April 5, 2005
Christopher Needham was born about 1595 in England. From a land record recorded in the Maryland Hall of Records (ABH folio 186) on January 15, 1651, we find that he was given land for transporting his wife and two sons, Edward and *Thomas, and himself to America. He was issued 1000 acres of land on the Potomac River in order to promote colonization. Records indicate that his son Edward, settled in Accomack County, Virginia.
Thomas Needham settled in Elizabeth City, County, Virginia. An area, which is now the city of Hampton. We do not know whom he married but from his will made on March 29, 1690, we know he had two sons. One of which was *Thomas Needham Jr.
Thomas Needham Jr. was born between 1675 and 1678 in Elizabeth City, County, Virginia. About 1702 he married Margaret Bayley, the daughter of Walter and Margaret Bayley. About 1730, Thomas Jr. transferred his lands to his eldest son, Christopher and moved the rest of his family to Pasquotank County, North Carolina. We don't know when Thomas Jr. died but he made his will and it was witnessed in October, 1740. He must have died before October 7, 1743 because there was an inventory of his estate made on that date. All their children were born in the Elizabeth City County, Virginia area.
Thomas and Margaret had six children:
1. Christopher Needham....Born about 1704. Married Sarah Bannister around 1723. Died between 1748 and 1766.
2. Bayley Needham....Born about 1706.
3. *John Needham......See below
4. Thomas Needham.....Born about 1710. Married Margaret Torksey. Died before April 1746.
5. Gideon Needham......Born about 1713. Married Elizabeth Cartright in 1733. Died before May 25, 1787 in Camden County, North Carolina.
6. Margaret Ann Needham......Born about 1715. Married Robert Torksey.
John Needham Sr. was born about 1708 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Brothers about 1740 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. John Needham was a farmer and Stockman. He has no known military record. He was affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Elizabeth was born about 1716 in or around Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Her father's name was William Brothers. John Sr. died sometime before December 5, 1754 because his estate was inventoried on that date. Elizabeth remarried sometime after 1755 to James Griffin.
John and Elizabeth had five children:
1. Mary Needham.....Born about 1743.
2. *John Needham Jr....See below
3. Elizabeth Needham.....Born 1745. Married Pharoah Fentress January 21, 1770.
4. Jean Needham.....Born 1750. Married Joseph Redding September 30, 1774.
5. Anne Needham......Born 1752. Married Robert Redding. Some say his first name was Thomas.
All five children were born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina.
John Needham Jr. was born in July 1745. He was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War of Independence from England. He was a private in Goodman’s Company of Col. Thomas Clark’s Regiment of the First North Carolina Battalion. He enlisted the first of June 1777 for three years. He is recorded in the “Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution” published in 1932 by the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution. His roster number is 2467.
John Needham Jr. married three times. 1) Rebecca Pool 2) Anna Leticia Jennings 3) Mary Barnes. He died after 1830 because he was on the 1830 US Census as being age 80-90 years old in Grainger County Tennessee.
John and Anna's children were:
1. Isaac Needham.....Born about 1784 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Married Margaret Perry.
2. Rebecca Needham....Born 1790 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Married James Burnett in August, 1809.
3. *John Needham, III....See below
John Needham, III was born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina in 1791. He was in the War of 1812, enlistment dates were January 10, 1814 and June 16, 1814, Clarks battalion, East Tennessee Militia commanded by Lt. John Hixson. He received bounty land for his service. John married Mary ‘Polly’ Brock on September 1, 1812. Polly died giving birth to their 9th child who was given to his grandparents, George and Ammy Brock, to raise.
John and Polly's children:
1. Polly Needham.....Born 1813.
2. Anna Needham.....Born 1815. Married Nathan Atkins August 7, 1830.
3. James Needham....Born 1816 or 1817. Died about 1840.
4. *Ira Needham.....See below
5. Elizabeth Needham....Born 1820. Married Isaac Vittetoe.
6. Katherine Needham....Born March 4, 1822. Married Joe Wolfenbarger in 1841. Married Enoc Mackey in 1858.
7. John Anson Needham.....Born April 21, 1824. Married Sarah Bowers. Died January 21, 1906.
8. C. Needham.....Born about 1826. No other information.
9. George Brock Needham....Born May 9, 1828. Married Nancy Bowers on April 24, 1850. Died July 26, 1898.
John married after Polly’s death to Nancy Chandler.
