Benjamin Emmett Kidd Collection

Benjamin Emmett Kidd died 23 May 1951 in Centreville, St. Clair County, Illinois. He was married to Georgia McClelland on 21 November 1917 at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. They had no children, and she lived with her sister Alva McClelland Garcelon until she died 21 Sep 1963. When Alva's estate was settled we found a box that belonged to Uncle Ben that contained papers and photographs of his family. As I have been unable to locate any relations, I am posting these papers and photographs in the hopes that an interested relation will find them.

Benjamin Kidd was the son of James A. Kidd and Lydia Elizabeth Canada, who were married 7 October 1875 in Lafayette County, Missouri. The Kidds raised their family in Corder, Missouri and had six children: Benjamin Emmett Kidd, born 6 September 1875 William Marvin Kidd born 8 March 1877. He married Alma Beard on 14 August 1900, Corder, Lafayette County, Missouri. Robert Hugh Kidd, always called Hugh, was born 22 October 1878 and married Florence Jennings in 1918. Florence Kidd was born November 1880 and never married. Emma was born 21 December 1856 and married Dr. Ray Garland Hulburt, D.O. She became interested in genealogy and traced the family's lineage, joining the NSDAR through a maternal ancestor. Lena Leota Kidd was born 1 January 1889 and married Frank Hadley 14 August 1918.

Benjamin became a jeweler and watchmaker. His wife Georgia was a wonderful miliner who made beautiful hats for her nieces. Both became unemployed during the depression and never recovered financially.

All of the papers in the collection give the marriage year for James A. and Lydia as 1874. But it is clear from the marriage license returned to the courthouse, and the fancy certificate prepared by the minister, that they were married in 1875, a month after Benjamin was born, assuming Benjamin's birth year is properly recorded in all the official records. His social security records, tombstone, World War One draft registration card and death certificate all give his birth year as 1875.

THe children and grandchildren of James A. Kidd and Lydia Elizabeth Canada Kidd can be found elsewhere on WeRelate. When I researched the Benjamin Emmett Kidd Collection I prepared a family tree to help sort out the photographs. In this research I used many sources, and Images of public sources are included in the family tree.

Funeral Card for James A. Kidd (Benjamin's Father)"

Funeral Notice relatives and friends are invitd to attend the funeral service of James Andrew Kidd Born November 28, 1845. Died January 13, 1918. Age 72 yrs. 1 mo. and 15 dys. Funeral services will be held at the M. E. church (south) Tuesday afternoon january 15, at 2 o’clock. Internment in Calvary Cemetery Corder, Mo.

"Undated Newspaper Clipping from an Unidentified Newspaper, Death of Benjamin's Mother"

Death Claims Mrs. L. E. Kidd Back to Corder, Mo. for Funeral Services Mrs. Lydia Elizabeth Kidd, 91, died this morning at 3 o’clock, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Hadley at 118 South Penn. She had been an invalid for the past eight years and had been seriously ill for the past seven weeks. Mrs. Hadley and daughter, Mrs. J. W. Ruff of Arkansas City, will accompany the body to Corder, Missouri, where funeral services are to be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist Church. Burial will be made in the Calvary cemtery there. Webbs funeral home is in charge. Lydia Elizabeth Canada was born June 16, 1853, near Warsaw, Missorui, to William and Mary Canada. She spent most of her life in Corder, Mo., coming to this city ten years ago to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Hadley. she was united in marriage to James Andrew Kidd on October 7, 1874, and he preceded her in death in 1918. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Hadley of this city, Mrs. Ray G. Hrulburt of Oak Park, Illinois, three sons, Glen Kidd of Denver, Colorado, and Will and Hugh of Corder, nine grand children and four great-grandchildren. One daughter died in infancy.

