James Alexander Flanagan and Maranda F.
King
James Alexander Flanagan was born December
21, 1842, in Pontotoc, Mississippi. He was the son of Philip
Pinkney Flanagan of Pontotoc, Mississippi and Elizabeth Meadors
of Greene County, Alabama. He was the grandson of William
Flanagan, Sr. and Sarah Self of Georgia. He moved to Greene
County at an early age and attended all schools in Greene
County.
He enlisted as a confederate soldier
September 1, 1861, Company B, 36th Alabama Regiment
and later served in the Tennessee Army until 1865. He was
wounded three different times and was in all of the important
engagements of that war.
On March 25, 1869, he married Maranda F.
King. She was born on September 18, 1842 in Greene County and
was the daughter of Littleberry King and Molsey Horton of Greene
County, Alabama. Her grandparents were Jesse Horton and Sarah
Chamblee of Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.
James and Maranda had six children and all
were born in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama:
(1)
Molsey Elizabeth (Lizzie) was born June 22, 1870, and
died August 6, 1947. She married Roland Arthur Hester, Sr. on
November 8, 1891, at Cedar Creek Church, Franklin County,
Alabama. He was the son of William Carroll Hester and Jane
Bolton. They are both buried at Cherry Hill Cemetery, Franklin
County, Alabama. Lizzie and Arthur had eight children: Grover
Cleveland, James Flanagan, Carroll Roy, Vester Borden, Roland
Arthur, Jr., Annie Mary, Glenn, and Edward Norris.
(2)
Mary Lula (Auntie) was born September 9, 1872, and died
in 1935. She had typhoid fever in 1879 at the same time her
brothers did, but she recovered even after the doctor said that
she wouldn’t. She was married to Thomas Edward Norris on
December 28, 1904. They had three children: Thomas Edward, Jr.,
Grace, and Miranda Elizabeth.
(3)
James A. was born October 2, 1874, and died of typhoid
fever in 1879 at the age of five. He is buried in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, Greene County, Alabama.
(4)
Berry Coleman, was born September 8, 1876, and died of
typhoid fever in 1879 at the age of three. He is buried in
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greene County, Alabama.
(5)
Annie Mary, was born October 4, 1879, and died June 9,
1890. She fell while running with an opened pocketknife and
severed her jugular vein and bled to death.
(6)
Albert Vester, was born October 11, 1882, and died on
October 13, 1939. He was married to Lucile Hafner on May 21,
1919. She was the daughter of Adam Alexander and Mary Palmer.
They had four children: Miranda Virginia, Mary Palmer, Lucille
Hafner and Albert Vester.
James Alexander Flanagan was a farmer and
served in the Alabama House of Representatives. He died January
31, 1924, and is buried along with his wife, Maranda, at the
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greene County, Alabama.
Submitted by:
Myra Hester Warren
Great Granddaughter of James Alexander
Flanagan
