MARY ANN MCCLELLAN
| BIRTHDATE: April 26, 1807 Wayne County, GA Married: Jeremiah H. Johns October 14, 1824 Wayne County, GA Death Date: July 15, 1862 Brantley Co., GA |
CHILDREN Andrew McClellan Johns Sarah Ann Johns Mary Elizabeth Johns Jeremiah Jackson Johns William Flemon Johns Joseph Madison Johns Jacob Jefferson Johns Robert Cuyler Johns John Adams Johns George Washington Johns James McKinney Johns Paul Columbus Johns Israel Champion Johns |
BORN July 15, 1825 May 9, 1827 February 9, 1829 January 9, 1831 August 22, 1832 August 7, 1834 February 20, 1836 December 1, 1837 October 7, 1839 August 10, 1844 January 15, 1847 December 8, 1848 March 10, 1850 |
DIED March 22, 1916 May 16, 1864 April 11, 1905 March 4, 1878 January 9, 1913 October 19, 1887 June 12, 1908 November 14, 1920 |
Mary Ann McClellan was the first of five children born to Andrew McClellan and Sarah Edwards. The inscription on her tombstone reads, "On the earth no longer she desired to stay, and God in his mercy called her away." She and her husband are buried in the Bashlott Cemetery in Brantley County, Georgia.
Andrew McClellan, father of Mary Ann McClellan, was born in South Carolina in 1774. He and Sarah Edwards were married in South Carolina on October 9, 1800. They moved shortly thereafter to Georgia where they raised their family. Andrew died in May of 1848.
Sarah Edwards, mother of Mary Ann McClellan, was born in 1776 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, the daughter of Andrew Edwards and Phoebe Meadows. Sarah died July 1, 1826. Andrew McClellan and Sarah Edwards had these five children: Mary Ann (b.1807), Elizabeth Margarette (b.1810), Sarah E. (b.1816), Ann Catherine (b.1822), and Bathsheba (b.1826).
Andrew Edwards, father of Sarah Edwards, was born in 1752, the son of Thomas Edwards, Jr. and Elizabeth Nicholas. He married Phoebe Meadows in 1774. They had these eight children: Mary (b.1775), Sarah (b.1776), James (b.1777), Little Berry (b.1779), Bettie (b.1785), Andrew Jr. (b.1782), and John (b.1787).
Thomas Edwards, Jr., father of Andrew Edwards, was born in 1723. He and his wife, Elizabeth Nicholas, had these five children: Robert (b.1743), Thomas (b.1747), Andrew (b.1752), Sarah (b.1750), and William (b. 1745).
Thomas Edwards, Sr., father of Thomas Edwards, Jr., was born in Wales in 1690. He married Elizabeth Downing in England in 1714. They had these five children: Robert (b. 1716), Thomas (b.1723), Frankey Martha (b.1727), John (b.1725), and William (b.1720).