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REECE – Frank Reece and Anna Eggers Family

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Son: John I. Reece(1853-1918/1919) married Sarah E. Maples (b. 1857). John was a farmer. Sarah was descended from Rev. L.L. and Amanda (Brown) Maples. Amanda was a descendent of Colonel Jacob Brown, who founded the Nollichucky Settlement, which was the second settlement in Tennessee. Served as a soldier of the Civil war. They were married in Johnson county in 1875 and had fourteen children; eleven sons and three daughters. One son died in infancy.

Son of John and Sarah: Brazilla Carroll Reece: born on the 22 December 1899, in Johnson County TN. Brazilla resided in Butler, TN. Merchant and lumber dealer. Earned his B.A. in 1914 and was a teacher at New York University. Served in WWI and was a 2nd lieutenant. Honorably discharged in 1919. Elected to Congress upon his return to Butler. He was a Republican and a Baptist.

Joseph I. Reece Son of John and Sarah Reece was born in Johnson county on the 15th of October, 1883. Joseph’s life was devoted to educational work. He received a B.A. in 1908 from Carson and Newman College and earned his masters degree by 1910. He married Bertha Hendricks on the 28th of December, 1908, in South Carolina, daughter of Mathew and Mary (Looper) Hendricks. Mr. Reece was a baptist and a republican. They had at least one son, Josef b. 1921.

James L. Reece: Another son of John and Sarah. Was a teacher and eventually ran one of the largest stores in Butler. He married on the 24th of March, 1912, Elsie Crosswhite, a daughter of Mrs. Kate Crosswhite. He was a republican and a baptist.

Coffey Family

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GENERAL JOHN COFFEE: born in Virginia, on June 2, 1772, and died on July 7, 1833

In April, 1798 he and his mother settled along the Cumberland River. He married Mary Donelson in 1809, who was a niece of Andrew Jackson’s wife. He and Andrew Jackson were in the mercantile business together for awhile but this was not financially successful and Coffee then withdrew and devoted himself to surveying.
John was with Natchez Expedition of General Jackson in 1812 where he commanded the cavalry of six hundred and seventy men.

Captain John Donelson had given Mary a farm on Stone’s River in Rutherford county where they lived . They went to Alabama, near Florence, in 1819.

Andrew Jackson wrote the epitaph for Coffee’s tombstone.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

GENERAL JOHN COFFEE

Who departed this life

7th day of July, 1833,

Aged 61 years.

“As a husband, parent and friend, he was affectionate, tender, and sincere. He was a brave, prompt, and skillful general; a distinguished and sagacious patriot; an unpretending, just and honest man. To complete his character, religion mingled with these virtues her serene and gentle influence, and gave him that solid distinction among men which detraction cannot sully, nor the grave conceal. Death could not do more than to remove so excellent a being from the theater he so much adorned in this world, to the bosom of God who created him, and who alone has the power to reward the immortal spirit with exhaustless bliss.”

FROM REGIMENTAL HISTORIES OF TENNESSEE UNITS DURING THE WAR OF 1812

By the Tennessee State Library and Archives:

COLONEL JOHN ALCORN

DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen

DATES: September 1813 – December 1813

MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson Counties (Winston’s company from Madison

County, Alabama)

CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Richard Boyd, Thomas Bradley, John Byrne, Robert Jetton, William Locke, Alexander

McKeen, Frederick Stump, Daniel Ross, John Winston

BRIEF HISTORY:

Colonel John Coffee commanded this regiment until the end of October 1813, when Coffee was promoted to Brigadier General. John Alcorn took over as colonel and the unit was incorporated with Colonel Newton Cannon’s Mounted Riflemen to form the Second Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen. The Second Regiment, along with Colonel Robert Dyer’s First Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Gunmen, formed the brigade under John Coffee. Muster rolls reveal that the regiment went by various designations besides volunteer mounted riflemen: volunteer cavalry; mounted militia; or mounted gunmen.

Many of the men from this unit were with Andrew Jackson on the expedition to Natchez (December 1812 – April 1813) and, consequently, felt their one-year’s enlistment expired in December 1813. Jackson insisted that the time not spent in the field did not apply to the terms of enlistment. Hence, a dispute broke out between the troops and Jackson late in 1813. Most of thetroops did leave by the end of that year, despite Jackson’s strenuous efforts to keep them.

The regiment participated in the battles at Tallushatchee and Talladega (3 November and 9 November 1813) and muster rolls show that practically all of the companies sustained casualties, the most being in Captain John Byrne’s company. The regiment’s line of march took them from Fayetteville (where the regiment was mustered in), through Huntsville, Fort Deposit, Fort Strother, to the battles, and back the reverse way.

Davis – Family of William Parker Davis

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Contributed by Rowena King, relationship to me is Great Aunt maternal side

HUSBAND: William Park DAVIS
date and place of birth: 12 January 1896, Pandora, Johnson Co., Tennessee
date and place of death: 26 January 1967, Payette, Idaho , 543-32-2225 Oregon
burial: Canyon City, Grant, Oregon,
occupation:
education:
miltary service:
religion:
father: William Hamilton Davis b.10 June 1865, Pandora, Johnson Co.,Tennessee d.26 Feb.1943,Johnson Co.,Tennessee
mother: Winona Safronia Shoun b. 4 August 1868, Pandora, Johnson Co., Tennessee d.19 June 1940, Mountain City, Johnson, TN
other spouses: Faye Hinton b.1900 m.11 Aug.1949
date and place of marriage: 04 Jun 1917, Grant County, Oregon
ssn: 543-32-2225 Oregon
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WIFE: Elizabeth Emma MCCAFFRY
date and place of birth: 27 March 1898,Queen Bee Precinct, Red Fern, Pennington, SD
date and place of death: 28 May 1933 John Day, Grant, Oregon
burial: John Day Cemetery, John Day, Grant, Oregon
occupation:
education:
religion:
father: Frank MCCAFFREY
mother: Elizabeth Sarah JAY
other spouses:
date and place of marriage: 04 Jun 1917, Grant County, Oregon
divorce:

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CHILD 1: Carl E. DAVIS
date and place of birth: 21 February 1918, John Day, Grant, Oregon
married: Peggy BELL
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
date and place of death: 17 December 1982, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, SSN 231-22-3592 Virginia
burial:
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SOURCES: 1870 Card Dist. No. 6, Johnson, Tennessee, Pandora P.O. Pg5 shows Dwell #31, Fam.#31, Davis Hannah M, 2, F, W, Keeping House, born in Tennessee, Samuel B. 8, M, W, born in Tennessee, William H.,5, M, W, born in Tennessee. Census taken 28 July 1870 by H. C. Northington. 1880 Card Dist. No. 6, 7 givie, Johnson, Tennessee, pg 18, shows Dwell #148, Fam.#157, Wright Robert E., M, W, 29, Farmer, born in VA, father born in VA, mother born in VA, Matilda, W, F, 36, Wife, Keeping house, born in Tennessee, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Tennessee, Davis William H., W, M, 14, Step-Son, born in Tennessee, father born in VA, mother born in Tennessee, Samuel B.,M, W, 18, Step-son, born in Tennessee, father born in VA, mother born in Tennessee, Census taken 15+16 June 1880.
1870 Card Dist. No. 6, Johnson, Tennessee, Pandora P.O. Pg6 shows Dwell #40, Fam.#40, Shoun, Peter P., 36, M, W, Farmer, 4000, 1800, born Tennessee, Louisa, 30, F, W, Keeping House, born in N.Carolina, George J., 7, M, W, born in Tennessee, John J., 6, M, W,born in Tennessee, Winnie S., 1, F, W, born in Tennessee, census taken 1 July 1870. 1920 Census Rosebud, Grant, Oregon Dist. 60, Pg1, shows Dwell #18, Fam. #18, Davis, William P, Head, M, W, 23, M, born in Tennessee, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Tennessee, Elizabeth E., Wife, F, W, 21, M, born in So.Dak, father born in Canada, mother born in Iowa, Carl E., Son, M, W, 1-10/12, S, born in Oregon, father born in Tennessee, mother born in So. Dak, Census taken 6 February 1920 by BB Harburger. 1930 Census Middle Precinct 15, Grant, Oregon, Pg10, Dist. 21, shows Dwell #121, Fam.#121, Davis William P, Head, R, M, W, 33, M, married at age 20, born in Tennessee, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Tennessee, Elizabeth M, Wife, F, W, 32, M, married at age 19, born in So.Dak, father born in Canada, mother born in Iowa, Carl E., Son, M, W, 12, S, born in Oregon, father born in Tennessee, mother born in So. Dak, Census taken 23 April 1930 by John E. Chamberlain.
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NOTES: Lds familysearch.org.

