Person:James French (54)

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Rev. James Lewis French
b.19 Jun 1788 Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
d.1873 Blount, Alabama, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 Jul 1774
  1. Rev. James Lewis French1788 - 1873
  2. Lafford French1802 - 1888
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m. 1813
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. James Lewis French
Gender Male
Birth[1] 19 Jun 1788 Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Marriage 1813 Tennesseeto Eleanor Shanks
Death[1] 1873 Blount, Alabama, United States
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Rev. James Lewis French

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rev James Lewis French, in Find A Grave.

    James Lewis French and Eleanor Shanks moved to Ebell, Alabama about 1831 from Tennessee. He was a Methodist Minister and Farmer. They had 11 children, most of whom moved to Narvarro County, Texas between 1850-1870. Children are: Lewis, Elijah, Sarah, Moses, Love Ann, Azele, Lafford, Elenor, Elizabeth, William, Joseph, and Rutha.

    James was the son of Lafford French (b. 1753 in ? New Jersey) of South Carolina. Lafford was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He died Sept. 11, 1831 and was buried in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

    Thomas French, progenitor, was born in 1639, Nether Heyford, England. He was a Quaker who was persecuted for his beliefs. He, his wife and nine children came on H.M.S. Kent and landed at Burlington, N.J. August 1680. He died in 1699.

    Lineage: Thomas French 1639; Thomas French Jr. 1667; Joseph French 1697; Joseph French Jr. ?; Lafford French 1753; James Lewis French

  2.   Sawyer, Wilna Powell. James Lewis French: His Ancestors and Descendants with Allied Lines. (FamilySearch, 1973)
    Pages 20 & 21.
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