Masters of Social Sciences in Economics, Utah State University

Masters of Social Sciences in Economics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 

2 June 1984

Charles Purvis is Graduated at Utah State

Charles L. Purvis of Wadesboro has completed requirements for a Master’s degree in Human Resource Administration at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

His masters practicum was titled “The Relationship Between Productivity and Quality Circles.

Purvis received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1976 from Park College, now Park University.

The son of Charles W. and Ruby Purvis of Chesterfield, S. C., he is married to Sheila Pridgen, formerly of Live Oak, Fla.

He is currently working for Air Products and Chemicals in Layton, Utah.

Bachelor's in Business Administration

1 July 1976

Park College Graduates 28 Hollomanites

Park College Resident Center on Holloman AFB held commencement exercise recently for 28 Park graduating students

Associates of Arts degrees were awarded to Marvin Bush in Management and Claressa Leary in Social Science. Bachelor of Arts degrees were awarded to Alfonso Aguilar in Business Administration, John Alberty, Social Psychology; James Alstott, Management, John Brace, Social Psychology, Donald Bryant, Social Psychology; and Susan Lopez, Social Psychology.

Also awarded were Larry Murray, Social Psychology; James Parsley, Social Psychology; David Pickard, Social Psychology; Charles Purvis, Business Administration; Daniel Rodriguez, Business Administration; James Rose, Management, Jesse Sauve, Business Administration;  Burbridge C. V. Smith, Social Psychology; William Sylskar, Social Psychology; and Darwin Tucke, Social Psychology.

Graduating in absent at absentia were: John Schewanick, AA Criminal Justice; Dana Thomas, AA Criminal Justice,  Amos Andrews, B A Criminal Justice; GailBurdick, BA, Social Psychology; Clemente Echevarria, BA, Social Psychology;  James Kelly, BA, Management and Kerry Kirson,BA, Econ-Business Administration.

The Ceremony was attended by more than 150 guests. The opening prayer was given by Rev. William Sylskar, of the graduating class. Mrs. Susan Lopez and Darwin Tucke gave speeches as spokespersons for their class.

Two deans from Park College’s main campus in Kansas City, Missouri were present to address the graduating class; Dean John Davies, Director of the Resident Programs, and Dr. William Pivonka, Dean of Park College, gave the graduation address. Dean Pivonka and Carmen Sands, Administrator of the Park program at Holloman, presented the diplomas to the graduates.

[The Forty-niner, July 1, 1976, page 10 Col. 1]

Last Will and Testament Samuel W. Driggers, Jr.

 Last Will and Testament Samuel W. Driggers, Jr. 

Transcription:

The State of South Carolina}

Marlboro County}  Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Driggers of the State and County  above named being of sound mind and disposed in memory and being desirous to dispose of all my worldly goods in form as follows. vis,

1st. My will and desire is that all my just debts be paid out of my personal property, after my death. 

2nd. I will and bequeath to my wife Pernina Driggers all of my property both personal and real estate during her natural life, or during her widowhood and in case she marries after my death my estate to be divided as I direct below. 

3rd. After my wifes death my desire is that my land be divided as follows. My son Hampton to get the house tract beginning at a stake on the  lane or avenue and runs 211 yds on avenue then parallel with the Estate lands (Estate Lands of L. E. Driggers) across the Juniper bay to Chamis Land, or to my back line.  

4th My daughter Ada, Flora and Ana Driggers to get the next lot being at Hamptons corner on avenue and runs with said avenue 225 yards to a stake then parallel with Hamptons line across the bay to Chamis line.  

5th. My son Samuel to get the 3rd lot beginning on avenue at the three girls, corner and runs up avenue 236 years then parallel with their line across the bay to my Back line.

6th. My Daughter Margaret Polston to have the balance on the west side of the avenue. 

7th. My son Lawrence A. Driggers to get the grave yard tract Beginning at William Griffins corner and runs with the avenue to the Estate lands of L. E. Driggers, then to Archibalds line and with his line to the Griffin line. 

8th. My desire is that at the death of my wife my sons Lawrence A. and Hampton get a good horse a piece or the equivalent in money, and the balance of my personal effects to be equally divided between my son Lawrence A. and Hampton Driggers. 

I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my wife and my son Samuel Driggers and Jas. S. LeGett sole executors of this my last Will and Testament. I do hereby publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in the presence of 

This the 29th day of April 1884 as witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of 

Witness Laura T. Sherwood}                     Samuel X his mark Driggers {LS} 

     Julia M. Legett}

     Janie M. Lawain}  {Recorded Feb. 10-1887}

Samuel W. Driggers, Jr. died 15 Novemeber 1886. His wife, Pernina (Polston) Driggers died 13 Septemeber 1908. Surviving them were 12 children. One son had also passed in 1883 at the age of 28.    

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1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V9BB-3

Edy, The 2nd Wife of James David Weaver

 Edith “Edy” Sellers was born about 1799 in South Carolina. Phillip Sellers, Sr. and his wife Mary [last named unproven] had 2 daughters under age 10 in the 1800 Census for Chesterfield County, South Carolina. 

Is Edith “Edy” Sellers a daughter of Phillip and Mary Sellers. I think she is their daughter but am having a hard time figuring out how an unmarried 28 year old maiden was able to travel to Alabama and married a young man by the name of James David Weaver in 1827.

James David Weaver was also borne in Orangeburg District, South Carolina. About 1814, He married Barbara Price, daughter of George Price. He can be found in the 1820 Census for Lexington County, South Carolina. Sometime after 1824, James and Barbara moved from South Carolina to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. 

James David Weaver was a very active wholesale proprietor and wheeler-dealer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 

His wife, Barbara (Price) Weaver died about 1830. After the death of wife Barbara, David then married Edy [last name believed to be Sellers] about 1830. 

James David Weaver and 2nd wife, Edy had the following children: 

i. Cassandra D. Weaver, born abt 1828, Alabama; married William McFerrin, 27 Dec 1846, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; married John Marion Lanier, 8 Apr 1866, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; died abt 1875, Mooreville, Lee, Mississippi.

ii. Louisa Caroline Weaver, born abt 1830, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; married David West; died bef 21 Dec 1869, Angelina, Texas.

iii. Mary Francis Weaver, born Oct 1832, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; married William J. Loggins, 29 Nov 1855, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; died aft 15 Apr 1910, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

iv. Nancy Ann Weaver, born 9 Sep 1833, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; married John Blackman Starkey, 20 Jan 1851, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; died 20 Oct 1914, Rose Bud, White, Arkansas.

v. Malinda Ann Weaver, born 6 Apr 1838, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; married Leonard Littleberry Battle, 18 Dec 1856, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; died 25 Apr 1896, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

vi. Martha A. Bryan, born 26 Apr 1833; married James J. Bryan; died 20 Apr 1910.

