on 8/23/06 9:28 PM, Nancy Kennedy at nancykennedy@charter.net wrote: > GANUS, GANOS, GAINUS > > George W Ganus and Nancy Barron > > Known children: > > Mary Ann > > David J > > Eli > > James F > > Mary Ellinder > > John W > > Malinda Louisa > > George Ganus was born ca 1815 in SC and his wife Nancy Barron was born ca > 1818 in Georgia. Nancy was the daughter of Mary E Barron, born ca 1786 in > Georgia. The husband of Mary Barron is unknown. Mary died after 1880, maybe > in McNairy County, if not in Hardin County, Tennessee. She is on the 1870 > McNairy County, TN census with George and Nancy, age 85. > > > Mary E Barron is in Marion Co, Alabama in 1860, Pikeville Postoffice on page > 531. She is shown at 74 years old, Sarah, age 34, seamstress, William age > 13, and Sarah age 11. The children probably belong to Sarah. It is unknown > if Sarah is a daughter or daughter-in-law of Mary. > > A William Barron, which could be the son of Mary, shows up in McNairy County > in 1880. He is in district 15 HH 57. He is age 56 born Ga and wife L J age > 39, daughter Mary 1 age 21, M C Kemp age 16 (step-daughter? ), R O C age 1 > female, daughter. William's wife may have been married first to a Kemp. > > > George and Nancy show up in McNairy County, Tennessee in 1870 in the 7th > district HH 157 along with her mother and several of the children. > > The Gaines family was found in Marion County, Georgia in 1850, page 236. > Living next door is Eason Gaines age 42, Young Gaines age 25 and George W > Gaines age 33. There is a possibility they are brothers. The George W Gaines > family is shown as > > George W Gaines age 33, Nancy age 33, Mary Ann age 8, David J age 6, Eli age > 4, James 2 Ellinder age 1 > > > The Ganes family is found in 1860 in Marion Co, Alabama, Pikeville > Postoffice. The census shows this information: > > George W Ganes, age 45 real estate 200 born SC and wife Nancy age 42, born > GA Mary A, 18 - dau David, 16 - son Eli, 14 son James, 12 - son Mary, > 10 -dau John, 8 - son Malinda, 6 - dau Louisa, 3, dau > > > The 1870 census of McNairy County, TN, Dist 7 HH 157 shows : > > George W Ganess, age 54, Nancy 53, James 20, Malinda age 12, Louisa age 14 > John age 10, > > Mary Ganess 25, her son George W age 2. Mary Barron (Nancy's mother) age 84. > > The 1880 Hardin Co, TN census, District 15, HH 98 shows: > > From: "Frank Turner" <fturner3@nexband.com> > Subject: [TNMCNAIRY] Barron - Ganus > > >> Seeking info on Joseph Barron(Barran) and Sarah Ganus(Gainess). They >> married >> in McNairy Co. before 1870. >> Thank you, Frank >> >> >> ==== TNMCNAIR Mailing List ==== >> USGenWeb Census records on line >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== TNMCNAIR Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Census records on line > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > Thank you Nancy. This may or may not help me. I will study further. Frank