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Lunenburg Co., VA Marriage Records; Fayette Co., TN Marriage Records; Shelby
Co., TN Marriage Records; Shelby Co., TN 1850 census; Tate Co.. MS census 1880
census; Sunflower Co., MS 1900 census; Shelby Co., TN Court Records & Estate
Papers; Marriage Records of Marshall Co., MS; Cem. & Bible Records Bols. 15-16
by MS Genealogical Society.
Issue:
1. Mary Featherston - b. ca. 1813-15, AL; m. 6 Feb 1838, Fayette Co., TN to A.H. Herron
2. Martha A. Featherston - b. ca. 1810-15; m. 1 Dec 1842, Shelby Co., TN to William A. Jones
3. male - b. ca. 1815-20
4. Harriet Featherston - b. ca. 1815-20; m. 26 Jun 1845, Shelby Co., TN
to W.G. Wynne (Wyman?)
5. Susan Featherston - b. ca. 1815-20; m. 26 Jun 1845, Shelby Co., TN
to William P. Bradley
*6. Lewis H. Featherston - b. 1 Sep 1821, AL
7. male - b. ca. 1825-30
8. female - b. ca. 1825-30
9. John Patrick Featherston - b. 10 Nov 1831, AL, d. 1 Sep 1906, bur.
Bethesda Cem., Leake Co., MS; m. 18 Oct 1854, Marshall Co., MS to
Mary Elizabeth McCully - b. 10 Nov 1838, d. 6 Oct 1921, bur.
Bethesda Cem., Leake Co., MS
10. male - b. ca. 1835-40
Note by JFH - Probate records for the estate of Lewis Featherston lists a
"pine coffin for young Featherston" dated Sept 20, 1845. This follows many
visits by doctors to George Featherston, who was apparently one of the male
children of Lewis.
II Lewis H. Featherston - b. 1 Sep 1821, AL, d. 6 Jun 1896, Shelby Co..
TN,
bur. Bethlehem Methodist Church Cem.. Shelby Co., TN; m.l) 1850 Oxford, MS to
Zuchaina Porter - b. 1832 TN, d/o David Porter/ ? Renick; m.2) 16 Oct 1856,
Shelby Co., TN to Sarah Lavina Felts - b. 26 Dec 1831 TN, d. 9 Dec 1907, bur.
Bethlehem Methodist Church Cem., Shelby Co., TN. Sources: Marriages - Shelby
Co., TN 1820-1858; Shelby Co., TN 1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900 Censuses; Shelby
Co., TN Cemeteries; 1900 & 1910 Galveston Co., TX Censuses; Sunflower Co., MS
1900 Census; 1910 Tate Co., MS Census; Cemetery and Bible Records Vols. 15-16
by MS genealogical Society; Biographical Directory of the American Congress
1774-1971; Yellowed Pages, Vol. XVII, No. 4, 1987 - Glimpses of Jefferson Co.,
TX; TX Deaths 1903-1940 - Gregg & Bexar Cos.; 1921 letter from Lewis Porter
Featherstone to his niece (by marriage) Florence Merrill Featherstone.
Issue by 1st wife:
1. Lewis Porter Featherston - b. 28 Jul 1851, Oxford, Lafayette Co.,
MS, d. 14 Mar 1922, Longview, Gregg Co., TX, bur. Mission Cem., San
Antonio, TX; m. ca. 1875 to Alice W. ? - b. Sep 1856, TN, d. 8 Apr
1921, Bexar Co., TX.
*2. Renick N. Featherston - b. 8 Oct 1853 Oxford, Lafayette Co., MS
Issue by 2nd wife;
3. Markus Howard Featherston - b. ca. 1858, TN
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4. Herschel C. Featherston - b. Aug 1860 TN, d. 1932, bur. Bethesda
Cem., Leake Co., MS; m. ca. 1899 to Genevieve Newborn - b. 1869 TN,
d. 1955, bur. Bethesda Cem., Leake Co., MS
5. George P. Featherston - b. Apr 1870 TN; m. ca. 1897 to Ophelia ? - b.
Jun 1875 TN
III Renick N. Featherston - b. 8 Oct 1853 Oxford, Lafayette Co., MS, d. 1883
Forrest City, St. Francis Co., AR; m. 1877 to Cora A. Boardroan- b. ca. 1861 TN
Sources: Shelby Co., TN 1870 & 1880 census records.
Issue:
1. Cornelia Featherston - b. Dec 1879, TN
*2. Renick Sterling Featherston - b. 9 Oct 1882 Forrest City, AR
IV Renick Sterling Featherston - b. 9 Oct 1882 Forrest City, St. Francis
Co., AR, d. 11 Dec 1964, Rodi, CA; m. 28 Oct 1911 Santa Barbara, CA to
Florence Merrill - b. 10 Sep 1876 Andover, MA, d. 3 Jan 1971 Oakland, CA
Issue;
*1. Ellen Featherston - b. 22 Sep 1912 Santa Barbara, CA
2. Katherine Featherston - b. 18 Aug 1914 Santa Barbara, CA; m. Sep
1950 Clements, CA to Eric Fenton
3. Margaret Featherston - b. 31 Jul 1916 Santa Barbara. CA, d. 9 Oct
1964, bur. Long Beach, CA; m. 1942 Maui, Hawaii to Norman Sampson
4. Florence Featherston - b. 3 Sep 1918 Santa Barbara, CA; m. May 1940
Carson City. NV to Roy Otto Hieh
V Ellen Featherston - b. 22 Sep 1912 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA;
occupation: Super Cook; Minonite: m. 21 Jan 1939 Santa Rosa, CA to 01 in
Charles Edwards - b. 31 Mar 1907 Modesto, CA
Issue:
1. Sara Elizabeth Edwards - b. 10 Feb 1940 Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA
2. Charles F. Edwards - b. 25 Mar 1942 Lodi. San Joaquin Co., CA
3. Robert Olin Edwards - b. 31 Mar 1945 Modesto, CA
submitted Feb 1991 by: Ellen Featherston Edwards
05-01. FEATHERSTON JONES NEWTON DAVIS DYCUS
Six of the children of my ancestors William Featherston (1781-1872) and
Elizabeth (Jones) Featherston (1785-1867) are known to have married and had
families. I am eager to locate descendants of their sons Henry and David and
their daughters Martha Ann Newton, Sarah Davis, and Mary Dycus. This family
moved from Nottoway Co., Virginia, to Robertson Co., Tennessee in the late
1820's.
