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Johann Phillipp Seel / (--?--)

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Johann Phillipp Seel / (--?--)

Husband: Johann Phillipp Seel
Born: [7539] [7540] at: Burgschwalbach, Rheineland-Palitinate, Germany
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Wife: (--?--)
Children
Name: Katharine Wilhelmine Seel [615] [614]
Born: 19 Nov 1826[614] at: Gonsenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Married: at:  
Died: 20 Jul 1893at:
Spouses: Johann Jacob Klein

Pedigree Chart for: Johann Phillipp Seel 

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[615] In Katherine Seel Klein's marriage record, her father is noted to be a "stonecutter."

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John 'Fairborn' Beaufort Earl of Somerset / Margaret de Holand

Husband: John 'Fairborn' Beaufort Earl of Somerset
Born: ABT 1371at: Chcateau de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France
Married: AFT 28 Sep 1397at: Upholland, Lancashire, England
Died: 16 Mar 1409at: St. Catherine by the Tower Hospital, London, Middlesex, England
Father: John of Gaunt Plantagenet Duke of Lancaster
Mother: Catherine Swynford Roet
Sources: [2535]
Wife: Margaret de Holand
Born: 1385at: Upholland, Lancashire, England
Died: 30 Dec 1439at: St. Saviour's Monastery, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Father: Thomas Holland Earl of Kent
Mother: Joan 'Fair Maid of Kent' Princess of Wales
Sources: [2795]
Children
Name: Henry Beaufort Earl of Somerset [2539]
Born: 1401at: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: 25 Nov 1418at: Unmd
Spouses:
Name: John Beaufort Duke of Sommerset [2533]
Born: 25 Mar 1404at: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Married: at:  
Died: 27 May 1444at:
Spouses: Margaret Beauchamp
Name: Thomas Beaufort [2537]
Born: 1405at: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: 1432at: Unmd
Spouses:
Name: Edmund Beaufort Duke Sommerset [3113]
Born: ABT 1406at: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Married: at:  
Died: 22 May 1455at: Battle St. Albans
Spouses:
Name: Joan Beaufort [2540]
Born: ABT 1406at: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Married: at:  
Died: 15 Jul 1445at: Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Spouses: James Stewart I King of Scotland , James Stuart
Name: Margaret Beaufort [2538]
Born: ABT 1409at: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: John 'Fairborn' Beaufort Earl of Somerset

      /--Edward  Plantagenet  II King of England
   /--Edward  Plantagenet  III King of England
   |  \--Isabelle Princess of  France 
/--John of Gaunt  Plantagenet  Duke of Lancaster
|  |  /--Willem III de  Avesnes 
|  \--Philippa de  Avesnes  Queen of England
|     \--Jeanne de  Valois 
|--John 'Fairborn'  Beaufort  Earl of Somerset
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\--Catherine Swynford  Roet 
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Pedigree Chart for: Margaret de Holand 

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|--Margaret de  Holand 
|     /--Edward 'Longshanks'  Plantagenet  I King of England
|  /--Edmund of Woodstock  Plantagenet  1st Earl of Kent
|  |  \--Marguerite of France   
\--Joan 'Fair Maid of Kent'  Princess of Wales 
   |  /--Edward 'Longshanks'  Plantagenet  I King of England
   \--Margaret of Liddell  Wake  Baroness
      \--Joan  FitzBarnard

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Adolf I Duke of Kleve / Marie de Bourgogne

Husband: Adolf I Duke of Kleve
Born: ABT 1379at: Kleve, Rheinland, Prussia
Married: 22 Jul 1406at:
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Sources: [2810]
Wife: Marie de Bourgogne
Born: ABT 1393at: of Dijon, , France
Died: 2 Feb 1441at: Paris, , France
Father:
Mother:
Sources: [2811]
Children
Name: Margarethe, Princess of Kleve [2817]
Born: 23 Feb 1416at: Kleve, Rheinland, Prussia
Died: 20 May 1444at: , Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, Whurttemberg
Spouses:
Name: Katharina Princess of Kleve [2802]
Born: 25 May 1417at: Kleve, Rheinland, Prussia
Married: at:  
Died: 10 Feb 1479at:
Spouses: Arnold Duke of Guelders
Name: Johann I Duke of Kleve [2814]
Born: 16 Feb 1419at: Kleve, Rheinland, Prussia
Died: 5 Sep 1481at:
Spouses:
Name: Elisabeth, Princess of Kleve [2812]
Born: 1 Oct 1420at: of Kleve, Rheinland, Prussia
Died: Mar 1488at: Arnstadt, S-Sndr, Thuringia
Spouses:
Name: Agnes Princess of Kleve [2816]
Born: 24 Feb 1422at: Kleve, Rheinland, Prussia
Died: 6 Apr 1448at: , Olite Navarra, Spain
Spouses:
Name: Helene, Princess of Cleves [2815]
Born: 18 Aug 1423at: of Cleve, Rheinland, Prussia
Died: 3 Jul 1471at:
Spouses:
Name: Adolf, Count of Kleve [2813]
Born: 28 Jun 1425at: Ravenstein
Died: 18 Sep 1492at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Adolf I Duke of Kleve 

