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| 251 | Married George W. Payne, December 30, 1858, Tippah County, Mississippi. | KENNEDY, Panthea Narcissa (I-2144834706)
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| 252 | Married Gerrit Zeutenhorst, March 23, 1911. | SWIER, Cornelia (I-2144834168)
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| 253 | Married Henry Schut. | SWIER, Antje (I-2144834169)
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| 254 | Married Ida Irene Taylor (grave marker for "Ida Irene Cunningham, 1809-1929, at Old Hall Cemetery, Denton County, Texas -- transcription is probably incorrect). Went by the nickname "Hood." Adopted an African- American child whose mother had died. The child's father asked if he would take the child in. Hood, who had 13 children of his own, said, "We have 13; one more won't make any difference!" He raised the child and saw that he finished school, but it is unknown whether he officially adopted the child or whether the child took his surname. | CUNNINGHAM, Johnson Hood (I-2144834803)
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| 255 | Married in Lutheran Church | Family F769
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| 256 | Married in the home of Annie's uncle, Richard Joshua "Dosh" Stallings in Tulia, Swisher County, Texas. After finishing school Annie got her teaching certificate and taught school for a year at the Price School in the Whitfield TX community. Here she met Herman Cunningham who had returned from France after World War I. Annie taught school for another year after they married.["Herman Cunningham," Windmilling: 101 Years of Swisher County Texas History 1876-1977 (Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1978), 235.] 1920 Census, Swisher County TX, Tulia hh229—Richard D. Stallings, head, age 42 c1875 born TN, parents born TN; owns farm; grain farmer Lizzie D. Stallings, wife, age 38 born TX, father born KY, mother born MS Leora Stallings, dau, age 16 born TX; public school student Mary A. Stallings, dau, age 13 born TX; public school student Sallie G. Stallings, dau, age 11 born TX; public school student Laura R. Stallings, dau, age 7 born TX; public school student Edith F. Stallings, dau, age 1½ born TX Annie Jennings, niece, age 20 born c1900 TX, father born AL, mother born TN; public school teacher; single Inez Jennings, niece, age 16 born TX, father born AL, mother born TN; public school student; single Social Security Death Index Record Name: Annie Cunningham SSN: 449-17-6961 Last Residence: 79241 Lockney, Floyd, Texas, United States of America Born: 4 Oct 1899 Died: Apr 1982 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (1973) | |
| 257 | Married in the home of Annie's uncle, Richard Joshua "Dosh" Stallings in Tulia, Swisher County, Texas. After finishing school Annie got her teaching certificate and taught school for a year at the Price School in the Whitfield TX community. Here she met Herman Cunningham who had returned from France after World War I. Annie taught school for another year after they married.["Herman Cunningham," Windmilling: 101 Years of Swisher County Texas History 1876-1977 (Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1978), 235.] 1920 Census, Swisher County TX, Tulia hh229—Richard D. Stallings, head, age 42 c1875 born TN, parents born TN; owns farm; grain farmer Lizzie D. Stallings, wife, age 38 born TX, father born KY, mother born MS Leora Stallings, dau, age 16 born TX; public school student Mary A. Stallings, dau, age 13 born TX; public school student Sallie G. Stallings, dau, age 11 born TX; public school student Laura R. Stallings, dau, age 7 born TX; public school student Edith F. Stallings, dau, age 1½ born TX Annie Jennings, niece, age 20 born c1900 TX, father born AL, mother born TN; public school teacher; single Inez Jennings, niece, age 16 born TX, father born AL, mother born TN; public school student; single Social Security Death Index Record Name: Annie Cunningham SSN: 449-17-6961 Last Residence: 79241 Lockney, Floyd, Texas, United States of America Born: 4 Oct 1899 Died: Apr 1982 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (1973) | JENNINGS, Annie Lola (I-2144834845)
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| 258 | Married Isabella Ferndon. | ANTHONY, Micajah (I-2144834474)
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| 259 | Married James Johnson. Had children: James Johnson Joseph Johnson Micajah Johnson | ANTHONY, Penelope (I-2144834414)
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| 260 | Married James Lane. | ANTHONY, Rachel (I-2144834402)
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| 261 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | MAC CUNNINGHAM, Billy (I-2144833661)
