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Descendants of Thomas William Mansfield and Nancy LeaThomas William Mansfield, supposedly the son of William and Lucy Mansfield, married Nancy Lea in 1826 in Orange County NC. I have a list of 13 children for them, but I know very little about most of them except their son Jefferson Bunyon Mansfield (1836-1883) and his wife Ann Cornelia Gean (1828-1894).
First GenerationChildren of Jefferson Bunyon Mansfield and Ann Cornelia GeanThomas William Mansfield (1859- bef. 1920) m. Ida Faucette (d. 1950) Albert Jefferson Mansfield (1861-?) Herbert Mansfield (about 1863-?) probably died young Joseph Henry Lee Mansfield (1867-?) m. Lillie Shaw George Walter Mansfield (1870-?) John Wilbur Raymond Mansfield (1872-?) Mildred Ida Mansfield (1876-1916) m. Hieronymus P. Leighton Nancy Mansfield (1879-1902) Lillian Josephine Mansfield (1879-?) m. Curtis R. Rollins Abner Christian Mansfield (1881-1942) m. Mary Ann "Mamie" Coe (1883-1946) James H. Mansfield m. Henrietta Bynum Jefferson B. Mansfield served in Company E, NC 26th regiment, and was wounded at Gettysburg during Pettigrew's charge. Letters that he wrote to his wife Ann have been posted on the web by Michael Gean Sparks, a descendant of Ann's brother William Polk Gean. See the link under Other Resources below. SourcesCensus and other civil records, family records. Thanks especially to Carlton Mansfield!
Other ResourcesThe Jefferson B. Mansfield lettersA descendant of Jefferson Bunyon Mansfield has already been tested, but none of the other participants of this project matches his DNA. We need more samples to help trace the ancestry of this family further back. If you're a Mansfield male, please consider participating.
This page was created on May 26, 2008.
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Elizabeth Harris, ncgen@mindspring.com