Siblings Marry Siblings and then......

Siblings marry siblings, and then the discoveries of more marriages and babies galore 

What started out as siblings marrying siblings, "Fueston's marry Pilgrims", morphs into "Six Brothers for Six Brides", and expands to "Twenty Two Babies Born in Missouri".  Ursley, the mother and grandmother of this brood of Fueston's must have been busy planning weddings and changing diapers!

After the many family tragedies of the early 1890’s, the mid-1890’s brings hope.  The family unit had migrated to Missouri and with the move there are  marriages and babies a plenty. While researching Fueston’s marrying Pilgrim’s I realized there was many more happenings in Missouri.  

My research started out simple and turned into a big surprise!  Not only was there the double-knot ties: when the Fueston’s met Pilgrim’s marrying—not once but twice, but a review of notes proved that before a Fueston ever married a Pilgrim, there was already enough romance in Missouri to rival a Broadway musical.  

Picture this: It’s the late 1800s in Missouri,  the Fueston brothers are on a roll—six of them, to be precise, each finding a bride in quick succession. The weddings happened with almost military precision: two brothers in 1895 (just a day apart, probably to save on cake), then one in 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1901. They didn’t quite make it to seven brides, but hey, six out of seven isn’t bad—especially without the singing lumberjacks.

But the real twist in this story came in 1905, when the next generation of Fuestons took things up a notch with a little family crossover.

• May 31, 1905: Henry Leroy Fueston married Lucinda May Pilgrim in Clinton, Missouri.

• October 4, 1905: Malinda M. Fueston married James Walter Pilgrim in the same town.

It was a matchmaking coup so efficient, you’d think Aunt Emma was behind it with a seating chart and a not-so-subtle nudge at every family gathering. Maybe the Fueston’s just liked keeping things simple: one family tree, minimal branching.

Keeping it all in the family

Despite losing their parents young, Henry and Malinda stayed close to their Fueston roots, wrapping themselves tighter into the family quilt with each marriage including theirs and the seven other matrimonies that took place in the state of Missouri. 

Fueston weddings in Missouri, it’s a wonder they didn’t just build an extension on the church and call it the Fueston-Wing.  Perhaps Missouri considered a ward in the hospital named after the Fueston Family paid for by the 22 Fueston births in Missouri. 

In the end, the Fueston saga is a story of love about families, baby showers and wedding guest lists that must have been reused over and over again in the years the Fueston’s settled in Missouri. 

Here is a quick summary of the vitals that occurred in Missouri:

Marriages

1895 July 2        James Wallace Fueston marries Elizabeth Ann Hyden
1895 July 3        Marshal Franklin Fueston marries Clarinda (his second marriage)
1898                   Robert Clemens Fueston marries Dora M Haskins
1899                   Gaines Travis Fueston marries Stella Seward 
1900                   George McClure Fueston marries  Edith Trent
1901                   Jethro Franklin Fueston marries Harriett Land

Niece and nephew marriages

1905                   Henry Leroy  Fueston and Lucinda Pilgrim 
1905                   Melinda Fueston and James Walter Pilgrim 
1907                   James Porter Fueston (son of Robert Clemmons) married Tressie Driver

Babies Born

1891 Marshal Fueston, birth of daughter Liddie L Fueston (mother Barbara Luster?)
1893 or 94  Henry Irvin Fueston birth of son Samuel E [Feuston] 
1895 Sarah Fueston-Francis, birth of son Leslie Loring Francis
1895 James Wallace Fueston has daughter Anna Bell
1896 Marshal Clovis Fueston birth of daughter Pearl Katherine Fueston
1897 Sarah Fueston-Francis, Noah Elmer Francis
1898 James Wallace Fueston has son Ernest Fueston
1901 George McClure Fueston has son Archie McClure 
1901 Gaines Travis Fueston birth of daughter Evelyn
1902 Gaines Travis Fueston birth of daughter Ursley C
1902 James Wallace Fueston has a daughter Mary Clematine 
1903 James Wallace Fueston has a daughter Bertha Harrettia
1903 Robert Clemens Fueston: birth of son Leonard
1904 Gaines Travis Fueston birth of daughter Thelma
1905 Malinda Fueston/Pilgrim, has son John Pilgrim
1905 James Wallace Fueston has a daughter Hazel 
1906 Robert Clemens Fueston: birth of son Cecil Ellsworth
1907 Gaines Travis Fueston birth of daughter Bula R
1907 Henry Leroy Fueston m Pilgrim: had son Clarence Leroy 
1908 James Porter Fueston birth of son Everet J Fueston
1908 James Wallace Fueston has a set of twins Charles LeRoi and William James

"And That's a Wrap

Keeping our family story alive one 

thread at a time."

Barbara 

next week #11 prompt: Brick Wall