Misc. Bell Information

Bells Married in Humphreys County, Tennessee

1890 - 1900

Bell, A. C. Fields, Louisa Sep 9, 1891

Bell, Artelie Townsend, James W. July 3, 1890

Bell, Barbara Crowell, J. S. Oct 9, 1890

Bell, C. S. Haney, N. E. Sep 18, 1890

Bell, D. D. Inman, Lula July 31, 1900

Bell, Della Inman, W. H. Apr 2, 1900

Bell, Eliza J. Sweat, J. H. Dec 11, 1892

Bell, J. B. Teas, Louise B. Feb 27, 1895

Bell, J. D. Leegan, Susie Dec 16, 1900

Bell, J. W. Sims, Lula Mar 25, 1891

Bell, J. W. McWilliams, Viola P. Nov 17, 1897

Bell, Lula Wafford, W. D. Jun 24, 1900

Bell, Minnie Talley, B. D. Mar 25, 1896

Bell, W. A. Lescheur, Lena Dec 25, 1892 ==============================================  
George Washington Bell married Hannah Brown. Their children included: Joseph and Ben born 1846, Franklin, 1852-1928; Luella, 1855-1934; Willie and Elder. He was a farmer.

George Washington Lockhart married Luella Bell on Dec. 2, 1874, in Houston County, TN. Their children included: J. Madison 1875-1949; Ada 1878-1884; Beulah 1884-1972; Hixie Eugenia 1891-1978; Leonard, Hershell and John. He was a farmer and a carpenter.

Hix married a Freeman. George and Luella lived in Houston County their entire lives.

William Henry Bobo married Beulah Lockhart. William was the son of William S, Bobo and Sallie Robinson of Port Gibson, MS. William H. had one sister, Mrs. Ora Mays and a brother Leon, 1873-1878. William was employed with Mitchell H. Dunagan, as yardmaster/switchman with M&O Railroad. In 1938, he retired from L&N Railroad. Beulah and William had two children born in Houston County, Juanita Ora, 1908-1978, and Joseph Leon, 1916-1978. Known as Beautiful Beulah, she was outspoken and outgoing. Beulah had a garden and was well known for her preserves and baked goods. Joseph Leon Bobo married and had one daughter, Bridgett. Joe was well known for his baseball days. Joe served in WWII in the Navy.

Juanita Ora Bobo married Hugh Craney. Juanita attended Erin High School where she was sports reporter for the newspaper. Juanita and Hugh had one daughter, Betty Jo, born 1928. Juanita remarried Clyde Dinwiddie and settled in Detroit, MI. Children born: Rebecca Jane, 1938-1940 and Daniel Eric, born 1943. =========================================================================== Bells in 1850 Humphreys County Census, taken 8 Oct. 1850

Family # 511

Elijah Bell - 56 - M - Farmer - South Carolina

Synthia “ - 50 - F - South Carolina

William “ - 34 - M - Farmer - Alabama

Susannah “ - 29 - F - Alabama

Elijah, Jr. “ - 26 - M - Farmer - Alabama

Mary “ - 26 - F - Tennessee

Nancy “ - 20 - F - Tennessee

Betsey “ - 18 - F - Tennessee

Malinda “ - 15 - F - Tennessee

Synthia “ - 13 - F - Tennessee

America “ - 11 - F - “

Eliza “ - 09 - F - “

Julia “ - 07 - F - “

Pollyanna “ - 06 - F - “

Mary “ - 89 - F - South Carolina

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Family # 512

Hezikiah Bell - 28 - M - Farmer - Alabama

Phoeby “ - 23 - F - Tennessee

John Deviny - 27 - M - Laborer - Tennessee

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Family # 516

J. M. Bell - 49 - M - Millwright - South Carolina

Sarah “ - 49 - F - South Carolina

Elvina “ - 22 - F - Tennessee

Valentino “ - 20 - M - Tennessee

Sarah ‘ - 18 - F - Tennessee

Nancy “ - 15 - F - TN

John “ - 13 - M TN

Malinda “ - 11 - F - TN

George “ - 07 - M TN

Louisa “ - 04 - F TN

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Family # 517

Wm. V. Bell - 26 - M - Farmer - Alabama

Sarah “ - 19 - F - Tennessee

Andrew “ - 3/12 - M - TN

James Jefferson Bell

Thanks to Joan Palmer for sharing this information with me; however, while it plainly states James Jefferson Bell was the grandson of George Bell, I have been unable to make the connection.  Dates just seem to not add up!  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Birth: Mar. 6, 1833

Benton County
Tennessee, USA Death: Oct. 4, 1926
Newtonia
Newton County
Missouri, USA

James Jefferson Bell, the third of James and Caroline Bell's children, was born near Camden in Humphreys County, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 6, 1833. He was the brother of my gg-grandmother, Jane Ellen (Bell) Vance.

The Neosho Times - May 7, 1925: "We want to name another one of our aged citizens, as one was mentioned last week, J.J. Bell, who is in his 94th year, and is as sprightly as most men of 40 years. He has been a successful farmer and stock man and a good financier. He is known over the county as a charitable man who lets not the left hand know what the right hand does. He runs his farm of 200 acres, oversees it, and can be seen any day driving his team, or in town driving his car. He has never been known to miss Sunday school and church for 50 years, unless on account of sickness. He has been an official in the Baptist church for many years, and was a charter member of the church here. He has been a power behind the throne."
The above is a fitting tribute to a man who was held in high esteem by his community. Normally an article of this nature would appear upon ones death, but it would be another year before his passing. Actually, at the time of the above article, he was in his 92nd year. James was the most prominently known of all of James and Caroline's children and was one of the most respected citizens in Newtonia, Missouri, where he lived from 1867 until his death in 1926. News articles published in Newtonia by The Newton County News from 1890 to 1907, and other articles in various Newton County newspapers, over the years, have yielded a rich source of information about him, his family, and the community in which they lived.

James Jefferson Bell was born near Camden, Benton County, Tenn., March 6, 1833. He is a son of James W. and Caroline (Harrison) Bell, and grandson of George Bell. Mrs. Caroline Bell was the daughter of Henry Harrison, a farmer and stock dealer of Sumner County, Tenn. In 1843 James W. Bell removed with his family to Cooper County, Mo. and followed agricultural pursuits for three years. He then moved to Washington County, Ark., and at the end of eighteen years returned to Cooper County, Mo., where he passed the remainder of his active life. He died in 1884, at the age of eighty-one years. His widow now lives with her daughter in Cooper County, Mo.

James married Miss Syrena (Neal) Hart. Their children were: William, Martha, Joseph, Jacob Franklin, and Mary.

