After Jane's father died, her mother Louis moved to St. Louis where she was listed as a widow and head of household with five of her children in 1860. Jane was listed in the same dwelling, but separate family with Elihu Emory Hendry whom she had married in St. Louis on the 14th of February.

Letters* addressed from Gun & Co to Alexander Pilcher, care of E.E. Hendry, dated 06 Oct 1865 London, England to St. Louis, MO, and another dated 16 Nov 1865 from Gun & Co. Unclaimed Property Agents to Alex Pilcher, care of E.E. Hendry from London, England saying in part: "You do not say in your letter of 6th July, whether or not you have got a copy of the will of John Banks, and also whether or not the family name of Mosman was ever spelt Mossman."

In about 1873 there are some letters exchanged between the sisters regarding the loss of their mother Louisa who died in St. Louis on 22 Dec 1872. One of the letters is addressed to Clara from Mary Jane who was at that time living in Urbana, Dallas Co., Missouri, but in 1870 the family was located in Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri which is approximately fifty miles south of Urbana. In 1880 they have moved back to Dallas Co., Missouri and are residing in Lincoln Township. The household includes Elihu, Mary, daughters Clara and Sarah as well as Mary's nephew Charles Kalb, son of her sister Caroline who had died in 1879.

In 1900 Eli and Mary Jane are residing in Central Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri and both their unmarried daughters are living with them. Mary Jane died the following year in December, and was buried at Forever Oak Hill Cemetery on the 13th of that month.

Elihu was listed as a widow in the 1910 census with his two unmarried daughters. Prior to his marriage, Elihu appears to have been listed in the 1850 census residing in the household of Alex Sutherland, a carpenter, and his wife Nancy in Union Twp., Brown Co., Ohio where he is listed as a twenty year-old carpenter born in Tennessee. This same year, there is an advertisment for a Charles F. Hendry in St. Louis, whom I thought might possibly have been the brother of Elihu and why he had come to St. Louis in 1860 where he was then listed in the St. Louis city directory as a carpenter; but this is not the case. Elihu did, however, show up in the military index indicating he had served with Co. A, 1st Missouri Militia and the 4th U.S. Reserved Corps, Missouri Volunteers.

According to his death certificate, Elihu was the son of Edward Hendry and Sarah (Hess) both natives of Virginia. He died at the age of 80 years, 5 months and 11 days at Brentwood, Missouri on 20 May 1910 and was buried at Forever Oak Hill Cemetery next to his wife.

Copy/Image of Elihu's Death Certificate

View my blog "Elihu Emory Hendry - St. Louis Carpenter, Husband of Jane" posted 15 Jul 2011

Notes: *These letters pertain to the Mossman estate in Berwick Upon Tweed, England in which the descendants are hoping to claim as the rightful heirs of the estate and are now in the possession of myself, P. Davidson-Peters, or were donated by me to the Missouri Historical Society.

For more information on the family of Elihu E. Hendry, visit the Javan Genealogy website.

1. Clara Eleanor Hendry - born 01 Jan 1865 in Missouri, she was known as "Dolly." A school teacher who never married, she died in St. Louis on 27 Oct 1912 at the age of 47 years 9 months and 26 days. She was laid to rest at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
2. Sarah Louise Hendry - born 08 Apr 1869 in Missouri and known as "Lulu" - she was a music teacher and organist. Never married. She died at St. Louis on 31 Oct 1915 and was laid to rest at Bellefontaine Cemetery.

In 1860, however, the family was not living in St. Louis, but rather in Macoupin Co., Illinois where Caroline's father had died two years earlier. James was listed as a carpenter, and it can be speculated that since Caroline's brothers were also carpenters, that the two may have met this way. It is also speculated that James may have been the same James T. Kalb who was mustered in Co. A, 15th Ohio on 30 Sep 1862 at the age of 27 on the 19th of August and was promoted to company sergeant on 03 Sep 1863 and later served in Co. D where he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant then mustered out on the 3rd of July, 1865.

According to the 1870 census, the family (enumerated as DeKalb) was then residing in Leavenworth, Kansas where James was working as a carpenter born in Ohio. Caroline died prior to the next federal census in Januaru of 1879 in St. Louis. She is buried  in St. Peter's Cemetery, Section 9, grave 20H - entered in name of J.T. Kalb.  The following year, James is listed in the 1880 census in the William Overton household with his son Montgomery, and his relationship is listed as a step-father and Montgomery as a step-brother to Overton - a relationship that is still not determined.

James was then located in the 1881 city directory for St. Louis listed as a carpenter residing at 113 N. 7th. He died in 1887, his death noted in the account book of T.A. Moore: "James (J) Kalb, died July 11th at 5 o'clock at shop of T.A. Moore, 113 N. 7th Street, St. Louis, Missouri; buried at St. Peter's Cemetery July 14, 1887; section 9, grave 193."

View my blog "Locating James Kalb in 1870 Leavenworth" posted 31 Jul 2011

View my blog "Henze - Moore - Pilcher: Sorting out the Clark & Cora Avenue Connections" posted 26 Aug 2011

Note: Although two Kalb families were listed in the 1850 Sangamon County census ( D.G. Kalb (age 37) and Eliza ages with children Mary, E.L., Wm E., and A.G in household; and also an Absalom Kalb (age 62), with wife Susannah - both of Maryland, and Amanda C. age 26 born in Pennsylvania) it has not been determined if they are of any relation to James Kalb who married Caroline Pilcher.

