WHITFIELD, BRYAN, SMITH, RELATED FAMILIES

WHITFIELD, BRYAN, SMITH,

AND

RELATED FAMILIES

BOOK TWO

BRYAN SMITH

Compiled by

EMMA MOREHEAD WHITFIELD

Assisted by

Many Members of These Families

Edited by

THEODORE MARSHALL WHITFIELD

Printed by

THE TIMES, INCORPORATED

Westminster, Maryland

1950

WHITFIELD, BRYAN, SMITH,

AND

RELATED FAMILIES

CONTENTS Page

ILLUSTRATIONS ............................................................................ vii

FOREWORD .................................................................................... ix

ABBREVIATIONS AND NUMBER SYSTEM .................................... xi

PART I DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM BRYAN

WILLIAM BRYAN: FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS............ 3

WILLIAM BRYAN: THIRD GENERATION .................................. 8

WILLIAM BRYAN: FOURTH GENERATION ................................ 12

WILLIAM BRYAN: FIFTH GENERATION .................................. 20

WILLIAM BRYAN: SIXTH GENERATION .................................... 32

WILLIAM BRYAN: SEVENTH GENERATION ............................ 57

WILLIAM BRYAN: EIGHTH GENERATION ................................ 93

WILLIAM BRYAN: NINTH GENERATION .................................. 116

PART II DESCENDANTS OF HARDY BRYAN

HARDY BRYAN: FIRST GENERATION ........................................ 123

HARDY BRYAN: SECOND GENERATION .................................... 125

HARDY BRYAN: THIRD GENERATION ...................................... 129

HARDY BRYAN: FOURTH GENERATION .................................... 136

HARDY BRYAN: FIFTH GENERATION ...................................... 142

HARDY BRYAN: SIXTH GENERATION ...................................... 148

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PART III DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD BRYAN

EDWARD BRYAN: FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS ............ 157

EDWARD BRYAN: THIRD GENERATION .................................... 159

EDWARD BRYAN: FOURTH GENERATION ................................ 161

EDWARD BRYAN: FIFTH GENERATION .................................... 164

EDWARD BRYAN: SIXTH GENERATION .................................... 166

EDWARD BRYAN: SEVENTH GENERATION ................................ 174

EDWARD BRYAN: EIGHTH GENERATION ................................ 184

PART IV DESCENDANTS OF LEWIS BRYAN

LEWIS BRYAN: FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS ................ 193

LEWIS BRYAN: THIRD GENERATION ........................................ 197

LEWIS BRYAN: FOURTH GENERATION .................................... 202

LEWIS BRYAN: FIFTH GENERATION ........................................ 204

PART V DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SMITH AND ELIZABETH WHITFIELD

JOHN SMITH: FIRST GENERATION .......................................... 209

JOHN SMITH: SECOND GENERATION ........................................ 214

JOHN SMITH: THIRD GENERATION .......................................... 220

JOHN SMITH: FOURTH GENERATION ...................................... 229

JOHN SMITH: FIFTH GENERATION ........................................ 245

JOHN SMITH: SIXTH GENERATION .......................................... 287

JOHN SMITH : SEVENTH GENERATION .................................... 330

JOHN SMITH: EIGHTH GENERATION .................................... 363

JOHN SMITH: NINTH GENERATION ........................................ 388

APPENDIX ································································. ··················· 401

INDEX ·························································································· 43·7

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ILLUSTRATIONS Facing

page

BRYAN COAT OF ARMS ............................................................................ 2

HARRY BRYAN .............................................................................................. 23

MAP OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ............................................ 56

JOHN BRYAN WILLIAMS .......................................................................... 63

EMMA BUFORD BRYAN WOODWARD ................................................ 103

JAMES BRYAN .............................................................................................. 161

JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN ...................................................................... 165

HENRY RA VEN SCRO FT BRYAN .......................................................... 169

THE lIOME OF HENRY RAVENSCROFT BRYAN ............................ 171

SARAH FRANCES BRYAN BROADFOOT ............................................ 178

SHEP ARD BRYAN ........................................................................................ 179

WILLIAM GILLIES BROADFOOT ............................................................ 185

FRANCES BRYAN BROADFOOT CLAYPOOLE ................................ 186

SMYTHE COAT OF ARMS ........................................................................ 208

SIR THOMAS SMYTHE .............................................................................. 210

JOHN SMITH .................................................................................................. 224

LEBANON .......................................................................................................... 239

JANE EDWARDS DRAUGHON FOSTER AND GEORGE WASHINGTON FOSTER .................................................. 293

JOHN LEE MARSHALL .............................................................................. 294

IRENA RACHEL WILLIAMS MARSHALL .......................................... 295

MARY IRENE MARSHALL ROBISON .................................................... 341

SARAH IDA MARSHALL MORRISSETTE ............................................ 344

IRENE KNIGHT MARSHALL MOORE ................................................ 345

JOSIE EDWARDS PLEASANT SOWELL .............................................. 374 GEORGE FOSTER MARSHALL ................................................................ 375 BESSIE LEE MARSHALL MARRIOTT ................................................ 376 JAMES WILLIAMS MARSHALL ................................................................ 378 IDA MARY MORRISSETTE McCLURE ................................................ 380 CORALIE WILLIAMS ROBINS CAROTHERS .................................... 385 ANNA MARSHALL MOORE CLAPP ........................................................ 417 IRENE ELIZABETH MOORE LOCKLIN ................................................ 419

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FOREWORD

It had been hoped that release of Book Two would press hard upon that of Book One. This hope was not realized. Delay, however, made it possible to bring the record further up to date and to include the names of children who were not born when the manuscript was given to the printer. The last weeks yielded additional pictures and, through the latest correspond­ence, revealed errors that otherwise would have appeared in print.

Books One and Two are complementary. In common with its predecessor, Book One has its own index. In order to keep the volumes more nearly of a size the bibliography for the set was bound in Book One.

We should be grossly lacking in gratitude if we omitted to thank again those who helped so greatly with Book Two. Again one thinks of Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole (BE 504), Miss Jessie S. Smith (S 525) and her sister Sue Smith, Miss Sara A. Williams, of Fayetteville, N. C., and Mr. James Williams Marshall (S 849). The staff of the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library was most courteous and helpful. Miss Ann Waller Reddy, of Richmond, Va., when requested to clear up cloudy points by searching in the records of the Archives, responded with an immediacy that would delight the heart of the most im­patient. Many interested relatives of those described in these pages assisted with their letters or pertinent materials in their possession. To none are we more indebted for his encourage­ment and help than to Mr. George H. Whitfield ( 468), who in addition to reading the manuscript, galley, and page proof for both books, compiled the indexes found in these volumes.

Finally, to those subscribers who helped to make possible the publication of this record and who waited patiently for Book Two, we say again we are grateful.

Westminster, Md. Thanksgiving, 1949.

THEODORE M. WHITFIELD.

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ABBREVIATIONS AND NUMBER SYSTEM

A.C.A.G. E.M.W. G.&H. Henry Marshall N.C.H.&

G.R. R.R.&

N.C.G. T.M.W.

C.S.A.

Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy. Emma Morehead Whitfield. Manuscripts of Benjamin Grady and L. Carr Henry. Manuscripts of L. Carr Henry. Manuscripts of J. W. Marshall. North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Regis­

ter, The Raleigh Register and North Carolina Gazette.

Theodore M. Whitfield.

* * * * * Confederate States Army

To save space in footnote references we have omitted MS. and MSS. when citing (1) direct communications to the com­piler and editor; (2) the Marshall, Henry, and Grady and Henry records; and (3) census returns for 1850, '60, and '70.

Beginning with Book One and continuing through Book Two we have employed a system of numbers conjoined to the names of persons appearing two or more times to distinguish these per­sons and indicate the family group to which they belong. If Needham Bryan (B 14) be taken as an example, the number­(B 14)-distinguishes him from all other persons, proclaims him a member of the William Bryan family, and advises the reader that Needham Bryan appears elsewhere, even as it affords the reader a tool to follow Needham Bryan's line of descent. In most cases the second appearance of a person with a serial num­ber, i. e., (BE 505) Henry Bryan Broadfoot, will be found in the chapter beyond that in which he first appears. Some persons not to appear as heads of families and parents have been given serial numbers for identification in later references. Reference to the table below will show the family mark of each of the major

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families. Note that the family of William Whitfield is distin­guished by the omission of a letter before the numeral.

Samuel Whitfield family Thomas Whitfield family William Whitfield family Hatch family William Bryan family Hardy Bryan family Edward Bryan family Lewis Bryan family Smith family

(WS (WT ( (H (B (BH (BE (BL (S

) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Children of a person who married into another family group have a group mark different from that of one par­ent. Thus Elizabeth Whitfield (12) married (S 7) Alexander Smith. Her children by this and her next husband follow in the Smith section and are numbered accordingly: i.e., (S ) .

Note that the identifying number may come either before or after the name of the person concerned.

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PART I

DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM BRYAN

WILLIAM BRYAN: FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS

The name Bryan with its variants Bryant, Brian, and O'Bryan was not unknown in "the colonie and plantation" in Virginia. The earliest of the name was that Edward Bryan found among the "Living in Virginia"1 in 1623/4. When it is recalled that the colony had but a short while before, 1622, suf­fered the first of the great massacres, the list of the living may have special significance. Unfortunately we are not advised when he came to Virginia. In 1634/35 Jo Bryan sailed from London in the Bonaventure bound for Virginia. In July Robert Brian, aged 27, sailed from the same port. Greer2 lists 27 Bryans enter­ing the colony from 1637 to 1656 inclusive. In the Bristol sailing lists ten others may be noted :8

13 Aug. 1655, William Bryan of Lantillo aforesaid bound to the said James Gwillim for four years in Virginia.

15 Aug. 1659, Lewes Brian of Bitton, near Bristol, bound to John Brian planter for four years. Robert Brian of the same place bound to the same for five years.

18 Sept. 1660, William Bryan bound to Anthony Salter for four years in Virginia.

28 July, 1662, Margery Bryan bound to William Bush for four years.

30 Aug. 1669, Richard Briant bound to John Farmfold for four years in Virginia.

13 Nov. 1672, Robert Briant bound to Thomas Russell for four years.

11 Sept. 1677, James Briant bound to Thomas Russell for Four years in Virginia in the Shipp Unicorne.

16 Aug. 1679, Sarah Obryan bound to Arthur Grant for fower years in Nevis or Virginia in the Shipp Nevis Merchant.

1. Hotten, Original List of Persons of Qua,lity, etc., G. A. Baker, reprint, 186, 36, 110. 2. Geo. Cabell .Greer, Early Virginia Emigrants, 1623-1666, Greer follows each Bryan with the name of the person who received a headright, for bringing him in, and the location of the land given. See also Nugent. N. M., Cavaliers and Pioneers. 3. Nora Dermott Harding to E. M. W., Oct. 18, 1930. The list above while not wholly quoted follows the letter of Miss Harding very closely.

3

4 BRYAN

The Bryans in Greer's list and nine of those in the Bristol lists were indentured. Upon the expiration of their indentures many of them probably became independant planters, and some, perhaps, enlarged their properties by paying the transportation costs of other immigrants, whether relatives or not, and claim­ing the headrights concerned. The majority of the early Bryan patents are for land lying southward of the James River, in the present Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties. However, one Thomas Bryan in 1709 patented more than 1600 acres in Richmond County.4 The aggregate of land in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties patented by Bryans for the period 1652 to 1750 amounted to almost 4,300 acres. 5

BRYAN PATENTS

1652 John Bryan N ansemond Co. 168 acres 1662 John " Upper Norfolk 200 " 1662 John " " " 200 " 1662 John " Nansemond 160 " 1666 Charles " " 800 " 1666 John " " 350 " 1669 William "

,, 200 "

1679 Roger " " 350 " 1689 James " " 762 " 1695 James " " 100 " 1702 Robert " " 57 " 1702 Robert " " 60 " 1710 Robert " " 172 " 1725 John " " 127 " 1725 Thomas " " 202 " 1725 Morgan " " " 1748 Thomas "

,, "

1750 William " Isle of Wight 370

4,278 acres

Evidently the Bryans as a group were neither very wealthy nor extremely poor.

4. MS. Patent Book, no. 3, p. 238, original in the Archives Division, the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va. 5. See the indexes for Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, covering Patent Books, nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 16, 27, and 30.

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As the colony grew some moved still further to the south into the present state of North Carolina. By 1730 four Bryan family groups or lines, headed by William, Hardy, Edward, and Lewis Bryan, respectively, were recognizable in North Carolina. Reserving for later consideration Hardy, Edward, and Lewis Bryan, one is immediately confronted with the question who was William Bryan.

For a starting point it may be observed that one William Bryan represented Pasquotank County in the colonial assembly in 1739.6 Tradition in the Bryan and Whitfield families at once identifies this William Bryan as the Marquis of Thomond and immigrant to Virginia about 1689 and later to North Carolina. If the representative of Pasquotank had been an immigrant, he probably would not have reached America before 1689 or '90, unless he was brought as an infant. Jesse George Whitfield ( 492) preparing a pedigree chart7 of the Whitfield family in colonial America, showed William Bryan as the Marquis of Thomond and husband of Alice Needham.

Col. Charles Shepard Bryan (BE 424) in 1942 suggested that William and Alice eloped in 1689. William was of a devout Catholic family; the bride of a staunch Protestant family. The marriage was disapproved by both families. Let it be recalled that the marriage took place shortly before the Battle of Boyne in July, 1690, a victory Orangemen celebrate to this day.8

In 1944 the second volume of Magna Charla appeared.9 The author reported the marriage of William Bryan, the Marquis of Thomond, to Lady Alice Needham, and suggested political, rather than religious, difference as the basis for common pa­rental disapproval.

Unsuccessful in our search for documentary evidence10 to establish the identity of William Bryan, we shall begin our re­cord with William Bryan, resident of North Carolina.11

6. Register of The N. C. Colonial Dames for 1900: Saunders, Colonial Records of North Carolina, IV, 346. 7. A signed copy of this chart was sent to E. M. W. 8. Charles Shepard Bryan to Miss Laurie Bryan, Jan. 7, 1942. Mr. Shepard Bryan (BE 417) kindly made a copy of this letter available to us. 9. John S. Wurts, Magna Charta, Part III, p. 589. 10. In His Golden Cycle, F. Catharine Bryan, Rice Press, Richmond, Va., p. 287, one may see another attempt to identify William Bryan. 11. If interested further in the European background and ancestry of the Bryans: see: Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of

6 BRYAN

(B 1) WILLIAM BRYAN William Bryan is thought to have been born in Ireland

about 1655 or '60, Possibly he emigrated from Ireland about 1689 or 1690. Probably he married in England or Ireland Lady Alice Needham12 in 1689. After a while in Virginia he moved, 1722, to Pasquotank County, N. C. William Bryan was a justice of the peace, sheriff, and delegate for Pasquotank County to the colonial assembly in 1739. Possibly he died in 1742 or 1746. Children; (B 2) 1. Needham Bryan,

2. John Bryan; b. Jan. 2, 1692; lived in Isle of Wight County, Va.

3. William Bryan.

(B 2) NEEDHAM BRYAN (William) Needham Bryan was born Feb. 23, 1690, in Isle of Wight,

or Nansemond, County, Va. He died January, or June, 2, 1770, in Bertie County, N. C. He married (1) on Nov. 16, 1711, Anne Rambeau, (2) on Aug. 14, 1732, Susanna Harrell, and (3) on June 20, 1753, Sarah Woodward.

In 1713 Needham and Anne Bryan sold to one James Nooe­boy 170 acres of land lying near the Nansemond and Isle of Wight boundary line. The consideration was 1800 pounds of to­bacco.13 In 1721 or '22 Needham patented 640 acres14 of land in the then new precinct of Bertie, N. C. To this property on Little Rocquist Creek-later called Jodson Creek, Needham gave the name Snowfield. Here he spent the rest of his days. He and his

the Peerage, etc., ed. of 1879, pp. 664-666; ed. of 1898; pp. 788-792, 1107, 1108, 1388-89: John O'Harte, Irish Pedigrees, or Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, I, 154-177: George N. MacKenzie, Colonial Families of The United States: The Complete Peerage, etc., Rev. & Much enlarged by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, ed of 1929: The Catholic Encyclopedia.

One may recall that the house of Thomond in season assumed the title of Inchiquin.

Burke shows in the General Armory several Bryan coats of arms, but in as much as we have not identified William Bryan among the members of the English or Irish peerage, we cannot give with certainty any arms for this branch of the Bryan family. The arms we have reproduced may have been appropriate for William Bryan and his house. 12. Lady Alice Needham was said to have been born in 1656, 1668, or 1673, the daughter of Sir Robert Needham, Viscount of Kilmorey of the Irish peerage. She died in North Carolina in 1729. The suggestion has been made that she was a widow at the time of her marriage to William Bryan. 13. MS., Deed Book, Isle of Wight, Bk. 2, pp. 265, 266. In this record John Bryan, brother of Needham, is mentioned. 14. MS., Deed Book, Windsor, N. C., A, p. 232. Records of Susan Bryan Martin (B 104) indicate that Needham Bryan bought Snowfield from John Gray, Jan. 7, 1736.

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three wives were buried there. Needham Bryan was active in the public service of his

adopted state. In the Bertie County records the name Needham Bryan is often noted. For many years he was chairman of the court of Pleas and Quarter Session and was justice of the peace in 1732, '39, and '45. In 17 45 he was also sheriff and commis­sioner for Bertie County. From 1750-59 he represented Bertie in the colonial assembly held at New Bern. In 1729-30 he was a church warden for Society Parish.15

Anne Rambeau was born in 1695. She died March, 1730. Susanna Harrell died June 14, 1752. Sarah Woodward died June 19, 1776. Children: (B 3)

(B 4) (B 5)

1. Rachel Bryan; b. June 10, 1723, d. Nov. 1780; m. William Whitfield (2) in 1741. Children under their father.

2. William Bryan. 3. Needham Bryan.

15. Colonial Records of N. C., II, 305: see also N. C.H. & G. R.

WILLIAM BRYAN: THIRD GENERATION

(B 4) WILLIAM BRYAN (Needham, William) William Bryan (Oct. 31, 1724-Nov. 28, 1781) married in

Johnston County, N. C., in 1744 Elizabeth Smith (S 4). He died in the same county.1

Like his father William Bryan was active in public affairs. He appears as justice2 of the peace in 1756 and in 1762 was serving as sheriff, for which service he was allowed ten pounds. Two years later he, with Jesse Lane, was added to a commission of the Peace and Dedimus for his county by action of the council sitting at Wilmington, N. C. In the struggle leading to the Battle of Alamance,3 May 16, 1771, William Bryan took the side of the governor and crown. Four years4 later he was found with those patriots fighting for American Independence.

During that stormy period William Bryan was called to po­sitions of trusts in the army and state legislature. Appointed a colonel April 4, 1776, 5 in the Johnston County militia William Bryan was charged with enrolling men and supplying them with arms. Addressing the Provincial Congress sitting at New Bern, N. C., William Bryan suggested that a group of cavalry be sent to "take a turn through our country" as the most effective way of silencing several "obstinate persons" who were suspected of being "great Tories in their hearts" and of spreading sedition in the minds of the people. The militia were of too little depend­ence to permit him to silence the Tories by their use. 6

On June 12, 1776, William Bryan complained: 7

I have drafted a number of men from this county, some of whom refuse to march; Congress having made no provision for arms, I have endeavored to borrow or hire guns, though in vain. I then ordered the Captain to send out Sergeants to

1. Ashe, Hist. of N. C. I, 523: Johnston Co., Inventories and Settlements of Estates, 1781-95, p. 16. 2. Saunders, N. C. Colonial Records, V, 657; VI, 739, 1065. 3. Wheeler, I, 54-59. 4. Saunders, VIII, 500, 501, 659, 665, 675, 676, 699, 700. 5. Wheeler, II, 219. 6. Ashe, I, 523. 7. Saunders, X, 610, 611, 639.

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THIRD GENERATION 9

press guns, but the people hid their guns .... and are hiring substitutes for themselves.

On June 29, 1776, he had occasion to ask the Council for help, for his men, though drafted pursuant to the order of Con­gress, refused to serve. The reply of the Council must have been disappointing, for this body

Resolved that the said William Bryan issue his warrant for the recovery of Fines pursuant to the Militia Law and Resolution of Congress, and that Needham Bryan, late Sheriff of Johnston County, be empowered to execute the same.

In 1778 William Bryan was a justice of the peace for Johns­ton County. Nov. 23, 1778, he wrote to Governor Richard Cas­well, confessing the weakness of the Patriot cause and seeking instructions :8

Sir: I have received yours of the 17th inst., wherein you directed me to send a Drum and Colors, we have not so much as a stand of Colors in this county. I have ordered a Drum down with our last draft which I expect will march this day. You also direct me to send forward those men who did not march in the first draft. It is not in my power to get them, some run clear off, and others lie off in the Rebellion and swear to kill any persons that shall offer to enlist them. Some that was balloted last spring to go to the Northward and some that was drafted in our first detachment to march to the as­sistance of South Carolina, I understand has embodied them­selves and lies on and about the line that divides Johnston and Nash Countys and so plays in both Countys. We have had some apprehended and put in jail, but they broke jail and took them out. I should be glad to have some instructions what I must do with such lawless people. I have some reason to think myself in danger of my life, every day, as one of the deserters has swore damnation to himself if he does not kill me on sight .... Now, if some method cannot be taken with such fellows, I cannot think myself safe in transacting the public business of this County and should be glad of some instruc­tions from your Excellency.

Feb. 11, 1779, William Bryan petitioned the House of Com­mons, North Carolina, for leave to resign his command as colonel of the militia and his office of justice of the peace. He was grant­ed by the state the sum of 271 pounds, 12 shillings, and 11 pence

8. Saunders, X, 639; Clark, State Records of North Carolina, XIII, 54, 55, 295. The last will be hereafter referred to as Clark.

10 BRYAN

in payment for an equal sum of his own spent on the public ac­count. 9

Children :10

(B 6) (B 7) (B 8) (B 9) (B 10) (B 11)

(B 12) (B 13)

1. Lewis Bryan; b. Nov. 24, 1745, in Johnston Co., m.11 Oct. 26, 1769, Sarah Hinton, daughter of Maj. John Hinton and Sallie Smith of Raleigh, N. C. There is no direct line on him after 1779.12 He was a member of the Commons for Johnston County 'in 1779,1s

2. William Bryan. 3. Arthur Bryan. 4. Elizabeth Bryan. 5. Hardy Bryan. 6. Blake Bryan. 7. Esther Bryan; b. June 22, 1760, d. 1800 ca.; m. Jonathan

Smith (S 15). Children under father. 8. Susanna Bryan. 9. John Bryan.

10. Mary or Polly Bryan; b. March 26, 1767.

(B 5) NEEDHAM BRYAN (Needham, William) Needham Bryan (Oct. 31, 1726-1784) died in Johnston

County, N. C., where he was probably born. He married (1) Nancy Smith (S 5) Feb. 5, 1748, near Springfield, (2) Charlotte Moore.

In 1762 and 1771 Needham Bryan was a member of the co­lonial assembly. In the struggle with the Regulators he took the side of the king and Governor Tryon and joined the King's Troops. His political views changed14 before long for we find him serving in the cause of American liberty. He represented Johnston County in the Provincial Congress which met at New Bern Aug. 25, 1774. A bit later Col. Needham Bryan called a general muster of his regiment.

Needham Bryan was active both in the field with his men and in the deliberations of his neighbors in the maturing of plans. The year 1776 found him active in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, the fourth Provincial Congress, and the consti­tuent congress, which met in Halifax, N. C. On April 4th the

9. Ibid., XIII, 611, 709, 725. 10. Sketch based indirectly on the Bible in 1856 in the possession of James L. Bryan. 11. MS., Marriage Bonds, Johnston Co. 12. There is a possibility that Lewis Bryan died about 1782 for in the N. C. H., & G. R., p. 21, is mentioned the "Est. of Lewis Bryan, May 28, 1782, Hardy Bryan, Administrator." On p. 194, "division of Est. of Lewis Bryan, Aug. Court, 1790." 13. Wheeler, II, 219. 14. Wheeler, I, 58, 65: II, 219; M. D. Haywood, Gov. William Tryon and His Administration, 168-181.

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fourth Provincial Congress resolved that "the delegates of this Colony in the Continental Congress be empowered to concur with the delegates of the other colonies in declaring independency [sic]" of Great Britain. The constituent congress in November drew up the first constitution for North Carolina. The following year Needham Bryan represented his county in the North Caro­lina senate.15

Children: (B 14) (B 15) (B 16)

(B 17)

(B 18)

1. Needham Bryan. 2. Kedar Bryan. 3. Winifred Bryan; b. May 5, 1754, or '55, d. April 5, 1783,

or '85. She married Nathan Bryan (BH 6). Children under their father.

4. Nancy Bryan; b. 1756 ca.; m. Bryan Whitfield (14). Children under their father.

Second marriage. 5. Charlotte Moore Bryan; b. April 2, 1765, d. March 9, 1798;

m. Oct., or Dec., 15, 1782, Lewis Whitfield ( 19). Children under their father.

6. Rigdon Bryan; d. 1793, Sampson County, N. C. 7. Esther Bryan; m. Christopher Curtis.

15. Wheeler, I, 56-68, 85; II, 219, 220, 278: Saunders, IX, 1031, 1032; X, 165, 206: Register of Col. Dames: Ashe, Hist. of N. C., I, 423, 425, 559.

WILLIAM BRYAN: FOURTH GENERATION

(B 6) WILLIAM BRYAN (William, Needham, William)

William Bryan was born July 8, 1747, in Johnston County, N. C. Oct. 31, 1778, he married Elizabeth Gray (BL 111). Wil­liam Bryan was reared at Snowfield, Bertie County, by his grandfather who willed the home to him Jan. 27, 1767. William Bryan represented Bertie County in the Provincial Congress which met in Hillsboro, Aug. 20, 1775.1 His marriage and death were both in Bertie County, the last on Sept. 14, 1800.

Children:2

(B 50) (B 51)

(B 52)

1. Frances Lee Bryan; b. Sept. 30, 1779, d. Nov. 5, 1850, in Windsor, N. C.; buried at Snowfield. Her will, dated Oct. 10, 1841, was probabed in Nov. 1852.3

2. William Bryan; b. Mar. 15, 1781, d. June 26, 1791, in Louisiana. He was buried at Pineville, on the Red River.

3. Elizabeth Smith Bryan; b. March 26, 1788, d. July 23, 1840. She was buried at Snowfield. Her will, dated Dec. 27, 1838, was probated in Feb. 1841.

4. Ann Gray Bryan. 5. Janet Smith Bryan. 6. Susanna (or Susan) Bush Bryan; b. April 11, 1791, d.

Sept. 5, 1830. She was buried at Smithfield. Unmd. 7. William (or John) Gray Bryan; b. Feb. 13, 1795, d. Oct.

3, 1830, at Alexandria, La. 8. John Stevens Bryan. 9. James Lewis Bryan; b. Aug. 12, 1799, d. Nov. 2, 1856,

Windsor, N. C. He was buried at Snowfield. He owned Snow­field and kept the cemetery in good condition.

1. Wheeler, II, 31.

2. In listing the children we have followed a letter of 1867 written by Robert Campbell Martin (B 103) to Nathan Bryan Whitfield (71). All the children were born in Bertie County, N. C.

There were differences in the minds of those who prepared lists of these children. In departure from the material shown above we note in an­other listing:

William Bryan; b. March 5, 1781; d. 1841 in La. If William died in Louisiana, we believe 1841 rather than 1791 more likely.

Elizabeth Smith Bryan; b. Nov. 26, 1783, offered as a possible alterna­tive to March 26, 1783.

James Louis Bryan. Lewis was far more common among the Bryana and Whitfields in the 18th century.

3. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 500.

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(B 7) ARTHUR BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Arthur Bryan was born May 12, 1749. He married4 Mary

McCullers, of Johnston County, N. C. He died in Johnston Coun­ty in 1792.5 Mary was probably dead in 1790 or earlier.6

Arthur Bryan early took a part in the public affairs of North Carolina. In his 29th year he was a member of the North Caro­lina senate. 7 Three years he remained in the senate and after two years in the house of commons-1782-83. After a few years out of office he was returned to the senate for 1785. He was again a senator from 1788 through 1790. During this last period he was also a justice of the peace for Johnston County, holding this office as late as Dec. 2, 1791.8

Children: (B 53) 1. John Arthur Bryan.

(B 8) ELIZABETH BRYAN (V{illiam, Needham, William) Elizabeth Bryan was born May 2, 1'751. She married (1) on

Dec. 10, 1770, in Johnston County, N. C., Col. Josiah Sasser, of9

Wayne County, N. C.; (2) Col. William Blackman, in 1784; (3) Probert Collier. In 1843 when ninety-one years of age, she moved with her sons to Oglethorpe, Ga., and died there in 1845. She was buried in Twiggs County, Ga.

When Dobbs County, N. C., was divided and Wayne County was formed in 1779, the Act of Assembly provided that the first court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions should be held in January, 1780, at the home of Josiah Sasser on Little River. The oldest and probably largest clearing then in \f\T ayne County was this farm of Josiah Sasser. In January, 1782, the Court was held at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Sasser when the will of Josiah

4. Mss., Johnston County Marriage Bonds, N. C., Dec. 10, 1773. Original in the N. C. Depart. of Archives and History, Raleigh, N. C. 5. Johnston County Court ]yfinute Book, 1784-95, records his death in that county. On Feb. 29, 1792, Hardy Bryan was granted proper powers for the administration of the estate of Arthur Bryan. May 31, 1792, Thomas Smith, coroner, reported the proceeds from a sale of the estate of Arthur Bryan in the amount of 640 pounds, 19s 7d. MSS. 6. U. S. census returns for 1790 record the names of Arthur Smith and his son, John Arthur, but there is no mention of Mary. 7. Wheeler, II, 219. 8. MS., Johnston Co., N. C. Court Minute Book, 1784-95. 9. MSS., Johnston Co. Marriage Bonds, Josiah Sasser and Elizabeth Bryan, Dec. 10, 1770.

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Sasser was proved and Mrs. Sasser qualified trix. So we judge he probably died late in 1781.1°

as his execu-

Children: (B 54)

(B 55) (B 56)

1. Mary Sasser. 2. Lewis Sasser; b. 1774. He went with his mother to Georgia

in 1843. 3. Blake Bryan Sasser; b. 1776. 4. William Sasser. 5. Elizabeth Bryan Blackman.

(B 9) HARDY BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Hardy Bryan was born June 4, 1753. In 1778 in Johnston

County, N. C., he married Winifred McCullers. They lived near Smithfield, N. C. He died in North Carolina about 1820.

During the War of 1812 Winifred (McCullers) Bryan think­ing of her sons Harry and David serving in the army wrote the following letter:

My Dear Sons:

North Carolina Johnston County December 10, 1814.

Accompanying this letter you will receive some clothing for the relief of your present necessities.

One pair of breeches and two shirts to Harry, and a pair of drawers to David. If you require anything more you will not be backward in making it known, as frequent opportuni­ties occur to send.

Your mother's hands that nursed you from infancy will be extended to your support while God shall give them strength. Leaving a rehearsal of the news of the neighborhood to your brother and others who may write, I will attend alone to that duty which is required of me as a mother-the instruct­ion of her children.

My dear sons, you are now out of my sight and beyond the reach of my voice, among strangers and a variety of char­acters; young men called into that service which has a ten­dency without strict regard over one's self to harden the feel­ings and brutalize the manners of men. I must, therefore, con­tent myself with the mode of requesting you to remember the many instructions I have given you whilst you were with me; to remember that you were raised in civil society, and guard against that encroachment of savage disposition incidental to camp life.

10. Col. Josiah Sasser was wounded during the Revolution. (Hist. of Georgia Biog., IV, 68. See also, Daniels, History of Wayne County, 15).

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It is my particular request that you abstain from drink­ing excessively, cursing and swearing, and other debaucheries of human nature. Guard against the temptation of evil, and indulge not in anything that will tarnish the character of the Christian or the gentleman. Be kind and attentive to your soldiers. Let not a hasty temper or unguarded expression incur their displeasure. Be obedient and dutiful to your su­perior officers. Endeavor to improve in discipline and should emergency require it support the honor of your family, your country, State and the interests of your country. Will [iam ?] will be into see me shortly after the Christmas holidays are over, and should you need anything more write me and I will send it by him. You will deliver my compliments to Mr. Walton and Mr. Pool.

I resign you to the protection of that God who gave you life with an anxious hope of seeing you return well when your term of service has expired.

Your loving mother, WINIFRED BRYAN.

This letter11 is an eloquent testimonial to the intelligence, and Christian character of Winifred Bryan, as well as to her regard and concern. Children :12

(B 57)

(B 58)

1. Maj. William Washington Bryan; b. Sept. 10, 1779, m.13 Nov. 8, 1810, Martha McCullers of Johnston Co., N. C.

2. Hardy Bryan; b. Aug. 14, 1781. 3. Mathew Bryan; b. Dec. 11, 1783; d. March 30, 1792. 4. Harry Bryan. 5. Needham Bryan; b. April 16, 1788. 6. David Bryan. 7. John Gray Bryan; b. Nov. 1792, d. Oct. 3, 1795.

(B 10) BLAKE BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Blake Bryan was born June 12, or 21, 1757, in North Caro­

lina. He married possibly about 1785 in Jones County, N. C., Elizabeth Blackshear. She was born in 1765 in Jones County, N. C.14 About March 1820 he died in Twiggs County, Ga.

Blake Bryan was in the North Carolina militia, New Bern

11. News and Observer, 1921. 12. Robert Campbell Martin (B 103) to Nathan Bryan Whitfield (71). There were fifteen children, we are told, but only those listed above have come down to us. All that were living in 1825 moved to Arkansas. 13. Raleigh Star, Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 8, 1810. 14. Elizabeth Blackshear was the daughter of James Blackshear and Cath­arine (Francks) Bush. About 1732 there came from Germany to New Bern, N. C., James Blackshear, John Martin Francks, Philip Miller and others. In Jones County they settled New Germany, more recently Trenton. John

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District, and served in Captain Bryan Whitfield's (14) company. He was present at the Battle of Moore's Creek, Feb. 27, 1776. Children: (B 59) (B 60) (B 61) (B 62)

1. Joseph Bryan. 2. Mary Bryan. 3. Elizabeth Bryan. 4. Patsy Bryan. 5. Blake Bryan; d. young. Order uncertain.

(B 12) SUSANNA BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Susanna, or Susannah, Bryan (Nov. 28, 1763-1820 ca.) was

born in North Carolina. In 1785 she married15 John Bush. They moved to Talbotton, Ga., where she died. Children:

(B 63)

1. David Blackshear Bush; b. 1786, d. 1855 ca., in Shelby County, Ala.

2. Elizabeth Bush. 3. Zilphy Bush; b. 1787; m. William Baker. Possibly she was

a twin to Elizabeth. 4. Mary Bush; b. 1790; m. ---- Gibson. Their daughter

m. ---- Copeland in Louisiana.

Martin Francks had two daughters, Barbara and Catharine. Catharine Francks married (1) Hardy Bush and (2) James Blackshear

and had: · John Bush; m. Susanna Bryan (B 12). William Bush. Mary Bush. James Blackshear. Edward Blackshear. David Blackshear. Elizabeth Blackshear; m. Blake Bryan (B 10). Susannah Blackshear; b. 1769; m. Edward Bryan in Jones County, N. C., about 1813. She moved to Georgia and had five sons. Elijah Blackshear; d. unmd. 1821. Penelope Blackshear; b. 1773, d. 1830; m. Edward Bryan who died in

1825 in Twiggs Co., Ga. Joseph Blackshear. For further study of the Blackshear family see: Blackshear Family;

Smith, Story of Georgia; Butler, History of Macon, Ga.; Miller, Memoirs of Gen. David Blackshear; Georgia and Georgiana; Men of Mark in Georgia.

William Bush married and had a son Dr. Louis Bryan Bush (1795-1870, Marengo Co., Ala.). He married Mary Wright, Sept. 1822 and had a son, Dr. Boaz Whitfield Bush. He married Amanda Jane Hudson and had Pres­ton Randolph Bush. He married Hattie Eanes and had:

1. Emmie Bush; m. Curtis Matthews of Camden, Ala., 2. Hattie Belle Bush, m. Cecil Stowe Chapman. 3. Herbert Whitfield Bush, m. Alpha Holoman. 4. William Adlai Bush.

(Mrs. Justine Whitfield Diffie to E. M. W., 1930). For the Revolutionary record of Blake Bryan, see N. C. H. & G. R., I, 576: Revolutionary Army Accounts, I, p. 34, folio 2: VII, p. 88, folio 4. 15. See note 14 immediately above. For the Revolutionary record of John Bush see Heitmann, Hist. Register of Officers of the Continental Army;

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(B 13) JOHN BRYAN (William, Needham, William) John Bryan was born Jan. 14, 1765, at Springfield, N. C.,

located two miles west of Smithfield. In 1795 he married Patsey Hinton. John Bryan died in 1815 or '20 at Springfield, N. C.

Patsey Hinton was born July 25, 1775, the daughter of Col. James Hinton and Delilah Hunter. The last was the daughter of Col. Theophilus Hunter.16 After the death of Col. John Bryan, Patsey married the Rev. Lewis Whitfield (19). Children: (B 64)

(B 65)

(B 14)

1. Bythan Bryan; b. 1795 ca., d. 1853 ca.; m. June, 1821, Julia C. Smith ( S 56). No issue.17

2. Nancy Bryan; b. 1800, d. 1870; m. Aug. 8, 1825, James Hinton Smith (S 214). She died in Johnston Co., N. C. Children under father.

3. Julia Bryan; m. her cousin John Smith and moved to Mississippi.

4. Theophilus Bryan; d. in infancy.

NEEDHAM BRYAN (Needham, Needham, William)

Needham Bryan was born in 1748 or '50 and died after January 25, 1787.18 In 1768 he married19 Sarah Hinton (b. 1750), daughter of John Hinton and Grizelle Kimbrough. He lived in Johnston County and died there. He held many offices of trust: in 177 4 a member of the Committee of Correspondence and captain of militia; in 1776 a member of the provincial con­gress meeting at Halifax,20 N. C.; and in 1786 and '93 a member of the state legislature.21

Saunders and Clark, IV, 896; XVI, 1015. We entertain a doubt as to the date of the marriage of Susanna to

John Bush in as much as the marriage bond is dated March 15, 1779. Per­haps she was fickle and he persistent. (Johnston Co., Marriage Boruls, MSS.). 16. Col. Theophilus Hunter was the presiding justice of the first Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Wake County, N. C., June 4, 1771. The Provincial Congress at Halifax, Dec. 23, 1776, elected him to the same post. If interested further in the record of Theophilus Hunter see: Wheeler, II, 416; Saunders, X, 166-173; Clark, XIX, 234-332; XXII 923; Bio. Hist. of N. C., IV, 218. 17. MS., marriage bond dated June 11, 1821, Johnston Co. His will is dated March 24, 1813, Smithfield, N. C. 18. D. A. R. Magazine, Feb., 1928, p. 120; April, p. 247.

19. D. A. R. Lineage Book, LXXXIV, 280: N. C. H. & G. R., I, 463.

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Children: (B 66)

(B 67) (B 68) (B 69)

BRYAN

1. Loverd Bryan; b. 1769, d. Jan. 4, 1789; m. Elizabeth Green (67). He was a member of the House of Commons in 1791 and '92.22 Children under mother.

2. Clement Bryan. 3. Benjamin Bryan. 4. Sally or Sarah Bryan; b. 1775 ca., d. 1815; m. John Hinton

(S 29) in Johnston Co. in 1797. Buried in Raleigh, N. C. Children under father.

(B 15) KEDAR BRYAN (Needham, Needham, William) Kedar Bryan (1752-1808) 23 was born in Johnston County,

N. C., and buried between Clinton and Warsaw, N. C. About 1775 he married Elizabeth Smith (S 21). His next wife was Mary Whitfield (18), the third, Betsy James. The last was Anne Dickson, married24 Nov. 1, 1787. Anne (1758 ca.-1817 ca.) 25

was the daughter of Catherine Pearsall and Robert Dickson26

of Duplin County, N. C. Kedar Bryan was a justice of the Court of Pleas and Quar­

ter Sessions in 1777. That same year he signed the Oath of Al­legiance of Wake County required by the Continentals.27 He was also a justice of the peace. He moved to Sampson County, N. C., and in 1797-98 represented that county in the House of Commons.28

20. Saunders, X, 500, 914. 21. Wheeler, II, 220. 22. Ibid., II, 220. 23. Court minutes of Sampson County indicate that Kedar Bryan was dead by 1808. MSS. 24. Dickson Letters, 36. 25. Will dated June 3, 1817, Sampson County, noted but not recorded, MS. 26. Robert Dickson was a member of the House of Commons from Duplin County 1777, 1784, 1788. He was appointed a major in the forces of th~ said county by the Provincial Congress sitting at Halifax April 4, 1776. He appears among the signers of the "Oath of Allegiance and Abjuration" required by the assembly at New Bern, Nov. 15, 1777. In the oath one promised allegiance to North Carolina and renounced the authority of the king. (Wheeler, II, 138, 139). 27. M. D. Haywood, "The Genesis of Wake Co.," in N. C. Booklet V, No. 1, p. 14, July, 1905; also D. A. R. Nat'!. Nos., 60178 and 60180. 28. Wheeler, II, 402.

In Rev. Army Accounts there are references to Kedar Bryan as follows: VIII, 61, folio 1; XI, 15, folio 2; 34, folio 3; 42, folio 4. There are twol references to one Kader Bryan which we believe one and the same as our Kedar: V, 2, folio 2; 16, folio 1.

Children :29

(B 70)

(B 71)

(B 72)

(B 73) (B 74)

FOURTH GENERATION

1. John Bryan. Second marriage. 2. Rachel Bryan. Fourth marriage.

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3. Needham Bryan, b. 1789 ca., m. Margaret J. Slocumb (April 25, 1800-Nov. 22, 1878). She was the daughter of Stephen and Isabel King Slocumb, of Sampson Co.

4. Kedar Bryan. 5. Robert Bryan; b. 1795, d. young. 6. Nancy Bryan; b. 1797; m. --- Stallings, of Duplin Co. 7. Catherine Bryan. 8. Elizabeth Bryan.

29. Slocums of America, 443. Order and dates of children uncertain.

WILLIAM BRYAN: FIFTH GENERATION

(B 50) ANN GRAY BRYAN (William, William, Needham, William)

Ann Gray Bryan was born Dec. 5, 1784, or possibly in 1786, in Bertie County, N. C. On Jan. 11, 1810, she married Samuel Hyman. She died Oct. 12, 1864, or '69.

Samuel Hyman lived in either Martin or Bertie County, N. C. He died Feb. 21, 1829, and was buried at Snowfield, Bertie County, N. C.

Children: (B 100)

(B 101)

(B 102)

1. Frances Helen Hyman. 2. Elizabeth Janet Hyman; b. 1812. 3. John Hyman; b. 1813, living in 1879. 4. William Bryan Hyman. 5. Elizabeth Ann Hyman; b. 1817, d. 1818. 6. Samuel Hyman; b. 1818, d. 1825. 7. Mary Susan Hyman. 8. Elizabeth Bryan Hyman; b. 1822.

(B 51) JANET SMITH BRYAN (William, William, Needham, William)

Janet Smith Bryan was born in Bertie County, N. C., in 1786, or 1789. On February 13, 1812, she married in Bertie County, N. C., Peter Boyd Martin. She died Feb. 12, 1818, and was buried at Snowfield, Bertie County, N. C. Peter Boyd Martin died in Louisiana Jan. 13, 1838.

Children :1

(B 103)

(B 104)

1. Peter Boyd Martin; b. 1812. 2. Robert Campbell Martin. 3. Elizabeth Gray Martin; b. Sept. 20, 1814, d. 1832. 4. Susan Bryan Martin. 5. Samuel Hyman Martin; b. Feb. 8, 1818, d. Feb. 12, 1818.

1. One record suggests another child, Mary Bryan Martin. The records suggests further that she married Cadmus Capehart and had the children found under (B 210) Mary Martin Capehart. However, Susan Martin Capehart (B 403) gave Mary Martin Capehart for the name of her mother rather than Mary Bryan Martin. If Janet Smith Bryan had another daugh­ter beyond those we have listed, she must have been younger than Samuel Hyman Martin or his twin.

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(B 52) JOHN STEVENS BRYAN (William, William, Needham, William)

John Stevens Bryan was born April 5, 1797, in Bertie Coun­ty, N. C. On Jan. 21, 1830, in Raleigh, N. C., he married Lucy Davis Haywood. He died Feb. 24, 1848, in New York City.2

Lucy Davis Haywood was born June 15, 1805, the daughter of Sherwood Haywood2 and Eleanor Hawkins. After death of her husband, Lucy lived with her children John Stevens Bryan and Lucy Haywood Bryan (B 107). Lucy Davis (Haywood) Bryan died Dec. 26, 1885, in Salisbury, N. C.

Children: (B 105) (B 106)

(B 107) (B 108) (B 109)

1. Janet Bryan. 2. William Sherwood Bryan. 3. John Stevens Bryan; b. 1837, d. 1901, Salisbury, N. C. 4. Lucy Haywood Bryan. 5. Eleanor Hawkins Bryan. 6. Elizabeth Gray Bryan. 7. Alice Bryan; d. in childhood.

(B 53) JOHN ARTHUR BRYAN (Arthur, William, Needham, William)

John Arthur Bryan was born about 1775 or '76. He mar­ried (1) on Nov. 25, 1801, Elizabeth Smith and (2) Edith, or Elizabeth,3 Robertson. She was the daughter of Herbert Rob­ertson, of Wake County, N. C. Following the death of his father, John Arthur Bryan chose as his guardian John Bryan, possibly his Uncle John Bryan (B 13) .4

Children: Second marriage

(B 110) 1. John Henry Bryan. 2. Lucius H. Bryan; m.5 May 11, 1855, Elizabeth Ellis.

2. His will was dated October 4, 1838, and was probated in Nov., 1848: (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 500).

If interested in the Haywood family see Appendix, Item B-3.

3. The Raleigh Star, Raleigh, N. C., of May 17, 1810, noted the marriage of Elizabeth Robertson and John Arthur Bryan. Mrs. George Washington Bryan thought she was named Edith and not Elizabeth. In the Star John Arthur Bryan was described as a resident of Johnston County.

4. "Mar. 1, 1792, John Arthur Bryan, orphan of Arthur Bryan, Esq., being of proper age, came into Court and chose for his Guardian, John Bryalli Esq." Others named in this record were Hardy Bryan, "Lovard Bryan" and John McCullers. (Johnston Co. Court Minute Book, 1874-1795. MS.). 5. Johnston County Marriage Bonds, MSS.

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(B 54) MARY SASSER Mary Sasser was born about 1772, possibly in '75. She mar­

ried (1) Aug. 28, 1792, William Stevens, son of John Stevens and (2) Benjamin Bryan (B 68). John Stevens was sheriff of Johnston County, N. C. She was buried in Twiggs County, Ga. Children: (B 111) (B 112)

1. Henry Stevens. 2. Josiah Stevens. 3. Edmund Stevens; killed accidentally in 1820. Children by second marriage listed under their father.

(B 55) WILLIAM SASSER William Sasser was born in 1778. He married Elizabeth

Beverly. William was a soldier in the War of 1812. He lived sometime in Wayne County, N. C., but in 1840 or '43, he moved to Meriwether County, Ga. Moving once again, he settled in Monroe County, Ga., and gave two acres of land for the first school of the community and assisted in the building thereof. 6

Children: (B 113) 1. William Washington Sasser. (B 114) 2. Lewis Sasser.

(B 56) ELIZABETH BRYAN BLACKMAN Elizabeth Bryan Blackman was born possibly about 1787. In

1805 she married Isaac Williams. She died Aug. 2, 1811. Isaac Williams was born in 1775 the son of Col. Nathaniel

Williams and Sarah Averitt. Though Col. Williams was born in Mecklenburg County, Va., in 1735, he served in the North Caro­lina Line during the Revolutionary War and died in 1796 in Johnston County, N. C. Isaac Williams died Jan. 13, 1830. His will was recorded at Smithfield, Johnston County, and probated in February, 1830. Children: (B 115) (B 116) (B 117) (B 118)

1. Nathan Williams. 2. Mary Williams. 3. Susan Williams. 4. Elizabeth Williams.

(B 57) HARRY BRYAN (Hardy, William, Needham, William)

Harry Bryan was born May 7, 1786. In 1815 he married Susan Blackman, the daughter of Josiah Blackman and Mary

6. Marshall.

HARRY BRYAN 1786-1857

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Esther Williams. Harry Bryan was often called Henry. Indeed, one may wonder whether both were not properly in his name. Tradition indicates that Capt. Henry Bryan was a man of ex­traordinary physical strength. When he was eighteen years old, we are told, he held a large ox by the horns, despite the best efforts of the animal to escape.

Harry Bryan served in the War of 1812 from Sept. 24, 1814, to February 5, 1815, and held the rank of captain of in­fantry in Col. McDonald's 1st. Regiment. A silver-handled sword used by the captain was in 1929 the treasure of his grandson, James William Bryan (B 232), of Newton Grove, N. C.

With the return of peace Harry, or Henry, Bryan repre­sented Johnston County7 in the North Carolina House of Com­mons, .1815-17, and again in 1819. He suffered considerable financial losses because of offering himself as security for others. How much he lost we do not know, but it is plain that he forsook Johnston and moved to Sampson County, N. C., and settled at the John A very place.

Harry Bryan died March 16, 1857, in Sampson County. The North Carolina Semi-Weekly Standard, 8 noting his death de­scribed him as a general, probably of the local militia. Children: (B 119)

(B 120)

1. William Hardy Bryan. 2. Susan Bryan; m. Joab B. Cox. Seven children. 3. Joseph H. Bryan. 4. John D. Bryan; d. 1890, at Lumberton, N. C. He was a

dentist; no issue. 5. James D. Bryan; enlisted Apr. 15, 1861, in C. S. A. at Ft.

Macon, on the coast near Beaufort, N. C. He was pro­moted to captain, Apr. 22, 1862, of Company "A", 27th N. C. Infantry. He was wounded at9 Bristow Station, Va., and died in Richmond, Va., Oct. 30, 1863.

(B 58) DAVID BRYAN (Hardy, William, Needham, William)

David Bryan was born Dec. 16, 1790. In 1820 he married Elizabeth (McCullers) Smith, the widow of Edwin Smith (S 54). Children:

1. Washington Bryan. 2. Needham Bryan. 3. Henry Bryan.

7. Wheeler, II 220. 8. Raleigh, N. C., April 4, 1857. 9. Marshall.

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(B 59) JOSEPH BRYAN (Blake, William, Needham, William)

Joseph Bryan was born in 1786 in Johnston County, N. C. In 1811 he married (1) Mary Duhart Walker and (2) Mrs. --- Bunn. He left North Carolina for Florida.

Mary, or Polly, Duhart Walker was born April 29, 1791, the daughter of George and Betsey (Duhart) Walker. Mary died Oct. 20, 1822. Children :10

1. George Walker Bryan; b. April 25, 1812, d. 1899. 2. James Blackshear Bryan; b. Sept. 8, 1813. 3. Elizabeth (Betsey) Bryan; b. Nov. 19, 1814; m.

Martin, of Houston Co., Ga. She lived in Savannah, Ga. 4. Mary E. Bryan; b. Jan. 18, 1817, d. 1861 in Ark.; m. in

1836 Osborne Wimberly, of Houston Co., Ga. They had six children.

(B 121) 5. Emily Antoinette Bryan. 6. Frances Bryan, b. Dec. 24, 1820. 7. Joseph Decatur Bryan; b. 1823. He was living in 1896 in

Rhine, Dodge Co., Ga. C. S. A. 8. Elizabeth Bryan; b. 1825, d. 1884; m. Dr. -- Ellis, of

Arkadelphia, Ark. Issue. 9. Mourning Bryan; twin to Elizabeth; m. Sam Poole, and

moved to southern Georgia.

(B 60) MARY BRYAN (Blake, William, Needham, William)

Mary Bryan was born 1791 in Johnston County, N. C. She married July 18, 1809, near Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Ga., Major-General Ezekiel Wimberly. He served as adjutant under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. He represented Twiggs County in the state senate 1815-25, and 1826-28. He was a planter. A tablet with the names of General Wimberly and General Blackshear was placed by the Nathaniel Macon chapter of the D. A. R. at Fort Hawkins, modern Macon, Ga., Feb. 17, 1914.

Mary (Bryan) Wimberly died in 1875. Children :11

1. Betsey Bryan Wimberly; b. 1810; m. Elijah Evans Crocker. 2. -- Wimberly, b. 1812, d. 1812.

10. Mrs. Alonzo F. Levins, daughter of Emily Antoinette Bryan (B 121), kindly contributed Nov. 10, 1930, the material for this sketch. She took the material from a paper in her mother's Bible. 11. See Appendix, Item B-6.

There was at least one child by the first wife of Gen. Wimberly. The names, births, marriages and deaths of the children are from the Ezekiel Wimberly family Bible in 1931 in the possession of Mrs. Julia Brooks Byrom Wimberly, Macon, Ga.

(B 122)

(B 123) (B 124) (B 125)

(B 61)

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3. Cloe or Cloa Frances Wimberly; b. 1812, d. 1813. 4. John James Wimberly; b. 1813, m. Eleanor M. Watson. 5. Martha Wimberly. 6. Mary Milly Wimberly; b. 1818, d. 1822. 7. Ezekial Abner Wimberly. 8. Joseph William Wimberly. 9. Robert Rutherford Wimberly; b. Nov. 27, 1823, d. 1889 ca.;

m. (1) Elizabeth W. Cullins in 1848, (2) Mrs. Penelope Bryan Boynton (B 148) in 1853, (3) Zilphia Peacock on July 1, 1875, and (4) Sarah E. Jesup in 1879. Children by his second wife under same.12

10. Polly Angelina Wimberly; b. 1825, d. 1825. 11. Henry Edward Wimberly; b. 1826, d. 1848; m. Betsy

Walker. 12. Elizabeth Bryan Wimberly; b. 1827.

ELIZABETH BRYAN (Blake, William, Needham, William)

Elizabeth Bryan was born December 9, 1795, in Johnston County, N. C. She married, November 14, 1814, in Georgia, Joel Walker. Children :13

1. John D. Walker; b. Oct. 7, 1815. 2. Blake Bryan Walker; b. March 3, 1817. 3. George Walker; b. Nov. 19, 1818. 4. Polly Walker; b. May 20, 1823. 5. James A. Walker; b. July 30, 1825. 6. "Betsy" Walker; b. Aug. 28, 1828. 7. George A. Walker; b. July 20, 1832. 8. Joel T. Walker; b. June 10, 1835. 9. Frank Walker; b. May 29, 1837.

(B 126) 10. David C. Walker. 11. Mary A. Walker; b. Oct. 13, 1841.

(B 62) PATSY BRYAN (Blake, William, Needham, William)

Patsy Bryan was born about 1797. In 1813 she married in Twiggs County, Ga., James Wimberly14 and moved to Muscogee County, Ga. Children: (B 127) 1. Sarah Wimberly; b. 1814, d. 1858; m. James Jefferson

Tooke (B 129) in 1834. Children under their father. (B 128) 2. Elizabeth Wimberly.

3. Chloe Wimberly. 4. Roba Wimberly. 5. Frances Wimberly. 6. Matilda Wimberly.

12. The Wimberly Bible does not mention the last three marriages of Robert. His first wife was the daughter of Wiley W. Cullens and died Sept. 6, 1850. In the matter of the later marriages, the Henry notes have been used. 13. One note suggests that the children died in 1896, with the exceptions of Frank and George A. Walker. 14. See Appendix, Item B-6.

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(B 63) ELIZABETH BUSH Elizabeth Bush was born in 1787. In 1805 she married

James Tooke, of Georgia. She died in 1860. Children: (B 129)

(B 130) (B 131) (B 132)

1. James Jefferson Tooke. 2. Elizabeth Tooke; m. Humphrey Jamison, 1827. 3. Thomas B. Tooke. 4. Jane Tooke. 5. John Arthur Tooke.

(B 67) CLEMENT BRYAN (Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Clement Bryan (Oct. 13, 1770-Jan. 31, 1839) was born in North Carolina and married Aug. 19, 1792, in Cumberland Coun­ty, N. C., his cousin Edith Smith (S 59). They moved to Georgia, where he died. Their home was in Montgomery County. Children: (B 133) (B 134) (B 135) (B 136) (B 137) (B 138) (B 139) (B 140) (B 141) (B 142) (B 143)

1. Sarah Hinton Bryan. 2. Margaret Smith Bryan. 3. Charity Loverd Bryan. 4. Mary Smith Bryan. 5. Edith Bryan. 6. Loverd Bryan. 7. Needham Rupert Bryan. 8. Ann Bryan. 9. Grizelle Kimbrough Bryan.

10. Emeline Bryan. 11. David Clement Bryan.

(B 68) BENJAMIN BRYAN (Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Benjamin Bryan was born in 1769 or '71 in North Carolina. He married15 Jan. 14, 1800, Mrs. Mary Sasser Stevens (B 54). Benjamin died in 1863. He was buried in Twiggs Co., Ga. Children: (B 144) (B 145)

(B 146) (B 147) (B 148)

1. Benjamin Bryan. 2. William M. Bryan. 3. Louis Bryan; b. 1807. 4. Algernon Sidney Bryan. 5. Roba Bryan. 6. Penelope Bryan.

15. MS., Marriage Bond, Benjamin Bryan and "Polly" Stevens, Jan. 14, 1800, Johnston Co.

One record suggests a seventh child :-Dawson Bryan. Loverd Bryan (B 138) writing to Clement Anselm Evans (B 245)

listed, in different order, the children shown above, except for Louis in whose place he gave Loverd.

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(B 70) JOHN BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William}

John Bryan was born about 1780. In 1810 he married Eleanor Torrence,16 of Sampson County, N. C. They lived at Six Runs, in Sampson County. John Bryan died in February, 1840.

Eleanor Torrance, or Torrens, was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Kenan) Torren&\f.' Children:

(B 149) (B 150) (B 151) (B 152) (B 153)

(B 71)

1. Eliza Jane Bryan; b. 1812; m. (1) James Holmes, (2) La­fayette Franks. James Holmes of Clinton, Sampson Co., N. C., was an officer in the Confederate Army. Lafayette Franks was a wealthy farmer of Richlands, Onslow Co., N. C. Eliza was an Episcopalian.

2. Eleanor T. Bryan. 3. Susan Mary Bryan. 4. John Alexander Bryan. 5. Thomas Kenan Bryan. 6. Kedar Bryan. 7. John S. Bryan. 8. William Bryan.

RACHEL BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Rachel Bryan was born in 1783, in Sampson County, N. C., and married in 1798, in Sampson County, Gibson Sloan. She died in 1842 in Montgomery County, Ala., at the residence of her son, Bryan Whitfield Sloan.

Rachel Bryan was quite wealthy in both money and slaves. Her stepmother, Anne Dickson Bryan, we are told, wished her to wed Mrs. Bryan's brother, so that he might enjoy Rachel's prop­erty. Therefore, when Gibson Sloan would call on Rachel Bryan, this stepmother would behave most unpleasantly toward him. She would call to the cook, in Gibson Sloan's hearing, "Just have mush and milk for supper tonight for there's no one here but Gibson Sloan." Sometimes she would have Gibson's horse stabled in the chicken house and fed on buttermilk. When Gibson would depart, he would find his horse's head covered with buttermilk up to his eyes. Most naturally, such treatment only intensified his determination to win Rachel Bryan. Finally, Rachel told her

16. Henry. One record suggests that John Bryan was born as early as 1774: another gives 1786. 17. The will of John Bryan was dated Feb. 6, 1840, and probated in the February Court, 1840. Besides his wife, John Bryan mentioned his children Kedar, John A., Thomas K., Eleanor, Susan, and Eliza. (Sampson County Wills, MSS.).

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slaves that she would soon marry Gibson Sloan, and pledged them to secrecy. Not only did these faithful servants keep their promise, but working at night, they spun and wove for their young mistress so that by the time of her wedding her needs were abundantly supplied.

At the appointed time, Gibson Sloan appeared and the slaves began carrying Rachel's possession on their heads through the orchard to the carriage. Seated at a window, her stepmother wondered what they could be doing carrying bundles on their heads, their way lighted by torches. When everything was safely deposited Gibson Sloan helped Rachel through the window, while the old Negro who had nursed her in infancy followed.

While all this was happening, Rachel's father, Judge Kedar Bryan, was absent from home on business. Returning home and finding that his daughter was married, he said to his wife, "You are to blame for this, and I shall turn over to my daughter every cent that belongs to her, and also give up every slave that she owns." Mrs. Bryan claimed that she could not spare Edie, for she was her cook. But Kedar Bryan said, "Edie belongs to my daughter, and she needs a cook, too." Therefore, when Gibson Sloan opened his door next morning he found his yard black with Negroes.

"Who are you and what do you want?" "We's our young missy's niggers, and you's our marster

now." Gibson Sloan thereupon had to buy more land that they

might be sufficiently employed, and also had to enlarge his Negro quarters.

Gibson Sloan was born July 19, 1775, the son of David Sloan and Nancy Margaret Jones, of New Hanover County, N. C.18

Gibson Sloan died Aug. 16, 1834, at his residence in Duplin County, N. C.,-the same plantation on which he had been born. Children :19

(B 154) 1. Margaret Sloan. (B 155) 2. Mary Jane Sloan; b. April 20, 1800, in Duplin Co., N. C.;

18. Miss Alma Burgamy kindly supplied much of the material for the Sloan and Fonville records. David Sloan was born in 1728, in North Carolina and died in the same state in 1806. He married Nancy Margaret Jones in 1759. She appears to have been born in 1743 and to have died in Duplin Co., N. C., in 1780, or perhaps in 1784 or '85 as Mr. L. C. Henry believed. See note 23 below. 19. G. & H., order of these children uncertain.

(B 156) (B 157) (B 158)

(B 159)

(B 160) (B 161) (B 162)

(B 72)

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d. March 10, 1818; m. Allen Whitfield (89). Children under father.

3. Gibson Sloan. 4. Bryan Whitfield Sloan. 5. Ann Sloan; b.20 Nov. 5, 1805, d. July 16, 1857; m. Nov. 11,

1830 in Duplin Co., N. C., Alexander Outlaw Grady (321). Children under father.

6. Susan Sloan. 7. David J. Sloan; d. unmd., Montgomery, Ala. 8. Rachel Sloan. 9. Hugh Sloan.

10. Hephzibah Sloan. 11. Eliza Catherine Sloan; b. 1825; m.21 Stephen Miller Grady,

son of Henry Grady (108) Sept. 22, 1841. 12. Amanda Sloan; d. unmd. 13. -- Sloan; d. in infancy. 14. -- Sloan; d. in infancy. 15. -- Sloan; d. in infancy.

KEDAR BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Kedar Bryan was born about 1795, in Cedar Creek Set­tlement, east of Cape Fear River, Cumberland County, N. C. On May 1, 1817, he married Mary Evans, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Locke) Evans. He died Nov. 24, 1828.22

Children: 1. Rebecca Ann Bryan; d. in infancy. 2. Kedar Bryan; d. in infancy.

(B 163) 3. Josiah Evans Bryan. (B 164) 4. Robert Kedar Bryan.

(B 73) CATHERINE BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Catherine Bryan was born about 1801. In 1820 she married Dickson Sloan.23 She died Oct. 28, 1845, and was buried in the Rutledge family cemeterv at Kenansville, N. C. Children: (B 165) (B 166)

1. David Diclson Sloan. 2. Anne Eliza Sloan; b. 1820; m. Gibson Sloan ( B 156).

Children under their father.

20. In his John Grady of Dobbs, Benjamin Grady spells her name Anne and gives her birth as Nov. 15, 1804. Seep. 33. 21. Benjamin Grady spells her name Eliza Catharine Sloan and gives her birth and death dates as Jan. 15, 1825, and April 2, 1861, respectively. He also gives her son. ( John Grady of Dobbs, 36.). 22. "In Duplin on the 24th, Cader [sic] Bryan, age 30, of Sampson." (Raleigh Register and N. C. Gazette, Dec. 5, 1828). If this notice was ac­curate he was born in 1798 and not 1795.

The children were born in Cumberland or Sampson Counties, N. C. (Marshall) . 23. The Sloans came to America from Scotland via Ireland, and settled

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(B 167) 3. George Sloan. (B 168) 4. Ellen Sloan.

5. Catherine Sloan; m. Stephen, or George, Howard, of Georgia.

6. Margaret R. Sloan; b. 1842, d. 1870, unmd. 7. Sarah Jane Sloan; b. 1833; m. as his second wife Dr.

James Gillespie Dickson, son of Joseph and Mildred Ann (Gillespie) Dickson.

8. Mary Douglas Sloan; b. Mar. 8, 1843, Duplin Co., N. C., d. March 14, 1900, Bladen Co., N. C. She married May 14, 1863, William James Cromartie in the home of David Dickson Sloan in Sampson Co. William James Cromartie was born April 23, 1824, at his father's home in Bladen Co., N. C.

9. John Henry Sloan; d. in infancy. 10. Robert Bryan Sloan; d. in infancy. 11. John Bryan Sloan; d. in infancy.

(B 74) ELIZABETH BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Elizabeth Bryan was born about 1800 near Magnolia, Du­plin County, N. C. She died in New Hanover County, N. C. On Jan. 26, 1815, she married the Rev. George Fennell ( 1790-1859). He was born on Black River in that part of New Hanover Coun­ty that later became Sampson. He was the son of Margaret Robinson and Nicholas Fennell.

George Fennell was in the legislature24 from 1812-15 and 1819-20. He was a Baptist minister of note: his memorial in the minutes of his association covers four pages. He and his family lived at Harrell's Store, N. C.

in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the last-named state we locate Caleb Sloan, variously spelled Caleb, Caliph, and Calif, Sloan. He was born about 1671 and died about 1751. He married Nancy Jane ---, and had a son Joe Sloan.

Joe Sloan was born about 1700 and died about 1780. He married Margaret --- and had a son, David.

David Sloan was born in 1728. He died in 1806 in Duplin Co., N. C. He married Nancy Margaret Jones and had three sons :

David Sloan, m. Nellie Dickson and had a son, Dickson Sloan, who married Catherine Bryan (B 73).

John Sloan, m. --- and moved to Tennessee. Gibson Sloan, who married Rachel Bryan (B 71). Dickson Sloan a member of the North Carolina legislature from

1829 to the 1840 session inclusive. (Wheeler, II, 402, 403.) ' See also A. C. A. G. vol. one for data on David Sloan and Nancy

Margaret Jones. 24. Marshall; Wheeler, II, 295: Cathcart, Biog. Sketches of Baptist Minis­ters.

Children: (B 169)

(B 170)

(B 171)

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1. Margaret Ann Fennell. 2. John Milton Fennell, b. 1819, d. unmd. 3. Catherine Fennell. 4. Mary Eliza Fennell; b. Apr. 12, 1824; m. May 2, 1843. 5. George Bryan Fennell; b. Jan. 20, 1826, d. July, 1850. 6. Daniel White Fennell; b. Mar. 6, 1828. 7. Nicholas Dickson Fennell; b. Jan. 27, 1830, d. Sept. 21,

1862. C. S. A. 8. Robert James Fennell; b. Feb. 11, 1832, d. Dec., 1893, Rich­

mond, Va.; m., Oct. 21, 1857, Ruhanna Jane Kirby. C. S. A. 9. Julia Caroline Fennell; b. May 26, 1834; m. May 26, 1856,

William Livingstone Fennell. 10. William Wells Fennell; b. Jan. 19, 1836; killed in service

of C. S. A., June 27, 1862; unmd. 11. Helen Jane Fennell.

WILLIAM BRYAN: SIXTH GENERATION

(B 100) FRANCES HELEN HYMAN Frances Helen Hyman was born Feb. 11, 1811, in Bertie

County, N. C., and died Aug. 9, 1849. She was buried at Snow­field, in Bertie. Jan. 5, 1836, she married1 William J. Ellison, of Martin County, N. C. Children:

1. Ann Hyman Ellison; b. 1836. 2. Emma Frances Ellison; b. 1838, d. 1839. 3. Lois Virginia Ellison; b. 1840, d. 1845. 4. George Augustus Ellison; b. 1842, d. 1842 or '43. 5. Margaret Eliza Ellison; b. 1844. 6. Sam Hyman Ellison; b. 1847.

(B 101) WILLIAM BRYAN HYMAN

William Bryan Hyman was born April 30, 1814, or '24, in North Carolina. On June 7, 1847, he married in New Orleans, La., Dolores Hermenegilda Gonzales, daughter of Andres Gon­zales, of Alexandria, La.

William Bryan Hyman was a student in the University of North Carolina in 1839. He was admitted to the bar and moved to Alexandria, La. He was appointed chief justice of the Su­preme Court of Louisiana April 1, 1865, by Gov. J. M. Wells and held jurisdiction over that part of the state within the Union lines, while Justice Merrick, holding by appointment from Gov. Allen, presided over that portion within the Confed­erate lines. Judge Hyman left the bench in 1868 to return in 1871 for nine years more.2

Children:8

(B 200) (B 201)

1. Ann Gray Hyman. 2. Gertrude Hyman. 3. Bettie Hyman; m. as his second wife William 4. Margaret D. Hyman; d. young. 5. Thomas McCabe Hyman; m. Ann Lavilleman. 6. Robert Hyman. 7. John W. Hyman; b. 1868. 8. William (or Ira) Paul Hyman.

1. Or Ellerson. 2. Fortier, Louisiana I, 547. 3. Marshall.

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David.

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(B 102) MARY SUSAN HYMAN Mary Susan Hyman was born Jan. 16, 1821. On Oct. 13,

1846, she married4 at Williamston, Martin County, N. C., James W. Strange, son of Robert Strange,5 and Jane R. Kirkland, of Fayetteville, N. C. Children: (B 202) 1. Ann Bryan Strange.

2. Robert W. Strange; b. Nov. 28, 1850; m. Dec. 18, 1879, Mary Huske.

(B 203) 3. Elizabeth Hyman Strange. 4. Margaret K. Strange; b. March 17, 1856. 5. Frances Hyman Strange; b. Dec. 10, 1857. 6. James W. Strange; b. Dec. 3, 1859.

(B 204) 7. Samuel Hyman Strange. 8. John Kirkland Strange; b. March 2, 1866.

(B 103) ROBERT CAMPBELL MARTIN Robert Campbell Martin was born Mar. 25, 1813. He married

in Louisiana April 9, 1835, Mary Winifred Hill Pugh (BL 106) and lived in Albemarle, Assumption Parish, La. He was very much interested in family history and gathered and preserved much material valuable to the present study. When he felt his pen slipping from his fingers he requested the Rev. John Bryan Williams (B 225) to continue the record he had brought down to 1850. Robert C. Martin died July 4, 1881. Children:

1. Mary Janet Martin; b. Jan. 27, 1836, d. early. (B 205) 2. Robert Campbell Martin.

3. William Whitmell Martin; b. July 24, 1840; killed at Vicksburg, Miss., June 21, 1863. He was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1857-58. June 21, 1861, he enlisted at Camp Moore, La., and served as lieutenant of Company "K," 8th Louisiana Infantry; captain of Com­pany "C", 26th Louisiana Infantry and major in the lat­ter at the time of his death.

4. Peter Boyd Martin; b. 1842, d. 1843. (B 206) 5. James Bryan Martin. (B 207) 6. Thomas Pugh Martin.

(B 104) SUSAN BRYAN MARTIN Susan Bryan Martin (b. Oct. 29, 1815), married Nov. 28,

1833, in Bertie County, N. C., George W. Capehart. He was the son of Elizabeth Rhodes and Cullen Capehart.

4. North Carolinian, Fayetteville, N. C., Oct. 31, 1846. 5. Wheeler, II, 130; Ashe, History of N. C., II, 382. Robert Strange was a United States senator, 1836-40.

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Children: (B 208)

(B 209)

(B 210)

(B 105)

BRYAN

1. William Rhodes Capehart. 2. Susan Martin Capehart; b. Aug. 27, 1838. She lived at

Scotch Hall, Bertie County, N. C. 3. Sophie Elizabeth Martin Capehart; b. Feb. 26, 1844; m.

James Bryan Martin (B 206). Children under father. 4. Mary Martin Capehart.

JANET BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William)

_ Janet Bryan (Feb. 9, 1831-Feb. 22, 1855) was born in Raleigh, N. C., lived, married, and died there.6 Dec. 13, 1848, she married Dr. Thomas Devereux Hogg (Oct. 1, 1823-Sept. 30, 1904). Episcopalians. Children:

1. Sallie Hogg; b. 1850, d. 1918; unmd. 2. Janet Bryan Hogg; b. 1852, d. 1928; m. in 1882 Colin Mc­

Kenzie Hawkins (Dec. 1847-June 1914). (B 211) 3. Lucy Hogg.

(B 106) WILLIAM SHERWOOD BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William)

William Sherwood Bryan was born June 2, 1832. He mar­ried in 1858 his cousin7 Annie Haywood Badger. He was a

6. North Carolinian, Fayetteville, N. C., March 3, 1855. Thomas Devereux Hogg was the son of Gavin Hogg and Mary Ann

Bayard Johnson. Gavin Hogg was from Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died in Raleigh Oct. 28, 1835.

Through Mary Ann Bayard Johnson, Thomas could trace his ances-try to:

Alfred the Great, King of England, Henry the Fowler, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis VI, king of France, James I, king of Scotland, Robert Bruce, king of Scotland. (Browning, Americans of Royal Descent, Pedigree CCXII, p. 711).

7. George Edmund Badger was born April 13, 1795, in New Bern, N. C. He died May 11, 1866, in Raleigh, N. C. He was secretary of the Navy int Pres. William Henry Harrison's cabinet. He represented his state in the United States Senate and was nominated to the Supreme Court. The Senate refused confirmation because of his pro-slavery sentiments. In May, 1861, he proposed an ordinance of secession in the North Carolina con­vention. This was rejected in favor of a more violent statement. His picture may be seen in Ashe, History of N. C. George Edmund Badger married (1) in 1854 a daughter of James Turner, (2) in 1856 Mary Polk and (3) Mrs. Delia (Haywood) Williams. George Edmund and Delia (Haywood) (Williams) Badger had two children,-possibly more-Annie Haywood Badger and Thomas Badger. (N. C. Booklet, XV, 3, 137; XIX, 148: Amis, 117: Ashe, II, 276, 426, 451, 470, 500, 590, 611, 614: Wheeler, II, 121: N. C. Biog. Hist., VII, 35: Peele, Lives of Distinguished North Carolinians, 181.)

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physician and for a time owned the ancestral home, Snowfield, in Bertie County, N. C. He died Aug. 5, 1860. His widow mar­ried Col. Paul Fletcher Faison (1840-96) of the Confederate Army. By him she had seven children. Children: (B 212) 1. Delia Haywood Bryan.

2. John S. Bryan; d. early.

(B 107) LUCY HAYWOOD BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William)

Lucy Haywood Bryan was born Aug. 4, 1841, in New York City. She married Nov. 7, 1866, Basil Charles Manly. He was born8 May 9, 1839, the son of Charles Manly and Charity Hare Haywood. Basil Charles Manly was a student at the University of North Carolina. He and Duncan Haywood were active in raising the first Confederate flag displayed in Raleigh. It was hauled down amid violence almost reaching the stage of riot. He served in the Confederate army and reached the rank of major. After the war he operated the Ingleside Plantation near Raleigh. Children:

1. Malcolm Gray Manly. 2. John Gray Manly.

(B 108) ELEANOR HAWKINS BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William)

Eleanor Hawkins Bryan was born Nov. 11, 1847. In 1868 she married Thomas Badger. He was born in 1843, the son9 of George Edmund Badger. Thomas was a student in the Uni­versity of North Carolina, 1859-62. He served in the Confederate Army and attained the rank of lieutenant. He was sometime mayor of Raleigh. He died in 1911 and was buried in Raleigh, N.C. Children: (B 213)

(B 214)

1. Thomas Badger. 2. Janet Hogg Badger; b. 1872; was living in Raleigh, N. C.,

in 1928, unmd. 3. Catherine Badger; b. 1874, d. 1913; m. Benjamin M. Moore. 4. George Edmund Badger.

8. Ashe, II, 748; N. C. Biog. History, VI, 349; Louise Francis Manly, Manly Family. 9. See note 7, above.

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(B 109) ELIZABETH GRAY BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William)

Elizab!:)th Gray Bryan (b. Sept. 29, 1848) married in 1870 William Hamilton Young, of Granville County, N. C. He was an alumnus of the University of North Carolina, 1858, and a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army. Res., Henderson, N.C. Children: (B 215) (B 216)

(B 110)

1. Alice Hamilton Young; b. 1871. 2. Lucy Haywood Young. 3. William Hamilton Young; b. 1880, Washington, D. C.

JOHN HENRY BRYAN (John, Arthur, William, Needham, William)

John Henry Bryan married Lucy Ellen Wall. Children: (B 217) 1. George Washington Bryan.

(B 111) HENRY STEVENS Henry Stevens was born in 1793 in Johnston County, N. C.

He married10 in 1821 Mary Bass. Children:

1. Julius Stevens, Holly Springs, Miss.; d. 1875. He was a judge.

2. Mary Caroline Stevens. (B 218) 3. Needham Bryan Stevens.

4. William Henry Stevens.

(B 112) JOSIAH STEVENS Josiah Stevens married (1) about 1820 in Georgia Margaret

Milton ;11 ( 2) --- Christie, of Louisville, Georgia. Children: (B 219)

(B 220)

1. Elizabeth Stevens. Second marriage. 2. Josiah Stevens; residence, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ga. 3. Edmund M. Stevens. 4. William Jasper Stevens. 5. Mary E. Stevens; m. 0. P. Perry, Webster Co., Ga.

10. L. C. Henry calls her Elizabeth Bass. He also supplies the name of the fourth child. 11. Or Melton.

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(B 113) WILLIAM WASHINGTON SASSER William Washington Sasser (1829-1901) was born in

North Carolina and died in Georgia. He married Ellen Keziah Boyd (1833-1900), daughter of Milton Boyd. William Washing­ton Sasser was a large land owner of Meriwether County, Ga. He served in the Confederate army and was for a while a mail clerk. Methodist. Children :12 (B 221) 1. William Milton Sasser. (B 222) 2. Joseph Arthur Sasser.

(B 114) LEWIS SASSER Lewis Sasser married ---

Children: 1. Peter Sasser. 2. James Sasser. 3. Harry Sasser. 4. Ingram Sasser. 5. Bryan Sasser. 6. Susannah Sa'Bser. 7. Penelope Sasser.

(B 115) NATHAN WILLIAMS Major Nathan Williams was born April 17, 1806. He mar­

ried13 Nov. 24, 1829, Martha Averett. He died Oct. 14, 1867. Children: (B 223)

(B 224) (B 225)

(B 226)

1. Isaac Henry Williams; b. 1830, d. 1861; Julia Jane Smith (S 286). No issue.

2. Mary Elizabeth Williams. 3. John Bryan Williams. 4. Esther Ann B. Williams; b. 1839, d. 1854. 5. Nancy Rebecca William'S.

(B 116) MARY WILLIAMS

m. June, 1857

Mary Williams was born in 1807. She married about 1825 or '28 Robert W. Snead, of Wilmington, N. C., who died in 1847. Children: (B 227) 1. Margaret Snead. (B 228) 2. Thomas Devereaux Snead.

12. Marshall believed there were five others. 13. Martha Averett (1805-1868) was the daughter of Henry Averett and Cecilia Thorpe. The family name is variously spelled: Avera, Avery, Averett, A veryette. It is thought the family originally came from France and were Huguenots settling in Halifax Co., Most of the family moved to western North Carolina after the Revolution. (Marshall).

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(B 229) 3. George Snead. (B 230) 4. Edward Dudley Snead.

5. Charles Snead; m. Fannie Shaw, of Bellville, Ala. 6. Laura Snead; m. Patrick Massey (or Murphy). 7. Kate Snead. 8. Nathan Williams Snead; killed Sept. 17, 1862, in the Con­

federate Army, private. Student at the University of North Carolina, 1861-62.

9. Agnes Snead; b. Jan. 16, 1842, Johnston County, N. C.; m. David Boykin. Two children.

10. Walter R. Snead; b. 1846; m. Martha E. Thigpen. Dr. Snead was a lieutenant in. the Confederate Army and in 1930 was living in Marianna, Fla.

(B 117) SUSAN WILLIAMS Susan Williams was born in 1809. She married in 1828

Henry Eason, son of Colonel John Eason and Olive Avery. She died in 1885. Children:

1. Mary Eason. 2. John William Eason; in Confederate Army; killed dur­

ing the war. 3. James Eason; in Confederate Army; killed in the war. 4. William Eason; in Confederate Army; killed during the

war. 5. Martha Eason; m. -- Lee. 6. Isaac Eason; m. Addie Bryan, dau. of John H. Bryan,

of Pender Co., N. C. Co. "C", Freemans N. C. Battalion, C. S. A.

7. Charles Eason; m. -- Mouring. 8. Susan Eason; m. -- Parker. 9. Leonidas Eason; d. 1896.

(B 118) ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Elizabeth Williams was born about 1810. She married Jan.

28, 1828, John Eason, Jr. She died in 1891. Children :14

(B 231) 1. Sarah E. Eason; b. 1829; m. (1) -- Vinson (2) William Hardy Bryan (B 119). Children by second hus­band under father.

2. Julius Eason; m. -- Cox. 3. Euphemia Eason; m. Dr. John Monk. 4. John Eason; d. 1899, or 1900. 5. Emily Eason; d. 1850; m. W. Vinson. 6. Amanda Eason; d. 1845.

(B 119) WILLIAM HARDY BRYAN (Harry, Hardy, William, Needham, William)

William Hardy Bryan ( 1817-97) was born near Smithfield,

14. Henry MSS.

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N. C. He married Mrs. Sarah Eason Vinson (B 231) and lived at Newton Grove, Sampson County, N. C. He represented that county in the legislature, 1873-75. He probably served in the Con­federate Army for he enjoyed the title of captain. Children :15

(B 232) 1. James Williams Bryan. 2. Joe Bryan.

(B 120) JOSEPH H. BRYAN (Harry, Hardy, William, Needham, William)

Joseph H. Bryan was born Oct. 14, 1828. He married (1) Mary Blackman and ( 2) Children:

Second marriage. 1. N. L. Bryan. He was a dentist, but during the Florida

land boom of the 1920s he gave up his practice for real estate business. He lived sometime at Winter Park, Fla. Six others. N. L. Bryan may not have been the first.

(B 121) EMILY ANTOINETTE BRYAN (Joseph, Blake, William, Needham, William)

Emily Antoinette Bryan (1819-1891) married Sept. 4, 1836, Jesse Smith, of Houston County, Ga. He (1807-1862) was broth­er to that Ardella Smith who married Needham Smith and died without sons. Jesse Smith moved to Louisiana in 1848, settling in that portion that later became Bienville Parish. Children :16

(B 233)

(B 234)

1. Sarah Elizabeth Smith; b. 1837, d. 1861; m. 1857 Dr. William L. Phillips.

2. Mary Amanda Smith; b. 1839, d. 1865; m. James Wimberly Tooke (B 237). Children under father.

3. Robert Augustus Smith; b. 1841, d. 1923; m. at Buena Vista, Ga. Anna Dunham.

4. William Henry Smith; b. 1843, d. 1845. 6. Ellen Elvira Smith; b. 1844, d. 1886; m. Thomas Augustus

Tooke (B 238). Children under father. 6. Martha Walker Smith; b. Feb. 6, 1846, d. June 4, 1923;

m. Feb. 6, 1866, H. A. Perryman. 7. William Morgan Smith; b. Nov. 12, 1847, d. Jan. 26, 1922;

m. Sept. 20, 1871, Nannie Wood. 8. Annie Dean 'Smith; b. Jan. 19, 1860; m., Nov. 12, 1868,

John O'Leary. Res., 1930, Shreveport, La. 9. Georgia DeLaura Smith; b. Sept. 22, 1851, d. Jan. 10,

1904; m. (1) J. D. Pennington, (2) S. A. Deen.

16. Order and number uncertain. 16. Data for this line kindly contributed by Mrs. A. F. Levins, 1930. The first seven children were born in Houston Co., Ga.; the remainder at Mt. Lebanon, La.

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10. Jessie Rebecca Smith; b. Mar. 18, 1853; m. Nov. 27, 1872, George McDade. Res., 1930, Dubberly, La.

11. Joseph Bryan Smith; b. Aug. 26, 1854; m. Mar. 25, 1883, Julia Williamson. Res., 1930, Montgomery, La.

12. Risdon Wright Smith; b. Oct. 24, 1856; m. (1) Mattie Prothro, (2) Fanny Ardis. Res., 1930, Dubberly, La.

13. Emily A. Smith; b. 1858, d. 1859. 14. Nona Smith; b. Jan. 3, 1860; m. Jan. 13, 1884, Alonzo F.

Levins. Res., 1930, Mt. Lebanon, La.

(B 122) MARTHA WIMBERLY Martha Wimberly (Nov. 23, 1815-July 12, 1842) married

Nov. 23, 1830, Augustus Howard (Mar. 6, 1806-Feb. 1, 1867), of Columbus, Ga. Children :17

1. John Tyler Howard; b. Feb. 22, 1837, Columbus, Ga.; rn. 1861 Anna Wingfield Dawson. They had a daughter Florence Flournoy Howard, who married Beale H. Richard­son.

(B 123) EZEKIEL ABNER WIMBERLY Ezekiel Abner Wimberly married (1) April 10, 1845, Ann

E. Denson and (2) in 1857 in North Carolina Louisa Horne. They lived in Henderson, Houston County, Ga.18

Children: 1. William R. Wimberly. 2. George W. Wimberly. 3. B. C. Wimberly. 4. Augustus E. Wimberly. 5. Ezekiel Wimberly. 6. John W. Wimberly. 7. Margaret Wimberly.

(B 124) JOSEPH WILLIAM WIMBERLY Joseph William Wimberly was probably born in 1822. He

seems to have died in 1898. His wife was Mary Amanda Brown (Nov. 27, 1826-Nov. 7, 1898), daughter of Dempsey Brown. Joseph William Wimberly was buried in Henderson, Houston County, Ga. Methodist. Children :19

(B 235) 1. Dempsey Brown Wimberly. (B 236) 2. Joseph William Wimberly.

17. American, Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20, 1931. 18. Information from the Ezekiel Wimberly Bible, see note no. 11 in pre­ceding chapter. There was another Abner Wimberly in Houston County at this time. 19. Material contributed by Mrs. Julia Brooks Byrom Wimberly, wife of Dempsey Brown Wimberly (B 235).

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(B 126) DAVID C. WALKER David C. Walker (Aug. 17, 1839-1896) married ---

Children: 1. Thomas Walker. 2. David Walker. 3. James Walker.

(B 128) ELIZABETH WIMBERLY Elizabeth Wimberly was born Sept. 18, 1818. She married

Sept. 2, 1838, the Rev. Caleb W. Key20 in Bibb County, Ga. Children:

1. Ella Key; b. 1846; m. -- Brown, who was mayor of Augusta, Ga., in 1896.

2. Isabella Chauncey Key; b. 1848; m. William G. Mahone, of Talbotton, Ga. They had a daughter, Lila, who married -- Ellis and lived in Atlanta, Ga.

(B 129) JAMES JEFFERSON TOOKE James Jefferson Tooke (1806-May 13, 1881), died at Mt.

Lebanon, Bienville Parish, La. He married (1) Sarah Wimber­ly (B 127) ; (2) March 3, 1859, in Talbotton, Ga., Maria Jones (Jan. 3, 1830-Dec.2, 1880, Columbus, Ga.). He was a Methodist minister, serving in Talbotton and Mt. Lebanon. Children:

1. Martha Elizabeth Tooke; d. you11g. (B 237) 2. James Wimberly Tooke. (B 238) 3. Thomas Augustus Tooke.

4. Mary Josephine Tooke; b. 1843, d. 1863; m. 1860 George Edwin Walker.

5. Ezekiel Blake Tooke; b. 1844, killed June 14, 1863, Win­chester, Va. while in the Confederate Army.

(B 239) 6. John Fletcher Tooke. 7. Burt Tooke.

(B 240) 8. Frances Elizabeth Tooke. 9. Harris Jones Tooke.

(B 241) 10. Anna Pauline Tooke. 11. Robert Chapman Tooke.

(B 130) THOMAS B. TOOKE Thomas B. Tooke married Ellen Williams. He apparently

served in the Bienville Parish Reserve Corps and was paroled June 16, 1865.

20. Who's Who in America, vols. four and five. By his first wife Caleb W. Key had a son, Joseph Staunton Key, who was ordained bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. ·

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Children :21

1. Fannie Tooke.

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(B 242) 2. Georgia Tooke. 3. Henry Tooke. 4. Gus Tooke. 5. Mensieur Tooke. 6. Marcus Tooke.

(B 131) JANE TOOKE Jane Tooke married Dr. Thomas G. Gordon.

Children: 1. Charles Gordon. 2. Susie Gordon.

(B 132) JOHN ARTHUR TOOKE John Arthur Tooke married Mary Buckner, sister to Gen­

eral Simon B. Buckner. John was a member of Watson's Reserve Corps and was paroled at Shreveport, La., June 15, 1865. Children:

1. Aylette Tooke. 2. Edwin Tooke.

(B 133) SARAH HINTON BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Sarah Hinton Bryan was born22 Aug. 8, 1793, in Johnston County, N. C. She married Oct. 20, 1824, Anselm Lynch Evans. He23 was born in 1792 and died in 1866 in Lumpkin, Stewart County, Ga. Children: (B 243) (B 244) (B 245)

21.. Marshall.

1. Sarah Jane Evans. 2. Martha Ann Evans. 3. Clement Anselm Evans.

22. Ii. A. R. Lineage Book, LXXXIV, 280. 23. He was a son of George Evans and Hannah --- and brother to William Evans, Sr. (d. 1819). The will of George Evans is dated 1816 and was probated 1819, Clarke Co., Ga.

Tradition has it that the Evans family of Georgia came from Wales and that Josiah Evans received a grant of land from George II. His son, David Evans, married -- Carver and had a son Jonathan Evans. The first census of the U. S., 1790, records nearly 100 families of the name in North Carolina.

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(B 134) MARGARET SMITH BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Margaret Smith Bryan was born Jan. 16, 1795. She mar­ried June 6, 1816, George Wyche. They lived in Johnston Coun­ty, N. C. She died Oct. 22, 1841. Children:

1. James Wyche.

(B 135) CHARITY LOVERD BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Charity Loverd Bryan was born April 20, 1798, in Johnston County, North Carolina. On September 25, 1816, she married Obadiah P. Cheatham, of Georgia. She died Oct. 25, 1841. Children: (B 246) 1. Clement Arthur Cheatham.

2. George Cheatham. 3. Sidney Cheatham. 4. Elizabeth Cheatham. 5. Charles Cheatham; killed at Manassas, Va. C. S. A.

(B 136) MARY SMITH BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Mary, "Polly", Smith Bryan was born March 18, 1800, in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married January 28, 1817, John Goodwin Raines ( 1787 -1846) in Georgia. She died in 1853. Children: (B 247) 1. Thomas Raines.

2. Edith Raines; m. John McLendon. 3. Mary Raines; m. John LeSeuer. 4. Ann Raines. 5. Julia Raines; m. William McMichael, of Marion Co., Ga. 6. Martha Raines; m. John McLendon, as his second wife.

