Author: Jim Daniel

Rev. Jackson Mahon Family

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Written by Robert P. Mahon

Spring 1950

He was my father’s brother, second in the family. He was a Methodist preacher and also a farmer in Dyer county. He was a man of wonderful physique and was well fitted for the strenous work of a Methodist preacher in the early days. He was a man of fine intellect and great gifts as a preacher. He married first a Miss BURNS; by this marriage a son, Robert Howell Mahon. He grew up in West Tennessee, became a Methodist preacher, and because of his ability and devotion to his work he rose rapidly in ranks of preachers in his church. Was pastor of large churches in Memphis and then pastor of both First and Second M. E. church in Memphis.

He had become pastor in Brownsville, Tennessee., and when he was retired he settled there and died. He left two children, both by his first wife, who was an Elder of Trenton, Tennessee.

Note:
          Uncle Jack had two daughters also by his first wife.

          Mary, married a POWELL
          Sistie, married Dr. PURCELL. They lived a few miles east of Newburn, Tennessee. Both had families.

Rebecca, married BUACHHANNAN in Memphis, now lives in Denver,Colorado
( not sure if the last name is spelled correctly,but I wrote it like it was spelled)

Ruth, married HAY, still lives at home in Brownsville.

Uncle Jack married the second time, a Miss FOWLKES, of Dyersburg. by this union they had four children.

          Jackson Jr.
          Stephen
          Kirby
          Mattie, never married

After these children were grown up, Uncle Jack moved to Bakerfield, California, where he and his wife died. He became a very influential preacher of the coast.

All three of the sons became Lawyers, and their descendants are out there somewhere.

The name MAHON, is being perpetuated out of California.

2000 – Karen Martin

Mahon and Perry Family

Posted on by Jim Daniel

Spring 1950

These are the writings of my g grandmother’s (Mollie Mahon Gilman) brother Robert Perry Mahon that has been in the family. I have read it over and over and noticed there are 25 surnames mention and 19 of those have Crockett county, Tennessee connections. Several other surnames have connections to surrounding counties. I thought it would be nice to share with other family members and others who may have known the Mahon-Perry families.

Robert P. Mahon

The MAHON family is Irish and comes from North Ireland, Belfast. They have always been Protestants.

Our grandfather MAHON came to this county in the early part of the last century and settled in North Carolina. There he married Nancy EPPERSON, and a few years later they moved to what was then known as the “Western District of Tennessee”, to that portion which is now Crockett county. In those days it was a sparsley settled country and only hardly pioneers dared to face the work and dangers of the new land. Our grandfather MAHON was named John Henry.

To our MAHON grandparents were born eight children that I know of. The oldest, a daughter Betsy, married a man by the name of BRIM, a widower.They moved to Missouri where BRIM passed away. Betsy came back to Tennessee and passed away in Alamo in the home of her brother,Howell. Our father, Franklin Epperson (Photo), was the next child and oldest son. Then there was Jackson, Bently, then a daughter whom I never knew and the names I do not know. She married a MAYFIELD in the early days and moved to Bastrop, Texas. Then there was Jane, Clemenda and the baby Howell H.

Grandfather died in the late twenties of the last century and as the oldest son,my father became head of the family. My grandfather was a Baptist but grandmother was a Methodist. As far as I know my father and his youngest sister, Clemenda, were the only ones to become Baptist; all the others were Methodists.

Father was married three times; the first two wives were DEAN and from a prominent family from the lower part of Crockett county. By the first wife there were three sons- John Henry who died leaving no family; Fountain Epperson who married in Tennessee and later moved to Arkansas. He died leaving children but I do not know their whereabouts to this date. William H. never married. Then there was a daughter Lucy who ran away and married and after that never came around our home very much. She has descendants in Crockett county somewhere around Maury City.

By his second wife,also a DEAN, there were two sons and a daughter- James Carter, who died in Memphis in 1947 at the age of 93 years; a daughter Emma; and another son Francis Sylvester. James C. married Jerusahe WORRELL near Johnson Grove. By this wife there were a number of children who are married and live in and near Memphis, near Dyersburg and Helena, Arkansas. They are a fine lot of people.

Emma married Abner EARLY and they moved to Honey Grove,Texas where he was killed in a railroad accident. By him she had one daughter,Mrs. J. T. JENNINGS of Alamo,Tennessee. After some years she married a second time to John H. ADAMS of Johnson Grove. By him she had two sons-Henry, who lives in St. Louis, and Barney, who lives in Memphis. They had one daughter, Olivia who lives near Johnson Grove.

Francis Sylvester, when quite a young man, went to Arkansas, married and moved to Texas. I know he had a family but I know nothing about them.

Then, about the year 1864 my father married the third time. His third wife was Elizabeth Lucy PERRY, whose home was near Chestnut Bluff in the lower part of Crockett county. My mother was born June 29,1829 and died March 30,1883. Father was born May 4, 1814 and died Oct 3,1896; To this union five children were born. They were Robert Perry, October 22,1865; Molly Euzera,September 11,1867; Bently, December 15,1868(died when a small boy); Charley Buck, April 15,1870; Martha Clemenda, December 17,1871.

Robert P. married Kate SAVAGE, Jackson,Tennessee, on October 1, 1895. Mollie married B.J. GILMAN, Halls. Tennessee. Charley Buck married Mary HOWARD in McNairy county,Tennessee. Martha C. married Edward B. PERRY, a second cousin, Halls, Tennessee.

Our mother, Elizabeth Lucy PERRY, came from an old English-Welsh family, and it was a Baptist family. I know very little of our ancestry except that her father was named Robert. My mother had five brothers which I know of and one sister. William PERRY, a Baptist preacher, was at one time connected with the Union University at Murfreesboro. His wife was an EVERETT and had four children- Dr. Robert PERRY, a prominent physician of Key West Florida; Lizzie, a school teacher and never married; JOSIE, also a teacher but as an old maid married a prominent doctor in Milan, Tennessee. Dr. JORDAN. The baby was Ed and he never married. Dr. JORDAN and cousin Josie both died in Nashville, Tennessee. Then there was Uncle Felix. I remember seeing him once but knew nothing of his family. I think Paschal was killed in the war in the Confederate Army. I remember Laban and his wife, Aunt Sally. They left a son, cousin Laban, whose family I know. Uncle Franklin PERRY lived and died near Chestnut Bluff. For many years he was a deacon and clerk of South Fork Church. He was a most lovable man and a fine citizen. He and his wife and eldest son died within a few days of each other with Typhoid fever. Of his children, the eldest, May married a GINN now lives in Jackson, Tennessee; Minnie married a LASSITER near Rutherdord, Tennessee, and she died not long ago. She leaves some noble sons. Lucy also married in the same commuinty as Minnie and also Willie. Sam went to California years ago and I understand did well. Isaac, the youngest boy, lives in Trenton, Tennessee. He had become a County Court Clerk, clerk of Gibson County Association, and an outstanding citizen and a fine Christian man. Margarette was a baby. When her parents died cousin Josie JORDAN took her as a daughter and still lives in Nashville. For a number of years she held a very responsible position with the Sunday School Board. Aunt Jennie, mother’s only sister, married Henry NUNN, near Chestnut Bluff. They had no children. She was a beautiful woman and we loved her very tenderly, because she was so kind and gentle.

Back to the MAHON family. My father and mother were religious in a very practical way. In our home we were taught to reverence God, His name and His day. We were reared in a modest home, with plenty to eat and plenty to wear. We had good associates and our parents were loved and honored in the community. Father was a deacon in the Baptist Church, Johnson’s Grove, and an ardent Mason. My mother sympathized with him in his devotion to the lodge.

Some of the family traits are: (1) Rugged individualism. They did their own thinking, religiously and politically. Some were pro-slavery, some abolitionists. After the war some were Repulicans and some were Democrats; some were Baptist and some were Methodist. (2) All men and women were great lovers of home and families, and in consequence there were no broken homes among them. (3) All high tempered and impulsive, but like the Irish they did not harbor resentment. They were generous and I never knew a MAHON who loved money inordinately. (4) Outspoken and fearless. They never “went with the crowd” ; They dared to stand alone. All had a sense of humor and loved a good joke. (5) All religiously inclined but despised piosity or sham. They never produced big business men, were not traders, made good farmers, but turned more to the profession, especially law and the ministry. physically, they were usually tall and straight with a military bearing; not fleshy but sinewy and of great endurance, industrious and alert. They were all men and women of decision. Their motto might well be ” Get in or get out”.

Some of the family traits of the PERRY families are; Comin from English-Welsh stock they were all religious,quite, industrious, also greay lovers of home and loyal to their families. Physically they were rather stocky, not tall and more stout in their build. They were industrious and fugal and knew how to get along. As a race they were good looking, both men and women, and were well fashioned and attractive.

Note** Let me say that Uncle Bently MAHON moved to Texas in the early days and left a family. One son was named Bently and he had a family. I know nothing of their whereabouts, weather living or dead.

Mahon Family Reunion

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Mahon Family Reunion
June or July 19, 1946

The Mahon family gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Gilman at Unionville Sunday for a family reunion. At the noon hour a delicious dinner was served buffet style on a table, centered with cut flowers, to the fifty-one guests.

Those present were, Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Gilman and daughter, Miss Ruth Gilman of Unionville; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Perry, Halls; Mr. and Mrs. J.N. Whitaker and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Perry, Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. G.P. Davis, Halls, Mr. and Mrs. John Moss Cherry and daughter, Chestnut Bluff; Mrs. J.T. Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Thomas and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Butner, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jennings, Mrs. Tucker and son, Alamo; Miss Mary Ethel Vaden, Mrs. Vivian Wheeler, James Paul Vaden, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson and children, Mrs. Tom Vaden, Finley; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mahon and daughter, Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Otho Gilman, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hawkins, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gean and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mahon, Blytheville, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Mahon of Jonesboro, Ark.

Mrs. B.J. Gilman of Unionville and C.B. Mahon of Jonesboro, Arkansas are the sister and brother of Mrs. Edd Perry.