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Pedigree Chart for: Marie de Bourgogne 

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Louis Xii King of France / Mary Tudor Queen of France

Husband: Louis Xii King of France
Born: at:
Married: Oct 1514at:
Died: 1 Jan 1515at:
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Mary Tudor Queen of France
Born: 18 Mar 1496at: Richmond Palaceengland
Died: 25 Jun 1533at: Westhorpe, Suffolk, England
Father: Henry Tudor VII King of England
Mother: Elizabeth Plantagenet Queen of England
Sources: [3090]
Children

Pedigree Chart for: Louis Xii King of France 

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Pedigree Chart for: Mary Tudor Queen of France

      /--Owen  Tudor 
   /--Edmund  Tudor 
   |  \--Katherine  Valois 
/--Henry  Tudor  VII King of England
|  |  /--John  Beaufort  Duke of Sommerset
|  \--Margaret  Beaufort 
|     \--Margaret  Beauchamp 
|--Mary  Tudor  Queen of France
|     /--Richard  Plantagenet  Third Duke of York
|  /--Edward  Plantagenet  King of England, Norway, Sweden
|  |  \--Cecily  Neville 
\--Elizabeth  Plantagenet  Queen of England
   |  /--Richard  Plantagenet  Third Duke of York
   \--Elizabeth  Wydeville 
      \--Jacquette de Jacqueline de  Luxembourg

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Edward The Elder / Edgiva

Husband: Edward The Elder
Born: ABT 0870at:
Married: at:  
Died: 0924at:
Father: Alfred The Great King West Saxons
Mother: Ealhswith
Wife: Edgiva
Born: at:
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name: Edmund I The Elder
Born: 0939at:
Married: at:  
Died: 0946at:
Spouses: St. Elgiva
Name: Edred
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Edburh
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Edgiva
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Edward The Elder 

      /--Egbert   King of Wessex
   /--Æthelwulf   King of Wessex
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/--Alfred The Great   King West Saxons
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   \--Eadburga   
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Pedigree Chart for: Edgiva 

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Samuel Phelps / Anna Barber

Husband: Samuel Phelps
Born: 15 Sep 1736at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Married: at:  
Died: 28 Jul 1805at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Father: Samuel Phelps
Mother: Ruth Phelps
Wife: Anna Barber
Born: 2 Mar 1736[5478] at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: 24 May 1817at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name: Samuel Phelps
Born: 20 Jul 1755at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Hezekiah Phelps
Born: 6 Jan 1758at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Silas (or Giles) Phelps
Born: 13 Dec 1759at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Ira Phelps
Born: 30 May 1763at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Uri Phelps
Born: 5 Jul 1765at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Married: at:  
Died: 25 Aug 1830at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Spouses: Abigail Tulford
Name: Anna Phelps
Born: 8 Nov 1767at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Evans Phelps [9964]
Born: 6 Apr 1770[9964] at: Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Samuel Phelps 

      /--Timothy  Phelps 
   /--Samuel  Phelps 
   |  \--Mary  Griswold 
/--Samuel  Phelps 
|  |  /--James  Eno  Jr.
|  \--Abigail  Eno 
|     \--Abigail Holcomb  Bissell 
|--Samuel  Phelps 
|     /--Timothy  Phelps 
|  /--William  Phelps 
|  |  \--Mary  Griswold 
\--Ruth  Phelps 
   |  /--Timothy  Phelps 
   \--Ruth Coggens  Barber 
      \--Ruth  Drake

Pedigree Chart for: Anna Barber 

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Sheffield Phelps / Marda Perry