(B 137) EDITH BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Edith Bryan was born Sept. 1, 1802, in Johnston County, North Carolina. On Dec. 5, 1821, she married Martin H. Brown, of Georgia. She died Jan. 7, 1842. Children:

1. Georgia Brown; m. Robert Goss; living in 1882, in Han-cock Co., Ga.

2. Clement C. Brown; lived in Washington Co., Ga. 3. Loverd B. Brown; lived in Texas. 4. Martin J. Brown; killed in the Civil War. C. S. A. 5. David Brown; m. -- Sawyer, dau. of Zadock Sawyer.

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(B 138) LOVERD BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Loverd Bryan (Oct. 13, 1804-Aug. 15, 1887), married24 Jan. 21, 1826, Eliza Wyche (Dec. 10, 1809-Nov. 29, 1877). She was the daughter of Littleton Wyche, of Thomas County, Ga. Judge Bryan was a member of the Superior Court, a state senator in 1839-40, and one of the original settlers of Stewart County. He was interested in his family history and much of the material for these records is from his pen. Children :25

1. William Benjamin Bryan. (B 248) (B 249) (B 250) (B 251) (B 252)

2. Martha Ann Bryan.

(B 258) (B 254)

3. Susan E. Bryan. 4. Edith Grizelle Bryan. 5. Whitfield Clement Bryan. 6. Prentis S. Bryan; b. 1888; killed in the Battle of Griswald­

ville; unmd. 7. Needham L. Bryan. 8. Eliza J. Bryan.

(B 139) NEEDHAM RUPERT BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Needham Rupert Bryan was born August 26, 1806, in Georgia. On March 14, 1832, he married Martha Battle, daugh­ter of Thomas Battle, of Monroe County, Georgia. He died in 1841. Children: (B 255) 1. Thomas B. Bryan.

2. Needham Rupert Bryan; lived in Monroe, Ga. 3. Josephine Bryan ; Monroe, Ga. 4. Mary Bryan.

(B 140) ANN BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Ann Bryan was born December 18, 1808. She married June 28, 1838, William Ingram, of Randolph County, Georgia. They moved to Sabine County, Texas, about 1859, and probably settled in San Augustine. She died in 1864. Children :26

(B 256)

1. Clementine Texas Ingram; m. David S. Kargler; residence, Texas.

2. James M. Ingram.

24. History of Thomas Co., Ga. 25. Marshall. 26. Marshall.

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3. Mary Ingram. 4. Ann Ingram. 5. Latie Ingram.

(B 141) GRIZELLE KIMBROUGH BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Grizelle Kimbrough Bryan was born November 18, 1811. She married (1) John Fletcher Watts, (2), 1839, Thomas Jeff­erson Hines. Children:

1. Bryan Randolph Hines; m. Sallie Hardwick, daughter of R. A. Hardwick.

2. Thomas Jefferson Hines; m. Clotilde DeLannay, daughter of Gustavus DeLannay, of Columbus, Ga.

3. William Hines. 4. De Witt Hines. 5. Claudia C. Hines; m. Julius A. Code.

(B 142) EMELINE BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Emeline Bryan was born April 19, 1814. She married Janu­ary, 1832, Benjamin F. Watts, brother of John Fletcher Watts. She died in 1847. Children :27

1. John Whitfield Watts. 2. William Bert Watts. 3. Thomas Bryan Watts.

(B 257) 4. Richard F. Watts. 5. Emeline C. Watts.

(B 143) DAVID CLEMENT BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

David Clement Bryan was born March 14, 1816. He married Nancy Battle, sister of Martha, who married Needham Rupert Bryan (B 139). David and his wife died about 1849. Children:

27. Marshall.

1. James Sidney Bryan; b. Nov. 4, 1846, in Randolph Co., Ga.; m. -- Pope, daughter of Cadesman Pope and his wife Susan. After the death of his parents James was taken by his aunt, Mrs. Ann Bryan Ingram, to Sabine County, Tex. He was graduated by Emory College in 1870 and was ordained in the Methodist ministry, December, 1874. He had churches in Augusta, Atlanta, and Decatur, Ga. He died in Decatur, Mar. 16, 1913. During the Civil war he served in a Texas cavalry unit.

2. Josephine C. Bryan; m. R. L. Graves. 3. Edith Mary Bryan; m. Lackington C. Randle, brother of

that John M. L. Randle who married Edith Grjzelle Bryan (B 251).

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(B 144) BENJAMIN BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Benjamin Bryan was born in 1801, or '02, in North Caro­lina. In 1825 he married Nancy Exam, of Twiggs County, Ga. He lived at Westlake, Houston County, Ga., and acquired a great deal of wealth and many slaves.

Children: 1. Matthew Bryan. 2. Robert Bryan; m. Mattielene Jordan. 3. Dorsey Bryan. 4. Martha Bryan.

(B 145) WILLIAM M. BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

William M. Bryan was born in 1804. William married in 1835 or 1836 Winifred Massey. He died February 14, 1887. William must have been a successful planter for he owned some 3,000 acres and 200 slaves. He lived in or near Vienna, Dooly County, Ga.

Winifred Massey was the daughter of Daniel Massey, of Twiggs County, Ga. It has been suggested that her full name was Georgia Winifred Massey. However, the family Bible of Winifred (Massey) Bryan and her husband, currently in the home of Emma Buford (Bryan) Woodward (B 440) shows as the first entry "William Bryan was married to Winifred Massey Feb. 14, 1836." Another date for the marriage has been sug­gested-1835. Miss Winifred Bryan Woodward points out that the number 6 in 1836 is in a different ink from that used for the remainder of the entry.

Children:

(B 258) (B 259) (B 260) (B 261) (B 262) (B 263) (B 264)

1. Clement D. Bryan; m. Mrs. Martha Paul. He served in the Confederate Army and was severely wounded. They lived in Twiggs Co., Ga. Mrs. Paul had a son before she married Clement.

2. William Bryan. 3. Roba Bryan. 4. Benjamin Daniel Bryan. 5. Mary Frances Bryan. 6. Lucy Maria Bryan. 7. Penelope Bryan. 8. John Randolph Bryan. 9. Sally Hinton Bryan; twin to John Randolph Bryan.

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(B 146) ALGERNON SYDNEY BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Algernon Sidney Bryan was born February 12, 1812. In 1838 he married Sarah Oliver, of Georgia. Children: (B 265) 1. George Whitfield Bryan.

(B 147) ROBA BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Roba Bryan was born Dec. 21, 1813, in North Carolina. Feb. 22, 1829, she married Wil!fard Boynton, of Stewart Coun­ty, Ga. His name appears on a list of stockholders of the Lump­kin Independent Academy.28 He was in the state senate 1845-47 and 1865-66. Roba died in Lumpkin, Ga., in 1893. Children :29

(B 266)

(B 267)

(B 268) (B 269) (B 270)

1. Benjamin Joseph Boynton. 2. Willard B. Boynton; b. Sept. 3, 1831. 3. Mary Arathusa Boynton. 4. Hinton Bryan Boynton. 5. Floretta S. Boynton. 6. Jefferson Lamar Boynton. 7. Clarence Jerome Boynton.

(B 148) PENELOPE BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Penelope Bryan was born Nov, 25, 1826.30• She married (1) Nov. 8, 1842, Joseph J. Boynton, and (2) in 1853 Robert Rutherford Wimberly (B 125). Children:

(B 271)

(B 272)

1. Sidney Hollis Boynton. 2. Benjamin Bryan Wimberly. 3. Robert Rutherford Wimberly. 4. -- Wimberly . 5. Mary Martha Wimberly. Probably others.

28. See Knight, II, 975. 29. Marshall. 30. Jas. W. Marshall to T. M. W., Aug. 29, 1949. Mr. L. C. Henry kindly called attention to the Census Records, Ga., Twiggs County, 1850, and 1860, pp. 364, and 132 respectively. In 1850 Joseph J. Boynton and Penelope are reported as 34 and 25 years of age respectively. Ten years later Robert R. Wimberly and Penelope are listed as 36 and 33. See also, Boynton, John F., and C. H., The Boynton Family, pp. 149 and 150.

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(B 149) ELEANOR T. BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Eleanor T. Bryan was born in 1815. She married Robert J. M. Pearsall (May 27, 1822-October, 1895). He was the son of Jeremiah Pearsall and Catherine Middleton. Eleanor and her husband lived31 at Kenansville, and in Sampson County, N. C. She died in September 1896. Children: (B 273) (B 274) (B 275)

1. Jeremiah James Pearsall. 2. Emma Bryan Pearsall. 3. Lucy Dixon Pearsall; b. 1848, d. 1916; m. in 1866 James

Smith Evans (S 265). Children under father.

(B 150) SUSAN MARY BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Susan Mary Bryan (b. 1817) married Nov. 16, 1847, Frank­lin J. Faison. He was a field officer32 in the 20th North Carolina Infantry and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel before his death in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June, 1862. The widow then married Dr. James Richard Marable. He was a Baptist and brother to the Rev. Marable, of the Presbyterian Church. Children:

1. Poydrus Faison; d. unmd. (B 276) 2. Susan Eleanor Faison; m. Ransome Monroe Middleton

(350). Children under father. (B 277) 3. Mary Amelia Faison; b. 1852, d. 1884; m. John William

Shaw Miller (359). Children under father. (B 278) 4. Franklin John Faison. (B 279) 5. Eliza Faison; m. Walter Livingston Hicks.

6. William Bryan Marable. 7. Hunter Marable; d. in Yuma, Arizona. 8. Elmira Marable.

(B 151) JOHN ALEXANDER BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

John Alexander Bryan (April 22, 1821-July 22, 1903) married (1) June 12, 1845, Mary Oliver; (2) 1869 Ferrebee Katherine Oliver. The :first was the daughter of John and Nancy

31. There is great uncertainty about the names of Eleanor T. Bryan and her mother. Among the materials used in this study we find the mother given as Eleanor Torrence, Eleanor Torrance, and Eleanor Torrens. The daughter appears as Eleanor T. Bryan, Eleanor Bryan, and Ellen Bryan. 32. Sprunt, Chronicles of Cape Fear. See the letters of Edmund Jones Williams (S 613) below.

It appears that one Walter Livingston Hicks also married Eliza Bryan Faison (B 317). Perhaps he married twice or else there is error here or later.

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Pearsall Oliver. John Alexander Bryan lived four miles from Kenansville, N. C. He studied in the University of North Caro­lina, 1841, and in 1844 and '45 was a student in the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the legislature, 1879. Children :33

(B 280) (B 281) (B 282) (B 283) (B 284)

(B 285)

(B 152)

1. Walter Raleigh Bryan; b. 1846, d. 1908 near Kenansville; m. Louisa Nancy Ward.

2. Anna C. Bryan. 3. John Oliver Bryan. 4. Kedar Bryan. 5. James Albert Bryan. 6. Robert Thomas Bryan. 7. Ellen Inez Bryan b. 1857, d. 1866 near Kenansville, N. C. 8. Mary Oliver Bryan; b. Nov. 28, 1859, d. Dec. 18, 1921, at

Warsaw, N. C.; m. Oscar Pearsall Middleton. 9. Sarah Frances Catherine Bryan.

THOMAS KENAN BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Thomas Kenan Bryan married Dec. 8, 1867, Mrs. Susan Arabella (Faison) Shaw. She was born Jan. 28, 1828, the daugh­ter of William and Susan (Moseley) Faison. She died May 17, 1902. Her first husband was Col. Elias Shaw. Thomas Kenan Bryan was a Baptist; his wife a Presbyterian. Children :34

1. Arabella Bryan; b. Oct. 19, 1869; m. Tolbert S. Stamps and moved to Mt. Pleasant, Tex.

(B 286) 2. Harriet Elizabeth Bryan.

(B 153) KEDAR BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Kedar Bryan was born in 1824, and lived in Faison, N. C. In 1862 he married Ruth Nancy Spicer, who was born in 1846 the daughter of John Foy and Nancy A. (Saunders) Spicer. Kedar was a lieutenant and surgeon in the Confederate States Army. He died in 1895. Children :35

1. Jerry Bryan; b. 1864, d. in infancy. 2. Eleanor Spicer Bryan; b. June 12, 1865, d. 1866.

33. Marshall. 34. Both children were born in Sampson Co., N. C. (Marshall). 35. Marshall. The U. S. census reports for Duplin Co., N. C., 1880, gave: Kedar, 56; Ruth N., 33; Ruth C., 13; Florence K., 11; Egbert K., 9, John S., 5; William, 1.

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(B 287)

(B 288)

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3. Ruth Eleanor Bryan; b. Dec. 19, 1866. 4. Florence Isabella Bryan. 5. Egbert Kedar Bryan; b. Aug. 23, 1870; m. Mary Isabel

O'Connor. He was a lawyer and judge in Wilmington, N. c.sa

6. John Spicer Bryan; b. Feb. 26, 1875. 7. William Thomas Bryan.

(B 154) MARGARET SLOAN Margaret Sloan was born March 31, 1799. She married

Osborn Carr, who was the son of James and Susan (Powell) Carr. Osborn was born in 1793 and in 1860 was living in Duplin County, N. C. Margaret died about 1828. Children: (B 289) 1. Gibson Sloan Carr.

2. William Carr. 3. Robert Bryan Carr. 4. James P. Carr.

(B 156) GIBSON SLOAN Gibson Sloan married his first cousin, Anne Eliza Sloan

(B 166). He was buried at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Lowndes

County, Ala. Children: ( B 290) 1. Needham Bryan Sloan.

2. Robert Bruce Sloan. 3. George Sloan; m. Ella Robertson. 4. Catherine Dickson Sloan; m. John F. Newton. 5. Margaret Ellen Sloan; m. Jacob Powell. 6. David Gibson Sloan.

(B 157) BRYAN WHITFIELD SLOAN Bryan Whitfield Sloan was born in Crenshaw County, Ala.

He married (1) Jane Keith Torbet and (2) Ann Jane Colvin. Bryan attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his M. D. degree.

Jane Keith Tor bet of Williamsport, Pa., married Bryan Whitfield Sloan Sept. 7, 1835. She died Nov. 12, 1835.

Ann Jane Colvin was born June 24, 1815, the daughter of Maj. John Colvin. After the death of Bryan Whitfield Sloan, his widow became the second wife of the Rev. John A varette Fon­ville.

36. Who's Who in The South, 1927, p. 117.

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Children :37

1. John DeRossette Sloan; b. 1843, d. unmd. 2. Rachel Sloan; d. in infancy. 3. Jane Torbet Sloan; m. Andrew Pickett and had a daughter,

May Belle.

(B 159) SUSAN SLOAN Susan Sloan married Alonzo Williams, of Darlington, South

Carolina. Children:

1. David Gibson Williams. 2. George Whitfield Williams. 3. Virginius Williams. 4. Adelaide Williams. 5. Adella Williams; twin to Adelaide.

(B 160) RACHEL SLOAN Rachel Sloan (Aug. 4, 1809-May 18, 1865) was born in

Duplin County, N. C. She married38 April 15, 1833, the Rev. John Avarette Fonville. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1834 and served churches in North and South Carolina. In Alabama we find him39 after 1856 serving the following church­es: Hickory Grove, Greenville, Pine Level, Midway, Orion, Mount Lebanon and others in Lowndes and Butler Counties.

FONVILLE

Fonville is the current name40 of a French family early coming to America. Originally it was spelled De Fontvieille, but with the passage of years it has been reduced to Fonville or Fonvielle. The earliest progenitor of which we have record was Antoine De Fontvieille,41 who in the Province of Lorraine or Gascony saved the life of the French King and was rewarded with the rank of knight. The De Fontvieille family, or at least the

37. G. & H. 38. MSS., Marriage Bonds, Duplin County, N. C. 39. Owen, Hist. of Ala., III, 591. 40. The name is mentioned numerous times in Colonial Records: Saunders, V, 231, 505, 521, 688, 843, 867, 889, 1043; VI, 95-100: also in A. C. A. G., first volume.

Miss Alma G. Burgamy, of Birmingham, Ala., kindly contributed much of the material for the Sloan and Fonville sketches. 41. Courcelles, Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de, Histoire des Pairs de France, IX, p. 16, gives a description of the arms of the "noble Jean de Fontvieille" son of the "noble Antoine de Fontvieille, 3d of the name."

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branch of which we have record, became Huguenots and found it desirable to flee France. Peter and John De Fontvieille came to Virginia and then, 1707, to North Carolina and located near the confluence of the Neuse and Trent Rivers,-in the vicinity of the present New Bern. Peter with his family perished in the Tuscarora massacre of 1711, but John escaped, married about 1714, raised a family, and accumulated property. He died about 1741 in Craven County, N. C.42

John Fonvielle, to use the form current in the mid-part of the 18th century, was born in 1715. He married Elizabeth Brice and had a son, Frederick. From 1754 to '61 John was a member of the colonial assembly and for a time was a warden of Christ Church, New Bern, N. C.

Frederick Fonvielle, born about 17 40, had a son, Fred­erick Fonvielle. This Frederick had a son, John Avarette Fon­ville, b. July 21, 1809, in Orange County, N. C. He died April 7, 1870, in Lowndes County, Ala. He married (1) Rachel Sloan and (2) Ann Jane (Colvin) Sloan, relict of Bryan Whitfield Sloan (B 157). Children:

(B 291)

(B 292) (B 293) (B 294) (B 295)

1. Mary Sloan Fonville; d. in infancy. 2. Margaret Edna Fonville; d. unmd. 3. Susan Frances Fonville. 4. Frederick Gibson Fonville; b. 1841; colonel in the Con­

federate States Army, killed July 30, 1864, in the Battle of the Crater before Petersburg, Va.

5. John Culpeper Fonville. 6. Sarah Medora Fonville. 7. James Bryan Fonville. 8. William Drakeford Fonville. 9. Atalanta Theodosia Fonville; d. umnd.

(B 161) HUGH SLOAN Hugh Sloan was born December 19, 1819, or 1820, and died

Feb. 6, 1896. He married March 10, 1842, Eliza Rutledge Colvin (May 29, 1825-Dec. 19, 1874), daughter of Maj. John Colvin and his third wife, Catherine Rutledge. Hugh Sloan served in the Confederate Army. Children :48

(B 296) (B 297) (B 298)

1. Alexander Colvin Sloan. 2. David Bryan Sloan. 3. Laura Scott Sloan. 4. Flora Ann Sloan; b. 1849.

42. His will of April 14, 1741, is recorded in New Bern, N. C. 43. G. & H.: Alma Gibson Burgamy (B 481) to E. M. W.

(B 299) (B 300) (B 301)

(B 302) (B 303)

(B 162)

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5. Mary Whitfield Sloan. 6. Eliza Katherine Sloan. 7. Hugh Sloan. 8. Robert Cottrell Sloan; d. in infancy. 9. Rachel Bryan Sloan.

10. Robert Carr Sloan. 11. John Fonville Sloan.

HEPHZIBAH SLOAN Hephzibah Sloan was born in 1823. She married John

Broadhurst, who died in January, 1845. She died in March, 1889. Children: (B 304) 1. William Gibson Broadhurst. (B 305) 2. David Jones Broadhurst.

(B 163) JOSIAH EVANS BRYAN (Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Josiah Evans Bryan was born Feb. 26, 1824. He married Jan. 22, 1846, Sarah P. Hodges, of Fayetteville, N. C. He was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1841-42. He was a member of the 27th Mississippi Volunteers, C. S. A., and died in the Confederate service, 1863. Children: (B 306) 1. Josephine Bryan.

2. John Needham Bryan; d. 1850, an infant. 3. George Hodges Bryan; d. 1854, an infant.

(B 164) ROBERT KEDAR BRYAN (Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Robert Kedar Bryan was born Jan. 22, 1827, in Sampson County, N. C. He died June 9, 1898, in Pender County, N. C. He was buried at Scott's Hill, N. C. On Feb. 10, 1852, he married Susan H. Loftin, of Wilmington. He was first named Robert Bryan, but following the death of his brother Kedar, that name was added. He was a student at the University of North Caro­lina, 1843-45. For a while he was editor of the Wilmington Messenger. He was for a time a planter and lived for a while near Fayetteville, N. C. In 1858 he went to the House of Com­mons for New Hanover County. Because of a delicate constitu­tion he was not in the Confederate Army. During the last years he became an Episcopalian and lived in Wilmington, N. C.

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Children :44

(B 307) (B 308)

BRYAN

1. Robert Kedar Bryan. 2. Susan Bryan. 3. Mary Bryan; b. Dec. 20, 1858. She lived at Scott's Hill,

Pender Co., N. C. 4. Lewis Loftin Bryan; b. 1861, d. 1867. 5. Nicholas Nixon Bryan; b. July 26, 1864, Cumberland Co.,

N. C., d. 1915, Sanford, N. C. He married in 1902 Anna

6. Sarah Bryan; b. Aug. 11, 1866, d. in Raleigh, N. C.

(B 165) DAVID DICKSON SLOAN David Dickson Sloan (Oct. 19, 1821-Nov. 20, 1876) was

born in Sampson County, N. C. On Dec. 6, 1849, he married in Bladen County, N. C., Harriet Cromartie (March 27, 1822-Oct. 29, 1896), daughter of John Cromartie and Ann Harrington. David D. Sloan seems to have been a doctor and to have lived in Sampson County. He died in Garland, N. C. Children :45

1. Thomas Sloan; b. Aug. 16, 1850; m. (1) Eliza Jane Boykin at Garland; (2) Margaret Bannerman Johnson.

(B 309) 2. Henry Sloan. (B 310) 3. Katherine Bryan Sloan.

4. William Sloan; b. 1858 ca.; m. May 1888 Carrie Moore. She (b. 1861) was the daughter of Charles Peyton Moore and Mary Robinson. Seven children.

5. Annie Laura Sloan; b. 1862 ca. 6. Hattie Atwood Sloan; b. 1864 ca.; m. William B. Robbins.

(B 167) GEORGE SLOAN Captain George Sloan was born in 1826. He married Han­

nah Mitchell, of Wilmington, North Carolina. He died Dec. 29, 1888. Children:

1. George Sloan; m. Annie Mclver, of Wilmington, N. C. 2. Robert Charles Sloan; m. Fannie Green, of Wilmington,

N. C. 3. Louise Sloan. 4. Sadie Sloan. 5. David Dickson Sloan. 6. Kate Bryan Sloan.

(B 168) ELLEN SLOAN Ellen Sloan was born Dec. 4, 1828, or '23, in Sampson

County, N. C. She died at Scotland Neck, N. C., February 21, 1901. In Kenansville, July 24, 1850, she married Oscar Lafayette

44. Marshall. 45. Marshall.

SIXTH GENERATION 55

Hawkins.46 He was born in 1825 to Jesse Hawkins and Elizabeth Daniels. He was from Pennsylvania. Children:

1. Romulus Cary Hawkins; b. 1851, d. 1880 unmd. (B 311) 2. Ellen Hawkins; b. Feb. 11, 1854, at White Hall, Wayne Co.,

N. C. She married in Scotland Neck, Oct. 18, 1881, George Washington Bryan ( B 21 7) . Children under father.

3. Robert Dickson Hawkins; b. 1857, d. 1858.

(B 169) MARGARET ANN FENNELL Margaret Ann Fennell (April 10, 1817-May 26, 1846) mar­

ried July 25, 1833, William King deVane. She lived at Harrelrs Store, N. C.47

Children: 1. George Thomas de Vane; b. 1834, d. in childhood.

(B 312) 2. James Stuart deVane. (B 313) 3. Mary Bryan deVane.

4. Alice Almire deVane; b. 1844, d. 1915 at Leesburg, Fla.

(B 170) CATHERINE FENNELL Catherine Fennell (b. Dec. 26, 1821) married, Dec. 4, 1838,

Calvin J. Dickson. They lived, 1930, at White Hall, Wayne County, N. C. Children :48

(B 314) (B 315)

(B 316)

(B 171)

1. Lucy Dickson. 2. James Dickson. 3. Susan Dickson; b. 1845, d. 1905. 4. Joseph Dickson; b. 1847, d. 1863, umnd. 5. Robert Dickson; b. 1848, d. 1923, unmd. 6. Catherine Dickson; b. 1849, d. 1895, unmd. 7. John Bryan Dickson; b. 1851, d. 1923, unmd. 8. Albert Pickett Dickson.

HELEN JANE FENNELL Helen Jane Fennel was born Sept. 29, 1838, on Black River,

New Hanover County, N. C. About 1857 she married Solomon James Faison. He was born Dec. 27, 1821, the son of Solomon and Asia (Chestnut) Faison, and was a graduate of the Univer­sity of North Carolina, 1846. He represented Sampson County in the constitutional convention of 1875. Helen and her husband

46. Wilmington Journal, Aug. 2, 1850; marriage performed by the Rev. George W. Wallace. 47. Marshall. 48. Marshall.

56 BRYAN

lived near Harrell's Store, N. C., on that portion of her father's estate that came to her. Her children were all born at this home. Solomon James Faison died in 1880; Helen died Aug. 24, 1895. Children :49

1. Percival Faison; b. 1859, d. 1861. 2. John Molton Faison; b. Dec. 11, 1861; lived near Turkey,

N. C. (B 317) 3. Eliza Bryan Faison; b. 1864; m. Walter Livingston Hicks.

4. Helen Asia Faison; b. 1866; m. Hardy Hicks. 5. Solomon James Faison; b. 1871. 6. George Fennell Faison; b. 1874, d. 1900, Warsaw, N. C. 7. Pauline Faison; b. 1876, d. 1876.

49. Henry. See note under (B 150).

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WILLIAM BRYAN: SEVENTH GENERATION

(B 200} ANN GRAY HYMAN Ann Gray Hyman was born in 1857. She married in or about

1871 William, or Andrew, David. Children:

1. Dolores David. 2. William David. 3. Thomas David. 4. Gertrude David. 5. Robert David. 6. Julia David. 7. Ann Hyman David.

(B 201) GERTRUDE HYMAN Gertrude Hyman was born 1858. She married William

Mithoff, Jr. Children:

1. Dolores Mithofl'. 2. Hyman Mithoff.

(B 202) ANN BRYAN STRANGE Anne Bryan Strange was born Nov. 18, 1848. She married

Nov. 20, 1873, John Wright Mallett, of Fayetteville, N. C. Children: (B 400) 1. Mary Hyman Mallett; b. Sept. 1, 1874; m. James Hipkins

McNeill (S 684). Children under father. 2. Charles Mercer Mallett; b. April 11, 1876, d. Aug. 31, 1926. 3. James Strange Mallett; b. 1879, d. in infancy. 4. Nannie Strange Mallett; b. Dec. 15, 1884.

(B 203) ELIZABETH HYMAN STRANGE Elizabeth Hyman Strange was born Aug. 12, 1853. On

Nov. 18, 1874, she married James Dobbins McNeill. They lived at Fayetteville, N. C. Children :1

1. Margaret Gilbert McNeill. 2. Elizabeth Strange McNeill. 3. James Strange McN eill. 4. George McN eill. 5. Robert Strange McN eill. 6. Mary Hyman McNeill. 7. Minerva Ruffin McNeill.

1. The Reads and Their Relatives, 103, 104. It is possible that the fifth and sixth children are in reverse order.

57

58 BRYAN

(B 204) SAMUEL HYMAN STRANGE Samuel Hyman Strange was born Oct. 1, 1861. He married

June 24, 1896, Laura M. Banks. Children:

1. Samuel Hyman Strange; b. Feb. 9, 1900, d. March 4, 1926.

(B 205) ROBERT CAMPBELL MARTIN Robert Campbell Martin was born June 5, 1839. On April

24, 1861, he married in Louisiana Margaret Chisholm Little­john. It is probable that Robert later moved to Jefferson, Tex. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and was in 1859 a planter in Assumption Parish, La. In the Civil War he served as a lieutenant in the 26th Louisiana Volunteers.

Margaret Chisholm Littlejohn was the daughter of the Rev. William T., and Elizabeth Ann (Chisholm) Littlejohn. Margaret died in 1879. Children :2

(B 401)

(B 402)

(B 206)

1. Robert Campbell Martin. 2. William Littlejohn Martin; b. 1865; m. (1) Mattie Tyman,

of Troy, Mo.; and (2) Ethel DeLorch. 3. Whitmell Pugh Martin. 4. Margaret Chisholm Martin; b. 1879, d. 1880.

JAMES BRYAN MARTIN James Bryan Martin was born, probably in Louisiana,

August 25, 1844. He lived in Windsor, N. C. In 1868 he married in Bertie County, North Carolina, Sophie Elizabeth Martin Capehart (B 209). He was a second lieutenant in the 26th Louisiana Volunteers. Children:

1. James Bryan Martin; b. 1870. 2. Mary Jeannette Martin; b. Jan. 16, 1873. 3. Sophie Capehart Martin; b. July 12, 1874, Windsor, N. C. 4. Thomas Pugh Martin.

(B 207) THOMAS PUGH MARTIN Thomas Pugh Martin was born April 16, 1846. He married

(1) in Texas, October 12, 1866, Cornelia M. Taylor, daughter of John B. E. Taylor and Cornelia Hubbard, of S. C. He was a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. In 1896 Thomas Pugh Martin married (2) --- in Fort Worth, Tex.

2. Marshall.

SEVENTH GENERATION 59

Children: 1. Robert W. Martin; b. May 13, 1867. 2. Mary Cornelia Martin; b. May 6, 1869; m. Dec. 10, 1888,

John Ulysses McAlister. 3. Thomas Pugh Martin; b. Jan. 16, 1872. 4. Cornelia Taylor Martin; b. Jan. 29, 1874. 5. Alberta Smith Martin; b. Mar. 15, 1878. 6. Virginia Bryan Martin; b. Jan. 26, 1880. 7. Robert Campbell Martin; b. Dec. 19, 1881.

(B 208) WILLIAM: RHODES CAPEHART Dr. William Rhodes Capehart married Clara Cotton Bond,

of Edenton, N. C. They lived at Avoca, N. C., on the Albemarle Sound. During the Civil War William Rhodes Capehart was a surgeon serving with the Confederate artillery.3

Children: 1. William Rhodes Capehart; b. Sept. 17, 1880; student, Uni­

versity of N. C., 1899-1901. Residence, Avoca, N. C. 2. Clara Cotton Bond Capehart.

(B 210) MARY MARTIN CAPEHART Mary Martin Capehart was born Oct. 9, 1847. In 1865 she

married Cadmus Capehart, a cousin born in 1845. Children: (B 403) 1. Susan Martin Capehart.

2. Mary Grant Capehart; m. Shepherd Winthrop Wells. 3. George Washington Capehart; m. Elizabeth Hill Jacocks. 4. Cadmus Capehart, m. Martha Moore Capehart. 5. Margaret Rhodes Capehart; m. Bert Gray Willis. 6. Catherine Armstead Capehart; m. Holly Mackey Bell. 7. Sophia Elizabeth Capehart; m. Gerald Bruce Newby.

(B 211) LUCY HOGG Lucy Hogg (b. Feb. 22, 1855-April 24, 1905) is buried in

Raleigh, N. C. She married4 Oct. 6, 1875, Isaac Foote Dortch, son of William T. Dortch and Elizabeth Pittman, of Goldsboro, N.C. Children:

(B 404) (B 405) (B 406)

1. Sally Hogg Dortch; b. 1876. 2. Gavin Hogg Dortch. 3. Janet Hogg Dortch. 4. William Pittman Dortch.

3. Clark, N. C. Regts., IV, 221. 4. J. W. Marshall claims a printed copy of the Dortch ancestral lines for generations.

See Daniels, History of Wayne County, N. C.

60 BRYAN

5. Ellen Sasser Dortch; b. Feb. 8, 1886, in Goldsboro, N. C. She married in 1914, Clarence Albert Short. They lived in 1929 in Raleigh, N. C.

6. Thomas Hogg Dortch; b. Nov. 25, 1889, Goldsboro, N. C. 7. Lucy Haywood (or Bayard) Dortch; b. Dec. 5, 1892, Golds­

boro, N. C. 8. Elizabeth Hogg Dortch; b. Jan. 29, 1895, Goldsboro, N. C.

(B 212) DELIA HAYWOOD BRYAN (William, John, William, William, Needham,

William) Delia Haywood Bryan was born May 9, 1859. She married

in 1884 John Avirett Duncan, of Beaufort, N. C. She died June 3, 1888, and was buried at Raleigh, N. C. Children:

1. Annie Badger Duncan; m. the Rev. Henry Claiborne Gregory. They were living in 1928 in Amherst, Va.

2. Delia Bryan Duncan; b. June, 1888; m. Paul F. Smith. They had a daughter, Annie Badger Smith.

(B 213) THOMAS BADGER Thomas Badger was born in April 1870. He married Janet

Stronach, daughter of Alexander B. Stronach and Mary ---, They lived in Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Thomas Badger; b. June 12, 1910. 2. Alexander Badger; b. Apr. 16, 1916. 3. Eleanor B. Badger; b. May 8, 1918.

(B 214) GEORGE EDMUND BADGER George Edmund Badger was born Dec. 10, 1879. He mar­

ried Blanche Heartt, daughter of Charles and Isabel (Bragg) Heartt. Res., La Grange, N. C. Children:

1. Isabel Badger; b. Jan. 17, 1918.

(B 215) ALICE HAMILTON YOUNG Alice Hamilton Young was born in 1871. She married John

D. Rose of Henderson, N. C. Children:

1. Elizabeth Rose; m. Stephen Brewer.

SEVENTH GENERATION 61

(B 216) LUCY HAYWOOD YOUNG Lucy Haywood Young married Walter H. Powell and lived

in Louisville, Kty. Children:

1. Walter H. Powell.

(B 217) GEORGE WASHING TON BRYAN (John, John, Arthur, William, Needham, William)

George Washington Bryan was born July 13, 1851, near Clayton, Johnston County, N. C. He married in Scotland Neck, N. C., on Oct. 18, 1881, Ellen Hawkins (B 311). They lived at Scotland Neck, where he died May 21, 1925. Children:5

1. Romulus Hawkins Bryan; b. Dec. 19, 1882, d. July 24, 1907. (B 407) 2. George Sloan Bryan.

3. John Ashley Bryan; b. June 26, 1886. 4. Paul Quincy Bryan; b. Dec. 19, 1887; m. Permelia Cull, of

Moultrie, Ga. 5. Noah Biggs Bryan; b. Nov. 11, 1889, d. Dec. 31, 1913. 6. Mabel Bryan; b. Jan. 22, 1892, d. June 8, 1894. 7. Herman Wall Bryan; b. Aug. 15, 1895.

(B 408) 8. Ennis Bryan.

(B 218) NEEDHAM BRYAN STEVENS Needham Bryan Stevens was born in 1823. He married (1)

on March 1, 1848, Mary Everitt Smith and (2) Mary J. Kennedy. He died in 1898.

Mary Everitt Smith, of Wayne County, N. C., was the daughter of William and Nancy (Everitt) Smith. Children:

(B 409) 1. Edgar Stevens; m. -- Bizzelle. 2. William Smith Stevens. 3. Samuel Stevens; m. -- Sanders, a cousin of Mary

Boddie Sanders. 4. Elizabeth Stevens; m. -- Tolar. 5. John Stevens; m. his cousi:n Julia Durham. 6. Everitt Stevens; m. Mamie Durham, half-sister of Julia

Durham. 7. Blackman Lee Stevens; m. (1) -- Grantham, (2) --.

Second marriage. 8. Sallie Kennedy Stevens. 9. Amy Stevens.

5. Henry. Mrs. George Washington Bryan kindly contributed material for this record. The children were born at Scotland Neck, N. C.

62 BRYAN

(B 219) ELIZABETH STEVENS Elizabeth - or possibly Eliza - Stevens married Wil­

liam Strong Lowry, professor of Greek and Latin in Erskine College, Due West, S. C. Sometime they lived in Jefferson Coun­ty, Ga. Children:

1. Josiah Stevens Lowry; a Presbyterian minister living in 1929 in Alabama.

2. William Joseph Lowry; b. June 7, 1838, in Greensboro, Ga.; m. (1) -- Bell, Aug. 13, 1861, in Starkville, Miss., and (2) Mary C. Dixon Jan. 23, 1874. He was a graduate of Erskine College, Due West, S. C., 1858, and in later life a trustee of Oglethorpe University. He was a Pres­byterian minister.

(B 220) WILLIAM JASPER STEVENS William Jasper Stevens was born in 1822. About 1845 he

married probably in Jefferson County, Ga., Susan A. Pierce. About 1855 he moved to the present Terrell County, Ga., where he died in 1864. He was for a time a merchant in Dover, Ga.

Susan A. Pierce was born July 13, 1828, in Jefferson Coun­ty. She died Nov. 18, 1892, and was buried at Dawson, Ga. She was a Methodist. Children: (B 410) (B 411)

(B 412)

1. Obadiah Benjamin Stevens. 2. Catherine Stevens. 3. Georgia V. Stevens; b. Nov. 1, 1854, d. Oct. 31, 1911; m.

James W. Roberts. She lived at Dawson, Ga., and was buried there.

4. Willie Stevens; m. George Cannon; res., Dawson, Ga. 5. Ella Stevens. 6. Mary Elizabeth Stevens.

(B 221) WILLIAM MILTON SASSER William Milton Sasser was born July 24, 1859. He married

Dec. 25, 1889, Fannie Lou Perkins (b. May 1869, Coweta Coun­ty, Ga.). She was the daughter of Robert B. Perkins and Martha Elder. William M. Sasser in 1929 was living in Cedartown, Ga., and was connected with the Liberty National Bank. He was born in Meriwether County, Ga.6

Children: 1. Mattie Evelyn Sasser.

(B 413) 2. Willie Mildred Sa·sser.

6. Clark, Hist. of Georgia Biog., IV, 68.

JOHN BRYAN WILLIAMS 1837-1907

SEVENTH GENERATION 63

(B 222) JOSEPH ARTHUR SASSER Joseph Arthur Sasser married Feb. 24, 1891, Carrie B.

Ballard, of Senoia, Ga. He was born July 21, 1861, in Meriwether County, Ga. Res., Atlanta, Ga.7

Children: 1. Joseph Arthur Sasser; b. 1906.

(B 224) MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Mary Elizabeth Williams was born April 24, 1833. She

married (1) about 1855 Sydney A. Smith and (2) Robert Smith. The first was possibly Sydney A. Smith (S 216), the son of Samuel Smith (S 60). Mary died Dec. 16, 1889. Children:

Those by the first husband under their father. Second marriage. 4. Mattie Smith; b. 1874.

(B 225) JOHN BRYAN WILLIAMS John Bryan Williams was born July 23, 1837, and died

March 3, 1907, in Washington, D. C. On Jan. 25, 1865, he married in Warrenton, N. C., Ann Little Skinner. Ann was daughter to Dr. Charles Skinner and Susan E. Little, of War­renton, N. C.; grandniece of Governor Hawkins; great-grand­daughter of Christopher Gale, first chief justice of North Carolina province, and of William B. Little who held the same office in 1732. John Bryan Williams became a Methodist minister, but later was ordained in the Episcopal Church. He served churches at Warrenton, N. C. and Bladensburg, Md.

To the Rev. John Bryan Williams is due much credit for the preservation of family records so largely used in this study. For more than twenty-seven years he labored, collecting hither and yon, copying in long hand and distributing manuscripts among the interested members of the family. In 1911 one of these manuscripts fell into the hands of the Rev. James Williams Marshall (S 849). Another was given Emma Morehead Whit­field ( 469), who made large use if it in the present work. 8

Children: 1. Jessie Bryan Williams; b. Sept. 27, 1868, d. March 22, 1910,

at Orangeburg, S. C.; m. John Elliott Bull, of South Carolina.

7. Ibid., IV., 82. 8. See Montgomery, Sketches of Old Warrenton, 239, for a further ac­count of him, his wife, and her family. Also, A. H. N. C., I, 192, 193, 236.

64 BRYAN

(B 226) NANCY REBECCA WILLIAMS Nancy Rebecca Williams was born Feb. 16, 1842. She mar­

ried (1) in 1867 Henry F. Grainger, a native of Greene County, N. C. He was associated with John W. Bryan in the practice of law in Goldsboro, N. C. He died9 in 1884. Nancy married (2) --- Roby, a Methodist minister. Children:

1. Charles Williams Grainger; b. 1868, Kinston, N. C., d. July, 1920; m. Lizzie Pittman Dortch, daughter of Harrod Dortch and Ellen Sasser.

(B 227) MARGARET SNEAD Margaret Snead was born in 1829. She married Uzziah Cox,

of South Carolina. Children:

1. Claudia Cox; m. -- Kilpatrick of Montgomery, Ala.

(B 228) THOMAS DEVEREAUX SNEAD Thomas Devereaux Snead was born Jan. 22, 1832. He mar­

ried Bettie Sanders. Children:

1. Annie Snead; m. John Sanders. They had a daughter Pauline who married one Edward T. Howard, a professor.

(B 229) GEORGE SNEAD George Snead married Mary Sanders.

Children: 1. Willie Snead; m. --. They had a daughter Lula who

married one Pryor L. Dark.

(B 230) EDWARD DUDLEY SNEAD Dr. Edward Dudley Snead was born in 1837. He married

Anna Claiborne, of Farmville, Va. Children:

' 1. Mary Snead. 2. Laura Snead; m. -- Sanders.

(B 232) JAMES WILLIAMS BRYAN (William, Harry, Hardy, William, Needham,

William) James Williams Bryan was born July 22, 1863. On Dec. 20,

1893, he married Irene Carroll, of Saml)son County, N. C. James

10. Hist. of Wayne County, 40.

SEVENTH GENERATION 65

Williams Bryan lived on the old homestead, Newtown Grove, in Sampson County. Among his most prized possessions was a silver-handled sword carried by Capt. Henry Bryan (B 57) during the war of 1812. He was the proprietor of Maple View Farm.

Irene Carroll was born Oct. 6, 1871, the daughter of Francis Marion and Eloise (Taylor) Carroll. She was reputed to have been a descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Children :10

1. Pauline Elizabeth Bryan; b. Oct. 12, 1894; m. May 23, 1923, Price 0. Bi?:zell. Res., 1949, Fayetteville, N. C.

2. William Carroll Bryan; b. Dec. 6, 1895; m. Sept. 26, 1926, Lanie Horton. He is a veteran of World War I. Baptist. Res., 1949, Goldsboro, N. C.

3. James E. Bryan; b. May 5, 1897; m. Nov. 5, 1927, Elizabeth Hix Allen. Res., 1949, Raleigh, N. C.

4. Raymond Arthur Bryan; b. Dec. 8, 1899; m. Jan. 26, 1929, Ruby Morris. He was a student in the North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C. Res., 1949, Goldsboro, N. C.

5. Robert Emmet Bryan; b. May 17, 1904; m. Oct. 19, 1929, Marjorie Lewis, Kinston, N. C. Res., 1949, Goldsboro, N. C.

6. Margaret Eloise Bryan; b. Aug. 15, 1908; m. Dr. H. E. Weeks. Res. 1949, Tarboro, N. C.

7. Norwood Eason Bryan; b. April 27, 1910; m. Pearle Ross. Res. 1949, Fayetteville, N. C.

8. Byron Bryan; b. April 13, 1915; m. Jean Graves. Res., 1949, Mt. Olive, N. C.

9. -- Bryan; twin sister to Byron; d. 1919.

(B 235) DEMPSEY BROWN WIMBERLY Dempsey Brown Wimberly (Oct. 20, 1846-Sept. 24, 1905)

married Oct. 27, 1875, Julia Byrom. She was born in 1858 in Byromville, Ga., the daughter of William Hardwick Byrom and Susan Maria Gunn. Dempsey Brown Wimberly was a farmer, living at Henderson, Ga., until he moved to Macon. There he was buried. Methodists. Children: (B 414) 1. Mary Amanda Wimberly.

2. Brown B. Wimberly; b. 1879, Henderson, Ga.

(B 236) JOSEPH WILLIAM WIMBERLY Joseph William Wimberly married (1) Laidlaw Pate, (2)

Mrs. Mittie Taylor. He was in 1929 a farmer living at Henderson, Houston County, Ga. No issue by second marriage. Children: (B 415) 1. Perry Wimberly.

2. Joseph Pate Wimberly.

10. Raymond Arthur Bryan to T. M. W. June 30, 1949.

66 BRYAN

(B 237) JAMES WIMBERLY TOOKE James Wimberly Tooke (1836-1903) married (1) Mary

Amanda Smith (B 233) (2) Mrs. Nannie McDaniel Theus; (3) Sallie Bell. He left Georgia early in life and settled in Mount Lebanon, Bienville Parish, La.11 In the Confederate Army he served in the 9th Louisiana Volunteers and Company B, 12th Louisiana Infantry. He was for a while at Vicksburg, Miss., and participated in the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. He received his parole at Shreveport, La., June 15, 1865. He was for sixteen years clerk of the Court of Bienville Parish.12

Children: 1. George Walker Tooke; d. unmd. Second marriage. 2. William Burt Tooke; d. unmd. Third marriage.

(B 416) 3. James W. Tooke. 4. Gussie Tooke; m. Dr. A. S. Hill. Res., 1929, Lake Provi­

dence, La. 5. Charles E [mory?] Tooke.

(B 417) 6. Thomas B. Tooke. 7. Mary Tooke; m. W. Y. Rockwell. 8. Jessie Tooke. 9. C. Ardis Tooke.

(B 238) THOMAS AUGUSTUS TOOKE Thomas Augustus Tooke (1838-1896) married (1) Ellen

Elvira Smith (B 234), (2) ---. July 7, 1861 he enlisted in Company C, 9th Louisiana Infantry at Camp Moore, La., with the rank of private. He was wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, but continued to serve until paroled at Shreveport, La., June 22, 1865. Res., Mt. Lebanon, Bienville Parish, La. Children:

1. Sallie Tooke. 2. Emmie Tooke; d. unmd. 3. Augustus Tooke. Second marriage. 4. Mary Tooke; unmd; res., 1929, Homer, La. 5. Jimmie C. Tooke; res., 1929, Homer, La.

(B 239) JOHN FLETCHER TOOKE John Fletcher Tooke (1845-1906) married Nov. 9, 1865, in

Bienville Parish, La., Virginia Catherine Graham. She was born in Alabama Aug. 31, 1844, to Dempsy Aldridge and Mary (Boyd)

11. Fortier, Louisiana, III, 579: Mrs. SalFe (Bell) Tooke died in 1905. 12. Biog. Hist. of La., III, 579.

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Graham. John Fletcher Tooke was a graduate, B. M., of a Metho­dist Seminary in Alabama. In the Confederate States Army he belonged to the 5th Louisiana Cavalry, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was paroled at Shreveport, La., June 21, 1865. Children:

(B 418)

(B 419) (B 420) (B 421}

1. James Jefferson Tooke; b. 1866, d. 1890, unmd. 2. Mary Burt Tooke. 3. Anna Corinne Tooke; b. 1871, d. 1895; m. William T.

Oakes. 4. Louis Marbury Tooke. 5. John Fletcher Tooke. 6. Robert Graham Tooke.

(B 240) FRANCES ELIZABETH TOOKE Frances Elizabeth Tooke (Sept. 14, 1849, Talbotton, Ga.­

May 25, 1929, Bartow, Fla.) married April 17, 1867, in Bienville Parish, La., George Edwin Walker. After her marriage Frances moved from Bienville Parish to Georgia. Here they lived until 1886, when they moved to Bartow, Fla. Children :13

1. Caroline Walker; b. 1868, Bienville Parish; m. Corydon Fauntleroy Carpenter.

(B 422) 2. Thomas Blake Walker. 3. Charles Hilliary Walker; b. 1871, Taylor Co., Ga.; m. July

15, 1913, in Bartow, Fla., Almira J. Wright. 4. Mary Elizabeth Walker; b. 1874, Reynolds, Taylor Co., Ga.;

m. 1891 in Bartow, Hugh Orr. 5. George Edwin Walker; b. 1878; Haddocks, Ga. 6. Robert Tooke Walker; b. 1880, d. 1884.

(B 423) 7. Clio Walker. 8. George Edwin Walker; b. 1894. He attended Summerlin

Institute, Bartow, Fla., and the University of Fla., study­ing law in the latter. Res., 1929, Bartow, Fla.

(B 241) ANNA PAULINE TOOKE Anna-or Ann-Pauline Tooke was born in 1865. She mar­

ried Dr. Stephens Neal, of Talbotton, Ga. In 1927 she died in Cordele, Ga. Children:

1. Ethel Neal. 2. Julia Neal. 3. Anna Pauline Neal. 4. Stephens Neal. 5. William Rabun Neal. 6. Eugene Neal. 7. Elizabeth Neal. 8. Robert Tooke Neal.

13. Lillian Carpenter to E. M. W., 1930. George Edwin Walker was born in 1838 in Crawford County, Ga. He

died in Bartow, Fla., in 1911. His first wife was Mary Josephine Tooke, sister of Frances Elizabeth Tooke.

68 BRYAN

(B 242) GEORGIA TOOKE Georgia Tooke married (1)

--- Egan, of Minden, La. Children:

1. Mae Scott; m. --Wilkinson.

(B 243) SARAH JANE EVANS

Scott and (2) Judge

Sarah Jane Evans married Peyton D. Hill. Children:

1. Peyton D. Hill. 2. Georgia Hill.

(B 244) MARTHA ANN EV ANS Martha Ann Evans was born in 1826. She married Jesse, or

John, Graham. She died in 1902.14

Children: 1. James Graham. 2. Sidney Graham. 3. John Graham. 4. Emma Graham; b. 1853, d. 1902; m. (1) Charles Jenkins

Tucker, (2) Archer Burwell Harrison.

(B 245) CLEMENT ANSELM EVANS Clement Anselm Evans was born Feb. 25, 1833, in Stewart

County, Ga. He died in Atlanta, Ga., July 2, 1911.15 After the death of his mother, Clement was reared in the home of Loverd Bryan (B 138). He married (1) Feb. 8, 1854, Mary Allen Wal~ ton, and (2) on Oct. 14, 1886, Mrs. Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Avary) Howard.

Mary Allen Walton, of Stewart County, was born April 13, 1838. She died Jan. 17, 1885.

Mrs. Howard was born June 21, 1846, the daughter of James and Susan Frances (Carr) Avary.16 She died Oct. 11, 1902.

Clement Anselm Evans was a graduate of the Georgia Law School, Augusta, Ga. At the age of 19 he was admitted to the bar, at 22 was elected judge of the county court, at 26 was chosen

14. Marshall. 15. Men of Mark, III, 442: Howell, Biog. Hist. of Ga., II, 555. 16. D. A. R. Lineage Book, LXXXIV, 280; Avary Family.

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state senator, and at 27 was a presidential elector. Nov. 18, 1861, we find him a major in the 31st Georgia Infantry, C. S. A. The fol­lowing spring he had become a colonel and on May 19, 1864, was a brigadier general serving under John B. Gordon in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was paroled at Appomattox, Va., May 10, 1865. He was five times wounded.

After the Civil War Gen. Evans entered the Methodist ministry and was ordained in November, 1867, at Atlanta. He served churches at Manassas, Cartersville, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, and Rome, Ga. He was presiding elder of Griffin Dis­trict in 1891. Retiring from active service this year, he allowed himself to be appointed agent for the Preachers' Aid Society and continued in this office until his death.

Gen. Evans was active in the organization of the United Confederate Veterans. He served this organization successively as adjutant general, twelve years commander of the Georgia district, lieutenant general of a department, and finally, com­mander in chief. He was the chief orator at the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond, Va., June 3, 1907; the John B. Gordon monument in Atlanta, Ga., May 25, 1907; and the Confederate monument in Marietta, Ga., July 7, 1909. He also edited the Confederate Military History.17

Gen. Evans was a member of the state prison commission, chairman of the Georgia Soldiers' Roster Commission, and trustee of Emory College in 1895. The year before he ran for governor but was defeated by William Yates Atkinson. Evans County was named for him.18

Children: (B 424) (B 425)

(B 426) (B 427)

1. Ida Evans. 2. Lawton Bryan Evans. 3. Paul Hinton Evans; b. Dec. 2, 1866, d. after 1916 in

Mexico; m. Mary Ennis, of Kty. He was a civil engineer and was engaged as superintendent of the electrical railway system of Mexico City before the revolution of 1917.

4. Clement Walton Evans; b. June 28, 1872, d. July 4, 1916. He was an engineer in Mexko where he died.

5. Martha Lucy Evans. 6. Sarah L. A. Evans.

17. Ga. Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends, II, 728; Nat. Encyclopedia of American Biog., XIII, 139; and Confederate Military History, VI, 415; Memoirs of Georgia, I, 775. 18. On April 24, 1882, Loverd Bryan (B 138) wrote to Gen. Evans a letter expressive of the satisfaction the younger man had been to the elder and recounting a deal of family genealogy. Without this letter, much we know of the Bryan record would perhaps be unknown to-day.

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(B 246) CLEMENT ARTHUR CHEATHAM Clement Arthur Cheatham was born April 7, 1823. He mar­

ried Jan. 14, 1849, Elizabeth Frances Irwin (1828-1904). She was the daughter of that Jared Irwin who was killed June 9, 1836, in the fight with the Indians on the Shepard plantation, Stewart County, Ga. Clement attended Charleston Medical Col­lege, finishing in 1847. He moved to Georgia and settled in Daw­son County where he died Aug. 7, 1889. Children :19

1. Loverd Bryan Cheatham; b. Nov. 18, 1849, d. May 30, 1882. 2. Thomas Alexander Cheatham. 3. Walter B. Cheatham; b. 1853, d. 1875. 4. Annie Irwin Cheatham. 5. Isabel Cheatham. 6. Jared Obadiah Cheatham; b. 1860, d. 1861. 7. Katie Cheatham; b. Jan. 1862, d. 1877. 8. Frances Elizabeth Cheatham. 9. Charlie Virginia Cheatham; 1866, d. 1899; m. James H.

Laing and had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Laing.

(B 247) THOMAS RAINES Colonel Thomas Raines (1817-1888) married in 1846 Emily

Amanda Brown (1827-1887), daughter of William N. Brown, of Marion, Ga. Children: (B 428) 1. Annie B. Raines.

(B 248) WILLIAM BENJAMIN BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham,

William) William Benjamin Bryan was born March 27, 1827. He mar­

ried Minerva Root. Children:

1. Sidney Bryan.

(B 249) MARTHA ANN BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham,

William) Martha Ann Bryan was born March 28, 1828. On Dec. 19,

1843, she married Col. Edmund Jackson Harris (Dec. 1821-1896). He served in the Confederate Army and was a farmer, living in Troupe, Stewart, and Dawson Counties, Ga.

19. Marshall.

Children:

(B 429)

(B 250)

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1. Loverd Harris; b. 1845, d. 1847. 2. -- Harris; b. 1846, d. 1846. 3. Edmund Smith Harris; b. 1848; m. Oct. 13, 1869, in Chat­

tanooga, Tenn., Roena Cunningham Mann. 4. William Benjamin Harris; b. 1850, d. 1852. 5. Frances Elizabeth Harris; b. 1853, d. 1893 in Dawson

County, Ga.; m. Nov. 28, 1875, John W. Peddy. 6. Susan Rebecca Harris; b. 1855, d. 1881 in Loachapoka,

Ala., m. May 15, 18'72, David C. Armstrong. 7. Goodwin Hall Harris; b. 1857, d. 1882. 8. Martha Ann Harris. 9. Clara Harris; b. 1861; m. April 23, 1883, David C. Arm-

strong. 10. Absalom Eugene Harris; b. 1862, d. 1867. 11. Theodore Jackson Harris; b. Jan. 23, 1866, d. Dec. 15, 1887. 12. Clemie Bryan Harris; b. July 12, 1870, m. Jan. 28, 1897,

Andrew Jackson Hill.

SUSAN E. BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham,

Susan E. Bryan (b. some of Florence, Ga. Children:

William) 1830) married Oct. 17, 1846, A. T. New-

(B 430) 1. Willard H. Newsome. 2. Charles R. Newsome.

(B 431) 3. Nora Newsome.

(B 251) EDITH GRIZELLE BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham,

William) Edith Grizelle Bryan was born in 1832. She married in 1850,

John M. L. Randle. Children:

1. Amelia Randle; m. Thomas L. Martin. 2. Corinne Randle. 3. Lillian Randle; m. George J. Martin, brother of T. L.

Martin. 4. Mary Randle. 5. Chappell Randle. 6. Eva Randle.

(B 252) WHITFIELD CLEMENT BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham,

William) Whitfield Clement Bryan was born Aug. 7, 1836. He mar­

ried Margaretta L. Guyton, of Lawrence County, Georgia.

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Children:

BRYAN

1. Walter Bryan. 2. George Whitfield Bryan.

(B 432) 3. Emma Guyton Bryan. 4. Minnie Bryan.

(B 253) NEEDHAM L. BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham,

William) Needham L. Bryan was born in 1840. He married Sallie

Lawhon, of Terrell County, Ga. Children:

1. Edith Bryan. 2. Loverd Bryan.

(B 254) ELIZA J. BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham,

William) Eliza J. Bryan was born in 1842 or '48. She married Mark L.

Everett. Children :20

1. Thomas Everett. 2. Gordon Everett. 3. Willard Everett. 4. Charles Everett. 5. Mollie E. Everett. 6. Susan Everett. 7. Lila Everett. 8. Iola Everett. 9. Sarah Everett.

10. Benjamin Hill Everett.

(B 255) THOMAS B. BRYAN (Needham, Clement, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Thomas B. Bryan married Georgia G. Palmer.

Children: 1. Anne Palmer Bryan.

(B 256) JAMES M. INGRAM James M. Ingram married --- Cartright, probably in

San Augustine, Texas. He served in the Confederate Army throughout the war. Children :21

1. James M. Ingram; living in 1929 in San Augustine, Tex.

20. Marshall. 21. There were two others, order and names unknown.

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(B 257) RICHARD F. WATTS Richard F. Watts married Terquina T. Kirksey, daughter of

E. F. Kirksey. Children:

1. Benjamin Hinton Watts. 2. Richard F. Watts. 3. Elizabeth Helen Watts.

(B 258) WILLIAM BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) William Bryan (Dec. 8, 1841-March 26, 1909) was born in

Macon County, Ga. He died in the Confederate Soldiers' Home, Atlanta, Ga. He married Adeline Davis. They were Presbyterians. On Jan. 1, 1862, William Bryan enlisted as a private in Company "E", Phillip's Cavalry, Ga. He was paroled at Greensboro, N. C. Children: (B 433) (B 434)

1. Charles Bryan. 2. Agnes Davis Bryan. 3. Clara Adeline Bryan; m. Horace Gates. Res., 1929, Dune­

din, Fla.

(B 259) ROBA BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Robai Bryan (b. 1844) married in 1861, Noah Alfred

Megrath, of Massachusetts. They were Episcopalians. Res., 1929, Macon, Ga. Children: (B 435) 1. Willie A. Megrath.

2. Charles H. Megrath; m. Eva Hodgkins. Res., 1929, Macon, Ga.

3. Rosa Megrath; d. in infancy. 4. Mary Lou Megrath. Res., 1929, Milledgeville, Ga. 5. George Megrath.

(B 260) BENJAMIN DANIEL BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Benjamin Daniel Bryan was born July 28, 1846, in Twiggs

County, Ga. He married Dec. 10, 1868, in Dooly County, Ga., Mary Antoinette Holmes. He served during the latter part of the War for Southern Independence as a guard at Andersonville,

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(S. C.) Prison. Dec. 26, 1922, he died and was buried at Vienna, Ga.

Mary Antoinette Holmes was born March 10, 1848, near Perry, Ga., the daughter of David and Martha (Haddock) Holmes. She died Oct. 1, 1911, and was buried at Vienna. Metho­dists. Children: (B 436)

(B 437) (B 438) (B 439) (B 440) (B 441)

1. Martha Winifred Bryan; b. Nov. 10, 1869, near Vienna; m. Dec. 27, 1899, Henry Tazewell Conner. He was a teacher and widower with three children. Methodists. Res., 1929, Vienna.

2. William Holmes Bryan. 3. Benjamin David Bryan. 4. Mary Maud Bryan. 5. Emma Buford Bryan. 6. John Talmadge Bryan.

(B 261) MARY FRANCES BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Mary Frances Bryan was born Dec. 2, 1848. She married Feb.

18, 1869, Thomas Jacob Owen, son of the Rev. Robert M. Owen and Anne Feagin. Thomas J. Owen was a farmer and was buried at Vienna, Ga. His father was a Baptist minister. Children:

(B 442)

(B 443)

(B 444)

(B 262)

1. Robert Owen; d. in infancy. 2. Caroline Lucy Owen. 3. Thomas Owen; d. in childhood. 4. Penelope Owen. 5. Annie Feagin Owen; m. Richard T. Long; and had a son,

Archie T. Long. 6. George Owen; d. in childhood. 7. Harry Lee Owen. 8. Mary Owen; d. in childhood. 9. Runy Fitzhugh Owen; m. Jessie Booth, near Waycross, Ga.

He was a Methodist minister of the South Georgia Con­ference.

10. Emma Madeline Owen; m. George Hartwell Swearingen (B 446) and lived in 1929 in Atlanta, Ga.

LUCY MARIA BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Lucy Maria Bryan (b. 1851) married Oliver Perry Swearin­

gen. In 1929 he was living near Vienna, Ga. Methodists. Children:

1. Lila Swearingen; d. in childhood. (B 445) 2. William Everett Swearingen.

(B 446)

(B 447)

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3. Robert Boswell Swearingen; m. Catherine Res., 1929, Tampa, Fla.

4. Willard Oliver Swearingen; m. (1) Sophronia Williams, (2) --, Detroit, Mich.

5. George Hartwell Swearingen; m. Emma Madeline Owen (B 444). He died of influenza in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pa.

6. Henry Grady Swearingen; b. 1881, Peoria, Ill. 7. Walter J. Swearingen. 8. Benton Bryan Swearingen.

(B 263) PENELOPE BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Penelope Bryan (b. Oct. 21, 1853) married Dec. 17, 187 4,

James Wilson Edwards22 and lived in Macon Ga. They were Presbyterians. Children:

1. Ellen, or Nellie, Findlay Edwards; b. Jan. 1876, Macon. (B 448) 2. Bryan H. Edwards.

3. James Wilson Edwards; b. 1880, Macon; m. Fannie Dana. (B 449) 4. Richard Lewellyn Edwards. (B 450) 5. Susan Winifred Edwards.

6. Elizabeth Canning Edwards; b. 1893, Dooly Co., Ga., d. 1896.

(B 264) JOHN RANDOLPH BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) John Randolph Bryan married Kate Redding, of Drayton,

Dooly County, Ga. They were Methodists living near Vienna, Ga., in 1931. Children: (B 451) 1. Clifford Anderson Bryan. (B 452) 2. William Megrath Bryan.

(B 265) GEORGE WHITFIELD BRYAN (Algernon, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) George Whitfield Bryan was born in 1840, Houston County,

Ga. He married about 1861 Cornelia Stokes, of McDonough, Ga. He was reared by his uncle, William M. Bryan (B 145) and died 1929, McDonough, Ga.23

22. He was the brother of Harry Stillwell Edwards, newspaper contribu­tor and short story writer. (Who's Who in America,, vol. 14.) 23. Marshall.

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Children:

BRYAN

1. Alice LaSalle Bryan; b. Feb. 14, 1864; m. Hugh Hutton, of Savannah, Ga.

2. Pierce Bryan. 3. Algernon Sidney :flryan; killed accidentally. 4. Lois Oliver Bryan; b. about 1872; m. C. B. Strobaher, of

Savannah, Ga.

(B 266) BENJAMIN JOSEPH BOYNTON Benjamin Joseph Boynton was born Dec. 21, 1829. He mar­

ried (1) May 11, 1852, Martha J. Jenkins; (2) --- McGaskill. He served in the Confederate Army and lost an arm. Res., 1929, Arlington, Calhoun County, Ga. Children:

1. William H. Boynton; b. 1853. 2. Iola Boynton; m. H. B. Everett and lived in Paris, Tex. 3. Ernest Boynton; m. (1) Huron McLain, of Arlington, Ga.;

m. (2) -- Carter. Res., Arlington, Ga. 4. Paul Boynton. 5. -- Boynton; twin to Paul.

(B 267) MARY ARATHUSA BOYNTON Mary Arathusa Boynton was born in 1833. On Dec. 2, 1849,

she married Dr. William T. Park, of Atlanta, Ga. In 1873 they moved to Decatur, Ga. Children :24

1. Roba Boynton Park; b. 1853; m. 1876, Thomas T. Hill, of LaGrange, Ga.

(B 453) 2. Floretta Adella Park. 3. Willie T. Park; b. in Savannah, Ga.; m. James T. Finney,

of Macon, Ga. Res., 1930, Haddack, Ga. 4. Ida Hinton Park; d. 1906; m. John Shelton, of St. Louis,

Mo. No issue. 5. Leila Mary Park; b. Savannah, Ga., m. (1) Frank M. Jack,

(2) Edward M. Coffin. 6. Minnie Park; b. 1865, Cuthbert, Ga; m. Homer Reed, of

Atlanta, Ga.

(B 268) FLORETTA S. BOYNTON Floretta S. Boynton was born Sept. 18, 1841. She married

March 1861, Dr. James R. Barnum. Res., 1929, Lumpkin, Ga.25

24. Marshall. 25. One note indicates that Dr. Barnum died and was buried at Lumpkin. His widow then married -- Lanier.

Children: (B 454) (B 455)

(B 269)

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1. Robert Edward Lee Barnum. 2. Flossie Barnum. 3. Alice May Barnum; b. 1875; m. Louis B. Robeson and had

Mareau Robeson. 4. Murray Reid Barnum; b. Nov. 11, 1879.

JEFFERSON LAMAR BOYNTON Jefferson Lamar Boynton was born April 4, 1844, or '46. He

married in 1867 Gertrude Davis, daughter of R. R. Davis, of South Carolina. Jefferson Lamar Boynton served in the Con­federate Army and was captured three times. Twice he was ex­changed. The third time he escaped. In later years he was a lawyer and planter and made his home at Dickey, Calhoun Coun­ty, Ga. Children :26

1. Eula Boynton; b. 1869; m. William E. Harvin, of Dickey, Calhoun County, Ga.

(B 270) CLARENCE JEROME BOYNTON Clarence Jerome Boynton was born July 11, 1847. About

1873, he married in Clay County, Ga., Stella Priscilla Strong. He served in the Confederate Army. In 1882 Clarence Jerome Boynton was admitted to the bar. For a time he was a member of the state legislature. He made his home in Arlington, Calhoun County, Ga., where he died March 25, 1925.

Stella Priscilla Strong was born Nov. 29, 1854, in Tallapoosa, Ala, the daughter of Samuel M. Strong and Mary Nixon. She died Sept. 6, 1915, at Arlington. Children:

(B 456) (B 457)

(B 458)

1. Claire Boynton; d. in infancy. 2. Mary Roba Boynton; b. 1875, d. 1876. 3. Langdon Hinton Boynton; b. 1877; was living in 1929 in

Los Angeles, Cal. 4. (dau.) Boynton; b. 1879, d. 1879. 5. (son) Boynton; b. 1880, d. 1880. 6. Clarence Boynton; b. 1881, d. 1884. 7. Floretta Boynton. 8. Edwynna De Graffenreid Boynton. 9. Charlie Louise Boynton; b. 1890; m. Dec. 22, 1908, in

Arlington, Charles C. Martin. They lived in Harlingen, Tex., and had a son, Clarence Young Martin. Methodists.

10. Myra Boynton. 11. Strong W. Boynton; b. 1896; m. Mabel Monroe.

26. Memorials of Georgia, I, 388: Marshall.

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(B 271) BENJAMIN BRYAN WIMBERLY Benjamin Bryan Wimberly was born in 1853. He married

Jan. 20, 1876, Elizabeth Ann Wilson (1851-1920). In 1929 he was a farmer living at Jeffersonville, Twiggs Co., where his wife was buried. She was Baptist: he a Methodist. Children:

1. Leila Leota Wimberly; b. 1876. 2. -- Wimberly; d. in infancy. 3. Benjamin Forrest Wimberly; b. 1880. He was a farmer in

1929 living unmarried at Jeffersonville, Ga. 4. --Wimberly. 5. -- Wimberly; last two were twin sons, who died June

1883. (B 459) 6. Robert James Wimberly.

(B 272) MARY MARTHA WIMBERLY Mary Martha Wimberly was born in 1858. On July 4, 1875,

she married the Rev. John Benjamin Burgess. The family lived near Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Ga., in 1929. John Benjamin Burgess died probaly before this date and was buried in Law­rence County, Ga. Children: (B 460) 1. Mattie Kate Burgess.

(B 273) JEREMIAH JAMES PEARSALL Jeremiah James Pearsall was born in 1844. He married July

11, 1872, Eliza H. Moseley (1854-1911). They lived at Dunn, N. C. Children:

1. Robert M. Pearsall; b. 1873; m. Roberta Smith. (B 461) 2. Lucy E. Pearsall; b. April 2, 1875, d. Aug. 11, 1903; m.

Ransom Middleton Pearsall ( 615). 3. Algernon L. Pearsall; b. 1877; m. Myrtle Shaw, of Lilling­

ton, N. C. 4. Eleanor B. Pearsall; b. 1882; m. Joseph L. Hatcher. 5. Eliza Howard Pearsall; b. 1882, twin; m. Archie D.

Brooks. 6. Molly Moseley Pearsall; b. 1892; m. Paul C. Hood.

(B 274) EMMA BRYAN PEARSALL Emma Bryan Pearsall was born in 1846. She married A.

Ferdinand Johnson. He was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1862-63. In 1911 he was granted the A. B. degree as of 1866. He was a merchant in Clinton, N. C. Children:

1. Ferdinand Badger Johnson; b. July 14, 1876, Clinton, N. C.; m. in 1910 Sudie, or Susan, B. Pigford.

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(B 278) FRANKLIN JOHN FAISON Franklin John Faison married (1) in 1880 Ida Marable; (2)

Mrs. Elizabeth Seay, of Danville, Va. Ida Marable (1857-Aug. 5, 1890) was the daughter of Dr. John Richard Marable and Elizabeth Barnett. There were no children by the second mar­riage. Children: (B 462) (B 463)

(B 280)

1. Leo Poydrus Faison. 2. Mary Bryan Faison. 3. Bettie Burnette Faison, twin to Mary; m. Walter Beauhman

and was living in 1927 in Winston-Salem, N. C.

ANNA C. BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Anna C. Bryan was born Aug. 30, 1847. She married in 1867 Samuel Wilson Clement (Dec. 4, 1833-Oct. 4, 1912),27 of Gran­ville Co., N. C. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1858 and served in the Confederate Army. Anna died June 10, 1928, in Goldsboro, N. C., and was buried at Wallace, N. C. Children:

1. John Bryan Clement; m. Sarah Fleming, of Augusta, Ga., and was living at Spartanburg, S. C., in 1928.

2. Philip M. Clement; m. Laura Riddick; living at Charleston, S. C. in 1929.

3. William J. Clement. 4. Albert Oliver Clement; m. Martha Eliza (Faison) Mori­

sey, wife of John Morisey (S 625). 5. Jennie Clement; m. Roy Stewart; living at Hartsville,

s. c., 1929. 6. Anna Clement; m. the Rev. Leon Hall; living at Roanoke

Rapids, N. C., 1929.

(B 281) JOHN OLIVER BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

John Oliver Bryan (1849 ca.-1930 ca.) married Nov. 14, 1883, Hannah Green McGowen. She was born May 17, 1862, near Kenansville, N. C., the daughter of Alexander Dickson McGowen and Martha Elizabeth Pearsall. He died in Jacksonville, Fla. Methodists. Children:

(B 464) (B 465)

1. -- Bryan, d. in infancy. 2. Robert Dickson Bryan. 3. John Oliver Bryan. 4. Martha McGowen Bryan; b. Jan. 19, 1892.

27. Dates from tombstones, L. C. Henry, Marshall.

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(B 282) KEDAR BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Kedar Bryan (April 25, 1851-Aug. 19, 1891) married Nov. 25, 1875, Susan Anne Pearsall. She was born July 7, 1853, to Joseph and Barbara (Jones) Pearsall, of Kenansville, Duplin Co., N. C. Children: (B 466) (B 467)

1. Joseph Kedar Bryan. 2. James Pearsall Bryan. 3. Mary Oliver Bryan. 4. Barbara Jones Bryan; b. 1884, d. 1906 unmd. 5. John Alexander Bryan; b. 1887, d. 1887. 6. Anna Eliza Bryan; b. 1888, d. 1911 unmd.

(B 283) JAMES ALBERT BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

James Albert Bryan was born June 5, 1853. He married Anna Bedell Dolby. He was in the piano business and lived in Philadelphia, Pa. Baptists. Children:

1. Clement Dolby Bryan; d. in infancy. 2. James Albert Bryan; m. Elizabeth Baumgardner. He was

burned to death about a year after his marriage. 3. Lillian Bryan; m. William Smalmack. Res., 1949, Tampa,

Fla. (B 468) 4. Catherine Bryan.

5. Guy Kedar Bryan. (B 469) 6. Robert Claude Bryan.

(B 284) ROBERT THOMAS BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Robert Thomas Bryan (b. Oct. 14, 1855) married (1) Aug. 20, 1885, Lult Eleanor Freeland and (2) Mamie Ethlyn Sallee Lulu Freeland died Aug. 19, 1908, in Durham, N. C. Mamie Eth­lyn Sallee was born Feb. 24, 1872, in Kentucky and married Dec. 30, 1909.

Robert T. Bryan received his A. B. degree in 1882 at the University of North Carolina. Already he had been preaching in the Baptist ministry for two years. He was graduated by the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1885. The next year he took up his work as a miss-ionary to China. He has served in Cliinkiang and in Shanghai where he was living in 1925. The University qf North Carolina conferred

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upon him the D.D. degree in 1894. In 1921-23 he was teaching in the Western Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. He was the author of Christianity's China Creation. Children:

1. Fereby Catharine Bryan; b. June 18, 1886, in Chinkiang. Graduate of Hollins Institute, Va., 1908; M.A., Columbia University, 1924. Like her father she has given herself to missions, teaching in the Shanghai Baptist College, China. U nmd.

(B 470) 2. Lulu Freeland Bryan. 3. Eliza Yates Bryan; b. Dec. 8, 1888; m. Dr. A. B. Leavell,

of Hollywood, Cal. She is a graduate of Judson College, Marion, Ala., 1908.

4. Robert Thomas Bryan; b. Oct. 13, 1892, Shanghai; m. Gladys Parker. He is an A.B. and LL.B. of the University of North Carolina. He was a member of the firm of Davies and Bryan located in Shanghai, China. Baptist.

(B 285) SARAH FRANCES CATHARINE BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William)

Sarah Frances Catharine Bryan was born Aug. 26, 1862. She married Dec. 24, 1891, David L. Farrior. He was born about 1857, the son of William and Mary Jane (Pickett) Farrior. Sometime he owned a stock farm in Pender County, N. C. He died Jan. 30, 1927. He was a Presbyterian. Mrs. Sarah Bryan Farrior was living in Raleigh, N. C., in 1928. Children :28

1. Minnie Bryan Farrior; b. Sept. 27, 1892. She was a gradu­ate of Meredith College. Res., 1940, Raleigh, N. C. Baptist.

2. John Alexander Farrior; b. Aug. 18, 1894; m. March 31, 1917, Dora Thorne Mitchell, of ·Radford, Va.

3. Hester Pickett Farrior; b. June 10, 1897. She was a gradu­ate of Meredith College. Baptist.

4. Mary Frances Farrior; b. July 20, 1900. Baptist.

(B 286) HARRIET ELIZABETH BRYAN (Thomas, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Harriet Elizabeth Bryan was born Jan. 5, 1870. She mar­

ried Dec. 23, 1897, James Freeman Mann. He was born April 20, 187 4, the son of Edward Mann and Eugenia Pigford. He died March 4, 1920, in Wilmington, N. C. Harriet and her husband

28; Marshall. The children were all born near Kenansville, in Duplin Co., N. C.

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were Presbyterians. She was living in 1929, in Wilmington, N. C. Children:

1. Kenneth Bryan Mann; b. Nov. 20, 1898, Turkey, N. C. 2. Evelyn Douglas Mann; b. April 11, 1903, Turkey, N. C. 3. Eugene Faison Mann; b. Aug. 16, 1909.

(B 287) FLORENCE ISABEL BRYAN (Kedar, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Florence Isabel Bryan was born July 21, 1868. She married

William Faison. She was a Presbyterian and lived at Faison, Duplin County, N. C. She died about 1896. Children:

1. Ruth Spicer Faison. 2. Sallie Pierce Faison.

(B 288) WILLIAM THOMAS BRYAN (Kedar, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) William Thomas Bryan was born Nov. 11, 1878. He married

Cleora Williams, daughter of Robert Joseph and Narcissa (Fon­ville) Williams, of Warsaw, N. C. William T. Bryan was in the automobile business and lived, 1929, at Jacksonville, Onslow County, N. C. Children :29

1. Ruth Bryan. 2. Kedar Fonville Bryan. 3. (dau.) Bryan.

(B 289) GIBSON SLOAN CARR Gibson Sloan Carr married (1) Emily Mallard and (2)

Bathsheba Mallard, cousins. He lived in Duplin County, N. C. Children :80

1. Margaret Ann Carr; m. Stephen M. Grady, the son of Henry Grady (108).

2. Gibson Sloan Carr. 3. Solon Clarence Carr. 4. Emily Frances Carr; m. Robert Daniel Wells. 5. Isabella Carr; m. -- Collins. Possibly others.

29. Marshall. 30. G. & H.: Miss Alma Gibson Burgamy kindly contributed material for this record.

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(B 290) NEEDHAM BRYAN SLOAN Needham Bryan Sloan married Oct. 25, 187 4, Victoria Britt.

Children: 1. Henry Gibson Sloan; m. 1904 Irene Powell. 2. David Bryan Sloan. 3. Marion Deems Sloan. 4. William James Sloan. 5. Julia Winifred Sloan. 6. Robert Needham Sloan. 7. Charles Livingston Sloan. 8. Ann Eliza Sloan. 9. Seth Gordon Sloan.

10. Isham Bruce Sloan.

(B 291) SUSAN FRANCES FONVILLE Susan Frances Fonville (Oct. 1838-May 26, 1912) married

Captain Samuel Smith Stakely. He was born in Madisonville, Monroe County, Tenn., but had moved to Montgomery, Ala. His parents were Sarah Smith and William Maulsby Stakely. The family was of German origin, settling first in Lancaster, Penn., and then moving to Tennessee. The name was originally Stocki. Children: (B 471) (B 472) (B 473) (B 474)

1. Cora Smith Stakely. 2. Charles Avarette Stakely. 3. Ida Fonville Stakely. 4. Leta Bryan Stakely. 5. Prior Myers Stakely; d. in infancy. 6. Clara Stakely; d. in infancy. 7. Samuel Smith Stakely; d. in infancy.

(B 292) JOHN CULPEPER FONVILLE John Culpeper Fonville (April 3, 1842-Jan. 31, 1913) mar­

ried January 15, 1868, Flocence Clifton, daughter of Judge Cas­well Clifton and Eliza --, of Jackson, Miss.

John Culpeper Fonville enlisted in July, 1861, in the Con­federate army. He served in the 14th Ala. Infantry, 56th Ala. Cavalry, and was a member of the escort to Jefferson Davis from Greensboro, N. C., to Washington, Ga., in 1865. He was dis­charged May 4, 1865. In 1878-79 he represented Crenshaw Coun­ty in the legislature. He was a contributor to the Montgomery Advertiser under the nomme de plume of J. Culpeper. He was a Baptist and lived at Mt. Carmel, Crenshaw County, Ala.81

Children: (B 475) 1. Clifton Avarette Fonville. (B 476) 2. Percy Gibson Fonville.

31. Owen, III, 592.

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3. Ida Stakely Fonville. 4. William Parham Fonville. 5. --- Fonville; d. in infancy. 6. Freddie Cornelia Fonville. 7. James C. Fonville; b. 1884; m. Mrs. Mamie Wilkinson. 8. Florence Claire Fonville; b. 1887; m. 1913 Roy Haynes

Gafford. Res., Letohatchie, Ala.

SARAH MEDORA FONVILLE Sarah Medora Fonville was born June 9, 1844, in Darling­

ton District, S. C. On Aug. 18, 1862, she married in her father's home in Lowndes County, Ala., Tillman Peurifoy Burgamy. She died in Birmingham, Ala., June 25, 1924.

Tillman Peurifoy Burgamy was born June 14, 1833, in Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga., the son of John and Martha Davis (Peurifoy) Burgamy,32 of Houston County, Ga. He was a grad­uate, 1855, of Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, Ga. Further study at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, was followed by the practice of surgery and medicine in Montgomery and Crenshaw County, Ala. He served in the Confederate Army in a Georgia regiment. He died in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 26, 1891.

They were Methodists. Children: (B 480) (B 481)

(B 482) (B 483)

1. Ella Peurifoy Burgamy. 2. Alma Gibson Burgamy; b. Nov. 7, 1865, at Hickory Grove,

Lowndes County, Ala. She was a member of the D. A. R.; Colonial Dames of America, no. 547; First Families of Virginia, no. 49; United Daughters of 1812, no. 2255; Huguenot Society of S. C.; Scions of Colonial Cavaliers. She was unmarried and living in 1932 in Birmingham. She is due great credit for making possible much of this study, especially the sections dealing with the Sloans and their close relations.

3. Zuleika Theodosia Burgamy. 4. Lillian Avarette Burgamy.

32. William Burgamy was born in 1739 in France. He came to America with his brother John and settled in South Carolina. They moved to Georgia and served in the Continental Army as spies. Both were captured by the British, in September, 1780, in the siege of Augusta, Ga. John was executed, but William e·scaped to become the progenitor of much, if not all, of the Burgamy family in this country. He married in 1759 Susan Hawkins. She was born in 17 42 and died, we are told, in 1846, aged, 104 years. He died in 1819 in Georgia. They had a son William.

William Burgamy was born in 1785 and died in 1810. He married in 1807 in Georgia, Margaret Leggett (1787-1844). Their only child was John Burgamy.

John Burgamy (1809-1861) married (1) in 1830 Martha Davis Peurifoy (1814-1857) and (2) Mrs. Sidney Ivey (Peurifoy) Steagall, sister of his first wife. Of the first wife was born Tillman Peurifoy Bur­gamy.

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5. Martha Edlena Burgamy; b. Feb. 22, 1872, in Crenshaw County, Ala; d. Jan. 10, 1927, in Denver, Col. She married Dr. Jefferson D. Gibson June 1, 1892. D. A. R. National no. 55,069.

(B 484) 6. Fannie May Burgamy.

(B 294) JAMES BRYAN FONVILLE James Bryan Fonville was born April 14, 1846. He married

Doliska Willingham and lived for a while in Birmingham, Ala. He enlisted in Company " A," 17th Alabama Infantry, in 1863. He was captured in 1864 near Resaca, Ind. Years later James Bryan Fonville used to claim the honor of being the " only man in the Confederate Army who never retreated." In his first battle he was confused. The order to retreat was given, but he, not hearing or not understanding, continued where he was until he discovered to his dismay that his company had disappeared. Hoping he had been overlooked by the enemy he hid in a large pipe nearby. Several hours were spent in this cramped position. When it was dark and quiet the young soldier decided to crawl out. Even as he was contemplating this action a loud voice and laugh were heard. " Come out, Johnnie, it is time for us to go." A Yankee had spied him as he crept into his hiding place, and apparently having nothing more pressing to do, had sat down, cat-like, to watch his prey. As James emerged from the pipe, his captor broke into another laugh and asked him why he had not run with the other Rebels. James endeavored to repel this attack with the assertion, " Run, I run? I did not come here to run, I came here to fight."

However fighting days were over for James Bryan Fonville and he joined the other prisoners at Camp Morton, Indianapolis. He was exchanged in 1865, just before Lee's surrender.

In prison James suffered great hardships. While suffering from pneumonia, he shared his bed with another prisoner who died of the dread disease. The guards with an eye to efficiency, we are told, refused to remove the body, suggesting instead that if they waited a bit they might remove both at the same time. Another prisoner was a neighbor from Lowndes County, Ala., a Mr. Davis. But for the kindness of Davis, James would proba­bly have died even after released. When they were leaving the prison a number of prisoners fainted and were hastily buried. Some charged, indeed, that the guards upon occasion hardly bothered to make certain that the fainted had really died, but

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threw them with little regard into their graves. When James fainted and fell he was picked up by Davis and hidden in the straw in the box car in which they were to leave Indianapolis.

Together they pushed on for six weeks. Much of the time they walked. Often they had to rest, for James was too feeble to walk alone. Davis reached his home first, but helped James the rest of the way to his own.

James Bryan Fonville recovered enough strength to under­take the study and practice of medicine. During the cholera epi­demic of 1873 in Birmingham he was a hero in his selfless de­votion to the ill.

In April, 1885, when the weather was unusually cold and Dr. James B. Fonville was abed in sickness, there came a pro­fessional call. Mrs. Davis, the wife or widow of his companion of the road home from Indianapolis, was sick. There was no other physician in the neighborhood. Dr. Fonville dressed and rode the ten miles to see Mrs. Davis. As he entered the door he fell in a faint across the threshold. After an illness of three days, he died of pneumonia, April 10, 1885, in Crenshaw County, Ala.33

Children: 1. Rosser Fonville; d. in infancy.

(B 485) 2. Frederick Gibson Fonville. (B 486) 3. Hollon Fonville.

4. William Drakeford Fonville; m. Margarie Bean. He was a veteran of World War I.

5. Howell Fonville; d. young.

(B 295) WILLIAM DRAKEFORD FONVILLE William Drakeford Fonville was born Oct. 14, 1849, in

Darlington, S. C. He married Sept. 18, 1883, Mary Winn Yancy, of Richmond, Va. He was a graduate of Howard College, A. B., Marion, Ala., in 1873. Two years later he received the A. M. de­gree. For a while he taught Greek and Mathematics. He was superintendent of Tuscaloosa Male High School, 1878; owner of Park High School34 in Tuskegee, Ala., 1883; owner of Missouri Military Academy; President of Alabama Central Female Col­lege, Tuscaloosa, 1916. He died in Greensboro, A1a., Feb. 18, 1920.35

33. Alma Gibson Burgamy to E. M. W., 1931. 34. This school was chartered by the state legislature as Alabama Military Institute. The buildings burned in 1900. 35. Moore, III, 325: Owen, III, 592.

Children:

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1. Neville Carleton Fonville; b. Aug. 16, 1884; m. 1910 Fred­erick C. Shaw. Issue.

2. Theodosia Fonville; b. Oct. 12, 1885; m. in Aug. 1910, Major James Snyder.

3. Ruth Fonville; b. June 15, 1888; m. in June, 1910, Lawrence Winan. D. A. R. National no. 72,938.

4. Marion Yancey Fonville; b. Aug. 7, 1889; m. 1915, Charlotte Bliss.

5. Ethel Fonville; d. in infancy. 6. Ladie Averette Fonville; b. Dec. 11, 1896; m. Clifton H.

Penick, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7. Mary Gaysena Fonvi1le; b. Aug. 11, 1898; m. Nov. 29, 1926,

Milton Edward Townsend. 8. Cora Lee Fonville; d. in infancy.

(B 296) ALEXANDER COLVIN SLOAN Alexander Colvin Sloan was born March 31, 1843. He mar­

ried (1) Lula or Lola Shackelford, (2) Etta Blanding, and (3) Jane Smith. He died Nov. 30, 1906, in Corsicana, Texas. Children:

1. Alexander Sloan. 2. Ben Lloyd Sloan; killed in a railroad wreck. 3. -- Sloan (dau.); d. in infancy. Second marriage. 4. James Blanding Sloan.

(B 297) DAVID BRYAN SLOAN David Bryan Sloan was born in 1845. He died in 1896. He

married Laura Ransom. Children:

1. Flora Sloan. 2. Theodosia Sloan.

(B 298) LAURA SCOTT SLOAN Laura Scott Sloan was born in 1847. She married Adolphus

Lewis. Children:

1. Hugh Lewis. 2. John Lewis. 3. Margaret Lewis.

(B 299) MARY WHITFIELD SLOAN Mary Whitfield Sloan was born in 1851. She married Titus

Sparks. Children:

1. Clifton W. Sparks. 2. Hugh T. Sparks. 3. Percy C. Sparks. 4. Mary Etta Sparks.

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(B 300) ELIZA KATHERINE SLOAN Eliza Katherine Sloan was born in 1855. She married Frank

Molder. Children:

1. Mary Belle Molder. 2. Katie Blanche Molder. 3. Walton Molder.

(B 3.01) HUGH SLOAN Hugh Sloan was born in 1868. He married Jodie Hainey.

He was a doctor. Children:

1. John Sloan.

(B 302) ROBERT CARR SLOAN Robert Carr Sloan married Jessie Trott, or Grott.

Children: 1. Flora Sloan. 2. Ruth Sloan. 3. David Bryan Sloan.

(B 303) JOHN FONVILLE SLOAN John Fonville Sloan married Lula Grady.

Children: 1. Hugh Sloan. 2. Ben Lloyd Sloan. 3. Blanche Sloan.

(B 304) WILLIAM GIBSON BROADHURST William Gibson Broadhurst married in 1864 Euphemia E.

Carr, of Duplin County, N. C. He died in 1907. Children:

1. John C. Broadhurst; m. -- Kornegay, of Lenoir Co., N. C.

2. William Gibson Broadhurst. 3. David Benjamin Broadhurst. 4. Robert Dixon Broadhurst; m. -- Rensell, of Onslow

Co., N. C. 5. Samuel Davis Broadhurst. 6. Eugene Broadhurst; m. -- Spence. 7. Mary Sloan Broadhurst; m. -- Dunn. 8. Euphemia Broadhurst; m. -- Byrd, of Lenoir Co.,

N. C.

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(B 305) DAVID JOHN BROADHURST Captain David John Broadhurst married Jan. 4, 1866, Mar­

tha-Mattie-Jane Baker, of Goldsboro, N. C. They celebrated their Golden Wedding Jan. 4, 1916. Children:

1. Jessie Broadhurst; m. in 1889 John Farrior. 2. Anna Pauline Broadhurst; d. in Aug. 1906; m. (1) D. C.

Richardson, of Wilmington, and (2) Robert Edwards, of Goldsboro, N. C.

3. Robert Sloan Broadhurst; m. Virginia Hill, of Americus, Ga.

4. Jack Johnson Broadhurst; m. in May 1912, Mabel Borden, of Goldsboro, N. C.

5. William Walter Broadhurst; m. Eugenia Pinchres, of Atlantic City, N. J.

6. Edgar David Broadhurst; b. June 29, 1878, Goldsboro, N. C.; m. Oct. 17, 1907, Mamie Stroud, of Greensboro, N. C. He was a graduate of the U. of N. C.; superintendent of schools in Thomasville, Ga., in 1900; superintendent of public schools in Greensboro, N. C., 1901-04, and finally a lawyer. Methodist. Res., 1930, Greensboro, N. C.

7. Hugh Hunt Broadhurst; b. July 14, 1880; m. June 4, 1910, Ethel Mary Lloyd. He was a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1905, and professor of Military Science in North Carolina State College, 1916-17. He served in the Philippines, Mexico, Cuba, France, and Belgium and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. Methodist.

8. Frank Kersee Broadhurst; m. Nellie Morgan, of Smith­field, N. C.

9. Charles Sloan Broadhurst. 10. Lila M. Broadhurst; m. Dr. A. F. Winkelman, and lived

in Goldsboro, N. C.

