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John Rogers Dumas

John Rogers Dumas was the son of David Dumas and Elizabeth Norman.  He was born in Wins-ton County, Mississippi in 1837  and died in 1886 at Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  

Helen King Garner was born on January 3, 1839, in Madison, Alabama, her father, Daniel H. Garner, was 32, and her mother, Catherine Wills Drinkwater, was 20. She married JOHN ROGERS DUMAS on December 18, 1866. They had at least six children during their marriage. She died in 1915 in Cândido Rodrigues, Sao Paulo, Brazil, having lived a long life of 76 years.

John was the son of David Dumas and Elizabeth Norman.  He was born in Wins-ton County, Mississippi in 1837  and died in 1886 at Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  

John enlisted in 1861 at Neshoba County, Mississippi as a private with the Eleventh Reg-iment, Mississippi Infantry, Company D.  Shortly after the war he married Helen on December 18, 1866.  It is uncertain as records are scant during that time period where they were married and when they arrived in Texas.  It is possible that they met in Texas as Helen's uncle, Thomas Garner was already a resident of Hopkins County, having moved there in 1857.  Helen and John must have been part of the Garner family that left central Texas.

Helen King Garner and John Rogers Dumas had at least six children:
1.   Catherine Elizabeth Garner Dumas   1869-1956
      Married Benjamin "Bony" Hammond Green 
2.   Octavia King Dumas

       Octavia was born on May 18, 1871, the second child of Helen and                   John.  She was born in Santa Barbara, d'Oeste Esperança, Sao Paulo,         Brazil and died on June 6, 1945 in Tatuí -São Paulo - Brasil.                             Sometime around 1892 she married James Milton Pyle, the son        of Samuel Milton Pyle and Nancy Elmira Banymore Rasor, both of              Abbeville, South Carolina.  James was born on November 9, 1856, in          Chatooga, Carroll County, Georgia and he died on April 8, 1928                      in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Município de Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São              Paulo, Brazil.

 

       Octavia and James would have at least ten Children:

                  

                 1.   Charles Dick Pyles

                       Charles was born about 1892  in Brazil and married                                             Antonieta (Lidia) Ulhoa.  They would have at least four                                     children.  No further information. 

                                     

                                         1.  Mario Ulhoa Pyles

                                                 Mario was born in Brazil in 1929 and died there                                                     in 1967 .  No futher information.

                                           2.   Glover Pyles           

                                                  No further information.      

                                           3.   Nilza Pyles    

                                                  No further information.

                                         4.   Jose Pyles 

                                                No further information.

 

                 2.    Mary Helen Pyles

                         Mary was born about 1894 in Brazil.

                         No further information.     

 

                 3.    Jeni Valeria Pyles                          

                         Jeni was born about 1897 in Brazil and was married to C.                                 Peetyl.  No further information.
                         
                 4.   Catherine Pauline Pyles             

                         Catherine was born on November 14, 1900 in Americana,                                Sao Paulo, Brazil.  She was married to Anthony Caputo while                          in Brazil, date unknown.  On July 4, 1953 she married for the                          second time to Anthony Joseph in Lawrence, Indiana, USA.                           Anthony Joseph was born on November 13, 1890 in Hoboken,                          New Jersey, USA.   No further information.

                 5.   George Washington Pyles

                        George was born on March 10, 1902 in Brazil. 

                        No  further information.

                 6.   Margarida Amy Pyles

                        Margarida was born on January 17, 1909 in  Santa Bárbara d'                           Oeste -São Paulo - Brasil and died on July 15, 1949  Garça -                              São Paulo - Brasil. About 1938 in Brazil Margarida married 

                        Aurino Gomes Ribeiro.  Aurino was born on May 20, 1910 in                            Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil and died on July 9, 1996 in                                    Garca, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  He was the son of Antonio Gomes                            Ribeiro and Escolástica de Campos.

                        Margarida and Aurino would have at least one child:

                                                                     

                                       1.   Aises Friene "Cece" Pyles was born on April 2,                                                       1938 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and died on April 2, 1967                                               in Seattle, King County, Washington, USA.  In                                                         1958 in the state of Illinois, she married Howard                                                   Joseph Shelton.  Howard was the son of Henry                                                       Garfield Shelton and Alice Hutchins Venable.                                                         Howard was married three times - the first in 1942                                               to Ruth Mary Parker, the second, in 1958, to Cece                                                 Pyles and the third, after Cece's death, in 1969 to                                                   Kathryn A, Wall.  That marriage ended in divorce                                                 three years later.  The only child mentioned is that                                               of his first wife, a son named David Joseph                                                              Shelton (1943-2010).

