Augustus Weatherford (1823 - 1893)

Born 17 Jun 1823 in North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Died 3 Aug 1893 at age 70 in Montgomery County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

He was born on 17 Jun 1823 in North Carolina and his parents were Susannah F. (Blackwell) and Thomas Warren Weatherford.

About 1834 his parents moved the family from North Carolina to Kentucky.

Augustus John Weatherford married on 27 Aug 1844 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky to Mary Ann Moore. She was born on 03 Jul 1826 and died on Jul 1904 and was the daughter of Eleanor or Sally (Boggess?) and Ameriah Moore. ^[1] Their children included ...

1. William Jefferson Weatherford, b: 28 Aug 1845; d: 09 Apr 1928; m: Ellen "Allie" Nail, b: 18 Nov 1847; d: 18 Feb 1914
2. John M. Weatherford, b: 10 Jan 1848
3. Benjamin F. Weatherford, b: 25 Sep 1850; d: 03 Aug 1918; m: Susan E. Moore; b: 01 Jun 1855; d: 19 Jan 1917
4. Alfred Thomas Weatherford, b: 22 Feb 1853; d: 02 Jan 1937; m: Margaret "Maggie" Isabel Sawyer, b: 08 Jun 1859; d: 08 Mar 1907
5. James B. Weatherford, b: 26 Dec 1855; d: 07 Nov 1917; m: Virginia "Jennie" Clifton, b: Jul 1861; d: Apr 1957
6. Eudora "Dora" Alviras Weatherford, b: 17 Mar 1858; d: 23 Mar 1936; m: Silas Riley Wilson, b: 01 Dec 1851; d: 03 Nov 1931
7. Roberta A. "Birdie" Weatherford, b: 1860
8. U. S. Grant Weatherford, b: 20 Aug 1863
9. Octava Amata Ann "Amy" Weatherford, b: 14 Sep 1865 KY
10. Ida Belle Weatherford b:, 27 Oct 1870 IL; d: 23 May 1949; m: William Arthur Dolbee, b: c1860; d: 27 Jan 1926.

In the late 1860s he moved his family from Kentucky to Illinois.

He died on 03 Aug 1893 in Montgomery County, Illinois and was buried there on 06 Aug 1893 at Cedar Ridge Cemetery. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage record recorded as Augustus Rutherford
2. ↑ Cemetery Records: Cedar Ridge Cemetery, Honey Bend, Montgomery County, Illinois compiled by Montgomery County Genealogical Society of Litchfield, Illinois; (aka Honey Bend Cemetery & Little Flock Baptist Cemetery)

• 1850/Oct/09 USA Census of Subdivision#2, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; #87/96 # 647/647 line#12 included ...

Weatherford Augustus J., b: c1820 NC; occ: farmer

Weatherford Mary A., b: c1829 KY

Weatherford Wm. J., b: c1845 KY

Weatherford John, b: c1848 KY

(near brother Thomas W. WEATHERFORD @56 b: NC).

• 1860/Jun/01 USA Census of Laurel Bluff, District#2. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; #1/102 04/04 line#18 included ...

37 Wethford A. J., b: c1823 NC; occ: farmer

34 Wethford Mary A., b: c1826 KY; occ: domestic

15 Wethford William J., b: c1845 KY

10 Wethford Benjamin F., b: c1850 KY

07 Wethford Alfred T., b: c1853 KY

04 Wethford Jams C., b: c1856 KY

02 Wethford Madory, b: c1858 KY (daughter).

• 1870/Aug/04 USA Census of Butler, Montgomery County, Illinois; #51/54 #272/259 line#11 included ...

Weatherford Jno., b: c1823 NC, occ: farmer

Weatherford Mary, b: c1826 KY (wife)

Weatherford Wm. J., b: c1846 KY

Weatherford Ben F., b: c1851 KY

Weatherford Alfred T., b: c1854 KY

Weatherford James B., b: c1857 KY

Weatherford Eudora, b: c1859 KY

Weatherford Roberta, b: c1863 KY

Weatherford Amity A. , b: c1865 KY

Weatherford Ida Bel, b: c1869 KY.

• 1880 USA Census of District#155, Raymond, Montgomery County, Illinois; #4/31 232/232 line#40 included ...

56 Weatherford August J., b: c1824 NC (NC/NC) occ: gardener

54 Weatherford Mary A., b: c1826 KY (KY/KY) (wife)

15 Weatherford Amy, b: c1865 KY (NC, KY) (daughter)

09 Weatherford Ida, b: c1871 (daughter).

• 1900/Jun/07 USA Census of District#89, Raymond, Montgomery County, Illinois; #11/33 #136/138 line#14 included ...

30 Range Charles, b: Jun 1869; occ: miller

29 Range Emma, b: Sep 1870 KY (KY, KY) (wife)

75 Wetherford Mary, b: Dec 1824 KY (KY, KY) (widowed mother-in-law) nb: Mary Ann (Moore) Weatherford was the grandmother of Emma (Weatherford) Range.