FORTNEY, John Hamilton

1837 - 1921  (83 years)

• Name	FORTNEY, John Hamilton  [1]
  Born	21 Jul 1837	Boone County, Missouri   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jan 1921	Boone County, Missouri   [1]
  Buried	Cedar Township, Boone County, Missouri   [1]
  Person ID	I17142	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	FORTNEY, John,   b. 17 May 1794, Wythe County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Sep 1862, Boone County, Missouri  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	RICHARDS, Kizza,   b. 16 Aug 1795, Pitt County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Jan 1883, Boone County, Missouri  (Age 87 years)
  Married	15 Aug 1816	Knox County, Kentucky   [1]
  Notes	[merrifield.FTW] The marriage record in Knox Co., Ky., Book A, reads: "John Faulkney to Kizzy Richards was Marryed August 15th 1816 by Blaggrove Hopper."
  Family ID	F4932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [merrifield.FTW] He was called "John Ham" Fortney. John Hamilton Fortney, (son of John Fortney) born 27 July 1837, died 1 Jan. 1921, married 25 Dec. 1863 to Samira Ann Jones (dau. of Harrison Berding & (Ellen) McGuire (Berry) Jones. Ellen was dau. of Wm. Templeton & Rhoda (Crews) Berry. Ann (as she was called) born 19 July 1846, died 23 June 1921. John H. had been an invalid for two years after a stroke rendered him helpless, Ann died shortly after, worn out after the long illness of her husband. Both are buried in the Fortney Cemetery, not far from where they spent most of their married life. They lived on a farm at the end of Bearfield road, on the west side. They moved into Columbia shortly after John's stroke and lived in a brick house on the south side of Broadway just East of the old Central Dairy Bldg., about a half block E. of Hitt Street. After their death their son, John Harrison Fortney was administrator, they had a sale and sold the farm & household items. NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 15, #229/238: Fortney, John, 32, m, W, Farmer, $500/--, Missouri; Anna, 24, f, W, Keeps house, MO; Ella, 5, f, W, MO; Molly, 3, f, W, MO; Alice, 2, f, W, MO; #229/239: Fortney, Kizzia, 76, f, W, N Carolina. NARA T-9, Reel 676, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 74r, [no household numbers in this section]: Fortney, John, W, m, 42, Farmer, MO/VA/NC; Ann, W, f, 33, Wife, Keeping house, MO/KY/KY/ Ella, W, f, 15, Daughter, At Home, MO/MO/MO; Mollie, W, f, 13, Daughter, At Home, MO/MO/MO; alice, W, f, 11, Daughter, At Home, MO/MO/MO; John, W, m, 8, son, MO/MO/MO; Fannie, W, f, 6, Daughter, MO/MO/MO; Sallie, W, f, 4, Daughter, MO/MO/MO; Henderson, W, m, 1, Son, MO/MO/MO. Res. Columbia. Old Settlers' Association of Boone County, August 10, 1897, Missouri Statesman Supplement, August 10, 1897, Vol. LIV No. 31.

  
  

• Sources

  [S557] merrifield.FTW. Date of Import: 27 Mar 2006