Laurana 6 “Raney” Sanders b 29 Sep 1836 (gravestone) probably in Tennessee; m (1) 11 Nov 1855 George W. Ellis at Gainesville, Ozark County, Missouri; m (2) Henry Harvey “Harve” Hunt; d 2 Jan 1916 (gravestone) and is buried in the Gainesville Cemetery, Gainesvlle, Ozark County, Missouri. Harriet 6 Smith Sanders b 29 Aug 1841 (gravestone) probally in Tennessee; m (1) 19 Jan 1858 Larkin Caps at Gainesville, Ozark County, Missouri; m (2) John McCleary; m (3) William “Bill” Russell, 25 Nov 1869 at Gainesville, Ozark County, Missouri; d 4 Nov 1912 at Sycamore, Ozark County, Missouri, and is buried in the Pat Martin Cemetery. Matilda 6 Sanders b ca 1842 probably in Tennessee; m 19 Jan 1858 John Driskell at Gainesville, Ozark County, Missouri. Jesse 6 R. Sanders b ca 1844 probably in Tennessee; m 23 Jan 1868 Sarah E. Green at Gainesville, Ozark County, Missouri. Permelia 6 Frances Sanders b ca 1847 in Tennessee; m John M. Martin; d before 1880 census. Samuel 6 Anthony Sanders b 5 Dec 1851 probably in Tennessee; m 13 July 1871 Matilda Russell at Gainesville, Ozark County, Missouri; d 26 May 1930 at Dora, Ozark County, Missouri, and is buried in the Oak Lawn Cemetery at West Plains, Howell County, Missouri. Eliza 6 Lodoska “Doss” or “Doskey” Sanders b ca 1855 in Kentucky (1860 census); m Elisha James.
Note: If the census records are correct, there is another son, either before or after James 6 W. Sanders.
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Laurana 5 “Raney” Brown Luna (James 4; Peter 3) was born 13 Jan 1810 (Bible Rcds) probably in Sumner County, Tennessee. She was the second-born daughter of James 4 and Mary “Polly” Thomas (Smith) Luna. Lurana married Asa Sanders (b between 1800 and 1810 and d ca 1840) ca 1826 probably in Lincoln County, Tennessee. They moved to Illinois in 1830 and in 1840 they moved again to Van Buren County, Arkansas. After the death of Asa, Lurana married Dempsey Barnes (b ca 1794). Lurana died 13 Aug 1861 according to probate proceedings. She had the following children by her marriage to Asa Sanders:
James 6 L. Sanders b ca 1827 probably in Tennessee; m (1) Mary Ann Aday and (2) Mrs. Susan Murphy Horn. Lunsford 6 L. Sanders b ca 1830; m Martha J. ____ Clarissa 6 Malinda Sanders b ca 1831 probably in Illinois; m William Hensley. Mary 6 C. Sanders b ca 1834; m John F. Murphy. John 6 L. Sanders b ca 1835; casualty of Civil War. Nathan 6 Allen Sanders b 16 Dec 1836; m Mary C. Reid. Harriet 6 Sanders b 1839; it is believed she married James M. Hughes By her marriage to Dempsey Barnes, Lurana had the following children: Nancy 6 E. Barnes b ca 1842; m Matthew W Reid Permelia Barnes b ca 1846 Hiram M. Barnes b ca 1847 Edy Evaline Barnes b 1848; m Jim Lott (Edy and Evaline were names used by John L. Sanders, a brother of Asa.) Asa L. Barnes b 1851
Note: Dempsey Barnes married his first wife, Polly Sillivent (probably Sullivan), 11 May 1815 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Their descendants say she was born in an Indian Fort ca 1784. Her mother was Perda Hubble, part Cherokee Indian, and her father was an Indian trader. Of further interest is that a James Barnes (possible brother of Dempsey) married Nelly Sanders (possible kin to ASA) in Davidson County in 1812.
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Looney, John M 39 Tennessee Farmer Real Estate 1,600 Nancy 37 Tennessee William 16 Tennessee Laborer Delany 9 Arkansas Female Martha 7 Louisiana John F 5 Louisiana Permelia 3 Louisiana
John M. Looney would seem to be of the Fifth Generation and it is tempting to consider a possible relationship between Absalom 4 and John M. Looney. No altogether reasonable connection has been found. (Possibly their wives were related.) Absalom 4 had an older brother, Benjamin 4 Looney, who probably had a son, John 5 Looney, who lived in Franklin County, Tennessee, and was last heard of at the 1830 census there. This John 5 Looney seems not to have been well known to descendants of older sons of Benjamin 4 Looney but the eldest son, David 5 R(eilly?) Looney may be the D. R. Looney who bought land 23 Oct 1835 in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, and sold same 1 Dec 1835. On the other hand the 1830 census of Franklin County, Tennessee, indicates that John 5 Looney who lived there was perhaps a decade older than John M. Looney of Bienbille County, Louisiana. The name Permelia suggests that John M. Looney was son of John 4 C. Looney (Luna) of Marshall County, Tennessee (son of Peter 3 Luna).
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Wright 5 Luna (Peter 4; Peter 3) was born ca 1815 either in Sumner County or Lincoln County, Tennessee and was enumerated with his parents in Lincoln County in 1820 and 1830. He is listed in the Marshall County 1840 census as 20/30 with wife of the same age group. The Marshall County census records for 1850 and 1860 shows the family as follows:
Wright Luna b 1815 Clarissa Luna b 1814 (Inscription in the Old Luna Cemetery birth as 4 December 1815 and death as 26 December 1863) Micajah V. Luna b 1832 Harriett Luna b 1833 Elizabeth Luna b 1835 Emaline Luna b 1836 Rany C. Luna b 1837 Adeline Luna b 1840 Eliza Evaline Luna b 1843 Mina Alina Luna b 1846 James Luna b 1848 Louise Luna b 1851 End of Page 54
Jackson 5 Luna (Peter 4; Peter 3) was born in November 1812 probably in Sumner County, Tennessee. He died 19 March 1875 and was buried in the Old Luna Cemetery near Belfast, Tennessee.
The Lincoln County Tennessee census records for 1820 and 1830 indicate that Jackson 5 was living with his parents. Jackson married (1) on 2 August 1832, Nancy Andrews (b 29 September 1817) daughter of James Andrews. Nancy died 19 February 1909 and was also buried in the Old Luna Cemetery. On 30 December 1835, Jackson 5 and Elizabeth Andrews Luna bought 99 acres from Jas. Brooks of Williamson County, Tennessee. This parcel was located near the farm of his brother, James G. Luna, on the waters of West Fork of Cane Creek, which was in Lincoln county in 1835 (Lincoln County Deeds K, p 26). In the 1840 census it is found that Jackson’s land was located in Marshall County due to a boundary change.
The Marshall County Tennessee census records for 1840, 1850 and 1860 agree with the following family information which was furnished by a descendant of this family:
Jackson Luna b November 1812 (Farmer and Mechanic) Nancy Luna b 27 September 1817 William C. A. Luna b 1833 James M. Luna b 1835 Mary Elizabeth Luna b 14 January 1838; died 6 February 1863 (Old Luna Cemetery) Sarah T. Luna b 1839 Robert H. Luna b 7 September 1842; died 1 February 1863 Martha E. Luna b 1844 John M. Luna b 3 March 1847; died 24 November 1915 Nancy A. Luna b 1849 Louisa J. Luna b 1852 Susan J. Luna b 1854 End of Page 55
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