Husband: Sheffield Phelps
Born: 12 Aug 1920[4749] [4750] at: New York City, New York, USA
Married: 4 Apr 1993at: Seattle, Wa
Died: at:
Father: William Walter Phelps II
Mother: Nina Paris
Sources: [4749] [4750] [4751]
Wife: Marda Perry
Born: at: 
Died:at: 
Father:  at: 
Mother:  at: 
Children

Pedigree Chart for: Sheffield Phelps 

      /--William Walter  Phelps 
   /--Sheffield  Phelps 
   |  \--Ellen Maria 'Loodleloo'  Sheffield 
/--William Walter  Phelps  II
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\--Nina  Paris 
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Pedigree Chart for: Marda Perry 

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Barthold George Miller / Lucy May Phelps

Husband: Barthold George Miller
Born: 26 Sep 1926at: Amsterdam, New York, USA
Married: 5 Aug 1947at: Saratoga Springs, n, y.
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Lucy May Phelps
Born: 30 Jul 1926at: Wilton, Saratoga, New York, USA
Died: 21 May 1978at: Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
Father: Franklin Mortimer Phelps
Mother: Estella Mary Ramsey
Children

Pedigree Chart for: Barthold George Miller 

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Pedigree Chart for: Lucy May Phelps 

      /--Norman  Phelps  Jr.
   /--Andrew James  Phelps 
   |  \--Minerva  Burdick 
/--Franklin Mortimer  Phelps 
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(--?--) Iden / Margaret Klein

Husband: (--?--) Iden
Born: at:
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Margaret Klein
Born: at:
Died: at:
Father: Karl Klein
Mother: Anna Storer
Children
Name: Peggy
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: (--?--) Iden 

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Pedigree Chart for: Margaret Klein 

      /--Johann Ludwig  Klein 
   /--Johann Jacob  Klein 
   |  \--Philippine Christiene  Butzbach 
/--Karl  Klein 
|  |  /--Johann Phillipp  Seel 
|  \--Katharine Wilhelmine  Seel 
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|--Margaret  Klein 
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\--Anna  Storer 
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Russell Tolman Loveland / Edna Ruth Chandler

Husband: Russell Tolman Loveland
Born: 14 Mar 1924at: Bancroft,Caribou,Idaho
Married: 10 Jun 1968at:
Died: May 2002at:
Father: Josiah Howe Loveland Jr.
Mother: Nancy Afton Tolman
Notes: [10895]
Wife: Edna Ruth Chandler
Born: at:
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name: Duran Loveland
Born: at:
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Spouses: Rita
Name: Riss Loveland
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Scott Loveland
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Janice Loveland
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Russell Tolman Loveland 

      /--Heber Chauncey  Loveland 
   /--Josiah Howe  Loveland  Sr.
   |  \--Colombia Fillmore  Call 
/--Josiah Howe  Loveland  Jr.
|  |  /--Thomas Franklin  King 
|  \--Esther Ada  King 
|     \--Lucy Ann  Ogden 
|--Russell Tolman  Loveland 
|     /--Judson Adonirum  Tolman  Sr.
|  /--Cyrus   Tolman 
|  |  \--Sarah Lucretia  Holbrook 
\--Nancy Afton  Tolman 
   |  /--Judson Adonirum  Tolman  Sr.
   \--Eliza Ann  Riley 
      \--Mary Ann  Clark

Pedigree Chart for: Edna Ruth Chandler 

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[10895] Russell div. Janet Louise Kress 1 June 1956.
Russell div. Bette Jean Stewart 15 May 1962.
Russell div. Norma Adams 7 June 1968.

John Pearce / (--?--)

Husband: John Pearce
Born: ABT 1734at: England
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Notes: [7161]
Sources: [7162]
Wife: (--?--)
Children
Name: John Pearce [7148] [7149]
Born: 1754at: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Spouses: Margaret 'Peggy' Moon , Mary Watts

Pedigree Chart for: John Pearce 

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[7161] We Were Mormons, But Did You Know
Jolene Samanatha Towns
Email: customcurriculum(at)aol.com

Index of direct ancestors featured:

Henrietta Cromeans (b. 1815), Josiah Cromeans (b. 1788), Moses Cromeans (b. Abt 1762), Elizabeth Humphries (b. 1799), George Washington Humphries (b.1772), Joseph Humphries (b. 1745), Elizabeth Johnston (b. Abt 1744), Alexander Moon (b. Abt 1748), Margaret Olley Moon (b. 1774), Abigail Mc Daniel (b. 1768), Alexander McDaniel (b.1762), Harrison Pearce (b.1818), James Pearce (b. 1839), James Perry Pearce (b.1791), John Pearce (b.1734), John Pearce (b. 1760), Rebeckah Phelps (b. 1750).

