Elizabeth Jackson

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• Reference Number: 3577

Family/Spouse: Shadrack R Sudbury. Shadrack (son of Simon Wiliam Sudbury and Frances Darnavant) was born on 28 Sep 1786 in Amelia, Virgina; died on 18 May 1859 in Crockett Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LZJX-BBJ
• Reference Number: 1345
• Census: 6 Sep 1850, Dyer County, Tennesse
• Census: 5 Jul 1860, Dyer County, Tennesse
• _MILT: Dec 1861; 47th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Company B
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Milam, Texas, United States
• Census: 22 Jun 1880, Milam County, Texas

Notes:

CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
47th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

Overview: 47th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in December 16, 1861, at Camp Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. The men were from the counties of Obion, Gibson, and Dyer. For a time it remained at Camp Trenton, then was involved in the conflicts at Shiloh and Richmond.

Reorganized May 8, 1862; and later it was attached to P.Smith's, Vaughan's, and Palmer's Brigade, and during October, 1862, consolidated with the 12th Regiment. The unit participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and fought its last battle at Bentonville. It sustained 67 casualties at Shiloh, 32 at Richmond, and more than thirty percent of the 263 engaged at Murfreesboro. The 47th reported 87 killed and wounded at Chickamauga, and the 12th/47th totalled 373 men and 220 arms in December, 1863. Only a remnant surrendered in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Munson R. Hill and William M. Watkins, Lieutenant Colonels W.E. Holmes and Vincent G. Wynne, and Major Thomas R. Shearon.

Formed part of Company "D", 2nd Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment. Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina May 2, 1865.

FIELD OFFICERS

Colonels-Munson R. Hill, William M. Watkins.
Lieutenant Colonels-B. E. Holmes, Vincent C. Wynne.
Major-Thomas R. Shearon
The 47th Regiment was a West Tennessee organization, organized at Camp Trenton, Gibson County, December 16, 1861, from 10 companies which had been enrolled during November and December.

CAPTAINS
James R. White, William Stacy, Thomas B. Moffat, Co. "A". Enrolled at Troy, Obion County.
James H. Sinclair, Robert B. Patterson, Co. "B". Men from Gibson and Dyer Counties.
Vincent C. Wynne (to lieutenant colonel), Peter Marchant, Co. "C". Enrolled at Dyersburg, Dyer County.
W. M. Watkins (to colonel), James N. Watkins, Co. "D". Enrolled at Dyersburg, Dyer County.
George B. Miller, Franc C. Sampson, Co. "E". Enrolled at Dyersburg, Dyer County.
Jesse L. Branch, George R. Booth, Co. "F" Enrolled at Humboldt, Gibson County.
Thomas J. Carthel, James O. January, Co. "G". Enrolled at Camp Trenton, Gibson County.
John A. Duncan, B. E. Holmes, W. H. Holoman, Co. "H". Men from Obion and Gibson Counties.
W. S. Moore, James R. Oliver, Co. "I". Enrolled at Troy, Obion County.
T. E. Cummings, Co. "K". Enrolled at Camp Trenton, Gibson County.

At the reorganization Captain Vincent C. Wynne replaced Holmes as lieutenant colonel. Colonel Hill resigned in 1863, and Captain William M. Watkins succeeded him as colonel.

The regiment remained at Camp Trenton, unattached to any brigade, until just before the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. The action report for that engagement stated the 47th, unattached, arrived on the field April 7. No reports of its activity were found, but the West Tennessee Whig, of Jackson, Tennessee, dated April 25, 1862, published a list of casualties from the 47th Regiment in the Battle of Shiloh totaling five killed, 61 wounded, one missing, so the regiment must have done some fighting after its arrival.

On May 26, at Corinth, Mississippi, it was reported in Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk's Corps, Brigadier General Charles Clark's Division, Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson's Brigade, composed of the 12th, 13th, 22nd and 47th Tennessee Infantry Regiments, and Bankhead's Battery. On June 15 Brigadier General Preston Smith was reported in command of the brigade; June 30, Colonel R. M. Russell, with the 22nd Regiment merged into the 12th, and the 154th Senior Regiment added; but on July 8, General Preston Smith was again reported in command of the brigade, in Major General B. F. Cheat-ham's Division. These four regiments remained together for the rest of the war; first in Preston Smith's Brigade; later with Brigadier General Alfred J. Vaughan in command.

The regiment left Corinth May 29 for Tupelo, Mississippi where it remained until July 25. Company reports show much sickness in the regiment while at Tupelo. It left Tupelo via Mobile, and Chattanooga, for Knoxville, to join Major General E. Kirby Smith for his invasion of Kentucky. From Knoxville, it marched on foot, many of the men barefoot, over the Cumberland Mountains to Barbourville, to London, to Richmond, Kentucky, where it was engaged in the battle on August 30, 1862. Here the 47th reported eight killed, 24 wounded.

From Richmond it marched to Lexington, Paris, Cynthiana Frankfort, to Hays Pond, 30 miles from Cincinnati, Ohio; to Shelbyville, 28 miles from Louisville, Kentucky; to Perryville, where it was present but not engaged in the battle fought at that place on October 8, 1862. From Perryville it retreated through Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, to Knoxville, where it took the railroad to Chattanooga. It left Chattanooga November 1, 1862, marching via Bridgeport, Alabama to Manchester, to Tulla-homa, to Murfreesboro, where it arrived December 5, 1862.

It did picket duty at LaVergne for about two weeks; returned to Murfreesboro December 22, and was engaged in the Battle of Murfreesboro. In this battle the 47th was commanded by Captain W. M. Watkins, and reported 86 casualties out of 263 engaged.

Following this battle, the regiment retreated to Shelbyville, arriving January 14, where it was on Provost Guard duty. On April 1, 1863, the l2th/47th was reported as one unit under Colonel T. H. Bell of the 12th Regiment, and from this time on the two regiments acted as one field unit, although separate muster rolls were maintained. It left Shelbyville June 27 for Tullahoma; left Tullahoma July 1 for Chattanooga, where it arrived July 7. Company reports describe this as a very fatiguing march, with heavy rain every day, and only half rations. On July 31, Colonel W. M. Watkins, of the 47th, was reported in command of the l2th/47th, and he remained in command until July, 1864.

On September 7, the regiment left Chattanooga for LaFayette, Georgia; to Rock Spring Church on the 14th; back to LaFayette on the 17th; crossed Chickamauga Creek on the 19th, and attacked the enemy in the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863. Here the 12th/47th reported the expenditure of 14,350 rounds of ammunition, and the loss of 87 killed and wounded, including two captains and three lieutenants killed.

