Thomas Pounds was born about 1840 in Coshocton Co. OH to Benjamin and Sarah Williams Pounds. Right before the start of the Civil War, he married Sarah Hyder Elliott in Ray County MO. This part of Missouri was generally pro-slavery, so in Sept. of 1862 he returned to his former home county in Illinois to enlist in the Illinois 108th Regiment. Since his first child was born about this time, he returned to Missouri and enlisted in the 87th Enrolled Militia. After the War, he and his family lived in DeKalb and Caldwell counties.
His Civil War pension application shows that he was missing fingers of his right hand. Whether he was injured in the War or in his farming life is not known.
The last public record for Thomas Pounds is the 1900 census, which shows him in Maysville, De Kalb, MO. The last record of any kind from him is an October-1907 postcard written from Route 7, Chandler OK, to inquire about his pension. Nothing else was ever heard from him, and in the 1910 census his wife declared herself a widow.
For many years we thought that Thomas probably was buried in a small family burial plot that has never been accessed, probably in Oklahoma, Missouri or one of the surrounding states. Or he died on the road and was buried along side it. After a 25-year search, we are happy at long last to locate his grave in Pleasant Ridge, where he has many kinfolk and neighbors.
The second paragraph of the posted community-news column mentions the Deming family, so it is included here. The Demings were very important to the Pounds family. When Celia Olson Pounds, wife of George Benjamin Pounds (the son that is mentioned), died in 1906, she left eight children, of whom the oldest was fourteen and the youngest two. The John Deming family took in the oldest children and provided them a home in exchange for farm work. Will was John's brother.
The Goodbarys were also an important local family. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Goodbary are buried in this cemetery.
(Written 10 March 2016.)
His Civil War pension application shows that he was missing fingers of his right hand. Whether he was injured in the War or in his farming life is not known.
The last public record for Thomas Pounds is the 1900 census, which shows him in Maysville, De Kalb, MO. The last record of any kind from him is an October-1907 postcard written from Route 7, Chandler OK, to inquire about his pension. Nothing else was ever heard from him, and in the 1910 census his wife declared herself a widow.
For many years we thought that Thomas probably was buried in a small family burial plot that has never been accessed, probably in Oklahoma, Missouri or one of the surrounding states. Or he died on the road and was buried along side it. After a 25-year search, we are happy at long last to locate his grave in Pleasant Ridge, where he has many kinfolk and neighbors.
The second paragraph of the posted community-news column mentions the Deming family, so it is included here. The Demings were very important to the Pounds family. When Celia Olson Pounds, wife of George Benjamin Pounds (the son that is mentioned), died in 1906, she left eight children, of whom the oldest was fourteen and the youngest two. The John Deming family took in the oldest children and provided them a home in exchange for farm work. Will was John's brother.
The Goodbarys were also an important local family. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Goodbary are buried in this cemetery.
(Written 10 March 2016.)
Thomas Pounds was born about 1840 in Coshocton Co. OH to Benjamin and Sarah Williams Pounds. Right before the start of the Civil War, he married Sarah Hyder Elliott in Ray County MO. This part of Missouri was generally pro-slavery, so in Sept. of 1862 he returned to his former home county in Illinois to enlist in the Illinois 108th Regiment. Since his first child was born about this time, he returned to Missouri and enlisted in the 87th Enrolled Militia. After the War, he and his family lived in DeKalb and Caldwell counties.
His Civil War pension application shows that he was missing fingers of his right hand. Whether he was injured in the War or in his farming life is not known.
The last public record for Thomas Pounds is the 1900 census, which shows him in Maysville, De Kalb, MO. The last record of any kind from him is an October-1907 postcard written from Route 7, Chandler OK, to inquire about his pension. Nothing else was ever heard from him, and in the 1910 census his wife declared herself a widow.
For many years we thought that Thomas probably was buried in a small family burial plot that has never been accessed, probably in Oklahoma, Missouri or one of the surrounding states. Or he died on the road and was buried along side it. After a 25-year search, we are happy at long last to locate his grave in Pleasant Ridge, where he has many kinfolk and neighbors.
The second paragraph of the posted community-news column mentions the Deming family, so it is included here. The Demings were very important to the Pounds family. When Celia Olson Pounds, wife of George Benjamin Pounds (the son that is mentioned), died in 1906, she left eight children, of whom the oldest was fourteen and the youngest two. The John Deming family took in the oldest children and provided them a home in exchange for farm work. Will was John's brother.
The Goodbarys were also an important local family. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Goodbary are buried in this cemetery.
(Written 10 March 2016.)
His Civil War pension application shows that he was missing fingers of his right hand. Whether he was injured in the War or in his farming life is not known.
The last public record for Thomas Pounds is the 1900 census, which shows him in Maysville, De Kalb, MO. The last record of any kind from him is an October-1907 postcard written from Route 7, Chandler OK, to inquire about his pension. Nothing else was ever heard from him, and in the 1910 census his wife declared herself a widow.
For many years we thought that Thomas probably was buried in a small family burial plot that has never been accessed, probably in Oklahoma, Missouri or one of the surrounding states. Or he died on the road and was buried along side it. After a 25-year search, we are happy at long last to locate his grave in Pleasant Ridge, where he has many kinfolk and neighbors.
The second paragraph of the posted community-news column mentions the Deming family, so it is included here. The Demings were very important to the Pounds family. When Celia Olson Pounds, wife of George Benjamin Pounds (the son that is mentioned), died in 1906, she left eight children, of whom the oldest was fourteen and the youngest two. The John Deming family took in the oldest children and provided them a home in exchange for farm work. Will was John's brother.
The Goodbarys were also an important local family. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Goodbary are buried in this cemetery.
(Written 10 March 2016.)
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