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Descendants of John Fannin

5. Phillip Strother Fannin⁷ (John⁶ Fannin, Bryant⁵, Achilles⁴ Fanning, Bryan³, Laughlin² Fannin, Thomas Amis¹ Fanning) was born Abt. 1809 in Wythe CO., VA., and died 1853. He married Rebecca Clay Abt. 1830 in Lawrence CO., KY., daughter of William Clay and Rebecca Cecil. She was born 1814 in Montgomery CO., VA., and died Aft. 1860 in Probably in Missouri.

Children of Phillip and Rebecca Clay are:

29	i.	Harvey F.⁸ Fannin, born 1831.
30	ii.	Caroline Fannin, born 1834.
31	iii.	John Monhaville Fannin, born 1838.
32	iv.	Mary E. Fannin, born 1839.
33	v.	William Fannin, born 1842.
34	vi.	Nancy Fannin, born 1846.

6. John⁷ Fannin (John⁶, Bryant⁵, Achilles⁴ Fanning, Bryan³, Laughlin² Fannin, Thomas Amis¹ Fanning) was born 26 May 1812 in Wythe CO., VA., and died 14 Jan 1890 in Lawrence CO., KY.. He married Margaret Ferguson 23 Mar 1834 in Lawrence CO., KY.. She was born 12 Jun 1818 in Lawrence CO., KY., and died 12 Mar 1873 in Larrence CO., KY..

Notes for John Fannin:
SEE INFORMATION ON HIS SECOND MARRIAGE UNDER HIS FIRST WIFE'S NOTES.

More About John Fannin:
Burial: 1850, See 1850 Cesnus of Lawrence CO., KY. Family uit 505.

Notes for Margaret Ferguson:
JOHN FANNIN, BORN MAY26, 1812 AND DIED ON JAN 14, 1890 WAS MARRIED TWO TIMES. FIRST TO MARGARET FERGUSON BORN JUNE 12, 1818 AND DIED MARCH 12, 1873.
HE MARRIED SECOND TO CYNTHIA SKEENS REYNOLDS WHO WAS FIRST MARRIED TO OLIVER REYNOLDS OF RUSSELL CO., VA. YOU WILL FIND CYNTHIA AND HER PARENTS IN THE 1850 CENSUS OF RUSSELL CO., VA. WHERE SHE WAS 10 YEARS OLD. CYNTHA WAS BORN AROUND 1840, AND THE DAUGHTER OF JONATHAN AND JANE SKEENS. CYNTHIA DIED 3 SEP 1921, BURIED ON THE
FRANCIS FANNIN FARM IN LAWRENCE CO., KY. SHE WAS THE FIRST BURIAL AT THAT CEMETERY.
CHILDREN OF JOHN AND CYNTHIA SKEENS REYNOLDS FANNIN ARE:
1. ISAAC FANNIN MARRIED EMMA RANKIN.
2. CERY FANNIN MARRIED NANCY COFFEE.
3. SOPHIA (SPARAH) Fannin AND NEVER MARRIED.
4. AMUY FANNIN AND SHE NEVER MARRIED.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM:

1. PATRIC FANNIN OF IRONTON, OHIO IN AN E-MAIL DATED OCT 18, 2002 AS SENT TO JIM FANNIN WHO FORWARDED THE INFORMATION TO PAUL LEADINGHAM, IN FREDERICK, MD.

Children of John Fannin and Margaret Ferguson are:

+	35	i.	Lewis P.⁸ Fannin, born 26 Mar 1835 in East Fork, Lawrence CO., KY.; died 19 Mar 1909 in Lawerance CO., KY..
+	36	ii.	Charlotte Fannin, born 1838 in Lawrence CO., KY..
	37	iii.	John W. Fannin, born 1839 in Lawrence CO., KY.. He married (1) Bethenia "Bethany" White 21 Feb 1860; born 1839 in Lawrence CO., KY.. He married (2) Lizzie Jane Stewart Abt. 1899; born 1847.
+	38	iv.	Martha K. Fannin, born 1842.
+	39	v.	Mary Elizabeth Fannin, born 1844 in Lawrence CO., KY..
	40	vi.	Thomas L. Fannin, born 1846 in Larrence CO., KY.. He married Elizabeth Stanley 31 Jan 1869 in Lawrence CO., KY.; born Abt. 1846 in Lawrence CO., KY..
+	41	vii.	Charles Henry Fannin, born 13 Aug 1852 in East Fork, Lawrence CO., KY.; died 24 Oct 1934 in Estep, Lawrence CO., KY..
	42	viii.	Rockaway Fannin, born 01 Sep 1856.
	43	ix.	Nancy Ellen. Fannin, born Abt. 1858.
	44	x.	Serilla "Surrilda" A. Fannin, born 26 Dec 1860.
	45	xi.	Bethanna Fannin, born 1862.