Following the battle it remained in Chattanooga Valley until October 29, when it moved to Sweetwater, but returned to Missionary Ridge November 7, 1863, where the brigade was transferred to Major General T. C. Hind-man's Division. The regiment was engaged in the Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25, and retreated to Dalton, Georgia, where it arrived November 27, and went into winter quarters with no tents, and scanty rations. Crude shelters were erected, which were not as comfortable as they might have been made, "due to a shortage of axes." On December 14, the l2th/47th reported 281 effectives, 373 present, and 220 arms. On January 18, 1864, the 47th re-enlisted for the war, along with Strahl's Brigade, and the 13th and 154th Regiments, which moved General Hiudman to issue a proclamation, reading in part: "The spirit in which these brave men enlisted is an eloquent rebuke to the despondent.* * * With men who thus prefer duty to ease and comfort nothing is impossible in war.

On February 20, the brigade was transferred back to Cheatham's Division, where it remained for the duration. The regiment was part of an expedition which started to reenforce General Polk, in Mississippi. It left Dalton, Georgia, on February 16, reached Demopolis, Alabama, and was ordered back to Dalton. The last company report was dated aboard the train at Atlanta, Georgia, on February 29, where the regiment was awaiting shipment to Dalton. It stated "The men regretted the return to Dalton to eat poor beef and cornbread, having been assured by General Polk there was plenty of pork and bacon in the Confederacy if commissaries would do their duty."

No further details of regimental activities were found, but as part of Cheatham's Division, the regiment went through the Atlanta Campaign under General Joseph E. Johnston, the return to Tennessee under General John B. Hood, and the final move to North Carolina and the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina.

On July 31, 1864, the 12/47th was reported commanded by Captain William S. Moore, of the 12th; on August 31, by Lieutenant Colonel Josiah N. Wyatt, of the 12th; on September 20, by Lieutenant Colonel V. C. Wynne, of the 47th; on December 10, by Captain C. N. Wade, of the 12th; and finally, at Smithfield, North Carolina on March 31, 1865, by Captain James R. Oliver of the 47th. On this date the llth/29th/12th/47th/l3th/51st/ 52nd/154th Tennessee Regiments were all consolidated into one unit under Captain Oliver.

In the final reorganization of General Joseph E. Johnston's Army April 9, 1865, the 47th was reported in the Second Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel George W. Pease, composed of the llth/l2th/l3th/29th/47th/50th/51st/ 52nd/154th Tennessee Infantry Regiments. As part of this regiment it was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina May 2, 1865.

1880 Census
Name: John B. Sudberry
Residence: Milam, Texas
Birthdate: 1826
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Susan Sudberry
Spouse's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 54 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA Film Number: T9-1319
Page: 251
Page Character: B
Entry Number: 1698
Film number: 1255319
Household Gender Age
John B. Sudberry M 54
Spouse Susan Sudberry F 55
Child Millie Sudberry F 28
Child John W. Sudberry M 21
Child Virginia Sudberry F 16

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JOHN B. SUDBURY was born about 1825 in Nottoway County, Virginia, the son of
Shadrack Sudbury and his first wife, Elizabeth. The first several years of John's life
were spent in Virginia. Glenn Boyd suggests that John's family was probably still
living there as late as November 23, 1829. In any event, John moved with his family
to Williamson County, Tennessee, sometime before the 1830 Tennessee census.

John spent the remainder of his childhood and adolescence in Williamson County. It
was there that on December 17, 1846, he married SUSAN E. JACKSON, who had
been born in Tennessee in 1825. The ceremony was performed by M.W. Gray,
minister of the Gospel, and John's brother, Jeremiah, served as bondsman. In a
document dated December 1846, transcribed by Glenn Boyd (presumably from the
personal collection of Helen O'Kelly), Shadrack Sudbury lists items of personal property he had given to John, perhaps as wedding gifts. These included a horse and
saddle, a rifle, and "one bed waying 44 lbs."

Between 1847 and 1850, John and Susan moved to Dyer County, Tennessee. Their
move probably coincided with John's father Shadrack's resettlement from Williamson
County to Dyer County in 1848. The listing for John and Susan in the 1850 census
index for Dyer County shows that they already had two children, Nancy (referred to
by her middle name, Elizabeth), age 2, and William, age 11 months. John and Susan
are shown in the 1860 census index for Dyer County with six children, including
Nancy E. (age 12), William H. (age 10), Milly E. (age 8), James (age 6), Robert
(age 4), and John W. (age 2). More information on John and Susan could probably
be obtained by looking up the census records for 1850 and 1860.

John's father, Shadrack, died in 1859, leaving John and his brother Jeremiah and
sister Sarah a reversionary interest in 275 acres of land which Shadrack owned, on
which Shadrack had operated a mill and a carding factory, among other things. On
October 3, 1859, John's stepmother, Susannah, gave Jeremiah, John, and Sarah's
husband, Benjamin Farmer, a quitclaim deed to her life estate in Shadrack's property,
in exchange for their agreement to make annual payments to her of $100.00 each.
The relationship between Jeremiah and John after Shadrack's death seems to have
involved some economic interdependence. Documents transcribed by Glenn Boyd
indicate that in January 1861, John sold Jeremiah four cords of wood, and worked six
days for his brother on the gin wheel and boiler, and sawing wood. Most of the total
payment of $6.50 was given in the form of "credit by lumber".

Late in 1861, John's life was disrupted by the Civil War. According to Glenn Boyd,
John was enrolled in the Confederate Army on December 8, 1861, in Dyer County,
by W.P. Rice, Justice of the Peace. He joined Company "B" of the 47th Tennessee
Infantry regiment at the rank of private. Glenn gives the following information about
John's regiment and his apparently brief military career:

[The 47th Tennessee Infantry] regiment was organized December 16, 1861, at
Camp Trenton, in Gibson County, Tennessee. Unattached to any brigade, the
regiment remained at Camp Trenton until just before the battle of Shiloh, April 6-
7, 1862. The 47th arrived on the [battlefield] on Monday, April 7.

In a Jackson, Tennessee newspaper [the West Tennessee Whig] dated April 25,
1862, a list of casualties from the 47th was published -- 5 killed, 61 wounded, 1
missing. It is highly likely that John B. Sudbury fought in the Battle of Shiloh
with the 47th. It is possible, how-ever, that he may have been at home in Dyer
County at this time. He is listed as "absent at home" or "absent sick" or "absent
without leave" on all of the roll sheets from May 1862 to April 1863, when he
was dropped from the roll for being absent.

Glenn Boyd observes that in the years after 1862, John appears to have been engaged
primarily in farming. Glenn has transcribed the following 1865 note from John to his
brother, Jeremiah: "Brother I have got a little cotton picked and I want some money.
I will send you what I have got picked if you will pay the money when I send the
cotton at 8 cents. October 7 /65 J.B. Sudbury."

