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Descendants of Sebastian "Boston" Ollis

33. ALEXANDER SOUTHERNLAND⁴ OLLIS (BOSTON³, JOHN SWANSEA², SEBASTIAN "BOSTON"¹)⁵² was born February 07, 1843. He married MARY JANE HUSKINS November 06, 1862 in Mitchel County, NC, son of SAMUEL HUSKINS and LUCINDA WALLIS.

Notes for ALEXANDER SOUTHERNLAND OLLIS:
Subject:
A.S. Ollis-M.J. Huskins
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 21:05:47 -0400
From: "Kay Robinson" <kayrobin@wnclink.com>
To: <pollis@mail.tds.net>

Ollie,

I wrote to you earlier about the marriage of A.S. Ollis and M. J. Huskins - A. S. Ollis M. J. Huskins 06 Nov 1862 Josiah Mace, MG. I believe that this may be the marriage of Alexander Sutherland Ollis (son of Boston Ollis) and Mary Jane Huskins (daughter of Samuel Huskins and Lucinda Wallis).

In the 1850 Yancey County Census Samuel Huskins is dwelling 521 and Baston (Boston) Ollis is dwelling 528. Alexander S. is age 7 and Mary Jane is age 10.

In the 1870 Yancey County Census (Brush Creek Township, dwelling 20, family (20) there is a listing for:

Allis, A. S. 26 M W Farmer 125 NC Can't read or write Eligible to vote
Mary 28 F W Kp Hse NC Can't read or write
Dollie 6 F W NC
Turner 4 M W NC
Lourey 2 M W NC
Rubin M. 5 m. M W NC Born in March
Huskins, Rebecca 20 F W Dom Svt. NC
(Mary Jane Huskins had a younger sister named Rebecca - age 1 in the 1850 census)

This family is not listed in the 1880 census for either Yancey or Mitchell counties. I am assuming this means that they moved away but I have no idea where.

Mary Jane and Rebecca were the older sisters of Alexander Huskins, father of Laura and Lucy Huskins. Laura married Samuel David Ollis and Lucy married John Ollis, nephews of Alexander Southerland Ollis.

If you should find any other information about this family, I would appreciate your letting me know.
Thank you.

Kay Robinson

More About ALEXANDER SOUTHERNLAND OLLIS:
Married By: November 06, 1862, Josiah Mace, MG

More About ALEXANDER OLLIS and MARY HUSKINS:
Marriage: November 06, 1862, Mitchel County, NC

Children of ALEXANDER OLLIS and MARY HUSKINS are:

	i.		DOLLIE⁵ OLLIS, b. 1864.
	ii.		TURNER OLLIS, b. 1866.
	iii.		LOUREY OLLIS, b. 1868.
	iv.		ROBIN M OLLIS, b. March 1870.

34. JOSEPH TAYLOR⁴ OLLIS (BOSTON³, JOHN SWANSEA², SEBASTIAN "BOSTON"¹) was born September 17, 1847 in Yancey County or Brushy Creek in Avery County, North Carolina ⁵³, and died May 01, 1936. He married (1) MARTHA KATE BUCHANAN. She was born 1847 in Yancey County, NC, and died 1887 in Mitchell County, North Carolina. He married (2) DELZIE MIAMI MACE January 19, 1890, daughter of JAMES MACE and SUSAN GREGG. She was born July 16, 1874 in Mitchell County, NC⁵³, and died April 10, 1971 in Avery County, NC.

