Selected Families and Individuals


William Sylvester Harvey [Parents] was born on 10 Jul 1875 in Norris, Scott County, Mississippi. He died on 19 Aug 1963 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. He was buried in Norris, Scott County, Mississippi. He married Marie Henrietta Walter on 19 Jan 1893 in Scott County, Mississippi.

Marie Henrietta Walter.Marie married William Sylvester Harvey on 19 Jan 1893 in Scott County, Mississippi.


Wallie Harvey [Parents] was born on 9 Apr 1878 in Norris, Scott County, Mississippi. He died on 10 Oct 1950. He married Matilda Jones.

Matilda Jones.Matilda married Wallie Harvey.


E. Rush Windham was born about 1835. He married Mary Anna Weems on 27 Nov 1883 in Scott County, Mississippi.

Mary Anna Weems [Parents] was born on 13 May 1836. She died on 16 Apr 1886. She married E. Rush Windham on 27 Nov 1883 in Scott County, Mississippi.


John Melton Weems [Parents] was born on 28 Feb 1850. He died on 20 Dec 1914 in Mississippi. He was buried in 1914 in Dennis Cemetery, Scott County, Mississippi. He married Mary Alice Dennis about 1870 in Mississippi.

Mary Alice Dennis was born on 21 Feb 1854. She died on 4 Jan 1945 in Mississippi. She was buried on 5 Jan 1945 in Dennis Cemetery, Scott County, Mississippi. She married John Melton Weems about 1870 in Mississippi.

They had the following children:

  F i Vallie Ophelia Weems
  M ii Joe Weems was born about 1877.
  M iii James Matthew Weems was born on 29 Aug 1875. He died on 10 Jun 1962.
  F iv Minnie Lou Weems was born on 29 May 1879. She died on 12 Mar 1973.
  F v Burdey Weems was born on 6 Jan 1881. She died on 6 Oct 1967 in Mississippi. She was buried in Dennis Cemetery, Scott County, Mississippi.
  M vi J. S. Weems was born about 1883. He died about 1885.
  F vii Anner Weems was born about 1885. She died in 1931.
  M viii Isaac E. Weems was born on 9 Mar 1887 in Mississippi. He died in Mar 1978 in Mississippi. He was buried in Summers Cemetery, Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi.
  F ix Fannie L. Weems "Sue" was born on 15 May 1889. She died on 18 Nov 1982.
  M x Willie Weems was born on 25 Dec 1892. He died on 22 Oct 1943 in Mississippi. He was buried in Dennis Cemetery, Scott County, Mississippi.
  F xi Aquilla Weems was born on 25 Dec 1892. She died in 1968.
  M xii Hilton Eugene Weems was born on 23 Apr 1895. He died on 24 Sep 1965. He was buried in Dennis Cemetery, Scott County, Mississippi.

Hardy R. Rawls was born on 26 Dec 1818 in Leaf River, Smith County, Mississippi. He died on 18 Apr 1892 in Mississippi. He was buried in Leaf River Cemetery, Mississippi. He married Samantha Weems about 1846 in Mississippi.

Samantha Weems [Parents] was born on 30 Jul 1825 in Mississippi. She died on 13 Dec 1904 in Mississippi. She was buried in 1904 in Leaf River Cemetery, Mississippi. She married Hardy R. Rawls about 1846 in Mississippi.

They had the following children:

  F i Harriet Rawls was born on 14 Jun 1849. She died on 31 May 1924 in Mississippi. She was buried in Leaf River Cemetery, Mississippi.

Joseph S. Weems [Parents] was born on 28 Dec 1809 in Mississippi. He died in Mississippi. He was buried in Mississippi. He married Sarah H. Flowers about 1840 in Mississippi.

Other marriages:
Mallard, Elizabeth Ann

[Notes]

Sarah H. Flowers.Sarah married Joseph S. Weems about 1840 in Mississippi.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary J. Weems was born about 1841 in Mississippi.
  M ii John J. Weems was born about 1843 in Mississippi. [Notes]
  F iii Martha M. Weems was born about 1845 in Mississippi.
  F iv Sarah Elizabeth Weems was born in Sep 1851 in Mississippi. She died in 1941.
  M v William F. Weems
  F vi Emma V. Weems was born on 29 Jan 1867 in Mississippi. She died on 29 Oct 1871 in Mississippi. She was buried in Mississippi.
  F vii Rose Ann Weems was born on 30 Oct 1857 in Mississippi. She died on 11 Sep 1867.

Rufus Oliver Weems [Parents] "Ol" was born on 16 Jul 1873 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee. He died on 17 Jul 1960 in Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. He was buried in Restlawn Cemetery, Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma. He married Laura Frances Staley on 3 May 1905 in Olustee, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.

[Notes]

Laura Frances Staley was born on 21 Nov 1882 in Mt. Pleasant, Titus, Texas. She died in 1978. She was buried in Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma. She married Rufus Oliver Weems on 3 May 1905 in Olustee, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.

They had the following children:

  F i Iola Weems was born on 13 Apr 1918. She died on 27 Aug 1990.

William Slayton.William married Victoria Anderson on 23 Dec 1899 in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

Victoria Anderson [Parents] was born about 1872 in Louisiana. She married William Slayton on 23 Dec 1899 in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.


Joseph Benjamin Weems [Parents] was born in 1877 in Tennessee. He died on 6 Oct 1957 in Groom, Carson, Texas. He was buried in Groom Cemetery, Groom, Carson, Texas. He married Hopie McCoy.

Hopie McCoy was born in 1874 in Arkansas. She died in 1954. She was buried in Groom Cemetery, Groom, Carson, Texas. She married Joseph Benjamin Weems.


John William Weems [Parents] was born on 14 Jul 1869 in Cornersville, Marshall County, Tennessee. He died on 6 Jul 1955 in Chillicothe, Mardeman, Texas. He was buried on 7 Jul 1955 in Carmel Cemetery, Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. He married Florence Luella Craig on 6 Nov 1892.

Florence Luella Craig was born on 20 Dec 1867 in Johnson, Texas. She died on 13 Apr 1944 in Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. She was buried in Carmel Cemetery, Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. She married John William Weems on 6 Nov 1892.

They had the following children:

  M i Rufus Oran Weems
  M ii Claude Ulan Weems was born in 1897 in Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. He died in 1909 in Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. He was buried in Carmel Cemetery, Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma.
  M iii Walter William Weems
  F iv Leola Bell Weems
  M v Dwight Jackson Weems was born on 25 Jun 1904 in Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. He died in 1958 in Groom, Carson, Texas. He was buried in Groom, Carson, Texas.
  M vi Infant Son Weems was born in 1909 in Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. He died in 1909 in Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma. He was buried in Carmel Cemetery, Olustee, Jackson County, Oklahoma.

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