According to an unpublished Gillum family genealogy in the library of the Pike County Genealogical Society in Bowling Green, Missouri, the parents of Mary Fletcher Gillum are John Gillum (born 1779 in Virginia and died 1844 in Pike County, Missouri) and Elizabeth Smith (born in Virginia and died 1839/1840 in Missouri). The genealogy records seven children, all born in Virginia: Tandy Gillum (born 1803), Granville Gillum (born 1805/1806), John Wesley Gillum (born 1808), Jane Gillum (born 1810) (married John Myers), James Logan Gillum (born 1812), Nathan Smith Gillum (born 1815), and Mary Fletcher Gillum (born 1820/1821) (married James A Wren).
On 5 January 1836 in Albemarle County, Virginia, Mary Fletcher Gillum married James Alfred Wren (born 1813 in Virginia and died 1896 in Texas). By 1838, the parents John Gillum and Elizabeth Smith had migrated with their adult children to the area of Pike County, Missouri.
Mary F Wren is recorded in the household of James A Wren in the 1860 and 1870 census years in Waverly township in Lincoln County, Missouri. Nine children, all born in Missouri, are listed in the household during the 1860 and 1870 census years: Sarah A Wren, James W Wren, Charles A Wren, Mary J Wren, Ardena Wren, John F Wren, Leroy O Wren, Anna Wren, Lemma L Wren. With respect to the children of Mary Fletcher Gillum, the Gillum family genealogy is largely consistent with the 1860 and 1870 census records. The genealogy researcher notes that James Wren and Mary Fletcher Gillum died in Texas (no dates provided) and nothing is further known about their children.
In the 1880 census, James Wren is recorded as engaged in farming in Precinct 6 in Kaufman County, Texas. He is age 69, born in Virginia. He is married to Mary Wren who is age 57, born in Missouri. Children in the 1880 household are Leroy Wren (age 21, born in Missouri) and Linnie Wren (age 13, born in Missouri). The James Wren family is numbered 133. Family 134 is headed by George Mitchell (age 30, born in Georgia, farm laborer) who was married within the calendar year to Mary Mitchell (age 29, born in Missouri, parents born in Virginia). Family 135 is headed by Elizabeth Morris (widowed, age 40, born in Missouri, parents born in Virginia). Children listed in her household, all born in Missouri, are Price Morris (age 19), Maggie Morris (age 11), and Charles Morris (age 6).
According to the marker in Field Cemetery, the husband James Wren died in 1896. The 1900 census for Kaufman County, Texas, records Mary Wren (widowed, age 79, born in Virginia) in the household of her son-in law Martin Gayhart (farmer, age 47, born in Ohio). Martin Gayhart has been married to Annie Gayhart (age 39, born in Missouri) for 24 years. A nephew Archie Mitchell (age 14, born in Texas, father born in Georgia, mother born in Missouri) also lives in the 1900 household.
A transcribed obituary informs that Mary Wren died on January 6, 1908 aged 87 years. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and married James A Wren at age 16. The parents of James Wren are William C Wren and Mary Huckstep. She moved to Pike County, Missouri, in 1837 and to Prairieville, Texas, in 1876. Burial is in Field's Cemetery.
On 5 January 1836 in Albemarle County, Virginia, Mary Fletcher Gillum married James Alfred Wren (born 1813 in Virginia and died 1896 in Texas). By 1838, the parents John Gillum and Elizabeth Smith had migrated with their adult children to the area of Pike County, Missouri.
Mary F Wren is recorded in the household of James A Wren in the 1860 and 1870 census years in Waverly township in Lincoln County, Missouri. Nine children, all born in Missouri, are listed in the household during the 1860 and 1870 census years: Sarah A Wren, James W Wren, Charles A Wren, Mary J Wren, Ardena Wren, John F Wren, Leroy O Wren, Anna Wren, Lemma L Wren. With respect to the children of Mary Fletcher Gillum, the Gillum family genealogy is largely consistent with the 1860 and 1870 census records. The genealogy researcher notes that James Wren and Mary Fletcher Gillum died in Texas (no dates provided) and nothing is further known about their children.
In the 1880 census, James Wren is recorded as engaged in farming in Precinct 6 in Kaufman County, Texas. He is age 69, born in Virginia. He is married to Mary Wren who is age 57, born in Missouri. Children in the 1880 household are Leroy Wren (age 21, born in Missouri) and Linnie Wren (age 13, born in Missouri). The James Wren family is numbered 133. Family 134 is headed by George Mitchell (age 30, born in Georgia, farm laborer) who was married within the calendar year to Mary Mitchell (age 29, born in Missouri, parents born in Virginia). Family 135 is headed by Elizabeth Morris (widowed, age 40, born in Missouri, parents born in Virginia). Children listed in her household, all born in Missouri, are Price Morris (age 19), Maggie Morris (age 11), and Charles Morris (age 6).
According to the marker in Field Cemetery, the husband James Wren died in 1896. The 1900 census for Kaufman County, Texas, records Mary Wren (widowed, age 79, born in Virginia) in the household of her son-in law Martin Gayhart (farmer, age 47, born in Ohio). Martin Gayhart has been married to Annie Gayhart (age 39, born in Missouri) for 24 years. A nephew Archie Mitchell (age 14, born in Texas, father born in Georgia, mother born in Missouri) also lives in the 1900 household.
A transcribed obituary informs that Mary Wren died on January 6, 1908 aged 87 years. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and married James A Wren at age 16. The parents of James Wren are William C Wren and Mary Huckstep. She moved to Pike County, Missouri, in 1837 and to Prairieville, Texas, in 1876. Burial is in Field's Cemetery.
