James Workman (1806 - abt. 1880)

Born 17 Dec 1806 in Allegany, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza A (Rayburn) Workman — married 1843 in Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died about 1880 at about age 73 in Shelby, Illinois, United States

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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.

Name

Name: James /Workman/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 17 Dec 1806

Place: Alleganey County, Maryland^[3][4]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1880

Place: Prarieton, Christian, Illinois, United States^[5]

Event

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: 1872

Place: Christian County, Illinois, USA^[6]

Event: returned to Tennessee

Type: Arrival

Date: 1843

Place: Tennessee, USA^[7]

Event: southwest Missouri

Type: Arrival

Date: 1841

Place: Missouri, USA^[8]

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: 1831

Place: Tennessee, USA^[9]

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: 1830

Place: Loami Township, Sangamon, Illinois^[10]

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: About 1810

Place: Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA^[11]

Marriage

Husband: James Workman

Wife: Elizabeth Bilyeu

Child: James Abraham Workman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rebecca Workman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel E. Workman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: About 1827

Place: Overton County, Tennessee, USA^[12]

Husband: James Workman

Wife: Eliza A. Rayburn

Child: George W. Workman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William B. Workman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Barney S Workman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Delia A. M. Workman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ellen Workman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: After 1843

Place: Tennessee, USA^[13]

Husband: James Workman

Wife: @P578@

Marriage:

Date: After 1833

Place: Tennessee, USA^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Workman-1288 was created by Katy Klug through the import of Kathryn Workman family tree.ged on Dec 30, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S-1296575321 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Prarieton, Christian, Illinois; Roll: 181; Family History Film: 1254181; Page: 672B; Enumeration District: 071; Image: 0085. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=20598715&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1808 Birth place: Maryland Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Prarieton, Christian, Illinois, United States APID: 1,6742::20598715
3. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.
4. ↑ Source: #S-1296575321 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Prarieton, Christian, Illinois; Roll: 181; Family History Film: 1254181; Page: 672B; Enumeration District: 071; Image: 0085. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=20598715&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1808 Birth place: Maryland Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Prarieton, Christian, Illinois, United States APID: 1,6742::20598715
5. ↑ Source: #S-1296575321 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Prarieton, Christian, Illinois; Roll: 181; Family History Film: 1254181; Page: 672B; Enumeration District: 071; Image: 0085. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=20598715&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1808 Birth place: Maryland Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Prarieton, Christian, Illinois, United States APID: 1,6742::20598715
6. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: The living children of the third wife, GEORGE. W., WILLIAM B., BARNEY and DELIA A.M. reside with their parents.In 1872 James Workman and wife, with their four children, moved to Christian county, near Mowequa, Shelby county, Illinois.
7. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.
8. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.
9. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.
10. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.
11. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.
12. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.
13. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.
14. ↑ Source: #S-1298812994 Page: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Data: Text: WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William, and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young.

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• Source: S-1298812994 Title: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record" (1876) Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), b. 1824 Publication: Springfield, Ill. : Edwin A. Wilson & Co. Note:
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