Eliza Ann (Turner) Weldon (abt. 1811 - 1838)

Born about 1811 in Madison County, Kentucky, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Brewer Weldon — married 20 Jun 1833 (to 1838) in Boone County, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1838 at about age 27 in Boone County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Eliza Ann Turner, the daughter of Jesse Turner and Mary Ann "Polly" Brown was born about 1811 in Madison County, Kentucky.^[1]

She married Abraham B Weldon on 20 June 1833 in Boone, Missouri, United States. ^[2] She was the first of his four wives.

Children of Abraham and Eliza include:

1. John William Weldon Sr (1834–1905)
2. Mary Margaret Weldon (1836–Deceased)^[3]

Eliza was married to Abraham for five years before she passed away in 1838. death or burial records have been located at this time.

Research Notes

Abram Weldon Obituary From the Columbia Missouri Herald December 23, 1898 pg 11 :

"Abram Brewer Weldon One of Boone county's early settlers passes away. A.B. Weldon died suddenly at his home near Brown Station, at the hour of 3 o'clock in the evening, of Sunday, December 18, at the age of 88 years and 5 days. He leaves a large family of eight children, thirty-two grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren.

He was the son of Gen. A.B. Weldon, of Kentucky, by his marriage with Peggy Wilkins, who died in Boone county at the age of 84 years. He was born near Winchester, Clark county, Kentucky, December 13, 1810, and moved with his father to Columbia in 1831.

He married June 20, 1833, Eliza Ann Turner, daughter of Jesse Turner, of Boone county, by which union were born John William, now living near Hallsville, and Mary Margaret Laforce, now living in Columbia. Soon after this marriage he bought from James Conley, the farm near Brown Station, which he occupied till his death.

After the death of this wife, he married July 15, 1838, Mary Carpenter, daughter of Thos. Carpenter, of Boone county. The children by this marriage are Abram James, now living in California, and George Edward, near Brown Station. He next married Sallie Turner, daughter of William Turner, of Boone county. Of this marriage were born four daughters - Mrs. Lee Ann Rabourn, of Columbia, Mrs. Eliza L. Hunter, of Perry, Oklahoma, Mrs. Josie Ann Lawborn, of Centralia, and Mrs. Cecerella F. Lamb, of Centralia.

He next married November 25, 1890, Louisa Maria Robinson, daughter of Jno. M. Robinson, of Columbia, who has been as kind and attentive to him in his old age and infirmity as the fondest mother could be to her own child. In 1850, during the California gold-fever, in company with his two nephews, Lewis and Sam Berry, and Jas. Tucker, of this county, he drove across the country in a wagon to california, which required three month's time, returning in about a year by a sailing vessel from San Francisco to the eastern coast of Mexico, thence across Central America.

In 1840 he was baptised by Rev. Sam'l Smith, in Hinkson creek, near old Lebanon, into the membership of the Church of Christ, now known as Christian Church. Recently the writer asked him what portion of his long life had been most enjoyable to him and he replied: "All my married life has been equally pleasant, life would be nothing to me without the society of woman, God's best gift to his creature man." It afforded him pleasure to say that he had always been a "man among men, and gentleman among ladies."

He was a man of extraordinary mental and physical vigor, retaining his mental powers without impairment to his last moments. Self-made, a close student of nature and a great reader, he had acquired a wide scope of knowledge and could converse intelligently on almost any subject that might be suggested. He had been a close Bible reader, and in his old age, any incident or name of Old Testament history was accurately and easily recalled by him. He was fond of talking about the Bible. Several days before his death he said to the writer: "The New Testament asserts three important facts we know to be true of our own knowledge. What are they?" In answer to the reply that all Scripture must be taken upon faith, he said, "No, there are three prominent facts, at least, that I have found that every sensible man knows to be true without the exercise of faith. I have given you something to think about, when you come to see me again I'll tell you what they are." But when next seen his lips were closed in death.

He was one of the contributors to the fund raised by Boone county to induce the location of the University of Columbia, and while he used often to tell his children that he had given that money for the benefit of others as none of them would ever want to go to school there, he has now two granddaughters taking the full academic course.

He was a mechanical and inventive genius. Until late years, his workshop on his farm was a veritable curiousity shop. He had tools mostly of his own construction for making anything of practical use his fancy suggested, from a turning-lathe to the anvil and hammer. In the early history of the sorghum industry he constructed entirely of wood the first cane mill (he thought) ever operated in Missouri. The table fork, which he used in eating, was made by him of steel, tempered and polished, with a real buck horn handle. He was a good and kind neighbor, hospitable and social in his disposition, and always pleased at a visit from a neighbor or friend. It was his custom on the recurrence of his birthday, to have a social gathering of his children and some few of his neighbors. Such a reunion was held on Tuesday of last week. All was joy on that day. No one of that large gathering seemed more joyous than the aged father in the reception of his children and guests. Before a week had rolled around there was another gathering of children and another meeting of neighbors, but under what changed conditions.

His funeral services were conducted by Judge W.F. Roberts on Tuesday from his late residence to the old Gilead burying ground. A.M.M."

Sources

1. ↑ Columbia Missouri Herald December 23, 1898 pg 11
2. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ7-8BQN : 18 September 2021), Abraham B Weldon and Eliza Turner, 20 Jun 1833; citing Marriage, Boone, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424337.
3. ↑ Columbia Missouri Herald December 23, 1898 pg 11