Life History

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  Jeremiah Early Kilmer
  Birth Oct. 11, 1832 Tennessee
  Death Jul. 20, 1915, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  
  Early was married three times
  1st Nancy Williams (my ggreatgrandmother),
  Children
  1 Mary KILMER b: 1854 in Tennessee, married Henry Hawking
  2 James Byram Or Byrom KILMER b: 29 Aug 1855 in Ozark, Missouri married 1st Clara Trowbridge and 2nd Nellie Stewart
  3 Margarette Jane KILMER b: 8 Nov 1858 in Douglas, Missouri married John Green
  4 Sarah Lousie KILMER b: 17 May 1862 in Douglas, Missouri married 1st Newman William Osborne and 2nd John Melvin Akins
  5 John Doe KILMER b: 4 Jun 1868 in Arkansas married 1st Mary Elizabeth Cooper and 2nd Margaret Virginia Baily
  6 Thomas Walker KILMER b: 17 May 1871 in Fulton, Arkansas married 1st Lou McCord, 2nd Lula Beasley and 3rd Nora Elizabeth Jones (note with last marriage this made Thomas and Nora grandparents of Val Kilmer
  
  2nd Sarah Jones (widow Duckworth)
  Children
  Mattie [Martha] KILMER b: Abt 1873 in Arkansas, married Charles Albert Rhoads
  
  and 3rd Sarah Saylors
  Children
  Jessie Harper KILMER b: 1 Oct 1889 in Vilonia, Faulkner, Arkansas, married Susan Birtie Light
  
  -- Find A Grave Memorial #14865273, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14865273
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  Nancy Williams
  Birth 1836 in Tennessee
  Death 1871 in  Arkansas
  Parents:
  Wright Williams 1810 - 1882
  Lucinda Pigg 1814 - 1894
  Marriage 1853 in Tennessee to Jeremiah Early Kilmer (1833 - 1915)
  11 children
  --  Johnson, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/36686707/person/18980480164?ssrc=&ml_rpos=7&ftm=1
  
  In the 1860 census, the ages of the children tell us they moved from Tennessee to Missouri about 1855.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 7 July, Cross Roads, P O Ophir, Enumeration District 26, page 130, Hse #939, Fam #1001
  Early Kilmere [sic] 27 M W Farmer $500 Real Estate $200 Personal born TN
  Nancy Kilmere 27 F W Wife born TN
  Mary E A Kilmere 6 F W Son born TN
  James B Kilmere 4 M W Son born MO
  Margaret J Kilmere 1 F W Son born MO
  
  1860 Federal Census, Douglas County, Missouri, 13 July, P O Falling Spring, District page 28, Hse/Fam #188
  Early Kilmere [sic] 27 M W Farmer $500 Real Estate $200 Personal born TN
  Nancy Kilmere 27 F W Wife born TN
  Mary E A Kilmere 6 F W Son born TN
  James B Kilmere 4 M W Son born MO
  Margaret J Kilmere 1 F W Son born MO
  
  In the 1870 census, Early's wife is named Mary.  The children of the family look right, and match the earlier reports.  Is Mary Nancy's other name?  None of the family sources mention a Mary.  And Nancy is reported to have died in 1870 or 1871.  No Mary is reported among the three wives of Early.  I have not found the marriage record for Nancy or Early's second wife, the widow Sarah Jones Duckworth.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Fulton County, Arkansas, 1 July, Big Spring Township, PO Bennetts Bayou, page 49, Hse #4, Fam #7
  Killmore, E 36 M W Farmer $0 Real Estate $205 Personal born Tenn
  Killmore, Mary [Nancy?] 34 F W  Keeper of House born Tennessee
  Killmore, Mary 15 F W Domes-H Keeper born Tennessee
  Killmore, James 12 M W Farm Laborer born Missouri
  Killmore, Jennie 11 F W born Arkansas  [matches Margaret J of 1860, who was Margaret Jane]
  Killmore, Sarah 9 F W born Arkansas
  Killmore, John 2 M W At Home born Missouri
  
  The birth states of the children indicate a lot of moving north-south.  It looks like they moved from Tennessee to Missouri soon after the end of the Civil War.  James was born there about 1857-1858, but they weren't in Missouri long before moving somewhere south of the border into Arkansas, where Jennie was born about 1858 or 1859.
  
  Douglas County, Missouri is just one county away for Arkansas in central Missouri.  A little after the 1960 census, they moved back into Missouri, where John was born about 1862.  By 1870 they are back across the border in Fulton County.  Fulton County, Arkansas, borders Missouri in the Ozarks.
  

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Douglas County, Missouri
  • 13 July, P O Falling Spring, page 25, Hse/Fam #188
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Fulton County, Arkansas
  • 1 July, Big Spring Township, PO Bennetts Bayou, page 49, Hse #4, Fam #7
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 5 March, Stratford, District 35, page 9A,  Hse #133, Fam #134
• 5. 1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Oklahoma
  • 4 April, Allen Township, District 1, page 2A, Hse/#16
• 6. 1910 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 28 April, Whitebead Township, District 88, page 5B, Hse/Fam #73
• 7. 1900 Federal Census, Faulkner County, Arkansas
  • 15 June, Cypress Township, District 27, Page 7B, House #138, Family #142
• 8. RootsWeb Trees
• 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 10. 1860 Federal Census, Douglas County, Missouri
  • 13 July, P O Falling Spring, District page 28, Hse/Fam #188
• 11. Oklahoma Death Certificate