Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameJacob David “Jake” RECTOR 
Birth Date22 Feb 1856
Birth PlaceBarton County, Missouri
Death Date31 Mar 1940 Age: 84
Death PlaceBarton County, Missouri
Burial PlaceRound Prairie, Barton, Missouri, Round Prairie Cemetery
OccupationBaptist Preacher
FatherLudwell Giles “Lud” RECTOR (1823-1909)
MotherElizabeth ELROD (1824-~1871)
Spouses
Death Date29 Dec 1915
Family ID9609
Marr Date13 Nov 1880
Marr PlaceBarton County, Missouri
Death Date1922
Family ID9610
Marr Date1919
Death Date11 Mar 1940
Family ID9611
Marr Date1924
Notes for Jacob David “Jake” RECTOR
ONE OF THE OLDEST, IF NOT THE OLDEST NATIVE BARTON COUNTIANS DIES. HE WAS REV. JAKE RECTOR WHO WAS BORN IN THE ROUND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY 84 YEARS AGO - ASIDE FROM THE CHAOTIC AND LAWLESS PERIOD DURING THE CIVIL WAR, HE SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE IN THE COUNTRY. - HE MADE HIS LIVING ON THE FARM AND PREACHED BECAUSE HE LOVED TO PROCLAIM TO THE PEOPLE HIS MESSAGE OF FAITH.
In the death of Rev. Jake Rector at his home in the Round Prairie neighborhood Sunday, Barton County lost one of her oldest if not her oldest native son. Rev. Rector was born in the Round Prairie neighborhood in 1856 or 84 years ago. His parents because of the chaos and lawlessness of this border region during the Civil War were compelled to move to Arkansas but they returned to their ravaged farm at the close of the strife. For perhaps 60 years Jake as all of the old timers affectionately called him, preached in Barton County pulpits. He spoke fluently and easily and though his opportunity for education as he grew up in this early borderland were meager, he had a good command of language and was well informed and was a great student of the Bible. He made his living on the farm. He was a life long Baptist. He will go down with the late Ben Carrico as one of the northeast Barton County's pioneer preachers who proclaimed their faith because they loved it and felt powerfully that they had a message for their neighbors, one of glad tidings and a great day to come.
JACOB DAVID RECTOR was born on February 22, 1856 in Barton County on what is knows as the old Rector homestead, 1 mile West of Filley, Missouri. Because of Civil War conditions the family left this part of the country and moved to Crowley Ridge, Arkansas and after war family came back and settled on same farm where he grew to manhood. In 1880 he married Cynthia Alice Hackney of the same area and to this union 8 children were born, 3 boys and 5 girls. They are Guy of the home; Mrs. T E Williams of Lamar; Mrs. Levi Williams of Golden City; Mrs. Edd McClure of Lamar; Rhoda Mae of the home and Sarah May deceased and 1 child who died in infancy and Earnest of Jerico Springs. He united with the Baptist church at the age of 15 and prepared for the ministry and about the age of 28 entered into the ministry. His wife died on December 29, 1915 and in 1919 he married Mrs. Katherine Rector whose death occurred some 3 1/2 years later. Two years later he married Rury Frances Bysinger of that commmunity who died on March 11, 1940. He died on March 31 and leaves the children mentioned and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and also family of his late wife. G B Beeny Funeral Home were in charge of arrangements. He was laid to rest in Round Prairie Cemetery. The sons of deceased were pallbearers: Glenn Jones, Jason Williams, Elton Ayres, Evertt, Chester Williams, Forest Felkner, Grandaughters were flower girls: Pauline Ayres, Della, Beatrice, Dorothy Williams, Adaline Jackel, Lola Bradley.
On Ancestry from Amber Sanders.
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In the death of Rev. Jake Rector at his home in the Round Prairie neighborhood Sunday, Barton County lost one of her oldest if not her oldest native son. Rev. Rector was born in the Round Prairie neighborhood in 1856 or 84 years ago. His parents because of the chaos and lawlessness of this border region during the Civil War were compelled to move to Arkansas but they returned to their ravaged farm at the close of the strife. For perhaps 60 years Jake as all of the old timers affectionately called him, preached in Barton County pulpits. He spoke fluently and easily and though his opportunity for education as he grew up in this early borderland were meager, he had a good command of language and was well informed and was a great student of the Bible. He made his living on the farm. He was a life long Baptist. He will go down with the late Ben Carrico as one of the northeast Barton County's pioneer preachers who proclaimed their faith because they loved it and felt powerfully that they had a message for their neighbors, one of glad tidings and a great day to come.
JACOB DAVID RECTOR was born on February 22, 1856 in Barton County on what is knows as the old Rector homestead, 1 mile West of Filley, Missouri. Because of Civil War conditions the family left this part of the country and moved to Crowley Ridge, Arkansas and after war family came back and settled on same farm where he grew to manhood. In 1880 he married Cynthia Alice Hackney of the same area and to this union 8 children were born, 3 boys and 5 girls. They are Guy of the home; Mrs. T E Williams of Lamar; Mrs. Levi Williams of Golden City; Mrs. Edd McClure of Lamar; Rhoda Mae of the home and Sarah May deceased and 1 child who died in infancy and Earnest of Jerico Springs. He united with the Baptist church at the age of 15 and prepared for the ministry and about the age of 28 entered into the ministry. His wife died on December 29, 1915 and in 1919 he married Mrs. Katherine Rector whose death occurred some 3 1/2 years later. Two years later he married Rury Frances Bysinger of that commmunity who died on March 11, 1940. He died on March 31 and leaves the children mentioned and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and also family of his late wife. G B Beeny Funeral Home were in charge of arrangements. He was laid to rest in Round Prairie Cemetery. The sons of deceased were pallbearers: Glenn Jones, Jason Williams, Elton Ayres, Evertt, Chester Williams, Forest Felkner, Grandaughters were flower girls: Pauline Ayres, Della, Beatrice, Dorothy Williams, Adaline Jackel, Lola Bradley.
On Ancestry from Amber Sanders.
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