James David Weaver died before 6 January 1868. His Last Will and Testament was dated 9 September 1867. 

After the death of James David Weaver, his wife Edy married Hiliard Sellers on 6 January 1868. Edy [Weaver] Sellers died on 16 October 1876 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.  

Edy [Weaver] Sellers may prove to be my 3rd Great Grand Aunt. 

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1. 1820 U S Census, Lexington County, South Carolina, population schedule, Lexington, Lexington, South Carolina, 1820; Microfilm M33; Page#41 (Stamped), Line#9, Household of David WEAVER; digital images, HeritageQuest Online (http://persi.heritagequestonline.com : viewed 1 October 2023); citing  National Archives Microfilm M33.

2. "Legal Notice," Notice to creditors, The Daily Selma Reporter, Selma, Alabama, 9 February 1839, Page 1, column 3; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : On-line October 2023); https://www.newspapers.com/.

3. 1840 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, population schedule, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Page#239B (Stamped), Line#11,, Household of David WEAVER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed October 2023); citing  National Archives Microfilm M704.

4. 1850 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, population schedule, District 2, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Page#260 (Stamped), Line#1, Dwelling#967; Family#967, Household of James WEAVER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed October 2023); citing NARA publication M432_.

5. 1855 Alabama State Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, state census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, page#62, Line#9, David Weaver; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed October 2023); citing NARA publication M432_.

6. 1850 U. S. Census, Non=Population, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, agricultural schedule, District 1, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration Date 15 Jan 1850, Page#883; Line#18, Household of David WEAVER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed October 2023); citing  National Archives Microfilm.

7. 1855 Alabama State Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, State Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, page#1, Line#5, , David Weaver.

8. 1860 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, population schedule, Pitchers, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Page#96/530B(Stamped); Line#4, Dwelling#1250, Family#1169, David WEAVER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed October 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M653.

Treasure Chest Thursday~1761 Marriage of James Clark and Mary Tyson Davis

Mary Tyson Davis was born about 1744 the 3rd of ten children borne to of John David and Mary Tyson. She had 6 brothers and 3 sisters.

On 21 Apr 1761 in  Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, Mary Tyson Davis and James Clark were married. James was borne about 1736 in New Castle County, Deleaware. His parents are currently unknown.  

James and Mary had one known child, a daughter, called Jean Davis. Sadly, they lost her at age 17. 

Jean Clark was born 1773 and died 4 April 1796. Her father, James Clark died 17 March 1790 in Kenton, Kent, Delaware. It is not known at present when Mary Tyson (Davis) Clark passed away. 

Mary Tyson Davis Clark is my 1st Cousin 6X Removed.   

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1. Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), page 23.

2. "Delaware, Marriage Records, 1750-1954," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed October 2023), Marriage: James Clark & Mary Tuson Davis, Marriage Date: 21 Apr 1761.

3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  October 2023); Memorial page for James Clark; (1736–17 March 1790); Find a Grave memorial # 7525139, Citing Old Presbyterian Cemetery; Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA.

4. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed October 2023); Memorial page for Jean Clark; (1773–4 April 1796); Find a Grave memorial # 7525142, Citing Old Presbyterian Cemetery; Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA.

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52 Cousins~Amelia "Millie" Rivers Holifield

 Amelia "Millie" Rivers was born about 1800 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. She was a daughter of Mark Rivers (abt 1781 - abt Jan 1831) and Annie Parker. Others have her listed as the daughter of Sarah Brown. 

Sometime, about 1817, Millie Rivers" married Moses Hollifield of Anson and Chesterfield Counties. Moses was born about 1800 also, a son of John H. Holifield and his wife Caley, last name unknown. 

Photo shared by bopatc11 

Between 1830 and 1840, the Holifield's, Rivers's and many other families left Chesterfield and migrated down through Georgia, Clarke County, Alabama and finally settling in and around Jackson, Mississippi in the counties of Hinds, Rankin, Simpson and Smith. 

Two of Milly (Rivers) Holyfield brother's Mark Rivers, born 1808 and Luke Rivers, born 1810 also moved to Mississippi. 

Moses S. Holifield and Amelia Rivers had the following children:

i. Joshua S. Holifield, born 15 Mar 1814, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Mary Ann Craft, abt 1838, Jones County, Mississippi; died 29 Jan 1894, Jones County, Mississippi.

ii. Ray Holifield was born about 1822 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. With them (1870) was 14 year old Richard Holyfield, a young relative of Moses, working as a farm laborer.  

iii. Charlotte Holifield, born 4 Mar 1826, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Robert Cooper; died 14 Jun 1904, Jones County, Mississippi.

iv. John C. "Cow John" Holifield, born abt 1827, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Mary A. Brown, abt 1843; married Rachel Lee, abt 1867; died 4 Apr 1892.

v. Mark Holifield, born abt 1830, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Georgiann, Dec 1853, Jones County, Mississippi; married Mary T. Coats, abt 1867, Jones County, Mississippi; died bef 29 Apr 1892.

vi. Jonathan Holifield, born abt 1833, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Sarah Frances Musgrove, abt 1854, Jones County, Mississippi; died 1892.

vii. James Holifield, born abt 1835, Greene County, Alabama; married Lucinda Sims, abt 1852, Jones County, Mississippi; died bef 1880.

viii. Moses Holifield Jr., born abt 1837, Jones County, Mississippi; married Nancy Elizabeth Rivers, abt 1859, Jones County, Mississippi; died Aug 1870, Jones County, Mississippi.

Amelia "Milly" Rivers died shorlty after the Civil War. Moses Holyfield then married Nancy McCary Sumrall after the death of Milly. They were married about 1865-1867. To this union was born two sons and a daughter.  

I highly recommend this article which talks of Millie Rivers, Moses Holyfield and Nancy Sumrall. 

https://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/part-4-ed-payne-on-jones-county-civil-war-widows/

Moses S. Holifield died after 3 August 1872; his exact death date and place of burial is unknown. However, one source I found said "The obituary of Moses Holifield stated he was buried "next to Thomas Lyons.". " I could not or have not been able to confirm this statement. 