Waggoner — Descendants of John Waggoner /Wagner

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Contributed by Don Owens

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER was born 1691 in Rhineland, Prussia, and died May 02, 1775 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married MARY Abt. 1716 in Rheinland, Prussia. She was born Bef. 1700 in Rhineland, Prussia.

Children of JOHN WAGNER and MARY are:

2. i. JACOB2 WAGGONER, b. August 24, 1717, Rheinland, Prussia; d. November 01, 1799, Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina.

ii. HANS WAGNER, b. 1720.

iii. JOHN WAGNER, b. Abt. 1722.

Generation No. 2

2. JACOB2 WAGGONER (JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born August 24, 1717 in Rheinland, Prussia, and died November 01, 1799 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina. He married MRS JACOB WAGGONER 1744 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. She was born 1719 in Pennsylvania, and died in Pennsylvania.

Children of JACOB WAGGONER and MRS. WAGGONER are:

i. JOSEPH3 WAGGONER, b. 1724.

3. ii. DANIEL WAGGONER, b. October 13, 1746, North Annville TWP., Lancaster, Pennsylvania; d. October 12, 1827, Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina.

iii. JOHN WAGGONER, b. 1748.

iv. JACOB WAGGONER, b. August 04, 1751.

v. MARY MAGDALENA WAGGONER, b. March 09, 1753.

vi. ELIZABETH WAGGONER, b. September 14, 1753, North Annville TWP., Lancaster, Pennsylvania; d. October 09, 1820, Johnson, TN.

vii. JOSEPH WAGGONER, b. 1755.

viii. JOSEPH E WAGGONER, b. 1756, Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina; d. November 27, 1790, Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina.

ix. DAVID WAGGONER, b. 1759, Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina; d. September 01, 1858, Johnson, TN.

4. x. DAVID WAGNER, b. April 10, 1759, North Annville TWP., Lancaster, Pennsylvania; d. March 29, 1845, Shoun, Johnson, Tennessee.

Generation No. 3

3. DANIEL3 WAGGONER (JACOB2, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born October 13, 1746 in North Annville TWP., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and died October 12, 1827 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina. He married ELIZABETH HARMON March 28, 1767 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, daughter of GEORGE HARMON and MARY WILEY. She was born September 14, 1753 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina, and died October 09, 1820 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina.

Child of DANIEL WAGGONER and ELIZABETH HARMON is:

5. i. MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW4 WAGGONER, b. February 10, 1765, Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina; d. August 19, 1836, Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina.

4. DAVID3 WAGNER (JACOB2 WAGGONER, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born April 10, 1759 in North Annville TWP., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and died March 29, 1845 in Shoun, Johnson, Tennessee. He married (1) MARGARET WEITZEL in Rowan, North Carolina. She was born May 02, 1790 in Rockbridge, Virginia, and died September 13, 1883 in Johnson, TN. He married (2) MARY CATHERINE HAGEY. She was born Abt. 1762 in North Annville TWP., Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Children of DAVID WAGNER and MARGARET WEITZEL are:

6. i. NANCY4 WAGNER, b. September 17, 1810, Shoun, Carter, Tennessee; d. June 14, 1887, Johnson, Tennessee.

ii. NATHANIEL TAYLOR WAGNER, b. February 22, 1822, Shoun, Carter, Tennessee; d. March 18, 1900, Shoun, Johnson, Tennessee.

iii. ELIZABETH WAGNER, b. 1813.

iv. ADAM WAGNER, b. 1827.

v. LORINDA WAGNER, b. July 14, 1815.

vi. ANDREW W. WAGNER, b. May 25, 1819.

vii. RACHEL WAGNER, b. 1826.

7. viii. DANIEL WAGNER, b. 1831, Shoun, Carter, Tennessee.

Child of DAVID WAGNER and MARY HAGEY is:

8. ix. JACOB JAKE4 WAGNER, b. 1790, Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina.

Generation No. 4

5. MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW4 WAGGONER (DANIEL3, JACOB2, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born February 10, 1765 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina, and died August 19, 1836 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina. He married SUSANNAH MILLER March 02, 1795 in Lexington, Old Rowan, NC. She was born July 16, 1773 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina, and died January 11, 1850 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina.

Children of MATTHIAS WAGGONER and SUSANNAH MILLER are:

9. i. MATTHIAS MILLER5 WAGGONER, b. June 30, 1801, Carter Co., Tennessee; d. June 30, 1867, Carter Co., Tennessee.

