Jacob Wolf - Generation IV  (as descended from (Michael3, Jacob2, Michael Wolf 1)

FATHER (name): Major Jacob WOLF4 
date and place of birth: 12 May 1786 near Asheville, Rowan Co., NC 
date and place of marriage: 9 Mar 1809, Hopkins Co., KY
other marriages: 2.  8 Jan 1824 Elizabeth (LANTZ) SANDERS, 
                                3.  ca 1848 Cynthia (HARDIN) SHIPP
military service: ? Kentucky Militia War of 1812  / Verified in 7th  Regiment AR Territorial Militia in 1825
date and place of death:1 Jan 1863 
father's father (name and date of birth): Michael WOLF b. 16 Sep 1764
father's mother (name and date of birth): Mary Magdalene Catherine "Caty" HEDRICK, b. 13 Sep 1765, Germany
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MOTHER (name): Mildred MEREDITH 
date and place of birth: Apr 1786 
date and place of marriage: 9 Mar 1809 in Hopkins Co., KY 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: Oct 1823 
mother's father (name and date of birth): Unsubstantiated 
mother's mother (name and date of birth): Unsubstantiated

 
 Mildred Meredith, the Major's first wife, was b. Apr 1786, d. Oct 1823 in Izard Co., AR, and is buried in Wolf Family Cemetery (sometimes referred to as Herron Cemetery) down stream from Norfork, AR. She was married by the Rev. J. Bourland on the 9 Mar 1809 in Hopkins Co., KY to Jacob Wolf b. 12 May 1786, near Asheville, Rowan Co., NC, and d. 1 Jan 1863. Her parentage is not known and it should be noted that Wolf family members have said on more than one occasion that the Major was married to three widows. If that is so, Mildred, too, was a widow when they married. That might explain that is some notes and records her name is recorded as Mildred Cassinger Meredith. It simply is not known if Cassinger was her maiden name and Meredith the name of her first husband, or not. It is quite possible that Cassinger is not even part of her name. If she had been married before she married the Major, there was never any mention of children from another marriage. No Cassinger surnames were found in KY and very few Meredith surnames were there. The marriage records of the Rev. John Bourland who performed the marriage in Hopkins Co., KY in 1809 simply shows Milly Meredith.

Reference: Adams and Allied Families by Leona Adams Loviska, Research of James M. Wolf, Personal Records of Dorothy Osborne-Vickrey Boynton, Personal Records of Normadale Smith, Personal Interview of Gwen Wolf, Jacob Wolf the Mansion and the Man by B. D. Blevins, Notes of Warren Wolf, Notes of Ray C. Culver, Jr.,
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I am placing the name of William Meredith as the probable father of Maldred. Joan Gould who was part of the restoration of the Wolf House says she has documented the Wolf Family in MO in 1809 and that William Meredith was there also. If it proves out that Jacob Wolf was there then perhaps it is the right Meredith. However, I have no shread of truth as of yet, only her word with no copy of her documents.


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CHILD 1. (name): Lucinda WOLF 
date and place of birth: 18 Dec 1809 KY
married (name): Peter F. ADAMS
date and place of marriage: 23 Nov 1857 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 7 Jan 1857 in AR 
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CHILD 2. (name): William M. WOLF
date and place of birth: 1810  in KY 
married (name): Phoebe Elizabeth KELLOUGH 
date and place of marriage: 1823 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 1852 in AR 
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CHILD 3. (name): George Washington WOLF 
date and place of birth: 1813 in KY 
married (name): Melinda McFELCH 
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 20 Nov 1870 or 72  in AR buried in Herron Cemetery around Norfork 
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CHILD 4. (name): Amanda WOLF 
date and place of birth: 12 Feb 1816 in KY
married (name): Azariah TINNIN
date and place of marriage: 1832 AR
other marriages: Judge W. Harley 
date and place of death: 9 Mar 1882 Morgan, Bosque Co., TX
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CHILD 5. (name): James M. WOLF
date and place of birth: 1821 in AR 
married (name): Ann Jane McFELCH
date and place of marriage: AR
other marriages: 
date and place of death: before 1850 in AR 
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MOTHER (name): Elizabeth (LANTZ) SANDERS 
date and place of birth: 17 Apr 1800 in OH
date and place of marriage: 8 Jan 1824 in Batesville, AR 
other marriages: Jesse H. SANDERS
date and place of death: 8 Dec 1846 
mother's father (name and date of birth): Unsubstantiated,  maybe George Lantz
mother's mother (name and date of birth): Unsubstantiated, maybe Anna 
 
Elizabeth (Lantz) Sanders, was the Major's second wife. She married the Major Jacob Wolf (RN8) on 8 Jan 1824 in Batesville, Independence Co., AR, and thus she became his second wife and the mother of eight of his children. In the 1830 census she was listed as 30 to 40 years of age.  She was married to a Jesse H. Sanders 12 Mar 1817 in Ross Co., OH.  http://www.scioto.org/Ross/catalogs/marriagecatalog.html
No record of his death or burial have been found but she was listed as a widow when she married the Major.  It is believed that she only had children by Jacob Wolf. 

