Legg Family
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Legg Family

Source: Taken from pages 101-102 Sissonville a Time To Remember

First Legg to settle in Poca District on Legg Creek was Fortunatis "Natis" Legg before 1832. He came from Clay County, W.VA. He is the son of William Henry Legg and Susanna Vinson Legg from Greenbrier Co, W.Va. Fortunatis was two times married. First to Nelly Foster, second to Hannah Jane Smith. Natis was the oldest of William Henry's children, second child was Jesse Elizabeth (died at age four), next was Levi (who married Elizabeth Jarrett), next Nancy "Fanny" (married James A. Walker) the father of the Walkers in our neighborhood), next Elijah (married Ailsy), next Eli ( who married Jane), next James (who married Francis Simins) and John. Third Generation Achilles Anderson "Kellis" Legg was the first son of Fortunatis Legg and Nelly Foster ( he married Mary Arila Monday), next Calvery M. "Calvin" (who married Mary Johnson), next Louisa J. (who married Jesse Jordan), next Emeline (married Felix H. Walker), next Mary E. (married Henry P. Adkins). next William Henry married (Margaret Harper) and next Virginia Legg. Fourth Generation Frances Marion was the son of Archilles "Kellis" Legg and Mary Arila Monday(who married Margaret Jane Wilmuth Miller). Next child Analiza E.(married William G. Jordan), next John Calvin (married Sarah E. Meeks), next Reuben Canuel (married Lia F. Jordon), next William "Natis" (married Nancy J. Shamblin), next Kellis Greenberry (died at a young age), next Mary Jane (married James Monroe Thaxton), next Martha Eleanor Legg ( died at a young age), next Martha Malisa Legg (died at a young age), next Francis "Fannie" (married Charles W. Nutter). Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Generations to follow Pictures of Marion Legg and Greenberry Legg


Submitted by Linda Secco ([email protected]) on Mon Mar 1 14:18:50 1999


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