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I am helping a elderly lady that would like to know her heritage...Carol Warren is researching the following person and this is what she knows
That her John W Christian was Born in Febuary 1839 in Richmond Virgina where his father was a Slave..at the outbreak of Cival War his father remained Loyal to his master....This John ran away and managed to get thru the Confederate lines and Join the union as a private in the 13th Connecticut under Colonel Henry C Ward...He was mustered out of service in 1865 after 3 years of service...He was of the colored troops.......He was an active member of the A M E Zion Church...And of the Robert Tyler Post GAR Grand Army of the Republic....He had a brother in Philidelphia (No Name Given at the time of his death).................He also had an Aunt BETTY CHRISTIAN and a niece Mrs Louise Wheldon...He also had a cousin Mrs Morris Mitchell..........
I found in an old Article that there was a John H Christian that was a Butler to President John Tyler and when President John Tyler died he left this Slave John H Christian to a nephew..........
So here are some questions I would like to have answers to
1....Who was the Nephew of President John Tyler that inherited Slave John H Christian anyone have that will??
2.....Who was John W Christians brother living in Philidelphia at the time of John W Christians death in January 1907
3....is there anyone out there that has this very same line of decent that could help fill in Carols family tree....
4.... There was a John Wheldon that married Louise Christian that opened the first Colored persons Hotel in Connecticut...anyone related to this family??
Will Thankyou in advance for any help
You can contact me directly with Subject line Chritian or Wheldons
Flo
rimimma49@cox.net
or
Carol Warren
nonnicakes@hotmail.com
PS we do have all census records in Connecticut...but really none for Philidelphia where it states John had a brother....also none for Virgnia.........We also have articles from the Hartford Courant up to 1922...I dont have access to the Courant Newspaperafter 1922 so if someone does Id would really appreciate lookups of obituaries past 1922 for the Names of Wheldon or Christian families
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