(B 306) JOSEPHINE BRYAN (Josiah, Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Josephine Bryan was born in 1848. She married in 1871

John M. Worth, of Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Joseph Addison Worth. 2. Georgia Bryan Worth; b. 187 4, d. 1905. 3. John Walker Worth; b. 1877.

(B 307) ROBERT KEDAR BRYAN (Robert, Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Robert Kedar Bryan was born in 1853 in Fayetteville, N. C.,

March 14, 1883, he married at Scott's Hill, Pender Co., N. C., Gertrude Foy Shepard. She was born Dec. 4, 1863, the daughter

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of Joseph Christopher Shepard of Wilmington, N. C., and Hen­rietta Foy. Robert Kedar Bryan practiced law at Scott's Hill. To him is due much of the preparation of the family records, particularly in the extension of records beyond those compiled by the Rev. John Bryan Williams (B 225). Methodist.36

Children: (B 487) 1. Gertrude Loftin Shepard Bryan. (B 488) 2. Joseph Shepard Bryan.

(B 308) SUSAN BRYAN (Robert, Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Susan Bryan was born in 1854. She married January 25,

1877, James William Foy at Scott's Hill, N. C. Children: (B 489) 1. David Bryan Foy.

(B 309) HENRY SLOAN Henry Sloan was born Feb. 7, 1853. He married (1) Kath­

erine Fennell Boykin and (2) Margaret Williams. In 1875 Henry was a student in the University of North Carolina. Four years later he was graduated by the Charleston Medical College, Charleston, S. C. He was a surgeon. He died Feb. 3, 1919.

Katherine Fennell Boykin was born in 1855 and before her marriage lived in Ingold, N. C. Children: (B 490) 1. Henry Lee Sloan.

2. David Bryan Sloan; b. Sept. 18, 1889, Ingold, N. C. 3. James Sloan.

(B 310) KATHERINE BRYAN SLOAN Katherine Bryan Sloan was born about 1855. She married

Jan. 28, 1875, Alexander Graham. He was born Sept. 12, 1844, in Cumberland County, N. C., the son of Archibald and Anne (McLean) Graham. Alexander was graduated by the University of North Carolina in 1885. In 1920 he was awarded the LL. D. degree by his alma mater. From 1878 to 1888 he was superin­tendent of schools in Fayetteville, N. C.; superintendent of schools in Charlotte, 1888-1913, and president of the Normal School, Washington, N. C., 1884-89. He was joint author of

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" Authenticity of The Mecklenburg Declaration." He was a vet­eran of the Civil War. Presbyterian. Res., 1929, Charlotte, N. C. Children:

1. David Sloan Graham; b. Nov. 11, 1875, Fayetteville, N. C.; killed in France June 6, 1918.

2. Archibald Wright Graham. 3. Frank Porter Graham; b. Oct. 14, 1886, Fayetteville, N. C.;

m. Marian Drane July 21, 1932. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1909. In 1916 he re­ceived his M.A. degree from Columbia University. He was dean of students in the University of North Carolina 1919-20. The following year he became associate professor of history, and in 1930 president of the University. On March 22, 1949, Goverr:or W. Kerr Scott appointed Frank Porter Graham37 to fill the place in the United States Senate made vacant by the death of J. Melville Broughton.

4. George Graham.

(B 312) JAMES STUART DeVANE James Stuart deVane (1836-1891) married Cornelia Dick­

son, daughter of James Dickson, of Duplin County, N. C. He attended Wake Forest College, N. C., 1853-54, and received his M. D. degree from Charleston Medical College, Charleston, S. C. He served the Confederate Army as a surgeon. Baptist. Res., Indian Wells, N. C. Children:

1. James Dickson de Vane; d. 1925. 2. Annelle deVane; d. 1914. 3. James Stuart deVane; living in Norfolk, Va., 1930.

(B 313) MARY BRYAN DeVANE Mary Bryan deVane was born in 1842. She married (1)

John F. Moore, and (2) May, 1870, Joseph Thames. Capt. John F. Moore served in the Confederate Army. He died in the 1860s, possibly killed during the war. Joseph Thames was the son of the Rev. David Thames. Joseph died Aug. 10, 1881, near Fay­etteville, N. C. Mary died at Chadbourn, N. C. Children:

1. Margaret Fennell Moore; b. Oct. 10, 1865. 2. Josephine Thames; b. Aug. 7, 1872.38 3. Alice Sloan Thames; b. April 15, 1875, d. Nov. 12, 1878,

near Fayetteville, N. C. 4. David Stuart Thames; b. Oct. 6, 1879, d. March 23, 1909,

Chadbourn, N. C.

37. Pictures of Frank Porter Graham and his wife and parents may be seen in Life April 11, 1949, p. 111, 112, 114. 38. Josephine Thames to E. M. W.

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(B 314) LUCY DICKSON Lucy Dickson was born about 1840. She married Dr. James

Davis. Children:

1. Katie Davis. 2. Lou Davis; d. about 1918.

(B 315) JAMES DICKSON James Dickson married (1) Fannie Powell and (2) Mary

Barden, of Pine Bluff, N. C. He was a Baptist minister. Res., 1930, Lake Waccamaw, N. C. Children:

1. George Dickson. 2. Westcott Dickson, telegraph operator, Adele, Ga., 1930. 3. Fannie Dickson; d. about ca. 1905. Second marriage. 4. Lillie Dickson.

(B 316) ALBERT PICKETT DICKSON Albert Pickett Dickson was born in 1853. He married in

1877, Frances Wyatt deVane, daughter of Col. Thomas Wyatt deVane, of Fayetteville, N. C. Albert Pickett Dickson was a graduate of the University Medical School of New York. In 1895 he helped to found Raeford Institute, Raeford, N. C. He prac­ticed medicine for 43 years in Robeson, Cumberland, and Hoke Counties, N. C. He died in 1921. Children:

1. Frances Murphy Dickson. 2. John Bryan Dickson. 3. Rufus de Vane Dickson. 4. Thomas Wyatt Dickson. 5. Albert Pickett Dickson. 6. Frank Fennell Dickson. 7. Paul Dickson. 8. Susan Wright Dickson. 9. James Gillespie Dickson.

10. Florence Isabel Dickson. 11. William Dickson. 12. Helen de Vane Dickson. 13. George Graham Dickson.

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(B 401) ROBERT CAMPBELL MARTIN Robert Campbell Martin was born Jan. 3, 1862. He married

Jan. 3, 1882, Ellen Young. In 1929 he was living in Albermarle, Assumption Parish, La. Children:

1. Margaret Chisholm Martin. 2. Charles Young Martin. 3. Littlejohn Martin.

(B 402) WHITMELL PUGH MARTIN Whitmell Pugh Martin was born Aug. 12, 1867, in Assump­

tion Parish, La. He married April 14, 1896, Amy Williamson. He studied in Louisiana State University, 1888, and in the law department, the University of Virginia, 1891. Besides practicing law in Louisiana, 1900-06, Whitmell Pugh Martin has been a chemist, professor of chemistry in Kentucky Military Institute, 1889-1890, judge of the 20th Judicial District of Louisiana, 1906-14, and a member of Congress, 1915-29. He1 then became a lumberman of Thibodaux, La. Episcopalian.

Amy (Williamson) Martin died in 1923. Children:

1. Amy Williamson Martin; m. -- Tabor. 2. Whitmell Pugh Martin; b. 1902, d. 1914. 3. Marshall Leigh Martin. 4. Robert Campbell Martin.

(B 403) SUSAN MARTIN CAPEHART Susan Martin Capehart married Nov. 23, 1886, her cousin

Joseph Eugene Nicholls in Bertie County, N. C. She kindly contributed2 much of the material entering the

sketches of Susan Bryan (Martin) Capehart (B 104) and her descendants. Children:

1. Annie Gallagher Nicholls; m. Fred V. Doutt; had a son, Sterling Doutt.

1. Who's Who in America, 1928-29, p. 1387; Directory of 70th U. S. Con­gress, 1st Session. 2. Mrs. Susan Martin (Capehart) Nicholls to E. M. W., 1931.

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2. Joseph Eugene Nicholls; died young. 3. Mary Capehart Nicholls. 4. Caroline Lockhart Nicholls. 5. William Rhodes Capehart Nicholls; died young. 6. Joseph Eugene Nicholls; died young. 7. Susan Bryan Nicholls; died young. 8. Elizabeth Rhodes Nicholls; m. Edward Stuart Pugh, son

of Dr. Edward Watson Pugh. 9. Cadmus Capehart Nicholls.

10. Joseph Eugene Nicholls.

(B 404) GAVIN HOGG DORTCH Gavin Hogg Dortch was born July 22, 1879, in Raleigh,

N. C. He married Oct. 31, 1905, Margaret Lane Turk. (S 701). In 1929 he was living in Raleigh, N. C. Children:

1. William Turk Dortch; b. Aug. 21, 1906. 2. Gavin Hogg Dortch; b. Jan. 20, 1908.

(B 405) JANET HOGG DORTCH Janet Hogg Dortch was born Aug. 13, 1881, at Raleigh,

N. C. She married April 19, 1911, George Evertson Dix, son of George W. Dix and Elise Woodruff. Res., 1929, Maplewood, N. J. Children:

1. George Evertson Dix; b. April 6, 1912. 2. Elizabeth Dortch Dix; b. Oct. 17, 1914. 3. John Carle Woodruff Dix; b. Feb. 12, 1920.

(B 406) WILLIAM PITTMAN DORTCH William Pittman Dortch was born Mar. 23, 1884, at

Goldsboro, N. C. On Dec. 19, 1912, he married (1) in Smyrna,· Asia Minor, Marie Therese Georgiades. She was a Greek Catholic. She died in 1919. He married (2) Feb. 4, 1920, in London, Helen Mary Hogan, a Roman Catholic. William Pittman Dortch was a tobacconist, living in 1929 in New York City. Children:

1. Lucy Marie Therese Dortch; b. 1916, Smyrna, Asia Minor. 2. Helen Mary Dortch; b. 1920, New York. 3. William Pittman Dortch b. 1922, New York.

(B 407) GEORGE SLOAN BRYAN (George, John, John, Arthur, William, Needham,

William) George Sloan Bryan was born Dec. 23, 1884, at Scotland

Neck, N. C. After graduation from the United States Naval Academy he married Mary Frances Littell, of Elizabeth, N. J.

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He continued in the navy and attained the rank of rear admiral. He has since retired and in 1949 lives in Clark's Green, Pa. Children:

1. George Sloan Bryan. 2. William Littell Bryan; b. about 1928. He attended the U. S.

Naval Academy and was graduated June 1, 1949, the second man in his class of 791.

(B 408) ENNIS BRYAN (George, John, John, Arthur, William, Needham,

William) Ennis Bryan was born June 29, 1898, at Scotland Neck,

N. C. He married Etta Edmondson Dunn on Dec. 12, 1936. He is, 1949, secretary and treasurer of the Halifax County Hosiery Mills, Scotland Neck, N. C.3

Children: 1. Sam Dunn Bryan; b. July 16, 1941.

(B 409) WILLIAM SMITH STEVENS William Smith Stevens married Mary Boddie Sanders.

Children: 1. Ralph Sanders Stevens; b. April 25, 1884, Smithfield, N. C.

He married in 1909, Eula Kirkman Hood. He was a gradu­ate of the U. of N. C. medical school in 1905, and instruc­tor there, 1907-11. During World War I he served as a captain in the Medical Corps, 3rd Division. He lived at Princeton, N. C. Methodist.

2. Leon Gladstone Stevens; b. Sept. 11, 1889; m. in 1912 Ethel Gordon Sefton. Graduate of the U. of N. C., 1910. Teacher, merchant, lawyer. In 1922 he was mayor of Smith­field, N. C. Methodist.

(B 410) OBADIAH BENJAMIN STEVENS Obadiah Benjamin Stevens was born Aug. 1, 1847, near

Benevolence, Randolph County, Ga. On Oct. 16, 1867, he married in South Carolina, Julia C. Loftin. She was born Sept. 8, 1850, the daughter of James B. and Olivia (Settle) Loftin, sometime of Loftin, S. C., but later of Terrell County, Ga. Julia died June 22, 1919, and was buried in Dawson, Ga.

From the humble estate of farmer's boy Obadiah Benjamin Stevens rose to the position of railroad commissioner of Georgia. He was sometime president of the Cotton Association, member of the Georgia legislature, and commissioner of agriculture. Un­der his direction a large illustrated volume was issued by the

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state in 1901 under the title, Georgia, Historical and Industrial. He made his home in Dawson, Ga.4 He died Jan. 19, 1916. Children:

1. Jennie E. Stevens; b. 1868, d. 1898; m. Frank Nasworthy. 2. William Jasper Stevens. 3. Julia Olivia Stevens; b. 1872, d. 1910; m. Manning Jasper

Yeomans.5 4. Susie S. Stevens m. Mark James. 5. Ella C. Stevens. 6. Obadiah Benjamin Stevens. 7. Robert L. Stevens; b. 1890, d. 1912.

(B 411) CATHERINE STEVENS Catherine Stevens married Joshua Cannon, a farmer of Ter­

rell County, Ga. Children:

1. William J. Cannon. 2. R. A. Cannon; living 1929 at Sasser, Ga. 3. Alma Cannon; living 1929 at Jacksonville, Fla. 4. C. S. Cannon; living 1929 at Dawson, Ga. 5. Ola Cannon. 6. -- Cannon; m. Robert Senn, of Dothan, Ala.

(B 412) MARY ELIZABETH STEVENS Mary Elizabeth Stevens (1864-1924) was buried in Daw­

son, Ga. She married Jan. 30, 1883, Joseph Laing (b. Dec. 11, 1858, Terrell Co., Ga.), son of James Hendry Laing and Phoebe Anne Hayes. They lived in Dawson, Ga. Methodists. Children:

1. Susie Laing; b. 1884, d. 1923; m. W. F. Sherman. 2. Mary Dee Laing; b. 1886, d. 1893. 3. Nellie Kate Laing; m. J. F. Reynolds. 4. Phoebe Josephine Laing; m. Parker Moseley. 5. Rebecca Louise Laing; m. Clem. E. Rainey. 6. --- Laing; d. Sept. 1898. 7. --- Laing; d. Sept. 1898; twin sons.

(B 413) WILLIE MILDRED SASSER Willie Mildred Sasser married 1918 William Stewart Mc­

Kibben. Children:

1. Miltpn Stewart McKibben; b. Jan. 2, 1920. 2. Robert Perkins McKibben; b. May 7, 1921. 3. Lewis Sasser McKibben; b. Jan. 22, 1923.

4. A sketch of his life and a photograph may be seen in Cyclopedi,a, of,, Georgia, III, 370. See also Georgia's Public Men. 5. Cyclopedi,a, of Georgia, III, 652.

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(B 414) MARY AMANDA WIMBERLY Mary Amanda Wimberly was born in 1877 at Henderson,

Ga. She married Dec. 10, 1896, Norwood Robson. Children:

1. Julia Wimberly Robson; b. 1899. 2. Norwood Robson; b. 1905.

(B 415) PERRY WIMBERLY Perry Wimberly married Hugh Harvard. He was in 1929

a book dealer of Atlanta, Ga. Children:

1. Julia Harvard. 2. Elizabeth Harvard; twin to Julia.

(B 416) JAMES W. TOOKE James W. Tooke was born Aug. 15, 1875, at Mount Lebanon,

La. We may believe that his middle name was Wimberly in as much as that was his father's name. James married Sept. 15, 1897, Maude Shehee. He was in 1913 a member of the constitu­tional convention of Louisiana.6 He lived in 1929 in DeRidder, La. Children:

1. Maude Tooke. 2. James W. Tooke.

(B 417) THOMAS B. TOOKE Thomas B. Tooke was born Sept. 24, 1882, at Mt. Lebanon,

La. He married Mary Agnes Berry, of Johnson City, Tenn. In 1909 he was a graduate of the University of Nashville medical school. He was sometime owner of the Belcher Telephone and Gas Company and was living in Belcher, La., in 1929. Methodist. Children:

1. Thomas B. Tooke. 2. Gladys T0-0ke.

(B 418) MARY BURT TOOKE Mary Burt Tooke was born Dec. 14, 1868. On Oct. 15, 1895,

she married Dr. William Samuel Kendall, of Lincoln Parish, La. He was a graduate of that school which is currently Tulane University, New Orleans, La. During the Civil War he was a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. Mary Burt Tooke attended

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Mt. Lebanon College, La. They made their home in Ruston, La. Mary died April 11, 1921; her husband in 1913. Children:

1. Agnes Kendall; m. Dr. E. Partello, of Detroit, Mich. 2. John Ben Kendall. 3. William Samuel Kendall. 4. Corinne Kendall; m. J. E. Mathews. 5. Jennie Kendall. 6. Robert Louis Kendall. 7. Roy Norman Kendall; twin to Robert.

(B 419) LOUIS MARBURY TOOKE Louis Marbury Tooke was born May 27, 1876. He married

Feb. 7, 1899, or 1900, Mary Smith, daughter of Major S. W. and Sallie (Eaton) Smith. He was president of the First National Bank, Arcadia, La. Methodist. Res., Shreveport, La. Children:

1. Mary Louis Tooke; b. Jan. 26, 1902. 2. Lou Annie Tooke; b. Sept. 1903.

(B 420) JOHN FLETCHER TOOKE John Fletcher Tooke was born Sept. 1, 1880. She married

Ernest Griffin Calvert. Children:

1. Emmet Tooke Calvert. 2. Virginia Ann Calvert. 3. Robert Woodrow Calvert. 4. John Griffin Calvert. 5. Dorothy Elizabeth Calvert.

(B 421) ROBERT GRAHAM TOOKE Robert Graham Tooke was born April 13, 1882. He married

(1) Dec. 10, 1908, Marguerite Louise Randall. After the death of his wife on Dec. 20, 1920, Robert Graham Tooke married (2) Kate Sutton from whom he was divorced in 1927. He was a farmer living near Lebanon, La. Children:

1. Marguerite Tooke. 2. Corinne Tooke. 3. Louise Tooke. 4. Louis Tooke. 5. Nelwyn Tooke. 6. Carolyn Tooke.

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(B 422) THOMAS BLAKE WALKER Thomas Blake Walker was born Nov. 9, 1869, in Crawford

County, Ga. On Feb. 14, 1903, he married in Titusville, Fla., Kate Pritchard. Children:

1. Thomas Blake Walker; b. Nov. 19, 1910.

(B 423) CLIO WALKER Clio Walker was born Sept. 3, 1885, in Temple, Tex. On

April 14, 1910, she married in Bartow, Fla., Grover Cleveland Metcalfe. She was a member of the Daughters of The American Revolution, 211,531. Children:

1. Charles Grover Metcalfe; b. 1911, Jacksonville, Fla. 2. Elta Frances Metcalfe; b. 1912, Jacksonville, Fla. 3. Clio Walker Metcalfe; b. 1916, Jacksonville, Fla.

(B 424) IDA EV ANS Ida Evans was born in 1855. On May 16, 1876, she mar­

ried7 Judge William Frederick Eve, of Augusta, Ga. They made their home in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Ida Evans Eve died in 1928.

Children: 1. Allie Walton Eve; b. 1877; m. H. E. Cabaniss. 2. Sarah Garland Eve; b. 1886.

(B 501) 3. William Frederick Eve. 4. Clement Evans Eve; d. in infancy. 5. Joseph Edward Eve; d. in infancy. 6. Frederick Eve; d. in infa::icy.

(B 425) LAWTON BRYAN EVANS Lawton Bryan Evans was born in 1862. On Feb. 15, 1887,

he married Florence Eve Campbell. She was born in 1867 the daughter of Peter F. Campbell and --- Eve, of Augusta, Ga. Lawton Bryan Evans and his wife lived in Atlanta, Ga.8

Children: 1. Sarah Campbell Evans; b. 1888. 2. Lawton Bryan Evans; b. 1892, d. in 1918 while in the air

force of the United States Army. 3. Clement Anselm Evans; b. 1900.

7. Georgia and Georgians, VI, 2949. 8. Men of Mark in Georgia, III, 1911; V, 182: Who's Who in America, IX: Bio. Hist. of Ga., II, 580: Nat. Cyclo. of A.mer. Bio. XIII, 195.

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(B 426) MARTHA LUCY EVANS Martha Lucy Evans was born Nov. 17, 1879. On Oct. 22,

1907, she married Robert Grice Stephens. She was graduated at Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., and was in time elected to the board of trustees thereof. She had the original Loverd Bryan letter9 to her father as well as her father's scrap book.

Robert Grice Stephens was the son of Major John Stephens, and grand-nephew of Alexander H. Stephens, the vice-president of the Confederacy. Robert G. Stephens was a doctor and practiced in Atlanta. He and his wife were Presbyterians. Children:

1. Alice Walton Stephens; b. July 25, 1908. 2. Anna Simpson Stephens; b. Dec. 31, 1910. 3. Robert Grice Stephens; b. Aug. 14, 1913. 4. Ida Evans Stephens; b. Dec. 24, 1917.

(B 427) SARAH L.A. EVANS Sarah L. A. Evans was born in 1889. She married Oct. 28,

1915, George B. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, Pa. Children:

1. Sarah Lee Evans Lippincott; b. 1920.

(B 428) ANNIE B. RAINES Annie B. Raines was born in 1860. She married William J.

Walker. Children:

1. Carolyn Walker; m. -- Nottingham. She was a mem­ber of the D. A. R., no. 84,991.

(B 429) MARTHA ANN HARRIS Martha Ann Harris was born February 21, 1859. She mar­

ried (1) Robert A. Keith on Oct. 28, 1885, and (2) Thomas Jerome Hart. Robert A. Keith was born May 4, 1845. Children: (B 502) 1. Edmund Harris Hart.

(B 430) WILLARD H. NEWSOME Willard H. Newsome married --- McGehee.

Children: 1. Willard Newsome. 2. James Newsome.

9. See note no. 18, of the preceding chapter.

EIGHTH GENERATION

(B 431) NORA NEWSOME Nora Newsome married Thomas Cooper.

Children: 1. Newsome Cooper.

(B 432) EMMA GUYTON BRYAN

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(Whitfield, Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William)

Emma Guyton Bryan was born in 1862. She married in 1881 Daniel Bradley (1856-1915). Children:

1. Theresa Bradley; b. 1882; m. Park Dallis. (B 503) 2. Mary Guyton Bradley.

3. Emma Bryan Bradley; b. 1893; m. H. W. Hemphill. 4. Margaret Love Bradley; b. 1897; m. Nathan A. Dykes.

(B 433) CHARLES BRYAN (William, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Charles Bryan married Pearl McLean.

railroad accident at Bessemer, Ala. Children:

He was killed in a

(B 504) (B 505)

1. Bessie Bryan. 2. Clara Bryan. 3. Charles Bryan.

(B 434) AGNES DA VIS BRYAN (William, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Agnes Davis Bryan married William H. Liggin. Presby­

terians. They lived in De Soto, Ga. Children:

1. Ruth Liggin; graduate of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. 2. Annie Lloyd Liggin, graduate of State Normal, Valdosta,

Ga. 3. Maxwell Liggin.

(B 435) WILLIE A. MEGRATH Willie A. Megrath married Nellie---. He was a student

in the United States Naval Academy, a patent lawyer, and for a time a resident of Washington, D. C. and New York City. He died in New York. Children:

1. Bryan Megrath. 2. Nellie Megrath.

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(B 437) WILLIAM HOLMES BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham,

Needham, Needham, William) William Holmes Bryan was born Nov. 2, 1871. He married

Mae Roberts, of Colbert, Ga. He was a mechanic 11ving in 1931 in Conley, Ga. Methodists. He died Jan. 26, 1945. Children:

1. William Benjamin Bryan. 2. May Eloise Bryan.

(B 438) BENJAMIN DAVID BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham,

Needham, Needham, William) Benjamin David Bryan was born Sept. 25, 1873. He mar­

ried (1) Martha Virginia Means, Feb. 25, 1903, and (2) Flora Willie Hixon Jan. 4, 1920. He was a merchant and farmer. He made his home at Vienna, Ga. Methodist. He died July 20, 1949.

Martha Virginia Means was born Jan. 11, 1880, the daugh­ter of Matthew Harvey and Sarah Elizabeth (Dunwoody) Means, of Elko, Houston County, Ga. She died April 26, 1916, and was buried at Vienna, Ga. Methodist.

Flora Willie Hixon was born Aug. 3, 1881, the daughter of the Rev. William Fannin and Adella (Gilmore) Hixon. William F. Hixon was a minister in the South Georgia Conference, Meth­odist Episcopal Church, South. Children:

1. Benjamin David Bryan; b. 1904, d. 1905. 2. Louise Herndon Bryan; b. Dec. 27, 1905, Vienna, Ga. Res.,

1949, Macon, Ga. 3. Mary Maud Bryan; b. Nov. 29, 1908, d. Dec. 16, 1917; bu.

at Vienna, Ga. 4. Benjamin Bryan; b. Nov. 29, 1915.

(B 439) MARY MAUD BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham,

Needham, Needham, William) Mary Maud Bryan (Jan. 14, 1875-Jan. 2, 1908) died in

Hereford, Texas, and is buried in Vienna, Ga. She was the first wife of Charles Mathis. After the death of his wife Charles Mathis moved tb Macon, Ga., engaged in the real estate business, and married Mabel Langford. Children:

1. Charles Buford Mathis; b. 1907. 2. Malcus Bryan Mathis; b. 1908.

EMMA BUFORD BRYAN WOODWARD 1877-

Wife of James Madison Woodward

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(B 440) EMMA BUFORD BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham,

Needham, Needham, William) Emma Buford Bryan was born Dec. 30, 1877. She married,

Dec. 6, 1899, near Vienna, Ga., James Madison Woodward. He was born May 12, 1870, near Vienna, the son of John Hartwell Woodward and Nancy B. McCormick. Methodists. Res., 1949, Vienna, Ga. Children: (B 506) 1. Mabel Frances Woodward. (B 507)

(B 508) (B 509) (B 510)

2. Grace Wynell Woodward. 3. Jane Esther Woodward; b. June 21, 1905. Currently Esther

Woodward has discarded Jane from her name. Res., 1949, Augusta, Ga.

4. James Madison Woodward. 5. Buford Bryan Woodward. 6. Mary Antoinette Woodward. 7. Winifred Bryan Woodward; b. Jan. 24, 1917. In 1949 she

is an x-ray technician in Watson Clinic. She furnished much of the material for her immediate family. Res., 1949, Lakeland, Fla.

(B 441) JOHN TALMADGE BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham,

Needham, Needham, William) John Talmadge Bryan was born Nov. 29, 1880. He married

Bertie Louise Brown, of Boston, Ga. In 1931 he was a salesman living in La Grange, Ga. Methodists. Children:

1. John Talmadge Bryan; b. 1909. 2. Paul Anthony Bryan; b. 1911. 3. Ruth Antoinette Bryan; b. 1924.

(B 442) CAROLINE LUCY OWEN Caroline, or Carril, Lucy Owen was born May 8, 1871. She

married Wilhelm Glenn Robinson. She was a graduate of Wes­leyan College, Macon, Ga. They lived in Tampa, Fla. Children:

1. Wilhelm Glenn Robinson. 2. Mary Bryan Robinson. 3. Martha Windsor Robinson; b. Nov. 23, 1900.

(B 443) PENELOPE OWEN Penelope Owen was born Aug. 10, 1875. She married Hubert

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M. Embry, the son of the Rev. James Samuel Embry and Mary Mayes. Nellie Owen was living in 1929 at Kirkwood, Ga. Children:

1. Esther Elizabeth Embry. 2. Annelle Embry. 3. Mary Hubert Embry.

(B 445) WILLIAM EVERETT SWEARINGEN William Everett Swearingen married Mary Conner, step­

daughter of Mrs. Martha Winifred Bryan Conner (B 436). They lived in Vienna, Ga. Methodists. Chifdren:

1. Lucy Winifred Swearingen. 2. Henry Conner Swearingen.

(B 447) WALTER J. SWEARINGEN Walter J. Swearingen was born Jan. 15, 1895. He married

June 30, 1921, Ralph Mary Huthnance. They lived in Peoria, III. Children:

1. Alice Margaret Swearingen. 2. Nancy Pamela Swearingen.

(B 448) BRYAN H. EDWARDS Bryan H. Edwards was born Dec. 24, 1877, in Macon, Ga.

He married July, 1900, Jacqueline Slappey, of Macon. They moved to Florida about 1919. They lived in Florida City, Fla. Children: (B 511) 1. Constance Edwards.

2. Jacqueline Edwards; b. Aug. 16, 1904; m. July 19, 1928, Henry Brooker.

(B 449) RICHARD LEWELLYN EDWARDS Richard Lewellyn Edwards was born May 22, 1883, in

Macon, Ga. He married (1) Mary Benton Findlay, of Macon, who died in Nov. 1913. He married (2) in December, 1914, Cleo Ward, of Columbus, Ga. They were Baptists living in 1931 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Children:

1. Richard Lewellyn Edwards. 2. Catherine Edwards. 3. Grady Findlay Edwards. Second marriage 4. -- Edwards. 5. Margaret Edwards.

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(B 450) SUSAN WINIFRED EDWARDS Susan Winifred Edwards was born Nov. 30, 1886, in Ma­

con, Ga. On Nov. 14, 1914, she married John T. Moore, Jr. He was an electrical engineer, of Macon. In 1929 he was in the employ of the Veteran's Bureau and living in Washington, D. C. Children:

1. Susan Bryan Moore; b. Dec. 27, 1917.

(B 451) CLIFFORD ANDERSON BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) Clifford Anderson Bryan married Emma Thompkins. Res.,

Wrightsville, Ga. Children :10

1. Clifford A. Bryan.

(B 452) WILLIAM MEGRATH BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham,

Needham, William) William Megrath Bryan married Minnie Whitfley.

Children :11

1. Catherine Bryan.

(B 453) FLORETTA ADELLA PARK Floretta Adella Park was born May 31, 1855, at Lumpkin,

Ga. She married in May, 1874, Dr. John Hamilton Goss, of Decatur, Ga. She was a graduate in 1873 of Dr. Pretiman's School for Young Ladies, Louisville, Kty. She lived in Decatur, Ga., where her children were born. She died in 1927. Children :12

1. Roba Boynton Goss; m. Wiley S. Ansley. 2. Mary Gordon Goss; m. M. I. Stone. 3. Wilma Park Goss; m. J. M. Gardner. 4. Isham Park Goss. 5. John Hamilton Goss; m. Lucy Durham. 6. Neal Gordon Goss ; m. Lillian Brigman.

(B 454) ROBERT EDWARD LEE BARNUM Robert Edward Lee Barnum was born in 1863. He married

in 1892 Alice Burche. They lived in Richland, Ga.

10. Marshall. 11. Marshall. 12. Marshall.

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Children:

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1. James Edwin Barnum. 2. William B. Barnum; res. (1929) Thomasville, Ga.

(B 455) FLOSSIE BARNUM Flossie Barnum was born in 1868. She married Dr. William

P. Carter. Res., Lumpkin, Ga. Children:

1. James B. Carter. 2. Floretta B. Carter. 3. Erskine L. Carter. 4. Martha Carter. 5. Gussie Carter. 6. -- Carter.

(B 456) FLORETTA BOYNTON Floretta Boynton was born Jan. 12, 1884. She married June

12, 1902, Harvey Fleming. They were Methodists. Resident in 1929 in LaFeria, Cameron County, Texas. Children:

1. Boynton Harvey Fleming. 2. Haygood Fleming. 3. Joyce Fleming. 4. Susie Fleming. 5. Jack Fleming. 6. William Libby Fleming.

(B 457) EDWYNNA De GRAFFENREID BOYNTON Edwynna de Graffenreid Boyton was born Aug. 2, 1886. On

Jan. 4, 1905, she married John Guy Jackson. She died Nov; 25, 1920.

John Guy Jackson was born Jan. 4, 1886, in Greene County, Ga., the son of William Albert Jackson and Ada Ellis Wright. He was sometime Georgia state manager for the Missouri State Life Insurance Company, and treasurer of the South Georgia Sunday School Board of the Methodist Church. Follow­ing the death of Edwynna, her husband married in 1926 Ruth Beeland, of Macon. He made his home in Macon, Ga.13

Children: 1. Edna Claire Jackson. 2. Clarence Guyton Jackson. 3. Mary Roba Jackson. 4. Sarah Frances Jackson. 5. -- Jackson; he was buried with Mrs. Jackson.

13. She had one son, William Lawrence Jackson, who was born Nov. 16, 1928.

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(B 458) MYRA BOYNTON Myra Boynton was born Aug. 14, 1894. She married Robert

Allen Rogers June 12, 1912, Arlington, Ga. He was born Nov. 30, 1888, in Fort Worth, Tex., the son of Robert Allen Rogers and Lillie Cornelia Sellers. R. A. Rogers, Jr., is a graduate of the University of Ga., 1910. Res., Albany, Ga. Children:

1. Robert Allen Rogers; b. 1913, Augusta, Ga. 2. Stella Rogers; b. 1915, Athens. 3. Sellers Boynton Rogers; b. 1917, Arlington. 4. Myra Clare Rogers; b. 1920, Arlington.

(B 459) ROBERT JAMES WIMBERLY Robert James Wimberly was born June 21, 1884. He mar­

ried Annie Winburn. He was a Methodist living in 1929 in Jeff­ersonville, Ga. Children:

1. James Edward Wimberly. 2. Martha Susan Wimberly.

(B 460) MATTIE KATE BURGESS Mattie Kate Burgess was born Nov. 23, 1888. She married

June 23, 1907, John Llewellyn Griffin, who was born April 30, 1875, near Jeffersonville, Ga., the son of Elias S. Griffin and Della Jones. Baptists. He was a farmer, living in 1932 in J effer­sonville, Ga. Children:

1. John Baker Griffin; b. July 17, 1908. 2. Harry Yancey Griffin; b. Nov. 9, 1911. 3. Mildred Hortense Griffin; b. Sept. 25, 1914. 4. Hazel Griffin; b. Nov. 17, 1916.

(B 462) LEO POYDRUS FAISON Leo Poydrus Faison was born Sept. 26, 1881, near Turkey,

N. C. He married Bessie Oates. Res., Turkey, N. C. Children:

1. Elizabeth Faison. 2. Ida Faison.

(B 463) MARY BRYAN FAISON Mary Bryan Faison was born Jan. 7, 1885, near Turkey, N.

C. She married Elliot Pigford. Res., 1927, Clinton, N. C.

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Children:

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1. Frank Pigford. 2. James Pigford. 3. Mary Faison Pigford. Two others died. Order unknown.

(B 464) ROBERT DICKSON BRYAN (John, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) · Robert Dickson Bryan was born Nov. 4, 1885, in Duplin

County, N. C. He married Lyde Best Register and was living in 1928 in Jacksonville, Fla. Children:

1. Ruth Pearsall Bryan; m. -- Owens. 2. Robert Dickson Bryan. 3. Mary Oliver Bryan. 4. Walter Register Bryan. 5. Charles Jennings Bryan.

(B 465) JOHN OLIVER BRYAN (John, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) .Tohn Oliver Bryan was born Aug. 5, 1887, in Duplin Coun­

ty, N. C. He married Mabel Spives, of Chicago, Ill. He worked for the Equitable Life Insurance Company and lived, 1928, in St. Paul, Minn. Children:

1. John Oliver Bryan. 2. James Robert Bryan.

(B 466) JOSEPH KEDAR BRYAN (John, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Joseph Kedar Bryan was born Dec. 29, 1876. He married

Dec. 17, 1902, Mary Lillie Rhodes. He was living in 1929 in Kenansville, N. C. Children:

1. Martha Pearsa·ll Bryan; b. March 19, 1908, at Warsaw, N. C.; m. Oct. 6, 1926, Luther Rice Carroll. Res., 1929, Magnolia, N. C.14

14. See John Grady, 54, 78.

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(B 467) JAMES PEARSALL BRYAN (John, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) James Pearsall Bryan (Oct. 29, 1878-Feb. 1906) married

Feb. 7, 1900, Sarah 0. Chambers, daughter of Clarissa Grady16

and John T. Chambers. James Pearsall Bryan lived in Kenans­ville, N. C. Children: (B 512) (B 513) (B 514)

(B 468)

1. Fannie Oliver Bryan. 2. Kedar Bryan. 3. Lou Nellie Bryan.

CATHERINE BRYAN (James, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Catherine Bryan married William Houlehan. Baptists. Res.,

1928, Tampa, Fla. Children:

1. William Houlehan. 2. Albert Houlehan; d. in infancy. 3. Frederick Houlehan. 4. Catherine Ann Houlehan.

(B 469) ROBERT CLAUDE BRYAN (James, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Robert Claude Bryan married Lucille Menendez. He was a

traveling salesman living in 1928 in Miami, Fla. Children:

1. Robert Claude Bryan. 2. Rose Marie Bryan.

(B 470) LULA FREELAND BRYAN (Robert, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham,

William) Lula Freeland Bryan was born Oct. 16, 1887. She married

May 29, 1907, the Rev. James Berry Leavell, born16 March 1,

15. See John Grady, 40. 16. Who's Who in America, XV.

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1880, to George Washington Leavell and Cora Ball Berry. Res., Houston, Tex. Children:

1. James Berry Leavell. 2. Lulu Lawton Leavell. 3. Cora Eleanor Leavell. 4. Robert Thomas Leavell. 5. Alleen Elise Leavell.

(B 471) CORA SMITH STAKELY Cora Smith Stakely was born in 1857. She married James

Vason Mc Whorter, of Penfield, Ga. Children:

1. Robert Ligon McWhorter. 2. Charles Stakely McWhorter.

(B 472) CHARLES AVARETTE STAKELY Charles Avarette Stakely was born March 3, 1859, at

Madisonville, Tenn. He married Feb. 15, 1882, in Richmond County, Ga., Sarah Jessie Davis. She was the daughter of the Rev. William Hudson and Sarah Anne (Kilpatrick) Davis.

Charles Avarette Stakely was admitted to the bar at LaGrange, Ga., when only eighteen years of age. The law he for­sook for the ministry. Ordained in 1880, at LaGrange to the Baptist ministry he served churches in Elberton, Hartwell, and Augusta, Ga. ; in Charleston, S. C.; the First Baptist Church in Washington, D. C., and the First Baptist Church in Montgom­ery, Ala. He was a trustee of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kty.17 He was the author of Poems, and Introduction of The Negro into The United States. Children:

1. Davis Fonville Stakely; m. LeGrand Smith. 2. Anne Kilpatrick Stakely; m. April 30, 1908, Henry F.

Martin. 3. Frances Sloan Stakely; m. Jan. 5, 1910, James DeWitt

Willcox, son18 of James S. Willcox and Lizzie Kyle. 4. Flora Mciver Stakely; m. F. S. Cooledge. 5. Charles Avarette Stakely.

17. He was awarded the M. A. degree by Mercer University, Macon, Ga.,, in 1884; the D. D. by the Richmond College, Va., and the LL.D. by Furman University, Spartanburg, S. C. See Owen, History of Ala. IV, 1610. 18. Blue Book of Alabama, 1929, p. 209.

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(B 473) IDA FONVILLE STAKELY Ida Fonville Stakely (1863-1903) married U. Hardy Clark,

of LaGrange, Ga. Children:

1. Paul Anderson Clark. 2. Annie 0. Clark; d. in infancy.

(B 474) LETA BRYAN STAKELY Leta Bryan Stakely married Dr. James Benton Hatchette,

of Marion, Ala. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, no. 8,356. Baptists. Res., Marion. Children:

1. Benton Hatchette. 2. Samuel Stakely Hatchette. 3. Charles Vernon Hatchette.

(B 475) CLIFTON AV ARETTE FONVILLE Clifton Avarette Fonville was born Dec. 11, 1868. He mar­

ried Mary Ray. Children:

1. Orion Fonville. 2. Mary Avarette Fonville. 3. Caswell Clifton Fonville. 4. Nannie Ray Fonville; b. 1908. 5. John Culpeper Fonville; b. 1910.

(B 476) PERCY GIBSON FONVILLE Percy Gibson Fonville was born Nov. 5, 1870. He married

Ethel Nelson, of Glens Falls, N. Y. Children:

1. Percy Gibson Fonville. 2. William Clifton Fonville. 3. Florence May Fonville. 4. Frances Mary Fonville.

(B 477) IDA STAKELY FONVILLE Ida Stakely Fonville was born in Feb., 1873. She married

(1) William D. Taylor (2) James 0. Sentell. The first was a Methodist minister. The second was born March 4, 1863, to John Troup Sentell and Martha Fletcher Willbanks at Mt. Hilliard, Bullock County, Ala. Ida was the second wife of James 0. Sen­tell. He was a teacher, 1883-88, merchant 1889-92, and lawyer after 1892.

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Children: 1. John Fonville Taylor. 2. William David Taylor. 3. Edgar Cecil Taylor. 4. Ida Will Taylor. 5. James Oscar Sentell.

(B 478) WILLIAM PARHAM FONVILLE William Parham Fonville was born Aug. 12, 1875. He mar­

ried Dec. 24, 1908, Celestine Gilmer. Children:

1. William Parham Fonville. 2. Harriet Fonville.

(B 479) FREDDIE CORNELIA FONVILLE Freddie Cornelia Fonville was born Oct. 16, 1882. She mar­

ried Oct. 17, 1906, Frederick Leslie Sawyer, of Wylam, Ala. Children:

1. Leslie Fonville Sawyer. 2. Virginia Clare Sawyer. 3. Marion D. Sawyer. 4. John Culpeper Sawyer. 5. Robert Sawyer.

(B 480) ELLA PEURIFOY BURGAMY Ella Peurifoy Burgamy was born May 31, 1863, in Ramer,

Montgomery Co., Ala. She married, Dec. 20, 1882, Martin Cas­sity Reynolds, son of Elisha Reynolds, of Montevallo, Ala. She died Sept. 26, 1894, in Birmingham. Children :19

1. Clifton Elisha Reynolds; b. 1883; m. (1) May 16, 1910, Sarah Raney, (2) Vera Love.

2. Alma Burgamy Reynolds; d. in infancy. 3. Irene Claire Reynolds; b. July 2, 1888, d. Jan. 29, 1927;

m. (1) Oct., 1905, Lucien Cassity Brown, of Birmingham; (2) Edwin McIntosh. D. A. R., No. 61,688.

4. Howard Tillman Reynolds; b. July 24, 1890; m. Marie Poison.

5. Henry Martin Reynolds; b. Aug. 31, 1894; m. Grace V. D. Brink, of Holland, Mich.

(B 482) ZULEIKA THEODOSIA BURGAMY Zuleika Theodosia Burgamy was born Sept. 30, 1867, in

Crenshaw County, Ala. She married Jan. 29, 1890, John Finley Gillespie. He was the son of Milton Campbell Gillespie and

19. Alma Gibson Burgamy to E. M. W.

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Lorenda Clark, of Madison County, Ala. She died in Crenshaw County, Ala. Children :20

1. Helen Medora Gillespie; b. Jan. 31, 1891, Birmingham, Ala.; m. June 29, 1911, Winfield Chester Towne, of Boston, Mass. No issue.

2. Tillman Burgamy Gillespie; b. Oct. 21, 1893; m. Margaret Kelly Krouse.

(B 483) LILLIAN AVARETTE BURGAMY Lillian Avarette Burgamy was born June 9, 1870, in Cren­

shaw County, Ala., married Feb. 11, 1891, William Martin Gold­smith. He was the son of Dr. William Goldsmith and Sarah Martin. He died in 1892. Children :21

1. Leta Will Goldsmith; b. Nov. 15, 1891; m. Franklin Weir Cowell, 1917.

(B 484) FANNIE MAY BURGAMY Fannie May Burgamy married April 19, 1889, John Walker

Patton. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revo­lution, no. 60,180. She made her home in Birmingham, Ala.

John Walker Patton was born in 1875 at Huntsville, Ala., the son of James Horgette Patton22 and Sallie Watkins, of Huntsville. Children:

1. James Horgette Patton. 2. John Walker Patton. 3. William Burgamy Patton. 4. Sarah Medora Patton.

(B 485) FREDERICK GIBSON FONVILLE Frederick Gibson Fonville was born in 1874. He married

Janie Wells. He died April 15, 1908. Children:

1. -- Fonville; d. in infancy. 2. Margaret Fonville.

20. Same to the same. 21. Lillian A. Burgamy died Dec. 13, 1930, in Birmingham, Ala. Sarah Martin was the first wife of William Goldsmith. They lived in Edgefield, S. C. (Alma Gibson Burgamy to E. M. W. Nov. 10, 1932 and earlier). 22. The immigrant ancestor, William Patton, was a native of Londonderry, Ireland, and was born in May, 1778. He came with his parents to America before 1791 and settled in Virginia. He moved to Huntsville, Ala., in 1818. (Owen, History of Ala., IV, 1328: Alma Gibson Burgamy to E. M. W., Nov. 6, 1932).

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(B 486) HOLLON FONVILLE Hollon Fonville was born in Birmingham, Ala. She married

Joseph George Eblen, of Louisville, Kty. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, no. 67,463. Children:

1. Joseph Fonville Eblen. 2. James Bryan Eblen. 3. Mary Doliska Eblen.

(B 487) GERTRUDE LOFTIN SHEPARD BRYAN (Robert, Robert, Kedar, Kedar, Needham,

Needham, William) Gertrude Loftin Shepard Bryan was born Dec. 19, 1883.

She married in Wilmington, N. C., Edward Manly Toon, Dec. 21, 1910. He was born in 1879 the son of Albert Franklin Toon and Elizabeth Smith. Gertrude was a graduate of North Caro­lina College for Women, Greensboro, N. C. She lived at White­ville, Columbus County, N. C. Methodists. Children:

1. Edward Manly Toon; b. 1916, Whiteville, N. C. 2. Mary Bryan Toon; b. 1921.

(B 488) JOSEPH SHEPARD BRYAN (Robert, Robert, Kedar, Kedar, Needham,

Needham, William) Joseph Shepard Bryan married Dec. 27, 1921, Anna Cave­

naugh, the daughter of Eli Cavenaugh and --- Denny. Joseph Shepard Bryan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1915. He was the principal of schools in Greens­boro, Wilmington, Wilson, and Dunn, N. C. He was in the United States Army in 1917. Methodists. Children:

1. Joseph Shepard Bryan. 2. Robert Cavenaugh Bryan.

(B 489) DAVID BRYAN FOY David Bryan Foy was born Nov. 16, 1877. On Aug. 3, 1903,

he married Minnie Lumsden. She was the daughter of Robert Lumsden, of Raleigh, N. C.

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Children: 1. -- Foy; d. in infancy. 2. Susan Foy. 3. Bryan Foy. 4. Robert Foy.

(B 490) HENRY LEE SLOAN Henry Lee Sloan was born Aug. 6, 1886, at Ingold, N. C.

On Dec. 3, 1919, he married Emily Patterson Elliot (S 481). Dr. Sloan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1907. He won his M. D. degree in the University of Pennsyl­vania in 1911. Children:

1. Henry Lee Sloan. 2. Jane Elliot Sloan.

WILLIAM BRYAN: NINTH GENERATION

(B 500) MARY CAPEHART NICHOLLS Mary Capehart Nicholls married Clarence Joseph Rhea.

Children: 1. Charlotte Rhea. 2. Josephine Rhea.

(B 501) WILLIAM FREDERICK EVE William Frederick Eve was born Oct. 7, 1888, in Augusta,

Ga. On Nov. 5, 1913, he married Grace Boykin. She was born in Augusta May 2, 1889, the daughter of William Clarence Boykin and Annie May Rhodes. William Frederick Eve died in Atlanta, Ga., May 16, 1935.1

Children: 1. Grace Boykin Eve; b. Nov. 12, 1914; m. Dec. 26, 1941,

Edward Barnard Crawford. They have a son, Edward B. Crawford, b. Aug. 22, 1942.

2. William Frederick Eve; b. June 4, 1916, in Augusta; m. May 11, 1940, Tommie Perdue Quin. She was born in 1918 the daughter of Robert Smith Quin and Thomas Egleston Perdue. They live, 1949, in Atlanta, Ga. and have two daughters: Elizabeth DuBose Eve, b. Sept. 7, 1941, and Ida Evans Eve, b. Nov. 18, 1945.

3. Anne Ida Eve; b. Dec. 27, 1921; m. May 13, 1940, John Russell Kerr. They have John Russell Kerr and Robert Eve Kerr, born Jan. 24, 1941, and Dec. 23, 1943, respectively.

(B 502) EDMUND HARRIS HART Edmund Harris Hart married Feb. 10, 1915, Gena Lee

Anthony. She was born Feb. 10, 1893, at Camp Hill, Ala., the daughter of Samuel Whitfield and Fannie Alice (Harris) An­thony. Edmund was a druggist making his home in Dawson, Ga. Children:

1. Martha Frances Hart. 2. Gena Elizabeth Hart.

(B 503) MARY GUYTON BRADLEY Mary Guyton Bradley was born in Stewart County, Ga.,

Aug. 17, 1891. She married Willard Cooper, who was born on Oct. 28, 1885, at Columbus, Ga., the son of John Thomas Cooper.

1. Robert S. Quin to T. M. W., June 19, 1949.

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Mary was a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the United Daugh­ters of the Confederacy. She lived in Columbus, Ga., where all the children were born.2

Children: 1. Lenora Newson Cooper. 2. Mary Bradley Cooper. 3. Margaret Susan Cooper. 4. Dan Bradley Cooper.

(B 504) BESSIE BRYAN (Charles, William, William, Benjamin, Needham,

Needham, Needham, William) Bessie Bryan married John Needham Hargrove. She made

her home in Vienna, Ga. Children:

1. John Hargrove. 2. Charles Hargrove.

(B 505) CLARA BRYAN (Charles, William, William, Benjamin, Needham,

Needham, Needham, William) Clara Bryan married Carl Theodore Stovall and made her

home in Vienna, Ga. Children:

1. Carl Theodore Stovall. 2. Charles Milton Stovall. 3. Miriam Stovall.

(B 506) MABEL FRANCES WOODWARD Mabel Frances Woodward was born Nov. 13, 1900. She

married Nov. 28, 1928, Francis K. Douglass. He died in Novem­ber, 1943. Res., 1949, Whitmire, S. C. Children:

1. George Woodward Douglass. 2. Francis Michael Douglass.

(B 507) GRACE WYNELL WOODWARD Grace Wynell Woodward was born Jan. 27, 1903. She mar­

ried Samuel Lewis Moss. Res., 1949, Louisville, Ky. Children:

1. Samuel Lewis Moss.

2. Mrs. Willard Cooper to E. M. W.

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(B 508) JAMES MADISON WOODWARD James Madison Woodward was born Nov. 10, 1907. He

married Janie Forehand. Res., 1949, Vienna, Ga. Children:

1. James Madison Woodward. 2. John David Woodward.

(B 509) BUFORD BRYAN WOODWARD Buford Bryan Woodward was born Oct. 17, 1910. He mar­

ried Frances McRoe. Res., 1949, Marietta, Ga. Children:

1. Margaret Woodward.

(B 510) MARY ANTOINETTE WOODWARD Mary Antoinette Woodward was born Dec. 1, 1913. She

married Rayford Elliott Barfield. Res., 1949, Fitzgerald, Ga. Children:

1. Rayford Elliott Barfield.

(B 511) CONSTANCE EDWARDS Constance Edwards married in 1920 in Florida City, Fla.,

James Ivey Ryle, of Savannah, Ga. He was a veteran of World War I. They lived in Miami, Fla. Children:

1. James E. Ryle. 2. Betty Ryle. 3. Patricia Ryle.

(B 512) FANNIE OLIVER BRYAN (James, Kedar,.John, John, Kedar, Needham,

Needham, William) Fannie Oliver Bryan was born May 30, 1901. She married

(1) Samuel B. Whitby, of Broadnax, Va., on Sept. 2, 1917, and (2) Edward S. McGowan. Samuel died in May, 1919. Fannie lived in 1943 in Aiken, S. C.3

Children: 1. Samuel B. Whitby; b. October, 1919; m. Ethel Sue Fuller

in 1942.

3. Data for James Pearsall Bryan and his descendants found in a letter of Mrs. Fannie Bryan McGowan to T. M. W. Oct. 31, 1939.

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(B 513) KEDAR BRYAN (James, Kedar, John, John, Kedar, Needham,

Needham, William) Kedar Bryan was born July 28, 1902. He married Josephine

Thomas. They made their home in Kenansville, N. C. Children:

1. William Jennings Bryan; b. June 18, 1935.

(B 514) LOU NELLIE BRYAN (James, Kedar, John, John, Kedar, Needham,

Needham, William) Lou Nellie Bryan was born Aug. 10, 1904. She married Dan

Byrd. They made their home in Granite Falls, N. C. Children:

1. Doris Bryan Byrd.

PART II

DESCENDANTS OF

HARDY BRYAN

HARDY BRYAN: FIRST GENERATION

Arms: Or three lions passant in pale gules

Crest: A sword erect proper, pommel and hilt or bet. two lions jambes couped erect gules.

Motto: Fortes et Fidelis

(BH 1) HARDY BRYAN Hardy Bryan the progenitor of this line in America was

born in or about 1715. It is thought that he was still a young man when he forsook Munster, Ireland, in order to emigrate to America. Upon reaching our shore, or later, Hardy Bryan settled near New Bern, N. C., in an area already claimed by Christopher Baron de Graffenried1 for his German and Swiss associates. Thanks to the presence of the Germans this community was soon known as New Germany and students of the Bryan family began to call Hardy and his descendants the "New Germany Bryans" in contradistinction to the Bertie County Bryans.

Hardy Bryan in 1743 married Mrs. Sarah (Bonner) Worse­ley. She was born in 1724 the daughter of Thomas Bonner.2 She was the widow of Thomas ( ?) Worseley.8

1. The name Graffenried like others of the period was spelled in divers forms. Wheeler spelled it Graaffenreidt. In the Dictionary of American Biography it is spelled Graffenried. 2. One •rhomas Bonner and his wife Elizabeth left Nansemond County, Va., and moved to Bertie County, N. C. In his will which is dated Nov. 11, 1755, he mentioned three sons, Thomas, Henry, and Moses. Five daughters were also named. His widow was the executrix.

Their son Thomas was born in 1690. He moved from Bertie County about 1715 to Beaufort County, N. C., and settled a mile north of the pres­ent Washington. His place he named Bonner Hill. Here, too, he died, possibly in the 1760's. He is mentioned in a deed in 1716. He married about 1715 Abigail---, (1694-1760). In his will under date of Novem­ber, 1761, he named his sons Henry, James, and Thomas, and four married daughters, including Sarah. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 155: Beaufort County Deeds, bk. 1, p. 102). 3. Probably the Thomas Worseley of Bath County, N. C., whose will was dated Jan. 18, 1737. In this he named his sons Thomas, Joseph, and John and his wife Sarah. The will of John W orseley contains references to his "half-brothers," Lewis, Isaac, Thomas, William, Hardy, and Nathan Bryan. He also mentioned his mother Sarah and his "half-sister" Mary Bryan. William and Hardy Bryan were named as executors. N. C. H. & G. R., I, 506).

We think it proper to call attention to the fact that at least one who

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Hardy Bryan was a justice of the peace for Craven Coun­ty, N. C.,4 in 1759 and major in the county militia in 1754. Some of the land in Craven County which it is thought he pat­ented from the British Crown was still owned and occupied in 1931 by his descendants. He died in 1760.5 His widow probably married an Isler, for the will of one Sarah Isler mentioned her sons Lewis, William, Na than, and Isaac Bryan and her married daughter Mary Hatch, and grandchildren Ann and James Lewis. Children: (BH 2) (BH 3) (BH 4) (BH 5) (BH 6) (BH 7) (BH 8)

1. William Bryan. 2. Mary Bryan. 3. Thomas Bryan. 4. Hardy Bryan. 5. Nathan Bryan. 6. Isaac Bryan. 7. Lewis Bryan.

has studied this branch of the Bryan family thought the name should be Moseley rather than Worseley, Worsley, or Worsely. 4. Register of the N. C. Society of Col. Dames, 1924. 5. The will of Hardy Bryan, dated Feb. 28, 1760, prob. May 6, 1760, men­tions his brother Lewis; sons, Thomas, William, Hardy (to whom he gives one-half the manor, including houses), Nathan (lot in New Bern), Lewis (lot in New Bern), Isaac, Mary (lot in New Bern), and his wife Sarah. (Grimes, N. C. Wills, 92-94).

Will of Sarah (Bryan) Isler may be seen in Grimes, Abstract of N. C. Wills.

HARDY BRYAN: SECOND GENERATION

(BH 2) WILLIAM BRYAN (Hardy) William Bryan of Craven County, N. C., married (1) Susan

Green, sister of Col. Joseph Green,1 (2) Mrs. Respass, (3) --­Mackey. He died in 1791.

William Bryan was a large land holder and prominent pa­triot. He represented Craven County in the Hillsboro Assembly, in August, 1775, and that at Halifax the following year.2 He was made lieutenant colonel of Minute Men, 1774-75, and in 1776 was by the Continental Congress commissioned to command the New Bern district. He participated with the New Bern troops under Gen. Caswell in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Feb. 27, 1776. In 1780 he was again in the assembly. He is buried near New Bern and his grave has been marked by the Sons of the American Revolution.

The will of Gen. Bryan, dated 1791, mentioned his wife,8

Elmer, Hardy, Ellen, Mary, Green, Susannah, Margaret, Hol­land, Elizabeth, and Ann. Children: (BH 9)

(BH 10) (BH 11) (BH 12) (BH 13) (BH 14) (BH 15)

(BH 16)

1. Hardy Bonner Bryan; m. Mrs. Mary Respass Swann. His wi114 dated 1790 mentions his wife, Green Bryan, and his sister Holland Martin.

2. Green Bryan. 3. Ann Bryan. 4. Betsy Bryan. 5. Susan Bryan. 6. Sarah Bryan. 7. Holland Bryan. 8. Margaret Bryan. 9. Mary Bryan. Second marriage.

10. Eleanor Bryan.

(BH 3) MARY BRYAN (Hardy) Mary Bryan married (1) Edmund Hatch (H 52) and (2)

1. Col. Green married Sarah Whitfield (13). 2. Wheeler, II, 110, 122. 3. Will Book, A, p. 244, in Clerk of Court Office, New Bern, N. C., MS. See also Saunders, X, 164-67, 172, 173, 205, 563. 4. MS., Will Book, A., 233.

The order of the children is uncertain.

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Adam Tooley. She lived for a while in Tennessee and then in Natches, Miss. Children:

Those by first marriage under their father. (BH 17) 10. Henrietta Tooley; b. Jan. 3, 1793; m. John Wesley Bryan

(BH 38). Children under father. 11. Adam Tooley; b. at Natches, Miss. 12. Elizabeth Tooley. 13. Lewis Hatch Tooley (?).

(BH 4) THOMAS BRYAN (Hardy) Thomas Bryan married Rachel LaVender, who was born

March 20, 1737, the daughter of William LaVender and Rachel Roman (1701-1784). Thomas Bryan is thought to have died young. His widow married5 Feb. 28, 1764, Abraham Bassett Simmons. Children: (BH 18)

(BH 19) (BH 20)

1. Sarah Bryan; m. Lemuel Hatch. (H 54) Children under father.

2. N a:ncy Bryan. 3. Penelope Bryan; m. (1) John Hatch (H 60); (2) Thomas

Pitts Ives. Children under first husband.

The children of Mrs. Rachel La Vender Bryan and Abraham Bassett Simmons were :

(BH 21) 1. Mary Simmons. 2. Dovey Simmons; m. Frederick Foscue. 3. Eleanor Simmons. 4. Lavender Simmons. 5. Betty Simmons. 6. Regin Simmons. 7. Bonets Simmons. 8. Liberty Simmons; b. July 14, 1776, the day Abraham and

Rachel Simmons received news of the Declaration of In­dependence.

9. Winifred Simmons.

(BH 5) HARDY BRYAN (Hardy) Hardy Bryan was born about 1748 in Craven County, N. C.

He probably died in Craven County about 1781. 6 He married Sarah Hatch (H 53). In as much as his father left him by will "one-half of the manor, including houses," we presume he lived at the old homestead.

5. Jesse George Whitfield (492) to E. M. W., 1926, in which he wrote: "I copied the old records of the Simmons family in handwriting of Abram Basset Simmons, who was my great-great-grandfather." See also Grimes, J.B., Abstract of N. C. Wills, 53: Hathaway, I, 175. 6. On Aug. 30, 1782, there was an executor's sale of property of Hardy Bryan. We judge Hardy Bryan had died about 1780 or '81. (Craven County Records, Book A, 116. MS.).-

Children: 7

(BH 22) (BH 23)

(BH 24)

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1. James Hardy Bryan. 2. William Hatch Bryan; b. Feb. 18, 1771; m. Elizabeth

Heritage (85). 3. Asa Bryan. 4. Edmund Bryan; b. 1775, d, 1817. 5. Thomas Bryan; b. 1779.

(BH 6) NATHAN BRYAN (Hardy) Nathan Bryan was born in 1750 probably in Craven Coun­

ty, N. C. About 1773 he married (1) Winifred Bryan (B 16) and (2) Nancy Reynolds, daughter of Richard Reynolds.

Nathan Bryan was devoted to the cause of American lib­erty. At Moore's Creek, Feb. 27, 1776, we find him a captain of militia. For services in this expedition he received 25 pounds, 16 shillings. 8 After the formation of Jones County in 1779 we find Nathan Bryan representing that county in the House of Com­mons in 1787, and 1791-94. The last year he was elected to rep­resent New Bern district in Congress. He was re-elected two years later. While attending Congress he died, 1798, in Phila­delphia and was buried in the Baptist Meetinghouse yard there.9

Children: (BH 25) (BH 26) (BH 27) (BH 28)

(BH 29) (BH 30)

(BH 31)

1. Mary Bryan. 2. John Thomas Bryan. 3. Nathan Bryan; m. Rachel Whitfield (68). 4. Winifred Bryan; b. Dec. 21, 1778, d. Oct. 26, 1828; m. (1)

in 1798 Bryan Whitfield (14): (2) Feb. 1819 Gen. William Blackledge, of Craven Co., N. C. Children by first marriage under father.

5. Needham Bryan. 6. Nancy Bryan. Second marriage. 7. James Reynolds Bryan.

(BH 7) ISAAC BRYAN (Hardy) Isaac Bryan married ( 1) Griselda Cox, daughter of Long­

field Cox and (2) Mrs. Rachel (Whitfield) Herritage (17). He died in March 1794. His will mentions his wife and sons.

7. Bryan and Bailey Bible. 8. Accounts of U. S. with N. C., Book E-G, 59; N. C. Rev. Army Ac­counts, XI, p. 15, folio 2, MSS. 9. Wheeler, II, 221: Baptist Encyclopedia, 1881 ed., p. 155.

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Children :10

(BH 32) (BH 33) (BH 34)

(BH 35)

BRYAN

1. Lewis Cox Bryan. 2. Christopher T. Bryan. 3. Hardy Bryan. 4. Rachel Bryan. 5. Sears Bryan.

(BH 8) LEWIS BRYAN (Hardy) Lewis Bryan married (1) Elizabeth Sasser, (2) Mrs. Mary

(Respass) (Swann) Bryan. The first was the aunt of John Sasser, of Wayne County: the second the widow of Hardy Bon­ner Bryan (BH 9). Children: (BH 36) (BH 37) (BH 38)

(BH 39)

1. Hardy Sasser Bryan. 2. Lewis Bryan. 3. John Wesley Bryan. 4. Elizabeth Bryan. 5. William Bryan. 6. Thomas Bryan. 7. Sarah Bryan.

10. We do not know which was the mother of the children; but we think the first. See footnote one under (BE 100) James Bryan.

HARDY BRYAN: THIRD GENERATION

(BH 10) GREEN BRYAN Green Bryan (1780-1812) of

ried in 1805 Nancy Blackledge.

(William, Hardy) Craven County, N. C., mar-

Children: (BH 100) 1. William Green Bryan.

2. Sophia Bryan; m. Henry Jones. 3. Blackledge Bryan. 4. Green Bryan.

(BH 11) ANN BRYAN (William, Hardy) Ann, or Nancy, Bryan married (1) John Allen, (2) --­

Lane, ( 3) --- Martin or Mastin. Children:

1. Burton Allen. 2. Sam Allen. 3. Polly Allen; m. -- White. 4. Bryan Lane; m. -- Price.

(BH 12) BETSY BRYAN (William, Hardy) Betsy Bryan married Frederick Lane.

Children: (BH 101) 1. John T. Lane.

2. Hardy Bonner Lane; m. -- Benson. 3. Frederick Lane; m. M. J. Neal. 4. Elizabeth Lane. 5. Cashmir Lane. 6. Mary Lane; m. -- Harris. 7. Nancy Lane.

(BH 13) SUSAN BRYAN (William, Hardy) Susan Bryan married Sept. 7, 1796, (1) Thomas Armstrong

and (2) --- Mintz. Children:

1. Polly Armstrong. 2. James Armstrong; m. Mrs. -- Pitman. 3. William Armstrong. 4. John Mintz.

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(BH 14) SARAH BRYAN (William, Hardy) Sarah Bryan married Thomas Green Jan. 17, 1788.

Children: 1. Thomas Green. 2. James Green. 3. William B. Green. 4. Sally Green. 5. John Green. 6. Susan Green. 7. Polly Green.

(BH 15) HOLLAND BRYAN (William, Hardy) Holland Bryan married --- Martin or Mastin.

Children: 1. Polly Martin. 2. William Martin. 3. Richard Martin; m. -- Fullington.

(BH 16) ELEANOR BRYAN (William, Hardy) Eleanor Bryan married Thomas Wadsworth, son of Igna­

tius Wadsworth. She was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N. C. Children:

1. Thomas M. Wadsworth; m. Matilda Boyer. 2. William Wadsworth. 3. Hardy Wadsworth.

(EH 102) 4. Edward Wadsworth. 5. Albert Wadsworth; m. (1) -- Mackey; (2) -­

Mackey. 6. Sarah Wadsworth; m. -- Schenck.

(BH 19) NANCY BRYAN (Thomas, Hardy) Nancy Bryan married (1) Joshua Croom and (2) William

Hardy. The latter was the son of Pinckney Hardy. Children:1

(EH 103) 1. Olivia Croom; m. William Bryan (BE 101). 2. Pinckney Croom, or Hardy.

(BH 21) DOVEY SIMMONS Dovey Simmons married Frederick Foscue or Fortescue.2

Children: (EH 104) 1. Augustine Foscue.

1. We believe that Nancy Bryan had at least one child by her first hus­band, for we find concerning William Bryan (BE 101) a note that he mar­ried Olivia Croom who was described as a daughter of Joshua Croom. 2. Fortescue has been variously spelled. Current use in this country seems to favor Foscue.

THIRD GENERATION

(BH 22) JAMES HARDY BRYAN

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(Hardy, Hardy) James Hardy Bryan was born June 3, 1769. He married

Aug. 30, 1789, (1) Lucy Hatch (H 101), and (2) May 8, 1821, Margaret Bailey (Jan. 21, 1793-Sept. 27, 1841). James Hardy Bryan died March 22, 1844. Children :3

(BH 105)

(BH 106)

(BH 107)

(BH 108)

1. Lewis Cameron Bryan; b. Aug. 19, 1790, d. Oct. 29, 1814. 2. James Hardy Bryan; b. Oct.12, 1792, d. Jan. 14, 1821. 3. Elizabeth Bryan; b. March 7, 1795, d. June 22, 1863. 4. Mary Bryan. 5. Wealthy Sanders Bryan; b. Nov. 27, 1800, d. June 4, 1830;

m. -- Turner. 6. William Hatch Bryan; b. Aug. 18, 1803, d. April 7, 1837. 7. Sally Bryan; b. Feb. 2, 1805, d. Nov. 2, 1867; m. --­

Copeland. 8. Edmund Bryan; b. May 29, 1806, d. July 4, 1807. 9. Henrietta Bryan; b. Feb. 7, 1808, d. May 29, 1832; m. -- Taylor.

10. Harriet T. Bryan; b. Jan. 15, 1810; m. --- Donoho. 11. John Wesley Bryan; b. June 16, 1812, d. Nov. 9, 1812. 12. Willie Blount Bryan. 13. Lucy Ann Bryan; b. Jan. 18, 1817. Second marriage. 14. Margaret Jane Bryan. 15. David Bailey Bryan; b. Feb. 28, 1824, d. April 14, 1825. 16. James H. Bryan; b. Feb. 4, 1826. 17. Hardy Bryan; b. April 18, 1828. 18. Charles Bailey Bryan. 19. Henrietta T. Bryan; b. June 15, 1835, d. Sept. 11, 1840.

(BH 24) ASA BRYAN (Hardy, Hardy) Asa Bryan was born April 10, 1773. He married

Dies. Children:

1. William Bryan; m. (1) -- Bradley, (2) -- Len-nox.

2. Asa Bryan; m. -- Lynes. 3. Theophilus Bryan; m. -- Marshall. 4. Lewis C. Bryan; m. --- King. 5. Sarah Bryan; m. -- Speight. 6. Edmund Bryan; m. (1) -- Echols; (2) -- Kil-

patrick. 7. Elizabeth Bryan; m. -- Hunt. 8. Thomas Bryan. 9. Nancy Bryan.

(BH 25) MARY BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) Mary Bryan was born Aug. 10, 1774. She married (1) in

1797 Gen. William Croom; (2) Lewis Cox Bryan (BH 32). She

3. MS., Bryan and Bailey Bible, in the possession (1929) of Judge Jen­nings Bryan Bailey, of Washington, D. C.

See note under (53) Bryan Whitfield.

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was the third wife4 of Gen. Croom. She died Nov. 7, 1807. Children: (BH 109) (BH 110)

(BH 111)

1. Hardy Bryan Croom. 2. Susan Matilda Croom; b. 1800, d. 1816; m. Edmund Whit­

field (81). Daughter under father. 3. Bryan Croom; b. Oct. 8, 1803, d. Dec. 24, 1875; m. in 1826

Evelyn Hawks, daughter of Samuel Hawks and Elizabeth Pugh Guion, sister of Bishop Hawks, and the Rev. Francis L. Hawks. She was descended from Col. John Williams and Pherabee Savage Pugh. It is said that Bryan Croom furnished the chair for the inaugural of Jefferson Davis, and that chair was in 1929 in the possession of Susie Whit­field,5 of Whitfield, Ala. Buried in Montgomery, Ala.

4. Richard Croom.

(BH 26) JOHN THOMAS BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) John Thomas Bryan (Jan. 14, 1776-1845) married (1)

Mary Hatch (H 107) and (2) Rachel Whitfield (75). He lived at Jericho, N. C. Children:6

(BH 112)

(BH 113)

(BH 114) (BH 1.15)

1. Theodosia Burr Bryan. Second marriage. 2. Lucy Winifred Bryan; b. Feb. 22, 1803, d. 1833; m. John

Beck Whitfield (201). Children under father. 3. Rachel Whitfield Bryan; m. (1) Joseph T. Collier (251),

(2) as his second wife Joshua Moseley. 4. Sallie Bonner Bryan. 5. Nancy Penelope Bryan. 6. Mary H. Bryan; m. (1) Kinchin Smith, (2) --­

Markham. 7. Rachel Elizabeth Bryan. 8. Na than Bryan; d. young.

(BH 29) NEEDHAM BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) Needham Bryan was born either on April 26, 1780, or Dec.

5, 1781, we are told. He married Susan Barfield7 and lived in Marengo County, Ala. Susan outlived her husband.

4. The second wife of Gen. Croom was Elizabeth Whitfield (69). 5. Possibly Susie Evilena Whitfield, daughter of James George Whit­field (274). 6. Taken from the notes of N. B. Whitfield (272), MS. 7. Francis Barfield and his wife Mary left England and settled in North Carolina before the Revolution. They had a son Jesse Barfield.

Jesse Barfield had three sons; Frederick, Thomas C., and Steven. Jesse and Frederick were found in the Patriot ranks at the Battle of Camden, and the older man was so exhausted that he died in Duplin County a few days later.

Frederick Barfield had four or more children: James Barfield, George Barfield, Blake Barfield, and Susan Barfield, who married Needham Bryan (BH 29). (Ira R. Barfield to William H. Long, of Decatur, Ala., who kindly forwarded the material to E. M. W.).

Children:

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1. Mary Williams Bryan; b. in Dec., 1807, d. 1857; m. An­drew Hamilton, of Tennessee.

(BH 116) 2. Susan Bryan; b. perhaps in May 1809; m. Paoli Collier, possibly the son of Probert and Mrs. Elizabeth (Green) (Bryan) Collier (67).

3. Nathan Bryan; b. about 1810, d. 1858 at Demopolis, Ala.; m. (1) Elizabeth Whitehead and (2) Mrs. Mary Under­wood Bohannon.

4. Needham Bryan; b. 1812 or '13; moved to Tenn. 5. Winifred Bryan; b. 1816; m. --- Hogan. 6. Frederick Barfield Bryan; b. May 26, 1818, d. Jan. 24, 1901;

m. Holland Ann Bush, ( d. April 29, 1899, daughter of Nathan Bush and Mary Harrison).

(BH 117) 7. Nancy Lane Bryan. (BH 118) 8. Levin Bryan.

9. James Bryan; b. 1822; m. Pauline Whitfield. He was killed in the C. S. A., Franklin, Tenn. Nov. 30, 1864.

10. Elizabeth Bryan; b. 1825; m. (1) Henry Curtis, of Spring Hill, Marengo Co., Ala.: (2) --- Smith.

11. George Washington Bryan. (BH 119) 12. Andrew Jackson Bryan.

(BH 30) NANCY BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) Nancy Bryan (Dec. 5, 1781-May 1854) married Levin Lane

(1772-1832). He lived at or near New Bern, N. C. and was the son of Ezekiel Lane, a wealthy planter living near Wilmington, N. C. The son was also a planter owning estates which he called Strawberry and Springfi.eld.8

Children: (BH 120) (BH 121) (BH 122) (BH 123)

(BH 124)

1. Winifred Bryan Lane. 2. Levin Bryan Lane. 3. Nancy Lane. 4. Mary Lane. 5. Nathan Bryan Lane; b. Feb. 19, 1812, d. Feb. 22, 1885.

He was buried at Old Spring Hill, Marengo Co., Ala. 6. Leah Margaret Lane. 7. James Lane. 8. Penelope Lane; d. young.

(BH 31) JAMES REYNOLDS BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) James Reynolds Bryan married Mary Bush, daughter of

Colonel William Bush.

Goodspeed in his History of Ruther! ord County, Tenn., mentioned one Frederick Barfield as one appointed to select a site for the first seat of justice for that county. He is reported as present at the first quarter ses­sions in 1813. War records of 1812 show that Frederick Barfield and James Barfield enlisted the same day. See the Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 30, 1928. Also the note under Mary Whitfield (5). 8. He is said to have been the largest landowner in New Hanover Co., N. C. (Jas. Sprunt, Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, 68.).

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Children: (BH 125)

BRYAN

1. Sarah Margaret Bryan. 2. James Richard Bryan; m. Elizabeth Rombert, dau. of Col.

Caleb Rombert; and d. leaving issue.

(BH 32) LEWIS COX BRYAN (Isaac, Hardy) Lewis Cox Bryan married (1) Malsey Burney and (2) Mrs.

Mary Bryan Croom (BH 25). Children:

1. Isaac Bryan; m. Julia Quailes. Five daughters. 2. Hardy Bryan.

(BH 126) 8. Betsy Bryan. (BH 127) 4. Nancy Bryan.

5. William Bryan.

(BH 33) CHRISTOPHER T. BRYAN (Isaac, Hardy) Christopher T. Bryan married (1) ---Gray, (2) --­

Simmons, and (3) --- Connor. Children:

1. William Bryan. 2. Christopher Bryan; m. -- Sanderson.

(BH 34) HARDY BRYAN (Isaac, Hardy) Hardy Bryan married --- Lifsey, daughter of Samuel

Lifsey. Children:

1. Julia Bryan; m. -- Hyman. 2. Mary Bryan; m. Edwin Beckton.

(BH 35) SEARS BRYAN (Isaac, Hardy) Sears Bryan married --- Cox.

Children: 1. Amanda Bryan. 2. William Bryan.

(BH 36) HARDY SASSER BRYAN (Lewis, Hardy) Hardy Sasser Bryan married --- Young.

Children: 1. Sally Beall Bryan. 2. Hardy Bryan; m. (1) -- McCarock, (2) Mary Bryan. 8. Elizabeth Bryan. 4. John Bryan. 5. William Bryan; m. -- Cannon. 6. Lucy Bryan. 7. Lewis Bryan. 8. Catherine Bryan; m. -- Williams.

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(BH 37) LEWIS BRYAN (Lewis, Hardy) Lewis Bryan was the sheriff of Lenoir County, N. C. He

married --- Dudley. Children:

1. William Bryan. 2. Mary Bryan. 3. John L. Bryan. 4. Alexander Bryan; m. -- Green. 5. Ann Maria Bryan; m. -- Stiles.

(BH 38) JOHN WESLEY BRYAN (Lewis, Hardy) John Wesley Bryan married his cousin Henrietta Tooley

(BH 17). Children:

1. William Bryan. (BH 128) 2. Viola Bryan; m. William Bryan (BH 129).

3. Lewis W. Bryan. 4. Sarah Bryan. 5. Lucy Ann Bryan. 6. Mary Bryan; m. -- Howard.

(BH 39) WILLIAM BRYAN (Lewis, Hardy) William Bryan married --- Parker.

Children: (BH 129) 1. William Bryan; m. Viola Bryan (BH 128).

2. Caroline Bryan.

HARDY BRYAN: FOURTH GENERATION

(BH 100) WILLIAM GREEN BRYAN (Green, William, Hardy)

William Green Bryan was born in 1807 and lived in Craven County, N. C. He married in 1830 Sarah Ann King. He died in 1888. Children:

(BH 200) (BH 201) (BH 202)

(BH 101)

1. William Green Bryan; m. Elizabeth Gooding. 2. Elizabeth King Bryan. 3. Anne Blackledge Bryan; m. Richard Berry. 4. Edward King Bryan. 5. Harriet N. Bryan; m. N. T. Gooding. 6. Laura Bryan; m. William Bryan Lane (BH 203). 7. Sarah King Bryan. 8. George Whitfield Bryan; m. Julia A. Conrad. 9. Susan Waples Bryan.

10. Julia Frances Bryan. 11. Benjamin King Bryan. 12. Varinia Moore Bryan 13. Green Bryan; m. Eliza Benjamin Bishop.

JOHN T. LANE John T. Lane married Julia Harris.

Children: (BH 203) 1. William Bryan Lane; m. Laura Bryan (BH 202).

Possibly others.

(BH 102) EDWARD WADSWORTH The Rev. Edward Wadsworth lived in Greensboro, Ala. He

married (1) Anne E. Felton and (2) Mary Winifred Sledge (BH 217). Children:2

1. Edward Wadsworth. 2. Elizabeth Wadsworth. 3. Eleanor Wadsworth.

1. MacKenzie, G. N., Colonial Families, vol. 1., p. 54. 2. By first wife only. For further information concerning the Rev. Wads­worth see the Semi-Centennial History Of Southern University (now Birm­ingham Southern.)

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(BH 104) AUGUSTINE FOSCUE Augustine Foscue married Mehetable Hatch (H 113).

Children: (BH 204) 1. Mary Alice Foscue; b. 1838, d. 1889 in Marengo County,

Ala. She married in 1855 Bryan W. Whitfield (260). Children under their father.

(BH 105) MARY BRYAN (James, Hardy, Hardy) Mary Bryan was born June 5, 1798. She married Charles

Bailey. She died Feb. 23, 1878. Children: 3

(BH 205)

(BH 206)

(BH 207)

1. Henry L. Bailey. 2. Lucy Catherine Bailey; b. 1820, d. unmd. in 1867. 3. James Edmund Bailey. 4. Charles William Bailey; b. 1826, m. (1) Virginia

and (2) Mrs. L. B. Henry (nee Barkie). No issue.

5. David Bailey; b. 1829, d. 1830. 6. Charles D. Bailey.

(BH 106) WILLIE BLOUNT BRYAN

Carney

(James, Hardy, Hardy) Willie Blount Bryan was born Jan. 27, 1814. He married

Nov. 23, 1837, Mary Williamson Bailey. Children:

1. Lucinda Brown Bryan; b. Aug. 28, 1838.

(BH 107) MARGARET JANE BRYAN (James, Hardy, Hardy)

Margaret Jane Bryan was born July 20, 1822. She married Nov. 15, 1842, Nathaniel Barksdale Read.4

Children: 1. Edmund Randolph Read.

(BH 108) CHARLES BAILEY BRYAN (James, Hardy, Hardy)

Charles Bailey Bryan was born May 22, 1832, in Robertson County Tenn. He married May 5, 1875, Anne Elizabeth Semmes,

3. MS., data from Bryan and Bailey Bible in possession, 1929, of Judge Jennings Bryan Bailey, Washington, D. C.

The sister of Charles Bailey was the second wife of James H. Bryan (BH 22). 4. See Rouse, The Reads and their Relatives p. 293, for further data.

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born May 27, 1847, Mobile, Ala., the daughter of Anne Elizabeth Spencer and Admiral Raphael Semmes. Charles Bailey Bryan died in 1911. Mrs. Bryan lived in Memphis, Tenn. Children:5

(BH 208)

(BH 109)

1. Raphael Semmes Bryan. 2. Charles Middleton Bryan; b. Jan. 16, 1879, Memphis, Tenn.;

m. (1) Oct. 18, 1905, Bessie Smyth and (2) Sept. 15, 1915, Lydia Thomas.

HARDY BRYAN CROOM Hardy Bryan Croom (1798-1837) married Frances Smith,

daughter of Col. Nathan Smith, of New Bern, N. C. They lived in Lenoir County, N. C. Hardy Bryan Croom received his A. B. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1817 and his A. M. three years later. He read law with William Gaston of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He was a state senator for Lenoir County in 1828. He, his wife, and daughters perished on the ship Home when it was lost in a storm off Cape Hatteras Oct. 9, 1837. They were on their way from New York to Charles­ton, S. C.6

Children: 1. -- Croom. 2. -- Croom.

(BH 111) RICHARD CROOM Richard Croom (1805-Feb. 2, 1859) married in 1830 Wini­

fred Bryan Whitfield, the daughter of Bryan Whitfield (14). Episcopalians living in Sumter Co., Ala. Children:7

(BH 209)

(BH 210)

(BH 211) (BH 212)

1. Winifred Bryan Croom. 2. Nicholas Pavolich Croom; b. 1833, d. 1866 unmd. 3. Mary Whitfield Croom; b. July 31, 1836, d. June 20, 1867;

m. Nov. 2, 1858, Richard Allen Whitfield (270). Children under father.

4. Bryan Croom. 5. Susan Matilda Croom; b. 1841; m. James George Whit­

field (274). Children under father. 6. James Richard Croom; b. Aug. 5, 1848, d. June 28, 1849.

5. Semmes, The Semmes and Allied Families 80: A. C. A. G., III, 98: Who's Who in Tennessee, 1911, p. 286. 6. Wheeler, II, p. 224. 7. MS., Records of N. B. Whitfield (272).

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(BH 114) SALLIE BONNER BRYAN (John, Nathan, Hardy)

Sallie Bonner Bryan was the first wife of Joshua Moseley. Children:

1. Boaz Moseley. 2. Elizabeth Moseley. 3. Algernon L. Moseley. 4. Winifred Moseley.

(BH 115) NANCY PENELOPE BRYAN (John, Nathan, Hardy)

Nancy Penelope Bryan (1811-1872) married in 1831 Henry Roberts (1800, Jones Co., N. C.,-1854). He was a captain during the Mexican War. They lived in Goldsboro, N. C. Children:

1. Rachel Bryan Roberts; 1841, d. 1909. 2. John Roberts. 3. James Roberts. 4. Nathan Roberts.

(BH 117) NANCY LANE BRYAN (Needham, Nathan, Hardy)

Nancy Lane Bryan was born Aug. 28, 1820. On Oct. 4, 1838, she married John Simpson Thompson. He was born Dec. 2, 1804. He died June 7, 1860. Nancy died in 1900, either in February, or as one suggests, on July 17. Children:

(BH 213) (BH 214) (BH 215)

1. William McMeans Thompson; b. Oct. 4, 1839. He was killed in battle in northern Arkansas in 1861 while in the Con~ federate Army.

2. Needham Bryan Thompson; b. Dec. 8, 1841, d. Jan. 17, 1862, in Richmond, Va. The date suggests the possibility that he was in the army and died as a result of war service.

3. Elizabeth Jane Thompson; b. 1843, d. 1854. 4. Samuel Alexander Thompson. 5. John Simpson Thompson; 6. Nancy Lane Thompson. 7. Anna Meyers Thompson; b. 1856, d. 1857. 8. Mary Susan Thompson; b. 1859, d. 1860.

(BH 118) LEVIN BRYAN (Needham, Nathan, Hardy) Levin Bryan was born in 1821. He married --- Whitfield.

Children: 1. Susan Bryan.

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(BH 119) ANDREW JACKSON BRYAN (Needham, Nathan, Hardy)

Andrew Jackson Bryan was born May 4, 1829. He married Sarah Whitfield. 8

Children: 1. Levin Lane Bryan; b. 1862. 2. Mary Elizabeth Bryan; b. 1864. 3. Nathan Whitfield Bryan; b. 1866. 4. Margaret Michael Bryan; b. 1868.

(BH 120) WINIFRED BRYAN LANE Winifred Bryan Lane was born in 1800. She married Alexan­

der Sledge, the son of Archibald Sledge, of New Bern, N. C. Winifred died in 1847.

Alexander Sledge was born in 1789 in Craven County, N. C. He studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1822 Dr. Sledge moved to Alabama to take up his practice. He was one of the founders of LaGrange College, Alabama and endowed a scholar­ship in Southern University, Greensboro, Ala. Methodist. Children:

(BH 216) (BH 217)

(BH 218) (BH 219) (BH 220) (BH 221)

(BH 121)

1. Levin Alexander Sledge; m. (1) Elizabeth Foscue and (2) Martha Strudwick.

2. Ann Maria Sledge. 3. Margaret Jane Sledge. 4. Mary Winifred Sledge; b. 1830 ca; m. Edward Wadsworth

(BH 102). 5. Julia Sledge. 6. Susan Arabella Sledge. 7. Alexander Sledge. 8. James Nathan Sledge.

LEVIN BRYAN LANE Levin Bryan Lane was born about 1801.1° In January, 1826,

he married Jane Kornegay, the daughter of Robert Kornegay, of Trenton, N. C.11 They lived at Spring Hill, Marengo County, Ala. Here he was buried.

8. It may well be that this Sarah was the daughter of John Whitfield (128). This daughter we are told married Andrew Jackson Bryant. Con­sidering the looseness in spelling in that period, it may be that Andrew Jackson Bryant and Andrew Jackson Bryan are the same. 9. Mrs. Belle Peterson Sledge Inge (EH 307) to E. M. W. See also the D. A. R. Lineage Book, 1900, vol. 32, p. 354. 10. Census Records, Alabama, Marengo Co., 1850, gave his age as 49, (p. 166). 11. "At Trenton, on Thursday evening last by Durant Hatch, Jr., Dr. Levin B. Lane to Jane, daughter of the late Robert Kornegay." (Carolina Sentinel, New Bern, N. C., Saturday, Jan. 14, 1826.)

FOURTH GENERATION 141

Children: (BH 222) 1. Winifred A. Lane. (BH 223) 2. Sarah Lane.

3. Levin Bryan Lane; was killed at the first Battle of Manas­sas, Va., July 21, 1861. C. S. A.

(BH 122) NANCY LANE Nancy Lane married12 John Southerland.

Children: 1. Quinn Southerland. 2. Levin Southerland. 3. John Southerland.

(BH 123) MARY LANE Mary Lane married --- Williams.

Children: 1. Na than L. Williams.

(BH 124) LEAH MARGARET LANE Leah Margaret Lane married Major Littlebury Mauldin.

After her death her husband married Julia Sledge (BH 218). Children:

1. Alexander Mauldin.

(BH 125) SARAH MARGARET BRYAN (James, Nathan, Hardy)

Sarah Margaret Bryan married Dr. Joseph Borden. Children:

1. Thomas Borden. 2. Mary Hester Borden.

(BH 126) BETSY BRYAN (Lewis, Isaac, Hardy) Betsy Bryan married William H. Huggins.

Children: 1. Frank Huggins.

(BH 127) NANCY BRYAN (Lewis, Isaac, Hardy) Nancy Bryan married Duval Lewis.

Children: 1. Shackelford Lewis.

12. Mrs. Belle Peterson Sledge Inge (BH 307) in 1930 had portraits of Nancy and Winifred Bryan Lane (BH 120).

HARDY BRYAN: FIFTH GENERATION

(BH 200) EDWARD KING BRYAN (William, Green, William, Hardy)

Edward King Bryan (1835-1916) served in the 1st, 2nd., and 31st. North Carolina regiments in the Confederate States Army between 1861 and '65. He married, 1859, Mary Moore, of Kinston, N. C. She was the daughter of John Adam and Susan (Car­moron) Moore. Children:1

(BH 300) 1. Florence Bryan. 2. Edward King Bryan. 3. William P. Moore Bryan. 4. Mary Cecilia Bryan.

(BH 205) HENRY L. BAILEY Henry L. Bailey was born Aug. 29, 1818. On March 22, 1843,

he married Wilmoth H. Boyd. Henry died Feb. 16, 1848. Children: (BH 301) 1. Charles H. Bailey.

(BH 206) JAMES EDMUND BAILEY James Edmund Bailey was born Aug. 15, 1822. He married

Nov. 7, 1849, Elizabeth Lusk. Children:2

1. Robert Bailey; d. in childhood. 2. Lizzie Bailey; d. in childhood. 3. Matilda Bailey; m. H. E. Merritt. 4. Charles Bailey; d. in childhood. 5. James E. Bailey. 6. Alfred Robb Bailey. 7. William Bailey. 8. Thomas Jennings Bailey.

(BH 207) CHARLES D. BAILEY Charles D. Bailey was born April 6, 1836. On May 21, 1879,

he married Mary W. Dye.

1. MacKenzie, Colonial Families, vol. 1, p. 54. 2. MS., Bryan and Bailey Bible.

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FIFTH GENERATION 143

Children: 3

1. Henry L. Bailey; b. Aug. 8, 1880. 2. Lucy C. Bailey; b. March 30, 1882. 3. Charles William Bailey; b. April 19, 1884. 4. -- Bailey; b. Feb. 2, 1886, d. in infancy. 5. Augusta Gabriella Bailey; b. Oct. 20, 1887.

(BH 208) RAPHAEL SEMMES BRYAN (Charles, James, Hardy, Hardy)

Raphael Semmes Bryan was born Feb. 3, 1877, in Memphis, Tenn. On Nov. 8, 1900, he married Georgia Scott. Children:

1. Frances Scott Bryan; b. Sept. 10, 1902. 2. Anne Bryan; b. in February, 1904.

(BH 209) WINIFRED BRYAN CROOM Winifred Bryan Croom was born June 28, 1831. She married

George W. Sappington, of Virginia. Winifred died Oct. 12, 1856, but her husband survived her fifty years. He died in Little Rock, Ark., in 1906. Children:

1. Richard Bryan Sappington; b. in 1851.

(BH 211) BRYAN CROOM Bryan Croom was born Jan. 10, 1839. He married A. F. M.

