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Family Group Record 0087
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Husband's Name Henry Johnson Wesson
Born: 16 Dec 1815 Place: South Carolina
Died: 26 Oct 1882 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: Place: Newberry County, South Carolina
Married: 14 Dec 1874 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Louisa Emaline (Parsons) Tomlinson
Father: Edward Wesson
Mother: Elizabeth Ramage
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Wife's Name Emeline (Emily) P. Knight
Born: 08 Aug 1805 Place: Newberry District, South Carolina
Died: 11 Sep 1872 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: Abt 1819 Place: Newberry County, South Carolina
Spouse: James R. Wilson
Father: Ephraim Knight
Mother: Elizabeth Rudd
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Children
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1. Sex Name
M ....... (verify) Wesson
Born: Abt 1838 Place: Newberry County, South Carolina
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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2. Sex Name
F Lucinda (Lou) Wesson
Born: 07 Jan 1840 Place: Newberry County, South Carolina
Died: 03 Mar 1928 Place: buried ... Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Married: Place:
Spouse: ....... Barrong
Married: 17 Mar 1874 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (CHR)
Spouse: John William Parr
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3. Sex Name
M Ephraim H. Wesson
Born: Abt 1842 Place: Newberry County, South Carolina
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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4. Sex Name
F Emeline (Emily) Frances Permelia Wesson
Born: 30 Mar 1844 Place: Newberry County, South Carolina
Died: 09 Feb 1908 Place: buried ... Delight, Pike, Arkansas
Married: 29 Mar 1860 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (BR)
Spouse: Asa Thompson Wingfield
Married: 14 Aug 1874 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (BR)
Spouse: James Franklin Kirkham
Married: 04 Nov 1884 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (BR)
Spouse: William A. Buckner
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5. Sex Name
F Eliza Wesson
Born: Abt 1846 Place: Newberry County, South Carolina
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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6. Sex Name
M Edward Joseph Wesson
Born: 04 Mar 1848 Place: Newberry County, South Carolina
Died: 11 Jun 1935 Place: Moody, McLennan, Texas
Married: 02 Sep 1869 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (CHR)
Spouse: Amy Melissa Parman
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Moved to Pontotoc County, Mississippi and Pike County, Arkansas
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Sources of Information: Emeline (Emily) Frances Permelia (Wesson)
Wingfield Kirkham Buckner Bible, loose pages, Faydra Starnes, Houston,
Texas (2 Apr 1979); Records of the Antioch Church of Christ 1833-1916,
Delight, Arkansas; Tombstones, inscriptions of: Delight Cemetery, Pike
County, Arkansas (Emily F. Wingfield Kirkham Buckner, Mrs. Lou Parr,
Emeline Wesson); Cemetery Records, Pike County, Arkansas 1986, page 105,
140, 155. Bettie Tolbert, Chesterfield, Missouri correspondence with David
Kelley (7 Sep 1979); Family Group Record, Henry Johnson Wesson & Emeline
(Emily) Knight, Louisa Emiline Parson (sp) Tomlinson, Bettie Tolbert,
Chesterfield, Missouri (7 Sep 1979); Census Records: Newberry District
(County), South Carolina 1850; Pike County, Arkansas 1860, 1870, 1880;
Genealogy of Capt. Joseph Ramage's Family, Martis D. Ramage, Jr., Belden,
Mississippi, 1994, page 15-16; Southern Standard, October 12, 1872, page 2,
column 7; Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas,
(Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis): The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1890,
Pike County, page 317-318; Newberry County, South Carolina Probate Estate
Abstracts, Volume 2, 1989, page 402-403. Key: (BR) Bible Record; (CHR)
Church Record; (sp) as spelled
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Newberry District (County), South Carolina Census 1850
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in South Carolina in the District of Newberry,
State of South Carolina enumerated by me, on the 16 day of Sept. 1850. V.B.
Pike, Ass't Marshal.
