Selected Families and Individuals


Roland GRISSOM [Parents] was born on 8 Mar 1859 in Hollow Rock, Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on 17 Oct 1940 in East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri. He was buried in East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri. He married Tennessee M. ROGERS on 24 Jun 1877 in Hollow Rock, Carroll County, Tennessee.

Other marriages:
WHITE, Sarah Etta

Tennessee M. ROGERS [Parents] was born on 11 Aug 1859 in Hollow Rock, Carroll County, Tennessee. She died in 1917 in East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri. She was buried in East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri. She married Roland GRISSOM on 24 Jun 1877 in Hollow Rock, Carroll County, Tennessee.

They had the following children:

  M i Walter W. GRISSOM was born on 3 Jan 1879 in Carroll County, Tennessee.
  M ii Charles Bertraum GRISSOM was born on 3 Nov 1880. He died on 21 Oct 1952.
  F iii Alice Isadore GRISSOM was born on 24 Jan 1885. She died on 23 Dec 1962.
  F iv Catherine L. GRISSOM was born on 13 Jan 1889. She died on 17 Jul 1922.
  M v Lonnie E. GRISSOM was born on 26 Apr 1891 in Kentucky.
  M vi Roy R. GRISSOM was born on 9 Mar 1895 in Kentucky.
  F vii Rowe Annie GRISSOM was born on 14 Feb 1902.

Daniel MCPHERSON was born in 1796 in Warren, Floyd County, Georgia. He died in 1846 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mississippi. He married Martha ROBERTSON in 1816.

Martha ROBERTSON [Parents] was born on 24 Mar 1801 in Warren, Floyd County, Georgia. She died in 1894 in Oakland, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. She married Daniel MCPHERSON in 1816.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Parmelia MCPHERSON was born on 24 Mar 1824. She died in 1902.
  M ii Matthew L. MCPHERSON was born in 1831.
  M iii James MCPHERSON was born in 1831 in Mississippi. He died in Virginia.
  M iv Alfred Adolphus MCPHERSON was born on 8 May 1836. He died on 23 May 1926.
  M v Pinkney MCPHERSON was born in 1838 in Mississippi.
  F vi Dilla MCPHERSON was born in 1841 in Mississippi.
  M vii George Franklin MCPHERSON was born in Jun 1844. He died on 25 Nov 1925.

William J. BIGGS.William married Mary Caroline MCNAIR on 17 Jun 1854.

Mary Caroline MCNAIR [Parents] was born on 11 Jan 1837 in Dallas County, Alabama. She died on 18 Aug 1902 in Utica, Hinds County, Mississippi. She was buried in Hinds County, Mississippi. She married William J. BIGGS on 17 Jun 1854.

Other marriages:
MCPHERSON, George Franklin
AINSWORTH, Francis Marion


Francis Marion AINSWORTH.Francis married Mary Caroline MCNAIR on 18 Nov 1866.

Mary Caroline MCNAIR [Parents] was born on 11 Jan 1837 in Dallas County, Alabama. She died on 18 Aug 1902 in Utica, Hinds County, Mississippi. She was buried in Hinds County, Mississippi. She married Francis Marion AINSWORTH on 18 Nov 1866.

Other marriages:
MCPHERSON, George Franklin
BIGGS, William J.


Lorenzo Dow MCNAIR Sr. [Parents] was born on 5 Oct 1807 in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He died on 24 Oct 1878 in Learned, Hinds County, Mississippi. He was buried in Learned, Hinds County, Mississippi. He married Eliza Eleanor RUSSELL on 4 Feb 1835 in South Carolina or Alabama.

Eliza Eleanor RUSSELL [Parents] was born on 18 Jul 1817 in Abbeville County, South Carolina. She died on 21 Sep 1907 in Learned, Hinds County, Mississippi. She was buried in Learned, Hinds County, Mississippi. She married Lorenzo Dow MCNAIR Sr. on 4 Feb 1835 in South Carolina or Alabama.

They had the following children:

  M i Manlius Constantine MCNAIR was born on 20 Dec 1835. He died on 17 Nov 1864.
  F ii Mary Caroline MCNAIR was born on 11 Jan 1837. She died on 18 Aug 1902.
  M iii Robert A. MCNAIR was born on 9 Sep 1839. He died on 19 Sep 1878.
  F iv Sarah Jane MCNAIR was born on 4 Sep 1842 in Hinds County, Mississippi. She died on 8 Jun 1930.
  M v James MCNAIR was born in 1842 in Mississippi.
  M vi David R. MCNAIR was born on 15 Dec 1844. He died on 22 Oct 1878.
  M vii Henry L. MCNAIR was born on 13 Mar 1847. He died on 2 Apr 1924.
  F viii Louisa Matilda MCNAIR was born on 22 Jan 1849. She died on 7 Jun 1928.
  M ix John G. MCNAIR was born on 27 Apr 1851. He died on 13 Mar 1925.
  F x Mariah Elizabeth MCNAIR was born on 20 Nov 1854. She died on 11 Oct 1878.
  M xi W. Edward J. MCNAIR was born on 4 Jan 1857. He died on 31 Oct 1878.
  M xii Lorenzo Dow MCNAIR Jr. was born on 29 Mar 1860 in Learned, Hinds County, Mississippi. He died on 19 Oct 1878 in Learned, Hinds County, Mississippi.

