Notes:

- Daneri Mortuary, danerimortuary.com
Montebelle Kenourgios
( June 29, 1934 - March 20, 2012 )

Montebelle Barbara Kenourgios, 77, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Sutter Amador Hospital with her loving family by her side. ?Monty? was born in Sacramento on June 29, 1934, a daughter of the late Fredabelle Alicia (Pape) and Frank Eugene Held.

Monty and her husband, George were the founding owners of the "Home and Farm Supply" located in Jackson. Monty has been affectionately known as ? Sity? to her family and grandchildren.

Monty is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, George Kenourgios of Jackson; daughters, Janie , and her husband Loren Williams, of Pine Grove; Sharon, and her husband Jess Cassella, of Jackson; Abby Blankenheim, of Pine Grove; grandchildren; Jenny Gardner and Brian Brunson, Jess Williams and Travis Williams of Jackson, Robert Blankenheim, of Pine Grove and Matthew Blankenheim of Vacaville; great grandchildren, Haley, George, Luke, Jacob, Joseph, Benjamin, Noah, and Brooke and her brother, Mont Wesley Lincecum, of Florida.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Perry Gamble Lincecum and her life long friend, Irene McKee.

At Monty?s request there will be no Services. Inurnment will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Sutter Amador Hospital Foundation, 200 Mission Blvd. Jackson, CA 95642.

Montebelle married George Kenourgios about 1952. [Group Sheet]

1. Janie Kenourgios
2. Sharon Kenourgios
3. Abby Kenourgios

Notes:

- From U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 via Ancestry.com :
(Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem)
Mont Lincecum
Branch = Army
Enlistment 24 May 1920, Release 11 June 1923

- For the 1930 Sacramento County, California Federal census, Mont owned a home valued at $6,000.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
4 February 1943
Chief Says Probe Clears Policeman Of Ties With Club

McAllister Finds No Business Link Between Lincecum, Card Room Owner

Police Chief Alec K. McAllister submitted a report to Acting City Manager Fred J. Klaus today stating "there apparently is no foundation" to a rumor that Detective Captain M. W. (Buck) Lincecum has a financial interest in the Reliable Clubroom, 1017 Sixth Strret.

Klaus yesterday ordered an investigation into the matter. The Reliable Clubroom is one of several places ordered to cease illegal gambling operations as a result of stories published in The Bee.

Talks With Pair
"I have talked with Lincecum and Harry Holland, who operates the Reliable, and am convinced they have no business connections now and have not had any in the past," MaAllister said.

[Article here details how the crack down on gambling and bookmaking has been successful, and what is being done to ensure that success continues.]

Interviewed By Chief
Holland last night was interviewed by the chief and verified Lincecum's version of their friendship. Holland stated he first met the officer 17 years ago when Lincecum was patroling a west end beat, and they have been close friends since.

"Lincecum has no interest in my place and never has had any," Holland told McAllister...

Lived With Captain For Period
When asked about city directory listings in 1941 and 1942 which show his address to be the same as Lincecum's, at 2322 Second Avenue, Holland replied he stayed in the captain's home "for several weeks" in 1939 and again in 1940 while convalescing from an illness.

He denied living with Lincecum at any other time but stated he visited the officer and his family frequently. During one of the periods he stayed in the officer's home while convalescing, he registered with a city directory representative. He said he has continued to vote from the Lincecum address and has not changed his address officially.

...(The county clerk's office reported a check back as far as 1936 revealed Holland has not been listed as a registered voter, either at the Taft Hotel [where he claimed to live] or in the ninth assembly district, precint No. 80, the precint of the 2322 Second Avenue address of Captain Lincecum...

- Sacramento Bee (California)
14 October 1943
Detective Captain Is Named In Will Of Card Room Operator
Detective Captain M. W. (Buck) Lincecum of the Sacramento Police Department will receive a trust fund bequest of undetermined value from the estate of his friend, Harry (Holland) Plafker, west end businessman and card room operator who died October 4th...