2000 – Karen Martin

Daniel and Mary Laman

Posted on by Jim Daniel

Descendants of

(Daniel) and Mary Laman

(This is the spelling of the name chosen for this file since it is the one used in my database. The lineage applies to all those who have spelled their family names: Layman, Lemons, Leman, Lammon, Lemond, Leeman, Lehman, Lemmon, and other spellings)

Submitted by , Jacksonville, Florida

There is little doubt that the ancestors of the Laman family of Crockett County, Tennessee descend from Thomas Laman, who is first found enumerated in the 1830 census of Gibson County, in the area that was later to become a part of Crockett County. Thomas Laman is listed with eighteen children and a James Laman living next to him. All circumstantial evidence points to the parent of Thomas Laman as David Laman of Jefferson County, Tennessee. David Laman’s lineage has been traced back to Peter Leman, who arrived, c1717, in America along with the vast contingent of Swiss Mennonite immigrants whose destination was Lancaster, Pennsylvania. A grant of 10,000 acres from Governor William Penn was issued to Martin Kendig and other “Swissers who lately arrived in the province” in 1710. There were no Lemans listed on the first list. Peter Leman is believed to have arrived in one of the three ships that arrived in the summer or early autumn of 1717. No record of the list of passengers has been found. Since the activities of Peter Leman are record shortly after that date, he was probably a passenger along with five children. These children and subsequent children by a wife he married in America, spread throughout the United States. Some descendants moved down the Virginia valleys into upper East Tennessee and are found in many of the early records of the counties. “From the Emmental to Eldee….A History of the Layman Family”, by Earl R. Laymon of Knoxville, Tennessee gives a complete record of the descendants, however a connection was not made to the Crockett County Lamans, even though strong evidence points to David Leman as the ancestor. The given names, Jacob, David, Daniel, Thomas, George, Joseph, James, John and William, of the descendants in Crockett County are the same given names used extensively throughout the Peter Leman lineage.

The name has been spelled many ways in it’s long history. Even the immigrant ancestor, Peter Leman, spelled his name, at times, Laymon and Lemon. The name seemed to have been spelled Leman and Leeman in Switzerland, where the lineage originated.

No documented evidence shows the husband of Mary Laman, whose will was proated in 1848 in Gibson County, Tennessee. The name, Daniel, is being used because the name is used throughout the Laman lineage and each family seems to have had a Daniel in their family. Research prior to the Earl Laymon book, centered around some of the shires in England. These shires had, at one time, a strong influx of Dutch immigrants from Holland, and the names Daniel, Thomas, Jacob, Peter, and others could be found in the early records. As in Switzerland, England, Holland and America, the name has had its variations of spellings.

The following two documents should establish the children of (Daniel) and Mary Laman: Gibson County, Tennessee: Wills and Bonds, 1846-1852, Gibson County, Tennessee, page 141: Thomas Laman, adm. of Mary Laman, dec., State of Tennessee, Gibson County in the state of Tennessee in the sum of five hundred dollars to be paid to said state which payment will and truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of us and every of our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these present, sealed and our seals and dated this 6th day of Nov. A.D. 1848. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above Thomas Lemon was this day appointed administrator of all and singular the goods and chattles, rights and credits of Mary Lemon, deceased, which have or shall come to the hands knowledge or possession of the said Thomas Lemon and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited to do the County Court of the county aforesaid within 30 days from the date of these present and the same goods, chattles, and all other goods, chattles, and credits of the deceased at the time of her death which at any time hereafter shall come into the hands of the said Thomas Lemon or into the hands of any person or persons for their heirs do well and truly administer according to law and further do make or cause to be made a try and just account of his said administration within two years after the date of these presents and all the rest and residue of the said goods, etc. Signed Thomas, David Lemon, Franklin Parker. (Thomas, David and Ann Parker lived in Gibson County at that time. Daniel Laman was living in Haywood County, John Wesley Laman was living in Dyer County and John. H. Laman and George W. Laman were living in Yell County, Arkansas)

(Crockett County Deed, 22 Mar 1873): J. W. Layman & others, to J. F. M. McKewin: This indenture witness that J. W. Layman and Daniel Layman of the county of Crockett and state of Tennessee and Ann Parker, G. W. Layman and J. H. Layman of the county of Yell and state of Arkansas have bargained and sold and do hereby transfer and convy to J. F. M. McKewin for the consideration of sixty dollars, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, a certain land or parcel of land lying in said county of Crockett and state of Tennessee being their undivided share in a tract of land bounded as follows, viz. on the north by a tract of land belonging to Judson Thompson, on the south and east by R. W. Flemming’s land, and on the west by the land of Hosea Ragan, containing four acres be the same more or less, to have and to hold the said lot or parcel of land with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said J. F. M. McKewin his heirs and assigns forever, and the said J. W. Layman, Daniel Layman, Ann Parker, G. W. Layman, and J. H. Layman do convenant and bind themselves, their heirs and representatives, to warrant and forever defend the title to said lot or parcel of land against the lawful claims of all persons whatever, to him the said J. F. M. McKewin his heirs and assigns forever. In testimony whereof the said J. W. Layman, Daniel Layman, Ann Parker, G. W. Layman and J. H. Layman hereunto set their hands and seals, this the 22nd day of March A.D. 1873. Interlined before assigned, signed sealed and delivered in presence of us. Dennis Tatum and J. F. Robertson

Signed: John W. Layman; John W. Layman for Ann Parker; J. H. Layman; and Daniel Layman. (Crockett County was formed in 1872. bringing all the children of Mary Laman back into the same County)

Generation 1

1. (Daniel Laman, born, c1796, in Tennessee; died between 1830 and 1840 in Gibson County, Tennessee. He married Mary (…), born, 1797, in Tennessee; died, c1848, in Gibson, Tennessee.

Children of (Daniel) Laman and Mary (—) were as follows:

+ 2 i Daniel2 Laman, born, c1820, in Tennessee. He married Susan Emison.

3 ii David2 Laman, born, 1821, in Gibson, Tennessee. David Laman, age 28, is found in the 1850 Census of Gibson County, Tennessee (household 515-319, District #4, living with Edie Laman, age 80, born in Virginia.)

+ 4 iii Ann2 Laman, born, c1824, in Tennessee. She married Franklin Parker.

+ 5 iv John Wesley2 Laman, born, 15 Nov 1826, in Tennessee. He married Nancy A. Howell.

+ 6 v George Washington2 Laman, born, 1830, in Gibson, Tennessee. He married Nancy Garner.

+ 7 vi Thomas2 Laman (Minister), born, 1828, in Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Bland.

+ 8 vii James H.2 Laman, born, 1833, in Gibson, Tennessee. He married (1) S. C. (—). He married (2) Sarah M. Hale. He married (3) Mary Dawson.

Generation 2

2. Daniel2 Laman ((Daniel)1), born, c1820, in Tennessee; died, 29 Dec 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 19 Mar 1840, in Crockett, Tennessee, Susan Emison, born, 2 Feb 1823, in Moore, North Carolina; died, 19 Apr 1903, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 20 Apr 1903, in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee, daughter of John Emison and Margaret (Peggy) Boals.

Notes for Daniel Laman

1880 Census, Crockett County, Tennessee listed 60 years of age.

I. W. Evans to Daniel Layman, 26 Sep 1859, seven (7) acres for one hundred sixty three ($163) dollars. (Haywood County Deeds, Haywood County, Tennessee)

Nicholas W. Midgett to Daniel Layman, 24 Sep 1859, five (5) acres for the sum of one hundred and twenty-five ($125) dollars on Cypress Creek. (Haywood County Deeds, Haywood County, Tennessee)

R. G. Cates and R. W. Fleming to Daniel Layman, 23 Jan 1866, 13 Civil District, (now District 6, Crockett County, Tennessee) one hundred sixty two and one half (162 1/2) acres for one thousand six hundred twenty five ($1625) dollars.

Daniel Layman, Permenter, Evens, Bolls & Permenter – 172 acres, Valued at $4,300 (Tax List, 1874, District 6, Crockett County, Tennessee)

Notes for Susan Emison

Susan Emison was born in Moore County, North Carolina. Her father amd mother, John and Margaret Boals Emison, migrated with their related families to West Tennessee in the early 1800’s. Her father, an orphan, immigrated with an aunt and uncle, Hugh McKnight, from Ireland to Moore County, North Carolina. The Boals, Coles, and McKnight families migrated to West Tennessee when John Emison and family moved to the area.

Children of Daniel Laman and Susan Emison were as follows:

9 i Amanda J.3 Laman, born, 7 Feb 1845, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 19 Feb 1904, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She was unmarried.

+ 10 ii Thomas3 Laman, born, 22 Nov 1846, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Matilda Hathaway.

+ 11 iii Margaret3 Laman, born, 1848, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Francis Marion Goldsmith.

12 iv Betsy3 Laman, born, 10 Jun 1851, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 8 Feb 1868, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

13 v John3 Laman, born, 3 Feb 1857, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 18 Mar 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 14 vi George Washington3 Laman, born, 7 Jun 1853, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Mary Frances (Molly) Rust.

15 vii William C.3 Laman, born, 24 Jul 1859, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 24 Apr 1873, in Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 16 viii Susan3 Laman, born, 28 Feb 1862, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Joseph L. Gaba.

4. Nancy Ann2 Laman ((Daniel)1), born, c1824, in Tennessee; died in Arkansas. She married Franklin Parker, born, 1826, in Tennessee.

Note: Franklin and Nancy Parker are found listed in the 1850 Census of Gibson County, Tennessee in the 16th district. Ann Parker, age 35, is listed in the 1860 Census of Yell County, Arkansas living in the Upper Sanford Township, Bludgton Post office, Yell County, Arakansa.

Children of Ann Laman and Franklin Parker were as follows:

17 i James D. Parker, born, 1850, Gibson, Tennessee

18 ii Mary Parker, born 1851, Arkansas

19 iii Sarah Parker, born, 1856, Arkansas

5. John Wesley2 Laman ((Daniel)1), born, 15 Nov 1826, in Tennessee; died, 18 Apr 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 21 Jan 1857, Nancy A. Howell, born, 11 Nov 1836, in Tennessee; died, 22 Aug 1905, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Notes: Some of the information on John Wesley Laman furnished by Natalie Hunley

Children of John Wesley Laman and Nancy A. Howell were as follows:

+ 21 i Milliard E.3 Laman, born, Mar 1856, in Gibson, Tennessee. He married Frances Dean Agee.

22 ii Lindie3 Laman, born, 1858, in Tennessee.

23 iii Sarah B.3 Laman, born, 1860, in Tennessee.

+ 24 iv Benjamin F.3 Laman, born, 21 Jan 1862, in Gibson, Tennessee. He married (1) Elizabeth R. Brewer. He married (2) Ettie Smith.

+ 25 v George Henry3 Laman, born, Feb 1864, in Tennessee. He married Battice H. (—).