1. Montgomery Warren Kalb - born 11 Feb 1857 in St. Louis, Missouri; married Anna Marie "Annie" (Henze), the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Schuleler) in about 1882. She was born 08 Jul 1860 in St. Louis and died in Clayton, St. Louis Co., Missouri on 07 May 1938. They were enumerated in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 census residing in Carondolet Twp. - No children. He died 18 Feb 1937 in Webster Groves, Missouri and was buried in Forever Oak Hill Cemetery.
2. Homer Kalb - born 04 Apr 1859 in Brighton, Macoupin Co., Illinois; died 02 Mar 1863. 
3. Victor Emory Kalb - born 23 Mar 1862 in Rushville, Fairfield Co., Ohio. He appears to have first married to Henrietta who died 30 Nov 1897, and served as Sgt. in Co. K of the U.S. Artillery during the Spanish American War.   He was located in the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census records residing in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas. He then married, in about 1899, Matilda L. Zetlinger who was born 18 Jun 1863 in Missouri and was the daughter of Anthony. From this second union was born one son, George, who was born 11 Nov 1900 and died in Bexar Co., Texas on 16 Apr 1978. Victor died at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 12 May 1928 and he and Henrietta were buried at the San Antonio National Cemetery. A photo of his headstone is at Find A Grave. His 2nd wife Matilda died in San Antonio on 12 Mar 1899. [Please note that information on this Victor Emory Kalb is speculated but not yet confirmed to be the same as Emory Kalb, son of Caroline & James]
4. Charles J. Kalb - born 30 Jun 1866 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; married Elizabeth (Cordell) in about 1888, and had Ralph Tennet born 23 Jul 1889 and Richard M. born 20 Sep 1897, and one child who died prior to 1900. Listed in the 1900 census residing in Webster Groves. Charles died in Webster Groves, Missouri on 02 Dec 1932 and is buried in Forever Oak Hill Cemetery.

He married Louisa Amanda Smith on 11 Mar 1858 presumably in St. Louis where they were enumerated in the 1860 census residing in household of Louisa's parents. In the 1860 St. Louis city directory Warren is listed as a carpenter residing on the north side of Montgomery between 9th and Broadway.

He served, as did his twin brother, in the Union army during the Civil War.

The family was enumerated in the 1880 census residing in St. Louis where he is listed as a carpenter with his wife and five children. 

"Warren" died in July of 1887 and was mentioned in a few newspaper articles where a coffin was located and the remains were mistakenly reported as his rather than his grand uncle Joshua Pilcher, the fur trader and Indian agent. 

Warren's wife Louisa was enumerated with her daughter Isabelle Buchanan in the 1900 census. She died in December of 1910 in St. Louis, Missouri.

1. Sarah Louise Pilcher - born 10 Mar 1859 in Bunker Hill, IL; died 1860 in St. Louis, Missouri. 
2. Isabelle Pilcher - born 08 Jul 1861 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1886 she married James Buchanan who was born Aug 1858 in MO and had Sarah Lila, Evan, and James Robert who were enumerated in the 1900 census residing in St. Louis. Isabelle died in Kansas City, Missouri.
3. Lillian Pilcher - died 18 May 1863 in St. Louis and is believed to have been about 3 years of age - possibly buried in Wesleyan #3 Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. 
4. Anna Pilcher
5. Joseph Warren Pilcher - born 18 Dec 1867 in St. Louis; married Margaretta King, and died 07 May 1917 in St. Louis, Missouri. 
6. William Truman Pilcher - born 1868; may have married Jennie E. Mahon in Fayette Co., Illinois on 15 Aug 1894.
7. Charles Watson Pilcher 1872 in St. Louis, Missouri.
8. Louise Pilcher 

Before enlisting in the Civil War, Mont was residing in St. Louis where he was enumerated in the 1860 census with his widowed mother and younger siblings. From September 1st 1864 to August 8th 1865, he served with the 40th Missouri Volunteers. According to his wife's application for widow's pension, Mont was 5'11", dark complexion, black hair and hazel eyes.

He married Elizabeth Kolhappy or Colhappy on 20 Apr 1863 in St. Louis,  Missouri. It is believed by her descendant, Mike Stock, that she was born in Ohio or Kentucky about 1840, and that her parents were both born in Germany. Difficult to research with various spellings of the name (Collahoppy; Kolhappy; Kolhappy and possibly Kohlepp), she was listed in the 1900 and 1910 census as a widow, Marthat He. Pilcher so has been speculated that her full name was Martha Elizabeth, but that she went by Lizzie in her youth.

Mont took on the carpentry trade of his father, brother Joseph and brother-in-law Thomas A. Moore and is listed as such in the 1870 and 1880 census records. Most of his sons worked as paper hangers and decorators although Eugene served in the U.S. Navy. His daughters were dressmakers and Etta may have spent some time working in a butcher shop.

Mont died in St. Louis and was buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri on 07 January 1894. After his death, she lived for many years in her home in St. Louis with all her adult children, and died sometime before 1920.

After the death of Lizzie, Eugene and Etta moved in together in a home on Easton Avenue in St. Louis where they lived until their deaths.