10. ii. FREDERICK WAGNER, b. May 12, 1795, Carter Co., Tennessee; d. August 23, 1866, Lincoln Co., Tennessee.

11. iii. JOSEPH WAGNER, b. December 05, 1799, Carter Co., Tennessee; d. December 05, 1889, Johnson, Tennessee.

6. NANCY4 WAGNER (DAVID3, JACOB2 WAGGONER, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born September 17, 1810 in Shoun, Carter, Tennessee, and died June 14, 1887 in Johnson, Tennessee. She married JOSEPH WAGNER, son of MATTHIAS WAGGONER and SUSANNAH MILLER. He was born December 05, 1799 in Carter Co., Tennessee, and died December 05, 1889 in Johnson, Tennessee.

Children of NANCY WAGNER and JOSEPH WAGNER are:

12. i. ANDREW C.5 WAGNER, b. March 11, 1828, Johnson, Tennessee; d. 1885, Johnson, Tennessee.

13. ii. ALEXANDER B. WAGNER, b. 1831, Carter Co., Tennessee; d. 1863, Carter Co., Tennessee.

14. iii. JACOB S. WAGNER, b. 1847, Johnson, Tennessee.

7. DANIEL4 WAGNER (DAVID3, JACOB2 WAGGONER, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born 1831 in Shoun, Carter, Tennessee. He married (1) MARY SNYDER. He married (2) MARY NANCY HARDIN December 12, 1852 in Johnson, Tennessee.

Child of DANIEL WAGNER and MARY HARDIN is:

15. i. DAVID MCCELLAN5 WAGNER, b. March 09, 1854, Johnson, Tennessee; d. March 24, 1911, Johnson, Tennessee.

8. JACOB JAKE4 WAGNER (DAVID3, JACOB2 WAGGONER, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born 1790 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina.

Child of JACOB JAKE WAGNER is:

i. ANNIE5 WAGNER, b. 1830, Carter Co., Tennessee.

Generation No. 5

9. MATTHIAS MILLER5 WAGGONER (MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW4, DANIEL3, JACOB2, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born June 30, 1801 in Carter Co., Tennessee, and died June 30, 1867 in Carter Co., Tennessee. He married MARY S. TYFFE 1829 in Carter County, Tennessee. She was born February 16, 1804 in Lexington, Old Rowan Co., North Carolina, and died January 11, 1850 in Carter Co., Tennessee.

Child of MATTHIAS WAGGONER and MARY TYFFE is:

16. i. JOSEPH H6 WAGGONER, b. January 14, 1841, Johnson, TN; d. June 11, 1910, Johnson, TN.

10. FREDERICK5 WAGNER (MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW4 WAGGONER, DANIEL3, JACOB2, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born May 12, 1795 in Carter Co., Tennessee, and died August 23, 1866 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee. He married MARY WAGGONER June 02, 1817 in Carter County, Tennessee. She was born June 20, 1797 in Carter Co., Tennessee, and died July 07, 1863 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee.

More About MARY WAGGONER:

Burial: July 1863, Lynchburg, Tennessee

Children of FREDERICK WAGNER and MARY WAGGONER are:

i. WAGNER6, b. 1818.

ii. WAGNER, b. 1821.

iii. MARGARET ANN WAGGONER, b. 1822, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1858, Lincoln Co., Tennessee.

More About MARGARET ANN WAGGONER:

Burial: Abt. 1858, Lincoln Co., Tennessee

iv. ANDREW WAGNER, b. 1827, Lincoln Co., Tennessee; d. 1863, Tennessee; m. EMELY; b. 1842, TN; d. Abt. 1863, TN.

v. JACOB WAGNER, b. 1828.

vi. SARAH WAGNER, b. 1831.

vii. ELIZABETH WAGNER, b. 1833.

viii. CATHERINE WAGNER, b. 1835.

ix. GEORGE WAGNER, b. 1837.

x. MARY WAGNER, b. 1838.

xi. MALINDA WAGNER, b. 1840.

xii. WILSON WAGNER, b. 1842.

xiii. JAMES A WAGNER, b. 1846.

11. JOSEPH5 WAGNER (MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW4 WAGGONER, DANIEL3, JACOB2, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born December 05, 1799 in Carter Co., Tennessee, and died December 05, 1889 in Johnson, Tennessee. He married NANCY WAGNER, daughter of DAVID WAGNER and MARGARET WEITZEL. She was born September 17, 1810 in Shoun, Carter, Tennessee, and died June 14, 1887 in Johnson, Tennessee.

