THE LANIERS

BRYAN COUNTY, GEORGIA

ABSTRACTED FROM "SHUMAN FAMILY GENEALOGY AND ALLIED FAMILIES" COMPILED BY: GEIGER, JARRARD, FUTCH, KNAEBEL COPYRIGHT 1995


Descendants of: LEMUEL LANIER          

1 LEMUEL LANIER b. ABT. 1775 d. BEF. 1830 
  m. 1796 MARY UNKNOWN 
  LEMUEL ALSO MARRIED 1818 MARY, THE WIDOW OF DANIEL STEWART OF                 
  CHATHAM CO., GA.                                                              
   2 ELIZA LANIER b. 1797 
     MARRIED JESSEE FLOYD 2/17/1831. HE WAS BORN 1797 IN GA.
     AND BOTH WERE STILL LIVING IN 1870.                                                               
   2 R.N.V. KATHERINE LANIER b. 1799 d. 25-Apr-1818 
     SHE DIED UNMARRIED IN SAVANNAH, GA. SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS 
     DEEDED A GIFT BY HER FATHER OF HIS HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. DEED
     RECORDED IN CHATHAM CO., GA.      
   2 THOMAS LANIER b. 27-Dec-1801 d. 15-Feb-1881 
     m. 1824 MARY (MOLLY) PEACOCK b. 3-May-1805 d. 2-Oct-1890 
      3 MARY ELIZABETH LANIER b. 2-Nov-1828 d. 15-Mar-1908 
        m. 13-Feb-1849 THOMAS HENRY MCGILLIS b. 3-Jun-1825 
        d. 3-Jun-1891 
        HENRY AND MARY LIVED IN LIBERTY CO., GA.  HE SERVED AS 
        POSTMASTER AT DARLOT UNTIL IT WAS MOVED TO TAYLORS CREEK 
        ABOUT ONE MILE AWAY. HE THEN RAN A GENERAL STORE AT
        DARLOT UNTIL HIS DEATH.                                              
        THOMAS: 
        PVT. CO. G. 5TH REG. OF THE GEORGIA VOLUNTEER CALVARY 
        CSA, LIBERTY CO., GA.INDEPENDENT TROOPS.                                                           
         4 LAURA EMILY MCGILLIS b. 25-Dec-1849 d. 28-Apr-1929 
           m. STEPHEN RAYMOND HARRIS b. 30-Oct-1847 
         4 CORNELIA MCGILLIS b. 8-Jul-1851 d. 6-Mar-1852 
         4 JOSEPH HENRY MCGILLIS b. 8-Feb-1853 d. 8-Nov-1859 
         4 MARY CORDELIA MCGILLIS b. 24-Oct-1854 d. 17-Dec-1933 
           m. ALBERT A. ELLENWOOD,REV. b. 29-Aug-1843 d. 6-Oct-1894             
           m. LUTHER ALEXANDE
         4 FLORENCE MCGILLIS b. 12-Dec-1857 
         4 THOMAS HENRY MCGILLIS,JR. b. 22-Oct-1860 d. 1926 
           m. PEARL ADAMS
         4 GEORGIA ADA MCGILLIS b. 23-Mar-1862 d. 16-Apr-1937 
           m. 25-May-1882 JOHN OSGOOD RAHN b. 26-Sep-1857 
           d. 21-Aug-194  
         4 KATHERINE ESTELLA MCGILLIS b. 15-Jan-1867 
           d. 24-Aug-1920 
           m. ROBERT D. GENTRY d. AUG. 1916 
            5 ROBERT DANIEL GENTRY 
            5 HENRY MCGILLIS GENTRY 
         4 JASPER NEWTON MCGILLIS b. 29-Nov-1869 d. 7-Dec-1933 
           m. DELIA MANSON
      3 JAMES LEMUEL LANIER b. 1830 
        m. 4-Jun-1854 CHARLOTTE ELLARBEE b. 18-Sep-1832 d. 1884 
        CHARLOTTE: 
        CHARLOTTE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ALLEN ELLARBEE.         
         4 MARY LANIER b. 1858 
         4 ELVIRA LANIER b. 1861 
      3 JOHN GORDON LANIER b. 19-Jul-1832 d. BEF.1887 
        m. 18-Jan-1860 CLEMENTINE ELLARBEE 
         4 THOMAS ALLEN LANIER b. 1866 
           m. 22-Sep-1886 MARY J. JONES 
         4 MARY LANIER b. 1868 
         4 ISHAM E. LANIER b. 1871 
           m. 1897 CARRIE L. ROBINSON 
         4 ELENORA LANIER b. 1873 
      3 MARTHA ISOBEL LANIER b. 12-Apr-1835 
        m. 19-Jun-1862 JOHN JACKSON MORGAN b. 1834 d. BEF.1870 
         4 WILLIAM MORGAN b. 1865 
         4 LEWIS MORGAN b. 1866 
         4 JOHN MORGAN b. 1868 
         4 MARY MORGAN b. SEPT. 1869 
      3 LEWIS SAMUEL (LEMUEL?) LANIER b. 29-Apr-1837 
      3 ELVIRA PROVIDENCE LANIER b. 1-Dec-1840 d. 1887 
        m. 6-Jun-1860 ISHAM E. ELLARBEE b. 15-Dec-1838
        d. OCT. 1862 
        ISHAM: 
        SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR AT WHICH TIME HE DIED OF TYPHOID
        FEVER.               
         4 IDA VASHTI ELLARBEE b. 14-Sep-1861 d. 15-Aug-1941 
           m. 13-Apr-1876 LUCILIUS EASTWOOD STAFFORD b. NOV.,
           1854 d. 7-Jan-1936
      3 ELLA E. LANIER b. 1854 
   2 LOUIS LANIER b. 1805 d. 1844-1850 
     m. 1830 PROVIDENCE LOUISA SHUMAN b. 13-Mar-1804
     d. 13-Aug-1888 
     PROVIDENCE: 
     ON THE 1870 CENSUS IT SHOWS PROVIDENCE AS HAVING PARALASIS.                   
      3 GEORGIA ANN LANIER b. 20-Nov-1834 d. 26-Apr-1892 
        m. 21-Jan-1858 JAMES H. FUTCH,JR. b. 1828 d. 1867          
        m. UNKNOWN UNKNOWN 
         4 LOUIS FERDINAND FUTCH b. 8-Dec-1858 d. 20-May-1904 
           m. 25-Sep-1884 CHARLOTTE ANN SHUMAN b. 6-Aug-1868 
           d. 1951



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