Robert Nesbit HALL [Parents] was born on 4 Nov 1840 in Hinds County, Mississippi. He died on 2 Oct 1894 in Woodlawn, Harrison County, Texas. He was buried in Harrison County, Texas. He married Mary Emma LEA on 2 Dec 1885 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi.

Other marriages:
READ, Elizabeth Catherine

Mary Emma LEA [Parents] was born in Nov 1859 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. She died in May 1939. She married Robert Nesbit HALL on 2 Dec 1885 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi.

They had the following children:

  F i Rosa HALL was born in 1889.
  F ii Fay HALL was born on 14 Mar 1891.
  M iii Robert N. HALL was born on 17 Feb 1893 in Amite County, Mississippi.

Howell Alexander HALL [Parents] was born on 28 Mar 1812 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. He died in 1874 in Mississippi. He married Elizabeth Ann BENSON on 19 Apr 1836 in Hinds County, Mississippi.

Other marriages:
READ, Mary Eliza

Elizabeth Ann BENSON [Parents] was born on 7 Dec 1815 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. She died on 25 Nov 1852 in Hinds County, Mississippi. She was buried in 1852 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. She married Howell Alexander HALL on 19 Apr 1836 in Hinds County, Mississippi.

They had the following children:

  M i William Barry Ann HALL was born on 13 Jan 1837 in Hinds County, Mississippi. He died on 30 Jan 1837 in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  F ii Mary Eliza HALL was born on 4 Dec 1837.
  M iii Barry W. HALL was born on 28 Feb 1839 in Hinds County, Mississippi. He died on 29 Jan 1840 in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  M iv Robert Nesbit HALL was born on 4 Nov 1840. He died on 2 Oct 1894.
  F v Rosaltha G. HALL was born on 24 Sep 1842. She died in 1878.
  M vi Alexander I. HALL was born on 27 Aug 1844 in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  F vii Georgiana A. HALL was born on 11 Sep 1846 in Hinds County, Mississippi.

William Francis READ [Parents] was born on 6 Jan 1817 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. He died on 6 Jul 1850 in Nevada City, Nevada County, California. He married Maria Louisa DOTSON on 5 Oct 1836 in Madison County, Mississippi.

Maria Louisa DOTSON [Parents] was born in 1818 in Virginia. She married William Francis READ on 5 Oct 1836 in Madison County, Mississippi.

They had the following children:

  M i Charles William READ Sr. was born on 12 May 1840. He died on 25 Jan 1890.
  M ii John Jeremiah READ was born about 1842. He died about 1897.
  M iii Joseph Dotson READ was born on 22 Apr 1844. He died about 1919.
  F iv Elizabeth Catherine READ was born about 1846. She died in 1882.
  M v Francis READ was born on 20 Mar 1849. He died on 4 Jul 1909.

RIGSBY died in 1844/1850. He married Elizabeth.

Elizabeth was born in 1805 in North Carolina. She married RIGSBY.

They had the following children:

  M i Moses M. RIGSBY was born about 1835. He died in 1895.
  M ii James A. RIGSBY was born in 1827 in Tennessee.
  M iii William A. RIGSBY was born in 1829 in Tennessee.
  M iv John H. RIGSBY was born in 1830 in Tennessee.
  F v Paralee M. RIGSBY was born in 1834 in Tennessee.
  M vi Francis M. RIGSBY was born in 1840 in Tennessee.
  M vii Daniel S. RIGSBY was born in 1844 in Tennessee.

Ozias PHELPS [Parents] was born on 22 Sep 1801 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died in 1860/1870 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He married Mary in 1835 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

Mary was born in 1816 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. She married Ozias PHELPS in 1835 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

They had the following children:

  F i Louisa PHELPS was born in 1837 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
  M ii John Ford PHELPS was born on 24 Dec 1839. He died on 2 Aug 1916.
  F iii Elvira PHELPS was born in 1841 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
  F iv Hannah R. PHELPS was born about 1843. She died in 1910.
  M v Robert Smith PHELPS was born on 1 Mar 1845. He died on 22 Jul 1908.
  F vi Elizabeth PHELPS was born in 1847. She died on 1 May 1921.
  M vii Joseph Newton PHELPS was born in 1849. He died in 1931.
  F viii Mary Ann PHELPS was born on 11 Oct 1853. She died on 15 Apr 1937.
  F ix Sarah E. PHELPS was born on 24 May 1854. She died in Apr 1937.
  F x Amanda PHELPS was born in 1857 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

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