The trust provision makes Lincecum the principal beneficiary, since Plafker intentionally omitted two sisters from his will and bequeathed single pieces of jewelry to another sister and a brother...

Gold Belt Is Left
Plafker also willed a gold belt studded with diamonds to Lincecum, and left $100 to the Christian Brothers College.

Lincecum was cleared last February of a suspicion he had a financial intereest in the Reliable Clubroom, a card room and cigar store operated by Plafker at 1017 Sixth Street. Following an investigation of a rumor that Lincecum had such an interest, Police Chief Alec K. McAllister said he was "convinced Lincecum and Holland have no business connections now and have not had in the past."...

Shall Go Into Trust
Plafker's will contains no description of his assets nor any indication of the value of Lincecum's legacy. It provides the remainder of the estate after distribution of the smaller bequests, shall go to the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, in trust for Lincecum, who will receive the full amount when he reaches his fifty second birthday. He now is 44.

To Becke Birnkrantz, a sister residing in New York, Plafker left a 3 1/4 carat diamond ring. A platinum watch and diamond studded chain goes to his brother, Herman Plafker of Brooklyn, N. Y. He left nothing to his other sisters, Anna Wisbarth of Brooklyn and Mollie Plafker of Wilmington, Del.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
20 March 1945
State Tax Is Set On Holland Estate
A report showing $1,600.78 in state inheritance tax has been assessed against Mont W. Lincecum's $22,918.28 share of the estate of Harry (Holland) Plafker was filed today in the superior court by State Inheritance Tax Appraiser Chris R. Jones.

Plafker, the operator of a Sacramento card room for a number of years and known as Harry Holland prior to his death in October, 1943, named Lincecum, a Sacramento police officer, as his principal beneficiary...

- Sacramento Bee (California)
22 May 1947
City Gives Lincecum Six Month Leave
M. W. Lincecum, who was demoted from the rank of captain of detectives to patrolman on March 14th, last night was granted a six month leave of absence from the department by the city civil service board...

Reports were submitted to the civil service board by Dr. H. R. Johnson, city physician, and Lincecum's private physician supporting the former captain's contention his health is such he must take several months rest.

Lincecum was reduced in rank by City Manager Bartley W. Cavanaugh during a shakeup of the police department.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
13 March 1948
Cavanaugh Defends Lincecum Demotion, Rejects Hearing
City Manager Bartley W. Cavanaugh last night defended his action before the city council in demoting M. W. Lincecum from a captain to a patrolman in the police department and refused to bow to demands that the officer be returned to his former position or be given a hearing.

The Lincecum case came to an open issue during a caucus meeting of the council when Councilman Paul Taylor demanded Cavanaugh give the former captain a hearing on the question of why he was reduced in rank during a reprganization of the police department last March.

Says Lincecum Knows
In answer to a question by Taylor, Cavanaugh declared:

"I am quite certain Lincecum knows why he was demoted. It is not up to the city manager to call him in and explain."

At another point, the city manager made this statement in reply to a question:

"It is the responsibility of the city manager to select police supervisory personnel and I do not consider Lincecum qualified to be a supervisory officer."

[Not transcribed is the back and forth about whether the council has any jurisdiction in demanding a hearing or anything from the city manager.]

Manager Explains Action
The city manager told the council that he demoted Lincecum and other supervisory officers of the police department a year ago "because I felt the police department was in bad condition."

"In my opinion," he added, "our police department spent too much time doing something other than police work. In other words, in my best judgement, I did not think the supervisory personnel of the police department was doing a good job.

"The reason Lincecum was reduced in rank is that he was not the best man suited for the job. He was spending too much time conducting a business outside the police department -- in short, a saloon."

Took No Examinations
Cavanaugh also pointed out that, despite the fact Lincecum had an opportunity to take any one of seven examinations, offered during the years he has been in the police department for the position of sergeant, he never availed himself of this opportunity.

"There are 26 members of the police department," Cavanaugh said, "who have longer service than the 23 years Lincecum has been a policeman..."