 

                     7.    Judson Whitaker Pyles

                              Judson was born on Christmas day December 25, 1912 in                                   Brazil.  He was married to  Otilia Choelho de Aguiar.   No                                 further information.

 

                      8.   Julia Pyles

                             No further information.

                      9.   Winnie Pyles

                             No further information.

          

                      10.  William Pyles

                             No further information. 

3.  William Garner Dumas

       William was born in Santa Barbara d'oeste, Sao Paulo, Brasil.

       No further information.

 

4.  Helen Garner Dumas

       Helen was married to  Elpidio Silveira 

       No further information.

 

5.  Sturdy Garner Dumas

       Sturdy was married to Georgina (Unknown)

       No further information.

6.  Norman Garner Dumas

       Norman was born in  Santa Barbara d'oeste, Sao Paulo, Brasil.

       No further information.          

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William Garner Dumas
Howard J. Shelton
James M. Pyles
Catherine E. Dumas
Octavia K. Dumas
Norman Garner Dumas

DUMAS FAMILY

DAVID DUMAS

1800–1877

BIRTH 7 JANUARY 1800 • Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA

DEATH 13 JUNE 1877 • Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA

Elizabeth Norman

1817–1880

BIRTH 1817 • Jackson County, Georgia, USA

DEATH AFT. 1880 • Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA

Marriage

4 Feb 1832 • Perry, Alabama, USA

DUMAS FAMILY

ELHANAN WINCHESTER DUMAS

1778–1859

BIRTH 1778 • Richmond, North Carolina, United States

DEATH SEP 1859 • , Fayette, Alabama, USA

ELIZABETH BRASHIER

1778–1835

BIRTH 1778 • Greenville, South Carolina, USA

DEATH 21 APR 1835 • Fayette County, Alabama, USA

Marriage

1804 • Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States

DUMAS FAMILY

Benjamin Dumas

1728–1796

BIRTH 1728 • Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States

DEATH 1796 • Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States

Jamima McClendon

1752–1781

BIRTH 12 OCT 1752 • Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States

DEATH 1781 • Richmond, North Carolina, United States

Marriage

1765 • Anson County, North Carolina Colony

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Below is a DAR Record.  This information is included because to be a member of the DAR, an application is filed and all descendants are proven by professional genealogists.

 

BENJAMIN DUMAS

DESCENDANTS LIST   

 Member:  -- Name Restricted --    Nat'l #: 781775     

Ancestor #: A034556

1.  -- Generation Restricted --

2.  -- Generation Restricted --

3.  -- Generation Restricted --

4.​  The Said -- Name Restricted -- was the child of

Frank Edward Dumas born on 31 - Oct - 1879 at Etna Smith Co TX 

died at Dallas Dallas Co TX on 17 - Nov - 1945 and his ( 1st ) wife

Tennessee Frances Tennie Reddy born on 7 - Aug - 1884 at TX

died at Haltom City Tarrant Co TX on 16 - Mar - 1978 married on 6 - Oct - 1901

married at Smith Co TX

5.  The Said Frank Edward Dumas was the child of

Frank Hollis Dumas born on c - - 1858 at TX 

died at Smith Co TX on p - - 1880 and his ( 1st ) wife

Emma Barefield born on c - - 1857 at _______________

died at Smith Co TX on p - - 1880 married on 6 - Nov - 1878 

married at Cherokee Co TX

6.  The Said Frank Hollis Dumas was the child of

L W Dumas born on c - - 1810 at SC 

died at Anderson Co TX on p - Sep - 1863 and his ( 2nd ) wife

Antionette J Waites born on c - - 1823 at GA

died at Anderson Co TX on p - - 1860 married on 10 - Jan - 1850 

married at Cherokee Co TX

7.  The Said L W Dumas was the child of

Elhanon Winchester Dumas born on c - - 1778 at NC 

died at Choctaw Co MS on a 10 - Sep - 1859 and his ( 1st ) wife

Elizabeth born on - - at _______________

died at Fayette AL on 21 - Apr - 1835 married on c - - 1800  

8.  The Said Elhanon Winchester Dumas was the child of

Benjamin Dumas born on c - - 1723 at _______________  

died at Richmond Co NC on p 8 - Sep - 1784 and his ( 1st ) wife

Jemima McClendon born on - - at _______________

died at _______________ on - - married on a 28 - Sep - 1765  

 

