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John & Rebecca Worsham

1.  John Worsham b abt 1745 VA md Rebecca abt 1761. They lived in Mecklenburg Co., VA where John died in 1829. Descendants lived in Mecklenburg Co., VA; Pittsylvania Co., VA.

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1.4.1. Cynthia Worsham b. abt 1807 md Peter Overby. Cynthia Overby is age 40 in the 1850 Halifax Co., VA Census & age 57 in the 1860 Halifax Co. Census. Peter Vesta Overby b. abt 1806 Mecklenburg Co., VA s/o Sylvester Overby & Elizabeth Shotwell. He was a minor when his father d. in 1819. Peter is on the 1830 Mecklenburg Co., VA census with 1 son under 5 & 1 daughter under 5 according to Charles Boyd, 1999) Peter d. befor 30 Dec 1835 Mecklenburg Co., VA. (Libby Overby, The Overbury Story-Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1988, p 157) In Jun 1842, the Pleas Book M-1 of Halifax Co., VA lists their minor children and were granted $110 for support that year. Peter's estate had been settled the previous year in Mecklenburg Co. Cynthis is age 40 in the 1850 Halifax Co., VA census & age 57 in the 1860 Halifax Co. census.

Children:

1.4.1.1. Sylas Overby b 1828 md Rebecca Chandler 1850. They are in the 1850 Halifax Co., VA census living with her mother Sarah Chandler. He was listed as a laborer. He d. in the civil war. (Charles Boyd, 1999)

1.4.1.2. Louisa Overby b abt 1829 Mecklenburg Co., VA.

1.4.1.3. Edward Overby b abt 1830 Mecklenburg Co., VA. (19-1850)

1.4.1.4. Alexander Overby b abt 1832 Mecklenburg Co., VA. (18-1850)

1.4.1.5. Maria Overby b abt 1834 Mecklenburg Co., VA. (16-1850)

1.4.1.6. Panthea Overby b abt 1836 Mecklenburg Co., VA. (14-1850; 25-1860) md Elias Elliott 25 Nov 1859 Halifax Co., VA s/o Elizabeth Elliott. They are in the 1880 Clarksville, Mecklenburg Co., VA census, p 139B. Elias is age 48 b VA & Panthea is age 43 b VA. Panthea d 20 Mar 1884 Williamsburg, VA. (Amy C. O'Neal, 2000)

Children in the 1880 Mecklenburg Co., VA. Census:

1.4.1.6.1. Comillas Elliott b abt 1860. (20-1880 male)

1.4.1.6.2. John Elliott b abt 1861. (19-1880)

1.4.1.6.3. Ransom Elliott b abt 1865. (15-1880)

1.4.1.6.4. Cynthia Elliott b abt 1868. (12-1880)

1.4.1.6.5. Harriet Elliott b abt 1872 (8-1880)

1.4.1.6.6. Elias Elliott b abt 1875. (5-1880)

1.4.1.6.7. Samuel P. Elliott b 3 Nov 1878 (1-1880) md Martha Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hall 20 Dec 1898. Lizzie d/o Truman Hall & Nancy Wilkins. Samuel d 12 Sep 1949 prob. Mecklenburg Co., VA. Children: Patricia Ann Elliott; Annie Elizabeth Elliott; Gracie Elliott; Virgie Carol Elliott; Georgie Hall Elliott; Zelda Mae Elliott; Ocie Mae Elliott; Calvin Samuel Elliott; Haley Peele Elliott; Julian Elliott; Martha Elizabeth Elliott; Percy Samuel Elliott. (Amy C. O'Neal, 2000)

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1.4.5.4.5. Mattie E. Worsham b. Oct 30, 1886 Pittsylvania Co., VA md Chesley M. Taylor abt. 1900. Chesley M. Taylor (1875-1951) and Mattie E. (d. 1948) are bur. Chesley Merritt Taylor Cem. located on Brandon Rd just a quarter of a mile off Strader Rd. Also buried are: Irvin Otis Taylor 1918 - 1999; Margaret Dalton Taylor 1926 - 1996; Irvin Otis Taylor Jr. 1947 - 1998; Raymond G. Taylor 1907 - 1958; Carl Edward Taylor 1922 - 1937; Ethel Taylor Robertson 1906 - 1978.