Marshall. Bryan died in November, 1863. His widow subsequently married W. B. Greer. Children:

1. Richard Bryan Croom; b. Dec. 30, 1861.

(BH 213) SAMUEL ALEXANDER THOMPSON Samuel A. Thompson was born June 14, 1845. He married

Aug. 26, 1877, Anna Clay Pilcher. Children:

1. Samuel I. Thompson. 2. Ida Thompson; m. Edmund Lee Hawks.

3. MS., Bryan and Bailey Bible.

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(BH 214) JOHN SIMPSON THOMPSON John Simpson Thompson was born June 20, 1847. On Dec.

27, 1881, he married Sue Moore. She was born July 19, 1862. He died Dec. 19, 1919. Children: (BH 302) (BH 303)

(BH 304)

(BH 305)

1. Nona Thompson. 2. Marguerite Vaughan Thompson. 3. Sue Moore Thompson; b. May 11, 1887, d. May 11, 1888. 4. Needham Bryan Thompson. 5. Corinne Collier Thompson; b. May 24, 1892; m. Aug. 16,

1927, Joseph L. McCarthy, sometime judge of the Municipal Court, Chicago.

6. Bailey Moore Thompson. 7. Walker Thompson; b. Dec. 2, 1898. 8. Mary Hunter Thompson; b. April 19, 1901; m. Aug. 21,

1922, Charles Wilkins. 9. John Sharp Thompson; b. Aug. 9, 1906.

10. Wyatt Temple Thompson; b. April 5, 1909.

(BH 215) NANCY LANE THOMPSON Nancy Lane Thompson was born Aug. 7, 1850, at Old

Spring Hill, Marengo County, Ala. On June 29, 1876, she married William Henry Long, of Uniontown, Ala. She died May 27, 1910, at Decatur, Ala.

William Henry, or Hal, Long was born June 19, 1841. He enlisted in Co. "D"-Canebrake Rifles-4th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A., and was wounded in battle. A substitute was secured in his place, but recovering his strength William Henry Long enlisted in the 7th Alabama Cavalry. He fought in the Battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864. For the remainder of the struggle he served under Gen. Bedford Forest. He died Aug. 18, 1918.

Presbyterians. Res., Decatur, A1a. Children: (BH 306) 1. William Henry Long.

2. Needham Thompson Long; b. Jan. 29, 1879, Uniontown, Ala., d. June 3, 1879.

3. Nannie Thompson Long; b. Jan. 2, 1881, Uniontown, Ala., d. unmd. March 29, 1910, Decatur, Ala.

4. Coleman Thompson Long; b. Aug. 26, 1882, d. unmd. Jan. 2, 1909, Decatur, Ala.

5. Maggie Mae Richardson Long; b. May 1, 1886, Faunsdale, Ala. She lived, in 1929, in Birmingham, Ala. She died unmarried Aug. 12, 1948.4

6. Daniel Thompson Long; b. Aug. 6, 1887, d. July 3, 1888, Faunsdale, Ala.

7. Louis Sherrill Long; b. Aug. 2, 1892, Decatur, Ala. Died June 17, 1893, Decatur, Ala.

4. William H. Long (BH 306) to T. M. W., Oct. 6, 1948.

FIFTH GENERATION 145

(BH 216) MARGARET JANE SLEDGE Margaret Jane Sledge was born Nov. 22, 1829. She married

in 1861 Francis Marion Peterson (1821, Pickens Co., Ala.-1898, Greensboro, Ala). He was the son of Margaret Cox and James Jesse Peterson.

Francis Marion Peterson was a student of the University of Pennsylvania in 1845 and a graduate in medicine in 1869 of the University of New York. 1886 found him president of the Alabama Medical Association. For a time he was a trustee and later president of the board of trustees of Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., and a personal contributor to its financial needs.5

Children:

(BH 307) (BH 308) (BH 309)

(BH 218)

1. Mary Winifred Peterson; d. in infancy. 2. Belle Sledge Peterson. 3. Margaret Sledge Peterson. 4. Mary Wadsworth Peterson.

JULIA SLEDGE Julia Sledge was the second wife of Major Littlebury

Mauldin. His first wife was Leah Margaret Lane (BH 124). Children:

1. J. A. Mauldin.

(BH 219) SUSAN ARABELLA SLEDGE Susan Arabella Sledge married David J. Castleman.

Children: 1. Nathan Lane Castleman; m. Lucy Cobbs.6 They had a

daughter Winifred who married Walter Steele Black.

(BH 220) ALEXANDER SLEDGE Alexander Sledge was born Feb. 3, 1835, at Old Spring Hill,

Marengo County, Ala. After living here for thirty years he moved to a large plantation near Greensboro, Ala. Here he lived until his death May 19, 1916. During the Civil War Alexander Sledge

5. History of Southern University has a portrait of Francis Marion Peter­son. See also Owen, IV, 1349.

Francis Marion Peternon's first wife was Amanda Fitzalan Shivers. Of her was born the Rev. Francis Marion Peterson, sometime president of' Alabama College for Women, Montevallo, Ala., 1899-1907. 6. Lucy Cobbs was a descendant of Bishop Cobbs, of the Episcopal Church. (Owen, III, 360).

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served in the Canebrake Rifles, Co. "D", 4th Alabama Volunteers, C. S.A.7

Alexander Sledge married Dec. 24, 1865, Octavia Lucinda le May. She was born March 8, 1845, in Raleigh, N. C., the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Eliza P. (Sledge) le May. Octavia at­tended the Greensboro Female College, N. C. and was valedic­torian of her class, May 15, 1862. She died Oct. 14, 1914, in Greensboro, Ala.

Episcopalians. Children: (BH 310) (BH 311)

(BH 312)

(BH 313) (BH 314)

1. Mary Winifred Sledge. 2. Alexander Sledge. 3. Julia Fidelia Sledge; b. 1869; m. 1904 Rufus Coonse Jones.

She was a member of the D. A. R., and the U. D. C. She kindly contributed material concerning herself and her kins­men. In 1930 she was living in Old Spring Hill, Marengo Co., Ala. Episcopalian. They had a son Alexander who died in infancy.

4. Leonidas Bryan Sledge, b. 1871, d. 1922; m. (1) Ethel Erwin and (2) Mary Campbell Jones He had a son named for him who in 1922 was a student in Auburn Polytechnic, Auburn, Ala.

5. Victoria le May Sledge; m. Robert H. Williams and had Victoria Sledge Williams. She married James W. Coleman.

6. Levin Lane Sledge. 7. Le May Sledge; m. Effie Grable. 8. Octavia le May Sled~e. 9. Margaret Alexandrta ,

1 Sledge.

er,

(BH 221) JAMES NATHAN SLEDGE James Nathan Sledge was born June 8, 1843. He married (1)

on Dec. 2, 1868, at the home of A. T. Mial in Wake County, N. C., Julia Fidelia le May, and (2) in Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 15, 1886, Martha Benners. Julia was born about 1847 and died about 1884. James Nathan Sledge served in the 4th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A. Later he was a member of the 15th Alabama Cavalry. He lived in Greensboro, Ala. Children:8

1. Levin Alexander Sledge; b. Aug. 25, 1869, d. Aug. 29, 1869. 2. Francis Peterson Sledge; b. May 10, 1871. 3. James le May Sledge; b. June 23, 1874, d. Oct. 15, 1875. 4. Fidelia le May Sledge; twin to James. 5. -- Sledge; b. and d. July 29, 1875. 6. James Lane Sledge; b. July 24, 1877, d. June 6, 1878. 7. Thomas Alexander Sledge; b. Dec. 27, 1878, d. June 20, 1928.

(BH 315) 8. William Garland Sledge.

7. Mrs. Julia Fidelia Sledge Jones to E. M. W. 8. Marshall.

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9. Edward Wadsworth Sledge; b. Feb. 14, 1883. 10. James Nathan Sledge; b. Aug. 18, 1884. 11. Hattie Lee Sledge; b. Nov. 25, 1887. 12. Henry Norwood Sledge; b. Apr. 29, 1889. 13. Joseph Walter Sledge; b. Jan. 3, 1895.

(BH 222) WINIFRED A. LANE Winifred A. Lane married about 1852 John H. Lee, of

Choctaw County, Ala. Res. Marion, Ala. Children:

(BH 316)

(BH 317)

(BH 223)

1. Fannie Lane Lee; Baton Rouge, La. 2. Levin Lane Lee. 3. Sallie Lane Lee; m. Maj. J. G. Lee D. A. R., no. 24,487. 4. Nathan Lane Lee.

SARAH LANE Sarah Lane married the Rev. R. A. Connella.

Children: 1. Julia Connella.

HARDY BRYAN: SIXTH GENERATION

(BH 300) FLORENCE BRYAN (Edward, William, Green, William, Hardy)

Florence Bryan was born in 1860. She married James Well­ing Waters, of New Bern, N. C. Children:

1. Mary Louise Waters; Res., 1928, New Bern, N. C.

(BH 301) CHARLES H. BAILEY Charles H. Bailey married (1) Alice McKoin, (2) Jennie S.

Macrae. Children:1

1. -- Bailey; died in infancy. Second marriage. 2. A. Robb Bailey. 3. Charles H. Bailey. 4. Stewart Bailey. 5. Alice Bailey.

(BH 302) NONA THOMPSON Nona Thompson was born Oct. 30, 1882. On June 28, 1910,

she married Dr. Isaac Newton McCollum. He was born March 8, 1867. Nona joined the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She lived in Conway, Ark. Children:

1. Mary Rebecca McCollum; b. Sept. 10, 1911. 2. Sue Moore McCollum; b. April 1, 1919.

(BH 303) MARGUERITE VAUGHAN THOMPSON Marguerite Vaughan Thompson was born Oct. 21, 1884.

She married (1) on May 4, 1905, Joseph Edward George (1875-1910) and (2) Charles E. Palowetski, an artist of New York. Children:

1. Corinne George; b. Aug. 17, 1906. 2. James Scales George; b. March 21, 1909. 3. Joseph Edward George; b. March 21, 1909, d. Sept. 8, 1910.

1. MS., Bryan and Bailey Bible.

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SIXTH GENERATION 149

(BH 304) NEEDHAM BRYAN THOMPSON Needham Bryan Thompson was born Jan. 3, 1890. He mar­

ried Feb. 15, 1912, Harriette Vorhes. She was born Sept. 12, 1890. Children:

1. Sue Elizabeth Thompson; b. Aug. 23, 1913. 2. Needham Bryan Thompson; b. July 21, 1915. 3. Philip Aaron Thompson; b. Aug. 28, 1920. 4. James Wesley Thompson; b. Aug. 11, 1925.

(BH 305) BAILEY MOORE THOMPSON Bailey Moore Thompson was born June 2, 1895. He married

Aug. 21, 1917, Claudia Lynch. She was born Dec. 5, 1895. Children:

1. Julia Thompson; b. Feb. 20, 1920. 2. Bailey Moore Thompson; b. Oct. 11, 1921.

(BH 306) WILLIAM HENRY LONG William Henry Long was born April 15, 1877, in Dallas

County, Ala. On Nov. 17, 1927, he married in Richmond, Va., Sarah Lapsley Liston. She was born Oct. 6, 1900, the daughter of the Rev. Robert Todd Liston.

William Henry Long was a lawyer and a member of the state legislature, representing Morgan County, Ala., 1907-11. On May 11, 1917, he entered officers training school at Fort Mc­Pherson, Ga. By Aug. 4, 1917, he had attained the rank of captain and the end of the war found him a major. He is cur­rently, 1949, judge of Morgan County Court, Decatur, Ala.

Presbyterians. Res., 1949, Decatur, Ala.2

Children: 1. William H. Long; b. Sept. 20, 1928; veteran of World

War II. 2. Robert Liston Long; b. Nov. 2, 1930. 3. Needham Lapsley Long; b. Sept. 21, 1932, in Decatur, Ala.

(BH 307) BELLE SLEDGE PETERSON Belle Sledge Peterson was born April 2, 1863, in Greensboro,

Ala. She married in 1883 Dr. Harry Tutwiler Inge. He was born in 1861 the son of William Bullock and Elizabeth Brock (Hern­don) Inge.

Belle Sledge Peterson was graduated second in a class of

2. William H. Long (BH 306) to E. M. W., 1928; the same to James Wil­liams Marshall, Oct. 8, 1938; the same to T. M. W., June 28, 1946.

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sixty in Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga. She was greatly interested in community projects and had a part in organizing in Mobile the following clubs: Shakespeare, Century, As you Like It, Chopin Music, Forum, Robert E. Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Mothers' Army and Navy League, and the Needham Bryan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was among the earliest of the Colonial Dames in her state and served as state president of the United Daughters of 1812. She was interested in the history of her family and kindly contributed material for this record. She was an Episcopalian and lived in Mobile, Ala. 8

Children: 1. Francis Marion Inge. 2. Harry T. Inge. 3. Walter Herndon Inge. 4. Richard Inge. 5. William Bullock Inge.

(BH 308) MARGARET SLEDGE PETERSON Margaret Sledge Peterson was born May 11, 1868. She

married Nov. 12, 1889, Phares Coleman, the son of Augustus Aurelius and Amanda Malvina (Phares) Coleman.4 Margaret S. P. Coleman was a member and regent of the Daughters of The American Revolution, a member of The United Daughters of 1812, and of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was president of the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs, 1909-11.

She was a Methodist and lived in Birmingham, Ala. Children:

1. Phares Coleman. 2. Elizabeth Coleman. 3. Margaret Coleman. 4. Marion Malvina Coleman. 5. Francis P. Coleman.

(BH 309) MARY WADSWORTH PETERSON Mary Wadsworth Peterson married Frederick Pride Jones,

of Greensboro, Ala. She lived in Birmingham, Ala., and was

3. For further information see Blue Book of Ala., 1929. 4. Augustus Aurelius Coleman lived in Greensboro and Birmingham, Ala. He was colonel of the 4th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A.

Phares Coleman was a graduate of Southern University, 1882. See Who's Who in The South, 1927; Birmingham and Its Environs, II, 286-88; Owen, III, 375; Notable Men of Alabama, I, 53; and Blue Book of Alabama.

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buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.5 D. A. R., no. 47,474. Episcopalian. Res. 1949, Birmingham, Ala. Children:

1. Margaret Frances Jones; d. in infancy. 2. Margaret Peterson Jones; m. Robert H. Bowron, of Birm­

ingham. They had a son Robert H. Bowron. 3. Frederick Pride Jones; m. Margaret Fearn and had Mary

Pride and Margaret Erwin Jones. Res., 1929, Birmingham.

(BH 310) MARY WINIFRED SLEDGE Mary Winifred Sledge was born Sept. 18, 1866. She married

Feb. 7, 1895, Charles Lefevre Stickney. She was a graduate of Judson College, Marion, Ala. Episcopalian. Res., Seattle, Wash. Children:

1. Charles Lefevre Stickney. 2. Monro Banister Stickney.

(BH 311) ALEXANDER SLEDGE Alexander Sledge was born in Greensboro, Ala., June 1,

1868. He married April 23, 1902, Zemula Cresswell Webb. Alex­ander attended Vanderbilt University. He died June 30, 1928.

Zemula Cresswell Webb was born Sept. 4, 1877, in Greens­boro, Ala., the daughter of James Edward and Zemula (Cress­well) Webb.

Episcopalians. Children:

1. Alexander Sledge. 2. Robert Baugh Sledge. 3. James Edward Webb Sledge. 4. Levin Lee Sledge. 5. Matthew Webb Sledge.

(BH 312) LEVIN LANE SLEDGE Levin Lane Sledge was born in 1875. He lived in the house

of his father and grandfather at Old Spring Hill, Marengo Coun­ty, Ala. It was built in 1830 and housed the three generations of planters. On April 30, 1919, he married in St. Michael's Episco­pal Church, Farmsdale, Ala., Lucy Melville Harris (b. 1884), daughter of Richard Norfleet Harris. Episcopalians. Res., Greens­boro, Ala. Children:

1. Octavia Melville Sledge; b. 1920. 2. Levin Lane Sledge; b. 1923. 3. Richard Harris Sledge; b. 1929.

5. Owen, Hist. of Alabama, III, 924.

152 BRYAN

(BH 313) OCTAVIA le MAY SLEDGE Octavia le May Sledge was born Sept. 25, 1879. She married

Feb. 17, 1916, William Withers Poellnitz. He was a great grand­son of Gen. Charles Augustus Poellnitz, a general banished by Napoleon. Octavia was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Episcopalians. Res., Greensboro, Ala. Children:

1. Octavia L. Poellnitz; d. in infancy. 2. Mary Le Verte Poellnitz; b. Sept. 3, 1920.

(BH 314) MARGARET ALEXANDER SLEDGE Margaret Alexander Sledge was born June 6, 1881. On April

11, 1911, in Greensboro, Ala., she married Chancey L. Kelly. Chancey L. Kelly was born Jan. 1, 1882, the son of Thomas

Adams and Amelia (Hart) Kelly. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama, mayor of Linden, Ala., and judge in one of the courts in Demopolis, Ala.

Res., Linden, Ala. Children:

1. Octavia L. Kelly; b. Feb. 6, 1912. 2. Chancey Lane Kelly; b. Oct. 26, 1914.

(BH 315) WILLIAM GARLAND SLEDGE William Garland Sledge married June 11, 1919, his cousin

Fannie Jessamine Lee. Res., Greensboro, Ala. Children:

1. Frances Lovett Sledge; b. Dec. 3, 1920, Marion, Ala: 2. Martha Benners Sledge; b. March 3, 1922, Greensboro, Ala. 3. Winnie Lee Sledge; b. June 9, 1924, Greensboro, Ala.

(BH 316) LEVIN LANE LEE Levin Lane Lee married Belle Lovett, of Gonzales, Tex. He

died about 1913 in Marion, Ala., where he made his home. Children :6

1. John Holmes Lee; b. March 7, 1886; m. Aug. 19, 1915, Charlotte Whitfield Parks. She (b. 1890) was the daughter of Lyman Lewis and Lizzie Pratt (Manly) Parks, of Kentucky. Res., 1927, Hamburg, Ala. They had Levin Lane, Charlotte Elizabeth, John Holmes, Winifred Louise, and Sarah Lane Lee.

2. Fannie Jessamine Lee, b. 1888; m. William Garland Sledge (BH 315). Children under father.

3. Winnie Belle Lee.

6. Order of children uncertain.

SIXTH GENERATION 153

{BH 317) NATHAN LANE LEE Na than Lane Lee was born Feb. 24, 1865, in Marion, Ala.

He married (1) about 1902, Louise McCarty and (2) June 14, 1917, Mary Orr, of Camp Hill, Ala. Res., Demopolis, Ala. Children:

1. Louis Douglas Lee; d. young. Second marriage. 2. Mary Lane Lee; b. May 28, 1924.

P.ART 111

DESCENDANTS OF

EDWARD BRYAN

AND

CHRISTIANNA COUNCIL

EDWARD BRYAN: FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS

(BE 1) EDWARD BRYAN Edward Bryan the progenitor of this line according to the

chart prepared by Charles Shepard Bryan (BE 424) was born in London in 1663, the second son of Josiah Bryan, a London banker and merchant.1

Edward Bryan left England and settled in Virginia about 1690 possibly in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties. Before long he married Christian, Christiana, or Christianna, Council. Her father was Hodges Council, a man of wide acres,2 at least a part of which was located in that area called Beaver Dam Swamp, and shown on present day maps in that portion of Isle of Wight County, three miles northeast of the present town of Franklin, Southampton County, Va.3

Possibly as early as 1700 Edward Bryan had moved to Adams Creek in North Carolina. By 1714 he had come into pos­session of property in Chowan Precinct, N. C., for in this year he drew a deed4 to convey a tract on the west side of Chowan River-"part of a Patent to Thomas Mann, joining upon land of widow Barnes"-to John Bryan. The latter was possibly the son of Edward.

Edward Bryan died in Craven County about 1739.5 His widow followed not long after, for a deed in 17 44 records the reservation of a bit of land "ten feet square" where "Edward and his wife are buried."6

Christianna Council was the daughter of Hodges Council and Lucy Hardy, or Hardee. The last was the daughter of John Hardy, or Hardee. Children:7

(BE 2) (BE 3) (BE 4)

1. William Bryan. 2. John Bryan. 3. Lewis Bryan. 4. Hardy Council ( ? ) Bryan.

1. If interested in the progenitors of Josiah Bryan, see Appendix, Item B-4. 2. In a deed of Dec. 26, 1723, John Bryant arranged to transfer to James Bryant "in consideration of the Sum of sixty Barrell of good merchantable Tarr . . . two hundred Acres of Land Lying . . . in the County of Isle of Wight [,] being part of a tract of Land Containing Nine hundred forty and one Acres, formerly granted to Rodgers Counce! the

157

158 BRYAN

(BE 2) WILLIAM BRYAN (Edward) William Bryan lived in Craven County, N. C. About 1733 or

'34 he married in Pasquotank County, N. C.,8 Anne (Delamar) Stoakley. William died in Craven County in 1746.9

Children: (BE 10) (BE 11)

(BE 12)

(BE 13)

1. William Bryan. 2. Elizabeth Bryan. 3. Lewis Bryan. 4. John Bryan. 5. Anne Bryan. 6. Jesse Bryan.

elder ... and by him the said Hodges Councill the elder given by will to his Daughter Christian Bryant the Wife of Edward Bryant to her and the heirs of her body . . . on the Southside of the said Hodgers Councill former dwelling plantation." (Isle of Wight, Great Book, 618, 619 MS.)

On Nov. 19, 1736, Walter Bryant of Isle of Wight conveyed to his brother Samuel Bryant part of a patent "bearing date Anno Domini 1677 which was formerly granted to Mr. Hodges Council, Ser., for nine hundred and forty one acres of land ... given by the said Hodges Council Ser. byf his last Will to his Daughter Christian the wife of Edward Bryan ... the Said Land was conveyed by Jno Bryant son & Heir of the aforesd Christian Bryant to one James Bryant and this James Bryant to me Walter Bryant." (Isle of Wight, Deed Book, no. 5, pp. 65, 66. MS.).

On Nov. 20, 1737, Hardy Council of Newport Parish conveyed to Walter Bryant of the same parish "with the consent of Susanah my wife" 100 acres of land lying in a 2380 acre tract earlier patented to Hardy Coun­cil. (Deed Book, no. 5, pp. 170, 171. MS.). 3. See U. S. topographical map of the Holland Quadrangle. 4. N. C.H. & G. R., II, 136, 284. 5. At the March County Court, 1739, Craven County, the widow of Edward Bryan presented an inventory of his estate. (Craven County Minute Book, N. C. Archives and History, Raleigh, N. C.). 6. In March, 17 44, John Bryan ( BE 3) sold to Lewis Bryan ( BE 4) "130 acres part of a grant to John Bryan in 1739 on the East side of Goose Creek, edge of Pocosin to Owens Branch." (Deed Book, no. 3, p. 56. MS.). 7. Names, order, and number uncertain. 8. Anne (De La Mere) Stoakley was born the daughter of Francis Delamar and Ann Mayo, and was the widow of Joseph Stoakley. She was, we believe, the mother of three children at the time of her marriage to William Bryan. Her will dated Oct. 25, 1767, and probated March 9, 1773, Craven County, mentions her sons William, John, and Jesse Bryan; her daughters Mary (Stokeley) Cook and Elizabeth Dawson; grandson Joseph Stockley and John Dawson. (Grimes, Abstract, 52; N. C.H. & G. R., I, 175.). Anne's names were variously spelled: DeLamar, Delamere, and Stoakeley, in ad­dition to the forms given in this note and at the head of this sketch. 9. The will of William Bryan, dated Dec. 12, 1746, and probated in June 1747, Craven County, mentions his wife Anne and the six children listed above. (Grimes, Abstract 53; N. C. H. & G. R., II, 28).

Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole (BE 504) kindly assisted in the preparation of the material above.

EDWARD BRYAN: THIRD GENERATION

(BE 10) WILLIAM BRYAN (William, Edward) William Bryan married Anne Dawson. He was killed at the

Battle of Alamance, N. C., May 16, 1771. Children:1

1. Asa Bryan; d. in 1781 without issue.

(BE 11) ELIZABETH BRYAN (William, Edward) Elizabeth Bryan was born March 6, 1735/36. She married

Francis Dawson. Children:

1. John Dawson.

(BE 12) JOHN BRYAN (William, Edward) John Bryan married Elizabeth Oliver, the daughter of John

and Mary (Shine) Oliver. John Bryan was a captain in the North Carolina militia and was killed at his home by the Tories March 12, 1782. His heirs were granted 640 acres of land because of their father's service in the militia.

Elizabeth (Oliver) Bryan died after 1795. Children: (BE 100) 1. James Bryan. (BE 101) 2. William Bryan; m. Olivia Croom (BH 103).

3. John Bryan; d. 1796, unmd. 4. Lewis Bryan; d. 1797, unmd. 5. Joseph Bryan; d. before 1784. 6. Mary Bryan; m. April 24, 1784, James Carney. 7. Anne Bryan; m. (1) James Jasper and (2) Lemuel Hatch. 8. Elizabeth Bryan; d. unmd.

(BE 13) JESSE BRYAN (William, Edward) Jesse Bryan (Jan 3, 1744-Jan. 15, 1794) married Mary

Carney.

1. Mrs. Claypoole (BE 504) believed that while there were more children, Asa was the only son. His mother survived his father. 2. The will of John Bryan was probated in March, 1782, Craven County, N. C. In it are mentioned Elizabeth, his wife, the children above, John Emory and Francis Dawson as executors. (Claypoole MSS.).

See also the Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in The American Revolution published by the D. A. R., 30, 289.

159

160

Children:3

(BE 102) (BE 103) (BE 104) (BE 105) (BE 106)

BRYAN

1. Carney John Bryan. 2. Jesse B. Bryan. 3. Anne Bryan. 4. Elizabeth Bryan. 5. Sidney Carney Bryan. 6. Clarissa C. Bryan; d. 1819; m. John Goode.

3. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 557 ff.

JAMES BRYAN 1769-1806

EDWARD BRYAN: FOURTH GENERATION

(BE 100) JAMES BRYAN (John, William, Edward)

James Bryan was born March 13, 1769, in Craven County, N. C. He married1 Rachel Heritage, or Herritage (86) in Sep­tember, 1797.

James Bryan was engaged in the merchandise business in New Bern, N. C. He operated his own ships to the West Indies and points along the American coast. His store stood on Pollock Street opposite the Episcopal Church and his home, located at 605 Pollock Street, remains in the hands of his descendants to this day. James Bryan died Jan. 25, 1806, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Bern.

Children: 2

(BE 200) (BE 201)

1. John Herritage Bryan. 2. James West Bryan. 3. Elizabeth Bryan; d. in infancy.

(BE 102) CARNEY JOHN BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward)

Carney John Bryan lived in Craven County, N. C. He mar­ried Nov. 1, 1810, Elizabeth Garrett. He died March 27, 1825, and was buried on Maule's Point, in the fork of Nevill's and Jack's Creek.

1. The marriage bond is dated Sept. 17, 1797. (Book A, 162, the Courthouse at New Bern, MS.). More of Rachel Heritage may be found in the Whit .. field book.

The spelling of old names poses a difficult problem. In original records variations were wide and common, witness the spelling of Hodges Council in footnote 2, p. 157. The preference of descendants, some for one form and some for another, only makes the problem worse. Herritage is a case in point. In at least two instances descendants have shown a preference for Heritage. On the other hand John Herritage Bryan ( BE 200), Henry Ravenscroft Bryan (BE 307) and Shepard Bryan (BE 417) preferred and used the longer form.

We shall therefore use Herritage when treating the descendants of James Bryan (BE 100).

2. Claypoole MSS., Marshall.

161

162

Children: 3

BRYAN

1. Jesse Garrett Bryan; b, Jan. 14, 1814, d. Oct. 10, 1884; m. April 27, 1841, Fannie Havens. He was a doctor.

2. William Trippe Bryan; b. Feb. 18, 1817; m. (1) 1848, Margaret Iredell Tredwell; (2) 1854 Jane Moore Tredwell; (3) April 28, 1856, Elizabeth Mutter Tredwell, daughters of James I. Tredwell and Mary Bonner Blount. William Trippe Bryan was a doctor.

(BE 103) JESSE B. BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward) - Jesse B. Bryan married Mrs. Elizabeth (Garrett) Bryan,

Dec. 21, 1826, widow of his brother, Carney John Bryan. Jesse B. Bryan died March 16, 1832. Children: 4

1. Joseph Bonner Bryan; b. Jan. 19, 1828, d. Oct. 1, 1898; m. (1) July 7, 1853, Ann Bryan Bonner and (2) Nov. 26, 1868, Clarissa G. I. Bonner. He was a lieutenant in Latham's Light Artillery, C. S. A.

2. Sidney Carney Ravenscroft Bryan; b. Feb. 19, 1830; m. Jonathan Havens.

(BE 104) ANNE BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward) Anne Bryan was born Feb. 12, 1773. She married William

Trippe. She died Sept. 2, 1808. Children:5

1. Jane Blanchard Trippe; m. George Lane; d. Aug. 23, 1883. 2. Sidney Maria Carney Trippe; b. Dec. 21, 1799; m. Major

Clarke Archbell. 3. Clarissa G. I. Trippe; d. in 1877; m. July 31, 1823, John

Young Bonner.

(BE 105) ELIZABETH BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward)

Elizabeth Bryan was born March 22, 1781. She married (1) Capt. Thomas Smith and (2) in 1816 John Young Bonner. It is possible that Elizabeth (Bryan) Smith died March 20, 1823. Children:6

1. ---Smith; d. in infancy. 2. Samuel Bryan Smith. 3. Charles William Bonner. 4. Joseph Henry Bonner. 5. John 'Bryan Bonner.

3. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 557. 4. Ibid; II, 405, 557. 5. Ibid., II, 557. 6. Ibid., II, 557.

FOURTH GENERATION 163

(BE 106) SIDNEY CARNEY BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward)

Sidney Carney Bryan married (1) March 27, 1800, Charles Delzell Crawford and (2) Capt. William Vines. Charles was the son of Capt. Charles Crawford of the Continental Line. Children: 7

1. Charles Washington Crawford. 2. Sallie Ann Crawford. 3. Caroline B. Crawford. 4. Thomas Respass Crawford. 5. Sidney Bryan Crawford. 6. Sidney Delzell Crawford.

7. Ibid., II, 557.

EDWARD BRYAN: FIFTH GENERATION

(BE 200) JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN (James, John, William, Edward)

John Herritage Bryan was born Nov. 4, 1798, in New Bern, N. C. He married Dec. 20, 1821, in New Bern Mary Williams Shepard.

John Herritage Bryan was a graduate of the University of · North Carolina in 1815. Five years later he was awarded the M.A.

degree. Already he had turned to the study of law and was ready to begin practice when he attained his majority. In 1823 he was elected to the North Carolina senate. While on a vacation in the North the following year, John Herritage Bryan won election to the state senate and the House of Representatives on the same day, and this despite the fact that his opponent for the Washing­ton assignment was no less a person than Richard Dobbs Speight. Congressman Bryan was the youngest member of the 1825-29 sessions. He declined re-election to Congress and refused to per­mit his friends to seek for him a place on the highest court of his state. In 1826 upon the occasion of the death of Thomas Jefferson, John Herritage Bryan delivered in New Bern an oration that so caught the fancy of the editor of the New Bern Spectator that he caused the speech to be printed on fine silk and presented to the speaker. In his practice of law he achieved great success and wide reputation.

John Herritage Bryan was devoted to the University of North Carolina. For more than forty years he was a trustee. Eight sons were graduated by the University, the first in 1842 and the last in 1864. Following his death a tablet was erected in his memory in Memorial Hall and in 1941 Bryan Hall was named in his honor.

John Herritage Bryan moved to Raleigh, N. C., in 1838. He died May 19, 1870. He was buried in Raleigh, N. C.1

Mary Williams Shepard was born Jan. 2, 1801, in New Bern, N. C., the daughter of William Shepard2 and Mary Williams

1. Material for this sketch was found in Three Generations of Bryan Barristers, prepared by R. C. Lawrence, A Sketch of John H. Bryan, by his son William Shepard Bryan (BE 302), a statement prepared by Henry Ravenscroft Bryan (BE 307), and the Claypoole MSS.

164

JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN 1798-1870

FIFTH GENERATION 165

Blount. She died July 13, 1881, in Raleigh, N. C. Children: (BE 300)

(BE 301) (BE 302) (BE 303) (BE 304) (BE 305) (BE 306) (BE 307)

(BE 308)

(BE 309)

1. Francis Theodore Bryan. 2. Mary Shepard Bryan; b. 1824, New Bern, N. C.; d. 1895;

m. Edwin G. Speight. They lived in Raleigh, N. C. 3. John Herritage. Bryan. 4. William Shepard Bryan. 5. James Pettigrew Bryan. 6. Elizabeth Herritage Bryan. 7. Charles Shepard Bryan. 8. Octavia Maria Bryan. 9. Henry Ravenscroft Bryan.

10. Isabel Ann Bryan; b. 1837, d. 1919; m. A. P. Bryan. 11. Charlotte Emily Bryan. 12. George Pettigrew Ilryan; b. 1841, Raleigh, N. C. He was

captain of Company "G", 19th N. C. Cavalry, C. S. A., at the time of his death in Charles City County, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.

13. Ann Shepard Bryan. 14. Frederick Richard Bryan; b. 1846, d. 1863.

(BE 201) JAMES WEST BRYAN (James, John, William, Edward)

James West Bryan was born in 1805. On Jan. 19, 1831, he married at New Bern, N. C., Ann Mary Washington, daughter of John Washington, of Lenoir County, N. C. James West Bryan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in the class of 1824. From 1835-56 he served as a trustee for his alma mater. In 1835-36 he represented Carteret and Jones Counties in the state senate.3 He practiced law in and about New Bern until his removal to Baltimore, Md., where he won an enviable reputation at the bar. He died in Baltimore in 1864. Children:

(BE 310) (BE 311)

(BE 312)

1. John Bryan. 2. Laura Ann Washington Bryan. 3. James Augustus Bryan. 4. Henry Bryan. 5. Washington Bryan.

2. William Shepard was born in Carteret Co., N. C. He died in 1819. He was the son of Jacob Shepard.

William Shepard was a man of large property and energy. Beside a steam sawmill located near New Bern o:n Lawson's Creek, and real estate in and around New Bern, he was principle owner of the privateer Snap Dragon. This vessel under the command of Otway Burns was quite succesful in taking prizes from the British during the War of 1812. William Shepard was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N. C.

William Shepard and Mary Williams Blount were married May 12, 1794. (Statement prepared by Henry Ravenscroft Bryan (BE 307) and submitted by Shephard Bryan (BE 417) to T. M. W.). 3. Wheeler, II, 77. For further study concerning James W. Bryan see: Raleigh Star, Feb. 3, 1831; The Confederate Veteran for 1923: and Makers of America, II, 535, 538.

EDWARD BRYAN: SIXTH GENERATION

(BE 300) FRANCIS THEODORE BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

Francis Theodore Bryan was born in 1823. He married Edmonia Taylor. Francis Theodore Bryan was an honor graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1842. Three years later he received his M.A. This was followed by study in the United

· States Military Academy at West Point. Here he was graduated 6th in his class. Lieutenant Bryan served during the Mexican War and was cited for gallantry during the Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847.1 In approval of his conduct the legisla­ture of North Carolina gave him a jeweled sword. He was wounded in this battle. He attained the rank of captain and resigned from the army before the Civil War. He made his home in St. Louis, Mo. Children: (BE 400) (BE 401) (BE 402)

(BE 403)

1. Francis Theodore Bryan. 2. John Herritage Bryan. 3. P. Taylor Bryan. 4. Shepard Bryan. 5. William Christy Bryan.

(BE 301) JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

John Herritage Bryan was born in 1825 in New Bern, N. C. On Nov. 24, 1858, he married2 Margaret Henderson Outlaw, the daughter of William. T. M. and Margaret (Henderson) Outlaw, of Raleigh, N. C.

John Herritage Bryan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1844. Three years later he received his M.A. degree. He was from time to time a teacher, bank teller, and lawyer. Following the Civil War he moved to Brazil and settled in Campinas in the state of Sao Paulo. Later he moved to Sao Paulo city where he was professor of languages in an English-speaking college. He died in Brazil.

1. Wheeler, II, 121. 2. North Carolina Standard, Raleigh, Nov. 27, 1858.

166

Children :3

(BE 404)

(BE 405)

(BE 302)

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1. Sarah Williams Bryan. 2. Mary Shepard Bryan; b. May 11, 1862, Burlington, N. C. 3. George Pettigrew Bryan; b. 1864, d. 1865. 4. William Henderson Bryan; b. Dec. 18, 1866, Raleigh, N. C.,

d. Jan. 20, 1892, Rio Claro, Brazil. No issue. 5. John Herritage Bryan; b. Sept. 17, 1869, Pet~opolis, Brazil,

d. Sept. 16, 1888, Henderson, N. C.; bu. Raleigh, N. C. 6. Victorine Souto Bryan; b. 1872, Petropolis, Brazil, d. 1877,

Campinas, Brazil. 7. Margaret Isabella Bryan. 8. Mary Speight Bryan; b. 1877, Campinas, Brazil; living

unmd. in 1930 in Raleigh, N. C. 9. Frederick Outlaw Bryan; b. 1879, Campinas, Brazil, d. 1898,

Raleigh, N. C. 10. Henry Shepard Bryan; b. 1882, Campinas, Brazil, d. 1892,

Rio Claro, Brazil.

WILLIAM SHEPARD BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

William Shepard Bryan was born Nov. 20, 1827, in New Bern, N. C. On Oct. 1, or 4, 1857, he married at Easton, Md., Elizabeth Edmondson Hayward, the daughter of William H. Hayward, of Talbot County, Md. William Shepard was a graduate of the University of North Carolina. In 1850 his alma mater conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. He took up the practice of law in Baltimore, Md., achieved success in this field, and accepted a seat on the Court of Appeals. He held this post until moving to the Maryland Superior Court. He made his home in Baltimore. Here he died Dec. 9, 1906.4

Children: 5

(BE 406) (BE 407)

1. William Shepard Bryan; b. Dec. 13, 1859, d. April 3, 1914. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia, 1880; a member of the Maryland bar in 1882, a member of the legal staff of the city of Baltimore, 1892, and Attorney­General of Maryland, 1903-07. Unmd.

2. Elizabeth Hayward Bryan. 3. George Pettigrew Bryan. 4. Carry! Harper Bryan; m. Cornelia Rathbone Boykin in

Baltimore, Md., Dec. 23, 1879. She was the daughter of Dr. Henry Boykin, of Green Spring Valley, Md. Res. 1929, Annapolis, Md. No issue.6

3. Claypoole and Marshall MSS. 4. For further study concerning William Shepard Bryan, see American Blue Book of Biog. for 1915; Who's Who in America, vol. 7; Gen & Mem. Encyclopedia of Maryland, 293-96. His portrait hangs on the walls of the University of North Carolina. 5. Mrs. Abner Marshall Lowman assisted with material for the children. She gives Oct. 4, 1857, for the wedding of William Shepard Bryan. 6. The Sunday Star, Washington, D. C., Dec. 1, 1929, part III, p. 12, men­tions Carry! Bryan as "of Wardour". See also N. C. H. & G. R.

168 BRYAN

(BE 303) JAMES PETTIGREW BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

James Pettigrew Bryan (July 21, 1829-1887) married Oct. 3, 1860, Mary Simpson Biddle, of Craven County, N. C. He was a. graduate of the University of North Carolina, A.B., 1849. He received his doctor's degree and took up the practice of medicine. He died in Kinston, N. C. Children: (BE 408) 1. Laura Williams Bryan.

2. Helen Constance Bryan; d. 1938, m. (1) -- Moore, (2) T. L. Williamson. She lived in New York City.

(BE 304) ELIZABETH HERRITAGE BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

Elizabeth Herritage Bryan was born Jan. 15, 1831. On April 15, 1857, she married in Raleigh, N. C.,7 Kenelin, or Kenlm, Harrison Lewis, of Edgecombe, County, N. C. He was born in 1816. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina. For a time he practiced law in Rocky Mount, N. C. He died in 1866. Elizabeth died Nov. 20, 1914, and was buried in Raleigh, N.C. Children:

1. John Bryan Lewis; b. April 15, 1858, Raleigh, N. C. He was a student of law in the University of North Carolina and later a proof reader for the News and Observer, Raleigh, N. C. Res., Raleigh, N. C.

2. Anna Lewis.

(BE 305) CHARLES SHEPARD BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

Charles Shepard Bryan (Sept. 28, 1832-March 8, 1896) 8 was born in New Bern, N. C. On Nov. 25, 1862, he married Mildred Wear (b. Cooper Co., Mo., 1843). He was a graduate of the Uni­versity of North Carolina, A.B., 1852. After practicing law and keeping store in Petersburg, Va., and Greenfield, Mo., he moved to Cooper County in 1863. Besides getting married in this coun­ty he took on duties as superintendant of schools, 1870; collector, 1873; and recorder of deeds, 1886. During 1874-75 and 1878-79

7. North Carolina Semi-Weekly Standard, Raleigh, N. C., April 18, 1857. 8. Mr:,. Rowland Corey to Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole (BE 504), Sept. 1948. The dates for the death and marriage of Charles Shepard Bryan are taken from her letter. Earlier records suggested March 8, 1895, for his death and 1863 for his marriage.

HENRY RAVENSCROFT BRYAN 1836-1919

After a portrait in the Court of Craven County, New Bern, N . C.

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he served in the legislature of his adopted state.9 He was an Episcopalian, his wife a Methodist. He lived in Cassville, Mo. Children:

1. Mary Bryan; b. 1864, d. 1889; m. Dr. Alexander S. Haw­kins. No issue.

2. William Wear Bryan. See Appendix, Item B-7. 3. Sarah Y. Bryan; b. 1869, d. 1925.

(BE 306) OCTAVIA MARIA BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

Octavia Maria Bryan (b. April 18, 1834) married Capt. John Cox Winder and lived in Raleigh, N. C. Immediately follow­ing the fall of Ft. Sumter in April, 1861 Governor John W. Ellis of North Carolina sent Capt. Winder to prepare defences for Fort Fisher protecting Wilmington. Fort Fisher was not taken until Jan. 15, 1865. After the war Captain Winder became Presi­dent. of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. For a while he was the adjutant-general of his state.10

Children: (BE 409)

(BE 410) (BE 411) (BE 412) (BE 413)

1. Mary Winder; m. Washington Bryan under father.

2. Caroline Anne Winder. 3. John Henry Winder. 4. Gertrude Amelia Winder. 5. Octavia Bryan Winder.

(BE 312). Children

(BE 307) HENRY RAVENSCROFT BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was born March 8, 1836, at the family homestead in New Bern, N. C. On Nov. 24, 1859, he mar­ried in New Bern Mary Biddle N orcott.11

Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was an honor graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1856 at which time he received his A. B. degree. He delivered the Latin Salutatory in the com­mencement exercises. Shortly he opened his law office in New Bern, and began a career marked by success and devotion to the common good. In time he was counsel for the Atlantic and North

9. History of Barry Co., Mo., p. 1017. 10. Ashe, History of N. C., II, 599, 935, 1090: Sprunt, Chronicles of the Cape Fear, 281, 308: photograph in the first. See also Confederate records of N. C. 11. North Carolina Semi-Weekly Standard, Raleigh, Nov. 30, 1859.

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Carolina Railroad Company, city attorney for New Bern, and in 1890 a member of the Superior Court of North Carolina. This position he held until 1907 when he resigned because of advanc­ing age. He was sometime mayor of New Bern, a director of the North Carolina penitentiary, and in 1880 a Democratic presiden­tial elector. In 1860 he bought the old Speight plantation stretch­ing from the Trent to the Neuse Rivers above New Bern.

Like his father, Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was devoted to his alma mater and served her long years as a trustee. Appre­ciative of his devotion the University placed in his honor a tablet in Memorial Hall.

Because of an incurable physical disability Henry Ravens­croft Bryan was unable to serve in the Confederate Army, but during the black days of Reconstruction and Republican and Negro corruption Henry Ravenscroft Bryan found ample oppor­tunity to serve his neighbors, who upon occasion found them­selves in the prisoner's dock charged with complicity in the affairs of the Ku Klux Klan. As counsel for the defence he was a tower of strength, though not without risk to his property and person.

Henry Ravenscroft was for fifty years a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church in New Bern, N. C.

Henry Ravenscroft Bryan died Feb. 14, 1919. In recognition of his character and services the legislature adopted a resolution of respect and tribute.

Mary Biddle Norcott was born March 11, 1841, in Green­ville, N. C., the daughter of John and Sarah Frances (Biddle) Norcott.12 She was the author of Echoes From The Past and A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie. Children :13

1. John Norcott Bryan; b. 1860, d. 1862, at Greensboro, N. C. (BE 414) 2. Sarah Frances Bryan.

3. Frederick Charles Bryan; b. May 3, 1864; d. about 1941; m. Letitia Allis Williams, of Syracuse, N. Y. He was associated with the Virginia and Carolina Railroad Company, the

12. After the death of John Norcott his widow married Snoad B. Carraway. See note 48, p. 108 of Whitfield Bryan Smith, Book One. She died May 21, 1925, at New Bern, N. C.

In the preparation of the accounts of Henry Ravenscroft Bryan we have had the assistance of Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole (BE 504) and Shepard Bryan (BE 417); the latter sent articles prepared by R. C. Lawrence and Henry Ravenscroft Bryan. · 13. Sarah Frances Bryan was born at Company Shops (now Burlington), N. C. All born after Frederick Charles Bryan and living to their majority were born in New Bern, N. C.

The home of Henry Ravenscroft Bryan, 407 East Front Street, New Bern, N. C. This home has been the home for five

generations of Bryan descendants

(BE 415) (BE 416) (BE 417)

(BE 418)

(BE 308)

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Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, and the Allis Chalmers Manu­facturing Co. He adopted a child he named Frederick Charles Bryan. Episcopalians. Res., Milwaukee, Wis.

4. Mary Norcott Bryan. 5. Henry Ravenscroft Bryan. 6. Shepard Bryan. 7. Isabel Bryan; b. 1873, d. in infancy. 8. Kate Bryan. 9. Margaret Shepard Bryan; b. Dec. 1, 1875.

10. Edwin Speight Bryan; b. 1877, d. in infancy. 11. Isabel Constance Bryan; b. May 10, 1879; m. on Nov. 16,

1905, Edwin Henry Jordon (1870-1942). She was living in 1930 in Raleigh, N. C.

CHARLOTTE EMILY BRYAN (John James, John, William, Edward)

Charlotte Emily Bryan was born Jan. 27, 1846. On Sept. 15, 1863, she married Bryan Grimes.14 She died Dec. 11, 1920.

Bryan Grimes was a member of the graduating class of the University of North Carolina in 1848. In 1861 he was a member of the convention which chose secession and cast the lot of North Carolina with the Confederacy. Shortly Bryan Grimes was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 4th North Carolina In­fantry. He attained the rank of major general and was among that pitifully small number of general officers with Lee at Appo­mattox. He was conspicuous in his devoted service at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. His report on the retreat from Petersburg to Appo­mattox was published in Moore's History of North Carolina. He claimed for his weary companions in Cox's Brigade, Grimes Division, the honor of firing the last volly at Appomattox, April 9, 1865.

After the war Gen. Grimes devoted himself to the cultivation of Grimesland, Pitt County, N. C.

He was devoted to the University of North Carolina and served as a trustee from 1877 until the year of his death. A dormitory at the University bears his name and in the Philan­thropic Society Hall his portrait may be seen.

On Aug. 14, 1880, Bryan Grimes was murdered by a hired

14. Bryan Grimes was born Nov. 2, 1828, the son of Bryan and Nancy (Grist) Grimes. He married (1) in 1851, Elizabeth Hilliard Davis by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth Davis Grimes. She married Samuel F. Mordecai (S 554).

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assassin. The latter was killed at Washington, N. C., by the out­raged populace.15

Children :16

(BE 419) (BE 420)

1. Bryan Grimes; b. 1864, d. 1864. 2. Alston Grimes; b. 1866, d. 1914; m. Anna M. Lawrence. 3. John Bryan Grimes. 4. Charlotte Bryan Grimes. 5. Mary Bryan Grimes; b. 1871; m. (1) Feb. 20, 1895, Elmer

E. Smith, of Tenn.; (2) June 1906, James Gordon Hackett, of North Carolina. The first husband died in 1896. No issue. She was living in 1929 in North Wilkesboro, N. C.

6. Susan Penelope Grimes; b. 1872, d. 1920 in Raleigh. She m. Oct. 28, 1903, William S. Skinner, of Oxford, N. C. She lived in Beaufort Co., N. C. and was buried in Grimesland, Pitt Co., N. C.

7. William Dempsey Grimes; b. 1876. 8. George Frederick Grimes; b. 1877, d. 1880. 9. Junius Daniel Grimes. (BE 421)

(BE 422) 10. Theodora Bryan Grimes.

(BE 309) ANN SHEPARD BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward)

Ann, or Anne, Shepard Bryan was born in 1843. She mar­ried Andrew P. Syme. She was his second wife.17 She lived in Raleigh, N. C. She died on July 5, 1926. Children:

1. Andrew Syme; b. in Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 28, 1874; m. Mary Bryan, of Chatham County, N. C.

2. George F. Syme. 3. William Anderson Syme. 4. John Bryan Syme.

(BE 310) LAURA ANN WASHINGTON BRYAN (James, James, John, William, Edward)

Laura Ann Washington Bryan married January 6, 1859, Dr. James Bettnor Hughes (1833-1890). He was the son of Eliza A. McLin and Dr. Isaac Wayne Hughes. Laura B. Hughes and her husband lived in New Bern, N. C. After Laura's death in 1868 the widower married Eliza Washington Knox.

15. Ashe, Hist. of N. C., II, 283, 565, 722, 820, 989, 990: Ashe, Biog. Hist. of N. C., VI, 249: Peele, Lives of Distinguished North Carolinians, 495-523: Confederate Military History, IV, 296, 314.

Portraits of Charlotte Emily (Bryan) Grimes were preserved in the home of her children, Junius Daniel Grimes and Charlotte Bryan Grimes. 16. Marshall. 17. See Rouse, The Reads And Their Relatives, 111.

Children :18

(BE 423)

(BE 311)

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1. Anita Bryan Hughes. 2. Isaac Wayne Hughes. 3. James Bryan Hughes. 4. Corinne Hughes. 5. Laura Bryan Hughes. 6. Nicholas Collin Hughes.

JAMES AUGUSTUS BRYAN (James, James, John, William, Edward)

James Augustus Bryan was born Sept. 13, 1839, in New Bern, N. C. He married (1) Mary Speight Shepard, of New Bern, and (2) Julia Rush Olmstead, and (3) Mrs. Alice Brown Biddle. He died Jan. 30, 1923.

James Augustus Bryan served in the Confederate army and attained the rank of colonel. He was a planter, but also served as president of the First National Bank, New Bern, from 1880 until his death. He assisted in rescuing Craven County from Negro rule during the dark days of Reconstruction. In 1889 he was elected to the state senate. Later he was president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company.19 He was an Episcopalian.

Mary Speight Shepard was born March 18, 1843, the daugh­ter of Charles Biddle and Mary Speight (Donnell) Shepard. Mary Speight Shepard died in 1892.

Julia Rush Olmstead was born in 1843. She died in 1915. Children: (BE 424) 1. Charles Shepard Bryan.

(BE 312) WASHING TON BRYAN (James, James, John, William, Edward)

Washington Bryan was born about 1847. He married in Raleigh, N. C., Mary Winder (BE 409). He was living in 1923 in New York. Episcopalians. Children:

1. Octavia Winder Bryan; d. about 12 years of age. 2. Anne Washington Bryan; d. in infancy. 3. Mary Winder Bryan; m. Feb. 8, 1905, the Rev. Francis

Moore Osborne, of the Episcopal Church. No issue. 4. James W:est Bryan; m. Hazel Pickering. They lived in

Raleigh, N. C. (BE 425) 5. John Winder Bryan.

18. Osborne, Kate H., Andrew Robeson, 586, 669. 19. Makers of America, II, 535, 538: Confederate Veteran for 1923.

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(BE 400) FRANCIS THEODORE BRYAN (Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Francis Theodore Bryan married Frances Wickham. Children:

1. Frances Wickham Bryan; m. Bruce Seddon and had Bruce Seddon. Possibly others.

2. Frank Bryan; m. Marie Benoist. Issue.

(BE 401) JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN (Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward)

John Herritage Bryan was born Dec. 25, 1858. He died June 13, 1894. He married in November, 1890, Susan Virginia Turner. She was born July 1, 1867. She died Feb. 27, 1913. Following the death of her husband, Susan Bryan married in June, 1902, Charles Minnigerode. She caused the surname of her children to be changed to Minnigerode. Children:

1. Julia Hunt Bryan [Minnigerode]; b. Aug. 2, 1891. 2. Mary Shepard Bryan [Minnigerode]; b. Oct. 8, 1892.

(BE 500) 3. John Herritage Bryan [Minnigerode].

(BE 402) P. TAYLOR BRYAN (Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward)

P. Taylor Bryan (b. Oct. 30, 1861) married June 26, 1889, Katherine Clark, of Montgomery City, Mo. He was a graduate of Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1882. Two years later he received his LL. B. from Princeton University. He was a corporation lawyer and lived in St. Louis, Mo.1 Episcopalians. Children:

1. P. Taylor Bryan. 2. George Bryan. 3. Francis T. Bryan. 4. Henry C. Bryan; twin to Edmonia. 5. Edmonia Bryan; m. Bishop Henry Hobson, of the Episcopal

Church.

1. Who's Who in Jurisprudence, 1925, p. 192. Mrs. Claypoole (BE 504) kindly furnished much of the material for the first four sketches in this chapter.

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(BE 403) WILLIAM CHRISTY BRYAN (Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward)

William Christy Bryan (b. April 6, 1868) married in St. Louis, Mo., June 3, 1896, Mary Walker White. He was a grad­uate of Princeton University in 1891. Episcopalians.2 Res., St. Louis, Mo. Children:

1. William Christy Bryan.

(BE 404) SARAH WILLIAMS BRYAN (John, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Sarah Williams Bryan was born Nov. 25, 1859. She married July 16, 1876, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Frederic Clinton Lewis, of England. She died in Sao Simao, Brazil, Sept. 15, 1885. Children:

1. Ethel Clinton Lewis; b. June 4, 1885, Sao Simao, Brazil; d. Nov. 20, 1906, Raleigh, N. C.

(BE 405) MARGARET ISABELLA BRYAN (John, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Margaret Isabella Bryan was born Jan. 10, 1874, in Petrop­olis, Brazil. She married in Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 17, 1898, Charles Pearson. He was the son of Capt. C. W. Pearson, of Saluda, N. C. Children:

1. Alden Bryan Pearson; b. Aug. 13, 1899, Raleigh, N. C.; m. in 1926, Ida Sylvester. They had a son, Alden Bryan Pearson. Res., 1929, Greensboro, N. C.

2. Charles Pearson; b. Oct. 2, 1901, Raleigh, N. C.; m. in 1928, Lettie Nichols.

3. Lilian Dagama Pearson; b. Sept. 20, 1905; Raleigh, N. C.; m. in 1928, Hugh Penn Brinton. Both were students in the University of N. C., in 1929.

(BE 406) ELIZABETH HAYWARD BRYAN (William, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Elizabeth Hayward Bryan was born Sept. 20, 1862. She married June 1, 1892, Dr. Dennis Claude, of Annapolis, Md., the son of Abram Claude. Children :3

1. Elizabeth Harwood Claude; b. June 22, 1893. 2. Margaret Hayward Claude; b. Oct. 15, 1894; m. Roger J.

Mermod, the son of Leon Mermod. 3. William Shepard Bryan Claude; b. Jan. 24, 1896; he was

drowned Nov. 2, 1924.

2. Who's Who in Jurisprudence, 1925, p. 192. 3. Mrs. Abner Marshall Lowman to T. M. W., Sept. 1948.

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(BE 407) GEORGE PETTIGREW BRYAN (William, John, James, John, William, Edward)

George Pettigrew Bryan was born Sept. 7, 1865. On Nov. 26, 1892, he married Camilla Tyler. She was the daughter of Edwin S. and Camilla (Treadwell) Tyler. George Pettigrew Bryan died May 30, 1914. Children :4

1. Camilla Elizabeth Bryan. See Appendix, Item B-5. 2. Louise Tyler Bryan. See Appendix, Item B-5.

(BE 408) LAURA WILLIAMS BRYAN (James, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Laura Williams Bryan married William Joseph Griswold. She lived in Durham, N. C. She died in 1924. Children:

1. William Shepard Griswold; b. March 21, 1892, Durham, N. C. First lieut., U. S. A., 1917-1918; Episcopalian.

2. James Bryan Griswold; b. Sept. 27, 1896, Durham, N. C.; m. Nov. 15, 1923, Eleanor Erwin. Episcopalian. Residence 1927, Durham, N. C.

3. Mary Bryan Griswold; m. (1) Frank P. Smith; (2) Capt. Clare Woodward, U. S. Army. Res., 1927, Durham, N. C. Child by 1st marriage, (1) William Griswold Smith.

(BE 410) CAROLINE ANNE WINDER Caroline Anne Winder married Oct. 16, 1883, Dr. Francis

Wade Hughes. He was born Sept. 9, 1856, New Bern, N. C.,5 the son of Dr. Isaac Wayne and Anne M. (Smallwood) Hughes. Caroline and her husband lived in New Bern, N. C. Children: (BE 510) 1. Octavia Winder Hughes.

2. Ann S. Hughes; b. 1887. 3. Isaac Wayne Hughes; b. 1889, New Bern, N. C.; m. in

1915 Blanche E. McMurray. He was a lieutenant in the U. S. Army and served overseas during World War I.

4. Mary Winder Hughes; b. 1890; m. in 1917 William Mont­ford Boylan.

5. John Winder Hughes; b. 1892, New Bern; m. in 1921 Nelson Walsh. He was a captain in the 316th Field Artillery, 81st Division, during World War I. Episcopalian. Res., Wilmington, N. C.

6. James Bettner Hughes; b. 1893; m. Ann Taliaferro, of Charlotte, N. C.

7. Caroline Frances Hughes; b. 1896; m. in 1916 John Hay­wood Jones. Res., New Bern, N. C.

4. Mrs. Abner Marshall Lowman to T. M. W., Sept., 1948. 5. Robeson Genealogy, 588, 671.

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(BE 411) JOHN HENRY WINDER John Henry Winder married (1) Florence Perkins Tucker

and (2) Virginia Spotswood. He lived in Columbus, Ohio,6 and died about 1938.

Florence Perkins Tucker was born July 22, 1862, the daugh­ter of Rufus Sylvester and Florence E. (Perkins) Tucker. She died May 3, 1916, and was buried at Raleigh, N. C. Children:

1. John Cox Winder. 2. William Seyden Winder. 3. Florence Winder.

(BE 412) GERTRUDE AMELIA WINDER Gertrude Amelia Winder married William Ruffin Tucker and

lived at Raleigh, N. C. It may be that her middle name was Aurelia rather than Amelia.

William Ruffin Tucker was born March 1, 1866, the son of Rufus Sylvester and Florence E. (Perkins) Tucker.7 He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1887.8

Children: 1. Rufus Tucker. 2. Marie D. Tucker. 3. Gertrude Winder Tucker.

(BE 413) OCTAVIA BRYAN WINDER Octavia Bryan Winder married (1) John Ludlow Skinner

and (2) Joseph Boyland. She joined the Catholic Church and was living in 1928 in Baltimore, Md.

John Ludlow Skinner was born Sept. 8, 1870, Nashville, Tenn., the son of Thomas Edward Skinner. Children:

1. John Skinner. 2. Josephine Boyland.

(BE 414) SARAH FRANCES BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Sarah Frances Bryan was born March 29, 1862. She mar­ried Oct. 15, 1885, Major John Barrett Broadfoot, of Fayettville, N. C. Mrs. Broadfoot was greatly interested in genealogy and

.6. Ashe, Biog. Hist. of N. C., VII, 460: Claypoole MSS. 7. Ibid., VII, 460. 8. Alumni History of The Univ. of N. C.

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collected data both in America and Britain. She is a member of the Colonial Dames of America and the Daughters of the Amer­ican Revolution.

Episcopalians. Res., 1949, New Bern, N. C. Children :9

(BE 502) (BE 503) (BE 504) (BE 505)

1. Mary Norcott Broadfoot. 2. William Gillies Broadfoot. 3. Frances Bryan Broadfoot. 4. Henry Bryan Broadfoot.

(BE 415) MARY NORCOTT BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Mary Norcott Bryan was born Jan. 20, 1867, in New Bern, N. C. She married June 21, 1893, Henry Adolphus London. He was born April 4, 1867, Pittsboro, N. C., the son of William Lord and Caroline (Haughton) London. Episcopalians. Children :10

1. Mary Norcott London; b. 1895, d. 1919; m. Dec. 15, 1917, Edwin Cansler, Charlotte, N. C.

2. Henry Adolphus London; d. in infancy. 3. John Bryan London; b. 1903; attended the University of

North Carolina. ·

(BE 416) HENRY RAVENSCROFT BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was born Jan. 1, 1870, in New Bern, N. C. On June 23, 1909, he married Willie R. Law in Raleigh, N. C. He was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1886-87. Episcopalians. Children:

1. Elizabeth Poe Bryan; b. April 24, 1910; m. Lypton Thomp­son.

(BE 417) SHEPARD BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Shepard Bryan was born Dec. 8, 1871, in New Bern, N. C. He married on Jan. 14, 1909, Florence King Jackson.

Shepard Bryan attended the University of North Carolina

9. All the children were born in Fayetteville, N. C. See A. C. of A. G., II. 345; Wetmore, Wetmore Family, 481. 10. Claypoole.

SARAH FRANCES BRYAN BROADFOOT 18G2-

Wife of John Barrett Broadfoot. Thi s pi cture taken in 1942 shows her s ix grandsons

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and was president of the graduating class of 1891 at which time he received his A.B. degree. He studied law in the University and in 1893 moved to Atlanta and began his practice. In 1922 he was appointed judge of the superior court of Fulton County, Ga. After a time he retired from the bench and resumed his private practice. He is currently senior member of the firm of Bryan, Carter, and Ansley. In recognition of his character and services he was elected in 1915 president of the Atlanta Bar Association. He was sometime vice-president of the Georgia State Bar As­sociation, and is currently a member of the American Bar As­sociation, the Lawyer's Club of Atlanta, and the Association of Life Insurance Counsel. During World War I he served the Ful­ton County Council of Defense as part of its legal staff.

Shepard Bryan's interests extend beyond the law. In 1906 he delivered the Alumni Address at the Commencement and established the Henry R. Bryan Prize for the best thesis on in­surance submitted by a member of the University law class. He became greatly interested in cooperative marketing programs and was general counsel of the Georgia Cotton Growers Co­operative Association. He is a member of the Atlanta, North Carolina, and Georgia Historical Societies. He has served on the executive committee of the alumni association of his alma mater. He is a member of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and a di­rector of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, and chairman of the board of the DeKalb County Federal Savings and Loan Association.11

Florence King Jackson was born in Atlanta, Ga., the daugh­ter of Henry and Sally (Cobb) Jackson and granddaughter of Generals Henry R. Jackson and Thomas R. R. Cobb, of the Con­federate Army.

Episcopalians. Res., 1949, Atlanta, Ga. Children: (BE 506) (BE 507) (BE 508)

1. Marion Cobb Bryan. 2. Florence Jackson Bryan. 3. Mary Norcott Bryan.

(BE 418) KATE BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward)

Kate Bryan was born May 2, 1874, in New Bern, N. C. She

11. Who's Who in America, 1928-29, p. 392: Clark, History of Georgia Biography, II, 204.

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married April 5, 1899, Francis Stringer Duffy. He was born_ in Beaufort, N. C. They lived in New Bern, N. C. She died Decem­ber, 1945.12

Children: (BE 509) 1. Henry Bryan Duffy.

2. Francis Stringer Duffy; b. Sept. 7, 1909, in New Bern, N. C.; m. Shirley Avery on June 5, 1941, in Greenville, N. C. She was the daughter of Gordon and Harriet Avery.

(BE 419) JOHN BRYAN GRIMES John Bryan Grimes was born June 3, 1868. He married (1)

on Nov. 14, 1894, Mary Octavia Laughinghouse and (2) on Feb. 3, 1904, in Greenville, N. C., Elizabeth Forrest Laughinghouse.

John Bryan Grimes attended the University of North Caro­lina, 1882-85. In 1899 he was appointed to the State Board of Agriculture. Two years later he was appointed secretary of state for North Carolina, a post he continued to fill until 1923. From 1907-23 he was chairman of the Historical Commission and from 1909-23 he was a trustee of the University of North Carolina and a member of the executive committee much, if not all, of . that period. He was elected a director-at-large of the tobacco growers association of his state, commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of North Carolina, and president of the North Carolina Society of Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member of the executive committee of the North Carolina Historical Society. He still found time to collect his­torical records, make notes, and publish Abstract of North Carolina Wills, and North Carolina Wills and Inventories in 1910 and 1912 respectively.

John Bryan Grimes died Jan. 11, 1923. His body was taken to Raleigh to lie in state while flags were flown at half mast.13

Mary Octavia and Elizabeth Forrest Laughinghouse were daughters of Joseph John and Eliza (O'Hagan) Laughinghouse. Elizabeth was born Oct. 2, 1881. Children:

1. Helen Eliza Grimes; b. July 28, 1895. Second marriage. 2. John Bryan Grimes; b. Dec. 3, 1905. 3. Charles O'Hagan Grimes; b. Dec. 19, 1907. 4. Alston Grimes.

12. Claypoole. 13. See The Con! ederate Veteran for 1923.

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(BE 420) CHARLOTTE BRYAN GRIMES Charlotte Bryan Grimes (b. Oct. 26, 1869) married at

Grimesland, Pitt County, N. C., March 10, 1897, Alfred Wil­liams. He was born June 20, 1867, at Hamilton, Ga., to John Thomas Williams and Sarah Outlaw. Res., Raleigh, N. C. Children: (BE 510) 1. Alfred Williams.

2. Bryan Grimes Williams; b. June 21, 1902; m. Feb. 26, 1928, Margaret O'Donnell. Res., Raleigh, N. C.

3. Charles Frederick Williams; b. 1907.

(BE 421) JUNIUS DANIEL GRIMES Junius Daniel Grimes was born Oct. 31, 1878, at Grimes­

land, Pitt County, N. C. In September, 1904, he married Ida Catherine Wharton. She was born Nov. 11, 1880, in Clemensville, N. C., to Albert Conrad and Ann Eliza (Hill) Wharton. He received degrees from the University of North Carolina, 1899, and Georgetown University, 1902. He was a lawyer and lived at Washington, N. C. Episcopalians. Children:

1. Bryan Grimes; b. 1905 at Washington, N. C. 2. Eliza Hill Grimes; b. 1907. 3. Charlotte Emily Grimes; b. 1909. 4. Junius Daniel Grimes; b. 1915.

(BE 422) THEODORA BRYAN GRIMES Theodora Bryan Grimes married April 2, 1902, Wiley Croom

Rodman. He was born May 28, 1879, Washington, N. C., to Wil­liam Blount Rodman and Camilla Croom. After studying at the University of North Carolina and the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., he commanded the 113th Field Artillery of the United States Army in France 1917-19 with the rank of captain. Lawyer. Episcopalians. Res., Washington, N. C. Children :14

1. Theodora Grimes Rodman; b. Feb. 27, 1903. 2. Charlotte Bryan Rodman; b. May 12, 1904. 3. Wiley Croom Rodman; b. Sept. 13, 1907. 4. Grimes Rodman; d. in infancy. 5. Blount Rodman; b. Sept. 11, 1914.

14. Ashe, History of N. C., II, 1252.

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(BE 423) ANITA BRYAN HUGHES Anita Bryan Hughes was born Aug. 5, 1860. She married

Oct. 22, 1882, Basil Manly. She was living in Norfolk, Va., in 1931. Children:

1. Laura Hughes Manly. 2. Matthias Evans Manly. 3. Basil Manly.

(BE 424) CHARLES SHEP ARD BRYAN (James, James, James, John, William, Edward)

Charles Shepard Bryan was born Nov. 16, 1865, in New York City. On Feb. 6, 1889, he married Annie Adams McWhor­ter15 He was a graduate of Princeton University in 1887 at which time he received the A. B. degree. He was a colonel in the United States Army. When World War I broke out he volunteered his services to the French government and served sixteen months with the French Army. He participated in the Battle of Verdun and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Croix de Guerre with palm, and Military Cross of The Legion d' H onneur. He was a member of the Sulgrave Institute and the University Club of New York City in 1925.

Col. Bryan has been greatly interested in genealogy and pre­pared the pedigree of Edward Bryan found in this volume.

Res., 1949, Asheville, N. C. Children:

(BE 511) (BE 512)

1. James Washington Bryan; b. 1889, d. 1892. 2. Gray Mc Whorter Bryan. 3. Mary Spaight Shepard Bryan. 4. Margaret Donnell Bryan; b. Aug. 19, 1896, New York

City.

(BE 425) JOHN WINDER BRYAN (Washington, James, James, John, William,

Edward) John Winder Bryan was born Jan. 20, 1885, in Raleigh,

N. C. He married (1) on Aug. 4, 1904, Laura Ann Wright in Corning, Ohio, and (2) on May 27, 1918, Rebecca Warren Nor­wood. John Winder Bryan became chief of police in Raleigh, N. C., in 192716

15. Annie Adams McWhorter was born Oct. 20, 1866, Augusta, Ga., the daughter of George Gray McWhorter, of Augusta, Ga. 16. Claypoole MSS.

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Laura Ann Wright was the daughter of John Addison and Elizabeth (Martin) Wright, of Corning, Ohio. Laura died May 11, 1917.

Rebecca Warren Norwood was born Dec. 30, 1890, near Raleigh the daughter of George Washington and Rebecca (Shaw) Norwood. Children:

1. Mary Washington Br:yan; b. July 25, 1906. 2. Octavia Elizabeth Bryan; b. Oct. 28, 1908. 3. John Winder Bryan; b. April 17, 1914.

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(BE 500) JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN [MINNIGERODE] (John, Francis, John, James, John, William,

Edward) John Herritage Bryan was born Nov. 26, 1894. As indicated

elsewhere his mother following her second marriage caused the surname of her children to be changed to Minnigerode. He mar­ried (1) Mary Busey, (2) Dorothy Loane, of Baltimore, and (3) in April, 1946, Gladys, widow of Phillip Williams George. Children :1

1. John Herritage Bryan Minnigerode; b. Feb. 27, 1928. 2. Dorothy Loane Minnigerode; b. Sept. 21, 1931. ~,o

(BE .-&ID) OCTAVIA WINDER HUGHES Octavia Winder Hughes was born Aug. 6, 1884. On Dec.

14, 1907, she married William Dunn. He was born Aug. 31, 1882, at New Bern, N. C., the son of John and Lucretia Roberts (Guion) Dunn. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1904 and a trustee in 1917. He was a lawyer.

Episcopalians. Res., New Bern, N. C.9

Children: 1. William Dunn; b. April 4, 1909; m. Adele Gertrude Brun­

hoff on June 27, 1936. She was the daughter of Edward and Alma (Vollbracht) Brunhofl'. Issue:

William Dunn; b. Oct. 24, 1937. Henry Brunhoff Dunn; b. Aug. 9, 1942.

2. Francis Hughes Dunn; b. Oct. 28, 1910; m. Aug, 27, 1936, Elizabeth Stevenson Warren, daughter of Thomas Davis and Mary (Stevenson) Warren. Issue:

Francis Hughes Dunn; b. Sept. 21, 1937. Penelope Warren Dunn; b. July 21, 1939. Elizabeth Stevenson Dunn; b. Jan. 3, 1942.

3. Caroline Winder Dunn; b. Aug. 16, 1912; m. Oct. 28, 1933, Charles Hall Ashford, the son of Thomas Percy and Susan Bradley (Hall) Ashford. Issue:

Charles Hall Ashford; b. Jan. 11, 1936.

1. These children by the second wife only. As indicated elsewhere, p. 161, the spelling of Herritage has been a

problem. There is some suggestion that John Herritage Bryan (BE 500) may have preferred Heritage.

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Caroline Winder Ashford; b. Oct. 21, 1940. Octavia Susan Ashford; b. Sept. 15, 1944.

4. John Oliver Dunn; b. Aug. 9, 1914; m. Nov. 19, 1938, Florence Hill Moore, the daughter of Louis Toomer and Florence Hill (Kidder) Moore. Issue:

John Oliver Dunn; b. June 19, 1943. Florence Kidder Dunn; b. July 8, 1948.

(BE 502) MARY NORCOTT BROADFOOT Mary Norcott Broadfoot was born Nov. 6, 1886, in Fayette­

ville, N. C. She married June 12, 1907, Clarence Lilly Pemberton, son of John de Jarnette and Emma (Lilly) Pemberton. Episco­palians. Res., 1948, Durham, N. C. Children:2

1. Clarence Lilly Pemberton; b. July 23, 1908; m. March 16, 1940, Anne Elizabeth Watkins, daughter of William Cobb and Emily Lee (Nelson) Watkins. Issue:

Mary Norcott Pemberton; b. May 31, 1941. Elizabeth Nelson Pemberton; b. Dec. 16, 1942. Emaly de Jarnette Pemberton; b. Jan. 29, 1948.

2. Emma Lilly Pemberton; b. June 9, 1910; m. Sept. 15, 1922, Charles Dudley Miller. He was the son of Charles Ballan­tine and Helen Singleton (Conley) Miller. Issue:

Dudley Conley Miller; b. March 21, 1934. Charles Bryan Miller; b. April 15, 1937.

(BE 503) WILLIAM GILLIES BROADFOOT William Gillies Broadfoot was born in Fayetteville, N. C., in

Dec. 27, 1887. On Oct. 11, 1917, he married Elizabeth Winston. She was born Aug. 29, 1895, the daughter of Moses Cameron and Mary (Avera) Winston. Episcopalians. Res., 1948, Wilming­ton, N. C. Children:3

1. William Gillies Broadfoot; b. Aug. 17, 1918; m. April 1, 1945, Mary Burnham Bason. She was the daughter of George Francis and Mary Isabel (Reuther) Bason. Issue:

William Gillies Broadfoot; b. Feb. 1, 1946. Mary Reuther Broadfoot; b. Nov. 30, 1947.

2. Winston Broadfoot; b. Feb. 20, 1920; m. July 19, 1941, Cornelia Elizabeth Bass, daughter of Henry Leonidas and Viola (Radford) Bass. Issue:

Thomas Winston Broadfoot; b. Nov. 23, 1943. Malcolm Covington Broadfoot; b. Aug. 25, 1948. Bonnie Broadfoot; b. Aug. 25, 1948.

2. Claypoole MSS. 3. Claypoole MSS.

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3. Shepard Bryan Broadfoot; b. Dec. 19, 1924; m. April 21, 1945, Frances Thornton, daughter of James Goodlet and Miriam Bolling (Holladay) Thornton. Issue:

Elizabeth Winston Broadfoot; b. March 5, 1947.

(BE 504) FRANCES BRYAN BROADFOOT Frances Bryan Broadfoot was born in Fayetteville, N. C.

Oct. 14, 1890. On Nov. 5, 1913, she married Jesse Stanley Clay­poole. He was born Jan. 3, 1881, the son of Jesse Davis and Emily Hall (Dewey) Claypoole. Jesse Stanley Claypoole was a student in Davidson College, N. C., in the class of 1902. He died July 24, 1945.

Frances Bryan Broadfoot is a graduate of the North Caro­lina College for Women, Greensboro, N. C., in the class of 1911. Perhaps taught by her mother, Frances Bryan (Broadfoot) Clay­poole became greatly interested in genealogy and, as the most casual glance at the references in this volume will show, has been among the chief contributors of material.

Episcopalian. Res., 1949, New Bern, N. C.4

Children: 1. Frances Bryan Claypoole; b. Aug. 4, 1914; m. June 5, 1937,

Vermont Royster, son of Wilbur High and Olivette (Broad­way) Royster. Issue:

Frances Claypoole Royster; b. March 27, 1940. Sarah Eleanor Royster; b. March 14, 1945.

2. Jesse Stanley Claypoole; b. Dec. 18, 1916; m. Oct. 1, 1946, Elizabeth Holman Felder, daughter of Frederick Joseph and Marie Anna (Lunden) Felder. He attended the United States Naval Academy and was graduated in 1939. He is now a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy and a veteran of World War II.

(BE 505) HENRY BRYAN BROADFOOT Henry Bryan Broadfoot was born in Fayetteville, N. C. Sept.

2, 1893. He married on Dec. 20, 1919, Pauline Margaret Cheeves, the daughter of Thomas Alexander and Isabel (Buffington) Cheeves.

Henry Bryan Broadfoot studied in the University of North

4. Who's Who in Genealogy, 1932: Who's Who in The South and Southwest. 1947.

Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole kindly read the whole of the Edward Bryan section and made valuable criticisms in this and other parts of this gene­alogy.

I FRANCES BRYAN BROADFOOT CLAYPOOLE

1890-Wife of Jesse Stanley Claypoole

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Carolina, Cornell University, and the United States Naval Acad­emy. He was commissioned in 1916, He served aboard ship and in naval aviation. He attained the rank of captain in the United States Navy and retired in 1947.

Episcopalians. Res., 1948, Black Mountain, N. C.5

Children: 1. Isabel Cheeves Broadfoot; b. Aug. 10, 1921, d. Jan. 1, 1928. 2. Henry Bryan Broadfoot; b. March 31, 1927.

(BE 506) MARION COBB BRYAN (Shepard, Henry, John, James, John, William,

Edward) Marion Cobb Bryan was born April 23, 1910, in Atlanta, Ga.

On June 4, 1930, she married W. Colquitt Carter. He is a mem­ber of the law firm of Bryan, Carter, and Ansley, of Atlanta, Ga. Res., 1949, Atlanta, Ga.6

Children: 1. Florence Bryan Carter; b. June 15, 1932. 2. Nancy Hill Carter, b. Nov. 4, 1935.

(BE 507) FLORENCE JACKSON BRYAN (Shepard, Henry, John, James, John, William,

Edward) Florence Jackson Bryan was born Aug. 12, 1912, in Atlanta,

Ga. On Oct. 2, 1934, she married Bonneau Ansley. He is a mem­ber of the law firm of Bryan, Carter, and Ansley, of Atlanta, Ga. Res. 1949, Atlanta, Ga.7

Children: 1. Ellen Bennett Ansley; b. Jan. 13, 1936. 2. Shepard Bryan Ansley; b. July 31, 1939. 3. Bonneau Ansley; b. Feb. 19, 1942.

(BE 508) MARY NORCOTT BRYAN (Shepard, Henry, John, James, John, William,

Edward) Mary Norcott Bryan was born Dec. 21, 1913, in Atlanta,

Ga. She married William Noble Benedict on Dec. 9, 1939. Res., 1949, Tampa, Fla.

6. Claypoole MSS. 6. Shepard Bryan to T. M. W., July, 1949. 7. Shepard Bryan to T. M. W., July, 1949.

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Children:

BRYAN

1. Charles Coleman Benedict; b. Feb. 23, 1941. 2. William Noble Benedict; b. July 16, 1943. 3. Bryan Benedict; b. Nov. 3, 1945. 4. Thomas Cobb Benedict; b. Dec. 12, 1946. 5. Henry Jackson Benedict, May 30, 1949.

(BE 509) HENRY BRYAN DUFFY Henry Bryan Duffy was born in New Bern, N. C. May 3,

1901. On Oct. 1, 1925, he married in Ahoskie, N. C., Helen Eliz­abeth Johnson. She was born Sept. 5, 1903, the daughter of Walter Raleigh and Georgie Mae (Brown) Johnson, of Ahoskie, N. C. Res., 1949, New Bern, N. C.8

Children: 1. Helen Margaret Duffy; b. July 31, 1926, New Bern, N. C.;

m. on Dec. 27, 1946, William Floyd Gaskins, son of William Floyd and Nell Ray (Wooten) Gaskins. Helen and William Gaskins have one child, Phyllis Bryan Gaskins, b. Oct. 2, 1948. Res., 1949, New Bern, N. C.

2. Georgie Johnson Duffy; b. Oct. 5, 1930, New Bern, N. C. 3. Kathleen Bryan Duffy; b. June 6, 1933; New Bern, N. C.

(BE 511) ALFRED WILLIAMS Alfred Williams was born Aug. 12, 1900. He married in

1923 Elizabeth Murray Cross. He served in the United States Navy in World War I. Res., 1928, Raleigh, N. C. Children:

1. Alfred Williams. 2. John Cross Williams.

(BE 512) GRAY McWHORTER BRYAN ( Charles, James, James, James, John,

William, Edward) Gray McWhorter Bryan was born Aug. 14, 1891, in Augusta,

Ga. He was a student in Princeton University, 1913. His wife was Gretchen Schoen. During World War I Capt. Bryan com­banded Battery A, 306th Field Artillery, 77th Division and saw service in France. Children:

1. Gray McWhorter Bryan. 2. Richard Dobbs Spaight Bryan.

8. Henry Bryan Duffy to T. M. W., Nov. 27, 1948. 9. Osborne, 671: Mrs. C.H. Ashford to T. M. W., Sept. 7, 1948.

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(BE 513) MARY SPAIGHT SHEPARD BRYAN ( Charles, James, James, James, John,

William, Edward) Mary Spaight Shepard Bryan was born in Englewood, N. J.,

Dec. 27, 1894. She married Harold Hartshorne. Res., 1931, Little Silon, N. J., and New York City. Children:

1. James Mott Hartshorne. 2. Anne Hartshorne. 3. Margaret Hartshorne.

PART IV

DESCENDANTS OF LEWIS BRYAN

LEWIS BRYAN: FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS

Little is known about the antecedents of the progenitor of this Bryan line. Mrs. Susan Martin (Capehart) Nicholls (B 403) 1 believed Lewis to have been the brother of William Bryan (B 1). Mrs. Jeanette Pugh (Ballard) Dicks believed Lewis the son of one Ernest Bryan, of Wales. 2 This Lewis is said to have lived in Surry County, Va., to have married Mary---, and to have died in 1684. In Bristol and America there is a record under date Aug. 15, 1659, noting the sailing of "Lewes Bryan" and Robert Bryan, both of Bitton, for Virginia. They were bound to John Bryan for four and five years respectively. In 1688 one Lewis Bryan married in Surry County, Va., Elizabeth Hunter. He apparently moved to North Carolina, and received a grant of land for bringing in 12 persons.3 It may well be that Lewis the husband of Elizabeth Hunter was the son of Lewis and Mary Bryan.

Another suggestion identifies Lewis as the son of one Simon, or Symon, Bryan of London.4

(BL 1) LEWIS BRYAN Unable to reduce certain order from the above we shall

establish ourselves on the fact of a Lewis Bryan, immigrant to North Carolina about 1715.

1. She was a descendant of both William Bryan (B 1) and Lewis Bryan (BL 1). 2. Mrs. Dicks believed Lewis Bryan the son of Ernest was in turn the father of a Lewis Bryan who moved from Virginia to North Carolina about 1715. He is said to have married Elizabeth Hunter. (Abridged Com­pendium of American Genealogy, III, 157). 3. N. C. H. & G. R., I, 148. 4. Miss Helen M. Prescott of Atlanta, Ga., found in the register of St. Mary le Strand, London, the baptism record, Nov. 25, 1619, of Symon Bryan, the son of Edward and Katherine Bryan. (N. C.H. & G. R., II, 636.). Helen M. Prescott found in English archives further material concerning the Bryan name: Lewis Bryan, Sr., died 1684. Mary Bryan, wife of the above Lewis, died 1704. Lewis Bryan, Jr., died in 1751, at the age of 84. Anne, wife of Lewis Bryan, Jr., died in 1741, at the age of 73. The Bitton register, Glenaster, records the baptism of "A son of Lewis Bryan" and the burial of a Lewis Bryan in 1662. Anne, Benjamin, Hugh, John, Joseph, and Martha Bryan are also mentioned in the register about this period.

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194 BRYAN

Lewis Bryan we believe to have come recently from Vir­ginia, where he had married Elizabeth Hunter, possibly in 1688. They lived for a time in Surry County, Va., before moving to North Carolina. Here Lewis Bryan settled in Bertie County and claimed lands for bringing into the state twelve persons. Children: (BL 2) (BL 3) (BL 4)

(BL 5)

1. Simon Bryan. 2. Elizabeth Hunter Bryan. 3. Edward Bryan. 4. Janet, or Janette Bryan. 5. Mary Bryan. 6. Joanna Bryan. 7. Sarah Bryan; m. -- Lovick. 8. Ann Bryan. 9. William Bryan.

10. Lewis Bryan. 11. (dau.) Bryan; m. -- Maule.

(BL 2) SIMON BRYAN (Lewis) Simon Bryan was probably born in Virginia about 1688 or

'89. He married (1) ---, (2) Elizabeth (Bailey) Armour, and (3) Anne (West) Jaycocks. Simon Bryan lived in Pasquo­tank County until sometime after the death of Elizabeth. Simon Bryan was a justice of the peace for Pasquotank County in 1731, 1734, and possibly in 1735. He represented Pasquotank County in the North Carolina legislature three times between 1738 and '46 inclusive.5 Simon Bryan died in Bertie County.6

Elizabeth (Bailey) Armour was the daughter of David Bailey7 and widow of John Armour.

Anne (West) Jaycocks was the widow of Charles Worth Jaycocks, or Jacocks, of Bertie County, and daughter of Col. Robert and Mary (Harvey) West.8

Children:

(BL 10)

(BL 11)

1. Simon Bryan. Second marriage. 2. David Bryan. · 3. Winifred Bryan. 4. Joseph Bryan.

5. Saunders, III, 234; IV, 48, 367, 723, 826: Register of The N. C. Society of Colonial Dames for 1924. 6. The will of Simon Bryan, of Bertie County, N. C. is dated Nov. 26, 1757. It was probated at the May court in 1758. (Grimes, Abstract of North Carolina Wills, 53). 7. David Bailey was the son of Patrick Bailey. The will of David Bailey may be seen in N. C.H. & G. R., I, 179. 8. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 629: Wheeler, II, 31.

FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS

(BL 3) ELIZABETH HUNTER BRYAN

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(Lewis) Elizabeth Hunter Bryan was born probably in the early

1690s. She married (1) in 1710 or '12 Thomas Whitmell9 and (2) Robert Hunter, of Bertie County, N. C.

Thomas Whitmell (1688-1735) was the son of Thomas Whitmell and Mary---, of Bertie County. Thomas Whitmell came to North Carolina in 1713 from Surry County, Va. He served his community as commissioner of Indian Affairs, justice, sheriff, representative in the coldnial assembly, and senior warden of the Anglican church at Windsor, Bertie County, N. C. Children :10

(BL 12) (BL 13) (BL 14)

1. Thomas Whitmell; m. about 1740 Elizabeth Blount West, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Blount) West. Thomas Whitmell was a colonel in the local militia.11

2. Mary Whitmell; b. 1715; d. 1728 unmd. 3. Elizabeth Whitmell. 4. Sarah Whitmell. 5. Martha Whitmell. 6. Annie Whitmell; d. 1727. 7. Janet Whitmell; d. 1730. 8. Winifred Whitmell; b. 1729; m. about 1746 Philip Alston

as his second wife. They lived in Warren County, N. c.12 9. Lewis Whitmell; b. 1732, d. young.

10. Mary Whitmell; m. (1) Maj. Francis Pugh and (2) Heze­kiah Thompson.

11. William Whitmell; b. 1735, d. young.

(BL 4) EDWARD BRYAN (Lewis) Edward Bryan was probably born in Surry County, Va.

Possibly he came with his parents to North Carolina about 1713. He lived in Bertie County and died at Black Walnut Point near the mounth of the Chowan River on Dec. 14, 1762.13 He was probably a justice of the peace under Gov. Gabriel Johnston.14

9. N. C. H. & G. R., I, 81. The will of Thomas Whitmell is dated Nov. 23, 1735. If one wishes more information about Thomas Whitmell he should see the Register, N. C. Society of Colonial Dames, for 1924; Joseph A. Groves, The Alstons and Allstons of North Carolina and South Carolina; and Abridged Compendium of American Gen., vol. III. 10. There is great uncertainty about the dates of birth of some of the children. Possibly the order of the children is not correct. 11. Wheeler, II, 31. 12. They had ten children. If interested, see Joseph A. Groves, The Alstons and Allstons of North Carolina and South Carolina; and Abridged Com­pendium of Am. Gen. 13. The will of Edward Bryan, dated Feb. 27, 1762, was probated in March 1763. In it all his children except Winifred were mentioned. The will of his wife, dated May 22, 1777, was probated in the August court, 1777. In it she mentioned all her children. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 325). 14. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 628.

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Edward Bryan married15 Martha West, the daughter of Thomas and Martha (Blount) West. She died in 1777. Children: (BL 15)

(BL 16) (BL 17)

(BL 18)

(BL 19)

1. Mary Bryan. 2. Martha Bryan; d. unmd.16 3. Elizabeth Bryan. 4. Ann Bryan. 5. Sarah Bryan. 6. Thomas Bryan; d. unmd. 7. Janet Bryan. 8. Edward Bryan; d. unmd. 9. Winifred Bryan.

(BL 5) ANN BRYAN (Lewis) Ann Bryan was born about 1696 or '97. She married in

Bertie County in 1717 John Gray, formerly of Scotland. He was born in 1690. He died in 1750. Ann died in 1770. Children: (BL 20)

(BL 21)

(BL 22)

(BL 23)

1. Janet Gray. 2. John Gray; b. May 16, 1724, d. Feb. 26, 1775. 3. Barbara Gray. 4. Ann Gray; b. June 12, 1728; m. John Slade. 5. William Gray. 6. Lucretia Gray; b. Aug. 20, 1732; m. --- Worseley. 7. George Gray; b. Aug. 29, 1734, d. March 8, 1735. 8. Elizabeth Gray; b. Nov. 15, 1736, d. Jan. 30, 1779. 9. Amelia Gray.

10. Louisa, or Louiza, Gray; b. Nov. 26, 1741; m. Thomas Worseley, of Bertie County, N. C.

15. Ibid., I, 35, 445. 16. References to the wills of Martha, Elizabeth, Thomas, and Edward may be seen in N. C. H. & G. R., II, 500; III, 167; II, 325; and II, 326 respectively.

LEWIS BRYAN: THIRD GENERATION

(BL 10) DAVID BRYAN (Simon, Lewis) David Bryan married---. He died before or about 1777.

Children :1

1. Elizabeth Bryan. 2. Mary Bryan. 3. David Bryan. 4. Joseph Bryan. 5. Peggy Bryan. 6. Rebecca Bryan.

(BL 11) JOSEPH BRYAN (Simon, Lewis) Joseph Bryan was born Sept. 3, 17 42 and was the third

husband of Mary (Hunter) (Coffield) Dawson (BL 104). Joseph served in the American Revolution and was a member of the Second Continental Congress in 1776, and Congress in 1787, and 1795, representing North Carolina.2

Children:

(BL 100)

(BL 101)

(BL. 12)

1. Elizabeth Bryan; b. April 3, 1775; m. George Outlaw. 2. Mary Whitmell Bryan; b. March 6, 1776; m. (1) Thomas

Hill and (2) Dr. Whitmell Hill Pugh, of Bertie Co., N. C. 3. Sally Hunter Bryan; b. April 15, 1778; m. William Keais. 4. Marina, or Mariana, Brickell Bryan. 5. Joseph Hunter Bryan; b. April 9, 1782; m. Sarah Burling­

ham. 6. Harriet Bailey Bryan; b. Dec. 26, 1783; m. (1) Peyton

Tunstall and (2) Stark Armistead. 7. Henry Hunter Bryan. 8. Simon A. Bryan; b. Feb. 7, 1788; m. -- Burlingham.

