FRANCES "FANNY" IREDELL JONES ERWIN
Frances Iredell Jones was born February 5, 1837 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina, the eldest of 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls) born to CSA Col. Cadwallader Jones III and his wife, Annie Isabella Iredell. She is descended on both sides of her family tree from some of the most prominent families in Virginia and North Carolina. She was the paternal grandchild of Col. Cadwallader Jones II of "Monte Cailoux", Petersburg, VA and maternal grandchild of North Carolina Governor James Iredell, Jr. Her father, Colonel Cadwallader Jones III, was a lawyer and planter in NC, moving the family to York Co, SC in 1857. For a time Cadwallader Jones III held the office of solicitor in North Carolina; was a member of the house of representatives of North Carolina in 1840, and later of the state legislature of South Carolina. He formed and was Colonel of the SC 12th Regiment, of Gregg's Brigade, South Carolina volunteers. He was an effective speaker and an excellent criminal lawyer, and a Democrat of the old school, very popular as a politician.
Fanny was 19 years old when she married 21-year old George W. Erwin of Greensboro, Hale Co, AL on October 14, 1856. The marriage took place in Hillsboro, North Carolina just after her husband completed his education at the University of Virginia. The couple would soon reside at George's family plantation "Glencairn" in Greensboro, AL where they would become parents to 8 known children (3 boys/5 girls): John (1858), Annie (1860), Frances (ca. 1862), George (ca. 1864), Margaret (1865), Rebecca Frances (1868), Ethel (1872), and Cadwallader Erwin (1875).
Her husband was a wealthy planter until the outbreak of the War of Secession, when he joined the Confederate States Army as 2nd Lieutenant of the Greensboro Guards, assigned to Fort Morgan. The couple suffered the loss of 2 children who were born and died in infancy during the war (Frances & George, Jr.), but following the war the family and their fortune remained relatively intact. Her husband would later serve in the State Legislature (1883-84) and was President of the Hale County School Board (1895-1901).
Fanny was widowed in 1910 when her husband of 54 years passed at age 75. She survived him 16 years, passing in 1926 at age 89.
As for her children, eldest son John Erwin married Mary Griffin Wilkins of Virginia and farmed in Greensboro. He was the father of 4 children, with only one surviving. Her youngest son, Cadwallader Erwin, married Ida Vernon Seawell and was a banker in Greensboro; and had 1 daughter. The daughters also married. Annie Erwin married Alphonse Stollenweck, long-time resident of Greensboro, and partner in Newman & Stollenwerck Drug Company of Birmingham. She was widowed early on and the marriage was childless. "The Old Red House", which is the oldest structure in Greensboro in existence today, was part of the Stollenwerck old homestead. Margaret Erwin married Henry Watson Parrish, and the both died before 1926. Rebecca Frances Erwin married Madison Jones, and was widowed with one son, Madison Jones III. Ethel Erwin married Leonidas Bryan Sledge and died 1910.
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Frances Iredell Jones was born February 5, 1837 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina, the eldest of 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls) born to CSA Col. Cadwallader Jones III and his wife, Annie Isabella Iredell. She is descended on both sides of her family tree from some of the most prominent families in Virginia and North Carolina. She was the paternal grandchild of Col. Cadwallader Jones II of "Monte Cailoux", Petersburg, VA and maternal grandchild of North Carolina Governor James Iredell, Jr. Her father, Colonel Cadwallader Jones III, was a lawyer and planter in NC, moving the family to York Co, SC in 1857. For a time Cadwallader Jones III held the office of solicitor in North Carolina; was a member of the house of representatives of North Carolina in 1840, and later of the state legislature of South Carolina. He formed and was Colonel of the SC 12th Regiment, of Gregg's Brigade, South Carolina volunteers. He was an effective speaker and an excellent criminal lawyer, and a Democrat of the old school, very popular as a politician.
Fanny was 19 years old when she married 21-year old George W. Erwin of Greensboro, Hale Co, AL on October 14, 1856. The marriage took place in Hillsboro, North Carolina just after her husband completed his education at the University of Virginia. The couple would soon reside at George's family plantation "Glencairn" in Greensboro, AL where they would become parents to 8 known children (3 boys/5 girls): John (1858), Annie (1860), Frances (ca. 1862), George (ca. 1864), Margaret (1865), Rebecca Frances (1868), Ethel (1872), and Cadwallader Erwin (1875).
Her husband was a wealthy planter until the outbreak of the War of Secession, when he joined the Confederate States Army as 2nd Lieutenant of the Greensboro Guards, assigned to Fort Morgan. The couple suffered the loss of 2 children who were born and died in infancy during the war (Frances & George, Jr.), but following the war the family and their fortune remained relatively intact. Her husband would later serve in the State Legislature (1883-84) and was President of the Hale County School Board (1895-1901).
Fanny was widowed in 1910 when her husband of 54 years passed at age 75. She survived him 16 years, passing in 1926 at age 89.
As for her children, eldest son John Erwin married Mary Griffin Wilkins of Virginia and farmed in Greensboro. He was the father of 4 children, with only one surviving. Her youngest son, Cadwallader Erwin, married Ida Vernon Seawell and was a banker in Greensboro; and had 1 daughter. The daughters also married. Annie Erwin married Alphonse Stollenweck, long-time resident of Greensboro, and partner in Newman & Stollenwerck Drug Company of Birmingham. She was widowed early on and the marriage was childless. "The Old Red House", which is the oldest structure in Greensboro in existence today, was part of the Stollenwerck old homestead. Margaret Erwin married Henry Watson Parrish, and the both died before 1926. Rebecca Frances Erwin married Madison Jones, and was widowed with one son, Madison Jones III. Ethel Erwin married Leonidas Bryan Sledge and died 1910.
