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Wright County, Missouri

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


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ALLCORN, John   57  m  KY       1860 Webster Co MO; His wife Mary (?) d Nov 1949 of Serofula, age 51; he m bef 1850 to:
    Elizabeth   25  f  NC       nee: KRIDER d/o John KRIDER see  #38-38 Wright Co MO 1850.
    John        17  m  IN  sch
    James       12  m  MO  sch
    Joshua      09  m  MO  sch
    Elizabeth   07  f  MO  sch



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ALLCORN, Joseph  28  m  KY  fmr
    Arsula       29  f  KY
    Francis      06  m  MO
    Mary         04  f  MO        Polly is in the John HOLT
household #548 Wright Co MO 1860.
    Robert       03  m  MO        Robert Henderson Allcorn  is
also in the John HOLT household in 1860; he m Rose Ann ORENDER d/o Hellsman ORENDER.
    Sarah        01  f  MO        Sally is in the Stephen HOLT household #543 Wright Co MO 1860.


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ALLCORN, William   25  m  IN  fmr   1860 Webster Co MO; d 4 May 1911 bur Mtn Dale Cem north of Seymour, MO.
    Elizabeth      19  f  KY       nee: DENNEY; d 1856; William 2nd m on 11 Sep 1856 Webster Co MO to Mary Magdaline WAMMACK b 1836 d ca 1870 d/o James WAMMACK & Sarah GUNTER; see #208 Wright Co MO 1850; William 3rd m on 7 Jul 1874 to the wid/o John B. BENNETT, nee: Mary Ann "Polly" BROWN d/o Wm. BROWN & Harinah (JOHNSON?); div, see story below; William made the overland trip with the McCLURG expedition to the California gold fields in 1849 and returned by the Panama and north through Mexico to his home in Wright Co MO, now Webster Co.
    Jeston         03  f  MO        Jestine m Henry B. RAGSDALE; she died 15 Dec 1905.
    Mary (Ann)     01  f  MO       m a HARVEY; d 11 Mar 1943.

         INDICTED FOR MURDER - NEVER COME TO TRIAL
            1870 Webster Co MO Hazelwood Twp
               #141-137 PRINDLE, Joseph W. 40 m NY rr
                       Lizie M.  35 f NY
                            Joseph E.  13 m NY
                            Charles S.  04 m S AM
                            Lizie A.  01 f MO

               #144-140 BENNET, John B.    46 m KY
                       Mary A.        26 f KY
                       Pliny E.  05 f IA

