Thursday, August 16, 2018

Dwight David Eisenhower

Today, I am coming back to our Mary Gant nee Boone who was the wife of Absolom Bobo Gant, our 1st cousin, six times removed. According to my research, Mr. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Texan born US President, was Mary's third cousin, three times removed*.

Eisenhower birthplace, Denison, Texas

 Mary's family line:
her father Hiram Boone (b. 1765, Culpepper County, Virginia/d. 13 March 1826, Savannah, Hardin, TN)
his father Hezekiah Boone (b. 22 May 1735, Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania/d. 20 Dec. 1820, Woodford, Kentucky)
his father George Boone (b. 13 July 1690, Bradninch Devonshire England/d. 20 Nov. 1753, Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania)
his sister Sarah Stover nee Boone (b. 29 Feb. 1692, Bradninch, Devonshire, England/d. 20 Nov. 1743, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia)
her son Abraham Stover (b. 1720, Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania/d. 1787, Carter, Tennessee)
his son Daniel Stover Sr. (b. about 1750, Augusta Co., VA/d. 25 March 1811, Augusta Co., VA)
his son Daniel Stover Jr. (b. 23 May 1780, Augusta Co., VA/d. 18 Jan. 1862, Mt. Sidney, Augusta Co, VA)
his son Simon P. Stover (b. 28 Sept. 1822, Mt. Sidney, Augusta Co, VA/d. 10 Dec. 1873, Augusta, VA)

Augusta County countryside, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

his daughter Ida Elizabeth Eisenhower nee Stover (b. 23 Sept. 1863, Elizabethville, Washington Twp, Dauphin Co, PA/d. 10 March 1942, Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas)
her son Dwight David Eisenhower (b. 14 Oct. 1890, Denison, Grayson County, TX/d. 28 March 1969).

Greene Corner, Tryon, North Carolina

our Absolom Bobo's family line:
his mother Mary Gant nee Armstrong (b. 17 Dec. 1761, Tryon, Polk, North Carolina/d. Oct. 1848, Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee)
her sister Elizabeth Gant nee Armstrong (b. 4 Feb. 1762, Mecklenburg, North Carolina/d. 4 Jan. 1834)
1 ⇒ her daughter Margaret Lollar nee Gant - our four times-great-grandmother (b. 1791, South Carolina/d. 1825, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
2 her husband Lewis Bobo Gant
his father John Gant - our six times-great-grandfather

*based on my MyHeritage research 



Photos
Eisenhower Birthplace: By TxHC at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19446389
Augusta County countryside: By Hamiltonl at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2408679
Greene Corner, Tryon, NC: By Janet Gray - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15088396



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