Mary Polly Simco and David Stultz
Mary Polly Simco Stultz and William Hardin


Mary Polly Simco (Simcoe) was the oldest child of James Simco and Francis Canada. Mary Polly was my 2nd great grandAunt. She was born Feb 10, 1802 in Albemarle Co. Virginia.

On Aug 24, 1822 she married David Stultz in Albemarle Co. Virginia. David Stultz was born in Virginia.

Mary and David had three children:
  1. Henry Stultz b: 1823 Albemarle Co. Virginia d: 1900, Callaway Co. Missouri.
    • married July 8, 1852 Callaway Co., Mo. Margaret Ann Houf, b: March 6, 1834, d: March 4, 1910 Callaway Co., Mo. She was a daughter of Peter Houf and Eve Saunders. They are buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Children:
      • Mary Francis Stultz, b: abt 1852, Callaway Co., Mo. d: abt 1934, Centralia, Boone Co. Missouri.
        • married March 6, 1873, Derrett S. Simco, b: Feb 17, 1849, Callaway Co., Mo., d: June 19, 1919, Centralia, Boone Co. Mo., buried Centralia Cemetery, Bonne Co., Missouri. Derritt was a son of Reuben Brooks Simco and Sarah Cowherd Hill and was Mary Francis Stultz's first cousin once removed. He was a carpenter, living in Centralia, Missouri at the time of his death.
          • Children: 1910 census says they had 11 children, but only 5 were still alive in 1900.
          • Jarder Macie Simco b: Apr. 6, 1876, Missouri, d: May 3, 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Centralia Cemetery, Boone Co., Missouri. He was a widower when he died, I have not found wife's name or any children.
          • James S. Simco, b: abt. 1887, Missouri, d: after 1951. Married abt. 1913, Myrtle Neth, b: Feb. 17, 1891, Missouri, d: Feb. 25, 1951, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri.
            • Children:
            • James N. Simco, b: abt. 1914, Moberly Randolph Co., Missouri.
            • Children: Samuel Simco, b: Dec. 15, 1930, Moberly Randolph Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 24, 1930, Moberly Randolph Co., Missouri.
          • Martin Simco b: abt 1892
          • Daisy D. Simco b: Jan. 23, 1896, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri, d: May 13, 1915, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri, buried Centralia Cemetery, Bonne Co., Missouri.
          • Mildred Irene Simco b: abt 1899, Missouri. Married Dale Hamilton, b: abt. 1892, Missouri. They lived in Centralia, Boone, Missouri.
      • Lucy E. Stultz, b: abt 1855, Callaway Co. Missouri.
      • Sallie A. Stultz, b: abt 1857, Callaway Co. Missouri.
        • married James Edward Houchins b: abt. 1858, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 1941, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of James Otis Houchins and Martha Clopton.
          • Children:
          • un-named in 1884 son Houchins, b: Sept. 28, 1884, Calwood Twp, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • David H. Stultz, b: Nov. 24, 1863, Callaway Co. Missouri , d: Aug. 31, 1930, Fulton Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Apr. 12, 1899 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Ella P. Fridley, b: unknown, d: after 1930.
      • Eliza Mildred Stultz, b: abt 1867, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 27, 1906, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Aug. 21, 1894 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Charles Douglas Turner b: Jan. 3, 1862, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Oct. 25, 1939, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Charles D. Turner and Mary Elizabeth Sacre. They are buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • William Stultz, b: abt 1870, Callaway Co. Missouri.
      • Jacob E. Stultz, b: abt 1873, Callaway Co. Missouri.
      • James E. Stultz, b: abt 1876, Callaway Co. Missouri.
  2. Eliza Stultz b: Aug. 29, 1827 Albemarle Co. Virginia d: Nov. 7, 1911, Calwood, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married Mar 30, 1848 Callaway Co., Mo. Jacob Houf, b: Dec. 24, 1822, d: Sept 17, 1907 Callaway Co., Mo. He was a brother of Margaret Ann Houf who married Eliza's brother, Henry. He was a son of Peter Houf and Eve Saunders.
      • Children: 1910 census shows 7 children born, 6 still alive. I've only found records of 6.
      • Henry Stultz Houf b: Jan. 20, 1849, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 6, 1917, McCredie, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married abt. 1874, Louisa J. Bishop, b: May 1852, New York, d: Jun. 1934, Callaway Co., Missouri. Louisa was a daughter of John Bishop of England.
          • Children:
          • Harry Houf b: May 1875, Callaway Co. Missouri.
          • Herbert B. Houf b: March 1878, Callaway Co. Missouri.
          • Homer J. Houf b: Jan 1882, Callaway Co. Missouri.
            • married Aug. 3, 1905, Callaway Co., Missouri, Haden Houchins.
