THE FAMILY HISTORY
Fleece Generations



1st Generation
Jacob Fleece born about 1750; married to Rebecca Smith circa 1775; patriot in the Revolutionary War in 1781 in Berkeley County, Virginia; died about 1791 in Berkeley County, Virginia.

Rebecca Smith was born before 1756 in Frederick County, Virginia; married to Jacob Fleece circa 1775; married to Daniel Hayes on January 3, 1798 in Berkeley County, Virginia; died circa November 1809 in Berkeley County, Virginia.

Children of Jacob Fleece and Rebecca Smith were:

• Mary Fleece born on October 3, 1779 in Berkeley County, Virginia; married to David McFann on August 26, 1799 in Berkeley County, Virginia; died in Ohio after 1860.
• John William Fleece was born March 17, 1783 in Berkeley County, Virginia; married Mary A. Flinn; date of death unknown.
• Sarah Fleece was born in 1785 in Berkeley County, Virginia; date of death unknown.
• Enoch H. Fleece was born in 1787 in Berkeley County, Virginia; married Nancy Smith; died in 1838 in Pope County, Illinois.
• Elizabeth Anne Fleece, born February 22, 1791; married John Moberly on January 10, 1811; died November 25, 1843 in Highland County, Ohio; buried in Fenner Cemetery No. 1, Highland County, Ohio.

2nd Generation
David McFann born December 25, 1772; married Mary Fleece August 26, 1799 in Berkeley County, Virginia; died December 2, 1837 in Lawrence County, Ohio.

Mary Fleece was born October 3, 1779 in Berkeley County, Virginia. She died in Ohio after July 1860. Mary lived at her parents' home in Berkeley County, [West] Virginia until she married in 1799. She and her husband, David McFann, migrated into Lawrence County, Ohio circa 1806.

Children of David McFann and Mary Fleece were:

• Lettecia McFann was born on May 5, 1800 in Virginia; married George Bowen; died May 9, 1838.
• Sarah McFann was born July 12, 1802 in Virginia; married Moses Horner in 1828; married Nathaniel Scott in 1837; died in 1863.
• William McFann was on born September 19, 1804; died October 9, 1842.
• David McFann, Jr. was born in Ohio on July 17, 1806; married Katherine Scott in 1829; married Rachel Hays in 1840; died 1881.
• Mary McFann was born on February 23, 1809 in Ohio; married William Chard; date of death unknown.
• Andrew Jackson McFann was born on February 19, 1820; married Mary Mouler in 1840; married Nancy Andre in 1852, married Margaret Elizabeth Brown Keister in 1870; died November 7, 1906 in Gallia County, Ohio.

3rd Generation
Andrew Jackson McFann was born on February 19, 1820 in Ohio; married Mary Mouler in 1840 (Ohio); married Nancy Andre in Ohio in 1852; married Margaret Elizabeth Brown Keister in Greenup County, Kentucky on September 1, 1870; died in November 7, 1906 in Gallia County, Ohio.

Margaret Elizabeth Brown Keister born September 11, 1849 in Highland [Bath] County, VA; married Andrew Jackson McFann 1870; married Capt. Andrew Ward in 1914; died January 20, 1944 in Gallia County, Ohio.

Children of Andrew Jackson McFann and Mary Mouler (first wife) were as follows:

• Dennis McFann was born on December 2, 1840 in Scioto County, Ohio; married Elizabeth Flynn; date of death unknown.
• Demetrius Hayes McFann was born in Ohio on March 30, 1843; married Lucretia Louise McIntosh in Arkansas in 1873; married Josie Newton in Missouri; died in Missouri in 1932.
• Eliza Jane McFann was born August 16, 1844 in Ohio; unknown date of death.

Children of Andrew Jackson McFann and Margaret Elizabeth Brown Keister (third wife) were:

• Grace R. McFann was born August 29, 1871 in Greenup County, Kentucky; married [unknown] Riggs, died on February 24, 1933.
• Legrand B. McFann was born in Scioto County, Ohio, on March 12, 1874; died 1892 in Dubuque, Iowa.
• Wells A. McFann was born in West Virginia on March 18, 1876; married Artie Roe in 1895; died September 25, 1963 in West Virginia.
• Oscar F. McFann was born in West Virginia on March 18, 1876; married to Zelda Thevenir on June 3, 1899; died May 12, 1961 in Illinois.
• Andrew Jackson McFann was born in Gallia County, Ohio in October 1879; died in infancy in Gallia County, Ohio in November 1879.
• William Wilson McFann born in Gallia County, Ohio on August 23, 1882; married Maggie Mae Crawford on February 7, 1904; died February 20, 1952 in Cabell County, West Virginia.
• Helena Rivers McFann born on November 19, 1889 in Gallia County, Ohio; married Floyd Kinder in 1911; married Werner Roesch in 1926; married to Robert Smeltz in 1948; died November 2, 1977.