7. Sarah⁷ Fannin (John⁶, Bryant⁵, Achilles⁴ Fanning, Bryan³, Laughlin² Fannin, Thomas Amis¹ Fanning) was born 15 Oct 1813 in Wythe, CO., VA., and died 06 Jun 1874 in Boyd CO., Ky.. She married George W. Howe 20 Oct 1836 in Lawrence CO., KY.. He was born 1810.

More About Sarah Fannin:
Burial: 07 Jun 1874, Klaiber Cemetery, Long Branch, Boyd Co., Ky.
Fact 2: She is buried in the Klaiber Cemetery on Long Branch, Boyd co., KY.
Fact 3: Long branch, Klaiber Cemetery is a few miles from Rush, Boyd Co., KY.

Notes for George W. Howe:
1. GEORGE W. HOWE, AND SARAH FANNIN HAD SIX CHILDREN LISTED IN THE
1850 LAWRENCE CO., KY. CENSUS. MARTHA K. AGE 12, JAMES AGE 10, JOHN
AGE 8, HIRAM B. AGE 6, PHILLIP AGE 4, AND SARAH ANN AGE 2.
2. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1850 LAWRENCE CO., KY. CENSUS SARAH WAS 36
YEARS OLD AND GEORGE W. HOWE WAS 40.
3. THE 1850 CENSUS ALSO SHOWS JOHN D. FANNIN, SR. AGE 71 AND HIS WIFE
KEZIAH AGE 66, BOTH BEING BORN IN VIRGINIA.

More About George W. Howe:
Burial: 1850, See 1850 Lawrence CO., KY. census.
Fact 2: Information obtained form Lillian Stewart of Cpe Coral, fl. in 1992.
Fact 3: 20 Oct 1836, See marriage book 1, page 151 of Lwarence co., KY.

Children of Sarah Fannin and George Howe are:

	46	i.	Martha Keziah⁸ Howe, born 06 Oct 1837. She married Marshall Caldwell; born 1837.
	47	ii.	James W. Howe, born 09 Dec 1839. He married Sarah E. Stuart; born 1837.
	48	iii.	John Wesley Howe, born 12 Jul 1842.
	49	iv.	Hiram Bosten Howe, born 21 Sep 1843. He married Sarah L. French; born 1843.
	50	v.	Phillip H. Howe, born 17 May 1846. He married Mary A. Riley; born 1846.
+	51	vi.	Sarah Ann Howe, born 24 Aug 1848.
	52	vii.	Andrew George Washington Howe, born 29 Jan 1851.
	53	viii.	Matilda Rebecca Howe, born 1853. She married Henry Hallum; born 1853.

8. Amy "Anna" Francis⁷ Fannin (John⁶, Bryant⁵, Achilles⁴ Fanning, Bryan³, Laughlin² Fannin, Thomas Amis¹ Fanning) was born 18 Nov 1815 in Wythe CO., KY, and died 01 May 1908 in Bear Creel, Buchanan, Lawrence CO., KY.. She married Absolum Stewart 14 Dec 1838 in Lawrence CO., KY., son of James Stewart and Nancy Burgess. He was born 1804 in Lawrence CO., KY., and died Abt. 1882 in Lawrence CO., KY..

Notes for Amy "Anna" Francis Fannin:
1. AMY "ANNA" FANNIN'S BIRTH IS BASED UPON THE 1900 UNITED STATES
CENSUS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
2. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1850 LAWRENCE CO., KY. CENSUS SHE IS 31
YEARS OLD. THIS WOULD MAKE HER BEING BORN IN 1829 VICE NOVEMBER 18,
1815 IF YOU USE THE 1900 U.S. LAWRENCE CO. KY. CENSUS.
3. WE ARE USING THE U.S. 1900 LAWRENCE CO., KY CENSUS FOR HER BIRTH,
AND BORN IN WYTHE CO., VA., AND THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN D. FANNIN, SR.

