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Ancestors of Alice Edna Wollard

Generation No. 2

      2. James Madison Wollard, born 16 Mar 1840 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 29 Apr 1916 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri. He was the son of 4. William Ross Wollard and 5. Eleanor Holmes. He married 3. Mary Mandelia West 3 Nov 1867 in Polk Co., Missouri.

      3. Mary Mandelia West, born 19 Feb 1849 in Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri; died 19 Oct 1921 in Polk Co., Missouri. She was the daughter of 6. Joel West and 7. Sarah Catherine Burros.

Notes for James Madison Wollard:
1850 Census -- Polk Co., Missouri, District 71 Family 561.
1860 Census -- Madison Township, Polk County, Missouri.
1870 Census -- Madison Township, Polk County, Missouri. His real estate value was $3000 and personal property value was $1800.
1880 Census -- Madison Township, Polk County, Missouri.
James Madison Wollard, the only child of William R. Wollard and Eleamor Holmes, was born March 16, 1840, in Polk Co., Missouri, on a farm located between the towns of Bolivar and Aldrich, Missouri. His nickname was Uncle Jimmie. He attended the country schools near his home. He was a member of the Christian Church of Aldrich, Missouri, and was a Democrat. His eyes were blue and his hair light brown. His hair turned gray in his early twenties. His complexion was fair and his height average to below average. His occupation was farmer. James Madison Wollard lived all his life on the farm he was born on and is buried in a cemetery on that farm. His parents migrated from Tennessee.
In 1838, they homesteaded the farm on which James Madison Wollard was born and died. He being the youngest boy, kept the farm after his father died in 1861. This farm later belonged to Fred and Harry Hughes, his grandsons.
He married Mary Mandelia West, Nov. 3, 1867.
He took care of his mother while she lived, and he lived to be just five days older than his mother. (He was 76 yrs, 1 mo, 13 days, she was 76 yrs, 1 mo, 8 days)
He died April 29, 1916. Funeral services were held on Sunday, April 30, 1916, at the home, conducted by Rev. Babb.
Buried in the Wollard Cemetery, Union Twp. Polk Co., Missouri. Polk Co., Missouri Cemetery Directory.

Notes for Mary Mandelia West:
Census: 1850 Polk Co., Missouri
Census: 1860 Marion Twp., Polk Co., Missouri
Census: 1870 Marion Twp., Polk Co., Missouri
Census: 1880 Marion Twp., Polk Co., Missouri
Mary Mandelia West, the daughter of Joel West and Sarah Catherine Burros, was born Febuary 19, 1849, in Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri.
She married James Madison Wollard in 1867.
Her nickname was Dele.
She is buried in the Wollard Family Cemetery on the Wollard Farm near Aldrich, Union Twp., Polk Co., Missouri. Polk Co., Missouri Cemetery Directory.

Children of James Wollard and Mary West are:

Robert Edgar Wollard, born 12 Oct 1868 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 19 Mar 1922 in Polk Co., Missouri; married Leota Rebecca Devin 27 Oct 1887 in Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri; born 20 Aug 1869 in Marion Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 20 Jan 1926 in Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri.

Notes for Robert Edgar Wollard:
Robert Edgar was born on the family farm near Aldrich, Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri, Oct. 12,1868. He attended College Hill School thru the 8th grade. During the 1870 and 1880 censuses, he was living in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri. He married Leota Rebecca Devin, October 27, 1887, in Bolivar, Missouri. They were married by Rev. R. E. L. Burks, President of Southwest Baptist College of Bolivar, Missouri. He was a Baptist and farmer and Democrat. He had grey-blue eyes, dark brown hair, and a fair complexion. He was 5 ft. 7 inches tall and weighed 165 lbs. He died on his farm west of Bolivar, Missouri, of a stroke March 19, 1922.
MARRIAGE: Polk Co Missouri Book F-227
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Polk Co., Missouri. Polk Co., Missouri Cemetery Directory.

Notes for Leota Rebecca Devin:
Leota Rebecca was born on the Hejna Farm near Bolivar, Missouri, August 20, 1869. She attended the Runyan School to the eighth grade. She was a Baptist and a Republican. She had blue eyes, auburn hair, and a very fair complexion. Her height was 5 ft. and 5 inches and weight was 130 lbs. Both Robert Edgar Wollard and Leota Rebecca Devin, who were known by their nephews and nieces as Uncle Bob and Aunt Oat, were baptized at the same time in a pond where the Bolivar swimming pool is now. During the 1870 census, she was living in Marion Township, Polk Co., Missouri. During the 1880 census, she was living in Marion Township, Polk Co., Missouri. She died from complications of diabetes January 20, 1926, at her home near Bolivar, Missouri.
MARRIAGE: Polk Co Missouri Book F-227
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Polk Co., Missouri. Polk Co., Missouri Cemetery Directory.

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William Henry Wollard, born 30 Nov 1871 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 26 Sep 1937 in Polk Co., Missouri; married Lucy Elizabeth Wainscott 17 Sep 1891; born 1873; died 10 Jan 1926.

Notes for William Henry Wollard:
During the 1880 census, he was living in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri.

Notes for Lucy Elizabeth Wainscott:
She was the daughter of Charles Burton Wainscott and Pernicia Jane Evans.
Lucy Wainscott, Leota Rebecca Devin, and Albert Franklin Hughes died within 27 days from January 10, 1926 to February 6, 1926.

	1	iii.		Alice Edna Wollard, born 17 Sep 1874 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 1 Nov 1949 in Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri; married Albert Franklin Hughes 23 Aug 1896 in Aldrich, Polk Co., Missouri.
		iv.		John Allen Wollard, born 6 Aug 1878 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 14 May 1941; married Bessie Ellen Hamby 21 Oct 1906 in Aldrich, Polk Co., Missouri; born 22 Mar 1889; died 12 Apr 1955.

Notes for John Allen Wollard:
During the 1880 census, he was living in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri.

Naoma Ellen Wollard, born 15 Aug 1881 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 6 Aug 1904 in Polk Co., Missouri.

Notes for Naoma Ellen Wollard:
Died from appendicitis.
Buried in Wollard Cemetery, Union Twp., Polk Co., Missouri. Polk Co., Missouri Cemetery Directory.

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