KY-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest 16 April 2000 Volume 00 : Issue 171 ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:20:23 -0500 From: Nancy Trice Subject: MISC: "The Genealogy of Our Parentage", pgs 10-15 The Genealogy of Our Parentage [continued] --- 10--- MARRIAGES. John Samuel Garner and Miss Ella C. Bush were married March 25th, 1884. James R. Garner and Mollie Rector were married March 6th, 1890. Alonzo Garner and Annie Rector were married March 2nd, 1897. Floran Garner and Ada Garner were married December 28th, 1898. DEATHS. Andrew T. Garner died December 2nd, 1867. Robert Garner died January 16th, 1869. Will Edward Garner died November 2nd, 1877. Thomas J. Garner died October 18th, 1877. Elizabeth Jane Garner died at Nevada, Mo., and was laid to rest in the cemetery at that place. She joined the church at Mt. Vernon in 1858. John Thomas Garner died at Monroe City, he came to Monroe City on a visit and died while there. There were three children born to the union of John S. Garner and Ella Garner, his wife. Velpo, born in Palmyra March 27th, 1888. Elizabeth born November 23rd, 1892. Died November 25th, 1892. Robert Francis, born October 13th, 1902. Sarah F. Clark was born July 31st, 1838, was married to Elias M. Tuley, March 3rd, 1875, by Rev. Boling. To this union there was one heir, Ida Belle Tuley, born April 20th, 1878. Elias M. Tuley was born in Kentucky September 22nd, 1815. Died July 3rd, 1898. Robert Newland Howell, born July 16th, 1868, was married to Ida Bell Tuley, October 24th, 1901. Sister Elizabeth and sister Sarah joined the M. E. church, South, at the same time in 1858, at Mt. Vernon church. James Daniel Clark, born December 22nd, 1843. Jessie Valient Clark, nee Valient, born June 16th, 1853 united in Marriage November 7th, 1888. He graduated in medicine at the Old Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, March 1886. He practiced in the old neigh- --- 11 --- borhood until November 1887, when he moved to Palmyra, following his profession until March 1901. He was elected mayor of Palmyra in April 1892, served six years. He was County Physician nine years. After giving up his practice they lived on their farm near the city. Little brother Marion's life numbered only a few days. The youngest son was still born August 17th, 1854, numbering ten children in all, seven sons and three daughters. Of those born to our dear father and mother there remain only four living, three brothers and one sister, Robert M., William, Sarah F., and Dr. J. D. Clark. Of the children born to R. M. and Sarah Jane Clark there is five living: James David, Sarah Elizabeth, Robert Alexander, Samuel Wilson, and Ollie Bell Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, nee Hardcastle, the wife of James Wilson, was born on the Eastern shore of Maryland October 27th, 1772. Died in Marion county, Mo., December 2nd, 1842 and laid to rest in the Parker cemetery. David Gosney, was born in West Virginia, near Wheeling, December 10th, 1797. Ann Wilson, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Wilson, was born on the Eastern shore of Maryland, December 4th, 1803. She emigrated with her parents to West Virginia when in her fifteenth year. She united in marriage with David Gosney December 9th, 1824, and they emigrated to Adams county, Ohio, about the year of 1826, from there they emigrated to Marion county, Mo., in the spring of 1844. He lived and died on a farm near See's Creek. David departed this life July 10th, 1863. His wife died November 16th, 1877 and was laid to rest in the Parker grave yard. To this union there were born nine children, five boys and four girls. Robert H., the --- 12 --- eldest, born in West Virginia September 10th, 1825, was married to Miss Martha Morgan in the fall of 1854. To this union there were three sons and six girls born. Elizabeth Gosney born in Adams county, Ohio, December 24th, 1826, was married to Henry P. Shaw, December 9th, 1852. Died March 9th, 1889. To this marriage was born one son and two girls, Robert Henry Shaw, Emma Francis and Ann Bell Shaw. Emma Francis married David Gay. Anna Bell married Olander Waters of Illinois. The parents were laid to rest side by side in the Andrew Chapel cemetery. Sarah Jane Clark, nee Gosney, was born September, 23rd, 1828, as previously stated. James W. Gosney, was born in Adams county, Ohio, September 23rd, 1830. He crossed the plains to California in 1850 and returned in the fall of 1852. He was united in marriage with Miss Alice Hagar in the winter of 1855. To them were born thirteen children, there are four boys and five girls living. Alice, the mother, spent her entire married life in Shelby county, Mo. She died at Clarence of typhoid fever July 2nd, 1896, and was laid to rest in the Clarence cemetery. Peace be unto her ashes and all that may follow. Alexander Gosney was born in Adams county, Ohio March 3rd, 1832. Emerine Gosney, nee Mefford, was born January 28th, 1828. She united in marriage with Alex Gosney, August 20th, 1854. She united with the