MONTGOMERY COUNTY TENNESSEE
FAMILY HISTORIES



Descendants of William Balthrop

Generation No. 1

 

1.  WILLIAM1 BALTHROP was born Abt. 1675 in Stafford, Va., and died 1719 in Stafford, Va..  He married MARGARET JONES.  She was born Abt. 1675 in Westmoreland, Va., and died Abt. 1698 in Va..

 

Notes for WILLIAM BALTHROP:

Info about Wm. Balthrop and descendants was obtained from the Family Search of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. From the International Genealogical Index,  there are possibly  more links to the family:
William Balthrop, son of Richard and Hannah Balthrop, christened  Sept. 15, 1639 in Hertford, England
William Balthrop, son of Thomas Balthrop, christened May ,19,  1581, London, England

Child of WILLIAM BALTHROP and MARGARET JONES is:

2.                i.       WILLIAM2 BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1700, Stafford, Va..

 

 

Generation No. 2

2.  WILLIAM2 BALTHROP (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1700 in Stafford, Va..  He married FRANCES KITCHEN Abt. 1723 in Stafford, Va..  She was born Abt. 1700 in Stafford, Va..

Child of WILLIAM BALTHROP and FRANCES KITCHEN is:

3.                i.       JOHN3 BALTHROP, b. Stafford, Va.; d. 1762, Va..

 

Generation No. 3

3.  JOHN3 BALTHROP (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born in Stafford, Va., and died 1762 in Va..  He married JEMIMA WHITE, daughter of JAMES WHITE and JEMIMA.  She was born Abt. 1730 in Westmoreland, Va., and died 1762.

       

Children of JOHN BALTHROP and JEMIMA WHITE are:

4.                i.       WILLIAM4 BALTHROP, b. 1750, Westmoreland, Va.; d. 1835, Dickson, Tn.

                  ii.       JOHN BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1752.

                 iii.       SHARP BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1754.

                 iv.       SHARP BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1755.

                  v.       JAMES BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1759.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  WILLIAM4 BALTHROP (JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1750 in Westmoreland, Va., and died 1835 in Dickson, Tn.  He married MARY CHRISTIAN Abt. 1786, daughter of DRURY CHRISTIAN and LUCRETIA WILLIAMS.  She was born 1753 in Warren,N.C., and died July 04, 1843 in Dickson, Tn..

Notes for WILLIAM BALTHROP:
Info was obtained from the Mormon genealogy records on the ancestors of  this Wm.

Children of WILLIAM BALTHROP and MARY CHRISTIAN are:

5.                i.       FRANCIS5 BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1791.

                  ii.       WILLIAM BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1787.

                 iii.       WYLIE BALTHROP, b. October 10, 1789.

                 iv.       ELIZABETH BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1793.

                  v.       JOHN BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1795.

                 vi.       LUCY BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1797.

                vii.       MARGARET BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1763.

               viii.       SARAH BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1760.

                  ix.       AUGUSTINE BALTHROP, b. January 1761.

                   x.       NANCY BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1765.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

5.  FRANCIS5 BALTHROP (WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1791.  He married (1) POLLY GARDNER.    He married (2) SALLY RODWELL. 

       

Children of FRANCIS BALTHROP and POLLY GARDNER are:

6.                i.       JOHN CHRISTIAN6 BALTHROP.

                  ii.       PATSY KEMP BALTHROP.

                 iii.       ELIZABETH WALLER BALTHROP.

                 iv.       THOMAS GARDNER BALTHROP.

                  v.       WILLIAM BALTHROP.

                 vi.       JAMES MADISON BALTHROP.

 

       

Children of FRANCIS BALTHROP and SALLY RODWELL are:

                vii.       ROBERT6 BALTHROP.

               viii.       HENRY F. BALTHROP.

                  ix.       JORDAN R. BALTHROP.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

6.  JOHN CHRISTIAN6 BALTHROP (FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)  He married NANCY WHITE. 

       

Child of JOHN BALTHROP and NANCY WHITE is:

7.                i.       WILLIAM HENRY7 BALTHROP.