Amelia "Millie" (Rivers) Holyfield is a distant cousin of my paternal lineage. 

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1. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 11 June 2011), entry for MOSES HOLIFIELD, Sr., Private; 8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry; Confederate.

2. 1820 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Huntley, Anson County, North Carolina, page 33, Line 22, Household of Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M33, Roll 80.

3. 1830 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 244, Line 19, Household of Moses Holifield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing  National Archives Microfilm M19_172.

4. 1840, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, page 305, Line 1, Household of Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 2009); Family History Library Film: 0014840, Roll 214..

5. 1841, Jones County, Mississippi, state census, No Township Listed, Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 20 June 2011).

6. 1850 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, Page 128A; Line 1, Dwelling 186, Family 186, Household of Moses HOLYFIELD; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 374.

7. 1853, Jones County, Mississippi, mississippi state and territorial census collection, 1792-1866, , Line: 88, Moses Holifield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 11 June 2012); Microfilm V229. 3 rolls. Heritage Quest .Roll : v229_2.

8. 1860 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, page 709, Line 10, Dwelling 329, Family 329, Household of Moses Holifield; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 584.

9. 1870 US Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Township 8,  Jones County , Mississippi, Page 204B; Line 15, Dwelling 84, Family 86, Household of  Moses HOLYFIELD; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 June 2011); citiing NARA publication M593_733.

10. 1880, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Erata, Jones County, Mississippi, enumeration district (ED) 127, Page 333C; Line 19, Dwelling NL, Family 127, Household of Nancy HOLIFIELD; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 January 2014); citing NARA publication T9, Roll: 651.

11. National Park Service, "Soldiers" database, Civil War Soldiers & Sailor System (http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm : accessed 11 June 2011), entry for Moses Holifield Sr., Private; 8 Mississippi Infantry; Confederate.

12. Bureau of Land Management, Mississippi Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Choctaw Indian Scrip and Chickasaw Cession Lands, on-line database (: The Generations Network, Inc.,, 1997), Moses Holifield.

13. Land Deed - Moses Holifield to Mrs. Kitty Sumrall; 3 August 1872; Deed Book #A!; Page(s) 571; The Chancery Clerk's Office; Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi; 3 September 2020.

14. Patricia N. Edwards & Jean Strickland, Who Married Whom (Ashdown Arkansas 71822: Strickland Books, 1986), page 68.

15. Ed Payne, "Ed Payne on Jones County Civil War Widows: Part 4: Ed Payne on Jones County Civil War Widows," Victoria Bynum, Renegade South, 7 April 2010 (https://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/part-4-ed-payne-on-jones-county-civil-war-widows/ : viewed 11 June 2011), Moses Holifield sold 40 acres to Kitty Sumrall, 1871.

Millie and Christine McKoy~Often Billed as the “Carolina Nightingale.”

Millie-Christine McKoy, co-joined twins, were born 11 July 1851 near Whiteville, North Carolina. 

Their parents were Jacob and Monomia McKoy. They were  enslaved by Jabez McKay.

Jabez McKay sold the co-joined twins when they were about 10 months old to John C. Pervis of Chesterfield, South Carolina. 

The foregoing paragraph presented verbatim from “Millie-Christine McKoy and the American Freak Show: RACE, GENDER, AND FREEDOM IN THE POSTBELLUM ERA, 1851-1912”; by SARAH  E. GOLD, Department of History, University of California at Berkeley.

[Quote] In early 1852, McKay began to tire of the “burden” and “frequent visits of strangers” that Millie-Christine created, and decided to “dispose” of her—this rhetoric highlights how, despite her unusual slave experience, Millie-Christine was nevertheless a possession.17 On May 18, 1852, McKay signed an agreement with a man named John C. Pervis, who paid McKay one thousand dollars for the twins. McKay would receive one-fourth of the proceeds from any exhibition, as well as one-fourth of the money Pervis received if he ever sold the twins. Finally, Monemia was allowed to accompany the girls without charge, but had to be returned to McKay if Pervis sold Millie-Christine.18 Little else is known about Millie-Christine’s time with Pervis, but in late 1853 she was sold once more to a Mr. Brower, who paid between six- and ten thousand dollars for her.19 Brower did not have enough money to outright purchase Millie Christine, instead offering a promissory note backed by one Joseph Pearson Smith. Smith would later become a central figure in Millie-Christine’s life, but in 1853 he simply cosigned Brower’s note and left with the group for New Orleans, where the girls underwent “a scientific examination” at the “request [of] the medical faculty of that city.” 20 [unquote] [For footnotes within the paragraph , see footnote 1 of this blog post]

Transaction Deed:

Transcription:

J. C. Pervis to J. P. Smith

Received of J. P. Smith Six thousand dollars full payment for Christian [Christine] and Milly the North Carolina twins negroes the title and rights to which Negros I hereby warrant and defend unto the said J. P. Smith his heirs and afsigns forever. March 10th 1854.             J. C. Pervis {Seal}

Signed Sealed & delivered

In presence of. Adam Springer

Thos. G. Sanders

 

State of North Carolina} County Court Clerks Office

Anson County} September 12th 1856

Then the foregoing Bill of Sale was duly proven before me by the oath of Thomas G. Sanders a subscribing witnefs thereto and ordered to be registered. 

                                                                                    J. White, Clk

The co-joined twins died in 1912. First to pass was Millie on 8 October 1912 with Christine passing approximately seventeen hours later.  

John C. Purvis was a son of  John Purvis and Sarah McMillan. 

Related Articles:

1. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/conjoined/marvels.html

2. https://ncpedia.org/mckoy-millie-christine

3. Millie-Christine McKoy and the American Freak Show:   RACE, GENDER, AND FREEDOM IN THE POSTBELLUM ERA, 1851-1912   SARAH E. GOLD  Department of History University of California at Berkeley

4. https://harkaroundthegreats.wordpress.com/2024/01/05/the-miracle-of-the-two-headed-nightingale-millie-christine-mckoy/

5. https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/millie-christine/millie-christine.html

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_and_Christine_McKoy

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1. “Millie-Christine McKoy and the American Freak Show: RACE, GENDER, AND FREEDOM IN THE POSTBELLUM ERA, 1851-1912”; by SARAH  E. GOLD, Department of History; University of California at Berkeley.