ELIZABETH WHITMELL Elizabeth Whitmell was born in 1717. She married (1)

George Pollock, (2) in 1737 Thomas Blount (b. 1708), and (3) William Williams in 1746. The last was a colonel and son of William Williams and Elizabeth Alston, dau. of John Alston. Children:

1. Whitmell Blount; m. Amelia Bryan. (BL 102) 2. Winifred Blount; m. Whitmell Hill (BL 105).

1. All the children are mentioned in the will of their father under date of Jan. 23, 1774. The will was probated 1.777. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 326). 2. N. C.H. & G. R., I, 631, 632.

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(BL 103) 3. Samuel Williams. 4. Elizabeth Williams; m. John Johnson. 5. William Williams; m. (1) Mrs. --- Smith, (2) Eliza­

beth Williams, dau. of Capt. Solomon and Tempie Williams. William Williams was a general of militia.

(BL 13) SARAH WHITMELL Sarah Whitmell was born about 1720. She married her step­

brother Henry Hunter.3 She died about 1790. Children: (BL 104) 1. Mary Hunter.

(BL 14) MARTHA WHITMELL Martha Whitmell married (1) Henry Laurence Bate and

(2) Col. John Hill. Children:

1. Augustine Bate; m. Susannah ---. 2. --- Bate or Hill.4

( BL 105) 3. Whitmell Hill; m. Winifred Blount ( BL 102) . 4. Elizabeth Hill; m. Jonathan Jacocks. 5. Mary Hill; m. Thomas Ballard. 6. Winifred Hill; m. William Pugh. 7. Sarah Hill; m. Maj. Francis Pugh. 8. Harry Hill; m. Martha Williams. She later married Dr.

Samuel Thorne.

(BL 15) MARY BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Mary Bryan married George Lockhart. He was the son of

James Lockart and lived in Bertie County, N. C. Children:

1. Sarah Lockhart; m. (1) -- and (2) Humphrey Nicholls.6 He was born April 21, 1729, in King and Queen County, Va.

(BL 16) ANN BRYAN ( Edward, Lewis) Ann Bryan married James Ryan.

Children: 1. Thomas Ryan. 6

3. N. C. H. & G. R., I, 81, 445. Henry Hunter was born March 14, 1725, the son of Robert Hunter. Robert Hunter had one or more wives before marrying Elizabeth Hunter Bryan (BL 3). Henry Hunter was the son of an earlier wife than Elizabeth Hunter Bryan. 4. We do not know which husband was the father of the second child. 5. Mrs. Susan Martin (Capehart) Nicholls, (B 403) to E. M. W., 1931. 6. There may have been other children. We have identified this child in the will of his aunt, Martha Bryan. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 500; original in the courthouse, Windsor, N. C.)

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(BL 17) SARAH BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Sarah Bryan married Thomas Baker, son of Henry Baker

and Catherine Booth. 7

Children: 1. Susanna Baker; m. Capt. --- Williams before 1802 or

'08. 2. Martha Baker. 3. Elizabeth Baker. 4. Sarah Baker. 5. Mary Baker. 6. Edward Baker. Possibly others: order not certain.

(BL 18) JANET BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Janet Bryan married (1) Nathaniel Hill, (2) Thomas Whit­

mell Pugh.8

Children: 1. Martha Pugh. 2. Mary Pugh; m. William Jordan about 1808. 3. Ann Pugh. 4. Winifred Pugh. 5. Thomas Whitmell Pugh.

(BL 106) 6. Mary Winifred Hill Pugh; b. Jan. 8, 1815, d. Feb. 22, 1858; m. Robert Campbell Martin (B 103). Children under father.

(BL 19) WINIFRED BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Winifred Bryan was born about 1763. She married George

Durant Reed about or before 1800. He was the son of William Reed, and grandson of Lemuel Reed. Children:9

1. Penelope Reed. 2. Maria Reed. 3. West Reed. 4. William Reed. 5. Lemuel Reed. Possibly others. Order uncertain.

7. Sarah (Bryan) Baker and her children are mentioned in the will of her sister Martha Bryan. Elizabeth Stearns and Sarah Sanders are re­corded as nieces. Possibly these are Elizabeth and Sarah Baker respectively with the surnames of their husbands, if they married. 8. From the will of Edward Bryan we learn Janet Bryan married Nathaniel Hill. In her mother's will she is spoken of as Janette Hill. It may be that Nathaniel was also named Hardy.

We are not certain about the names or number of children. In one list we find the first five. But Robert C. Martin (B 103) describes hi:s wife! as Mary Winifred Hill Pugh with dates above. We have therefore added her, for he further gives her mother and grandfather. Edward.

Janet Bryan and her children are mentioned in the will of her sis­ter Martha. Bryan (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 347, 500.). 9. Winifred Bryan and her children are mentioned in the will of her sis­ter Martha Bryan.

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· (BL 20) JANET GRAY Janet Gray was born Dec. 7, 1721. The date of her death is

uncertain: we believe it either Feb. 28, 1754, or Feb. 26, 1756. She married in 1741 or '42 the Rev. John McKenzie, a minister in Suffolk Parish, Nansemond County, Va. He died in 175410•

Children: 1. John McKenzie; b. Aug. 4, 1743. 2. Kenneth McKenzie.

(BL 107) 3. Janet Gray McKenzie; b. Nov. 22, 1750, in Nansemond Co., Va., married Nov. 9, 1771, Colin McKenzie Clark, (BL 112) her cousin. Children under father.

(BL 108) 4. Ann McKenzie. 5. William McKenzie; b. Jan. 11, 1754, in Nansemond Co., Va.,

married Margaret Cathcart. No issue. One of the fifty-two women composing the Edenton Tea Party, Edenton, N. C., was Mrs. William McKenzie. She was the daughter of Dr. William Cathcart and his second wife, Prudence West.

(BL 21) BARBARA GRAY Barbara Gray was born May 31, 1726. She married in 17 48

Jacob Blount, of Pitt County, N. C. She died April 11, 1763. Children:

1. William Blount; b. 1749; m. Mary Granger. 2. Ann Harvey Blount; b. 1750, d. 1805.

(BL 109) 3. John Gray Blount. 4. Louise Blackledge Blount. 5. Redding Blount; b. 1757; m. Lucy Harvey. 6. Thomas Blount; b. 1759; m. Martha Baker. 7. Jacob Blount; b. 1760; m. Ann Collins. 8. Barbara Blount; b. 1763, d. 1774. 9. Harvey Blount; b. 1766, d. 1773.

(BL 22) WILLIAM GRAY William Gray (June 17, 1730-1801) married in 1755

Frances Lee, daughter of Stevens Lee and Elizabeth West. He was a member of the Hillsboro Convention, August, 1775; of the Committee of Safety for the Edenton District, 1775, and a mem­ber of the Halifax Congress, 1776. He represented Bertie County, N.C.11

10. N. C. H. & G. R., I, 476. The will of the Rev. McKenzie was probated at N ansemond, Va., April 8, 1754. All the children and his brother-in-law, William Gray (BL 22) are mentioned therein. 11. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 514: Wheeler, I, 73; II, 31.

THIRD GENERATION 201

Children: 1. Stevens Gray; b. 1756, d. 1795.

(BL 110) 2. Ann Gray. (BL 111) 3. Elizabeth Gray; b. May 27, 1759, d. Jan. 17, 1839; m.

William Bryan (B 6). She is buried at Snowfield in Bertie County. Children under father.

4. John Gray; b. 1760, d. 1784. 5. Frances Lee Gray; b. 1762, d. 1825; m. -- Roulhac. 6. William Gray; b. 1764, d. 1773. 7. Janet Gray; b. 1766, d. 1807. 8. Barbara Gray; b. 1768, d. 1771. 9. Eleanor Gray; b. 1770; m. Ryan Batter.

10. George Gray; b. 1773, d. 1806. 11. Margaret Gray; b. 1775, m. Dr. Francis Roulhac. She

died in Tennessee. 12. William Lee Gray; b. 1778, m. Mary Turner. 13. Penelope Gray; b. 1780, d. 1858. 14. Polly Gray; b. 1782, d. 1789.

(BL 23) AMELIA GRAY Amelia Gray (Nov. 1739-1814) married Thomas Clark.

Children: ( BL 112) 1. Colin McKenzie Clark.

Possibly others.

LEWIS BRYAN: FOURTH GENERATION

(BL 100) MARINA BRICKELL BRYAN (Joseph, Simon, Lewis)

Marina, or Mariana, Brickell Bryan (Sept. 2, 1780-1822) married Major Edwards Turner, son of Capt. Jacob Turner and Mary Edwards. Children:1

(BL 200) 1. Maria Bryan Turner; m. George W. Cheatham.

(BL 101) HENRY HUNTER BRYAN (Joseph, Simon, Lewis)

Henry Hunter Bryan was born Feb. 23, 1786, and died 1835. In 1804 he married Elizabeth Ann Averett. His home, Retreat, was near Clarksville, Tenn. Children: (BL 201) 1. Maria Turner Bryan.

(BL 103) SAMUEL WILLIAMS Samuel Williams was born Feb. 10, 1753. He married

Charity Alston Dawson. She was the daughter of John Dawson and Charity Alston. Children: (BL 202) 1. Joseph John Williams.

Eight others, names and order unknown.

(BL 104) MARY HUNTER Mary Hunter (Dec. 28, 1744-Aug. 10, 1810) married (1)

Henry Coffield, (2) --- Dawson, (3) Joseph Bryan (BL 11). Children:

1. Thomas Coffield. There may have been others by Henry Coffield, but Thomas is the only one mentioned in his mother's will.2

Children by Joseph Bryan listed under their father.

1. Jacob Turner was killed at Germantown, Pa. A monument was erected to him and others dying there for their country. See N. C. Colonial Re­cords, X, 517; Wheeler, II, 31. 2. Will dated May 16, 1809, probated August 1810 mentions sons, Simon A. Bryan, Jos. H. Bryan, Thomas Coffield, and several grandchildren. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 500, original in the courthouse at Windsor, N. C.).

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FOURTH GENERATION 203

(BL 108) ANN McKENZIE Ann McKenzie married Dr. Anthony Darlet, of Bertie Coun­

ty, N. C. Children:

1. William Darlet. 2. Catherine Darlet.

(BL 109) JOHN GRAY BLOUNT John Blount was born in 1752. He married Mary Harvey.

Children: (BL 203) 1. Lucy Oliver Blount.

Possibly others.

(BL 110) ANN GRAY Ann Gray was born May 4, 1757. She married in Chowan

County, N. C., Jacob Blount of Chowan. Children:

1. Sarah Blount; m. -- Morgan. 2. Frances Blount; m. Henderson Standin. He was the son

of William Henderson and Elizabeth Blount (Littleholn) Standin.

(BL 204) 3. Elizabeth Blount. 4. Joseph Blount; m. Frances Connor. 5. Ann Blount; m. John Cox.

(BL 112) COLIN McKENZIE CLARK Colin McKenzie Clark was born March 18, 1750, in Scot­

land at Limekiln, Fif eshire. He left Scotland Aug. 18, 1771, and married in Windsor, N. C., Janet Gray McKenzie (BL 107) Nov. 9 of the same year. He apparently lived and died in Bertie County, N. C.8

Children: 1. David Clark. 2. Kenneth Clark. 3. John McKenzie Clark. 4. William McKenzie Clark.

3. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 602, 603: originals in Windsor, N. C. All the children born at Windsor, N. C.

LEWIS BRYAN: FIFTH GENERATION

(BL 200) MARIA BRYAN TURNER Maria Bryan Turner married George Washington Cheat­

ham, son of Archer Cheatham and Susannah Long. Children:

1. Marina T. Cheatham; m. Robert Woods. They had a daugh­ter Maria K. Woods, who married George Augustine Wash­ington. She was a member of the Colonial Dames no. 683.

(BL 201) MARIA TURNER BRYAN (Henry, Joseph, Simon, Lewis)

Maria Turner Bryan (1811-1890) married William Hil­liard Dortch. Children:

1. George C. Dortch; b. 1829, d. 1904; m. Eliza Jane Phillips. He was a doctor.

(BL 202) JOSEPH JOHN WILLIAMS Joseph John Williams ( 1793-1866) married in 1818 Har­

riet Collins. Children:

1. Thomas E. C. Williams. 2. Caroline E. Williams. 3. Charity Dawson Williams; m. Joseph James Pugh.

(BL 203) LUCY OLIVER BLOUNT Lucy Oliver Blount married Bryan Grimes, North Carolina.

Children: 1. John Gray Grimes. 2. Mary Blount Grimes. 3. Annie Grimes. 4. Wiley B. Grimes. 5. Olivia Grimes.

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FIFTH GENERATION 205

(BL 204) ELIZABETH BLOUNT Elizabeth Blount married John Cheshire, of Chowan Coun­

ty, N. C. Children:

1. Joseph Blount Cheshire; m. -- Parker. 2. Sarah Frances Cheshire; m. Joseph Webb, of Orange Coun­

ty, N. C. 3. Elizabeth Cheshire; m. Duncan McN air.

PART V

DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SMITH

AND ELIZABETH WHITFIELD

~mitll

JOHN SMITH, ELIZABETH WHITFIELD, AND THEIR DESCENDANTS: FIRST GENERATION

The members of the Smith family treated in these pages trace their origin to one John Smith who gave his name to Smithfield, N. C.1 Tradition declares further that this John was a relative of Arthur Smith, of Isle of Wight County, Va., and, like him, descended from Sir Thomas Smythe, or Smith, the treasurer of the Virginia Company of London.

Unfortunately neither the Christian nor family name is so rare as to identify the bearer. There was a John Smith in Isle of Wight in Aug. 26, 1633, securing a patent for 150 acres of land2 near the mouth of the Nansemond River. The land was his for defraying transportation costs of himself in the company of Sir Thomas Dale in the Starr and of a servant, Reginald Griffin in the Bona Nona. In fact, there was a John Smith in each of the original counties in the seventeenth century. Little help here.

Our patriarch could not have been brother to the immi­grant Arthur Smith who came to the colony in the year of the massacre3, 1622. It is not likely that John Smith was a son of this Arthur Smith. Two wills bearing the signatures of as many Arthur Smiths were recorded in Isle of Wight County during the seventeenth century. The first signer was perhaps the immi­grant Arthur. His will4 dated 1645 though showing the names of five children, does not contain the name of our patriarch. The later Arthur in his will of 16965 mentioned his sons George,

1. The Smith genealogy herein is very largely the work of John Bryan Williams (B 225), the Rev. James Williams Marshall (S 849), Jessie Slocum Smith ( S 525), and Mary Gilchrist McN eill ( S 536) and those who assisted them. They have most kindly allowed incorporation of their work in this study. , 2. MS., Patent Book, I, 126, Archives Division, Va. State Library, Rich­mond, Va. 3. "Mr. Arthur Smith, aged 25, came to Virginia in 1622, in the company of Farrar Flinton. The above was ancestor of Arthur Smith, Member of Congress." (W. & M. Quarterly, VII, 248 note). 4. The will of Arthur Smith, dated Oct. 1, 1645 and recorded in Isle of Wight County, Va., lists sons Arthur, Richard, George Thomas, and a daughter Jane. (D. A. R. Magazine, LXII, No. 2, p. 121, Feb. 1928). 5. The will of Arthur Smith under date of Nov. 2, 1696 in the same county mentions three sons: George, Thomas, and Arthur. (Ibid., LXII, No. 2, p. 121).

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Thomas, and Arthur. Still no mention of John Smith. It is quite possible that John Smith was the grandson of the immigrant Arthur by a son other than Arthur Smith, Jr.

One descendant6 believed that John Smith and Arthur Smith of Isle of Wight County were brothers and that their father came from England.

It has been suggested that both an Arthur and a John Smith moved from Virginia simultaneously, or nearly so, and settled first perhaps in Currituck Precinct and then in Johnston County, N. c.1

Towards the close of the century there lived along the Virginia-Carolina border three Smiths-Richard, Thomas, and John. Their lands stretched about Currituck and Sympson's (or Sampson's) Creeks. Their patents8 had been granted by Vir­ginia, but when the line between the colonies was run, it was found that the lands in question were in North Carolina.

Concerning relation to Sir Thomas Smith there is nothing stronger on which to build than similarity of names of the children of the three Arthur Smiths of Isle of Wight County, Va.,9 and the names of the children and grandchildren of Thomas Smith of Ostenhanger Castle10• Sir Thomas Smith, the treasurer of the London Company of Virginia, had a brother named Richard, a sister Jane, and a son Thomas. The eldest of the Arthur Smiths of Isle of Wight had children named Richard, George, Thomas, Arthur, and Jane. Arthur Smith II had a Thomas, George, and Arthur. Arthur Smith III had a Thomas, Arthur, and Mary Jane.

6. Mrs. Barbara Ann (Everitt) Arrington (S 433) declared in a state­ment that came before the eye of the compiler of this record that "There were two brothers who lived in Isle of Wight County, Va., - John and Arthur Smith. Arthur remained in Virginia ... near Smithfield. Their father was from England." 7. An Arthur Smith was a member, with Nathaniel Bourne, of a Com­mittee of Correspondence, 1775, at Smithfield, N. C. (Benjamin Grady, to E. M. W.) 8. MSS., Grant to Thos. Smith (1680), 173 acres on Currituck (Pat. Bk. 7, p. 56; grant to Jno. Smith (1691) 50 acres on Sympson's Cr. (Pat. Bk. 8, p. 183; Bk. 9, p. 60); Grant to Rich'd Smith (1720) 139 acres on Symp-son's Cr. (Pat. Bk. 11, p. 30). · 9. The third Arthur was the son of Arthur Smith, Jr., above. 10. The pedigree of the Smiths of Ostenhanger follows:

John Smith, of Corsham, County Wilts, of England, m. Joane Brounck­ner. He died in 1538 leaving a son:

Sir Thomas Smith. He was born about 1520 and married Alice, dau. of Sir Andrew Judde, Lord Mayor of London. Thomas was for long time a

SIR THOMAS SMYTHE

FIRST GENERATION 211

(S 1) JOHN SMITH Be relationships as they may, it seems that one John Smith

arrived in Johnston County N. C., about 1743,11 and that the town of Smithfield was built upon a hundred acres of land given by him for the purpose.12 He entered upon a career of service to his county and state. It has not always been possible to dis­tinguish between the services of John Smith and his son of the same name, but it is certain that both labored generously for the common good.

The date of birth of John Smith (S 1) is not known. Some of the family believe it to have been in March 1687,13 but others place it in 1690.14 He married about 1708 Elizabeth ---­generally supposed to have been Elizabeth Whitfield, daughter to a Matthew Whitfield, of Virginia,15 and perhaps sister to William Whitfield (1). The date of John's death is also uncertain. Again we have two dates, 1777 and 1783.

collector of customs and was upon occasion called Mr. Customer Smith. He was a man of great wealth. In 1588, it is reported, he lent Queen Eliza­beth a thousand pounds as she prepared to meet the Spanish Armada. Thomas lived at Ostenhanger in Kent. He died June 17, 1591, leaving 7 sons and 6 daughters. They were:

( 1) Andrew Smith. (2) Sir John Smith; m. about 1618 Lady Isabella Rich, sister of the

Earl of Warwick. (3) Sir Thomas Smith; b. about 1558. He succeeded his father as

Master of Customs and was successively sheriff of London, ambassador to Russia, and a member of parliament for Sandwich. In addition he was the first governor of the East India Company, a member of the Muscovy Company, and a member and treasurer of the London Company of Virginia. In 1619 the last named company granted him 2,000 acres of land in Virginia. He died in 1625 and is buried in Hone Church, Kent. He married (1) Judith Culverwell, who died without issue; (2)--; (3) Sarah Blount.

(4) Henry Smith. (5) Sir Richard Smith. (6) Robert Smith. (7) Simon Smith; slain at Cadiz, 1596. ( 8) Mary Smith. (9) Ursula Smith.

(10) Jane Smith. (11) Catherine Smith. (12) Alice Smith. (13) Elizabeth Smith.

(Brown, Genesis of the United States, II, 1011, 1012, 1013). 11. Mrs. Barbara Ann (Everitt) Arrington (S 433) believed that he came to Johnston County in 1704 ca. 12. Private Acts of the Assembly, 1715-1770. 13. Marshall.

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Two years after settling in North Carolina, John Smith represented his county in the General Assembly ;16 the next year (1746) he was appointed a justice of the peace of Johnston County. In 1749 he was a member of the colonial as­sembly, and received soon after a commission to act as clerk of the upper house of the assembly, in which post he was con­tinued four years. While acting in the above capacity he was on the committee appointed to settle the accounts of the prov­ince. The roster shows him, as late as 1769, as a member from Johnston County. Two years later his name is among those favoring the founding of Queens College in the town of Char­lotte. The county court was sometimes held at his house. He even attended the Provincial Congress, and on one occasion this Con­gress convened at his house, to appoint delegates to the Continen­tal Congress in Philadelphia.

Beyond this period the public services recorded in the name of John Smith of Johnston County are probably those of his son of the same name,17 for these services were such as called for greater physical activity than might have been expected of an octogenarian.

John Smith was able to amass considerable property, as witnessed by the land grants issued to him. He owned at one time or another more than five thousand acres, almost all of which lay along the banks of the Neuse River in Johnston Coun­ty, N. C.

It would seem that during the Revolutionary War the long and eventful life of John Smith (S 1)) came to a close. Tradi­tion18 has it that he was buried on a bluff in Smithfield, N. C., "just back of the Methodist Church, where Dr. Telfair's house once stood." No trace of his grave can be found to-day.19

14. Register of Colonial Dames of N. C. 15. MSS., notes of John Bryan Williams (B 225). 16. Saunders, IX, 388, 814, 1038, 1175: V, 660; 683, 688, 805, 835, 836, 1000: VI, 40: VIII, 303, 353: X, 165, 168, 172, 696: Clark, XXII, 818: XXIII, 820, 821. 17. No son of the name John appears in the old family Bible, but both land grants and Colonial and State Records show that he had a son called John and a grandson John. Both of these took part in the public life of their community. 18. Williams. 19. James Williams Marshall (S 849) visiting the site in 1925 found the church converted into a residence, but nowhere was there any trace of the grave.

Children :20

(S 2) (S 3) (S 4)

(S 5)

(S 6) (S 7) (S 8)

FIRST GENERATION 213

1. Samuel Smith. 2. John Smith. 3. Elizabeth Smith; b. in 1724 probably in Middlesex Co.,

Va. She married in North Carolina in 1744 or '45 William Bryan (B 4). They lived at Springfield, two miles west of Smithfield, Johnston County, N. C. The children, listed under the father, were born at Springfleld.21 She died about 1792.

4. Nancy Smith; b. 1727/28, d. 1760; m. Needham Bryan (B 5) Feb. 5, 1748. Children under father.

5. Mary Smith. 6. Alexander Smith. 7. Pherabee Smith. i

20. There is considerable confusion about the dates of these children, in spite of the fact that the sources of information profess to trace back to the family Bible of the father. This Bible was inherited by Mrs. Barba­ra Ann (Everitt) Arrington (S 433). There may have been other children. 21. In the division of the estate of Elizabeth (Smith) Bryan (S 4), William, Hardy, John, Blake, Lewis, Arthur, and Elizabeth Bryan are mentioned. (Johnston Co., Inventories, & Settlements, 1781-95).

JOHN SMITH: SECOND GENERATION

(S 2) SAMUEL SMITH (John) It is thought Samuel Smith was born in Virginia, May 27,

17191 • He died Sept. 14, 1783, at Smithfield, N. C. About 1737 Samuel married Edith Whitfield ( Sept. 7, 1717-Sept. 3, 1785).

Samuel Smith was active in the public life of Johnston County, N. C. In 1750 he was justice of the peace for his county. Aug. 12, 177 4, at a "freeholders" meeting of the same county he was appointed to serve on the Committee of Correspondence. Aug. 21, 1774, he was at Hillsboro, N. C.,2 representing his county in the provincial congress then and there meeting.3

Children:4

(S 10) (S 11) (S 12)

(S 13) (S 14)

(S 15) (S 16)

1. John Smith. 2. Jane Smith. 3. Samuel Smith. 4. Edith Smith; m. -- Folsom, or Fulsom. 5. David Smith. 6. Nancy Smith. 7. Mary Smith; m. -- Dempster. 8. Elizabeth Smith; m. Captain William Walton. 9. Jonathan Smith.

10. Alexander Smith.

(S 3) JOHN SMITH (John) John Smith was born about 1724 perhaps in Virginia. He

apparently served during the Revolutionary War and it is possi­ble he was given bounty warrants to lands in Kentucky and Tennessee. If he moved to occupy these lands, that might ac­count for the disappearance of his name from the records of

1. Miss Lillian R. Carpenter and James Williams Marshall both believed Samuel born in 1719. Another record indicated 1709. 2. Saunders, Colonial Records of North Carolina, hereafter referred to as Saunders, IV, 1038; V, 1031, 1032; X, 165. 3. The will of Samuel Smith, dated Feb. 17, 1779, may be seen in Johnston County Wills, 1760-1830, volume four, preserved in the rooms of the North Carolina Historical Commission, Raleigh, N. C. 4. y.,r e are uncertain about the children both in number and order, es­pecially concerning Mary and Nancy.

The U. S. Census for 1790, Wake County, N. C., mentions William Walton and eight children.

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North Carolina. There appeared in the Virginia Gazette, Wil­liamsburg, Va., notices in six issues5 of an offer by John Smith to sell his property in Johnston County, N. C., preparatory to leav­ing for Kentucky. Whether he actually went to Kentucky we do not know. There is a record of one John Smith "in the county of Spencer in the State of Franklin" wherein he gives to John Allen certain property, Jan. 14, 1786. The land concerned was described as patented to John Smith Oct. 28, 1765, in Johnston County, N. C. 6 Now John Allen was the son-in-law of John Smith (S 3). We are led to conclude that John Smith (S 3) is identical with the John Smith who turned up in Greene County in the "state of Franklin."7

A deed was recorded8 in Johnston County, under date of 1788, from "John Smith, Sr., for love and affection" to his granddaughter, Jane Bridges, of the same county. Witnesses were Samuel Smith and Gideon Smith (S 18).

During his life time John Smith served his community in divers ways. In 1744 he was appointed by the Council at New Bern to serve on a "Committee of Peace for Hyde County." Six years later he was justice of the peace for Johnston County. In 1774 he was appointed on a Committee of Correspondence at a meeting of freeholders of Johnston. In 1775 he was a major and in the year of Independence he was appointed lieutenant colonel. This same year he was a member of a provincial Congress for Johnston County sitting at Halifax. He was at one time charged with conducting prisoners to Halifax and to Virginia and tak­ing paroles from them.9

Col. John Smith died about December 1790, probably in Hawkins County, Tenn. His son William Smith (S 17) who had remained in Johnston County, N. C., was named administrator for the estate in that county. In time a suit was brought against "William Smith and the Estate of John Smith."10 John Allen is

5. Issues of Feb. 26; March 4, 11, 18, 25; and April 1; 1780. These may be seen in the Va. State Library, Richmond, Va. 6. MS., Land Office, Richmond, Va. 7. A very brief statement of the origin of this attempt to create a new state may be found in Wheeler, I, 92-98. 8. MSS., Johnston County Records, Deed Book 1769-1790, N. C. Hist. Commission. 9. Saunders, IV, 712, 1038; IX, 1031, 1032; X, 204, 525: Clark, XIV, 20, 415, 416: Wheeler, II, 219. 10. Data from Mrs. F. C. Jones, of Sherrill, Ark.

It is possible that some of these items refer to John Smith, Sr., rather than the son.

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mentioned three times as settling accounts of the estate of John Smith. There is one record suggesting that John Smith died the first part of 1791. Children:

(S 17) (S 18)

(S 19)

1. John Smith; perhaps dead by 1793 as he is not mentioned in the will of his brother.

2. William Smith. 3. Gideon Smith. 4. Edith Smith; m. John Allen. 5. Abigail Smith; m. -- Rice. 6. Jane Smith. 7. Brittain Smith; will dated Feb. 3, 1793, Johnston Co.,

N. c.11 We judge from his will that he left no children.

(S 6) MARY SMITH (John) Mary Smith was born in 1730 or 1735. She married, 1760,

Colonel Ben Williams (b., Richmond, Va., 1717, d. Johnston Co., N. C., ca. 1796) . He was a brother of Col. John Williams, of New Bern, N. C., Col. Joseph Williams, of Duplin County, N. C., and Isaac Williams, of Roanoke River, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. As he survived all his family, he willed his lands to his nephew, Governor Ben Williams (son of John Williams), and his personal property12 to his brother Joseph. Children:

1. Pherabee (or Ferrabee) Williams. 2. Mary Edna Williams; b. Aug. 18, 1774, d. July 18, 1783.

(S 7) ALEXANDER SMITH (John) Alexander Smith was born in 1735 or '42. He died about

1777. He married about 1762 Elizabeth Whitfield (12). July 28, 1774, he obtained a sheriff's deed to 100 acres of land in Cum­berland County, N. C., bordering or near Cape Fear River.13 He may have acquired other property in the neighborhood. About four miles above Dunn Cape Fear River receives the waters of the Little River. Here Alexander Smith established a ferry which apparently proved a profitable venture, for Alexander and his descendants long continued to operate it.14

11. Will of Brittain Smith mentions William Smith, Gideon Smith, Edith Allen (sister) and Abigail Rice. This material was kindly contributed by Mrs. F. C. Jones. The will is recorded in Johnston County Records, MS. 12. The will of Col. Ben Williams, dated Oct. 22, 1794, is on record at Smithfield, N. C., Bk. 1, p. 96, MS. 13. MS., Cumberland County Records, book 6, p. 189. 14. The location of the ferry has been questioned. It has been deemed proper to call attention to another ferry known as Smith's Ferry. This

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When the expedition was made to Moore's Creek Bridge, Alexander Smith was a member of the patriot forces. With the passage of armies Alexander was engaged in war work, to use a phrase current in our most recent war. His ferry was many times called upon to carry vehicles or goods for the Continental cause, and his name appears more than a dozen times in the records of the Comptroller's office, Kinston, N. C., and other ac­counts.15

Alexander Smith was buried on a hill on his own property. Children: (S 20)

(S 21)

(S 22) (S 23)

1. Rachel Smith; b. Sept. 2, 1763, in Cumberland Co., N. C. She died about 1824 in Harnett Co., N. C. She married Isaac Williams ( S 51). Children under their father.

2. Elizabeth Smith; b. 1765; m. Kedar Bryan (B 15). Child under father.

3. Mary Smith. 4. John Smith. 5. Nancy Smith; m. William Whitfield.

After the death of Alexander Smith his widow, Elizabeth (Whitfield) Smith (12) married Sir Farquhard Campbell.

Farquhard Campbell came to this country in the company of Flora MacDonald. By his fellows he was called Sir Farquhard and was known as a man of commanding figure and great courage. Before the close of the 18th century he was reputed the wealthiest man in Cumberland County. Fifty slaves he owned.

Farquhard Campbell married first Isabella McAllister, sis­ter of the ardent Tory, Alexander McAllister. The second wife of Farquhard Campbell was widow Smith. Tradition has it that her brothers William and N eedhi:tm Whitfield seized Farquhard Campbell on the battlefield of Moore's Creek Bridge. He found himself in great difficulties when his neighbors began to take up arms against one another as well as their mother country.

ferry was located along the Neuse River about three and one half miles north of the present Smithfield. (W. F. Burton, of the State of North Carolina, Department of Archives and History to T. M. W., June 22, 1948).

Miss Bettie Lee Sanders of the Smithfield Public Library called at­tention to a brief history prepared by the Rev. J. P. Smith of Smithfield. He noted a petition of one John Smith, possibly our John Smith (S 1), praying that the Johnston County court for October, 1759, permit him to establish a ferry at the point where the road from New Bern to Johnston County court house crossed the Neuse River. The petition was granted. The owner of the proposed ferry was authorized to make the following charges: for a wagon, team and load, 2 shillings, an empty wagon and team 1 shilling, a loaded cart 1 shilling, an empty cart 6 d, a man and horse 4 d.

There was also a cemetery near this ferry, we are told. 15. MSS., Revolutionary Army Accounts, book E-G.

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His connection with the Campbell family16 of Scotland must have been of influence in drawing him to the Tory side. He refused to ally himself openly with either side. Some believed him neutral. By others he was accused of giving aid to both sides be­fore or at the time of the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Feb. 27, 1776, and, as stated above, he was seized and deprived of his liberty.17 Apparently Widow Smith felt he should not have too much liberty, for she married him.

Tradition places the home of Farquhard Campbell on the west side of Cape Fear River, about four miles above A veras­boro and opposite the modern Erwin Bridge. A marble shaft, erected by his widow, marks his resting place at Old Bluff Church. Children:

(S 24)

(S 25) (S 26)

1. Janet Campbell. 2. Nancy Cambell. 3. Elizabeth Campbell. 4. Polly Campbell. 5. Isabella Campbell; m.1s John Smith (S 23). Children under

their father. Second marriage.

6. Robert Campbell. 7. James Campbell. 8. William Campbell; d. young. 9. Farquhard Campbell.

(S 8) PHERABEE SMITH (John) Pherabee Smith (Oct. 16, 1748-Dec.19, 1810) was born in

Johnston County, N. C. She married June 27, 1765, Major John Hinton ( March 14, 17 48-March 1818) .19

16. Thi'S family was a prominent and powerful one at the head of which was the Duke of Argyle. 17. For this history see Moore, History of North Carolina, III, 96: Flora MacDonald in Amerioa, 62: Saunders, X, 477, 545, 595: Clark, XII, 813, 874. 18. Note that John Smith was in no sense a blood relation of Isabella Campbell. 19. This John Hinton was the son of Col. John Hinton and Grizelle Kim­brough who were married in 1740. The Hintons of North Carolina are des­cendants of an ancient Norman family which emigrated to England after the Battle of Hastings, 1066. The family achieved prominence. Probably the most distinguished member of the family was Sir Thomas Hinton of Earlscourt, in Wiltshire. He was a graduate of Queens College, Oxford, and a member of parliament. A man of great wealth, he was one of the larger stockholders in the London Company for the settlement of Virginia. John Hinton the third son of Sir Thomas was appointed by Charles I

Children: (S 27) (S 28)

(S 29)

(S 30)

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1. Mary Hinton. 2. William Hinton. 3. Betsey Hinton; b. 1769. 4. John Hinton. 5. Willis Hinton; b. 1774. 6. Grizelle Hinton. 7. Robert Hinton; d. Chapel Hill, N. C., unmd. In the Alumni

Catalogue of the University of North Carolina appears the name of one Robert Hinton, of Wake County who is de­scribed as receiving his A.B. degree in 1815 and as a physician.20

Physician in Ordinary to the queen and prince of Wales. Later he was knighted by Charles II. A grandson of this knight emigrated to North Carolina.

For the Revolutionary record of John Hinton the husband of Pherabee Smith see: Wheeler, II, 416: Register of N. C. Society of Colonial Dames, 1924: Saunders, VIII, 576, 704: Clark, XII, 707. 20. It is possible that this Robert Hinton has been confused with Robert Hinton son of John Hinton (S 29).

JOHN SMITH: THIRD GENERATION

(S 10) JOHN SMITH (Samuel, John) John Smith was born about 1738. He married --- Exum,

of Portsmouth, Va. He may have served in the army during the American Revolution.1

Children:

(S 50)

1. Alexander Smith. 2. John Smith; m.2 Edith Avera. 3. Ruth Smith; m. Archibald Vinson. 4. Lucinda Smith; m. Sanford Richardson. 5. Allen Smith; m. -- Prince, of Marengo Co., Ala. 6. Sarah Smith; m. 1795, Bennett Boddie. They had five chil­

dren.

(S 11) JANE SMITH (Samuel, John) Jane Smith was born about 1739. She married (1) Joel

Williams, son of Isaac Williams II, of Virginia: (2) Hunter.

Joel Williams came to North Carolina about 1750. He was drowned in Cape Fear River, 1761. Children:

1. Ferabee Williams; m. 1826, John McAlister, of Bladen

(S 51)

(S 52)

County, N. c.a She was deaf and dumb. 2. Isaac Williams. 3. Samuel Williams. 4. Joel Williams.

(S 12) SAMUEL SMITH (Samuel, John) Samuel Smith was born about 1740 and died Jan. 8, 1809.4

He married (1) 1769 Sa~ McCullers; (2) Zilphia Blackman (1775-1813 ca.) .5 Major S~th served with the Johnston County

1. It is possible that some of the services attributed to John Smith (S 3), were performed by John Smith (S 10). 2. Marriage license preserved in rooms of Historical Comm., Raleigh, N. C., dated June 23, 1778. MS. 3. Carolina Observer, Fayetteville, N. C., Nov. 1, 1826. 4. "At his seat in Johnston Co., N. C., Jan. 8, 1809, Col. Samuel Smith an aged a11d valuable citizen who has frequently represented that County in the State Legislature .... The State has lost in him a firm Patriot and a true friend of the cause of the Republic." (Raleigh Star, Raleigh, N. C., March 16, 1809). 5. The wills of Samuel Smith and his second wife are preserved in Will Book I, pages 216 and 396 respectively, Smithfield, N. C., MS.

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Militia in an expedition to Wilmington. the state legislature from 1794-1800.6

Children:

He was a member of

(S 53) (S 54) (S 55)

(S 56)

(S 57)

(S 58)

1. Keran Ann Smith. 2. Edwin Smith. 3. Sally McCullers Smith. 4. Elizabeth Smith; b. 1781. 5. Sam[uel] G. Smith; b. 1783; m. Nancy Bryan. The bond

dated July 27, 1783, is preserved in Raleigh, N. C. 6. Julia C. Smith; d. 1866; m. Bythan Bryan (B 64). 7. John McKinney Smith; b. 1786, d. 1815 ca. 8. Zilphy Smith. 9. Larkin Smith; cotton planter in Mississippi.

10. Alvin Smith.

(S 13) DAVID SMITH (Samuel, John) David Smith was born Sept. 27, 1746, in Johnston County,

N. C. He died March 10, 1793, and was buried in Smith's Place Cemetery in Harnett County, N. C. He married Dec. 13, or 31, 1771, Charity Whitfield ( 15).

David Smith represented Cumberland County, N. C., in the Provincial Congress at its sessions in Hillsboro and Halifax, N. C., in August, 1775, and April, 1776, respectively. He was successively appointed, major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of the Cumberland County Militia. He was also assigned the tasks of taking inventories of estates of Tories of his county and of aiding in the program to secure recruits from Cumberland. Suc­cess in the last must not have seemed certain, for he wrote to the governor in July, 1777, that "it was evident that two-thirds of Cumberland County intend leaving this State and are already become insolent, and it is apprehended will be troublesome." He desired the governor to station a company of fifty light horse at Cross Creek, the site of the present Fayetteville. To Edward Winslow he wrote suggesting that all persons leaving the State be disarmed, as "they will endeavor to carry all the arms out they possibly can".

July 29, 1777, he informed Governor Richard Caswell of his fears of immediate action by the Tories and of his belief that something must be done to make salt purchasable at Cross Creek upon reasonable terms. The governor directed David Smith to raise the militia and prevent the illegal seizure of the salt stores.

6. Wheeler, II, 219, 220: Saunders, IX, 1031, 1032; X, 206, 600, 531, 914.

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In the end the stores were protected, and the excitment of the people calmed by an off er of the salt for sale at $5.00 a bushel. 7

Children: (S 59)

(S 60) (S 61) (S 62)

(S 63)

(S 64)

(S 65)

1. Edith Smith; b. Dec. 26, 1772, d. March 1842; m. Clement Bryan (B 67) in Cumberland Co., N. C., Aug. 19, 1792. They moved to Montgomery Co., Ga., in 1805. Children under their father.

2. Sam[uel] Smith. 3. William Smith. 4. Rachel Smith. 5. Mary Smith; b. Dec. 10, 1779, d. Feb. 1, 1799 ca. 6. David Smith; b. Sept. 18, 1781, d. 1805. 7. Jonathan Smith. 8. Whitfield Smith; b. Sept. 7, 1785, d. unmd March 25, 1817.

He was buried in Smith's Place Cemetery, Harnett C-0., N. C.

9. Charity Smith; b. Jan. 8, 1788, d. Oct. 15, 1843; m. Alex­ander Williams (S 201) in 1806. She was a Baptist and devoted to her church and its religion. In spite of the fact that her family had been mostly Presbyterian before her, she and her family joined the Baptist church and were immersed by her son David Smith Williams about 1833. When Sardis Presbyterian Church was organized May 5, 1816. Alexander and Charity Williams were listed as non­communing members. Children under father.

10. Elizabeth Smith; b. 1790, d. 1790. 11. Needham Smith. 12. Lewis Smith; d. 1796.

(S 14) NANCY SMITH (Samuel, John) Nancy Smith died Nov. 25, 1819. She married Captain

Simon Turner, of Wake County, N. C. He served as a captain in the militia under Col. John Hinton. Captain Turner was a holder of plantations in Johnston, Dobbs, and Wake counties, N.C. Children: (S 66)

(S 67) (S 68) (S 69) (S 70)

(S 71)

1. John Turner; b. Sept. 3, 1760, d. Dec. 3, 1787; bu. at Smith's Ferry, N. C.

2. Simon Turner. 3. Edith Turner. 4. David Turner. 5. William Turner. 6. Matilda Turner; m. --- Hunter or Hill. 7. Jonathan Turner. 8. Elizabeth Turner. Order uncertain.

7. Saunders, X, 158, 165, 530, 568, 643: Clark, XI, 18, 72; XIII, 574, 616: A. H. N. C., I, 576. 577.

Mrs. Mary Rachel MacNeill, of Cumberland Co., N. C., kindly contri­buted material copied from the family Bible of David Smith, which was in her possession in 1931.

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(S 15) JONATHAN SMITH Jonathan Smith (b. 1761)

(B 11), (2) Winifred McCullers. Children: (S 72) 1. Elizabeth Smith.

2. Esther Smith; d. unmd.

(Samuel, John) married ( 1) Esther Bryan

(S 73) 3. Edith Smith; married William Turner (S 70) and lived in North Carolina. Children under father.

Second marriage. 4. Simon Smith; b. 1804. 5. Jonathan Smith; b. 1806, d. 1898; lived in Wake Co., N. C.

(S 16) ALEXANDER SMITH (Samuel, John) Alexander Smith (b. 1763 ca.) married Pherabee Pool.

Children: 1. Samuel Smith. 2. Larkin Smith.

(S 17) WILLIAM SMITH (John, John) William Smith was living in Johnston County, N. C., at

the time of his father's death in 1790 and was named administra­tor of his father's estate. William Smith married, we believe, Lucy Walker. Children:

1. John Smith. 2. Brittain Smith.

(S 18) GIDEON SMITH (John, John) Gideon Smith sold his lands8 in Johnston County, N. C.,

and so far as we have knowledge, disappeared from the local records in 1794. He may have moved west of the Blue Ridge to occuppy lands left him there by his brother Brittain. Children :9

(S 74) (S 75)

1. Frances Smith. 2. Sarah Smith. Possibly others.

(S 19) JANE SMITH Jane Smith married William Bridges.

Children :10

1. Jane Bridges.

8. MS., Johnston County Records. 9. Mrs. F. C. Jones to E. M. W.

(John, John)

10. There is some confusion about Jane Smith and her relatives. One

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(S 22) MARY SMITH (Alexander, John) Mary Smith was born Nov. 20, 1767, and died April 22,

1843, in Cumberland County, N. C. She married (1) John Turner11, and (2) George Elliot about 1790.

George Elliot (1747-Nov. 1, 1807) was the son of Sir Gil­bert Elliot of Dumfries, Scotland and a kinsman of Henry Elliot the defender of Gibraltar during the American Revolu­tion. George Elliot came to America possibly in the early 1780s and settled on Little River, in Cumberland County, N. C. His place he called Ellerslie. George Elliot and his wife were possib­ly members of Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C. Children: (S 76)

(S 77)

(S 78)

(S 79) (S 80)

(S 81)

(S 82)

1. Ann Turner; b. April 30, 1788, d. Oct. 13, 1852; m. Nov. 12, 1812, William Whitfield (78). She probably died in Mississippi. Children under father.

2. Elizabeth (Eliza) Turner; m. Bryan Whitfield, son of Bryan Whitfield (14). No children.

3. Henry Elliot; b. March 31, 1791, d. Oct. 26, 1855; m. Isabella Smith (S 84). No issue. He was a member of Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C.

4. Rachel Elliot; b. 1793, d. 1793. 5. Jane Elliot. 6. Alexander Elliot. 7. Mary Elliot; b. 1799, d. 1808. 8. Katharine Elliot. 9. George Elliot; b. 1803, d. 1826; bu. possibly at Smith's

Place Cemetery. 10. John Campbell Elliot.

(S 23) JOHN SMITH (Alexander, John) John Smith (called "Long John" or "Ferry John") was

born December 30, 1772, and died in Cumberland County, N. C., June 16, 1851, while sitting in a chair. He was at the home of his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Evans. He married, about 1795, Isabella Campbell (S 24).

His home, called Oak Grove, was on the east side of Cape

William Bridges left a will under date Feb. 24, 1790. Here is mentioned a son Ethelred Bridges. Jane Bridges is mentioned as the granddaughter of John Smith.

One Samuel Smith mentioned in his will of 1795 his granddaughter Elizabeth Bridgers. Is this a daughter of the same William Bridges, de­spite the difference in spelling? (Johnston County Wills). 11. Possibly John Turner (S 66). He, it is thought, married in 1785 a Mary Smith described as the daughter of one Alexander Smith. Our record shows two children born to Mary by her first husband, but both were born after the date of death given for John Turner ( S 66).

JOHN SMITH 1772-1851

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Fear River, near the Fayetteville and Raleigh road. Dur­ing the War Between the States, the Yankees used it as a hos­pital and the blood marks are still to be seen. There are also holes made by the cannon balls, and in two places in the bani­sters, the balls still remain.

John Smith was a wealthy and influential citizen. He con­ducted a ferry on the Cape Fear River. On June 27, 1812, he announced his candidacy for the State Senate and was elected, serving 1812, 1813 and 1814.

His granddaughter (Mrs. Jane Evans Elliot) wrote of him, in her diary under date of January, 1852,:

My dear and honored grandfather now sleeps with his fa­thers. He died last June at Father's. The funeral of such an aged and estimable man was peculiarly solemn and interesting. He was borne to his final resting place by his six oldest grand­sons and the coffin was placed in the very center of the family burying ground, by the side of our grandmother's grave; the lid was removed and children, grandchildren, friends and neighbors and the family servants, crowded around to take the last look at that venerable face. What an impressive les­son in immortality! ... There lay the patriarch of years, who was gathered as a shock of corn full ripe in his season. Most reverentially, affectionately and tenderly was his beloved form deposited to sleep with kindred dust. Peace to thy ashes, my dear old grandfather. Never shall I forget a form manly and revered, which is associated so fondly and vividly with my earliest recollections. May thy numerous posterity emulate thy worthy example and may they live worthy of this honor­able birthright.

Children: (S 83)

(S 84)

(S 85) (S 86)

(S 87) (S 88) (S 89)

(S 90)

(S 25)

1. Elizabeth Smith. 2. Alexander Smith; b. 1797, d. 1815; bu. Smith's Ferry, N. C. 3. Isabella Smith; b. 1800, d. 1876; m. Henry Elliot (S 78).

No issue. 4. Farquhard Campbell Smith. 5. Mary Smith; b. Oct. 4, 1803, d. Dec. 5, 1861; m. John

Campbell Elliot (S 82); bu. at Smith's Ferry, N. C. Children under father.

6. John Campbell Smith. 7. Jane Smith. 8. William Turner Smith. 9. Robert Smith; b. 1812, d. 1813; bu. Smith's Ferry, N. C.

10. James Campbell Smith.

ROBERT CAMPBELL Robert Campbell (b. 1778) married Flora Rogers, the third

child of Colonel Ben Rogers, of Marlboro, S. C., and Margaret

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McAllister. The last was the daughter of Colonel Alexander and Jean (Colvin) McAllister.

Robert Campbell was buried at Old Bluff Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, N. C. He died March 1, 1828. Children : 12

1. William Campbell. (S 91) (S 92) (S 93) (S 94)

2. Margaret Campbell. 3. Benjamin Campbell. 4. Farquhard Campbell. 5. John Campbell; m. (1) Eudora McGrimpsey; (2) Mrs.

Stella West. He was a captain in the Confederate armies. For a while he lived in Sumter County, Ala., but died in Texas.

6. Elizabeth Campbell; d. 1843 in Marengo County, Ala. 7. James Campbell; d. in 1844. Unmd. 8. Robert McGregor Campbell; b. 1822, d. Oct. 29, 1881. He

was a captain in the Confederate armies and was a resident of Gaston, Ala. In 1842 he received his A.B. from the University of North Carolina.

(S 26) JAMES CAMPBELL James Campbell was born December 30, 1782, and died

October 27, 1816, in Cumberland County, N. C. He married Winifred Turner (Apr. 13, 1783-Apr. 4, 1852; bu. Smith's Ferry). James Campbell represented Cumberland County in the House of Commons, N. C., 1807-1809. His picture was sometime in the possession of Mrs. James M. Russell, of Atlanta, Ga. Children :13

(S 95)

(S 96)

(S 97) (S 98)

1. Elizabeth Campbell; b. June 16, 1810, d. Dec. 2, 1844; bu. Smith's Ferry; m. John Campbell Smith (S 87). Children under father.

2. Mary Campbell; b. Mar. 17, 1814, d. Aug. 2, 1886; m. William Turner Smith (S 89). Children under father.

3. Sarah Campbell. 4. Farquhard Campbell.

(S 27) MARY HINTON Mary Hinton was born in 1766. She married in 1786 her

first cousin, Henry Lane, son14 of Joel and Martha (Hinton) Lane.

12. The will of Robert Campbell is preserved at Fayetteville, N. C. MS. Tradition declares that he had six sons and ten daughters: if so we have recorded only half of them. 13. Mary Campbell and Sarah were twins. The former attended the Female Seminary at Hillsboro, N. C. Photographs of her and her home were re­cently in the possession of Miss Mary Gilchrist McNeill (S 536). She was buried at Smith's Ferry, N. C.

Children: (S 99)

(S 100)

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1. Margaret Lane. 2. Harriet Lane; b. Aug. 4, 1788, d. in 1848. 3. Temperance Lane; b. Mar. 4, 1792, d. in July, 1874, unmd. 4. Ann Willis Lane.

(S 28) WILLIAM HINTON William Hinton was born 1767. He married 1791 Candace

Rosser, of South Carolina. Children:

1. Polly Willis Hinton; b. Oct. 18, 1792; m. Dr. Ransom Hinton, Dec. 27, 1810.

2. Dr. William R. Hinton; b. Sept. 15, 1796; m. Tempe Perry, Feb. 25, 1816.

3. Joshua Hinton; b. Sept. 17, 1800. 4. Pherabee Hinton; b. Sept. 14, 1804; m. J. W. Jeffries. 5. Sam Hinton; b. Apr. 27, 1806; m. Candace Hackney. 6. Addison C. Hinton; b. Nov. 14, 1808; m. Oct. 4, 1836,

Annie G. Foster. 7. Sydney Hinton; b. Feb. 18, 1812, d. Jan. 29, 1833, in

Greensboro, Ala.

(S 29) JOHN HINTON John Hinton (1770-Dec. 13, 1844) married Sarah Bryan

(B 69) in Johnston County, N. C., 1797. He was also called Jack. He was buried in Raleigh, N. C. Children :15

(S 101) 1. Martha Hinton. 2. Gr,zelle Hinton; b. April 13, 1800, d. Dec. 18, 1870, in

Raleigh, N. C. 3. John Hinton; m. --- and had a daughter, Mary. She

m. Isaac S. Hopkins. 4. Sally Hinton; b. 1804; moved to Georgia after 1870. 5. Ben Hinton; b. 1805, d. 1824. 6. Dr. Robert Hinton; b. 1808; unmd. He died at Chapel Hill,

N. C., in 1830 or '33. 7. Oscar Hinton; b. 1812, d. 1827. 8. Claudia Hinton; b. July 5, 1814, d. 1826. 9. Willis Hinton.

10. William Hinton.

14. Wakefield, the home in Raleigh, N. C., of Col. Joel Lane has been re­stored by the Wake County Committee of the N. C. Society of Colonial Dames of America.

For additional material on the Lane family see N. C. H. & G. R., I, 472, 473. 15. The Rev. Isaac S. Hopkins may be found in Who's Who in America, sixth volume.

See also footnotes under (S 8) Pherabee Smith.

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(S 30) GRIZELLE HINTON Grizelle Hinton was born in 1780. She married Judge Henry

Seawell April 17, 1800. Judge Seawell was one of the com­missioners appointed to rebuild the state house at Raleigh after the :fire in 1833. Children:

(S 102)

1. John Hinton Seawell; b. 1801. 2. Joseph Seawell; b. 1803. 3. Leonidas Seawell; m. --- Perry. 4. William Seawell; m. (1) --- Kenan, (2)

Bleven. 5. Henry Seawell; m. (1) Dunn, (2) Eleanor

Turner. 6. Pherabee Seawell; m. Meriwether Lewis, of Caswell County,

N. C. 7. Robert William Seawell; b. 1815; m. Camilla Donalin. 8. Richard Bullock Seawell; b. 1818; m. (1) Adelaide Hinton,

(2) Ellen Colburn. Adelaide Hinton was the daughter of a Ransom Hinton.

9. Martha Macon Seawell.

JOHN SMITH: FOURTH GENERATION

(S 51) ISAAC WILLIAMS Isaac Williams was born in 1756 in Johnston County, N. C.

He married March 27, 1780, Rachel Smith (S 20) and died be­tween June 9, 1814, and Dec. 7, 1815, in the present Harnett County, N. C.

Isaac Williams moved into Cumberland County from Wake and bought land in January, 1774, between the Little Rivers. He built his home near the present Linden. This section of Cum­berland following the division of that county in 1854 became Harnett County. In 1804 he was interested in starting a "semi­nary of learning". His purpose was made known through a notice in the Raleigh Register declaring:

"On the 23rd day of June next, at Averasborough, will be let to the lowest bidder, the building of a framed house in said town, thirty-six by twenty feet and twenty feet pitch, for a seminary of learning. Materials are now on the spot. Further particulars will be exhibited on the day by the com­missioners."

Isaac Williams and his wife were probably Presbyterians. Children :2

(S 200) (S 201) (S 202) (S 203) (S 204) (S 205) (S 206) (S 207) (S 208)

1. Elizabeth Williams; b. 1781, d. 1785. 2. Joel Williams. 3. Alexander Williams. 4. Isaac Williams. 5. John C. Williams. 6. Jane Smith Williams. 7. Samuel Williams. 8. Theophilus Hunter Williams. 9. James Williams.

10. Eliza Ferrabee Williams.

(S 52) JOEL WILLIAMS Joel Williams (b. 1762 ca.-1813) married about 1785 Mrs.

Mary (Avery) Colvin, probably the dau. of Jonathan Avery, nephew of Waightstill Avery who married Mrs. --- Franks in Jones County, N. C.

1. Signed by Isaac Williams, Robert Draughon, and Gerard Banks, Raleigh, N. C., June 11, 1804. 2. Tradition says there were 13, but we have been able to find a record of 10 only.

229

230

Children:3

(S 209)

SMITH

1. Joel Williams; b. June 30, 1800, d. May 8, 1865; m. Jan. 18, 1828, Mrs. Katherine Elliot Shepherd (S 81). Children under mother.

2. Alexander Williams; b. March 11, 1802, d. June 13, 1873, unmd.

3. Isaac Williams. 4. Mary Williams; b. ca 1804; d. Aug. 7, 1839, near Smith's

Ferry, Cumberland County, N. C. 5. Fonby (Ferabee) Jane Williams; mentioned in mother's

will.

(S 53) KERAN ANN SMITH (Samuel, Samuel, John) Keran Ann Smith was born April 20, 1770. She died Sept.

15, 1844. She married Nov. 16, 1793, Reuben Sanders, son4 of Hardy Sanders. Children: (S 210) (S 211)

(S 212)

(S 213)

1. Ashley Sanders. 2. Ransom Sanders; b. Feb. 1, 1797, d. Aug. 31, 1844. He

married5 (1) Jemima Sanders and (2) Sarah Campbell ( S 97). The children by the second wife are listed under the same.

3. Delia Sanders. 4. Betsy Sanders. 5. Julia Sanders. 6. Troy Sanders; m. ---- Boone, dau. of Gen. Boone. 7. Sallie Sanders.

(S 54) EDWIN SMITH (Samuel, Samuel, John) Edwin Smith was born July 13, 1772. He married (1) in

1798 Temperance Hinton and6 (2) Elizabeth McCullers. Temperance was born Dec. 1, 1777, to James and Delilah (Hunter) Hinton.

3. Marshall. Joel Williams probably lived in or near Averasboro, for he bought lots there following the survey ordered by the assembly June 16, 1792. (Deed Book, no. 12, p. 447, Court House, Fayetteville, N. C.). 4. The marriage bond is preserved in Raleigh, N. C., in the Johnston County records held by the N. C. Historical Commission. It is dated Nov. 16, 1793. MS.

The name Keran is variously spelled in our records: i. e., Keran, Keron, and Caron. 5. Marriage bond dated July 27, 1824, is preserved in the N. C. Historical Commission. MS.

The will of Ransom Sanders may be seen in Smithfield, N. C. Will Book I, 566. John C. Smith was named as one of the executors. MS. 6. The marriage bond of Elizabeth McCullers, dated March 11, 1811, is preserved in Raleigh, N. C. MS.

James Hinton was the son of Col. John Hinton. See the note under Pherabee Smith (S 8).

Children: (S 214)

(S 215)

(S 55)

FOURTH GENERATION

1. James Hinton Smith. 2. Edwin Smith; killed accidentally. Second marriage. 3. Eliza Jane Smith.

SALLY McCULLERS SMITH

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(Samuel, Samuel, John) Sally McCullers Smith was born March 5, 1778. She mar­

ried in 1790 Henry Jones, of Wake County, N. C. They moved to Arkansas. Children:

1. David Smith Jones.

(S 57) ZILPHY SMITH (Samuel, Samuel, John) Zilphy Smith was born July 31, 1788. She married Robert

McKinney, of Wayne County, N. C. Children:

1. Magdalena McKinney; b. 1816 ca., d. 1891. 2. Alice McKinney; m. --- Williamson and had a daugh­

ter, Mary. 3. Larkin McKinney; d. young. 4. Mary McKinney; d. young.

(S 58) ALVIN SMITH (Samuel, Samuel, John) Hunter and moved to Mon-Alvin Smith married --­

ticello, Mississippi. Children:

1. Thomas Smith. 2. Victoria Smith. 3. Albert Smith.

(S 60) SAMUEL SMITH (David, Samuel, John) Samuel Smith (Sept. 30, 1774-March 17, 1813) married

Barbara Herring (120). Children:

(S 216)

(S 217)

1. Bettie Smith; m. Charles Hopkins. 2. Sydney A. Smith. 3. Bryan Smith. 4. Samuel Smith; m. (1) Eliza Wright, (2) Sarah Burton,

(3) Jane Everitt, (4) Ann Kearney. 5. Rachel Herring Smith.

(S 61) WILLIAM SMITH (David, Samuel, John) William Smith (Aug. 5, 1776-Oct. 10, 1833) married (1)

Isabella McAllister and (2) Sarah Bartram Robeson. The first

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(1782-Nov.22, 1825) is buried with her husband in Haw Ridge Cemetery, Harnett County, N. C. Children: (S 218)

(S 219)

1. Flora Ann Smith. 2. William Smith; b. 1815, d. 1834. 3. Jane Smith. Second marriage. 4. Margaret Bartram Smith; m. Alexander Robeson Smith

(S 266) in Fayettville, N. C. She was very much inter­ested in organizing the Averasboro Memorial Association and assisted in organizing the first memorial association ·in the South to honor the fallen lads in gray. After a while she and her husband moved to Texas, and, following his death, she went to Los Angeles, California to live with her daughter Josephine Smith Plummer. Children under father.

(S 62) RACHEL SMITH (David, Samuel, John) Rachel Smith was born January 10, 1778, and died May 20,

1841. She married April 16, 1799, Alexander McAllister, Jr. He was a ruling elder in Bluff Presbyterian Church on the Cape Fear River, Cumberland County, N. C.7

Children:

(S 220)

(S 221)

(S 222) (S 223)

(S 224)

1. Ronald McAllister; b. 1800, d. 1803. 2. Charity McAllister; b. 1802, d. 1889. 3. Mary Jane McAllister; b. 1805, d. 1861; m. James Williams

(S 207). Children under father.

4. Alexander McAllister. 5. David McAllister; b. 1808, d. 1838. 6. Hector McAllister. 7. Rachel McAllister. 8. Flora McAllister; b. Jan. 16, 1815, d. July 3, 1842; unmd. 9. Margaret McAllister.

10. Edith Isabella McAllister; b. March 21, 1819, d. April 19, 1873.

(S 63) JONATHAN SMITH (David, Samuel, John) Jonathan Smith (June 20, 1783-Sept. 2, 1819) married in

1810 Elizabeth Banks, daughter of Lime Banks, of Virginia. They lived in Wake County, N. C. Children:

(S 225)

1. Kirby Smith. 2. Charity Whitfield Smith; m. Dr. John Jones, of Wake Co. 3. Rachel Smith. 4. Gerard Smith; m. --- Fields and had a daughter,

Alice Smith.

7. David S. McAllister, Descendants of Col. Alexander McAllister, etc., 24, 101-103 ff. The McAllister family is closely interwoven with the families treated here. For further study one should make frequent references to this genealogy.

FOURTH GENERATION 233

(S 65) NEEDHAM SMITH (David, Samuel, John) Needham Smith was born Mar. 25, 1793. He married April

20, 1815,or'19,SarahRogers. Sarah, born Dec. 13, 1794,wasthe sister of the Flora Rogers who married Robert Campbell (S 25).

Needham Smith and his wife moved to Lowndes County, Ala., and settled near the present Lowndesboro. Needham was a ruling elder of Mt. Harmony Church and was one of the organi­zers of East Alabama Presbytery, March 10, 1842, in Montgom­ery, Ala.

Needham died about 1859. The census returns for Lowndes County, Ala., 1850, reported

Needham Smith, his wife, Needham, Jr., and Louisa E. as 57, 56, 22, and 21 years of age respectively. Children:

(S 226)

(S 227) (S 228) (S 229)

(S 67)

1. Charity Smith; d. in infancy. 2. Benjamin Rogers Smith. 3. Margaret Smith. 4. Sarah Catherine Smith. 5. Mary E. Smith. 6. Needham Smith. 7. Louisa E. Smith; b. 1829 ca.

SIMON TURNER Simon Turner was born in North Carolina and died in Ten­

nessee. He married Lucy Peters. Children: (S 230) (S 231) (S 232)

1. John Turner. 2. Simon Turner. 3. David Turner. 4. Lucy Turner; m. Nicholas Perkins. 5. Mary Turner; m. and lived in Tennessee. 6. Martha Turner; m. Dr. Vaughn.

(S 68) EDITH TURNER Edith Turner (Aug. 26, 1776-1837) married (1) Hardy

Sanders. After his death Edith married (2) William Bryan in Johnston County, N. C.8 She died in Denmark, Tenn. Children:

(S 233) (S 234) (S 235)

1. Simon Turner Sanders; b. 1797 in N. C. 2. William Sanders. 3. Cynthia Sanders. 4. Elizabeth Sanders.

8. We have been unable to place this William Bryan. John Bryan Wil­liams (B 225) described him as the son of John Bryan, Sr. and Mary Averett, sometime of Bertie Co., N. C. He believed William Bryan born about 1759 and dying in Johnston Co., N. C., Oct. 14, 1821.

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5. Hardy Sanders; b. 1806; m. Elizabeth Dyer and had a son Claude Sanders.

6, Emily Jane Bryan. (S 236) 7. Samuel Washington Bryan.

8. Mary Turner Bryan; b. 1820 in Johnston Co., N. C.; m. Alexander Ray in Carrollton, Miss., and had a daughter, Ellen Ray.

Order uncertain.

(S 69) DAVID TURNER David Turner was born and lived in North Carolina. He

married twice. Children:

1. David Turner. 2. John Turner. 3. Polly Turner. 4. Lucinda Turner. 5. Martha Turner.

(S 70) WILLIAM TURNER William Turner was born in North Carolina. He married

(l) Hill; (2) Edith Smith (S 73). He lived and died in North Carolina. Children: (S 237) (S 238) (S 239)

(S 240)

1. Henry Turner. 2. William Turner. 3. Mary Turner. 4. James Turner. 5. Simon Smith Turner. 6. Samuel Turner; d. in infancy.

(S 71) ELIZABETH TURNER Elizabeth Turner married (1)

----Jones. Children:

1. William Jones. 2. Louisa Jones. 3. Nat Jones. 4. David Jones. 5. Jane Jones. 6. Amanda Jones. 7. Eugenia Jones,

Jones; (2)

(S 72) ELIZABETH SMITH (Jonathan, Samuel, John) Elizabeth Smith (Jan. 31, 1779-Sept. 25, 1815) married

about 1795 Nathaniel Lane (Nov. 11, 1770-July 5, 1852). Nathaniel was the son of James Lane and Lydia Speight, and so a relative of Joel Lane.

Children: (S 241)

(S 242)

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1. Lucinda Lane. 2. Emma Lane; m. Thomas Walton. 3. Martha Lane; m. Austin Jones. 4. Lydia Lane. 5. William Lane. 6. Joseph Lane. 7. Simon Lane.

(S 74) FRANCES SMITH (Gideon, John, John) Frances Smith was born Dec. 18, 1788, and died July 2,

1868. She married9 William Pritchard (March 21, 1786, North Carolina,-J an. 23, 1845). Children: (S 243) 1. James S. Pritchard.

2. Brittain L. Pritchard; b. 1810, d. 1867. (S 244) 3. Harriet Pritchard.

(S 75) SARAH SMITH (Gideon, John, John) Sarah Smith was born between 1790 and 1800. She died in

1861 and was buried on the old Laughter place near Eda, Jackson County, Texas. She married the Rev. Jeremiah K. Vardaman (Dec. 20, 1787-April 26, 1849), a native10 of Kentucky. He lived for a while in Holmes County and was buried in Gulfport, Miss. Children: (S 245)

(S 246) (S 247)

1. Thryphene Vardaman. 2. Sarah Vardaman; m. Pierce Laughter at Gulfport, Miss.

They moved to Edna, Jackson County, Texas. Issue. 3. Elizabeth Vardaman; m. James Frizzel, of Holmes County,

Miss. Issue. 4. Frances Vardaman; d. young. 5. Gideon Smith Vardaman. 6. William Sylvester Vardaman.

(S 79) JANE ELLIOT Jane Elliot married William Boylan, of Raleigh, N. C. She

was his second or third wife. Boylan came from Pennsylvania, but took an active interest in his adopted state and represented11

Wake County in the North Carolina legislature, 1813-16. Children: (S 248) 1. Jane Elliot Boylan.

9. All the dates under Frances Smith copied from grave stones in the cemetery of the Pritchard estate, Canton, Miss.: copied by Mrs. F. C. Jones. 10. Material in part gathered by Mrs. F. C. Jones from tombstones. There is some uncertainty concerning the Sarah Smith who married Jeremiah K. Vardaman. We have found one note suggesting Sarah Smith, daughter of Allen Smith (S 50). We incline to Sarah Smith (S 75). Perhaps Varda­man married twice. 11. Wheeler, II, 422: letter of Jessie Slocumb Smith (S 525) to T. M. W., May 15, 1935.

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(S 80) ALEXANDER ELLIOT Alexander Elliot was born June 14, 1797, and died June 29,

1870. He married January 12, 1847, Jane Smith Evans (S 260). The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Gilchrist at Lodebar, Cumberland County, N. C. They are buried in Smith's Ferry, Cumberland County, N. C.

Alexander Elliot was a student at the University of North Carolina in 1816. In 1824 and '25 he represented his district in the House of Commons. The following year he was in the senate. He was a man of unswerving integrity and his name became a synonym of virtue. Rare and noble qualities were his and he was a citizen most worthy and respected. Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C. became his church home in 1860. His home was Ellerslie.

Alexander Elliot owned mills on Lower Little River, Cum­berland County. During the War of Southern Independence he made sabres and bowie knives for the Confederate armies. When salt became scarce, he took his hands to "the Sound" near Wilmington to make salt. July 16, 1866, a negro shot at Alexan­der Elliot as he was drinking water nearby, but the aim was .not good and Alexander Elliot escaped unharmed.

Children: (S 249)

(S 250) (S 251) (S 252)

(S 253)

1. Mary Eliza Elliot; b. Jan. 8, 1848, d. Mar. 12, 1924. She married William Lawrence Williams (S 614). It is possi­ble that she was born in· Linden, N. C., and she may have died there. Children under their father.

2. Jonathan Evans Elliot. 3. George Douglas Elliot. 4. Henry Nimrod Elliot. 5. Jane Evans Elliot; b. Mar. 30, 1855, d. in 1934. She lived

in 1920 in Raleigh, N. C. 6. Emily Elliot. 7. Kate Elliot; b. Feb. 22, 1860, d. Jan. 11, 1915; m. in 1901

James M. Davis. He died Mar. 21, 1905. She was his second wife. There was no issue of this marriage. Res., Linden, N. C.

(S 81) KATHERINE ELLIOT Katherine Elliot was born June 3, 1801. She married (1)

probably about 1819 or '20 Jesse B. Shepherd and (2) in Jan. 7, 1828, Joel Williams (S 209). Jesse B. Shepherd lived in Fluvanna County, Va. Later he was a merchant in Fayetteville, N. C. He was born Dec. 21, 1792. He died July 27, 1822. Katherine

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lived in Fayetteville, N. C., and died Oct. 31, 1862.12

Children: (S 254)

(S 255)

(S 256) (S 257)

(S 258)

1. Jesse George Shepherd. 2. Mary E. Williams; b. 1828, d. 1829. 3. Jane Elliot Williams. 4. Feriby Ann Williams; b. 1834, d. 1834. 5. Catherine Elliot Williams. 6. John Marshall Williams. 7. Isabella Smith Williams; b. 1840, d. 1859 ca. 8. Elizabeth Smith Williams; b. Aug. 27, 1842; m. in 1862

the Rev. Simmons H. Isler (360). Children under their father.

9. Emily Robinson Williams; b. 1847, d. 1853.

(S 82) JOHN CAMPBELL ELLIOT John Campbell Elliot (March 1, 1805-Dec. 19, 1875) mar~

ried13 his cousin Mary Smith (S 86). He was an elder in Sardis Presbyterian, Linden, N. C., and China Grove Presbyterian Churches. They lived near Thornwall in Harnett County, N. C. Children: ( S 259) 1. George Elliot.

2. Mary Elliot; b. 1831, d. 1851. 3. Henry Elliot; d. in childhood. 4. John Elliot; d. in childhood. 5. Alexander Elliot; enlisted in Fayetteville, N. C., Company

"K", 51st N. C. Infantry, July 5, 1862. He was a first lieu­tenant when mortally wounded before Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864. His photograph was preserved at Ellerslie.

6. William H. Elliot; d. unmd; bu. at Fayetteville, N. C. 7. James Smith Elliot b. 1841; d. 1860 while a student in

Davidson College, N. C., where he was buried. 8. Isabella Elliot; burned to death 1853 when 11 years of age. 9. Ann Eliza Elliot; d. unmd. She lived with her nephew

John Elliot (S 492) near Fayetteville, N. C. Her photo­graph was in the possession of Mrs. Franklin McNeill, Raleigh, N. C.

(S 83) ELIZABETH SMITH (John, Alexander, John) Elizabeth Smith was born Feb. 20, 1796. She died June 30,

1876. In 1813 she married Jonathan Evans (1784-July 19, 1859). He was the son of David and ---- (Carver) Evans.

Elizabeth was a Presbyterian, her husband an Episcopalian. Their children were christened alternately in the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches. Elizabeth and Jonathan Evans lived in the neighborhood of Fayetteville, N. C. Their winters were

12. Marriage bond for her marriage to second husband is preserved in Fayetteville, N. C. 13. "In Cumberland, John Elliot to Mary Smith". (R. R. & N. C. G., Jan 9, 1829).

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frequently spent at Lodebar and their summers at Myrtle Green. Both were buried on their own property. In her diary Jane Smith Evans described her father as "gentle, patient, resigned and fearless at the approach of death." His will is on record at Fayetteville, N. C.14 His portrait was preserved in the home of Peter McKellar Williams (S 615). Children:

(S 260)

(S 261) (S 262) (S 263)

(S 264) (S 265)

1. Isabella Evans; b. 1814, d. 1835; m. Dr. -- Beatty, Sampson Co., N. C.

2. David Evans; b. 1816, d. 1820. 3. Mary Evans; b. 1818, d. Aug. 18, 1834, unmd. 4. Jane Smith Evans. 5. Ann E. Evans; b. 1823, d. 1824. 6. John S. Evans; b. 1825, d. 1836. 7. Robert A. Evans; b. 1826, d. 1836. 8. William Augustus Evans. 9. Erasmus Hervey Evans.

10. Emily Guthrie Evans. 11. Mary Isabella Evans; b. 1836, d. 1837. 12. Jonathan Evans. 13. James Smith Evans. 14. Alexander Evans.

(S 85) FARQUHARD CAMPBELL SMITH (John, Alexander, John)

Farquhard Campbell Smith was born Dec. 13, 1801, and died Jan. 29, 1871. He married15 Dec. 16, 1824, Sarah Slocumb Grady. They lived at Lebanon, two miles above Oak Grove in the neighborhood of Smithville, N. C. He was a planter with wide acres and many slaves before the Civil War, but after the Battle of Averasboro in March, 1865, he and his household were reduced to picking up scattered corn in order to make a little meal. Children:

(S 266)

(S 267)

1. Susan Smith; b. Dec. 23, 1825, d. Dec. 22, 1896; bu. at Smith's Ferry in Harnett Co., N. C.; m. Leon Silver, a Methodist minister of Buncombe Co., N. C. She was his second wife.

2. John D. Smith; b. April 5, 1827, d. July 27, 1860, in Texas unmd.

3. Alexander Robeson Smith. 4. Isabella E. Smith; b. Jan. 10, 1830, d. Sept. 29, 1853, at

Smith's Ferry in Harnett Co., N. C. 5. Mary C. Smith; b. March 30, 1831, d. Dec. 15, 1861; m.

George Elliot ( S 259). She is buried at Smith's Ferry in Harnett Co., N. C. Children under their father.

14. MS., C, 400, in the office of the Clerk <if the Court. 15. John Grady, 28.

If interested in the suffering of this family in the wake of war, see the letter of Jane (Smith) Robeson (S 275) given in her sketch.

LEBANON

Built by John Smith (S 23) for his son Farquhard Campbell Smith (S 85), this home has remained in the family to this day and is

currently owned by Eugene Whitmel Smith (S 693)

(S 268) (S 269) (S 270)

(S 271) (S 272)

(S 273)

(S 274) (S 275) (S 276)

(S 87)

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6. William Curtis Smith. 7. James Smith. 8. Elizabeth Elliot Smith. 9. Walter Douglas Smith; b. Sept. 6, 1837, d. May 30, 1899;

m. Bettie Pearsall. 10. Farquhard Campbell Smith. 11. Henry Elliot Smith. 12. -- Smith. twins, died in infancy. 13. -- Smith. 14. Edward Smith; b. March 17, 1843; m. Clara Pearsall

(614). No issue. 15. Sarah Slocumb Smith. 16. Jane Smith 17. Jesse Slocumb Smith.

JOHN CAMPBELL SMITH (John, Alexander, John)

John Campbell Smith (b. Sept. 15, 1805, d. Dec. 5, 1875; bu. Smith's Ferry) married (1) Jan. 6, 1830, Elizabeth Campbell (S 95), (2) Mar. 3, 1846, Eliza Smith Blake. She was buried in Tallahassee, Fla. His married life was spent in his father's home, Oak Grove.

At the junction of the Cape Fear and Little Rivers in 1865 was found the hamlet called Smithville. It was a cluster of homes owned by the Smiths and their relatives. Prominent among these homes were those of John Campbell Smith, Farquhard Camp­bell Smith, and William Turner Smith. Near by was A verasboro in March, 1865, to lend its name to the battle fought there by the Confederate and Union Armies.

At the Farquhard Smith home various indignities were suf­fered at first, but Gen. Henry W. Slocum stationed a guard around the house and sat up his headquarters therein.

The William Smith home, standing today as in the glorious ante-bellum period, was the Federal Hospital. The parlor was used for an operating room, and the piano17 for an operating table. Oak Grove was vacated by its inmates and re-occupied by the Confederates as their hospital. Though built more than a century ago, it still stands in its primal simplicity. The attic

16. Details from the newspaper article of Miss Jessie Slocumb Smith (S 525) Historian of Chicora Chapter, U. D. C., entitled "Battle of Averas­boro."

Brief accounts of the Battles of A varasboro and Bentonville may be seen in Battles and Leaders of The Civil War, vol. 4, part 2.

The three Smith homes are standing to this day, 1949. 17. This piano is the treasured possession of a granddaughter of the fami~ ly.

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bears yet the marks of the cannon-balls of that bloody conflict of March 16, 1865.

No more convincing evidence could be found of the courage, unselfishness and devotion of our Southern women than that shown by the residents of the neighborhood of A verasboro Battlefield. A dollar, during the dark Reconstruction days as­sumed gigantic proportions, representing toil and sacrifice. Nevertheless, the women of this community determined to memorialize the heroic dead. The bodies of the slain buried hasti­ly on the battlefield were disinterred and removed to an appropri­ate spot, named Chicora, the Indian name for South Carolina, as most of the dead were from that State. At Oak Grove assembl­ed one of the very first memorial organizations of the South for the purpose of procuring funds for enclosing the cemetery and erecting a monument. After diligent labor, in 1868, a sub­stantial railing was erected about the cemetery and four years later a suitable monument was unveiled. For this project South Carolina assisted in raising funds. Children: (S 277) (S 278)

(S 279)

(S 280) (S 281) (S 282) (S 283) (S 284)

1. James Campbell Smith. 2. Isabella W. Smith; b. Sept. 28, 1832; m. Edward Sanders

( S 427). Children under their father. 3. Sarah E. Smith; b. Oct. 11, 1834; m. Jan. 24, 1877, Daw­

son T. Durham, of Rocky Point, N. C. 4. John Alexander Smith; b. Sept. 30, 1836, d. May 30, 1855,

while a student in the University of North Carolina. 5. Farquhard Rice Smith. 6. Mary Catherine Smith; b. Dec. 18, 1840, d. Jan. 5, 1902;

bu. at Smith's Ferry, Harnett Co., N. C. 7. William Robert Smith; b. Nov. 12, 1842. He enlisted March

5, 1862, at Summerville, N. C., in Company "D", 3rd. N. C. Infantry, C. S. A. He was wounded near White Tavern, Va., Aug. 15, 1864, and died four days later in Richmond, Va. He was buried at Smith's Ferry.

8. Jane Smith; b. Nov. 2, 1844, d. Feb. 28, 1845; bu. Smith's Ferry, Harnett Co., N. C. Second marriage

9. Thomas Walter Smith. 10. Claudius Bernard Smith. 11. Caroline Clifton Smith. 12. Eliza Blake Smith. 13. William Flavius Smith.

(S 88) JANE SMITH (John, Alexander, John) Jane Smith was born December 12, 1807. She died October

10, 1833, and was buried at Smith's Ferry, Harnett County, N.C. She married July 19, 1826, as his first wife, Lalistead Dunlap Mallett (Sept. 7, 1800-Nov. 11, 1858), of Texas.

Children: (S 285)

(S 89)

FOURTH GENERATION 241

1. William Smith Mallett. 2. Ellen Sophia Mallett; b. July 5, 1829, d. Sept. 20, 1899;

unmd., in Fayetteville, N. C.

WILLIAM TURNER SMITH (John, Alexander, John)

William Turner Smith (May 18, 1810-May 9, 1855) married about the last of December, 1833, Mary Campbell (S 96). They lived at Smithville in Harnett County, N. C. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1832.18

Children: (S 286)

(S 287)

(S 288) (S 289)

(S 290)

1. Julia Jane Smith; b. 1835, d. 1894; m. June 10, 1857, Isaac Henry Williams (B 223). She attended St. Mary's school in Raleigh, N. C. Buried in Smith's Ferry.19 No issue.

2. Robert A. Smith; b. 1837, d. 1837. 3. Mary Louisa Smith; b. in June, 1838, d. Feb. 25, 1908;

m. Junius Sneed Williams (S 407). Mary attended a school in Hillsboro, N. C., conducted by the Misses Nash and Pollard. She was buried in the yard of Sardis Church, Linden, N. C. Children under their father.

4. Walter Jones Smith; b. May 13, 1840, d. unmd. Mar. 8, 1910, in Lumberton, N. C. He lived for a time at the old home on Cape Fear River. He attended the Univ. of N. C., 1858-61; enlisted Mar. 5, 1862, and was in time a sergeant in Company "D", 3rd. N. C. Infantry. He was wounded in service. In 1911 he was awarded the A.B. degree as of 1862 by his alma mater. He was a ruling elder in Bluff Presbyterian Church, June 11, 1871, and helped to organ­ize Godwin Presbyterian Church, Cumberland Co., N. C.

5. John W. Smith; b. Mar. 2, 1842, d. Oct. 1, 1855; bu. Smith's Ferry.

6. James Lawrence Smith. 7. Sarah Campbell Smith; b. July 13, 1847; m.20 Dr. R. R.

Robeson. 8. Caroline Elizabeth Smith. 9. Alice Hunter Smith; b. 1851, d. 1856; bu. at Smith's Ferry.

(S 90) JAMES CAMPBELL SMITH (John, Alexander, John)

James Campbell Smith was born Sept. 25, 1814. He died April 15, 1843. On Dec. 1, 1840, he married Philadelphia H.

18. The will of William T. Smith may be seen in Fayetteville, N. C., Book C, p. 330. MS. He was buried at Smith's Ferry, N. C. 19. Marriage bond dated June 2, 1857, signed by Farquhard Smith. MS.

It should be recalled that Harnett County embraces to-day part of that area earlier contained in Cumberland County. 20. Dr. R. R. Robeson was earlier married to Elizabeth Elliot Smith (S 270) and Jane Smith (S 275).

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Matthews, of Fayetteville, N. C. He attended the University of North Carolina and received his A.B. degree there in 1835 and the M.A. in 1839. Dr. Smith practiced medicine in Fayetteville, N. C.

Following the death of James Campbell Smith his widow married William B. Wright. Children: (S 291) 1. James Campbell Smith.

(S 91) WILLIAM CAMPBELL William Campbell married Justine Eskridge and lived in

Sumter County, Ala., in which state he died. Children:

1. Robert Campbell; lived at Whitfield, Sumter Co. 2. Bettie Campbell.

(S 92) MARGARET CAMPBELL Margaret Campbell lived and died in Texas. She married

General J as. A. Adams. Children:

1. Robert C. Adams.

(S 93) BENJAMIN CAMPBELL Benjamin Campbell married Martha Rebecca Singleton, of

South Carolina. They lived in Alabama and Walker County~ Tex. Children:

1. Singleton Campbell; b. 1844 ca. 2. Robert Campbell.

(S 94) F ARQUHARD CAMPBELL Dr. Farquhard Campbell (b. Dec. 10, 1818) married

Gabriella H. Singleton (b. Feb. 26, 1827, fourth dau. of Robert and Harriet M. Singleton, of Sumter District, S. C.) He moved to Marengo County., Ala.; thence, 1859, with his brother, Benjamin Campbell, (S 93) to Waverly, Walker County, Texas. Children:

1. Flora Rogers Campbell; b. Oct. 2, 1847, d. in infancy. 2. Mareah English Campbell; b. Dec. 2, 1848, d. in infancy. 3. Elizabeth Campbell; b. Sept. 2, 1850, d. in infancy. 4. Sarah Singleton Campbell; b. Oct. 5, 1851; m. E. W.

Sewall, or Seawall, of Texas. Two children. 5. Farquhard Campbell; b. Oct. 26, 1853; d. in infancy.

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(S 292) 6. Ella Harriet Campbell. 7. Robert John Campbell; b. July 14, 1857, d. in infancy. 8. Benjamin Campbell; b. July 27, 1858. 9. Farquhard Campbell; b. Nov. 5, 1860.

10. Margaret McAllister Campbell; b. Dec. 30, 1861. 11. Martha Rebecca Campbell; b. Sept. 6, 1870.

(S 97) SARAH CAMPBELL Sarah Campbell was born in 1814. She married Ransom

Sanders (S 211). Her husband owned a large plantation in Johnston County, N. C., and had a number of slaves. Children :21

(S 293)

(S 294)

1. Ransom J. R. Sanders. 2. Adaline H. Sanders. 3. Loretta W. Sanders. 4. Edwin Smith Sanders; b. 1837; killed before Petersburg,

Va., 1864, while a captain in the Confederate Army. He served in Company "D", 3rd N. C. Cavalry.

5. Sarah Elizabeth Sanders; b. 1841, d. 1900; m. Farquhard Campbell Smith (S 271). Children under father.

6. Laura Sanders. 7. Polly A. Sanders.

(S 98) F ARQUHARD CAMPBELL Farquhard Campbell married Effie McLean.

Children :22

(S 295) (S 296)

(S 297) (S 298) (S 299) (S 300) (S 301) (S 302)

1. James Campbell. 2. John McLean Campbell. 3. William Campbell. d. unmd. 4. Henry Harrison Campbell. 5. Mary Elizabeth Campbell. 6. Catharine Winifred Campbell. 7. Robert F. Campbell. 8. Elliott Campbell. 9. Augustus Turner Campbell.

10. Farquhard Campbell; died in

(S 99) MARGARET LANE

infancy.

Margaret Lane was born Feb. 21, 1787. She died in 1821. On Dec. 9, 1817, she married Moses Mordecai, of Raleigh, N. C.

21. Will of Ransom Sanders on record at Smithfield, N. C., Book I, p. 566 ff., dated 1844. MS.

Sarah Campbell Sanders was buried at Sardis Presbyterian Church Linden, N. C.

Possibly she married (2) Alex. Miller. 22. For material concerning Farquhard Campbell (S 98) and his descen­dants we are indebted to Ivan B. Perry (S 700) who kindly contributed the whole of the material presented here. (Ivan B. Perry to T. M. W., Sept. 11, 1933).

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Moses Mordecai was the son of Jacob Mordecai, of Peters­burg, Va., and Warrenton, N. C. After the death of his wife, Moses married in 1823 Anne Willis Lane (S 100). Children: (S 303) (S 304)

1. Henry Mordecai. 2. Ellen Mordecai. 3. Jacob Mordecai; b. 1821, d. 1867.

( S 100) ANNE WILLIS LANE Anne Willis Lane was born Dec. 4, 1794, or '95. She mar­

ried in 1823 her brother-in-law Moses Mordecai. Children: (S 305) 1. Margaret Mordecai.

(S 101) MARTHA HINTON Martha Hinton was born in 1798. She married John W.

Graves and lived in Georgia. Children:

1. Elizabeth Graves; b. 1820, d. 1900 in Darien, Ga. 2. Iverson Graves; d. 1900 in Rome, Ga. 8. Charles Graves.

JOHN SMITH: FIFTH GENERATION

(S 200) JOEL WILLIAMS Joel Williams was born Aug. 24, 1783. He married July 27,

1813, Margaret McAllister, of Cumberland Co., N. C.1

Children: 1. Isaac Williams. 2. Thomas Williams. 3. Amos Williams. 4. Rachel Williams; m. -- Gilmore.

(S 201) ALEXANDER WILLIAMS Alexander Williams was born Jan. 31, 1785. He died May

17, 1871. He married (1) in 1806 Charity Smith (S 64). He married (2) Jemima (Whitfield) Middelton (125). Alexander Williams was a deacon in the Baptist church. He moved to Arkansas about 1855 where he died. He and Jemima were buried in Arkadelphia, Ark. Photographs of them were preserved in the keeping of Isaac Williams Smith, of Bunnlevel, N. C. Children: (S 400) (S 401)

(S 402) (S 403)

1. David Smith Williams. 2. Alexander Williams. 3. Charity S. Williams; m. -- Jones, of Wake Co., N. C. 4. Isaac S. Williams. 5. Rachel S. Williams; m. (1) Archibald McDiarmid, (2)

John Whitfield Stephen West (338). Children by the lat­ter under him.2

Second marriage. 6. Jemima Williams.

(S 202) ISAAC WILLIAMS Isaac Williams was born Mar. 13, 1787. He married in

September, 1822, in Bladen County, N. C., Jessie Ann Jackson (April 5, 1807-1868) .3 They moved to Georgia. Isaac Williams

1. Marriage bond preserved in Raleigh, N. C., MS. John Bryan Williams (B 225) carries this statement in his manuscript. In McAllister, Gene­alogical Records of the Descendants of Col. Alexander McAllister, p. 102, is mention of a marriage of Mary McAllister to Joel Williams. 2. The first husband of Rachel S. Williams was killed. Widow West re­turned to North Carolina (McAllister, 27, 28). Her first marriage bond is dated Jan. 11, 1832; the second dated Jan. 16, 1849, is preserved in Raleigh, N. C. 3. MS. Bond in Raleigh.

The date of the explosion of the Benjamin FrankUn we do not know, perhaps in 1857.

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246 SMITH

was killed when the Steamboat Benjamin Franklin exploded while tied to the wharf in Mobile, Ala. He was buried in Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. Children:

1. Rachel Emily Williams; b. June 8, 1823. 2. Anne Eliza Williams; b. Sept. 4, 1825, d. 1843. 3. John William Williams; b. June 15, 1827, d. 1859. 4. Sarah Jane Williams; b. Sept. 30, 1829, d. 1859. 5. Isaac Jackson Williams; b. June 2, 1835, d. 1882; m. Mary

Ralls, of Columbus, Ga. 6. Jesse Whitfield Williams; b. Feb. 22, 1836. 7. Florida Isabella Williams; b. Aug. 11, 1837, d. 1839. 8. Jesse Jackson Williams; b. Jan. 30, 1840, d. 1886; m. (1)

Christina Williams; (2) Julia Dearing. 9. Giles Theophilus Williams; b. Aug. 24, 1841, in Ga., d.

1887; m. America Brown. 10. Fannie Elizabeth Williams; b. Apr. 9, 1848; m., 1896, Mil­

lard F. Brown, of Fla. (S 404) 11. Alpha Ayer Williams.

(S 203) JOHN C. WILLIAMS John C. Williams was born April 20, 1789, and died Febru­

ary 3, 1873. With his wife he is buried in the family cemetery at the old homestead Silver Spring on Little River, near Linden, Harnett County, N. C. He married April 23, 1812, Martha Ann Kinchen Lane (Feb., 25, 1792 ca.- Feb. 25, 1850), probably the daughter of James Lane and Irene Hunter, of Raleigh, N. C.,4

and granddaughter of Joseph Lane and Ferabee, or Pherabee, Hunter.

John C. Williams was granted the A.B. degree by the Uni­versity of North Carolina in 1809. From 1840-68 he was a trustee of his alma mater. In 1816-17 he represented Cumberland Coun­ty in the state legislature. On his plantation, Lebanon, were counted 200 slaves in 1861. This was located on Little River and the present (1930) Raleigh-Fayetteville highway passes through what was his back yard. Sherman's army and the war in general left him practically pennyless. Not only were his slaves lost and his home burned, but even a few dollars on his person were forced from him.

