Family:George French and Elizabeth Sturman (1)

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Parents: Henry French and Elizabeth Ersom
George French
b. 1782 Mercer, Kentucky, United States
d. 1 Nov 1837 Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Parents: Thomas Sturman and Mary Lewis
Elizabeth Sturman
b. 29 Jan 1786 North Carolina, United States
d. 6 Jul 1859 Vermilion, Illinois, United States
m. 14 Jun 1804 Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Facts and Events
Marriage? 14 Jun 1804 Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Elizabeth French
 
Aft 1900
2.
Ersom French
 
 
3.
Thomas French
 
 
4.
John French
 
 
5.
Margaret French
 
 
6.
Erastus French
 
 
7.
Humphrey Sturman French
1 Jul 1805 Mercer, Kentucky, United States
7 Apr 1891 Bradshaw, York, Nebraska, United States
8.
Henry F. French
Jan 1808 Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States
Aft 1900
9.
Mary French
29 Mar 1816 Vermilion, Illinois, United States
6 Feb 1872 Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
10.
George French
25 Sep 1821 Vigo, Indiana, United States
19 Apr 1878 Vermilion, Illinois, United States
11.
Washington French
29 Apr 1831 Indiana, United States
5 Aug 1910 Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, United States
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From the biographical sketch of their son Ersom French found in the Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion County, Illinois:

"George, the father of our subject, was brought up in Kentucky, where he married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Sterman, in about 1800. Miss Sterman’s grandfather was a reliable, trustworthy man, which is evinced by the fact that as a guard he was with Gen. Washington for seven years during the Revolutionary War, after which he took up his residence in North Carolina, or Virginia."


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Mysteries to Solve

Photographs of George and Elizabeth's son Humphrey suggest that he was quite tall. All of Humphrey's children and grandchildren were also tall (at least 6') and slim. One of George and Elizabeth's grandsons, George S. French of York County in Nebraska, was 6'10" tall when he enlisted as a Union soldier. Does this unusual height come from the French or the Sturman line?

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