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HINSON, Shelton (Biography)

 


Shelton Hinson Jr. married Mattie Daisy Fletcher (13 Dec 1875 Fisherville – 8 Jul 1925) on 29 Aug 1893 in Memphis. She was the daughter of A.J. Fletcher and Mary Elizabeth Brooks. They lived in Memphis where he was a building contractor in Memphis. He also designed and built furniture as a hobby. Daisy taught her daughters intricate tatting, knitting, embroidery and crewel. They both died in Memphis and are buried in Forest Hill. Issue: Ardenne, Henry, Margaret, James, and Arlene.  (See Fletcher and Brooks)

Issue of Daisy Fletcher and Shelton Hinson, Jr.

Dr. Mary Ardenne Hinson  (18 Aug 1894 Memphis – 13 Dec 1979 Memphis) graduated from the Memphis Normal School (college) and became a school teacher before entering dental school. She tutored many of her fellow dental students at the University of Tennessee for which she received life-long appreciation. She initially practiced dentistry with her aunt, Dr. May Brooks (nee Peyton), and then her nephew, Dr. Robert Black. She was a charter member and president of the Memphis Zonta Club (Women Professionals), an avid photographer, an accomplished artist and hand-crafter, and traveler. She remained single and lived with her father and sister, Margaret.

Both widowed, Dr. Shelton Hinson, Sr. married (2) Margaret J. Wright (Mrs. John H. Brooks) (18 Aug 1840 MS – 17 Aug 1904 Memphis) shortly after Kate’s death in 1867. Margaret raised Shelton’s three young sons, Leon, James, and William, along with her own boys, Wyatt Brooks and Walter Brooks. Together, they had one child, Shelton, Jr. Shelton, Sr. practiced dentistry in downtown Memphis and survived Memphis’ second Yellow Fever epidemic in 1878. He was a Mason. Shelton’s obituary in 1912: “Was a resident of this city (Memphis) for 59 years, coming here before the beginning of the Civil War. He was a native of VA. Surviving him are his son, Shelton Hinson, Jr. and his stepchildren, Dr. W. W. Brooks and W. L. Brooks.” Issue: Shelton Hinson, Jr. (19 Dec 1871 Memphis – 18 Aug 1952 Memphis.)  (See Wright)  

Shelton Hinson Jr. married Mattie Daisy Fletcher (13 Dec 1875 Fisherville – 8 Jul 1925) on 29 Aug 1893 in Memphis. She was the daughter of A.J. Fletcher and Mary Elizabeth Brooks. They lived in Memphis where he was a building contractor in Memphis. He also designed and built furniture as a hobby. Daisy taught her daughters intricate tatting, knitting, embroidery and crewel. They both died in Memphis and are buried in Forest Hill. Issue: Ardenne, Henry, Margaret, James, and Arlene.  (See Fletcher and Brooks)

Issue of Daisy Fletcher and Shelton Hinson, Jr.

Dr. Mary Ardenne Hinson  (18 Aug 1894 Memphis – 13 Dec 1979 Memphis) graduated from the Memphis Normal School (college) and became a school teacher before entering dental school. She tutored many of her fellow dental students at the University of Tennessee for which she received life-long appreciation. She initially practiced dentistry with her aunt, Dr. May Brooks (nee Peyton), and then her nephew, Dr. Robert Black. She was a charter member and president of the Memphis Zonta Club (Women Professionals), an avid photographer, an accomplished artist and hand-crafter, and traveler. She remained single and lived with her father and sister, Margaret.

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LAWHORN, Leonard (Biography)

Leonard Lawhorn (1842 – 22 Jul 1929 Memphis) married Margaret L. “Maggie” Brooks (Jan 1849 Memphis – August 2, 1895 Memphis) on 12 Sep 1867 in Shelby County, TN. Margaret was the second daughter of James Monroe Brooks and Mary Ann Kingston. According to Leonard’s obituary in “The Appeal,” he “was orphaned at an early age and rose from newsboy to head of what was the largest wholesale grocery company south of the Ohio, L. Lawhorn and Co. (Estab. 1864). He enlisted in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, served 3 years, was captured at Corinth, and was taken to the Union prison at Cairo, IL.  He escaped and returned to Memphis as a stowaway on a Union Troop ship. Unable to break through the Union lines, Leonard was forced to remain in Memphis during the remainder of the war. He was a Memphis Alderman and member of several sportsman’s clubs, Angerona Lodge, F and AM, St. Elmo Commandery, Knights Templar, and Loyal Order of Moose. During Memphis’ Yellow Fever epidemic Leonard was involved in rehabilitation work.”  He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis. Margaret is buried in an marked grave at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis. (See Brooks)

 

Issue of Margaret Brooks and Leonard Lawhorn

Julia Valerie Lawhorn   (26 Jun 1868 Memphis, Shelby, TN – 7 Feb 1962 Memphis, Shelby, TN) married John Gray Blount (6 Aug 1866 Washington, DC – 8 Dec 1940 Memphis, Shelby, TN) on Aug 1892 in Memphis. He was the son of

John Gray Blount and Elizabeth Watkins Perry. Julia and John were buried in Forrest Hill Cemetery, Memphis.  Issue:

Julia Valerie Blount (1893-1994)

Margaret Louise Blount (1895-1989)  School teacher.

John Gray Blount (b. 1897)

Elizabeth Perry Blount (1900-1990)

William Augustus Blount (1909-1981) married (1) Margaret Elivira Simkins (1906 Salem, OR – 1951) in 1939 in Memphis.  He married (2) Lucy Ann Tate (b. 1922 Bartlett, Shelby, TN), daughter of Lemuel Hall Tate and Lida Chester Hammontree, on 27 Feb 1954 in Memphis. Tate County, Mississippi is named after Thomas Simpson Tate, father of Lemuel. Lucy Ann Tate married (1) William Frederick Niedringhaus Randolph of St. Louis, Missouri.

