John William Pickering (1838 - 1927)

Born 28 Jan 1838 in Franklin Township, Union County, Arkansas, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Cynthia (Reynolds) Pickering — married 17 Jul 1879 in Union County, Arkansas

Husband of Susan Alabama (Hudson) Pickering — married 26 May 1889 in Union County, Arkansas

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1927 at age 89 in El dorado Township, Union County, Arkansas, USA

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Biography

John William Pickering was born on 28 January 1839 in Franklin Township, Union County, Arkansas. He was the eldest child of George Hiram Pickering and Harriett Elizabeth aka Eliza Lucus Pickering.

1840 Franklin, Union, Arkansas Census

US Census 1840 - Household of George H Pickering

Male 30-40 = 1 - George H. age 32 (b. 1808)

Female 20-30 = 1 - Eliza age 18 (b. 1817)

Male 20-30 = 1 - possibly C. W. Pickering

Male < 5 = 1 - son - John William (b. 1838 acc to 1850 and 1860)br/>

Female < 5 = 1 - Nancy (b. 1840 acc to 1850 and 1860)

As of the 1850 census John's family was enumerated in Eldorado Township, Union County, Arkansas. ^[1] 1850 El Dorado, Union, Arkansas

Family # 122 - US Census 8 Oct 1850 - El Dorado Township, Union County Arkansas:

George H. Pickering - male - age 42 - born TN

Eliza Pickering - female - age 33 - born AL

John W. Pickering - male - age 12 - born AR

Nancy Pickering - female - age 10 - born AR

Charles H. Pickering - male - age 6 - born AR

Thomas F Pickering - male - age 5 - born AR

Eliza F. Pickering - female - age 3 - born AR

Mary E. Pickering - female -age 8 months - born AR

Richard M. Hicks - male - age 53 - born GA

As of the 1860 John and family were again enumerated in the census for El Dorado Township, Union County, Arkansas. ^[2]

Family # 667 - US Census 23 Sept 1860

Real Estate Value $2,400 and Personal Property $785

George H. Pickering - male - age 52 - born TN

Eliza Pickering - female - age 48 - born TN

John W. Pickering - male - age 21 - born AR

Nancy Pickering - female - age 20 - born AR

Charles H. Pickering - male - age 17 - born AR

Thomas G. Pickering - male - age 14 - born AR

Eliza Pickering - female - age 12 - born AR

Mary Pickering - female - age 10 - born AR

John W. enlisted in Company C 2nd Arkansas Battalion, Confederate States of America at El Dorado on 23 September 1861. ^[3]

John and his family were hit hard by the Civil War and Reconstruction both economically and personally as were most in the south, especially the subsistence farmers. John's brother did not make it home from the war and economically the family had lost much of their land holdings and/or the land still owned had little value.^[4]

Family # 1 - US Census 7 July 1870 - El Dorado Township - Union County, Arkansas

Real Estate value $500 - Personal Property value $400

George H. Pickering - male age 62 - born TN

Eliza Pickering - female age 57 - born AL

John W. Pickering - male age 30 - born AR

Nancy J. Pickering - female age 26 - born AR

George T. Pickering - male age 24 - born AR

Eliza T. Pickering - female age 20 - born AR

Mary E. Pickering - female age 16 - born AR

At 40 years of age John finally married and started his own life. On 17 July 1879 John married Cynthia Reynolds in Union County, Arkansas. ^[5]

John and Cynthia continued to farm, possibly some of the same acreage or certainly near by acreage. ^[6]

US Census 17 July 1880 - El Dorado Township, Union County, Arkansas

Family # 234 - John and Cynthia Pickering

Family # 233 - Thomas and Paulina Pickering

Family # 235 - Harriet and Mary Pickering.

