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Abbreviations: gf = grandfather, ggf = 1st great grandfather, 2xggf = 2nd great grandfather, etc.
JONES FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Stephen ELLIS 1740-1807 (5xggf - father of Etheldred ELLIS)
2nd Lieutenant, Captain Elisha Leak's Company of Militia, Goochland County, Virginia
Buried: Wanda Cemetery, Newton County, Missouri
Civil War, Confederate, Alabama:
John Wesley JERNIGAN 1832-1887 (2xggf)
Corporal, Company B, Alabama 3rd Battalion Hilliard's Legion
Notes: Enlisted Apr 1862.
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama
Henry JONES 1846-1925 (2xggf - grandfather of Henry Wesley Jones)
Private, Company K, 25th Alabama Regiment
Notes: 1862, wounded in Chickamauga, Tennessee. Listed from 28 Oct 1864 - 3 Feb 1865 in the 1st Mississippi CSA Hospital, illness "Febris, Int., Ter." (fever). Henry's older brother John Washington Jones died in a Civil War prison camp in Ohio, 1865, Company A, 18th Alabama Regiment. After the war Henry married and named his firstborn son after him; John Washington "Jack" Jones (our great grandfather). His grandson Henry Wesley Jones also served in WWI.
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama
War of 1812:
Rev. Etheldred ELLIS 1770-1851 (4xggf)
Private, South Carolina 2nd Regiment (McWillie's)
Notes: His grandson Josiah Alvin Ellis (Confederate, Private, Company D, Missouri 6th Cavalry) died in 1863 in the Civil War after being wounded at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, 7 Dec 1862. Josiah is the son of Stephen Alvin ELLIS. And, Etheldred's father, Stephen ELLIS was a 2nd Lieut. in the Revolutionary War (see below).
Buried: North Carolina
WWI:
Henry Wesley JONES 1894-1961 (gf)
Private, Company D, 4th Alabama National Guard in Fort Deposit, assigned to 167th Infantry Regiment. Henry's grandfather Henry Jones also served in the Civil War.
Notes: Took part in the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa 10/24/1916 to 3/9/1917. The unit was again activated 11/3/1917 for duty in France as the 42nd Division (Rainbow) - Submitted by Dan Faulk.
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama
ODOM FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Robert Rose BROOKS, Sr. 1723-1806 (7xggf)
Private
Buried:
James Anthony BUTLER 1738-1811 (6xggf)
Private
Buried:
William Ingram DAY 1754-1836 (5xggf)
Private
Buried:
Jacob ODOM 1750-1831 (4xggf)
Private
Buried:
Nathaniel WALLER, Sr. 1713-1786 (6xggf)
Private
Buried:
Civil War, Confederate, Alabama:
Alatha Island ODOM 1845-1921 (2xggf)
Buried:
Augustus Richard WILLIAMSON 1826-1916 (3xggf)
Buried:
SHADIX FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Travis MCCLENDON 1758-1835 (4xggf)
Captain
Buried:
War of 1812:
Jesse Whatley 1756-1843 (4xggf)
Private, 1st Regiment, Harris, Georgia Militia
Buried:
Civil War, Confederate, Georgia and Alabama:
Alford SHADIX 1817-1880 (3xggf)
Private, Company C, 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment
Buried:
David Albert WHATLEY 1817-1903 (3xggf)
Private, Company A, 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Hardie's Battalion Alabama Cavalry, Talladega County Reserves
Buried: Concord Baptist Cemetery, Lineville, Clay County, Alabama
Notes: Enlisted Oct 1863, Talladega, Alabama, discharged on May 1865. His father Alford (see below) also served in the Civil War.
Buried:
WWI:
Aulford Hamilton SHADIX 1894-1972 (gf)
Fireman 3c, Mariner, U.S.S. Texas
Notes: Home in 1920, US Military and Naval Forces
Buried:
Non-War Military Service:
Samuel WINSLETT, Sr. 1744-1829 (4xggf)
1st Lieutenant, 2nd Company, Greene County Regiment, Georgia Militia, 1771. Though it is still possible he served in the Revolutionary War, as we originally thought, date of service does not seem to confirm this.