In the fall of 1872, Joseph W. PRINDLE was sharing MOTTS SPRING, with John B. BENNET, the spring was on BENNET'S property.  PRINDLE was away, working on the railroad, when he came home his wife, Lizie, told him "Bennet won't let us have no more water out of Motts Spring". Thus Joseph W. PRINDLE took the gun down off the wall and went down the hill in front of his house, crossed the branch at the Motts Spring and up the hill on the other side to Bennet's house.  He confronted BENNET about refusing the Mrs. PRINDLE water from Motts Spring and a very heated argument followed, Joseph W. PRINDLE turned to go back down the hill toward Motts Spring, when he was almost to the foot of the hill south of the Mott Spring, John B. BENNET shot him, and he fell dead.
Young Joseph E. PRINDLE, who was about 15 years old at the time, had been out working, when he returned that evening, he found his mother in tears, she told him "Your Papa was shot by BENNET and he is dead"..., young Joseph E. PRINDLE took the hand gun and went to the BENNET house, he was told that the Constable had taken BENNET over to Judge J.L. STAFFORD's (Dutch STAFFORD) house.  Proceeding across the field a mile or so to the STAFFORD home, young PRINDLE flung open the door and had aim on John B. BENNET with the hand gun, when someone grabbed his arm and the gun went off and shot through the roof.  They talked young PRINDLE into going back to be with his mother, Lizie, and upon arriving home, the family buried Mr. Joseph W. PRINDLE in his front yard, mounding it up with field rocks.  In the late 1960's or early 1970's a bulldozer was working this area and scattered the pile of rocks, but it is visible where the grave was located (Apr 1981).
A country lane has been cut right through this area and the grave is on the south side of the lane, on the north side of the fence.
John B. BENNET was indicted for murder in the spring term of Webster Co MO court 1873.  He was taken to Marshfield to the County Jail.  He knew he would surely hang for murdering Joseph W. PRINDLE.  After residing in the jail for a while, he decided rather than be convicted and most certainly hanged, he made a plan with his wife, Polly, and on her next visit to the Webster Co Jail, she took him some poison, and he drank it and soon after was dead.  They took his body home and buried him under a walnut tree in his front yard on the hill south of Motts Spring.
Polly was a young widow, 20 years younger than her husband, John B. BENNET.  Polly (Mary A.) BROWN was born about 1844,  the dau/o William BROWN and Harinah (JOHNSON?) 1860 Webster Co MO.
Being  a very attractive woman, and knowing it, she flaunted herself around, at one particular time, saying she would "Marry any handsome man who would come to her cabin on Sunday afternoon and eat cake with her." --------
"Uncle Billy" Alcorn, a widower with some children, went a callin' on Sunday afternoon and soon they were married.   The boys, Ross and Ned, resented their new stepmother and gave her a hard row to hoe.  One day Polly followed Ross upstairs and they got into an argument and Ross pushed her and she fell down the steps.  Well, when her husband, Billy ALCORN, came home, he sided with the boys and poor pretty Polly felt left out, so she packed her trunk and left him.
Soon after, she took up with Bartlow TRIMBLE, after their marriage Bartlow and Polly BROWN BENNET ALCORN TRIMBLE moved to Tulsa OK, where they lived out the rest of their lives.
(NOTE: this story as told to Gloria BOGART CARTER and Mary BEAN CUNNINGHAM on 4 Apr 1981 by Homer CORGHAN of Seymour, Missouri.)



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ALEXANDER, (James) Newton  38  m  TN  fmr   1860 Webster Co MO; s/o James ALEXANDER & Matilda KILPATRICK, see #24-24 Wright Co MO 1850.
    Susan                  34  f  TN        nee DICKSON/DIXON, d 1858.
    Erismy (J.)            12  f  TN  sch   1860 Webster Co MO w/father.
    Matilda (A.)           10  f  MO  sch   1860 Webster Co MO w/father.
    George (W.)            09  m  MO        1860 Webster Co MO w/father.
    James (Thos)           07  m  MO        1860 Webster Co MO w/father.
    Martha (E.)            01  f  MO        1860 Webster Co MO w/father.
DICKSON, Sarah             25  f  MO        1860 Webster Co MO w/James N. ALEXANDER family.


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JOHNSON, Spencer W. (Worth) 25  m  VA  fmr    1860 Webster Co MO; s/o Spencer JOHNSON & Mary THRUMOND d/o James T. Thurmond and Martha Norvell.;  b 12 Jan 1824 d 7 Jul 1877 bur Hailey Cem near Seymour MO;  see #71-71 Wright Co MO 1850.
    Joice                   20  f  TN        nee: HAILEY d/o Tavenor HALEY & Joice TOMILSON, see #11-11 Wright Co MO 1850.


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SHIELDS, B. F. (Benjamin)  22  m  TN  fmr   1860 Webster Co MO; s/o
Benjamin SHIELDS & Mary SHAHAN; see #447-447 Wright Co MO 1850.
    Permelia (M.)          20  f  TN
    Polly (Mary J.)      8/12  f  MO


52-52  35
HUTCHERSON, Thomas   32  m  TN  sch
    Nancy            34  f  TN
    Nancy Jane       08  f  TN  sch


