Iredell 'Ira' Southward

--b. February 27, 1821 Buchanan Co., Missouri
--d. November 1, 1881 Young Co., Texas
----buried Southward-Magee Cemetery, S. Forestburg, Montague Co., TX
--m. Nancy Caroline ROBERTS
--November 11, 1841 Andrew Co., Missouri
----b. March 4, 1820 Buncombe Co., NC
----d. February 5, 1898 Marlow, Stephens Co., Oklahoma

Per Wayne Irwin:

"I have found a variety of spellings on Iradell and Southward. One was Southard. My grandmother, Alice Caroline, (granddaughter of Iradell) used to say it had to be spelled 'ward or it was wrong. So I have continued with that spelling. However, the 1840 MO census did use that spelling."

Per Nardia McNally:

"Iradel was murdered and robbed while he was herding horses about 1880. It is suspected that a neighbor killed him while attempting a robbery for the money. The state has the records sealed so we know of no conviction. He is buried in the Southward/Megee cemetery.(this takes place in Texas)"

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Nancy Caroline (Roberts) Southward
Photo: Courtesy of Kaybelle (Southward) Middler

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My Websites for Iredell

• Iredell 'Ira' Southward and Nancy C. Roberts Photos

• Job(e) Legacy - Gedcom on Rootsweb World Connect

  	JOB(E) LEGACY Descendants of Andrew Job Jr

• 1845

  July

  Iradell Southward signed Barksdale's list in July, 1845, as a family colonist. He was issued a certificate for 640 acres by the Co., court of Grayson Co., in 1853, which he sold unlocated. It was later....(#1346.) [Went to Montague Co., Tx and died there in 1880]

• 1846 -Fannin Co., Texas Tax List

• 1850 - Clay Co., Mo, Liberty, page 614 and 615, #111-111
  --enumerated August 16, 1850

  Ira Southard 		        M 	31y
  Randolph Southard 	        M 	34y
  Manery (Nancy?) Southard 	F 	23y
  Sarah H Southard 	        F 	2y
  Thomas J Southard 	        M 	8m
  Alley (Sally? Southard 		F 	54y
  

• 1863

  Decmeber 14

  "The First 100 Years in Cooke Co.," on page 44

  "He mustered into the First Frontier District Troops commanded by Maj. William Quale on December 14, 1863."

  I Southward appears on Civil War Muster Rolls for Texas. 24th and 25th Texas Cavalry as a private, Box # 000227, Extraction # 0034

• 1870 Gainesville, Cooke Co., TX Census, page 215

  Iradell              49 MO
  Nancy C.             50 NC
  Franklin D.          19 TX
  Louisiana            15 TX
  James Lafayette      10 MO
  

• 1880 -Montague Co., Texas Census, Precint 3, page 423B

  L. C. SOUTHWORD  Self  M  Male   W   60   NC   Farmer   
  Nancy SOUTHWORD  Wife  M  Female W   50   NC   Keeping House   NC   NC  
  James SOUTHWORD  Son   S  Male   W   20   TX   Farming   
  Mac TRICE        Other S  Male   W   19   MS   Farmhand        MS   MS  
  

• 1881

  "The First 100 Years in Cooke Co.," on page 44

  "Iradell went to Young Co., to sell some horses. On the way back he was waylaid by Jim Sinclair and Henry Combs. They robbed and murdered him."

  "Iredell's second wife is buried in Southward-Magee Cemetery."

  *NOTE FROM WAYNE IRWIN - there was NO SECOND WIFE!

1. Sarah Jane (Southward) Leeper

   --b. March 4, 1843 Fannin Co., Texas
   --d. March 20, 1929 Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma
   ----buried Tribbey Cemetery, Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma
   --m. Benjamin Franklin LEEPER
   --abt 1858 probably Fannin Co., Texas
   ----b. November 3, 1835 Missouri
   ----d. June 27, 1894 Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma Territory
   ------buried Tribbey Cemetery, Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma
   ------s/o John Leeper
   
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   Tribbety Cemetery - Pottawatomie Co., OK
   Benjamin and Sarah (Southward) Leeper Tombstone
   Photo: Courtesy of Yvonne Akin

   
   

2. Ellen Evelyn (Southward) Walker

   --b. October 21, 1844 Fannin Co., Texas
   --d. October 18, 1929 Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma
   ----buried Orr Cemetery, Love Co., Oklahoma
   --m. Francis Marion WALKER
   --November 7, 1866 Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
   ----b. February 10, 1840 Monroe Co., Kentucky
   ----d. January 26, 1906 Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma
   ------buried Orr Cemetery, Love Co., Oklahoma
   ------s/o Francis D. Walker and Mary Jane COUNDRY
   --------gs/o Walter Walker and Elizabeth Anna --
   
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   Orr Cemetery - Love Co., Oklahaoma
   Ellen (Southward) and Francis Marion Walker Tombstones
   Photo: Courtesy of Wayne Irwin

   
   

3. Thomas J. Southward

   --b. abt December 1849 Clay Co., Missouri
   

   Thomas J. is on 1850 census as age 8 months - did he die as a young child?