John and Nancy's children:
1. Baby boy Needham.....Died as infant.
2. Lurana Needham.....Born October 1831. Married Pryor Brock April 25, 1852.
3. Margaret Needham....Born October 1831. Never married. Died September 25, 1921.
4. Rebecca Needham....Born 1833. Married Henry Atkins July 26, 1856.
5. Louisa Needham.....Born 1835. Never married. Died June 1, 1909.
6. Miriam Needham...Born April 1837. Never married. Died November 4, 1904.
7. Zacheriah Needham....Born 1841. Fought and died in the Civil War with the confederate army. Joined August 11, 1864. Died November 11, 1864 at hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
8. Martha Needham.....Born August 15, 1845. Married James P. Nicely December 5, 1868. Died April 7, 1884.
The will of John Needham, III taken fron the internet:
NEEDHAM, John. My wife Nancy NEEDHAM; at her death divided property among her 7 children as she wishes; my daughter Lousany & Margaret, Rabecca, Louisa, Miriam & Martha; land on Creek running into George SEAMORE; my son Zachariah; my 2 sons Ira & John; Katherine WOLFINBARGER, my daughter to receive $15 from Ira; Elizabeth VITTITOE to receive $15 from John; my wife Nancy NEEDHAM & Deadman NASH, sole Executors. Signed John NEEDHAM, 17 Mar 1851. Attested: Steven ATKINS, Andrew J. NASH. Recorded 9 Aug 1851, E. TATE, Clerk.
John died July 27, 1851 and is buried in the old Needham Cemetery in Grainger County, Tennessee.
Ira Needham was born in 1818 in Grainger County, Tennessee. He married Annie Seamore on December 2, 1837. Ira was in the Indian Wars….Removal of the Cherokees. In 1838 he was a private in the company commanded by Captain James K. Simpson in Colonel H. Youkum’s Regiment of East Tennessee Volunteers. He received bounty land for his military service.
Ira and Annie's children:
1. *John M. Needham......See below
2. James Needham.....Born 1844 in Grainger County, Tennessee.
3. Alfred Needham.....Born 1845 in Grainger County, Tennessee. Married Melissa Davis.
4. George Needham.....Born 1847 in Grainger County, Tennessee. Died 1864.
5. Ira Needham.....Born 1849 in Grainger County, Tennessee. Married Lucinda Davis. Died 1877.
After Annie Seamore Needham died, Ira married Nancy Nash on February 26, 1850. They moved to Polk County, Missouri sometime around 1856. Ira died there between 1900 and 1910.
Ira and Nancy's children:
1. Mary Needham......Born 1853 in Grainger County, Tennessee.
2. William Needham......Born 1854 in Grainger County, Tennessee.
3. Martha Needham.....Born 1857 in Madison Township, Polk County, Missouri.
4. Doc Needham.....Born 1861 in Madison Township, Polk County, Missouri. Married Tennessee Yount, the daughter of Peter B. Yount and Mary Jane Cuffman.
5. Mandy Needham.....Born 1863 in Madison Township, Polk County, Missouri.
6. Elisa Needham.....Born 1866 in Madison Township, Polk County, Missouri.
7. Lavena Needham.....Born 1870 in Madison Township, Polk County, Missouri.
John M. Needham was born in 1841 in Grainger County, Tennessee. He married Matilda Dodson on November 5, 1862 in Polk County, Missouri. Matilda was born in Grainger County, Tennessee in September of 1847. She was the daughter of John and Martha Patsy Grady Dodson.
John M. Needham was in the Civil War in the Union Army. He volunteered three different times to serve. He was a Private promoted to Corporal and served with Company E, Eighth Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry. He was mustered out of the service on June 28, 1865 at Springfield, Missouri.
They were a farming family. They owned land in Alvin Township, Polk County, Missouri. John died February 14, 1882 at the age of 40 when Matilda was seven months pregnant. The cause of his death is unknown. He is buried at the Union Township, No. 8, located Northwest of Aldrich on private land. This may be called Davis Cemetery. The inscription on his tombstone only states:
John Needham
Co. E 8 MO S M Cav.
They had eleven children:
1. Laura Alice Needham...Born November 25, 1863. Married Peter B. Yount, widow of Mary Jane Cuffman.
2. Annie Needham........Born March 6, 1865. Married William J. Yount, brother of Ida Odell Yount.
3. Lizzie Needham.......Born 1866. Married william Ford.
4. *Henry Nelson Needham.......See below
5. John Logan "Tobe" Needham......Born April 31, 1870. Died September 17, 1951 in Collingworth County, Texas. He is buried in Quail, Texas.
6. Wilson Wayne Needham........Born October 27, 1872.
7. Martha Belle Needham........Born 1874.
8. Arthur R. "Ott" Needham.....Born 1876. Married Susie Hill. Died July 12, 1955 in Dallas county, Texas. He is buried in Collin County, Texas.
9. William Columbus Needham....Born April 11, 1878 in Polk County, Missouri.
10.Minnie Needham......Born 1879 in Polk County, Missouri.
11.Orpha J. Needham.....Born April 2, 1882. Married Henry L. Cook.
Henry Nelson Needham was born on September 30, 1868 in Polk County Missouri. He married Ida Odell Yount on June 17, 1888. Two of Henry’s sisters and an uncle also married into the Yount family.