James opened another chapter in his life four years after Syrena's death. On Wednesday evening, March 7, one day after his sixty-seventh birthday, he married an attractive young lady, Mona Laska Pearson, who was only 27 years old.
James and Mona had three children: Eva Ester, Sherman McKinnley, and Russell Warren. They had a marriage, which lasted 26 years. He died at home on October 4, 1926 at 12:01 a.m. He had lived 93 years, 6 months, and 27 days. Dr. H.L. Wilbur, his physician, determined that his death was caused by chronic nephritis.

An obituary by Rev. J.M. Campbell was published in Neosho's Miner & Mechanic on October 15, 1926: "The Passing of J.J. Bell - James J. Bell, for many years a leading citizen of Newton county, died at his home in Newtonia, Sunday, October 3rd, at the age of 93 years, 6 months, and 27 days. The funeral services were held at the Newtonia Baptist church on Tuesday, October 5th, conducted by Rev. Luther Carlin, pastor of the First Baptist church of Peirce City, Rev. L.H. Maples, pastor of the First Baptist church of Neosho, and Rev. J.M. Campbell of the Granby Baptist church. A large congregation was present to pay their last respects to one whom they loved. Interment was made in the I.O.O.F Cemetery at Newtonia.
James Jefferson Bell was born in Benton county, Tenn., March 6, 1833. He came to Missouri at an early day and endured many hardships as a leader in developing the country a short distance north of Newtonia, where he settled on arriving from his native state. He professed faith in Christ in the year 1874, and immediately afterwards identified himself with the Baptist church of Newtonia, and a little later was ordained a deacon by the church, and as which he gave more than fifty years of his life to the teaching, training and progress of his church and people.
It was the writer's pleasure to serve as pastor of the church at Newtonia for two years, closing the work there only a short time ago. We always found him in his place in the church, except when sickness or unavoidable circumstances hindered. His home was the home of the preacher; he was conscious of the sacrifices of the ministers. Many ministers have been strengthened, encouraged and overjoyed because of the hospitality in his home. He was much interested in the progress of his community in every way that meant development and progress for his people. He leaves to mourn his departure a devoted companion, six children and many other relatives and friends who deeply mourn his going. Mr. Bell was much loved by the people of his community and all who knew him. J.M. Campbell"
Most of the above information came from a lengthy chapter about James in my book titled "The Family of James and Caroline Bell."

Family links:
Parents:
James H. Bell (1801 - 1884)
Caroline Jane Harrison Bell (1812 - 1888)

Spouses:
Syrena Neal Bell (1827 - 1896)
Mona Laska Pearson Clark (1873 - 1932)*

Children:
William Harrison Bell (1854 - 1919)*
Martha Caroline Bell Wilson (1858 - 1950)*
Joseph W. Bell (1865 - 1873)*
Jacob Franklin Bell (1867 - 1941)*
Mary Margaret Bell Green (1870 - 1951)*
Eva Esther Bell Morris (1901 - 1968)*
Sherman McKinley Bell (1903 - 1980)*
Russell Warren Bell (1906 - 1977)*


* [This relationship was not directly added to this memorial. Rather, it is calculated based on information added to the related person's memorial. For example: if Joe Public is linked to Jane Public as a spouse, a reciprocal link will automatically be added to Jane Public's memorial.] Calculated relationship
Burial:
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Newtonia
Newton County
Missouri, USA
Maintained by: Virginia Brown
Originally Created by: a car
Record added: Jan 03, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 32598692

Gilbert Leigh (abt 1735 - 27 Nov 1791)

Gilbert Leigh was my 5th Great Grandfather, his granddaughter Levina married Augustus D. Frazier whose granddaughter was my Great Grandmother Emma Bailey Frazier Rushing.  Confused?  Sorry, but I found this article to be facinating and thought I would share.

Leigh, Gilbert (d. 1792 or 1793)

Birthplace: Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
Residences: Edenton, North Carolina
Trades: Carpenter/Joiner
NC Work Locations: Windsor, Bertie County
Bertie
Edenton, Chowan County
Chowan
Building Types: Public;
Residential
Styles & Forms: Georgian

Biography

Gilbert Leigh (d. 1792 or 1793), house carpenter and joiner, was one of the leading local artisans in a period of high quality building in Edenton and environs. He is one of the few North Carolina house carpenters of his generation for whom specific buildings have been documented or attributed.

A native of Perquimans County, Leigh moved to Edenton by 1756. He bought two town lots (120 and 126 West Queen Street) in that year, and by 1759 he had built a small, neatly finished house on each lot--the Leigh-Hathaway House and the Leigh-Bush House. Like his fellow Edenton craftsman John Green, Leigh took on several minor public construction projects: work on a public warehouse in 1757; renovation of the Council Chamber (apparently a separate building from the courthouse) in 1758; and various repairs to the county jail and the old Chowan County Courthouse, which was in bad condition by the 1760s.

Local tradition has linked Leigh's name (see Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas Tileston Waterman, The Early Architecture of North Carolina [1941]) with construction of the Georgian-style Chowan County Courthouse in the late 1760s, but there is no documentation of his role--or anyone else's. An advertisement in the Virginia Gazette of June 4, 1767, sought bids for building "a brick Court-House 68 ft. by 45," for which the trustees already had a plan in hand. Despite record searches by Marc Brodsky and Elizabeth Vann Moore, no documentation of the builders of the courthouse has been found; attribution of its design to John Hawks, architect of Tryon Palace, is based only on stylistic and circumstantial evidence.

Gilbert Leigh was paid for some tasks related to the courthouse, which were likely outside the scope of the main contract. In June 1768 the court ordered that "benches be made by Mr. Gilbert Leigh near the Court House Table for the Conveniency of the Attorneys and Grand and Petit Jurors," to be paid for by the county sheriff. In 1770 carpenters Leigh and John Green submitted a bill for the substantial sum of £15 5 shillings 1 pence for work on the clerk's office; it included £8 for a bookpress (bookcase) for the clerk's office, £3 for another corner bookpress, and smaller sums for planks and hardware. Leigh also did additional work on cupboards, bookcases, etc., in 1770 and 1771. It is a matter of speculation as to whether these items point to his involvement in the principal construction.

