William Henry Pace (1806 - 1890)

Born 12 Oct 1806 in Louisa Co., Virginia

Husband of Sarah Ann (Ferguson) Pace — married 27 Dec 1828 in Louisa or Fluvanna Co., Virginia

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1890 at age 83 in Woodbine, Harrison County, Iowa

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Union, Fayette, Ohio^[2]

Note

Note: #N47

Object

Object: @M207@

Object: @M215@

Object: @M216@

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Sources

1. ↑ Pace-985 was created by Bonnee Ballinger through the import of Ballinger - Fly 2014-01-04.ged on Jan 4, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S5

• Source: S5 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005; Repository: #R1 NOTESource Medium: Ancestry.com CONT CONT United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850 CONT
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Notes

Note N47Pace researcher Cecilia Barton-Murrah has documented the sadly brief life of Joseph C. Pace, son of William Henry Pace and Sarah Ann Ferguson and grandson of Elisha Pace and Martha Johnson.

Cecilia's research has turned up multiple affidivits that were submitted to the government between 1877 and 1881 with Wm's wife Sarah's application for a military pension because of their son Joseph's death during the Civil War.

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Bare with me:

The affidivits basically state:

That William Henry Pace suffered from rheumatism and severe varicose veins when they moved to Decatur Co. Iowa in the late 1850s.

As a result; William's son Joseph C. Pace had become the household's primary support before going to war on Jul.29.1863 and he sent his parents money while in the military.

After Joseph died, on Oct.10.1863, his mother Sarah supported the family by weaving cloth.

In Dec.1863 Wm & Sarah?s house in Decatur Co. Iowa burnt down and they lost over 2/3rds of their property in the fire.

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That spring they moved to Harrison Co. Iowa where they rented some farm land.

One of the affidavits (supplied by a David R. Rogers) stated:

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"...that during the two years they resided upon my father's farm afore said, in order to till the few acres (40) of rented land, they kept a hired man, (John Pace brother of the said William H.) to do the farm work and other labor requiring strength or travel and that all such labor was alone performed by him."

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The above statement is "as written" in the document, including the reference to John being William's BROTHER.

After John & Wm's father Elisha died in Ohio in 1854, Elisha's widow Martha and adult children moved to Decatur Co. Iowa in the late 1850s. There John lived near and worked for his oldest brother William.

When John's 1st wife Catherine died in Decatur Co. Iowa (shortly after the 1860 census), his brother William and wife Sarah took in John's young daughters (who were aged 7 & 11 in 1861) .

After Wm's home burned the winter of 1863 and he moved on to Harrison Co. in 1864, John & his two daughters went along with the family. They lived with the family on a rented farm until abt.1866 when John married his second wife and moved to nearby Pottawattomie Co. Iowa.

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Among the affidivits that Cecilia obtained is one submitted by John Pace himself in 1881 testifing to his brother William's poor health, the fire, etc.

John's daughter Margaret Pace Bateman also provided a affidivit that same year which supported her uncle & aunt's plight. In it she also stated that she lived w/ Wm & Sarah from 1861 - 1866.

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I think these documents make it clear that John Andrew Pace and William Henry Pace were BROTHERS not cousins and thus sons of Elisha Pace and Martha Johnson.

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I suspect that if "John Pace's granddaughter", in her grief, listed John Pace's father as "John Pace" on John Pace's death registration...then either her memory was faulty or she was simply confused about what the question was asking. (Note that no name was offered for John's mother).