Nancy Lanier
                                       1815 - 1895

 6   Daniel Sloan 1811 - 1888
     +Nancy Lanier Abt. 1815 - 1895

        Nancy Lanier Sloan was either 26 or 36 in 1850, 35 or 45 in 1860, and 54 or 64 in 1880,
        according to Census records.  Will use the 1850 date until we have proof of another Date of
        Birth; however, by using this date, Nancy was over 50 when her youngest two children
         were born.

         7 Alfred Sloan 1837 -
            +Cecelia Whidden
               8   Daniel Sloan 1857 -
        7  Owen Sloan 1840 -
        7  Orville Sloan 1842 -
        7  Elbert Sloan 1844 -
        7  Rachel Sloan 1846 -
        7  Catherine Sloan 1847 -
        7  Welthy Ann Sloan 1849 -
        7  Lynton Sloan 1850 -
        7  Oregon Sloan Abt. 1852 - 1899
            +Robert James Merritt 1850 -
               8  John Merritt 1872 -
               8  Amanda Lanier Merritt 1876 - 1955
                   +Woodson Melco Joyner 1864 - 1927

    After Woodson died in 1927, Amanda raised her children with help from the oldest children and
    by becoming a Dress Maker.  Women came from all over just to say, "Amanda made my
    dress!"

    Until Amanda became ill in 1952, there was a big picture in an oval frame of Woodson in his
    Cavalry Uniform hanging in the living room.  The night she had the stroke, Woodson's picture fell
    off the wall.  The picture itself could not be saved as it crumbled into countless pieces.

                       9 Nancy Elizabeth Joyner 1891 - 1973
                           +Robert Kempson
              *2nd Husband of Nancy Elizabeth Joyner:
                            +Prentiss Earl Tompkins Abt. 1880 - 1940
                                  10  Aurelia Naomi Tompkins Joyner 1911 - 1983
                                        +?? Aarseth
                        *2nd Husband of Aurelia Naomi Tompkins Joyner:
                                        +John Melton Armstrong 1884 - 1967
                                                11  Elizabeth Anne Armstrong - (Living)
                                              +Samuel Coleman Braswell - (Living)
                                                        12  Christina Elizabeth Braswell  - (Living)
                                                        12  Nancy Marie Braswell - (Living)
                                                        12  Joyce Ann Braswell - (Living)
                         *3rd Husband of Aurelia Naomi Tompkins Joyner:
                                         +James White

                       9  Nettie Joyner 1893 - Abt. 1946
                            +William Parker Abt. 1890 -
                                   10  William Parker
                                   10  Henry Parker
                                   10  Pauline Parker
                                   10  Victor Parker

                *2nd Husband of Nettie Joyner:
                            +Van Vorhees

                       9  Woodson (Bill) Plenny Joyner 1895 - Abt. 1936

        Served this country during World War I, Cavalry; he enlisted with his father.

                       9  Gladys Joyner 1899 -
                            +J. P. Luckett Abt. 1895 - 1946
                              10  Joyner Percy Luckett 1924 - 1990
                *2nd Husband of Gladys Joyner:
                              +Raydon Greene Abt. 1895 -
                       9  Evelyn Joyner 1904 - Abt. 1924

        Evelyn was in the Zeigfield Follies in the early 1920's.  It is said that she stated that she would
        not reach her twenty-first birthday.  While she was in NYC, a hurricane struck.  While she
        was sleeping on the couch a window broke and Evelyn got drenched.  She probably died of
        pneumonia about age 20.
 

                       9  Stewart J. Joyner 1906 - 1995
                            +Idell ?? 1913 - ????
                       9  Ollie R. Joyner 1908 - ????

        Ollie was in the Navy during WWII.  He was a boxer and boxed in Madison Square Garden.
        While in the Navy, he was assigned to Special Services and participated in exhibition fights
        aboard various naval vessels during the war.  He contracted malaria while in the Pacific.
 

                       9  John T. Joyner 1922 - 1978
                           +Eldis ??

        1938-1941:  John joined the Merchant Marines at age 16; he lied about age to get in.

               8  Eliza Merritt 1876 - ????
               8  Allen Merritt 1880 - ????
               8  Bessie Merritt Aft. 1880 - ????
                   +Edward Brown
               8  Fanny Merritt Aft. 1880 - ????
                   +??? Brown

       7  John S. Sloan 1853 - ????
       7  Gibson P. Sloan 1859 - ????
            +Reny ?? 1862 - ????
               8  Docia Sloan 1879 - ????
       7  Aaron Sloan 1860 - ????
       7  Cuthbert Sloan 1860 - ????
       7  William Sloan 1868 - ????
       7  Matthew Sloan Abt. 1870 - ????

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