04/10/14

EDWARDS, John F. (1842- )

John F. Edwards was born in Virginia, May 15, 1842. He was one of the children born to the marriage of Jackson Edwards and Rebecca Mountcastle, natives of Virginia. The parents remained in their native State till 1850, when they moved to Kentucky, where the father died in 1854, and where the mother still lives. The father was a cabinet-maker, and our subject was reared at that trade. He remained with his parents to the age of fifteen, when he engaged at his trade in Kentucky till 1875, at which time he came to Houston County and engaged in saw-milling. In 1882 he came to Erin and engaged in the undertaking business, and is still interested in that trade. In the spring of 1884 he, with James Hoppes, established their present business, that of general blacksmithing, wagon-making, carpentering, etc. They run a set of machinery, including lathes, planers and saws. He was in army service for about two years in Company I, Thirtieth Tennessee Volunteers, Confederate States Army, and was in battle of Fort Donelson, as was his partner in the Federal Army. His wife, Mary F. Edwards, is a native of Todd County, Ky., and his marriage to her was celebrated November 16, 1869. Five living children now bless this union, viz.: Lula, Patterson, Eddie, Herschel and Bessie. Politically Mr. Edwards is a Democrat. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Order. He is one of the well respected and enterprising citizens of Erin and of Houston County.

Transcribed by Susan Knight Gore

Source: Goodspeed, Weston A, and John Wooldridge. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present: Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Montgomery, Robertson, Humphreys, Stewart, Dickson, Cheatham and Houston Counties. Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1886.

04/10/14

DILLON, Samuel D. (1849- )

Samuel D. Dillon, proprietor of the Erin Livery Stable, was the second of a family of five sons and five daughters of William H. And Elizabeth (Cummings) Dillon. The parents are now living in Stewart County, where the father follows farming. They are of Scotch-Irish and Irish parentage. Samuel D. was born June 22, 1849, and was reared on a farm to the age of twenty-two, when, in 1873, he went to Little Rock, Ark., and remained one year. He then returned to Stewart County, Tenn., where he was appointed deputy sheriff, and served four years. He then traveled in the marble trade for three years. Then he engaged in merchandising in Dickson County, where he had established a business before quitting the road. May 1, 1883. He began the livery trade at Erin, in which he has been very successful. He was married, December 28, 1882, to Emma E. Parker, of Stewart County, the result of this union being one son, William G. The wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically Mr. Dillon is a Democrat. He is one of the prominent and well respected citizens of the county.

Transcribed by Susan Knight Gore

04/10/14

DICKSON, James W. (1847-1873)

James W. Dickson, a farmer of Houston County, was born December 12, 1847, in the county. His father, Hugh J. Dickson, was born in 1816; was raised in Houston County, and died October 3, 1873. His mother was raised in Humphreys County; she died in March, 1870. At the age of twenty-one J.W. married Miss Bennetta Edmonson, of Montgomery County, the ceremony being solemnized December 16, 1875. Three children have blessed this marriage: Benjamin H., Minerva B. and Francis P. Mr. Dickson’s wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Dickson’s educational advantages were limited. He has been a farmer all his life and has been successful. Politically he has always been a firm Democrat. He is a good and substantial citizen of Houston County and is highly respected as such by all.

Transcribed by Susan Knight Gore

04/10/14

DICKSON, James C. (1840-1921)

James C. Dickson, a prominent farmer of Houston County, was born October 19, 1840, near Omega. His father was a native of East Tennessee, and came to Middle Tennessee at a very early day, where he lived and died, having been a farmer. The mother was a native of Robertson County. The father died when James C. Was fifteen years old, and our subject then remained with his mother till eighteen years of age, when he began life for himself. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in the Eleventh Tennessee Volunteers, C. S. A., and saw considerable service. He was captured and taken as a prisoner to Camp Douglas, Ill. Returning from the war he resumed farming, which he has successfully continued to the present. October 11, 1874, he was married to Miss Fredonia Adams, a native of Dickson County. Six children have blessed this union, two of whom are dead. Their names are as follows: James L., Alvah C., Luther, William, Sophronia M. and Merdolia. Mr. Dickson and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Dickson is a member of the F. & A. M. He is a Democrat, and is one of the respectable, moral and upright citizens of the county. Mr. Dickson’s paternal grandfather, who was a soldier of the war of 1812, lived in what is now Houston County, then a part of Dickson County.

