The Charles S. Stansbery Family

A Lineage of the Stansbery Family through the Life of Charles S. Stansbery (1893 – 1957) and his Immediate Descendants
by Glenn N. Holliman, a Grandson of Charles Stansbery, Sr.

Part II

The Parents, Brothers and Sisters of Charles Skelt Stansbery Sr. (1893 – 1957)

Parents: William Luther Stansbery (4/29,1861 at Hopewell, Knox County, TN - 4/9/1943 in Afton, TN). Annie Eliza McCray Stansbery (12/20/1863 at Jonesboro, TN - 1/11/1936), m. 1/1/1884. Annie died when her night gown ignited as she stood next to an open fireplace in her home.

William's father was Pryor Lee Stansbery, an Union Civil War veteran. An earlier grandfather was a N.C. Revolutionary War veteran, Luke Stansbery, incarcerated by the British in Charleston, SC in 1780. The Stansberys immigrated to Maryland in the 1660s after several generations in the Netherlands. Originally from England, probably Devonshire. (Note: My first wife and mother of my children, Lynn Draper Armstrong (5/28/1946) and this writer share a common great-great grandfather, Pryor Lee Stansbery who is buried at the New Hope Baptist Cemetery in Knoxville, TN.)

Children of William Luther and Annie McCray Stansbery

Margaret Edith Stansbery (10/15/1884 - 10/26/1954) in Bristol, VA. Married Roe Williams, 5/19/1907. One son, J.C. Williams.

George Lee Stansbery (11/14/1886 - 9/25/1965 in Jefferson City, TN.) M. Annie Lee Stansbery 12/20/1906, one son and two girls.

James Arthur Stansbery (12/19/1888 - 6/14/1969 in Virginia). M. Nellie Homes 3/4/1914.

Fred Walker Stansbery (5/9/1891 - 5/27/1969 in Greenville, TN). M. Flora Eunice Dennis (11/11/1891 in Bristol, VA.) M. 9/10/1913. Additional lineage added courtesy of Laura Davenport of Greenville, Tennessee September 2011. Laura is the daughter of Mike Davenport who is the son of Doris and Carl Davenport. Doris is the daughter of Fred and Flora Stansbery.

Charles Skelt Stansbery Sr. (12/5/1893 - 11/19/1957 in Afton, TN). M. Mayme Tarrence Osborne 4/29/1914 and who died 12/3/1943 in Philadelphia, PA of a abdominal infection. Buried in East Hill Cemetery, Bristol, TN. The couple divorced in 1933. Charles is buried in Afton, TN in the Stone Dam Road Methodist Church cemetery with his second wife, Lucy Lee Barkley Stansbery and daughter Jean Stansbery Dobbs. Charles Stansbery is this writer's grandfather.

William Cecil Stansbery (12/15/1896 0 d. ?). Was a doctor in Cleveland, TN. M. Etta Mayers Henley, 9/20/1925. They had one son, a dentist and one daughter.

Harry Price Stansbery (12/14/1899 - D ?). Lived in Georgia as of 1981. M. Zola Rymer 6/18/1924.

Selma R. Stansbery (4/10/1902 and died two days later.)

Eva Kate Stansbery (9/10/1903 - 1979 or 1980 in Afton, TN). M. Guy Williamson 14/14/1922, one son Guy, Jr.

Left to right, the children of William Luther and Ann McCray Stansbery, Afton, Tennessee, spring 1953: Maggie Stansbery Williams (Mrs. Roe Williams) of Bristol, VA; George Stansbery of Jefferson City, Tennessee;  Arthur ‘Pete’ Stansbery of  Virginia; Fred Stansbery of Greenville, Tennessee; Charles S. Stansbery of Afton, Tennessee; Cecil Stansbery of Cleveland, Tennessee, Harry Stansbery of Georgia and Eva Stansbery Williamson (Mrs. Guy Williamson) of Afton, Tennessee.

The year is approximately 1921 in Bristol, Tennessee with Charles Stansbery, Sr. playing with puppies. His daughter, Louise Stansbery Sherwood (1914 – 2006), pats one of them.