James Washington McCord (1807 - 1891)

Born 25 Jan 1807 in Overton, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1891 at age 84 in DeWitt, Illinois, United States

Biography

This person was in a record in 1807.^[1]

In the 1850 census Jas (age 46) was in De Witt, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.^[2]

James married Mary Harrold on 5 December 1853 in De Witt, Illinois, United States.^[3]

James married Mary Harrold on 5 December 1853 in DeWitt, Illinois, United States.^[4]

In the 1860 census Jas (age 53) was in Harp, De Witt, Illinois, United States.^[5]

In the 1870 census J (age 63) was the head of household in Harp Township, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.^[6]

In the 1880 census James (age 73), Farmer, was the married head of household in Harp Township, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.^[7]

James's daughter Cora Mccord married Austin Shire on 16 February 1881 in De Witt, Illinois, United States.^[8]

James's daughter Amanda Mccord married J. J. Sutton on 15 January 1883 in De Witt, Illinois, United States.^[9]

M's son Jno T McCord married Ella H. McConkey on 5 October 1885 in DeWitt, Illinois, United States.^[10]

M's son Jno T Mccord married Ella H. Mcconkey on 5 October 1885 in De Witt, Illinois, United States.^[11]

James died on 21 November 1891 and was buried in Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.^[12]

James's daughter Lucinda B Mc Murry died on 16 June 1919 in Monticello, Piatt, Illinois.^[13]

James's daughter Amanda McCord Sutton died on 18 May 1923 in DeWitt Township, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.^[14]

James's son John T Mccord died on 15 March 1931 in Clinton, DeWitt, Ill.^[15]

James's daughter Cora Shue died on 27 September 1935 in Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.^[16]

De Witt Co., ILL. Obituaries - M

"James Washington McCORD

December 4, 1891

Clinton Public

After nearly sixty-two years spent within what is now the limits ofDeWitt County, James Washington McCORD answered the summons on the 21stday of November that called him from time to eternity. He had reached theripe age of eighty-four years, nine months and twenty-six days when hewas called hence. He was born in Oreston [Overton] County, Tennessee, onthe 25th of January, 1807. On the 29th of October, 1827, in his nativeTennessee, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia WHEELER, who was themother of Mary, wife of Amos WEEDMAN; Lucinda, wife of William McMURRAY;Charlotte, widow of Milton JUDD; and William McCORD, who lives nearFarmer City. His first wife died in the year 1852, and on the 5th ofDecember, 1853, he married Mrs. Mary HARROLD, who with her three childrensurvive him. The children are: Amanda, wife of J. J. SUTTON; John T.McCORD; and Cora, wife of Austin G. SHUE. He also leaves twentygrandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.

"Uncle Wash," as he was familiarly called, came from Tennessee in theyear 1830 and settled near Farmer City, long before DeWitt County wasorganized. The country was wild and unsettled, the nearest towns beingDecatur, Springfield and Blooming Grove, where he had to carry his cornto mill to be ground. Chicago was his closest trading point, and to thereacross the broad prairies he had to haul in two and four-horse wagons theproducts of his farm to exchange for the few necessaries the pioneers ofthose days could afford to indulge in. He knew by practical experiencewhat it cost in labor to cultivate the wild prairie soil or to clear thetimber land in order to make the rich productive farms of the presentday. No one ever heard "Uncle Wash" complain of the lot of the farmers inthese later days when "calamity howlers" are almost as thick asblackberries. He rejoiced at the prosperity of the county of which he wasone of the original settlers. He was no laggard in the journey of life,and he looked back with pride on the sixty and more years that he hadspent within a few miles of where he first settled in the county. He hadseen this county in its days of prairie grass and sloughs and helped tobring it to its present high state of cultivation.

About the year 1835 "Uncle Wash" professed religion and united with theM. E. Church. For over fifty-six years he lived a consistent Christian.He was earnest in church work and zealously served the Lord, and thequarterly conference commissioned him as a local preacher. The circuitrider had no more earnest helper in protracted meetings, and at the campmeetings he was a power in exhortation and prayer. His home was the homeof the itinerant preachers, and the venerable Peter Cartwright was alwaysa welcome visitor.

