William Rayner

"Aunt Pat"

Martha Ann Penelope Rayner 1839 - 1916 | her parents
and 1869 George B Harrell ca 1839 - bef 1900 | his parents
of Powellsville NC

          This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

Aunt Pat

Martha and George Harrell were married in 1869.
George B Harrell served in the Civil War. George B Harrell Imprisoned at Point Lookout, MD. Co. L, 1st Reg NC Inf. & 11th Reg NC Troopers
His parents were George and Elizabeth Harrell of Bertie Co.

Children of Martha Ann [Pat] Rayner and George B Harrell:
1. Luta I. Harrell 25 Jan 1870 - 1 Nov 1903
     married March 1899 Robert Dempsey Trevathan 24 July 1869 - 25 Mar 1957 Rocky Mt
   son of William Carter Trvathan 1830 - 1908 & Sarah Jane Price 1832 - 1910 Rocky Mt NC

Demps, Lenow and Luta

      a. Joseph Lenow [Leno] Trevathan 10 Oct 1901 - 22 Dec 1997 GA
                             the Rayner family Bible said 8 Oct
           married 1 Jan 1927 Lillian Daniels 23 Apr 1903 - 14 Sept 1978 Durham NC

Lillian and Leno Trevathan

             i. Jean Carolyn Trevathan 1929 -
                  married Woody Muse
                            1. James Stephen Muse

Leno and brother Robert ca 1910
2nd "driving" and 3rd Leno on his pony

     Demps married 2nd 25 Oct 1906 Sarah Levicie [Vicie] Edwards 1874 - 1954
         a. Laura Thorpe Trevathan 18 Feb 1908 - 22 Feb 1908 Rocky Mt NC
         b. Robert Lee Trevathan 18 Sept 1909 - 21 Jan 1975 Rocky Mt NC
              married 1931 Mary Ella Harper 1909 Franklin NC -
                i. Mary Alice Trevathan
                    married C Joseph Ezzell
                             1. Mary Jo Ezzell
                             2. Robin Leigh Ezzell
         c. Phoebe Ricks Trevathan 16 April 1912 - 2000 Rocky Mt NC
         d. William Joshua Trevathan 25 June 1914 - 22 Jan 1975 Rocky Mt NC

Pictured at Dempsey Trevathan's farm
Children feeding chickens
Leno in a peach tree with father Dempsey
   horse, sulky and "driver"
Note: thanks go to Helen and Chuck Trevathan
for sharing these pictures and family information

2. Eliza E. [Lizzie] Harrell 23 July 1872 - 31 May 1905
      married Joseph Linwood Smith 12 Sept 1873 - 30 Jan 1936
           a. Earl Smith
           b. Pansy [Pinkie] Smith 13 Sept 1900 - 7 Aug 1928 Roanoke, VA
                      buried in the Rayner family cemetery near Powellsville, NC
              Her family also placed a stone for her in Bonaventure Cemetary Savannah GA
                 married Ross
           c. Marcus Linwood Smith 17 Aug 1895 - 5 Dec 1902
3. Martha A Harrell 30 Nov 1874 - 3 Nov 1879
4. Joseph Marcus Harrell 14 March 1878 - 1950
      married Lula Wood Parker 10 Oct 1890 - 1961 Powellsville, NC
           a. Ruth Harrell
           b. Josie Harrell
           c. George Arthur Harrell

"Uncle Will"

William Reed Rayner 1853 - 1921 | his parents
and Allie Frances Sessoms 1858 - 1944 | her parents
of Bertie Co NC

          This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

Branson's North Carolina Business Directory of 1896 lists
Manufactory of Carriages   - Powellsville, NC - Raynor Bros.

"Wm. R Raynor   a school teacher for many years, a noted songster, and Justice of the Peace, and an officer of the law and a surveyor"

Allie Frances Sessoms was the daughter of Assad S Sessoms and his 2nd wife Nancy E/F Perry, a daughter of John. [see Old Perry School House ]

Children of William Reed Rayner and Mary Frances Sessoms:
1. William Oscar Raynor Nov 1878 - bef 1930
    married Mana White 1883 -
        lived & buried at Buzzard Cross Roads
           a. Garner Rayner 1905 -1979
                 married Ola Clee Jernigan 1905 -1974
           b. Vernon White Raynor 19 Jan 1913 - 7 Sept 1975
                 married Lucille Mitchell (McKeel) 8 July 1907 - 31 March 1974
           c. Merrill Oscar Raynor died 22 May 1915
           d. Merrill Oscar Raynor 1916 -
                 married Virgie Barnes
2. Hezekiah Owens [H O or Hezzie] Raynor 28 June 1883 - 28 Aug 1957
             Merchant, Farmer - General Store - Mail Carrier RFD 1930
      married Annie Laurie Harrell 29 Aug 1886 - 17 Dec 1971
                dau of John Harrell & Laurena Hobbs
            a. Owens Raynor    23 Oct 1915 - 13 July 1917
            b. William Reed Raynor 25 Dec 1917 Powellsville NC - 12 Feb 2004 Ahoskie NC
                 married 1941 Sarah Moore Bryant 16 Dec 1919 Pender Co NC - 8 June 2008 Ahoskie NC
                  i. Sarah Ann Raynor
                 ii. William Reed Raynor Jr
        Hezzie and Annie also raised as a daughter
            c. Beulah Miller ca 1924 -
                married Joseph C Hoggard
                 i. Carlyle Hoggard

Carlyle Hoggard with his "Granddaddy" H O Raynor
Carlyle lives in the H O Raynor's house today

3. Thomas Assayd Raynor 9 June 1889 - 4 Oct 1918 influenza
       married 1918 Fannie Boyette 16 Jan 1885 - 29 Dec 1968
       (she married 2nd George Underwood of Murfreesboro)
4. Kenneth Tyson Raynor 9 Sept 1890 - 12 Nov 1977
     Principle of Ahoskie High School, taught math at Duke U. & Wake Forest U.
    married Beulah Lassiter from Rich Square
       English teacher at Wake Forest College