Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Name‘Professor’ John Wesley GILLIAM Sr. 
3, Mrs. J. Fletcher Somers,147,143, Dr. Frank Ervin Gilliam obituary,192,57, page 177,470, John Wesley Gilliam,404, John Wesley Gilliam-Male-21 August 1840 – 12 June 1918-•-LZV2-MXN
3, Mrs. J. Fletcher Somers,147,143, Dr. Frank Ervin Gilliam obituary,192,57, page 177,470, John Wesley Gilliam,404, John Wesley Gilliam-Male-21 August 1840 – 12 June 1918-•-LZV2-MXNBirthAug 21, 1840, Alamance County, North Carolina24,147,192,309, Alamance County, NC
DeathJun 12, 1918, Morton Twp, Alamance County, North Carolina24,192,404, John Wesley Gilliam-Male-21 August 1840 – 12 June 1918-•-LZV2-MXN
BurialGilliam’s Primitive Baptist Church, NC 87 N, Elon, Alamance County, North Carolina470, John Wesley Gilliam
OccupationOpened Gilliam’s Academy 187957, page 177
EducationCollege In Richmond Virginia309
Religion1867 Joined Gilliam’s Primitive Baptist Church309
FlagsCivil War
FatherRobert GILLIAM (1800-1872)
MotherMartha WALKER (1812-1891)
Spouses
1Mary Susan Jane LEATH 24,147,143, Dr. Frank Ervin Gilliam obituary,192,309, Mary Susan Jane Leath,470, Mary J Gilliam
24,147,143, Dr. Frank Ervin Gilliam obituary,192,309, Mary Susan Jane Leath,470, Mary J GilliamBirthApr 16, 1860, Alamance County, North Carolina24,147,309, birth: Caswell County, NC
BurialGilliam’s Primitive Baptist Church, NC 87 N, Elon, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Mary J Gilliam
Religion1889 Member Of Gilliam’s Primitive Baptist Church309
FatherJohn Franklin LEATH Esq. (1825-1908)
MotherCornelia Ann McNUTT (1821-1888)
MarriageJun 8, 1879, Caswell County, North Carolina24,147,192,309, Marriage in Orange County?,404, North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8B6-6T1 : 14 February 2020), Mary S.j. Leath in entry for J.w. Gilliam, 1879.
ChildrenBessie Cornelia (Died as Infant) (1880-1881)
Mary Eunice (1881-1946)
Dewey Eva Jaunita (1884-1972)
John Wesley (1886-1963)
James Sylvester (1889-1949)
Lillie Gay (1892-1958)
Robert Lester (1894-1958)
Grace Elizabeth (1896-1969)
Ernest Leath (1898-1981)
Francis Ervin (1900-1983)
Ruth Ann (Died as Child) (1903-1905)
Paul Denny (1909-1982)