1. | John J. Sexton was born 26 Oct 1825, Greene County, Tennessee (son of Hiram Sexton and Sorena); died 28 Mar 1910, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Jonestown Cemetery, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee. John married Sara Ann Edith Elizabeth Downs Abt 1854, Cocke County, Tennessee. Sara (daughter of Nelson Downs and Matilda Johnsie) was born 1835, North Carolina; died 21 May 1926, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Jonestown Cemetery. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Eliza Jane Sexton was born Dec 1856, North Carolina.
- William M. Sexton was born 1859.
- Nelson Sexton was born 1860, North Carolina.
- Maltilda Sexton was born Aug 1862, North Carolina.
- Elizabeth Susan Sexton was born 7 Aug 1865, Indiana; died 1953, Washington, D. C.; was buried Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
- Royal Harrison Sexton was born 24 Jan 1867, Tennessee.
- Margaret A. Sexton was born 1869, Tennessee.
- Callie Sexton was born Jul 1872, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 1903.
- Sarah Ann "Sallie" Sexton was born 24 Apr 1873, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1956, Alexandria, Virginia; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
- Ulysses S. Grant Sexton was born 6 Dec 1877, Tennessee; died 24 Sep 1880; was buried Jonestown Cemetery, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee.
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