4th Generation
William Wilson McFann born in Gallia County, Ohio on August 23, 1882; married Maggie Mae Crawford on February 7, 1904; died February 20, 1952 in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia.

Maggie Mae Crawford was born on April 16, 1885; married William Wilson McFann on February 7, 1904; died on November 12, 1961 in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia.

Children of William Wilson McFann and Maggie Mae Crawford were as follows:

• Hilma Iris McFann born in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia on February 7, 1905; married to Lester Woodard on November 24, 1926 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia; died on May 7, 1986 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.
• Lena Faye McFann born in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia on February 15, 1908; married to Lawrence E. Kearns; died in 2000 in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia.
• Hazel Bernice McFann born in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia on February 5, 1910; married Ernest Barber; died in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia on April 18, 1970.
• Eugene McFann born on November 28, 1911 in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia; married Mayme Jordan; died in Cabell County, West Virginia.
• Dale McFann born in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia on May 5, 1913; died in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia on August 11, 1933.
• Noel Crawford McFann born in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia on April 5, 1921; married Iris M. Nash; died December 20, 1982.

5th Generation
Hilma Iris McFann born in Cabell County, West Virginia on February 7, 1905; married to Lester Woodard on November 24, 1926 in Cabell County, West Virginia; died on May 7, 1986 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia

Lester Woodard born in Mason County, West Virginia on October 7, 1904; married Hilma Iris McFann on November 24, 1926 in Cabell County, West Virginia; died on May 4, 1981 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.

Children of H. Iris McFann Woodard and Lester Woodard are:

• Marilyn Woodard Lentz born in Cabell County, West Virginia on October 7, 1930; married to Billy Joe Wysong on April 5, 1951 in Cabell County, West Virginia; married to H. Benjamin Lentz on February 14, 1974 in Prince Georges County, Maryland.
• William Lowell Woodard born in Cabell County, West Virginia on April 16, 1933; married to Patricia Karen Matthews in Cabell County, West Virginia.

6th Generation
Marilyn Woodard born in Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia on October 7, 1930; married to Billy Joe Wysong on April 5, 1951 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia; married to H. Benjamin Lentz on February 14, 1974 in Laurel, Prince Georges County, Maryland.

Billy Joe Wysong born in Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia on May 14, 1930; married to Marilyn Woodard on April 5, 1951 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia; married to Mary Barton in 1972 in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Children of Marilyn Woodard Wysong and Billy J. Wysong:

• J. Lynn Wysong born on January 7, 1954 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia; married Stephen Douglass Shawn on October 22, 1979 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland; married Robert Wayne Shaw on September 2, 2003 in Teton County, Wyoming.
• L. Michael Wysong born on October 7, 1955 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.

7th Generation
J. Lynn Wysong born on January 7, 1954 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia; married Stephen Douglass Shawn on October 22, 1979 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland; married Robert Wayne Shaw on September 2, 2003 at Jennie Lake in Teton County, Wyoming.

Stephen Douglass Shawn born on March 13, 1955 in Springfield, Massachusetts; married J. Lynn Wysong on October 22, 1979 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Children of Lynn Wysong Shawn and Stephen Douglass Shawn:

• Jason Michael Shawn born on July 24, 1978 in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland; married Robin Loraine Porter on February 14, 2003 in Manassas, Virginia.
• Ryan Lowell Shawn born on December 7, 1984 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland.
• Jordan Matthew Shawn born on February 16, 1987 in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Sources

Family historical information has been compiled from various sources including family members, volunteers and professional genealogy researchers. The documentation used to determine family history includes several unpublished family documents and journals, court documents, deeds, marriage certificates, McFann family Bible entries, death certificates, church records, land records, census reports, periodicals, and other bound publications.
Note: This research is an ongoing project. Inquiries may be directed to lynnwshaw@yahoo.com


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