Elsie Oma VARNER

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• FamilySearch ID: M451-9RY
• _UID: B678BDE1AE204B4BA99B71A5522A1D85A82D

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• FamilySearch ID: KCBF-358
• _UID: D8AF60C59C1148C29417B65D927921428F3C
• Residence: 1880, Osage City, Miller, Missouri
• Residence: 1900, ED 11 Russell Township (west part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell Township, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell, Camden, Missouri; Census
• Residence: 1920, Russell, Camden County, Missouri
• Residence: 1930, Russell, Camden County, Missouri

Notes:

Found in 1910 Census.
William O Varner48
Atta Varner24
Walter A Varner5
Elsie O Varner4
Leoro Varner3
Ermie D Varner1 8/12

Found in 1920 Census with wife Alta living in Missouri as William O. Varner, with son Walter A.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Russell, Camden, Missouri; Roll: 1180; Page: ; Enumeration District: 12 with son Walther A. and wife Alta.


Farmer; age 61; born in Missouri, maried to Alta with 4 children.

Name shown on 1930 census as I., but alt facts showed Owen as middle name...

Death Certificate filed, shows he was farmer, and unknown father. Mother shown as Nancy Ann Varner, born Missouri. Died of Stomach Cancer (Carcinoma)

Marriage license says "The father G.R. Williams, of the said Alta Williams, has given his assent to the said marriage."

William married Alta WILLIAMS on 21 Jun 1903 in Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri. Alta (daughter of George Robert Hamilton WILLIAMS and Margaret Elizabeth HOLDAWAY) was born on 4 Aug 1886 in Bolivar, Polk, Missouri; died on 8 Feb 1967 in Macks Creek, Camden, Missouri; was buried in Macks Creek Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: K8WW-2FC
• _UID: 0C6D4C09280B49DC8E718C52065CF2338A5B
• Residence: 1900, Russell Township (West Part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell, Camden, Missouri; Census
• Residence: 1920, Russell, Camden County, Missouri
• Residence: 1930, Russell, Camden County, Missouri
• Residence: 1940, Russell Township, Camden, Camden, Missouri
• Alt. Burial: 1967, Macks Creek, Camden, Missouri

Notes:

Found in 1900 Census living with Father George R. Williams age 45 and
mother Margaret E. Williams age 38.
Also:
Luther Williams age 18
Sameul A. age 15
Alta age 13
Doy age 6
Daniel V. age 4
George R. age 1
Sarah A. Williams age 49 (sister)

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• FamilySearch ID: GC94-2PJ
• _UID: 97BD5FEDBC2F4DBDB8E6F87F26860951B01C
• Alt. Birth: 13 Jan 1819, New Martinsville, Wetzel, West Virginia

Notes:

Found in 1850 Census: Edmund Riggs, age 31, Born 1819 in Virginia, District 13, Miller Missouri, Farmer, real estate value $1000, with Elizabeth Piles age 55, Edmund Riggs age 24, Pherby Piles age 14, Ferdinand Piles age 13, Elizabeth Riggs age 5, Owen Riggs age 2.

