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JOHN ("YANKEE JOHN") CHURCH (1732-1806)
-b. 1732, Sheffield, Massachusetts
-moved to Virginia in the mid-1750s and then to North Carolina in 1760
-m. ? STAMPER and later JANE ANDREWS, daughter of James and Sarah Andrews of Rowan County, NC
-d. 1806, Wilkes County, North Carolina
-children of John and first wife: AMOS CHURCH; JOHN CHURCH; BENJAMIN CHURCH; ; MARTHA CHURCH (PARSONS); ELIJA CHURCH; ELISHA CHURCH; JOEL CHURCH; AARON CHURCH
-children of John and Jane: ANNA CHURCH (BYERS); GABRIEL CHURCH; ELIZABETH (BETSY) CHURCH (TRIPLETT); MASSEY CHURCH (PARSONS)
AARON CHURCH (1786-1846)
-b. 1786, Wilkes County, North Carolina
-m. NANCY OWENS, b. c1781, living with daughter Rachael Dancy at age 89 in 1870
-d. 1846, Wilkes County, North Carolina
-children of Aaron and Nancy: ALEXANDER CHURCH; ENOCH CHURCH; MARTIN CHURCH;RACHAEL CHURCH (DANCY); CATHERINE CHURCH (WHEELER); LARKIN CHURCH; ELIZABETH CHURCH; JESSE CHURCH; RODA CHURCH; MARY ANN CHURCH (WHEELER)
RACHAEL CHURCH (DANCY) (1810-1895)
-b. December 28, 1810, Wilkes County, North Carolina
-m. ISHAM DANCY, July 28, 1831, Wilkes County, North Carolina
-d. April 14, 1895, Mulberry (Wilkes County), North Carolina
-son out of wedlock: ALFRED CHURCH, b. c1829, Wilkes County, North Carolina
-children of Rachael and Isham: ALEXANDER B. DANCY; MARY ANN DANCY; DAVID DANCY; MARTIN DANCY, CALVIN DANCY; AMANDA CAROLINE DANCY; LAURA JANE DANCY
ALFRED CHURCH (c1829-1863)
-b. c1829, Wilkes County, North Carolina
-according to a bastardy bond dated 5 May 1829, the father of Alfred Church was RICHARD WHEELER
-moved to Jackson County, Alabama
-m. LOUISA J. STUART, b. c1832, Tennessee
-d. November 23, 1863, Atlanta (Fair Ground Hospital #1)
-children of Alfred and Louisa: DAVID CHURCH; RACHAEL CHURCH (apparently died in childhood); METILDA CAROLINA CHURCH (COLLIER); AMANDA JANE CHURCH (STONER); . Louisa had another child, MOLLIE CHURCH (WIGINTON) (LACKEY), born several years after Alfred's death.
-served in the Civil War in AL 18th Bn. Vol., Co. A; died of pneumonia
(Louisa Stuart Church also died several years later. David went to live with William and Mary Ann Harris in Big Coon, Alabama; Metilda went to live with Valentine and Kezia McCollum near Pisgah, Alabama; Amanda Jane and Mollie went to live with Linsey and Elizabeth Wheeler near Pisgah, Alabama; Rachael apparently died sometime before 1870.)
Pictures:
Graves of Nancy Owens Church and Rachael Church Dancy
Amanda Jane Church Stoner
Amanda and Metilda Church
David Church
Metilda and Joe Collier
Metilda Church Collier and Florence Stoner Mason
Metilda Church Collier
Metilda Church Collier with Bob Maynor
Grave of Mollie Church Wiginton Lackey
Letter:
Letter from Rachael Church Dancy, 1887
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