John Wesley Aday (1848 - 1911)

Born 24 Jan 1848 in Searcy County, Arkansas

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Brown — married Mar 1860 in Van Buren County, Arkansas

Husband of Mary Ann (Sanders) Aday — married 25 Jan 1873 in Searcy County, Arkansas

Husband of Eliza Harold Parks Greenhall — married 22 Aug 1909 in Searcy County, Arkansas

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1911 at age 63 in Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas

Biography

Burial

Burial:

Place: Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas

Note

Note: BIOGRAPHY: Submitter: Renee Aday-Bryant

Subject: Re: Boaz, Edmond, Horatio, Robert Aday

Message: I also am a direct descendant of John Wesley Aday, My grandfather was his youngest son Marcus Lafayette Aday (from his second marriage to Mary Ann Sanders). Did you ever get the story of the alleged murder of John Wesley? My grandfather told me the tale. He said that his father was found where he had seemingly fallen off a wagon load of corn and struck his head then been run over by the wagon. But they ( he and his siblings) believed that he was ambushed hit in the head and it was made to look like an accident. I can't remember who it was he said did it, but if your interested I'm sure my father would know.

LAND: Arkansas Land Records

October 2, 2004 11:11 AM

Name: JOHN W ADAY

Land Office: DARDANELLE

Document Number: 2263

Total Acres: 80.12

Misc. Doc. Nr.: 919

Signature: Yes

Canceled Document: No

Issue Date: December 3, 1882

Mineral Rights Reserved: No

Metes and Bounds: No

Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392

Multiple Warantee Names: No

Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862

Multiple Patentee Names: No

Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original

Land Description: 1 SNE 5TH PM No 12N 18W 1

Source Information:

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Land Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997-. Original electronic data from: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Pre-1908 Homestead & Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1993.

Arkansas Land Records

October 2, 2004 11:12 AM

Name: JOHN W ADAY

Land Office: LITTLE ROCK

Document Number: 16211

Total Acres: 41.23

Signature: Yes

Canceled Document: No

Issue Date: November 23, 1891

Mineral Rights Reserved: No

Metes and Bounds: No

Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566

Multiple Warantee Names: No

Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820

Multiple Patentee Names: No

Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Land Description: 1 SWSW 5TH PM Yes 12N 15W 18

Source Information:

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Land Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997-. Original electronic data from: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Pre-1908 Homestead & Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1993.

DEATH: To:

From: "Renee"

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:57:07 -0000

Subject: [Aday-Family] John Wesley Aday

Dede,

My grandfather passed in 1979. He lived in Farmersville, CA from the 1940's on. And yes I've known Dorothy Bridges all my life. My parents lived in Califonia for years and years, so they all visited back and forth. She and Dillard were familiar faces. I just love her, she is so friendly and neverendingly cheerful. I got most of my Aday history from her also. My grandfather told me his father was murdered. What I remember is him telling that they were bringing in wagon loads of corn. That grandpa and someone else were minding the store (John Wesley had a general store type business on the square in Marshall, AR) when someone came in and told them John Wesley had been found dead, a wagon had rolled over him. Grandpa said prior to that a couple of men (local thugs was the impression I got) had come in to the store and just hung around until someone came with the news. It has been close to 30 years ago when he told me this so I don't recall names. He was convinced that they had knocked his father off the wagon and run over him. I don't know why he was so sure but he was. Thanks for posting the pictures. The one of John Wesley is taken out of a formal picture of him and Mary Ann Sanders that we have a copy of. But I know I had never seen the other one before. I can't wait to

show it to my father he will love it. Renee

MILITARY: Civil War Service Records

January 6, 2004

Name: John W. Aday

Company: E

Unit: 2 Ark. Cav.

Rank - Induction: Private

Rank - Discharge: Private

Allegiance: Union

Notes: Ady John W.

Source Information:

United States National Archives. Civil War Compiled Military Service Records [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-.

Name: John W. Aday

Rank:

Company: Ev

Regiment: 2

State: Arkansas

Arm of service: Cavalry

Event date: 1911

State/Arm of service: Ark. Cav.

Company/Regiment: E,2

Publication title: Organization Indexkkk to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900

NARA publication number: T289

Publisher: National Archives and Records Administration

Collection title: Civil War Pensions

Collection: Civil War Pension Index Cards

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F9LP-Z62

Name: John W. Aday

Name Note:

Also Known As: John W. Ady

Also Known As Note:

Event: Military Service

Rank In: Private

Rank In Note:

Rank Out: Private

Rank Out Note:

Side: Union

Side Note:

State (or Origin): Arkansas

Military Unit: 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry

Military Unit Note:

Company: E

Company Note:

General Note:

NARA Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Arkansas.

