Sexton Family Pictures



 
 
 

Sexton Family Lines

 

Distribution of the Sexton surname in America, 1850.

Distribution of the Sexton surname in America, 1880.

Distribution of the Sexton surname in America, 1920.

Distribution of the Sexton surname in America, 1990.

The Seaborn Sexton Family of Gwinnett County, Georgia and Calhoun County, Alabama

 

Luther Madison Sexton (1858-1950), the first son of Seaborn Sexton (1830-1862) and Louise Catherine Peace (1837-1926).  He is pictured here with his wife, Armenda Jane Sewell (1851-1919) in front of their home in Calhoun County, Alabama..

Luther Madison Sexton and Nevia Sexton Reaves.

Luther Madison Sexton

Front: Luther, Madison, Velma, Sula, Gladys, and Mavis Sexton 
Back: Henry and Elbert Sexton

The Baz Sexton Family - Baz was the oldest son of Luther Sexton and Armenda Jane Sewell.   Front: Baz (1880-1958), Lewis, Calvin, Sarah A. "Sallie" Brown (1883-1947) and Cora Sexton.  Back: Lizzie Sexton and Millie Cornett Brown.

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Baz Sexton

Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" Sexton (1902-1971) and her husband Roy W. Couch (1901-1956).  Lizzie is the oldest daughter of Baz Sexton and Sarah A. "Sallie" Brown.

Louis V. Sexton (b. 1915) and Nora Thomason (b. 1916).

Cora Sexton (b. 1905), daughter of Baz Sexton and Sarah A. "Sallie" Brown.  Cora married Roy H. Beaird (1893-1946). 

Vennie Lee Sexton and Gene Thornton.

Nevia Sexton and Joe Reaves

Luther, Agnes and Imogene Reaves.

Madison T. Sexton.

Mattie Viola Glass.

Madison T. Sexton and Mattie V. Glass.

Henry Alton Sexton (1919-1994) and Dorothy Sue Clements (b. 1928).  Henry is the son of Mattie V. Glass and Madison T. Sexton.

Elbert Olis Sexton (1910-1987) and Louie E. Sexton (1912-1989), sons of Madison Sexton and Mattie Viola Glass.

Charlsie Couch (1913-1996), wife of Louie E. Sexton (1912-1989).

Twin daughters of Madison T. Sexton and Mattie V. Glass: Lula Mae and Sula J. Sexton. 

Daughters of Madison T. Sexton and Mattie V. Glass.  L to R: Lois (b. 1917), Lula Mae (1907-1989) and Sula J. (1907-1982) Sexton.

Velma Sexton (b. 1915) and Harry L. Homesly (b. 1915).

Byrnice and Knox Sexton.

Knox Noojin Sexton at 17 months.

Josephine Francis "Jo" Sherbet (1866-1942) and her cousin Adaline Mariah "Addie" Sherbet Peace.  Jo was the wife of Luke Monroe Sexton (1860-1936), the second son of Seaborn Sexton and Louise Catherine Peace.

James Seaborn Sexton in a Sunday School class picture from the 1880's.  Probably in his early 20's, James is near the center, with a penciled circle around his head.  The handwritten note identifying the picture is from Sena Atkisson Sexton, his daughter in law.

James Seaborn Sexton (1863-1936), the third son of Seaborn Sexton (1830-1862) and Louise Catherine Peace (1837-1926).  The two women in this picture are not identified but are believed to be some of his Peace cousins.

James Seaborn Sexton (notice the International Order of Odd Fellows ribbon on his chest).

James Seaborn Sexton

James Seaborn Sexton

Mr and Mrs. Jim Argo and their daughter Lula.  The Argo family were close friends of James Seaborn Sexton.

James Seaborn Sexton shortly before his death in Henagar, Alabama in 1936.

Mary Adella Eden (1874-1955), wife of James Seaborn Sexton.  Their marriage ended shortly after the birth of their son Jonah Jefferson Sexton in 1889.  Della remarried Tom Adams.

Mary Adella Eden (1874-1955) was known as Della.  This picture was probably taken in the 1930's about the time she and her husband moved to Florida.

Nancy Paralee "Fannie" Ball (1853-1915), wife of John Pierson Eden (1849-1921).  They were the parents of Mary Adella Eden.

Tom Adams, second husband of Mary Adella Eden.

John (1880-1950) and Charles E. "Charlie" (1885-1956) Eden, brothers of Mary Adella Eden.

Jonah Jefferson Sexton (front left) with his dog on the front porch of his Grandfather John Pierson Eden's house (ca. 1898).

