Hannah Maria Eleanor (Randolph) Varnedoe (1805 - 1858)

Born 16 Aug 1805 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Jul 1858 at age 52 in Liberty, Georgia, United States

Biography

Hannah was the daughter of Isaac Fitzrandolph and Ellen Hunter. ^[1]

Mrs Hannah Maria Eleanor Randolph Varnedoe

BIRTH 16 Aug 1805

DEATH 11 Jul 1858 (aged 52) Liberty County, Georgia, USA

BURIAL Midway Cemetery, Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, USA

Second wife of Nathaniel Varnedoe

Family Members Parents Eleanor Hunter Randolph 1772–1847 (Wife of Isaac Randolph)

Siblings Isaac Randolph 1812–1884

Rebecca Longstreet Randolph Axson 1815–1887

Children James Smith Cozby 1837–1894 ^[2]

Hannah Marie Eleanor RANDOLPH was born about 1807 in Georgia^[3] and died on 11 July 1858. Her mother is believed to have been Eleanor (HUNTER) RANDOLPH.

Hannah Marie Eleanor RANDOLPH was first married to Reverand James Cooper COZBY with which she had one son, James Smith COZBY.

James Cooper COZBY died on 27 November 1837. He was buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #51567439 , Entry for Rev. James COZBY (unknown - 1837), Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia, accessed 24 January 2018. Tombstone Picture submitted by Cat.

Children of Reverand James Cooper COZBY and Hannah Marie Eleanor RANDOLPH:

1. James Smith COZBY (Born: 1 September 1837; Died: 10 September 1894; Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina; Married: Mary LAW)^[4]

Hannah Marie Eleanor RANDOLPH was probably married to Nathaniel VARNEDOE between 1840 and 1844 in Liberty County, Georgia.

Marriage Estimate

No Females were listed in any age bracket above the age of 20 years in the 1840 census record, based upon the age in the 1850 census record, Hannah would have been approximately 33 years of age and as such it does not appear that she was listed in her husband's household.

The 1850 Census Record of Liberty County, Georgia shows the children born after the 1840 census record as Mary E. VARNADOE (Age: 6 - Est. Birth: 1844) and Charles S. VARNADOE (Age: 5 - Est. Birth: 1845). If Hannah was their mother and the births were legitimate then the marriage should have taken place before the birth and possibly before the conception of Mary E. VARNADOE. This would mean that the latest that the marriage could have occurred was in 1844.

Nathaniel VARNEDOE's profile stated the following:

"After his wife, Ann, died on the 8th Feb. 1839, a year later, on 14 July 1840, Nathaniel married Hannah Marie Randolph Cozby, a widow with one son, James Smith Cozby. She was the widow of the Rev. James Cooper Cozby. Hannah’s sister was the wife of Dr. I.S.K.Axon, for 17 years the pastor of Midway Church. Dr. Axon’s granddaughter, Louise, was the first wife of Woodrow Wilson. Although J.S. Cozby was taken into the Varnedoe household, he kept his Cozby surname but is listed as a Varnedoe in some census records."

The Family of Leonard Vernadeau and Sarah Hutto, Three Generations Book stated:

"Ann Died 8 Feb. 1839. Nathaniel then married Mrs. Hannah M. Cosby, a widow with a son, James S. Cosby (b. 1837) on 14 July 1840. Nathaniel and Hannah had 3 children, Mary Ellen, Francis Elizabeth and Charles Stockton."

Children of Nathaniel VARNEDOE and Hannah Marie Eleanor RANDOLPH:

1. Mary Ellen VARNEDOE (Born: About 1844 in Georgia)
2. Francis Elizabeth VARNEDOE - not listed in the 1850 census record.
3. Charles Stockton VARNEDOE (Born: About 1845 in Georgia)

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet Completed. Edward Mayes. Circa 1935. Privately published. Clark T. Thornton, editor. Reprinted 2009. Page 53.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 February 2021), memorial page for Mrs Hannah Maria Eleanor Randolph Varnedoe (16 Aug 1805–11 Jul 1858), Find A Grave: Memorial #50817458, citing Midway Cemetery, Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Liberty Keepers (contributor 47164917) .
3. ↑ Date of Birth Estimated from the age reported in the 1850 U. S. Federal Census Record
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44920544, Entry for Rev., Dr. James Smith COZBY (1837 - 1894), Buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, accessed 24 January 2018. Tombstone picture submitted by Donna Brummett.

• 1840 - Household of Nathaniel VARNADOE - Location: Liberty County, Georgia - "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBN-8GM : 24 August 2015), Nathaniel Varnedoe, Liberty, Georgia, United States; citing p. 195, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 45; FHL microfilm 7,045.

• 1850 - Household of Nathaniel VARNADOE - Location: Liberty County, Georgia - "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYY-HPH : 12 April 2016), Nathaniel Varnadoe, Liberty county, part of, Liberty, Georgia, United States; citing family 261, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See Also:

• William W. Varnedoe, Jr., R. Frank Varnado, Harrell D. Varnado, Mrs. Doris Varnado Green, The Family of Leonard Vernadeau and Sarah Hutto, Three Generations, (Published by committe of the four authors stated, 1971), p. 19 (image 26 of 91) - p. 20 (image 27 of 91) no. 58, "Nathaniel Varnedoe" - Viewable at (this link : accessed 24 January 2018).

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QPS-V29 : accessed 2018-01-24), entry for Nathaniel /Varnedoe/, submitted by ckv2249.

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QPZ-133 : accessed 2018-01-24), entry for Nathaniel /Varnedoe/, submitted by nfroistad.

Footnotes

Acknowledgements

• M-913 was created by Halla Johnson through the import of VLJ.ged on Dec 1, 2014.