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Continue reading →This collection includes selected items from the holdings of the Tennessee State Library & Archives relative to the life of Alvin C. York. The most important of these are photographs from Fentress County documenting a 1940 visit with York and … Continue reading →
Bruce York has spent decades researching and documenting Fentress County families. He maintains a massive database that is freely accessible on Rootsweb as a community service to Fentress, Overton and Pickett Counties. The database does display names and data on … Continue reading →
Photo Album Creed Huddleston Creed Huddleston served as a Captain in the Mexican War. He led a company from Overton County volunteers. He died of Yellow Fever in Mexico City and was brought back by ox cart and train … Continue reading →
One of Tennessee’s most noted marksmen, Sgt. Alvin C. York emerged from WWI as the United States most heralded war hero. This continues today almost 100 years later. York’s fame came from the legendary firefight between American and German troops … Continue reading →
Photo Album Ephraim Crabtree Ephraim Crabtree, 1st Corporal, enlisted on 11/19/1862 in Overton Co., Tenn.; Identified on undated muster roll labeled Document “P” at Ferguson’s trial, and in Wayne County, Ky. criminal case files. Re-enlisted on 3/10/1863 as private … Continue reading →
Photo Album Several articles on this Web site contain references to the Pyle family. Please use the SEARCH box in the sidebar or top menu to locate them. Search for both spellings! Tennessee Tech University Archives The Tennessee Tech … Continue reading →
Photo Album Several articles related to York family history are available separately. Please use this site’s SEARCH feature in the top menu or the sidebar to locate York material. These excerpts from the History of Fentress County, Tennessee, … Continue reading →
Willis M. HUDDLESTON, teacher, on top row at right Top Row: 1. Taskel RICH 2. Gladys GUNTER 3. Benton ZACHARY 4. Earl HUDDLESTON 5. Travis GUFFEY 6. Alonzo HUDDLESTON 7. Ridley UPCHURCH 8. Milton HUDDLESTON Second Row: 9. Steve NICHOLS … Continue reading →
by Gladys Williams — a dedicated teacher at York Institute for many years and was very interested in the life of Alvin C. York. She wrote this unpublished biography on his life. The boy that was destined to become Fentress … Continue reading →
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