53-53   500
FREEMAN. L. T. (Littleton) 39  m  TN  fmr    1860 Wright Co # 233; s/o John FREEMAN  and Susan "Sucky" DAVIS of Roane Co TN;  b 25 Dec 1809  d 15 Mar 1891 Wright Co MO bur Antioch Cem; Will recorded in Wright Co MO 13 May 1891; marr on 15 Dec 1834 Roane Co TN, John TURNER, Sur., to:
    Sarah                  32  f  TN        Sarah Leigh McMULLIN d/o James McMULLEN and Rebecca MILLER/MATLOCK; b 2 Nov 1816 d 17 Jan 1892 bur Antioch Cem.
    Manda                  14  f  TN  sch    b 5 Mar 1836 d 7 Jan 1906 bur Mansfield Cem; m on 8 Mar 1855 to Moses WHITE b 13 Nov 1829 d 5 Dec 1916 bur Mansfield Cem; s/o A. Daniel WHITE & Jane MATTOX; Moses came to Wright Co MO in 1848, said he walked most of the way and when he arrived had only $1.00; He served six months each in the Home Guards and the Enrolled Militia, he was taken prisoner by Marmaduke's men but was exchanged.
   Angeline               12  f  TN  sch    b 8 Jul 1837 d 13 Mar 1870
bur Antioch Cem; about 1859 m as 1st wife of Barney AMICK b 21 Aug 1836 NC d 12 may 1915 bur Seymour Cem; lst NO CAV VOL; s/o Lorenzo Dow AMICK & Cynthia BURROW in Morgan Co Mo 1850; 1860 Wright Co # 235.
   Susan                  11  f  TN  sch    b 10 Nov 1838 d 8 Jan 1900 bur Seymour Cem; m Sep 1858 to William T. McMAHAN; see #73-73 Wright Co MO 1850.
   Martha (J.)            07  f  MO  sch    m an ASH; b 20 Nov 1842 Wright Co MO  d 8 Apr 1860 bur Antioch Cem as FREEMAN.
    Rebeca                 05  f  MO        Rebecca Emily b 9 Oct 1844 d 5 Oct 1879 bur Antioch Cem in Wright Co MO; m James NEWTON b 11 Oct 1840 s/o Alexander NEWTON and Sarah HENDERSON; see #413 Wright Co 1850.
   Sarah(M.)              03  f  MO
   Samuel (D.)            02  f  MO        d 6 Apr 1865 in Union Army.
   Margaret (F.)        6/12  f  MO         b 18 Nov 1849  d 7 Sep 1895 bur Seymour Cem; she became 2nd w/o Barney AMICK in May 1871, he lst m her sister Angeline; his paternal grandfather was Peter AMICK, maternal grandfather was Barney BURROW.  Probable s/o Dobson BOROUGH listed on Randolph Co NC 1790 census; Barney AMICK was b Randolph Co NC 1836.


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MORRICE, Elizabeth (MORRIS?)  39  f  KY
    Edward                    16  m  IN  sch fmr
    William                   14  m  IL  sch
    Sarah                     11  f  IL  sch
    John                      09  m  MO
    Jesten?                   06  f  Mo
    Elizabeth                 03  f  MO
    Joseph                    01  m  MO


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FOSTER, Lavina     32  f  IN      1860 Webster Co MO
   Sarah (A.)     11  f  MO      1860 Webster Co MO w/John ANDREW household.
   Phoebe         10  f  MO       1860 Webster Co MO w/Simon HANCOCK household
   Marion         07  m  MO       (Francis)Marion 1860 Webster Co MO w/Lavina
   Andrew (J.)    08  m   MO     1860 Webster Co MO w/Willy COPLY household.
   Wily           06  m   MO      1860 Webster Co MO w/Willy COPLY household.
   Elizabeth      05  m   MO     not found in 1860
   John           01  m   MO      1860 Webster Co w/Lavina.