ASSOCIATED ANCESTOR (REVOLUTIONARY) RECORD

DUMAS, BENJAMIN

Ancestor #: A034556

Service: NORTH CAROLINA    Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Birth: CIRCA 1723   

Death: POST 9-8-1784     RICHMOND CO NORTH CAROLINA

Service Source: 

MCBEE, ANSON CO, NC, ABS OF EARLY RECS, PP 133, 134, 138; NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL I, P 106, FOLIO 4, ROLL #S.115.57.1

Service Description:   

1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES; SIGNED PETITIONS 1777, 1778

Benjamin Dumas

Benjamin Dumas

1705–1766

BIRTH 1705 • St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

DEATH 2 MAR 1766 • Anson, North Carolina, United States

Frances Clark

1706–1753

BIRTH 13 SEP 1706 • Charles, York, Virginia, United States

DEATH 1753 • Anson, North Carolina, United States

Marriage

1725 • Hanover, Louisa, Virginia, United States

Jeremiah/ Jerome Dumas

Jeremiah/ Jerome Dumas

1681–1734

BIRTH 1681 • Antraigues, Ardeche, Rhone-Alpes, France (?-St Fort, Saintonge)

DEATH 15 JAN 1734 • Fire Creek, Goochland, Virginia, USA

Unity Lucy Smith

1681–1726

BIRTH 7 JULY 1681 • New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States

DEATH 16 MARCH 1726 • New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America

Marriage

1702 • St Peters Church, New Kent, Virginia, United States

Jerome (Jeremie) Jean Dumas

Jerome (Jeremie) Jean Dumas

1650–1684

BIRTH 13 MAR 1650 • Fort-De-Conac, Saintonge, France

DEATH 1684 • Virginia, USA

Susanne Faure

1655–1702

BIRTH 13 MAY 1655 • St Fort De Cona, Saintonge, France

DEATH 8 JUL 1702 • London, London, England

Marriage

17 Janvier 1677 • Buxy (Protestants) Dantraigue, France

Huguenots and the settling of Manakin

Manakin-Sabot, consisting of the villages of Manakin and Sabot, is an unincorporated com-munity in Goochland CountyVirginia, United States.  It is located northwest of Richmond in the Piedmont and is part of the Greater Richmond region.

Among the earliest European settlers in the Piedmont were several hundred French Hug-uenots, Protestant religious refugees who had emigrated via London in 1700 and 1701 on the promise of land from the Crown. While they had expected to be settled near existing settlements of Jamestown or in Lower Norfolk County, officials gave them land in areas 20 miles above the falls of the James River at areas previously occupied by the Native Amer-ican Monocan people.  This tribe spoke a Siouan language, as did other tribes of the uplands. One French settlement in Powhatan County became known as Manakin Town (after the native tribe);  two villages in Goochland were Manakin and Sabot.

The colony of Manakin was created by a grant of 10,000 acres of land in Virginia from the English King William III in 1699 to the Marquis Olivier de la Muce, a Huguenot and French aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Castle of Nantes on the Isle of Re prior to escaping to England some ten years earlier. The land was for a Huguenot settlement to be established on the banks of the James River.

Four debarkations left Southampton for Virginia in the summer of 1699, with a total of more than 500 people. Names of three of the ships are known - "Pierre and Anthony" (Galley of London), "Le Nasseau" and "Mary and Ann". Four Huguenot ministers travelled with the expedition: Reverends James Fontaine, Behjamin de Joux, Louis Latane and Claude Philip de Richebourg. The names of two surgeons are also known: Doctors Chastaine and Paul Micou.

Virginia welcomed the refugees, as many of them were ex-aristocrats and noblemen with education and wealth, which they had brought with them on their emigration from France. The Colony exempted the French Huguenots from taxation for a period of seven years. On arriving in Virginia, they settled and wrested homes and plantations out of the wilderness; they built a church, a school, a hospital, and a smithy.

The first group of Huguenots encountered great hardship, as many were urban people unprepared for the frontier. Leaders of the French Huguenots petitioned the government for more assistance as another ship of refugees landed at the Virginia Colony. Gradually the pioneers adapted and moved out of the village to their farms in the area. By 1750, the village was defunct. Over the decades, the French and their descendants intermarried with English settlers. Many of their descendants moved west or south with other migrants, including into Kentucky and other areas. 