John Pearce, born in England in 1734, was either brought by his parents to America at a young age or traveled there during early manhood. Nevertheless, he arrived in Georgia shortly after it was colonized in 1733 by a royal charter secured by British philanthropists James Oglethorpe and John Percival. They colonized Georgia and founded Savannah (the first permanent European settlement in GA) with many English debtors, some Scots, Germans, Swiss, and a few German Jews. It is likely that John Pearce's parents were one of these debtors.

His early years in Georgia would have been unpleasant because the area was far from prosperous because of war. In 1739, war broke out between Spain and England. Fighting occurred in Georgia. In 1742, near Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island, Oglethorpe defeated the Spanish in the battle of Bloody Marsh, thereby effectively ending Spain's claim to the land north of the St. Marys River. Georgia mainly served as a buffer or protectorate of S. Carolina from the Spanish in Florida and the French in Louisiana. Around 1749, John would have noticed an emersion of slavery in the area.
The French and Indian Wars, the name given by American historians to the North American colonial wars between Great Britain and France in the late 17th and the 18th centuries, in America began in 1756.

To the settlers in America, however, the rivalry of the two powers was of immediate concern, for the fighting meant raids by the French. The wars helped to bring about important changes in the British colonies. In addition to the fact of their ocean-wide distance from the mother country, the colonies felt themselves less dependent militarily on the British by the end of the wars; they became most concerned with their own problems and put greater value on their own institutions. In other words, they began to think of themselves as American rather than British. Around that same time, the United States Postal Service was established and communication between states flourished.

Though his wife is unknown, there is a record of a child born to him. In 1760, he had a son named John Pearce, born in Franklin Co., Georgia. This same year, the charter expired and prosperity was reached in Georgia under new control. The royal governor, James Wright, took control of Georgia. Also, in 1763, the French and Indian War ended.

John Pearce (b.1760), likely received some basic education. Georgian children were noted to have been educated in colonial times in one-room rural schools and in a few church supported academies. It is doubtful that he received much education, though. There is a great chance he spent most of his time in livestock or farming. Georgia was mainly agricultural. Farms of peanuts, corn, soybeans, cattle, and chickens began to scatter across the area.

He was 15 years old when the American Revolution began; not too young for battle. With the war raging, civil government and administration had fallen apart in Georgia and had to be patched together locally. He served in the Continental Army in the Hillsborough District of North Carolina. During 1778-1782, his dislike for Britain probably grew when Britain seized Savannah, GA and refused to leave until 1782. The United States of America finally gained their independence in 1783. The Chronicle, Georgia's oldest newspaper, was established in 1785 and told everyone that Georgia entered into the union on Jan 2, 1788.

The following year, John Pearce (b. 1760) married Margaret Olley Moon on April 13, 1790 in Greene, GA. With the Revolutionary War over, he could finally settle down with a family. He was 30 years old when he took his sixteen-year old wife in wedlock. Margaret Olley Moon was born Oct 23 1774 in Charleston, S.C. On this date, she was christened at St. Phillips Parish in Charleston, Charleston Co., S.C.. Her father was Alexander Moon, thought to be born about 1748 in Charleston, S.C..

One year later, 1791, the happy newly weds had a son, James Perry Pearce in Jackson Co., GA. He was the first of eleven children to be born to this couple in Jackson, GA. The others were: Axom Pearce (1792), Elizabeth Pearce (1794), Polly Pearce (1796), William Pearce (1798), Thomas Pearce (1800), John Pearce (1802), Elisha Pearce (1804), David Pearce (1806), Joshua Pearce (1808), and Elijah Pearce (1810). She was 36 years old when she had his last child, proving herself a very healthy woman for the time period.

If John Pearce (b. 1734) did not die in the Revolutionary Wars, it is likely that he died around 1800. This is the same time the U.S. Congress upset many Georgians by telling them that Mississippi and Alabama were not part of Georgia's territory. It was called the Yazoo Land Frauds.

