Ancestors & Descendants of

Thomas and Harriet Compton Howard
Prepared and Submitted by Mary E. West

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Alexander Howard.  He married Johanna Tripples, NOV 25. 1727, in AMELIA CO. SPOTSYLVANIA, VA. 

 

MY RESEARCH ON THE HOWARD LINE ALONG WITH INFORMATION FROM OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HAS BEEN ON GOING NOW FOR OVER 20 YRS.  MRS JOYCE ELLIS OF S.C.,  MRS CAROL SIECK OF EDENTON, N.C., DR GRACE BATSON OF NAPLES, FLA. HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THEIR RESEARCH.  WE ARE ALL DESCENDANTS OF PETER HOWARD, SON OF ALEXANDER AND JOHANNA TRIPPLES.

 

 

SPOTSYLVANIA CO. ORDER BOOK PART II 1724-1730 PAGE 157 MAY 3, 1727 "IN TH ACTION OF THE CASE BROUGHT BY DITTO: AGAINST EDMUND RYNES THE SAME ORDER GRANTED AGAINST THE SAID DEFENDANT AND ALEXANDER HOWARD HIS SECURITY."  IN THE SAME ORDER BOOK PAGE 167 ON THE 6TH OF JUNE 1727 ANOTHER RECORD IS SHOWN WHERE ALEXANDER IS AGAIN PROVIDING SECURITY FOR A DEFENDANT.

1727 SPOTSYLVANIA ALEXANDER HOWARD IS NAMED OVERSEER OF A MAIN ROAD.

COUNTY RECORDS IN 1727 LIST THE MARRIAGE OF ALEXANDER HOWARD TO JOANNA TRIPPLES.  TRIPPLES/TRIPPLET/TRIPOLI HAVE ALSO BEEN USED AS THE SPELLING FOR JOANNA'S NAME.  THE CORRECT SPELLING IS PROBABLY TRIPPLET

SINCE THE FAMILIES IN THE AREA WERE TRIPPLET FAMILIES.

ON JULY 02, 1734 AT A COURT HELD FOR PROOF OF PUBLIC CLAIMS IN SPOTSYVANIA COUNTY ALEXANDER HOWARD IS EXIBITING HIS CLAIM FOR TAKING UP A RUNAWAY

SLAVE.

SPOTSYLVANIA  CO., VA.  JUNE 26, 1731 LAND PATENT TO ALEXANDER HOWARD FOR 40

SHILLINGS LOCATED IN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA.  400 A.. IN THE GREAT FORK OF THE APPAHANNOCK RIVER, SOUTH SIDE OF A BRANCH OF FRESHMANS RUN.

AMELIA COUNTY, VA.  JULY 15, 1742 DEED FOR 196 ACRES OF LAND FROM JAMES MUNFORD OF COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE, VA. TO ALEXANDER HOWARD OF THE AFORESAID.  ONE TRACT OF LAND ON SWEET HOUSE CREEK IN AMELIA CO. BEING THE LAND THE SD. MUNFORD BOUGHT OF ROBT. DAVIS. IN OBEDIANCE TO OUR ORDER OF COURT DATED MAY 28, 1752 APPRAISEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE SAID ALEXANDER HOWARD RETURNED BY JOANNA HOWARD 25 JUNE 1752.

THESE LAST THREE NOTES FROM THE HOWARD HUB BUB MAY 1, 1970 BY JOYCE ELLIS AND NORA CALLAHAN.

GRANVILLE CO., N.C. 6 MARCH 1758  ALSALUM WELLS TO ALEXANDER HOWARD SOLD A TRACT OF LAND IN GRANVILLE CO., 400 A. ON SOUTH SIDE OF SANDY CREEK.

4 NOVEMBER 1759  WILL OF ALEXANDER HOWARD WAS WRITTEN..

I.        Alexander Howard Jr..  He married Mary Unknown.  Alexander died ABT 1760, GRANVILLE CO., N.C.  AMELIA COUNTY, VA.  22 NOVEMBER 1758   DEED FROM ALEXANDER HOWARD, SON OF ALEXANDER AND JOANAH HOWARD, AND JOANAH HOWARD (HIS MOTHER) TO DAVID GREENHILL THE SAME AS ABOVE DEED FROM MUNFORD.  IN COURT ON MAY 25, 1759 JOANNA HOWARD ACKNOWLEDGED DEED AND IT WAS ORDERD TO BE RECORDED.

           GRANVILLE COUNTY, N.C.

           4 NOVEMBER 1759  WILL OF ALEXANDER HOWARD WAS WRITTEN...

           THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ALEXANDER HOWARD BEING VERY WEEK IN BODY BUT SOUND IN MIND.  ITEM:  I GIVE AND BEQUEATH MY SOUL IN THE HANDS OF GOD.  MY BODY TO BE BURYD IN A CHRISTIAN LIKE MANNER BY DERECTION OF MY WIFE.

           ITEM:  I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MARY MY WIFE ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND TO HER AND HER HEIRS FOR EVER BEGINNING ON ROBIN DAYS BRANCH RUNING TO THE FALLS OF SANDY CREEK FOR COMPLIMENT IN CLUDING MY NOW DWELLING PLANTATION.

           ITEM;  I GIVE AND BEQUESTH TO MARY MY WIFE ALL MY GOODS AND CHATTLES TO HER AND HER HEIRS FOR EVER.  ITEM:  I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BROTHERS JOHN AND PETER HOWARD ALL THE REMAINDER OF MY LAND TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM BOTH ON  QUANTITY AND QUALITY.  THIS WITNESS MY HAND THIS FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY NINE.

           ALEXANDER HOWARD (HIS MARK)

           TEST.   WILLIAM BALLS  THOMAS. EASTICE (HIS MARK)

           NOTE FOR MY MOTHER TO DELIVER TO MY BOND UPON THE MAKING OVER THE LAND TO MY BROTHERS & APPOINT MARY MY WIFE AS SOLE EXECUTRIX ALLOWING MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

           THIS WILL BROUGHT AND PROVEN 2 AUGUST 1760, GRANVILLE CO., N.C. ON THE OATH OF WILLIAM BALL AND THOMAS EASTICE.

           FROM THE HOWARD HUB BUB  MAY 01, 1970. 14 FEBRUARY 1764  GRANVILLE CO., N.C.

           TOWIT OF JOANNA HOWARD AGAINST MARY HOWARD, EXTX OF ALEXANDER HOWARD DECEASED.  JOANNA HOWARD RECOVERED AGAINST THE EXTX. FOR DAMAGES BY REASON OF NOT PERFORMING A CERTAIN COVENANT IN HIS LIFETIME WITH THE SAID JOANNA HOWARD.  THE EXTX WAS ORDER TO PAY FOR JOANNA'S COST FOR COURT AND WHATEVER THE SUIT IS FOR.  (THIS WAS PROBABLY FOR SAID DEALING WITH JOANNA'S HUSBAND'S ESTATE AND THAT OF ALEXANDER'S FATHER'S.)

II.      Peter Howard, b. CIRCA 1730.  He married Ann Portman.  Peter died CIRCA 1800/1810, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.  WAYNE COUNTY, KY PER MAX BROWN MBROWN99 AUG 1, 1998 PETER SHOWS UP ON THE

           1820 CENSUS AS MALE 45 PLUS ONE FEMALE 16-26 AND ONE FEMALE 45 PLUS.

           PORTMAN HIS SON ALSO SHOWS UP ON THIS CENSUS.

           GRANVILLE CO., N.C.  2 NOVEMER 1767  PETER HOWARD AND HIS WIFE, ANN HOWARD SELL THE LAND THAT PETER INHERITED FROM HIS BROTHER ALEXANDER.  DEDD TO JOHN POWNALL OF BUTTE CO., N.C. WAS MADE BY PETER AND ANN HOWARD WHO WERE THEN LIVING IN ROWAN CUNTY,  N. C.  (NOW MOST LIKELY LINCOLN CO., N.C.).

           A.      Thomas Howard, b. FEB 25, 1760.  He married Mary (Polly) Gosnell, C 1785, in GREENVILLE DISTR., S.C., d. AFTER 1840, GREENVILLE, S.C., buried: HOWARD FAMILY CEMETERY.  Thomas died FEB 24, 1838, GREENVILLE CO., S.C., buried: HOWARD FAMILY CEMETERY.  ACCORDING TO FAMILY LEGEND THOMAS HOWARD HAD CURLY RED HAIR.

                     HE AND MARY GOSNELL HOWARD RAISED NINE CHILDREN IN GREENVILLE DISTRICT,

                     S. C

                     THE HISTORY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. BY JAMES M. RICHARDSON  STATES THAT

                     CAMERON AND HIS TORY FRIENDS HAD POISONED THE MINDS OF THE INDIANS AGAINST

                     THE WHIGS AND IN JULY 0F 1776, THE INDIANS ATTACKED.   IN THE INDIAN MASSACRE

                     "CAPT THOMAS HOWARD, WHO RESIDED WITHIN THE INDIAN COUNTRY, A FEW MILES NORTWEST OF THE PRESENT GOWENSVILLE SETTLEMENT, WAS ABLE TO ORGANIZE A

                     SMALL COMPANY OF MEN FROM AMONG THE NUMBER, WHO LIKE HIMSELF, HAD TAKEN REFUGE IN THE OLD BLOCK HOUSE"   CAPT HOWARD AND HIS MEN ATTACKED AND KILLED MANY OF THE INDIANS.  THE INDIANS REORGANIZED AND FOUGHT BACK.  THIS

                     SKIRMISH IS NOW KNOW AS  " THE BATTLE OF ROUND MOUNTIAN".    CAPT HOWARD AND HIS INDIAN GUIDE, SCHUYUKA  LED THE SMALL GROUP THROUGH THE PASS NOW KNOW AS "HOWARD'S GAP"  TO WIN THE SKIRMISH.  SCHUYUKA LATER DIED A HORRIBLE DEATH AT THE HANDS OF HIS INDIAN FOES.

                     THE SPARTANBURG HERALD-JOURNAL ON JUNE 7, 1931 RAN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE BY NITA TURNER REGARDING THOMAS HOWARD AND HIS INDIAN FIREND, SKYUKA.

                     "HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH AN IDIAN NAMED SKYUKA IS A LEGEND IN ITSELF.  THE STORY HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN IN THE FAMILY THAT THOMAS HOWARD WAS HUNTING WILD TURKEYS IN THE WOODS NEAR HIS HOME.  HE MET AN INDIAN, AND UNAFRAID, WENT UP TO HIM.  THE INDIAN HAD SHOT SOME TURKEYS AND AFTER SOME SIGNING BACK AND FORTH, HOWARD FOUND THAT THE INDIAN HAD BEEN BITTEN BY A SNAKE.  HOWARD TOOK ONE OF THE TURKEYS AND BOUND IT AROUND THE IDNIAN'S ARM TO DRAW OUT THE POISON.  HE THEN MOTIONED FOR THE INDIAN TO FOLLOW HIM TO HIS HOME.  HE SAID "COME SUP WITH ME ; MY HOME IS NEARBY.  THOU ART IN DANGER OF BLOOD POISONING.  THERE WE CAN BIND THE ARM."   SKYUKA ACCEPTED HOWARD'S INVITATION AND THUS A GREAT FRIENDSHIP WAS BORN."

                     THOMAS HOWARD SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA MITILIA UNDER COL BENJAMIN ROEBUCK FROM MAY 1780  AFTER CHARLES TOWN WAS DEFEATED UNTIL 1782 WHEN ANDERSON RETURNED.

                     A MONUMENT ERECTED TO HONOR THOMAS HOWARD ON BLUE RIDGE MTN IN 1909 STATED "ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF  ROUND MOUNTIAN IN WHICH CAPT HOWARD AND HIS BRAVE FOLLOWERS WITH THE FAITHFUL INIDAN GUIDE SKYUKA DEFEATED THE CHEROKEE NATION 1776"  THIS MONUMENT WAS LATER MOVED TO HOWARD'S GAP ROAD AND RE-ERECTED 1967.

                    

                     IN 1810 THOMAS AND MARY HOWARD BOUGHT 100 ACRES ON BARTON'S FORK OF S

                     TYGER RIVER.  THOMAS HOWARD BUILT A SMALL LOG CABIN ABOUT 30 FT SQUARE.

                     HWY 11 WAS REROUTED AND IT TRAVELED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE OLD HOME PLACE.

                     THE HOWARD CEMETERY IS STILL BESIDE HWY 11.

                     THE UPPER PART OF GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA  BY MANN BATSON

                     ON PAGE 411 SAYS THAT AT A UNION PARTY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 2, 1833 MAJOR ROBERT P. GOODLETTE APPOINTED SECRETARY NAMED ELEVEN GENTLEMEN TO A COMMITTEE "TO PREPARE AND REPORT A PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS EXPRESIVE OF THE SENSE OF THE MEETING"  THOMAS HOWARD (A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER) WAS ONE OF THE ELEVEN MEN APPOINTED.

