Descendants of Gospero Sweet
Alana's and Margaret Mitchell's closest Common ancestor is Gospero Sweet. By using the Relationship Chart from the home page it shows they are 3rd cousins, 4 times removed.
Margaret Mitchell, author of the novel GONE WITH THE WIND, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother was a suffragist. Her father was a prominent lawyer and president of the Atlanta Historical Society. As a child, she adopted her mother's feminist ideals (which clashed with her conservative father).
Margaret's mother died in 1919, and she returned home to keep house for her father and brother. She married Berrien Kinnard Upshaw in 1922. The marriage ended because of spousal rape and was annulled in 1924. She started her career as a journalist in 1922 under the name Peggy Mitchell, writing for the Atlanta Journal. She quit four years later after an ankle injury. Her second husband was John Robert Marsh.
During World War II, Margaret was a volunteer selling war bonds and volunteer for the American Red Cross. She was named an honorary citizen of Vimoutiers, France, in 1949, for helping the city get American aid after WW II. She died in Atlanta on August 16, 1949 after being accidentally struck down by a speeding car.
1 Gospero Sweet 1774 - +Anne Munnerlyn 1794 - 1841
...2 Benjamin Silvias Sweet 1826 - .....+Susan Rebecca Sweet 1834 - ......3 Anne Caroline Sweet 1852 - 1923 ........+Seymour Columbus Walker 1846 - 1923 .........4 Benjamin Seymour Walker 1881 - 1965 ...........+Susan Ansie Belle Hale 1880 - 1967 ............5 Gladys Neva Walker 1904 - 1982 ..............+Stanley Lee Williams 1898 - 1951 ...............6 Patsy Jean Williams 1928 - .................+Frederick Lale Varnado 1927 - ..................7 Debra Susan Varnado 1951 - 1981 ....................+John Randall (Carlson) Farmacka 1951 - .....................8 Sandra Gail Farmacka 1976 - .......................+Marco Antonio Leal 1974 - ........................9 Alana Nicole Leal 1998 -
...2 William Charles Sweet .....3 Deborah Margaret Sweet .......+Russell Crawford Mitchell ........4 Eugene Muse Mitchell 1866 - ..........+Maybelle Stephens 1872 - ...........5 Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell 1900 - 1949 (Gone With The Wind)