More About Amy "Anna" Francis Fannin:
Burial: 18 Dec 1838, See Kentucky Marriage Register, Volume 1, Page 164, of the lawrence CO., Ky records.

Notes for Absolum Stewart:
BIO: ABSOLUM STEWART WAS BORN IN 1808, IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY TO THE PARENTS OF JAMES ELLIOTT STEWART AND NANCY ANN BURGESS.
(LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY WAS FORMED IN 1821 FROM GREENUP AND FLOYD COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY).
HE WAS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, STONE MASON AND FARMER, AND AS THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, HE SIGNED DOCUMENTS AS " I J. ABSOLUM STEWART DO ----------, SO THE J. COULD BE JOHN, JAMES OR JAY, I GUESS WE WILL NEVER KNOW, OR DID HE USE J. FOR SOME OTHER REASON.
HE MARRIED AMY FANNIN, BORN IN WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN 1815, THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN FANNIN, SR., AND MRS. KEZIAH. THEY WERE MARRIED IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY ON DECEMBER 14, 1838.
ABSOLUM STEWART AND AMY FANNIN STEWART HAD NINE CHILDREN WE KNOW OF: (ALL BORN IN ESTEPP, LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY).
1. JOHN MARSHAL STEWART, BORN OCTOBER 6, 1841, AND MARRIED MARTHA J. MERRITT IN BARBOURSVILLE, CABELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, IN NOVEMBER OF 1870. JOHN AND MARTHA STEWART HAD EIGHT CHILDREN ALL BORN IN ESTEPP,
LAWRENCE COUNTY. KENTUCKY.
2. WILLIAM RILEY STEWART, BORN IN 1843, (IF YOU GO BY THE DATES ON HIS MONUMENT HE WAS BORN IN 1841, BUT HIS BROTHER JOHN MARSHALL ABOVE WAS BORN IN 1841. ON HIS MONUMENT HE DIED AUGUST 24, 1900 OF A HOMICIDE AND WAS 59 YEARS OLD), AND MARRIED MARY ELLEN LAMBERT.
3. ISAAC STEWART, BORN DECEMBER 5, 1847, AND MARRIED SUSAN J. LAKINS ON APRIL 4, 1867, AT HER HOME, IN CATLETTSBURG, BOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY. ISAAC STEWART SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR FOR 3 MONTHS WITH THE 1ST KENTUCKY CAPITOL GUARDS, AND WAS DISCHARGED TO HEART PALPITATIONS. HIS OCCUPATION WAS A COAL MINER.
ISAAC STEWART AND SUSAN J. LAKINS STEWART HAD AT LEAST 11 CHILDREN, ALL BORN IN ESTEPP, LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY:
3-1. CASTRAY STEWART BORN IN 1868, AND MARRIED PHILLIP PRICE ON JUNE 20, 1886, IN LOUISA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY AT THE BRIDES HOME.
3-2. AMY STEWART, BORN IN 1870. NO OTHER INFORMATION.
3-3. JOSEPH STEWART, BORN NOVEMBER 1872, AND HE WAS KILLED IN THE MINES. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
3-4. CATHERINE ALMIRA STEWART, BORN FEBRUARY 28, 1873, AND MARRIED WILLIAM HENRY STEWART ABT 1893, SHE DIED AT DENTON, CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY ON FEBRUARY 22, 1949, AND IS BURIED IN THE DENTON CEMETERY AT DENTON, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
3-5. CORA A. STEWART, BORN JANUARY 1878, MARRIED ROBERT LEE STEWART ON NOVEMBER 9, 1909, IN GRAYSON, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
3-6. AMELIA (MILLIE) STEWART, BORN JANUARY 1881, MARRIED OLICER (AL) BRYANT, ABOUT 1901.
3-7. ALONZO STEWART, BORN MARCH 1884, MARRIED MYRTLE FELTY ON AUGUST 29, 1911, IN GRAYSON, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY. HE DIED ON NOVEMBER 24, 1956, ON WILSON, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY. HE IS BURIED IN THE CARROWAY CEMETERY AT WILSON, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
