William Oakes (1823 - 1898)

Born Mar 1823 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Malinda (Wright) Oakes — married 1840 in Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1898 at age 75 in Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Oaks Name Study.

William Oakes was born March 1823 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He was the son of John Oaks and Elizabeth Barton.

Malinda was the 1st wife of William Oakes. They married in about 1844 in Fentress Co, Tennessee. William & Malinda had nine children:

1. Henry Jackson Oakes (1844-1922) m1. Margaret Faulkner; m2. Nancy Howard
2. Alexander Oakes (1847-1934) m1. Rebecca E. (Hammons) Jackson; m2. Mary Rosa Howard; m3. Amanda L. (Baker) Buckner-Boyd. Union Civil War soldier (Company F, 1st Arkansas Cavalry).
3. Sarah Elizabeth Oakes (c.1849-1921) m. Randolph Crowley. Settled at Buhl, Idaho.
4. George Washington Oakes (1850-1890). Died at Reno, Nevada after being snow-bound.
5. James Oakes (1852-1827) m. Mrs. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hutchinson
6. Ida Armilda Oakes (c.1853-1924) m. Henry Tandy Owens. They settled in California.
7. Rama Oakes (1855-1931) m. Rebecca Fanny Fletcher. They settled in Oklahoma.
8. John Wesley Oakes (1858-1933) m. Mary Elnora Castor

After Malinda passed away, William married a second time to Amanda Nichols with whom he had a son named Abraham Lincoln and a daughter named Annie. They were married in Arkansas sometime after the death of Malinda on September 18, 1859 but before June 1, 1860 when they were enumerated in the same household on the 1860 census. ^[1]

William Oakes and his family moved from Tennessee to Benton Co., AR in 1854 with the families of Thomas Nichols, Iredell Wright, and Dr. Talliaferro. Military: Union Civil War veteran (Private, Company H, 60th Enrolled Missouri Militia, and Company H, 5th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia. During the Civil War the State of Arkansas cast her lot with the Confederacy and seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861. While the majority of Benton County residents supported secession, many others remained loyal to the Union. Being a loyal citizen of the United States in Benton County could be uncomfortable at minimum, and dangerous at most. Many such residents legitimately feared for their lives. On New Year's Day 1863, the Oakes, Nichols and a number of other Unionist families secured a Federal escort of Missouri Militia and fled north as refugees into pro-Union Missouri. They settled in Henry County where they remained until after the war.

He passed away on August 22, 1898 at the age of 75 years in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas. William was laid to rest beside his first wife, Malinda Wright Oakes, in Oakes Cemetery, Bella Vista, Benton County, Arkansas, United States. ^[2]

His second wife Amanda (Nichols) Oakes survived William until June 24, 1902 at the age of 66 and was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Land & Deed Records

LAND PATENTS 1) William Oaks, 2/16/1888, 2141, 020N - 030W, NW¼NW¼, 17, Benton County. 2) 1/30/1875, 441, 5th PM, 020N - 030W, E½SE¼, 7, Benton County. Although an 1895 law qualified him for a Federal pension, no evidence has been found that he ever applied for one.

Military

On August 10, 1862, at the age of nearly 40 years, William Oakes was enrolled as a Private in Company H of the 60th Enrolled Missouri Militia at Calhoun, Missouri. He was ordered into active service on June 23, 1863 and performed duty in the District of Central Missouri. On August 4, 1863 Private Oakes transferred into Company G of the 5th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia. This regiment was engaged as follows: in operations against the Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill and his Kansas raid from August 20 to 28, 1863; at Big Creek, near Pleasant Hill, Missouri, on August 22; near Hopewell, Missouri on August 25-26; in operations against Col. Joseph Shelby's "Great Raid" from September 22-October 26; at Johnstown, Missouri on October 16; and in Cedar County, Missouri on October 17th. Private Oakes was honorably discharged on November 27, 1863. During the family's exile in Missouri, son Alexander Oakes served as a Union Private in Company F of the 1st Arkansas Cavalry. The Oakes remained in Missouri until the spring of 1866 when they moved back to Benton County, Arkansas. In 1868 the Oakes' Union loyalties were further confirmed when they named a son Abraham Lincoln Oakes. In 1875 and in 1888 federal land patents were issued to William Oaks for land in Benton County.

Sources

1. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

   Name: William Oakes

   Gender: Male

   Birth Place: VA

   Birth Year: 1823

   Spouse Name: Amanda Nichols

   Spouse Birth Place: TN

   Spouse Birth Year: 1834

   Number Pages: 1

2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 September 2020), memorial page for William Oakes (Mar 1823–27 Aug 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #7669780, citing Oakes Cemetery, Bella Vista, Benton County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Jim Buck (contributor 46578374) .

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-4XK : 4 April 2020), William Oaks, Fentress county, Fentress, Tennessee, United States; citing family 363, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87B-NK4 : 18 March 2020), William Oaks, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHB-6VZ : 18 March 2020), William Oaks, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7Y-XWF : 24 August 2017), William Oaks, Osage, Benton, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 480B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,039.