+ 26 vi Mary E.3 Laman, born, 1866, in Tennessee. She married Thomas B. Vaughn.

+ 27 vii Tennessee3 Laman, born, 1868, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Van D. Roe.

28 viii William Brewer3 Laman, born, Jun 1871, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 15 Feb 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee, Willie Gibbons (Widow).

+ 29 ix Margaret E.3 Laman, born, 1874, in Tennessee. She married William A. J. Riddick.

30 x Joseph Daniel3 Laman, born, 1875, in Tennessee. He married Jennie Lee Badgett, born,1891; died, 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Perry Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

31 xi James Ashley3 Laman, born, 1880 in, Crockett, Tennessee.

32 xii Byron Coop3 Laman, born, 1884, in Crockett, Tennessee.

6. George Washington2 Laman ((Daniel)1), born, 1830, in Gibson, Tennessee; died in Yell, Arkansas. He married Nancy Garner, born, c1845, in Arkansas.

Notes for George Washington Laman

Note: Personal Research of Patsy A. Rabjohn Gatliff

Children of George Washington Laman and Nancy Garner were as follows:

33 i P. H.3 Laman, born, c1870, in Yell, Arkansas.

34 ii John E.3 Laman, born, Nov 1871, in Yell, Arkansas; died, 2 Jan 1902, in Yell, Arkansas.

35 iii M. L.3 Laman, born Feb 1874 in Yell, Arkansas.

36 iv W. C.3 Laman, born, Feb 1880, in Yell, Arkansas.

37 v Mary E.3 Laman married, on 1 Nov 1866, in Yell, Arkansas, George W. Sisk.

7. Thomas2 Laman (Minister) ((Daniel)1), born, 1828, in Tennessee; died, 14 May 1900, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 6 Jan 1848, in Crockett, Tennessee, Elizabeth Bland, born, 1832, in Tennessee; died, 11 Jan 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Notes for Thomas Laman (Minister)

The administrator of the estate of Mary Laman indicates that he was a son, however some researchers have him listed with other family lines. Since there has been no hard evidence to disprove that he was the son of Mary, I have chosen to list him in this genealogy report.

Additional Information on Thomas Laman has been added to by Faye Nichols

Children of Thomas Laman (Minister) and Elizabeth Bland were as follows:

+ 38 i John David W.3 Laman, born, 8 Nov 1848, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee. He married Martha L. Babb.

+ 39 ii Thomas3 Laman, born 1852 in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee. He married Mollie (—).

+ 40 iii James F.3 Laman, born, 7 Sep 1855, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee. He married Laura F. Moore.

+ 41 iv Anna3 Laman, born, 29 Nov 1853, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee. She married (1) Robert. N. Castleman. She married (2) J. Robert Beaver.

42 v Martha M.3 Laman, born, 9 Feb 1858, in Gibson, Tennessee; died, 16 Mar 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Avery Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Abner G. McLean, born, 8 Apr 1854, in Gibson, Tennessee; died, 21 Jun 1936, in Crockett, Tennessee.

43 vi Nancy3 Laman, born, 1856, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee. She married, on 4 Jan 1878, in Crockett, Tennessee, Solomon Todd.

44 vii Johnson3 Laman, born, 1860, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee.

+ 45 viii Solomon3 Laman, born, Feb 1862, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee. He married Mary Tennie Emerson.

+ 46 ix Daniel H.3 Laman, born, 29 Dec 1862, in Gibson, Tennessee. He married Annie Ellen Smith.

47 x Levi3 Laman, born, 1864, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee.

+ 48 xi J. Allen3 Laman, born, 19 Aug 1866, in Gibson, Tennessee. He married Cora Norville.

50 xiii Mattie Ann3 Laman, born, 1867, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee.

51 xiv Ellen3 Laman, born, 1868, in Gibson, Tennessee.

+ 52 xv Cenia3 Laman, born, 1869, in Gibson, Tennessee. She married Robert T. Smith.

+ 53 xvi George Washington (Bud)3 Laman, born in Gibson, Tennessee. He married Nancy C. (Katie) Webb.

8. James H.2 Laman ((Daniel)1), born, 1833, in Gibson, Tennessee; died in Arkansas. He married (1) S. C. (—), born, c1852, in Tennessee. He married (2) in 1877 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Sarah M. Hale. He married (3) in 1879 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Mary Dawson.

Children of James H. Laman and S. C. (—) were as follows:

54 i James W.3 Laman, born, c1874, in Yell, Arkansas. He married Nannie Lou Cox.

55 ii W. A.3 Laman, born, Feb 1880, in Yell, Arkansas. 

Generation 3

10. Thomas3 Laman (Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 22 Nov 1846, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died Mar 1896. He married on, 18 Feb 1867, in Crockett, Tennessee, Matilda Hathaway.

Notes for Thomas Laman

Thomas Laman and wife,(Mahuldah) to J. W. Lovell, 19 May 1869, 1/9 interest in estate of Kinchin Hathaway: three payments (to wit) one hundred twenty five dollars in cash; one note for one hundred, due the 25th of Dec 1869; and one note for seventy five dollars due the 25th of December, 1870, containing 184 1/3 acres, issuing 1/2 acre at grave yard. (Haywood County Deeds, Haywood County, Tennessee)

Jesse Briley to Thomas Layman of Gibson County, 7 Mar 1857, twenty five (25) acres for the sum of three hundred and eight dollars ($308). (Haywood County Deeds, Haywood County, Tennessee)

Thomas Laman (County of Gibson) to R. W. Fleming (County of Haywood) 8 Dec 1868, twenty three acres (23) in Haywood County for the sum of two hundred seventy six ($276) dollars. (Haywood County Deeds, Haywood County, Tennessee)

Children of Thomas Laman and Matilda Hathaway were as follows:

+ 56 i William4 Laman, born, Mar 1870, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Mary R. (—).

57 ii Lilburn4 Laman

58 iii Pearl4 Laman

+ 59 iv Abner Don4 Laman

11. Margaret3 Laman (Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 1848, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1923, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 17 Dec 1884 (license), in Crockett, Tennessee, Francis Marion Goldsmith, born, 1856; died 1943.

Children of Margaret Laman and Francis Marion Goldsmith were as follows:

+ 60 i Ada Frances4 Goldsmith, born, 24 Jun 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Clem Clark.

+ 61 ii Archie4 Goldsmith, born, 26 Dec 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Addie M Goldsmith.

62 iii Francis Edgar4 Goldsmith, born in Crockett, Tennessee, married Sara Isabelle Aspry.

14. George Washington3 Laman (Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 7 Jun 1853, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 18 Mar 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 19 Mar 1886, in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 11 Dec 1873, Mary Frances (Molly) Rust, born, 8 Oct 1850, in Perry, Tennessee; died, 3 Aug 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 5 Aug 1878, in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee, daughter of James H. M. Rust and Louisa James Evans.

Notes for Mary Frances (Molly) Rust

Mary Frances Rust Laman was born in Perry County, Tennessee. She was 10 years old when South Carolina seceded from the union, November 8, 1960, and led the other states into the Civil War. The area where the Rust farm was located became a place where many skirmishes and battles took place, notably “The Battle of Shiloh”. The Rust farm was raided by the Union forces during the continuation of the war. A published tribute to her states that she was a woman of love and compassion and was responsive to her community in time of need.

Children of George Washington Laman and Mary Frances (Molly) Rust were as follows:

+ 63 i Sarah L.4 Laman, born, 18 Oct 1874, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. She married George D. Bodkins.

64 ii Jesse A.4 Laman, born, 30 Nov 1875, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 65 iii Cordelia D.4 Laman, born, 11 Sep 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married William Neal Nolen.

66 iv James Thomas4 Laman, born, 7 Dec 1879, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 9 Mar 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 67 v Daniel Hix4 Laman, born, 27 Feb 1882, in Cypress, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) Virginia (Jennie) Nichols. He married (2) Susan Ann Presley.

+ 68 vi Edith Vandera4 Laman, born, 23 Jul 1884, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Dee W. Holmes.

16. Susan3 Laman (Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 28 Feb 1862, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 27 Aug 1889, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 3 Dec 1885, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee, Joseph L. Gaba, born, Apr 1861, in Tennessee.

Children of Susan Laman and Joseph L. Gaba were as follows:

69 i Charles L.4 Gaba, born ,28 Nov 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee.

70 ii James4 Gaba, born, 1 Apr in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 6 Jul 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee.

21. Milliard E.3 Laman (John Wesley2, (Daniel)1), born, Mar 1856, in Gibson, Tennessee; died, 23 Dec 1810, in Dyer, Tennessee. He married, on 14 Aug 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee, Frances Dean Agee, born, 1 Aug 1863, in Tennessee; died c1939.

Children of Milliard E. Laman and Frances Dean Agee were as follows:

71 i Ivie F.4 Laman, born, Jul 1880, in Tennessee; died c1950. She married, on 15 Apr 1900, in Crockett, Tennessee, Edward Studard, born Jul 1880.

72 ii Bennie O.4 Laman, born, 31 May 1884; died, 25 Aug 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Lebanon Church Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

73 iii William B.4 Laman, born, Nov 1885, in Tennessee; died c1934. He married, on 29 Aug 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee, Ollie Riddick.

74 iv Bobbie4 Laman, born, c1887, in Tennessee; died in infancy.

75 v Georgia B.4 Laman, born, Jul 1894, in Tennessee; died, before 1920. She married (1) Sylvester Lloyd. She married (2) Clarence Walker.

76 vi Jesse Merville4 Laman, born, c1895, in Tennessee; died 14 Mar 1961. He married Jennie Mae Hausin, born, 13 Dec 1900, in Tennessee; died Dec 1981.

77 vii Harvey E.4 Laman, born, c1898, in Tennessee; died, 14 Mar 1959, in Tennessee. He married Monica Coleman.

78 viii John Wesley4 Laman, born, 7 Sep 190,1 in Crockett Mills, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 7 Mar 1963, in Tennessee. He married (1) Zuma Binkley. He married (2) Jessie Florence Hensley, born, 28 Aug 1910, in Tennessee; die,d 25 Jun 1994, in Tennessee.

24. Benjamin F.3 Laman (John Wesley2, (Daniel)1), born, 21 Jan 1862, in Gibson, Tennessee; died, 14 Oct 1927, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1), on 20 Jan 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee, Elizabeth R. Brewer, born, Dec 1863; died 1909 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (2), on 14 Oct 1891, in Crockett, Tennessee, Ettie Smith.

