*Thanks to those in my past with birth names of Morris Berry Woodson, Anita Elizabeth Garcia, Arthur Clyde Ellzey, Maude Weathersby, James Pickett Woodson, Richard Kidder Woodson, Rachel E. Maupin, Timothy Garcia, Seaborn Booker Ellzey, Lillie Olivia Kinchen, Walter Bragg Weathersby, Ida Artimese Youngblood, Emily Littlepage Hickman, Mary Josephine Fielder, Ross Alanson Ellzey, Amanda Narcissa Booker, James Thomas Weathersby, Amanda Mikell, Benjamin Franklin Youngblood, Permelia Cornelia East, Jacob R. Youngblood, Emaline Priscilla Simmons, James Baggett, Celia Rasbuary, James Mikell Jr., Nancy Baggett, John James Mikell, Mary Hooker, Jonathan Weathersby, Mary Thames, Alexander W. Kinchen, Anna T. Smith, John Kinchen, Mary D. Raby, James Booker, Mary Higginbotham, Daniel Quin, Keturah Deere, Thomas Ellzey, Mary Laura Quin, Lewis Ellzey, Eve Shaffer, Alfred James Fielder, Catharine Mullen, Benjamin Franklin Hickman, Frances Goodwin Littlepage, Samuel Hughes Woodson, Ann Randolph Meade and many more---I wouldn't be here without you.
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~~I believe my ancestral mixture to be English, Irish and Mexican. What follows is a synopsis of both my maternal and paternal ancestries. There will be more information on some lines than others simply because more was available. Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed putting it all together. Also, my thanks to other researchers who share some of the same roots and were most helpful in providing additional data.
~~The maternal surnames I have discovered are Ellzey, Weathersby, Kinchen, Youngblood, Booker, Mikell, Smith, Quin, Higginbotham, Raby, Thames, Baggett, Simmons and East.
~~Thomas Ellzey and Mary Laura Quin, two of my 32 great-great-great grandparents, were married on 4-7-1825 in her father’s home at Walker’s Bridge, Pike County, Mississippi. James Booker and Mary Higginbotham were another two of my great-great-great grandparents who had a daughter they named Amanda Narcissa Booker.
~~The Ellzey’s firstborn of 15 children, Ross Alanson Ellzey, married Amanda Narcissa Booker on 9-2-1852 in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Their sixth child, Seaborn Booker Ellzey, a fraternal twin, married Lillie Olivia Kinchen on 7-3-1887 in Tickfaw, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
~~John Kinchen and Mary D. Raby, another two of my 32 great-great-great grandparents, were married on 8-17-1818 in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
~~One of their sons, Alexander W. Kinchen, married Anna T. Hudson (nee Smith), a widow, in 1859 in Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Their daughter, Lillie Olivia Kinchen, and the above-mentioned Seaborn Booker Ellzey, were two of my 8 great grandparents. One of their four sons, Arthur Clyde Ellzey, married Maude Weathersby and from that union came Ann Artimese Ellzey, my mother. ~~Thomas Ellzey (b. 7-15-1800 in South Carolina; d. 10-3-1847 in Leatherwood Creek, Pike County, Mississippi---Buried in Elliot Cemetery) married Mary Laura Quin (b. 3-22-1809 in South Carolina; d. 1886 in Pike County, Mississippi---Buried in Elliot Cemetery) on 4-7-1825 in her father’s home at Walker’s Bridge, Pike County, Mississippi. Their firstborn was named Ross Alanson Ellzey.
~~James Booker married Mary Higginbotham and they had a daughter named Amanda Narcissa Booker.
~~Ross Alanson Ellzey (b. 6-20-1826 in Pike County, Mississippi; d. after 1910 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana) married Amanda Narcissa Booker (b. 11-26-1833 near Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; d. circa 1880) on 9-2-1852 in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. They had a son named Seaborn Booker Ellzey.
~~John Kinchen (b. 5-18-1873 in North Carolina; d. 7-8-1844 in Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana) married Mary D. Raby (b. 1797; d. 5-3-1884 in Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana) on 8-17-1818 in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. They had a son named Alexander W. Kinchen.
