The first wife of John Gaines Biard, son of Rebecca Stone Biard. Nancy's parents are unconfirmed.
Her husband John Gaines Biard first came to Texas in 1836 by horseback, with his brother William Washington Biard. Both were at the time single men. While in Texas they stopped in Clarksville, where they built the first church house in Clarksville. "Gaines" was a stone cutter. Near a printing house (?) in Clarksville is a large slab of stone with his name carved into it. The brothers returned to Limestone County, Alabama where Nancy Claudia Brackeen & John Gaines Biard were married n Dec 17, 1840.
John and Nancy Biard returned to Texas in 1847, bringing their three daughters: Minerva, Henrietta, and Matilda Frances, aka "Fannie".
After Nancy's death the following year, John married a neighbor Elvina Campbell Stallcup, widow of R. G. Stallcup. She was the mother of Mary Stallcup, who married Terrell Click, a prosperous land owner in Lamar County.
--- From the personal files of Elizabeth Booth & Maude Biard Smith.
For John and Elvina's six children, go the the memorial page for Elvina Campbell Biard
NOTE: At this time there is no definite information that links Nancy to the well-known resident of Pleasant Grove community, Rev. William G. Brackeen , (1786-1852). In 1832 the Rev. Brackeen left Tennesse to come to Lamar County (fifteen years earlier than Nancy), bringing his children, James, Thomas, William, Frankie (Wortham), Sally (Ray), and Letha (Gullick). Rev. Brackeen did have a daughter Nancy in 1844, born in Lamar county. For more information about this man, please go to the free online Lamar County Geneaology site: http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery/Search.cfm
There are also traces of many Brackeen families in Limestone County, Alabama from the 1800s.
Her husband John Gaines Biard first came to Texas in 1836 by horseback, with his brother William Washington Biard. Both were at the time single men. While in Texas they stopped in Clarksville, where they built the first church house in Clarksville. "Gaines" was a stone cutter. Near a printing house (?) in Clarksville is a large slab of stone with his name carved into it. The brothers returned to Limestone County, Alabama where Nancy Claudia Brackeen & John Gaines Biard were married n Dec 17, 1840.
John and Nancy Biard returned to Texas in 1847, bringing their three daughters: Minerva, Henrietta, and Matilda Frances, aka "Fannie".
After Nancy's death the following year, John married a neighbor Elvina Campbell Stallcup, widow of R. G. Stallcup. She was the mother of Mary Stallcup, who married Terrell Click, a prosperous land owner in Lamar County.
--- From the personal files of Elizabeth Booth & Maude Biard Smith.
For John and Elvina's six children, go the the memorial page for Elvina Campbell Biard
NOTE: At this time there is no definite information that links Nancy to the well-known resident of Pleasant Grove community, Rev. William G. Brackeen , (1786-1852). In 1832 the Rev. Brackeen left Tennesse to come to Lamar County (fifteen years earlier than Nancy), bringing his children, James, Thomas, William, Frankie (Wortham), Sally (Ray), and Letha (Gullick). Rev. Brackeen did have a daughter Nancy in 1844, born in Lamar county. For more information about this man, please go to the free online Lamar County Geneaology site: http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery/Search.cfm
There are also traces of many Brackeen families in Limestone County, Alabama from the 1800s.
The first wife of John Gaines Biard, son of Rebecca Stone Biard. Nancy's parents are unconfirmed.
Her husband John Gaines Biard first came to Texas in 1836 by horseback, with his brother William Washington Biard. Both were at the time single men. While in Texas they stopped in Clarksville, where they built the first church house in Clarksville. "Gaines" was a stone cutter. Near a printing house (?) in Clarksville is a large slab of stone with his name carved into it. The brothers returned to Limestone County, Alabama where Nancy Claudia Brackeen & John Gaines Biard were married n Dec 17, 1840.
John and Nancy Biard returned to Texas in 1847, bringing their three daughters: Minerva, Henrietta, and Matilda Frances, aka "Fannie".
After Nancy's death the following year, John married a neighbor Elvina Campbell Stallcup, widow of R. G. Stallcup. She was the mother of Mary Stallcup, who married Terrell Click, a prosperous land owner in Lamar County.
--- From the personal files of Elizabeth Booth & Maude Biard Smith.
For John and Elvina's six children, go the the memorial page for Elvina Campbell Biard
NOTE: At this time there is no definite information that links Nancy to the well-known resident of Pleasant Grove community, Rev. William G. Brackeen , (1786-1852). In 1832 the Rev. Brackeen left Tennesse to come to Lamar County (fifteen years earlier than Nancy), bringing his children, James, Thomas, William, Frankie (Wortham), Sally (Ray), and Letha (Gullick). Rev. Brackeen did have a daughter Nancy in 1844, born in Lamar county. For more information about this man, please go to the free online Lamar County Geneaology site: http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery/Search.cfm
There are also traces of many Brackeen families in Limestone County, Alabama from the 1800s.
Her husband John Gaines Biard first came to Texas in 1836 by horseback, with his brother William Washington Biard. Both were at the time single men. While in Texas they stopped in Clarksville, where they built the first church house in Clarksville. "Gaines" was a stone cutter. Near a printing house (?) in Clarksville is a large slab of stone with his name carved into it. The brothers returned to Limestone County, Alabama where Nancy Claudia Brackeen & John Gaines Biard were married n Dec 17, 1840.
John and Nancy Biard returned to Texas in 1847, bringing their three daughters: Minerva, Henrietta, and Matilda Frances, aka "Fannie".
After Nancy's death the following year, John married a neighbor Elvina Campbell Stallcup, widow of R. G. Stallcup. She was the mother of Mary Stallcup, who married Terrell Click, a prosperous land owner in Lamar County.
--- From the personal files of Elizabeth Booth & Maude Biard Smith.
For John and Elvina's six children, go the the memorial page for Elvina Campbell Biard
NOTE: At this time there is no definite information that links Nancy to the well-known resident of Pleasant Grove community, Rev. William G. Brackeen , (1786-1852). In 1832 the Rev. Brackeen left Tennesse to come to Lamar County (fifteen years earlier than Nancy), bringing his children, James, Thomas, William, Frankie (Wortham), Sally (Ray), and Letha (Gullick). Rev. Brackeen did have a daughter Nancy in 1844, born in Lamar county. For more information about this man, please go to the free online Lamar County Geneaology site: http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery/Search.cfm
There are also traces of many Brackeen families in Limestone County, Alabama from the 1800s.
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