Military discharge papers of R. "Mont" Pilcher

Mike Stock Photo Collection of Mont & Lizzie Family

1. Francis "Frank" Pilcher - born 04 Apr 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri. 
2. Richard Montgomery Pilcher - born 11 Nov 1866 in St. Louis, Missouri; died before 1880.
3. Emma Pilcher - born 01 Jul 1869 in St. Louis, Missouri; married Albert J. Hoge in about 1896 and had Helen and Lawrence Hoge. She died 09 Feb 1962 in Conception Jct., Nodaway Co., Missouri.
4. Alexander Pilcher - born abt 1871 in Missouri; died before 1900. 
5. Harry Pilcher - born November 1873; died after 1910. 
6. Marietta Pilcher - born September 1880; died 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri. 
7. Eugene Pilcher - born 31 Jan 1883; died 1950. 

He was listed in the 1850 Federal Census for Sangamon County, living in  Springfield, Illinois; listed in the 1860 St. Louis city directory as a carpenter. He is listed in the household of his mother-in-law (Ann Swett age 43) along with his wife Adelaide and daughter Annie in the 1860 Morgan County, Illinois census.  He died in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. 

1. Anna Louise Pilcher - born 13 Feb 1858 in Illinois.   "Annie" is listed as age 2 living with her maternal grandmother and her parents in the 1860 Morgan County, IL census; and in 1870 in the same census as 11 years, attending school without her parents.
2. Albert Mossman Pilcher - born 11 Mar 1861 in St. Louis, MO; died 27 Sep 1865 in St. Louis.
3. Leroy Sherman Pilcher
4. Julia Pilcher - born 1864.
5. William Ezekiel Pilcher - born 16 Oct 1866.  He married unknown. 
6. Frederick Eugene Pilcher - born about 1868; died 1935 in Webster Groves, St. Louis, MO.  He married unknown. 
7. Edwin Pilcher

In 1860 he was living with his widowed mother in St. Louis and working as a carpenter. He enlisted in the Civil War, orginally enrolled at St. Louis Missouri and promoted from 2nd Lieut of Company I. On December 2nd, 1864 he was mustered in at Benton Barracks for a period of "three years, or during the war." He served as 1st Lieut., of Co., A, 14th Reg't Missouri Cavalry and in March and April of 1865 he was acting Quarter Master.

The 14th MO Cavalry had been organized at St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri on 30 Nov1864 to 13 May 1865. It was attached to District of St. Louis, MO to June of 1865, and District of the Plains, Dept. of Missouri, to November of 1865.

He received special orders from the Headquarters of Defences at New Orleans on 21 Dec 1864 that "with the guard under his command, report to the Commanding officer of the Camp of Distriubtion, in this City, to take charge of all men now at the Camp of Distribution to be distriubted to points above Natchez, on the Mississippi river." Upon his arrival at St. Louis, he was to report to Colonel Bonneville, U.S.A., and furnish him with evidence that he had complied with orders and was provided with transportation by private boat or government transport - this by command of Brig Gen. Sherman.

On 04 Jan 1865, he requested leave, stating: "I have been in the service three years and two months and have never had leave of absence. my company being on Veteran Furlough, I Respectfully request leave of Absence for thirty Days to go to Illinois."

From the Head Quarters at Benton Barracks, MO 2nd Lt. Alexander S. Pilcher of Co "A" 14th MO Vol "having been this day relieved of the duties of acting commissary of the Regiment will immediatley assume commaond of unassigned recrutis of the 14th Cav MO Vols in addition to his other duties as Acting Regimental Quater Master."

In August of 1865 he received Special Order No. 82 "having been ordered to Fort Riley Kas. to be mustered Lt. Fisk Co. F 14 Mo Cav until further orders."

He was mustered out at Leavenworth, Kansas on 18 Nov 1865, the 14th MO Cav having lost 34 men to disease and two killed.

Letters written to or from Alex are now in the possession of P. Davidson-Peters. The first of such was addressed from Gun & Co to Alexander Pilcher, care of E.E. Hendry, dated 06 Oct 1865 London, England to St. Louis, Missouri and reads in part: "Since writing you a few months ago, we have been informed that there is a considerable amount of property in this country lying unclaimed in the name of Mosman and that the persons entitled there are supposed to be in America."

This letter set off decades of correspondence in which the Mossman descendants attempted to obtain the property which they were told was rightfully theirs. One dated shortly after the previous was written on 16 Nov 1865 from the same company and also addressed to Alex and his brother-in-law's (Elihu E. Hendry). "You do not say in your letter of 6th July, whether or not you have got a copy of the will of John Banks, and also whether or not the family name of Mosman was ever spelt Mossman."

At some point Alex ran for constable. A business type card found among the family papers in Webster Groves, MO in 1992 reads: "Alex. S. Pilcher, Republican Candidate for Constable, St. Louis Township."

In 1880 Alex was residing with his brother Edward and Ed's wife Sarah (Tice). Residing in St. Louis, both brothers were listed as carpenter. A few years later in 1883, Alex wrote a letter to his brother Edward which was addressed: E.M. Pilcher and dated on the 24th of August written from Urbana (Dallas Co., MO) which begins: "This leves us all well I am getting stronger am feeling like a new man. this is a good and healthy country ... and ends by telling him "I will go to Springfield as soon as Charlie gets from thare with the horse I think I will be strong enuf to go to work by that time."

Charlie, so mentioned, is possibly his nephew, son of his brother Joseph "Warren" and Louisa Amanda Smith. This Charles was born in 1872 and married his cousin Lulu Burden, niece of Alex and daughter of sister Ellenor and her huband John Burden.

Toward the end of January 1884 Alex writes Edward again from North Springfield saying he's been to Buffalo and Rolla and has been working for his brother-in-law John Burden - husband of his sister Eleanor.

Alex died just a little over a year later. He was buried in St. Peters Cemetery on 23 October 1884. He was listed as 42 yrs 9 mos, 27 days.

In 1860 she was living with her widowed mother in St. Louis, Missouri, and a year later was married. She married John K. Burden on 25 Nov 1861 in St. Louis who was born about 1840 in Ireland. They were enumerated in the 1870 census residing in St. Louis. Besides herself and her husband, her two small children Willie & Julia, her mother Louisa is also living with them.

In about 1874 she wrote her sister Clara a letter talking of how much she missed her and wished she could have some of the butter she had just made, but that it was too far for the children to carry. She signed her letter "Ellen" and addressed it from "Burden Place."

Ellenor died in November of 1922. 

1. William Anthony - born 15 Jun 1863.  He married (---) Wightman and was the father of Ellenor, Blanche who married Samuel Blair, and John Walter Burden.
2. Julia May Burden - born 07 Mar 1867; died 1963.
3. Louisa "Lulu" Ballard Burden - born 28 Jan 1871; married her cousin Charles Watson Pilcher. Lulu died in 1936. 
4. Walter Burden - born 31 May 1877; died 1881. 

He married Mary Jane Dwyer on 20 Aug 1862 in St. Louis, and is listed in the 1860 Federal Census of St. Louis, MO in the 10th Ward.    In the 1870 federal census for  St. Louis he is listed as a house carpenter and has his two nephews Joseph and William - both age 2 (sons of his brother Warren) living with him.  No other persons are listed in the household although Ed's mother Louisa is living next door with Ed's twin Eleanor and husband John Burden. 

Letters and family notes indicate Warren spent time in New Orleans while his family remained in St. Louis, and it's possible he was there during this time, perhaps accompanied by his wife and daughter Isabelle.  Warren and his wife had lost two infant daughters, Sarah Louise and Lillian in 1860 and 1863; and it seems likely that Edward may have been widowed, his wife Mary Jane, possibly dying after the birth of their second daughter.

There is a second marriage record for Edward to Sarah C. Tice. A copy of this was obtained from the Thomas Anderson Moore Collection at the Missouri Historical Society. This marriage occurred on 08 Oct 1872. According to the marriage record and the 1880 census, Sarah was born about 1850 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.

Edward died in February of 1884 and was buried on the 21st in St. Peters Cemetery.

View my blog "Edward McCafferty Pilcher: A Handsome Civil War Prisoner Detained at Myrtle Street Prison" posted 08 Apr 2011.

1. Caroline Pilcher - born 15 Jun 1865; died 23 Oct 1867. 
2. Rose A. Pilcher - born 01 Jan 1867; died 02 Mar 1867. 

She married Thomas Anderson Moore on her 16th birthday, 07 Oct 1861 in St. Louis, Missouri just about the time he enlisted in the "War of the Rebellion."

Young and impressionable, Clarissa seemed to have had a hard time while he was away. Letters indicate that the relationship between her and Tom's mother whom she must have been staying with while he was gone, was not good. Whether or not the mother had disapproved of the marriage or not is not known, but it might be that she had another woman in mind for her son.

Thomas was the son of James Updegraph Moore and Rebecca (Cook), and was born 31 Oct 1838 in Scio, Harrison County, Ohio. His father brought the family out to Collinsville, Madison Co., Illinois in 1847 to help his brother Joseph Moore manufacture cow bells. Sometime before 1860 James and Rebecca split company and Thomas began to care for his mother - another reason that perhaps Rebecca was not happy with the marriage.

Tom joined the 33rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry enlisting on 01 August 1862. Letters between Tom and Clara have been donated by the family and preserved in the Thomas Anderson Moore Collection at the Missouri Historical Society. In many of the letters Tom confesses his undying love for Clara. In one such letter he mentions how he lost her likeness in the river and quickly fetched it out, and one can truly sense his fear that they were headed for slaughter when his regiment headed for Vicksburg.

He was "mortally" wounded when a minni ball struck him in the head on the 4th of July 1863 at the battle of Helena, Arkansas. Left for dead on the battlefield, a passing soldier found a breath in him and he was transported to Memphis where he received treatment. He was discharged from the service on 14 Dec 1863 and was awarded a pension of $8.00 a month, commencing that day.

His claim lists his injury as "fracture of skull from gun shot wound .. disabilty total." Photos of the head wound show the deep indention from the wound and he apparently suffered various symptoms from the wound, but continued to work best he could, mostly as a carpenter.

Whether caring for Tom after his return to St. Louis prompted Clarissa to go to medical school is not known, but she became a homeopathic doctor in 1898. Her doctor's shingle "DOCTOR, Mrs. C.V. Moore" hangs above my desk where I affectionately and proudly display it.

Sadly, Clarissa died not long afterward on 07 April 1890 following an operation. A note by her husband remains in my possession where he notes the doctor's comments and instructions, the care he administered, and her death. He was truly heartbroken by the loss of his beloved Clara and never remarried.

At the time of her death, their youngest child Beulah was barely three years old, the eldest in his early twenties. Their daughter Mary Jeannette "Mamie" would later tell her granddaughter stories of her Mama and Papa as she was the one who stayed home and cared for her father, not marrying until after he died.

His death came on 16 Jun 1915 in St. Louis after which his daughter Mabel began to find many of the family papers including the Kennerly Diary pertaining to the early fur trade, Civil War letters and evidently many of the other papers which Mabel did not donate, but which have been passed down through the family.

Although not buried beside each other, Clarissa and Tom were both laid to rest at the beautiful Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis as were other family members.