~~Alexander W. Kinchen (b. 7-31-1824 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana; d. 7-13-1918 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana---Buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana) married Anna T. (Smith) Hudson (b. 4-9-1834 in Florida; d. 9-29-1889 in Louisiana---Buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana). They had a daughter named Lillie Olivia Kinchen.
~~Seaborn Booker Ellzey (b. 1-17-1866 in Hopewell, Marion County, Mississippi; d. 7-10-1924 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana---Buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana) married Lillie Olivia Kinchen (b. 5-13-1864 in Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana; d. 1-26-1952 in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana---Buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston Parish, Lousiana) on 7-3-1887 in Tickfaw, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. They had a son named Arthur Clyde Ellzey.
~~Arthur Clyde Ellzey (b. 5-25-1895 in McComb, Pike County, Mississippi; d. 9-27-1983 in Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) married Maude Weathersby (b. 9-6-1896 in Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi; d. 12-23-1975 in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) on 6-20-1920 in Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi. They had a daughter named Ann Artimese Ellzey, my mother.
~~Jonathan Weathersby and Mary Thames were another two of my 32 great-great-great grandparents as were James Mikell Jr. and Nancy Baggett who were married on 3-4-1828.
~~James Thomas Weathersby, son of Jonathan Weathersby and Mary Thames, married Amanda Mikell, daughter of James Mikell Jr. and Nancy Baggett, on 9-20-1855. They had a son named Walter Bragg Weathersby who married Ida Artimese Youngblood on 3-6-1895 in Copiah County, Mississippi.
~~Jacob R. Youngblood and Emaline Priscilla Simmons, two more great-great-great grandparents, had a son named Benjamin Franklin Youngblood. Great-great-great grandparents Isaac William East and Keziah Smith, who were married on 10-19-1843 in Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi had a daughter named Permelia Cornelia East.
~~On 11-6-1866 in Copiah County, Mississippi, Benjamin Franklin Youngblood married Permelia Cornelia East. From this union came a daughter, Ida Artimese Youngblood who married the above-mentioned Walter Bragg Weathersby and they had a daughter named Maude Weathersby who married Arthur Clyde Ellzey (see previous data above) and they had a daughter named Ann Artimese Ellzey, my mother.
~~Jonathan Weathersby married Mary Thames and they had a son named James Thomas Weathersby.
~~James Mikell Jr. (b. 7-2-1807 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; d. 1-1-1874 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi---Buried in Mikell Cemetery, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi) married Nancy Baggett (b. 11-2-1810 in Georgia; d. 6-8-1864 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi---Buried Mikell Cemetery, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi) on 3-4-1828. They had a daughter named Amanda.
~~James Thomas Weathersby (b. 9-11-1831; d. 8-27-1893 in Copiah County, Mississippi---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) married Amanda Mikell (b. 10-3-1835; d. 12-25-1909 in Copiah County, Mississippi---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) on 9-20-1855. They had a son named Walter Bragg Weathersby.
~~Jacob R. Youngblood (b. 4-23-1821; d. 3-10-1906---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) married Emaline Priscilla Simmons (b. 11-20-1824; d. 1-3-1901---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) and they had a son named Benjamin Franklin Youngblood.
~~Isaac William East (b. 1825 in Franklin County, Mississippi; d. 5-7-1899 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi---Buried in Friendship Cemetery, Lincoln County, Mississippi) married Keziah Smith (b. 1821 in Mississippi; d. 10-20-1873 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi---Buried in Friendship Cemetery, Lincoln County, Mississippi) on 10-19-1843 in Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi. They had a daughter named Permelia Cornelia East.
~~Benjamin Franklin Youngblood (b. 6-20-1845; d. 5-31-1927---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) married Permelia Cornelia East (b. 6-27-1851 in Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi; d. 4-6-1874). They had a daughter named Ida Artimese Youngblood.
~~Walter Bragg Weathersby (b.12-8-1858 in Lawrence County, Mississippi; d. 3-15-1934 in Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) married Ida Artimese Youngblood (b. 9-17-1868 in Lincoln County, Mississippi; d. 11-18-1958 in Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi---Buried in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi) on 3-6-1895 in Copiah County, Mississippi. They had a daughter named Maude Weathersby who married Arthur Clyde Ellzey (see previous data above) and they had a daughter named Ann Artimese Ellzey, my mother.
