Corry Thomas Maxwell

M, #318, b. 25 Nov 1895, d. 17 Feb 1910
Relationship
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Beryl Virginia Burns
Charts
McNair Descendants
     Corry Thomas Maxwell was born on 25 Nov 1895.1 He was the son of James A. O. Maxwell and Permelia Ruth McNair. Corry Thomas Maxwell was enumerated in the census of 1900 in Attapulgus, Decatur Co., GA, in the household of James A. O. Maxwell.2

Corry Thomas Maxwell died on 17 Feb 1910 at age 14.1 He was buried in Piedmont Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA.3,4

Citations

  1. [S3] Floreda Duke Varick, Grady County, Georgia, Tomb Index (Tallahassee, FL: Varick, c1980). Hereinafter cited as Grady Co., GA, Tomb Index.
  2. [S555] US1900.
  3. [S806] Grady County Historical Society Inc. (Comp.), Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia (P. O. Box 586, Cairo, GA 39828: Grady County Historical Society, Inc., 2006), p. 293. Hereinafter cited as Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia.
  4. [S27] Cemetery Marker in Piedmont Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA (located at D19 LL374, west of Calvary. Take GA Hwy 111 S into Calvary. At caution light, turn right onto 1st Avenue. At 0.1 mile, turn right onto Old 179. At 0.1 mile, turn left onto Swamp Creek Road. At 0.3 mile, turn left onto Piedmont Road. Travel 0.4 mile. Cemetery is on right.); read by this compiler, 1992.

Julia F. Shelfer

F, #319, b. 25 Feb 1847, d. 23 May 1877
     Julia F. Shelfer was born on 15 Feb 1847.1 Alternatively, Julia F. Shelfer was born on 25 Feb 1847.2 She was the daughter of Nathan Henry Shelfer and Nancy Womack. Julia F. Shelfer was enumerated in the census of 1850 in Gadsden Co., FL, in the household of Nathan Henry Shelfer. Julia F. Shelfer was enumerated in the census of 1860 in Concord, Gadsden Co., FL, in the household of Nathan Henry Shelfer.

Julia F. Shelfer married Joseph H. Darsey, son of John Darsey and Jane Elizabeth English, on 25 Jul 1865 in Gadsden Co., FL. The marriage was performed by Alexander Bowen, J.P. of Gadsden Co., FL.3,4 Julia F. Shelfer was enumerated in the census of 1870 in Gadsden Co., FL, in the household of Joseph H. Darsey.

Julia F. Shelfer died on 23 May 1877 at age 30.2 She was buried in Darsey-Maxwell Cemetery, McRaeville, Decatur Co., GA.5

Children of Julia F. Shelfer and Joseph H. Darsey

Citations

  1. [S929] Joseph Hutto Darsey, Joseph H. Darsey Family Bible ; Descendant of daughter Julie Ellie Darsey, Attapulgus, GA. Hereinafter cited as Joseph H. Darsey Family Bible.
  2. [S5] Eustus Howard Hayes, Decatur County Georgia Cemetery Index (Ozark, AL: Eustus Howard Hayes, 1973). Hereinafter cited as Decatur Co. GA Cem. Index.
  3. [S763] Louise Tompkins Wynn and Charles Arthur Wynn Jr, A Family History of the Tompkins and Keas of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia (108 Washington Street, Decorah, IA 52101: The Anundsen Publishing Co., 199_ (Microfilmed 1996)), p. 116. Hereinafter cited as Tompkins and Keas of NC, SC and GA.
  4. [S929] Joseph H. Darsey Family Bible, shows location.
  5. [S50] Cemetery Marker in Darsey-Maxwell Cemetery (located near McRaeville; at junction of Hwy 27 and 262, go west on Hwy 27 for 1.1 miles; turn south on dirt road, go .4 miles and take the right fork; go another .4 miles, turn right at fork of road, then go .1 mile on dim road (31.60060 -84.19470)).

Joseph William Darsey1,2

M, #320, b. 3 Jun 1875, d. 7 Feb 1878
     Joseph William Darsey was born on 3 Jun 1875.1 He was the son of Joseph H. Darsey and Julia F. Shelfer.

