Family and Christmas

Looking for a new idea or theme for decorating your tree and home this year? How about one based on family? Here are a few ideas for making ornaments:

Gather or print out your favorite family photos and create mini frames for them using recycled holiday cards and gift wrap. Accent the frames with glitter, sequins and beads to make them sparkle.

Buy some of those mini picture frames that are sold at craft stores, and other places. Use your printer to make copies of your photos and cut them to fit in the frames. Be sure to include older pictures so family and friends can have fun guessing who is in the picture.

Maybe you have some of those clear glass balls for your tree. If not you can buy a dozen at a reasonable price in discount stores. Copy your photos, then roll one up small enough to fit into the opening at the top of the ball (after removing the hanger), put the photo through the opening and it will gradually unroll inside the ball.

You will have some pretty unique ornaments. Plus you don't have to be real fussy about doing these. Other family members might enjoy helping and you will have started a new Christmas tradition. Have fun with it.

Merry Christmas, everyone. Enjoy your family.

Coulterville Cemetery, Randolph County, Illinois

The following tombstones for John J. and Nancy F. Woodside, and two of their children, are located in the Coulterville Cemetery. The photo at the left is an overview of the section containing the four stones.





John Woodside
Born June 5, 1782
Died Dec. 29, 1855

The lower half of this stone is quite worn and hard to read, but I believe the above dates are correct.






Nancy F.
Wife of John Woodside
Born Apr. 2, 1796
Died Nov. 29, 1869








Robt. P. Woodside
Born Sep. 26, 1838
Died Jan. 31, 1864

There is a rifle at the top of the stone. At the bottom I was only able to read Co. F. However, Randolph County Cemetery Records states Co. F 10 MO Inf-CW.







Josiah K. Woodside
Born Aug. 1, 1835
Died May 30, 1898

[All census records give this son's name as Joshua K.]







You can find other Woodside family stones on my cemetery and gravestone photos blog.

Nancy F. Woodside

Born in November 1824 in Kentucky, Nancy was the 5th child of John J. and Nancy F. (Hamilton) Woodside.

Nancy married "James Moon of the City of Detroit State of Michigan" on July 13, 1858 in St. Louis County, Missouri. The marriage was performed by Philip McDonald, Justice of the Peace. Nancy and James had 3 children:

• James - born 1859 in Missouri
• Joshua H. - born December 1861 in Illinois
• William - born about 1863 in Missouri
  

Nothing more is known about the children at this time. However, Joshua apparently was married since he is listed as a widow in the 1900 U.S. Census for Iron County, Missouri.

Nancy is living with son Joshua on the 1900 Census and is listed as a widow, so her husband James died sometime after the 1880 Census but before the 1900 Census. It is not known when Nancy died; she was 75 in 1900 and probably did not live much longer than that.

Elizabeth A. Woodside

Elizabeth was the 4th daughter of John J. and Nancy F. (Hamilton) Woodside. She was born about 1823 in Kentucky, where she married Hiram G. Wilson on February 10, 1847 in Crittenden County. Elizabeth and Hiram had one known child:

• David K. - born October 16, 1847 in Kentucky and died December 10, 1885 in Cherokee County, Kansas. Married to Samantha E. B. Carlock, daughter of Joseph A. and Margaret A. (Hurley) Carlock, on January 7, 1870 in Neoshoks County, Kansas.

Hiram died on December 19, 1865 in Perry County, Illinois according to family sources. Hiram, Elizabeth and David are found on the 1860 U.S. Census for Perry County, and Hiram and family are found on the 1865 Illinois State Census in Perry County. Then Elizabeth is found living alone in the 1870 U.S. Census for Neosho County, Kansas, with son David living nearby. So it would appear that the death of Hiram is probably correct.

I could not locate Elizabeth on the 1880 or 1900 census - she is not listed with her son and his family. There is a marriage for an Elizabeth A. Wilson to Charles L. Dameron in 1872 listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. However, I do not know if this is the same Elizabeth since I have not sent for a copy of the marriage record.

At this time, I can only state that Elizabeth (Woodside) Wilson died sometime after the 1870 census mentioned above. Would love to hear from anyone who has further verified information on Elizabeth.

Lavinia C. Woodside

Lavinia was born about 1818 in Kentucky to John J. and Nancy F. (Hamilton) Woodside.

I have not been able to find much information about Lavinia on any on-line databases. Ancestry World Tree indicates Lavinia married a Samuel B. Hamilton in June 1842, in Crittenden County, Kentucky. However, I have not yet found a record of this marriage. Nor do I know if she had any children.

She is listed on the 1880 U.S. Census for Perry County, Illinois, in Grand Cote, as L. Hamilton age 62, living with her sister M. M. Maxwell (this is Martha Malinda) and Martha's daughter, Mary. Both Martha and Lavinia are listed as Widows.

There is a Mrs. L. Hamilton, age 53, listed on the 1870 Census for Ohio County, Kentucky as well as a Luisa/Louisa Hamilton, Widow, age 43, on the 1860 Census with children. She is also on the 1850 Census with a Samuel Hamilton, age 37. However, this is NOT the correct family as the youngest child is a Peyton T. Hamilton and I did locate a Kentucky birth record for him in Ancentry's database, which shows his mother's maiden name as Crow.

If anyone has any actual sources for any information on Lavinia and her marriage, children, death, etc. I would very much appreciate hearing from you. I really need help with this one.