Makes Statement
Taylor, at the opening of his arguments in favor of Lincecum having a hearing, said:

..."The Lincecum case is the subject of newspaper comment and verbal gossip in every circle and street corner of the town. It is an administrative matter, but at the same time it is a council responsibility because all of us are pledged to give good government to the people."

The council's discussion of the Lincecum case came a few hours after Police Chief James V. Hicks announced he was transferring Lincecum from the K Street beat to a squad car, effective today. Lincecum will work the day shift.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
11 August 1948
Lincecum Seeks Spot On Pension Board
M. W. Lincecum, who was demoted from the rank of captain of detectives to patrolman in March, 1947, is a candidate for election to the city pension and retirement board, opposing Police Captain George F. Lofquist...

Lincecum was demoted from the rank of captain by City Manager Bartley W. Cavanaugh during a shakeup of the police force which resulted in the resignation of Alec K. McAllister as chief of the department.

Subsequently Lincecum took a leave of absence and upon his return was assigned to duty as a uniformed patrolman.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
20 February 1953
Elizabeth Dahl Is Mrs. M. W. Lincecum
M. W. Lincecum and his bride, Elizabeth Dahl, daughter of Fred Pearl, are living in Sacramento following their marriage at a civil ceremony in Reno Saturday.

The bride was educated at Sacramento High School and Sacramento Junior College and was a member of Kappa Delta.

Lincecum, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lincecum, was educated in Temple, Tex.

Traveling to Reno with the couple were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fletcher, sister and brother in law of the bride, and Pearl.

The bride wore a navy blue suit, a pink flowered hat and navy blue accessories.

A dinner at the Hotel Golden followed the ceremony.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
27 July 1955
City Board Okehs 30 Year Officer's Retirement Plea
The city retirement board today approved the retirement application effective tomorrow of Patrolman Monte W. (Buck) Lincecum, a veteran of 30 years service with the Sacramento Police Department.

Under his service retirement Lincecum will draw a pension of $199.50 a month. At one time, Lincecum was captain of detectives in the police department but he was demoted some years ago in City Manager Bartley W. Cavanaugh's shakeup of department personnel...

- From SSDI at Ancestry: 122-30-6322, issued 1955-56 by New York.

Mont married Fredabelle Alicia Pape on 24 Jul 1934 in Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, USA. Fredabelle was born on 27 May 1909 in California, USA; died on 19 Aug 1949 in Sacramento, California, USA; was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Masonic Lawn Cemetery

Notes:

- Some suggest E. M. McFaddin is Luke's mother. Appears to be Tennessee Levy to me.

- L. A. Lincecum married Mrs. M. J. Wade 20 December 1888 in Ellis County, Texas. [Texas County Marriage Index via FamilySearch.org]

- L. A. Lincecum was on a tax roll for Ellis County in 1893. He had four head of cattle valued at $25. There was a lot of land? "Midl Ha / lot 6.7 / block 4 / value $400"

- L. A. Lincecum was on a tax roll for Bell County in 1896. He had one horse or mule valued at $20.

- Dallas Morning News (Texas)
25 May 1897
FEDERAL PRISONERS.

A Batch Taken to Northern Prisons Last Night.
United States Marshal R. M. Love left last night for Detroit, Mich., with the following prisoners for incarceration in the penitentiary at that place: John Anderson and ---- Poplin, pasing counterfeit money, two years each; Adam Lockhart, opening a letter not addressed to him and appropriating $10 contained therein, two years, and L. A. Donaldson, forging and using keys to the Waco postoffice, four years ago.

Mr. Love was undecided as to the course to pursue in the case of L. A. Lincecum, city marshal of Midlothian [Ellis County], who was convicted a year ago of sending an obscene letter through the mail and sentenced to a year and a day in the Columbus, O., penitentiary. It seems that Lincecum appealed from this decision and the higher court affirmed it a few days ago and Marshal Love was instructed to take the prisoner to the penitentiary. Mr. Lincecum's attorney, however, raised the point that as the prisoner had been in jail all his time he had already more than served his sentence and to Columbus a writ of habeas corpus would be sworn out to demand Marshal Love's authority for his action. Judge Swayne of the circuit court held that he had nothing to do with the case, as the sentence had already been affirmed -- and ordered executed. After obtaining legal advice on the subject Mr. Love took Lincecum along with the balance of the prisoners when he left yesterday afternoon.

