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William Carroll Gideon was born June 04, 1791 in Wilkes Co, NC, and died October 26, 1868 in Christian Co, MO. He married Matilda Woods March 11, 1812 in Burke Co, NC. She was born June 11, 1792 in Morgantown Co, NC, and died October 19, 1869 in Christian Co, MO.
Notes for William Carroll Gideon:
"William served in the War of 1812 as a private in the Light Horse Dragoons of NC . In 1818 he moved
to Hawkins Co., TN where his father had settled in 1809. He took with him young apple trees to plant
an orchard. There he cleared land and worked at his trade as a Hatter. Hearing of the fine lands of the
west, in the spring of 1836, he and some neighbors crossed the Mississippi and came to what is now
Christian Co., MO. What was this area like in 1836? The only inhabitants before 1810 were the
Delaware Indians. They had been pushed from the Delaware Valley by other Indians and Colonizers
westward to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and had found a have on the Hames River where they built the
well known Delaware Village. There they lived in peace until evacuated under government orders to
Indian Territory in 1808-1810. White trappers ventured into these hills and stories of the lush land and
game lured young families looking for homes.
This was the wilderness to which the Tennessee families came to carve oout their destiny. It took much
courage, and many gave up and returned to their old homes.William entered 200 acres of land near the present site of Ozark, but sold this farm in 1844 and located on 400 acres 2 mile from where Highlandville now stands. This area was then and still is called
"Gideon Barrens".
At the outbreak of the Rebellion, all of William's son except the 2 oldest, James H and Joshua A, where
outspoken Union men and entered the US Volunteer Service in defense of the Union. William, then in
his 70's was active in the Home Guards and furnished supplies to the soldiers. He was a democrat but
change to republican after the war. He was a Baptist and Elder but later became a Universalist and
died in that faith. Matilda was a Presbyterian. Both had been well educated in NC and TN for the
times and they and their sons established the first schools in the area" ("A Reminiscent History of The
Ozark Region", 1894, 788 pages of Ozark area history, including biographies of eight Gideon Missouri
pioneers... (reprinted and available from Southern Historical Press for $45 at 1-800-233-0152)
More About William Carroll Gideon:
Burial: Maples/Berry Cemetery, Stone Co, Highlandville, MO
Military service: 1812, War of 1812, Light Horse Dragoons of NC
More About Matilda Woods:
Burial: Maples/Berry Cemetery, Stone Co , Highlandville, MO
Marriage: March 11, 1812, Burke Co, NC
Children of William Gideon and Matilda Woods are:
James Harvey Gideon, born December 24, 1813 in Wilkes Co, NC; died October 03, 1881 in
Brownwood, Brown Co, TX.
Joshua A. Gideon, born May 21, 1816 in NC; died August 25, 1873 in Caldwell Co, TX. He married Mahala Unknown June 23, 1839; died Unknown. Military service: Lt. Col. in Confederate Army
Elizabeth Gideon, born December 01, 1818 in NC; died Unknown in Benton Co, MO.
Nancy Minerva Gideon, born May 11, 1821 in Hawkins Co, TN; died January 02, 1864 in Stone Co,
MO.
William Carroll Gideon II, born January 15, 1824 in Hawkins Co, TN; died December 17, 1863 in
Christian Co, MO.
Green Berry Gideon, born 1825 in TN; died January 08, 1862 in Rolla, MO Union Hosp, died of fever.
Francis Marion Gideon, born January 20, 1829 in Hawkins Co, TN; died October 03, 1903 in Galena,
MO.
Woodson T. Gideon, born 1832 in Hawkins Co, TN; died 1893 in Christian Co, MO.
John Anderson Gideon, born March 04, 1837 in Greene Co, Mo; died August 09, 1914 in Blue Jacket,
OK
The Gideon Family was quite an interesting family.
For me James Harvey Gideon is the most facinating character in this file. He served as a State Representative for Taney Co Missouri , Sheriff of Taney Co, Missouri and after his first wife died and the Civil War ended, he packed up his younger children, his younger wife Henrietta Clay Bassore and Moved to Texas where is was the Sheriff of Brown Co and the Treasurer of Brown Co when he died.
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