My name is Jim Allen Wansley. Currently, I’m one of several members of the James Hamilton Wansley branch of the John and Mildred Wansley family tree that are launching and providing information for the Wansleyfamily.org website….

My interest in genealogy began while I was growing up. My Wansley-Eavenson families told stories about the family. They mentioned my great-great-grandfather, John William Eavenson [1840-1935], who returned to his home in Elbert County, Georgia from the Civil War in 1865. His daughter, Sarah Ann Eavenson, about four years old, walked out toward him at their home. Capt. Eavenson reached down from his horse, picked her up and put her on the saddle with him. Sarah Ann Eavenson [1861-1944] married James H. Wansley [1856-1935] [my great-grandparents]. My mother, Celestene Nora Wansley Evans, and my aunt, Mary Adra Wansley Rodieck, had fond memories of Sarah Eavenson’s wonderful effervescent spirit….