William Williams Conn

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County
Enumerated 28 Sept 1850
736-736
William Conn 26 M Farmer Miss
Mary J. Conn 22 F Miss
George Conn 3 m Miss
Ceasar Conn 1 M Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Marion County, Columbia
Enumerated 26 Aug 1860
Page 62
427-427
William Conn 36 M Farmer 6000 200 Miss
Mary J Conn 33 F Miss
George Conn 13 M Miss
John Conn 11 M Miss
Elizabeth Conn 9 F Miss
Henry Conn 7 M Miss
Martha Conn 5 F Miss
Marion Conn 1 M Miss

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, PO Hazlehurst
Enumerated 8 July 1870
Page 33 Stamped 309
236-230
Conn, William 47 m W farmer $--- $900 Miss
Conn, Henry A 13 F (sic) W Keeping House Miss
Conn, William 8 M W Miss
Conn, Lucy 4 F W Miss

William married Mary Jane Robinson on 31 Oct 1842. Mary was born about 1828 in Mississippi; died after 1866 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha Conn was born about 1845 in Mississippi; and died.
2. George Conn was born about 1847 in Mississippi; and died.
3. Ceasar John Conn was born about 1849 in Mississippi; and died.
4. Elizabeth Conn was born about 1851 in Mississippi; and died.
5. Henry Patrick "Jiggs" Conn was born in May 1854 in Mississippi; died on 22 Jan 1931; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
6. Marion Conn was born about 1859 in Mississippi; and died.
7. William Conn was born about 1862 in Mississippi; and died.
8. Lucy Conn was born about 1866 in Mississippi; and died.

James married Martha Gibson on 10 Mar 1820 in Marion County, Mississippi. Martha was born about 1800 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha Gibson was born about 1800 in North Carolina, daughter of Stafford Gibson and Mary Ann Sumrall. Stafford Gibson died in 1805 in North Carolina. He may have died in Chesterfield District. South Carolina, as in Drawer 7, Case # 278, Nancy Ann Gibson was granted letters of Administration.

In 1829 in Marion County, Ms., Drawer 71, Case 278, Calvin Sumrall and wife Elizabeth (Gibson) Sumrall, Purson Powell and wife Sarah (Gibson) Powell and Thomas Gibson

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William H. Graham and wife, Nancy, late Nancy Gibson widow of Stafford Gibson.

Stafford Gibson and Nancy Sumrall had four children: Elizabeth Gibson married her cousin Calvin Sumrall, Sarah Gibson married Purson Powell, Martha Gibson married 1st. James Conn ,2nd. Allen McDaniel and Thomas Gibson married Anna Adams.

Martha Gibson Conn McDaniel was the only child that did not sue her Mother and stepfather, William H. Graham. Thomas Gibson was the father of Clarissa Gibson that married Henry Patrick Conn, son of James & Martha. Henry Patrick Conn & Clarissa Gibson were first cousins.

James Conn & Martha Gibson were married March 10, 1820, page 179 Book A. Richard Conn, Jr. was a witness. They were married by James Phillips, Minister of Gospel.

Martha Gibson-Beneficiary of Stafford Gibson, page 109, March 15, 1820, as well as Sarah & Elizabeth, received their full share of the estate of Stafford Gibson, decreased, from Ann Graham.

Martha married 2nd. Allen McDaniel in Copiah County Ms. on July 28, 1835. Then Allen McDaniel was made guardian of the six children of James Conn & Martha Gibson Conn. They were George, Nancy, William, James, John and Henry Conn. Dated 24th. August 1835 in Copiah Co., Ms. Recorded in Bond as Guardian-Filed 24th. August 1835.

Proof that this Martha Conn was the same Martha Gibson that married 1st. James Conn, then 2nd. Allen McDaniel. See Transcribed Deed Record J, Copiah County, Page 82. William Graham for love and affection that he felt for his stepdaughte Martha McDaniel, late Martha Gibson. Wm. Graham was like a father to Martha as her father died when she was young.

William H. Graham married February 10, 1809 to Nancy Ann Sumrall Gibson, widow of Stafford Gibson.
They had five children: Leonidas Graham b April 21, 1810, Clarissa Graham b Dec. 18, 1813, John Graham b Dec. 15, 1815, William Henry Graham, Jr. b Oct 28, 1817 and Polly Graham b July 18, 1819.

Martha Gibson Conn McDaniel and Allen had two children: Leonidas b ca 1838 d April 1860 in Marion Co., Tn. and Martha Ann born ca 1840.

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