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Colonel Claiborn Clifton Myers, Sr

Also Known As: "Claiborne", "Meyers"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Death: May 12, 1853 (47)
At Sea, traveling from Europe. Died on the Steamship "Cherokee"
Place of Burial: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, US
Immediate Family:

Son of Col. David Rudolph Myers and Phalby Myers
Husband of Rebecca Eliza Myers and Georgianna Claudia Myers
Father of David Rudolph Myers; Sarah E. Myers; Eliza Augustine Myers; Rebecca Augustine Ashe; William Augustine Myers and 4 others
Brother of Dr. John Jacob Myers; Mary Ellen Myers; William Mills Myers, Attorney; Elizabeth M. O'Hanlon; David Frank Myers, Jr. and 6 others

Occupation: Planter
Managed by: Private User
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About Colonel Claiborn Clifton Myers, Sr

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101415903/claiborne-myers

From The Miller of Millersburgh (on Googbooks):

Chapter XI.

The descendants of Claiborne Clifton Myers, son of Colonel David Myers and his wife Phalby Mills.

Colonel Claiborne Clifton Myers was a large planter in Autauga, County, Alabama, near Montgomery. His colonial residence was elegant and abundantly equipped with fine servants. The plantation home was called "Millwood." His first wife was Rebecca Augustine of South Carolina. Their children were David Rudolph, Rebecca Augustine, William, Eliza and Sallie. The last two died in infancy.

David Rudolph was born in South Carolina and died July 2, 1909. He married Mary Chambers DeJarnette. Their children were Rebecca Ashe, Kate Eliza, Walter M., Mary Mims, David Rudolph Jr., Claiborne Clifton the 2nd, and John DeJarnette Myers, (who died unmarried). Rebecca Ashe Myers married Chas. J. Croninger. No children. Kate Eliza married Judge B. Burckhalter of Indian Territory. Their children are Rebecca Elizabeth, Adeline Belle and James Dee Four Burckhalter. Walter M. Myers married Birtie McCollack. They have about five children. Mary Mims Myers married Rev. Samuel Anthony Caldwell, Presbyterian. Their children are Kate M., Samuel A. Jr., Mary Eleanor and Margarite Lucy Caldwell. David R. Myers, Jr., married Julia Agnes Tarleton. Their children are Walter M., Helen E., Evelyn D., Geo. W. and Francis Myers. Claiborne Clifton Myers the 2nd married Kate DeJarnette. Their children are David DeJarnette Myers and Mary O. Myers (who married Dr. Edgar Marion Scott). They have a son, Edgar Marion Scott, Jr.

Rebecca Augustine, daughter of Col. Claiborne C. Myers was born in South Carolina and died in Ennis, Texas February 11, 1910. She married her first husband, Capt. John Grange Ashe in 1861. He was a captain in the Confederate Army. Their children were William S. Ashe, who married Lizzie Montgomery; and John Grange Ashe, Jr., who married Irene Harris. Both of the above have children.

Rebecca A. Myers' second husband was Edward Robertson Neal, of Ennis, Texas. Their children are Frederick W. Neal, who married Jane Agnes Loader; Edward W. Neal; Claiborne Myers Neal, who married Florence Myers; Mary Alden Neal who married William Jack Loader; Harry Mexia Neal; Isabella Robertson Neal and Eva Hutchings Neal.

Col. Claiborne C. Myers' second wife was Georgiana O'Bannon, of South Carolina, a cousin of John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina Statesman. She was a handsome, magnificent woman. The Pierce family into which his (Col. C. C. Myers) daughter married, was related to President Pierce. Col. Myers died on board of a ship returning from Europe, where he went for his health. His widow married her cousin, a Mr. Calhoun. After his death, Gov. Watts, of Alabama became guardian of Col. Myers two daughters, Sallie and Kate, and sent them to New York to be educated. They were both accomplished women and fine in Music. They have an oil portrait of their father.

The children of Col. C. C. Myers and his second wife were Laurens O'Bannon, Sallie Jennings, Mary Katherine and C. C. Myers Jr.

Sallie J. Myers' first husband was Maj. Junius J. Pierce, of the Confederate Army. Their children are Junius J. Pierce Jr., Lieut., in the Spanish-American War; Walter Hubbell and Pauline Clifton Pierce, who married Isaac Harvey Vincent. Their son is Farley Vincent.

Sallie J. Myers' second husband was Ernest L. Alley. Their son is Ernest L. Alley, Jr.

Mary Katherine married Mr. Hubbel Pierce, brother of Maj. J. J. Pierce. Their children were Junius J. the 2nd, Georgiana O'Brannon, Parmela Watt and Laurens W. Pierce. Junius J. Pierce the 2nd, married Caroline Jones, and there were two children—William Hubbell and Junius J. Pierce the 3rd.

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Colonel Claiborn Clifton Myers, Sr's Timeline

1806
February 10, 1806
South Carolina, United States
1835
August 31, 1835
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States
1837
October 1, 1837
Autauga County, Alabama, United States
1840
February 4, 1840
Autauga County, Alabama, United States
1843
1843
South Carolina, United States
1845
1845
Autauga County, Alabama, United States
1848
May 25, 1848
1849
September 1849
Autauga County, Alabama, United States