2. Land Deed - J. C. Purvis to J. P. Smith; 10 March 1854; Deed Book #15; Page(s) 132; Register of Deeds; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina; 3 January 2010.

3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11427328/christine-mckoy

52 Cousins~Abner William Eddins

Abner William Eddins was born 10 February 1826 in Wilcox County, Alabama, a son of William Riley Eddins and Nancy Manning. 

He married Christiana A. Jolliff  abt 1850 before the 1850 census was enumerated on 8 October 1850. He and his wife Christiana are enumerated and husband and wife in his father's home in October 1850. Abner was a farmer. Abner and his family are shown in the 1850 and 1860 Census and after that point no record of Abner William Eddins has been found. Nor have I found his death date recorded in an official government document. His death is recorded as 30 May 1865 in an unofficial Alabama Expanded Surname file. [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/112447:61266] 

In the period 1850-1865 Abner William Eddins and Christiana A. Jolliff had five children; 3 daughters and 2 sons. 

Christiana A. (Jolliff) Eddins married B. C. Hutchinson on 21 January 1872 in Wilcox County. No record of him living with Christiana has been found. This is a snapshot of her 1880 Census  household: 

1880 CENSUS: Pine Apple, Wilcox, Alabama; Roll: 35; Enumeration District: 184, Page: 237B (stamped); Line 36, Dwelling 448, Family 459; Christiana HUTCHINSON, Female, age 44, born in AL; Elizabeth EDDINS, daughter, age 25, born in AL; Alice E. EDDINS, daughter, age 20, born in AL and William A. EDDINS, Son, age 17, born in AL. [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6506846:6742]

Abner William Eddins and Christiana A. Jolliff had the following children:

i. John Davis Eddins, born 21 Mar 1851, Alabama; married Mary Susan Williams, 25 Dec. 1872, Dallas County, Alabama; died 9 Dec 1937, Wilcox County, Alabama.

ii. Nancy Elizabeth Eddins, born 2 Nov 1853, Alabama; married J. E. Sessions , 3 Feb 1884, Wilcox County. Alabama.

iii. Laura Christina "Anna" Eddins, born 22 Jun 1856, Alabama; married Wiley Timothy Stein, 27 Dec 1877, Wilcox County. Alabama, United States; died 10 Dec 1937, Pine Apple, Wilcox, Alabama.

iv. Eliza Alice Eddins was born on 24 Feb 1859 in Alabama. She died on 2 Oct 1921 at the age of 62 in Monroe County, Alabama.

v. William Abner Eddins was born on 27 Sep 1862 in Alabama. He died on 21 Aug 1956 at the age of 93 in St Clair County, Alabama.

Christiana A. (Jolliff) (Eddins) Hutchinson passed away on 3 February 1921 in Wilcox County, Alabama. 

Abner William Eddins is my 1st Cousion 4X Removed.

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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Wilcox County, Alabama, ; Page: 360A (stamped); Line 31, Dwelling 218, Family 218, Househoild of Wm J. EDINGS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2022); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 16.

2. 1860 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Eastern Division, Wilcox, Alabama, Page: 1084; Line 18, Dwelling 482, Family 528, Household of  A. W. EDDINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : on-line January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_26.

3. 1880 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Pine Apple, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 184, Page: 237B (stamped); Line 36, Dwelling 448, Family 459, Household of  Christiana HUTCHINSON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : on-line January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_0035.

4. 1900 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Awin, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 137, Page:#58A(Stamped); Line:#31, Dwelling:#498, Family:#524, Household of Jarot SESSIONS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : on-line January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T623.

5. 1910 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Awin, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 0458, Page: 16B/55B (Stamped); Line:#89, Dwelling:#260, Family:#260, Household of Jeret E. SESSIONS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : on line January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_XX.

6. 1920 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed ); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_xx.

7. Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974,  Images. Ancestry, (http://www.Ancestry.com:  January 202), Alabama Department of Public Health, Eufaula, AL, Kittie Hutchinson; Wilcox County Alabama, February 1921.

Jonas Monroe Peacock Obituary

Jonas Monroe Peacock was born 26 June 1856, a son of Jacob Ludwig Peacock and Eve Catherine Troutman Culp of Cabarrus Couty, North Carolina.  

Jonas Monroe Peacock married Jenetta Elizabeth Cauble on 10 September 1874 in Cabarrus County. She was a daughter of Simeon Cauble and Mary Ann Huneycutt.  

Jonas and Jenetta, aka Janet, hsd three children; two daughters and a son James Walter Peacock who was a Doctor in Thomasville, North Carolina. 

Obituary: 

J. M. PEACOCK OF LAKELAND DEAD  

PROMINENT CITIZEN PASSED AWAY AT TAMPA

Following an Operation---Methodist Pastor Preaches Against Certain Amusements. 

Lakeland, Fla., June 4. The funeral of the late J. M. Peacock was held from, the family residence Sunday afternoon, and the remains interred to rest in the City cemetery. Mr. Peacock had been in poor health for some time and last week was sent to Tampa to undergo an operation for an abscess on the liver. The operation was successful, and the physicians thought he would be able to regain his health again, but on account of the weak condition of the rundown system he was not able to hold up and on Saturday night he breathed his last.

The family was notified and the body was sent up here at noon Sunday. He was a man of excellent qualities and owned considerable business and residential property in the city. The block on Florida avenue, formerly occupied by the officials of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad as a passenger station while the new depot was being constructed, was owned by the deceased. 

Rev. I. C. Jenkins, pastor of the First Methodist church, has been preaching a series of sermons on amusements as condemned by the church and has not failed to handle the subject without fear. He paid his respects to all classes of harmful amusements and showed how such things retard the progress of the Christian's life. The revival that has been in progress in Dixie Land under the care of the Methodist church of this city came to a close last night and despite the fact that the rainy weather has kept a number of people away from the services there have been about twenty names added to the church.

Sunday afternoon a regular Sunday school was organized there and will be held regularly every Sunday. Steps will be taken at once to build a chapel in that part of town and when it is completed regular services will be held there. 

[The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, June 04, 1912, Page 3, Column 5]

Obituary: 

MR. J. M. PEACOCK

Mr. J. M. Peacock, who had been seriously ill for the past two months passed away Saturday night at the Gordon Keller hospital in Tampa, whither he was take to be operated on for anlo abscess of the liver. The operation was performed, and it was thought Mr. Peacock was getting along remarkably well; however, Saturday afternoon he began to sink, and before any of the family could reach his bedside, he had passed to his final reward. 

