My great great grandfather. * indicates a direct ancestor.
Born: between 1790 and 1800. 4
Parents: ARCHIBALD GRESHAM* AND NANCY (UNKNOWN )
Married: multiple.
Death: 19 Aug. 1849. 1 6
Will: written 22 Aug. 1848, recorded 4 Sep. 1849. 1
Notes:
Listed as age 30-40 in the 1830 Federal Census, Georgetown, Washington, DC, with one male age 5-10, three females under 5, one female age 5-10, one female age 20-30, and one female slave aged 10-24.
Listed as age 50-60 in the 1840 Federal Census, Greene, GA (indexed as SHR Grisum), with one male under 5, one male age 10-15, one female under 5, one female age 5-10, three females age 10-15, one female age 15-20, and one female age 40-50.
2 Oct. 1852 THE TEMPERANCE BANNER: "Georgia, Greene County: The Clerk of Superior Court makes application to this court for letters of guardianship on the person and property of Marceline A. Gresham, Marion B. Gresham and Albert W. Gresham, minors of S.H.R. Gresham, deceased. These are therefore to cite all persons interested, to file their objections within the time prescribed by law, otherwise said letters will be issued to the applicant. (Signed) James W. Godkin, Ordinary." 8
Spouse (1): MARY ELIZA WINGARD b. 2 Oct. 1804 d.19 Jan. 1834. 6
MARRIED: 9 Jan. 1821, Washington, D.C. 3
CHILDREN OF STERLING HOLCOMB RHODES GRESHAM AND MARY ELIZA WINGARD:
STERLING ARCHIBALD GRESHAM b. 1 Sep. 1826, Wash. D.C. d. 23 March 1877.
FRANCES A. GRESHAM b. 6 Aug. 1824, Georgetown, D.C. d. 2 July 1848, Greene Co., GA.
ANNA ELIZABETH GRESHAM b. May 1828, Washington, DC.
LAURA V. GRESHAM b. about 1831 10 d. 1853 11 m. 13 July 1847, Georgetown, DC Benjamin Franklin Rea. 7 9
MARY AUGUSTA GRESHAM b. about 1831, Georgetown, DC.
GEORGIANA F. GRESHAM b. about 1832, Washington, DC.
Spouse (2): CATHERINE E. WINGARD* m. 12 March 1834, Washington, D.C. 2
CHILDREN OF STERLING HOLCOMB RHODES GRESHAM AND CATHERINE E. WINGARD:
YOUNG FELIX GRESHAM b. about 1836, GA.
MARCELINE AUSELIA GRESHAM* b. 1842, GA d. 8 April 1897, Greene Co., GA.
ALBERT WINGARD GRESHAM b. April 1844, GA d. about 1905, Greene Co., GA.
MARION B. GRESHAM b. about 1844, GA. 5
Sources:
1. Personal viewing of the Will Book, Greensboro Probate Court, Greensboro, GA.
2. Washington, DC Marriages, 1826-50; District court records located at Washington, DC. Records extracted from the district courthouse.
3. Early American Marriages: Washington D.C. to 1825, Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.
4. 1830 Federal Census, Georgetown, Washington, DC.
5. Listed in the 1850 Federal Census, District 145, Greene, GA (indexed Catherine Grisham).
6. Gresham Bible, family of Sterling A. Gresham, owned by Mrs. Mae Morgan Atkinson, Madison, GA, excerpts reprinted by the Georgia Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.)
7. Mentioned in her father's will.
8. "Greene County, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Volume I 1852-1873," Tad Evans, 1995.
9. "Greene County, Georgia Marriage Records, 1788-1875," Frances T. Ingmire, Mountain Press, Signal Mtn., TN, 1985.
10. 1850 Federal Census, District 19, Chambers, AL, household of Robert Rea (indexed as Robert Red).
11. Memorial Record of Alabama, Volume 1 by Brant & Fuller (1893), pp 632-635, as researched by Hunt Sanders: "Dr. B. F. Rea was married in 1847 to Laura V. Gresham, who was born in Georgetown, D. C., and reared in Greensboro, Ga., by whom he had no children. She died of consumption in 1853, and Dr. Rea married, in 1855, Sarah Williams."
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