John was born in 1818 in Virginia. Records show a middle initial W - did it stand for anything?
1850 census, Rappahannock County, Virginia, showed "John W Lockheart" lived with his mother, Tompsey Lockhart, sister Rachel, and two women named Flowers.
1870 census showed John W Lockhart, 52, born in Virginia, lived at Locust Creek, Linn County, Missouri, with wife Elizabeth B Lockhart, 35, born in Virginia, and son John W Lockhart, 6, born in Illinois.
1880 census at Clay, Linn County, Missouri, showed John W Lockhart, born 1818 in Virginia, with wife Elizabeth B Lockhart and children John W Lockhart, 16, and Elizabeth T Lockhart, 8, both born in Illinois.
Despite the identical names, initial, year and place of birth, are these men named John W Lockhart the same person? Unclear.
He passed away in 1902.
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