Martha Malinda Woodside

Martha Malinda is found in various records alternately as Martha, Martha M., or Malinda. She was born in November of 1820, in Kentucky, to parents John J. and Nancy F. (Hamilton) Woodside.

On May 12, 1853, Malinda married Thomas S. Maxwell in Perry County, Illinois. Thomas was born December of 1813 in Tennessee. This was Thomas' second marriage. His first wife, Dorcus, died in 1852 leaving him with 2 young sons.

Martha and Thomas had one known child:

• Mary F. - born in August of 1854 in Perry County, Illinois. Mary married John B. Craig on October 4, 1883 in Perry County, but she was a widow by the time of the 1900 census.

Martha Malinda died on January 28, 1902 in Pickneyville, Perry County, Illinois, at the age of 88 years. It is believed she is buried at the Swanwick Bethel Cemetery, since that is where her husband, Thomas, and daughter Mary and her family are buried.

Sarah Ann Woodside

The first known child of John J. and Nancy F. (Hamilton) Woodside, Sarah Ann was born on November 22, 1816 in Kentucky. She was also known as Sally or Sally Ann.

According to family sources, Sarah married David Steele Kimzey on September 28, 1841 in Livingston County, Kentucky. David was born in 1818 in Kentucky. I have not been able to find an official record of this marriage; however, David and Sally Ann Kimsey are found on the 1850 U. S. Census for Perry County, Illinois, along with 3 children.
Sarah and David had 4 known children:

• John Alexander - born December 18, 1842 in Perry County, Illinois; died between 1920 and 1930 in Colorado. Married Tirza Wilson on April 6, 1870 in Perry County, Illinois.
• James Padian - born November 16, 1844 in Perry County, Illinois; died October 21, 1921 in Pueblo County, Colorado. Married Anna S. Nelson about 1876 in Colorado.
• Martha M. - born October 16, 1846 in Perry County, Illinois; death unknown. Married Hugh R. Dorough/Darrough on April 5, 1866 in Perry County.
• Mary E. - born October 9, 1850 in Perry County, Illinois; died August 31, 1921 in Weld County, Colorado. Married Antone/Anthony Shable about 1876, possibly in Colorado.

According to family sources, Sarah died on March 24, 1870 in St. Louis, Missouri, of Smallpox. David's death is unknown.

I was not able to locate this family in the 1860 U.S. Census. The children are in the 1870 Census but not Sarah or David. If anyone has any additional information or can verify anything on Sarah and David, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Samuel C. Woodside

Born in December of 1826 in Kentucky, Samuel C. Woodside was the son of John J. Woodside and Nancy F. Hamilton. The 1850 Census shows him living in Randolph County, Illinois in the home of a Miller family. By the 1860 Census he is living in Warren County, Iowa with wife Louisa (Carpenter). They were married on May 14, 1857 in Warren County. There is also a female child named Alphrata, 5 years of age, living in the household. It is possible this child's mother was not Louisa as she was born 2 years before the marriage. However, I have not found a previous marriage for Samuel.

Census and marriage records indicate the following about Alfreda Orilla Woodside: She was born December 1854 in Iowa and married William Henry Knable on March 9, 1879 in Peoria County, Illinois. Information on her death is not known.

Samuel and Louisa had 4 known children:

• Mary - born Oct 1863 in Iowa, death unknown.
• Isaac Newton - born June 1866 in Illinois; died June 7, 1953 in Garland County, Arkansas. He married Phoebe E. Thirlwell in 1895 in Kansas.
• Emma - born September 1870 in Illinois; died December 8, 1921 in Richardson County, Nebraska. She married George Edward Jones about 1895.
• Charles Henry - born July 27, 1873 and died May 1966 in Peoria County, Illinois. He married Clara W. Mills on November 27, 1900 in Hancock County, Illinois.

By 1880 Samuel has divorced Louisa and has moved to Kansas. In 1900 he is found living in the household of Hugh Darrough in Cowley County, Kansas, and is 73 years of age. He does not appear in the 1910 Census and it is assumed he died within a short time after 1900.

Louisa has remarried to Enos G. Mack on April 23, 1879 in Peoria County, Illinois. The 2 youngest Woodside children, Emma and Charles, are living in the household of their stepfather on the 1880 Census. Louisa died September 19, 1905 in Tazewell County, Illinois.

Patrick Hamilton Woodside

Patrick Hamilton Woodside was born about 1833 in Crittenden County, Kentucky, and was the son of John J. Woodside and Nancy F. Hamilton. Patrick was a farmer and lived his life in Kentucky.

On July 20, 1854 Patrick married Sarah C. Prowell in Crittenden County. Sarah was born January 1834 in Smith County, Tennessee. They had six known children:

• Nancy L. - born April 7, 1855 in Crittenden County, Kentucky. She married Josiah T. Allen on June 18, 1874 in Crittenden County.
• William Franklin - born January 18, 1857 and died January 14, 1945 in Crittenden County. He married Thressa Joan Wheeler on November 28, 1880 in Crittenden County.
• Samuel J. - born 1859 in Crittenden County and died sometime between 1880 and 1900. He married Mary Tennessee Murray on December 23, 1877 in Crittenden County.
• Sarah Belle - born May 24, 1863 and died October 1, 1949 in Crittenden County. She married Richard Lee Lamb on October 24, 1880 in Crittenden County.
• James L. - born February 5, 1866 and died July 9, 1937 in Crittenden County. He married Dora Ann Travis about 1886.
• Georgeanna - born April 20, 1876 and died April 11, 1930 in Crittenden County. She married Thomas W. Felker on October 14, 1894.