May Pearl Lawhorn  (1870-1953 Raleigh, Shelby, TN) married Henry Wyatt Bayliss (1863 Clarksville, TN – 1930 Memphis) in 1892, son of William G. Bayliss.  Issue: Basyl Bayliss (1892- 1909) and Henry W. Bayliss.

Leonard A. Lawhorn (b. 1873) married Mr. Pigeon from Memphis.

Leon Lawhorn (1875 Memphis – 1934 Memphis) married Minerva Rogers.  Issue: Margaret Louise, Lillian M., Roger, Leon, Clarence, Julian R., and Paul Geriach.

Dr. Cecil Claine Lawhorn (1878-1971 Milwaukee, WI) married Julia Elle (b. 1876) in 1898.

Brookes Lawhorn  (b. 1879)

John F. Lawhorn  (b. 1881) married Agnes Towers in 1900.

Julian Lawhorn married Rachel.

Submitted by Brenda B. Watson

DICKSON Sr., Charles Russell (Biography)

 

Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. was the son of Nannie Florence Russell Dickson and John DeWitt Dickson, Sr. 

Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. was born November 5, 1901 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN. 

Charles Russell Dickson, Sr.’s siblings were: John DeWitt Dickson, Jr., Mary Elizabeth Dickson (Massee) and Robert Fairchild Dickson. 

1910 Census of Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: John DeWitt Dickson, Sr. (48), Nannie Florence Russell Dickson (48), John DeWitt Dickson, Jr. (18), Mary Elizabeth Dickson (15), Robert Fairchild Dickson (12), Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. (8). They lived on Union Avenue. 

1920 Census of Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: John DeWitt Dickson, Sr. (56), Nannie Florence Russell Dickson (56), Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. (18) on Bailey Drive. 

Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. graduated from City High School in Chattanooga, TN ca. 1920. He was a member of Kiwanis and Lions Clubs and a member of the Christian Church. 

1923, March 28, Charles Russell Dickson (Sr.) married Eva R Pirtle in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN. 

1930 Census of Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Burgher Pirtle (49), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (47), Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. (28), Eva R Pirtle Dickson (27), Charles Russell Dickson, Jr. (3), Margaret Nancy Dickson (3/12). They lived at 723 South Germantown Road.

 

Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. died December 25, 1954 in Abingdon, Wise, VA. 

He lived in St. Paul, VA and worked in Dante, VA.

 

From 1927-1938, Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. was a salesman for Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation, Chattanooga, TN. From 1938-1943, he was a salesman for Magnolia Masonry Mix Company, Birmingham, AL. From 1943-1946, he worked for Tennessee Eastman Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN. From 1947-1949, he operated Masonry Waterproofing Company, Bowling Green, KY. In 1950, he went to work for the Clinchfield Coal Corporation and became Purchasing Agent until his death in 1954.

 

The children of Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. and Eva R Pirtle Dickson were: 

  • Charles “Dick” Russell Dickson, Jr. born June 13, 1926 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN and died April 15, 2003 in Nashville, Davidson, TN and was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Warren, KY. 
  • Margaret “Peggie Nan” Nancy Dickson born December 22, 1929 in Chattanooga, TN.

 

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DICKSON, Eva Pirtle (Biography)

1952

 

Eva R Pirtle Dickson was the daughter of Margaret Louise Stevens Banning and Alberto Lyman Banning, Jr. (b. August 1, 1882). Eva R was named for her grandmother, Eva Ralston Banning. 

1902, June 8, Eva R Banning was born in Memphis, Shelby, TN. Margaret Louise Stevens Banning and Alberto Lyman Banning, Jr. divorced. 

1907, July 21, Margaret Louise Stevens married Robert Burgher Pirtle in Jonesboro, Craighead, AR. Eva R Banning was legally adopted by Robert Burgher Pirtle and her name was changed to Pirtle. Eva R Pirtle had no siblings. 

1910 Census, Memphis, Shelby, TN: James Wharton Stevens (51), Emma Ann Williams Stevens (53), Charles George Stevens (42) (JWS’s brother), Arrabelle Stevens (22), Robert Burgher Pirtle (29), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (27), and Eva R Pirtle (7).  They lived on Monroe Avenue.

 1920 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Burgher Pirtle (39), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (37), Eva R Pirtle (17), Emma Ann Williams Stevens (62), James Wharton Stevens (62). They lived at 807 Dodds Avenue. 

Eva R Pirtle graduated Central High School, Chattanooga, TN on May 21, 1920. She was a member of the Christian Church. 

1923, March 28, Eva R Pirtle married Charles Russell Dickson (Sr.) in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN. 

1923, Eva R Pirtle worked for Chattanooga Regional Accounting Department of the American Railway Express Co. 

1930 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Pirtle (49), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (47), Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. (28), Eva R Pirtle Dickson (27), Charles Russell Dickson, Jr. (3), Margaret Nancy Dickson (3/12). They lived at 723 South Germantown Road. 

1966, April 2, Eva R Pirtle Dickson died in Bowling Green, KY and is buried in Fairview Cemetery there.

 

The children of Eva R Pirtle Dickson and Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. were: 

  • Charles “Dick” Russell Dickson, Jr. born June 13, 1926 in Chattanooga, TN and died April 15, 2003 in Nashville, Davidson, TN and is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Warren, KY. 
  • Margaret “Peggy Nan” Nancy Dickson born December 22, 1929 in Chattanooga, TN.