Leigh's best documented project is a plantation house built in 1786 for Stevens Gray, a member of a long established planter family. The small frame house is part of the enlarged residence now called Rosefield which stands near Windsor, a few miles west of Edenton. Family papers provide unusually full information for construction of a dwelling of its time and place. On May 1, 1786, Gray and Leigh signed an agreement for

a house 28 by 18 the Bording to be plan'd, With 6 Windows [of] 8 Lights, 8 Do [ditto] 15 Do, 5 Doors, the floors to be Toung & Grove, the windows & Doors frames with out to be Single Archives [architraves] & with in the Lower Room to be Double with Scirten [skirting?] & Cheer Boards Round the Rooms, a Box Cornice outside, 1 pair Stares, the above articles to be done in a good work man like manner what belongs to a Carpenter & Joiner. The above sd House Mr. Gilbert Leigh is to build for Stevens Gray and the sd Gray is to pay him one hundred & fifteen pounds and if the said money should grow worse to make it as good as Dollars at 10/ & five Gallons West Indian Rum. (Gray Family Papers, Southern Historical Collection)

The description indicates that the house was of frame, neatly but not elaborately finished, and 1 1/2 or 2 stories tall (requiring a "pair" of stairs, meaning one staircase), possibly with a side-passage plan akin to Leigh's Edenton house. Five doors may imply a front door, a back door, two doors from the passage into adjoining rooms, and a door between two upstairs rooms. Tongue and groove floors made the rooms tight. The interior walls were to be nicely finished with skirting and chair boards (baseboards and chair rails today). Molded architraves surrounded the doors and windows, with the status of the main room distinguished by a double molding. The 8-light sash (4 panes over 4) probably lighted the upstairs rooms, and the larger ones, probably containing 9 panes over 6, lit the main story. The reference to the money growing worse reflects the fact that at this time, the value of currency in North Carolina was unstable and inflated. Leigh also signed a receipt dated April 28, 1786, acknowledging that Gray had paid him "the sum of Eighteen pounds in part pay for a House that I am to build for him." Typical of the era, Leigh's contract was for his workmanship only: Gray acquired most if not all of the building materials separately, paying other men for a bill of timber that included framing components, plank, and lath and for oyster shells (for mortar or plaster or both). Gray would also have employed other artisans to do any plastering and brickwork.

In the 1780s Gilbert Leigh returned to his native Perquimans County, where he wrote his will in 1791 and died in late in 1792 or early in 1793. (The payment for his funeral expenses was dated January 2, 1793.) The first item in his estate inventory of January 20, 1793, was "2 Chests of Carpenter Tools"; in addition to his tools, household furnishings, and domestic and agricultural equipment, Leigh owned "12 Books 1 Architecters Book." He left his land and slaves to his wife, Elizabeth, for her widowhood and then to be divided among his sons, Francis, Richard, Thomas, James, and Benjamin. James Leigh, also a builder, became a prominent and wealthy planter who is credited with constructing his own imposing, brick plantation house, known as Land's End, in Perquimans County, probably in the 1830s.



Authors: Catherine W. Bishir and J. Marshall Bullock. Contributor: Elizabeth Vann Moore.

Published 2011

I apologize

I apologize for the jumbled mess I presented in my last post.  Truthfully, I rushed to get a follow-up on the Farrars and didn't devote the time to organize.  Also, I apologize for what may appear to be neglect, as it has been a while since I last posted.  I must confess, at present I am basically running around like a chicken with his head cut off.  Have you ever heard that description?  Perhaps it is a Southern thing, but it means I have been busy, burning the candle at both ends, not enough hours in a day, etc.

I will follow this post with what will hopefully be more informative regarding the Farrars and my connection to this family.

Tim

My Farrar Roots - Part II

My connection with the Farrars begins with my Great Grandmother Harriett Cornealia Farrar, daughter of William Madison Farrar and Elizabeth Frances Crutchfield.  The following is  a family group sheet of Madison Farrar.

Husband: William Madison FARRAR

Wife: Elizabeth Frances CRUTCHFIELD

Born: 1832 in: TN

Died: 1875 in: Benton Co., TN

CHILDREN

1 Name: Nancy Jane FARRAR

Born: 13 Jul 1854 in: Benton Co., TN

Died: 31 Jan 1926

Married: 26 Oct 1876 in: Benton Co., TN, by J.P. Lashlee, JP

Spouse: James Lewis HOLLINGSWORTH

F

2 Name: William Henderson FARRAR

Born: 20 Nov 1855 in: Benton Co., TN

Died: 16 Feb 1941 in: Obion Co., TN

Married: 21 Nov 1876 in: Benton Co., TN, by J.P. Lashlee, JP

Spouse: Frances A PHELPS

M

3 Name: Mary Louise FARRAR

Born: 10 Dec 1857 in: Benton Co., TN

Died: 16 Nov 1949 in: Madison Sanitatium, Davidson Co., TN

Married: 28 Jun 1885 in: Benton Co., TN, by A.J. Sykes - JP

Spouse: Felix C "Coke" HOLLINGSWORTH

F

4 Name: Margarett FARRAR

F Born: Abt. 1859 in: Benton Co., TN

5 Name: Harriett Cornealia FARRAR

Born: 05 May 1861 in: Benton Co., TN

Died: 26 Nov 1943 in: 10th Civil District, RFD 4, Benton Co., TN

Married: 11 Feb 1881 in: Benton Co., TN, by A.J. Sykes - JP

Spouse: Horace Monroe BELL

F

6 Name: Elan O FARRAR

Born: 12 Jan 1863 in: Benton Co., TN

Died: 07 Jun 1914 in: Benton Co., TN, District 5

Married: 27 Jan 1884 in: Benton Co., TN, by A.J. Sykes - JP

Spouse: Ida SARRATT

Married: 08 Oct 1901 in: Benton Co., TN by A.J. UTLEY, JP

Spouse: Elizabeth BESTON

M

7 Name: Ada B. FARRAR

F Born: Abt. 1867 in: Benton Co., TN

8 Name: Mattie S FARRAR

 Born: Jul 1868 in: Benton Co., TN

Died: 1947 in: Benton Co., TN

Married: 06 Jan 1891 in: Benton Co., TN, by Lucas E. Davis, JP

Spouse: Harris McAULEY

F

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Family Group Sheet 6/29/2008

Husband: William FARRAR

Born: Abt. 1798 in: NC

Died: 02 Nov 1865 in: Benton Co., TN

Father: John FARRAR, Jr.