Patrick died before 1900, place unknown. Sarah died June 9, 1916 in Crittenden County, Kentucky.

James Henry Smith

James Henry was the 7th child born to Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty) Smith. He was born in 1857 in Illinois, probably St. Clair County since that is where the family was living in the 1860 census.

According to family sources James married Jane Melinda McBride on September 19, 1878 in St. Clair County. I could not find a record of their marriage in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, however, James and Jane do show up on the 1880 census married and living with Rose Smith.

James and Jane had one known child - Robert James Smith, born May 31, 1882 in Illinois. Robert married Elizabeth Jane Montgomery about 1904. Robert died December 31, 1925 in Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois.

James is believed to have died in September of 1914 in St. Clair County. Wife Jane died December of 1907 in St. Clair County. This information is from family sources. I do not know where this family is buried.

If anyone has more information I would very much appreciate your getting in touch with me.

Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith was born May 31, 1850, in Northern Ireland (probably County Antrim), the fourth daughter/child of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty). She emigrated to the U. S. with her parents and 3 sisters in 1850.

Sarah married James Johnson in St. Clair County, Illinois, on December 23, 1868 and gave birth to 12 known children:

• William Henry - born August 18, 1869 in Missouri; died February 11, 1900 in Cook County, Illinois. He married Elizabeth M. Riley on July 2, 1896 in Cook County. He is buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
  
• James Elbert - born July 16, 1871, place unknown; died March 12, 1872 in St. Clair County, Illinois. He is buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
• Maud - born February 19, 1872 and died July 10, 1928 in Illinois. She married Logan D. Jones on September 14, 1892 in St. Clair County, Illinois.
• Lillie E. - born February 19, 1874 and died February 12, 1875 in St. Clair County, Illinois. She is buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
• James Thomas - born Nov. 1877 in Illinois; died July 25, 1947 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. He married Rhodiena E. Osborne on November 15, 1899 in St. Clair County, Illinois.
• Edward Ludwig - born September 15, 1878 and died January 24, 1965 in St. Clair County, Illinois. He married Edith Lee Heller on June 20, 1901 in St. Clair County.
• Frank - born October 15, 1881 in Illinois; died March 30, 1939, place unknown. He married Eunice Lucy Mitchell on September 1, 1902 in St. Clair County, Illinois.
• Sidney Smith - born May 26, 1884 in Illinois; died June 14, 1941, place unknown. He married Pansy Myrtle Campbell on August 23, 1913, probably in Missouri since he was living there in 1910 and their children were born in Missouri.
• Alice Amanda - born February 16, 1887 in Illinois; died August 31, 1976 in St. Clair County, Illinois. She married Martin Luther Snyder on April 9, 1907. Both are buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
• Lillian Russell - born March 1889 in Illinois; died April 18, 1954, place unknown. She married Frank Fitch in 1909, and they were living in Colorado during the 1910-1930 censuses.
• Rose Ella - born June 27, 1891 and died December 22, 1951 in Illinois. She married Joseph Edwin Dickey on September 30, 1911, probably in Illinois. They are both buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
• Ruth Florence - born June 2, 1893 in Illinois; died July 19, 1943, place unknown. She married Samuel Bennett Harring on October 18, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to family sources. They were living in Camden County, New Jersey in the 1930 census.

Sarah died on November 5, 1916 in St. Clair County, Illinois. James died July 7, 1907 in St. Clair County. Both are buried in the Marissa Cemetery.

Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth is the third child of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty) Smith. Elizabeth was born in May of 1847 in Northern Ireland (probably County Antrim). She emigrated to the U. S. with her parents and 3 sisters, arriving in New Orleans in 1850. The family moved on to Illinois and settled in St. Clair County.

On September 28, 1869, Elizabeth married John Huey Anderson (born December 2, 1844 in Randolph County) in St. Clair County, Illinois. Elizabeth and John had 8 known children:

• William Alexander - born July 1, 1870 and died October 27, 1964 in St. Clair County. Married Martha Jane Lyons on October 30, 1895.
• Thomas Renwick - born July 20, 1872 and died March 1962 in St. Clair County. Married Elizabeth Jane Dickson on March 25, 1907.
• John Franklin - born October 20, 1875 and died January 15, 1939 in St. Clair County. Married Mathilda Ethel Mulholland on November 25, 1914.
• Mary Rose - born March 18, 1877 and died November 6, 1909 in St. Clair County. Married David Samuel Huey on October 25, 1905.
• Elizabeth Lyons - born June 3, 1879 in Randolph County, Illinois; died September 30, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. Married William Albert Webster February 22, 1906.
• Albert Henry - born November 17, 1881 in Illinois; died September 30, 1947 in St. Clair County. Married Etta May Boyd on July 31, 1907.
• Charles Smith - born November 20, 1884 and died August 5, 1888 according to family sources.
• Joseph Ross - born November 21, 1887 and died September 10, 1888 according to family sources.

Elizabeth Smith Anderson died April 7, 1920 in St. Clair County, Illinois. John Huey Anderson died June 25, 1911 in St. Clair County. Both are buried in Marissa Cemetery. Most of the children are also buried in Marrissa Cemetery.