M.E. Church, South, when in her fifteenth year, he in November 1869. To this union there were born six children, three sons and three daughters, namely: William W., Laura Ann, Thomas Leonard, David Watson, Sarah Alice, and Senora Margaret. The mother always adhered to the Methodist doctrine. She departed this life March 17th, 1896, and was laid to rest in the Brown cemetery near Hunnewell. --- 13 --- William W. Gosney, born April 24th, 1855. Departed this life July 7th, 1855. Laura Ann Gosney, now Mrs. J. C. Stoddart, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was born May 11th, 1857. To this union there was born one son and one daughter, Clarence and Emerine. Thomas Leonard Gosney, born March 4th, 1860, and was married to Miss Effie May McMurry, September 3rd, 1885. To this marriage were born two daughters, Elizabeth Vance Gosney, born May 5th, 1887. Helen osney, born September 4th, 1862 David Watson Gosney born May 17th, 1862. Died June 17th, 1862. Sarah Alice Gosney, born August 21st, 1864. She married Oliver C. Vaughn in 1898. Departed this life November 5th, 1902. She sleeps in the Brown cemetery. Senora Margaret Gosney, was born September 20th, 1868. She joined the M.E. church, South, in 1883 when in her fifteenth year. She was married to Joshua H. Gentry, December 22nd, 1897. To them was born a son and daughter, Christie Alexander Gentry, born October 15th, 1898. Emerine Evada Gentry, born August 17th, 1902. William Fredric Gosney, was born in Adams county, Ohio, November 13th, 1835, and came with his parents to this state in 1844, and now lives on the old homestead where his father settled, lived and died. Lucretia Gosney, nee Hagar, daughter of Thomas Hagar, an early settler of Ralls county, being here the winter of the deep snow. Lucretia was born in Ralls county, December 24th, 1836. United in marriage with W. F. Gosney, January 4th, 1866. She was a great sufferer through life, being sorely afflicted for many a year, although she bore her affliction with great fortitude. To this marriage there were seven children born, --- 14 --- four sons and three daughters, namely: James Gosney, their first-born, was born December 23rd, 1866, and died May 5th, 1876. Six remain living. Della Bell married Lee Wright. Mary Ann married Harvey Graves. William A. Gosney, born May 17th, 1871. Emma Francis McCann, born September 4th, 1871 united in marriage April 17th, 1895. To this union there was a daughter and son were born, Francis Marie Gosney, born January 30th, 1896. Everett Fredric Gosney, born April 4th, 1901 Ida Jane Gosney married Henry McCann. We failed to get the date of the births of John T. Gosney, and David Gosney, Jr. Miss Fannie Estella Cassady, was born January 6th, 1885, united in marriage with David Gosney, Junior, March 15th, 1905. Lucretia Gosney, nee Hagar, departed this life January 17th, 1905, and was laid to rest in the Monroe City cemetery. Peace be to her ashes. This contains the generation of W. F. Gosney and Lucretia Gosney. There was one other a son of David and Ann Gosney, named David, born and died in Adams county, Ohio, whose dates we failed to get. Mary Ann Gosney died September 10th, 1844, aged three years. She sleeps in the Parker cemetary. Eliza Maria Gosney was born in Adams county, Ohio, January 27th, 1843 and departed this life November 12th, 1877. She was joined in marriage about 1863 with Charles Gosney, who was born in Kentucky in 1832. He died February 14th, 1888. To this union there were born seven children, five sons and two daughters. William Gosney, born in 1864. John Gosney, born in 1865. Ella Gosney, born in 1868. She was united in mar- --- 15 --- riage to William Gibbons, December 14th, 1898. To this union there is four children born, two sons and two daughter. The eldest, a son, died quite young. Richard Wilson Gosney was born in Hunnewell, Shelby county, August 21st, 1870. Ninna Viola Gosney, nee Howe, was born June 6th, 1875, united in marriage January 3rd, 1894. To them there is born four sons and one daughter. Yancey Howard, born April 9th, 1896. Charles William, born July 26th, 1898. James Laban, born June 7th, 1901. Resford Thomas, born September 3rd, 1903. Eunice Francis, born August 31st, 1905*. Edward Gosney, born in 1872. Julia Ann Gosney, born in 1874. James Theodore Gosney, was born November 26th, 1876. Anna Maria Gosney, nee McElroy, was born November 26th, 1880, united in marriage with J. T. Gosney, January 7th, 1903. To this union there is two sons. Elmer Pearl, born October 3rd, 1903. James Everett, born May 27th, 1905. As I must now close. I will only say to you, my dear friends and relatives, to accept and practice these noble traits of character that is set forth by our worthy ancestry, that we may so live and our walk be so upright through life that we may be permitted to spend a blissful eternity with those whom we have loved on earth. Written by R. M. Clark. * August 31, 1905 is the latest date recorded in this history. End of ky-footsteps-digest V00 #171 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.