One thing that struck me in pulling together our family trees was the large size of many of the families. Ralph Wellons came from a family with 10 kids. Bess Wyant Wellons came from a family with 8 kids. I thought these were huge families when I recalled all of our Great Aunts and Uncles... the ones we actually met in Anderson growing up. But this is nothing unusual in the 1800’s and early 1900’s for our ancestors.
For example:
Cuthbert and Mollie Webb had 14 kids and maybe 15, although Cuthbert may have had the last child with his second wife.
Thomas and Naomi Lamb had 11 kids.
John Henry Shetterly and Mary Jane Shetterly had 13 kids.
Jacob and Mary Webb had 13 kids.
John Chapple and Sarah “Sally” Wellons, Ralph’s Great Grandparents, had 14 when Sally died and John Chapple Wellons had a 15th later.
John Lewis Lane and Delila Lane had 13 kids (and 37 grandkids) according to her obituary and John Lewis Lane had one more with his next wife.
Pleasant Riley Nash had 11 kids, but with multiple wives.
FYI... the youngest parent appears to be Elisabeth Gammon Nash, Pleasant’s first wife, who had just turned 16 when she had Emma.
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