Photo of Clarissa V. Pilcher

Pedigree Chart of Clarissa V. Pilcher

Photo of Thomas Anderson Moore

For further information on Clarissa's descendants see Descendants of Eli Moore & Deborah Updegraph. 

1. Emily Ellen Moore - born 07 Sep 1864 in St. Louis, MO; buried 24 Oct 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri.
2. Minnie Moore - born 25 Dec 1865 in St. Louis, MO; buried 9 Jan 1867 in St. Louis, Missouri.
3. Thomas Anthony Moore - born 15 Oct 1867 in St. Louis, MO and named for the Anthony ancestors; he married (1) Rebecca Tebbetts, daughter of L.B. Tebbetts, the wealthy implement dealer in St. Louis; and married (2) Eleanor Chase, the mother of his son Tom.  Thomas died 27 Feb 1948 in Los Angeles, CA.
4. Clarissa Amanda Moore - born 28 Oct 1870 in St. Louis, MO and named for her mother and Aunt Amanda; she married John Fenton and died in 1916.
5. James Asbury Moore - born 04 May 1873 in St. Louis, MO and named for his father's real estate friend James Asbury Judlin; he married Lydia Harzmier but had no children. James died 02 Nov 1912.
6. Mabel Grace Moore - born 19 Jun 1877 in St. Louis, MO; she married Samuel Elliot Jones who had the house on Clark Street in Webster Groves built about the time the World's Fair came to St. Louis.  She was involved in various societies and initiated the Thomas Anderson Moore Collection at the Missouri Historical Society by donating her father's Civil War letters and the Kennerly Journals regarding Joshua Pilcher and the fur trade.  She died 25 Apr 1963 in St. Louis, MO.
7. Mary Jeannette "Mamie" Moore - born 07 Sep 1880 in St. Louis, MO and named either after the midwife or the doctor's wife; she married Clarence Lane and died 6 Jul 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri.
8. Beulah Abrams Moore - born 13 Mar 1887 in St. Louis, and named after her brother Tom's girlfriend whom he did not marry. Beulah married Roy D. Vosburg and died in 1950.

This Jeptha appears to be listed as a carpenter in the 1860 Federal Census for Sangamon Co., IL with his wife Melissa and son Albert 1 year of age.  Also listed in the household is his sister Mary Ann's family which included husband Thomas Howey and their two young sons, Jeptha's father Moses and his siblings Lucinda, John W., and Wesley Pilcher.

1. Albert Pilcher - born about 1859 in Illinois, and may have married Abagail Washburn in Fayette Co., Illinois on 01 Mar 1889.

John was educated in the public schools of Springfield, and until the age of 8 lived on a farm.  A carpenter, like his father, he was employed upon some of the most important buildings of the city; served in the 1st Cavalry for three months, mustered 23 Sep 1861 and enlisted in Company H 10th Illinois Cavalry, then was mustered out 22 Nov 1865 at San Antonio, Texas.  He  received final discharge 6 Jan 1866 and had participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Little Rock, Mulligan Bend, Cotton Hill, Mobile and other less important battles.  He was a member of Stephenson Post GAR of Springfield, a stanch Republican, and a member of the Christian Church. 

John and his family were residing in Springfield in 1880. He died sometime after 1912. 

Brief biographical sketch of John Pilcher

1. Lucilla Pilcher - born 24 Jun 1870 in Springfield, Sangamon, IL.  She married  George Wilson. 
2. John Wesley Pilcher - born 07 May 1876 in Springfield, Sangamon, IL.  He married  Mary Faust.
3. Robert Eugene Pilcher - born 29 Dec 1878 in Springfield.  He married Anna Margaret Serringer, and died July 1964 in Illinois.
4. Clara May Pilcher - born in Springfield, IL on 5 Dec 1881,  she may have married on 13 Mar 1900 in Morgan Co., IL Anson J. Wirebaugh.

On 01 Dec 1857 she married Michael Edward Kenna (marriage record list him as Mike E. Kenney) in Morgan County, Illinois.  Nothing further is known about Ellen except that she died in 1912. 

1. E.D. Kenna - lived in Chicago in January 1901 and was an attorney for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company.

Diana's father Paschal was listed in the 1850 Lewis County, MO  census prior to her birth with the records indicating he was born in Virginia, her mother in Pennsylvania.  Diana died 15 Jun 1932 in Canton, Missouri.  William died 6 Apr 1903 in Canton, and was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery. 

William appeared in the 1900 Census for Lewis County, Missouri not far from his mother Caroline and brother Shade; and was listed with his wife Diana (Anna) and children William, Paschal, Mary, Shadrach, George, Elizabeth, and Sally.

