Fenton Bell DeWees: Difference between revisions
m Consistent spelling |
m Correction from ancestry.com |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Category: Biography]] [[Category:DeWeese]] [[Category:Gorrell]] [[Category: Generation 44]] | [[Category: Biography]] [[Category:DeWeese]] [[Category:Gorrell]] [[Category: Generation 44]] | ||
'''Born:''' Fenton Bell DeWees | [[File:Belldws0.jpg|120px|thumb|right]] | ||
'''Born:''' ♂ Fenton Bell DeWees | |||
::October 29, 1827 | ::October 29, 1827 | ||
:: | ::Guilford County, NC | ||
'''Died:''' January 13, 1893 | '''Died:''' January 13, 1893 | ||
| Line 19: | Line 21: | ||
'''Parents:''' [[Caleb DeWees]] and [[Jane Gorrell DeWees]] | '''Parents:''' [[Caleb DeWees]] and [[Jane Gorrell DeWees]] | ||
'''Siblings:''' [[Mander Matilda DeWees]], [[Martha Jane DeWees Mars]], [[Alfred Gorrell DeWees]], [[Nancy | '''Siblings:''' [[Mander Matilda DeWees]], [[Martha Jane DeWees Mars]], [[Alfred Gorrell DeWees]], [[Nancy G. DeWees Lindley]] | ||
== Early Life == | == Early Life == | ||
* Named after a circuit-riding preacher | |||
* Moved with his family to Mississippi in 1845 | |||
== Education == | == Education == | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
* Shoemaker | |||
== Accomplishments == | == Accomplishments == | ||
* Gave land for a school and a church | |||
* With several neighbors, raised money to build a Methodist Church | |||
== Health == | == Health == | ||
* Died of pneumonia | |||
== Faith == | == Faith == | ||
Latest revision as of 00:01, 29 February 2016
Born: ♂ Fenton Bell DeWees
- October 29, 1827
- Guilford County, NC
Died: January 13, 1893
- Shady Grove Community, MS
Spouses: Mary Ann Elizabeth Mars DeWees (m. January 13, 1848), Wilmoth Duren DeWees (m. March 27, 1864)
Children: Elizabeth Ann DeWees Pierce, Amandy Jane DeWees Pierce, Charles Alfred DeWees, Theophilus DeWees, Ellen Arminter DeWees Nicholson, Fenton Bell DeWees Jr., Albert DeWeese
Parents: Caleb DeWees and Jane Gorrell DeWees
Siblings: Mander Matilda DeWees, Martha Jane DeWees Mars, Alfred Gorrell DeWees, Nancy G. DeWees Lindley
Early Life
[edit]- Named after a circuit-riding preacher
- Moved with his family to Mississippi in 1845
Education
[edit]Career
[edit]- Shoemaker
Accomplishments
[edit]- Gave land for a school and a church
- With several neighbors, raised money to build a Methodist Church
Health
[edit]- Died of pneumonia