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24. Thomas
Harvey Messamore44,45,46,47,48
was born on 11 Aug 1846 in Knox County, Tennessee. His death certificate
says he was born in 1845. Census data suggests it was 1846. Both his death
certificate and his Civil War pension report that he was born in Knox County.
He appeared in the census in 1850 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Thomas 3 m w TN.
He appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Thomas 14 m w TN.
He appeared in the census in 1870 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Dist. 6, Anderson County, Tennessee, 15 Jul 1870, Clinton PO, p.65a, dwelling number 91,
family number 91, Messamore Thomas 23 m w farm laborer TN, enumerated in the home of his
father-in-law John Webster, but his wife Elizabeth A. Webster had died prior
to the census.
He appeared in the census in 1880 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Dist. 6, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1 Jun 1880, p.79d, dwelling number 94, family number 97, Messamore
Thomas 34 head m m w farmer TN VA VA, Elizabeth 35 wife f m w keeping house TN
TN TN, James E. 6 son m s w TN TN TN, Mary B. 5 dau f s w IL TN TN, Martha P.
2/12 dau f s w TN TN TN born in Mar.
He appeared in the census in 1900 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Dist. 6, Anderson County, Tennessee, 13 & 14 Jun 1900, p.92a, exclusive
of Clinton Town, dwelling number 144, family number 146, Messamore Thomas 53 head m m7 w Aug 1846 farmer
TN TN VA, Cordelia A. 26 wife f m7 w Jan 1874 TN TN TN, Martha P. 20 dau f s
w Apr 1880 TN TN TN, Nancy O. 18 dau f s w Jan 1882 TN TN TN, Ella J. 16 dau
f s w Mar 1884 TN TN TN, Andrew J. 10 son m s w Jun 1889 TN TN TN, Thomas R.
6 son m s w May 1894 TN TN TN.
He appeared in the census in 1910 in St. Francois County, Missouri.
Enumeration Dist. 94, St. Francois Twp, St. Francois County, Missouri, 23 Apr
1910, p.215b, sheet 6b, dwelling number 96, family number 97, Messamore Thomas 63 head m w2-9 w TN VA
VA, Mitchell Martha 30 dau f m2-2 w TN TN TN, Edith 1 2/12 Gdau f s w IN OH TN.
He applied for a pension on on 9 Apr 1914 in in Hot Springs, Garland County,
Arkansas.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C., January 2, 1915
Sir: Please answer, at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below.
The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to
your widow or children. Use the included envelope, which requires no stamp.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Thomas Messamore
Hot Springs, Ark
Civ. War (stamped) Pension, Apr 12 1915
Gen Dcl
No. 1. Date and place of birth. Answer. Knox County, Tennessee, August 11th,
1846.
The name of Organizations in which you served. Answer. 7th Tennessee,
Mt. Vol.
No. 2. What was your post office at enlistment? Answer. Wilson, Tenn.
No. 3. State your wife's full name and her maiden name. Answer. Julia Chilton
Thornton
No. 4. When, where, and by whom were you married? Answer. Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo, August 6, 1913.
No. 5. Is there any official or church record of your marriage? Official
If so, where? Answer. Clayton, Missouri
No. 6. Were you previously married? If so, state the name of your former wife,
the date of the marriage, and the date and place of her death or divorce. If
there was more than one previous wife, let your answer include all former wives.
Answer. yes. E.A. Webster, Clinton, Tenn. (died May 20, 1869). S.E. Long,
Clinton, Tenn. died Jun 18, 1893). C.A. Weaver, married at Clinton, Tenn. April
16, 1894. divorced 1901 at Clinton, Tenn. Mary J. Larkins, married Doniphan,
Mo. 1902, divorced Aug 17, 1912 at Williamsville, MO.
No. 7. If any person was married before her marriage to you, state the name of
her former husband, the date of each marriage, and the date and place of his
death or divorce and state whether he ever rendered any military or naval service,
and if so, give name of the organization in which he served. He she was married
more than once before marrige to you, let your answer include all former husbands.
