Greetings!
Here is my line, in response to the roll call on the list.
First, the part of the line that I am certain of:
Joseph Cason, b. about 1776 in NC, married Rebecca Miller. This
family moved into Wilson Co, TN by about 1814 and settled in the
area known as Simmons Bluff. Rebecca was the daughter of
John Miller and Mary Anderson and was born about 1773 in GA.
This couple had 10 children: Jeremiah, James, Mary Margaret (Peggy),
William, Sarah, John A., Elizabeth M., Lockey, Joseph T., and
Rebecca J. I descend from Jeremiah.
Both Joseph Cason and Rebecca Miller Cason died in 1835 during an
epidemic of yellow fever in middle TN.
Jeremiah Cason, b. 19 Sep 1800 in Abbeville, SC, married Elizabeth
Faver. Elizabeth was born 29 Mar 1795 in Culpeper Co, VA and was
the daughter of John and Henrietta Faver. Jeremiah and Elizabeth
were married 10 Jan 1826 in Limestone Co., AL, where Elizabeth's
family had moved. Elizabeth died 24 Mar 1867 and Jeremiah died
22 Jul 1866, both in Simmons Bluff, Wilson Co., TN.
This couple had six children: Jeremiah Harris, Faver, Fanny, John
McNairy, Joseph Mason, and Rebecca M. I descend through Jeremiah Harris.
J.H. Cason, b. 16 Dec 1832, married Elizabeth Cooper, b. 10 Sep 1834,
on 3 Jul 1856 in Fairfield, Bedford Co., TN. Elizabeth was the daughter
of Micajah T. Cooper and Sarah A. Vincent.
J.H. and Elizabeth Cason went to Africa as Baptist missionaries in
1856, returning after less than two years due to the death of a
child and ill health. J.H. Cason fought in the Confederacy and
lost an arm in Bean's Station in east TN. After the war, he preached
throughout AL, MS, AR, and TX. He was a missionary to the native
Americans in west Texas and died in Royce City, TX in 1915.
Lida Cason, b. 24 Jun 1868, daughter of J.H. and Bettie Cooper Cason,
married John William Higgs.
Mary Higgs, daughter of Lida and Will Higgs, married H. Hudson Wren.
Bette Carole Wren, daughter of Mary and Hudson Wren, married
Robert H. Dickson III.
Bette Carole and Bob are my parents.
My entire line is presented at
http://www.mindspring.com/~dickson.
--SCott
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