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I 12-3s I History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri. Chicago: Goodspeed, 1889. William Pemberton, may be mentioned as one of the prosperous farmers of Pulaski County, Mo. He was born near Paris, in Middle Tennessee, October 3, 1832, and is a son of Thomas and Dica (Winfrey) Pemberton, and grandson of William Pemberton, who was of German descent, a Virginian by birth, and immigrated to Kentucky at an early day, going from there to Illinois, where he died. His wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Skaggs, was also born in Virginia. The maternal grandparents, James and Winnie Winfrey, were also born in Virginia.* Thomas and Dica Pemberton were born and married in Kentucky. They afterward moved to Missouri, and settled in what was then Miller County in 1834. Five vears later he went to Illinois, and during a residence of five ye~rs in that State was engaged in farming. After returning to Missouri he resided two years in Miller County, and then moved to Camden County, where he died January 12, 1860. After his death his widow resided with her son William, and died at his home March 9, 1886. The following are their children: William, Alexander, Nancy, Eliza and Melvina. Winnie, Lewis and Ruthie are deceased. William P ember.ton was broµght to Missouri when about two years of age, and was reared to a farm life in Miller and Camden Counties. H e received a fair educat.ion in the subscription schools of his day, and made his home with his parents until grown. At the age of twentytwo years he began farming for himself with his grandfather, and February, 23, 1854. was married to Lucinda Wade, a daughter of John and Rhoda (Barnett) Wade. She was born in Kentucky, and at the age of twelve years came to Missouri, and was married in Miller County to Mr. Pemberton, by whom she became the mother of ten children, five of whom are living: Thomas, Nancy J., Preston, Sarah M. and William R. In 1859 Mr. Pemberton located on his present farm of 220 acres, the country at that time being very sparsely settled, there being no schools or churches, and but one house between his home and Crocker. During the late war he did effective service in the State Militia, and with this exception has always lived the peaceful life of the farmer. He has always supported the Republican party, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Epi~copal Church. page 801 *Winnie Winfrey was not born in Virginia. She was born probably in North Carolina. E. M.
I 12-36 Josiah L. Winfrey. a prominent stock farmer of this community, was born within six miles of where be now lives, on what is known as Conn' s Creek (named after his grandfather), on the 12th of F ebruary, 1838, his parents being James M. and Eleanor M. (Conn) Winfrey, who were TenneE<seeans, and his grandfather being also J ames M. W infre, and a native of Tenness e e~ The latter moved to Kentuc with his fam1 m t e ear a:r.t, of_ the 's, and located on the Wet Auglaize, near the mouth of Brum ey Creek, where e ived u ntil 1863, in which year he died. H e was twice married, but had no familv by his second wife. His first union was blessed in the birth of seven children, two of whom are now living, Thomas and William C., both of whom are living in Miller County, Mo., the former being a Predestinarian, Baptist minister. James M. Winfrey, the father of our subject, was only a lad when brought to Missouri, but reruained with his parents until grown, then married and located on Conn' s Creek, but being of a rather roving disposition, remained here but a short time, and until about 1848 or 1849 resided on and improved good farms in Dallas, Polk, Camden and Miller Counties. He then locat.ed on the farm where his widow now resides, and there died March 13, 1863, having been a member of the Osage Regiment of Missouri Home Guards, United States Army. His wife was born in 1829, being a daughter of Josiah Conn, who was a Tennesseean. He moved from. his native State to Alabama, whf're he taught school, but at an early day removed to Mis8ouri, locating on the prairie which afterward took the name of Conn's Creek. He taught school after coming to Missouri, and also preached the Gospel and farmed. F our of his eight children are now living: Eleathea, Eleanor M., P eggie and Josiah J, To James M. and Eleanor Winfrey were born tb f\ fol lowing family: Josiah.L., William C,, Benjamin E., Sarah E., Eleathea, Zilpha, James M., Thomas L., Pennington, John C., Marshal C. and Francis T. Benjamin, Eleathea and Pennington are deceased. J osiah L. Winfrey was reared in his native county, and served during the Rebellion in Company C, Osage R egiment Missouri Home Guards, as sergeant for about six months, and was then taken to J efferson City to guard that city. He afterward served as orderly.sergeant in Company C, Forty-eighth Missouri State Militia, and during the war purchased the farm where he now lives, on which be has resided since peace was declared. He was elected county assessor in the fall of 1872, which position he held four years, taking the census