Descendants of John Belconger JR

Notes


2742. Nancy Henthorn


Nancy Henthorn

PARENTS: Jesse Henthorn and Hannah Jane Wright

QUESTION-BIRTH: There are 2 IGI records for the birth of Nancy Henthorn and there were probably at least 2 of them. Which IGI record goes with Nancy, the wife of Christian Gates and which goes with Nancy the wife of John Shaw?
The IGI has the birth date as 1847, Clarington, Monroe, OH.
Birth: Batch #: 8607703, Sheet #: 38, Source Call #: 1396177

The IGI has the birth date as 20 Feb 1845, Monroe, OH.
Birth: Batch #: 7501702, Sheet #: 26, Source Call #: 935330

RELATIONSHIP: Nancy Henthorn's sister, Julia A. Henthorn, died and Nancy married Julia's husband, John W. Shaw.


John W. Shaw


John W. Shaw

Marri: Batch #: M514041, Source Call #: 940297

MARRIAGE: John Shaw and Julia A. Henthorn were issued a marriage license on 20 Jun 1867 by W.T. Sinclair, Judge in Woodsfield, Monroe Co., OH. They were married in Monroe Co., OH on 23 June 1867 by Harvey T. Mitchell, J.P.
(Source: Monroe Co., OH Marriage Record - furnished by Shirley J. Craib)

RESIDENCES-QUESTION: Shirley Craib thinks that John Shaw and his first wife, Julia, were living with Hezakiah and Elizabeth Shaw in Salem Twp., Monroe Co., OH at the time of the 1870 census. Can this be proven? Were Hezakiah and Elizabeth the parents of James W. Shaw?

MARRIAGE: John Shaw and Nancy Henthorn were married on 22 Dec 1877 in Monroe Co., OH, by Michael Boughner, J.P. John Shaw made application for the license on 21 Dec 1877
(Source: Monroe County Ohio Marriage Records, Book 2, page 278 - furnished by Betty Cronin and Shirley J. Craib)

RELATIONSHIP: John Shaw married Henthorn sisters, Julia Anne and Nancy Henthorn.

PROBATE-LAND: Jesse Henthorn died in fee simple. A Quit Claim deed by Andrew J. to Hannah Henthorn was recorded in Vol. 37, page 67. A Quit Claim deed by Hannah Henthorn and all to Elijah Henthorn was recorded 30 Jul 1880, Vol. 37, page 72. A Warranty deed from Elijah Henthorn to John W. Shaw was recorded on 15 May 1884, Vol. 41, page 336.
(Furnished by Shirley J. Craib)


6030. Clara Shaw


Clara Shaw

DEATH: Clara Shaw died at about age 3-6.


2743. Julia Anne Henthorn


Julia Anne Henthorn

PARENTS: Jesse Henthorn and Hannah Jane Wright


John W. Shaw


John W. Shaw

Marri: Batch #: M514041, Source Call #: 940297

MARRIAGE: John Shaw and Julia A. Henthorn were issued a marriage license on 20 Jun 1867 by W.T. Sinclair, Judge in Woodsfield, Monroe Co., OH. They were married in Monroe Co., OH on 23 June 1867 by Harvey T. Mitchell, J.P.
(Source: Monroe Co., OH Marriage Record - furnished by Shirley J. Craib)

RESIDENCES-QUESTION: Shirley Craib thinks that John Shaw and his first wife, Julia, were living with Hezakiah and Elizabeth Shaw in Salem Twp., Monroe Co., OH at the time of the 1870 census. Can this be proven? Were Hezakiah and Elizabeth the parents of James W. Shaw?

MARRIAGE: John Shaw and Nancy Henthorn were married on 22 Dec 1877 in Monroe Co., OH, by Michael Boughner, J.P. John Shaw made application for the license on 21 Dec 1877
(Source: Monroe County Ohio Marriage Records, Book 2, page 278 - furnished by Betty Cronin and Shirley J. Craib)

RELATIONSHIP: John Shaw married Henthorn sisters, Julia Anne and Nancy Henthorn.

