James William Frederick (1842-1908)



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Martha Chambers and Rev. James Frederick lived on the Fredrick or Impey place about 2 miles south of Big Creek School. This is about where Stoddard Ln and Big Creek Road are shown on Map Quest. Map Quest shows the address as Yukon, Missouri, although Yukon has not been a post office for many years. Big Creek School is where Big Creek Road and Cockkrell Road (Road 4418) intersect.
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James William Frederick is buried at Big Creek Baptist Church in Big Creek, Missouri (Texas County). Big Creek and Houston are really the same, they are very small country towns. Source: Private Correspondence. However, another researcher provided the following: Big Creek is in Texas County, Missouri, about 14 miles southeast of Houston, Missouri. Highway 17 and Hwy 137 form an upside down "Y" between Yukon, Tyrone, and Eunice. A gravel road splits the "Y." It is Big Creek Road, and the church and cemetery are on that road.

From his grave marker: "In Loving Memory of James W. Frederick Co-founder and First Pastor Big Creek Freewill Baptist Church."

"Big Creek is a village named after the creek on which the town is located, ten miles southeast of Houston and twenty miles southeast of Cabool, in Ozark Township. In 1885 the population was estimated at 150, among whom were the following business men: J. W. Frederick, wagon-maker. . . ."
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1860 US Census
Name: James W Frederick
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1860: Hazlewood, Webster, Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: Hazlewood
Household Members: Name Age
James Frederick 57
Susan Frederick 57
James W Frederick 17
David Frederick 14
Good M Burrow 27
Mary E Burrow 19
Mary L Burrow 12
Elizabeth A Burrow 10
Sarah E Burrow 8
Rebeca Burrow 5

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: J W Fredrick
Birth Year: abt 1842
Age in 1870: 28
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1870: Ozark, Texas, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
J W Fredrick 28
Martha A Fredrick 30
David E Fredrick 8
Jonathan W Fredrick 6
Sarah E Fredrick 4
Andrew J Fredrick 2
Nancy J Fredrick 1/12

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: J. W. Fredrick
Home in 1880: Ozark, Texas, Missouri
Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Martha Fredrick
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Black Smith
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
J. W. Fredrick 39
Martha Fredrick 40
David E. Fredrick 16
Nancy J. Fredrick 10
James W. Fredrick 8
Franklin Fredrick 6
George Fredrick 4
Charles H. Fredrick 1

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
about James W. Frederick Name: James W. Frederick
State Filed: Missouri
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The 1900 US Federal Census (District 143, Ozark Township, Texas County, Missouri) enumerates the following apparently adjacent households:

1. George Frederick: born September 1876 in Missouri (father born in Kentucky). Wife named Lizzie, born July 1877 in Missouri (parents born Illinois and Missouri). Married three years.

2. James Frederick: born June 1840 in Kentucky (parents born in North Carolina). Wife Martha A., born April 1840 in Missouri (parents born in Tennessee). Eleven children born, with seven living. Married thirty-three years.

3. Frank Frederick: born April 1874 in Missouri. Father born in Kentucky, mother born in Missouri. Wife: Jane, born March 1876 in Missouri (parents born in Missouri). Married five years. Two children: Virgie (son born March 1897 in Missouri); Angie (daughter born April 1900 in Missouri).

4. James Frederick, Jr.: born March 1872 in Missouri (father born in Kentucky, mother born in Missouri). Wife: Cora, born June 1875 in Missouri (father born in Kentucky, mother born in Tennessee). Married three years. No children.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James Frederick
Home in 1900: Ozark, Texas, Missouri [Pierce, Texas, Missouri]
Age: 59
Birth Date: Jun 1840
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Martha A Frederick
Marriage year: 1867
Marital Status: Married
Years married: 33
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members: Name Age
James Frederick 59
Martha A Frederick 60
Charley Frederick 21
Mary J Frederick 18
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It is possible that George Frederick, Frank Frederick, and James Frederick, Jr. are children of James Frederick and Martha Ann Chambers Frederick. Note that all three show their father born in Kentucky, which is consistent with them being sons of James Frederick (born June 1840 in Kentucky). The Frederick spelling of the surname is used here for convenience.

• Married: 1862

1. David E. Frederick b: ABT 1862 in Missouri
2. Jonathan Frederick b: ABT 1864 in Missouri
3. Sarah E. Frederick b: ABT 1866 in Missouri
4. Andrew J. Frederick b: ABT 1868 in Missouri
5. Nancy J. Frederick b: ABT 1870 in Missouri
6. Charley Frederick b: NOV 1873 in Missouri
7. George T. Frederick b: 12 SEP 1876 in Missouri
8. Mary J. Frederick b: AUG 1881 in Missouri