John Robert RALSTON

Birth:
12 Jan 1842
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
25 Dec 1943
Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia
Burial:
Mt. Pisgah Cem., Gilmer, Georgia
Marriage:
26 Jan 1862
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1880 Census
    2. Tombstone Inscriptions
    3. Betty Ralston Payne
Mary Elizabeth FOUTS
Birth:
12 Jan 1845
Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
27 Nov 1914
Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia
Burial:
Mt. Pisgah Cem., Gilmer, Georgia
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Mary Elizabeth had the nickname "Shug" for "Sugar"
Children
Marriage
1
Minerva Ann RALSTON
Birth:
25 Nov 1862
Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
2 May 1900
Houston, Texas, Missouri
Terrell Wilkie RACKLEY 
Marr:
18 May 1879
Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia 
Notes:
                   DEATH:
    Struck by lightning at age 38
2
John Esker RALSTON
Birth:
1 Apr 1870
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
31 Dec 1911
Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia
Mary Elizabeth LANIER 
Marr:
Apr 1896
Gordon, Georgia 
Notes:
                   DEATH:
    Drowned at age 41
3
Robert Ossian RALSTON
Birth:
26 Apr 1876
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
29 Feb 1912
Denning, Arkansas
Lily May HULSE 
Marr:
23 Apr 1904
Charleston, Franklin, Arkansas 
Notes:
                   DEATH:
    Robert Ossian was a sheriff, and he was shot by an outlaw at age 36.
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John Robert Ralston - Mary Elizabeth Fouts

John Robert Ralston was born at Gilmer, Georgia 12 Jan 1842. His parents were David Etheridge Ralston, I and Lettice "Lettie" Smith.

He married Mary Elizabeth Fouts 26 Jan 1862 . Mary Elizabeth Fouts was born at Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia 12 Jan 1845 daughter of John Peter Fouts and Elizabeth Wheeler .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Minerva Ann Ralston born 25 Nov 1862.
John Esker Ralston born 1 Apr 1870.
Robert Ossian Ralston born 26 Apr 1876.

John Robert Ralston died 25 Dec 1943 at Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia .

Mary Elizabeth Fouts died 27 Nov 1914 at Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia .