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John A. Vanderford (4041)

Father: John Vanderford (3011)
Mother: Jane Hobson

b. October 7, 1833 in Ohio [Bible, 3011]

d. November 26, 1924 near Brunswick, Smith Township, Carroll County, Missouri

m. September 7, 1856, Nancy Jane Ratcliff [PC Mar A:428], b. 1837, d. 1867, buried in Reed Cemetery, Halfway, Polk County, Missouri [lttp]

Issue: [census-Mo & Coy]

John W. Vanderford, b. October 23, 1858, d. December 10, 1860, buried in Reed Cemetery, Halfway, Polk County, Missouri [lttp]

Van G. Vanderford, b. February 9, 1861, d. July 2, 1862, buried in Reed Cemetery, Halfway, Polk County, Missouri [lttp]

Mary E. Vanderford, b. July 2, 1863 in Missouri, d. November 5, 1886

m. September 3, 1881, William B. Vanderford (4066)

William A. Vanderford, b. March 3, 1866, d. November 13, 1866, buried in Reed Cemetery, Halfway, Polk County, Missouri [lttp]

m2. May 27, 1869 in Dallas County, Missouri, Mary C. Woodle [DC Mar 1:39] b. June 12, 1844 in Iowa, d. May 5, 1918 in Brunswick, Chariton County, Missouri. Daughter of William Woodle.

Issue: [census-Mo]

Laudon A. Vanderford(5023), b. March 1870

Albert M. Vanderford(5024), b. April 1872

Terressa Alice "Ressa" Vanderford (5090), b. February 8, 1874, d. August 4, 1938

Nora Vanderford, b. 1877 in Missouri

boy, b. November 2, 1883 in Halfway, Polk County, Missouri [RollC5519#169]

Eliza Genevieve Vanderford(5167), b. April 23, 1885

Leroy Vanderford(5025), b. April 1889

Description:

In 1891 John was 6'1" tall and weighed 160 pounds. [PenApp#1049642]

Information:

1860:
John and his wife were farming in Benton Township, Polk County, Missouri. [census-Mo]

June 6, 1861:
John enlisted as a private in Company B - 15th U.S.R.C., Missouri cavalry. [PenApp#1049642]

December 6, 1861:
John was discharged. [PenApp#1049642]

March 3, 1865:
John and Van. B. Gatewood purchased a parcel of land in Section 2, Township 33, Range 21 of Polk County, Missouri for $400. [PC deed H:558]

1870:
John was farming with his family in Benton Township, Polk County, Missouri. The value of his real property was $2400 and his personal property was $462. [census-Mo]

March 31, 1873:
John bought the 40 acres of the south west quarter of the north east quarter of Section 33, Townahip 34 of Range 21 from the County of Polk, Missouri for $120.20. [PC deed R:340]

1880:
John was farming with his family in Benton Township, Polk County, Missouri. [census-Mo]

1890:
John was living in Halfway, Polk County, Missouri. [census-Mo]

August 15, 1891:
John applied for a Civil War pension claiming liver disease and collic indigestion resulting from malaria contacted in the summer about 1863. It appears that his application was denied. [PenApp#1049642]

1900:
John was farming in Brunswick Township, Chariton County, Missouri. Helping him on the farm was his son Laurence. Also living with them was a grandson Wilner Payne, b. June 1899. [census-Mo]

1920:
John was living with his daughter Eliza's family in Brunswick Township, Chariton County, Missouri. [census-Mo]

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