Notes for Martha 'Willie' Hagler
Willie Hagler, age 18, and J. B. Ralistin, age 28, were married on 26 December 1888 in Arkansas Co, Arkansas. [no image]
Married as Willie Syndle to W. A. Bitticks on 15 December 1902, Prairie Co, Arkansas. See transcript in Walter's notes.
I think Willie must have died in Nov 1908 not 1907.
Mentioned by Ruth Thompson Bittick to Thelma Goodwin in a 1980 letter. Called 'Miss Willie'. [courtesy of Dorothy L. Miller]
Suppose to be buried in Old Concord Cemetery, Lonoke Co, Arkansas but not in the survey found online. Died about 28 November 1907 per one undocumented source.
Social Security Application of Fonzine Bittick lists her mother as Willie Hagler and her father as Walter Bitticks. [courtesy of Dottie Miller, email, 11 July 2007]
Martha Willie Hagler
b. 03 Mar 1872 Arkansas [1880 indicates she was born c1868-69]
d. abt 28 Nov 1907 Lonoke, Lonoke Co, Arkansas
d. 28 Mar 1907 per LDS Family Search
F: William Riley Hagler
b. 14 Aug 1821 Henry, Tennessee
d. 05 Jul 1889 Goldman, Arkansas Co, Arkansas
md1: Elizabeth Stillwell on 13 Feb 1848 Arkansas Post, Arkansas Co, Arkansas
b. c1812
d. aft 11 Oct 1850 Arkansas Post, Arkansas Co, Arkansas [bet 11 Oct 1850 - 29 June 1853]
md2: Caroline E. Kempler
b. 11 Nov 1829 Arkansas Post, Arkansas Co, Arkansas
d. 21 Jan 1904 Goldman, Arkansas Co, Arkansas
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1850 Arkansas Township, Arkansas Co, Arkansas 11 October 1850, p4a:
#53/53 William Riley Hagler 28 m farmer $1,800 Tn
Elizabeth 38 f Oh [Stillwell]
and/or: 06 October 1850, p2a:
William Robert Hagler 27 m farmer Tn
Jane 34 f Oh
1860 LaGrew Township, DeWitt PO, Arkansas Co, Arkansas 29 June 1860, p27b:
#182/182 W.B. Hagler 29 m merchant $21,650/7,690 Tn [should be 38]
Caroline E. 28 f housekeeper Ar [Kempler]
Martha 56 f domestic Ky
Robert L. 17 m clerk in store Tn
Lucy Hampton widow 29 f domestic Tn [Who was her husband? Is she related to the Hagler's?]
William R. 5 m Ar
Felix A. 4 m Ar
Martha J. 2 f Ar
1868-1888: W.R. Hagler, listed as Coroner of Arkansas Co, Arkansas
1870 - unable to locate
1880 Bayou Metoe, Arkansas Co, Arkansas 23 June 1880, ed5, p78c:
#399/414 Hagler William R. w m 58 md farmer Tn Tn Tn
Caroline w f 48 wife md keeping house Ar Ar Ar
Martha W. w f 11 dau, attended school, can't read/write, has a fever Ar Tn Ar
1900 LaGrue Township, Arkansas Co, Arkansas 14 June 1900, ed4, p88a:
#222/227 Hagler Caroline boarder w f Nov 1829 70 widow Ar Ky Va [no children listed as born to her]
w/William Lear family
Subject: Julian Harris and Lanora Ralstin Harris
Dear Mary:
My great grandparents [Julian Harris and Lanora Ralstin] were married in 1906, I guess at DeVall’s Bluff. Lanora’s mother, Martha Willie Hagler Bitticks, was buried in 1907 or 1908 in Lonoke, Arkansas with her son Leo Bitticks and grandson Ethelbert Barnett Harris. There was an epidemic. My great-grandmother Lanora said that the disease was in the milk, so it was probably cholera. According to sources, they were buried at Old Concord Cem.
It was in October or November 1907, and the thing that I remember reading about it was that Martha Bitticks died about the same time as her grandson, and my great grandmother took care of Leo, her little [half] brother, for about a month before he died of the disease. My great grandmother had caught the disease, but survived. She had 5 more sons to raise. She also helped raise her [half] sister Fonzine Bitticks.
Walter Bitticks was a policeman either in Little Rock, or a sheriff deputy for Lonoke County. He’s the only one that I saw on cemetery records. My grandfather’s brother, Philip, said that they called Walter, ‘Grandpa Bitticks’, so I guess that they stayed close.
Julian and Lanora Harris moved to Searcy, then in the 30s moved to California, where they settled in Riverside. They built their own homes and owned their own property. Three of the five brothers served in WW II and are buried at the veteran’s cemetery in Riverside.
Fonzene Bitticks married a Noel C. Sparks, and had children. They all were living in Searcy, Ar and moved out west as well. I believe that some of their children are still living. They are in their 70s and 80s.
I hope that I have been a help. Paul White
[Paul T. White, born 27 Jan 1967, Riverside Co, California, mother's maiden name Harris]
Based on the dates of marriage for Walter Bitticks - I believe Willie Hagler Bitticks died in November 1908 - not 1907. And, that Elsie S. Bitticks is their daughter who was born in November 1908. Other researchers believed that Elsie is the daughter of Jennie Lusk but Walter didn't marry Jennie until 1911.
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