52 Cousins~Mary Ann M. Dry

Mary Ann M. Dry, daughter of Peter Dry and Hetty Elizabeth A. Teeter was born about 1827 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.  She was the 4th of 5 children borne to Peter and Hetty. She had 3 sisters and a brother. 

 Mary Ann M. Dry, age 26, and John W. Sanders, age 22, were married on 8 Sep 1853 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 

John W. Sanders was a farmer. They owned a 75 acre tract of land known as the Elkin Tract conveyed to them by Peter Dry, Father of Mary Ann M. Dry.  

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"tract of land by John W. Sanders and wife Mary A Sanders and conveyed by them by said Martin Dry by Deed Registered in Book 21, Page 663 Registers Office of Cabarrus County N. C. as all  right title and interest in above tract as formerly held by C. F. Dry & conveyed by deed to Martin Dry as Registered Book 22 Page 147 Registers Office Cabarrus County N. C." 

John W. Sanders and Mary Ann M. Dry had the following children: 

i. John F. "Silas" Sanders, born about 1855, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Cordelia Arline Aldrige, 10 Nov 1887, Anson County, North Carolina; died Mar 1932, Cabarrus, North Carolina. 

ii. William M. Sanders, born 29 Apr 1858, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Mary Elizabeth Hudson, 5 Nov 1891, Anson County, North Carolina; died 5 Jun 1911, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina. 

iii. Mary Emeline Sanders was born on 26 Jun 1860 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She died on 26 Aug 1890 at the age of 30 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 

 iv. Margaret L. Sanders, born abt 1863, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Thomas Wright Nickens, 1902; died 28 Dec 1925, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina. 

v. Charles L. Sanders, born 5 Jun 1864, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Margaret F. Nash, 16 Sep 1886, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 3 Apr 1910, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

John W. Sanders died on 26 Aug 1897 at the age of 66 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. No tombstone has been found but his obituary did appear in the "Daily Concord Standard, Thursday, 19 August 1897. 

Passed Over the River. 

Mr. John Saunders died at his home at Cabarrus Mills this morning at 4 o'clock. The deceased has been in feeble health for a year or more and the end has been looked for. He leaves a widow and four children, one daughter unmarried. 

Mr. Saunders was a consistent member of the Methodist church and died in triumphant hope of the new and better life. 

He was 66 years of age. The funeral services were held at 4 o'clock at the family home by Rev. McGee, and the remains were laid to rest in the old Lutheran cemetery. Daily of 19th.

The death of Johns's wife Mary Ann M. Dry was more complicated. No tombstone, obituary or death notice was found for her and her actual death date is still unknown. 

ON 8 September 1886; Both John and Mary Ann were alive as indicated on the Marriage License issued for their son, Charles L. Sanders. 

Mother and father both living on 8 Sept 1886 when the following Marriage Licensee was issued. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 for Chas L Saunders; Cabarrus, Marriage Licenses (1865 - 1965)

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60548/images/42091_327462-00879

On 26 August 1897, John Sanders Obituary stated that Mary Ann is living --He leaves a widow and four children, one daughter unmarried. 

No trace of Mary Ann Sanders was found in the 1900 Census thus we can say - It is believed that between 26 August 1897 and 6 June 1900, Mary Ann M. Dry Sanders passed away.

If you have info on the passing or burial of Mary Ann M. (Dry) Sanders, I would love to hear from you. 

Mary Ann M. (Dry) Sanders was my 1st Cousin 4X Removed. 

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 1. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page 445B(stamped), Line 14, Dwelling 670, Family 670; Peter DRY, Household of Peter DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 622. 

 2. 1860 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Subdivision East of NC RR, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Pages; 54B & 55A(Stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 358, Family 358, Household of J. W. SANDERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 1 August 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 890. 

 3. 1870 U. S. Census, Lenoir County, North Carolina, population schedule, Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, Page: 37B(Stamped); Line 12, Dwelling 274, Family 274, Household of J. W. SAUNDERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 1 March 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1144. 

 4. 1880 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Poplar Tent, Cabarrus, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 038, Page: 508B(Stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 173, Family 173, Household of John SANDERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 1 March 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0955. 

