Reverend William Dickey (1774-1857)

 

My great grand uncle who worked tirelessly on the Underground Railroad - facilitating the northward movement of slaves.

Albert and Frances Favors (1866-1950 and 1870-1944)

Albert and Frances Favors in old age, parents of Mittie C. Favors McMullen Miller

 

Henry and Providence Westlake (1839-1904 and 1844-1925)

Henry and Providence Westlake of Marysville, Ohio

 

Josiah Westlake (1800-1886)

Josiah Westlake, early settler of Union County, Ohio and innkeeper.

 

James Thompson Harney (1790-1874)

 

My ancestor, James T. Harney, brother of the General, friend of Andrew Jackson.

General William Selby Harney (1800-1889)

 

General William S. Harney, great grand uncle.

Mexican-American War, Indian fighter, slave-owner.

James Rumsey (1743-1792)

 

My Ancestor and the inventor of the steamboat.

My Mother's European Royal Ancestors

ENGLAND

Alfred, the Great

Edward, the Elder

William, the Conqueror

Henry I

Henry II

John

SCOTLAND

Fergus MacErc

Kenneth MacAlpin

Malcolm Canmore

IRELAND

Dermot MacMurrough

Brian Boru

FRANCE

Charles Martel

Pepin, the Short

Charlemagne

Louis I

Charles III

Louis IV d'Outremer

Hugh Capet

Robert II

Henry I and Anna of Kiev

GERMANY

Henry, the Fowler

Henry Howland Famous Descendants

In addition to being my mother's ancestor, Henry Howland (1565-1635) was also the forefather of the following people of note (making them distant cousins of ours and each other):

John Howland (Mayflower Passenger)

Nathaniel Gorham (Signer U.S. Constitution)

Hannibal Hamlin (U.S. Vice-President)

Joseph Wharton (Wharton School of Business)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Poet)

Ralph Waldo Emerson (Poet)

Joseph Smith (Founder of Mormons)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S. President)

O. Henry (Author)

Richard M. Nixon (U.S. President)

Humphrey Bogart (Actor)

Bing Crosby (Actor/Singer)

Sir Winston Churchill (U.K. Prime Minister)

Marilyn Monroe (Actress)

John Steinbeck (Author)

Christopher Lloyd (Actor)

Johnny Carson (Comedian, TV Host)

Meryl Streep (Actress)

Cecil B. DeMille (Director)

William Jennings Bryan (Sec. of State, Politician)

Gerald R. Ford (U.S. President)

Norman Rockwell (Artist)

Dr. Benjamin Spock (Child Care)

Chevy Chase (Comedian, Actor)

John Ritter (Actor)

John Lithgow (Actor)

John Paul Stevens (U.S. Justice)

Geena Davis (Actress)

Hal Holbrook (Actor)

Richard Chamberlain (Actor)

Glenn Close (Actress)

Alec Baldwin (Actor)

Mary Chapin Carpenter (Singer/Songwriter)

James Taylor (Singer/Songwriter)

Dr. Jill Biden (First Lady)

Jon Meacham (Historian)

George H.W. Bush (U.S. President)

George W. Bush (U.S. President)

Kate Upton (Model)

Timothy Hutton (Actor)

Taylor Lautner (Actor)

Bill Gates (Microsoft and Philanthropist)

Source: Henry Howland Famous Kin

A Famous Cousin: Brenda Lee

                                            James Tarpley=Mary Anne Camp

Nancy Tarpley=Thomas Camp                                        Thomas Tarpley

            Burrell Camp                                                         Hosea Tarpley

             Louis Camp                                                            Joel Tarpley

 Wm Hendrix=Mary Camp                                             William H Tarpley

            Virgil Hendrix                                                           Joel Tarpley

          Samuel Hendrix                                                     Richard A Tarpley

           Buford Hendrix                                                      Ruben L Tarpley

           Wayne Hendrix                                            Brenda Tarpley aka Brenda Lee

                                            Seventh Cousins

Seventh Cousins, Once Removed

                             John Beals = Sarah Bowater

          |-------------------------------|------------------------|

John Beals = Margaret Hunt Prudence Beals = Richard Williams

         |-------|                                                             |-------------|

John Beals = Susannah Johnson Silas Williams = Mary Hunt

                    |---------|                                                 |----------|

John Carter = Sarah Beals Rebecca Williams = Garland Wade

      |----------|                                                            |----------------|

Eli Carter = Emily Arrington Delila Wade = Thomas Miller

                  |                                                                          |

Nancy Jane Carter = Riley Cannon Margaret Miller = Caleb Haines

             |-------------|                                                               |---------|

Mary F Cannon = William Preston Miller Josephine Haines = Clarence Westlake

             |----------|                                                                          |

John “Clip” Miller = Mittie Favors Caleb Otto Westlake = Eunice Reynolds

          |----------------|                                                                            |

          |                                                                                                 |

Edna Miller = Lonnie Buford Hendrix                                                  |

                         |                                                                                  |

       Lonnie Wayne Hendrix ====================== Linda Louise Westlake

The Paternal Ancestry of Nancy Jane Carter Cannon of Lincoln County Tennessee -2

 

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The Paternal Ancestry of Nancy Jane Carter Cannon of Lincoln County Tennessee -1

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The Ancestry of the Mother of Nancy Jane Carter Cannon of Lincoln County Tennessee -2

 

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The Ancestry of the Mother of Nancy Jane Carter Cannon of Lincoln County Tennessee -1

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