1. Family records, military pension questionaire of John W. Hilton U.S.
Dept. of Interior dated 5 May 1898.
!2. John W. Hilton family Bible in possession of Ella Duckworth, Crane,
Mo.
1. David Alexander Wilson family Bible.
!2. Arthur B. Hilton son of Mary Jane, child #3.
!3. Grave markers for David Alexander Wilson and Amanda M. Burk.David A. Wilson was born in McMinn County, Tenn., December 12 1825, and is a son of Hugh P. and Nancy (Culton) Wilson who were also born in Tennessee, the former in Blount County in 1800. He was a son of David wilson , and was of Scothch-Irish descent. He died in Meigs County in 1848, age about seventy-five years. Hugh P. was his third child. He resides in McMinn County and he and wife became the parents of ten children, six now living...The mother of these children died in 1873, and the father took for his second wife Betsey Sloup. David A. wilson, the immediate subject of this biography, grew to maturity in Tennessee, where he received such educational advantages as the county afforded. He came to Missouri in the fall of 1852 and located in Barry county. From 1856 to 1859 he resided in Lawrence County, and then returned and located on his present farm. During the war he first enlisted in the enrolled militia, and was elected second lieutenant, but at the end of two years resigned and returned home on account of ill health. After he reached home he resumed agricultural pursuits, and soon after was elected judge of the county court, and was chosen presiding judge. He was married in 1846 to Amanda Burk, who was born in McMinn county, Tenn., and their union resulted in the birth of ten children seven now living....Mr.and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and since 1860 he has been an elder in the same.
HISTORY OF NEWTON, LAWRENCE,BARRY AND MCDONALD COUNTIES 1888, p. 1054.
1. Book of marriage records Guilford Co., N.C. Court House.
!2. Personal records of Lavada Wiley Hilton and Elaine Wiley House.
!3. Note: John F. and Del are twins.
4.Almon L. Wiley,"Thomas Wiley and Some Descendants"
22. Peter A. Neill
1. Memory of Lavada Wiley Hilton, Francis Emmaline's daughter.
!2. Records of Dorthy Roden of Cassville, Mo. and grave markers.
23. Susan Runyon
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
24. William Logan
William is describerd as a man of "great foresight and sound judgement," a "hard working and economical farmer." He is said to be of English and German ancestry. He was chosen County Assessor for two terms. The family moved from Lincoln Co.,TN to Barry Co.(now Lawrence Co.), MO, in 1852. He owned the northwest quarter of section 25 in Buck's Prairie Township, Lawrence Co., MO. Their home in 1866 was remembered by May Slaughter as being about one mile east of Marionville. In 1870, when the Frisco Railroad passed through, he sold his land. A town, about 6 miles east of Aurore, Section 25, Buck's Prairie Twp, was formed along the Frisco Railroad and named Logan after Wm. and Hetty Logan (for whom it was surveyed). Logan was a shipping point for Mt.Vernon and Marionville. The Logans were members of the Christian Church.
Fred Reed, "Descendants of Reuben Logan," (1990's) unpublished, p. l. In possession on Jerold Hilton. Also, GOODSPEED'S 1888 HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. p. 949.
Lawrence county may well be proud of her early pioneer settlers. They came from almost every state farther east and were made of that stalwart, well-seasoned stock inured to hardshp, toil, privation and the various other thing which beset the path of frontiersman. They were also gifted with broad minds, a love of nature, good judgement and a keen realization of the possibilities of any given locality.Of such a class as this, and coming among the very first, was the Logan family. Innediately up arriving they proceeded to select a location satisfactory for their uses. The choice fell on the tract on the site of Logan, named so in their honor, and some of the surrounding lands. This being done, they set to work erecting a home, but in reality laying the foundation for what has since proved to be one of the best and most prosperous neighborhoods in the county.
The head of this family at the time was William Logan, who came from a long line of English and German ancestry, many of the descendants having come to America in a very early day and finding their way to Tennessee, had formed quite a prosperous and happy neighborhood. However, William was filled with the pioneering spirit and wanted a new field in which to try his brawn and brain. Consequently in 1852 he and his family landed in Lawrence county.He was a hard worker and a man of great foresight and sound judgemant, which fact was so much recognized by his associates and neighbors that many of them sought his advice on inportant matters. They also made him assessor for two terms. His father was Reuben Logan, whjo was on of the first settlers in Tennessee. his wife was Miss Parmelia Neece, daughter of another pioneer family and early settlers in Tennessee. They made a very congenial and even-working couple, sharing their joys as well as their sorrows together. They were the proud parents of ten stalwart sons and three fair daughers, of whom six of the sons, Newton, Reuben, Wm. B., George W., Rev. B.F. and Buchanan, and one of the daughters, Mrs. Mary C. White, are still living. Most of these remained in the vicinity and have multiplied until at the present time there are several generations within the county and all of them usefrul and valued citizens. In addition to those that have remained many have gone forth to other states until Lawrence county now has Logan representatives from here to Texas and from the state of Washington to that of New York, all of them a credit to their beloved Ozark country, to which they frequently return for a renewal of the pastoral spirit and celestial charm. No matter what climes of what lands they may roam they find there's no place like the old Ozark home.
Source: HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI.
25. Parmelia Neece
Source of information:
Bertha Stafford,"Descendants of William Logan son of Reuben Logan Sr."
(unpublished) in possession of Jerold A. Hilton.
John L. Stafford came with his family to Missouri at the time his father Bird L. came in 1840. However, he moved about 1843 or 1844 to Webster County, where he spend the rest of his life.
Ernest Stafford, p. 116.
1. Bertha Stafford, a grand daughter of Nathan Carroll Turner.
!2. Grave markers
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.