In those days "meeting houses" were few and far between, and serviceswere generally conducted in the cabins of the early settlers when theitinerant made an occasional visit. More than one of the early settlersin that neighborhood were converted in "Uncle Wash's" house, and it washe who sang the triumphal song "To Jacob's God" when his neighbors andtheir children were gathered into the fold.

When the gold fever broke out in 1849 and swept over this country, "UncleWash" and a number of his neighbors made the overland trip to Californiaand suffered all the hardships of the journey in those primitive days. Hesoon became disgusted with his life among the mountains and gulches ofCalifornia, and at the first opportunity he boarded a vessel bound forSouth America and in due course of time arrived at New York, and fromthere he "struck out" for the prairies of Illinois. That was all theexperience he wanted, and ever after he was contented and fully satisfiedthat the soil of DeWitt County was more sure of results than the richestgold mine in California.

"Uncle Wash" was not an office seeker, although his popularity would havebrought him to the front at any time in the early history of the county.In looking over the history we find that he served one year as supervisorof Harp township, elected in 1863. When Decatur POOLE was sheriff of thecounty, "Uncle Wash" served as his deputy. Politically he was an oldAndrew Jackson Democrat, and rarely did he swerve at the ballot boxunless some very intimate friend or some one of his Republican relativeswere candidates on the opposition ticket. He had no bitterness in hisheart against his neighbor. He never brooded over misfortune or wept overcalamities, but met every vicissitude of fortune or fate with a smile onhis face. Whenever he met one of his friends in trouble or who seemeddownhearted he would quote Cowper's beautiful lines to him:

"Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,

But trust him for his grace.

Behind a frowning providence,

He hides a smiling face."

That truly Christian and Masonic virtue, Do unto others as you would havethem do unto you, was his rule of action. No beggar or tramp went unfedfrom his door, and in him the widow and orphan always had a benefactor.He was a member of the Masonic fraternity for over forty years, and whenin good health rarely missed a stated meeting of the order. And as thelodge to which he was a member performed its last sad rites over hisremains the poem of Rob Morris came to our mind:

There's a world where all are equal,

We are hurrying toward it fast,

We shall meet upon the level there,

When the gates of death are pass'd.

We shall meet upon the level there,

But never thence depart;

There's a mansion— tis all ready—

For each faithful, trusting heart.

There's a mansion and a welcome,

And a multitude are there,

Who have met upon the level

And been tried upon the square."

Burial

Burial:

Date: NOV 1891

Place: McCord Cemetery, Farmer City, De Witt Co., ILL.

Sources

1. ↑ Legacy NFS Source: James W Mc Cord - birth: 25 January 1807; Overton, Tennessee, United States
   1870 US Federal Census, US Census, http://www.ancestry.com (Nov 2005), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, 1-866-272-6272, Page number: Roll: M593_216; Page: 63; Image: 128
   birth: 25 January 1807; Overton, Tennessee, United States
   
