Arizona Parlee (Redus) Kerbow (1858 - 1956)

Born 20 Nov 1858 in Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Wesley Reed Redus and Elizabeth Craig (Astin) Redus

Wife of Harrison Cicero Kerbow — married 25 Dec 1879 in Delta, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1956 at age 97 in Potter, Texas

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Biography

Family Information

Arizona's parents were:

1. Wesley Reed Redus (~1813 - 1880)
2. Elizabeth Craig (Astin) Redus (~1818 - ~1906)

Arizona's siblings were:

1. Martha M (Redus) Maddox (~1839 - 1898)
2. James Bloucher Redus (1840 - 1917)
3. William Bluett Sanders Redus (1842 - 1915)
4. Samuel Redus (1844 - 1929)
5. Sylvernia Redus (1847 - )
6. Hugh Levega Redus (~1849 - 1927)
7. Elijah S Redus (~1853 - )
8. Charles John Redus (~1854 - 1907)
9. Bettie Ann (Redus) Patterson (1857 - 1906)

Arizona married Harrison Cierco Kerbow (1856 - 1930) and they had the following children together:

1. Delbert R. Kerbow (1880 - 1880)
2. Harrison Bennett Kerbow (1882 - 1969)
3. James Elza Kerbow (1884 - 1949)
4. Fred Marion Kerbow (1887 - 1932)
5. Floyd H Kerbow (1889 - 1891)
6. Harry Guy Kerbow Sr (1892 - 1982)
7. Herbert Ralph Kerbow (1895 - 1982)

Timeline With Sources

Arizona was born on 20 November 1857 in Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States. She was the daughter of Wesley Reed Redus and Elizabeth Craig Astin^[1][2]

In the 1860 census Arizona (age 2) was in Lowndes, Mississippi.^[3][4]

In the 1870 census Pasela (age 10) was in Precinct 4, Grayson, Texas.^[5]

When Arizona was 19 she married Harrison Cierco Kerbow on 25 December 1879 in Delta, Texas, United States.^{[1][2][6][7][8]}

In the 1880 census Arizona (age 19), Keeping House, was the wife of Harrison C. Kerbow in Precinct 4, Delta, Texas, United States.^[9][10]

In the 1900 census Arizona (age 39) was the wife of Harrison C Kerbow in Justice Precinct 4, Delta, Texas.^[11][12]

In the 1910 census Arizona (age 49) was the wife of Harrison C Kerbow in Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States.^[13][14]

In the 1920 census Arizona (age 59) was the wife of H C Kerbow in Clarendon, Donley, Texas.^[15]

In the 1930 census Arizona (age 68) was the wife of Harrison C Kerbsee [Kerbow] in Grants addition, Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States.^[16][17]

In the 1940 census Arizona (age 79) was the widowed head of household in Clarendon, Donley, Texas.^[18][19]

In the 1950 census Arizona (age 88) was the widowed head of household in Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States.^[20]

Arizona died at about the age of 95 on 10 February 1956 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States. She was buried at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States.^{[2][21][22][23][24]}

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Paul Kerbow and BI, his 2nd cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Wesley Redus and Elizabeth Astin, the 3rd great grandparents of Paul Kerbow and great grandparents of BI. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin 2x removed, based on sharing 125 cM across 6 segments

Research Notes

In the 1860 census she is listed as 2 years old. Thus, her birth date was more likely 1857.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Johnson, F. W., Barker, E. C., & Winkler, E. W. (1916). A history of Texas and Texans. American Historical Society.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Boyd, Will E. Shurley-Kerbow Genealogy (June 1995). Nonpublished Journal of genealogy research compiled by various Shurley and Kerbow family members. A copy of the journal is currently in the possession of Paul Kerbow.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Lowndes, Mississippi; Roll: M653_586; Page: 639; Family History Library Film: 803586
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #38757619 (accessed 21 May 2023)
   
   • Name: Arizona Redus, Age: 2, Birth Year: abt 1858, Gender: Female, Race: White, Birth Place: Mississippi, Home in 1860: Lowndes, Mississippi, Post Office: Caledonia, Dwelling Number: 208, Family Number: 216.
4. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 31; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 586; FHL microfilm: 803586; Record number: 7495;
   FamilySearch Record: M6GV-6ZK (accessed 21 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BS3-5XG Image number 00195
   
   • Name: Arizona Redus, Census Date: 1860, Census Place: Lowndes, Mississippi, United States, Birth Date: 1858, Birth Place: Mississippi, Race: White, Age: 2.
5. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 4, Grayson, Texas; Roll: M593_1588; Page: 167A
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #7688619 (accessed 21 May 2023)
   
