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Author: alaskanlady
Surnames: Woodall, Tye, Wright, Bray, Johnson
Classification: queries
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If there are any genealogy detectives out there I really have a puzzle and sure could use
some help! I am
seeking help finding the parents of Mary Emma Woodall b.1858 in Vigo county; d.1854 KS and
her sister (half) Nancy Jane Woodall b.1857 IN; d.1919 MO.
1860 Federal Census-Indiana-Vigo-SugarCreek
Woodall, William w m 23 farmer IN
Martha w f 22 KY
Nancy w f 3 IN
Mary w f 1 IN
Wm. b.abt 1834 In; d.bef 1870 IN m.15 Sep 1855 in Vigo to
Martha (TYE) b.abt 1837 KY; d.1890 MO
After Wm died, Martha took both girls to MO (abt 1862), and remarried to Henry Johnson
1870 Federal Census-Missouri-Sullivan-Duncan
Wm's parents - John Milton Woodall/Margaret Ping
Martha's parents - George Washington Tye / Anna Owens
There is much confusion as to the parentage of Mary Emma Woodall. According to Leona and
Joleen, her parents are
John Thomas WOODALL, Sr b.1835 in Indiana; d.1862-63
m.1st to Betsy Bray
m.2nd to Martha WRIGHT b.1837; d.7 Apr 1890 in Sullivan county, MO; bur. Warren Cemetery
Sullivan county, Missouri
children with Betsy Bray:
Nancy Alice WOODALL
children with Martha WRIGHT
1.Emma Mary WOODALL b. 23 Aug 1858; d.13 May 1954;
bur Green Lawn Cemetery Clay Center, Clay, Kansas
2.John Thomas WOODALL, Jr. b.1859 m. Leona
The strange thing about this is that the details for John pretty much match those of Wm
the approx bd and both died before 1870. The details for Martha WRIGHT match those of
Martha TYE. Both families show Martha with a daughter named Nancy Alice and both show
Martha being married to Henry Johnson and dying in Sullivan county, MO before 1880.
I have searched but cannot find any John, Thomas, or John Thomas that is the about the
right age and with the right family either the Sr. or the Jr. John T Jr. is not on
either the 1860 or the 1870 census with Mary E. Now assuming that I have the incorrect
parents (Wm & Martha Tye) for Nancy and Mary in 1860, why is he not with his sisters
in the 1870 census with step-father Henry Johnson?
The William I show does have a younger brother named John, but I have not been able to
locate him after he left home so no idea who he married or what his childrens names are,
but do know that he was still living at home in 1860 so could not have been this Nancy and
Mary E.'s father, but could he have married a Martha WRIGHT and maybe that is where
the confusion comes in???
In 1860 Federal Census-Indiana-Vigo-SugarCreek William & Martha are living next door
to his mother Margaret and on the other side of Margaret is a Bray family. I have not
been able to find any additional info on Betsy though!
To add more to the confusion, Mary E.'s sister Nancy Ann was located in the Missouri
Death Records. It shows her parents as John Woodeff b.IN & Betzy Bray b.IN. This
Nancy is most likely the same as the Nancy whose step father was Henry Johnson, but not
100% positive.
I have also located the death information (7 Apr 1890, Sullivan county, MO) for Martha
Woodall Johnson and it shows she lived in MO for 28 years, was born in Kentucky. On the
1860, 1870, 1880 census all show she was b.KY. In 1860, she was married to Wm. Woodall
(marriage record - her maiden name was TYE) So 99% probability this Martha married to
Henry Johnson was Martha Tye. So who is Martha Wright?
Bigger question still is how did Nancy come to live with Wm and Martha if Wm is not her
father?? Are John and William related?
These 2 families are obviously intertwined somehow. Am wondering if Nancy and Emma were
not the children of Wm & Martha, but just living with them cause their parents died or
something??? And what happened to the boy?? If that is the case, then would bet that John
and Wm are related somehow, but how?? And is it just coincidence that both men and both
women had similar and in some cases same birth and death dates?
Any help or additional information to help solve this mystery would be greatly
appreciated!!
For further info see my database:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/~aslin-park
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