NARA Publication Number: M383

NARA Roll Number: 1

Film Number: 881488

Collection: United States, Civil War Soldiers Index

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census

Name: John W Aday

Age: 2

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848

Birth Place: Arkansas

Gender: Male

Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas

Household Members: Name Age

Edmond Aday 32

Emily Aday 4

Francis M Aday 9

John W Aday 2

Rebecca Aday 23

Wade Blassingame 0

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll: M432_30; Page: 173; Image: 343.

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: John W Aday

Age in 1860: 12

Birth Year: abt 1848

Birthplace: Arkansas

Home in 1860: Independence, Pope, Arkansas

Gender: Male

Post Office: Rock Hill

Household Members: Name Age

Edmund Aday 42

Rebecca Aday 32

Francis M Aday 19

Wm H Aday 16

Amanda A M Aday 14

John W Aday 12

Wade B Aday 10

Elizabeth Aday 8

Lucinda I Aday 5

Eliza C Aday 3

Martha E Aday 1

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Independence, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: M653_48; Page: 827; Image: 298.

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: John W. Aday

Home in 1880: Hartsuggs, Van Buren, Arkansas

Age: 32

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 ,

Birthplace: Arkansas

Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)

Spouse's Name: Mary H.

Father's birthplace: Mississippi

Mother's birthplace: Tennessee

Occupation: Farmer

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Gender: Male

Household Members: Name Age

John W. Aday 32

Mary H. Aday 32

John R. Aday 11

Martha J. Aday 9

Catharine Aday 6

Lucy F. E. Aday 4

Susan A. Aday 2

Allis E. Aday 3M

Asa Sanders 17

John L. Sanders 15

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Hartsuggs, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: T9_58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 469.1000; Enumeration District: 201; Image: 0440.

Years married: 27

Estimated marriage year: 1873

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1900 United States Federal Census

Name: John W Aday

[John W Aaley]

Home in 1900: Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas

Age: 52

Birth Date: Jan 1848

Birthplace: Arkansas

Race: White

Ethnicity: American

Gender: Male

Relationship to Head of House: Head

Father's Birthplace: Tennessee

Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Spouse's Name: Mary A

Marriage Year: 1873

Marital Status: Married

Years Married: 27

Residence : Marshall Town, Searcy, Arkansas

Occupation:

Household Members: Name Age

John W Aday 52

Mary A Aday 53

Frncis M Aday 12

Aden M Aden M 13

Marcus F Aday 12

Harry P Burns 25

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll T623_76 Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 119.

Home in 1910: Bear Creek, Searcy, Ark: John W Aday 62, Eliza J Aday 55

Fairsetta Aday

NARA Publication Title: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941

NARA Publication Number: M1916

NARA Roll Number: 1

Film Number: 1878150

Digital Folder Number: 4831974

Image Number: 01300

Collection: United States, Applications for Headstones for Military Veterans, 1925-19

• Fact: Residence (1860) Independence Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Griggs, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Bear Creek Township Marshall town, Searcy, Arkansas, United States
• Fact: Residence (22 Aug 1909) Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas
• Fact: Pension (1907-1933) United States
• Fact: Burial Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas

Sources

• Profile created through the import of Aday.ged on Jan 2, 2013 by William Knight. See the Changes page for the details of edits by William and others.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 February 2020, 01:46), entry for John Wesley Aday(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LJ2P-39X); contributed by various users.

• United States Census, 1850," database with images, (https://familysearch. org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67W-KZ2 : 12 April 2016), Edmond Aday, Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas, United States; citing family 141, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States Census, 1860, database with images, https://familysearch

.org /ark:/61903/1:1:M87R-7MH : 13 December 2017 John W Aday in entry for Edmund Aday, 1860.

• United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch .org/ ark :/61903/1:1:MNWR-NG7 : John W Aday, Griggs, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 201, sheet 469A, NARA microfilm publication T9...

• United States Census, 1900, database with images, Bear Creek Township Marshall town, Searcy, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 2B, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,076.

• Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944 database, (https://familysearch.org/ark : /61903/1:1:FQYC-JZZ : J. W. Aday and Eliza Greenhow, 22 Aug 1909; citing Searcy, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,031,122.

• United States Census, 1910, database with images, accessed 10 February 2019, John W Aday, Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 6, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 64; FHL microfilm 1,374,077.

• United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933, database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6WB-3Q5 : 11 March 2018), John W Aday, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,04

• Find a Grave</i>, http://www.findagrave.com. John Wesley Aday, 1911; Burial, Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas, United States of America, Marshall Cemetery; citing record ID 29842648,