Children are listed above under (6) Nancy Wagner.

12. ANDREW C.5 WAGNER (JOSEPH4, MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW3 WAGGONER, DANIEL2, JACOB1) was born March 11, 1828 in Johnson, Tennessee, and died 1885 in Johnson, Tennessee. He married HILEY BAKER November 27, 1851 in Johnson, Tennessee. She was born 1824 in Tennessee.

Children of ANDREW WAGNER and HILEY BAKER are:

i. ANDREW C. STACY6 WAGNER, b. 1865, Johnson, Tennessee; d. 1925; m. WAGNER, February 10, 1901.

ii. WILLIAM EKANEH WAGNER, b. 1855, Johnson, Tennessee.

iii. EMMA H. WAGNER, b. 1859, Johnson, Tennessee.

iv NANCY J. A. WAGNER, b. 1864, Johnson, Tennessee.

13. ALEXANDER B.5 WAGNER (JOSEPH4, MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW3 WAGGONER, DANIEL2, JACOB1) was born 1831 in Carter Co., Tennessee, and died 1863 in Carter Co., Tennessee. He married NANCY CATHERINE BAKER November 29, 1849 in Johnson, Tennessee. She was born September 29, 1834 in Johnson, Tennessee, and died September 16, 1912 in Johnson, Tennessee.

Child of ALEXANDER WAGNER and NANCY BAKER is:

i. ANDREW J.6 WAGNER, b. 1851, Carter Co., Tennessee.

14. JACOB S.5 WAGNER (JOSEPH4, MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW3 WAGGONER, DANIEL2, JACOB1) was born 1847 in Johnson, Tennessee. He married MARY REECE October 27, 1870 in Johnson, Tennessee. She was born 1846 in North Carolina.

Children of JACOB WAGNER and MARY REECE are:

i. NANCY E. (BETTY)6 WAGNER, b. 1872.

ii. SUSAN E. WAGNER, b. 1874.

iii. ISAAC VALENTINE WAGNER, b. 1875.

iv. HUGH WAGNER, b. Abt. 1877.

v. HARRY WAGNER, b. Abt. 1879.

15. DAVID MCCELLAN5 WAGNER (DANIEL4, DAVID3, JACOB2 WAGGONER, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born March 09, 1854 in Johnson, Tennessee, and died March 24, 1911 in Johnson, Tennessee. He married ELIZABETH VICTORY JOHNSON October 17, 1878 in Johnson, Tennessee. She was born June 06, 1861 in Johnson, Tennessee, and died July 26, 1921 in Johnson, Tennessee.

Children of DAVID WAGNER and ELIZABETH JOHNSON are:

i. ETHEL ANNE6 WAGNER, b. July 25, 1879.

ii. DANIEL EUGENE WAGNER, b. November 27, 1881.

iii. BESSIE B. WAGNER, b. February 19, 1882.

iv. NORA WAGNER, b. 1884.

v. MAUDE WAGNER, b. 1885.

vi. ROY MILIGAN WAGNER, b. March 13, 1887.

vii. NELLIE MAY WAGNER, b. 1889.

viii. VENIA WAGNER, b. 1891.

17. ix. MARTIN ROSS WAGNER, b. February 08, 1893, Mountain City, Johnson, Tennessee; d. July 14, 1968, Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina.

x. ELSIE WAGNER, b. February 03, 1895.

xi. VIRGINIA WAGNER, b. February 12, 1899.

Generation No. 6

16. JOSEPH H6 WAGGONER (MATTHIAS MILLER5, MATTHIAS OR MATTHEW4, DANIEL3, JACOB2, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born January 14, 1841 in Johnson, TN, and died June 11, 1910 in Johnson, TN. He married SARAH K. WHITE June 18, 1874. She was born 1852 in TN, and died in TN.

Child of JOSEPH WAGGONER and SARAH WHITE is:

i. MATTHIAS M7 WAGGONER, b. 1878, Johnson, TN.

17. MARTIN ROSS6 WAGNER (DAVID MCCELLAN5, DANIEL4, DAVID3, JACOB2 WAGGONER, JOHN WAGGONER1 WAGNER) was born February 08, 1893 in Mountain City, Johnson, Tennessee, and died July 14, 1968 in Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina. He married MERLE GUSTA BROWNE January 04, 1917 in Bristol, Washington, Virginia. She was born November 14, 1899 in Newport, Cocke Co., Tennessee.