Henry and Ida had six children. At least the first three were born in Polk County Missouri but the last one was born in Collin County, Texas on September 12, 1901. Therefore we know the family moved from Missouri to Texas some time between 1894 and 1901.
Henry and Ida's children:
1. Vera Maybelle Needham.....Born December 22, 1889. Married Thomas Plemons December 7, 1907. Later married Hut Brown on October 17, 1917. Died March 2, 1974.
2. Rebecca “Beckie” Needham.....Born March 30, 1892. Married Fletcher Arteberry November 11, 1911. Died February 12, 1942 of PCK disease.
3. *Tollie Nelson Needham .....See below
4. Henry Arvell "Dick" Needham......Born May 30, 1896. Killed at age 17 by a friend while squirrel hunting.
5. Pete Morrison "Jack" Needham.......Born October 17, 1898. Married Essie in 1919. Died December 31, 1948 of PCK disease.
6. John Ranson "Cooch" Needham.......Born September 12, 1901. Married Maybelle Bush on February 7, 1924. Died on December 10, 1968.
In the 1910 census of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, Henry’s family is listed. It lists Henry Needham, Henry Jr. (which must be Henry Arvell “Dick”), John R., Peter, Rebecca, Tallie (which must be our Tollie). There were so many typos made during transcription from the old hand written records. It also lists the names Letha Needham, who was Henry’s 2nd wife after Ida died, Ben Needham and Matilda Needham. Ben is listed as a 14 year old cousin who was living in the household. Matilda was listed as 1 year and 3 months old. She must have been Henry and Letha’s daughter, named after Henry’s mother.
It is thought that Henry and Letha had six children together. Henry died January 19, 1937. This news item is from an old Eufala, Oklahoma newspaper on the internet.
Thursday, January 21, 1937
AUTO CRASH FATAL TO COUNTY FARMER STRUCK AT ONAPA
Henry Needham about 70 of Onapa who was injured Saturday when a truck in which he was riding overturned near his home, died shortly before midnight Monday at the Baptist hospital in Muskogee.
Tollie Nelson Needham....Born March 2, 1894 in Polk County, Missouri. He married Arka Genia Winton on November 7, 1914 in Fame Oklahoma. Arka Needham was born May 16, 1890. Tollie died of PCK on November 21, 1930. He is buried in the Fame Cemetery, in Fame Oklahoma. Arka died on June 10, 1961 in McCurtain County, Oklahoma and is also buried at Fame Cemetery.
They had five children:
1. Hubert Needham...Born December 1, 1911. Married Georgetta Burns. Died January 8, 1983. He was raised as, but was not Tollie's biological son.
2. Ida Needham....Born August 14, 1915. Died October 17, 1918 during a flu epidemic.
3. Bill Mildon Needham....Born April 7, 1917. Married Roberta Pack. Died July 11, 1965 in Mannford, Oklahoma.
4. *Margaret Lois Needham...See below
5. Tollie Nelson Needham, Jr...Born January 17, 1925 in Fame, Oklahoma. Married Zelma Lucille James. Died May 15, 1996 in McAlester, Oklahoma.
Margaret Lois Needham was born on October 23, 1922 in Fame, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Margaret met John "Jake" Stacy while his family was living in a house on the Needham's land in the early 1930's. Margaret and Jake were married in Checotah, Oklahoma in early 1940, shortly before she graduated from high school.
Margaret and Jake lived in Oklahoma until they moved to Odessa, Texas in 1957. They moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas for a few years then moved back to Checotah, Oklahoma. They ended up back in Texas in the 70's. They both died while living in Ore City, Texas and are buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Upshur County. Jake died on July 20, 1978 in Ore City, Texas. Margaret died on January 11, 1980 in Longview, Texas.
Margaret and Jake's children:
1. Wanda Marcella Stacy...Born November 10, 1940
2. Wilma Jean Stacy...Born Checotah, Oklahoma January 29, 1942. Died January 31, 1997 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Ore City, Texas.
3. Betty Jane Stacy...Born September 11, 1943
4. Janet Susan Stacy...Born February 20, 1947
5. Phyllis Ann Stacy...Born Tulsa, Oklahoma June 29, 1948. Died October 27, 2007 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Ore City, Texas.
Johan Jacob Yundt (known as Jacob) was born on August 8, 1714 in Niederbronn-Alsace, France. He was 17 when he came to America. Jacob married Catherine Dorothea Schuck in Pennsylvania about 1740.
Jacob bought two tracks of land in what is now Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. In 1757 Jacob built a large two story house on this property which for many years was considered the finest residence in the Lehigh Valley. This house served for 135 years and was used occasionally as a fort for protection from raiding Indians especially during the French and Indian War 1760 to 1763.
