D DAVID R. PICKENS, son of John and Nancy Proffit Pickens was born August 25th, 1832, in Sullivan County, Tennessee and died March 6th, 1913, nearly eighty-one years old. In 1855, he, with a number of residents of Sullivan County moved to Missouri.
Traveling with teams, they were thirty-five days on the way. On July 1st, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 39th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, in which Company he served one year, mostly in Missouri. His Company was sent to Nashville, Tennessee, but reached that place just too late to take part in the last engagement there.
He was married three times. First, on July 14th, 1853 to Martha Bragg who died April 3rd, 1874. Second in October 1877 to Mrs. Louisa Ballenger, who died October 1878. His third marriage was on December 6th, 1878 to Catherine Morelock, who was born July 28th, 1858. The children of David R. and Martha Bragg Pickens were:
E Amanda A. Pickens,
E Lauden B. Pickens,
E Thomas J. Pickens,
E David Monroe Pickens.
The only child of David R. and Louisa Pickens was a daughter’
E Martha Jane Pickens, born August 4th, 1877.
The children of David R. and Catherine Morelock Pickens were:
E Clarke A. Pickens,
E Lula May Pickens,
E Ora Lee Pickens,
E Mamie Etta Pickens,
E James M. H. Pickens.
