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1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.4. Mary Ann Washam "Mollie" b Sep 1855 Taney Co., MO. The 1870 census is in error and she was not a twin to William Neil Washam (1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5.). (4-1860; 17-1870; 25-1880; b Sep 1855-1900; 63-1920) Mary’s position in the family should be swapped with her sister, Margaret Washam (1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.6., p. 372), who is the twin to William Neil Washam. Mary Washam m Preston Moore 16 Aug 1874 Grayson, TX. Mary Moore is living with her daughter, Nora Bell Moore Redden in the 1900 Dallas TX and 1920 Tarrant Co Census.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.4.1. Nora Bell Moore b 6 Aug 1877 TX & d Jan 1964. She m Sam M. Redden abt 1890. He was b Jul 1869 AL.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5. William Neil Washam was b 3 Mar 1853 Benton, Saline Co, AR. (IGI) His 1st) wife Julia b 22 Jan 1853 MS instead of 1853. A copy of Julia's daughter, Martha Ann Cook Sanders' death certificate gave her mother’s maiden name as Julia Smith. (Peggy Bostick, 2000) Before she married William she m 1869, to Samuel V. Cook b. abt 1844 Lauderdale, AL. In Tattered Volunteers, The Twenty-Seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., by Harry V. Barnard on page 107, it reads as follows: "COOK, S.V., Pvt. Co. C. E., 12/26/61, Florence, Ala. POW Camp Douglas, Ill. Captured, Fort Donelson, 12/16/52. Furloughed 10/5/1863 for 28 days. Never returned.” Children from her first marriage were: Nancy Jane Cook, Sametta Cook, Caldonia Cook, Mary Josephine Cook, & Martha Ann Cook. After Samuel Cook’s death, d. Apr 1879 Ft. Worth, Tarrant, TX, Julia petitioned the Probate Court in Fort Worth, March 1880, for the Guardianship of her own children. A hearing matter, #260, was held on 16 Feb 1880 and the official document awarding Julia guardianship was signed on 22 Mar 1880 by the Court Clerk and filed in Book H, page 230. The Minutes for this matter were recorded in the Probate Minutes Book B, pages 55-57. Julia d 22 Feb 1898 & bur Old Section of Oak Cliff Cem., Dallas Co., TX.  William's 2^nd) wife, Annie Lou Murphy b 8 Jul 1875 San Saba, San Saba, TX. She m 2^nd) Lewis Orsban Isham, 18 Jul 1904, Hunt Co, TX. (Mrg Bk M p204) Annie was the 3^rd wife of Lewis. Annie d. Nov 25, 1951 Denison, Grayson Co, TX.

