Jeremiah Vardaman

born: 8 Jul 1775, Wythe Co.,Virginia
died: 8 May 1842, Ralls Co.,Missouri
occu: baptist preacher

Pedigree Chart

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  |------John VARDAMAN (1718, Sweden - 1814, MO)
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Jeremiah VARDAMAN (1775, Virginia - 1842, Missouri)
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  |                   |--------Lewis MORGAN ( - )
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  |        |---------Thomas MORGAN (1702 - 1774, VA)
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  |        |          |--------Elizabeth ( - )
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  |------Elizabeth MORGAN (1734 - )
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           |          |--------Rodger EVANS (Wales - 1738, Pennsylvania)
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           |---------Lettice EVANS ( - 1749)
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                      |--------Mary ( - )
About 1792 Jeremiah became united with the Crab Orchard Baptist Church and became interested in preaching. Jeremiah learned to play fiddle for dances at the home of Col. William Whitley. He eloped in 1799 with Elizabeth James, daughter of Richard James; they married in Lincoln Co KY. He was ordained in 1801. In 1830 he moved to Ralls Co. MO, where he died 8 May 1842. He founded the Jeremiah Vardman School of Theology in Liberty, MO, which is now a part of the William Jewel College. Jeremiah and Elizabeth had 10 children before she died prior to 1820. He then married Elizabeth Bryan, daughter of Daniel Boone Bryan and Elizabeth Turner, and they had five children. Later he married Lucy Redd Bullock.

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