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FRANCES "FANNY" IREDELL JONES ERWIN
Frances Iredell Jones was born February 5, 1837 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina, the eldest of 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls) born to CSA Col. Cadwallader Jones III and his wife, Annie Isabella Iredell. She is descended on both sides of her family tree from some of the most prominent families in Virginia and North Carolina. She was the paternal grandchild of Col. Cadwallader Jones II of "Monte Cailoux", Petersburg, VA and maternal grandchild of North Carolina Governor James Iredell, Jr. Her father, Colonel Cadwallader Jones III, was a lawyer and planter in NC, moving the family to York Co, SC in 1857. For a time Cadwallader Jones III held the office of solicitor in North Carolina; was a member of the house of representatives of North Carolina in 1840, and later of the state legislature of South Carolina. He formed and was Colonel of the SC 12th Regiment, of Gregg's Brigade, South Carolina volunteers. He was an effective speaker and an excellent criminal lawyer, and a Democrat of the old school, very popular as a politician.
Fanny was 19 years old when she married 21-year old George W. Erwin of Greensboro, Hale Co, AL on October 14, 1856. The marriage took place in Hillsboro, North Carolina just after her husband completed his education at the University of Virginia. The couple would soon reside at George's family plantation "Glencairn" in Greensboro, AL where they would become parents to 8 known children (3 boys/5 girls): John (1858), Annie (1860), Frances (ca. 1862), George (ca. 1864), Margaret (1865), Rebecca Frances (1868), Ethel (1872), and Cadwallader Erwin (1875).
Her husband was a wealthy planter until the outbreak of the War of Secession, when he joined the Confederate States Army as 2nd Lieutenant of the Greensboro Guards, assigned to Fort Morgan. The couple suffered the loss of 2 children who were born and died in infancy during the war (Frances & George, Jr.), but following the war the family and their fortune remained relatively intact. Her husband would later serve in the State Legislature (1883-84) and was President of the Hale County School Board (1895-1901).
Fanny was widowed in 1910 when her husband of 54 years passed at age 75. She survived him 16 years, passing in 1926 at age 89.
As for her children, eldest son John Erwin married Mary Griffin Wilkins of Virginia and farmed in Greensboro. He was the father of 4 children, with only one surviving. Her youngest son, Cadwallader Erwin, married Ida Vernon Seawell and was a banker in Greensboro; and had 1 daughter. The daughters also married. Annie Erwin married Alphonse Stollenweck, long-time resident of Greensboro, and partner in Newman & Stollenwerck Drug Company of Birmingham. She was widowed early on and the marriage was childless. "The Old Red House", which is the oldest structure in Greensboro in existence today, was part of the Stollenwerck old homestead. Margaret Erwin married Henry Watson Parrish, and the both died before 1926. Rebecca Frances Erwin married Madison Jones, and was widowed with one son, Madison Jones III. Ethel Erwin married Leonidas Bryan Sledge and died 1910.
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Frances Iredell Jones was born February 5, 1837 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina, the eldest of 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls) born to CSA Col. Cadwallader Jones III and his wife, Annie Isabella Iredell. She is descended on both sides of her family tree from some of the most prominent families in Virginia and North Carolina. She was the paternal grandchild of Col. Cadwallader Jones II of "Monte Cailoux", Petersburg, VA and maternal grandchild of North Carolina Governor James Iredell, Jr. Her father, Colonel Cadwallader Jones III, was a lawyer and planter in NC, moving the family to York Co, SC in 1857. For a time Cadwallader Jones III held the office of solicitor in North Carolina; was a member of the house of representatives of North Carolina in 1840, and later of the state legislature of South Carolina. He formed and was Colonel of the SC 12th Regiment, of Gregg's Brigade, South Carolina volunteers. He was an effective speaker and an excellent criminal lawyer, and a Democrat of the old school, very popular as a politician.
Fanny was 19 years old when she married 21-year old George W. Erwin of Greensboro, Hale Co, AL on October 14, 1856. The marriage took place in Hillsboro, North Carolina just after her husband completed his education at the University of Virginia. The couple would soon reside at George's family plantation "Glencairn" in Greensboro, AL where they would become parents to 8 known children (3 boys/5 girls): John (1858), Annie (1860), Frances (ca. 1862), George (ca. 1864), Margaret (1865), Rebecca Frances (1868), Ethel (1872), and Cadwallader Erwin (1875).
Her husband was a wealthy planter until the outbreak of the War of Secession, when he joined the Confederate States Army as 2nd Lieutenant of the Greensboro Guards, assigned to Fort Morgan. The couple suffered the loss of 2 children who were born and died in infancy during the war (Frances & George, Jr.), but following the war the family and their fortune remained relatively intact. Her husband would later serve in the State Legislature (1883-84) and was President of the Hale County School Board (1895-1901).
Fanny was widowed in 1910 when her husband of 54 years passed at age 75. She survived him 16 years, passing in 1926 at age 89.
As for her children, eldest son John Erwin married Mary Griffin Wilkins of Virginia and farmed in Greensboro. He was the father of 4 children, with only one surviving. Her youngest son, Cadwallader Erwin, married Ida Vernon Seawell and was a banker in Greensboro; and had 1 daughter. The daughters also married. Annie Erwin married Alphonse Stollenweck, long-time resident of Greensboro, and partner in Newman & Stollenwerck Drug Company of Birmingham. She was widowed early on and the marriage was childless. "The Old Red House", which is the oldest structure in Greensboro in existence today, was part of the Stollenwerck old homestead. Margaret Erwin married Henry Watson Parrish, and the both died before 1926. Rebecca Frances Erwin married Madison Jones, and was widowed with one son, Madison Jones III. Ethel Erwin married Leonidas Bryan Sledge and died 1910.
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