According to an unpublished Gillum family genealogy in the library of the Pike County Genealogical Society in Bowling Green, Missouri, the parents of Mary Fletcher Gillum are John Gillum (born 1779 in Virginia and died 1844 in Pike County, Missouri) and Elizabeth Smith (born in Virginia and died 1839/1840 in Missouri). The genealogy records seven children, all born in Virginia: Tandy Gillum (born 1803), Granville Gillum (born 1805/1806), John Wesley Gillum (born 1808), Jane Gillum (born 1810) (married John Myers), James Logan Gillum (born 1812), Nathan Smith Gillum (born 1815), and Mary Fletcher Gillum (born 1820/1821) (married James A Wren).
On 5 January 1836 in Albemarle County, Virginia, Mary Fletcher Gillum married James Alfred Wren (born 1813 in Virginia and died 1896 in Texas). By 1838, the parents John Gillum and Elizabeth Smith had migrated with their adult children to the area of Pike County, Missouri.
Mary F Wren is recorded in the household of James A Wren in the 1860 and 1870 census years in Waverly township in Lincoln County, Missouri. Nine children, all born in Missouri, are listed in the household during the 1860 and 1870 census years: Sarah A Wren, James W Wren, Charles A Wren, Mary J Wren, Ardena Wren, John F Wren, Leroy O Wren, Anna Wren, Lemma L Wren. With respect to the children of Mary Fletcher Gillum, the Gillum family genealogy is largely consistent with the 1860 and 1870 census records. The genealogy researcher notes that James Wren and Mary Fletcher Gillum died in Texas (no dates provided) and nothing is further known about their children.
In the 1880 census, James Wren is recorded as engaged in farming in Precinct 6 in Kaufman County, Texas. He is age 69, born in Virginia. He is married to Mary Wren who is age 57, born in Missouri. Children in the 1880 household are Leroy Wren (age 21, born in Missouri) and Linnie Wren (age 13, born in Missouri). The James Wren family is numbered 133. Family 134 is headed by George Mitchell (age 30, born in Georgia, farm laborer) who was married within the calendar year to Mary Mitchell (age 29, born in Missouri, parents born in Virginia). Family 135 is headed by Elizabeth Morris (widowed, age 40, born in Missouri, parents born in Virginia). Children listed in her household, all born in Missouri, are Price Morris (age 19), Maggie Morris (age 11), and Charles Morris (age 6).
According to the marker in Field Cemetery, the husband James Wren died in 1896. The 1900 census for Kaufman County, Texas, records Mary Wren (widowed, age 79, born in Virginia) in the household of her son-in law Martin Gayhart (farmer, age 47, born in Ohio). Martin Gayhart has been married to Annie Gayhart (age 39, born in Missouri) for 24 years. A nephew Archie Mitchell (age 14, born in Texas, father born in Georgia, mother born in Missouri) also lives in the 1900 household.
A transcribed obituary informs that Mary Wren died on January 6, 1908 aged 87 years. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and married James A Wren at age 16. The parents of James Wren are William C Wren and Mary Huckstep. She moved to Pike County, Missouri, in 1837 and to Prairieville, Texas, in 1876. Burial is in Field's Cemetery.
On 5 January 1836 in Albemarle County, Virginia, Mary Fletcher Gillum married James Alfred Wren (born 1813 in Virginia and died 1896 in Texas). By 1838, the parents John Gillum and Elizabeth Smith had migrated with their adult children to the area of Pike County, Missouri.
Mary F Wren is recorded in the household of James A Wren in the 1860 and 1870 census years in Waverly township in Lincoln County, Missouri. Nine children, all born in Missouri, are listed in the household during the 1860 and 1870 census years: Sarah A Wren, James W Wren, Charles A Wren, Mary J Wren, Ardena Wren, John F Wren, Leroy O Wren, Anna Wren, Lemma L Wren. With respect to the children of Mary Fletcher Gillum, the Gillum family genealogy is largely consistent with the 1860 and 1870 census records. The genealogy researcher notes that James Wren and Mary Fletcher Gillum died in Texas (no dates provided) and nothing is further known about their children.
In the 1880 census, James Wren is recorded as engaged in farming in Precinct 6 in Kaufman County, Texas. He is age 69, born in Virginia. He is married to Mary Wren who is age 57, born in Missouri. Children in the 1880 household are Leroy Wren (age 21, born in Missouri) and Linnie Wren (age 13, born in Missouri). The James Wren family is numbered 133. Family 134 is headed by George Mitchell (age 30, born in Georgia, farm laborer) who was married within the calendar year to Mary Mitchell (age 29, born in Missouri, parents born in Virginia). Family 135 is headed by Elizabeth Morris (widowed, age 40, born in Missouri, parents born in Virginia). Children listed in her household, all born in Missouri, are Price Morris (age 19), Maggie Morris (age 11), and Charles Morris (age 6).
According to the marker in Field Cemetery, the husband James Wren died in 1896. The 1900 census for Kaufman County, Texas, records Mary Wren (widowed, age 79, born in Virginia) in the household of her son-in law Martin Gayhart (farmer, age 47, born in Ohio). Martin Gayhart has been married to Annie Gayhart (age 39, born in Missouri) for 24 years. A nephew Archie Mitchell (age 14, born in Texas, father born in Georgia, mother born in Missouri) also lives in the 1900 household.
A transcribed obituary informs that Mary Wren died on January 6, 1908 aged 87 years. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and married James A Wren at age 16. The parents of James Wren are William C Wren and Mary Huckstep. She moved to Pike County, Missouri, in 1837 and to Prairieville, Texas, in 1876. Burial is in Field's Cemetery.
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