Children of Benjamin F. Laman and Elizabeth R. Brewer were as follows:

79 i Harvey4 Lemon, born, 18 Aug 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee; die,d 29 Dec 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

25. George Henry3 Laman (John Wesley2, (Daniel)1), born, Feb 1864, in Tennessee. He married Battice H. (—), born, 1872, in Gibson, Tennessee.

Children of George Henry Laman and Battice H. (—) were as follows:

80 i Samuel G.4 Laman, born, Aug 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee.

26. Mary E.3 Laman (John Wesley2, (Daniel)1), born, 1866, in Tennessee; died, 1940, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Floyd’s Chapel, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 31 Jan 1884, in Crockett, Tennessee, Thomas B. Vaughn, born, 12 Jul 1864, in Tennessee; died, 7 Nov 1934, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Floyd’s Chapel, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Mary E. Laman and Thomas B. Vaughn were as follows:

81 i Ollie M.4 Vaughan, born, Sep 1887, in Tennessee.

82 ii Herman W.4 Vaughn, born, Apr 1893, in Tennessee.

27. Tennessee3 Laman (John Wesley2, (Daniel)1), born, 1868, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 26 Jan 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee, Van D. Roe, born, Mar 1862, in Tennessee.

Children of Tennessee Laman and Van D. Roe were as follows:

83 i Carl N.4 Roe, born, Nov 1889, in Tennessee.

84 ii Benjamin W.4 Roe, born, Mar 1893, in Tennessee.

85 iii Rice V.4 Roe, born, Jun 1895, in Tennessee.

86 iv Mollie4 Roe, born, Oct 1895, in Tennessee.

87 v Hallie4 Roe, born, Oct 1898, in Tennessee.

29. Margaret E.3 Laman (John Wesley2, (Daniel)1), born, 1874, in Tennessee. She married, on 17 Jan 1892, in Crockett, Tennessee, William A. J. Riddick, born, 1868, in Tennessee; died, 1949, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Maury City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Margaret E. Laman and William A. J. Riddick were as follows:

88 i Eva I.4 Riddick, born, Feb 1893, in Tennessee.

89 ii Ruby M.4 Riddick, born, May 1896, in Tennessee.

90 iii Royce H.4 Riddick, born ,c1902, in Tennessee.

91 iv Katy I.4 Riddick, born, c1904, in Tennessee.

38. John David W.3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 8 Nov 1848, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee; died, 6 Jan 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babb Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, in 1869,, in Gibson, Tennessee, Martha L. Babb, born, 28 Feb 1849, in Gibson, Tennessee; died, 17 Mar 1926, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of John David W. Laman and Martha L. Babb were as follows:

92 i James Beachley4 Laman, born, 4 Aug 1870, in Gibson, Tennessee; died, 25 Oct 1870, in Gibson, Tennessee.

93 ii Eliza Amy S.(Annie)4 Laman, born, 1 Oct 1871, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 14 Mar 1884, in Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 94 iii Frances E. Susan (Elizabeth)4 Laman, born, 2 Oct 1873, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married George Sellers.

+ 95 iv Martha Amanda M.4 Laman (twin), born,, 6 Mar 1876 in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Asa A. Swindle.

96 v Leona Lee4 Laman (twin), born, 1876, in Crockett, Tennessee.

97 vi T. H.4 Laman, born, 13 May 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 25 May 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 98 vii Nancy M. Julia4 Laman, born, 23 May 1880, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Frank Brasfield.

+ 99 viii Albert A.4 Laman, born, 3 Mar 1882, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Linnie Mae Follis.

+ 100 ix Lou Ella4 Laman, born, 24 Jul 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Joseph Walter Evans.

101 x Solomon H.4 Laman, born, 16 Dec 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 102 xi Tennessee (Tennie)4 Laman, born, 19 Jul 1890, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Henry Greer.

39. Thomas3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 1852, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee. He married Mollie (—), born, 1857, in Tennessee.

Notes for Thomas Laman

Babb, Castleman, Farrow, Babb and Bowen, 70 acres – value $1,750 (Tax List, 1874, Crockett County, Tennessee),

Children of Thomas Laman and Mollie (—) were as follows:

103 i Osborne4 Laman, born, 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee.

40. James F.3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 7 Sep 1855, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee; died, 15 Dec 1902, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married ,on 8 Jul 1883, in Crockett, Tennessee, Laura F. Moore, born, 7 Jul 1858, in Tennessee; died, 23 May 1921, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of James F. Laman and Laura F. Moore were as follows:

104 i Thomas J.4 Laman, born, 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee.

105 ii Daniel4 Laman, born, 1882, in Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 106 iii Della4 Laman, born, 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married William H. Lowery.

107 iv Richard4 Laman, born, 1889, in Crockett, Tennessee.

41. Anna3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 29 Nov 1853, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee; died, 18 Jan 1922, in Tigrett, Dyer, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married (1), on 18 Oct 1874, in Crockett, Tennessee, Robert. N. Castleman, born, 1850, in Davidson, Tennessee. She married (2), on 19 Nov 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee, J. Robert Beaver, born, 1879, in Tennessee.

Children of Anna Laman and Robert. N. Castleman were as follows:

108 i Rosa4 Castleman, born, 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee.

109 ii Carlos4 Castleman, born, 8 Dec 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, Aug 1966, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee.

45. Solomon3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, Feb 1862, in Quincy, Gibson, Tennessee; died, 1933, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 11 Jan 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee, Mary Tennie Emerson, born, 1869, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1942, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Solomon Laman and Mary Tennie Emerson were as follows:

110 i Jesse A.4 Laman, born, Dec 1892, in Quincy, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 21 Feb 1926, in Crockett, Tennessee, Viola Olliver.

+ 111 ii Ewell Thomas4 Laman, born, 31 Jul 1893, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Mattie Lou Craig.

112 iii Chester A.4 Laman, born, Feb 1895, in Quincy, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 113 iv Ruth Helen4 Laman, born, 7 Aug 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Bernard Eugene Thomas.

+ 114 v Frederick Neal4 Laman, born, 10 Feb 1907, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Noama Ola King.

46. Daniel H.3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 29 Dec 1862, in Gibson, Tennessee; died, 6 Nov 1924, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babb Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 3 Aug 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee, Annie Ellen Smith, born, 10 Oct 1866, in Tennessee; died, 12 May 1921, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Daniel H. Laman and Annie Ellen Smith were as follows:

115 i Lyle4 Laman, born, 30 Jul 1885 in Crockett, Tennessee; died 18 Sep 1889 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 116 ii Clyde4 Laman, born, 23 Mar 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Anna Emison.

+ 117 iii Verner4 Laman, born, 30 Dec 1889, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Ethridge Emison.

118 iv Olgor4 Laman, born, 1882, in Crockett, Tennessee.

119 v Leasle4 Laman, born, 1894, in Crockett, Tennessee.

120 vi Daniel Orien4 Laman, born, 27 Dec 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 14 Jan 1982, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Lonnie Lewis, born, 29 Mar 1903, in Tennessee; died, 28 Feb 1991, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

121 vii Lurl Vincent4 Laman, born, 11 Apr 1889, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 11 Jan 1929, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1), on 8 Mar 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee, Rosa Acred. He married (2), on 8 Sep 1912, in Crockett, Tennessee, Fannie Ora Rummage, born, 9 May 1895, in Tennessee; died, 11 Jan 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

123 ix Carolina4 Laman, born, 15 Apr 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 10 Dec 1900, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

124 x Ruby4 Laman, born, 28 Apr 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 23 Jan 190,6 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

125 xi Thadeus4 Laman, born, 3 Jul 1904, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 6 Nov 1924, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

48. J. Allen3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 19 Aug 1866, in Gibson, Tennessee; died, 15 Dec 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Norville Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 27 Dec 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee, Cora Norville, born, 27 Mar 1870, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 4 Jan 1946, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Norville Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of J. Allen Laman and Cora Norville were as follows:

126 i Mary4 Laman, born, 1894, in Crockett, Tennessee.

127 ii Laura4 Laman, born, 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee.

128 iii Paul T.4 Laman, born, 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee.

52. Cenia3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 1869, in Gibson, Tennessee. She married, on 9 Oct 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee, Robert T. Smith, born, 1840, in North Carolina.

Children of Cenia Laman and Robert T. Smith were as follows:

129 i Alma4 Smith, born, 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee.

130 ii Walter4 Smith, born, 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee.

131 iii Clara4 Smith, born, 1900, in Crockett, Tennessee.

53. George Washington (Bud)3 Laman (Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born in Gibson, Tennessee. He married, on 9 Jan 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee, Nancy C. (Katie) Webb.

Children of George Washington (Bud) Laman and Nancy C. (Katie) Webb were as follows:

132 i Walter4 Laman, born, 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 27 Dec 1903, in Crockett, Tennessee, Adair Bell.

+ 133 ii Claude E.4 Laman, born, 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Lovie Lewis.

Generation 4

56. William4 Laman (Thomas3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, Mar 1870, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Mary R. (—), born, Jan 187,1 in Tennessee.

Children of William Laman and Mary R. (—) were as follows:

134 i Lida L.5 Laman, born, Jan 1893, in Crockett, Tennessee.

135 ii Vera V.5 Laman, born, Jul 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee.

59. Abner Don4 Laman (Thomas3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1) married unknown.

Children of Abner Don Laman were as follows:

136 i Kenneth5 Laman

60. Ada Frances4 Goldsmith (Margaret3 Laman, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 24 Jun 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 9 Apr 1981, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Clem Clark, born, 26 Aug 1875, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 2 Jul 1949, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Ada Frances Goldsmith and Clem Clark were as follows:

137 i Living

+ 138 ii Living

+ 139 iii Living

+ 140 iv Living

61. Archie4 Goldsmith (Margaret3 Laman, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 26 Dec 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, Jun 1968, in Gadsden, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Addie M. Emison, born, 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Note: Additional children, not listed below, are: Maggie Lou Goldsmith, Clara Bell Goldsmith, and Brooksie May Goldsmith. Information from Carol Berning.

Children of Archie Goldsmith and Addie M. Emison were as follows:

141 i Lessie5 Goldsmith, born, 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

63. Sarah L.4 Laman (George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 18 Oct 1874, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 15 Jan 1891, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee, George D. Bodkins.

Children of Sarah L. Laman and George D. Bodkins were as follows:

142 i Leonia5 Bodkins, born 17 Feb 1892.