Notes for JOSEPH TAYLOR OLLIS:
      Uncle Joe was the great grandson, on his mother's side, of William Wiseman who came over from England in Colonial days and who is buried near Spruce Pine. His grandfather Ollis lived at Altamont and Crossnore. His father was Boss Ollis who left this country when Uncle Joe was a small boy and moved to Missouri, where he died. His mother was Elizabeth Wiseman, who was born near Ingalls in 1809 and died in 1889 in Missouri.
      At the time of Uncle Joe's death in 1936, twenty-one of his twenty-three children were still living. Some of these were by his first wife Katie Buchanan Ollis of Yancey County. They belonged to Double Island church there at first and then transferred their membership to the Brushy Creek Baptist church, later they belonged to Green Valley Baptist Church.
      Uncle Joe's and Aunt Delzie's story begins on Brushy Creek, where they lived till about 1915. It was there that they gave the land for the first Green Valley Church built near their home, a church which they continued to attend after it was moved to its present location and after they moved to Altamont. The children were happy to leave Brushy Creek for their new home (near the Biggerstaff place) at Altamont. From Altamont the Ollis family went by wagon to Green Valley to all church services. The children knew it would do no good to try to lag behind. In the wagon was straw for soft riding for the children. Sadie and Walter usually rode their horses Paul and Siles. Sadie made quite a picture all decked out in her riding skirt and boots driving up to the hitching post (really a stump) where the ladies mounted and dismounted. The old stump should have been marked as a landmark, for it has long since disappeared and cars wind up the hill from which ladies can easily alight.
      The Ollis home at Altamont was the scene of an important event not long after they settled there. When Crossnore and Altamont schools were consolidated, the formal ceremony was held in their yard. Joe owned land on Doe Hill also. There used to be an old log house called the "Billy Mace House" on Don Hill. Joe continued to pasture Don Hill and Brushy Creek, which he later sold to Harris Mining Company. The "Joe Ollis" mine of red mica was found on the site of the old Joe Ollis house on Brushy Creek. He raised cattle, hogs, and sheep. He had a commissary at Altapass, where he would sell mutton, eggs, butter, etc. Granny Ollis also sold butter at the Penland s' store at Linville Falls and would take it as far as Pineola for selling. Her reputation for butter making followed her to Altamont. In her later years, the Weld House visitors kept her busy churning the old-time way and often reserved a supply in advance to last them the winter in Florida. The demand was so great that she kelp a supply in the freezer.
      The Ollis children can remember seeing sheep shearing, carding and spinning. Granny Ollis also knit their work gloves and socks. The children sometimes complained about having to wear the heavy socks, but they did come in handy on those cold days when they walked to school at Crossnore in the snow. Granny would arrange her thread in banks and dye it using walnut bark or a dye flower and many other plants no longer known to us; she later used Diamond dye. One who remembers clearly Granny's way of life is her granddaughter Annie Pyatte, who was reared in the Ollis home. Annie is married to Earnest Franklin and lives at Three Mile.
      Aunt Delzie was loved by all who knew her. She was always busy working in her flower garden or cultivating a vegetable garden in summer. She knew how to can, preserve and dry a goodly supply for the long winters. As the danger of frost approached, she took great care to protect her flowers and to gather anything that would be damaged. Those who drove by her home on Stamey Branch have pleasant memories of Aunt Delzie wearing her sunbonnet working in her garden. She was strong enough to do her own garden work till about age 95.
      There was another unusual feature about Granny. She was loved especially by her step-children. There was never a word of criticism on either side, and she loved them and treated them like her own. She divided Uncle Joe's property among them, just as he asked her to, giving them also his personal pieces of furniture.
      Another group that remembers Granny fondly are the workers who helped her on the farm. As you might guess from her activities, she also set a good table. If you were cutting hay on her place, you made a big effort to get started before dinner and to work into the afternoon. If you were one of her favorites, you might go home with a pound of butter or a jar of honey. Milk from that cold crock in her spring house always tasted much better than modern refrigerated milk.

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Some census records show his name as Josiah. This was also confirmed in conservations with son Baxter.
1st Marriage; Mitchell CO NC Vital records pg 3 listed as Kathrin was conducted by Peter Grinstaff J.P. Feb 23 1865
2nd Marriage; Mitchell Co Vital records pg 57 Listed Joseph as age 42 and D.M. Mace age 16 service conducted by W.H. Ollis MG at Green Valley Church


More About JOSEPH TAYLOR OLLIS:
Military: Served in the Civil War

More About JOSEPH OLLIS and DELZIE MACE:
Marriage: January 19, 1890

Children of JOSEPH OLLIS and MARTHA BUCHANAN are:

89.	i.	LOVIE⁵ OLLIS.
90.	ii.	MIRA OLLIS.
91.	iii.	SAMUEL DAVID OLLIS, b. December 23, 1864, Brushy Creek, Sprucepine, NC; d. December 28, 1953, Burke Co., NC.
92.	iv.	WILLIAM WESS OLLIS, b. April 13, 1867; d. February 21, 1950, Sherwood Irion, Co., TX.
93.	v.	ANNIE OLLIS, b. 1868; d. 1954.
94.	vi.	JOHNATHON W. OLLIS, b. 1869; d. 1964.
95.	vii.	AUGUSTA OLLIS, b. February 02, 1871; d. May 30, 1946.
96.	viii.	ADE OLLIS, b. September 08, 1872; d. June 12, 1961.
97.	ix.	DOCK STOVER OLLIS, b. June 08, 1876; d. December 19, 1944.
98.	x.	JESSE TAYLOR OLLIS, b. June 14, 1880; d. November 06, 1929, Doe Hill Linville Falls, NC.

Children of JOSEPH OLLIS and DELZIE MACE are:

	xi.	ROBERT CRAWFORD⁵ OLLIS, b. November 05, 1890, Brushy Creek Mitchell County, NC; d. November 02, 1895, Brushy Creek Mitchell County, NC.
99.	xii.	BAXTER G. OLLIS, b. October 23, 1892, Brushy Creek Mitchell County, NC; d. January 19, 1986, Avery County, NC.
100.	xiii.	JAMES TINSLEY OLLIS, b. October 13, 1893, Mitchell County, NC; d. February 10, 1972.
101.	xiv.	CLAYTON B. OLLIS, b. June 05, 1896, Avery County, NC; d. March 07, 1981, Avery County, NC.
102.	xv.	SADIE ESTHER OLLIS, b. April 28, 1898; d. 1985.
103.	xvi.	CARRIE OLLIS, b. July 14, 1900; d. November 19, 2003.
104.	xvii.	LULA OLLIS, b. April 18, 1902; d. April 1927.
105.	xviii.	BERTA SUE OLLIS, b. September 23, 1905, Mitchell County, North Carolina; d. May 18, 2002.
106.	xix.	MAE ESTELLE OLLIS, b. April 18, 1907; d. April 06, 2002.
107.	xx.	DETER THOMAS OLLIS, b. May 09, 1909; d. June 01, 1969, Nah Tang, Vietnam.
108.	xxi.	CHESTER MCDONALD OLLIS, b. November 05, 1911; d. February 06, 1982, Akron, Ohio.

