[fullfam.ged]
Apparently, Andy and Sarah ran the Cherokee Trading Post in Oklahoma in the lat
1800s. When the depression of the 1890s came, they moved on to the north Texas
area - most likely the Danner/Bonham area
1880 Census -- Bell Co, Texas
A.J is listed and he is living with Lerew family he is listed as 25 and born in Tenn.1900 Census - Shows Andrew & Sarah living in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory - has spelling as 'Wirr'
1910 Census -- Sequoyah County, Oklahoma -- Prices Chapel Township (ED 206) - April 19
ancestry.com (p. 4/44) 30/32
Wier, Andrew J. head m w 51 m1. 25 TN IL TN english farmer general farm
Sallie wife f w 39, m1. 25 7/6 AR AR MO farm laborer home farm w
Doile son m w 19 AR TN AR
Ima dau. f w 17 AR TN AR
Clive son m w 14 OK TN AR
Brian son m 2 11 OK TN AR
Ulah dau f w 9 OK TN AR
Andy son m w 3 OK TN AR1930 Census - Fannin County, TX, Precinct 1, District 7
11/14 Wier, Andrew J. head r yes m w 70 m 50 no yes TN TN TN 81yes Farmer gen. farm vvvv 0 yes no 12
Sallie wife x f w 65 m 50 no yes AR AR AR 84 or 89 yes none
Name Andrew Ware (is this AJ???)
Control number NRFF-21-3W51-46876
Key
Unit File Unit
Series ID 3W51
Unit ID 46876
Title Criminal Defendant Case File for Andrew Ware
Start date 1893
End date
Content Crime: Cutting timber on government land
Jacket Number: 227
Reference unit National Archives--Southwest Region
Agency National Archives and Records Administration
Facility Building 1, Dock 1
Address 501 West Felix Street
City Fort Worth
State TX
ZIP 76115
Voice 817-334-5525
Fax 817-334-5621
Organization NRFF
Creating org United States District Court, Western District of Arkansas,
Fort Smith Division.
[fullfam.ged]
Cherokee Nation (either 1/2 or full) - Choctaw Dialect...Uncle David can
remember being on her knee talking to him, and then drift into her native
tongue, not even knowing she had done so.
[fullfam.ged]
Misc: Supposedly came to the US directly from Ireland. We don't have any
information on where he settled. Since we have this record - this theory is officially debunked.web source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23525439
web archive saved
(Grave marker has wrong years)Wier Family Bible.
James Wier born.10/10/1817 died 3/3/1893 or 1894.
Elizabeth Wier born 12/27/1833
Rebecca Catherine born 10/1850
J.T. (John Turner) born 11/1852
T.V. (Thomas) born no date
T.M born 1866 or1869
1860 Wilson Co. Census, TN, Dist. 7, HH #881/851:
James Weir 35 Farmer $100 Tenn.
Elizabeth 25 Tenn.
Rebecca 10 Tenn.
John 8 Tenn.
Thomas 7 Tenn.
Ametta 4 Tenn.
Andrew 1 Tenn.
1870 Census Franklin Co. ILL. Cave Twp. 142/142
James Ware age 50 Farmer born Tenn.
Elizabeth age 37 keeping house born Ill.
Catherine age 17 born Ill.
John T. age 16 born Ill.
Thomas age 14 born Ill.
Anna A. age 12 born Ill.
Andrew J. age 10 born Ill.
Susan age 4 born Ill.
Marcellus age 1 born Ill.
1880 Census White River Twp. Washington Co. Ark. Pg. 312 881/831
James Ware age 58 born Tenn.
Elizabeth age 44 born Ill.
Susan age 14 born Tenn.
Tandy M. 10 born Ill.
Bill of Complaint of A. S. [sic] Lyon against Thomas Young of Wilson County; Robert Dillon [should be Dellis or Dallas - TPL] and wife
Catherine, James Weir and wife Elizabeth of Arkansas. Thomas W. Lyon died intestate in 1869, leaving a widow Susannah, and three children, viz, A. S. [sic] Lyon, Catherine Dellis, and Elizabeth W. [sic] Weir as his only heirs. 8 January 1876. (Wilson Co., TN Chancery Book 1875-1876, pp. 57-59. I am presuming that Thomas Young named in this document was the administrator of the estate of Thomas W. Lyon.
Thomas W. Lyon, b. ca. 1805, TN
m. Susannah Swann, b. ca. 1800, S. C. (d/o Andrew Swann &
Catherine __?__) (bond) 15 August 1825, Wilson Co., TN; bm. James Swan[n]
children:
Andrew J. Lyon, b. ca. 1826, TN
m/1 Anna Araminta Owen, 25 December 1845, Wilson Co., TN
m/2 Evaline White, 22 January 1852, Wilson Co., TN
Catherine Lyon
m. Robert Dallas (s/o Joshua Dallas & Mary Ann __?__),
8 November 1848, Wilson Co., TN, by B. T. Bell, J. P.
Elizabeth M. Lyon, b. ca. 1835, TN
m. James Weir, 7 November 1849, Wilson Co., TN
Elizabeth Lyon married James Jim Wier 11-7-1849 in Wilson County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Thomas W. and Susannah Swan Lyon.Six of their children were born in Tennessee.Tandy the youngest was born in Illinois.They moved to the White House area of Washington County, Arkansas in the early 1870s.Their children were Rebbeca Catherine born 1850 married Henry C. Skelton,John Turner born 1852 married Martha Jane Skelton,Thomas Valentine born 1853 married Francis Jane Osborne,Anna Armetta born 1856 married James M. Ritter,Andrew James born 1859 married Sallie Ritter,Susan M. born 1866 married J.H. Reed,Tandy Marcellious born 1869 married Sarah Ann Southern.James Wier is buried in White House Cemetery in Washington County,Arkansas
web source:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Wier&GSfn=Elizabeth&GSmn=Margaret&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=23534738&df=all&archive saved
Source: Social Security Death Index
Doyle Wier b. March 22, 1891, d. March 1970, last residence 75203 (Dallas, Dallas, TX) SSN 464-14-9615 issued TX1920 Federal Census Grayson County Texas -- Sherman Township ( All Townships, ED #73) p. 9/12
Wier, Doyle head R m w 28 m -yy AR US AR y baker shop
Exie wife f w 25 m -yy TX GA TX y none
Coy son m w 3 11/12 s TX AR TX none
C. V. son m w 1 10/12 s TX AR TX noneMore About Doyle Wier:
Social Security Number: 464-14-9615 issued in TX before 1951WWI Draft Reg. Cards,
>> 1917-1918 says b. 22 March 1890]
According to Julie (Wier) Glover, Exie was an orphan - not much known about her life