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two of her brothers had been in the Grayson Co. area because they brought Ann and
the children to Texas after the death of her Sparlin husband.
So far, I had a lot of circumstantial evidence connecting Ann to William
Southward. I found a group of Southward researchers who were from several of the
William Southward children's lines. They sent me the information they had on the
family. They had an unknown female child who would fit Ann shown to be 10-15 years
old on the 1830 census in Schuyler/McDonough Co., IL. The final proof was locating the
1866 Johnson Co., MO estate papers for Wm. Southward filed by his wife, Sarah
Southward. Those papers listed in his heirs "Ann Sparlin also of Texas."
In 1866, when the estate papers were filed for her father, Ann had been married
to William Gallaher for approximately 10 years, but whoever listed the heirs gave her
last name as still being Sparlin.
William Gallaher had received a Peter's Colony land grant in Grayson Co., TX in
1850. He sold this land in 1852. The witness for the land sale was James C.
Southward, Ann's brother. This meant that Wm. had known the Southward family in
Grayson Co. before Ann came there. Ann didn't come to TX until at least 1852, but I
don't know the exact date. There is no record of her marriage to Wm. in Grayson or any
of the surrounding counties, but we can assume they had married before 1857 when
their first known child was born.
A story I would have loved to hear about the Southward family was the reason for
William Southward going to Texas with Mourning Southward. The 1850 Fannin Co., TX
census had Wm.'s wife listed as "M. Southword." If you look at the genealogy sheet,
you will see that William Southward was actually married to Sarah Jobe in about 1812.
She was the mother of all his children. In about 1845, William went to TX accompanied
by Mourning Jobe, his wife's sister. She was known as his wife while he was in TX and
was last heard of in 1856 when she was named as his wife on a land record in Grayson
Co., TX. Sarah Southward stayed in MO and was in Clay Co., MO in 1850, living with
two of her sons. There have never been any divorce papers found.
About 1845, there was a "split" in the Southward family. To this point, all the
children had been living in the same area as William and Sarah as they moved from
state to state. But about this time, William, Mourning Jobe, and several of the
Southward children moved to TX. Ruth Southward Tetherow and her family started on
their trip to Oregon and the Sparlin family decided to go back to Ohio where Benjamin's
parents were still living. Sarah, Iredell and Randolph Southward stayed in MO, but
other than in 1850 when they were in Clay Co., we don't know where they lived. Iredell
and his family were in Grayson Co., TX in 1852. I've wondered if they came to TX at
the same time as Ann and the children. I don't know what happened to Randolph after
1850. He wasn't heard from again. Who Sarah lived with after Iredell left for TX and
until William returned to MO, is another unanswered question.COLLIN CHRONICLES
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