Bessie Lena Thompson: Appalachian Aristocracy

1896 - 1984 (87 years)

Generation: 1

Bessie Lena Thompson was born 12 Apr 1896, Buckingham Co. VA (daughter of Horace Clinton (Clint) Thompson and Georgie E. Yancey); died 11 Apr 1984, Buckingham Co. VA; was buried , Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham Co. VA.

Bessie married James Franklin Jackson 02 Jun 1917, Guilford Co. NC. James was born 20 Dec 1886, Pittsylvania Co. VA; died 16 Apr 1932, Cumberland Co. MD; was buried , Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Children:

James Franklin Jackson, Jr. was born 20 Apr 1918, Gastonia Co. NC.

Generation: 2

Horace Clinton (Clint) Thompson was born 15 Apr 1871, Buckingham Co. VA; died 14 Aug 1944, Buckingham Co. VA; was buried , Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton ,Buckingham Co. VA.

Horace married Georgie E. Yancey 22 Apr 1895, Buckingham Co. VA. Georgie (daughter of George Garland Yancey and Sarah (Sallie) JOHNSON) was born 16 Oct 1873, Buckingham Co. VA; died 13 May 1947, Buckingham Co. VA; was buried , Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Georgie E. Yancey was born 16 Oct 1873, Buckingham Co. VA (daughter of George Garland Yancey and Sarah (Sallie) JOHNSON); died 13 May 1947, Buckingham Co. VA; was buried , Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham Co. VA.

Children:

1. Bessie Lena Thompson was born 12 Apr 1896, Buckingham Co. VA; died 11 Apr 1984, Buckingham Co. VA; was buried , Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham Co. VA.
Sadie Beatrice Thompson was born 01 Sep 1898, Buckingham Co. VA; died 20 Oct 1942, Petersburg, VA; was buried , Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.
Pearle Alice Thompson was born 10 Jun 1901, Buckingham Co. VA; died Jul 1975, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co. NC; was buried , Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA.

Generation: 3

6.	George Garland Yancey was born 20 Jun 1825, Buckingham Co. VA; died 06 Sep 1882, Buckingham Co. VA. George married Sarah (Sallie) JOHNSON. Sarah (daughter of W. Thomas JOHNSON and Frances BRYANT) was born 05 Jul 1845, Buckingham, Co., VA; died 26 Dec 1902, Buckingham Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Sarah (Sallie) JOHNSON was born 05 Jul 1845, Buckingham, Co., VA (daughter of W. Thomas JOHNSON and Frances BRYANT); died 26 Dec 1902, Buckingham Co. VA.

Children:

Willie Alice Yancey was born 25 Oct 1868, Buckingham Co. VA; died Aft 1940, Buckingham Co. VA.
3. Georgie E. Yancey was born 16 Oct 1873, Buckingham Co. VA; died 13 May 1947, Buckingham Co. VA; was buried , Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham Co. VA.

Generation: 4

14.

W. Thomas JOHNSON was born 1 Mar 1798, near Palmyra, Fluvanna Co., VA (son of Henry JOHNSON and Elizabeth UNKNOWN); died 07 Jun 1875, Buckingham, Co., VA.

W. married Frances BRYANT 22 Feb 1840, Buckingham Co. VA. Frances (daughter of Isaac BRYANT, Jr. and Mary SNODDY) was born 18 May 1812, Buckingham Co., VA; died 7 Mar 1869, Buckingham Co., VA. [Group Sheet]

15.

Frances BRYANT was born 18 May 1812, Buckingham Co., VA (daughter of Isaac BRYANT, Jr. and Mary SNODDY); died 7 Mar 1869, Buckingham Co., VA.

Children:

Mary Virginia (Jennie) JOHNSON was born Dec 1840, Buckingham Co. VA; died 13 Oct 1915, Nicholas Co. WV; was buried , Southern Methodist Church Cemetery, Summersville, Nicholas Co. WV.
George H. JOHNSON was born May 1842, Buckingham Co., VA; died 2 Jul 1862, Chimborazo Hosp. Richmond, VA.
7. Sarah (Sallie) JOHNSON was born 05 Jul 1845, Buckingham, Co., VA; died 26 Dec 1902, Buckingham Co. VA.
Wesley F. JOHNSON was born ca 1846, Buckingham Co. VA; died Bef 1860, Buckingham Co. VA.
Wealthia Frances JOHNSON was born 12 Sep 1847, Buckingham Co., VA; died 18 May 1899, Nicholas Co. WV; was buried , Southern Methodist Church Cemetery, Summersville, Nicholas Co. WV.
William Thomas JOHNSON was born 2 Jul 1850, Buckingham Co., VA; died 14 Jul 1897, Buckingham, Co., VA.
Alice Walker JOHNSON was born 07 Jan 1852, Buckingham Co. VA; died 28 Nov 1868, Buckingham Co. VA.
Robert Isaac JOHNSON was born ca 1855, Buckingham Co. VA; died 01 May 1882, Fayette Co. WV.
Joseph Paschal JOHNSON was born 17 Jun 1857, Wealthia, Buckingham Co., VA; died 30 Jul 1925, Bramwell, Mercer Co., WV; was buried , Freeman Cemetery, Bramwell Baptist Church, Bramwell, WV.