Wright
County, Missouri
Transcribed/Annotated/Copyrighted by Gloria Bogart Carter
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SPARKS, George
44 m NC fmr d
intestate 1 Oct 1870 Admn Wm.
COTTENGIM
and Nancy SPARKS; 1840 Jefferson Co TN; 1860 Wright Co MO #474;
1870 Wright Co MO #471;
Rachel 44 f NC
Tibitha 16 f TN
m William SEAGRAVES;
Anna 14 f
TN
William 11 m TN
Alvira 09 f TN
Jane 08 f
MO
Susannah 04 f MO
James 01 m
MO
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BINKLEY, Nimrod 22 m TN fmr believed to be s/o Isaac BINKLEY & Martha "Patsy" WILSON, see 1850 Wright Co MO #117; 1860 Wright Co MO #366; 1870 Wright Co MO #45; 1880 Wright Co MO Hart Twp #113-114; 1900Wright Co MO Hart Twp #79-83;
Winney 22 f IN d/o John Coday & Elizabeth SUMNERS see 1850Wright Co MO #136;
Lidda 02 f MO
Mary 3/12 f MO
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McCORMICK, James 44 m Tn fmr
Nancy 42 f VA
Elizabeth 18 f TN
Josiah 13 m TN
Robert 11 m TN 1860 Wright Co MO #610 has wife Betsey A.;
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JOHNSON, James B. 30 m KY lab
Malinda 21 f TN d/o Elijah PROCK & Abigail COGBURN; she 2nd m a HEATON;
Missouri 03 f MO
Cinrilda 01 f MO
Prock, Elizabeth 42 f TN
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GARNER, Joshua (A.) 32 m SC fmr 1860 Wright Co MO #21; 1870 Wright Co MO #477 Sarah is head of household;
Sarah (H.) 35 f NC b 3 Sep 1813 d 27 Sep 1883 bur Hartville Steele Cem;
Joseph 14 m TN
Napoleon (B.) 08 m TN m ca 1872 Martha E. 1900 Wright Co BEAUMONT d/o Edward BEAUMONT & Mary TAYLOR see 1860 Wright Co MO #13; 1870 Wright Co MO #123 & 156; 1880 Wright Co MO Hart Twp #155-156; 1900 Wright Co MO Hartville City Hart Twp #306-317;
James (K.) 06 m TN
Jane 07 f TN
Sarah (J.) 04 f MO m Wm. H. H. HENSLEE wid-hus/o her younger sister Samantha;
Francis (M.) 03 m MO m Martha C. RUDD d/o Pleasant RUDD & Delia MESSEMAR see 1870 Wright Co MO #7;
Jasper (P.) 01 m MO m Amanda J. LONG;
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OWENS, Johnathan 49 m NC fmr s/o Elisha OWENS & Amanda (?); 1860 Douglas Co MO #12; d 1866; His wife Elizabeth died before 1866; on 13 Feb 1866 Jonathan OWENS revoked his will in Wright Co MO. In Nov 1866 Jonathan is appointed guardian of Sarah Elizabeth AMOS and Avery L. AMOS, minor heirs of Charles AMOS deceased. Jonathan m 17 Mar 1866 in Franklin Co MO to Sabra MOODY AMOS, wid/o Charles AMOS who were m on 13 June 1855 in Wright Co MO, Charles AMOS d 29 Feb 1864; In 1867 Jonathan OWENS bought land in Newton Co MO; He, Sabra and her children are listed on the 1870 Newton Co MO census and with them is Wm. THARP who is husband of Sarah Elizabeth AMOS. According to some Homestead papers, Johnathan OWENS was a member of the Union Army serving with CO A 6th MO COL CAV during the Civil War. These papers also state that Jonathan OWENS d in Nov 1877 at Newtonia, MO, and Sabra d 12 Oct 182 at Newtonia, MO, but their burial place is not known; 1880 Wright Co MO Hart Twp #24-24 Sabra age 59 wid is head of household; Wright Co MO Probate Index list him as #323; Jonathan was a Minister of the Gospel;