From Bruce Varner's work:
Nancy Ann Varner (1841-1934) had four children, all of whom grew up with Nancy's maiden name Varner. Family members never openly spoke of why this was the case, and none of the long dead early descendants passed on any clues.
Therefore everyone who descends from any one of Nancy's four children falls into the same category. Nancy's four children were:
John Lawrence Varner (1866-1951)
William Owen Varner (1869-1937)
Eurelda Varner Newton (1871-1959)
Mary Varner Clemons Cove (1877-1956)
Y-DNA tests were conducted in 2012 by Bruce T. Varner (1951-), father Edwin Dale Varner, grandfather Bert Lonzo Varner, great-grandfather John Lawrence Varner, son of Nancy Ann Varner. This test revealed that genetically, John Lawrence Varner was fathered by a Riggs. Therefore all direct male to male descendants from John Lawrence carry Riggs Y-DNA.
Y-DNA tests were conducted in in 2013 by William Ray Varner (1943-), father Otto George Varner, grandfather William Owen Varner, son of Nancy Ann Varner. This second Y-DNA test revealed that genetically, William Owen Varner was also fathered by a Riggs.
Bruce T. Varner and William Ray Varner are a zero deviation Y-DNA match to each other.
Subsequent research into the Riggs families of Miller County, Missouri revealed that three brothers lived in Miller County during the same timeframe as Nancy.
Calvin Riggs (1810-1863)
Owen Riggs (1813-1875)
Edmund Riggs (1819-1877)
Since the completion of testing, evidence has proven that John Lawrence and William Owen were both fathered by a Riggs, one might assume that the two girls (Eurelda & Mary) could have been fathered by a Riggs also.
Since both Calvin and Owen Riggs were dead by the time the final daughter Mary was born, that leaves Edmund Riggs as the most likely father of the four.
Estate documents for Edmund Riggs proved that Nancy Varner worked for Edmund Riggs up until Edmund's time of death.
Antidotal evidence from family lore has long stated that Nancy Ann's parents, George and Harriet Varner were living "on the old Riggs place" when they were killed around the start of the Civil War.
Additional Y-DNA results surfaced from four descendants of James Riggs (1662-1744). These four James Riggs descendants showed close Y-DNA matches to Bruce & William Varner. The four Riggs descendants are:
Fredrick L. Riggs (1937-) [1 deviation]
Charles L. Riggs (1954-) [2 deviation]
Lawrence B. Riggs (1932-) [1 deviation]
Michael D. Riggs (1958-) [0 deviation]
Fredrick and Charles Riggs MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) is William Riggs (1750-1833).
Lawrence and Michael, along with our Edmund Riggs MRCA is James Riggs (1742-1815).
Both William Riggs and James Riggs are two generations descended from the Riggs family patriarch James Riggs (1662-1744).
Edmund Riggs first marriage to Mary Ann Elizabeth Piles produced 11 Children, and then they seperated, which led to the Varner children out of wedlock.

Edmund married Nancy Ann VARNER in Not Married. Nancy (daughter of George Thomas VARNER and Harriet Nancy OWENS) was born on 27 Mar 1841 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri; died on 22 Jul 1934 in Camden County, Missouri; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemt., Camden Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LCMK-S61
• Occupation: ; Day Labor
• _UID: 578B89100808499E8435A95408C79451DC1E
• Residence: 1850, Pettis, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Jim Henry Township, Miller, Missouri
• Residence: 1880, Osage City, Miller, Missouri
• Residence: 1900, ED 11 Russell Township (west part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell, , Missouri
• Residence: 1920, Russell, Camden County, Missouri

Notes:

Unwed mother (with own fathers name)? Shows widowed in 1910 and 1920 census. Fathers Birthplace in North Carolina, Mothers in Georgia.

1880 Census in Osage, Missouri
Household:

Nancy VARNOR, female,white, age 40, born in Missouri, occup: Day labor, father born in Tennessee, Mother born in Tennessee
John L. VARNOR, Son, Single, Male, White, age 13, born in Missouri, Occup Day Labor, Father born - Unk, Mother born in Missouri
William VARNOR Son, Single, Male, White, age 8, born in Missouri, Occup --, Father born - Unk, Mother born in Missouri
Mary VARNOR Daughter, Single, Female, White, age 6, born in Missouri, Occup --, Father born - Unk, Mother born in Missouri
Urilda VARNOR Daughter, Single, Female, White, age 4, born in Missouri, Occup --, Father born - Unk, Mother born in Missouri

Source Information:
Census PlaceOsage, Miller, Missouri

in 1920 Census was age 78 living with daughter Eurelda and William A. Newton (husband)

Death Certificate filled out by grandson Otto, states father of deceased was Thomas Varner... This was disputed by family and further documentation has proved otherwise.

