Family/Spouse: Mrs. Elizabeth C. BESSIE PIERCE. Mrs. was born on 4 Jul 1904; died on 20 Oct 1980 in Oklahoma; was buried in Praireview Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John is the son of Angeline Deane and John Pierce Sr., b 1825 Tennessee - 1904, Marshall, AR.

Buried:
Small grey recumbent monument.

John married Mary Ellen MCCLAIN on 7 Sep 1890 in Searcy County, Arkansas. Mary (daughter of Andrew JACKSON MCCLAIN and Nancy Ann SITTON) was born on 28 Mar 1875 in Potosi, Washington Co., Missouri; died on 17 Jun 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; was buried in Praireview Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Verify DOB

Buried:
New Prue, Osage Co., Small recumbent monument.

Notes:

Andrew J., born 1842, MO., is the son of Rebecca Counts, b 1808, Grainger Co., TN and
Franklin McClain, born 1818 Potosi, Washington Co., Missouri.

1920 Census Hixson, Stone Co., Arkansas
Jmes McClain, Nancy, & Jackson, b 1842

Birth:
Alt Name: McLane

Andrew married Nancy Ann SITTON on 14 Oct 1866 in Potosi, Washington Co., Missouri. Nancy (daughter of James Fitz JIM SITTON, .1 and Sarah Ann SALLY WILSON) was born on 7 Dec 1852 in Walker County, Alabama; died on 4 Jun 1933 in Optimus, Stone Co., Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

m. ANDREW JACKSON MCCLAIN, 14 Oct 1866, Potosi Washington CO MO; b. 02 May 1844, Potosi, Washington CO, MO; d. 17 Nov 1928, Optimos, Stone CO, AR.

Notes for ANDREW JACKSON MCCLAIN:

Father: Franklin McClain b: 1818 in Potosi, Washington Co, Mo.
Mother: Rebecca Counts b: ABT. 1808 in Grainger Co, Tn.

NANCY ANN SITTON CHILDREN;

John Adam McClain, b: 16 MAR 1868 in Potosi, Mo.
George Washington McClain, b: 11 MAR 1873 in Washington Co, Mo.
Mary Ellen McClain, b: 28 MAR 1875 in Washington Co, Mo.
Sarah Alice McClain b: 13 JUL 1877 in Washington Co, Mo.
James Franklin McClain, b: 21 MAR 1879 in Potosi, Mo.
Nancy Rebecca McClain, b: 10 APR 1881 in Potosi, Mo.
Roseen McClain, b: 3 APR 1883 in Potosi, Mo.
Caroline McClain, b: 27 JUN 1885 in Potosi, Mo.
Ira Jackson McClain, b: 24 JAN 1887 in Potosi, Mo.
Polly Ann McClain, b: 15 JUN 1889 in Stone Co, Ar.
Dove McClain, b: 13 AUG 1891 in Stone Co, Ar.
Enis Twitchell McClain, b: 5 NOV 1894 in Stone Co, Ar. - - -

Notes:

James Fitz is the son of Mary POLLY Blythe (1Aug1790 South Carolina) & Philip Sitton.III (23 Dec 1790 Buncombe, North Carolina.)

. 1860 Census Twp. 12, Range 9, Winston Co., Alabama
James Sitton, Age 32, /1828, B Alabama
Sarah R, 32, 1828, b Georgia
George W 12, 1848, Alabama
Cicero S Sitton, 10, 1850, Alabama
Nancy A, 8 y, 1852, Alabama
William Sitton, 3, 1857 b Alabama.
Note: James Sitton & Burgess family had their farms side by side in Alabama.

. 1860 Sep 1. Alabama Homestead & Cash Entry Patents
James Sitton, 120.28 Acres 1 NW Huntsville & 119.97 Acres, 1 E SW Huntsville.

. 1870 Census Licking, Upton Twp., Texas Co, Missouri
G W Sitton, 1838, Alabama, Rosine, Sarah, Willis Sitton, b 1869 Missouri.

. James Sitton was born in Walker County, Alabama, where his parents, Philip & Polly Blythe Sitton, settled after they left the Mills River Valley of Henderson County, N. C.
James was a staunch supporter of the policies of Abraham Lincoln, & was forced to leave Alabama with his family. After a short time in Illinois, he went to Missouri where he remained until after the Civil War. Going from there to Arkansas, he was a resident of Saint Joe, Searcy County, until his death in 1890. He was a man of pronounced view, & fearless in the manner of expressing them. He served as Justice of the Peace in Alabama, Missouri, & Arkansas, as office for which he was amply qualified.

James was a farmer, iron worker, & he preached on the side, being a faith-healer. It was reported that people came to him & he traveled many miles on horseback to pray & "lay hands" on the sick. He married Sarah J. Wilson, Daughter of Thomas Wilson, who moved from South Carolina to Georgia in pioneer days. She died in Searcy County 1n 1917 at age 90.