Joseph William Darsey died on 7 Feb 1878 at age 2.1 He was buried in Darsey-Maxwell Cemetery, McRaeville, Decatur Co., GA.3

Citations

  1. [S929] Joseph Hutto Darsey, Joseph H. Darsey Family Bible ; Descendant of daughter Julie Ellie Darsey, Attapulgus, GA. Hereinafter cited as Joseph H. Darsey Family Bible.
  2. [S5] Eustus Howard Hayes, Decatur County Georgia Cemetery Index (Ozark, AL: Eustus Howard Hayes, 1973). Hereinafter cited as Decatur Co. GA Cem. Index.
  3. [S50] Cemetery Marker in Darsey-Maxwell Cemetery (located near McRaeville; at junction of Hwy 27 and 262, go west on Hwy 27 for 1.1 miles; turn south on dirt road, go .4 miles and take the right fork; go another .4 miles, turn right at fork of road, then go .1 mile on dim road (31.60060 -84.19470)).

Harriet R. Darsey1

F, #321, b. 3 Apr 1877, d. 13 Jun 1877
     Harriet R. Darsey was born on 3 Apr 1877.2 She was the daughter of Joseph H. Darsey and Julia F. Shelfer.

Harriet R. Darsey died on 13 Jun 1877.2 She was buried in Darsey-Maxwell Cemetery, McRaeville, Decatur Co., GA.3

Citations

  1. [S5] Eustus Howard Hayes, Decatur County Georgia Cemetery Index (Ozark, AL: Eustus Howard Hayes, 1973). Hereinafter cited as Decatur Co. GA Cem. Index.
  2. [S929] Joseph Hutto Darsey, Joseph H. Darsey Family Bible ; Descendant of daughter Julie Ellie Darsey, Attapulgus, GA. Hereinafter cited as Joseph H. Darsey Family Bible.
  3. [S50] Cemetery Marker in Darsey-Maxwell Cemetery (located near McRaeville; at junction of Hwy 27 and 262, go west on Hwy 27 for 1.1 miles; turn south on dirt road, go .4 miles and take the right fork; go another .4 miles, turn right at fork of road, then go .1 mile on dim road (31.60060 -84.19470)).

Jesse Oscar Darsey

M, #322, b. 8 Jul 1865, d. 24 Nov 1944
     Jesse Oscar Darsey was born on 8 Jul 1865 in GA.1 He was the son of John Franklin Darsey Sr. and Elizabeth Miriam Darsey. Jesse Oscar Darsey was enumerated in the census of 1870 in Decatur Co., GA, in the household of John Franklin Darsey Sr. Jesse Oscar Darsey was enumerated in the census of 1880 in Decatur Co., GA, in the household of John Franklin Darsey Sr.

Jesse Oscar Darsey married Lela M. Taylor, daughter of George F. Taylor and Sarah Cox, on 10 Jan 1894 in Mitchell Co., GA.2,3 Jesse Oscar Darsey was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1900 in Calvary, Decatur Co., GA, with others in the household: Lela M. Taylor and Herman R. Darsey.4 Jesse Oscar Darsey was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1910 in Decatur Co., GA, with others in the household: Lela M. Taylor and Herman R. Darsey.5 Jesse Oscar Darsey was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1920 in Grady Co., GA, with others in the household: Lela M. Taylor.6

Jesse Oscar Darsey was widowed on 5 Dec 1923 in Cairo, Grady Co., GA.7,3 He was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1930 in Decatur Co., GA.8 He was enumerated in the census of 1940 in Linden, Union Co., NJ, in the household of Herman R. Darsey (his son.)9

Jesse Oscar Darsey died on 24 Nov 1944 at age 79.1 He was buried in 1944 in Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Grady Co., GA.10,7,1