   • Name: Pasela Redus, Age in 1870: 10, Birth Date: abt 1860, Birthplace: Missouri, Dwelling Number: 505, Home in 1870: Precinct 4, Grayson, Texas, Race: White, Gender: Female, Post Office: Kentucky, Cannot Read: Yes, Cannot Write: Yes, Inferred Father: W R Redus, Inferred Mother: Elizabeth Redus.
6. ↑ Marriage: "Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2019"
   Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, Texas; Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2019
   Ancestry Record 8795 #408705 (accessed 21 May 2023)
   
   • Name: A. P. Redus, Gender: Female, Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1879, Marriage Place: Delta, Texas, USA, Spouse: H. C. Kerbow.
7. ↑ Marriage: "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973"
   citing FHL microfilm: 1302009; Record number: 516;
   FamilySearch Record: F6YR-YX7 (accessed 21 May 2023)
   
   • Name: A. P. Redus, Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1879, Marriage Place: Delta, Texas, United States.
8. ↑ Marriage: "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
   citing Delta, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,302,009.
   FamilySearch Record: XL8D-G8W (accessed 21 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 939Z-Y69X-LZ Image number 00161
   
   • Name: A P Redus, Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1879, Marriage Place: Delta, Texas, United States.
9. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 4, Delta, Texas; Roll: 1300; Page: 515A; Enumeration District: 021
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #7465157 (accessed 21 May 2023)
   
   • Name: Arizona Kerbow, Age: 19, Birth Date: Abt 1861, Birthplace: Mississippi, Home in 1880: Precinct 4, Delta, Texas, USA, Dwelling Number: 76, Race: White, Gender: Female, Relation to Head of House: Wife, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Harrison C. Kerbow, Father's Birthplace: Tennessee, Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, Occupation: Keeping House.
10. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
    citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
    FamilySearch Record: MFN3-V4G (accessed 21 May 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBP-7JC Image number 00111
    
    • Name: Arizona Kerbow, Census Date: 1880, Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Delta, Texas, United States, Ethnicity: American, Marital Status: Married, Occupation: Keeping House, Race: White, Birth Date: 1861, Birth Place: Mississippi, United States, Age: 19, Misc Note: ORIG DATA, Relationship To Head: Wife, Source Person Nbr: 1.
11. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Delta, Texas; Roll: 1627; Page: 22; Enumeration District: 0037
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #43243772 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Name: Arizona P Kerbow [Arregone P Kerbow] [Arizona Parlee Redus], Age: 39, Birth Date: Nov 1860, Birthplace: Mississippi, USA, Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 4, Delta, Texas, House Number: 7, Sheet Number: 22, Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 421, Family Number: 425, Race: White, Gender: Female, Relation to Head of House: Wife, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Harrison C Kerbow, Marriage Year: 1880, Years Married: 20, Father's Birthplace: Alabama, USA, Mother's Birthplace: Alabama, USA, Mother: number of living children: 6, Mother: How many children: 8, Can Read: Y, Can Write: Y, Can Speak English: Y.
12. ↑ 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
    citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 85; FHL microfilm: 1241627; Record number: 13373;
    FamilySearch Record: M3LL-5W8 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6QSQ-BSD Image number 00283
    
    • Name: Arizona P Kerbow, Census Date: 1900, Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Delta, Texas, United States, Birth Date: Nov 1860, Birth Place: Mississippi, Ethnicity: American, Marital Status: Married, Marriage Date: 1880, Race: White, Age: 40, Cnt Living Children: 6, Cnt Years Married: 20, Cnt Children: 8, Relationship To Head: Wife.
13. ↑ 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas; Roll: T624_1546; Page: 9a; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1375559
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #144228775 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Name: Arizona P Kerbow, Age in 1910: 49, Birth Date: 1861 [1861], Birthplace: Mississippi, Home in 1910: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA, Sheet Number: 9a, Street: French St, Race: White, Gender: Female, Relation to Head of House: Wife, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Harrison C Kerbow, Father's Birthplace: Alabama, Mother's Birthplace: Alabama, Native Tongue: English, Able to read: Y, Able to Write: Y, Enumeration District Number: 0101, Years Married: 31, Number of Children Born: 8, Number of Children Living: 6, Enumerated Year: 1910.
14. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
    citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 9A, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1546; FHL microfilm 1,375,559.
    FamilySearch Record: MK1X-12P (accessed 21 May 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYY6-STPX Image number 00894
    
