Husband: William Henry TODD
Birthdate: February 1822
Birth place: North Carolina
Death date: October 1898
Place of death: Saulsbury,Hardeman County, Tennessee
Father:
Mother:

Marriage date: ABT. 1839
Marriage place: Probably Tennessee

Wife: Mary Ann CARRICKER
Birthdate: January 20, 1825
Birth place: Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death date: March 15, 1923
Place of death: Rice, Navarro County, Texas
Father: Charles CARRICKER
Mother: Sarah MCCOMMON

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Margaret J. TODD
Sex: f
Birthdate: 1843
Birth place: Tennessee
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: December 15, 1859
Marriage place: Hardeman County, Tennessee
Spouse's name: Gaston HAILEY

Child No. 2: Mary Jane Elizabeth TODD
Sex: f
Birthdate: June 29, 1847
Birth place: Hardeman County,Tennessee
Death date: May 6, 1942
Place of death: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Marriage date: abt 1867
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown JETTON [2] Alexander Mebane WOODS

Child No. 3: Caldonia TODD
Sex: f
Birthdate: January 19, 1849
Birth place: Tennessee
Death date: June 05, 1910
Place of death: Hardemann County, Tennessee
Marriage date: October 06, 1867
Marriage place: Hardeman County, Tennessee
Spouse's name: John Wesley ELLIOTT

Child No. 4: Viola Josephine TODD
Sex: f
Birthdate: December 24, 1850
Birth place: Saulsbury, Hardeman County, Tennessee
Death date: May 20, 1953
Place of death: Rice, Navarro County, Texas
Marriage date: November 21, 1871
Marriage place: Hardeman County, Tennessee
Spouse's name: Redrick A. BOWDEN

Child No. 5: Egbert Lafoit TODD
Sex: m
Birthdate: January 24,1853
Birth place: Tennessee
Death date: February 2, 1941
Place of death: Coleman County,Texas
Marriage date: March 15, 1874
Marriage place: Hardemann County, Tennessee
Spouse's name: Emily Cornelia "Nelia" PEGRAM

Child No. 6: Albert Jack TODD
Sex: m
Birthdate: 1855
Birth place: near Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas
Death date:
Place of death: Ennis, Ellis County, Texas
Marriage date: January 14, 1886
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Julia Earl BEDDO

Child No. 7: Frances Adnay TODD
Sex: f
Birthdate: 1857
Birth place: Tennessee
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 8: M. (Miller ?)Pitser TODD
Sex: m
Birthdate: abt 1861
Birth place: Tennessee
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 9: Nora F. TODD
Sex: f
Birthdate: July 28, 1864
Birth place: Tennessee
Death date: May 11, 1891
Place of death: Rice, Navarro County, Texas
Marriage date: March 10, 1881
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: O.W. MOSS

Child No. 10: Georgia A. TODD
Sex:
Birthdate: March 12, 1867
Birth place: Hardeman County, Tennessee
Death date: June 05, 1879
Place of death: Rice, Navarro County, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 11: Molly TODD
Sex: f
Birthdate: 1875
Birth place: probably Tennessee
Death date: 1881
Place of death: Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:
 
 
Documentation:
* William Henry Todd was born in North Carolina. He is listed on the 1850, 1860, and 1870 census records in Tennessee.
* He was a Civil War Veteran, likely in Company G of the Tennessee 15th Cavalry Regiment (Stewart's).
* The family remembers his being in Bell County in the late 1870's. By 1880 he is listed on the census in Ellis County, Texas. He was a farmer and postmaster in Rice. He died during a visit to Hardeman County, Tennessee and is buried there. His wife is buried in Rice Cemetery, Navarro County, Texas.
Census Information:
* 1830 TODD WILLIAM Hardeman County TN 368 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule TN 1830 Federal Census Index TNS3a1859145 may be father of William Henry Todd......
Males 1 under 5 yrs
1 between 15 and under 20
1 between 20 and under 30
slaves 3 under 10 and 4 between 10-24
Females 1 under 5 yrs
1 between 20 and under 30
slaves: 3 under 10 7 between 10 and under 24
Total 22 people
* 1850 TODD WILLIAM H. Hardeman County TN 168 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule TN 1850 Federal Census Index TNS5a1725159
William H Todd 28 NC farmer
Mary 25 NC
Margaret 10 TN
Mary 5 TN
Calcedonia 2 TN
George Carricker?22 Laborer , probably brother of Mary, see
* 1860 TODD WILLIAM H. Hardeman County TN 196 District 9 Federal Population Schedule TN 1860 Federal Census Index TNS5a1725162
1860 TODD WILLIAM H. Hardeman County TN 626 District 9 Slave schedule TN 1860 Slave Schedule TN16734401
W H Todd 38 NC
Mary 35 NC
Mary 13
Caldonia 11
Josephine 9
Egbert L 7
Albert J 5
Frances A 3
Fletcher H. Todd 25 could be nephew or brother???
* 1870 Todd, W. H. Hardemann County TN 1 District 1 Federal Population Schedule page 1a
W H Todd 48 NC farming $12,000, $6000 personal property
Mary A 45 NC
Josey 16 TN
Egbert L 15 TN
Albert J 13 TN
Adnoy 11 TN female
Pitser 9 TN
Norah F 7 female TN
Georgia A 5 female TN
followed by B. D. Williams family, farmers from NC
* 1880 TX Ellis County, PCT 3 W H TODD Census Place: Precinct 3, Ellis, Texas
Source: FHL Film 1255301 National Archives Film T9-1301 Page 436D
W. H. TODD Self M M W 56 NC Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Mary A. TODD Wife F M W 55 NC Occ: Keeps House Fa: NC Mo: NC
A. J. TODD Son M S W 25 TN Occ: At Home Fa: NC Mo: NC
N. F. T. TODD Dau F S W 15 TN Occ: At Home Fa: NC Mo: NC
George WHITE Other M S B 25 TX Occ: Farm Hand Fa: TX Mo: TX
* 1900 TX Census, Navarro County, pct 2 ancestry.com images online, page 21
Mary Todd lived with son R. A. Bowden and also living with him was niece, Pearl Adams, born in June 1883 in TN and both parents born in MS.
* 1910 TX Census Navarro County, ED 87
Mary Todd lived with Marvin Edgar Cummins

Other Sources:
1. Bill and Judy Martin.
2. Joe Murphey: "Profiles: A History of the Todd and Bowden Families".
3. Cemetery Records from Rice and Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.
4. Records from First Baptist Church in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.
5. Article:A History of Rice,Researched by Mrs. M. S. Miles and Mrs. S. A. MooreOriginally published in "The Navarro County Scroll", 1967, pp 36-53Reprinted with permission of the Navarro County Historical Society Extracted by Roger Bartlett.
6. Family sources.
7. The National Park Service's "Soldiers and Sailors System".