In 1834 John C. Williams interested himself in the activities of Sardis Presbyterian Church, at Linden, N. C., but did not formally join the church until years later.

4. James Williams Marshall (S 849), states: "This portion of my re­searches into this genealogy has been a bugbear to me and its fruitlessness disappointing. Rev. John Bryan Williams [B 225] says that Martha Kinchen Lane and Elizabeth Jane Lane were daughters of James Lane and Irene Kinchen, and granddaughters of Joseph Lane and Pherabee

Children: (S 405)

(S 406)

(S 407) (S 408) (S 409)

(S 204)

FIFTH GENERATION 247

1. William Lawrence Williams. 2. Jane Draughon Williams; b. Dec. 25, 1815, d. in infancy. 3. John Calhoun Williams. 4. James Henderson Williams; b. July 4, 1821, d. Sept. 12,

1874, unmd. He attended the University of North Carolina and received the A. B. degree in 1841. He lived at the old Isaac Williams Place, which he bequeathed to his sister, Mrs. Mary Williams Morisey.

5. Junius Sneed Williams. 6. Mary Lane Williams. 7. Martha Kinchen Williams.

JANE SMITH WILLIAMS Jane Smith Williams (March 21, 1793-0ct. 8, 1853) is buried

in Claiborne, Ala. On March 10, 1813, she married James Hughes Draughon. Although both were Baptist the name of

Hunter, of Raleigh. But Ferabee Hunter (the name is variously spelled) married Joseph Lane, March 11, 1783, according to the license preserved in Raleigh.

"The bane of this research has been the multiplicity of men named James Lane. Marshall DeLancey Haywood mentions three whom he can identify, and the U.S. Census of 1790 gives seven in the State, two of whom are in Wake County.

"My most reasonable conclusion is that Col. Theophilus Hunter and Jane Lane had a daughter named Irene, who married two Lanes. When Col. Hunter's will was made (Apr. 5, 1797) Irene was a widow with three children: Alfred Lane, Patsey Lane and Jane Lane. Their father was James Lane, but which James I do not know. It is reasonable to be­lieve that widow Irene Hunter Lane married (2) a Lane. This is based on three traditions in our family in Alabama: (1) My grandmother, Irena Rachel (Williams) Marshall, often expressed a desire to visit Raleigh where her mother's people lived; (2) My first cousin, Irene Hunter (Robison) Gaillard, was told many times she bore the full name of her maternal great-great-grandmother, just as her mother bore the name of her grandmother, and she in turn named her oldest child Irene Hunter; (3) My father often heard his grandmother, Elizabeth Jane (Lane) Wil­liams, speak of her brother, Alfred Lane, indicating that he was a man of athletic build. So I conclude that Elizabeth Jane Lane was the daughter of Irene Hunter by a second marriage. Yet the missing link remains, and she may have been the daughter of a James Lane and Irene Kinchen. What relation she was to Martha Ann Kinchen Lane (who married John C. Williams), I do not know, though it is possible they may have been sis­ters. Rev. John Bryan Williams says: 'Joseph Lane (son of Joseph Lane of Halifax, and Patience McKinne) married Ferebee Hunter, March 11, 1783, and had a son James Lane, who married Irene Kinchen,' but I do not think it fits at all, for the date of the marriage license would not give time for their son to get grown and have a daughter, Martha Ann Kinchen Lane, by 1792, the date given by her tomb .... The will of Col. Theophilus Hunter does not mention any 'Ferebee.'" (Marshall to E. M. W.).

The original Lane ancestor in America seems to have been Richard Lane, born in England. There is a record of a son Joseph born at James­town in 1631. After 1665 Joseph Lane seems to have come to Bertie Precinct, N. C., bringing a son Joseph. The latter was born in or near Jamestown, in 1665. He it was that was high sheriff of Edgecombe Coun­ty. To him was born Joseph Lane III (b. 1710 ca.). This Joseph married Patience McKinne, daughter of Mary Exum and Major Barnabas McKinne.

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James H. Draughon appears in 1818 in a list of citizens interested in the building of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington N. C. In July, 1819, they moved to Claiborne, Ala.5

Children: (S 410)

(S 411) (S 412)

1. Margaret Rachel Draughon. 2. Mary Ann Eliza Draughon; b. June 21, 1818, on Lloyd's

Sound, near Wilmington, N. C., d. Oct. 12, 1843, Claiborne, Ala. She married May 9, 1843, Dr. James Madison Lindsay (1810, S. C.-April 15, 1883, Perdue Hill, Ala.).

3. Jane Edwards Draughon, b. 1820, d. 1821. 4. Arabella Kenan Draughon; b. Feb. 10, 1822, Claiborne,

Ala., d. Mar. 12, 1865. In 1849 she became the second wife of James Madison Lindsay. No issue. She reared the children of her sister Jane Edwards (Draughon) Foster.

5. Robert Isaac Draughon. 6. Jane Edwards Draughon. 7. Peter Edwards Draughon; b. 1828, d. 1843. 8. James Hughes Draughon, b. 1833, killed Nov. 5, 1854, by

a runaway team. Unmd.

( S 205) SAMUEL WILLIAMS Samuel Williams was born Mar. 3, 1795. He married May

12, 1825, Mrs. Jane (Lane) Boylan, of Raleigh, N. C.6 She was possibly the daughter of James and Irene (Hunter) Lane, and thus granddaughter of Col. Theophilus Hunter. Eight years after his marriage, Samuel Williams moved to Monroe County, Ala. Ultimately he returned to North Carolina. Children:

1. John Williams. 2. Sallie Williams; m. --- Palmer and lived in Raleigh,

N. C. 3. Patsy Williams.

5. James Hughes Draughon was born Sept. 15, 1784, Averasboro, N. C. He died in 1863, and was buried in Claiborne, Ala. He was in the legisla­ture of Ala. for Monroe County in 1820 and was designated as "Chief Justice of the Quorum". He was the clerk of court of Monroe County until 1832.

Apparently there came from Scotland three brothers: Wells Draughon, settled in Edgecombe Co., N. C.; John Draughon, settled in Sampson Co., N. C.; Robert Draughon, settled in Sampson Co., N. C., and was the father of James H. Draughon. Robert Draughon was one of five commis­sioners appointed by the legislature to lay off a town on the lands of Alexander Avera along Cape Fear River. (Minutes of Grand Lodge of Ala., 1821-39, pp. 1-23., Moore, Hist of Ala., III, 331, Department of State Archives, Montgomery, Ala., 1819 ca., Court records, Fayetteville, N. C., Book A., p. 226. MSS). 6. The Fayetteville, N. C., Observer, under date of May 19, 1825, recorded: "In Wake County, 12th inst., Mr. Samuel Williams of Cumberland County to Mrs. Jane Boylan of Wake."

Samuel Williams was administrator of his mother's estate. The Ob­server, April 28, 1825, carried his notice advising all persons having claims against his mother's estate to render statements and requesting her credi­tors to pay.

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(S 206) THEOPHILUS HUNTER WILLIAMS Theophilus Hunter Williams ( 1799-1877) married7 in 1822

in Cumberland County, N. C., his cousin Elizabeth Jane Lane ( 1804-73), of Raleigh, N. C. She was the daughter of James Lane and Irene Kinchen. At the time of her marriage Elizabeth was an orphan, living with her sister Mrs. Martha Kinchen (Lane) Williams-Mrs. John C. Williams-near Linden, N. C. This was the third marriage between the Williams and Lane families : three brothers marrying three sisters.

Theophilus Hunter Williams moved with his wife to Monroe County, Ala., in 1823 and settled north of Flat Creek, near the present Finchburg. For a while he lived in Claiborne. The Methodist Williams Chapel was named for him. By his nephews and nieces he was affectionately known as "Uncle Orphy".

His wife was a devout Methodist and given to shouting in seasons of religious enthusiasm. She died near Claiborne, Ala. Children: (S 413) (S 414) (S 415)

(S 416) (S 417) (S 418)

1. Jane Draughon Williams. 2. Irena Rachel Williams. 3. Mary Lane Williams. 4. Julia Ann Williams; b. 1829, d. 1845. 5. Theophilus H. Williams; b. 1831, d. 1852 in Mobile, Ala.,

of typhoid fever. 6. John Bonner Williams. 7. James Alfred Williams. 8. Isaac Samuel Williams. 9. Alexander Madison Williams; b. 1845, d. 1884. He served

in the 36th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A.

(S 207) JAMES WILLIAMS James Williams was born March 29, 1803. He died about

1875 in Richland, Miss. He married Jan. 26, 1828, Mary Jane McAllister (S 220). In passing, one may note that the mothers of both James and Mary were named Rachel Smith. James with his wife left Cumberland County, N. C., and moved to Mississippi in 1854. Children: (S 419) (S 420)

1. Rachel Smith Williams. 2. Eliza Pheriba Williams. 3. Alexander Elliot Williams; b. Dec. 18, 1832, d. July 18,

1862, in or near Richmond, Va. He enlisted at Canton, Miss., April 16, 1861, as a private in Company "G", 21st Miss. Infantry. He was mortally wounded at Savage Station, before Richmond, in July and died a few days later. His grave is marked in Richmond. Unmd.

7. Marriage bond preserved probably in N. C. Department of Archives, Raleigh, N. C.

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(S 421) 4. Martha Margaret Williams. 5. James Williams; b. 1837, died of the hardships attending

service in the Confederate Army. He enlisted May 27, 1861, as a private in Company "C", 15th Miss. Infantry.

6. John C. Williams; b. June 15, 1841; mortally wounded Nov. 30, 1864, in the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. His body was mangled almost beyond recognition. He enlisted May 27, 1861, in Company "C", 15th Miss. Infantry. He was some­times called Jack.

7. David McAllister Williams; d. in childhood. 8. Mary Jane Williams; b. Mar. 12, 1848, d. May 17, 1910,

at Pickens, Miss. Unmd.

(S 208) ELIZA FERIBRY WILLIAMS Eliza Feribry Williams (May 27, 1806-March 18, 1872)

married Oct. 25, 1825, Dr. John Bonner in Claiborne, Ala. She was at this time living with her sister Jane Smith (Williams) Draughon. Dr. Bonner (1794-1878) was the son of James Bonner and lived in Wilcox or Dallas County, Ala. In 1853 Dr. Bonner took his wife to Steward's Mill, Texas. Children:

1. Mary Rachel Bonner; b. 1826, d. 1835. (S 422) 2. James Isaac Bonner. (S 423) 3. John Laird Bonner.

4. William Theophilus Bonner; b. 1833, d. 1835. (S 424) 5. Andrew Samuel Bonner.

6. Oliver Alexander Bonner; b. 1838, d. 1924 unmd. 7. Eliza Jane Bonner; b. 1840, d. 1871.

(S 425) 8. Irwin Hale Bonner. (S 426) 9. Arabella Williams Bonner.

(S 210) ASHLEY SANDERS Ashley Sanders8 married Louisa Jones.

Children: 1. Willis Sanders; b. Jan. 29, 1823, d. Mar. 9, 1891; m.

Lucinda Smith. He was a graduate of the Univ. of N. C., and received his A. B. in 1843. He represented Johnston Co., in the N. C. legislature in 1852, and in 1858.

(S 427) 2. Edward Sanders. 3. Julia Sanders; m. Dr. John Beckwith.

(S 212) DELIA SANDERS Delia Sanders married Baldy Sanders.

Children: 1. Lucian Sanders; b. 1823, d. 1875; m. Martitia Marsh 1846. 2. --- Sanders; m. John Hodges.

8. Wheeler, II, 220, shows one Ashly Saunders representing Johnston County, N. C., in the House of Commons in 1846.

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(S 213) SALLIE SANDERS Sallie Sanders married Romulus McCullers.

Children:

(S 428) 1. William H. McCullers; m. Belle -. 2. Lucy Ann McCullers.

(S 214) JAMES HINTON SMITH

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(Edwin, Samuel, Samuel, John) James Hinton Smith married Aug. 8, 1825, Nancy Bryan

(B 65). Their children were born in Tuskegee, Ala. Children:

1. Dallas Smith; b. 1826, d. 1850. 2. Bythan Bryan Smith. 3. Martha Smith; unmd.

(S 429) 4. Julia Mary Smith. ( S 430) 5. Anna Maria Smith.

6. James Hinton Smith; m. --- Campbell. 7. Albert Smith; d. 1870; m. Nancy Bryan.

(S 215) ELIZA JANE SMITH (Edwin, Samuel, Samuel, John)

Eliza Jane Smith married Walter Moore. Children:

(S 431) 1. Ann E. Moore; m. Henry L. Watson. 2. Edwin Smith Moore; m. Sarah E. Hasting (S 657). 3. David Thompson Moore; m. (1) -- Hancock; (2)

--Smith. 4. Julia V. Moore; m. John Scarboro.

(S 432) 5. Eliza 0. Moore; m. Dr. R. J. Noble. 6. James Moore.

(S 216) SYDNEY A. SMITH (Samuel, David, Samuel, John)

Syndey A. Smith may have married9 Mary Elizabeth Wil­liams (B 224). Children:

1. Nathan W. Smith; b. June 1856. 2. Mary R. Smith; m. Willis Saunders, or Sanders; if the

latter, perhaps the son of Ashley Sanders (S 210). 3. Sydney A. Smith.

9. Of this marriage we cannot be certain, but it is recorded that Mary E. Williams married one Sydney A. Smith, the great-grandson of Samuel, and this Sydney is the closest fit we find among our records.

(S 217) RACHEL HERRING SMITH (Samuel, David, Samuel, John)

Rachel Herring Smith was born in 1812. She married Jan­uary 6, 1829, John Everitt, of Goldsboro, N. C. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. Children: (S 433) (S 434) (S 435)

(S 436)

1. Barbara Ann Everitt. 2. Jane Smith Everitt. 3. Sam Smith Everitt. 4. David Edgar Everitt; b. Aug. 23, 1846, d. Mar. 4, 1919;

unmd. 6. Rachel Frances Everitt. 6. William. Smith Everitt; b. Feb. 27, 1861, d. Mar. 24, 1880;

unmd.

(S 218) FLORA ANN SMITH (William, David, Samuel, John)

Flora Ann Smith was born 1813. She died Nov. 1, 1836. Her husband was Haynes Richardson, of South Carolina. Children:

1. William Richardson.

(S 221) ALEXANDER McALLISTER Alexander McAllister was born Nov. 22, 1806. He died July

13, 1857, when struck by lightning as he was working about his farm. He married (1) Janet McNeill McLean and (2) Emily McDougald. Janet was born Sept. 16, 1816. She died Mar. 12, 1846, and was buried at Bluff Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, N. C. Children :10

1. John Alexander McAllister; m. F. Pope. 2. Anne Atkins McAllister; m. H. A. McSwain. 3. David Smith McAllister; m. Virginia Boykin; author of

Genealogical Record of The Descendants of Col. Alexander McAllister, etc.

Second marriage. 4. -- McAllister. 6. -- McAllister.

(S 222) HECTOR McALLISTER Hector McAllister was born February 21, 1811. He died

August 8, 1871, near Bluff Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, N. C. He married Sarah Ann Womack (d. Dec. 27, 1864;

10. D. S. McAllister, 107 ff.

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bu. Bluff Presbyterian Church), daughter of Watson and Sallie Womack, of Prince Edward County, Va.

In 1841 Hector McAllister received the A.B. degree at the University of North Carolina as an honor graduate. He was a graduate of Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., in 1842. He was licensed by Fayetteville Presbytery November 6, 1846; ordained February 7, 1847; pastor at Rockfish Factory, 1847-1851; China Grove, 1852-1858; Cypress, 1854-1855; and Galatia, 1856-1857. Children:

1. James Watson McAllister; d. in infancy. 2. Sarah Margaret McAllister; d. in infancy. 3. Mary Rachel McAllister; m. Alexander McN eill. 4. David Alexander McAllister; unmd.; merchant in Wade,

N. C., in 1899.

(S 223) RACHEL McALLISTER Rachel McAllister was born December

in 1838. She married Samuel Whitaker. Children: (S 437) 1. Rachel Isabella Whitaker.

2. Alexander Whitaker; d. in infancy.

(S 224) MARGARET McALLISTER

17, 1812. She died

Margaret McAllister was born February 24, 1817. She died Feb. 5, 1897. She married James McAllister. Children:

1. James Lee McAllister; d. in infancy. 2. Alexander McAllister; b. 1860; m. Julia Boykin.

(S 225) RACHEL SMITH (Jonathan, David, Samuel, John)

Rachel Smith married Dr. John Jones, of Wake County, N. C. It is believed that Dr. John Jones also married Charity Whitfield Smith, sister of Rachel. Which was the first wife is not known by us. The children below were probably by Rachel. Children:

1. Penny Jones. 2. Charity Jones. 3. Sam Jones.

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(S 226) BENJAMIN ROGERS SMITH (Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Benjamin Rogers Smith was born about 1823. He died Feb. 6, 1858, in Calhoun, Ala. In 1845 he married11 in Tory, Ala., Margaret Graham. Following his death, his widow married James Calvin Sturgeon (1829-1914). Children :12

(S 438) (S 439)

(S 440)

1. George Graham Smith. 2. Emma K. Smith. 3. Margaret Elizabeth Smith; b. 1850 in Lowndesboro, Ala.,

d. 1929 in Wadley, Ala. She married Sept. 4, 1891, Edmund Gross. No issue.

4. Sarah Rogers Smith; b. 1852, d. 1863. 5. Benjamin Rogers Smith.

(S 227) SARAH CATHERINE SMITH (Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Sarah Catherine Smith was born Feb. 28, 1825. She mar­ried Oct. 1, 1842, James Whitfield Graham.

James Whitfield Graham was born Jan.19, 1814, in Cumber­land County, N. C. In 1820 his father moved with his son to Autauga, County, Ala. James was a graduate of Miami Univer­sity, Oxford, Ohio, 1836. He practiced law at Wetumpka, Ala. For twelve years he was judge of probate, Lowndes County, Ala., and resided at Hayneville, Ala. The Federal authorities re­moved him during Reconstruction. In 1871 he was licensed to preach by the South Alabama Presbytery and was the next year ordained. He held pastorates in Lowndesboro and Adam's Grove, Ala. : Oxford and . Ripley, Miss.; and Plant City and Bradentown, Fla.

Photographs of James Whitfield Graham and his wife were preserved in the keeping of John W. Graham, Birmingham, Ala. Children: (S 441) (S 442) (S 443}

1. Needham Alexander Graham. 2. George Leslie Graham. 3. Benjamin Chalmers Graham.

11. There came to Cumberland County, N. C., from Scotland two bro­thers, Alexander and John Graham.

Alexander Graham m. (1} --, (2) Margaret McAuley, or Mc-Aulay. By Margaret he had three children, possibly others.

James Whitfield Graham; m. Sarah Catherine Smith (S 227). John Graham; m. Mary E. Smith (S 228). Margaret Graham; b. 1824, d. 1879; m. (1) Benjamin Rogers Smith

(S 226) and (2) James Calvin Sturgeon. (McAllister, 120 ff). 12. James C. Sturgeon by a second marriage had a son. Lowery Sturgeon, of Birmingham, Ala.

(S 444) (S 445) (S 446)

(S 228)

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4. Margaret Graham; d. in infancy. 5. Kate Rogers Graham; b. 1851, d. 1867 ca. 6. John McCheyne Graham; b. 1853, d. unmd. about 1883 in

Florida. 7. Thomas Frith Graham; b, 1855 ca.; m. Bessie Wyatt at

Manatee, Fla. One child, dying in infancy. 8. James Whitfield Graham; b. 1857, d. young. 9. Sarah McAulay Graham.

10. William Shelby Graham. 11. Minnie Mclndon Graham.

MARY E. SMITH (Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Mary E. Smith married Dr. John Graham, brother to James Whitfield Graham and Margaret Graham. Mary and her husband probably lived in Autauga, Ala.13

Children: (S 447) 1. Charlotte Graham.

2. Margaret S. Graham; m. Edmund Gross, of Dover. Ga. She was his first wife.

(S 229) NEEDHAM SMITH (Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Needham Smith (1828-1862) married in 1849, Lou Emily Patton, daughter of the Rev. W- K. Patton. Needham Smith lived in Biloxi, Miss., and Lowndes County, Ala. They moved to Sulphur Springs, Texas, about the time of the War Between the States. Children :14

(S 448) (S 449) (S 450) (S 451)

1. William Campbell Smith; b. 1850, d. in infancy. 2. Mary Holmes Smith. 3. Needham Smith. 4. Benjamin Whitfield Smith. 5. Sarah Elizabeth Smith. 6. Willie Smith; b. Jan. 28, 1862; m, T. R. Leeman.

(S 230) JOHN TURNER John Turner married Jane Fort and lived in Tennessee. His

children raised large families and lived in Carroll County, Miss. Children:

1. John Turner. 2. Lucy Turner. 3. Jane Turner. 4. Evelyn Turner. 5. Sallie Turner. 6. Simon Watkins Turner.

13. McAllister, 120 ff. 14. Ibid. p. 121.

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(S 231) SIMON TURNER Simon Turner was born in Denmark, Tenn., and died in

Carroll County, Miss., in 1892. He married Martha Ann Eddin, daughter of Washington and Mary (Tillman) Eddin. Their children raised large families. Children:

1. Thomas Turner. 2. Simon Turner. 3. William Turner. 4. Josie Turner. 5. Sallie Turner. 6. Mollie Turner. 7. Samuel D. Turner.

(S 232) DAVID TURNER David Turner was born in Denmark, Tenn. Death overtook

him in Winona, Miss. He married Martha Ann Clark and had many descendants. Children:

1. David Turner. 2. William Turner. 3. Walter Turner.

(S 233) WILLIAM SANDERS William Sanders was born15 Sept. 12, 1799. He died in Car­

rollton, Miss. He married Margaret Crutcher. Children:

1. Dr. Somerfield Sanders. 2. Dr. John W. Sanders. 3. James 0. S. Sanders. 4. Thomas Hardy Sanders. 5. Mary Elizabeth Sanders.

(S 234) CYNTHIA SANDERS Cynthia Sanders was born in 1801 in North Carolina. She

died in Goodman, Miss., about 1870. She married James Wellens, of Smithfield, N. C. Children:

1. Cicero W ellens. 2. Benjamin W ellens. 3. Bettie W ellens. 4. Virginia W ellens.

15. In one list William is listed as the fourth rather than the second child of his parents.

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(S 235) ELIZABETH SANDERS Elizabeth Sanders was born in 1802 in North Carolina.

Judge David 0. Shattuck was her husband. They moved from Mississippi to California about 1890. Children:

1. Mary Shattuck. 2. Jane Shattuck. 3. Frank Shattuck. 4. Albert Shattuck. 5. David Shattuck. 6. James Shattuck. 7. John Shattuck.

(S 236) SAMUEL WASHING TON BRYAN Samuel Washington Bryan was born July. 2, 1818, in

Johnston County, N. C. He died in 1884. On January 11, 1844, he married Martha Ann Marshall (1827-1906). She was the daughter of Reuben and Rachel (Eastman) Marshall. Samuel moved to Carroll County, Miss. Children: (S 452)

(S 453) (S 454) (S 455) (S 456)

1. William Reuben Bryan. 2. Mary Emily Bryan; b. 1848, d. unmd. 3. Rachel Caroline Bryan. 4. Henry Marshall Bryan. 5. Margaret E. Bryan. 6. Albert Clowe Bryan. 7. James Sanders Bryan; b. Mar. 11, 1866; m. Ola Walker.

They lived in Hico, Texas, and had a daughter, Louise Bryan, who m. Lloyd E. Angell and lived in Dallas, Tex.

8. Marvin W. Bryan; b. April 4, 1869; m. Byrd Harris in Carroll Co., Miss. No children.

9. Walter W. Bryan; b. Aug. 28, 1861. Res., 1929, Carroll Co., Miss. Unmd.

(S 237) HENRY TURNER Henry Turner married Polly Turner and lived in Tennessee.

Children: 1. William Turner. 2. James Turner. 3. Nancy Turner.

(S 238) WILLIAM TURNER William Turner lived in North Carolina. He married (1)

Christine Walton; (2) Mary Walton. Children :16

1. James Turner. 2. John William Turner.

16. Number of children by each wife unknown.

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3. George Turner. 4. Oriance Turner. 5. Sando! Turner. 6. Nancy Turner. 7. Ella Millard Turner. 8. Henrietta Turner. 9. Edith Turner.

(S 239) MARY TURNER Mary Turner married Wiley Williams and lived in Colum­

bus, Miss. Children:

1. Octavia Williams. 2. Kelly Williams. 3. Henrietta Williams. 4. Olivia Williams. 5. Agnes Williams. 6. Sally Williams. 7. Robert Williams.

(S 240) SIMON SMITH TURNER Simon Smith Turner was born Aug. 24, 1819, in North

Carolina. He died, 1904, in Wake County, N. C., near Garner. His wives were (1) Charlotte Hunt and (2) Mary Whitaker. Children :17

1. Mary Turner. 2. Susanna Turner. 3. Elizabeth Turner. 4. Simon Turner. 5. Willis Turner. 6. Charles Turner. 7. Thomas Turner. 8. John Turner. 9. Robert Turner.

(S 241) LUCINDA LANE Lucinda Lane was born April 17, 1796, in Wake County,

N. C. She died in 1872. In 1814 she married Samuel Avery (1788-1867). Children: (S 457) 1. Mary Lucinda Avery.

(S 242) LYDIA LANE Lydia Lane was born April 30, 1814. She died Nov. 14,

1898. On Feb. 24, 1831, she married Henry Jerome Brown. He

17. Number of children by each wife unknown.

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was born July 24, 1811, in Petersburg, Va., the son of Joel and Ritter (Gill) Brown.18

Children: 1. John Brown. 2. Nathaniel Lane Brown.

(S 458) 3. Joseph Gill Brown. 4. Annie Brown.

(S 243) JAMES S. PRITCHARD James S. Pritchard (June 3, 1807-Dec. 15, 1859) wa_s born

in Knox County, Tenn. He married Elizabeth A. Foster (July 31, 1814-May 5, 1855) by whom he had seventeen children, seven of which follow. Children :19

(S 459) (S 460)

(S 244)

1. Elizabeth Pritchard. 2. Brittain Pritchard. 3. John Pritchard. 4. Charles Pritchard. 5. William Pritchard. 6. Julia Pritchard, m. Joseph H. Muse (S 462). 7. Maggie Pritchard; m. Benjamin H. Muse (S 461). Order unknown.

HARRIET PRITCHARD Harriet Pritchard (Feb. 26, 1815-April 1, 1890) married

(1) ---- Muse, (2) Major Pierson Money, earlier married to her cousin Thryphene Vardaman (S 245). Children: (S 461)

(S 462)

(S 245)

1. Benjamin H. Muse; b. 1841, d. 1897; m. Maggie Pritchard (S 460).

2. Joseph H. Muse; b. 1837, d. 1896; m. Julia Pritchard (S 459).

THRYPHENE VARDAMAN s:: Thryphene (Thrypenia, Thryphena: spelling uncertain) ¥,.ardman was born about 1816 and died Sept. 28, 1873. She married (1) ---- Compton: (2) Major Pierson Money in 1838.20

18. Joel Brown was the son of Samuel Brown, of Chesterfield Co., Va. (Amis, Hist. of Raleigh, 197: N. C. Booklet V, no. 13, p. 51). 19. Record on grave stones in Pritchard estate, Canton, Miss., copied by Mrs. F. C. Jones and kindly sent us. 20. He also married Harriet Pritchard (S 244).

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Children: (S 463)

(S 246)

SMITH

1. Martha Jane Compton. 2. Margaret Elizabeth Compton; d. Sept. 23, 1870; m. -­

Love. Issue. 3. Hernando DeSota Money, of Carrollton, Miss. He married

Claudie Boddie. Senator from Mississippi. Issue. 4. William Vardaman Money. 5. James DeVeaux Money. 6. Roberta Money. 7. Frances Money. 8. Martha Jane Money.

GIDEON SMITH VARDAMAN Gideon S. Vardman was born Sept. 10, 1823, and died Janu­

ary 4, 1904. He married Jane Adeline Beasley (June 20, 1827-April 6, 1895). Children:

(S 464) (S 465)

(S 466)

(S 467)

(S 468)

(S 247)

1. Cora Inez Vardaman; b. Oct. 29, 1849, d. Nov. 2, 1909; unmd.

2. Ella Vardaman. 3. Homer Brown Vardaman. 4. William Holmes Vardaman; d. young. 5. Sarah Elizabeth Vardaman. 6. Francis Smith Vardaman; d. young. 7. Mary Jane Vardaman. 8. Patrick Henry Vardaman; b. 1866, d. 1869. 9. Annie Adeline Vardaman.

WILLIAM SYLVESTER VARDAMAN William Sylvester Vardaman (Dec. 3, 1826-April 13, 1887)

married Mary Ann Fox. She was born Nov. 17, 1834, in Hunts­ville, Ala., and died March 18, 1905, in Jackson, Miss. Children:

(S 469) (S 470)

(S 248)

1. John Vardaman; unmd. 2. James Kimball Vardaman. 3. William Sylvester Vardaman. 4. Gideon Vardaman; d. young. 5. Patty Vardaman; m. James W. Slack. 6. Margaret Vardaman; m. John D. Crenshaw.

JANE ELLIOT BOYLAN Jane Elliot Boylan (b. 1832) married21 in 1852, William E.

Green, lieutenant colonel, Fifty-Sixth Virginia Infantry, Con­federate Army. They lived in Charlotte County, Virginia, own­ing much land. She joined the Episcopal Church.

21. Mrs. Maggie Shepherd Smith and George D. Elliot state that Jane Elliot Boylan was the only child of her parents (Jessie Slocumb Smith (S 525) to E. M. W.).

Children: (S 471)

(S 472)

(S 473)

(S 474)

(S 250)

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1. Jane Boylan Green. 2. William Booker Green. 3. Clement Reed Green. 4. Boylan Green. 5. Edwin Heathfield Green. 6. Isaac Carrington Green. 7. Berryman Green. 8. Hunter Marshall Green. 9. Catherine Boylan Green.

10. Montford Kensey Green. 11. Shepherd Campbell Green.

JONATHAN EVANS ELLIOT Jonathan Evans Elliot was born Aug. 8, 1849. He married

Oct. 24, 1882, in Asheville, N. C., Alice Lee Hall, of Fayetteville, N. C. She was born April 16, 1857, the daughter of Avon Elihu and Margaret (Bell) Hall. Jonathan was a farmer living at Thorbiscope, near Thornwall, Harnett County, N. C. He and his wife were Presbyterians. Children: (S 475)

(S 476)

1. Alice Lee Elliot. 2. Margaret Bell Elliot; d. in infancy. 3, Jane, or Jean, Smith Elliot; m. Spencer Jackson Currie;

she lived at Fayetteville, N. C. 4. Jonathan Evans Elliot; unmd., res., Thornwall, N. C. 5. Avon Hall Elliot; m. Myrtle VanDergrift. He attended

Davidson College, Univ. of N. C., and Jefferson Medical College, Phila. Pa. In 1919 he was an interne in Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. J. He practiced in Wilmington, N. C. No Children. Presbyterian.

6. William Henry Elliot. 7. George Douglas Elliot; m. Dorothy Dick. He attended

Davidson College and the Univ. of Penn. He was a doctor living in 1930 in Fair Bluff, N. C.

8. Agnes Elliot. 9. Elizabeth Evans Elliot; m. Lewis Lepper.

(S 251) GEORGE DOUGLAS ELLIOT George Douglas Elliot was born March 5, 1851. He married

Oct. 26, 1882, Cornelia Elvira McN eill. She was born Jan. 20, 1857, the daughter of John and Roxana Cornelia (Worth) Mc­Neill. So she was granddaughter of Governor Jonathan Worth. George Elliot was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church at Linden, N. C. His home he called Linden and on its wall there used to hang a portrait of Col. Alexander Elliot painted by his wife while he was in the North Carolina legislature. Children: (S 477) 1. Cornelia Elliot.

2. Alexander Elliot.

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(S 478) (S 479)

(S 480) (S 481)

SMITH

3. Mary Elliot. 4. George Douglas Elliot. 5. Eunice Worth Elliot; b. at Ellerslie July 27, 1892. 6. Henry Elliot. 7. Emily Patterson Elliot; b. at Linden, July 30, 1896, m.

Henry L. Sloan (B 490). Children under father.

(S 252) HENRY NIMROD ELLIOT Henry Nimrod Elliot was born Aug. 13, 1853, and died

June 10, 1912. He married October 12, 1904, Effie Mary McLean (b. Feb. 7, 1880, at Dixie, Ga.), daughter of James Nicholson and Frances Albertine ( Oesterreich er) McLean.

Henry Elliot was a student at Davidson College in 1873 and was a member of the class of 1877, of which President Woodrow Wilson was also a member. Henry Elliot was a manufacturer of naval stores. The family resided, 1929, at DeFuniak Springs, Fla. Children:

1. Henry McLean Elliot; b. Aug. 2, 1906, Florala, Ala. 2. James Nicholson Elliot; b. Oct. 24, 1908; Florala, Ala. 3. Mary Effie Elliot; b. Sept. 17, 1910, Montreat, N. C.

(S 253) EMILY ELLIOT Emily Elliot was born Sept. 14, 1857, and died June 19,

1913. She married Nov. 2, 1881, Archibald Fairly Patterson (Jan. 1, 1857-Mar. 1, 1923) of Scotland County, N. C. Res., Laurinburg, N. C. All except two of the daughters were gradu­ates of Flora MacDonald College, Red Springs, N. C. Children:

(S 482)

(S 254)

1. Janie Evans Patterson; b. Sept. 5, 1882; missionary to Cuba, Presbyterian Church; unmd.

2. Mary Fairly Patterson; b. Nov. 29, 1884; assisted in the preparation of this history; unmd.

3. Archibald Fairly Patterson; b. June 4, 1886, d. Sept. 10, 1891.

4. Katherine Elliot Patterson. 5. Eliza McLean Patterson; b. June 23, 1890. 6. Emily Elliot Patterson; b. Nov. 16, 1892. 7. Alexander Elliot Patterson; b. Jan. 2, 1895, d. May 31,

1896. 8. Annie Elliot Patterson; b. Aug. 7, 1897, d. July 7, 1899. 9. Caroline Clifton Patterson; b. Mar. 25, 1900.

10. George Douglas Patterson; b. Dec. 16, 1901, d. May 10, 1903.

JESSE GEORGE SHEPHERD Jesse George Shepherd was born in 1821. He died Jan. 13,

1869. In 1843 he married Catharine Isabella Dobbin, sister of James C. Dobbin, who was secretary of the navy during the

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Pierce administration. Jesse Shepherd and his wife lived in Fayetteville, N. C., and were members of the First Presbyterian Church.

Jesse Shepherd attended the University of North Carolina where he received his A.B. in 1841.22 He represented Cumberland County in the state legislature at different times between 1854 and '64, and was speaker of the lower house in 1856. Gov. Thomas Bragg appointed him in 1858 judge of the superior court.

In 1861 the first General Assembly of the Southern Presby­terian Church met in Augusta, Ga. Here Jesse Shepherd- repre­sented Fayetteville Presbytery. He was devoted to the church and it appreciated this devotion:

Jesse George Shepherd, for some years a Judge of our Superior Court, was an Elder of very great influence in our church here and in the courts of the church at large. He was Clerk of Session from Jan. 8, 1853 [,] to Jan. 13, 1869-about sixteen years. I cannot do less than copy the whole minute adopted at his death by the Session. As an example of pure rhetoric, clear analysis of character and appreciative judgment it is a model:

"Jesse George Shepherd was admitted to the communion of this church by certificate on the 15th day of July, 1843, and ordained a Ruling Elder therein on January 7, 1853. About the 2nd. of April, 1853, he was appointed Clerk of Ses­sion, succeeding the venerable Henry Potter, which office he filled until his death on the 13th of January, 1869. . . . Simple and trustful was his faith, pure and blameless his life, warm and glowing his love, fervent and constant his zeal, de­voted and untiring his service in the cause of Christ and His Church, to which he gave himself freely, and without reserve. . . . The filial reverence with which he addressed God as 'Our Father', the deep and earnest tones in which he pronounced this hallowed Name, was a marked feature of his prayers when he led the public devotions of the people.

"Those qualifications which made him an able jurist, skilled and powerful advocate in our courts of law, fitted him pre-eminently for usefulness in the judicatories of the church. We have felt his power in the church session; Presbytery was familiar with his wise counsel; Synod knew and esteemed him very highly in love for his work's sake; and the General Assembly, in a most trying period of its history, committed important trusts to him for execution, as to one whose praise was in the churches. . . . By his walk and conversation he preached the Gospel to those who looked upon his blameless character."

22. There is a memorial tablet in the University of North Carolina.

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Writing of the first General Assembly, the Rev. George L. Petrie, D.D.; an eye witness, said :23

One scene in the Assembly impressed me very deeply and lastingly. There were many legal questions to be considered in organizing the new body. Fortunately there was a Ruling Elder in the Assembly equal to the emergency. Judge J. G. Shepherd, of Fayetteville, N.C., stood in the center of the spacious church, tall, slender, handsome, in the prime of life. To him these many legal questions were directed. His answers -were so prompt, so clear, so apt, so terse, as to illuminate the subject and to procure a most pleasing impression.

Children :23

(S 483)

(S 484) (S 485)

(S 487)

(S 255)

1. Ht."llry Elliot Shepherd; b. 1844; m. Kate Goodrich, of Virginia. He was a doctor and lived in Baltimore, Md.

2. Margaret Dobbin Shepherd; b. March 31, 1846; m. Dec. 23, 1894, Henry Elliot Smith ( S 272). She was living in 1926 in Fayetteville, N. C. Child under his father.

3. Catherine Lacy Shepherd. 4. Mary Shepherd. 5. Elizabeth Jane Shepherd; b. 1854, d. 1857. 6. George Battle Shepherd; b. 1857, d. 1926 in Raleigh, N. C. 7. Anness Huske Shepherd.

JANE ELLIOT WILLIAMS Jane Elliot Williams was born Oct. 5, 1829. She married

(1) John R. Murchison, of Manchester, N. C., (2) John D. Williams. The latter was no kin to the family of the same name treated in this study so far as we have discovered. Jane Elliot Williams was a Presbyterian and highly esteemed by those who know her. Death came while she was living with her daughter, Mrs. Fannie L. Murchison McDiarmid, in Fayetteville, N. C.

John R. Murchison served with conspicuous gallantry24 in the Confederate States Army and was promoted to a brigadier­generalship but a few hours before he was mortally wounded within the enemy's lines in the second battle of Cold Harbor, 1864. Children: (S 487) 1. Joel Williams Murchison.

2. Fannie L. Murchison; b. 1855; m. William J. McDiarmid.

23. Rankin, History of The First Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, N. C.; A. H. N. C., II, 511, 523. 24. Chronicles of Cape Fear, 351-53; Clark, N. C. Regiments, V, 286. See below pp. 335, 336.

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3. Emma Dare Murchison; d. May 9, 1915; m. Archibald Brown Gwathmey.

4. Annie E. Murchison; b. 1862, d. 1888; m. Walter F. Leak. One child, dying in infancy.

(S 488) 5. Catherine Shepherd Murchison.

(S 256) CATHERINE ELLIOT WILLIAMS Catherine Elliot Williams was born April 5, 1836. She died

Jan. 18, 1912, in Wilmington, N. C. She married Kenneth Mc­Kenzie Murchison (b. near Fayetteville, N. C., Feb. 18, 1831; d. Baltimore, Md., June 3, 1904). He was the son of ·Duncan Murchison and grandson of Kenneth McKenzie Murchison, who came to North Carolina from Scotland in 1773. Kenneth Mc­Kenzie Murchison, II, was a brother of Col. John R. Murchison and an A.B. graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1853.

On July 17, 1861, Kenneth Murchison enlisted, as second lieutenant, in Company "E", 8th N. C. Infantry, Confederate States Army, from Cumberland County, N. C. He was promoted to captain in Company "C", 54th N. C. Infantry, April 22, 1862; to lieut. colonel September 7, 1862; and finally to colonel, May 8, 1863. He was especially commended by General E. M. Law, commander of his brigade, for gallant service at Fredericksburg. He was in the battles at Chancellorsville and Winchester, and in subsequent operations in Virginia. When Hoke's brigade was cut off by the enemy at Rappahannock Station, November 7, 1863, Col. Murchison was among those captured. He was held a prisoner on Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, until July, 1865. When released he resumed his former business in New York and Wil­mington, N. C., in partnership later with his brother, David R. Murchison, George W. Williams, of Wilmington, and John D. Williams of Fayetteville, N. C.

In 1880 Kenneth Murchison bought the old Orton planta­tion, formerly the seat of "King" Roger Moore. This plantation was located about sixteen miles below Wilmington and was the southernmost of the old rice plantations on the Cape Fear River. St. Philip's Church, dating from colonial times, was restored and given by Kenneth Murchison to the Episcopal diocese of North Carolina.25

Mrs. Catherine Elliot Williams Murchison died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Sprunt, Wilmington, N. C.

25. Chronicles of Cape Fear, 347-349; Clark, N. C. Regiments, III, 267.

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Children: (S 489)

(S 490)

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1. Luola Murchison. 2. Jeannette Murchison; m. E. Ellis, Atlanta, Ga. 3. Kenneth McKenzie Murchison. 4. Jessie Williams Murchison. 5. Marian E. Murchison; m. Charles Hurkamp, of Fredericks­

burg, Va.

(S 257) JOHN MARSHALL WILLIAMS John Marshall Williams (Aug. 18, 1838-March 11, 1926)

married (1) in Manchester, Cumberland County, N. C., Jane Wright McDiarmid (577); (2) June 7, 1883, Martitia Leovica McNeill. The home of John Marshall Williams was called Buck's Head and was a few miles west of Fayetteville, N. C. The first wife was buried at Smith's Ferry, N. C.

John M. Williams served in the 54th N. C. Infantry and was among those "first at Bethel and last at Appomattox."26

Children: 1. Annie Eloise Williams; b. 1866, d. 1866.

(S 491) 2. Marshall McDiarmid Williams. Second marriage.

3. Roxana Worth Williams; b. 1885; unmd. 4. Joel Williams; b. 1886; unmd. 5. Jesse Shepherd Williams; b. 1888. Volunteered in April

26, 1917, and was sent first to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., and then overseas with the Rainbow Division. He was gassed during the war and returned to the U. S. in Dec. 1918. Unmd.

6. David Worth Williams; b. 1890. 7. Jane Elliot Williams; b. 1892, d. 1893.

(S 259) GEORGE ELLIOT George Elliot married Jan. 11, 1854, his cousin Mary C.

Smith (S 267). For a time they lived in Texas where he died. His family then moved to North Carolina, settling six miles from Fayetteville. Children:

(S 492)

1. dau. Elliot; b. 1855, d. in infancy. 2. dau. Elliot; b. 1857, d. in infancy. 3. Mary James Elliot; b. 1860, d. 1885. Like her sisters

buried at Smith's Ferry, Cumberland Co., N. C. 4. John Elliot; d. 1920. He probably was a Presbyterian, for

he left $10,000 to Fayetteville Presbytery.

26. Chronicles of Cape Fear, 365; Clark, N. C. Regiments; III, 267; A. H. N. C. II, 410, 1178.

Martitia Leovica McNeill was born Sept. 22, 1852, in Asheboro, N. C., the daughter of John and Roxana Cornelia (Worth) McNeill. Martitia died Mar. 18, 1907.

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(S 260) JANE SMITH EVANS Jane Smith Evans was born April 7, 1820, and died Dec. 5,

1886. On Jan. 12, 1847, she married Col. Alexander Elliot (S 80). Their children are listed under their father.

Jane Smith Evans began early a diary recounting her ex­perience during the Civil War. After her death, the diary was published by her daughter Jennie for distribution among the family.27 Parts we quote:

April 26 [1861]. My heart shrinks from ma~ing this appalling record - Our country once so glorious, is now in the midst of Civil War! Merciful God! Spare this Land of Promise - save us from these harms, and oh let this night of gloom soon end in a morning of joy - The Ladies are all busy making the uniforms for the soldiers, and have taken the plumes from their hats to give the volunteers - Mary Eliza has just handed hers to her cousin Sandie ...

[Sept.] 2nd [1861] ... I ... was superintending the making of a lot of shirts for soldiers ... & am also having socks knitted for our soldiers winter use, as are all the Ladies in the neighborhood . . .

January 18 [1865] ... We are now threatened with the near approach of our dreaded enemy . . .

Feb. 27 [1865] ... Sherman is still making his onward march - . . . We know not how soon we may be homeless & dependent - May God help & support us in this our time of need! ...

March 26 Sabbath afternoon [1865]. This day two weeks since, 12 of March was a day of sorrow & confusion never to be forgotten - Sherman's army reached Fayetteville the day before, and at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, a party of raiders rushed in upon our peaceful home-They pillaged & plundered the whole day & quartered upon us that night & staid until 5 o'clock Monday evening - Some part of the time there were at least three different parties - the house was rifled from garret to cellar - took all our blankets & and all the Col's clothes all our silver & knives & forks all our luxuries, leaving nothing but a little meat & corn - they threatened the Col's life repeatedly & one ruffian galloped up to the door & pulled out his matches to fire the house.

Oh, it was terrible beyond description. It seems ever present to my mind. One night they strung fire all around us. I waked up the children and dressed them and watched all night, fearing the fire might consume our dwelling. The poor

, 27. This journal is preserved in the Presbyterian Historical Library, Montreat, N. C. Mr. T. H. Spence, Jr., director, kindly supplied a copy of much of the material reproduced. ·

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servants were excited and frightened nearly out of their senses. The fiends forbid them to cook or do anything for us, but good, faithful Aunt Edy never failed to bring us a meal's victuals. But through it all the Lord mercifully led us and fed us and we would adore and trust him still. 'In the midst of wrath he remembered mercy.' We are thankful we have a house over our heads and even homely fare. We have no way of getting to church as they took our carriage, buggy, wagons, and every horse and mule and ox. . . .

April 17 [1865]. We hear of Yankee raids all around . us and are in constant fear of being visited again by the ruthless and godless foe. Last night we were up nearly all night, hourly expecting them and trying to save provisions and valuables. . . . Cousin George Shepherd was with us, and though in feeble health, sat up to bear us company. His godly conversation was a comfort to our trou.bled hearts. . . . Long will I remember his eloquent and timely prayer.

April 19 (1865]. We are still in the midst of excitement, doubt and confusion. We know that our noble chieftan has surrendered with a large portion of his Army, but are ignor­ant of the particulars. Several brigades are cut off and dis­banded soldiers are passing constantly en route for their com­mands, but hardly knowing where to seek them. Four stayed with us last night; they were Texans. Eighteen Georgians breakfasted with us on their way to Johnston's Army. Paroled prisoners from Lee's Army are passing daily on their way home and everything is warlike. We are hourly expecting raids-the horses sent off and all work suspended. Refugees are hastening by, all this is so trying to bear, but I know "the Lord reigns" .and will yet bring a blessing out of this dreadful evil.

April 21 [1865]. Our disasters have come so rapidly upon us that we are appalled with their magnitude.

April 24 [1865]. Our hearts are filled with gloom by the reports that reach us from our noble army. Our men are still pressing home, not vanquished but overpowered by numbers ... Many think the war is over, but some think it will take a new phase. We cannot divine our future, but I believe the hand of the Lord is guiding this storm and in His own way and time will 'speak peace to the troubled waters.' . . .

May 14 [1865]. Our cause in this department of the War is abandoned and we are under the military rule of our ene­mies. Our towns and villages are garrisoned. The negroes have been emancipated and all has been excitement and con­fusion.

Mrs. Jane Elliot died suddenly while sitting in a chair in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Williams, the same chair in which her grandfather "Long John" Smith had died June 16,

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1851. Jane and her husband were buried in Smith's Ferry Ceme­tery, Harnett County, N. C.

(S 261) WILLIAM AUGUSTUS EV ANS William Augustus Evans was born June 12, 1828, and died

about 1898, in Houston, Texas. He married Elizabeth Conger, of Galveston, Texas. He was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1846-48. Children:

1. Elizabeth Conger Evans; d. 1927; m. ca. 1890, John Clardy, of Hopkinsville, Ky. After his death, she m. Col. Jewett Henry. No children.

2. -- Evans; d. in infancy. 3. -- Evans; d. in infancy.

(S 262) ERASMUS HERVEY EVANS Erasmus Hervey Evans was born in 1830 and died in 1879.

He married Nov. 14, 1854, Susan Murphy, daughter of Patrick Murphy and Susan Moseley. He was a farmer, living ten miles southeast of Fayetteville, N. C., on the Wilmington road. He called his home Woodland. They were Presbyterians. Children: (S 493)

(S 494)

(S 495) (S 496) (S 497)

(S 498) (S 499) (S 500) (S 501)

1. Mary Isabella Evans; b. 1855; m. W. W. Martin. 2. Murphy Evans; b. 1857, d. 1859. 3. Eliza Faison Evans; b. 1858; m. Peter McKellar Williams

(S 615). Children under father. 4. Erasmus Hervey Evans. 5. Susan Murphy Evans. 6. Louisa Bailey Evans. 7. Anne Kelsoe Evans; b. 1866. 8. Robert Bailey Evans. 9. Laura Augusta Evans.

10. Douglas Evans. 11. Jean Elliot Evans. 12. Livingstone Murphy Evans; b. 1877; unmd.

(S 263) EMILY GUTHRIE EVANS Emily Guthrie Evans was born October 8, 1832, at Mars

Bluff, S. C. She died Feb. 9, 1918. She married Oct. 13, 1852, James Poindexter Robertson (July 20, 1827-Sept. 9, 1900), son of James Robertson and his second wife, Frances Lightfoot Poindexter. James Poindexter Robertson was an honor gradu­ate of Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. He was a major in the Ordnance Department of the Confederate Army. He and his wife were Presbyterians, Fayetteville, N. C.

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Children: (S 502)

(S 503)

(S 504) (S 505)

(S 264)

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1. Frances Lightfoot Robertson. 2. Jonathan Robertson; b. July 4, 1856, d. Aug. 2, 1857. 3. Maybelle Robertson; b. May 31, 1858, d. July 16, 1859. 4. Richard Parke Robertson. 5. Eliza Evans Robertson; b. Jan. 12, 1862, d. Aug. 27, 1863. 6. Maria Louise Robertson; b. Feb. 14, 1864; m. Henry Butler

Price and went as a missionary to Japan in 1890. 7. Algernon Sydney Robertson; b. June 23, 1866, d. Mar. 6,

1895; unmd. 8. Joseph Hudson Flanner Robertson. 9. Jennie Elliot Robertson.

JONATHAN EVANS Jonathan Evans as born March 18, 1838. He died March

5, 1892. He married (1) Isabella Douglass Wright, b. Sept. 22, 1871, the daughter of William B. Wright, of Fayetteville, N. C. Jonathan Evans married (2) Amanda McCurdy.

Jonathan Evans attended the Univesity of North Carolina, 1854-56. For a time he was a member of the State Board of Agriculture. When the army called he enlisted June 1, 1861, as captain of Company "F", 24th N. C. Infantry, Cumberland County. He was promoted to the rank of major July 16, 1861.

Amanda - Mallie - McCurdy before her marriage lived in Covington, Va. There were no children by this marriage. Children: (S 506)

(S 507)

1. Jonathan Evans. 2. Bettie W. Evans; was living unmarried in Fayetteville,

N. C., in 1929. 3. Mary Evans. 4. Leslie Ballard Evans; b. Feb. 25, 1869, Fayetteville, N. C.

He received his A. B. from the Univ. of N. C., in 1896 and his M. D. from the University College of Medicine, Rich­mond, Va., in 1900. Sometime he was president of the Bank of Bladen, N. C., and was a member of the N. C. senate in 1913. He was living unmarried in 1929 in Windsor, N.C.

(S 265) JAMES SMITH EVANS James Smith Evans was born July 1, 1843. He died May

26, 1918. On Oct. 30, 1866, he married Lucy Dixon Pearsall (B 275). James Smith Evans was captain of one of the companies in the 24th North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army. About 1885 he moved from Cumberland County, N. C., and set­tled in Livingston, Tex. All his children except the youngest were born in North Carolina.

Children:

(S 508) (S 509) (S 510) (S 511)

(S 266)

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1. Robert Pearsall Evans; b. Aug. 18, 1867; m. 1892, Ora Clark. Res., Atlanta, Ga.

2. Elizabeth Smith Evans; b. Feb. 20, 1869; m. Feb. 24, 1903, in Livingston, Tex., Walter Sidney Lister. They had a son, Walter Sidney Lister; b. April 21, 1906.

3. William Augustus Evans. 4. Eleanor Bryan Evans. 5. Emma Ferdinand Evans. 6. James Smith Evans. 7. Lucy Pearsall Evans; b. Feb. 26, 1881; m. William Overton

Todd; res., Los Angeles, Cal. 8. Isabella Campbell Evans; b. Apr. 15, 1883, d. Oct. 26, 1906;

m. Dr. Finis Ewing McAllister; res., Livingston, Tex. 9. Jerre Pearsall Evans; b. July 5, 1887; m. May 28, 1927,

Mrs. Edna Brown, Long Beach, Calif. 10. Victoria White Evans; b. Dec. 12, 1894.

ALEXANDER ROBESON SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Alexander Robeson Smith was born January 22, 1828, and died in 1871 or 1872 in Texas. He married his cousin, Margaret Bartram Smith (S 219). He recevied his A.B. degree at the Uni­versity of North Carolina in 1852, and was a representative in the General Assembly of North Carolina, 1865-1866. He was a farmer and also engaged in merchandising. Children:

1. Alexander R. Smith; rn. Elizabeth Prewitt, of Waco, Tex. Four children. Alexander died in Texas.

2. Frank Hunter Smith, lived in Waco, Tex. 3. William Chalmers Smith; m. Emily Hickey. They lived in

Los Angeles, Cal. One son. 4. Herbert Farquhard Smith; rn. Eula Weston; lived in

Los Angeles, Cal. 5. Josephine R. Smith; m. C. H. Plummer. Res., Los Angeles. 6. Leslie S. Smith; m. Jennie Whiffen. Res., Oakland, Cal.

(S 268) WILLIAM CURTIS SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

William Curtis Smith was born Nov. 30, 1832. He died in January, 1894, in California, where he had practiced medicine many years. He was the only member of his family to attend Wake Forest College, N. C. His wife was Laura Belt, of Alabama. While in the Confederate army he was taken prisoner. The family were Presbyterians. Children:

(S 512)

1. Willie Smith; m. as his second wife Dr. -- Kirk­patrick of Los Angeles, Cal.

2. Maude Smith.

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(S 269) JAMES SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

James Smith was born June 28, 1833. He died in 1905. He married Emma McWhorter (1842-1906) and moved to Texas. He lived for a time in Waxahatchie and later in Midlothian. He was probably a member of Company "D", 3rd North Carolina Cavalry, C. S. A. He was appointed a commissioner to the Pres­byterian General Assembly in Richmond, 1899. Children: (S 513)

(S 514) (S 515) (S 516)

1. Edward Farquhard Smith. 2. Elizabeth May Smith; b. July 16, 1869. She was for many

years a school teacher. Unmd. 3. James Harper Smith. 4. Arthur Bartram Smith. 5. Janie Lula Smith.

(S 270) ELIZABETH ELLIOT SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Elizabeth Elliot Smith was born May 1, 1836. She died April 28, 1875, and was buried at Bluff Church, Cumberland County, N. C. About 1865 she became the bride of R.R. Robeson.

Dr. R. R. Robeson, M.D., was born Aug. 23, 1833. He died April 6, 1886, and was buried at Bluff Church. He apparently liked the name Smith, or the young ladies bearing the name, for he married successively Elizabeth Elliot Smith, Jane Smith (S 275), and Sarah C. Smith (S 289).

Elizabeth and her husband lived near Godwin, N. C. Children:

1. Bessie Robeson; b. Feb. 1, 1867, d. Aug. 21, 1895. She was buried at Bluff Church.

(S 271) FARQUHARD CAMPBELL SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Farquhard Campbell Smith was born May 8, 1839, and died in November, 1919, in the home of his daughter Ida, in Dunn, N. C. June 24, 1868, he married Sarah Elizabeth Sanders (S 293). Their home was at Linden, N. C.

Farquhard C. Smith was an A. B. of the University of North Carolina, 1860, and an M. D. of the Charleston (S. C.), Medical College. He was among the first to rush to the defense of his state in 1861. After the war he practiced medicine in

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Johnston County, N. C., until 1877, when he returned to Harnett County. He was ruling elder of the Lillington Presbyterian Church at the time of its organization. Children:

1. Ida Ross Smith; b. 1872; m. Lee Jackson Best, probably his second wife. Res., 1930, Dunn, N. C.

(S 517) 2. Edwin Sanders Smith. 3. Laura Sanders Smith; b. 1875. 4. Walter Douglas Smith; d. in Louisiana.

(S 518) 5. Farquhard Smith. 6. Elizabeth Sanders Smith; b. 1881, twin to Farquhard. She

died at the age of two years. (S 519) 7. Jane Smith; b. 1883, d. 1911; m. Isaac W. Smith (S 534).

They lived near Bunnlevel, Harnett County, N. C. Isaac Smith was a farmer. None of their children reached maturi­ty. Jane Smith sometimes was called "Blue". She kindly contributed material for this study.

(S 272) HENRY ELLIOT SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Henry Elliot Smith was born March 23, 1841. He died July· 12, 1903, and was buried at Bluff Church, Cumberland County, N. C. He married (1) Marie Louise Cross and (2) Margaret Dobbin Shepherd (S 483). Marie was born April 9, 1847, the daughter of Benj. F. and Anastasia Cross, of Thibodeaux, La. Marie died May 23, 1881, and was buried at Bluff Church. She was an Episcopalian.

Henry Elliot Smith was a student in Davidson College in 1860. He enlisted with his classmates in Company "E", 3rd North Carolina Cavalry. After the war he lived near Fayette­ville, N. C. Children: (S 520)

(S 521)

(S 274)

1. Sidney Douglas Smith; b. Sept. 21, 1873; m. Ellen Douglas Smith (S 538). Res., Fayetteville, N. C.

2. Eugene Whitmel Smith. 3. Alice Cross Smith; b. May 26, 1879, d. July 30, 1880. She

was buried at Bluff Church. Second marriage.

4. Clara Smith; b. Oct. 28, 1886, d. Mar. 1, 1915, unmd. She was buried at Bluff Church.

SARAH SLOCUMB SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Sarah Slocumb Smith was born March 31, 1845. She died Oct. 15, 1894. She married May 25, 1870, as his second wife, John Wesley Purdie, of Bladen County, N. C. He died in 1884.

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Children: (S 522) (S 523)

(S 275)

SMITH

1. Thomas Wesley Purdie. 2. John Wesley Purdie. 3. Sallie Purdie; b. May 27, 1876. Res., 1926, Dunn, N. C. 4. Edward Purdie; b. Oct. 16, 1879. Res., 1926, Dunn, N. C.

N. C. y

5. -- Purdie; d. in infancy. 6. -- Purdie; d. in infancy.

JANE SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Jane Smith was born July 26, 1846. She died Aug. 15, 1882, and was buried at Bluff Church, Cumberland County, N. C. She married as his second wife, Dr. R. R. Robeson, already her broth­er-in-law. They lived near Godwin, N. C.

Jane Smith for a time attended Burwell Female Seminary at Charlotte, N. C., but with the approach of Sherman's Army life even in female seminaries was rudely disturbed. Jane went home in time to witness from the porch of her home part of the fighting about A verasboro. When the tide of battle had passed Jane recounted her experiences in a letter of interest as much for the picture of Southern hope in the face of disaster as for the story told.28

Where Home Used to be. Apr. 12th, 1865.

Your precious letter, My dear Janie, was received night before last, and the pleasure it afforded me, and indeed the whole family, I leave for you to imagine, for it baffles words to express my thankfulness when I hear that my friends are left with the necessities of life, and unpoluted by the touch of Sherman's Hell-hounds. My experience since we parted has been indeed sad, but I am so blessed when I think of the other friends in Smithville that I forget my own troubles. Our own army came first and enjoyed the cream of the country and left but little for the enemy. We had a most delightful time while our troops were camped around. They arrived here on the first of March and were camping around and passing for nearly a week. Feeding the hungry and nursing the sick and looking occupied the day, and at night cotnpany would come in and sit until bed-time.

28. This letter was written on scraps of paper and was unsigned. Mrs. Louise Cross Robeson Webb (S 524) kindly contributed the copy herewith reproduced. Jane's home as indicated in the letter was not destroyed. It is currently owned and occupied by Mr. Eugene Whitmell Smith, who pre­sented the picture of Lebanon reproduced in this volume.

Janie Robeson, of Bladen County, N. C.,-the addressee in the letter­married Edward McKeithan, Sr., of Fayetteville, N. C.

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I found our officers gallant and gentlemanly and the pri­vates no less so. The former of course, we saw more of, but such an army of patriots fighting for their hearthstones is not to be conquered by such fiends incarnate as fill the ranks of Sherman's army. Our political sky does seem darkened with a fearful cloud, but when compared with the situation of our fore-fathers, I can but take courage. We had then a dissolute and disaffected soldiery to contend with, to say nothing of the poverty of the Colonies during the glorious revolution of '76. Now our resources increase every year and while I confess that the desertion in our army is awful, I am sanguine as to the final issue to the war.

Gen. Wheeler took tea here about two o'clock during the night after the battle closed, and about four o'clock the Yankees came charging, yelling and howling. I stood on the piaza and saw the charge made, but as calm as I am now, though I was all prepared for the reseals, our soldiers having giving us a detailed account of their habits. The pailing did not hinder them at all. They just knocked down all such like mad cattle. Right into the house, breaking open bureau drawers of all kinds faster than I could unlock. They cursed us for hav­ing hid everything and made bold threats if certain things were not brought to light, but all to no effect. They took Pa's hat and stuck him pretty badly with a bayonet to make him disclose something, but you know they were fooling with the wrong man. One impudent dog came into the dining room where Kate and I were and said "Good morning girls, why aren't you up getting breakfast, it's late?" I told him that servants prepared Southern Ladies breakfast. He went off muttering something about their not waiting on us any more, but not one of the servants went from here, they remained faithful through it all, with one exception, and Pa has driven him off to the Yankees.

Mr. Sherman, I think is pursuing the wrong policy to ac­complish his designs. The negros are bitterly prejudiced to his minions. They were treated, if possible, worse than the white folks, all their provisions taken and their clothes de­stroyed and some carried off.

They left no living thing in Smithville but the people. One old hen played sick and thus saved her neck, but lost all of her children. The Yankees would run all over the yard to catch the little things to squeeze to death.

Every nook and corner of the premises was searched and the things that they didn't use were burned or torn into strings. No house except the blacksmith shop was burned, but into the flames they threw every tool, plow etc., that was on the place. The house was so crowded all day that we could scarcely move and of all the horrible smelling things in the world the Yankees beat. The battle field does not compare with them in point of

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stench. I don't believe they have been washed since they were born. I was so sick all the time that I could not have eaten had I had anything. All of Uncle John's family were here and we lived for three days on four quarts of meal which Aunt Eliza begged from a Yank. Didn't pretend to sift it, baked up in our room where fifteen of us had to stay. When and how we slept, I don't know. I was too angry to eat or sleep either and I let the scoundrels know it whenever one had the impudence to speak to me. Gen. Slocum with two other hyenas of his rank, rode up with his body-guard and introduced themselves with great pomp, but I never noticed them at all. Whenever they

. would poke out their dirty paws to shake my hand, I'd give the haughtiest nod I could put on and ask what they came for. I had heard that the officers would protect ladies, but it is not so. Sis Susan was sick in bed and they searched the very pillows that she was lying on, and keeping such a noise, tearing up and breaking to pieces, that the Generals couldn't hear themselves talk, but not a time did they try to prevent it. They got all of my stockings and some of our collars and handkerchiefs. If I ever see a Yankeewoman, I intend to whip her and take the clothes off of her very back. We would have been better pre­pared for the thieves but had to spend the day before our troops left in a ravine as the battle was fought so near the house, so we lost a whole days hiding. I can't help laughing, though the recollection is so painful when I think of that day. Imagine us all and Uncle John's family trudging through the rain and mud down to a ravine near the river, each one with a shawl, blanket and basket of provisions. The battle commenced on the 15th of March at Uncle John's. The family were ordered from home, stayed in the trenches all day when late in the evening they came to us, wet, muddy and hungry. Their house was penetrated by a great many shells and balls, but was not burned and the Yankees used it for a hospital, they spared it, but everything was taken and the furniture destroyed. The girls did not have a change of clothing. The Yankees drove us from two lines of fortifications that day, but with heavy loss, while ours was light. That night we fell back to the cross roads, if you remember where that is, about one sixth of a mile from here, there our men became desperate and at day­light on the sixteenth the firing was terrific. The infirmary was here and oh it makes me shudder when I think of the awful sights I witnessed that morning. Ambulance after ambulance drove up with our wounded.

One half of the house was prepared for the soldiers, but owing to the close proximity of the enemy they only sent in the sick, but every barn and out house was fill and under every shed and tree the tables were carried for amputating the limbs. I just felt like my heart would break when I would see our brave men rushing into the battle and then coming back so mangled.

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The scene beggars description, the blood lay in puddles in the grove, the groans of the dying and the complaints of those undergoing amputation was horrible, the painful impression has seared my very heart. I can never forget it. We were kept busy making and rolling bandages and sending nourishment to the sick and wounded until orders came to leave home. Then was my trial, leaving our poor suffering soldiers when I could have been relieving them some. As we passed the wounded go­ing to the woods they would beseech us not to go. "Ladies, don't leave. your home, we won't let the enemy fire upon you." But orders from headquarters must be obeyed and to the woods we went. I never expected to see the dear old homestead again, but thank heaven, I am living comfortably in it again.

It was about nine o'clock when the courrier [sic) came with orders. The firing continued incessantly up and down the lines all day, when about five in the evening the enemy flanked our right, where we were sent for protection, and the firing was right over us. We could hear the commands and groans and shrieks of the wounded.

A line of battle was formed in front of us, and we knew that was certain death to us should we be unsuccessful in · repelling the charge. Lou and I started out to do the same thing, when one of the vedetts [sic] saw my white flag (my hankerchief on a pole) and came to us. I accosted him, "Are you one of our men or a Yankee?" "I am a Reh, Mam." "Can't you go and report to the commanding officer and tell him that the hillside is lined with women and children he sent here for protection, and the line of battle over there will destroy us?" I'll do all I can for you", was the gallant reply and in a short time we were ordered home.

Well! Janie dear, I am really afraid of wearying you with my long epistle, but if you feel as much interested in Smithville as I do in the welfare of Ashwood, I know you won't complain. You inquired after Cam. I believe the excitement cured her. She is better now than she has been for years.

Their house is ruined with the blood of the Yankee wounded. Only two rooms left, Aunt Mary's and the little one joining, which the family occupied. The others she can't pre­tend to use. Every piece of bed furniture, etc. is gone. The scamps left our piano, used Aunt Mary's for an amputation table.

The Yanks left fifty of our wounded at Uncle John's whom we have been busy nursing. All that were able have gone to their homes, and the others except four, are dead. The poor things were left there suffering and hungry with only one doc­tor. I felt my poverty keenly when I went down there and couldn't even give them a piece of bread. But, however, Pa had the scattering corn picked up and ground, which we di­vided with them, and as soon as the Country around learned their condition, delicacies [sic] of all kinds were sent in. I can

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dress amputated limbs now and do most anything in the way of nursing the wounded soldiers. We have had nurses and sur­geons from Raleigh for a week or two. I am really attached to the patients of the hospital and feel so sad and lonely now that so many have left and died. My favorite, a little black eyed boy with the whitest brow and thick curies falling on it, died last Sunday, but the Lord has taken him to a better land. He was the only son of his widowed mother. I have his ring and a lock of his hair to send her as soon as I can get an opportuni­ty. It is so sad to receive the dying messages and tokens for the loved ones at home. It grieves me to see them buried without coffins, but it is impossible to get them now. I have two graves in my charge to keep fresh flowers on, the little boy just men­tioned and Lieutenant Laborde, the son of Dr. Laborde of Columbia Coliege.29 The latter had passed through the fight untouched, and while sitting on the fence of our avenue resting and making friends with his captain, whom he had challenged, a stray ball pierced his head. His with three other Confederate graves are the only ones near the house. But the yard and garden at Uncle John's, the cottage and Aunt Mary's are used for Yankee grave yards, and they are buried so shallow that the places are extremely offensive. The Yankees stayed here for only one day, a few for a day or two would come. We had a romantic time feeding the Confederate captain they brought here, hiding the bread from the rogues.

We had to walk about three miles going to the hospital at first to avoid the Yankee pickets. Our soldiers were there suffering and we were determined to help them.

Cousin Rice came home yesterday wounded by a pistol shot in the fleshy part of his shoulder. He looks well consider­ing his long walk. We have no way of sending for our wounded brothers now. Bros. Henry and Fark came about a week after the Yanks left. I never was so glad to see folks in my life, but they are so saddened by the dissolution in Smithville that they don't seem like the same boys. Cousin Walter is also at home. Each one of the boys brought their rations and it looked so strange. Cousin Rice was wounded on the 6th inst. at Peters­burg. Tom's horse was lost. The others were all safe at that time. It sickens me when I think of the bloody battles they have been in since, and we can't hear from them. I think you ought to be thankful that your brother is captured, though I know how you feel about him. All things are for the best and I feel it is so. Your Uncle David spent the night with us as he passed on a sad mission. I was so glad to see him and hope that he will bring his wounded son here on his way back. I reckon he thought there was no end to my questions. Sloke was in the battle of Bentonsville, but escaped unhurt. He had

29. Prof. Maximilian LaBorde. After the war Columbia College became the University of South Carolina.

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to leave home in spit[e] of our entreaties, volunteered for the emergency, says he and his horse had a funny time dodging behind each other. This is the only "critter" we saved, but our army got them. We plow old bags of bones the Yanks would not trouble to kill, pick them up from the battle field. We are getting on very well in the eating line. As you suppose, we had little corn left at the plantation and a cow or two. I am not afraid of perishing though the prospects for it are very bright. When our army invade the North, I want them to carry the torch in one hand, the sword in the other .... I know you think this a very unbecoming sentiment, but I believe it is our only policy now.

. . . . I will wait until tomorrow to finish my volume as Jess can't bear the light in his eyes and it is too dark for me. Sloke is quite sick with measles, took cold and I am staying with him while sister and Louise are out enjoying the lovely spring evening. All nature is gay and beautiful, but every Southern breeze is loaded with a terrible scent from the battle field, which renders my home very disagreeable at times.

Children: 1. Sally S. Robeson; b. Sept. 6, 1879, d. March 9, 1890. She

was buried at Bluff Church, Cumberland Co., N. C. 2. -- Robesori; a dau. dying Aug. 7, 1880.

(S 524) 3. Louise Cross Robeson.

(S 276) JESSE SLOCUMB SMITH (Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Jesse Slocumb Smith was born June 7, 1849. He died Feb. 9, 1897, and was buried at Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C. He married Dec. 24, 1872, Ida Turner Hodges. She was born Oct. 29, 1852, the daughter of James Philemon and Flora (Murchison) Hodges. Ida died May 7, 1934.

During the Civil War Jesse was too young for service with the army, but did upon occasion assist as a courier. In 1874 he was elected Ruler Elder in Sardis Church.

Jesse Slocumb Smith was a des~endant of Polly Slocumb whose famous ride to Moore's Creek is recorded in Ashe, History of North Carolina.80 Jesse and his family were the proud pos­sessors of a crib and three spoons formerly owned by Polly Slo­cumb and her husband Ezekiel.

Jesse Slocumb Smith made his home in Dunn, N. C.

30. I, 508-510; also Ellis, Women of the Revolution, I, 304.

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Children: (S 525)

(S 526) (S 527)

(S 528)

(S 277)

SMITH

1. Jessie Slocumb Smith; b. Nov. 1, 1877. She has been among the most active in preparing materials for this history. Unmd. Res., 1948, Dunn, N. C.

2. Clarence James Smith. 3. Edward Smith. 4. Flora Murchison Smith; b. Aug. 20, 1883; m. Frederick W.

McKay. 5. Sallie Slocumb Smith. 6. Sue Smith; b. Nov. 30, 1887. She is an artist, living, 1948,

in Dunn. N. C.

JAMES CAMPBELL SMITH (John, John, Alexander, John)

James C. Smith was born October 22, 1830. He died about 1870. He married about 1853 Mary Ann Costin,31 daughter of Miles Costin, of Wilmington, N. C. Children: (S 529)

(S 530)

1. Florence Lillian Smith. 2. Miles Costin Smith; b. 1855, d. 1888. 3. William Campbell Smith. 4. Katherine Coddington Smith; b. 1858, d. 1888; m. Frank

Glover. 5. Nolie Elizabeth Smith; b. 1860, d. 1865. 6. James Dickson Smith; b. 1862, d. 1905; m. Am;mda J.

Newman, of Knoxville, Tenn. 7. Robert Jackson Smith; b. 1864; d. 1865. 8. Mary Thomas Smith; b. 1866; d. 1905; m. Alsa B. Sandlin. 9. Charles Robeson Smith; b. 1868, d. 1885 as the result of

an explosion of gunpowder. 10. Nolie Wood Smith; b. 1869; m. L. C. Home in 1918 in

Cors1cana, Tex.

(S 279) FARQUHARD RICE SMITH (John, John, Alexander, John)

Farquhard Rice Smith was born Sept. 23, 1838. He mar­ried Sallie Scales, then living in Texas. On March 5, 1862, he enlisted at Summerville, Harnett County, N. C., as a private in Company "D", 3d North Carolina Cavalry, C. S. A. On Oct. 14, 1864, he was sent to the horse infirmary at Stoney Creek. Childdren:

1. Robert C. Smith. 2. Mattie S. Smith. 3. Elizabeth Smith. 4. Ruth Smith. 5. Wade Hampton Smith. 6. Annie Laurie Smith. 7. Tracey Ivey Smith.

31. Mary Ann Costin was the aunt of William Joseph Costin, sometime president of Davidson College, N. C.

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(S 280) THOMAS WALTER SMITH (John, John, Alexander, John)

Thomas Walter Smith was born February 19, 1847, and was living in Atlanta, Ga., in 1928. He married, November 23, 1876, in Clinton, N. C., Mary C. Hubbard (d. July 10, 1923), daughter of Langdon C. and Susan (Mosely) Hubbard. He served in the Confederate Army as member of Company "D," 3rd N. C. Cavalry.

In 1871 Thomas· Walter Smith was graduated by Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. He was admitted to South Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in December of the same year at Spartanburg. He was ordained elder by Bishop Kavanaugh at Greensboro, N. C., in 1876. He ministered in Cum­berland, Sampson, Duplin, Harnett, Franklin, Rowan, Union, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lincoln and Cabarrus Counties, N. C. He retired in 1924 to live with his daughter, Mrs. John D. Hatch­ett, in Atlanta, Ga. Children:

1. Eliza Blake Smith; b. Sept. 8, 1877; m. John D. Hatchett. Res., 1924, Atlanta, Ga.

2. Langdon Hubbard Smith; b. Sept. 13, 1879, d. Sept. 10, 1899.

(S 581) 8. Thomas Walter Smith. 4. William Mosely Smith; b. Oct. 2, 1884, d. June 27, 1907. 5. Henry Lilly Smith; b. Jan. 1, 1887; m. Ann Kennett.

(S 582) 6. Susan ("Sudie") Mosely Smith.

(S 281) CLAUDIUS BERNARD SMITH (John, John, Alexander, John)

Claudius Bernard Smith was born in August, 1851. He mar­ried Fannie McJunkin and lived in Texas. Children:

1. John Kelly Smith. 2. Caroline Smith. 8. Mary S. Smith. 4. Fannie B. Smith. 5. William C. Smith. 6. Claudius C. Smith. 7. Charles C. Smith.

(S 282) CAROLINE CLIFTON SMITH (John, John, Alexander, John)

Caroline Clifton Smith was born in July, 1853. She married Dr. W. L. Moor and lived in Tallahassee, Florida. After the death

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of his wife, Dr. Moor married her sister, Eliza Blake Smith (S 283). Children:

1. Frederick Smith Moor. 2. Kate Byrd Moor.

(S 283) ELIZA BLAK:E SMITH (John, John, Alexander, John)

Eliza Blake Smith was born about 1855. She married her brother-in-law, Dr. W. L. Moor and lived with him in Tallahass­see, Fla. Children:

1. Louis G. Moor. 2. Frank Moor. 3. Mary A. Moor.

(S 284) WILLIAM FLA VIUS SMITH (John, John, Alexander, John)

William Flavius Smith was born in January, 1858. He mar­ried Jessie Lee Gray and lived in Wilmington, North Carolina. Children:

1. Richard C. Smith. 2. William Flavius Smith.

(S 285) WILLIAM SMITH MALLETT William Smith Mallett was born July 7, 1827. He married

Oct. 14, 1855, Frances Harriet Hardin, and settled in Texas. Here he died. Children:

1. Rufus Smith Mallett; b. Nov. 11, 1856, d. Nov. 20, 1858, Tex.

2. Maria Louisa Mallett; b. May 26, 1857; m. Charles Stimpcomb.

3. Thomas Hardin Mallett; m. Anna --. 4. Ellen Sophia Mallett; d. in Texas. 5. William Francis Mallett; d. in Texas. 6. John Watkins Mallett; d. in Texas. 7. Mary Florence Mallett; m. John Bell. 8. -- Mallett. Order uncertain.

(S 288) JAMES LAWRENCE SMITH (William, John, Alexander, John)

James Lawrence Smith was born Jan. 25, 1845. He married Feb. 28, 1877, Winifred Turner Williams (S 609). He enlisted

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at Swansboro, N. C., July 4, 1862, in Company "B," 3rd North Carolina Cavalary, C. S. A. While on furlough he suffered a broken leg. The family lived at the Hodges Place, near Bunnlevel, N. C. He died April 21, 1923.

Mrs. Smith was much interested in her family history and apparently passed this love to her son Isaac, for he continued the study and contributed information for this genealogy. Children: (S 533) (S 534)

(S 535)

1. William Turner Smith. 2. Isaac Williams Smith; b. 1880; m. Jane Smith (S 519).

He was a farmer and apparently continued to live at the homestead at Bunnlevel.

3. James Lawrence Smith.

(S 290) CAROLINE ELIZABETH SMITH (William, John, Alexander, John)

Caroline Elizabeth Smith was born Feb. 8, 1850. On Nov. 13, 1911, she died in Lumberton, N. C. "Caro" married Oct. 24,. 1877, Thomas Alexander McNeill. Children: (S 536)

(S 537)

(S 291)

1. Mary Gilchrist McN eill. She has contributed to this genealogy and has many photographs of people and places mentioned herein. In 1949 she was living in Alexandria, Va.

2. Thomas Alexander McN eill. 3. Alice Campbell McN eill; m. Oct. 13, 1919, in Lumberton, Va.

James MacCutchen Russell. Res., 1932, Atlanta, Ga.

JAMES CAMPBELL SMITH (James, John, Alexander, John)

James Campbell Smith was born Oct. 3, 1841. He died Oct. 18, 1910. He married his cousin Rachel Bryan Roberts. She was born Feb. 22, 1841, in Goldsboro, N. C., and died Aug. 17, 1909. James was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1858-1860. He joined the Confederate army and attained the rank of first lieutenant in the 54th North Carolina Infantry. After the war he turned to the operation of steam boats and from 1880-1895 was captain of a vessel running from Wilmington to Fay­etteville on the Cape Fear River. 1899 found him sergeant-at­arms in the North Carolina Senate, Children:

1. James DeLagnal Smith; b. April 25, 1861. 2. Della Smith; b. Sept. 21, 1862; m. Dec. 15, 1881, Archibald

H. Williams. 3. Nannie Bryan Smith; b. Feb. 3, 1864, d. 1921; m. Alexander

Campbell.

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4. Henry Roberts Smith; b. Sept. 27, 1865, d. Jan. 14, 1893; m. Martha Huske, Jan. 27, 1887.

5. 'rhomas Wright Smith; b. June 15, 1870; m. Margaret Ellis in 1900.

6. Lee Edward Smith; b. Nov. 11, 1871; m. Jennie Jevans. (S 538) 7. Ellen Douglas Smith; b. March 10, 1875; m. Sidney

Douglas Smith (S 520). 8. Wade Hampton Smith; b. March 21, 1878; m. in 1903

Daisy Watson.

(S 292) ELLA HARRIET CAMPBELL Ella Harriet Campbell was born November 23, 1855. She

married her brother-in-law, E. W. Sewall, or Seawall, of Hous­ton, Texas, after the death of her sister, Sarah Singleton Camp­bell. Res., Houston, Tex. Children:

1. Cleveland Sewall. 2. Sarah ("Sallie") Sewall; m. George Horton, an architect

and engineer, of Houston, Tex. They had a son and a daughter.

3. Singleton Sewall.

(S 294) LAURA SANDERS Laura Sanders married M. Long, of Caswell County, N. C.

Children: 1. Willie Long lived at White Oak, N. C. 2. Lily Long; m. William Sanders and lived at Smithfield, N.C.

(S 295) JAMES CAMPBELL James Campbell married Adelaide Banner Briggs Sept. 8,

1870. He was born Nov. 22, 1834, and died in the spring of 1914. She was born Oct. 8, 1851. She died June 19, 1895. Children: (S 539)

(S 540) (S 541)

(S 296)

1. Mary Lucy Campbell. 2. Jettie Winifred Campbell; b. July 23, 1873, d. 1919. Unmd. 3. William Farquhard Campbell. 4. John Ochiltree Campbell. 5. Walter Hugh Campbell; b. 1881, d. 1909; unmd.

JOHN McLEAN CAMPBELL John McLean Campbell married Mary Woodburn May 5,

1868. Children: (S 542) 1. Effie Lorraine Campbell.

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(S 297) HENRY HARRISON CAMPBELL Henry Harrison Campbell was born Aug. 13, 1840. He died

May 25, 1911. On Nov. 1, 1871, he married Lizzie Bundy. Children:

1. Erwin (or Erin) Campbell; b. 1878, d. 1878. (S 543) 2. Henry H. Campbell.

(S 298) MARY ELIZABETH CAMPBELL Mary Elizabeth Campbell was born May 12, 1842. She died

Nov. 9, 1911. On Sept. 24, 1868, she married William Wallace Briggs (1846-1920). Children:

(S 544) 1. Mary Ileta Briggs; b. 1870, d. in infancy. 2. Catherine Lorraine Briggs. 3. William D. Briggs; b. 1875, d. 1908. 4. Effie Campbell Briggs; b. 1878; m. John Raine Banner.

No issue.

(S 299) CATHARINE WINIFRED CAMPBELL Catharine Winifred Campbell was born Jan. 14, 1844. On

May 3, 1916, she died. She married Jan. 20, 1870, Dr. Fergus Columbus Stevenson (Oct. 22, 1839-June 24, 1906). Children:

1. Albertus Campbell Stevenson; b. 1879, d. 1891. 2. Mary Winifred Stevenson; b. 1882; m. W. Ponder Slater

June 3, 1903. No issue.

(S 300) ROBERT F. CAMPBELL Robert F. Campbell was born Oct. 11, 1846. On March 13,

1918, he died. He married Feb. 29, 1872, Margaret White. Children: (S 545)

(S 546) (S 547)

1. Catherine Roberta Campbell. 2. Elizabeth Winifred Campbell; b. 1878, d. 1913; unmd. 3. William Ellie Campbell. 4. Robert Standley Campbell.

(S 301) ELLIOT CAMPBELL Elliot Campbell married Sarah Ashley.

Children:

(S 548) (S 549) (S 550)

1. Mary Winifred Campbell; b. 1886, d. 1886. 2. James Edgar Campbell; b. 1888, d. 1892. 3. William A. Campbell. 4. Fred L. Campbell. ff. Lillie Mae Campbell.

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(S 302) AUGUSTUS TURNER CAMPBELL Augustus Turner Campbell was born July 4, 1855. He mar­

ried Permelia Ida Sheffield at Bangs, Tex., Feb. 14, 1886. Children:

1. Virgie Irma Campbell; b. 1888; m. Hatten Laxson, June, 1950.

(S 551) 2. Ruby Bundy Campbell. (S 552) 3. Clay Campbell.

(S_ 303) HENRY MORDECAI Henry Mordecai was born March 25, 1819. He died in 1875.

In 1845 he married Martha Hinton, daughter of Ransom Hinton. Children:

1. Margaret Mordecai; b. in 1846; m. Dr. William Little, of Raleigh, N. C.

(S 553) 2. Mary Mordecai. 3. Pattie Mordecai; res., 1929, Raleigh, N. C.

(S 304) ELLEN MORDECAI Ellen Mordecai was born in 1820. In 1841 she married Sam­

uel F. Mordecai. Children:

(S 554)

(S 305)

1. Margaret Mordecai; b. 1850; m. C. F. Marvel in 1870. 2. Samuel F. Mordecai; b. Dec. 12, 1852; m. Elizabeth Davis

Grimes.

MARGARET MORDECAI Margaret Mordecai was born October 10, 1824. She died

March 10, 1910. In May 1841, she married John P. Devereux, of Raleigh, N. C. Children:

1. Ann Lane Devereux. 2. Thomas Pollock Devereux. 3. Catherine Johnson Devereux; m. J. J. Mackey. 4. Ellen Mordecai Devereux; m. John W. Hinsdale. 5. Margaret Devereux; m. Sam Ashe. · 6. John Mordecai Devereux. 7. Laura Devereux. 8. Mary Livingstone Devereux; m. Austin Winslow. Issue.

JOHN SMITH: SIXTH GENERATION

(S 400) DAVID SMITH WILLIAMS David Smith Williams was born May 28, 1807. He died

Sept. 22, 1896, in Logan County, Kty., and was buried in Arka­delphia, Ark. On Nov. 27, 1827, he married (1) Elizabeth Swann Toole. On May 13, 1851, he married (2) Lucy Macon Hawkins. The latter was buried in Arkadelphia. Both wives were received into the Baptist Church and immersed by their husband.1

As a boy David Smith Williams was drilled in the Shorter Catechism by his mother, who worshiped at Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C. In his academic life he was influenced by the Rev. Murdock McMillan, of Moore County. Under the influ­ence of McMillan and the Rev. McIntyre, a Scotchman, David was converted and joined the Sardis Presbyterian Church. Heeding the call to the ministry the young man entered Prince­ton College, but left after the first year in order to study under · the Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, and to do something for his own support.

In 1827 David Smith Williams joined the Baptist Church, becoming pastor of "Brown's Church" in Sampson County, N. C. He ministered also to the congregation of the Smithfield Baptist Church, in Johnston County, thirty miles distant. In '28 his parents became Baptists and attended Friendship Church, in that part of Cumberland County now Harnett County, N. C.

In 1833 the North Carolina Baptist Convention began the organization of Wake Forest College. Of the forty trustees David

1. Elizabeth Swann Toole was born in 1809 in North Carolina. She died June 3, 1850, in modern Harnett County, N. C. She was the daughter of Geraldus Toole, Jr., of Sampson County, N. C. The name was spelled O'Toole when Geraldus O'Toole, Sr., came from Ireland to Cumberland County, N. C.

In Gloucester County, Va., Sept. 28, 1717, was born one Philemon Hawkins. He married Delia Martin. When twenty years of age he moved to Bute (now Warren) County, N. C. In the battle with the Regulators, 1771, he was assistant to Gov. Tryon. Later he was a colonel in the Revolution. He had six children including John Hawkins. John Hawkins married and had four or more children. The eldest was Philemon Hawkins. He in turn married and had a daughter, Lucy Macon Hawkins; b. about 1831, possibly at the family home near Louisburg, N. C. She died May 21, 1879, at Arka­delphia, Ark. (Haywood, Gov. Tryon and His Administration, 120: Wheeler, I, 59, 78, 85; II, 425 ff: Ashe, V, 154).

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Smith Williams was the youngest. The legislature granted a charter and the plantation of one Dr. Jones in Wake County was purchased. The mansion became the quarters for the president; the carriage house was converted into the chapel and recita­tion room. Several log buildings were remodeled to serve for dormitories. Looking back on the college, David Smith Williams writing an autobiographical sketch declared that "Wake Forest College was almost the idol of my heart. I had more anxious moments for its prosperity than for any earthly object of my life."

By 1855 David Smith Williams had married again and was ready for a move to Arkansas where his brother Alexander beckoned. Of this trip he wrote:

We left (N. C.) November 1, 1855, having good teams and everything necessary for long travel. I had my wife, two little girls [Lucy and Estelle J, a daughter nearly grown [Rachel], and two sons ten and fourteen years old [Geraldus and Alexander]; in all, white and black, about seventy-two people. . . . We lived on the fat of the land. . . . [We] tied up every Sunday ... [and] had good roads until we reached the Mississippi bottom, then MUD .... Finished our trip in nine weeks, all hale and hearty, and were thus prepared for the rough life in Arkansas. Our log cabin, with dirt chimney, was rather different from the eight-room house we had left. In due time, my father and family and my younger brother and his family, joined us. I preached, and my wife and daugh­ter opened a Sunday-School.

Just as he was beginning to exchange the hardships of the log cabin for the comforts resulting from years of labor, the Civil War broke and forced David Smith Williams into poverty.

I had fixed up to live comfortably as the War broke out. When it closed it took all my help, leaving my wife and six children with not a boy large enough to chop firewood nor drive a wagon to market. A regiment of Union soldiers took from me my mules, horses and large quantity of corn and bacon and gave me a receipt for payment, but on application for my pay I was refused. I was left to do as others had done; go to work and dig a support out of the ground for my family.

About 1865-66 David Smith Williams moved twenty-four miles to Arkadelphia to become pastor of the Baptist Church. Three years later he returned to his farm. His last days were spent with his daughter Ella (Williams) Vick.

Children:

(S 600)

(S 601) (S 602) (S 603)

(S 604)

(S 605) (S 606) (S 607) (S 608)

(S 401)

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1. Adoniram Judson Williams; b. Sept. 11, 1831, d. Oct. 7, 1835.

2. Charity Elizabeth Swann Williams; b. April 11, 1834, d. in August 1861, in Tex.; m. Richard Sumpter West (591). Child under father.

3. David Smith Williams. 4. Rachel Frances Toole Williams. 5. Geraldus Toole Williams. 6. Alexander Isaac Williams; b. Aug. 19, 1843; mortally

wounded in the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864. C. S. A.

7. James W. Toole Williams; b. April 19, 1845; d. 1849. 8. Edward O'Toole Williams; b. Dec. 18, 1846, d. in a few

hours. Second marriage. 9. Philemon Hawkins Williams; b. 1852 in N. C., d. 1852 in

N. C. 10. Lucy Hawkins Williams. 11. Estelle Robinson Williams; b. 1855 in N. C., d. in 1857 in

modern Nevada Co., Ark. 12. Ella Macon Williams; b. 13. Henry McMillan Williams. 14. Edwin Nathaniel Williams. 15. Philemon Hawkins Williams. 16. Mary Jacobin Williams; b. 1868, d. 1907 in Logan Co.,

Kty.; m. Wallace W. Browder. No issue.

ALEXANDER WILLIAMS Alexander Williams married, April 15, 1835, Mary Margaret

Barksdale. They migrated to Arkansas in 1849 and settled near Gurdon, Ark. Tradition states that he married three times and was the father of twenty-two children. After his father came to Arkansas, he sold his father 320 acres of land for $800.00, Feb­ruary 21, 1857, in Clark County, Ark. The marriage bond for Alexander Williams and Mary Margaret Barksdale is preserved in Raleigh, N. C. Children:

1. Frank Williams. · 2. Sherrod Williams. 3. Alexander Williams. 4. Archibald McDiarmid Williams. 5. John Williams. 6. David Williams.

