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Detailed Genealogy for Nancy Price Allen and Susan Price Files Family Recorded Here and in Findagrave Memorial Pages |
Mom's Side of the Family
mostly Marables and Witherspoons
Dorothy Elizabeth Witherspoon Price our Mom
J.G. and Elizabeth Bres Marable Witherspoon, Mom's parents
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Our maternal grandfather was J. G. Witherspoon (James Hamilton Gordon Witherspoon). He married Elizabeth Bres Marable our maternal grandmother on Oct. 27, 1907 which was also J.G.'s sister Rosa Adela's birthday.
Their 5 Children Were
2. Gordon Marable Witherspoon
wife of Gordon Witherspoon
3. Joe Ray "Bunny" Witherspoon
4. Phillip Edgar Witherspoon
his wife Kathryn is alive and well and 90 years old
5. Dorothy Elizabeth Witherspoon Price our Mom
The 7 grandchildren of J.G. and Elizabeth Bres Marable Witherspoon are
Nancy Price Allen
Susan Price Files
infant son of Susan Price Files and Alvin Dean Files
Matthew Alvin Files 9-24 to 10-10-76
(parents of Nancy and Susan - Orval and Dorothy Witherspoon Price)
Sarah Witherspoon Paul
Betty Witherspoon Brega
(parents - Gordon and Bernice Witherspoon)
Kate Witherspoon Beatty
Jeanne Witherspoon Wray
Beth Witherspoon Williamson
(parents - Edgar and Kathryn Witherspoon)
Mary "Mollie" Agnes Hanna Bres our Maternal Great Great Grandmother
Dr. Paul Bres our Maternal Great Great Grandfather
Their 5 Children Were
1. Lizzie Roane Bres Marable Giles our Maternal Great Grandmother
John Benjamin Marable, Sr. our Maternal Great Grandfather
His father was Dr. George John Boswell Marable.
First husband of Lizzie Roane Bres Marable Giles.
Isaac Cornelius Giles, Lizzie's second husband.
2. Catherine R. "Katie or Kate" Bres Chatham
Catherine's husband Joseph Chatham, DDS
Roger Paul Chatham, Sr. son of Catherine and Joseph
Callie Marie Chatham, daughter of Catherine and Joseph
Samuel's wife Mary A. Hubbell Bres
5. Paul Henry Bres
Their Children and Grandchildren Were
Richard "Dick" Marable, son of Dr. George John Boswell Marable
and Catherine Marable
Katie P. Marable Parsons, daughter of Dr. George John Boswell Marable
and Catherine Marable
Virginia Marable Stuckey daughter of Dr. George John Boswell Marable
and Catherine Marable
Frances E. Marable Marble, daughter of Dr. George John Boswell Marable
and Catherine Marable
Mary W. Marable, daughter of Dr. George John Boswell Marable and Catherine Marable
Susan B. Marable, daughter of Dr. George John Boswell Marable and Catherine Marable
George Boswell Marable, son of Dr. George John Boswell Marable
and Catherine Marable
John Cann Marable, son of George Boswell Marable
Martha W. Whetstone Marable - second wife of Dr. Marable - they divorced. They had 2 sons. See picture of her and their two sons. Also, Martha was seen with Dr. Marable and children on the 1880 census of Morehouse Parish, LA.
William C. Marable, son of Dr. George John Boswell and Martha Whetstone Marable
- picture as a child - scroll down more on that picture page to see William C. and wife Bertha Mae Coe
Edmund "Eddie" W. Marable, son of Dr. George John Boswell and Martha Whetstone Marable. See picture of him and his wife Laura Bailey - same page as for William and Martha
Lena Gilbert Williams Marable - third wife of Dr. George J.B. Marable
. I have a copy of their marriage bond and license, June 28, 1887, Morehouse Parish, LA. She is buried in Logtown Cemetery, Logtown, Ouachita Parish, LA.I believe her full name was Mary Isolene Gilbert Williams Marable. Her first husband was John Wilton Williams.