Mother: Sabina SARRETT

Wife: Mary McCAMPBELL

Born: Abt. 1801 in: NC

Died: Abt. 1865 in: Benton Co., TN

CHILDREN

1 Name: Jane FARRAR

Born: 11 May 1825 in: TN

Died: 24 Jul 1905 in: Benton Co., TN

Married: 05 Jun 1842 in: Benton Co., TN, by Ephraim Perkins, JP

Spouse: Winston King ADEN

F

2 Name: Margaret FARRAR

Born 1: 30 Jul 1827

Born 2: 30 Jul 1827 in: TN

Died 1: 09 Aug 1908

Died 2: 09 Aug 1908 in: TN

Married: 19 Dec 1848 in: Benton Co., TN, by J.R. Thomas, JP

Spouse: John White BIVENS

F

3 Name: William Madison FARRAR

Born: Jan 1829 in: TN

Died: Jan 1908 in: Benton Co., TN

Married: 03 Aug 1853 in: Benton Co., TN, by J.W. Manly, MG

Spouse: Elizabeth Frances CRUTCHFIELD

Married: 23 Dec 1877 in: Benton Co., TN

Spouse: Mary CANEER

M

4 Name: Emaline FARRAR

Born: Abt. 1832 in: TN

Died: Bet. 1870 - 1880

Married: 21 Sep 1852 in: Benton Co., TN, by J.T. Ford, JP

Spouse: William Henry UTLEY

F

5 Name: Catherine FARRAR

F Born: Abt. 1834 in: TN

6 Name: Henderson FARRAR

M Born: Abt. 1836 in: TN

7 Name: Mary Ann FARRAR

Born: Abt. 1838 in: TN

Married: 24 Jul 1867 in: Benton Co., TN, by J.H. Farmer, JP

Spouse: W. E. SMITH

F

8 Name: Caroline FARRAR

F Born 1: Aug 1841 in: TN

Spouse: James T. Mitchell

Married: 03 Oct 1860 in: Benton Co., TN, by William McCutchen, JP

Spouse: E D MILLER

Married: 08 Nov 1868 in: Benton Co., TN, by E. Pafford, JP

Spouse: Henry Americus FARRAR

F

9 Name: Maranda FARRAR

F Born: Abt. 1842 in: TN

Married: 24 Feb 1857 in: Benton Co., TN, by M. HATLEY, JP

3

Family Group Sheet - Marriages

Husband: William FARRAR

Marriage Information

Wife: Mary McCAMPBELL

Beginning status: Married

4

Wife: Mary McCAMPBELL

5

Child: Jane FARRAR

Marriage Information

Husband: Winston King ADEN

Married: 05 Jun 1842

Beginning status: Married

in: Benton Co., TN, by Ephraim Perkins, JP

6

Child: Margaret FARRAR

Marriage Information

Husband: John White BIVENS

Married: 19 Dec 1848

Beginning status: Married

in: Benton Co., TN, by J.R. Thomas, JP

Glover's Trace Chapter of DAR, Camden, TN, Benton County, Tennessee Marriage

Records 1837-1900, Printed by the Carroll County News, 1985.

Source:

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Child: William Madison FARRAR

Marriage Information

Wife: Elizabeth Frances CRUTCHFIELD

Married: 03 Aug 1853

Beginning status: Married

in: Benton Co., TN, by J.W. Manly, MG

8

Child: Emaline FARRAR

Marriage Information

Husband: William Henry UTLEY

Married: 21 Sep 1852

Beginning status: Married

in: Benton Co., TN, by J.T. Ford, JP

9

Child: Catherine FARRAR

Marriage Information

10

Child: Henderson FARRAR

Marriage Information

11

Child: Mary Ann FARRAR

Marriage Information

Husband: W. E. SMITH

Married: 24 Jul 1867

Beginning status: Married

in: Benton Co., TN, by J.H. Farmer, JP

12

Child: Caroline FARRAR

Marriage Information

Husband: James T. Mitchell

Married: 24 Feb 1857

Beginning status: Married

in: Benton Co., TN, by M. HATLEY, JP

13

Family Group Sheet 6/29/2008

Child: Maranda FARRAR

Marriage Information
I will end this post here and continue later.

Tim

Family Group Sheet

Born: Jan 1829 in: TN

Married: 03 Aug 1853 in: Benton Co., TN, by J.W. Manly, MG

Died: Jan 1908 in: Benton Co., TN

Father: William FARRAR

Mother: Mary McCAMPBELL

Other Spouses: Mary CANEER

My Farrar roots - Part I

Wow!!  YesterdayThursday, 19 April 2012 was certainly a , RED LETTER day for Farrars, at least in my small world of Farrars.  I had a comment on this blog, I had a message on Ancestry.com and I received an email, ALL about the Farrars.  So, I will address my Farrar ancestors and relatives.

As many of you have no doubt discovered, there is a lenghty Farrar family tree of sorts, that is easily accessible online and dates back to - V Foulques, Count of Anjou, born 1092; died 1143.  In getting to this individual, we are shown Kings and Royalty of Portugal, Spain, England, etc., it is said these folks are Farrar/Farrow ancestors.  My goodness, this is certainly interesting and may indeed be "spot-on" accurate; however, it is too in depth for me to accept.  Yes, I know something being "too in depth" to accept sounds crazy, right?  But, I don't remember any references or documentation and I'm one of those who needs facts or proof before I can accept whatever information that is put before me.  On the other hand there are so many out there who take, well I have found just a name and run with it.  An example, my Great, Great Grandfather Bell, William Charlie/Charles Bell.  I discovered online a known relative of mine had a family tree and had him in Australia at the same time that he was in Benton County, TN, raising a family in both places.  I'm sorry, but in the mid-1800's folks didn't jet from continent to continent.  Obviously there were two Charlie Bell's, about the same age and I suspect there were more than two, but only one of them was my Great, Great Grandfather.  If I have learned anything in my years of research, it is . . . if you want to be accurate do the work yourself. That sounds a bit harsh I suppose, but mistakes can be made and as I mentioned there are some, for whatever reason, who are more interested in numbers or just getting something to fill in a generation than to be accurate.  Of course there are some who can be trusted, but trust is earned and built over time.  More on this later.

There seems to be more than a little confusion as to the first name of my Great, Great Grandfather, Madison Farrar.  Was his first name William or was it James?  I truly wish I could give a definite answer, but I can't. I know his tombstone, at Chalkhill Cemetery, in Benton County, TN shows Wm Madison Farrar.  Also, I know his father was William and I am not familiar with a James in the Farrar line, but I'm writing this from memory and not looking at my notes.  But, I think his first nsme was William using logic, so that is how and why I have it as such.

My information on the Farrars is limited to some extent, at least the research I have done.  Earlier I mentioned not using someone else's research unless you are familiar with their thoroughness. Well, that is what I have done, except I am currently I suppose it could be said, checking my facts.  Please allow me to explain and how I obtained the information I have.

