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John R. Lanham (1802 - 1880)

John R. Lanham
Born in Amherst County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at about age 78 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Marriage

  • John Lanham: West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970
  • Name: John Lanham
  • Event Type: Marriage
  • Marriage Date: 1831
  • Marriage Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
  • Spouse's Name: Mary Garnes [Mary Phoebe Garnes]
  • Source Reference: County Records
  • Record Number: 25

Residence

1850 Census

  • John Lanham: United States Census, 1850
  • Name: John Lanham
  • Event Type: Census
  • Event Date: 1850
  • Event Place: Kanawha, Virginia, United States
  • Event Place (Original): Kanawha county, part of, Kanawha, Virginia, United *States
  • Sex: Male
  • Age: 47
  • Race: White
  • Birth Year (Estimated): 1803
  • Birthplace: Virginia
  • Schedule Type: 1850 Population
  • House Number: 1256
  • Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
  • John Lanham Male 47 Virginia
  • Mary Lanham Female 37 Virginia
  • Mary A Lanham Female 17 Virginia
  • William R Lanham Male 15 Virginia
  • Emily C Lanham Female 13 Virginia
  • Abraham Lanham Male 11 Virginia
  • Nancy E Lanham Female 9 Virginia
  • Rebecca Lanham Female 7 Virginia
  • John W Lanham Male 4 Virginia
  • Margaret Lanham Female 2 Virginia
  • Creacy V Lanham Female 0 Virginia
  • James Garnes Male 25 Virginia
  • John Roy Male 66 Virginia
  • Mary Roy Female 63 Virginia
  • Martha Roy Female 18 Virginia

1880 Census

  • John R. Lanham: United States Census, 1880
  • Name: John R. Lanham
  • Event Type: Census
  • Event Date: 1880
  • Event Place: Washington District, Jackson, West Virginia, United States
  • Event Place (Original): Washington, ED 41, Jackson, WV, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Age: 78
  • Marital Status: Widowed
  • Race: White
  • Race (Original): W
  • Occupation: Retired Farmer
  • Birth Year (Estimated): 1802
  • Birthplace: Virginia, United States
  • Father's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
  • Mother's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
  • Relationship to Head of Household: Father-in-law
  • Relationship to Head of Household (Original): FatherL
  • Sheet Letter: D
  • Sheet Number: 417
  • Person Number: 5
  • Volume: 1
  • Affiliate Line Number: 00100
  • Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
  • Calvin Fields Self Male 33 West Virginia, United States
  • Nancy E. Fields Wife Female 37 West Virginia, United States
  • Ulissus S. G. Fields Son Male 10 West Virginia, United States
  • America V. Fields Daughter Female 7 West Virginia, United States
  • John W. Fields Son Male 0 West Virginia, United States
  • John R. Lanham Father-in-law Male 78 Virginia, United States

Sources

  1. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBDJ-SVS : 16 March 2020), John Lanham and Mary Garnes, 1831; citing Jackson, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,217.
  2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DH-3RL : 23 December 2020), John Lanham, Kanawha, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  3. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RP-Y49 : 15 January 2022), John R. Lanham in household of Calvin Fields, Washington District, Jackson, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .




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I'm wondering why the Roy's are living with the Lanham's, I'm a descendant of the Roy's but can find no links to the Lanham family. Maybe it had something to do with the civil war.
posted by William Shaffer

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