Transcribed by Susan Knight Gore

09/15/13

Askew Cemetery

Directions to Askew Cemetery: From Tennessee Ridge – After you pass the grocery store (of which I still have the irresistible urge to call Mobley’s) you will come to a curve that looks more like a 3 way intersection. A service station will be sitting right there ( it used to be called Triangle Motors when my friend Jimmy had it, but I’m not sure what it is now that his sister has it). Bear to the right of the station and drive about 4 miles. You will now be in Stewart and again you will come to a place that looks like an intersection. Go right, drive about 4 more miles and this is McKinnon. There will be a restaurant off to your right and an intersection just past it. Take a left, drive about 4 more miles and Douglas Bluff Road will be off to your right, take that and you will come to an intersection. Take a right here and then take the first road to the right, this is Askew Cemetery Road. The cemetery will be at the end of the road.

Directions and map courtesy of Chuck Allen.

09/15/13

Hill Orchard Cemetery

Hill Orchard Cemetery is located in southwestern Houston County, Tennessee, southwest of White Oak Road on top of the hill north of White Oak Creek at Kentucky Lake. The original two-acre cemetery site was donated by Uriah S. Tomlinson in 1907, while in the 1940s W. B. Summers, purchaser of the surrounding farmland, authorized the Tennessee Valley Authority’s re-interring along its north side of remains removed from several nearby cemeteries that were to be inundated by Kentucky Lake. In the early 1970s it was improved and landscaped through a concerted effort of its Association members consisting of many descendants of the families represented here. This list contains gravestone information compiled by Hill Orchard Cemetery Association members about 1970. Fifty to one hundred graves have no monuments or markers identifying them. Items in parentheses are added primarily by Charles E. Askew, whose own family records are sometimes at variance with those posted herein.

