George N Sullivan (1865 - 1899)

George N Sullivan

Born 30 Sep 1865 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States of America

Ancestors

Son of Cornelius Sullivan and Emily O (Gibbons) Sullivan

Brother of William Davis Howell [half], Stephen Henderson Sullivan, Robert Joshua Sullivan, Cornelius Frank Sullivan, Kate Catherine (Sullivan) Harvey, Beatrice A (Sullivan) Harvey, Effie A (Sullivan) Woolwine, Dea Sullivan [half], John Sullivan [half], George Sullivan [half], Odell Sullivan [half], Frank Sullivan [half] and Maclemore Sullivan [half]

Husband of Mary Magdeline (Burkhalter) Hesler — married 1890 in Smith County, Mississippi

Father of Meddie Sullivan, Nora Sullivan, Lena Sullivan and Trudie Sullivan

Died 11 May 1899 at age 33 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States of America

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Biography

George was ambushed and killed while out fishing. Sam Sullivan and Mack and Vernon Howell were charged with the killing.^[1]

A member of Masonic Lodge 311, Bunker Hill, Red Hill, Smith County, Mississippi, ^[2]he is buried in Ed Sullivan Cemetery, Smith County, Mississippi.^[3]^[4]

Sources

↑ Smith County Feuds Get Into The Courts. The Vicksburg American. 12 Mar 1903.
↑ Smith County, MS Masonic Records
↑ Smith County Genealogical Society. Smith County, Mississippi Cemeteries.1999.
↑ Tombstone.

Sullivan, Chester, Sullivan's Hollow. University Press of Mississippi, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, Mississippi. p50. "George Sullivan, son of Neace, was out on [the mill pond] in a boat fishing when Sam Sullivan, thinking George was Rob Dean, shot and killed him."
Hammons, Ann R., Wild Bill Sullivan, King of the Hollow. 1980. University Press. Jackson, Mississippi.
US Federal Census - 1880
US Federal Census - 21 Jun 1900, Smith Co., MS

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Clarence Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY23560, FTDNA kit #255112
Henry Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #251301
Michael Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY23560, FTDNA kit #310868
Bo Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #877258
Ray Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #518985
Wynon Stewart : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #85506
Jeff Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #MK32960

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:

~6.25% ~12.50% Patricia Shows : 23andMe
~6.25% Henry Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T884527 [compare], FTDNA kit #251301
~3.91% Betty Sullivan : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bettysnie
~3.91% Jeff Byrd : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T085585 [compare], FTDNA kit #221974
~3.12% Bertha (Byrd) Lewis : 23andMe, GEDmatch M150312 [compare] + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M150312 [compare], FTDNA kit #B20820
~3.12% David Sullivan : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A449343 [compare], Ancestry member bigcuzdave1
~3.12% Harvey Spell : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member apheresis_hp
~3.12% Vicky Lacy : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SE4076989 [compare], Ancestry member VickyLacy
~2.73% Carl Howell : 23andMe, GEDmatch M341494 [compare]
~1.95% Patsy (Byrd) Green : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A984988 [compare]
~1.95% Brent Robinson : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T452317 [compare], FTDNA kit #221973
~1.56% Ann (Lewis) Franklin : 23andMe, GEDmatch M132648 [compare]
~1.56% James B Keyes : 23andMe
~1.56% Tara Winstead : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A754134 [compare], Ancestry member tflmngo73
~1.56% Steven Howell : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #881866
~1.07% David Brewer : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member davidbrewer36 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #b667077
~0.98% Sarah Catherine (Heinz) Bergquist : 23andMe
~0.78% James Gentry : 23andMe
~0.78% Donna (Howell) Meeks : 23andMe
~0.78% James (Howell jr) Howell : 23andMe
~0.78% Thomas Flynt : 23andMe, GEDmatch JL6769047 [compare]
~0.78% Shannan (Stewart) Stewart Lee : 23andMe, GEDmatch TE7782345 [compare], yourDNAportal SHA4a5756c3 + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JK3324119 [compare], Ancestry member shannanstewart + Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch UL2620948 [compare]
~0.78% Phyllis Pittman : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A677462 [compare], Ancestry member pmpittman54
~0.78% Chris Ringo : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Clarence Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T868252 [compare], FTDNA kit #255112
~0.78% Wynon Stewart : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T934069 [compare], FTDNA kit #85506
~0.78% Jeff Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AG5219562 [compare], FTDNA kit #MD32960
~0.39% Edith Byrd : 23andMe
~0.39% Carolyn (Sullivan) Fillingham : 23andMe
~0.39% Eddie Alexander : 23andMe, GEDmatch MA5078163 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XV5173602 [compare], Ancestry member alex0959
~0.39% Lynn Sartin : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A646164 [compare]
~0.39% Jim Bishop : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A443860 [compare], Ancestry member DEAFJBBMS + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A443860 [compare], FTDNA kit #B176246
~0.39% Lyn (Meadows) Hazen : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member purpleorchid521
~0.39% Cheryl (Eubanks) Pardue : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F260881 [compare], FTDNA kit #260881
~0.39% Robert Smith : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T296350 [compare], FTDNA kit #422176
~0.39% Eddie Puckett : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T975863 [compare], FTDNA kit #726688
~0.39% Ray Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #518985

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