SAPPINGTON HOUSE
SAPPINGTON FAMILY
SAPPINGTON CEMETERY
HEAD STONE
HISTORICAL SNAPSHOTS
JOHN SAPPINGTON I
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THOMAS SAPPINGTON PROBATE RECORD
SAPPINGTON'S WELL
OF GRAVE CONCERN
HOW A MISSOURI DOCTOR MADE IT SAFE TO SETTLE BESIDE THE RIVERS
THE FAMILY OF MARY ANN KINKEAD
JOSEPH SAPPINGTON BIBLE
GINGER MY STORY
QUARTERY QUOTE SAPPINGTON CEMETERY
Sappington Cemetery is located in Crestwood on the north side of Watson Road, west of Grant Road, by the entrance to Watson Industrial Park.
The cemetery is on one acre (or arpent) of the old Sappington plantation and is one of the oldest in the State. The first burial took place in 1811.
There are 3 Revolutionary War soldiers buried there - CAPT. JOHN LONG, SGT. JOHN SAPPINGTON and JOSEPH WELLS.
Five soldiers who fought in the War of 1812 are buried there. They were WILLIAM LINDSAY LONG, RICHARD WELLS, ZEPHANIAH SAPPINGTON, THOMAS SAPPINGTON and JOHN SAPPINGTON, JR., sons and sons-in-law of John Sappington, Sr.
There is one Mexican War veteran, SAML. PARKE, who served in Co. A, Missouri Infantry.
There is one Civil War veteran, JOHN SAPPINGTON PARKS, who served in Co. I, 10th Missouri Infantry, C.S.A.
Fourteen of the inscriptions indicate birth dates prior to 1800. Of these, at least 3 were bora in the 1750's.
Stones were made from a quarry on the property of William Lindsay Lx>ng at Whitehaven. Some of the inscriptions include the time of day of the death, in addition to the date.
Source: Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan Clipping in Daughters of 1812 scrapbook Plat of Sappington Cemetery given in 1915 to Fannie Long Walsh by William Lindsay Long.
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Sappington School, 11011 s Di*Frank Sappington's Gravois Road, was built in 1927. The original historic school was con Log Buildirig. structed of brick and is of the This historic log building is located on Renaissance Revival design, period. It a site in the Sappington area. The log had four classrooms and a cafeteria. building was part of Dr. Frank I- Additions to the Sappington.School Sappington's land. Dr. Sappington were made in 1948,1950,1955 and received his. medical degree from 1968. Washington University. He practiced The land where the Sappington medicine here and left the area during the 1890s. The log building has been Q School was built was purchased from beautifully restored. .Other buildings, a y Percy Sappington for $150 in 1862. Historically, it is known that a group carriage house with four horse stalls and X- of Sappington settlers had estab the doctor's house, built along the side :d lished a school by 1811 in a log of the cabin, were demolished. ie cabin Methodist Church next to the I- 1- Sappington Cemetery. Information and photograph by Edward J. Thias, AIA e. Information and photo by Edward J. Thias AIA I
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I Tomas Sappington's father, John Sappington lived with his family in a log cabin home near the Sappington Cemetery. The cabin is no longer there, but the cemetery is still located east of Crestwood Shopping Center.
J JOHN SAPPINGTON of SAPPINGTON
the man who "stepped forward"
Wilbur Morse Shankland, Ed.D.
Dedication of Revolutionary War Marker
Sappington Cemetery Crestwood, Missouri
June 15, 1969
John Sappington Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
J DIED - on the 10th at Gravois, the venerable patriot, John Sappington, in his 63d year. He was one of those worthies who stepped forward in the defense of his country in the most gloomy period of her trials and continued foremost in the ranks to encounter every difficulty, even danger, for its preservation; for his country he lived, with her he would have died.
So wrote editor Joseph Charless in the September 16, 1815 issue of the seventh volume of the Missouri Gazette, thereby paying a final fare well to an old and valued subscriber to his paper.
The tribute was simple and brief. Not eloquent by today's standards, **it was thoroughly sufficient for its time. Men of John Sappington's stamp and character gave little thought to applause and self-proclaimed patriotism. Where duty directed, they followed; what was required, they did - and when the alarm bells ceased to ring, they returned to the simple, uncomplicated pattern of earning a living and building a nation.
Yet, the words, "gloomy period of her trials," carry significance for the purpose of this assembly.
John Sappington, great grandson of Nathaniel, the first of the clan to come to America from England, was a native of Baltimore County, Mary land, born shortly after the seventeenth hundreds had passed the mid- century mark. The family was an old and honored one whose history and origins have been traced in J. D, Warfield's Founders of Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.
Subscribing to the American pioneer pattern of restless mobility, the record of John Sappington takes us to the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania and Ohio County, Virginia, where the poorly defined borders of the two states had attracted hardy settlers willing to risk their lives against the menace of Indian Chief Cornstalk and his hostile Shawnees, Delawares and Mingos. But as a result of the Battle of Point Pleasant where Cornstalk was defeated in 1774, what was known as Lord Dunsmore's War ended and Virginia and Pennsylvania militia were free to move into the eastern sector of the American operations of the Revolution.
Included was the 13th Virginia Regiment in which John Sappington had enlisted in time to take part (as the Missouri Gazette so rightly put it) in the "most gloomy period" of the American conflict.
Washington's army was poised in 1777 on Brandywine Creek in Penn sylvania, in defense of Philadelphia. General Greene, the Quaker blacksmith, to whose command John Sappington's outfit had been assigned, formed an important wing of the American force of poorly armed 11,000 militia troops. ~2-
Opposed was Sir William Howe's two columns of nearly 15,000 seasoned British military. A mock attack by Hessian General Knyphausen at Chadd's Ford crossing of the Brandywine diverted the American attention suffi ciently to allow General Cornwallis to circle around the patriot forces. He outflanked them by passing American General Sullivan's right wing, and thereby gained the rear of Washington's army.
Assistance was immediately dispatched. The Marquis de Lafayette was one of those who hastened to Sullivan's aid and it was in this battle he shed his first blood for the American cause when shot in the leg by musket balls.
Meanwhile, General Greene and the Sappington company had been sent as a reserve force to assist in protecting the American rear. He suc ceeded in holding back the British thereby enabling the major force of the American army to escape. Washington regrouped and began a second movement a few days later at Germantown. Unfortunately, it rained heavily that day and the wet condition of his shoddy muskets lost their fire power and the attack failed.
Washington was forced to evacuate Philadelphia and went into winter quarters at Valley Forge where was written a sad and dismal chapter in the history of the great struggle. Things looked serious for the American cause; small wonder the editor of the Gazette, in recalling those days as related to John Sappington, stated: "for his country he lived and for her he would have died."
But, as we know, this extremity never cameJ In the darkest hour of Washington's fortunes, a ray of promise glimmered and burst into the brightness of total victory at Yorktown.
Meanwhile, in 1781 John Sappington, presumably on furlough visit to relatives, married Jemima Fowler of Prince George County, Maryland, and the young couple soon moved Into their cabin home in the western wilds of Ohio County, Virginia, near present Wheeling. Some of their children vere born while they lived here including Thomas (Jan. 22, 1783), whose home nearby has been so beautifully restored. The Ohio County location was once part of the area menaced by Chief Cornstalk. It was also part of the early chapters of the Daniel Boone story, one that John Sappington undoubtedly knew well for this was a place where Boone laid his plans to mark out the Wilderness Road to the scattered settlements along the Kentucky River far to the West.
The Wilderness Trail, sometimes known as "Boone's Trace" adds more pages to the John Sappington history. It poured a steady stream of settlers to scatter through the Cumberland Gap into the broad lands of Kentucky and Tennessee and to build up such towns as Danville, where the Kentucky Constitution was adopted in 1792, and Richmond, seat of Madison County where the Sappingtons were destined to locate. In fact, Richmond's courthouse square contains a monument to the Wilderness Road over which so many of its first citizens travelled. -3-
From the Atlantic seaboard came the water plantation people; then the watershed mountaineers, English, Scotch and Scotch-Irish, suffering much in following the cross country trails and rivers - fevers, injuries, exhausting sickness, Indian attacks, arrow and gunshot wounds and snake bites. For those going overland, Staunton, Virginia, was the gathering place; those going by raft used the broad Ohio River and its tributaries.
