MY FAMILY ROADSHOW

James Shelton Allison 1825 - 1882 James Shelton Allison was born on July 13, 1825 in White County, Tennessee. He was the son of Joseph " Mine Lick Joe" Allison and Asenath Cynthia Stone. He married Rachel Elizabeth Clark on July 30, 1846 in White County.   Rachel (1832- 1882)  and her sister married Allison Brothers. 'ALLISON' Brothers MARRIED 'CLARK' Sisters James Shelton Allison married Rachel Elizabeth Clark (James & Rachel - my 2nd Great Grand Uncle & Aunt) William Herbert Allison married Elizabeth Peggy Clark  (William Herbert & Elizabeth Peggy - my 2nd Great Grandparents) Centennial Cemetery Cherryvale Montgomery County -  Kansas (Both names are on same stone) .  James died on February 25, 1882, in Drum Creek, Kansas, at the age of 56,  and was buried in Cherryvale, Kansas. Rachel died 24 hours later. James and his wife Rachel  died 24 hours apart from  Scarlet Fever. There were l

GLATHA JANE ALLISON A Great Grand Aunt (Sister to my Great Grandfather William Carter 'Cart' Allison) Glatha Jane Allison and Andrew Jackson Garrison Glatha Jane Allison was born on November 13,1853,  in White County, Tennessee.   She married Andrew Jackson Garrison on  July 9, 1874.  Andrew was a captain in the  Civil War where  he sustained injuries and ultimately died of  those injuries many years later.    But first ~ some background … …and friends ~ you must read the background Andrew Jackson Garrison first married Narcissa Pridy  and they lived in  Smith County,  Tennessee - they had  four children.   The marriage ended in divorce  in 1873 .   Andrew supported himself by running  a peddling wagon into Nashville.   He bought and sold  chickens,  eggs, and whiskey his father made.  At the age of 44, he married 20 year old Glatha Jane Alllison.  (Glatha was the daughter of  William Herbert Allison and  Elizabeth Peggy Cl

Luella Jane Ashburn 2nd Cousin 4X Removed Louella Jane Ashburn   (1870 - 1959) is your 2nd cousin 4x removed James Monroe Ashburn (1842 - 1918) father of Louella Jane Ashburn Jesse Monroe Ashburn (1811 - 1879) father of James Monroe Ashburn Dabney Anderson Ashburn SR (1754 - 1842) father of Jesse Monroe Ashburn Jesse Ashburn (1787 - 1860) son of Dabney Anderson Ashburn SR Robert Wesley Sr Ashburn (1812 - 1897) son of Jesse Ashburn Emanuel Alexander Ashburn (1833 - 1910) son of Robert Wesley Sr Ashburn John Calvin Asburn SR (1862 - 1943) son of Emanuel Alexander Ashburn William Esker Asburn (1897 - 1968) son of John Calvin Asburn SR Lorene Ashburn (1924 - 2003) daughter of William Esker Asburn Anna Faye Allison What Is On Her Head? This is Luella's wedding day photograph. I'm sure this was probably quite a 'magnificent' headpiece in day -  but 'heavens to murgatroyd ' (more about that

8th Great Grandmother - Powhatan Indian Mary Ann 'Little Flower' Baskett Lots of reading in this post... Here we go… Mary Ann 'Little Flower' Baskett was born  about  1662   in  Chickacoen (Chickacorn) District, Lancaster,Virginia.  She was a Powhatan Indian.  She married Thomas  Cardwell SR (my 8th Great Grandfather) in either 1681 or 1684.  They had four sons and three daughters between 1681 and 1700.  'Little Flower' died before  June 1737   in Henrico County, Virginia Reconstructed Powhatan village at the Jamestown Settlement  living-history museum. (Area in red approximate location of the Chickacoen District in Virginia) The history of the tract of land which is now Arlington County may be said to commence with the establishment of the County  of Northumberland in 1649. Previous to that time, this section  of Virginia was known as Chickacoen.     Northumberland County, VA (Home to the Powhatan Indians) Area als