_George Washington Gill AVERETT _+
_Elijah Murray AVERETT _|
| |_Nancy Ann TURNBEAUGH ___________+
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|--Sarah Ann AVERETT
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| _Moroni Woodruff ALEXANDER ______
|_Martha E. ALEXANDER ___|
|_Martha REESE ___________________
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_William Ray BAILEY ___|
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|--Lamar "W" BAILEY
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| _Steven W. THAXTON _+
|_Irma Sarepta THAXTON _|
|_Signora HANSEN ____
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_John HARVEY _|
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|_Anne COOP ___|
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_John Grice KITCHEN _______
_John Carlyle KITCHEN _|
| |_Louise AVERETT ___________+
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|--Adrian C. KITCHEN
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| _Heber ROBINSON ___________
|_Ethel ROBINSON _______|
|_Susan Elizabeth ROBINSON _
_Charles Lowe RHOTON _
_Wilson Dow RHOTON __|
| |_Louisa SHUMWAY ______+
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|--Tommy Steve RHOTON
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|_Serena Lila PENROD _|
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_James Neils SORENSON _|
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|--Mavis SORENSON
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| _Elijah AVERETT ____________+
|_Sina Cecelia AVERETT _|
|_Johanna Christine NEILSON _+
[254] DEATH: SOURCE: "Averitt Lines and Related Families" by Christine Walser.
_Valentine Felty VAN HOOSER _+
_Abraham VAN HOOSER _|
| |_Maria Barbara ZERWE ________+
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|--Elizabeth VAN HOOSER
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|_Mary WILLIAMS ______|
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!DEATH: In an article written in the Nauvoo Neighbor, 30 Aug 1843, it states that Elizabeth Stewart died on 28 Aug 1843 at the age of 54 in Nauvoo, Illinois She is buried in the Old Nauvoo Burial Ground in Nauvoo, Ill. Researcher: Georgenia Stewart
BIRTH: abt 1788, Troy, Madison, Illinois. VARIATION: abt 1876, Virginia; abt 1772 in Overton Co., Tennessee; abt 1772, West Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois.
HISTORY: Elizabeth Van Hooser, b. abt 1788/9 in Montgomery County, Virginia, th daughter of Abraham Van Hooser and Mary Williams, moved with her parents to Grainger County, Tennessee and later to Overton County, Tennessee where she met and married William Stewart b abt 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee, the son of Joseph Stewart and Sarah Gilbert. The early marriage records of Overton County, Tennessee are missing, but the Legislative Petitions of 1824 list a petition of William Stewart from Overton County, Tennessee askng to be granted a divorce. Elizabeth and her husband moved to Madison County, Illinois where one of their sons was born, but returned to Overton County, Tennessee where they lived until their divorce. After that Willilam Stewart md 2) Rebecca Llewellyn and moved to Fayette County, Illinois where he is found in the 1830 census. About 1834 he moved to what became Lee County, Iowa and is listed in the 1836 Territory Censu there but died in 1837. His widow is listed in the 1840 census of Lee County, Iowa. As for Elizabeth Van Hooser, she is listed in the 1830 census of that county. After her parents died, she moved to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois where sh died in 1843. SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom, Van Hooser Book.
!DIVORCE: In the Tennessee Archives can be found one of the older documents concerning the Stewarts in Overton Co., TN. This is a divorce petition for William Stewart and Elizabeth Van Hooser. This was submitted to the General Assembly of the State of TN in the fall of 1824. Fifty-two men signed the petition. William then married Rebecca Lewellyn. There were children by both marriages.
Info obtained from:
1830 census of Madison Co., IL
Mge. Rec. of Madison Co., IL
1850,1860,1870,1880 censuses of Utah
Nauvoo death records
Springville Ward Records, Salt Lake Ward Records
Early Church Information Files
Springville Cem. Rec.
History of Wm. Jackson Stewart & Sarah Dickens Gentry
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[300] Source: Shawn Gray, P.O. box 155, Muncie, Indiana, 47308.