submitted by: Brenda G. Fischler
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05-02. FEATHERSTON FLETCHER
Who are the parents of Catherine H. Featherston, b. ca. 1804, living at age
83. m. John Davidson Fletcher in Rutherford Co., TN in 1823, one known son:
John P., b. Dec 1827, Rutherford Co., TN, who became a prominent physician and
surgeon - University of Louisiana 1873, who later lived in Lonoke, AR, where
his mother Catherine died.
submitted by: Mrs. Louise Swindell
05-03. DYCUS FEATHERSTON
Would like to know parents of Phinis Ewing Dycus who married Mary F.
Featherstone in Robertson Co.. TN and where they were from.
submitted by: David Corbin
03-08. Refer to Volume 3, page 13
FEATHERSTONE MARSHALL - info on ministry of Henry Featherstone
- proof of his marriage to Elizabeth Marshall
- proof of father of Elizabeth Marshall
submitted by: Bertha C. Dooney
Madeline Replogle Raymond, informs us that
she has two dates when Henry Featherston (Sr.) (Generation 4, Branch 3) was
ordained as a Methodist Minister:
1. "Henry Featherstone was a Methodist Minister. He was issued a
license to preach on 15 Jun 1788." (Chesterfield Co. Ministers
Bonds for year 1788.) Featherstone and Walthall of Holly Springs,
MS, page F-7, compiled by Marie Rut ledge. Library of Congress Card
#77-77053.
2. Henry Featherston (Sr) "on 12 Sep 1788, was ordained and
licensed to preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church, license dated
and signed by Thomas Anderson of the Methodist Conference." Gene
Hyden,
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Madeline further writes that Elizabeth Marshall who m. Henry Featherstone (Sr)
was not daughter of Alexander Marshall who was a Second Lieutenant in the
Revolutionary War in Captain Benjamin Wards' Co., commissioned in Amelia Co.,
VA, on 28 Aug 1777. That Alexander was her brother. Alexander III, who m. Amy
Walthall (daughter of Girrard).
Data on Alexander Marshal Is as it relates to Featherston(e)s:
Alexander Marshall (Sr), b. 1676, d. 3 May 1743 Henrico Co., VA, m. as her 2nd
husband Elizabeth Worsham (daughter of John and Phoebe) who m. 1st. Thomas
Ligon (son of William and Mary Tanner) of Henrico Co., VA. Thomas' and
Elizabeth's daughter Phoebe m. Henry Walthall whose sister Elizabeth Walthall
m. Henry Charles Featherston (Generation 2, Branch 3) and whose brother
Garrett (Girrard) Walthall had the daughter Amy above.
Alexander Marshall, Jr (II).. b. 1707-1717 Henrico Co., VA, d. 1771-1774
Chesterfield Co., VA, m. Sarah Moseley (daughter of William and Frances Mayo).
Their daughter Elizabeth m. Henry Featherston (Sr). Sarah's father's will,
dated 10 Jul 1778 at Dale Parish Chesterfield Co., VA (Will Book 3, page 252)
shows the following bequest: "To my grand Daughter Elizabeth Featherstone
seventy five pounds currant Money of Virginia to her & her Heirs forever."
The Francis Moody genealogy (full name given below), chapter 11, page 266,
gives the following information on Alexander. Jr.'s (Alexander II's) estate:
October 1799 the Chesterfield Co. Court appointed a commission of
six men..."to consider the additional claim against the estate made
by Henry Featherstone...to divide the estate among ten
legatees...one Henry Featherstone and Elizabeth his wife...one
Alexander (III)..."
Moody, page 267, gives proof that Alexander Marshall (III) married Amy
Walthall, daughter of Gerrard, prior to March 1794.
Alexander, Sr's grandson. Franc i s Marsha11, Jr., b. 11 Nov 1750 Cumberland
Co., VA, and his wife Phoebe Hatcher (daughter of Josiah and Ann Elizabeth
Cheatham) were parents of Nancy Marshall, b. 5 Aug 1775 at VA, who married her
first cousin Henry Featherston, Jr., (Generation 5, Branch 3).
Sources: Walthall Family Notes, compiled 1941, by Malcom E. Walthall; Francis
Moody (1769-1821), His Ancestors. Descendants, and Related Families...of
Chesterfield Co., VA...compiled by Clara Lorene (Cammack) Park, copyright
1983, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD; Pioneers. Ancestors and Descendants
of Yell Co., AR, Volume I...includes among other families surname "Marshall".
copyright 1983. by Elizabeth Ann (Petitlo) Bowie.
Note by JFH: Thank you Madeline, for your answers to Query 03-08. This
information is appreciated very much.
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