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5 Generations 

Generation¹– Peter Vess and Catherine Cook (CROOK)
Generation²– Peter and Catherine’s children
Generation³– Peter and Catherine’s grandchildren
Generation⁴– Peter and Catherine’s great-grandchildren 
Generation⁵– Peter and Catherine’s great-great grandchildren 

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Surnames: ALLEN, BAIN, BANTHER, BEHELER, BLANTON, BLAYLOCK, BROWN, BURGESS, BYERS, CARMICHAEL, COLLINS, CONNER, COOK, CROOK, COX, DALTON, DAVIS, DENNING, DODD, EARLY, ELLIOTT, EMBLER, FELMET, FLYNN, FRADY, GOSNELL, GRAVES, GRIFFIN, HALFORD, HALL, HARRELSON, HARRIS, HARVEY, HENSLEY, HUGHES, JOLLY, JUSTICE, LANKFORD, LAUGHTER, LEWIS, MAHAFFEY, MATHEWS, MCELROY, MCENTIRE, MCFARLIN, MELLINGER, MESSER, MILLER, MITCHELL, MOFFITT, MOORE, MORRIS, MURPHY, NANNEY, NOBLITT, OLIVER, OWENSBY, PATERSON, PICKELSIMER, PYATT, QUEEN, SALING, SCUGGS, SEARCY, SHENFIELD, SIZEMORE, STEPP, SUMMEY, TAYLOR, THOMAS, TOLBERT, VEHORN, VESS, WALKER, WATSON, WATTERS, WILKERSON, ZIGLER

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Peter & Catherine Cook¹

Y-Haplogroup: R1a2 ⎜Subclade: R-FT19517 

Peter VESS¹ born between 1791-1794 in North Carolina. He died between 1846-1850 in North Carolina. He married Catherine “Katie” Cook¹ (CROOK) born 1804 in North Carolina, daughter of John Crook and Rachel Haynes. Catherine died between 1850-1860.  Children²

John Vess² 

1820 Rutherford County, NC – unknown (out of state)
Married Elizabeth TAYLOR² 1825-1870 *Children³

● Sarah Vess³ 1841-Aft.1850 married Jackson PRESSELY
● Silus Vess³ 1844-1865
● Mary Vess³ 1846-1850
● Sophrona Vess³ 1848-1880 married Columbus SUMMEY
● William River Vess³ 1852 married Rowena Laura MAHAFFEY

Josiah Vess² 

1822 Rutherford County, North Carolina – 1880 Rutherford County, NC
Married Zelia EARLY² 1828-1862 *Children³

● Mary J. Vess³ 1848-1917 married Charles NANNEY 

● William Bailey Vess³ 1852-1921
married Laure OWENSBY³ *Children⁴

Williard Hezekiah Vess⁴ 1906-1961
Winnie Mae Vess⁴ 1909-1985
Finely Theodore Vess⁴ 1911-1990

● Rhoda Adeline Vess³ 1860-1939 married Moses QUEEN 
● Zelia Vess³ 1860-1918

● Emalina Vess³ 1862-1932 
Married General Benjamin FLYNN³ *Children⁴ 

Benjamin Flynn Jr.⁴ 1918-1998

● John Jefferson Vess³ 1862-1918 
married Dorce Sylvain LAUGHTER *Children⁴ 

Jason Andy Vess⁴ 1889-1970 married Lula Ann SEARCY 
Zella A. Vess⁴ 1891-1969
Marrell Leroy Vess⁴ 1893-1954 married Alice L. BLANTON 
Sarah O. Vess⁴ 1896-1909
Matta Vess⁴ 1899-1928 married L. B. SCUGGS 
Horace Coburn Vess⁴ 1903-1978 married Osteen WATTERS
Alice Opal Vess⁴ 1906-1957 married Waudell B. DODD

Andrew Logan Vess²

1825 Rutherford County, North Carolina – 1905 McDowell County, North Carolina 
First Wife: married Lucy “Linnia” Malinda Halford² *Children³  

● Calvin Bailey Vess³ 1850-1901
married Minnie “Mintie” DALTON³ *Children⁴

Alexander Walker Vess⁴ 1877-1924 married Hattie MESSER
William Alexander Vess⁴ 1879-1949 married Dora DAVIS 
Julia Vess⁴ 1881-1910 married James Lee SIZEMORE
James Edward Vess⁴ 1884-1940 married Mary E. JOLLY
Sarah Mary Vess⁴ 1886-1962 married James W. MESSER
Jay Lewis Vess⁴ 1889-1961 married Myra Emily GRAVES
Ernest Brusco Vess⁴ 1891-1977
Franklin Garfield Vess⁴ 1894-1967 married Jessie MURPHY 
Bertha Vess⁴ 1896-1910
Hattie Lou Vess⁴ 1900-1931 married James Franklin BROWN 

