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Descendants of Moses Meares

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1. MOSES1 MEARES was born Abt. 1800, and died January 22, 1855. He married LUCIA TAYLOR October 1, 1828 in Robeson County, NC, daughter of HENRY TAYLOR and JENNETT COOK. She was born June 12, 1812, and died May 13, 1898.

Notes for MOSES MEARES:

Many of the references to Henry 1 and 2 are derived from letters and documents supposedly discovered by Lillian Mears Graham and an un-named researcher - who authored the Lumberton Library notes - in a trunk owned by Francis Mears, then the Superintendent of the Poor Farm.

Notes for LUCIA TAYLOR:

According to Sam West, Lucy lived on the original Henry Taylor farm, the next farm south of Mr West's ancestor, Jacob Freeman, who's first wife was Martha Ivey and second wife was Obedience Taylor.

 

Children of MOSES MEARES and LUCIA TAYLOR are:

i. ALVA GOODMAN.2 MEARES, b. July 28, 1829; d. October 14, 1863; m. MOLEACHY MERCER.

ii. DANIEL BUNYAN MEARES, m. HELEN MUSSELWHITE.

2. iii. LUCY ANN MEARES, b. March 20, 1835; d. June 5, 1879.

iv. ELIZABETH GAINOR MEARES, m. PORTER|.

3. v. DELANY MARIAH MEARES, b. November 28, 1837, Robeson County, NC; d. January 26, 1924, Robeson County, NC.

vi. JOHN CALVIN MEARES.

Notes for JOHN CALVIN MEARES:

Moved to Texas Abt 1876

vii. MARY MEARES.

viii. DWIGHT HAYES. MEARES.

Notes for DWIGHT HAYES. MEARES:

Moved to Texas

ix. HENRY LINTON MEARES, b. July 15, 1844; d. May 11, 1864.

x. MOSES H. MEARES.

4. xi. FRANCIS JESSE MEARES, b. December 9, 1848; d. October 8, 1914.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. LUCY ANN2 MEARES (MOSES1) was born March 20, 1835, and died June 5, 1879. She married (1) STEPHEN HAMAN. She married (2) JOHN PICKNEY WISHART August 8, 1856 in Robeson County, NC, son of ELI WISHART and MARY STORM. He was born February 10, 1835 in Robeson County, NC, and died December 30, 1862 in Richmond, VA.

Notes for JOHN PICKNEY WISHART:

Listing in "North Carolina Troops", Company A, 46th Regiment North Carolina Troops

"Wishart, John Pinkney, Sergeant

Born in Robeson County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Robeson County at age 27, February 8, 1862. Mustered in as Private. Promoted to Sergeant in November-December, 1862. Present or accounted for until he died in hospital at Richmond, Virginia, December 30, 1862 of "variola.""

 

Child of LUCY MEARES and JOHN WISHART is:

5. i. LETITA JANE3 WISHART.

 

3. DELANY MARIAH2 MEARES (MOSES1) was born November 28, 1837 in Robeson County, NC, and died January 26, 1924 in Robeson County, NC. She married WELLINGTON WISHART September 16, 1858 in Robeson County, NC, son of ELI WISHART and MARY STORM. He was born October 27, 1832 in Robeson County, NC, and died October 9, 1897 in Lumberton, NC.

Notes for WELLINGTON WISHART:

County Surveyor

 

Child of DELANY MEARES and WELLINGTON WISHART is:

6. i. SUSAN ELIZABETH3 WISHART, b. February 7, 1865; d. September 15, 1902.

 

4. FRANCIS JESSE2 MEARES (MOSES1)1 was born December 9, 1848, and died October 8, 1914. He married ANN CORNEALIUS WARWICK April 17, 1873. She was born March 17, 1851, and died May 2, 1901.

Notes for FRANCIS JESSE MEARES:

Many of the references to Henry 1 and 2 are derived from letters and documents supposedly discovered by Lillian Mears Graham and an un-named researcher - who authored the Lumberton Library notes - in a trunk owned by Francis Mears, then the Superintendent of the Poor Farm.

 

Child of FRANCIS MEARES and ANN WARWICK is:

7. i. EMMA3 MEARS, b. April 14, 1874.

 

Generation No. 3

 

5. LETITA JANE3 WISHART (LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1)2. She married ZECHARIAH D. TAYLOR March 1, 1876 in Robeson County, NC, son of JOHN TAYLOR and MARY PITMAN. He was born 1851 in Robeson County, NC, and died in Richmond County, NC.