   

4. William Homer Southward

   --b. 1849/50 Fannin Co., Texas
   --d. March 15, 1880 Forstburg, Montague Co., Texas
   ----buried Southward-Magee Cemetery, Forestburg, Montague Co., TX
   --m. Mary Jane MAGEE
   --December 31, 1868 Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
   ----b. abt 1847 Macon Co., MO
   ----d. 1887/88 Forestburg, Montague Co., Texas
   ------buried Southward-Magee Cemetery, Forestburg, Montague Co., TX
   ------d/o John Calhoun Magee and Elizabeth 'Betty' PENTON
   --------gd/o David Magee and Mary 'Polly' CORLEW
   ----------gt gd/o Ralph Magee and Mary Elizabeth BELL
   ----------gt gd/o John C. Corlew and Nancy LUCAS
   --------gd/o LeRoy Penton, Jr. and Delilah SUMMERS
   ----------gt gd/o John LeRoy Penton and Jane JANUARY
   ----------gt gd/o Richard Summers
   ----Mary Jane Magee m/2 John Sidney HARVILLE March 15, 1881
   
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   William Homer Southward Tobmstone
   Photo: Courtesy of Wayne Irwin

   
   

5. David Franklin 'Frank' Southward

   --b. August 1851 Cooke Co. Texas
   --d. 1929 Orr, Love Co., Oklahoma
   ----buried Orr Cemetery, Orr, Love Co., Oklahoma
   --m. Annie HUFFAKER
   --abt 1879 Montague Co., Texas
   ----b. abt 1847 Missouri
   ----d. November 1, 1917 McDonald Co., Missouri
   
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   Orr Cemetery - Love Co., Oklahaoma
   Ellen (Southward) and Francis Marion Walker Tombstones
   Photo: Courtesy of Wayne Irwin

   
   

6. Louisiana Mary Frances 'Lou' (Southward) Box

   --b. May 13, 1855 Fannin Co., Texas
   --d. September 11, 1894 probably Montague Co., Texas
   ----buried Bailey Cemetery, Bailey, Grady Co., Oklahoma
   --m. Joseph Forney BOX
   --abt 1872 probably Cooke Co., Texas
   ----b. November 2, 1851 Alabama
   ----d. March 21, 1928 Montague Co., Texas
   ------buried Perryman Cemetery, Forestburg, Montague Co., Texas
   ------s/o Cornelius Box and Mary B. WELLS
   --------gs/o Robert Box and Jane GOODWIN
   ----------2nd gt gs/o Robert Box and Mary WILLIAMS
   
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   Bailey Cemetery - Grady Co., Oklahoma
   Lou Box Tombstone
   Photo: Courtesy of Wayne Irwin

   
   
   

7. James Lafayette Sizemost Southward

   --b. April 3, 1860 Neosho, Missouri
   --d. January 11, 1911 Marlow, Grady Co., Oklahoma
   ----buried Bailey Cemetery, Grady Co., Oklahoma
   --m. Alma Belle GORDON
   --Decmeber 25, 1881 Montague Co., Texas
   ----b. July 21, 1864 French Camp, Mississippi
   ----d. June 15, 1957
   ------buried Moore Cemetery, Moore, Oklahoma
   
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   Bailey Cemetery - Grady Co., Oklahoma
   James Lafayette Southward Tombstone
   Photo: Courtesy of Wayne Irwin

   

If you have any old photos for any descendants of this family, please send to me at

Ann (Jobe) Brown

• Katherine Reynolds (1968-1974)

• Bill Jobe (1990)

• Randy Jobe (1998-2008)

• Narda McNally

• Dianne Erwin

• Wayne Irwin

• Beverly Roberts Farris (2002)

• Glynda Black

• Margie Gard Gray

• Yvonne Akin

• Ann Combs Beam