                     THOPMAS HOWARD IS BURIED IN THE FAMILY CEMETERY AND A MARKER WAS PLACED ON HIS GRAVE BY THE NATHANIEL GREENE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. IN 1964.

                     1.       Peter Howard, b. BEFORE 1790, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.  THIS PETER HOWARD LEFT GREENVILLE S.C. BY 1848 WITH NO PLACE OF RESIDENCE

                               KNOWN TO FAMILY PER HOWARD HUB BUB 1968.

                     2.       Enoch Howard, b. BEFORE 1790, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.  He married Martha Unknown.

                               a.       Othaniel Howard.  He married Martha "Patty" Pruett.

                     3.       James Howard, b. BEFORE 1789, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.  He married Rachael Lindsey.  THEY LIVED IN THE VACINITY OF GLASSY MTN .  HOWARD HUB BUB 1968.

                               a.       Mary Caroline Howard.  She married Peter Gosnell.

                               b.       James Howard, Jr..  He married Clarinda Howard.

                               c.       William Howard.  He married Sarah Pitman.

                               d.       Jane Howard.

                               e.       Rachel Howard.

                               f.        Moses Howard.  He married Rebecca J. Burrell.

                               g.       Jefferson Howard.  He married (1) Nancy Howard.  He married (2) K. M. Howard.  He married (3) Anna Harrison.

                               h.       Malinda Howard.  She married Emmanuel Pruitt.

                               i.        Mitchell Howard.  He married Nancy Gosnell.

                     4.       William T. Howard, b. 1792, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.  He married (2) Delilia Gosnell.

                               a.       Milford Howard.  He married Atlantic Callahan.

                               b.       Thomas Howard.

                               c.       Matilda Howard.

                               d.       William T Howard Jr.

                     5.       Portman Howard, b. 1793, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.  He married Elizabeth Southerland, C 1816, in S.C., b. 1796, GREENVILLE DISTR., S.C., (daughter of Charles Southerland and Priscilla Southerland) d. 1874/1876, GREENVILLE DISTR., S.C.  Portman died APR 6/APR 29,1864, GREENVILLE DISTRICT,  S.C.  THE 1830 GREENVILLE DISTR S.C. CENSUS SHOWS PORTMAN HOWARD AND WIFE, ELIZABETH SOUTHERLAND.  CHILDREN, THOMAS, CHARLES, JOHN, GEORGE W., WILLIAM J., JULIA ANN, PORTMAN JR., AND PENELOPE SOUTHERLIN'S JACKSON SOUTHERLIN (SOUTHERLAND).

                              

                               MY FIRST CONTACT ON THE PORTMAN HOWARD LINE WAS:  MRS JOYCE ELLIS OF

                               GREENVILLE, S.C.  SHE HAS RESEARCHED THE HOWARDS OF GREENVILLE COUNTY FOR

                               OVER 50 YEARS.  SHE FURNISHED ME WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE FOR PORTMAN

                               HOWARD.  OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDE JOYCE PEMBERTON OF ARKANSAS

                               ALONG WITH LOCAL FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATION.  THIS INFORMATION IS FOLLOWED UP BY CENSUS BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES, ETC.

                              

                              

                               PORTMAN HOWARD ESTATE: PORTMAN, JR PETITIONER AGAINST CHARLES HOWARD.  FINAL SETTLEMENT FILED 9 MARCH 1881  GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. APT. 24, FILE 26

                              

                               THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE - IN THE COURT OF PROBATE

                               PORTMAN HOWARD PETITIONER

                               AGAINST

                               CHARLES HOWARD, ADMINISTRATOR  DE BONIS NOW. C.. T. W OF PORTMAN HOWARD DEC'D.  THOMAS HOWARD, JOHN HOWARD, GEORGE HOWARD,  (SPACIA WARD, MARY HOWARD, JULIA PITTMAN, ALEXANDER HOWARD, LOUISA HOWARD, GEORGE H. HOWARD, DAVID HOWARD, SHADRACH HOWARD AND WADE HOWARD.DEFENDANTS.

                               PETITION FOR A FINAL SETTLEMENT..

                               TO HIS HONOR S..J..DOUTHIT, PROBATE  JUDGE FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY.

                               THE PETITION OF THE ABOVE NAMED PETITIONERS WOULD RESPECTFULLY SHOW UNTO YOUR WORSHIP AS FOLLOWS:

                               I.     THAT ON THE _ , DAY OF  A D 1864 PORTMAN HOWARD SR DIED, LEAVING IN FULL FORCE AND VIRTUE HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT BY WHICH HE APPOINTED HIS WIFE ELIZABETH HOWARD HIS EXECUTRIX.

                               II.   THAT THE SAID ELIZABETH HOWARD QUALIFIED AS EXECUTRIX THEREOF AND ENJOYED THE ESTATE. (WHICH BY THE TERMS OF THE WILL WAS HERS DURING HER NATURAL LIFE, AND AFTER HER DEATH TO BE SOLD AND EQUALLY DIVIDED AMOUNGST ALL HIS CHILDREN) UNTIL HER DEATH WHICH OCCURED SOMETIME IN THE YEAR 187-.

                               III.  THAT ON THE 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1876 THE DEFENDANT CHARLES HOWARD FILED HIS PETITION IN THIS COURT FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION DE BONIS NOW.  CAME TESTAMENTS ANNEXO , UPON THE ESTATE OF THE SAID PORTMAN HOWARD SR, AND ON THE 6TH DAY OF MARCH A D 1876 YOUR HONEOR GRANTED HIM SAID LETTERS.

                               IV.  THAT THE SAID CHARLES HOWARD THEREAFOR PROFESED HIMSELF AS SUCH ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SAID ESTATE, AND PROCEEDED TO ADMINISTER THE SAME

                               BUT HAS FAILED TO MAKE A FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE SAME, ALTHOUGH REQUESTED SO TO DO:  THAT IN THE OPINION OF YOUR PETITIONER HE HAS HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF TIME TO COLLECT DEBTS OWING THE ESTATE, AND MAKE HIS FINAL SETTLEMENT.

                               V.   YOUR PETITION FURTHER REPRESENTS TO YOU HONOR, THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE LEGATEES AND DISTRIBUTES OF THE ESTATE TO WIT, THOMAS HOWARD, WHO LIVES IN TENN.JOHN HOWARD WHO LIVES IN MISSOURI SPACIA WARD, AND MARY HOWARD WHO LIVE IN N.C. GEORGE HOWARD, WILLIAM HOWARD, JULIA PITTMAN, DAVID HOWARD, ALEXL HOWARD, LOUISA HOWARD, GEORGE H HOWARD, WADE HOWARD AND SHADRACH HOWARD WHO LIVES IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY.

                               WHEREFORE YOUR PETITIONER PRAYS THAT YOUR HONOR WILL CAUSE YOUR CITATION TO ISSUE DIRECTED TO THE PARTIES IN INTEREST, TO SHEW CAUSE BEFORE YOU AN A DAY TO BE THEREIN FIXED BY YOU, WHY A FINAL SETTLEMENT OF SIAD ESTATE SHOULD NOT BE HAD.

                               AND YOUR PETITION WILL WE PRAY FC

                               GAILINGTORE T MOORE

                               ATTYS PRO. PET.

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                               a.       Thomas   Howard, b. 1817, GREENVILLE DISTR., SOUTH CAROLINA,  HIS NAME MAY BE C. OR R. THOMAS HOWARD, occupation FARMER.  He married Harriet Crumpton/compton, C1838, in S.C., b. ___ 1818, NORTH CAROLINA, d. AFTER 1887, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, buried: PROBABLY MT VERNON CEMETERY.  Thomas died 1887, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, buried: PROBABLY MT VERNON CEMETERY.  1830 GREENVILLE DISTR, S.C. CENSUS THOMAS IS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS PORTMAN AND ELIZABETH HOWARD.

                                          1840 GREENVILLE DISTR, S.C. CENSUS PAGE 238 - THOMAS AND HIS WIFE, HARRIET                                   LIVING NEXT TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, MARY HOWARD.  MARY HOWARD WAS A WIDOW BY THAT TIME WITH ONE MALE OF 20-30 AT HOME.

                                          BY 1850 THOMAS AND HARRIET MOVE TO GEORGIA.

                                          1850 GILMER COUNTY , GA. CENSUS  DWELLING 1220 FAMILY 1220 NOV 12, 1850  OWNED

                                          LAND PROPERTY VALUE $500.00

                                          1860 DAWSON COUNTY, GA. DAWSONVILLE CENSUS DWELLING 430 FAMILY 373 JUNE 27TH 1860  OWNED PROPERTY $500.00 VALUE PERSONAL PROPERTY $300.00

                                          THE COUNTY LINE MAY HAVE CHANGED BETWEEN 1850 AND 1860....

                                          SOME TIME AFTER 1865 THOMAS HOWARD AND HIS FAMILY MOVE TO TN.

                                          1870 RHEA  COUNTY, TN CENSUS 8-12-80

                                          THOMAS HOWARD --WATERHOUSE/DO/DO/THOMAS;TX, $3.81  D-8

                                          1880 HAMILTON COUNTY, TN CENSUS  DISTRICT 11, DWELLING 162 FAMILY 165

                                         

                                          1887- PROPERTY DEED EXECUTED SEPT 1, 1887 BY CHILDREN AFTER HIS DEATH FOR PIECE OF PROPERTY PURCHASED FROM DAUGHTER, LOUISA JANE HOWARD SHIPLEY AND HER HUSBAND IN 1886.  HE WAS ELDER OF MT VERNON CHURCH WITH REV RICHARD HENRY JORDAN, WHOSE DAUGHTER, MILLIE JANE JORDAN MARRIED CHARLES PINCKNEY HOWARD.

                                          FATHER PORTMAN HOWARD'S WILL STATES LIVING IN TN 1881...  ON SON'S DEATH CERTIFICATE HER NAME IS CRUMPTON ON THE FAMILY LINEAGE SHEET OF A GGRANDDAUGHER, NORA R. IT IS LISTED AS CROMPTON.  WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SHOWN AS COMPTON.    HER NAME IS ALSO LISTED A JEMIMA ON THE LINEAGE SHEET.  COULD SHE BE HARRIETT JEMIMA CROMPTON?

                                          (1)    William Howard, b. 1839, SALUDA RIVER, PICKENS & GRNVLE DIST,S.C., occupation EVANGELIST.  PER BARBARA PEMBERTON AND GROVER JONES-WILLIAM BILL HOWARD LED SINGING AT CHURCH GATHERINGS AND REVIVALS.  HE LED WAGON TRAINS THROUGH WASHINGTON AND OREGON.  HE CAME BACK AND VISITED SO LONG ONE TIME, THE RELATIVES TOOK UP A COLLECTION OF MONEY TO SEND HIM BACK.  1870 HAM COUNTY, CENSUS-WM HOWARD BN 1839 S.C. WIFE MARY ANN BN 1841 GA CHILDREN: WM R BN 1863 (IDIOTIC),SARAH BN 1868 TN.

                                          (2)    Mary "Polly" Howard, b. 1840, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.  She married (1) Ben Green, b. GEORGIA.  She married (2) John "Lum" Stofer, MAR 1 1888, in HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.    

                                                    (a)     Andrew H. Green, b. 1866, RHEA COUNTY, TN.  He married Tennessee Jones, JAN 10, 1891, in RHEA COUNTY, TN, (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jones and Elizabeth Ann Ford). Andrew died 1938, MARON COUNTY, TN.

                                                    (b)     Unknown Stofer, b. DIED YOUNG.

                                                    (c)     Unknown Stofer, b. DIED YOUNG.

                                          (3)    Mc Daniel (Daniel) Howard, b. 1843, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.  1860 Dawson County, Ga. census lists McDaniel's age as 17 yrs. census was taken June 17, 1860.

                                          (4)    Louisa "Elsie" Jane Howard, b. FEB  04, 1845, GREENVILLE DISTR., S.C.., occupation HOUSEWIFE.  She married Jesse Perry Shipley, FEB  10, 1867, in RHEA COUNTY, TN BON 7FEB1867, b. JUNE  28, 1846, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, (son of Orson Shipley and Hannah O. Hunt) occupation PVT 6 TN MTD IN CIVIL WAR, d. MAR   05, 1931, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: MAR   07, 1931, SHIPLEY CEMETERY SALE CREEK, TN.  Louisa died May 08, 1910, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON CO., TN, buried: MAY 1910, SHIPLEY CEMETERY, HAMILTON CO., TN.  DEATH DATE ON FAMILY BIBLE PER DAVID COX. DEATH DATE ON DEATH CERTIFICATE

                                                    (a)     Jemima Shipley, b. 1880, RHEA COUNTY, TN.  She married J. Richard Fox, b. 1873, d. 1928, buried: SHIPLEY CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  Jemima died June 1970, RHEA COUNTY, TN, buried: SHIPLEY CEMETERY SALE CREEK, TN.

