Posted By:Pam Rumer
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Subject:Joseph Smith Lanier, b 1847 and Nancy Jane Bennett, b 1857
Post Date:February 13, 2009 at 19:39:49
Message URL:http://genforum.genealogy.com/lanier/messages/1503.html
Forum:Lanier Family Genealogy Forum
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Seeking information on Lanier families, known to have been born, lived or died in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi:

Joseph Smith Lanier, born June 2, 1847,
reported Randolph Co., Alabama
child of: William Washington Smith
and Charlotte Teresa Jackson
married:
Nancy Jane Bennett, born June 17, 1852
Georgia
child of: John N. Bennett and Martha Gamble
Reported to have had 14 children
1900 Monroe County, MS census reports 10 living
Known names of their children:
Louisiana "Lulu" Lanier, born 1869
John William Lanier, 1870's
Emma E. Lanier, born 1873
Thomas Jefferson Lanier, born 1875
Hattie E. Lanier, born 1877
George Washington Lanier, born 1881
Joseph Fredrick Lanier, aka Frederick, 1884 - 1960
Lillie Vashti Lanier, aka Lilly, 1891 - 1987
James Dolphin Lanier, 1892
Sally Bell Lanier, 1894

Some family members have been known to move to South Carolina and Texas. Have information share. Would also like to find out what happened to some family members.

Please email: pamrumer@yahoo.com