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Mary Ann Mealls

Mary Ann Mealls

Female 1804 - 1892  (87 years)

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  • Name Mary Ann Mealls 
    Born 5 Jul 1804  Jefferson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 8 May 1892  Nacogdoches, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Mary Ann McCuistion was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, July 5 1804. she was married to Jesse Summers Feb. 20, 1823, professed religion and joined the Baptist church in 1825. Jesse Summers, her devoted husband died Dec. 30, 1827, and she was married to Thos. McCuistion Dec. 10, 1829. They moved to Mississippi in 1837, where they remained until 1851, when they moved to Nacogdoches county, Texas, where they have ever since lived, and where she died May 8, 1892, being aged eighty-seven years, ten months and three days.
      Sister McCuistion was the oldest member of the oldest church in Texas. Her membership has been continuously with the old North Church for over forty years.

      When the split took place between the Missionary and anti-Missionary Baptists in 1830, she refused to take sides in the controversy and remained with the original church and really held it together. She was the mother of eight children, only four of whom survive her. During all those years of her pilgrimage, she was a most tender and devoted mother, an affectionate and faithful wife, a consistent and consecrated Christian. Her husband had the misfortune a few weeks ago to be accidentally hurt, and for a time his life was in jeopardy. During his period of suffering, her care of him was as touchingly tender as it might have been half a century ago. She lingered about two weeks on the banks of the river of death, and then passed over to her home in heaven. She was fully conscious of her approaching death and spoke of it calmly and hopefully unto the end. She called around her bedside her family and friends and bade each a touching farewell, gave careful instructions and faithful admonitions, and then in the fulness of time, ripe with age and rich in experience, she fell asleep in Jesus.

      The whole community waited at her bedside and followed her beloved remains to the tomb. She had looked back on a life well spent, with a conscience void of offense toward God and man, and looked forward to the land of the glorified with sweet and hopeful anticipations.
    Buried Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I10359  Family
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2018 

    Father John Mealls,   b. 15 Jan 1783, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1864, Madison County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth Coffman,   b. 3 Dec 1782, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1865  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 31 Aug 1803  Jefferson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F1574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jesse Summers,   b. 14 Aug 1802,   d. 30 Dec 1827  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1823  Madison County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. John M. Summers,   b. 23 Nov 1823,   d. 10 Aug 1826  (Age 2 years)
     2. Thomas Holloway Summers,   b. 23 Jul 1826,   d. 27 Jan 1916  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 30 May 2024 
    Family ID F4225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thomas P. McCuistion,   b. 20 Jan 1809, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1895, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 11 Dec 1829  Madison County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • The original genealogy lists the marriage date and place as 1830 in Alabama; Miles provides the more specific date and place.
    Children 
     1. Andrew Jackson McCuistion,   b. 13 Oct 1830, Madison County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1888, Alto, Cherokee County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     2. William Samuel McCuistion,   b. 9 Nov 1832, Madison County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1881, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     3. Sarah Elizabeth McCuistion,   b. 2 Jan 1836, Madison County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1889, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     4. Robert Lewis McCuistion,   b. 5 Mar 1841, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1862, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     5. James Marion McCuistion,   b. 27 Nov 1844, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1926, Uvalde County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     6. John Franklin McCuistion,   b. 4 Jan 1847, Marshall County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1931, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 30 May 2024 
    Family ID F1495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Jul 1804 - Jefferson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Feb 1823 - Madison County, Alabama Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Dec 1829 - Madison County, Alabama Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 May 1892 - Nacogdoches, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S355] The Genealogy of Thomas McCuistion.

    2. [S355] The Genealogy of Thomas McCuistion.
      This verbatim from a photocopy of the obituary of Mary Ann McCuistion, in the aritcle written by William Thomas McCuistion.

    3. [S1129] Meals, Samuel, 3-400.

    4. [S197] McCuistion, Miles GEDCOM.

    5. [S801] McCuistion, Andrew, ltr #8-392.