Gasua C Fortenberry 1805 SC – 1884 MS
The Gasua Chapman Fortenberry Family
Gasua Chapman Fortenberry was born 16 July 1805 in Lancaster, South Carolina. He was the son of William Jasper Fortenberry and Violette Kennington. He married Sarah Brown on 29 September 1832 in Marion, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Moses Brown and Sarah Robertson.
1 Gasua Chapman Fortenberry b: 16 July 1805 in Lancaster, SC, d: 21 June 1884 in MS
…… + Sarah Brown b: 05 Feb 1810 in Liberty, GA, m: 29 Sept 1832 in Marion, MS, d: 19 July 1883 in MS
…………2 Armanda Miranda Fortenberry b: 14 Sept 1833 in MS d: 10 Oct 1861
………… + Lorenzo Dow Snell b: 19 June 1827, d: 14 Feb 1903
…………2 Narcissa Izela Fortenberry b: 06 Jan 1835 in MS, d: 18 June 1902
………… + Warren M. Huffman b: 24 Dec 1835, d: 24 Oct 1905
………………3 Jeptha Huffman b: May 1867
……………… + Emma M. Cutrer b: May 1876
………………3 John G. Huffman b: 05 Jan 1869, d: 26 Dec 1903
………………3 Sarah B. Huffman b: 1872
……………… + Forrest
…………2 Louisa Ollevia Fortenberry b: 16 Oct 1836, d: 16 Feb 1838
…………2 Benjamin Calvin Fortenberry b: 23 May 1838, d: 12 Nov 1840
…………2 William Franklin Fortenberry b: 13 Feb 1840 in MS, d: 06 Aug 1906
………… + Mariah B. Hall b: 22 Feb 1846 in New Orleans, Jefferson, LA, d: 04 Feb 1884
………………3 John E. Fortenberry b: 1864, d: 1923
……………… + Bertha Geneve Ott b: Nov 1881, d: 1953
………………3 Joseph Gazie Fortenberry b: 09 July 1870 in MS, d: 25 Jan 1950
……………… + Corine McDaniel b: 03 December 1872, d: 31 Dec 1943
………………3 Benjamin Fortenberry b: Abt. 1873 in MS
………………3 Clarence Fortenberry b: Abt. 1874 in MS
……………..3 William C. Fortenberry b: 16 December 1877 in MS
………………3 Albert E. Fortenberry b: 26 June 1879 in MS
………………3 Alfred E. Fortenberry b: 26 June 1881 in MS
…………2 Mary Elizabeth Fortenberry b: 15 July 1842 in MS, d: 31 May 1916
…………2 Christianna Euseba Fortenberry b: 13 April 1844 in MS, d: 20 Sept 1920
………… + Schilling
…………2 Sarah Jane Fortenberry b: 21 June 1846 in MS, d: 1890
………… + Hiram Cutrer b: 1843, d: 1929
………………3 Alice T. Cutrer b: May 1870, d: 16 Nov 1953
……………… + Harrison H. Burch b: 02 Oct 1867, d: 12 July 1935
………………3 Isaac Omer Cutrer b: 1871 in Pike, MS, d: 31 Jan 1941
……………… + Fannie Rebecca Smith b: 1881, m: 02 Feb 1898, d: 21 Jan 1923
……………… + Serena Olivia Lee
………………3 Emma M. Cutrer b: Abt. 1875
………………3 Maria Bart Cutrer b: 27 Feb 1877
………………3 Dezzie Cutrer b: 27 Sept 1879
…………2 Violette Eliza Fortenberry b: 31 Aug 1848 in MS, d: 05 Feb 1917 in MS
………… + James Miles Thornhill b: 15 Oct 1862, d: 28 Feb 1938 in MS
………………3 Infant Thornhill b: 14 May 1885 in MS, d: 14 May 1885 in MS
………………3 Lucy Thornhill b: 18 Aug 1887, d: 13 Nov 1964 in MS
………………3 Little B. Thornhill b: 28 Feb 1888 in MS, d: 27 July 1888 in MS
………………3 Jas. Luther Thornhill b: 02 April 1889, d: 05 May 1913 in MS
………………3 June Thornhill b: 11 July 1894, d: 07 Oct 1910 in MS
Selected Sources:
- 1840 US Census, MS, Pike County, Roll 216, Page 160.. G C Fortenberry
- 1850 United States Census, Pike County, Mississippi. Gasuaway C. Fortenberry and family.
- 1860 US Census, MS, Pike County, Page 150. ‘Gasnaway’ Fortenberry.
- 1880 United States Census, Pike County, Mississippi, SD 3, ED 637, Page 57. G. C. Fortneberry and family.
- Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Pike County, Mississippi. Deluxe. Norman, Oklahoma: Arphax Publishing Co., 2005.
- Parish, Ray & June. ‘Cemetery Inscriptions Pike County, Mississippi 1750 – 1978’
- Upton, Mrs. Robert Chester. Marriage Records Marion County, Mississippi 1812 – 1860. 1958. 976.221
9/15/2019, Coleen: I am the great granddaughter of Joseph Gazzie Fortenberry (1870 MS-1950 Baton Rouge , LA) and Corrine McDaniel (1872 MS- 1943 Baton rouge, LA). My grandmother Maude M Fortenberry Kemp ( Sept 8, 1896, Osyka, MS- October 30, 1966 Bogalusa, LA) was their third child. I lived most of my early years with my grandmother , so I got to know and hear about her relatives. Along with her, I visited her older sister Euna Clarabelle Fortenberry Wilson in a cadilac car with her youngest brother Robert Earl Fortenberry (1913 -?). Robert and his wife , Irene; two sisters, Maggie Pearl and Lillian; and parents are buried in Baton Rouge, LA. in the same plot, I did dna thru ancestry as did Aunt Euna’s gggd . Did you do dna thru ancestry?? Very interesting information about Moses Brown. Nice to meet you. I assume you have read the Criminger book.???? If you respond back to me, please include this email. Thanks for all your work. Cathy Holland