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1.6. John Worsham b abt 1783 Mecklenburg Co., VA md Lucy Hamblin d/o Thomas Hamblin. She is listed in the will of Thomas Hamblin in Mecklenburg Co., VA Will Bk 7, 1810-1813, pp 85-86:

"In the name of God amen I Thomas Hamblin of Mecklenburg County and state of Virginia do hereby make my Last Will & Testament in manner and form following that is to say First my will and desire is that all my Just debts and funeral expences be first paid out of my Estate 3rdly I Lend to my beloved wife Jane Hamblin two negroes namely Ninas and Amey? during her natural life & then they and their increase to return to my estate also I lend her one certain tract or parcel of land during their natural life containing sixty acres more or less lying on the North side of Jones Spring and the said branch to be the line it being all the land I now own that side of the said branch and after her death to return to my Estate. I also give her one horse at the price of Fifteen pounds One feather bed and furniture ten barrels of corn three hundred pounds of ? Fifty pounds seed cotton three pewter plates three Knives and forks one cow and calf one sow and pigs three chairs 1 pewter dish and bason and my desire is that if her son Jessey Childrey takes leave of his mother that whatever is remaining of what I have given her that he should enjoy it at her death 3rd I give to my son John Hamblin one silver dollar over what he hath already received of my Estate to him and his heirs forever 5th I give to my Son in Law Thomas Owen thirty pounds good and Lawful money of Virginia to be raised out of my estate to him and his heirs forever. 6th I give to my daughter Lucy Worsham one silver dollar more than she hath already received of my estate to her & her heirs forever. 7th I give to my son in law Berryman Ezell one silver Dollar more than he hath already received of my Estate to him & his heirs forever 8th My will and desire is that my old negro woman Beck? shall be at her liberty to choose her master among my Legatees and that after she is past Labour so as to maintain herself she shall have ten dollars a year out of my estate as long as she lives 9th My will and desire is that all the remainder of my Estate both real and personal be sold and divided between my children and Grandchildren as followeth to wit One fifth part to be divided between Elizabeth Ezell and her children to wit One half to Mayes's four orphans to wit Thomas H. Mayes, Salley Mayes, Charles Mayes and Dolley Mayes to them and their heirs forever and the other half to Elizabeth Ezell and all her other heirs forever including what she hath already received 10thly And the Other four parts of the Remainder to be equally divided between my son Charles Hamblin, my daughter Martha Jones, Mary Yancey and Nancey Jones to them & their heirs forever including what they have already hath received of my Estate and Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Charles Hamblin and Thomas Owen executors of this my last will and Testament and do hereby commission them to sell all my estate both real and personal and divide it as above directed and I do acknowledge this to be my Last Will & Testament revoking and disannuling all other wills or forms heretofore made by me Given under my hand and seal this 1st day of January One thousand eight hundred and eleven" Signed: Thomas (his X mark) Hamblin Witnesses: Bentley Wilkerson, Frances (her X mark) Wilkerson, James Newton Proved by the Oaths of Bentley Wilkerson, Frances Wilkerson and James Newton At a Court held for Mecklenburg County the 18th day of March 1811 The will was proved by the oaths of Bentley Wilkerson, Frances Wilkerson and James Newton witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And on the motion of Charles Hamblin and Thomas Owen the Executors therein named who made oath thereto and together with Peter Overby, son of Zach, Archibald Clark and Robert Newton their securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of six thousand pounds conditioned as the law direct certificate was granted them for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form.

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1.  John A. Worsham b abt 1806 of Lunenburg Co., VA md Catherine L. abt 1835. Family lived in Lunenburg Co., VA.

1.6. Henry P. Worsham is Haynie Portney Worsham who md. 1st) Ann Felix Crafton & 2nd) H. P. Worsham md Fannie Fuqua, abt 1877 Lunenburg Co., VA.

