John Gladney Felts was the sixth of ten children born to the union of educator and plantation owner David William Felts and his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Griffin, natives of North and South Carolina, respectively.
On November 26, 1868 in Rankin County, Mississippi, John married Miss Nancy Gainer Singletary. The couple would be the parents of 10 known children. After the birth and death of their seventh child, John and Nancy uprouted their family to relocate to east Texas. The lived awhile Upshur and Smith counties before moving to Rusk County where they put down their permanent roots in a settlement known as "Red Level" near present-day Overton. The couple lived out their lives in Rusk County.
John died in 1907 and was buried in Overton City Cemetery. Two years later, Nancy followed him in death. She was laid to rest at his side.
No markers remain to show where John and Nancy Gainer Felts rest in eternity, Mother Nature having reclaimed what were probably simple wood crosses bearing their names and dates. None of the local mortuaries have records that date back to the first decade of the 20th century and, as all their children and grandchildren have passed, there is no way of knowing exactly where within Overton Cemetery they continue to rest.
On November 26, 1868 in Rankin County, Mississippi, John married Miss Nancy Gainer Singletary. The couple would be the parents of 10 known children. After the birth and death of their seventh child, John and Nancy uprouted their family to relocate to east Texas. The lived awhile Upshur and Smith counties before moving to Rusk County where they put down their permanent roots in a settlement known as "Red Level" near present-day Overton. The couple lived out their lives in Rusk County.
John died in 1907 and was buried in Overton City Cemetery. Two years later, Nancy followed him in death. She was laid to rest at his side.
No markers remain to show where John and Nancy Gainer Felts rest in eternity, Mother Nature having reclaimed what were probably simple wood crosses bearing their names and dates. None of the local mortuaries have records that date back to the first decade of the 20th century and, as all their children and grandchildren have passed, there is no way of knowing exactly where within Overton Cemetery they continue to rest.
John Gladney Felts was the sixth of ten children born to the union of educator and plantation owner David William Felts and his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Griffin, natives of North and South Carolina, respectively.
On November 26, 1868 in Rankin County, Mississippi, John married Miss Nancy Gainer Singletary. The couple would be the parents of 10 known children. After the birth and death of their seventh child, John and Nancy uprouted their family to relocate to east Texas. The lived awhile Upshur and Smith counties before moving to Rusk County where they put down their permanent roots in a settlement known as "Red Level" near present-day Overton. The couple lived out their lives in Rusk County.
John died in 1907 and was buried in Overton City Cemetery. Two years later, Nancy followed him in death. She was laid to rest at his side.
No markers remain to show where John and Nancy Gainer Felts rest in eternity, Mother Nature having reclaimed what were probably simple wood crosses bearing their names and dates. None of the local mortuaries have records that date back to the first decade of the 20th century and, as all their children and grandchildren have passed, there is no way of knowing exactly where within Overton Cemetery they continue to rest.
On November 26, 1868 in Rankin County, Mississippi, John married Miss Nancy Gainer Singletary. The couple would be the parents of 10 known children. After the birth and death of their seventh child, John and Nancy uprouted their family to relocate to east Texas. The lived awhile Upshur and Smith counties before moving to Rusk County where they put down their permanent roots in a settlement known as "Red Level" near present-day Overton. The couple lived out their lives in Rusk County.
John died in 1907 and was buried in Overton City Cemetery. Two years later, Nancy followed him in death. She was laid to rest at his side.
No markers remain to show where John and Nancy Gainer Felts rest in eternity, Mother Nature having reclaimed what were probably simple wood crosses bearing their names and dates. None of the local mortuaries have records that date back to the first decade of the 20th century and, as all their children and grandchildren have passed, there is no way of knowing exactly where within Overton Cemetery they continue to rest.
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