BRANCHES OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY

First Generation

DELIAH JOHNSON born ca 1800, married before 1821, in Newberry County, South Carolina, JOEL CHESTER SULLIVAN, born ca 1800, Greenville County, South Carolina, (son of MOSES SULLIVAN and MILLANDRA {MILLY} CHANDLER). JOEL died before November 26, 1844, Benton County, Alabama, buried Benton County, Alabama.

Children:

 

i DANIEL SULLIVAN married December 6, 1836, ANGELINE BURKS, (daughter of CHESLEY BURKS and LYDIA ROBINSON).

 

ii JOHN DUNKLIN SULLIVAN born January 1, 1821, Blount County, Alabama, married September 17, 1843, in Calhoun County, Alabama, LYDIA BURKS, born 1826, Alabama or Georgia, (daughter of CHESLEY BURKS and LYDIA ROBINSON). LYDIA died after February 1887. JOHN died after June, 1900, probably Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi.

 

iii ELIZABETH SULLIVAN married April 14, 1850, RICHARD M. COOK.

 

iv MATILDA SULLIVAN married November 29, 1836, SIM THOMAS.

 

v JOEL SULLIVAN.

 

vi JOSHUA SULLIVAN married October 30, 1856, MARGARET EADS.

 

vii STEPHEN SULLIVAN married January 4, 1852, {---} {---}.

Second Generation

JOHN DUNKLIN SULLIVAN born January 1, 1821, Blount County, Alabama, occupation Farmer, married September 17, 1843, in Calhoun County, Alabama, LYDIA BURKS, born 1826, Alabama or Georgia, (daughter of CHESLEY BURKS and LYDIA ROBINSON). LYDIA died after February 1887. JOHN died after June 1900, probably Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi.

Children:

 

i JOSEPH SULLIVAN.

 

ii WILLIAM SULLIVAN.

 

iii ELISHA MONROE SULLIVAN born April 22, 1849, Tennessee, married JOSEPHINE A. MARTIN. ELISHA died March 22, 1915.

 

iv JOSHUA BOX SULLIVAN married December 31, 1871, MARTHA ANN McGHEE. JOSHUA died August 25, 1938, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, buried Okolona, Mississippi.

 

v FRANCIS SULLIVAN married August 26, 1871, WILLIAM W. McGHEE.

 

vi DUNKLIN McKENZIE SULLIVAN married December 22, 1881, ORPHIA DYE.

 

vii HENRY HICKMAN SULLIVAN born March 3, 1857, Blount County, Alabama, married March 31, 1880, in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, LAURA JANE MARTIN, born January 14, 1863, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, (daughter of RUBEN A. MARTIN and MARY ANN GLIDEWELL). LAURA JANE died May 25, 1922, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, buried Shawnee, Oklahoma. HENRY died February/April 8, 1903, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, buried Chickasaw County, Mississippi. HENRY-22, AND LAURA JANE-18, are listed on the 1880 census in Searcy Township, Phillips County, Arkansas, next door to her father, R. A. Martin. On the 1900 census, they are in Chickasaw County, Mississippi with 10 children. A widowed Laura Jane is listed on the 1920 census in Shawnee, Pottawatomis County, Oklahoma, with her youngest sons, James R. and John T.

 

viii JAMES J. (JACK) SULLIVAN married December 16, 1884, MARY SHANDS.

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