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1860 Census, Wright County, Missouri


Dist.102, Wright County, Missouri, 20 Jul 1860, Hartville PO
p.881, dwelling number 14, family number 14
Gorman   Cynthia C.     37  f w  farmer  $1500/$9500    TN
Tunnell  William B.     19  m w  farm laborer           MO  attended school
         Sarah L.       18  f w                         MO  attended school
         Maretta E. J.  12  f w                         MO  attended school
         Nancy D. A.     9  f w                         MO  attended school
Gorman   Missouri A.     6  f w                         MO  attended school
Headlee  Saml. H.       36  m w  physician  $400/$5000  TN


Slave Schedule, Wright County, Missouri, 19 Jul 1860
p.1, Owner:  Cynthia C. Gorman, 1 slave house
     1 f 40 m
     1 f 57 b
     1 f  2 b

There are records with Cynthia's given name spelled various ways, including Syntha, Sintha, Sinthy, and Cyntha.  She was Syntha Cross, daughter of Brittain Cross and Mary Parks.

Syntha was born in Anderson County, Tennessee.  She married James Monroe Tunnell 2 Jul 1840 in Anderson County, Tennessee.  They moved from Tennessee to Missouri in 1841, and James died in 1850.  Syntha married John M. Gorman about 1852 and had a daughter Missoura A. Gorman.  John Gorman died on 6 Apr 1854.


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