The Fulton Sun:
December 5, 2004:
Gideon Games was born in Maryland in 1789, a Veteran of the War of 1812, he was married first to Rachel Strother then second to Patsy Craig. Upon settling in Callaway County, Gideon purchased 160 acres from A.L. Langham, located eight miles north of Fulton.**
Gideon and Patsy were married in 1821 and came to Callaway in 1826 according to the book "Pioneer Families of Missouri." They had ten children and lived long lives passing away at 92 and 89 respectively. Gideon and Patsy were buried at Richland Baptist Church Cemetery.** Martha Elizabeth, the oldest Games daughter, married Grief Henry Baynham in December of 1839. Grief Baynham had come from Virginia to Missouri in 1831 with his stepfather, John W. Blackwell, and hired out to work on a farm at the rate of 50 cents per day. After their marriage, Grief and Martha continued to live on the Games land and there raised their family of nine children.**
Grief and his sons, John and Charles, started building their family home before the Civil War, but they stopped working on their house and enlisted in the Confederate Army. The men served throughout the war and all returned home at the end of the war. They continued to build on the brick house until it contained eight rooms.**The third generation to occupy the land was James Henry Baynham, third son of Grief and Martha Games Baynham. James married Mary Frances Barnes in 1873 and upon the death of his father in 1881 he became the master of the old brick home.
December 5, 2004:
Gideon Games was born in Maryland in 1789, a Veteran of the War of 1812, he was married first to Rachel Strother then second to Patsy Craig. Upon settling in Callaway County, Gideon purchased 160 acres from A.L. Langham, located eight miles north of Fulton.**
Gideon and Patsy were married in 1821 and came to Callaway in 1826 according to the book "Pioneer Families of Missouri." They had ten children and lived long lives passing away at 92 and 89 respectively. Gideon and Patsy were buried at Richland Baptist Church Cemetery.** Martha Elizabeth, the oldest Games daughter, married Grief Henry Baynham in December of 1839. Grief Baynham had come from Virginia to Missouri in 1831 with his stepfather, John W. Blackwell, and hired out to work on a farm at the rate of 50 cents per day. After their marriage, Grief and Martha continued to live on the Games land and there raised their family of nine children.**
Grief and his sons, John and Charles, started building their family home before the Civil War, but they stopped working on their house and enlisted in the Confederate Army. The men served throughout the war and all returned home at the end of the war. They continued to build on the brick house until it contained eight rooms.**The third generation to occupy the land was James Henry Baynham, third son of Grief and Martha Games Baynham. James married Mary Frances Barnes in 1873 and upon the death of his father in 1881 he became the master of the old brick home.
The Fulton Sun:
December 5, 2004:
Gideon Games was born in Maryland in 1789, a Veteran of the War of 1812, he was married first to Rachel Strother then second to Patsy Craig. Upon settling in Callaway County, Gideon purchased 160 acres from A.L. Langham, located eight miles north of Fulton.**
Gideon and Patsy were married in 1821 and came to Callaway in 1826 according to the book "Pioneer Families of Missouri." They had ten children and lived long lives passing away at 92 and 89 respectively. Gideon and Patsy were buried at Richland Baptist Church Cemetery.** Martha Elizabeth, the oldest Games daughter, married Grief Henry Baynham in December of 1839. Grief Baynham had come from Virginia to Missouri in 1831 with his stepfather, John W. Blackwell, and hired out to work on a farm at the rate of 50 cents per day. After their marriage, Grief and Martha continued to live on the Games land and there raised their family of nine children.**
Grief and his sons, John and Charles, started building their family home before the Civil War, but they stopped working on their house and enlisted in the Confederate Army. The men served throughout the war and all returned home at the end of the war. They continued to build on the brick house until it contained eight rooms.**The third generation to occupy the land was James Henry Baynham, third son of Grief and Martha Games Baynham. James married Mary Frances Barnes in 1873 and upon the death of his father in 1881 he became the master of the old brick home.
December 5, 2004:
Gideon Games was born in Maryland in 1789, a Veteran of the War of 1812, he was married first to Rachel Strother then second to Patsy Craig. Upon settling in Callaway County, Gideon purchased 160 acres from A.L. Langham, located eight miles north of Fulton.**
Gideon and Patsy were married in 1821 and came to Callaway in 1826 according to the book "Pioneer Families of Missouri." They had ten children and lived long lives passing away at 92 and 89 respectively. Gideon and Patsy were buried at Richland Baptist Church Cemetery.** Martha Elizabeth, the oldest Games daughter, married Grief Henry Baynham in December of 1839. Grief Baynham had come from Virginia to Missouri in 1831 with his stepfather, John W. Blackwell, and hired out to work on a farm at the rate of 50 cents per day. After their marriage, Grief and Martha continued to live on the Games land and there raised their family of nine children.**
Grief and his sons, John and Charles, started building their family home before the Civil War, but they stopped working on their house and enlisted in the Confederate Army. The men served throughout the war and all returned home at the end of the war. They continued to build on the brick house until it contained eight rooms.**The third generation to occupy the land was James Henry Baynham, third son of Grief and Martha Games Baynham. James married Mary Frances Barnes in 1873 and upon the death of his father in 1881 he became the master of the old brick home.
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