USSERY
GARDNER
BARBER
Index Page: Clendennen / Ehlers
~~~~~First Generation~~~~~
JOHN USSERY (b: 1640 ENG, d: Feb 7, 1688/89 VA) married MARY (b: abt 1652 ENG d: unknown) about 1671. Their children:
1. JOHN USSERY (b: 1672 ENG, d: aft Oct 1750 VA) m: SARAH BLACKWELL
2. RICHARD USSERY (b: abt 1675 New Kent CO., VA d: unknown)
3. ELIZABETH USSERY (b: 1686 VA d: unknown)
~~~~~Second Generation~~~~~
JOHN USSERY (b: 1672 ENG, d: aft Oct 1750 Lunenburg CO., VA) married SARAH BLACKWELL (b: 1672 VA, d: abt Oct 1790) daughter of JAMES BLACKWELL and LYDIA about 1691. Their children:
1. WILLIAM USSERY, SR (b: abt 1692, d: 1769/87) m: MINERVA JUDITH HAYES
2. JOHN USSERY II (b: abt 1694 VA, d: Dec 13, 1804 VA) m: ANNA
3. THOMAS USSERY (b: abt 1696 VA d: unknown)
4. PLEASANTS USSERY (b: abt 1698 VA d: unknown)
5. ANNICE USSERY (b: abt 1700 VA d: unknown)
6. SAMUAL USSERY (b: abt 1702 VA d: unknown)
7. SARAH USSERY (b: abt 1730 VA d: unknown)
~~~~~Third Generation~~~~~
WILLIAM USSERY, SR. (b: 1692 Lunenburg CO., VA, d: 1769/1787 Orange CO., NC) married MINERVA JUDITH HAYES(b: abt 1695). Their children:
1. WILLIAM USSERY, JR. (b: 1727 VA, d: June 10, 1811 NC) m: SARAH BAYES
2. JOHN USSERY (b: 1729 d: unknown)
3. WELCOME USSERY (b: 1733 d: unknown)
4. THOMAS USSERY (b: 1735 d: unknown)
5. PETER USSERY (b: abt 1739 d: unknown)
~~~~~Fourth Generation~~~~~
WILLIAM USSERY, JR. (b: 1727 Hanover CO., VA, d: June 10, 1811 Montgomery, NC) married SARAH BAYES (b: abt 1745 Halifax CO., VA, d: 1831 Giles CO,, TN), daughter of JOSEPH BAYES and ANN ROBERTSON, in 1761 in Lunenburg CO., VA. Their children:
1. THOMAS USSERY, ESQ. (b: Jan 25, 1742, d: June 10, 1811) m: SARAH USSERY
2. MARY USSERY (b: abt 1750 d: unknown) m: SOLOMON GROSS
3. ELIZABETH USSERY (b: 1752 d: unknown) m: ISAAC ARMSTRONG
4. JOHN USSERY (b: abt 1751, d: 1828) m: ELIZABETH HENDLEY
5. WELCOME USSERY (b: May 27, 1752 d: Jan 6, 1850) m: LUCY GROSS
6. RHODA USSERY (b: abt 1754 d: unknown) m: JOHN (JACK) GROSS
7. MARTHA USSERY (b: 1756 d: unknown)
8. PETER USSERY (b: May 8, 1762, d: Dec 28, 1834) m: (1) AMELIA JARVIS (2) LIVELY RUSHING CHAIRS
9. WILLIAM USSERY (b: 1764, d: bef June 11, 1811)
10. CHRISTINA USSERY (b: abt 1770, d: bef 1785) m: LUKE ROBERTSON