1.7. George T. Worsham. G. T. Worsham md I. A. Dunnavant 10 Mar 1874 Lunenburg Co., VA. Indie Ann Worsham d. 2 Jan 1934 Lunenburg Co, VA. Children:

1.7.1. Worsham (male) b May 1875 Lunenburg Co., VA. Add child and change paragraph numbers.

1.7.2. Howard Winston Worsham b 1 Mar 1876 Lunenburg Co., VA.

1.7.3. Thomas Embert Worsham d. 28 May 1948 Lunenburg Co., VA.

1.7.5. Letha E. Worsham b 12 Nov 1881 Lunenburg Co., VA.

1.7.6. William Worsham b Jun 1883 Lunenburg Co., VA. Add child and change paragraph numbers.

1.7.9. George C. Worsham b 14 Sep 1891 Lunenburg Co., VA & d. Oct 1965.

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J. Worsham & E. 

1.  J. Worsham b abt 1828 TN & md E. abt 1831. Some descendants went by the name Washam & they lived in Lamar Co., TX; Fulton Co., AR; Holt Co, MO. Descendant & family researcher, Tessie Jean Washam Harper, was nominated for Supporting Actress in the movie, "Crimes of the Heart" in 1987.

1.1A.3. Joseph Archie Washam d 22 Dec 1955 Mammoth Spring, Fulton, AR.

1.1A.3A.1. Charlie Washam d. 26 Nov 1989 Kelseyville, Lake, CA.

Change Joseph & Ollie children:

1.1A.3B.1. Eddie Ray Washam

1.1A.3B.2. Ester Washam

Joseph & Rosey children:

1.1A.3C.1. Rancie L. Washam b 17 Nov 1914 of Fulton Co., AR & d 26 Jun 1973 Detroit, Wayne, MI.

1.1A.3C.2. Robert Lee Washam "Bob" d 1989 Mammoth Spring, Fulton Co., AR. He md. Ida Mae Wilson b. 7 Apr 1923 & d. 28 May 2001 Mammoth Spring, Fulton, AR.

1.1A.3C.3. Tommie Joe Washam b. 6 Aug 1935 Mammoth Springs, Fulton, AR, md. Peggy Phillips & he d. 9 May 1979 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

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1.3. John Castile Worsham or Washam md 1st) Mary Frances Ross 8 Sep 1877 Howell Co., MO. More information about Mary Frances. She is living with her parents in the 1880 Fulton Co., AR Census. Mary md 2nd) William Nicholas Coleman 9 Sep 1883. William b 9 Jan 1849 Ackworth, Cobb, GA, d Mar 1936 Fort Smith, Sebastian, AR. William & Fannie are bur Oak Cemetery. Coleman children: Pearl Gertrude Coleman b 28 Aug 1884 d 21 Oct 1967; Lucy Mae Coleman b Apr 1885 d 7 Jul 1907; Ollie Green Coleman b 8 Nov 1890 & d 24 Feb 1993; Ruth Isla Coleman b Jan 1895 & d 10 Feb 1987; Shirley Coleman b 28 Sep 1896 d Oct 1979 (male); Jewel I. Coleman b Apr 1900 d 1982. (Family records of Mary Black, 1999)

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1.3A.1.1. Minnie May Worsham md Burt Keton who was b. 6 Oct 1897, Swifton, AR. (Elsie Welch, 1999, daughter of Bert Keton and Minnie Mae Worsham)

1.3A.1.3. Virgil Lee Washam. Virgil had a son, Johnny Lee Washam.

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1.3B.6. Thomas Jackson Worsham b 19 Feb 1900 Fulton Co., AR md 1st) Nolla McCarty 26 Mar 1919 Fulton Co., AR. They were divorced in 1919. Thomas md 2nd) Dorothy Elizabeth Wray in 1920. (Radonna Worsham Blan, 2000) Children:

1.3B.6B.1. Lemmon Worsham

1.3B.6B.2. Hazel Beatrice Worsham

1.3B.6B.3. Owen Lee Worsham b. 5 Dec 1924 OK & d. 25 Dec 1966 Kern, CA

1.3B.6B.4. Tommy Washam b 13 Feb 1928 & d Feb 1998 Shafter, CA. Tommie Junior Worsham

1.3B.6B.5. Jimmy Burd Worsham

1.3B.6B.6. Jack Wray Worsham

1.3B.6B.7. Teddy Michael Worsham "Mike" md. Paula Sue Rodgers. Children: Robert Michael Worsham, Shannon Leann Worsham, and Radonna L. Worsham.