          • Harold S. Houf b: March 1884, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Feb. 1949, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • married Dec. 2, 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri, Mary Frances Layson, b: 1896, d: 1960. They are both buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Henrietta L. Houf, b: July 3, 1887, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: May 29, 1923, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, buried in Richland Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • married Dec. 30, 1908, Callaway Co., Missouri, John L. Dunn.
          • Horrace J. Houf, b: Jan 1889, Callaway Co. Missouri.
          • Helena H. Houf, b: Jan 1891, Callaway Co. Missouri.
      • Mary Elizabeth Houf b: May 4, 1850, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Feb 24, 1926, Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Dec 20, 1870, Joel Thomas Fisher, b: Aug 17, 1840, Franklin Co. Virginia, d: May 8, 1921, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Children:
          • Robert Edmund Fisher, b: March 20, 1873, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec 19, 1946. Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri.
            • 1st married Nov. 17, 1908, Frances Morton Baynham, b: Jan. 3, 1876, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Oct. 10, 1928, Callaway Co., Misouri. They are buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • 2nd married Oct. 3, 1930, Katherine Elizabeth Gross, b: Feb 7, 1901, Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: May 20, 1963, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
              • Children: Living
          • Oscar Fisher, b: abt 1876, Callaway Co. Missouri
          • Early Pearl Fisher, b: Jan. 25, 1878, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: May 15, 1925, Callwood Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri, buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • married Nov. 23, 1909, Pearl Virginia Simco, b: March 1883, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan 16, 1931, Callaway Co. Missouri. Pearl was a daughter of Reuben Sims Simco and Emma D. Dudley, grandaughter of Wharton Canada Simco and Julia A. Brockman, and, Peyton J. Dudley and Hannah Gilbert. She was my 2nd cousin twice removed.
      • John Houf b: Jun. 5, 1853, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 9, 1939, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri.
        • married Jun. 16, 1885 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Mary E.J. Hill, b: Dec. 8, 1869, Missouri, d: Apr. 16, 1939, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. They are both buried in Richland Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Children:
          • Rosy H. Houf, b: June 1887, Callaway Co. Missouri.
          • Ralph S. Houf, b: abt 1892, Callaway Co. Missouri.
          • William J. Houf, b: abt 1898, Callaway Co. Missouri.
      • Laura F. Houf b: 1858, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 1940, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Sept. 30, 1882 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Tartan Douglas Smith, b: Feb. 21, 1854, Saline Co., Missouri, d: Aug. 6, 1928, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • James B. Houf b: Oct. 18, 1864, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: May 9, 1959, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Richland Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Sarah E. unknown, b: abt 1868 in Missouri.
          • Children:
          • Hershel B. Houf, b: abt 1904, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Jacob Houf b: Jun. 22, 1865, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 4, 1933, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Richland Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married abt 1896, Ella L. Taylor, b: Mar. 3, 1868, Ohio, d: Jul. 4, 1963, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Richland Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri..
          • Children:
          • Ruth F. Houf, b: abt 1903, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Paul K. Houf, b: abt 1904, Callaway Co., Missouri.
  3. Harriett Stultz b: abt 1831 Albemarle Co. Virginia, d: after 1878.
    • married Jan 23, 1855, Callaway Co., Mo. Robert Houchins, b: abt 1822, Virginia. He was a son of James Overton Houchins and Elizabeth Sarah Hardin.
      • Children:
      • Mary Houchins, b: abt. 1857, St. Charles Co., Missouri
      • John Houchins, b: abt 1858, St. Charles Co., Missouri
      • Sarah Houchins, b: abt 1859, St. Charles Co., Missouri
      • Robert Houchins, b: abt 1861, St. Charles Co., Missouri
      • Ellen Houchins, b: abt 1864, St. Charles Co., Missouri
      • David Houchins, b: abt 1866, St. Charles Co., Missouri
      • Alice Houchins, b: abt 1869, St. Charles Co., Missouri
        • Married, Dec. 5, 1894, Callaway Co., Missouri, Clarence Dunavant, b: abt. 1873, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Josephus Dunavant and Melissa Nevins.
David Stultz died before 1834 in Albemarle Co. Virginia.

