Lutrelle Constance Livingston

F, ID# 14801, b. 10 December 1911, d. 30 August 2004
  • Note*: • A family history says she was born on 10 Dec 1912 in Charleston, South Carolina.
    • She was a descendant of Robert Rutledge Livingston, who as Chancellor of the State of New York administered the oath of office to George Washington on 30 Apr 1789 when he was inaugurated President of the United States for his first term. Another of her ancestors was Philip Livingston, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.7

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of her gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 8 Apr 2020

Family: Samuel Anthony Fortson Jr. b. 14 Jun 1908, d. 18 Jun 1999

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Lutrelle Livingston Fortson, memorial no. 90859948, viewed on 8 Apr 2020 (giving the date but not the place).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 487 (stating that she was born on 10 Dec 1912 [not 1911] in Charleston, South Carolina).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 487.
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Samuel Anthony Fortson, Jr., memorial no. 90859891, viewed on 8 Apr 2020 (not giving the date or the place).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Lutrelle Livingston Fortson, memorial no. 90859948, viewed on 8 Apr 2020 (not giving the date or the place).
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Lutrelle Livingston Fortson, memorial no. 90859948, viewed on 8 Apr 2020.
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 487 (both bullets).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 487 (naming Lutrelle Constance Livingston as his mother).
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Samuel Anthony Fortson, III, memorial no. 90860015, viewed on 8 Apr 2020 (naming Lutrelle Livingston Fortson as his mother).
  10. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Samuel Anthony Fortson, Jr., memorial no. 90859948, viewed on 8 Apr 2020 (naming Lutrelle Livingston Fortson as his mother).
  11. [S1660] Obituary for David Livingston Fortson, The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Ga., 7 Apr 2020, online at https://tinyurl.com/sjxb9sv, viewed on 7 Apr 2020 (naming Lutrelle Livingston "(Lulu)" Fortson as his mother). This obituary also appears online at the web site for McAlister Funeral & Cremation, https://tinyurl.com/u9oub5h

Minnie Walton

F, ID# 14802
  • Last Edited: 14 Oct 2001

Family: William Robert Wynn

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 502 (stating that Agnes Lizelle Walton and Minnie Walton were sisters and attributing information to Miss Mary Fortson).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 502 (attributing information to Miss Mary Fortson).

William Robert Wynn

M, ID# 14803
  • Last Edited: 14 Oct 2001

Family: Minnie Walton

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 502 (attributing information to Miss Mary Fortson).

Edith Kathryn Marks

F, ID# 14807, b. 20 January 1899, d. 28 December 1976
  • Note*: • The Social Security death index gives 1899 as her birth year, but her Find A Grave memorial and a Fortson family history say it was 1900.
    • She attended Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, Georgia.8,9,10

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes pictures of her gravestones, is here.
  • Last Edited: 26 Sep 2022

Family: Samuel Donald Fortson b. 27 Apr 1900, d. 1 Jun 1976

Citations

  1. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 Oct 2001 (giving only the date).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 482.
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Samuel Donald Fortson, memorial no. 148389715, viewed on 31 Dec 2020 (not giving the date or the place).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Edith Marks Fortson, memorial no. 148389714, viewed on 31 Dec 2020 (not giving the date or the place).
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 Oct 2001 (stating that she died in December 1976; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Asheville, N.C. when she died).
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Edith Marks Fortson, memorial no. 148389714, viewed on 31 Dec 2020 (giving the date and the place).
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Edith Marks Fortson, memorial no. 148389714, viewed on 31 Dec 2020.
  8. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 Oct 2001 (stating she was born in 1899) (first bullet).
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Edith Marks Fortson, memorial no. 148389714, viewed on 31 Dec 2020 (stating she was born in 1900) (first bullet).
  10. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 482 (stating she was born in 1900) (first and second bullets).
  11. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 482 (naming Edith Kathryn Marks as her mother).
  12. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 482 (naming Edith Kathryn Marks as his mother).
  13. [S1804] Obituary for Rev. Samuel Donald Fortson, Jr., online at Harwood Home for Funerals, Black Mountain, N.C., https://tinyurl.com/euz6nd34, viewed on 2 Mar 2021 (naming Edith Marks as his mother).

