Carolyn, I'm sending this to the Marion Co email list so that others may also respond to your request. I'm not sure just how much help I can be to you. What we have differs a bit from what you have, but that's not strange in this game, huh? Our records show that James E Wilmoth was born in TN ca 1829 m/1 Martha J Clouse b TN 1831; m/2 Mary S ___ b TN ca 1845. He and his first wife are listed in Barren Creek Township in the 1860 Marion Co census with Rebecca E b TN 1850, John T b TN 1851, James B b TN 1856. L B Wilmoth 18 b TN is living with them. A William T Clouse 23 TN, Sarah C 22 TN, and Benjamin 1 TN are living next door. "History of Boone Co AR" indicates James Wilmoth was in Sugar Loaf Township, Boone Co AR in 1870. This book indicates that he was by 1863 married to his 2nd wife and that they had Francis M b TN 1863, Isaac b TN 1865, and Kessiah (m) b MCAR 1868. However, I've not yet checked the Boone Co AR 1870 census microfilm to verify this. To add to this confusion, I find an Isaac Wilmoth as a taxpayer in Sugar Loaf Township, Marion Co in 1890. I also find an Isaac Wilmoth aged 21 married Boone Co AR 15 Nov 1876 L A Gossett aged 23. This would indicate the Isaac, son of James above, could have been b in 1854/5. I have a definite feeling here that someone has confused the wives' names and turned one marriage into two as well as making a typo on the birth dates of the last three children. I've recently come across information that a James Wilmoth served in the Civil War, was captured by Federal troops in Marion Co 10 Jan 1865 and died at Alton Prison in Illinois 25 April 1865 of diarrhea. I do know that, often, families moved to the area where their menfolk were incarcerated to be near them and help them whatever way they could. This *could* explain the move to IL. It could also explain the death date of 1866 you found on the pension papers as well as explain the pension papers themselves. Apparently a friend of James', William DeShields, was captured at the same time and died of small pox 5 days before James died. Our records also indicate that James was the son of Wilson & Keziah (Cooper) Wilmoth (both are buried in Enon Cemetery in Boone Co AR). His siblings were Nathan 1822, Jane 1824, Francis Marion 1826, Sarah "Sally" 1828; Jackson ca 1830, Martha 1831, Mary S "Pop" 1834, Millie Ellen 1836, Julia Ann 1839/40, George Washington 1843, Margaret Emaline 1846, Elmira 1848/50 - all born in TN - probably Overton Co. Sorry, Carolyn, but I don't know of any Wilmoth researchers. Hope your email problems clear up. It's a pain, isn't it? Mysty [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: carolyn bowers To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 3:47 PM Subject: James Wilmoth Mysty, I'm sorry to bother you with this but I have tried three times recently (once today) to post a message to the Marion County board (ie [email protected]). I do not know whether any got through or not--but I did not get a copy of my query--which makes me wonder if my posts have gotten through. Do you know of any researchers of any Wilmoths in Marion County in 1860--especially James Wilmoth in Barren Creek Twp., his wife, Martha Jane (Clouse) and their family of three children including Rebecca Elizabeth, age 10? Per Rebecca Elizabeth's pension file, she was born in DeKalb County, TN in 1851. The file also indicates that the James Wilmoth family was in Marion County for only a short time--less than a year--before they moved on to Illinois where Rebecca Elizabeth was married in 1866 (and presumably where James Wilmoth died since the pension file reports that he died in 1866). Rebecca Elizabeth and her first husband were later divorced (1878) and she married Chas. S. Spicer. They moved to Sharp County, Arkansas prior to 1886. I have a "hunch" that James Wilmoth was a son of John Wilmoth who lived in DeKalb County in 1840 and had a son "over 10, but under 15". Mary Jane (Clouse) Wilmoth (mother of Rebecca Elizabeth) also moved to Arkansas with her daughter and! son-in-law. Per 1900 census records, she had born six children, but only one (Rebecca Elizabeth) was living. Oops--I've told you more than you need to know to respond to my question of whether you know of Wilmoth researchers. Sorry. Thanks! Carolyn [email protected]