On Nov 11, 1834, Mary married William Hardin in Albemarle Co. Virginia. William was born about 1798 in Albemarle Co. Virginia. He was a son of George Hardin and Sallie Gentry. note: Sallie Gentry was a sister of Patsy Gentry Dawson, whose son Robert married my great great aunt, Mary Ann Herring.

Mary Polly and William Harden had four children:
  1. Wilemina Hardin b: Apr 30, 1836 Callaway Co. Missouri. d: Aug 4, 1912, Calwood, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery. I did not find her headstone, but her death certificate says she was buried there.
    • married Feb 2, 1860 Callaway Co., Mo. Madison "Matt" Pugh, b: 1828, d: 1891 Callaway Co., Mo. He is buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
      • Children:
      • Martin Elroy Pugh, b: Feb. 17, 1862, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 5, 1938, Orlando, Orange Co., Florida, buried Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Orange Co., Florida.
        • married Oct. 19, 1887, Callaway Co., Missouri, Sallie Maude Smith, b: Oct. 30, 1864, Bedford, Virginia.
          • Children:
          • Leonard Shaw Pugh, b: Jul. 5, 1889, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married, Aug. 22, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, Mary Wiletta Nichols. They had 7 children, all possibly living in 2006.
          • Ada Matsie Pugh, b: Dec. 31, 1891, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married a Mr. Farr, had at least 2 children, lived in Orlando, Florida.
          • Maude Veach Pugh, b: Jul. 12, 1896, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married, Albert Herndon, had at least two children.
      • Ella Pugh, b: abt 1866 Callaway Co. Misouri.
        • married Dec. 25, 1891, Callaway Co., Missouri, J.D. "Doc" Crowson. No children.
      • Cora Pugh, b: abt 1873 Callaway Co. Misouri.
        • 1st. married Oct. 10, 1892 , Callaway Co., Missouri, H. C. Griffith. At least 3 children.
        • 2nd. married Jul. 1, 1905 , Callaway Co., Missouri, James Bernard Leach. At least 4 children.
      • Nora Fannie Pugh, b: abt 1876 Callaway Co. Misouri.
  2. George Hardin b: 1840 Callaway Co. Missouri d: 1931, Callaway Co. Missouri.
    • married May 2, 1861 Callaway Co., Mo. Martha Houchins, b: Jan 2, 1837, Callaway Co. Mo., d: Nov. 22, 1914, Calwood, Callaway Co., Mo. buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery.
      • Children:
      • Emma J. Hardin, b: Sept 1861, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov 1943, Callaway Co. Missouri.
      • James W. Hardin, b: Aug. 12, 1863, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Aug 6, 1926, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. James Hardin never married.
      • Francis Hardin, b: Sep. 6, 1866, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar. 15, 1950, Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Francis Hardin never married.
      • Thomas Lee Hardin, b: Jan. 11, 1875, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 9, 1953, St. Charles, St. Charles Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Lebanon cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. He was a doctor.
      • Eugene Hardin, b: Aug. 1871, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Aug. 1942, Callaway Co. Missouri.
      • Mary V. Hardin, b: Feb. 25, 1873, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 7, 1970, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Mar. 2, 1898, Callaway Co., Missouri, Edward Price Craghead, b: Jan. 25, 1862, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 13, 1945, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Cal Craghead and Margaret Ann Douglass, and was my 3rd cousin 3 times removed. They are buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Children: Ruby F. Craghead, b: Feb. 1899, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Odie Hardin, b: Oct. 4, 1875, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sept. 1938, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Odie Hardin never married.
