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William Gotcher II & Mary Ann Box
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From the Gotcher home page http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~giles/gotcher/gotcher.htm WILLIAM GOTCHER born about 1800 married about 1825 MARY ANN BOX born about 1800. They are the parents of Joshua Newton Gotcher born 15 Sep 1829. --------- In pages Pat Norton received from her aunt was a letter written by Ernest Curb - Grandson of Joshua Newton Gotcher & Susannah Jeffries (his mother Nancy Jane Gotcher m. George Thomas Curb), he said "Nancy daughter of Gainer & Polly Jeffrey born March 7, 1835 married John Matthew Gotcher. Children were Elizabeth and Matthew Washington (Bud). Nancy died when Bud was thirteen months old. Their Grandparents Gainer (Jeffreys) and Polly took him and his sister to raise… Susannah and Nancy Jeffrey were sisters. Joshua and John were brothers." The bible pages of Joshua Newton Gotcher list information on his sister Winnie. There were all in the 1860 Columbia County, Arkansas Census. John M. Gotcher & 2 small children were living with Obed Roberts & family. Winnie was 16 & was living with her oldest brother Joshua Newton Gotcher & family. WILLIAM GOTCHER & MARY ANN BOX were not there. In a drawing of a family tree given to Pat Norton it shows Joshua Newton Gotcher, John Matthew Gotcher & Winnie Malone Gotcher as children of WILLIAM GOTCHER and MARY ANN BOX. Pat believes this was drawn by descendants of Joshua Newton Gotcher since they are the main branch of the tree. Children of John M. Gotcher are also shown on this also. According to census records the Jeffreys grandparents (Gainer & Polly) raised the children of John M. Gotcher & Nancy Ann Jeffreys. Joshua Newton Gotcher married Susannah Jeffries 1851 Hempstead County, Arkansas. Hempstead County became Columbia County before the 1860 Census. Another page Pat found in her aunt’s records said "WILLIAM GOTCHER of 1797. He was a doctor and lived in Tennessee and also had a son born in Tennessee. His wife was MARY ANN BOX and she was a beautiful woman and had light curly hair and blue eyes." The page also showed that William’s brother was James who was killed by the Indians in Lee County Texas in 1837. It showed their parents to be ________ Gotcher (1770) m. ___________ Malone. And says her father was a Dr. Ernest Curb, 90 year old grandson, said "MARY ANN BOX could speak no English and the Gotchers were ‘Black Dutch’." Return to GOTCHER page |