Answer. Yes. Will C. Thornton married at Calhoun County, Illinois, Oct. 10,
1896, died at Belleview, Iron County, Mo, April 1, 1906.
No. 8. Are you now living with your wife, or has there been a separation. Answer.
Yes
No. 9. State the names and dates of birth of all your children, living or dead.
Answer. Sarah E. April 13, 1869; undecipherable L. Jun 22, 1872 (Dead);
James E. Sept 10, 1873; Mary Belle, March 2, 1875 (dead); Martha P. April
18, 1880; Nancy O., Jan 30, 1886 (dead);
Ella J. Mar 24, 1844; Thomas R.C. Jul 30, 1886 (dead); Andrew J. June 16, 1889.
T. Roscoe, May 10, 1895.
April 9, 1914 Thomas Messamore
He died on 31 Mar 1930 in Whipple, Yavapai County, Arizona. He
died in the Veteran's Hospital in Whipple, but he resided in Phoenix at the time
of his death.
Name: Thomas Messamore
Death Date: 31 Mar 1930
Branch: US Army
Last known address: 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard Los Angeles,
CA 90049
Interment Date: 31 Mar 1930
Cemetery: Los Angeles National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 73 Row B Site 20
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/losangeles.htm
He was buried on 1 Apr 1930 in Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California. Thomas
Harvey Messamore and Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Webster were married on 30 May 1868
in Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.48
They were married by A. Herrell, M.G.
Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Webster46 (daughter of John Webster and Elizabeth G. Anderson)
was born about 1836 in [Surry County], North Carolina. She appeared
in the census in 1850 in Surry County, North Carolina. Elizabeth
A. 13 f w NC attended school She appeared in the census in 1860 in Roane County,
Tennessee. Betsy A. 22 f w NC She died on 20 May 1869 in [Anderson
County, Tennessee].48 Date
of death given as 20 May 1864 on WorldConnect, but I think it must have been
20 May 1869 because she was married in 1868. Her husband remarried in 1870.
(RGB)
The 20 May 1869 date is confirmed from the Civil War pension record of Thomas
Harvey Messamore. According to the pension record, Elizabeth died in Clinton,
Anderson County, Tennessee. Thomas Harvey Messamore and Elizabeth A. (Betsy)
Webster had the following children:
123 | i. | Sarah Elizabeth Messamore48 was born on 13 Apr 1869 in [Anderson County, Tennessee].48 Sarah's birth date is listed
on her father's Civil War pension papers as 13 April, with the year of 1869 being
very difficult to read but looking like it's probably 1869. It seems certain
that the year must have been 1869 given the dates of her father's marriages and
given the dates of death for his wives. Which is to say, Sarah was almost certainly
the daughter of Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Webster. Betsy married Thomas Messamore
on 30 May 1868, and Betsy died 20 May 1869. (RGB) She died between 13 Apr 1869
and 12 Jul 1870. Sarah's name was listed on her father's Civil War
pension papers as Sarah E. Messamore. Her grandmothers were Sarah (Sary) Heath
(wife of James Messamore) and Elizabeth G. Anderson (wife of John Webster).
