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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1825 - 1911 (86 years)
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| Name |
Zerelda Elizabeth COLE |
| Born |
29 Jan 1825 |
Black Horse Tavern, Midway, Woodford, Kentucky  |
| Gender |
Female |
| _UID |
ED3DAF39A0CC4D9CB2279CE168B5BCB54B36 |
| Died |
10 Feb 1911 |
on train to Calif, near Oklahoma City, OK. |
| Person ID |
I30839 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
4 Dec 2021 |
| Family 1 |
Rev. Robert Sallee JAMES, b. 17 Jul 1818, Lickskillet, Logan County, Kentucky , d. 18 Aug 1850, Placerville, El Dorado County, California (Age 32 years) |
| Married |
28 Dec 1841 |
Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky |
| Children |
| | 1. Alexander Franklin "Frank" JAMES, b. 10 Jan 1843, Kearney, Clay County, Missouri , d. 18 Feb 1915, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri (Age 72 years) |
| | 2. Robert R. JAMES, b. 19 Jul 1845, Kearney, Clay County, Missouri , d. 21 Aug 1845, Kearney, Clay County, Missouri (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Jesse Woodson JAMES, b. 5 Sep 1847, Kearney, Clay County, Missouri , d. 3 Apr 1882, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri (Age 34 years) |
| | 4. Mary JAMES, b. 3 Oct 1848, Clay, Missouri , d. 17 Aug 1866, Clay, Missouri (Age 17 years) |
| | 5. Susan Lavenia JAMES, b. 25 Nov 1849, Kearney, Clay County, Missouri , d. 3 Mar 1889, Wichita Falls, Whichita, Texas (Age 39 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Dec 2021 |
| Family ID |
F14366 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Dr. Reuben SAMUELS, b. 12 Jan 1828, Owen, Kentucky , d. 1 Mar 1908, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
1855 |
| Alt. Marriage |
25 Sep 1855 |
Clay, Missouri [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Sarah Louisa SAMUEL, b. 26 Dec 1858, Kearney, Clay, Missouri , d. 15 Sep 1915, Clay, Missouri (Age 56 years) |
| | 2. John Thomas SAMUEL, b. 25 Dec 1861, Kearney, Clay, Missouri , d. 15 Mar 1934, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California (Age 72 years) |
| | 3. Fanny Quantrill SAMUEL, b. 18 Oct 1863, Washington Township, Clay, Missouri , d. 3 May 1922, Clay, Missouri (Age 58 years) |
| | 4. Archibald Peyton SAMUEL, b. 26 Jul 1866, Kearney, Clay, Missouri , d. 26 Jan 1875, Kearney, Clay, Missouri (Age 8 years) |
| | 5. Mary SAMUEL, b. 1868, Clay, Missouri , d. 1880, Missouri (Age 12 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Dec 2021 |
| Family ID |
F14373 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- James Cole (2-8-1804 to 9-27-1833) was married to his first cousin Sally Lindsay. She had only two children before his death. It is said he died after being thrown from a horse. Zerelda was then only two years old, she continued to live at the Black Horse Inn with her grandfather as guardian. After James death her mother married again to Robert Thomason whom Zerelda did not favor. According to members of the family Zerelda "hated" Robert Thomason and became a favorite to her Grandfather, Richard Cole Jr. who gave her the proper education and training to become a lady of prominence. When Sally and Robert moved to Clay County Mo. Zerelda did not accompany them, instead she went to live with her Uncle James M. Lindsay, at Stamping Ground, Scott Co. Ky
By the time school ended in the spring of 1841 Robert James and Zerelda were not speaking. Most young men in those days had strong beliefs that a woman should be silent and not express their political thoughts. Zerelda was of the Cole and Lindsay Families, who had been famous for their courageous deeds during the Revolutionary War. She inherited these same traits, and with her education it made her unwilling to comply with his wishes. But three days later before fall 1841, the desire and love for Zerelda was too strong, Robert proposed to her and they were married December 28, 1841 at the home of Uncle Judge James Madison Lindsay, in Stamping Ground, Kentucky. He was 23 and she was 17 years old. The house is still standing and presently owned by Marguerite Sprague on Locust Fork Pike, Scott County.
The following August they left for Clay County, Missouri, to visit her mother Sarah, and her step-dad Robert Thomason. He returned to Georgetown leaving alone his pregnant wife with her mother. His desire was to finish his final year of theological training and return home by next Christmas, but the Missouri River was frozen the poor roads were treacherous, so it was spring after he had graduated before he arrived at Kearney, to reunite with his wife and a new son born January 10, 1843, Alexander Franklin James. He later returned to Georgetown College in 1848 where he received his Masters Degree. He then decided to settle in Clay County where he purchased a farm from Asa W. Thomason, near Centerville, a town which later changed it's name to Kearney. The farm had no house and they built a cabin during the next spring. Robert bought two slaves. He combined farming and preaching to make a living. He founded the Baptist churches at New Hope and Providence.
In 1851, he went to California. Jesse was only 4 years old at this time. He went in order to get money to educate his children. The trip lasted from April 21 to August 1, 3 months. Robert died 18 days after arriving in California. and is buried there. He died August 18, 1850 near Placerville El Dorado California.
Their children were:
Alexander Franklin James (Frank) - born Jan. 10, 1844
Robert James - born July 19, 1845 - he died in infancy
Jesse Woodson James - born Sept. 5, 1847 - died April 3, 1882
Susan L. James - born Nov. 25, 1849. She married on Nov. 11, 1870 to Allen H. Palmer. She died in 1889.
Zerelda James remained a widow for four (4) years, and then she was married to a Mr. Sims, who died. She then married Dr. Reuben Samuels in 1855.
Their children were:
Sarah L. Samuels - born Dec. 26, 1858. She was married on Nov. 28, 1878 to William Nicholson.
John T. Samuels - born May 25, 1861. He married on July 22, 1885 to Norma L. Maret.
Fannie Quantrell Samuels - born Oct. 18, 1863. She married on Dec. 30, 1880 to Joseph Hall.
Archie Payton Samuels - born July 26, 1866. He was murdered by Pinkerton detectives on Jan. 26, 1875.
Dr. Samuels and Zerelda lived in a neighborhood of Northern sympathizers, of course Dr. Samuels and Zerelda were Southern sympathizers, which lead to cruelty towards their family. Dr. Samuels was hung up three times because he did not know the whereabout of Quantrell's band. Jesse was in the fields working at this time. The Militia went to the fields and whipped Jesse up and down the rows of corn and then took him to the barn where they were torturing his step-father. The Militia then went to the house and confronted Mrs. Samuels (Mrs. Robert James) at gun point. They then took Mrs. Samuels and her daughter to jail at St. Joseph and imprisoned them for 25 days. Jesse James decided after this incident that he would not allow the militia, lawmen, or anyone else to treat him that way again. It is no wonder that Jesse joined the Quantrell's gang after his family was beaten, imprisoned, tortured, persecuted at every turn and driven from home.
Legend said that the two brothers were brutal murders and came from an illiterate family. The brothers robbed banks and stole from the railroads because those institutions were forcing people into poverty, raised grain prices which forced farmers to sell their farms. Jesse came to their aid. As far as being illiterate, there are alot of letters written by Frank and Jesse that were well written.
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| Sources |
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Dec 2021), entry for James COLE, person ID G94N-4P1. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Dec 2021), entry for Zerelda Elizabeth COLE, person ID LVQW-77M. (Reliability: 3).
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