Nathaniel Davis Medaris 
Nathaniel was born on April 21st, 1825 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Nathaniel's father was James Davis Medaris and his mother was Levisa King. His paternal grandparents were Oliver Medaris and Wilmuth Redmond. He had eight brothers and a sister, named Jonathan, Ithamer, Riley, Salathiel, Massey, Stephen, James, Abraham and Teancy. He was the third youngest of the ten children. He had a half-sister named Mary. He died at the age of 42 in 1867 in Cuba Methodist Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana. He was buried in Cuba Methodist Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana.General Notes
Nancy died around 1859 possibly from complications related to the birth of Houston. After her death the children were spread out with other family members to be cared for. The clue to these childrens' parentage was in the census records. Listed under the families of James D., Abraham and Jonathan H., their ages were out of order with the other children. This slight out of sequence hint helped solve the mystery of the children of Nathaniel and Nancy. It is suspected that there are other unidentified children between Lucinda (1852) and Nathan D. (1857). They are possibly listed with their aunt, Levicy, and I suspect they will be found as more census records are located.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1620 in Maderia, Portugal or Virginia d.1680
- b.~ 1667 in Middlesex County, Virginia
- b.21 Feb 1704 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.1799
- d.07 Feb 1720
- b.~ 1759 in Dragon Swamp, Middlesex County, Virginia d.1829 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.20 Nov 1715 in Essex County, Virginia d.1795 in Tennessee
- b.13 Feb 1788 in Guilford County, North Carolina d.08 Feb 1878 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.~ 1762 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.19 May 1842 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.21 Apr 1825 in Guilford County, North Carolina d.1867 in Cuba Methodist Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana
- b.07 Jan 1790 d.10 Apr 1838 in Shelby County, Ohio
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