John Lindley Sullivan was born in 1855, the son of Solomon and Elizabeth (Erwin) Sullivan. He married 13 May 1877 in Guilford County, NC, Epsy Jane Garrett, who died in 1917. After her death he married Susan Ward. He was a farmer and a carpenter by trade. He and Epsy had 10 children: Mary Elizabeth, Frances L, Henry E., Julius J, William Ernest, Epsie Pearl, Dora Gertrude, Cameron S, Gracie O, and Cora. 470