Person:John Aday (52)

BIOGRAPHY: Submitter: Renee Aday-Bryant

Subject: Re: Boaz, Edmond, Horatio, Robert Aday

Message: I also am a direct descendant of John Wesley Aday, My grandfather was his youngest son Marcus Lafayette Aday (from his second marriage to Mary Ann Sanders). Did you ever get the story of the alleged murder of John Wesley? My grandfather told me the tale. He said that his father was found where he had seemingly fallen off a wagon load of corn and struck his head then been run over by the wagon. But they ( he and his siblings) believed that he was ambushed hit in the head and it was made to look like an accident. I can't remember who it was he said did it, but if your interested I'm sure my father would know.

LAND: Arkansas Land Records October 2, 2004 11:11 AM Name: JOHN W ADAY Land Office: DARDANELLE Document Number: 2263 Total Acres: 80.12 Misc. Doc. Nr.: 919 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: December 3, 1882 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original Land Description: 1 SNE 5TH PM No 12N 18W 1 Source Information: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Land Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997-. Original electronic data from: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Pre-1908 Homestead & Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1993.

Arkansas Land Records October 2, 2004 11:12 AM Name: JOHN W ADAY Land Office: LITTLE ROCK Document Number: 16211 Total Acres: 41.23 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: November 23, 1891 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 SWSW 5TH PM Yes 12N 15W 18 Source Information: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Land Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997-. Original electronic data from: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Pre-1908 Homestead & Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1993.

DEATH: To: [email protected] From: "Renee" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:57:07 -0000 Subject: [Aday-Family] John Wesley Aday

Dede, My grandfather passed in 1979. He lived in Farmersville, CA from the 1940's on. And yes I've known Dorothy Bridges all my life. My parents lived in Califonia for years and years, so they all visited back and forth. She and Dillard were familiar faces. I just love her, she is so friendly and neverendingly cheerful. I got most of my Aday history from her also. My grandfather told me his father was murdered. What I remember is him telling that they were bringing in wagon loads of corn. That grandpa and someone else were minding the store (John Wesley had a general store type business on the square in Marshall, AR) when someone came in and told them John Wesley had been found dead, a wagon had rolled over him. Grandpa said prior to that a couple of men (local thugs was the impression I got) had come in to the store and just hung around until someone came with the news. It has been close to 30 years ago when he told me this so I don't recall names. He was convinced that they had knocked his father off the wagon and run over him. I don't know why he was so sure but he was. Thanks for posting the pictures. The one of John Wesley is taken out of a formal picture of him and Mary Ann Sanders that we have a copy of. But I know I had never seen the other one before. I can't wait to show it to my father he will love it. Renee

MILITARY: Civil War Service Records January 6, 2004 Name: John W. Aday Company: E Unit: 2 Ark. Cav. Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Union Notes: Ady John W. Source Information: United States National Archives. Civil War Compiled Military Service Records [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-.

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: John W Aday Age: 2 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 Birth Place: Arkansas Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas Household Members: Name Age Edmond Aday 32 Emily Aday 4 Francis M Aday 9 John W Aday 2 Rebecca Aday 23 Wade Blassingame 0 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll: M432_30; Page: 173; Image: 343.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: John W Aday Age in 1860: 12 Birth Year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Independence, Pope, Arkansas Gender: Male Post Office: Rock Hill Household Members: Name Age Edmund Aday 42 Rebecca Aday 32 Francis M Aday 19 Wm H Aday 16 Amanda A M Aday 14 John W Aday 12 Wade B Aday 10 Elizabeth Aday 8 Lucinda I Aday 5 Eliza C Aday 3 Martha E Aday 1 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Independence, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: M653_48; Page: 827; Image: 298.

1880 United States Federal Census Name: John W. Aday Home in 1880: Hartsuggs, Van Buren, Arkansas Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Mary H. Father's birthplace: Mississippi Mother's birthplace: Tennessee Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age John W. Aday 32 Mary H. Aday 32 John R. Aday 11 Martha J. Aday 9 Catharine Aday 6 Lucy F. E. Aday 4 Susan A. Aday 2 Allis E. Aday 3M Asa Sanders 17 John L. Sanders 15 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Hartsuggs, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: T9_58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 469.1000; Enumeration District: 201; Image: 0440.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: John W Aday Age in 1910: 62 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Spouse's Name: Eliza J Home in 1910: Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age John W Aday 62 Eliza J Aday 55 Fairsetta Aday 15 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll: T624_64; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 105; Image: 968.

MEDIA: A0142 - John Wesley Aday (DeDe MacDondald)