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From: Craig Kilby <>
Subject: [GERMANNA] Isham Tatum, more
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 16:36:41 -0600


This is from Biographies of Howard County, MO, Chariton Township. This
doesn't tell us Isham Tatum's religious affiliation, but does contain some
interesting notes on the Humes, Kempers, Wilhoits and also a nice
description of how people moved West.

The URL is:

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/howard/bios/chariton2.txt

There are several other Germanna names and bios on this page as well
(Wilhoit, Crigler, Wayland to name a few that caught my eye).

JOHN TATUM,

farmer. Mr. Tatum's grandfather, Isham Tatum, whose father was from
England, came from North Carolina to Virginia where he settled and reared a
family, Isham Jr., the father of the subject of this sketch being one of his
sons.

Isham Jr., on reaching manhood was married in his native state to Miss Mary
Hume, and of this union fourteen children were born, John, our subject,
being the eldest. He was born in Madison county, Virginia, February 12,
1819. When about seventeen years of age, he in company with four other
young men - his father, A.C., David Garnett and Frederick and William
Kemper, the last two brothers of Governor Kemper, of Virginia, and
Frederick, afterwards of the well-known Kemper school, of Boonville, came to
Missouri in 1836, making the trip as far as Burlington, Kentucky, in a
wagon, thence coming by stage to the Ohio river and thence by boat to St.
Louis. At the last named point the company separated, the Kempers and
Garnett going to Marion college, and John and A. C. Tatum coming to their
uncle's, in St. Charles county. John remained in St. Charles until 1838,
when he came up the river to Glasgow, but a year later returned to St.
Charles county. In 1841 he came again to Howard county and entered the
Fayette college, in which he continued as a student about a year. He then
began teaching, which he followed until 1846. On the 12th of
February of that year he was married to Miss Nancy Wilhoit, of this county,
and then engaged in farming which he has since followed. He now has a good
farm of 278 acres in an excellent state of improvement. Mr. Tatum has led an
industrious and useful life, and he is respected by all who know him as an
intelligent, upright citizen. He has held the office of justice of the
peace for fourteen years. His first wife, who was born in 1821, lived to
bless his home twenty-two years after their marriage, but in 1868 was taken
from him by death. Three children of this union are now living - William
H., John R. and Joseph.

Mr. T. was again married, June 2, 1874, to Miss Helen A. Hume, who was
born in Madison county, Virginia, in 1841. By his last marriage four
children are now living - Edward T., Henry F., Mertis and Lee. On the
mother's side Mr. Tatum is of Scotch descent, Lloyd Hume, the great
grandfather of his mother, having come over to this country from Scotland in
the pioneer days of the colonies. His grandmother was formerly a Miss Ann
Clark, of Virginia.

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