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Landis of Bedford County, Tennessee


Origin. The first Duke of Brabant was Pepin de Landis who died A. D. 647. From there, the descendants are Major Domus of Clothary II who married Ida, the daughter of Arnoaldus, a Markgrave of the Scheldt (died 601), the patriarch of the Capetingian Kings of France.

Felix Landis died 1739 when his Last Will and Testament was probated in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was from Mannheim on the Rhine; removed to Conestoga in Lancaster County where he patented 400 acres of land; in 1717 was found in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Wife, Rosina.

Felix Landis, Jr. resided in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, later Dauphin County; his LWT was written in German and bore the date of 25 Jan 1770. Wife, Mary.

Henry Landis, son of Felix, Jr., resided in old Frederick County, Maryland, and died after 1790.

Christopher Landis, son of Henry, (ca 1770-1820), went to Virginia, then North Carolina, later to Warren County, Kentucky in 1799; and finally removed to Bedford County, Tennessee before 1814. His wife was Phoebe Lee (2/28/1774-1841) of Rutherford County, North Carolina.

John Landis, born 19 April 1795, died 4 Jul 1854), resided first in North Carolina, then removed to Kentucky, finally to Bedford County, Tennessee. He was married 18 Nov 1820 to Mary Lowe, born 14 Oct 1796, died 14 Dec 1868.

Major Absalom Lowe LandisAbsalom Lowe Landis of Bedford County, Tennessee (1823-1896), served as a Captain of the Roversville, Tennessee Guards which he organized in 1860. The unit merged into the 17th Tennessee Regt of C. S. A., of which he was a major. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, surrendered at Appomatox. After the war served as the director of Branch Bank in Shelbyville. Also, was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and State Senate. He was rather wealthy, owning and operating flour mills, cotton goods and wagon manufactories, as well as Beech Hill Plantation. He married Nancy Wingfield 27 Jun 1843. Nancy was born 20 Mar 1826 in Virginia, died 5 February 1901 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Issue:

  1. Melissa Emma Landis (1844-1912) married 24 Sep 1862 Jacob Morton Shofner.
  2. Melville Alonzo Landis, born 12 Dec 1849, died 1915, married 21 Sep 1871, Eva G., daughter of Martin Euliss.
  3. Solon Lee Landis, born 26 Feb 1852, married 23 Oct 1873, Frances Elizabeth Dunaway.
  4. Abb Landis, born 1856, married in 1880 Mollie Ward.
  5. Sallie Neola Landis, born 10 May 1860, married 14 May 1878 Joseph Dinwiddie Biddle.
  6. Leonora Landis, born 10 Nov 1863, married 10 Nov 1885 Floyd Estill.
  7. John Tannahill Landis.
  8. Lulan Landis, born 2 Oct 1868, married 1892 Margaret Elizabeth Cullen.



Ref: The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy