Hickory County, Missouri - The whole text, 1909 (part 4 of 4)

George H. Roney Thomas Sanders

Thomas Sanders was born in N. C, in 1808. He was a son of Jacob Sanders, who was of English decent, born in N. C. The maiden name of the wife of Jacob was Ailsey High, and she^was Irish. Sarah Dark, wife of Thomas Sanders, was also born in 1808, in Christian county, Ky. Her father's name was Oliver Dark, and her mother's maiden name was Amey Hayes, and she was Irish. Jacob Sanders and wife and Oliver Dark and wife all died in Kentucky. Thomas Sanders and Sarah Dark, were married in Calaway county, Ky., and came to Hickory county, Mo., Dec. 24, 1853.

Amy Jane first married Henry G. Glenn, and one child of that marriage, Thomas H. Glenn, is now living in Oklahoma- She was married second time to James G. Johnson, and died leaving Frances, who married Jesse Stroud and is now a widow, Mary, who married Joseph G. Stroud, and and has raised a family, Martha, who married Thomas Jordan, and James and WilUam, twins, of whom James is dead.

Jacob H., born in Kentucky, Oct. 13, 1831, married Nancy Robbinson, daughter of Rev. Munford B. Robbinson, Feb. 18, 1857, and they have nine children living as follows: James, W., Mary F., who married L. G. Cheney. Emma, single, William H., Thomas M., Alice, who married John S. Williams, Jacob A., Ellen, who married Estman Dietz, Waidy MarVin.

Wm. W., who married Armeade Smith. They have five children living, Etta, who married Charles Pitts, and lives m Oklahoma, Myrtle, who married Bernie L. Coon, and now hves in Aztec, N. M., Thomas H., single, and Landrine and Nora who are at home.

Selby Family

The father, Eli Colter Selby, was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1821, of English parentage. The mother, Nancy Barnhart-Selby, was born in 1821, in Bradford county, Penn., and was of Scotch-German decent. They were married

Samuel B., born in 1839, married Josie B. Patterson-Hooper, in 1889, in Hickory county, Mo., has three children, Grace, born in 1892, Maud, born in 1896, and John T, born m 1904. Samuel B. Selby resides one mile south of Preston on the Bohvar road.

Seven of the family are dead, part of them dying before the family came to Mo. The father and son, George W., died from injuries received in the Civil War. The mother died in Hickory county. Mo.

John Selvidge

John Selvidge, son of George Selvidge, was born in Monroe county, Tenn., May 3, 1816, married Lucinda Black, Feb. 15, 1835. They removed to Dade county. Mo., in 1851, thence to Hickory county, in 1855. Lucinda Black was born in Buncombe county, N. C, Feb. 20, 1812, and died Sept 14, 1872. John was married a second time to Elizabeth Brakebill, in Oct. 1876. He united with the M. E. church in early life, and in 1855 was hcensed to preach, and was ordained Elder in 1866 or 1867. He studied medicine under Doctors Hurley and Frank, and did quite a practice for some time.

Joseph B. Selvidge

Joseph B. Selvidge, was born in Monroe county, Tenn., May 22, 1837, and died in Hickory county, Mo., Apr. 24, 1906. Ann M. Selvidge, wife of Joseph B. Selvidge, was born in Lancaster county, Va., Mar. 12, 1838.

William L. Snidow Peter Solberg

Peter Solberg was born Nov. 13, 1844, and died Oct. 6, 1906. Mahnda Dennis was born Nov. 22, 1851. Peter Solberg and Malinda Dennis were married Jan. 20, 1872.

John W. Stark

John W. Stark, (date of birth not given), was one of the early pioneers in this section of the country. He settled in what is now the Northeast part of this county, near the mouth of Stark creek, in 1830, and died there about 1866. John W. Stark and Rachel Casebolt were married Nov. 24, 1828. She was born Apr. 26, 1810, and died Nov. 15, 1830.

Fredrick Vandeman

Fredrick Vandeman, and Mary Ann Worley were married in Ohio, Nov. 12, 1840, came to Missouri, in 1844, and stayed a while at St. Joseph, Mo. Went back to Ohio and came back

Samuel C. Vaughn A. S. Vaughn

George W., married Rosa Lee Remington, Oct. 18, 1895, has one girl. He has taught school several years, has been manager of the Akins store at Humansville, and is now a stockholder in the Department store at that place.

S. J., married Rosa Perry, of Springfield, Mo., Dec. 31, 1900, has one boy. Has taught school for several years, and is now a teacher in the High School at Springfield, Mo.

Samuel Walker

Rebecca, born Dec. 5, 1846, married first to Thomas Thornton, second to Eli R. Halbert, Jan. 17, 1887, third to John P. Finney, now a widow.

