Rebecca Moore Angel Southern was born August 11, 1824, daughter of Samuel Angel and Agness Freeman Angel of Stokes County, NC. She married John H. Southern in Stokes County on June 11, 1846. They made their home in neighboring Rockingham County NC.
Their children were William S. (1847), Sarah Frances (1849), George W. (1852), Agness E. (1854), and Leonard Anderson. (1861). The family Bible, with entries believed written in Rebecca's hand, names three other children who died in infancy - Josephus (1850-52), Melven (1856-57), and Eliza (1858-62).
Rebecca's oldest three children -- William, Sarah (m. James C. Throckmorton), and George -- moved to Texas by the 1880s. The two youngest -- Agness (m. John R. Turner) and L.A. -- remained in NC, and are buried at Stokesdale Christian Church near their parents.
Rebecca's parents Samuel (b. about 1795) and Agness Freeman Angel (b. about 1797) migrated from N.C. to Christian County, Illinois, between 1850 and 1860, accompanied or later joined by at least three of Rebecca's siblings -- Martha Angel (b. 1828; m. Fewel Marshall in NC in 1851); Rufus Angel (b. about 1830), and Samuel Angel (b. about 1832). Rebecca's sister Martha Angel Marshall's grave (d. 1913) is in Christian County Ill; if marked graves for parents Samuel and Agness Angel exist in Christian County, they are not yet recorded in Findagrave.
Though Rebecca's husband John is shown consistently in every census to have been illiterate, Rebecca and all her children could read and write. Son George became a doctor in Texas, and son L.A. attended the Normal School (teacher's college) at Chapel Hill. The children's exposure to education was clearly a gift from their mother.
Their children were William S. (1847), Sarah Frances (1849), George W. (1852), Agness E. (1854), and Leonard Anderson. (1861). The family Bible, with entries believed written in Rebecca's hand, names three other children who died in infancy - Josephus (1850-52), Melven (1856-57), and Eliza (1858-62).
Rebecca's oldest three children -- William, Sarah (m. James C. Throckmorton), and George -- moved to Texas by the 1880s. The two youngest -- Agness (m. John R. Turner) and L.A. -- remained in NC, and are buried at Stokesdale Christian Church near their parents.
Rebecca's parents Samuel (b. about 1795) and Agness Freeman Angel (b. about 1797) migrated from N.C. to Christian County, Illinois, between 1850 and 1860, accompanied or later joined by at least three of Rebecca's siblings -- Martha Angel (b. 1828; m. Fewel Marshall in NC in 1851); Rufus Angel (b. about 1830), and Samuel Angel (b. about 1832). Rebecca's sister Martha Angel Marshall's grave (d. 1913) is in Christian County Ill; if marked graves for parents Samuel and Agness Angel exist in Christian County, they are not yet recorded in Findagrave.
Though Rebecca's husband John is shown consistently in every census to have been illiterate, Rebecca and all her children could read and write. Son George became a doctor in Texas, and son L.A. attended the Normal School (teacher's college) at Chapel Hill. The children's exposure to education was clearly a gift from their mother.
Rebecca Moore Angel Southern was born August 11, 1824, daughter of Samuel Angel and Agness Freeman Angel of Stokes County, NC. She married John H. Southern in Stokes County on June 11, 1846. They made their home in neighboring Rockingham County NC.
Their children were William S. (1847), Sarah Frances (1849), George W. (1852), Agness E. (1854), and Leonard Anderson. (1861). The family Bible, with entries believed written in Rebecca's hand, names three other children who died in infancy - Josephus (1850-52), Melven (1856-57), and Eliza (1858-62).
Rebecca's oldest three children -- William, Sarah (m. James C. Throckmorton), and George -- moved to Texas by the 1880s. The two youngest -- Agness (m. John R. Turner) and L.A. -- remained in NC, and are buried at Stokesdale Christian Church near their parents.
Rebecca's parents Samuel (b. about 1795) and Agness Freeman Angel (b. about 1797) migrated from N.C. to Christian County, Illinois, between 1850 and 1860, accompanied or later joined by at least three of Rebecca's siblings -- Martha Angel (b. 1828; m. Fewel Marshall in NC in 1851); Rufus Angel (b. about 1830), and Samuel Angel (b. about 1832). Rebecca's sister Martha Angel Marshall's grave (d. 1913) is in Christian County Ill; if marked graves for parents Samuel and Agness Angel exist in Christian County, they are not yet recorded in Findagrave.
Though Rebecca's husband John is shown consistently in every census to have been illiterate, Rebecca and all her children could read and write. Son George became a doctor in Texas, and son L.A. attended the Normal School (teacher's college) at Chapel Hill. The children's exposure to education was clearly a gift from their mother.
Their children were William S. (1847), Sarah Frances (1849), George W. (1852), Agness E. (1854), and Leonard Anderson. (1861). The family Bible, with entries believed written in Rebecca's hand, names three other children who died in infancy - Josephus (1850-52), Melven (1856-57), and Eliza (1858-62).
Rebecca's oldest three children -- William, Sarah (m. James C. Throckmorton), and George -- moved to Texas by the 1880s. The two youngest -- Agness (m. John R. Turner) and L.A. -- remained in NC, and are buried at Stokesdale Christian Church near their parents.
Rebecca's parents Samuel (b. about 1795) and Agness Freeman Angel (b. about 1797) migrated from N.C. to Christian County, Illinois, between 1850 and 1860, accompanied or later joined by at least three of Rebecca's siblings -- Martha Angel (b. 1828; m. Fewel Marshall in NC in 1851); Rufus Angel (b. about 1830), and Samuel Angel (b. about 1832). Rebecca's sister Martha Angel Marshall's grave (d. 1913) is in Christian County Ill; if marked graves for parents Samuel and Agness Angel exist in Christian County, they are not yet recorded in Findagrave.
Though Rebecca's husband John is shown consistently in every census to have been illiterate, Rebecca and all her children could read and write. Son George became a doctor in Texas, and son L.A. attended the Normal School (teacher's college) at Chapel Hill. The children's exposure to education was clearly a gift from their mother.
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