Some of the migrants drove herds of cattle and sheep into the new land, thereby beginning the first of Kentucky's industries. Hemp was grown for personal use. Grist mills were erected for grinding wheat and corn into flour and meal. The newspaper industry began when the Kentucky Gazette appeared in August, 1787; the first Almanac arrived in 1788, the same year that schools were started and in 1787 an agreement Was made to admit Kentucky into the Union. ^* But Kentucky was far from a peaceful settlement in 1787. Indian .raids were frequent, people were killed and entire settlements were occasionally wiped out. Yet, the state's population increased to 30,000 that year and among the newcomers were John and Jemima Sappington. They had sold their Virginia property and moved to the vicinity of Richmond . *• / in old Madison County in time for the birth of Mark, Mar. 17, 1784.
The possibility of a Revolutionary service land grant, or a canny appraisal of a better economic opportunity, or the universal restlessness of the American pioneer undoubtedly had a bearing on the decision to move. Anyway, it was here that John Sappington settled and was destined to spend 20 years of his lifetime and add 14 more children to his hearthside.
As our country turned the century mark, another move for the Sappingtons was in the offing. Disturbance of customary outlets for Kentucky produce due to Spain's arbitrary foreign policy pushed Kentucky men into a change of location and fortune. The old family friend of the Sappingtons, Daniel Boone had shown the way by moving to Spain's -.trans-Mississippi River territory to settle. By 1800 the advantages >-of his move were widely known in Kentucky and especially in Madison .County. Large numbers followed him to Missouri, in particular adjacent *to St. Louis. Ex-Madison County families are noticed in relation to the settlements along Coldwater Creek, Fee Fee Creek, Bonhomme Creek, and on the "Gravois" in Carondelet Township to the South.
Perry Sappington, son of Zephaniah who in turn was a son of our patriot, John Sappington, tells us that his grandfather made an explora tory visit to the St. Louis County region in 1801. He was here about a year-and then returned to Kentucky. With the advent of the Cession he returned to St. Louis County with his family in 1804. He hunted and killed deer where the depot of the old Iron Mountain Railroad stood on Fourth and Chouteau and was offered land where the famous Planters Hotel later stood for many years. But he preferred land farther back from the River and bought the claim of Frenchman Pierre Didier in Township 44 Range 6 East along the waters of the "Gravois" being some 800 arpents - -4-
the first of what later developed into a considerable landed estate. Indeed, this region of the Gravois south of the city might well be called the Sappington community so broad were his acres and so numerous his progeny and their inter-related lines.
Landmarks of their residency have largely disappeared. Their farm houses, herds of cattle and stock, barns and sheds, their place of worship (the Concord Baptist Church), their tanyard, grist mill - all have vanished. Grant's cabin which they helped to build, the Federal period mansion of one of John's sons, the tranquil green of Park Hill Cemetery and this little gathering of the Sappington dead remain as visible reminders of that influential Gravois Road dynasty of long ago.
In Missouri, John Sappington's pattern of pioneer life was repeated; wresting a living from the reluctant forces of nature amid an ominous and unsettled society. We refer here to the fact that shortly after his arrival, the vast hinterland adjacent to the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers would soon become a tragic chapter of savage Indian warfare in the story of the War of 1812 in the West.
But first there was a prelude of sporadic murders and outrages, largely involving individual settlers, trappers and traders. The high regard of his neighbors for John Sappington's maturity and experiences with Indians in Kentucky called him to sit in judgment in some such instances. One of these, in 1808, concerned two Indians who were charged with the murder of two fur traders in the Grande River country. The victims were described as "citizens of the United States" and the accused Indians were brought to trial under the civil law of the land. John Sappington sat on this jury, one of the first to be paneled follow ing the Annexation of the territory to the United States. A reputation for integrity and sound wisdom had accompanied him to the new land and it was reasonable that he should be called.
In fact, some antecedent of political activity reaches back to the Kentucky days where instances of political association with Henry Clay's early rise are included in the family traditions. Later, in St. Louis County, the picture continues. The Sappington Mill became a place of political importance where affairs of state were as finely ground out as the local farmer's bag of meal. After John Sappington1s death, the mill continued to remain politically important, especially in the 1820s when Sheriff John Kelso Walker designated it as one of the major tax- collecting centers of the County.
Meanwhile, as Indian outrages led to the full-scale campaigns of the War of 1812, John Sappington, long past the age of shouldering a musket, sent a number of sturdy sons and sons-in-law to his country's aid. Many of them were enrolled in Nathan Boone's company of Missouri Rangers, so once again, the Boone and Sappington fortunes were briefly joined.
The war in the West was still in progress when the Missouri Gazette recorded the death of the prolific Jemima on the 27th of September, 1814 -5- in her 54th year. John lived not quite a year longer, sufficient to see his children return safely from the campaigns and to catch a glimpse of a distant future of peace and prosperity descending upon the land.
Where we now stand today in this peaceful spot in respectful con templation of our country's past and its gallant pioneers, the end of the trail for John Sappington is marked. Here side by side lie the patriarch and his faithful Jemima. Numerous others of the family rest beside him. Among the some 60 of these graves are the once living symbols of our country's historic past - embodied in departed soldiers of her Revolution, the War of 1812, Mexican War and Civil War.
As is generally my custom, I have sought some fitting bit of poetry to conclude ray tribute. I have selected a few lines from the pen of a chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, during the period John Sappington served. The author is Timothy Dwight, who became one of Yale's greatest presidents. In 1777 when things looked black he wrote his poem "Columbia". Its message undoubtedly gave John Sappington hope and courage then as it gives us inspiration today:
COLUMBIA (1777)
Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and child of the skys Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold, While ages on ages thy splendors unfold. Thy reign is the last, and the noblest of time, Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime Let the crimes of the east ne'er crimson thy name Be freedom, and science, and virtue, thy fame.
To conquest, and slaughter, let Europe aspire Whelm nations in blood, and wrap cities in fire: Thy heros the rights of mankind shall defend, And triumphs pursue them, and glory attend. A world is thy realm: for a world be thy laws, Enlarg'd as thine empire, and just as thy cause; On Freedom's broad basis, that empire shall rise, Extend with the main, and dissolve with the skies. JOHN SAPPINGTON. ESQ. 1 JOHN SA-PPI2JGTOK.
JOHK SAPPIKGTOK was born May 28,1790, in Madison county, Ky„ Hia parents were of a respectable family in the state of Maryland, and his father, after whom he was named, when he became a resident of Kentucky served in its legislative halls as senator, at the same period that Henry Clay was serving as a member. Mr. Sappington had a large family of eighteen children, and moved to Missouri in 1806. Young John Sappington was early put to work on the farm of his father, and was regularly brought up to the business of a fanner. When he came to St. Louis with his father, the now great city contained but a few hundred inhabitants, and were made tip of such a low mixture of French, Indians, and negroes; of ruffians, robbers, swearers, and swindlers ; that the forty families which had come together from Kentucky determined to pur chase land some. distance from the town, rather than mingle in such rascally society, although they could have purchased most of the land on which St. Louis now stands for one gallon of ichUkcy per acre* The place on which Mr. Sappington now resides, consisting of six hun dred and forty acres, was purchased at that time for the usual current price, one gallon of whiskey per acre* This was the.golden epoch in the history of whiskej* It represented the currency of the time, an
Mr. Sappintfon was married January 8, IS 15, to Miss Sarah Wells, daughter of John Wells, and has had eleven children. lie has lived upon the farm where he now resides since 1806, .to which he has added, six hundred and forty acres, and so perfected is its condition, and so high its state of cultivation, that he was awarded a diploma, which was given as the premium .at the last fair in St. Louis for uThc Model Farm."^ He takes a "great interest in all things pertaining to agriculture, and joined "with the Hon. J. R. Barrett and others, in organizing the Agricultural and Mechanical Association, which is now so well-known throughout^ the Union. He has also served in the legislative council of Missouri for three periods, and was always popular with his constituents. He is still hale and vigorous, and early hardships appear not to have affected his iron constitution.
* These were some of tho French families, for whom Mr. Sappington had a high resnect. JOHN SAPPINGTON.
