On This Day: December 29

Houston Taylor Owens and Sherreldia Jane Hammontree, one set of my paternal 2^nd great-grandparents, were married on December 29, 1841, probably in Alabama. [Source: Hugh Hammontree, Family Group Sheet, prepared by George R. Park.]

[photo courtesy of Theressa Horton]

Houston and Sherreldia had 15 children: Andrew, Nancy, Missouri, Dialtha, Rachel, Hughes, Rebecca, Thomas, Gabriel, Sarah, Steward, Sarilda, John, Charles, and Belzora. I am descended through their 3rd daughter, Dialtha.

© 2010 Denise Spurlock