Elizabeth 46 f TN For years her surname was believed to be Senic but the death certificate of son Henry J. Owens states his mother's name was Elizabeth KNOX, Senic is an error attributed to the transcription of poor handwriting and poor photo-copy of an earlier death certificate. It is believed she d ca 1866, and he married the young widow AMOS, with the disapproval of his children, so he left Wright Co and never returned; Rhea Co TN Marr Records show Betsey KNOX m on 3 Nov 1819 to Jonathan OWENS;
Elisha 23 m TN lab b in Bradley Co TN d 16 May 1915, Wright Co MO age 96 years however his Obit says he was 108 years old; bur Oak Grove Cem; Probate Index lists him as #862; he m ca 1852 (not in TN as History Book states) to Amanda BINKLEY d/o Isaac BINKLEY & Martha Patsy WILSON; see 1850 Wright Co MO 117; Amanda d 4 Jul 1913 age 79 years; bur in Oak Grove Cem; 1860 Wright Co MO #361; 1870 Wright Co MO #324; 1880 Wright Co MO Wood Twp #107-110; 1900 Wright Co MO Wood Twp #83-83 he is 72 she is
62; 1910 Wright Co MO Wood Twp #28-28 they had been marr 60 years;
Nancy 15 f TN Nancy Matilda b 1834 probably McMinn Co TN d before 1870; m as 1st w/o Dr. Benjamin Melton BRADSHAW b 20 Sep 1832 s/o Pierson Wade BRADSHAW & Senith "Siney" SPARKS; see 1850 Wright Co MO #428; 1860 Wright Co MO #479;
Cyntha 14 f TN m Isaac MERRILL s/o James MERRILL & Sarah (?); 1860 Wright Co MO #479 they are living in the B.M. BRADSHAW household;
William 12 m TN b 15 Feb 1838 Bradley Co TN d at the Old Soldiers Home at St. James MO 23 Nov 1922, bur Spillman Cem; He 1st m 29 Dec 1859 in Wright Co MO to Mary Palina FLETCHER who d 28 Jul 1882, bur Spillman Cem; Wm. 2nd m in Feb 1884 at Hartville Wright Co MO to Mrs Elizabeth FRY SANDERS who d in 1902; Wm. 3rd m in Feb 1905 to Mrs Margaret LANE ABSHER b 11 Jul 1862 d 4 May 1914 bur Thomas Cem, d/o Joseph LANE & Rebecca LYNCH; Wm. 4th m 20 Feb 1915 to Mary Amelia BONNELL McDANIEL; William was a member of the Webster Co MO Home Guards and CO H 63rd EN MO MIL;
Henry (J.) 05 m MO b 6 Apr 1845 Wright Co MO d 6 Apr 1939 according to researcher Virginia Lawson Long; or d 6 Sep 1924 in Cem record, bur Oak Grove Cem; m Martha J. Bradshaw b 8 Sep 1846 d/o P.W. BRADSHAW & Senith "Siney" SPARKS see 1850 Wright Co MO #428; 1880 Wright Co MO Wood Twp #105-108;
MISE, Nancy (J.) 05 f MO said could be d/o Wm. MISE see 1850 Wright Co MO #512) & Elizabeth OWENS; 1860 Wright Co MO #591 she is in the Wm. C. WRIGHT household;
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FINDLEY, Minerva (Jane) 39 f TN nee: SPENCE m 11 Mar 1824 Roane Co TN to George W. FINDLEY; 1840 Pulaski Co MO males 1-1-0-0-0-1 females 0-1-2-0-0-1; On 1 April 1847 Minerva FINLEY Cash Entry for Land Twp 29 R 15 in the northeast 1/4 of the northeast 1/4of Sec 29 in Gasconade Twp;