35. MARY ANNA EMILY⁴ OLLIS (BOSTON³, JOHN SWANSEA², SEBASTIAN "BOSTON"¹) was born April 06, 1838, and died June 09, 1921. She married (1) M. J. HUSKINS November 06, 1862 in Mitchell, North Carlonia. He died 1867. She married (2) JAMES W WILSON January 26, 1868. He was born in Mitchell Co., NC.

Notes for MARY ANNA EMILY OLLIS:
Submitted by M.A. Timbs, Rt. 1, Box 25, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37604.Subject: OLLIS
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:18:19 -0700
From: "S. Chamberlin" <SCUPACREEK@worldnet.att.net>
To: tootsie@tnaccess.com
CC: pollis@mail.tds.net

Claudean,

I have not done any research on Mary Ollis Gragg's family and the information that I have is incidental to my research as to the origins of her sister Sarah "Barbary" Marinda Ollis. They were both daughters
of John "Swansea" and Elizabeth Chambers Ollis. The information that I have should be used as starting points in your research and should be verified as to accuracy as I have not done so.

I received a letter from Frank E. Wise in Nebo, North Carolina in July 1989. He stated that his wife, who he did not name, was a great-grand daughter of Boston Ollis. He noted in his records that Mary Ollis had married Major Gragg who died in the Civil War. You might try researching Civil War records as she probably applied for a pension at some point. I responded to Mr. Wise's letter but have not heard from
his as we were on divergent paths and I have not made a breakthrough on the Ollis or Chambers families to communicate to him.

I also communicated with Margaret Heinek of New Carlisle, Indiana in 1989. She was interested in a Mary Emily (or Amily) Ollis who she thought to be a daughter of Boston and Elizabeth Wiseman Ollis. The "Avery County Heritage" says that Mary was married to a Wilson from Mitchell County so she is probably on the right track. Her description of Boston 2nds Mary Ollis is that she married #1 M. J. Huskins 6 Nov 1862 in Mitchell Co. He died in 1867 and she married #2. James W. Wilson on 26 January 1868. She had Samuel and William Huskins and Elizabeth, Jonathan and Robert Wilson. The "Avery County Heritage" gives this Mary as having a middle name of Ann. Just giving you this
information so that you know that there are two Mary Ollises!

My notes on Mitchell Co. NC 1870 census (film #5931149) dwelling #62 family #62 shows Gragg, Miry 45 female born in NC with children Shelag, 13, male & Eveline, 23, female with Wiseman families living around her and the Josiah Ollis family close by.

Where the Harvel fits in, I just don't know. My Sarah "Barbary" Ollis married William Harvell and it was common for one family to marry another family repeatedly. If you find any further information
regarding either of these families, I would love to hear about it.

Good luck in your search.

Sidney

More About M. HUSKINS and MARY OLLIS:
Marriage: November 06, 1862, Mitchell, North Carlonia

Notes for JAMES W WILSON:
On January 26, 1868 Mary Anna Ollis married a second time to James W. Wilson
(1808- 1898), who lived on White Oak Road, Bakersville. He also had been
previously married and had several children by his first wife Mahala.

More About JAMES WILSON and MARY OLLIS:
Marriage: January 26, 1868

Children of MARY OLLIS and M. HUSKINS are:

	i.	ELIZABETH⁵ HUSKINS.
109.	ii.	SAMUEL HUSKINS, b. May 15, 1865; d. February 14, 1891.
	iii.	WILLIAM HUSKINS, b. 1866.

Notes for WILLIAM HUSKINS:
William Huskins (according to census records, William should have been
born about 1866. However, a Mitchell County death certificate lists W. M.
Huskins, b. 1859- d. Jan. 4, 1944, the son of William Huskins and "Amily"
Ollis. Throughout census records, Mary Anna Ollis is sometimes listed as
Emily.)

Children of MARY OLLIS and JAMES WILSON are:

	iv.	JOHATHAN L⁵ WILSON, b. January 04, 1872; d. May 10, 1944; m. NAOMI E.
	v.	ROBERT VANCE WILSON, b. May 06, 1876; d. November 08, 1944; m. ALICE MCNEILL.
110.	vi.	ELIZABETH BETTY WILSON, b. June 27, 1869; d. December 24, 1890.

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