_NATHAN DEEN ________+ | (1752 - ....) m 1783 _MARTIN DEEN _____________|_SARAH BATCHELOR ____ | (1802 - 1864) m 1822 (1757 - ....) _HENRY DEEN ___________________| | (1827 - 1913) m 1850 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_FRANCIS ELIZABETH HIGGS _|_____________________ | (1802 - 1880) m 1822 _ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS DEEN _| | (1861 - 1924) m 1882 | | | _____________________ | | | | | __________________________|_____________________ | | | | |_LYDIA ANN ELIZABETH STEPHENS _| | (1834 - 1864) m 1850 | | | _____________________ | | | | |__________________________|_____________________ | | |--RUTH DEEN | (1883 - 1969) | _____________________ | | | __________________________|_____________________ | | | _______________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |__________________________|_____________________ | | |_SARAH FRANCIS WILLIAMS ___________| (1864 - 1937) m 1882 | | _____________________ | | | __________________________|_____________________ | | |_______________________________| | | _____________________ | | |__________________________|_____________________
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Ruth Deen is the daughter of Alexander Hamilton Stephens Deen and Sarah Frances Williams Deen (later Pope) . (Sarah remarried after her first husband died. She is buried between her two husbands in the Deen Family Cemetery and their triple tombstone is pictured on Sarah's FAG page)
Ruth Deen and John Arthur Pierce were married on 15 December 1907. John was a few days shy being 18 years old. Ruth was only 14 years old!! They were married 43+ years until John's death (Ruth was married 2 more times after John's death).
Ruth and John Arthur Pierce share a tombstone and her name on the stone reads, "Mother" Ruth P. Grayson". (Grayson was her second husband, Boggs was her last husband--not sure which family member decided what name to put on the stone)
They had 13 children together and 11 survived to become adults. 1st son died at birth and one twin died just before turning 2 years old.
Children of John and Ruth Pierce
Son died at birth
Idus Garrett Pierce
Bertie Creola Moore
Retha Lee Moore
Opal Malinda Mullis (twin)
Sarah Ola (twin--died just before 2 years old)
Hubert Ulys "Bill" Pierce
Esther Ruth Faber
John Roland "Pat" Pierce
Lydia Marie Rigdon Cochran
Wm. Jennings "Shack" Pierce
Louise "Pug" [living]
Henry Daniel "Danny" Pierce
_WILLIAM DUNNAWAY ___________ | (1751 - 1831) _BENJAMIN DUNNAWAY ___|_MRS NANCY DUNNAWAY _________ | (1805 - 1886) m 1827 (1760 - ....) _FRANCIS MARION DUNNAWAY _| | (1829 - 1899) m 1851 | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_MARY ANN BOATWRIGHT _|_____________________________ | (1813 - 1887) m 1827 _GEORGE DUNNAWAY ____| | (1856 - ....) m 1883| | | _____________________________ | | | | | _MR. CARTER __________|_____________________________ | | | | |_MARY E. CARTER __________| | (1828 - 1896) m 1851 | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_MRS. JANE CARTER ____|_____________________________ | (1810 - ....) | |--ESSIE OPHELIA DUNNAWAY | (1896 - 1920) | _MICHAEL WOODALL ____________+ | | (1762 - ....) m 1790 | _WILLIAMSON WOODALL __|_BETSY BIRD _________________ | | (1795 - 1834) m 1813 (1770 - ....) | _WILLIAM WOODALL _________| | | (1817 - 1893) m 1847 | | | | _WILLIAM HUGHES _____________ | | | | (1748 - 1813) m 1785 | | |_ELIZABETH HUGHES ____|_MOLLY HEARD ________________ | | (1798 - 1860) m 1813 (1752 - ....) |_EMMA C. WOODALL ____| (1856 - ....) m 1883| | _JEREMIAH GRIFFIN ___________+ | | (1774 - 1847) | _RICHARD C. GRIFFIN __|_EUNICE M. "NICEY" CALLAWAY _ | | (1790 - 1862) m 1819 (1776 - 1842) |_ALCENA J. GRIFFIN _______| (1830 - 1890) m 1847 | | _____________________________ | | |_PHOEBY YATES PARKS __|_____________________________ (1801 - 1858) m 1819
_JOHN WILLIAM GLENN _________________ | (1810 - ....) m 1835 _JOHN RUSHING GLENN __________|_FRANCES ELIZA RUSHING ______________ | (1843 - 1929) m 1874 (1814 - ....) _ISAAC FRANKLIN GLENN ________| | (1876 - 1947) m 1902 | | | _____________________________________ | | | | |_FRANCES REBECCA THOMPSON ____|_____________________________________ | (1851 - 1911) m 1874 _LESTER RAYMOND GLENN ___| | (1923 - 2000) m 1943 | | | _JONAS DRIGGERS _____________________+ | | | (1808 - 1860) m 1827 | | _JORDAN MIDDLETON DRIGGERS ___|_SARAH MIDDLETON ____________________ | | | (1841 - 1914) m 1869 (1806 - 1885) | |_ELIZA LENORA DREGGORS _______| | (1885 - 1969) m 1902 | | | _REDDING N. LONG ____________________+ | | | (1813 - 1886) m 1836 | |_FANNY SUSANNA "GUSSIE" LONG _|_FRANCIS "FANNY" SUSANNA OVERSTREET _ | (1853 - 1927) m 1869 (1816 - 1902) | |--MARIE GLENN | | _ALFRED T. SUMMERSILL _______________ | | | _WILLIAM SUMMERSILL __________|_LYDIA A. POWELL ____________________ | | | _MILLAGE ADKINSON SUMMERSILL _| | | (1899 - 1957) | | | | _____________________________________ | | | | | | |_MARTHA ENNIS ________________|_____________________________________ | | (1859 - ....) |_ALMA IDELLA SUMMERSILL _| (1927 - 1972) m 1943 | | _JOHN GARRETT _______________________ | | | _JESSIE E. GARRETT ___________|_CYNTHA TURNER ______________________ | | (1856 - 1918) m 1898 |_LANEY ELVIN GARRETT _________| (1903 - 1966) | | _AUGUSTUS J. DRIGGERS _______________+ | | (1843 - 1918) m 1871 |_NANCY CATHERINE DREGGORS ____|_MARIAH L. DRIGGERS _________________ (1878 - 1936) m 1898 (1856 - ....)