Emeley 19 f TN
Margarett 22 f TN
James (Henderson) 17 m TN 1st m Catherine J. (?) b 20 Jun 1833 d in Sep 1865 bur Hensley Cem; 1860 Wright Co MO #456; 1870 Wright co MO #802 he has 2nd wife Aby J. (?); 1880 Wright Co MO Clark Twp #21-21 has wife Abby J. his children and M.E. (Mary) KITTRELL age 16 listed as stepdau; 1900 Wright Co MO Clark Twp #55-55 Aby Jane age 61 wid b Jul 1838 TN;
Thursday 15 f TN Isabel Thursday m William CHRISTIAN, s/o Simon CHRISTIAN & Mary SCOTT 1850 Wright Co MO #193; 1860 Wright Co MO #209 they have Louisa C. and Wm. R. FINLEY living with them;
William (R.) 11 m MO living with sister Isabel Thursday & Wm. CHRISTIAN 1860 Wright Co MO #209;
Louisa (C.) 08 f MO With sister Isabel T. in 1860;
SPENCE, Margarette 75 f NC wid/o Thomas SPENCE who d by May 1847 term of Court in Roane Co TN ;
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MABERRY, William H. (Henry) 37 m KY bks b ca 1813 Madison Co TN; 1840 IL (probably Wayne Co) 1860 Wright Co MO #467 wife Rebecca 28 TN, nee: GIDEON, m ca 1853 as his 3rd wife; 1880 Wright Co MO Clark Twp #71-71 Rebecca is wid age 41 her mother, Nancy MILLER GIDEON age 76 is living with her and her children, Rebecca d/o Isham G. GIDEON & Nancy Miller; the name of his first wife is not known; Wm. H. served with CO K 24th MO VOL INF; they may have gone to Reynolds Co MO for a while; see the history of The 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry by J. Randall Houp;
Polly 23 f TN 2nd w/o Wm. H. Mayberry; d
Soon after the 1850 census was taken;
Jane 14 f TN
Elizabeth 12 f IL
Margarette 07 f IL
Henry 05 m MO born in Reynolds Co MO d 18 Dec 1932 in Oakland City, Gibson Co IN; He enlisted in the 24th MO CO K and gave his residence as Wright Co MO; his 1st wife was Luiza; 2nd wife was Jennie;
Soloman 03 m MO d young;
Michael 7/12 m MO
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PAUL, Ambrose 55 m VA fmr 1840 Pulaski Co MO males 1-0-0-0-0-1 females 2-1-1-1-0-1; 1860 Wright Co MO #182; d 22 Aug 1869 age 65 yrs,
bur Marshfield Cem Webster Co MO
Rachel 49 f PA bur Shaddy Cem marker says Rachel Cenit w/oAmbrose PAUL d 20 Apr 1861 age 55 yrs;
Jane 18 f OH
Salina 15 f OH b 31 Mar 1831 d 14 Apr 1904 bur Smittle Cem; m 1Aug 1854 as 2nd w/o Joseph SMITTLE b 1818 d 15 Nov 1891 age 73 yrs bur Smittle Cem, s/o John SMITTLE; 1860 Wright Co MO #166;
Ambrose (V.) 14 m OH b 8 Jan 1833 d 31 Aug 1861 bur Mtn Dale CemWebster Co MO; m 3 Nov 1859 Webster Co MO Highley PHILLIPS b 13 Aug 1839 d 9 Jul 1911 bur beside Ambrose V., d/o Robert PHILLIPS & Sarah PEARSON1850 Wright Co MO #16; Sarah was d/o Jeremiah PEARSON & 1st wife Susannah LANTZ 1850 Wright Co MO #20; 1860 Wright Co MO #189; she 2nd mon 27 Jan 1868 Webster Co MO to Samuel C. WINNINGHAM b 22 Jan 1825 d 15 Apr 1903 Webster Co MO bur beside 1st wife, Winningham Cem Webster Co MO;1870 Webster Co MO Hazelwood Twp #98-96; Louisa (?) 1st w/o Samuel C.
