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Sutherland Family Genealogy and History

Monthly Archives: October, 2023

Mary Melvina “Mollie” Jackson Sutherland

Mary Melvina “Mollie” Jackson was the daughter of two prominent families in Wilson County Texas.  She was the second child born to Ancil McDonald Jackson and Seletia Ann West.  The Jacksons and the Wests were two of the most prominent families in Wilson County when Mollie was born on March 24, 1863.  The Wests had …

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Elizabeth Jane “Lizzie” Jackson – The “Black Sheep”

In my last post, “Jacksons, Jacksons, Everywhere” I shared a lot of information about the oldest child of Ancil McDonald Jackson and Seletia Ann West’s children, Frances Mahala “Fannie” Jackson Lee. In that story we saw a very close link between Fannie and her younger sister, Elizabeth Jane “Lizzie” Jackson resulting in Fannie and her …

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