Flat Fork Friends

FLAT FORK FRIENDS PHOTOS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LILLIAN BRASEL SHANNON AND LEE SHANNON    SAMPSON HOLDER with ROBERT LEE SHANNON BECKY HOLDER with ROBERT L. SHANNON HOLDER HOME on FLAT FORK   Group of Friends More Friends of Lillian Brasel Shannon Lillian Shannon, 2nd from left and possibly Viola Hamby on the right Taken about 1915  LEE… Continue reading Flat Fork Friends

Shannon Family

The SHANNON FAMILY ALBUM Hezikiah and Texas McCartt Shannon Texas Shannon “Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Shannon, Route 3, Harriman, recently celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary with their seven children, 52 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren present. The couple were married August 12, 1894, at Wartburg. They are the parents of 11 children, seven of whom… Continue reading Shannon Family

Wilson, Lillian Myrtle Brasel

In Memory of Lillian Myrtle Brasel Shannon Wilson 10/16/1899 – 2/13/1997 Final resting place: Sunset Cemetery – Clinton, TN Youngest child of Benjamin and Sarah Brasel. Born and raised in Morgan County, Tennessee Widow of Lee Henderson Shannon (7/10/1897- 4/4/22) Widow of Jack Wilson (1906- 4/27/76) Mother of Robert Lee Shannon, Jr. (1/25/22 – 4/22/78)… Continue reading Wilson, Lillian Myrtle Brasel

NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916

NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916>  Central High School Honor Roll First Grade:         Iva Levan, Henry Heidel Second Grade:    Jessie Cooper Third Grade:        Ella Crenshaw, Labon Summer, Mary Summer Iva Redmon Fourth Grade:      Elsia Moates Fifth Grade:         Lorene Davis, Nellie Hall, Parlia Henry Seventh Grade:    Merida Byrd, Dixie Davis, Charley Newberry, Madge… Continue reading NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916

Marriage Records from Civil War Pension Files

MORGAN COUNTY MARRIAGES FROM CIVIL WAR PENSION RECORDS Morgan County’s  Marriage records were destroyed by Confederate troops during the Civil War. However, in many Civil War Pension applications, marriage dates are also included.The marriage dates that appear here are from those pension records on file in the Genealogy Room located in the Archive Building in Wartburg, Tennessee, and… Continue reading Marriage Records from Civil War Pension Files

McCARTT, Vida (d. 2012)

From the Morgan County News  4/14/2010 Mrs. Vida McCartt will celebrate her 101st birthday on April 20, 2010. She was recently visited by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Vida Mae Heidle McCartt age 102, of Wartburg, passed away on February 2, 2012 at her home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church Wartburg and… Continue reading McCARTT, Vida (d. 2012)

Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County (1887)

MORGAN COUNTY is situated on the Cumberland Plateau, which has an elevation of about 1,500 feet above the sea.  It is surrounded by the counties of Scott, Anderson, Roane, Cumberland and Fentress.  The greater portion of the surface is very broken, especially in the southern part.  The principal mountains are the Crab Orchard, Lone and Brushy,… Continue reading Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County (1887)