It seems that in the federal courts it is the rule for the judge in passing sentence to say subject to appeal, which, it is claimed, Judge Rector, who tried the case, neglected to do in this instance.

- According to the 1900 Bell County, Texas Federal census, both of Luke's [sic] parents were born in Tennessee.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
13 October 1942
Golden Wedding Pair Celebrate
Mr. and Mrs. Luke A. Lincecum of 1218 D Street today celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a celebration in the home of their son, Captain of Detectives Mont W. Lincecum, 2322 Second Avenue.

The couple were married in Texas in 1892 and have six children, ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Lincecum is 83 and his wife is 66.

The following sons and daughters attended the celebration: Officer Earl Lincecum, A. C. Lincecum of Sacramento; Mrs. T. P. Morrow of Jackson, Amador County; Mrs. Thomas Lafferty of Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, and Scott Lincecum, an army sergeant stationed in San Bernardino.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
2 December 1944
DEATHS
LINCECUM -- Entered into rest in this city, December 2, 1944. Luke Anderson Lincecum, husband of Ida A. Lincecum, father of Earl L., Mont W., Altus G. Lincecum and Scott F. Lincecum of the United States Air Force, South Pacific. Mrs. T. P. Morrow and Mrs. T. C. Lafferty of Dunsmuir, brother of Lon Lincecum of Texas, also leaves 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren; a native of Texas, aged 85 years. Friends are invited to attend the funeral Tuesday at 2 P.M. from the Palm Chapel of James R. Garlick, corner of Twentieth and P Street. Interment Masonic Lawn.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
2 December 1944
Obituaries
LUKE A. LINCECUM
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 P.M. in the James R. Garlick Funeral Home for Luke A. Lincecum, 84, father of M. W. (Buck) Lincecum, captain of detectives of the Sacramento Police Department, Rev. F. O. Spitzer of the United Brethren Church will officate...

Lincecum died today in his home at 1218 D Street. He was a retired farmer and had resided in Sacramento since 1926. He was born in Washington, Tex.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida A. Lincecum; his sons, Earl L. and M. W. Lincecum of Sacramento, Altus G. Lincecum of Redding, Shasta County, and Scott Lincecum with the air forces in the South Pacific; his daughters, Mrs. T. P. Morrow and Mrs. T. C. Lafferty of Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County; his brother, Lon Lincecum of Vernon, Tex., and 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Buried:
Masonic Lawn

Luke married Ida A. Bynum on 13 Oct 1892 in Ellis, Texas, USA. Ida was born between 1876 and 1878 in Texas, USA; died on 26 Jul 1952 in Sacramento, California, USA; was buried on 30 Jul 1952 in Sacramento, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

- According to the 1900 Bell County, Texas Federal Census, Ida's parents were both born in Alabama. Same for 1910's Jackson County, Oklahoma Federal census. Same for 1920's Curry County, New Mexico Federal Census.

- Sacramento Bee (California)
29 July 1952
Obituaries: Ida A. Lincecum
Last rites will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in the James R. Garlick Funeral Home for Mrs. Ida A. Lincecum, 75, the mother of Scott F. Lincecum, chief of police of Red Bluff, Tehama County, and M. W. Lincecum of the Sacramento Police Department.

Burial will be in the Masonic Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Lincecum, a native of Texas, died Saturday in a rest home. She lived in Sacramento 25 years.

She was a wife of the late Luke A. Lincecum. Surviving also are other children, Altus G. Scott and Mrs. Eula Morrow, both of Sacramento, and Mrs. Tennis Knowles of Montana.

