Hi, my name is Diane Holland.  I've been working to bring the entire John and Alcy Jean family together into one source.  During my quest, I have met some wonderful people, both descendants of this particular Jean family, and folks who knew some of them.  I dedicate this site to them.

According to a letter written in 1972 by Edward Isaac Jean (1897-1975), John and Alcy  had 18 children--12 boys and 6 girls.   Some information is known about 14 of the children.  

John Joseph Pledger Jean went on a genealogy quest in 1886, traveling through Haralson County, Georgia and interviewing, among others, Hardy Hopson Jean.  Hardy named some of his siblings (not all), but he did name two sisters, Carolyn and Sophronia, of whom I had not previously been aware.  He said both lived in Arkansas at that time.  It appears from the list of names he gave John, the siblings were either ones he kept in touch with or at least the ones who were still alive.  Perhaps he thought John wanted to talk with them and there was no reason to give him names of deceased siblings.