 

 

Generation No. 7

 

7.  WILLIAM HENRY7 BALTHROP (JOHN CHRISTIAN6, FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)  He married (1) M. J. HARRIS December 28, 1855 in Robertson County, Tennessee.  She was born 1834, and died Aft. 1864 in Texas.  He married (2) ELIZABETH CATHERINE MEHALE FRANCES NICHOLS Abt. 1868.  She was born 1833 in Robertson Co, Tn., and died 1926 in Robertson Co, Tn..

 

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY BALTHROP:

Some information on Wm. Henry Balthrop and family  was acquired from Granville Balthrop .
In the 1860 federal  census of Fannin Co., Texas, Wm. is listed as 26 y/o, farmer, with 2 children, John B. age 3, and Lucy A. age 1, with wife M.J., age 25.
Also listed in an internet posting of  "Indigent Families of Fannin Co., Texas:
'W.H.Balthrop, 3 in family, taken of Feb. 23, 1864"

 
Children of WILLIAM BALTHROP and M. HARRIS are:

8.                i.       WILLIAM HENRY8 BALTHROP, JR., b. April 29, 1866, Texas; d. November 11, 1939, Robertson County, Tennessee.

                  ii.       JOHN B. BALTHROP, b. 1857, Texas; d. Bef. 1868, Texas.

                 iii.       LUCY A. BALTHROP, b. 1859, Texas; d. Bef. 1868, Texas.

 

 

Generation No. 8

 

8.  WILLIAM HENRY8 BALTHROP, JR. (WILLIAM HENRY7, JOHN CHRISTIAN6, FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born April 29, 1866 in Texas, and died November 11, 1939 in Robertson County, Tennessee.  He married (1) MARY GERMAN GIVINS 1888.  She was born February 1868 in Texas, and died Bet. 1904 - 1910 in Tn..  He married (2) SUSAN ANGELINE BALTHROP Aft. 1910.  She was born October 17, 1867 in Robertson Co, Tn., and died June 05, 1941 in Robertson Co, Tn..

 

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY BALTHROP, JR.:

Family history from Hermoine ( granddaughter), relates the story of Wm.,Jr. being born in Texas, and coming horseback to Tennessee , carried by his father following the death of his mother. They settled in Robertson Co. where it was rumored that he became sheriff.

 

Notes for MARY GERMAN GIVINS:

 According to daughter, Mattie ,died during birth of 11th child, an unnamed male.  The child died one day after birth.

       

Children of WILLIAM BALTHROP and MARY GIVINS are:

9.                i.       MATTIE ELIIZABETH9 BALTHROP, b. February 08, 1890, Robertson County, Tennessee; d. September 09, 1975, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn. in local hospital.

10.             ii.       WILLAM LEE BALTHROP, b. October 1889; d. September 1959.

11.            iii.       JOHN PETTY BALTHROP, b. April 1891; d. June 1970.

                 iv.       WALTER HART BALTHROP, b. April 1893; d. 1953.

 

Notes for WALTER HART BALTHROP:

Hart was in business in Robertson Co. with his brother , Lee

 

12.             v.       GUS HENRY BALTHROP, b. January 1894; d. October 1974.

                 vi.       LUTISHA MAI BALTHROP, b. March 1897; d. June 26, 1988; m. TOM RANSDELL; b. 1898; d. 1985.

 

Notes for LUTISHA MAI BALTHROP:

Mae and Tom had no children

 

13.           vii.       DEWEY MCMILLION BALTHROP, b. November 1898; d. January 1972.

               viii.       THOMAS BURGESS BALTHROP, b. October 19, 1900; d. November 1978; m. UNKNOWN COOLEY.

14.             ix.       LUCY MARGARET BALTHROP, b. 1904.

                   x.       FELIX EWING BALTHROP.

                  xi.       UNNAMED BALTHROP.

 

 

Generation No. 9

 

9.  MATTIE ELIIZABETH9 BALTHROP (WILLIAM HENRY8, WILLIAM HENRY7, JOHN CHRISTIAN6, FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born February 08, 1890 in Robertson County, Tennessee, and died September 09, 1975 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn. in local hospital.  She married HUGH ELZIE MARTIN June 06, 1906 in Robertson Co., Tn.?, son of JOSEPH MARTIN and AMANDA MARTIN.  He was born October 31, 1882 in Auburn, Kentucky, and died April 24, 1949 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn. at home.