PROBATE-LAND: Jesse Henthorn died in fee simple. A Quit Claim deed by Andrew J. to Hannah Henthorn was recorded in Vol. 37, page 67. A Quit Claim deed by Hannah Henthorn and all to Elijah Henthorn was recorded 30 Jul 1880, Vol. 37, page 72. A Warranty deed from Elijah Henthorn to John W. Shaw was recorded on 15 May 1884, Vol. 41, page 336.
(Furnished by Shirley J. Craib)


6034. Mary Jane Shaw


Mary Jane Shaw

OCCUPATION: According to Shirley Craib, her great-aunt Mary worked for Dr. Buskirk as a young girl. Later she worked as a Practical Nurse all over south eastern Ohio.

LAND: In 1929 heirs sold the mineral rights to property they had inherited.
At an unspecified date, William Shaw signed a Quit Claim deed to Mary Jane Shaw. In 1995 John G. Shaw, son of William H. Shaw got a Quit Claim deed from Mary Jane's grandson and granddaughter. John G. Shaw and Shirley J. (Keevert) Craib have a Quit Claim deed for the 8 3/4th acres. This land is in the middle of nowhere according to Shirley Craib. As of 1995, approximately 20 trees had been cut by someone in the last 2-5 years. About 10 trees remain.
(Source: Deed Book Volume 100, page 72; Parcel No. 09 07005; Section 9, Twp. 3, Range 4 - furnished by Shirley Craib)


2744. Melissa Wright


Melissa Wright

Census: 1860, in Appanoose Co., IA, Sharon Twp.
William Wright, 24, OH, farm laborer, $150 personal estate; Martha, 21,
wife, IN; Louisa J., 2, KS; Martha E., 2, IA; John L., 1/12, IA
Melissa, 26, OH, sister-domestic

Census: 1860, in Appanoose Co., IA, Sharon Twp.
John C. Wright, 48, PA, farmer, $1800, $600; Lucinda, 32, wife, OH;
Melissa, 25, OH; Reuben, 21, OH; Jesse, 19, OH; Isaiah, 14, OH;
Milton, 9, IA; Sarah, 6, IA; Elizabeth, 4, IA

SPOUSE: Melissa Wright was the 2nd wife of William Stevens.

HEALTH_HISTORY-DEATH:
Around 1880, Melissa Stevens became ill with tuberculosis. It took several difficult months for death to knock at the door. Neighbor women helped care for the herd of small urchins, and one ten year old girl is reputed to have lived with the Stevens for a few months to help. We are not certain when Melissa died. Her headstone reads 1884, but William remarried in 1882, so I believe that Melissa died in 1881. Buried with her is Isaac, who died shortly after William's remarriage. Family tradition says he died of neglect.
(Source: Monroe County Ohio Families, p. 281, submitted by V. Ruth Sheeley)


BIOGRAPHY:
Melissa Wright, the first child of John Conger Wright and his first wife, Margaret McElroy, was born on 8 Apr 1834 in Monroe Co., OH. She was followed by three brothers, William, Reuben and Jesse and then a sister, Mary Ann. Her mother died in 1844/1845, 12 years after her marriage to John It did not take long for Melissa to have a stepmother, Lucinda, the younger sister of her mother, Margaret.

William Stevens arrived in Appanoose Co., IA in January of 1860. War clouds were rolling, but that did not deter him from buying land nor from courting, Melissa, John C. Wright's beautiful daughter. They were married on 16 Jun 1861 at Appanoose Co., IA. William already had one child, William, Jr. who had reached his 12th birthday.

It was two years before the first child of William and Melissa arrived. Issac Stevens is reported to have been born in 1863, by the 1870 Missouri Federal Census. However, family tradition says, very strongly, that he was a stepson of Melissa's, besides William, Jr. Isaac had no use of his legs, so his brothers carried him on their backs during later years.

