Person:Nancy Shockley (1)

Nancy was listed as a minor child in her father's will in 1837.

The widow Mrs. Nancy Woodmansee was sued in 1887 over the land she and David held in Carthage. They had deeded the southern half of the lot to their son Solomon, but built the fence 9 1/2 feet too far south. When the man Solomon sold it to had a survey done, he brought suit. Nancy apparently sold the land sometime while the case was pending. In the Jasper Circuit Ct, Nancy's side won on adverse possession (having held the land for more than 10 years openly, exclusively, and without Solomon's permission). The Missouri Supreme Court reviewed the case in 1891 and refused to overturn the trial court decision. See Irwin v. Woodmansee, 104 Mo. 403.

As the obituary below notes, she lived for a time in the 1880s and 1890s with her daughter Ida (Mrs. S.O. Morrow). She moved back to Ohio before 1900; the 1900 census finds her in Highland County with her daughter Mary Jane Banks.

Obituary

“Mrs. Woodmansee Dead. Mother of Mrs. S.O. Morrow Passes Away in Ohio. Formerly Resided in Carthage—Funeral Will Take Place Here Saturday Morning.”
Carthage Evening Press 11 Mar 1909.

  Mrs. Nancy Woodmansee, formerly a resident of Carthage and mother of Mrs. S.O. Morrow of Howard avenue died at the home of one of her daughters in New Vienna, O, yesterday morning, death resulting from the infermities of old age. The funderal will be held there today and the remains will be brought here for interment in Park cemetery, where David Woodmansee, the husband of the deceased, is buried.

   It is expected that hte body will reach Carthage on the 9:07 Frisc train tomorrow night., accompanied by Judge D.D. Woodmansee of Cincinnati, O., and Mrs. William Banks of New Vienna, son and daughter of the deceased.

    The casket will be taken to the residence of S.O. Morrow at 843 Howard avenue. Brief funeral services will be held at the Morrow home Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock, and the internment, which will follow at Park cemetary.

   Lived Here Many Years

   The deceased was a resident of Carthage for many years, she and her husband making their home here for a time. After Mr. Woodmansee’s death the widow lived with her daughter, Mrs. S.O. Morrow. Some eight or ten years ago she went to Ohio, where she has since been living with other children. She has visited here at intervals in the meanwhile.

    Mrs. Woodmansee was 86 years old.

1. ↑ Bible of David Woodmansee Jr. (1820-1886). (New York: American Bible Society, 1847).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Obituary: “Mrs. Woodmansee Dead. Mother of Mrs. S.O. Morrow Passes Away in Ohio. Formerly Resided in Carthage—Funeral Will Take Place Here Saturday Morning,” Carthage (MO) Evening Press, 11 Mar 1909.

   [Transcribed from copy from microfilm 7/3/98]