Selected Families and Individuals


Sherwood SILBE Sr. was born about 1791 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He married Mary FEARS on 20 Apr 1816 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Mary FEARS [Parents] was born in 1782 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She married Sherwood SILBE Sr. on 20 Apr 1816 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

They had the following children:

  M i Sherwood SILBE Jr was born in 1822 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  F ii Mary J. SILBE was born in 1826 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  F iii Sarah A. SILBE was born in 1828 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Anthony SILBE was born about 1798. He married Nancy FEARS on 20 Mar 1819 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Nancy FEARS [Parents] was born in 1786 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She married Anthony SILBE on 20 Mar 1819 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.


John HOWELL.

He had the following children:

  F i Catherine HOWELL.

William CHISM [Parents] was born in 1775 in York County, South Carolina. He died in Aug 1809 in Greenville, Pitt County, South Carolina. He married Ann PRAYTOR about 1793 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Ann PRAYTOR [Parents] was born in 1775 in Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina. She died in 1849 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. She married William CHISM about 1793 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

They had the following children:

  M i John CHISHOLM was born in 1794. He died on 23 Feb 1847.
  M ii James CHISM was born in 1795. He died on 12 May 1866.
  F iii Martha CHISM was born in 1798. She died after 1870.
  M iv Middleton P. CHISM was born in 1800. He died in 1860.
  M v Jesse CHISM was born in 1802. He died in Jun 1828.
  F vi Sarah F. CHISM was born about 1807.
  M vii Lewis David CHISM was born on 18 Nov 1805. He died on 18 Nov 1889.

Thomas FEARS Sr. [Parents] was born in 1761 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He died on 15 May 1833 in Danbury, Stokes County, North Carolina. He married Sally LENEAVE on 4 Apr 1827 in Virginia.

Other marriages:
TOOMBS, Elizabeth
POWELL, Sally

Sally LENEAVE [Parents] was born about 1806. She married Thomas FEARS Sr. on 4 Apr 1827 in Virginia.


FOWLKES. married Sally HINES.

Sally HINES [Parents] was born about 1810 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She was buried in Hines Cemetery, Prince Edward County, Virginia. She married FOWLKES.


Henry J. FEARS [Parents] was born in 1800 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He married Martha FOWLKES on 8 Jan 1821 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Martha FOWLKES [Parents] was born about 1802 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She married Henry J. FEARS on 8 Jan 1821 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

They had the following children:

  F i Sarah F. FEARS was born about 1826.
  M ii Josiah FEARS was born about 1830 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  M iii John Henry FEARS was born on 26 Apr 1832. He died on 2 Dec 1906.
  M iv Charles A. FEARS was born in 1837. He died on 15 Jul 1863.
  F v Susan B. FEARS was born in 1838.
  F vi Mary E. FEARS was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  F vii Martha A. FEARS was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  F viii Eliza D. FEARS was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Robert A. GIBBS.Robert married Sarah F. FEARS on 17 Jul 1854 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Sarah F. FEARS [Parents] was born about 1826 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She married Robert A. GIBBS on 17 Jul 1854 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.


John Henry FEARS [Parents] was born on 26 Apr 1832 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He died on 2 Dec 1906. He was buried in Fowlkes Cemetery, Prince Edward County, Virginia. He married Agnes Louise DUNNVANT in 1858 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Agnes Louise DUNNVANT [Parents] was born on 20 Nov 1834 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She died on 13 Oct 1913 in Burkville, Nottoway County, Virginia. She was buried in Fowlkes Cemetery, Prince Edward County, Virginia. She married John Henry FEARS in 1858 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

They had the following children:

  M i James Edward FEARS was born on 28 May 1859 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He died on 8 Jul 1924 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was buried in Fowlkes Cemetery, Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  F ii Lula Jane FEARS was born in Jun 1866. She died after 1930.
  F iii Martha Agnes "Mattie" FEARS was born on 19 Aug 1867. She died on 25 Aug 1948.
  M iv Joseph Henry "Joe" FEARS was born on 26 Mar 1871. He died on 4 Oct 1941.

Charles A. FEARS [Parents] was born in 1837 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He died on 15 Jul 1863 in Gettysburg County, Virginia. He was married on 19 Dec 1860 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

He had the following children:

  M i Richard Jackson FEARS was born on 12 Dec 1861. He died in May 1907.

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