Jeanette (Jane) Smith

Born on February 3, 1844 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Jeanette Smith is the second child of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty) Smith. Jeanette emigrated to the United States in 1850 with her parents and several siblings.

Jeanette married first to John Nevin (born about 1837 in Ireland) on August 16, 1860 in St. Clair County, Illinois. She also uses the name Jane in various records. Jane and John had 3 known children:

• Robert John - born in 1863 in St. Clair County, Illinois, died in 1916 in St. Clair County. Married Nettie Finney Aitken on November 1, 1888 in Randolph County, Illinois.
• William Joseph - born August 20, 1872 in St. Clair County, Illinois, died September 1, 1942. Married Helen Rebecca Crawford on December 7, 1898. Information on William is from family sources.
• Charles Samuel - born October 3, 1876 in St. Clair County, Illinois, died January 28, 1950 in Red Bud, Illinois.

John Nevin died between 1876-1878, presumably in Illinois. I do not know where he is buried.

After his death Jane married Joseph Craig on March 23, 1878 in Randolph County, Illinois. Jane and Joseph had 2 known children:

• Mary R. - born July 19, 1882 in Illinois, died March 8, 1908 in St. Clair County, Illinois. She married Clarence Calvin Folden on October 31, 1900 in St. Clair County.
• Bertha Ann - born November 1889 in Illinois, died October 24, 1960. Married Frank Monds about 1920, probably in Illinois as they were living in St. Clair County in the 1930 census.

Joseph Craig died October 16, 1912 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Jane died August 3, 1922 in Marissa, St. Clair County. Both are buried in the Marissa Cemetery.

Nancy Smith

Nancy Smith, firstborn child of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty), was born in April 1843 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. When Nancy was 7 years old her family emigrated from Ireland to the United States on the British ship Thomas Fielden. They left from Liverpool and arrived at the Port of New Orleans, District of Mississippi, on February 7, 1851. The family continued on to Illinois where they settled in St. Clair County.

On September 6, 1866, Nancy married James W. Green in St. Clair County, Illinois. James was a farmer until his death on March 27, 1877. Nancy and James had 4 known children:

• Anna J. - born September 28, 1867 in St. Clair County, Illinois; died May 30, 1922, Union County, Illinois. Married Nathan Alexander Evans December 3, 1891 in St. Clair County. Buried in Marissa Cemetery.
  
• Sara Elizabeth - born September 13, 1869 and died August 26, 1876 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Buried in Marissa Cemetery.
• George Theron - born August 1872 in St. Clair County, died 1916. Married Margaret J. Burgadhing on February 1, 1893 in St. Clair County. Buried in Marissa Cemetery.
• Mary Abbey - born about November 1876 and died about June 12, 1877 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Buried in Marissa Cemetery.

After James Green's death, Nancy married about 1880 to a Mr. Hendron (first name unknown). I could find no record of the place of this marriage; however, the 1900 census gives her name as Nancy Hendron with number of years of present marriage as 20. Also the name on her burial record is listed as Nancy Green Hendron.

Nancy (Smith) Green Hendron died on August 3, 1904 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Both Nancy and James are buried in Marissa Cemetery, in Section A, Lot 36.

Woodside-Smith Connections

My great grandfather, William Steward Woodside, married Rose Ann Lyons Smith daughter of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Mary Lyons. Previously I did postings on these ancestors and you can find them by clicking on the "Labels" for Woodside and Smith.

I have decided to now do a group of postings covering the rest of Thomas Smith, Jr.'s children, as well as any Lyons family information I have, before continuing with the next generation of Woodside.

If anyone has any information to add for my postings, including pictures of persons or tombstones, please let me know by emailing me through the "About Me" section. I always enjoy meeting new cousins.

Erma

Some Woodside Gravestones at Swanwick Bethel Cemetery

Bethel Cemetery is located in Swanwick, Perry County, Illinois. Below are a few Woodside gravestones located there. All three are for children of John Morrow Woodside and Lucinda Eveline (Pettit) Woodside.

Thomas P. Woodside
Illinois
Pvt Co. B, 81 Regt Ill Inf
Civil War




John C.
Son of
J.M. & L. E.
Woodside
Died Feb. 11, 1851
Aged 1 yr. 2 m. 18 dys.






Martha J.
Wife of
W. L. Penninger
Died Aug 14, 1873
Aged __ Yrs. 6 Mo. 3_ (part is unreadable due to mud on sides of stone)

James A.
Son of W.L. & M. J.
Penninger
Died Aug. 10, 1873
Aged 1 Mo. 2 Days

Thomas Pettit

The seventh child of Jonathan Pettit and Susanna (DuPue) Pettit, Thomas was born in Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois on November 30, 1808.

Thomas married Eliza Franklin, daughter of George Edmund Franklin and Jane (Herd), on February 24, 1831 in Perry County, Illinois. The marriage was performed by H. B. Jones, JP. Eliza was born on October 27, 1811 in Illinois.