of 1876, and has held the office of justice of the peace a number of years, being the present incumbent of that office. At one time he was engaged in sell-. ing goods at Montreal, Mo., and in 1859 took the ' ' gold fever,'' and made a trip to Pike's Peak, but did not remain there long. January 10, 1861, be was married to Rebecca M. Amos, who was born in Alabama. and came to Missouri with her pare!lts in 1857. H er death occurred August 21, 1882, she having become the mother of eight children, seven of whom are living: Mary E., Valonia J., Rebecca M., Eliza E., Melissa S., Sarah A., Josiah L. and Zilpha J. J osiab L., the only son, died at the age of eleven months. Mr. Winfrey was married the second time July 23, 1885, to Melvina C. Carlton, whose maiden name was George. She was a daughter of Ira H. George, and was born in Russell County, Ky., coming to Missouri in 1850, when she was nine years old. By her first husband, Milton, who died in 1859, she became the mother of two children: Eveline E. and William R. Her second husband, Franklin S. Carlton, died September 22, 1882, and left four children, all deceased but one, Merinda l. John H., Sarah A. and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Winfrey haye one of the handsomest homes in the county. They are members of the church, Mr. Winfrey being also a member of the A. F. & A. M. and the G. A. R., being Past Commander of Montreal Lodge No. 342. In his political views he is a stanch Republican. pages 921-922 *James M. Winfrey was a native of Virginia, not Tennessee. The latter moved to Missouri, not Kentucky, with his family in the early part of the 30's.... E. M.
12-37 WIMBERLY/WIMBERLEY The ancestry of Thomas Wimberly has not been established. The date of his birth which probably took place in Virginia is not known. He is first positively identified as having purchased land in Bertie County, North Carolina, in 1729. 1 Thomas's will was probated in Bertie County, February 1752. 2 It mentions his wife Mary, but only the following children are named, Abraham, Judith, Isaac and Jacob. The remainder of his children Susanna, Malachi, Thomas, William, Lewis, Mary and Sarah are identified in his estate papers. 3 (See Note 1.) Thomas Wimberly must have been a shoemaker and also a cooper as his inventory contained the tools of these trades. 4 Apparently Thomas and Mary's son Lewis Wimberly was born about 1744. 5 This date is arrived at on the assumption that Lewis sold the land inherited from his father at the time he reached his majority. The next record found for Lewis was in Chatham County, NC, where he was named with his brother Jacob on a 1773-1779 list of jurymen. 6 He was the Lewis Wimberle along with brother Jacob in the 1790 U.S. Census for North Carolina living in the Hillsborough District of Chatham County. 7 In the late 1760s Lewis married Martha Barbee, dauihter of Christopher Barbee and his wife Margaret of Orange (later Wake) County, North Carolina. About 1793 the Lewis and Martha Wimberly of this study moved to Pendleton District, South Carolina, where Martha died about 1799. 9 In October 1802 Lewis and new wife Polly sold two tracts of land in Pendleton District. 10 Purportedly Polly's surname was Baucom. 11 It is presumed that at this time Lewis Wimberly moved his family to Tennessee. Lewis's Smith County, Tennessee, will was dated 3 March 1817 and probated during the court term of August 1817. Named in the will were wife Polly and the following children, Polly Yates, Sally Bird, Betsy Yates, Isaac Wimberly, Noah Wimberly, Winney Winfrey, Hardy Wimberly, Edy Boren, Roady Miller, Enoch Wimberly, Patsy Barker, Lewis Wimberly, Dicca Wimberly, Elijah Wimberly, Thomas Wimberly, Washington Wimberly, Susanna Wimberly, Betsy Wimberly and Milly Wimberly. 12 Martha and Lewis may have had an additional child, Levi Wimberly, who would have been deceased before the writing of his fathers will. A Levi Winberry was married in Sumner County, Tennessee, in roughly the same time frame as were three Wimberly children. 13 Winberry is an actual surname, but there did not appear to be a Winberry presence in the area. No primary proof has been found by this compiler which positively identifies Winifred Wimberly's husband as "James" Winfrey. There is a reference in a Missouri history to "James and Winnie Winfrey," but as her maiden name is missing, proof is still lacking. 14 Winifred (Wimberly) Winfrey's approximate birth date, 1775-1780, was determined by extrapolating dates from several U.S. Censuses. 15 Her birth would have occurred in Chatham County, North Carolina. She died between 1840 and 1844 probably in Miller County, Missouri. 16 1 Bertie County, NC, Deed C:121-122, 19 July 1729/August Term 1729. Bertie County Courthouse, Windsor, NC, [All Bertie County civil records are found at this location unless otherwise noted.] or Film No. 18248, Family History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT [hereafter FHL]. 2 Bertie County, NC, Will of Thomas Wimberly, 27 January 1751/February Term 1752. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, Wills No. SS 879/56.
