Selected Families and Individuals


Thomas Jefferson Tankersley [Parents] was born in Mar 1828 in Alabama. He died after 1900. He married Lucretia Caroline Green on 3 Apr 1850 in Yalobusha Co., MS.

Listed on the 1870 census of Serepta, Calhoun Co., MS - living next door to brother George
Listed on the 1880 census of District 14, Calhoun Co., MS, p. 560
Living with his wife in his parents' household on the 1850 census, Layette Co.., MS, p. 287
Listed on the 1900 census with his wife at Beat 2, Calhoun Co., MS - he is listed at Jeff T. Tankersly - farmer

Lucretia Caroline Green was born in Jan 1828 in NC. She married Thomas Jefferson Tankersley on 3 Apr 1850 in Yalobusha Co., MS.


Michael Ernst Harness Sr. [Parents] died in 1785. He married Maria Elisabetha Diffenbach.

Maria Elisabetha Diffenbach was christened on 8 Jul 1705 in Reformed Church, Wiesloch, Baden, Germany. She married Michael Ernst Harness Sr..

They had the following children:

  M i Michael Ernst Harness Jr. was born about 1725. He died on 20 Aug 1763.

Ludwig Ernst Hoerner.

He had the following children:

  M i Michael Ernst Harness Sr. died in 1785.

Abraham Kuykendall.Abraham married Catharine Westfall.

Catharine Westfall [Parents] died after 1782 in Northwest Territory. She married Abraham Kuykendall.

Other marriages:
Harness, Michael Ernst Jr.


Andrew F. Trumbo [Parents] was born on 24 Oct 1825 in Paris, Bourbon Co., KY. He died on 3 Jan 1903 in Montana. He married Mary Susan Flournoy on 24 Dec 1859 in Linn Co., MO.

Mary Susan Flournoy was born on 21 Jul 1842. She died on 3 Jun 1902 in South Fork, Modoc Co., CA. She married Andrew F. Trumbo on 24 Dec 1859 in Linn Co., MO.


Bill George.Bill married Mabel Martin.

Mabel Martin [Parents] was born about 1899 in Sullivan Co., IL. She married Bill George.

They had the following children:

  M i John George.
  F ii Eleanor George.

Robert Walter Martin [Parents] was born on 16 Feb 1895 in Sullivan Co., IL. He married Ruth Pifer in Jun 1935.

Ruth Pifer.Ruth married Robert Walter Martin in Jun 1935.

They had the following children:

  M i Robert Eden Martin was born in 1940 in IL.

John McVean [Parents] was born in 1770 in NY. He died on 15 Aug 1817 in Mumford, NY. He married Catherine Edmonds.

J. McVean was the owner of plot #1.

Catherine Edmonds was born 1 on 6 Dec 1777 in Rhode Island. She died on 19 Jan 1864. She was buried in Rapids Cem., Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. She married John McVean.

McVEAN Catherine, relict of John; d Jan. 19, 1864 at 86y 1m
13d (tombstone inscription)
This cemetery is located on the north side of Congress Avenue on the west side of the City of Rochester, N. Y.
This cemetery was probably founded between 1810 and 1812. The owner of plot #1 was J.McVean. At one time a tombstone was visible for both Catherine and son Duncan.
Tombstone inscriptions:

McVEAN Catherine, relict of John; d Jan. 19, 1864 æ 86y 1m 13d

Duncan; d July 29, 1847
Almost all the tombstones have been knocked over. The listing of tombstone inscriptions was made from old transcriptions and a visit to the cemetery in the late 1980s. (Posted on-line by Richard Halsey, 2000,2003

They had the following children:

  M i Daniel McVean was born on 30 Sep 1800. He died on 10 Dec 1858.
  F ii Jennett McVean was born about 1804. She died on 25 Sep 1891.
  M iii John McVean.
  M iv Alexander McVean.
  M v Duncan McVean died on 29 Jul 1847. He was buried in Rapids Cem., Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

Fell off load of hay
  F vi Isabel McVean was born on 5 Mar 1812. She died on 26 Mar 1905.
  F vii Mary McVean was born about 1815. She died on 3 Jul 1883.
  M viii Peter McVean.
  F ix Margaret McVean was born in 1818. She died in 1896.

Donald McVean [Parents] was born in 1734. He died in 1811. He was buried in Colonial Cem.. He married Jennet McNaughton.

67 DONALD McVEAN, son of Duncan and Margaret (McIntyre) McVEAN #21, 1734 -1811 (M) Jennet McNaughton 1750 -1830 of Glen Lyon. They emigrated to Johnstown, N.Y. just before the Revolution. Both bur. Colonial Cem. His grandfather McVEAN left him all his property, about $6500.

Jennet McNaughton was born in 1750. She died in 1830. She married Donald McVean.

They had the following children:

  M i John McVean was born in 1770. He died on 15 Aug 1817.

Duncan McVean [Parents].Duncan married Margaret McIntyre.

Margaret McIntyre.Margaret married Duncan McVean.

They had the following children:

  M i Donald McVean was born in 1734. He died in 1811.

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