Descendants of Daniel Lankford

Generation No. 1

1. DANIEL1 LANKFORD was born July 07, 1835, and died December 03, 1903 in State Line, Ms. He married SINEY RANELS 1856. She was born February 25, 1835 in Al., and died October 08, 1897 in State Line, Ms.

Children of DANIEL LANKFORD and SINEY RANELS are:

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  2. i. DANIEL P (PLEZ)2 LANKFORD, b. 1857.
  ii. MARY J LANKFORD, b. 1860; m. JAMES M TURNER, 1875; b. 1851.
  iii. MARTIN LANKFORD, b. 1862; m. MARY CLARA ROCKWELL, 1881; b. August 1867.
  3. iv. SINEY LANKFORD, b. September 1864.
  4. v. LENORA "NORA" LANKFORD, b. December 06, 1869; d. February 13, 1915, State Line Cemetery Greene County, MS.
  vi. LENARD LANKFORD, b. 1868.
  
  

• Generation No. 2

2. DANIEL P (PLEZ)2 LANKFORD (DANIEL1) was born 1857. He married (1) ALICE ELSIE DUNNAM April 1877, daughter of EBENEZER DUNNAM and JANE HENDERSON. She was born December 06, 1860 in Greene County Ms, and died September 20, 1880 in Greene County, Ms. He married (2) ELIZA 1881. She was born December 1848. He married (3) DELPHENIA LANE December 18, 1905, daughter of ISAAC LANE and LOUISA BREWER. She was born August 06, 1882, and died May 08, 1969 in Johnson Creek Cemetery, Greene County, MS.

Children of DANIEL LANKFORD and ALICE DUNNAM are:

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  5. i. DELBERT PLEZ3 LANKFORD, b. March 11, 1879; d. August 03, 1963.
  ii. MARY JANE LANKFORD, b. September 08, 1880; d. July 17, 1967; m. WILLIAM ALONZO (LON) PRESTON, May 28, 1899, Greene County Ms; b. Abt. 1880.
  iii. S O LANKFORD, b. 1880.
  

Children of DANIEL LANKFORD and ELIZA are:

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  iv. OLIVIA3 LANKFORD, b. May 1882.
  v. DAN LANKFORD, b. August 1886.
  vi. ELLA LANKFORD, b. February 1888; m. LEE P PEASTER, November 18, 1905, Greene County Ms.

3. SINEY2 LANKFORD (DANIEL1) was born September 1864. She married THOMAS J WILLIAMS December 16, 1880, son of JAMES WILLIAMS and SARAH. He was born November 02, 1857, and died March 15, 1915 in Platt Cemetery, Greene County, MS.

Children of SINEY LANKFORD and THOMAS WILLIAMS are:

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  i. ARETHA3 WILLIAMS, b. November 10, 1881; d. July 02, 1929, Johnson Creek Cemetery, Greene County, MS.
  ii. LETTIE WILLIAMS, b. February 18, 1884; d. November 05, 1940, Johnson Creek Cem., Greene County, Ms; m. WILLIAM M ELLIOTT, January 28, 1900, Greene County, Ms; b. September 09, 1877; d. December 16, 1940, Johnson Creek Cem., Greene County, Ms.
  iii. MATTIE WILLIAMS, b. September 1886.
  iv. THURMAN WILLIAMS, b. December 1888.
  v. DANIEL E. WILLIAMS, b. March 1891.
  vi. CELIA WILLIAMS, b. June 1893.
  vii. CHARLEY H WILLIAMS, b. November 1897.

4. LENORA "NORA"2 LANKFORD (DANIEL1) was born December 06, 1869, and died February 13, 1915 in State Line Cemetery Greene County, MS. She married J HENRY PRESTON January 12, 1893 in Greene County Ms. He was born 1870.

Children of LENORA LANKFORD and J PRESTON are:

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  i. DAN3 PRESTON, b. February 1894.
  ii. SINA PRESTON, b. December 1895.
  iii. PLES PRESTON, b. September 03, 1898; d. May 04, 1918, State Line Cemetery Greene County, MS.
  
  

Generation No. 3

5. DELBERT PLEZ3 LANKFORD (DANIEL P (PLEZ)2, DANIEL1) was born March 11, 1879, and died August 03, 1963. He married LENNIE PRESTON October 08, 1899 in Greene County, MS. She was born December 20, 1883, and died April 02, 1971.

Children of DELBERT LANKFORD and LENNIE PRESTON are:

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  i. GUY4 LANKFORD, m. MAY COOLEY.
  ii. FAYE LANKFORD, m. NEWELL EDWARDS.
  iii. FLORENCE LANKFORD, m. W H SIEBE.
  iv. IOLA LANKFORD, m. ALVIN SANSING.
  v. PAT LANKFORD, m. VIOLET HAMBRIC.
  vi. BOTSY LANKFORD, m. BILL BROOKS.
  vii. MAMIE RAE LANKFORD, m. ROBERT COCHRAN.
  viii. DREW LANKFORD.
  6. ix. DELORES LANKFORD, b. 1925; d. September 05, 1999.
  x. GLENN LANKFORD, m. HELEN BALL.
  7. xi. GERTRUDE LANKFORD, b. September 30, 1904; d. 1997.
  
  

Generation No. 4

6. DELORES4 LANKFORD (DELBERT PLEZ3, DANIEL P (PLEZ)2, DANIEL1) was born 1925, and died September 05, 1999. She married MARVIN WARE.

Children of DELORES LANKFORD and MARVIN WARE are:

• i. DANNY JOE5 WARE.
  ii. SUZANNE WARE

7. GERTRUDE4 LANKFORD (DELBERT PLEZ3, DANIEL P (PLEZ)2, DANIEL1) was born September 30, 1904, and died 1997. She married LA ROY SMITH, SR, son of ALFRED SMITH and NANCY DUNNAM. He was born June 05, 1901 in Greene County Ms, and died August 26, 1981.

Children of GERTRUDE LANKFORD and LA SMITH are:

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  i. JACQUELYN (JACKIE)5 SMITH, b. 1930; m. HORACE BUD WITHERS.
• 8. ii. LA ROY (SONNY) SMITH, JR, b. 1931, Greene County Ms; d. 1971.
  9. iii. WAYNE SMITH, b. February 04, 1932.
  iv. BOTSY RAE SMITH, b. Abt. 1934; m. HERBERT SMITH; b. Abt. 1933.
  
  

Generation No. 5

8. LA ROY (SONNY)5 SMITH, JR (GERTRUDE4 LANKFORD, DELBERT PLEZ3, DANIEL P (PLEZ)2, DANIEL1) was born 1931 in Greene County Ms, and died 1971. He married LOUISE SMITH.

Child of LA SMITH and LOUISE SMITH is:

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  i. EULEEN6 SMITH.

9. WAYNE5 SMITH (GERTRUDE4 LANKFORD, DELBERT PLEZ3, DANIEL P (PLEZ)2, DANIEL1) was born February 04, 1932. He married MARGRET ANN MAYES.

Children of WAYNE SMITH and MARGRET MAYES are:

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  i. CECELIA6 SMITH, m. GARY AVERA; b. December 29, 1946.
  ii. JENNIFER SMITH.
  iii. RONNIE SMITH.