_ALEXANDER JAMISON SR.____ | (1699 - 1749) m 1727 _ROBERT JAMISON ____________|_MARTHA RICHEY ___________ | (1732 - 1800) m 1751 (1721 - 1760) _DR. VAN DE VASTINE JAMISON _| | (1765 - 1836) m 1799 | | | _ABRAHAM VAN DE WOESTYNE _+ | | | (1698 - 1772) m 1721 | |_MARY VASTINE ______________|_SARA RUCKMAN ____________ | (1730 - 1798) m 1751 (1701 - 1776) _VAN DE VASTINE SAMUEL JAMISON JR._| | (1808 - 1876) m 1829 | | | _JACOB RUMPH _____________+ | | | (1723 - 1786) m 1748 | | _GEN. JACOB LEWIS RUMPH ____|_ANNA DATTWYLER __________ | | | (1752 - 1812) m 1774 (1728 - 1828) | |_CAROLINE ELIZABETH RUMPH ___| | (1783 - 1814) m 1799 | | | __________________________ | | | | |_ANNE MAE MARY HARRISERGER _|__________________________ | (1756 - 1835) m 1774 | |--MAJOR SANDER GLOVER JAMISON | (1839 - 1900) | __________________________ | | | ____________________________|__________________________ | | | _____________________________| | | | | | | __________________________ | | | | | | |____________________________|__________________________ | | |_LAVINIA TUCKER GLOVER ____________| (1811 - 1866) m 1829 | | __________________________ | | | ____________________________|__________________________ | | |_____________________________| | | __________________________ | | |____________________________|__________________________
_______________________ | ________________________________|_______________________ | __________________________| | | | | _______________________ | | | | |________________________________|_______________________ | _FRANK T. JONES _____| | (1889 - 1974) m 1926| | | _______________________ | | | | | ________________________________|_______________________ | | | | |__________________________| | | | | _______________________ | | | | |________________________________|_______________________ | | |--LULA ELLEN JONES | (1928 - 2006) | _DANIEL C. CLIFTON SR._+ | | (1828 - 1903) | _HENRY E. "STRAWBERRY" CLIFTON _|_RHODA BARBER _________ | | (1855 - 1932) m 1878 (1831 - 1901) | _ARTHUR EDWARD CLIFTON ___| | | (1879 - 1942) m 1901 | | | | _ROBERT L. FORT _______ | | | | (1822 - ....) m 1849 | | |_MARY SYRENA FORT ______________|_REBECCA MORRISON _____ | | (1860 - 1936) m 1878 (1829 - ....) |_RUBY FAYE CLIFTON __| (1909 - 1999) m 1926| | _______________________ | | | ________________________________|_______________________ | | |_LULU LOUISE LEE CHALKER _| (1882 - 1960) m 1901 | | _______________________ | | |________________________________|_______________________
______________________________ | _____________________|______________________________ | ______________________| | | | | ______________________________ | | | | |_____________________|______________________________ | _PATRICK R. LEWIS _______| | (1887 - 1970) m 1908 | | | ______________________________ | | | | | _____________________|______________________________ | | | | |______________________| | | | | ______________________________ | | | | |_____________________|______________________________ | | |--DUPREE LEWIS | (1921 - 1921) | _JOHN WESLEY MILES ___________+ | | (1811 - 1881) m 1831 | _JOHN WESLEY MILES __|_HARRIETT KEMP _______________ | | (1835 - 1905) m 1856 (1814 - 1905) | _DANIEL WESLEY MILES _| | | (1871 - 1945) m 1889 | | | | _EZEKIAL P. TUTEN ____________ | | | | | | |_JOSEPHINE A. TUTEN _|_NANCY RIVERS ________________ | | (1837 - 1896) m 1856 |_JOSEPHINE EVELYN MILES _| (1890 - 1981) m 1908 | | _SMITH DEEN __________________+ | | (1793 - 1868) m 1808 | _SAMUEL LEE DEEN ____|_NANCY ELIZABETH WORTHINGTON _ | | (1840 - 1864) m 1858 |_FLORIDA DEEN ________| (1870 - 1932) m 1889 | | ______________________________ | | |_MARY BELANGY _______|______________________________ (1838 - 1923) m 1858
__________________________ | _____________________________________|__________________________ | _________________________| | | | | __________________________ | | | | |_____________________________________|__________________________ | _EVERETTE LOWE ______| | (1899 - 1981) m 1920| | | __________________________ | | | | | _____________________________________|__________________________ | | | | |_________________________| | | | | __________________________ | | | | |_____________________________________|__________________________ | | |--ERMA LEOLA LOWE | (1924 - ....) | _WILLIAM REDDING LONG ____+ | | (1786 - 1849) m 1808 | _REDDING N. LONG ____________________|_ANNIS STATON ____________ | | (1813 - 1886) m 1836 (1793 - 1850) | _HENRY PAUL COLSEN LONG _| | | (1855 - 1932) m 1883 | | | | __________________________ | | | | | | |_FRANCIS "FANNY" SUSANNA OVERSTREET _|__________________________ | | (1816 - 1902) m 1836 |_LEOLA FANNIE LONG __| (1895 - 1969) m 1920| | _JOHN "JACK" OSTEEN ______ | | (1789 - ....) | _WILLIAM BRYANT OSTEEN ______________|_SARAH "SALLIE" WILLIAMS _ | | (1824 - 1900) m 1844 (1795 - ....) |_MARTHA JANE OSTEEN _____| (1864 - 1958) m 1883 | | __________________________ | | |_MARY ANN CANNON ____________________|__________________________ (1829 - 1893) m 1844
__ | __|__ | _____________________| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _JOHN LAWSON ROLLANS _| | (1847 - 1914) m 1881 | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--NANNIE ROLLANS | (1884 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _JOHN DUTCH SAYNE ___| | | (1820 - 1911) m 1867| | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_LUCY M. SAYNE _______| (1870 - ....) m 1881 | | __ | | | __|__ | | |_ELIZABETH WEBB _____| (1834 - 1874) m 1867| | __ | | |__|__
__ | __|__ | _WILLARD KYLE SHANK SR.__| | (1886 - 1943) m 1909 | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _WILLARD KYLE SHANK JR.____________| | (1915 - 2003) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_LEILA GERTRUDE GOODWIN _| | (1888 - 1917) m 1909 | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--WILLARD KYLE SHANK III. | (1948 - 1974) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _________________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_FLORENCE ELIZABETH "BETSY" CLAPP _| (1921 - ....) | | __ | | | __|__ | | |_________________________| | | __ | | |__|__
__ | _____________________|__ | _HEWETT "HUGH" TEDDER ____| | (1821 - 1895) m 1848 | | | __ | | | | |_____________________|__ | _WILLIAM HEWETT TEDDER _| | (1857 - 1941) m 1880 | | | __ | | | | | _GEORGE HERSEY ______|__ | | | (1802 - 1850) m 1823 | |_MARY ANN HERSEY _________| | (1825 - 1913) m 1848 | | | __ | | | | |_NANCY YARBROUGH ____|__ | m 1823 | |--ERNEST TEDDER | (1889 - ....) | __ | | | _JACOB YELVINGTON ___|__ | | (1803 - 1849) m 1830 | _AARON ALBERT YELVINGTON _| | | (1834 - 1900) m 1856 | | | | __ | | | | | | |_NANCY FOREACRE _____|__ | | (1803 - 1880) m 1830 |_NANCY YELVINGTON ______| (1861 - 1933) m 1880 | | __ | | | _____________________|__ | | |_MARTHA ANN DURRANCE _____| (1838 - ....) m 1856 | | __ | | |_____________________|__
___________________________ | _____________________|___________________________ | __________________________| | | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_____________________|___________________________ | _DAVID WHITE ________| | (1894 - 1940) m 1910| | | ___________________________ | | | | | _____________________|___________________________ | | | | |__________________________| | | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_____________________|___________________________ | | |--VERNIE WHITE | (1915 - ....) | ___________________________ | | | _____________________|___________________________ | | | _GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS _| | | (1869 - ....) m 1892 | | | | ___________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|___________________________ | | |_JOSIE DAVIS ________| (1894 - 1980) m 1910| | _ASA GEIGER _______________+ | | (1799 - 1873) m 1820 | _DAVID E. GEIGER ____|_NANCY BENNETT ____________ | | (1832 - 1885) m 1853 (1800 - 1845) |_TOBITHA ANN GEIGER ______| (1879 - 1958) m 1892 | | _DANIEL CORBITT ___________ | | (1808 - 1889) m 1832 |_MATILDA CORBITT ____|_MARY ANN LETITIA BENNETT _ (1837 - 1895) m 1853 (1815 - 1887)