11. NANCY USSERY (b: abt 1777 d: unknown) m: JAMES ALLMAND
12. SARAH USSERY (b: abt 1772 d: unknown) m: EDWARD CHAMBERS
~~~~~Fifth Generation~~~~~
THOMAS USSERY, ESQ. (b: Jan 25, 1742, Montgomery CO., NC, d: June 10, 1811 Montgomery CO., NC) married SARAH (b: 1752 Brunswick CO., VA, d: 1818) in 1767 in Montgomery CO., NC). Their children:
1. THOMAS USSERY, JR. (b: 1773, d: 1831-1865)
2. THOMAS USSERY, JR. (b: 1774, d: 1838)
3. MARTHA USSERY (b: 1778, d: 1838) m: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DUMAS
4. MARY USSERY (b: 1781 d: unknown) m: ROBERT LEVERITT
5. SQUIRE WELCOME USSERY (b: May 27, 1782, d: Jan 6, 1835) m: KAZIA
6. ROBERT USSERY (b: 1783, d: 1856) m: MARY CHAIRS
7. ELIZABETH USSERY (b: 1784 d: unknown) m: WILLIAMSON BAKER
8. PETER USSERY (b: Feb 14, 1786 d: unknown)
9. SARAH USSERY (b: 1782 d: unknown)
10. JOHN USSERY (b: Jan 17, 1796 d: unknown)
~~~~~Sixth Generation~~~~~
SQUIRE WELCOME USSERY (b: May 27, 1782 Barnwell Dist., SC, d: Jan 6, 1835 Barnwell Dist., SC) m: KEZIA (b: Mar 18, 1786 d: unknown) on Feb 7, 1803. Their children:
1. JOHN USSERY (b:Feb 3, 1807 d: unknown)
2. DAN USSERY (b: May 11, 1816 d: unknown)
3. GINCEY USSERY (b: Dec 14, 1803 d: unknown)
4. HOLDEN USSERY (b: Dec 11, 1810, d: 1863)
5. LOTTY USSERY (b: Mar 12, 1812 d: unknown)
6. JEMINA USSERY (b: Oct 2, 1818 d: unknown)
7. KEZIA USSERY (b: Apr 23, 1817 d: unknown)
8. MARY USSERY (b: Oct 1, 1808 d: unknown)
9. MILFORD USSERY (b: Nov 11, 1813 d: unknown)
10. PLEASANT USSERY (b: Aug 15, 1823 d: unknown)
11. RHODA CAROLINE USSERY (b: Dec 21, 1814, d: July 30, 1878)
12. SQUIRE WELCOME USSERY, JR. (b: Nov 15, 1805 d: abt 1865) m: VINEY PATTERSON
13. THOMAS JEFFERSON USSERY (b: June 11, 1821 d: unknown)
14. W. O'BANNON USSERY (b: Jan 21, 1826 d: unknown)
~~~~~Seventh Generation~~~~~
RHODA CAROLINE USSERY (b: Dec 21, 1814 Montgomery CO., NC, d: July 30, 1878 Williams CO., TX, buried: Gardner-Lawhon Cemetery Lee CO., TX) married MARMADUKE GARDNER (b: Aug 13, 1812 SC d: may 4, 1879 Williamson CO., TX, buried: Gardner-Lawhon Cemetery Lee CO., TX) son of GEORGE WASHINGTON GARDNER and MARY JANE ENNIS on Nov 18, 1832 in Barnwell Dist., SC). Their children:
