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The woman in this photo is my paternal grandfather's (Delbert Saunders)
great-grandmother, Nancy Jayne (Seybold) Woodside.
The child in her arms is her granddaughter, Delbert's aunt, Mamie Baker.
The photo was taken in Dillon, Montana.
great-grandmother, Nancy Jayne (Seybold) Woodside.
The child in her arms is her granddaughter, Delbert's aunt, Mamie Baker.
The photo was taken in Dillon, Montana.
Nancy Jayne was born October 17, 1836, in Rockbridge, McDonough County, Illinois, to parents Mary "Polly" (Hardisty) Seybold (born June, 6 1814 in Washington County, Kentucky) and Dotson Seybold (born in February 1802, in Washington County, Kentucky). Nancy Jayne was the third of twelve children including Elizabeth Margaret (born November 13, 1832); William Washington (born December 18, 1834), John Vinson (born February 12, 1839), Rhoda (born March 22, 1841), Harriet Emily (born September 12, 1843), Henderson Franklin (born February 15, 1847), Lucetta (born October 15, 1848), Charles Harrison (born May 26, 1851), Joseph Lafayette (born May 12, 1854), Marion (born February 10, 1857) and Luther Bush (born October 5, 1859).
Nancy Jayne married John Robinson Woodside on January 4, 1852 in Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois. John was born September 16, 1830 in Rockbridge, Lexington County. Census records show that he had been working on Dotson Seybold's farm in 1850, where he most likely met Nancy Jane.
Nancy Jayne gave birth to eleven children, seven of whom survived to adulthood. They were Mary Ellen (born March 12, 1857), Lewis Gregory (born July 28, 1859), David Newton (born May 17, 1864), Martha Emily (my grandfather, Delbert Saunders's grandmother) (born January 22, 1866), Cyrus Dick (born in 1868), Napoleon (born in 1869), Joseph "Doc" Marion (born in 1872), Rhoda Belle (born January 11, 1875), as well as three other children named Adanajah, Charley and Louisa whose birth dates are unknown and who, along with Napoleon, appear not to have survived to adulthood.
Up until at least 1860, the family resided in Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois, where John is listed in the Census at age 29, with Nancy at age 22. Their children at that time included Mary (age 3) and Lewis (age 3 months). John was working as a mill hand at that time with valuation of $500.
The 1870 Census finds them in Atchison, Nodaway County, Missouri, where John, then age 40, was working as a farmer with valuation of $400-$600. By that time Nancy was age 33, and her children included Mary (age 13), Lewis (age 11), David (age 6), Martha (age 3) and Napoleon (age 1). Napoleon was born in Missouri.
By 1880 the family had moved to Nodaway, also in Nodaway County, Missouri, where John (then 50) was still working as farmer. Nancy (then 43) had seven children, including Mary (age 23), Lewis (age 20), David (age 16), Martha (age 13), Cyrus (age 11), Joseph (age 8) and Rhoda (age 4). Joseph and Rhoda, who are also born in Missouri.
John and Nancy Jayne's marriage ended in divorce, some time between 1880 and 1895. On June 7, 1895, the Dillon (Montana) Tribune noted in the newsy columns that Mrs. Woodside, her daughter Rhoda and Mrs. Baker (i.e. Martha Emily Woodside Baker) had returned to Glendale, Montana to live. Nancy Jayne is counted in the 1900 Census as living in Glendale township, Beaverhead County, Montana, at age 63 with her son, Cyrus Dick (age 31) who was at that time a farm laborer.
Nancy Jayne died January 1, 1901, in Glendale, Montana.
Nancy Jayne gave birth to eleven children, seven of whom survived to adulthood. They were Mary Ellen (born March 12, 1857), Lewis Gregory (born July 28, 1859), David Newton (born May 17, 1864), Martha Emily (my grandfather, Delbert Saunders's grandmother) (born January 22, 1866), Cyrus Dick (born in 1868), Napoleon (born in 1869), Joseph "Doc" Marion (born in 1872), Rhoda Belle (born January 11, 1875), as well as three other children named Adanajah, Charley and Louisa whose birth dates are unknown and who, along with Napoleon, appear not to have survived to adulthood.
Up until at least 1860, the family resided in Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois, where John is listed in the Census at age 29, with Nancy at age 22. Their children at that time included Mary (age 3) and Lewis (age 3 months). John was working as a mill hand at that time with valuation of $500.
The 1870 Census finds them in Atchison, Nodaway County, Missouri, where John, then age 40, was working as a farmer with valuation of $400-$600. By that time Nancy was age 33, and her children included Mary (age 13), Lewis (age 11), David (age 6), Martha (age 3) and Napoleon (age 1). Napoleon was born in Missouri.
By 1880 the family had moved to Nodaway, also in Nodaway County, Missouri, where John (then 50) was still working as farmer. Nancy (then 43) had seven children, including Mary (age 23), Lewis (age 20), David (age 16), Martha (age 13), Cyrus (age 11), Joseph (age 8) and Rhoda (age 4). Joseph and Rhoda, who are also born in Missouri.
John and Nancy Jayne's marriage ended in divorce, some time between 1880 and 1895. On June 7, 1895, the Dillon (Montana) Tribune noted in the newsy columns that Mrs. Woodside, her daughter Rhoda and Mrs. Baker (i.e. Martha Emily Woodside Baker) had returned to Glendale, Montana to live. Nancy Jayne is counted in the 1900 Census as living in Glendale township, Beaverhead County, Montana, at age 63 with her son, Cyrus Dick (age 31) who was at that time a farm laborer.
Nancy Jayne died January 1, 1901, in Glendale, Montana.
Ancient family legend has it that Woodsides came from Scotland and went by the name "Cunningham." During the reign of the Irish High King, Brian Boru (in the early 1000s), the family departed Scotland for Ireland and changed its name to “Woodside."
