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1900 Census, Howell County, Missouri


Howell Twp, Howell County, Missouri, 6 Jul 1900
p.88a, dwelling number 560, family number 562
Wall  Shadrach E.  29 head  m m3 w  Sep 1870  farmer  TN VA TN
      Mary J.      21 wife  f m3 w  Feb 1879          MO MO MO
      Vida I.       2 dau   f s  w  Oct 1897          MO TN MO
      Ernest L.  5/12 son   m m  w  Feb 1900          MO TN MO

Shadrach Edward Wall was the son of John Daniel Wall and Emilia (Emily) Bray.  As such, he was the grandson of my third great grandparents Edward Payne Bray and Anna F. Messamore.  Emily Bray was the sister of my second great grandfather Joseph A. (Joe) Bray.

Mary Jane Huff was the daughter of Leonard S. Huff and Elizabeth Perlina Woolford.


Howell Twp, Howell County, Missouri, 7 Jul 1900
p.89b, dwelling number 587, family number 589
Bray  Sam J.     39 head  m m11 w  Aug 1860  day labor  TN TN TN
      Sarah      39 wife  f m11 w  Mar 1861             TN TN TN
      Charles     9 son   m s   w  May 1891  at school  MO TN TN
      Dora        7 dau   f s   w  Dec 1892  at school  MO TN TN
      Walter   3/12 son   m s   w  Feb 1900             MO TN TN

Samuel Judson (Sam) Bray was the son of my third great grandfather Edward Payne Bray and Edward's second wife Martha Patsy Sweet.  As such, Sam was the half-brother of my second great grandfather Joseph A. Bray.  I am descended from Edward's first wife Anna F. Messamore.

Sam's wife was Sarah Jane Ballew.

Sam was enumerated in the 1880 census in Roane County, Tennessee.  The family removed to Howell County, Missouri shortly thereafter.  Sam and Sarah were married in 1888 in Howell County.


Howell Twp, Howell County, Missouri, 7 Jul 1900
p.89b, dwelling number 593, family number 593
Bray  James      30 head  m m4 w  Nov 1869  farm labor  TN TN TN
      Francis    24 wife  f m4 w  Feb 1876              MO TN MO  3 children, 3 living
      Linnie      3 dau   f s  w  Oct 1896              MO TN MO
      Edna        1 dau   f s  w  Jul 1898              MO TN MO
      Horace   4/12 son   m s  w  Jan 1900              MO TN MO

James Lafayette Bray was the son of my third great grandfather Edward Payne Bray and Edward's second wife Martha Patsy Sweet.  As such, James was the half-brother of my second great grandfather Joseph A. Bray.  I am descended from Edward's first wife Anna F. Messamore.

James' wife was Sarah Francis (Francis) Presley.  Francis was the daughter of Alex Crawford Presley and Martha Jane Ellis.


Howell Twp, Howell County, Missouri, 7 Jul 1900
p.89b, dwelling number 599, family number 600
Wall  John D.    69 head  m w   w  Mar 1839  farmer      VA VA VA
      Fata J.    44 son   m m22 w  Jan 1856  farm labor  VA VA TN
      Martha E.  40 dauL  f m22 w  Jul 1859              TN TN TN  6 children, 4 living
      L. George  27 son   m s   w  Jul 1872  farm labor  TN TN TN
      Saml. W.   22 son   m s   w  Apr 1878  day labor   TN TN TN
      Rosalee    20 Gdau  f s   w  Jun 1879              TN VA TN
      Elsie      11 Gdau  f s   w  Feb 1889              MO VA TN
      Marion      9 Gson  m s   w  Feb 1891              MO VA TN
      Minnie      6 Gdau  f s   w  Mar 1894              MO VA TN

John Daniel Wall was the son of Byrd Wall and Lucy Griffin.  John Daniel Wall's second wife was Emilia (Emily) Bray.  Emily Bray was the daughter of my third great grandparents Edward Payne Bray and Anna F. Messamore.  As such, Emily was the sister of my second great grandfather Joseph A. (Joe) Bray.  Emily had died in 1898, so John Daniel Wall was a widower at the time of the 1900 census.

"Fata J." was Lafayette Jackson Wall, son of John Daniel Wall and John's first wife Ruth E. Dakin.  Lafayette's wife was Martha E. Ballew.

The four grandchildren listed were all children of Lafayette Jackson Wall and Martha E. Ballew.


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