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Wright County, Missouri

1850 Census plus Annotations
Transcribed/Annotated/Copyrighted by Gloria Bogart Carter

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WEAVER, James       49  m  TN  fmr    probably him in 1840 Scott Co MO; 1860 Wright Co #104; Julian FRAZIER named Admn. of his estate 16 Sep 1860 Gazette Springfield MO; named in his estate settlement Aug Term 1873: Frances "Fanny" WEAVER m J.P. RAINEY; Nancy WEAVER m Thomas PETTYJOHN; Sarah WEAVER m James PROFFETT; Lewis WEAVER s/o Lewis WEAVER dec'd; Dorcas WEAVER; James WEAVER Jr.
    Darcus          37  f  TN
    Jacob           22  m  TN  fmr    m 3 Nov 1859 Webster Co to Martha MOORE d/o Williamson MOORE & Nancy (?) see 1850 Wright Co #39-39; 1860 Wright Co #109; d in Jul 1865, Probate filed 3 Aug 1865.
    Lewis           19  m  TN  fmr    Probate 2 Feb 1867 he had a son Lewis L. WEAVER.
    James (Jr.)     17  m  TN  fmr   m Martha Jane WEAVER d/o Solomon WEAVER & Elizabeth FRALICK; see 1850 Wright Co #319; Martha 2nd m on 1 Jul 1869 as third w/o Michael DUNN, see 1850 Wright Co #495; his 1st wife was Polly (?); 1860 Wright Co #167 w/2nd wife Louisa BRIDGEMAN GARRETT; Louisa was wid/o Newton Jasper GARRETT; Michael DUNN is bur in Weaver Cem in Webster Co MO.
    Mary            09  f  MO
    Frances  (L.)   06  f  MO        "Fanny" m Joseph  P. RANEY see 1870 Wright Co #470; 1880 Wright Co Hart Twp #59-59.
    Sarah (E.)      04  f  MO        m James I. PROFFETT; see 1870 Wright Co #18.
    Lea             01  m  MO



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TATE, Frances    48  f  VA  fmr     wid/o James TATE b VA d Newton Co MO, a Rev War Vet; came to MO in 1839.
    Elizabeth    25  f  VA
    Logan        22  m  NC  fmr     James Logan TATE m Teresey J. Quick d/o
William QUICK of 1850 & 1860 Warren Co TN; he served as Sheriff of Wright Co in 1884 & 1886; see 1860 Wright Co #27; 1880 Wright Co Hartville Hart Twp #134-134.
    Mary         20  f  TN         Mary Ann 1st m William Perry DUTY who d ca 1858; they had three children John 1855, Oliver Perry 29 Jun 1857 m Sarah Elizabeth DURBIN d/o Edwin G. "Ned" DURBIN, a bro to Mathew DURBIN, and Susan 1858; Mary Ann 2nd m ca 13 Dec 1859 to Edward DURBIN b ca 1832 s/o Mathew DURBIN b ca 1808 & Elizabeth LOGSDON b ca 1811 D/O Peter LOGSDON Sr; Mathew was s/o Stumpy John DURBIN; Edward & Mary Ann  had Leonard E. DURBIN b ca 1860, m in MO to Nancy A. DURBIN b in Nov 1854 d/o Leonard DURBIN s/o Stumpy John DURBIN Sr; info from DURBIN research of Wm. Jesse DURBIN 1879-1974.
    Allen S.     17  m  TN  lab    m Sarah NANCE; see 1860 Wright Co #360; 1870 Wright Co #489 Sarah is alone; they are on the 1876 Texas Co MO census; 1880 Wright Co Boone Twp #366-366 she is wid.
    Anderson     15  m  TN  lab
    Richard (B.) 14  m  TN         m Alletha YOUNG d/o Alex YOUNG & Mary Polly CODAY see 1850 Wright Co MO #171; 1870 Wright Co #505; 1880 Wright Co Gasconade Twp #136-136.
    Triphina     08  f  TN


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YOUNG, William     29  m  KY  fmr    1860 Wright Co #599; 1870 Wright Co #332.
    Eliza          26  f  VA         d ca 1865.
    Catharine      04  f  MO
    John           03  m  MO
    Christopher    01  m  MO        Christopher Columbus.
    Sarah        1/12  f  MO


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GARNER, Edward   56  m  SC  fmr    1860 Wright Co #9, he has 2nd wife Cyntha (?).
    Henry        18  m  TN  fmr
    Metty        20  f  TN
    Thomas       16  m  TN  lab
    Monroe       11  m  TN        1860 Wright Co #38 in household of Wm. H. Ridens & Ruth Ann (?).
    James (M.)   08  m  TN        1860 Wright Co #10 in household of Dr. H.H. LEA.


