Wade & Webb Family History

Frances Varches Willingham1822–1871

Georgia · Benton · Calhoun

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 1822 Georgia

Marriages

  1. 8 Jan 1838 John Jack Calhoun Barker, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  2. 29 Dec 1838 John Jack Calhoun Barker, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  3. 8 Jan 1839 John Jack Calhoun Barker, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  4. 8 Jan 1839 John Jack Calhoun Barker, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  5. 8 Jan 1839 John Jack Calhoun Barker, at , Chambers, Alabama 2

Death and burial

  1. 15 Apr 1871 Death: place not recorded 5

Family

Parents
Alban W. Willingham 1791–1858
Bedia Herring 1800–1840
Spouse, 8 Jan 1838
John Jack Calhoun Barker 1808–1882
Children
Thomas Jefferson Barker 1860–1909
Mary F. Barker 1853–1933
Beda Agnes Barker 1844–1924
James P Barker 1852–?
Jesse Cleveland Barker 1848–1919
William R. Barker 1843–1908
George Nesbit Barker 1858–1896
Elizabeth M. Barker
Elizabeth Margaret Barker 1853–1933
Jepsey Barker 1847–?
John A. Barker 1839–?
Emily Jane Barker 1851–1902

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Frances Varches Willingham
  2. Sister of Martha Holland Willingham
  3. Emma Louise McKinney, daughter
  4. Lila Walden, daughter
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

2nd great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Frances Varches Willingham, whose middle name the FamilySearch tree also gives as Veecie, was born in Georgia in 1822, a daughter of Alban W. Willingham and Bedia Herring, according to the tree, which cites no source for the year.1 She married John C. Barker in Chambers County, Alabama, but the marriage indexes give three different dates: 29 December 1838 in several county index entries, 8 January 1839 in others and in the statewide index, and 8 January 1838 in two.2 Inference The likeliest reading is a licence issued on 29 December 1838 and a marriage solemnised on 8 January 1839, the 1838 entries for 8 January being a misread year; the tree carries all three dates as separate events.2 The federal census of 1850 listed her as F. V. Barker in her husband's household in Benton County, Alabama, and that of 1860 as "Fransis Barker" in his household in Township 15, Range 11, Calhoun County.3 The tree names twelve children, born between 1839 and 1860, among them John A., William R., Beda Agnes, Jesse Cleveland, Emily Jane, George Nesbit and Thomas Jefferson.4 She died on 15 April 1871, a date the tree gives without a place or a source.5 Her widower married again in Cleburne County, Alabama, on 7 November 1872.6

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Frances Varches Willingham.

  1. 08 Jan 1838Frances Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  2. 29 Dec 1838Frances Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  3. 29 Dec 1838Frances Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  4. 29 Dec 1838Frances Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  5. 29 Dec 1838Frances Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  6. 29 Dec 1838Francis Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  7. 1839Frances Willingham in entry for John C. Barker, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  8. 8 Jan 1839Frances Willingham, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  9. 08 Jan 1839Francis Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  10. 1850F V Barker, "United States, Census, 1850"
  11. 1860Fransis Barker, "United States, Census, 1860"
  12. 29 Dec 1838Frances Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  13. 08 Jan 1838Frances Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  14. 08 Jan 1839Entry for John C Barker and Francis Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  15. 8 Jan 1839Frances Willingham, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KPQR-21J: birth 1822, Georgia, no source attached; also Frances Veecie Willingham and Frances V. Mrs. Barker; parents Alban W. Willingham and Bedia Herring back to the text
  2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John C Barker and Frances Willingham, 29 Dec 1838. Record: John C Barker and Frances Willingham, 29 Dec 1838 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John C Barker and Francis Willingham, 29 Dec 1838. Record: John C Barker and Francis Willingham, 29 Dec 1838 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John C Barker and Francis Willingham, 08 Jan 1839. Record: John C Barker and Francis Willingham, 08 Jan 1839 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, Frances Willingham in entry for John C. Barker, 8 Jan 1839. Record: Frances Willingham in entry for John C. Barker, 8 Jan 1839 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John C Barker and Frances Willingham, 08 Jan 1838. Record: John C Barker and Frances Willingham, 08 Jan 1838 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KPQR-21J: marriage events 8 Jan 1838, 29 Dec 1838 and 8 Jan 1839 (three times), Chambers, Alabama back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, F V Barker in entry for J C Barker, 1850. Record: F V Barker in entry for J C Barker, 1850 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Fransis Barker in entry for John C Barker, 1860. Record: Fransis Barker in entry for John C Barker, 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KPQR-21J: residence 1850, Benton county; 1860, Township 15 Range 11, Calhoun, Alabama back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KPQR-21J: children of John Jack Calhoun Barker and Frances Varches Willingham, 1839–1860 back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KPQR-21J: death 15 Apr 1871, no place, no source attached back to the text
  6. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, J C Barker and Elizabeth Horton, 07 Nov 1872. Record: J C Barker and Elizabeth Horton, 07 Nov 1872 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L6PV-CXF (their page): marriage 7 Nov 1872, Cleburne, Alabama back to the text