James Andrew Wheat

Photo: Barbara at Find A Grave

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The Old Wheats Cemetery is in the Buck Branch Community, Pearl River County, Mississippi

Note on grave marker: 1896 Sons of Confederate Veterans Plaque

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JAMES ANDREW8 WHEAT (WILLIAM GRIFFIN7, JOHN6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, MOSES2, JOSHUA1WHEATE) was born June 06, 1830 in Hancock County, Mississippi, and died December 22, 1910 in Hancock County, Mississippi.He married MARY MAGDALINE STOCKSTILL February 15, 1850 in Hancock County, Mississippi, daughter of THOMAS STOCKSTILL and HARRIET WARDEN.

Notes for JAMES ANDREW WHEAT:

1850 Census, Hancock Co., MS, pg. 61, age 20, living with parents.

1860 Census, probably Hancock Co., MS (Courthouse burned, no 1860 Census records for Hancock Co.)

1870 Census, Hancock Co., MS, pg. 302b, age 39

1880 Census, Hancock Co., MS, Ed. 147, pg. 62, age 50

1900 Census, Pearl River Co., MS, Ed. 83, pg. 20, age 69

1910 Census, Pearl River Co., MS, Ed. 110, pg. 7, age 80

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Private, CSA, 9th Mississippi Cavalry

Enlisted:        Feb 9, 1863   

Discharged:  May 4, 1865   

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In 1858 when James' father William Griffin Wheat died, James and Mary were living on his father's farm. The property was divided into nine shares and given to the heirs. Over the next several years, James bought back all the parcels to keep the original farm intact.

James was appointed Supervisor for Pearl County, MS on April 3, 1872 by Redgeley Ceylon Power, Governor of MS. Pearl County only lasted about three years due to an insufficient tax base. In 1890 a larger area was set aside and became Pearl River County.

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Wheat, James A. Poplarville, Miss., Dec. 24 – James A. Wheat, a pioneer citizen of Pearl River County, died of heart failure at an advanced age Thursday night at his home in the western part of the county. He is survived by his wife and several sons and daughters, all of whom are grown and married. City Marshal J.S. Wheat and Mrs. J.A.H. Smith, a son and daughter, who live in Poplarville, received the news this morning and left immediately for the home of the deceased.

[From the Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisana), dated December 25, 1910]

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• Residence: Hancock, Mississippi, United States - 1850
• Residence: Mississippi, United States - 1870
• Residence: Yamacraw, Hancock, Mississippi, United States - 1880
• Residence: Beat 1 Poplarville & Orvisville towns, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States - 1900
• Residence: Township 2 Range 17, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States - 1910
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 21 2022, 21:54:31 UTC