Jacob was wounded on his land and partially scalped by Indians. It is assumed that this wound was the cause of his death in 1760 at the early age of 45 years. Catherine Dorothea was born in Germany about 1720 and died on March 19, 1780 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. She and her husband are buried in Egypt UCC Church in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Jacob Yundt and Dorothea Schuck had seven ckildren. Four of Jacob’s five sons served with the American forces in the Northampton County, Pennsylvania Militia in the Revolutionary War.
1.*John Peter Yount.....See below
2.George C Yount....Born March 30, 1744. Died April 13, 1828.
3.Mary Yount.....Born 1746. Died after 1780.
4.Daniel Yount.....Born July 29, 1748. Died June 2, 1836.
5.Jacob Yount....Born 1750. Died Feburary 9, 1826.
6.Unnamed infant...Born about 1752.
7.Abraham Yount.....Born 1756. Died before 1830
John Peter Yount was born on February 24, 1742 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (now known as Montgomery County) and baptized in St.Paul's Lutheran Church. He was the first Yount born in America. Later in life he was known simply as Peter Yount. Peter married Maria Barbara Shook. Peter and Maria moved to North Carolina with his younger brother Abraham and his uncle John Yundt. Peter died after 1810 in Blount County, Tennessee.
John Peter and Maria had seven children.
1.Gotfried Yount....Born about 1767
2.Peter Yount.....Born 1778. Died between 1840 & 1850.
3.*Jacob Yount..... See below
4.Abraham Yount....Born about 1785. Died after 1840. Married Susan Rowe September 4, 1818.
5.Solomon Yount....Born about 1796.
6.Unknown female Yount
7.Unknown female Yount
Jacob Yount was born about 1780 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married Rebecca Jones on October 3, 1800 in Burke County, North Carolina. Jacob died in 1814 in Sylacouga, Alabama and is buried there.
The children of Jacob and Rebecca:
1.Jemina Yount....Born September 25, 1801.
2.Larkin Yount....Born October 26, 1803.
3.Mary Alan Yount...Born April 4, 1805.
4.Holly Yount....Born September 2, 1806.
5.Ephriam Yount
6.*Peter Yount...See below
7.Jacob Yount....Born February 24, 1811.
8.John Yount....Born March 9, 1813.
Peter Yount was born on April 4, 1809. He was probably born in Blount County, Tennessee. Peter was married twice. On March 29, 1832 he married Mary Payne. They had no children and divorced. He later married Anne Elizabeth Ailor in Sumner County, Tennessee. They had at least three children. Peter died on August 7, 1889.
These children are listed on the 1850 Sumner County census:
1. Jacob Lee Yount.....Born May 5, 1835. Married Isabella Frances Barr December 18, 1856 in Polk County, Missouri. Isabella died on on April 10, 1973. Jacob then married Levicia Swearingen January 18, 1874. Jacob and Isabella had five children. Jacob and Levicia had seven children.
2. *Peter B.Yount ....See below
3. Mary Yount.....Born 1844. No other record of her.
Peter B Yount was born April 13, 1837 in Tennessee. He first married Mary Jane Cuffman on September 18, 1861 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
The six children of Peter B Yount and Mary Jane Cuffman:
1.*William Josephus Yount...Born January 3, 1863. Married Annie Needham in 1883. Died May 28, 1900.
2.Tennessee Yount.....Born April, 1865. Married Doc Needham. They had at least 7 children.
3.Eddy Yount....Born 1868. Died before 1880.
4.*Ida Odell Yount....See below.
5.Dulana "Tobe" Yount...Born 1872 in Missouri. Died in Texas.
6.Eppa M Yount....Born 1876 in Missouri. No further record, may have died as a young child.
After the death of his wife Mary Jane, Peter B. Yount married again on September 7, 1882 in Polk County, Missouri to Laura Alice Needham, the daughter of John and Matilda Dodson Needham. Laura Alice was the sister of Henry Nelson Needham. They moved to Texas and Peter B. Yount died on April 20, 1919 in Texas.
The children of Peter B Yount and Laura Alice Needham:
1.Anna Jennettie Pearl Yount...Born Aug 2, 1883. Died April 24, 1967. Married Henry Vallance.
2.Josie Matilda Yount....Born December 1, 1884. Died October 25, 1927. Married Wallace Hurley.
3.Ora Jane Yount...Born January 10, 1887 in Texas. Died March 5, 1978. Married William Riley White July 17, 1904.
4.Mary Elnora Yount....Born January 7, 1889. Died September 3, 1964. Married Bert Boon 1907.
5.Lizzie Bell Yount....Born April 8, 1891. Died November 19, 1874. Married Oren Edgar McHargue August 30, 1906.
6.Bessie Ada Yount....Born August 8, 1893. Died July 15, 1954. Married Clyde Cooke.
7.Jimmie Lena Yount....Born August 23, 1895. Died March 29, 1901.
8.Verna Florance Yount....Born January 2, 1898. Married John Harwell.
9.Hester Ruth Yount....Born March 14, 1900. Died March 15, 1901.
