Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameFrances MEBANE [3293], [15065]
BirthApr 28, 1779 [15065]
DeathJun 2, 1859 [15065]
BurialFirst Presbyterian Church, 130 Summit Ave, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina [15065]
Spouses
BirthOct 26, 1770 [3293]
DeathMar 10, 1857 [3293]
BurialFirst Presbyterian Church, 130 Summit Ave, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina [3293], [15064]
FatherWilliam PAISLEY Jr. (1741-1822)
MotherDeliverance PAINE (~1745-1818)
Marriage1799 [3293]
Obituary Online notes for Frances MEBANE
Inscription:
(#023A) FRANCES MEBANE PAISLEY / dau. of / GNL. ALEX. MEBANE / April 28, 1779 / June 2, 1859 / More than half a century she was the wife / of the Rev. William D. Paisley and his cheerful / and hearty helper in the labor and joys / of their common Christian service and toil. [15065]
 
Obituary Online notes for William Denny (Spouse 1)
Inscription:

(#022A) Sacred to the Memory of / Rev. Wm. D. Paisley, / Born Oct. 26, 1770, / died in Greensboro March 10, 1857 / in the 87th year of his life. /

For nearly sixty years he was a faithful laborer and / successful minister and evangelist of the Lord Jesus Christ. /

He was founder of the Greensboro Church and its first preacher / for some twenty years. In the County of Guilford he spent / the last forty years of his life.

He came to his grave beloved and revered / in a full age as a sheaf of corn in its season and in the mature and / blessed hope and assurance of the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.

Note: Paisley is the founder of First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC. [15064]


 
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