Allison, Homer
Askew, Alice Stone, wife of David Askew – born November 25, 1898 – died April 29, 1915
Askew, Emma McAskill, wife of J.A. Askew – born May 2, 1865 – died March 10, 1937
Askew, Joe Thomas, son of Mr. & Mrs. T.D. Askew – born May 21, 1926 – died January 2, 1938
Askew, John A.(Aaron) – born March 29, 1858 – died August 30, 1933
Askew, Thomas David – born September 4, 1884 – died June 2, 1941
Barnes, Amanda E., wife of Kenneth Barnes – born September 29, 1870 – died April 30,1892
Boswell, Mayella Cathey – born February 9, 1858 -died April 25, 1925
Brack, James M. – born February 20, 1837 – died October 31, 1918
Brack, Margaret – born 1783 – died 1848
Brack, Mary L. – born May 18, 1844 – died April 4, 1921
Brigham, James H. – born 1778 – died 1851
Brigham, Polly (Mary T. McCarroll) wife of James H. Brigham – born 1787 – died 1854
Buck, Grady, son of Matthew & Mary Buck – born 1904 – died 1920
Callins, Bessie L. – born February 5, 1881 – died August 8, 1904; daughter of J.M. & M. L. Brack
Cathey, Archibald – born 1832 – died 1907
Cathey, Archibald – born August 28, 1799 – died October 8, 1870
Cathey, George – born February 12, 1804 – died January 8, 1877
Cathey, Isabella, wife of Archibald Cathey -born November 23, 1823 – died April 3, 1889
Cathey, Walter and wife, Fatie Cathey
Clark, Mrs. Mattie – died September 5, 1940 – 61 years of age
Daniels, Mattie Askew – born March 31, 1897 – died March 11, 1960
Fiser, Ann, wife of J.T. Fiser – died March 22, 1883 – 52 years of age
Gilpin, son of W.G. & M. Gilpin – born August 7, 1895 – died September 14, 1901
Griffin, Infant of G.B. & Carrie Griffin – 1910
Griffin, Infant of G.B. & Carrie Griffin – 1911
Hall, Margaret L. – died November 23, 1939; was 96 1/2 years of age
Hall, W. C. – born December 6, 1887 – died December 17, 1963
Holmes, Annie R., daughter of O.D. & Elizabeth Holmes -born June 30, 1873 – died September 6, 1878
Holmes, Charles L., son of R.C. & M.C. Holmes – born April 14, 1872 – died January 31, 1873
Holmes, Dialtha, wife of R.C. Holmes – born March 12, 1843 – died June 10, 1885
Holmes, Eddie R. – born April 25, 1877 – died August 25, 1881
Holmes, Edward W. (no monument) died October 1, 1954 – 74 years of age
Holmes, Elizabeth, wife of O.D.(Osker Dunreath) Holmes – born February 14, 1842 – died May 27, 1888
Holmes, Girdia, daughter of J.A. & P.D. Holmes – born December 21, 1876 – died January 22, 1878
Holmes, Harriss D. – born September 26, 1883 – died January 25, 1884
Holmes, Horace L. – born December 25, 1876 – died October 19, 1901
Holmes, J.A (James Aurelius). – born September 15, 1839 – died September 16, 1928
Holmes, Jane, wife of Nathaniel Holmes – born February 8, 1804 – died April 18, 1871
Holmes, L.B.C.(Chase) – born October 30, 1846 – died March 5, 1896
Holmes, Lanota Ann, daughter of R.C. & M.C. Holmes – born August 1868 – died June 14, 1887
Holmes, Lula F., daughter of O.D. & Elizabeth Holmes – born March 3, 1871 – died April 26, 1872
Holmes, Lunar, daughter of J.A. & P.D. Holmes – born June 18, 1875 – died December 23, 1875
Holmes, Mary E. – born August 25, 1861 – died March 18, 1864
Holmes, Melissa C., wife of R.C. Holmes – born December 28, 1839 – died February 19, 1875
Holmes, Nathaniel – born July 9, 1799 – died June 24, 1875
Holmes, Pandorah Wilson – died September 16, 1956
Holmes, R.C.(Rufus) – born September 15, 1836 – died January 20, 1929
Holmes, Sidney – born 1881 – died 1925
Holmes, Wm. R. – born February 29, 1866 – died June 29, 1884
Homes, Wyley C. – born January 16, 1880 – died March 1, 1967
Jackson, German – born November 15, 1821 – died November 4, 1889
Jackson, Mary G., daughter of G. & M. Jackson – born August 25, 1848 – died December 30, 1858
Jackson, Robert W., son of G. & M. Jackson – born September 26, 1845 – died April 17, 1851
Jackson, Sarahe, daughter of G. & M. Jackson – born October 15, 1841 – died April 21, 1856
Lancaster, Wm. Harvey – born September 15, 1856 – died November 23, 1927
Largent, James D. – born November 15, 1874 – died October 25, 1899
Lee, Florence, daughter of W.B. & M.E. Scott – born December 28, 1873 – died August 7, 1875
