The Johannes Branch of the Fite Family
Willy Green Fite,
(Thomas, Leonard, Leonard, Johannes)Youngest daughter of
Thomas Duncan Fite and her husband,
Dr. Alberto
Hudson, had one child:
Children of
Robert Hunter Fite ,
(Thomas, Leonard,
Leonard, Johannes), and his wife,
Alma McCanthy,
were:
Children of
Lemuel Fite,
(Leonard, Leonard, Johannes),
- youngest son of
Leonard Fite and
Elizabeth Duncan and his wife,
Mallie Bowers, were:
- Charles Bowers
- Elizabeth
- Joseph
- Margaret
- Thomas
- Laura
Children of
Charles Bowers Fite,
(Lemuel, Leonard,.
Leonard, Johannes), and his wife,
Sarah Lee
Hays, were:
- Annie May
- William Lee
- Cecil Clay
- Paul Nathaniel
Elizabeth
Fite,
(Lemuel, Leonard, Leonard, Johannes), and her
husband,
Johnan Estel Woods, had one child:
Children of
Joseph Fite,
(Lemuel, Leonard, Leonard,
Johannes), and his wife,
Mattie Mai Truitt,
were:
Joseph
Fite,
(Leonard, Johannes) son of Leonard Fite
and Margareth Cross and his wife,
Betsy Overall, had 12 children. Names are not given. They lived in
Texas.
Children of
Catherine Fite,
(Leonard, Johannes),
and her husband,
Lemuel Moore, were:
- Leonard
- David
- Jane
- Sarah
- Nancy
- William
- Elizabeth
- Jacob
David
Fite*,
(Leonard, Johannes), son of Leonard Fite
and Margareth Cross, was born in Lincoln
County, N. C., June 15, 1795. He moved with his parents to Tennessee the
year following, and when grown, lived in middle Tennessee. He was married
twice; first, Jan. 30, 1822, to Nancy D. Daughtery,
born Feb. 12, 1805, who bore him two sons and a daughter; she died May 16,
1830. David's second marriage was to Elizabeth Griffin,
May 14, 1835, by whom he had one son and one daughter. David died May 1,
1862. The year previous, when present at his mother's one hundredth birthday
celebration, he had four children living and eight grandchildren.
Children of
David Fite, and his first wife,
Nancy Daughtery, were:
- James Monroe
- Thomas Bethel**
- Caroline Duncan
Children by his second wife,
Elizabeth Griffin,
were:
- Leonard Lamberson
- Margaret Elizabeth
*Caroline Duncan Fite* died when 8 years old.
*Leonard Lamberberson* died from wounds in the Civil War - unmarried.
Margaret Elizabeth died one year after marriage, leaving an infant
daughter who bore no children.
James
Monroe Fite,
(David, Leonard, Johannes), eldest son of David
Fite and his first wife, Nancy Daughtery,
was born in Smithville, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1823. He was married to
Sarah West,
*James Monroe Fite died in Dallas County, Ark.,
near Princeton, Apr. 9, 1877*.
Children born to
James Monroe Fite and his wife,
Sarah West,
were:
- John D.
- Nathaniel
- George
- Nancy
- Ella
No record is available of the
grandchildren of James Monroe Fite.
*David Fite - Great Grandfather of the
writers.
**Thomas Bethel Fite, Grandfather of the
writers.