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| 262 | Married John Riewald, October 28, 1900. | SWIER, Diewertje (I-2144834171)
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| 263 | Married John Russal Gray (August 21, 1895-May 21, 1961) on Septbemter 22, 1915 and had children: John Russal Gray, Jr., October 22, 1917- Herman Wilson Gray, November 21, 1918-July 31, 2000 William Sherman Gray, October 23, 1923- Frances Ophelia Gray, March 21, 1926- James Arthur Gray, June9, 1928- | |
| 264 | Married John Russal Gray (August 21, 1895-May 21, 1961) on Septbemter 22, 1915 and had children: John Russal Gray, Jr., October 22, 1917- Herman Wilson Gray, November 21, 1918-July 31, 2000 William Sherman Gray, October 23, 1923- Frances Ophelia Gray, March 21, 1926- James Arthur Gray, June9, 1928- | CUNNINGHAM, Dessie Mary (I-2144834831)
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| 265 | Married John Tucker and/or John P. Weber. | ANTHONY, Martha Jane (I-2144834757)
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| 266 | Married Joseph Blakey (August 28, 1762 - About 1800). Married Christopher William Carter. | ANTHONY, Winifred (I-2144834400)
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| 267 | Married Josiah Carter on June 26, 1771 in Bedford County, Virginia. Had chidren: Christopher Anthony Carter Josiah Carter | ANTHONY, Mary (I-2144834408)
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| 268 | Married Judith Moorman (June 26, 1748 - January 9, 1774) in 1765. Had children: Mary Anthony Joseph Anthony Elizabeth Anthony Also married Mary Jordan (November 26, 1748 - June 16, 1838) on January 5, 1776. | ANTHONY, Christopher (I-2144834416)
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| 269 | Married Lemuel Black on May 25, 1794 in Elbert County, Georgia. Had children: Williams Black Elizabeth W. Black John Williams Black Thomas James Black Matthew Jouett Williams Black George Walker Black Mary Black James Smith Black Rebecah Black Barbara Black Lemuel Black Listed as Mary A. Black aged 65 in the 1850 Oglethorpe County Census. In residence with distant relatives through marriage, William and Sarah Cunningham. Will: Mary Ann (Williams) Black, 1868 Oglethorpe County, Georgia Will Book E, part 1 (1863-1886), p. 38-39 Georgia Archives-drawer 46, box 11 page 38 State of Georgia, Oglethorpe County I Mary Ann Black being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills by me before made. Item 1st I give and bequeath unto Charles Filmore Sanders son of William J. Sanders my bed that I now sleep on and the furniture with it and one small chest known as my sugar chest, and one small round trunk. Item 2nd I give and bequeath unto Eliza Eberhart a colored woman (that formerly belonged to me) all my wearing clothes, bandboxes and baskets and one small oven, one stone jar, one small boiler and all my earthenware - this I do for actual service she has rendered to me - besides other considerations. Item 3rd I give and bequeath unto my son James S. Black all the balance of my estate ready money real or personal or mixed of what ever kind. Item 4th I appoint my worthy friend Johnson F. Cunningham executor of this my last Will and Testament. In testimony where of, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. July 24th 1868. her Mary Ann X Black [seal] mark Signed, Sealed and declared } in presence of and in the } presence of each other this } July 24th 1868. } Gabriel Watson } J. G. Olive } J. F. Cunningham } State of Georgia } Personally appeared in Open Court Oglethorpe County } Gabriel Watson + J Gibson Olive who were witnesses to the within will, after being duly sworn depose + say that they saw Mary Ann Black sign, seal, publish + declare with within to be her last Will + Testament, that at the time thereof she was of sound and disposing mind + memory and that she did it freely without compulsion + that they witnessed the same in the page 39 presence of the Testator at her special request + instance and in the presence of each other. So help us God. Sworn to + Subscribed in Open } Court this 5th December 1870 } J. G. Olive } G. Watson Georgia } Court of Ordinary Oglethorpe County } December Term 1870. The within last Will + Testament of Mary A. Black deceased of said county having been duly presented by the witnesses signing the above oath, the same having been duly proven in common form of law in Open Court at this Regular Term of the Court upon the oaths of Gabriel Watson + J. Gibson Olive the subscribing witnesses to said last Will + Testament the third one not doing so as he was named as executor. Ordered, That said Will be admitted to Record. This 5th December 1870 - Filed in Office 5th } Recorded this 6th day of Decr 1870. } January 1871 - F. J. Robinson } F J Robinson /s/ Ordinary O. C. } Ordinary + Ex off Clk. | WILLIAMS, Mary Ann (I-2144834238)
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| 270 | Married Luther Clifford Case on November 28, 1924 and had children: Luther Clifford Case, Jr., unknown birthdate Virgil Amos Case, September 21, 1935-June 20, 1992 | |
| 271 | Married Luther Clifford Case on November 28, 1924 and had children: Luther Clifford Case, Jr., unknown birthdate Virgil Amos Case, September 21, 1935-June 20, 1992 | CUNNINGHAM, Lillie Manila (I-2144834829)
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| 272 | Married Martha Render on June 10, 1830 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Martha Render is a descendant of Christopher Anthony, Sr. Joseph Anthony was living in Meriwether County in the 1840 Census. From the Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia and Florida: Dr. Joseph Anthony was a native of Elbert County, Georgia, and was born in 1805. His early medical education was obtained at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, but he received his diploma on graduating from the Transylvania Univerisity at Lexington, Kentucky. He was regarded as one of the most able and most successful physicians of the state, and no man stood higher professionally, socially, or religiously than he. For many years before his death in 1875 at the age of 70, he had been a deacon in the Baptist Church and liberal contributor to the Baptist and other religious journals. His articles were highly appreciated and admired. | ANTHONY, Joseph W. (I-2144834478)
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| 273 | Married Martina Pruitt, March 4, 1932. | SWIER, Gerrit Benjamin (I-2144834160)
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| 274 | Married Mary (Polly) Ingraham before 1801. Had child: Henrietta Jouett Williams Grandfather of Georgia governor Joseph Meriwether Terrell. | WILLIAMS, Joseph Walker (I-2144834236)
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| 275 | Married Michael Jayne Danaher, July 25, 1866, in LaGrange, Tennessee. | KENNEDY, Adelia Parthenia (I-2144834704)
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| 276 | Married Nancy Ann Tate (1754-1834) on September 29, 1772 in Bedford County, Virginia. Had children: Nancy, married to Grant Davis, had six children. Charles and Edmund died young. Mary Polly buried in Ricks Cemetery near Harrell, Arkansas. Milton buried at the Medical College in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. A Bedford County, Virginia marriage bond dated September 19, 1772 and consent of father Henry Tate, dated September 29, 1772. Son Jacob listed in his will. The family of James Anthony, his mother, and other Anthonys came to Wilkes County, Georgia after the Revolutionary War and entered the textile business. Nancy Tate was the daughter of Henry Tate, a Revolutionary soldier, and Elizabeth Netherland. | ANTHONY, James (I-2144834410)
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| 277 | Married Nancy Stone (December 2, 1777 - August 30, 1854). Represented Wilkes County in the General Assembly , 1803-1804. | ANTHONY, Bolling (I-2144834396)
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| 278 | Married Prentice Lee Elder (January 20, 1899-April 23, 1979) on November 11, 1922 and had children: Lee Murzel Elder, November 4, 1923- Velma Oleta Elder, September 11, 1925- Dorothy Frances Elder, October 1, 1927- Amos Gene Elder, November 15, 1929- Betty Beatrice Elder, June 7, 1933- Mary Jannette Elder, November 13, 1940 Warren Prentice Elder, October 5, 1943-October 5, 1943 | CUNNINGHAM, Velma Helen (I-2144834825)
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| 279 | Married Rual Elmer Mills (June 22, 1912-Unknown) on October 3, 1931 and had children: Melvin Rual Mills, August 14, 1932- Amos Louis Mills, April 22, 1936-September 16, 1999 Franky Dean Mills, January 28, 1938-November 6, 1997 | CUNNINGHAM, Nina Varena (I-2144834821)
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| 280 | Married S. Lovie Meador on May 2, 1909. Married Nora ? after death of Lovie on July 2, 1917. Horatio is buried in Albuquerque, NM. | BOWLING, Horatio Hayden (I-2144834741)
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| 281 | Married Sarah "Sally" Tate on August 1, 1792. They had one child, who died in 1793 in Georgia. | ANTHONY, Micajah (I-2144834404)