JOHN SAPPIKGTOK was born May 28,1*90, in Madison county, Ky„ His parents were of a respectable family in the state of Maryland, and his father, after whom he was named, when he became a resident of Kentucky served in its legislative halls as senator, at the same period that Henry Clay was serving as a member. Mr. Sappington had a large family of eighteen children, and moved to Missouri in 1806. ' , Young John Sappington was early put to work on the farm of his father, and was regularly brought up to the business of a fanner. When he came to St. Louis with his father, the now great city contained but a few hundred inhabitants, and were made up of such a low mixture of French, Indians, and negroes; of ruffians, robbers, swearers, and swindlers ; that the forty families which had come together from Kentucky determined to pur chase land...sorae. distance from the town, rather than mingle in such rascally society, although they conld have purchased most of the land on which St. Louis now stands for one gallon of whiikcy per acre* The place on which Mr. Sappington now resides, consisting of six hun dred and forty acres, was purchased at that time fof the usual current price, one gallon of whiskey per acre. This was the golden epoch in the history of whiskej* It represented the currency of the time, an * These were some of the French faroUics, for whom Mr. Sappington had a high *est>ect. SAPPINGTON'S WILL In the name of God Amen I Johnn Sappington of Missouri Territory and County of St. Louis being sound and perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament; ray will and desire is that after my death that my body shall be decently buryed without any funeral oration: 1st My will and desire is that after all ray honest Deb(ts) is paid my little Moity is to be disposed of as is follows vis the moity that I bequeath to my beloved sons Zephaniah Sappington Thomas Sappington and Mark Sappington Viz the land they live on Viz two hundred arpens each with all it appertenances if Confirmed 2nd My will and desire is that all the stock shall be sold off except four Cows and their Calves and them to be divided between Richard & Rezin Sappington when they quit living together My will is that there shall be too work horses left on the place with all the farming utensils Richard to have too plows and Rezin too plows 3rd I give to Margaret Parke twenty dollars and to Drusilla Kinkead twenty dollars and Elizabeth Long twenty dollars and Mary Wells twenty dollars and to jemima Mason twenty dollars and I give to my Son John Sappington A Negro girl named Maria and Hartly Sappington a.negro girl named Easter My will and desire is that Richard Sappington and Rezin Sappington have the Remainder of the Land that I now live on and Richard to have the upper half and Rezin the lower half My will and desire is that my four youngest daughters have as follows viz Patience Sappington one hundred and twenty dollars Rebekah Sappington one hundred and twenty dollars Nancy Sappington one hundred and twenty dollars and Ellenor Sappington one hundred and twenty and if any of my children dies without issue their part to be equally divided among my living Children My will and desire is that the Negro woman Mill and the rest of her increase be sold at the time of selling the rest of the stock and after complying and satisfying with the foregoing part of my will all the surplus Money if any to be equally divided among all my living Children and to Rezin Sappington I give the bottle Case which is in my possession Lastly my will is that my too eldest sons Zephaniah Sappington and Thomas Sappington shall be my sole executors to see that this will is fully put in execution Given under my hand first day of May 1815 in the presence of the subscribing witnesses John Sappington Witnesses Joseph Wells Joseph Sappington John Sappington _- **?^ ^^^ ^#&.J- n 1967, the Mis souri State Leg islature enacted a statute requiring the Missouri State Park Board to "maintain every grave of a for mer governor within this state which is not within a perpetual care cemetery." Today, the Missouri Department of Natural Re sources maintains three cemeteries, which contain the graves of four Missouri gover nors. Not only do these cemeteries protect the final resting place of pioneers who helped shape Missouri's past, they also pro vide a glimpse into the beliefs and cultural values of 19th century America. Sappington. Cemetery State Historic Site Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site, near Arrow Rock in Saline County, was es tablished as a family cemetery in 1831 and holds the graves of well-known area doctor. Dr. John Sappington (1776-1856), and two Missouri governors, Gov. Meredith Miles Marmaduke and Gov. Claiborne Fox Jack son. Symbolism in Sappington Cemetery reflects several period beliefs. The large, old cedar and Austrian pine trees inside the cemetery represent eternal life because they are evergreen. Gov. Marmaduke's arched monument suggests victory over death while the clasped hands on his monument symbolize a farewell and hope of meeting in eternity. Twin columns over Gov. Jack son's grave denote "noble lives" of he and his wife. Names of those buried within Sappington Cemetery sound a roll call for several of Saline County's most prominent citizens. Both Dr. Sappington and his wife, the sister of Kentucky Gov. John Breathitt, are buried there. A nonconformist, Dr. Sappington at tacked the common medical practice of bloodletting to treat patients. In the 1830s, he perfected and mass marketed quinine in pill form to treat malarial fever, a major dis ease in the Missouri River valley. The St. Louis Medical Society denounced him as a quack, but his "anti-fever pills" quickly be came the frontier's most famous prescrip tion. An inscription over Dr. Sappington's grave reads: "A truly honest man is the no blest work of God. He lay like a warrior tak ing his rest." Meredith Miles Marmaduke (1791- tions for the university, giving 1864), also buried in the cemetery, was $ 1,800 himself. Jewell also con elected Missouri's lieutenant governor in tributed money for the establishment 1840. A Democrat and strong Unionist, he of William Jewell College, a Baptist became Missouri's eighth governor for nine college, in Liberty. As an architect, he months in 1844 after Gov. Thomas took charge of its construction until his Reynolds died. Marmaduke married Dr. death. William Jewell's tombstone has a Sappington's daughter Lavinia in 1826. Ac memorable epitaph: "His work is done, ' Sappington tive in the Santa Fe trade, Marmaduke also • • • Cemetery he did it well and faithfully." Instate •• served as Saline County judge and surveyor. Last of the Jewell descendants to own L Historic Site His son, John Sappington Marmaduke, was the family cemetery, Missouri Gov. Missouri's 25th governor (1885-1887). Charles Henry Hardin (1820-1892) •Jewell Cemetery Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806-1862) was willed the cemetery to Boone County and State Historic Site beginning his term as Missouri's 15th gov stipulated that no one other than a descen Gov. Daniel Dunklin's ernor when the Civil War began. Jackson dant of George Jewell ever be buried in the Grave State Historic Site supported slavery and advocated the seces sion of Missouri. In June of 1861, federal troops occupied the capital of Jefferson City, forcing Jackson and his officials to flee and join Confederate forces. He died in Little Rock, Ark. in 1862 and was re-in terred in Sappington Cemetery after the war. Jackson married three of Dr. Sapping ton's daughters: Jane in 1831, Louisa in 1833 and Eliza in 1838. Jane died in 1831, the same year they were married. Louisa died in 1838 and Eliza died in 1864. All three women are buried in the cemetery. Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site is located five miles southwest of Arrow Rock on Route AA in Saline County. Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site, lo cated within the city limits of Columbia, was once part of an estate owned by George Jewell, the forefather of one of Missouri's leading early families. The most notewor thy of George Jewell's descendants buried here are William Jewell, a well-known edu cator, and Charles Hardin, the 22nd gover nor of Missouri. William Jewell (1789-1852) was a long time educator, physician, reformer, architect and ordained minister. He held political of fice as mayor of Columbia and later as a state legislator. As mayor of Columbia, Jew ell initiated the surveying and paving of the city's streets. Later, as state legislator, Jew (Opposite page photo) The plaque on the entrance gate at Jewell Cemetery ell worked for reforms such as abolishing State Historic Site reflects a descendant's wish to allow only family members the whipping post and pillory and for estab to be buried on the grounds. lishing a public hospital in St. Louis. (Opposite page detail) The images found on gravestones reflect the cultural Jewell also was a strong advocate of pub beliefs of various time periods. This weeping willow tree at Jewell Cemetery lic schools, supporting a bill to establish the was a common 19th-century theme, symbolizing sorrow and human frailty. location of the state university in Columbia (Above) Gov. Daniel Dunklin's grave commands a magnificent view of the and chairing a committee to raise subscrip Missouri River. Spring/ Summer 1005 11 by territorial Gov. William Clark. He built a small tavern in Potosi, and it soon became the general meeting place for the discussion of society and politics. In July 1822, a group of delegates from Washington County met at Dunklin's Tav ern to nominate a representative to the state legislature. Dunklin was nominated and later elected, serving in the legislature from 1822 to 1823. He returned to politics in 1828 when he was elected lieutenant gov family cemetery. A ernor. Four years later in 1832, Dunklin plaque affixed to the iron was elected Missouri's fifth governor. gate at the cemetery's en While Dunklin was governor, the Platte trance reflects his senti Purchase added additional land to north ment, "No one not the western Missouri, husband, wife or child of Gov. Dunklin is often called the father of a descendant of George Missouri's school system. He sought to es Jewell can be buried tablish both higher and secondary public here," Oddly phrased, the schools on a firm and stable basis. In 1834, intent was to admit those Dunklin recommended that a site for a state listed, not exclude them. university be chosen and partially funded Hardin was the son of through the sale of land. Five years later, William Jewell's sister, the University of Missouri became a reality. Hannah Jewell Hardin. In 1835, he supported passage of a law While practicing law in through the General Assembly that estab Fulton, he was elected to lished the public school system in Missouri. the Missouri House of The law outlined the minimum school year, Carved on Gov. Meredith Representatives and then to the Senate, established the basic curriculum, and al Marmaduke's gravestone, serving from 1852-1860 and returning to lowed for local taxation to support schools. at Sappington Cemetery the Senate in 1872. In 1874, he was elected In 1840, Dunklin moved to the Hercula State Historic Site, are the governor on the Democratic ticket. Hardin neum area, where he lived until his death in square and compass, Indi was one of the founders of Hardin College 1844. Both he and his wife, who died in cating his affection for the for women in Mexico and also helped estab 1851, were buried in a field near his estate. Masonic Order. lish a city park and organize the Missouri Their son, James L. Dunklin, inherited the (Detail, above right) The Military Academy there. estate upon the death of his mother. Not as clasped hands on the The earliest grave in Jewell Cemetery successful in business as his father, James gravestone at Sappington dates from 1822, with the most recent dat was forced to sell the estate. In 1885, the Cemetery symbolize ing 1968. About 20 unlettered, but neatly sale of the estate reserved a one-acre plot "farewell," and the hope of quarried blocks of native limestone He as that was to become the present Dunklin meeting In eternity. The grave markers at the back of the cemetery. Cemetery. Following the sale, Daniel and rose and Illy represent love These are presumed to mark the graves of Emily were re-interred in this cemetery. and purity, respectively. slaves owned by the Jewell family, Jewell Governor Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Cemetery is located in southern Columbia Historic Site is located in Herculaneum in off Providence Road / Hwy. 163 in central Jefferson County, approximately 30 miles Boone County. south of St. Louis. For more information about these and Gov. Daniel Dunklin's other state parks and historic sites, contact the Department of Natural Resources toll Grave State Historic Site free at 1-800-334-6946 (voice) or 1-800- Overlooking the Mississippi River, Gov. 379-2419 (Telecommunications Device Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site, for the Deaf). Information also can be near Herculaneum, houses the grave of Mis found by visiting the Web at souri's fifth governor. Daniel Dunklin [www.mostateparks.com]. (1790-1844) moved from South Carolina to Mine-a-Breton, nearPotosi. in 1810. He Dawn Fredrickson is planning section chief began his political career in 1815 with ap for the Department of Natural Resources' pointment as sheriff for Washington County Division of State Parks. iz Missouri Resources The Family of Mary Ann Kinkead, Wife of Thomas Sappington Mary Ann Kinkead was born on the Kentucky frontier about 1788 in Fayette County, the daughter of Andrew Kinkead and his wife Mary Caldwell, the daughter of Samuel Caldwell. Her parents had been married in Botetourt County, Virginia on May 9, 1777 and were both descended from families of Scotch-Irish origin settled in Augusta and Greenbrier Counties, Virginia. Andrew and Mary Kinkead moved to Kentucky possibly as early as 1779. Andrew served as a Captain in the Kentucky militia during the Revolutionary War and saw action in battle against hostile Indians in Ohio. Andrew Kinkead was taxed in Fayette county in 1790. By 1800, the family was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky with many other members of their respective extended families. According to family legend, they were all acquainted with Daniel Boone who lived in the same neighborhood. Andrew was one of the founding members of the Lebanon Presbyterian Church, the oldest Presbyterian Church in northern Kentucky, and the first meetings were held in his and Mary's home. One of Mary Ann's uncles, Kinkead'fialdwell (the Caldwell and Kinkead families had already been l intermarrying for at least a generation or two) proceeded to Missouri before Daniel Boone. Andrew and Mary and their children, including Mary Ann, were settled in Bonhomme Township near St. Louis no later than 1806 when Andrew and three of Mary Ann's brothers signed a petition to the President of the United States asking him to reconsider his impending appointment of a new governor of the Louisianna Territory and respectfully suggesting two new candidates. Mary Ann married Thomas Sappington in 1808 in Bonhomme Township. Her father Andrew became Justice of the Peace for Bonhomme Township in 1813 and 1814. Her brothers were John, Samuel, Walter, and James Kinkead, and her younger sister was Meeke Kinkead who married John Hempstead. Mary Ann's father, Andrew, died about 1818. Her mother Mary was deceased by 1840. Sources: 1. Mary (Caldwell) Kinkead, the mother of Mary Ann, was the daughter of Samuel Caldwell. This is shown by Samuel being named as the father of her half-brother Kinkead Caldwell on his 3 Mar 1788 marriage license in Greenbrier Co., VA. Kinkead Caldwell married Sarah Kinkead, the daughter of Andrew and Mary Kinkead (not the same couple as the parents of Mary Ann). This earlier Andrew and Mary Kinkead may have been the parents of the Andrew Kinkead who was Mary Ann (Kinkead) Sappington's father. 2. Andrew Kinkead and Mary Caldwell's marriage record in Botetourt Co., VA dated 9 May 1777. 3. The estate papers of Mary Caldwell's brother Capt James Caldwell who died 1836 in St. Francois Co., MO name Mary's husband Andrew Kinkead. Excerpt from the 1840 estate papers: "The heirs of Andrew Kinkead, deceased, all these are heirs of Mary Kinkead, deceased, who was a full sister of James Caldwell, deceased and jointly entitled to one full share." Kinkead Caldwell and Matthew Caldwell, among others, were listed as James's half- siblings. 4. "Earl Fischer's Database of St. Louisians" lists the children of Andrew Kinkead as John Kinkead who died in 1822, Samuel, Walter, Mary Ann who married Thomas Sappington, and Meeke who married John Hempstead. John, Samuel, and James signed the 1806 petition for a new governor along with their father Andrew. Earl Fischer states that Andrew Kinkead died by 1818. 