Sherman Stevens arrived in 1865, with Grant arriving in 1867. In the middle of 1869, with Melissa expecting, the family traveled to Henry County, MO. There Charles (Charlie) was born in October 1869. Melissa had two more energetic sons, John in 1872 and William in 1875.

Melissa's husband ran a small sawmill. Considering that he regularly needed new timber, it is assumed that the move from Appanoose County brought him to new cutting. It is assumed that it didn't pay well enough, in that he gave up the farm after Melissa died in 1881.

His third wife was Unity Jarvis. This marriage seemed ill-fated and he died in 1891, alone in an abandoned cabin on the Grand River.

Melissa contacted tuberculois, perhaps as early as 1878. Tradition says that community women helped nurse her and to care for the small band of Stevens boys. Melissa died in 1881 in Henry Co., MO and was buried in the Norris Cemetery.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 432, written by Charles T. (Tom) Stevens - Maxine Crowell Leonard)


William Stevens


William Stevens

COMMENT: Apparently William Stevens was married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. They had at least one son, William Jr., b. Abt. 1849, d. between 1870/1875. William, Jr. married in 1869 to Eliza, age 24, and had one child, Rose Marie. [Note: No source citation. REH]
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 431 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)

RESEARCHER-RELATIONSHIP: William Stevens was the great-grandfather of Charles Thomas (Tom) Stevens.

OCCUPATION: Sawyer, CFA II, p. 431

Census: 1860, in Appanoose Co., IA, Sharon Twp.
William Stevens, 38, OH, farmer, $1600, $300
Rachel, 14, OH, dau; William Jr., 10, OH son
[Note: William Stevens lived 3 farms away from John C. Wright, whose daughter, Melissa, he later married.]

MARRIAGE: William Stevens to Melissa Wright on 16 Jun 1861, at Appanoose Co., IA; Book 2, p. 93
(Source: "Index to Grooms, Early Marriage Records, 1847-1900" published by Appanoose County Genealogical Society, Centerville, IA 52544, 1986; Book 2, p. 93 of Appanoose Co. IA Marriage Records - furnished by Joyce Posey)

CHILDREN: William Stevens had 6 sons.


BIOGRAPHY:
William Stevens was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1819. Like many, he moved farther west. As a sawyer he had to keep an eye out for fresh, marketable timber. Thus, every few years, he moved. He left behind the land that produced 2500 oil wells and the railroad that became a part of Monroe County.

His first 42 years are obscure, including his first marriage, which was probably in Monroe County. But we have no record of that since the Courthouse burned so regularly.

He next appears near Centerville, [Appanoose Co.], Iowa in January 1860.

In 1860 when William Stevens came to Appanoose County, Iowa he had 10 year old William Jr. with him. There may have been older children, but we are currently not certain. [Note: Robert Guilinger reports that there was an older daughter named, Rachel, age 14, listed in the 1860 census of Sharon Twp., Appanoose Co., IA.]

William soon met a dark-haired, dark-eyed beauty named Melissa Wright, who became his second wife in August 1861. She also had been born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1834.

Family tradition says that William also had with him a younger son, Isaac, who died in 1882/1883 and was crippled and unable to walk. The Federal Census of Missouri in 1870 and 1880 lists him as the first child of Melissa and William.

William's marriage to Melissa, a vivacious lass, brought five sons about whom we have no doubt: Sherman, Grant, Charlie, John and William. As was the custom in those days, William the younger, had the name of his older half-brother, William Jr., who had died sometime between 1870 and 1875 of reasons unknown, leaving a widow and one daughter.

In 1882 William gave up the farm, which he tried to buy with borrowed money. It did not work. In 1882 her also married a third time a woman named, Unity.

His family being torn asunder, his new wife, Unity [Jarvis], wanted the Stevens boys out of the house to make room for her own five children from a previous marriage.

