Fourth Generation


29. John Addison Wasson1,43,44,45.
Birth: 21 March 1820, Rhea County, Tennessee.
Parents: John Wasson and Vesta Zipporah England.
Death: 1 January 1896, age 75, Pope County, Illinois.
Burial: after 1 January 1896, Bethesda Cemetery, Pope County, Illinois. John entered the U.S. Army in July 1836 and served in Capt. Vernon's Tennessee Volunteers in the Cherokee Indian War; discharged July 1837. he removed to Gallitin County, Illinois, then to Pope County. John was a physician. Ref.: Rhea County, Tennessee Marriage Book 1, p. 18; Pension application of John A. Wasson, dated Pope County, Illinois, July 15, 1881.

John Addison Wasson and Martha Hall.
Marriage: 29 May 1847, Pope County, Illinois, John Addison Wasson, to Martha Hall.

Martha Hall43.
Birth: 6 January 1830.
Death: 18 March 1908, age 78.
Burial: after 18 March 1908, Bethesda Cemetery, Pope County, Illinois.

John Addison Wasson and Elizabeth Malvina Nelson.
Marriage: 14 January 1839, Rhea County, Tennessee, John Addison Wasson, to Elizabeth Malvina Nelson.


Death: 6 May 1847, near Whitesville, Saline County, Illinois.
Burial: after 6 May 1847, Bethesda Cemetery, Pope County, Illinois.