Notes for LETITA JANE WISHART:

Buried in the Adcox Cemetery, Hope Mills, NC

Notes for ZECHARIAH D. TAYLOR:

Buried in Eastside Cemetery, Rockingham, NC (notes from Lisa Barber)

 

Children of LETITA WISHART and ZECHARIAH TAYLOR are:

i. WILLIE4 TAYLOR, b. September 29, 1880, NC; d. November 1, 1918, NC; m. NORLIE SMITH, May 26, 1895, Hope Mills, NC.

ii. EMMA TAYLOR, b. May 27, 1882, Roberson County, NC; d. April 24, 1966, Cumberland County, NC; m. DANIEL MURPHY BROWN.

8. iii. MARY ANN TAYLOR, b. January 11, 1885, Robeson County, NC; d. October 14, 1975, Cumberland County, NC.

 

6. SUSAN ELIZABETH3 WISHART (DELANY MARIAH2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born February 7, 1865, and died September 15, 1902. She married WHITEFORD WELLINGTON BOWDEN November 15, 1892 in Lumberton, NC. He was born August 20, 1875 in Wilmington, New Hanover County,, and died March 15, 1903 in Wilmington, New Hanover County,.

Notes for WHITEFORD WELLINGTON BOWDEN:

Confederate veteran

 

Child of SUSAN WISHART and WHITEFORD BOWDEN is:

9. i. MARY EMMA4 BOWDEN, b. August 18, 1897, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC; d. July 30, 1975, Wilmington, NC.

 

7. EMMA3 MEARS (FRANCIS JESSE2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born April 14, 1874. She married JOHN PICKNEY MCNEILL. He was born January 23, 1867, and died August 14, 1915.

 

Children of EMMA MEARS and JOHN MCNEILL are:

i. CLARENCE4 MCNEILL.

ii. VIVIAN MCNEILL.

iii. VERNON MCNEILL.

iv. FRANCIS MCNEILL.

 

Generation No. 4

 

8. MARY ANN4 TAYLOR (LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born January 11, 1885 in Robeson County, NC, and died October 14, 1975 in Cumberland County, NC. She married JAMES EVANS BUIE October 10, 1906 in Hope Mills, NC, son of GILBERT BUIE and JANE MCQUEEN.

Notes for MARY ANN TAYLOR:

Buried in Adcox Cemetery in Hope Mills, NC.

 

Notes for JAMES EVANS BUIE:

Buried in Adcox Cemetery, Hope Mills, NC

 

Children of MARY TAYLOR and JAMES BUIE are:

i. GLADIS5 BUIE.

ii. NELLIE JANE BUIE, b. June 19, 1907, Cumberland County, NC; d. August 11, 1908, Cumberland County, NC.

Notes for NELLIE JANE BUIE:

Buried in Adcox Cemetery, Hope Mills, NC

10. iii. BESSIE ALMENA BUIE, b. October 19, 1911, Cumberland County, NC; d. January 14, 1988, Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC.

11. iv. GILBERT TAYLOR BUIE, b. June 2, 1917, Rockfish, Cumberland County, NC.

12. v. NEIL MCQUEEN BUIE, b. May 10, 1920, Cumberland County, NC; d. August 6, 1979, Richmond County, NC.

 

9. MARY EMMA4 BOWDEN (SUSAN ELIZABETH3 WISHART, DELANY MARIAH2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born August 18, 1897 in Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC, and died July 30, 1975 in Wilmington, NC. She married LEALAND LAKE JONES, SR. June 14, 1924 in Wilmington, NC. He was born April 14, 1888 in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, PA, and died May 31, 1934 in Wilmington, NC.

 

Child of MARY BOWDEN and LEALAND JONES is:

i. RICHARD BOWDEN5 JONES, SR. JONES, b. June 25, 1927, Wilmington, NC; m. MILDRED ELIZABETH HALL; b. January 7, 1929, Mineola, Nassau County, NY.

Notes for RICHARD BOWDEN JONES, SR. JONES:

WW II and Vietnam vet, retired from the Army, 1978, served in the 11th

Airborne in Germany, 218th MI Det., XVIII ABN Corps, and 3d SF Group at

Bragg, in RVN in '66 and in '72.

 

Generation No. 5

 

10. BESSIE ALMENA5 BUIE (MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born October 19, 1911 in Cumberland County, NC, and died January 14, 1988 in Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC. She married SHELBY FRANK SMITH.

Notes for BESSIE ALMENA BUIE:

Buried in Lafayette Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, NC

Notes for SHELBY FRANK SMITH:

Buried in Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, NC

 

Children of BESSIE BUIE and SHELBY SMITH are:

13. i. NEIL EVANS6 SMITH, b. August 23, 1947, Cumberland County, NC.