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MATNEY, John   28  m  IN  fmr   called "Black John David"; 1860 Webster Co; b 1822 Bartholomew Co IN d ca 1888/89 Howell Co MO; s/o Uriah MATNEY & Nancy Ann DAVID; lst m 18 Apr 1841 Brown Co IN.
   Catharine  27  f  IN       nee: GOSS d/o Frederick GOSS & Carrie H. SANDY; she d ca 1857; Black John David MATNEY 2nd m a cousin, 2 June 1858 Wright Co MO, Selia MATNEY b ca 1836 d ca 1866; d/o Stephen MATNEY & lst wife Ellendor GRAVAT; he m 3rd 8 Jan 1868 Webster CO MO to Marcely E. GRAY; his mother Nancy Ann DAVID is with them in Howell Co MO 1880, she was a dau/o John DAVID Jr of KY.
   Joseph     07  m  IN  sch  Joseph Lee m 20 Sep 1860 Webster Co MO  Sarah Jane STILLWELL d/o Samuel STILLWELL Jr & his lst wife; Sarah raised by stepmother Nancy Teletha MINGUS; they moved to Howell Co; he 2nd m 17 Dec 1912 Mrs. Sarah KINNAMON.
   Elizabeth  05  f  IN       m 21 Nov 1863 Webster Co MO to John BERRY.
   Elijah     03  m  MO
   Solemen    01  m  MO       m 6 Sep 1867 Webster Co MO to Lucinda ARVIN b 1844 KY.


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GOSS, Daniel    41  m  NC       b ca 1809 Davidson Co NC s/o Jacob GOSS and Phoebe (?); d before 1880 bur in unmarked grave Hailey Cem near Seymour, MO; 1st m in Brown Co IN on 16 Jan 1842 to:
    Elizabeth   39  f  TN       nee: GOSS, d/o Frederick GOSS & Carrie H. SANDY; d late  1850; he 2nd m 1851 Lucy HAILEY  b 1816 Henry Co VA d/o Tavenor HAILEY & Joice TOMILSON; see #11-11 Wright Co MO 1850;   Lucy d 186?; Daniel 3rd m 1 Feb 1866 Webster Co MO to Mary Margaret SMITH d/o Richard SMITH & Eliza (?) Lincoln Co TN.
    Mary        08  f  IN       d in a fire
    David       06  m  IN  sch  d in a fire.
    Frederick   05  m  MO  sch   1860 Webster Co MO with Wm. NEWSOM household age 16.
    James       02  m  MO       1860 Webster Co MO with Thos. W. HUNT household.
    Neter     1/12  f  MO       Anita E.
EASLEY, Miller  50  m  NC  lab   1840 Poinsett Co AR


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HARPER, Barnard   20  m  TN  fmr
    Elizabeth     24  f  AR


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INCE, Jobs (Wilson)  24  m  TN  fmr    b 7 Aug 1826 Overton Co TN; s/o Wm MaCamet INCE & Sally STOCKTON; 1860 Hill Co TX; d 9 Feb 1907 Hill Co TX; m 15 Aug 1847 Greene Co MO to:
    Margaret         19  f  IL        Margaret (Ann) JOHNS, d/o Joseph JOHNS & Susie GOODNIGHT.
    Sarah            02  f  MO        m James W. INCE, her cousin.
JOHNS, Rachel        12  f  MO        sis/o Margaret; m Campbell INCE.
    Susan            06  f  MO        sis/o Margaret; never marr; d 1865; 1858 family at St Joseph, Buchanan Co MO.


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GENTRY, Bartlett  (Jr.)  48  m  TN  fmr       1840 Boone Co MO; 1860 Webster Co MO; 1870 Texas Co MO; b  15 Feb 1803 Overton Co. TN,  d 20 May 1893 Texas Co MO bur Pinelawn Cem;  s/o Bartlett GENTRY Sr. and Elizabeth WHITMAN; m 2nd in 1854 to Madicea McGOWEN, d/o Amos McGowen and Louisa (?), and wid of John SANDERS; Madicea d 1905 Texas Co MO.
    Precilla             50  f  NC            1st w/o Bartlett Jr.; nee: MONDAY; d 15 Mar 1853 bur Trimble Cem Webster Co MO.
    Lorenzo G.           19  m  IL  sch fmr    m Elizabeth C. BARBER
    Joiner               17  m  AL  sch fmr    b 13 Oct 1830 Jackson
Co AL d 8 Nov 1892 bur Seymour Cem; m 27 Dec 1860 Webster Co MO Marthy J. SMITH b 19 May 1837 d 5 Jan 1916 d/o Amos SMITH see #5-5 Wright Co  MO 1850.
    Mary (A.)            15  f  AL
    Jasper (B.)          07  f  MO            m 19 Jan 1868 Texas Co Bethiana McGOWEN b 1844; he was b 17 Feb 1843 d 20 Feb 1872 bur Pinelawn Cem Texas Co MO.
    Oliver               21  m  AL  fmr       1880 Douglas Co MO;  Elizabeth (?).
EASLEY, Sealy            09  f  un sch        d/o Miller EASLEY; b 3 Mar 1843, obit says AR, by 1860 Celia had been adopted by Archibald YOUNG & Cynthia BLANKENSHIP BOLIAN; d 23 Jul 1901 at Mtn Grove; m 2 Apr 1868 James NEWTON  b 3 Jun 1848 Wright Co s/o Andrew NEWTON & Mary  Polly RIPPEE; see #95-95 Wright Co 1850.


