My paternal line comes through William Jackson Ganues/Gainus my gg-grandfather, and Amanda Cook. William and Amanda had four children; William Franklin Ganues, Mary Ganues-Stokes, Martha "Mattie" Ganues-Westbrook and Laura Ganues-Chadwick. William Franklin Ganues, my great grandfather, married Louvenia Alice Westbrook, (Alice Westbrook married Andrew Bottoms after the death of my great-granfather). together they had one son Leslie Cicero Ganues, my grandfather, who married Minnie Belle Mann.
My maternal line comes through Josiah Welch, my gg-grandfather, and Elizabeth Louisa Reddick. Josiah and Louisa had five children; John Welch, Rosa J Welch, Sarah E Welch, James Welch and Altha M Welch. John Welch, my great grandfather, married Mary Jane Brown, together they had nine children. Their son John Burton Welch, my grandfather, married Ada Thomas.