Susannah Tate

F, ID# 14808
  • Note*: Her name also appears as Susan Tate.2
  • Last Edited: 5 Oct 2002

Family: William Arnold Jr.

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), pp. 334 (stating that they married on 11 Oct 1773), 342 (not giving the date).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 334.
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 334, 342 (naming Susannah Tate as her mother).

William Richard Fortson

M, ID# 14809, b. circa 1800
  • Last Edited: 26 Sep 2018

Family: Eliza Lane d. 6 Feb 1856

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 342 (naming Richard Fortson as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 342 (naming Lucy Arnold as his mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 342.
  4. [S928] Frances T. Ingmire, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Marriage Records 1804-1859 (St. Louis, Mo.: Frances T. Ingmire, 1985), groom index, p. 14 (giving her name as Elizabeth).
  5. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  6. [S1183] Macon Weekly Telegraph, Macon, Ga., 2 Jan 1830, p. 2 (listed among divorces granted in November-December 1829 by the Legislature of Georgia).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 343 (naming William Fortson as his father).
  8. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005 (naming William Richard Fortson as his father).
  9. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 343 (naming William Fortson as her father).
  10. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005 (naming William Richard Fortson as her father).

Tavner Wynn Fortson

M, ID# 14810, b. 1804, d. February 1864
  • Note*: Other spellings of his name include Tavener, Tavernor, Tavanah, and Tavnah. It seems likely that his name honors his great-grandmother, whose family name is spelled Taverner or Tavernor. He and his family moved from Elbert County, Georgia to Harris County, Georgia in the early 1830s and later settled in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to daughter Laura, he had at least two sons. His two wives were first cousins.10,11,12
  • Last Edited: 4 Jul 2011

Family 1: Catherine D. Tate

Family 2: Elizabeth D. Tate b. bt 1805 - 1812, d. a 1880

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), pp. 342, 354 (naming Richard Fortson as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 354 (naming Lucy Arnold as his mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 354 (stating that he was born circa 1802 without naming the place).
  4. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for viewed on 29 Apr 2004 (grave of Tavner Wynn Fortson).
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 338 (stating that they married on 2 Dec 1824 without naming the place), 354 (stating that they married on 2 Dec 1824 in Elbert Co., Ga.).
  7. [S928] Frances T. Ingmire, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Marriage Records 1804-1859 (St. Louis, Mo.: Frances T. Ingmire, 1985), groom index, p. 14 (spelling his name as Tavanah).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 338 (stating that they married on 13 Sep 1827 without naming the place), 354 (stating that they married on 13 Sep 1827 in Elbert Co., Ga.).
  9. [S1062] Betty Arnold Henderson, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 19 Jan 2006.
  10. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 338, 342, 354-55.
  11. [S1062] Betty Arnold Henderson, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 19 Jan 2006, (stating that his two wives were first cousins).
  12. [S1172] Eugenia Hobday, electronic mail to e-mail address, 6 Feb 2008, (spelling his name as Tavernor and stating that he moved to Alabama and then to Texas).
  13. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 354 (naming Tavner W. Fortson as her father).
  14. [S1062] Betty Arnold Henderson, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 19 Jan 2006, (naming Tavner Winn Fortson as his father).
  15. [S1062] Betty Arnold Henderson, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 19 Jan 2006, (naming Tavner Winn Fortson as her father).

Sarah Fortson

F, ID# 14811, b. circa 1804
  • Note*: She and her family settled in Harris County, Georgia. She probably had died by 1837.7
  • Last Edited: 24 Jan 2004

Family: Thomas A. Thornton

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), pp. 342, 355 (naming Richard Fortson as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 355 (naming Lucy Arnold as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 355.
  4. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  5. [S928] Frances T. Ingmire, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Marriage Records 1804-1859 (St. Louis, Mo.: Frances T. Ingmire, 1985), bride index, p. 14.
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 338 (stating that they married on 23 Oct 1823 without naming the place), 355 (stating that they married on 27 Oct 1823 in Elbert Co., Ga.).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 355.
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 355 (naming Sarah Fortson as his mother).