Other Marables in the Family
Lt. William Marable and others
Susanna "Susan" W. Boswell Marable - our Maternal Great Great Great Grandmother and mother of Dr. George John Boswell Marable, Lt. William Marable and others
Lt. William Marable, son of Benjamin and Susanna W. Boswell Marable - his wife was Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Beall Gaither Marable
After Lt. William C. Marable passed away Lizzie married Pvt. Elbert Madison Williamson
George Sherman Marable - son of Dr. John W. Richard Marable and Mary E. Barnett his second wife
Hunter Benjamin Marable - son of Dr. John W. Richard Marable and third wife Susan Mary Bryan Marable
Children of John Benjamin Marable Sr. our Great Grandfather and Lizzie Roane Bres Marable (Giles) our Great Grandmother Were
1. Elizabeth Bres Marable Witherspoon our Maternal Grandmother
2.
Georgie "Honey" Boswell Marable Taylor3. Ann Katherine "Kathleen" Marable Lenhart
4. Callie Bres Marable Montgomery Conner
5. Mary Agnes "Mollie" Marable Taylor
Spouses and Children of the Persons Above
Anderson H. Taylor, husband of Mary Agnes "Mollie" Marable Taylor
William Marion Taylor, husband of Georgie "Honey" Boswell Marable Taylor. They had a daughter Elizabeth T. Taylor Kemmerer and her husband Charles R. Kemmerer.
Norman Joseph Lenhart, Sr. ex-husband of Kathryn "Kathleen" Marable Lenhart
Dudley Conner, husband of Callie Bres Marable Montgomery Conner. Callie's first husband was Robert Clarance Montgomery. They had a son Robert Clarance Montgomery.
Nettie Odile Moore Marable, wife of Joseph McGuire Marable
More Witherspoon Descendents
Rev. James Hamilton Witherspoon (1808-1882)
and Jane Harris Witherspoon (1815-1875) (first wife) had 12 children:
Ann Elizabeth Witherspoon Hawkins (born 1836 - Jan. 10, 1897) .
Ann married Robert W. Hawkins, son of Wiley Turner Hawkins and Mary Ann Mitchell. Both the Hawkins and the Mitchells were from Virginia. Sometimes she was listed as Elizabeth Ann and in later life called Lizzie. They had 2 daughters Laura and Callie. Robert died in the Civil War of injuries. Ann supported the family after his death running a respected boarding house.Charles Pinkey (born 1838 - ?)
Emily Virginia (born-died 1840)
Sarah "Sallie" Jane Witherspoon Howell (1841-1876)
James Harvey (1843-1851)
Harriet "Hattie" Caroline (born 1845 - ?)
Mary Eliza (1848-1857)
Laura Alice (1850-1851)
Minerva "Minnie" (1853-1870)
Lilly or Lillie May (1856*- ?)
Rush (born-died 1859)
James "R.F." Rufus Franklin (see nice picture collection of Rufus and his family)( 1856-1936)
*According to ages on 1870 census
Son and daughter in law of James "R.F." Rufus Franklin Witherspoon listed above:
Burton Harris Witherspoon and Emma "Emily" Clay Thompson Witherspoon
Sarah "Sallie" Jane Witherspoon Howell and Benjamin E. Howell had a daughter Bennie E. Witherspoon Chedester buried in Britton Cemetery, Britton, OK. Bennie's husband Frank is also buried there.
. They had two children:James Hamilton Gordon Witherspoon our grandfather
his sisterDora Lucas Witherspoon's parents were James Y. Lucas and Pauline Harwell Lucas.
Rev. James Hamilton Witherspoon's parents were David (from N. Carolina--born 1758) and Elizabeth Gordon Witherspoon. They married in Kings Mountain, PA on June 16, 1791. Her father was Revolutionary War Captain George Gordon.
Captain David Witherspoon also fought in the Revolutionary War. He was in the battle of Kings Mountain. David's father was John Witherspoon (great grandfather of J.G. Witherspoon--my grandfather). John died September 1778. John was a lateral descendant (cousin) of Rev. John Witherspoon, President of Princeton University and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. David Witherspoon also had a brother John who died in 1760. John was also in the battle of King's Mountain.
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