● Alfred Marion Vess³ 1852-1916
married Nancy BANTHER³ *Children⁴

James Boin Vess⁴ 1881-1924 married Susie HENSLEY 
Clifford Beaman Vess⁴ 1884 married Victoria BURGESS
Narvel G. Vess⁴ 1886-1926 married Eva HARRIS 
Viola Ferry Vess⁴ 1888-1930
Bessie Vess⁴ 1891-1922 married Ulysses DAVIS 
Lola May Vess⁴ 1893-1964 married George NOBLITT 
Columbus Roland Vess⁴ 1895-1953 married Rachel MCENTIRE
Mattie Vess⁴ 1898-1926 married Forrest NOBLITT 
Loyd Vess⁴ 1900-1901

● William Columbus³ 1853-1863

● James Harvey Vess³ 1855-1939 
married Mary J. DALTON³ *Children⁴

Millie L. Vess⁴ 1844
Sallie J. Vess⁴ 1886
James Russell Vess⁴ 1900-1975 married Maybelle HALL 
John Columbus Vess⁴ 1902-1989 married Pauline HARVEY 

● John Alexander Vess³ 1857-1939 
married Allie Verina JUSTICE-VESS³ *Children⁴

Mattie Ella Mae Vess⁴ 1880-1968 married Jonathan HARRIS 
William Clarence Vess Sr.⁴ 1882-1944 married Mary STEPP 
Claude Garfield Vess⁴ 1885-1942 married Mary BLAYLOCK 
Leroy Harrison Vess⁴ 1889-1955 married Charlotte HUGHES
Thomas Leonard Vess⁴ 1891-1949 married Lillie BEHELER
Johnnie Verina Vess⁴ 1894-1932 married William FELMET 
Maude Lou Vess⁴ 1896-1963 married Samuel PYATT 
Oren Brulon Vess⁴ 1898-1983 married Georgia HARRELSON 

● Sarah Catherine Vess³ 1860-1941 married George Logan CONNER³
● Pinkney Elcanah Vess³ 1862-1917
married Cora Nevada MOFFITT³ *Children⁴

Lennie Oran Vess⁴ 1890-1973 married Bertha MOORE
Rev. Arthur Lee Vess⁴ 1892-1971 married Nettie COLLINS
Emmett Floyd Vess⁴ 1894-1966 Sophronia MORRIS 
James Elmer Vess⁴ 1897-1957 
married Pearl Lena COX⁴ *Children⁵

Jessie Lee Vess⁵ 1915-1963 married La Vaughn WALKER
Daniel McKinley⁵ 1916-1917
Pauline Opal Vess⁵ 1917-1998 married Charles ZIGLER
Paul Owen Vess⁵ 1917-1920
Jay Lewell Vess⁵ 1921-2009 married Beverly MELLINGER
Clara Dell Vess⁵ 1923-2003 married Carl SALING 
Carrie Mae Vess⁵ 1923-1988 married James MORRIS 
Calvin Elcanah Vess⁵ 1925-2001 married Lilly SHENFIELD 
Evelyn Emiline Vess⁵ 1927-1989 married Royal DENNING 
Robert Elmore Vess⁵ 1931-2007 married Virginia BYERS & Marjorie GRIFFIN 

McKinley Vess⁴ 1899-1911
Marion Beverly Vess⁴ 1901-1959 married Dolley LEWIS 
William Herman Vess⁴ 1904-1975 married Mary WATSON 

● Thomas Logan Vess³ 1865-1888

Second Wife: married Sinthia Conner² 1841-1917 *Children³ 

● Logan T.³ 1868-unknown 
● David Andrew Vess³ 1868-1933 
married Magnolia GOSNELL³ *Children⁴ 

Nona Vess⁴ 1895-1992 married Walter MOORE 
Frank Webster Vess⁴ 1895-1951
Ola Vess⁴ 1898
May Vess⁴ 1905
William D. Vess⁴ 1908-1930 married Arlene THOMAS 
Orin Warren Vess⁴ 1911
Eliason Vess⁴ 1913