1. JULIA GARDNER (b: May 14, 1848 MS, d: Nov 26, 1922 CA) m: JAMES SHAW
2. TABITHA ESTHER GARDNER (b: May 14, 1836 MS, d: Aug 28, 1928 TX) m: ISAAC NEWTON BARBER, SR.
3. SUSANNA GARDNER (b: Sept 9, 1934 SC, d: July 1880) m: EDWARD LANKFORD
4. SAPHRONIA J. GARDNER (b: Sept 29, 1834 SC, d: aft 1879) m: REV. WILLIAM GREEN
5. JOSEPH W. GARDNER (b: 1837 MS, d: 1864 in Civil War) m: NANCY SCALES
6. FRANCES ESTHER "EASTER" GARDNER (b: Mar 18, 1839 MS, d: Dec 7, 1883 TX) m: SEABORN JAMES BARBER
7. FRANCIS MARION GARDNER (b: June 22, 1840 MS, d: 1876/79) m: NANCY SCALES
8. THOMAS JEFFERSON GARDNER (b: 1841 MS, d: Apr 6, 1862 TN in battle of Shiloh)
9. SARAH ALMIRA GARDNER (b: Jan 4, 1843 MS, d: June 4, 1901 Thorndale, TX) m: (1) EDMUND DANCER (2) FRANCIS MARION PEEBLES
10. RHODA CAROLINE (KATE) GARDNER (b: May 13, 1845 MS, d: Oct 29, 1917 TX) m: (1) BOB WEEKS (2) WILLIAM BRADLEY DEAR (3) WILLIAM J. LAWHON
11. ALMIRE J. GARDNER (b: Nov 11, 1846 MS, d: Mar 10, 1910 TX) m: THOMAS JEFFERSON OLIVE
12. RICHARD GARDNER (b: abt 1847 d: infant)
13. JAMES MADISON "TUCK" GARDNER (b: Jan 4, 1850 MS, d: Feb 7, 1900 TX) m: (1) ADA WILLIAMS (2) MARY ANN TODD FRAZIER (3) NANCY ELIZABETH TODD
14. BABY GARDNER (b: 1850 MS)
15. JUDITH ELLEN GARDNER (b: July 6, 1852 MS, d: May 19, 1917 TX) m: JOHN CARR LAWHON
16. ISAAC GARDNER (triplett) (b: Jan 28, 1854, d: Mar 5, 1872 TX)
17. ABRAHAM GARDNER (triplett) (b: Jan 28, 1854, d: 1854)
18. JACOB GARDNER (triplett) (b: Jan 28, 1854, d: 1856)
19. LUCY HELEN GARDNER (b: May 19, 1856 TX, d: Sept 5, 1907 TX) m: DAVID B. LAWHON
~~~~~Eighth Generation~~~~~
TABITHA ESTHER GARDNER (b: May 14, 1836 Clark, MS, d: Aug 28, 1928 Pleasant Hill, Milam CO., TX) married ISAAC NEWTON BARBER, SR (b: 1826 GA), son of JAMES HENRY BARBER and MARY ANN COLLINS and lived in Pleasant Hill, TX. Their children:
1. THOMAS JEFFERSON BARBER (b: 1853 MS d: unknown) m: MARY VIRGINIA WADDLE
2. ISAAC NEWTON BARBER (b: 1854 d: unknown) m: FRANCES MARION BARMORE (2) ORA ESTELLE NEWCOMB
3. MAREY V. BARBER (b: 1855 TX d: unknown)m: ANDREW JENSEN
4. SARAH BARBER (b: 1856 TX d: unknown) m: JAMES WILEY GUNN
5. LAUNA BARBER (b: 1859 d; unknown) m: ELIAS BAKER
6. SOPHRONIA ESTHER BARBER (b: July 2, 1864 TX, d: Dec 15, 1940 TX) m: WILLIAM FRANCIS "FRANK" WALKER
7. WILLIAM MILTON BARBER (b: 1866 TX, d: 1869)
8. JAMES HINTON BARBER (b: 1868 TX d: unknown) m: MARY THOMPSON
9. ALLEN TABITHA BARBER (b: 1870 TX d: unknown) m: HENRY HORTON GRIMES
10. ALBERT MANFORD BARBER (b:1872 TX d: unknown) m: SARAH ELIZABETH MODESETT
11. JOE BARBER (b: 1876 TX d: unknown) m: ELIZABETH McIVER
12. IDA BARBER (b: 1878 TX d: unknown) m: RUFUS WILKERSON
13. STELLA BARBER (b: 1881 d: unknown) m: HENRY EDWARD BRYANT
~~~~~Ninth Generation~~~~~
SOPHRONIA ESTHER BARBER (b: July 13, 1863 Williamson, TX, d: Dec 15, 1940 Corpus Christi, TX) married WILLIAM FRANCIS "FRANK" WALKER (b: Aug 15, 1856 Griffin, GA, d: Dec 7, 1932 Corpus Christi, TX), son of ROBERT WALKER and ELIZABTH WEST CAIN. Their children:
