Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John RALSTON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1812 b
  • Death: 1879 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • James Reid RALSTON Birth: 10 Apr 1781 in Pennsylvania Death: 22 Jan 1853 in Giles Co, Tennessee
    • Mother:
  • Esther SHANNON Birth: 1774 in Montgomery Co, Virginia Death: 20 Jul 1837 in Giles Co, Tennessee

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Susan E RALSTON
  2. Esther A RALSTON
  3. James Alexander RALSTON Death: 1909
  4. John Jr RALSTON
  5. Hattie RALSTON
  6. Clara RALSTON Death: 1902
  7. Sue RALSTON
  8. Rosa RALSTON

Bibliography
  1. Dedman, Louise Shannon, Dedman (Shannon) Genealogy, date unk. 15 legal size pages. Available through Jimmy Kerr (jimmyk01 at sbcglobal dot net) Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p[0-9]*].
  2. Ralston, Ken, Ralston family, private email, 3/19/2002. Author address: ralstonk at jcs dot k12 dot tn dot us Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002].
  3. Shannon, Dexal, SHANNON 1571-1990. unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/778102. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p97],
parents:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, Ken Ralston 3/19/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p97]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002]
Sources with Information about marriage to Harriett LEE
names:
John RALSTON & Harriet ___ [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p98]
John RALSTON & Harriett ___ [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p97],
child:
[Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p98]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John RALSTON
          /-----David RALSTON
 /-----James Reid RALSTON
|         \-----Mary REID
John RALSTON
|                                             /-----John SHANNON
|                                    /-----John SHANNON
|                           /-----Robert SHANNON
|                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
|                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
|         /-----Samuel SHANNON
|        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
 \-----Esther SHANNON
         |                  /-----Thomas REID
         |         /-----John Col REID
         |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
          \-----Jane REID
                   \-----Jane STUART



Descendants of John RALSTON
1. John RALSTON m. Harriett LEE
m. Harriett LEE

2nd generation

2. Susan E RALSTON m. William MARKS
m. William MARKS
3. Esther A RALSTON m. Logan HARWELL
m. Logan HARWELL
4. James Alexander RALSTON m. Cornelia HARWELL
m. Cornelia HARWELL
7. Clara RALSTON m. Logan BEASLEY
m. Logan BEASLEY

3rd generation

13. Harriet HARWELL m. Henry AYMETT
m. Henry AYMETT
14. Sallie HARWELL m. William MONTGOMERY
m. William MONTGOMERY
17. Margaret HARWELL m. David ELDER
m. David ELDER
18. Mary Minnie RALSTON m. Wirt WESTMORELAND
m. Wirt WESTMORELAND
19. John Reed RALSTON m. Lula KING
m. Lula KING
20. (Unk) BEASLEY m. Rufus BAKER
m. Rufus BAKER

4th generation

28. Adalaide ELDER m. Willie WINSTEAD
m. Willie WINSTEAD
32. Esther RALSTON m. Sam McCONNELL
m. Sam McCONNELL
34. John Reed Jr RALSTON m. Living SPEED
m. Living SPEED
35. James King RALSTON m1. Elsie HARWELL m2.
m. Elsie HARWELL

5th generation

44. Frances RALSTON m1. Richard POWELL m2. Jack S JENKINS
m. Richard POWELL
m. Jack S JENKINS
45. Muriel RALSTON m1. (Unk) GOSSETT m2. (Unk) WILKERSON
m. (Unk) GOSSETT
m. (Unk) WILKERSON
46. Joyce RALSTON m. Hugh MISHO
m. Hugh MISHO