Buried:
Masonic Lawn Cemetery

Notes:

- From Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Wood Burkhalter (1965) -- pgs 70-71:
"Most of the children were born in Cotton Gin Port. When the top six were old enough to go to school, Gideon bought a house in Columbus, Mississippi, where he sent them, with their mother, to be educated, while he remained in Cotton Gin Port to continue the practice he had established as a doctor.

At the end of six months he went over to Columbus to see what progress the children had made. He expected great things of them, as they were all 'sprightly minded.'...Gideon questioned them about geography, history, and arithmetic. Their answers were vague and evasive...

I had strained every financial nerve in getting a house at Columbus for them and had exerted my utmost powers to furnish provisions, clothing, etc., to keep them comfortable, and from the oft-repeated high reputation given the teachers in the newspapers I had hoped that I should experience the gratification of seeing signs of progress in my children. I was overwhelmed with disappointment. I felt like the whole world was a sham. My children, after six months' constant attendance at that highly praised institution could answer no question of use..."

- Southern Argus (Columbus, Mississippi)
24 May 1842 [via ChroniclingAmerica.log.gov]
IN BANKRUPTCY -- No. 61,
District Court of the United States, Northern District of Mississippi,
NOTICE is hereby given, the L. W. LYNCECUM, of the County of Lowndes has been duly declared a Bankrupt, by an order of this said Court made on the 18th day of April A.D. 1842; and that the said L. W. Lincecum has applied for a certificate of final discharge from his debts, under the act of Congress, in such case made and provided: and that the Third Monday of July, A.D. 1842, at Aberdeen, has been set for the final hearing...

- From Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Wood Burkhalter (1965) -- pg. 78:
"The first Lincecum marriage recorded in Washington County [Texas] is that of Leander W. C. Lincecum, the fourth son. He was married to Miss S. J. Stone, July 20, 1847...after having previously married a girl named Beatrice in Columbus, Mississippi. A touch of mystery in the [Gideon] Lincecum Papers is provided by a small account book for 1846 and 1847 expenses and purchases of the couple [Leander and Beatrice], paid for by Gideon. The book is labeled "Beatrice's Affairs -- Keep this book entirely secret on that depends much." Following the itemized account is an unaddressed letter in Gideon's handwriting dated January 31, 1847, giving instructions for the collection of notes due and advising against the incurring of debts and any pretension to prosperity. It obviously was intended for Leander. Gideon reported to a friend in 1865 that Leander has "married his third wife and is living 15 miles on the Yegua above Long Point and has an extensive practice in a tolerable poor community...What is more uncommon still, has become a sober, respectable man, not having been intoxicated since some time previous to the war." Leander's third wife was E. M. McFaddin, whom he married on July 21, 1853...During the early Civil War period Leander was detailed as a physician to remain in Washington County and care for the sick in the families of absent soldiers, but in 1863, at the age of forty-one, he enlisted as a private under Captain James R. Hines."

- From Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Wood Burkhalter (1965) -- pg. 73:
"On November 9, 1848, M. Austin Bryan for $1,371.00 conveyed to Gideon Lincecum the northeast corner of League No. 5, containing 1,828 acres (Deed Records, Washington County, H, 355-356). The Lincecum land was disposed of, in differing lots and acreages and over a period of time until Gideon's death, to the following (Deed Records, Washington County): ...Leonora Campbell...Mary J. Rutherford...L. J. Lincecum...L. W. Lincecum...E. C. Lincecum...L. W. C. Lincecum...L. L. Lincecum...L. R. Lincecum...Sarah L. Doran...Cassandra Durham...Mary Matson..."