942-942 H.J. Wesson 35 m Overseer South Carolina
Emily Wesson 46 f South Carolina
Rolla (sic) Wesson 10 m South Carolina
Lucinda Wesson 8 f South Carolina
Ephraim Wesson 6 m South Carolina
Emily Wesson 4 f South Carolina
Eliza Wesson 2 m South Carolina
Edward Wesson 1 m South Carolina
Martha Wilson 26 f South Carolina
Sarah Wilson 24 f South Carolina
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Pike County, Arkansas Census 1860
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 3rd day of August, 1860. W.J.
White, Ass't Marshal. Post OFfice: Huddleston
370-370 H.J. Weson 44 m Farmer South Carolina
Emily Weson 54 f South Carolina
E.H. Weson 18 m South Carolina
E.F. Weson 14 f South Carolina
E.J. Weson 11 m South Carolina
M.E. Wilson 35 f South Carolina
F.B. Wilson 18 m Farmer South Carolina
J.C. Wilson 14 m South Carolina
M.F.R. Wilson 3 f Mississippi
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 4th day of August, 1860. W.J.
White, Ass't Marshal. Post OFfice: Antoine
371-371 Thompson Wingfield 27 m Arkansas
Emily Wingfield 16 f South Carolina
Ephraim ....... 12 m Arkansas *
* Ephraim (surname not provided)
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Pike County, Arkansas Census 1870
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Schedule 1. Inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike, State
of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the ---- day of ---------, 1870. ---------
---------, Ass't Marshal. Post Office:
113- Henry J. Wesson 55 m w South Carolina
Emiline Wesson 64 f w South Carolina
Edward J. Wesson 22 m w South Carolina
Melisa Wesson 17 f w Arkansas
Emily Wingfield 26 f w South Carolina
Henry C. Wingfield 8 m w Arkansas
Henry J. Davenport 16 m w Farm Laborer South Carolina
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Obituary. DIED, near Antoine, in Pike county, Arkansas, Sister EMILY
WESSON, consort of Henry Wesson, at the advanced age of 67 years. She was
born in Newberry District, S.C., August 8th, 1805; had been a member of the
Presbyterian Church for more than forty years. Shortly before her death she
was immersed and united with 'Disciples of Christ.' Her confidence in the
Christian's hope grew stronger as she approached "the Jordan of Death." It
was pitiful to look upon her emaciated form, wasting slowly away under the
weight of twelve months illness, but consoling to hear her calm farewell as
she talked calmly of the resurrection. She died in hope of
incorruptibility, and eternal life to come. She leaves an aged husband, and
large circle of relatives and friends to mourn her loss, only consoled by
the assurance that it is her eternal gain. "The Lord knoweth when the
mourner goeth, To weep for the lost by the cherished grave, Unseen He
speaketh to the heart that breaketh, I can restore her for 'tis I that can
save." Southern Standard, October 12, 1872, page 2, column 7.
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Elizabeth Ramage (26 March 1791-29 Oct 1858) married Edward (Ned) Wesson
(12 August 1789-21 July 1859). During the 1850's they moved to Pontotoc
County, Mississippi. Elizabeth died there on October 29, 1858. Both she and
Edward (Ned) Wesson are buried in the Cherry Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
near Ecru in Pontotoc County. On Elizabeth's tombstone the following can be
found: "Dau. of Capt. J. and E. Ramage." Elizabeth and Edward Wesson's
children included ... Henry Johnson Wesson (16 Dec 1815-26 Oct 1882)
married (1) Emaline (Emily) Knight (8 August 1805-11 September 1872) and
(2) Louisa Emmaline (sp) Parsons Tomlinson (4 December 1845-19 November
1933). Family moved from Newberry County, South Carolina to Pontotoc
County, Mississippi and later to Pike County, Arkansas ... Joseph Ramage's
Family, Martis D. Ramage, Jr., Belden, Mississippi, 1994, page 15.
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Update 03.08.00 David Kelley 2000 FGR-0087.HTM
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