                                                    (b)     Hannah Levisey Shipley, b. April 26,  1886, TN.  She married (1) Jess Cox.  She married (2) David Oscar Aslinger, b. May 4, 1890, TN, (son of Joshua Aslinger and Margaret Maggie Shipley) buried: JACKSONVILLE, FL.  Hannah died Nov 15, 1971, JACKSONVILL, FLA.  BIRTH DATE AND DEATH DATE FORM DCOX@VOL.COM OCT 2000.

                                                               [1]    Carl Aslinger.

                                                    (c)     Florence Jerusha Shipley, b. Feb 7, 1874, HAMILTON CO, TN.  She married William Day Thomas, Sept 25, 1892.  Florence died Oct 19, 1965, ALABAMA.

                                                    (d)     John B. Shipley, b. 1883, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  He married Lula Elsea.  John died 1945, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: PROVIDENCE CEMETERY SALE CREEK TN.

                                                    (e)     Orson Shipley, b. 1877, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.

                                          (5)    Charles Pinckney Howard, b. Jan 1848, GILMER COUNTY, GA, occupation FARMER.  He married Millie Jane Jordan, Dec 10, 1868, in HAMILTON COUNTY, TN PG 130 BND 12/9/1868, b. MAY 10, 1850, BLEDSOE COUNTY, TN, (daughter of Richard Henry Jordan and Nancy Owen) occupation HOUSEWIFE, d. Circa 1910, BLACK OAK RIDGE, RHEA CO., TN, buried: PROBABLY MT VERNON  CEMETERY.  Charles died Circa 1910, BLACK OAK RIDGE, RHEA COUNTY, TN, buried: PROBABLY MT VERNON CEMETERY.  CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION SAYS ONE SON"OLIVER" AT HOME LEAVING FOR ALABAMA IN A FEW DAYS.  THIS IS GRANDSON, OLIVER HOWARD . 1900 RHEA COUNTY, TN CENSUS 13-297A  138/140  1870 CENSUS HAMILTON CTY, TN NO CILDREN   1880 HAMILTON CTY TN CENSUS  DISTRICT 11  DWELLING 123/FAMILY 124.

                                                    SERVED IN CO. D, JAMES MCCRARY CO. COL. RALSTON BATTLN FOR THE STATE OF GA.  HE ENLISTED IN 1863 AT DAWSON CO., GA. WAS RELEASED ON MAY 12, 1865 AT KINGSTON ,GA.  1900 CENSUS SHOWS 8 CHILDREN/7 LIVING

                                                    (a)     Tennessee Elizabeth Howard, b. July   1883, RHEA COUNTY, TN, occupation HOUSEWIFE.  She married Arthur A. Bell, occupation RAILROAD CONDUCTOR, buried: BIRMINGHAM, ALA.  Tennessee died Circa 1968/69, BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

                                                               [1]    Floyd R  Bell, b. ALABAMA.  He married Allene Bell.  LETTER TO ERMA JOHNSON APRIL 27, 1971 GIVES ADDRESS AS FLOYD R BELL 5665 CRESTWOOD BL BIRMINGHAM, ALA.  35212.

(b)      Harriet Adline Howard, b. 1872, RHEA COUNTY, TN, occupation   ASSISTED IN CHURCH.  She married (1) Jacob Thomas Clark, b. 1861, KENTUCKY, (son of Dave Clark and Unknown Clark)  DIED AT HOME BRO-IN-LAW THOMAS HOWARD, occupation FARMER, d. NOV 21, 1927, N. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, buried: NOV 23, 1927, GRAYSVILLE, RHEA COUNTY, TN.  She married (2) Lewis Luther Turner, FEB 11, 1899, in RHEA COUNTY, TN, b. FEB 21, 1877, RHEA COUNTY, TN, (son of Moses S. Turner and Mary Jane Corvin) occupation RET CHURCH OF GOD MINISTR, d. Dec 11, 1959, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON CO., TN, buried: FRENCH CEMTERY, DAYTON, RHEA CO, TN.  Harriet died March 1922,  WHITWELL, MARION COUNTY, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMTERY,

1910 RHEA CTY CENSUS DOWDY FERRY RD DAYTON, TN FARM #99 OWNS MORTGAGE CAN READ & WRITE  2 BIRTHS/2 LIVING FAMILY # 177 #178 MARRIED TWICE THIS TIME 19 YRS  BOTH HIS PARENTS BORN N C PER CENSUS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE LIST AGES AT MARRIAGE AS DOSHIA 20 AND THOMAS CLARK 25.

                                                               DEATH CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY R. T. (TOMMY)HOWARD.  DIED SUDDENLY PROBABLY FROM A HEART ATTACK.... BURIED AT GRAYSVILLE, TN.  R. J. COULTERS IN CHARGE.  MARRIED TO HARRIET HOWARD UNTIL HER DEATH (OVER 20 YRS) THEN MARRIED MARY JANE (OVER 20 YRS).  HE WAS MARRIED TO MARY HOWARD POTTER VOILES UNTIL HIS DEATH..  

                                                               1910 RHEA COUNTY TN CENSUS SHOWS LEWIS AND HARRIET ON BLYTHES FERRY RD  FARM #44 OWNS/MORTGAGE

                                                               Dec 11, 1959 Chattanooga Times

                                                               Obituary Turner, Rev L. L. 82 Chattanooga died there in a hospital later Wednesday.  He was a retired minister of the Church of God, one of the original 70 elders of the Church of God.  He was the son of the late Moses S. and Mary Jane Corvin Turner of Rhea County.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs Mary Voiles Turner, Chattanooga; two sons L. L. Turner of D-- and Ray Turner of Hixson, Tenn.

                                                               one daughter, Mrs Thelma Brooks of Dayton, Tenn; five stepsons, Ollie Howard, Charles Voiles, Billy Voiles all of Chattanooga, Carl Hughes of Phoenix, Ariz and Bill Hughes of Akron, Ohio.    Three step daughters, Erma Johnson and Roma Smith both of Chattanooga,  mrs Gladys S

                                                               Phoenix, Ariz.  13 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren,  one great great grandchild.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from the Dayton Church of God.  The Rev J. A. Cross, the Rev Cleo Watts and the Rev C. M. Newman officiating.  Active pallbearers will be the following grandsons,  R. L Brooks .  O Brooks, Billy Brooks, Jackie Brooks, Louis Turner and Ray Brooks.

                                                               The body will be taken to the church at 1 o'clock to lie in state until the hour of service.  The body is at the funeral home.  Burial in French Cemetery.  Sawyers Funeral Service in charge.  Proof---- can't read some of names clearly.....

                                                               [1]    Oliver Howard, b. JUNE 19, 1892, SALE CREEK, TN.  He married Mary Alice Leoda "Odie" Middlebrooks, b. JULY 27, 1895, SAND MTN, ALABAMA, (daughter of Jesse Middlebrook and Unknown Middlebrook) d. JUNE 4, 1981, CHATTA., HAMILTON, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  Oliver died FEB 25, 1961, CHATTA., HAMILTON, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  Chattanooga Times  February 27, 1961

                                                                         Howard, Ollie 68 retired famer of Sale Creek, died Saturday at 11:30 P.M. in Rhea County Hospital.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs Oda Howard, Sale Creek;  three daughtersm Mrs Reatha Hester, Chattanooga; Mrs Ruby Cummings, Sale Creek; Mrs Corole (Corbel) Burdett, Chattanooga; two half brothers, Roy Clark, Dayton and Ray Turner, Daisy, sister, Mrs Thelma Brooks, Dayton.  Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 P.M. in the chapel of the funeral home, the Rev Leston Pritchard officiating.  Interment will be in Mount Vernon Cemetery,  The body is at the funeral home.  Arrangements by Willimson-Garrison, Daisy.

                                                                         Uncle Ollie was raised by his grandparents, Charles Pinkney and Mille Jane Jordan Howard.

                                                                         [A]   Retha Howard, b. OCT  3, 1912, SAND MTN, ALA.  She married (1) Clarence Marvin "Mark"  Rockholt, 1926, in CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, b. JAN 24, 1905, DAYTON, RHEA CTY, TN, (son of James L. Rockholt and Hannah Coxey) occupation OAK RIDGE NUCLEAR PLANT, d. JULY 1967/68, RHEA COUNTY, TN, buried: OLD WASHINGTON CEMETERY, RHEA CTY, TN.  She married (2) Ernest David "Ernie" Hester, 1950, in CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, b. 1914, occupation POLICEMAN, d. JULY 30, 1993, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, buried: TN/GA CEMETERY, ROSSVILLE, GA.

                                                                                   1.       Unknown Rockholt, d. AT BIRTH.

                                                                                   2.       Unknown Rockholt, d. AT BIRTH.

                                                                                   3.       Harley Rex Rockholt, b. JAN  9,   1933, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.  He married Marty Jo Ann Trew, JAN 26, 1951, in CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, b. JAN 26, 1934, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.

                                                                                              a.       Susan Diane Rockholt, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Vickie Ann Rockholt, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       Randall Marvin Rockholt, (details excluded).

                                                                                              d.       Jeannie  Linda Rockholt, (details excluded).  She married Todd Greenwell.

                                                                                   4.       Martha Sue Rockholt, b. NOV 15, 1937, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN,  DIED BRAIN TUMOR.  She married (1) Leroy Evans, d. C 1958.  She married (2) Glen Barton, C 1954.  Martha died 1991, NORCROSS, GA, buried: NORCROSS, GA.

                                                                                              a.       Glenn Ray Evans, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Stanton Evans, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       Paul Barton.

                                                                         [B]   Ruby Howard, b. DEC 25, 1914, FLAT ROCK, ALA.  She married (1) Earl Blevins.  She married (2) Gene Martin.  She married (3) Jesse Totz.  She married (4) Henry Carey "Kay" Cummings.  Ruby died JAN 29, 1994, CALIFORNIA (OBIT CHATTA TIMES).

                                                                                   1.       Baby Cummings, d. 2 WKS OF AGE, CALIFORNIA.

                                                                                   2.       Michael Cummings, b. NOV 11, 1951, CALIFORNIA, occupation PSYCHIATRIST REDLANDS, CA.  He married Faye Cummings, occupation MEDICAL DOCTOR.

                                                                         [C]   Corbel Howard, b. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON CTY, TN.  She married Thomas "Tommy" Burdett, occupation BAPTIST MINISTER.  Corbel died OCT 28, 1980, CHATTANOOGA TIMES.

                                                                                   1.       Ken Burdette.

                                                                                   2.       Robert Burdette.

                                                                                   3.       Jerry Burdett.

                                                                                   4.       Deanna  Burdett.

                                                                         [D]   Duncan Howard, b. 1920, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, T N, d. 1920, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.

                                                               [2]    Thelma Edith Turner, b. FEB 15, 1903, RHEA COUNTY, TN.  She married Roy Anthony  Brooks, APRIL 21, 1918, in TN, b. DEC 19, 1897, TN, d. OCT 29, 1970, RHEA COUNTY, TN, buried: RHEA MEMORIAL CEMETERY DAYTON, TN.  Thelma died AUG  2, 1979, RHEA COUNTY, TN, buried: RHEA MEMORIAL CEMETERY DAYTON, TN.

                                                                         [A]   Robert  Lee  Brooks, b. MARCH 24, 1919, TN.  He married (1) Frances Viola Ferry, NOV 11, 1938, in TN.  He married (2) Yvonne Mary Harding, b. AUG 8, 1926, LONDON, ENGLAND.  Robert died FEB    11, 1980, FLORIDA, buried: CREMATED IN FLORIDA.

                                                                                   1.       Martha Diane Brooks, b. JAN 1, 1940.  She married (1) William Frances Owens, APR 16, 1957, b. MAR 15, 1934.  She married (2) Charles Payne.

                                                                                              a.       Debra Annette Owens, (details excluded).  She married (1) Daniel Ramsey Bunch, (details excluded).  She married (2) Danny Ray Hatcher, (details excluded).

                                                                                                        (1)    Joshua Brian Bunch, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Tammy Sue Owens, (details excluded).  She married Dean Peters, (details excluded).

                                                                                                        (1)    Dustin Blake Peters, (details excluded).

                                                                                                        (2)    Jamilyn Nicolle Peters, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       Angela Suzzette Owens, (details excluded).  She married (1) Henry Maynard Hawkins, (details excluded).  She married (2) Timothy Eugene Frady, (details excluded).

                                                                                                        (1)    Elizabeth Brook Frady, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Gillian Lesley Brooks, b. NOV 6, 1945, BERKSHAM, ENGLAND.  She married (1) Harold Stephen Grigsby, JAN 28, 1967, (divorced) b. MAR 23, 1945.  She married (2) Jerry Frank Kendrick, (divorced).