1. Arthur Meredith Pilcher - born 27 Jan 1875 in Canton, Lewis, MO; married Alice Ward on 27 May 1900 in Canton; died there on 5 Aug 1925 and was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery.
2. William H. Pilcher - born 03 Dec 1879 in Canton, Lewis, MO.  He married Lenora E. Eckert on 30 Dec 1940 in Canton, and died on 8 Dec 1901 in Canton and was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery.
3. Paschal Pilcher - born 31 Oct 1884 in Canton, Lewis, MO.  He married (1) Lillian Beggs; married (2) Rosella Grammer, and died 31 Jan 1953 in Canton. He and Rosella were buried in Forest Grove Cemetery.
4. Mary Belle Pilcher - born 17 Aug 1887 in Canton, Lewis, MO.  She married on 02 Oct 1905 in Quincy, Adams, IL William Elmo Zahn and had been listed in the 1900 Lewis County MO census with her parents and siblings.  She died 05 Apr 1943 in Canton.
5. Shadrach Grant Pilcher - born 27 Mar 1890 in Canton, Lewis, MO.  He married Frances Belle Carter, daughter of Frank and Ida. Prior to their marriage "Fannie" was listed with her parents in the 1900 census residing in Marion Co., Missouri. Shadrach died 12 Mar 1912 in Canton, Missouri. 
6. George Buford Pilcher - born 15 Apr 1892 in Canton, Lewis, MO.  He was listed in the 1900 Canton, Lewis County, MO census with his parents and siblings.  George died 19 Sep 1906 in Canton and was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery. 
7. Effie Elizabeth Pilcher - born 06 Oct 1894 in Canton, Lewis, MO.  She was listed in the 1900 Canton, Lewis County, MO census with her parents and siblings as "Elizabeth E" age five.  She married on 22 Feb 1919 Lawrence Edwin Barth and died 25 Mar 1973. 
8. Sally Lillian Pilcher - born 20 Jul 1898 in Canton, MO.  She was listed in the 1900 Canton, Lewis County, MO census with her parents and siblings, and married on 5 Apr 1919 in Quincy, Adams County, IL Paul Catterall.  Sally died 20 Apr 1978 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa.

He was listed in with his family in the 1870 census residing in Canton, and in 1880 he was listed as as a sixteen year old tailor living with his widowed mother in 1880. In 1900 he is listed as head of household with his wife and three children.

1. Hazel Pilcher - born Aug 1890 in Nebraska. 
2. Roth Pilcher - born May 1892 in Missouri. 
3. Charles Pilcher - born Apr 1896 in Missouri. 

CHILDREN OF
FIELDING S. PILCHER & ANN T. (SPEARS)

1. Lewis Pilcher - born 11 Jul 1855 in Nicholasville, KY; died in Nicholasville, KY.
2. Elizabeth Pilcher - born 12 Nov 1857; died 15 Nov 1942.  She married William Henry Pierce.
3. Elmer Ellsworth Pilcher - born 23 Jan 1860 in Nicholasville, KY. 
4. Thomas Fielding Pilcher - born 17 Oct 1862 in Nicholasville, KY; died 18 Mar 1954.  He married Hattie D. Scheffer. 
5. Nellie Pilcher - born 1 Oct 1865 in Nicholasville, KY; died 17 Apr 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. 

During the Civil War, Captain Pilcher was a quartermaster in the 1st Tennessee Infantry, Maney's, Co.E of the CSA, and was in the thickest of the fray during Bragg's invasion in Kentucky. He received a wound that came near causing his death.

A few weeks after the battle Mrs. C. H. Rochester came after Captain Pilcher and other wounded men where they were taken to her residence. near Danville. Ky., and were royally entertained. Colonel Rochester and the elder boys were in the Confederate army, leaving Mrs. Rochester and the young ladies and boys at home.

The families of Capt. Merritt S. Pilcher, George S. Kinney, and Henry C. Hensley had refugeed from Nashville to Louisville. Dr. Buist sent a message to Capt. M. S. Pilcher saying that if Matt were sent to prison he could not possibly survive. Capt. Merritt Pilcher had a stanch friend in Louisville, Mr. John B. Smith, who stood very close to General Jere Boyle, commanding that district, and through his influence we received the following:

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF KENTUCKY, LOUISVILLE, October 13, 1862.

The bearers hereof, Capt. Matthew B. Pilcher and Private Marcus B. Toney, will be allowed to report at these headquarters without a guard so soon as the wound of Captain Pilcher's will permit.

JERE BOYLE, General.

They remained at Mrs. Rochester's nearly four months before getting Captain Pilcher to Louisville. In addition to his great suffering from the wound, a spell of pneumonia gave him a setback. Soon after convalescing he came near bleeding to death, but finally he recovered and desired to go via Lexington to visit for a few days his relatives, Mr. Hiram Shaw and family. They proceeded to Nicholasville by stage and thence to Lexington by rail. Mr. Shaw was a stanch Union man, and was dealer in gents' furnishing goods. A few weeks before they reached there, General Morgan's men raided Shaw's store, exchanging their old headgear for his fine hats, and some of the boys wore off his nice plugs. A few nights after reaching there, they paid a visit to another family of the Shaws where there were three young ladies.

Captain Pilcher's father, Merritt, who had gone to see his wounded son, became ill and died in Franklin on 11 Jan 1865.

After the war, Captain Matthew Pilcher married Judith Dudley Winston on 13 Jun 1867 in Tennesse and in 1880 he is still residing in Nashville, listed as head of household which includes his own family, his mother and two of his brothers. He died on 30 Dec 1908 and Judith on 19 Oct 1909.

His wife Judith was born 09 Jan 1842 in Bardstown, Kentucky and was the daughter of Dr. John Dudley Winston and Ann Jane (Caldwell) who were prominent in the Nashville society. Dr. Winston was born 01 May 1783, in Louisa County, Virginia and married Ann on 27 Apr.1831, in Adair Co.Kentucky. Ann was born 09 Mar 1813 in Columbia and died 01 Feb.1875 in Nashville. John died 23 Sept.1873 in Nashville where the family had moved when Judith was in her early childhood.

