John Wesley Southard (1827 - 1901)

John Wesley Southard

Born 9 Apr 1827 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

Descendants

Father of Robert Lee Southard

Died 9 May 1901 at age 74 in Agness, Curry, Oregon, United States

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Biography

John came west as a "forty-niner," spending time in Cottage Grove and Happy Camp, CA working his way up the Klamath River, where he met and married a native American woman, Jennie or Jane. After her death he relocated to Curry County, OR.

He and Jennie had only one son, R. Lee, before her death. In the 1870s he remarried to a white pioneer woman, Elmira.

Sources

Year: 1860; Census Place: Salmon, Klamath, California; Roll: M653_59; Page: 213; Family History Library Film: 803059
J W Southard Household; Curry, Oregon; Dwelling No. 64; 1870 United States Federal Census.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Rogue River, Curry, Oregon; Roll: 1080; Page: 419B; Enumeration District: 034
Year: 1900; Census Place: Big Bend, Curry, Oregon; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1241346
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6076139/john-wesley-southard

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