It is difficult to say if his son, John Pearce (b. 1760) was a slaveholder or not. A growing rivalry, however, emerged in Georgia between the southern slaveholders and the northern "Uptowns." The northerners of the state failed to come to the aid of the southern slaveholders when fighting against the North. Since John Pearce (b. 1760) was still living in 1810, it is likely that he witnessed the marriage of his first son, James Perry Pearce to Elizabeth Humphries in Marion, Perry, AL. Elizabeth Humphries, b. Feb 17, 1799 in Marion, Perry, AL was no stranger to the Pearces. The families had long been acquainted with each other from living in the same town of Franklin, GA.

Elizabeth Humphries's great grandfather was Uriah Humphries, b. 1704 in Botetourt Co., Virginia. He moved to Georgia and married Nancy Statham, b. 1708, in about 1735. While living in GA, they had nine children (except Joseph who was born in Virginia). They were: Leddy Humphries (Abt 1736), Polly Humphries (1738), Mariah Humphries (1740), Patsy Humphries (1742), Julia (Julian) Humphries (1744), Joseph Humphries (1745), Elijah Humphries (1748), Presley Thornton Humphries (1750), and Mattison Tigner Humphries (1752). When the couple got married they were 31 and 27, they finished bearing children at age 48 and 44.

While the family was visiting or temporarily moved back to Virginia, Joseph Humphries, [b. 1745 Va]. met his wife, Rebeckah Phelps (b. 1750 in GA) and married about 1770 in GA. Immediately after their marriage, Rebeckah Phelps and Joseph Humphries moved to North Carolina. Their first child was George Washington Humphries, b. 9 Aug 1772 in Franklin, N.C.. He was christened that Nov 9. Before moving to Virginia, the couple had Shadrach Humphries (1774). In Virginia, they had Uriah Humphries (1776) at the start of the American Revolution. By 1778, the family was on the move again. This time, back to Georgia. They had nine more children: Sally (1778), Polly ( 1780), Judah (Abt 1781), Hannah (1782), Judy (1784), Rebecca (1786), Nancy (1787), Sarah (1788), and Mary (1789).

With the Revolution over, their first son was married. George Washington Humphries married Abigail McDaniel (b. 20 Oct 1768 in Marion, Perry Co., AL) on Sep 26 1792 in Franklin, GA. [See Note 1 for Abigail's ancestry.] After having one child, Nancy (1794), the couple moved or visited AL. There they had Elizabeth Humphries (1799). The remaining seven children were born in Jackson, GA. They were: Allen (1800), Jesse (1802), Rebeckah (1804), Alexander (1806), James (1810), George Washington (1813), and Judy.

James Perry Pearce was 24 when he married Elizabeth Humphries, age 16. Three years later they successfully bore twins, Harrison Pearce and Harriet Pearce. They were born on Dec 17 1818 in Jackson, Butts, Georgia. They bore another child, Minerva (1820), before they moved to the Humphries old homestead in Alabama around 1823. The couple's marriage only lasted twelve years, enough time for him to give Elizabeth three more children: Zebulon (1823) James Perry (1825), and Abigail Margaret Pearce (1827) and witness the removal of the Indians. Shortly after the birth of his daughter, Dec 12, 1827, at age 36, James Perry Pearce died in Marion, Perry, AL. He left behind his very young wife of 28 years and their six children. Harrison Pearce was nine when his father died in Marion, Perry, AL.

After the death of her brother, James, [Note: he did not die but moved to TX] in 1838 Elizabeth Humphries and her parent's family moved to Mississippi. Likely, the move was stimulated by the lure of the cotton boom in MS at the time. On Sep 6, 1849, her mother, Abigail McDaniel died in Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi. She was buried at the Yellow-Leaf Cemetery there. A year after the death of his wife, George Washington Humphries remarried on 18 Sep 1850 to Elizabeth Rebecca Vawter, whom he already knew from Franklin, N.C.

At 18, Harrison married his first wife, Henrietta Cromeans. She was 21 years old on their wedding day, 5 Jul 1836 in GA. *See Note 2 for Henrietta Cromeans ancestry.* After the birth of James Pearce on 6 Mar 1839 in Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, they had Amelia (1841), Nancy Clark (1842), and Thomas Jefferson (1845). Unlike his mother and her family, who stayed in Mississippi, Harrison Pearce and sister Abigail Margaret were converted into "Mormonism."

Harrison took his wife and children and attempted to join the saints in Utah around late summer of 1848. Elizabeth and her father, George Washington Humphries, were still in Mississippi when the state seceded from the Union in 1861. They would have rallied behind Jefferson Davis, who was a Mississippian and president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. At age 83, her father died Jun 5, 1865 in Oxford, Lafayette Co., MS. He would be buried beside his wife. Five years after his death, 1870, Mississippi was readmitted to the Union. Several years later, Elizabeth Humphries would follow her father to the grave on 5 Jul 1882 in Baldwin, MS.