"Obituary of Benjamin's Mother - Undated Newspaper Clipping from an Unidentified Newspaper"

Lydia Elizabeth Kidd Lydia Elizabeth Kidd, an early resident of Corder, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Hadley at Independence, Kansas, Tudsday, November 7, 1944. Mrs. Kidd was ninety-nine years old and had been an invalid for eight years. She came from a long line of pioneers. Her mother’s immigrant ancestor, John Woodson, came from England on the ship George, in 1617 and settled in Jamestown with the first families of Virginia. A few years later, Samson Waring, came from England to cast his lot with the Maryland colonists. After the Revolution, descendants of these men moved west into the wilderness and helped to found the new state of Kentucky. It was in Greenup County, Kentucky that the Virginia and Maryland families were united in the marriage of Mrs. Kidd’s great grandparents, Lydia Waring and William Fugua (sic) who followed the tide of immigration still farther west to Missouri, where many Woodson descendents now make their homes. The Fuguas (sic) settled in Warsaw, Mo., where their daughter, Mary Hollyday Fugua, married William Canada. Mrs. Kidd was born in Warsaw June 16, 1853 and spent her early years there before moving to Saline County. She married James Andrew Kidd in Lafayette County, October 7, 1874 and came to Corder to live more than 60 years ago. Surviving her are: a sister, Mrs. Edwin Smith of Cheney, Washington; five children, Ben of Colorado, Will and Hugh, of Corder, Mrs. Ray Garland Hulburt of Oak Park, Ills. and Mrs. Frank Hadley of Independence, kansas; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Another daughter, Florence Kidd, passed away three years ago. Funeral services for this fine, old Christian lady were held at the Methodist church in our city Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock conducted by Rev. E. T. Raney. Interment was made in Calvary Cemetery.

Death Notice William Marvin Kidd - Undated Newspaper Clipping from an Unidentified Newspaper

Wm. Kidd Dies William Kidd, life long resident of our city, died at the Marshall, Mo. hospital on Wednesday morning of this week after an extended illness. He was born in Corder on March 8, 1877, and had reached the age of 72 years. Funeral services will be held at the home here Friday afternoon, June 24, at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by rev. E. T. Raney. Burial will be made in Calvary cemetery. Obituary next week.

Obituary William Marvin Kidd - Undated Newspaper Clipping from an Unidentified Newspaper

William Marvin Kidd William Marvin Kidd was born March 8, 1877, in Corder, the son of James Andrew Kid and Lydia anada (sic) Kidd. He departed this life at the Fitzgibbon hospital in Marshall on Wednesday, June 22, after an extended illnes, having reached the good age of 72 years and 3 months. He was married to Miss Mary Alma Beard on August 12, 1900 and to this union three children were born, all of whom survive him together with his wife. They are Mrs. Letha Heidbrink, Kansas City; Rudy of Topeka, Kans., and Horace of Corder. The deceased is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frank Hadley, Independence, Kans., and Mrs. Emma Hurlbert, Oak Park, Ill.; two brothers, Hugh of Corder and Ben of St. Louis; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mr. Kidd spent his lifetime in Corder and was known to friends as a hard worker, a good father and husband. He followed mining and farming. Funeral services were held at the home Friday afternoon conducted by Rev. E. T. Raney with burial in Calvary cemetery. Pall bearers were Claude McClure, Wm. Morgan, John Biesenmeyer, Chas. Pragman, Delmar Winfrey, Neal Bowman, Turley Prosser and E. L. Roberts.

Death Notice Hugh Kidd - Undated Newspaper Clipping from an Unidentified Newspaper

Hugh Kidd Dies Hugh Kidd, esteemed business man and citizen, died at his home here about 1 a.m. Thursday morning, as the result of a heart attack. Apparently in good health Wednesday afternoon, he closed his jewelry shop a bit earlier, stating to frends that he had a little work to do at home. he had reached the age of 72 at the time of his death. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church here this Saturday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. E. T. Raney and Rev. H. P. Jones. The body will lie in state from 12:15 until the time of service. The casket will not be opened after the services. Internment will be made in Calvary cemtery. Active pallbearers will be Horace and Rudy Kidd, Leverette Roberts, Leo Wollenman, Walter Schulz and John R. Hitt. Honorary: Dave and Amos Wahrenbrock, Gilbert Kleinschmidt, O. J. Wollenman, J. A. Swaim, John Biesemeyer, Chas. Pragman and Chas. Lewis. Obituary next week.

