James Overstreet Wheat was buried Oct. 2, 1929 in the Kingston Cemetery in Kingston, Mo. He was the son of Basil Curtis Wheat and Mary D. Alexander and was born in Illinois. He married Lulu J. (Jimmie) DeLong in 1895 in Kingston, Mo. He had 6 children: Harry H. Wheat, Madge M. Wheat, James Curtis Wheat, Howard H. Wheat, Edward McKinley Wheat and Zachariah D. Wheat.
His full sisters were Stella Wheat, Nora J Wheat, Cora M. Wheat (my great grandmother), Henrietta Wheat, and Maude Wheat. His father, Basil Curtis Wheat, remarried, after Mary's death, to Julia Davis Scott. This marriage gave James Overstreet Wheat these half brothers: Zachariah Davis Wheat (the hall-of-fame baseball player), McKinley Davis Wheat and Basil Curtis Wheat.
**This information was taken from an obituary.**
Since that time a great-grandson of James Overstreet Wheat advises that a daughter was left out of the obituary. It should read 7 children and include Ruth as a daughter.
His full sisters were Stella Wheat, Nora J Wheat, Cora M. Wheat (my great grandmother), Henrietta Wheat, and Maude Wheat. His father, Basil Curtis Wheat, remarried, after Mary's death, to Julia Davis Scott. This marriage gave James Overstreet Wheat these half brothers: Zachariah Davis Wheat (the hall-of-fame baseball player), McKinley Davis Wheat and Basil Curtis Wheat.
**This information was taken from an obituary.**
Since that time a great-grandson of James Overstreet Wheat advises that a daughter was left out of the obituary. It should read 7 children and include Ruth as a daughter.
James Overstreet Wheat was buried Oct. 2, 1929 in the Kingston Cemetery in Kingston, Mo. He was the son of Basil Curtis Wheat and Mary D. Alexander and was born in Illinois. He married Lulu J. (Jimmie) DeLong in 1895 in Kingston, Mo. He had 6 children: Harry H. Wheat, Madge M. Wheat, James Curtis Wheat, Howard H. Wheat, Edward McKinley Wheat and Zachariah D. Wheat.
His full sisters were Stella Wheat, Nora J Wheat, Cora M. Wheat (my great grandmother), Henrietta Wheat, and Maude Wheat. His father, Basil Curtis Wheat, remarried, after Mary's death, to Julia Davis Scott. This marriage gave James Overstreet Wheat these half brothers: Zachariah Davis Wheat (the hall-of-fame baseball player), McKinley Davis Wheat and Basil Curtis Wheat.
**This information was taken from an obituary.**
Since that time a great-grandson of James Overstreet Wheat advises that a daughter was left out of the obituary. It should read 7 children and include Ruth as a daughter.
His full sisters were Stella Wheat, Nora J Wheat, Cora M. Wheat (my great grandmother), Henrietta Wheat, and Maude Wheat. His father, Basil Curtis Wheat, remarried, after Mary's death, to Julia Davis Scott. This marriage gave James Overstreet Wheat these half brothers: Zachariah Davis Wheat (the hall-of-fame baseball player), McKinley Davis Wheat and Basil Curtis Wheat.
**This information was taken from an obituary.**
Since that time a great-grandson of James Overstreet Wheat advises that a daughter was left out of the obituary. It should read 7 children and include Ruth as a daughter.
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