MINYARD FAMILY
Submitted
by Darryl Andrews, Livingston Louisiana at
dga99@i-55.com on February 6, 2006
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The following family history is a chapter in a book which I
am compiling and writing on the EDWARDS family who came to
Livingston Parish, Louisiana about 1845. It is a work in
process and the information is subject to corrections and
additions as more information becomes available. The
information was compiled from many sources, some from the
internet, and at this point its correctness or accuracy can
not be assured. THE INFORMATION IS UNPROVEN. It is intended
solely as a starting point and therefore it is strongly
recommended that anyone using the information should do
their own further research to the extent that they are
satisfied with the information. As anyone doing genealogy
research knows, it is very difficult to find “proof” of the
accuracy of information. Indeed many times even the person
providing the direct information or the person recording it
has gotten it wrong and some legally recorded records
themselves have been shone to be less than accurate. People
can have an honest disagreement about any information used
and therefore each should determine for themselves how
satisfied they are in using the information. If someone used
only information from which there was a definitive “proof”,
then each family history would be very short indeed.
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This family
information was compiled primarily from the following
sources:
1.
Carroll
County Mississippi History and Families, by the Carroll County Genealogical Society.
2.
Records of
Lawrence County,
Mississippi,
by John Paul Smith
3.
Edwards Families From
South Carolina to the Mississippi
Territory in 1810,
by Mrs. Daniel B. (Edwina Price) Snyder.
4.
Colyell Cousins: Averett, Edwards,
Taylor,
Watts, Wells and
Related Families (including Harrell, Brian, Rentz and
Minyard),
by Darryl G. Andrews
5.
Amite County,
Mississippi, 1699-1890, by Albert E. Casey.
6.
Averett and Harrell Connections, by Marvin Boyd
Zeigler and Gay Nell Gibson. Submitted to the author in
December 2000.
7.
Genealogical and Historical Abstracts of Legal Records of
Saint Helena Parish,
Louisiana, 1804-1870, by Ernest Russ Williams,Jr.
8.
The Saga of the Clan Kennedy: A
Kennedy/Kenedy/Kannady/Canaday/Kanada/Kannda Family Book of
Genealogy With Connecting Families, compiled and
written by Susie H. Kannada.
9. Beth
Thurman at <terrilee@ipa.net>.
Provided much of the information on Lagrone family in
Arkansas.
10. The
UsGenWeb website at <www.usgenweb.org>
11. The
GenForum website at <www.genforum.genealogy.com>
12. The
Morman website at <www.familysearch.org>.
13.
RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project website.
14.
Ancestry.com website at <www.ancestry.com>
15.
Message boards on the website: www.rootsweb.com
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JAMES MINYARD, SR.
was born about 1765-1768 in Moore
County, North Carolina and died about 1827 in Lawrence
County, Mississippi. Research at this time has not
determined his actual birthplace and date nor his marriage
and the names of his wife and parents although some records
suggest that he was married in 1788 in North Carolina.
James Minyard was part of the “Nathan Smith Settlement”
in Franklin County, Georgia and owned land along Mountain
Creek. He was one of the signers of a letter to Governor
James Jackson of GA dated 1798 from Franklin County, GA. The
letter was signed by 46 residents of Jackson and Franklin
Counties seeking relief from Indian infringement on land
that was deeded to them by the State of Georgia between 1783
and 1788. As a matter of fact, the spelling was James
MINNERD on the document. Many of the “Nathan Smith Settlers”
can be traced to Cumberland, Moore, and Anson County area of
North Carolina.
He left Franklin County, Georgia.
due to problems associated with boundary disputes related to
the Indian Nations land. He was in Bogue Chitto area of
Lawrence County, Mississippi by or before 1812. The Smith's,
Carpenter's, Dickerson's, Guess, Kees, Minyard and Walker
families plus many others, served in the War of 1812 in the
Capt. Billy Smith's Regiment. The men were organized and
went back to Alabama to fight the Creeks at Fort Mim's in
1813.
James Minyard appears on the
Lawrence County, Mississippi tax list as early as 1816 and
he owned land along the Bogue Chitto River which he acquired
in 1820 by a US Land Patent issued by President James
Monroe for 300.92 acres in Lawrence County, Mississippi. He
died in Lawrence County in 1827. In 1833 his sons James,
Jr., William and Thomas moved into Carroll County,
Mississippi. His remaining son John went to Copiah County,
Mississippi with his sister Elizabeth Minyard Case and her
husband Thomas.
(*Note: The following information from Records of
Lawrence County, Mississippi, by John Paul Smith, Volume
III, page 44*)
Deed Book A, Page 173/198, Oct 3, 1820
James Monroe, President of the United States of America, a
U. S. Patent to James Minyard for land. The S1/2 of Sec. 25,
T 7, R 7E containing 300.92 acres.
Signed James Monroe, President
Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office
Rec. Vol. 5, Page 130
Rec. Feb. 1, 1822,
H. M. Runnels, Clerk
Deed Book B 1826 - 1835
Page 331 & 332 Lawrence Co. Miss. April 15, 1833
- "We the heirs of James Minyard" of Lawrence Co., Miss to
William Gwin of Franklin Co., Miss. for $620.00, "all that
tract of land lying and being on the waters of Boguechitto",
the S1/2 of Sec. 25, T7 R7E, containing 300.22 acres, Apr.
15, 1833. Sign. James Minyard, Thomas Case, Wm. (X)
Minyard, Clarkston (X) Edwards, Nelea (X) Edwards, John (X)
Minyard, Serah (X) Minyard*, John (X) Pullin; wit. Wm.
Smith, Stephen Smith. *(Note of Compiler - signature
appears twice as shown).
Page 332 Lawrence Co., Miss. - "Sarah Minyard the
wife of one of the heirs" acknowledged on Apr. 15, 1833,
before William Smith, J.P., that she voluntarily signed the
foregoing deed. Rec. July 5, 1833, J. Caldwell, Clk.
(*Note: This land was located in
present-day Lincoln County due south of Brookhaven and US
Highway 84 and US Highway 51 runs through this land*)
(*Note: This is the same lands acquired by James Minyard by
land patent in 1820*).
(*Note: The following information from Records of
Lawrence County, Mississippi, by John Paul Smith, Volume
II, page 115*)
Tax Rolls 1818 and 1825. 1825 Tax Roll (page 109)
Menyard, James 320 Acres, quality 2, Situation of Property
Bogue Chitto, State Tax 1.92.
Menyard, William Situation of Property Bogue Chitto, White
Polls 1, State Tax .75.
Menyard, John Situation of Property Bogue Chitto, White
Polls 1, State Tax .75.
Menyard, James Jr. Situation of Property Bogue Chitto,
White Polls 1, State Tax .75.
1828 Tax Roll of Lawrence County, Mississippi:
William Minyard, 160 acres on Bogue Chitto, 2 slaves, 1 poll
James Minyard, Bogue Chitto, 1 poll
John Minyard, Bogue Chitto, 1 poll
The poll tax was an assessment on all free white males
between the ages of 21 and 50. Younger men who had reached
age 21 but were not yet financially established and owned no
taxable property were assessed only the poll tax. As they
became older many eventually acquired land and/or slaves and
at that time would be assessed the appropriate property
tax. Of course, many men never acquired land or slaves and
thus were assessed only a poll tax throughout their life.
It is also common for a father to be assessed tax on land
and slaves and his younger sons perhaps to be assessed only
a poll tax. When someone was taxed for land and/or slaves
but were not assessed a poll tax, that is an indication that
they were over 50 years old. Women were not taxed at all
unless they were the head of household and owned land or
slaves. The poll tax was not
assessed on women. (*Provided by Greg Price, Dallas, TX <GregoryPrice62@aol.com>*)
CHILDREN OF JAMES MINYARD, SR.
JAMES MINYARD, JR.; MARY MINYARD; WILLIAM MINYARD; JOHN
MINYARD; (SON) MINYARD; ELIZABETH “BETSY” MINYARD; CELIA
MINYARD; CHARITY MINYARD; SARAH MINYARD; THOMAS MINYARD; and
DELANEY MINYARD
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CHILDREN OF JAMES MINYARD,SR.:
1.
JAMES
MINYARD, JR. was born 1804 in Georgia and died
before September 29,1848 in Carroll County, Mississippi. He
was married in Lawrence County, Mississippi on September
11,1831 to SARAH CARPENTER,
born 1810 in
Georgia and died in 1878, the daughter of JOHN CARPENTER and
ESTHER KENNEDY (CANADAY) of
Moore County, North Carolina. In 1833
he moved his family from Lawrence County to Carroll County,
Mississippi and in 1834 he purchased 40.35 acres in that
county described as the NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 28,
Township 18, Range 4 East. The 1850 and 1860 census for
Carroll County would indicate that Sarah Carpenter Minyard
was relatively wealthy as she owned five slaves in 1850 and
in 1860 had real estate apprised at $4500 and a personal
estate of $11000. (*Note: The estate settlement of Esther
Carpenter can be found in Carroll County, Mississippi*)
CHILDREN OF JAMES MINYARD,JR.
AND SARAH CARPENTER:
A. OWEN MINYARD born June
16,1832 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and died March
4,1895 in Carroll County. He was married in Carroll County
on March 3,1853 to CHARITY CARPENTER, born 1837 and died
about 1872/1873. He was married for a second time in
Carroll County on June 14,1874 to MALINDA CARPENTER, born in
1848-1850. The 1880 census shows that they were living in
Leflore County, Mississippi. According to the Military
Annals of Carroll County, Mississippi, Owen served in the
Confederate Army and was enlisted to Company “G”, 22nd
Mississippi Regiment, Featherston’s Brigade, Lorings
Division, Polks Corps, Army of Tennessee. They were known as
the Black Hawk Rifles. Also served in Company “F”
Mississippi 20th Calvary.
CHILDREN:
1. James Albert
Minyard born June 18,1854 and died May 10,1933. He was
married first on March 10,1886 to Elizabeth Felts, the
daughter of Kindred and Dilla Felts. After Elizabeth died,
James was married a second time to Sarah "Sallie” Tardy,
born January 26,1855 and died
February 9,1950. She was formerly
married to ?? Neal. James and Elizabeth are both buried in
Bluff Springs Cemetery in Carroll County and Sallie is
buried in New Salem Cemetery in Carroll County.
Children:
a. Minnie
Celeste Minyard born November 12,1886 and died in July 1984
at McCarley in Carroll County. She married James Albert
Gordin and they had no children. They both are buried in the
Itta Bena Cemetery.
b. Ellen
Missouri Minyard born July 31,1888 at McCarley, Mississippi.
She was married on January 8,1906 at the preacher’s house in
Henderson Forks, MS to James Jacob “Jake” Minyard, born July
26,1884, the son of William H. Minyard and Maggie Ware.
James Jacob died December 7,1950 (1960?) and Ellen died
January 17,1980 and they are both buried in the Enon
Cemetery in Carroll County. (Children: James Dorris Minyard
born January 19,1907 and died April 21,1974 at Greenwood,
Leflore County, Mississippi. He married Beatrice ??, born
February 11,1906 and died March 13,1985 and both are buried
in Enon Cemetery; Thomas Emmitt Minyard born June 11,1908 in
Carroll County and died November 30,1966 in Carroll County.
He married Eula Mattie Minyard, born July 15,1909
in
Carroll County and died July 21,1990
in Greenwood, Mississippi, the daughter of Charles Minyard
and Alma S. Shelton. Both are buried in Enon Cemetery; Neva
Minyard born December 9,1910 in Carroll County and died
January 25,1964. She married Willard Russell Carpenter, born
September 18, 1915 in Carroll County and died April 19,1981
and both were buried in Enon Cemetery; Albert Gordon Minyard
born October 10,1912 in Carroll County and died March
28,1976. He married Corene/Correen Goss, born July 30,1925
and died December 12,1997 and both were buried in Enon
Cemetery; Margaret E. “Maggie” Minyard born February 21,
1915 and died February 22,1974 and married John “Johnie”
Cheek, born June 7, 1911 and died January 21,1983, the son
of Cornelius Littleton Cheek and Hettie Minyard. Both are
buried in Enon Cemetery; Wilma Minyard born February 27,1918
and died October 24,1967 and was buried in Enon Cemetery.
She married She married James Hardy McDaniel, born May
15,1910; Louise Minyard born January 10,1920 and died May
24,2004 at Greenwood, Leflore County. She married Harry V.
Cheek, born February 11, 1903 and died November 15,1977 and
was buried in Enon Cemetery, the son of Cornelius Littleton
Cheek and Hettie Minyard; Jacob Kenneth Minyard married May
17,1946 to Mary Evelyn Jefferys, born July 30,1918; Robert
Clayton Minyard born December 15,1924/5 in Carroll County
and died June 4, 1983 at Greenwood, Leflore County,
Mississippi and was buried in the Enon Cemetery. He married
Lena Carpenter; and Nellie Bernice Minyard born February
14,1927 and died December 2,1989. She married Erastus E.
Gammill,Sr, born August 16, 1927 and died November 20,1988.
Both are buried in Enon Cemetery.).
c. James
Kindred Minyard born 1890 and died in 1959. He married
Maggie Richards and they had no children. He is buried in
Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton.
d. Thomas Owen
Minyard born 1891 and died in 1945 from heart failure. He
married Lillie Sue Johnson, born in 1889 and died in 1967,
the daughter of John T. Johnson and Sue Ella Gray. They
lived in the McCarley vicinity of Carroll County. They are
both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton.
(Children: James Edwin “Son” Minyard (February 12,1916-March
30,1996 at McCarley, Carroll County) and was married on
April 8,1939 to Mattie Belle McDonald; Eleanor Elizabeth
Minyard (July 9,1917-January 1962) married first Roy French
and second George Taylor and third Buford Odom (March
6,1903-February 1980); Annie Lloyd Minyard (August
18,1918-January 10,1991 at Carrollton, Carroll County)
married Hayden Franklin Kendall; Margaret Irby “Rita”
Minyard (1921-1947) married Thomas Keown; and Thomas Kindred
Minyard (1926) married first Ruth Ridgeway and second
Maurine Palmer and third Lois Sappington).
2. Thomas Ulysses
Minyard born March 1856.
3. William
Henderson Minyard born September 21,1858 and died June
11,1931. He was married on December 15,1881 to Maggie Bell
Ware, born December 21,1858 in Carroll County and died there
July 12,1929. Both are buried in the Enon ME Cemetery.
(Carroll County Marriage Book J, page 92).
Children:
a. James Jacob
“Jake” Minyard born July 26,1884 and was married to Ellen
Missouri Minyard of McCarley, Mississippi on January 8,1906
at the preacher’s house in Henderson Forks, Mississippi. She
was born July 31,1888 and was the daughter of James Albert
Minyard and Elizabeth Felts. James Jacob died December
7,1960 and Ellen died January 17,1980 and they are both
buried in the Enon Cemetery in Carroll County. (Children:
James Dorris Minyard born January 19,1907 and died April
21,1974 at Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. He
married Beatrice ??, born February 11,1906 and died March
13,1985 and both are buried in Enon Cemetery; Thomas Emmitt
Minyard born June 11,1908 in Carroll County and died
November 30,1966 in Carroll County. He married Eula Mattie
Minyard, born July 15,1909 in Carroll County and died July
21,1990 in Greenwood, Mississippi, the daughter of Charles
Minyard and Alma S. Shelton. Both are buried in Enon
Cemetery; Neva Minyard born December 9,1910 in Carroll
County and died January 25,1964. She married Willard Russell
Carpenter, born September 18,1915 in Carroll County and died
April 19,1981 and both were buried in Enon Cemetery; Albert
Gordon Minyard born October 10,1912 in Carroll County and
died March 28,1976. He married Corene/Correen Goss, born
July 30,1925 and died December 12,1997 and both were buried
in Enon Cemetery; Margaret E. “Maggie” Minyard born February
21,1915 and died February 22,1974 and married John “Johnie”
Cheek, born June 7,1911 and died January 21,1983, the son of
Cornelius Littleton Cheek and Hettie Minyard. Both are
buried in Enon Cemetery; Wilma Minyard born February 27,1918
and died October 24,1967 and was buried in Enon Cemetery.
She married She married James Hardy McDaniel, born May
15,1910; Louise Minyard born January 10, 1920 and died May
24,2004 at Greenwood, Leflore County. She married Harry V.
Cheek, born February 11,1903 and died November 15,1977 and
was buried in Enon Cemetery, the son of Cornelius Littleton
Cheek and Hettie Minyard; Jacob Kenneth Minyard married May
17,1946 to Mary Evelyn Jefferys, born July 30,1918; Robert
Clayton Minyard born December 15,1924/5 in Carroll County
and died June 4, 1983 at Greenwood, Leflore County,
Mississippi and was buried in the Enon Cemetery. He married
Lena Carpenter; and Nellie Bernice Minyard born February
14,1927 and died December 2,1989. She married Erastus E.
Gammill,Sr, born August 16,1927 and died November 20,1988.
Both are buried in Enon Cemetery.).
b. Maggie
Belle Minyard born February 7,1895 in Carroll County and
died May 12, 1941. She was married first in Carroll County
on January 9,1907 to Luke S. Smith and secondly on May
6,1959 to Samuel M. Tingle, born May 1,1892 and died. May
6,1959. Samuel and Maggie are buried in Enon Cemetery.
c. Mattie
Maude Minyard born October 21,1889 in Carroll County and
died September 26,1950. She was married in Carroll County on
December 30,1910 to
William B. Tingle, born November
10,1887 and died November 26,1964. Both are buried in Enon
Cemetery.
d. (Son)
Minyard died young of severe burns.
4. Owen Minyard,Jr.
born in January 1863/1864 and was married on March 8,1888 in
Carroll County, Mississippi to Mattie Ware, born in January
1864. They are both believed to be buried in the Enon United
Methodist Church Cemetery.
5. Nathan Walter
Minyard born September 7,1866 in Carroll County, Mississippi
and was married in Carroll County on October 18,1893 to
Nannie Papps/Pabst, born in Carroll County on February
18,1876. She was the daughter of John D. Papps/Pabst and
Henrietta Doster. Henrietta’s parents were George Washington
Doster and Mary Foster.
John D. Pabst was born in
Carroll Parish, LA and came to Carroll County, Mississippi
in the 1870's. Walter moved his family to Dell in
Mississippi County, Arkansas around 1922. Walter died from
throat cancer in 1925 in Mississippi County, Arkansas and
was buried about a half mile north of the town of Dell on
what is called the “Mound Place” so named because of the
Indian mounds located on the farm. Nannie later married a
Baptist preacher named Bill DePriest. She died in Linden,
Tennessee in 1952. Nannie was said to be of Indian descent
with her bloodline from her grandmother, Nancy Black of
York, South Carolina.
Children:
a. Robert Lee
“Bob” Minyard born July 31,1894 in Carroll County and died
in September 1981 at Dell, Mississippi County, Arkansas. He
was married in Carroll County in 1914 to Lula Mae Corley,
the daughter of Matthew Corley and Maggie Barrentine. Robert
moved his family to Dell in Mississippi County, Arkansas in
1922. Robert was married a second time to Josephine Mooney.
(His children: Robert Austin Minyard born May 30,1916 and
died in August 1982 at Blytheville, Mississippi County
Arkansas; Mary Lee Minyard born December 5,1919; Harold
James Minyard born May 23,1923; Juanita Minyard born
November 5,1926; Ethel Christine Minyard born September
1,1929. She married ?? Jackson; and Betty Jean Minyard born
January 15,1934).
b. Ruby
Minyard born in March 1896.
c. Katie
Minyard born in March 1897.
d. Lonnie
“Fannie” Minyard born on September 20,1900.
e. Dick
Minyard born on January 3,1903.
f. Dennis
Minyard born on September 13,1905.
g. Curtis
Minyard born about 1906 and died young.
h. Norma
Minyard born on October 20,1907.
i. Nathan
Minyard born on August 17,1909.
j. Eddie
Minyard born on September 5,1911 and died in August 1975 at
Dell, Mississippi County, Arkansas.
k. Martha
Minyard born on August 2,1913 and died young.
l. Everett
Minyard born about 1915 and died young.
6. Angus Martin
Minyard born December 8,1868 in Carroll County and died July
6, 1960 in Mississippi County, Arkansas. He was married in
Carroll County, Mississippi on December 23,1897 to Hattie
Carpenter, born August 13,1878 and died August 31, 1919, the
daughter of John C. Carpenter and Margaret “Maggie” Minyard.
In about 1922 Angus left Carroll County and moved his family
to Dell in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
Children:
a. Marshall
Minyard born October 6,1898 and died June 20,1899.
b. Maggie
Jimmie Minyard born July 15,1900 and died May 3,1940. She
married J. P. Cohea.
c.
Angus Ford Minyard born January 22,1902 and died
October 9,1969 at Wardell in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
d.
James Neal Minyard born January 17,1904 and died
January 31,1981. He was married in Grenada County,
Mississippi on December 3,1929 to Mary Francis Cohea, born
October 27,1911 and died May 1977. Both died at Memphis in
Shelby County, Tennessee. Children were: James Angus Minyard
born September 15,1930; Marshall Minyard born October
8,1933, Billy Gene Minyard born July 5, 1935; Dan Minyard
born July 21,1937; Oudia Ruth Minyard (Curtis) born October
8,1939; Millard Minyard born February 3,1948.
e. Ada Helen
Minyard born November 23,1905 and died September 27,1977 at
Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama. She married Elmer
Crumwell on February 8,1930. Children were: Little Della
Ruth Crumwell born and died November 23,1930; Paulean
Crumwell born May 17,1932, Dorothy Dell Crumwell born March
18,1934; Ira Sails Crumwell born March 18,1934; Barbara
Kilfean Crumwell born March 19,1936; Robby J. Crumwell born
January 1,1938 and died in July 1938; Robert Wesley Crumwell
born in May 1941; and Carolyn Faye Crumwell born ??.
f. John
Minyard born February 17,1908 in Carrollton and died on
December 24, 1980. He was married on October 23,1937 to
Leslie Lee Dildine, the daughter of William Homer Dildine
and Mattie Dee George. She was born June 11,1917 in
Dyersberg, Tennessee and died August 11,2000. Both died at
Dudley, Stoddard County, Missouri. Both are buried at Shane
Memorial Cemetary in Fisk, Butler County, Missouri.
Children: John Calvin Minyard born August 3,1938; Homer
Glenn Minyard born June 29,1940 and died July 16,1989;
Esther Mae Minyard (Peracki) born February 19,1942; Frances
Lucille Minyard (Mullins) born November 2,1946; Margaret
Minyard (Wilkerson, Abernathy) born February 19, 1948;
Jannette Minyard (Brown) and Annette Minyard (Brown, Lack)
born May 18,1949. (* married names in parenthesis)
g. Mattie
Lucille Minyard born May 5,1910 and died October 20,2002 at
Portage in Porter County, Indiana. She was first married to
?? Corley and secondly to Myles Thomas.
h. Zula
Minyard born October 4,1912 and died December 3,1928.
i. Owen
Minyard born October 8,1914 and died April 30,1982 at
Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. He married Geneva Rynes on
April 20,1935. Children were: Barbara Ann Minyard (Hankins)
born April 20,1936; Bonnie Lynn Minyard (?) born June
5,1938; Earnest Wayne Minyard born January 3,1941; and Ruby
Laverne Minyard was married in Grenada County on May 31,1924
to Edward Bell
j. Hattie
Vivian Minyard born July 18,1917 and died December 13,1918.
7. Mahala Minyard born 1871 in Carroll County and died
1905. She was married in Carroll County on March 5,1899 to
Henry Pleasant Browning, born 1861, the son of William
Browning and Mary Collier. He may have been married secondly
to Laura Ross. He died June 25,1939 at his home near Enon
and both are buried in the Enon ME Cemetery.
Children:
a. Elma
Browning born February 2,1900 in Carroll County,
Mississippi. She was married first in 1924 to William Barber
and secondly to W. S. McDaniel. Children: Sybil Barber born
August 31,1925 in Carroll County, Mississippi and was
married first on September 2,1941 to Henry Lee Long, born
January 20, 1918/9 and died August 1981 at Hazelhurst in
Copiah County. Sybil was married secondly on December
22,1951 to Raymond E. Rathburn; and Elma had three children
by second marriage to W. S. McDaniel.
b. Rhesa Read
Browning born August 15,1902 in Carroll County, Mississippi.
He was married in Midland, Texas on August 8,1935 to Mary
Wilma Rooney, born June 4,1912 in Ft. Stockton, Texas, the
daughter of William Patrick (Edward) Rooney and Jessie Mae
Powers. She died March 17,1984 in Monohans, Texas and Rhesa
died July 25,1984 in Monohans and both were buried in the
Monohans Cemetery. Children: John Mark Browning born October
5,1951 in Monohans, Texas and four other children.
c. Gladys
Browning born February 15,1904 in Carroll County,
Mississippi and was married first to Phil Allen and second
to Gus ??.
8. Ada Minyard born
1872.
9. Charles Minyard
was born August 17,1875 and died January 27,1943. He married
Alma S. Shelton, born August 7 or 17,1882 and died January
13,1944. Both are buried in the Enon ME Cemetery in Carroll
County.
Children:
a. Eula Mattie
Minyard born July 15,1909 in Carroll County and died July
21,1990 in Greenwood, Mississippi. She married Thomas Emmitt
Minyard, born June 11, 1908 in Carroll County, Mississippi,
the son of James Jacob “Jake” Minyard and Ellen Missouri
Minyard. He died November 30,1966 in
Carroll County and both were buried in the Enon ME Cemetery.
b. Rufus
Minyard born October 19,1915 and married Carrie Valentine
“Vallie” Pinkston, born February 14,1917 (February 6,1919?)
in Mississippi and died June 3,1996 while a resident of
Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. She was the daughter
of Felix Greenberry Pinkston and Lillie Blanche Wimberly.
They lived most of their married life in Indiana. Rufus died
July 4,1975 at Crown Point in Lake County, Indiana. He and
Carrie are both buried in the Enon Cemetery. (Children:
Jerome Minyard married Brucene Browning; Charlotte Minyard
married Billy Tallant: Gloria Faye Minyard married Morris
Browning; Yvonne Minyard married Walter Hall; Christine
Minyard married Horace Gilbreath; and Randy Minyard married
Jackie Carney).
c. Lera
Minyard born July 16,1918 and died April 1,1997. She was
married on December 22,1934 to George Anderson Pinkston,
born October 19,1916 in Mississippi and died June 18,1976.
He was the son of Felix Greenberry “Green” Pinkston and
Blanche Wimberly. They are both buried in the Enon Cemetery
in Carroll County. (Children: One daughter married first ??
Welch and had four children and married secondly ?? Layman;
One daughter married ?? McCorkle and had two children; and a
son married ?? Alford and had two children).
d. Malcom
Minyard born January 13,1923 and died January 20,1961 and
was buried in the Enon ME Cemetery.
10. Hettie Minyard
was born December 1,1879 and died July 31,1955 and is buried
in the Enon ME Church Cemetery, Carroll County, Mississippi.
She was married on April 23,1902 to Cornelius Littleton
Cheek, born about 1861, the son of George Cheek and
Artemissa Elmira Trotter. Hettie and Littleton were living
together on the 1910 Carroll County census but Littleton was
living in a separate household with his mother on the 1920
Carroll County census. His mother was listed as A. E.
Turnipseed age 82 and born in Mississippi. Her parents were
Thomas Trotter and Mary A. ?? and both were born in
Tennessee. George Cheek, born about 1835, was the son of
John Cheek and Susan Jane Trotter. Artemissa Trotter
(Cheek), born about 1837, was married in 1868 to Thomas
Luther Turnipseed, born November 11,1818 in Richland County,
South Carolina and died November 13,1902 in Carroll
County,Mississippi and was buried in the Jordan Chapel
Cemetery in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was married first
to Celia Shepherd.
Children:
a. Harry V.
Cheek born February 11,1903 and died November 15,1977 and
was buried in Enon Cemetery in Carroll County. He married
Louise Minyard born January 10,1920 and died May 24,2004
while a resident of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi.
She was the daughter of James Jacob Minyard and Ellen
Missouri Minyard. Children: Clinton Liddell Cheek born
August 31,1942 and died December 11,1983 and was buried in
Enon Cemetery; and two others.
b. Joseph C.
(Chester?) Cheek born about 1905 as listed on 1910 Carroll
County census.
c. David
Martin Cheek born October 11,1908 and died May 7,1982 and
was buried in Enon Cemetery in Carroll County. He married
Sadie Noland born about 1919 and died from cancer at age 82
in Greenwood and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in
North Carrollton, Carroll County, Mississippi. She was a
native and lifelong resident of Carroll County and
Greenwood. Children: David Vinson Cheek Selma Cheek Thorn;
Alice Cheek Worrell; Bonnie Cheek Watkins; Shirley Cheek
Underwood; Rachel Cheek Grones; and Kathy Cheek Carpenter.
(*From obituary in the “Winona Times” newspaper the week of
June 21,2001*)
d. John
“Johnie” Cheek born June 7,1911 and died January 21,1983.
He married Margaret E. “Maggie “ Minyard, born February
21,1915 and died February 22, 1974. She was the daughter of
James Jacob Minyard and Ellen Missouri Minyard. Both are
buried in Enon Cemetery in Carroll County. Children: David
Alton Cheek born August 7,1935 and died July 28,1987 and was
buried in Enon Cemetery; and four others.
11. (John ) Decatur
Minyard born 1882 and married (?Mattie Carpenter?). He moved
to Arkansas around 1922 but it is unknown if he stayed there
permanently.
12. Silas Minyard
born 1889. He moved to Arkansas around 1922 but it is
unknown if he stayed there permanently.
B. WILLIAM “BILL” MINYARD born
December 4,1833 and was married in Carroll County on July
19,1860 to MARY FRANCIS LAGRONE, born February 6,1831 (June
2,1831?) in Williamson County, Tennessee, the daughter of
WILLIAM LAGRONE and MARY ANN HALFACRE/HAVACRE. William
Lagrone was born February 28,1788 in South Carolina and died
September 6,1852 in Carroll County, Mississippi. He was the
son of John Adam Lagron. He was married in Williamson
County, Tennessee on October 24, 1814 to Mary Ann
Halfacre/Havacre, the daughter of Jacob Halfacre and Mary
Richards. She was born April 10,1792 in South Carolina and
died August 10,l849 in Williamson County, TN.
CHILDREN:
1. William F. H.
Minyard born about 1862 in Mississippi and was married in
Carroll County on January 12,1888 to Estelle Browning.
2. James E. Minyard
born about 1863 in Mississippi.
3. Mary C. Minyard
born about 1864 in Mississippi.
4. Sarah E. Minyard
born about 1866 in Mississippi.
C. THOMAS EDWARD MINYARD
born 1835 and died in 1852.
D. MELISSA MINYARD born
June 13 or 18,1837 and was married in Carroll County on
December 11,1856 to ADAM C. CARPENTER, born August 12,1829
in Mississippi and died November 1,1871 or 1874. Melissa
died May 21,1902. They were buried in Mission Church
Cemetery near Winona in Carroll County (present day
Montgomery County).
CHILDREN:
1. Sarah “Sally”
Carpenter born about 1858 in Mississippi.
2. Miranda
Carpenter born about 1861 in Mississippi.
3. Anda Carpenter
born about 1868 in Mississippi.
4. (?Laura
Carpenter married Ford Thompson?)
E. ADAM MINYARD born in
September 1838.
F. MARGARET “MAGGIE”
MINYARD born July 7,1839 and was married in Carroll County
on May 12,1859 to JAMES LATNER LAGRONE, born January 19,1826
in Williamson County, Tennessee, the son of WILLIAM LAGRONE
and MARY ANN HALFACRE/HAVACRE. William Lagrone was born
February 28,1788 in South Carolina and died September 6,1852
in Carroll County, Mississippi. He was the son of John Adam
Lagron. He was married in Williamson County, Tennessee on
October 24, 1814 to Mary Ann Halfacre/Havacre, the daughter
of Jacob Halfacre and Mary Richards. She was born April
10,1792 in South Carolina and died August 10,l849 in
Williamson County, TN. James Latner Lagrone had come to
Carroll County, Mississippi, with his father, William
Lagrone, and his brothers and sisters before the l850 Census
was taken and after his mother had died. James Latner
Lagrone died on May 21,1873 in Sunflower County, Mississippi
and was buried in the city cemetery in Indianola,
Mississippi. Thereafter, Margaret moved back to Carroll
County where she was married a second time on December
8,1877 to JOHN C. CARPENTER, born in December 1851, possibly
the son of Henry Carpenter and Millsbury Jackson. Margaret
moved to the boundary area of Drew County and Ashley County,
Arkansas in the 1890's along with her sons, James, Henry and
Thomas and daughter Fannie Lagrone, and settled on the
county line. She died there on January 27,1918 and was
buried in the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Ashley County, Arkansas.
The first six Lagrone children were born in Carroll County
and the last two in Sunflower County.
CHILDREN:
1. James William
Lagrone born March 10,1860 in Carroll County and moved to
Arkansas in the 1890's where he settled on the boundary
between Drew and Ashley Counties, Arkansas. He was married
in Veasey Township, Drew County, Arkansas on September
16,1899 to Georgia Alcora Vernon, born about 1875 and died
in 1958, the daughter of John Joseph Vernon and Catherine
Elizabeth Pearson. She came from Stewart, Webster County,
Mississippi, a little town on Hwy 82 between Winona and
Eupora. She was a divorcee of Jack Murphy with two
daughters: Minnie Belle Murphy (born October l4, l895, and
died in May l991) and Etta Maye Murphy (born June l6, l898
and died July 29, l903). James died on March 1,1920. Georgia
was married a third time to Albert H. "Allie" Wolfe, born
January 19,1877 and died October 10,1957 and was buried in
the Lone Sarafass Cemetery, Drew County, Arkansas. He was
the son of Albert Trapnell Wolfe and Anna (Dutch) Ferguson.
James Latner Lagrone and Georgia are both buried in Prairie
Grove Cemetery, Veasey Township, Drew County, Arkansas.
Children:
a. John Latner
Lagrone born July 9,1901 in Bearhouse Township, Ashley
County, Arkansas. He was married to Elsie Spooner, a
divorcee of Lucian Rawls with two children: Danny Rawls and
Nancy Rawls. She lived in Eldorado, AR, when they married,
but she was born and reared in the Scotland Community near
Junction City, Arkansas. John died in January 1981 and Elsie
died January 31,1997 in Fort Worth, Texas. Both are buried
in the Mt. Scott Cemetery in the Scotland Community near
Junction City, Arkansas. John Latner Lagrone never had any
children of his own.
b. Maggie
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Lagrone born October 1,1902 in Bearhouse
Township, Ashley County, Arkansas and was married on July
27,1919 to Dan Bull Wolfe, born August 24,1901 at Prairie
Grove, Drew County, Arkansas. He was the son of Philip
Zadock “Dock” Wolfe and Mary Avelina “Mollie” Lee. Dan died
January 8,1989 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine
Bluff, Arkansas. Maggie died January 28,1991 at the Drew
Memorial Hospital in Monticello, Arkansas and both she and
Dan are buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery in Veasey Township,
Drew County, Arkansas. (Children: (1) James Dock “JD” Wolfe
born June 30,1920 in Drew County and married first on July
1,1945 (?July 27,1945?) to Lola Maxine Barton, born July
1920 in Enid, Oklahoma and died May 1994 (?born February
13,1917 and died February 20,1997?) and second in Ohio to
Naomi Rolfe, a widow, born January 10,1923 and died October
26,2000 while a resident of Canton, Ohio. He died March 30,
2002 and was buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery. (They had two
daughters: Karen Leigh Wolfe born June 2, l948 and Karla Sue
Wolfe born September l4,l952 and was married in 1978 to
James Francis Corcoran); and (2) Minnie Lee Wolfe born
September 17,1926 in Drew County and died March 2,1982 in
Pasadena, Texas in the Southmore Hospital and was buried in
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Drew County, Arkansas. She was
married on January 8,1948 to Cecil Allen Thurman, born
August 28,1923, the son of Charlie Allen Thurman and Elma
Pearl Wells. They had one daughter named Elizabeth Pearl
“Beth” Thurman born July 19,1950 in Houston, Texas. Cecil
was married secondly to Evelyn Coker). (*Some of the above
information is from Old Times Not Forgotten - A History
of Drew County, by Rebecca DeArmound*).
c.
Malcolm Vernon Lagrone born December 11,1906
(?December 8,1908?) in
Bearhouse Township in Drew County
and died August 18,1978 in Texas City, Texas and was buried
in Prairie Grove Cemetery, Drew County, Arkansas. He was
married first in Drew County to Carrie Reynolds (no
children) and after his divorce secondly in Broaddus, Texas
to Gladys Jennings. He was married a third time to Pauline
Corder from Wyoming. Children: James Latner Lagrone married
first Fay Pace and his second wife’s name is unknown. (He
has two sons, James Malcom Lagrone and Craig Lagrone).
2. John David
Lagrone born August 15,1862 (?February 15,1862?) and died
October 29,1876 or 1878 and was buried in the Indianola City
Cemetery.
3. Thomas Adam
“Add” Lagrone born March 6,1864 in Carroll County and died
in 1947. He was married on January 18,1888 to Sarah (Mary)
Etta Herod, born January 28,1868 at Colia, Carroll County,
the daughter of James Tucker Herod and Sarah Elizabeth
Henry. He moved his family to Arkansas in the fall of
1890-91. They were residents of Long Prairie near Fountain
Hill, Arkansas. Sarah Etta died November 2, 1956. They are
both buried in Mt Olive Cemetery, Ashley County, Arkansas.
Children:
a. Thomas Adam
“Little Add” Lagrone,Jr. born August 14,1890 and was married
in Union County, Arkansas in 1930 to Jessie Idelle Robinson,
born March 19,1889 in Union County, Arkansas, the daughter
of Thomas Walker S. Robinson and Hattie E. Harrison. She was
married first to Thomas Kemper Parnell. Thomas Lagrone died
January 9,1962 in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas and
Jessie died on February 15,1965 and both were buried in the
Woodlawn Cemetery at El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.
Children: (1) Mary Catherine Lagrone married Paul Burchfield
of Crossett, Arkansas; and other children. (*Note: Marriage
Records in Arkansas, El Dorado, Union County Book 11 Page
471*).
b. John David
LaGrone born August 12,1892 at Hamburg, Arkansas and died
August 21,1895. (?Buried Mt. Olive Cemetery?)
c. Joseph
“Joe” Lagrone born July 24,1899 and died January 1973. He
married Ruth ??, born October 22,1907 and died April 1980.
They were residents of Long Beach, California.
d. Edward
Clinton Lagrone born November 14,1901 in Drew County,
Arkansas and was married on September 17,1927 to Hyla Eloise
Finnell, born September 3,1907 in Drew County, the daughter
of Greer G. Finnell and Oma R. Wolf/Wolfe. He died in
December 1986 and both are buried in the Hamburg City
Cemetery, Ashley County, Arkansas. (Their three children
were: (1) Charles Frederick Lagrone born December 22,1928 in
Drew County, Arkansas and died in 1998 and was buried in the
Hamburg City Cemetery, Ashley County, Arkansas. He married
?? Gates; (2) Ronald Glen Lagrone born October 10,1934 in
Crossett, Arkansas and died October 3,2002 at Hamburg in
Ashley County; and (3) Pam Lagrone).
e. J. Claud
LaGrone of Walnut Lake, Arkansas. He died while working at
the town of Pickens on the Pickens Plantation Store near
Walnut Lake in Dumas, Arkansas. Children: Patricia Lagrone
who was married to ?? Rash but never had children.
f. George
Alfred Lagrone born November 18,1904 and died in October
1973. He married Bernice Ferguson, born July 21,1906 and
died January 30,1988, the daughter of Louis Ferguson and
Elizabeth Cresswell. They were residents of Hamburg in
Ashley County. Alfred and Bernice are buried in Mt. Olive
Cemetery in Ashley County. Children: (1) Clotine Lagrone
married first to Peejack Doss (Children: Gerald Doss, Glenda
Ann Doss and Marilyn Doss married David Carpenter). Clotine
was married second to W. L. Keene (?King?) and had one
daughter; and (2) Dorothy Sue Lagrone who married Charles
Booth (Children: David Allen Booth who married Wanda Sue
McManus; Anita Booth who married ?? Harville; and Debbie Sue
Booth who married Gary Carter).
g. Clyde
Conger Lagrone born August 21,1907 at Hamburg in Ashley
County and died December 19,1993 while a resident of Chicot
County and was buried in the Oakland Cemetery at Monticello
in Drew County. He was married in Desha County, Arkansas on
May 4,1935 to Julia Asha Grisham, born February 6,1915 in
Drew County and died June 20,2000 while a resident of
Cadwell in St. Francis County, Arkansas. She was the
daughter of Thomas Vinston “Ben” Grisham and Ina Maude
McCone. Children: (1) Jan Leon Lagrone; and (2) Clyde
Carroll Lagrone born at Dumas in Desha County and was
married at Widener, Arkansas on July 3,1970 to Martha Jane
Bickerstaff. (They had two daughters: Paula Ann LaGrone born
August 4,1972 at West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas
and married Billy Gene Key, Jr.; and Robin Carol LaGrone
born September 25,1975 at West Memphis, Crittenden County).
h. Ira Lagrone
born April 5,1915 and died April 1966. He married first
Linnie Andrews and second to Ruby S. ??, born December
8,1913 and died October 2, 1991. They were residents on
Monticello in Drew County. Children by first wife: (1)
Carroll Lagrone; and (2) Raymond Lagrone (who married and
had a boy and a girl named Ruby Lagrone. The girl married
several times but by Bobby Harris had a daughter named
Stephanie, and she has a baby daughter).
4. Mary Ellen
Lagrone born July 11,1866 and died August 15,1867.
5. Sarah Margaret
Lagrone born September 28,1868 in Carroll County and was
married on January 19,1888 to Joseph Fields Herod/Herrod,
born October 9,1866 at Colia, Carroll County, the son of
James Tucker Herod and Sarah Elizabeth Henry and a brother
of Sarah Etta Herod. Joseph died March 13,1936 and Sarah
died December 12,1951. They never moved to Arkansas.
Children:
a. James
Lagrone Herod born November 7,1888 and died January 16,1933
b. Mary Etta
Herod born February 23,1890 and died July 20,1900
c. Joseph
Fields Herod, Jr. born January 22,1892
d. Archie
Pile(not sure) Herod born February 11,1894 and died March
28,1912
e. Henry
Waterson Herod born January 4,1896
f. Thomas
Edward Herod born December 18,1897
g. Lawrence
Ward Herod born January 30,1900 (twin) and died July 2?,1900
h. Sarah
Elizabeth Herod born January 30,1900 (twin) and died July
28,1900
i. Fred
Herrod (Started using the second r) born November 17,1902
j. Sam Wallen
Herrod born December 31,1905
k. Larcires
Brown Herrod born November 17,1908
l. William
Howard Herrod born February 6,1912
6. Henry
Bunion/Bunyan “Bun” Lagrone born February 9,1871 in Carroll
County and died in 1931. He was married in Ashley County,
Arkansas on December 20,1894 to Della Martha Scott, born
1877 in Arkansas and died in 1958. They both are buried in
the Prairie Grove Cemetery in Veasey Township, Drew County,
Arkansas.
Children:
a. Thomas
Edward Lagrone born February 10,1898 and died October
25,1970. He never married and resided his final years in a
nursing home in Lake Village, AR.
He is buried in the Prairie Grove
Cemetery.
b. Callie
Maggie Lagrone born February 25,1900 in Arkansas and died
November 13,1980. She was married in Ashley County on
December 30,1916 to Arthur Lee Lloyd, born November 17,1896
and died February 24,1981, the son of Young Harrison Lloyd
and Mattie Lee Griswould. Both are buried in the Prairie
Grove Cemetery. Children: (1) Arthur Lee Lloyd, Jr. married
Margie Baker, (?born July 6,1920 and died April 19,1989?);
(2) Thomas Lloyd married Geneva Wigley; (3) Devita/ Deveda
Lloyd married Ernest Boykin, (?born June 9,1911 and died
February 15, 1995?). She died while delivering still-born
twins and was buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery; (4) Lavon
Lloyd married Roy Vaiden; (5) Erastus Lloyd married Judy ??;
(6) Quentin A. Lloyd born June 26, 1928 and died November
25, 2004. He married Marie ??; (7) Bobby Lee Lloyd married
Mattie ??; (8) Martha Jane Lloyd married Houston Chapman,
(?born September 14,1927 and died January 9,2001?); (9)
Carolyn Sue Lloyd married ??; and (10) Arlon Guylene Lloyd
(buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery) married Arline Pearson.
c. Luther
Bunion Lagrone born January 26,1902 and died in May 1982. He
married Doris Williams, born July 13,1906 and died August
29,1997, the daughter of William Henry Williams and Susie
Smith. They lived the majority of their lives near Boydell,
Jerome, and Hudspeth, south of Dermott in Chicot County,
Arkansas and both are buried in the Dermott Cemetery.
Children: (1) Edward Lagrone; (2) Kenneth Lagrone; (3)
Curtis Bunion Lagrone married first Minnie ??; (4) Della
Jane Lagrone married Charlie Gladden; and (5) Quida Lagrone.
d. Fannie
Lagrone born February 6,1904 at Long Prairie, Ashley County,
Arkansas. She married Harvey Gurtman Black, born April
17,1895 and died in January 1982. She died August 11,2001 at
her home in the Jennie community near Lake Village. Both are
buried in the Lake Village Cemetery. Children: (1) Raymond
Lagrone Black born November 4,1927 and died November
13,1997. He married Sara C. ??, (?born December 28,1915 and
died April 23,2001?); (2) David Zekial Black born April
16,1926 and died February 4,2002 while a resident of Lake
Village; (3) Harvey Black of Lake Village married Selema
Mansour; (4) Lois Black married ?? Adamson of Edmond, OK;
(5) Patsy Black of Lake Village; and (6) another son who
drowned.
e. David
William Lagrone born in 1896 and died in 1919. He married ??
and had twins who died. All are buried in the Prairie Grove
Cemetery.
7. Jacob Lagrone
born and died on March 5,1873 and was buried in the
Indianola City Cemetery in the same plot as his brother John
David Lagrone and his father, James Latner Lagrone.
8. Fannie Latner
Lagrone born January 23,1874 at Indianola, Mississippi and
died January 28,1957 in Star City, Arkansas. She married
Peter C. Carpenter, born about 1869 in Mississippi, possibly
the son of Henry Carpenter and Millsbury Jackson. He died
February 4,1914 and both are buried in the Mt. Olive
Cemetery in Bearhouse Township, Ashley County, Arkansas.
Children:
a. Annie
Myrtle Carpenter born February 9,1901 and died in August
1974. She married first Jake Lloyd. After her divorce she
was married a second time to J. Gilbert Matthews, born
August 26,1892 and died in September 1980. Both are buried
in Star City, Lincoln County, Arkansas. Her children were:
Durwood Lloyd married Margie Ferguson; Milbury Lloyd married
James Andrew Jackson,III; Jewel “Judy” Lloyd married Warner
Cruce (Children: Sharon Cruce married ?? Davis); Atheleen
Lloyd married first ?? Crisp and second ?? Pace; Emma Jean
Lloyd married ?? Curry; and Ray Lloyd married first ?? and
second ?? McClendon.
9. Hattie Carpenter
born August 13,1878 and died August 31,1919. She was married
in Carroll County, Mississippi on December 23,1897 to Angus
Martin Minyard, born December 8,1868 and died July 6,1960 in
Mississippi County, Arkansas. He was the son of Owen
Minyard and Charity Carpenter. In about 1922 Angus left
Carroll County and moved his family to Dell in Mississippi
County, Arkansas.
Children:
a. Marshall
Minyard born October 6,1898 and died June 20,1899.
b. Maggie
Jimmie Minyard born July 15,1900 and died May 3,1940. She
married J. P. Cohea.
c. Angus Ford
Minyard born January 22,1902 and died October 9,1969 at
Wardell in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
d. James Neal
Minyard born January 17,1904 and died January 31,1981. He
married Mary Francis Cohea, born October 27,1911 and died
May 1977. Both died at Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee.