143 ii Jesse Neal5 Bodkins, born, 28 Dec 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee.

144 iii Herman E.5 Bodkins, born, 2 Oct 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee.

65. Cordelia D.4 Laman (George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 11 Sep 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1 May 1942, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 3 May 1942, in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 11 Dec 1894, in Crockett, Tennessee, William Neal Nolen, born, 3 Aug 1866, in Hardeman, Tennessee; died, 25 Feb 1941, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 27 Feb 1941, in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee, son of Patrick Pierce Nolen and Mary Irene Dever.

Notes for Cordelia D. Laman

In the 1900 census Cordelia and Neal Nolen have two sons and two brothers living in their household (Her mother, Mollie, died August 8, 1898). An infant daughter of Neal and Cordelia Nolen, Mary Irene, had died in 1897. Their home was open to many people who passed through their lives, many staying a while and then moving on to other places. The high esteem in which this couple was held by their family and friends is found in their names, Cordelia and Neal, scattered thoughout their family, relatives, and friends.

Children of Cordelia D. Laman and William Neal Nolen were as follows:

+ 145 i Jesse Pierce5 Nolen, born, 15 Sep 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Maude Worrell.

+ 146 ii Lex Neal5 Nolen, born, 13 Aug 1896 ,in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Grace Virginia Hopper.

147 iii Mary Irene5 Nolen, born, 20 Oct 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 11 Nov 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Crockett, Tennessee;

67. Daniel Hix4 Laman (George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 27 Feb 1882, in Cypress, Crockett, Temmessee; died, 31 Mar 1950, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1), on 2 Nov 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee, Virginia (Jennie) Nichols, born, 1 Sep 1875, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 29 Jan 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (2), on 5 Dec 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee, Susan Ann Presley, born 27 Jun 1898; died, Jan 1983, in Helena, Phillips, Arkansas.

Children of Daniel Hix Laman and Virginia (Jennie) Nichols were as follows:

148 i Lurlie Clarence5 Laman, born, 1 Sep 1902, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 13 Sep 1924, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

149 ii Cecil Theodore5 Laman, bor,n 19 May 1904, in Crockett, TN; died, Sep 1970, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee. He married Naomi Eskew.

+ 150 iii Living

151 iv Hardy Neal5 Laman, born, 5 May 1907, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Velma Sue Crutchfield.

+ 152 v Cordie May5 Laman, born, 1 Sep 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married George Dawson Uselton.

+ 153 vi Living

154 vii Katie Merle5 Laman, born, 1 May 1913, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1915, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

155 viii James Pierce5 Laman, born, 1 Nov 1916, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 30 Apr 1969, in Greenwood, Greenwood, SC. He married Iva Latham.

156 ix L. Howell5 Laman, born, 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Daniel Hix Laman and Susan Ann Presley were as follows:

157 i Herchel Dalton5 Laman, born, 9 Jun 1922, in Crockett, Tennessee; died 22 Aug 1971; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Martha Sue Taylor, born 27 Jan 1926.

158 ii Living

159 iii Living

68. Edith Vandera4 Laman (George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 23 Jul 1884, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 21 Sep 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 30 Jul 1893, in Crockett, Tennessee, Dee W. Holmes.

Children of Edith Vandera Laman and Dee W. Holmes were as follows:

160 i Newt Washington5 Holmes

94. Frances E. Susan (Elizabeth)4 Laman (John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 2 Oct 1873, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 12 Dec 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee, George Sellers.

Children of Frances E. Susan (Elizabeth) Laman and George Sellers were as follows:

161 i Charlie5 Sellers, born c1898; died, 29 Aug 1909; buried in Liberty Cemetery, Cedar Grove, Tennessee.

95. Martha Amanda M.4 Laman (John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 6 Mar 1876, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 23 Nov 1938, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babb Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 11 Nov 190,9 in Crockett, Tennessee, Asa A. Swindle, born, 1873, in Tennessee.

Children of Martha Amanda M. Laman,, and Asa A. Swindle were as follows:

162 i Tollie5 Swindle, born, 10 Sep 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1922; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

98. Nancy M. Julia4 Laman (John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 23 May 1880, in Crockett, Tennessee; died 1914. She married, on 20 Oct 1900, in Crockett, Tennessee, Frank Brasfield, born, 4 Oct 1867, in Arkansas; died, 1 Mar 1937, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Nancy M. Julia Laman and Frank Brasfield were as follows:

163 i Luther Eugene5 Brasfield, born, 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 10 Apr 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Center Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

164 ii Madie5 Brasfield, born, 29 Mar 1907, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 13 Dec 1977, in Madison, Tennessee; buried in Center Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 23 Dec 1923, in Crockett, Tennessee, Thurman Burress.

99. Albert A.4 Laman (John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 3 Mar 1882, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, Nov 1962, in Dyer, Tennessee; buried in Newbern Fairview Cemetery, Old Section, Dyer, Tennessee. He married, on 3 Aug 1903, in Crockett, Tennessee, Linnie Mae Follis, born, 1888; died, 1966, in Dyer, Tennessee; buried in Newbern Fairview Cemetery, Old Section, Dyer, Tennessee.

Children of Albert A. Laman and Linnie Mae Follis were as follows:

165 i Obie Lawrence5 Laman, born, 14 Jul 1904, in Tennessee; died, 21 May 1986, in Dyer, Tennnessee; buried in Newbern Fairview Cemetery, Old Section, Dyer, Tennessee. He married, on 31 May 1922, in Dyer, Tennessee, Lily M. McConnel, born 8 Oct 1901; died, 21 May 1986, in Dyer, Tennessee; buried in Newbern Fairview Cemetery, Dyer, Tennessee.

166 ii William Algie5 Layman, born, 5 Aug 1905, in Tennessee; died, 25 Jul 1987, in Dyer, Tennessee; buried in Palestine Cemetery, Dyer, Tennessee. He married Nellie Mae Ponder.

167 iii Jarmie Lucille5 Laman, born 1907; died 1998; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer, Tennessee. She married King Smith Abernathy (Sr.).

168 iv Clara Louise5 Laman, born 1913; died 1991; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer, Tennessee. She married (1) Emitt Rice. She married (2) Jack A. Jyleen.

169 v John Ronald5 Laman, born 8 Jan 1922; died 27 Apr 1991; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer, Tennessee. He married Betty Jane Reid.

170 vi Doris Marie5 Laman, born 18 Nov 1926; died 14 Nov 1998; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer, Tennessee. She married Julian Nicholas Walker (Sr.).

100. Lou Ella4 Laman (John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born 24 Jul 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 7 Nov 1964, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Center Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 4 Dec 1904, in Crockett, Tennessee, Joseph Walter Evans, born, 26 Jul 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 31 Oct 1970, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Center Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Lou Ella Laman and Joseph Walter Evans were as follows:

+ 171 i Irma Louise5 Evans, born, 29 Jul 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Connie Allen Boyd.

102. Tennessee (Tennie)4 Laman (John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 19 Jul 1890, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 20 Mar 1948, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 2 Sep 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee, Henry Greer, born, 8 May 1880, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Tennessee (Tennie) Laman and Henry Greer were as follows:

172 i Lucille5 Greer married Jodie Hutchison.

173 ii (Twin)5 Greer, buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

174 iii (Twin)5 Greer, buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 175 iv Henry Laman5 Greer, born, 9 Apr 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Thelma Viola Simmons.

+ 176 v Mildred5 Greer, born, 23 Jul 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Jessie Earl Emison.

177 vi Earl5 Greer, born, 8 Oct 1920, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 24 Dec 1938, Bernice Katherine McKeel.

106. Della4 Laman (James F.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 5 Dec 1905, in Crockett, Tennessee, William H. Lowery, born, 1883, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Della Laman and William H. Lowery were as follows:

178 i Hoy5 Lowery, born, 191,2 in Crockett, Tennessee.

179 ii Hasty5 Lowery, born, 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee.

180 iii Christie5 Lowery, born, 1916, in Crockett, Tennessee.

181 iv Frankey5 Lowery, born, 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee.

111. Ewell Thomas4 Laman (Solomon3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born ,31 Jul 1893, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 15 Feb 1965, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 13 Jul 1913, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee, Mattie Lou Craig, born, 22 Jul 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, May 1993, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Ewell Thomas Laman and Mattie Lou Craig were as follows:

182 i Craig5 Laman, born, 1915, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

183 ii Mary5 Laman, born, 1920, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

113. Ruth Helen4 Laman (Solomon3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 7 Aug 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 23 Feb 1972, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 17 Dec 1916, in Crockett, Tennessee, Bernard Eugene Thomas, born, 31 Oct 1892, in Tennessee; died, 29 Nov 1966, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Ruth Helen Laman and Bernard Eugene Thomas were as follows:

184 i Louise5 Thomas, born, c1918, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

185 ii Bernard Eugene5 Thomas (Jr.), born, 14 May 1920, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; died 18 May 1970; buried in Alamo City Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

186 iii Living

187 iv Mary Catherine5 Thomas, born in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

114. Frederick Neal4 Laman (Solomon3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born 10 Feb 1907 in Crockett, Tennessee; died Feb 1978 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia. He married Noama Ola King, born in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Frederick Neal Laman and Noama Ola King were as follows:

188 i Dorothy Neal5 Laman, born, 1922, in Crockett, Tennessee.

189 ii Dorris5 Laman, born, 1923, in Crockett, Tennessee.

190 iii Dixie5 Laman, born,,1925, in Crockett, Tennessee.

116. Clyde4 Laman (Daniel H.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 23 Mar 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1 Sep 1940, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Anna Emison, born, 13 Aug 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee

Children of Clyde Laman and Anna Emison were as follows:

191 i J. D.5 Laman, buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

192 ii Martha5 Laman, buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

117. Verner4 Laman (Daniel H.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), bor,n 30 Dec 1889, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 23 Jan 1919 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Ethridge Emison, born, 16 Jun 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 8 Dec 1959 ,in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Verner Laman and Ethridge Emison were as follows:

193 i Callie5 Emison, born, 27 Dec 1909, in Crockett, Tennessee.

194 ii Francis Cormell5 Emison, born, 12 Jun 1911, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 22 May 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Babbs Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

195 iii Earl5 Emison, born, 22 Nov 1915, in Crockett, Tennessee.

133. Claude E.4 Laman (George Washington (Bud)3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 11 Feb 1922, in Crockett, Tennessee, Lovie Lewis, born, 1882, in Tennessee.