Mary ('Polly') Fortson

F, ID# 14812, b. circa 1806, d. 20 August 1850
  • Note*: She probably married William Barham after the death in early 1837 of her first husband, Samuel Turman. She and Samuel lived in Harris County, Georgia, and she and William Barham settled in Alabama.8
  • Last Edited: 8 Feb 2008

Family 1: Samuel Turman b. c 1800, d. 1837

Family 2: William A. Barham

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), pp. 342, 355 (naming Richard Fortson as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 355 (naming Lucy Arnold as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342 (stating that she was born circa 1806 without naming the place), 355 (stating that she was born circa 1806 in Elbert Co., Ga.).
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 338 (stating that they married on 20 Dec 1827 without naming the place), 355 (stating that they married on 20 Dec 1827 in Elbert Co., Ga.).
  5. [S1172] Eugenia Hobday, electronic mail to e-mail address, 6 Feb 2008.
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 355.
  7. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on her believed residence at the time.
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 355.
  9. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 355 (naming Mary ['Polly'] Fortson as his mother).
  10. [S1011] Eugenia Hobday, electronic mail to e-mail address, 20 Nov 2004, (naming Mary Fortson as his mother).
  11. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 355 (naming Mary ['Polly'] Fortson as her mother).
  12. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 355 (stating that Mary Fortson Turman and William A. Barham possibly had a daughter named Sarah Fortson Barham).

Helton Baker Jr.

M, ID# 14813
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2002

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 531 (naming Mildred Fortson as his mother).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 531 (naming Helton Baker as his father).

Mildred Fortson

F, ID# 14814
  • Note*: She lived in Columbus, Georgia and died at sister Susan's home in Opelika, Alabama.5
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2002

Family 1: Judge _____ Nutt

Family 2: Helton Baker

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), pp. 342, 531 (naming Richard Fortson as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 531 (naming Lucy Arnold as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 531.
  4. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342 (stating that she lived in Columbus, Ga.), 531 (stating that she died at sister Susan's home in Opelika, Ala.).
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 531 (naming Mildred Fortson as his mother).

Susan Tate Fortson

F, ID# 14815, b. 1812, d. 1890
  • Note*: Her name also appears as Susannah Tate Fortson. She and her husband lived in Lee County, Alabama.8
  • Last Edited: 22 May 2004

Family: Andrew Bonaparte Griffin b. 1800, d. 1899

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), pp. 342, 531 (naming Richard Fortson as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 531 (naming Lucy Arnold as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342 (stating that she was born in 1812 without naming the place), 531 (stating that she was born in 1812 without naming the place, citing 1958 letter from Mrs. H. M. Smith, New York, N.Y., to John Wright Boyd).
  4. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342 (not giving the date), 531 (stating that they married "on or before 1836-7 when Andrew respresented his wife in the administration of her father's will").
  6. [S962] Delilah _____, electronic mail to e-mail address, 20 May 2004, (stating that they married in 1832).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 531 (stating that she died in 1890, citing 1958 letter from Mrs. H. M. Smith, New York, N.Y., to John Wright Boyd).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 531.
  9. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 531 (naming Susan Tate Fortson as her mother, citing 1958 letter from Mrs. H. M. Smith, New York, N.Y., to John Wright Boyd).
  10. [S962] Delilah _____, electronic mail to e-mail address, 20 May 2004, (naming Susan Tate Fortson as his mother).
  11. [S962] Delilah _____, electronic mail to e-mail address, 20 May 2004, (naming Susan Tate Fortson as her mother).