Years ago, 1979 I think I was trying to learn something about my Frazier ancestors.  I knew little about them and was told about a lady who lived in Virginia that had a wealth of information on the Fraziers. But, I was warned she seldom shared her research with anyone.  I was even told she would not share certain information with her sister.  I was desperate, had hit a dead end with my research and hey all she could tell me was no, so one Sunday afternoon I gave her a call.  At first she didn't appear to be interested in sharing anything with me, but she knew my Dad.  This helped and bought me a little time and in that time she somewhat baited me to find out how much I knew and how much I had researched.  We talked for 2+ hours and as it turned out we were related through the Fraziers, Farrars, Leighs, Coles and another family line or two. Over the years she was extremely helpful in some of my research and never hesitated to answer my questions.  Of course this was pre-internet and her research had come from the National Archives and the Library of Congress, as well as various places she had traveled going through courthouse records, etc.  The reason I point this out in talking about the Farrars is, most of my information and documentation past William Farrar, Madison's father came from this lady.  That is not to say I have not researched the Farrars, but I must admit I haven't devotred as much time to them as other lines.

Mable's research showed George Farrar married Judith Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, sister to Peter Jefferson and aunt of Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States.  However, now DNA testing supposedly shows my Farrar line is not the Farrar line connected to the Jeffersons.  I must be totally honest here, I do not undertand DNA testing when it comes to our ancestors.  Oh, I understand how DNA can prove or disprove someone being related to someone else, but it is my understanding the whereabouts of George Farrar's grave is unknown.  Therefore how is it possible for anyone to prove kin without George's DNA?  Of course that may be something I could answer if I knew more about DNA testing.  And I have an email I have scanned, but not read thoroughly that may explain DNA testing enough that even a skeptic like me can understand it.

Well, this has become lengthy.  I appologize and will continue with my Farrar ancestry a bit later. As always, thank you for visiting my blog.  Please feel free to comment, share your thoughts and ideas and/or correct me on any mistakes I may have made.

'Til next time.

Tim

Problems with my blog!!!

Please forgive me, but I am experiencing technical problems and will try to solve these issues as soon as possible.  It may be necessary for me to change sites, as I believe the problem is with Google and their effort to make things "BETTER"!

Again, I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and am working to fix the problem.

Tim

Thank You 1940 US Census and Ancestry.com

Finally, after years of searching I have found evidence my Granddad's names was indeed, Charlie Madison Bell.  I was thirteen when Granddad died and truthfully, never thought to ask him about his name.  In fact, I didn't know about Madison being his middle name.  His mail box had B.C. Bell, people who knew him and was near his age called him Charlie and younger ones called him Mr. Charlie or Mr. Bell and Granny called him Charlie.  I do remember after I learned to read the name on his mail box once asking him what the "B" stood for and his answer was nothing.  I thought nothing of it!  Dumb kid huh??  But in my defense I didn't pay much attention to family names or anything much to do with family, except when someone mentioned me being related to someone, but I seldom asked how.  Yes as an adult interested in my ancestry, dumb kid seems so appropriate, but maybe just a kid better describes me?? 

I have thought so often how lucky I was to have grown up around three of my grandparents and wished so often I had just paid closer attention.  They were a wealth of information, but I've had to learn so much the hard way, researching.  Oh well, the joy of making a family connection or finding an ancestor is truly rewarding.

Sorry, I got a little off track.  It was the Fall of 1978 when I first started my quest to discover my heritage.  Daddy had little interest in my findings, but Mama was excited even if it was Daddy's family I had learned something new about.  Then one day, pretty much out of no where Daddy asked if I knew Granddad's middle name was Madison.  He had been named after his two grandfather's.  Actually he had been given both his grandfather's middle names.  His oldest brother Albert was given both of their first names, William Albert and his next older brother Neal was named after his parents, Horace Cornealius, so I suppose it made since for Granddad to be the namesake of his grandfathers.  But what had happened I wondered, why was he B. Charlie Bell?  It seems Granddad liked the initials BCB better than CMB, something about him being able to write BCB without picking up a pen.  Truthfully I do not understand this, but that's the story I was told.  Some have suggested and even written Grandad's first name was Beaumont and that Daddy was a junior.  I certainly understand the logic behind that thinking, but it is not true.

However, since I learned of Granddad's name change I have searched high and low to find something, anything that could prove Madison was his middle name, but nothing.  I have found old mail, bank accounts, even a school book and a few pages of homework and there has been no "M" or Madison.  However, the 1940 US Census changed all of that.  Granddad is listed as Charlie M Bell!  I felt like I had struck gold the first time I saw it.  No, this doesn't actually prove he was Charlie Madison Bell, but it is certainly a step in the right direction.

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Please feel free share your thoughts, ideas and opinions, or any family connection we may have.

'Til next time,

Tim

Sharing my EXCITEMENT!!!

For those of you who are not deeply involved in genealogy, tracing your family's roots or searching for your ancestors, you will not understand this.  However, compare it to fishing and finally landing that largemouth bass that has evaded you for years or to being a collector and finally finding a missing piece to your collection.  Are you feeling the excitement?  Oh come on, you know you can feel it!!  Feel the tingle in your feet?  Makes you wanta dance doesn't?  Oh stop it, you look silly, at least turn on some music and close those blinds.  What will the neighbors think?

First, as you will notice on the right side of my homepage, I have added a picture/photo.  This is my Great Grandfather Horace Monroe Bell, his wife Harriett Cornealia Farrar Bell and their children.  My Granddad, B. Charlie Bell, the man in the buggy at the top of my homepage, is the little guy in front, between his parents. Then to the left is his brother Arzo Monroe Bell, next standing behind his dad's right shoulder is Horace Cornealius (Neal) Bell and the tall fellow in the rear is my great uncle William Albert Bell.  To Uncle Albert's left is Aunt Ida.  Is it just me or does she have a remarkable resemblence to her mother?

Yes, since I had never seen my Grandmother Bell and the only photo I had ever seen of Granddad Bell was the one where he is standing between the two horses, just below the family photo.  Receiving this was truly exciting, but, my excitement didn't end there.  Through this blog I have contacted someone who is related to the Yates family and I am truly convinced their Yates and my Yates are one and the same.  Wow!!!  This is the most exciting thing I have encountered with those rascally Yates since I first discovered the Cleghorn murder trial.  That sounds terrible, I apologize!  Anyone taking the life of another, regardless of the situation, should never be compared, in any way, to a celebration.  However, I cannot and will not deny it was extremely interesting and now to have found relatives I didn't know existed is great.

It seems Joshua Yates did not die in 1862 as I had believed.  He left Missouri and ventured into Illinois, marrying a Martha Clutts, 5 February 1870, in Alexander County, Illinois.  This marriage resulted in the birth of one child, Charles Joshua Yates, born 29 January 1875.  I'm still working on information and when I get it more organized, I will share.