Children were: James Angus Minyard born September 15,1930;
Marshall Minyard born October 8,1933, Billy Gene Minyard
born July 5,1935; Dan Minyard born July 21,1937; Oudia Ruth
Minyard (Curtis) born October 8,1939; Millard Minyard born
February 3,1948.
e. Ada Helen
Minyard born November 23,1905 and died September 27,1977 at
Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama. She married Elmer
Crumwell on February 8,1930. Children were: Little Della
Ruth Crumwell born and died November 23,1930; Paulean
Crumwell born May 17,1932, Dorothy Dell Crumwell born March
18,1934; Ira Sails Crumwell born March 18,1934; Barbara
Kilfean Crumwell born March 19,1936; Robby J. Crumwell born
January 1,1938 and died in July 1938; Robert Wesley Crumwell
born in May 1941; and Carolyn Faye Crumwell born ??.
f. John
Minyard born February 17,1908 in Carrollton and died on
December 24, 1980. He was married on October 23,1937 to
Leslie Lee Dildine, the daughter of William Homer Dildine
and Mattie Dee George. She was born June 11,1917 in
Dyersberg, Tennessee and died August 11,2000. Both died at
Dudley, Stoddard County, Missouri. Both are buried at Shane
Memorial Cemetary in Fisk, Butler County, Missouri.
Children: John Calvin Minyard born August 3,1938; Homer
Glenn Minyard born June 29,1940 and died July 16,1989;
Esther Mae Minyard (Peracki) born February 19,1942; Frances
Lucille Minyard (Mullins) born November 2,1946; Margaret
Minyard (Wilkerson, Abernathy) born February 19, 1948;
Jannette Minyard (Brown) and Annette Minyard (Brown, Lack)
born May 18,1949. (* married names in parenthesis)
g. Mattie
Lucille Minyard born May 5,1910 and died October 20,2002 at
Portage in Porter County, Indiana. She was first married to
?? Corley and secondly to Myles Thomas.
h. Zula
Minyard born October 4,1912 and died December 3,1928.
i. Owen
Minyard born October 8,1914 and died April 30,1982 at
Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. He married Geneva Rynes on
April 20,1935. Children were: Barbara Ann Minyard (Hankins)
born April 20,1936; Bonnie Lynn Minyard (?) born June
5,1938; Earnest Wayne Minyard born January 3,1941; and Ruby
Laverne Minyard (Bell) born ??.
j. Hattie
Vivian Minyard born July 18,1917 and died December 13,1918.
10. Martha Carpenter
born about 1879 from 1880 Carroll County census.
11. John C.
Carpenter,Jr., born after 1880 census. He moved to Dermott
in Chicot County, Arkansas. He had a couple of daughters and
a son named J. C. Carpenter, who was a deputy or sheriff or
some sort of lawman in Dermott, AR for years. One of his
daughters lived in Crossett, AR.
G. ESTHER CAROLINE MINYARD born in 1844 and died in 1861.
H. JAMES PETER MINYARD
born July 20,1847 in Carroll County and was married on
October 16,1870 to SARAH “SALLIE” ROBERTSON STONE, born
January 17,1846 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, the
daughter of DUDLEY and SALLIE STONE. Sallie traveled with
her family in 1858 to Carroll County, Mississippi. James
Peter served in the Confederate Army, Company F, 1st
Mississippi Cavalry, Reserved Corps, organized in 1864 under
Captain T. C. Shipp. He died January 4,1895 and is buried in
the Midway Cemetery along with his children. SALLIE was
married secondly on February 7, 1897 to ZEBEDIAH B. GUESS.
He died January 2,1901 and she died May 17,1911 and she was
buried in Midway Methodist Church Cemetery.
CHILDREN:
1. James Dudley
Minyard born September 24,1871 and died March 31,1880 from
pneumonia and was buried in Midway Methodist Church
Cemetery.
2. Thomas Benjamin
Minyard born September 16,1874 and died April 6,1943. He was
married on December 12,1894 to Mary Emily “Mamie” Owen, the
daughter of Reverend Robert G. and L. H. Owen of Holmes
County, Mississippi. She died in 1951.
Children:
a. Lura Etta
Minyard born October 27,1895 and married first Walter Henry
Davis and second Pat Fugate. She had no children.
b. James
Patrick Minyard born November 29,1896 and was married on
November 15,1927 to Mary Lucretia Duke. Mary died on June
19,1977 and James died on July 20,1977 in Belzoni,
Mississippi. (Children: Virginia Lee Minyard; James Patrick
Minyard,Jr. (?born May 11,1929 and died January 15,2001 in
Harrisonburg County, Virginia?); Robert Turner Minyard
(?born January 12,1934 and died August 1982 at Biloxi in
Harrison County, Mississippi?); and Jerry Owen Minyard, born
October 4,1937 and died July 21,1992 in Washington County,
Mississippi).
c. Lola Louise
Minyard born September 4,1904 and married Charles Costigan.
Children: Emily Louise Costigan.
3. William Walter
Minyard born October 16,1876 and death date unknown. He was
married in Carroll County on November 23,1899 to Sarah
Catherine “Katie” Guess.
Children:
a. Burgess
Isaac ”Bert” Minyard born March 28,1914 and died January
31,1994 at Jackson in Hinds County, Mississippi.
b. W. Houston
Minyard (* a Huston Minyard was married in Grenada County on
February 19,1922 to Ellen Bell*)
c. Dudley S.
Minyard born August 18,1910 and died February 1987 at
Jackson in Hinds County, Mississippi.
d. E. C.
Minyard.
4. Sarah Ellen
Minyard born October 18,1878 and died August 22,1879 from
congestion and was buried in Midway Methodist Cemetery.
5. James Peter
Minyard born September 10,1880 and died August 6,1896 and
was buried in Midway Methodist Cemetery.
6. Sallie Elizabeth
Minyard born March 16,1883 and died August 18,1884 and was
buried in Midway Methodist Cemetery.
7. Adam Hendricks
Minyard born August 22,1886 and died December 5,1902
(December 4,1903?) and was buried in Midway Methodist
Cemetery.
I. SARAH ELLEN MINYARD
born about 1848 in Carroll County. Some researchers show her
birth date of July 20,1847 which would make her a twin of
James Peter Minyard.
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2. MARY MINYARD was born 1794 in
Georgia.
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3. WILLIAM MINYARD was born 1798
in Georgia and died between 1870-1880. He was married in
Carroll County, Mississippi on August 27,1837 to ANNIS
CARPENTER, born about 1811 in Georgia, the daughter of JOHN
CARPENTER and ESTHER KENNEDY (CANADAY) of Moore County,
North Carolina. In 1833 he moved his family from Lawrence
County to Carroll County, MS.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM
MINYARD AND ANNIS CARPENTER:
A. JOHN KENNEDY MINYARD born
June 25,1838 in Carroll County, Mississippi and died
February 17,1917 in Enid, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
He was married first in Carroll County on February 20,1861
to CYNTHIA A. JOHNSTON, born July 27,1841 in Carroll County
and died there in October 1869. He was married secondly in
Carroll County on January 23,1872 to FRANCES E. LOWERY, born
in May 1838 in Mississippi and died September 6,1903 in
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi and both she and John were
buried in Pine Hill Church Cemetery, Tallahatchie County.
John K. Minyard joined the CSA May 14,1862 at Grenada,
Mississippi. He was a Pvt. in Capt. Andrew M. Nelson's Co,
42nd Regiment, Miss Volunteers. The Company later became Co.
"A", 42 Regiment, Miss Infantry. He was wounded at
Gettysburg on July 1,1863 when he was hit in the side by a
piece of shell and he was left with the wounded and captured
on July 3,1863. He was a prisoner of war until being paroled
in a prisoner exchange in January 1864. His command
surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse , Virginia in 1865.
(Grandson: Edgar Kennedy born March 31,1898 and died in
October 1927 and was buried Pine Hill Cemetery,
Tallahatchie, Mississippi).
CHILDREN:
1. Abigail Minyard
born about 1862.
2. Hilliard Minyard
born about 1864.
3. William Harvey
Minyard born November 26,1865 in Carroll County and died
March 31,1920 in Crowell, Foard County, Texas. He was
married in Grenada County, Mississippi on June 28,1890 to
Ella Nora Smith, the daughter of Noah B. Smith and Lillith
(Tabitha) Angeline Coward. Ella was born April 3,1871 in
Mississippi.
Children:
a. Cynthia
Virgie Minyard born November 2,1891 and died September 15 or
17, 1968 while a resident of Crowell, Foard County, Texas.
She married ?? Wright.
b. Inos
Angelina Minyard born March or May 8,1893 in Carroll County
and died July 3,1983 at Wellington, Collingsworth County,
Texas. She married ?? Taylor.
c. Zelpher
“Zee” Bell Minyard born April 16,1894 and died November
6,1969 while a resident of Crowell, Foard County, Texas. She
married ?? Marlow.
d. Hugh Estes
“Bud” Minyard born July 12,1896 and died February 9,1968
while a resident of Crowell, Foard County, Texas.
e. Cora Lee
Minyard born January 8,1901 and died November 13,1983.
4. James Peter
Minyard born May 12,1869 in Carroll County and died June
9,1934. He was married in Carroll County on January 21,1891
to Mattie Jane McCrary, born April 3,1874 in Carroll County
and died November 19,1927. She was the daughter of Samuel
Monroe McCrary and Mildred K. Martin. James and Mattie
resided in Holmes County, Mississippi.
Children:
a. John Monroe
Minyard born February 8,1892 in Holmes County and died April
25,1966. (*J. M. Minyard was married in Grenada County on
November 15,1906 to Clara Gibson*)
b. Ben Johnson
Minyard born July 19,1893 in Holmes County and died February
6, 1952.
c. Herman Boyd
Minyard born July 10,1895 in Carroll County and died March
27, 1897.
d. Alious
Rodgers Minyard born March 14,1897 in Carroll County and
died March 25,1898.
e. Claude
Clinton Minyard born May 15,1898 in Holmes County,
Mississippi and died April 25,1938. (*a Claud Minyard was
married in Grenada County on December 15,1920 to Mable
Johnson*)
f. Lula
Thelma Minyard born February 23,1901 in Holmes County and
died May 3, 1987. She was married in Bolivar County,
Mississippi on May 18,1918 to William Archie Watts.
g. Mattie Mae
Minyard born September 25,1903 in Holmes County and died
August 4,1970.
h. Allie Bell
Minyard born June 15,1907 in Holmes County and died June
24,1978.
5. Henry F. Minyard
born about 1874.
6. Martha C.
Minyard born about 1876.
7. Child died young
B. ESTHER ELIZABETH MINYARD
born about 1839 in Carroll County, MS.
C. MARY ELLEN MINYARD born
about 1841/1843 in Carroll County, Mississippi. She was
married in Carroll County on December 27,1859 to ABNER A.
CARPENTER, born about 1836 in Carroll County, the son of
NATHANIEL CARPENTER (born 1797 in Putnam, GA) and ELEANOR
“NELLY” CASE (born about 1802 in GA).
CHILDREN:
1. Missouri I.
Carpenter born 1861 in Mississippi
2. Thomas Carpenter born 1862
in Mississippi
3. Nathan A. Carpenter born
1865 in Mississippi
4. William Carpenter born 1867
in Mississippi
5. Martha O. Carpenter born
1870 in Mississippi
6. Joseph L. Carpenter born
1872 in Mississippi (buried in Mission Church Cemetery in
Montgomery County, Mississippi?)
7. Finis E. Carpenter born 1874
in Mississippi
8. Alva V. Carpenter born 1879 in Mississippi
D. DELANEY “LANNIE”
MINYARD born about 1844 in Carroll County and was married in
Carroll County on January 23,1872 to FRANCIS L. HIGHTOWER,
born November 1846 in Mississippi.
E. EVERITT EDWARD MINYARD
born March 1846 in Carroll County, Mississippi. He was
married there on January 23,1872 to FRANCES L. “FANNIE”
EMMONS, born in November 1846 in Mississippi and died in
1946 in Carroll County. She was the daughter of GREEN C.
EMMONS and MARGARET LESLIE. She was married first about 1860
to P. L. HIGHTOWER. They had five children together.
CHILDREN:
1. Fannie Joe
Minyard
2. Mary Clem
Minyard born in July 1883 (*A Clemmie Minyard was married in
Grenada County on November 16,1904 to A. T. Bell*)
3. Bud Minyard
4. Minnie Minyard
born 1876 in Mississippi
5. Mattie Minyard
born 1879 in Mississippi
F. MARTHA “MATTIE” MINYARD
born about 1848 in Carroll County. She was married on
December 24,1878 in Carroll County to W. L. THOMPSON.
G. BAILEY L. MINYARD born
April 1850 in Carroll County. He was married about 1872 to
LOUISA ELIZABETH TROTTER, born February 1848 in Carroll
County and died there after 1900. Both are buried in Mount
Pisgah Cemetery in Carroll County.
CHILDREN:
1. Mary Annie
Minyard was born September 1878 in Carroll County. She
married Richard Elliott Montgomery.
Children:
a. Johnny
Bailey Montgomery.
2. Arthur Minyard
born March 1880
3. Martha (Narcis)
Minyard born September 1883
4. Lillian Minyard
born May 1886
5. Jimmie (female)
Minyard born about 1890
6. Sallie Minyard
born about 1891
7. Katey Minyard
born about 1895
H. WILLIAM J. MINYARD born
about 1853 in Carroll County. He was married in Carroll
County on October 18,1873 to SALLIE THOMPSON, born 1855 at
Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Alabama. Children’s names from
1880 Carroll County census.
CHILDREN:
1. Thomas E.
Minyard born about 1875
2. Cara Lee Minyard
born about 1879
I. JAMES MONROE “BUD”
MINYARD born January 5,1855 in Carroll County and died
February 28,1911 in Grenada County, Mississippi. He was
married in Carroll County on September 20,1877 to ELIZABETH
LULA “LIZZIE” DUBARD, born March 9,1862 and died January
17,1942 in Grenada County, Mississippi. They are both buried
in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Grenada County, Mississippi.
Children’s names from 1900 Carroll County census.
CHILDREN:
1. Mary Jo
(Josephine) Minyard born about 1878 and was married in
Carroll County on August 23,1900 (or February 2,1901?) to
Henry Holman (C.?) Buford, born in 1878 and died in 1909.
He was the son of John Quincy Adams Buford and Mary J.
“Mollie” Steen. Mary Jo died about 1913 from TB. She and
Henry are both buried in the New Shiloh Baptist Church
Cemetery in Carroll County. After Mary Jo died their
children were placed in the Baptist Children’s Village at
Clinton, Mississippi in October 1913 by their grandmother,
Lizzie Minyard. Henry was first married to Devie Nolan and
they had a daughter, Dessie Buford, born in 1901 and died
April 30,1978 and was married to Kittrell Smith, born in
1899 and died in 1963 and both are buried in the New Shiloh
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. James K. Buford
born January 10,1903 and died July 24,1978. He was married
on September 29,1928 at Marrianna, Arkansas to Grace Belle
Clifton, born September 21,1907 and died December 24,1989.
She was the daughter of William Clifton and Clara Belle
Murrah. Both are buried in the Helen Crigger Cemetery in
Munford, Tennessee. James K. Buford was a cotton ginner and
lived in Marianna, Arkansas until 1976 when he moved to
Munford, Tennessee where his daughter lived.
b. Henry Hinds
Buford born September 23,1905 and died in October 1961 and
was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens at Greenville,
Mississippi. He was married in December 1927 at Tunica,
Mississippi to Cora Mabel Jennings, born February 8,1910 and
died December 9,1996 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery at
Tunica, Mississippi.
c. Mary
Elizabeth Buford born August 15,1907 and died February
2,1995 in Fort Worth, Texas. She was adopted by the Charles
Curtis family in 1915 but later had her legal name changed
back to Buford. She was married on November 25,1931 to
Daniel Forest Myers, born November 26,1896 and died April
13,1988. Both are buried in Lakewood Memorial Cemetery at
Jackson, Mississippi.
d. Talmadge
Holman Buford born June 27,1909 and died October 19 or
29,1986. He married Flora May Siddon, born June 6,1912. Both
are buried in the New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in
Carroll County, Mississippi.
2. Sallie A. Minyard born March
1884
3. Josephine
Minyard born March 1885
4. Maggie F.
Minyard born January 1888
5. Evalina Minyard
born December 1889
6. Eugenia Minyard
born September 1891
7. Thomas E.
Minyard born October 1896
8. Addie Monroe
Minyard (November 19,1904/ lived 18 months
from headstone in the
Spring Hill Cemetery in Grenada County, Mississippi)
J. T. MONROE MINYARD born
about 1858 in Carroll County, MS.
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4. JOHN MINYARD was born 1795 in
Georgia and died before 1870. On the 1850 Copiah County, MS
census he is shown as age 60 years and living in the
household of his sister, Elizabeth, born 1803, and her
husband Thomas Case. In 1833 John went to Copiah County, MS
with his sister Elizabeth Minyard Case and her husband
Thomas Case.
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5. (SON) MINYARD was born about
1805 in Georgia.
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6. ELIZABETH
“BETSY” MINYARD was born in 1805 in Georgia and died after
1850 in Copiah or Lincoln County, Mississippi. She was
married in Lawrence County on April 4,1882 to THOMAS J.
CASE,III, born about 1798-1800 in Georgia, the son of THOMAS
J. CASE,JR. and ?? TANNEHILL. In 1833 Elizabeth and Thomas
moved to Copiah County along with her brother John Minyard.
Thomas died in 1880 and he and Elizabeth are both buried in
the Old Macedonia Church Cemetery, Lincoln County,
Mississippi.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS CASE AND
ELIZABETH MINYARD:
A. NARCISSA MISSOURI CASE
born 1823 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and died January
23,1877. She was married in Hazelhurst, Copiah County on
December 27,1838 to JOHN ALLEN SMITH, born in 1817 in
Hazelhurst, Copiah County, Mississippi and died July 11,1893
in Laird's Mill, Lincoln County, Mississippi and was buried
in the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Bogue Chitto,
Mississippi. He was the son of HENRY SMITH (born 1790 in
Putnam County, GA) and SALLY OUSLEY. John Allen Smith was
the Treasurer of Lincoln County for 18 years. (*Note: Many
of the dates derived from "Allen Smith" Bible. This Bible
printed in New York by ABS in 1845*).
CHILDREN:
1. Jasper Smith
born September 26,1839 in Franklin County, Mississippi and
he was married in Franklin County on May 6,1860 to Nancy
Jane Tarver, born 1845 in Franklin County, Mississippi.
Jasper was killed in the Civil War on October 3,1864 at Big
Shanty, Georgia and was buried on October 4,1864 at
Peachtree, Georgia. He was a Corporal in the 33rd
Infantry, Company D. (*Death date of October 4,1862 from
“Allen Smith” Bible*)
Children:
a. Malissa
Narcissa Smith born November 10,1862.
2. Elizabeth Jane
Smith born May 1,1842 in Franklin County, Mississippi and
died November 1,1852 in Franklin County and was buried in
the Friendship Church Cemetery at Bogue Chitto, Mississippi.
(*Died November 1,1850 from “Allen Smith” Bible*)
3. James K. Polk
Smith born December 28,1844/5 in Franklin County,
Mississippi and died November 19,1925. He was married in
Franklin County on December 18,1886 to Letha Ann Burt, born
in 1849 in Mississippi and died in 1908. She was the
daughter of William Burt and Mary Lofton.
Children:
a. Walter
Smith born 1875
b. Perry Smith
born 1877
c. Irvin Smith
born 1879
d. Paul Smith
born 1884
e. Susan Smith
born 1885
4. Mary Jane
“Polly” Smith born December 28,1845 in Franklin County,
Mississippi and died March 29,1956 in Franklin County,
Mississippi.
5. Irvin/Ervin I.
Smith born October 16,1847 in Franklin County, Mississippi.
(*Born October 16,1848 from “Allen Smith” Bible*) and died
March 10,1923 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and was buried
in the Friendship Church Cemetery, Bogue Chitto,
Mississippi. (*Headstone has 1847-1931*). He was married in
Franklin County on January 3,1867/9 to Mary Ann Lofton, born
September 1847 in Franklin County (?born October 16,1848 and
died 1931?). She was the daughter of Aaron Butler Lofton,Sr.
and Nancy Smith.
Children:
a. Hattie
Smith born April 7,1888 and died August 18,1921 in Lincoln
County and was buried in the Friendship Cemetery. She was
married in Lincoln County on November 5,1904 to Thomas
William Vaughn, born November 28,1886. Children: Jessie
Vaughn born January 15,1905 and died July 31,1931. She
married James Wroton Goodwin, born June 20,1907.
6. Thomas Jefferson
Smith born July 8,1850 in Franklin County, Mississippi and
died December 10,1890 in Coahoma County, Mississippi and was
buried in Friendship Cemetery, Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. He
was married first in Lawrence County, Mississippi on
February 23,1869 to Frances Wainwright, born August 13,1853
in Union Parish, Louisiana and died November 16,1884 in
Quitman, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Dickson
“Dixon” Wainwright and Mary Ann Nettles. Thomas was married
secondly to Rhoda Stephens.
Children:
a. Celia A.
Smith born May 24,1870 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and
died about 1871.
b. William
James Smith born August 17,1872 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi and died November 24,1945 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi. He was married in Lincoln County on January
17,1894 to Annie Elizabeth McDavitt, born January 21,1874 in
Lincoln County, Mississippi and died April 4,1952 in Lincoln
County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of James Duncan
McDavitt and Eliza Jane Oliver. William and Annie were both
buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookhaven, Mississippi.
Children: Winnie Mae Smith born November 5,1894; Clara Belle
Smith born October 31,1896; Eunice Ethel Smith born June
10,1898; and Charles Thomas Smith born March 8,1903.
c. Marshall
Washington Smith born September 30,1874 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi and died January 22,1894 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi. He was married in Lincoln County on January
22,1894 to Olivia Case.
d. Mary M.
Smith born March 25,1876 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and
died May 14,1930. She was married first in Lincoln County on
March 6,1895 to William Edward Smith. She was married
secondly to Emmett McGehee.
e. Hiram
Zachariah Smith born July 9,1878 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi and died October 8,1944. He was married in
Lincoln County on November 7,1902 to Etta Smith.
f. June
“Janie” Smith born April 26,1880 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi and died in 1899. She was married in Lincoln
County on February 4,1895 to Loring H. Smith.
g. Samuel
Smith born August 28,1882 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and
died about 1901.
h. Georgia Ann
Smith born April 15,1884 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and
died April 23,1978 in Monroe, Louisiana and was buried in
Fayette, Mississippi. She was married in Mississippi on
October 20,1901 to William Otis Case, born March 19,1881 in
Mississippi and died October 13,1951. He was the son of
Martin Van Buren Case and Malissa Smith. Children: Noel Lee
Case born in Mississippi and he married Ima Elliott.
i. Bessie
Smith born November 29,1888 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
and died before 1900 in Lincoln County.
j. Claudia
Smith born April 3,1890 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and
was married in Lincoln County on December 23,1911 to Julius
Leon Smith.
7. Susan Emeline
Smith (Emily Susan Smith born February 25,1853 from “Allen
Smith” Bible) born January 25,1854 in Franklin County,
Mississippi and died May 6, 1922 in McComb, Pike County of
pulmonary tuberculosis and was buried in Wesson Cemetery,
Copiah County. (*Death Certificate #8621*). She was married
in Franklin County on December 30,1869 to John Hames Cagle,
born July 1846 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
Children:
a. Elizabeth
Cagle born 1871 in Lincoln County, MS
b. Lenoria
Nola Cagle born 1872 in Lincoln County and was married at
Jefferson, Davis County, Mississippi on December 21,1882 to
John W. Williamson. Children: Irene Williamson; Son
Williamson; and
Lela L.
Williamson born February 20,1901 in Mississippi
c. Janie N.
Cagle born 1874 in Lincoln County and was married to James
Sylvester Maddox, born 1839 in Alabama.