Jonah Jefferson Sexton and his first wife Bessie Lee Jones.

The family of Joseph and Sallie Jones about 1915. Their daughter, Bessie Lee Jones Sexton (1891-1924) is shown pictured with her family. Bessie is behind her father holding her son Harbon (1915-1944), Polly (1913) is sitting on her Grandfather Jones' lap; James (1911-1945) is at his feet while Hugo (1907-1982) is to his right.

Hugo, James, Polly and Harbon Sexton.

James, Harbon, Hugo, Polly, Joseph "Tut", Willard and Jeff Sexton. This picture was taken about 1925.

Harbon, Tut, Jeff and Willard Sexton.

Hugo and Bessie Sexton, picture taken 1968.

Pauline "Polly" Sexton, far right.

Polly, Woot and Toodlie Butterworth.

Gravemarker of Hellen Sexton. 

Jonah Jefferson Sexton and Sena Elizabeth Sexton near Pyriton, Clay County, Alabama (ca. 1926).

Jonah Jefferson Sexton and Elurd M. Atkisson.

Jonah Jefferson Sexton and Sena Elizabeth Atkisson in Clay County Alabama (ca. 1927).

Sena, Della (right) and Louise Gurley (left).

Della, Jim and Pete Sexton

Back: Ernie, Della, Jim, Pete and John 
Front: Zell and Lillie Sexton

Front: Pete, Ernie, John and Jim 
Back: Jonah, Harbon, Jospeh, Jeff and Willard.

Zell, Della, Pete, Jim, Ernie, Lillie and John.

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Front to Back: Lewis Butterworth and Norman, John, Jim and Peter Sexton about 1935, probably in Henagar, Alabama.

The Jonah Jefferson Sexton family, Henagar, Alabama about 1937.  Back row, Willard, Jeff and Della; Middle Row, Pete, John, Jeff, Sena, Ernie and Jim; Front Row, Lillie, Zell and Robert.

E.P. "Pete" and Jim Sexton, ca. 1948.

Jim and E.P. "Pete" Sexton, ca. 1948.

Jonah Jefferson Sexton and and a handful of his 57grandchildren.

Imo Moon and Sena Elizabeth Atkisson Sexton at the Watt Farm in Talladega County, Alabama about 1952.

Jonah Jefferson Sexton Family Reunion on the Watt Farm in Talladega County, Alabama about 1950.  Jerry Atkisson, Robert Sexton, Bessie Sexton, E.P. Sexton, Bud Blankenship, Ruth Sexton, Barton Burrell, Aunt Wren Blankenship, Hugo Sexton, Pauline Butterworth, Pat, Della.

Virgil Butterworth and Jonah Jefferson Sexton.

Of Jonah Jefferson sons, thirteen served their country between the 1930's and 1980's.  These are photographs of each of the boys in uniform on the wall of their parents home in Talladega, Alabama.

Jonah Jefferson Sexton in Talladega, Alabama (ca. 1965).

Jonah Jefferson Sexton. 

Jonah Jefferson Sexton and Sena Elizabeth Atkisson.

Jonah Jefferson Sexton.

Jonah Jefferson Sexton and Sena Elizabeth Atkisson about 1960 in Talladega, Alabama.

Children of Jonah Jefferson Sexton at the 1996 Sexton Family Reunion held at Lake Chinabee, Clay County, Alabama.  Front, L-R, Willard, Jeff, Polly and Della.  Back, L-R Buster, Pete, John, Luke, Jim, Lil and Ernie.

Williamson Lafayette Sexton Family of Gwinnett County, Georgia 

 

Gwinnett County Georgia Williamson L. Sexton Family Reunion, Stone Mountain, Georgia (ca. 1995).

Gwinnett County Georgia Williamson L. Sexton Family Reunion on the Yellow River, 1936.

Five daughters of Howard Sexton of Gwinnett County, Georgia.

The Elizabeth Caroline Sexton Family of Gwinnett County, Georgia and DeKalb County, Alabama

 

Elizabeth Caroline Sexton McGuffey

Charles Gordon McGuffey

Molly Martina McGuffey Moore (1864-1917).

L to R: Lou Rainey Moore, A.J. Moore and James McGuffey (ca. 1932).

Esther Moore Smalley (ca. 1917)

L to R: Ronald Hicks, Joseph Judson Smalley and Robert A. Proctor, Jr.

Doris, Mary Ann and Bob Proctor

The James Sexton, Jr. and Allen Veston Sexton Family of Gwinnett County, Georgia and Randolph County, Alabama

 

Allen Veston Sexton and his wife

Sexton Buggy and Blacksmith Shop in Lafayette, AL (notice the name Sexton over the rear door).  The shop was owned by Allen Veston Sexton.