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| 282 | Married Sarah Menzies (February 6, 1778 - October 11, 1830) on December 16, 1806. Married Catherine Blakey (August 18, 1793 - October 4, 1843) on January 15, 1837. "History of Georgia Baptists with Biographical Compendium," 1881, p. 8 gives his picture and this article: Anselm Anthony was born on the 9th of June 1778 in Campbell County, Virginia. He was the son of Joseph Anthony and his wife Ann Clark, daughter of Col. Clark, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Shortly after that war, Joseph Anthony moved to Georgia and settled in Wilkes County. Here Anselm obtained educational advantages only as were afforded by country schools, but being fond of books, he devoted all his leisure hours to reading, and amassed a great fund of information. Even at that age, he was calm and dignified in his deportment and gentle and courteous toward his associates. He began to preach about 1810 or 1812 and was licensed by Fishing Creek Church, Wilkes Co., GA., in 1814, and for a while had charge of that church. Then he became pastor of the Baptist Church at Madison, GA., for several years in that place, serving also, other churches in Morgan Co. In 1824, he moved to Gwinnett Co. where he served various churches. He was married in 1806 to Sarah Menzies of NC. who died in 1830. Seven children, 2 boys and 5 girls were the result of this union. After remaining a widower for five years, he was United in Matrimony to Miss Catherine Blakey, of Wilkes Co., GA. About 6 years after his second marriage, a stroke of paralysis, which affected one entire side of his frame, and from which he never fully recovered, put an end to his ministerial work . In 1843, his second wife died, and he lived alone until 1858, when he was induced to break up housekeeping and reside with his son in Meriwether Co. While on a visit to his daughter in Polk Co. in Jan. 1859, he became helpless and remained so until Jan. 1868 when he died in the 89th year of his age. When informed that his departure was near at hand, he said, "I know it, but I feel that the Lord is with me and that he will never leave me." Calm and peaceful was his departure from earth. Never did evening set more softly and gently, than this way-worn pilgrim fell asleep in Jesus. Without a struggle, he closed his eyes in death -- "Like one who draws the drapery of his couch about him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." His body was taken to Gwinnett Co. and rests in the grave at Bethabara Church, beside the remains of his wives and daughters. Mr. Anthony was a hard student, and with him the Bible was the book of books. For its study, he set apart a portion of each day and permitted neither business nor friends to cause neglect of this duty. As a preacher, he was plain and pointed, ever reproving sin regardless of praise or censure; and as long as he could converse, he admonished to holiness of life, and to earnestness in performance of Christian duty. He would sometimes tell how a couple of sisters encouraged him on the day of his baptism, saying, "I was sorely tempted by the devil, and almost ready to yield when they came to me and exhorted me to be faithful. They did much to strengthen me. Sisters," he would say, "go and do likewise, you may encourage and strenghten many who are weak, and ready to faint." To the last, he was deeply concerned for the interest of Zion, and even when memory failed to such an extent that he did not recognize the members of his family, he never forgot the name of Christ nor that of Christ Church. He would inquire to all he saw how the cause of the Savior was progressing and how Zion was prospering. As a man and as a minister, he was slow to form an opinion and give expression to his sentiments, in regard to either men or measures, but when his opinions were settled and his judgment formed, he remained firm and unyielding. He was a large man and of muscular proportions weighing 240 lbs. with raven hair and large black eyes, but with a weak voice and soft-spoken, he commanded the respect and attention of his audiences. Without a doubt, he did much good by wholesome advice he was in the habit of bestowing on the young, many of whom, even in old age, remember and often respected the judicious instructions received in youth from him. Upon more than one boy's mind was a lasting impression made by this saying of his: "When angry bottle up thy thunder and lightning lest thee kill someone!" As a minister, he was in the hands of God, an instrument for turning many from the evil of their ways, to the path of righteousness and peace, and no doubt, in the great day, many will call him blessed. As a Baptist, he was sound in faith and practice and strong in his doctrinal convictions and did much to establish wavering brethern. "Reprint of Official Register of Land Lottery of Ga., 1827", Houston, p. 186: Gwinnett Co., : Anselm Anthony, soldier, Wartons." In Anselm's will, said to have been recorded in Polk Co., he mentions a walnut armchair which "belonged to my father and grandfather, Joseph." | ANTHONY, Anselm (I-2144834464)
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| 283 | Married Thomas Moorman. Rachel Clark's marriage to Thomas Moorman was his second and her first. There are two possible names listed for her second husband. Rachel died at age 82. Had children: Mary Bolling Moorman Zachariah Moorman Sr Clark Terrell Moorman Charles Clark Moorman Micajah Clark Moorman Rachel Clark Moorman Elizabeth Moorman Thomas Moorman Jr. Achilles Herman Moorman Andrew Moorman Pleasant Moorman Agatha Moorman Mildred Moorman Was an ancestor of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain. | CLARK, Rachel (I-2144834262)
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| 284 | Married to James Marshall Klyce, February 17, 1873, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. | KENNEDY, Mittalene Cynthia (I-2144834700)
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| 285 | Married William Chandler (1738 - June 14, 1784) in 1761. Had child: Henry Chandler | ANTHONY, Elizabeth (I-2144834412)
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| 286 | Married William Cooper. | ANTHONY, Elizabeth Rebecca (I-2144834767)
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| 287 | Married William Green (Will -- 1805, Wilkes County, Georgia; Probate -- 1806, Wilkes County, Georgia). Married Robert Ware and moved to Alabama. | ANTHONY, Judith (I-2144834394)
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| 288 | Married William Labberton. | SWIER, Gerritje (I-2144834167)
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| 289 | Married William Richardson on December 29, 1809 in Elbert County, Georgia. Had children: Rebecca Richardson John Walker Richardson Robert Williams Richardson Married also Clement K. Harrison. | WILLIAMS, Elizabeth (I-2144834237)
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| 290 | Married William Thompson. | SWIER, Rena (I-2144834163)
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| 291 | Married Winifred Buford. Had children: Agnes Clark Christopher Clark Elizabeth Clark William Clark Micajah Clark Sr Bolling Clark David Clark Jonathan Clark Joseph Clark | CLARK, Bolling (I-2144834260)
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| 292 | Mary's second name is spelled variously--Asilla, ASilla, A Silla, but her daughter, Annie Jennings Cunningham, notes that "my mother's name in our old family Bible was spelled with a S instead of a C; it was Mary A. Silla. [letter to Jan Jennings in Tulsa, OK from Mrs. H. (Annie) Cunningham in Lockney TX (c1976)] The family of John Thomas Stallings (1843- ) and Sarah Thomas Stallings, moved from Bedford County TN after the Civil War to Fannin County TX. The family farmed near Honey Grove for about eight years. Their oldest son, Daniel Orzo, came to Swisher County TX in 1890 with Joe Cantrell, Otto Jennings, and brother-in-law Veto Jennings. "Pleased with this area, Daniel Orzo Stallings filed on land and invited the others to come to this new land of opportunity. By the time the rest of the family arrived by wagon, taking 18 days to make the trip, a severe drougth had struck. Instead of breaking sod, they rented land from Judge Settle. By 1893 good crops put the family on their feet financially. They were among the first to raise Kaffir corn, maize and wheat." [Gladys Stallings Ballenger, "John Stallings," Windmilling: 101 Years of Swisher County Texas History, 1876-1977 (Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1978), 547.] Windmilling: 101 Years of Swisher County Texas History, 1876-1977 (Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1978), 547.] Ten children were born to Mary A. Silla and Veto, but four died at birth. [Ethel Bell, "Veto Jennings," Windmilling: 101 Years of Swisher County Texas History 1876-1977 (Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1978), 377.] Mary Asila Jennings - 38 years 2 months 18 days, born in Tennessee, died 18 Jun 1910, buried in Tulia. Relatives mentioned are John T. Stallings and Sallie Thomas. Book Number 1, Page Number 15, Certificate Nubmer 141. [Book Number 1, Page Number 18, Certificate Number 179. [Earliest Death Records From Book 1, County Clerk's Office, Swisher County Courthouse, Tulia, TX] | STALLINGS, Mary ASilla (I-2144834583)
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| 293 | Maxwell Cemetery | GEARHART, George Douglas (I-2144833926)
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| 294 | Maxwell Cemetery | WILLHIDE, Ruth Ella (I-2144833925)
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| 295 | May have married John R. Stephens. | CUNNINGHAM, Sarah Barbara (I-2144834813)
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| 296 | Member New Hope Church, Madison County, Georgia. | ANTHONY, Barbara Agnes (I-2144834763)
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| 297 | Member of the Masonic Order, Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama. From the Memorandum page in the John B. Jennings & Lucinda Fannie Curry Jennings' family Bible: "The earliest record of the Jennings started with them in Virginia and Georgia. The John B. Jennings family lived at Russellville, Alabama. John was murdered over an election argument. Mrs. J.B. Jennings and children moved to Honey Grove, Texas in 1880. The family came to Swisher County, Texas December 1890." From the Births page in the John B. Jennings & Lucinda Fannie Curry Jennings' family Bible: "J.B. Jennings brothers were: Dick Jennings, Jim Jennings, George Jennings" Next to the 3 names, it is noted that Jim and George were half- brothers. TIME LINE 1850 Census, Franklin County AL--there is a Joseph Jennings as head of household, born VA; he has a son John, age 14, born VA, making John's birth year 1835 1859 Land Patents, Franklin County AL--John B. Jennings makes two purchases: #29665 Township 07-S, Range 13-W, Section 26 SWNE and #29665 Township 07-S, Range 13-W, Section 26 NWSE [Bureau of Land Management] John B. Jennings: total acres: 80.25; Dec 1, 1859; land office: Huntsville; acres: 80.25; act or treaty: April 24, 1820; sale-cash entries; 1SWNE Huntsville No 7S 13 W 26; 2 NWSE Huntsville No 7S 13W26. 1860 Census, Frankfort, Franklin County AL, Western Division, dwelling 26 John B. Jennings, 23 years old, born VA 1836, occupation: "gent of service". Living two dwellings from John (#28) was the family of R.J. Jennings, 33 born 1828 VA, minister of the Gospel, $1000 real estate, $200 personal estate; M.J. 26 born 1833 AL; Theadoria, 4 born 1855 AL [Roll M653-10, page 671]. 1862, June 13--John B. Jennings enlisted at Tupelo, Mississippi for Alabama Confederate service, Co. E, 16th Regiment, infantry for 3 years, private [Military Records from the National Archives. NOTE: This is may or not be our John B. Jennings; the 16th Regiment companies were raised in Franklin and Lawrence Counties. The record gives little information, does not mention where the company fought, and, evidently, he was not wounded.] John's granddaughter "heard that he was in the Civil War." [Letter to Jan Jennings in Tulsa OK from Mrs. H. (Annie) Cunningham in Lockney TX (c1976)] In the possession of Bobby Joe Jennings, Lorenzo TX, is a small framed photograph; on the back is written-- John Jennings, Florence AL, United Confederate Veteran, 19th Reunion, Albert Sidney Johnston. [information from Worth Alston Jennings III] 1865, May 7--married Fannie Lucinda Curry in Frankfort, Franklin County AL by Rev. Joseph White, Molton, AL 1866, June 2--daughter Alpha born; dies 20 days later 1867, September 29--daughter Daisie Z. born AL 1869, September 17--son Veto Curry born, AL 1870 Census, Colbert County AL, Cherokee post office, township 3, range 14, page 105b, #8: John Jennings, 33 years, dry goods & grocery merchant, $1500 personal real estate, born VA Francis Jennings, 29 years, keeping house, born AL Daisey Jennings, 2 years, born AL Veto Jennings, born Oct., AL James Jennings, 16 years, works on farm, born AL [could this be John's half- brother Jim?] 1871, July 15--Transferred from the Masonic Order, Cherokee Lodge, to the Russellville Lodge; his name was in the minutes of meetings until the time of his death. 1871, October 14--son Richard Otto born, Birmingham, Jefferson County AL 1873, April 26--Franklin County AL Deed, town of Russellville. John B. Jennings paid $309 for lots 8, 9, 10 in the town of Russellville. [Originally recorded in the Franklin County AL Deed Book V, page 120, but a courthouse fire destroyed this public record; however, Lucinda Curry Jennings kept her copy of the deed in family records; the deed is in the possession of Arthur H. Jennings, grandson of John B. Jennings.] 1873, December 6--son Worth Alston born in Russellville, Franklin County AL 1875, June 26--John B. Jennings shot and killed, Russellville, Franklin County AL The first record of John B. Jennings in Franklin County, Alabama occurred in January 1859 when he made a cash entry purchase of 80.25 acres. In the few years before his death, John B. Jennings moved his family from Cherokee, Colbert County, Alabama where he was a dry goods merchant to the newly established town of Birmingham. Although son Richard Otto Jennings was born there, they may have stayed only during the year 1871. In July 1871, John transferred his Masonic membership from the Cherokee Lodge, to the Russellville Lodge where his name remained in the minutes of meetings until the time of his death. In April 1873, John B. Jennings purchased three town lots for $309 in Russellville. ................................................................................................................................ . "THE QUIET OF OUR LITTLE TOWN WAS DISTURBED . . . A MAN IS KILLED" [On 1 July 1875, John B. Jennings' death in Franklin County AL was reported in the North Alabamian newspaper published in Tuscumbia, Alabama; parts of the following were published by