(S 402) ISAACS. WILLIAMS Capt. Isaac S. Williams was born September 22, 1817, and

died June 19, 1883. He was buried in Smith's Place Cemetery, Harnett County, N. C. He was five feet, seven inches in height, had light hair, grey eyes. He married December 5, 1842, Jane P.

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Hodges (Sept. 1826-Nov. 30, 1914). She was the daughter of John Hodges, of Harnett County, N. C. Their marriage license is preserved in Raleigh, N. C.

In December 1855, Isaac Williams and his wife migrated from Fayetteville, N. C., to Arkansas, in the company of his father, stepmother, five children, and twenty-five Negroes. After remaining in Arkansas a year and losing considerable property by the venture, he returned to North Carolina, reaching Wilming­ton in January, 1857, thence to Fayetteville and to Harnett County.

He enrolled August 10, 1864, at Johnsonville, N. C., as a private and became first-sergeant in Capt. James Hockaday's Company, 8th N. C. Senior Reserves, C. S. A. Upon the petition of his company he was appointed captain March 8, 1865. The company was then known familiarly as "Williams' Company." Children: (S 609)

(S 610) (S 611) (S 612)

1. Winifred Turner Williams; b. 1846, d. 1925; m. James Lawrence Smith (S 288). Children under father.

2. David Smith Williams. 3. Charity Smith Williams. 4. Alexander J. Williams. 5. Isaac E. Williams; m. Lucy Campbell.

(S 404) ALPHA AYER WILLIAMS Alpha Ayer Williams was born January 14, 1852. He mar­

ried, October 3, 1872, in Columbus, Ga., Victoria Helena Hollen­beck. Children:

1. Bernice C. Williams; b. Nov. 22, 1873. 2. Alpha Ayer Williams; b. Jan. 30, 1876. 3. Garrell Isaac Williams; b. Jan. 30, 1876, d. 1887. 4. Helena Williams; b. Feb. 10, 1877, d. 1877. 5. Earle Victoria Williams; b. Feb. 9, 1879. She has kindly

assisted in the preparation of this record.

(S 405) WILLIAM LAWRENCE WILLIAMS William Lawrence Williams was born October 21, 1813. He

died November 26, 1856, and is buried at Linden, N. C. He married July 11, 1838, Sarah Ann McKellar (Feb. 20, 1818-July 24, 1896), daughter of Peter McKellar and Henrietta McNeill. William L. Williams was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1831-1832. In 1845 he was ordained as Ruling Elder in Sardis Presbyterian Church at Linden, N. C.

Children:

(S 613) (S 614)

(S 615) (S 616)

(S 617)

(S 406)

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1. Henrietta McKellar Williams; b. Oct. 19, 1839, d. March 15, 1929; m. Dr. Archie McKay. No issue.

2. Edmund Jones Williams. 3. William Lawrence Williams. 4. Henry Martyn Williams; b. Apr. 22, 1846, d. Sept. 26, 1864,

of fever at Kittrell Springs near Raleigh, N. C., while in the Confederate Army. He was buried at Sardis Church.

5. John Calhoun Williams; b. 1848 ca., d. 1917; m. Jeannette C. Spidle, of Harrisburg, Pa.

6. Peter McKellar Williams. 7. Martha Kinchen Lane Williams. 8. Louis D. Williams; d. unmd. 9. Benjamin Lawrence Williams.

JOHN CALHOUN WILLIAMS John Calhoun Williams was born Jan. 24, 1819. He married

Nov. 10, 1846 Isabella Donaldson Huske, sister of the Rev. J. C. Huske. John C. Williams was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1841. Five years later he received his M. S. and later yet his M. D., this last from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. His home, Silver Spring, near Linden, N. C., was · in the line of March of Sherman's army. Upon the approach of this army John Calhoun Williams fled, no more to see his home, for he became ill and died April 4, 1865. Children: (S 618) (S 619) (S 620) (S 621) (S 622) (S 623)

1. Joseph Huske Williams. 2. William Lane Williams. 3. John Williams. 4. Robert Strange Williams. 5. Martha Ann Williams. 6. Helen Louisa Williams. 7. Isabella Donaldson Williams; b. 1861, d. unmd. 1901.

(S 407) JUNIUS SNEED WILLIAMS Junius Sneed Williams was born Aug. 12, 1825. He died Oct.

2, 1881, and was buried at Linden, N. C. On April 9, 1868, he married2 his cousin Mary Louisa Smith (S 287). He attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., and won his M. D. degree.

Junius Sneed Williams and his wife called their liome Locust Grove. It was located on Lower Little River in Harnett County, N. C. Children:

(S 624)

1. James Hunter Williams; b. Feb. 17, 1869, d. Jan. 21, 1874; bu. at Sardis Church, Linden, N. C.

2. Junius Sneed Williams.

2. Marriage license preserved in Raleigh, N. C.

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(S 408) MARY LANE WILLIAMS Mary Lane Williams was born Feb. 22, 1827. On July 25,

1884, she died. She married Col. Thomas J. Morisey. He was born Nov. 19, 1818. He died Feb. 13, 1887, and was buried at Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C. Mary Lane Williams and her husband lived at the "old place" of her grandfather, Isaac Wil­liams (S 51) near Linden. This property Mary had inherited from her brother, James Henderson Williams. Children: .(S 625) 1. John Morisey.

(S 409) MARTHA KINCHEN WILLIAMS Martha Kinchen Williams was born July 28, 1829. She died

Oct. 16, 1868. On June 30, 1861, she married Samuel Hilmon Cannady, of Granville County, N. C. Children:

1. Samuel H. Cannady; b. Nov. 6, 1866. He was a doctor and practiced medicine in Oxford, N. C.

(S 410) MARGARET RACHEL DRAUGHON Margaret Rachel Draughon was born Feb. 9, 1814, in Wil­

mington, N. C. When five years of age she was taken by her parents to Claiborne, Ala. She married in Claiborne Oct. 3, 1833, Dr. Richard Leroy Watkins. He was born 1807 in Georgia the son of Richard and Ruth (Pope) Watkins. For a time Margaret lived in Mobile. Here her children were born. Margaret died Oct. 2, 1838, in Claiborne, Ala.

After the death of his :first wife, Dr. Watkins married Charlotte Cunningham, of Cincinnati, Ohio, by whom he had eleven children. Children:

(S 626)

(S 411)

1. James Williams Watkins; b. 1835, d. 1867 unmd. He was a member of the 9th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A. He was a druggist. He was buried in Mobile, Ala. Ruth Jane Watkins; b. Nov. 20, 1837; m. James Madison Lindsay, earlier the husband of her aunts Mary Ann Eliza Draughon and Arabella Kenan Draughon.

ROBERT ISAAC DRAUGHON Robert Isaac Draughon was born March 20, 1824, in Clai­

borne, Ala. He died in 1907 at Perdue Hill, Alabama. He married in 1849 Elizabeth Lee Howie, born Oct. 20, 1825, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Lee (Marshall) Howie.

Robert Isaac Draughon studied medicine in Charleston,

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S. C., and practiced his profession for many years. On August 21, 1881, he was ordained to the Baptist ministry. Children:

(S 627)

(S 628)

(S 412)

1. Robert Isaac Draughon; d. at about 14 yrs. of age. 2. Mary Jane Draughon; d. unmd. 3. James Howie Draughon; d. in childhood. 4. Bessie Blanchard Draughon; b. Feb. 17, 1856, d. Apr. 6,

1925; bu. Perdue Hill, Ala.; m. Dec. 19, 1905 or '06, Lafayette Robeson Riley. She was his second wife; no issue. Residence, Drewry, Ala. They were Baptists.

5. James Hughes Draughon. 6. Belle Kenan Draughon. 7. Ernest Lee Draughon; b. Apr. 13, 1865, d. March, 1925;

unmd. 8. Peter Edwards Draughon.

JANE EDWARDS DRAUGHON Jane Edwards Draughon was born July 2, 1826. She died

Sept. 12, 1854, and was buried8 at Claiborne, Ala. She married Sept. 3, 1844, near Claiborne, modern Perdue Hill, George Wash-ington Foster. · Children: (S 629)

(S 630) (S 631)

1. Arthurine Foster. 2. Frances Foster; b. 1847, d. 1849; bu. Claiborne, Ala. 3. Janie Edwards Foster. 4. James Draughon Foster. 5. -- Foster; d. with his mother in Packer's Bend, Ala.

(S 413) JANE DRAUGHON WILLIAMS Jane Draughon Williams was born Sept. 7, 1823. She died

Oct. 8, 1840. On Oct. 4, 1838, she married in Claiborne, Ala., Dr. Caleb Lindsey. They lived at the Thames Place, Claiborne, Ala. Children:

1. Janie S. Lindsey; b. Aug. 17, 1840; m. (1) Dr. James Wingate, of Wilcox Co., Ala., (2) Dr. Julian W. Bailey. Janie was a member of the Scotland Presbyterian Church, Monroe Co., Ala. She had a daughter Leila Wingate, who married George Thornton.

(S 414) IRENA RACHEL WILLIAMS Irena Rachel Williams was born Nov. 8, 1824. She married

Jan. 28, 1840, in Claiborne, Ala., John Lee Marshall. She died March 6, 1908, and was buried at Perdue Hill, Ala., as was her husband.

3. Family Bible gives date of her death as Sept. 8, 1854. The record on the tombstone is Sept. 12. The child apparently causing her death died the same day.

George Washington Foster (b. 1819, Monroe Co., Ala., was killed in the Battle of Corinth, Miss., 1862, and was buried on the field. He was the son of Arthur and Frances (Bradley) Foster.

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(S 634)

(S 635)

(S 636)

(S 637)

(S 415)

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1. Elizabeth Jane Marshall. 2. John Lee Marshall; b. July 5, 1842; m. April 30, 1871 Janie

Edwards Foster ( S 630). He was a student in the Univ. of Ala. from 1860-62. May 10 at Mt. Vernon, Ala., he enlisted in Company "F", 36th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A. He attained the rank of captain and fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Atlanta before capture. He was shut up at Johnson's Island, Lake Erie where he suffered greatly because of the treatment deliberately accorded him. Following the war he took up farming. Three terms between 1905 and '17 he served Monroe Co., Ala., as tax collector. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Perdue Hill and later of the church at Monroeville, Ala. 1924 found him in the latter place. For more about the ancestors of John Lee Marshall see Appendix, Item S-1. Children under mother.

3. Benjamin Franklin Marshall; b. 1844, d. 1849. 4. Martin Marshall; b. 1846, d. 1849. 5. Theophilus Williams Marshall. . 6. William Blanchard Marshall; b. Sept. 7, 1850, d. Aug. 8,

1947. He was a successful farmer. From his father's heirs he purchased the remainder of the estate, coming to own 3300 acres of land on both sides of the Alabama River near Perdue Hill, Ala. He joined the Methodist church late in life. In memory of his mother he placed a memorial window in the Methodist church, Monroeville, Ala.

7. Mary Anna Marshall; b. Dec. 27, 1852, d. Nov. 2, 1881, unmd. 8. Irene Knight Marshall. 9. James Alfred Marshall; b. Mar. 7, 1857; unmd. He was

living in 1929 with his brother, William Blanchard Mar­shall. Methodist.

10. Sarah Ida Marshall. 11. Isaac Williams Marshall; b. Jan. 28, 1863, d. Jan. 28, 1914,

unmd. Farmer, Methodist. 12. Alexander Joseph Marshall.

MARY LANE WILLIAMS Mary Lane Williams was born January 22, 1827. She died

November 5, 1898, at Franklin, Alabama. She married February 12, 1851, as his second wife, Arthur Foster (Jan. 19, 1822-July 28, 1894; bu. in the Williams cemetery, Finchburg, Ala.) They lived near Franklin, Monroe County, Ala., where Arthur operated a farm. They were Methodists. Arthur Foster was the brother of George Washington Foster, husband of Jane Edwards Draughon (S 412). Children:

1. Irene Knight Foster; b. Nov. 30, 1851, d. July 6, 1853; bu. Williams cemetery, Finchburg, Ala.

2. Mary Williams Foster; b. Aug. 30, 1853, d. Feb. 19, 1856; bu. Williams cemetery.

3. Theophilus Lane Foster; b. Sept. 15, 1855, d. June 29, 1857; bu. Williams cemetery.

4. Arthur Foster; b. June 11, 1857; d. Nov. 26, 1878.

JOHN LEE MARSHALL 1842-1934

!REN A RACHEL WILLIAMS MARSHALL 1824-1908

Wife of John Lee Marshall

(S 638)

(S 639)

(S 640)

(S 416)

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5. Lillie Belle Foster. 6. Julia Williams Foster. See Appendix Item S-14. 7. Eliza Jane Foster; b. July 19, 1862; m. (1) Percy C.

Fountain; divorced: (2) S. R. Gregg. 8. John Marshall Foster; b. Apr. 20, 1865, d. Sept. 28, 1871;

bu. Williams cemetery. 9. Isaac James Foster.

JOHN BONNER WILLIAMS John Bonner Williams was born ,July 17, 1833. He died

March 8, 1920, at Finchburg, Monroe County, Alabama. He mar­ried (1) July 15, 1856, Catherine Gertrude Moore (Feb. 5, 1838-Apr. 20, 1863; bu. Moore cemetery, Perdue Hill, Ala.), daughter of Dr. Lawrence Richard Moore and Sarah C. J. Sylvester. He married (2) August 31, 1865, Kitty Maiben (b. Dec. 20, 1840, Clarke Co., Ala.; d. Mar. 28, 1928, Finchburg, Ala.), daughter of Dr. Richard Maiben and Christiana Alexander English.

John Bonner Williams served in the Confederate Army as a private in Company "I", 15th Alabama Cavalry. He surrendered May 4, 1865, and was paroled at Mobile, Ala., June 16, 1865. Methodist. Children:

(S 641) (S 642) (S 643) ( S 644) (S 645) (S 646)

(S 647)

(S 417)

1. Sarah Elizabeth Williams; b. Nov. 22, 1857, d; Nov. 28, 1928; bu. Finch burg, Ala; m. Robert Joseph English.

2. Lawrence Theophilus Williams; b. July 24, 1859; farmer; unmd.

3. John Bonner Williams; b. Dec. 23, 1860, d. Feb. 11, 1881. 4. James Williams; d. infant; bu. with his mother.

Second marriage. 5. Ellen Rivers Williams. 6. Mamie Lane Williams. 7. Nannie English Williame. 8. Irene Marshall Williams. 9. Richard Boyles Williams.

10. Elizabeth Clayton Williams. 11. Kitty Louise Williams; b. Apr. 10, 1881; m. April 25, 1931,

William Samuel Nash. 12. Maiben Gaillard Williams; b. Jan. 30, 1884; m. Aug. 5,

1903, Dr. Sibley Holmes.

JAMES ALFRED WILLIAMS James Alfred Williams was born May 1, 1835. He died April

7, 1868. He married December 23, 1863, Mrs. Cornelia Celeste (Robison) Morrissette (b. June 7, 1840; d. Mar. 4, 1887; bu. Lower Peach Tree, Ala.) , daughter of William Robison and Elizabeth Robbins, of Scotland community, Monroe County, Ala. Cornelia was the widow of George Gaines Morrissette. After the death of James Alfred Williams, his widow married (3) John

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McLeod (May 15, 1839-May 16, 1891). She was a Presbyterian. James Alfred Williams lived in Packer's Bend, Monroe County, Ala. Children:

(S 648) 1. James Alfred Williams; b; Sept. 24, 1864, d. Jan. 13, 1867. 2. Coralie Elizabeth Robison Williams. 3. Cornelia James Williams; b. Dec. 3, 1867.

(S 418) ISAAC SAMUEL WILLIAMS Isaac Samuel Williams was born Sept. 16, 1837. He died

Feb. 24, 1874, and was buried at the Dennis home, Tunnel Springs, Monroe County, Ala. On Oct. 4, 1865, he married Mary Cunningham Robison. Mary Robison (Aug. 23, 1842-Jan. 13, 1879) was the sister of Cornelia Celeste Robison, who married James Alfred Williams (S 417). Before moving to Monroe Coun­ty the Robison family had lived near Marianna, Fla.

Isaac Samuel Williams enlisted in the Mobile Cadets, which was attached to Co. "K", 3rd Alabama Infantry, C. S. A. He served throughout the war without being wounded. Following the death of Isaac, his widow married Dr. Thomas C. Smith on Dec. 2, 1875. They had a son, Blanchard Herbert Smith, born in 1876. Mary lived at Lower Peach Tree, Ala., where she died and was buried. Children:

(S 649) (S 650)

1. Jesse Alfred Williams; b. 1867, d. 1869. 2. Higley Hunter Williams. 3. Margaret Isabella Williams. 4. Robison Lee Williams; b. Dec. 2, 1871, Claiborne, Ala.

Res., 1930, San Francisco, Cal. 5. Isaac Samuel Williams; b. 1874, d. 1896.

(S 419) RACHEL SMITH WILLIAMS Rachel Smith Williams was born February 14, 1829. She

died September 18, 1883, near Sartatia, Miss. She married Jan­uary 26, 1848, Dr. John Alexander Young (July 3, 1820, Gran­ville Co., N. C.-January, 1881). Children:

1. Carrie M. Young; b. Jan. 6, 1849, d. Nov. 7, 1850.

(S 651)

2. Celestia A. M. Young; b. Mar. 10, 1851, d. May 19, 1856. 3. James George Young; b. May 16, 1854, in Holmes Co.,

Miss.; d. Dec. 3, 1887. 4. Eugenia Rosalie Young; b. Mar. 14, 1856, d. 1859. 5. John Alexander Young. 6. Adolphus Elineous Young; b. July 11, 1860, d. 1862. 7. William Edward Young; b. Aug. 26, 1863, d. 1880. 8. -- Young; b. Jan. 8, 1866, d. 1866. 9. Henry Randolph Young; b. Feb. 8, 1867, d. 1869.

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(S 420) ELIZA PHERIBA WILLIAMS Eliza Pheriba Williams (1830-82) married Dec. 23, 1851,

Benjamin F. Taylor. They lived at Goodman, Miss. Children:

1. Florence B. Taylor; d. July 17, 1925, near Oxford, N. C.; m. John Alexander Young (S 651). Children under father.

2. Martha A. R. Taylor; m. William T. Beauchamp. 3. Ivy H. Taylor. 4. Bettie Taylor. 5. Elias Taylor. 6. Gussie Taylor; m. James Pippin. 7. Donnie Taylor; m. G. M. Barker. 8. -- Taylor; d. in infancy.

(S 421) MARTHA MARGARET WILLIAMS Martha Margaret Williams was born October 27, 1835. She

died in 1917 in Pickens, Mississippi. She married March 2, 1866, William Sidney Henley. The name was originally spelled Hendley in North Carolina. Mrs. Henley was a Presbyterian, Mr. Henley a Methodist. They lived at Richland, Miss. Children:

1. James Alonzo Henley; m. N. E. Parrish. 2. Mary Elizabeth Henley; b. Dec. 18, 1869. 3. Margaret Dunlap Henley; b. Oct. 2, 1871; unmd. 4. William Elliott Henley; b. May 12, 1875, d. Dec. 21, 1883.

(S 422) JAMES ISAAC BONNER James Isaac Bonner was born Nov. 6, 1828. He died Dec.

19, 1900. He married his first cousin, Martha Bonner, daughter of William Bonner and Ann Lee Joel. James Bonner was a physician and lived at Fairfield, Freestone County, Tex. Children:

1. Martha Irene Bonner. 2. Sallie Belle Bonner; m. Bryce Robinson, brother of the

Rev. Spring Robinson. They lived at Palestine, Tex. Six children.

3. Annie Williams Bonner; m. A. D. Anderson; res. Dallas, Tex.

4. James A. Bonner; m. Mattie Barnett; res. Eureka, Tex. Ten children.

5. Mary E. Bonner; m. W. E. Richards. 6. Pierre Bonner; m. Addie Simms. Res. Corsicana, Tex.

(S 423) JOHN LAIRD BONNER John Laird Bonner married (1) in Alabama, Sarah Eliza­

beth ("Bettie") Bonner, daughter of Samuel Bonner, and moved

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to Texas in 1853, settling at Steward's Mill; (2) Sept. 9, 1881, Elizabeth Robinson, in Fairfield, Tex., daughter of James Robin­son and Eliza Bonner. Children:

1. Samuel Bonner; d. in infancy in Ala. 2. Eliza Bonner; d. in infancy in Ala. 3. John Bonner; d. in infancy in Ala. 4. Jim Billie Bonner; d. young.

(S 652) 5. Oliver Young Bonner. 6. Andrew Bonner; b. 1859, d. 1889. 7. Jack Bonner; b. 1865, d. 1924 in Okla. 8. Theophilus Hunter Bonner; b. 1868; m. 1911, Maggie Bon­

ner, d. of Dr. John I. Bonner, Pres. of Erskine College, Due West, S. C. Res., 1929, Fairfield, Tex. Second marriage.

9. Annie Lee Bonner; burned to death. 10. Janie Belle Bonner. 11. Sallie Robinson Bonner. 12. Wirt Knox Bonner; m. Mattie Weaver. 13. James Millen Bonner.

(S 424) ANDREW SAMUEL BONNER Andrew Samuel Bonner (1835-1865), married Sue Bonner,

daughter of William and Ann Lee (Joel) Bonner. She was a cousin. They moved to Steward's Mill, Tex. Children: (S 653) 1. Oliver Bonner.

2. Anna Bonner; d. young. (S 654) 3. Mary Irvin Bonner.

4. Martha Bonner. 5. William Andrew Bonner.

(S 425) IRWIN HALE BONNER Irwin Hale Bonner was born February 23, 1843, at Tilden,

Dallas County, Alabama. He died April 16, 1929. He married December 8, 1875, in Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas, Jane Rebecca Robinson (b. May 12, 1843, Allenton, Ala.), daughter of James Robinson and Eliza Bonner. Children: (S 655) 1. Eliza Williams Bonner.

2. Sallie Belle Bonner; b. 1882; m., 1907, Dr. James Edward Sneed. She was living in 1927 in Teague, Tex. Her daughter Jane Bonner Sneed was born in 1915.

(S 426) ARABELLA WILLIAMS BONNER Arabella Williams Bonner was born Aug. 10, 1845. She

married Sept. 22, 1868, William Hemphill McCrery. They lived

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at Steward's Mill, Tex., where their children were born. Later they moved to Corsicana, Texas. Children:

1. Mary Eliza Feribry McCrery; d. unmd. 2. Josephine ("Jodie") Lee McCrery; unmd. 3. Annie Jane McCrery; m. Murphy Williams; she d. leav-

ing a son, Murphy McCrery Williams. 4. Maggie Belle McCrery; unmd. 5. Sue McCrery; unmd. 6. Keziah ("Cassie") McCrery; m. her brother-in-law, Murphy

Williams, as his second wife. 7. Sallie Irene McCrery; unmd. 8. Willie Bradley McCrery; d. unmd. 9. Florrie Bess McC1·ery; m. Apr. 30, 1913, as his second wife,

Edwy Rolfe Brown, son of John A. and Isabel (Shaw) Brown. E. R. Brown is an A.B. of Marietta College, Ohio. No issue by this marriage.

10. Jonnie Hemphill McCrery; unmd.; student, 1929, Columbia Univ., N. Y.

(S 427) EDWARD SANDERS Edward Sanders married Isabella W. Smith (S 278) Dec.

22, 1852. Children: (S 656)

(S 428)

1. Louisa Elizabeth Sanders; b. May 11, 1856, in Johnston Co., N. C.; m. David Smith Williams (S 610). Children under father.

2. Willis Hunter Sanders; m. Mattie Lyon. 3. Julie B. Sanders; res. 1926, Dunn, N. C. 4. John B. Sanders. 5. Edward H. Sanders; m. Blanche Hocut. Moved to Tex. 6. Robert C. Sanders; m. Carrie Gibson. Engaged in the oil

business. Fort Worth, Tex.

LUCY ANN McCULLERS Lucy Ann McCullers married William H. Hastings.

Children: 1. Julia Hastings; m. Dr. Brooks.

(S 657) 2. Sarah E. Hastings; m. Edwin Smith Moore (S 431).

(S 429) JULIA MARY SMITH (James, Edwin, Samuel, Samuel, John)

Julia Mary Smith married as his second wife, William Banks Bowen. They were living in 1854 in Tuskegee, Ala. Children:

1. Martha Smith Bowen; m. Robert Moss Gonzales, of Pen­sacola, Fla.

2. Ida Bowen; m. Robert M. Henderson; and had a daughter, Julia Mae Henderson.

3. Julia Bowen; m.4 John Allen Sellers.

4. Mentioned in Owen, Hist. of Ala., IV, 525.

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(S 430) ANNA MARIA SMITH (James, Edwin, Samuel, Samuel, John)

Anna Maria Smith married Edward William Pou in 1867. The latter was earlier of South Carolina, but had become a resi­dent of Smithfield, N. C. From 1869-74 he was a trustee of the University of North Carolina. Children: (S 658) (S 659)

1. James Hinton Pou. 2. Edward William Pou. 3. Mattie Pou; unmd. Res., 1930, Smithfield, N. C.

(S 432) JAMES MOORE James Moore married Ann Brown.

Children: 1. John Moore. 2. Walter R. Moore; killed in C. S. A. at Appomattex, Va. 3. William H. Moore.

(S 433) BARBARA ANN EVERITT Barbara Ann Everitt (1834-1913) married in 1855 Dr. B.

F. Arrington, of Goldsboro, N. C. Children:

1. Mary Joseph Arrington; b. 1858, d. 1921 unmd. 2. Fannie Belle Arrington; b. 1859, d. 1928; m. T. E. Bond,

of Baltimore, Md. 3. Sallie Arrington; b. 1861, d. 1924; m. Everett Brownrigg

Dewey and had Edith Brownrigg Dewey, who died in 1902. 4. John Henry Arrington; b. 1865, d. 1920. He married Nettie

Ward and had a son (d. in infancy) and a daughter, Minerva Arrington b. 1902.

(S 434) JANE SMITH EVERITT Jane Smith Everitt was born February 1, 1840. She died

March 30, 1926. She married February 16, 1870, William Wash­ington Crawford (Oct. 5, 1834-May 29, 1917), son of John Bemus Crawford and Louisa Harris. They lived in Goldsboro, N. C. In the Confederate Army, William Crawford was a member of Thomas Ruffin's Cavalry Company. They were Presbyterians. Children:

1. John Everitt Crawford; b. 1870, d. 1907. 2. William Washington Crawford; b. Feb. 16, 1874, d. Jan.

23, 1898. 3. James Samuel Crawford; b. Nov. 17, 1875; m. 1915 Jennie

Wilcher. 4. George Edgar Crawford; b. Nov. 13, 1877. 5. Mary Louise Crawford; b. Oct. 10, 1881; unmd.; res., Golds­

boro, N. C.

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(S 435) SAM[UEL] SMITH EVERITT Sam[uel] Smith Everitt was born Oct. 12, 1844. He married

Alice Walker. Children:

1. Eliza Giles Everitt; d. in infancy.

(S 436) RACHEL FRANCES EVERITT Rachel F. Everitt was born March 14, 1849. She married

June 13, 1888, Waldo Warrencliff Walton. She was president of Statesville Female College, Statesville, N. C. Member of C. D. A. Children: (S 660) Anne Bell Walton.

(S 437) RACHEL ISABELLA WHITAKER Rachel Isabella Whitaker was born February 15, 1837. She

married February 15, 1866, Daniel M. McCormack. Children:

1. James Alexander McCormack; b. Nov. 20, 1866, d. May, 1867.

(S 661) 2. Ida McCormack. (S 662) 3. Mary Isabella McCormack.

(S 438) GEORGE GRAHAM SMITH (Benjamin, Needham, David, Samuel, John)

George Graham Smith was born May 18, 1846, in Lowndes­boro, Ala. He died Feb. 10, 1924, in Wadley, Ala. He married (1) March 7, 1889, Sudie M. Brown and (2) Nov. 4, 1890, Annie Murphy Patterson. Sudie (April 13, 1867-Nov. 25, 1889) was the daughter of William C. Brown, of Coosa County, Ala. Annie (March 5, 1866-April 3, 1925) was the daughter of Archibald and Nancy (Bently) Patterson of Clay County, Ala.

George Graham Smith enlisted as a private in Co. "A", 7th Alabama Cavalry, C. S. A., and served under Gen Bedford Forrest. He was paroled June 5, 1865, at Montgomery, Ala.

George Graham Smith joined the Methodist Church South and entered its ministry in 1878. In November 1886 Bishop A. W. Wilson at Gadsden, Ala., conducted his ordination service. After retiring from the ministry George Graham Smith pur­chased a farm in Randolph County, Ala. Here he finished out his days.

The children below are all by the second marriage.

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1. Patterson Bryan Smith; b. Jan. 15, 1892, in Pinkneyville, Ala.; m. Aug. 14, 1920, Sarah Buena Tatum in Roanoke, Ala. Sarah died in 1929.

2. Sallie Rogers Smith; b. Sept. 19, 1893, at Five Points, Ala. Unmd. Res., 1927, Wadley, Ala.

3. Mary Annie Smith; b. Sept. 12, 1895, at Rockford, Ala. 4. George Hoyt Smith; b. March 29, 1898, in Wadley, Ala.;

d. in Nov. 1904. 5. Eugenia Elizabeth Smith; b. Aug. 1902 in Wadley, Ala. 6. William Andrews Smith; b. in 1905 in Wadley, Ala. 7. Benjamin Graham Smith; b. 1909, d. 1909.

(S 439) EMMA K. SMITH (Benjamin, Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Emma K. Smith was born in 1848. She married (1) Robert Pegram Walker, and (2) Sydney MacLeod. Children:

1. Robert[a?] Emma Smith Walker; lived in Ozark, Ala. 2. Margaret MacLeod; res., 1930, Orion, Pike County, Ala. 3. Sydney Smith MacLeod; d. 1895. 4. Kate MacLeod. 5. Malcolm MacAulay MacLeod. 6. Edith MacLeod., m. -- LeMaster, of Covington County,

Ala. 7. Benjamin MacLeod.

(S 440) BENJAMIN ROGERS SMITH (Benjamin, Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Benjamin Rogers Smith was born January 27, 1856, in Cal­houn, Alabama. He married November 8, 1895, Laura Ella Gan­dy (b. 1861, Butler Co., Ala.), daughter of Alexander Gandy and Elizabeth ---. Res., Calhoun, Ala. Children:

(S 663) 1. William Crenshaw Smith; b. Oct. 7, 1896. 2. Sallie Morgan Smith. 3. Madeline Smith; b. Mar. 3, 1899; m. June 21, 1921, Wil­

liam James Burke. Res., Greenville, Ala. 4. Newton Bell Smith; b. Feb. 7, 1903. 5. Benjamin Rogers Smith; b. Feb. 27, 1905.

(S 441) NEEDHAM ALEXANDER GRAHAM Needham Alexander Graham was born October 14, 1843, in

Lowndesboro, Ala. He died April 4, 1922. He married June 4, 1879, Minnie Leeper (Jan. 5, 1853-Apr. 5, 1920), daughter of Samuel Leeper.

Needham Alexander Graham enlisted July 27, 1861, at Lowndesboro, Ala., in Company "H", 3rd Alabama Infantry,

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Confederate States Army. He was severely wounded in the Bat­tle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, and was paroled at Montgomery, Ala., June 5, 1865. He was a ruling elder for about forty years in the Presbyterian churches at Calera, Co­lumbiana, Tuscaloosa, and Birmingham, Ala. Children:

(S 664) (S 665)

(S 666)

(S 442)

1. Sarah Catherine Graham; b. Aug. 8, 1880, in Columbiana, Ala. Presbyterian; unmd. Res., 1929, Birmingham, Ala.

2. Needham Alexander Graham, b. Nov. 26, 1881,5 Columbiana, Ala., m. Mary Sue Berry.

3. Samuel Leeper Graham. 4. John Wagner Graham. 5. James Theophilus Graham; b. Feb. 1, 1887, in Calera,

Ala. Unmd., Presbyterian. Res., Birmingham, Ala. 6. Charlotte Graham. 7. Fannie Graham; b. May 25, 1893, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Unmd.

Res., 1929, Birmingham, Ala.

GEORGE LESLIE GRAHAM George Leslie Graham was born Aug. 15, 1845. He married

Gertrude Crumpton, of Dallas County, Ala. She was a Baptist, as were her children. George served in the Confederate Army and was so greatly injured by exposure as to be an invalid in later years. Children:

1. James Waller Graham; res., 1929, Tampa, Fla. 2. Ulmer Crumpton Graham; res., 1929, Tampa, Fla. 3. Needham L. Graham; d. in or before 1931. 4. Gertrude Graham; m. -- Griffis; d. in or before 1931. 5. Perry Graham; res., 1929, Tampa, Fla. 6. Frank Graham; res., 1929, Tampa, Fla.

(S 443) BENJAMIN CHALMERS GRAHAM Benjamin Chalmers Graham was born in 1847. He married

Sarah Gates, of Manatee, Fla. At seventeen years of age he enlisted in a company of boys, 1864, and was attached to the 7th Alabama Cavalry, under Gen. N. B. Forrest. He was severely wounded early in his army life and did not recover until after the close of the war. He was a Presbyterian elder for thirty-five years. Children:

1. Catherine E. Graham; m. C. V. Dickens, Tampa, Fla. 2. Bertha M. Graham; m. Lewis M. Anderson, of Tampa,

Fla. Issue.

5. Moore, III, 477.

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3. Rebecca Robinson Graham; m. D. B. Sutton. 4. Gladys Graham; unmd.; Res., 1929, Tampa, Fla. 5. Annie Laurie Graham; m. Robert M. Allgood, of Tampa,

Fla.

(S 444) SARAH McAULAY GRAHAM Sarah McAulay Graham was born in 1859 and died in 1927.

She married Henry Clay Giddens of Tampa, Fla. He was a Pres­byterian. Children: (S 667) 1. Henry Chalmers Giddens.

(S 445) WILLIAM SHELBY GRAHAM William Shelby Graham was born July 10, 1861. He mar­

ried Sarah McCreary, of Nashville, Tenn. He was judge of the Criminal Court, Tampa, Florida. Children:

1. Margaret Graham. 2. William Shelby Graham. 3. Catharine Graham. 4. John Thomas Graham.

(S 446) MINNIE McINDON GRAHAM Minnie Mcindon Graham was6 born April 3, 1863. She mar­

ried January 3, 1884, at Middleton, Tenn., Columbus E. Jones. For a while she lived in Tampa, Fla. Children:

(S 668) (S 669) (S 670)

(S 447)

1. Catharine Jones. 2. William C. Jones; d. unmd. 3. Mabel Jones. 4. Estelle Jones. 5. James Graham Jones. 6. Thomas Jones. 7. Henry Sauls Jones; unmd., res., 1929, Tampa, Fla.

CHARLOTTE GRAHAM Charlotte Graham married W. R. Houser. Both she and her

husband were dead before 1900. Children:

1. Margaret Houser. , 2. Robert Graham Houser; lived at Autaugaville, Ala.

6. Her second name may have been Mclndar.

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(S 448) MARY HOLMES SMITH (Needham, Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Mary Holmes Smith was born July 8, 1851. She married Charles Haynesworth, of South Carolina. Children:

1. Walker W. Haynesworth; b. July 8, 1879. 2. Hattie Lou Haynesworth; b. Dec. 20, 1880, d. Sept. 20,

1881. (S 671) 3. John Needham Haynesworth. (S 672) 4. Charles Eugene Haynesworth.

5. -- Haynesworth; d. in infancy. 6. Carrie L. Haynesworth; b. June 13, 1888. m. John Mc­

Donald; adopted a daughter, Mildred. 7. William Henry Haynesworth; b. July 7, 1891.

(S 449) NEEDHAM SMITH (Needham, Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Needham Smith was born March 12, 1853. He married March 15, 1876, Matilda B. Grier, of Blanco, Texas. He was con­nected at one time with the San Angelo Press in Texas. Children:

1. Benjamin Whitfield Smith; b. Feb. 11, 1877. 2. Willie Maude Smith; b. Sept. 4, 1878. 3. Laura B. Smith; b. Nov. 30, 1879. 4. Needham Smith; b. Apr. 5, 1881. 5. Mioma Blanche Smith; b. Jan. 27, 1883. 6. Pearl Smith; b. Nov. 7, 1884. 7. Gordon Smith; b. Nov. 3, 1886. 8. Leslie G. Smith; b. July 7, 1888. 9. Wortham Smith; b. Feb. 13, 1890.

10. Warren Smith; b. Dec. 21, 1891. 11. Rory Smith; b. July 27, 1894.

(S 450) BENJAMIN WHITFIELD SMITH (Needham, Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Benjaimn Whitfield Smith was born October 21, 1855. He married Ida J. Clyce, of Paris, Tex. Res., 1930, Dallas, Tex. Children:

1. Viva Smith; b. Aug. 6, 1889; m. Floyd Ellison. 2. Livia Lorena Smith; b. Mar. 26, 1896; m. -- Gaston. 3. Benjamin Whitfield Smith; b. July 24, 1898.

(S 451) SARAH ELIZABETH SMITH (Needham, Needham, David, Samuel, John)

Sarah Elizabeth Smith was born Sept. 28, 1859, in Butler County, Ala. She married Mack Boyd, who died in 1913. Sarah was living in 1929 in Sulphur Springs, Tex.

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1. Texanna Boyd. 2. John Mack Boyd; b. Oct. 12, 1880. 3. Cecil Lou Boyd; b. March 28, 1884; m. Dr. -- Price,

of Rosser, Tex. 4. Arthur Marcellus Boyd; b. Oct. 5, 1886; m. Vivian Caldwell.

They lived in Texas and had one son. 5. Malcolm Boyd; b. June 29, 1896; m. Maud Patterson, of

Sulphur Springs. He was organist for the Presbyterian Church of Sulphur Springs. Three sons. Res., Sulphur Springs, Tex.

WILLIAM REUBEN BRYAN William Reuben Bryan was born July 21, 1846. He lived and

died in Carrollton, Miss. Children:

1. Nellie Bryan. 2. William Bryan. 3. Mary Bryan. 4. Russell Bryan.

(S 453) RACHEL CAROLINE BRYAN Rachel Caroline Bryan was born Dec. 13, 1850. On Dec. 21,

1880, she married James David Tillman. He was born in Anson County, N. C., Nov. 8, 1842, the son of Dr. Richard Henry Till­man, and so was a descendant of that Roger Tillman who re­ceived a patent for land in Bristol Parish, 1689, in Charles City County, Va. James Tillman was a member of Company "C," 14th North Carolina Infantry ( ?] and served throughout the war. After the return of peace he moved to Carroll County, Miss., where he reared his family. In 1920 he moved to Meridian, Miss. Children: (S 674) (S 675)

1. James David Tillman. 2. Carrie Bryan Tillman. 3. Anne Boleyn Tillman; b. Mar. 14, 1886; m. June 18, 1913,

Albert H. McLemore. Res., 1929, Greenwood, Miss. 4. Mary Lena Tillman; b. April 3, 1888, d. Nov, 19, 1897. 5. Addie Tillman; b. Aug. 8, 1889; res., 1930, Meridian, Miss. 6. Samuel Henry Tillman; b. Feb. 1, 1891, d. April 3, 1894.

(S 454) HENRY MARSHALL BRYAN Henry Marshall Bryan was born Jan. 19, 1855. He married

Vernon Wiltshire. He died in Carrollton, Miss. Children:

1. Henry Percy Bryan. 2. Vernon Bryan. 3. Samuel Albert Bryan. 4. Annie Bess Bryan.

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5. William James Bryan. 6. Henry Marshall Bryan. 7. Edith Bryan. 8. Virginia Bryan. 9. Robert E. Bryan.

(S 455) MARGARET E. BRYAN Margaret E. Bryan was born July 1, 1859. She married the

Rev. J. Loton Barnes and after his death moved to Fredericks­burg, Va., and there died. Children:

1. Marguerite Barnes. 2. Will Pillow Barnes (daughter). 3. Marie Barnes.

(S 456) ALBERT CLOWE BRYAN Albert Clowe Bryan was born May 8, 1863. He married

Emma Reddith. He lived in Carroll County, Miss. Children:

1. Rebecca Bryan. 2. Margaret Bryan. 3. Martha Bryan.

(S 457) MARY LUCINDA AVERY Mary Lucinda Avery (1826-1856) married in 1842 George

Dowell Purcell (1811-86). Children: (S 676) 1. George Whitfield Purcell. (S 677) 2. Elizabeth Purcell.

(S 458) JOSEPH GILL BROWN Joseph Gill Brown was born Nov. 5, 1854, in Raleigh, N. C.

He died Jan. 30, 1927, and was buried in Raleigh, N. C. He married Nov. 10, 1881, Alice Burkhead, born March 15, 1861, the daughter of Lingurn Skidmore and Susan (Utley) Burkhead. Joseph entered the employ of the Citizens National Bank of Raleigh and in season became the president thereof. He was sometime president of the Raleigh Savings Bank and Trust Co., first president of the Raleigh Clearing House Association, presi­dent of the North Carolina Bankers Association, and a member of the Executive Council of the American Bankers Association.7

7. Amis, Hist. of Raleigh, 160; Tar Heel Banker, Mar. 1927.

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For more than fifty years he was an official of the church school of the Edenton Street Methodist Church, Raleigh, N. C. Children: (S 678) 1. Josephine Lane Brown.

2. Alice Norman Brown; b. Dec. 6, 1884, d. Aug. 10, 1885. 3. Robert Anderson Brown; b. June 16, 1886, Raleigh, N. C. 4. Bessie Brown; b. Feb. 22, 1889, Raleigh, N. C.

(S 679) 5. Francis Burkhead Brown.

(S 463) MARTHA JANE COMPTON Martha Jane Compton married Summerfield Fox. She died

Sept. 28, 1870. Children:

1. Richard Fox. 2. John Fox. Either he or his mother lived at Duck Hill,

Mississippi.

(S 464) ELLA VARDAMAN Ella Vardaman (b. 1851-1891), married Dr. James 0.

Frilick. Children:

1. Minnie Frilick. 2. Frances Frilick.

(S 465) HOMER BROWN VARDAMAN Homer Brown Vardaman (Jan. 2, 1852-June 17, 1924) mar­

ried Mary Ella Ragsdale (b. June 20, 1856). She was descended from Col. Nicholas Martin, Col. George Reade, Capt. Augustine Warner, John Lewis, Col. William Bernard, and Mordecai Cook, all of Virginia. Children: (S 680)

(S 681)

(S 682)

1. Homer Douglas Vardaman. 2. Adeline Vardaman; m. William Selman Lloyd and had a

daughter, Mary Jane Lloyd. 3. Gideon Ragsdale Vardaman. 4. Bartram Long Vardaman; b. May 14, 1887; 1st lieutenant,

508th Engineers Service Battalion, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.

5. Mary Ella Vardaman. 6. Anne Lucile Vardaman; Jan. 27, 1923, John K. Shauer. 7. Emalee Vardaman. 8. Jake B. Vardaman. 9. Bessie Brown Vardaman; d. young.

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(S 466) SARAH ELIZABETH VARDAMAN Sarah Elizabeth Vardaman was born Dec. 22, 1858. She

married (1) George Wolf; (2) --- Long. Children:

1. Jamie Wolf. 2. George Wolf. 3. Artie Wolf. 4. Norma Long.

(S 467) MARY JANE VARDAMAN Mary J. Vardaman was born in 1863. She married Graves

Davis Kelley. She died in 1896. Children:

1. Mary Arden Kelley. 2. Graves Kelley.

(S 468) ANNIE ADELINE VARDAMAN Annie A. Vardaman was born in 1869. She married Robert

Childs. Children:

1. Robert Childs. 2. James Chilcfs.

(S 469) JAMES KIMBALL VARDAMAN James Kimball Vardaman was born in 1861 in Jackson

County, Tex. He married in 1883 Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Burlerson (,1852-1931. He was governor of Mississippi for a time and served in the local senate. Children: (S 683) 1. James Money Vardaman.

2. James Kimball Vardaman; lived in St. Louis, Mo. 3. (dau) Vardaman; m. W. F. Ratliff, of Birmingham, Ala. 4. Minnie Albert (?) Vardaman; m. -- Fairley, of

Birmingham, Ala.

(S 470) WILLIAM SYLVESTER VARDAMAN William Sylvester Vardaman, of Greenwood, Miss., married

in 1902 Adele Martin. Children:

1. William Sylvester Vardaman. 2. Adele Martin Vardaman. 3. Elizabeth Vardaman. 4. Martha Vardaman.

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(S 471) JANE BOYLAN GREEN Jane Boylan Green married John G. Friend, of Danville, Va.,

about 1884. Children:

1. Belle Mayo Friend. 2. Ella Mills Friend. 3. Jane Elliot Friend. 4. William Ewing Friend. 5. Annie Page Friend.

· (S 472) BOYLAN GREEN Boylan Green was born in Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 29, 1856. He

married Sept. 1, 1881, in Roanoke, Virginia, Alice H. Bouldin (d. July 12, 1905), daughter of Wood and Martha (Daniel) Bouldin, of Charlotte County, Va. He was a brother of Nina Daniel Bouldin, who married Berryman Green (S 473).

Boylan Green was graduated in 1872 with the A.B. degree by Hampden-Sidney College, Va. He entered the law department, in the University of Virginia. County Judge of Charlotte Coun­ty, 1885-1903. He was a member of the Virginia House of Dele­gates, 1906-1907. He was sometime Senior Warden in the local Episcopal Church.

Alice H. (Bouldin) Green was a graduate of the Richmond Female Seminary.

Res., 1929, Greenwood, Drake's Branch, Charlotte County, Virginia. Children:

1. William Boylan Green. 2. Frank B. Green; d. Nov. 3, 1919; he was a bookkeeper for

a coal mining company of Burnwell, W. Va. 3. Berryman Green. He was sent with the American troops

to Siberia as a sergeant during World War I. 4. Elsie B. Green; m. Dressauer G. Preston, of Winchester, Va. 5. Alice Haxall Green. 6. Nannie Bouldin Green.

(S 473) BERRYMAN GREEN Berryman Green was born July 25, 1864. He married Nina

Daniel Bouldin, daughter of Judge Wood and Martha (Daniel) Bouldin, of Charlotte County, Va. The Rev. Berryman Green, D.D., and LL.D., was the dean of the Episcopal Theological Semi­nary, Alexandria, Va. A sketch of his life is found in Who's Who in America, 15th volume.

Children:

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1. Berryman Green; b. Aug. 10, 1892; m. Alice P. Gordon. After attending the medical school of the University of Virginia he served in the medical corps of the United States Army in France and Germany during the World War I. lie made his home in Denver, Col. and was a child specialist.

(S 474) CATHERINE BOYLAN GREEN Catherine Boylan Green married William N. (or M. ?) Page.

Children: L Thomas Mann Page; b. 1890; d. 1891. 2. Jean Elliot Page; b. 1892. 3. Anna Boylan Page; b. January, 1894.

(S 475) ALICE LEE ELLIOT Alice Lee Elliot was born Sept. 24, 1883, at Ellerslie, Thorn­

wall, N. C. She married Dr. Peter McLean. Dr. Peter McLean was a student in the Medical Department of the University of North Carolina, 1902-1903. They were Presbyterians and lived in Laurinburg, N. C. Children:

1. Hector McLean. 2. Alice Elliot McLean. 3. Eliza Patterson McLean. 4. Peter McLean. 5. Jonathan Evans McLean.

(S 476) WILLIAM HENRY ELLIOT William Henry Elliot married Florence Dickson. They lived

near or in Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Ann Eliza Elliot. 2. William Henry Elliot.

(S 477) CORNELIA ELLIOT Cornelia Elliot was born Jan. 5, 1884, at Ellerslie, near

Thornwall, N. C. She married Oct. 31, 1906, at Linden, N. C., Edwin Search Yarbrough, of Milton, Caswell County, N. C. He was born Aug. 18, 1881, the son of Charles Joel and Jessie Mary (Bradsher) Yarbrough. Cornelia, often called Nellie, is a mem­ber of the Colonial Dames of North Carolina. Methodist. Res., 1949, Durham, N. C.

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1. Edwin Search Yarbrough. S-ee Appendix, Item S-15. 2. Cornelia Elliot Yarbrough. See Appendix, Item S-15. 3. George Elliot Yarbrough; b. Sept. 10, 1912, d. June 9, 1913. 4. Jessie Bradsher Yarbrough; b. Mar. 30, 1914, d. Oct. 18,

1914. 5. Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough. See Appendix, Item S-15.

(S 478) MARY ELLIOT Mary Elliot was born at Ellerslie, January 12, 1888. She

married Nov. 25, 1908, Henry Mauger London. Res., Raleigh, N.C. Children:

1. Henry Mauger London. 2. George Elliot London.

(S 479) GEORGE DOUGLAS ELLIOT George Douglas Elliot was born at Ellerslie, March 11, 1890.

On April 26, 1911, he married at Chapel Hill, N. C., Dora Vir­ginia McRae. Children:

1. Virginia Dangerfield Elliot; b. Feb. 6, 1912.

(S 480) HENRY ELLIOT Henry Elliot was born April 13, 1894, at Linden, N. C. He

married Feb. 10, 1920, in Key West, Fla., Dessie Lee White, sister of that Katherine White who married his brother Alex­ander Elliott. Henry Elliot was a farmer and a member of the Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C. Children:

1. Katherine Jennie Lee Elliot; b. Jan. 12, 1922, in Isle of Pines, Cuba.

2. Eunice Worth Elliot; b. Jan. 20, 1923, Isle of Pines, Cuba. 3. Sarah Elliot; b. May 20, 1924, Linden, N. C. 4. George Douglas Elliot; b. Mar. 10, 1927.

(S 482) KATHERINE ELLIOT PATTERSON Katherine Elliot Patterson was born May 2, 1888. She mar­

ried November 16, 1910, Joseph Archibald McMillan. They lived in Laurinburg, N. C. Children:

1. Archibald Fairly McMillan; b. Apr. 14, 1912. 2. Mary Alexander McMillan; b. Apr. 18, 1914. 3. Emily Elliot McMillan; b. Dec. 15, 1916. 4. Joseph Archibald McMillan; b. Jan. 25, 1918, d. Dec. 4, 1919. 5. James Patterson McMillan; b. Feb. 11, 1920.

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(S 484) CATHERINE LACY SHEPHERD Catherine Lacy Shepherd was born in 1849. She married

Aug. 19, 1879, in Fayetteville, N. C., the Rev. Halbert Green Hill. Children:

1. Annie Hill; m. Neill Alford.

(S 485) MARY SHEPHERD Mary Shepherd was born 1851 or '52. She died in 1921.

She married Dec. 19, 1872, George Palmer McNeill, son of the Rev. James H. McNeill. The latter was killed in battle in the Confederate Army. Children: (S 684) (S 685) (S 686)

1. James Hipkins McNeill. 2. Jessie Shepherd McNeill. 3. Charles Chamberlain McNeill. 4. Katherine McNeill; m. Dr. Joseph Franklin Siler, U. S.

Army, Res., 1926, Washington, D. C. 5. George Palmer McNeill; m. Ouida Jackson, of Charlottes­

ville, Va.

(S 486) ANNESS HUSKE SHEPHERD Anness Huske Shepherd was born in 1863. She married Dr.

Robert Payne Pell in 1889. She was often called Nannie. Children:

1. William Eward Pell; m. Margaret Snyder, of Virginia. He engaged in commercial art and lived in Washington, D. C. in 1926.

(S 487) JOEL WILLIAMS MURCHISON Joel Williams Murchison was born about 1853 in Manches­

ter, N. C. He died Jan. 28, 1926, in Wilmington, N. C. On Nov. 25, 1880, he married Lucy Hay Atkinson, the daughter of John Wilder Atkinson and so the granddaughter of Bishop T. A. Atkinson of the Episcopal Church. Joel made his home in Wil­mington, N. C. Children:

1. Jennie Murchison; b. Dec. 7, 1886. 2. Fannie L. Murchison; m. Ashley Curtis. 3. John R. Murchison; b. Jan. 14, 1890.

(S 687) 4. Lucy A. Murchison; m. J. Reginald Mallett. 5. David Reid Murchison.

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(S 488) CATHERINE SHEPHERD MURCHISON Catherine Shepherd Murchison was born April 19, 1863.

She married Feb. 25, 1886, Edmund Lilly Pemberton. He was born April 30, 1860, the son of Edmund Lillington and Mary Jane (Thomson) Pemberton, of Fayetteville, N. C. Res., 1930, Fay­etteville, N. C. Children:

1. Jean Murchison Pemberton; b. Feb. 2, 1887. 2. Edmund Lilly Pemberton; b. March 22, 1889. 3. Annie Murchison Pemberton; b. Nov. 10, 1890. 4. Marie Cramer Pemberton; b. Aug. 2, 1893; m. Robert

M. Vanstory. 5. Emma Gwathmey Pemberton; b. Aug. 6, 1895; m. Hillary

G. Winslow. 6. Albert Jennings Pemberton; b. April 10, 1898; m. Frances

Eleanor Sturgeon on Jan. 30, 1926. Res., 1929, Fayette­ville, N. C.

(S 489) LUOLA MURCHISON Luola Murchison married Nov. 27, 1883, in New York City,

James Sprunt. James Sprunt was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in June 1846,

the son of Alexander and Jane (Dalziel) Sprunt. While yet a child James was brought by his parents to America. During the Civil War he engaged in blockade running on vessels sailing from Wilmington, N. C., and served as purser on several trips. He entered the exporting business on his own account with twelve bales of cotton. From this humble beginning grew the firm of Alexander Sprunt and Sons, known and respected on both sides of the Atlantic.

Business by no means consumed the energies of James Sprunt. Recalling his hours at sea he wrote Derelicts. His inter­est in history aroused, he wrote Chronicles of The Cape Fear, 1660-1916. Though largely self-educated, James Sprunt was de­voted to the cause of collegiate education. To Davidson College in North Carolina he gave a notable sum to be used as a loan fund for students in need of assistance. He founded the James Sprunt Lectureship in the Union Theological Seminary, Rich­mond, Va., and during the World War I regularly supplemented the salaries of the seminary professors struggling to adjust their expenditures to the then rising costs of living. For years follow­ing 1899 James Sprunt was a trustee of the University of North Carolina.

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James Sprunt was deeply religious and a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. With his brother he built the Church of the Covenant in memory of his parents, the Winter Park Church in memory of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Sprunt Hall, the Immanuel Church and Bethany Chapel: all Presbyterian churches in Wilmington, N. C. To these he added the Presby­terian Church at Chapel Hill, N. C. In foreign missions James Sprunt assisted the Presbyterian mission at Kiangyin, China, providing funds for the James Sprunt Academy for boys and the Luola Sprunt School for Girls and houses for the missionaries at Kiangyin. A photograph of the faculty of the Academy may be seen in the Presbyterian Survey.8

Marian Sprunt Hospital Addition, Wilmington, N. C., was built by James Sprunt as a memorial to his daughter.

James Sprunt died in Wilmington, N. C., July 9, 1924. Luola Murchison Sprunt was a most devoted Christian wom­

an and like her husband used her means to help others less fortu­nate than herself. In 1906 she was elected the president of the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames of America. She served for six years. Children:

1. Kate Murchison Sprunt; b. Sept. 1884, d. 1887. 2. James Laurence Sprunt. See Appendix, Item S-13. 3. Marian Murchison Sprunt; b. 1889, d. 1901.

(S 490) KENNETH McKENZIE MURCHISON Kenneth McKenzie Murchison was born Sept. 29, 1872, in

New York. He married Aurelie de Mauriac. He attended the Columbia University and was granted the bachelor of philosophy degree. In later years he devoted himself to architecture. He was living in 1924 in New York City, N. Y. Children:

1. Catharine Murchison. 2. Aurelie Murchison.

(S 491) MARSHALL McDIARMID WILLIAMS Marshall McDiarmid Williams was born May 22, 1867. On

Feb. 13, 1889, he married in Faison, N. C., Mary Lyde Hicks (617). They lived in Faison, N. C. They were Presbyterians.

8. Jan. 1927. The portrait of Alexander Sprunt may be seen in Ashe, History of N. C., II, 1323, 1328: See also Chronicles of Cape Fear, 579, 588. 9. Who's Who in New York, 1924, p. 919. Chronicles of Cape Fear, 601.

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1. Louis Hicks Williams. 2. Isham Rowland Williams. 3. Marshall McDiarmid Williams. 4. Virginius Faison Williams; b. Feb. 2, 1895, Faison, N. C.

He attended the University of North Carolina and received the A. B. degree in 1917. He joined the United States Navy during World War I. He studied law in Harvard Uni­versity and George Washington University and was award­ed the M. L. degree by the latter in 1922. In 1923 he was a claims examiner for the U. S. Veteran's Bureau, and three years later he was engaged in study of claims against Mexico. Unmarried. Presbyterian. Res., 1926, Washing­ton, D. C.

ERASMUS HERVEY EV ANS Erasmus Hervey Evans was born July 27, 1861. He died in

1900. He married Mattie McNair. Children: (S 691) 1. Erasmus Hervey Evans.

(S 496) SUSAN MURPHY EVANS Susan Murphy Evans was born April 10, 1863. She mar­

ried Isaac Montrose Taylor. Isaac was born in New Bern, N. C., Oct. 29, 1857, the son of Alexander and Sarah (Cole) Taylor. Isaac received his Ph. B. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1879. Three years later he was awarded the M. D. degree by the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City. Dr. Taylor was sometime assistant in the Morganton State Hospital for the Insane and proprietor of Broadoaks Sanitarium at Morganton, N. C. He died Nov. 26, 1921. Children: (S 692) 1. Alexander Taylor.

2. Susanna Moseley Taylor; b. 1891, d. 1901. 3. Sarah Cole Taylor; b. July 30, 1894; m. Dr. James S.

Vernon. Res., 1926, Morganton, N.C. 4. Erasmus Hervey Evans Taylor; b. May 6, 1896; m. Julia

Barber, of New York, N. Y. He was a physician in 1926 living in Morganton, N. C.

5. Elizabeth Murphy Taylor; b. Feb. 28, 1898; m. July 13, 1928, in New York City John Russell Little. Res., 1930, --, California.

6. Hariotte Cole Tal'..lor; b. March 9, 1905; m. in 1926 in Morganton, N. C., Paul Augustine Clement, Jr.

7. Katharine Kelso Taylor.

(S 497) LOUISA BAILEY EVANS Louisa Bailey Evans was born Sept. 8, 1864. She married

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May 21, 1889, William Edward Crosland. He was born in Ben­nettsville, S. C., May 7, 1848, the son of James A. and Elizabeth (Pierce) Crosland. He was a planter. He died July 23, 1908. Res., 1939, Charlotte, N. C. Children:

1. Erasmus Evans Crosland; b. April 5, 1890, d. Sept. 19, 1903.

2. William Edward Crosland. See Appendix, Item S-4. 3. Patrick Murphy Crosland. See Appendix, Item S-4. 4. John Crosland. See Appendix, Item S-4. 5. Louisa Evans Crosland; b. Sept. 22, 1900; m. John Manning

Huske, of Charlotte, N. C. Mar. 27, 1926. No issue. Res., 1949, Charlotte, N. C.

6. David Bailey Crosland. See Appendix, Item S-4. 7. Robert Mosely Crosland. See Appendix, Item S-4.

(S 498) ROBERT BAILEY EVANS Robert Bailey Evans was born Jan. 24, 1869. He married

Oct. 27, 1905, Flora MacPherson, b. Nov. 14, 1881. She was the daughter of John Alexander and Sarah Buchanan (MacNeill) MacPherson. Robert Bailey Evans lived at Summertime Place near Fayetteville, N. C., until his death Sept. 5, 1937. Mrs. Evans is currently, 1949, living in Fayetteville. Children:

1. Mary MacPherson Evans. See Appendix, Item S-9. 2. Robert Bailey Evans. See Appendix, Item S-9. 3. Erasmus Hervey Evans. See Appendix, Item S-9.

(S 499) LAURA AUGUSTA EVANS Laura Augusta Evans was born February 11, 1871. She

married November 17, 1897, Neill Alexander Currie, born Jan. 23, 1870, in Clarkton, N. C., the son of John Duncan Currie and Amanda Louise Cromartie. Neill Alexander Currie was a stu­dent in the University of North Carolina, 1887-90. More recently he was a merchant in Fayetteville, N. C., and a ruling elder in Highland Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Currie kindly contributed the material for her chil­dren. Res., 1949, Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Isabella Campbell Currie. m. Edward Buist Hope. 2. Augusta Evans Currie; b. April 30, 1901. She was

graduate, 1919, of Queens College, Charlotte, N. C. 3. John Duncan Currie; m. Mary McN air Pate. 4. Neill Alexander Currie; m. Frances White Stedman. 6. Annie Kelsoe Currie; m. Gould Michel Hambright.

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(S 500) DOUGLAS EVANS Douglas Evans was born November 18, 1872. She married

November 18, 1896, Henry Ashby Rankin, born Jan. 15, 1872, the son of Samuel Carson Rankin and Martha Elizabeth Tam. They lived in Fayetteville, N. C., and were Presbyterians. Children:

1. Samuel Carson Rankin. 2. Henry Ashby Rankin; student in Univ. of N. C., 1922. 3. Douglas (Peggy) Evans Rankin; student in Agnes Scott

College, Decatur, Ga., 1927.

(S 501) JEAN ELLIOT EV ANS Jean Elliot Evans was born Aug. 22, 1874. She married

Dec. 17, 1902, Augustus Steele Rose, son of George McNeill Rose and Augusta Jane Steele. Augustus Steele Rose (Jan. 27, 1873-Feb. 15, 1918) was a physician, and ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Susan Murphy Rose; A. B., 1927, of the University of North Carolina.

2. Augustus Steele Rose. 3. Jean Evans Rose.

(S 502) FRANCES LIGHTFOOT ROBERTSON Frances Lightfoot Robertson was born May 5, 1854. She

married May 23, 1885, Thomas Lee Gibson. They were Presby­terians and live in Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Williams Hinton Gibson; b. Mar. 17, 1886, Knoxville, Tenn.; student, Univ. of N. C., 1904. He was a farmer living near Fayetteville, N. C.

(S 693) 2. Elizabeth Mitchell Gibson.

(S 503) RICHARD PARKE ROBERTSON Richard Parke Robertson was born January 22, 1860. He

died April 24, 1894. On July 3, 1892, he married Kate Singleton Jones. Children: (S 964) 1. Emily Evans Robertson.

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(S 504) JOSEPH HUDSON FLANNER ROBERTSON Joseph Hudson Flanner Robertson was born October 15,

1868. On October 15, 1911, he married Frances Lightfoot Dunn. Children:

1. James P. Robertson. 2. Katherine Moseley Robertson.

(S 505) JENNIE ELLIOT ROBERTSON Jennie Elliot Robertson was born Sept. 18, 1877. She mar­

ried Oct. 8, 1902, Walter Lacy Rankin, born July 14, 1868, the son of Capt. S. C. Rankin, of Guilford County, N. C. Walter was a student in Davidson College, N. C., in 1891. He died May 2, 1904. They lived in Florence, S. C. Children: (S 695) 1. Lacy Rankin.

(S 506) JONATHAN EVANS Jonathan Evans married about 1883 Della McDaniel. They

lived near Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. John Douglas Evans; b. Aug. 6, 1884, d. Aug. 29, 1885. 2. Willie McDaniel Evans; b. Jan. 5, 1886. 3. Jennie Draughon Evans; b. April 9, 1888. 4. Mall Mccurdy Evans; b. Nov. 10, 1889. 5. Rebecca Uzzell Evans; b. Dec. 27, 1891. 6. Jonathan Evans; b. March 6, 1893.

(S 507) MARY EVANS Mary Evans married March 10, 1897, Marcus Lafayette

Courtenay. They probably lived in Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Jonathan Evans Courtenay. 2. Andrew Courtenay.

(S 508) WILLIAM AUGUSTUS EVANS William Augustus Evans was born in North Carolina May

23, 1871. He died Jan. 26, 1919. He married Mrs. Ida Monaghan, Lake Arthur, La. Children:

1. Lucy Augusta Evans.

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(S 509) ELEANOR BRYAN EV ANS Eleanor Bryan Evans was born Oct. 6, 1873, in North

Carolina. She married April 30, 1902, William Turner Jones, of Livingston, Tex. Children:

1. Lucy Eleanor Jones; b. Feb. 24, 1903. 2. William Turner Jones; b. Nov. 11, 1905. 3. James Evans Jones; b. May 20, 1907. 4. Walter Lister Jones; b. Feb. 19, 1910. 5. Ada Rebecca Jones; b. Dec. 20, 1914.

(S 510) EMMA FERDINAND EVANS Emma Ferdinand Evans was born in North Carolina, Feb­

ruary 10, 1876. She went with her parents on their removal to Livingston, Tex., about 1885. She married February 28, 1906, Charles Jacob Gerlach, of Livingston, Tex. Children:

1. Isabelle Elizabeth Gerlach; b. Dec. 17, 1906. 2. Charles Jacob Gerlach; b. Mar. 29, 1909. 3. Louis Franklin Gerlach; b. Nov. 11, 1912.

(S 511) JAMES SMITH EVANS James Smith Evans was born May 1, 1878, in North Caro­

lina. He married Nov. 24, 1909, Corinne Watkins, perhaps in Livingston, Tex. Children:

1. Elizabeth Evans. 2. John W. Evans.

(S 512) MAUDE SMITH (William, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Maude Smith married John Kirkpatrick, the son of her brother-in-law. Children:

1. John Kirkpatrick.

(S 513) EDWARD FARQUHARD SMITH (James, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Edward Farquhard Smith was born Oct. 20, 1865. He mar­ried Dec. 12, 1889, Bertha Wise. She was born Dec. 12, 1869. They lived in Ingram, Tex.

Children:

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1. Bessie Robeson Smith b. 1891; m. John Leinweber in 1910. They had three children. Res., Ingram, Tex.

2. Roy Edward Smith; b. 1893; m. Erin Payne in 1922. She was born in 1898. Two children.

3. Claude Wise Smith; b. 1894; m. in 1927, Lena Wooten. One child.

4. Elsie May Smith; b. 1900; m. in 1925 E. F. Harris. Res., Fentress, Tex.

5. Wright Douglas Smith; b. 1897. 6. Russell Ward Smith ; b. 1904. 7. Jessie Gertrude Smith; b. 1906; m. in 1928 C. M. Wood. 8. Alexander Curtis Smith; b. 1909.

(S 514) JAMES HARPER SMITH (James, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

James Harper Smith was born Sept. 17, 1871. He married in 1896 Margaret Boyd. She was born in 1876. They lived in Talpa, Tex. Children:

1. Boyd Leslie Smith; b. 1897; m. Ruby Travis in 1920. One child. Res., Wills Point, Tex.

2. Robert Edward Smith; b. 1898; m. Margaret Stubbs in 1929. Res., Dallas, Tex.

3. Fred Mason Smith; b. 1902; m. Virginia Thompson in 1928. Res., Dallas, Tex.

4. James Ivey Smith; b. 1906, d. 1921. 5. William Douglas Smith; b. 1909, d. 1918.

(S 515) ARTHUR BARTRAM SMITH (James, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Arthur Bartram Smith was born Jan. 3, 187 4. He married in 1893 Verna Messeur. She was born in 1875. They lived in Loraine, Tex. Children:

1. Clyde Douglas Smith; b. 1894; m. Leona Hart in 1922. Loraine, Tex.

2. Cecil Kenneth Smith; b. 1897; m. Essie Singleton in 1927. Res., Blint, New Mexico.

3. Willie May Smith; b. 1899; m. Otho Thompson in 1920. Res., Loraine, Tex.

4. Earl Smith; b. 1902; m. Bertha Wright in 1921. Res., Stamford, Tex.

5. James Bartram Smith; b. 1904; m. Cleo Armstrong. Res., Lovington, New Mexico.

6. Philip Edward Smith; b. 1909. 7. Louise Smith; b. 1911, d. in infancy. 8. (son) Smith; d. in infancy. Order uncertain.

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(S 516) JANIE LULA SMITH (James, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Janie Lula Smith was born Dec. 17, 1877. She married Jan. 12, 1898, Phil[lip] Edward Jones, born April 9, 1873, the son of William Edward Jones and Martha Kirkland. She assisted in the compilation of this history. She lived in Midlothian, Tex. Children:

1. Edna May Jones; b. Dec. 9, 1898; m. Edward Dunlap Mil­ler, Waxahachie, Tex.

2. Louise Jones; b. 1903, d. 1905.

(S 517) EDWIN SANDERS SMITH (Farquhard, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Edwin Sanders Smith was born Oct. 24, 1873, in Johnston County, N. C. He married (1) on Aug. 16, 1899, Mary Ann McNair and (2) on Mar. 10, 1918, Blanche Dixie McQueen. Edwin Sanders Smith was graduated by the University of North Carolina in 1896 and awarded the L.L. B. degree. He was a lawyer, judge of the Recorder's Court, Harnett County, N. C., and mayor of Raeford, N. C. Presbyterian. He lived in Raeford, N. C. He died March 26, 1929.

Mary Ann McNair was born April 22, 1876, in Rowland, N. S. She died April 23, 1913, in Lillington, N. C.

Blanche Dixie McQueen was born Feb. 25, 1885, the daugh­ter of Archibald McQueen and Flora Nicholson.10

Children: 1. Elizabeth Smith; d. in infancy. 2. Nathaniel McNair Smith; b. Dec. 25, 1901, in Dunn, N. C.

He studied in the Univ. of N. C., 1918-22, and in Wake Forest College. He was sometime solicitor for the Re­corder's Court, Hoke Co., N. C.

3. Mary Douglas Smith; b. Dec. 28, 1906, Lillington, N. C. 4. William Curtis Smith; b. Jan. 1, 1909, Linden, N. C. 5. Frances Blue Smith; b. June 30, 1911, Lillington, N. C. Second marriage. 6. Dixie McQueen Smith; b. June 10, 1922, Fayetteville, N. C.

(S 518) F ARQUHARD SMITH (Farquhard, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Farquhard Smith was born in 1881. He married Mattie Young, daughter of Thaddeus Luther Howard Young and

10. See, MacElyea, Annabella Bunting (MacCallum), The MacQueens of Queens dale.

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Emily --- Farquhard Smith was a farmer, living near Erwin, N. C. Children:

1. Emily Davis Smith. 2. Farquhard Smith. 3. Mattie ("Patsy") Young Smith. 4. Walter Douglas Smith.

(S 521) EUGENE WHITMEL SMITH (Henry, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Eugene Whitmel Smith was born April 15, 1875. He mar­ried Jan. 4, 1906, Mary Eleanor Robinson. She was born Sept. 15, 1877. Eugene Whitmel Smith lived in the old homestead, Lebanon, near Dunn, N. C. He was a farmer. Presbyterian. Children:

1. Mary Robinson Smith; b. Jan. 29, 1907. (S 696) 2. Eugene Witmel Smith.

3. Anna Bella Smith; b. June 6, 1911. 4. Sidney Douglas Smith; b. Sept. 10, 1915.

(S 522) THOMAS WESLEY PURDIE Thomas Wesley Purdie was born Oct. 5, 1872. He married

Caroline McKethan, daughter of Major A. A. McKethan and Katharine McLaren. Res., 1930, Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Katharine Purdie; b. April 17, 1910.

(S 523) JOHN WESLEY PURDIE John Wesley Purdie was born Nov. 9, 1874, in Bladen Coun­

ty, N. C. He married Oct. 19, 1904, Maud Edmundson, born June 27, 1880, the daughter of James P. and Sue Harrison (McLean) Edmundson, who resided near Smithfield, N. C. John Wesley Purdie was a wholesale grocer and made his home at Dunn, N. C. Deacon in the Presbyterian church. Children:

1. Sarah Slocumb Purdie; b. July 14, 1907. 2. Frances McLean Purdie; b. June 20, 1911. 3. John Wesley Purdie; b. Sept. 11, 1915.

(S 524) LOUISE CROSS ROBESON Louise Cross Robeson was born Sept. 30, 1881, at Rosehill,

Cumberland County, N. C. She married Feb. 19, 1907, Thomas H. Webb. He was born March 5, 1871, in Hillsboro, N. C. He was

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manager of the Lock Erwin Cotton Mills, Concord, N. C. Res., 1949, Concord, N. C. Children:

1. Louise Cross Webb; b. March 11, 1908, Erwin, N. C. 2. Elizabeth Robeson Webb; b. April 28, 1910.

(S 526) CLARENCE JAMES SMITH) (Jesse, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Clarence James Smith was born August 20, 1879. He mar­ried October 15, 1913, Lena Leggett, born July 24, 1886, the daughter of James Wilson Leggett and Margaret Hodges, of Scotland Neck, Halifax County, N. C. Clarence James Smith studied law at the University of North Carolina, 1909-1911. He was a lawyer and a member of the Dunn Presbyterian Church. He died May 29, 1934. Children:

1. Margaret Hodges Smith; b. Mar. 15, 1915, at Dunn, N. C. 2. Ida Murchison Smith; b. Mar. 9, 1917, Dunn, N. C. 3. Virginia Leggett Smith; b. Sept. 28, 1920, Dunn, N. C. 4. Clarence James Smith; b. Sept. 9, 1923, Dunn, N. C.

(S 527) EDWARD SMITH (Jesse, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Edward Smith was born November 28, 1881, and died Jan­uary 22, 1927. He married December 3, 1913, Julia Capers Floyd, of Clayton, Ala., daughter of J. T. Floyd and Regina Ellison, and great-granddaughter of Bishop William Capers and a grand­niece of Bishop Ellison Capers, of South Carolina.

Edward Smith was ordained deacon in the Dunn Presby­terian Church, May 27, 1923, and throughout his life was an intensely loyal member. He was a successful business man. Children:

1. Edward Smith; b. Oct. 19, 1917. 2. Florence Floyd Smith; b. Apr. 5, 1920.

( S 528) SALLIE SLOCUMB SMITH (Jesse, Farquhard, John, Alexander, John)

Sallie Slocumb Smith was born September 25, 1885. She married June 24, 1914, in Erwin, N. C., Edward Palmer Davis, born Dec. 12, 1879, the son of James Quentin Davis and Rebecca Armstrong Pagan. Edward Palmer Davis was sometime presi­dent of the Commercial Bank of Dunn, N. C.

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Children: 1. Sallie Slocumb Davis; b. Apr. 25, 1916, Erwin, N. C. 2. Rebecca Pagan Davis; b. Apr. 29, 1918, Erwin, N. C. 3. Edward Palmer Davis b. Mar. 10, 1919, Richmond, Va.

(S 529) FLORENCE LILLIAN SMITH (James, John, John, Alexander, John)

Florence L. Smith was born May 22, 1854, at Wilmington, N. C. She died July 20, 1905, in Peoria, Tex. On June 28, 1881, she married Dr. H. Tracy Ivey. Children:

1. Margaret Ivey; m. Robert Gage: Res., Hillsboro, Texas.

(S 530) WILLIAM CAMPBELL SMITH (James, John, John, Alexander, John)

William Campbell Smith was born June 7, 1857. He married Oct. 22, 1884, Adelaide Herring, of Sampson County, N. C. They lived in Wilmington, N. C., where he died Sept. 20, 1929. Children:

1. Hattie Lou Smith; b. Oct. 5, 1888. She kindly contributed material for this history .

.!. Thelma Smith; b. July 20, 1891. (S 697) B. Annie Herring Smith.

(S 531) THOMAS WALTER SMITH (Thomas, John, John, Alexander, John)

Thomas Walter Smith was born Dec. 22, 1881. He married in March 1912 in St. George's Church, London, England, Mar­garet Ellis. They lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Children:

1. Thomas Walter Smith. 2. William Smith. 3. Margaret Smith. 4. Henry L. Smith. 5. Langdon Hubbard Smith.

(S 532) SUSAN MOSELY SMITH (Thomas, John, John, Alexander, John)

Susan ("Sudie") Mosely Smith was born January 10, 1891. She married November 10, 1915, in Trinity Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, Ulysses G. DesPortes. They made their home in Winnsboro, S. C.

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Children:

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1. Sarah W. DesPortes. 2. Mary H. DesPortes. 3. Ulysses G. DesPortes. 4. Thomas Walter DesPortes.

(S 533) WILLIAM TURNER SMITH (James, William, John, Alexander, John)

William Turner Smith (b. Dec. 5, 1878) married Oct. 25, 1905, in Dublin, Ga., Emma Love Rowe (b. Nov. 26, 1880). They were Presbyterians and lived in Dunn, N. C. Their children were born in Dublin, Ga. Children:

1. Walter Guyton Smith; b. Oct. 1, 1906. 2. James Lawrence Smith; b. July 25, 1908; graduate of

Davidson College, N. C. 3. Margaret Love Smith; b. Dec. 31, 1910.

(S 535) JAMES LAWRENCE SMITH (James, William, John, Alexander, John)

James Lawrence Smith (b. January 17, 1883), married Oct. 1, 1918, in Portsmouth, Va., Dorothy Lindsay (b. July 9, 1893). They made their home in Portsmouth where both of their chil­dren were born. Children:

1. Dorothy Lindsay Smith; b. March 14, 1920. 2. James Lawrence Smith; b. Sept. 17, 1924.

(S 537) THOMAS ALEXANDER McNEILL Thomas Alexander McN eill was born March 30, 1884, at

Godwin, N. C. On December 18, 1912, he married in Red Springs, N. C., Rosalie Fitzhugh Williams, daughter of William Fitzhugh Williams. Thomas and his wife were Presbyterians and made their home at Lumberton, N. C.

Thomas Alexander McN eill attended the University of North Carolina, 1905-07, and the Georgia School of Technology at Atlanta. He is a lawyer. From 1922 to 1929 he was solicitor of the Ninth Judicial District of North Carolina. In 1920 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention. Children:

1. Caro Campbell McNeill. 2. Rosalie Fitzhugh McNeill. 3. Eleanor Williams McN eill.

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(S 539) MARY LUCY CAMPBELL Mary Lucy Campbell was born Aug. 25, 1871. She married

June 16, 1907, Isaac Edgar Williams. Children:

1. Jane Adelaide Williams; b. 1908; m. Deward Dale Roberts July 11, 1926.

2. James Campbell Williams; b. 1909. 3. Isaac Edgar Williams; b. 1910, d. 1910.

(S 540) WILLIAM FARQUHARD CAMPBELL William Farquhard Campbell was born Mar. 23, 1876. He

married (1) Maude Pitman June 28, 1907. After a divorce he married (2) Penelope Linzey Stutz. He died in 1927. No children by second marriage. Children:

1. Wilbur Farquhard Campbell; b. March 28, 1908. He was reared by his mother's people and took their name, Pit­man.

(S 541) JOHN OCHILTREE CAMPBELL John Ochiltree Campbell was born Jan. 7, 1878. He married

Margaret Weldon Rogers, May 24, 1900. · Children:

1. Hugh Campbell; m. Lillie Lee. 2. May Adelaide Campbell; b. 1907, d. 1907. 3. John Weldon Campbell; b. 1909; m. Inez Marshall, April

20, 1929. No issue, 1935.

(S 542) EFFIE LORRAINE CAMPBELL Effie Lorraine Campbell was born May 13, 1869. She mar­

ried July 16, 1891, Sheldon Levit Butler. Children:

1. Effie Lorraine Butler; b. 1892, d. 1897. (S 698) 2. Marguerite Butler.

(S 543) HENRY H. CAMPBELL Henry H. Campbell was born Aug. 15, 1881. He married

(1) Bell McClure on Aug. 10, 1905; and (2) Ollie Hand on Nov. 21, 1916. Children:

1. Erin Campbell; b. 1907; m. Ernest Charles Shearer June 15, 1933.

2. Henry Harold Campbell; b. March 17, 1917. 3. Lyman Bundy Campbell; b. July 17, 1920. 4. Hal Vance Campbell; b. Oct. 21, 1925.

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(S 544) CATHERINE LORRAINE BRIGGS Catherine Lorraine Briggs was born June 9, 1873. She mar­

ried Oct. 23, 1894, William Callaway Perry. Children: (S 699)

(S 700)

(S 545)

1. Gilbert G. Perry. 2. William Lynton Perry; b. 1899; m. (1) Lollie Althea An­

derson July 5, 1923. Divorced 1929. He married (2) Allie Gladys Congers Feb. 3, 1934.

3. Ivan B. Perry; b. Sept. 16, 1901; unmd., 1935. He con­tributed the whole of the material for the descendents of Farquhard Campbell (S 98).

4. David Irwin Perry, twin to Ivan; unmd. 5. Mary E. Perry; m. Leonard Bowles and had a son, Gordon

Perry Bowles.

CATHERINE ROBERTA CAMPBELL Catherine Roberta Campbell was born July 4, 1874. She

married J. E. Hall in 1895. She died May 22, 1897. Children:

1. Bryan Hall; b. 1896.

(S 546) WILLIAM ELLIE CAMPBELL William Ellie Campbell was born May 4, 1883. He married

Oct. 16, 1905, Tennie Baugh. Children:

1. -- Campbell; b. 1907, d. 1907. 2. Erin Campbell; m. J. B. Sims. 3. Calvin Frank Campbell; b. 1909; m. Margaret Doham 1931. 4. Noveline Campbell; b. 1911, d. 1913. 5. W. L. Campbell; b. Sept. 1912. 6. Viella Campbell; b. 1921, d. 1928. 7. Marshall E. Campbell; b. Aug. 1922.

(S 547) ROBERT STANDLEY CAMPBELL Robert Standley Campbell was born March 14, 1891. He

married Ada Mae Rogers on July 26, 1912. Children:

1. Bobbie Mae Campbell; b. 1922.

(S 548) WILLIAM A. CAMPBELL William A. Campbell was born June 21, 1890. He married.

Laura May Scott on Nov. 28, 1908. Children:

1. Sarah Eilon Campbell; b. 1914. 2. Maurice Winfield Campbell; b. 1917. 3. David Leonard Campbell; b. 1919.

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(S 549) FRED L. CAMPBELL Fred L. Campbell was born June 21, 1893. He married Bess

Parsons on Sept. 27, 1913. Children:

1. Wilbourne Fred Campbell; b. 1915. 2. Herbert Campbell; b. 1917. 3. Rheba Pauline Campbell; b. 1919.

(S 550) LILLIE MAE CAMPBELL Lillie Mae Campbell was born Aug. 28, 1898. On Jan. 9,

1918, she married Ray Bryan Hunter. Children:

1. Aaron Hunter; b. 1919. 2. Betty Fern Hunter; b. 1921. 3. Ray Billie Hunter; b. 1924.

(S 551) RUBY BUNDY CAMPBELL Ruby Bundy Campbell was born in 1893. She married Sam

Behringer in 1916. Children:

1. Camille Behringer; b. May 1, 1920.

(S 552) CLAY CAMPBELL Clay Campbell was born Oct. 17, 1898. On Jan. 8, 1921, he

married Iris Haynes. Children:

1. Clayonae Lela Campbell; b. 1925. 2. Charles C. Campbell; b. 1928. 3. Haynes Turner Campbell; b. 1930. 4. Bernay Campbell; b. 1932, d. 1932. 5. Bernell Campbell; b. 1932, d. 1932; twin to Bernay.

(S 553) MARY MORDECAI Mary Mordecai married William A. Turk and lived in 1927

in Washington, N. C. Children: (S 701) 1. Margaret Lane Turk; m. Gavin Hogg Dortch (B 404).

Children under father. 2. Rudolph Turk.

JOHN SMITH: SEVENTH GENERATION

(S 601) DAVID SMITH WILLIAMS David Smith Williams was born Feb. 18, 1836. He married

Mary Robinson May 25, 1859, in Fayetteville, N. C. She was born Feb. 8, 1840, in North Carolina and died Aug. 12, 1921, in Arkansas and was the daughter of Dr. Benjamin West Robinson and Joanna Ann Huske. David Smith Williams attended Wake Forest College, N. C., from 1849 to 1852. He served in Tappan's Brigade, C. S. A. He died in Texarkana, Tex., Mar. 25, 1911. Children: (S 800)

(S 801)

(S 802)

1. Joanna Williams. 2. Kate Williams; b. 1865, d. unmd. 8. Alexander Williams; b. 1867, d. unmd. 4. Benjamin Williams. 5. Grant Williams; b. 1871. 6. Fannie Belle Williams. 7. Bragg Williams; b. 1875.

(S 602) RACHEL FRANCES TOOLE WILLIAMS Rachel Frances Toole Williams was born Sept. 4, 1838. On

Feb. 2, 1914, she died in Arkansas. She married Dec. 22, 1857, in the current Nevada County, Ark., Henry William McMillan. They lived in Arkadelphia, Ark.

With the defeat of the Pretender Charles Edward at the Battle of Culloden, April 16, 17 46, many of his Highland fol­lowers thought it better to flee England. Some made up a com­pany, including Flora McDonald, and came to America. Another of the company was Dougald McMillan, sometime of the Isle of Skye. He married one Sarah --- and had a son John, born in 17 40. This son John married Barbara Henry and in turn had a son John Henry McMillan. John Henry McMillan married Janet McN eill. Of this union was born July 18, 1830, in Robeson County, N. C., Henry William McMillan, who married Rachel Frances Toole Williams. He died Nov. 16, 1910. Children: (S 803) (S 804) (S 805) (S 806)

(S 807)

1. Estelle Robinson McMillan. 2. Elizabeth Swann McMillan. 8. Dougald McMillan. 4. John Henry McMillan. 5. Caroline-Carrie-McLeod McMillan; b. May 17, 1875. 6. David Williams McMillan.

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(S 603) GERALDUS TOOLE WILLIAMS Geraldus Toole Williams was born July 12, 1840, near Fay­

etteville, N. C. He died Oct. 23, 1875, at Dobyville, Ark. He married (1) Barbara Smith, and (2) Effie McLain McCallum. Children: (S 808)

(S 604)

1. Geraldus Toole Williams. Second marriage. 2. Effie Swann Williams; m. W. I. Collins. They lived in 1929

in Hot Springs, Ark. 3. Elizabeth Toole Williams; d. unmd. 4. Sallie McLain Williams. 5. Jan Edward Williams.

LUCY HAWKINS WILLIAMS Lucy Hawkins Williams was born June 8, 1853, in North

Carolina. She married Sept. 5, 1877, Samuel F. B. Stockard. Lucy died March 7, 1903, near Pensacola, Fla. Her husband married a second time and lived in Shreveport, La. Children: (S 809)

(S 810)

1. Sara Beech Stockard. 2. Samuel B. Stockard; m. Jessie Wright. They were living

in 1929 in Shreveport, La. 3. Lucy Williams Stockard. 4. David Saunders Stockard; m. Edith Showers, Res., 1929,

Gulfport, Miss. 5. Marie Stockard; d. in infancy. 6. Henry Stockard; d. in infancy. 7. Lester Napier Stockard.

(S 605) ELLA MACON WILLIAMS .Ella Macon Williams was born October 24, 1857. She mar­

ried March 20, 1879, James Coleman Vick. They resided near Russellville, Kty. She had the diary kept by her mother on the trip from North Carolina to Arkansas. In 1928 she was con­nected with the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louis­ville, Kty. Children: (S 811) 1. Macon Coleman Vick.

2. Williams Layne Vick; b. June 5, 1882; unmd. (S 812) 3. Harry Elias Vick.

(S 606) HENRY McMILLAN WILLIAMS Henry McMillan Williams was born January 4, 1860. He

married Eva Casat, of Little Rock, Arkansas, and they were living in that city in 1928.

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1. Mabel Williams; m. James Madison King, Arkansas. 2. Harry Nathaniel Williams.

(S 607) EDWIN NATHANIEL WILLIAMS Edwin Nathaniel Williams was born August 24, 1862. He

married Emma Moffat, of Houston, Texas, and was living in 1928 in Houston. He was an engineer on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Children:

1. Estelle Williams. 2. Irwin Williams.

(S 608) PHILEMON HAWKINS WILLIAMS Philemon Hawkins Williams was born Dec. 28, 1865. He

married Ida Crow and lived in Arkadelphia, Ark. He was killed accidentally Sept. 22, 1914. Ida Crow was the daughter of Aus­ten M. and Abigail (Mendenhall) Crow. Children:

1. Lucy Mendenhall Williams; b. 1892; living, 1928, in Arka­delphia, Ark.

(S 610) DAVID SMITH WILLIAMS David Smith Williams was born May 3, 1848. He died April

10, 1897, at Dunn, N. C. He married, June 7, 1882, Louisa Elizabeth Sanders (S 656). They lived at Dunn, N. C. Children:

1. Herbert Sanders Williams; b. Dec. 21, 1885, d. Mar. 15, 1917, when injured by an oil-drilling machine, Wichita Falls, Tex.

(S 813) 2. Isabella Sanders Williams. (S 814) 3. Ashley Alexander Williams.

4 .. Jane Hodges Williams; b. July 21, 1891; unmd.; living in 1926 in Dunn, N. C.

5. Louisa Sanders Williams; b. Oct. 12, 1894; unmd.; living in 1926 in Dunn, N. C.

(S 611) CHARITY SMITH WILLIAMS Charity Smith Williams was born July 28, 1850, at the

Hodges Place. She died April 5, 1924, at Dunn, N. C., and is buried in the Pipkin burying ground. She married November 10, 1875, Elisha James Pipkin (b. Mar. 12, 1840), son of Lewis Pipkin and Elizabeth Davis, both of Duplin County, N. C. They were Baptists.

Children: (S 815)

(S 816) (S 817) (S 818) (S 819)

(S 820) (S 821)

(S 612)

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1. Mattie West Pipkin. 2. Archibald Stewart Pipkin. 3. Jane Hodges Pipkin. 4. Elizabeth Davis Pipkin. 5. Rachel Williams Pipkin. 6. Clifton White Pipkin. 7. Elisha James Pipkin. 8. Winnifred Turner Pipkin. 9. Isaac Williams Pipkin.

ALEXANDER J. WILLIAMS Alexander J. Williams was sometimes called Bucky. He

married Mrs. Eva Della Garrett, of Rugby, Tenn. Her first hus­band had been earlier killed in a railway accident in Atlanta, Ga. Children:

1. Esther Jane Williams. 2. Herbert Hunter Williams.

(S 613) EDMUND JONES WILLIAMS Edmund Jones Williams was born Aug. 16, 1841. He died

Aug. 12, 1926, and was buried in Baltimore, Md. He married April 1, 1875, Ellen Somers Wooten, of Virginia. She was a Bap­tist and he a Presbyterian. He was sometime a member of Co. "I", 31st N. C. Infantry, C. S. A. In the parts of his letters repro­duced below we see both the ardent flame of patriotism that glowed in his breast and in miniature the story of the Confed­eracy-buoyant hope, then tempered confidence, finally, grim determination to be crushed only by preponderating material and numbers.