Unfortunately, Jeremiah was killed in a mill accident in 1866, and with his death it
seems safe to say that one of the primary stabilizing forces in John's life was gone.
Over the next few years, John, in the words of Glenn Boyd, "ran up a considerable
debt and had to put up all his land and goods to cover it". By 1868, John had
apparently failed to make certain of the payments due his stepmother, Susannah,
under his contract for purchase of his share of her life estate in Shadrack's property.

On June 26, 1868, Susannah filed an Attachment Bill (No. 477) against John,
addressed to the Honorable John L. Williamson, Chancellor, presiding over the
Chancery Court for Dyer County in Dyersburg. In the Bill, which also named John's
children and certain transferees of John's property as defendants, Susannah sought to
have the Court seize and hold John's property until the dispute between them could
be settled. The Bill is a fascinating document, and is worth quoting in its entirety:

Your Complainant [Susannah Sudbury] respectfully represents and shows to your
Honor [Chancellor Williamson] that on the 3d day of October 1859, she sold to
John B. Sudbury and Benjamin F. Farmer her life interest in the real & personal
property of her late husband, Shadrack Sudbury, who died [in] 1859, leaving to
Complainant call of his real & personal property during her natural life or
widowhood, and at Complainant's death or marriage, the same to be divided
between his three children Jeremiah W. Sudbury, John B. Sudbury & Sarah
Frances Sudbury (now Farmer) wife of said Benjamin Farmer, and in
consideration of the deed executed by Complainant to them conveying the before
mentioned life estate which is here filed, marked Exhibit "A" as part of this bill
(which need not be copied) they each executed their several bonds by which they
bound themselves to pay to your Complainant, the sum of one hundred dollars
each annually, the first payment to be due the 1st of January 1860, and on the
same day of each succeeding, the like amount during her natural life.

Complainant states that by the terms of the before mentioned sale of her life
interest to the said parties as shown by said deed she reserved a lien on the
property conveyed to secure the payment of the said lien of one hundred each
annually, and further that afterwards the said Jeremiah Sudbury as executor to
said Shadrack Sudbury deceased filed a bill in this Honorable Court against John
B. Sudbury et al. for the purpose of dividing said property among the children of
the said deceased husband of the Complainant.

That at the January Term 1861 of said Court a final decree was rendered in the
cause, by which 91 1/3 acres of the land consigned free to J.W. Sudbury &
children & the title [vested?] in him and his children, according to the terms of
said [bill?], by which J.B. Sudbury had only a life estate, but a lien was also
reserved in the decree on said land in favor of Complainant to secure the payment
of the before mentioned annuity to Complainant.

She also states that the Bond executed to her by John B. Sudbury here filed
marked Exhibit "B" (which need not be copied) has not been complied with, and
that the sum for which he is thus bound has not been paid to Complainant
annually, and that a large sum of money is due her on said bond, [say?] between
six hundred and one thousand dollars remains due and unpaid, that Elizabeth
Yates, William H., Milly [Emeline?], James, Robert, John and Virginia are the
Christian names of the children of John B. Sudbury, and that they are minors,
that on the 3d day of December, 1867, the said John B. Sudbury did fraudulently
make a conveyance of the before mentioned land (on which Complainant has a
lien for the payment of said annuity) as well as part of a cotton gin and [press?],
hogs, mules, cattle and sheep, and a growing crop of cotton and corn, to the
Defendant, A.M. Roberts, for the ostensible purpose of securing the defendant
James B. Powell, the beneficiary in said deed of trust, a copy of which deed is
herewith filed marked Exhibit "C", made a part of this bill (but which need not
be copied), that said conveyance was fraudulent, and made for the purpose of
delaying Complainant from collecting her annuity, and to hinder and delay
creditors generally in the collection of their debts, and that the same contains
provisions which render it void upon its face.

In consideration of the premises, Complainant prays that John B. Sudbury,
William H. Sudbury, Milly E. Sudbury, James Sudbury, Robert Sudbury, John
Sudbury and Virginia Sudbury, be made parties defendant to this bill, the last
mentioned seven of whom are minors, as designated and described in the caption
thereof, that copy and [?] be issued to them requiring them to answer each and all
of the allegations in this bill, as if specially interrogated thereto (answer under
each being hereby waived) returnable to the august rules of this Court, that cost of
attachment, issue directing the land described in Exhibit "C" to be attached and
held subject to the order of this Court, that Guardian ad-litem to answer for the
minor defendants above named [sic], that at final hearing of this cause, your
Honor will decree said deed of trust to be void and of no force, and will direct the
lien of the Complainant to be enforced upon it, that your Honor will direct an
account to be taken [to] ascertain the amount due her, and that you will direct a
sale on a credit of seven months, of the land in question, or of so much of it as
may be necessary to pay Complainant the sums due her and for general relief your
Complainant will ever pray. This is the first application for writ of attachment.
-- Moss & Skeffington, Solicitors

It's a humble truth that there are two sides to every story, and at present the author of
this history does not have the benefit of John's response to Susannah's allegations.
However, the bill quoted above raises some interesting issues, and prompts some
speculation as to how John found himself in such an unpleasant situation. Clearly
John was not the businessman that his brother Jeremiah was. However, it seems odd
that the court decree of 1861 would have vested Jeremiah with free and clear title to
his share of the inherited land, while leaving John with only a life estate, for which
he was obligated to pay Susannah a substantial annuity. The Civil War undoubtedly
complicated John's financial life, with his brief service in the Army of Tennessee.

Susannah's lawsuit against John, which began in 1868, lasted almost nine years.
Glenn Boyd has indicated that more than 50 pages of documents related to this
proceeding are to be found in the Dyer County Courthouse in Dyersburg. Certainly
the dispute must have been a terrible emotional and financial drain on John and his
family. In any event, Glenn tells us that the Supreme Court of Tennessee on
February 13, 1877, brought an end to the lawsuit by issuing a decree that John's life
estate be sold. The sale in fact took place on May 7, 1877 (with an official report of
the sale being issued on August 8, 1877).

Within a few months after the sale of his property in May 1877, John and his wife
Susan, together with most of their children, left Tennessee for good and moved to
Milam County, Texas. John and Susan are listed as living in Milam County in the
records of the 1880 U.S. census, with three of their children, Millie, John W., and
Virginia, still at home. John is identified as a farmer, while Susan is said to have
been keeping house. (The property on which they were living at the time was
situated next to property occupied by Joseph Gabriel Sudbury and his wife, Jane.
Joseph (entry 1632-2) was the son of John's cousin, James Anthony Sudbury.) On
November 6, 1879, according to Glenn Boyd, John registered his cattle brand in
Milam County and listed his post office box as Rockdale. (The brand was "JBS",
with the J and B sharing the same vertical line.) By 1881, John had acquired some
land in the Rockdale area.