The five younger Stevens told tales of their lives on the ranch of Preston Blevins nearby, then as employees of Charlie Gains on another larger ranch about five miles south of their homestead.

The last few years for William were sad, with failed business, twice widowed (we think) and a very poor choice for a third wife. He was found dead in an abandoned cabin on the Grand River in 1891. He is buried with Melissa [at Henry Co., MO.]

All his five younger sons lived into their eighties, each married only once. They were stalwart, hard-working citizens, loving to play pitch with each other, fiercely competitive.
(Source: Monroe County Ohio Families, p. 281, submitted by V. Ruth Sheeley)


CEMETERY: According to Tom Stevens, William and Melissa share a stone with their son, Isaac, in the Norris Cemetery, halfway between Clinton and Urich, MO and 2 miles north of Hartwell, Henry Co., MO.
[Note: A review of the map of Henry Co., MO reveals that it would be very difficult to be halfway between Clinton and Urich and 2 miles north of Hartwell. REH]


6035. Isaac Stevens


Isaac Stevens

COMMENT: Family tradition is that Isaac Stevens was the son of William Stevens by a marriage prior to his marriage to Melissa Wright. Researcher, Tom Stevens states he doesn't accept this information and Robert Guilinger is in agreement. Robert Guilinger writes, "William Stevens was a widower in the 1860 census. He married Melissa Wright in 16 Jun 1861 and Isaac Stevens was born sometime in 1863."


RECOLLECTIONS: Isaac Stevens was not ambulatory due to what must have been polio. He is reported to have been excellent with rugs and chair caning. It is said that he died Abt. 1884 due to the neglect of the 3rd wife of his father, William Stevens.
(Furnished by Tom Stevens)


2745. William M. Wright


William Wright

NAME: Duane L. Jones thinks his middle name might have been, Austin.

MARRIAGE: William Wright to Martha Lewis, no date given (probably between 7 Jan 1857 and 29 Oct 1857), in Appanoose Co., IA; Book 2, p. 42
(Source: "Index to Grooms, Early Marriage Records, 1847-1900" published by Appanoose County Genealogical Society, Centerville, IA 52544, 1986 - furnished by Joyce Posey)

Problem: Was the date of marriage to Martha A. Lewis, 11 June 1857 as listed by Patricia Else or 6 Jun 1857 as listed by others?

CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Member of Methodist Church

Census: 1860, in Appanoose Co., IA, Sharon Twp.
William Wright, 24, OH, farm laborer, $150 personal estate; Martha, 21,
wife, IN; Louisa J., 2, KS; Martha E., 2, IA; John L., 1/12, IA
Melissa, 26, OH, sister-domestic
[Note: Were Louisa J. and Martha E. really both age 2, at the time of the census?]


CHILDREN: According to Tom Stevens, William and Martha had 5 children. He states that William and Sophia had 5 or 6 children. He did not list the names of any of the children.


BIOGRAPHY:
We have been able to follow William Wright until about 1915 when the trail of this man, [then] approximately 80 years old, disappears. He probably rests in Kansas. One great-grandson of his, William Wright, and his family, are located in Washington and Montana.
(Source: Monroe County Ohio Families, p. 238 - written by Eric A. Stevens)

MARRIAGE: William Wright, 37, to Sophia Wendland, 20, 30 May 1875, Book 6, p. 262. The license was issued on 24 Mar 1875. The were married by Justice of the Peace, J.A. Brannen of 30 May 1875 at the bride's home.
(Source: "Index to Grooms, Early Marriage Records, 1847-1900" published by Appanoose County Genealogical Society, Centerville, IA 52544, 1986 - furnished by Joyce Posey, with additional information by Duane L. Jones)

CENSUS: 1880, in Iowa, he was 47 and she was 29 [Note: The ages don't agree with the marriage data. (Furnished by Duane L. Jones)