Child of Jesse Oscar Darsey and Lela M. Taylor

Citations

  1. [S3] Floreda Duke Varick, Grady County, Georgia, Tomb Index (Tallahassee, FL: Varick, c1980), p. 46. Hereinafter cited as Grady Co., GA, Tomb Index.
  2. [S1241] Marriage Books-County Ordinary Court-Georgia Archives, Georgia Marriage Records from Microfilm (Georgia Virtual Vault), Mitchell County Marriage Book, 1887 - 1903, p. 78.
  3. [S854] Georgia Virtual Vault, Georgia Death Certificates, Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA. Hereinafter cited as Georgia Death Certificates.
  4. [S555] US1900.
  5. [S663] US1910.
  6. [S681] US1920.
  7. [S212] Cemetery Marker in Cairo City Cemetery, Cairo, Grady Co., GA.
  8. [S679] US1930.
  9. [S1399] US1940.
  10. [S806] Grady County Historical Society Inc. (Comp.), Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia (P. O. Box 586, Cairo, GA 39828: Grady County Historical Society, Inc., 2006), p. 60. Hereinafter cited as Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia.

infant Darsey1

M, #323
Relationship
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Beryl Virginia Burns
Charts
McNair Descendants
     Infant Darsey was the son of Joseph H. Darsey and Sarah Elizabeth McNair. Infant Darsey was buried in Darsey-Maxwell Cemetery, McRaeville, Decatur Co., GA.2

Citations

  1. [S5] Eustus Howard Hayes, Decatur County Georgia Cemetery Index (Ozark, AL: Eustus Howard Hayes, 1973). Hereinafter cited as Decatur Co. GA Cem. Index.
  2. [S50] Cemetery Marker in Darsey-Maxwell Cemetery (located near McRaeville; at junction of Hwy 27 and 262, go west on Hwy 27 for 1.1 miles; turn south on dirt road, go .4 miles and take the right fork; go another .4 miles, turn right at fork of road, then go .1 mile on dim road (31.60060 -84.19470)).

Lantie McNair

F, #324, b. 28 Sep 1883, d. 13 Feb 1964
Relationship
1st cousin 1 time removed of Beryl Virginia Burns
Charts
McNair Descendants
     Lantie McNair was born on 28 Sep 1883 in GA.1,2 She was the daughter of John Daniel McNair and Luella Barber. Lantie McNair was enumerated in the census of 1900 in Decatur Co., GA, in the household of John Daniel McNair.3 Lantie McNair was enumerated in the census of 1910 in Grady Co., GA, in the household of John Daniel McNair.2 Lantie McNair was enumerated in the census of 1920 in Grady Co., GA, in the household of John Daniel McNair.4

Lantie McNair married John F. Wilder on 20 Jul 1926 in Decatur Co., GA.5 Lantie McNair was enumerated in the census of 1930 in Decatur Co., GA, in the household of John F. Wilder.6

In 1937, Lantie Wilder was the informant of the death of her husband, John F. Wilder.7 Lantie Wilder was enumerated in the census of 1940 in Calvary, Grady Co., GA, in the household of John Daniel Burns (her uncle.)8

Lantie's second marriage was to Walter Jerden Allen on 27 Jan 1942 in Brooks Co., GA.9,10,11,6 The obituary of William "Willie" G. McNair named Mrs. J. W. Allen and Mrs. Eddie Sanders, sister/s, as surviving, 14 Mar 1953.12 The obituary of Byron Ozroe McNair named Pansy Sanders and Lantie Allen, sister/s, as surviving, 9 Dec 1953.13

Lantie McNair died on 13 Feb 1964 in Baldwin Co., GA, at age 80, while her residence was in Decatur Co., GA.1 She was buried in 1964 in McNair Family Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA.14

