Alexander Mebane II 1744 – 1795 | his parents
& 1767 Mary Armstrong 1749 – 1791 | her parents
& 1795 Ann Claypoole ca 1775 – | her parents
of Hawfields, Orange Co, NC
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Alexander Mebane Jr. and his wife Mary Mollie Armstrong
This “Alexander Mebane was born in Pennsylvania, 26th Nov 1744. He was a member of the Provincial Congress at Halifax 16 Dec 1776, that formed the State constitution, and of the convention at Hillsboro which rejected the constitution of the United States.
He was a member of the Legislature from Orange Co from 1783 to 1793 and in the latter year was elected a member of the United States [3rd] Congress and re-elected, but died before taking his seat on the 5th of July 1795. He was distinguished for sound practical sense, stern integrity, and indomitable firmness.” John Hill Wheeler’s Reminiscences
Children of Alexander Mebane and wife Mary Armstrong:
1. Jennette Mebane 12 Mar 1768 Orange Co NC – 1798
married 1795 Richard Stanford 2 Mar 1767 Vienna MD – 9 Apr 1816
he married 2nd 11 Sept 1803 Mary Moore dau of Stephen Moore of Mt. Tirzah
2. Mary Ann Mebane 29 Jan 1770 Orange Co NC –
married Orange Co 4 Aug 1794 Robert Hickman Hodge 1773 –
3. Margaret Mebane 15 May 1772 – 1812
married Joseph McLean 1752 – 1831
4. James Mebane 5 Sep 1774 – 12 Dec 1857 Hawfields, Orange Co NC
“..inherited his father’s talents as a statesman, was one of the first students who entered the University and the founder of the Dialectic Society. He was a member of the Legislature in 1808, 09, 10, 11, 22, 23, and 28. In 1821 he was elected Speaker of the House.” Wheeler
James Mebane 1774-1857
married 22 Sept 1799 Elizabeth Kinchen 6 July 1780 I of W VA – 7 Aug 1832 Alamance Co NC
“..the only child of William Kinchen..”
a. William Kinchen Mebane 31 Dec 1801 – 13 Oct 1824 Orange Co NC
“a Presbyterian clergyman..”
b. Eliza Harriet Mebane 24 Dec 1803 – 13 May 1827
married 13 Dec 1826 Henry L Graves 1792 – 1846
c. Alexander Allen Mebane 1 Sept 1806 – 1 July 1846 Richmond VA
d. Giles Mebane 25 Jan 1809 – 3 June 1899 Graham NC
“able Senator in the Legislature [1877-78] from Orange, Person, and Caswell..”
married 8 Mar 1837 Mary Catherine Yancey 28 Dec 1817 – 3 July 1899
i. Elizabeth [Betty] Yancey Mebane 21 June 1839 – 15 July 1866
ii. Emma Caroline Mebane 26 Jan 1842 – 19 Jan 1911
married 11 Dec 1865 Wiliam Graves Mebane 4 June 1838 – Dec 1882
iii. Mary Catherine Mebane 6 Feb 1844 – 22 June 1924
married 26 Oct 1865 Lynn Banks Holt 28 June 1842 – 25 Oct 1920
iv. Henrietta Virginia Mebane ca 1847 –
v. De Berniere Yancey Mebane 26 Oct 1848 – 1930
married 23 June 1970 Mary John Graves 11 Mar 1849 – 13 Dec 1925
vi. Frances Yancy Mebane 1850 –
vii. Susan Alice Mebane 3 July 1853 –
e. James Mebane Jr 22 Nov 1812 – 2 May 1857 Alamance Co NC
married 27 June 1839 Susan A Turner 14 July 1818 – 11 Jan 1892
f. Lemuel H Mebane 4 Aug 1816 Alamance Co NC – 1 July 1855 Shelby Co TN
yellow fever Memphis
Lemuel and 3 of his children died of Yellow Fever and were buried
at his cousin John H Mebane’s home
married 2 Nov 1841 Caroline Lawson Yancey 19 Oct 1823 – 24 March 1843
i. Carolina Yancey Mebane 13 Dec 1842- 13 Dec 1842
married 20 Jan 1848 Mildred W Sadler 23 Jan 1830 – 24 May 1868 ts
ii. Carina Mebane ca 1849 –
iii. daughter
iv. daughter
v. child died 1855 yellow fever
vi. L. H. Mebane Jr. 27 May 1855 – July 1855 -yellow fever
Mildred married 2nd a Mr Jameson -but she was buried beside her 1st husband
married 17 Jan 1833 Mary Graves 15 Jan 1792 Caswell Co NC – 3 Feb 1846 Caswell Co NC
married 22 Sep 1847 Mary Catherine Watts 1 Feb 1800 –
5. Sarah Mebane 24 Dec 1776 – 29 Sep 1812
married 1 Sep 1796 Joseph Sloss ca 1771 – 22 Mar 1829
6. Frances Mebane 28 Apr 1779 – 2 June 1859
married 21 Feb 1799 William Denny Paisley 26 Oct 1770 Guilford Co – 10 Mar 1857 Guilford Co
7. William Mebane 28 Apr 1779 Mason Hall, Orange Co NC – 3 May 1856 Orange Co
married Mary Wood 8 Oct 1780 – 21 Jan 1846 Mebane, NC
8. Susannah Mebane 1 July 1781 – 18041807