 5. "Passed Over the River.," Obituary/death notice, Daily Concord Standard, Concord, North Carolina, 19 August 1897, Page 1, Column 1; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/: online November 2023); https://www.newspapers.com/.

 6. "North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: Viewed 1 March 2019), Marriage: John W. Sanders & Mary Ann Dry; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Marriage Date: 8 Sep 1853. 

7. Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), 1, 126, 1st. Lt. John W., SANDERS. 

8. Land Deed - John W. Sanders and Wife to Martin Dry; 6 January 1868; Deed Book #21; Page(s) 663; Register of Deeds; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; 14 March 2020. 

9. "Passed Over the River.," Obituary/death notice, Daily Concord Standard, Concord, North Carolina, 19 August 1897, Page 1, Column 1; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/: online November 2023); https://www.newspapers.com/. 

10. "Mary Emeline Sanders," Obituary, The Concord Times, Concord, North Carolina, 5 September 1890, Page 3, Column 5; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/: viewed 4 June 2021); https://www.newspapers.com/. 

52 Cousins~Catherine Sellers

Catherine Sellers, daughter of John Sellers and Henrietta Norwood, was born about 1805 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 

J. Jeptha Gulledge was born about 1801 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was a son of The Rev. Joel Gulledge and Zilpha Huntley. He was the eight of eleven children born of this union. He had five brothers and five sisters. 

Jeptha Gulledge married Catherine Sellers about 1824. This date is estimated based on the birth of Thomas S. Gulledge on 30 June 1825. Thomas is believed to be their first-born child. 

Jeptha and Catherine were most likely married in Chesterfield County and made the trip to Carroll County, Tennessee with John Sellers and Henrietta Norwood, her parents, in the year 1827.     

Jeptha Gulledge died very young at age 41. He signed his Last Will on 4 Sep 1842. His estate was probated in Oct 1842 by John Sellers, the appointed Executor.  

Jeptha Gulledge, died between 4 Sept 1842-31 Oct 1842 in Carroll County, Tennessee. 

Transcription:

"said Jeptha died in Carroll County Tenn some time in the year 1842 & that before his death he made & published his will, and that ..."

Catherine died about 1855, at the age of 50, in Carroll County, Tennessee.

J. Jeptha Gulledge and Catherine Sellers had the following children:

i. Thomas S. Gulledge, born 30 Jun 1825, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Elizabeth Jane Roark, 14 Oct 1845, Carroll County, Tennessee; died 12 Sep 1849, Carroll County, Tennessee.

ii. Joel L. Gulledge was born on 23 May 1826 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on 23 Jun 1844 at the age of 18 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

iii. Zelpha Ann Gulledge, born 20 Mar 1829, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Thomas Springer, 15 Feb 1846, Carroll County, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1910, Pecos, Reeves, Texas.

iv. John Jackson Gulledge was born on 24 Jun 1830 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on 26 Nov 1840 at the age of 10 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

v. Mary Jane Gulledge, born 1832, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Samuel W. Holmes, 1 Sep 1848; died about 1892.

vi. William R. Gulledge was born in 1836 in Carroll County, Tennessee. 8 He died before 6 Dec 1886 at the age of 50 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He had his estate probated on 6 Dec 1886 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

vii. Martha Ellen Gulledge, born 26 Oct 1840, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Newton Cannon Hardy, 12 Sep 1860, Carroll County, Tennessee; died bef 1900.

Related Article:

https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2018/07/last-will-and-testament-of-jeptha.html

Catherine (Sellers) Gulledge was my 1st Cousin, 5X Removed.

NOTE: There are many complete dates for the Birth, Death and Marriage of some of these individual's. All unsourced, so I have omitted the dates because they are nothing more than fiction. 

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1. 1830 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, Carroll County, Tennessee, Page: 179(penciled); Line 6th from Bottom; Household of Jeptha GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_174.

2. 1840 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, Carroll, Tennessee, Page: 67B(stamped); Line: #27, Household of Jeptha GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_Roll: 521.

