Jessie
Davis (J.D.) Oldham was born in
Georgetown, Franklin Co, Kentucky in 1792.
He came to Missouri in the fall of 1829. He married Susan Jacobs.
Susan was born in 1800 in the state of Virginia. Susan died in 1837 in Calloway Co.,
Missouri. J.D. went to California in
the spring of 1849 during the time of gold discovery. J.D. died in California in 1854.
J.D. and Susan had ten children. (exact unknown order)
1. William George Oldham - He was born
in March of 1818 in Kentucky. He
married Rebecca E. Ewing on February
25, 1841. William served as a Private
(Capt. Russell’s Co., 1 Reg’t Mo. Mtd. Vols.) in the Florida War, also known as
the Seminole War in 1837. He joined on
October 6, 1837 and mustered out on February 15, 1838. William also fought for more than a year in
the Mexican War under Kearney. William
died in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1903.
They had 3 children.
A.
William H. Oldham - He was
born about 1842 in Ohio.
B.
Thomas R. Oldham - He was
born about 1848 in Ohio.
C.
Sallie E. Oldham – She was born about 1860. She married ? Coleman.
They had 3 children.
i.
William H. Coleman – He was born about 1877.
ii.
Nellie M. Coleman – She was born about 1879. She married Adolph Schroeder.
iii.
Eileen Coleman – She was adopted.
2. Mary Alvira Oldham - Born May 12,
1820 in Kentucky. She married Isaac
Joshua Jarvis, son of Joshua Jarvis and Polly (Burk) Jarvis on September
27, 1846 in Kentucky. Isaac was born
February 25, 1825 and died on September 30, 1908. Mary Alvira died May 19, 1888 in Nemaha Co., Nebraska. Mary Alvira and Isaac had nine children. (see Jarvis History for complete history)
A. Jesse William
Jarvis - Born September 25, 1847
B. Isaac
Lawrence Jarvis - Born October 20, 1849
C. Walter
Richard Jarvis - Born February 11, 1852
D. Andrew Lundy
Jarvis - Born May 14, 1854
E. Mary Francis
Jarvis - Born May 30, 1856
F. Newton
Cridington Jarvis - Born March 25, 1859
G. Levi Jarvis
- Born May 9, 1861
H. Leander
Jarvis - Born May 9, 1861
I. Amelia
Evaline Jarvis - Born December 23, 1863
3. Evaline Mildred Oldham - She was born
in Kentucky about 1822. She married Allen Nash on April 18, 1844. He was born in 1818 in Missouri. They had 3 children.
A.
Susan R. Nash - Born about
1844 in Missouri
B.
William J. Nash - Born about
1847 in Missouri
C.
Mary E. Nash - Born about
1849 in Missouri
4. Richard Lafayette Oldham - He was
born about 1823 in Kentucky. He married
Emily F. Reed on October 28, 1847. She
was born about 1829 in Missouri. They
had 5 children. Richard died in
Colorado.
A.
James Lawrence Oldham - He
was born about 1848 in Missouri.
B.
Mary Oldham - She was born
about 1853 in Missouri.
C.
Winfred Oldham - He was born
about 1857 in Kansas.
D.
Nathan Oldham - He was born
about 1860 in Kansas. Twin
E.
Richard Oldham - He was born
about 1860 in Kansas. Twin
5. James Lawrence Oldham - He was born
in Kentucky and died close to Warm Springs, New Mexico while he was on his way
to serve in the Mexican War. (Mexican War
1846-1848) He was born between 1825 and 1830. (He was between 10 & 15 in 1840 census).
6. Tapley Oldham - Died in infancy in
Kentucky.
7. Susan Elizabeth Oldham - She was born
about 1828 in Kentucky and died about 1856.
She married Paschal F. Lundy
on November 16, 1847. He was born in
Kentucky. They had 5 children. (unknown
order)
A.
Albert L. Lundy - He
was born about 1849 in Kentucky.
B.
William R. Lundy
C.
Paschal F. Lundy
Jr.
D.
Susan L. Lundy
E.
H.L. Lundy
(Paschal’s
second marriage was to Missouri Catron on April 27, 1859. They had eight children: John Solomon,
Sterling Price, Laura Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Christopher Columbus, Zeralda Ann,
Minnie Almina, and George Walker).
8. Levi
Oldham - Died in infancy in Calloway Co, Missouri.
9. Amanda Ann Oldham - Born March 8,
1830 in Calloway Co, Missouri. She
lived there until she was about 18 years old.
She moved to Henry Co., Missouri when her father and brother went to
California in 1849. There she lived for
five years with her sister Eva. She
moved to Holt Co., Missouri and stayed with her sister Mary Alvira Jarvis. Amanda Ann taught school in a log cabin in
Holt Co.. She met Andrew Jackson
Shepherd in the spring of 1855 at her sister Mary's home. Amanda and Andrew were married on August 12,
1857.
Andrew
was born in 1817 in Rockingham Co, North Carolina. He died March 7, 1864 and is buried in the Caton Cemetery. Amanda
never remarried. Amanda died on Friday,
April 24, 1914. She is buried in Mount
Hope Cemetery in Mound City, Missouri.
Andrew
and Amanda had four children.
A.
William Andrew Shepherd - He was born about 1859 and died at the
age of 19 and is buried in the
Caton Cemetery. Amanda Ann called him
“Billy”.
B. Mary
Elizabeth Shepherd - She was born April 17, 1860 in Missouri. Amanda Ann called her “Mary Betty”. She married February 1, 1880 to Isaac M.
Minton. Mary and Isaac had four
children.
i. Zoe Minton
– She was born about 1880. She married ?
Thomas. They had one daughter.
1)
Ruth Thomas
ii. William
Henry Minton – He was born about 1882
iii. Robert Lafayette Minton - He was born about 1884 in Missouri.
iv. George Minton
C. Sarah Jane
Shepherd - She was born September 1, 1862 in Missouri. Amanda Ann called her “Dolly”. She married December 2, 1884 to James
Galusha Melvin. James was from
Nemaha, Nebraska, he was born about 1863.
They had two children.
i. Daisy Melvin - She was born about 1886 in Missouri.
ii. Ruth Melvin - She was born about 1895 in Missouri.
D. John Allen
Shepherd - He was born March 1863 in Missouri. Amanda Ann called him
“Johnny”. He married Lura Twyman. They had one child.
i. Gwen Shepherd
10. Jessie Davis Oldham - He was born about
1835 in Calloway Co, Missouri. He went
with his father to California in 1849.
Jessie Davis died in California.
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