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PIRTLE, Robert Burgher (Biography)

Robert Burgher Pirtle

Robert Burgher Pirtle was the son of William Coleman Pirtle (b. March 20, 1838; d. September 25, 1905) and Mary Ellen “Kate” Robinson Pirtle (b. December 21, 1851, d. February 27, 1932), both buried Rainey Cemetery, Toone, Hardiman, TN. He was the grandson of Robert Pirtle (b. July 17, 1805; d. May 5, 1858), Elizabeth Bennett Pirtle (b. September 12, 1816; d. October 30, 1864). Both buried in Pirtle Cemetery, Toone, TN.

Robert Burgher Pirtle and Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle

 

1880, December 9, Robert Burgher Pirtle was born in Toone, Hardiman, TN and his siblings were:

  • William Thomas Pirtle, b. May 10, 1870; d. September 7, 1932, b. Forest Hill Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN. (District Accountant for Railway Express Agency), wife, Ruth.
  • Marie Celeste “Maud” Pirtle (Mrs. Charles Leigh Taylor), b. April 1872
  • Alfred Austin Pirtle, b. July 15, 1875; d. November 25, 1923; b. Rainey Cemetery, Toone, TN.
  • Mary Allene Pirtle (Mrs. Woodrow Sammons Marsh), b. December 27, 1878, d. August 19, 1978; b. Rainey Cemetery, Toone, TN. 

 

Daughter, Frances, married Dr. Wilburn C. Orr (owned Bolivar Drug Store), their children

  • Nancy & Charles “Bunny”. 
  • Nannie Kate Pirtle (Mrs. Joseph Martin), b. March 1884; d. 1966, b. Rainey Cemetery, Toone, TN, son, Joe Martin, wife Elia Poindexter and their son, Billy.
  • Arthur Coleman Pirtle, b. November 22, 1886; d. July 13, 1905; b. Rainey Cemetery, Toone, TN.
  • Edna Lucille Pirtle (Mrs. George B. “Jack” Doyle), b. July 28, 1891; d. March 1, 1920; b. Rainey Cemetery, Toone, TN.

 

1880 Census, Toone, Hardiman, TN: William Coleman Pirtle (41), Mary Ellen “Kate” Robinson Pirtle (29), William Thomas Pirtle (10), Marie Celeste “Maud” Pirtle (8), Alfred Austin Pirtle (5), and Mary Allene Pirtle (2). Robert Burgher Pirtle was born in December of 1880 after the census was taken.

 

1890, no census available.

 

1902, January 4, through January 3, 1905, Robert Burgher Pirtle was enlisted in the Spanish American War, a Sargeant with 9th CAC, U.S. Army.

 

1907, July 21, Robert Burgher Pirtle married Margaret Louise Stevens Banning in Jonesboro, Craighead, AR. Robert Burgher Pirtle legally adopted Eva R Banning and her name was changed to Pirtle.

 

1910 Census, Memphis, Shelby, TN: James Wharton Stevens (51), Emma Ann Williams Stevens (53), Charles George Stevens (42) (JWS’s brother), Arrabelle Stevens (22), Robert Burgher Pirtle (29), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (27), Eva R Pirtle (7). They lived on Monroe Avenue.

 

1920 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Burgher Pirtle (39), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (37), Eva R Pirtle (17), Emma Ann Williams Stevens (62), James Wharton Stevens (62). They lived at 807 Dodds Avenue.

 

1923, Robert Burgher Pirtle worked Arkansas Routes for American Railway Express Co.

 

1930 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Burgher Pirtle (49), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (47), Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. (28), Eva R Pirtle Dickson (27), Charles Russell Dickson, Jr. (3), Margaret Nancy Dickson (3/12). They lived at 723 South Germantown Road.

 

1946 Robert Burgher Pirtle retired and in 1949 they moved to 3156 Lamphier Avenue, Memphis, TN.

 

1961, September 25, Robert Burgher Pirtle died in Memphis, TN and is buried in Memphis National Cemetery #C4175, side by side with his wife, Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle.

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STEVENS, Amanda Melvina Ashley (Biography)

Amanda Melvina Ashley was the daughter of G. B. (Greenberry) Ashley and Maria Louise Curtis/Custis Ashley. Maria and Greenberry were both born ca. 1808. Maria is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery. Greenberry was in Civil War, 1st/27th Consolidated Infantry Regiment representing Nashville, TN and believe died in the war 1861-1863. 

1826, September 23, Amanda Melvina Ashley was born, Nashville, Davidson, TN. 

1850 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, Dwelling 479, Family 479: 

  • Maria Louise Custis/Curtis Ashley (41), f., b. TN (b. 1808, d. March 5, 1871) 
  • Amanda Melvina Ashley (23), f., b. TN (b. September 23, 1826, m. James 
  • Charles Stevens, Jr.-January 4, 1857, d. March 28, 1901) 
  • Mary Elizabeth Ashley (21), f., b. TN (b. August 12, 1829) 
  • William Custis Ashley (17), m., coppersmith, b. TN (b. February 7, 1834, d. March 8, 1904 
  • Richard Mar Ashley (15), m., b. TN (b. April 27, 1836) 
  • Martha Elizabeth Ashley (13), f., b. TN (b. January 28, 1838) 
  • Margaret Louise Ashley (11), f., b. TN (b. February 10, 1841)

 

Amanda Melvina Ashley married James Charles Stevens, Jr. on January 4, 1857 in Nashville, Davidson, TN. Both the marriage bond and the marriage license were dated December 29th, 1856. James Charles Stevens, Jr. was born ca. 1825 in London, England. 

