Working on my own family research, I ran across a link that might help someone. A HUGH
VALLIANT died in
Pulaski Co MO and his parents were named as John E
VALLIANT b. MD and
Henrietta TEEGARDEN. I saw one ancestry posting where someone named the mother '
Hannah' but I suppose
Hannah could be a nickname for
Henrietta. Here is the descendant information if it helps anyone. Hugh
VALLIANT (s/o
Henrietta TEEGARDEN) had many children and I do not have them all listed here. He moved around a lot but was in
Jackson Co KS, then Bazine,
Ness Co KS in 1910 (incorrectly enumerated as Vallienvet living w/
McComas), then they moved to
Pulaski Co MO by 1920. Hugh
VALLIANT died 2 Jan 1916 in
Pulaski Co. MO. His death cert naming parents is available online through
SOS MO. His wife Susan F (
Steele)
VALLIANT and several of their children moved again with the
Sanders McComas family to El
Reno,
Canadian Co OK. l last found her age 93 there. See below:
Sanders W. McCOMAS b. Nov 1869 KS m.ca. 1899 Elitha Ellen
VALLIANT b. Jan 1874 IA. d. 9 June 1946
Canadian Co. OK. Elitha was the daughter of Hugh
VALLIANT b. 28 Aug 1840 OH and his wife Susan F. Steele b. Aug 1846 IA or MO (she stated both). Sanders
McComas was the sole survivor of his family following a series of tragedies of consumption. Sanders was just 12 when he was completely orphaned, both parents now deceased. His brothers would have been 10 and 8 at the time. No doubt the 3 young boys were taken in by one of the relatives in
Jackson Co. KS. He married at the age of 29 in 1899 and was living with his new wife Elitha (
VALLIANT) and firstborn Frank in
Jackson Co KS in 1900. They must have had a bit of wanderlust in them as they moved around a lot after that. In March 1905 he was in Missouri (possibly visiting
McComas relatives.) By 1910 however, he moved to Bazine,
Ness County KS and is found living with his in-laws. Hugh
VALLIANT age 69, his wife Susan F.Valliant age 64, and William S. Valliant age 29, their son. By Jan 1920 he has moved the family again and is found working as a Decorator in Crocker City, Tavern Twp,
Pulaski Co. MO with the whole family still together and his widowed mother-in-law Susan F. Valliant, now age 78 living with them. Her husband Hugh
VALLIANT died on Jan 2 1916 from chronic valvular heart disease while they were still living in
Pulaski Co. MO. His death cert stated he was born Aug 28 1840 and that his father was John E. Valliant of MD and his mother
Henrietta Teagarden. It appeared the body was to be shipped back to Bothen (?) MD. Sanders
McComas and family (and mother in law Susan
VALLIANT) then moved by April 1930 to El
Reno,
Canadian Co. OK where other
McComas family members were living (children and grandchildren of Wm Burke
McComas.) I also found the youngest child of the
VALLIANT children also living in El
Reno,
Canadian Co. OK in the 1920 census: John E. Valliant. And her son Kirk
VALLIANT died June 1968 in El
Reno,
Canadian Co. OK., so some of her children followed her and the
McComas family into OK on the last move. Kirk Valliant's wife, Florence R. Dick b. 24 Feb 1889 d. 4 July 1978 whom he married in
Jackson Co. KS is buried in
Holton Cemetery,
Jackson Co. KS. Sanders
McComas was now 60, Elitha 56. One of the daughters, Mary, had married and had a child but lived in her fathers household, and Susan
VALLIANT, his mother-inlaw was still alive at 93. Sanders listed himself as Painter, Paperhanger and his son in law as Decorator, so I suspect they were in business together. Sanders W. McComas and his wife Elitha Ellen (
VALLIANT)
McComas and several children are buried in El
Reno Cemetery,
Canadian Co. OK.
Sanders and Elitha (
VALLIANT)
McComas had:
Frank W. McCOMAS b. 4 Feb 1900 KS d. 16 Feb 1990 El
Reno,
Canadian Co. OK(still single Jan 1920) Gone from home in 1930. Buried El
Reno Cem.
Canadian Co. OK
Mary F. McCOMAS b.18 July1903 KS d. 28 Feb 1991 in Duncanville,
Dallas Co. TX m. 1929 Raymond
MUSSER b. 28 Dec 1903 MO d. 10 May 1989 in
Dallas,
Dallas Co. TX. He worked as a ‘decorator’, no doubt with his father-in-law painter/paperhanger. Lived with father in law 1930.
Mary and Raymond
MUSSER had:
John B
MUSSER b. 27 Feb 1928 IA d. 28 June 2002 in Enid,
Garfield Co. OK (SS# issued in TX)
Alice E. McCOMAS b.1 Dec 1905 KS d. 18 Jan 1990 in El
Reno,
Canadian Co. OK.(still single 1930 living at home and working as a stenographer at Yukon Mill.) Buried El
Reno Cem.
Canadian Co OK
Edward H. McCOMAS b.2 Jan 1909 KS d. 3 Nov 2001 in El
Reno,
Canadian Co. OK (still single 1930 living at home and working as a clerk in the railroad yards.)