Ida Odell Yount was born on February 24, 1870 in Sumner County, Tennessee. She married Henry Nelson Needham on June 17, 1888 in Missouri. Ida died in McIntosh County, Oklahoma on July 1, 1904 and she is buried in the old Checotah Cemetery. The immediate cause of death was a fall from her horse when she was struck by a low hanging limb. Although she was only 34 years old she was already suffering from polycystic kidney disease that she had inherited from her mother. Three of her children would eventually die of PCK.
Ida and Henry had six children:
1. Vera Maybelle Needham.....Born December 22, 1889. Married Thomas Plemons December 7, 1907. Later married Hut Brown on October 17, 1917. Died March 2, 1974.
2. Rebecca “Beckie” Needham.....Born March 30, 1892. Married Fletcher Arteberry November 11, 1911. Died February 12, 1942 of PCK disease.
3. *Tollie Nelson Needham .....See below
4. Henry Arvell "Dick" Needham......Born May 30, 1896. Killed at age 17 by a friend while squirrel hunting.
5. Pete Morrison "Jack" Needham.......Born October 17, 1898. Married Essie in 1919. Died December 31, 1948 of PCK disease.
6. John Ranson "Cooch" Needham.......Born September 12, 1901. Married Maybelle Bush on February 7, 1924. Died December 10, 1968.
Tollie Nelson Needham....Born March 2, 1894 in Polk County, Missouri. He married Arka Genia Winton on November 7, 1914 in Fame Oklahoma. Arka Needham was born May 16, 1890. Tollie died of PCK on November 21, 1930. He is buried in the Fame Cemetery, in Fame Oklahoma. Arka died on June 10, 1961 in McCurtain County, Oklahoma and is also buried at Fame Cemetery.
They had five children:
1. Hubert Needham...Born December 1, 1911. Married Georgetta Burns. Died January 8, 1983. He was raised as, but was not Tollie's biological son.
2. Ida Needham....Born August 14, 1915. Died October 17, 1918 during a flu epidemic.
3. Bill Mildon Needham....Born April 7, 1917. Married Roberta Pack. Died July 11, 1965 in Mannford, Oklahoma.
4. *Margaret Lois Needham...See below
5. Tollie Nelson Needham, Jr...Born January 17, 1925 in Fame, Oklahoma. Married Zelma Lucille James. Died May 15, 1996 in McAlester, Oklahoma.
Margaret Lois Needham was born on October 23, 1922 in Fame, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Margaret met John "Jake" Stacy while his family was living in a house on the Needham's land in the early 1930's. Margaret and Jake were married in Checotah, Oklahoma in early 1940, shortly before she graduated from high school.
Margaret and Jake lived in Oklahoma until they moved to Odessa, Texas in 1957. They moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas for a few years then moved back to Checotah, Oklahoma. They ended up back in Texas in the 70's. They both died while living in Ore City, Texas and are buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Upshur County. Jake died on July 20, 1978 in Ore City, Texas. Margaret died on January 11, 1980 in Longview, Texas.
Margaret and Jake's children:
1. Wanda Marcella Stacy...Born November 10, 1940
2. Wilma Jean Stacy...Born Checotah, Oklahoma January 29, 1942. Died January 31, 1997 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Ore City, Texas.
3. Betty Jane Stacy...Born September 11, 1943
4. Janet Susan Stacy...Born February 20, 1947
5. Phyllis Ann Stacy...Born Tulsa, Oklahoma June 29, 1948. Died October 27, 2007 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Ore City, Texas.
Samuel Dodson, Jr. was born in 1774 in Virginia. He married three times. It is thought his first wife was Mary "Polly" Dalton, the daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Dalton of Grayson County, Virginia. Samuel's first two sons were born in Virginia. He then moved to Puncheon Camp Creek, Tennessee, where he acquired land which he shared with his sons as they matured. After Polly died, Samuel married Susan Clontz. She was still living in 1850. It is not known how many children she had by Samuel, but the older children were her step-children. We can be certain that Polly was Joel's mother. Samuel later married Sarah McAnally Burns.
Children of Samuel Dodson, Jr:
1. *Joel Dodson......See below
2. John Dodson.....Born 1795 in Virginia.
3. Samuel Dodson.....Born 1800 in Tennessee. Married Mary Williams.
4. William Dodson
5. Claiborne Dodson
6. Abner Dodson
7. Ruth Dodson
8. Elizabeth Dodson
9. Mary Dodson
10. Sarah Dodson
11. Nancy Dodson
12. Margaret Dodson
Joel Dodson was born in 1793 in Virginia. Around 1800, the family settled in Tennessee. He married Sarah Acuff on October 6, 1812 in Grainger County, Tennessee. Sarah was the daughter of John Acuff and Nancy Watson. She was born about 1795 in Tennessee. Joel and Sarah both died some time after 1860 in Grainger County. It is not known exactly how many children they had.
