Family and friends,
I have added this page to include stories in my ever changing, ever growing web site about our family. I will add stories that have been included in ancestry.com and stories that are from reliable sources and that person's name will be disclosed. If you have a story you would like to have added please e-mail me at mphillips51@kc.rr.com
Stories selected will be at my discretion. Rhonda Peters-Phillips web site owner
Clinkingbeard Family Stories
Good Morning. A lot has been happening in the last several days. Things I have been finding out may never have concerned you. But here goes.
There are scores of Clinkingbeards all over in the mid west, particularly in Eastern Oklahoma. Some have intermarried with the local Indians but none of this family has ever made any connection with any of them. There is a Clinkingbeard Family Website . One interested lady in Michigan has e mailed me several times for information regarding my Great Grand dad John Reed Clinkingbeard. He was Grandpa Jim’s dad. That separated her from any of the Northern clan which split away during the Civil War.
As children, as long as I can remember , we knew of Uncle Joe who died of a heart attack on the streets of Bakersfield Mo. and Uncle Ed whom we visited regularly, brothers of my Grand dad James Madison(Jim)
. No mention was ever made in our presence of a third brother Henry Reed born 1862 and died in 1927 in Oklahoma. He had married a 15 year old Mary Elizabeth McCarty here in Baxter County. She gave birth to her first of eleven children at age 16. Those eleven raised families . The boys of course spread the Clinkingbeard name over Eastern Okla.
Uncle Matt,Dad’s brother married Aunt Sally who had several kids and was deserted by her husband, They moved to Braggs Ok. Those boys were never adopted but took the name “Clinkenbeard” and have no biological connection. The Clinkingbeards of Ava are from Uncle Bedford or Matt out of Laclede Mo. who were Union soldiers, not descendants of John Reed who is buried here at Athens.
This for your information only, Mary was a faithful family historian who likely(as the rest of us) may never have heard of Uncle Henry. Share
With MUCH LOVE Uncle Wayne (Dad)
sent out 1/21/15
When John "Jack" Reed Clinkingbeard was born on February 18, 1822, in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, his father, Robert, was 32 and his mother, Hannah, was 26. He married Dianah Rimmer in 1850 in Laclede, Missouri. They had nine children in 17 years. He died on February 19, 1893, in Baxter, Arkansas, at the age of 71.
When Robert Edley Clinkingbeard was born on October 25, 1789, in Greene, North Carolina, his father, John, was 34 and his mother, Mary, was 26. He married Hannah E. Reed on June 7, 1811, in Sevier, Tennessee. They had 10 children in 26 years. He died on July 1, 1849, in Laclede, Missouri, at the age of 59.
Thanks Rhonda, 19 April 2020
At 87 and living here, the last of the generation, I want to get as much on paper as I can Paul stayed with mom and dad for quite a long time while working in MH. He and Dad spent lots if time together He has a great interest in the family history and relates stories from Dad AB He is a great help. Thanks again, Unc
Uncle Wayne,
As you know I have compiled a lot of information on the Clinkingbeard
family. Usually it is just the dates or an old will, it is a treat for
me to hear the stories and to apply them to the names I know so well. I
thank you for doing this . Love, Rhonda
On 4/14/2020 5:44 PM, Wayne Clinkingbeard wrote:
> I will try to collect facts as i remember them. I begin with GGranddad
> John Reed Clinkingbeard, He was a Pvt in the Confederate Army during
> the Civil War. Though he was in Arkansas he was assigned to a Missouri
> outfit. He married Dianna Rimmer and fathered a dozen or more
> children Grandpa Jim (James Madison) was a survivor. Uncle Joe died
> of a heart attack at the Bakersfield Mo. town pump. I never knew him.
> There was uncle Ed who married aunt Sally We visited often during my
> early years. GD John(Jack) died Feb19,1893 when Dad AB was just 2 days
> old. The children either succumb to childhood diseases or left home
> early to head West. Uncle Henry (dad never mentioned him married a
> McCarty girl and went to Oklahoma. That likely explains why we never
> heard of him. While I was at Fort Sill Ok. i tried to connect some of
> the Oklahoma Clinkingbeards to our line. Dads Brother Matt lived in
> Muskogee County Ok bot had only one son Murl who had moved to
> California without having children. I found an extended family with
> the name in Fort Gibson Ok.. After tracking some of them down none had
> the slighted idea of their roots.They neither knew nor seemed to care.
> About 10 years ago i received a call from a descendant. tracing their
> family history to Baxter County Arkansas and was seeking help. They
> had left a voice mail and by the time i was able to track them down,
> they had moved on/ After finally establishing communications and
> exchanging emails,i have concluded the Clinkingbeards of Tx and
> largely of Oklahoma are from Uncle Henry Homer i believe to be a son
> or a brother. Dad(AB)and 2 brothers Matt,one son, Frank (Aunt Muncie)
> had 16 kids in Oakdale California, Other brothers died in childhood.
> There were 4 sisters i knew of. After Grandmother died Grandpa Jim
> was away from home running his Freight line to West Plains and Charged
> Maggie and Mollie(both preteens) to care for" your brother Adlie,"
> Aunt Maggie married Will Case an alcoholic Railroad man finally
> settling in Colorado Springs. Their daughter Ruth (Ben) loved Uncle
> Adlie and visited Mtn Home often She and her daughter drove her
> Cadillac back for Dad's funeral Aunt Mollie married a Dihel and moved
> to California. She was known as "Sister Mollie" and was presented with
> a stuffed rocker placed at the front of the church as "Sister Mollies
> Chair" While we were at Fort Ord, We took a weekend off and drove up
> to visit her. She was blind by then but insisted on living alone.
> There was no indoor plumbing but a guide rope from the back door to
> the outhouse worked for her. Alpaugh California was still a small
> community w/o regulations. Since coming back , i have met two
> different families who were church friends with Sister Mollie"
> Aunt Sarah Clinkingbeard Williams settled in Webb City Mo and Maybe i
> saw her one time .No more. Margaret rode the train out of Cotter at
> least one time i remember to visit Aunt Sarah/
>
> Then there was Aunt Clara whose married name i do not recall( I did 10
> minutes ago) mover to Utah and became a Mormon. I do not have any
> memory of every seeing her. This is a trial run as memories go
> streaking by and i manage to catch one.. and OH Yes. Aunt Sarah
> Hasbrook, I think. I was always able to rely on the family
> historians Jim and Mary. No more. . Margaret Married when I was too
> young to understand
>
> Maybe I will remember something of interest or informative. Stand
> by. Dad/Unc
