32. John BARNES
John Barnes came to Texas in the same group with Moses Barnes (his older
brother). They arrived in Johnson County Texas in 1853 after a long trip
including a year's delay in San Augustine County because of a cholera
epidemic.John then returned to Georgia in 1854. After his wife's death in January
of 1855, he and his daughters, Bettie and Eliza, came back to Texas. His
daughter, Fanny and his son, JOHN BENSON, came at a later date. It was
John Barnes who started to lay off Barnesville Texas into what he hoped
would be a good sized town. The first store was established on his
property. However, he died January 5, 1875, and was the first person to
be buried in the Barnesville Cemetery, a two acre tract which he had
donated. In 1845, he married Martha Hardison, who was born in Houston
county, Georgia, in 1825. They had five children: Moseley, Bettie,
Eliza, Fanny, and JOHN BENSON.
36. John Pickard
John Pickard and Rachel Windham had seven children:
William E., C.B. Washington, Mary Ann, John Henry, Amelia Delilah, Susan
Lovenia, CHARLES MILTON.They moved from Alabama to Arkansas between 1850 and 1855 because Susan
was born in Warren, Bradley Co. AK. They then moved to Rusk, Texas
(Cherokee Co.) in very late 1858 or early 1859. Baby Charlie was born in
September 1858 and was a baby in arms when their mother took them in a
wagon train to join John Pickard. Susan was barely able to remember the
trip and would have been 3 or 4 years old. John died that year, November
1859, and Rachael died August 1862.
While I am not totally sure that Rachel belongs to Edward Windham, I have
many strong clues that she does.If she is not actually the child of Edward, she is a descendant of this
line. There are far too many "matching" clues and notes and references
by family members in Bibles and other notes for her not to belong in this
line of Windhams.The 1830 census for Tuscaloosa AL has Edward Windham with 4 children in
the 5 and under bracket. Unfortunately, there are no names, but
assuming that Edward was a widower from his first marriage, he would have
had Elmira and Rachel in his household as well as two sons's James Edward
and Reuben Benjamin.I am assuming that Edward was a widower because at that time, it took an
act of state legislature to get a divorce decree. Most likely, his first
wife died in childbirth, or shortly thereafter, because he is married to
Mary Poly Stone in 1824 and has 3 more children before the census was
taken in 1830.
38. Santford Bussell
Santford Bussell and Myra Caroline Sherill had twelve children:
Eliza Ella, James William, Louise Jane, Joseph Adison, Sarah Monson,
Frances Idela, Virginia Myra, Nancy Athela, Elizabeth Pinckney, Mary
Santford, Jacob Sherill, and MARGARET LEE.