Although nothing further is really known about the lives of John and Susan in the
1880s, it is clear that by late 1888, John and Susan had died. This is indicated by a
deed, housed in the records of the Milam County courthouse in Cameron, evidencing
the purchase of John's land by his son, Robert J. Sudbury. The deed recites that
Robert has purchased the inherited interests of each of his siblings for the collective
sum of fifty dollars, and describes the land as follows:

The first tract being a part of the original A. Carter Sr. original [sic] survey contain
-ing 901A acres conveyed [Simon?] E. Sudbury by the deed of H. Tocket
bearing date 17th day of December 1878 and recorded in book E 1 vol. Record of
Deeds of Milam County Texas pp. 328 & 329. The other of said tracts being part
of Jose Leal 6 league survey containing 40 & 47/100 acres conveyed to J.B.
Sudbury by the deed of Mary E. Allbee and her husband Bernard Allbee bearing
date 29th day of August A.D. 1881 recorded in the records of Milam County
Texas in Vol. 9 on pages 41 & 42.

In addition to describing the nature and extent of John's land, and the date he
acquired the smaller 40-acre parcel, the deed raises some interesting questions. Who
was the "Simon E. Sudbury" who acquired the 90-acre parcel from H. Tocket in
1878? Was there actually some real (and to the author of this history unknown)
individual by that name? Or was it possibly an assumed name by which John sought
some anonymity from the inquiries of Tennessee creditors? Glenn Boyd is of the
opinion that the word which appears to be "Simon" is almost certainly "Susan",
John's wife, whose middle initial was "E".

Unfortunately, the burial places of John and Susan are unknown to us today. Glenn
Boyd's best guess is that they died and were buried in Milam County, near Rockdale,
possibly in the Sandy Creek Cemetery, in graves that are now unmarked.
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John married Susan E Jackson on 17 Dec 1846 in Williamson Co., Tennessee. Susan was born in 1825 in , Williamson, Tennessee; died in in Milam, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6093

Family/Spouse: Minerva E. Minerva was born in 1823; died in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rachel R James. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: 9KDZ-1CN
• Name: Bettie Sedberry
• Reference Number: 3687
• Residence: 1850, Madison county, Madison, Tennessee
• Residence: 1850, Madison county, Madison, Tennessee
• Residence: 1880, District 1, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
• Residence: 1880, District 1, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
• Residence: 1900, ED 58 Township 14 N. Range 13 E., Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

NANCY ELIZABETH SUDBURY (1847-1923) and her husband, JOSEPH J.
YATES (1840-1907) were remarkable individuals. They were true pioneers, who
faced great hardships and suffered personal tragedies in their quest for a better life
for themselves and their family, and who, with hard work, ultimately achieved their
goal.

Nancy was born on November 16, 1847, in Williamson County, Tennessee, to
parents who were only 22 years of age. In 1848, while Nancy was still an infant,
her parents joined her grandfather, Shadrack Sudbury, in relocating to Dyer
County, Tennessee. There Nancy spent her childhood and adolescence.

On November 14, 1867, two days short of her twentieth birthday, Nancy married
Joseph J. Yates ("J.J."). The ceremony, which took place in Dyer County, was
performed by the Reverend Thomas D. Harwell. J.J. and Nancy were an attractive
couple. Tintypes in the possession of the Smith family show him to have been tall
and lanky, with a long, thin face, but ruggedly handsome. She, on the other hand,
was pretty and petite.

J.J. had begun life in Wake County, North Carolina on September 7, 1840. (The
family Bible kept by Valdo Yates Smith lists the year of birth as 1841, but 1840 is
the year given by J.J.'s obituary and is more consistent with census and military
records.) At age 10, according to the 1850 census index, he was living with his
parents, WILLIAM B. and ELIZABETH YATES, in Madison County,
Tennessee.

By 1860, he had apparently left home and was living on his own. The 1860 census
index locates him (age 20) in either Sumner or Sullivan County. One wonders what
prompted him to venture out on his own at a relatively young age, when his older
brother William was still living at home. Military records indicate that J.J. "joined
for duty and enrolled" for state service with the Tennessee Infantry on July 22,
1861, at Trenton, Tennessee, in Gibson County, just east of Dyer County where his
mother was then living.

After enrollment (by C.H. Williams, for an initial period of twelve months), he
reported to Camp Brown, where he was listed on a muster roll dated August 10,
1861. He was a 3rd Corporal assigned to Captain William A. Dawson's Company,
22nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. About his company and regiment, the muster
roll gives the following information:

This company was known at various times as Captain Dawson's Company,
Company D and Company I [the "Bell Grays"], 22d Regiment Tennessee
Infantry. The 22d (also known as Freeman's) Regiment Tennessee Infantry
was organized for State service July 24, 1861, with nine companies, A to I,
transferred to the service of the Confederate States August 9 and 10, 1861,
and reorganized in May 1862. * * * [The regiment, with the exception of
Companies F and K,] was consolidated with the 12th Regiment Tennessee
Infantry June 16, 1862, and formed the 12th Regiment Tennessee Infantry
(Consolidated).

J.J. most certainly was with the 22nd Regiment when it was engaged at the Battle
of Belmont on November 7, 1861. He also fought with the Regiment and the Army
of Mississippi at the Battle' of Shiloh, April 6th and 7th, 1862. The 22nd suffered
heavy casualties in both of these engagements.

On June 16, 1862, J.J. became part of the 12th Regiment as a 2nd Sergeant. By
September 1, 1862, he had been promoted to 1st Sergeant. He participated in the
Kentucky Campaign with the 12th, now a part of the Army of Tennessee, under the
command of Edmund Kirby Smith. While there, during the autumn of 1862, he
was captured by Federal forces. His name appears on a list of prisoners of war sent
from Lexington, Kentucky, to Louisville, Kentucky, by Colonel Casement, on
October 23, 1862.

Although the circumstances of his capture are unknown, it does not appear likely
from the record of Kirby Smith's maneuvers in Kentucky that J.J. would have been
taken prisoner during battle. A footnote on page 274 of Thomas Lawrence
Connelly's book, Army of the Heartland, may hold a clue to this puzzle. Refer
-ring to the casualties suffered by the Army of Tennessee at Munfordville,
Richmond, and Perryville, Kentucky, Connelly notes that "Bragg's casualties also
included some two thousand sick, part of whom were captured at Harrodsburg".