Thomas and Eliza had 9 known children:

• James C. - born July 7, 1831 and died August 21, 1901, in Randolph County, Illinois. He married Emily A. Hall on March 13, 1856 in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
• George Prestby - born February 1, 1834 and died January 23, 1836 in Randolph County, Illinois.
• Martha Jane - born May 13, 1836 in Randolph County, Illinois; died between 1875 and 1879 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa. She married William Yockey on November 27, 1856 in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
• Margaret Frances - born October 31, 1837 in Randolph County, Illinois; died February 10, 1913 in DeSmet, Kingsbury, South Dakota. She married Walter Bell Garland on May 1, 1854 in Highland, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
• Edmond Franklin - born November 18, 1839 in Randolph County, Illinois; died September 9, 1920 in Fall River County, South Dakota. Married Elvina Jane Ham about 1882.
• John Wickliff - born January 12, 1842 in Randolph County, Illinois; died March 4, 1933 in San Diego, California. He married Mary Jane Spicer on March 6, 1871 in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
• Isabelle - born March 8, 1843 and died before 1845 in Illinois.
• George Aratus - born January 15, 1847 in Jo Daviess, Illinois; died January 23, 1938 in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. He married Rachel Catherine McMullen on December 5, 1866 in Highland, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
• Mary Matilda - born September 30, 1849 in Iowa County, Wisconsin; died January 2, 1936 in Clarkson, Washington. She married William McMullen on June 7, 1866 in Iowa County, Wisconsin.

Thomas Pettit died on June 24, 1876 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa and is buried at Frankfort Cemetery. Eliza died on February 6, 1888 in Willow Lake, Clark County, South Dakota.

Dear readers and researchers:

My apologies for not having posted lately. I recently became a grandmother for the first time, at an age when many women are becoming great grandmothers. As you can guess, I have been occupied with running out of state for the birth and giving help and advice where needed.

She is a little darling, only 5 lb. 1 oz. at birth. Her name is Vivian Levi Walsh, and we are all in love with her.

I promise to post something on my Woodside family in the next few days.

Thanks for your understanding.

Erma

John D. Pettit

John D. Pettit, born September 14, 1806 in Randolph County, Illinois, was the 5th son born to Jonathan and Susanna (DuPue) Pettit. His occupation in the 1850 Census is listed as Farmer.

According to the History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois (J.L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia, 1883), page 207, John served in the Second Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company K, Mexican War, and was mustered out on June 18, 1847, at Camargo, Mexico.

On September 21, 1848, in Perry County, Illinois, John married Henrietta E. Douglas (born about 1832 in Ohio). John and Henrietta had 2 children:

• Zachary Taylor - born September 1849 in Perry County, Illinois; died April 15, 1932 in Franklin County, Illinois. Married Tennessee Emaline Ketchum November 13, 1873 in Perry County.
• Mary J. E. - born December 25, 1851 and died June 27, 1852 in Perry County, Illinois. She is buried in Hopewell Cemetery.
  

John D. Pettit died September 21, 1852 in Perry County, Illinois and is buried in the Hopewell Cemetery.

After John's death, Henrietta married Jacob B. King on July 21, 1853 in Perry County and had 3 children: Joseph, Susan, and Ellen. Henrietta died in 1870.

Jonathan Pettit, Jr.

Jonathan Pettit, Jr. is the fourth son of my 4th Great Grandparents, Jonathan and Susanna (DePue) Pettit. He was born about 1802 in Randolph County, Illinois. Not much is known about Jonathan, Jr. other than what is written below.

He married Isabella Franklin on April 30, 1823 in Randolph County, Illinois. Isabella's parents are believed to be George Edmund Franklin and Jane Heard. She was born about 1805 in Illinois.

Jonathan and Isabella had three children, according to family sources: Franklin, William, and Eliza Jane. Nothing more is known about these children.

Jonathan died July 16, 1851 in Perry County, Illinois according to family sources, and Isabella died about 1872. It is not known where they are buried.

If anyone has more information, or can verify any of this information, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Henry Newton Pettit

Henry Newton Pettit is the second son of Jonathan and Susanna (DuPue) Pettit. He was born March 12, 1795 in Sussex, New Jersey. The family moved to Randolph County, Illinois and settled in the Kaskaskia area in 1798.

Henry married on February 5, 1818, in Randolph County, to Elizabeth Heard who was born about 1799 in Virginia. Her parents are Joseph and Martha (Gilbreath) Herd/Heard.

Henry and Elizabeth had 9 known children:

• Jonathan - born December 1818 and died July 1851 in Randolph County, Illinois. Married Mary Pillers December 15, 1843 in Randolph County.
• James Heard - born February 1820 in Randolph County, Illinois; died February 1884 in San Bernardino, California. Married Jane Bilderback December 28, 1844 in Randolph County. He is buried in the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery.
• Henry Newton, Jr. - born August 29, 1822 in Randolph County, Illinois; died July 13, 1893 in Alachua County, Florida. Married Louisa Conant January 1, 1845 in Randolph County. He is buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery.
• John - born December 17, 1823 in Randolph County, Illinois and died March 18, 1867 in California.
• Joseph - born February 15, 1826 in Randolph County, Illinois; died May 1887 in Florida. Married to Lizzie Hanson.
• Martha - born February 12, 1826 in Randolph County, Illinois; died before 1900 in Kansas. Married William H. Mann on January 3, 1843 in Randolph County.
• Susannah - born October 17, 1830 in Randolph County, Illinois; died August 1840 per family sources.
• Sophia Jane - born April 21, 1833 in Randolph County, Illinois; died January 1, 1879, possibly in California. Married James Rogers in California, per family sources.
• Benjamin - born and died April 21, 1833 in Randolph County, Illinois.

