The Family Garden
Notes
Mary Worth WHITAKER
She married (1) a Mr. Lamb. He died soon after reaching home from the Civil War. She married (2) Silas Jasper Lake.
*Source: History of Freestone County Texas, by the Freestone County Historical Commission, First Edition 1978, p. 5449 (article # 501). Repository: Personal Copy
John Franklin MANAHAN
John Franklin Manahan by Mrs. Uel Davis, Jr. (extracts)
He was the son of Samuel Manahan and Sarah L. Murphy. As a young man he moved to Benton County, Mississippi and met and married Malinda Seely….the daughter of Edward R. Seely. Malinda's brother was Elder J. T. Seely, a Primitive Baptist preacher and Freestone County pioneer. Although John Franklin was over the military age, he enlisted in the Confederate Army on March 8, 1862 and was soon promoted to Captain of Company G. 31st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry. He saw much military service and was in many hard fought battles. Captain Manahan was wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek on July 20, 1864. At a reorganization of troops in North Carolina near the close of the war, he was senior Captain commanding the Regiment.
John Franklin and Malinda had six children: Thaddeus A., Theophilus W., Samuel, Sarah, Jane, William E., and Sophonious E.
John Franklin and his family moved to Freestone County in 1868. Freestone County records show that he bought 24 acres of land at Cotton Gin in 1869. On February 25, 1871 he bought 300 acres of land from Wm. S. Ward in the Lewis Caddell and Emanuel Clements Survey in Grange Hall and moved his family there. This land has been owned and occupied by his descendants continuously since that time. They later lived in Stewards Mill. While living in Freestone County, John Franklin and Malinda engaged in farming. They were members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Samuel (sic…their son) was a carpenter and helped build the Stewards Mill Church. He also built the pews that are still being used in that Church. Five of the children married.
Thaddeus A. married Annie Green
Theophilus W. married Florence Kennedy
Sarah Jane married John H. Kennedy
William E. married May Wooldridge
Sophonious E. married Charles O. Steen
Samuel never married.
On August 10, 1898, John Franklin died and was buried in Stewards Mill Cemetery, Malinda died on September 9, 1903 and is buried beside her husband. *Source: History of Freestone County, Texas, First Edition 1978, published by the Freestone County Historical Commission, p. 478, article # 556
Thaddeus A. MANAHAN
Thaddeus A. married Annie Green *Source: History of Freestone County, Texas, First Edition 1978, published by the Freestone County Historical Commission, p. 478, article # 556
Theophilus Winfield MANAHAN
Theophilus W. married Florence Kennedy *Source: History of Freestone County, Texas, First Edition 1978, published by the Freestone County Historical Commission, p. 478, article # 556
Samuel MANAHAN
Samuel was a carpenter and helped build the Stewards Mill Church. He also built the pews that are still being used in that Church. He never married.
*Source: History of Freestone County, Texas, First Edition 1978, published by the Freestone County Historical Commission, p. 478, article # 556
Sarah Jane MANAHAN
Sarah Jane married John H. Kennedy *Source: History of Freestone County, Texas, First Edition 1978, published by the Freestone County Historical Commission, p. 478, article # 556
William Edward MANAHAN
William E. married May Wooldridge *Source: History of Freestone County, Texas, First Edition 1978, published by the Freestone County Historical Commission, p. 478, article # 556
Sophonious E MANAHAN
Sophonious E. married Charles O. Steen *Source: History of Freestone County, Texas, First Edition 1978, published by the Freestone County Historical Commission, p. 478, article # 556
Malinda Ann STEWART
Malinda married a Mr. Smith and went to Dallas County, TX.
In a copy of a citation notice in the State of Mississippi, Malinda's brother, Moody and John are trying to contact her and some other family members who own land (et all). It appears that they were in Texas and told to return to Mississippi. Not just Malinda but it also says that many of the family was in Freestone Texas.
*Source: In a copy of a citation notice in the State of Mississippi, Malinda's brother, Moody and John are trying to contact her and some other family members who own land (et all). It appears that they were in Texas and told to return to Mississippi. Not just Malinda but it also says that many of the family was in Freestone Texas.
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