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Descendants of Pleasant Mainard

Generation No. 1

1. PLEASANT¹ MAINARD was born 1813 in North Carolina. He married MARY. She was born 1816 in Kentucky.

Notes for PLEASANT MAINARD:
* Schedule I - Free Inhabitants - Breathitt Co. Kentucky, lists Pleasant Mainard as being 37 years of age, Occupation - Farmer, Birthplace - North Carolina.
This photocopied document was given to me by Beth Solheim - Mainer.

*1850 Kentucky Census shows Pleasant Mainard in Breathitt Co. Ky. District 1- Page 22.

*In 1860 Pleasant and Mary Maner (That's how the census taker spelled it ) in White Rock Township, Franklin Co. Arkansas. Susan, William and John M. Mainer have left home. One additional child has been born, Isaac, age 8. He had been born in Kentucky, which suggests that Pleasant and Mary had moved with their family sometime after 1858. This information came from Lucille Clayton.

Children of PLEASANT MAINARD and MARY are:

2.	i.	WESLEY² MAINER, b. May 19, 1839, Kentucky; d. July 21, 1920, Short Mountain, Logan Co. Ark..
	ii.	SUSAN MAINER, b. 1832.
	iii.	JOHN M. MAINER, b. 1834.

Notes for JOHN M. MAINER:
John Mainer enlisted in Company I, 34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment(Confederate) on July 2, 1862. John appears on Muster rolls from July 2, 1862 until he is found on a roll of prisoners of war at Little Rock Military Prison. He was captured June 8th, 1864 in Franklin Co. He was held for a time at Fort Smith before he was transferred to Little Rock Military Prison. He died in prison (probably on March2, 1865). The cause of death is listed as inflammation of the lungs.

*Photocopies of Muster rolls given to me by Beth Solheim - Mainer.

iv.

WILLIAM MAINER, b. 1836.

Notes for WILLIAM MAINER:
William enlisted on Feb. 8, 1862 in Company I, 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry (Confederate) in Ozark. He enlisted for 12 months. Unlike his brothers, he served his stint in the army outside the boundaries of his home state. His regiment was part of Gen. Pemberton's small Army of Mississippi. He served for 1 1/2 years, until the surrender of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. He signed his parole papers and was released. He returned home.

*Photocopies of Muster Rolls given to me by Beth Solheim - Mainer

*Photocopy of Parole Papers from Vicksburg given to me by Beth Solheim - Mainer.

	v.		MARGARET MAINER, b. 1840.
	vi.		LUCINDA MAINER, b. 1842.
	vii.		MAHALA MAINER, b. 1847; m. JOHN H. JOHNSON, September 15, 1870.
	viii.		ALEXANDER MAINER, b. 1850, Arkansas; m. (1) ELIZABETH COVINGTON, March 12, 1871; m. (2) ELIZABETH RICHEY, March 19, 1874.
	ix.		ISAAC MAINER, b. 1854.

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