submitter: Joyce Willingham         
 

Husband: Amos Willingham 
Born: 4 Jan 1810 
Location: Oglethorpe Co.,  Georgia 
Married: 27 Dec 1832 
Location: Newton Co., Ga.
Died: 5 May 1901 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Cemetery: Shady Grove Cem. 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Father: Thomas Willingham
Mother: Rebecca Humphries
Other Spouses: Mrs. Lucretia Kenemore/Kenimore

Wife: Jane Belle Haney
Born: 22 Apr 1811 
Location: Jackson Co., Ga.
Died: 22 Nov 1879 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Cemetery: Shady Grove Cem. 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Father: George Haney
Mother: Sarah Humphries
Other Spouses: 

Children
Name: Jessie Cleveland Willingham
Born: 30 Dec 1833 
Location: Newton Co., Georgia
Died: 2 Nov 1861 
Location: Civil War
Cemetery: Unknown 
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Name: George Haney Willingham
Born: 27 May 1836 
Location: Newton Co., Georgia
Died: 4 Aug 1863 
Location: Civil War Prison Camp
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Name: Mary Ann E. Willingham
Born: 29 Mar 1839 
Location: Randolph Co., Ala.
Died: Before 1900 
Location: 
Cemetery: Unknown 
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Spouse 1: James Robert 'Bob' Read
Married: 1868 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Spouse 2: 
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Name: Amos Jackson Willingham
Born: 14 Dec 1841 
Location: Randolph Co., Ala.
Died: 10 Jul 1924 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Cemetery: Shady Grove Cem. 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Spouse 1: Ann Elizabeth Mathis
Married: 3 Nov 1864 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Spouse 2: 
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Name: Rebecca Jane Willingham
Born: 22 Jan 1845 
Location: Randolph Co., Ala
Died: 21 Apr 1900 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Cemetery: Shady Grove Cem. 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Spouse 1: Francis Marion Satterwhite
Married: About 1867 
Location: Texas
Spouse 2: 
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Name: Louisa J. Willingham
Born: 8 Nov 1847 
Location: Randolph Co., Ala. 
Died: About 1877 
Location: Wood Co., Tx.
Cemetery: Unknown 
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Spouse 1: John Hague Snow
Married: About 1868 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Spouse 2: 
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Name: John Wesley Willingham
Born: 30 Oct 1850 
Location: Randolph Co., Ala
Died: Between 1895-1900 
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Cemetery: Unknown 
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Spouse 1: Mary Ann Drennan
Married: 30 Jan 1874 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Spouse 2: 
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Name: Nancy M. Willingham
Born: 25 Aug 1852 
Location: Randolph Co., Ala
Died: 20 Dec 1871 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.,
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Name: Josephus 'Joe' Newton Willingham
Born: 14 May 1856 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Died: 12 Jul 1930 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Cemetery: Shady Grove Cem. 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Spouse 1: Lavonia Josephine  (Josie) Sansom
Married: 13 Nov 1879 
Location: Upshur Co., Tx.
Spouse 2: 
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Comments: It is believed that Amos & Jane Willingham came to Upshur Co. about 1855.  Since that time, there has always been at least one Willingham living in Upshur Co.

Sources: Bible of Amos Jackson and Ann Elizabeth Willingham, tombstones, courthouse records
 

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