*Thomas Ellzey/Mary Laura Quin---Ross Alanson Ellzey/Amanda Narcissa Booker---Seaborn Booker Ellzey/Lillie Olivia Kinchen---Arthur Clyde Ellzey/Maude Weathersby---Ann Artimese Ellzey/Richard Kidder Woodson---Donna E. Woodson.
*James Booker/Mary Higginbotham---Amanda Narcissa Booker/Ross Alanson Ellzey---Seaborn Booker Ellzey/Lillie Olivia Kinchen---Arthur Clyde Ellzey/Maude Weathersby---Ann Artimese Ellzey/Richard Kidder Woodson---Donna E. Woodson
*John Kinchen/Mary D. Raby---Alexander W. Kinchen/Anna T. (Smith) Hudson---Lillie Olivia Kinchen/Seaborn Booker Ellzey---Arthur Clyde Ellzey/Maude Weathersby---Ann Artimese Ellzey/Richard Kidder Woodson---Donna E. Woodson
*Jonathan Weathersby/Mary Thames---James Thomas Weathersby/Amanda Mikell---Walter Bragg Weathersby/Ida Artimese Youngblood---Maude Weathersby/Arthur Clyde Ellzey---Ann Artimese Ellzey/Richard Kidder Woodson---Donna E. Woodson.
*James Mikell Jr./Nancy Baggett---Amanda Mikell/James Thomas Weathersby--- Walter Bragg Weathersby/Ida Artimese Youngblood---Maude Weathersby/Arthur Clyde Ellzey---Ann Artimese Ellzey/Richard Kidder Woodson---Donna E. Woodson.
*Jacob R. Youngblood/Emaline Priscilla Simmons---Benjamin Franklin Youngblood/Permelia Cornelia East---Ida Artimese Youngblood/ Walter Bragg Weathersby---Maude Weathersby/Arthur Clyde Ellzey---Ann Artimese Ellzey/Richard Kidder Woodson---Donna E. Woodson.
*Isaac William East/Keziah Smith---Permelia Cornelia East/Benjamin Franklin Youngblood--- Ida Artimese Youngblood/ Walter Bragg Weathersby---Maude Weathersby/Arthur Clyde Ellzey---Ann Artimese Ellzey/Richard Kidder Woodson---Donna E. Woodson.
~~The paternal surnames I have discovered are Woodson, Garcia, Maupin, Fielder, Hickman, Littlepage, Meade and Mullen.
~~My great-great-great grandparents, Samuel Hughes Woodson and Ann Randolph Meade, were married in 1802 and had a son named Richard Kidder Woodson. Great-great-great grandparents Benjamin Franklin Hickman and Frances Goodwin Littlepage were also married in 1802 and had a daughter named Emily Littlepage Hickman. Great-great-great grandparents Gabriel Maupin and Susannah Bailey were married 2-16-1792 and one of their sons was John Harris Maupin who married Margaret Thompson on 12-31-1836 and they had a daughter named Rachael E. Maupin.
~~Richard Kidder Woodson married Emily Littlepage Hickman on 11-20-1832 in Kentucky and they had a son named James Pickett Woodson who married Rachael E. Maupin. Rachael Maupin and James Pickett Woodson were married on 2-23-1869 in Frankfort, Kentucky and had a son named Morris Berry Woodson who moved from Kentucky to California where he met and married Anita Elizabeth Garcia.
~~Alfred James Fielder and Catharine Mullen were two of my great-great grandparents who married on 2-21-1864 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and had a daughter named Mary Josephine Fielder. (Note: I have yet to discover the parents of Alfred James Fielder or Catherine Mullen nor the parents or grandparents of Timothy C. Garcia).
~~Mary Josephine Fielder and Timothy C. Garcia had a daughter named Anita Elizabeth Garcia. Anita Elizabeth Garcia married Morris Berry Woodson and they had a son named Richard Kidder Woodson, my father.
~~Samuel Hughes Woodson (b. 9-15-1777 in Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1824 near Nicholasville, Kentucky) married Ann Randolph Meade (b. 1780 in Maycox, Prince George County, Virginia; d. Unknown) about 1802 in Jessamine County, Kentucky and they had a son named Richard Kidder Woodson.
~~Benjamin Franklin Hickman and Frances Goodwin Littlepage were married in 1802 in Woodford, Kentucky and had a daughter named Emily Littlepage Hickman.