Jan Jennings in "The Source: Historical and Adventure," 7, no. 2: 21-25.] The Reconstruction Period in northern Alabama lasted longer than elsewhere in the state, due in part to the region's geographic isolation from the seat of government, its sometimes vehement disagreement with southern Alabama politics, and a close identity with Tennessee. The North Alabamian newspaper, published in Tuscumbia, reported throughout 1875 about volatile politics, burglaries, and farms being burned out. On June 24, 1875, 93 degree heat and a drought contributed to frayed tempers; two men shot at each other with pistols on the street of Tuscumbia. Two days later, in nearby Russellville, G.C. Allman shot and killed John B. Jennings. The North Alabamian reported that "Jennings was struck with four large buckshot and expired in half an hour after receiving his fatal wounds. The sad affair grew out of an old grudge, a newspaper article that appeared in the Alabamian during the canvass last summer." Allman surrendered himself promptly to the sheriff. His trial began just two days following the shooting on June 28 and 29 and resulted in acquittal, holding that Allman acted in self-defense. This true story illustrates on a local level, and at a personal scale, Franklin County's continuing difficulties and political upheavals following the Civil War. Although the North Alabamian reported the story, no Russellville paper remains extant, and public records of the trial burned in a courthouse fire. In the late 1930s, Dr. Shaw, formerly of Russellville, a friend of John B. Jennings, gave an oral history account of the killing to Jennings' grandson, Veto Curry Jennings in Tulia, Texas: " . . . they were having a political rally. John went and made a speech for the candidate he was interested in. But it did not suit the opponent who was there. As John was walking home this fellow waylaid him and was going to give him a whipping because of the things he had said in his speech. Instead of giving John a whipping, he had to take one. John was a blacksmith and was a strong and active young man. It seems as if he went on home. The next morning the man went into a hotel just across the street from John's shop and asked if they had a gun, and told them there was a mad dog out in the street. Someone got a gun for him and he walked over to the door and shot across the street killing John." The account in the Tuscumbia paper, posted by an anonymous reporter (a "Russel Villian") found fault with both men, Jennings for insulting Allman and Allman for acting with southern chivalrous behavior. Unfortunately, Russel Villian failed to state the nature or substance of the disagreement that ended in Jennings' death. [Evidently both were southerners; Allman was born in Alabama, Jennings in Tennessee or Alabama.] This was not necessarily a quarrel stemming from Reconstruction, but it had something to do with the general unease and outright lawlessness that defined the period in northern Alabama. In 1877 the Moulton Advertiser reported that "blood continues to flow in old Franklin County, and there seems to be a mania among the people to kill and cut each other to pieces. Only one moon has passed since a man was shot down in his field near Russelville and last week S.F. Williams shot and seriously wounded a Mr. Normere without the least cause." In 1888, the newspaper reported seven men killed in Franklin County the previous year, and a local pundit dubbed it "Bloody Franklin." (Moulton Advertiser 12 Jan 1888) [http://www.lawrencecounty.ala.nu/FranklinCoF.htm] When Veto questioned Dr. Shaw about the trial, he said that "he didn't suppose that they had one because "the country was so badly torn up just after the Civil War that anyone could get by with any crime if they could get out of the country without getting caught." [oral history interview Veto Curry Jennings and Dr. Shaw (date unknown)]. Who was this Dr. Shaw? Veto Jennings stated that Shaw was an elderly man when he moved to Tulia in the late 1920s or early 1930s and had known John Jennings when he was a young man. Shaw told Veto that he had visited in John's home many times before John was married. Dr. Shaw may be Dr. Marshall J. Shaw who was on the 1925 Tax Roll in Swisher County TX and on the 1930 Census in Tulia as a 77 year old man. Shaw would have been twelve years old when John Jennings married so his account is from his memory, or what he heard, as a boy. His young age may account for his not knowing about the trial. On June 26, 1875, Jennings' wife, Lucinda Fannie Curry Jennings, was probably at home with her children when she learned that her husband had been shot. We don't know if Fannie was able to see John in the thirty minutes he lived after the shooting. Fannie became a widow at age thirty-five and from that fateful moment when her