The body was brought up to Lakeland yesterday morning at 11:35 and the funeral was conducted yesterday afternoon from the family residence at 4 o'clock, Rev. Isaac C. Jenkins officiating. A large number of sorrowing friends were present to pay their last respects. 

Mr. Peacock came to Lakeland several years ago from North Carolina and engaged in the lumber business, being associated in this business with his son-in-law, Mr. R. E. Lufsey, until the business was sold to the firm now known as the Lakeland Manufacturing Co. He owned a huge business block on South Florida avenue, and had built a lovely home, one of the handsomest in the city. In this way, Mr. Peacock was a considerable factor in the upbuilding and development of Lakeland, and in his passing he will be greatly missed. He was a man who was honorable, in all of his dealings, a man of splendid character, and in his passing the bereaved family, which consists of a devoted wife, two daughters, Mrs. Paul O'Doniel and Mrs. R. E. Lufsey, and a son, Dr. J. W. Peacock of Thomasville, N.C. have the sympathy of their many friends. 

From Find a Grave Memorial ID:#246015245; Posted by LKLD_Taphophile

Jenetta Elizabeth Cauble, wife of Jonas Monroe Peacock, is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.  

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1. "J. M. PEACOCK OF LAKELAND DEAD," obituary; death notice, The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, 4 June 1912, Page 3, Column 5; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : online January 2024); https://www.newspapers.com/.

2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed January 2024); Memorial page for Jonas Monroe Peacock; (26 June 1856–1 June 1912); Find a Grave memorial # 246015245, Citing Lakeview Cemetery; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA.

The Frederick and Jennie Rivers Family

Mary Eugenia “Jennie” (Bennett) Rivers died in Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia. She was borne April 1869 in Anson County, NC. She was the youngest of six children borne to Lemuel B. Bennett and Mary Elizabeth Carpenter. 

Mary Eugenia “Jennie” (Bennett) married Frederick Franklin Rivers on 18 December1894 in Ansonville, Anson, North Carolina. Fredericf F. Rivers was borne 24 April 1866, a son of Calvin Rivers and Louise "Lou" Gatewood.  

Frederick was a very successful farmer and stated on the 1940 Census that his highest Grade of education was completed College, 4th year.

Frederick and Jennie had the following children: 

i. Mary Louise Rivers, born 8 Jul 1898, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Roy Thomas Baisden, 21 Jul 1918; died 5 Jun 1983, Saluda County, South Carolina.

ii. Calvin Bennett Rivers Sr., born 21 Nov 1899, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia; married Lela Hall, 21 Dec 1924; died 15 Jan 1968, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

iii. Capt. Frederick Edward Rivers, born 10 Jul 1902, Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia; married Julia Musselwhite, 24 Dec 1928, Florida; died 24 Nov 1961.

iv. James Thomas "Tom" Rivers, born 18 Nov 1905, Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia; married Jewel Virginia Fleming, 1946; died 26 Jan 1975, Jefferson County, Georgia.

There was at least one other child that died young. The 1900 Census stated that Jennie had 3 children with only 2 living. 

Frederick F. Rivers died 4 November 1940 in Louisville, Georgia.

Jennie (Bennett) Rivers died 8 March 1948 in Jefferson County, Georgia. 

Obituary: 

Mrs. Jennie Rivers Dies at Louisville 

LOUISVILLE, March 8 - Mrs. Jennie B. Rivers, 78, died Monday at the home of her son, Ed Rivers, after a lengthy illness. She is the wife of the late F. F. Rivers, of Louisville. Funeral services were Incomplete pending the arrival of out-of-town relatives. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. R. T. Baisden, of Saluda, N. C; three sons, C. B. Rivers, of Chesterfield, S. C, and Ed and Tom Rivers, of Louisville.

Frederick Franklin Rivers is my 2nd Cousin 4X Removed. 

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  3 March 2012); Memorial page for Frederick Franklin Rivers; (24 April 1866–October 1940); Find a Grave memorial # 73723442, Citing Louisville City Cemetery; Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA.

2. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 5, page 323, dwelling 230, family 230, Household of Calvin Rivers; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2011); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.

3. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #19, Page: 64B; Line 93, Dwelling 125, Family 126, Household of Frederick F. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1523.

4. 1920  U. S. Census, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, population schedule, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) #47, Page: 138, Line 64, Dwelling 165, Family 165, Household of  F. F. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 260.

5. State of Georgia, death no. 28075 (4 November 1940), F. F. Rivers; Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records,, Atlanta, Georgia.

6. "North Carolina, Marriages Record, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 3 March 2020), Marriage: F. F. RIVERS and Mary Bennett, Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1894.

7.  State of Georgia, death no. 6057 (8 March 1948), Mary E. Rivers; Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records,, Atlanta, Georgia..

8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  6 August 2011); Memorial page for Mary Eugenia Bennett Rivers; (1869–1948); Find a Grave memorial # 73723481, Citing Louisville City Cemetery; Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA.

9. "Mrs. Jennie Rivers Dies at Louisville," Obituary, Death Notice, The Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia, 9 March 1948, Page 11, column 6; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/:online January 2024); https://www.newspapers.com/.

52 Cousins~Richard Malachi Rivers

Richard Malachi Rivers, born 15 February 1966, was the youngest of 12 children borne to Frederick W. Rivers and Cynthia Matilda Knight.  

His parents, Frederick and Cynthia, with their first 5 children had migrated from Chesterfield County, SC about 1855 and settled in Jefferson County, Alabama

There on 16 January 1889, Richard Malachi Rivers married Sarah Lou Wilson, born 28 April 1874.

Richard and Sarah also had a large family of 10 children; 5 sons and 5 daughters.  

Richard Malachi Rivers, before his death, sat down with a reporter for the Newspaper “The Albamian” and told this story of his life. 

Life of Richard Malachi Rivers in His Own Words

I was born in Jefferson County near Warrior, Alabama, February 15, 1866. My father and mother came from South Carolina in 1852.

My father taken up 820 acres of land near Birmingham, old Hawkins field where the fairground is now and swapped it for land (near) Robins Cross Road in 1856 and exchanged it for land near Warrior in 1858 and exchanged that land for land near Houston in 1872.

I grew up a rural boy on a farm one-mile south of Houston to the age of 18 as I was the younger of 12 children, 8 boys and 4 girls.

