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Yeah I can see that happening too, but we would have to find some of these families living in the same vacinity as the other families that they married into. For instance - considering where Nancy was in 1860 and who Sidney married, we can figure out that this was the spot that this family arrived at - or at least spent enough time for Sidney to get aquainted with. UNLESS - as we had originally thought, John had already come to Texas and his family with him and Sidney had already met Richard.
Oh to be a fly on the wall in one of these cabins for a few days. (although I dont think flies live that long do they? - maybe an eagle or something soaring over head)
I have looked in Mt Vernon and dont find the family there in 1860. I have looked on census for Texas in Grayson COunty adn the surrounding areas and dont find them there in 1860 - so where were tehy.
They had to be somewhere close to Grayson County - becuase they almost ALL married there - in the years 1859, 1866, 1866 (James and Martha both married in 1866) and 1867.
Wait a min - I have been making a wrong assumption here. I have been assuming that because they all married between those dates that they ALL had to be there at that time. Look at the dates. We know that Nancy and Sidney were in that Hartzog area in the 1859-1860 time frame. BUt what if they jsut stopped long enough to rest and met these folks etc. And then the rest of the kdis moved on? If the Quillin family were able to take care of Nancy, and Sidney was marrying and staying close at hand (but where is she in 1860?) then the rest of teh family could have moved on - but then moved back about 1865 or so - then you would have James and Martha finding spouses in Grayson County in 1866, Alexander in 1867, and Nancy later on - I cant remember when the Nancy McGhee married Isaiah Ridgeway.
But that still doesnt help us figure out where they were. Ill tell you Ill bet that if we can find that Richard Hartzog on the census that we could find the rest of them. The only problem is that in 1860 they may have not been anywhere -maybe they were all still indigent and moving around because they had just arrived - but htey should have been there for sometime - considering that Sidney had found someone to marry!?
I dont know. Im still going to foward this on to the lists hoping someone has some pointers or ideas.
Jack McGehee
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Jack, I think the children came to Texas with neighbors that were moving and brought them with their families, The move had probably already been planned for months and the neighbors knew the kids had folks in texas. Remember back then families "trainned" together for help and protection, I don't think the stage lines would move any freight. That would either have to carried by one's self or shipped on freight wagons. Something else, they could have came to Texas via Arkansas where they had been before and then on to Texas. Another thought I've had, maybe if they were traveling with a friendly family, the family stopped off in the Pontotoc Co area for awhile or stayed there and later the kids went on down to their folks, then as they got older ventured back up into Okla. where they had been before. HD.
I guess it would be helpful to also ad where these folks went later.
Sampson was on the 1870 census for Whitesboro and he apparently died just after 1870. His wife married his brother - John W - and they were on the 1880 census of Whitesboro Grayson County Texas. We think he married though in Rusk County Texas in the late 1860s after his service with the military in the Civil war.
Martha married T. W. Bogard and I think I found them in 1870 on the Montague Counuty Census but Im still workin on that.
Sidney married Richard Hartzog in 1859 but they never show up again together. Apparently Richard died in mid 1860s and Sidney remarried to a widower John C Bates - whose wife she had been caring for earlier. They moved to Dallas County and show up on the 1870 or 80 census, I think its 70. John C Bates dies and nothing more is ever seen of Sidney. She and Richard did have a son named James Elijah Hartzog born in 1860.
Nancy shows up on the 1860 census (teh only one that does) living with the Quillin family, which was Richard Hartzog's sister and her husband C.C. Quillin.
James marries in Grayson County in 1866 and is on the 1870 census of McClellan county. His second child born in Feb of 1870 was reportedly born in Henrietta Clay County Texas.
John Wesley as mentioned above married the widow of his brother Sampson, and when she died he married Iola Southard in Paul's valley Oklahoma.
Alexander married Sarah Tharpe in Grayson County in 1867 and he moved around a lot - but he did keep in contact with John W and the two families are still connected in teh Ada Oklahoma area today.
There was a Marion McGehee who was born in 1836 in Illinois - who was an older brother to these folks. But there is no indication that he ever came to Texas, we think he probably ended up in California.
Jack McGehee
Howdy from Texas!'
Im sending this to all the McGehee.McGee.McGhee lists because Im getting desperate adn doing an all out search. Im looking for the following folks on the 1860 census of Texas - they just dissapeared.
Their last known location was Mt Vernon, Lawrence county Mo in April 1858 and the next known location was Grayson County Texas - Feb 1859. They likely settled around teh Whitesboro area. The family shows up in Grayson County records periodically through out the 1860s , 70s and 80s but where they lived and who with (because many of them were minors) is a mystery to me. THey could be listed as any variation of the McGEhee name - MaGhee, McGhee, McGehe, McGuhu MaGhee etc. I have found various versions of the McGehee name in the surrounding counties but nothign that matches.
John McGehee bn 1810 Tenn
Sarah McGehee bn 1817 Ky
(the above two are not necessarily known to have gone to Texas but its possible)
Sidney McGehee bn 1842
Alexander McGeheee bn 1843
Sampson McGehee bn 1846
James McGehee bn 1847
Martha McGehee bn 1849
Nancy McGehee bn 1852
John Wesley McGehee bn 1853.
They were all born in Mo - probably in Lawrence county.
God Bless,
Jack McGehee
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