12-38 3 Bertie County, NC, Records of Estates, Division of the Estate of Thomas Wimberley, Deed between the Children, February Term, 1755. Film No. 1673281. FHl.. 4 Jbid., Estate of Thomas Wimberly, Inventory. 5 Bertie County, NC, Deed K:476, 2 Sep 1765/3 Sep 1765. Film No. 18253, FHL. In this deed, perhaps as he became of age, Lewis Wimberly sold land apparently inherited from his father Thomas Wimberly. 6 Marilyn Poe Laird and Vivian Poe Jackson, Chatham County, North Carolina Court Minutes, vol. 1: 1774-1779 (Dalton, IL: Poe Publishers r 1981?l). 7 U.S. Census, 1790, Chatham County, NC, Hillsborough District, p. 238, Lewis Wimberle and Jacob Wimberle. Series M637, Roll 7. National Archives and Records Administration [hereafter NARAl. 8 wake County, NC, Will Book NI, 97-99, Christopher Barbee, 8 November 1775/June Term 1777. Film No. 18042, FHL. Christopher Barbee's will mentions daughter Martha Wimberly, but does not identify her husband as Lewis Wimberly. 9 Betty Willie, comp., Pendleton District, South Carolina, Deeds (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1982), p. 58. Deed Book B:225-226, 31 January 1793/24 January 1794, George Salmon to Lewis Wimberly. Also Kathryn Crossley Stone, comp., A Supplement to A Study of the Barbee Families of Chatham, Orange and Wake Counties in North Carolina (Boulder, CO: K. C. Stone, 1976), p. S-59-1. 10 Pendleton District, South Carolina, Deeds, pp. 308-309. Deed Book G:328-329 and 336-337, 30 October 1802/ 12 October 1803, Lewis Wimberly to Charles Lay. 11 Wimberly Family History, http://www.wimfamhistory.net/lewism.htm. No documentation offered. 12 Smith County, TN, Will Book 4:118-122, Lewis Wimberly, 3 March 1817/proven August Term 1817. Smith County Courthouse, Carthage, TN. 13 Edyth J. R. Whitley, comp., Marriages of Sumner County, Tennessee, 1787-1838 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981 ), pp. l 0, 32, 39 and 46. 14 History of Lec/ede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed, 1889), p. 801. 15 U.S. Censuses, 1820, Allen County, KY, James Winfrey, p. 108, Series M33, Roll 16: and 1840, Miller County, MO, James Winfrey p. 108, Series M704, Roll 226. NARA. 16 U.S. Census, 1840, Miller County, MO, James Winfrey, p. 108, Series M704, Roll 226, NARA; and Menard County, IL, Marriage Book A:3 l, James Winfrey/Chloe Pemberton, 8 Feb 1844. Menard County Courthouse, Petersburg. IL. NOTES 1. An additional child, Selfey, born about 1740, was deceased by the February, 1755, estate settlement (See Reference 3 above) of her father, Thomas Wimberly. Source: Weynette P. Haun, Bertie County, North Carolina, Court Minutes, 5 vols. (Durham, NC: W. P. Haun, 1976-), vol. 2: 1740-1743, p. 31. Bertie County, NC, County Court Minutes, 9 Nov 1742. Compiler: (Mrs. Sam) Elizabeth Meredith 1720 South Gessner Road Houston, Texas 77063-1118 August, 2006 2