5. Numerous records of the Kinkead/Kincaid and Caldwell families can be found in Augusta and Greenbrier Cos., VA records. See "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia — Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta Co. 1745-1800" by Lyman Chalkey for many of them. Many of these are individuals who were living near Andrew and Mary (Caldwell) Kinkead in Bourbon Co., KY in the late 1790s and very early 1800s and who also went with them to St. Louis and/or Franklin Co., MO. Some of them are proved by other records to be relatives of Andrew or Mary. 6. For a record of Capt Andrew Kinkead's military experience, see "Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications" by John Frederick Dorman. Mary's brother James Caldwell applied for a pension based on his Revolutionary War service on 8 Nov. 1833 from St. Francois Co., MO. In an excerpt from his affidavit he states: " In the fall of the same year [1781] he [James Caldwell] was drafted and rendezvoused at Bryan's Station in Fayette Co. under Capt Andrew Kinkead, Lt. William Young, Ens. John Bryan, Col. John Logan commandant of the battalion, Col. Benjamin Logan Commandant of the regiment, and Commander in Chief General George Rogers Clark. They joined the army where Cincinnati now stands and marched to New Chillicothe on the head of Big Miami where they killed sixteen warriors and took about as many prisoners, women and children. The Indians fired on them in the night and there was considerable firing on both sides; the Indians bearing off their dead if they had any." 7. Andrew Kinkead was listed on the 26 Feb 1790 tax roll for Fayette Co., KY. 8. Andrew Kinkead was listed with his family on the 1800 Federal census for Bourbon Co., KY, as were others of his and his wife Mary (Caldwell) Kinkead's extended families. 9. Andrew and Mary (Caldwell) Kinkead shown as early church members in KY. Excerpt from "Grant Co., KY - Lebanon Presbyterian Church" published by the Sesqui-Centennial Committee, 1970,150th Year of Grant County, Kentucky: "Lebanon Presbyterian Church, the oldest Presbyterian Church in northern Kentucky, is located two and one-half miles west of Crittenden on -Route 491. It was here that the early settlers along the water of the Bullock Pen Creek and outlying areas came to worship. The early records of the church cannot be found. The first meetings were held in the home; William Martin and Robert Stewart led the meetings in the home of Andrew Kincaid. Samuel Rennels of Bourbon County, who had come to Kentucky from Virginia in 1795, organized the first Presbyterian congregation." See also "The History Of The Lebanon Presbyterian Church Grant, County, Ky." Researched by Robert Weis Sr. "The Lebanon Presbyterian Church had its inception in the living rooms of some founders, until they built a small log church somewhere near the Lebanon Road ( Ky. 491) and Bullock Pen Creek confluence. Shawnee Indians burnt this building after they obliterated the Brann family a short distance up the creek in 1805. There is a historical Marker on Ky. 491; it reads, "Three miles west, reputedly one of the last massacres in Ky. McClures and Kennedy's lived on hills above Bullock Penn Creek and the Brann family occupied a cabin on the creek at the foot of hills. Around 1805, a party of Indians burned the Brann home after scalping pare nts and children. All died except the mother who crawled to the Kennedy house. She eventually recovered". Nathaniel, Alexander, and Moses McClure along with Andrew Kincaid, Alexander McPherson, Joseph Canady and Alex Meyers rebuild the log church building and a log school house in 1806 where the present Lebanon cemetery is found." Two of Mary (Caldwell) Kinkead's half-siblings, Matthew Caldwell and Betsy Caldwell (Mrs. Joseph Conway) would become charter members of Bonhomme Presbyterian Church in 1816. 10. The date of Andrew and Mary (Caldwell) Kinkead's arrival in Bonhomme, St. Louis Co. is proved by the 1806 petition concerning the appointment of a new governor signed by Andrew and his sons John, Samuel, and James. From the books "Territorial Papers - Louisiana-Missouri Territory" 1803-1806, Volume XIII pages 468-486: "Memorial to the President by Citizens of the Territory. [No date, 1806]. To the President of the United States.- The subscribers Citizens of the Territory of Louisiana, respectfully represent; That they have learned with regret, a Petition is now in circulation,in this Territory, for the appointment of a person, to succeed General Wilkinson, in the office of Governor, whom we believe will not give satisfaction to the people in general.-Without intending to dictate to the President, we beg leave to observe, that we have the fullest confidence, in the talents, and integrity of both Colonel Return J Meigs Junior, and Colonel Samuel Hammond, either of whom, should they meet your approbation, will we believe, by their mildness, and Republicanism, restore harmony to the Territory, and administer its Government, with ability and satisfaction.- [French Text] Also - Omitted here) Transcriber's note: The column of numbers before the names, represent the number placement of the signature within each of the 28 Sections. The sections represent the particular copy of the petition on which the signature appears. Some districts had multiple copies floating around and others had only one. Unfortunately, they were not all identified as to the district from which the signatures were collected thus the notation "None Noted". The notation (X) after a name signifies that the signature was by The Signaler's mark 32 Andrew Kinkead Section 25 None Noted 21 David Kinkead Section 28 St Charles district 35 James Kinkead Section 25 None Noted 33 John Kinkead Section 25 None Noted 34 Samuel Kinkead Section 25 None Noted 23 Mathew Kinkiad Section 28 St Charles district 11. Andrew and Mary (Caldwell) Kinkead's daughter Mary Ann's marriage to Thomas Sappington was recorded at Bonhomme, St. Louis Co., MO on 27 Feb 1808. [Compiled 2004 by Beverly W. Golden. I have relied heavily on the work of numerous other researchers.] The Joseph Sappington Bible Nov 291786-Jul 9/19 1848 born at Cross Creek VA-Ohio Co. About 1983, while coming back from Columbia, Missouri-Boone Co., Raymond and Charlotte Curlee Ramsey, of Little Rock, Arkansas, stopped at several Flea Market/Antique stores. Charlotte found a Bible in a box of books and felt compelled to get it. Then, when she got on the internet in 1994, began a search into this family. After several attempts to find the Sappington family, finally, on December 9,1999 she found this family listed by several different researchers on the internet. The only thing they listed was Joseph's birth and in one, had Elizabeth's maiden name listed as Wells. The Bible has been covered in an animal skin and sewn with string. The Bible has come apart in the center of it, in the book of Psalms, so it is in two parts. Being printed in 1811, it is in very small type, and like old documents were written, anywhere there is double Sf, the first one is an F. The pages are very brown, but to be about 189 years old, I consider it to be in good shape. Inside the back cover, tucked behind the animal skin, I also found a tattered page that must have more information on it, but it is in really bad shape. I can see the words "the year of written and possibly the beginning of the name Sappington, also an 8, which is probably part of a date. The Bible also has a very interesting table in it, stating "A Table Of Kindred and Affinity wherein whosoever are related are forbidden in Scripture, and our Laws, to marry together" To view the List go to: http://freepages.genealo^.rootsweb.com^ramsev/forbid.html The Animal Skin Cover on the back and front of the Bible. On the inside front cover is handwritten, Joseph Sappington his Book The Bible states: Philadelphia Printed by Mathew Carey No. 122, Market-Street 1811 On the last page was handwritten: Joseph Sappington died July 09/19 1848 FIRST BLANK PAGE: Joseph Sappington was born November the 29th in the year of our Lord 1786 Elizabeth Sappington was born January the 14th in the year of our Lord 1788 Joseph and Elizabeth was married April the 23 1809 Sara Sappington was born May the 4th in the year of our Lord 1810 Margaret Sappington was born August the 8th in the year of our Lord 1813 NEXT PAGE: Mary Sappington was bom July 11th in the year of our Lord 1815 Fraisden? Sappington was born January the 10th in the year of our Lord 1817 Thomas Sappington was born May the 15th in the year of our Lord 1818 NEXT PAGE: James? Sappington was born November the 7th in the year of our Lord 1819 Christopher Sappington was born April the 3rd in the year of our Lord 1821 The page before the Book of Matthew, handwritten is: Elizabeth Parke was born the first of October in the year of our Lord 1835 The page after the Book of Revelation and before the Psalms is handwritten: My boy Ned was born the 25th March 1835 Malinda was born the 11 of July 1840 From info I found on the net: Direct Descendants of Nathaniel SAPINTON 1 Nathaniel SAPINTON b: Abt. 1662 England d.