   Harp, DeWitt, Illinois
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 34; Digital film/folder number: 004193353; FHL microfilm: 7677; Image number: 575; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00998-0
   FamilySearch Record: M85G-N41 (accessed 2 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DC8F-VC
   Jas W McCord (46) in De Witt, DeWitt, Illinois, United States. Born in Tennessee.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
   citing De Witt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,312,955
   FamilySearch Record: QK92-FSJG (accessed 2 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 939J-VT91-2K Image number 00065
   James W Mccord marriage to Mary Harrold on 5 Dec 1853 in De Witt, Illinois, United States.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 004661391; FHL microfilm: 1312955
   FamilySearch Record: V2GL-LJ6 (accessed 2 October 2023)
   James W McCord marriage to Mary Harrold on 5 Dec 1853 in DeWitt, Illinois, United States.
5. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 753; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005165745; FHL microfilm: 803174; Image number: 269; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01701-7
   FamilySearch Record: MXC4-ZWB (accessed 2 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBG-TVM
   Jas W Wood (53) in Harp, De Witt, Illinois, United States. Born in Tennessee.
6. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
   citing Page: 28; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 15; Digital film/folder number: 004262969_001_M9CX-536; FHL microfilm: 000545715; Image number: 131; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01415-5
   FamilySearch Record: M67P-WJZ (accessed 2 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XXX4-9ZQ
   J W McCord (63) head of household in Harp Township, DeWitt, Illinois, United States. Born in Tennessee.
7. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
   citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00061; Digital film/folder number: 005157422; FHL microfilm: 1254203; Image number: 179; Sheet number: 377; Sheet letter: B
   FamilySearch Record: MXJZ-VDY (accessed 2 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YYX-ZL7
   James W Mc Cord (73), married, Farmer, head of household in Harp Township, DeWitt, Illinois, United States. Born in Tennessee, United States.
8. ↑ Marriage of daughter Cora Mccord: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
   citing De Witt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,312,956
   FamilySearch Record: KFKN-KFD (accessed 2 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 939J-VLQY-4 Image number 00051
   James W Mccord's daughter Cora Mccord marriage to Austin Shire on 16 Feb 1881 in De Witt, Illinois, United States.
9. ↑ Marriage of daughter Amanda Mccord: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
   citing De Witt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,312,956
   FamilySearch Record: KFKJ-3JF (accessed 2 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 939J-VLQL-V Image number 00080
   James W Mccord's daughter Amanda Mccord marriage to J. J. Sutton on 15 Jan 1883 in De Witt, Illinois, United States.
10. ↑ Marriage of son Jno T McCord: "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 004661392; FHL microfilm: 1312956; Record number: 48; Packet letter: E
    FamilySearch Record: HSH1-1FN2 (accessed 2 October 2023)
    M McCord's son Jno T McCord marriage to Ella H. McConkey on 5 Oct 1885 in DeWitt, Illinois, United States.
11. ↑ Marriage of son Jno T Mccord: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
    citing De Witt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,312,956
    FamilySearch Record: KFKN-GTG (accessed 2 October 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 939J-VLQ8-F Image number 00117
    M Mccord's son Jno T Mccord marriage to Ella H. Mcconkey on 5 Oct 1885 in De Witt, Illinois, United States.
12. ↑ Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
    citing record ID 11217864, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
    FamilySearch Record: QVV8-NNPW (accessed 2 October 2023)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #11217864
    James Washington McCord burial (died on 21 Nov 1891) in Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois, United States of America.
13. ↑ Death of daughter Lucinda B Mc Murry: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
    citing Reference: 20067; Digital film/folder number: 4008075; FHL microfilm: 1562099; Image number: 590; Record number: 67; Packet letter: F
    FamilySearch Record: NQ38-R2P (accessed 2 October 2023)
    James W Mc Cord in death record for daughter Lucinda B Mc Murry 16 Jun 1919 in Monticello, Piatt, Illinois.
14. ↑ Death of daughter Amanda McCord Sutton: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 004008065; FHL microfilm: 1557115; Record number: 97; Packet letter: I
    FamilySearch Record: N3FC-G2C (accessed 2 October 2023)
    James W McCord in death record for daughter Amanda McCord Sutton 18 May 1923 in DeWitt Township, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.
15. ↑ Death of son John T Mccord: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
    citing Reference: cn 25 10134; Digital film/folder number: 4008294; FHL microfilm: 1653754; Image number: 2232; Record number: 20; Packet letter: C
    FamilySearch Record: NQDL-X46 (accessed 2 October 2023)
    James W Mccord in death record for son John T Mccord 15 Mar 1931 in Clinton, DeWitt, Ill..
16. ↑ Death of daughter Cora Shue: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 004008387; FHL microfilm: 1765617; Record number: 36; Packet letter: B
    FamilySearch Record: NQF8-JLF (accessed 2 October 2023)
    James W McCord in death record for daughter Cora Shue 27 Sep 1935 in Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.

Acknowledgements

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