From Bruce Varner's work:
Nancy Ann Varner (1841-1934) had four children, all of whom grew up with Nancy's maiden name Varner. Family members never openly spoke of why this was the case, and none of the long dead early descendants passed on any clues.
Therefore everyone who descends from any one of Nancy's four children falls into the same category. Nancy's four children were:
John Lawrence Varner (1866-1951)
William Owen Varner (1869-1937)
Eurelda Varner Newton (1871-1959)
Mary Varner Clemons Cove (1877-1956)
Y-DNA tests were conducted in 2012 by Bruce T. Varner (1951-), father Edwin Dale Varner, grandfather Bert Lonzo Varner, great-grandfather John Lawrence Varner, son of Nancy Ann Varner. This test revealed that genetically, John Lawrence Varner was fathered by a Riggs. Therefore all direct male to male descendants from John Lawrence carry Riggs Y-DNA.
Y-DNA tests were conducted in in 2013 by William Ray Varner (1943-), father Otto George Varner, grandfather William Owen Varner, son of Nancy Ann Varner. This second Y-DNA test revealed that genetically, William Owen Varner was also fathered by a Riggs.
Bruce T. Varner and William Ray Varner are a zero deviation Y-DNA match to each other.
Subsequent research into the Riggs families of Miller County, Missouri revealed that three brothers lived in Miller County during the same timeframe as Nancy.
Calvin Riggs (1810-1863)
Owen Riggs (1813-1875)
Edmund Riggs (1819-1877)
Since the completion of testing, evidence has proven that John Lawrence and William Owen were both fathered by a Riggs, one might assume that the two girls (Eurelda & Mary) could have been fathered by a Riggs also.
Since both Calvin and Owen Riggs were dead by the time the final daughter Mary was born, that leaves Edmund Riggs as the most likely father of the four.
Estate documents for Edmund Riggs proved that Nancy Varner worked for Edmund Riggs up until Edmund's time of death.
Antidotal evidence from family lore has long stated that Nancy Ann's parents, George and Harriet Varner were living "on the old Riggs place" when they were killed around the start of the Civil War.
Additional Y-DNA results surfaced from four descendants of James Riggs (1662-1744). These four James Riggs descendants showed close Y-DNA matches to Bruce & William Varner. The four Riggs descendants are:
Fredrick L. Riggs (1937-) [1 deviation]
Charles L. Riggs (1954-) [2 deviation]
Lawrence B. Riggs (1932-) [1 deviation]
Michael D. Riggs (1958-) [0 deviation]
Fredrick and Charles Riggs MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) is William Riggs (1750-1833).
Lawrence and Michael, along with our Edmund Riggs MRCA is James Riggs (1742-1815).
Both William Riggs and James Riggs are two generations descended from the Riggs family patriarch James Riggs (1662-1744).

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• FamilySearch ID: LWXS-NKJ
• Name: George Robert Williams
• _UID: EB0ED28666054EA6B4EDF946158519034614
• Residence: 1860, Johnson Township, Polk, Missouri; Census
• Residence: 1870, Benton Township, Polk, Missouri; Census
• Residence: 1880, Marion, Polk, Missouri
• Residence: 1900, Russell Township (West Part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1920, Russell, Camden, Missouri
• Alt. Death: 2 Dec 1931, Russell Township, Camden, Missouri

Notes:

Found in 1900 Census living with Wife Margaret E. Williams age 38.
Also:
Luther Williams age 18
Sameul A. age 15
Alta age 13
Doy age 6
Daniel V. age 4
George R. age 1
Sarah A. Williams age 49 (sister)

Also in 1920 Census at age 65, Margaret at age 56.

Daniel V age 23 and George R age 20 still living at home...

George married Margaret Elizabeth HOLDAWAY on 15 Aug 1880 in Hermitage, Hickory Co., Missouri. Margaret (daughter of William Carrol HOLDAWAY and Berthenia (Burthena) Margaret KENNEDY) was born on 17 Aug 1861 in Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri; died on 3 Jan 1958 in Macks Creek, Camden County, Missouri; was buried in Jan 1958 in Macks Creek Cemetery, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LWXS-F57
• _UID: 0CA887484F864A50A4A3224CD7BEFC043C3B
• Residence: 1870, Missouri
• Residence: 1880, Green, Hickory, Missouri
• Residence: 1900, Russell Township (West Part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1920, Russell, Camden, Missouri

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• FamilySearch ID: GMT4-B9X
• Military Service: ; War of 1812
• Name: Edmond RIGGS
• Name: Edmund S RIGGS
• _UID: 6CE8206120A847EF928A1575FD305A323271
• Census: 1830, Tyler Co., WV; Roll 200, p. 180
• Census: 3 Sep 1850, Dist. 61, Tyler Co., West Virginia; Roll M432_979, p. 368
• Occupation: 3 Sep 1850, Dist. 61, Tyler Co., West Virginia; farmer
• Census: 28 Jun 1860, Pleasants Co., WV; Roll M653_1371, p. 651
• Occupation: 28 Jun 1860, Pleasants Co., WV; farmer
• Census: 30 Jun 1870, Union Dist., Pleasants Co., West Virginia; Roll M593_1697, p. 484
• Occupation: 30 Jun 1870, Union Dist., Pleasants Co., West Virginia; farmer

Notes:

