Francis William Dancy (1810 - 1890)

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Elizabeth (Mason) Dancy — married 1 Aug 1834 in Jackson, Mississippi

Died 8 Nov 1890 at age 80 in Marshall County, Mississippi

Biography

• Listed as student at University of Nashville, publication year 1850
• Marriage preformed by Rev. John Chilton, Episcopal.

Letters

The Moody Letters (1829 - 1877). 64 letters retained by Martha William (Wright) Moody and passed down through family until donated to Library of Virginia in 2004. Captain William Moody is the father of Martha William Wright Moody's husband, John Mason Moody

The letter below was written by Dr. Francis William Dancy to his uncle, Capt William Moody.

Francis W. Dancy, Athens, Alabama, to William Moody, Northampton County, North Carolina

Notes on The Moody Papers

The letters were sent to and retained by Martha William (Wright) Moody (1816-1885) spanning much of her life beginning in 1829 when she goes to school and ending in 1881 about four years before her death.

The letters describe southern plantation life during the period of western migration in the southern states, illness and death of family members, crop production, slaves, fashion, and religion.

This prominent planter family resided in Brunswick, Greensville, and Southampton Counties and Petersburg, Virginia; and, Northampton County, North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. Surnames include Wright, Moody, Dancy, Leigh, Patterson, Crump, Lockhart, Charlton, Rhodes, Sykes and Mason.

See the full collection here.

See a full list of persons mentioned in the letters here.

Research Notes

• Census1850 record finds Frances W Dancy (40), physician, living in Marshall, Mississippi with Rebecca E Dancy (35), Frank B (14) born in Alabama, Clifton (12), born in Alabama, Mary (10), born in Alabama, Cornelia A (8), born in Tennessee, William S (6), born in Tennessee, Henry S (4), born in Mississippi and Amelia J (2) born in Mississippi.
• 1860 Census record finds F W Daney, physician living in Marshall, Mississippi,.
• 1870 Census record finds Frank W Dancy (59), physician, living in Marshall, Mississippi with Henry Dancy (22), clerk in store
• 1880 Census record finds Frank W Dancy (69), physican, living in Marshall, Mississippi. Now remarried

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #12096016
• Ancestry.com. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
• Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern Division, Marshall, Mississippi; Roll: 377; Page: 347a
• Year: 1870; Census Place: Holly Springs Ward 1, Marshall, Mississippi; Roll: M593_740; Page: 326B
• Guide to the Moody Family Papers 1750-1881, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Accession number 40535