Henry Newton Pettit died November 19, 1834 in Randolph County, Illinois. Elizabeth died sometime after the 1850 Census for Randolph County, where she is listed as 62 years of age living with son John.

Elizabeth Woodside

Elizabeth is the 10th child of Samuel Cunningham and Jane (Morrow?) Woodside. She was born about 1790 in South Carolina.

Not much is known about Elizabeth other than she married Anthony L. Hamilton on September 11, 1810 in Livingston County, Kentucky. Anthony was born about 1789 in South Carolina. Her death is unknown.

Elizabeth and Anthony had the following known children:

• Woods L. - born 1814 in Kentucky, died 1868 in Perry County, Illinois. Married Nancy Jane Armstrong on September 17, 1841 in Perry County.
• Anthony Stewart - born about 1827 in Kentucky, death unknown. Married Mrs. Jane (Brown) Kimzey on August 9, 1855 in Perry County.
• John - born about 1835 in Kentucky. No more is known.

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has more information on Elizabeth and her family.

James Woodside

James Woodside, the 8th child of Samuel Cunningham and Jane (Morrow?) Woodside, was born about 1786/1787 in Chester County, South Carolina.

After moving to Kentucky, James married first Ann Brown on February 15, 1811 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Ann is believed to be the daughter of William Brown and Jennet Smith, but I have no proof of this. Nothing more is known about Ann.

James married second to Nancy Baugher on April 10, 1821 in Livingston County, Kentucky. Nancy was born about 1798 in North Carolina and died about 1844 in Randolph County, Illinois.

James built a watermill on Beaucoup Creek at a crossing called "Woodside Ford" south of Pinckneyville, in Perry County, Illinois.

Children of James and Ann (Brown) Woodside:

• David Brown - born about Feb 1812 in Kentucky. Nothing more is known.
• Samuel Morrow - born January 31, 1814 in Kentucky, died August 13, 1885 in Perry County, Illinois. Samuel married first Elizabeth Jane Pyle on October 19, 1837 in Perry County. He married second Maria Susan (surname unknown) about 1848. Samuel and Maria are buried in Hopewell Cemetery. (a separate blog listing will follow soon)
  
• Ann Luticia - born about September 1815 in Kentucky. Nothing more is known.

Children of James and Nancy (Baugher) Woodside:

• James M. - born about 1824 in Livingston County, Kentucky, died October 29, 1897 in Perry County, Illinois. He married Sarah Jane McCoy on February 7, 1844 in Washington County, Illinois. James died in September 1834 in Perry County, Illinois. (More to come on this family in a separate listing.)
• Robert John - born about 1827 in Kentucky, died October 13, 1862 in Perry County, Illinois. Married Mrs. Martha Jane (Pettit) Glaspell on December 19, 1848 in Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois. (More on this family in a separate listing.)
• Susannah Jane - birth and death unknown.
• William King - birth and death unknown.
• Mary Katherine - birth and death unknown.

James died in September of 1834 in Perry County.

Note: Some of the above information/dates was found in History of Perry County, Illinois, Volume II, 1998, Perry County Historical Society, Pub: Turner Publishing Company, page 301.

Samuel Cunningham Woodside II

Samuel Cunningham Woodside II was born March 31, 1784 in Chester District, South Carolina, to Samuel Cunningham Woodside and Jane/Jennette (Morrow?). His family moved to Kentucky where he is believed to have served for one month with Capt. John Tolley's Co. in the War of 1812.

He married Sarah J. Baugher on June 22, 1813 in Livingston County, Kentucky. In the Spring of 1829 the family moved to the Coulterville area of Randolph County, Illinois, where Samuel continued his farming. According to Portrait and Biographical record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois, the biographical sketch of his son, John J. Woodside, states that he was a member of the Covenanter Presbyterian Church.

Samuel and Sarah had 7 known children:

• Martha - born about 1814 in South Carolina. Believed to have married Isaac Newton Franklin, but I have found no proof of this.
• John J. - born August 11, 1816, in Livingston County, Kentucky; died December 8, 1894, in Randolph County, Illinois. He married Mary Ann Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns of South Carolina, about 1834 in Illinois. Both are buried in the Caledonia Cemetery, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois.
• Robert H. - born 1818 in Kentucky; died June 25, 1898, in Randolph County, Illinois. He married Sarah Miller about 1845. Sarah was born October 27, 1823 in Pennsylvania, and died July 25, 1902 in Randolph County, Illinois. They had 1 child, Sarah M., born September 11, 1855 and died October 2, 1855, in Illinois. All are buried in the Coulterville Cemetery.
• Samuel - born about 1819 in Kentucky. Married Jane M. (surname unknown) about 1846, place unknown. Both died sometime after the 1900 U.S. Census for Randolph County, Illinois.
• William H. - born about 1822 in Kentucky. Nothing more is known.
• Sarah J. - born about 1826 in Kentucky. Nothing more is known.
• James - born August 1829 in Illinois. Married Margaret (surname unknown) about 1863, place unknown. Margaret died sometime between 1888 and 1900. James died sometime after the June 1900 U.S. Census for Randolph County, Illinois.

Samuel died November 14, 1868 in Coulterville, Randolph County. Sarah died July 5, 1879 in Grand Cote Precinct, Perry County. Both are buried in the Coulterville City Cemetery.

