The Family of Don Wayland Mercer 1926 & Jane Isabel Swanson 1924
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Don Wayland Mercer 1926
Author of Don Mercer Charts
Birth : Nov 4 Nov 4 1926 Haynesville,
Clairborne Parish , LA grew up at Latanier , Rapides Parish ,
La to Houston , Texas Aug 31, 1946
Married June 9 , 1951 El Campo , Wharton County , Texas
Death : 20 Dec 1998 Houston Texas
Spouse : Jane Isabel Swanson 1924
Born : Oct 6 , 1924 El Campo ,
Wharton County , Texas,
Father : Dr. Frank Dewey Swanson/
b. Sept 3, 1899, Dundee Archer Co., Tx
M. 9 30 1920 Limestone Co TxMother : Katheryn Beulah Batchelorb
Born : Jan 28 1900 Groesbeck Co Tx
Death : April 1 1985 Bay City Tx
Burried : El Campo Tx
Children :
1. Steven Swanson Mercer/1955 2. Donna Jane Mercer / 1959
910 Don Wayland Mercer/1926
b 11-4-1926 Haynesville, Clairborne-LA Death : 20 Dec 1998 Houston Texas Lived Rapides-LA to Houston-TX 8-31-1946 m 6-9-1951 Wharton-TX Jane Swanson b 10-6-1924 Lives Houston-TX d/o Dr. Frank D. Swanson & Kathryn Batchelor d/o William Batchelor & Lula Jane GambillChildren of Don & Jane Swinson Mercer911 Steven Swanson Mercer/1955 b 2-8-1955 Houston-Txm 9-2-1978 Houston-Tx Julia Aven m2 4-16-1983 Houston-TX Susan Irene Withington b 8-15-1962 lives Houston-TXCHILDREN912 Steven Swanson Mercer II/1979 b 6-21-1979 Houston-TX913 Gregory Withington Mercer/1985 b 4-25-1985 Houston-TX914 Allison Jane Mercer/1987 b 11-20-1987 Houston-TX915 Donna Jane Mercer/1959 b 10-30-1959 Houston-Tx m 11-1-1980 Houston-Tx Billie Wayne Manceaux b 11-19-1958 Abbeville, Vermillion-LA lives Spring-TXCHILDREN916 Billie Wayne Manceaux/1982 b 10-14-1982 Houston-Tx 917 Sara Jane Manceaux/1990 b 1-19-1990 Houston-Tx Page 2 Mercer Family Research By Don W. Mercer - 1985
Family of Don Mercer , Researcher
1.Christopher Mercer b c 1612 m Mary Simpson 11-3-1644, Stepney, Middlesex Cc., England to Barbados, West Indies by 5-12- 1654 d there 12-6-1670. (Will).
Christopher Mercer b c 1612 m Mary Simpson 11-3-1644, Stepney, Middlesex Cc., England to Barbados, West Indies by 5-12- 1654 d there 12-6-1670. (Will).2. Thomas Mercer b 3-13-1647/8, Foxes Lane, Stepney, Middlesex Cc., England to Norfolk Co, Va. by 8-16-1669 d 1718, Norfolk Co. Va. m c 1671 Catherine Biggs b 1650-55, Norfolk Co. VA. d by 9-15-1727, Norfolk Co. Va. daughter of John Biggs (1620-1697) and Johanna Sawyer Biggs d c 1680
Thomas Mercer b 3-13-1647/8, Foxes Lane, Stepney, Middlesex Cc., England to Norfolk Co, Va. by 8-16-1669 d 1718, Norfolk Co. Va. m c 1671 Catherine Biggs b 1650-55, Norfolk Co. VA. d by 9-15-1727, Norfolk Co. Va. daughter of John Biggs (1620-1697) and Johanna Sawyer Biggs d c 16804.James Mercer, Pvt. North Carolina Militia 1758, Patriotic Service, Revolutionary War from Georgia b 1713 Norfolk Co. Va. d 1790, Wilkes Co. Ga. M (2) c 1748 Sarah Simmons b c 1730, Currituck Co. N.C. d after 1790 Wilkes Co. Ga. Daughter of Thomas Simmons d 1755, Currituck Co. N.C. and Sarah Nicholson Simmons b c 1700, d after 1755, Currituck Co. N.C.
James Mercer, Pvt. North Carolina Militia 1758, Patriotic Service, Revolutionary War from Georgia b 1713 Norfolk Co. Va. d 1790, Wilkes Co. Ga. M (2) c 1748 Sarah Simmons b c 1730, Currituck Co. N.C. d after 1790 Wilkes Co. Ga. Daughter of Thomas Simmons d 1755, Currituck Co. N.C. and Sarah Nicholson Simmons b c 1700, d after 1755, Currituck Co. N.C.5.Reverend Thomas Mercer, Baptist, Pvt., Rev. War from Ga. b c 1750, Currituck Co. N.C. d by 10-16-1819, Amite Co. Mississippi m c 1772, Halifax Co. N.C. to Annis Green b 3-15-1749, Stafford Co., Va. d c 1802 Handcock Co., Ga., a daughter of William Green and Ann Robinson m 12-18-1743, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Va.
