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                            _Joel Joseph LEFTWICH _|
                           | (1791 - 1860)         |
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 _John Granville LEFTWICH _|
| (1826 - 1885) m 1868     |
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|                          |_Sarah ADAMS __________|
|                            (1796 - 1880)         |
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|--Joel Braxton LEFTWICH 
|  (1873 - 1912)
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|                           _Braxton PURDY ________|
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|_Nancy Elizabeth PURDY ___|
  (1839 - 1928) m 1868     |
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                           |_Mary HOPKINS _________|
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