Children: Jessie L. Maddox
born 1893; James L. Maddox born 1895; Altha E. Maddox born
1902; and Edgar Maddox born 1904.
d. Missouri
Cagle born 1876 in Lincoln County, MS
e. Samuel
Perry Cagle born September 21,1877 in Jackson City, Hinds
County and was married in Copiah County on February 19,1899
to Louella Ludlow, born 1875 in Mississippi. Children:
Gladys Cagle born 1902 in Copiah County; Edward M. Cagle
born January 17,1905 in Copiah County; Mildred G. Cagle born
1909 in Hinds County; Samuel P. Cagle born 1912; Alfred
Ludlow Cagle born April 1, 1913 in Hinds County; and Herbert
E. Cagle born 1915 in Hinds County.
f. James Willis Cagle born 1881
in Lincoln County and was married in Arapaho County,
Colorado on January 11,1899 to Alma Burk. Children: Ruby
Cagle; Amy Lucille Cagle born December 30,1903 in Grand
Saline,Texas; John William Cagle born February 26,1906 in
Texas; Jack E. Cagle born December 5,1907 in Texas; and
James Hook Cagle born February 24,1921 in Dennison, Grayson,
Texas.
g. Hattie
Blanche Cagle born August 1882 in Mississippi and died in
1915 in Lincoln County. She was married in Copiah County on
January 18,1898 to William Thomas Covington, born August
1877 in Mississippi. Children: Alma Covington born 1901 in
Copiah or Lincoln County; James Covington born 1903 in
Copiah or Lincoln County; Cary W. Covington born July
31,1904 in Copiah or Lincoln County; and Earl B. Covington
born after 1910.
h. Charles
Allen Cagle born February 20,1884 in Jackson City, Hinds
County and was married in Copiah County on June 3,1908 to
Carrie L. Ellzey, born 1888 in Pike County, Mississippi.
Charles died May 10,1930 in Jackson City, Hinds County of
acute indigestion and was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery,
Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi. (*Death Certificate #8462*).
Children: Nora Nell Cagle born December 12,1910 in Wesson,
Copiah County; Charles A. Cagle born January 29, 1912 in
Jackson, Hinds County; Jack Cagle born December 24,1913 in
Jackson, Hinds County; James Hardy Cagle born March 5,1916
in Jackson, Hinds County; and Doris M. Cagle born about 1918
in Jackson, Hinds County.
i. Thomas
Cagle born August 1889 in Lincoln County, MS
j. Louie
Cagle born 1891 in Wesson, Copiah County, MS
k. Margaret
Cagle born 1892 in Wesson, Copiah County, MS
l. Beulah
Mae Cagle born May 1894 in MS
m. Ruby Cagle
born 1895 in Wesson, Copiah County, MS
8. Commodore Perry
Smith born November 12,1855 in Franklin County, Mississippi
and died August 11,1872 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
9. John Allen Smith,Jr. born
August 24,1858 in Franklin County, Mississippi and died
December 29,1928 in Lincoln County, Mississippi. He was
married in Lincoln County in 1878 to Nancy Matilda Lofton.
10. William Franklin
Smith born March 29,1860 in Franklin County, Mississippi and
died March 29,1928 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.(Born
March 29,1856 from “Allen Smith” Bible)
11. Hiram Allen Smith born May
10,1861 in Mississippi and died June 17,1902 in Brookhaven,
Lincoln County, Mississippi and was buried in the Friendship
Church Cemetery, Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. He was married
in 1895 to Annie L. Vaughn.
12. Johnston Smith born July
16,1862 in Franklin County, Mississippi and died July 16,
1864 in Franklin County, Mississippi. (Born July 16,1868
from “Allen Smith” Bible)
13. Edward Smith born February
22,1867 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and died September
21,1934 in Washington, D. C. He was married in Lincoln
County on October 11,1888 to Varina Ivanora Evans, born
January 25,1869 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and died
September 13,1955 in Eustis, Florida. She was the daughter
of Jasper Francis Murray Evans and Mary Jane Sutton. Both
were buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
Children:
a. Rubye N.
Smith born January 17,1893 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
and died December 24,1970 in Eustis, Florida. She was
married in Lincoln County to Samuel Lee Montgomery, born
February 6,1888 in Lincoln County, Mississippi. Children:
Mildred Evans Montgomery.
b. Susie A.
Smith born May 1895 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and died
in Barnum, Texas. She married Andrew Jackson George, born in
Texas. Children: Nora Ann George.
c. Edward
Claude Smith born April 17,1898 in Gum Grove, Mississippi
and died February 12,1982 in Eustis, Florida. He was married
on October 8,1930 to Maude Elise Kees. They had one child.
d.
Jack Edwin
Smith born June 6,1902 in Bogue Chitto,
Mississippi and died July 19,1945 in Washington, D.C. and
was buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery Washington, D.C. He
was married to Marie Loretta Thomas, born in 1904 in
Virginia. Children: William Edward Smith born February
27,1929 in Washington, D.C.; and one other child.
B. GILBERT LUTHER CASE born
December 1825 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and died in
1900 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County. He was married in
Hazelhurst, Copiah County on January 13,1856 to BARBARA JANE
CASE, born April 1833 in Lawrence County, the daughter of
HIRAM CASE and ELIZABETH NANCY JACKSON. She died in 1905 in
Brookhaven, Lincoln County. Both were buried in Old
Macedonia Cemetery in Lincoln County.
CHILDREN:
1. Samantha Case
born December 18,1856 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and
died February 4,1940. She was married at Brookhaven, Lincoln
County in 1876 to John A. Smith.
Children:
a. Henry Smith
married Hattie Durr. Children: Samantha Smith; Ada Smith;
John Butler Smith; Alice Marie Smith born May 16,1907 in
Mississippi; Chloe Smith; Clara Smith;
Marcus
Smith; and seven others.
b. Mart Smith
c. Betsy Smith
d. Gracie
Smith
e. Bill Smith
f. Rosie
Smith
g. Leon Smith
h. Ervin Smith
i. Allen
Smith
j. Nora Smith
k. Bertha
Smith
2. Greenberry Case
born 1858 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
3. Martha Jane Case
born November 22,1860 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and
died May 16,1928. She married John Calvin Wev.
4. Martin J. Case
born 1861 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
5. Missouri Case
born 1863 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and died September
29, 1937. She married Elbert Smith, born 1861 and died
January 2,1930.
Children:
a. Stella
Smith born April 14,1880 in Mississippi and died January
2,1943. She married Lige Smith.
b. Nancy Smith
born September 9,1883 in Mississippi and died February
8,1959. She was married in Lincoln County on November
27,1905 to Meredith Case, born 1873 in Mississippi, the son
of Thomas Jasper Case and Nancy A. Case.
c. Gilbert
Smith born June 13,1888 in Mississippi and died July
14,1941. He married Lizzie Watts.
d. Betsy Smith
born about 1893 in Mississippi. She married Sam Tarver.
e. Harvey
Smith born about 1895 in Mississippi and died October
21,1966. He married Bert Martin (?).
f. Hiram
Smith born March 14,1897 in Mississippi.
g. Ira Smith
born August 31,1901 in Mississippi. He married Hazel Lofton.
h. Ada Smith
born February 22,1903 (twin) in Mississippi and died
November 1964 in Houston, Texas. She married Julius Rushing.
i. Ernest
Smith born February 22,1903 (twin) in Mississippi. He
married Lillie Franklin.
j. Granberry
Smith born March 18,1907 in Mississippi and died January
30,1977. He married ?? Johnson.
6. Emma R. Case
born July 15,1865 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
and died February 4,1944 in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish,
Louisiana. She was married in Lincoln County on February
17,1889 to married
Reuben
Chester Case, the son of Greenberry Case and
Margaret Jane Josephine Anding. He was born April 19,1865 in
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi and died April
7,1923 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Both are
buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish,
Louisiana.
Children:
a. Joseph Huey
Case born February 12,1890 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
and died August 18,1891.
b. Jessie May
Case born October 14,1891 in Lincoln County, Mississippi and
died December 4,1965 in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish,
Louisiana. She was married in Mississippi on March 17,1912
to John Albert Newman. They had at least five children.
c. Samantha
Jane Case born October 18,1893 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi and died August 23,1905.
d. Ethel
Corrine Case born January 26,1896 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi Ethel Corrine Case born January 26,1896 in
Lincoln County, Mississippi. She married Louis Arther
Munchausen. They were residents of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
Children: Louis Edward Munchausen born January 9,1916 in
Mississippi and died November 22,1976.
e. Minnie Lee
Case born March 16,1898 in Lincoln County, Mississippi. She
married Clyde Robert Singleton.
f. Gilbert
Luther Case born October 31,1900 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi and died June 29,1960.
g. Sarah
Elizabeth Case born January 18,1903 in Louisiana and died
January 18, 1903.
h. Chester
Edward Case born May 9,1905 in Louisiana and died August
3,1908.
i. Annis
Helen Case born August 23,1908 in Independence, Tangipahoa
Parish, Louisiana. She was married in Louisiana on
February 7,1926 to Michael Rushing, died April 21,1952. They
were residents of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Their daughter
married Jerry Thomas Holden, born August 14,1904 in
Louisiana and died January 21,1971.
j. One other
child
7. Viola Case born
1867 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and died young.
8. Sophronia Case
born February 22,1870 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and
died March 16,1920 she married Albert Smith.
Children:
a. Lewis Smith
b. Julia Smith
c. Lela Smith
d. Letha Smith
e. Thomas
Smith
f. Grace
Smith
g. Mary Smith
h. Martha
Smith
i. Barney
Smith
j. One other
child
9. Gilbert Luther
Case born 1873 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
10. Thomas Case born
February 1,1877 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and died
June 7,1947 in Monticello, Mississippi and was buried in the
Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Monticello, Mississippi. He
was married first to Chloe Stanley and second to ?? Stevens.
Children by second marriage:
a. Carroll
Case born June 20,1943 in Mississippi and died July 14,1967
of automobile accident
b. Leroy Case
born August 1,1947 in Mississippi and died November 21,1951
of accidental gunshot wound
c. One other
child
C. CELIA CASE born
February 19,1828 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and died
after 1880 in Lincoln County. She was married on February
19,1845 to MERRILL SMITH, born 1822 in Franklin County and
died there March 29,1856. He was the son of HENRY SMITH
(born 1790 in Putnam County, GA) and SALLY OUSLEY. (*Note:
Many of the dates derived from "Allen Smith" Bible. This
Bible printed in New York by ABS in 1845*).
CHILDREN:
1. Nathan Smith
born February 23,1846 and died after 1910 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi. He was married in Copiah County on February
26,1867 to Minerva Allen
2. Martha Ann Smith
born December 30,1847 in Franklin County, Mississippi and
died October 29,1848 in Franklin County, Mississippi.
3. Elizabeth Smith
born August 19,1849 in Franklin County, Mississippi and died
after 1880. She was married in Franklin County in 1866 to
Miles H. King.
4. Mary Smith born
September 4,1851 in Franklin County, Mississippi and died
after 1910 in Lincoln County, Mississippi. She was married
in Franklin County on January 19,1868 to Franklin Watts,
born about 1848 in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Watts born
about 1868 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
b. Watts born
about 1870 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
c. Watts born
about 1872 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
d. Watts born
about 1874 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
e. Nora J.
Watts born September 1876 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
f. Francis M.
Watts born January 1878 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
g. Ida C.
Watts born February 1881 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
h. Sarah E.
Watts born July 1883 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
i. Marshall
E. Watts born October 1885 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
j. Bertha O.
Watts born January 1888 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
k. Horace C.
Watts born May 1890 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
l. Lona E.
Watts born February 1894 in Lincoln County, Mississippi. She
married ?? Snider.
5. George
Washington Smith born May 21,1854 in Franklin County,
Mississippi and died after 1910 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi. He was married in Lincoln County in 1874 to
Anna C. Tillman, born December 1856 in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Martin L.
Smith born 1875 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
b. Celia A.
Smith born 1880 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
6. Narcissa Jane
Smith born April 25,1856 in Franklin County, Mississippi and
died after 1880 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
D. WILLIAM M. CASE born
about 1829 in Mississippi and was married in Franklin County
on February 22,1846 to MARY SMITH. He was married secondly
on July 27,1864 to JANE A. BURKE, born about 1837 in
Mississippi and died in Franklin County, Miss.
CHILDREN:
1. Missouri Case
born about 1847 in Mississippi. (Married in Franklin County
on May 30,1866 to John W. Smith?)
2. Perry J. Case
born about 1849 in Mississippi and was married in Franklin
County on December 20,1869 to Margaret Burke. He was married
secondly in Franklin County on July 6,1899 to Ida Aldridge.
3. Frances Case
born about 1851 in Mississippi
4. Allen Case born
about 1853 in Mississippi
5. Martin Van Buren
Case born March 20,1857 in Mississippi and died December 19,
1943. He was married in 1880 to Malissa Smith.
Children:
a. William
Otis Case born March 19,1881 in Mississippi and died October
13,1951. He was married in Mississippi on October 20,1901 to
Georgia Ann Smith, born April 15,1884 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi and died April 23,1978 in Monroe, Louisiana and
was buried in Fayette, Mississippi. She was the daughter of
Thomas Jefferson Smith and Francis Wainwright. Children:
Noel Lee Case born in Mississippi and he married Ima
Elliott.
b. Martin
Luther Case born in Mississippi
c. Lawrence E.
Case born in Mississippi
d. John Allen
Case born in Mississippi
e. Guy Case
born in Mississippi
f. Louie Case
born in Mississippi
g. Janie Case
born in Mississippi
h. Eva Case
born in Mississippi
i. P. J. Case
born in Mississippi
j. Felix Case
born in Mississippi
6. Warren Case born
about 1859 in Mississippi and was married in Franklin County
on January 19,1879 to Minerva Dunn, born in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Odis Case
born in Mississippi
b. Richard
William Case born in Mississippi
c. Norris Case
born in Mississippi
d. Mary Case
born in Mississippi
e.
Dewey Case
born in Mississippi
7. Sophronia Case
born October 23,1861 in Mississippi
8. Mary Leonora
“Mollie” Case born March 4,1864 in Mississippi and died
September 28,1951 in Fayette, Mississippi. She was married
in Franklin County on December 27,1881 to Samuel Kelsey
Loftin, born May 4,1861 in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Alma
Sophonia Loftin born in Mississippi
b. Bertha
Beatrice Loftin born in Mississippi
c. Marie
Prudence Loftin born in Mississippi
d. Thomas
Kelsey Loftin Jr. born in Mississippi
e. Nonnie
Jeneva Loftin born in Mississippi
9. Rufus Case born
about 1866 in Mississippi
10. Eudora Case born
about 1868 in Mississippi (married in franklin County on
February 22,1891 to Edward G. Woodyer?).
11. Charley Case born
about 1870 in Mississippi and was married in Franklin
County on January 5,1888 to Laura Calcote.
E. MARTHA “PATSY” CASE born
1832 in Mississippi and was married on January 25,
1852 to CONWAY SMITH, born about 1830 in Mississippi, the
son of JAMES A. SMITH and PRISCILLA ALLGOOD.
CHILDREN:
1. Ferdinand Smith
born about 1853 in Mississippi and died about 1938. He was
married in Lincoln County in 1870 to Matilda Walker, born
1854 in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Rowan
“Buck” Smith born about 1873 and married Lizzie Case.
b. William
Smith born about 1875 and married Maggie Vaughn.
c. John Smith
born about 1877 and married Lillie Vaughn.
d. Robert
Smith born about 1879 and married (?? Norden??).
e. Rosella
Smith born about 1881 and married Luther Smith.
f. Amy Smith
born about 1883 and married Donnie Smith, born about 1880.
g. Della Smith
born about 1885 and married Senon Scott.
h. Hattie
Smith born about 1887 and married Bud Smith.
2. Isaiah Smith
born about 1854 in Mississippi and died October 22,1937. He
married Pernelia/Pamelia Smith, the daughter of Perry Smith
and Nancy Smith.
Children:
a. Warren
Wadsworth Smith born about 1873
b. William
Smith born about 1875
c. Wayne
Anseller Smith born about 1877 and married Della
Whittington.
d. Arnold
Smith married Nannie Smith.
e. Lloyd Smith
and married Beulah Travis.
f. Moses
Smith and married Bessie Prescott.
g. Timothy
Smith and married Connie Travis.
h. Pearlie
Smith and married at Natchez, Mississippi to Rudolph Case,
born in Mississippi, the son of Richard William Case and
Mary O’Neal.
i. Rosa Smith
and married Floyd Smith.
j. Radie
Smith
3. James Monroe
Smith born about 1857 in Mississippi and died December
20,1946. He married Frances Smith, the daughter of Perry
Smith and Nancy Smith.
4.
Pernecia/Pernacia Smith born May 17,1860 in
Mississippi and and died April 30, 1937 in Copiah County,
Mississippi. She was married on May 17,1860 to Andrew
Jackson Walker, born June 18,1856, the son of William Walker
and Sarah Elizabeth Jenkins. He died May 9,1929 and both he
and Pernecia were buried in the Midway Cemetery, Meadville,
Miss.
F. REBECCA CASE born 1835
in Mississippi and was married to SAMUEL LOFTON, born 1831
in Mississippi.
G. JAMES MAYNARD MONROE
CASE born March 3,1837 in Copiah County and died December
1,1918 in Lincoln County. He was married in Copiah County on
October 27, 1856 to RACHEL DORCAS ANDING, the daughter of
JOHN REDRICK ANDING and RACHEL HOFF. She was born February
20,1840 in Mississippi and died March 13,1919 in Lincoln
County. Both are buried in Friendship Cemetery, Lincoln
County.
CHILDREN:
1. Elbert Case born
October 2,1857 in Mississippi and married Calpurnia Watts,
born about 1858 in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Rufus Case
b. Ava O. Case
born about 1876 in Mississippi
c.
Elizabeth
Case born about 1879 in Mississippi
2. Dennis B. Case
born about 1859 in Mississippi
3. Anderson Andrew
Case born October 1,1861 in Copiah County and died May 31,
1948 and was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Brookhaven,
Lincoln County, Miss. He was married in Lincoln County in
1880 to Josephine W. Smith, born June 14,1861 in Copiah
County. Had one arm the other being lost in cotton gin.
Children:
a. Winfield
Scott Case born June 30,1882 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County
b. Hamilton
Alexander Case born November 1884 in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County
c. Abner
Andrew Case born October 15,1887 in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County
d. Percy Case born
January 1889 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County
e. Eugenia
Case born October 30,1891 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County
f. Louis Case
born May 1894 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County
g. Millard
Fillmore Case born January 7,1898 in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County
h. Euphemia
Case born February 14,1899 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County
i. Rivers
Harrison Case born November 2,1902 in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County
4. Aletha Ann Case
born 1864
5. Emeline Case
born about in Mississippi and died in 1948. She married
James Madison Callender, born about 1860 in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Ella
Callender born about 1885 in Mississippi
b.
P. B. Callender born about
1887 in Mississippi
c. Walter C.
Callender born about 1889 in Mississippi
d. I. G.
Callender born about 1891 in Mississippi
e. J. E.
Callender born in Mississippi
f. Winston
Callender born in Mississippi
6. James Edward
Case born 1869 in Mississippi and was married in Lincoln
County on December 28,1888 to Florence Irene Smith, born
October 23,1871 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
Children:
a. James Felix
Case born August 17,1890 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Miss
b. Bertha Case
born September 3,1891 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi
c. Ida Case
born September 17,1893 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi
d. Ola Case
born March 26,1895 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi
e. Bessie
Lenora Case born August 15,1896 in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County, Miss
f. Bernice
Case born January 10,1898 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi
g. Hattie Bell
Case born January 23,1900 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Miss
h. Dorsey
Evelyn Case born March 26,1901 in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County, Miss
i. ?? Case
born October 18,1903 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi
j. Elmer Earl
Case born September 3,1904 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Miss
k. Nettie Lou
Case born February 5,1907 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Miss
l.
Ivory
Pearl Case born February 10,1909 in Brookhaven,
Lincoln County, Miss
7. Florence Case
born about 1871 in Mississippi and married Lorenzo Dow
Ranzie Posey,Jr., born October 1871 in Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, Louisiana.
Children:
a. Shelton G.
Posey born 1893 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
b. Claude
Posey born about 1890 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi
c. James V.
Posey born December 1896 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi
d. Corey
Erastus Posey born February 1899 in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County, Miss
e. Sidney G.
Posey born about 1901
f. Ike Posey
born about 1903
g. Otis Posey
born about 1905
8. Flora Irene Case
born January 1873 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
9. John Eldridge Case born about 1875 in
Mississippi. Spouse name is unknown.
Children:
a. Otis
Case
10. Tullulah Case
born 1878
H. GREENBERRY CASE born
1839 in Mississippi and died about 1877. He was married
first in Franklin County on December 30,1858 to MARGARET
JANE JOSEPHINE ANDING, born about 1842 in Lincoln County and
died about 1870. He was married secondly in Franklin County
on August 4,1871 to REBECCA KENNEDY, born about 1845 in
Mississippi.
CHILDREN:
1. Josephine Case
born about 1860 in Mississippi
2. Green Case born
about 1863 in Mississippi
3. Reuben Chester
Case born April 19,1865 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi
4. Margaret
Angeline Case born October 23,1867 in Wesson, Copiah County,
Miss.
I. ELIZABETH JANE CASE born
1841 in Mississippi and died after June 1880. She was
married in Copiah County on September 24,1856 to HIRAM CASE
ALLEN, born about 1830-1832 in Mississippi, the son of JOHN
ALLEN and MAHALLA CASE.
CHILDREN:
1. George Washington Allen born
October 1857 in Lincoln Co MS . He married first to Ruthy
Gertrude Lofton, born 1860 and died by 1896. He was married
secondly in Copiah County in May 1904 to Lou Ella Steele
Chambers, born about 1877 in Copiah County.
Children:
a. Annie Allen born 1878 in
Lincoln County, Mississippi
b. Laura Jane Allen born October
8,1880 in Mississippi and died April 25,1948 in Copiah
County and was buried in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery,
Lincoln County. She was married in Lincoln County on June
15,1902 to Thaddeus Andrew “Thad” Allen, born February
28,1880 in Copiah County. Children: Iva Gertrude Allen born
January 3,1905; George Oliver Allen born December 24, 1905;
Ebb Costello Allen born December 25,1906; Thad Alfred Allen
born May 17,1908; Laura "Sis" Vic Allen born 1911; Ruth Ella
Allen born 1912; Frank Andrew Allen born November 10,1914;
Versie Ray Allen born 1916; Vergie May Allen born 1916; and
Robert C. Allen born December 15,1919.
c. Isaac F. Allen born February
1883 in Lincoln Co MS
d. Hiram Case
Allen born September 1885 in Lincoln Co MS
e. W. Pearl
"Perlie" Allen born January 11,1886 in Lincoln Co MS
f. Henry
Houston Allen born April 1887 in Lincoln Co MS
g. Nathan
Allen born November 1889 in Lincoln Co MS
h. Robert
Allen born March 1892 in Lincoln Co MS
i. Rosa
"Rosie" Allen born about 1905 in Lincoln Co, MS
j. George
Whitman Allen born October 31,1906 in Lincoln Co, MS and
died December 14,1965. He married Marvel Gladys McPhail,
born November 12,1912 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
Children: Virginia Doris Allen born October 22, 1928 in
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi; and another child.
k. Vera Allen
born 1908 in Lincoln Co, MS
l. Hollis
Allen born about 1911 in Mississippi
m. Mamie Allen born 1914
2. Albert S. Allen born 1858 in
Mississippi
3. T. J. Allen born 1859 in
Lincoln County, Mississippi and married about 1902 to
Rosetta ??, born 1877.
Children:
a. Versie Allen born 1903 in
Lincoln County, Mississippi
b. Mettie
Allen born 1905 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
c. Wilborn
ALLEN b: 1907 in Lincoln Co, MS
d. Alma Allen
born June 1908 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
4. Casey B. Allen
born 1860 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
5. Elizabeth "Betty" Allen born
1863 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
6. Hiram Erastus Allen born 1865 in Lincoln
Co MS
7. John Allen born 1867 in Lincoln Co MS
8. James Warren Allen born 1869 in Lincoln Co
MS
9. Melissa Allen born 1871 in Lincoln Co MS
and married John Watts
Children:
a. Ollie Watts
born December 6,1889
10. Mary
Magdlaine "Maggie" Allen born 1872 in Lincoln Co MS
11. Louisa Allen born
1874 in Lincoln Co MS
12. Dora Allen born
1877 in Lincoln Co MS
13. Isaac Allen born
1878 in Lincoln County, Mississippi
J. THOMAS J. CASE born
1844 in Mississippi and was married in Copiah County on
November 22,1865 to THURY ANN REMBERT, born about 1848 in
Mississippi and died August 29,1876. He was married secondly
to VICTORIA DEAN, born about 1848 in Mississippi. He was
married third to NITMA ??, born 1850 in Mississippi.