                                                                                              a.       Kelly Ray Grigsby, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Troy Wayne Grigsby, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       Neal Patrick Grigsby, (details excluded).

                                                                                   3.       Janis Mary Brooks, b. JAN 29, 1947.  She married Ed Matthias, (divorced).

                                                                                              a.       Timothy Patrick Matthias, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Leslie Ann Matthias, (details excluded).

                                                                                   4.       Roberta Lee Brooks, b. MAY 29, 1948.  She married (1) Unknown Stine.  She married (2) Douglas Grayson, (divorced).

                                                                                              a.       Mark Allison Stine, (details excluded).

                                                                                   5.       Karen Althea Brooks, (details excluded).  She married Rick Johnson, d. DECEASED.

                                                                                   6.       Allison Lindsey Brooks, (details excluded).  She married Barry Joseph Verville.

                                                                                              a.       Toby Michael Verville, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Lucas Arthur Verville, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       Angela "Peaches" Verville.

                                                                         [B]   Odell  Brooks, b. JAN 24, 1921, TN.  He married Jewell Pearl Harris, FEB 9, 1946, b. JULY 30, 1908, d. JAN  1993, ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA, buried: ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA.  Odell died MAR 5, 1992, ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA, buried: ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA.

                                                                         [C]   Harriet Verna Brooks, b. MAY 5, 1923, TN.  She married (1) Clint Castle McDonald, MAY 5, 1945, divorced 1983, b. MAY 12, 1911.  She married (2) Russell Miller, AUG 22, 1947, b. SEPT 10, 1923.

                                                                                   1.       Larry Anthony McDonald, b. FEB 8, 1946, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  He married Peggy Jean Spangler, b. FEB 6, 1950, TN.

                                                                                              a.       Brian Anthony McDonald, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Gill Elizabeth McDonald, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Janet Carol Miller, b. OCT 1, 1949, TN.  She married George Hampton, b. AUG 20, 1949.

                                                                                              a.       Jennifer Lynn Hampton, (details excluded).  She married Kenny Frame II, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Christopher George Hampton, (details excluded).

                                                                                   3.       Cheryl Ann Miller, (details excluded).  She married Joe Clifton Galloway, b. JAN 21, 1947, TN.

                                                                                              a.       Kristen Brooke Galloway, (details excluded).  She married Timothy Wade Clounch, (details excluded).

                                                                                                        (1)    Brandon Chase Clounch, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Bradley Keith Galloway, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       Katherine Alane Galloway, (details excluded).

                                                                         [D]   Roy Anthony Brooks Jr, b. MAR 23, 1926, TN.  He married Imogene Hazelwood.  Roy died MAR 22, 1995, TN, buried: RHEA MEMORIAL CEMETERY DAYTON, TN.  MARRIED TWO OTHER TIMES NO CHILDREN.

                                                                                   1.       Roy Anthony Brooks III, b. 1949, TN, d. JULY 6, 1949, RHEA CO., TN, buried: GARRISON CEMETERY, DAYTON, RHEA CO.TN.

                                                                         [E]    Mary Ruth Brooks, b. AUG 3, 1928.  She married (1) Joe Cheeks, MAY 16, 1943, (divorced). She married (2) Jack Geer, b. APRIL 15, 1916, d. DEC 26, 1983.  Mary died MAR 2, 1992.

                                                                                   1.       Jack Allen Geer, b. SEPT 27, 1951, TN.  He married Carol Jane Whitfield, (details excluded).

                                                                                              a.       James Allen Geer, (details excluded).  He married Angela Kaye Palmer, (details excluded).

                                                                                                        (1)    Spencer Allen Geer, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Joel Andrew Geer, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       Jacob Anthony Geer, (details excluded).

                                                                         [F]    Bobbie Lou Brooks, b. NOV 7, 1931.  She married Jennings Fraley.  Bobbie died SEPT 20, 1995, CALIFORNIA, buried: CALIFORNIA.

                                                                                   1.       Wanda Fraley,  LIVES CALIFORNIA.  MARRIED TWICE DAUGHTER BY EACH HUSBAND -DIVORCED.

                                                                                   2.       Billie Joy Fraley, (details excluded).

                                                                                   3.       Tammy Lynn Fraley,  LIVES CALIFORNIA.  She married Unknown Ford, (divorced).

                                                                                              a.       Jeremy Ford.

                                                                                              b.       Shawn Ford.

                                                                         [G]   Billie Ray Brooks, b. FEB 2, 1934.  He married Margaret Rebecca Betsy Moore, APRIL 5, 1958, b. MAY 28, 1940.

                                                                                   1.       Rebecca Becky Brooks, (details excluded).  She married Douglas Lenord Driver II.

                                                                                              a.       Douglas Driver III, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Robert Blane Brooks, (details excluded).  He married Elizabeth Paris.

                                                                                              a.       Robert Blane Brooks, Jr, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       William Paris Brooks, (details excluded).

                                                                         [H]   Jackie Lewis Brooks, b.Oct 15, 1936, TN.  He married Jo Ann Nixon, Feb 9, 1963, in TN, b. July 19, 1942, TN, (daughter of Joe Houston Nixon and Missouri Ann Aslinger).

                                                                                   1.       Jason Lewis Brooks, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Justina Lynette Brooks, (details excluded).  She married James Todd Jackson, (details excluded).

                                                                                              a.       Jose Andrew Jackson, (details excluded).

                                                                         [I]     Linda Joyce Brooks, b. Oct 8, 1944.  She married James Edward Nalley, AUG 24, 1963, b. July 15, 1945.

                                                               [3]    Ray H. Turner, b. May  8, 1906,  RHEA CO., TN.  He married (1) Louise Smith, b. CIRCA 1904/5, TN.  He married (2) Maye Lusk, June 22, 1930, b. May 31, 1906, MARION COUNTY, TN, (daughter of Albright Lusk and May Belle Worley) d. March 23, 1964, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: HAMILTON MEMORIAL GARDENS.  Ray died July 6, 1977, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: HAMILTON MEMORIAL GARDENS.

                                                                         [A]   Louis Clayton Turner.  He married Maxine Miller.  Louis died LENIOR CITY, TN.  LIVED EVANSVILLE, TN AND LENIOR CITY, TN.

                                                                                   1.       Vicki Louise Turner.

                                                                                   2.       Jimmy Ray Turner.

                                                                         [B]   Larry  Lee Young, b. Aug 10, 1927, TN.  He married Ruth Alice.  Larry died Feb 17, 1992, TN, buried: HAMILTON MEMORIAL GARDENS.

                                                                                   1.       Connie Dale Young.

                                                                                   2.       Rhonda Gail Young.

                                                                                   3.       Larry Albright Young.

                                                                                   4.       Randall "Randy" Lee Young.

                                                                                   5.       Starla Kay Young.

                                                                         [C]   Joyce Turner, b. Oct 13, 1931, TN.  She married George Earl Smith, August 26, 1995, in ROSSVILLE, GA, b. June 18, 1931, TN, (son of George R Smith and Florence Griffith) d. April 19, 1997, HAMILTON CO., TN, buried: HAMILTON MEMORIAL GARDENS.

                                                                                   1.       Deborah Renee Smith, (details excluded).  She married Danny Dewayne Roark, (son of Thomas L. Roark and Shipley).

                                                                                   2.       Shiela Darlene Smith, (details excluded).

                                                                                   3.       Daniel Earl Smith, (details excluded).

                                                                                   4.       Reva Joyce Smith, (details excluded).

                                                                                   5.       Sonja  Michelle Smith, (details excluded).

                                                               [4]    Ralph Turner, b. Oct 1908, TN, d. CIRCA 1910/11, TN, buried: SALE CREEK.  1 YR 7 MONTHS OLD WHEN 1910 CENSUS WAS TAKEN ON APRIL 22, 1910.

                                                    (c)     Theodosia Howard, b. 1873, RHEA COUNTY, TN.  She married Jacob Thomas Clark, July 22, 1890, in Rhea County, TN   #001747, b. 1861, KENTUCKY, (son of Dave Clark and Unknown Clark)  DIED AT HOME BRO-IN-LAW THOMAS HOWARD, occupation FARMER, d. NOV 21, 1927, N. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, buried: NOV 23, 1927, GRAYSVILLE, RHEA COUNTY, TN.  Theodosia died 1930, SALE CREEK, TN, buried: OLD MT VERNON CEMETERY SALE CREEK, TN.  1910 RHEA CTY CENSUS  DOWDY FERRY RD DAYTON, TN FARM #99 OWNS MORTGAGE/ CAN READ & WRITE  2 BIRTHS/2 LIVING FAMILY # 177 #178 MARRIED TWICE THIS TIME 19 YRS  BOTH HIS PARENTS BORN N C PER CENSUS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE LIST AGES AT MARRIAGE AS DOSHIA 20 AND THOMAS CLARK 25.

                                                               DEATH CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY R. T. (TOMMY)HOWARD.  DIED SUDDENLY PROBABLY FROM A HEART ATTACK.... BURIED AT GRAYSVILLE, TN.  R. J. COULTERS IN CHARGE.

                                                               [1]    Edgar Clark, b. ___ 1893, TENNESSEE.

                                                               [2]    Roy Clark, b. ___ 1899, TENNESSEE.  He married Ollie Clark.

                                                    (d)     Nancy C. Howard, b. Nov  28, 1875, RHEA COUNTY, TN, occupation HOUSE WIFE.  She married William B.  Beavers, C1896, in RHEA COUNTY, TN, b. 1862, TN.  Nancy died AUG  09, 1932, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, buried: Aug  12. 1932, MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  NANCY BEAVERS DIED AT THE HOME OF HER SISTER, MARY CEPHRONIA HOWARD, 300 SYLVAN ST, N. CHATTANOOGA, TN.  DEATH CERTIFICATE LISTS CAUSE AS BAD CASE OF DROPSY.  1910 RHEA COUNTY TN CENSUS  DOWDY FERRY RD DAYTON TN  FARM #100 OWNS SAYS MARRIED 14 YEARS WILLIAM B MARRIED 2 TIMES  NANNIE C MARRIED ONE TIME 5 CHILDREN 3 ALIVE FAMILY #178 #179

                                                               [1]    Laura Beavers, b. 1898, RHEA COUNTY, TN.

                                                               [2]    Lillie M. Beavers, b. 1901, RHEA COUNTY, TN.

                                                               [3]    Roscoe Beavers, b. 1905, RHEA COUNTY, TN.  He married Nellie Beasley, AUGUST 9, 1928, in DAYTON, RHEA COUNTY, TN, divorced TAKEN FROM DAYTON HERALD, (daughter of E. L. Beasley and Mrs. E. L. Beasley). DAYTON HERALD AUGUST 16, 1934 WHITE FLAT   MR AND MRS ROSCOE BEAVERS AND

                                                                         CHILDREN OF NORTH CHATTANOOGA CALLED ON MRS BEAVERS PARENTS MR AND MRS

                                                                         E. L. BEASLEY OF SMYRNA.

                                                               [4]    Unknown Beavers, b. BEFORE 1910, RHEA COUNTY, TN, d. BEFORE 1910, RHEA COUNTY, TN.

                                                               [5]    Unknown Beavers, b. BEFORE 1910, RHEA COUNTY, TN, d. BEFORE 1910, RHEA COUNTY, T N.

                                                    (e)     Samuel Alfred Howard, b. March 1880, RHEA COUNTY, TN.  He married (1) Unknown Howard,  RAN OFF WITH DRUMMER.  He married (2) Chattanooga "Chattie" Slaughter, d. BROOKSVILLE, FLA. BROOKSVILLE NURS/MANOR, buried: CHATTANOOGA, TN.  Samuel died MARCH 22, 1953, SIGNAL MTN, HAMILTON TN.  CHATTANOOGA TIMES

                                                               March 24, 1953

                                                               HOWARD, SAMUEL ALFRED AGE 73, OF SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TENN. DIED AT THE RESIDENCE SUNDAY.  SURVIVORS ARE: WIFE, MRS CHATTIE HOWARD; THREE SONS, THOMAS HOWARD ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.; JAMES CHARLES HOWARD, MIAMI, FLA., AND LELAND HOWARD SIGNAL MOUNTIAN; TWO SISTERS, MRS MARY VALES (VOILES) OF CHATTANOOGA AND MRS TENNIE BELL OF BIRMINGHAM. ALA.  ALSO TWO GRANDCHILDREN.  THE BODY IS AT THE FUNERAL HOME.  ARRANGEMENTS BY R. J. COULTER FUNERAL HOME.

                                                               . MRS CHATIE ALLEN 85 OF 1010 BEAVER STREET, BROOKSVILLE, GLA., DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT  BROOKSVILLE NURSING MANOR.

