Posted 19 Mar 2016 by HopelesslyHookedGeneaInAZ

"Went to Nacogdoches Co., TX in 1848 with his father. Served in the Confederate Army."

"All his life a frontiersman, he was wounded in the leg by an Indian's arrow, and wounded in the arm during the Civil War."

"Andrew Job Means b. 1838 in Overton County, TN. Went to Texas when 10 years old. Married Martha Amner Evans. Served in the Confederate Army. Master roll of Mar-Apr 1863 shows him discharged Mar. 6, 1863, a corporal, at Camp, near Pine Bluff, Ark., disability caused by gunshot in formarm, fracturing the radius." (Source- EXCERPT FROM WEB PAGE TITLED " From the MEANS Geneology").



War Department records show that A. J. Means (Andrew Jobe) enlisted in the Confederate States Army Nov. 15, 1861 at Camp Hebert, near Hempstead, Texas. He was in the 12th Texas infantry.

Muster roll March and April 1863 shos him discharged for disability, March 6, 1863, a corporal. Other records show that he was discharged at camp, near Pine Bluff, Ark., disability caused by gunshot wound in the forearm, fracturing the radius.

This information was sent by C. H. Bridges, Major General, The Adjutant General. Jan. 2, 1931. It states that the original of this letter is in the files of the U.D. C. in Chicago, Il.

After wife Martha died in 1883, Andrew remarried a woman named Eliza Bradshaw Northrip who was 21 years his junior.

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Additional biographical info below provided by Find A Grave contributors Phil & Donna (Stricklan) Whitaker in July 2016, courtesy of Gone Too Soon.



"The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 525:

Clemmons Means, born 26 January 1800, Randolph County, North Carolina; died 27 December 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas.

1st Married in 1820, Overton Co, TN: NANCY CARLOCK, born 10 May 1801, North Carolina; died in 1865, Nacogdoches, County, Texas.

Nancy was the daughter of Job and Nancy (McDonald) Carlock.

"Clem" was a noted Cumberland Presbyterian Minister. He came to Overton County, Tennessee with his father and was there in 1820. In 1826 and 1830 he was in Clay County, Missouri. By 1835 he returned to Overton County, Tennessee and remained there until 1850 when he moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas where he helped establish the first Presbyterian Church and was its first minister. He also assisted in founding the first Masonic Lodge in Nacogdoches County. An autobiography of Clemmons is contained in a book entitled "Old Men of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church."

Following is the issue of Clemmons and Nancy:

1 - Susan, b 22 August 1821; d 1906
2 - James Monroe, b ca 1823 (d young)
3 - Martha M, b 1 Jun 1825; married Samuel Tate
4 - Elizabeth, b 1828
5 - Lafayette M, b 15 May 1830
6 - Nancy Caroline, b ca 1832 (she married John W Damron)
7 - Lavina M, b 23 March 1835; d 27 Dec 1879
8 - Andrew Job, b 15 Jun 1837; d 1916
9 - Mary S, b ca 1840; married 10 March 1859, Thomas J Damron
10-Robertson Smith, b 10 January 1842; d 10 May 1897
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About Andrew Job Means, the 8th child
Page 543:

Andrew Job Means, born 15 June 1837, Overton County, Tennessee, died in 1916 "Buried in Old Cemetery in Wilson, Carter County, Oklahoma." *** He married 4 October 1857, Nacogdoches County, Texas, MARTHA A EVANS, died 2 October 1883, Texas.

Their children:
1 - Delia Jane, b 23 January 1859; d 1 Feb 1859
2 - Mary M, b 1 Feb 1860; d 1940; married Ben Brantly
3 - Andrew Dorman, b 4 Feb 1862
4 - Eleanora, b 6 March 1865; d 22 Oct 1883
5 - Nancy, b 1866; d 19 September 1866
6 - John, b 24 March 1867; d 24 July 1949
7 - William Wallace, b 1 October 1869; d 1934, married Mary Ann Skaggs (they are buried in the Bomar Point Cemetery)
8 - Robert Lee, b 18 February 1871; d 1955; married Nora E Sexton
9 - Martha A, b 16 Feb 1873; d 20 August 1940
10 - Sarah Amner, b 17 May 1876; d 1961
11 - Susan Jane,b 10 Jun 1878; d 1878
12 - Joseph, b 29 December 1879; d 3 April 1883

Biographical information courtesy of Gone Too Soon - July, 2016
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Their suggestion:
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*** Because his son and daughter-in-law are in the Bomar Point Cemetery, Wilson, Carter County, Oklahoma, he could be added to this cemetery. "Old Cemetery in Wilson". Oklahoma Cemeteries website says "Bomar Point Cemetery" is located just southwest of the city of Wilson, Range 2W, Township 5S, Section 6. It is one of two cemeteries of the city of Wilson.
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**Burial site is as yet UNCONFIRMED. The other possible cemetery would be Reck Cemetery, Wilson, Carter County, Oklahoma where there are also Means surnames from the late 1800's through early 1900's buried***OR Hewitt Cemetery: there is a publication History of Hewitt, Oklahoma that states "A.J. Means, father of W.W. Means, was a merchant for many years in Hewitt".