Our Island Grandmothers - A Tribute To Those We Love

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Gladys Winifred Jennette - Daughter of Devaney Farrow Jennette & Ella Heath Gray Jennette - Grandmother of Dawn Farrow Taylor

Ella Heath Gray Jennette - Daughter of John Anderson Gray and Cynthia Stowe - Great Grandmother of Dawn F. Taylor.

Cynthia Stowe Gray Jennette - Daughter of Benjamin Stowe & Mary Midgett - Great Great Grandmother of Dawn Farrow Taylor.

Nancy Jane Gray Midgett Midgett (1854 - 1920) - Daughter of Ezekiel & Ann Elizabeth (Eliza) Meekins Midgett. Wife of Henry Vernon Midgett.

Bessie Mae Midgett Midgett (1892 - 1919). Daughter of Nancy & Henry Midgett; Wife of Jerome Flora Midgett.

Margaret Cuthrell Midgett {Lewis} 1921 - 1969; Wife of Warren Jerome Midgett (son of Bessie & Flora); daughter of Noah and Ida Leah Gurkin Cuthrell. Grandmother of Robin Daniels Holt.

Mary Elaine Midgett {Tillett} Daniels 1937 - 2016; wife of Dennie Daniels (daughter of Margaret & Jerome Midgett) Mother of Robin Daniels Holt & Grandmother to Robin's children.

Achsah Scarborough Williams. Wife of Bateman A. Williams and Great Great Great Grandmother of Dawn Farrow Taylor.

Carrie Willis O'Neal Gray (1884-1979); daughter of Urias O'Neal & Marena Jane Willis Burrus O'Neal; married to William Winston Gray (son of Banister Barnes Gray & Britania Scarborough Gray). Grandmother of Debbie Gray Reilly.

Marena Jane Willis Burrus O'Neal (1852-1927); daughter of Timothy Willis & Patsy Lewis Willis; !st marriage to E.D. Burrus & 2nd marriage to Urias O'Neal (son of Urias O'Neal & Margaret Burrus O'Neal). Great grandmother of Debbie Gray Reilly.

Angelina Styron Balance married to Charlie Hand balance Sr. Angelina Lina” 1888-1972 daughter of Homer Wood Styron and Eliza Burrus Styron. Grandmother of Melva Garrison.

Annie Daisy Stowe daughter of William Alonzo Stowe and Nancy Willis. She married John Rufus Ballance. Great Grandmother of Susan Lawrence.

Elizabeth Courtney Gaskill daughter of William Wise Gaskill Jr and Courtney Austin. She married Luther Peele. Great Grandmother of Susan Lawrence.

Courtney Austin daughter of William D Austin and Olivia Austin Midgett. She married William Wise Gaskill Jr. Great Great Grandmother of Susan Lawrence.

Eliza James Peele (called Liza) daughter of Luther Peele and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Courtney Gaskill. She married William Allen Ballance. Grandmother of Susan Lawrence.