The children of Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens and James Charles Stevens, Jr. were: 

  • James Wharton Stevens, b. June 25, 1858, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died January 16, 1930, age 71, Memphis, Shelby, TN.
  •  William George Stevens, b. April 12, 1860, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died July 3, 1932, Memphis, Shelby, TN. 
  • Charles “Charlie” Richard Stevens, b. April 2, 1862, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died July 20, 1863, Nashville, buried Nashville City Cemetery in plot with Maria Louise Custis/Curtis Ashley (his grandmother). 
  • Emma Stevens, b. July 10, 1864 (6 years 1870 census, b. TN, not listed 1880). 
  • Charles George Stevens, b. June 15, 1868/1869, TN.

 

 1860 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, pg. 476, dwelling 103, family 125:

  •  Maria Louise Ashley (52), f., b. TN, seamstress, (can not read of write), property value, $100 
  • Richard Mar Ashley (24), m., b. TN, farmer 
  • Martha Elizabeth Ashley (22), f., b. TN 
  • Margaret Louise Ashley (19), f., b. TN

 

1860 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, 8th Ward of Nashville, D-5-171 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., (34), machinist, b. England 
  • Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (33), b. TN 
  • James Wharton Stevens (2), b. TN 
  • William George Stevens (2/12), b. April 1860, TN

 

1870 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, pg. 503, dwelling 512, family 645: 

  • Maria Louise Ashley (62), w .f., b. TN, keeping house
  •  Richard Mar Ashley (34), w. m., b. TN, tinner 

 

1870 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, 8th Ward of Nashville, D-443 (584/706) 

  • James Charles Stevens (Stephens), Jr., (43), railroad machinist, b. England 
  • Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (Stephens) (40), b. TN 
  • James Wharton Stevens (Stephens) (12), b. TN, attending school 
  • William “Willie” George Stevens (Stephens) (10), b. TN, attending school 
  • Charles Stevens (Stephens) (7), b. TN, attending school 
  • Emma Stevens (Stephens) (6), b. TN 
  • Charles George Stevens (Stephens) (2), b. TN 

 

1880 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, 10th District, E.D. 70, page 12 (133) 

  • James (Jos.) Charles Stevens, Jr., (55), machinist, b. England, parents b. England
  • Amanda (A.M., Mrs.) Melvina Ashley Stevens (53), wife, b. TN, parents b. TN
  •  William George Stevens (20), son, apprentice, b. TN 
  • Charles George Stevens (11), son, b. TN 
  • James Wharton Stevens, (22), son, machinist, b. TN 
  • Emma Ann Williams Stevens (24), wife of James Wharton Stevens, b. TN 
  • Emma Gertrude Stevens (5/12), their baby b. July 1879 in TN

 

 1880 & 1885 Nashville City Directory 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., foreman at Penitentiary, lived Bilbo Ave. and Waller. William George Stevens lived at the same address.

 

1888 Nashville City Directory 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., machinist, lived at Spruce and Bass. 
  • Charles William Stevens, machinist, at same address. 

 

1890 Memphis City Directory 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., engineer, lived at 141 Looney Street. 
  • Charles George Stevens, laborer, at same address.

  

1891 Memphis City Directory 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., engineer, at 141 Looney St. 

 

1892 James Charles Stevens, Jr. and Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens divorced. 

 

1900 Memphis, Shelby, TN census, 5th Civil District, E.D. 90, p. 1 (129/34/41) 

  • Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (Stephens) (73), b. Sept. 1826 in TN, widowed 
  • (“Grass Widow”, divorced, husband not dead, still above ground), mother of seven children, three living. Amanda was b. TN, her father b. NC, her mother b. TN. 
  • Charles George Stevens, son, (30), b. June 1869, single, engineer in sawmill. They lived at 129 Looney Street. 

 

Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens died March 28, 1901, age 79, in Memphis, Shelby, TN and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, section A Adult, Lot F 90, burial #365 on March 29, 1901. Female, white, cause of death, Senility La Grippe, place of death, 129 Looney Street, physician, J. F. Cochran, undertaker, Holst Bros., Shelby County Pre-1902 Death records, File # P.151. 

 

Obit for Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens, Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 30, 1901, page 5. —-  Stevens-At residence, No. 129 Looney Street, Chelsea, Thursday evening, March 28, 1901, Amanda A. Stevens, aged 79 years, mother of James W., W.G., and C.G. Stevens. (Nashvile and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala. Papers please copy). Remains were interred in Forest Hill Cemetery Yesterday (Friday) afternoon. 

 

James Charles Stevens, Jr. died November 2, 1915 at 7:30 p.m., age 91, in Memphis,Shelby, TN, and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, section B Adult, Lot 883 single, burial # 3917, November 4, 1915. Male, white, married, cause of death senility, general debility, place of death, 337 W. Johnson Place, physician, S.W. Thorn, undertaker, Jno. J. Collins. State of TN Board of Health file #2756, registered # 2757, showed length of residence at address as 4 yrs., in the state 20 yrs., father was James Stevens, b. England, mother, unknown, birthplace unknown. It showed his age 74 (91). Death certificate informant was Mrs. J. C. Stevens.

 

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STEVENS, Emma Ann Williams (Biography)

 

Emma Ann Williams Stevens was born December 16, 1858 at Shalles Township, Allegheny County, PA. 

Emma Ann Williams was the daughter of Sgt. David Richard Williams and Arabella Foreman Williams. David Richard Williams died November 6, 1880, Memphis, Shelby, TN and is buried in Memphis National Cemetery. Arabelle Foreman Williams died March 21, 1897 in Shelby County and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, Shelby, TN. 

