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John Wesley Church 1827 – 1923 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Nov 1827

Birth Location: Summit, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 16 Apr 1923

Death Location: Lewis Fork, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Father: William Church

Mother: Sarah Lenderman

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John Wesley Church was born in 1827 in Summit, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, the child of William Gabriel "Preacher Billy" Church and Sarah Sally Lenderman. John Wesley Church passed away in 1923 in Lewis Fork, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • John Wesley Church was born in 1827 in Summit, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, the child of William Gabriel "Preacher Billy" Church and Sarah Sally Lenderman.
  • John Wesley Church passed away in 1923 in Lewis Fork, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.

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John Church's Ancestors

Self
John Church
1827 – 1923
Birth Place: Summit, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Parents
William Gabriel "Preacher Billy" Church
1808 – 1889
Summit, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Sarah (Sally) Lenderman
1808 – 1870
Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Elijah Church
1773 – 1860
Lewis Fork, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Charity Craft
1771 – 1850
Fletchers Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Leonard (L) Lenderman
1779 – 1841
Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Anna Fyffe
1780 – 1843
Frederick, MD, USA
Great-Grandparents
Yankee Church
1736 – 1811
Mildred Church
1734 – 1772
James Craft
1714 – 1793
SARAH HAMMONS
1718 – 1818
Johann Lenderman
1753 – 1784
Eve Meir
1753 – 1782
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Church
1704 – 1775
Anna Curtis
1710 – 1790
John Craft
1699 – 1735
Mary Holderness
1695 –
Johann Meier
1704 – 1754
Maria Hauptmann
1711 – 1762

John Church's Timeline

2 Records

1827
18 Nov 1827
Birth of John Wesley Church in Summit, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Summit, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
1923
16 Apr 1923
Age 96
Death of John Wesley Church in Lewis Fork, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Lewis Fork, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Nov 1827
    Event Place: Summit, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1923
    Event Place: Lewis Fork, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

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