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 1841 - 1934 (93 years)
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| Name |
Nancy Ann VARNER |
| Born |
27 Mar 1841 |
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri  |
| Gender |
Female |
| FamilySearch ID |
LCMK-S61 |
| Occupation |
[2] |
| Day Labor |
| Residence |
1850 |
Pettis, Missouri [3] |
| Residence |
1860 |
Jim Henry Township, Miller, Missouri [2] |
| Residence |
1880 |
Osage City, Miller, Missouri [3] |
| Residence |
1900 |
ED 11 Russell Township (west part), Camden, Missouri [3] |
| Residence |
1910 |
Russell, , Missouri [2] |
| Residence |
1920 |
Russell, Camden County, Missouri [4] |
| _UID |
578B89100808499E8435A95408C79451DC1E |
| Died |
22 Jul 1934 |
Camden County, Missouri |
| Buried |
Pleasant Grove Cemt., Camden Co., Missouri |
| Person ID |
I14229 |
Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
18 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
George Thomas VARNER, b. 1789, Georgia Or Tennessee Or Virginia , d. 1861, Miller County, Missouri (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Harriet Nancy OWENS, b. Abt 1811, Georgia , d. Abt 1861, Miller County, Missouri (Age ~ 50 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1832 |
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri |
| Family ID |
F7322 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Edmund C. RIGGS, b. 13 Jan 1819, New Martinsville, Wetzel, West Virginia , d. 15 Feb 1876, Miller County, Missouri (Age 57 years) |
| Married |
Not Married |
| Children |
| | 1. John Lawrence VARNER, b. 17 Oct 1866, Miller County, Missouri , d. 11 Dec 1951, Independence, Missouri (Age 85 years) |
| | 2. William Owen VARNER, b. 8 Feb 1869, Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri , d. 7 Nov 1937, Macks Creek, Camden, Missouri (Age 68 years) |
| | 3. Eurelda (Ida) "Relda" VARNER, b. 15 Nov 1871, Osage City, Miller, Missouri , d. 11 Jan 1959, Russell, Camden County, Missouri (Age 87 years) |
| | 4. Mary Francis VARNER, b. 5 May 1874, Dallas County, Missouri , d. 7 Jun 1956, Marshall, Saline County, Missouri (Age 82 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F7323 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| 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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| Sources |
- [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Nancy Ann VARNER, person ID LCMK-S61. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Nov 2021), entry for Nancy Ann VARNER, person ID LCMK-S61. (Reliability: 3).
;Contributor: Paul Johnson
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Nov 2021), entry for Nancy Ann VARNER, person ID LCMK-S61. (Reliability: 3).
;Follows from 1910 Residence of Russell, Missouri
Contributor: starzagazin
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