OUR TARLTON STORY--PART FOUR/George Washington Tarlton
GEORGE
WASHINGTON TARLTON
OUR
TARLTON STORY--PART FOUR
The
middle son of General Azion Tarlton was George Washington Tarlton,
the third great grandfather for reference for all the children of
Ann, Bessie, and Ted Moore, born in South Carolina in 1804.
And, of the three sons remaining in the county after Azion’s death,
George Tarlton I am certain was the father of the Tarlton that we
know best. The 1830 and 1840 censuses confirm a son of the right age
for George to be the father of our Alexander C. Tarlton, my
second great grandfather. Alexander is remembered by most family as
the victim of a ruthless assassination in 1864 as the great Civil War
drew to a conclusion.
Of
the other two sons of Azion, John SR does not have a son of correct
birth age to be Alexander, and James has a son of the right age, but
is living on land in 1840 that that is not centrally located next to
the remaining Tarlton families. James and Ann, his wife, are found in
Duck Creek Township across Mingo Swamp in Stoddard County by 1850.
The identity of James son is known and is not our Alexander.
George’s
land was next to brother John and father Azion, part of the original
Tarlton Plantation, and it would be a place to which Alexander would
return to start a family. That story is forthcoming.
George
Tarlton died before the 1850 census and would have been less than
46 years of age when he joined Zion on the next great adventure. His
life was probably forfeit to the Great Cholera Epidemic. He would
leave behind three sons of his own, a daughter, and probably his
wife. I will be the first researcher of this family to state that in
addition to Alexander, I believe conclusively that John Tarlton,
JR is the brother of Alexander and son of George. It was common
for brothers to name a son after their sibling in those years,
practically the norm, and George named John JR after his brother John
SR. John JR is in fact, not a junior at all. The SR and JR appendixes
were only used during the years when both Johns were enumerated on
the census to prevent confusion. John SR would name two of his sons
after brothers George and James.
I
assert this relationship based on the 1830 and 1840 Census for Wayne
County. While names were not yet enumerated on these censuses in both
of these accountings, George has 2 sons under 5 years of age (born
1825 – 1830) on the 1830 United States Census for Wayne County, and
John SR has none. On the 1840 census George has two sons 10 – 15
years of age (1825 – 1830) and John has none. John JR was born in
1826, and Alexander 1828. Since George died before all family members
were enumerated beginning with the 1850 census (the first U.S. census
where household family members were identified by name), we do not
currently know the name of the other siblings of Alexander and John,
JR.
John
Tarlton (JR), like his brother Alexander, was born in Wayne
County, Missouri and was Alexander’s senior by two years. He was
married at least three times. His first wife was Margaret L. (last
name unknown), born in North Carolina in 1825 and she was listed on
the 1850 census for Wayne County. This union produced at least two
sons, Commodore P. Tarlton born in 1851, and yet another George W.
Tarlton, this one born in 1858. That there were so many descendants
and family of the father of Alexander and John JR, the first George
W. of which we are aware, that would be named for him is testament to
how much he must have been admired and loved.
The
daughters of John JR and Margaret were Margaret L.Tarlton born in
1854 and their oldest child, Martha J. Tarlton born in 1850 in
Missouri. By 1860 Margaret was deceased and John had remarried, this
time to Polly Ann Buchanan, daughter of David and Elizabeth Buchanan.
She was born in 1840 in Missouri and died in 1873 in Oregon County,
Missouri where John had relocated his family towards the close of the
Civil War. The sons from this marriage included David Alexander
Tarlton born August 16, 1862 in Oregon County, William Henry Tarlton
born September 1863 in Oregon County, and James Andrew Tarlton born
in 1868 in Missouri. They also had a daughter, Susan Tarlton born
1871 in Missouri.
After
Polly’s death in 1873 John again remarried, this time to Nancy
Flannery around 1874-1875 in Ripley County, Missouri. Nancy was the
daughter of D. Flannery and Sarah Jobe. She was born November 15,
1836 in Missouri and died April 14, 1928 in Johnson Township in
Oregon County. One son was born to John and Nancy, Benjamin F.
Tarlton, born in 1879 in Oregon County, the year of John’s demise.
The daughters were Missouri Belle Tarlton born April 13, 1878 in
Oregon County, and Lucy Tarlton, the eldest child, born in 1875 in
the same county.
This
concludes the accounting of George Washington Tarlton’s known
family, including Alexander, whose story and violent death will be
forthcoming in the next narrative chapters.
Copyright by the author August 1, 2009. Reproductions for family files only. No other reproduction with the written consent of the author.
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