Individual Details

Louisa J. McMillen

(Feb 1824 - )



Archie Poindexter married Louisa J. McMillen on 17 Jul 1864, Dade Co MO in the Missouri Marriage books. I believe this name has been mis-interpreted as McLearan somewhere along the way, or McLearan was her maiden name. A Family tree on FamilySearch.org does have her maiden name as McLerran - and a first marriage to Daniel McMillen.

In 1880, Dade Co MO Census, South Twp, ED #15, p.156D is Louisa J. Poindexter age 56, Widowed. She was born in KY; her father in Georgia, her mother in KY. The child Susan L. [for Elzada?] is now 11. They did not state Susan's relationship but her father is given as born in NC, as Arche was, and her mother born in KY. Julia B. Poindexter, age 20 is a Boarder; she was born in Texas, her father born in KY.

1900 Census. South Twp, Dade Co, MO, Hh 96
Eliza J. Poindexter, b. Feb 1824, age 76, widow, 1 child, b. KY
Susan E. Bowman, dau, b. Nov 1868, 31, married 12 years, 3 children, b. MO
Samuel P., son-in-law, b. Feb 8165, 35, b. Kansas
Grover C., grandson, b. Jul 1888, 11, b. MO
Claud S., grandson, b. Jun 1890, 9, b. MO
David L., grandson, b. Nov 1899, 6 months old, b. MO

The only possibility I've found for Julia B. Poindexter, is that she was the daughter of William Micajah Poindexter, a brother of Arche. Micajah and his 4th wife Mrs. Emmaline [Walker] Barnard had a daughter Julia who was shown as 14 in 1870 in Grayson Co TX. This age is an error because it makes her older than a half-sister born to the 3rd wife in 1857 - Julia was more likely born 1859/1860. Julia is said to have lived in Missouri with maternal relatives & said to have married John Sooter - no place is given in the Poindexter book. Micajah was not born in KY but probably Surry Co NC - however he went with his family to KY when he was a small child.

Events

BirthFeb 1824Kentucky
Marriage17 Jul 1864Dade County, Missouri - William Archibald "Arche" Poindexter

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