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 Madison Co. Virginia.

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

David Stultz and Mary Simco had three children:
  1. Henry Stultz b: Aug. 7, 1822 Albemarle Co. Virginia d: Apr. 1, 1900, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Richland Baptist cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. CLick on his name for more information about this family.
    • married July 8, 1852 Callaway Co., Missouri, Margaret Ann Houf, b: March 6, 1834, d: March 4, 1910 Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Richland Baptist cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Peter Houf and Mary Eva Summers.
  2. Eliza Stultz b: Aug. 29, 1827 Albemarle Co. Virginia d: Nov. 7, 1911, Calwood, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Richland Baptist cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Click on her name for more information about this family.
    • married Mar 30, 1848 Callaway Co., Missouri, Jacob Houf, b: Dec. 24, 1822, Augusta Co., Virginia, d: Sept 17, 1907 Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Peter Houf and Mary Eva Summers. Jacob Houf's sister, Margaret Ann Houf married Eliza Stultz's brother, Henry Stultz.
  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 2nd great grandaunt, 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 Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married Feb 2, 1860 Callaway Co., Mo. Madison "Matt" Pugh, b: Aug. 24, 1828, Virginia, d: Feb. 10, 1891 Callaway Co., Missouri, buried 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, d: before 1920.
          • Children:
          • Leonard Shaw Pugh, b: Jul. 5, 1889, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married, Aug. 22, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 1970, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • Married Aug. 22, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, Mary Wiletta Nichols.
              • Children
              • Nelson Edward Pugh, b: Dec. 26, 1917, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sept. 28, 1973, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
              • Leonard Eugene Pugh Sr., b: Aug. 27, 1914, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sept. 1986, Apopka, Orange Co., Florida.
              • William Elroy Pugh, b: Sept. 3, 1912, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: before 1986.
              • 4 possibly living
          • 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: May 15, 1868, Callaway Co. Misouri, d: June 25, 1957, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Dec. 25, 1891, Callaway Co., Missouri, J.D. "Doc" Crowson, b: Aug. 11, 1869, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 4, 1955, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Richard Crowson and Eliza Todd. No children.
      • Cora Pugh, b: Oct. 15, 1872, Callaway Co. Misouri, d: Mar. 16, 1951, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • 1st. married Oct. 10, 1892, Callaway Co., Missouri, H. C. Griffith, b: Jan. 1872, Missouri, d: before 1905.
          • Children:
          • Hollis Griffith, b: abt. 1898, Missouri.
          • Madison Griffith, b: abt. 1899, Missouri.
        • 2nd. married Jul. 1, 1905, Callaway Co., Missouri, James Bernard Leach, b: Nov. 14, 1850, Ireland, d: Feb. 21, 1922, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Children:
          • Ella T. Leach, b: abt. 1907, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • James Leach, b: abt. 1909, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Nora Frances Pugh, b: Aug. 23, 1874, Callaway Co. Misouri, Oct. 15, 1942, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Herman Edward Books, May 20, 1872, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, d: Sept. 12, 1958, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Children:
          • Herbert Edward Books, Oct. 4, 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 29, 1995, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • Married, Dec. 25, 1935, Callaway Co., Missouri, Gladys Amelia Hoffmeyer, b: July 21, 1910, California, Moniteau Co., Missouri, d: Aug, 23, 2003, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
              • Children: Frances Ann Books, Feb. 18, 1944, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 21, 1951, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Lurin Books, b: Dec. 7, 1910, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: June 23, 1997, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • S. Elizabeth unknown, b: Nov. 7, 1919.
              • Children: Charles Lee Books, b: Mar. 16, 1953, d: Mar. 16, 1953, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Myra Books, b: July 29, 1912, Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 8, 1971, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • Married, Aug. 18, 1950, Callaway Co., Missouri, Ray Moore Maddox, b: Mar. 2, 1914, Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 25, 1988, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Grant M. Maddox and Pricie J. Wright and was my 3rd cousin once removed.
  2. George William Hardin b: 1840 Callaway Co. Missouri d: Sept. 7, 1931, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married May 2, 1861 Callaway Co., Mo. Martha Virginia Houchins, b: Jan 2, 1837, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 22, 1914, Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of James Overton Houchins and Elizabeth Sarah Hardin.
      • Children:
      • Emma J. Hardin, b: Sept 1861, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov 1943, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Never married.
      • 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. 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. 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. Married Mable Jones.
      • Eugene Hardin, b: Aug. 20, 1871, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Aug. 15, 1942, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • 1st Married abt. 1919, Loula A. Maddox, b: Nov. 3, 1882, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 24, 1920, Holts Summit, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Farmer Family cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • 2nd Married Mar. 15, 1922, Callaway Co., Missouri, Minerva Jane Branch, b: Mar. 10, 1876, Holts Summit, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Aug. 27, 1948, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Mary Virginia Hardin, b: Feb. 25, 1873, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 7, 1970, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, 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, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Cal Craghead and Margaret Ann Douglass, and was my 3rd cousin 3 times removed.