 

Notes for MATTIE ELIIZABETH BALTHROP:

   Mammy, as she was called by her grandchildren, was an independent, strong
matriarch of her family, born in Robertson Co., Tn.  She was a hard working woman, raising a garden every spring, until she was well into her seventies .She worked the ground up with a hand pushed , wheeled cultivator. She also did most of the maintenance on her home after her husband, Elzie, passed away, painting the inside and outside.
She prided herself on being the first in the neighborhood to get the laundry on
the  line. When the grandchildren spent the night at her house, they had to hide their clothes if they planned on putting them back on in the morning, because she gathered up everything to wash at the crack of dawn, when she arose for the day.
She began her day with a short stroll up and down the street  where she lived at 114 Emery St. in Clarksville.
 
After her husband's death in 1948, she grieved for the rest of her life, especially

on his birthday, their anniversary, and special holidays; she never stopped missing him.

 Mattie's neighbors loved her and she was a good neighbor, visiting the sick with food from her table and vegetables from her garden. She helped to raise all her grandchildren and her home was a favorite place for them to be. She always had her family over for Sunday dinner, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. She was a good cook, and few people came into her house without a meal. She always said she had rather feed one hungry person than several who weren't hungry, because those who weren't hungry always ate more. When they said they weren't hungry, she would say, "Well, then, eat to keep from getting hungry",  at her offer of a place at her table or a snack.  When company sat at her table, she would say "Make yourself at home, if you're not at home, you ought to be" meaning they should feel   at home in her house ! Everyone always understood this, but there was one lady that took offense to her statement, and got up and went home! Mammy got a good laugh from that, and she and the lady were great friends  from then on after an explanation to her meaning and an apology.

 When her granddaughter, Geraldine married, Mattie told  her husband he would always be her friend as long as he treated her granddaughter right. He became one of her favorite people.

 Her home was a fun place to be for everyone and she always enjoyed company,

whether it was in her living room or on her front porch, where she most enjoyed

being, when weather permitted, so she could see people go by, and wave to them or exchange a few words of greeting if they were walking.

She suffered a stroke in 1971 and  was confined to bed most of the time thereafter, losing her ability to talk . She died  four years later and was missed sorely by her many loved ones.

Notes for HUGH ELZIE MARTIN:

   Elzie, as he was known, was born in Ky. , met and married his wife in Robert-
son Co., Tenn. According to his daughter, Ramona, he worked for Mattie's father
when they met. Mr. Balthrop did not approve of Elzie as a suitor for his daughter.
Elzie and Mattie swapped notes to each other and  hiding them until  her father found them  and fired Elzie.
  Elzie hoboed and worked in the minstrel to get her  and they were married
June 6, 1906. They made their home in Clarksville, where he worked as a night watchman for Elephant Warehouse on Riverside Dr., later working at the Clarks-
ville Foundry, where he was employed for 45 years. He also served in the  Na-
tional Guard.
  Papa, as he was called by his grandchildren, was a witty, elf-like man,playing
banjo and writing poetry. Many of his poems were published daily in the Clarks-
ville Leaf- Chronicle, Tennessee's oldest newspaper. He also had some publish-
ed in the 1941 edition of " American Poets". He  wrote the words to one published song " Everything I Love Is You" for his wife. The Nashville Tennessean Magazine did a feature story on him in 1948.  One of the stories told in that article was how he pulled his own teeth and made his own dentures out of aluminum.These teeth  were last known to be in the possession of his grandson, Brian Martin.
  Elzie suffered from asthma and died in 1949 at his home , 114 Emery St.,where
he had been bedridden for five months from an aortic aneursym. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville.

 

Children of MATTIE BALTHROP and HUGH MARTIN are:

                   i.       MARY ELOIS10 MARTIN, b. October 29, 1910, Clarksville, Tenn.; d. September 08, 1994, Clarksville, Tenn.; m. JAMES BEDFORD MANSELL, September 22, 1934, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn.; b. May 08, 1912, Monterey, Tenn., Fentress County; d. March 25, 1950, Clarksville, Tenn. at home.

