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1. COLONEL ALFRED LUNSFORD OLIVER was born January 29, 1785 in Caswell County, NC, and died Bet. 1837 - 1839 in Newton County, MO. He married MILLY BOYD October 08, 1803 in Anderson County, TN, daughter of WILLIAM BOYD. She was born Abt. 1785, and died June 12, 1837 in Newton County, MO.

Military service: Captain in Col. John Brown's Regiment of East Tennessee Volunteer

Children of ALFRED OLIVER and MILLY BOYD are:

i. ALFRED OLIVER, b. February 22, 1805, Anderson County, TN.

ii. DIXON OLIVER, b. August 02, 1806, Anderson County, TN.

iii. MARY POLLY OLIVER, b. October 08, 1808, Anderson County, TN.

iv. HARRISON OLIVER, b. July 09, 1811, Anderson County, TN.

v. WAYNE OLIVER, b. March 02, 1813, Anderson County, TN.

vi. CYNTHIA OLIVER, b. December 17, 1814, Anderson County, TN.

2. vii. AGNES OLIVER, b. June 01, 1816, Anderson County, TN; d. May 03, 1894, Lawrence County, MO.

viii. NARCISSA OLIVER, b. October 17, 1821, Anderson County, TN.

ix. TELITHA OLIVER, b. October 18, 1824, Anderson County, TN.

2. AGNES OLIVER (ALFRED LUNSFORD) was born June 01, 1816 in Anderson County, TN, and died May 03, 1894 in Lawrence County, MO. She married JOHN PINKNEY OSBORN January 29, 1838 in Barry County, MO. He was born December 25, 1805 in South Carolina, and died February 05, 1874 in Lawrence County, MO.

Notes for AGNES OLIVER:

According to "Goodspeed's 1888 History of Newton, Lawrence, Barry and McDonald Counties" -  "In 1830 Col. Lunsford Oliver (Agnes' father) and his family were the first actual settlers within what is now Newton County, making their home on Shoal River, three miles east of a point northeast of the site of Newtonia, where he sold the first lot of dry goods ever offered for sale to white people west of Springfield. From this settlement the name "Oliver's Prairie" is derived." According to the Oliver Springs, Tennessee Historical Society Lunsford was a Captain in Col. John Brown's Regiment of East Tennessee Volunteers.

By 1880 Agnes was widowed and running a boarding house in Pierce City, Missouri.

Her obituary was carried in the Neosho Times newspaper.

Burial: Pierce City Cemetery/Lawrence County, MO

Census: Bet. 1870 - 1880, Lawrence County, MO

Notes for JOHN PINKNEY OSBORN:

Goodspeed's 1888 History of Newton County indicates that John settled in Jollification (later shortened to Jolly) located in Barry County, Missouri and operated a hotel. In 1873 a survey was conducted that determined Jolly was within the boundaries of Newton County. John was the postmaster of Capps Creek in Newton County in 1856 and according to "Genealogical Abstracts from The Newton County News 1890-1892" he was the first sheriff of Jasper County. At the time of his death he was working as a clerk in a retail store in Pierce City. It is speculated that he was working in the store of his nephew, Robert P. Osborn.

Between 1848 and 1860 John purchased three properties from the United States of America. On November 1, 1848 two Land Patents were issued to him for the purchase of two forty acre plots of land in Jasper County, Missouri. On August, 1, 1860 a third Land Patent was issued to him for his purchase of forty acres of land in Barry County, Missouri.

John's death is noted in the Springfield, Missouri Newspaper Abstracts for 1865-1875.

Burial: Pierce City Cemetery/ Lawrence County, MO

Census: 1870, Lawrence County, MO

Elected: December 03, 1851, Postmaster/Capp's Creek (Newton County, MO)

Occupation: Clerk in a retail store/Pierce City, MO

A copy of the marriage record of Agnes and John has been acquired from the Missouri State Archives. According to the document they were married in a ceremony presided over by C. G. Cowan, Justice of the Peace for the Township of Mount Pleasant. John's surname was spelled "Ozburn" on this document.

Children of AGNES OLIVER and JOHN OSBORN are:

i. MARY HELEN³ OSBORN, b. November 18, 1838; d. Bef. 1900.

3. ii. AMANDA CHENAULT OSBORN, b. June 04, 1840, Missouri; d. 1908, Missouri.

4. iii. MYRA ELIZABETH OSBORN, b. June 16, 1844, Missouri; d. May 14, 1919.

 

3. AMANDA CHENAULT OSBORN (AGNES OLIVER, ALFRED LUNSFORD) was born June 04, 1840 in Missouri, and died 1908 in Missouri. She married JOHN H. WOOLDRIDGE, son of L. WOOLDRIDGE and LAURA WILLIAMSON. He was born November 19, 1833 in Franklin, TN, and died 1896 in Missouri.