Elizabeth Fortson

F, ID# 14816
  • Note*: She must have been born in 1816 or later, as she was still a minor in 1837, when brother Tavner was appointed her guardian. They lived in Shreveport, Louisiana.5
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2002

Family: Allen Eiland

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 342 (naming Richard Fortson as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 342 (naming Lucy Arnold as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 342.
  4. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 532.
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 532 (naming Elizabeth Fortson as her mother).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 532 (naming Elizabeth Fortson as his mother).

James Thomas Fortson

M, ID# 14817, b. 9 March 1818, d. 4 April 1886
  • Note*: • James's two wives were sisters and his cousins. James and Martha, his first wife, were in Harris County, Georgia in 1850, may have moved to Troup County, Georgia, and later moved to Louisiana.
    • A family history and his Find A Grave memorial give 4 Apr 1886 as his death date, but an obituary (dated 13 Apr 1886) says he died on 4 Mar 1886.17,18,19,20

Additional Resources

• His 1886 obituary from The Tennessee Baptist is here.
• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 2020

Family 1: Martha Angeline ('Angie') Almond b. 18 Oct 1822, d. 1 Oct 1871

Family 2: Georgia F. Almond b. Feb 1838, d. 10 May 1900

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), pp. 342, 532 (naming Richard Fortson as his father).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for James Thomas 'J T' Fortson, memorial no. 24294250, viewed on 16 Dec 2020 (naming Richard Fortson as his father).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342, 532 (naming Lucy Arnold as his mother).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Thomas 'J T' Fortson, memorial no. 24294250, viewed on 16 Dec 2020 (naming Lucy Tate Arnold as his mother).
  5. [S1788] Obituary for James T. Fortson, The Tennessee Baptist, Memphis, Tennessee, 1 May 1886, p. 5, col. 3, online at https://www.newspapers.com/image/588936929/, viewed on 7 Sep 2019 (giving the date and the place).
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 342 (stating that he was born on 9 Mar 1818 without naming the place), 532 (stating that he was born on 9 Mar 1818 in Elbert Co., Ga.).
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Thomas 'J T' Fortson, memorial no. 24294250, viewed on 16 Dec 2020 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 532.
  9. [S1788] Obituary for James T. Fortson, online, above (not giving the date or place but stating that they married when he was nineteen years old).
  10. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Thomas 'J T' Fortson, memorial no. 24294250, viewed on 16 Dec 2020 (not giving the date).
  11. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Martha Angeline Almond Fortson, memorial no. 24294314, viewed on 16 Dec 2020 (not giving the date).
  12. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 533, 671.
  13. [S1788] Obituary for James T. Fortson, online, above (not giving the date but stating that they married after his first wife died).
  14. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 532 (giving the date and the place).
  15. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Thomas 'J T' Fortson, memorial no. 24294250, viewed on 16 Dec 2020 (stating that his gravesite is, from southeast corner, row 10, grave 4).
  16. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 535 (citing 20 Apr 1967 letter from Catherine Smith, Homer, La., to John Wright Boyd about her visit to Antioch Church Cemetery).
  17. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 338 (stating that they were cousins), 342 (stating that they moved to Troup Co., Ga. and then to Louisiana), 532 (stating that they were in Harris Co., Ga. in 1850 and later moved to Louisiana) (first bullet).
  18. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 532 (stating that he died on 4 Apr 1886) (second bullet).
  19. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Thomas 'J T' Fortson, memorial no. 24294250, viewed on 16 Dec 2020 (second bullet).
  20. [S1788] Obituary for James T. Fortson, online, above (stating that he died on 4 Mar 1886) (second bullet).
  21. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 533, 546 (naming James Thomas Fortson as his father).
  22. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 533 (naming James Thomas Fortson as his father).
  23. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 533 (naming James Thomas Fortson as her father).