Obituary Hugh Kidd - Undated Newspaper Clipping from an Unidentified Newspaper

Funeral services for Hugh Kidd, who died suddenly of a heart attack at his home here early last Thursday morning, were held at the Methodist church here Saturday afternoon with interment in the Higginsville city cemetery. Robert Hugh Kidd was born north of Corder on October 22, 1878, son of James Andrew and Elizabeth Fuqua Kidd. He attended our schools and later found employment in our mines. About 1915 he became associated with his brother Ben in the watch repair business and after learning the trade, took sole charge of the shp and remained at the one location continuously until his death. On sept. 18, 1918, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence Jennings of Higginsville. He was a faithful member of the Methodist church for many years. He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Lilian Kathryn of Independence, Kansas, one brother, Ben Kidd of East St. Louis and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Hulbrt of Chicago and Mrs. Frank Hadley of Independence, Kansas. The deceased was known as a good and honorable citizen, and because of his remarkable talent in his chosen profession, an asset to the community. he will indeed be missed not only by friends here but those over a wide area. His talents, honesty and friendship will long be remembered.

Obituary Florence Kidd - Undated Newspaper Clipping from an Unidentified Newspaper

Miss Kidd, 60, C.H.S. Faculty Veteran, Dies" Funeral Services To Be In Corder, Mo. Thursday Afternoon Miss Florence Kidd, about 60, oldest member of the Chicasha High School faculty in point of service, died Monday night or Tuesday at the home of a sister in Chicago, according to word received here. Miss Kidd underwent a major operation in Chicago early in the summer and was believed to be recovering when she took a sudden change for the worse. Miss Kidd was elected to the Chickasha High School faculty in May of 1922 and started teaching here in the fall. She was born in Corder, Mo., and was a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Missouri. she also had attended the University of Oklahoma. For a number of years Miss Kidd served as sponsor of the Girl reserve organization and formerly was dean of girls at Chickasha High School. Members of the high school faculty point to Miss Kidd’s personal interest in the student body and the numerous students she had assisted by providing food and clothing in order that they might remain in school.

Emma Kidd Hulburt's Doll Collection - Undated Newspaper Clipping from an Unidentified Newspaper

Hundreds in Doll Collection Mrs. Ray G. Hulburt Prizes by Les Hemingway Any little boy can be counted on to say, “Aw, who wants to play with dolls!”But take him to see the collection of mulitsized human images in the home of Mrs. Ray G. Hulburt, 1141 Ontario street, Oak Park, and he’ll soon reach the “Gee, look at that one!” stage without fearing the taunt of “Sissy.” Mrs. Hurlburt has gathered hundreds of dolls around her in fifteen years of collecting the world over. They vary in size, coloring and realistic appearance to the point where, as you peer into a shoe-button eye leveled easily at you, the feeling comes that you would be feeling comes that you would be risking the chance of a tiny voice rising in protest if you dared hazard an opinion as to which of the gang’s members is the most conceited-looking, cuddlesome, or “kick-aboutable.” Says Dolls Have Personalities Doll collecting, as Mrs. Hurlburt explains, is a fascinating business, and makes the collector conscious of the preence of the “wee people” wherever he may be. “They have personalities,” she says, “and stand and sit in favorite positions like the villagers who ride the L.” The rubber dolls and the broken china doll, famed in story and song, are just about the only two little people missing from her collection. just returned from the east wiht a score of new specimens, Mrs. Hurlburt brought back with her the largest Shirley Temple doll ever manufactured. Another find was a 120-year-old doll of papier-mache and kid, the hair painted black, the hands of wood and feet of black leather stubbs. Dressed in a white collared maroon dress with puff sleeves, she’s every inch a lady. The dolls themselves range from every country, indulging in “dollatry,” as Mrs. Hurlburt calls it, with a specialization on early American dolls. There are Swiss in Alpine suits, Japanese dolls of high and low society, an Alaskan dresse in a parka with snowshoes strapped on, North American Indian papooses, Negroes from Virginia made by the “Just Folks” handicrafters, Scotch highlanders in kilt and sporran, Jamaica and Bermuda Negroes, Egyptian and Persian ladies complete with veils for public appearances and natives of the better known towns of the European continent from Oslo to Rome. Believing that the only way to get authentic craftmanship, Mrs. Hurlburt collected foreign dolls only in their respective countries. From the South Seas It takes a strange turn of the imagination to make a doll in some countries, according to results manifestedb in Mrs. Hurlburt’s collection. From the south seas comes a dancer made entirely of seaweed. Its arms and head fashioned from dried nodules of kelp. Others are made with heads of nuts from peanuts to pecans. Dolls, however, aren’t just now becoming dear to the hearts of intelligent people. Queen Victoria’s famous 132 dolls, with which she played all her life are very like four specimens in the Oak Park collection. About eight inches high...rest of article missing

