•Son of Henry Wigginton and Nancy Anne Vallandingham; twin of Elijah Wigginton; spouse of Mary Ann Fristoe
•"JOHN WIGGINTON,
Was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, April 22, 1794; lived there till he attained his majority, then moved to Howard County, Missouri, where he lived till 1840, and then located in Jackson County, near Independence, and lived there, and in Independence, until 1853, when he located in Prairie Township.
He was married to Mrs. Mary Ann [Fristoe] Gillett, of Howard County, Missouri, in 1831. She was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky, January 5, 1809. There were five children born to this family: James, born January 6, 1833; William, born May 26, 1834; Amanda, May 9, 1836; Mollie C., February 2, 1842, and George W., September 4, 1843. Mr. Wigginton was a carpenter by trade, but spent most of his time in farming. He was a southern man by birth, and his sympathies were with the southern cause, but he took no very active part; yet while in Lafayette County attending to the wants of his family he was killed by the Federal troops. He was at that time in the sixty-eight year of his age. His personal property was all taken and his house burned, leaving only the land. His sons were all in the Confederate service, and served faithfully during the War, and all three of them were severely wounded. George Wigginton, the youngest son and the one giving this sketch, was a member of Company B, Colonel Jones' Regiment, under General Price for a part of the time, and afterward during the remainder of the time, with Quantrell. At the close of the War, George Wigginton settled on the farm just one mile east of Lee's Summit, and began improving his farm of eighty acres. His aged mother and sister find a pleasant home with the son and brother."
--"The History of Jackson County, Missouri: A History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc." Kansas City, Missouri: Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1881. pp. 1023-4.
•"One night while we were here, George Wigginton and I decided we would ride over and see our mothers, who were both at his father's. As we came to the edge of the prairie, noticing several fires, we stopped our horses and counted seventeen houses belonging to Southern men burning, and among them was the house of Wigginton's father. Imagine our feelings--both of our old mothers were being thrown out of shelter in the dead of winter."
--McCorkle, Colonel John (narrator) and Barton, O.S. (writer) "Three Years with Quantrell: A True Story". Armstrong, Missouri: Armstrong Herald Print. 1914.
[NOTE: John Wigginton's son, George Washington "Bud" Wigginton, and John McCorkle were first cousins. When McCorkle narrated about them going to see their mothers, their mothers were sisters, Mary Ann (Fristoe) Wigginton and Nancy (Fristoe) McCorkle.]
•"Frank James remembered seventeen-year-old Bud as the man who never swore and remarked, "He was a Christian if there ever was one." Bud originally joined Quantrill with his cousin, John McCorkle, after jayhawkers looted his parent’s home then burned down the house. Bud’s sixty-eight year old father, John Wigginton, was killed in front of his wife and daughter by Federals because his son was a guerilla."
--Peterson, Paul R. "Quantrill of Missouri: The Making of a Guerilla Warrior – The Man, the Myth, the Soldier." Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House Publishing. 2003. pp. 142-3.
"McCorkle left Hilton there while the rest of them went to the home of John Wigginton near Waverly. Wigginton's former house, like Hilton's, had been destroyed by the Federals."
--Peterson, p. 354
•"JOHN WIGGINTON,
Was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, April 22, 1794; lived there till he attained his majority, then moved to Howard County, Missouri, where he lived till 1840, and then located in Jackson County, near Independence, and lived there, and in Independence, until 1853, when he located in Prairie Township.
He was married to Mrs. Mary Ann [Fristoe] Gillett, of Howard County, Missouri, in 1831. She was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky, January 5, 1809. There were five children born to this family: James, born January 6, 1833; William, born May 26, 1834; Amanda, May 9, 1836; Mollie C., February 2, 1842, and George W., September 4, 1843. Mr. Wigginton was a carpenter by trade, but spent most of his time in farming. He was a southern man by birth, and his sympathies were with the southern cause, but he took no very active part; yet while in Lafayette County attending to the wants of his family he was killed by the Federal troops. He was at that time in the sixty-eight year of his age. His personal property was all taken and his house burned, leaving only the land. His sons were all in the Confederate service, and served faithfully during the War, and all three of them were severely wounded. George Wigginton, the youngest son and the one giving this sketch, was a member of Company B, Colonel Jones' Regiment, under General Price for a part of the time, and afterward during the remainder of the time, with Quantrell. At the close of the War, George Wigginton settled on the farm just one mile east of Lee's Summit, and began improving his farm of eighty acres. His aged mother and sister find a pleasant home with the son and brother."