By January 1863, J.J. had been released as part of a prisoner exchange, but how
and when this was accomplished is not entirely clear, because his name appears on
two prisoner exchange records near that time, which may or may not be mutually
exclusive. The earlier of these two records is a receipt given on November 15,
1862, for prisoners of war received on board the Steamer Maria Denning near
Vicksburg, Mississippi. Receipt was given for the Confederate soldiers by Major
F.W. Hoadley, C.S.A., Acting Agent for Exchange, to Captain E. Morgan Wood,
Agent for the U.S.

The other record is a list, undated, of paroled Confederate prisoners, captured and
paroled by the U.S. forces in Kentucky in September, October, and November,
1862, who reported to General Bragg and were placed in camp at Chattanooga,
Tennessee. According to this record, the prisoners were declared exchanged by
Colonel Robert Ould by telegram to Major Fairbanks, A.A.I.G., January 11, 1863.
Given this last date, it is unlikely that J.J. was with his regiment at the Battle of
Murfreesboro, although it is possible that he had returned prior to the date of the
telegram. The 12th Tennessee had casualties of 56 percent at Murfreesboro.

On the Company Muster Roll for January and February 1863, J.J. is listed again as
a 2nd Sergeant, and remained at this rank at least through February of 1864. His
record again indicates that he fought with his regiment at Chickamauga in
September 1863, and possibly at Missionary Ridge in November. During the
period from November 1863 through February 1864, he was listed as being in the
"Pioneer Corps." for the Division.
The 12th Regiment fought throughout the retreat to Atlanta, the return to
Tennessee, the Battles of Franklin and Nashville in 1864, and the final battle at
Bentonville, North Carolina, on March 19, 1865. Unfortunately, J.J. 's military
records after February 1864 are incomplete, making it difficult to confirm his
participation in the major battles near the end of the war. He may have fought in
some or all of them.

The last record on which J.J. 's name appears is a Muster Roll of officers and men
paroled in accordance with the terms of a Military Convention entered into on April
26, 1865, between General Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding Confederate Army,
and Major General W.T. Sherman, Commanding United States Army in North
Carolina. The Roll is dated near High Point, North Carolina, April 28, 1865, and
the soldiers were paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on May 1, 1865.

At the time of his parole, J.J. was a member of Company D, Second Consolidated
Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. The Second Consolidated Regiment had been
formed about April 9, 1865, from what was left of the 11th, 12th, 13th, 29th, 47th,
50th, 51st, 52nd, and 154th Regiments. At the date of the surrender, only 50
officers and men remained from the original 12th, 22nd, and 47th Tennessee
regiments. Sergeant J.J. Yates was one of those men.

Not much is known about J.J. and Nancy's first twenty-five years of marriage other
than that they remained in Dyer County and engendered nine children, three of
whom died in relative infancy. The only family document which dates from this
period is a five-year policy of tornado insurance issued to J.J. on September 21,
1891, by the Continental Insurance Company. The policy indicates that J.J. and
Nancy owned their own home on 114 acres situated two miles west of Friendship,
Tennessee, on Dyersburg and Jackson Roads.

According to oral tradition passed down to Valdo Yates Smith, J.J. and Nancy later
moved westward and settled somewhere in Texas, where they homesteaded land and
tried to make a living as farmers. Probably they left Tennessee sometime in 1893
or 1894.

Life in Texas was hard for the Yates family. The area in which they lived was a
relative wilderness, and Valdo Yates Smith remembered his mother, Hattie Belle,
telling him that they would occasionally hear "the Comanche squall". From the
location of the routes of the Comanche Indians at that time, we can speculate that
they were living in the western part of the state, possibly in or near the Choctaw
Nation. It was in Texas in 1895 that J.J. and Nancy lost their remaining sons,
James and John, probably to typhoid fever. At the time of their deaths, the two
boys were 25 and 21, respectively.

Sometime between 1895 (when their sons died) and 1900, J.J. and Nancy gave up
on their pioneer efforts in Texas. Valdo Yates Smith remembers being told that
they had been "burned out". From Texas they migrated northward by covered
wagon with at least two of their four remaining daughters, Hattie Belle and
Mildred, to settle in what was then Indian Territory, and is now Oklahoma. For a
couple of years, they farmed in an area known as "Bald Hill", on land leased from
the Indians. Here there was nothing but prairie grass, and no laws or law
enforcement. The nearest marshal was located in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

The Yates family left the farm in 1900 (according to J.J. 's obituary) and moved to
Okmulgee, a small town of a few hundred residents. In Okmulgee, they established
the Yates Hotel, which became a well known and respected hostelry. About the
hotel, Nancy's obituary gives the following information:

To the new blood which has settled in Okmulgee since the first oil boom, the
Yates hotel means nothing, but to a few pioneer citizens who are left to write
the history of the one-time Indian trading post, this one-time famous hostelry
brings back memories of a few log cabins, general store, and perhaps three or
four hundred settlers. The old Yates hotel was located at Sixth street and
Grand avenue. It was a one-story frame structure, but was looked upon with
pride by the citizenship of a thriving hamlet of 400 inhabitants. It was the
nicest hotel west of Muskogee. * * * Later the old wooden structure was
torn down and the Severs building which now graces the spot was built.

J.J. and Nancy operated the hotel "for many years", probably from about 1900 to
1907, when J.J. died. He fell victim to typhoid fever on March 28, 1907, at 1:30
a.m., after an illness of several weeks. He was 66 years of age. Funeral services
were held the same afternoon at his residence, and were conducted by the Masons,
with Reverend Rippey preaching the sermon. His obituary recites that "[h]e was a
man of upright character, a member of the Methodist church and of the Masonic
order." He is buried in the Morton Street Cemetery in south Okmulgee.
Unfortunately the locations of all gravesites at this cemetery have been lost.

Some time after M.'s death, Nancy went to live at the home of her daughter,
Hattie Belle, where she resided for the rest of her life. Valdo Yates Smith
remembered her as being fastidious in her personal habits; she never came out of
her room in the morning until she was impeccably dressed, with every hair in
place. Nancy died on September 26, 1923, at age 77, after having been in failing
health for some time. Funeral services were held at the Trawick home, with the
Reverend New Harris, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, officiating.
According to Nancy's obituary, she had been an active member of the "Methodist
Episcopal church, South" until the time she was bedridden. She is buried in the
main Okmulgee Cemetery, operated by the Okmulgee Cemetery Association, on
Highway 75 South.
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Nancy married Joseph J Yates on 14 Nov 1867 in Dyer County, Tennessee. Joseph (son of William B Yates and Elizabeth) was born on 7 Sep 1840 in Wake County, North Carolina; died on 28 Mar 1907 in Okmulgee Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: K24P-L3P
• Reference Number: 3867

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM HENRY SUDBURY was born about 1850 in Dyer County, Tennessee.
He married a woman named MARY E. (maiden name unknown) some time around
1874. Mary had been born in Tennessee in June 1844. Their first child was born
in 1875.