For more information on this line, visit Matthew Pilcher's site: "The Pilcher-Barrow-Swiggart Families of Nashville"

1. John Winston Pilcher - born 09 Mar 1868; died in 1917.
2. Merritt Scott Pilcher - born 14 Feb 1870; died 14 Jan 1912.  He married  Ethel Allen.
3. Matthew Pilcher - born 5 Dec 1871 in Nashville, TN; died 18 Mar 1915.  He married Mary Culler Cobb. 
4. Nannie Dudley Pilcher - born 18 Feb 1876 and died 18 Jul 1954.  She married Hon. Reau Estes Folk on 06 Feb 1901 in Nashville, TN. 

1. Matthew Barrow Pilcher - born 31 Dec 1880; died 10 Sep 1902.  He married  Evie Pilcher. 
2. Bertha Pilcher - born 01 Sep 1883; died 25 Feb 1884. 

1. Merritt Scott Pilcher - born 01 Jan 1888 in Nashville, TN; died 28 Aug 1954.
2. Catherine Berry Pilcher - born 28 Sep 1894 in Nashville, TN.  She married on 9 Jun 1927 Roy Crosby Avery. 

1. Nora Lillian Pilcher - born 31 Oct 1879 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX; died 1970 in Erick, OK.  She married El Sanders.
2. General Robertson Pilcher - born 07 Feb 1882 in Grayson Co., TX; died 26 Mar 1948 in Grayson Co., TX.  He married Jessie Dee Brown.
3. Grace Caroline Pilcher - born 25 Nov 1883 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX; died 22 Mar 1949 in Duncan, OK.  She married Edward Hood.
4. William Lee Pilcher - born 23 Aug 1887 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX.  He married Etta Houge and died 17 Feb 1971 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX. 
5. Lewis H. Pilcher - born 26 Nov 1888 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX and died there in March of 1889.
6. James J. Pilcher - born 16 Jul 1890 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX.  He married Viola Graham and died 23 Jun 1979 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX. 
7. Doll E. Pilcher - born 15 Feb 1892 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX.  She married Oscar Frank Henderson and died  died 17 Feb 1987 in Whitesboro, Grayson, TX. 
8. Jip Pilcher - born 04 Nov 1894 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX.  He married Mattie Fulmer. 
9. Frank Owen Pilcher - born 14 Aug 1897 in Collinsville, Grayson County, Texas.  He married Pearl Gaddie and died 1897 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX. 
10. F. Eddie Pilcher - born 10 Feb 1901 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX and died there on 8 Nov 1904.
11. Hazel Pilcher - born 16 Aug 1904 in Collinsville, Grayson, TX.  She married Forest Coulson and died in April of 1966 in Collinsville, Grayson, Texas.

He married Margaret R. Black on 02 Feb 1876, she having been born in Alabama in about 1846.

1. Minnie C. Pilcher - born about 1878 in Choctaw Co., MS.
2. John W. Pilcher - born in 1880 in Choctaw Co., MS.
3. Mary Ellen Pilcher
4. Margaret Jane Pilcher

In the 1880 census Martin is listed as M.V. Black and she as Hattie R. Black. 

1. Mary E. Black - born about 1872 in Choctaw Co., MS.
2. Lula A. Black - born about 1873 in Choctaw Co., MS.
3. John E. Black - born about 1875 in Choctaw Co., MS.
4. Mildred Black - born about 1877 in Choctaw Co., MS.
5. Arthur B. Black - born about 1879 in Choctaw Co., MS.

Please Note: As my research did not initiate in the relm of genealogy, I did not in the beginning cite sources. I have since attempted to compile those sources I still have on file, including those persons I have had the pleasure of corresponding with, and exchaning information with over the past twenty years. In the instance that I have omitted your name, please take no offense, it has not been intentional, and anything shared with me has been happily received. It should also be noted that none of the many census or marriage records I have extracted are included, but have provided links to those extractions on my site which have appeared within the contents. As always, I am open to receiving your emails.

