Wade & Webb Family History

Sherman 'Shamie' Willingham SR1815–1915

Georgia

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

Birth

  1. 18 Dec 1815 Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 3 Jan 1837 Elizabeth Strong, at Coweta, Georgia 2

Death and burial

  1. before 1915 Death: place not recorded

Family

Parents
Alban W. Willingham 1791–1858
Bedia Herring 1800–1840
Spouse, 3 Jan 1837
Elizabeth Strong 1809–?
Children
Sherman Orwon Willingham 1846–1918
S H Willingham 1846–1946
Martha Ann Willingham 1845–?
Martha A C Willingham 1841–1890
C R Willingham 1841–1941
Mary Francis Willingham 1838–1900
Sherman Onice Willingham 1846–1916

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Sherman 'Shamie' Willingham SR
  2. Brother 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-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Sherman Willingham, called Shamie or Shemei in the FamilySearch tree, was born in Georgia on 18 December 1815, the eldest child of Alban W. Willingham and Bedia Herring, according to the tree, which cites no source for the date.1 On 3 January 1837 he married Elizabeth Strong, in a Georgia marriage record that the index gives under the name "Shimei Willingham"; the tree places the marriage in Coweta County.2 The federal census of 1850 recorded an S. Willingham, with an E. M. Willingham in the household, and the tree places Elizabeth that year in Harrison County, Texas.3 The tree names seven children, born between 1838 and 1846: Mary Francis (1838), Martha A. C. and C. R. (both 1841), Martha Ann (1845), and Sherman Orwon, S. H. and Sherman Onice (all 1846).4 Inference Three sons named Sherman or S. H., all born in 1846, may well be duplicate profiles of one son, and the two daughters named Martha may be another such pair.4 The tree records his death only as "before 1915", without a source, so the year 1915 shown for his death is an estimate, not a record.5

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Sherman 'Shamie' Willingham SR.

  1. 3 January 1837Shimei Willingham, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
  2. 1850S Willingham, "United States, Census, 1850"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVS6-QQK: birth 18 Dec 1815, Georgia, no source attached; also Sherman 'Shamie' Willingham Senior and Sherman 'Shemei' Willingham; parents Alban W. Willingham and Bedia Herring back to the text
  2. "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967", FamilySearch, Shimei Willingham, 3 January 1837. Record: Shimei Willingham, 3 January 1837 "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Shimei Willingham and Elizabeth Strong, 3 January 1837. Record: Shimei Willingham and Elizabeth Strong, 3 January 1837 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVS6-QQK: marriage 3 Jan 1837, Coweta, Georgia back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, S Willingham, 1850. Record: S Willingham, 1850 "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, E M Willingham in entry for S Willingham, 1850. Record: E M Willingham in entry for S Willingham, 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MLRN-X2B (their page): residence 1850, Harrison, Texas back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVS6-QQK: children: Mary Francis 1838, Martha A C 1841, C R 1841, Martha Ann 1845, Sherman Orwon 1846, S H 1846, Sherman Onice 1846 back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVS6-QQK: death: before 1915, no source attached back to the text