    • Name: Arizona P Kerbow, Census Date: 1910, Census Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States, Birth Date: 1861, Birth Place: Mississippi, Marital Status: Married, Race: White, Age: 49, Relationship To Head: Wife.
15. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1920; Census Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas; Roll: T625_1790; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 61
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #22243103 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Name: Kerbow [Kerton], Age: 59, Birth Year: abt 1861, Birthplace: Mississippi, Home in 1920: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, Street: Cabnit Wood Aimee, Residence Date: 1920, Race: White, Gender: Female, Relation to Head of House: Wife, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: H C Kerbow, Father's Birthplace: Alabama, Mother's Birthplace: Alabama, Able to Speak English: Yes, Occupation: None, Able to read: Yes, Able to Write: Yes.
16. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1930; Census Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas; Page: 26B; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 2342058
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #64303931 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Name: Arizona Kerbsee [Arizona Kerbow] [Arizona Kerbow], Birth Year: abt 1862, Gender: Female, Race: White, Age in 1930: 68, Birthplace: Mississippi, Marital Status: Married, Relation to Head of House: Wife, Homemaker?: Yes, Home in 1930: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA, Map of Home: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, Street Address: Grants addition, Dwelling Number: 607, Family Number: 680, Age at First Marriage: 20, Attended School: No, Able to Read and Write: Yes, Father's Birthplace: Mississippi, Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi, Able to Speak English: Yes.
17. ↑ 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
    citing Affiliate Publication Number: T626; Line: 62;
    FamilySearch Record: H5NM-ZZM (accessed 21 May 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RZD-V2V
    
    • Name: Arizona Kerbsee, Census Date: 1930, Census Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States, Birth Date: 1862, Birth Place: Mississippi, Ethnicity: American, Marital Status: Married, Race: White, Age: 68 years, Ude Batch Nbr: N03708-7, Relationship To Head: Wife, Record Nbr: 19299, Film Nbr: 2342058, System Of Record: SLS, Digital Film Nbr: 004955180.
18. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1940; Census Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04023; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 65-2
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #157516140 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Name: Arizona P Kerbow, Respondent: Yes, Age: 79, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861, Gender: Female, Race: White, Birthplace: Mississippi, Marital Status: Widowed, Relation to Head of House: Head, Home in 1940: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, Map of Home in 1940: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, Farm: No, Inferred Residence in 1935: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, Residence in 1935: Clarendon, Resident on farm in 1935: No, Sheet Number: 7A, Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 157, House Owned or Rented: Owned, Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 1000, Attended School or College: No, Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 5th grade, Weeks Worked in 1939: 0, Income: 0, Income Other Sources: Yes.
19. ↑ 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
    citing enumeration district (ED) 65-2, sheet 7A, line 37, family 157, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4023.
    FamilySearch Record: KWVW-X58 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89MY-ZCZF
    
    • Name: Arizona P Kerbow, Marital Status: Widowed, Race: White, Census Date: 1940, Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Donley, Texas, United States, Birth Date: 1861, Birth Place: Mississippi, Residence Date: 1935, Residence Place: Same House, Age: 79, Relationship To Head: Head, Event Type: Census, City: Clarendon.
20. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
    United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Clarendon, Donley, Texas; Roll: 2680; Sheet Number: 91 A; Enumeration District: 65-5
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #191297296 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Name: Arizona Kerbow, Age: 88, Birth Date: abt 1862, Gender: Female, Race: White, Birth Place: Mississippi, Marital Status: Widowed, Relation to Head of House: Head, Residence Date: 1950, Home in 1950: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA, Dwelling Number: 0, Farm: No, Acres: No, Occupation Category: Unable to Work, Worked Last Week: No, Seeking Work: No, Employment Status: No.
21. ↑ Death: "Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982"
    Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2272 #23431128 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Name: Arizona Kerbow [Arizona Redus], Gender: Female, Race: White, Death Age: 95, Birth Date: 20 Nov 1860, Birth Place: Mississippi, Residence Date: Abt 1956, Residence Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA, Death Date: 10 Feb 1956, Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA, Father: W R Redus, Mother: Elizabeth Astin.
22. ↑ Death: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
    citing FHL microfilm: 2114628; Record number: 9709;
    FamilySearch Record: K379-6Y6 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GY14-NSHJ Image number 02269
    
    • Name: Arizona Kerbow, Death Date: 10 Feb 1956, Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States, Birth Date: 20 Nov 1860, Birth Place: , Mississippi, Marital Status: Widowed, Age: 95.
23. ↑ Death: "Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000"
    Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4876 #7040783 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Name: Arizona Kerbow, Death Date: 10 Feb 1956, Death County: Potter, Certificate: 9709.
24. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #54025245 (accessed 21 May 2023)
    
    • Memorial page for Arizona Parlee Redus Kerbow (20 Nov 1860-10 Feb 1956), citing Citizens Cemetery, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, USA (plot: 3308 39); Maintained by Edith Guynes Stanley (contributor 47114458).
      
    "Mother".