      • Charles B. Hardin, b: May 1879, Callaway Co. Missouri.
  3. Sarah Francis Hardin b: Nov 19, 1847 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar 12, 1889, Callaway Co. Missouri. Buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery Callaway County Missouri.
    • married Feb 14, 1865, Callaway Co., Mo. David Crockett Craghead, b: Nov 20, 1845 d: Mar 10, 1914. Buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery Callaway County Missouri. David Craghead was my 2nd cousin 4 times removed, he was the son of Solomon Craghead and Elizabeth S. Dunlap, grandson of Robert Maxey Craghead and Nancy Powell, and, Robert Dunlap Sr. and Elizabeth Wile.
      • Children:
      • Clarence Craghead, b: Jan. 12, 1871, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Apr. 7, 1955, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Susie Lamar, b: abt 1875.
          • Children:
          • Infant Son, b: Mar. 7, 1899, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 12, 1899, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Richland Christian Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Janell Craghead, b: abt 1905, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Mary Craghead, b: abt. 1906, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Claude Herring - not their son, but they raised him as their ward. Claude was a son of Wm H. Herring and Nevada Dorsey, grandson of George W. Herring and Hester Ann Kemp. He was my 1st cousin twice removed.
      • Cassie W. Craghead, b: Dec. 25, 1872, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 14, 1945.
        • married Dec. 25, 1895, William Snyder Mirts, b: abt. 1867 in Pennsylvania, d: May 11, 1918. He was a son of John Mirts and Martha Allen.
          • Children:
          • Marvin E. Mirts, b: Aug. 23, 1896, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jun. 4, 1954, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married, Oct. 27, 1917, Callaway Co., Missouri, Marie Pauline Baysinger, b: Apr. 23, 1898, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 5, 1987. They are both buried in Dry Fork Cemetery, Callaway County Missouri.
          • Son - Mirts, b: Nov. 1899, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Mary Cordelia Craghead, b: Oct. 1878, Callaway Co. Missouri.
        • married Sep. 26, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, Alfred Jatho. They had no children.
      • Nancy C. Craghead, b: Apr. 1880, Callaway Co. Missouri.
        • married Jun. 12, 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, P. Miller Fox. They had no children.
      • Seth Craghead, b: May 22, 1882, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar. 1, 1959.
        • married Mar. 14, 1917, Callaway Co., Missouri, Josie C. Mosley, b: Mar. 16, 1892, d: Jul. 20, 1960. They had no children. They are buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
  4. Mary Hardin b: 1846 Callaway Co. Missouri d: 1943, Callaway Co. Missouri.
    • married Thomas W. Herring, b: 1847 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec 19, 1922, Callaway Co., Missouri. They are buried in the Auxvasse Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
In 1870, Mary was living with her son George Hardin and family.

Mary Polly Simco Stultz Hardin died on Dec 19, 1873 in Callaway Co. Missouri. William Harden died in 1853. They are both buried at the Simco burial ground, Callaway Co., Missouri. This land is located at T48N R9W sec 34. A new headstone was placed in November 2002 for James and Francis Canada Simco, and William and Mary Simco Stultz Harden.

obit - Callaway Death Notices, Dec 27, 1878 Missouri Telegraph
Death of an Aged Lady - Died at her residence in this vicinity on Thursday, December 19, 1878, Mary Hardin, aged 77 years in Feburary next, widow of the late Wm. Hardin, who moved to this county from Virginia in 1830. She leaves seven children. She was buried in the Simco family burying ground in Richland.

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