My father willed me the estate, 320 acres of land and some personal property.

When I got 19 at this age I promptly gave it all back to my father and mother and went away for about six months.

My sisters written me to come home which I did, and stayed with my parents. I bought an improvement for $80.00 and Homesteaded 160 acres of land, which cost me less than $100, and proceeded to hire a small yoke of {oxen) steers for $5 and make a crop.

The parents got me to teach a literary school at Pleasant Hill two months for $12.50 per month and board. Before this school was out they ask me to teach three next public school which I agreed to do, and I taught school at that place for six years.

In 1892 I moved to Houston, bought M. C. Curtis stock of goods, taken over Post Office at Houston and served 12 years as Postmaster. During that time I taught school at Houston four years and made the race for Legislative on the Republican ticket and was elected.

I served in 1898, during that and after time I served two terms as a member of the educated Board of Winston County. In 1904 I resigned as Postmaster and went back to farming and mail contracting.

In 1926 I made another race for the Legislature and was elected and served from that date till 1930.

My father was born May 14, 1817. Died January 7, 1890.

My mother was born October 3, 1824. Died September 27, 1902.

I have 10 children, 5 boys and 5 girls, and this date 37 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

R. M. Rivers, born February 15, 1866. Died March 30, 1944.

Lou Rivers, wife of R. M. Rivers, born April 28, 1874. Died September 10, 1950.

Obituary:

Last Rites Held For Richard M. Rivers

Richard M. Rivers, 79, of Houston died at his residence March 30, at 8 a. m. after an illness of one week. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill church with Rev. Charles Williams officiating. Interment was in the adjoining Cemetery with Nichols directing. Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Sarah L. Rivers, Houston; five sons, Tom and Jack of Birmingham; Porter of Sylacauga; Fred of Miami, Fla.; Malcolm, of Texas; five daughters, Mrs. Curtis of Birmingham; Mrs. Glenn, Jasper; Mrs. Jones, Hanceville; Mrs. Dodd, Nauvoo; and Mrs. Smith of Ardell, Ala.

[The Advertiser-Journal,  Haleyville, Alabama, Thursday, April 06, 1944, Page 1, Column 7]

Biography:

RIVERS, RICHARD MALACHI, Merchant, was born February 15, 1866 at Warrior, Jefferson County, son of Frederick W. and Synthia [Knight] Rivers, the former who lived at Warrior until 1872, when he moved to Winston. He attended the country schools until he was twenty-one years of age, then spent a short time at Houston seminary. He taught in the country schools, together with merchandising, 1888-1890; was elected justice of the peace in 1888, and held that position through three terms, serving until 1900; and represented Winston County in the State legislature in 1901. He is a Republican and a Methodist. Married: January 16, 1889, at Houston, to Sarah Louisa Wilson. Residence: Double Springs.

SOURCE: Data on this family taken from details provided to Leon Madison Rivers. Family names, birth dates and Marriage dates. Richard Malachi RIVERS, md 16 Jan. 1889 to Sarah Louise WILSON, Children are M. L.; Bertha P.; Porter; Agnes; Alice; Parnell; Fred; Tom and Jim RIVERS. Extracted from the files of Leon Madison Rivers <Leon M. Rivers Genealogical Collection, reviewed 14 June 2005>.

Richard Malachi Rivers is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.

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1.Article on R. M. Rivers shared by Betty Lee Johnson.

It’s Family Time~The Jessie Gwyn Privette Family

Jessie Gwyn Privette was born 6 March 1977, a son of John Washington Privette and
Elizabeth “Bettie” Davis, all residents of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.  He was the 9th of 11 children born to John Washington and Bettie Privette.  

Jessie Gwyn Privette at about age 25 in 1902 married Lugenia J. “Lulu” McBride, age 19, daughter of Andrew J. McBride and Elizabeth R. Boatwright. No marriage licensee or announcement had been found; but the 1910 Census shows that they had been married 8 years with NO children. Census listing for the next 4 Census (1920-1950) failed to show the birth of any children to this couple. 

Jesse Gwyn Privette was a farmer like his Dad. In December 1901 John Washington Privette sold 30 acres of his Land (DB 18, Page 713-714) to his youngest son Jessie Gwyn Privette for one hundred and fifty dollars. On 11 November 1903, Jessie Gwyn Privette sold this same tract of land (DB 20, Page 195-197) to his brother, William Kenson Privette for the same price.  

Jessie Gwyn Privette died 7 October 1956 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. His wife, Lugenia J. “Lulu” (McBride) Privette died 1 March 1959 in Anson County, North Carolina. Their 54 year marriage produced no known children. 

Both are buried at Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery. 

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Jessie Gwyn Privette is my Great Grand Uncle. 

Lugenia J. “Lulu” McBride, is my 3rd Cousin Twice Removed. 

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1. "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," on-line digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 June 2012), Jessie Gvim Privette; citing Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls, FHL Roll Number: 1852503; Birth Date: 6 Mar 1876.

2. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 843. Tombstone of Jessie Gwyn Previtte; 6 March 1877–7 October 1956, Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

3. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #21, Page 107A, Line 30, Family/Dwelling 424/431, Household of  John W. PRIVETT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 21 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1523.

4. 1910  U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0037, Page: 9A/135 (stamped); Line 30, Dwelling 148, Family 148, Household of Andrew McBRIDE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 20 September 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1455.

5. "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," on-line digital images, Ancestry.com, Jessie Gvim Privette.

6. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 040, Page: 10B/166 (stamped); Line 88, Dwelling 181, Family 189, Household of Jesse G. PREVITT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : Viewed 20 September 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.

7. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 15, Page 4B/15(stamped); Line 76, Dwelling 62, Family 67, Household of J. Guin PRIVETTE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_Roll: 2192.

8. 1940 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 13-17, Page: 7A/242 (stamped); Line 20, Household #96, Household of J. G. PRIVETTE; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://Ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3799.

9. J. G. PREVITTE obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, South Carolina, 11 October 1956, page 4, Column 4.

10. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  5 June 2012); Memorial page for Jessie Gwyn Privette; (6 March 1876–7 October 1956); Find a Grave memorial # 48050808, Citing Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  January 2024); Memorial page for Lula J. McBride Privette; (18 October 1883–1 May 1959); Find a Grave memorial # 47354322, Citing Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

12. Lula Mcbride Previtte, death certificate #8999 (1 March 1959), NC State Archives., North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina.

13. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Lula J. McBride Privette (18 October 1883–1 May 1959), Memorial # 47354322.

14. Death of Mrs. Previtt, of Chesterfield obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 2 March 1959, Page 6A, column 3.

Sale of Estate Lands to Pay Debts

Kelly (aka Cally) Tucker was born about 1814, a son of  Daniel Tucker and his wife. He married Jerusha Gathings, daughter of John P. Gathings, Sr. 

Cally and Jerusha had 6 children; 4 sons and 2 daughters. Their daughters were Judith married A. H. Massey and Susanna married John Paul Rushing. There was no daughter named Rosanna.

Jerusha (Gathings) Tucker died about 1861. Kelly/Cally Tucker died 19 October 1890 at age 76. 

Transcription: 

STATE OF NORTH CAROMNA.}

Anson County Superior Court}

Before the Clerk thereof.}

Peter Jones, Jr., Administrator of Kelly Tucker, 

Deceased, Plaintiff, 

against 

S. C. Tucker, the children or heirs-at-law of Leonidas Tucker, deceased, names not Known, Judith Massey and her husband, and the children or heirs at-law of Rosanna Rushing, deceased, names not known, Defendants

PROCEEDINGS FOR THE SALE OF LANDS TO

MAKE ASSETS TO PAY DEBTS. 

The non-residents defendants in the above cause of action to-wit: The children or heirs-at-law of Leonidas Tucker, deceased names not known, Judith Massey and husband, A. H. Massey, and the children or heirs-at-law of & Susanna Rushing, deceased, names not known, will take notice that the plaintiff in the above cause of action will, on the 7th day of March next, make a motion in the above cause of action asking the court to confirm the Sales of the lands made in said cause as appear by the report of Commissioner now on file in said cause in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Anson county, N. C.

This 6th day of February, 1892.                              PETER JONES. Jr. 

                                                                                Adm'r of Kelly Tucker, deceased..

Jerusha (Gathings) Tucker wife of Kelly/Cally Tucker is the 2nd Cousin 3X Removed of my Wife. 

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1. Sale of Estate Lands to Pay Debts obituary, The Messenger and Intelligencer, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, United States, 11 February 1892, Page 3, Column 5. Kelly/Cally Tucker Estate.

Military Monday~Private Jesse R. Hunnicutt

Jessie Randolph  Hunnicutt, Jr. was born about 1840. His parents are Jessie Randolph Hunnicutt, Sr and Sarah Wilbanks.  He 2nd marriage was to Laura J. Porter on 18 May 1882 in Yell, Arkansas. He died 26 September 1921.

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1a. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/73323319:60525

1b. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101243516/jesse-randolph-hunnicutt 

2. Marriage: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/440346:2548

52 Cousins~Mrs. Glass of Groesbeck Dies

Mrs. E. L. Glass before marriage was known as Edmonia Lynn “Nannie’ Brown. She was born 12 December 1857 in Union County, Arkansas. Her parents, Epps Rivers Brown and Dorinda Adair had moved from Lauderdale County, Mississippi about the year 1844. Her grandparents were John H. Brown and Sarah Rivers of Chesterfield County, South Carolina and Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

Edmonia Lynn “Nannie’ Brown and Absalom Pratt “Abb” Glass were married 27 September 1888 in Navarro County, Texas. This was a 2nd marriage for Abb Glass And a first marriage for Nannie Brown. 

Nannie (Brown) Glass in February 1892 signed over her rights in a tract of land in Union County, Arkansas to two of her sisters; Mollie & Lizzie Brown.

On 25 November 1898, Nannie gave birth to her only known child, a son, Brown Pratt Glass. 

In May 1907  “Abb” Glass applied for and received a pension until his death in May 1911. Nannie was able to apply (Jul 1916)  and received a Widow pension for “Abb” service during the Civil War with Co. G, 1st Miss. CAV.

Edmonia Lynn “Nannie’ (Brown) Glass died 31 August 1938 in Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas. She and Abb are buried in Faulkenberry Cemetery, Groesbeck, Texas.

Obituary: Mrs. E. L. Glass

GROESBECK, Sept. 1, (Spl) -- Funeral services were held here today for Mrs. E. L. Glass, resident of Groesbeck for 40 years who died at her residence here last night after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Glass, widow of the late Abb Glass would have been 81 years old had she lived until Dec. 12.

Mrs. Glass taught school in her younger days.

The Rev. Horace Poteet and the Rev. Peter De Young conducted funeral services. Interment was in the Faulkenberry cemetery here. Sanders funeral home was in charge of arrangements.

Surviving are one son, Brown Glass of Kosse, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Janie Lynn Glass.          

Edmonia Lynn “Nannie’ (Brown) Glass is my 2nd Couisn 4X Removed. 

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1. Mrs. Glass of Groesbeck Dies Wednesday p.m. obituary, The Mexia Weekly Herald, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas, United States, 2 September 1938, Page 7, column 6.  [Provided courtesy  swwoodsy],

2. Faulkenberry Cemetery

Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas

Contributed by Bruce Jordan [bjordan@glade.net].

Glass, Absalom Pratt, b. 1843, d. 1911, s/w Edmonia Lynn Glass, Sec. G

Glass, Edmonia Lynn, b. 1857, d. 1938, s/w Absalom Pratt Glass, Sec. G

Glass, Brown Pratt, b. 25 Nov 1896, d. 8 May 1985, s/w Sarah Gladys Glass, USA, Sec. A

Glass, Sarah Gladys, b. 9 Sep 1899, d. 12 Jan 1998, s/w Brown Pratt Glass, Sec. A

[http://www.interment.net/data/us/tx/limestone/faulkenberry/faulk_fi.htm]

Hunter’s Lodge Laments on the Death of John G. McMillan

John McMillan was Killed in Action at th Battle of McDowell on 6 May 1862. 

*******CORRECTION*******

My mistake, one of my reader advises that the John McMillan of this article is not the son of John McMillan and Lydia Jane Greer as stated below.

John G. McMillan, was a son of John McMillan and Lydia Jane Greer, Grandson of  James McMillan, Sr. and Rachel Chisholm. 