Notes: Born in Surrey, England. (Featured as the 5xggf of Trisha Yearwood in an episode of the television series Who Do You Think You Are. Samuel and his brother John were accused of hunting and killing 2 deer on property owned by Lord Winterton. A crime punishable by hanging. Lord Winterton reprieved the two boys and they were sentenced to transportation; to America.)
Buried:
MANER FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Aaron HERREN, Sr. 1752-1799 (6ggf)
Private, 5th Regiment
Notes: Enlisted on May 31 1776.
Buried: South Carolina
Civil War, Confederate, Georgia:
William E. MANER 1829-1904 (3xggf)
Private, Company G, Georgia 5th Infantry Regiment
Notes: Enlisted on Aug 4 1862, mustered out on 20 Aug 1862.
Buried: Collins Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia
MURRAY FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Reuben COLBURN 1737-1818 (6xggf)
Major
Buried:
William B. KEENE 1753-1821 (5xggf)
Private
Buried:
Wait WADSWORTH 1714-1799 (6ggf)
Captain
Buried:
Carpenter WINSLOW, Sr. 1764-1827 (5xggf)
Lieutenant
Notes: 2nd Brigade, Eighth Division of the Massachusetts Militia
Buried: Grave is at historic Findley Street Cemetery in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. A memorial monument is at Circle Hill Cemetery. - Submitted by Judy Alberts
Civil War, Union, Pennsylvania:
Henry LARGHEY 1839-1902 (4xggf)
Buried:
John MURRAY, Jr. 1833-1890 (3xggf)
American Revolution:
Stephen ELLIS 1740-1807 (5xggf - father of Etheldred ELLIS)
2nd Lieutenant, Captain Elisha Leak's Company of Militia, Goochland County, Virginia
Buried: Wanda Cemetery, Newton County, Missouri
Civil War, Confederate, Alabama:
John Wesley JERNIGAN 1832-1887 (2xggf)
Corporal, Company B, Alabama 3rd Battalion Hilliard's Legion
Notes: Enlisted Apr 1862.
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama
Private, Company K, 25th Alabama Regiment
Notes: 1862, wounded in Chickamauga, Tennessee. Listed from 28 Oct 1864 - 3 Feb 1865 in the 1st Mississippi CSA Hospital, illness "Febris, Int., Ter." (fever). Henry's older brother John Washington Jones died in a Civil War prison camp in Ohio, 1865, Company A, 18th Alabama Regiment. After the war Henry married and named his firstborn son after him; John Washington "Jack" Jones (our great grandfather). His grandson Henry Wesley Jones also served in WWI.
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama
War of 1812:
Rev. Etheldred ELLIS 1770-1851 (4xggf)
Private, South Carolina 2nd Regiment (McWillie's)
Notes: His grandson Josiah Alvin Ellis (Confederate, Private, Company D, Missouri 6th Cavalry) died in 1863 in the Civil War after being wounded at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, 7 Dec 1862. Josiah is the son of Stephen Alvin ELLIS. And, Etheldred's father, Stephen ELLIS was a 2nd Lieut. in the Revolutionary War (see below).
Buried: North Carolina
WWI:
Henry Wesley JONES 1894-1961 (gf)
Private, Company D, 4th Alabama National Guard in Fort Deposit, assigned to 167th Infantry Regiment. Henry's grandfather Henry Jones also served in the Civil War.
Notes: Took part in the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa 10/24/1916 to 3/9/1917. The unit was again activated 11/3/1917 for duty in France as the 42nd Division (Rainbow) - Submitted by Dan Faulk.