3-8. MATTIE STEWART, BORN IN JUNE OF 1887, AND MARRIED TOM BARDLEY ON OCTOBER 23, 1909, AT GRAYSON, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
3-9. MAUDIE STEWART, BORN MARCH 1891, MARRIED ROBERT LEE HICKS ON JUNE 29, 1929 AT RUSH, NEAR GRAYSON, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
3-10. IDA STEWART, BORN FEBRUARY 1895, AND MARRIED HOMER EVANS. NO OTHER INFORMATION.
3-11. (UNKNOWN) STEWART, BORN AROUND 1897, AND MARRIED A BROWNING. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
(INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS OF 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, AND 1900. CARTER CO CENSUS OF 1910, AND BOYD COUNTY MARRIAGE BOOK, AND ASSOCIATED DEATH CERTIFICATES).
4. KEZIAH STEWART, BORN JANUARY OF 1849, AND MARRIED HIRAM BERRY ON OCTOBER 12, 1871, IN LOUISA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
5. O'LEANDER COX STEWART, BORN OCTOBER 12, 1850, AND MARRIED ELLEN FRANCES SAVAGE ON FEBRUARY 20, 1872, IN LOUISA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
6. JAMES F. STEWART, BORN APRIL 6, 1851, DIED ABOUT 1920, AND NO RECORD OF HIS MARRIAGE.
7. MARY ELIZABETH STEWART, BORN AUGUST 12, 1854, AND NEVER MARRIED.
8. ALMIRA C. STEWART, BORN DECEMBER 29, 1857, AND THEIR IS NO RECORD OF HIS MARRIAGE.
9. SARAH P. STEWART, BORN MAY 1861, AND MARRIED HARMOND O'DANIEL IN ESTEPP, LAWRENCE COUNTY. KENTUCKY, IN 1883.
THE DATE OF HIS DEATH IS NOT KNOWN, BUT HE WAS DEAD DURING THE 1900 CENSUS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. KENTUCKY, AND HIS WIFE, AMY FANNIN WAS 84 YEARS OLD IN THE HOME OF HARMON O'DANIEL, HUSBAND OF SARAH P. STEWART, NUMBER 9 ABOVE. (SINCE WE HAVE FOUND HIS MONUMENT IN THE STEWART/FANNIN CEMETERY 9.2 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64 AT
CANNONSBURG ON STATE ROUTE 3, MAYBE SOME DAY WE CAN DETERMINE HIS DEATH DATE).
THE 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 AND 1890 CENSUS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY VERIFY THE ABOVE CHILDREN AND DATES THEY WERE BORN. ALSO THE CENSUS OF QUOTED YEARS SAY THAT ABSOLUM STEWART AND HIS WIFE AMY
FANNIN WERE BORN IN VIRGINIA.
THE FOLLOWING IS QUOTED FROM AN OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING OF THE BIG SANDY NEWS: QUOTE:
MAY 1, 1908, AMY STEWART, THE DREADED MONSTER HAS COME AMONG US AGAIN, THIS TIME TO THE HOME AND TAKEN OUR BELOVED SISTER, MRS. AMY (FANNIN) STEWART. SHE WAS 83 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND A FEW DAYS OLD, AND A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REV. JOHN AND KESIAH FANNIN. IN EARLY LIFE SHE CAST HER LOT WITH ABSOLOM STEWART, WHO PRECEDED HER TO HEAVEN. TO THIS UNION WERE BORN TEN CHILDREN (CAN ACCOUNT FOR 9), FIVE OF WHOM HAVE GONE TO LIVE IN THE WORLD BEYOND. FUNERAL PREACHED BY REV. ISAAC FANNIN, BURIAL IN THE FANNIN CEMETERY NEAR EAST FORK, LAWRENCE
COUNTY, KENTUCKY. UNQUOTE: (FROM A VISIT TO THE EAST FORK STEWART/FANNIN CEMETERY ON JUNE 21, 1996, BY MEREDITH PAUL LEADINGHAM AND HIS BROTHER JESSE FRANKLIN LEADINGHAM OF GREENUP, KENTUCKY, ABSOLUM STEWART HER HUSBAND IS BURIED HER. THEY ARE BURIED IN THE BACK OF THE CEMETERY, WHICH OVER LOOKS STATE ROUTE 3, 9.2 MILES SOUTH FROM INTERSTATE 64 AT CANNONSBURG, BOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY).