Eliza Lane

F, ID# 14818, d. 6 February 1856
  • Note*: She and her second husband, Nathan Dortch, had five children.8
  • Last Edited: 11 Apr 2014

Family 1: William Richard Fortson b. c 1800

Family 2: Nathaniel Carroll Dortch b. 1804, d. 1875

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 342 (naming Thomas Lane as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 342 (naming _____ Haley as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 342.
  4. [S928] Frances T. Ingmire, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Marriage Records 1804-1859 (St. Louis, Mo.: Frances T. Ingmire, 1985), groom index, p. 14 (giving her name as Elizabeth).
  5. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  6. [S1183] Macon Weekly Telegraph, Macon, Ga., 2 Jan 1830, p. 2 (listed among divorces granted in November-December 1829 by the Legislature of Georgia).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 343 (not giving the date or place or his first name).
  8. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005.
  9. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 343 (naming Eliza Lane as his mother).
  10. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005 (naming Eliza Lane as his mother).
  11. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 343 (naming Eliza Lane as her mother).
  12. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005 (naming Eliza Lane as her mother).

Thomas Lane

M, ID# 14819
  • Last Edited: 19 Feb 2005

Family: Nancy Haley

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 342 (naming Thomas Lane as her father).
  2. [S972] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to e-mail address, 21 Jan 2004, (naming Thomas Lane as his father).

Nancy Haley

F, ID# 14820
  • Last Edited: 10 Jul 2004

Family: Thomas Lane

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 342 (naming William Haley as her father).
  2. [S972] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to e-mail address, 21 Jan 2004, (stating that Eliza Lane Fortson Dortch was the sister of John Allen Lane and that he was the son of Thomas Lane).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 342 (naming Mary Turman as her mother).
  4. [S972] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to e-mail address, 21 Jan 2004, (stating that Eliza Lane Fortson Dortch was the sister of John Allen Lane and that he was the son of "Nancy Haley (Healey)").
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 342 (naming _____ Haley as her mother).
  6. [S972] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to e-mail address, 21 Jan 2004, (naming "Nancy Haley (Healey)" as his mother).

William Haley

M, ID# 14821
  • Last Edited: 10 Jul 2004

Family: Mary Turman

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 342 (naming William Haley as her father).
  2. [S972] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to e-mail address, 21 Jan 2004, (stating that Eliza Lane Fortson Dortch was the sister of John Allen Lane and that he was the son of Thomas Lane).

Mary Turman

F, ID# 14822
  • Last Edited: 10 Jul 2004

Family: William Haley

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 342 (naming Mary Turman as her mother).
  2. [S972] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to e-mail address, 21 Jan 2004, (stating that Eliza Lane Fortson Dortch was the sister of John Allen Lane and that he was the son of "Nancy Haley (Healey)").

Nathaniel Carroll Dortch

M, ID# 14823, b. 1804, d. 1875
  • Last Edited: 19 Feb 2005

Family: Eliza Lane d. 6 Feb 1856

Citations

  1. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005 (naming Nathan Dortch as his father).
  2. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005 (naming Elizabeth Carroll as his mother).
  3. [S1022] Jim Perrin, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Feb 2005.
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 343 (not giving the date or place or his first name).

Congrave Jackson

M, ID# 14824, b. 1755, d. 1820
  • Marriage*: He married Margaret Bush.
  • Birth*: He was born in 1755.1
  • Death*: He died in 1820.1
  • Last Edited: 22 Oct 2001

Family: Margaret Bush b. 1753, d. 1830

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (giving her name as Sarah and naming Congrave Jackson as her father).

Margaret Bush

F, ID# 14825, b. 1753, d. 1830
  • Last Edited: 22 Oct 2001

Family: Congrave Jackson b. 1755, d. 1820

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (giving her name as Sarah and naming Margaret Bush as her mother).

John Jackson Callaway

M, ID# 14826, b. 11 December 1826, d. 2 July 1871
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Family: Elizabeth A. Jeffries b. 10 Nov 1831, d. 13 Apr 1899

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Sarah Jackson as his mother).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Susan Jackson as his mother).
  5. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (stating that he was born in 1825 in Howard County, Missouri).
  6. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.
  7. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (not giving the date).
  8. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (giving her name as Eliza Ann Jeffries).
  9. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as her father).
  10. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming John Jackson Callaway as her father).
  11. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as his father).