Marriage Invitation Lena Leota Kidd

Marriage Invitation Dayton David Hulburt

James Franklin Hadley Birth Announcement

Poem by Emma Kidd Hulburt, published in The Summer Sun 18 June 1942.

Photographs of James Andrew Kidd and Lydia Elizabeth Canada Kidd

Photo 12: James Andrew Kidd, father of Benjamin Emmett Kid

Photo 24: James Andrew Kidd, father of Benjamin E. Kidd

Photo 6: Lydia Elizabeth Canada Kidd

Photo 33: Lydia Elizabeth Canada Kidd

Photographs of Benjamin Emmett Kidd

Photo 8: Benjamin Emmett Kidd as a baby

Photo 23: Benjamin Emmett Kidd

Photo 31: Probably Benjamin Emmett Kidd as he is the only member of the family who lived in Wisconsin. He is living in Montfort Village, Grant County, Wisconsin in the 1910 US Census.

Photo 25: Benjamin Emmett Kidd

Photo 9: Benjamin Emmett Kidd in West Virginia, 1920's This picture was taken by his sister-in-law, Anna Mae McClelland Villiger, Georgia's sister. The Villigers lived in East St. Louis, Illinois and took a vacation to Niagra Falls. They stopped in West Virgina to visit the Kidds, and Georgia went with her sister's family to Niagra Falls. They camped and picnicked, and this photo was taken during one of their al fresco meals.

Photograph of William Marvin Kidd

Photo 11: William Marvin Kidd (left), Benjamine Emmett Kidd (right)

Photo 28: William Marvin Kidd (left) and Benjamin Emmett Kidd (right)

Photograph of Robert Hugh Kidd

Photo 7: Robert Hugh Kidd

Photo 26: Robert Hugh Kidd

Photograph of Florence Kidd

Photo 18: Florence Kidd, Bertha Canada, Joe Canada, Henry Buckhorn

Emma Kidd Hulburt and Family

Photo 14: Emma Kidd Hulburt and her daughter, Mary Virginia Hulburt, July 1937 This is my grandmother Hulburt and my Mother, Mary Virginia Hulburt Parker who passed away 9/14/2009.

Photo 5: Ruth Hulburt and Allan Hamilton. They were married in Cook County 11 March 1944. My Aunt Ruthie and Uncle Allen

Dayton David Hulburt's Children, Christmas 1948. David Sherwood, aged 2 in Nov. 1948, on left, Daniel Ross, 6 months old Christmas Day 1948, on right. Their mother was Mary Smucker Hulburt.

Wedding Photos of Lena Leota Kidd and Frank Hadley

Based on backgrounds and clothes, these photos were taken on the same day. Lena Leota Kidd was married in June 1918.

Photo 13: Lena and Emma Kidd

Photo 19:Lena Leota Kidd Hadley and her husband, Frank Hadley.