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SPARKS, James   31  m  NC  lab     s/o Richard SPARKS & Anna SMITH; he fought in the Cherokee Indian War in 1837; served as a Justice of the Peace in Hartville for several years; he lived to be 89 years old and is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery about ten miles east of Hartville;  he 1st m in 1837 to Elizabeth MATTHEWS who died in 1844, they had Mary Polly SPARKS and James Richard SPARKS; he 2nd m Delilah SEAGRAVES who died in 1888, see 1860 Wright Co #277, they had eight children; he 3rd m Sarah HUTSELL, they divorced; he 4th m in 1894 when he was 81 years old, to Mary Ann BIVIAN.
    Anna        70  f  NC         nee: SMITH; mother of James, wid/o Richard SPARKS; she received two warrants for Bounty Land in Wright Co MO for her husband's service in the War of 18112, he enlisted while a resident of Iredell Co NC; James and Anna m on 1 Jun 1805 in Franklin Co NC; Richard d 19 Oct 1836 probably in Jefferson Co TN.
    Polly       09  f  TN         Mary A. "Polly"  is also buried in Mt Zion Cemetery.
    James       07  m  TN         James Richard b 24 Jul 1841 in Laclede Co MO but was raised in Wright Co; he served in the 24th MO INF in the Civil War; 1st m Sarah Louisa BARNETT who d in 1875, she was d/o Wm. BARNETT & Margaret Jane SANDERS, see 1850 Wright Co #541; 1860 Wright Co #472; he 2nd m on 7 Oct 1877 in Wright Co to Susan ABSHER d/o John Anderson ABSHER & Elizabeth WATSON, see 1850 Wright Co #304; 1880 Wright Co Wood Twp #119-123; 1900 Wright Co Hart Twp #109-114 Susan is a wid age 53; James Richard and both wives are buried in Curtis Cem Wright Co.


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SPARKS, Alfred   30  m  NC  lab    Alfred Burton SPARKS, probably s/o Richard & Anna.
    Nancy        25  f  TN
    William      05  m  MO
    Sarah        04  f  MO
    Milinda      01  f  MO


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NUNN, Jeramah         33  m  TN  fmr   Jeremiah Mayfield NUNN; 1840 Pulaski Co MO; s/o Zepheniah NUNN & Mourning nee: NUNN, they were cousins, they m in Randolph Co GA; they had resided in Maury Co TN; both d before 1850 and are bur in Nunn Cem East of Hartville on Hwy 38, it is said that Mourning was so feeble that she could not go to the graveyard when Zepheniah was bur, and when the family returned to the home they found she had quietly passed away; Zepheniah was s/o Marcy Rice NUNN; see stories in Wright County History Book I pg 474.
    Jane              24  f  TN        Jane Elvira Thompson b Dec. 1825 TN who married Jeremiah Mayfield Nunn her sister, Margaretta Thompson b 1829 TN married Zepheniah Rice Nunn see 1850 Wright Co #408;  they were daughters of Samuel B. THOMPSON see 1860 Wright Co #499, his Probate was filed in Wright Co on 26 Feb 1866.
    Jarvis          9/12  m  MO
    Martha            02  f  MO
NOBLEY, Elizabeth     09  f  MO
NUNN, Thomas          39  m  TN  lab   bro to Jeremiah; Thomas was a preacher and he moved to TX.
    Andrew            12  m  TN
    Sarah             08  f  MO


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NUNN, W. H.     32  m  TN  fmr    Wm. Henry was b 14 Apr 1818; he was in Texas in the home of a son, Joe NUNN, at the time of his death; he m in 1842 in Ga to:
    Delilia     23  f  GA        nee: LANGLEY b 1821 d  in the home of a son, Hiram NUNN; Wm. would go off searching for new frontiers and be gone for long periods; she and Wm. H. were separated the last years and lived with their children.
    Zephaniah   08  m  MO
    Joel        03  m  MO        Joe married Fannie THOMAS; she d in 1948 in TX;  Joe d 1913; The Joe NUNN Round-up is held annually at Sweetwater, Nolan Co TX, the 2nd weekend of June.