Charles A. Callaway

M, ID# 14827, b. 4 August 1833
  • Note*: One source says that he was born in 1834 in Carroll County, Missouri.6
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Sarah Jackson as his mother).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Susan Jackson as his mother).
  5. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.
  6. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.

Congrave Clinton Callaway

M, ID# 14828, b. 27 August 1835, d. 5 July 1930
  • Note*: One source says that he was born in 1837 in Carroll County, Missouri. He served for three years in the Confederate Army and in 1869 began homesteading 160 acres in Jefferson County, Nebraska, three miles northwest of present-day Fairbury, where he lived until he died sixty-one years later.8,9
  • Last Edited: 26 Aug 2005

Family: Eliza J. Browning

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Sarah Jackson as his mother).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Susan Jackson as his mother).
  5. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.
  6. [S1032] The Callaway Family Association CFANET e-Newsletter, Oct 2004, attributing information to Con Carrell Callaway.
  7. [S1049] Rozella Cline and Ellen M. De Vries, comps., Index of Fairburn Cemetary, Jefferson County, Nebraska (n.p.: n.pub., 1987), p. 6.
  8. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (stating that he was born in 1837 in Carroll County, Missouri).
  9. [S1032] The Callaway Family Association CFANET e-Newsletter, Oct 2004, attributing information to Con Carrell Callaway (giving information about Civil War service and homestead in Nebraska).
  10. [S1032] The Callaway Family Association CFANET e-Newsletter, Oct 2004, attributing information to Con Carrell Callaway (naming Congrave Clinton Callaway as his father).

Mary Francis Callaway

F, ID# 14829, b. 26 November 1828
  • Note*: One source says that she was born in 1830 in Carroll County, Missouri.6
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Ambrose Callaway as her father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming Ambrose Callaway as her father).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Sarah Jackson as her mother).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Susan Jackson as her mother).
  5. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.
  6. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.

Agnes Callaway

F, ID# 14830, b. 22 August 1843
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Ambrose Callaway as her father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming Ambrose Callaway as her father).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Sarah Jackson as her mother).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Susan Jackson as her mother).
  5. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (stating that she was born in 1843 in Carroll County, Missouri).
  6. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.

William H. Harrison Callaway

M, ID# 14831, b. 23 February 1840
  • Note*: One source gives 1839 as his birth date.6
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Sarah Jackson as his mother).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Susan Jackson as his mother).
  5. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.
  6. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.

James J. Callaway

M, ID# 14832, b. 22 November 1824
  • Note*: He moved to Texas after the Civil War.3
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming Ambrose Callaway as his father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Susan Jackson as his mother).
  3. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.

Adam Rickard

M, ID# 14833
  • Last Edited: 24 Oct 2001

Family: _____ _____

Citations

  1. [S685] e-mail address, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 24 Oct 2001 (stating that he was the brother of Adam Rickard and citing "information from Mason County WV").
  2. [S685] e-mail address, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 24 Oct 2001 (naming Adam Rickard as his father and citing "information from Mason County WV").

_____ _____

F, ID# 14834
  • Last Edited: 24 Oct 2001

Family: Adam Rickard

Jacob Rickard

M, ID# 14835, b. circa 1796
  • Birth*: He was born circa 1796.2
  • Last Edited: 24 Oct 2001

Citations

  1. [S685] e-mail address, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 24 Oct 2001 (stating that he was the brother of Adam Rickard and citing "information from Mason County WV").
  2. [S685] e-mail address, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 24 Oct 2001 (citing "information from Mason County WV").

Nancy Callaway

F, ID# 14836, b. 15 June 1831
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Ambrose Callaway as her father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming Ambrose Callaway as her father).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Sarah Jackson as her mother).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Susan Jackson as her mother).
  5. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.

