Ring Family History

 (last update 16 Feb 2004)

Second Generation
( WILLIAM¹)

Children of William Ring and Sieges Parish

1. Charlotte Ring [2045] was born on 4 February 1809 in Missouri died on 11 April 1890 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, at age 81. Charlotte married George William McCord, on 18 August 1828 in Madison County, Missouri. The are both buried in the Allen Family Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children from this marriage were:

1.  Francis M. McCord was born about 1831 in Illinois and died on 29 December 1885, about age 54. In 1850 he was employed as a stagecoach driver.
2.  Martha McCord was born about 1833 in Illinois.
3.  Mariah McCord was born about 1835 in Illinois.
4. Joseph W. McCord was born on 10 June 1839 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas and died on 21 September 1913 in Hurley, Stone County, Missouri, at age 74. Joseph married Martha Catherine McCurley on 31 May 1864.
5.  George W. McCord was born in 1840 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. George was a farmer.
6. Dr. Thomas Jefferson McCord was born on 4 March 1843 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas and died on 18 November 1919 at home, Galena, Stone County, Missouri, at age 76. Thomas married Nancy Carr.
7. Charles McCord was born in 1852 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.
8. Sarah Elizabeth McCord was born in 1845 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. Sarah married John Franklin Harkreader.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Spadra Township, page 162, William McCord.
• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Horsehead Township, page 990, Geo. W. McCord (Jr).
• Burials, Allen Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas

2. Joseph Parish Ring [11488] was born on 9 November 1811 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri died on 16 February 1861 in Fannin County, Texas, at age 49, and was buried in Grove Hill, Fannin County, Texas. Another name for Joseph was Joseph Tanish Ring. Joseph married Elizabeth Caroline Gilliam, daughter of Thomas Gillam and Celia Hardgrave, on 5 December 1838 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. Between 1851 and 1855 they moved their family of four children to what became known as the Grove Hill community and later became Oak Hill,  Fannin County, Texas. In 1870 Elizabeth's daughter Susannah and son-in-law James Monroe Smith lived with her in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.

Historical Marker, Grove Hill, Fannin County, Texas
The earliest settler in this area was George W. Smith, a native of Georgia, who moved here in 1844. By the early 1850s, a community had developed and a post office was established under the name Oak Hill.

The first church, a Baptist congregation, was organized in 1855 at the home of pioneer settler Joseph Ring. During the Civil War several residents formed a Confederate militia unit known as the Oak Hill Home Guard.  The first church building, completed in 1869,was also used for Masonic Lodge meetings and school classes. In 1878 William Thomas Clark, F. K. Taylor, and T. C. Cobb, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, purchased four acres at this site for a community schoolhouse, sanctuary, and cemetery. The earliest marked grave in the community burial ground is that of William B. A. Thomas (d. 1862). Other graves include those of pioneer settlers and at least one former slave, Jack Sudderth (1799-1898). The settlement of Grove Hill began to decline in the early 1880s after the nearby railroad town of Leonard (3.5 mi. SW) was  established. The Masonic Lodge moved there soon after and the school merged with the Leonard District in 1942. 

Children from this marriage were:

1. Thomas Gilliam Ring was born on 9 September 1840 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas and died on 24 August 1851 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, at age 10.
2. Julian Ann Ring was born on 1 March 1843 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas and died on 31 July 1910 in Leonard, Fannin County, Texas, at age 67. Julian married Charles Henry Waller on 17 January 1861 in Grove Hill, Fannin County, Texas.
3. Sarah Francis Ring was born on 11 December 1844 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas died on 31 October 1938 in Leonard, Fannin County, Texas, at age 93, and was buried on 1 November 1938 in Leonard, Fannin County, Texas. Sarah married Thomas Church Cobb on 16 November 1865 in Fannin County, Texas.
4. Susannah Elizabeth Ring was born on 2 February 1849 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas died on 9 December 1929 in Ozona, Crockett County, Texas, at age 80, and was buried on 10 December 1929 in Eldorado, Schleicher County, Texas. Susannah married James Monroe Smith on 30 November 1865 in Grove Hill, Fannin County, Texas.
5. George Archibald Ring was born on 1 March 1852 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas died on 29 March 1874 in Fannin County, Texas, at age 22, and was buried in Fannin County, Texas.
6. Louisa Edmond Ring was born on 21 March 1854 in Fannin County, Texas died on 18 May 1927 in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, at age 73, and was buried in Frederick Cemetery, Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma. Louisa married Isom Asburry Gober on 9 November 1870 in Grove Hill, Fannin County, Texas.
7. Celia Cristina Ring was born on 21 January 1856 in Fannin County, Texas and died in August 1927, at age 71. Celia married James R. Freeman on 12 December 1872 in Fannin County, Texas.
8. James Andrew Ring was born on 21 August 1858 in Fannin County, Texas and died on 1 May 1935 in Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, at age 76. James married Josephine Linton.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County
• 1860 Federal Census, TX, Fannin County, dwelling 1004, page 255b.
• 1870 Federal Census, TX, Fannin County, Bonham, page 202a, Elizabeth Ring.

3. Sarah Ring [1499] was born 7 April 1812 in Missouri and died 2 February 1867 in Johnson County, Arkansas at the age of 74. In 1837 she married Peter Allen, son of William Allen and Keziah Anders. He was born 21 May 1785 in Cherokee lands (now Tennessee) and died 30 Sep 1852 in Johnson County, Arkansas. In 1839 they purchased a large section of land in what is now the town of Hartman. This Allen home place in Township 9, Range 24, Section 18, Johnson County, Arkansas still stands today. From Clarksville, take Highway 64 West to County Road 14 North (1/4 mile E. of Hartman). Turn right and go .4 miles to the driveway on your right. This is the "Allen Homeplace". The family cemetery is about 100 feet north of the barn at the end of the drive and contains 32 rock marked graves, and 5 commercial markers. Peter died on 30 September 1852 at home in Hartman, Johnson County, Arkansas. He is buried in the family graveyard on the property. Eight years after Peter's death Sarah listed $30,000 in real and personal property; equivalent to about $750,000 in year year 2000 dollars. Sarah died at home on 7 February 1867 and is buried with her husband. 

Children are listed in Peter Allen.