Their children included the following:
1. *John Dodson.....See below
2. Mary Ann Dodson....Born about 1823. Married Thomas Vittetoe.
3. William Dodson........Born about 1826 in Grainger County, Tennessee. Married Frances Vittetoe.
4. Abner Dodson.........Born 1831.
5. Elbert Severe Dodson...Born 1835 in Grainger County, Tennessee. Died April 4, 1862 at Crain Creek, Stone County, Missouri.
6. Sabre Dodson.....Born 1841. Married Almon Asbury Branson.
7. Nancy Dodson.....Married Claiborne Nash.
8. Margaret Dodson
9. Samuel Dodson
John Dodson was born in 1820 in Grainger County, Tennessee. He married Martha "Patsy" Grady on November 10, 1843 in Grainger County, Tennessee. Martha was also born in Tennessee around 1823. John was a farmer according to the Tennessee state census. Martha was listed as his wife on all of them up until the 1870 census. John and his children were listed without a wife on that one, so Martha died some time before 1870 but after 1862, the year Rosa, her youngest child, was born.
John and Martha had the following children:
1. Kenney Dodson....Born September 8, 1844 in Grainger County, Tennessee.
2. *Matilda Dodson...See below
3. Abner Dodson.....Born about 1847 in Grainger County, Tennessee.
4. Catherine Dodson.....Born July 11, 1850 in Grainger County, Tennessee.
5. Claiborne Edwin Dodson....Born about 1853.
6. Noah Dodson.....Born October 24, 1856.
7 William Columbus Dodson....Born January 19, 1853 in Greene County, Missouri.
8. Colman Burd Dodson....Born February 13, 1860 in Missouri.
9. Sarah "Rosa" Belle Dodson....Born January 4, 1862 in Polk County, Missouri.
On the 1880 census he is listed with his 2nd wife, Louisa Gothard. They were married in Missouri on June 22, 1971 and had four children: Austin, Martha, Anna and Samuel. On the 1900 census, Louisa is listed as a 64 year old widow with no children at home. It shows one female living in her household, Letha A. Gothard, a 62 year old single woman. This could be a sibling of Louisa's. John died some time after 1880 when his last child was born.
Matilda Dodson was born in Grainger County, Tennessee in September of 1847. Some sources say she was born on August 27, 1845 in Kentucky. Her tombstone says she was born in 1845, but stones have been wrong before. She married John M. Needham on November 5, 1862 in Polk County, Missouri when she was 15 years old. If this statement is true, that means she was born in 1847. The ceremony was performed by A. Milikin, a Justice of the peace for Polk County, Missouri. Matilda was seven months pregnant when John died. After John’s death Matilda moved to Farmer’s Branch, Texas. It was there that she applied for a widow’s pension for John’s Civil War service. The pension was for $25 a month. When her youngest daughter, Orpha married, Matilda lived with her and her family in Collin County, Texas. Matilda died on November 30, 1918.
They had eleven children:
1. Laura Alice Needham.......Born November 25, 1863. Married Peter B. Yount, widow of Mary Jane Cuffman.
2. Annie Needham........Born March 6, 1865. Married William J. Yount, brother of Ida Odell Yount.
3. Lizzie Needham.......Born 1866. Married William Ford.
4. *Henry Nelson Needham.......See below
5. John Logan "Tobe" Needham......Born April 31, 1870.
6. Wilson Wayne Needham........Born October 27, 1872.
7. Martha Belle Needham........Born 1874.
8. Arthur R. "Ott" Needham.....Born 1876. Married Susie Hill.
9. William Columbus Needham....Born April 11, 1878 in Polk County, Missouri.
10.Minnie Needham......Born 1879 in Polk County, Missouri.
11.Orpha J. Needham.....Born April 2, 1882. Married Henry L. Cook.
Henry Nelson Needham was born on September 30, 1868 in Polk County Missouri. He married Ida Odell Yount on June 17, 1888. Two of Henry’s sisters and an uncle also married into the Yount family. Henry and Ida's first three children were born in Polk County Missouri but the last one was born in Collin County, Texas on September 12, 1901. Therefore we know the family moved from Missouri to Texas some time between 1894 and 1901.
Ida and Henry had six children:
1. Vera Maybelle Needham.....Born December 22, 1889. Married Thomas Plemons December 7, 1907. Later married Hut Brown October 17, 1917. Died March 2, 1974.
2. Rebecca “Beckie” Needham.....Born March 30, 1892. Married Fletcher Arteberry November 11, 1911. Died February 12, 1942 of PCK disease.
3. *Tollie Nelson Needham .....See below
4. Henry Arvell "Dick" Needham...Born May 30, 1896. Killed at 17 by a friend while squirrel hunting.
5. Pete Morrison "Jack" Needham...Born October 17, 1898. Married Essie in 1919. Died December 31, 1948 of PCK disease.
6. John Ranson "Cooch" Needham...Born September 12, 1901. Married Maybelle Bush February 7, 1924. Died December 10, 1968.
