Arkansas Family Group Sheet for the John W. WELDON Family


Husband: John W. WELDON
Birthdate: 25 Dec 1842
Birthplace: Ga.
Death date:
Place of death: Pulaski Co,Ar. Yell Co,Ar.
Father:
Mother:

Marriage date: 26 Oct 1865
Marriage place: Pulaski Co, Ar.

Wife: Margaret A. MULLIGAN
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Al.
Death date:
Place of death:
Father: Felix MULLIGAN 1820
Mother: Bridget 1832

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Samuel Jefferson "Sam J" WELDON
Birthdate: 21 Aug 1866 Maumelle, Pulaski Co, Ar.
Spouses' names: Luiza "Liza" Jane HERRINGTON
Marriage date: 20 Feb 1890 Yell Co, Ar.
Death date: 12 Jun 1944 Yell Co, Ar.

Child No. 2: George Washington WELDON
Birthdate: 10 Apr 1869 Maumelle, Pulaski Co, Ar.
Spouses' names: Minnie Lee COLEMAN
Marriage date: 15 Jun 1890 Yell Co, Ar.
Death date: 15 Nov 1934 Yell Co, Ar.

Child No. 3: Susan E. WELDON
Birthdate: Feb 1870 Maumelle, Pulaski Co, Ar.
Spouses' names: Noah H. GRIST
Marriage date: Feb 1870 Maumelle, Pulaski Co, Ar.
Death date:

Child No. 4: Mary WELDON
Birthdate: 27 Aug 1872 Roland, Pulaski Co, Ar.
Spouses' names: J. W. GRIST
Marriage date: 28 Nov 1897 Yell Co, Ar.
Death date:

Child No. 5: Ella Lee WELDON
Birthdate: 8 Feb 1877 Roland, Pulaski Co, Ar.
Spouses' names: Ezekiel W. PAXTON
Marriage date: 26 Dec 1897 Yell Co, Ar.
Death date: 28 Jan 1939 Checotah, McIntosh Co, Ok.

Child No. 6: Isaac Faye WELDON
Birthdate: 17 Dec 1892 Yell Co, Ar.
Spouses' names: Parie Lee BOWERS
Marriage date: 24 Mar 1907 Yell Co, Ar.
Death date: 1957
 
 
Documentation:
* Neither John nor Margaret could read or write so her name was misspelled as Milegan on their marriage license, recorded in Pulaski County Marriage Book B-A page 187.
* Information from 1870 US census of Pulaski County, Maumelle Township Pg. 357, 1880 US census Pulaski County Roland Township, page 494A. Information as of Sep. 1988.
* John W. WELDON Occupation: John was a farmer.
* John was shot and killed by John White a man he had arrested for stealing his pig.
* John is listed on the 1860 US census of Pulaski County, Ar. as John Welden Maumelle Township Page 170 dwelling 42. It is thought both John's are the same. John's headstone was replaced May 1988.
* Margaret A. MULLIGAN Her rock marker was removed and replaced by a headstone in May 1988.
* Child No. 1 Samuel Jefferson "Sam J" WELDON Occupation: Sam was a farmer.
* Sam could neither read nor write and thought very little of education.
* Child No. 2 George Washington WELDON Occupation: George was a farmer also an unpaid grave digger for the Havana, Ar. community.
* George adopted the son, Sigal Farris, of his wife's sister after she died. Sigal was three months old. They were living in Coalgate, OK. at this time.
* Child No. 3 Susan E. WELDON On the 1900 US census of Yell County, Ar. Susan and her family lived in Greenville Township
* On the 1910 US Census of Yell County, Ar. two of her daughters are living with her husband brother and one is living with her brother. I've been able to find no records of Susan, Noah or the three girls after this date.
* Child No. 4 Mary WELDON Birth information from 1880 US census of Pulaski County Ar. Roland Township page 494A.
* On the 1900 US census of Yell County Ar. she was living with her mother Margaret Weldon in Havana, Ar. have no record of her after that. Information as of Jan. 1989.
 

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