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama
ODOM FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Robert Rose BROOKS, Sr. 1723-1806 (7xggf)
Private
Buried:
James Anthony BUTLER 1738-1811 (6xggf)
Private
Buried:
William Ingram DAY 1754-1836 (5xggf)
Private
Buried:
Jacob ODOM 1750-1831 (4xggf)
Private
Buried:
Nathaniel WALLER, Sr. 1713-1786 (6xggf)
Private
Buried:
Civil War, Confederate, Alabama:
Alatha Island ODOM 1845-1921 (2xggf)
Buried:
Augustus Richard WILLIAMSON 1826-1916 (3xggf)
Buried:
SHADIX FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Travis MCCLENDON 1758-1835 (4xggf)
Captain
Buried:
War of 1812:
Jesse Whatley 1756-1843 (4xggf)
Private, 1st Regiment, Harris, Georgia Militia
Buried:
Civil War, Confederate, Georgia and Alabama:
Alford SHADIX 1817-1880 (3xggf)
Private, Company C, 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment
Buried:
David Albert WHATLEY 1817-1903 (3xggf)
Private, Company A, 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Hardie's Battalion Alabama Cavalry, Talladega County Reserves
Buried: Concord Baptist Cemetery, Lineville, Clay County, Alabama
David Wesley SHADIX 1846-1915 (2xggf)
Private, Company G, 62nd Alabama RegimentNotes: Enlisted Oct 1863, Talladega, Alabama, discharged on May 1865. His father Alford (see below) also served in the Civil War.
Buried:
WWI:
Aulford Hamilton SHADIX 1894-1972 (gf)
Fireman 3c, Mariner, U.S.S. Texas
Notes: Home in 1920, US Military and Naval Forces
Buried:
Non-War Military Service:
Samuel WINSLETT, Sr. 1744-1829 (4xggf)
1st Lieutenant, 2nd Company, Greene County Regiment, Georgia Militia, 1771. Though it is still possible he served in the Revolutionary War, as we originally thought, date of service does not seem to confirm this.
Notes: Born in Surrey, England. (Featured as the 5xggf of Trisha Yearwood in an episode of the television series Who Do You Think You Are. Samuel and his brother John were accused of hunting and killing 2 deer on property owned by Lord Winterton. A crime punishable by hanging. Lord Winterton reprieved the two boys and they were sentenced to transportation; to America.)
Buried:
MANER FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Aaron HERREN, Sr. 1752-1799 (6ggf)
Private, 5th Regiment
Notes: Enlisted on May 31 1776.
Buried: South Carolina
Civil War, Confederate, Georgia:
William E. MANER 1829-1904 (3xggf)
Private, Company G, Georgia 5th Infantry Regiment
Notes: Enlisted on Aug 4 1862, mustered out on 20 Aug 1862.
Buried: Collins Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia
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MURRAY FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
Reuben COLBURN 1737-1818 (6xggf)
Major
Buried:
William B. KEENE 1753-1821 (5xggf)
Private
Buried:
Wait WADSWORTH 1714-1799 (6ggf)
Captain
Buried:
Carpenter WINSLOW, Sr. 1764-1827 (5xggf)
Lieutenant
Notes: 2nd Brigade, Eighth Division of the Massachusetts Militia
Buried: Grave is at historic Findley Street Cemetery in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. A memorial monument is at Circle Hill Cemetery. - Submitted by Judy Alberts
Civil War, Union, Pennsylvania:
Henry LARGHEY 1839-1902 (4xggf)
Buried:
John MURRAY, Jr. 1833-1890 (3xggf)
Private, Company H, 205th Pennsylvania Regiment
Buried:
Buried:
Civil War, Confederate, Florida:
Albert Simeon GOODRICH 1844-1916 (2xggf)
Private, Company F, Florida 10th Infantry Regiment.
Notes: Enlisted on Dec 1 1861, mustered out on Apr 9 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA. Albert was the oldest of 10 children. His brothers were too young to serve in the Civil War.
Buried: Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Reuben O'STEEN, Jr. 1817-____ (3xggf)
Private, Company G, 1st Regiment Florida Infantry Reserves
Buried: Florida
Florida Seminole Wars:
Constant BOURQUARDEZ 1824-1884 (3xggf)
Musician, Mickler's Company, Florida Mounted Militia
Notes: Born in Reppe, Territorie de Belfort, France. Rank listed as musician.
Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Private, U.S. Army, 1834
Warren's Battalion, Florida Mounted Militia, 1839
1st Florida Mounted Militia (Bailey's), 1840
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Volusia County, Florida (unmarked grave)
Reuben O'STEEN, Sr. 1788-1854 (4xggf)
Private, 1st Florida Mounted Militia (Warren's), 1836-1837
Notes: Enlisted Sep 23 1836
Buried: Florida
MICKELSON FAMILY TREE
WWI:
John Anseline Mickelson 1893-1948 (ggf)
Private, Officer's Training School, Camp Lee, Virginia, June 25 1918 - Jan 10 1919
Buried: Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Indiana
WWII & Korean War:
John Leonard Mickelson, Sr. 1915-1988 (gf)
WWII
Private, Army, 13 Aug 1942 - 11 Nov 1945
Notes: Enlisted Sep 25 1940, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Signal Corps, for Philippine Dept.
Korean War
1st Lieutenant, Army, 16 Apr 1951 - 17 Feb 1953
Buried: Eagle Point National Cemetery, Oregon
WALLER FAMILY TREE
American Revolution:
John BEATH 1710-1798 (7xggf)
Naval Officer, Townsend, Maine, 1776-1779
Notes: Born in Ireland.
Buried: Pear Street Cemetery, Boothbay, Maine
Henry HARRINGTON 1712-1791 (7xggf)
Lexington, Massachusetts
Notes: Signed Bay Declaration of Independance, Lexington, Massachusetts
Buried:
Bartholomew RICHARDSON 1735-1807 (5xggf)
Worburn, Massachusetts
Notes: Capt Nathaniel Coudry, Col Jacob Gerrish, Regt of Guards
Buried:
Thomas WINSHIP 1729-1796 (6xggf)
Lexington, Massachusetts
Notes: Capt Parker
Buried:
Samuel WYLIE, Sr. 1749-1777 (6xggf)
Boothbay, Maine
Buried: Lost at sea on Apr 2, 1777, off the coast of Boothbay,
Maine. Vessel "Tyrannicide", Captain Haraden. Later, his two sons Alexander and Samuel Jr., were also lost at sea. Alexander, our 5xggf died at sea in 1805, just 4 years after his daughter Elizabeth "Eliza" was born (our direct ancestor; 4xggm).
Non-War Military Service:
Patrick Furlong (Jr. 1800-____ or Sr. 1740-1826)
1812-1814, Limerick York, Maine
Notes: Born in Ireland.
Buried:
WAR DATES:
Anglo-French Wars (1202-1815, 1542-1546)
King Phillip's War (1675-1676)
French Indian War (1754-1763)
American Revolution (1775-1783)
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Civil War (1861-1865, Confederate/South and Union/North)
Spanish American War (1898)
WWI (1914-1918)
WWII (1939-1945)
Korean War (1950-1953)
We would like to honor our ancestors by learning more about their military service. Please contact us if you have additional information or photos you would like to contribute.
Notes: Born in Ireland.
Buried: Pear Street Cemetery, Boothbay, Maine
Henry HARRINGTON 1712-1791 (7xggf)
Lexington, Massachusetts
Notes: Signed Bay Declaration of Independance, Lexington, Massachusetts
Buried:
Bartholomew RICHARDSON 1735-1807 (5xggf)
Worburn, Massachusetts
Notes: Capt Nathaniel Coudry, Col Jacob Gerrish, Regt of Guards
Buried:
Thomas WINSHIP 1729-1796 (6xggf)
Lexington, Massachusetts
Notes: Capt Parker
Buried:
Boothbay, Maine
Buried: Lost at sea on Apr 2, 1777, off the coast of Boothbay,
Maine. Vessel "Tyrannicide", Captain Haraden. Later, his two sons Alexander and Samuel Jr., were also lost at sea. Alexander, our 5xggf died at sea in 1805, just 4 years after his daughter Elizabeth "Eliza" was born (our direct ancestor; 4xggm).
Non-War Military Service:
Patrick Furlong (Jr. 1800-____ or Sr. 1740-1826)
1812-1814, Limerick York, Maine
Notes: Born in Ireland.
Buried:
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WAR DATES:
Anglo-French Wars (1202-1815, 1542-1546)
King Phillip's War (1675-1676)
French Indian War (1754-1763)
American Revolution (1775-1783)
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Civil War (1861-1865, Confederate/South and Union/North)
Spanish American War (1898)
WWI (1914-1918)
WWII (1939-1945)
Korean War (1950-1953)
We would like to honor our ancestors by learning more about their military service. Please contact us if you have additional information or photos you would like to contribute.
