William Montgomery Churchman

William Montgomery Churchman

Oldest building on Churchman homestead in Tennessee built while William M. Churchman lived there

• Sex: M
• Born: April 13, 1816 in Grainger County, Tennessee
• Died: May 5, 1902 in Polk County, Missouri
• Buried: Funeral services were held at his home May 8, 1902. He is buried in the old Mitchell Campground Cemetery a few miles from Aldrich, MO.
• Notes: William Montgomery Churchman and his brother, Rufus Jackson, married sisters, Mary Jane and Rachel Kinder. William M. and Mary Jane Churchman named their first daughter after Mary Jane's sister, Rachel. Rufus and Rachel Churchman named their first daughter after Rachel's sister, Mary Jane.
  
  William moved to Rocktown between Mossy Creek and Talbott at an early age. He was 45 years old at the onset of the Civil War. He moved to the Ozarks in Missouri where he died at age 95. William made a profession of religion a number of years ago and joined the Baptist Church. He lived with his son, Thomas A. Churchman at the time of his death and had been blind for a number of years.

Father: Reuben Churchman, b. July 7, 1775 in Culpepper County, VA

Mother: Sarah Carney

Family 1: Mary Jane Kinder, b. June 11, 1827 in Tennessee -- d. May 7, 1875 in Tennessee

• Notes These are children of Mary Jane's first marriage:

1. Sarah Katherine Forester, b. 1852
2. Mary Jane Forester, b. 1854

• Married: January 1, 1857 in Grainger County, Tennessee

1. Rachel K. Churchman, b. November 16, 1857
2. Lydia Churchman, b. January 24, 1859 -- married Rufus Jones
3. Elizabeth Paralee Churchman, b. August 27, 1860
4. Rufus Jackson (Jack) Churchman, b. July 22, 1862
5. Joseph Henry Churchman, b. July 13, 1864
6. George Richard Churchman, b. December 24, 1865
7. William James Churchman, b. August 11, 1868
8. Thomas Alexander Churchman, b. October 28, 1871

Sources:

1. William Churchman’s obituary
2. Marriages of Grainger County, Tennessee 1796-1837 compiled by Edythe Rucker Whitley
3. Tennessee Census 1860 and Census 1880
4. Obituaries of Thomas A. Churchman, Sarah Churchman, George R. Churchman, William James Churchman, and Rachel Owen
5. People and Places of Jefferson County by Estle P. Muney 1994, p. 237-239