                                                               SHE WAS FORMERLY OF CORAL ROAD SIGNAL MOUNTIAN, BUT HAD LIVED IN BROOKSVILLE FOR TH E PAS TYEAR.

                                                               MRS ALLEN WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF GOD.

                                                               SHE WAS PRECEDEDIN DEATH BY TWO HUSBANDS, SAMUEL ALFRED HOWARD IN 1938(1953) AND LAFRED TAYLOR ALLEN, NOVEMBER 25, 1980.  SHE WAS , ALSO, PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY TWO SONS, VICTOR THOMAS HOWARD IN 1955 AND LELAND R. HOWARD ON DECEMBER 25, 1980.

                                                               SURVIVORS INCLUDE 1 SON, JAMES C HOWARD, BROOKSVILLE. FLA; 1 BORTHER, VICTOR SLAUGHTER, BURDINE, KY. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

                                                               ARRANGMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE R. J. COULTER CHAPEL OF LANE FUNERAL HOME.

                                                               [1]    Leland R. Howard, b. RHEA COUNTY, TN, occupation BROWN BROS HDWE SIGNAL MT.  He married Geneva Stokes.  Leland died Dec 25, 1980, SIGNAL MTN, TN.  CHATTANOOGA NEWS FREE PRESS

                                                                         DEC 1980

                                                                         LELAND HOWARD

                                                                         LELAND R. HOWARD 57, OF 1439 GARDENHIRE, SIGNAL MOUNTIAN, DIED THURSDAY MORNING IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

                                                                         MR HOWARD, A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II, WAS EMPLOYED WITH BROWN BROTHERS HARDWARE CO. ON SIGNAL MOUNTAIN.

                                                                         HE WAS A NATIVE OF DAYTON, TENN., BUT HAD LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS.  HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE ALFRED HOWARD.

                                                                         HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS GENEVA STOKES HOWARD, TWO DAUGHTERS, MISS BONNIE HOWARD AND MISS LISA HOWARD, TWO SONS, GARY HOWARD AND JEFFERY HOWARD; MOTHER, MRS CHATTIE ALLEN, ALL OF SIGNAL MOUNTIAN AND SEVERAL NEICES AND NEPHEWS.

                                                                         FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE R. J. COULTER CHAPEL OF LANE FUNERAL HOME.

                                                                         [A]   Bonnie Howard.

                                                                         [B]   Lisa Howard.

                                                                         [C]   Gary Howard.

                                                                         [D]   Jeffery Howard.

                                                               [2]    James Charles Howard,  BROOKSVILLE, FLA.

                                                               [3]    Victor Thomas Howard, d. 1955.

                                                    (f)     Mary Cephronia Howard, b. Aug 17, 1886, RHEA COUNTY, TN, occupation SEAMSTRESS.  She married (1) James A. Potter, Oct 06,  1906, in GRAYSVILLE, RHEA COUNTY, TN, b. APRIL 1883, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, (son of John C. Potter and Tennessee Iles) occupation FARMER/MINER, d. April 1916, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, buried: PATTERSON CEMETERY SALE CREEK.  She married (2) William Edward Voiles, DEC 21, 1918, in CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, b. May 5, 1884, GEORGIA, (son of Unknown Voiles and Unkn Voiles)  RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES, d. JAN 11, 1924, VOILES STATION, HAMILTON CTY, TN, buried: SIVLEY CEMETERY CHATTANOOGA TN.  She married (3) Lewis Luther Turner, C  1958, in HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, b. FEB 21, 1877, RHEA COUNTY, TN, (son of Moses S. Turner and Mary Jane Corvin) occupation RET CHURCH OF GOD MINISTR, d. DEC 11, 1959, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON CO., TN, buried: FRENCH CEMTERY, DAYTON, RHEA CO, TN.  Mary died DEC 18, 1964, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, buried: DEC 20, 1964, GREENWOOD CEMETERY, CHATTANOOGA, TN.  MARY HOWARD AND JAMES POTTER LIVED AT SALE CREEK AND MT AIRY, SEQUATCHIE,TN WHILE JAMES "JIM" WORKED IN MINE.  AFTER HIS DEATH SHE MARRIED W. T. VOILES, THEY LIVED AT MOCCASIN BEND WHERE HIS FAMILY FARMED, THEN ON HOUSER STREET OR WHAT WAS CALLED HOUSER TOWN.  AFTER HIS DEATH MARY BUILT A HOUSE ON SYLVAN ST.  THIS WAS THE FIRST HOUSE BUILT ON THIS STREET IN N. CHATTA. IT WAS A DIRT ROAD DEAD END STREET BEFORE DALLAS RD WAS IN EXISTENCE.

                                                             

                                                               Obituary  Turner, Mrs Mary Voiles 78 of 300 Sylvan St North Chattanooga died in a local hospital Friday afternoon.  A native of Rhea County she had been a resident of Chattanooga for the past 50 years.  Mrs Turner had been a member of the North Chattanooga Church of God for many years.  Her survivors include three sons, W. T., C. O. and Frank Voiles, all of Chattanooga; four daughters, Mrs. T. R. Smith, Mrs James Benton, Mrs Erma Johnson, and Mrs Joe Workman, all of Chattanooga; one sister, Mrs. A. M. Bell, Birmingham, Ala.;  13 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren also survive.  Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 oclock at the North Chattanooga Church of God with the Rev M. E. Roberson Rev Gordon Stallings officiating.  Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.  Arrangments by the Turner Funeral Home. 

                                                              

                                                               TIMES JANUARY 12, 1924

                                                               WILLIAM E. VOILES AGED 39 DIED SUDDENLY AT AN EARLY HOUR YESTERDAY MORNING AT HIS HOME AT VOILES STATION, NORTH CHATTANOOGA.  HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, THREE SONS FRANK, CHARLES AND BILLY, FIVE DAUGHTERS MRS LILLIE WORKMAN, AND MISSES FANNIE, ERMA, ROMA AND OMA DEANE:  TWO BROTHERS J. O. AND F. A.  AND ONE SISTER LAURA SMITH.  FUNERAL SERVICES IN THE CHARGES OF R. J. COULTER UNDERTAKING CO. WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON AT 1 OCLOCK FROM THE RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, THE REV. HAMBLEN OFFICIATING.  INTERMENT WILL BE AT SIVLEY CEMETERY.  MARRIED TO HARRIET HOWARD UNTIL HER DEATH (OVER 20 YRS) THEN MARRIED MARY JANE (OVER 20 YRS) AT HER DEATH SHE REQUESTED HE MARRY HER FRIEND, MARY HOWARD.  HE WAS MARRIED TO MARY HOWARD POTTER VOILES UNTIL HIS DEATH. HARRIET HOWARD DIED IN THE PULPIT OF THE CHURCH WHILE HE WAS OUT ON A REVIVAL SERVICE.   1910 RHEA COUNTY TN CENSUS SHOWS LEWIS AND HARRIET ON BLYTHES FERRY RD  FARM #44 OWNS/MORTGAGE

                                                              

                                                               Dec 11, 1959 Chattanooga Times

                                                               Obituary Turner, Rev L. L. 82 Chattanooga died there in a hospital later Wednesday.  He was a retired minister of the Church of God, one of the original 70 elders of the Church of God.  He was the son of the late Moses S. and Mary Jane Corvin Turner of Rhea County.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs Mary Voiles Turner, Chattanooga; two sons L. L. Turner of D-- and Ray Turner of Hixson, Tenn.

                                                               one daughter, Mrs Thelma Brooks of Dayton, Tenn; five stepsons, Ollie Howard, Charles Voiles, Billy Voiles all of Chattanooga, Carl Hughes of Phoenix, Ariz and Bill Hughes of Akron, Ohio.    Three step daughters, Erma Johnson and Roma Smith both of Chattanooga,  mrs Gladys S

                                                               Phoenix, Ariz.  13 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren,  one great great grandchild.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from the Dayton Church of God.  The Rev J. A. Cross, the Rev Cleo Watts and the Rev C. M. Newman officiating.  Active pallbearers will be the following grandsons,  R. L Brooks .  O Brooks, Billy Brooks, Jackie Brooks, Louis Turner and Ray Brooks.

                                                               The body will be taken to the church at 1 o'clock to lie in state until the hour of service.  The body is at the funeral home.  Burial in French Cemetery.  Sawyers Funeral Service in charge.  Proof---- can't read some of names clearly.....

                                                               [1]    Erma Bethel Potter, b. 1909, SALE CREEK/DAYTON, TN,  HIT BY CAR ON WAY TO MAIL BOX, occupation PSYCHIATRIC TECH.  She married (1) James Herbert Johnson, b. CIRCA 1910, NEW RIVER, TN, d. MAY 14, 1996, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, buried: TURNER FUNERAL HOME / TIMES 5/15/96.  She married (2) Constant Carter.  Erma died OCT 1994, CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON  ., buried: CREMATED.  RETIRED FROM MOC BEND HOSPITAL, CHATTANOOGA, TN. LIVED SAME CITY AS SON, BENJAMIN JOHNSON, AT TIME OF DEATH.  BORN NORTH CHATTANOOGA.  LIVED ON HAMILTON AVE.  ILLEGIMATE CHILD AFTER GROWN TOOK NAME OF JOHNSON

                                                                         [A]   James H. (Jimmy) Johnson.  He married (1) Glenna Hicks, (daughter of Mr Hicks and Hester Smith). He married (2) Patricia Unknown.  He married (3) Unknown Johnson.

                                                                                   1.       James Johnson Jr..

                                                                                   2.       April Johnson, b. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.

                                                                                   3.       Shelo Johnson, b. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.

                                                                                   4.       Unknown Johnson 2.

                                                                         [B]   Benjamin Edward Johnson, b. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.  He married Margie Merriman.  FAMILY CALLED HIM BENNY-WENT BY ED JOHNSON IN MINNESOTA AND WASHINGTON STATE.

                                                               [2]    Roma Mae Potter, b. 1912.  She married Theodore Roosevelt Smith, b. KY, (son of Henry Smith and Jane Shackelford) occupation PAINTER/DECORATOR, buried: HAMILTON MEMORIAL GARDENS.  Roma died Nov 12, 1965, HIXSON, TN  AT HOME, buried: HAMILTON MEMORIAL GARDENS.  CHATTANOOGA NEWS FREE PRESS

                                                                         OBITUARY

                                                                         SMITH, MRS ROMA MAE, 54, RT 2, HIXSON TENN. DIED THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL.  SURVIVORS ARE HUSBAND, THEODORE R. SMITH, HIXSON; THREE SONS, TIMOTHY C. SMITH AND TOMMY J. SMITH BOTH OF HIXSON AND BILLY HENRY SMITH, USMC, PARRIS ISLAND; TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS THERA KETCHERSIDE AND MISS KAY SMITH, BOTH OF HIXSON; ONE SISTER, MRS ERMA JOHNSON CHATTANOOGA; TWO BROTHERS, BILLY VOILES, TYNER AND CHARLES VOILES, EAST RIDGE.  FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 3 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE COULTER ASHLAND TERRACE CHAPEL WITH THE REV GORDON STALLINGS OFFICIATING.  INTERMENT WILL BE IN HAMILTON MEMORIAL GARDENS.  ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WILL BE WILLIAM JONES, LAWRENCE BURKS, GEORGE BLANKS, J. D. WILLIAMS, BUDDY POTTS AND BOWNLEY BODINE.  THE BODY WILL REMAIN AT COULTER'S-ASHLAND TERRACE.  (FLORIST 1:45).

                                                                         [A]   Timmy Charles Smith, b. July 28, 1931, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, occupation PAINTER.  He married Louise Ingle, July 21, 1951, in CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, b. JAN 18, 1932, SELMER, TN, d. Dec 18, 1997, NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI, buried: SELMER, TN.  Timmy died MAY 23, 2000, SODDY-DAISY, TN, buried: SELMER, TN. 

                                                                                   TIMMY WAS THE OLDEST GRANDCHILD OF MARY HOWARD POTTER VOILES AND JAMES POTTER.  HE SERVED IN THE MARINES, WAS SHOT DOWN IN A HELICOPTER DURING THE WAR WITH VIETNAM CAUSING HIM TO HAVE A STEEL PLATE IN HIS HEAD.

                                                                                   1.       Roma Karyn Smith, (details excluded).  She married Unknown Wood.

                                                                                   2.       Terry  Charles Smith, (details excluded).

                                                                                   3.       Theodore Robert Smith, (details excluded).

                                                                         [B]   Tommy J. Smith.  He married Virginia  Faye Bodine, (daughter of Unknown Bodine and Bertha E. Bodine) buried: HAMILTON MEMORIAL GARDENS HIXSON, TN.  FAYE DIED AT AGE OF 37.  TOMMY RAISED THE CHILDREN AND DID NOT REMARRRY

                                                                                   1.       Roma Smith.  She married Mr. Hope.

                                                                                   2.       Tommie Sue Smith.  She married Mr Thurman.

                                                                                   3.       Renee Smith.

                                                                                   4.       Tim Smith.

                                                                         [C]   Thera Charlene Smith, b. Dec 4, 1938, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.  She married Archie Ketchersid, (son of L. Frank Ketchersid and Bertha M. Ketchersid).