Well that's it for now, just wanted to share my excitement.  Have a GREAT Sunday, stop by whenever you have a chance and feel free to share anything and everything you may have that might connect our paths in life.

Tim

Questioning Accuracy

Sometimes I am amazed when watching documentaries of the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and/or the Civil War.  I wonder, where did they get the information?  Sure, there are numerous historical documents, some with detailed accounts of battles, expectations, casualities, etc., but what about those narrators.  How is it possible to know what someone was thinking during a battle that person did not survive?  My goodness, I have had trouble just finding some of my ancestors and/or their/my kin.  I'm sorry, but I am a skeptic!  And, the deeper I dig into my ancestory the more I wonder about the history I was taught in school.  Too much of our history, in my opinion, has been written by those who do not know, were not there and have no realistic way of knowing fact from fiction.  Oh I know that sounds terrible, but I have seen and read things that happened in my lifetime in which today's historical accounts do not match the events as they occured.  One glaring example is the racial tension in the 1960's.  I could write page after page on this, but I will try to be brief.  The "history" of school intergration suggests violence in different degrees throughout the South.  I was a Freshman in high school when our county schools first intergrated, but instead of problems, the white kids embraced the thought.  As bad as this may sound, there were some black athletes our entire high school actually looked forward to having join our football and basketball teams.  There was NEVER a racial divide or any problems throughout my four years of high school.  And, that first year of intergration we got a new teacher, a black man who to this day may be the most beloved teacher the high school has ever had.  Also, I am not aware of any racial problems in surrounding counties, so to suggest there were racial problems throughout the South is not true.
Another example of "Today's History" versus "Being Alive and Watching" is the stories of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Growing up, watching Dr. King on newscasts, we seldom if ever heard his message.  The cameras rolled, showing viewers the violence mainly of police using billy clubs and striking those who were in the crowd.  Yes, it appeared Dr. King was a trouble maker, but now we're allowed to hear his words and he surely spoke, preached if you will of non-violence and peace.  The news media controlled what America saw and heard and it never appeared to be anything associated with non-violence.  I consider this to be a sad situation and wonder how many were injured and possibly killed because of misunderstandings and/or the news media sensationalizing something other than the facts that existed?
All of this brings me to a discrepancy in my previous posts concerning my Great Uncle Alonzo Park's death.  I first posted he was riding a bicycle when the crime was committed, but in the second post, the newspaper article plainly states he was driving a horse and buggy.  The bicycle inclusion came from stories I grew up hearing, but it is possible I misunderstood and Alonzo "sometimes" rode a bicycle.  Maybe when he was delivering mail in town??  Hmm, sounds reasonable!  Okay, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Seriously, I try my absolute best to be accurate, I want to be accurate.  Otherwise, what is the point in doing any research, just make up stories and say they are true.  However, as hard as I try to be accurate, sometimes things are foggy at best.  Therefore listening to a narrator tell the audience what somone was thinking shortly before their demise seems more a product of making a better story than making accuracy a priority.  Just my thoughts and opinions!

Have a Safe St. Patrick's Day and should you partake of the spirits, do so responsibily and have a designated driver.

Thanks for stopping by, please come again and perhaps share a comment just to let me know I'm not talking/writing to myself.

Tim

Highway Robbery - The Murder of Alonzo Park

First, I would like to thank Sheila Hopkins, TnGenWeb - Carroll County Coordinator and Jere Cox at the Gordon Browning Museum in McKenzie for the research they did searching for information on the Alonzo Park murder.  Thanks guys, I really appreciate ALL of your effort and certainly am indebted to you both.

Okay, as Sheila commented in an email, there was good news and bad news.   The bad news was, there was a fire in the Carroll County courthouse in 1931 and all the criminal court case files were burned.  However, Sheila and Jere found the following article from the Carroll County Democrat, May 25, 1906.

Highway Robbery

A genuine case of attempted murder and highway robbery, terrible in its' every detail, occurred near Hollow Rock Wednesday afternoon.

The victim was Alonzo Park, a rural mail carrier out from Buena Vista.  He was waylaid and fatally shot while crossing Green's turnpike, two miles south of Hollow Rock, but only a short distance from the Hollow Rock Junction.  The perpetrator of this foul deed was Alvin Condor, 16-year old son of Rev. E.R. Condor of Hollow Rock.  No one witnessed the crime but Condor was later arrested and confessed the crime.

Sid Aden, who lives near the turnpike, seeing Park's horse and buggy near the levee with no driver, went on the hunt of Park, thinking an accident had happened to him and found him lying on the side of the road with two bullet holes in his head and in an unconscious condition.  Neighbors were called and the unfortunate man taken to the junction and later placed on the evening train and carried to his home in Buena Vista.

The action of young Condor aroused suspicion against him.  He was seen on the levee a short time before the shooting and in the bottom shortly after.  Several parties who believed that the boy did the shooting went out on a hunt for him.  He was found near the old P.T.& A. depot and arrested.  Messrs. Bradford and Bowen made the arrest.  Condor ran when he saw the parties coming toward him but after being shot at a few times he gave up.  He at first claimed he knew nothing of the matter, but a pocketbook was found on his person and recognized to be Alonzo Park's, and after being pressed made a confession and told all about how it was done and what actuated him to commit such a crime.  He said he was afraid of Park and as he (Condor) was aiming to leave the country he wanted to put Park out of the way before he did so.  He said he hid behind a tree and as Park came along he stepped out and Park said, "you are that same boy", where upon he commenced shooting Park.  He shot four or five times and used a 22 caliber pistol.  He said after the shooting the horse ran about 100 yards before Park fell from the buggy.  He followed Park up and robbed him, taking a watch and pocketbook containing over $2.00.  The money was found on his person.  He had hid the pistol and watch but later told where they were and they were secured.

The boy is about 16 years old and has the reputation of being a very bad boy, although his parents are splendid people.

Park is about 36 years old, has a wife and one child and has been carrying the mail over this route for over two years.

I found it interesting, odd, strange, perculiar or even weird how the article begins calling this a "case of attempted murder".  Clearly there was a murder.  I do not know what Condor's sentence was, but do know family lore has it that the family did not want him put to death.  Also, the stories I have heard include Condor's stating he had been reading of the exploits of Frank and Jesse James before commiting this crime.  Oh, I should include this was in Tennessee.  I just realized this is not mentioned in the article.

