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42. William
Leonard SOOTER SOOTEUR33
was born on 7 Jul 1835 in ARKANSAS.14
He served in the military between 1860 and 1863.14 Bushwacked in missouri while on the way home from the
war. He was buried in 1863 in BETHEL CEM, GRAVETTE, BENTON CO, ARK..
He died on 9 Nov 1863 in MISSOURI.14
William Sooter Sr. was a Confederate in Company H., 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Volunteers, under Stand Watie, (Wm was bushwacked 11 nov 1863 during the war)
Tribute from Bethel Cemetery, Benton Co. site:
Was bush-wacked during the Civil War. Confederate army, Co. H 1st Cherokee mounted
Rifles Volunteers, Soldier's Rank; Pvt. The son of Edward Greenberry Sooter
Sr. and Martha Patsy Fly. His wife was Margaret Elizabeth Russell Sooter (who
later married David Olney Sherwood). They had 5 children together;- James Alexander
(m.Tennessee Hodge), Martha A "Mat" (m. Willis Oliver Cromwell Sherwood),
Mary Jane Sooter (married to John Wesley Sherwood), Nancy and William Leonard
Jr. (m. Sarah Jane Smith).
Margaret Elizabeth Russell Sooter sherwood
birth: Apr. 7, 1838 Bedford Co. Tennessee
death: June 15, 1925 Anderson, McDonald County, Missouri
David Olney Sherwood
birth: Jan 21, 1833
Death: Nov. 20, 1912 Anderson, McDonald County, Missouri
Son of Jonathan Sherwood and Kesiah Elrod sherwood. Husband to Priscilla DeButts
(she died 1872, they had 5 children) and Margaret Elizabeth Russell Sooter Sherwood
(married 1873, they had 5 children together, Margaret had 5 children from 1st
husband William Leonard Sooter Sr.).
Regiment Name; 6 Missouri, S.M. Cav., Union Army Comapny M, Soldier's Rank; Pvt.
Obituary: November 20, 1912
Olney Sherwood died at the home of O.D. Crosby four miles west of Anderson.
thursday Nov. 20th. Mr. Sherwood had been a resident of McDonald County 38 years
and had he lived till Jan. 21, 1913 he would have been 80 years.
David Olney Sherwood and Margaret Elizabeth Russell Sooter Sherwood were married
1 May 1873 (2nd marriage for both).
David's first wife was Priscilla DeButts married 23 Sept 1852, she died June
1872.
Margaret's first husband was William Leonard Sooter Sr. married 1 Sept 1854,
he was bushwacked 11 Sept 1863 while returning home from the war.
(William Sooter was a Confederate in Co. H, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles Volunteers
and David Olney Sherwood was in the Union, Co. M, 6 Missouri S.M. Cav. 13 Jan
1864 discharged...I don't think they ever met.)
David's son John Welsey Sherwood married Margaret's daughter "Mamie"
Mary Jane Sooter, married 1881.
(John Wesley and Mamie's children were Olney, Ida Wilson, George, and Lillie
sherwood.)
William Leonard SOOTER SOOTEUR and Margaret Elizabeth RUSSELL were married
on 1 Sep 1854 in Barry Co. Missouri.33
They appeared in the census in 1860 in Wright Co. Missouri.34 #509/503
Sooter, Wm L. 24 M Farmer Arkanwsas can't read/write
Margaret 22 F Missouri
James A 4 M Missouri
Martha A 2 F Missouri
Mary J 10 Missouri (a niece maybe?)
2 houses down
511/505
(H?) Sooter 23 m Farmer Tennessee
Sarah A 22 F Tennessee
James M 5 Missouri
Charles M. 2 M Missouri
Margaret L 9/12 F Missouri Margaret Elizabeth RUSSELL31 (daughter of Samuel James RUSSELL
and Mary Polly BELL) was born on 7 Apr 1838 in Bedford Co. Tennessee.
She appeared in the census in 1870 in Round Prairie, Benton Co. Arkansas.35 #395/397
Sooter, Margaret ? F housekeeper Tenn can't read/write
James 15 M Missouri attends school
Martha 13 F " "
Nancy 8 F Kansas
William 5 M Kansas
where is charles? She died on 15 Jun 1925 in Anderson, McDonald Co., Mo.33 She was buried in 1925 in New
Bethel Cemetery, McDonald Co. Missouri. William Leonard SOOTER SOOTEUR
and Margaret Elizabeth RUSSELL had the following children:
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