CHILDREN:
1. Nancy Case born 1868 in
Mississippi
2. Nicholas Case
born 1871 in Mississippi
3. Rhoda Case born
1873 in Mississippi
4. Ella Case born
1876 in Mississippi
5. Arch Case born
1877 in Mississippi
6. William Case
born 1879 in Mississippi
K. JOHN CASE born 1846 in
Mississippi. He was married in Copiah County on August 15,
1867 to MARTHA REMBERT.
CHILDREN:
1. Thomas Case born
about 1868 in Copiah Couty, Mississippi
2. Lovie Case born
1871 in Copiah County, Mississippi
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7. CELIA (SELA) MINYARD was born
1807 (between 1800-1802) in Georgia. She was married in
Lawrence County, Mississippi on December 18,1823 to
CLARKSTON EDWARDS, the son of VICTOR EDWARDS and MARY
TURNER. He was born about 1793-1795 in the Orangeburgh
District of South Carolina. In 1810 he moved with his
parents and other family members into Mississippi where they
settled in Lawrence County in the area around Brookhaven. He
served in the War of 1812 in the Mississippi Militia in
Capt. Peter Barnett's Company, in the battalion commanded by
Lt. Col. Peter Perkins. He was enlisted at Liberty, Amite
County, Mississippi on September 25,1814 and served six
months until he was mustered out at Mobile, Alabama on March
22,1815. CLARKSTON EDWARDS moved his family into Livingston
Parish in about 1845 where they settled in the Colyell
community just east and then north of where the Colyell
Baptist Church stands today. He was the progenitor of the
EDWARDS family line in Livingston Parish. He and Celia's
early years in the parish were spent cutting trees to clear
the land for crops and to build a home to protect their
large family. Celia died in February 1865 and Clarkston was
married shortly thereafter to ROSA MARY HOWZE, born April
14,1814, the widow of AMERICUS VESPUSIUS "BRUCE" BENNETT.
Rosa and Vespusius were married in St. Helena Parish on
January 5,1832. CLARKSTON died between 1876 and 1880 (1872?)
and was probably buried on his homesite. (*See the Clarkston
Edwards family information beginning on page 6*)
CHILDREN OF CLARKSTON EDWARDS
AND CELIA MINYARD:
A. JAMES EDWARDS born
about 1824 in Lawrence County, Mississippi (date derived
from 1898 Livingston Parish Registered Voters) (March 1827
by 1900 Livingston Parish Census) and died January 13,1909
at Colyell, Louisiana. He arrived in Livingston Parish with
his parents and siblings in 1845. (date derived from 1898
Livingston Parish Registered Voters). He was married about
1848 to SARAH ANN (JOSEPHINE) AVERETT, born about 1827 in
Amite County, Mississippi, the daughter of CHARLES AVERETT
and CATHERINE RENTZ. She died before 1880 according to the
records of the Colyell Baptist Church, Book 1. (*Her name
was shown as Josephine Everett on the death certificate for
her son, James Madison Edwards on page 80*)
CHILDREN:
1. Andrew Jackson
Edwards born in September 1848 and died in 1931. He was
married about 1869 to Martha Letitia Loflin, born February
1850 and died in 1923.
Children:
a. Louisiana
Edwards born about 1874.
b. Martha
Edwards born about 1875 and was married on July 5,1894 to
August Monroe Brown. She died before 1898 during the
childbirth of twins that also died. Monroe Brown later
married Julia L. Cooper.
c. Helena
(Ella) Edwards born about 1876 and died in infancy.
d. Child died
at birth.
e. Lillie
Viola Edwards born July 5,1881 and died December 12,1956.
She was married on November 4,1899 to Rev. Jesse Monroe
Watts, the son of George Clarkston Watts and Susan Ann
Woods. He was born December 8,1879 and died December
23,1965. Both are buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
(*The succession records of Jesse M. Watts #1924 dated June
11,1968 indicates that Lillie may have been married first to
a “Wheat”. It showed her name as “Lillie Edwards Wheat”*)
f. Allen M.
Edwards born November 8,1883 and died August 21,1967 and was
married on December 27,1908 to Ida Brown (Brashears), born
about 1888. She was a widow. Allen was married secondly to
Mattie Castle and they lived in Sabine Parish in 1944. He is
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
g. William C.
Edwards born November 14,1885 and died March 25, 1969. He
was married February 9,1909 to Florence Rosey Hill, born
March 26,1890 and died May 7,1975, the daughter of William
Samuel Hill and Florence Causey. Both are buried at Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
h. Eddie
Eugene Edwards born March 30,1888 was married first on
February 23, 1909 to Abileen Wheat, the daughter of Harvey
Wheat and Florence Stewart. She was born September 25,1893
and died January 26,1910 during the birth of their first
child. He then was married on July 5,1916 to Enus Almedia
Simpson, born August 18,1896 and died August 31,1945 due to
a heart attack. She was the daughter of George A. Simpson
and Mary Annie Palmer. He was married a third time on
November 7,1952 to Julia Etta Taylor, born August 14,1901
and died January 21,1963, the daughter of Johnnie Taylor and
Indiana “Anna” Averett. She was the widow of George Ellis
Taylor, the son of Theophilus C. Taylor and Emma E. Watts.
Eddie died on September 26,1985 and all are buried at
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
2. Sarah Jane Edwards born June 1851 and was married
between April 1883 and March 1885 to Commodore Perry Watts,
the son of George Watts and Cynthia Putnam. She was his
fourth wife and they had no children together. He was born
February 12, 1833 and he died on March 10,1885 at
approximately 10:00 PM by stabbing himself in the throat
with a knife, probably after having some dispute with his
wife and/or son. Sarah Jane Edwards Watts died September
18,1900 according to the Colyell Baptist Church records and
they are buried in the Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery,
although there is no headstone for Sarah. (*Note: The author
believes that the 1900 census of Livingston Parish and other
circumstantial evidence including the coroner’s report of
the death of Commodore Perry Watts indicate that Sarah
Edwards Watts had a child by William Commodore Watts who was
the son of her deceased husband, Commodore Perry Watts, and
therefore formerly her stepson). William Commodore Watts,
the son of Commodore Perry Watts, was born on February
13,1869 (February 3,1869 by death certificate) and was
married on January 8,1889 to Mary Elizabeth Loflin, born
February 23,1866 and died January 4,1940. She was the
daughter of Willie Loflin and Celia ??. Commodore died of
heart failure on March 11,1952. At the time of his death he
was married to Ella Turner (born February 28, 1882 and died
January 2, 1975). All three are buried in Watts Cemetery
located next to the Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. William
Commodore “Buck” Watts,Jr. born January 20,1889 and died on
May 5, 1956. He was married on February 3,1910 to Birdie
Harrell, born April 23,1894 and died March 7,1967, the
daughter of George Harrell and Dorothy Watts. Both are
buried at Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
3. Martha Lenora
Edwards born about 1853 or 1856 in Livingston Parish.
4. Melissa A.
Edwards born 1858 and was married on November 19,1890 to
George Clarkston “Bud” Watts, born February 1855, the son of
Francis Marion Watts and Vasti Edwards. He was first married
to Susan Ann Woods. Melissa died from “dropsy of the heart”
on October 3,1917 and she was buried in Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Ebb
Theodore Watts born August 23,1891 and died November
15,1990. He was married on September 3,1919 to Lena Rozella
Loflin, born August 28,1900 and died January 6,1994. She was
the daughter of Curtis Hurel Loflin and Almira Almeda
Martin. Both are buried in the Watts Cemetery located at the
Colyell Baptist Church.
b. Gertrude
Susan Watts born October 3,1894 and died September 4,1973.
She was married on October 21,1909 to Fred M. Watts, born
October 14,1889 and died August 17,1964, the son of William
C. Watts and Lizzie M. Loflin. Both are buried in the Watts
Cemetery located at the Colyell Baptist Church.
c. Louis Carew
Watts born October 22,1898 and died on March 16, 1984. He
was married on June 16,1920 to Lillian Williford, the
daughter of George W. Williford and Mary J. Austin. Louis
was married a second time on October 23, 1944 to Verna
Louzaine Watts, born February 7,1924 and died July 24,1991,
the daughter of William C. Watts and Birdie Harrell. Both
are buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
5. James Madison
Edwards born February 14,1859 (*January 22,1859 from death
certificate*). He was married first on December 18,1894 to
Mary Ann “Mollie” Bennett, the daughter of Watson Bennett
and Mary Jane Averett. Mary Ann was born on May 5,1874 and
died in June 1898. James was married secondly on February
12, 1903 to Lydia O. Galloway, born October 22,1878 and died
August 18,1929, the daughter of Samuel Galloway and
Elizabeth Causey. James died on April 15,1933 from an acute
heart attack. He and Lydia are both buried in Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Watson Elias Edwards born
December 5,1896 and died November 5,1985. He was married
first on February 26,1922 to Mary A. Williford, born July
21,1904 and died in November 1986, the daughter of George W.
Williford and Mary J. Austin. He was married secondly on
January 12,1945 to Myrtle Hardy, the daughter of John
Herbert Hardy and Mary Averett. She was born March 28,1906
and died March 24,1992. They are buried in Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery. Mary Williford was married secondly on June
11,1943 to William L. Fletcher, born April 25,1892 and died
in February 1963, the son of Frank Fletcher and Octra Tyler.
b. Emma Isola Edwards born
November 22,1903 and died March 28, 1963. She was married on
March 14,1920 to James Dawson Andrews, born December 19,1894
and died June 29,1953, the son of William E. Andrews and
Cynthia Hanna.
During the
first seventeen years of their marriage they lived at
various places and worked as sharecropper farmers. Then on
July 19,1947 they purchased ten acres of land from Allen
Achord, husband of Lena Thornton, for the sum of $350.00.
The land was in Section 1, Township 8 South, Range 3 East on
the north side of Cut Off Road (now called Andrews Road)
between Walker South Road and Pete's Highway. There they
built a home and made it their residence until they died.
Both are buried in Felder Cemetery on Highway 16 (Pete's
Highway).
c. Rowena Alma Edwards born April 9,1905 and died April
23,1990. She was married first on November 28,1920 to
Griffin Horace Andrews, born August 12, 1893 and died
January 6,1937, the son of William E. Andrews and Cynthia
Hanna. He was buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Rowena was married on November 1,1939 to Hiram E. May, the
son of Joseph Ethelred May and Inez Berryhill. He was
married again on July 19,1991 to Lessie Gill, born December
16,1916, the daughter of Boss Thomas Gill and Gladys Harris.
Hiram was born June 28,1907 and died on March 16,1996 and
both he and Rowena are buried in Plainview Baptist Church
Cemetery on Walker South Road.
d. Guy Thomas
Edwards born November 2,1907 and died January 21,1982. He
was married on May 6,1937 to Mattie Corrine Chaney, born
June 14,1921, the daughter of Thomas Boatner Chaney and
Sarah Dora Andrews. She died on September 13,1999 and both
are buried in Plainview Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. Sarah Ethel
Edwards born November 27,1909 and died September 20,1979.
She was married on March 25,1926 to Talmadge "Sam" Watts,
the son of Rev. Jesse Monroe Watts and Lillie Viola Edwards.
He was born August 18,1905 and died in November 1963. He was
married first on January 16,1925 to Nevie Millett, the
daughter of Joe Millett and Cecelia Brignac. Talmadge and
Ethel are both buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. James
Madison Edwards born June 6,1911 and died February 15,2005
and was buried in Plainview Baptist Church Cemetery on
Walker South Road. He never married.
g. Gladys
Loutisha Edwards born October 9,1917 and died October
4,1975. She was married on May 18,1935 to Elias (Leis)
Joseph Dupuy born November 11,1911 and died June 18,1973,
the son of Optima Dupuy and Enorie Sanchez. Both are buried
in Felder Cemetery.
6. William T.
Edwards born May 22,1862. He was married secondly on May
16,1895 to Ida E. Rushing, born in May 1875 and died before
1937, (? the daughter of Uriah Kent Rushing and Lavenea
Beard). He died on November 13,1937 and was buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Louise
Edwards born November 9,1896 and died July 15,1970. She was
married to ?? Ellis.
b. Margaret
Mary "Maggie" Edwards born October 31,1899 and died July 26,
1989. She was married on July 19,1917 to Charles E.
Woodward, born August 14,1897 and died August 11,1972. He
was the son of Albert Woodward and Felicie Burns. Both are
buried in Palmetto Cemetery in Walker, Louisiana.
c. Wiley
Preston Edwards born September 19,1901 and died on February
23, 1985. He was married on May 31,1923 to Esther I. Williford, the daughter of
George W. Williford and Mary J. Austin. She was born May
15,1906 and died November
8, 1985. Both are buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
d. Alzada
Edwards born September 16,1903 and died January 28,1994. She
was married on February 18,1924 to Hillary Samuel
Hutchinson, born April 27,1897 and died March 11,1950. He
was the son of William Hutchinson and Alice McNabb. Both are
buried in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery at Bayou
Barbary.
e. Wesley
Turner Edwards born February 16,1906 and died August
29,1992. He was married on December 24,1933 to Isola Watts,
born about 1913, the daughter of Willard Lee Watts and Sarah
Anna Martin. Isola died November 11,2004 and both are buried
in Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Baton Rouge.
f. Lela Ann
Edwards born April 1,1908 and died on September 14,1991. She
was later adopted by David and Sarah Averett Watts. She was
married on June 21, 1930 to Joe Lodney Stafford, born
September 9,1903 and died July 7,1966. He was the son of
John W. Stafford and Emma Collins. She was married secondly
on May 2,1979 to Alfred Dewitt Whitehead, born April 28,1911
and died in January 1986. He was the son of Arthur Whitehead
and Hattie Kelton. Lela and Joe both are buried in Judson
Baptist Church Cemetery in Walker,La.
7. Thomas M.
Edwards born about 1863 in Livingston Parish.
8. Louis Clarkston
Edwards born May 10,1866 and died May 20,1952. He was first
married to Laura Bell Bennett, born 1870, the daughter of
Watson Bennett and Mary Jane Averett. She was born in 1870
and died January 11,1890. He was secondly married on October
6,1903 to Marcia O. Watts, born September 4,1884 and died
December 12,1933, the daughter of George Clarkston Watts and
Susan Ann Woods. Louis and Marcia are both buried in Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Manuel
Arthur Edwards born February 5,1905 and died December 7,1985
and was buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. Geneva
Susan Edwards born December 15,1907 and was married on
October 22, 1927 to Emmitt Samuel Watts, born March 20,1908,
the son of David Monroe Watts and Sarah Catherine Averett.
He died October 28,1972 and she died August 22,1989 and both
were buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
c. Daniel E.
Edwards born August 15,1911 and died March 14,1978. He was
married on March 29,1939 to Ina Mildred Harrell, born
September 28,1920, the daughter of Michael C. Harrell and
Lillie Watts. She died on August 1,2002 and both are buried
in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
d. Leroy Edwards born 1915 and
died March 13,2003. He was married on October 2,1937 to
Carrie Abby Hardy, born about 1919, the daughter of John
Herbert Hardy and Mary Jane Averett. He was buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
9. David M. Edwards
born about 1868 and died February 9,1891. He was married on
December 3,1888 to Sarah Elizabeth Bennett, the daughter of
Watson Bennett and Mary Ann Averett. She was born November
8,1871 and died January 3 or 10,1890.
B. MARY CATHERINE EDWARDS
was born about 1826 in Lawrence County, Miss. She was
married about 1846 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana to
LLEWELLYN GRIFFITH AVERETT, the son of CHARLES AVERETT and
CATHERINE RENTZ. LLEWELLYN was born about 1821 in Amite
County, Mississippi and died from a stroke on October
9,1879. MARY EDWARDS AVERETT died June 16,1898 and they both
are probably buried in the Colyell Baptist Church cemetery
as are other members of their families.
CHILDREN:
1. Charles Averett born about
1847 in Livingston Parish,La. and died before 1860, when he
was a young man. Said by family tradition to have been shot
in the field near his house by “Jayhawkers”. Murder
witnessed by family members at the house.
2. Nealy Turner
Averett born in September 1848 in Livingston Parish and died
October 30,1911 in East Baton Rouge Parish. He was buried in
the Second Jones Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. He was first
married about 1870 to Harriet Loflin, born about 1855 and
died August 6,1895 in Livingston Parish. He was married a
second time on September 22,1901 to Eleonora "Ella"
Sartwell, born February 13,1872 at Bayou Barbary, the
daughter of Theodore F. Sartwell and Lucinda Deters
(Detries). She was the widow of Andrew Monroe Wells who was
the son of George Wells and Sarah Edwards. Ella later
married William Samuel “Willie” Hill, born December 1861 and
died April 1,1938, the widower of Florence Causey. He is
buried in Felder Cemetery. After his death Ella lived the
remainder of her life with her daughter, Susie Averett
Wells, in Gonzales, LA where she died on December 13,1943
from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was buried in Pine Grove
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Sarah Catherine Averett born
October 7,1872 and died October 2,1954. She was married on
January 11,1893 to David Monroe Watts, born March 31,1872,
the son of George Washington Watts and Margaret Jane Cotton.
Both of his parents were born in Alabama. He died March
19,1943 from gangrene of the feet caused by diabetes which
he had for 14 years. Both are buried at Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
b. Indiana
"Anna" Missouri Averett born September 24,1876 in Colyell
and died September 11,1946 from cancer of the liver. She was
married about 1896 to John Monroe Taylor, born November
26,1874 and died April 5,1915, the son of Charles Taylor and
Dorothy Edwards. At the time of Anna’s death she was living
on Taylor Road three miles north of Frost,La. Both of them
are buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
c. John Oliver
Averett born June 23,1878 and died December 26,1938. He was
married on January 3,1901 to Nancy Ann McCon, the daughter
of John McCon and Annie Edwards. She was born May 9,1881
and died April 27,1952. Both are buried at Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
d. Walter
James Averett born June 16,1883 and died October 11,1949. He
was married on December 18,1902 to Angeline “Angie" McCon,
the daughter of John McCon and Annie Edwards. She was born
December 5,1882 and died December 30,1961. They were buried
in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. Alexander
Llewelln "Alex" Averett born December 27,1885 and died
December 24,1955 in East Baton Rouge Parish. He was buried
in the Roselawn Cemetery in Baton Rouge. He was married on
August 6,1903 to Drewie (Drewey) Estelle Easley, born March
24,1886, the daughter of Drury Millington Easley and
Margaret Ann Watts. She was married secondly to ?? Glover.
She died in June 1975.
f. Frank M.
Averett born September 11,1888 and died August 9,1958. He
was married on September 15,1907 to Minnie Amelia Davis,
born September 27,1893 and died September 10,1929. Both are
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
g. Ernest M.
Averett born in December 1890 and was married on April
14,1912 to (Martha) Annie Watts, born November 16,1893 and
died May 6,1977. She was the daughter of Sylvester "Babe"
Watts and Margaret Albin. She was married first on July
14,1910 to Steve Hibler/Hibble. She was also married on
December 24, 1916 to Warren Thomas Taylor, born March 1,1880
and died February 6,1949. He was the son of William Taylor
and Willery Snelgrove and he was previously married to
Beedie Albin. All three are buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
h. Lawrence
Allen Averett born February 6,1893 and died in 1915 during
an influenza epidemic. He never married.
i. Susie Ethel Averett born June
21,1903 (June 24,1903) and died May 20,1993. She was married
on June 11,1919 to William Acy Wells, born January 6,1895,
the son of William Wells and Mary Welch. Acy died December
24,1961 and both he and Susie were both buried in New River
Baptist Church Cemetery at St. Amant, Louisiana.
j. Zelma
Drusilla Averett born October 31,1909 and was married in
Iberville Parish on October 7,1925 to Joseph Enos Tullier,
Jr., born February 18,1890 in Plaquemine, the son of Joseph
Enos Tullier and Rozelia Hebert. Zelma had moved with her
mother and stepfather, Willie Hill, to West Baton Rouge
Parish where she met Enos. Enos died on October 11,1959 of a
massive heart attack and Zelma died on July 13,1962 from
breast cancer and both were buried in St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church in Brusly,La.
3. Mary Jane
Averett born about 1849 and was married in November 1869 to
Watson Bennett, born January 31,1847, the son of Americus
Vespusius “Bruce” Bennett and Rosa Mary Howze. Watson was a
Private in Co. C, 9th Battn, La. Infantry during the Civil
War. He entered service on April 5th,1862, and was present
on all rolls as of October 1862. Federal Rolls of Prisoners
of War show him paroled at Port Hudson, La, in July 1863.
MARY JANE died on January 9,1890. (Colyell Baptist Church
records)
Children:
a. Laura
Bennett born September 1869 and was married to Louis
Clarkston Edwards, born May 10,1866 and died May 20,1952,
the son of James Edwards and Sarah Averett. Laura died
January 11,1890. Louis was married secondly on October
6,1903 to Marcia O. Watts, born September 4,1884 and died
December 12,1933, the daughter of George Clarkston Watts and
Susan Ann Woods. Louis and Marcia are both buried in Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. Elias
Bennett born about 1872.
c. Sarah
Eloise Bennett born about 1872 and was married December
3,1888 to David M. Edwards, born about 1868 and died
February 9,1891, the son of James Edwards and Sarah Averett.
Sarah died January 3 or 10,1890. (Colyell Baptist Church
records)
d. Mary Ann
“Mollie” Bennett born about 1874 and was married on December
18, 1894 to James Madison Edwards, born February 14,1859
(January 22,1859 from death certificate), the son of James
Edwards and Sarah Averett. Mary Ann died in June 1898. James
was married secondly on February 12,1903 to Lydia O.
Galloway, born October 22,1878 and died August 18,1929, the
daughter of Samuel Galloway and Elizabeth Causey. James died
on April 15,1933 from an acute heart attack. He and Lydia
are both buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. Lillie
Belle Bennett born February 1877 and was married in 1894 to
Rufus Jeff Richardson, born October 1870. She died September
20,1900 and her baby died the same day. (Colyell Baptist
Church records)
f. Francis
“Fannie” L. Bennett born July 11,1877 and died on December
23,1974. She was married to John Edler,Jr., born February
6,1875 and died April 23,1936, the son of John Edler,Sr. and
Eva Badeaux. Both are buried in Pine Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery.
4. John Rentz
Averett born November 22,1852 and died June 11,1917. He was
married on January 10,1878 to Martha Jane Wells, the
daughter of Andrew Wells and Margana Ann Sides. She was born
November 1,1859 and died February 3,1914. Both are buried in
the Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Mary Jane "Margana" Averett
born December 26,1878 and died November 14, 1930. She was
married on September 27,1898 to John Herbert Hardy, born
April 23,1874 in McComb, Mississippi and died December
13,1942 at his brother’s home in McComb, MS. He was the son
of Sanders Hardy and Angeline Wells. Both are buried in Pine
Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Bayou Barbary,LA.
b. Margaret
Ann Averett born August 27,1880 and died February 8,1958.
She was married on November 7,1900 to William H. Willie,
born March 25,1876 and died February 6,1929 due to pneumonia
from influenza. He was the son of Balsade Willie and Sarah
Almedia Palmer. Both are buried in Pine Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery at Bayou Barbary, La. She may have been married on
June 1,1949 to Victor Bruce Gordon born December 15,1927 and
died December 12,1990. He was the son of James Morris Gordon
and Addie Wells.
c. Charles
Burton “Charley” Averett born July 21,1882 and died August
28,1938. He was married on July 31,1904 to Lula B. Davis,
born September 22,1884 and died January 26,1947. She was the
daughter of J. Davis and Amelia ??. Both are buried at
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
d. Luandy
"Andy" Averett born November 23,1884 and died November
9,1957 in Baton Rouge. He first was married on September
27,1906 to Olivia Richardson, second to Mary Bergman
(Delong?), and thirdly to Mazie Lively, born August 7, 1898
and died August 6,1996 at Starks, Calcasieu Parish, LA. He
was buried in the Second Jones Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
in East Baton Rouge Parish.
e. Infant died
August 23,1890 (Colyell Baptist Church records)
f. Minerva
Jane Averett born September 23,1887 and died August 19,1966.
