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Nancy Ann VARNER
1841 - 1934 (93 years)-
Photos Nancy Ann Varner on porch 
Nancy Varner gravestone 
Mary, Nancy, William, Eurelda 
Nancy Death Certificate 
Nancy Family
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Name Nancy Ann VARNER Birth 27 Mar 1841 Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri 
Gender Female FamilySearch ID LCMK-S61 Occupation [1] Day Labor Residence 1850 Pettis, Missouri [2] Residence 1860 Jim Henry Township, Miller, Missouri [1] Residence 1880 Osage City, Miller, Missouri [2] Residence 1900 ED 11 Russell Township (west part), Camden, Missouri [2] Residence 1910 Russell, , Missouri [1] Residence 1920 Russell, Camden County, Missouri [2] _UID 578B89100808499E8435A95408C79451DC1E Death 22 Jul 1934 Camden County, Missouri Burial Pleasant Grove Cemt., Camden Co., Missouri Person ID I14229 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 18 Jan 2023
Father George Thomas VARNER, b. 1789, Oglethorpe, Georgia 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) Marriage 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) Marriage Not Married Children 1. John Lawrence VARNER, b. 17 Oct 1866, Osage, Miller County, Missouri d. 11 Dec 1951, Independence, Jackson, 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, Tuscumbia, Equality Township, Miller, Missouri, United States d. 11 Jan 1959, Eldridge, Camden, United States (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)Family ID F7323 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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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).
- Unwed mother (with own fathers name)? Shows widowed in 1910 and 1920 census. Fathers Birthplace in North Carolina, Mothers in Georgia.
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Nancy Ann VARNER, person ID LCMK-S61. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Nov 2021), entry for Nancy Ann VARNER, person ID LCMK-S61. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Nancy Ann VARNER, person ID LCMK-S61. (Reliability: 3).