Elizabeth A. Jeffries

F, ID# 14837, b. 10 November 1831, d. 13 April 1899
  • Note*: One source gives her name as Eliza Ann. She moved with her parents to Howard County, Missouri in 1848, where her father died in December 1868 and her mother died in July 1896.3
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Family: John Jackson Callaway b. 11 Dec 1826, d. 2 Jul 1871

Citations

  1. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (giving her name as Eliza Ann Jeffries).
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (not giving the date).
  3. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.
  4. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as her mother).
  5. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Eliza Jeffries as her mother).
  6. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as his mother).

Elizabeth Jeffries ('Bettie') Callaway

F, ID# 14838, b. 28 January 1856, d. 18 March 1893
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Family: George Jackson Jarman

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as her father).
  2. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (naming John Jackson Callaway as her father).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as her mother).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Eliza Jeffries as her mother).
  5. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (stating that she was born in 1856 in Carroll County, Missouri).
  6. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.
  8. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Elizabeth Jeffries Callaway as his mother).
  9. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Elizabeth Jeffries Callaway as her mother).

Ambrose Callaway Jr.

M, ID# 14839, b. 17 June 1858, d. 11 May 1921
  • Last Edited: 26 Aug 2005

Family: Alice Baker

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as his father).
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as his mother).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (stating that he was born in 1859 in Carroll County, Missouri).
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.
  6. [S1049] Rozella Cline and Ellen M. De Vries, comps., Index of Fairburn Cemetary, Jefferson County, Nebraska (n.p.: n.pub., 1987), p. 6.
  7. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Ambrose Callaway, Jr. as his father).
  8. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above, (naming Ambrose Callaway, Jr. as her father).

Jeffries Callaway

M, ID# 14840, b. 1861
  • Last Edited: 24 Oct 2001

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as his father).
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as his mother).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.

Mildred S. Callaway

F, ID# 14841, b. 1863
  • Note*: After her husband died, she lived with her brother, John, on his farm near Jansen, Jefferson County, Nebraska.4
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as her father).
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as her mother).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.
  4. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…

Sarah A. Callaway

F, ID# 14842, b. 1865
  • Last Edited: 24 Oct 2001

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as her father).
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as her mother).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.

John H. Callaway

M, ID# 14843, b. 8 December 1868
  • Note*: He farmed near Jansen, Jefferson County, Nebraska, where he moved as a young man. A sister, Mildred, lived with him after her husband died.5
  • Last Edited: 22 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as his father).
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as his mother).
  3. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), Callaway Family Association web site, http://www.callawayfamily.org/document/…, (giving the date but not the place).
  4. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (stating that he was born in 1869 in Carroll County, Missouri).
  5. [S1038] Mrs. M. L. Smoot, The Callaway Family (1930), above.

Richard E. Callaway

M, ID# 14844, b. 1871
  • Last Edited: 24 Oct 2001

Citations

  1. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming John J. Callaway as his father).
  2. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001, (naming Elizabeth A. Jeffries as his mother).
  3. [S683] Louis Henneberg, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 23 Oct 2001.

Sarah Jane Crutchfield

F, ID# 14845
  • Last Edited: 7 Aug 2011

Family: James Robert Loop b. 18 Nov 1847, d. 3 Nov 1915

Citations

  1. [S24] Victor L. Bennison, The Loop Family in America (n.p.: Penobscot Press, 1994), p. 62. The text and photographs of this book, along with some additions and corrections made in 2012, are online at http://theloopfamilyinamerica.org/. The online version follows the chapters structure of the print version but does not use page numbers.

James Madison Bell

M, ID# 14846, b. 18 July 1817, d. 10 October 1848

James Madison Bell with his wife, Miriam York Bell, from The History of Dewitt County, Texas.
  • Note*: He participated as part of Captain John York's company of volunteers in the Siege of Bexar in December 1835, a battle in San Antonio that was part of the Texas Revolution, and under Captain Mosely Baker in the Battle of San Jacinto on 21 Apr 1836, the end of the Revolution. The bible used to administer the oath of office to the First Congress of the Republic of Texas is said to have been his. In 1846 they settled on Coleto Creek, near present Yorktown, in DeWitt County, Texas, where he farmed and ranched. He and his father-in-law died in a fight with Indians on Escondida Creek.3
  • Last Edited: 4 May 2017