The area was increasingly developed by colonists for plantations, with planters shifting from tobacco to wheat and mixed crops in the eighteenth century as the market changed. Ben Dover FarmDover Slave Quarter ComplexHuguenot Memorial Chapel and MonumentOak GrovePowell's TavernRochambeau Farm, and Tuckahoe Plantation are significant sites, built mostly from the colonial through the mid-19th century, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Some of these farms and plantations were adapted and operated into the 20th century for agriculture.

Manakin & Sabot, State of Virginia, USA

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John Rogers Dumas

John Rogers Dumas was the son of David Dumas and Elizabeth Norman.  He was born in Wins-ton County, Mississippi in 1837  and died in 1886 at Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  

PART II

DUMAS FAMILY

DAVID DUMAS

1800–1877

BIRTH 7 JANUARY 1800 • Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA

DEATH 13 JUNE 1877 • Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA

Elizabeth Norman

1817–1880

BIRTH 1817 • Jackson County, Georgia, USA

DEATH AFT. 1880 • Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA

Marriage

4 Feb 1832 • Perry, Alabama, USA

PART II

DUMAS FAMILY

ELHANAN WINCHESTER DUMAS

1778–1859

BIRTH 1778 • Richmond, North Carolina, United States

DEATH SEP 1859 • , Fayette, Alabama, USA

ELIZABETH BRASHIER

1778–1835

BIRTH 1778 • Greenville, South Carolina, USA

DEATH 21 APR 1835 • Fayette County, Alabama, USA

Marriage

1804 • Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States

PART II

DUMAS FAMILY

Benjamin Dumas

1728–1796

BIRTH 1728 • Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States

DEATH 1796 • Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States

Jamima McClendon

1752–1781

BIRTH 12 OCT 1752 • Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States

DEATH 1781 • Richmond, North Carolina, United States

Marriage

1765 • Anson County, North Carolina Colony

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Below is a DAR Record.  This information is included because to be a member of the DAR, an application is filed and all descendants are proven by professional genealogists.

 

BENJAMIN DUMAS

DESCENDANTS LIST   

 Member:  -- Name Restricted --    Nat'l #: 781775     

Ancestor #: A034556

1.  -- Generation Restricted --

2.  -- Generation Restricted --

3.  -- Generation Restricted --

4.​  The Said -- Name Restricted -- was the child of

Frank Edward Dumas born on 31 - Oct - 1879 at Etna Smith Co TX 

died at Dallas Dallas Co TX on 17 - Nov - 1945 and his ( 1st ) wife

Tennessee Frances Tennie Reddy born on 7 - Aug - 1884 at TX

died at Haltom City Tarrant Co TX on 16 - Mar - 1978 married on 6 - Oct - 1901

married at Smith Co TX

5.  The Said Frank Edward Dumas was the child of

Frank Hollis Dumas born on c - - 1858 at TX 

died at Smith Co TX on p - - 1880 and his ( 1st ) wife

Emma Barefield born on c - - 1857 at _______________

died at Smith Co TX on p - - 1880 married on 6 - Nov - 1878 

married at Cherokee Co TX

6.  The Said Frank Hollis Dumas was the child of

L W Dumas born on c - - 1810 at SC 

died at Anderson Co TX on p - Sep - 1863 and his ( 2nd ) wife

Antionette J Waites born on c - - 1823 at GA

died at Anderson Co TX on p - - 1860 married on 10 - Jan - 1850 

married at Cherokee Co TX

7.  The Said L W Dumas was the child of

Elhanon Winchester Dumas born on c - - 1778 at NC 

died at Choctaw Co MS on a 10 - Sep - 1859 and his ( 1st ) wife

Elizabeth born on - - at _______________

died at Fayette AL on 21 - Apr - 1835 married on c - - 1800  

8.  The Said Elhanon Winchester Dumas was the child of

Benjamin Dumas born on c - - 1723 at _______________  

died at Richmond Co NC on p 8 - Sep - 1784 and his ( 1st ) wife

Jemima McClendon born on - - at _______________

died at _______________ on - - married on a 28 - Sep - 1765  

 

ASSOCIATED ANCESTOR (REVOLUTIONARY) RECORD

DUMAS, BENJAMIN

Ancestor #: A034556

Service: NORTH CAROLINA    Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Birth: CIRCA 1723   

Death: POST 9-8-1784     RICHMOND CO NORTH CAROLINA

Service Source: 

