Obadiah Lamar (abt. 1808 - 1888)

Born about 1808 in , , Georgia, United States

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Biography

Obadiah Lamar married 28 Jul 1834 in Autauga County, Alabama to Jsueth? M. Davis. The 1850 census has her name as Asena M. Need to view actual marriage record.^[1]

Obadiah married 17 Sep 1863 in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas to Penelope Dunaway, daughter of Timothy C. Dunaway (b. April 28, 1785 in VA?/d. 05 Feb 1868: Newton-Dunaway Cemetery, Champagnolle Plantation, El Dorado, AR) and Mary Davis (b. 1785) daughter of Lewis Cookson Davis. Obadiah was Penelope's second husband. She was first 18 Mar 1834 in Autauga County, Alabama to John Newton ^[2][3]

1850 Census for Milton Beat, Autauga Co., Ala.

Obidiah Lamar ... 42 GA

Asena M. Lamar ... 34 born GA

John Lamar ... 9 AL

Sarah Lamar ... 2 mos.? [very difficult to read] AL

Westley Holly ... 17 laborer AL

Living next to Benjamin Davis family.

1860, September 27 Arkansas, El Dorado Twp. & P.O., Page 113 or 321, #742/690 & #743, Union County: (Ancestry.com Image #10 of 24)

Obadiah Lamar ... 52, Physician-Farmer, 6,000-20,000, GA

Lamar, A.M. ... 46, female, AL

Lamar, J.C. ... 18, male, AL

Ward, Charles, age 11, AR. [son of Jefferson & Francis O. or C. Ward]

Neighbors: G.W. & S.A. Murphy; James Quinney; S. M. & E. M. Ballard; Robert & Nancy T. Goodwin; J. A. & D. M. Dumas.

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQV9-2WB : accessed 24 August 2015), Obadiah Lamar and Jsueth M. Davis, 28 Jul 1834; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1289187 V. 2-4
2. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/a/r/Mabel-Parks-LA/GENE2-0002.html
3. ↑ "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQYB-PLQ : accessed 25 August 2015), Obadiah Lamar and Penelope C. Neuton, 17 Sep 1863; citing Union, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 988,518.

• "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQV9-2WB : accessed 24 August 2015), Obadiah Lamar and Jsueth M. Davis, 28 Jul 1834; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1289187 V. 2-4.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP5-MSN : accessed 25 August 2015), Obidiah Lamar, Autauga county, Autauga, Alabama, United States; citing family 1032, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).