Sarah Chaffin Redus

Aaron
Elizabeth Sarah Mary Silbernia Augustus James Luther John William George


Sarah Chaffin Redus b. May 14, 1818, Livonia, Indiana, m. Jun 12, 1834, in Athens, 
Alabama, Peterson Tanner, b. Jun 20, 1809, Northhampton County, N. Carolina, (son of 
Samuel Tanner and Jane Foster) d. Sep 5, 1872, Athens, Alabama. Sarah died Feb 6, 1901, 
Athens, Alabama.
                                         Children:
                   i Samuel Tanner b. Mar 16, 1835, Athens, Alabama, m. (1) Sarah E. Beaty, 
                     (daughter of Napoleon Beaty and Cornelia White) d. Feb 1877, buried: 
                     Huntsville, Alabama, m. (2) Mar 16, 1876, in Huntsville, Alabama, Elodie M. 
                     Lewis, (daughter of John H. Lewis). Samuel died Dec 24, 1881, Athens, 
                     Alabama.
                  ii Martha Ann "Mattie" Tanner b. Mar 22, 1836, Athens, Alabama, m. Jan 3, 
                     1857, in Athens, Alabama, Washington Lafayette "Jack" Nelson, b. Nov 5, 
                     1834, Culpepper County, Virgina, d. Nov 7, 1905, Helena, Arkansas. Martha 
                     died Jun 25, 1919, Helena, Arkansas.
                 iii Edwin Tanner b. ca. 1839, Athens, Alabama, m. Oct 5, 1859, in Athens, 
                     Alabama, Lucretia Cain, (daughter of Allison Cain and Mary Malone). Edwin 
                     died Sep 1862, Athens, Alabama.
                  iv Mary Louisa Frances Tanner b. Feb 11, 1840, Athens, Alabama, d. Apr 16, 
                     1859, Athens, Alabama.
                   v Peterson Redus Tanner b. 1841, Athens, Alabama, d. Jul 15, 1862, Prentiss 
                     County, Mississippi.
                  vi Lucy Ann Tanner b. Apr 20, 1843, Athens, Alabama, m. (1) Sep 5, 1860, in 
                     Athens, Alabama, William Aiken Dewoody, (son of William Dewoody and 
                     Ann Adams) d. May 1862, buried: Athens, Alabama, m. (2) May 2, 1871, in 
                     Athens, Alabama, James Sterling Porter, b. Dec 19, 1839, White Plains, 
                     Alabama, d. Jun 13, 1904, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Lucy died Jul 16, 1917, 
                     Chattanooga, Tennessee, buried: Hiwassee Cemetery, Charleston, Tennessee.
                 vii George William Tanner b. Jul 5, 1846, Athens, Alabama, m. 1868, Maria 
                     Lula Benton. George died Dec 4, 1888, Matagorda County, Texas.
                viii Elizabeth Josephine "Lillie" Tanner b. Dec 14, 1847, Athens, Alabama, m. 
                     1866, in Athens, Alabama, John McAllister Russell, b. Dec 14, 1847, Athens, 
                     Alabama, (son of John Russell and Eliza McAlister) d. Oct 4, 1906, Athens, 
                     Alabama. Elizabeth died Dec 3, 1931, Athens, Alabama.
                  ix Sarah Chaffin Tanner b. Mar 1849, Athens, Alabama, m. Luke F. Mitchell, 
                     b. Jun 1846, Tennessee.
                   x Thomas Jefferson Tanner b. ca. 1851, Athens, Alabama.
                  xi Walter Tanner b. Nov 17, 1853, Athens, Alabama, d. Aug 24, 1854, Athens, 
                     Alabama.
                 xii Ella Tanner b. Dec 12, 1854, Athens, Alabama, m. (1) Oct 6, 1874, in Athens, 
                     Alabama, Walter F. Davis, m. (2) Charles Edward Hatchett. Ella died Jun 
                     27, 1911, Athens, Alabama.
                xiii Baby Tanner.

Sarah Chaffin Redus 1818-1901


Samuel Tanner 1787-1874,
Father-In-Law of Sarah


Lura Lee Dewoody, 1862-1898, Arthur Marcus Simpson, 1855-1883


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