Family: Miriam York b. 22 Aug 1822, d. Jan 1898

Citations

  1. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," in The Dewitt County Hist. Comm., The History of Dewitt County, Texas (n.p.: Curtis Media Corp., 1991), p. 280 (naming William Bell as his father).
  2. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," above (naming Julia Johnson as his mother).
  3. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," above.
  4. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," above (naming James Madison Bell as her father).
  5. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," above (naming James Madison Bell as his father).
  6. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming James Madison Bell as his father).
  7. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," in The Dewitt County Hist. Comm., The History of Dewitt County, Texas (n.p.: Curtis Media Corp., 1991), p. 280 (naming James Madison Bell as his father).

Miriam York

F, ID# 14847, b. 22 August 1822, d. January 1898

Miriam Bell with her husband, James Madison Bell, from The History of Dewitt County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 4 May 2017

Family: James Madison Bell b. 18 Jul 1817, d. 10 Oct 1848

Citations

  1. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," in The Dewitt County Hist. Comm., The History of Dewitt County, Texas (n.p.: Curtis Media Corp., 1991), p. 280 (naming Capt. John York as her father).
  2. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," above (naming Lutitia Cain as her mother).
  3. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," above.
  4. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," above (naming Miriam York as her mother).
  5. [S748] Margaret Sturges, "James Madison Bell," above (naming Miriam York as his mother).
  6. [S408] Emmett L. Whitsett, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., descendancy chart for Frances Mary McFadin Pullen sent to Roger Bartlett, 26 Mar 1998 (naming Miriam York as his mother).
  7. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming Miriam York as his mother).
  8. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," in The Dewitt County Hist. Comm., The History of Dewitt County, Texas (n.p.: Curtis Media Corp., 1991), p. 280 (naming Miriam York as his mother).

Hamilton ('Hamp') Bell

M, ID# 14848, b. 1870, d. 10 October 1921
  • Last Edited: 28 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming James Robert Bell as his father).
  2. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," in The Dewitt County Hist. Comm., The History of Dewitt County, Texas (n.p.: Curtis Media Corp., 1991), p. 280 (naming James Robert Bell as his father).
  3. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming Mary Eliza Pullen as his mother).
  4. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above (naming Mary Eliza Pullen as his mother).
  5. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001.
  6. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above.
  7. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  8. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  9. [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1903-40, vol. 4, p. 1752, file 27512. These bound documents were available in the Texas State Library, Austin, Texas.

Hodge Bell

M, ID# 14849, b. 1872, d. 28 July 1941
  • Last Edited: 28 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming James Robert Bell as his father).
  2. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," in The Dewitt County Hist. Comm., The History of Dewitt County, Texas (n.p.: Curtis Media Corp., 1991), p. 280 (naming James Robert Bell as his father).
  3. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming Mary Eliza Pullen as his mother).
  4. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above (naming Mary Eliza Pullen as his mother).
  5. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001.
  6. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above.
  7. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  8. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  9. [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1941-45, vol. 1, p. 356, file 31666. These bound documents were available in the Texas State Library, Austin, Texas.

Carey McNelly Bell

F, ID# 14850, b. 1874, d. 25 April 1923
  • Last Edited: 28 Feb 2004

Family: John M. White

Citations

  1. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming James Robert Bell as her father).
  2. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," in The Dewitt County Hist. Comm., The History of Dewitt County, Texas (n.p.: Curtis Media Corp., 1991), p. 280 (naming James Robert Bell as her father).
  3. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming Mary Eliza Pullen as her mother).
  4. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above (naming Mary Eliza Pullen as her mother).
  5. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001.
  6. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above.
  7. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  8. [S749] Margaret Sturges, "James Robert Bell," above (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  9. [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1903-40, vol. 55, p. 27140, file 11807. These bound documents were available in the Texas State Library, Austin, Texas.
  10. [S686] Virginia Provost, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 22 Oct 2001 (naming Carey McNelly Bell as her mother).