Andrew Willoby 1.Andrew married 2 Rebecca Landers on 2 Jul 1810.
Rebecca Landers [Parents] was born 1 in 1792 in Rutherford County, NC. She died 2 in 1847 in Henry County, TN. She married 3 Andrew Willoby on 2 Jul 1810.
John Slayton 1.John married 2 Susannah Landers on 25 Aug 1815.
Susannah Landers [Parents] was born 1 on 8 Jul 1798 in Warren County, KY. She died 2 on 17 Feb 1853 in Independence, PA. She married 3 John Slayton on 25 Aug 1815.
Henry Landers [Parents] was born 1 in 1796 in Rutherford County, NC. He died 2 in Oct 1847 in Illinois. He married 3 Betsy Hinton on 20 Sep 1817.
Betsy Hinton 1.Betsy married 2 Henry Landers on 20 Sep 1817.
Wayne Young 1.Wayne married 2 Dixie Lee Landes on 9 Mar 1937 in Decatur, TX.
Dixie Lee Landes [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 11 Apr 1920 in Decater, TX. She died 3 on 2 Jul 2001 in Decatur, TX. She married 4 Wayne Young on 9 Mar 1937 in Decatur, TX.
They had the following children:
F i Cathryn Jane Young 1. M ii Lanny Wayne Young 1. F iii Nina Lee Young 1. F iv Sara Lynn Young 1.
Christopher Columbus Landers [Parents] was born 1 in 1810/1818 in Bedford County, TN. He died 2 on 31 Jan 1867 in Harrison County, TX. He married Sarah Ann F. Narramore.
Sarah Ann F. Narramore was born 1 in 1838 in Harrison County, TX. She married Christopher Columbus Landers.
Jacob Anthony 1.Jacob married 2 Phoebe Landers in 1832.
Phoebe Landers [Parents] was born 1 in 1817 in Tennessee. She married 2 Jacob Anthony in 1832.
John Landis [Parents] was born 1 on 19 Apr 1795 in North Carolina. He died 2 on 4 Jul 1854 in Bedford County, TN. He married 3 Mary Lowe on 18 Nov 1820.
In early land deeds John was named Landers, but later appeared as Landis.Stacie Morr has sent a copy of a note from Kathryn Hopkins who copied thename John Landis and the same birth and death dates from a tombstone inLandis Cemetery, Bedford County, TN. This cemetery is located about 1mile s.e. of Shofner Lutheran Church on Thompson Creek.
Mary Lowe was born 1 on 14 Oct 1796. She died 2 on 14 Dec 1868. She married 3 John Landis on 18 Nov 1820.
They had the following children:
M i Absalom Lowe Landis Major was born on 31 Aug 1823. He died on 5 Jun 1896. F ii Phoebe Angeline Landis was born 1 on 27 Jun 1830. She died 2 on 11 Oct 1839. She was buried 3 in Landis Cemetery, Bedford County, TN.
On her tombstone Phoebe is listed as the third daughter of J. and M.Landis, so there are two that we have no record of.M iii Robert Wilson Landis was born 1 on 13 Dec 1831. He died 2 on 25 Oct 1839. He was buried 3 in Landis Cemetery, Bedford County, TN.
Absalom Lowe Landis Major [Parents] was born 1 on 31 Aug 1823 in Bedford County, TN. He died 2 on 5 Jun 1896 in Nashville, TN. He was buried 3 in Shofner Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bedford County, TN. He married Nancy Carter.
Major in the 17th Tennessee regiment, CSA.
State Senator, banker, merchant and manufacturer; owned Beech Hallplantation.
Was great-grandfather of Governor William Prentice Cooper (1895 - 1969).
Nancy Carter was born 1 on 20 Mar 1826. She died 2 on 5 Feb 1901. She was buried 3 in Shofner Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bedford County, TN. She married Absalom Lowe Landis Major.
The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy traces Nancy's family backto Pepin de Landis, died AD 647.
They had the following children:
F i Melissa Emma Landis was born in 1844. She died in 1912. M ii Absalom M. Landis was born 1 on 3 Apr 1846. He died 2 on 23 Sep 1847. F iii Helen Narcissa Landis was born on 1 Jan 1848. She died on 25 Oct 1887. M iv Melville Alonzo Landis was born on 12 Dec 1849. He died in 1915. M v Solon Lee Landis was born on 26 Feb 1852. M vi Lavoy Penn Landis was born 1 on 9 Mar 1854. He died 2 on 9 Aug 1868. He was buried 3 in Landis Cemetery, Bedford County, TN.
On his tombstone is written that Lavoy is the fourth son of A. and N.Landis. There is also a bronze plaque in memory of Leroy Penn Landis withthe same dates. The name Lavoy appears in another generation as well, soit may be correct.M vii Abb Landis was born in 1856. F viii Sallie Neola Landis was born on 10 May 1860. F ix Leonora Landis was born on 10 Nov 1863. M x John Tannahill Landis was born on 4 Aug 1866. M xi Lulan Landis was born on 27 Oct 1868. M xii William Landis was born 1 on 10 Dec 1873. He died 2 on 16 Dec 1873. He was buried 3 in Landis Cemetery, Bedford County, TN.
Abel Landers [Parents] was born 1 in 1795. He died 2 in 1870. He married Sally Ann Shipman.
Moved to Newton County, MO about 1839 and became prominent in politics.
His brothers-in-law, the Shipmans and the Nutts, moved to about the samearea at about the same time.
He moved to Hood County, TX in 1855 and settled on the Brazos at LandersCrossing.
Sally Ann Shipman was born 1 in 1803. She died 2 in 1860. She married Abel Landers.
They had the following children:
M i Charles S. Landers. M ii Francis Marion Landers. F iii Mary Landers. M iv Christopher Landers. F v Letha Landers. M vi Daniel Landers. M vii Abel Robert Landers. M viii William A. Landers. F ix Sarah A. Landers. F x Martha A. Landers. F xi Elizabeth Landers.
Charles S. Landers [Parents] 1.Charles married Mahalia Wright.
Mahalia Wright 1.Mahalia married Charles S. Landers.