Citations

  1. [S14] Cemetery Marker in McNair Family Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA (1 mile west of old 179, on McCreaville Rd, past farmhouse, up on a hill); read by this compiler, 1992.
  2. [S663] US1910.
  3. [S555] US1900.
  4. [S681] US1920.
  5. [S682] Ida Kirkland Boyce, Brenda King McNair, Denise Kirkland Smiley and Jan Smith, Decatur Co., Georgia Marriage Index, Decatur Co., GA GenWeb (http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/decatur/vitals/marriages/…), J-12?
  6. [S679] US1930.
  7. [S1662] "Georgia, Deaths, 1928-1939," Certificate of Death, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 Oct 2014), citing Georgia Archives, Morrow, Certificate no. 22564.
  8. [S1399] US1940.
  9. [S1575] "Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978," Images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry.com : accessed 21 Dec 2013), Citing County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia, Book G, 1936-1948, Page 210.
  10. [S26] Margaret Jean McNair Grunewald, "McNair, Daniel, Family History Papers". Received from JoAnn McNair, 1992. Hereinafter cited as "McNair, Daniel, Family History Papers."
  11. [S14] Cemetery Marker in McNair Family Cem., on tombstone.
  12. [S1157] Obituary, Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Issue of 14 Mar 1953, Sat, Page 12. Hereinafter cited as Charlotte Observer.
  13. [S2643] The Sylvester Local, Sylvester, Worth Co., GA. Hereinafter cited as The Sylvester Local.
  14. [S14] Cemetery Marker in McNair Family Cem., Preparer has pictures taken in Nov 1992.

Pearlie McNair

F, #325, b. 7 Apr 1897, d. 10 Feb 1920
Relationship
1st cousin 1 time removed of Beryl Virginia Burns
Charts
McNair Descendants
     Pearlie McNair was born on 7 Apr 1897 in Decatur Co., GA.1,2 She was the daughter of John Daniel McNair and Luella Barber. Pearlie McNair was enumerated in the census of 1900 in Decatur Co., GA, in the household of John Daniel McNair.3 Pearlie McNair was enumerated in the census of 1910 in Grady Co., GA, in the household of John Daniel McNair.4

Pearlie McNair married Jerome M. Deloach on 4 May 1919 in Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA.5,6

Pearlie McNair died on 10 Feb 1920 in Abbeville, Wilcox Co., GA, at age 22.7,1,2 She was buried on 12 Feb 1920 in McNair Family Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA.8,9,7

Citations

  1. [S989] Certificate of Death from original data: Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics. Certificate of death, Family History-Pilot Site, http://www.familysearch.org, Reference # 30098. Hereinafter cited as Georgia Deaths 1914-1927.
  2. [S26] Margaret Jean McNair Grunewald, "McNair, Daniel, Family History Papers". Received from JoAnn McNair, 1992. Hereinafter cited as "McNair, Daniel, Family History Papers."
  3. [S555] US1900.
  4. [S663] US1910.
  5. [S1473] Tad Evans, Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Wilcox County Extracts (Savannah, Georgia: Published by the writer, September, 2011), Volume V, page 181. Hereinafter cited as Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Wilcox County Extracts.
  6. [S14] Cemetery Marker in McNair Family Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA (1 mile west of old 179, on McCreaville Rd, past farmhouse, up on a hill); read by this compiler, 1992.
  7. [S1241] Marriage Books-County Ordinary Court-Georgia Archives, Georgia Marriage Records from Microfilm (Georgia Virtual Vault), File No. 30098.
  8. [S14] Cemetery Marker in McNair Family Cem., Preparer visited grave in Nov 1992.
  9. [S806] Grady County Historical Society Inc. (Comp.), Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia (P. O. Box 586, Cairo, GA 39828: Grady County Historical Society, Inc., 2006), p. 246. Hereinafter cited as Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia.

Jerome M. Deloach1

M, #326
Charts
McNair Descendants
     Jerome M. Deloach was born in Abbeville, Wilcox Co., GA.2 He was buried in McNair Family Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA.3

Jerome M. Deloach married Pearlie McNair, daughter of John Daniel McNair and Luella Barber, on 4 May 1919 in Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA.4,3

Citations

  1. [S14] Cemetery Marker in McNair Family Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA (1 mile west of old 179, on McCreaville Rd, past farmhouse, up on a hill); read by this compiler, 1992, His name is on wife's tombstone.
  2. [S26] Margaret Jean McNair Grunewald, "McNair, Daniel, Family History Papers". Received from JoAnn McNair, 1992. Hereinafter cited as "McNair, Daniel, Family History Papers."
  3. [S14] Cemetery Marker in McNair Family Cem.
  4. [S1473] Tad Evans, Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Wilcox County Extracts (Savannah, Georgia: Published by the writer, September, 2011), Volume V, page 181. Hereinafter cited as Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Wilcox County Extracts.

