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James Wayne Cypert was born about 1829, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of John William Cypert and Nancy Anderson.
James married Mary Jane Henry about 1848, probably in Tennessee. Mary Jane Henry was born about 1831 in Tennessee according to census records.
Census records indicate that James moved his family from Tennessee to Missouri around 1850, then on to Arkansas prior to about 1853.
The 1860 Searcy County, Arkansas census, Campbell Township, shows J. W. Cypert, 30, a farmer, $600 personal property, $250 real property, born in Tennessee; Jane, 27, born in Tennessee; William, 11, born in Tennessee; Rachel, 9, born in Missouri; Jane, 7, born in Arkansas; Robert, 5, born in Arkansas; Belinda, 3, born in Arkansas; and Sarah, 6 months, born in Arkansas. Living nearby was the family of Peter Henderson Horton.
Shortly before 1870, James moved his family from Campbell Township to Bear Creek Township. Their son William, who married about 1868, settled near his parents in Bear Creek Township near Marshall. Their daughter Rachel, who married Peter Horton's son Robert about 1868, settled with her husband in Campbell Township near Leslie.
The 1870 Searcy County census, Bear Creek Township, shows James W. Cypert, 40, a farmer, $1500 personal property, $600 real property; Mary J., 38; Martha J., 17; Robert H., 15; Malinda, 13; and Thomas J., 2 years old. Living next door was their son William Cypert, 21, $115 real property, a farmer, born in Tennessee; Jane, 18, born in Arkansas; and Francis, son, 5 months old, born in Arkansas.
James and Jane's daughter, Rachel Horton, died between about October 1874 and 1877. Rachel gave birth to a child in October 1874, and we believe she may have died soon afterward from childbirth complications. Her husband, Robert Perry Horton, married again around 1877.
The 1880 Baxter County, Arkansas census shows James W. Cypert, 49; Mary J., wife, 49; and Thomas, 13, son, living in Whiteville Township. Living with the family was Eugene Horton, grandson, 5 years old, born in Arkansas.
The 1900 Baxter County census, Whiteville Township, shows James W. Cypert, 70, born February 1830, in Tennessee, married 44 years, a farmer who owned his farm and Elza, wife, 63, born March 1837, in Kentucky, married 44 years, had given birth to 7 children, 3 children still living. Living with the family was James H. Horton, 27, grandson, born November 1872, in Arkansas, a farmer; Eugene Horton, grandson, 25, born October 1874, in Arkansas, a teacher; and Rose E. Haugh, granddaughter, 18, born October 1881, in Arkansas.
Children of James W. Cypert and Mary Jane Henry
1. William Cypert, b. abt 1849, TN; m. Jane ______
2. Rachel M. Cypert, b. abt 1851, MO
3. Martha Jane Cypert, b. abt 1853, AR
4. Robert H. Cypert, b. abt 1855, AR
5. Malinda (or Belinda) Cypert, b. abt 1857, AR
6. Sarah Cypert, b. 1860, Searcy Co, AR; d. bef 1870, Searcy Co.
7. Thomas J. Cypert, b. abt 1868, AR