hi Shelby! I just found this site today and WOW!! Very informing and interesting! I LOVE IT! :):) I saw your post about Eli Lee & Mahala Summerall and their 3 children, Rankin, Angeline and Irvin and whether he, Eli, served in the war or not, ... well, that part I do not know yet, LOL, but I do want to let you, and any others looking for info on them, know how this particular line of the Lee's went ... :) Irvin is my Great Great Grandfather!

Robert Eli b Feb 10 1830 Marion MS d 1889
& Mahala Summerall b July 1826 Marion MS d 1910 George County MS
m Dec 11 1856 Marion County MS
they had 3 children

1-Rankin b May 1858 d Dec 9 1929 Agricola MS married 3 times,

1.Susan Martin in 1879

2.Delfean Elizabeth Parker in 1885 & had 8 children;

Charlie b1883, Maryb1888, Ellis b1890, Bertie b1893, Albert b1897, Julia b1899, Cecilia b1899 and Minnie b1900 and 3 years after Delfean passed away he married his

3rd wife Manerva Smith in 1903

2-Angeline b July 1 1860 Marion MS d April 10 1935 George County MS She never married. No children.

3-Irvin b April 1863 Marion MS d Feb 4 1938 George County MS On April 7 1896 he married Nancy Almeda Woodard & they had 7 children

1.Julie Vermell b 1896 d1980

2.unknown name, this child was born in 1900, she is listed on the 1900 census as "baby" and could be mistaken for Baley (i did for years, LOL), but she is not listed on any census after, so I am unsure of any date of death except "before 1910" and i have no proof of her true name...

3.Sabra b1901

4.Thomas b1903

5.Maybelle b1905 d1989

6.Louella Levania b1908 d1991 **MY GREAT GRANDMA!!** :D

7.Johnny b1910 d1972

I have a lil more info mostly on Louella ... please let me know if anyone is searching ...

:) :D
Lori