Emma Ann Williams married James Wharton Stevens on February 22, 1879, Shelby County. 

The children of Emma Ann Williams Stevens and James Wharton Stevens are: 

  •  Emma Gertrude Stevens (Mrs. William S. Randolph, Sr.) 
  • Jimetta Stevens (Mrs. Eugene Johnson Bettis) 
  • Margaret Louise Stevens (Mrs. Robert Burgher Pirtle) 
  • Arrabelle Stevens (Mrs. Tommy G. Tucker) 

1880 census, Davidson County, TN: James Charles Stevens, Jr. (55), Amanda (53), William G. (20), and family of James Wharton Stevens (22), Emma Ann (24), and baby Emma Gertrude (5/12)

 1890 No census 

1900 Can not find 

1910 census, Memphis, Shelby, TN, ED 240, page 211, James Wharton Stevens (51), Emma Ann (53), daughter Arrabelle (22), brother, Charles George (42), and family Robert Burgher Pirtle (29), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (27), and daughter, Eva R Pirtle (7). 

1920 census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: James Wharton Stevens (62), Emma Ann (62), with Robert Burgher Pirtle (39) and wife, Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle,  (37) and daughter, Eva R Pirtle (17). 

James Wharton Stevens died January 16, 1930 in Memphis, Shelby, TN and buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN.  

Emma Ann Williams Stevens died December 1, 1921 in Chattanooga, TN while staying with her daughter, Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle because of illness. She was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, Shelby, TN.

 

The girls left to right, pic made about 1890: with married last names.

  • Jimetta Stevens (Bettis)
  • Margaret Louise Stevens (Pirtle)
  • Arrabelle Stevens (Tucker)
  • Emma Gertrude Stevens (Randolph)
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WILLIAMS, Sgt. David Richard (Biography)

 

David Richard Williams was the son of David Williams and Mary Richards Williams.

 

The family was from Antiglobe, Gramoganshire, Wales in 1822. David Richard Williams was 6 weeks old when he arrived in Pittsburgh, PA. He may have been born aboard ship enroute. He had dark hair, dark complexion, grey eyes, and he was 5’6” in height.  Mary Richard Williams died aboard ship enroute to America and was buried at sea.  The siblings of David Richard Williams were: Mary, John, and Margaret. David Richard Williams married Arabella Foreman on January 1, 1847 in Pittsburgh, PA. 

 

David Richard Williams enlisted in the Union Army on December 11, 1861 in St. Louis, MO in the Civil War. He fought the Indians at Fort Defiance in Company A, Merrill’s Horse Calvary. Muster records cover December 11, 1861 through October 1864. Then Sergeant David Richard Williams was transferred to Company I, 4th Regiment, Veteran’s Reserve Corp and discharged. September was to be his mustered-out date. 

 

The children of David Richard Williams and Arabella Foreman Williams were:  

  • Caroline “Carrie” L. Williams (who died in youth)
  • Emma Ann Williams (born Shaler Township, Allegheny County, PA)
  • Arabella Williams (born PA), Birdie MaeWilliams (born Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Perry Hazard Williams (born St. Louis, MO), Margaret Richard Williams (born St. Louis, MO)
  • David Richard Williams, Jr. (born St. Louis, MO).
  • They had two children who died in infancy. 

 

David Richard Williams signed away his property in Allegheny County, PA, in payment for a bond he had signed for a friend who defaulted as County Tax Assessor. The property was never recovered by the heirs.

1850 census, Shaler, Allegheny, PA (143/151): David Richard Williams (26) Boiler, b. Wales; Arrabella Foreman Williams (24) b. NY; Caroline L. Williams (3) b. PA; Emma Ann Williams (9/12) b. PA.

 

1858, July 27, St. Louis, MO, David Richard Williams, naturalization as a citizen of United States at the Law County Court.

 

1860 census, St. Louis, MO (798/2005): David Richard Williams (34) a puddler who forged steel, b. England (Wales); Arabella Foreman Williams (27, b. PA); Caroline L. Williams (12, b. Ohio); Emma Ann Williams (10, b. PA); Arabella Williams (3, b. PA). 

 

1880 census, Memphis, Shelby County, TN, District 15, E.D. 130, town of Chelsea:  

  • David Richard Williams (53, b. 1827 in Wales) a puddler, parents b. Wales
  • Arabella Foreman Williams (52, born NY) parents b. PA
  • Arabella Williams (19, born PA) mother b. NY, father b. Wales
  • Perry Hazard Williams (17, born MO) mother b. NY, father b. Wales
  • David Richard Williams, Jr. (14, born MO) mother b. NY, father b. Wales
  • Margaret “Maggie” Richard Williams (11, born MO) mother b. NY, father b. Wales. 

 

Sergeant David Richard Williams died November 6, 1880 in Memphis, Shelby, TN and is buried in Memphis National Cemetery, grave 13977.  

Arabella Foreman Williams died March 21, 1897, age 75, in Memphis and she is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, Shelby, TN.

 

 

Letter from D. R. Williams: Fort Defiance, March 17. 1861

My Dear Daughters

I now address a few lines according to promises when I left home as you are aware it was on the 24th of November last that I left St. Louis in the Gray’s Company A, First Regiment on the Southwest Expedition marched to Camp Boon at this place (which is 5 miles from the Kansas border and 300 miles from St. Louis) the Brigade received orders to return home and four companys were raised, one of Artillery and three of Calvary to protect the Border.  I joined the Artillery Capt. Jackson and served in this company until the 14th of Jan when on being Elected 2nd Lieutenant of the 3rd Company of Cavalry I was transferd to said Company and ordered to take post on the line dividing this State and the Now State of Kansass  the Company is Comanded by Capt. Stapels and we have erected a baracade and named it Fort Defiance.  We are now nearly through with the work which was much retarded by bad wether and the fatigue of Scouting along the Line every night-some times riding Thirty and forty miles between dark and daylight and then go to work on the fortifications so you see that the life of a Soldier is not all play and you can also imagin how very much time I have had to write to Mother and you after two months of such work.