Williams Family

We have eleswhere the family Record of John S. Williams, who was the first Sheriff and Collector, and represented the county in the State Legislature in 1852-56 and 1860, and here we give something of his father and mother. The father and mother, Nathaniel and Elizabeth, were married and Uved in Wilson county, Tenn., and their children were all born there, and the parents died there; the father died suddenly probably about 1845, and the mother during the Civil War. The following were the children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Williams: Anderson, Howell, John S., Abraham, WilUam, James D., Robert N., Stephen M., Sally, Polly, Martha, and Harriett. Anderson, Howell, Abraham, Sally, Polly, Martha, and Harriett were never in Missouri. William came here, but went back to Tenn. John S., and James D., came here about 1840, and Robert N., and Stephen M., both came later. The whole family is now dead.

The children of James D., were: (from memory) Francis M., Melvina M., WilUam T., who now resides in CaUfornia, Nancy, wife of John A. Dickerson, who now resides in Okla., and Dr. Johnson Williams, of Weatherford, Okla.

The children of Stephen M., were (from memory) Caroline, wife of William W. Clardy, Mary, who was the wife of Eli R. Calkins, now deceased, Elizabeth, wife of John Bradshaw, who now resides in Okla., James, who now resides in Okla., Robert N., Jr., who now resides in Hickory county.

John S. Williams

John S. WilUams and Charity Davis were married in Wilson county, Tenn., July 8, 1834, and he died in Arkansas Jan. 22, 1881. John S. Williams was born in Wilson county. Tenn., Apr. 10, 1810. Charity Davis-WilUams, wife of John S. Williams, was born in Wilson county, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1814,

Caroline I., second wife of John S. Williams, was born Dec. 30, 1830. They were married Aug. 30, 1854, and to this union were born two children: Parallel E., born Aug. 31, 1856, in Hickory county. Mo. WiUiam T., born Dec. 23, 1859, in Hickory county. Mo.

Thomas Y. Williams, was a son of Larkin and Katherin Wilhams, was born Apr. 18, 1841, and remained with his father's family after he was 21 years of age. Left Hickory county. Jan. 31, 1863, in company with WilUam A. Pitts and WiUiam L. McCasUn, and went to Sedalia, Mo., left Sedalia on a Missouri Pacific train and went to Illinois, where on the 2nd day of Oct. 1864, he was married to Angeline Duncan.

Charlotte, wife of Isaac N. Owens, born Sept. 12, 1865. Sarah L., wife of Peter M. Hardy, born Sept. 24, 1867. Sylvanus, now of Weaubleau, born Sept. 5, 1870. Kathrin L., now deceased, born Sept. 5, 1873. Melvin E., born Dec. 12, 1879, lives on Wheatland prairie.

The father, Thomas Y., returned to Missouri in 1881, and lived with his children until 1896, when he was married Feb. 27, 1896, to Mrs. Clark, of Ray county. Mo., whose first husband, W. A. Clark, a Virginian, was a Confederate soldier, and died in the Federal prison in Maryland, in May, 1864. Mr. Williams and wife now reside near Elkton, on Rural Route No. 1, from Weaubleau, Mo.

Isaac D. Wilson

Isaac D. Wilson, son of James and Martha Wilson, was born Jan. 15, 1803, probably born in North CaroUna, died in Laclede county. Mo., of pneumonia, Dec. 15, 1855. He was married to Mary E. Wood, who was born May 20, 1808, in Whitley county, Ky.. near Cumberland Gap, July 12, 1824. The wife, Mary E., died about 1847, in Miller county. Mo. It is known that Isaac had four brothers: James, John, Joseph, and Linzy. James died about 1839, John died about 1868, Joseph died about 1875, and Linzy died about 1880. John and Joseph died in Maries county. Mo., and Linzy probably died in Carroll county. Mo. Isaac moved with his wife and two boys, James L., and George, to Tenn., about 1828, from there he moved to Illinois; back to Tenn., and than came to Callaway county. Mo., in 1832, and later moved to Miller county. Mo., probably in 1833, and from there to Laclede county. Mo., about 1849. The children of Isaac D., and Mary E. Wood- Wilson, were as follows:

Isaac D., the father, was married a second time to Frances Mayfield- Jones, in 1849, in Laclede county. Mo. She was born Mar. 20, 1817, and to this union three children were born as follows:

In the Civil War, James L., and William Perry, served in Company "K" 47th E. M. M., George, John, and Pleasant, in Company "B" 10th Mo. Cav. Vols., Waid H., served in the Confederate Army, and David, served in Company "H" 8th Mo. Cav. Vols.

