Weems
Weems newspaper articles, etc. - transcribed articles from Newton Co.
Weems pictures
Ruth Weems baby picture and Jones Weems and a picture of George Wright Weems
Phidellah Weems, Martin Alexander Weems, Dr. David Larkin Weems and Marvin Newton
Ancestors of Ruth Weems
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Ruth Weems parents were Phidellah Weems and Sacca Gold (see Gold family tree)
Phidellah's parents were Martin Alexander Weems and Livvia Kenney
Olivia's parents were Harmon Kenney or Kinney and Nancy or Mary Catherine Price
Martin's parents were George Wright Weems and Nancy F. Vestal
George's parents were Jones (or Jonas) Weems and Betheney Pogue
Jones' parents were John Weems Jr. and Sarah Jones
Descendancy Chart of John Weems
Sr.
(information from Family Group Sheets completed by Iona Dawson in 1962 & 1966)
1 John Weems
+ Kitty ?
2 John Weems, b. Abbeville, SC, d. circa 1828 TN
+ Sarah Jones, m. 1791, d. circa 1833 MO
3 Jones Weems, b. 1792 NC, d. 1880 MO
+ Betheney Pogue, b. 1795 TN, m. 1813 TN, d. 1862 MO
4 Nancy Weems, b. 1814 TN, d. 1833
4 John Weems, b. 1816 TN, d. 1892 MO
+ Nancy Isabelle, b. 1820 TN, d. 1906 MO
5 Elizabeth Weems
+ John McMurtry
+
John Rakestraw
+ Joe Kilgore
5 William Weems
5 Thomas Jefferson Weems, b. 1835 MO, d. 1913 MO
+ Virginia Lee Carter, b. 1848 Stella, MO, m. 1868 Stella, MO, d. 1878 MO
6 Felix Weems, b. 1869 MO, d. 1939
+Sadie Wilson
6 Mary Weems, b. 1873 MO, d. 1956
+Jim Shaw
6 Jonas Edward Weems, b. 1875 MO, d. 1951
+Minnie Belle Wyatt
6 Infant Son Weems, b. 1878 MO, d. 1878
+ Sara Elizabeth Shaw, b. 1857, m. between 1878 and 1879
6 Lillie Weems, b. 1879 MO
+ George Dodge
6 Tommie Weems, b. 1881 MO
+
Elizabeth Garren
6 Beulah Weems, b. 1897
+ Fred Owens
5 Jones Weems, b. 1839 MO, d. 1908
+ Mary Powers, b. 1849 MO, d. 1916 MO
5 Martha Weems, b. 1848 MO, d. 1916
+ Thomas Fulkerson
5 Mary Weems
+ Henry G. Bridges
5 Margaret Weems
+ James Robertson
4 Sarah H. Weems, b. 1822 TN, d. 1833
4 Talitha Weems, b. 1828 TN, d. 1878 (see her 1860 census entry on the
Lost Brickey Cousins page)
+ Martin Wood Thornberry, b. 1805 Virginia, d. 1871 MO
5 Nancy Thornberry, b. circa 1855
5 Walter Jones Thornberry, b. 1855 Arkansas, d. 1912
+ Nancy Kenney, b. 1856 TN, m. 1879, d. 1950
6 Edgar K Thornberry, b. 1880 MO
6 Martin H. Thornberry, b. 1882 MO
6 Virgil A. Thornberry, b. 1884 MO
5 Mary Thornberry, b. 1861, d. 1884
+ Joseph A. Lewis, b. 1853, d. 1899
4 Martha Carolin Weems, b. 1833, d. 1882
+ John Burns
4 George Wright Weems, b. 1818 TN, d. 1881
+
Nancy Francis Vestal, b. 1819, d. 1876 Missouri
5 Harriet B. Weems, b. 1843 Wanda, Missouri, d. 1888 Missouri
+ George W. Fitzpatrick
+ William G. Newton, b. 1840, d. 1889 Wanda, Missouri
5 Kendrick Weems, b. 1844 Wanda, Missouri, d. 1875 Missouri
+ Amanda Tabor, b. 1849
6 Cora M. Weems, b. 1869 Missouri, d. 1899
+ Joseph Alvin Ellis, b. 1862, d. 1956
7 Roger Martin Ellis, b. 1897, d. ? (young)
7 Sarah Ellis, b. 1899, d. 1899
6 Minnie Weems, b. 1872 Missouri, d. 1895
5 Martin Alexander Weems, b. 1847 MO, d. 1901 MO
+ Livvia A. Kenney, b. 1852 Tennessee, d. 1918 MO