Children of Claude E. Laman and Lovie Lewis were as follows:

196 i Louise5 Laman, born, 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee.

197 ii Earl5 Laman, born, 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Generation 5

145. Jesse Pierce5 Nolen (Cordelia D.4 Laman, George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 15 Sep 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 11 Nov 1960, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 13 Nov 1960, in Alamo Memorial Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 7 Sep 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee, Maude Myrtle Worrell, born, 26 Jul 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 31 Jul 1983, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee; buried, 2 Aug 1983, in Alamo Memorial Cemetery, Cockett, Tennessee, daughter of Hiram Parker Worrell and Levy Elizabeth Norton.

Children of Jesse Pierce Nolen and Maude Myrtle Worrell were as follows:

+ 209 i Jesse Pierce6 Nolen (Jr.), born 21 Sep 1920 in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Ernestine Park O’Neil.

+ 210 ii Living

+ 211 iii Living

+ 212 iv Living

+ 213 v Living

+ 214 vi

146. Lex Neal5 Nolen (Cordelia D.4 Laman, George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 13 Aug 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 30 Jan 1966, in Veterans Hospital, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; buried, 2 Feb 1966, in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. He married ,on 31 Oct 1921, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee, Grace Virginia Hopper, born, 2 Jul 1902, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 30 Jan 1966, in Crockett County Nursing Home, Alamo, Crocket, Tennessee; buried, 2 Feb 1966, in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Lex Neal Nolen and Grace Virginia Hopper were as follows:

+ 215 i Living

+ 216 ii Living

150. Finis Garrett5 Laman (Daniel Hix4, George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 17 Dec 1905, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) Frankie Lou Hart, born, 18 Jul 1915, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 28 Nov 1999, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cairo Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (2) Maxine Vines.

Children of Finis Garrett Laman and Frankie Lou Hart were as follows:

217 i Living

152. Cordie May5 Laman (Daniel Hix4, George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born 1 Sep 1908 in Crockett, TM; died 20 Aug 1987. She married George Dawson Ulseton, born 3 Dec 1909 in Tennessee; died Jan 1978 in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Cordie May Laman and George Dawson Ulseton were as follows:

+ 218 i Joe6 Uselton, born, 10 Apr 1941, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

219 ii Bennie Hicks6 Uselton

153. Ben Hooper5 Laman (Daniel Hix4, George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born, 28 Feb 1911, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1989, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Oak View Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. He married on 25 Sep 1937, Beuton Brown, born, 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Ben Hooper Laman and Beuton Brown were as follows:

220 i Living

171. Irma Louise5 Evans (Lou Ella4 Laman, John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 29 Jul 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 25 Oct 1924, in Fruitvale, Crockett, Tennessee, Connie Allen Boyd, born, 28 Jun 1902, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, Apr 1948, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Center Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Irma Louise Evans and Connie Allen Boyd were as follows:

+ 221 i Living

175. Henry Laman5 Greer (Tennessee (Tennie)4 Laman, John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born, 9 Apr 190,8 in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 15 Nov 1998, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Thelma Viola Simmons, born, 1 Jul 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Henry Laman Greer and Thelma Viola Simmons were as follows:

222 i Ferris Van6 Greer

176. Mildred5 Greer (Tennessee (Tennie)4 Laman, John David W.3, Thomas2, (Daniel)1), born 23 Jul 1917 in Crockett, Tennessee; died 6 Aug 1988 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married on 9 Dec 1933 in Crockett, Tennessee, Jessie Earl Emison, born 22 Nov 1915 in Crockett, Tennessee; died 22 Nov 1986 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Alamo Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Mildred Greer and Jessie Earl Emison were as follows:

223 i Herman Glen6 Emison, born, 5 Oct 1935, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 8 Jun 2001, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Gadsden Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 5 May 1956, in Corinth, Mississippi, Elizabeth Thomas.

224 ii Living

Generation 6

209. Jesse Pierce6 Nolen (Jr.) (Jesse Pierce5, Cordelia D.4 Laman, George Washington3, Daniel2, (Daniel)1), born 21 Sep 1920 in Crockett, Tennessee; died 23 Jul 1989 in Veterans Hospital, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; buried 25 Jul 1989 in Alamo Memoial Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. He married on 23 Feb 1958 in Alamo, Crockett, TN, Ernestine Park O’Neil, born 19 Aug 1922 in Maury City, Crockett, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 1998 in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee; buried 12 Jul 1998 in Oak View Memorial Park Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Jesse Pierce Nolen (Jr.) and Ernestine Park O’Neil were as follows:

+ 225 i Living

+ 226 ii Living

Marion J. Kilzer and Mary West Family

Posted on by Jim Daniel

Marion Jordan Kilzer and Mary Angeline West were our maternal grandparents. They were the parents of our mother, Addie Mae Kilzer, who later changed the spelling of her name to Eddie Mae Kilzer. Both of our grandparents died before we were born.

Marion Jordan Kilzer was born on August 24, 1878 in either Gibson or Madison counties. The uncertainty was because his mother and father, Jacob B. Kilzer and Mary Brogdon Kilzer, often moved from one county to the other because they had relatives on both sides of the boundary line.

In addition to Marion, his siblings were: Elijah C. Kilzer born about 1871; Lavina M. Kilzer born on December 6, 1872; Rachel L. Kilzer born January 10, 1874; Issac S. Kilzer born about 1877; and William A. (Billy) Kilzer born about 1882. At one time or another, Elijah C., Lavina, and Rachel lived in Crockett County when they were adults.

During his early years Marion lived with his parents in Gibson County during the early 1880s. By the 1900s the family moved to near Spring Creek in Madison County. Marion’s mother, Mary Brogdon Kilzer had relatives in the area around Spring Creek. It was in the Spring Creek location that Marion met and eventually married Mary Angeline West.

Mary Angeline West was born on November 2, 1879 in Gibson County just north of the Madison County line near Medina, Tennessee. Mary was the daughter of Wyatt A. West and Elizabeth R. Lyon West. The West and Lyon families lived on either side of the boundary between Madison and Gibson counties. The Wests lived on the Gibson County side and the Lyons lived on the Madison County side.

William Turner Lyon owned a 145 acre farm in which the northern boundary was the Gibson County line. Eventually, the daughter of William T. Lyon, Elizabeth R. Lyon married Wyatt West. Mary Angeline West was one of the several children of the marriage.

The first official document related to Marion J. Kilzer was a marriage license from Madison County. On May 23, 1896 a marriage license was issued to Marion Jordan Kilzer and Mary Angeline West. The following day, May 24, M. D. Fly, Justice of the Peace and neighbor of the Lyon family conducted the ceremony that officially united the couple.

Marion J. And Mary A. began their married life in northern Madison County, but they would soon move to Crockett County. In the Madison County tax books for 1900 in District 12, Marion J. Kilzer paid his $2.00 poll tax just before the presidential election of 1900. The Kilzers apparently took an interest in the politics of the time because most of them annually paid their poll tax until they became exempt or quit voting.

Sometime before 1910 Marion and Mary West Kilzer moved to Crockett County. They were residents of District 6 in the vicinity of Alamo. By 1910 their family was almost complete except for two children born between 1910 and 1920. Eventually, they became the parents of William Milton Kilzer born on September 21, 1897; Calvin Kilzer born on November 14, 1899; John B. Kilzer born on July 22, 1902; Chester Kilzer born on July 26, 1906; Irene Kilzer born in 1908; Addie Mae Kilzer born on April 7, 1910(our mother); Ruby Kilzer born on June 20, 1912; and Homer Kilzer born on December 5, 1914. There were at least two other male children that were un-named because one was stillborn in 1917 and the other born in 1918 only lived about three months.

Marion J. Kilzer and Mary Angeline West Kilzer were small farmers in Crockett County. At first they rented land, but on September 29, 1908, her mother died of tuberculosis in Madison County. Her mother, Elizabeth R. Lyon West had been living on the old Lyon family farm for many years. The 145 acre farm was divided into equal 45 acre sections and left to the three children of William T. And Rebecca Lyon.

In 1908 Mary Angeline West Kilzer inherited a one-third interest in her mother’s 45 acres. Instead of moving to Madison County the couple decided to sell the one-third interest to one of her Lyon relatives. The deed between M. J. Kilzer and wife and W. H. Lyon, an uncle of Mary Kilzer, was executed on October 17, 1908, less than a month after the death of her mother. Mary’s one-third interest was sold for $373.50 with $50.00 paid at the time and the remainder on January 10, 1909 [View Deed].

Not long afterward Mary’s sister, Donie West, died and Mary inherited a one-third interest in the original 45 acre section of Donie West amounting to eleven and one-fourth acres. Marion and Mary sold the one-third interest to C. C. West in 1908 for $100.00. Therefore, by early 1910, Mary West Kilzer and her husband had sold all of her interest in her mother’s estate [View Deed].

In 1908 Marion and Mary Angeline used a part of the proceeds of her mother’s estate to purchase twenty-three acres of farm land from C. C. Porter and his wife in District 6. Pinpointing the exact location of the land has not been possible, at least by this author. The land was bounded by other property owned by people named A. G. Dungan, someone named Dower, M. C. Permenter, Daniel Lamone, and F. M. Goldsmith. Total price for the twenty-three acres was $475.00, $325.00 in cash and a note due on January l, 1910 for the remainder [View Deed].

In 1912 Marion and Mary Kilzer purchased a lot in an area in Alamo being developed by J. J. Norville. The area was called East Woodlawn. It is not clear where this would be located in Alamo at the present time. On March 19, 1912 the couple bought Lot Number 15 Block #3 for $15.00. They paid $5 down and agreed to pay $5 notes due in six and twelve months. Before the first note was due in six months, they sold the lot to J. C. Jaynes at a loss in November, 1912. Jaynes paid $12.50 for the lot $2.50 in cash and assumption of the two five-dollar notes. The sale of the lot in November, 1912 was in preparation for the purchase of thirty-eight acres from Ira R. Davis and his wife.

Apparently the twenty-three acres they had purchased from C. C. Porter and his wife in District 6 no longer suited them. In November, 1912 they purchased thirty-eight acres in District 4 for $800.00. The land was bought from Ira R. Davis and his wife. The Kilzers paid cash for the thirty-eight acres, probably using funds from the sale of other acreage they had sold. Locating the area where in District 4 the property was situated has proven to be unsuccessful. The only name in the deed other than Kilzer and Davis was Joe Betts that owned property on one of the boundaries [View Deed].

