To The Sasser-List, Thanks to Patsy the list will have more names to look over and information from Johnston Co., NC. --==Earl==-- *********************************** JOHN THOMAS STANCIL John Thomas Stancil (1-23-1841 -- 1-27-1922) son of Samuel Stancil of Stancil Chapel Community, Johnston Co. and Martha (Patsy) Renfrow of Lucama, Wilson County were married 7-20-1838. John Thomas married DeLanie Catherine Sasser (4-5-1842 - 1-11- 1915) in July, 1860. DeLanie was the daughter of Henry Sasser and Martha (Patsy) Bagley Sasser. Martha was the daughter of Theophi lus and Catharine Gisbon who lived near Holly Springs Free Will Baptist Church. DeLanle had brothers: John Henry, a Free-Will Baptist Preacher (1842-1908), Thomas 1837-1906), and two half-brothers, Stephen and Alvin Ralnes. When Henry Sasser died, Martha married Haywood Oliver Raines. John Thomas had brothers James Henry, Josiah and Jacob. Their father Samuel died and their mother Martha married Gulls Hales (1835-1890). Martha, who died in 1894, had children by Gulls: Elias, Condary, Perry, Jessie, Lucindia, Pinettie and Sarah Jane. Pinettie married W. Gray Pittman, Lucindia married John Elie Atkinson, Sarah Jane married Abednego Atkinson. John Thomas and Delanie reared Henry, who was a chimney builder. Many of his chimneys are standing today. Henry (1861- 1933) married Frances Barnes of Wilson Co. Their children were Walter, Oscar, Lillian, Bessie, Leonard, Elizabeth, Agnes and ha. Samuel Stanch (1863-1930) married Missouri Howell of Wilson Co. They raised Elbert, Lonie, Annie and Erma. Josiah (1866-1939) married Minnie Sasser. They raised Lumois, Harry, William, Herbert, Leafy and Mazeil. Tempy Ann (born 4-19-1868) married Fred Hill. They raised Delia, Ronnie, Fletcher, Millard, Moses, Pearl, Clarence, Preston, Bessie, Jack and Tony'. Lumois and Fletcher served in Europe in World War I. When Tempy Ann died Fred married Arnettle (1874-1916) and they raised Arthur, Wilbur and Nancy. John Archer (born 1871) married Pinettie Edwards. They raised Arthur, Alice, Millard, Martha, Laughton, Kermit and Carletfa. Alvin Rosco (1876-1935) married Fannie Pitlman, they raised Beulah and Vernard. Fannie died and Alvin married Esther Peedin and they raised Pluma. Virginia, Glenn and Conell. Harvey A. Stancil, a veterinarian, born.in 1878, married Gertrude Williams, Duplin Co. and they raised Clyde and Gertrude. Gertrude died and Harvey married Bertha Smith. They raised Mavis, Vessie, Pafsy, Carl, Eula and Garland, George ira (1880-1935) married Eva Ann Mercer (1881-1962) of Duplin Co. They raised Eftie Irene (1902), Thomas Emmette (1903), Delanie Ethel (1905), George Ralph (1908), Celia Rachel (1910). Mamie Alma (1913) Eva Vazell (1915(, Lola Myrtle (1917), Hilda Mae (1919), George Ira, Jr. (1920) Harold Lloyd (1924-1944 when killed in action in World War, It) and Dorothy Jane (1926). George Ira was elected Justice of the Peace in 1918 on the Republican ticket. He then asked for both party votes for reelection and held the office for 16 years. His health failed in 1934 and he died in 1935. His granddaughter Gilda Renfrow Six drew a family tree with four generations. John Thomas and DeLanie form the trunk and the limbs are their descendants. It is displayed annually at the Stancil Reunion which began in 1902. Catherine (born 1882), no known descendants. Thomas Ruffin (1884-1907) married Mamie Pittman. no children. Thomas Sasser, James Henry, John Thomas Stancil were foot soldiers in the Confederate Army, volunteering under Jack Raines, in Set-ma, N.C. The John Thomas Stancil land came by William Sasser, with a land grant. The plot west of Buffalo swamp in Beulah Township has remained in the family. Owners today are T. Emmette, George Ira Jr., Glenn, Donell and Garland Stanch. Kenly had a fence around if and stock-law gates to keep the livestock that fed on the open range out of the city limits. Sometimes milk and vegetables were put in containers and let down in the open wells to help keep them cool. Mules and oxen were used for farming. A meal for a 1,000 lb. mule was six good ears of corn and a bundle of fodder three times a day. The animals were led to water three times a day ,if working, otherwise twice. Mules and oxen would work together, but the oxen did not stand the heat as well as the mules or horses because they do not have sweat glands. as the other named animals. John Thomas, my grandfather, had his muzzle-loader rifle used in the war and sometimes his boys used dry peas in it as ammunition. Rivers had ferries and bridges. Shallow streams were crossed at fords and had foot logs for pedestrians. These were built and maintained by the community. If neighbors got sick or had misfortune, the community prepared their land, planted and tended their crops.