In approximately 1877, William and his family joined his parents and several of his
siblings in migrating to Milam County, Texas. According to Glenn Boyd, William
was in Milam County for the 1880 census. However, William did not remain long
in Texas. Sometime before 1889, he and his family moved to Cleburne County,
Arkansas. William died sometime before 1900, while Mary was still living in
1910, as reflected in Arkansas census records.
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William married Mary E unk in abt 1874. Mary was born in 1844 in Tennessee; died in in Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: KPQ9-QZC
• FSID: L1QR-J2F
• Name: Millie
• Reference Number: 3872
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Milam, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Milam, Texas, United States
• Marriage: 14 Jul 1881, Milam, Texas, United States

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee
MARCELLA E. SUDBURY ("Millie") was born in Dyer County, Tennessee, about
1852. She moved with her parents from Tennessee to Milam County, Texas in
1877, and is shown living with them, at age 28, in the 1880 Texas census. On July
14, 1881, in Milam County, Texas, she married CORNELIUS M. HAMM, who
had been born in Georgia in 1844. (It is interesting to note that the birthdates given
by Glenn Boyd for three of Millie's children are prior to the date of her marriage,
and that two of them predate Millie's 1877 move with her parents from Tennessee
to Texas. Perhaps these three were her husband's children from a prior marriage.)
By early 1889, Millie and Cornelius had settled in Stephens County, Texas, and
they were still living there as late as 1900. Their dates of death are unknown at this
time.
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Marcella married Cornelius M Hamil on 14 Jul 1881 in Milam County, Texas. Cornelius was born in 1844 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LZJX-19N
• Reference Number: 3885

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee
.
JAMES A. SUDBURY ("Jim") was born in Dyer County, Tennessee, in October
1853, according to his cemetery marker. While some sources list his middle initial
as "H", the name on his cemetery marker bears the initial "A". On November 25,
1873, in Dyer County, Jim married MARY E. SMITH. Mary had been born in
Tennessee in August 1855. They apparently lived in Friendship, Tennessee the rest
of their lives. James died in 1924. Mary died the following year after being
attacked by a swarm of bees. Both are buried at Bowen's Chapel cemetery near
Friendship.
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James married Mary E Smith on 25 Nov 1873 in Dyer County, Tennessee. Mary was born in Aug 1855; died in in Friendship, Tennessee, Bowen's Chapel cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: L1QR-T29
• Reference Number: 3895

Notes:

Marriage Ceremony performed by George W Baines, Jr.

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.
ROBERT J. SUDBURY was born on June 5, 1856 in Dyer County, Tennessee. On
November 28, 1877, shortly after he and his parents moved from Tennessee to
Milam County, Texas, he married LAURA TALLULAH E. FOSTER. The cere
-mony was performed by George W. Baines, Jr.

Laura had been born on September 12, 1859, in Georgia (probably in the town of
Morgan in Calhoun County), according to her great-grandson, Glenn Boyd. Her
parents were SAMUEL L. FOSTER and ELIZABETH SHEPPARD. Census
records from 1860 show Laura, at the age of almost one year, living with her
family in Morgan, Georgia, where her parents were running an inn. In 1870,
Laura's family was still living in Morgan, but her father had given up inkeeping
and had become a farmer. Glenn Boyd's best estimate is that Laura's family moved
from Georgia to Milam County, Texas sometime between 1770 and 1774.

After his marriage to Laura in 1877, Robert probably helped his father, John B.
Sudbury, farm John's land in Milam County. Following John's death, which
apparently occurred in 1888, Robert purchased the inherited interests of each of his
brothers and sisters in John's land for the sum of fifty dollars, and it became his
own. The deed evidencing this purchase is an interesting document, which can still
be photocopied in the Milam County courthouse in Cameron. A description of the
land Robert acquired under this deed can be found in entry number 1612, above,
for John B. Sudbury.

Unfortunately, Robert did not live to farm his new land for very long. He died on
July 18, 1891, presumably in Milam County, of unknown causes. His burial site is
also unknown to us today, though he may possibly be resting in an unmarked grave
in the Sandy Creek Cemetery, near Rockdale.

Laura survived her husband by almost four decades. Glenn Boyd gives the
following additional information about her later years:

Laura was known to use a cane during the last years of her life. She would
visit each of her children for a few weeks in turn. Laura suffered from
dropsy, an old term for diabetes. At least one of her children and several
grandchildren developed the disease, possibly inherited from Laura.

Laura died on March 17, 1927, and is buried in the city cemetery of
Thornton, Texas. The grave site is marked by a small curved stone.

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Robert married Laura Tallualh E Foster on 28 Nov 1877 in Milam County, Texas. Laura (daughter of Samuel L Foster and Elizabeth Sheppard) was born on 12 Sep 1859 in Morgan, Calhoun County, Georgia; died on 17 Mar 1927 in Thorton, Limestone County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: 9KD8-7WR
• Reference Number: 4024
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Milam, Texas, United States

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JOHN W. SUDBURY was born in Dyer County, Tennessee, about 1858. He joined
his parents in their migration from Tennessee to Milam County, Texas in 1877, and
was still living with them at the time of the 1880 Texas census, in which he is listed
(at age 21) as a farm laborer. It appears that he died sometime before 1889, since
he did not join in the conveyance during that year of land his siblings inherited
from their father, John B. Sudbury. He probably was unmarried and without
children.
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• FSID: 94T7-H4N
• FSID: 9KD8-743
• Name: Jennie
• Reference Number: 28
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Milam, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Milam, Texas, United States
• Census: 22 Jun 1880, Milam County, Texas
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Census: 10 Jan 1920, Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas

Notes:

From the book, The Sudbeurys of Virginia and Tennessee, complied by Valdo James Smith. Eight Draft July 1997.
Elizabeth Virginia Sudbury, (Jennie) was born in Dyer County, Tennessee, in 1863 or 1864. Like four of her older brothers and sisters., she accompanied her parent on their move from Tennessee to Milam County, Texas in 1877 and was still living with them at the time if the 1880 Texas census. On September 24, 1882, Jennie married Everett Miriam Mirick. Everett had been born in Boone County, Kentucky in July 1860. At the time of the census in the year 1900 Jennie and Everett resided in Falls County, Texas. Everett died in 1916, while Jennie passed away on April 1, 1923, probably in Falls County.
Children;
Susie M. Mirick
Emma Mirick
Johnnie Dee Mirick
Rurie Arthur Mirick
Stephen Mirick

Name: Elizabeth Mirick
Residence: , McLennan, Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1864
Age: 56
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Film Number: 1821831
Digital Folder Number: 4390895
Image Number: 01019
Sheet Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Elizabeth Mirick F 56y
Child Una ? Mirick F 19y
Child Eugene Mirick M 17y
Child Willard Mirick M 13y

