Robert DESHA & Eleanor Holmes WHEELER

Husband: Robert DESHA (1)
   Born: between 1737 AND 1738 in Bucks Co., PA
Married: 09 AUG 1765 in PA (7)
Died: 06 MAY 1816 in Desha Creek, Sumner Co., TN (2)
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
   Wife: Eleanor Holmes WHEELER
   Born: about 1749 in Bloomsbury, Northumberland Co., PA (3)
Died: after 06 MAY 1816 in Sumner Co., TN (4)
Father: Joseph WHEELER
Mother: Maria HOLMES
Spouses:
Children
01  (M): John DESHA (5)
Born: 1761 in Smithfield Twp., NorthamptonCO PA
Died: 08 AUG 1831 in Bourbon CO KY
Spouses: Rebecca OVERFIELD
02  (M): Joseph Wheeler DESHA (6)
Born: 09 DEC 1768 in Lower Wyoming Valley, Columbia Co., PA
Died: 11 OCT 1842 in Georgetown, Scott Co., KY
Spouses: Margaret "Peggy" BLEDSOE
03  (F): Mary Polly DESHA
Born: about 1770 in Lower Wyoming Valley, Columbia CO PA
Died: 24 APR 1838 in Lincoln CO TN
Spouses: James Charles REESE
04  (M): James DESHA
Born: about 1772 in Lower Wyoming Valley, Columbia CO PA
Died: 24 APR 1834 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, LA
Spouses: Lucinda LOCKETT
05  (M): Robert DESHA
Born: about 1775 in Northumberland CO PA
Died: 16 MAY 1792 in Sumner CO TN
Spouses:
06  (M): Benjamin DESHA
Born: about 1777 in Northumberland CO PA
Died: 16 MAY 1792 in Sumner CO TN
Spouses:
07  (F): Nancy Anna DESHA
Born: about 1780 in Fayette CO KY
Died: 1843 in Mason Co KY
Spouses: Samuel DRUMMOND; Robert L. KILGORE
08  (F): Phebe Ann DESHA
Born: 1784 in Sumner Co., TN
Died: 22 DEC 1861 in nr Mountain City, Hays Co., TX
Spouses: Joseph Robert BUNTON
09  (F): Elinor Nelly DESHA
Born: about 1786 in Sumner CO TN
Died: before 1851 in prob DeSoto CO MS
Spouses: Richard J. COCKE
10  (M): Robert DESHA
Born: 14 JAN 1790/91 in Sumner Co TN
Died: 06 FEB 1849 in Mobile, AL
Spouses: Eleanor SHELBY; Ellen GARRETT; Ellen PORTER
11  (M): Benjamin C. DESHA
Born: 19 OCT 1793 in Sumner CO TN
Died: 04 MAR 1853 in Franlin Parish, LA
Spouses: Telitha STAMS
12  (F): Elizabeth Betsey DESHA
Born: 19 OCT 1793 in Sumner CO TN
Died: 07 SEP 1876 in Neapolis, Maury CO TN
Spouses: Benjamin Franklin DOWELL

Additional Information

Eleanor Holmes WHEELER:

Notes:
Mary Ellingson has Eleanor born abt 1738

(05) Robert DESHA:

Notes:
Mary Ellingson had death year as 1790?

Footnotes

  1. s/o Robert Desha, Sr. and Mary Everfieldt; Fought Kings Mountain 1780.
  2. Ref Ruth E.Ashe, 916 NW Pecan Circle, Barefoot Bay, FL 32976.
  3. Ref Patricia Shoemaker, 13421 N. 43rd Ave., #3055, Phoenix, AZ 85029.
  4. Gallatin CO TN?, 1790?, bef 6 May 1816, Sumner CO TN? when husband died.
  5. Wanda Stanfill, Woodward OK; "Governors of KY".
  6. Governor of Kentucky; Died Georgetown, Scott CO KY.
  7. ref Pat. Shoemaker, Phoenix, AZ;.

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