Estelle Herring1,2

F, #327, b. 20 Sep 1888, d. 10 May 1973
Relationship
3rd cousin 2 times removed of Beryl Virginia Burns
Charts
Geddie Descendants
     Estelle Herring was born on 20 Sep 1888 in GA.3,4 She was the daughter of Joseph Herring and Molcy Rawls. Estelle Herring was enumerated in the census of 1900 in Decatur Co., GA, in the household of Joseph Herring.4

Estelle Herring was unmarried as she was buried using her maiden name.5 She was enumerated in the census of 1910 in Grady Co., GA, in the household of Joseph Herring.6

Estelle Herring began military service on 23 Apr 1918 serving in WWI as a nurse. She served overseas from 10 Jul 1918 to 12 Mar 1919.7,8 Her military service ended on 20 Apr 1919 with an honorable discharge, but serving as a Reserve Nurse. Her residence was the Davis-Fischer Sanitorium in Atlanta, GA.9,8 She was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1930 in Miami, Dade Co., FL.10 Shesailed from Havana, Cuba, on the ship S. S. Iroquois. She was arriving in Miami, FL.11 She was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1940 in Miami, Dade Co., FL.12 She was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1945 in Miami, Dade Co., FL.13

Estelle Herring was living in Miami, Dade Co., FL, on 14 Apr 1961.14

Estelle Herring died on 10 May 1973 in Dade Co., FL, at age 84.15,3,16 She was buried in Piedmont Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA.5,17

Citations

  1. [S101] Wessie Connell, Frank W. Roebuck and Barbara C. Williams (Editors), Gleanings from Grady County, Georgia (Cairo, GA: Roddenbery Memorial Library, 1987), p. 117. Hereinafter cited as Gleanings from Grady Co., GA.
  2. [S48] Obituary of Mattie Herring, The Cairo Messenger, Cairo, GA, 14 Apr 1961, shows parents and siblings. Hereinafter cited as Obituary of Mattie Herring.
  3. [S27] Cemetery Marker in Piedmont Cemetery, Calvary, Grady Co., GA (located at D19 LL374, west of Calvary. Take GA Hwy 111 S into Calvary. At caution light, turn right onto 1st Avenue. At 0.1 mile, turn right onto Old 179. At 0.1 mile, turn left onto Swamp Creek Road. At 0.3 mile, turn left onto Piedmont Road. Travel 0.4 mile. Cemetery is on right.); read by this compiler, 1992.
  4. [S555] US1900.
  5. [S806] Grady County Historical Society Inc. (Comp.), Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia (P. O. Box 586, Cairo, GA 39828: Grady County Historical Society, Inc., 2006), p. 295. Hereinafter cited as Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia.
  6. [S663] US1910.
  7. [S1561] "Georgia, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919", Original data: Georgia Adjutant General’s Office. World War I Statements of Service Cards. Georgia State Archives, Morrow, Georgia; Ancestry.com; Provo, UT,
    23 Apr 1918 Nurse GH #6 [General Hospital]
    27 May 1918 MOB Sta NY
    10 Jul 1918 BH #43 [Base Hospital]
    12 Mar 1919 Demb Sta NY. Hereinafter cited as "Georgia, WWI Service Cards."
  8. [S1469] Ancestry.com, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).
  9. [S1561] "Georgia, WWI Service Cards."
  10. [S679] US1930.
  11. [S2496] "Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963," Images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 23 Oct 2021), Citing The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: U.S. Citizen Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Miami, Florida; NAI Number: 2774842; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85, p. 5.
  12. [S1399] US1940.
  13. [S916] FL1945.
  14. [S48] Obituary of Mattie Herring, 14 Apr 1961.
  15. [S361] Death Registration from original data: State of Florida. Florida Death Index,1877-1998, Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, Certificate No., 34072. Hereinafter cited as Florida Death Index, 1877-1998.
  16. [S766] Social Security Death Index (SSDI), (RootsWeb.com: RootsWeb). Hereinafter cited as Social Security Death Index.
  17. [S27] Cemetery Marker in Piedmont Cem., Preparer visited grave in Nov 1992.