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1.  Joseph B. Worsham b abt 1824 VA md Amanda Stokes about 1848. Descendants lived in Lawrence Co., MO & Calloway Co., MO.  An 1849 Lawrence Co, MO Probate Box 1, file 29, mentions Thomas Marshall, John Guthrie, J. B. Worsham Bondsman and the 1865 Lawrence Co, MO Probate Box 9, file 232, of N. B. Fike, has J. B. Worsham, Bondsman. He d. 1873 and Amanda d. 1878. (John B. Worsham, 2001) John B. Worsham's great grandfather (John B.) farmed the MO River bottom land and islands in the Cedar City, MO area. His dad told him that he had an great uncle (called him Uncle Dick) that went to Texas. "It was reported to my dad that he became rich in the oil or cattle business." This family history connects Joseph and William Talbert Worsham.

1.2. Miriah Worsham add child of Joseph & Amanda. Amy L. Worsham, 2001, wrote: My great-great Grandfather was Joseph E. Worsham (1824-1873). He had a child Miriah Worsham who md Lindsey Carson (He was Kit Carson's brother). Aunt Lillie Jane McCarty's family had a picture of Miriah and Lindsey Carson in a family album.

1.3. Orris Worsham. (Amy L. Worsham, 2001).

1.4. Virginia Worsham change paragraph number.

1.5. John Benjamin Worsham change paragraph number and paragraph numbers of children.

1.5.1. Was 1.3.1. Ora Worsham. Name should be George Worsham b. abt. 1876 MO & d. in infancy. (Amy L. Worsham, 2001).

1.5.2. Ira Thomas Worsham b 5 Dec 1878 Callaway Co., MO md Ollie Mae Willett. Ollie b 25 Jul 1879 MO.  Ira Worsham’s name was is very hard to read in the 1880 Callaway Co., MO census. (2-1880)  He was deposed in 1901 Callaway Co., MO for his uncle, Onus Worsham in a Military Pension File claim. (See 1.7. Onus Worsham b Mar 1865 Callaway Co.) Ira was in the 1900, 1910 & 1920 Callaway Co., MO census. Ollie Mae was in the 1910 & 1920 Callaway Co., MO census. Ollie d 26 Jun 1926 & Ira d 14 Aug 1950 Callaway Co., MO. More information included on some of their children (Family records of Debra Petit, 1999):

1.5.2.1. John Aaron Worsham b 17 Mar 1901 Callaway Co., MO md. Annie W. who was b. abt 1903 & d. 1934 Callaway, MO. Cemetery Records of Callaway Co, MO, v II has, Millersburg Cem, Millersburg, MO; John A. Worsham, son of J. A. & A. W. Worsham d. 13 Aug 1925.

1.5.2.2. Luola should be Lee Ola Worsham b abt 1902 Callaway Co., MO. In the 1910 census, she was listed as Luola age 8. She md 1st) Harry Smith & md 2nd) Mr. Bailey bef 1940.

Children:

1.5.2.2.1A. Roy Ellis Worsham b 22 Dec 1921 Fulton Co., MO md Sue Rebecca Lasater who was b 31 Jul 1924 TN. (Div) He moved to CA and changed his name to Jack Grant. He lived in Beliflower, CA. Sue remarried to Arthur Letter. Roy d Jun 1977 CA according to the Social Security Death Index 563-86-4546. California death records: WORSHAM ROY E, b. 22 Dec 1921 MO, d. LOS ANGELES 14 Jun 1977, SS# 522-22-1788, 55 yrs.

Children:

1.5.2.2.1A.1. Michael Joseph Worsham b. 17 Dec 1953 St. Louis, MO d as an infant.

1.5.2.2.1A.2. Annette Worsham d as an infant.

1.5.2.2.1A.3. Carole Lee Worsham of Roach, MO md Kenneth Lever.

