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1. John Thrift born 1823, Washington Co GA, (son of Robert
T (Flanagan?)
Thrift and unknown) married c1858, Elizabeth Partin, born 1838,
(daughter of
Robert Partin and Becky unk) died May 1860. John died Nov 20 1862,
buried:
Confederate Cem, Charlottesville VA.
Children:
+ 2. i John "Pender John" Thrift born 1860.
Second Generation
2. John "Pender John" Thrift (1.John1) born 1860,
married Oct 5 1884, Rhoda
Carter, born 1855, died 1919. John died June 1925.
Children:
3. i Johnnie Robert Thrift.
+ 4. ii William Raiford Thrift born Aug 20 1885.
5. iii Vandella Thrift.
Third Generation
4. William Raiford Thrift (2.John2, 1.John1) born Aug 20 1885,
married Jan
29 1907, Marietta Carver, born Nov 12 1891, (daughter of Robert
Carver and
Elizabeth Howell) died Feb 16 1965. William died Dec 26 1973.
Children:
6. i Marie Thrift born Apr 27 1909, died July 25 1984.
7. ii Jeanard Robert Thrift born Feb 16 1910, died /.
8. iii Johnnie Theodore Thrift born Mar 27 1912, died Dec 22 1969.
9. iv Mary Ethel Thrift born Apr 27 1914, died July 1914.
10. v James Sylvester Thrift born Nov 16 1917, died /.
11. vi Isabella Thrift born Oct 21 1919, died /.
12. vii Barbara Thrift born Aug 15 1921, died /.
13. viii Josa Etta Thrift born Sept 10 1923, died /.
14. ix William Jackson Thrift born Mar 10 1916, died 1981.
15. x Laeoma Thrift born Nov 2 1925, died July 14 1967.
16. xi Walton Huey Thrift born Sept 30 1927, died Oct 28 1967.