          • Children: Ruby F. Craghead, b: Oct. 31, 1899, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 18, 1974, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married unknown Greenwell.
      • Odie Clinton Hardin, b: Oct. 4, 1875, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sept. 1938, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Never married.
      • Charles B. Hardin, b: May 1879, Callaway Co. Missouri.
  3. Sarah Francis Hardin b: Nov 19, 1842 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar 12, 1889, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married Feb 14, 1865, Callaway Co., Missouri, David Crockett Craghead, b: Nov 20, 1834 d: Mar 10, 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., 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 K. Lamar, b: July 11, 1875, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 13, 1946, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri, buried Dunlap Private cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Benjamin D. Lamar and Mary J. Dunlap.
          • 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.
          • Jewell Crockett Craghead, b: abt 1901, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1980. Married W.F. Schneekloth and lived in Flaxville, Montana.
          • Mary Frances Craghead, b: 1905, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sept. 12, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Dunlap Private cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Never married.
          • Clara Kerr Craghead, b: 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1983. Married Marvin E. Brooks.
          • David Lemar Craghead, b: 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1981.
          • Clayton Sunday Craghead, b: 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1983. Never married.
      • Cassie Wiley Craghead, b: Dec. 25, 1872, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 14, 1945, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Dec. 25, 1895, William Snyder Mirts, b: May 31, 1867 in Pennsylvania, d: May 11, 1918, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. 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, buried Dry Fork cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • Married, Oct. 27, 1917, Callaway Co., Missouri, Marie Pauline Baysinger, b: Apr. 23, 1898, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 5, 1987, buried Dry Fork cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
              • Children:
              • Gladys Peyton Mirts, b: Feb. 23, 1919, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sept. 26, 1995, buried Dry Fork cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married Mr. Duvall.
              • Donald Overton Mirts
          • John David Mirts, b: Nov. 22, 1899, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 8, 1984.
            • Married Dec. 12, 1925, Bernice Gathright, b: Mar. 23, 1907, Dixie, Callaway Co., MIssouri, d: Mar. 5, 2002, Odessa, Ector, Texas, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Stanley Marion Mirts, b: July 23, 1905, Guthrie, Callaway Co., MIssouri.
            • Married, Aug. 17, 1923 Martha A. Ballmeier, b: Oct. 20, 1904, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, d: July 23, 1981, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
              • Children:
              • Francis E. Mirts, b: June 2, 1924, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: May 24, 2002, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. Married, Aug. 21, 1943, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, Franklin Wall Hazelrigg Jr., b: Oct. 3, 1922, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 30, 2007, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Franklin Wall Hazelrigg Sr. and Lillie Mae Tracer.
              • Helen Margaret Mirts, b: Feb. 13, 1926, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married Apr. 9, 1946, William Maddox. They lived in Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri.
              • Walter Roy Mirts, b: Nov. 25, 1927, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 11, 1995, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married Feb. 16, 1957, probably living. Wife is my 5th cousin once removed.
              • Marion Joyce Mirts, Oct. 24, 1929, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: before 2002. Married possibly living. Husband is my 5th cousin once removed.
              • son, possbly living
              • Betty Ann Mirts, Nov. 30, 1931, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 30, 1935, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Frances Mirts, b: Aug. 4, 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 6, 2001, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • Married Earl Renner, d: Feb. 6, 2001. 6 children.
      • Mary Cordelia Craghead, b: Oct. 26, 1878, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar. 2, 1939, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Sep. 26, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, Alfred Jatho, b: Aug. 30, 1876, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 19, 1949, Macon Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. They had no children. He was a son of August Jatho and Sophia Sartor.
      • Nancy C. Craghead, b: Apr. 1880, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 1975, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Jun. 12, 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, P. Miller Fox, b: 1880, Audrain Co., Missouri, d: 1971, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. They had no children. He was a son of James Washington Fox and Margaret Ann Pool.
      • Seth Craghead, b: May 22, 1882, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar. 1, 1959, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married Mar. 14, 1917, Callaway Co., Missouri, Josie C. Mosley, b: Mar. 16, 1892, d: Jul. 20, 1960, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. They had no children. She was a daughter of Joseph Thornton Mosley and Sarah Elizabeth Carne.
  4. Mary Hardin b: Mar. 9, 1846 Callaway Co. Missouri d: Oct. 10, 1943, Auxvasse, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Auxvasse Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married Thomas W. Herring, b: 1847 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec 19, 1922, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Auxvasse Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
In 1870, Mary Polly Simco Stultz Hardin 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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