McAskill, Charles Sumner – born November 7, 1881 – died March 22, 1882
McAskill, Infant of Kenneth Sr. & J.J. McAskill – August 4, 1871
McAskill, Isabella J., wife of K. McAskill – born October 2, 1829 – died October 25, 1882
McAskill, James M. – born September 1, 1862 – died February 1, 1864
McAskill, Jr., K. – born December 7, 1866 – died May 4, 1941
McAskill, Katie – born October 13, 1872 – died September 16, 1878
McAskill, Kenneth – born October 11, 1825 – died April 5, 1901
McAskill, Mary M. – born December 1, 1860 – died February 1, 1864
McAskill, Riley Kenneth – born February 25, 1889 – died April 1, 1889
McAskill, unidentified – no date
McAskill, Walter David – May 15, 1929
McKinnon, Daniel Boyed – born March 15, 1862 – died September 12, 1867
O’Guin, Martha C. – died 19
O’Guin, William E. – born May 7, 1887 – died October 6, 1947
O’Guin, Wm. J. – born 1861 – died 1930
Parchman, Herman – born 1916 – died 1963
Parchman, James – born 1910 – died 1965
Parchman, Robert Lee – born January 16, 1906 – died November 22, 1939
Parchman, William Homer – born February 13, 1912 – died May 13, 1914
Parker, Charles S. – born 1877 – died 1947
Parker, Ediun (sp?) – wife of H.E. Parker
Parker, Elizabeth A., wife of F.G. Parker -born January 29, 1830 – died October 26, 1864
Parker, Harris E. -born 1889 – died 1965
Parker, J.D. – born 1856 – died 1930
Parker, J.M., son of G. & E. Parker – born July 9, 1854 – died June 1, 1855
Parker, Maud Myrtle Cathey, wife of J.D. Parker – born 1857 – died 1896
Parker, Sallie, wife of J.D. Parker – born March 18, 1857 – died August 14, 1893
Patterson, J.H. – born December 27, 1859 – died September 21, 1885
Patterson, Mary J., wife of Jas. H. Patterson -born July 28, 1818 – died September 1, 1876
Pitt Holmes, Mary, wife of B.C. Holmes – born January 18, 1855 – died March 2, 1896
Pitt, Mrs. Lee -born May 3, 1881 – died September 19, 1960
Pitt, Rebecca Holmes
Pitt, Simon S. – born 1860 – died 19
Reader, Maggie – born February 29, 1865 – died March 12 1952
Rushing, Arthur, son of T.R. & S.C. Rushing – born September 20, 1886 – died September 21, 1886
Rushing, Bertha Askew, wife of John Rushing – born August 9, 1887 – died October 2, 1919
Scott, Amandae E., wife of W.B. Scott -born September 6, 1856 – died May 8, 1887
Scott, Blanchie, daughter of W.B. & Amandae – born November 19, 1886 – died June 7, 1887
Scott, Dr. Wm. – born January 27, 1850 – died March 27, 1918
Scott, Elizabeth, Mother of W.B. Scott – born September 15, 1824 – died April 7, 1883
Scott, Mary E., wife of W.B. Scott – born June 18, 1850 – died June 21, 1874
Shelton, Bobby – born January 18, 1946 – died April 13, 1949 (Holmes)
Simpkins, Edd – born 1887 – died 1968
Simpkins, J.W. – born March 27, 1856 – died March 19, 1923
Simpkins, Macel – born April 14, 1913 – died September 17, 1914
Simpkins, T.C., wife of J.W. Simpkins – born October 4, 1846 – died January 19, 1913
Summers, Juliet E., Daughter of B.R. & E.J. Summers – born January 12, 1854 – died July 27, 1855
Tomlinson, James Aurelius – died January 25, 1949 – 87 years, 1 month, 15 days
Tomlinson, Julia Holmes, wife of U. S. Tomlinson – born April 8, 1831 – died January 3, 1898
Tomlinson, L.(Lucy Mallory) – 179- (could not read)
Tomlinson, Olive – (could not read)
Tomlinson, U.S. (Uriah Smith)- born August 16, 1829 – died March 18, 1916
Tomlinson, U.S., Jr.(Uriah S.) – born February 21, 1865 – died April 11,1872
Tony, William – died 1932
Warford, Annie Stone – born May 7, 1868 – died July 16, 1947
White, Mary E. – born February, 1852 – died September 7, 1854
Wiggins, D.G. – born March 22, 1873 – died October 25, 1907
Wiggins, Florence, daughter of John & M.N. Wiggins – born August 12, 1879 – died October 9, 1880
Wiggins, John – died January 7, 1894 – 65 years of age
Wiggins, Margaret M., wife of John Wiggins – born March 15, 1850 – died May 17, 1880
Wiggins, Mattie, daughter of D.G. & J.L. Wiggins, October 27, 1898
Wilson, James – born 1805 – died January 29, 1858
Wilson, Lucy J. – born February 10, 1861 – died September 22, 1892
Wilson, Mary J. Cathey, wife of David Wilson – born January 20, 1828 – died September 15, 1844
Winters, Mary – died 1927
Wyatt, Halford