                                                                                   1.       Belinda Kay Ketchersid, b. Sept 1956, CHATTANOOGA, TN,  DIED AT BIRTH, d. Sept 1956, CHATTANOOGA, TN, buried: GREENWOOD CEMETERY CHATTANOOGA, TN.  BELINDA IS BURIED IN SAME PLOT WITH THE LAST BABY OF ROMA POTTER SMITH'S.  OMA DEAN CUNNINGHAM AND MARY HOWARD POTTER VOILES are BURIED IN THE SAME PLOT OF GROUND.

                                                                                   2.       Stephen Ketchersid.

                                                                                   3.       Perry Dwayne Ketchersid, b. Oct 17, 1961, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.  d. Oct 2, 1999, WHITWELL, TN, buried: WHITWELL MEM CEMETERY, WHITWELL, TN.

                                                                                              a.       Makenzie D. Ketchersid, (details excluded).

                                                                                   4.       Amy Kay Ketchersid.  She married (1) Gary Alan Roberts, (son of Kay K. Roberts and Unknown Meeks).

                                                                                              a.       Alexis Katherine Roberts, (details excluded).

          

 

 

 

 

                                                                         [D]   Thalia Kay Smith,  LIVES IOWA, occupation OFFICE MANAGER.  She married (1) Ernest Smith,  (2) Dennis Brasch

                                                                                   1.       Jeffrey Smith.

                                                                2.                                                                                                                  

                                                                                 3.                                                                                                               

 

                                                                         [E]    Billy Henry  Smith.  He married Sue Smith.

                                                                                   1.       Deana Pauline Smith.

                                                                         [F]    Baby Smith, b. CIRCA 1950, DIED AT BIRTH, buried: GREENWOOD  CEMETERY, CHATTA, TN.

                                                               [3]    Oma Deane Potter, b. Nov 13 1914, MT AIRY MARION CTY TN, occupation HOUSEWIFE.  She married James McKinley Cunningham, October 19 1937, in ROSSVILLE WALKER CTY GA., divorced May 1943, b. Dec 19 1916, DAYTON RHEA CO. TN, (son of Charles Russell Cunningham and Bertha Susan Woody) occupation POLICE CHIEF/TVA, d. SEPT 23 1971, CHATTANOOGA HAMILTON CO. TN, buried: SEPT 25 1971, HAMILTON MEMORIAL CEMETERY.  Oma died March 6 1955, CHATTANOOGA TN, buried: MARCH 8 1955, GREENWOOD CEMETERY.  They were childhood sweethearts.

                                                                         [A]    Mary Elizabeth Cunningham, b. August 30 1938, CHATTANOOGA, TN, occupation Business Office Mgr..  She married (1) Charles Edward Smith, April 1, 1956, in Georgia, divorced 1962, b. Jan 27, 1934, Hixson, Hamilton TN, (son of James  William Smith Sr and Charlotte Cordellia Hill) occupation Combustion  Eng. Co. Chicago, IL, d. Apr 28, 1973, Chicago,  Cook  Cty  Illinois, buried: Apr  1973, Hixson, Hamilton Cty TN.  She married (2) Thomas Patrick West, December 22 1962, in Chattanooga, TN, b. October 10 1933, Chattanooga, TN, (son of Floyd West and Lou Frances Bain)  TWIN, occupation retired Combustion Eng. Co. /Painter/Decorator.

                                                                                   1.       Mary Charlotte West, (details excluded).  She married (1) Robert Scott Welles.  She married (2) Richard Thomas Schwalenberg.  She married (3) Jason Matthew Varner, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Katheryn Michel West, (details excluded).  She married (1) Billy Ray Jackson.  She married (2) Glenn Coleman Herron, b. August 16, 1936, Oakman, Walker Cty, AL.

                                                                                              a.       Billy Ray Jackson Herron, (details excluded).  He married Bethany Martin, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Eric Coleman Herron, (details excluded).  He married Denise Golson, (details excluded).

                                                                                   3.       Patti Monnell West, (details excluded).  She married (1) Allen Boehms.  She married (2) Greg Greenlee.

                                                                                              a.       Carolyn Christine Boehms, (details excluded).  She married Cody Bertagnole.

                                                                                   4.       Tina Lynn West, (details excluded).  She married Dale Hughes Johnson.

                                                                         [B]   Billy McKinley Cunningham, b. April 3 1941, Soddy, Hamilton, TN, occupation TVA Police.  He married Rebecca Lynn Hawk, May 14, 1960, in LaFayette, Walker County, GA., b. March 31, 1944, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN, (daughter of Chester Hawk and V  Wheeler).

                                                                                   1.       Patricia Cunningham, (details excluded).  She married (1) Jerry Hooks.  She married (2) Richard Nelson Blanks.  She married (3) Robert D Freeman.

                                                                                              a.       Amber  Nicole Dixie Blanks, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Rebecca Elizabeth Blanks, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Rebecca Deane Cunningham, (details excluded).  She married Randy Hutson.

                                                                                              a.       Joshua  Aaron Hutson, (details excluded).

                                                                                   3.       Billy McKinley Cunningham Jr, (details excluded).  He married (1) Kimberly Nolan.  He married (2) Lori Payne.

                                                                                              a.       Billy McKinley Cunningham 111, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Jessie Lynn Cunningham, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       Logan Wade Cunningham, (details excluded).

                                                                                   4.       David Keith Cunningham, (details excluded).  He married Deborah Boehning.

                                                                                              a.       Amanda Michelle Cunningham, (details excluded).

                                                               [4]    Charles Oscar Voiles, b. Oct 26, 1919, Hamilton  County, Chatta., TN.  He married Mary Jane Ward, 1952, in Rossville, Walker County, GA,  b. April 10, 1918, Chattanooga, TN, d. August 20, 2000, Chattanooga, TN., buried: August 23, National Cemetery, Chatta., TN.

                                                                         Charles died MARCH 19, 1992, Hamilotn County, Chatta., TN, buried: National Cemetery Chatta.,

                                                                          TN. 

                                                                         CHATTANOOGA NEWS-FREE PRESS FIRDAY MARCH 20, 1992

                                                                         C. O. VOILES

                                                                         SERVICES FOR C. O. "RED" VOILES OF EAST RIDGE WERE TODAY AT 1 P. M. AT CHATTANOOGA FUNERAL HOME, EAST WITH THE REV. CHARLES PITTMAN OFFICIATING.

                                                                         BURIAL WAS AT NATIONAL  CEMETERY.

                                                                         MR VOILES DIED THURSDAY AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.  HE WAS 72.

                                                                         [A]   Joe David Templeton Voiles.

                                                               [5]    William Thomas Voiles, b. Jan 24, 1922, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN.  He married Dorothy Virginia Shields, Oct 10, 1947, in Chattanooga, Hamilotn, TN, b. April 29, 1927, Chattanooga,

                                                                          Hamilton, TN, (daughter of Thomas Wilson Shields and Myrtle Mae Davis).

                                                                         [A]   Steven Michael Voiles, b. Dec 12, 1948, Chattanooga, Hamilotn, TN.  He married Brenda Kay Williams, Feb 14, 1970, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN.

                                                                                   1.       William Thomas Voiles, (details excluded).

                                                                         [B]   Jodi Lynn  Voiles, (details excluded).  She married (1) Albert Dudley Gardner, (details excluded).  She married (2) Robert Lawrence Williams, (son of John Williams and Martha Pickel).

                                                                                   1.       Carolyn Gardner, b. March 21, 1978, Denver, Colorado, d. March 21, 1978, Denver, Colorado.

                                                                                   2.       William Raulton Murl Gardner, (details excluded).

                                                                                   3.       Emma Marietta Gardner, (details excluded).

                                                                         [C]   Jeffery Thomas Voiles, (details excluded).  He married Trisha Lynn Piechowiak, (details excluded).

                                                                                   1.       Jessica Lynn Voiles, (details excluded).

                                                    (g)     Richard Thomas Howard, b. Sept  1889, Rhea County, TN.  He married Mary Jane Farris, July 26, 1908, in TN, d. Jan 24, 1971, Chattanooga TN, buried: Beason Cemetery, GA.  Richard died Jan 11, 1945, CHhickamauga, GA, buried: Jan 13, 1945, Beason Cemetery, GA. 

                                                               HE WAS ALWAYS REFERRED TO AS TOMMY OR "UNCLE TOMMY" BY HIS SISTER, MARY C HOWARD AND THE NEICES AND NEPHEWS.

                                                               CHATTANOOGA TIMES  JANUARY 12, 1945

                                                               R. T. (RICHARD THOMAS) HOWARD AGE 55 PASSED AWAY AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR CHICKAMAUGA, GA. LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIDOW, MARY JANE (FARRIS) HOWARD.  TWO SONS ARNOLD A. AND ERNEST D. HOWARD BOTH OF THE U. S. ARMY ON OVERSEAS DUTY.  TWO SISTERS MRS MARY VOILES OF THIS CITY, MRS TENNIE BELL OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA., ONE BROTHER ALFRED HOWARD OF CHICKAMAUGA AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN.

                                                               FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 2 OCLOCK FROM THE BELL AVENUE CHURCH OF GOD WITH REV. ALBERT BATTS AND REV WILLIAMS OFFICIATING.

                                                               ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WILL BE THE FOLLOWING JOHN BAREFIELD, LLOYD BAREFIELD, BUSTER WILLIAMS, ARTHUR BEAVERS, MATT HENLEY, AND J. C. COULTER.  INTERMENT WILL BE IN BEASON CEMETERY.  UNTIL THE HOUR OF SERVICE THE BODY WILL REMAIN AT R. J. COULTER FUNERAL HOME.  OBITUARY CHATTANOOGA TIMES JAN 24, 1971

                                                               [1]    Mary Evelyn "Sister" Howard.  She married Arthur Beavers.  Mary died SEPT 09, 1952.  CHATTANOOGA TIMES SEPT 9, 1952  HER HUSBAND SHOT AND KILLED HER.

                                                               [2]    Ernest D/v. Howard, b. HAMILTON COUNTY, TN,  WWII VETERANS, occupation RED BALL FRT LINE RETIRED.  He married Margie Howard.  Ernest died CHAYYANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, buried: NATIONAL CEMETERY.  CHATTANOOGA NEWS FREE PRESS

                                                                         ERNEST HOWARD

                                                                         ERNEST V. HOWARD, A LIFELONG CHATTANOOGAN, DIED SUNDAY IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL .  HE WAS 66.

                                                                         A SON O F THE LATE RICHARD T. AND MARY FARRIS HOWARD, HE WAS RETIRED FROM RED BALL FREIGHT LINE AND WAS A MEMBER OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 1289.

                                                                         SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MARGIE HOWARD, SEVEN DAUGHTERS, MRS MARY SHOLTZ, TALLAPOOSA, GA.; MRS ERNESTINE SHOLTZ, DIANE HOWARD, MRS LINDA SUE HOOD AND MARGARET HOWARD ALL OF CHATTANOOGA, MRS BRENDA JOHNSON, BOAZ, ALA., AND MRS PATRICIA WALKER, CHATTANOOGA,; FIVE SONS, ARNODL EUGENE HOWARD, CHATTANOOGA, JAMES HIXSON AND DANNY HIXSON, BOTH OS CLEVELAND, TENN., KENNETH HIXSON, CHATTANOOGA, AND CLYDE HIXSON, DALTON, GA.; 26 GRANDCHILDREN; ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD; SEVERAL NEICES AND NEPHEWS.

                                                                         SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY AT NOON AT THE VALLEY VIEW CHAPEL OF LANE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV ROBERT V. SIEMER OFFICIATING .

                                                                         BURIAL WILL BE IN NATIONAL CEMETERY, WITH FORMER EMPLOYES OF E.T.&W.N.C. AND RED BALL FREIGHT LINE SERVING AS PALLBEARERS AND HONORARY PALLBEARERES.

                                                                         THE BODY IS AT THE FUNERAL HOME.

                                                                         [A]   Mary Howard,  TALLAPOOSA, GA.  MARRIED A SHOLTZ.

                                                                         [B]   Diane Howard.

                                                                         [C]   Linda Sue Howard,  MARRIED A HOOD.

                                                                         [D]   Margaret Howard,  CHATTANOOGA, TN.

                                                                         [E]    Brenda Howard,  BOAZ MARRIED A JOHNSON.

                                                                         [F]    Patrica Howard,  CHATTANOOGA  TN  MARRIED A WALKER.

                                                                         [G]   Arnold Eugene Howard.

                                                                         [H]   James Hixson.