RESIDENCES: William Wright was near Evening Shade, AR, just south of Thayer, MO in 1888 and he was the administrator of his father's will in Appanoose Co., IA in 1892. It appears that James, an older son, and Melton, born of the second marriage, also lived in the vicinity of Evening Shade. (Furnished by Tom Stevens)


PROBATE: William Wright was the administrator of his father's estate in 1892.
(Furnished by Tom Stevens)

RESIDENCES--DEATH: According to Tom Stevens he lived in Kansas at one time. He wrote that an obituary had been found that showed he died in Dodge City, KS in 1921. [Note: No source citation or exact date of death given. REH]

DEATH: Died of apoplexy on 4 Mar 1921 at Enterprise Twp., Ford Co., KS
(Furnished by Duane L. Jones)


OBITUARY: William Wright
The following obituary of William Wright appeared in the Dodge City, (Kan.) Daily Globe, and as Mr. Wright was formerly a resident of Appanoose county [IA], and had many friends here, it is published in this paper. Mr. Wright was a brother of I.M. Wright, formerly of Centerville, but not residing near Moulton.

William Wright ws born May 11, 1826, in Ohio, and was married on June 11, 1857, to Martha Lewis. To this union was born six children, Louisa Wright, now deceased, J.L. Wright, and J.M. Wright, of Dodge City, Margaret Wright Bybee, of Chanute, Mary Wright McPherson, of Golden City, Mo., and J.C. Wright of Ensign, Kan. On March 28, 1871 the mother and wife passed to the Great Beyond.

William Wright, early in life united with the Methodist church and followed its teachings in a Christian life, a loving father and husband and a true friend. In 1785 [sic, 1875], Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Sophia Windland and to them was born four children: Isabelle Wright Gill, of Kansas City, Alice Wright Waren, of Savonburg, Allen county, Kan., Clay Wright, of Kansas City, and Sarah Ellen Wright, who died on February 19, 1887. Mrs. Sophia Wright preceded her husband on Janaury 9, 1885. In recent years the aged father has made his home with members of this family.

In addition to the eight children who survive, Mr. Wright leaves thirty grandchildren, one sister and two brothers, who are: Mrs. J.B. McGrew, of Blackwell, Okla., who was present at the funeral services here yesterday, I.M. Wright, of Centerville, Iowa, and Milton Wright, of Evening Shade, Ark.

The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. W.E. Rose, of the Methodist church and interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery at Dodge City, Kansas.
(Source: undated and unnamed paper of Appanoose Co., IA, first published in the Daily Globe of Dodge City, KS - furnished by Paul Patterson)


Martha Ann Lewis


Martha Ann Lewis

Problem: Was the date of death, Abt. 1875 or as listed by Tom Stevens, 28 Mar 1871?

CONFLICT-CEMETERY: Some say she was buried at the Wright Cemetery. Duane L. Jones thinks that the cemetery is Brannon Cemetery. He writes, From the book, Appanoose Co., IA Cemeteries of Sharon Township that I found at the courthouse, there is a picture of the tombstone of, Martha A., wife of William Wright, with the death date of March 28, 1871, age 32y, 2m, 10d. Another picture on the same page #1 is that of J. Wright's tombstone, stating that he died July 14, 1890, age 79y, 1m, 28d.


Sofia Wendland


Sofia Wendland

BIRTH: 8 Jan 1856 in Michnelsburg, Germany Prussia

PROBLEM: Was the surname, Wendland or Winlan?

SPOUSE: Sofia Wendland was the 2nd wife of William Wright.

AKA: Sophia

CEMETERY: Exline Cemetery, Exline, Appanoose Co., IA; Section 2, Row 23; listed
on the gravestone, Age 29 yr, 1 day, w/o William.
(Furnished by Joyce Posey)

PROBLEM: It has also been reported that she was buried at Moullan, IA in the
Oakland Cemetery.