Trying to connect Bells

I offer my sincere apology for having overlooked George Whitworth's comment/post.  Sorry George!  Your post certainly intrigues me.  I can almost make a connection to Lemuel Alsobrooks or Allsbrooks Bell and logic does connect my family line to him, but I fall just short of being able to put it all together.  I would truly like to have any information you are willing to share either on this blog or my email address is belletal08@yahoo.com.  This morning I did a bit of, well preliminary searching and found where Percy Warner Whitworth married Lottie Bell, 7 March 1909, in Hickman Co., TN, by J.V. Hassell, Minister of God.  They lived in Hickman Co., TN for the 1910 Census, Spring Creek, AR for the 1920 Census and Lee County, AR for the 1930 Census.  However, the 1910 census puzzled me, it shows George Edgar Whitworth age 15, lived in the same household as Percy W., Lottie and their son Oscar E. age 6 months, but indicates George is a brother to Percy??

I look forward to hearing from you George and again, apologize for not responding sooner.

Tim

George Whitworth - Jan 1, 2012, 01:34 PM


I'm a direct descendent of Lemuel Allsbrook Bell, Sr. and Jr. of Stewart, Tennessee. My grand mother, Lottie Bell of Stewart married my grandfather, Percy Warren/Warner Whitworth, in about 1910. He was the L&N station master in Bon Aqua Springs, Hickman Co, Tennessee when my father, George E. Whitworth, Sr. was born in Feb. 1910. I am interested in any info on my ancestors. My paternal great-grandfather was William M. Whitworth and wife, Emily Ragan Whitworth of Dickson County, Tennessee.

The Park/Parks Family

I'm going to take a break from my Yates family research and concentrate on my materal Grandmother's family the Park or Parks.  It is written and documented both ways, but Mammy, as I called her was a Park, Belvia Park.  She was born in June 1880 and died in December 1968.  Her husband, my Grandfather C.G. "Lige" Robinson was a Methodist minister and died 4 July 1954.  After Pappy's death Mammy stayed with my family and Mama's sister and her husband, two weeks at a time.  I was eight days shy of being three years old when Pappy died, so I got to spend alot of my life with Mammy.  I learned from her, but now I truly wish I had paid closer attention and asked more questions.  I plan to devote an entire piece to Mammy, but for now this is basically a preview of things to come.

As anyone who has read my blog is aware, my Yates ancestors were charged, tried and two of them were convicted of killing a man, James Harvey Cleghorn.  Well, my Park ancestors are on the other side of the legal end of such a trial.  Mammy's oldest brother, Alonzo Park was the victim, murdered or as the Family Bible has written, assassinated.  I believe the definition of assassinate is to murder a "prominent" person and I am not sure a mail carrier would be considered a "prominent" person, but to his family Alonzo Park was surely a "prominent" person.  So, I suppose using the word "assassinated" in a family bible is not so far fetched.
I am awaiting information on how to obtain court records, but for now this is what I know.  Alonzo Park was born 10 April 1873, the eldest child of Robert Wilson Park and Martha Jane Cole Park.  He married Martha Ellie Brinkley 7 January 1899, in Carroll County, TN and to this union was born one child, Ethel Venera Park, October 1900.  Alonzo was a rural mail carrier and it has been said was the first in the area to ride a bicycle to deliver mail rather than by horseback.  I'm guessing the morning of 23 May 1906 was no different than any other morning, yet when Alonzo left on his bicycle that morning he would not return.  While delivering the mail that day Alonzo would come upon a 15-16 year old boy, Alvin Conder.  The facts a I know them are few, but simple.  Conder had a gun, he believed mail carriers carried great sums of money and he shot and killed Alonzo Park.  Hopefully, I will secure court documents and will have better, more factual information, but for now I will close with two bits of information.  First, after Alvin Conder was found guilty family lore has it that the family did not want Alvin Conder put to deah.  Second, in looking through both the 1910 & 1920 U.S. Census, Alvin Conder is an inmate at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, Davidson County, TN.

My apologies to anyone who came to this blog expecting Bell genealogy content.  I will jump back and forth from Bell to Rushing to Robinson to Park, Yates, Farrar, Frazier, etc.  If you have ties to Benton County, TN it is my guess at some point I will be writing about your ancestor so please visit again.

T Bell

Yates Family, more information or is it???

First, I'd like to thank the folks at the David Benton Facebook page for including my article, written by Mary C. Bell Hudson.  Next, I want to thank those of you who have visited and please, if you have something, anything related to genealogy you would like to share please use the comment section and I will copy and paste it into a post of its' own.  While my intentions were to write solely on Bell Genealogy, I feel this limits both my viewers and the content. If you will notice I have included other family names and will continue to do this.  Also, I plan to be more active with this blog in 2012 and you, the viewers can make that easier for me, if you will also submit material, but please include sources of information if possible.  That source can be something as simple as your own personal knowledge, but I do want to be accurate.

Okay, the Yates family has been a challenge for me to say the least.  I keep wishing and hoping I'll find something that will be like a key and unlock, at least some of what I will call a mystery.  Unfortunately, it seems the more I discover the more mysterious they become.  Recently, I visited the archives in the basement of the Benton County Library to verify something I found on Ancestry.com concerning Joshua Yates, seemingly the only son of Elisha.  Joshua and his sister Harriet were convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of James Harvey Cleghorn.  If you have read my account of the Yates trial, you may remember originally the entire family was charged with first degree murder, but later charges were dropped against sisters Charlotte and Johannah.  Joshua, Harriet, Salitha and Adeline were tried and on February 16, 1845 the jury's verdict was Salitha and Adeline not guilty and as mentioned Joshua and Harriet were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.  Joshua was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and Harriet was sentenced to three years, but like EVERYTHING else involving this Yates family I have hit a wall.
First things first, I mentioned visiting the Archives at the Benton County Library to ascertain the validity of this:  Quarterly court minute book b (1854-1861) P. 506: jOSHUA yATES CHARGED AS FATHER OF CAROLINE oAKLEY'S TWO BASTARD CHILDREN IN MARCH 1860. P/508 - LISTS THE YOUNGEST CHILD AS 3 YEARS OLD.
which is noted in a family tree on Ancestry.com.  I haven't a clue where any of this came from.  The minute book (b) and the dates do not match, nor does the page.  In fact, there is no record of Caroline Oakley period.  Truthfully, as silly and ridiculous as it sounds, I'm beginning to wonder if there is a conspiracy out there to prevent me from finding the truths about this Yates family!
Oh that is so silly, stupid, paranoid even right?  Okay, after the trial and verdict was given I can find no record of Harriet Yates existence.  I have researched the Tennessee State Prison, viewed a list of prisoners being housed in the state prison (1831-1855) and neither Joshua, nor Harriet Yates name is included.  I have even been in contact with Mr. John-Paul (Jay) Richiuso, C.A., M.A., Assistant Director for Manuscripts Services at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, who physically checked their records and found no evidence either ever served time in prison.  But, I have found this from the September 1845 Term of Court in Benton County, TN - Tha Joshua Yates had been Lodged at the Carroll Co Jail

Sept 1845 Term of Court--Benton Co TN
12-27-1844 1-14-1845
1-19-1845 5-12-1845
to 4 turnkeys
Total: 51.12
also Feby 1845 To putting irons on Joshua Yates .25
May 1845 To taking iron off Joshua Yates .25

This seemingly indicates Joshua Yates was incarcerated from 27 December 1844 until 12 May 1845, but what about Harriet?  Remember she was sentenced to a year longer than Joshua.