Photo 22: Lena Kidd Hadley, Florence Kidd, Emma Kidd (later Hulburt)

Elizabeth Lee Hadley

Photo 1: Elizabeth Lee Hadley

Photo 16: Elizabeth Lee Hadley, probably taken at the same time as Photo 1.

Photographs of Lena Leota Kidd Hadley and her Family

Photo 15: Hadley Family, left to right, Lena Kidd Hadley, Frank Hadley, James Franklin Hadley, Elizabeth Lee Hadley

Photo 10: Ruth Hulburt, Elizabeth Lee Hadley, James Franklin Hadley

Photographs Related to Benjamin Kidd, father of James Andrew Kidd

Photo 17: Benjamin Kidd, father of James A. Kidd, grandfather of Benjamin E. Kidd

Photo 20: House at Old Church, Virginia, where Benjamin Kidd and family lived. This Benjamin Kidd was the father of James A. Kidd, grandfather of Benjamin E. Kidd.

Photo 32: Benjamin Kidd Home in Virginia, 200 years old. This Benjamin Kidd is father to James Andrew Kidd.

Photo 29: This sign was probably in Old Church, Virginia and may have been taken at the same time as Photo 20.

Photo 4: Church built on the site of the church where Benjamin Kidd, father of James Andrew Kidd, preached.

Miscellaneous Photographs (Unidentified People or Places)

Photo 30:Unidentified family member

Photo 34:Unidentified members of the Kidd family. Perhaps it is Emma Kidd Hurlburt and her children, Ruth, Mary Virginia and Dayton David.

Photo 21: Samuel Anderson House

Photo 27: Unidentified member of the Kidd family. The back of the photo is blank.

Photographs of the Ancestors of Lydia Elizabeth Canada Kidd

Photo 35: From the back of the photo: "Thomas Truman Greenfield Waring b. 1780 d. 1866 Greenup, Ky. Nancy Mefford b. 1782 d. 1864 mar. April 25, 1799 Thomas T. G. served in House of Rep. 1819 His father, Thomas Waring, established Waring Station in Ky. in 1785 and Nancy's father, George Mefford half a mile away established Mefford Station. Thomas Waring sat in First Constitutional Convention of Ky., was in the state senate 1792-1795 was appointed by state of Virginia to help divide. This picture copied from copper daguerreotype left with my aunt, Laura Canada Smith, daughter of Lydia Waring Fuqua, daugher of Thomas T. G. & Nancy Waring. Her picture also was with her daughter's (Mary Canada) things. Emma Kidd Hulburt March 1939, Oak Park, Ill.

Photo 2: Home of Thomas Truman Greenfield Waring, in Greenup, Kentucky, near Lynn. The man and woman were second cousins of Lydia Elizabeth Canada Kidd, the baby is the woman's grandchild. Emma Kidd Hulburt is on the right.

Photo 3: An Anderson House, perhaps in Greenup, Kentucky.

Lydia Waring Fuqua, wife of William Fuqua. According to Emma Kidd Hulburt, Oak Park, Ill. March 10, 1939, Lydia was the daughter of Thomas T. G. Waring and Nancy Mefford of Greenup, Kentucky. Her grandfathers, Thomas Waring and George Mefford, established "stations" bearing their names in Kentucky, half a mile from each other. Lydia's husband died, leaving her a widow for many years. Her daughter, Mary Fuqua Canada, was the mother of Lydia Elizabeth Canada Kidd.

Photo 36: From the back of the photo: "William Willis Canada b (blank) d (blank) Mar. Mary Fuqua, daughter of Lydia Waring and William Fuqua. Son of Williamson Canada b. in Va. d. (blank) Moved to Warsaw, Mo. and ran an inn. Picture copied from tin type owned by Wm. Willis Canada's daughter, Laura Canada Smith. His home for years was in Clinton, Mo. Father of Lydia Elizabeth Canada Kidd, grandfather of us Kidds March 1939 Emma Kidd Hulburt"