George
Washington
Sewell
Born in Coweta, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Asberry Sewell
and Martha Norissa (Polk) Sewell
Brother of
Levi Franklin Sewell, John Richard Sewell, Mary Elizabeth (Sewell) Watson, Catherine Ophelia (Sewell) Watson, Milton Newton Sewell, William Edwin Sewell, Sarah Demaris (Sewell) Sanders, Harriett (Sewell) Byram, James Henry Sewell, Charles Tolbert Sewell and Julia E (Sewell) Thornton [half]
Husband of
Mary Catherine (Sanders) Sewell
— married
20 Dec 1881 in Coweta, Georgia, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 56
in Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
When George Washington Sewell was born on November 17, 1852, in Coweta, Georgia, his father, John, was 32 and his mother, Martha, was 28.[1] He married Mary Catherine Sanders on December 20, 1881, in his hometown.[2] He died on April 17, 1909, in Cherokee, Alabama, at the age of 56, and was buried in Leesburg, Alabama.[3]
BURIAL[4]
Shady Grove Cemetery
Leesburg, Cherokee County, Alabama
United States Census, 1880[5]
- Ora Byrum Female 3 years Georgia, United States
- Event Place Cherokee, Choctaw, Alabama, United States
- Other People on This Record
- George W. Sewell M 25 years Georgia, United States
- Alton W. Sewell M 1 years Georgia, United States
- Florence Robertson F 22 years Georgia, United States
- John S. Byrum M 25 years Georgia, United States
- Harriet Byrum F 24 years Georgia, United States
- Ula Byrum F 1 years Georgia, United States
- Exes V. Byrum F 3 months Georgia, United States
Sources
- ↑ Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974; FHL Film Number 1894067
- ↑ County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia. Title: Record of Marriages, Book G, 1881-1884 page 14
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/260106398247/facts
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62607047/george-washington-sewell
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J7-RP9 : Wed Oct 04 13:04:59 UTC 2023), Entry for George W. Sewell and Alton W. Sewell, 1880.
- Year: 1860; Census Place: Several Districts, Coweta, Georgia; Roll: M653_118; Page: 810; Family History Library Film: 803118
- Year: 1870; Census Place: District 5, Coweta, Georgia; Roll: M593_145; Page: 213A; Family History Library Film: 545644
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Dixon, Cherokee, Alabama; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0124; FHL microfilm: 1240006
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~0.78%
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~0.39%
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