Perhaps one day I will find something that will pull all of this into place and give a clear picture of this Yates family, but until then I will continue to search.  Joshua and wife Tabitha moved to Missouri and are in Long Island, Mississippi County, MO for the 1860 US Census.  Tabitha was said to be a widow and re-married G. Cyrus Campbell, 2 November 1862.  There are accounts of a Joshua Yates being killed in the Civil War and accounts of a Joshua Yates being a prisoner. Oh, there are also accounts of Joshua Yates enlisted on both sides and ALL are about the same age and yes, the same age as "my" Joshua Yates.  Whoopie!! This is soooo much fun, but I really wish I could catch a pinch of luck.

Forgive me if this is extremely jumbled and if it was about another of my families I might try to fix it and try to make it make sense, but not with the Yates family.  I'd never get it fixed!

Until next time, thank you for visiting and please come again,

Tim Bell

Growing up in Benton County, TN in the 1850's, through the eyes of Mary C. Bell Hudson

I was given this several years ago by Debbie Beasley Cox of Gainesville, TX.  The author is Mary C. Bell Hudson (8 November 1847, Benton County, TN - 26 July 1921, Gainesville, Cook County, TX).  She was the daughter of John Bell and Lucy Blackwell Bell and married James G. Hudson in Benton County, TN, 23 January 1866.

Composition by Mary Bell Hudson, Gainesville, TX - March 12, 1886 (only 18 _ _ was given, but based on her mention of 38 years of life, I determined, as she was born 8 Nov 1847, the year to be 1886; however, that is just a guess). I copied it as near to the copy I had as I could.


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Thirty eight years of life spent by Mrs. M. C. Hudson the former life in my native state of Tennessee the remainder in Texas.

Commence at three years with my mother and father going to my first school playing with my rag doll that mother made. Here comes little sister now large enough to play with me . . . .Mother in the house at work and Pa at the shop . . . he was a blacksmith . . . down to the shop we would go. . . upon the vice bench with one dolls to play in the toy box . . . Oh those happy days . .the remembrance of childhood seems so sweet to me now. Pa busily at work . . the sound of the anvil and hammer all day long. Noon time would come . . Pa would hear the dinner horns blow for dinner . . .he would look out and see so many horses waiting to be shod and men waiting for work . . he would say Mary you and Sis go to the house . . tell your mother I can't come to dinner I am so busy. .. .mama would fix Pa dinner and carry it to him and spend a few moments with him . ..Oh the happy ______ that was spent together at the Black Smith shop with Mother & Father & Sister and I. Now back to the house we would go ... Mother to work busy all day . . . Sister & I to play and evening tide was creeping slowly on the sun was sinking in the far blue western skies above us . . The song birds sweetly echoing their last songs and note for the day. In the beautiful foliage have hid theirselves away for the night. PaPa's anvil is still ringing . . .Mama is busily engaged in preparing the evening refreshments for the little family and Juicing the cows attending the chickens while Sister and I is down on the creek bank watching the little fishes playing in the water ...Our thoughts wandring away with the fishes as the flirt and swim till we was called to supper.

Right here I want to say dear reader this was our humble little country home situated on the banks of the big old Rushing Creek five miles North of Camden, TN. Right here at this little home I went to my first school ... The teacher an old gentlemen with white beard and hair, tall and erect called me his little pet . .. There I learned to spell and read . .. The house was full of young ladies and gents . .. I was the only baby in school and the pet of all. There I learned to love my teacher and my parents and teacher learned me to love all the young ladies and gents in school . . .I thought that everyone loved me. Dear Reader I thank God for good parents and teachers that learn us to love. Love is the best and sweetest thing on earth. We couldn't live without it. I think if I could only live those sweet days over again I would learn to love more . ..The beautiful Spring come trickling out of the high banks a few rods from the creek where Mother and the school are to get water is as plain in my memory now as it was then .. It is so dear to me . ..Things that is planted in our young hearts is yet young when so are bending and blooming with old age a sweet remembrance. Now hear Papa has moved down on the Public road in amongst the Big Forest trees and yet on he same creek . . a lovely place close to our Grandmothers where all of us little folks love to go. The Anvil was still ringing . . Sister and I still playing in the tool box on the vice bench .. .There is an improvement on Black Smith shops . . Now maybe they don't have vice benches now. Pa made log coal . . Kills burnt his own coal . . now the coal is bought. The new home, the beautiful tree and big creek with its high white chalk bluff, the nice fishes rthe sweet song burds is all sweet memory to me. I wish I could live them over again. From small acorns large happiness. I am going to school at the same place and am loved by all . . . Sister & I she is with me now.

Our school was out . . . Sister and I played on the white chalk bluff making toys out of the chalk as white as snow. Sister gets sick with fever. (A long) time I was lonesome I couldn't play . . .I was lonely. I want to say although we are young if we are rightly taught by our parents that love in our hearts will never part there is moments all along through life when we can have sweet reflections of the past that will make us glad we have lived. Now Pa has moved. Bought farm home with all _______

beautiful . . .surrounding . . nice big orchard with its pretty mingled and scented the place. To my mind the apple tree bloom was the sweetest of all blooms. It is needless to say we was happy. The anvil and hammer was still ringing out in the clear open air. The work was going on in the house. We did not play so much. We went to school . . to the same place, a lovely place with an wodden structure with two doors, dirt chimney fireplace across one end of the house that warmed the entire house, large windows with glass and wooden shutters. Oh it was a sweet remembrance to me.

That beautiful stream runs through our farm with all of its nice clear water and pretty rocky bed full of fish . . .see them just as plain any time. Could sit in the shade of the foliage of those big trees on the banks and fish all day. So innocent so pure . .. with watchful eyes to watch after us all the time . . . the all seeing eye above us and parents at home.

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