Southerland
? Southerland
spouse: Mary b 1811 Georgia
children: Melkijah V. Southerland
Elizabeth Southerland b 1835 Alabama
Tobitha J. Southerland b 1841 Alabama
Mary C. Southerland b 1843 Alabama
*1850 Marshall County, Alabama Census: Mary listed with her 4 children, assuming she was widowed at that time.
Melkijah V. Southerland
b 1830 Alabama d before 1870 Monroe County, Arkansas
m 1850 Alabama
spouse: Sarah Ann b 1838 Alabama d before 1870 Monroe County, Arkansas
children: John Wesley Southerland b 1852 Alabama
Joanna Southerland b 1856 Alabama
Isham Taylor Southerland b Novemeber 1859 Arkansas
Melkijah V. Southerland b 1863 Arkansas
* 1860 Arkansas Census (both parents living with all 4 children) John Ferguson was neighbor
*In 1870, Joan Southerland is listed with her brother Melkijah v Southerland age 7, living with the Morris Family. There were no parents with them. This was in Hickory Ridge, Monroe County, Arkansas. I am assuming Melkijah, Sarah Ann and Isham are dead in 1870.
Joanna Southerland b 1856 Alabama d Bet. 1878 - 1880 Arkansas
m Mar 20, 1873 Phillips County, Arkansas
Marriage License: in Book d-392 Phillips County, Arkansas
spouse: Andrew Jackson Ferguson b November 25, 1854 Arkansas d Jul 21, 1923 Monroe Co. Arkansas
spouse's parents: Melkijah V. Southerland and Sarah Ann. m 1850 in Alabama
Melkijah V. Southerland and Sarah Ann. m 1850 in Alabamachildren: (Joanna and Andrew)
1. Minni Lou Ferguson b December 18, 1878
2. Sidney Walter Ferguson b April 21, 1876 d May 12, 1955
Sidney Walter Ferguson b April 21, 1876 d May 12, 1955 spouse: Jessie Edna Miller b July 8, 1884 d March 18, 1978 m June 14, 1900
Jessie Edna Miller b July 8, 1884 d March 18, 1978 m June 14, 1900 spouse's parents: Robert P. Miller b Claiborne Co., Mississippi
Robert P. Miller b Claiborne Co., MississippiAnnie Davis b 1861 Tennessee children: Sidney W., Jr., Zola Mae, Willie Andrew, Verna, Lillie,
Lillie, Robert, Lena, Jessie
Jessie