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Spotlight: Terri Marshall and Her Arnold Family

SPOTLIGHT:  Theresa Arnold Marshall

My Family Line Arnold-Nordyke-Stubblefield

I know little about Terri’s birth father so she provided this information about her Arnold Family.

“‘Hey Connie, I tried to organize these notes the best I could.  I’m literally working 50-60 hour weeks so I don’t have much spare time.  Luckily I’m also able to work from home, so at least I get to see my family sometimes for dinner!

I did want to get this to you though.  The more I read, the more intrigued I got.  Of course, there’s no way to prove if the “Nordyke – Peter the Great” connection is true.  However, there is enough information out there to assume that Peter married a dutch widow and they bore a son.

Terri Marshall Family Tree
Arnold side Family tree
Marriage license of Stephen H Nordyke and Rebecca Perkins
Marriage license of Stephen H Nordyke and Rebecca Perkins
Another Nordyke Connection
Another Nordyke Connection
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 1
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 1
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 1
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 1
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 2
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 2
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 3
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 3
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 4
Stories and lineage of Nordyke family Part 4
Nordyke family connection
Frank Henry Nordyke connection to Foote family

Peter’s mother refused to recognize the marriage and made Peter move back to Russia.  The widow stayed behind to raise her son.  We don’t know the name of the son.  We only know the name of his son (Peter the Great’s grandson) who is Stephen Henry Nordyke.  The story we had in the Arnold family was a child that was named “Micajah” was found floating in a dyke in Holland by the dyke keeper.  The dyke keeper raised him as his own.

Who knows the real story??  Maybe no one.'”

The Stubblefield Family

“‘On my grandmother’s family line (Lorraine Eva Stubblefield) you will find that her older brother was married to Goldie Presley, the cousin of Elvis Presley.

I thought that was interesting too.  I didn’t think they had any children, but I might be wrong.  It looks like they had two?'”

Stubblefield Family Line info part 1
Stubblefield Family Line info part 1
Stubblefield Family Line part 2
Stubblefield Family Line part 2

“Anyway, I hope I have given you some insight in to my father’s side of the family.  Love you!”

(Editors note: Terri Marshall is the daughter of Patricia Rutherford, who is the daughter of Richard Rutherford Sr. Terri has sent us a good bit of information on her father, John Arnold Sr’s family. Here is her story, notes and evidence.)

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Dexter News Clippings

DEXTER NEWS CLIPPINGS

I’ve collected a number of Dexter news clippings to get perspective on our family.  It is important to learn more about the comings and goings of these family members, so each article is an important discovery. It puts the family in context with local history – as you will see.

Information in news clippings is helpful to reference and verify family association (such as the Dexter-Connelly-Henderson Reunion clip, below). 

The families gathered for this story are primarily those of the four Dunlap sisters: Mary Dexter, Margaret “Harriet” Walburn, Melinda Connelly and Martha Henderson.  All are the daughters of James Hamilton Dunlap and Zerna Mitchell.

George James Dexter talked about his experience in the Civil War according to the article.  He documented his adventures in the military during General Sherman’s “March to the Sea”. I wish that speech survived. It would have made such a welcome addition!

DEXTER-HENDERSON-CONNELLY REUNION

family reunion of Dexter, Connelly and Henderson in West Lafayette Indiana
Connellys, Dexters and Hendersons gather for a reunion

Mary Dunlap Dexter was quite progressive, helping to found the “Three O’Clock Club”.  This was a group of women, many of them spouses of Purdue University professors.  They organized with the goal to improve intellectual ability. Her parties were legend and she was frequently discussed in the social pages.

The news clipping below features a holiday party at which Mary and her friend Katherine Porter attended as charter members.  They served tea to the collected guests:

Literature Club Party

Article about Mary Dexter holiday party from 1927
Mary Dexter Serves At Another Holiday Party

An Article About The Founding Of The Three O’Clock Club

Mary Dexter was quite a social butterfly.   This trait was passed on through multiple generations, it seems.  Her involvement in church and community was well documented.  Mary’s final party was a holiday party in December of 1929.  Days later, but before the new year and decade began, Mary passed away.   This final holiday party was one of her most celebrated events.

There are many more news clippings and articles on file attached to the family members on the Ancestry tree gedcom (currently called DexterHistorianFamily).  I will add others here as I find, review and develop the individual stories.

Finally, since WordPress apparently doesn’t like the length of the above clipping, I attached the transcript for it.  Names in this article include many within Lafayette social and intellectual circles.  Many of the ladies included their maiden as well as married names. 

This is quite a forward-thinking group, since white women didn’t get the vote for another 14 years.  From the 1906 dust-up you can read about, you will see that there was quite the split in points-of-view as to the necessity of “clubs” in general!  

Enjoy the news clippings and come back to see what new discoveries have been found about our Dexters and the related and associated families.