Two of Elizabeth's sisters married Pearson brothers. Using the Ohio marriage website as reference the spelling for Jeremiah's name was Pierson and he was the one who married Susannah Lantz in the marriage document found at the site listed above, NOT George Pearson as stated in the Lantz data copy.  And of course the two may have been brothers because spellings do differ according to who does the spelling.  It is fact that Elizabeth Lantz Wolf is deceased in 1850. Also it should be noted that on the 1850 AR census - every name, Levi Pearson born in OH and age 60 is found. This is probably the Levi Pearson who married the Nancy Lantz on 19 Mar 1812 in Ross County, OH. Nancy and Levi were suppose to have moved to AR when her family delegation came around 1818. That is the same spelling on the marriage document and the 1850 AR census document. Also worth note is the fact that in the Vandall Lance (note spelling) household on 1850 AR census- every name, there is a Nancy J. Pearson living. It is known that the head of that household is Vandal Lantz brother to Elizabeth, Susannah, and Nancy. Perhaps, that child is the daughter of Nancy Lantz and her husband Levi Pearson.  If so it gives a reference point for the death of Nancy Lantz as sometime after 1842.  In Levi Pearson's household there is a 13 year old Sally listed then an Elisabeth age 42 - which is probably a second wife, then children starting with age 9 on down to 3. It could be that the child named before the Elisabeth was by the first wife, Nancy, and the ones named after the Elisabeth, belonged to her and Levi.
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Burial Site: As for Elizabeth Lantz Sanders Wolf she died 08 Dec 1846, so I think she is buried down river from Norfork in the Wolf Cemetery. It was in heavy use at that time. The last burial there was in 1884. It was over a hundred years before the next burial there.

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CHILD 1. (name): Martin Jefferson WOLF
date and place of birth: 24 Oct 1825 Norfork, AR
married (name): Catherine HARGRAVE
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: Mary Jane (JEFFERYS) NICHOLS
date and place of death:3 Mar 1887 Norfork, AR 
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CHILD 2. (name): Jesse H. WOLF
date and place of birth: 25 Jan 1826 Norfork, AR 
married (name): Nancy Jane HARGRAVE
date and place of marriage: Wolf House, Norfork, AR 
other marriages: Jane (KELLOUGH) LUTHER
date and place of death:1 Aug 1898 around Norfork, AR 
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CHILD 3. (name): Andrew Jackson WOLF 
date and place of birth: 1 Sep 1829 
married (name): Margaret Penelope BROWN
date and place of marriage: 1 Sep 1870
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 9 Apr 1901 
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CHILD 4. (name): Tabitha WOLF
date and place of birth: 10 Jun 1832, Norfork, AR
married (name): John Samuel RUSSELL
date and place of marriage: Wolf House. Norfork, AR 17 Jan 1856
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 10 May 1904 in AR 
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CHILD 5. (name): Malinda Jane WOLF
date and place of birth: 13 Sep 1834
married (name): Tandy Young CASEY
date and place of marriage: 30 Jan 1855
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 1888 
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CHILD 6. (name): Nancy Judson WOLF
date and place of birth: 9 Jun 1839
married (name): 
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: before 1850 
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CHILD 7. (name): John H.B. WOLF
date and place of birth: 1841 
married (name): 
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 1912 may be buried in Mt. Home, AR
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CHILD 8. (name): Joseph Marion WOLF
date and place of birth: 30 Apr 1842 Wolf House, Norfork, AR
married (name): Sally SINK
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: Francis Effie EATON
date and place of death: Aug 1915 in Rockdale, TX 
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CHILD 9. (name): Jacob  WOLF
date and place of birth: may have been a twin to Joseph 
married (name): 
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: died young 
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CHILD 10. (name): Mary Cummins WOLF
date and place of birth: 12 Jun 1844, Norfork, AR
married (name): John D. CASEY 
date and place of marriage: 1862
other marriages: 
date and place of death: died between 1918 and 1920 
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MOTHER (name): Cynthia (HARDIN) SHIPP 
date and place of birth:  1807 in GA
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: William SHIPP
date and place of death: 28 Aug 1881 buried in Mountain Home, AR Cemetery 
mother's father (name and date of birth): Unsubstantiated 
mother's mother (name and date of birth): Unsubstantiated 
 
Cynthia (Hardin) Shipp, Major Jacob Wolf's third wife, was b. 1807 in GA, d. 28 Aug 1881 and is buried in the Mt. Home, AR, cemetery. She was the widow of William Shipp, River Pilot Captain. She was the mother of the Major's youngest child, Charles I. Wolf, though the boy lived to be only three.

Pg Ln 1 2 3a 3b 4 5 6-7 8 9-12 13-14 15-23 24 25 26 Remarks
1 1 1 1 Shipp Will C. W M 47 x M Pilston Slicer Boats x Georgia N.C. Georgia 13 (difficult to read)
1 2 1 1 Shipp Leoni W F 25 Wife M Keeping house 22,23 Arkansas Ky Va
1 3 1 1 Shipp Maude W F 3 Daughter S x 22,23 Arkansas Ga Va
1 4 1 1 Shipp May W F 7/12, Nov Daughter S x 22,23 Arkansas Ga Va
1 5 1 1 Shipp John S. W M 38 Boother x Boatman x Arkansas N.C. Ga 8 probably Brother
1 6 1 1 Shipp Amanda W F 40 Sister S at home x Alabama N.C. Ga
1 7 1 1 Shipp Sinthia W F 73 Mother W at home x Georgia Georgia Georgia


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CHILD 1. (name): Charles I. WOLF
date and place of birth: 1 Jul 1849, Norfork, AR
married (name): 
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: died at 3 years old 
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NOTES: Major WOLF was appointed Indian Agent and that is what brought him to Norfork, AR in early 1800's.  For his service,  he received on 20 Jul 1825 a land grant from the United States of America  for 75 acres of land with the patent title signed by President John Quincy Adams. His house is one of the earliest built in the territory.  It served as the post office, church, court house and such.  It has been preserved and is now a historical building open for tours in the spring and summer months.  Of course the house does not have electricity or heating so it can not be open during the winter. The house was confiscated in late 1862 by the Union soldiers over protest by the Major when he was 77 years old.  He never recovered from the trauma and soon died.  Thus his empire of land and wealth was dismantled and the family became dispersed from the area.


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