Meanwhile, Harrison Pearce and Henrietta Cromeans were floating up the Mississippi River to Iowa. When they arrived in Iowa they had Harrison Jr. (Mar 1849). Likely, she was sick after delivering her baby. This would explain not leaving until around Apr of 1852 towards Mormon resting area on the other side of Iowa. Henrietta would have been seven months pregnant when they left the East side of Iowa. Still, with the winter over, it was a perfect time to leave (assuming that they were trying to make it to Utah before next Winter). Almost to what was considered Winter Quarters, Kanesville (later named Council Bluffs), they lost their ten-year-old daughter Nancy Clark while crossing the plains.

Three days later, they were safe at Kanesville and delivered Henrietta on 15 Jun 1852. President Brigham Young assigned Orson Hyde of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to remain in Kanesville to supervise the movement of Latter-day Saints to the West as quickly as possible. Thirty-one small encampments of 350 log cabins, two log tabernacles, a post office, and numerous shops, stores, and other business establishments would have surrounded them. Wheat, corn, and many vegetables would have been the provisions that they received for their upcoming journey. The town did have trouble finding adequate food, shelter, employment, and wagon outfits for the huge large numbers of people who came through, mainly poor immigrants. The family probably chose not to wait out another winter and set out for Salt Lake immediately, arriving in Utah around late Sept of 1852.

Four years later, Harrison Pearce (a polygamist) took another wife, who was likely a widower, on 3 Aug 1856. Her name was Anna Meredith Mathews, age 30, from Maesy Gollen, Parish, Glamorgan, Wales. She would bear him only three children. Mormon difficulties with the federal government about polygamy emerged and were probably felt by Harrison. (The church did not renounce the practice until a year after his death.) In 1857, the family arrived in Dixie, a nickname for Southern Utah. Upon arrival, they were sent to reside in Washington Co., Utah. Washington County is a very rugged, rough land and the early pioneers had to carve out roads by hand based on the natural cuts and valleys, making roads that were often not the most direct route. Henrietta Cromeans bore him another child in 1859, Joseph Harrison. Many Indian raids by the Black hawks occurred.

Harrison Pearce's son, John David Lafayette Pearce, built Fort Pearce about twelve miles southeast of St. George to protect the new settlements and livestock from these Indian raids. John D.L. Pearce was the captain of a cavalry troop in Washington. The site was used for four years. At one point in 1865 it was reported that 20 to 30 men were guarding there. In 1863, Harrison Pearce took another wife, likely another young widower because she was 25. Her name was Magdalene Schneider and she was from Utendorf, Bern, Switz. His beloved first wife, died the following year on Apr 17, 1864 in St. George, Washington Co., UT. James Pearce would marry Mary Jane Meeks there on 6 Mar 1867. Harrison Pearce would go on to die there in 28 May 1889 and be buried two days later.

Note 1: Abigail McDaniel's ancestry-

John McDaniel, b. 1708 in Nelson, Kentucky, would have considered himself a Virginian. Modern Kentucky was considered part of the state of Virginia until 1792 and Nelson County wasn't considered a county yet. It wasn't until about 1760 that settlers began to cross the mountains into Kentucky. He lived in the upper-middle part of Modern Kentucky. During this time, Kentucky was considered a marshy wasteland. Summers, known as "Indian Summers" were notorious for Suwannee raids.

It is likely a secluded life of a trapper or hunter that he lived (unless he was an Indian.) In 1734, he married a local named Mary, b. 1713. At ages 27 and 19, the couple began their family. They had nine children:
Joseph (1735),
Solomon (1737),
Alexander McDaniel (1742),
William (1745),
Rebecca (1747),
Elias (1749),
George (1751), and
Leah (1753).

His son, Alexander McDaniel, moved to Georgia where he married his 22 year old wife, Elizabeth Johnston (b. Abt 1744 in GA). After their union, they migrated to AL. They had their first child,

Abigail McDaniel, on 20 Oct 1768 in Marion, Perry Co., Alabama. The couple moved back to Georgia where Alexander and Elizabeth would have ten more children:
James (1770),
John (1772),
Joseph (1774),
Josiah (1776),
Thomas (1778),
Mary (1779),
Ruth (1782), and
Nancy (1792).