WINNINGHAM b 10 May 1825 d 18 Sep 1866;
Elisa 12 f OH b 25 Dec 1837 Fayette Co OH d 20 Apr 1895 burMarshfield Cem Webster Co MO beside her father; m Thomas SMITTLE b Jun 1832 s/o Jacob SMITTLE and Esther WILLIAMSON who m 22 Jan 1822 Adams
Co OH;
Thomas (K.) 10 m MO he has a mil marker in Marshfield Cem
Webster Co MO Lieut CO B 24 MO INF no dates, beside him is Mary J. b 8
Apr 1844 d 31 Jul 1921;
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ODLE, William (D.) 32 m IN fmr b 7 Sep 1818 Franklin Co IN d 8 Mar 1889 bur NancyNewton Cem; 9th of 16 children of Simon ODELL b 1787 Cocke Co TN & Mary Elizabeth TURNER, 1840 Ray Co MO males 0-0-2-2-0-0-0-1 females
0-1-1-0-0-0-1, 1850 Hunt Co TX #168; Wm. D. served in the Union Army 8th
MO CAV MSM in the Civil War, his Pension Certificate was #119528; 1860
Wright Co MO #195; 1870 Wright Co MO #1001; 1880 Wright Co MO Pleasant
Valley Twp #139-143; m 28 May 1840 Ray Co MO to:
Elizabeth 28 f KY nee RIPPEE, b 26 Jun 1822 d 22 Mar 1892 burbeside Wm. D. in Nancy Newton Cem; d/o Joshua RIPPEE & Sarah HICKS 1850 Wright Co MO #434;
John 09 m MO His tombstone reads b 18 Feb 1844 d 31 Mar 1917,but family records show b 18 Feb 1841 d 31 Mar 1917 bur Hartville-Steele Cem, at the time of his death he was living at the Soldiers Home atLeavensworth KS but previous to that he made his home with his dau Ella, Mrs. T.B. Bouldin at Norwood; he served with the Union Army 8th MO CAVMSM in the Civil War; he was a Dentist; he m 21 Feb 1864 Webster Co Mo
to Triphena RIPPEE b 7 Jan 1841 d 20 Sep 1911 bur Hartville-Steele Cem,
d/o Hiram RIPPEE & Mary YOUNG 1850 Wright Co MO #201; 1870 Wright Co MO
#386; 1880 Wright Co MO Gasconade Twp #41-41;
Syria 07 m MO b 30 Mar 1843 d 17 Mar 1921 bur Cedar Gap Cemeast of Seymour MO on the Webster & Wright County line in Webster Co MO; he served with CO F 16 MO CAV in the Civil War; He started the AnnualJune Singing at Cedar Gap on the 1st Sunday in June 1897; he was a well known singer, and held singing school around the area; He had a crippledleg, one leg was drawn at the knee; Sirria ODLE m 3 Aug 1865 Wright Co MO, by J. McErwin, to Elizabeth Ann TURNER b 30 Aug 1843 Roane Co TN d 5 Aug 1923 bur Cedar Gap Cem; d/o John "Jackie" TURNER & Rebecca McMULLIN a
d/o James Jordon McMULLIN & Eliza Jane BRAZEAL; John "Jackie" Turnerborn 1820 in Roane Co TN immigrated to MO in 1849, first to Scott Co MO then on to Wright Co MO in 1860, he was 1st m to Rebecca McMULLIN, 2nd mElizabeth White; John "Jackie" TURNER served with 8 MO CAV; his brother Sterling TURNER, a Capt in the Confederate Army was killed at the Battleof Vicksburg MS, another brother, Joseph TURNER, a Major in the Union Army found his brother dead at Vicksburg, besides this brother Josephfound anotherbrother, two nephews, and a brother-in-law in thesurrender; Jackie also had served in the Florida War; his father John D. TURNER served in the War of 1812 and various Indian Wars, and was aLieut. in the Florida War; see Goodspeeds History of Wright Co MO;