~~Gabriel Maupin (b. 1760's in Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1820's in Madison County, Kentucky) married Susannah Bailey on 2-16-1792 in Albemarle County, Virginia and they had a son named John Harris Maupin.
~~Richard Kidder Woodson (b. 4-13-1810 in Jessamine County, Kentucky; d. 12-3-1889 in Franklin County, Kentucky) married Emily Littlepage Hickman (b. 10-29-1811 in Franklin County, Kentucky; d. 9-25-1865 in Franklin County, Kentucky) on 11-20-1832 in Franklin County, Kentucky. They had a son named James Pickett Woodson.
~~John Harris Maupin (b. 7-15-1810 in Madison County, Kentucky; d. 1-14-1880 in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado) married Margaret Thompson (b. 1817 in Jessamine County, Kentucky; d. 12-22-1852 in Jessamine County, Kentucky) on 12-31-1836 in Jessamine County, Kentucky and they had a daughter named Rachael E. Maupin.
~~James Pickett Woodson (b. 3-14-1844 in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky; d. 6-3-1919 in Oakland, Alameda County, California--Interred in Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, California) married Rachael Elizabeth Maupin (b. 12-10-1852 in Jessamine County, Kentucky; d. 12-26-1934 in Oakland, Alameda County, California--Interred in Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, California) on 2-23-1869 in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky. They had a son named Morris Berry Woodson.
~~Morris Berry Woodson (b. 3-13-1889 in Kentucky; d. 2-21-1976 in Alameda, Alameda County, California) married Anita Elizabeth Garcia (b. 1-2-1900 in Alameda, Alameda County, California; d. 6-25-1984 in Coalinga, Fresno County, California) in California. They had a son named Richard Kidder Woodson, my father.
~~Alfred James Fielder (b. 2-1838 in Southhampton, Hampshire, England; d. 2-6-1908 in Alameda County, California) married Catharine Mullen (b. in Ireland; d. 10-23-1887 in Deer Island, Massachusetts) on 2-21-1854 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. They had a daughter named Mary Josephine Fielder.
~~Mary Josephine Fielder (b. 12-24-1864 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. 7-21-1922 in Oakland, Alameda County, California--Buried in Mt. View Cemetery, Oakland, California) and Timothy C. Garcia (b. 8-1854 in Mexico; d. 12-21-1934 in California--Buried in Mt. View Cemetery, Oakland, California) had a daughter named Anita Elizabeth Garcia who married Morris Berry Woodson (see previous data above) and had a son named Richard Kidder Woodson, my father.
*Samuel Hughes Woodson/Ann Randolph Meade---Richard Kidder Woodson/Emily Littlepage Hickman---James Pickett Woodson/Rachel E. Maupin---Morris Berry Woodson/Anita Elizabeth Garcia---Richard Kidder Woodson/Ann Artimese Ellzey---Donna E. Woodson.
*Benjamin Franklin Hickman/Frances Goodwin Littlepage---Emily Littlepage Hickman/Richard Kidder Woodson---James Pickett Woodson/Rachel E. Maupin---Morris Berry Woodson/Anita Elizabeth Garcia---Richard Kidder Woodson/Ann Artimese Ellzey---Donna E. Woodson.
*Gabriel Maupin/Susannah Bailey---John Harris Maupin/Margaret Thompson---Rachael E. Maupin/James Pickett Woodson---Morris Berry Woodson/Anita Elizabeth Garcia/Richard Kidder Woodson/Ann Artimese Ellzey---Donna E. Woodson.
*Alfred James Fielder/Catharine Mullen (g-g-grandparents)---Mary Josephine Fielder/Timothy C. Garcia---Anita Elizabeth Garcia/Morris Berry Woodson---Richard Kidder Woodson/Ann Artimese Ellzey---Donna E. Woodson.
~~My father, Richard Kidder Woodson, son of Morris Berry Woodson and Anita Elizabeth Garcia, was born on August 12, 1924 in Alameda County, California. He died on October 10, 1999 in Coalinga, Fresno County, California. My mother, Ann Artimese Ellzey, daughter of Arthur Clyde Ellzey and Maude Weathersby, was born on January 5, 1925 in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. She and my father were married on December 21, 1946 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. From this union came three children, myself and a brother and sister.
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