1. Armstead, Denise (Moore) - Letter to M. Jeanette "Jeanne" (Lane) Davidson from Millard, Nebraska dated 17 Jan 1972 including Pilcher Family History
2. Ballard, Eleanor (Mossman) to Mr. Thomas Moore, Letter dated 29 Mar 1865 from Canton, MO to St. Louis, MO, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
3. Ballard, Eleanor (Mossman) to daughter Louisa Pilcher, Letter dated 01 Oct 1865 from Canton, Lewis Co., MO, (Letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
4. Bay, Elaine Nall - Research and email correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters
5. California Death Certificate No. D54 1925, County of Orange, Ethel C. (Pilcher) Sleeper; provided by Donald Sleeper, 2004.
6. Ballenger, Andrew - Research and Email correspondence regarding Amanda Pilcher to P. Davidson-Peters, 2003
7. Bolinger, Cindy - Research and email correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters, 2000
8. Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper
9. Fayette Co., KY Wills 1794-1818; Book B
10. Fenton, John to clerk of the court, F.J. Lundy, Letter dated 01 Sep 1895 from St. Louis, MO to Independence, Grayson Co., VA, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
11. Gun & Co., Unclaimed Property Agents of London to Alexander Pilcher, care of Elihu E. Hendry, St. Louis, MO, Letter dated 06 Jul 1865 from London, England to St. Louis, MO, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
12. Gun & Co to Alexander Pilcher, care of E.E. Hendry, Letter dated 06 Oct 1865 London, England to St. Louis, MO, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
13. Gun & Co. Unclaimed Property Agents to Alex Pilcher, care of E.E. Hendry, Letter dated 16 Nov 1865 from London, England to St. Louis, MO, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
14. Gun & Co. Unclaimed Property Agents to Alex Pilcher, care of E.E. Hendry, Letter dated 16 Nov 1865 from London, England to St. Louis, MO, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
15. Guns & Co., Unclaimed Property Agents to Alexander S. Pilcher, Letter dated 30 Dec 1865 from London, England
16. Hay, Thomas Arthur, Martin Genealogy : Descendants of Lieutenant Samuel Martin of Wethersfield, Conn. ..., (New York, 1911) 124
17. Henry S.K. Bartholomew, Pioneer History of Elkhart County, Indiana with sketches and stories, (Press of the Goshen Printery, Goshen, IN, 1930) 331-332
18. History of Elkhart County Indiana, (Chas C. Chapman & Co., 1881) 856-59
19. Holmes, Elmer Wallace, History of Riverside County, California, Historic Record Co., 1912
20. House of Proctor - External link and website by Joe Proctor
21. Johnson, Myrna - Research and Correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters, 2000
22. Jones, Mabel Grace (Moore) - Anthony, Ballard, Pilcher Genealogy and other research notes and letters.
23. Kentucky State Historical Society, Letter of A.J. Welzenbach dated 12 Dec 1938 in reference to Pilchers in Fayette County.
24. The Missouri Reporter, 08 June 1843, Death of Major Joshua Pilcher, [Copy on file at Missouri Historical Society].
25. Missouri State Dept. of Health - Death Records 1910-1957
26. National Archives Pension Records (Alexander Pilcher, Edward M. Pilcher, Joseph W. Pilcher, Shadrach Pilcher, Thomas A. Moore)
27. Neal, Cindy - Research and email correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters, 2004
28. Peter, Robert, History of Fayette County, Kentucky, (Chicago; O.L. Baskin & Co., 1882) 710
29. Pilcher, Alexander care of E.E. Hendry, Letter dated 06 Oct 1865 London, England to St. Louis, MO, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
30. Pilcher, Alex S. to his brother E.M. Pilcher (Edward McCafferty Pilcher), Letter date 24 Aug 1883 Urbana, IL, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
31. Pilcher, Dave - Research and Email correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters, 2000
32. Pilcher, Glenn - Winslow Pilcher Cemetery Photos to P. Davidson-Peters, 2003
33. Pilcher, Johua - Last Will & Testament (1842) and Codicil (1843), St.Louis, MO [Copy on file at the Missouri Historical Society].
34. Pilcher, Margaret Campbell, Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families, Press of Marshall & Bruce Co., Nashville, TN, 1911.
35. Pilcher, Matthew, Pilcher-Barrow-Swiggart Families of Nashville (external link)
36. Pilcher, Matthew - Research and correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters
37. Pilcher, Warren to T.A. Moore, letter dated 28 Jan 1895 from Soldier's Home in Leavenworth, KS.
38. Pittman, Hannah Daviess, Americans of gentle birth and their ancestors, (Baltimore, 1903) 295
39. Power, John Carroll, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon Co., Illinois - "Centennial Record", (Springfield, IL; 1876) 728-729
40. Powers, John V. to Mrs. Fenton, Letter dated 02 March 1896 from Sacramento, CA, (Original letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
41. Ramey, Shawnee - Correspondence and Research notes to P. Davidson-Peters, 1998
42. Record of the Pilcher Family - a handwritten note by Louisa (Ballard) Pilcher prior to her death in 1872 (Original donated to Missouri Historical Society by P. Davidson-Peters)
43. Siltala, Shirley - Research and email correspondence regarding Pilcher and Catterall Families to P. Davidson-Peters, 2004
44. Sleeper, Donald, Research and correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters
45. Spangler, Margaret (Mossman), widow of Jacob, Letter dated 13 Feb 1881 Keithsburg, Mercer Co., IL, (Original Letter in possession of P. Davidson-Peters)
46. Sprague Scrapbook Vol. 2, p.228
47. St. Louis Dispatch
48. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Burial Permit - St. Louis, (Wed 12/01/1909) p.14
49. St. Louis Marriage Certificate of Edward M. Pilcher to Sarah Tice - on file at the Missouri Historical Society, Thomas Anderson Moore Collection.
50. St. Louis, MO Marriage Records Volume 11 1862-1865
51. Stock, Michael, Research, photos and correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters
52. Stock, Mike, Stock Family History (external link)
53. Sunder, John E., Joshua Pilcher, A Fur Trader and Indian Agent, University of Oklahoma Press, 1968.
54. The St. Louis Star-Sayings (105-107-109 N. Sixth Street, St. Louis, Mo.), City of St. Louis & Its Resources, (Continental Printing co. St. Louis,)
55. Van der Zee, Jacob, The British in Iowa, (State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, 1922) 136
56. War of 1812 Bounty Lands in Illinois, Family History Library Film #6051272, item 008, p. 260 (Corp. Shaderick Pilcher, 17th Regiment)
57. Vernon, Lucille Jackson, Pilcher Family History, Young Graphics Publishing, 1980
58. Warner & Co., History of the counties of Woodbury and Plymouth, Iowa, (Chicago, 1891) 784-785
59. Weber, Stephanie - Research and email correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters, 1999
60. Wise, Patricia - Research and correspondence to P. Davidson-Peters, 1997
61. Wotawa, Shirley, St. Peters Evangelical church and cemetery historian, Letter dated 06 Mar 2004 to Mike Stock
62. Zahn, Brian - Research, email correspondence & photos to P. Davidson-Peters, 2004

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