George Wilson

George Wilson, born Nov. 4, 1827, in Whitley county, Ky., married Eliza J. Jones, a daughter of Hiram Jones and PhaUssa Zana Hicks-Jones, in Miller county. Mo., Mar. 12, 1846, and died Feb. 13, 1903, in Hermitage, Mo. Eliza Jane Jones was born in McMinn county, Tenn., July 24, 1827, and died in Hermitage. Mo., Apr. 29, 1906. Her father, Hiram Jones, died in Miller county, Mo., in 1867, and her mother, Phalissa Zana Jones died in Miller county, Mo., Apr. 24, 1861. After the death of Phalissa Zana, Hiram married Margaret Shelton, and to their union three children were born, the eldest of whom was named James Madison. They are probably in Arkansas.

George Wilson removed from Miller county. Mo., to Hickory county. Mo., in Feb. 1866, reaching the S. E. 1-4 and S. W. 1-4 and S. W. 1-4 S. E. 1-4 of Section 35, Township 38, Range 21, Feb. 26, 1866, which he had bought from Col. Joel B. Halbert in Nov. 1865. He later traded this land to William Bozarth for land in Section 1, Township 37, Range 21, and lived on that until in April 1884, when he bought of Williamson^ E. Dorman, the hotel on the East side of the Public Square, in Hermitage, and moved to it.

James Love Wilson

James Love Wilson was born in Whitley county, Ky., Sept. 27, 1825, first married Sarah C. Mayfield, in Laclede county. Mo., Mar. 16, 1854. Twin boys were born to them, and they both died less than a year old. Sarah C, the wife, died Feb. 9, 1855. James L, was married the second time in Laclede county. Mo., to Nancy Caroline Alexander, Jan. 9, 1862, and she died in Hickory county. Mo., Nov. 22, 1880, and James L. died June 20, 1894, in Laclede county. Mo. To the union of James L. Wilson and Nancy C. Alexander children were born as follows:

Pleasant Wilson, son of Isaac D. Wilson and Mary E. Wood- Wilson, was born in Miller county. Mo., Oct. 23, 1842, married Sophia Hardin Burlingame, daughter of Asa Burlingame, in Miller county. Mo., Apr. 16, 1865. She was born in Morgan county, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1843.

F. Marion Wilson was born in Miller county. Mo., Jan. 24, 1848. Mary E. Alexander was born in Laclede county. Mo., Apr. 22, 1851. She was a daughter of George E. Alexander and Margaret Ann Tate-Alexander. They were born in Wilson county, Tenn. F. Marion Wilson and Mary E. Alexander, were united in marriage in Laclede county. Mo., Mar. 28, 1872.

William Louis Wilson

William Louis Wilson, son of George Wilson and Eliza J. Wilson, was born in Miller county. Mo., Sept. 3, 1853, married Sarah Armead Pendleton,* a daughter of George L. Pendleton, a Kentuckian, in Hickory county, Mo., Apr. 19, 1877. She was born in Kentucky, Mar. 1, 1859. The maiden name of her

John P. Wilson

John P., Wilson, youngest son of George Wilson, born Mar- 22, 1865, married Ella Dorm an, daughter of Oliver L., and Nancy E. Dorman, Apr. 8, 1888. She was born Feb. 7, 1874, in Hermitage, Mo.

Asa Wright Rev. Elijah Fisher Yeager

Elijah Fisher Yeager was born July 11, 1804, in Washington county, Ky., and during his infancy his parents, Daniel and Susannah, moved to Washington county, Tenn., where he was married to Hannah Stanfield, Mar. 9, 1826. She was born

Thomas Franklin, born July 9, 1832, married Mary E. Reser, June 18, 1857, served in the Civil War in the 18th Iowa Inft'y, and died May 7, 1900.

In 1828, Elijah F., the father, moved with his family from Tennessee to Illinois and settled in Vermillion county, near Vermillion river, and in 1838 he moved to Missouri and settled in what is now Hickory county. He was converted and joined the M. E. church, at the age of 23 years, and was licensed to preach and ordained a Deacon by Bishop Robert R. Roberds. and ordained Elder by Bishop WiUiam Capers; was only a local Minister but was a pov/er in the church, and an able and effective preacher. He died Apr. 16, 1885.

Wilbur Fisk, is a prominent Minister in the M. E. church, and has been a member of the Conference of that church since 1880. He served in the Civil War in Comprny '!" 8th Reg't Cav. Mo. Vols., one of the best fighting Regiments that Missouri sent to the field. Melvin Merrit, was also in the service of the U. S. for about six months during this war.

Amasa Yeaw was born in Rhode Island, June 6, 1823, came to Missouri in 1857, and died in Hickory county. Mo., Sept. 21, 1877. Clarissa J. Nichols, was born in Rhode Island, Feb. 18, 1824, married Amasa Yeaw in 1845, died near Cross Timbers, Mo., Jan. 28, 1907.

William M.Jenkins

Ida B.,.born in Hickory county. Mo., Apr. 14, 1885- Lena May, born in Hickory county. Mo., May 28, 1889. The father, William M. Jenkins, died on his farm near