- From Texas State Historical Association (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvd29). Doddville was where L. W. C. and Tennessee Lincecum were counted in the 1860 Washington County, Texas Federal census. (Yegua also mentioned above.) --
"DODDVILLE, TEXAS (Washington County). Doddville, also known as Dodd or Dodds, was probably on Yegua Creek fifteen miles north of Long Point in northern Washington County. It received its name from John Dodd, its first postmaster. In 1854 Doddville had a population of 287 whites and twenty-one black slaves. By 1856 the community had a school, and in September 1858 its post office opened. Doddville served as a center for an agricultural and stock-raising area. Its post office closed in June 1859, and by 1860 the population had decreased to 160, which included a teacher, a master mechanic, a well digger, and physician L. W. C. Lincecum, son of Gideon Lincecum, famed physician and botanist. The community declined as more fertile areas of the county were opened to cultivation and the population moved nearer to the projected rail route in southern Washington County...[Author] Carole E. Christian"

"Preferred citation:" Handbook of Texas Online, Carole E. Christian, "Doddville, TX (Washington County)," accessed January 07, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvd29.


Buried:
Lancaster Cemetery

Leander married Tennessee M. Levy on 17 May 1858 in Washington, Texas, USA. Tennessee was born on 8 Aug 1836 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA; died on 2 Nov 1910 in Bell, Texas, USA; was buried on 3 Nov 1910 in Temple, Bell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Tennie
w/o Dr. L. W. C. Lincecum
Aug 8, 1836
Nov 3, 1910
At Rest

- According to the 1900 Bell County, Texas Federal census, Levi had five children -- all living. Same record states her father was born in North Carolina, and her mother was born in Tennessee.

- Temple Daily Telegram (Texas)
Sunday, 30 October 1910
MINOR MENTION

Mrs. T. M. Lincecum, who has been suffering from appendicitis for three weeks at the home of Mrs. F. M. Bigham, underwent an operation for the malady, and she is reported to be getting along well.

- Obit via FindAGrave memorial #31406883 -- Tennie Levi Lincecum:
The Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), vol. 3, no. 301, ed. 1, Friday, 4 Nov. 1910, page 3

Mrs. Lincecum Dies at the Age of 74 Years

Deceased Had Been a Resident of Temple and Bell County for Many Years.

Mrs. T. M. Lincecum died Wednesday night at a hospital where she had been an inmate for a surgical operation, which was performed about ten days ago. After the operation all seemed to go well with her for a while, but her extreme age was against her recovery, and the lamp of life flickered and went out.

Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. M. Bigham, 712 East Barton Avenue, by Rev. W. A. Hamlett of the First Baptist Church. A large number of friends and members of the church gathered to pay the last tribute of respect and the body was laid to its final rest in the City Cemetery.

Mrs. Lincecum had been a resident of Temple and vicinity for many years, loved by her friends and neighbors, and devotedly giving her life to the care of her children. She was 74 years old at time of death.

- Temple Daily Telegram (Texas)
Sunday, 6 November 1910 [via The Portal to Texas History -- http://texashistory.unt.edu]
Obituary.
After a long and severe illness the spirit of Mrs. T. M. Lincecum departed this life Wednesday night at the King's Daughters Hospital after an operation. She was born Aug. 8, 1836, in Nashville, Tennessee. She was married to Dr. L. W. C. L. [sic] Lincecum May 17, 1858, he having departed this world 26 years ago. To this union there were born five children all of whom survive her. They are: L. A. Lincecum of Headrick, Okla., Mrs. S. M. Bigham of Temple, L. L. Lincecum of Snyder, Tex., Mrs. A. T. Bigham of Temple, Mrs. Wiley Saulsberry [sic] of Temple. She joined the Baptist church at an early age and lived a consistent member all of her life. She was a devoted mother and loving wife. She was always loyal and true to her friends, always ready to do a kind act, and her memory will ever linger in the monds of her loved ones and friends.

Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our many friends throughout the long illness and death of our mother, Mrs. T. M. Lincecum. In our hour of deepest grief it was such a consolation to know that our friends sympathized with us. We also wish to thank Drs. Noble and Barton and the King's Daughters' staff of nurses who worked so faithfully to save our dear mother's life. We also appreciate the many beautiful floral offerings.

Her children,
MRS. S. M. BIGHAM.
MRS. A. T. BIGHAM.
MRS. WILEY SAULSBERRY.
L. A. LINCECUM.
L. L. LINCECUM.

Buried:
City Cemetery