3. 1850 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 13, Carroll County, Tennessee, Page: 112B(stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 1493, Family 1593, Household of Catharine GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: Online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.

4. J. Jeptha Gulledge (1842), WILL BOOK: Last Will and Testament; page 62; Probate Office, Carroll County, Tennessee.

5. Carroll County, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Jeptha Gulledge; digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com: online November 2023); NR Page 111.

6. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-992Q-P9KV

52 Cousins~Matilda Eddins

Matilda Eddins was the 6th child born to Williams Eddins and Elizabeth Wilson. She had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Matilda's parents were born in Chesterfield, South Carolina and had moved the family from Chesterfield to Madison County, Alabama Territory arriving before March 1818. 

There on 9 March 1818, her father listed in this deed as Washington Eddins purchased from Moses & Christiana Jones a tract of land in Madison County. 

Matilda Eddins was born 10 August 1825 in Madison County, Alabama. 

Matilda, age 19, married Hardy Bryant Deese, age 19, on 4 June 1845 in Monroe County, Alabama. 

H. B. Deer [Dees] in the Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942 

Name H. B. Deer 

Gender Male 

Marriage Date 1845 

Marriage Place, Monroe, Alabama 

Spouse Matilda Eddins 

FHL Film Number 1289610 V. A-B 

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/records 

  

Hardy Bryant Deese worked as a farmer and as a Wagon Maker while Matilda tended the home and children. 

Hardy Bryant Deese and Matilda Eddins had the following children: 

  i. William Ruffin Deese was born in 1847 in Butler County, Alabama. He died in 1868 at the age of 21. 

 ii. Curtis "Kirk" Deese was born on 22 Jun 1848 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 20 Nov 1936 at the age of 88.  

 iii. Cornelieus Neal Deese, born 23 Mar 1852, Butler County, Alabama; married Nancy, 4 Feb 1880, Monroe County, Alabama; died 20 Dec 1931, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 

 iv. Silas Deese, born 22 Sep 1853, Butler County, Alabama; married Abigail Williams, 21 Oct 1880, Wilcox, Alabama; died 3 Jul 1929. 

 v. Ezra E. Deese was born on 7 Mar 1854 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 29 Apr 1917 at the age of 63. 

 vi. Sarah Katherine Deese was born on 17 Mar 1857 in Butler County, Alabama, United States. She died on 4 Feb 1934 at the age of 76 in Zwolle, Sabine, Louisiana. 

  vii. John Edward "Ed" Deese was born on 12 Jul 1858 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 15 Apr 1934 at the age of 75 in Many, Sabine, Louisiana. 

 viii. James Lafayette "Jim" Deese was born on 22 Aug 1860 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 4 Nov 1935 at the age of 75 in Many, Sabine, Louisiana. 

  ix. Martha Ann "Mattie" Deese was born on 2 Nov 1868 in Butler County, Alabama. She died on 30 Apr 1937 at the age of 68 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 

  

  Matilda Eddins is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com/:accessed May 2024); Memorial page for Hardy Bryant “H.B.” Dees; (24 October 1825–26 May 1901); Find a Grave memorial # 92932184, Citing Jerusalem Cemetery; Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA. 

2. 1850 U. S. Census, Butler County, Alabama, population schedule, Township 11, Butler, Alabama, Page: #254 (Stamped), Line: #18, Dwelling: #161, Family: #161, Household of Bryant DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com:online May 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm M432. 

3. 1866 State Census, Butler County, Alabama, population schedule, Butler County, Alabama, Page 35, Line 24, Bryant Dees; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com:online May 2024). 

4. 1880 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Foxs Mills, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 185, Page: #241 (stamped), Line: #26, Dwelling: #23, Family: #23, Household of H. B. DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: online May 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_0035. 

5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Hardy Bryant “H.B.” Dees (24 October 1825–26 May 1901), Memorial #92932184. 

6. "Alabama, County Marriage Index, 1816-1942," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: online May 2024), Marriage: H. B. Dees & Matilda Eddins; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/records. 

7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Matildia Eddins Dees (10 August 1825–11 May 1901), Memorial #92932102.