In the 1910 census of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, Henry’s family is listed. It lists Henry Needham, Henry Jr. (which must be Henry Arvell “Dick”), John R., Peter, Rebecca, Tallie (which must be our Tollie). There were so many typos made during transcription from the old hand written records. It also lists the names Letha Needham, who was Henry’s 2nd wife after Ida died, Ben Needham and Matilda Needham. Ben is listed as a 14 year old cousin who was living in the household. Matilda was listed as 1 year and 3 months old. She must have been Henry and Letha’s daughter, named after Henry’s mother.
It is thought that Henry and Letha had six children together. Henry died January 19, 1937. I found this news item from an old Eufaula, Oklahoma newspaper on the internet.
Thursday, January 21, 1937
AUTO CRASH FATAL TO COUNTY FARMER STRUCK AT ONAPA
Henry Needham about 70 of Onapa who was injured Saturday when a truck in which he was riding overturned near his home, died shortly before midnight Monday at the Baptist hospital in Muskogee.
Tollie Nelson Needham....Born March 2, 1894 in Polk County, Missouri. He married Arka Genia Winton on November 7, 1914 in Fame Oklahoma. Arka Needham was born May 16, 1890. Tollie died of PCK on November 21, 1930. He is buried in the Fame Cemetery, in Fame Oklahoma. Arka died on June 10, 1961 in McCurtain County, Oklahoma and is also buried at Fame Cemetery.
They had five children:
1. Hubert Needham.....Born December 1, 1911. Married Georgetta Burns. Died January 8, 1983. He was raised as, but was not Tollie's biological son.
2. Ida Needham....Born August 14, 1915. Died October 17, 1918 during a flu epidemic.
3. Bill Mildon Needham....Born April 7, 1917. Married Roberta Pack. Died on July 11, 1965 in Mannford, Oklahoma.
4. *Margaret Lois Needham...See below
5. Tollie Nelson Needham, Jr......Born January 17, 1925 Fame, Oklahoma. Married Zelma Lucille James. Died May 15, 1996 in McAlester, Oklahoma.
Margaret Lois Needham was born on October 23, 1922 in Fame, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Margaret met John "Jake" Stacy while his family was living in a house on the Needham's land in the early 1930's. Margaret and Jake were married in Checotah, Oklahoma in early 1940, shortly before she graduated from high school.
Margaret and Jake lived in Oklahoma until they moved to Odessa, Texas in 1957. They moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas for a few years and then moved back to Checotah, Oklahoma. They ended up back in Texas in the 1970's. They both died while living in Ore City, Texas and are buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Upshur County. Jake died on July 20, 1978 in Ore City, Texas. Margaret died on January 11, 1980 in Longview, Texas.
Margaret and Jake's children:
1. Wanda Marcella Stacy...Born November 10, 1940
2. Wilma Jean Stacy...Born Checotah, Oklahoma January 29, 1942. Died January 31, 1997 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Ore City, Texas.
3. Betty Jane Stacy...Born September 11, 1943
4. Janet Susan Stacy...Born February 20, 1947
5. Phyllis Ann Stacy...Born Tulsa, Oklahoma June 29, 1948. Died October 27, 2007 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Ore City, Texas.
Pavatt Cuffman was born on November 30, 1782 in Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley. He was a bondsman and a teacher for the Sumner County school in his area. He also practiced medicine. He married Jane Kinsall. Jane was born around 1790 and died on May 19, 1835. Pavatt died on September 14, 1840 at the age of 58 in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee. They are both buried at the Cuffman Family Cemetery on Center Point Road on private property in Sumner County, Tennessee. That cemetery has now been destroyed.
They had six children:
1.* Josephus Pavatt Cuffman......See below
2. Julia Jane Cuffman......Born 1819. Died 1842.
3. Benjamin Cuffman.....Born 1823. Died 1841.
4. Eliza Ann Cuffman...Born 1812. Married Stephen Cooley.
5. Iantha Cuffman.....In some records she is listed as Jantha. Married Edward Spurrier.
6. Mary Martha Cuffman...Married Dulana M. Woods.
Josephus Pavatt Cuffman was born on March 19, 1814 in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee. Josephus was a militia calvaryman, 9th Tennessee Calvary during Creek War of 1834 under Andrew Jackson, and again during War with Mexico, 1848. He married Mary Ann Smith on December 4, 1840 in Sumner County. Josephus died on October 27, 1869 and was buried in the Cuffman Cemetery in Sumner County, Tennessee.
