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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB POITEVENT
Jacob Poitevent b. Il-l4-l8l8 N. C. d. 8-28-1878 married:	Mary Jane Gause b. 11-23-1823 Smithville (now
Southport) N. C. d. 8-27-1878
"married at Madeley, residence of Rev. Edward James FitzGerald by Rev. Wm. cTTayne on June 14, 1840" (Grenada, Miss., from Poitevent Bible now in possession of Mrs. James Anderson,
Dallas, Texas)
children:	nine,	born	Grenada (G) or Sprinehill (S), Mississippi
1.	Margaret Anna b. 12-14-1843 (G) "Maggie" d. I-26-I892 unmarried, taught school
2.	Ellen Augusta b. 1846 (G) -
married 5-30-1866:	Isaac	Shelby (see Biographical
and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Vol. 2, p. 753) children:
a.	Darwin b. 3-7-1867
married:	Anna
children:
al. Zula a2. Mae a3. Eleanor
b.	Mary Jane b. 9-24-1868 "Cousin Maidy"
married:	Dr.	Murnan,	Shelby, Miss,
no children
c.	Ellen Walton b. 8-1-1870
married:	McEwen.>
children:
cl. Norman (California) c2. Donald (Florida) -c3. Kennedy
d. Isaac b. 8-26-1872 deceased young
e. Evan b. 11-11-1874 deceased young
f.	FitzGerald b. 7-15-1877 "Cousin Gerald" unmarried