In 1920 Marion and Mary Angeline were residents of District 6. Six of their children were still living at home, including my mother who was nine years old at the time. Raising such a large family and unsuccessful pregnancies were taking the life out of Mary. In 1917 a male child was stillborn and in 1918 another male child only lived about three months. Nearing forty-four years old, she became pregnant again late in 1921. On May 22, 1922 she began to hemorrhage during the birth of a child and bled to death. She was buried in Cypress Cemetery near Alamo, Tennessee.

After the death of Mary Angeline West Kilzer, Marion married Mrs. Ludie Moss on September 23, 1923. Ludie Moss already had two children by a previous husband. They were Dora and Wilson Moss. In 1924 Ludie gave birth to Donie Kilzer. The family was farming near the Hatchie River in Haywood County, about where Highway 70-79 crosses the river. On September 29, 1932 Marion J. Kilzer died in Dyer County while at the home of his son, Calvin Kilzer. He was buried near his first wife, Mary Kilzer, in Cypress Cemetery. No gravestone exist to mark the exact location of the graves of Marion and Mary Kilzer, but both death certificates indicate they were buried in Cypress Cemetery.

Contributed by: Bobby J. Williams and Janie Williams Morris

Isaac M. Johnson

Posted on by Jim Daniel

This biographical tribute to Isaac M. Johnson, who is known as, “The Father of Crockett County,” was published in the Supplement and Trade Edition of the Alamo Signal , November, 1903. A reprint was made by McCowat-Mercer Press, Inc. for E. T. Dunlap in 1972. The author of the article was not given.

Isaac M. Johnson, Esq. The subject of this sketch, was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., on November 1, 1805 and died in Alamo, Crockett County, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1879.
        In 1823, at the age of 18, he moved with his father, William Johnson, to Haywood County, in what was known as the “Western District of Tenn.” between the Tennessee and the Mississippi rivers. At this time, Haywood county was not organized, this no being done till March, 1824.
        Some years before his death, he wrote for publication “Recollections of the First Settling of the Forked Deer Country, Especially the Territory Now Embraced in Crocket County, Preceded by a Short Sketch of the Parentage and Life of the Author.” This was published in his county paper and was intended for publication in book form, but owing to his growing feebleness, it was never. In these reminiscences, he speaks thus: “My father, William Johnson, was one of six brothers, Edward, John, James, Larkin, Will, and Matthew. He had three sisters, Nancy, Milly and Polly. My grandfather on the paternal side, William Johnson, Sr., was an Englishman by birth. He immigrated to the United States and settled in South Carolina before the revolutionary war. My mother Jennett was the eldest child of Isaac and Margaret Miller, who immigrated to the United States from Ireland when my mother was two or three years old, and settled in Western Pennsylvania. My mother had five brothers, John, Matthew, Robert, Isaac, and William. Mother had two sisters, Nellie and Peggy. I had one brother, John, and two sisters, Elizabeth and Rebecca. My eldest sister, Elizabeth, married Major John McFarland, and my youngest married Rev. J. W. McFarland, who died in Memphis, in 1856. I was married to Elizabeth Elliott, daughter of Major Simon Elliot, who moved first from Virginia to Kentucky, then from Kentucky first to Bedford County, then to Rutherford County, Tenn. My wife was born in Virginia on the 14th of August, 1807.”
        From this marriage of Esq. Johnson, there were born seven sons, William A., Simon E., Daniel C., Isaac M., Jr., John C., James W., and Fly W., and five daughters, Eliza, Jane, Candace, Martha A. and Tennessee all of whom he reared to manhood and womanhood. His wife having died, he married on Sept. 24, 1863, Margaret M. Gayle, of Haywood County, Tenn., daughter of John Gayle. From this marriage one son was born, Robert E. Lee Johnson.
        He was a slave holder before the war, but always treated his slaves with kindness. To show his high sense of Justice, this circumstance might be related. The husband of one of his slaves had, by working at odd times, and saving his earnings, bought his freedom from his master and proposed to Esq. Johnson to buy the freedom of his wife. This was accepted and the price was agreed upon. Before the close of the war, and before the slaves were set free, this ex-slave came to Esq. Johnson with the money to purchase his wife at the price agreed upon some years before. Esq. Johnson foreseeing the end of the war, and the results that would necessarily follow, refused to take the money.
        When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, of course, the slaves heard of it. They were anxious in mind. They had clung to their families through those years of anxiety with a fidelity that has known no equal in the annals of history. In order to find out the truth of the matter, by common consent, they all met under the spreading branches of a large oak tree near Esq. Johnson’s and called on him to read and explain the Proclamation to them, saying that they wanted to hear what “Mars Isaac” had to say about it, for in him they all had the utmost confidence. He showed them the relations that they then bore in the government, and advised them to conduct themselves in a becoming manner, and to show themselves worthy of so great a boon. Many tears were shed by these faithful blacks at the thought of severing the strong ties that had bound them all their lives to the families to which they belonged.
        Having been educated far beyond the average scholarship of that day, he was soon called upon to instruct the hardy sons and daughters of the pioneers of the country. The earliest school of any consequence, and the only one of which any record is kept, was begun by him at the village of Lanefield. This school, says the record, was taught in a log house all the year round for many years, and was largely attended and very successful.
        In 1834, a convention was held at the State Capital to frame a new constitution. This convention abolished the old court of “Common Pleas,” and created what is now known as the “County Court.” In 1836, Isaac M. Johnson was elected a Magistrate of the county and a member of the County Court. This office he held continuously to the time of his death, with the exception of two years during the war between the states.
        He was known and recognized as the “Father of Crockett county.” The country embraced between the Middle and South forks of the Forked Deer river consisted of portions of Haywood, Madison, Gibson, and Dyer counties. These rivers, in time of overflow, and with no bridges in these early day of settlement, formed a serious obstacle in the way of those desiring to visit the county seats for the transaction of business. Hence the need of a county between these rivers was early felt by the settlers of that region. Isaac M. Johnson instituted a movement looking to this end. In 1832-33, a petition was drawn up, signed by the citizens of that section, and forwarded to the Constitutional Convention of Nashville, asking for a new county. This petition, for reasons unknown, was never presented to the convention. Disappointment followed, but nothing daunted. Esq. Johnson, leading others, presented, in 1845, another petition to the Legislature, asking that a new county be formed of the territory in question. On Dec. 20th of that year, the Legislature passed an act to establish the county of Crockett in honor of and to perpetuate the name of David Crockett, Tennessee’s distinguished son, who feel in defense of the Alamo, in Texas. Esq. Johnson was appointed by that Act of the commissioners to run the boundary lines, organize the county, and select a place for the county site. The Act furthermore designated the house of Esq. Johnson as the place of holding the Courts till the selection of the county site was made. In compliance with the Act, the boundary lines were run, and in June, 1846, the Justices of the Peace, organized the county and elected Isaac M. Johnson, County clerk. The first Circuit court met in Oct., 1846, presided over by Judge J. C. Reed. The question of the unconstitutionality of the proceedings being raised by an opponent of the county, Judge Reed decided adversely to the county, and dismissed the Court without transacting any further business. Thus ended the second attempt to gain the coveted object.
        The third attempt was made in 1871. The Legislature acting on a petition from this territory, passed an Act in November of that year authorizing the formation of a county on the same conditions as in the Act of 1845. The county was organized and Esq. Johnson was elected Chairman of the County Court. Before further proceedings could be had, and injunction suit was filed in each of the counties from which the territory had been taken to prevent further action. This was compromised by paying the complainant one thousand dollars, and Crockett County took her place among the sisterhood of counties in the State. A debt of gratitude is due to the man who spent his time and money in securing this long sought for object. It shows the indomitable persistence in this man against great opposition, and, seemly, in the face of fate itself. Such men as he, the advance guard of civilization, active, prudent and fearless men, deserve largely at the hands of the Republic to be placed in the front rank of the “Winners of the West,” and to have their names and deeds commemorated as heroes in the establishment of order and good government, and the spread of Christianity.
        Personally, he was tall and dignified, with a gravity of countenance that strangely impressed one, with an eye that could look one squarely and steadily in the face, showing an honest man. Intellectually, he was refined and cultured far beyond the times in which he lived, having no superior in the range of his acquaintance. Learned in the law from long reading and experiences, it was often said that he ought to wear the ermine of a Judge, so impartial and righteous was he in the administration of Justice and the enforcement of law. As a Justice of the Peace and as Chairman of the County Court, he probably served the people longer than any other man in Tennessee, and no one excelled him in knowledge of the law or his duties or in honest and faithful performance of the. He was no chronic office seeker. His office sought him. He was a wise and safe counselor. His advice and counsel was sought far and wide by men of all classes, and by following his advice litigation was lessened, and amicable relations rested between neighbors. He was eminently a peacemaker. He was familiar with all legal forms, and his services were in almost constant demand by people in all directions and for miles around. He kept fully with all moral, religions and political questions, and it was a weekly occurrence for mem of all classes to gather at his office to learn the news, and to ascertain his views on the current issues of the day.
        Although grave and sedate in the transactions of business, he was courteous in the highest degree. Among his friends socially, he was the center of attraction by reason of his rare conversational powers, and gave and received pleasure, and enjoyed to the fullest extent that intercourse that contributes to the amenities of life, and that binds men together in the strong bond of friendship and love.
        True to the traditions of his fathers, in politics, he was a Democrat of the purest type. Following the teachings of Jefferson, he trusted and believed in the people and their right to govern themselves; hence he always preferred to defer questions to them, and when they had spoken, to obey, as an official, their behest. This demonstrated his patriotism as well as hit fitness to represent the people in public office. Such fidelity to trust, and to his convections of the people’s capacity, whatever might be the result, entitles him to the highest encomium.
        Religiously he was a Methodist of the old school. In the midst of the religious enthusiasm that swept the whole country in the early part of the 19th century, he was converted and joined the Methodist church, in which he lived a consistent Christian the remainder of his life. When a bold pioneer pushed out into the trackless forest, the Methodist itinerant was sure to be in his wake. The house of Esq. Johnson was always open as a place of refuge to those toil worn soldiers of the Cross. It was known as the preachers’ home, many often riding twenty miles to meet a cheerful welcome at the fireside of this Christian man. Freely he gave of the fruits of his labor to sustain the church and to support its institution. No appeal was made for the sake of the church or for charity to which he did not promptly respond.
        At his death, a large concourse of citizens met at the Court house in Alamo to express their grief at the death of the foremost citizen of the county and to pass resolutions of condolence with the family so deeply bereaved. It is rare that this takes place, except in the case of a member of the bar, and this gathering was due to the large degree of esteem and affection in which he was held by all classes of his fellow citizens. A memorial service was held, in which many expressed their sorow at the loss of this friendly and fatherly man. Many letters were written to the Press, exalting his character, extolling his virtues, and showing the appreciation in which he was held.
        The following truths were so graved on a costly monument erected over his remains:

        “A wise counselor, he led men. He fulfilled every trust committed to him,
                 and his works do follow him.
         He left posterity a worthy example and the heritage of a good man.
         He lived, honored and beloved by all; and died in the
                 triumph of a Christian’s death.
         Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that
                man is peace.”
        