John J. Woodside

John J. Woodside is the 6th child of Samuel Cunningham and Jane (Morrow?) Woodside. He was born June 5, 1782 in South Carolina.

On December 7, 1813, John married Nancy F. Hamilton in Livingston County, Kentucky. Nancy was born April 3, 1796, possibly in Kentucky. Her parents are believed to be William and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hamilton, but I have not verified this.

John and Nancy had 11 children:

• Elizabeth - birth and death unknown.
• Lavinia C. - birth and death unknown.
• Martha Melinda - birth and death unknown.
• Samuel C. - birth and death unknown.
• Sarah Ann - birth and death unknown.
• Nancy F. - born about 1826 in Kentucky. No more is known.
• Esther K. - born about 1829 in Kentucky. No more is known.
• John - born about 1831 in Kentucky. No more is known.
• Patrick Hamilton - born about 1833 in Crittenden County, Kentucky, died before June 1900. Married Sarah C. Prowell July 20, 1854 in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
• Joshua K. - born August 1, 1835 in Kentucky, died May 30, 1898 in Illinois. He is buried in the Coulterville Cemetery, Randolph County, Illinois.
• Robert P. - born September 26, 1838 in Kentucky, died January 31, 1864 in Illinois. He is buried in the Coulterville Cemetery, Randolph County, Illinois.

John J. Woodside died December 29, 1855 and is buried in the Coulterville Cemetery. His wife, Nancy, died in 1869 at 75 years of age. Cause of death according to the 1870 Mortality Schedule was Palsey, and month of death was December of 1869. However, Nancy's gravestone states she died November 29, 1869. She is also buried at the Coulterville Cemetery.

If anyone can provide more information on this family I would very much appreciate hearing from you.

Ephraim Milton Woodside

Ephraim Milton Woodside was the last born of 11 children of Robert H. and Ann (Hill) Woodside. He was born September 14, 1823 in Livingston County, Kentucky.

In March of 1846 Ephraim married Louisa L. Beard in Randolph County, Illinois. Louisa died about 1848 and there were no known children.

On April 16, 1850 Ephraim married Mary Jane Maxwell in Randolph County. Mary Jane was born September 17, 1826 in Randolph County, Illinois.

Ephraim and Mary Jane had 7 children:

• Catherine Ann - born May 1, 1851 in Illinois; died August 3, 1881 in Monegaw Springs, St. Clair County, Missouri (according to The Family of Samuel Woodside by Robin Gadbury)
• Robert Morgan - born February 26, 1853 and died December 19, 1856 in Illinois.
• Harriet Velona - born June 8, 1854 in Illinois, died October 30, 1921 in Moorpark, Ventura County, California.
• Mary Susan - born February 14, 1856 in Illinois; died July 31, 1880 in Illinois. She married Robert S. Minor on April 7, 1877 in Bond County, Illinois.
• John Clark - Born April 4, 1858 in Bond County, Illinois; died April 3, 1896 in Hookdale, Bond County, Illinois. He married Susan Deborah Coburn on April 4, 1879 in Bond County. John is buried at the McKendree Cemetery.
  
• Abraham Lincoln - born October 26, 1860 and died March 6, 1869 in Illinois.
• Albert Lyman - born July 4, 1865 in Bond County, Illinois, died March 4, 1953 in Ventura County, California. He is buried at the Bardsdale Cemetery.
  

Ephraim died on March 19, 1873 in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois. I do not know where he is buried. Mary Jane died on July 20, 1917 in Moorpark, Ventura County, California, and is buried at the Bardsdale Cemetery.

Robert Newton Woodside

The 10th child of Robert H. and Ann (Hill) Woodside, Robert Newton was born February 14, 1821 in Kentucky, according to The Family of Samuel Woodside by Robin Gadbury, 1996 edition.

He married Julina Ann Hill in September 1842 in Crittenden County, Kentucky. Julina was born in 1823, Livingston County, Kentucky, to Andrew and Janet (McCallister) Hill.

Their marriage was short-lived as Robert died August 8, 1844, in Perry County, Illinois. It is unknown where Robert Newton is buried.

Robert died intestate. Administration of the estate by Ephraim R. Kimsey was approved on September 30, 1844, since his widow, Julina, and his father, Robert, relinquished their right to administer.

Robert and Julina had one child:

• Robert N. - born about 1844-1845 in Perry County, Illinois.
  

Julina and son Robert appear in the 1850 Census for Crittenden County, living with her parents. Julina remarried on November 21, 1855 to George Green in Crittenden County, Kentucky, and Robert N. Woodsides, age 15, appears on the 1860 Census with George and Julina A. Green.

Robert N. does not appear in the 1870 Census, or at least I could not find him anywhere. Nothing more is known about Robert. If anyone has additional information, I would very much appreciate hearing from you.

Margaret Ann Woodside

Margaret Ann Woodside was born December 21, 1814 in Kentucky, and is the daughter of Robert H. and Ann (Hill) Woodside.

On November 9, 1837, Margaret married James Steele Wilson in Perry County, Illinois. James was born March 4, 1815 in Tennessee. Margaret and James had one child:

• Margaret Ann - born September 1838 in Perry County, Illinois. She married first William French on April 2, 1857; and married second to Daniel W. Hughey on August 23, 1866.

Margaret died sometime between September 1838 and 1840. It is not known at this time where she is buried. James Steele Wilson remarried on December 24, 1840 to Lucinda A. Storman. James and his second wife are buried in Hopewell Cemetery.

