John Nelson Biard & Rebecca Stone

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Husband: John Nelson Biard

   Born: 15 JAN 1780               in Buckingham County, VA
Married: about 1803                in Sevier Co., TN
   Died: 09 JAN 1839               in Muscle Shoals, Limestone Co., AL(on the Tennessee river)
 Father: Henry Beard
 Mother: Keranhappuch Nelson
Spouses: Rebecca Stone

   Wife: Rebecca Stone

   Born: 12 OCT 1782               in North Carolina
   Died: 18 FEB 1848               in Lamar County, Texas
 Father: Ezekiel Stone
 Mother: Jane Wood
Spouses:

Children

01  (M): Andrew Jackson Biard
   Born: 10 SEP 1814               in Tennessee
   Died: 14 JUN 1902               in Texas
Spouses: Delila Finn

02  (M): Archibald Carroll Biard
   Born: 12 NOV 1820               in Limestone Co., AL
   Died: 14 DEC 1878               in Helena, Arkansas
Spouses: Nancy Green; Margaret Clark

03  (M): John Gaines Biard
   Born: 20 AUG 1816               in Limestone Co., AL
   Died: 12 MAR 1890               in Paris, TX
Spouses: Malvina Jane (Campbell) Stallcup; Nancy Claudia Brackeen

04  (F): Matilda Biard
   Born: 07 JAN 1811               in Tennessee
   Died: 01 NOV 1853               in Texas
Spouses: Alex Aiken

05  (F): Minerva Jane Biard
   Born: 25 FEB 1825               in Limestone Co., AL
   Died: 03 MAR 1890               in Texas
Spouses: William Stephenson

06  (M): Pleasant Nelson Biard
   Born: 13 NOV 1804
   Died: UNKNOWN                   in Mississippi
Spouses: Jane Morrison; Jane Morrison

07  (M): William Washington Biard
   Born: 10 SEP 1812               in Blount County, Tennessee
   Died: 07 FEB 1892               in Biardstown, Texas
Spouses: Amanda Menifee Finn

Additional Information

John Nelson Biard:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Limestone Co., AL (on his farm, now Ripley Cemetary )

Notes:
Moved to Limestone Co., AL, in 1818. All his children married here. Killed while working on the first government project at Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Buried on his farm.

Gravestone still on Black or Ripley farm (near Ripley school) in 1950.

"Named Nelson for his mother's family. She was said to be related to Thomas Nelson, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence." (from "The Biard Family" by Maud Biard Smith)

Rebecca Stone:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Antioch Cemetary, Biardstown, Texas

Notes:
First person to be buried in Antioch Cemetary near Biardstown, just south of Paris. Joseph Ligon Chapter, D.A.R., dedicated and placed a marker to Rebecca, next to her tombstone, as the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier. Antioch Cemetary is a Texas state Historical site.

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