They had seven children:
1. Benjamin Franklin Cuffman....Born 1842. Married Miranda Edwards.
2. *Mary Jane Cuffman ......See below
3. David Pavatt Cuffman...Born 1846. Married Margaret Ann Perry.
4. Robert M. Cuffman...Born 1847. Married M.G. Burks.
5. Daniel Webster Cuffman...Born December 19, 1848. Married Julia Ann Brown.
6. Joseph Cuffman...Born 1850. Died between 1850 and 1860.
7. Sarah Ann Cuffman
Mary Jane Cuffman was born on April 20, 1844 in Sumner County. She married Peter B. Yount on September 18, 1861 in Sumner County, Tennessee. The Smith family brought the kidney disease (PCK) into our family. Mary Jane’s mother, Mary Ann Smith, passed the disease to her and then she passed it on to at least two of her children. At some point after the birth of Ida Odell, the family moved to Missouri since Ida's two younger siblings were born in Missouri and Mary Jane died there on January 24, 1878 in Polk County.
The six children of Peter B Yount and Mary Jane Cuffman:
1. William Josephus Yount..Born January 3, 1863. Married Annie Needham 1883. Died May 28, 1900.
2. Tennessee Yount.....Born April, 1865. Married Doc Needham. They had at least 7 children.
3. Eddy Yount....Born 1868. Died before 1880.
4.*Ida Odell Yount....See below
5. Dulana "Tobe" Yount...Born 1872 in Missouri. Died in Texas.
6. Eppa M. Yount....Born 1876 in Missouri. No further record, may have died as a young child.
Ida Odell Yount was born on February 24, 1870 in Sumner County, Tennessee. She married Henry Nelson Needham on June 17, 1888 in Missouri. Ida died in McIntosh County, Oklahoma on July 1, 1904. She is buried in the old Checotah Cemetery. The immediate cause of death was a fall from her horse when she was struck by a low hanging limb. Although she was only 34 years old she was already suffering from polycystic kidney disease that she had inherited from her mother.
Ida and Henry had six children:
1. Vera Maybelle Needham.....Born December 22, 1889. Married Thomas Plemons December 7, 1907. Later married Hut Brown on October 17, 1917. Died March 2, 1974.
2. Rebecca “Beckie” Needham.....Born March 30, 1892. Married Fletcher Arteberry November 11, 1911. Died February 12, 1942 of PCK disease.
3. *Tollie Nelson Needham .....See below
4. Henry Arvell "Dick" Needham......Born May 30, 1896. Killed at age 17 by a friend while squirrel hunting.
5. Pete Morrison "Jack" Needham.......Born October 17, 1898. Married Essie in 1919. Died December 31, 1948 of PCK disease.
6. John Ranson "Cooch" Needham.......Born September 12, 1901. Married Maybelle Bush February 7, 1924. Died December 10, 1968.
Tollie Nelson Needham....Born March 2, 1894 in Polk County, Missouri. He married Arka Genia Winton on November 7, 1914 in Fame Oklahoma. Arka Needham was born May 16, 1890. Tollie died of PCK on November 21, 1930. He is buried in the Fame Cemetery, in Fame Oklahoma. Arka died on June 10, 1961 in McCurtain County, Oklahoma and is also buried at Fame Cemetery.
They had five children:
1. Hubert Needham.....Born December 1, 1911. Married Georgetta Burns. Died January 8, 1983. He was raised as, but was not Tollie's biological son.
2. Ida Needham....Born August 14, 1915. Died October 17, 1918 during a flu epidemic.
3. Bill Mildon Needham....Born April 7, 1917. Married Roberta Pack. Died July 11, 1965 in Mannford, Oklahoma.
4. *Margaret Lois Needham...See below
5. Tollie Nelson Needham, Jr......Born January 17, 1925 in Fame, Oklahoma. Married Zelma Lucille James. Died May 15, 1996 in McAlester, Oklahoma.
Margaret Lois Needham was born on October 23, 1922 in Fame, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Margaret met John "Jake" Stacy while his family was living in a house on the Needham's land in the early 1930's. Margaret and Jake were married in Checotah, Oklahoma in early 1940, shortly before she graduated from high school.
Margaret and Jake lived in Oklahoma until they moved to Odessa, Texas in 1957. They moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas for a few years and then moved back to Checotah, Oklahoma. They ended up back in Texas in the 1970's. They both died while living in Ore City, Texas and are buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Upshur County. Jake died on July 20, 1978 in Ore City, Texas. Margaret died on January 11, 1980 in Longview, Texas.
Margaret and Jake's children:
1. Wanda Marcella Stacy...Born November 10, 1940
2. Wilma Jean Stacy...Born Checotah, Oklahoma January 29, 1942. Died January 31, 1997 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Ore City, Texas.
3. Betty Jane Stacy...Born September 11, 1943
4. Janet Susan Stacy...Born February 20, 1947
5. Phyllis Ann Stacy...Born Tulsa, Oklahoma June 29, 1948. Died October 27, 2007 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Buried at Coffeeville Cemetery in Ore City, Texas.