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM:
1. LILLIAN STEWART OF 315 S.E. 18TH TERR, CAPE CORAL, FLA 33900 IN 1994.
2. COMPUTERIZED BY MEREDITH PAUL LEADINGHAM OF FREDERICK, MD. 21701.
3. 1850 LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS WHICH SHOWS ABSOLUM STEWART AGE 42 AND BORN IN VIRGINIA AND HIS WIFE AMA (AMY) FANNIN STEWART AGE 31, AND FIVE OF THEIR CHILDREN: JOHN AGE 10, WILLIAM RILEY AGE 7, ISAAC AGE 5, KESIAH AGE 3, LEONDER 6 MONTHS.
4. A VISIT TO THE EAST FORK STEWART/FANNIN CEMETERY ON JUNE 21, 1996 BY MEREDITH PAUL LEADINGHAM OF FREDERICK, MD. AND HIS BROTHER JESSE FRANKLIN LEADINGHAM OF GREENUP, KENTUCKY. WE FOUND ABSOLUM AND AMY FANNIN STEWART S GRAVES IN THE VERY BACK OF THE CEMETERY OVERLOOKING STATE ROUTE 3, 9.2 MILES SOUTH FROM INTERSTATE 64 AT CANNONSBURG, BOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER FANNIN GRAVES IN THE FRONT
SECTION OF THE CEMETERY.
ABSOLUM STEWART'S MONUMENT IS SO WARN OFF YOU CAN'T READ THE LETTERS, BUT IT IS HIS MONUMENT. ACCORDING TO OTHER RECORDS HIS WIFE AMY FANNIN STEWART IS BURIED BESIDE HIM, BUT I DID NOT SEE A MONUMENT FOR HER. ABSOLUM STEWART S'S PARENTS JAMES ELLIOT STEWART AND NANCY BURGESS STEWART ARE BURIED IN THE BUCHANNAN CEMETERY TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF BEAR CREEK ON ROUTE 23 BELOW THE BOYD COUNTY LINE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY.

COPYRIGHT 2004 IN THE PAUL LEADINGHAM AND ALLIED FAMILIES GENEALOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY THE AUTHOR AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

Children of Amy Fannin and Absolum Stewart are:

Martha Kathrine⁸ Stewart, born Abt. 1839 in Esteep, Lawrence Co., Ky.; died in Abt 1839. She married James Klaisher 11 Sep 1878; born Abt. 1839.

More About Martha Kathrine Stewart:
Burial: OWN OR RENT/ADDRESS.: SOURCE LILLIAM STEWART, FLORIDA

+	55	ii.	John Marshall Stewart, born 16 Oct 1841 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky.; died 10 Aug 1918 in Dawson Br. Carter CO., KY..
+	56	iii.	William Riley Stewart, born 30 Sep 1844 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky.; died 22 Aug 1900 in Lawrence CO., KY..
+	57	iv.	Isaac Stewart, born 05 Dec 1847 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky.; died 12 Feb 1920 in Dawson Br. Carter CO., KY..
	58	v.	Keziah Stewart, born 20 Jan 1850 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky.; died 16 Nov 1916 in Dawson Br. Carter CO., KY.. He married Hiram D. Berry 12 Oct 1872 in Lawrence CO., KY.; born Abt. 1849 in Lawrence CO., KY..

More About Keziah Stewart:
Burial: OCCUPATION: FANNIN CEM. LAWRENCE CO. KY.

+	59	vi.		O'Leander Cox Stewart, born 14 Feb 1850 in Estepp, Lawrence CO., KY.; died 28 Jan 1926 in East Fork, Lawrence CO., KY..
	60	vii.		James F. Stewart, born 06 Apr 1852 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., KY..; died in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky..

More About James F. Stewart:
Burial: CAUSE OF DEATH/PLACE BURIED.: WIFE UNKNOWN.

viii.

Mary Elizabeth Stewart, born 12 Aug 1854 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky.; died 14 Aug 1896 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky..

More About Mary Elizabeth Stewart:
Burial: CAUSE OF DEATH/PLACE BURIED.: UNKNOWN, BURT SHE NEVER MARRIED

	62	ix.		Almira Catherine Stewart, born 19 Dec 1859 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky.; died in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky..
+	63	x.		Sarah P. Stewart, born 01 May 1861 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky.; died 01 Jan 1918 in Esteep, Lawrence CO., Ky..

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