Graves Location Reference List

Hall, Margaret L. – died November 23, 1939; was 96 1/2 years of age
Callins, Bessie L. – born February 5, 1881 – died August 8, 1904; daughter of J.M. & M. L. Brack
Hall, Margaret L. – died November 23, 1939; was 96 1/2 years of age
Callins, Bessie L. – born February 5, 1881 – died August 8, 1904; daughter of J.M. & M. L. Brack
Parker, Charles S. – born 1877 – died 1947
Tony, William – died 1932
Gilpin, son of W.G. & M. Gilpin – born August 7, 1895 – died September 14, 1901
Patterson, J.H. – born December 27, 1859 – died September 21, 1885
Patterson, Mary J., wife of Jas. H. Patterson -born July 28, 1818 – died September 1, 1876
Scott, Mary E., wife of W.B. Scott – born June 18, 1850 – died June 21, 1874
Lee, Florence, daughter of W.B. & M.E. Scott – born December 28, 1873 – died August 7, 1875
Scott, Elizabeth, Mother of W.B. Scott – born September 15, 1824 – died April 7, 1883
Scott, Blanchie, daughter of W.B. & Amandae – born November 19, 1886 – died June 7, 1887
Scott, Amandae E., wife of W.B. Scott -born September 6, 1856 – died May 8, 1887
Scott, Dr. Wm. – born January 27, 1850 – died March 27, 1918
Rushing, Arthur, son of T.R. & S.C. Rushing – born September 20, 1886 – died September 21, 1886
Largent, James D. – born November 15, 1874 – died October 25, 1899
Holmes, Sidney – born 1881 – died 1925
Parchman, William Homer – born February 13, 1912 – died May 13, 1914
Parchman, Robert Lee – born January 16, 1906 – died November 22, 1939
Barnes, Amanda E., wife of Kenneth Barnes – born September 29, 1870 – died April 30,1892
McKinnon, Daniel Boyed – born March 15, 1862 – died September 12, 1867
Summers, Juliet E., Daughter of B.R. & E.J. Summers – born January 12, 1854 – died July 27, 1855
Holmes, Lunar, daughter of J.A. & P.D. Holmes – born June 18, 1875 – died December 23, 1875
Holmes, Girdia, daughter of J.A. & P.D. Holmes – born December 21, 1876 – died January 22, 1878
Simpkins, T.C., wife of J.W. Simpkins – born October 4, 1846 – died January 19, 1913
Simpkins, J.W. – born March 27, 1856 – died March 19, 1923
Simpkins, Macel – born April 14, 1913 – died September 17, 1914
Holmes, Edward W. (no monument) died October 1, 1954 – 74 years of age
Holmes, J.A (James Aurelius). – born September 15, 1839 – died September 16, 1928
Holmes, Pandorah Wilson – died September 16, 1956
Holmes, Jane, wife of Nathaniel Holmes – born February 8, 1804 – died April 18, 1871
Holmes, Nathaniel – born July 9, 1799 – died June 24, 1875
Buck, Grady, son of Matthew & Mary Buck – born 1904 – died 1920
Shelton, Bobby – born January 18, 1946 – died April 13, 1949 (Holmes)
Holmes, Horace L. – born December 25, 1876 – died October 19, 1901
Holmes, Dialtha, wife of R.C. Holmes – born March 12, 1843 – died June 10, 1885
Holmes, R.C.(Rufus) – born September 15, 1836 – died January 20, 1929
Holmes, Melissa C., wife of R.C. Holmes – born December 28, 1839 – died February 19, 1875
Holmes, Charles L., son of R.C. & M.C. Holmes – born April 14, 1872 – died January 31, 1873
Holmes, Lanota Ann, daughter of R.C. & M.C. Holmes – born August 1868 – died June 14, 1887
Pitt, Rebecca Holmes
Pitt, Simon S. – born 1860 – died 19
Holmes, L.B.C.(Chase) – born October 30, 1846 – died March 5, 1896
Pitt Holmes, Mary, wife of B.C. Holmes – born January 18, 1855 – died March 2, 1896
Wilson, Lucy J. – born February 10, 1861 – died September 22, 1892
Tomlinson, L.(Lucy Mallory) – 179- (could not read)
Tomlinson, Olive – (could not read)
Tomlinson, James Aurelius – died January 25, 1949 – 87 years, 1 month, 15 days
Tomlinson, U.S.(Uriah Smith) – born August 16, 1829 – died March 18, 1916