She was married on September 28,1905 to Martin Luther
Bowman, the son of Calvin Doris Bowman,Jr. and Roby Ann
Wills. He was born January 27,1881 and died September
14,1939. Both are buried in Roselawn Memorial Park at Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
g. John Melvin
Averett born August 15,1891 and died December 29,1930. He
was married on June 28,1914 to Eva Rowena "Ever" Gordon,
born December 1,1896 and died December 17,1993, the daughter
of Willie Gordon and Amelia Jane "Ida" Devall. She was
married secondly on January 2,1932 to Burchie Arthur
Norwood, born about 1912 and died August 28,1987, the son of
Dave Norwood and Rosa Harvey. John was buried in the Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery. Burchie and Eva are buried in
Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery.
h. George
Edward Averett born November 27,1893 (August 15,1891). He
was married on September 27,1914 to Etta Viola Blount, born
March 20,1899, the daughter of Robert C. Blount and
Elizabeth L. Wheat. George died April 7,1954 and Etta died
March 27,2000 and both are buried in Oak Grove Church of God
Cemetery at Loranger, Louisiana.
i. Wilma
Rozenna Averett born September 17,1895 and died January
3,1983. She was married on April 2,1919 to Colyear Zeigler,
born June 15,1895 and died April 25,1977, the son of Andrew
Milford Zeigler and Josephine Gordon. Both are buried in the
Zeigler Cemetery west of Springville,La. (*Wilma was born
September 7,1896 from the succession file #352A for Mary
Jane Wells Averett*)
j. Florence
Roby Averett born July 23,1899 and died November 6,1957 and
died November 6,1957. She was married on May 7,1918 to
William Walter "Bill" Wise, born May 7,1897 and died January
18,1964. He was the son of William T. Wise and Hattie F.
Staples. Both are buried in the Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
5. Ann Chase
Averett born September 11,1855 and died May 16,1903. She was
married on August 13,1874 to Obediah "Obby" Watts, born
October 1,1854 and died April 21,1891, the son of George
Washington Watts and Mary Ann Tate. Both are buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Luther
Obediah Watts born July 1,1875 and was married on February
13,1897 to Eliza Elizabeth “Tedie” Blount, born December
26,1879 and died January 3,1962. He died on January 6,1940
due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Both are buried in Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. Mary Ann Watts born
January 16,1879 and died February 12,1897 and was buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery. She was married on November
7,1894 to John Jackson Ratcliff, born July 8,1874 and died
May 29,1951. He was married secondly on January 1,1898 to
Laura Eugena Palmer, born October 8,1873 and died May
16,1948. She was the daughter of William Sanders Palmer and
Elizabeth Ratcliff.
c. Elmira
Luticia “Myra” Watts born January 28,1881 and was married on
March 18,1903 to Leonard Theophilus “Lennie” Willie, born
September 12,1878 and died September 20,1954. He was the son
of Balsade Willie and Sarah Almedia Palmer. Myra died April
20,1914 and both are buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
d. George
Lewellyn Watts born August 5,1884 in Poley,La. and died
September 18, 1969. He was married on December 31,1917 to
Edna Watts, the daughter of Mayhew Watts and Francis Loflin.
Edna was born October 3,1898 and died on August 12,1966.
Both are buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. Sarah A.
Watts born December 5,1886 and died January 7,1972. She was
married on December 18,1910 to Henry F. Sanders, born
February 4,1889 and died June 11,1969. Both are buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. Monroe N.
Watts born May 25,1889 and died February 27,1968. He was
married on March 31,1909 to Margaret Wheat, born February
12,1890 and died February 29,1980. She was the daughter of
Harvey Wheat and Florence Stewart. Both are buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
6. James Llewellyn
Averett born on May 30,1856 and died August 13, 1937 from
pneumonia and influenza. He was first married on January
20,1883 to Sarah Jane Ratcliff. She died July 4,1892. James
was married secondly on January 18,1894 to Lucinda Almeda
"Tenny" Palmer, born February 13,1876, the daughter of
William Sanders Palmer and Elizabeth Ratcliff. Lucinda died
September 7,1959 and both she and James were buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Albert
Elmore Averett born April 30,1885 and died September 3,1920
and was buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery. He was
married on November 12, 1908 to Stella Virlinda Harrell,
born September 1893, the daughter of George Harrell and
Dorothea Watts. She was married secondly on August 7,1926 to
Henry Monroe Owens, the son of Thomas Owens and Lavina
James.
b. Mary Lorena
Averett born August 18,1887 and died December 9,1932. She
was married about 1903 to Louis M. “Luby” Harrell, born May
14,1885 and died March 5,1920. He was the son of Louis
(Lewis) Harrell and Missouri Watts. Lorena was married
secondly on December 25,1925 to Osctar A. Watts, born
October 4,1891, the son of William Commodore Watts and Mary
Elizabeth Loflin. He was formerly married to Leona
Hernandez. He died August 26,1979 and all are buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery
c. Joseph Levi
Averett born October 18,1894 and died May 6,1977. He was
married on August 12,1914 to Edna Wells, the daughter of
Burton Wells and Nora Loflin. She was born April 27,1896 and
died January 6,1975. Both are buried in Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
d. Lillian A.
Averett born September 27,1896 and was married on July
19,1914 to Martin J. Wheat, born April 30,1893 and died
February 19,1962. He was the son of William F. Wheat and
Annie Cogley. Lillian died on January 10,1982 and both are
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. William
Adam Averett born May 22,1898 and died April 23,1974. He
was married on May 28,1925 to Zelma Eugenia Watts, the
daughter of Bolivar Edward Watts and Francis Sarah Willie.
She was born July 25,1905 and died June 23,1994. Both are
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. Leona
“Lonnie” Ethner Averett was born November 14,1900 and died
November 11,1998. She was married on July 1,1923 to Leonard
Davis Milton, born December 17,1900, the son of J. Rufus
Milton and Clara Louise Stafford. He died September 2,1999
and both he and Leona are buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
g. Clinton
Luellen Averett born May 17,1903 and died May 20,1987. He
was married on October 29,1929 to Henrietta Martin, born
March 23,1909 and died November 25,1993, the daughter of
Henry Theopholius Martin and Laura Richardson. Both are
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
h. Eliza
Elizabeth Averett born September 7,1905 and died April
17,1989. She was married on August 21,1926 to Larry S.
Watts, born September 22,1898 and died March 21,1965. He was
the son of Sylvester I. Watts and Margaret Albin. Both are
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
i. Tildon
James “Paw Till” Averett was born December 5,1907 and died
September 14,1999. He was married on August 18,1929 to
Lorena Ila Frazier, born April 26, 1908, the daughter of
John W. Frazier and Margaret Barnum (?). She died on May
13,1974 and they both are buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
j. Irma
Eugenia Averett born November 3,1909 and died September
4,1984. She was married on July 4,1926 to Joseph Sylvester
Wheat, born May 18,1905 and died February 2,1979. He was the
son of Harvey Wheat and Florence Stewart. Both are buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
k. Addie
Charlotte Averett born January 2,1912 and died April
19,1983. She was married on September 28,1929 to Eathern
Allen Martin, born August 3,1911 and died March 21,1974, the
son of Henry T. Martin and Laura Richardson. Both are buried
in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
l. Beatrice
Averett born November 6,1914 and died November 17,1914 and
was buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
m. Carlease Averett born February
18,1916 and died December 2,1984 and was buried in Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery. She married Ray T. Martin, born
October 26,1916, the son of Henry T. Martin and Laura
Richardson. After her death Ray was married on September
19,1988 to Estelle Emma Smith, born February 19,1909, the
daughter of Bryan Smith and Thelma Bickham.
7. Sarah Elizabeth
Averett born about 1863 and was married on January 18,1883
to Joseph E. Wheat, (? born about 1856, the son of Hess
Wheat and Mary ??). They both were deceased before January
1899 according to the Succession of L. G. and Mary Averett.
(*Succession #177*)
Children:
a. Ida A.
Wheat born February 9,1884 and died December 7,1970. She was
married on March 17,1903 to John Willie Tate, born May
29,1874 and died September 22, 1949. Both are buried in Old
Red Oak Cemetery in Livingston.
8. Warren Lafayette
Averett born March 12,1866 and died August 21,1935. He was
married on December 8,1892 to Sarah Elizabeth Palmer, born
June 18,1871 and died May 4,1935, the daughter of William
Sanders Palmer and Elizabeth Ratcliff. Both are buried at
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Ewel (Euil)
B. Averett born October 6,1895 and died March 30,1915 and
was buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. Iner
Elizabeth Averett born January 19,1898 and died September
17,1976. She was married on May 3,1917 to Andrew Allen
Loflin, born January 19,1898 and died June 10,1972. He was
the son of Curtis Hurel Loflin and Almira Almeda Martin.
Both are buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
c. Mary Hester
Averett born August 18,1899 and died November 4,1959. She
was married on September 24,1913 to Lawrence Allen Wells,
born June 16,1890 and died September 20,1975, the son of
Thomas J. Wells and Minerva E. Willie. Both are buried in
Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
d. William
Proctor “Will” Averett born December 17,1900 and died July
19,1985. He was married first on March 23,1928 to Lizzie
Victoria Watts, born December 23, 1909 and died December
1,1942, the daughter of Monroe Watts and Margaret Wheat.
They had no children. He was married secondly on July
15,1943 to Argilee Tilatha Taylor, born January 28,1924. He
and Lizzie are both buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
C. SARAH EDWARDS was born
about 1828 in Lawrence County, Mississippi and moved with
her family into Livingston Parish between 1840 and 1846.
They settled on the banks of Colyell Bay and living several
miles away on the east bank of Bayou Barbary was another
group of settlers named WELLS. SARAH was married between
July 1849 and July 1850 to GEORGE WELLS, the son of JEREMIAH
WELLS and (MARY) ELIZABETH MANNING. This was his second
marriage. He was born about 1824 in DeKalb County, Alabama
(or Sevier County, Tenn.). ANDREW WELLS, George's older
brother, may have married MARY HARRELL, the widow of TURNER
AVERETT. Mary died not long afterwards and Andrew then was
married in East Baton Rouge Parish on September 17,1854 to
MARGANY ANN SIDES, the daughter of JAMES SIDES and MARY
ELIZABETH NORDON. ANDREW and MARGANY raised the three
children of GEORGE and SARAH after SARAH died in 1860 and
GEORGE died in January 1865. Tradition in the WELLS family
is that ANDREW and GEORGE WELLS participated in a defense of
Donaldsonville from an attack by Yankee soldiers during the
Civil War. GEORGE was wounded in the leg and died on a
plantation in Ascension Parish. SARAH was probably buried
near the Colyell Baptist Church as were other members of her
family.
(Much of the above information was
provided to the author by Claude B. Slaton, a descendant of
Mary C. Edwards and Llewellyn G. Averett) (Death dates also
from the Succession of Andrew Wells, File #10, Livingston
Parish Courthouse).
CHILDREN:
1. Thomas Jefferson
Wells was born July 6,1854 and was married on March 29,1883
to Minerva Elizabeth Willie, the daughter of Balsade Willie
and Sarah Almedia Palmer. She was born October 14,1866 and
died August 27,1956. Thomas was afflicted with a sore leg as
a child and was not able to work a good deal of time. He
died on January 31,1928 and they both are buried at Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. George
Monroe Wells born February 18,1884 and was married on June
27,1902 to Louise Ellen Loflin, born August 19,1885, the
daughter of George Washington Loflin and Mary Permelia
Martin. He died February 12,1965 and she died October
24,1982 and both are buried in Pine Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery at Bayou Barbary, Louisiana.
b. Florence
Sarah Wells born December 4,1886 and died January 2,1972.
She was married on August 10,1905 to Rafe Watkins, born
October 28,1884 and died August 6,1936. Both are buried in
Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery at Bayou Barbary, La.
c. Daniel E.
Wells born March 8,1889 and died in June 1889.
d. Lawrence
Allen Wells born June 16,1890 and died September 20,1975. He
was married on September 24,1913 to Mary Hester Averett,
born August 18,1899 and died November 4,1959. She was the
daughter of Warren L. Averett and Sarah E. Palmer. Both are
buried in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Bayou Barbary.
e. Mary
Samantha Wells born September 3,1892 and died July 15,1936.
She was married on January 18,1917 to Doliver V. “Boss”
Ferguson, born August 25,1888 and died April 24,1961. He was
the son of Dedrick Velford Ferguson and Martha Richardson.
He was married secondly on November 22,1936 to Mary Maude
Amelia Clark, born December 29,1905 and died January
18,1980. She was the daughter of William Albert Clark,Jr.
and Mary Melinda McNabb. All three are buried in Pine Grove
Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. Hester Odella Wells born on November
3,1894 and died on June 2,1992 and was buried at Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
g. Lillie A.
Wells born January 6,1897 and died December 22,1984. She was
married on February 16,1919 to Elezie St. Cyr, born November
22,1888 and died June 20,1968. He was the son of Desire
Elezie St. Cyr and Orelia Fontenot. Both are buried in
Carter's Cemetery at Springfield, Louisiana.
h. Julia
Vivian Wells born November 4,1899 and died October 1,1990.
She was married on March 15,1923 to Ernest F. Threeton, the
son of James Dinsmore Threeton and Elizabeth Francis Smiley.
He was born September 8,1895 and died October 15,1996. They
are buried in Springfield Community Cemetery.
i. Theresa
Marie Wells born October 12,1901 and died April 22,1994. She
was married on July 15,1926 to Herman Alvin Threeton, the
son of George Colmer Threeton and Caroline "Lena" Hartman.
He was born January 3,1904 and died July 12,1963. Both are
buried in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Bayou Barbary.
j. Child
Wells born and died between 1900 and 1910.
2. Cecelia Samantha
Wells born August 8,1856 and died October 11,1929. She was
married about 1880 to Louis T. Martin, the son of William C.
Martin and Mary Ann Ratcliff. He was born October 11,1858
and died November 27,1928. He was a notary public at Bayou
Barbary. Both are buried in Pine Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Children:
a. William T.
Martin born August 23,1882 and died June 24,1903. He is
buried at Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. Sarah Anna
Martin born January 20,1885 and was married on April 30,1903
to Willard Lee Watts, born March 10,1881 and died May
23,1974. He was the son of George C. Watts and Susan A.
Woods. She died on November 3,1941 due to a cerebral
hemorrhage. Both are buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Ce4metery.
c. Henry
Theopholius Martin born April 30,1887 and died December
4,1967. He was married about 1907 to Laura A. Richardson,
born September 5,1894 and died January 19,1978. Both are
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
d. Casey Allen
Martin born February 10,1891 and died January 23,1964. He
was married on November 5,1913 to Lena McNabb, born August
5,1890 and died November 7,1969, the daughter of Joseph
Monroe McNabb and Amelia Loflin. Both are buried in Pine
Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. Vincent
Curtis Martin born August 28,1894 and died June 8,1971. He
was married to Idine Mary Bourgeois, born November 22,1897
and died August 10, 1974. Both are buried in Pine Grove
Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. Susan
Nettie Martin born July 29,1897 and was married on August
8,1912 to Louis Manuel Willie, born May 10,1891 and died
September 3,1918, the son of Balsade Willie and Sarah
Almedia Palmer. He was a brother of Minerva Willie, the wife
of Thomas J. Wells. He is buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery. Susie was married a second time on November 8,1924
to Oliver Bowman Watts, born December 29,1902 and died in
October 30,1978. He was the son of Luther O. Watts and Eliza
Elizabeth Blount. Susie died on October 16,1983 and she and
Oliver are both buried in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
at Bayou Barbary.
3. Andrew Monroe
Wells born February 17,1859 and died between 1895 and 1900.
After his parents died he was raised by his uncle, Andrew
Wells, and Sanders Hardy. He was married on September
10,1890 to Eleonora "Ella" Sartwell, born in February
13,1872, the daughter of Theodore F. Sartwell and Lucinda
Deters (Detries). Eleonora was married secondly on September
22,1901 to Nealy Turner Averett, the son of Llewellyn
Griffith Averett and Mary C. Edwards. Nealy died October 30,
1911. Ella was thereafter married a third time to William
Samuel “Willie” Hill, born December 1861 and died April
1,1938, the widower of Florence Causey. He is buried in
Felder Cemetery. After his death Ella lived the remainder of
her life with her daughter, Susie Averett Wells, in
Gonzales,La. where she died on December 13, 1943 from a
cerebral hemorrhage. She and Andrew are both buried in Pine
Grove Baptist Church Cemetery at Bayou Barbary, La.
Children:
a. Mae J.
Wells born May 28,1891 and died April 7,1926. She was
married on September 1,1912 to Francis Marion McCon, born
February 5,1869, the son of John McCon and Ann Richardson.
He died August 13,1941 in Tickfaw in Tangipahoa Parish from
shock due to multiple injuries after being struck by a
train. Both are buried at Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. George
Andrew Wells born in January 16,1893 in French Settlement,
LA and died July 12,1969 in Gonzales, LA. He was married in
1913 to Myrtle Ann Wells, born January 1899, the daughter of
William Wells and Mary A. Welch.
c. Mary
Angeline Wells born in January 12,1895. She was married on
January 12, 1911 to William A. Simpson, born August 1888,
the son of George A. Simpson and Mary Annie Palmer. She was
married secondly on April 14,1917 to Oscar E. Davison, born
October 31,1879, the son of John Davison and Hester Gordon.
He was formerly married on February 4,1900 to Olive (Ollie)
Watts, born February 4, 1882 and died January 23,1913. Oscar
died October 17,1960 and Mary died June 7,1977 and all three
are buried in Old Red Oak Cemetery in Livingston,La.
D. HESTER EDWARDS born
about 1830 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
E. FRANCIS EDWARDS born
about 1832 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
F. VASTI EDWARDS was born
about 1833 in Lawrence County, Miss. She was married in
Livingston Parish around 1849 to FRANCIS MARION WATTS, the
son of (GEORGE WATTS or FRANCIS MARION WATTS,SR.?) and
CYNTHIA PUTNAM/PUTMAN. CYNTHIA was the daughter of JAMES
PUTNAM and ELIZABETH JOHNSON of Copiah County, Mississippi.
JAMES was born in 1782 in Culpepper, Virginia and was the
son of DANIEL and SARAH PUTNAM. He was married about 1800 in
Abbeville County, North Carolina to ELIZABETH JOHNSON.
CYNTHIA and her three sons were in Livingston Parish by the
mid-1840's. FRANCIS MARION WATTS was born about 1831 or 1833
in Mississippi according to the 1850 Livingston Parish
census records and the journal of Dr. George Colmer. Dr.
Colmer’s journal entry dated on October 31,1860 says that
“Francis M. Watts, oldest of Watts boys, age 29, brother of
George and Perry. His belly and chest badly scarred from an
old burn”. He died between 1864 and 1870. He was most likely
named after FRANCIS MARION, the American Revolutionary War
hero known as the “Swamp Fox” for his guerrilla style
stealth attacks on the British in South Carolina from 1775
to 1781. VASTI may have died on March 29,1891 according to
the records of the Colyell Baptist Church, Book 1.
CHILDREN:
1. Julia Ann Watts
born in September 1849 in Livingston Parish. She was married
on December 9,1886 to William Dock Wheat, born November
30,1843, the son of Hezekiah Wheat and Mary Burke. He died
February 1,1911 and was buried in Harrell Cemetery west of
Pine Grove in St. Helena Parish. It is unknown as to when
Julia Ann died and where she was buried. She had no
children. William was first married to Mary Stewart.
2. Missouri Ann
(Coleann) Watts born about 1853. She was married to Lewis
(Louis) Harrell, born about 1852 and both died about
1889-1891 in Colyell. He was the son of Lewis Firman Harrell
and Virlinda "Malinda" Averett. Lewis and Virlinda were
married in East Feliciana Parish on July 28,1836. Virlinda
is the sister of Llewellyn G. Averett.
Children:
a. Alma
(Elmita) Harrell born March 28,1877 and died January 11,1961
in East Baton Rouge Parish. She was married first in
Livingston Parish on March 22,1903 to Henry Sullivan. She
was married secondly on October 27,1908 to Albert Cason,
born February 22,1885 and died June 2,1920. She was married
for a third time on December 9,1924 to Frank McGuire. Alma
and Albert are both buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Baton
Rouge.
b. William C.
“Bill” “Willie” Harrell born June 22,1879 and was married on
February 4,1903 to Lillian Bertha Harreis, born January
1,1886 and died September 21, 1958. He died on October
9,1956 and both are buried in Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
in Denham Springs,La.
c. Ada Stella
Harrell born July 26,1882 and died February 26,1971 from
injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Garyville,La.
She was married on January 19,1905 to William Albert
DeArmond. She was married secondly in Ascension Parish on
May 22,1912 to James Arthur “Josh” Richardson, born
September 7, 1889 and died August 28,1968. Ada and James are
both buried in Richardson Cemetery in Sorrento in Ascension
Parish.
d. Louis
Marion “Luby” Harrell born May 14,1885 and died March 5,1920
from a logging accident. He was married about 1903 to Mary
Lorena Averett, born August 18,1887, the daughter of James
Llewellyn Averett and Sarah Jane Ratcliff. Lorena was
married secondly on December 25,1925 to Oscar A. Watts, born
October 4,1891, the son of William Commodore Watts and Mary
Elizabeth Loflin. Lorena died December 9,1932 and Oscar died
August 26,1979 and all are buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
e. Thomas
Washington “Diddy” Harrell born April 18,1888 and died June
9,1980 and was buried in Red Oak Baptist Church Cemetery in
Livingston,La. He was married first to Ollie E. Averette,
born April 6,1896 and secondly on November 7,1953 to Alzada
Michael, born May 6,1892 and died May 10,1980 and was buried
in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery at Galvez,La. She was
the daughter of Charles Michael and Cornelia Wall. Alzada
was married first to Leslie West. Ollie later married
Clarence W. Gros. She died September 1,1989 and was buried
in Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge.
f. Frank I.
Harrell born July 31,1890 (headstone) (November 1889 from
census). He was listed on the 1900 St. Helena census as the
adopted son of Julia Ann Watts and her husband William D.
Wheat. He died August 20,1906 and was buried in Harrell
Cemetery west of Pine Grove in St. Helena Parish.
3. George Clarkston "Bud" Watts
born about 1855. He was first married about 1877 to Susan
Ann Woods. He was married a second time on November 19,1890
to Melissa A. Edwards, the daughter of James Edwards and
Sarah Averett. She was born about 1858.
Children:
a. Emma E. Watts born March
9,1878 and died January 13,1961. She was married on June
17,1894 to Theophilus C. Taylor, the son of Charles Taylor
and Dorothy Edwards. He was born November 7,1870 and died
May 1,1959. Both are buried in the Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
b. Jesse
Monroe Watts born December 8,1879. He was married first on
October 29, 1896 to Elmira Watts. He was married secondly on
November 4,1899 to Lillie Viola Edwards, born July 25,1881,
the daughter of Andrew Jackson Edwards and Martha Lutesha
Loflin. Lillie died December 12,1956 and Jesse died December
23,1965. He served as a pastor of churches in Livingston,
East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes for 42 years. Both
are buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery. (The
succession records of Jesse M. Watts #1924 dated June
11,1968 indicates that Lillie may have been married first to
a Wheat. It showed her name as “Lillie Edwards Wheat”)
c. Willard Lee
Watts born March 10,1881 and died May 23,1974. He was
married on April 30,1903 to Sarah Anna Martin, born January
20,1885 and died November 3, 1941 due to a cerebral
hemorrhage and was buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery. She was the daughter of Louis Martin and Cecelia
Samantha Wells.
d. Marcia O.
Watts born September 4,1884 and died on December 12,1933.
She was married on October 6,1903 to Louis Clarkston
Edwards, the son of James Edwards and Sarah Ann Averett. He
was born May 10,1866 and died May 20, 1952. He was first
married to Laura Bennett, the daughter of Watson Bennett and
Mary Jane Averett. Marcia and Louis are both buried in the
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. Ebb
Theodore Watts born August 23,1891 and died November
15,1990. He was married on September 3,1919 to Lena Rozella
Loflin, the daughter of Curtis Hurel Loflin and Almira
Almeda Martin. She was born August 28,1900 and died January
6,1994. Both are buried in the Watts Cemetery located at the
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. Child
Watts died before 1900.
g. Gertrude
Susan Watts born October 3,1894 and died September 4,1973.