Silas 05 m MO b 16 Dec 1846 d 24 May 1876 at Hartville Wright Co MO bur Nancy Newton Cem. He died of cancerof the foot caused by spur rubbing it when he was in the Civil War serving as a PVT CO F 16 REG MO CAV; he m Rebecca Ann PITCHFORD b 14 Dec1850 Bowling Green KY d Apr 1931 bur Mount Zion Bapt Cem Wright Co MO; she 2nd m 9 Sep 1878 to Robert A. BRAZEAL b 1857 d 1926 bur by Rebecca inMount Zion Bapt Cem; Rebecca was d/o Cyrus Bruton PITCHFORD and 1st wife Mary Jane GILLILAND who is bur at Nancy Newton Cem; C.B. PITCHFORD 2nd mMartha A. EDMONDS wid/o Leonard SANBURN; Martha was d/o Newton J. EDMONDS & Eunita H. RYAN who are on the 1850 Rhea Co TN census; Rebecca PITCHFORDcame to MO when she was eleven years old. Her son Charley Brazeal told me "Ma often said she walked all the way to MO from Bowling Green KY,even waded the Mississippi River, each child had a bucket of dried apples tied to them", her father Cyrus Bruton PITCHFORD is also bur in MountZion Bapt Cem, he was s/o Elly/Eli PITCHFORD and Sarah BROWN who are also bur in Mount Zion Bapt Cem;
Dorothy 02 f MO b 25 Mar 1848 Wright Co Mo d 22 Mar 1884 inChildbirth, infant son also died they are bur Hensley Cem; she m 21 May 1871 in Wright Co MO as 2nd w/o John Wesley GILLEY b 13 Mar 1842 near
Woodbury Cannon Co TN s/o Editha GILLEY not quite thirteen years old when
he was born, she was d/o Gideon GILLEY who resided in Grundy and Cannon
Counties TN; Editha GILLEY m Larkin ADAMSON 6 Jun 1851 in Greene Co MO,
they are bur in the Mapes Family Cem in Christian Co MO; John Wesley
GILLEY d 25 Jun 1926 at Mansfield bur Hensley Cem beside Dorothy and
Infant son; They are my great-grandparents, gbcarter@juno.com
Sarah 3/12 f MO b 16 Feb 1850 d 25 Aug 1923 bur in Greenwood Cem Council Grove, Morris Co, KS; she 1st m Huston MILLER who d 25 Mar1877; she 2nd m 13 Aug 1892 in Wright Co MO as 3rd w/o Michael WOOD b 15 Mar 1839 Yellville, Marion Co, AR, he d at age 87 (1926); Michael WOODserved in Phelps MO INF during the Civil War; he was s/o William WOOD & Dicy TRIMBLE who are mentioned in the Turnbo Fireside Stories; Michael
WOOD 1st m in Marion Co AR to Martha Jane FORD and 2nd on 3 Sep 1858 in
Ozark Co MO to Elvira MARTIN who d 8 Sep 1891 at Seymour MO;
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BOYD, Samuel 32 m GA fmr b Hall Co GA;
Priscillah 29 f GA d/o Andrew WOOD & Charity LANGLEY;
Sarah 02 f MO
William 3/12 m MO
WOOD, Andrew 55 m SC d 1850 Wright Co MO;
Charity 55 f GA nee LANGLEY, Cherokee Indian; m 1821 Hall CoGA; d at Ozark Christian Co MO;
Rabaca 10 f GA
Cassaro 18 m GA fmr
Elizabeth 14 f GA
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GILMORE, James 59 m KY fmr
Nancy 59 f KY
Permelia 20 f KY
Polly 18 f KY
Sophrony 16 f KY
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RIDENS, Jesse H. 55 m NC fmr 1840 Pulaski Co MO males:
1-0-1-0-0-0-1 females 1-2-1-0-0-1; 1860 Wright Co MO #36;
Susannah 42 f KY nee SPARKS;
Lucretia 17 f TN m as 2nd w/o James RIPPEE s/o Joshua RIPPEE andSarah HICKS, 1850 Wright Co MO #434; 1860 Wright Co MO #254; 1870 Wright Co MO #434; 1880 Wright Co MO Gasconade Twp #77-77;
Elizabeth 16 f TN
Sinah 13 f TN
Samuel (T.) 11 m MO
Jesse (K. Jefferson) 04 m MO m Susannah M. WALL b 3 Mar 1845 d 15 Apr 1914 bur Wynn Cem, at the base of her stone is a black plaque on a concrete base flat on the ground that reads: "Jeff RIDENS died 1888 Yahola, Okla.", d/oElias WALL & 1st wife Hiley PEARSON, 1850 Wright Co MO #9; 1860 Wright Co MO #35; 1870 Wright Co MO #657; 1880 Wright Co MO Hart Twp #122-123;
James C. 09 m MO
Rebecca 07 f MO
Susannah 03 f MO not with family in 1860;
Nancy (Anne) 01 f MO
Updated September 2008.