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1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.2. Dacia Terrence Washam b Sep 1884 of Tarrant Co, TX m 2nd) Walter A. Coots b abt 1885 TX. They are in the 1920 Tarrant, Texas census as Walter Coots age 35 b TX, Docia T. age 35 b TX. Also in the home was Edwin Maddox age 4 11/12 b TX. They had a son, William Ray Coats, b 5 Jun 1926 Tarrant Co, TX.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.2. Julia N. Washam m 1st) Joe McClanaham 21 Nov 1900 Ellis Co., TX. Julia filed for divorce 11 Dec 1902 in District Court, Dallas Co, TX. The plaintiff asks for a divorce from the defendant on the ground of cruel treatment and non-support. Plaintiff asks for the care and custody of their minor child, for costs etc. In her filing for divorce she claimed she had been a resident of Dallas Co, TX for more than six months. On 21 Nov 1900, she and L. O. McClanahan were married in Waxahactie, TX. At the time she lived in Oak Cliff with her father W. N. Washam. The day after they were married he insisted that she return to her father's home and assured her that he would join her there on the following day, and that he would then arrange a house for her. He did not return to her father's home on 22 Nov 1900 and she did not again see the defendant until the latter part of Jan. 1901 when he came to her father's in Oak Cliff. The defendant lived in the home of her father for several months, repeatedly, assuring her that he would provide a house for her. That during this time both plaintiff and defendant were provided for by plaintiffs father and defendant has never at any time contributed anything to the support of the plaintiff. That after lived with the plaintiff for some months in her father's home, the defendant left her without any cause and wholly without any means of support. That at the time the defendant left her, plaintiff was in a delicate condition and subsequently there to she gave birth to a little girl about October 28, 1901. That the little girl is named Pearl McClanahan, and now is over one year old. That plaintiff and her child have both been supported all the time by her father, and the defendant has never at any time contributed anything to their support. The defendant about two or three months after the said child b went around the community and denied that the child was his, and cast aspersions and insinuations against the virtue and good name of the plaintiff. That plaintiff has always been loyal and faithful wife to the defendant in every way. The sheriff's return, 12 Dec 1902, summoned McClanahan to appear in court the first Monday of Jan 1903. He did not show up for the court hearing and the judge found in favor of Julia. Their marriage was dissolved, Julia was awarded custody of Pearl McClanahan, however, Julia was to pay all costs incurred.   They were divorced 16 Apr 1903 Dallas Co., TX for cruelty & slander & she received custody of child, Pearl. (Ellis Co., TX Records, Vol VIII, p 184.) She m 2nd) John W. Rule who was b 3 Jun 1883 & d 22 Jun 1968. In 1920 they lived in Dallas Co., TX. She d Oct 1968 Desoto Bend, Dallas, TX. The Oak Cliff Cem, Old Section, Dallas Co., TX has Julia N. Rule d 22 Oct 1967 with her husband John W. Rule and children:

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.2B.1. Wesley N. Rule b 24 Sep 1907 & d 2 Jan 1973, Pfc Co H Inf WWII

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.2B.2. Rodell Fern Rule b 15 Feb 1911 & d 4 Nov 1989 Tarrant, TX.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.2B.3. Ole H. Rule b 18 Jul 1913 & d 18 Aug 1956 Dallas, TX.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.2B.4. Joseph Edward Rule b 1917 & d Feb 13, 1979 Dallas, TX, Pfc US Army WWII.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.2B.5. Alice Rule b 1 Aug 1920 m Mr. Marshall.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.2B.6. John William Rule b 1922 & d Feb 24, 1979 Dallas, TX, Sgt. US Army WWII.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.3. Arthur H. Washam b 6 Aug 1889 instead of Aug 1889. Arthur d 11 Apr 1946 & bur Oak Cliff Cem, Old Section, Dallas Co., TX. His probable wife, Martha Elizabeth Warsham Oct 12, 1889 - Mar 24, 1946, is bur Wilson's Chapel Cem, Kaufman Co., TX.

Added children:

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.3.1.  Lonnie Weldon Washam d. 24 Mar 1942 Dallas, TX. In Wilson's Chapel Cem, Kaufman Co., TX, is Weldon Washam Feb 4,1912 - Mar 24, 1942.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.3.2.  Charles Hamilton Washam b. 20 Aug 1919 Kaufman Co, TX & d. 2 Apr 1981 Dallas, TX. He m Allene Marie Benson. Charles H. Washam Aug 20, 1919 – Apr 02, 1981 & Allene M. Washam Oct 15, 1920 – no death date, headstones are in Wilson's Chapel Cem, Kaufman Co., TX, on Kaufman Co. Rd 154, 0.2 miles off FM 2860. SS death records have Charles b. 20 Aug 1919 d. Apr 1981 Desoto Bend, Dallas, TX.  Child: Charlene Washam b. 1948 Dallas, TX.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.3.3.  Mary Jo Washam m Henderson Young Stewart. Children: James Edward Stewart b. 3 Apr 1942, Danny Lee Stewart b. Oct 4, 1944.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.5A.3.4.  Frances Ione Washam m Morris William Cawthon who d. 23 Mar 1998 Dallas, TX & she had child, Lanita Ann Cawthon, b. 2 Jul 1945 Camp Co, TX.

"called Aunt Mag. My grandmother, Sarah and her sister Margaret got married in Denton Co. (I know for certain Margaret did) and my grandmother either in Denton or Grayson Co. They both lived in Denison TX after their marriages. I'll tell you what I know about my great aunt Margaret. I knew her quite well, as she and my mother stayed in touch. We lived in Sherman but Denison is only nine miles from Sherman. She lived to be around 96 and died in Denison. I don't remember the date. A lot of her life's story was published on her b'day every year in the Denison Herald after she attained an advanced age. I used to have a clipping of this but lost it somehow. I could probably get a copy from old newspapers files at the paper or library. I do remember it telling how she married Robert Green in Denton and they boarded the train and came to Denison, where he worked for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad. I think he was a switchman. He worked for the railroad until he retired. They had several children and also raised some grandchildren. The names Sidney & Jesse comes to mind, and some of the children had moved to Detroit, Mich. Aunt Mag was a tiny person only 4ft. 11"."

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.9.2B.1. Robert Edward Bell b. 18 Feb 1915 (5-1920;16-1930) d 13 Mar 1983.

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.9.2B.2. Nellie Alberta Bell b. 28 Apr 1916 (3 8/12-1910; 14-1930) d. 19 Sep 1993.  She m Mr. Griffith.

 1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.9.2B.3. Willie Lee Bell b. 14 Jan 1918 (1 11/12-1920; 12-1930), d. 11 Sep 1999 & m Mr. Griffith. (Willie Lee and Nellie m brothers)

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.9.2B.4. Hattie May Bell b. 5 Apr 1922. Hattie m Royal Jackson Crumby b. 19 Mar 1914 19 Mar 1914 Dorchester, Grayson Co., TX & d. 1 Apr 1977 Dallas Co, TX. (SSDI, TX death rec.)   Picture on left, dated 1929 of Hattie and Prince Vernon Bell.  On right is Hattie and husband, Royal Crumby, dated 1942.  Pictures courtesy Hattie Bell Crumby, 2002.  Hattie Crumby, Mesquite, TX, 2002 wrote "All dates I have were given to me by my Mother, written in her own hand. She got the information from her mother, Sarah Amanda Washam. ... Sarah Lee Washam's parents were Jeremiah Washam b 1822 SC d. maybe in Denton Co, as they had come from Missouri to Denton Co. TX when Sarah Amanda was about 12 yrs. old m Amanda M Benton b 1831 TN. They m Aug 27, 1845. Jerimiah Washam's father born 1790's in England. Amanda M Benton's father b. 1790's in Scotland.  This 1929 picture of Hattie and her brother, Prince, is courtesy Hattie Bell Crumby, 2002.

Hattie Crumby wrote, 2002: " My grandmother, Sarah said they came to Texas when she was about 12 yrs old and she said they came through Indian Territory. The only two children I am aware of that Amanda Benton Washam had are my grandmother, Sarah, and her sister Margaret, who we called Aunt Mag. She lived next door to her Mother in 1880. My grandmother, Sarah and her sister Margaret got married in Denton Co. (I know for certain Margaret did) and my grandmother either in Denton or Grayson Co. They both lived in Denison TX after their marriages. Sarah had Mattie, Vernia (we called him uncle Vernie) and Jessie, who I never knew his name. Mother only said she had a brother who died young. I'll tell you what I know about my great aunt Margaret. I knew her quite well, as she and my mother stayed in touch. We lived in Sherman but Denison is only nine miles from Sherman. She lived to be around 96 and died in Denison. I don’t remember the date. A lot of her life's story was published on her b'day every year in the Denison Herald after she attained an advanced age. I do remember it telling how she married Robert Green in Denton and they boarded the train and came to Denison, where he worked for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad. I think he was a switchman. He worked for the railroad until he retired. They had several children and also raised some grandchildren. The names Sidney & Jesse comes to mind, and some of the children had moved to Detroit, Mich. Aunt Mag was a tiny person only 4ft. 11 ". As all of us are. Sarah also was 4ft. 11' as was my Mother, ( Mattie) myself and my daughter Ann. My two sons are also short one around 5ft. 5" the other about 5ft.7" and I see it is a family trait, as you said Calvin was only 5ft. 5". Sarah said her mother (Amanda) was also tiny. I do have Sarah’s last two letters she wrote my Mother. They are written on lined tablet paper in pencil, so are barely readable. They are yellow with age. She wrote them around Christmas time before she died in Jan. 1923."

1.5.4.3.2.1.1.1.9.2B.5. Prince Vernon Bell b. 22 May 1924 (5-1930) d 28 Jan 1990 Dallas, Dallas, TX (SSDI)

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1.5.4.3.2.2. Hinds Dunnavant Worsham b abt 1782 Chesterfield Co, VA, m Mary & d bef. 12 May 1845 Pike Co, MO.  His descendants lived in Pike Co, MO; Ripley Co, MO; Pike Co, IL; Beckham Co, OK; Audrain Co, MO.  The will of Hinds D Worsham, dated 12 May 1845, proved 6 June 1845, mentions his wife but she is not named, along with grandson: Napoleon Worsham; sons: Frank, Miles, Hinds, John, Richard & Archibald; & daughter: Martha, her children mentioned but not named. (Pike County Land Deeds, Vol.  I, p 357)   Joesph Lafayette "Fate" Murray, 2004, writes:

"I'm guessing at how Dunnavant is spelled ... my grandmother Mary Cathrine Hurst told me that her grandpa (James Maddison Hurst) son of Noah William Monroe Hurst and Nancy Jane Worsham told her that his grandfather was Hines/Hinds Dunnavant Worsham." 

In The Chillicothe Constitution Nov 9 1908, p3:

"Missouri woman would own city, Los Angeles, Cal, Nov 8, That she is one of the rightful owners of 160 acres of land in the heart of Little Rock, Ark., valued at millions of dollars, and occupied illegally by others, is the claim of Mrs. Nancy M. Richardson, a Missouri woman, who lives at 1554 East Forty-eighth place, and whose brother, George Worsham, lives in Bowling Green, Mo. "When he received his honorable discharge in 1812 he was awarded 160 acres of land in Arkansas, the place where Little Rock is located. This award was signed by James Monroe, President of the United States. "My grandfather visited the spot and found it practically a swamp. He considered it worthless and returned to his home in North Carolina, and took his family, left there during his service as a soldier, to Pike County, Mo. settling twelve miles from what is now Bowling Green. "My father was his fifth child and was named Miles, and I am my father's fifth child. My brother, George Worsham, who lives on the old farm near Bowling Green, has the old sheepskin parchment upon which the award was written and which is in a fine state of preservation." Mrs. Richardson came here three years ago and says she will shortly institute action to prove ownership of the Little Rock property. "My grandfather, Hines Worsham, to who the land was given by the Government," said Mrs. Richardson, "was an American, and was born in Buncombe county, North Carolina. He enlisted in the army in 1812, and after the Americans were victorious over the British he finished out his six-year term of enlistment in frontier service, being located at various places between Little Rock and Chicago."

Nancy M. Richardson is 1.5.4.3.2.2.4A.4. Nancy Margaret Worsham on Page 390. In the 1870 Calumet, Pike Co, MO census, p81, James M. Richardson is age 35 & Nancy is age 25 with children Mary E. Richardson age 4 & William Richardson age 1.

1.5.4.3.2.2.1. Archibald B. Worsham b 4 Oct 1804 Mecklenburg Co, NC.  He m 2nd) Alcy Johnson "Alsey".

A petition for divorce Alce Worsham vs Archibald Worsham 7 Jan 1852 (Pike Co, MO Circuit Court Records, Vol E, 1847-1852) pp 568,598,600. Alce (Alsey) stated that Archibald Worsham was not a resident of the State of Missouri and he had absented himself from her for upwards of two years and for adultery. She had three children by him: Benjamin F. Worsham aged about fourteen, Minerva Ann Worsham aged about twelve, Carien E. Worsham (Coreen) aged about ten.  She was to have custody of the children. The divorce was granted 11 Sep 1852 as Archibald never appeared in court to defend himself.

