_____________________
|
______________________|_____________________
|
___________________________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |______________________|_____________________
|
_Martin Vanburen GIDEON ____|
| m 1885 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | ______________________|_____________________
| | |
| |___________________________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |______________________|_____________________
|
|
|--William Harold GIDEON
|
| _William NELSON _____
| |
| _Samuel D., I NELSON _|_____________________
| | (1802 - 1863)
| _John Thomas NELSON _______|
| | (1839 - 1914) m 1863 |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_Elizabeth BERRY _____|_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth Florence NELSON _|
(1864 - ....) m 1885 |
| _____________________
| |
| ______________________|_____________________
| |
|_Louisa Catherine KELTNER _|
(1839 - 1933) m 1863 |
| _____________________
| |
|______________________|_____________________
[1836] All data from Stewart.
_____________________
|
______________________|_____________________
|
___________________________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |______________________|_____________________
|
_Martin Vanburen GIDEON ____|
| m 1885 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | ______________________|_____________________
| | |
| |___________________________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |______________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Wilma GIDEON
|
| _William NELSON _____
| |
| _Samuel D., I NELSON _|_____________________
| | (1802 - 1863)
| _John Thomas NELSON _______|
| | (1839 - 1914) m 1863 |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_Elizabeth BERRY _____|_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth Florence NELSON _|
(1864 - ....) m 1885 |
| _____________________
| |
| ______________________|_____________________
| |
|_Louisa Catherine KELTNER _|
(1839 - 1933) m 1863 |
| _____________________
| |
|______________________|_____________________
[1840] All data from Stewart.
[552] All data from Halley.
[507]
All data from Halley.
[440]
All data from Halley.
[1475] All data from Hicks.
___________________________
|
______________________________________|___________________________
|
_______________________|
| |
| | ___________________________
| | |
| |______________________________________|___________________________
|
_Nathaniel GIST _____|
| (1730 - ....) m 1778|
| | ___________________________
| | |
| | ______________________________________|___________________________
| | |
| |_______________________|
| |
| | ___________________________
| | |
| |______________________________________|___________________________
|
|
|--George, Sr. GIST OR GUESS
| (1760 - 1843)
| ___________________________
| |
| ______________________________________|___________________________
| |
| _John, Sr. WATTS ______|
| | (1730 - 1771) |
| | | ___________________________
| | | |
| | |______________________________________|___________________________
| |
|_Wurteh WATTS _______|
(1750 - ....) m 1778|
| _Moytoy, I ________________+
| | (1687 - 1770)
| _Willenawah or Great (or Grey) Eagle _|_Woman of Ani'-Ga'Tage'Wi _
| | (1720 - ....) (1686 - ....)
|_Sister of Doublehead _|
(1734 - ....) |
| ___________________________
| |
|_Woman of Ani'-Wa'di _________________|___________________________
(1720 - ....)
[1477]
Original data from Hicks.
Note from Witt - A masculine name, commonly written Sequoya, madefamous as that of the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. The name,which cannot be translated, is still in use upon the East Cherokeereservation. Also known as George Guess.
Note from McLeester - This last from Witt indicates that there was nobrother George, and that Sequoyah and George were one and the same.Data from Hoyt's Issue Fall 1991 only names him as Sequoyah.
Birth date range and place, death month and specific place from theEncyclopaedia Britannica.
The following is a transcript of the data in the Britannica aboutSequoyah.
Sequohay, also spelled Sequoya, or Sequoia, Cherokee Sikwayi, alsocalled George Gist, or George Guess (b. c. 1760/1770, Tasigi, NorthCarolina Colony - died Aug 1843, near San Fernando, Mex.), creator ofthe Cherokee writing system.
Sequoyah was probably the son of a British trader named Nataniel Gist.Reared by his Cherokee other in teh Tennessee country, he neverlearned to speak, read, or write English. He was an accomplishedsilversimth, painter, and warrior and served with the U.S. Army in theCreek War in 1813-14.
About 1809 Sequoyah began working to develop a system of writing forthe Cherokees, believing that increased knowledge would help themmaintain their independence from the whites. He experimented firstwith pictographs and then with symbols representing the syllables ofthe spoken language, adapting letters from English, Greek, and Hebrew.By 1821 he had created a system of 86 symbols, representing all thesyllables of the Cherokee language.
Sequoyah convinced his people of the utility of his syllabary bytransmitting messages between the Cherokees of Arkansas (with whom hewent to live) and those of the east and by teaching his daughter andother young people of the tribe to write. The simplicity of hissystem enabled pupils to learn it rapidly, and soon Cherokeesthroughout the nation were teaching it in their schools and publishingbooks and newspapers in their own language.
Sequoyah's name (spelled Sequoia) was given to the giant redwoods(Sequoia sempervirens) of the Pacific coast and the big trees(Sequoiadendron giganteum) of the Sierra Nevada Range.
[4894] All data from S. Lowry.
[4479]
All data from Stewart.
Marriage Records of Ralls Co., MO. 1821-1866:
Saverton Township Ralls Co., MO
May 26th 1842 at the house of George Glascocks, matrimony betweenCharles H. Fenner and Mary Ann Glascocks, legally performed by Levi P.Rowland, M. G.
recorded the 8th day of August A. D. 1842 John Ralls Recorder.
[4865] All data from S. Lowry.