Thomas Hunter and Artelia Gant

Contributed by Erick Montgomery
©1999

Thomas Meguiar Hunter (son of Lewis Hunter and Phebe West (for more information see Lewis Hunter), was born 17 February 1818 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 22 September 1902 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (1) Artelia Gant 22 August 1838 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, daughter of Levi Gant and Margaret Minnis. She was born 19 June 1820 in Orange Co, North Carolina, and died 18 March 1872 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (2) Ann Claiborne Bef. 1880 in Macon Co, Tennessee. She was born 09 March 1828 in Macon Co, Tennessee, and died 05 November 1881.

Children of Thomas Hunter and Artelia Gant are:

  1. Sarah Jane Hunter, born 22 June 1839 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 22 October 1900 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Francis M. Hunter, born 03 August 1840 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 31 July 1874 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. David Lewis Hunter, born Abt. 1842 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 1862 in Mississippi.
  4. Chesteen Robert Hunter, born 01 December 1845 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 30 October 1911 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. Mary Ann ("Mollie") Hunter, born 07 November 1847 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 07 May 1930 in Theta, Williamson Co, Tennessee.
  6. Margaret E. Hunter, born 11 June 1851 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 14 September 1894 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  7. Thomas Miller Hunter, born 18 September 1853 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 02 September 1949 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Sarah Jane6 Hunter (daughter of Thomas Meguiar5 Hunter and Artelia Gant, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 22 June 1839 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 22 October 1900 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Thomas Jefferson Moncrief 21 November 1854 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Sanders Moncrief and Susannah Phillips. He was born 10 November 1831 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 15 August 1914 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. For more information see Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Hunter.

Chesteen Robert6 Hunter (son of Thomas Meguiar Hunter5 and Artelia Gant, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 01 December 1845 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 30 October 1911 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (1) Mary R. Mattox 28 November 1872 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (2) Mary ("Fannie") Frances Hawkins 01 December 1874 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, daughter of James Hawkins and Martha Bundy. She was born 25 June 1855 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 28 December 1928 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Chesteen Hunter and Mary Hawkins are:

  1. Lenorah Belle7 Hunter, born 20 November 1875 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 04 August 1889 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Robert Lewis Hunter, born 07 August 1877 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 21 March 1962 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Myrtle May Thornton 15 January 1905 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She was born 18 September 1883 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 25 October 1938 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Levi W. Hunter, born 31 July 1879 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 28 January 1884 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Martha Artelia Hunter, born 26 September 1881 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 1960 in Carter's Creek, Maury Co, Tennessee.
  5. Josiah ("Cap") Miller Hunter, born 28 October 1883 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 25 April 1954 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  6. Ida Pearl Hunter, born 29 December 1885 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 March 1925 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  7. William ("Willie") Nathaniel Hunter, born 01 March 1888 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 02 August 1960 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married ("Susie") Eva Susan Simpson 19 November 1911 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, daughter of Robert Simpson and Rosella Sherron. She was born 17 November 1890 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 19 January 1962 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  8. Margaret B. Hunter, born 23 July 1890 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 30 September 1890 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Robert Lewis7 Hunter (son of Chesteen Robert6 Hunter and Mary Hawkins, Thomas Meguiar5, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 07 August 1877 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 21 March 1962 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Robert Hunter and Myrtle Thornton are:

  1. infant daughter8 Hunter, born 30 October 1905 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 30 October 1905 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. John Chesteen ("J.C.") Hunter, born 27 October 1906 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (1) Louise Jenkins He married (2) Ada Williams
  3. Virgil Robert Hunter, born 27 August 1909 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Roberta ("Billy") Brooks
  4. LaUna Pearl Hunter, born 03 September 1912 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married John Christian Koehn 25 November 1948 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. infant son Hunter, born 05 September 1919 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 05 September 1919 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  6. infant son Hunter, born 12 December 1921 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 12 December 1921 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Martha Artelia7 Hunter (daughter of Chesteen Robert6 Hunter and Mary Hawkins, Thomas Meguiar5, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 26 September 1881 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 1960 in Carter's Creek, Maury Co, Tennessee. She married Thomas Orville Simpson 16 June 1897 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Thomas Simpson and Frances Graves. He was born 14 July 1874 in Simpson's Gap, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 27 June 1916 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Martha Hunter and Thomas Simpson are:

  1. Pauline Lois8 Simpson, born 15 August 1900 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 10 September 1971 in Columbia, Maury Co, Tennessee. She married Wayne Thomas Hardison 09 February 1928; born 08 May 1895; died 06 December 1971.
  2. Donald Orville Simpson, born 02 December 1912 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Gracie Wilkes Pearson; born 16 November 1914.