6 Phidellah Vestal Weems, b. 1877 MO, d. 1911 Chester, Missouri
+
Sacca Gold, b. 1882 Stark City, MO, d. 1969 Stella, MO
7 Ruth Livvia Weems, b. 1903 Wanda, MO, d. 1973
+ Alvie Martin Cunningham, b. 1890 Arkansas, d. 1966
7 Vestal Harmon Weems, b. 1905 Wanda, MO, d. 1982
+ Freda Mae Tanner, m. 1952
7 Martin Etheldred Weems, b. 1907 Wanda (Stark City), MO, d. 1979 Wanda
(Stark City), MO
+ Minnie Omega Anderson, b. 1908 MO, m. 1934 Anderson, MO
7 Glenn Phidellah Weems, b. 1909 Stark City, MO, d. 1984
+ Oleta May Embrey Smith Peck
6 George Weems, b. 1880, d. 1881
6 Don Muton Weems, b. 1882 Missouri, d. 1953
+ Jesse Thompson
6 Edith L. Weems, b. 1886 Missouri, d. 1905
6 Martin Price Weems, b. 1890 Missouri, d. 1957
+ Jessie Proctor, m. 1909
7 Edith Naomi Weems, b. 1912 Wanda, MO
+ H. Jack Harrison, b. 1918 Sweetwater, MO, m. 1939 Miami, OK
5 Mary C. Weems, b. 1849 Wanda, Missouri, d. 1885 Missouri
+ William G. Newton, b. 1840, d. 1889 Wanda, Missouri
6 Effie Newton, b. 1870, d. 1871
6 William Marvin Newton, b. 1870, d. 1951
+ Malissa Gold
6 Cad Newton
6 Nana Newton
+ Charles T. Sheppard
6 Lee Newton, b. 1874, d. 1956
+
Zora Garren, b. 1878, d. 1903
+ Roseberry
+ Oma Eaton
6 Mable Newton, b. 1878, d. 1879
5 Silas Vestal Weems, b. 1852 Wanda, Missouri, d. 1924
+ Elizabeth Ann Virginia Charlton, b. 1857 VA, m. 1880, d. 1942 Wanda,
Missouri
6 Mary Ann Weems, b. 1881 Wanda, MO, d. 1968 MO
+ Daniel Dudley Jones, b. 1874 Arkansas, m. 1902 Boulder City, MO, d. 1954
Wanda, MO
7 William Maurice Jones, b. 1903 Wanda, MO, d. 1940
+ Clara Griffith, m. 1933
7 Opal Naomi Jones, b. 1906 Wanda, MO, d. 1970
+ Coy Six, b. 1901, m. 1926, d. 1975
7 Iona Elizabeth Jones, b. 1914 Wanda, MO
+ Calvin Browning
+ William E. Dawson
6 Nancy Francis Weems, b. 1884 Wanda, MO, d. 1937
+ A. Elmer Moffett, b. 1881, d. 1943
6 John George Weems, b. 1889 Wanda, MO, d. 1956
+ Lottie Corker, b. 1889, d. 1967
5 Talitha Weems, b. 1854 Wanda, MO, d. 1877
5 Martha Samaria Weems, b. 1857 Wanda, MO, d. 1871
3 Rev. John Weems, b. 1794 NC, d. 1843 Burkville, KY
+ Martha Guess, m. before 1834, d. before 1838
4 Dr. George Akin Weems, b. 1834 TN, d. 1904
+ Elizabeth Lively, b 1827 TN, d. 1902 MO
5 John Manville Weems, Rev, b. 1856 MO
5 David Larkin Weems, Doctor, b. 1859 MO, d 1930
5 Sarah A. Weems b. 1862 MO, d. 1916
+
Rhoda Munsey, b. 1814 Virginia, d. 1899 Newtonia, MO
4 Matilda Weems
+
? Dolron or Dotron
4 Catherine Weems, b. TN, d. Springfield, MO
+ Louis Williams
4 Polly Ann Weems, b. TN, d. Newtonia, MO
+
? Synder
4 David Patten Weems, b. 1838 TN, d. 1912 Newtonia, MO
+ Amanda Rogers or Kogers
+ Minervia Bonne, b. 1849 MO, m. 1869, d. 1926 MO
3 George Weems, b. 1796 NC, d. 1839
+
Matilda Keele
3 Catherine Weems, b. 1798 NC
+ John Kenney
The Weems come from Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, where there is still
a Wemyss castle. Here are off-site links with pictures and information about the Wemyss castle:
Wemyss castle picture
Description of Wemyss, Scotland
Weems
Family History Page
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