Hunter’s Lodge, No. 134, A. Y. M}

Marshallsville, Ga. May 23d, 1862}

 Our beloved and lamented brother, John McMillan, now sleeps the long sleep of death. He fell, pierced by a ball in the left, whilst gallantly leading the left wing of the 12th Georgia Regiment in the bloody conflict at McDowell. He was born in Chesterfield District, South Carolina on the 4th day of January, 1832, and was in his 30th year. He was the only child of an aged and very pious mother, whose every care and attention had been given to his raising and education, and her very existence seemed entwined around her noble and chivalrous son. He graduated with honor to himself at Franklin College, Athens, Georgia, in the year 1852. He was educated with a view to the medical profession, but before the completion of his last course of lectures, through the solicitations of his friends he was induced to turn his attention to teaching. And when the tocsin of war resounded through the South, summoning her chivalric sons to her defense, he left the flourishing school at Marshallsville, of which he was principal, tendered the services of his company, the Davis Rifles, and was attached to the 12th Georgia regiment. He left home on the 18th of last June in command of 94 young men, nearly all of whom were from his own county, and were greatly attached to him, and was ordered to the mountain wilds of West Virginia. The deeds and noble daring of the 12th Georgia Regiment in the battle of Greenbrier, Alleghany and McDowell, will ever live on the pages of future history, in the battles of Greenbrier and Alleghany he commanded his company in person, and being senior Captain was in command of the left wing of the regiment at the battle of McDowell where he fell, pierced by a ball in the left breast.

But it was in the social relations of life his characteristics shone most brilliantly. He was reared among us, we knew him well, and in all the walks of social life he endeared himself to us by every tie that could illuminate character from boyhood to riper years of manhood. Intellectual without ostentation, firm and resolute, yet quiet and amiable, smooth and affable in his manners, he had a pleasant word for all; and no man living can say he refused him a favor if within his means or power to grant it. Such was our beloved brother. Having performed the last sad rites to all that remained of him on earth, he now sleeps in the silent church yard at Marshallsville beside some of those who too met their fate in the mountains  those who too met their fate in the mountain wilds of Western Virginia.

Though lost to us, long will we cherish the recollections of his many virtues, “and when released from earth and purified of all its imperfection,” we trust we may again meet in the Supreme grand Lodge above. Therefore,

                Resolved, That in his death our lodge has lost a worthy member, and we a beloved brother, our country a brave and gallant officer, our community a cherished and honoured citizen, society an honor and an ornament; and that while we deeply deplore his loss, we bow in humble submission to the dispensation of that All wise being “who doeth all things well”.

                Resolved, That  to his relatives and to his aged and bereaved mother, we offer our deepest sympathies in their affliction, and may they find some consolation in the reflection that he fell nobly battling for them and his beloved country.

                Resolved, That in respect to our deceased brother, the members of this lodge do wear the usual badge of mourning for 30 days.

                Resolved, That these proceeding be entered on the minutes of the lodge and that a copy signed by the W. M., and Secretary be transmitted to the mother of our deceased brother.

JOS. DAY,                                                                             D. B. FREDERICK,

D. W. MASSES,                                                                    G. W. FELTON,

                                                                                                          Committee       

 __________________________________  

1. "Death of John G. McMillan," death notice, The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, 26 May 1862, Page 4, Column 1; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : online November 2022); https://www.newspapers.com/.

 Macon Telegraph, 26 May 1862

Some 2024 Genealogical Challenges!

 In 1976, I was active duty Air Force stationed at Holloman AFB, New Mexico with orders to report to Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah in October 1976. 

On 17 August 1976, Alex Haley, published “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” for which he was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize. By October and my arrival at Hill I had read “Roots” and was ready to start my family research which I did in October 1976. Since 1976 I have spent hours in the LDS Library at Salt Lake City. I created my first Genealogical Website in 1995. 

Prior to moving from Ogden in 2000 to North Carolina I had published 3 Genealogical Books and maintained a Genealogical website.  

On 1 January 2012, I started my “Carolina Family Roots Blog” which had remained active since 1January 2012.

I never plan my blogs post until maybe a new days before their posting, This year will be no exception; but, I would like to focus on some key “Stumbling Blocks” often called “BrickWalls” in my research. So, lets get started:

1. Number one is Laura Driggers said to be my Great Grandmother. She was married after 1880 and died before 1899 after giving birth to 8 children. DNA shows connection to Driggers and Polson surnames. She is said to be the wife of Joseph Henry or Henry Joseph John/Johns. In the 1880 Census snippet below I think line 20 is Laura but have not been able to tie her to one of Jeremiah Polson daughters. Who is Laura Driggers and who are her parents? 

2. Sarah “Sallie” Hill, my 2nd Great Grandmother —Sarah Hill is said to be the wife of Samuel Deese, my 2nd Great Grandfather. Samuel Deese was married to a young lady named Sarah, b. abt 1811 and died 6 September 1881. The only source for the surname “HILL” is the death certificate for 4 of her 9 children. Who are the parents of Sarah “Sallie” Hill?

3. Sarah Alice Honeycutt, my 3rd Great Grandmother—personally, I think Sarah Alice Honeycutt is a made up name. I have absolutely no idea where it originated other than online trees. I don’t have a single document that names the wife of Stephen Deese. I know she died before 1840 and that he died 24 July 1847. Their 5 children all died before death certificates and no obituary has been found for any of the 5 children. Who is Sarah Alice Honeycut and who are her parents?

4. Willie Morriss and Charity Short, my 3rd Great Grandparents. Willie and Charity was married September 1833 near Sneedsborough, North Carolina. Charity Short is said to be the daughter of Daniel Short, Jr. and Margaret Hinson. I haven’t found any source that show Daniel and Margaret had a daughter named Charity. Thus, I am still searching for the parents of Charity Short, b. abt 1808; died after 1866. Do you know her patents? 

5. Marcus I. Huneycutt, my 3rd Great Grandfather. Marcus was born abt 1797 and died bef 1870. He married Charity Dry on 18 March 1822.  Who are the parents of Marcus I. Huneycutt? 

6. Nancy Gandy, b. 1815, died bef 1870, my Said to be 3rd Great Grandmother. Online trees say that Nancy is the daughter of Booka Gandy, Sr. and Deliah Edmunds. This is pure speculation with no basis in facts. The Family Bible for Booka never mentions having a daughter named Nancy. Who are the parents of Nancy Gandy, wife of Jeremiah Polson?

7. Daniel Dry, b. abt 1824, d. aft 1880 in Alabama married Martha Ann Moulder abt 1842. Who are the parents of Daniel Dry?