John's wife Cynthia died on 15 July 1888, but before her death she had born John five children during their nine years of marriage. ^[7]

Children of John William Pickering and Cynthia Reynolds Pickering:

James Bede Pickering (12 August 1880 - 22 Nov 1962)

George A. Pickering (9 August 1881 - 1 August 1883)

J. Huss Pickering (23 October 1882 - 6 August 1883)

William Lucus Pickering (22 January 1884 - 21 June 1945)

Clarance T. Pickering (7 November 1885 - 14 July 1922).

On 26 May 1889 John married second S. A. (Susan Alabama) Hudson in Union county, Arkansas. ^[8]

As of the 1900 census, John continued to live and farm in El Dorado Township. With second wife Susan Alabama aka Bama the family continued to grow. ^[9]

Family # 3 - US Census 3 July 1900 - El Dorado Township, Union County, Arkansas:

John Pickering - head age 61 - born AR

S. A. (Susan Alabama) Pickering - wife age 43 - born AR

J. B. (James Bebe) Pickering - son age 20 - born AR

W. L. (William Lucus) Pickering - son age 16 - born AR

C. E. (Clarence E or T) Pickering - son age 15 - born AR

C. H. (Charley Hiram) Pickering - son age 11 - born AR

H. E. (Harriet Eliza) Pickering - daughter age 8 - born AR

F. W. Fannie Wessie) Pickering - daughter age 5 - born AR

G. D. (George Dewey) Pickering - song age 2 - born AR

As of the 1910 census sons William and Clarence had flown the nest but the remainder of the family was still living and farming the same land in El Dorado Township. John's family was designated family # 257. First cousin William Rub Pickering had moved into the neighborhood and was designated family # 255. ^[10]

As of the 1920 census only sons Charles now 29 years old and Dewey age 21 were still living on the farm with John and Bama, but Dewey had a wife and son. ^[11]

Family # 13 - US Census 11 Feb 1920 - El Dorado Township - Union County, Arkansas:

John Pickering - head age 81 - born AR

Bama Pickering - wife age 61 - born AR

Charles Pickering - son age 29 - born AR

Dewey Pickering - son age 21 - born AR

Louanna Pickering - daughter-in-law age 22 - born AR

Cecil Pickering - grandson age 1 - born AR

John died on 28 June 1927 and was buried near the family farm in the Parkers Chapel Cemetery, Parkers Chapel, El Dorado Township, Union County, Arkansas. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7425693/john-william-pickering

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (12 April 2016), George W Pickering, El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing family 122, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67W-BN2)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (13 December 2017), Geo A Pickering, 1860. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M871-68F)
3. ↑ Gerdes, Edward G, Company C, Fagan Rifles, Second Arkansas Infantry Battalion, Confederates States of America" Edward G. Gerdes Civil War. 2001. (Accessed 22 September 2017). (http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/2ndbncoc.html)
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (12 April 2016), George T Pickering in household of Goff Pickering, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,564. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCF-BRZ)
5. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch(10 February 2018), John W Pickering and Cynthia Reynolds, 17 Jul 1879; citing , Union, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 988,519. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMPZ-565)
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (26 August 2017), John W Pickering, El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 278, sheet 363A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0058; FHL microfilm 1,254,058. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWR-DR6)
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 19 December 2018), memorial page for Cynthia Reynolds Pickering (19 Jul 1847–15 Jul 1888), Find A Grave Memorial no. 74090194, citing Old Parkers Chapel Cemetery, Parkers Chapel, Union County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Iris Meshell (contributor 47354278). (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74090194/cynthia-reynolds-pickering)
8. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), John W Pickering and S A Hudson, 26 May 1889; citing , Union, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 988,520. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMLZ-Z5H)
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 December 2018), John Pickring, El Dorado Township El Dorado & Cargile towns, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 40A, family 674, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,078. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3X8-7TQ)
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 December 2018), John W Pickering, El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet 14B, family 257, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 66; FHL microfilm 1,374,079. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKK7-3M7)
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 December 2018), John Pickering, El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 159, sheet 1B, line 66, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 83; FHL microfilm 1,820,083. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFL-5X9)