6049. Henry Clay Wright


Henry Clay Wright

AKA: Clay

CHILD: According to researcher, Tom Stevens, he had one son, William Wright, who lived in Spokane, WA.

RESIDENCES: As of Mar 1921, Clay Wright of Kansas City.


6051. Infant Wright

SEX: Male child .


2746. Reuben Wright


Reuben Wright

MARRIAGE: Reuben Wright to Sophia Daniels, 27 Dec 1864, Appanoose Co., IA, Book 2, p. 167 and/or Book 2, p. 138
(Source: "Index to Grooms, Early Marriage Records, 1847-1900" published by Appanoose County Genealogical Society, Centerville, IA 52544, 1986 - furnished by Joyce Posey)

Census: 1870, in Appanoose Co., IA, Sharon Twp., 97/99, P.O. Unionville, IA
Reuben Wright, 32, OH, farmer; $800, $500; Sophia, 28, OH
Ellen, 3, IA; Tabitha M., 7/12 (Nov.), IA
[Note: According to Robert Guilinger, he lived on a farm next to, and just after, the one his father was on.]
(Furnished by Tom Stevens)

Census: 1880, in Appanoose Co., IA, Caldwell Twp.
Reuben Wright, farmer, 42, IL OH OH; Sophia, wife, 39, OH PA PA
Elizabeth, dau, 13, OH; Tabithia, dau, 10, IA; John A, son, 6, IA
(Furnished by Dortha Walters)

CHILDREN: Apparently there were three, unnamed, male children who died in infancy, born Abt. 1881, Abt. 1882 and Abt. 1883. It is said that they were buried in the Old Wright Cemetery, now called Pleasant Hill Cemetery, in Appanoose Co., IA.
(Furnished by Joyce Posey)


CENSUS: 1900, in Appanoose Co., IA, Caldwell Twp., 212-217, 22 Jun 1900
Reuben Wright, May 1838, 62, 25 years married, OH OH OH, farmer, owned it
Sophia, wife, Mar 1841, 59, 7 children, 4 living, OH PA OH
Effa E., dau, Oct 1880, 19, artist, IA
(Furnished by Dortha Walters)


BIOGRAPHY:
Reuben Wright, like his grandfather, has some blank time in his history. Some of his descendants still reside (1992) in Appanoose County, Iowa.
(Source: Monroe County Ohio Families, p. 238 - written by Eric A. Stevens)


CEMETERY: REUBEN; WRIGHT; DIED AUG. 23, 1919; AGED 81Y.3M.9D; SOPHIA; WIFE OF; R. WRIGHT; DIED NOV. 19, 1904; AGED 63Y.8M.1D; WRIGHT [Large gray upright stone with oval photos of the couple at the top, Sophia on the left and Reuben at the right, very unusual. Verse on the lower block with the word WRIGHT on it.] Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Twp., Cincinnati, Appanoose Co., IA.
(Source: photo furnished by Patricia Else)


Sophia Daniels


Sophia Daniels

Problem: Was the date of birth, Abt. 18 Mar 1842 or as listed by Dortha Walters, 18 Mar 1841? According to Sharon Lowery, family records of the descendants of John Daniels indicate that the date of birth was, 18 Mar 1841.

RELATIONSHIP: Rebecca Daniels married William Mellott McCoy. Her sister, Sophia married Reuben Wright. The daughter of Sophia and Reuben Wright, Tabitha Mellissa Wright married, Gilbert McCoy who was the son of Thomas McCoy and Margaret Jane Jones Walker.
(Furnished by Dortha Walters and Joyce Posey and modified by Robert Guilinger)

DEATH: 19 Nov 1904 in Appanoose Co., IA at the age of 66 yrs, 8 mo, 1 day. Calculated birth date is, 18 Mar 1841.

DEATH: Book 1, p. 44, Appanoose Co., IA (Furnished by Joyce Posey)

DEATH: 19 Nov 1904 at her home 2 miles west of Cincinnati, Appanoose Co., IA.
(Source: Daniels Family History - furnished by Paul Patterson)


6055. Emma Effie Wright


Emma Effie Wright

NEVER_MARRIED: Emma Effie Wright never married.