MCBEE, ANSON CO, NC, ABS OF EARLY RECS, PP 133, 134, 138; NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL I, P 106, FOLIO 4, ROLL #S.115.57.1

Service Description:   

1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES; SIGNED PETITIONS 1777, 1778

Benjamin Dumas

Benjamin Dumas

1705–1766

BIRTH 1705 • St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

DEATH 2 MAR 1766 • Anson, North Carolina, United States

Frances Clark

1706–1753

BIRTH 13 SEP 1706 • Charles, York, Virginia, United States

DEATH 1753 • Anson, North Carolina, United States

Marriage

1725 • Hanover, Louisa, Virginia, United States

Jeremiah/ Jerome Dumas

Jeremiah/ Jerome Dumas

1681–1734

BIRTH 1681 • Antraigues, Ardeche, Rhone-Alpes, France (?-St Fort, Saintonge)

DEATH 15 JAN 1734 • Fire Creek, Goochland, Virginia, USA

Unity Lucy Smith

1681–1726

BIRTH 7 JULY 1681 • New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States

DEATH 16 MARCH 1726 • New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America

Marriage

1702 • St Peters Church, New Kent, Virginia, United States

Jerome (Jeremie) Jean Dumas

Jerome (Jeremie) Jean Dumas

1650–1684

BIRTH 13 MAR 1650 • Fort-De-Conac, Saintonge, France

DEATH 1684 • Virginia, USA

Susanne Faure

1655–1702

BIRTH 13 MAY 1655 • St Fort De Cona, Saintonge, France

DEATH 8 JUL 1702 • London, London, England

Marriage

17 Janvier 1677 • Buxy (Protestants) Dantraigue, France

Huguenots and the settling of Manakin

Manakin-Sabot, consisting of the villages of Manakin and Sabot, is an unincorporated com-munity in Goochland CountyVirginia, United States.  It is located northwest of Richmond in the Piedmont and is part of the Greater Richmond region.

Among the earliest European settlers in the Piedmont were several hundred French Hug-uenots, Protestant religious refugees who had emigrated via London in 1700 and 1701 on the promise of land from the Crown. While they had expected to be settled near existing settlements of Jamestown or in Lower Norfolk County, officials gave them land in areas 20 miles above the falls of the James River at areas previously occupied by the Native Amer-ican Monocan people.  This tribe spoke a Siouan language, as did other tribes of the uplands. One French settlement in Powhatan County became known as Manakin Town (after the native tribe);  two villages in Goochland were Manakin and Sabot.

The colony of Manakin was created by a grant of 10,000 acres of land in Virginia from the English King William III in 1699 to the Marquis Olivier de la Muce, a Huguenot and French aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Castle of Nantes on the Isle of Re prior to escaping to England some ten years earlier. The land was for a Huguenot settlement to be established on the banks of the James River.

Four debarkations left Southampton for Virginia in the summer of 1699, with a total of more than 500 people. Names of three of the ships are known - "Pierre and Anthony" (Galley of London), "Le Nasseau" and "Mary and Ann". Four Huguenot ministers travelled with the expedition: Reverends James Fontaine, Behjamin de Joux, Louis Latane and Claude Philip de Richebourg. The names of two surgeons are also known: Doctors Chastaine and Paul Micou.

Virginia welcomed the refugees, as many of them were ex-aristocrats and noblemen with education and wealth, which they had brought with them on their emigration from France. The Colony exempted the French Huguenots from taxation for a period of seven years. On arriving in Virginia, they settled and wrested homes and plantations out of the wilderness; they built a church, a school, a hospital, and a smithy.

The first group of Huguenots encountered great hardship, as many were urban people unprepared for the frontier. Leaders of the French Huguenots petitioned the government for more assistance as another ship of refugees landed at the Virginia Colony. Gradually the pioneers adapted and moved out of the village to their farms in the area. By 1750, the village was defunct. Over the decades, the French and their descendants intermarried with English settlers. Many of their descendants moved west or south with other migrants, including into Kentucky and other areas. 

The area was increasingly developed by colonists for plantations, with planters shifting from tobacco to wheat and mixed crops in the eighteenth century as the market changed. Ben Dover FarmDover Slave Quarter ComplexHuguenot Memorial Chapel and MonumentOak GrovePowell's TavernRochambeau Farm, and Tuckahoe Plantation are significant sites, built mostly from the colonial through the mid-19th century, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Some of these farms and plantations were adapted and operated into the 20th century for agriculture.

Manakin & Sabot, State of Virginia, USA

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