Sterling Silver Textured, Cross Pendant

Sterling Silver Textured, Brushed and Polished Latin Cross Pendant

24 When did Marcellus get married, did he and Nannie have children and what happened to Nannie?

At age 22 on March 21, 1895, Marcellus married Nannie Brown, a Cumberland County, VA native. At the time, they both worked for L.L. Sutherland. She was a feed dealer, and he was a porter.

Marcellus and Nannie had 6 boys and 3 girls. Their first child, James Clark, was born December 2, 1895, and died in 1959. Eight other children were born: Mary, (1897-1931); Marcellus Jr. (Junius), (1899-1973); William, (1901-?); Bessie Aretha, (1902-1956), Viola (1904-1906) died in infancy; Fleming, (1907-1966); Richard, (1908-1955); and Thomas (1911-1997).

After a lingering illness, Marcellus lost his beloved Nannie in 1917 when their youngest child, Thomas, was only five.