--"The History of Jackson County, Missouri: A History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc." Kansas City, Missouri: Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1881. pp. 1023-4.
•"One night while we were here, George Wigginton and I decided we would ride over and see our mothers, who were both at his father's. As we came to the edge of the prairie, noticing several fires, we stopped our horses and counted seventeen houses belonging to Southern men burning, and among them was the house of Wigginton's father. Imagine our feelings--both of our old mothers were being thrown out of shelter in the dead of winter."
--McCorkle, Colonel John (narrator) and Barton, O.S. (writer) "Three Years with Quantrell: A True Story". Armstrong, Missouri: Armstrong Herald Print. 1914.
[NOTE: John Wigginton's son, George Washington "Bud" Wigginton, and John McCorkle were first cousins. When McCorkle narrated about them going to see their mothers, their mothers were sisters, Mary Ann (Fristoe) Wigginton and Nancy (Fristoe) McCorkle.]
•"Frank James remembered seventeen-year-old Bud as the man who never swore and remarked, "He was a Christian if there ever was one." Bud originally joined Quantrill with his cousin, John McCorkle, after jayhawkers looted his parent’s home then burned down the house. Bud’s sixty-eight year old father, John Wigginton, was killed in front of his wife and daughter by Federals because his son was a guerilla."
--Peterson, Paul R. "Quantrill of Missouri: The Making of a Guerilla Warrior – The Man, the Myth, the Soldier." Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House Publishing. 2003. pp. 142-3.
"McCorkle left Hilton there while the rest of them went to the home of John Wigginton near Waverly. Wigginton's former house, like Hilton's, had been destroyed by the Federals."
--Peterson, p. 354
•Son of Henry Wigginton and Nancy Anne Vallandingham; twin of Elijah Wigginton; spouse of Mary Ann Fristoe
•"JOHN WIGGINTON,
Was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, April 22, 1794; lived there till he attained his majority, then moved to Howard County, Missouri, where he lived till 1840, and then located in Jackson County, near Independence, and lived there, and in Independence, until 1853, when he located in Prairie Township.
He was married to Mrs. Mary Ann [Fristoe] Gillett, of Howard County, Missouri, in 1831. She was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky, January 5, 1809. There were five children born to this family: James, born January 6, 1833; William, born May 26, 1834; Amanda, May 9, 1836; Mollie C., February 2, 1842, and George W., September 4, 1843. Mr. Wigginton was a carpenter by trade, but spent most of his time in farming. He was a southern man by birth, and his sympathies were with the southern cause, but he took no very active part; yet while in Lafayette County attending to the wants of his family he was killed by the Federal troops. He was at that time in the sixty-eight year of his age. His personal property was all taken and his house burned, leaving only the land. His sons were all in the Confederate service, and served faithfully during the War, and all three of them were severely wounded. George Wigginton, the youngest son and the one giving this sketch, was a member of Company B, Colonel Jones' Regiment, under General Price for a part of the time, and afterward during the remainder of the time, with Quantrell. At the close of the War, George Wigginton settled on the farm just one mile east of Lee's Summit, and began improving his farm of eighty acres. His aged mother and sister find a pleasant home with the son and brother."
--"The History of Jackson County, Missouri: A History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc." Kansas City, Missouri: Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1881. pp. 1023-4.
•"One night while we were here, George Wigginton and I decided we would ride over and see our mothers, who were both at his father's. As we came to the edge of the prairie, noticing several fires, we stopped our horses and counted seventeen houses belonging to Southern men burning, and among them was the house of Wigginton's father. Imagine our feelings--both of our old mothers were being thrown out of shelter in the dead of winter."
--McCorkle, Colonel John (narrator) and Barton, O.S. (writer) "Three Years with Quantrell: A True Story". Armstrong, Missouri: Armstrong Herald Print. 1914.