\ 1713 Cecil Co MD .. +Mary b: Abt 1666 England d: 1713 Cecil Co MD ... 2 Nathaniell SAPINTON b: 1692 England Or Wales d: 06 Oct 1735 Cecil Co. Md +Margaret HARTLEY b: Abt 1692 St. Stephens Parish, Cecil Co. M: m: 27 Dec 1713 St. Stephens Parish, Cecil Co. Md 3 John SAPPINGTON b: 14 Jul 1723 Cecil Co. Md d: Bef. 1800 , Madison Co. Ky +Margarett BAXTER b:Abt 1725 Cecil Co. Mdm: 1745 d: Madison Co. Ky 4 James SAPPINGTON b: 1754 Anne Arundel, Md d: 1838 Madison Co. Ky +SarahDURBINb: Abt. 1754 Cross Creek, Ohio Co. Vam: 1786 Cross Creek, Ohio Co. Va d: 15 Jun 1803, Madison Co. Ky 5 Joseph SAPPINGTON b: 29 Nov 1786 Cross Creek, Ohio Co. Va d: 18 Jul 1848 QUESTIONS I NEED ANSWERED — WHERE DID JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH MARRY1? WHERE DID THEY LIVE AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY? WHERE DID THEY DIE? WHERE ARE THEY BURIED? I found Sappington Marriages in: MADISON CO KY MARRIAGES Sappington, Catharine Crews, Thomas 177 Feb 12 1828 Sappington, Heartly Pursell,Mary 65 Feb 24 1789 Sappington, James Brown, Margaret 09 Jun 15 1803 Sappington, John Lanham, Sarah 220 Apr 12 1840 Sappington,Lucy Paden,Adam 84 April 1816 Sappington, Mary Wells, Richard 63 Sep 11 1811 Sappington, Nancy Willis Nicholas (or Wells) 106 Dec 21 1809 Sappington, Peggy Brown, Hugh 152 May 13 1824 Sappington, Sebastian White, Milly 131 Nov 23 1820 Sappington, Zepheniah Parks, Peggy 07 Nov 05 1804 Sappinton, James Right, Anny 118 Jun 26 1817 CLARK CO KY MARRIAGES Sapinton, James Stevenson, Abney [Amy] Mar 12 1829 Sappington, Richard Evans, Polly Jan 14 1813 BOONE CO MO MARRIAGES Sappington John Wilcoxen, Rebecca 063 Feb 08 1830 Sappington Elizabeth Black, John 062 Feb 09 1830 Bible in the possession of Charlotte Curlee Ramsey since 1983. Photos from the Charlotte Ramsey Collection I hope this endeavor will be of help to Sappington researchers. I have done a lot of research on 4his family simply because I have the Bible and want to share the photos and info with others. I hope I saved a piece of history from being totally destroyed when I reached down into a box of paperback novels lying on the floor and rescued this old Bible. The scanned pictures are fairly legible on the screen, but due to the color of the pages, and being so dark, they dont print very well. I have some Sappington's in my family also. I havent connected them to this group of Sappington's yet, but assume they are related further back up line. If anyone knows who the ancestors of David Earl Sappington are or if he is related to the above Sappington's, please let me know. Descendants of David Earl Sappington 1 David Earl Sappington .. +Susie Etta Anderson ... 2 Bennie O. Sappingtonb: 15 Apr 1921 Fayette MO-Howard Co d: 02 Nov 1992 Kansas City MO +Geraldine Roberts b: Boone Co MO m: Lincoln NE V 3 David Earl Sappington b: Lincoln Nebraska 3 Richard Sappington 3 Sharon Sappington .... +Schultz Charlotte Curlee Ramsey nickifS),cei.net http.7/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/-cramsev/index.html MY STORY My father's family was of Scottish origin, but "the McMaths were now southerners. His great grandfather, Dr. John Sappington, was another of my celebrated ancestors. Dr. John introduced the use of quinine pills to ward off malaria. He first sold his packaged formula from the back of a wagon, then set up a permanent practice in Arrow Rock, Missouri. Dr. John and his wife, Jane, raised five daughters, and many stories were told of the comely Sappington sisters. A favorite concerned Claiborne R Jackson, the governor of Missouri. First he wooed and wed daughter Jane. They had four children, but then Jane became ill and died. After an appropriate time of mourning, the governor turned up at the Sappington plan tation again, this time to ask for the hand of the next daughter, Louisa. Alas, this marriage, too, i ended sorrowfully when Louisa suddenly sick ened and died. Undaunted, Governor Jackson ap proached Dr. John and asked for his eldest daughter, Eliza Sappington Pearson, a widow with four children. When Governor Jackson popped the question this third time. Dr. Sap pington replied emphatically, "Yes, but don't come back for Mama!" The last Mrs. Jackson, Eliza Pearson, was the mother of Louisa Eddins, and Louisa's son was William Eddins McMath, my father. l , | nrfn-n-ni-r'i fin"-' "''V -•-!'"'• ',— -=" -- •.^i;.*..*...^.^..^.***^^ I.I irnW«,'< »mr<" Quarterly Quote An Acrostic Emblem of beauty! Sweet bud of the bower! May thy opening bosom be wet with the shower; May thy fragrance be lasting - thy beauties abide Around the green wood walks of flora's gay pride. Delicate art thou bud and fragile thy form, Eraced are thy beauties in darkness and storm; Nearly withered, thy leaves will a fragrance display, Towering ever like virtue in beauties decay. T. J. Sappington Do you remember all That I told you the night You gave back the ring? to TV ^l.r*f .J^^-'EV.V-'V^ •..•*•• £• -- s,V-J.i'. i -"..i • •••••• •i»w • ' . 1 .• • •.'• ,~ ^i^ "fa/rt^itHL ^Lc e^t^r^z.. SV4W&-&C >&&a,f/£j *^"^c^"€ ST?ZoiJlsGy ^v-^?£Zte O^ , J^tS- s^dzcZst>-es s&e^L^aS ^^<*~#A&n. te a^k^y, 'K.- .,..:. __. • - \ 1 .. i -V* i'^ilvXt.v' ';''• »Here is a TRUE anecdote about Neil Armstrong... When Apollo Mission »Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his »famous "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" statement »but followed it by several remarks, usual com traffic between him, the »other astronauts and Mission Control. Just before he re-entered the »lander, however, he made the enigmatic remark "Good luck Mr. Gorsky." »Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning »some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky »in either the Russian or American space programs. Over the years many »peop!e questioned Armstrong as to what the"Good luck Mr. Gorsky" »statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled. On July 5,1995 in »Tampa Bay FL, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter »brought up the 26 year old question to Armstrong. This time he finally »responded. Mr. Gorsky had finally died and so Neil Armstrong felt he »cou!d answer the question. When he was a kid, he was playing baseball »with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball, which landed »in the front of his neighbor's bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. & »Mrs.Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard »Mrs.G6rsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "Sex! You want sex?! You'll get sex »when the kid next door walks on the moon!" True story. » »Semper Fi! :.3P •••*.-.. 'i; ^**-^ •vv--*-r S"Y - ^s y *'f*r » Ellen C Brown and Jonah P.Z. Sappington 1 A Family Links A newsletter for and about the Sappington family. Volume 5. Number 2 July 2002 The March issue contained a photo of Overton Sappington and Margaret Lanham. A note from Joann Williams FL Wayne, IN, asks hwho are they ? * Overton was flie son of James "Squire Jim" Sappington and Frances A. Wright The tine goes Overton > James/Frances > James Sappington/Sarah Durbin. Margaret Lanham's line is: Margaret > Sarah Sappirigton/Richard Lanham > Richard Sappington/Nancy Jones, Overton and Margaret were second cousins. Their grandfathers were brothers. I do not believe there is any connection to Jacob Sappington, Joann's ancestor. Bin Sappington (Tomball, TX)was »^mg intormation oa his Gt Grandfather, Dr. Joba SapphtgtoB who «. 