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HICKMAN, Johnathan   29  m  TN  fmr     d in 1906 bur in Old Benton Cem on Wood Fork, as is both of his wives; he served in the Home Guard and the 73rd E.M.M. during the Civil War; Jonathan 2nd m on 28 Aug 1853 to Elizabeth LEE b 12 Sep 1828 d 14 Jan 1917, d/o Rev. Joseph LEE & 1st wife Jane DENOUR see 1850 Wright Co #94-94; 1840 Pulaski Co MO; 1860 Wright Co  #109-109; 1870 Wright Co #160; 1880 Wright Co Gasconade Twp #202-202; 1900 Wright Co Gasconade Twp #119-119; 1910 Wright Co Gasconade Twp #122-124 Elizabeth a wid age 82.
    Mary             22  f  KY         nee: YOUNG, b 21 Jul 1826  d 25 Jul 1852; d/o Alfred YOUNG and Ruth RIPPEE, see 1850 Wright Co #109-109.
    Jasper           05  m  MO          b 29 Dec 1842 d 17 Sep 1902 bur Pleasant Hill Cem west of Hartville on Hwy 38; 1st m on 4 Aug 1863 to Mary Jane BOLIAN d/o James BOLIAN & Cynthia Angeline BLANKENSHIP(BOLIAN YOUNG), see 1850 Wright Co #41-41; Jasper served with 8 M.S.M. in the Civil War; 1870 Wright Co #1048; 1880 Wright Co Gasconade Twp #213-213; he 2nd m Nancy C. STIGALL b 25 Mar 1860 d 8 Mar 1920, d/o Stephen STIGALL; 1900 Wright Co Gasconade Twp #131-131; both wives are bur Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
    Elizabeth        04  f  MO         m in 1863 to James Woods McCLANAHAN b 15 Jan 1843 in Jefferson Co TN, he met early death on 25 Aug 1893 when killed by George BURRIS in a quarrel over rented pasture; s/o Hamilton B. McCLANAHAN & Sarah WOODS; Their house and barn were destroyed by the 18 Apr 1880 tornado that killed many people in Webster and Wright counties; James served in the Union Army CO G 16 MO CAV VOL; Elizabeth d in 1886 and James Woods McCLANAHAN 2nd m in 1887 to Martha HILLHOUSE, d/o Newton HILLHOUSE & Charlotte YOUNG, they had a dau, Pearl who m Noah CLAXTON; Hillhouse 1850 Wright Co #382; 1860 Wright Co #338; 1870 Wright Co #667; 1880 Wright Co Elk Creek Twp #1-1; 1900 Wright Co Elk Creek Twp #11-11 Martha is a wid and she and her dau Pearlie are in the Newton HILLHOUSE household; 1910 Wright Co Elk Creek Twp #56-56 Martha is living w/Pearlie and Noah CLAXTON; 1920 Wright Co Elk Creek Twp #105-106 Martha age 60 is with Pearlie and Noah; McCLANAHAN see 1850 Jefferson Co TN; 1860 Wright Co #320; 1870 Wright Co #37; 1880 Wright Co Brush Creek Twp #100-104.
    Eliza            02  f  MO          m a HUFFMAN.
    Alfred           01  m  MO          never m; d in the Civil War after skirmish at DeVall's Bluff, AR.


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HICKMAN, Micajah   27  m  TN  fmr    called "Cager Dave"; a bro to Jonathan and James HICKMAN; 1860 Wright Co #93 in Geo. NEWTON household.
    Frances        30  f  NC        Fannie;  nee: WILSON; 1870 Wright Co #159; 1880 Wright Co Gasconade Twp #75-75 she is a living with dau Frances & John Baxter RIPPEE.
    James          03  m  MO         James (K.P.).
    Sarah          01  f  MO


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NEWMAN, David   28  m  TN  fmr     m 28 Feb 1839 Henry Co TN; 1840 TN; 1860 Wright Co #374.
    Pernecia    30  f  TN          nee: McFADDEN.
    Jordan      09  m  TN          1870 Wright Co #243 has wife Mary (?).
    Nancy       07  f  TN
    Sarah       06  f  TN
    William F.  06  m  TN
    Andrew      04  m  MO
    John (H.)   02  m  MO


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HOPKINS, George (H.)  28  m  KY  fmr    s/o Richard HOPKINS Sr. & 1st wife Margaret HYSAW d/o Geo. HYSAW, see 1850 Wright Co #283.
    Adaline           32  f  TN  wif
    Margaret          17  f  TN  sis    d 1850.
    Elizabeth         15  f  TN  sis    m Ebinezer JULIAN, see 1850 Wright Co #14-14.