● Linnie Vess³ 1870-1899
● Easter A. Vess³ 1873-1950 married John BROWN 
● Noah M. Vess³ 1875-1958 
married Ollie BROWN³ *Children⁴

Eskimo Stanley Vess⁴ 1893-1961 married Estilee PATERSON 
Sarah C. Vess⁴ 1897
Allen Andrew Vess⁴ 1897-1965 married Fairy Matilda ALLEN 
Mary Vess⁴ 1900
George Vess⁴ 1901
Kettie L. Vess⁴ 1904
Otis Theodore Vess⁴ 1907-1957 married Flossie Odell ELLIOTT 

Noah³ married Artie Elmira DALTON³ *Children⁴

Media Ellmae Vess⁴ 1914-1978 married Cecil Judson OWENBY 
Rans Maryland Vess⁴ 1916-2002 married Bonnie DAVIS
James Guy Vess⁴ 1920-2003 married Dicie Augusta DAVIS 

● George Washington Vess³ 1878-1933 married Mollie MATHEWS 
● Allen Peter Vess³ 1882-1925 married Nora DALTON 

Alfred Webb Vess²

1826 Rutherford County, North Carolina – 1882 Athens, Clarke, Georgia 
married Mary Elizabeth MCFARLIN² 1834-1908 *Children³

● Benjamin E. Vess³ 1857-1886
● Albertine I. Vess³ 1859-1886
● Alfred Webb Vess Jr³. 1862-1930 
married Nina BAIN³  *Children⁴

Mary Calhoun Vess⁴ 1887-1966 married George MCELROY 
Alfred Webb Vess⁴ 1890-1892
Nina Bain Vess⁴ 1890-1893
Lillian McFarlin Vess⁴ 1893-1896
George William Vess⁴ 1894-1938
Sandford Edward Vess⁴ 1896-1962
Daniel Michael Vess⁴ 1898-1942 married Lillian Mae TOLBERT 
Alfredia Elizabeth Vess⁴ 1900-1992 married Hiram OLVIER 
Kathleen Vess⁴ 1902-1968
Nineta Vess⁴ 1905-1996 married William CARMICHAEL 
Judge Ira Halliday Vess⁴ 1907-1971

● Mary Jane Vess³ 1867-1884
● Lucy Lee Vess³ 1868-1884

Rachel Vess² 

1832 Rutherford County, North Carolina – unknown 

Eliza Vess²

1834 Rutherford County, North Carolina – unknown 

Alexander “Alender” Vess²

1838 Rutherford County, North Carolina – 1862 Virginia (died during the Civil War)
Married Martha M. WILKESON² 1840-1909 *Children³

● Allie Verina Vess³ 1861-1933 married John Alexander Vess, son of Andrew Logan Vess
● William Theodore Vess³ 1866-1951 Nancy Ladocia Halford

Elizabeth Vess² 

1840 Rutherford County, North Carolina – unknown

Zephaniah Vess²

1842 Rutherford County, North Carolina – 1865 Tennessee (died during the Civil War)  
Never Married

Jasper Vess² 

1843 Rutherford County, North Carolina – 1908 Buncombe County, North Carolina 
married Mary A. LANKFORD VEHORN² 1849-1930 *Children³

● Margaret Vess³ 1868-1956 married John MILLER
● Theodosia Vess³ 1869-1935 married Sylvester MILLER
● Cileba Katherine Vess³ 1871-1906 married Augustus MITCHELL 
● Robert Alexander Vess³ 1872-1926 married Carrie FRADY 
● Eliza Vess³ 1875- unknown 
● Henry Lee Vess³ 1877-unknown 
● Mary Elizabeth Vess³ 1879-1946 married Otis PICKELSIMER
● Jasper G. Vess³ 1881-1937 
Married Carrie EMBLER³ *Children⁴

Hillard Vess⁴ 1907-1986
Jasper G. Vess Jr.⁴ 1914-1972

● Julia May Vess³ 1883-unknown 
● Josephine Vess³ 1886-unknown 
● Edna Vess³ 1889-unknown 
● Alphery Vess³ 1891-unknown 
● Georgia Florence Vess³ 1893-unknown 

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Sources:

Davis Jr., Norman J. “Descendants of Andrew L. Vess.” PDF, Ron Vess, No Date, Texas. 

Family history letter (includes origins and lineages) written by an unknown family member. No Date. 


Ancestry.com 

DNA data from Vincent Vess