OCCUPATION: Artist

CEMETERY: EFFIE WRIGHT; 1880 - 1955 [Stone mounted flat to the ground. Row 15] Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Twp., Cincinnati, Appanoose Co., IA.
(Source: photo furnished by Patricia Else)


2749. Isaiah M. Wright


Isaiah M. Wright

COMMENT: He was one year old at the time his father moved to Appanoose Co., IA.

MARRIAGE: Isaiah M. Wright, 23, to Marg. McGinnis, 19, 22 Aug 1869 in Appanoose Co., IA; Book 5, p. 2
(Source: "Index to Grooms, Early Marriage Records, 1847-1900" published by Appanoose County Genealogical Society, Centerville, IA 52544, 1986 - furnished by Joyce Posey)

Census: 1870, in Appanoose Co., IA, Sharon Twp., 95/97
Isaiah Wright, 23, OH, farmer, $400, $350; Margaret, 20, IN, keep house
[Note: According to Robert Guilinger, he lived on a farm next to and the just prior to the one his father was on.]
(Furnished by Tom Stevens)

RESIDENCES: As of Mar 1921, I.M. Wright of Centerville, IA.


6057. Margaret Lucinda Wright


Margaret Lucinda Wright

AKA: Cindy


2751. Milton Wright


Milton Wright

Problem: Was the first name, Milton or Melton? Joyce Posey lists, Melton. The Oct 1994 issue of the Conger Confab also incorrectly listed his name as Melton. The 1870 census of Appanoose Co., IA lists, Milton, 19, IA and the 1880 census lists, Milton, 29, IA living with his father.

AKA: As of Mar 1921, Milton Wright or Evening Shade, AR


William Samuel Payne


William Samuel Payne

MARRIAGE: Wm. S. Payne, 27 to Sarah E. Wright, 20, 12 Feb 1874 in Appanoose Co., IA; Book 6, p. 47
(Source: "Index to Grooms, Early Marriage Records, 1847-1900" published by Appanoose County Genealogical Society, Centerville, IA 52544, 1986 - furnished by Joyce Posey)

CHILDREN: All children were born prior to the move to Oklahoma.

RESIDENCES: Made the land rush into Oklahoma and staked a homestead claim on a farm about 2 miles west of Blackwell, Kay Co., OK.


6060. John Payne

NO_ISSUE: There was no issue of the marriage of John Payne and Susie Stewart.


6063. Ollie Payne

NO_ISSUE: There was no issue of the marriage of Ollie Payne and Vyla Merriman.


2753. Elizabeth Wright


Elizabeth Wright

AKA: Aunt Liz

RESIDENCES: As of Mar 1921, Mrs. J.B. McGrew of Blackwell, OK


John Brady Mc Grew


John Brady McGrew

FATHER: Braydon McGrew, b. 1817 may have been the father of John B. McGrew.

MARRIAGE: John B. McGrew, 23, to Elizabeth Wright, 16 on 24 Mar 1872 at Appanoose Co., IA; Book 5, p. 409
(Source: "Index to Grooms, Early Marriage Records, 1847-1900" published by Appanoose County Genealogical Society, Centerville, IA 52544, 1986 - furnished by Joyce Posey)


2764. John Conger Telford


John Conger Telford

MILITARY: Sgt. in Co. C, 136th Regt. Ohio Volunteers, during the Civil War

OCCUPATION-CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Methodist minister


Lusetta Brown


Lusetta Brown

BIRTH: near Melmore, Seneca Co., OH, CFA II, p. 439


James Washington Sowers


James Washington Sowers

OCCUPATION: Newspaper editor

RELATIONSHIP: James Washington Sowers was first married to Electa Telford. He later married her sister, Eliza Telford.