Death Certificate
Name: Vergina Sudberry Mirick
Death Date: 13 Apr 1923
Death Place: Near Bruceville, Mclennan, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 59 years 4 months 13 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 18 Dec 1863
Birthplace: Tenn.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Sudberry
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Sussie Sudberry
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Bruceville, Tex.
Burial Date: 21 Apr 1923
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2074802
Digital Film Number: 4170539
Image Number: 551
Reference Number:

Cemetery
Bruceville Moore
Everett Miriam Mirick 31°19'24.20"N 97°13'49.71"W

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

E. VIRGINIA SUDBURY ("Jennie") was born in Dyer County, Tennessee, in 1863
or 1864. Like four of her older brothers and sisters, she accompanied her parents
on their move from Tennessee to Milam County, Texas in 1877. She is listed as
living with her parents at age 16 in the 1880 Texas census. On September 24,
1882, Jennie married EVERETT 1VDRIAM MIRICK. Everett had been born in
Boone County, Kentucky in July 1860. At the time of the census in the year 1900,
Jennie and Everett resided in Falls County, Texas. Everett died in 1916, while
Jennie passed away on April 1, 1923, probably in Falls County.
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Virginia married Everett Miriam Mirick on 24 Sep 1882 in Milam, Texas, USA. Everett (son of Dorchester H. Mirick and Mary Jane Robinson) was born on 22 Jul 1860 in Rabbit Hash, Boone, Kentucky, USA; died on 22 Mar 1916 in Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas; was buried in Moore Cemetery, Bruceville-Eddy, McLennan, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6095

Family/Spouse: Louise Bailey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6108

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• Reference Number: 6110

Family/Spouse: Sarah Victoria Smith. Sarah was born in 1869; died in 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6135

Family/Spouse: John Wesley Love. John was born in 1838; died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6140

Family/Spouse: Lillie Gay Woodall. Lillie was born in 1879; died in 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6152

Family/Spouse: Ollie Canada. Ollie was born in 1879; died in 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3689

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

SUSAN MASELTINE YATES was apparently known as "Tina" (pronounced to
rhyme with "China"). There is some uncertainty as to the date of her birth. Her
granddaughter, Shirley Travis, cites two sources, including Tina's son Bill, as
giving a birthdate of May 11, 1867. However, the date on her parents' marriage
certificate is November 14, 1867. One of these dates is probably wrong.

Tina is listed at age 12 in the 1880 Tennessee census for Dyer County, which
suggests a birth year of 1867 or 1868. She is identified in that census as "Sousey
M." Her unusual middle name is remembered by her grandchildren, and may be a
family name of some sort.

The Smith Family Bible lists the date of Tina's marriage to WILLIAM A.
STEVENSON as October 20, 1892. The location of their marriage remains
unknown. Shirley Travis gives William's birthdate as March 1858, but the place of
his birth also has yet to be identified.

By early 1907, when William died at age 51, the Stevensons were living in
Okmulgee, Oklahoma. An undated obituary entitled "Death Claims Him" states
that William died at the home of his father-in-law, J.J. Yates, of pneumonia. The
funeral service was conducted by Reverend W.M.P. Rippey, pastor of the
Methodist church. A "Card of Thanks" printed in the local newspaper at that time
states that the "bereaved families of the late J.J. Yates and W.A. Stevenson wish to
thank their many friends who rendered such valuable service and showed such
sympathy, in their recent sad afflictions". The two men died within eleven days of
each other, on March 19 (William) and March 28 (J.J.), respectively.

Following William's death, Tina was married a second time. Nancy Yates's
obituary in 1923 identifies Tina as Mrs. CHARLES SHEARRY of Kansas City,
Missouri. Tina and Charles made a handsome couple. Tina's fashionable
eyeglasses gave her a sophisticated look, while Charles sported a well-groomed
handlebar moustache.

In later life, according to Shirley Travis, Tina made her home between daughter
Edna, in Cushing, Oklahoma, daughter Beulah, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and son
Bill, also in Arkansas. She had suffered several strokes and was bedridden for
several years before her death. Some measure of her spirit, even in her weakened
condition, can be gained from the following anecdote, told by Shirley Travis:

When Grandmother Shearry would stay with us, she was helpless but heart
-broken because she had to lie there and be waited on. She would beg me to
put a pan of dirty dishes by her bed so she could wash them and feel useful.

According to Shirley Travis, Tina died at the home of her daughter Edna, in
Cushing, Oklahoma, in July 1942.
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Family/Spouse: Charles Shearry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William A Stevenson. William was born in 1858; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3797

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JAMES EDGAR YATES was born on April 13, 1870, in Dyer County, Tennessee,
and died on January 29, 1895, probably of typhoid fever from bad water, at the
Yates family settlement in Texas (in the Choctaw Nation, according to Valdo Yates
Smith). He was apparently unmarried and without children.
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• Reference Number: 3798

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.
DORA E. YATES had a short life. She was born June 30, 1872, in Dyer County,
Tennessee, and died just over a year later on August 28, 1873. She may have been
the namesake for one of her older sister Tina's daughters.
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• Reference Number: 3799

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JOHN BURROUGH YATES was born on December 3, 1874, in Dyer County,
Tennessee, and died on March 8, 1895, probably of typhoid fever, at the Yates
family settlement in Texas. He was apparently unmarried and without children.
Valdo Yates Smith remembered John and his older brother James Edgar being
referred to as "Aaron" and "Burr", after the statesman of that name from the early
days of the Republic.
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• Reference Number: 3800

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

MAY CENTENNIAL YATES was born on May 18, 1876, in Dyer County,
Tennessee. Her middle name, which is remembered by her granddaughter Fran1de
Hall, was apparently inspired by the centennial of the Declaration of Independence.
She was also known by some of her nieces and nephews as "Aunt Mamie".
According to the family Bible in the possession of the Smith family, she was
married on December 14, 1892, at the young age of 16, to BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN PAYNE. At the time of her mother's death in 1923, she was still
living in Humboldt, Tennessee. The date and place of her death are unknown to
the author of this history.
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Family/Spouse: Benjamin Franklin Payne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3812

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

NINNA E. YATES was born on November 21, 1878, in Dyer County, Tennessee,
and died there at age 4 on or about February 18, 1883.
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• Reference Number: 3813

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee

WALTER GRAY YATES was the third child of J.J. and Nancy to die before the
age of five, and the second child they lost in 1883. He was born on February 13,
1881, in Dyer County, Tennessee, and died there at age 2 on July 13, 1883. His
middle name may be a family name, possibly the maiden name of one or the other
of his grandmothers.
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• Reference Number: 3814

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee

HATTEE BELLE YATES was born in Dyer County, Tennessee, on December 16,
1883. She moved with her parents first to Texas, and then to Okmulgee,
Oklahoma, where on October 1, 1902 (according to her husband's obituary) she
married VALDO SMITH. Valdo founded the first newspaper in Okmulgee, the
Okmulgee Democrat, and Hattie Belle apparently used to help him with its
publication. Prior to her marriage she may also have been a schoolteacher.

