Lanny, Maybe I missed this earlier but is there a connection between James Pyron and William Pyron, who married Elizabeth Browning Allen? I'm descended from Josiah and Elizabeth Allen and looking for a timeframe in which Josiah died. If we had a date for that marriage, or knew if Elizabeth & William had children, those facts would help "guesstimate" his death date. Thanks, Janell Jones Goss > [Original Message] > From: Lanny Cauthen <lcauthen@mindspring.com> > To: <GAPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/11/02 2:42:07 PM > Subject: [GAPIKE] James Pyron and Family > > Lynn and fellow researchers, > > I have the following information on James Pyron and his family. Most of this information came from a black composition notebook in the DAR section at the Ga. Archives and was written by Mrs. John Dance (Frances Pyron) in the 1930's. She was the granddaughter of James Pyron and Elizabeth Cox. Recently I read that some materials at the Ga. Archives submitted by researchers was off limits or had been destroyed. These records may not be available anymore, but I do have a photocopy of them. > > James Pyron was born on Sept. 8, 1816 and died on June 6, 1867. He married Elizabeth Ann Cox on Aug. 3, 1840 or 1842 in Henry Co., Ga. She was born on April 20, 1823 in Lexington, Ga., the daughter of John Morris Cox and Mary Blanton Hawkins. Elizabeth died on April 21, 1910 in Kennesaw, Ga. > > Mrs. Dance writes that after the birth of several children, they moved to Dalton, Ga. where he was agent for the W and A Railroad. From there they moved to Acworth, Ga. In the 1850 census, they were enumerated at Dalton, in Murray Co., Ga. > > I have a copy of a picture of James Pyron which was owned by my great great grandmother Susan Pyron Harris, his sister. On the back of the original picture is written - James Pyron died at Acworth on June 6, 1867, age 51 years, 7 months, 28 days. > > Children: > > l. Charles William Pyron - b. May 13, 1844 and served in Co. A, 18th Regt. from Cobb Co. "Acworth Infantry" of the Confederacy. Record reads: Private April 1, 1861. Surrendered Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. > > 2. Thomas Jefferson Pyron - b. Feb. 11, 1846 in Henry Co., Ga., d. June 28, 1906. He married Sarah Buchanan on May 10, 1868 in Cobb Co. She was b. Jan. 5, 1850, d. March 13, 1918 in Atlanta. He was also in Co. A, 18th Regt. of Cobb Co. known as "Acworth Infantry." His record: Private April 1, 1861. Wounded in left leg at Sharpburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862. Pension records show he was permanently injured, while driving an ambulance, June 1864. On detached duty Jan. 30, 1865. > > 3. James Madison Pyron - b. Nov. 25, 1848, d. Aug. 16, 1896. > > 4. Mary Ann Pyron - b. April 16, 1850, d. March 28, 1875 and married Fletcher A. Northcutt on Jan. 12, 1868. > > 5. Martha Pyron - b. Oct. 11, 1852, d. April 1855. > > 6. John Wylie Pyron - b. July 11, 1854 and married Mrs. Harriet Fannin (widow) on Jan. 8, 1888. > > 7. Stephen Johnson Pyron - b. Oct. 3, 1857. > > 8. Lucy Angeline Pyron - b. Dec. 22, 1859, d. Oct. 13, 1874. > > 9. Henry Davis Pyron - b. Oct. 8, 1861, d. March 6, 1883. > > Lanny Cauthen > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- jjg6808@earthlink.net --- Genealogists--We Confuse the Dead & Irritate the Living !