                                                                         [I]     Danny Hixson.

                                                                          [J]     Kenneth Hixson.

                                                                         [K]   Clyde Hixson.

                                                               [3]    Arnold A. Howard, b. 1914, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, occupation TRUCK DRIVER/POLICE OFFIC.  He married Helen Ruth Watkins.  Arnold died DEC  1986, OOLTEWAH, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: DEC  1986, LAKEWOOD MEMORY GARDENS CHATTANOOGA TN.  CHATTANOOGA NEWS FREE PRESS

                                                                         DEC 1986

                                                                         A. A. HOWARD

                                                                         DIES AT 72

                                                                         RITE TUESDAY

                                                                         ARNOLD A. HOWARD 72, OF OOLTEWAH, DIED SUNDAY AT HIS HOME.

                                                                         HE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HAMILTON COUNTY AND WAS A RETIRED TRUCK DRIVER FROM ET/WNC TRUCK LINES.

                                                                         HE WAS A HAMILTON COUNTY POLICE OFFICER FROM 1958 TO 1971.

                                                                         MR HOWARD WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II, SERVING IN THE US ARMY, WHERE HE RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART, TWO BRONZE STARS AND ONE SILVER STAR.

                                                                         SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MRS HELEN RUTH WATKINS HOWARD, A SON, JOSEPH B. COX, HIXSON, TN.; A BROTHER, ERNEST HOWARD, CHATTANOOGA; AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN.

                                                                         SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 P.M. TUESDAY AT THE VALLEY VIEW CHAPEL OF LANE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. LARRY WILLIAMS OFFICIATING.

                                                                         INTERMENT WILL BE IN LAKEWOOD MEMORY GARDENS WITH JAMES JOHNSON, JAMES HIXSON, DICK WOLFE, EDGAR THURMAN, JIMMY DURHAM AND DAVID ROBINSON SERVING AS PALLBEARERS.

                                                                         THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 5 TO 9 P.M. TODAY AT THE VALLY VIEW CHAPEL.

                                                                        

                                                                         .

                                                                         [A]   Joseph B. Cox,  LIVES HIXSON, T N.

                                          (6)    Alfred Lafayette Howard, b. 1849, GILMER COUNTY, GA.  He married Mary D  Gass, DEC 24, 1867, in HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, divorced R.H. JORDAN  REG # 471 ON 1/25/1868, b. MAY 15, 1856, BRADLEY COUNTY, TN, (daughter of James Gass and Seanna Lane) d. OCT 4, 1889, SALE CREEK, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY SALE CREEK,TN.  Alfred died 1872, MT VERNON JEFFERSON CO.,ILL.  BARBARA JONES PEMBERTON LINE, HE DIED ON WAY TO OREGON, FAMILY RETURNED TO TN LIVED WITH THOMAS AND HARRIET HOWARD 1870 CENSUS.  HE WAS A CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE SOLDIER 13 TN CALVARY  PRIVATE I CO,.

                                                    (a)     James "Toady" Howard, b. 1869, TN, d. 1930, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  1880 HAMILTON COUNTY TN CENSUS LIVING WITH MOTHER AND GRANDPARENTS, THOMAS AND HARRET HOWARD.

                                                    (b)     Palestine Elizabeth Howard, b. AUG 4, 1872,  (KY) OR MT VERNON, ILL.  She married John James Jones, NOV 9, 1889, in HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, b. JUNE 5, 1861, HAMILTON CO., TN, (son of Benjamin Franklin Jones and Elizabeth Ann Ford) d. JAN 13, 1944, KNOX COUNTY, TN, buried: SHELTON CEMETERY, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  Palestine died FEB 20, 1946, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: SHELTON CEMETERY, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  1880 CENSUS LIVING WITH MOTHER AND GRANDPARENTS, THOMAS AND HARRET HOWARD IN SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN. CALLED "CREEK JIM" OR JAMES C. JONES PER BARBARA PEMBERTON.

                                                               [1]    Andrew Blucher Jones M.d., b. MAY 17, 1890, HAMILTON, TN.  He married (1) Ethel Ruth Patton, NOV  30, 1916, in NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON CO., TN, b. JULY 12, 1894, KNOX COUNTY, TN, (daughter of Owen "W" Patton and Lora Lee Yoe) d. AUGUST 9, 1960, ST LOUIS, MO., buried: ST LOUIS, MO.  He married (2) Gretchen Pemberton, APRIL 1964.  Andrew died JUNE 19, 1981, OKEECHOBEE CO., FLORIDA, buried: ST LOUIS, MO.

                                                                         [A]   Barbara Ellen Jones, b. JUNE 28, 1921, NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON CO., TN.  She married Donald David Pemberton, DEC 1, 1945, b. AUGUST 14, 1919, MILLER COUNTY, MO.

                                                                         [B]   Unnamed Jones, b. 1923, d. 1923.

                                                                         [C]   James C. Jones, b. NOV 21, 1925, ST LOUIS, MO.  He married Sue Perkins, DEC 23, 1949.

                                                                         [D]   Patricia Ann Jones, b. OCT 10, 1928, ST LOUIS, MO.  She married (1) James C. Ingles.  She married (2) Kendrick Coolman.

                                                                         [E]    Andrew Blucher Jones, Jr, b. JUNE 21, 1930, ST LOUIS, MO.

                                                               [2]    Grover Cleveland Jones, b. SEPT 8, 1892, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN.  He married Naomi Alberta Phillips, DEC 24, 1912, in HAMILTON CO., TN, (daughter of George Phillips and Elizabeth Martin). Grover died OCT 4, 1984, HAMILTON CO., TN.

                                                                         [A]   Harold Jones, b. SEPT 23, 1913, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN.  He married (1) Velma Jones, in TN.  He married (2) Doris Jones, in TN.  Harold died MAY 1982, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN.

                                                                                   1.       Phyllis Jones, b. 1939, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON CO., TN.  She married Pete Standifer, 1957, in TN.

                                                                                              a.       Arthur M. Standifer, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Beverly Standifer, (details excluded).

                                                                                              c.       George C. Standifer, (details excluded).

                                                                                              d.       John Standifer, (details excluded).

                                                                                              e.       Michael Patrick Standifer, (details excluded).

                                                                                              f.        Patricia Kay Standifer, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Harold  Jones, Jr, b. AUG 1940, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN.  He married Marlene Jones, in TN.

                                                                                              a.       Candy Jones, b. HAMILTON CO., TN.

                                                                                              b.       Becky Jones, b. HAMILTON CO., TN.

                                                                                              c.       Marilyn Jones, b. HAMILTON CO.,TN.

                                                                         [B]   Phillip Eugene Jones, b. JUNE 26, 1916, SODDY DAISY, HAMILTON, T N.  He married (1) Maurice Hankins Guy.  He married (2) Tollie Hill.  Phillip died FEB 18, 1975, WASHINGTON, D.C.

                                                                                   1.       Katherine Ann Jones, b. DEC 1, 1945, ALBUQUERGUE, N. M.  She married Paul Craig Hudson, MAY 23, 1964, in WASHINGTON, D. C., (son of Francis Karveski and Hazel Trask).

                                                                                              a.       Thea Ann Hudson, (details excluded).  She married (1) Bobby Harold Cox.  She married (2) Charles Edward Coogan.

                                                                                                        (1)    Jazmin Leigh Cox, (details excluded).

                                                                                                        (2)    Serena Kristine Coogan, (details excluded).

                                                                                                        (3)    Haley Alexis Coogan, (details excluded).

                                                                                              b.       Bryan Paul Hudson, (details excluded).  He married Lori Bevis.

                                                                                                        (1)    Wesley Bevis Hudson, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Phillip Guy Jones, (details excluded).  He married (1) Kathy Itnyre.  He married (2) Gail Jones.  He married (3) Elaine Regotti.

                                                                                              a.       Rachel Leigh Jones, (details excluded).

                                                                         [C]   Thomas Kelley Jones, b. NOV 22, 1918, COULTERVILLE, HAMILTON, TN.  He married Violet Rodefer, SEPT 17, 1945, in CHICKAMAUGA, GA.  Thomas died JAN 1986, BLOUNTVILLE, TN.

                                                                                   1.       Carolyn Marie Jones, b. MAR 25, 1950, BRISTOL, VA.  She married Garnet Gardner, OCT 18, 1980, in NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON CO., TN.

                                                                                              a.       David Thomas Gardner, (details excluded).

                                                                                   2.       Bonnie Sue Jones, (details excluded).  She married Holis Harkins.

                                                                                              a.       Evan Harkins, (details excluded).

                                                                         [D]   Margery Dean Jones, b. DEC 10, 1924, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON,TN.  She married Jackson Sneed.

                                                                                   1.       Alan Douglas Sneed, b. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN. .

                                                                                              a.       Jackson Sneed.

                                                                                   2.       Sandy Sneed, b. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN.

                                                               [3]    Benjamin Franklin Jones, b. NOV 5, 1894, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON CO.,TN.  He married Edith Viola Thomas, OCT 5, 1926.  Benjamin died FEB 9, 1980, NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON, TN.

                                                                         [A]   Evelyn Jones.  She married Unknown Floyd.

                                                               [4]    Alfred  Lafayette Jones, b. MAR 19, 1897, HAMILTON CO., TN.  He married Elizabeth M. Potter, b. JULY 1896, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, (daughter of John C. Potter and Tennessee Iles) d. 1985, CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN, buried: 1985, GREENWOOD CEMETERY, CHATTANOOGA, TN.  Alfred died SEPT 19, 1936, ST LOUIS, MO, buried: SEPT 21, 1936, COULTERS IN CHARGE.  DAYTON HERALD OBITUARY ALFRED JONES 38 PASSED AWAY IN A ST LOUIS HOSPITAL SATURDAY.  SURVIVING ARE HIS PARENTS MR AND MRS J. C. JONES THURSDAY SEPT 24, 1936.

                                                               [5]    Willard Springfield Jones, b. OCT 15, 1900, HAMILTON CO., TN.  He married Blanche Magill.

                                                               [6]    Kathryn Jones, b. JUNE 12, 1903, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON CO., TN.  She married Harris Bramlett, C 1925.

                                                               [7]    Lillie Jones, b. MAR 11, 1906, HAMILTON CO., TN.  She married Mr Ricketts.  Lillie died C 1998.

                                                               [8]    Josephine Jones, b. MAY 3, 1908, HAMILTON CO., TN, d. SEPT  1968.

                                                               [9]    Grace Jones, b. NOV 10, 1911, HAMILTON CO., TN.  She married Clyde L. Rymer, JUNE 21, 1937.

                                          (7)    Julia A. Howard, b. JUNE 1852, GILMER CO., GA.  She married John Elsea, b. SEPT    1847, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, (son of John Elsea and Nancy Cox).

                                                    (a)     Jemima "Mimie" Elsea.

                                                    (b)     James Elsea, b. 1875, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.

                                                    (c)     Martha Elsea, b. 1878, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  She married W. V. Marler, JUNE 11, 1899, in RHEA CTY, TN BOND JUNE 10, 1899.

                                                    (d)     Thomas A. Elsea, b. AUG  1879, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  He married Matilda Shipley, b. 1860, SALE CREEK, TN, (daughter of Benjamin F. Shipley and Barbara Arrena "Rennie" Varner).

                                                    (e)     John S. Elsea, b. FEB 1880, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  He married Unknown Hodge.

                                                    (f)     Nancy J. Elsea, b. JUNE 1880, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.

                                                    (g)     Marion Elsea, b. MAY  1884, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.

                                                    (h)     Lester Lut Elsea, b. DEC 1886, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  He married (1) Matilda Tilda Blake, (daughter of W. C. Lum Blake and Sarah Francisco)  LIVED CUMBERLAND, KY 1936.  He married (2) Lou Anna Capps.

                                                    (i)      Alice V. Elsea, b. NOV 1891, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.  She married Ben D. (Black Ben) Shipley, b. JANUARY 1881, TN, (son of David Wells Shipley and Alphonsus A. Morgan).

                                                    (j)      Ulyes Howard Elsea, b. NOV 1893, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN.

                                                    (k)     Perry Elsea, b. DEC 30, 1899, HAMILTON CO., TN.  He married (1) Matilda Tilda Blake, (daughter of W. C. Lum Blake and Sarah Francisco)  LIVED CUMBERLAND, KY 1936.  He married (2) Lou Anna Capps, DEC 31,.

                                          (8)    Levisa Elizabeth Howard, b. MAY 6, 1853, GILMER/DAWSON CO., GA.  She married John A Thomas, JAN 20, 1872, in DAYTON, RHEA COUNTY, TN, occupation FARMER, d. 1916, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  Levisa died JAN 18, 1919, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, buried: JAN 19, 1919, MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK,. TN.  TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION READS " IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS" DEATH CERTIFICATE LISTS CAUSE OF DEATH AS UREMIA, BRIGHTS DISEASE AND CHRONIC GASTRIC ULCER. CALLED AUNT VICEY BY CHILDREN OF CHARLES P HOWARD PER MARY C HOWARD.