From Bruce Varner's work:
Nancy Ann Varner (1841-1934) had four children, all of whom grew up with Nancy's maiden name Varner. Family members never openly spoke of why this was the case, and none of the long dead early descendants passed on any clues.
Therefore everyone who descends from any one of Nancy's four children falls into the same category. Nancy's four children were:
John Lawrence Varner (1866-1951)
William Owen Varner (1869-1937)
Eurelda Varner Newton (1871-1959)
Mary Varner Clemons Cove (1877-1956)
Y-DNA tests were conducted in 2012 by Bruce T. Varner (1951-), father Edwin Dale Varner, grandfather Bert Lonzo Varner, great-grandfather John Lawrence Varner, son of Nancy Ann Varner. This test revealed that genetically, John Lawrence Varner was fathered by a Riggs. Therefore all direct male to male descendants from John Lawrence carry Riggs Y-DNA.
Y-DNA tests were conducted in in 2013 by William Ray Varner (1943-), father Otto George Varner, grandfather William Owen Varner, son of Nancy Ann Varner. This second Y-DNA test revealed that genetically, William Owen Varner was also fathered by a Riggs.
Bruce T. Varner and William Ray Varner are a zero deviation Y-DNA match to each other.
Subsequent research into the Riggs families of Miller County, Missouri revealed that three brothers lived in Miller County during the same timeframe as Nancy.
Calvin Riggs (1810-1863)
Owen Riggs (1813-1875)
Edmund Riggs (1819-1877)
Since the completion of testing, evidence has proven that John Lawrence and William Owen were both fathered by a Riggs, one might assume that the two girls (Eurelda & Mary) could have been fathered by a Riggs also.
Since both Calvin and Owen Riggs were dead by the time the final daughter Mary was born, that leaves Edmund Riggs as the most likely father of the four.
Estate documents for Edmund Riggs proved that Nancy Varner worked for Edmund Riggs up until Edmund's time of death.
Antidotal evidence from family lore has long stated that Nancy Ann's parents, George and Harriet Varner were living "on the old Riggs place" when they were killed around the start of the Civil War.
Additional Y-DNA results surfaced from four descendants of James Riggs (1662-1744). These four James Riggs descendants showed close Y-DNA matches to Bruce & William Varner. The four Riggs descendants are:
Fredrick L. Riggs (1937-) [1 deviation]
Charles L. Riggs (1954-) [2 deviation]
Lawrence B. Riggs (1932-) [1 deviation]
Michael D. Riggs (1958-) [0 deviation]
Fredrick and Charles Riggs MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) is William Riggs (1750-1833).
Lawrence and Michael, along with our Edmund Riggs MRCA is James Riggs (1742-1815).
Both William Riggs and James Riggs are two generations descended from the Riggs family patriarch James Riggs (1662-1744).

Transcription of text in Obituary for Edmund Riggs:
Riggs? February 15th, at his residence, foot of Long Reach, Pleasants county, W. Va., EDMUND RIGGS, in the ninety-third years of his age.

Mr. Riggs was born in 1783, in Bedford county, Pa. He came in October, 1799, to the Ohio with his father, who settled in what is now Washington county, Ohio. This region was then literally a "howling wilderness." He has killed eighteen panthers, and bears and wolves without number. In 1815 he came to his late place of residence, then Ohio county, Virginia. Of his eleven children only four survive him. He was a man of the strictest integrity, and was universally respected.

Grape Island, W. Va., Feb. 16, 1876

Edmund married Elizabeth Susannah ROBY in Feb 1806 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland. Elizabeth (daughter of Otha Owen ROBEY and Susannah BARTHOLOW) was born on 22 Apr 1788 in Washington County, Maryland; died on 11 Jan 1857 in Tyler, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GMT4-VTM
• _UID: E18932B4AA1C481CAA6C2898AEDAE0D890F9
• Residence: 1850, District 61, Tyler, Virginia
• Residence: 1850, Tyler county, part of, Tyler, Virginia
• Census: 3 Sep 1850, Dist. 61, Tyler Co., West Virginia; Roll M432_979, p. 368

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• FamilySearch ID: GJZL-KDB
• _UID: C14A844B952A48A5808B414F89454B0B4546
• Residence: 1850, Pettis County, Pettis, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Jim Henry Township, Miller, Missouri

Notes:

Killed by Night Riders early in Civil War with his wife Harriet to secure horses for war.

George is found in Franklin Missouri in 1819. George and a person named Owen placed an ad in the Columbia Missouri Intelligencer about a horse they had found in Rock Fork Township of Boone County.

Record of owning land in 1834 South West of Sedalia. On 5/14/1835 George Varner was granted the patent for the following described property: "SW Quarter of the NW Quarter, Section 12 of Township 49, Range 14 West" This land was sold in 1853 and they came to Miller County, near Tuscumba.