She was married on October 21,1909 to Fred Manuel Watts,
born October 14,1889 and died August 17,1964, the son of
William Commodore Watts and Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Laughlin
(Loflin). Both are buried in the Watts Cemetery located at
the Colyell Baptist Church.
h. Child Watts
died before 1900.
i. Louis
Carew Watts born October 22,1898 and died March 16,1984 and
was buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery. He was
married on June 16,1920 to Lillian Williford, the daughter
of George W. Williford and Mary J. Austin. He was married a
second time on October 23,1944 to Verna Louzaine Watts, born
February 7,1924 and died on July 24,1991, the daughter of
William C. Watts and Birdie Harrell. Both are buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
4. Dorothea Felicia
Watts born February 18,1858 and died July 8,1930. She was
married to George Washington Harrell, born May 14,1857, the
son of Lewis Harrell and Virlinda "Malinda" Averett. Lewis
and Virlinda were married in East Feliciana Parish on July
28,1836. Virlinda is the sister of Llewellyn G. Averett.
George died April 6, 1925 due to cancer of urinary bladder.
Dorothea and George are both buried in Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Christopher
Columbus Harrell born May 20,1885 and was married first to
Almedia Norton, born December 24,1884 and died November
13,1910 and was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery at Galvez in
Ascension Parish. Christopher was married secondly on April
25,1918 to Gracie McMorris, born November 14,1898, the
daughter of William Baxter McMorris and Adele Brown. She was
formerly married to John R. Stafford. She died November
15,1922 due to heart failure. He was married for a third
time on July 4,1923 to Simmie N. Milton, born March 8, 1902,
the daughter of J. Rufus Milton and Clara Louise Stafford.
Christopher died on December 22,1970 and Simmie died July
20,1990 and all three are buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
b. Florence
Eugenia Harrell born November 7,1888 and died December
10,1958. She was married to Louis Drakeford McMorris, born
August 31,1883, the son of George McMorris and Elizeabeth
Blount. He was married secondly on December 18,1960 to
Louisa Cecelia Easley, born September 29,1883, the daughter
of Drew Millington Easley and Margaret Ann “Annie” Watts.
She was formerly married to Jayhew Watts. She died on
October 1,1972 and was buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery. Louis Drakeford died February 10,1984 and both he
and Florence are buried in Blount Cemetery in Satsuma,La.
c. Laurence E.
Harrell born March 1889
d. Child born
and died before 1900.
e. Stella
(Estella) Virlinda Harrell born February 8,1890 and was
married first on November 12,1908 to Albert Elmore Averett,
born April 30,1885, the son of James L. Averett and Sarah
Jane Ratcliff. Albert died on September 3,1920 and was
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery. Stella was
married secondly on August 7,1926 to Henry Monroe Owens, the
son of Thomas Owens and Lavina James. Stella died September
29,1940 and was buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. Birdie E. Harrell born April 23,1894 and died March
7,1967. She was married on February 3,1910 to William
Commodore “Buck” Watts,Jr., the son of William Commodore
Watts and Sarah J. Edwards. He was born January 20,1889 and
died on May 5,1956. Both are buried at Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
g.
Michael C. “Mike” Harrell born April 3,1898 and was married
on May 31,1917 to Lillie Watts, born June 14,1899, the
daughter of David Monroe Watts and Sarah Catherine Averett.
He died on December 2,1933. Lillie was married secondly to
?? Simpson. She died on November 15,1970 and both are buried
in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
h.
Elliott Alvin Harrell born October 28,1901 and died December
25,1976. He was married on March 23,1924 to Elva Wilma
Taylor, born August 4,1904, the daughter of John M. Taylor
and Indiana “Anna” Averett. Elliott was married secondly in
St. Helena Parish on July 29,1932 to Mattie Bond, born June
19,1909 and died February 25,1977. Elva was married a second
time on April 6,1929 to Jesse Burton Hardy, born February
13,1908, the son of John Herbert Hardy and Mary "Margana"
Averett. Jesse died July 31,1939 and was buried in Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery. Elva died May 4,1977 and was buried
in Fundamental Baptist Church Cemetery. Elliott and Mattie
are both buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
5. Thomas "Tom" Watts born
February 15,1861 and died January 18,1946. He was married in
January 1884 to Missouri Ann Albin, born November 22,1862
and died December 25,1933, the daughter of Isaac A. "Ike"
Albin and Ann Sharkey. He is buried in the Zion Hill
Cemetery in Livingston Parish.
Children:
a. Son Watts,
stillborn
b. William
Thomas "Willie" Watts born July 12,1887 and died October
7,1951. He was first married on June 10,1905 to Mary
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Truax, born November 13,1888, the
daughter of William Truax and Sarah Edith Perry. She died at
her home four miles north of Albany on April 7,1942 due to
suffocation from a suicidal hanging. She was found hanging
from the rafters in her bedroom by one of her children. She
was buried in Fourth Ward Cemetery. Willie was married
secondly on January 21,1944 to Olthie (Orether) Hunt.
c. Son Watts,
stillborn
d. Pearlie
(Pearley) Mae Watts born November 18,1891 and was married on
August 19,1907 to John F. Starkey, born April 9,1886, the
son of Franklin Pierce Starkey and Nancy Ann White. John
died on August 6,1926. Pearlie was married secondly on April
21,1934 to Dixie Leon Sanders, born about 1900, the son of
Will Sanders and Dean Brashears. She died on June 20,1963
and both she and John are buried in Bethlehem Cemetery in
Albany,La.
e. Dorothy
Bell Watts born January 1,1895 near Albany,La. and died
January 19, 1916. She was first married on September 21,1912
to Edgar Johnson (9/11/1891-1/4/1973 ?). Her second marriage
was to ?? McMorris.
f. Bertha Ann
Watts born December 14,1899 and died March 21,1938. She was
married to Phillip "Phil" Richardson.
g. Ada
Charlotte Watts born December 17,1901 and died April 5,1980
and was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetry at
Albany,La. She was married to Edward Nezat, born January
6,1897 and died December 1966. They had no children.
h. Marion
Alonzo Watts born May 19,1905 and died May 23,1984. He was
married to Jessie Virginia Jones, born June 26,1909 and died
February 24,1981 and both were buried in Zion Hill Cemetery
in Albany,La.
6. Marion L. Watts
born about 1863 in Livingston Parish. He was married on
November 12,1893 to Annie M. Ridgell/Reginold, born May
1870.
Children:
a. Lena E.
Watts born about 1895 and died November 14,1918. She was
married on April 20,1915 to Jessie Ellis Blount, born July
5,1894, the son of Henry T. Blount and Nancy Emma Newman. He
married Lena’s sister Rosie Watts on March 18, 1919. He died
December 14,1967 and was buried in Blount Cemetery at
Satsuma.
b. James
Garfield Watts born October 7,1896 and was married on
October 4,1926 to Ollie Kenner Lanier, born February
11,1906, the daughter of W. A. Lanier and Rosa Glascock. He
died March 7,1987 and was buried in Blount Cemetery at
Satsuma,La. Ollie was married secondly to Norwood Harris.
She died on May 8, 1995 and was buried in Lanier Cemetery.
c. Rosie
Vedice Watts born July 7,1899 and was married on March
18,1919 to Jessie Ellis Blount, born July 5,1894, the son of
Henry T. Blount and Nancy Emma Newman. He was formerly
married to Lena E. Watts, the sister of Rosie Watts. Rosie
died February 20,1950 and Jessie died December 13,1967 and
both were buried in Blount Cemetery in Satsuma,La.
d. Barney Odom Watts born March
20,1901 and died December 22,1974. He was married on March
23,1929 to Dora Hutchinson, born October 21,1905 and died
March 2,1985, the daughter of John S. Hutchinson and Alzada
Kinchen. Both are buried in Blount Cemetery at Satsuma,La.
(Livingston Parish Marriage Book 18 page 79 shows this same
marriage again on June 29,1955)
e. Steve Ellis Watts born
December 1,1903 and died October 16,1983. He was married on
January 1,1930 to Martha Blount, born about 1913, the
daughter of Henry Blount and Emma Newman. He was buried in
Blount Cemetery at Satsuma,La.
7. Sylvester I.
"Babe" Watts born October 3,1864 (1867 on death certificate)
and died April 29,1940 from stomach cancer. He was married
on April 21,1892 to Margaret Allin "Mag" Albin, born May
12,1871 in Independence,La., the daughter of Joshua C. Albin
and Martha Malinda Stewart. She died at Frost, Louisiana on
December 22, 1943 due to pulmonary tuberculosis. Both are
buried in Blount Cemetery (Pete’s Rest) at Satsuma,
Louisiana.
Children:
a. Martha Anna
(Annie) Watts born November 16,1893 and died on May 6,1977.
She was married first on July 14,1910 to Steve
Hibler/Hibble. She was married secondly on April 14,1912 to
Ernest M. Averett, born in December 1890, the son of Nealy
Turner Averett and Harriett Loflin. She was married for a
third time on December 24,1916 to Warren Thomas Taylor, born
March 1,1880 and died February 6,1949 from liver cancer. He
was the son of William Taylor and Willery Snelgrove. He was
formerly married to Beadie Albin. All three are was buried
in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. Ivy Carlom
Watts born January 10,1896 and died September 13,1975. He
was married on June 21,1925 to Stella E. McMorris, born May
9,1907 and died October 21,1978. She was the daughter of
Louis Drakeford McMorris and Florence Eugenia Harrell. Both
are buried in Blount Cemetery in Satsuma,La.
c. Laura Watts
born September 1897
d. Larry S.
Watts born September 22,1898 and died March 21,1965. He was
married on August 21,1926 to Eliza Elizabeth Averett, born
September 7,1905, the daughter of James L. Averett and
Lucinda Palmer. She died on April 17,1989 and both are
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. Ben Hillary
Watts born March 31,1901 and died April 9,1980. He was
married on August 23,1922 to Mary “Deedie” Ratcliff, born
December 25,1904, the daughter of John Jackson Ratcliff and
Laura Eugena Palmer. She died January 13,1994 and they both
were buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. Vina V.
(Vinnie) Watts born April 7,1903 and died August 29,1978.
She was married on April 7,1919 to Drew (Drury) Milton
Easley, born February 3,1858, the son of Benjamin Franklin
Easley and Cecelia Margaret Johnson. He was formerly married
to Margaret Ann Watts. He died on February 13,1926. Vinnie
was married secondly in June 1931 to C. C. Leggett, born
January 13,1880 and died December 12,1957. She and C. C.
were both buried in Bankston Cemetery in Albany,La.
g. Edna A.
Watts born February 8,1906 and died July 25,1984. She was
married in November 1925 to Fred Renko, born about 1875, the
son of Joe Renko and Elsa Aocha (??). She was married
secondly on November 10,1928 to Joseph W. McMorris, born
March 19,1909, the son of Louis Drakeford McMorris and
Florence Eugenia Harrell. He died November 23,1954 and both
are buried in Blount Cemetery at Satsuma,La.
h. Nettie R.
Watts born October 9,1908 and died July 1,1994. She was
married on April 26,1925 to Elliott Monroe Watts, born
September 25,1905 and died April 20,1965, the son of David
M. Watts and Sarah C. Averett. Both are buried in Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
i. Isaac
Joshua “Ike” Watts born November 23,1911 and died September
16,1972. He was married on May 10,1933 to Ida Lea Shaffett,
the daughter of Ben Shaffett and Ernestine Wise. She was
born December 12,1914 and died October 20,1997 and both are
buried in Blount Cemetery in Satsuma, Louisiana.
j. Jessie
Tilden Watts born September 14,1914 and died May 24,1952. He
was married on May 23,1935 to Jewel Watts, the daughter of
Jesse Monroe Watts and Lillie Viola Edwards. He was buried
in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery. She was married secondly
in 1966 to Robert W. Forbes.
k. Leslie
Tolmon Watts born September 14,1914 and died August 1,1989.
He was married on November 15,1934 to Myrtle Alberta "Myrth"
McCon, born June 27, 1918, the daughter of Charlie McCon and
Ada Watts. He is buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
G. DOROTHY EDWARDS was
born about 1834 in Lawrence County,Miss. She was married
circa 1854 to CHARLES P. TAYLOR who was born about 1831 in
Mississippi. CHARLES died about 1885 and DOROTHY died
January 15,1890. (From Livingston Parish Succession File
#391 and Colyell Baptist Church records)
CHILDREN:
1. Caroline/Celiann
Taylor; born about 1854; died young. (Her name shown as
Julia Ann Taylor from Succession File #391)
2. James Adolphus
Taylor; born about 1856; died young.
3. Daniel Taylor;
born about 1858; died young.
4. Alonzo Lafayette
Taylor; born about 1860.
5. Wilhelmina
Josephine Taylor born December 8,1861 and died August
3,1934. She was married on November 13,1888 to William M.
Tate, born on December 1850 and died on January 12,1913, the
son of Harvey Tate and Malinda Bates. This was his third
marriage. He had two children by his second marriage, Ira
and Serena. Ira was married on December 31,1902 to Tennie
Comeaux. Serena was married on January 7,1903 to M. A.
Sullivan. Josephine and William are both buried at Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Simeon Lee
Tate born July 10,1889 and was married on December 22,1910
to Mercy Caroline Watson, born August 30,1891 and died May
27,1951. He died August 4,1955 and both are buried in Denham
Springs Memorial Cemetery.
b. Dallas
Monroe Tate born July 13,1889 and died December 1979. He was
married on May 30,1912 to Sadie Idell Brown, born January
27,1893 and died March 13, 1970, the daughter of Daniel
Sylvester Brown and Mary Margaret Brashears. Both are buried
at Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery.
c. Charles
James Tate born September 21,1893 and died on January
27,1926 from pneumonia after an automobile accident and was
buried in First Baptist Church Cemetery in Denham
Springs,La. He was married to Freddie Lorena Brown, born
February 18,1897 and died March 28,1993. She was the
daughter of Daniel Sylvester Brown and Mary Margaret
Brashears. She was married secondly to Eugene J. O’Regan,
born November 18,1903 and died July 28,1981. Both are buried
in Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge,La.
d. Calvin C.
Tate born November 29,1894 and died January 1,1977. He was
married on August 1,1917 to Zillie Brown, born February
12,1903 and died January 16, 1986. She was the daughter of
William Brown and Alice Achord. Both are buried at Denham
Springs Memorial Cemetery.
e. John Edgar
Tate born September 26,1896 and died February 24,1964. He
was married on May 25,1918 to Norma Causey, born December
22,1898 and died October 19,1967, the daughter of Dewitt C.
Causey,Sr. and Martha Andrews. Both are buried in Hebron
Baptist Church Cemetery at Denham Springs,La.
f. Julia Mae
Tate born May 3,1900 and died December 21,1973. She was
married to Dwarcie W. Miscar, born December 8,1899 and died
May 16,1971. Both are buried in Roselawn Memorial Park in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
g. Joseph A.
Tate born March 20,1902 and died January 22,1918 in a
hunting accident. He was buried in Hebron Baptist Church
Cemetery in Denham Springs, La.
h. Myrtle
Irene Tate born March 16,1905 and died September 10,1998 in
Gonzales, La. She was married on June 24,1925 to Charles
Leroy Tyler, the son of Calvin C. Tyler and Lydia Ellis. He
was born March 10,1903 and died in November 1983 in
Geismar,La. (or 3/29/1903-6/1950). She was buried in
Prairieville Cemetery, Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
6. Charles
Clarkston Taylor born July 4,1864 and died June 23,1967. He
was married on May 20,1903 to Pernie C. Cook, born October
3,1882 and died January 21,1941 from pneumonia and
influenza. She was the daughter of Willington C. Cook and
Elizabeth Fronie Rushing. Both are buried at Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Alice L.
Taylor born January 15,1907 and died February 26,1986. She
was married on November 28,1934 to Eustis Jackson Nickens,
born April 15,1905 and died April 18,1977. Both are buried
in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. Shelby
Jeffrey Taylor born September 3,1908 and died June 3,1987.
He was married on June 13,1936 to Russia Abileen Wheat, born
December 13,1917 and died January 4,1971, the daughter of
William E. Wheat and Eva Susan Taylor. He was married
secondly on May 30,1980 to Ruby Velma Edwards, born January
5, 1933, the daughter of Eddie Eugene Edwards and Enus
Simpson. Shelby and Russia are both buried at Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
c. Viola "Ola" Taylor born October
1,1910 and died April 19,1987. She was married on May
30,1934 to Charles Spears Crowder, born February 19,1912 and
died May 19,1979. He was the son of L. W. Crowder and Brosha
Carver. Both are buried at Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
d. George
Deloin Taylor born October 15,1912 and died September
23,1977. He was buried at Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
e. Addie E.
Taylor born March 5,1915 and died October 24,1992. She is
buried at Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
7. W. Leonadus
Taylor born May 29,1866 in Frost and died July 26,1949 from
heart disease and was buried in Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery. He was never married.
8. Theophilus C.
Taylor born November 7,1870 and died May 1,1959. He was
married on June 17,1894 to Emma E. Watts, born March 9,1878
and died January 13,1961. She was the daughter of George C.
Watts and Susan Ann Wood. Both are buried at Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. George
Ellis Taylor born November 1,1896 and died October 7,1949.
He was married to Julia Etta Taylor, born August 14,1901 and
died January 21,1963, the daughter of John Monroe Taylor and
Indiana “Anna” Averett. She was later married on November
7,1952 to Eddie Eugene Edwards, born March 30,1888 and died
September 26,1985, the son of Andrew J. Edwards and Martha
L. Loflin. All are buried at Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
b. Child
Taylor; died before 1900 census was taken.
c. Eva Susan
Taylor born December 24,1899 and died February 2,1971. She
was married on February 23,1916 to William Ellis Wheat, born
December 29,1894 and died April 30,1959. He was the son of
Harvey Wheat and Florence Stewart. Both are buried at
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
d. Adam Lee
Taylor born October 12,1910 and died February 12,1985. He
was married on April 4,1933 to Ruth Edwards, born August
21,1918 and died November 13,1981. She was the daughter of
Eddie Eugene Edwards and Enus Almedia Simpson. Both are
buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
9. John Monroe
Taylor born November 26,1874 and died April 5,1915. He was
married about 1896 to Indianna “Anna” “Annie” Missouri
Averett, born September 24,1876 in Colyell and died
September 11,1946 from cancer of the liver. She was the
daughter of Nealy Turner Averett and Harriett Loflin. Both
are buried in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children:
a. Ollie
Monroe Taylor born February 3,1897 and died November
24,1973. He was married on August 12,1919 to Elizabeth Ann
McAlister, born April 23,1902 and died July 26,1976, the
daughter of David W. McAlister and Martha Jane Palmer. Both
are buried at Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
b. Alonzo
Matthew Taylor born December 7,1898 and died July 6,1973 and
was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Hammond,La. He was
married first on June 8, 1923 to Vivyian Thadys Watts, born
November 23,1902 and died November 5, 1929. She was the
daughter of Julius P. Watts and Katie I. Nesom. He was
married a second time on October 15,1932 to Katie Estelle
Smiley, born about 1916, the daughter of Julius Smiley and
Minnie Wall.
c. Alex John
Taylor born November 3,1900 and died May 21,1974. He was
married to Louise Loflin, born March 7,1910 and died October
3,1981. She was the daughter of Curtis Hurel Loflin and
Almira Almeda Martin. Both are buried at Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
d. Julia Etta
Taylor born August 14,1901 and died January 21,1963. She was
married before April 1915 to George Ellis Taylor, the son of
Theophilus C. Taylor and Emma E. Watts. He was born November
1,1896 and died October 7,1949. She later was married on
November 7,1952 to Eddie Eugene Edwards, born March 30, 1888
and died September 26,1985, the son of Andrew J. Edwards and
Martha L. Loflin. All are buried at Colyell Baptist Church
Cemetery.
e. Elva Wilma
Taylor born August 4,1904 and died May 4,1977 and was buried
in Fundamental Baptist Church Cemetery, Verdun, LA. She was
married first on March 23,1924 to Elliott Alvin Harrell,
born October 28,1901 and died December 25,1976. He was the
son of George A. Harrell and Dorothy M. Watts. Elliott was
married secondly to Mattie Bond, born June 19,1909 and died
February 25,1977. Both Elliott and Mattie are buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery. Elva was married a second
time on April 6,1929 to Jesse Burton Hardy, born February
13, 1908 the son of John Herbert Hardy and Mary "Margana"
Averett. Jesse died July 31,1939 and was buried in Colyell
Baptist Church Cemetery.
f. Ira Lee
Taylor born July 11,1907 and died June 17,1977. He was
married on December 10,1927 to Viola V. Edwards, born
February 3,1910, the daughter of William C. Edwards and
Florence Rosey Hill. She was secondly married on September
3,1983 to Smiley D. Kirkwood, born October 5,1904, the son
of D. S. Kirkwood and Amanda Hunt. Viola died December
29,1987 and both she and Ira are buried at Colyell Baptist
Church Cemetery.
g. Ethel
Alberta Taylor born August 3,1909 and was married on June
1,1928 to Eugene Kemp Wheat, born March 18,1901, the son of
Harvey Wheat and Florence Stewart. He died November 3,1973
and Ethel died October 19,1989 and both were buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
H. LAFAYETTE
EDWARDS born about 1837 in Lawrence County. Because all of
the records at the Livingston Parish Courthouse were burned
in October 1875, there is no way to know if LAFAYETTE had
married before he died. From various records it is believed
that he did have one daughter named Annie Edwards who was
born May 15, 1853. On the 1870 Livingston Parish Census she
was shown to be living in the household of LAFAYETTE’s
brother, JAMES EDWARDS. She became the second wife of John
McCon in about 1879. He was born in 1837 according to his
headstone inscription (born in Louisiana in 1842 or 1845 on
census records). He was married first in about 1866 to Ann
Richardson, born August 30,1841 and they had four children
together. Ann died in January 1876 according to her
headstone inscription in Felder Cemetery. Annie Edwards
McCon and John McCon had six children together before John
died in 1892. He was buried in Felder Cemetery next to his
first wife. Annie died on December 8,1920 and was buried in
Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery.
I. WILLIAM THOMAS EDWARDS was
born on December 17,1840 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. He
died on June 8,1863 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. He was
married in 1860 to MARY MILDRED LAUGHLIN or LOFLIN, born
December 17,1846. Both were living in the Colyell community.
Some time after his death she was married to GEORGE MEADOWS.
He died before 1886 and MARY died before 1899. WILLIAM
THOMAS EDWARDS’ only known child is believed to be a
daughter named, ANNIE EDWARDS who was born on July 5,1861.
CHILDREN:
1. Annie Edwards
born on July 5,1861. She was married in about 1879 to
Etienne Laiche, born November 19,1853, the son of Adam
Laichie and Maude Odille Bell. He was first married on
December 6,1875 to Marie Rosa Poirier, born August 17,1854,
the daughter of Michel Poirier and Rosalie Bourgeois.
Etienne died on January 7, 1931 and Annie died in St. Amant
on June 9,1947 from cardiac failure (heart attack). She and
Etienne are both buried in New River Baptist Church Cemetery
in St. Amant, LA. (NOTE: The information on this family line
was provided to the author by Bernadette Alise George, the
great-granddaughter of Etienne Laiche and Annie Edwards).
Children:
a. Joseph Florestan Laiche born
July 20,1880 and died May 1,1956. He was married on June
20,1904 to Clementine Pauline Bourgeois, born July 6,1886
and died on December 1,1961.
b. Marie
Olieve Laiche born December 28,1881 and died March 23,1975.
She was married on March 19,1903 to Samuel Jackson Dearmond,
born September 16, 1879 and died June 2,1945.
c. Marie Odile
Laiche born March 28,1884 and died December 21,1885.
d. Ofelia
Laiche born May 18,1886 and died June 13,1886.
e. Adam Laiche
born May 14,1887 and died February 28,1982. He was married
on September 13,1911 to Marie Felicie Michel, born August
18,1891 and died November 2,1943.
f. Etienne
Laiche,Jr. born November 13,1889 and died February 18,1946.
He was married on December 17,1914 to Olive Michel, born in
1897 and died May 9, 1950.
g. Mary Olampe
Laiche born February 11,1892 and died April 23,1973. She was
married on November 26,1910 to Felix Franklin Parker, born
October 5,1883 and died April 3,1952.
h. Eveline
Laiche born October 14,1894 and died on February 26,1978.
