[email protected] wrote: > > Bill: There is quite a bit of information about Benjamin Fanning but I'm > sorry to say none includes his parents. I have included some of the > information below. There is more about his children. If you need it please > let me know. > > Linda,Roanoke,VA > > Concord Church is now known as Athens, WV > > Submitted by Jack Scott to the Mercer County History 1987 > > My great-great-grandfather Benjamin Famming was the first postmaster of > Concord Church where he served for almost twenty-five years. He served from > July 20, 1966 to April 19, 1891. > > 1860 Mercer Co. Census > 642/604 > FANNING, Benjamin 50, m, farmer; 2000/855; b. VA > Nancy 48, f, wife; > Mary H. 20, f, serving; > Sarepta J. 17, f, serving; > Nancy E. 15, f, serving; > Oread T. 12 f, > Louisa S., 8, f. > PRITCHARD, Thomas 31, master carpenter 1000/900, b. Landashire, England > MCWALKER, John 22, m, apprentice carpenter b. Edinburgh, Scotland > > REGARDING ATHENS > > Additional pioneer settlers were Benjamin Fanning, Frances Scott and John > Martin, Sr. > > Joseph M. Meador (m) Mattie Burch of Mercer Co., daughter of George W. and > Sarepta Fanning Burch. Her people were pioneers in this section of the state. > > REMINISCING IN ATHENS BY ELLA HOLROYD > SCOTT - this white frame house with the white aspen tree in the yard was > built by Lundy Nichols' brother. It was later bought by Levi and Charlotte > Scott. Levi is a descendant of Uncle Ben Fanning, one of the original five > families of Concord Church. Levi and Charlotte have one daughter Marjorie > Lee who married Mason Handley and now live in Georgia. > > FANNING CEMETERY. Cemetery is located in Athens in the northeast corner of > the Benjamin Fanning Farm, now the Faulknew property, off West Broadway. > Benjamin Fanning 2/18/1809-6/25/1900 > Nancy Martin Fanning 1/3/1811-2/3/1876 > Susan Fanning Scott no date > Sarepta Burch 10/22/1843 > George W. Burch 4/1/1838 > Isabelle Dove 1847 > There are several other graves of descendants of Benjamin and Nancy Fanning > in the cemetery. Some of the graves have markers. > > In 1835 Benjamin Fanning (Fannon, Fannin) bought more than five hundred acres > of land from James and Charlotte Hector in the area of Giles County, > Virginia, that is now Athens, Mercer County, West Virginia. Benjamin's > father-in-law, John Martin Sr., had settled on Laurel Creek, near Athens in > 1829. > Benjamin (Jeb 18, 1809-June 25, 1900) married Nancy Jane Martin (January 3, > 1811-February 3, 1876) on April 20, 1833, in Giles Co. She was the daughter > of John Martin Sr., (1780) and Susanna Waggoner Martin. Nancy's grandparents > were Daniel Martin (1758-February 24, 1824) and Mary Keatley Martin > (17560July 1848). Her maternal grandparents were Adam and Jane Waggoner. > Children of Benjamin and Nancy Fanning: > 1 Andres Jackson Fanning 1834-1864 (m) Nancy Jane Martin on April 19, 1855 > 2 Susanna Fanning December 10, 1835 (m) William Brown Scott > 3 Sarah C. Fanning 1838 (m) William Waddle > 4 Mary Hester Fanning June 10, 1839-March 13, 1934 (m) John Tipton Faulkner > 5 Sarepta J. "Tipie" Fanning October 22, 1843 -1928 (m) George William Burch > 6 Nancy E. Fanning August 22, 1845) (m) Henderson French Martin > 7 Isabelle Fanning 1847 (m) Feerdinand "Foote" Davis > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > This WVMERCER Mailing List is hosted by the RootsWeb Genealogical Data > Cooperative. RootsWeb is also funded entirely by you, the genealogical > community. To find out how you could help support 'internet' genealogy > through the RootsWeb System, you are encouraged to see the following: > ........http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html......... Hello Linda, I really appreciate what you have sent - I had very little of this information. Thanks to you, I can fill in some of the missing pieces of the "Fanning Puzzle". Bill (in Ohio) -- MZ