|
|
| Gideons of Texas - M. E. Gideon Research |
A great deal of this family research came from a book "A Southern Gideon Family", by Marteal Wells, Edited by: Joe Don Stuart, Ph.D., Published in 1999 by Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970; www.higginsonbooks.com. This book is a genealogy and history of Lewis Harmon Gideon, his wife Sarah Ann McFadden and Joseph F. Gideon and his wives, Matilda Davis and Lydia Hager. The exact relaltionship between these two Gideons has not been established. Since they resided in the same locale, migrated to Texas together, and there are numerous records of business transactions between them, it can be assumed they are brothers or cousins. Lewis Harmon Gideon and Joseph F. Gideon were Texas pioneers, arriving in the Republic of Texas from Mississippi on December 6, 1839. Lewis was age 27 and Joseph was 18 or 19. In the Lewis and Joseph Gideon party were Isaac Gideon, Isaac Wise and William D. Wise. The earliest mention of this Gideon family is with the Wise family in Laurens District South Carolina during the American Revolution. Family legends indicate that these Gideons and Wises migrated to Georgia ~ then Tennessee ~ then Itawamba County, Mississippi by 1818 ~ then the Republic of Texas in 1839. I am seeking information as to the orgins of these Gideons.
| |
 | User Information |  | |
| | |
 | |  |
|
| |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
| |
|
| |
 | SmartMatches |  | |
| | |
 | |  |
|
| |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
| |
|
| |
 | Other Files |  | |
| | |
 | |  |
|
| |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
| |
|
|
|