John Washington Willingham

M, b. 3 October 1843, d. 8 January 1895
John Washington Willingham|b. 3 Oct 1843\nd. 8 Jan 1895|p36.htm|George W. Willingham|b. 14 Aug 1818\nd. 22 Aug 1899|p34.htm|Permelia Ann Wilson|b. 4 Feb 1823\nd. May 1907|p35.htm|Deloney Willingham|b. c 1790\nd. c 1854|p2300.htm|Susannah Mott|b. c 1795\nd. b 1830|p2388.htm|David Wilson|b. c 1785\nd. 25 Oct 1857|p398.htm|Susannah H. Ethell|b. c 1785\nd. a 1857|p6683.htm|
     John Washington Willingham was born 3 October 1843 in Missouri.1 He was the son of George W. Willingham and Permelia Ann Wilson.
The census of 1 June 1880 enumerated on 2 July 1880 in Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas, listed the following:
Moses Winter, 46-year-old head of household, a meerchant.2
John Willingham, 42-year-old male boarder, a machinist.2
Warren "Willingham", 37-year-old male boarder, a butcher.2 John Washington Willingham married Sallie Amonett on 5 May 1885 in Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas..3 John Washington Willingham died on 8 January 1895 in Waldo, Columbia County, Arkansas, of swamp fever.
John Willingham, soldier of fortune, ran an engine on the old Hannibal and St. Joe RR, later the CB&O, when about 17 years of age. Badly scalded when eng went thru bridge with him. When about well, joined Quantrill's Guerillas and harassed the Yankees until shot through right lung at the Independence raid - put in care of a Doctor by Jesse James who gave the Doctor a $20 gold piece to care for him. Returned to Quantrill and left Missouri on horse back when the band disbanded, made his way to NM, lived with Navajo Indians until about 1895 when he wrote the post master at Waverly, Missouri and located his people who had moved to Arkansas and joined them at Prescott. He was raised up with the James and Younger boys and had an opportunity to join them after Quantrill's gang disbanded but chose to leave the country. He died about 1900 in eastern Arkansas of swamp fever. Married once or twice - no issue.
     (from a journal supplied by Sherry Nelson).1,4

Citations

  1. [S86] Lela Wilcox Family Records.
  2. [S262] 1880 U.S. Census, Nevada County, Arkansas, ED 213 Sh 50 line 27 (46) dwelling () family 411 page 486A.
  3. [S204] Nevada, AR Marriage Records.
  4. [S2152] Sherry Nelson Research.
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