1. CLAUDIA LAVONIA WALKER (b: 1885 d: TX) m: ROARK
2. WILBUR WALKER(b: July 23, 1887 d: TX) m: PEARL BOGGUS
3. MARGARET PAGE WALKER (d: infant)
4. ROBERT BARBER WALKER (b: April 3, 1894) m: MYRTLE TAYLOR
5. ELIZABETH EMILY WALKER (b: 1896) m: CLYDE OVERMAN
6. FRANCES REBECCA WALKER (b: Dec 21, 1898, d: Dec 26, 1993) m: OREA A. EHLERS, SR.
7. STELLA IRENE WALKER (b: Feb 10, 1900) m: DEWEY WORDEN
8. LENORA ELLEN WALKER (b: Mar 25, 1903) m: STANLEY McMURRAY
9. OLIVE PEARL WALKER (b: Nov 1906) m: RENE McCLARY
~~~~~Tenth Generation~~~~~
FRANCES REBECCA WALKER (b: Dec 21, 1898, d: Dec 26, 1993) married OREA ALVIN EHLERS, SR. (b: July 13, 1887, d: Nov 1979), son of JOHN HENRY EHLERS, JR. and MARY ELIZABETH HERKER. They owned a farm in Odem (Sodville), San Patricio CO, TX. Their children:
1. OREA ALVIN EHLERS, JR. (b: Sept 7, 1922) m: NORMA JEAN CLENDENNEN
2. JOHN WALKER EHLERS (b: 1935) m: ELAINE GEORGE
~~~~~Eleventh Generation~~~~~
OREA ALVIN EHLERS, JR. (Sept 7, 1922 Corpus Christi, TX) married NORMA JEAN CLENDENNEN (b: Nov 10, 1927 Texon, TX) daughter of MATTHEW BOLEN CLENDENNEN and BERNICE ELIZABETH O'NEILL of Sinton, TX on Feb 26, 1945. They lived in Sinton, TX, then Corpus Christi, TX. Their children
1. ORENE ELIZABETH EHLERS (b: oct 27, 1945 Sinton, TX m: (1) LAWRENCE REEVES BURNSIDE (2) MARK DOUGLAS CUSTER
2. BARBARA JEAN EHLERS (b: Aug 2, 1947 Sinton, TX) m: (1) DOUGLAS NOEL STEPHENS (2) GARNER GENE FARRIER.
~~~~~Twelth Generation~~~~~
ORENE ELIZABETH EHLERS (b: Oct 27, 1945 Sinton, TX) married (1) LAWRENCE REEVES BURNSIDE (b: Feb 3, 1948 Corpus Christi, TX), son of F.W. BURNSIDE and MABEL CRANK, on Mar 22, 1966 in Corpus Christi, TX. (2) MARK DOUGLAS CUSTER (b: Mar 14, 1960 Corpus Christi, TX, son of MORRIS D. CUSTER and CEIL KELLY on Mar 13, 1999 in Bandera, TX. Child of ORENE and LAWRENCE BURNSIDE:
1. LAWRENE ELIZABETH BURNSIDE (b: Oct 30, 1970 K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI)
BARBARA JEAN EHLERS (b: Aug 2, 1947 Sinton, TX) married (1) DOUGLAS NOEL STEPHENS (b: 1942), son of DOUG STEPHENS and EDNA CHANEY. (2) GARNER GENE FARRIER (b: Jan 11, 1953), son of GARNER FARRIER and RUBY PULLIN, on Oct 16, 1987. Child of BARBARA and DOUG STEPHENS:
1. CHRISTOPHER NOEL STEPHENS (b: Jan 11, 1969 Corpus Christi, TX)
~~~~~Thirteenth Generation~~~~~
LAWRENE ELIZABETH BURNSIDE (b: Oct 30, 1970 K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI). Children:
1. COLIN NOEL (b: Oct 16, 1989 Corpus Christi, TX)
2. TROY STEPHEN (twin) (b: Feb 13, 1995 Alameda, CA)
3. TREY MATTHEW (twin) (b: Feb 13, 1995 Alameda, CA)
Music is "Yesterday".
Last update: 11 September 2007
Prepared by: Orene Ehlers Custer, August 1999
Information gathered from family members and the Family Search Internet Genealogy Service.
