--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Group Record 0088 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband's Name Henry Johnson Wesson Born: 16 Dec 1815 Place: South Carolina Died: 26 Oct 1882 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Married: 14 Dec 1874 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Married: Place: Newberry County, South Carolina Spouse: Emeline (Emily) P. Knight Father: Edward Wesson Mother: Elizabeth Ramage --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife's Name Louisa Emaline Parsons Born: 04 Dec 1845 Place: Cherokee County, Alabama Died: 19 Nov 1933 Place: Married: 1861 Place: Spouse: John B. Tomlinson Father: John Parsons Mother: Eletha Sewell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sex Name F Catherine Calhoun (Callie) Wesson Born: 28 Nov 1875 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: 04 Apr 1963 Place: Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas Married: 26 Dec 1899 Place: Clark County, Arkansas (L-48) Spouse: Thomas Absolum Horne --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Sex Name M Henry Kay Burton Wesson Born: 07 Jan 1878 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: 30 Sep 1959 Place: Stigler, Haskell, Oklahoma Married: 11 Oct 1903 Place: Spouse: Emma Camella Easterling --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sex Name F Dar Key Z. Nell (Nellie) Wesson Born: 24 Mar 1880 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: 03 Apr 1958 Place: Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas Married: 09 Oct 1900 Place: Clark County, Arkansas (L-232) Spouse: John Jay Webb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Sex Name F Edna Theodocia Wesson Born: 23 Feb 1882 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: Place: Married: Place: Spouse: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources of Information: Genealogy of Capt. Joseph Ramage's Family, Martis D. Ramage, Jr., Belden, Mississippi 1994, page 16; John T. Harris, Rogers, Arkansas letter to Mrs. William J. Doliante, Alexanderia, Virginia (24 Feb 1969); Family Group Record, Henry Johnson Wesson & Emiline (Emily) Knight, Louisa Emiline Parson (sic) Tomlinson, Bettie Tolbert, Chesterfield, Missouri (7 Sep 1979); Census Records: Pike County, Arkansas 1880; Clark County, Arkansas Marriage Records; James Thomas Parsons and Mary Ann Davis Parsons, internet page, http://ourworld.cs.com/krisnnoel, (12 Feb 2000). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pike County, Arkansas Census 1880 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule 1. Inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike, State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the ---- day of ---------, 1880. --------- ---------, Enumerator. 112- Henry J. Wesson 64 w m Miller SCa Vrg SCa Louisa Wesson 35 w f Wife Geo SCa SCa Catherine Wesson 4 w f Dau Ark SCa Geo Henry K.B. Wesson 2 w m Son Ark SCa Geo Darkey Wesson 3 mo w f Dau Ark SCa Geo Neely Tomlinson 13 w m Step Son Geo Geo Geo John Tomlinson 8 w m Step Son Tex Geo Geo Mary Wilson 19 w f Grnd Dau Mis SCa SCa ...... blank 13 w f Grnd Dau Ark SCa SCa 116- Edward J. Wesson 32 SCa SCa SCa Amy M. Wesson 28 w f Wife Ark Unk Unk Sarah Wesson 10 w f Dau Ark SCa Ark Amy M. Wesson 8 w f Dau Ark SCa Ark Zenobia E. Wesson 6 w f Dau Ark SCa Ark Robert E. Wesson 4 w m Son Ark SCa Ark Henrietta Wesson 2 w f Dau Ark SCa Ark Eula B. Wesson 6 mo w f Dau Ark SCa Ark --------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 24, 1969. Rogers, Arkansas. Mrs. William J. Doliante ... Alexandria, Virginia ... My great-grandfather, HENRY JOHNSON WESSON, was born around 1816 in South Carolina, and came to Arkansas, Pike County ... sometime in the late 1850's or early 1860's ... His children were Calhoun, a daughter, Edna, Nell and Henry Kay Burton Wesson, and he was married to Louisa Emaline Parsons, who was born in Georgia around 1845 ... John T. Harris. John T. Harris letter to Mrs. William J. Doliante (24 Feb 1969). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 03.08.00 David Kelley 2000 FGR-0088.HTM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------