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INCE, William  (McCamet)  46  m   NC  fmr   1840 Taney  Co MO; 1860 Hill Co TX; b Craven Co NC 19 Jan 1885 Hill Co TX; s/o John INCE and Agnes CAMPBELL.
    Sally                 40  f   KY        Sarah d/o John STOCKTON & Mary MORTON.
    James M.              21  m   TN  fmr    James Madison m Rebecca J. CALVERT; d 1916 Stevens Co TX.
    George W.             18  m   TN fmr     Geo. Washington m Sarah Ann Parilee CALVERT; d 1906 Hill Co TX.
    Cammel                13  m   TN        Campbell m Rachel JOHNS d/o Joseph JOHNS & Susie GOODNIGHT; see #59 Wright Co MO 1850; d 1920 McCulloch TX.
    Margaret              09  f   MO        (Isabel) m 6 Jun 1861
Webster Co MO to Martin Christopher DAVIS s/o Pleasant DAVIS & Edna BELL m in Rhea Co TN; d in Hill Co TX; P. Davis Webster Co 1860.
    F. M.                 07  m   MO        Francis Marion m  Martha Lou HEATH; d 1919 Hill Co TX.
    Mary                  05  f   MO        Mary Agnes m Crawford McMILLON.
    Sarah J.              02  f   MO        Sarah Jane m Seburn Q.
BLACKSHEAR d 1924 Johnson Co TX; Wm. M. & Sally had a dau Elizabeth b Nov 1850; she m Simon M. BLACKSHEAR.


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JULIAN, Stephen A.   27  m  TN  fmr    1860 Webster Co; s/o Stephen JULIAN & Sarah Biram; Stephen A. JULIEN  s/o Stephen Allred4, Rene3, Isaac2, Rene1 de ST JULIEN; was born 10 Oct 1822 in Knox Co, TN, and died 7 Jul 1904 in Seymour, Webster, MO. He married (1) Mary HALL 26 Aug 1841 in Knox Co, TN, daughter of Benjamin HALL and Lucy HANSARD, m by Thos. D. HALL, Bondsman Calvin WOOD. He married (2) Mary Paralee Copples MURRAY 13 Aug 1861 in Webster, MO.
    Mary             25  f  TN        nee: HALL; m 26 Aug 1841 Knox Co TN; he 2nd m 13 Aug 1861 Webster Co MO to Paralee MURRY, she is Mary P. CAPLE 22 IN 1860 Webster Co MO in Wm. CAPLE household
    L.E.J.           07  f  IN  sch    Lydia lst m 28 Nov 1861 Webster Co MO to Solomon SCOTT; 2nd m 15 Sep 1872 Webster Co MO to Russell McCORMACK.
    Lucy             05  f  TN  sch    Lucy Ana  m 1 Jan 1862 Webster Co MO to Alexander HOLSTON.
    Joseph C.        02  m  MO        m 27 Feb 1876 Webster Co Mary J. DAVIDSON.
    B.R.           6/12  m  MO         Byram Rene; m 22 Mar 1874 Webster Co MO to Louisa RENNER.

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