James W Sizemore

1847 - 1914  (66 years)

• Name	James W Sizemore  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	26 Sep 1847	Jackson County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  	(Near Bowling Green, KY)
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA   [2, 4]
  	Age: 3
  Census	1880	St Francois County, Missouri, USA   [8]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self/Iron Mountain
  Census	1900	St Francois Township, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	(west part)
  Census	1910	St Francois, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [9]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Obituary	Sep 1914	Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	Bonne Terre Star
  		Obituary-SIZEMORE James W Obituary of JAMES W SIZEMORE -- Bonne Terre Star, September 14, 1914
  Race	American Indian: Cherokee  [10]
  FSID	L89T-SB8
  Occupation	Blacksmith
  Death	1 Sep 1914	Perry Township, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 5, 6]
  		Vital_Death-SIZEMORE James Missouri Death Certificate for James W Sizemore - Chronic Nephritis
  Burial	Pendleton Cemetery, Doe Run, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [5]
  		Pendleton Cemetery (also known as Old Pendleton Cemetery, Pendleton United Baptist Cemetery) Doe Run, St Francois, Missouri Find a Grave: #876169
  Person ID	I26352	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Riley Sizemore,   b. 1820, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA d. 1874, Iron County, Missouri, USA (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Virginia D sizemore,   b. 1824, Tennessee, USA d. Bef 1866, Missouri, USA (Age < 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1842	Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F9111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Snyder,   b. 10 May 1852, Farmington, St Francois, Missouri, USA d. 29 Jan 1930, Flat River, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1871	Middle Brook, Iron, Missouri, USA   [2, 3, 11, 12, 13]
  Children	1. Sarah Malissa Sizemore,   b. 5 Dec 1883, St Francois County, Missouri, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Luther Sizemore,   b. 1879, Missouri, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Mattie Leona Sizemore,   b. 14 Sep 1881, Graniteville, Iron, Missouri, USA d. 10 Jul 1934, Bonne Terre Hospital, Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Ada Angeline Sizemore,   b. 4 Aug 1875, Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA d. 24 Jan 1925, Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Walter D Sizemore,   b. 1 Aug 1871, St Francois County, Missouri, USA d. 3 Mar 1874, St Francois County, Missouri, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Sep 1847 - Jackson County, Tennessee, USA Census - Age: 3 - 1850 - Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 2 Nov 1871 - Middle Brook, Iron, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self/Iron Mountain - 1880 - St Francois County, Missouri, USA Census - (west part) - 1900 - St Francois Township, St Francois, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1910 - St Francois, St Francois, Missouri, USA Obituary - Bonne Terre Star - Sep 1914 - Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA Death - 1 Sep 1914 - Perry Township, St Francois, Missouri, USA Burial - - Pendleton Cemetery, Doe Run, St Francois, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~l Armbruster (Cherokee) Armbruster Ancestor (Cherokee)

  
  

  Arms Icons & Insignia

  Seal-Cherokee Nation Seal of the Cherokee Nation September 6, 1839

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  History-Sizemore Indian Blood James Sizemore's Indian Blood -- http://www.melungeons.com/articles/melungeondnaproject.htm#Sisemores

  
  

  Obituaries

  Obituary-SIZEMORE James W Obituary of JAMES W SIZEMORE -- Bonne Terre Star, September 14, 1914

  
  

  Vital & Legal Records

  Vital_Death-SIZEMORE James Missouri Death Certificate for James W Sizemore - Chronic Nephritis

  
  

• Sources

  [S2006] Obituary of James Sizemore. Obituary-SIZEMORE James W Obituary of JAMES W SIZEMORE -- Bonne Terre Star, September 14, 1914 [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for James W Sizemore http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=12788631150&indiv=try [S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: St Francois, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: T623_887; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 100; FHL microfilm: 1240887. Birth date: Sep 1847 Birth place: Tennessee Marriage date: 1872 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: St Francis Township (west part), St. Francois, Missouri 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: St Francois, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: T623_887; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 100; FHL microfilm: 1240887. [S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Jackson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_885; Page: 164A; Image: 16. Record for James W Sizemore http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=6268670&indiv=try 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Jackson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_885; Page: 164A; Image: 16 [S7067] Smith, Clara Twomey, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Armbruster): SIZEMORE James W 1846-1914, (Name: SmithLC.com;), SIZEMORE James W 1846-1914. Husband of Mary Jane Snyder https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161261351/james-w-sizemore [S236] Ancestry.com, Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962 [S552] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO. Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910 Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Iron Mountain, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: 715; Page: 552A; Enumeration District: 194. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Iron Mountain, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: 715; Page: 552A; Enumeration District: 194 [S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: St Francois, Saint Francois, Missouri; Roll: T624_808; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0095; FHL microfilm: 1374821. 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: St Francois, Saint Francois, Missouri; Roll: T624_808; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0095; FHL microfilm: 1374821 [S4250] Melungeon DNA Project, (Name: Melungeon DNA Project;), Melungeon DNA Project: James Sizemore. The results of James Sizemore's Y-STR test shocked many but simply confirmed what others in the family had known all along. Most Sizemores are Native American. Q3 is the only haplogroup exclusively associated with American Indians. Subsequently, three other Sizemores/ Sisemores matched our subject and a large Sizemore Surname DNA Project was undertaken. This project found several distinct Sizemore lines, with the apparently largest being ours. James Sizemore traces his lineage back to a William Ephraim Sizemore born about 1700 who married Winifred Green, the daughter of Henry Green (whose will William Sizemore witnessed in 1761) and Elizabeth Griffin. According to family tradition, the family always lived on the frontier, which moved, beginning across the river from Jamestown in Surry County and later becoming fixed in Pittsylvania County, finally in Kentucky. http://www.melungeons.com/articles/melungeondnaproject.htm#Sisemores Seal-Cherokee Nation Seal of the Cherokee Nation September 6, 1839 History-Sizemore Indian Blood James Sizemore's Indian Blood -- http://www.melungeons.com/articles/melungeondnaproject.htm#Sisemores [S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: St Francois, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: T623_887; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 100; FHL microfilm: 1240887. Birth date: May 1855 Birth place: Missouri Marriage date: 1872 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: St Francis Township (west part), St. Francois, Missouri 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: St Francois, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: T623_887; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 100; FHL microfilm: 1240887. [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Marriage date: 2 Nov 1871 Marriage place: St Francois, Missouri Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S7068] Smith, Clara Twomey, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Armbruster): SNYDER Mary Sizemore, (Name: SmithLC.com;), SNYDER Mary Jane Sizemore 1852-1930. Wife of James W Sizemore https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161261466/mary_jane_sizemore