            I hope that you both and Birdey have been good girls and Perry has been a good Boy since I Left Home that you have been to school and improved as fast as the circumstances under which you were placed this winter would permit.

            The Indians have not comenced to come to this post to trade yet and as we are prohibited to go to Kansass to trade with them I have been unable to buy Mocisens for you yet but I am informed by the residents heare that there will be plenty of them coming to sell their firs between this and the first of April next so I wish you to write as soon as you receive this and let me know how many inches long your feet is also your Mothers and Birdeys and I will try and get them to fit as I am afraid that I cannot do so without the measure.

            Tell your Mother that I wrote to her and Mr. Robinson on the 15th inst and I wish them to answer immediately.

To Miss Caroline P and Miss Emma A from their father.           D R. Williams

 

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STEVENS, James Wharton (Biography)

Son of: James Charles Stevens (Jr.) and Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens. 

 

Brother of: William George Stevens, Charles “Charlie” Richard Stevens, Emma Stevens, and Charles George Stevens.

1858, June 25, James Wharton Stevens was born in Nashville, Davidson County, TN. 

 

 

 

1860 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, 8th Ward of Nashville, D-5-171 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr. (34), machinist, b. England
  •   Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (33), wife, b. TN
  •  James Wharton Stevens (2), b. TN
  •  William George Stevens (2/12), b. TN, April 1860 

 

1870 Census, Davidson County, TN, 8th Ward, D-443, (584/706) 

  • James Charles Stevens (Stephens), Jr. (43), railroad machinist, b. England 
  • Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (Stephens) (40), wife, b. TN 
  • James Wharton Stevens (Stephens) (12), b. TN, attending school 
  • William “Willie” George Stevens (Stephens) (10), b. TN, attending school 
  • Charles Stevens (Stephens) (7), b. TN, attending school 
  • Emma Stevens (Stephens) (6), b. TN 
  • Charles George Stevens (Stephens) (2), b. TN 

 

Certificate: 1876, January 28, United States Inspectors Certificate to Engineers, No. 117. 

This is to certify that James W. Stevens has been duly examined by the undersigned Local Inspectors of Steamboats for the District of Nashville, Tenn. as to his qualifications as an Engineer of Steam Vessels and found to be a competent and reliable person to be entrusted with the powers and duties of Engineer of “Special Class” on the Towing St. H. L. Hall and boats of her ? and he is therefore hereby Licensed to act as such for the term of one year from this date. Given under our hand this Twenty eight (28) day of January 1876. Signed by Inspector of Boilers and Inspector of Hulls. (can not read names)  

Cards: “Memphis Temperance Pledge, January 1, 1877, with charity for all and malice toward none, I, the undersigned, DO PLEDGE, GOD HELPING ME, that I will forever abstain from the use of all Intoxicating Liquors as a beverage; and that I will, by all proper means, encourage others to abstain. Signed, James W. Stevens”. (also, have same card signed by Miss Emma A. Williams.

 

1879, February 23, James Wharton Stevens married Emma Ann Williams in Memphis, Shelby, TN by Thos. C. Holmes, Minister, M.E.Church, South. Marriage Bond was dated February 22, 1879, signed by James W. Stevens and Adolph R. Frey. Emma Ann Williams born Shaler Township, Allegheny County, PA, December 16, 1858 and died December 1, 1921, Chattanooga, TN. James Wharton Stevens was educated at Vanderbilt College, Nashville, TN. 

The children of James Wharton Stevens and Emma Ann Williams Stevens were: 

  •  Emma Gertrude Stevens (Mrs. William S. Randolph, Sr.), b. January 7, 1880, Nashville, Davidson, TN, died September 17, 1957, Memphis, TN, buried Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN. 
  • Margaret Louise Stevens (Mrs. Robert Burgher Pirtle), b. August 15, 1882, Nashville, TN, died March 23, 1963, Memphis, TN, buried Memphis National Cemetery, side by side w/Robert Burgher Pirtle. 
  • Jimetta Stevens (Mrs. Eugene Johnson Bettis), b. July 7, 1884, Nashville, TN, died October 31, 1965, Memphis, TN, buried Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN. 
  • Arrabelle Stevens (Mrs. Tommy G. Tucker), b. November 20, 1887, Memphis, TN, died December 13, 1973, Memphis, TN, buried Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN 

 

1880 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, 10th District, E.D. 70, page 12 (133) 

  • James (Jos.) Charles Stevens, Jr. (55), machinist, b. England, parents b. England 
  • Amanda (A.M. Mrs.) Melvina Ashley Stevens (53), wife, b. TN, parents b. TN 
  • William George Stevens (20), son, apprentice, b. TN 
  • Charles George Stevens (11), son, b. TN 
  • James Wharton Stevens (22), son, machinist, b. TN 
  • Emma Ann Williams Stevens (24), wife of James Wharton Stevens, b. PA 
  • Emma Gertrude Stevens (5/12), their baby b. July 1879 in TN

 

1880, January 7, Nashville, TN, the child of James Wharton Stevens and Emma Ann Williams Stevens, Emma Gertrude Stevens was born.