Need Proof of Name/Birthplace. 1880 Census with Nancy Ann says parents born in Tenessee - conflict in memory? Death Certificate filled out by Nancy Ann Varner son Otto, states her father was Thomas Varner. First two sons were Thomas and George... is father possibly Thomas George Varner or George Thomas Varner?

Found in 1850 Census with Nancy as 8 year old child. Occupation - Farmer.
Harriet, wife age 39; Thomas T. son age 14; George W. son age 12; Edward son age 10; Nancy age 8 - daughter; Elizabeth Daughter age 6; Samuel son age 4; Francis son age 2.

Found again in 1860 Tuscumbia Census. Aged 78, with wife Harriet aged 49. Son George W. aged 23, son Samuel aged 15, Son Francis aged 12, son Glenn aged 8, son John aged 5 and Cynthia aged 3... WOW! What an active guy in bed right to the end at age 74 !!

1850 United States Federal Census about George Varner
Name:George Varner
Age:64
Estimated birth year:abt 1786
Birth Place:Virginia
Gender:Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State):District 68, Pettis, Missouri
Family Number:551
Household Members:
NameAge
George Varner64
Hariet Varner33
Thomas J Varner14
Geo W Varner12
Edward Varner10
Nancy Varner8
Elizabeth Varner6
Samuel Varner4
Francis M Varner2

1860 United States Federal Census about George Varner
Name:George Varner
Age in 1860:78
Birth Year:abt 1782
Birthplace:Georgia
Home in 1860:Jim Henry, Miller, Missouri
Gender:Male
Post Office:Tuscumbia
Value of real estate:View image
Household Members:
NameAge
George Varner78
Harriett M Varner49
George W Varner23
Samuel Varner15
Francis M Varner12
Glenn Varner8
John Varner5
Cynthia Varner3

George married Harriet Nancy OWENS about 1832 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. Harriet (daughter of Lt. Thomas L. OWENS and Nancy Varner DAVIS) was born about 1811 in Georgia; died about 1861 in Miller County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LWXM-VY9
• Name: Harriet Nancy OWEN
• _UID: 18F1B86B64A4455BBB0F962A362960D5F23E
• Residence: 1850, Pettis County, Pettis, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Jim Henry Township, Miller, Missouri

Notes:

Census shows she was born in Georgia

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• FamilySearch ID: 977K-WJQ
• _UID: 173A2B7AD9F84A58878D840D6032D387FAE1
• Residence: 1850, Polk County, Polk, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Johnson Township, Polk, Missouri; Census
• Residence: 1870, Benton Township, Polk, Missouri; Census
• Residence: 1880, Marion, Polk, Missouri

Notes:

Found in 1870 US Federal Census with wife and children.

Robert married Mary Pauline "Polly" STARK in 1841 in Logan, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of George Aquilla STARKS and Mary Ann SCOLES) was born about 1814 in Logan, Kentucky; died in 1878 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 977K-WJC
• Name: Mary STARKES
• Name: Polly STARK
• _UID: 6C7B04D9647F4AE981BB31444EE80EF0BF07
• Residence: 1860, Johnson Township, Polk, Missouri; Census
• Residence: 1870, Benton Township, Polk, Missouri; Census
• Residence: 1880, Marion, Polk, Missouri

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• FamilySearch ID: LZ37-828
• Name: William Carroll HOLDAWAY
• _UID: 4A4034EEADD94239A07FD6FE6FBC9E2E971F
• Residence: 1850, Taylor, Greene, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Benton Township, Webster, Missouri
• Residence: 1870, Missouri
• Residence: 1880, Green, Hickory, Missouri

Notes:

Census
Title: 1850 Greene Co., Missouri Type: Census
Title: 1850 Wright Co., Missouri Type: Census
Title: 1860 Webster Co., Missouri Type: Census
Title: 1870 Webster Co., Missouri Type: Census
Title: 1880 Greene Co., Missouri last census in Green, Hickory, MO, living with Margaret age 18 and Minerva age 14, daughters.

From Glenn Kennedy
[email protected]

From Relative of Burthena Holdaway Married Carroll william
Holdaway Would list Name of Holloeay

William married Berthenia (Burthena) Margaret KENNEDY on 12 Jan 1848 in Greene County, Missouri. Berthenia (daughter of John C. KENNEDY and Diana Prudence GRANTHAM) was born in 1832 in Washington County, Indiana; died in 1869 in Webster County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 977K-WPQ
• Name: Berthina Kennedy
• _UID: CBBCCF73DC32465790E9ADA8288904EDE483
• Residence: 1860, Benton Township, Webster, Missouri
• Residence: 1869, Missouri