Tomlinson, Julia Holmes, wife of U. S. Tomlinson – born April 8, 1831 – died January 3, 1898
Cathey, George – born February 12, 1804 – died January 8, 1877
Jackson, Mary G., daughter of G. & M. Jackson – born August 25, 1848 – died December 30, 1858
Jackson, Sarahe, daughter of G. & M. Jackson – born October 15, 1841 – died April 21, 1856
Jackson, Robert W., son of G. & M. Jackson – born September 26, 1845 – died April 17, 1851
White, Mary E. – born February, 1852 – died September 7, 1854
Jackson, German – born November 15, 1821 – died November 4, 1889
Cathey, Walter and wife, Fatie Cathey
Cathey, Isabella, wife of Archibald Cathey -born November 23, 1823 – died April 3, 1889
Boswell, Mayella Cathey – born February 9, 1858 -died April 25, 1925
Winters, Mary – died 1927
O’Guin, Wm. J. – born 1861 – died 1930
O’Guin, Martha C. – died 19
O’Guin, William E. – born May 7, 1887 – died October 6, 1947
Lancaster, Wm. Harvey – born September 15, 1856 – died November 23, 1927
Warford, Annie Stone – born May 7, 1868 – died July 16, 1947
Askew, Alice Stone, wife of David Askew – born November 25, 1898 – died April 29, 1915
McAskill, Charles Sumner – born November 7, 1881 – died March 22, 1882
McAskill, Riley Kenneth – born February 25, 1889 – died April 1, 1889
McAskill, James M. – born September 1, 1862 – died February 1, 1864
McAskill, Mary M. – born December 1, 1860 – died February 1, 1864
McAskill, Katie – born October 13, 1872 – died September 16, 1878
McAskill, Isabella J., wife of K. McAskill – born October 2, 1829 – died October 25, 1882
Parker, Sallie, wife of J.D. Parker – born March 18, 1857 – died August 14, 1893
McAskill, Kenneth – born October 11, 1825 – died April 5, 1901
McAskill, Jr., K. – born December 7, 1866 – died May 4, 1941
Wilson, James – born 1805 – died January 29, 1858
Holmes, Elizabeth, wife of O.D.(Osker Dunreath) Holmes – born February 14, 1842 – died May 27, 1888
Holmes, Wm. R. – born February 29, 1866 – died June 29, 1884
Holmes, Mary E. – born August 25, 1861 – died March 18, 1864
Holmes, Eddie R. – born April 25, 1877 – died August 25, 1881
Holmes, Harriss D. – born September 26, 1883 – died January 25, 1884
Cathey, Archibald – born August 28, 1799 – died October 8, 1870
Wilson, Mary J. Cathey, wife of David Wilson – born January 20, 1828 – died September 15, 1844
Parker, Elizabeth A., wife of F.G. Parker -born January 29, 1830 – died October 26, 1864
Parker, J.M., son of G. & E. Parker – born July 9, 1854 – died June 1, 1855
Parker, J.D. – born 1856 – died 1930
Brack, Margaret – born 1783 – died 1848
Reader, Maggie – born February 29, 1865 – died March 12 1952
Wiggins, D.G. – born March 22, 1873 – died October 25, 1907
Wiggins, Mattie, daughter of D.G. & J.L. Wiggins, October 27, 1898
Wiggins, Florence, daughter of John & M.N. Wiggins – born August 12, 1879 – died October 9, 1880
Wiggins, Margaret M., wife of John Wiggins – born March 15, 1850 – died May 17, 1880
Wiggins, John – died January 7, 1894 – 65 years of age
Brigham, James H. – born 1778 – died 1851
Brigham, Polly (Mary T. McCarroll) wife of James H. Brigham – born 1787 – died 1854
Fiser, Ann, wife of J.T. Fiser – died March 22, 1883 – 52 years of age
Rushing, Bertha Askew, wife of John Rushing – born August 9, 1887 – died October 2, 1919
Askew, John A.(Aaron) – born March 29, 1858 – died August 30, 1933
Askew, Emma McAskill, wife of J.A. Askew – born May 2, 1865 – died March 10, 1937
Askew, Joe Thomas, son of Mr. & Mrs. T.D. Askew – born May 21, 1926 – died January 2, 1938
Askew, Thomas David – born September 4, 1884 – died June 2, 1941
Clark, Mrs. Mattie – died September 5, 1940 – 61 years of age

