Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-03-23
AN INTERESTING COINCIDENCE.
h. P. Warden Tells of Circumstances
Told Him by a Relative Of Many
Audrian County People.

To the Editor OF the Ledger.
CINCINNATI, o., March 10.-Coincl- |
dences in life are often interesting.
For several days my business has kept |
me in this bustling city on the Ohio
river. AT a leisure moment yesterday
afternoon l called on Mr.. Stuart Ash
by Allen, son Of Capt q T. Allen,
of Mexico, Mo-, kinsman OF mine
through bis mother, Capt Aliens
first wife. Mr. Alien is a general
freight agent and is well known in
Cincinnati railroad circles He asked
me to dine with him at six O'Clock,
and Of course the invitation was hard
to decline. called later at his Office
and accompanied him to his boarding
house at 325 Broadway We had an
elegant dinner, and found very in
teresting lot Of guests at the house,
which was presided over by a most
attractive hostess, who, to my surprise,
l found to be well known and largely
connected by blood to many Of Au-
drain county's good people. Her name
is Mrs. Annabel Pearce, widow on
the sunny side Of fifty. Her maiden
name was Annabel Tnreman. She is
second cousin of Col. Ben Tur eman,
well known at Mexico, and first
cousin of all the children OF Judge
John B. Morris, deceased, formerly
judge Of Audrain county, whose monu-
ment now stands In the court house
yard at Mexico. This makes her re-
lated, of course, to hundreds Of Au-
drain county people.
Mrs. Pearce is an exceedingly bright
and entertaining lady, and is very
popular with her large household Of
guests. 1t was my pleasure to have
something OF conversation with her
and she related many things Of inter-
est to many Of your readers, and with
your permission | will refer to some
Oh them in detail.
Theodore Roosevelt, President Of
the United States, has opportunely
made the subject Of large families
subject of national interest, and 1t has
been one Of interest to the writer for
years, his mother, now seventy-fve
years old, having been the youngest OF
eleven children, all Of whom grew to
maturity, and her father having been
one Of ten children, all Of whom grew
to maturity and were married. Par
enthetically it may be stated that the
lold-time large families exhibited a
lcondition OF moral and physical health,
which, unfortunately, does not exist
to-day.
Mrs. Pearce belongs to family
which has been so remarkably prolific
as to make it especially interesting.
Her grandparents were Peyton and
Mary Shumate, who lived many years
ago at Carlisle, county seat Of the good
blue grass county of Nicholas, in the
blue grass state. Peyton and Mary
Shumate had six daughters and no
Isons, the Oldest daughter being but
Ieight years older than the youngest.
These six sisters all grew to woman
hood and were all married. A tribe Of
Isixty-three children was the offspring
lof these six sisters. Eliza, the Oldest,
married JamesDudley, lived at Flem-
ingsburg, KY, and was the mother OF
ten children; Julia married John B.
Morris, who was Judge Morris Of Au-
drain county, Mo-, and was the mother
of thirteen children; Mary married
James Stout, of Vanceburg, KY, and
had ten children; Amanda married
Henry Tureman, of Mayesville, KY,
and had ten children, among whom
was Mrs. Pearce, nee Tureman; Susan
: married Sanford Allen, of Sharpsburg,
KY, and had sixteen children; Isabel
married DR.. Miller, of Flat Rock, Ky.r
and had four children.
In each of the above families the
names OF the distinguished ancestors
Peyton and Mary, are still represent
ed. Under the same roof, and as guests
: of Mrs. Pearce, it was my pleasure tt
meet three Of my own relations
Stuart A. Allen, before mentioned
and Byrd Henry, young lawyer ol
Cincinnati, both great nephews Of my
: mother, and Miss Kate Strother
daughter Of Jno. @. Strother, a law
lyer Of Louisville, KY.
!. The meeting Of these persons in
] Cincinnati house was an unusual, but
, pleasant coincidence, and the evening
{ spent at the home Of Mrs. Pearce will
long be remembered with pleasure by
3 the writer. III. p. WARDEN.