Deloney Willingham

M, #4108, b. about 1816, d. 17 April 1863
Deloney Willingham|b. a 1816\nd. 17 Apr 1863|p2379.htm|Isham Richard Willingham|b. a 1794\nd. b 8 Dec 1853|p2392.htm|Sarah Fickus|b. a 1800|p2453.htm|John Winningham|b. a 1767\nd. b 31 Dec 1832|p2517.htm|Mary Burch|b. a 1770|p2381.htm|Adam Fickus||p10306.htm||||
     Deloney Willingham, son of Isham Richard Willingham and Sarah Fickus, was born about 1816 in Henderson County, Kentucky.1 Deloney Willingham was the son of Isham Richard Willingham and Sarah Fickus. Deloney Willingham married Jane Kilgore, daughter of John Kilgore Sr. and Phebe (__?__) Kilgore..2 His wife, Jane Willingham, died before May 1836.3,2 Deloney Willingham married Sarah Hatton, daughter of David Hatton and Sarah (Berget) Hatton, on 12 May 1836 in Monroe County, Missouri..4
The census of 1840 in Salt River Township, Audrain County, Missouri, listed Delony Willingham as a head-of-household with tallies 20001-0001 which indicates:
A male of 20 and under 30 years of age, probably Deloney.5
A female of 15 and under 20 years of age, probably his wife Sarah.5
A male under 5 years of age, probably his son Lorenzo David.5
A male under 5 years of age, probably his son Sylvester.5



The census of 1 June 1850 enumerated on 23 September 1850 in District 4, Audrain County, Missouri, listed the following:
Delona Willingham, 31-year-old head of household, a farmer.6
Sarah "Willingham", 34-year-old.6
Lorenzo D. "Willingham", 13-year-old.6
Sylvester "Willingham", 12-year-old.6
George "Willingham", 5-year-old.6
Redmond "Willingham", 2-year-old.6



On 1 May 1854 Deloney Willingham patented 40 acres of land in Audrain County, Missouri.
"... the North half of lot number one of the South West quarter of Section thirty in Township fifty two of Range Eight West in the district of lands subject to sale at Palmyra Missouri containing forty acres ..."7

The census of 1 June 1860 enumerated on 28 July 1860 in the Littleby post office area of Prairie Township, Audrain County, Missouri, listed the following:
Delany Willingham, 47-year-old head of household, a farmer.1
Sarah "Willingham", 46-year-old.1
Lurenzy "Willingham", 22-year-old.1
Geo. "Willingham", 16-year-old.1
Redmon "Willingham", 12-year-old.1


Deloney Willingham, of Audrain County, was on a list of prisoners sent to St. Louis by General Merril on 23 September 1862.8 On 16 March 1863, William Gamble stated that he posed as a rebel with a group of others and Mr. Willingham of Audrain County, tried to help them steal horses from his neighbors.8 On 15 April 1863, Deloney Willingham of Audrain County, was charged with assisting rebels and offering to guide men disguised as rebels to Union men's houses to steal horses.8 He was taken to the military prison in Alton, Madison County, Illinois, then, after contracting smallpox, he was transferred to smallpox island, Missouri where he escaped and walked home.9,10 He died on 17 April 1863 in Audrain County, Missouri.10 He was buried in the Willingham Cemetery #2 on the Charles Arnold farm in Audrain County, Missouri.11,12
The census of 1 June 1870 enumerated on 21 July 1870 in the Mexico post office area of Prairie Township, Audrain County, Missouri, listed the following:
Sarah Winningham, 52-year-old.13
George "Winningham", 25-year-old, a farmer.13
William "Winningham", 22-year-old, a farm worker.13
David "Winningham", 33-year-old, a farmer.13



The census of 1 June 1880 enumerated on 1 June 1880 in Prairie Township, Audrain County, Missouri, listed the following:
Sarah Willingham, 64-year-old sick widowed female head of household, a housekeeper; b:VA fb:VA mb:VA


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Children of Deloney Willingham and Sarah Hatton

Citations

  1. [S434] 1860 U.S. Census, Audrain County, Missouri, page 801 line 9 dwelling 402 family 412.
  2. [S684] John Kilgore Will.
  3. [S439] Callaway, MO Marriage Records, husband remarried.
  4. [S435] Monroe, MO Marriage Records.
  5. [S270] 1840 U.S. Census, Audrain County, Missouri, page 11 line 9.
  6. [S301] 1850 U.S. Census, Audrain County, Missouri, page 190A line 22 dwelling 498 family 523.
  7. [S1427] Bureau of Land Management, Certificate Number 25897.
  8. [S4408] Missouri Digital Heritage, online, Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861 - 1866.
  9. [S436] History of Audrain County, Missouri.
  10. [S540] Letter, Kevin Don Willingham Hewgley Fax to Wendell H. Wilcox, 4 September 1997.
  11. [S413] Research of Rodman B. Willingham.
  12. [S4451] FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 48764711.
  13. [S444] 1870 U.S. Census, Audrain County, Missouri, page 516A line 9 dwelling 20 family 20.
  14. [S440] 1880 U.S. Census, Audrain County, Missouri, ED 3 Sh 2 line 9 dwelling 13 family 13 page 63 B.
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