Iowa Family Group Sheet for the William G. Major, Jr. Family Submitted by: Leni Scarr at lenilender@comcast.net HUSBAND: William G. Major, Jr. Birth date: 2/11/1821 Birthplace: Granard Parish, Ballymacroley, Co. Longford, Ireland Death date: 3/5/1889 Place of death: Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Burial date: Burial place: Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Other Spouse: 2. Elizabeth Dooley, 3. Harriet Sexton, 4. Nancy Constable Father: William G. Major, Sr. Mother: Sarah Ann Unknown Marriage date: September 30, 1849 Marriage place: Shelby Co., Indiana WIFE: Susannah Bentley Birth date: January 28, 1824 Birthplace: Kentucky Death date: March 12, 1860 Place of death: Allen Tws., Warren Co., Iowa Burial date: Burial place: Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Other Spouse: Father: James Thomas Bentley, Sr. Mother: Susannah Gregory CHILDREN Child No. 1: Thomas Emmit Major Sex: M Birth date: 7/10/1850 Birthplace: Carlisle, Polk Co., Iowa Death date: June 26, 1924 Place of death: Arlington, Snohomish Co., Washington Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Estella May Freeman Marriage date: January 18, 1877 Marriage place: Wright Twp. , Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Child No. 2: William G. Major III Sex: M Birth date: September 15, 1852 Birthplace: Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Death date: October 05, 1922 Place of death: Sedro Wooley, Skagit Co., Washington Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Laura Ann Unknown Marriage date: Abt. 1905 Marriage place: Probably Washington Child No. 3: George William Major Sex: M Birth date: November 21, 1854 Birthplace: Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Death date: May 24, 1924 Place of death: Snohomish, Washington Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Eliza Jane Sill Marriage date: March 21, 1880 Marriage place: Adair Co., Iowa Child No. 4: Sarah Ann Major Birth date: March 1857 Birthplace: Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Death date: Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Barnabus Deets Marriage date: March 01, 1876 Marriage place: Warren Co., Iowa Child No. 5: Mary Jane Major Birth date: December 18, 1859 Birthplace: Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Death date: March 09, 1939 Place of death: Warren Co., Iowa Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Jessie Marsh Marriage date: Bet. 1882 - 1883 Marriage place: Warren Co., Iowa Child No. 6: Susanna E. Major Birth date: 3/12/1860 Birthplace: Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Death date: 8/11/1860 Place of death: Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Burial date: 8/1860 Burial place: Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Warren Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Documentation and Sources: WILLIAM G MAJOR, JR: 1) Military Records, Mexican War Pension Application 2) Census Records, Granard Parish, Co Longford, Ireland. 3) Passenger & Immigration Lists Index 1500's-1900's, LUNDBERG, GERTRUDE W. "Ship's Passengers-Regulations for Captains." In Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 15:2 (Summer 1983), pp. 79-84. 4) Marriage Records, Book 6, Page 412, Ancestry.com: Shelby Co., Indiana Clerks Office; Marriages 1846. 5) Ancestry.com: U.S. Census Records.1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 6) Headstone SUSANNAH BENTLEY: 1) Marriage Records, Book 6, Page 412, Ancestry.com: Shelby Co., Indiana Clerks Office; Marriages 1846. 2) Ancestry.com: U.S. Census Records.1850 THOMAS EMMIT MAJOR: 1) Ancestry.com:U.S.Census Records: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 2) Marriage Return, Circuit Court of Pottawattamie County, State of Iowa. 27. 3) 1899 WARRANTY DEED: The purchase of land in Arlington, WA. Copy in my possession. 4) Obituary, Arlington Times, June 26, 1924. 5) Death Certificate; copy in my posession WILLIAM G. MAJOR, III: 1) Ancestry.com:U.S.Census Records: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 SARAH A. MAJOR: 1) Ancestry.com:U.S.Census Records: 1860, 1870, 1880 2) FTM: Family Archives: # 222 Marriage Index: Iowa , 1851-1900. MARY JANE MAJOR: 1) Ancestry.com:U.S.Census Records:1860,1870,1880,1900,1910,1920,1930 2) News Articles ************************************************** Copyright © 2005 by Leni Scarr. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************