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All of these Surnames listed below have some kind of Ancestry to me. My name is John Patrick Gaines – born 12/1949
Let’s start with me and go backwards. Gaines (Bedford County Va on Paternal side mentioned last) Nunn of Henry County on Maternal side listed right below this.
Also other families in Va besides Gaines and Nunn -
Eggleston (Va) / Lacy (Va) / Turner (Va) / Davis (Va) / Scott (Va) / Noell (Va) / also Ramsay (Va) (Alma, sons Walter and William)
I am John Patrick Gaines, born 12/21/49, Broward General Hospital, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. I am the eldest of 4 sons, (all still living in 11/2007). I moved to Atlanta Ga. in 1968. Married since 10/73 to Frances Rebecca Ransbotham. No kids, unless you count a little Beagle pup…lol
Tracing my Mother’s lineage backwards –
I have read all the posts about the Nunn's in Henry County, and I don;t think that I have seen ANY of the names in my family listed ???
My mother’s name is Hazel Nunn, (Gaines) born 09/1921 in Henry, Va. (Henry County). She is still alive and living in Metro Atlanta, Ga.
Her father (my maternal grandfather) – John Sampson Nunn
Occupation – store keeper, builder, floor sander
Born - 188? in Va.
Died - 196? (Oceana / Hatcher WVa.) buried in Beckley WVa.
I had a link to an online copy of his ACTUAL WWI draft registration, but that is also gone. He was still living in Henry County Va. in 1917.
He married Laura Alma Eggleston (my maternal grandmother). Her parents were Benjamin Francis Eggleston and Mary Jane Lacy.
Laura Alma Eggleston Nunn
Born - 188? in Va.
Died - 196? (Oceana /Hatcher WVa.) buried in Beckley WVa.
John Sampson Nunn and Laura Alma Eggleston Nunn had 5 daughters
Evelyn Nunn - (Married U. L. Cook 0 children), lived in Logan WVa, died ???
Gladyce K. Nunn – never married 0 children, lived mostly in Man WVa., and Oceana WVa, died in Charleston WVa., buried in Beckley WVa.
Mary Alice Nunn - never married 0 children, lived in Bluefield WVa, buried in Beckley WVa.
Hazel Nunn – 09/1921 - present (my mother, has 4 sons) still living (see info. elsewhere in this epistle)
Rubye Nunn (Married Elwood Meador (d 1956(?) of Beckley WVa. had one son (John Michael Meador (married Rhoda ?) 2 children(?) of Ithaca NY), and one daughter (Mary Ann Meador Thomas (m. to Paul Thomas of Kopperston WVa.) of Huntington WVa. – several children) died 200(?). Rubye Nunn Meador is buried in Beckley WVa.
His father (my maternal g grandfather) – Thomas Henr(e?)y Nunn (Son of Sampson J Davis and Basheba (sp?) Turner) and mother – Louvica (sp?) Ann Davis.
Going backwards in my maternal lineage is still a work in progress.
Tracing my Father’s Gaines lineage backwards –
My Father – Woodrow Palmore Gaines
Born - 06/03/1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Died - 07/19/1987 in Decatur, Ga. and is buried in Decatur Ga.
Married to Hazel Nunn Gaines (of Henry County Nunn / Eggleston lineage) 1947 – 1987 when she was widowed. She is still living in Metro Atlanta. Fairly complete information about this part of the family is available upon request.
He served in WWII in U.S.Army, 120th Engineers Co. A 1st Battalion that was a part of the 45th Division Infantry (Oklahoma)
His Father (my paternal grandfather) – Benjamin Francis Gaines Sr.
Born – 12/07/1873 Bedford County Virginia
Died – 02/09/1946 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Buried in Ft. Lauderdale Fla.
Benjamon Francis Gaines served in WWI
Married to Linda Bates Carlisle (my paternal grandmother (Missouri / Oklahoma (of Carlisle/Richardson lineage) in 1902 (?). She was born 04/04/1871 – 12/09/1955, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. buried in Ft. Lauderdale. Occupation - schoolteacher
Fairly complete information is also available about this family upon request.
She was daughter of John Wesley Carlisle and Sarah Richardson (Sarah’s parents are James Richardson and Rebecca Rawleigh(sp?)). Like I said, Linda Bates Carlisle comes from the Carlisle / Richardson Lineage (Missouri), and we can trace Carlisle’s directly back to Sussex County, Delaware and 1752.
I know that my grandparents stayed in Missouri for awhile, know that she was a schoolteacher in Sedalia, Mo. while it was still Indian Territory, and I know that my grandfather did some work related to the building of the lake of the Ozarks.
They also lived in Texas (had one son there in 1903), back to Oklahoma City (about 1905 – 1915) where my father was born in 1914, then they migrated to South Georgia, North and Central Florida, W. Palm Beach Fla., until they settled for good in Ft. Lauderdale (that had to be no later than the early-to-mid 1930’s as my dad went to Ft. Lauderdale HS, and began a 28 year career with USPS in 1941 as an adult.
They had 4 Sons (John R (1902 – 1967) / William Carlisle (1905 – 1991) / Benjamin Francis (1907 – 2001) / Woodrow P. (1914 - 1987) and one daughter - Margaret (killed in an automobile accident as a teenager birth and death dates unknown). John R. and William C. died and are buried in Ft. Lauderdale. Benjamin F. Gaines d. and buried in San Francisco. Have more information about these families upon request.
I have links to all of the information including death certificates, for my grandparents and all of their children (except Margaret), and a lot of family tree information available upon request.
His Father (my paternal g grandfather) - Robert H. Gaines (Bedford County Va.)
Occupation – farmer and wheelwright
Born - approx late 1838 or early 1839 (???)
Died – I am SURE that it wasn’t until sometime after 1900 (he was recognized as a Civil War Veteran in a 1900 publication related to that.)
Married Margaret Scott of Bedford County Va. on 01/16/1868 (Daughter of Benjamin and Margaret W. Scott). Born about 1840.
Robert H. Gaines served in the Civil War - Rank: Private, Company B., 10 VA. Heavy Art. Regiment, Enlisted May, 1861, Length of Service: 4 years.
His father (my paternal gg grandfather) - Robert F. Gaines
Occupation – farmer and miller
Born – approx. 1812
Died – unknown
Married Elizabeth Noell on 09/30/1830
Children of Robert F and Elizabeth Noell Gaines –
Mary S. ???
Robert H. - (b. 1938 or 1839) Wheelwright
James - (b. 1843 - 1844) Farmer
For my fathers lineage, the information I have stops here, so I don’t have a clue as to how to link it back any farther, like to Wales, since I don’t know who Robert F. Gaines father was.
Going back in the Gaines Family tree any farther is impossible UNTIL I can find out more information past Robert F. Gaines in Bedford County Va. (my gg grandfather) to get us back to Wales.
Please help me with any information you have that might be pertinent. I will be eternally grateful, and will help anyone else I can with information they may need that I may have.
I have always wondered if my early ancestors were royalty or rogues, princes or pirates…
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