        Isaac M. Johnson was pure and intellectual and good, useful and kind and charitable. He was a strong and noble man, always at the front in all efforts for the moral and intellectual and educational development of the people and the country. Such men are invaluable. Let us keep forever green the memory of this true man, faithful, broad minded citizen, efficient officer, and unsullied patriot.
        His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him, that one might stand up and say to all the world, “This was a man.”

2005 – Margaret Nolen Nichol

Singleton James Henderson

Posted on by Jim Daniel

My great great great grandfather (Singleton James Henderson) was a Methodists preacher with the Memphis Conference in the 1840’s. The following is an excerpt from a publication of the Methodist church. There are descendants of S. J. Henderson still living in and around Crockett County today.
Memphis Conference, November 17, 1852

Rev. Singleton J. Henderson, the subject of this memoir, depated this life on the 11th of September, 1852, in the faith and hope of the gospel. He was born of pious parents in the year of 1815, in Garrard County, Ky. Subsequently his parents removed to the state of Tennessee, and settled in Haywood County. He was designed for the practice of law, and his brother, Col. Henderson, was conducting his education for that purpose, but God had a higher and more important work for him to do.

He was early the subject of religious impressions, and, when quite a youth, sought and obtained pardon and salvation through faith in the merits of Christ. Soon after his connection with the church he was deeply impressed that it was his duty ” to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ.” To this call he was not disobedient, but yielded a ready compliance by asking and receiving at the hands of the church a regular license to preach. In the capacity of local preacher, he was faithful, acceptable and and useful for a number of years, but had frequent admonitions that he was not doing his whole duty. He earnestly desired to enter fully into the ministerial work in the traveling connection, where he could give himself wholly to this high and holy vocation and such were his convictions of duty he would not consent to take orders in the church until he had given himself wholly to the work. Accordingly in the year 1840, his way being opened, he was admitted on trial in the Memphis Conference at it’s first session in Jackson, Tennessee. He received his first appointment on Lagrange circuit; second and third on Tishamingo circuit; fourth, on Coffeeville circuit: fifth,on Grenada circuit; sixth, on Aberdeen circuit; seventh and eighth, In holly Springs station: ninth and tenth, in Memphis, Wesley Chapel; and eleventh and twelth, in Memphis, Asbury Chapel, which was the last appointment he received in the church militant.

Our lamented brother Henderson had been in descending health for several years, but it was not until a few months previous to his death that he could be prevailed on to give up his charge and travel in quest of health in more salubrious climes. At the advice of friends, he repaired to the Hardin Springs, for the purpose, and in the hope of improving his health and prolonging his life in usefulness to the church, his rising family and fellow men in general; but this was not to be. The Great Bishop of souls, in His inscrutable wisdom and Providence, saw that he had finished his probation on earth., and it was best for him to be transferred to the church triumphant.

Brother Henderson was possessed of a high order of intellect, and he was diligent in developing, expanding and cultivating his mind the utmost of his opportunities. Hence he was emphatically an able, spiritual, popular and useful minister of the Gospel. He was a good English scholar- had made some profiency in the Latin and Greek languages, and had also received the degree of doctor of medicine from the medical college in the city of Memphis. He was a warm and constant friend- possessed of a noble and generous heart, and was willing to divide his last dollar with suffering necessity. He died from home, but among friends and brethren who gave him every attention which kindness and love could suggest. His only desire was to return home and die at his post in the bosom of his charge; but as this could not be he resigned his all into the hands of God and died in the peace, hope and faith of the Gospel of Christ which he had for so many years preached with eminent ability and success.

2001 – Joyce Ann Craig

James M. Hefley Family

Posted on by Jim Daniel

The first time I saw this photo (missing) was in July 1998 on visit from my Aunt Mary Eleanor Dunlap of Falls Church , VA and Uncle Harold Dunlap of Starkville, MS. I am told that it was discovered in belonging of my Aunt Inez Dunlap Sandstrom sometime after her death and forwarded to them by one of her children.

Aunt Mary and Uncle Harold, who are among the younger children in the front row, took on the task of identifying the sixty individuals that are in this photo as there was no identification included. I know they consulted with others including Henry Hefley of Humboldt, but I don’t have the names of all those that contributed at this time.

The following list was last updated in 1999. I added the relationships to help myself as well as others. There are four individuals that have not been identified. Any ideas on the identity of these individuals would be appreciated as well as any corrections or amplifications.

Back Row, L to R;
1-Hulon Hefley Dunlap, s/o Lula Hefley Dunlap and Moses Lee Dunlap
2-Ralph Moore, s/o Mattie Hefley Moore and Scott Moore
3-Milton Leeroy Hefley, s/o George Hefley and Ada Loraine Davis Hefley
4-Irene Hefley, d/o George Hefley and Ada Loraine Davis Hefley
5-Gladys Maureen Dunlap, d/o Lula Hefley Dunlap and Moses Lee Dunlap
6-Evelyn “Evie” Elizabeth Hefley, d/o George Hefley and Ada Loraine Davis Hefley
7-Nina Earle Blankenship Hefley, w/o William Henry Hefley and d/o Joseph Walter Blankenship and Ada Lee
      Dawson
8-Faye Reasons Holder, d/o Rose Hefley Reasons and Evan Reasons
9-Brody Holder, h/o Faye Reasons Holder
10-Dink Reasons, s/o Rose Hefley Reasons and Evan Reasons
11-Betty Reasons, d/o Faymond Reasons and Nettie Reasons
12-Faymond Reasons, s/o Rose Hefley Reasons and Evan Reasons
13-Moses Lee Dunlap, h/o Lula Hefley Dunlap
14-Scott Moore, h/o Mattie Hefley Moore
15-Finis Hopper, h/o Ida Lee Reason Hopper
16-Evan Reasons, h/o Rose Hefley Reasons
17-Unknown
18-Ida Lee Reasons Hopper, d/o Rose Hefley Reasons and Evan Reasons
19-Annette Hopper, d/o Ida Lee Reasons Hopper and Finnis Hopper
20-Horace C. Colvett, s/o C. A. Colvett and S. F. “Fannie” Sawyers
21-Sarah Frances “Fannie” Sawyers Colvett, d/o Emily Ann Hefley and Webb T. Sawyers, granddaughter of Henry
      Walker Hefley and Eliza James Hefley
22-Columbus A. “Lum” Colvett, h/o Sarah Frances “Fannie” Sawyers Colvett
23-Lonnie A. Colvett, s/o C. A. “Lum” Colvett and S. F. “Fannie” Sawyers Colvett
24-Lurline Colvett, w/o Lonnie A. Colvett
25-Unkown
26-Louise Hefley, d/o James Arthur Hefley and Lillie Birdie Hopper

2nd Row, L to R;
27-Edwin Moore, s/o Mattie Hefley Moore and Scott Moore
28-Ernest Dunlap, s/o Lula Hefley Dunlap and Moses Lee Dunlap
29-James Arthur Hefley, s/o James Madison Hefley and Mary Catherine Burrow
30-George Phillip Hefley, s/o James Madison Hefley and Mary Catherine Burrow
31-William Henry Hefley, s/o James Madison Hefley and Mary Catherine Burrow
32-James Madison Hefley, s/o Henry W. Hefley and Eliza James
33-Mary Catherine Burrow Hefley, d/o Phillip “Billy” Burrow and Rosie Ann Nipper
34-Lula Catherine Hefley Dunlap, d/o James Madison Hefley and Mary Catherine Burrow
35-Mattie Priscilla Hefley Moore, d/o James Madison Hefley and Mary Catherine Burrow
36-Rose “Rosa” Elizabeth Hefley Reasons, d/o James Madison Hefley and Mary Catherine Burrow
37-Carney Hefley Moore, s/o Mattie Hefley Moore and Scott Moore
38-Fred Neal Colvett, s/o C. A. “Lum” Colvett and S. F. “Fannie” Sawyers Colvett
39-Pearl Lean Hopper, d/o Ida Lee Reasons Hopper and Finnis Hopper
40-Lorene Hopper, d/o Ida Lee Reasons Hopper and Finnis Hopper
41-Unknown (back
42-Addie Fonville Pafford Hefley, 2nd w/o James Arthur Hefley

Front Row, L to R;
43-Mary E. Dunlap, d/o Lula Hefley Dunlap and Moses Lee Dunlap
44-Lois Hefley, d/o William Henry Hefley and Nina Blankinship
45-Ernest Hefley, s/o James Arthur Hefley and Lillie Biirdie Hopper
46-Thelma Hefley, d/o William Henry Hefley and Nina Blankinship
47-Sybil Hopper, d/o Ida Lee Reasons Hopper and Finnis Hopper
48-Willis Reasons, s/o Faymond Reasons and Nettie Reasons
49-Martha Francis Holder, d/o Faye Reasons Holder and Brody Holder
50-Unknown
51-Nettie Reasons, w/o Faymond Reasons
52-Elizabeth Reasons, d/o Faymond Reasons and Nettie Reasons.
53-Velma Hefley, d/o William Henry Hefley and Nina Blankinship
54-Annie Latayne Colvett, d/o C. A. “Lum” Colvett and S. F. “Fannie” Sawyers Colvett
55-Harold W. Dunlap, s/o Lula Hefley Dunlap and Moses Lee Dunlap
56-James E. Dunlap (with unidentified four-legged friend), s/o Lula Hefley Dunlap and Moses Lee Dunlap
57-Thomas Holder, s/o Faye Reasons Holder and Brody Holder
58-Henry Walker Hefley, s/o William Henry Hefley and Nina Blankinship
59-Morris Hopper, s/o Ida Lee Reasons Hopper and Finnis Hopper
60-Opal Hopper, d/o Ida Lee Reasons Hopper and Finnis Hopper

Many thanks to Suzannah Colvett Foster for information she provided on Columbus A. “Lum” Colvett and family.