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PALMER, Ratliff     36  m  NC  mnr     Col. Ratliff Boone PALMER b in
Pickens District SC in 1816 s/o John PALMER & Nancy BOONE d/o Ratliff
BOONE who was a relative to Daniel BOONE; Col R.B. PALMER m at age 19 to
Sarah NIX; He moved to what is now Wright Co MO in Oct 1840 from GA; In
the spring of 1849 he left Hartville and went overland to California,
there following mining, and made $3,000 cash. He also followed ranching
in that State, and in 1853 he returned by Panama and New Orleans to his
family in Wright Co MO, where he farmed until the opening of the war. He
was then appointed colonel of the 73rd Enrolled MO Militia to guard Home
property; He served in the Legislature until the close of the war; In
1870 he was elected to the State Senate and in 1879 he was elected to the State Legislature for two years. See GOODSPEEDS HISTORY of WRIGHT CO; 1860 Wright Co #48; 1870 Wright Co #486; 1880 Wright Co Boone Twp #395-395; he was an Attorney at Law.
    Sarah           36  f  GA          nee: NIX.
    William (J.)    13  m  GA         1860 Wright Co #43 has wife Susannah J.(?); 1870 Wright Co #290;  1880 Wright Co Boone Twp #391-391.
    Loucinda        11  f  GA         was 1st w/o Noah CLAXTON b 1835 d 1915 s/o James CLAXTON & Temperance RATCLIFF on 1850 Bedford Co TN census; Noah 2nd m on 7 Feb 1865 to Ophelia Melinda RUSSELL b 1846 d 1940, they are bur at Hartville Steele Cem; 1860 Wright Co #330; 1870 Wright Co #209, his two children, Sarah 10 and Lucinda 6, by Lucinda  are with Col R. B. PALMER household #486.
    Benjamin (F.)   09  m  MO         m Elizabeth L. (?); 1870 Wright Co #413; 1880 Wright Co Brush Creek Twp #101-105.
    Joseph (Boone)  07  m  MO         b in Mar 1848 near Hartville d in 1897; he m on 2 Sep 1868 to Harriett LATIMER d/o Daniel LATIMER & Susan JOHNSON who came to Wright Co MO ca 1867 from Bedford Co TN via Union Co IL; 1870 Wright Co #124; 1880 Wright Co Elk Creek Twp #49-49; 1900 Wright Co Elk Creek Twp #90-93 Harriett is a wid age 48; 1910 Wright Co Elk Creek Twp #131-131; 1920 Wright Co Elk Creek Twp #30-30 Harriett age 68 is in household of dau Ellan & Robert PLUMLEE.


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McEWING, (McERWIN) John  54  m  IN  min    1840 Pulaski Co MO; probate filed 9 Oct 1866 Wright Co.
    William              19  m  MO  fmr
    Joseph               12  m  MO        1860 Wright Co #396 has wife Ann (?).
    Benjamin             08  m  MO
    John (Jr.)           22  m  MO  fmr    m Matilda STRONG d/o Wm. STRONG & Ann BINKLEY; he is not with family in 1860 Wright Co #46 Matilda & children in household of her bro Thomas C. STRONG.
    Matilda              16  f  TN        nee: STRONG; w/o John Jr. McERWIN.
STRONG, Isaac            23  m  TN        s/o Wm. STRONG & Ann BINKLEY; 1860 Wright Co #47.
    Sarah                23  f  MO        w/o Isaac STRONG
    Thomas (C.)          15  m  TN  lab    s/o Wm. STRONG & Ann BINKLEY; 1860 Wright Co #46 has wife Hester R. (?).
    George               11  m  TN        s/o Wm. STRONG & Ann BINKLEY.