[NOTE: John Wigginton's son, George Washington "Bud" Wigginton, and John McCorkle were first cousins. When McCorkle narrated about them going to see their mothers, their mothers were sisters, Mary Ann (Fristoe) Wigginton and Nancy (Fristoe) McCorkle.]
•"Frank James remembered seventeen-year-old Bud as the man who never swore and remarked, "He was a Christian if there ever was one." Bud originally joined Quantrill with his cousin, John McCorkle, after jayhawkers looted his parent’s home then burned down the house. Bud’s sixty-eight year old father, John Wigginton, was killed in front of his wife and daughter by Federals because his son was a guerilla."
--Peterson, Paul R. "Quantrill of Missouri: The Making of a Guerilla Warrior – The Man, the Myth, the Soldier." Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House Publishing. 2003. pp. 142-3.
"McCorkle left Hilton there while the rest of them went to the home of John Wigginton near Waverly. Wigginton's former house, like Hilton's, had been destroyed by the Federals."
--Peterson, p. 354
•"JOHN WIGGINTON,
Was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, April 22, 1794; lived there till he attained his majority, then moved to Howard County, Missouri, where he lived till 1840, and then located in Jackson County, near Independence, and lived there, and in Independence, until 1853, when he located in Prairie Township.
He was married to Mrs. Mary Ann [Fristoe] Gillett, of Howard County, Missouri, in 1831. She was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky, January 5, 1809. There were five children born to this family: James, born January 6, 1833; William, born May 26, 1834; Amanda, May 9, 1836; Mollie C., February 2, 1842, and George W., September 4, 1843. Mr. Wigginton was a carpenter by trade, but spent most of his time in farming. He was a southern man by birth, and his sympathies were with the southern cause, but he took no very active part; yet while in Lafayette County attending to the wants of his family he was killed by the Federal troops. He was at that time in the sixty-eight year of his age. His personal property was all taken and his house burned, leaving only the land. His sons were all in the Confederate service, and served faithfully during the War, and all three of them were severely wounded. George Wigginton, the youngest son and the one giving this sketch, was a member of Company B, Colonel Jones' Regiment, under General Price for a part of the time, and afterward during the remainder of the time, with Quantrell. At the close of the War, George Wigginton settled on the farm just one mile east of Lee's Summit, and began improving his farm of eighty acres. His aged mother and sister find a pleasant home with the son and brother."
--"The History of Jackson County, Missouri: A History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc." Kansas City, Missouri: Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1881. pp. 1023-4.
•"One night while we were here, George Wigginton and I decided we would ride over and see our mothers, who were both at his father's. As we came to the edge of the prairie, noticing several fires, we stopped our horses and counted seventeen houses belonging to Southern men burning, and among them was the house of Wigginton's father. Imagine our feelings--both of our old mothers were being thrown out of shelter in the dead of winter."
--McCorkle, Colonel John (narrator) and Barton, O.S. (writer) "Three Years with Quantrell: A True Story". Armstrong, Missouri: Armstrong Herald Print. 1914.
[NOTE: John Wigginton's son, George Washington "Bud" Wigginton, and John McCorkle were first cousins. When McCorkle narrated about them going to see their mothers, their mothers were sisters, Mary Ann (Fristoe) Wigginton and Nancy (Fristoe) McCorkle.]
•"Frank James remembered seventeen-year-old Bud as the man who never swore and remarked, "He was a Christian if there ever was one." Bud originally joined Quantrill with his cousin, John McCorkle, after jayhawkers looted his parent’s home then burned down the house. Bud’s sixty-eight year old father, John Wigginton, was killed in front of his wife and daughter by Federals because his son was a guerilla."
--Peterson, Paul R. "Quantrill of Missouri: The Making of a Guerilla Warrior – The Man, the Myth, the Soldier." Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House Publishing. 2003. pp. 142-3.
"McCorkle left Hilton there while the rest of them went to the home of John Wigginton near Waverly. Wigginton's former house, like Hilton's, had been destroyed by the Federals."
--Peterson, p. 354
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