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Bible Records
Thanks to Sarah Jo Moody Stinnett
for sharing some of her family Bible records with us. Related families include
Moody, Moyers, Bradford, Pittman, Maples and Browder. Sarah's late husband
Raleigh Glen was a descendant of Riley and Meda Ball Stinnett, who were in the
1850 Polk County census, household # 377/381 (erroneously listed in the PCHGS
publication on page 33 as Hinnett.) Sarah is also related to Simon Browder,
(1850 Polk County census # 487/492) sometimes referred to as 'Polk's Richest
Man"
BROWDER
Matthew was born the
26 of September 1805 (died DeKalb Co. AL, 1865)
Viney was born the 18th of December 1806 (married Jessee Grisham)
Deborah
was born the 30th of July 1809 (married Jessee Samples)
Sally was born the 1st of December 1810
Westley was born the 17th of
March 1812 (died 1864-5)
Darius was born the 30th of October 1813 (died
DeKalb Co. AL 1865)
Patey was born the 7th of May 1815
Selia was
born the 14th of November 1816 (married Johnathan Johns)
Lovana was born the 12th of July 1818 (married Richard Grisham)
Tallitha
was born 30th of September 1819 (married William Bolin)
Calvin was born
the 2nd of November 1820
Samuel D. was born the 16th of April 1822
Robert
F. was born the 22nd of September 1823 (died May 1873)
Albert was born
July 17th 1825
Catharine was born August 27th 1828 (died May 7th 1830)
Sarah Browder departed this life October 24th 1823
The following information is from a Bible that was
in the possession of Mrs. Beulah Nell Browder Bright who lived in Sweetwater,
Tennessee in 1958.
Father: Will E. Browder born January 26, 1870
Mother: Martha A. Fite born July 11, 1869
97.
Bible Records Moody - Moyers - Bradford
Edith Moody and Lake Hayes married June 7, 1934.
Edith was born July
23, 1909 and died May 3, 1936.
R. G. Moody and Laura J. Moyer was married September 22, 1901.
R. G.
was born September 25, 1878 and died September 6, 1928.
Elsie Mae Moody was
borned January 27, 1903
George Otis Moody was born July 20, 1905 (married May 24, 1927 to Willie
Mae)
Edith Estell Moody was born July 23, 1909
Dwight L. Moody was born June 3, 1916
Mrs. W. T. Moody died March 8, 1932 Edith Moody Hayes died May 3, 1936
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Rufus Godwin Moody was born 1878
George A. Moyers was born May 29, 1845
Louisa Jane Moyers was born September 21, 1851
Effie L. Moyers was borned October 2, 1977
William Tate Moyers was
borned April 29, 1880
Laura Jane Moyers was borned September 5, 1882
George David Moyers was borned May 7, 1886
Benjamin H. Moyers was borned January 15, 1889
Nettie Cassandra Moyers was borned November 1, 1893
Louisa Moyers died January 13, 1909
George A. Moyers died July 28, 1910
Dwight L Moody died November 17, 1917
William Tate Moyers died October 28, 1923
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Bradford Jane Bradford was born September 2nd, 1781
Samuel L. Bradford was
born June the 21st, 1803
Thomas M. Bradford was born December 3rd,1804
David Bradford was born
July 21, 1806
Mary Bradford was born April 9th, 1808
Jane Bradford was born November 3, 1810
Eliza Bradford was born June 9th 1812
James Bradford was born March 9th 1814
George Bradford was born February the 12th 1816
Susanah Bradford was born December 26th 1818
Robert F. Bradford was
born May 10th 1820
Elam Bradford was born February 3, 182(1) (?)
Margaret Elizabeth Bradford was born May 27th 1824
Sarah Jo Moody, born April 6th 1932 the daughter of George Otis and
Willie Mae Bradford Moody, married October 25th 1952 to Raleigh Glen
Stinnett, born September 15, 1931. He was the son of Ollie Dove and Mamie Ruth
Pittman Stinnett. Raleigh Glen died June 3, 1997.
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The following information is taken from a Bible found in a piece of
furniture purchased from a relative of the Dixon family. The Bible has a 1943
copyright by the John A. Dickson Publishing Company. The family pages have
suffered water damage, rendering some unreadable.
Father: W. C. Dixon, born June 20, 1858, passed on April 30, 1920.
Mother: Lucinda Caroline Cook Dixon, born April 26, 1853, passed on
January 26, 1929.
Brother: Frank M. Dixon, born October 6, 1901, passed on March 6, 1935.
Sister: Sally Ethel Dixon, born March 11, 1890, passed on September 21,
1956.
Daughter: Lena Viola Martin, born April 28, 1917, passed on December 25,
1969.
Brother: James Bartlie Dixon, born March 20, 1878, passed on September
19, 1946.
Sister: Callie Dixon, born September 27, 1880, passed on April 28,
1968.
Sister: Ladoskey Lora Dixon, born April 7, 1876, passed on July 29,
1958.
Brother: Flavis Alexander Dixon, born March 30, 1892, passed on
February 7, 1968.
Brother: Frankie Marshel Dixon, born October 6, 1901, passed on April
6, 1935.
Sister: Mary Ann Dixon, bornApril 30, 1872 passed on September 10,
1945.
Brother: Charlie C. Dixon, born November 28, 1874, passed on June 27,
1966.
( The following notations are on loose papers tucked in the Bible.)
Bettie Jane Dickson, born December 9, 1883
William W. Dickson, born October 26, 1885
Iva Larl Dickson, born November 6, 1887
Barbra Delta Dickson, born November 8, 1891
William Taylor Martin, born November 4, 1935
Reba Lee Martin, born July 21, 1915
Reba Lee Rice passed away August 9th, 1966.
C.L. Rice passed away August 7, 1968
From an obituary clipping: Clifford Lewis Rice, 34, died at his home near Benton. He was associated with his father in the operation of East View Garage near Ocoee. He is survived by his wife, Peggy Parks Rice of Benton; a daughter, Pamela Rice; sister, Mrs. Augustine Keith; maternal grandmother, Mrs Delton Martin; paternal grandfather, C.C. Rice and two nieces. Another obituary clipping: Mrs. Nancy Jane Rice, age 74, passed away Friday afternoon following an illness of several weeks. Survivors include her husband, Clifford C. Rice, one daughter, Elizabeth Ash, three sons, Ronald, J.L. and August Rice; five sisters, Mrs Frank Bain, Mrs Ernest Goodner, Mrs Charles Rymer, Mrs Luther Snyder, Mrs. C.M. Dunn; three brothers, John, Ed, and Kenneth Howard.
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