 

1882, August 15, Nashville, TN, the child of James Wharton Stevens and Emma Ann Williams Stevens, Margaret Louise Stevens was born.

 

1884, July 7, Nashville, TN, the child of James Wharton Stevens and Emma Ann Williams Stevens, Jimetta Stevens was born. 

 

1887, November 20, Memphis, TN, the child of James Wharton Stevens and Emma Ann Williams Stevens, Arrabelle Stevens was born.

  

1910 Census, Memphis, Shelby, TN, E.D. 240, page 211: 

  • James Wharton Stevens (51), traveling salesman, mill supplies, b. TN, father b. England, mother, b. TN 
  • Emma Ann Williams Stevens (53), wife, b. PA, father b. Wales, mother b. NY 
  • Arrabelle Stevens (22), daughter, single, b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. PA 
  • Charles George Stevens (42), brother of JWS, single, engineer fiber plant 
  • Robert Burgher Pirtle (29), son-in-law, salesman grocery store, b. TN, parents TN 
  • Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (27), daughter, b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. PA 
  • Eva R Pirtle (7), stepdaughter, parents b. TN

 

1920 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN, E.D. 194, sheet # 21A, part of Ward 11 

  • Robert Burgher Pirtle (39), clerk, Southern Express, b. TN, parents b. TN 
  • Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (37), wife, b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. PA 
  • Eva R Pirtle (17), b. TN, parents b. TN 
  • Emma Ann Williams Stevens (62), mother-in-law, b. PA, father b. Wales, mother b. PA 
  • James Wharton Stevens (62), father-in-law, traveling salesman, mill supplies, b. TN, father b. England, mother b. TN

 

1921, December 1, Emma Ann Williams Stevens died in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, Shelby, TN. 

1930, January 16, James Wharton Stevens died in Memphis, Shelby, TN at age 71 and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN, Section 10, S ½, Lot 20, burial no. 8827, lot book 1, page 8, date of burial January 17, 1930. 

State of Tennessee, Certificate of Death, file # 3597, registered no. 154, filed January 17, 1930, J. W. Stevens, age 71, male, white, married (to Lula Stevens, 285 N. McLean), occupation-engineer, b. TN, father, James C. Stevens, b. England, mother, Amanda Ashley, b. England (s/b Nashville, TN). 

 

Obit for James Wharton Stevens: Stevens-At St. Joseph’s Hospital, Thursday afternoon, January 16, 1930 at 1:40 o’clock, James W. Stevens, husband of Lula Stevens, father of Mrs. W. M. (S.) Randolph, Mrs. E. J. Bettis, and Mrs. T. G. Tucker of this city and Mrs. R. B. Pirtle of Chattanooga, Tenn, brother of W. G. Stevens, aged 71 years. Funeral will take place from residence of daughter, Mrs. T. G. Tucker at 285 North McLean Boulevard, this (Friday) afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, services conducted by Rev. Geo. H. Martin. Interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Collins Funeral Home. 

 

1930, February, The International Engineer, Volume LVII, No. 2, page 158. 

Article from Local Union No. 92, Memphis, Tenn. “Bro. J. B. Barry announced the death of J. W. Stevens, brother-in-law to the Local’s business manager. Jim Stevens was conceded to be the best oil-mill Superintendent in the oil-mill district. He was educated at Vanderbilt College, Nashville, Tennessee. For twenty years he had traveled for the well-known mill-supply firm of Reed and Duecker of Memphis.”

STEVENS Jr., James Charles (Biography)

James Charles Stevens, Jr. was born son of James Charles Stevens, Sr. and Martha Stevens, born in London, England ca. 1825.

James Charles Stevens, Sr.

James Charles Stevens, Jr. immigrated to America in 1858.

James Charles Stevens, Jr.

 

James Charles Stevens, Jr. married Amanda Melvina Ashley on January 4, 1857 in Nashville, Davidson County, TN. Both the marriage bond and the marriage license are dated December 29th, 1856. Amanda was born September 23, 1826 in Nashville, Davidson County, TN.

  

The children of James Charles Stevens, Jr. and Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens were: 

  • James Wharton Stevens, b. June 25, 1858, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died January 16, 1930, age 71, Memphis, Shelby, TN. 
  • William George Stevens, b. April 12, 1860, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died July 3, 1932, Memphis, Shelby, TN. 
  • Charles “Charlie” Richard Stevens, b. April 2, 1862, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died July 20, 1863, Nashville, buried Nashville City Cemetery in plot with Maria Louise Custis/Curtis Ashley (his grandmother). 
  • Emma Stevens, b. July 10, 1864 (6 years on 1870 census, b. TN, not listed 1880) 
  • Charles George Stevens, b. June 15, 1868/1869, TN.

 

1860 Census, Nashville, Davidson County, TN, 8th Ward of Nashville, D-5-171 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr. (34), machinist, b. England 
  • Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (33), b. TN 
  • James Wharton Stevens (2), b. TN 
  • William George Stevens (2/12), b. TN, April 1860  

 

1870 Census, Nashville, Davidson County, TN, 8th Ward, D-443, (584/706) 

  • James Charles Stevens (Stephens), Jr. (43), railroad machinist, b. England 
  • Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (Stephens) (40) b. TN 
  • James Wharton Stevens (Stephens) (12), b. TN, attending school 
  • William “Willie” George Stevens (Stephens) (10), b. TN, attending school 
  • Charles Stevens (Stephens) (7), b. TN, attending school 
  • Emma Stevens (Stephens) (6), b. TN 
  • Charles George Stevens (Stephens) (2), b. TN 

 

1880 Census, Nashville, Davidson County, TN, 10th District, E.D. 70, p.12 (133) 

  • James (Jos.) Charles Stevens, Jr., (55), machinist, b. England, parents b. England 
  • Amanda (A.M., Mrs.) Melvina Ashley Stevens (53), wife, b. TN, parents b. TN 
  • William George Stevens (20), son, apprentice, b. TN 
  • Charles George Stevens (11), son, born TN 
  • James Wharton Stevens (22), son, machinist, b. TN 
  • Emma Ann Williams Stevens (24), wife of James Wharton Stevens, b. TN 
  • Emma Gertrude Stevens (5/12), their baby born July 1879 in TN.

