Great Great Grandparents

Born 1812 to 1845

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My Paternal 2nd Great Grandfather, married Fannie May Williams

Farmer, Merchant, & Postmaster

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My Paternal 2nd Great Grandmother, married James Lang Cobb

Widowed with Five Orphans just prior to the Civil War, Dry Goods Store Owner, Died of Liver Cancer.

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My Paternal 2nd Great Grandfather, married Winifred Louise Leggett

Served in the 55th NC Infantry in Many Major Battles, Wounded Twice, POW in Elmira Prison Camp

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My Paternal 2nd Great Grandmother, married Robert Van Buren Ricks

Civil War Wife Left at Home with an Infant

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My Paternal 2nd Great Grandfather, married Frances Elizabeth Daniel

Son of a Very Wealthy Planter, Fought in Civil War, Captured and Imprisoned in POW Camps Twice

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My Paternal 2nd Great Grandmother, married Thomas Hatton Langley

Newlywed in a Challenging Post Civil War world, Her Daughter was widowed Four Times.

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My Maternal 2nd Great Grandfather, married Archann Dauge Marchant

The Good Life Disrupted by War

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My Maternal 2nd Great Grandmother, married Durant Hall Tillitt

Born Rich and Married Rich

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My Maternal 2nd Great Grandfather, married Mary Ann Wingo

Committed Suicide at age 40

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My Maternal 2nd Great Grandfather, married Christiana Francis Carlton

Eloquent Civil War Chaplain, Lawyer, & Legislator

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My Maternal 2nd Great Grandmother, married Simpson Columbus Hearne

Lost Her Fiancé in the Civil War, Married the Chaplain that Delivered the Bad News