She was married on March 10,1917 to Ulger Leonce
Bourgeois,Jr., born November 7,1895 and died November 7,1971
i. Oliver
Laiche born November 19,1898 and died April 15,1982.
j. Mary Alice
Laiche born September 19,1899 and died March 15,1975. She
was married on June 25,1931 to Joseph Braud, born July
9,1887 and died February 11, 1949.
k. Marie Annie
Laiche born September 14,1901 and died October 1,1996. She
was married on April 2,1921 to Lee A. Michel, born April
26,1898 and died April 9, 1963. She was married secondly on
November 6,1965 to Felix Poirrier, born August 9,1902 and
died May 2,1999.
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8. CHARITY MINYARD was born 1810
in Georgia and was married in Lawrence County, Mississippi
on January 26,1826 to NEALY EDWARDS, born between 1805-1810
in South Carolina, the son of VICTOR EDWARDS and MARY
TURNER. (*This family information derived from Edwards
Families From South Carolina to the Mississippi Territory in
1810, by Mrs. Daniel B. (Edwina Price) Snyder*)
CHILDREN OF NEALY EDWARDS AND CHARITY MINYARD:
A. JOHN EDWARDS born
August 14,1828 and was married in Lawrence County on January
25,1855 to MELISSA LOFTON/LOFTIN, born about 1834, the
daughter of CYRUS LOFTON/LOFTIN and SARAH SMITH.
CHILDREN:
1. Cyrus M. Edwards
born December 25,1855 and married Eliza Phillips.
Children:
a. John Melton
Edwards born November 13,1877/1878 in Mississippi and was
married in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana on December
28,1899 to Mary Della Teekle/Teekel/Teacle, born July 4,1884
in Louisiana and died November 7,1952, the daughter of
William J. Teekle/Teacle and Catherine Powers. John died
August 19,1925 and was buried in Sandy Creek Cemetery,
Pride, Louisiana. Children: Cyrus “Fate” Lafayette Edwards;
Lillie Laura Edwards; Thomas Charles Edwards; Lovie Edwards;
Addie Edwards; John Melton Edwards,Jr.; & Mary Jane Edwards.
b. Perry
Edwards born about 1879 in Mississippi.
2. William E.
Edwards born about 1857 in Mississippi.
3. Thomas Charles
Edwards born about 1860 in Mississippi and married Mrs. Pate
Edwards Pennington.
Children:
a. Lillie L.
Edwards was married on January 24,1959 to J. B. Edwards.
4. Alice M. Edwards
born about 1862 and was married in East Feliciana Parish,
Louisiana on December 3,1896 to J. W. Phillips.
5. Nancy Jane
Edwards born January 20,1865 and was married in East
Feliciana Parish, Louisiana on June 17,1891 to James Gifford
“Giff” Watson, born January 20,1856, the son of Amos Wesley
Watson and Lucrecia “Cressy” Lee. He died November 19, 1914
in Holden, Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
6. Mary Ann Edwards
born about 1867 and was married in East Feliciana Parish,
Louisiana on January 14,1883 to Daniel R. Edwards, born
December 22,1858, the son of Victor Edwards and Mary Tyler
Giles. Daniel died March 17,1940 in Pride, East Baton Rouge
Parish, Louisiana. They were first cousins.
Children:
a. Birdie Bell
Edwards born January 5,1884 and died October 15,1964 and was
buried in the Sandy creek Cemetery, Pride, East Baton Rouge
Parish, Louisiana. She was married on March 18,1903 to
George A. Hutchinson.
b. Mattie
Edwards born September 23,1888 and died November 4,1957 and
was buried in the Sandy Creek Cemetery, Pride, East Baton
Rouge Parish, Louisiana. She never married.
7. Emma C. Edwards
born about 1870 in Mississippi.
B. VICTOR M. EDWARDS born
July 4,1830 and died February 8,1907 in East Baton Rouge
Parish, Louisiana. He was married first in Lawrence County
on September 13, 185? to MARY TYLER GILES, born in September
1830 in Mississippi. He was married secondly to ?? HICKMAN.
CHILDREN:
1. Nealy Lenard (or
S.) Edwards born March 2 or 5,1853 in Lincoln County,
Mississippi and was married in Lincoln County on December
14,1894 to Georgie Annie Davis.
Children:
a. Carry Lois
Edwards born July 26,1914 in Mississippi.
2. Sarah D.
“Sallie” Edwards born in December 1856 and died June 7,1928.
She was married in East Baton Rouge Parish on December
6,1883 to Louis E. Watson, born in April 1862 in
Mississippi.
Children:
a. William D.
Watson born in August 1884 in Texas and married Emma Watson.
b. Laura C.
Watson born in March 1887.
c. Joseph A.
Watson born in March 1892 and married Pearl Nickens.
d. Mary E.
Watson born in June 1894.
e. Louis M.
Watson born in August 1897 and married Carvie Lee Partin.
f. Ollie
Watson born after 1900 census and married Mabel Jackson.
g. Dora Watson
born after 1900 census and married Henry Stewart. They were
living in Livingston Parish, Louisiana in 1925.
3. (Child) Edwards
4. (Child) Edwards
5. Daniel R.
Edwards born December 22,1858 in Lawrence County and was
married in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana on January
14,1883 to Mary Ann Edwards born about 1867, the daughter of
John Edwards and Melissa Lofton/Loftin. They were first
cousins. Daniel was married secondly in East Baton Rouge
Parish on June 22,1904 to Adele E. Thomas. Daniel died March
17,1940 in Pride, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
Children:
a. Birdie Bell
Edwards born January 5,1884 and died October 15,1964 and was
buried in the Sandy creek Cemetery, Pride, East Baton Rouge
Parish, Louisiana. She was married on March 18,1903 to
George A. Hutchinson.
b. Mattie
Edwards born September 23,1888 and died November 4,1957 and
was buried in the Sandy Creek Cemetery, Pride, East Baton
Rouge Parish, Louisiana. She never married.
c. Mary Lillian
Edwards born about 1905 and married Louis Otto Pennington.
d. Daniel
Edwards born about 1909.
e. L. D.
Edwards
f. Lee
Edwards
6. Darling J.
Edwards born about 1861 in Mississippi and died in Copiah
County, Mississippi. He married A. E. ??. Some of their
children were living in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1918.
Children:
a. Victor Edwards born about 1886 in
Louisiana. The name of his first wife is unknown. He was
married in Lincoln County on April 26,1909 to Josie
Boone/Borne, born about 1894 in Mississippi. They were
living in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1918. Children: Anna R.
Edwards.
b. James J.
Edwards was living in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1918.
c. Willie Zell
Edwards married Luther Creed and was living in Bogalusa,
Louisiana in 1918.
d. Maude L.
Edwards married Ado Thompson and was living in Bogalusa,
Louisiana in 1918.
e. Robert
Melvin Edwards married Naomi McCullough and was living in
Columbia, Mississippi in 1918. Children: Hollis O. Edwards
and Thelma Edwards.
7. Celia C. Edwards
born about 1866 in Mississippi and married (?W. L. Giles?).
8. Annie J. Edwards
married (?W. L. Giles?).
9. (Child) Edwards
10. (Child) Edwards
C. MAHALIA EDWARDS born
about 1832 and was married in Lawrence County on January
26,1853 to LEMUEL KIRBY DUNN, born about 1829.
CHILDREN:
1. Mary Dunn born
about 1855 in Mississippi.
2. Everett A. Dunn
born in January 1857 in Mississippi and was married about
1878 to Samantha Watts, born in January 1857 in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Mary C. Dunn
born in April 1880 in Mississippi.
b. Davis Dunn
born in November 1881 in Mississippi.
c. (Martha?)
Belle Dunn born in January 1884 in Mississippi and was
married in Lincoln County on May 13,1904 to Anderson Smith,
born June 6,1883, the son of Anderson ”Ance” Smith and
Cynthia Allen. He died December 23,1904 and was buried in
New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, Lincoln County,
Mississippi. Children: Elizabeth Smith.
d. Ross Dunn
born in March 1886 in Mississippi and was married in Lincoln
County on December 22,1909 to Bula Prine.
e. Louis Dunn
born in June 1889 in Mississippi and was married in Lincoln
County on June 19,1909 to Willie Mullins.
f. Lina Dunn
born in April 1891 in Mississippi and was married in Lincoln
County on March 28,1907 to L. F. Ellington.
3. Melissa Dunn
born about 1859 in Mississippi.
4. William Dunn
born May 29,1861 in Mississippi and was married about 1885
to Martha Jane “Mattie” Wooten, born December 14,1868, the
daughter of Robert Wooten and Nancy Smith. William died July
29,1924 and was buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery,
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi.
Children:
a. Robert E.
Dunn born in May 1886 in Mississippi.
b. Ada Dunn
born in January 1888 in Mississippi and was married in
Lincoln County on January 19,1905 to P. O. Linton.
c. Mamie Dunn
born in March 1891 in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
d. Bessie Dunn
born in August 1893 in Mississippi.
e. Oscar Dunn
born in October 1895 in Mississippi.
f. Lizzie Dunn
born in June 1898 in Mississippi.
g. (Child) Dunn
born and died before June 1,1900.
5. L. Anderson Dunn
born in March 1864 in Mississippi and was married about 1886
to Nannie Case, born in May 1868 in Mississippi.
Children:
a. Jesse Dunn
born in February 1887 in Mississippi.
b. (Child) Dunn
born and died before 1900.
c. (Child) Dunn
born and died before 1900.
d. Thomas J.
Dunn born in June 1893 in Mississippi.
e. Maggie Dunn
born in November 1895 in Mississippi.
f. Leon Dunn
born in July 1898 in Mississippi.
g. Pearlie Dunn
born about 1900 in Mississippi.
h. Annie Dunn
born about 1904 in Mississippi.
i. Ben Dunn
born about 1905 in Mississippi.
j. A. Dunn
born about 1907 in Mississippi.
k. Harvey Dunn
born in 1908 in Mississippi.
6. Celia Dunn born
in June 1865 in Mississippi and was married about 1885 to
Oscar Wooten, born in October 1866, the son of Robert H.
Wooten and Nancy Smith. Celia died in 1937 and Oscar died in
1953 and both were buried in the New Prospect Baptist Church
Cemetery, Lincoln County, Mississippi.
Children:
a. Leonard W.
Wooten born June 3,1886 in Mississippi and died October
11,1957. He was married in Lincoln County in December 1905
to Nannie Lofton, born December 3,1889 and died December
27,1909. Leonard was married secondly to Melissa Sasser,
born April 29,1888 and died January 9,1951, the daughter of
John J. Sasser and Marinda Lofton.
b. Hattie
Wooten born in February 1890 in Mississippi and was married
in Lincoln County in December 1905 to James Otis Redd, born
in January 1878, the son of William J. Redd and Julia Ann
??.
c. Benny D.
Wooten born in November 1892 in Mississippi.
d. Annie
Lucille Wooten born in September 1894 in Mississippi and was
married in Lincoln County in December 1913 to Henry B.
Montgomery.
e. Zolly Wooten
born in February 1897 in Mississippi and married ?? Jackson.
f. Ralph
Wooten married Zulie Laird.
g. Carrie
Wooten married ?? Dunn.
7. James L. Dunn
born in October 1866 in Mississippi and was married in
Lincoln County in December 1897 to Fannie E. Mason, born in
September 1870 in Mississippi
Children:
a. Charlie E.
Dunn born in January 1899 in Mississippi.
b. Julius Dunn
born about 1901 in Mississippi.
c. Gladys B.
Dunn born about 1901 in Mississippi.
d. Ira J. Dunn
born about 1907 in Mississippi.
D. MARY EDWARDS born about
1834 in Mississippi.
E. NARCISSA “POLLY”
EDWARDS born about 1836 and died before 1870. She was
married in Lawrence County on June 25,1856 to JAMES G.
EVANS, born June 20,1838, the son of JOHN EVANS (born in
Ohio) and MARY ??. He died September 21,1883 and was buried
in the Edwards Cemetery, Lincoln County, Mississippi.
CHILDREN:
1. Andrew Lafayette
Evans born about 1857 in Mississippi and died in 1927. He
married Jane Lofton, born about 1855, the daughter of Thomas
Lofton and Sarah Smith.
2. Frances Evans
born about 1860 in Mississippi and died before 1870.
3. R. M. Evans born
about 1862.
4. Charles M. Evans
born about 1864 in Mississippi.
5. James R. Evans
born about 1869.
F. CELIA EDWARDS born
about 1838 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
G. DARLING EDWARDS born
about 1840 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
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9. SARAH MINYARD born 1812.
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10. THOMAS MINYARD was born 1815
in Franklin County, Georgia and was married in
Carroll County on February 11,1841 to MARGARET CARPENTER,
the daughter of JOHN CARPENTER and ESTHER KENNEDY
(CANADAY) of Moore County, North Carolina. In 1833 he
moved his family from Lawrence County to Carroll County,
Mississippi.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS MINYARD AND MARGARET CARPENTER:
A. SARAH ANN ELIZABETH MINYARD
born about 1842 in Carroll County, MS.
B. CASSEY MINYARD born May
1841/1843 in Carroll County, Mississippi and was married
there on May 27,1878 to FELIX GRUNDY PINKSTON JR., born
September 1849 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. He was the son
of FELIX G. PINKSTON, SR. and SUSAN ANDERSON.
CHILDREN:
1. Bettie Pinkston
born February 1883
2. Felix Greenberry
“Green” Pinkston born April 14,1884 and died November
22,1941. He was married in Carroll County on January 21,1906
to Lillie Blanche Wimberly, born September 3,1890 at Vaiden
in Carroll County and died December 10,1968. They both are
buried in the Enon Cemetery at the Enon Church off Highway
35 in Carroll County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of
William Lee Elijah Wimberly (born May 1,1864 in Vaiden,
Carroll County) and Patro Boyce (Payton Benton?) (born
September 11,1860 in Vaiden, Carroll County). According to
Lucy Baker McEachern they took in five of the children
belonging to Carrie Wimberly Pinkston (Lillie’s sister) and
her husband Robert (Green’s brother) after Carrie died in
childbirth. These children lived with them for several years
until the oldest girl could take care of the younger
children.
Children:
a. Clara
Pinkston born before 1908 and died as an infant and was
buried beside her parents in the Enon Cemetery.
b. Lee Cordell
Pinkston born June 9,1908 in Mississippi and died August
28,1983 and was buried in the Vaiden Cemetery, Carroll
County, Mississippi. He married Eva Gober, born December
4,1907 and died October 4,2001 at Vaiden. Children: James
Pinkston married ?? Ferguson; Martha Pinkston born January
24,1930 and died July 4,2000 and was buried in the Vaiden
Cemetery. She married Henry Milner; ?? Pinkston married
Sonny Williamson; and Julius Robert Pinkston born February
19,1931 and died February 16,1998 and was buried in the
Vaiden Cemetery, Carroll County, Mississippi. He married
Sarah Hodges, born July 18, 1930.
c. Verna May
Pinkston born April 30,1910 in Mississippi and died in
August 1995 while a resident of Chandler, Lincoln County,
Oklahoma. She married James Alvin “Shag” Morse, born
February 10,1906 and died January 20,1989. They lived most
of their married life in Indiana. Both were residents of
Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma at the time of their
death and both are buried in Oklahoma City, OK. Children:
Henry Dean Morse; and two other children.
d. Vena
Pinkston born May 9,1912 in Carroll County and died
September 22,1989 and was buried outside of Batesville in
Panola County, Mississippi. She married Lawrence Ware.
Children: Deverne Ware and six others.
e. Lorena (Lovena) Pinkston born
August 26,1914 in Mississippi and died September 24,1996 and
was was married on October 3,1936 to Houston Thomas Baker,
born August 31,1915 and died May 25 or 29,1989. Both are
buried in the Enon Cemetery, Carroll County, Mississippi.
They were residents of Lambert in Quitman County, Miss.
Children: Jerry Houston Baker born February 25,1945 and died
June 21,1994 and was buried in Enon Cemetery; and two
others.
f. George
Anderson Pinkston born October 19,1916 in Mississippi and
died June 18, 1976. He was married on December 22,1934 to
Lera Minyard, born July 16,1918 and died April 1,1997. She
was the daughter of Charles Minyard and Alma S. Shelton.
They are both buried in the Enon Cemetery in Carroll County.
(Children: One daughter married first ?? Welch and had four
children and married secondly ?? Layman; One daughter
married ?? McCorkle and had two children; and a son married
?? Alford and had two children).
g. Harper Dent
Pinkston married Laverne Maynard (deceased). They lived most
of their married life in Illinois. They had three children.
h. Margaurite
Pinkston was married first to Aaron Harmon and second to ??
Kynard. Margaurite. Aaron was born November 14,1905 and died
in August 1967 at Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.
Children: Tommy Ray Kynard married first ?? Goss and second
?? Mead; and a daughter who married ?? Richtee.
i. Carrie
Valentine “Vallie” Pinkston born February 14,1917 (February
6,1919?) in Mississippi and died June 3,1996 while a
resident of Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. She was
married to Rufus Minyard, born October 19,1915, the son of
Charles Minyard and Alma S. Shelton. They lived most of
their married life in Indiana. Rufus died July 4,1975 at
Crown Point in Lake County, Indiana. He and Carrie are both
buried in the Enon Cemetery. (Children: Jerome Minyard
married Brucene Browning; Charlotte Minyard married Billy
Tallant: Gloria Faye Minyard married Morris Browning; Yvonne
Minyard married Walter Hall; Christine Minyard married
Horace Gilbreath; and Randy Minyard married Jackie Carney).
j. Mildred
Bell Pinkston born July 4,1920 and died in January 1971
while a resident of Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi. She
married Leslie McRae. They lived most of their married life
in Corinth, Mississippi. They had two children.
k. Mary Eunice
Pinkston (?born January 15,1923 and died November 28,2001 at
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee?). She married Everette
Utley. They lived most of their married life in Corinth,
Alcorn County, Mississippi. Children: Donald Everette Utley
and Barbara Sue Utley who married Bill Strickland.
l.
Felix
Green Pinkston born March 28,1925 and died
December 26,1995. He married Dorothy Naomi Maness, born June
30,1925 and died November 11,2000 at Vaiden. Both are buried
in the Enon Cemetery in Carroll County, Mississippi. They
had two daughters. One married a ?? Fowler and the other
married a ?? Goldsmith.
3. Robert Thomas
Pinkston born October 1885 and was buried in Lambert in
Quitman County, Mississippi. He was married first in Carroll
County on May 2,1906 to Carrie Wimberly, born July 14,1889
at Vaiden, Carroll County, Mississippi and died January
28,1920 after childbirth and was buried in the Enon Cemetery
at the Enon Church off Highway 35 in Carroll County. She was
the daughter of William Lee Elijah Wimberly (born May 1,1864
in Vaiden, Carroll County) and Patro Boyce (Payton Benton?)
(born September 11,1860 in Vaiden, Carroll County). Robert
Thomas Pinkston was married secondly after 1920 to Ollie
Hellums.
Children:
a. Canus
Pinkston married Ruby Mitchell, born January 19,1916 and
died in January 1986 at Lambert, Quitman County,
Mississippi. They had four children.
b. Opal
Pinkston (?born March 1,1912 and died August 11,1991?)
married Cecil Braswell. They had one child.
c. Irby
Pinkston born January 7,1913 and died May 12,1991 at
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. He married Lottie White,
born January 28,1916 and died in July 1984 at Memphis,
Shelby County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of ?? White
and Ollie Hellums. They had two children.
d. Robert Lee
Pinkston married Annie Merle White. They had three children.
e. Harvey Ray
Pinkston born January 8,1920 in Carroll County and died in
September 1981. He married Lois Etoyle Englebert/Engleburg,
born October 12, 1927 and died December 21,1983. Children:
Harvey Lee Pinkston and seven other children. Harvey Ray
Pinkston was married secondly to ?? White.
f. Robert
Thomas Pinkston,Jr. born April 1927. Children Robert Thomas
Pinkston, III born in 1950 and one other son and four
daughters
C. JAMES MINYARD born
about 1845 in Carroll County, MS.
D. JOHN H. MINYARD born
about 1847 in Carroll County, MS.
E. SIMEON I. MINYARD born
June 1850 in Carroll County, MS.
F. SUSAN J. MINYARD born
about 1850.
G. M. V. MINYARD born
about 1852.
H. THOMAS BENTON MINYARD
born June 12,1854 in Carroll County, Mississippi and died
September 7,1913. He was married to MARY FRANCIS WRIGHT, the
daughter of NOAH GREGORY WRIGHT and SARAH ANN CURTIS. She
was born October 7 or 27,1854 in Carroll County and died
November 13,1910. She and Thomas were both buried in the New
Salem Cemetery in Carroll County.
CHILDREN:
1. James C.
(Clarence?) Minyard born about 1877 in Mississippi
2. Addie G. Minyard
born February 16,1879 in Mississippi and died December
6,1900 and was buried in the New Salem Cemetery in Carroll
County.
3. Mamie Minyard
born August 1,1880 and died March 9,1984 while a resident of
Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. She was married on
April 2,1905 to John W. Boone.
Children:
a. Thomas
“Tommie” H. Boone born February 20,1896 and died October
2,1896 and was buried in Midway Methodist Church Cemetery.
b. Warren Boone
c. John W.
Boone, Jr. born January 10,1900 and died May 11,1975 while a
resident of Vaiden, Carroll County, Mississippi. He married
Mae Noah, born August 18, 1907 and died November 3,1990.
Both are buried in Midway Methodist Church Cemetery.
d. Joel Vance
Boone born May 20,1903 and died March 20,1968. He married
Mary Welch, born October 8,1901 and died December 24,1986.
Both are buried in Midway Methodist Church Cemetery in
Carroll County, Mississippi.
e. Iris Boone
born 1909
4. Julia Minyard
5. Effie Minyard
born March 6,1888 and died September 18,1945. She married
William Frank Fisher.
6. Dexter Minyard
7. John Kennedy
Minyard born 1890
8. Lula Mae Minyard
born October 16,1895 in Carroll County, Mississippi and died
January 10,1970 in Greenwood, LeFlore County, Mississippi.
She was married in Carroll County on December 21,1919 to
Homer Wesley Flippen, born December 3, 1894 in Providence,
Wilson County, Tennessee and died May 18,1977 in Grenada,
Grenada County, Mississippi. Both were buried at Winona,
Montgomery County, Mississippi. He was the son of Samuel Ira
Flippen and Lillian Ansley Griffin.
Children:
a. Francis
Lillian Flippen born January 16,1922 in Carroll County and
died November 5,2004. She was married in Carroll County on
May 5,1946 to Richard Harvey Anglin, born June 17,1922 in
Lee County, Mississippi. He was the son of Erie Troy Anglin
and Rhoda Eliza Ann Cleveland
b. Emma
Elizabeth Flippen born December 5,1924 in Carroll County and
was married in Carroll County on June 19,1949 to Billy
Thomas Armstrong.
c. Homer Wright
Flippen married ?? Simone
d. Earl Griffin
Flippen born May 26,1928 in Carroll County and died December
14, 1988 at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi and was
buried at Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi. He was
married first to ?? Malone and second to ?? Cotton.
I. EASTER M. MINYARD
born about 1857 in Carroll County, MS.
J. ANNIE MINYARD born
about 1862 in Carroll County, MS.
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11.
DELANEY MINYARD born 1817 and was married in Carroll County
on December 27, 1837 to GREEN CARPENTER, born about
1811-1815 in Georgia, the son of OWEN CARPENTER and SARAH
RACHEL SMITH.
CHILDREN OF GREEN CARPENTER AND DELANEY MINYARD:
A. MAHALA CARPENTER born 1839
in Mississippi
B. SARAH CARPENTER born
1840 in Mississippi
C. NATHAN CARPENTER born
1841 in Mississippi and was married in 1868 to NANCY J. ??,
born 1850 in Mississippi.
CHILDREN:
1. Alvin G.
Carpenter born September 20,1868 in Mississippi
2. Minnie S.
Carpenter born 1870 in Mississippi
3. Mary E.
Carpenter born 1872 in Mississippi
4.
Gennie
F. Carpenter born
1874 in Mississippi
D.
MARY CARPENTER born 1843 in Mississippi
E. CELIA CARPENTER born 1845 in Mississippi
F. FRANNY CARPENTER born 1848 in Mississippi
G. MELINDA CARPENTER born 1849 in Mississippi