Last Update 3/20/2008.
John Pharr and Mary Elizabeth McLelland


Mary was the daughter of Mirand Jane Mays and Joseph Wilson McLelland

John and Mary had the following children:
Could be more, will add as found.

1. Mack Lola Pharr born 1867 and died 21 Jun 1921, Iredell Co, NC. Mack married Bessie Emma Sloan. Daughter of John Sloan and Alcie McLain. Bessied died 1969, Iredell Co, NC.

Mack was listed as Mack Lola Pharr, Mack Lobar Pharr and Mack Clour Pharr.

Mack and Bessie had the following children:

Grady Sloan Pharr born 25 May 1893, Iredell Co, NC and died 1 Feb 1979, Iredell Co, NC.

John Colon Pharr born 14 Feb 1895, Iredell Co, NC and died 1965, Iredell Co, NC.

Eula Blanche Pharr born 1898, Iredell Co, NC and died 17 Jun 2004, Iredell Co, NC. Blanche married Espy W Shaver 1920, Iredell Co, NC. Espy born 1894 and died 20 Apr 1969, Iredell Co, NC.

Charles Herman Pharr born 27 Sep 1900, Iredell Co, NC and died 1968, Iredell Co, NC.

Wade Cornelius Pharr born 3 Feb 1903, Iredell Co, NC and died Jan 1967, Iredell Co, NC.

Heman Jane Pharr born 20 Sep 1908, Iredell Co, NC and died 22 Jun 1999, Iredell Co, NC.

Rayford Pharr born 1918, Iredell Co, NC.

Mitch Iram Pharr born 4 Nov 1922, Iredell Co, NC and died 2 Aug 1995, Iredell Co, NC.


2. Emma Miranda Pharr born 1880 and died 27 Mar 1927, Iredell Co, NC. Married Jonah Garfield Jordan, 1909, Iredell Co, NC. Jonah born 21 Apr 1881 and died 26 Jan 1948, Iredell Co, NC.

Jonah's Obit. Landmark of Statesville 1/26/1948.


Jonah and Emma had the following children:

Dewey Glenn Jordan born 3 Sep 1900, Iredell Co, NC and died 1997, Iredell Co, NC.

Ina Jane Jordan born 29 Apr 1913 and died 8 Dec 2002, Gaston Co, NC. Married Arthur John Leanna in 1950, Iredell Co, NC. Arthur born 14 Jun 1908 and died 20 Mar 1986, Mecklenburg CO, NC.

Arlin Lake Jordan born 1915 and died 1985, Iredell Co, NC.

Garnette Jordan born 1919, Iredell Co, NC and died 16 Feb 2006, Iredell Co, NC.

Garnette's Obit:

Garnette Jordan Wilson, (Nanny), 87, of 3614 Delling Downs Drive, Denver, N.C., died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006, at Genesis Health Care in Mooresville. Mrs. Wilson was born in Iredell County on April 29, 1918, daughter of the late Jonah G. Jordan and Emma Pharr Jordan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Graham W. Wilson; a son, Larry Wilson; a sister, Ina Jane Jordan; and brothers, Glenn Jordan and Lake Jordan. She is survived by two daughters, Patricia Reed of Denver, N.C., and Lynne Pharr of Raleigh; grandchildren, Andrea West, Kenya Harris, Sherry Keller, Kent Pharr, Timmy Pharr, Kelly Wilson and Leslie Noblet; twelve great-grandchildren; a sister, Lorene Adams of Stony Point; a sister-in-law, Lessie Jordan of Statesville; nephew, Kenneth Adams of Stony Point; and nieces, Laura Adams of Stony Point and Susan Ballard of Belmont. Services are scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gerry Revels officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Sunday in the fellowship hall of the church.
Statesville Record and Landmark - 2/18/2006.