So listing Sarah's middle name is a guess based on her middle initial of E and
based on her the names of her two grandmothers. (RGB) |
Thomas
Harvey Messamore and Susan Elizabeth Long were married on 18 Sep 1870 in Clinton,
Anderson County, Tennessee.16,48
Susan Elizabeth Long16,48 (daughter
of Elisha Long and Elizabeth Landrum) was born about 1845 in Anderson County,
Tennessee.49 She appeared
in the census in 1850 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Susan E. 5 f
w TN She appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Susan E. 13 f w TN She appeared in the census in 1870 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Susan E. 26 f w at home TN She appeared in the census in 1880 in Anderson County,
Tennessee. Elizabeth 35 wife f m w keeping house TN TN TN She died
on 18 Jan 1893 in [Anderson County, Tennessee].48 Her date of death is estimated from the date of the
marriage of her husband to his next wife. (RGB) I believe her middle name was
Elizabeth, and that she was listed on the 1880 census as Elizabeth. (RGB)
A transcription of the Anderson County marriage book lists her name as Susan
E. Sage. However, it seems certain that the transcription is in error, and that
her name was Susan E. Long. Her husband's Civil War pension file lists her name
as S. E. Long. There was a Susan E. Long in Anderson County at the time of Thomas
Messamore's marriage, but there was no Susan E. Sage. (RGB)
Thomas Harvey Messamore and Susan Elizabeth Long had the following children:
124 | i. | Unknown L. Messamore48 was born on 22 Jun 1872. Unknown L. Messamore
died before 1880. This child is known only because of his or her
father's Civil War pension, and the child did not appear on the 1880 census. | +125 | ii. | James Edward (Jim) Messamore. | 126 | iii. | Mary Belle Messamore48 was born on 2 Mar 1875 in [Anderson County], Tennessee.48 She appeared in the census in
1880 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Mary B. 5 dau f s w IL TN TN
She died before 9 Apr 1914.48 | +127 | iv. | Martha P. Messamore. | 128 | v. | Nancy O. Messamore48 was born on 30 Jan 1882 in [Anderson County], Tennessee.48 She appeared in the census in
1900 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Nancy O. 18 dau f s w Jan 1882
TN TN TN | 129 | vi. | Ella
J. Messamore48 was born
on 24 Mar 1884 in [Anderson County], Tennessee.48 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Anderson County,
Tennessee. Ella J. 16 dau f s w Mar 1884 TN TN TN | 130 | vii. | Thomas Roscoe
Conklin Messamore48
was born on 30 Jul 1886 in [Anderson County, Tennessee].48 He died before 9 Apr 1914 in [Anderson County, Tennessee].
He had a brother with the same name who was born in 1895. So it's probably
safe to assume that he died before 1895, and that his brother was named in his
memory. (RGB) | 131 | viii. | Andrew
J. Messamore48,50 was born on 16 Jun 1889 in [Anderson County], Tennessee.48
He appeared in the census in 1900 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Andrew J. 10 son m s w Jun 1889 TN TN TN.
He died on 22 Nov 1917.50
He entered the service on Nov 17, 1917 at Camp Pike Arkansas and died five days
later of scarlet fever and pneumonia at Camp Pike Base hospital.
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Thomas Harvey Messamore and Cordelia A. Weaver were married
on 16 Apr 1893 in Anderson County, Tennessee.51
They were divorced on 9 Oct 1901 in Anderson County, Tennessee.52
Anderson County Divorce Records 1844 thru 1920
MESSAMORE, Cordelia vs. Thomas
09 OCT 1901
Charge: Desertion and non support; Received home place
Cordelia A. Weaver45,48 was born
in Jan 1874 in Tennessee.
She appeared in the census in 1900 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Cordelia A. 26 wife f m7 w Jan 1874 TN TN TN.
She appeared in the census in 1910 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Dist. 13, Anderson County, Tennessee, 26 Apr 1910, Briceville; Coal Creek Pike,
p.181a, dwelling number 223, family number 223; Messamore Cordelia 34 head f w w taylor TN TN TN 2 children,
1 living; Thomas R. 14 son m s w traffer?, coal mine TN TN TN.
Thomas Harvey Messamore and Cordelia A. Weaver had the following children:
Thomas Harvey
Messamore and Mary J. Larkins were married in 1902 in Doniphan, Ripley County,
Missouri.48
They were divorced on 17 Aug 1912 in Williamsville, Wayne County, Missouri.48 Thomas
Harvey Messamore and Julia Chilton were married on 6 Aug 1913 in Clayton, St.
Louis County, Missouri.48
Julia Chilton47,48 was born about 1877 in Missouri.
She appeared in the census in 1930 in Maricopa County, Arizona.
She died on 31 Jul 1959 in Arizona.48 |