Josiah ("Cap") Miller7 Hunter (son of Chesteen Robert6 Hunter and Mary Hawkins, Thomas Meguiar5, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 28 October 1883 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 25 April 1954 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Carrie Myrtle Hunter 05 October 1902 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, daughter of James Hunter and Octava Wallace. She was born 15 June 1885 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 22 December 1945 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Josiah Hunter and Carrie Hunter are:

  1. Claude Hayden8 Hunter, born 12 July 1903 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Nancy Elizabeth Corley
  2. Gladys Hunter, born 08 January 1905 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Clay Pardue 01 November 1925 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Thomas Bryson Hunter, born 28 April 1907 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Ruby Mai Bradley 26 December 1925 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Annie Bell Hunter, born 03 May 1910 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Fred S. Summers.
  5. Chesteen Wesley Hunter, born 18 October 1912 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Flora Elizabeth Key 23 June 1934 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 30 April 1915 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  6. Velma Eunice Hunter, born 05 July 1919 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Lloyd Ford 13 May 1944 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Ida Pearl7 Hunter (daughter of Chesteen Robert6 Hunter and Mary Hawkins, Thomas Meguiar5, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 29 December 1885 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 18 March 1925 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Joseph James Durham 24 January 1904 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of James Durham and Delia. He was born 30 October 1882 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 21 December 1934 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Ida Hunter and Joseph Durham are:

  1. Lenorah Gertrude8 Durham, born 08 July 1907 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married (1) Oren M. Lee; died in Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana. She married (2) Theo Jenkins 20 May 1923 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Opal C. Durham, born 27 June 1910 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 March 1925 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Joseph James Durham Jr., born 31 March 1924 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 March 1925 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Mary Ann6 ("Mollie") Hunter (daughter of son of Thomas Meguiar Hunter5 and Artelia Gant, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 07 November 1847 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 07 May 1930 in Theta, Williamson Co, Tennessee. She married ("Coley") George Coleman Hawkins 23 September 1869 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He was born 25 December 1845 in Macon Co, Tennessee, and died 05 October 1917 in Theta, Williamson Co, Tennessee.

Children of Mary Hunter and George Hawkins are:

  1. David Lewis7 Hawkins, born 19 August 1870 in Coates Town, Macon Co, Tennessee; died 10 April 1947 in Franklin, Williamson Co, Tennessee.
  2. Callie Jane Hawkins, born 01 March 1872 in Coates Town, Macon Co, Tennessee; died 02 November 1954 in Boston, Williamson Co, Tennessee.
  3. John Fleetwood Hawkins, born 06 December 1873 in Coates Town, Macon Co, Tennessee; died 08 May 1939 in Williamson Co, Tennessee.
  4. Charles ("Tom") Thomas Hawkins, born 26 October 1875 in Coates Town, Macon Co, Tennessee; died 28 March 1970 in Williamson Co, Tennessee.
  5. George A. Hawkins, born 06 August 1877 in Coates Town, Macon Co, Tennessee; died November 1951 in Williamson Co, Tennessee. He married Tiny Walters 12 December 1900; born 14 May 1877.
  6. Robert Lee Hawkins, born 03 May 1879 in Coates Town, Macon Co, Tennessee; died 15 May 1966.
  7. Earl Lesley Hawkins, born 09 April 1881 in Davidson Co, Tennessee; died 20 June 1946 in Williamson Co, Tennessee.
  8. Paul Herman Hawkins, born 27 December 1887 in Maury Co, Tennessee; died 08 January 1959 in Columbia, Maury Co, Tennessee.
  9. M.G. ("Frank") Francis Luther Hawkins, born 18 March 1889 in Williamson Co, Tennessee; died 21 July 1950.

Margaret E.6 Hunter (daughter of Thomas Meguiar5 Hunter and Artelia Gant, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 11 June 1851 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 14 September 1894 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married James Cornelius Brizendine 16 November 1871 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of James Brizendine and Lucinda Brown. He was born 16 June 1850 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 27 January 1924 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Margaret Hunter and James Brizendine are:

  1. Emily Jane7 Brizendine, born 02 September 1873 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 12 November 1949 in Rockbridge, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Francis ("Frank") Julius Brizendine, born 04 October 1874 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 06 April 1947 in Rockbridge, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Joseph ("Joe") B. Brizendine, born 1876 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 1953 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Mary C. Brizendine, born 1878 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. James ("Chester") Chesteen Brizendine, born 30 May 1880 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 29 November 1970 in Granger, Yakima Co, Washington.
  6. Julia C. Brizendine, born 28 October 1882 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 28 February 1962 in Portland, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Stephen S.Martin 15 February 1929 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 19 July 1867 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 23 December 1956 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  7. Thomas ("Tom") Wright Brizendine, born 13 March 1884 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 05 February 1959 in Old Hickory, Davidson Co, Tennessee.
  8. Edwin Earl Brizendine, born 14 February 1886 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 April 1963.
  9. Fannie Bell Brizendine, born 18 October 1891 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 14 June 1950 in Fountain Head, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  10. Artelia ("Maggie") Margaret Brizendine, born 06 September 1894 in Buck Lodge, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 24 December 1978 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Thomas Miller6 Hunter (son of Thomas Meguiar5 Hunter and Artelia Gant, Phebe4 West, Andrew3, Levi2, George1) was born 18 September 1853 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 02 September 1949 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Mary Lou Ellen Wallace 22 November 1874 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, daughter of William Wallace and Octavia Conyer. She was born 23 November 1859 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 30 November 1930 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Thomas Hunter and Mary Wallace are:

  1. Thomas William7 Hunter, born 03 September 1875 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 22 December 1951 in Shackle Island, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Alonzo ("Lon") Coleman Hunter, born 29 September 1878 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 29 January 1972 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Lillie May Hunter, born 30 January 1883 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 10 February 1903 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Caldonia ("Callie") Jane Hunter, born 07 February 1885 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 19 December 1970 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. Andrew Herschel Hunter, born 26 January 1888 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 05 June 1954 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.


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