TX Family Groupsheet for John Augustus Fortune Sr. Family

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Submitted by: Mary Eklund
Email address: <Mary.Eklund@worldnet.att.net>


Husband: John Augustus Fortune Sr.
Birthdate: February, 1798
Birthplace: Virginia
Death date: August, 1864
Place of death: Falls Co., Texas
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown


Marriage date: May 3, 1822
Marriage place: Montgomery Co., Kentucky


Wife: America Higgins
Birthdate: March 18, 1803
Birthplace: Bourbon, Co., Kentucky
Death date: March, 1870
Place of death: Falls Co., Texas
Father: Moses Higgins
Mother: Jane Jeter


CHILDREN


Child No. 1: Charles Volney Fortune
Sex: M
Birthdate: October 31, 1824
Birthplace: Kentucky
Death date: March 3, 1870
Place of death: Falls Co., Texas
Marriage date: December 31, 1851
Marriage place: Lincoln Co., Tennessee
Spouse's name: Mary Margaret March


Child No. 2: Hiram H. Fortune
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1829
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: december 4, 1888
Place of death: Falls Co., Texas
Marriage date: December 8, 1859
Marriage place: Falls Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Mary Moore


Child No. 3: Jane J. Fortune
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1831
Birthplace:  Alabama
Death date: May 1, 1873
Place of death: Falls Co., Texas
Marriage date: February 2, 1853
Marriage place: Falls Co., Texas
Spouse's name: William Killebrew


Child No. 4: John Augustus Fortune Jr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1832
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: Unknown
Place of death: Texas
Marriage date: October 31, 1865
Marriage place: Falls Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Martha Drennan


Child No. 5: Alice Everette Fortune
Sex: 
Birthdate: April 12, 1840
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: February 8, 1869
Place of death: Falls Co., Texas
Marriage date: April 28, 1859
Marriage place: Falls Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Buckner Killebrew


Documentation: Research Notes:
"Families of Falls County", First Edition, Copyright 1987, by Falls
County Historical Commission.
"Our Kin", by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker,
published 1976 by C.J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA
Will of John Augustus Fortune Sr., on file Falls County Courthouse,
Marlin, Texas
Marriage records, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Information from Jane March Schoolfield Tappero, granddaughter of Mary
Lizora (Fortune) Hanes.