 

Notes for MARY ELOIS MARTIN:

     Lois, as she was known, was born and raised in Clarksville, Tenn., gradua-
ting from Clarksville High School in 1933. She met  and married her husband
while Salty was in Clarksville with the Civilian Conservation Corps.
    She spent most of her working life as a seamstress at various factories in
Clarksville, Central Mfg., O'Blander Shirt Factory, Acme Boot,  and retired from
Victory Cleaners at Oak Grove, Ky. (across from Gate 4 at Fort Campbell) where
she became somewhat of a surrogate mother to the soldiers who patronized the
cleaners. She loved to sew and especially enjoyed making quilts. Each of her children and grandchildren have a quilt she made. There were many quilt tops  which she had never completed.
   Lois lost her husband after only 16 years of marriage, when he died in 1950,
leaving her with 3 children,  from 11 to 14 years old. She was devastated by
his death, but continued to work and manage her family as best she could.
She suffered from heart disease and peripheral vascular disease as she grew older, losing her left leg to amputation  due to a blood clot. She reluctantly en-
tered a nursing home, being unable to stay at home and get the care needed.
She died at Clarksville Memorial Hospital in 1975 and is buried beside her
husband in Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville.

 

Notes for JAMES BEDFORD MANSELL:

    Salty, as he was known in adulthood in Clarksville, Tn., was born in Monterey, Tenn., later moving to Lewisburg, as his father sought work as a sharecropper and handle mill worker.His mother died when he was very young, and he had two step-mothers,the first one  died, the other was living at his death.
    On his selective service registration, dated Oct. 16, 1940, he is described
as: 5 ft. 5in.,135 lbs.,race: white, brown eyes, black hair, sallow complexion,
features:  scar in hair above forehead. He was a witty, fun loving man, and
had a tremendous sense of responsibility.
    He was serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Clarksville, Tn. when
he met his wife. After marriage, he worked in shipyards in South Carolina and
California.
      He went to work at the Clarksville Foundry  after serving with the U.S. Na-
vy during WWII. While in the Navy, he was on the USS Cache, an oil tender
ship. He had been inducted Feb. 28, 1944 and was honorably discharged
with the rank of Seaman 1st Class on Oct. 22, 1945.
     Salty loved music and played guitar, harmonica, and a little bit of piano.
He didn't read music and played by ear.Influenced by his father-in-law, he
also tried his hand at poetry. 
      Salty only had an 8th grade education himself, but it was his goal to see that
his children  went further in school than he had gone. He stressed to them the importance of a good  education and reputation. He felt these were things that
could not be taken away from one. He was a very proud person, a good provi-
der, a strong disciplinarian and a loving father.Following his own advice, he enrolled in an electrician course  when he was laid off at the foundry,  after many years of service. He never got to realize his goals though, as he passed away at his home at 910 Charlotte St. a few days before he was to leave for  the course in Kansas City, Mo. Cause of death was listed as a coronary  thrombosis ( a heart attack ). He had been worried about how his family was going to make it in his absence.He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksvi lle.

                   ii.       HERMOINE MARTIN, b. March 07, 1909, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn.; d. May 11, 1980, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn..

 

Notes for HERMOINE MARTIN:
   Hermoine lived her life serving others, helping care for her father until his death, and later, her mother . She was a faithful and devoted member of the
Evangelical United Brethren Church on Madison St. in Clarksville, where she
 was active working with the children in the church, singing in the choir, and
cleaning the church.
   She never married and her favorite retort  to  those who  asked  why was,
"There's more married now than does well."  Though she never  gave  birth to any children, she was more of a mother than some who had.She mothered and helped raise all her nieces and nephews and they loved her like a mother.
   After her mother died, Hermoine went to live with her sister, Ramona. She died quietly in her sleep there, at 616 Martin St. in 1980. She had suffered a heart
attack prior to her death and had been recuperating from it . She is buried beside her parents in Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville.

 

                 iii.       ZARTHAN MARTIN, b. June 22, 1917, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn.; d. August 03, 1983, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn.; m. LINDA LAYNE.

 

Notes for ZARTHAN MARTIN:

  Zarthan, was known as Mop, because of his thick curly hair. He graduated from Clarksville High School where he had played football along with his academic studies. He served in the U.S. Army during World War  II. He worked for many
years before and after the war at Elder-Conroy Wholesale and Hardware Co. as
a shipping clerk. Later, he worked at Acme Boot Co. in the shipping dept. until his death from lung cancer in 1983. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville, Tenn.

 

                iv.       CECIL MARTIN, b. July 10, 1913, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn.; d. May 1965, Kentucky Lake, Paris, Tn.; m. ELEANOR CHERRY.