 

1880 &1885 Nashville City Directory 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., foreman at Penitentiary, lived Bilbo Ave. & Waller. 
  • William George Stevens lived at the same address.

 

1888 Nashville City Directory 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., machinist, lived Spruce and Bass. 
  • Charles William Stevens, machinist, at same address. 

 

1890 Memphis City Directory 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., engineer, lived at 141 Looney Street.
  •  Charles George Stevens, laborer, at same address. 

 

1891 Memphis City Directory 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr. engineer, lived at 141 Looney Street.  

 

1892 James Charles Stevens, Jr. and Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens divorced.

  • Can not find divorce records.  

1892 James Charles Stevens, Jr. married Esther “Essie” Groves Wirt Stevens on November 5, 1892 in Keithsburg, Mercer County, IL (Aledo, county seat), marriage #4527, book 1, page 4. They were married by J. E. Wasmuth, minister of the M.E. Church in Keithsburg. It was the second marriage for both. 

Essie was born in England 1831 and her parents were George Groves and Margaret Sires Groves, b. England. Essie’s first husband was Martin Wirt who died August 5, 1879. Essie died August 8, 1917 and was buried with Martin Wirt and their children in Greenmound Cemetery and went back to the name Wirt after the death of James Charles Stevens, Jr. 

 

1900 Census, Shelby County, TN, 14th District, E.D. 99 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr., engineer at the U.S. Marine Hospital, b. April 1839, married, b. England, parents b. England. 

 

1900 Census, Memphis, Shelby, TN, 12th Ward, E.D. 99, p. 24 (171/433/462) 

  • James Charles Stevens, Jr. (shows 61, should be 76), b. 1839, married 10 years, b. England, parents b. England, machinist & engineer, 1857 was year of immigration to U.S., 43 years in U.S., naturalized citizen. 
  • Esther Groves Wirt Stevens (“Essie/Adalade”) (41), b. Feb. 1859, married 10 years, mother of two children, two living, b. MS, parents b. MS. 
  • Guy G. Stevens (9), son, b. Sept. 1890 in TX 
  • Mary Stevens (6), daughter, b. July 1894 in TN 

Boarders living with them: 

  • Robert Ward (30), b. GA (worked in cotton mill) 
  • Lee Acker (21), b. TN (worked in cotton mill) 
  • Fred B. Smith (32), b. Delaware (cotton spinner) 

Residence: Delaware Avenue.

 

 

1900 Census, Memphis, Shelby, TN, 5th Civil District, E.D. 90, p. 1 (129/34/41) 

  • Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (Stephens) (73), b. Sept. 1826 in TN, her father b. NC, and her mother b. TN., widowed (“Grass widow”, divorced, husband not dead, still above ground), mother of 7children, 3 living. 
  • Charles George Stevens (Stephens) (30), b. 1869, single, engineer in sawmill. They lived at 129 Looney Street. 

 

1914 & 1915 Memphis City Directory 

  • James (Jos.) Charles Stevens, Jr. lived at 337 W. Johnson Place. 

 

1915, November 2, James Charles Stevens, Jr. died in Memphis, Shelby, TN and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown. 

 

Obit for James Charles Stevens, Jr., Memphis Commercial Appeal, November 3, 1915, page 7.

 

Stevens-at residence No. 337 West Johnson Place, Tuesday evening, November 2, 1915, at 7:30 o’clock, James C., husband of Adda (Essie) Stevens, father of J.W., W.G., C.G., and Guy G. Stevens and Mrs. Ben Floyd, brother of C.W. Stevens of Nashville, TN and Mrs. M.C. Lynn of Manhattan, Kansas, age 74 (91) years. Funeral will take place from the parlors of John J. Collins. Due notice of the time will be given.

  

1916 Memphis City Directory 

  • Essie, widow of James Charles Stevens, Jr. lived at 337 W. Johnson Place. 

 

1917 Memphis City Directory 

  • Property at 337 W. Johnson Place was owned by G. F. Morrell.

  

James Charles Stevens, Jr. died November 2, 1915 at 7:30 p.m., at age 91 in Memphis, Shelby, TN, and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, section B Adult, Lot 883 single, burial # 3917, November 4, 1915. Male, white, married, cause of death senility, general debility, place of death, 337 W. Johnson Place, physician, S. W. Thorn, undertaker, Jno. J. Collins. State of TN Board of Health file #2756, Registered # 2757, showed length of residence at address as 4 yrs., in the state 20 yrs., father was James Stevens, b. England, mother was unknown, birthplace unknown. It showed his age at 74 (91). Death certificate informant was Mrs. J. C. Stevens.  

Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens died March 28, 1901, age 79, in Memphis, Shelby, TN, and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, section A Adult, Lot F 90, burial #365 on March 29, 1901. Female, white, cause of death, Senility La Grippe, place of death, 129 Looney Street, physician, J. F. Cochran, undertaker, Holst Bros., Shelby County Pre-1902 Death Records, File # P.151.

Mrs. James Charles Stevens, Sr. (Martha),she was the mother of James Charles Stevens, Jr.

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