Wade & Webb Family History

Robberson Willingham1817–1896

Columbia · Crews · Willingham Cemetery

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

Birth

  1. 6 Nov 1817 Columbia, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 20 Dec 1848 Sarah Elizabeth Veasey, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  2. 25 Dec 1848 Sarah Elizabeth Veasey, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  3. 26 Dec 1848 Sarah Elizabeth Veasey, at Chambers, Alabama 2

Death and burial

  1. 1896 Burial: Willingham Cemetery, Hissop, Coosa, Alabama
  2. 28 Oct 1896 Death: Coosa, Alabama 8

Family

Parents
Alban W. Willingham 1791–1858
Bedia Herring 1800–1840
Spouse, 20 Dec 1848
Sarah Elizabeth Veasey 1826–1879
Children
William Alban Willingham 1850–1936
Eli Makiney Willingham 1858–1881
Early Paschal Willingham 1861–1898
Charles Hardin Willingham 1867–1953
Charles Willingham 1856–?
Bedy Cornelia Willingham 1864–1892
John Roberson Columbus Willingham 1856–1938
Mary Willingham 1853–1886

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Robberson Willingham
  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

Robberson Willingham was born on 6 November 1817 in Columbia County, Georgia, a son of Alban W. Willingham and Bedia Herring, according to the FamilySearch tree, which cites no source for the date.1 He married Sarah E. Veasy, or Veasey, in Chambers County, Alabama, in December 1848; most of the county marriage indexes give 26 December, one gives 25 December, and the tree carries a third date, 20 December, with no source.2 The federal census of 1850 recorded him in Coosa County, with Sarah in his household.3 In 1860 he was in the 2nd Subdivision of Coosa County, where he also appears in the slave schedule, the separate part of the census that listed enslaved people, by age and sex rather than by name, under the name of the person who held them; the index entry does not give the number.4 The tree names eight children born between 1850 and 1867.5 Sarah died on 21 March 1879, and the census of 1880 recorded him as "Robert Willingham" at Crews, Coosa County.6 A marriage of "R Wilingham" and M. A. S. Johnston on 21 June 1882 is attached to his profile, though the tree records no second wife.7 Inference If the record is his, he married again three years after Sarah's death; the original entry, with its county and any ages, would show whether it is.7 He died in Coosa County on 28 October 1896 and is buried in the Willingham Cemetery at Hissop, according to the tree and his Find a Grave memorial.8 The death records of three sons name him as father: William Alban Willingham (1936) and John Robert Columbus Willingham (1938) in Alabama, and Charlie Hardeman Willingham (1953) in Texas.9

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Robberson Willingham.

  1. 26 Dec 1848Robberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  2. 26 Dec 1848Robberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  3. 26 Dec 1848Robberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  4. 26 Dec 1848Robberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  5. 26 Dec 1848Robberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  6. 25 Dec 1848Robberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  7. 26 Dec 1848Robberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  8. 26 Dec 1848Robberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  9. 26 Dec 1848Roberson Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  10. 26 Dec 1848Roberson Willingham, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  11. 1850Robberson Willingham, "United States, Census, 1850"
  12. 1860Roberson Willingham, "United States, Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
  13. 1860Roberson Willingham, "United States, Census, 1860"
  14. 1880Robert Willingham, "United States Census, 1880"
  15. 21 Jun 1882R Wilingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  16. 1936Robt. Willingham, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  17. 1938Robert Willingham, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  18. 9 November 1953Willingham, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977"
  19. Burial record: Robbertson Willingham, 1896
  20. Robberson Willingham, "Find A Grave Index"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M4F9-WPF: birth 6 Nov 1817, Columbia, Georgia, no source attached; parents Alban W. Willingham and Bedia Herring back to the text
  2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Roberson Willingham and Sarah E. Veasey, 26 Dec 1848. Record: Roberson Willingham and Sarah E. Veasey, 26 Dec 1848 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Robberson Willingham and Sarah E Veasy, 26 Dec 1848. Record: Robberson Willingham and Sarah E Veasy, 26 Dec 1848 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Robberson Willingham and Sarah E Veazy, 25 Dec 1848. Record: Robberson Willingham and Sarah E Veazy, 25 Dec 1848 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, Roberson Willingham, 26 Dec 1848. Record: Roberson Willingham, 26 Dec 1848 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M4F9-WPF: marriage events 20 Dec 1848, 25 Dec 1848 and 26 Dec 1848, Chambers, Alabama back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Robberson Willingham, 1850. Record: Robberson Willingham, 1850 "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Sarah Willingham in entry for Robberson Willingham, 1850. Record: Sarah Willingham in entry for Robberson Willingham, 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M4F9-WPF: residence 1850, Coosa back to the text
  4. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Roberson Willingham, 1860. Record: Roberson Willingham, 1860 "United States, Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", FamilySearch, Roberson Willingham, 1860. Record: Roberson Willingham, United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M4F9-WPF: residence 1860, 2nd Subdivision, Coosa back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M4F9-WPF: children of Robberson Willingham and Sarah Elizabeth Veasey, 1850–1867 back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L1H7-DRV (their page): death 21 Mar 1879 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Robert Willingham, 1880. Record: Robert Willingham, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M4F9-WPF: residence 1880, Crews, Coosa back to the text
  7. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, R Wilingham and M A S Johnston, 21 Jun 1882. Record: R Wilingham and M A S Johnston, 21 Jun 1882 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M4F9-WPF: only marriage recorded: Sarah Elizabeth Veasey back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M4F9-WPF: death 28 Oct 1896, Coosa; burial 1896, Willingham Cemetery, Hissop, Coosa "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Robberson Willingham. Record: Robberson Willingham, Find a Grave Index Find A Grave Memorial# 35885656, Robbertson Willingham, Created by: Billie T, Record added: Apr 14, 2009 Record: Find A Grave Memorial 35885656, Robbertson Willingham back to the text
  9. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Robt. Willingham in entry for William Alban Willingham, 1936. Record: Robt. Willingham in entry for William Alban Willingham, 1936 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Robert Willingham in entry for John Robt Columbus Willingham, 1938. Record: Robert Willingham in entry for John Robt Columbus Willingham, 1938 "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, Willingham in entry for Charlie Hardeman Willingham, 9 November 1953. Record: Willingham in entry for Charlie Hardeman Willingham, 9 November 1953 back to the text