June 11, 1861. York Town, Va.-It is with great joy and pleasure that I can write you the intelligence this morning that we whipped the Yankees yesterday in a fair fight. About a week ago we were ordered to Bethel Church, 15 miles below here on the York river, to prevent the black rascals from car­rying on their robbery, which they were doing to a great ex­tent. They would go to a citizen's house, take his wagons and carry off his corn and bacon. . . . The battle lasted between three and four hours .... It did us good to see the rascals run. June 20, 1861. York Town, Va.-We have no idea of being whipped here at York Town, with our present officers at our head, by the cowardly hirelings of Abe Lincoln. . . . We also have 600 French Zouaves from New Orleans, the hardest looking cases you ever saw. They are anxious to fight the Yankees .... Our battle at Bethel Church stands first in the

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annals of war. There never was a greater victory won than there was on that day. We should not take the credit to our­selves, but give it to Him whose outstretched arms protected us from danger .... I am in as good health as a bear. July 11, 1861. York Town, Va.-I still have a lingering hope that we will return to our peaceful homes before six months shall have expired, but the hope is faint and almost unfounded. Abe Lincoln's message seemed to promise a last­ing and bloody war. If he cannot see far enough ahead of him to advise any better policy than that he is unfit for a presi­dent .... He is probably unaware that in so dictating he is planning the total destruction of his so much beloved people­for Southern boys have hertofore proved, and ever will prove, sudden death to anything that march against them. . .. We are fighting chaps. . . . Tell Grandpa . . . if he has apples enough to make cider to save me a few gallons of it. Oct. 4, 1861. York Co., Va.-I have $25 of my soldier money yet and hope that I can save enough to frolic on a short time when I come home. July 7, 1862. Sampson Co., N. C.-Our company engaged in a very sad duty on yesterday in escorting the remains of Lieut. Col. Faison to his last resting place. He was killed in the battle at Richmond while leading his regiment to charge upon a Yankee battery. The community are now mourning the loss of one of Sampson's brightest stars, a true gentleman and patriot. Oct. 31, 1862. Garysburg, N. C.-We are not well satisfied with our Colonel. He is not the proper man by any means. His best recommendation is that he is Gov. Morehead's son-in-law. It is a real family concern .... If Ma has a safe chance to send my clothes soon, tell her to send them for I am completely naked. I have one old pair of pants as I call them pants. There is not a whole piece of them larger than a plate. They have about a hundred holes in them. Apr. 9, 1863. Roxobel, N. C.-The government has re­duced our meat rations to ¼ lb. per day .... I find it diffi­cult to save any money while we get only ¼ lb. bacon and 1 qt. of meal from Jeff Davis but I shall not quarrel if he give only ¼ lb. I will, for one, submit cheerfully to any measure that will aid in the accomplishment of our liberty. May 27, 1863. Culpeper, Va.-The pickets talk to each other across the river and frequently our men wade to the middle of the river and exchange a plug of tobacco with his Yankee neighbor for coffee. They never shoot each other .... I hope he [Gen. J.E. B. Stuart] will go into Yankeedom and offer us an opportunity of killing a few geese and chickens by ways of retaliation. The Yankees put many an old gander and hen out of the way in their raid on Goldsboro.

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April 30, 1864. Petersburg, Va. Never, in my opinion, have our prospects borne such a bright and encouraging aspect as at the present .... What hope can they have of subjugating the South? ... Holden will get a better vote in the 31st than I am willing for him to get, though Vance will run ahead. I have greater animosity for "Bill" Holden than I have for any human being now living, Abe Lincoln not excepted .... If he fails to be elected in August, I sincerely hope that he may thereafter take his "posish" amongst his predecessors, the vile traitors who like him have sunk into a contemptible oblivion. June 3, 1864. Gaines' Mill, Va.-We are making the ground blue in front of our works with 'Yanks' .... Col. Murchison of the 8th was killed and his regiment reduced to almost a company. Our acquaintances killed so far as I have heard are Col. Murchison, Sandy Elliot and Campbell Walker. John Smith was badly wounded. Aug. 12, 1864.-1 regret to state that there are a great many desertions from our army here, and I regret still more that five of my men left the other day. The example was set by Capt. Long's company from Harnett; eight of his men ran off day before mine. I hope they may be intercepted before reach­ing home and brought back. Sept. 20, 1864.-Since the 15th of June we have held a portion of the works in front of Petersburg and have never been re­lieved until now. . . . Several officers of the regiment have forwarded their resignations .... It has a very bad effect on the men, who say it is as honorable to desert to evade the hard­ships of war as for officers to resign for that purpose. Oct. 2, 1864.-On the 30th of Sept. . . . The 31st began the charge with 13 officers and 213 men, and came off with one officer and 76 men. I am the officer left-passed through the most terrific fire I have ever known and not a ball touched me .... Henry Smith was captured .... The Yankees seem to be making a desperate effort to capture Richmond and Peters­burg. We feel safe about both places, though they may suc­ceed. And if they do, what of it? We are not then whipped or subjugated. If true to ourselves and our country all will be well at last. Oct. 4, 1864. Chafin's Farm, Va.-Since the fight on the 30th ult., I have been playing the Colonel over the 31st and of course feel very large. . . . If I live and can, I will come home about Christmas and will expect eggnog three times per day and a candy boiling every night. Nov. 28, 1864. Near Richmond, Va.-Aldridge [Bird] and I made a bargain to always mention each other in our letters.

. . It is impossible for an officer to get a furlough yet.

Col. Murchison mentioned in these letters was probably

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John R. Murchison, the husband of Jane Elliot Williams (S 255). Sandy Elliot was probably the son of John Campbell Elliot (S 82).

Despite the best efforts of Edmund Jones Williams the Con­federacy lost and he found himself a civilian again. He entered the medical College in Charleston, S. C., and later studied in Washington University in Baltimore, Md. By the latter he was graduated in 1868. Sometime he taught in Donaldson Academy, Fayetteville, N. C. In later life he was interested in politics in Baltimore and served as a school commissioner. He was one of the organizers of the Flint Club of Baltimore. Children: (S 822) (S 823)

(S 614)

1. Jesse Wooten Williams. 2. Thomas Bayard Williams. 3. William Lane Williams; b. June 9, 1881; m. (1) Naomi

Ratcliffe and (2) Beatrix Neiss. 4. Edmund Jones Williams; b. 1883, d. 1884. 5. Augustus Williams; b. 1885, d. 1904. 6. Sarah McKellar Williams; b. Sept. 23, 1888; m. William

H. Fehsenfeld. Res., 1930, Baltimore, Md. They had a daughter, Ellen W. Fehsenfeld; b. Nov. 18, 1923.

WILLIAM LA WREN CE WILLIAMS William Lawrence Williams1 was born December 25, 1842.

He died December 21, 1922, and was buried in Sardis Presby­terian Church cemetery, Linden, N. C. He married January 15, 1873, Mary Eliza Elliot (S 249). Children:

(S 824)

(S 825)

(S 826)

(S 615)

1. Mary Elliot Williams; b. Jan. 5, 1874, d. June 12, 1874. 2. Alexander Elliot Williams. 3. Sarah McKellar Williams; b. 1877, d. 1880. 4. William Lane Williams. 5. Jane Evans Williams; b. Mar. 17, 1884. 6. Henrietta Williams; b. May 30, 1886. 7. Henry Elliott Williams.

PETER McKELLAR WILLIAMS Peter McKellar Williams was born January 11, 1850, in

Cumberland County. He died Sept. 3, 1930. On March 29, 1883, he married Eliza Faison Evans (S 494). They moved to Clinch County, Ga., where he was engaged in the sale of naval stores for twenty-five years. He purchased the ancestral home of his

1. William Lawrence Williams enlisted May 13, 1862, in Company "A", 5th N. C. Cavalry, and was off almost immediately with Jeb Stuart on his famous ride around McClellan before Richmond, Va.

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wife, Woodland, in Cumberland County, in Greys Creek Town­ship, and returned to North Carolina to live in January 1909. He was engaged in farming until his death and was a ruling elder in Sherwood Presbyterian Church for twenty years. This church was located three miles from Woodland and was organ­ized by members of the Evans family. Children:

1. -- Williams; dead at birth. (S 827) 2. Annebel Murphy Williams. (S 828) 3. Eliza Evans Williams.

4. Sara A. Williams; b. Oct. 14, 1890, in Clinch Co., Ga. In 1949 she is employed by the North Carolina State Com­mision for The Blind and makes her home in Fayetteville, N. C. She kindly assisted in the preparation of this record.

5. Peter McKellar Williams; b. March 1, 1893, in Clinch Coun­ty, Ga.; m. Ruth Claudice Murchison in Charleston, S. C., on June 21, 1939. She is the daughter of Duncan Mcivor and Maude (Shields) Murchison. Capt. Williams served in the United States Army from May 13, 1917, to Dec. 24, 1918, with the 81st Division and the 156th Depot Brigade. He is a graduate of North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C., 1916. Presbyterian. Res., 1949, Fayetteville, N. C.

(S 616) MARTHA KINCHEN LANE WILLIAMS Martha Kinchen Lane Williams was born March 10, 1852.

She died in 1923 in Wagram, N. C. She married Charles Alex­ander Purcell, of Red Springs, N. C., and lived for a time in Purcepolis and then moved to Wagram. Children:

(S 829)

(S 830) (S 831)

(S 617)

1. Sarah Purcell. 2. Alexander Lane Purcell. 3. William Williams Purcell; b. 1885, d. 1930; m. Maymie

Currie. They lived in Wagram and had a daughter, Kath­erine Stewart Purcell.

4. Martha Hunter Purcell. 5. Charles Augustus Purcell.

BENJAMIN LAWRENCE WILLIAMS Benjamin Lawrence Williams was born Aug. 31, 1856. He

died in 1922. His first wife was Sarah Jane Richardson. She was born Dec. 3, 1855, in Mecklenburg County, N. C., the daughter of James Hiram and Esther Harris (Hunter) Richardson. Sarah died May 20, 1892. Benjamin married Helen Herd about 1901. After the death of their mother, the children shown below lived with their aunt, Mrs. Martha Kinchen Lane Williams Purcell (S 616), at Purcepolis, N. C.

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Children: (S 832)

(S 618)

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1. Annie Esther Williams. 2. William Lawrence Williams; b. 1880. Issue. 3. Lula Jane Williams; b. 1882; m. William S. Robinson. She

lived in 1920 in Statesboro, Ga. 4. James Hiram Williams; b. 1884; m. Louise Edwards. Fol­

lowing her death, James married again. He had a child by each wife.

JOSEPH HUSKE WILLIAMS Joseph Huske Williams was born May 8, 1848, at Fayette­

ville, N. C. He married December 16, 1886, in Granville County, N. C., Henrietta Morris, born Sept. 7, 1865, the daughter of Atticus Morris and Elizabeth Hunt. He was an Episcopalian; she a Methodist. Joseph Huske Williams was a farmer and lived at Silver Spring, near Linden, N. C. He died in 1931. Children: (S 833)

(S 8&4)

1. John C. Williams. 2. Elizabeth Morris Williams; b. Jan. 15, 1892. 3. Joseph Huske Williams. 4. Robert Strange Williams; b. Oct. 11, 1898. 5. Atticus Morris Williams; b. May 6, 1901; a

minister.

(S 619) WILLIAM LANE WILLIAMS

Methodist

William Lane Williams was born Aug. 17, 1850. On June 6, 1886, he married Cornelia Fletcher Bullock in Arkansas. He died about 1927. In 1925 he was living in Texarkana, Ark.

Nellie Bullock was born Oct. 26, 1862, the daughter of Charles Lewis Bullock. She was a Congregationalist. Children:

1. Agnes Donaldson Williams; b. Aug. 9, 1887, m. Harold R. Young and had a daughter, Mary Agnes Young.

2. Rodney Taylor Williams; b. Dec. 25, 1890. 3. Cornelia Lane Williams; b. Mar. 1, 1893. 4. John Bullock Williams; b. May 5, 1897. 5. Mary Belle Williams; b. Dec. 23, 1901.

(S 620) JOHN WILLIAMS John Williams2 was born March 18, 1852, at Silver Spring,

N. C. At Manchester, N. C., on March 21, 1878, he married Lucy Montague Robinson ( 1125) . He was a farmer and a member of Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C. He was superinten­dent of the Sunday School there and was leading the services

2. John Williams may have had the letter C as a middle initial.

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when he was stricken. He died at once, 1926. Children: (S 835) (S 836)

1. Catherine Robinson Williams. 2. Joseph Huske Williams. 3. Belle Donaldson Williams; b. 1884, d. 1884. 4. Lucy Robinson Williams; b. 1888, d. 1889.

(S 621) ROBERT STRANGE WILLIAMS

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Robert Strange Williams was born February 28, 1854. He married Winnifred Morris, daughter of Atticus Morris and Elizabeth Hunt, and sister of Mrs. Joseph Huske Williams. Rob­ert Strange Williams and his family lived near Oxford, N. C. Children:

1. Belle Donaldson Williams.

(S 622) MARTHA ANN WILLIAMS Martha Ann Williams was born January 2, 1856. She mar­

ried Samuel W. Tillinghast. They were Episcopalians. She lived in 1930 in Fayetteville, N. C. Children: (S 837) (S 838) (S 839) (S 840) (S 841)

(S 623)

1. Samuel W. Tillinghast. 2. John Williams Tillinghast. 3. Belle Donaldson Tillinghast. 4. David Ray Tillinghast. 5. Norwood W. Tillinghast. 6. Sarah Ann Tillinghast. 7. Helen Tillinghast.

HELEN LOUISA WILLIAMS Helen Louisa Williams was born October 25, 1857. She mar­

ried her first cousin, James B. Huske. They were Episcopalians and lived at Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Belle Huske. (S 842) 2. Martha Baker Huske.

3. William Anderson Huske; m. Annie Martin, sister of William Mortimer Martin who married Martha.

4. James Baker Huske. 5. Charles Huske. 6. Thomas Hybart Huske; m. Hilda Poe. They were living

in 1927 in Fayetteville, N. C. 7. George Baker H uske.

(S 624) JUNIUS SNEED WILLIAMS Junius Sneed Williams was born February 4, 1877. He died

October 23, 1915, and was buried in the Sardis Church cemetery,

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N. C. He married October 25, 1906, Normie Black, daughter of the Rev. J. Stedman Black and Ada Shaw, at her father's home in Newport, Tenn.

He was a student at Davidson College, N. C., in the class of 1898, but measles injured his sight and he returned to his ex­tensive inheritance and engaged in farming near Erwin, N. C. Junius Sneed Williams and his wife were members of Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C. He conducted a Mission Sabbath School and out of this mission grew Palestine Presby-

. terian Church. Children:

1. Annie Black Williams; b. Sept. 12, 1907. 2. Mary Louisa Williams. 3. Junius Sneed Williams.

(S 625) JOHN MORISEY John Morisey married Martha Eliza Faison, of Duplin

County, N. C. They lived for a time in Linden, N. C., but later moved to Winston-Salem, N. C. After the death of John Morisey, in Winston-Salem, N. C., Martha Eliza (Faison) Morisey mar­ried Albert Oliver Clement, son of Samuel Wilson Clement and Anna C. Bryan (B 280), and lived in Goldsboro, N. C. Children:

1. Raymond Morisey. 2. Hattie May Morisey; m. -- Riley of Douglas, Ga.

(S 627) JAMES HUGHES DRAUGHON James Hughes Draughon was born March 10, 1861. He

married July 2, 1918, Belle Justine Murphy. She was born April 6, 1887, in Mobile, Ala., the daughter of Alfred Thomas Murphy and Amelia LaFargue. James was living in 1929 in Semmes, Mo­bile County, Alabama. Children:

1. Henry Thomas Draughon; b. Aug. 18, 1919, in Mobile, Ala. 2. Robert Isaac Draughon; b. Sept. 10, 1923, in Semmes, Ala.

(S 628) PETER EDWARDS DRAUGHON Peter Edwards Draughon was born Feb. 1870 or '71. He

married November 3, 1896, in Mobile, Alabama, his second cousin, Belle Lindsey Parker (S 844). After his wife's death, Peter Edwards Draughon moved to New Orleans and entered

MARY IRENE MARSHALL ROBISON 1872-1915

Wife of Frank Epps Robi son

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the real estate business there. He was a Baptist; his wife an Episcopalian. Children:

1. Parker Edwards Draughon; b. Nov. 7, 1897, Mobile, Ala.; he was a teller in the Merchants National Bank, Mobile, Ala.

( S 843) 2. Malcolm Graeme Draughon. 3. (son) Draughon; b. June 4, 1900. 4. Marion Scott Draughon; b. Sept. 9, 1901, Mobile, Ala., d.

July 4, 1930; m. Jan. 18, 1929 Frances Miller. She was born Jan. 14, 1904, in Pocahontas, Ark., the daughter of Patrick Henry and Blanche (Black) Miller. Marion Scott Draughon was assistant cashier of the Merchants Nat. Bank, Mobile, and president of the Junior Chamber of Com­merce.

5. Clyde Osborne Draughon. See Appendix, Item S-5. 6. Helen Triplett Draughon; b. June 29, 1909, Mobile, Ala.

(S 629) ARTHURINE FOSTER Arthurine Foster was born Aug. 6, 1845, in Perdue Hill,

Ala. She died June 23, 1921, in Mobile, Ala. On Nov. 7, 1866, she married Jabez Jackson Parker. He was born in Monroeville, Ala., Sept. 20, 1837, the son of Asa and Flora (Graham) Parker. Jabez Jackson Parker was a lawyer in Mobile and in 18703 sec­retary of State for Alabama. He died in Mobile, Feb. 19, 1905. Children: (S 844) 1. Belle Lindsay Parker; b. Nov. 6, 1869. She married Peter

Edwards Draughon (S 628). She died July 15, 1910, in Mobile. Children under their father.

2. Bessie Graham Parker; b. Dec. 10, 1871, in Montgomery, Ala.; d. Aug. 7, 1891, in the home of John Lee Marshall in Perdue Hill, Ala. She was buried at Perdue Hill. She was an Episcopalian.

(S 630) JANIE EDWARDS FOSTER Janie Edwards Foster was born May 24, 1849, in Carthage,

Leake County, Miss. She married (1) Joel Walter Pleasant and (2) April 30, 1871, John Lee Marshall (S 633). Joel Walter Pleasant was born March 24, 1845, the son of Willis M. Pleas­ant and Piety Parish, of Marion, Ala. He died in Seguin, Tex., May 24, 1869.

Janie Foster attended Judson College, Marion, Ala. She lived in Mobile, Ala., Seguin, Tex., and during her second mar­riage in Tuscaloosa, Ala. She died Aug. 25, 1921. She was buried at Perdue Hill, Ala. Baptist.

3. Owen, IV, 1319.

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Children: (S 845) (S 846)

(S 847) (S 848) (S 849)

(S 631)

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1. Josie Edwards Pleasant. 2. Mary Irene Marshall; b. June 9, 1872, d. July 8, 1915; m.

April 28, 1901, Frank Epps Robison (S 852). They lived at Perdue Hill, Ala. Presbyterians. Children under father.

3. Arabella Lindsey Marshall; b. Aug. 3, 1873 (still-born). 4. George Foster Marshall. 5. Bessie Lee Marshall. 6. J amea Williams Marshall. 7. Ruth Arthurine Marshall; b. 1884 (still-born). 8. Thomas Blanchard Marshall; b. July 20, 1885; m. Anita

Morris Sims Nov. 18, 1908, in Mobile, Ala. She was born June 1, 1888, the daughter of Thomas Wilkins and Clara (McCaw) Sims. Presbyterians. Res., 1949, Mobile, Ala.

JAMES DRAUGHON FOSTER James Draughon Foster was born May 18, 1851. On Jan.

9, 1884, he married near Perdue Hill, Ala., Mary Eugenia Slaughter. Mary, often called Mitt, was born May 18, 1852, the daughter of John Wesley and Sarah Caroline (Fryer) Slaughter. Mary died Feb. 3, 1900, in Montevallo, Ala., and was buried at Perdue Hill.

James Draughon Foster was sheriff of Monroe County, Ala. He was killed April 3, 1893, near Finchburg, Ala., while leading a posse seeking to arrest Wyatt Tait for the murder of a deputy sheriff. Foster was shot by Tait and died almost at once. He was buried at Perdue Hill. Tait was later shot and killed.

James Draughon Foster and his family made their home in Monroeville, Ala. They were Episcopalians. Children: (S 850) (S 851)

1. Mary Eugenia Foster. 2. George Wesley Foster. 3. Lillian Strode Foster; b. Oct. 2, 1889.

(S 632) ELIZABETH JANE MARSHALL Elizabeth Jane Marshall was born Dec. 15, 1840. On July

5, 1865, she married William Jesse Robison. He was born April 22, 1835, the son of William Robison and Elizabeth Robbins. So was he brother of Cornelia Celeste Robison and Mary Cun­ningham Robison, who married James Alfred Williams (S 417) and Isaac Samuel Williams (S 418), respectively.

William Jesse Robison was a member of Company "C", 2nd Alabama Infantry, C. S. A. He attained the rank of captain. He was twice wounded in the breast and in the Battle of Franklin,

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Tenn., 1864, lost the forefinger of his right hand. After the war he was a farmer. At the time of his death Sept. 27, 1894, he was tax collector of Monroe County, Ala. Presbyterians. Res., Perdue Hill, Ala. Children:

(S 852) (S 853) (S 854)

(S 855)

(S 634)

1. William Jesse Robison; b. April 11, 1866, d. Nov. 21, 1867. 2. John Lee Marshall Robison; b. July 27, 1868, d. June 29,

1881. 3. Edward Elijah Robison; b. Aug. 26, 1870. 4. Frank Epps Robison. 5. Irene Hunter Robison. 6. Blanchard Gaillard Robison. 7. Mary Elizabeth Robison; b. 1881, d. 1882. 8. Cornelia Ann Robison.

THEOPHILUS WILLIAMS MARSHALL Theophilus Williams Marshall was born Dec. 5, 1848. He

married (1) on July 23, 1873, Annie B. McCorvey and (2) in No­vember, 1880, Ida Shirley Fountain. Annie was a charter mem­ber of Monroeville Presbyterian Church. She was buried at Scot­land Presbyterian Church, Monroe County, Ala. Ida Shirley Fountain was born July 14, 1860, the daughter of William Henry and Mary E. (Mccorvey) Fountain, and so was a niece of Annie B. McCorvey. William Henry Fountain4 lived in Monroe County during the 1850s.

Theophilus Williams Marshall was a farmer. Shortly after the Alabama Girls' Industrial School was founded he moved from Finchburg, Ala., to Montevallo, Ala., in order that his chil­dren might the better profit by the educational facilities of the school. He died Feb. 10, 1900.

After the death of Theophilus Williams Marshall, his widow married Edwin F. Fellows. For a time she lived in Chattanooga before moving to Torrance, Cal. She died Aug. 14, 1929, in Los Angeles. Children:5

1. Mary Ella Marshall; b. 1882; m. Elijah Morris Kinslow. 2. Irene Williams Marshall; b. 1883; m. (1) Walter Pickett

Goodwin, (2) Harold Ernest Godfrey. 3. Annie McCorvey Marshall; b. 1885, d. Nov. 20, 1919; m.

Jack S. G'feller. 4. Ida Marshall; b. 1886; m. Paul Theodor Narjes. 5. Bessie Leslie Marshall; b. 1888; m. Dan. L. McCarthey. 6. Minnie Hope Marshall; b. 1890; m. William Raymond

Crippen Tompkins. See Appendix, Item, S-7.

4. For the Fountain Family, see Moore, Hist. of Ala., III, 491. 5. All the children were born in Monroe County, Ala.

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7. Barbara Ray Marshall; b. 1891, d. 1901. 8. Theophilus Williams Marshall; b. 1892, d. 1894. 9. Mabel Clyde Marshall; b. 1893; m. Charles William Rhodes.

10. Kathleen Maiben Marshall; b. 1895; m. William Gibson Haire. See Appendix, Item, S-7.

(S 635) IRENE KNIGHT MARSHALL Irene Knight Marshall was born March 28, 1855. She mar­

ried Dec. 15, 1891, near Perdue Hill, Ala., John Hope Moore. John Hope Moore was born Dec. 28, 1857, the son of John

Hope and Margaret Elizabeth (Nash) Moore. Earlier John, Jr., had married Mary Conley Locklin by whom he had four chil­dren: William Locklin, Mary Amelia, James Terry, and Willie Lee Moore. John Hope Moore was a farmer and for many years ran a warehouse business in Claiborne, Ala.

Irene Knight (Marshall) Moore was living in 1929 at Perdue Hill, Ala. Episcopalians. Children:

1. John Hope Moore; b. Jan. 2, 1893; m. Carrie L. Yniestra. 2. Anna Marshall Moore. See Appendix, Item S-3. 3. Irene Elizabeth Moore. See Appendix, Item S-3.

(S 636) SARAH IDA MARSHALL Sarah Ida Marshall was born Nov. 13, 1859. She married6

June 19, 1883, Edward Robison Morrissette. She and her hus­band seem to have lived near Perdue Hill Presbyterian Church until moving to Mobile, Ala., in 1904. Children:

(S 856) (S 857) (S 858) (S 859) (S 860) (S 861) (S 862) (S 863)

1. Cornelia Irene Morrissette; b. Apr. 28, 1884. 2. Edward Robison Morrissette. 3. Ida Mary Morrissette. 4. Fannie Knight Morrissette. 5. Elizabeth Lee Morrissette. 6. Willie Blanchard Morrissette. 7. Cecile Hunter Morrissette. 8. John Marshall Morrissette. 9. Joseph Gaines Morrissette.

6. The Morrissette family is of French descent. Enoch Morrissette moved from his plantation near Williamsburg, Va., following the unwelcome visit of Tarleton during the Revolution and settled in eastern Tennessee. He had a son:

John Morrissette ( Oct. 16, 1793-May 6, 1851). He was born in Rodgers­ville, Hawkins Co., Tenn., and moved to St. Stephens, Ala., to Monroe Coun­ty, Ala., and died near Houston, Tex. Veteran of War of 1812. Married in 1822 Frances Gaines, daughter of James S. Gaines and Judith Early, of Culpeper, Va. Five children, the fourth being:

George Gaines Morrissette. Married Cornelia Celeste Robison. Lived

SARAH IDA MARSHALL MORRISSETTE Wife of Edward Robison Morrissette

IRENE KNIGHT MARSHALL MOORE 1855-

Wife of John Hope Moore

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(S 637) ALEXANDER JOSEPH MARSHALL Alexander Joseph Marshall was born Aug. 15, 1865. He

married Nov. 23, 1904, in Marion, Ala., Augusta Clayton Howze. She was born Sept. 1, 1880, the daughter7 of John and Fannie (Perry) Howze, of Marion, Ala. Alexander Joseph Marshall was a merchant living in 1929 in Marion, Ala. Children:

1. Fannie Perry Marshall. See Appendix, Item S-8. 2. Irene Williams Marshall. See Appendix, Item S-10. 3. Alexander Joseph Marshall. See Appendix, Item S-10. 4. Coralie Williams Marshall; b. 1913. 5. John Howze Marshall; b. 1914. 6. Samuel Perry Marshall; b. Jan. 15, 1918. 7. William Blanchard Marshall; b. Feb. 16, 1923.

(S 638) LILLIE BELLE FOSTER Lillie Belle Foster was born Jan. 28, 1859. She died Oct. 14,

1897. She married Dec. 20, 1882, Strother Robert Gregg. He was born Jan. 16, 1852, the son of Oliver Hazard Perry and Frances (McCaskey) Gregg.

Following Lillie's death Strother Robert Gregg married Eliza Jane Foster (S 639).

In 1929 Strother Robert Gregg was a farmer living at Franklin, Monroe County, Ala. Children: (S 864) (S 865) (S 866) (S 867)

1. Mary Lane Gregg. 2. Oliver Henry Gregg. 3. Strother Robert Gregg, 4. Ida Belle Gregg. 5. Bettie Gregg; b. 1892, d. 1901. 6. Julia Foster Gregg; b. 1895, d. 1902.

near Bells Landing, Monroe Co., Ala. Had a son: Edward Robison Morrissette (b. July 8, 1859). Born near Bells Land­

ing. Graduate of Univ. of Ala., 1877. Representative of Wilcox County, in legislature, 1880-82. Constitutional Convention of Ala., 1901. Deacon, Per­due Hill Presb. Church. Married Sarah Ida Marshall (S 636). (Owen, IV, 1247: Brewer, Hist. of Ala.) 7. One John Howze married --- Yarborough and lived in Louisburg, N. C. They had a son Henry Yarborough Howze.

Henry Yarborough Howze married Kekomoisa Mitchell, daughter of Thomas Mitchell, of North Carolina, and moved from Louisburg to Marion, Ala. Here he died, leaving a son John Howze.

John Howze, born Jan. 22, 1822, at Louisburg, N. C., married in Athens, Ga., Claudia Caroline Clayton. They had a son John. John Howze married Fannie Perry and had a daughter, Augusta.

Augusta Clayton Howze; b. Sept. 1, 1880, married Alexander Joseph Marshall (S 637). Torrence, Roots of Rosewall; Owen, Hist. of Ala., III, 853; IV, 1344.

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(S 640) ISAAC JAMES FOSTER Isaac James Foster was born Feb. 2, 1867. He married Aug.

13, 1911, Estelle Elizabeth Cobb. He was a farmer living in 1929 at the ancestral home near Franklin, in Monroe County, Ala.

Estelle Elizabeth Cobb was born Mar. 6, 1890, the daughter of John E. and Emma Lee (Patrick) Cobb.

Isaac and his wife were Methodists. Children:

1. Mary Lee Foster; b. May 20, 1913. 2. James Cobb Foster; b. Oct. 22, 1915.

(S 641) ELLEN RIVERS WILLIAMS Ellen Rivers Williams was born Aug. 3, 1866. She married

Oct. 3, 1887, James Cunningham Finch. He was born Aug. 11, 1855, in Clarksville, Va., the son of John R. and Frances (Cun­ningham) Finch. ,James was a farmer and postmaster of Finch­burg, Ala., for more than 50 years. He died Feb. 2, 1949, in Altmore, Ala. Children: (S 868) 1. Frances Cunningham Finch. ( S 869) 2. Alice Marshall Finch.

(S 642) MAMIE LANE WILLIAMS Mamie Lane Williams was born Jan. 18, 1868. She married

December 6, 1891, Ned Denny Lee. He was born Aug. 12, 1872, son of Captain Daniel Lee and Sallie Odom, of Gosport, Clarke County, Ala. He was a farmer, living in 1929 at Whatley, Clarke County, Ala. Children:

1. Sallie Ann Lee; b. Oct. 26, 1892. 2. John Bonner Lee; b. Apr. 5, 1894. 3. Ned Denny Lee; b. Nov. 11, 1895. 4. Irene Williams Lee; b. Oct. 12, 1905, d. Mar. 29, 1907.

(S 643) NANNIE ENGLISH WILLIAMS Nannie English Williams was born April 27, 1870. She

died Dec. 13, 1924. She married April 19, 1894, Lyston Allen Hixon. He was born Oct. 27, 1852, the son of Allen Hixon and Susan Newberry. He was a merchant. Nannie and her husband lived in Monroeville, Ala. Baptists.

Children: (S 870)

(S 871)

(S 644)

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1. Stephen Williams Hixon. 2. Kittie Sue Hixon, b. Jan. 9, 1897; m. Sept. 15, 1920, Eugene

T. Millsap. Res., Monroeville, Ala. 3. Lucy Newberry Hixon. 4. (son) Hixon; b. Nov. 13, 1902, d. Nov. 19, 1902. 5. Elizabeth Lane Hixon. 6. Lyston Allen Hixon. 7. Irene Maiben Holmes Hixon.

IRENE MARSHALL WILLIAMS Irene Marshall Williams was born April 13, 1873. She mar­

ried Jan. 26, 1896 (or '97), Dr. Sibley Holmes.8 Irene died June 8, 1901. She and her husband were Methodists.

Following the death of Irene, Dr. Holmes married Maiben Gaillard Williams (S 647). They made their Iiome in 1929 in or near Foley, Ala. Children:

(S 872)

(S 645)

1. Origen Sibley Holmes; b. Nov. 11, 1897. 2. Amelia Rives Holmes. 3. Williams Coghlan Holmes; b. Jan. 29, 1901, Finchburg,

Ala.; m. Sept. 20, 1925, in Alexandria, La., Philomena Mary Boogaerts. Res., 1927, Foley, Ala.

RICHARD BOYLES WILLIAMS Richard Boyles Williams was born May 25, 1875. He mar­

ried April 8, 1903, his first cousin, Lucy Portis. She was born Mar. 18, 1878, the daughter of Ben D. Portis and Lucy Maiben, of Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama. He was a farm­er. His father willed to him the family residence at Finchburg,

· Alabama. They were Methodists. Res., 1929, Monroeville, Ala­bama. Children:

1. John Bonner Williams; b. Aug. 2, 1904, d. June 1, 1905. 2. Julia Irene Williams; b. Nov. 24, 1906. 3. Kittie Louise Williams; b. Jan. 7, 1908. 4. Richard Boyles Williams; b. May 7, 1910. 5. Mary Frazier Williams; b. May 10, 1912, d. July 16, 1914. 6. Fonde Portis Williams; b. May 19, 1915. 7. Lucy Williams; b. Mar. 4, 1921, d. Apr. 26, 1921. 8. Maiben Williams; b. Feb. 22, 1922, in Mobile, Ala.

8. Sibley Holmes was born March 5, 1873 in Tensaw, Baldwin County, Ala., the son of Dr. Origen Sibley Holmes. He was thus the grandson of Dr. Thomas Galphin Holmes who was one of the thirty-six survivors of the Creek Indian massacre of Fort Mims on Aug. 30, 1813, in Baldwin County. If interested further, see Owen, Hist. of Ala., III, 832; Ala. Of­ji,cial and Statistical Register, 1927, p. 111.

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(S 646) ELIZABETH CLAYTON WILLIAMS Elizabeth Clayton Williams was born Oct. 30, 1878. She

married Nov. 25, 1914, Thomas Galphin Holmes. Elizabeth at­tended Marion Female Seminary in Marion, Ala. She died May 10, 1918, and was buried at Finchburg, Ala.

Thomas Galphin Holmes was the son of Thomas Galphin and Lucinda (Bryan) Holmes. Thomas, Jr., died Nov. 29, 1928. Children:

1. Kittie Williams Holmes; b. Jan. 18, 1916. 2. Thomas Galphin Holmes; b. Nov. 19, 1917. He, or his ·sister,

or both, was living- in 1929 at Tensaw, Baldwin Co., Ala.

(S 648) CORALIE ELIZABETH ROBISON WILLIAMS Coralie Elizabeth Robison Williams was born Jan. 11, or 12,

1866. She married Oct. 28, 1885, Josiah Showell Robins. She died Aug. 18, 1886, and was buried at Lower Peach Tree, Ala.

Josiah Showell Robins was born Dec. 3, 1864, the son of Col. Josiah Robins9 and Sarah Strother Gregg. After the death of his first wife, Josiah Showell Robins married Kate McLaugh­lin. In 1929 he was a farmer living near Catherine, Wilcox County, Ala. Children: (S 873) 1. Coralie Williams Robins.

9. The immigrant ancestor of the Robins family here treated was Col. Obedience Robins. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Brackley) Robins, of Berkeley, Eng. Obedience came to Virginia in 1621 and settled on the James River. In 1628 he moved to "Accomack Plantation" and was some­time commander of this settlement. When Accomac was divided the resi­dence of Col. Robins was found in Northampton Co. He was a member of the General Assembly in 1629-30, 1644, and 1652. He died in 1662. He mar­ried Mrs. Grace O'Neil Waters and had a son, John.

John Robins, b. in Virginia, died in 1709. He married Esther Lyttleton and had a son, John.

This John Robins married Katherine Nelson. They died in 1739 and 1754 respectively. They had a son, Edward.

Edward Robins married Margaret Trackle or --- Nelson. He had a son John Robins.

This John Robins married Elizabeth Trackle, and had a son John Purnell Robins.

This John married Anna Spence. He was a lieutenant of Continental Dragoons in 1781. They had a son, Lyttelton.

Lyttleton Robins married Martha Horsey. They lived in Worcester Co., Md., and had a son, John Lyttleton Bowdoin Robins.

John Lyttleton Bowdoin Robins married Henrietta Showell and moved from St. Martin's, Md., to Canton Bend, Wilcox Co., Ala. They had a son Josiah.

Josiah Robins was born Oct. 7, 1825, at St. Martin's, Md. He was some­time captain of Co. "C", 3rd Alabama Cavalry, C. S. A. In time he gained the rank of colonel. He married April 16, 1856, Sara Strother Gregg. He

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(S 649) HIGLEY HUNTER WILLIAMS Higley Hunter Williams was born April 12, 1868. He mar­

ried October 25, 1892, Jessie Epps Murphy. She was born July 14, 1873, in Molino, Fla. She was the daughter of John Frye Murphy and Susan Ashley Richardson, and great-niece of Gov­ernor John Murphy of Alabama. In 1929 Higley Hunter Wil­liams and his wife were living in San Francisco, Cal. Children :10

(S 874) 1. Annie Sue Williams.

(S 650) MARGARET ISABELLA WILLIAMS Margaret Isabella Williams was born May 17, 1869, in

Monroe County, Ala. She married Feb. 8, 1891, at Molino, Es­cambia County, Fla., John Cameron McDavid, son of James Exum McDavid and Margaret Cameron, of Santa Rosa County, Florida. She was living at the time of her wedding with her aunt, Mrs. Frances Epps Richardson, in Molino. Some years after her husband's death, she moved to Mobile, Ala., where she was living in 1929. She was a Baptist. John Cameron Mc­David was born Jan. 13, 1861. He died Jan. 27, 1903, at Blue Springs, Fla. Children:

1. Annie Cameron McDavid; b. Apr. 10; 1892, Molino, Fla. m. J. G. Grice.

2. Mary Lee McDavid; b. Feb. 9, 1894, Pine Barren, Fla. 3. John Williams McDavid; b. Aug. 22, 1896, Bluff Springs,

Fla. 4. Edward Hunter McDavid; b. July 22, 1899, Gateswood,

Baldwin Co., Ala. 5. James Marshall McDavid; b. Nov. 17, 1902, Bluff Springs,

Fla., m. January 28, 1928, Edward Adolph Hirs, Mobile, Ala. Shell was often called "Jamie".

(S 651) JOHN ALEXANDER YOUNG John Alexander Young was born Aug. 1, 1858. He died May

17, 1917, in Weldon, N. C. On Mar. 9, 1887, he married Florence B. Taylor, the daughter of Benjamin F. Taylor and Eliza Pheriba Williams (S 420). Florence was his first cousin.

died June 11, 1901, Lower Peach Tree, Ala. (Marshall and Owen, History of Ala. IV, 1448). 10. Marshall. 11. Marshall.

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1. Donnie Estelle Young; b. July 27, 1888, d. Sept. 27, 1888. 2. Willie Barker Young; b. Jan. 3, 1890, d. Aug. 20, 1891. 3. Fannie Ptrnline Young. 4. Mary Margaret Young; b. Feb. 21, 1896, Copiah Co., Miss.;

m. April 9, 1912, Algie Roberson. Res., 1930, Oxford, N. C.

OLIVER YOUNG BONNER Oliver Young Bonner was born Nov. 10, 1861, and died

January 19, 1929. He married Dec. 20, 1883, Sallie Hope Robin­son, daughter of James Robinson and Eliza Bonner. She supplied much of the material for the Texas descendants of Eliza Feriby Williams (S 208). Res., 1930, Fairfield, Tex. Children: (S 876)

(S 877) (S 878) (S 879)

(S 880)

(S 653)

1. Jim Billie Bonner. 2. Bettie Bonner. 3. Paul Young Bonner. 4. Thomas Robinson Bonner. 5. John Lee Bonner. 6. Joel Isaac Bonner; m. Clara Shick 1918. 7. Irvin Hunter Bonner; m. Mary Garrett 1924. 8. Oliver Alexander Bonner. 9. Andrew Sneed Bonner; m. Lillian Montgomery in 1925.

Res., 1929, Teague, Tex. No issue.

OLIVER BONNER Oliver Bonner was born in 1861. He married Fannie Bon­

ham. They lived in 1929 in Wortham, Tex. Children:

1. Margaret Bonner.

(S 654) MARY IRVIN BONNER Mary Irvin Bonner was born May 30, 1862, in Freestone

County, Tex. She married on Dec. 23, 1897, John Carder Thorn­ton in Freestone County. They were living in 1929 in Norman, Okla. Not long thereafter they returned to Freestone County, Tex. She died May 10, 1948. Children:

1. Sue Bonner Thornton; b. Dec. 28, 1898. She is currently, 1949, librarian in Northeastern State College, Tahlequah, Okla.

2. Sarah Thornton; b. Jan. 20, 1901; m. Murrell Howard Thornton Aug. 3, 1929. They have a daughter, Mary Sue Thornton; b. May 20, 1939, Muskogee, Okla. Res., 1949.

3. John Carder Thornton; b. Jan. 16, 1904.

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(S 655) ELIZA WILLIAMS BONNER Eliza Williams Bonner was born in 1879. She married Dec.

1, 1898, in Corsicana, Tex., her third cousin, Ernest Bonner. Dr. Bonner was born Feb. 4, 1879, the son of James Bonner and Julia Newberry. They were Associate Reformed Presby­terians. Res., 1929, Camden, Ala. Children:

1. Julian Irwin Bonner; b. Sept. 19, 1899, Corsicana, Tex. 2. Janie Elise Bonner; b. April 14, 1901, Oak Hill, Wilcox Co.,

Ala. (S 881) 3. Ernestine Bonner.

4. Jessie Lee Bonner; b. Oct. 15, 1907, Camden, Ala.

(S 658) JAMES HINTON POU James Hinton Pou was born July 21, 1861, at Tuskegee,

Ala. He married Oct. 9, 1889, Ann Elizabeth Walker, of Ran­dolph County, N. C. He was a lawyer, practicing first in Smith­field, N. C., and then moving to Raleigh. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1885 and from 1887-1895 he was a member of the Senate of his state. In 1931 he was living in Raleigh, N. C.12

Children: 1. Edith Walker Pou; m. Josiah W. Bailey. 2. James Hinton Pou; b. June 3, 1893, in Raleigh, N. C. He

attended the law school of the University of North Carolina in 1913-14.

(S 659) EDWARD WILLIAM POU Edward William Pou was born Sept. 9, 1863, in Tuskegee,

Ala. He married Oct. 18, 1887, Caroline Haughton Ihrie, the daughter of Dr. Ihrie, of Pittsboro, N. C.18 Edward studied law in the University of North Carolina, 1881-84. He was admitted to the bar in 1885 and began practice in Smithfield, N. C. He was solicitor for the 4th judicial district from 1890 to 1901. He also represented his district in Congress. He was a Democrat. Res., 1931, Smithfield, N. C.14

Children: 1. Ann Ihrie Pou; m. Thomas A. Wadden. 2. George Ross Pou; b. Dec. 19, 1894, Smithfield, N. C. He

married Nov. 11, 1916, Lillian Long Sanders. He studied in

12. Who's Who in America, XVI, 1794. 13. A. H. N. C., II, 1253, 1318. 14. Who's Who in America, XVI, 1794.

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Wake Forest College and Georgetown Universities. He served with the United States Army, 1917-18. In 1921 he was superintendant of the North Carolina prisons. Episco­palian. Res., 1929, Smithfield and Raleigh, N. C.

3. Edwin Smith Pou; b. Feb. 10, 1898; m. Jan. 3, 1918, Mar­garet Roberts. He was a lieutenant in the United States Army at the time of its Mexican venture in 1916. In World War I, he was a naval aviator and was awarded the Croix de Guerre and United States Navy cross for sinking a German submarine and exploding a German mine in the path of a convoy. He died in service Oct. 28, 1918. He was an Episcopalian.

4. (dau.) Pou; m. Carleton E. Moran.

(S 660) ANNE BELL WALTON Anne Bell Walton was born Feb. 16, 1892. She mar­

ried Sept. 30, 1919, John Andrew Scott. He was a ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Statesville, N. C. Children:

1. John Andrew Scott; b. Aug. 18, 1920. 2. Edgar Everitt Scott b. Jan. 1, 1922. 3. Frances Everitt Scott; b. Aug. 26, 1924.

(S 661) IDA McCORMACK Ida McCormack was born in June 1868. She married Janu­

ary 22, 1896, the Rev. Donald Fraser Sheppard (b. 1859). Children:

1. John W. Sheppard; b. Oct. 22, 1896.

(S 662) MARY ISABELLA McCORMACK Mary Isabella McCormack was born May 21, 1870. She

married Aug. 27, 1891, Charlton Wilson John, of Bennettsville, S. C. He died in 1899. Children:

1. Bettie Isabel John; b. May 10, 1893. 2. David M. John. 3. Griffith John; b. Dec. 11, 1896.

(S 663) SALLIE MORGAN SMITH (Benjamin, Benjamin, Needham, David,

Samuel, John) Sallie Morgan Smith was born Dec. 13, 1897. She married

July 1, 1919, Charles Newton Wingo. Res., 1930, New Orleans, La. Children:

1. Charles Newton Wingo; b. April 7, 1930.

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(S 664) SAMUEL LEEPER GRAHAM Samuel Leeper Graham was born July 5, 1883, in Colum­

biana, Ala. He married March 2, 1921, Ethel Greer. Ethel's parents were Presbyterians living in Liberty, S. C. Samuel Leeper Graham was a real estate man, and deacon in the First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, Ala. Children:

1. Samuel Leeper Graham; b. March 5, 1922. 2. John Wagner Graham; b. July 18, 1924.

(S 665) JOHN WAGNER GRAHAM John Wagner Graham was born March 21, 1885, in Calera,

Ala. On April 4, 1917, he married Lila Frazer Smith. Lila (Aug. 1, 1891-July 22, 1925) was born at Prattville, Ala., the daughter of Malcolm McLemore Smith and Sarah Beckwith. Presbyter­ians. Res., 1929, Tampa, Fla. Children:

1. Sarah Graham; b. March 18, 1918, in Birmingham, Ala.

(S 666) CHARLOTTE GRAHAM Charlotte Graham was born May 19, 1890, in Tuscaloosa,

Ala. On Sept. 15, 1914, she married Alan James Daly. He was born Nov. 26, 1886, the son of William M. Daly (b. in Draughda, Ireland) and Agnes Collott (b. in Dublin, Ireland, though of French Huguenot descent). Alan James Daly was a deacon in South Highlands Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Ala. Children:

1. Sarah Katherine Daly; b. Dec. 29, 1915. 2. Charlotte Graham Daly; b. April 11, 1917. 3. Alice Mary Daly; b. April 15, 1925.

(S 667) HENRY CHALMERS GIDDENS Henry Chalmers Giddens was living in 1929 in Tampa, Fla.

He had married Alliene Henderson. Children:

1. Sarah Alliene Giddens.

(S 668) MABEL JONES Mabel Jones married David Reed, of Tampa, Fla. Res.,

1929, Texas. Children:

1. Shelby Reed.

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(S 669) ESTELLE JONES Estelle Jones married Jetton King, of Tampa, Fla.

Children: 1. Jetton King. 2. Henry Giddens King. 3. Edward King.

(S 670) JAMES GRAHAM JONES James Graham Jones married Ida Blake, of Tampa, Fla.

Res., 1929, Tampa. Children:

1. Mary Muriel Jones. 2. James Graham Jones.

(S 671) JOHN NEEDHAM HAYNESWORTH John Needham Haynesworth was born Nov. 9, 1882. He

married Beulah Short, of Greenville, Tex. John Needham Haynesworth was a jeweler. Children:

1. John Needham Haynesworth.

(S 672) CHARLES EUGENE HAYNESWORTH Charles E. Haynesworth was born April 26, 1885. He mar­

ried --- Murphy and lived in Arkansas. Children:

1. Gussie Haynesworth. 2. Charles Eugene Haynesworth. 3. (dau.) Haynesworth. 4. (dau.) Haynesworth.

(S 673) TEXANNA BOYD Texanna Boyd was born Nov. 21, 1878. She married Frank

Boyd. Despite the similarity of names, they were not related. Children:

1. Erby Boyd. 2. Mack Boyd; twin to Erby. 3. Milburn Boyd.

(S 674) JAMES DAVID TILLMAN James David Tillman was born Feb. 6, 1882, in Carrollton

County, Miss. He married Jan. 3, 1911, Ame Sigismunda Hamil­ton. He attended Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss., and received his A.B. degree in 1902. In 1913 he moved to Meridian, Miss.

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James David Tillman is a member of the Sons of The American Revolution. Res., 1948, Meridian, Miss.

Ame Sigismunda Hamilton was born Sept. 18, 1886, the daughter of John Moore Taylor Hamilton15 and Sarah E. Col­lins. Ame was a student in the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and a member of the Daughters of The American Revolution. She died April 20, 1920, as a result of injuries received during a tornado. Children:

1. James David Tillman; b. April 3, 1912, in Carroll County, Miss. He attended the Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.

2. Sara Hamilton Tillman; b. Mar. 6, 1914, Meridian, Miss. 3. Rachel Anne Tillman; b. July 24, 1919.

(S 675) CARRIE BRYAN TILLMAN Carrie Bryan Tillman was born Oct. 10, 1883. She married

Nov. 11, 1908, John Taylor Hamilton, of Meridian, Miss. Children:

1. John Taylor Hamilton. 2. David Tillman Hamilton. 3. William Morgan Hamilton. 4. Caroline Hamilton. 5. Rachel Elizabeth Hamilton.

(S 676) GEORGE WHITFIELD PURCELL George Whitfield Purcell was born in 1846. He married in

1870 Mary Mccroskey. She was born in 1846. Children:

1. Annie K. Purcell; b. in Black Hawk, Miss. D. A. R. No. 71,539.

(S 677) ELIZABETH PURCELL Elizabeth Purcell was born in 1851. She married in 1872

Pehr Adolph Lindholm. Children:

1. Viola Lindholm; b. in Carroll County, Miss. D. A. R. No. 67,680.

15. John Moore Taylor Hamilton was the grandson of John Moore Taylor, who was born at Greenfield, in Orange Co., Va. The last was a son of Capt. John Taylor and Ann Gilbert. Captain John Taylor was the son of Erasmus Taylor, who was an uncle of Presidents James Madison and Zach­ary Taylor.

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(S 678) JOSEPHINE LANE BROWN Josephine Lane Brown was born in Raleigh July 24, 1882.

She married Feb. 2, 1910, James Kemp Doughton. He was born May 18, 1884, in Sparta, N. C., the son of Rufus Alexander Doughton and Sue Parks. He has been an employe in the North Carolina treasurer's office, National Bank Examiner, Atlanta and Richmond Districts, and president of People's Bank of Salisbury, N. C. Res., 1927, Raleigh, N. C. Children:

1. James K. Doughton. 2. Alice Brown Doughton. 3. Josephine Lane Doughton.

(S 679) FRANCIS BURKHEAD BROWN Francis Burkhead Brown was born in Raleigh, N. C., March

23, 1893. He married April 29, 1916, Mildred Yates, of Raleigh. Children:

1. Francis Burkhead Brown. 2. Mildred Yates Brown.

(S 680) HOMER DOUGLAS VARDAMAN Homer Douglas Vardaman was born March 31, 1881. He

married June 29, 1910, Fredericka Jones, daughter of Mrs. F. C. Jones, of Sherrill, Ark. Mrs. F. C. Jones, as indicated else­where, contributed a great deal of material for this history. Homer Douglas Vardaman made his home in Rosedale, Miss. He died Dec. 8, 1944. Mrs. Vardaman was living in 1948 in Rose­dale, Miss. Children:

1. Homer Douglas Vardaman; b. Jan. 3, 1912.

(S 681) GIDEON RAGSDALE VARDAMAN Gideon Ragsdale Vardaman married in 1920 Geneva Epps.

Children: 1. Mary Emeline Vardaman; b. May 30, 1922. 2. Austin Darrow Vardaman; b. March 10, 1924.

(S 682) MARY ELLA VARDAMAN Mary Ella Vardaman married Nov. 11, 1913, Lucius Suggs

Young. Children:

1. Lucius Suggs Young; b. Oct. 17, 1910, d. Jan. 7, 1917. 2. Annie Elizabeth Young; b. April 3, 1922, d. July 21, 1923.

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(S 683) JAMES MONEY VARDAMAN James Money Vardaman died at the age of 36 years. He

married Martha Middleton, of Jackson, Miss. He lived in Mem­phis, Tenn. Children :16

1. James Money Vardaman; m. Beatrice Lane. 2. Martha Vardaman. 3. Douglas Vardaman.

(S 684) JAMES HIPKINS McNEILL James Hipkins McN eill married Mary Hyman Mallett

(B 400), and lived in Florida. Children:

1. James Mallett McNeill. 2. Mary McNeill.

(S 685) JESSIE SHEPHERD McNEILL Jessie Shepherd McNeill married Richard Stevenson Ker,

of Staunton, Va. Children:

1. Howard Ker. 2. George Ker. 3. Charles Ker.

(S 686) CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN McNEILL Charles Chamberlain McNeill was born Sept. 25, 1879. He

married Dec. 30, 1908, Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Robert Miller and Mary (Manning) Butler, of Savannah, Ga. Charles C. McNeill attended Washington and Lee University at Lexing­ton, Va., and received his A.B. degree in 1903. Ten years later he earned the B.D. in Louisville Theological Seminary. In 1926 Washington and Lee conferred upon him the D.D. He was or­dained to the Presbyterian ministry by Columbia Presbytery, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1913. He served pastorates successively at Spring Hill, Port Royal, and Gallatin in Tennessee from 1913-1921. The next three years were spent in a pastorate in East Dallas, Tex. He assisted in removing the Columbia Theological Seminary from Columbia, S. C., to Atlanta, Ga. From 1925 to 1927 he was acting professor of church history and polity in Columbia Semi­nary. In 1927 he was executive secretary of the trustees of

16. C. F. Jones to E. M. W.

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Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C. He made his home in Spartanburg, S. C. Children:

1. Charles Chamberlain McNeill; d. in infancy. 2. Robert Butler McNeill. 8. Mary Manning McNeill.

(S 687) DAVID REID MURCHISON David Reid Murchison married April 18, 1917, May Mc­

Lauchlin Carmichael. She was the granddaughter of the Rev. James Carmichael. David Murchison attended the University of North Carolina and Johns Hopkins University and earned his A.B. and M.D. degrees in 1912 and '16 respectively. He served as an interne in St. Luke's Hospital in New York City and at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. For a time he practiced in Richmond, Va., but in 1929 he was living in Wilmington, N. C. Children:

1. David Reid Murchison; b. Jan. 22, 1918. 2. Wallace C. Murchison; b. Oct. 27, 1919. 8. Loulie Atkinson Murchison; b. Mar. 26, 1922. 4. Joel Williams Murchison; b. July 27, 1924. 5. John Reid Murchison; b. May 6, 1929.

(S 688) LOUIS HICKS WILLIAMS Louis Hicks Williams was born Jan. 29, 1890. He married

(1) on Mar. 30, 1917, Mary Ashby Warden, and (2) on Sept. 5, 1922, Elmira Dowdell. Louis H. Williams attended the University of North Carolina and received his A.B. degree in 1911. He earned his M.D. in the Johns Hopkins University in 1915. This was followed by study in the Navy Medical School, 1916-17, and in the Mayo Graduate School, in Rochester, Minn., in 1923. In 1916 he joined the United States Navy Medical Corps and during World War I was connected with the submarine service and was located at Queenstown, Ireland. Presbyterian. Res., 1926, Wash­ington, D. C.

Mary Ashby Warden was the daughter of Charles W. and May (Arthur) Warden. She died Jan. 24, 1920, in Washington, D. C. Her mother-in-law painted a portrait of her.

Elmira Dowdell was the daughter of James and Eugenie (De'Audefrie) Dowdell. Elmira was married in San Francisco, Cal.

Children:

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1. Charlotte Warden Williams. Second marriage. 2. Mary Lyde Williams. 3. Eugenie Williams; twin to Mary. 4. James Hicks Williams; b. Dec. 8, 1929, Boston, Mass.

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Isham Rowland Williams was born June 19, 1881. He mar­ried in 1924 Lenoir Cook Mercer. He attended the University of North Carolina and received his A.B. degree in 1913. In 1915-16 he studied law in the University. The following year he entered the United States Army and attained the rank of captain. He was wounded in France and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre. In 1919 Isham R. Wil­liams studied in Jesus College, Oxford University. He was a lawyer.

Lenoir Cook Mercer was born June 11, 1899, the daughter of Dr. William Parker and Mary Speed (Jones) Mercer.

Presbyterians. Res., 1926, Dunn, N. C. Children:

1. Isham Rowland Williams; b. Jan. 8, 1926. 2. Lenoir Mercer Williams; b. Nov. 27, 1928.

(S 690) MARSHALL McDIARMID WILLIAMS Marshall McDiarmid Williams was born Feb. 21, 1893. He

married April 26, 1922, Lucy Pearl Lazenby, of Waco, Tex. She was the daughter of W. H. Lazenby and --- Chambers, Mar­shall McD. Williams attended the University of North Carolina and won the B.S. degree in 1916. Immediately after graduation he turned to professional baseball and pitched for the Philadel­phia Athletics in 1916. During World War I he served in the 48th Coast Artillery, United States Army, and won the rank of major. Presbyterian. Res., 1926, San Antonio, Tex. Children:

1. Marshall McDiarmid Williams; b. 1925, Waco, Tex. 2. Walter Lazenby Williams; b. 1928, Waco Tex,

(S 691) ERASMUS HERVEY EVANS Erasmus Hervey Evans married Ann Livingstone Borden

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in Goldsboro, N. C., Nov. 5, 1924. Ann was a granddaughter of Carolina Georgiana Whitfield (226) .17 Children:

1. Erasmus Hervey Evans; b. Oct. 27, 1925. 2. Ann Borden Evans; b. May 28, 1927, Laurinburg, N. C. 3. John Borden Evans; b. May 12, 1929.

(S 692) ALEXANDER TAYLOR Alexander Taylor was born Nov. 21, 1889. He married

Theodosia Haynes. He was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1908-09, and Davidson College, 1910-11. Res., 1926, Morganton, N. C. Children:

1. Isaac Montrose Taylor.

(S 693) ELIZABETH MITCHELL GIBSON Elizabeth Mitchell Gibson was born Feb. 19, 1888. She mar­

ried Nov. 2, 1916, William C. Fields. She was a student at Flora McDonald College, Red Springs, N. C.

William C. Fields was the son of William C. Fields and Maggie Wimberly.

Res., 1929, Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. William C. Fields. 2. Thomas Gibson Fields. 3. Joseph Wimberly Fields, twin to Thomas.

(S 694) EMILY EVANS ROBERTSON Emily Evans Robertson married Chester Bray and lived in

Washington, D. C. Children:

1. Margaret Louise Bray. 2. Emily Robertson Bray. 3. Richard Park Bray. 4. Katherine Bray.

(S 695) LACY RANKIN Lacy Rankin was born Nov. 26, 1903. She married Nov. 23,

1927, Baxter Hicks Harwell. He was born June 8, 1898, in Texas, the son of Isaac Dowe Harwell and Annie Elizabeth Davis. Lacy

17. Weld, Borden Family, 315.

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Rankin contributed much material for this history. Res., Flo­rence, S. C. Children:

1. Lacy Rankin Harwell; b. June 20, 1929.

(S 696) EUGENE WHITMEL SMITH (Eugene, Henry, Farquhard, John,

Alexander, John) Eugene Whitmel Smith was born May 14, 1909. He mar­

ried (1) on June 18, 1935, in Elkin, N. C., Margaret Sterling Lillard and (2) on July 11, 1942, in Iona Presbyterian Church near McDonalds, N. C., Margaret Louise McMillan.

Eugene Whitmel Smith attended Davidson College, N. C., and was graduated in 1930 with the B.A. degree. He is current­ly, 1949, executive vice-president of the Commercial Bank, Dunn, N. C.

Eugene Whitmel Smith and his family live in the home, Lebanon, built by "Long John" Smith, for his son Farquhard. Through the years this home has passed successively to Farqu­hard, Edward, Eugene Whitmel, and finally to the present owner, Eugene Whitmel Smith, who presented the picture reproduced herewith. Lebanon is located five miles southwest of Dunn along the old Fayetteville and Raleigh plank road, currently highway 2 in the North Carolina highway system. In this home, too, hangs the portrait of "Ferry John" Smith (S 23) copied for use with his sketch.

Margaret Sterling Lillard was born Dec. 11, 1909, in Elkin, N. C. She died Jan. 18, 1938, in Fayetteville, N. C.

Margaret Louise McMillan was born in Goldsboro, N. C., Oct. 13, 1918, the daughter of Robert Hunter and Sallie Louise (Outlaw) McMillan. Robert Hunter McMillan lived in Robeson County, N. C. Sallie Louise (Outlaw) McMillan, of Goldsboro, N. C., was the daughter of Needham Bryan Outlaw and Ann Collier Whitfield ( 509). Margaret Louise McMillan attended Flora McDonald College, Red Springs, N. C., and was graduated with the B.M. degree in 1939.18

Children: 1. Margaret Louise Smith; b. July 17, 1944, Dunn, N. C. 2. Eugene Whitmel Smith; b. Nov. 21, 1947, Dunn, N. C.

18. Eugene Whitmel Smith to T. M. W. June 6, 1949. Ann Collier Whit­field (509) may be found on p. 212, Book One.

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(S 697) ANNIE HERRING SMITH (William, James, John, John, Alexander, John)

Annie Herring Smith was born Dec. 31, 1893. She married Oct. 4, 1915, Edward Zahm King. Children:

1. Edward Zahm King. 2. William Smith King.

(S 698) MARGUERITE BUTLER Marguerite Butler was born Nov. 20, 1895. She married

Thomas L. Dawson Nov. 15, 1919. Children:

1. Mary Louise Dawson; b. 1921. 2. Thomas L. Dawson; b. 1922.

(S 699) GILBERT G. PERRY Gilbert G. Perry was born Aug. 5, 1895, He married Sallie

Augusta McLendon. Children:

1. Gilbert Joe Perry; b. 1922. 2. Lou Angeline Perry; b. 1931.

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(S 800) JOANNA WILLIAMS Joanna Williams was born in 1860. She married in 1880

Thomas Ashley Sloan, the son of Thomas Black and Missouri (Hudson) Sloan. Joanna died in 1894. Thomas Ashley Sloan was living in 1929 in Arkadelphia, Ark. Children:

(S 900) (S 901) (S 902) (S 903)

(S 801)

1. Paul Sloan; m. Blanche McFarland. 2. Mary Sloan. 3. Harold Sloan. 4. Williams Sloan. 5. Charles Neill Sloan.

BENJAMIN WILLIAMS Benjamin Williams was born in 1869. He married Lizzie

Lou Featherstone. After the death of Benjamin, Lizzie married again and was living in 1929 in Texarkana, Ark. Children:

1. Benjamin Williams. 2. Alexander Williams.

(S 802) FANNIE BELLE WILLIAMS Fannie Belle Williams was born Sept. 15, 1873, in Arkadel­

phia, Ark. She died Sept. 26, 1910, in the same place. On June 5, 1895, she married William McCartney and was living in Tex­arkana, Ark., in 1929. Children:

1. Catherine McCartney; m. Dr. -- Hibbitts. 2. William McCartney.

(S 803) ESTELLE ROBINSON McMILLAN Estelle Robinson McMillan was born May 16, 1861, in

Arkansas. On Sept. 7, 1880, she married Theodore M. Blake (1856-84). She was professor of English in OuachHa College, Arkadelphia, Ark. Children:

1. Theodore M. Blake; d. Aug. 16, 1911, at age of 28. He was assistant in music, University of Arkansas.

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(S 804) ELIZABETH SWANN McMILLAN Elizabeth Swann McMillan was born April 25, 1866. She

married Nov. 8, 1888, John Harrington Crawford (1853-1930). He was the son of Alexander L. Crawford and Melinda Harring­ton. Res., 1929, Arkadelphia, Ark. Children: (S 904) (S 905)

1. Dwight Harrington Crawford. 2. Margaret Witherspoon Crawford. 3. Frances McMillan Crawford.

(S 805) DOUGALD McMILLAN Dougald McMillan was born Oct. 4, 1868. He married June

16, 1897, Annie Laurie Askew, of Columbus, Miss. He was a lawyer and lived in Arkadelphia, Ark. Children: (S 906) 1. Elizabeth McMillan.

2. Annie Laurie McMillan; graduate of Ouachita College, Ark. 3. Dougald McMillan.

(S 806) JOHN HENRY McMILLAN John Henry McMillan was born March 27, 1871, in Arka­

delphia, Ark. On Sept. 9, 1901, he married May Boswell, the daughter of James S. Boswell and Mary Ernestine Ross, both of Okolona, Clark County, Ark. John Henry McMillan took the B.S. degree at Ouachita College. He studied law in Washington and Lee University and was granted the L.L.B. degree. He was a lawyer in 1929 living in Arkadelphia. Children:

1. John Boswell McMillan; b. April 2, 1907. 2. Mary Ernestine McMillan; b. June 10, 1915.

(S 807) DAVID .WILLIAMS McMILLAN David Williams McMillan was born Aug. 10, 1877. He mar­

ried June 3, 1908, Lela Belle Allen, daughter of Isabel Green and William Graham Allen, of Hope, Ark. In 1929 David W. McMil­lan was a lawyer living in Arkadelphia, Ark. Children:

1. Henry William McMillan. 2. Frances Isabel McMillan. 3. Juanita McMillan. 4. Lela Allen McMillan.

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(S 808) GERALDUS TOOLE WILLIAMS Geraldus Toole Williams married Florence Horne, of

Whelen, Ark. They moved to Texas. Children:

1. March Williams. 2. Fannie Williams.

(S 809) SARA BEECH STOCKARD Sara Beech Stockard married David J. Kinzie. She was a

widow in Tacoma, Wash., in 1928. Children:

1. David J. Kinzie.

(S 810) LUCY WILLIAMS STOCKARD Lucy Williams Stockard was born Dec. 3, 1882, at Mt.

Pleasant, Tenn. On April 30, 1902, she married at Pensacola, Fla., Henry Osgood Anson. They made their home in Pensacola. Lucy Williams Stockard was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, no. 179,605.

Henry Osgood Anson was born Oct. 23, 1872, in Pensacola, Fla., the son of Robert Emmet and Aline Julia (de Rocheblabe) Anson. Henry and Lucy were Roman Catholics. Children: (S 907) 1. Lucy Williams Anson.

2. Aline Osgood Anson; b. Nov. 19, 1904; d. Dec. 3, 1927, in an automobile accident near Pensacola. She was a graduate of Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee, Fla.

3. Dorothy Mary Anson; b. Jan. 26, 1907. 4. Roberta Lester Anson; b. Aug. 4, 1911. 5. Jane Anson; b. Dec. 9, 1916. 6. Henry Osgood Anson; b. Feb. 15, 1923.

(S 811) MACON COLEMAN VICK Macon Coleman Vick was born June 15, 1880. He married

Helen McClure Hodges, daughter of James Albert Hodges and Sallie Sinclair Black. James Albert Hodges was from Frankfort, Kty. Macon Coleman Vick was pastor of the Baptist churches in Yazoo City and Clarksdale, Miss. Children:

1. Sarah Williams Vick. 2. Helen Hodges Vick. 3. James Coleman Vick.

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(S 812) HARRY ELIAS VICK Harry Elias Vick was born Oct. 11, 1884. He married Ruth

Ragland Bragg, of Mexico, Mo. She was the daughter of Dr. Kelly Ragland Bragg and Laura Sedlack. Res., Louisville, Kty. Children:

1. Mary Ragland Vick. 2. Harry Elias Vick. 3. Kelly James Vick.

(S 813) ISABELLA SANDERS WILLIAMS Isabella Sanders Williams was born Dec. 5, 1887. She mar­

ried July 5, 1911, Thomas Polk Pearsall, son of Edward Dixon Pearsall and Barbara S. Armstrong. They are Baptists, living, 1929, in Rocky Point, N. C. Children:

1. Thomas Polk Pearsall; b. 1916. 2. David Williams Pearsall; b. 1918. 3. John Sanders Pearsall; b. 1920. 4. Isabella Louisa Pearsall; b. 1923. 5. James Franklin Pearsall; b. 1924. 6. Martha Jane Pearsall; b. 1927.

(S 814) ASHLEY ALEXANDER WILLIAMS Ashley Alexander Williams was born Jan. 30, 1890. He

married Lillie Goodman. Res., 1929, Big Spring, Texas. Children:

1. Herbert Alexander Williams. 2. David Ashley Williams.

(S 815) MATTIE WEST PIPKIN Mattie West Pipkin was born April 20, 1882, in Harnett

County, N. C. She married May 20, 1898, Stephen Herbert Wash­burn. He was born Dec. 24, 1873, in Berlin, Ontario, Canada, the son of Luther Wesley Washburn and Susan Mulholland. Mattie and her husband were Methodists. In 1927 she was a widow living in Dunn, N. C. Children:

1. Mary Elizabeth Wash burn. 2. John Pipkin Washburn; b. Sept. 6, 1899, d. Feb. 5, 1923. 3. Martha Williams Washburn; b. Oct. 13, 1909.

(S 816) JANE HODGES PIPKIN Jane Hodges Pipkin married Alva L. Mincy. Baptists. In

1927 they were living in Wilmington, N. C.

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Children: 1. Edna Earle Mincy. 2. Russell Mincy. 3. Mattie Washburn Mincy. 4. Brooks Mincy. 5. Katherine Mincy. 6. Frances Mincy. 7. Elizabeth Pipkin Mincy. 8. Winifred Ware Mincy. 9. Joan Mincy.

(S 817) ELIZABETH DA VIS PIPKIN Elizabeth Davis Pipkin married Thomas Jefferson Walker.

Res., 1927, Hattiesburg, Miss. Children:

1. Kirby Pipkin Walker; b. June 9, 1902; m. H. C. Merritt. 2. Lucille Elizabeth Walker; d. July 28, 1926. 3. Bess Walker. 4. Thomas Jefferson Walker; b. Sept. 6, 1925.

(S 818) RACHEL WILLIAMS PIPKIN Rachel Williams Pipkin married John Emmett Ligon, of

Salem, Va. Methodists. Res., 1927, Roanoke, Va. Children:

1. Evelyn Forsythe Ligon. 2. Mattie Mai Ligon. 3. Richard Williams Ligon. 4. Elisha James Ligon; b. Jan. 17, 1909. 5. John Windle Ligon; b. Jan. 17, 1909.

(S 819) CLIFTON WHITE PIPKIN Clifton White Pipkin married (1) Mary McLaughlin: (2)

Mazie Withers. Mary McLaughlin, of Fayetteville, N. C., was a Presbyterian. Mazie was also a Presbyterian. She and her hus­band were living in Lillington, N. C., in 1927. Children:

1. Margaret Cogdell Pipkin. Second marriage 2. Charity Williams Pipkin. 3. Mary Anna Pipkin. 4. Elizabeth Withers Pipkin. 5. Clifton White Pipkin. 6. Jean Withers Pipkin.

(S 820) WINNIFRED TURNER PIPKIN Winnifred Turner Pipkin married Charles Ware. Res., 1927,

Wilmington, N. C.

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1. Charles Ware. 2. William Wilton Ware. 3. Madelaine Ware. 4. Lucille Elizabeth Ware.

(S 821) ISAAC WILLIAMS PIPKIN Isaac Williams Pipkin married Stella Bosworth, of Port­

land, Oregon. Children:

1. Isaac Williams Pipkin. 2. Bettie Jane Pipkin.

(S 822) JESSE WOOTEN WILLIAMS Jesse Wooten Williams was born Aug. 24, 1876. He was a

doctor practicing in Baltimore, Md. He died Aug. 1, 1905. He married Jane Grey Thrift. Children:

1. Jeanette McKellar Williams.

(S 823) THOMAS BAYARD WILLIAMS Thomas Bayard Williams was born Jan. 3, 1879. He mar­

ried Elizabeth Augusta Stengel. She was the daughter of Gott­lieb and Elizabeth Augusta (Tarbert) Stengel. They were born in Baltimore County, Md. Thomas Bayard Williams was sometime judge of the People's Court of Baltimore. Res., 1949, Baltimore, Md. Children:

1. Thomas Bayard Williams; b. Sept. 19, 1912, Baltimore, Md.; m. Genevieve Clarke. He is a lawyer. Their children born in Baltimore in 1945 and 1948, respectively, are Mary Louise and Stephanie Clarke Williams. Thomas Bayard Williams kindly permitted us to use the letters of his grandfather reproduced in his sketch, (S 614). Res., 1949, Baltimore, Md.

2. Jesse Lewis Williams; b. Sept. 25, 1918, Baltimore; m. Mil­dred Etta Thurlow, of Concord, New Hampshire. Res., 1949, Baltimore, Md.

3. Jack Howard Williams; b. Feb. 4, 1920, Baltimore; m. Janet Scot, of Bridgeport, Conn. Res., 1949, Baltimore, Md.

(S 824) ALEXANDER ELLIOT WILLIAMS Alexander Elliot Williams was born 1875. He married Dec.

28, 1889, in Davidson, N. C., Janie McBryde, daughter of the Rev. Duncan Daniel McBryde, of Cumberland County, N. C.

Alexander E. Williams was a graduate of the United States

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Military Academy, 1898. He served in the Spanish-American War, in the Philippines, in Mexico, China, and in Europe during and after the World War of 1918. He was chief quartermaster for the Army of Occupation in Germany and in 1920 was ap­pointed brigadier-general, United States Army. Children:

1. Alexander Elliot Williams; b. 1901, Linden, N. C. 2. Jonathan McBryde Williams; b. 1911, Washington, D. C. 3. Eleanor McBryde Williams; b. 1913, d. in infancy.

( S 825) WILLIAM LANE WILLIAMS William Lane Williams was born June 29, 1880. He married

Oct. 26, 1910, in the Sardis Presbyterian Church, Linden, N. C., Katherine Dupree Pender. She was born in Edgecombe County, N. C., on July 31, 1884, the daughter of Joshua Clifton Pender and Mary Amelia Mercer. William Lane Williams was sometime a state bank examiner. He was a Presbyterian; his wife was an Episcopalian. Res., 1928, Raleigh, N. C. Children:

1. William Lane Williams; b. Sept. 9, 1911, Durham, N. C. 2. Franklin McNeill Williams; b. Jan. 20, 1914, Durham, N. C. 3. Katherine Pender Williams; b. June 20, 1916, Linden, N. C. 4. Walter Pender Williams; b. Aug. 20, 1918, Linden, N. C. 5. John Clifton Williams; b. July 9, 1921, Raleigh, N. C.

(S 826) HENRY ELLIOT WILLIAMS Henry Elliot Williams was born Dec. 27, 1888. He married

July 19, 1919, Minnie Wesley Pickle. He was a student in the law school of the University of North Carolina, 1910-12. He was a lawyer and made his home in Villa Rosa Park, Tampa, Fla. Presbyterians. Children:

1. Henry Elliot Williams. 2. Mary Williams. 3. George Wesley Pickle Williams. 4. William Lane Williams.

(S 827) ANNEBEL MURPHY WILLIAMS Annebel Murphy Williams was born May 4, 1886, in Clinch

County, Ga. On Nov. 28, 1911, she married Dr. Alva Simpson Cromartie, at Woodland, near Fayetteville, N. C. He was the son of George Henry and Cornelia Hickman (Simpson) Cro­martie, of Bladen County, N. C. Dr. Alva Simpson Cromartie is

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a dentist and has practiced in Fayetteville since 1907. Res., 1949, Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Alva Simpson Cromartie; b. Nov. 4, 1912, at Woodland, Fayetteville, N. C., d. Jan. 27, 1935.

2. Eliza Faison Cromartie; b. Oct. 31, 1915, in Fayetteville, N. C.; m. April 18, 1942, in Fayetteville, Robert Vincent Elder. He was born June 16, 1916, in Providence R. I., the son of LeRoy Vincent and Esther Grace (Hershey) Elder. He was graduated by Princeton University in 1937 and dur­ing World War II he was a captain of artillery in the United States Army in the European theatre. Eliza Faison is a graduate of Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1936. Res., 1949, Winston-Salem, N. C. They have two daughters; Anne Williams Elder and Eliza­beth Marsh Elder born Aug. 19, 1943, Hugo, Okla., and Feb. 20, 1945, Fayetteville, N. C., respectively.

3. Peter McKellar Cromartie; b. Feb. 27, 1919, in Fayette­ville, N. C.; m. Nov. 27, 1941, at Columbus, Ga., Harriett Elizabeth Salley. She was born Feb. 26, 1921, at Fort Bragg, N. C., the daughter of Auburn Frank and Edna (Orrich) Salley. Capt. Cromartie served in the 305th Infantry, 77th Division, United States Army, during World War II and saw service in the Pacific theatre. Peter Mc­Kellar Cromartie is a graduate of N. C. State College, Raleigh, N. C., 1941. He is a deacon in the First Pres­byterian Church of Fayetteville, N. C. Res., 1949, Fay­etteville,, N. C. They have two children; Alva Simpson Cromartie, b. Aug. 15, 1943, in Fayetteville, N. C.; and Susan Hipshire Cromartie, b. June 6, 1947, Fayetteville, N. C.

(S 828) ELIZA EVANS WILLIAMS Eliza Evans Williams was born Oct. 28, 1888, in Cumber­

land County, N. C. On Oct. 27, 1914, she married Thomas Dun­can Rose. Eliza Evans Williams, often called "Lila", attended Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., and was graduated in 1910.

Thomas Duncan Rose was born Aug. 9, 1889, in Fayette­ville, N. C., the son of George McNeill and Augusta Jane (Steele) Rose. He attended the University of North Carolina and re­ceived his B.S. degree in 1910. Electricity caught his attention and he studied for a time at Schenectady, N. Y. Later he worked for the electric power company in Baltimore, Md. In 1929 he was in charge of the contract department of Hunter Brothers Elec­tric Company, Fayetteville, N. C. He is, 1949, city manager of Chapel Hill, N. C.

Eliza Evans (Williams) Rose and her husband are Presby­terians. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Chap.el Hill, N. C. Res., 1949, Chapel Hill, N. C.

Children:

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1. Eliza Evans Rose; b. Aug. 15, 1915, Fayetteville, N. C.; m. June 19, 1940, in Shelby, N. C., Durward Thomas Roberts. He was born Jan. 1, 1915, the son of Zepheniah Thomas and Bessie (Simmons) Roberts, of Monticello, Ga. Durward Thomas Roberts served in the United States Navy during World War II. Eliza Evans Rose is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1937. Res., 1949, Knox­ville, Tenn. Issue:

1. Durward Thomas Roberts, b. Jan. 1, 1942. 2. Eliza Williams Roberts; b. Jan. 17, 1945. 3. Martha Malinda Roberts; b. Nov. 25, 1948.

2. Annie Lea Rose; b. Jan. 8, 1919, Baltimore, Md.; m. June 25, 1949, Chapel Hill, N. C., Robert Wilburn O'Briant, who was born June 5, 1921, the son of Robert Edward and Ora (Wilburn) O'Briant. Robert W. O'Briant served during World War II in the European theater. He attended North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C. Annie Lea is a grad­uate of Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1940. Res., 1949, Laurinburg, N. C.

3. Thomas Duncan Rose; b. July 6, 1921, Fayetteville, N. C.; m. Mary Jane Rankin, Jan. 1, 1946, who was born July 5, 1923, the daughter of Reu Raymond and Florence (Edens) Rankin, of Newton, Kans. He enlisted July 10, 1942, in the United States Navy and was discharged as an aviation cadet Sept. 29, 1945. He is currently, 1949, studying in the University of Tennessee. Res., 1949, Alcoa, Tenn. Issue: .

1. Thomas Duncan Rose; b. Sept. 19, 194~. 2. Raymond Rankin Rose; b. Sept. 19, 1946. 3. Nancy Jane Rose; b. April 19, 1949.

4. Sara Williams Rose; b. Dec. 3, 1932, Fayetteville, N. C.

(S 829) ALEXANDER LANE PURCELL Alexander Lane Purcell was born in 1882. He married in

Jacksonville, Fla., Sallie May Dempsey Dec. 24, 1917. She was born in 1893 in Branford, Fla., the daughter of John Dempsey and Dena Howell. Res., 1930, Wagram, N. C. Children:

1. Alexander Lane Purcell. 2. John Dempsey Purcell.

(S 830) MARTHA HUNTER PURCELL Martha Hunter Purcell was born Nov. 5, 1888. She mar­

ried Nov. 30, 1922, Carleton Nunnamaker. He was born· May 30, 1890, to George Herman Nunnamaker and Anna McVain. Res., 1930, Wagram, N. C. Children:

1. Carleton Nunnamaker. 2. Charles Purcell Nunnamaker.

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(S 831) CHARLES AUGUSTUS PURCELL Charles Augustus Purcell was born Dec. 19, 1891. He mar­

ried July 20, 1920, in Laurinburg, N. C., Anna Meta Buchanan, daughter of Edwin Buchanan and Meta Graham McGeachy. Children:

1. Charles Archibald Purcell. 2. Augustus Buchanan Purcell. 3. Elizabeth Graham Purcell. 4. Edwin Lane Purcell.

(S 832) ANNIE ESTHER WILLIAMS Annie Esther Williams was born Aug. 27, 1878. She mar­

ried Dec. 21, 1898, in Purcepolis, N. C., Lloyd Warren Cross, of Ga. Res., 1929, Statesboro, Ga. Children:

1. Julia Polhill Cross; b. Dec. 12, 1904. 2. Sara Williams Cross; b. March 2, 1910. 3. James Madison Cross; b. Dec. 30, 1913.

(S 833) JOHN C. WILLIAMS John C. Williams was born Sept. 26, 1888. He married (1)

May 20, 1914, Hattie Nichols (April 13, 1892-Feb. 27, 1921). She was from Thomaston, Ala., and died in Norfolk, Va. He married (2) Feb. 4, 1928, Azalea Beatrice Stewart, daughter of Jacob Stewart. Res., 1930, Norfolk, Va. Children:

1. John C. Williams, died young. 2. Joseph Huske Williams; d. 1921.

(S 834) JOSEPH HUSKE WILLIAMS Joseph Huske Williams was born May 18, 1894. He mar­

ried September 11, 1925, in Maysville, Ga., Allie Allene Prickett, born July 20, 1898, in Maysville. She was the daughter of Albert Brantley Prickett and Ida Levada Elrod. Res., 1930, Erwin, N. C. Children:

1. Robert Strange Williams. 2. Ida Claudine Williams.

(S 835) CATHERINE ROBINSON WILLIAMS Catherine Robinson Williams was born Sept. 6, 1879, at

Silver Spring, N. C. She went to Kuling, China, in 1905 as a Presbyterian missionary. In Shanghai on Jan. 1, 1906, she mar­ried Dr. Archibald Alexander McFadyen, of the Hsuchowfu

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Presbyterian Mission. She died Jan. 17, 1914, at Hsuchowfu, and was buried at Chinkiang, China.

Archibald Alexander McFadyen attended Davidson College, N. C., 1899, and the North Carolina Medical College. After the death of Catherine, Dr. McFadyen married a second time. Children:

1. Sarah Lauchlin McFadyen; b. Feb. 8, 1907, Hsuchowfu, China. She was in 1926 a student at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga.

2. John Williams McFadyen; b. Jan. 10, 1908, Hsuchowfu, China.

3. Lucian Robinson McFadyen; b. Jan. 10, 1908; twin to John Williams McFadyen.

4. John Donaldson McFadyen; b. Nov. 8, 1909, Hsuchowfu, China.

5. Archibald Alexander McFadyen; b. Aug. 20, 1911, Kuling, China.

6. Lucy Williams McFadyen; b. Aug. 29, 1913, Hsuchowfu, China.

(S 836) JOSEPH HUSKE WILLIAMS Joseph Huske Williams was born Feb. 25, 1882, at Wood­

side, in Harnett County, N. C. He married Ida Moore, of Ben­nettsville, S. C. Following the death of Joseph on July 19, 1918, at Linden, N. C., his widow married --- McManus. Children:

1. Joseph Carlyle Williams; b. Nov. 7, 1908, Robeson Co., N. C. 2. Lucy Robinson Williams; b. Nov. 15, 1910, Linden, N. C. 3. Ella Ree Williams; b. May 15, 1913, Linden, N. C. 4. John Farquhard Williams; b. Aug. 25, 1914, Lillington,

N. C.

(S 837) SAMUEL W. TILLINGHAST Samuel W. Tillinghast married Nan Mallett. Episcopalians.

Res., 1927, Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Mercer Mallet Tillinghast. 2. Belle Ray Tillinghast.

(S 838) JOHN WILLIAMS TILLINGHAST John Williams Tillinghast married Isabel Glover. They were

Episcopalians. Following the death of John W. Tillinghast, Isabel married Fleet Rankin. She made her home in 1927 in Fayette­vi11e, N. C. Children:

1. Isabel Glover Tillinghast. 2. Annie Williams Tillinghast. 3. Jack Tillinghast.

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(S 839) BELLE DONALDSON TILLINGHAST Belle Donaldson Tillinghast married Feb. 28, 1918, William

Angus Ray. He was born Dec. 30, 1883, in Cumberland County, N. C. He died Oct. 15, 1918. He was a dentist. Presbyterian. Res., Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. William Angus Ray.

(S 840) DAVID RAY TILLINGHAST David Ray Tillinghast married Birdie Graham. Res., 1927,

Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Ann Graham Tillinghast.

(S 841) NORWOOD W. TILLINGHAST Norwood W. Tillinghast married Mamie Coit. He was an

Episcopalian, she a Presbyterian. Res., 1930, Fayetteville, N. C. Chiidren:

1. Mamie Coit Tillinghast. 2. Norwood W. Tillinghast.

(S 842) MARTHA BAKER HUSKE Martha Baker Huske married William Mortimer Martin.

He was the son of William Walter Martin and the stepson of Mary Isabella (Evans) Martin, (S 493). Res., 1927, Fayetteville, N. C. Children:

1. Helen Martin. 2. Mortimer Martin. 3. James Martin.

(S 843) MALCOLM GRAEME DRAUGHON Malcolm Graeme Draughon was born January 27, 1899, in

Mobile, Ala. On July 6, 1926, he married in the Central Presby­terian Church of Mobile, Mary Catherine Cooper. She was born Aug. 2, 1906, the daughter of Marvin Y. Cooper and Birdie Luella Paige. After years on the sea Malcolm G. Draughon en­tered the employ of the Merchants National Bank of Mobile. Res., Mobile, Ala. Children:

1. Mary Catherine Draughon; b. Aug. 20, 1927.

JOSIE EDWARDS PLEASANT SOWELL 1869-

Wife of James Lawrence Sowell

GEORGE FOSTER MARSHALL 1875-

EIGHTH GENERATION 375

(S 845) JOSIE EDWARDS PLEASANT Josie Edwards Pleasant was born Jan. 7, 1869, in Marion,

Ala. On Dec. 19, 1895, she married at Perdue Hill, Ala., James Lawrence Sowell.1 He attended the Tulane University, New Orleans, La., and received the M.D. degree. He practiced medi­cine at Perdue Hill, Monroeville, Brilliant, and Jasper, Ala. Children: (S 908) (S 909) (S 910)

(S 847)

1. Esther Pleasant Sowell. 2. William Wirt Sowell. 3. James Lawrence Sowell; b. Sept. 8, 1900, Brilliant, Ala.;

m. Aug. 20, 1930, Lela Mary Ruth in Greeley, Col. 4. George Foster Sowell; b. 1912, d. 1919.

GEORGE FOSTER MARSHALL George Foster Marshall was born Dec. 9, 1875 at Perdue

Hill, Ala. On Oct. 28, 1903, he married in Marion, Ala., Margaret Robinson. She was born June 5, 1882, the daughter of Walter Berry Robinson2 and Margaret Montgomery Moore. George F. Marshall joined his uncle, Alexander Joseph Marshall (S 637) in operating a merchandising business in Marion, Ala. Presby­terian. Res., Marion, Ala. Children:2

(S 911) 1. Sarah Frances Marshall. 2. George Foster Marshall; b. Feb. 17, 1908; He attended

the University of Ala., and received his A. B. in 1929. 3. James Moore Marshall. See Appendix, Item S-11. 4. John Lee Marshall. See Appendix, Item S-11.

1. James Sowell, of Sumter District, S. C., m. Ann Cook, and had a son, James Lawrence Sowell.

James Lawrence Sowell was born in Sumter District, S. C., in 1799. He married in 1820 Mary Hunley, daughter of Absolom Hunley and Nancy --, of Virginia. James moved to Lancaster Co., S. C., and to Monroe Co., Ala. He had a son, William Calvin Sowell.

William Calvin Sowell was born in 1824. He married Isabella Roberts (1836-1926). She was the daughter of Lamar Roberts and Catherine Mc­Call. William lived at Monroeville, Ala., and died in 1906.

Issue: Thomas Lamar Sowell. John M. Sowell. Arthur T. Sowell. James Lawrence Sowell; m. Josie Edwards Pleasant (S 845). Isabelle ( or May Belle) Sowell. Walter Scott Sowell. Marcus R. Sowell. (Notable Men of Ala., I, 36: Memorial Record of Ala., I, 1002; Blue

Book of Ala., 1929; Owen, IV, 1603). 2. All the children were born in Marion, Ala.

Walter Berry Robinson was a descendant of that James B. Robinson who was born in Russell Co., Va., and emigrated to Alabama, and became a distinguished citizen of Madison County. (Memorial Record of Ala., II, 794: Owen, IV, 1228).

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(S 848) BESSIE LEE MARSHALL Bessie Lee Marshall was born Nov. 19, 1878, at Perdue

Hill, Ala. She married Sept. 10, 1902, at Perdue Hill Thomas Cary Marriott. He was born January 15, 1876, at Homewood, Mo~roe County, Ala., to Emma Pursel Barr3 and Cary McClel­land Marriott. Mrs. T. C. Marriott is a Presbyterian. All her children were born on the farm near Uriah, Monroe County, Ala. Res., 1949, near Uriah, Ala. Children: (S 912) (S 913)

(S 914) (S 915)

1. Thomas Cary Marriott. 2. Emma Louise Marriott. 3. John Marshall Marriott. See Appendix Item S-12. 4. Williams Blanchard Marriott; b. 1907. 5. Bessie Lee Marriott. See Appendix, Item S-12. 6. Mary Nelson Marriott. See Appendix, Item S-12. 7. Ruth McClelland Marriott. 8. Francis Foster Marriott.

(S 849) JAMES WILLIAMS MARSHALL James Williams Marshall was born Jan. 20, 1882, at Perdue

Hill, Ala. On Dec. 14, 1922, he married at Tinela, Monroe Coun­ty, Ala., Mrs. Marion Lee (Cannon) Stallworth.

James Williams Marshall attended Southwestern Presby­terian University, Clarkesville, Tenn., and was awarded the M.A. degree in 1905 and the B.D. degree in 1907. He was or­dained by East Alabama Presbytery at Tuskegee, Ala., Oct. 23, 1907, and installed pastor of the Tuskegee Presbyterian Church the same day. From 1910 to 1914 he was pastor of the High­land Park Church, Montgomery, Ala. In 1914 he studied church history in McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He held other pastorates at Mount Holly, Ark., 1914-1921, in connection with Junction City and Camden. He was Stated Clerk of Ouachita Presbytery, Arkansas, 1917-1921, and Permanent Clerk of Synod of Arkansas; superintendent of Home Missions, Mobile Presbytery, Ala., 1921-1929; Stated Clerk of Mobile Pres­bytery, 1922-1929, and Permanent Clerk of Synod of Alabama; Stated Clerk of Florida Presbytery, 1931-1940, and of Synod of Florida, 1935-1940. He was a member of the board of directors of Southwestern Presbyterian University, 1913-1914.

3. Following the War for Southern Independence Thomas Gibson Barr left Ohio and purchased extensive lands in Monroe County. Here his daugh­ter Emma (1849-1919) married C. M. Marriott. Her father gave his lands to Emma and returned to Ohio. (Marshall).

BESSIE LEE MARSHALL MARRIOTT 1878-

Wife of Thomas Cary Marriott