1st Mary Patteixon Hays w Thanks to mfpmiatkmobtauied fixwi Dorothy Sappington, Odenton, Maryland, Bill now knows his ancestor was tte son of J<^ SappingtonyMary O'neaL ^e ismi\y \^: JohnSgppmgton/Mary O'NeMl > RicftardSappington/Cassandra Durbin > Thomas F; Sappmgtan/Frances Brown i>'mdmas Sappfngton/Afwy RiOland ; ' . Enu Baxter Payiifte, St Louis, was surprised to sec Foster Jones (her 4 great grandfetber) feted to Family Lmks. Sh? found new cousins in Alva Jane GntrnTngftam, Hal Sappington, Bob Sappington and Bill Sar^mgtoh since Foster Jones was also their 4 great Juttaue Joe Sappivgto*, JrT Beaumont, TX writes; I received a copy of your fine newsletterfiW my fattier Ximmie Joe, Sr. It was enlightening to learn jof uie Sappington name and genealogy. lam fte .first bom son and uSe second of six children bom 6 Nov 19^ mAiernphts, TN to Jimmic/oe, Sr. AndRuthie Mae Johnson Sappington. My siblings are Aritho^(^ Peny Alan, Dale Edward and an older sister in Everett, WA-_._ ^..Once while Irving in Tupelo I hada cnanceineeting m Albany, MS with Greg Sappington., We met at Sappington's Dept Store, Know anything about him tr the_fen^y that owned the store? Jhin^'a^:s^n>en'is,a|osie Sappington in. the music businessthat hasreached a high fcvel of notonety: Ifis band OjcnesfropiMemph^ "lam (Well all the Wher SapprhgtonVarepr^ tonaveyou.) - - <^ you Mississippi people-give us some help, BiU Lowry in Tupelo, can you identify any o^tf^pe^Ie? 'And Monte-; ""'- ); S^^mgtonmtWon, MS how about you. Smceyw are boor musicians pe^ people; HowarxratallyouMississiDpiamlltaveh'tn^ '__',;"•;'_, \ " •. - ..' . : - Family links received this query via inter-net ~HL my name is Debbie. I am looking for any information on my , grandfathers side. His name, Everitt Sappington and he married WUIa Maude Becker. They had a farm in MiUildn, CO. There children are Neva Sappington Riddle and Robert Sappington. Neva is my mother...... " Since we knew Neva I settt a reply to Debbie's quc^ arid to^ has not responded. Hopefully she will contact Family Links or Veda Sappington (vsar^ing@*nreach.com) so we can give h^ a complete laniHy hne. '•."''.' SosanHewttOiapinanlookmgiOTan^ , in July. His ratber,Oiatlea Jamea Hewitt married Martha (Mattie) Sappington, daughter of Jonab P. Z, &: EBen (Brown) Sappington. His faft*er,jOTah& Martha (PipJdn)ift son o . Mattie Jhad several sibling. Contact Susan Chapman [email protected]:edii; Verla Sappington: at [email protected]: or Catherine Sappington atcsapp;rig®mi^america,net *} \ Another Pennsylvania family: Questions yet unanswered. Casey Conway's grandmother was Martha V. (Sappington) Macken (1868-1943) Her parents: Albert H. Sappington (1838-1902) and Martha Voltz (1834-1920). He has found several names in the Westminster cemetery near Philadelphia: Albert H., Martha C, Fredinand E. Harry C. Albert H. Mary, Francis; Florence G., Murray, Frances, He send some dates and .we' have found the family on the PA census but WHO WERE THE PARENTS OF ALBERT H.? The 1900 census says father from MD and mother from Delaware. Are all the Sappingtons we have traced to Pennsylvania eventually going to connect? From which of the original early-Sappingtons do they descend? In an earlier issue of Family Links we. stated: "IF Nathaniel I and Mary are actually the progenitors why is it so difficult to connect some of the later lines? Take for instance'Jacob Sappington. Jacob was born in Pennsylvania 3/20/1819. Orphaned at nine years, became an apprenticed cobbler, enlisted in the military at age 17, received 640 acres in Texas".. We do not know who Jacobs parents were. p If all dates are correct he was born 19 years before Albert H. Is there a connection between Jacob and Albert? Family hearsay that Jacob was grandson of Nathaniel who came from England". Nathaniel djed in 1713 and Jacob was born in 1819. A 106 year difference Perhaps a g.g. Grandson.' Can anyone help?. New Arrivals: Proud grandfather Howard Caulfield reports that his oldest daughter Tracy and her, husband David Dunheimer are the parents of a new son born May 9,2002 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. [ Named Alexander Wiley Dunheimer they will call him Alex. Andproud great-grandparents Bud arid Nita Sappington, send this announcement- Abigail Gfr^ce Bauer was bom May 26,2,u02,-in.ballas,. TexasvShe weighed 51bs, 10 oz; Sfce is,the daughter of^harles&;Tanya Bauer. Tanya is'the daughter .of Joy Ali, who is tlie daughter of.Bud Sappington: Of courseyou'didn't doubt that I would teUyoii she-is the mostbeautifurgirl iir-the world and we .are just rightsilfy overhet" ' •" . Royand.kimbjkiy \Yqtys*a^ > /are' Jack and L|yetn$; Welli-dif^peteii^eau,-MC) -' c-.' ;.' ..'"'"• •'. •.*••, v.- '.'"!; .'• . \'.'' Things J]b^f)/oji didn'tktfow submitted^ y&m&$(>i{\^^w6^^e4M^0rM}ie": ;^BR^G£S£.^ SetfvMichaelHud^on^May^AO^ £A.'\SuWy.4s . "daughter of Eugene Anthony, Jr. And feannrnarie ^sparza Anspn." Grandmother, Mary Jeari^appirigton Anson.-. %mfcfic6VSjg&tfi<^ 6/2002'at^'rOOPMJn,theXWillianfeKienhpriaf'•- „'.' > Cjrapel;-;^ < •• ,Congregations to. Bud| and-N|taSappington who \\iu:« Nit? writes: By the wayiin case I &to'already tell you, pur children are hosting a b'arbarq dinner for us.and afe\y,£riends and family members • on AugUst;lpth, If we-don't divorce pefore August 9th. .we will have made 50 years. We are so excited about all of-bur, children being;here. .Sure would love to see'all of you ahd.^ie other Sappingtons. Love, Nita (Gyro'sarid\tet[ers to Bud&Nita Sappington; P.O. Box-256, Mont 'Betvieu', TX 77580 E-MAIL [email protected]) • -1 * ** Maryland Marriages 1634-1777 Maryland Marriages 1778-1800* by same person compiled by Robert Barnes: Sefferson, John -11 May 1725 to Sarah Sapinton. Sapanton, Tomas, 22 Jan. 1800 to Susanna Alien Sapintorv Nathaniel, 27 Dec 1717 to Margaret Huntley Sappington, Jacob, 15 Oct 1790 to E. Brown Sappington, James, 4 March 17?? To Ann Gray Sappington, James, 27 May 1789 to Rachel Clark Sapinton, Thomas, 30 Jan. 1717 to Mary Rutland Sappington, Ricnard, 2 Oct 1785 to Ctfssandra Durbin Sappington, John, 37 April 1722 to Sarah Sherbert Sappington, Thomas, 16 Aug. 1790 to Elizabeth Lewis Cecil County Marriage license 1777-1840 Copied by the Capt Jeremiah Baker Chapter, DAR page 7 Benjamin Sappington to Elizabeth Wroth, Oct. 22,1786 by "Thompson page'8 Thomas Sappington to Hester Reyland, Jan. 16,1787 by Wiliher page 22John Sappington to Sophia Severson, Dec. 5,1802 page 31John Sappington to Catherine'Everson, 20 Oct. 1810 by Davis page 43Ashbury Sappington to Anna Hevering, Sept. 19,1820 page 7 Rebecca Sappington to Samuel Beetle, Aug. 24,1785 by Thompson page lOElizabeth Sappington to James Roach, Oct. 5,1972 by Duke Rebecca Sappington to John Pearce, May 9,1784 by Davis or 1874 page 29Sarah Sappington to Jacob Stephens, Feb. 7,1805 by Davis page 32Euzabeth Sappington to James OTJonald, June 22,1811 by Davis Sarah Sappington to Jacob Stephens, March 4,18J2 by McGraw page' 49EIizabeth Sappington to John M. Statterfield, Aug. 21,1824 pg. 105 Mary Sappington to Henry Hodge, 3 Sept 1799 by Rev. Ridgely pg. 233 Rebecca Sappington to William Turner, ca. 1792 by Rev. Hutchinson- Virginia Court Records in Southwestern PA, Boyde Crnmrine (1974) Genealogical Publishing C6i Abstracts of Bucks. Omnty, PA- Wills 168&-178S: Family line Publications 1995 r^,.^Ab^tracteofBudbCcomty:WiUs,Bw '' ' [ Hugh Baxter of Moclcamixbn, farmer, September 13, ,1757. Proved Dec. 15,1?57. Wife Margaretan# brother -t^omas ISaxter, exrs'i -Sons,;John an&Tnomas, Daus. HarmaJvfeh^bfeth arjd Mary., Mot&eplu^betri B^ of .^ys snares durinf^M , ..../.., ., %- "'. ,\ ,.: • ;G\l^EN;'Mrs.I^^ di^ SatlothJ^ J. : ' _' ;'-*'.• •' , ,-' - ., ; This Jetter'contains a photograph of Jonah Philip Zephaniah Sappington and Ellen C Brown. The originalof tin's photo was found in a antique shop in northern California- How it came toffee there is yet unknown; Jonajy was.born 1835 the son of Jonah Sappington and Martha, Pipkin. He died in 1906 in Sj. Louis, MO and is buried invihe; Park Hill Cemetery, Sappington, MO. Jonah was me grandson of Zephaniah Sappington and Margaret "Peggy" Parke.. (John Sappington and Jemima Fowler;line.f). r . ' - e^inaft^ address chafl^s:. -Casey tonway; 163 Lincoln Way.Auburn, CA 95603. [email protected] Joe Sajppirigtbn, 740 TidewatefCt, Ponte Verda Beach, FL. [email protected] , Dorothy Sappington, 2408 F. Forest Edge Ct, Odenton, MD [email protected] EOMZM Dwight & Clarice Nelson 305 Cole St, California, MO 65018 cndnelson@socketnet Jimmy & Rhonda Harvey3517 E. Virgin St, Tulsa, OK 7411 [email protected] r ,' \ In Memory: James William "Bill" Kyger, 69, died March 14, 2002, at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia, MO. Born June 27,1932 in New Bloomfield, MO to Clayton andGladys Sappington Kyger. He first married Barbara Taylor of Ashland, MO. Their only daughter, Carrie Elizabeth, preceded him in death. On September 29,1969 he married Dorothy Holtgraewe. He served in the Marines during the Korean Conflict. He was a brick mason and member of the BAC Local #11 for 40 years. He i&was a co-partner in Double K