Year: 2021

Simmons

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Andrew Davis Simmons with his wife, Helen Manerva (Yoakum) Simmons, with 3 of their daughters L-R Cornelia “Cornie” Simmons (Wilson), Matilda Simmons (Minton), and Laura Simmons (Conken). Taken before 1922

Tipton “Tip” Simmons (1883 – 1960), son of Andrew Davis Simmons & Helen Manerva Yoakum, with his wife, Ocie Overton (Lynch) Simmons (1892-1962). They were married January 24, 1916. Both are buried in Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, TN.

Robinson

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Calvin Robinson (1859-1926) and family, taken in Claiborne County around 1908. Family Search lists his wife as Letitia Ann Guy (1866-1941) and children Hattie, Alonzo, William H., Mossie, Claude R., and John Wilburn.

Letitia Ann (Guy) Robinson, wife of Calvin Robinson, with Mary Lillian Robinson. Letitia was born in Shawanee in 1866, daughter of William Guy & Martha Jane Barnwell. She died in 1941. Photo was taken April 1926.

Robertson

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Thomas C. Fugal Robertson family, taken before 1931.

L-R front row: Butler Howard Robertson, Daisy Robertson
L-R 2nd row: Thomas C. Fugal Robertson, Mary Tennessee (Duck) McAnally Robertson, Minnie Lizza Jane Robertson Poore, and William Monroe Poore.
L-R back row: Alpha Powell Robertson, Louis Franklin Robertson, Della A. Robertson Barnard, Charles Preston Barnard, Lizzie Hill Robertson, and William Henry (Boy) Robertson.

Poore

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Laura Bell (Goins) Poore, wife of Martin Van Buren Poore, and mother of Joseph Von “Joe” Poore, pictured with Marty Poore.

Joseph Von “Joe” Poore, Edgar Wells, and Dewitt Center Poore

Joseph Von “Joe” Poore, son of Martin Van Buren Poore & Laura Bell Goins, with his wife, Delcie Lavina Poore, daughter of David Huffman Poore & Emily Margaret Watts.

Delcie Lavinia Poore, photographed with Alvis Cupp.

Donald Joe “Donnie” Poore, son of Joseph Von Poore & Delcie Lavinia Poore, with his wife, Patsy (Evans) Poore, and their daughter, Donna Gail Poore (now Quinn), circa 1965.

Odell

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Garrett Henderson Odell, born 1863 in Grainger County, TN, son of Jacob Odell and America Hurst. The Odells moved to Claiborne County, TN, around 1870, and were in Texas by the early 1880’s. Garrett had two wives, Frances Delilah Cowart (m. 1883), and Sarah Elizabeth Stiles (m. 1904).

Neal

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Joseph Neal, son of John Q. (O.) Neal and Sarah Bullard, born 1853, died 1894-1900.

Mary Jane Lynch Neal, daughter of Jeptha Lynch and Louisa Davis Kelly, born about 1856, died 1894-1900.

Cecile Neal, daughter of James O. Neal and Lucy Perciful, and Grover C. Neal, son of Joseph Neal and Mary Jane Lynch.

Best friends their whole lives: Lucy Belle Neal McGaha (left) and Eva Brewster Booker Burson (right). Lucy was the daughter of Joseph Neal and Mary Jane Lynch, sister to Grover C. Neal (pictured above). Eva was the daughter of William Brewster and Lucinda McCreary.

Lucy Belle Neal (1894 – 1966), also pictured above, daughter of Joseph Neal & Mary Jane Lynch, sister to Grover C. Neal. She married James Benjamin McGaha on October 11, 1919 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo taken about 1923.

Standing: Iva Nora Neal Carter (1886 – 1962), daughter of Joseph Neal and Mary Jane Lynch.

Seated: Michael L. Crowley (1851 – 1932), husband of Maude E. Neal; Maude E. Neal Crowley (1883 – ?), daughter of Joseph Neal and Mary Jane Lynch.

Keck

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Isaac Keck is the son of Andrew Keck and Isabella Bolinger. Born 1830 in TN, he died in 1910 in Arkansas. He moved to Arkansas where he was in the union army in 1864. The woman in the photo is Desdamona “Desty” Angeline (Smith) Keck. She and Isaac married December 17, 1856 in Madison County, Arkansas.

Lynch

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Taken in front of their Homestead sometime around 1905.

From Left to Right: George Lynch, Wiley Nelson Lynch, John Carroll Lynch, Artie Launia Lynch (Howard), Maree Valente Lynch (Harmon), Lurania Clemetine Yadon Lynch, Ocie Overton Lynch (Simmons), Loalles Evelyn Lynch (DeBusk), J. Herbert Lynch.

Big Barren Primitive Baptist Church

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The Big Barren Primitive Baptist Church is said to have been established in about 1803. It existed in Claiborne County for many years on Big Barren Creek in the area were the Cedar Grove Marina is located today. It was relocated in the 1930’s during the building of Norris Dam due to the formation of Norris Lake. This was the mother church for many of the Primitive Baptist Churches that were started later in both Claiborne and Union Counties. The book “Big Barren Primitive Baptist Church, Minutes 1838 – 1949” contains 178 pages with a full name index.