Reverend Thomas Mercer, Baptist, Pvt., Rev. War from Ga. b c 1750, Currituck Co. N.C. d by 10-16-1819, Amite Co. Mississippi m c 1772, Halifax Co. N.C. to Annis Green b 3-15-1749, Stafford Co., Va. d c 1802 Handcock Co., Ga., a daughter of William Green and Ann Robinson m 12-18-1743, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Va.6.Simeon Mercer, Pvt. War of 1812-1815, Mississippi Territory b c 1783, Wilkes Co. Ga., d September 1835, Copiah Co., Mississippi m Sarah Whittington b c 1785, Ga. d by 9-4-1849, Scott Co., Mississippi, daughter of Cornelius Whittington, Pvt., Rev. War, South Carolina and Georgia b 4-24-1749, Sussex Co., Va., d by 2-26-1838, Amite Co., Mississippi and Rebecca Gilliam Whittington b 11-23-1750, Albemarle Parish, Sussex Co., Va., d Amite Co., Mississippi by 2-26-1838
Simeon Mercer, Pvt. War of 1812-1815, Mississippi Territory b c 1783, Wilkes Co. Ga., d September 1835, Copiah Co., Mississippi m Sarah Whittington b c 1785, Ga. d by 9-4-1849, Scott Co., Mississippi, daughter of Cornelius Whittington, Pvt., Rev. War, South Carolina and Georgia b 4-24-1749, Sussex Co., Va., d by 2-26-1838, Amite Co., Mississippi and Rebecca Gilliam Whittington b 11-23-1750, Albemarle Parish, Sussex Co., Va., d Amite Co., Mississippi by 2-26-18387.John Mercer, Pvt., Confederate Army, Artillery, Mississippi and Home Guard Louisiana b 2-6-1824, Copiah Co., Mississippi, to Scott Co., Mississippi by 1839 to Winn Parish, Louisiana in 1861, to Rapides Parish, La., in 1877 d 1-27-1885, Rapides Parish, La., m 9-10-1847, Scott Co., Mississippi to Harriett Adeline Jones b 7-26-1830, Smith Co., Tenn. d 10-6-1901, Rapides Parish, La., daughter of Jessie Jones, Pvt., War 1812-1815, North Carolina, b 2-25-1798, Surry Co., N.C., d 1-9-1880, Scott Co., Miss. m 7-4-1828 , Smith Co., Tenn., to Charlotte Daugherty b 12-8-1811, Tenn., d 12-31-1876, Scott Co., Miss.
John Mercer, Pvt., Confederate Army, Artillery, Mississippi and Home Guard Louisiana b 2-6-1824, Copiah Co., Mississippi, to Scott Co., Mississippi by 1839 to Winn Parish, Louisiana in 1861, to Rapides Parish, La., in 1877 d 1-27-1885, Rapides Parish, La., m 9-10-1847, Scott Co., Mississippi to Harriett Adeline Jones b 7-26-1830, Smith Co., Tenn. d 10-6-1901, Rapides Parish, La., daughter of Jessie Jones, Pvt., War 1812-1815, North Carolina, b 2-25-1798, Surry Co., N.C., d 1-9-1880, Scott Co., Miss. m 7-4-1828 , Smith Co., Tenn., to Charlotte Daugherty b 12-8-1811, Tenn., d 12-31-1876, Scott Co., Miss.8.Jessie Jones Mercer b 2-27-1869, Winn Parish, la. d 9-28-1940, Kolin Rapides Parish, La., m 1-1-1892, Rapides Pr. La., to Martha Destimona Sillavan b 2-16-1869, Alto, Richland parish , La. d 6-21-1953, Kolin, Rapides Parish, La. daughter of William Sillavan b 9-14-1826, Blount Co., Alabama d 1-10-1882, Rapides Parish, La., m 3-3-1852, Calhoun Co., Alabama , Fornier Thompson b 3-4-1832, Distric 96, Couth Carolina d 3-1-1905, Rapides Parish, La.
Jessie Jones Mercer b 2-27-1869, Winn Parish, la. d 9-28-1940, Kolin Rapides Parish, La., m 1-1-1892, Rapides Pr. La., to Martha Destimona Sillavan b 2-16-1869, Alto, Richland parish , La. d 6-21-1953, Kolin, Rapides Parish, La. daughter of William Sillavan b 9-14-1826, Blount Co., Alabama d 1-10-1882, Rapides Parish, La., m 3-3-1852, Calhoun Co., Alabama , Fornier Thompson b 3-4-1832, Distric 96, Couth Carolina d 3-1-1905, Rapides Parish, La.9.Lee Madison Mercer, Seaman U.S.S. Louisiana, World War I, b 8-13-1897, Holloway, Rapides Parish, La., d 9-19-1961, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La., m 5-20-1924, Huntington Beach, Orange Co., California to Olive Margaret Swinfard Sinclair, widow b 4-5-1900, Flat River, Missouri d 4-30-1953, Alexandria Rapides Pr., La., daughter of John Monroe Swinfard b 4-8-1870, Marble Hill, Missouri d 1-6-1945 Farmington, Missouri m 5-26-1898 to Mary Ellinor Kitto Lotz, Widow b 3-21-1864, Galena, Illinois d 1-10-1937, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri.
Lee Madison Mercer, Seaman U.S.S. Louisiana, World War I, b 8-13-1897, Holloway, Rapides Parish, La., d 9-19-1961, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La., m 5-20-1924, Huntington Beach, Orange Co., California to Olive Margaret Swinfard Sinclair, widow b 4-5-1900, Flat River, Missouri d 4-30-1953, Alexandria Rapides Pr., La., daughter of John Monroe Swinfard b 4-8-1870, Marble Hill, Missouri d 1-6-1945 Farmington, Missouri m 5-26-1898 to Mary Ellinor Kitto Lotz, Widow b 3-21-1864, Galena, Illinois d 1-10-1937, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri.See Don Mercer Family at top of page