14. ii. NETTIE REBECCA SMITH, b. August 23, 1947.

iii. HAMP WISHART SMITH, b. September 17, 1948, Cumberland County, NC; d. June 15, 1974, Hoke County, NC.

 

11. GILBERT TAYLOR5 BUIE (MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born June 2, 1917 in Rockfish, Cumberland County, NC. He married AGNES BRADY.

 

Child of GILBERT BUIE and AGNES BRADY is:

15. i. JANE LYNN6 BUIE, b. July 1, 1954, Cumberland County, NC.

 

12. NEIL MCQUEEN5 BUIE (MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born May 10, 1920 in Cumberland County, NC, and died August 6, 1979 in Richmond County, NC. He married ELEANOR LOIS WEBSTER July 24, 1948 in Dillon, Darlington County, SC, daughter of JOHN WEBSTER and NILLIE WORRELL.

Notes for NEIL MCQUEEN BUIE:

Discharged from the US Army November 22, 1945

 

Children of NEIL BUIE and ELEANOR WEBSTER are:

16. i. BRENDA SUE6 BUIE, b. September 16, 1949, Cumberland County, NC.

17. ii. SANDRA DIANN BUIE, b. November 2, 1951, Cumberland County, NC.

18. iii. JAMES MCQUEEN BUIE, b. July 1, 1954, Cumberland County, NC.

 

Generation No. 6

 

13. NEIL EVANS6 SMITH (BESSIE ALMENA5 BUIE, MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born August 23, 1947 in Cumberland County, NC. He married ALICE MARIE SANDY in Dillon, SC.

 

Children of NEIL SMITH and ALICE SANDY are:

i. NEIL JEFFERY7 SMITH, b. October 8, 1967.

ii. TIFFANY LYNN SMITH, b. October 15, 1975.

 

14. NETTIE REBECCA6 SMITH (BESSIE ALMENA5 BUIE, MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born August 23, 1947. She married RAYMOND MYRICK.

 

Child of NETTIE SMITH and RAYMOND MYRICK is:

i. RENEE SEREBA7 MYRICK, b. May 15, 1972, Cumberland County, NC.

 

15. JANE LYNN6 BUIE (GILBERT TAYLOR5, MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born July 1, 1954 in Cumberland County, NC. She married DOUGLAS LEE STEPHENS November 23, 1975.

 

Children of JANE BUIE and DOUGLAS STEPHENS are:

i. LEIGH BUIE7 STEPHENS, b. December 17, 1979, Fayetteville, NC.

ii. JENNIFER JORDON STEPHENS, b. August 13, 1983, Fayetteville, NC.

 

16. BRENDA SUE6 BUIE (NEIL MCQUEEN5, MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born September 16, 1949 in Cumberland County, NC. She met DONALD LEE THOMAS December 19, 1969 in Chesterfield, SC.

 

Child of BRENDA BUIE and DONALD THOMAS is:

i. LISA MICHELLE7 THOMAS, b. July 25, 1970, Richmond County, NC.

 

17. SANDRA DIANN6 BUIE (NEIL MCQUEEN5, MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born November 2, 1951 in Cumberland County, NC. She met (1) STANLEY WADE BANE June 1973 in Richmond County, NC. She married (2) RICKY DAVID SWEATT March 1, 1980.

 

Child of SANDRA BUIE and STANLEY BANE is:

i. STANLEY WADE7 BANE, JR., b. September 30, 1976, Cheyenne, WY.

 

18. JAMES MCQUEEN6 BUIE (NEIL MCQUEEN5, MARY ANN4 TAYLOR, LETITA JANE3 WISHART, LUCY ANN2 MEARES, MOSES1) was born July 1, 1954 in Cumberland County, NC. He married PHYLLIS NETTLES.

 

Children of JAMES BUIE and PHYLLIS NETTLES are:

i. JAMES MCQUEEN7 BUIE, b. April 12, 1976, Richmond County, NC.

ii. TIMOTHY MCQUEEN BUIE, b. November 6, 1977.

iii. JONATHAN MCQUEEN BUIE, b. November 9, 1980.

iv. JENNIFER MARIE BUIE, b. January 29, 1986.

 

 

Endnotes

 

1. Tomas Ellis Taylor, Typewritten notes by an un-named researche, a woman contemporary of Lillian Mears Graham and a decendant of Lucy Mears, the daughter of Henry and Jane (Jennet) Taylor.

2. Notes from Lisa M. Barber, Details on Zechariah Taylor and his decendants are from notes provided by Lisa M. Barber, Wingate, NC.

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