husband was shot, her life was turned upside down. In the ensuing days, with children aged two, four, six and eight, she turned her thoughts from housekeeping to settling their affairs. We don't know if she had any help from her family or John's in arranging his funeral and burial. As a young man of thirty-eight, John probably had not made a will or bought a cemetery lot. There is no tombstone for John B. Jennings in Franklin County. Fannie appeared in Franklin County's Probate Court (probably in 1875) to take guardianship of their children: Daisie Z., Veto Curry, Richard Otto, and Worth Alston Jennings. Living in town, Fannie was probably well aware of the speedy trial of her husband's killer and his acquittal. [Fannie retained her copy of the Guardianship papers; the Courthouse fire destroyed the public record.] We will never know what John and Allman quarreled about, but Allman prospered. [variant spellings--Allman, Almon] George C. Allman would have been twenty-five years old when he murdered John Jennings. In 1880, five years after the shooting, Allman was practicing law in Russellville; he, his wife and three-month old daughter boarded in the household of James E. Wilson. Their presence in Russellville may have been doubly bitter for Fannie, as was his growing popularity. [See 1880 Census, Franklin Co AL for Allman]. "At the age of twenty years George C. Almon entered the law department of the University of Mississippi, at Oxford, having been thoroughly prepared for the University under private tutors in his native county. He graduated from the law department mentioned, in. 1873, and at once entered upon the practice of law at Franklin, Franklin county, where he was meeting with a promising patronage. A year later, however, the seat of justice was removed to Russellville, and his business being with the courts, he of course followed the court house, this event occurring in 1875, success following him as he had followed the court house. In 1879 the court house was again removed, this time to Bel Green, the present county seat. Having, in the meantime, been appointed probate judge, Mr. Almon also removed to Bel Green, where he remained till 1887, when he returned to Russellville to resume his private practice, and Russellville has been his home ever since. In 1886 he was elected to the state senate from the twelfth senatorial district, his popularity as a citizen equalling his reputation as a lawyer. The marriage of the judge took place in 1876, to Miss Modena Burgess, daughter of William Burgess of Alabama, and there has been born to them one child, Susie B. The judge and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and he is a K. of P. In politics the judge is a stanch democrat, and takes great interest in the party, especially in its election of candidates who are fully qualified to fill the positions for which they may be nominated." ["Memorial Record of Alabama," Vol. I, (Madison, Wisc.: Brant & Fuller, 1883), 1027-1028.] George C. Almon and his wife Modena are buried in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Franklin County, Alabama. Dr. Shaw's account of John's death gave his occupation as blacksmith, although Fannie told some of her children that John was a lawyer. Although these occupations seem incongruous today, in the nineteenth century it was not uncommon for a laborer to also "read law." John B. Jennings' granddaughter thought that he was a District Attorney . . . One of my sisters said she also thought that Grandpa was a D.A. but was running for Sheriff at the time he was killed." [Letter to Jan Jennings in Tulsa OK from Mrs. H. (Annie) Cunningham in Lockney TX (c1976)]. | JENNINGS, John B. (I-2144834556)
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| 298 | Member of the Pennsylvania Assembly for Philadelphia County in 1682. | HART, John (I-2144834243)
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| 299 | Micajah Clark followed the example of his father and used family names for his sons. Edward was named for his grandfather, the ancient planter, and his uncle; Francis for his uncle and great-uncle; Christopher for his uncle and great-uncle. Micajah, his wife, and her family joined a group and sailed in 1669 from England, with a stopover in Barbados, for America. Michael, his wife, and their son Christopher remained in Barbados. Captain Zachariah Moorman, Micajah's father-in-law, his wife, and Micajah and Sallie Ann continued the voyage, arriving at Somerton, Nansemond County, Virginia in 1670. Upon immigration, Micajah Clark dropped the "e" from his last name, Clarke. | CLARK, Micajah (I-2144834308)
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| 300 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | MCELHANEY, Michael Lee (I-2144833573)
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