1.5.2.2.1A.4. Debra Ann Worsham b 2 Dec 1955 St. Louis, MO. She md 1st) Michael Clyde Cooper aft 1970 of St. Louis, MO. She md 2nd) Donald Alan Bremer who was b 10 Jul 1952 St. Louis, MO. She md 3rd) Michael Lee Petit 26 Sep 1998 St. Louis, MO who was b 11 Jan 1958 Helena, MT.

Child of Debra & Donald:

1.5.2.2.1A.4B.1. Sarah Worsham Bremer b 7 Jul 1984 Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO.

1.5.2.6. Ira Eugene Worsham b 10 Mar 1908 Callaway Co., MO & d Nov 1974 Mexico, Audrain, MO. Child:

1.5.2.6.1. Roy Alan Worsham b abt 1923 of Audrain Co., MO md Sandy Siket who was b in CT. Sandy's Father George Siket & stepmother, Mary live in AZ. Roy is an evangelist of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He & Sandy live in Pennsylvania and have three daughters, Amy, Donna, & Heather.

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1.5.3. Ada Sali Worsham b. 12 Feb 1880 Callaway Co, MO & md. J. Ray Laughlin. (Amy L. Worsham, 2001) Ada d. 14 Oct 1954 Callaway, MO.

1.5.4. Stephen B. Worsham d. 1947 Auxvasse, Callaway, MO & md. Ora E. Willet. (Amy L. Worsham, 2001) Ora b. 24 Apr 1885, d. Oct 1976 & bur Auxvasse Cem.

1.5.5. Lala Pearl Worsham b. 30 Apr 1884 Callaway, MO. She was Lalla P. Worsham in the 1900 census. In the Family Tracer Gedcom database she is Pearl Lala Worsham md. Laurence Nicholas Elson, b. 13 Jul 1884 Fulton, Callaway, MO, d. 19 Mar 1964 Mexico, Audrain, MO, bur East Lawn Memorial, md. 13 Jul 1905 Callaway, MO, s/o Father Nicholas Laurence Elson (d. 20 Oct 1919 Dallas, TX) & Madora Cynthia Dunn. Amy L. Worsham, 2001, wrote: "Laila Worsham was born 1882 or 1883. Her name was listed on a family quilt made in 1889 between May and September. Laila and Pearl were both named on the quilt as 15 years old. I cannot recall anyone in the family saying anything about Laila. She was not named in John B. Worsham's will which was written on 10/30/1913. All other children except George and Glen were listed in the will (both deceased)…" It is probable that Laila and Pearl are the same person. Marjorie Waterfield, 2001, wrote: "I have the parents of Pearl Lala Worsham as John B. Worsham and Nina Conger. Pearl Lala Worsham died 12 Aug 1972 Mexico, MO. Their children were: Laurence Glenn Elson born 11/28/1911, died 3/20/1992 Ft. Worth & Laurene Pearl Elson born 1909 called "Little Pearl" She was md several times…"

1.5.6. John Glen Worsham b. 20 Nov 1887 & d. 18 Oct 1907 Callaway, MO. (Amy L. Worsham, 2001) He was bur bur. Carrington, Callaway, MO.

1.5.7. Annie J. Worsham b. Sep 1890 & md. Gibbs Wilkerson. (Amy L. Worsham, 2001)

1.5.8. Irl Conger Worsham b. 29 Jul 1894 & md. Mary Elizabeth Martin. (Amy L. Worsham, 2001)  Irl d. 24 Dec 1970 Glasgow, Barren, KY & Mary b. abt. 1913, d. 17 Sep 1992 Glasgow, Barren, KY (SSDI)

1.5.9. Lillie Jane Worsham b. 29 Jul 1894 & md. John McCarty. (Amy L. Worsham, 2001) She d. 28 Oct 1989 Fulton, Callaway, MO & John b. 24 Dec 1894, d. Feb 1983 Fulton, Callaway, MO

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1.5. Arizona Worsham b abt 1858 md Joseph Epperson. They are in the 1880 Cedar, Callaway, MO census, p 492C. Joseph age 30 b MO; Arizona age 20 b MO with son Arthur R. Epperson age 3 & unamed daughter age 1. Living with them is Ones Washum age 16 b MO. Ones is Onus Worsham, her brother who is 1.7.

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