                                                    (a)     Altie V. Thomas, b. FEB 12, 1878, HAMILTON, TN.  She married Oliver A. Shipley, b. JULY 17, 1873, HAMILTON, TN, (son of Benjamin F. Shipley and Barbara Arrena "Rennie" Varner) d. NOV 22,1951, HAMILTON, TN, buried: PROVIDENCE CEMETERY SALE CREEK.  Altie died OCT 9, 1918, SALE CREEK HAMILTON, TN, buried: OLD MTN VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK,TN.

                                                    (b)     Frank Thomas, b. JULY 4, 1893, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN.  He married Maude Palestine Iles, APRIL 1939, in HAMILTON, TN, b. AUG 26, 1898, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, (daughter of John  "Pap" Iles and Nora Estella Graves) d. NOV 1, 1978, DAYTON, RHEA, TN, buried: NOV 3, 1978, SHIPLEY CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  Frank died FEB 27, 1978, DAYTON, RHEA, TN, buried: MARCH 1, 1978, SHIPLEY CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.

                                                               [1]    John William Thomas, b. JAN 30, 1939, DAYTON, RHEA, TN.  He married Betsy Swallows, (daughter of Charlie Swallows and Unk Swallows).

                                                                         [A]   Billie Anette Thomas.

                                                                         [B]   David Thomas.

                                                               [2]    Nora Lou Thomas, b. 1945, DAYTON, RHEA, TN.  She married Unk Roderick.

                                                                         [A]   Marcie Roderick.

                                                                         [B]   Susan Roderick.

                                          (9)    Jesse E. Howard, b. MAY  21,1855, DAWSON CO., GA., occupation FARMER.  He married Nancy (Reno) Hammond/hammack, DEC 2O, 1877, in TN.  Jesse died APRIL 28, 1934, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON  CO., TN, buried: APRIL 29, 1934, MT VERNON CEMETERY.  DAYTON HERALD OBITUARY MAY 3, 1934 DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION GIVEN BY

                                                    J. C. HOWARD NEPHEW. (SON OF BROTHER ROBERT HOWARD).  DR J.W. HAMMACK BORN JULY 12, 1837  DIED DEC 26, 1916 DURIED AT MT VERNON COULD POSSIBLY BE FATHER OF NANCY HAMMACK

                                          (10) Palestine E. "Babe" Howard, b. MAY 1856, DAWSON CO., GA., occupation HOUSEWIFE.  She married William Turner, JULY 26, 1874, in RHEA/HAMILTON, TN, b. JULY  1853, TENNESSEE, occupation BAPTIST PREACHER.  Palestine died JANUARY 6, 1929, RHEA COUNTY, TN, buried: JANUARY 7, 1929, SPIVEY CEMETERY-DAYTON, TN.  DEBORAH REESE  423 533 2450  TURNER BIBLE   REFERRED TO AS “AUNT BABE” BY MARY C. HOWARD DAUGHTER OF CHARLES P. HOWARD.

                                                    DEATH NOTICE IN CHATTANOOGA TIMES JANUARY 07, 1929 STATES THAT AUNT BABE WAS BURIED AT MT VERNON CEMETERY......COULTERS IN CHARGE OF INTERMENT.

                                                    (a)     Jesse B. Turner, b. SEPT 1877, TN.

                                                    (b)     Charles  Turner, b. DEC 1875, TN.

                                                    (c)     Mary Ann Turner, b. APR 1882, TN.  She married Unknown Doss, (son of John B. Doss and Nancy Ann Doss).

                                                    (d)     Sally Turner, b. JULY 1889, TN.

                                                    (e)     Elizabeth "Lizzie" Turner, b. AUG 1884, TN.

                                                    (f)     Robert Pinckney Turner, b. MARCH 1887, TN.

                                                    (g)     George  Turner, b. AUG 1891, TN.  ACCORDING TO MOTHER'S OBITUARY IN 1929 LIVES AT MEMPHIS, TN.

                                                    (h)     Cora Turner, b. AUG 1893, TN.

                                                    (i)      Thomas Frank Turner, b. AUG 1895, TN.  ACCORDING TO MOTHER'S OBITUARY LIVES AT CHATTANOOGA IN 1929.

                                          (11) Robert P. "Bob" Howard, b. MAR 1860, DAWSON CO., GA.  He married Mary Elizabeth Elsea, DEC 17, 1883, in HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, b. 1862, TN, (daughter of John Elsea and Ruth Cornell) d. 1942, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: GREENWOOD CEMETERY, CHATTANOOGA, TN.  Robert died 1893, HAMILTON COUNTY, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY.

                                                    (a)     William E. Howard, b. AUG 23, 1885, TN.  He married (1) Mary Stoner, b. 1877, TN.  He married (2) Irene H. Thomas, b. FEB 28, 1890, TN, d. JUNE 4, 1961, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  William died 1965, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY SALE CREEK, TN.

                                                    (b)     Walter F. "Doc" Howard, b. OCT 12, 1887, TN,  SAWYERS FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE.  He married Harriett "Hattie" Jane Shipley, MAR 03, 1912, b. JAN 28, 1894, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON CO., TN, (daughter of William  Orson "Bud" Shipley and Theola Catherine Jordan) d. FEB 21, 1983, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON CO., TN.  Walter died NOV 22, 1975, RHEA COUNTY, T N, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  CHATTANOOGA TIMES

                                                               HOWARD, WALTERF., 88, OF RT 1, SALE CREEK, DIED IN RHEA COUNTY HOSPITAL SATURDAY.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MOUNT VERNON BAPTIST CHURCH AND A RETIRED DAIRY FARMER.  SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MRS HATTIE SHIPLEY HOWARD, FOUR SONS, R. S. HOWARD, MADISONVILLE, TENN.; WILLIAM H. HOWARD, DAYTON; JOHN B. HOWARD, SALE CREEK; AND PAUL M . HOWARD WASHINGTON, D.C.; HALF BROTHER, ELWOOD SULLIVAN, CHATTNAOOGA; HALF SISTER, MRS LENA STAGE, CHATTANOOGA.  FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 A. M. TODAY FROM THE MOUNT VERNON BAPTIST CHURCH  WITH REV. DAVID CUNNINGHAM AND REV. CLYDE TILLEY OFFICIATING.

                                                               INTERMENT WILL BE AT MT VERNON CEMETERY.  PALLBEARERS WILL BE IRAD LEE, BRENT ABBOTT, JIMMY HEISKELL, GENE HERRELL, ROBERT LEE HOWARD, FRED HOWARD AND DENNIS SLAYTON.  HONORARY  PALLBEARERS WILL BE RICHARD PICKETT, LAWRENCE HOLLAND, ERBE DAVIS, CHESTER BRACKETT, LELAND EVERETT, EARL ASLINGER, PAUL ELSEA, ERNEST TURNER, MARVIN ARNOLD,  MALCOLM AND ROY GOLDSTON, PAT AND BUCK SEXTON, AND D. A. CRAWLEY.  SAWYERS FUNERAL SERVICE IS IN CHARGE.

                                                               [1]    R. Spence Howard,  MADISONVILLE, TN.

                                                               [2]    William H Howard,  DAYTON TN.

                                                               [3]    John B. Howard,  SALE CREEK.

                                                               [4]    Paul M. Howard,  WASHINTON, D.C.

                                                               [5]    Harold N. Howard, b. OCT 03, 1921, ROGERSVILLE, AL.  He married Willie Juanita Crawley, MAY 10, 1947, in HAMILTON CO., TN, b. APR 30, 1925, HAMILTON CO., TN. (SODDY).

                                                                         [A]   Paul N. Howard, b. OCT  11, 1949.  He married Rita Gardner, AUG 24, 1980.

                                                                         [B]   Marcia Howard, (details excluded).  She married Michael Barber.

                                                                         [C]   Teresa E. Howard, (details excluded).  She married Randall Gray.

                                                                         [D]   Steven Howard, (details excluded).  He married Mickala Ann Massey.

                                                    (c)     Irene "Rena" Howard, b. FEB 28, 1890, TN.  She married Mark Thomas, (son of Unknown Thomas). Irene died JUNE 4, 1961, SALE CREEK, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.

                                                    (d)     Jesse Clarence Howard, b. SEPT 25, 1893, TN.  He married (1) Lula Thomas, b. AUG 1, 1890, TN, (daughter of Unknown Thomas) d. JUNE 23, 1959, SALE CREEK, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  He married (2) Matilda Blake Elsea.  Jesse died FEB 5, 1970, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, buried: MT VERNON CEMETERY,SALE CREEK, TN.

                                                               [1]    Thomas Varnell Howard.  He married Wilsie Davis.

                                                               [2]    Alma Howard.

                                                               [3]    Ruth Howard.

                                          (12) Matilda C. Howard, b. JULY 1862, DAWSON COUNTY, GA,  AUNT TILDY, occupation HOUSEWIFE.  She married Henry Clay Francisco, b. AUG 14, 1846, TN, (son of John Thomas Francisco) occupation FARMER, d. JULY 17, 1920, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON CO., TN, buried: JULY 18, 1920, OLD MT VERNON CEMETERY.  Matilda died AUG 14, 1927, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, buried: SEPT 1, 1927, MT VERNON CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.  DIED WITH  PULMONARY TB AND BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA PER DEATH CERTIFICATE

                                                    REFERRED TO AS "AUNT TILDY" BY MARY C. HOWARD DAUGHTER OF CHARLES P. HOWARD.

                                                    INFORMATION GIVEN BY J. T. FRANCISCO (STEP SON) AT DEATH FOR DEATH CERTIFICATE.

                                                    (a)     George Washington Francisco, b. JULY  22, 1881, TN.  He married Arleva Shipley, JAN  14, 1900, in RHEA COUNTY, TN  BOND JAN 13, 1900, b. C1878, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, (daughter of David Wells Shipley and Alphonsus A. Morgan). George died MAR  12, 1905, SALE CREEK, TN, buried: PROVIDENCE CEMETERY.

                                                    (b)     William Frank Francisco, b. DEC 1884, TN.  He married Unknown  Cox.

                                                    (c)     Walter T. Francisco, b. AUG 1890, TN.  He married Inknown Shipley.

                                                    (d)     Harry "Henry Clay" Francisco, b. JUNE 18, 1899, TN.  He married Grace B. Crawley, b. 1899, TN, d. 1948, TN.  Harry died SEPT 6, 1920, SALE CREEK, HAMILTON, TN, buried: PROVIDENCE CEMETERY, SALE CREEK, TN.

                                                               [1]    Wallace Francisco.

                                                               [2]    Don Francisco'.

                                                               [3]    Evelyn Francisco.

                                                    (e)     Clay Roscoe Francisco, b. OCT 27, 1905, TN, d. JUNE 15, 1907, SALE CREEK, TN.

                                                    (f)     Betty Francisco.  She married Mr Thomas.

                               b.       Charles Howard, b. DEC 17, 1818, GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C.  He married Mary "Polly" Pitman, (daughter of Robert Pitman and Mary Gosnell) buried: GLASSY MTN BAPTIST CHURCH.  Charles died JAN 31, 1889, S.C., buried: GLASSY MTN BAPTIST CHURCH.

                                          (1)    Julia Ann Howard.  She married Benjamin Ballew.

                                                    (a)     Mary Jane Ballew.  She married Benjamin Burnett.

                                                               [1]    Opal G. Burnett.  She married Carl H. Ellison, Sr.

                                                                         [A]   Carl H. Ellison Jr.  He married Lillian Ferguson.

                                                                                   1.       Carol Ellison.  She married Lonnis Sieck.

                                          (2)    James Francis Howard, b. DEC 08, 1848, GREENVILLE CO., S.C.  He married Elizabeth Mathalia Stewart, FEB 23, 1871, in GREENVILLE, S.C.  James died DEC 21, 1901, GREENVILLE CO., S.C.

                                                    (a)     Thomas Buford Howard, b. MAY 23, 1875, GREENVILLE CO., S.C.  He married Frances Deland Collins, DEC 18, 1898, in S.C.  Thomas died DEC 23, 1942, S.C.

                                                               [1]    Truluck Howard, b. DEC 03, 1902, S.C., d. DEC 11, 1972, S.C.

                               c.       John Howard, b. 1820.  He married Temperance Crain, d. ATCHISON,  MO.  John buried: ATCHISON MO.  MOVED TOMO. PER HOWARD HUB BUB 1968.

                               d.       George W. Howard, b. 1822/23, GREENVILLE DISTR., S.C.  He married Fidealyst Ann Tucker, buried: MOTLOW  CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH.  George died 1900, GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C., buried: MOTLOW CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH.