Hansell of Cobb County

Andrew Jackson Hansellwas the son of William Young Hansell (born in Virginia). He was born January 1815 in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia and died 24 April 1881 in Cobb County. He married on 2 December 1841 in Wilkes County Caroline Clifford Shepherd (born 1821 in Georgia), a daughter of Andrew Shepherd and his wife, Mary (Hillhouse) Shepherd.

General Hansell was a very popular figure in Roswell, frequently asked to give lectures. Tranquilla was built in 1849 by Andrew Jackson Hansell, who later became a Confederal general. Interestingly enough, General Hansell moved to Mimosa Hall in Roswell after the War Between the States when he was made president of the Roswell Mills...The home of the General in Marietta was sold in 1869 to George Camp... White Columns in Georgia by Medora Field Perkerson. In 1869 he purchased from John Dunwody's mansion Mimosa Hall in Roswell, Georgia.



On November 19, 1875 The Marietta Journal published an article concerning his lecture on "The Aborigines and White Settlers" Issue:

• William Andrew Hansell, born 10 August 1843 Marietta, Cobb County. Wife, Antonina (born 1845 in Alabama). They were residents of Atlanta in 1880. Issue:
  
  
  1. Andrew J. Hansell, born 1865 in South Carolina.
  2. Leila Hansell, born 1868 in Alabama.
  3. Antonina Hansell, born 1872 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
  4. William Hansell, born 1874 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
  5. Haywood Hansell, born 1876 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
  6. Loulie Hansell (daughter), born 1879 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
• Julia Stiles Hansell, born 16 June 1845 Marietta, Cobb County.
• Mary Clifford Hansell, born 15 May 1848 Marietta, Cobb County.
• Felixina Hansell, born 3 December 1850 Marietta, Cobb County. She was married to Captain Robert N. Clayton of Asheville, North Carolina on 2nd June 1875 by Rev. J. W. Baker of Marietta at residence of the parents of the bride in Roswell.
• Alberta Hansell, born 5 April 1853 Marietta, Cobb County.
• . Louisa Toombs Hansell, born 1855 Marietta, Cobb County, died 31 July 1874.