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TUNNELL, James M.  33  m  TN  coc    he owned 300 acres of land and
operated a mill at the Radford Ford of the Gasconade River near St George and Manes, which he sold to Pleasant WYNN in 1870; he 1st m Elizabeth (?); In 1848 James M. was clerk of both the county and circuit courts.
    Cyntha         26  f  TN         nee: BEAUMONT; her Probate filed 17 Aug 1867 in Wright Co MO; Cyntha 2nd m James M. GORMAN, see 1850 Wright Co #114, he d 6 Apr 1854; 1860 Wright Co #13 Cyntha and her TUNNELL and GORMAN children are in the household of Edward BEAUMONT who came from England with his wife Mary TAYLOR & son James BEAUMONT in 1848 and lived in Blount Co TN for a few years before moving to Wright Co MO in 1855; see Goodspeed's History of Wright Co.
    William (B.)   09  m  MO        b 3 Apr 1841 at Hartville; he is buried in the Seymour Masonic Cem with a military stone no dates, HOSP STW'D 48 MO INF; at the time of his death on 13 Dec 1904, he was practicing medicine at Chitwood, he was a Dr of Physic; 1860 Wright Co #13 w/mother in the E. Beaumont household; he m in 1866 to Mary Elizabeth CARSON b 2 Aug 1843 d 26 Jun 1930 bur Seymour Masonic Cem Webster Co MO; see Wright Co History Book II.
    Sarah (L.)     04  f  MO        1860 Wright Co #13 w/mother.
    Maretta (E.J.) 01  f  MO        1860 Wright Co #13 w/mother.
WALLS, Robert      17  m  MO        1860 Wright Co #374 in household of David NEWMAN.


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PEARSON, James    28  m  AR  fmr    s/o Levi PEARSON & Nancy LANTZ; he is not with the family on 1860 Webster Co MO; his father, Levi was a bro to Jeremiah PEARSON, and his mother Nancy, was a sister to Susannah LANTZ the first w/o Jeremiah PEARSON.
    Leathy        25  f  NC        Lethy Leann,her maiden name may have been BURROWS; she is head of the household in 1860 Webster Co MO;  they had two more children after Dobson; Sarah J. 1852; William 1855; Sarah J. PEARSON 1st m Samuel McMULLIN b 1851 s/o James Jordan McMULLIN & Eliza Jane BRAZEAL who are bur in the Mansfield Cem, Samuel left Sarah J. and went to Idaho, changed his name to KUYKENDALL and married and raised a family of KUYKENDALL's; it seems Samuel was quite a disappointment to his parents who were very religious, hard working, honest people; his father ran an ad in the newspaper saying he was not the McMULLIN being talked about and other mentions; Sarah went to Kansas, remarried and raised her children; William PEARSON m Nancy A. (?) b 1853 GA; Leathy is living with them in 1880 Wright Co Gasconade Twp #53-53; see Wright County History Book I.
    Dobson        01  m  MO        he 1st m Martha Jane WYNNE b 22 Nov 1847 at Dyersburg, Dyer Co TN d 27 Mar 1877 bur Wynne Cem near Hartville, Wright Co MO, bur next to her is an infant dau b & d 28 Oct 1876 and an infant son b & d 16 Nov 1874; she was d/o Wm. Reed WYNNE Jr. b 14 Feb 1814 VA d 24 Jan 1870, and Barbara FRAZIER b 1 Sep 1813 Knox Co TN d 24 Nov 1873 both bur Wynne Cem; W.R. & Barbara m on 1 Sep 1849 Dyer Co TN;  Barbara d/o Thomas FRAZIER & Mary Polly GILLUM b 12 Nov 1783 Montgomery Co New VA  d in Dyer Co TN after 1850; Thomas FRAZIER b 25 Dec 1783 Guilford Co NC d 11 Apr 1839 at Bearden TN, s/o Samuel FRAZIER & Rebecca JULIEN; Dobson 2nd m Eliza A. (?) see 1880 Wright Co Brush Creek Twp #64-68; their son William b 11 Jul 1880 d 8 Jun 18899 bur in Wynne Cem.
RISLEY, Andrew    17  m  MO  lab


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ELLIDGE, William   33  m  TN  lab
    Sarah          24  f  NC
    Elizabeth      04  f  TN
    Nancy          01  f  MO

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