian Church to the Forest City chapter of the Eastern Star to the Forest City Garden Club. She died on December 23, 1956. She is also buried in the Forest City Union Cemetery.
Ethel Maria Lease married Elmer Wasson Perry on April 19, 1916. They had several children including my great grandma Doris Maxine Perry, her twin David Lease Perry, and their old sister Charlotte Isabelle Perry. In 1920, Elmer age 27 and Ethel age 21 lived with their daughter Charlotte Isabelle Perry age 2 in Minton, Holt County, Missouri. Elmer worked as a farm laborer and a railroad laborer. Elmer Wasson Perry died in 1926. He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Mound City, Holt County, Missouri. In 1930, Ethel age 31 lived with her mother Maria Jane age 54, and her children Charlotte age 12, David age 9, and Doris age 9 in Forbes, Holt County, Missouri. Ethel Maria (Lease) Perry married Cecil Laverne Richardson on November 22, 1935 in Sebastian, Arkansas. In 1940, Ethel Richardson age 41 and Cecil Richardson age 46 lived in Forest City with Cecil's son Albert Richardson age 21, and Ethel's kids Charlotte Perry age 22, David Perry age 19, and Doris age 19. In 1950, Ethel and Cecil Richardson lived together in Forest City, Holt County, Missouri. Ethel and Cecil split their time between Forest City, Missouri and Riverside, California to spend time with family. Cecil Richardson died on April 4, 1983, and he is buried in Union Cemetery in Forest City. Like her mom, Ethel was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Forest City Garden Club. Ethel Maria (Lease) Richardson died on October 10, 1990. She is also buried in Union Cemetery in Forest City, Missouri.
My mother, Summer Gould, at age 8 visited Forest City, Missouri in the summer with her grandma Doris Maxine Perry. It was the first time my mom ever flew on a plane, and she got to sit by the window. They visited Doris' sister Charlotte Isabelle Perry. Mom saw lightning bugs aka fireflies for the first time, but she poked the wholes in the jar too big so they escaped into Charlotte's house. She had to hunt down all the fireflies, and grandma Doris was not happy. They also visited Uncle Al and Aunt Nita's home in Forest City. Albert and Nita's daughter Suzanne had a son named Brian Teal about a year younger than my mom. They played hide and seek in the basement. Mom went with Uncle Al to the hardware store and everyone knew her name. Forest City is a quaint small town. Then, mom went on a road trip to Arkansas with Doris and Charlotte.
With love,
Autumn Rose Surratt
The Ancestor Witch
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