Lawrence Elden MEADS

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• FamilySearch ID: LK4T-GRW

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• FamilySearch ID: MCF2-XTM
• Name: Roscoe MEADS
• _UID: 1210B39A3C7A42AEB9F265089692B92F3D07
• Residence: 1900, Ed 10 Russell Township (East Part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell, Camden, Missouri
• Military Draft Registration: Between 1917 and 1918, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1920, Russell Township, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1930, Russell, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1935, R, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1940, Grand Pass Township, Saline, Missouri
• Voter Registration: Between 1952 and 1956, Jackson, Missouri

Melvin married Cora Lee VARNER on 4 Jul 1916 in near Macks Creek, Camden, Missouri. Cora (daughter of John Lawrence VARNER and Millie Jane HORTON) was born on 28 Oct 1899 in Macks Creek, Camden Co, Missouri; died on 2 Jan 1983 in Holden, Johnson, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LK4R-LYY
• _UID: 90EA9CD45CD24BB282FE2F45CAE6939FEB9C
• Residence: 1900, Ed 10 Russell Township (East Part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell, , Missouri
• Residence: 1920, Russell Township, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1930, Russell, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1935, R, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1940, Grand Pass Township, Saline, Missouri
• Residence: 22 Apr 1950, Prairie Township, Jackson, Missouri

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• FamilySearch ID: L71J-TRQ

Thomas married Emiline Jane HUFFMAN. Emiline was born in 1849 in Missouri; died in 1917 in Missouri; was buried in 1917 in Macks Creek, Camden, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L71J-RCD

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• FamilySearch ID: LK4R-LPG
• _UID: 46C53A6C65B44C93A832A99B23F662AAECA5
• Residence: 1880, Osage, Miller, Missouri
• Residence: 1900, Ed 10 Russell Township (East Part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Russell, , Missouri
• Residence: 1920, Russell, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1940, Russell Township, Camden, Missouri

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Death Certificate says mothers maiden name was Anderson! Unk father. Died of Pneumonia

John married Millie Jane HORTON on 27 Aug 1893 in Linn Creek, Camden Co., Missouri. Millie (daughter of Robert H HORTON and Sarah Jane REED) was born on 30 Dec 1878 in Ulman, Miller Co., Missouri; died on 22 Nov 1977 in Independence, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LK4R-LRW
• _UID: F0F6E7F7457C4478B0DA41993D1E6EB01EDA
• Residence: 1880, Glaize, Miller, Missouri
• Residence: 1900, Ed 10 Russell Township (East Part), Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1940, Russell Township, Camden, Missouri

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

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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

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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

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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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Robert married Sarah Jane REED. Sarah was born on 8 Jul 1853 in Dallas, Missouri; died on 22 Jun 1893 in Tunas, Dallas, Missouri; was buried in 1893 in A.B. Union Cemetery, Tunas, Dallas, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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