(William) Wallace Stephens b. 1773 VA d. 19 July 1853 Simpson Co. KY son of Thomas and Mary--?-- Stephens, married Mary Beasley b. 1784 NC d. 1846 Simpson Co. KY. dau Frances Stephens b. 1810 Sumner Co. TN m. John Mayes b. TN son Joseph Stephens b. 18 Oct 1815 Simpson Co. KY m. Amelia "Milly" Perdue 21 Feb 1832 Sumner Co. TN, dau of Asa (1784-1880) and Elizabeth (Webb) Perdue (1792-1861). Amelia (Perdue) Stephens was b. 1814 Franklin Co. VA and d. 1860 Sumner Co. TN. They had a son James Boley Stephens b. 1832 d. 1907. Note: My paternal grandmother was a Perdue descended from Luke, a younger brother of Asa, so this Joseph Stephens marriage was in my data base. The information is from Ancestry and should be verified. My birthdate for Asa Perdue is 1786 and Elizabeth Webb's birth is abt. 1791. They were m. 10 Jun 1813 Franklin Co. VA. Asa and Luke Perdue were among the eleven sons of Meshach and Eleanor (Dillon) Perdue, Franklin Co. VA. They had one dau Elizabeth Perdue who married Benjamin Ward. 1820 TN Sumner, Gallatin Image 86 of 103 4. Elizabeth Stephens 1 male 10-15, 3 fem 0-9, 1 fem 10-15, 1 fem 16-18, 1 fem 16-26, 1 in Agric. 5. Wallace Stephens 2 males 0-9, 1 male 45 and up, 3 fem 0-9, 3 fem 10-15, 1 fem 26-44, 1 in Agric. 22. William Stephens 1 male 0-9, 1 male 26-44, 2 fem. 0-9, 1 fem 10-15, 1 fem 16-26, 1 in Agric. 1830 KY Simpson, Twp. not stated Image 36 of 52 10. John Beasley 1 male 0-4, 3 males 5-9, 1 male 40-49 1 fem 0-4, 1 fem 10-14, 1 fem 30-39 11. Wallis Stephens 2 males 0-4, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 50-59, 1 fem 5-9, 2 fem 10-14, 1 fem 15-19, 1 fem 20-29, 1 fem 40-49. 1840 KY Simpson Co.,Twp. not stated Image 39 of 68 2. Wallis Stephens 1 male 5-9, 2 males 10-14, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 60-69, 2 fem 0-4, 1 fem 15-19, 2 fem 20-29, 1 fem 50-59. Image 37 of 68 (2nd entry from the bottom) John Beasley 2 males 5-9, 1 male 10-14, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 50-59, 1 fem 0-4, 1 fem 10-14, 1 fem 15-19, 1 fem 20-29, 1 fem 40-49. 10 Aug 1850 KY Simpson Co. Twp. not stated, Image 26 of 141 21. 164/164 Wm Stephens 77 M VA (abt. 1773) 22. A. Stephens 42 F TN (abt. 1808) 23. N. Stephens 40 F TN (abt. 1810) 24. Wm. Stephens 28 M TN (abt. 1822) 25. A. Stephens 16 M KY (abt. 1834) 26. 165/165 John Stephens 22 M TN 27. M. 23 F TN 28 M. E. 1 F KY Note: The age above for Wm is correct for Wallace/Wallis Stephens b. 1773 VA who d. 1853 Simpson Co. KY. His son John and wife Martha (Mayes) Stephens is living next to him. Beasley descendants are at the bottom of the prior page and top of same page as the Stephens. Image 25 of 141 41. 159/159 C. S. Beasley 28 M KY farmer 42. M. 23 F TN Image 26 of 141 1. J. W. Beasley 4 M KY 2. N. J. 1 F KY ----------------------------- Note: My grand uncle Harris A. Perdue m. 04 Dec 1909 Sumner Co. TN to Ada Mae Suttle, oldest dau of George Granvil "Gran" and Mary A. L. Tidona (Brown) Suttle. They had 2 children: Harold Perdue 1911-1989 and Mayzelle (Perdue) or Mrs. Howard Mitchell 1914-1978. She m. 1945. Harris died after serving in WWI in the Avian Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Ada then married Charles Neely Hamm 31 Aug 1919 and had a son Charles D. Hamm abt. 1921. Harris was the son of George A. and Flora Lavada (Brown) Perdue. Harris and Ada shared a common great-great grandfather in Robert Leonard Brown but with his two different wives. They had the same 3rd great-grandparents in Leonard and Sarah (Kimbrough) Brown. Hope all this helps! Linda Read Chesser ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER] Silas Mercer BEASLEY > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: lynnsettle > Surnames: Settle, Suttle, Sears, Mann, Whitaker, Stephens, Berry, Simons, > Latham, Blake, Rager,foundf > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/2698.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Wondering if you might know of a Mary Beasley that md Wallis Stephens in > Tn. They had a son John Stephens who md Martha Mayes in Sumner Co Tn. in > 1848. > Thank you for any info you might assist in our search. > Lynn > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNSUMNER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message