Elizabeth Woodside

Elizabeth Woodside, daughter of Robert H. and Ann (Hill) Woodside, was born 1806 in Livingston County, Kentucky. She moved with her parents and siblings to Perry County, Illinois in 1829. A few years later, on April 10, 1834, Elizabeth married Abner Newton Milligan in Perry County.

Elizabeth and Abner had 5 known children:

• Mary J. - born 1836 in Perry County, Illinois, death unknown. Married Alexander M. Brown on March 12, 1857 in Perry County. Alexander died in 1862.  Mary remarried on March 9, 1865, in Perry County, to Alexander Clark Brown, a cousin of Mary's first husband.
• John C. - born 1838 in Perry County, Illinois. John was still living in 1860 according to the U.S. Census for Perry County. Nothing more is known.
• William Chalmers - born March 20, 1839 and died July 2, 1912 in Perry County, Illinois. Married Martha Emily Wilson on March 29, 1866 in Perry County. William and Martha are buried in Hopewell Cemetery along with 3 of their children.
• Agnes Eliza - born March 1846 and died June 11, 1863 in Perry County, Illinois. Buried in Hopewell Cemetery.
• Margaret A. - born January 1, 1843 and died June 28, 1847 in Perry County, Illinois. Buried in Hopewell Cemetery.

Abner died on February 12, 1849 and is buried in Hopewell Cemetery. Elizabeth remarried on April 20, 1852 in Perry County, Illinois to John N. Graham.

Nothing more is known. If anyone has more information I would appreciate hearing from you.

FYI

I just wanted to remind everyone that I am listing my ancestors by individual families. More detailed information on the children in a family will be listed in a separate posting, if those children have married and had a family of their own. It will be a slow process, especially for families that had many children.

If you want information on individual children before I have gotten around to posting their information, or if you have information to share, please feel free to send me an email.

Agnes Woodside

Agnes Woodside is the 6th daughter born to Robert H. and Ann (Hill) Woodside. Agnes was born in Livingston County, Kentucky on February 1, 1810. On January 26, 1830 she married John Steele in Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois. John is the son of James and Jennette (Smith) Steele from Fairfield County, South Carolina.

Agnes and John Steele had 10 known children:

• Margaret A. - born and died in 1831.
• John P. - born and died in 1833.
• Robert Woodside - born July 16, 1834 and died July 7, 1889 in Perry County, Illinois. Married Eleanor Jane Bell on April 1, 1858 in Perry County. Robert is buried in Galum Presbyterian Cemetery.
• Mary Jane - born February 28, 1837 in Perry County, Illinois. Married first Humphrey E. Kimzey on January 6, 1854 in Perry County; Humphrey died June 13, 1863 in Vicksburg, Missouri. Married second to Andrew B. Hogard on March 6, 1867 in Perry County, Illinois.
• Jennette Ann - born November 30, 1838 in Perry County, Illinois; died April 21, 1892 in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Married first Newton Alexander Brown on December 11, 1856 in Perry County. Newton died November 23, 1862 in Camp Anna, Illinois. She married second James Steele Brown on September 29, 1863 in Perry County, Illinois.
• Cyrus Jackson - born January 16, 1841 and died July 12, 1861 in Perry County, Illinois. He is buried in the Hopewell Cemetery.
• George Burder - born January 27, 1843 in Perry County, Illinois. No more is known.
• John Scott - born December 12, 1844 in Perry County, Illinois. No more is known.
• Erben Cassadore - born May 5, 1847 in Perry County, Illinois; died August 29, 1901 in Hartville, Missouri. Married Elizabeth Laura Austin on February 9, 1871 in Hartville, Missouri. Erben is believed to be buried in the Steele Memorial Cemetery.
• James Henderson - born February 10, 1849 in Perry County, Illinois. He died sometime after the 1930 U.S. census for Wright County, Missouri.

Agnes died February 15, 1849 in Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois. John died January 2, 1852 in Pinckneyville. They are both buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Perry County, Illinois.

Jinney/Jennie Woodside

Jinney Woodside was born in Kentucky in 1804 to Robert H. and Ann (Hill) Woodside. She moved with her parents to Illinois in 1829. On February 23, 1832 Jinney married Thomas Washington Armstrong in Perry County, Illinois.

Jinney and Thomas had five known children:

• John Calvin - born January 1833 in Illinois; died before the 1910 Census. Married first Elinor Dorough on November 24, 1853 in Perry County, Illinois; married second Harriett Dorough on March 5, 1867 in Perry County.
• Thomas Washington, Jr. - born February 12, 1837 in Illinois, died September 17, 1861 in Perry County, Illinois. Married Susan E. Brown on March 7, 1861 in Perry County. Both are buried in Hopewell Cemetery.
• Samuel Preston - born May 1839 in Illinois, died February 15, 1862 in Ft. Donellson, Tennessee, according to The Family of Samuel Woodside by Robin Gadbury.
• Agnes/Nancy Ann - born about 1842 in Illinois, and died sometime after the 1920 U. S. Census, possibly in Idaho. Married James C. McMillan on January 24, 1860 in Perry County.
• Martin L. - born February 1844 in Illinois; died June 3, 1864 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, according to The Family of Samuel Woodside by Robin Gadbury.
  

Jinney died November 23, 1873 in Perry County, Illinois and is buried in the Hopewell Cemetery.