Names to be added to the original list due to added markers and deaths

Homes, Wyley C. – born January 16, 1880 – died March 1, 1967
Parchman, Herman – born 1916 – died 1963
Parchman, James – born 1910 – died 1965
Tomlinson, U.S., Jr.(Uriah S.) – born February 21, 1865 – died April 11,1872
Parker, Maud Myrtle Cathey, wife of J.D. Parker – born 1857 – died 1896
Cathey, Archibald – born 1832 – died 1907
McAskill, Walter David – May 15, 1929
McAskill, Infant of Kenneth Sr. & J.J. McAskill – August 4, 1871
McAskill, unidentified – no date
Brack, James M. – born February 20, 1837 – died October 31, 1918
Brack, Mary L. – born May 18, 1844 – died April 4, 1921
Daniels, Mattie Askew – born March 31, 1897 – died March 11, 1960
Griffin, Infant of G.B. & Carrie Griffin – 1910
Griffin, Infant of G.B. & Carrie Griffin – 1911
Holmes, Lula F., daughter of O.D. & Elizabeth Holmes – born March 3, 1871 – died April 26, 1872
Holmes, Annie R., daughter of O.D. & Elizabeth Holmes -born June 30, 1873 – died September 6, 1878
Parker, Harris E. -born 1889 – died 1965
Parker, Ediun (sp?) – wife of H.E. Parker
Hall, W. C. – born December 6, 1887 – died December 17, 1963
Pitt, Mrs. Lee -born May 3, 1881 – died September 19, 1960
Simpkins, Edd – born 1887 – died 1968
Allison, Homer
Wyatt, Halford

09/2/13

Miller Roll Application: V.A. Hatcher (1907)

…to the Indian Office of Eastern Cherokee

Number	19673
Name	V. A. Medcalf
Date	Mar. 28, 1907
Residence	Erin, Tennessee
Case	John Hatcher case
English Name	V. A. Medcalf
Residence	Houston County, Tennessee
Town and post office	Erin, Tennessee
Date and place of birth	1848 Humphreys County, Tennessee
Right to claim share	My grandfather, John Hatcher. My father William Hatcher.
Married	Yes
Name and age of husband	W. W. Metcalf; 50 years.
Name of father	William Hatcher
Name of mother (before marriage)	Elisabeth Hooper
Birthplace of Father	Humphreys County, Tennessee
Birthplace of Mother	Humphreys County, Tennessee
Residence of parents in 1851	Humphreys County, Tennessee
Date of death of father	About 21 years
Date of death of mother	About 32 years
Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits?	I think my Uncle Robt. B. Hatcher enrolled me at Waggoner ’87.
Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living, the date of death.	Columbus Hatcher, b1845; Mandy Curtis, b1889, died 20 years ago; Elisabeth Triplet, b1849.
State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father’s and mother’s side, if possible:	Father’s side: John Hatcher, Henrietta Hatcher; Mother’s side: Joseph Hooper, Rutha Hooper
Where were they born?	I do not know.
Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?	In Humphrey’s County, Tennessee
Five names of all their children and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths:	Robert B. Hatcher, Alfred Hatcher (Residence: McEwen), Nathan Hatcher, John Hatcher, Wesley Hatcher, Elisabeth Curtis, Rebecca Adams, Henry Hatcher.
Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits?	I think I was enrolled at Wagoner by my uncle Robert B. Hatcher
To expedite identification, claimants should give the full English and Indian names, if possible, of their paternal and maternal ancestors back to 1835:	My father Wm. Hatcher was a son of John Hatcher who came from N. C. in the year 1810 who was an Eastern Cherokee Indian.
Remarks	I have been informed that some of my relations in Texas have obtained certificates of citizenship and are now living on their claims in the Indian territory.
Subscribed and Sworn	V. A. Medcalf; March 26, 1907. Notary: W. C. Thedfird(?)
Affadavit	C. S. Winstead and J. M. Dyer swore they were well acquainted with Victoria Medcalf and had known her for 30 years, knew her to be the identical person she represented herself to be, and that the statements made, to the best of their knowledge and belief were true, having no interest whatever in the claim.
Status of Claim	Rejected
Contributor	Jan Dennis Philpot (gg grandaughter)