Family of George and Mary Sexton Hodges (couple on right).  Their daughter, Ola Hodges is at far left.  Mary is the daughter of Allen Veston Sexton and Mary Adeline Price.  The picture was taken about 1909 in Coolidge, TX.

Miles Andrew Sexton.

Miles Andrew Sexton.

Miles Andrew Sexton family, Houston, TX 1955. 
Front row, L to R: Mary Tiny Sexton, William Radney Sexton, Miles Andrew Sexton, Sarah Francis Radney, George Veston Sexton.
Back row, L to R: Mack Sexton, Fannie Lee Sexton, Hattie Adeline Sexton, Bessie Emma Sexton, Martha Cleo Sexton.

Miles Andrew Sexton home in Coolidge, TX about 1910. L to R: Hattie Adeline, Sarah Francis, Bessie Emma, Fannie Lee and Mary Tiney.

Miles Andrew Sexton family, Houston, TX, 1955.
Front, L to R: Mickey Sexton, Anna Louise Roberts, Shirley Faye Goad Gregory, Ruth Diane Gregory, Thelma Aline Roberts, and Mildred Sexton.
Middle, L to R: Martha Cleo Sexton Roberts, George Veston Sexton, Miles Andrew Sexton, Sarah Frances Radney Sexton, William Radney Sexton, Hattie Adeline Sexton Goad, and Myrtle Irene Stephens Sexton.
Back, L to R: Bessie Emma Sexton Viebig, Mack Sexton, Fannie Lee Sexton Miller, Josephine M. Arnold Sexton, Iola ? Sexton, Albert H. Viebig, Ulysess Stanley Goad, Mary Tiney Sexton Mullen and Hunter Mullen.

Texas State Girls Baseball Champions, 1927 and 1928, which included two daughters of Miles Andrew and Sarah Frances Sexton.  Fannie Lee Sexton, front third from left, and Bessie Emma Sexton, front second from right.

John Sexton Family of Spartanburg County, South Carolina

 

L-R, Grace, Maude and Nancy Jane Deaver.  Photo courtesy of Shirley Buckner, Leicester, NC.

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L-R, John Callahan and Grace Deaver about 1937.  Photo courtesy of Shirley Buckner, Leicester, NC.

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L-R, Wilburn Willis and Maude Deaver at their cabin.  Photo courtesy of Shirley Buckner, Leicester, NC.

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L-R, Maude Deaver and Wilburn Willis.  Photo courtesy of Shirley Buckner, Leicester, NC.

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Zebulon Vance Sexton.  Photo courtesy of Nancy Evans, Duncan, SC.

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Zebulon Vance Sexton.  Photo courtesy of Nancy Evans, Duncan, SC.

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SC Death Certificate of Lucinda Sexton (1843-1926), daughter of John Sexton and Hannah Fortenberry of Spartanburg Co., SC. She married Hilliard Elder (1842-1887) in Spartanburg Co., SC.

Elisha Thomas Sexton and Benjamin Wofford Sexton Families of Spartanburg County, South Carolina

 

Gardner L. Davis (1843-1909) and Louise Caroline Sexton (1852-1910) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  Louise Caroline Sexton is the daughter of Elisha Thomas Sexton (1828-1862) and Loduska Ann Perentine Dodd (1834-1879).  Photo courtesy of Chet Bennett, Dublin, OH.

The family and widow of Benjamin Wofford Sexton (1829-1862).  L-R, front, Cornelia Sexton (1853-1932), Sarah Ann Matilda Dodd (1835-1928), Kate Clementine Sexton (1858-1946); back, Robert Franklin Sexton (1872-1927), William Thompson Sexton (1850-1921), Annie Lou Sexton (1876-1921), Jefferson Davis Sexton (1861-1943), John Theophilus Sexton (1856-1938).  Photo courtesy of Margaret Gray McIntyre, Laurens, SC.

Jefferson Davis Sexton courtesy of Margaret McIntyre

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Paul Alexander on Sarah A.M. Dodd Sexton

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Mary “Polly” Sexton Family of Spartanburg County, South Carolina and Gwinnett County, Georgia

 

Hilliard Miles Wells, son of Mary “Polly” Sexton and Henry Miles Wells.  He is shown here with his wife, Adaline Betts.  Hilliard bought the James Sexton home place in Gwinnett County from the estate sale in 1871.  The Hilliard W. Wells family owned the property until 1929.  Photo courtesy of

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