Alce is in the 1860 Eugene City, Lane Co, OR, census as A. Washam, age 52 KY, p251 & the 1870 Eugene City, Lane Co, OR, cens. As Alice Worsham, age 62 KY, p471.

Jeannie Miyama, 2010, found that Mrs. Alsey Worsham (wife of Archibald Worsham) died on 10 Jan 1879 and is buried in Tenmile Cemetery, in Tenmile, Douglas Co, Oregon. She found a tribute for her at Find A Grave and now maintains her page there: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9671566

 

 

 

Illustrated history of Lane County, Oregon. Portland, Or. A.G. Walling. 1884, p497:

"Isaac E Stevens resides at Cogswell's ranch, on the McKenzie; is a stock grower; post office, Eugene City; was born in Ray county, Tennessee, in 1835; arrived in the state in 1847, and in county in 1848; married October 21, 1858, to Careen E. Worsham."

About 4 Jul 1837 Archibald m 2nd) Alsey Johnson b abt 1801 KY.  Alsey m 1st) George Swift b abt 1801 of Caswell, NC & d 11 Mar 1834 Pike, Missouri.  In 1870 Alsey lived in Lane, Oregon.

James A. Walker, Auburn, ME in 2000 wrote the following:

Archibald WORSHAM was born on 14 Oct 1804 in Mecklenburg Co, NC. He died on 27 Mar 1875 in Pike Co, MO. Sarah Elizabeth (Worsham) (Howell) Buchanon told Ann Louise (Howell) Mayhall, her granddaughter, that Archibald owned a family of slaves (Jack, Ester and son, Jim). They took the surname of Worsham when they were freed. A man owed Archibald a debt just before the close of the Civil War. The man was going to sell the slaves and split up the family, so Archibald took them in payment to keep the family together. (As told to Ann Louise (Howell) Mayhall, by her Aunt Mabel Buchanon.) (This contradiction in sources is through two accounts written by Ann Louise (Howell) Mayhall and attributed first to Grandma Buchanon and then to Mabel Buchanon. The story was the same, only the sources differed.)
It was said that Archibald served several years as sheriff of Pike County, Missouri. A list of all Sheriff's that have served in Pike County, Missouri, was received from the County Clerks office, and there was no Worsham on the list. He may have served as sheriff of Pike County, Illinois. A conversation with an employee in the County Clerks office of Pike County, Illinois failed to find any evidence of an Archibald Worsham being elected as Sheriff from 1850 to 1890. Dorothy Tuttle wrote a book on the Worsham line. She has provided information on Archibald and his wives (3 of them) and his children. Dorothy lists Archibald's death as 15 March 1874 in Pike County, Missouri, however, his birth and death is on page 147, Cemetery Records of Pike Co., MO. This book lists his age as 70 years, 5 months, and 13 days, which calculates a date of death as 27 March 1875.
He is probably the Archibald Worsham in the 1850 census for Perry Co, Mo, age 45, born in NC, with wife Sarah, age 35, born in KY, and Sampson Worsham, age 18, born in MO. He also appeared on the 1860 census for Perry Co, MO. Sampson was born about 1832. In 1837 Archibald was married to Alsey Swift; therefore is isn't reasonable that Archibald would have a son born in 1832, unless he was a son of Ann, his first wife.
Archibald is listed on the 1860 census for Perryville, Perry Co, MO, as 55 years old, with his wife, Martha, 21, and their daughter Sarah, 3. He was born in NC, with personal property worth $50 ($725 in 1990 dollars). His occupation was Grader.
On the 1870 census for Pike Co, MO he is 65, born in NC, with the occupation of Basket Maker. His wife Martha is age 32, Sarah 13, Mary E. is age 3.
His wife, Martha, is listed on the 1880 census for Ross Twp, Pike Co, IL, as a widow.
He was married to Martha WORSHAM in 1856 in Pike Co, MO.

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