In 1775 Daniel Boone helped to blaze the Wilderness Road in KY. The American Revolution took place in 1776-1783. John McDaniel, his sons, and some of his grandsons, likely all fought for freedom. It was a war where if you could walk and shoot, the military needed you. Furthermore, Virginia was a key colony during the war. It was still a dangerous place to live. British, still angry about the Revolutionary War, paid Indians for the scalps of settlers in KY.

Not until Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne led a sweeping campaign against the Miami villages in Indiana/Ohio and the Treaty of Greenville was signed in 1791, were western settlers relieved from travail of Indian attacks. Kentucky became a new state, no longer part of Virginia, in 1792 and was admitted to the Union. John Shelby became governor of the state. After becoming a state, Kentucky was one of the few states to let ALL white males have suffrage. The state prospered from river traffic on the Mississippi and Ohio. John McDaniel died in the same place he lived, never moving to another state or county and leaving probably only to fight. His death was in May of 1804.

[7148] Last Will and Testament of John Pearce
Fayette County Georgia
August 9, 1854

Transcribed by William Pearce 2 August 2001

Georgia
Fayette County in the name of God amen, I John Pearce of the county and state of aforesaid, being of advanced age and knowing that I must shortly depart from this world, deem it right and proper, both as respect myself and my family, that I should make a disposition of the property with which a kind providence has blessed me. I therefore make this last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all others heretofore made by me,

ITEM 1st. I desire and direct that my body to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner, suitable to my circumstances and condition, my soul I trust shall return to rest with god who gave it, as I hope for eternal salvation through the blessed lord and saviour Jesus Christ

ITEM 2ND. I desire and direct that all my just debts to be paid without delay by my executors hereinafter named, as I am unwilling my creditors should be delayed of their rights , especially as there is no necessity for delay.

ITEM 3RD. I desire and direct that my executors hereinafter named shall sell and dispose at private sale my negroe boy green about 34 years of age and also all the notes which are on my possession to be collected as practicable by my said executors, which proceeds of said negroe, and said notes to be equally divided among my thirteen children, viz Sary Kelly (Sarah Lucy, Daugh Mary Watts) John Pearce, Shadrack Morris, husband of deceased daughter Elizabeth) and the children of my deceased daughter Mary Kemp (Camp), and the children of my deceased son James (James Perry), Shadrack Pearce (son of John), Joshua Pearce (son of John Elijah Pearce (son of John), Elisha Pearce (son of John), Susannah Martin, wife of Ira l. Martin, (daughter of John) and her children free from the disposition of her present husband, and the children of my deceased daughter Nancy Whitaker, Rachel Pate (daughter of John), widow of William Pate, deceased, and Lewis Pearce (son of John and Mary Watts.)

ITEM 4th. the rest of my children viz: William Pearce, Axum (Axom) Pearce, David Pearce, my son in law Hamlin D. Mattyse (widow of John's deceased daughter Ollie (Hollie), having had their full share of my estate, I devise they have no further interest in my estate.

ITEM 5TH. I constitute and appoint my son Joshua Pearce and John J. Whitaker my executors to this my last will and testament

His mark s/ John Pearce X

Signed, sealed, declared and published by john Pearce as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers, who subscribe our names here unto, in the presence of said testator, and of each other this August 9, 1854.

S/by
Daniel K. Gilmer
James M. Pate

J.E.D. PIERCE ** We do not know if he was related to John, however , I have discovered that he was a Confederate Soldier from Coweta Co., GA who died of measles in camp at Richmond, Virginia, in 1862. His military service was very short. Claudine Putnam has discovered his wife's name was Mary Ward. Also John E.D. Pearce married Mary M. Ward October 8, 1851 in Fayette County, GA. He was living in Fayette County, Georgia as early as 1851 and was most likely a resident of Fayette Co., GA at the time he witnessed the writing of John Pearce's Last Will & Testament on 9 August 1854.

Georgia Before me John l. Blalock ordinary in and of a said a said county personally affirm in of court Joshua, Fayette County Pearce executor of the last will and testament of Pearce late of said county decree of and of proceedings before me the last will and testament of said John Pearce, deceased, and of two witnesses of the said will to wit - Daniel K. Gilmer and James M. Pate, which witnesses being duly sworn before and say that they saw John Pearce the testator sign, seal, declare, and publish the instrument now presented his last will and of testament freely voluntarily and of his own accord and without any compunction or influence whatever, that at the time of the execution of the said will said testator was of sound and disposing mind, and of memory that declarants signed said will as witnessed in the presence of the tesator and at his special instance and of request and of in the presence of each other, sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of September 1856.