According to the 1900 Federal census for Saint Louis, Missouri, Amanda was living in the home of her son-in-law, Eugene Babington. According to the census Amanda had given birth to five children, two of whom were living.

Burial: Pierce City Cemetery/Lawrence County, MO

Census: 1860, Newton County, MO

Residence: 1900, 3866 Russell Avenue Saint Louis, MO

John's biography appears in Goodspeed's 1888 History of Lawrence County, Missouri.

 

Burial: Pierce City Cemetery/Lawrence County, MO

Census: 1860, Newton County, MO

Military service: Company B CSA/Hooper's Regiment

Occupation: Merchant/Sarcoxie, MO

Religion: Methodist Episcopal Church South

Retirement: December 1887

Children of AMANDA OSBORN and JOHN WOOLDRIDGE are:

5. i. MARIE WOOLDRIDGE, b. August 1858, Missouri.

ii. JOHN WOOLDRIDGE, b. 1860, Newton County, MO.

More About JOHN WOOLDRIDGE:

Census: 1860, Newton County, MO

iii. MILLIE A. WOOLDRIDGE, b. August 1870, Missouri.

Notes for MILLIE A. WOOLDRIDGE:

According to the 1900 Federal census for Saint Louis, Missouri, Millie was living, with her mother, in the home of her brother-in-law, Eugene Babington.

More About MILLIE A. WOOLDRIDGE:

Census: 1900, Saint Louis, MO

Residence: 1900, 3866 Russell Avenue Saint Louis, MO

 

4. MYRA ELIZABETH OSBORN (AGNES² OLIVER, ALFRED LUNSFORD¹) was born June 16, 1844 in Missouri, and died May 14, 1919. She married JAMES SCOTT DAY February 03, 1870 in Newton County, MO. He was born April 06, 1848 in Ohio, and died November 24, 1916.

On the 1870 Federal census for Lawrence County, Missouri, she was enumerated as Myra Hammer.

Census: Bet. 1860 - 1880, Newton, Lawrence and Jasper Counties, MO

Residence: 1880, Sarcoxie, MO

The 1870 Federal census for Newton County, Missouri tells us that a twenty-six year old weaver from Ohio named, John E. Ault, was living in the home of James and his wife Myra.

According to the 1880 Federal census of Jasper County, Missouri both of James' parents were born in Pennsylvania.

More About JAMES SCOTT DAY:

Census: 1870, Newton County, MO

Elected: July 11, 1870, Postmaster/Capp's Creek (Newton County, MO)

Occupation: Dry goods merchant

Residence: 1880, Sarcoxie, MO

Marriage Notes for MYRA OSBORN and JAMES DAY:

A copy of the marriage record of Myra and James has been acquired from the Missouri State Archives. According to the document they were married in her father's home in a ceremony presided over by William Wright of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Children of MYRA OSBORN and JAMES DAY are:

i. AGNES⁴ DAY, b. Abt. 1870, Missouri.

Census: 1880, JasperCounty, MO

ii. CHARLES DAY, b. Abt. 1872, Missouri.

Census: 1880, Jasper County, MO

iii. FANNIE DAY, b. Abt. 1874, Missouri.

Census: 1880, Jasper County, MO

iv. JOHN DAY, b. Abt. 1876, Missouri.

Census: 1880, Jasper County, MO

v. THAD OSBORN DAY, b. December 22, 1882, Sarcoxie, MO.

 

5. MARIE WOOLDRIDGE (AMANDA CHENAULT³ OSBORN, AGNES² OLIVER, ALFRED LUNSFORD¹) was born August 1858 in Missouri. She married EUGENE BABINGTON Abt. 1881. He was born July 1857 in Illinois.

According to the 1860 Federal census for Newton County, Missouri, Marie was identified as "Mary".

According to the 1900 Federal census for Saint Louis, Missouri, Marie had given birth to one child whom was living.

Census: 1860, Newton County, MO

Residence: 1900, 3866 Russell Avenue Saint Louis, MO

Notes for EUGENE BABINGTON:

According to the 1900 Federal census for Saint Louis, Missouri, Eugene's father was born in Ohio and his mother in New York.

Census: 1900, Saint Louis, MO

Occupation: Salesman

Residence: 1900, 3866 Russell Avenue Saint Louis, MO

Child of MARIE WOOLDRIDGE and EUGENE BABINGTON is:

i. WALTER W.⁵ BABINGTON, b. February 1882, Missouri.

Census: 1900, Saint Louis, MO