 

Notes for CECIL MARTIN:

    Cecil  was born and raised in Clarksville. He married Eleanor Cherry and they never had any children. He worked for many years at Fort Campbell, Ky. in
Civil Services. He operated a service station in Clarksville. Later, he began commercial fishing  and   met his death at Ky. Lake where he fell from his boat , became entangled in the net and drowned. He was living at the  Fort Henry  community when he died.
 He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the US Army.
He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville, Tenn.

 

                  v.       RAMONA MARTIN, b. July 24, 1929; m. RAYMOND SEAY, November 21, 1951, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn.; b. February 09, 1931.

 

 

10.  WILLAM LEE9 BALTHROP (WILLIAM HENRY8, WILLIAM HENRY7, JOHN CHRISTIAN6, FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born October 1889, and died September 1959.  He married JANIE WATTS. 

 

Notes for WILLAM LEE BALTHROP:

Lee and his brother, Hart, operated a truck stop at Pleasant View in Robertson Co. for many years.

       

Children of WILLAM BALTHROP and JANIE WATTS are:

                   i.       HARRY10 BALTHROP.

                  ii.       MILDRED BALTHROP.

                 iii.       MARCIA JEAN BALTHROP.

                 iv.       WM. LOWELL BALTHROP.

 

Notes for WM. LOWELL BALTHROP:

This child at 14 mo. old

 

                  v.       ROBERT WALTON BALTHROP.

                 vi.       HAROLD PRESTON BALTHROP.

 

 

11.  JOHN PETTY9 BALTHROP (WILLIAM HENRY8, WILLIAM HENRY7, JOHN CHRISTIAN6, FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born April 1891, and died June 1970.  He married (1) PEARL.  She was born 1895.  He married (2) THELMA.  She was born 1921, and died 1990.

 

Notes for JOHN PETTY BALTHROP:

John Petty Balthrop was Chief of Police of Clarksville, Tennessee in the 1940's and 1950's.  

       

Children of JOHN BALTHROP and PEARL are:

                   i.       JOHN DARTHAN10 BALTHROP, b. 1915.

                  ii.       RAY BALTHROP, b. 1922.

                 iii.       CARLTON BALTHROP, b. 1924.

                 iv.       BETTY BALTHROP, b. 1930.

 

       

Child of JOHN BALTHROP and THELMA is:

                  v.       DANA10 BALTHROP, b. 1940.

 

 

12.  GUS HENRY9 BALTHROP (WILLIAM HENRY8, WILLIAM HENRY7, JOHN CHRISTIAN6, FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born January 1894, and died October 1974.

       

Children of GUS HENRY BALTHROP are:

                   i.       POLLY10 BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1925.

                  ii.       DOLLY BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1925.

                 iii.       ROBERT BALTHROP, b. Abt. 1930.

 

 

13.  DEWEY MCMILLION9 BALTHROP (WILLIAM HENRY8, WILLIAM HENRY7, JOHN CHRISTIAN6, FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born November 1898, and died January 1972.  He married ANNIE MARION SUITER.  She died 1899.

 

Notes for DEWEY MCMILLION BALTHROP:

Dewey operated a grocery store on Greenwood Ave. in Clarksville, Tn. for many years.

       

Children of DEWEY BALTHROP and ANNIE SUITER are:

                   i.       MILTON EUGENE (AKA MICKEY)10 BALTHROP.

                  ii.       CECIL VICTOR (AKA BUBBA) BALTHROP.

 

Notes for CECIL VICTOR (AKA BUBBA) BALTHROP:

Bubba drowned in Ky. Lake at Paris Landing about 1954. He was named after Cecil Victor Martin, his cousin.

 

                 iii.       CYNTHIA BALTHROP.

 

 

14.  LUCY MARGARET9 BALTHROP (WILLIAM HENRY8, WILLIAM HENRY7, JOHN CHRISTIAN6, FRANCIS5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1904.  She married ARCUE MANNING. 

 

Notes for LUCY MARGARET BALTHROP:

Maggie, as she was called, lived in Missouri, possibly St. Louis area, most of her married life.

       

Child of LUCY BALTHROP and ARCUE MANNING is:

                   i.       GLORIA10 MANNING.

 



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