Atlanta Savannah (Sammons) Guy (1869 - 1909)

Born 15 Mar 1869 in Glascock County, Georgia, United States

Wife of Hezekiah George Guy — married about 1898 in Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 12 May 1909 at age 40 in Glascock County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Lanta was born in 1869 to Benjamin Franklin Walter Sammons and Adrian Dixon. She had at least 8 siblings: Lavonia M, Henry Gray, Antha Della, Minnie E, David Gray, Cora Ella, Eleo, and George W.

• Fact: Residence (1870) Glascock, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1880) District 1167, Glascock, Georgia

She married in 1883 to Robert E P Thigpen, son of William Hiram Thigpen and Susan Tompkins. She was about 14 years old. They had at least 6 children together:

1. Homer Thigpen
2. Walter Thurmond Thigpen
3. Mattie Thigpen
4. Etheridge J Thigpen
5. Floyd Thigpen
6. Robert L Thigpen

She remarried about 1898 to Hezekiah George Guy, son of Hezekiah Guy and Mary Ann Lockett. She was about 29 years old. They had at least 3 children together:

1. Benjamin Franklin Guy Sr
2. Ira Cullen Guy
3. Alvin Jesse Guy

• Fact: Residence (1900) Militia Districts 1167-1168 Gibson town, Glascock, Georgia

Lanta passed away in 1909 at the age of 40.

• Fact: Burial (May 1909) Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Gibson, Glascock, Georgia

Family Connections

Her husband's brother, Samuel Thigpen, was married to Georgia Ann Virginia Guy, daughter of George Emerson Guy and Chloe Martha Lockett. George Guy was the brother of her second husband's father, Hezekiah Guy.

Links

FamilySearch PID: LZ5Y-XYF
Find A Grave: Memorial #140451028 Headstone Photo: Yes

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC33-BX2 : 15 January 2020), Savannah Simons in entry for Benjamin Simons, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8G9-ZPK : 22 August 2017), Lanty Sammonds in household of B F Sammonds, District 1167, Glascock, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 31, sheet 625C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,148.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWD3-LPY : 11 January 2020), Lanta Sammons in entry for Robert Thigpen, 1883.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWH7-TQK : 11 January 2020), Lanta Sammons in entry for Robert Thigpen, 1883.
• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVJ-FTZ : 23 July 2019), Robert Thigpen and Lanta Sammons, 25 Dec 1883; citing Marriage, Glascock, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 432,563.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3N1-9ZH : accessed 14 January 2020), Lautie Guy in household of Hezekiah Guy, Militia Districts 1167-1168 Gibson town, Glascock, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 5A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,200.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 January 2020), memorial page for Atlanta Savannah “Lanta” Sammons Guy (15 Mar 1869–12 May 1909), Find A Grave Memorial no. 140451028, citing Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Gibson, Glascock County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by RobG (contributor 47383749).

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 January 2020, 01:43), entry for Atlanta Savannah "Lanta" Sammons(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZ5Y-XYF); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70236500/person/240181530531/facts : accessed 14 Jan 2020), profile for Atlanta Savannah "Lanta" Sammons.

Acknowledgement

Sammons-451 was created by Karen Ivey Herndon on 19 Feb 2018. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.