married 29 Apr 1802 George Campbell 21 Jan 1775 – 1 Sept 1827
a. Mary Mebane Campbell 7 May 1804 Bertie Co NC – 15 Jan 1855 IN
married Nov 1821 Henry Smith 27 May 1802 – 19 Aug 1880 IN 13 children
9. Robert Mebane 12 Aug 1783 – aft 1820 Orange Co
married ca 1805 Temperance Hill ca 1785 –
married ca 1807 Mary Gaines ca 1788 –
10. Elizabeth Mebane 26 June 1786 – 1 Jan 1859 Madison Co MS
married 26 Jan 1804 William Henry Goodloe ca 1781 –
11. Nancy Mebane 2 Oct 1788 –
married 30 Sep 1811 William Mitchell ca 1784 –
12. Hall Mebane ca 1789 Orange Co NC –
13. John Alexander Mebane 6 Dec 1790 Orange Co – 29 Jan 1859
Mebaneville, Cross Co Ark
married 23 Dec 1819 Celia Freeman Sutton 6 Oct 1803 Bertie Co – 25 Sep 1870 Ark
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans:
Volume IX page 463
STANFORD, Richard, representative, was born in Dorchester county, near Vienna,
Md., March 2, 1767; son of Richard Stanford, and a descendant of Richard Stanford, who sailed in the ship Primrose from Gravesend, London, England, to Virginia, July 27, 1635. He removed from Maryland to North Carolina about 1793 and established an academy at Hawfields, Orange county, among his pupils being Thomas H. Benton, afterwards U.S. senator. He also conducted a farm at Hawfields and was married to Jeannette, daughter of Gen. Alexander Mebane, representative in the 3d congress (1792–95). She died in three years, and he married, secondly, Mary, daughter of Gen. Stephen Moore of Mt. Tirzah, Person county, N.C. (formerly of New York city), and granddaughter of Col. John Moore, a leading merchant in the early days of New York city. She died, Sept. 20, 1858, at Lambsville, N.C. He was a Democratic representative from North Carolina in the 5th-14th congresses, serving from May 15, 1797, to April 9, 1816, and was the first representative in congress to be called “The Father of the House.” He was chairman of the committee on revisal and unfinished business during the 13th congress, and upon the assembling of the 14th congress was chosen chairman of the committee on rules and orders of the house. . . . Representative Stanford died at Washington, D.C., during the 14th session of congress, and was buried in the Congressional cemetery. The date of Representative Stanford’s death is April 9, 1816. [found at Ancestry.com]
brother of William
Dr. John Alexander Mebane 1790 – 1861 | his parents
& 1819 Celia Freeman Sutton 1803 – 1870 | her parents
of Greensboro NC and Cross Co Ark
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Celia Freeman Sutton 6 Oct 1803 Bertie Co NC – 25 Sept 1870
married 23 Dec 1819 Dr. John Alexander Mebane 6 Dec 1790 – 11 July 1861 Greensboro NC
born Orange County NC, res. Greensboro, NC – both burial First Presbyterian Church
Children of John Alexander Mebane and wife Celia Freeman Sutton:
1. Sarah Ann Lucia Mebane 14 July 1821 – 18 Jan 1822
2. Mary Eliza Mebane 15 April 1822 – 1894
married 14 Oct 1846 Charles C Graham
3. William T Mebane 27 May 1825 NC – 15 Sept 1891 Ark
Class of 1845 UNC
4. Celia Henrietta Mebane 19 Mar 1828 NC – 21 Mar 1905 TN
married 16 Sept 1856 John Abijah Allen
5. John A Mebane 4 Feb 1830 NC – 28 Sept 1854 Baton Rouge LA
6. James Sutton Mebane 12 May 1832 NC – 26 June 1880
married 13 Oct 1857 Henrietta Elizabeth Campbell 4 Feb 1834 – 1876 Ark
a. John Alexander Mebane 27 Aug 1858 – 29 Jan 1859 Mebaneville, Cross County, Ark
b. James Campbell Mebane 4 Feb 1860 – 11 Nov 1923 Farmer St. Francis Co Ark
married 29 April 1900 Jennie Eugenia France
c. Kate Reynolds Mebane 20 May 1862 –
married 1882 O. B. Dunlap Farmer Rockbridge Co VA
son of Madison Dunlap
d. Robert Sterling Mebane 7 May 1864 – ca 1880 16 years old
e. Allen Sutton Mebane10 Nov 1868 – In business, Cleveland, Ohio
married 7 Oct 1891 Rose Evelyn Strong 25 Oct 1864 –
f. Donald Moore Mebane 18 July 1870 – Living, 1942 Unmarried Wynne Ark
Lived with his uncle, R. Granville Campbell, on Buffalo Creek, Va., after his mother’s death.
7. Carey Osceola Mebane 12 Sept 1836 NC – 4 Jan 1904 Norfolk VA
married 1858 William Davis Reynolds