"Infant son of E.P. and S.E. d. 1865"

Son of Elias Pinkney Lutes b. 25 Dec 1837 and his first wife Sophronia E. Mayo b. 8 Sept 1843 who married 1 Mar 1860.

This information from Ed Cline regarding parents:
Elias Pinkney
The family is found in 1880 in Coldwater Township, Cass County, Missouri, southeast of Platte County: #25 E. P. Lutes, 41, farmer, born Ga, father Tn, mother Al; Miranda S., 30, born Mo, parents born Ky; Rebecca J. , 18, does housework, Mo, Ga, Mo; Nannie L, 16 attends school; Mary E., 13, attends school; Flora A., 6, attends school; Jessie E, 4, daughter; Sophronia, 2. By 1900 they are found in South Union Township, Benton County, Missouri, east of Cass County: #76 E. P. Lutes, head, born Dec 1837, age 61, married 40 yrs, Ga, parents born NC, farmer; Susan M., Oct 1849, age 50, married 40 yr(incorrect), born Mo, parents born Ky; Flora, Apr 1874, age 25, Mo, Ga, Mo, school teacher; Jessie, Oct 1876, 23; Safronia, Dec 1878, 21; Maggie, Jan 1881, 19; Joseph, July 1882, 17, farm laborer; Myrtle, Jan 1885, 15; William, Apr 1887, 13, farm laborer; Carrie, Nov 1889, 10; Louis, Oct 1892, 7. Family records (Ref 1) give Myrtle as the first child born in Benton County so the family moved between 1882 and 1885. Sophronia and Maggie were born in Cass County so the move there was before Dec 1878.

Elias P. Lutes filed application for homestead #13936 12-1-1890 at Boonville land office in Missouri. He was granted homestead certificate #6082 for lots 2 and 3 of the NE quarter of Section 4 in Township 39 north of range 20 West of the 5th principal meridian, 160 acres (in Benton County). In his homestead proof he describes the land as timber, brush, and farm land. First house built about 1885. Present dwelling built in 1894. Established residence in 1886. House is 16 x 32, four rooms, barn, field and orchard, worth $500. Self, wife and nine children living on homestead. Fifty acres under cultivation. In 1905 he received certificate #441131 for payment for 40 acres of land in the east half of lot 1, same section and township, so probably adjoining, so their property then totaled 200 acres. They are living here in 1910, Union Township, Benton County, Missouri: #120 Elias P. Lutes, head, 72, married 38 years, farmer, born Georgia, parents born North Carolina; Susan M., 59, married 38 yrs, 12 children born, 1 living (unfortunate error); Carrie C., 20, born Mo, father Georgia, mother Mo; Louis D, 17, helper on home farm.

Family records (Ref. 1) indicate that Elias Pinckney Lutes died in 1914 in Thomas County, Nebraska and that he is buried in the newly formed Lone Star Cemetery, across the county line in McPherson County. The family was still in Benton County in 1910, but son Louis, his mother Susan Miranda, and two of his sisters are found in Banner Township, Thomas County, Nebraska in 1920: #257 Louis D. Lutes, own, age 27, farmer, born Mo, father Ga, mother Mo; Susan M. Lutes, mother, 70, widow, Mo, parents born Ky; Susan M. Lutes, sister, 35, born Mo, father Ga, mother Mo; Carrie C. Lutes, sister, 30. Although the census says Louis owns the land it was owned by his mother.as she filed a homestead application and received title to Section 27 in Township 21 North, Range 29 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Nebraska, containing 640 acres on 14 February 1916. Family records erroneously carry this as filed by Elias Pinckney Lutes, but it definitely says Susan M. Lutes, widow of Elias P. Lutes. A copy can be seen at the Government Land Office Records site at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov. Susan Miranda Herndon Lutes died February 22, 1922 and is buried in the Lone Star Cemetery in McPherson County as is Elias.