08/31/13

Tales They Told: Ghost of Owl Hollow

by Gene O. Walker – c1998 Gene O.Walker

I would like to submit the following incident. It occurred during World War II. We lived on Tank Hill and walked down the back by a path down to Owl Hollow to visit friends and attend the Nazarene Church. There were no street lights and the dirt road was then very narrow and dark. A very different setting from today. Mist from the branch would rise and it was difficult to see after dark. People reported seeing a strange person walking the road at night. It appeared to be an elderly woman who disappeared as she came closer to the person. My father, Wiley Walker, known as Uncle Wiley to most everyone in the county did not believe in ghosts. He had lived since 1892 and had never seen one and had tried on numerous occasions to see what other people said were ghosts and there were no ghosts. Late one night, our local watch maker, who lived in Owl Hollow, was walking home, and he saw a woman standing on the wooden bridge across the branch which we crossed to get home. I believe the bridge or its replacement is still there. As he walked toward the woman, she walked from the bridge toward him. Assuming she intended to hand him a watch as so many people did he held out his hand at a close distance AND THE PERSON DISAPPEARED. Dad never questioned the ghost stories again because he said that person’s word and judgment was above question. The sightings continued for some time, then ceased. As I drive down the Owl Hollow Road, now with its houses and street lights, I wonder if any person except myself remembers THE GHOST OF OWL HOLLOW.

08/31/13

Tales They Told: Hill Engine Scare

by Ira Bell

It was about 1928, and my Dad, K. I. Bell, was working the midnight shift the night that the Hill Engine was sent to Stewart to push No. 26 over the hill. In the mean time, No. 104, a passenger train that was due to pass there in about an hour was having engine trouble over about Big Sandy. The dispatcher felt he might have to have the Hill Engine help No. 104 before they helped No. 26. Since rules required that passenger trains be pulled and not pushed, the Hill Engine would have to couple on ahead of the passenger train’s engines. So the crew stopped their engine on the main track to await further instructions. Dad told them he would let them know what they were to do. The crew then said they would go into the waiting room and catch a little nap, and for him to let them know what to do and call them in time to move their engine if it was not going to be needed.

Dad was using the telegraph wire so the crew could not know what was being said as he communicated up and down the line. After the Helper Engine Crew disappeared into the waiting room and had fallen asleep, the dispatcher called Dad and told him No. 104 would not need help as they had their engine fixed and that No. 26 was behind No. 104. The Hill Engine was to stay there and help No. 26 when they arrived. Dad did not awake the crew, but eased outside and released the Hill Engine’s brake and let it roll down into the side track. Dad then closed the switch and slowly moved the powerful engine up behind the depot. He filled the boiler with cold water to keep it from popping (release of the pressure control valve that releases steam pressure periodically), and returned to the office, letting the crew sleep on.

Some time later, with the Hill Crew still asleep, No. 104 shattered the still of the night as it passed the depot at Stewart at about 70 miles per hour. Needless to say, when they heard No. 104, the crew immediately came alive, frantically rushing around shouting where is my engine? They had left it on the main line on which No. 104 had just rumbled through. Of course Dad, and some others were standing in the dark laughing, when suddenly the air pump cycled on the Steam Engine hidden behind the depot. This is when the engineer discovered where his engine was. Before he could reach Dad, some of the other men restrained him until he calmed down. Dad was glad when No. 26 showed up and the crew, and the angry embarrassed engineer left to push them over the hill. By the next night all had calmed down and everyone, including the engineer, had a good laugh at the joke that had been played on them. Needless to say, this engineer was reluctant after that to take naps at Stewart while waiting on trains to be helped.

08/31/13

Scholes Family – 1897/8 Photo

Scholes family circa 1897 or 1898.

Back row (left to right): Thetus Elnora Scholes, Maude Amison Scholes, Beulah Estelle Scholes. Front row (left to right): Louis Scholes, Mary Anna French Scholes, Nancy Jane Elizabeth Scholes.

Submitted by Ashley Gardner