Construction. He was a deputy for the Boone County Sheriff s $»•** Department for a short" time and a volunteer firefighter for over 18 years He was instrumental in the organization of the Boone County. Fire Department. In later years he.tumed his talents to wood carving and taught" classes at Adult Education. He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Kathy Kyger of Los Angeles, CA; his mother Gladys Sappington Crane; a brother Robert Hudson; two sisters, Shirley Bennett; and Nell Jones all pf Columbia, MO. A granddaughter, Fiona Wren, and a great granddaughter. (Nellie Pearl Sappington Kyger;James Hartley Sappington; W/illiam Sappington; Mark Sappington; Richard Sappington) Clara Elizabeth Brinegar Bullard, 89, of Ashland, MO died Friday, May 31, 2002 at Ashland Healthcare. Services were Monday June 3, 2002. Burial was in New Salem Cemetery in Ashland. She was born September 11, 1912 in Boone County to Ely land Josie Sitton Brinegar. On Oct. 17,1931 she married Elton Ray Bullard of Ashland "and he preceded her in death. She was a member of Ashland Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, John of Ashland; four.grandchildren;' seven great-grandchildren; and/our great great-grandsons. §hehwa's also preceded in death by two sons, Michael Lewis.Bullard and James Edward Bullard; two brother, Claude Brinegar and Edward Brinegar; and two sister, Margaret Brinegar Sappington and Barbara Jane Brinegar-. (Ely $finegqtfJosie.$itton> John T. Brinegar &,.Nancy Black > Elizabeth SappingtqnBlqck> Richard-Sappington.t She also, descended^frdm Ely BjjnegarfJosie Sitton > Clarissa Roberts, Sitton>Sa'rah'Martin Robefts> Tytee Harrisf MartiniMourning Jones. > Poster Jones/Morning Harris 'the parents of Mourning. Jones Martin .and Nancy Jones''Sappihgtpn.)'' Robert L. Snodgrass, 88, of Columbia died Friday, June 7,20.02 at Bdprie,H6spitaJ'"£enter^rave3id§ services were •held Sunday June 9/,atMe^ •Lee'$rtqdgrass: and Ola Sappington Snodgrass,-- He married Dora L^odgon'Gfiggs,, Npyen^fe40/'1949;ift;Je^fers6n City .- and/she. survives. He was ^a^ "and.aSS^yearrnembetbftheAearia .Lodge. He was ^member c* L^~ ™-I*-^—^**-J"-'-,'*G*—* -&**£**-'. <«VLT "^urvivbrs a,lso.include,Uiree, daughters,.Lindar.Thoma?, Martha '& stepson, RjcHard Griggs of Ownesyille, MO; a stepdayghtef; f •.Step^i^ndchilptren/and severai^e^tV^randchildrieA- He wasC > .grana cnuqren, ^grea^granacn,naren anaone^reai greaj-granaspn. jfnenas were i«vitect ••tolcaivat.tne ramiiy. - . . owo'ed'^hd'opejated "McCullyr^olynial^.Funefai Ht»nne,'237"East iPatapscp Ave.-,'Brookiyn ^Wednesday/roxn 3 tp~5; ;Yan3?io3?P^.;F^n Interment :.;' '-•-. " • ^Meaddwridge .^Memorial. Park., (Jfachelfs: line: Orem Wesley Sappington ^.Dennis Wesley Sappington > Gheenbury /P:^SaiffliHg[i'oni'/jonatfa Sappington. > .Richard %avpiiig$h'j>John' Sappington^ • • l ; : •Walihanielitappingtdn),'*-,' * ;.^;;, ^'.' \ v • '•;"' •" - , -', :./ ." - .'"" \' ,•- '. ; ,. \ "'' Ndble\H.;Saj>pmgton/'75,'Kansa,s,:City, Missouri passed'away March 16,2002 atjjfe Gare^of Grandyiew>-MO.' Funeral services were at'll:00a.m. Friday^ March 22, at Lawrence A. Jones.& Sons,Un\ypod,Ch^pe]bburial was 1:30 . Friday Jn.LeyenworthNational Qemetery, Levenworth,KS. (No other-informationat Jriis.tfme. WilLpPsfata latere elate.)' "/''.' ' ' >•••,".-. > ' tetha f: ^cCleary, ^uiliyanV'Md passed away September45,2001 atMeramecNursing Gtr, atage.72. Letha,was born 18 pet),' 1928 tojame?3 and'Berhice I. Gellinger Sappington^,. Fondiyknbwrt as "the/cake lady'1' who baked • calces'fprfarty .occasion for:3l years. She married Willard Gene McQearyon 4' Aug, 195^ iivSuJlivah;-' .She is' ,. survived byherhusband Gene; daughterivfelinda Al'eneMcClpary;;sqn Michael Gene-McCleary^fotherCari' : Sappington;, grandspn^Shaun McGleary; niece Myfna/Parker, nephew Carl Sappington^, jfc' Preceding hex iff death were her parents; arid'a brother James. Sappington. Following'cremation inurement was in Stan ton'Cemetery, Sept. 19,2001'.- (toother information'at this time) • ••;••* 'Nellie Marie Sappington Brewer passed away 25 December 2001 in Tulsa, OK. She married Howard B. Brewer, 2 Dec 1924 in Tuson, AZ and he survives. She is also survived by a sister Edith Deloris Fox of Owasso, OK the last surviving child ofAlptn Oscar and Mable Thompson Sappington, Maurice Marion Sappington, died 22 Dec 2000 in Tulsa, OK. He was born in Catoosa, OK the son of Amos and Grace Bear Sappington. He was buried 29 December 2000 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, OK. Nearest relative was Pamela TUlman, a niece. . Jeri (Thelma Geraldine) Appleby - Tulsa, OK passed away peacefully, April 14,2002 after a courageous fight with kiclney cancer. Born November 5,1926 in Tulsa, OK. the daughter of Tom Slmms and Ida Mae Sappington Slmrns. Survived by: her husband, Kenneth C Appleby and five children. The above three are descendants of Milton and Mary Emma Bledsoe Sappington, Milton > John > Mark > Richard >John > Nathaniel > Nathaniel, Please note: If you have not received an e-mail from me tor sometime PLEASE send a message addressed to: [email protected] The fatal crash of several months ago wiped out my entire e-mail list and 1 have been re-building it Many of you had earlier sent me your address or your change of address but I no longer have them. To mose of you who have sent infon^^ Catherine DHCs=aa=saEi=Hn!a=3=t=3s=s==2as*===so5irt V -it;- 'NOTICE: TO KEEP YO^.SU5S3^QN CURRENT SEND CHANGE OF >tor&j^* WOS^riOk AI^SyBMrtBmTEHS; PJSATHS, Kf^RRIACTS/NEW FAMILIES FOUND OR LItfl& MADE, ETC . • Family links • 11500 HardwickUne, Columbia, MO W201 (573)657-951(1 ; '* .' e-mail: [email protected] Published March, July & November... Subscription rate: five dollars ($5.00) per year K * This was • page from "Grant's Forum • winter 2002 & Hopefully toaieone may have inlbraulion sboul this interesting poan- "Acrostic"—a poem in wtifdi certain tetters of a ^usu^fyb^h^fotmov^^^rn^s^e relating to tt^s^ject. Acrostic poems date to the 4* century and were a"betoved poetry form in the late Renaissance period, as well as a popular form written In Elizabethan England. Although never completery out of fashion, acrostjes again became popular in America In the early- to mid-nineteenth century due to a resurgence of Interest in things associated with the Renaissance period. -,. The acrostk poem pictured was a donation to the site by the Casey family, descendants of Emma Dent Casey, Julia Dent Grants youngest sister. Thomas Jefferson Sappington wrote It to Emma Dent possibly between. 1852-1855. Thomas J, Sappington was the son of John *Jadc*and 5arati Wells Sappington. He was bom h March" 1832, six years before Emma. The Sappingtons were prominent members of theGravois r&ghborhood,' eventually owning 2400 acres of land, and contemporaries and neighbors of "Coiohel" rn^erick Dent Like Col. Dent, Jack Sappington was a slaveholder, therefore both Emma ar#Th«has;W similar cultural backgrounds.. The poem is both Interesting anrf powerful and suggests that perhaps like he* father, Emma possessed 9 temper. Penciled in the bottom left-hand comer of-the page, in what appears to be Julia ^Grants handwriting, is a note implying that Thomas and Ernma, perhaps awrting, broke off their erjqagerjnient-, At the Qme we! thinkthepoem was written,. Emma Dent was between 16-19 years old and Julia'was at Wlijte Haven awaiting Grants "return. Whatever -the drcumstances at die time, by April 1856, Thomas^ Jefferspfi'Saopington was married to Helen M. - teffingwell. For Emma, sKyeani passed before she rnarried'JaniesF, Casey In i^lr- ' \ .. ; - -• "•-• '' '••,"' ':;' ' -• • *, ••,v"i .*. ; - -•./ ' . . Read the poerjri and the note at the bottom, and conclude fofyourseff its meaning.. If you like,.write to us at Ulysses S. G^t^abona!-Historic Site,74q0 Grant Road, St, Louis, MO J63123; attjeAioiiii^arteriiMBer,. and share - your'rjSou^ts ^ • /' - " \v*v ••)•,.' v• v-;:-r- :'* Orptetact: C*$xxvie'Sappiaflqc Ai'c^^in&^huitimenaiJKt ,J. .. ,.'-.-' cfr Vcfo/Sappinglflfl at. v^pingi^inngadi. An Acrostic . Embtemxif beauty! Sweetbud of the bowerl May thy opening" bosom be wet with the shower; : -.' J. May thy fragrance belastihg -. thy beauties abide Around the green wood walksLpf flora's gay pride. Delicate art thou bud and fragile thy form, * Eraced.are thy beauties. In darkness arid storm;... Nearly,withered, thy leaves will a fragrancedisplay , Towerihg'eyer like virtue in beauties decay,. > T. J. Sappington, jDp youremember eff That I totd you the night- Ydy gave back tffg ring? '' "•