J. L. Blalock Ordinary S/ Daniel K. Gilmer S/ James M. Pate

Georgia
Fayette County an Inventory and Appraisement of Property of John Pearce Deceased

One negroe man green valued at $800.00
One note of hand given by Rachel Pate and Jas. M. Pate security dated May 31,/56 and due Dec 25/56 for $289.00
One note given by Richard Whitaker dated May 31/56 and due Dec. 25/56 $ 32.36cts
One note signed by Elijah Pearce Jan 5th 1848 and due December 25, 1848 for $ 86.00
One note signed by Joseph Morris dated Oct. 25, 1855 for $ 85.00
One note signed by Axum Pearce and Micajah Pearce dated 8th January 1853 and due Dec 25th, 1853. $ 85.00
One note signed by Axum Pearce dated Jan 21st 1854 and due one day after date, for $ 15.00


We do certify on oath, that as far as was produced to us by the executor, the above and foregoing contains a true appraisement of the estate of John Pearce, deceased and to the best of our judgement and understanding this the first day of November 1856, S/ James M. Pate [Appraisers] S/ Daniel K. Gilmer S/ John l. Jones

I do hereby certify that the above appraisers were sworn to perform their duty as appraisers according to law this the first day of November 1856 S/ John J. Whitaker JJW

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Nathaniel Bachiler / Hester Mercer

Husband: Nathaniel Bachiler
Born: 1589at: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Married: 1613at: England
Died: at: Southampton, Hampshire, England
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Samuel Samborne / Elizabeth Folsom

Husband: Samuel Samborne
Born: 7 Sep 1694at:
Married: 19 Aug 1756at:
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Father: Jonathan Samborne
Mother: Elizabeth Sherburne
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Sylvester Peter Karl / Mildred Emma Backhaus

Husband: Sylvester Peter Karl
Born: 1 Nov 1923[9228] at: Kewaskum, Washington, Wisconsin, United States
Married: 20 Sep 1947at: Kewaskum, Washington, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 16 Aug 1993[9229] at: West Bend, Washington, Wisconsin, United States
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Wife: Mildred Emma Backhaus
Born: 4 Nov 1923[11387] at: Kewaskum, Washington, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 17 Aug 1993[11388] at: West Bend, Washington, Wisconsin, United States
Father: William Christian Backhaus
Mother: Anna Katrina Philippina Scheid
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Michael Lee Vershum / Sue Ann Brown

Husband: Michael Lee Vershum
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Wife: Sue Ann Brown
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Name: Vallerie Anne Vershum [9480]
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Name: Stephanie Lynn Vershum [9481]
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Name: James Michael Vershum [9482]
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William Backhaus / Augusta Hagringer

Husband: William Backhaus
Born: ABT 1830at:
Married: at:  
Died: 15 Dec 1859at: Kewaskum, Washington, Wisconsin, United States
Father: Peter Backhaus
Mother:
Wife: Augusta Hagringer
Born: ABT 1822at:
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Name: Albert W. Backhaus [11355]
Born: 18 Feb 1845at: Prussia, Germany
Married: at:  
Died: 29 Oct 1915at: Washington, Wisconsin, United States
Spouses: Frederica Quandt
Name: Charles Backhaus
Born: ABT 1847at:
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Name: Bertha Backhaus
Born: ABT 1849at:
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Name: Elizabeth Backhaus
Born: ABT 1855at:
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[11355] From Bernie Backus:
Albert immigrated to America in 1851.

George Beckler / Susan Meuhlius

Husband: George Beckler
Born: ABT 1845at:
Married: 20 Jun 1875at:
Died: 25 Nov 1914at:
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Wife: Susan Meuhlius
Born: 18 Nov 1853at:
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Father: Frank Meuhlius
Mother: Anna Maria Scheid
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(--?--) / (--?--)

Husband: (--?--)
Wife: (--?--)
Children
Name: Lucy Anna Dunaway
Born: 22 Feb 1850at: Paynes Creek, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
Married: at:  
Died: 22 Jun 1922at: Knoxville, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouses: Edgar Quinton Sanford

Roger Bissell / Sarah Stoughton

Husband: Roger Bissell
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Wife: Sarah Stoughton
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Died: 10 Sep 1794at:
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