. James & Sarah R Sitton, The Former a representative of an old & influential family of the South, where his father & grandfather were prominently identified with the iron industry at Birmingham, Alabama.
James Sitton removed from Alabama to Missouri at the time of the Civil war, & later he removed with his family to Northern Arkansas. His wife is a native of Georgia. Her maiden name was Wilson & she is a descendant of the early settlers of Virginia.
Of the children of James & Sarah R Sitton Henry W. was the youngest in order of birth; George W. is a farmer in the vicinity St. Joe, Arkansas; Cicero is engaged in the mercantile business at Pyote, Texas; William is a successful farmer & stock grower in Stephens County, Oklahoma, & resides near Comanche; James P. is a farmer in Okfuskee County, this state; Mrs. Nancy McClain resides near Calico Rock, Arkansas, her husband being a farmer by vocation; & Mrs. Mary Russell is the wife of a prosperous farmer residing near St. Joe, Arkansas.
Ref: A Standard History of Oklahoma, Vol 5, Joseph Bradfield Thorburn. - - -

Birth:
Huntsville, Alabama.

Died:
Living with son William & his wife Louisa Cash.

Buried:
Saint Jo, Arkansas.

James married Sarah Ann SALLY WILSON in 1843 in Alabama. Sarah was born on 22 Jul 1828 in Georgia; died on 4 Mar 1917 in St. Joe, Searcy Co., Arkansas; was buried in Osborne Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sally is the daughter of Mary (Emma) Myers, born 29 May, 1802 in Georgia, died 29 Dec 1859 & buried in Myers' Cemetery and Thomas Willson..

. 1850 Nov 15-16 Census, Walker Co., Alabama
Willson, Thomas, 48, 1802 South Carolina, Farmer
Mary Willson, 48, b 1802, Georgia
Cicero M Willson, 20, b 1830 Georgia, farmer
Nancy A Willson 18, b 1832, Georgia
Mary E, 16, 1834, Alabama
Jacob A, 15, 1835 Alabama
Margaret Willson, 9, 1850 Alabama
Thomas J Willson, 13, 1837 Alabama, & Next Family:
John Meyers, Age 57, b 1793 Georgia
Nancy Myers, 57, b. 1793 South Carolina
Sarah Myers, 78, b 1772 Virginia, spinster;

. 1932 Texas Death Certificate of her son, Cicero S Sitton, says Sarah Wilson was born in Witmore ( ?spelling), Ala.

George Washington Sitton, b: 9 May 1848 in, Walker, Alabama
Cicero Silas Sitton, b: 1850 in, Walker, Alabama
Nancy Ann Sitton, b: 7 Dec 1852 in Alabama
Emma (Sara) Sitton, b: 1852 in Walker, Alabama
William (Bill) Sitton, b: 1857 in Winston, Alabama
Mary Jane Sitton, b: 17 Aug 1860 in Winston, Alabama
James Fitz Sitton, Jr., b: 1871 in Missouri
Henry Sitton, b: 12 May 1874 in Houston, Texas, Missouri.

Thomas Wilson, father
Her father was Thomas Wilson (Willson), b. 1801 Georgia & died Huntsville.
He was a lawyer, Georgia & Alabama, USA. Thomas was the only man in that part of the country (Walker County, Alabama) who voted for Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860.

. Sarah J. Wilson, Daughter of Thomas Wilson, who moved from South Carolina to Georgia in pioneer days .

. 1824 Oct 12 & 1832 Apr 4 - Letters remaining in Huntsville Post Office: Thomas Willson.
Ref: The Democrat newspaper, Huntsville, Alabama.

. 1837 Mar 30 - Georgia, Butts County. This is to certify that in the fall of 1834, I was attacked with Rheumatism, in the back & hips, by which I was unable to turn in the bed for 8 or 10 days, at which time Dr Z Ellison, called on me & proposed administering medicine & apply the steam or vapor bath, according to the botanic or Thomsonian system. though much dreaded the operation & sudden transition from heat to cold, or from perspiration to cold water, my pain was so acute I venture the operation & was truly astonished to find such relief, after being twice steamed, I was able to attend to my business & what was most surprising to me, was the sensations I so much dreaded, were of the most pleasant nature. Given under my hand this 5th day of February 1836. Signed, Thomas Wilson.
Ref: Jacksonville Republican newspaper.

. 1845 Apr 30 - Democratic Meeting, from the Jackson Co. Democrat. Held at the court house in Bellefonte, a large number of democracy of Jackson assembled. Resolutions Resolved. [ 5 persons 7] Thomas Wilson be appointed delate to represent this county in the contention at Tuscloasa in the event that all should not attend, those in attendance shall be authorized to give the whole number of voices to which this county is entitled.
Ref: The Democrat newspaper, Huntsville, Alabama. - - -

Birth:
Town: Wukuoni?? Ref: Census 1870.