Hattie Belle's first husband, Valdo, was born near Manhattan, Kansas, on July 18,
1872. A journeyman printer by trade (like his mother), he had come south into
Oklahoma territory at the first opening of the Cherokee strip. In addition to
founding Olcmulgee's first newspaper, he had served as the town's second recorder
and acting mayor.

Hattie Belle and Valdo had been married just over three years when Valdo died on
October 24, 1905. By March 1908 (as indicated by her daughter Minnie Lou's
obituary) Hattie Belle had remarried. Her second husband was EMMETT
SMOOT, who apparently left her shortly after the birth of their only child, Boyd.
(He later resurfaced in Orange County, California, sometime in the 1930s, in poor
health, and died there shortly afterward.)

At the time of her mother's death in 1923, Hattie Belle was married to PAUL
TRA WICK, an oil field worker by trade. She and Paul resided at 803 North
Central Avenue in Okmulgee, according to her mother's obituary. Paul was a
veteran of World War I, and had apparently suffered some disability as a result of
exposure to chemical weapons. Hattie Belle and Paul found it difficult to make a
living in Oklahoma during this time, and in 1923 or 1924, with Hattie Belle's
young son, Boyd Smoot, they began a slow migration westward searching for
work. At one point they settled in Rico, Colorado, where Paul found work in the
mines as a driller. They also lived in Denver for a short time.

Hattie Belle and Paul eventually found their way to Orange County, California,
where they made their home in the small citrus farming town of Yorba Linda.
Unfortunately, Hattie Belle did not live long after their arrival. She died on
September 13, 1927, at the age of 43. She is buried at Loma Vista Cemetery in
Fullerton, California. Paul (date of death unknown) is buried at the Veterans'
Cemetery in West Los Angeles.
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Family/Spouse: Paul Tarwick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Valdo Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emmett Smoot. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3863

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

MILDRED V. YATES, the ninth and last child of J.J. and Nancy Yates, was one
of the family's most colorful characters. She was born on March 26, 1886, in Dyer
County, Tennessee, and moved with her parents first to Texas, and, later, to
Olunulgee, Indian Territory, sometime around 1900. In 1907 (or thereabouts) she
married BENJAMIN MARTIN, a barber and patent medicine salesman, who was
quite a character himself. Ben was about four years older than Millie, and came
from Illinois.

Almost all of what is known about "Aunt Millie" and her husband Ben derives from
stories told to Valdo Yates Smith and passed on by him. However, some additional
information has been obtained from the 1910 census, where Millie and Ben are
listed as living in McAlister Township, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, about 50
miles south of Olunulgee.

To hear Valdo describe Ben Martin was a delight. Ben was a tall, handsome man,
with dark hair and a curly beard, "a good lookin' son of a gun". He was a "happygo
-lucky guy", "quite a talker", a charmer "with the gift of the Blarney". Valdo
remembered going into Ben's barber shop as a young boy and watching his uncle in
action.

Millie's relationship with Ben must have been somewhat tempestuous. He had the
reputation of being something of a "tomcat", and it was this propensity which
brought a dramatic end to their marriage, probably sometime around 1915. As
Valdo told it, Ben came home late one night, after having been "where he shouldn't
have been". Millie was waiting up. As he started to come through the door, she
threw a knife at him, which buried itself in the door jamb "right close to his head".
According to Valdo, "that's the last any one in the family ever saw of him."
However, reports did filter back that Ben subsequently made his living "out west
somewhere" giving medicine shows and selling "snake oil" out of the back of a
wagon.

Another story Valdo Smith told about Millie probably dates from after Ben Martin's
departure. One night Millie woke up to find a man in her bedroom. She turned on
the light and said, "Who are you?" The man said something like, "I'm a murderer,
and I'm going to steal something." Millie said, "What do you want'?" He replied,
"Money." She said, "Just a minute, I'll get out of bed and help you look. If I can
find any, I'll give you half of it." The burglar gave up in disgust and left.

Valdo remembered that Aunt Millie was a "very handsome woman", and fearless;
"she wasn't afraid of the Devil himself." After her husband Ben left, she continued
to live in Okmulgee for some time with her two sons. The last information known
about her is found in Nancy Sudbury Yates's obituary from 1923, in which Millie
is identified as Mrs. Ben Martin, living at 705 South Okmulgee Avenue,
Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
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Family/Spouse: Ben Martin. Ben was born about 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3869

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

SUSAN E. SUDBURY was born in Dyer County, Tennessee, about 1875. In
1877, her family moved to Milam County, Texas, and sometime between 1880 and
1889, they moved again, to Cleburne County, Arkansas. Nothing further is known
about her at this time.
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Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3870

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

MILLIE E. SUDBURY was born in February 1881, probably in Milam County,
Texas, where her family is known to have been living in 1880. Sometime between
1880 and 1889, Millie's family moved again, to Cleburne County, Arkansas.
Nothing further is known about her at this time.
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Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3871

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

ROBERT H. SUDBURY was born on February 7, 1883, probably in Milam
County, Texas, where his family is known to have been living in 1880. Sometime
between 1880 and 1889, Robert's family moved again, to Cleburne County,
Arkansas. According to Glenn Boyd, Robert died on April 6, 1966.
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Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3874

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3875

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3876

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3877

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3878

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3879

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3880

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3881

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3882

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3883

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3884

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3887

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JOHN GRAHAM SUDBURY ("Graham") was born in Friendship, Tennessee,
about 1874. He married a woman whose name is unknown to the author of this
history. At some point he moved to Blytheville, Arkansas, where he pursued a
career as a judge. The date of his death is unknown at this time.
_______________________________________________________________________

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3888

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee

JAMES SUDBURY ("Jimmy") was born in Friendship, Tennessee, about 1877.
His wife's first name was LILY. He spent much of his life farming land in Lake
County, Tennessee. The date of his death is unknown to the author of this history.
_______________________________________________________________________

Family/Spouse: Lily. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3889

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee
.
LELA SUDBURY was born in Friendship, Tennessee, on February 4, 1879. She
married a man with the last name McLEAN, but died on January 3, 1905, shortly
before her twenty-sixth birthday, according to her cemetery marker. She is buried
in Bowen's Chapel Cemetery near Friendship. Apparently she had no children.
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Family/Spouse: McLean. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3890

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee

SUSAN E. SUDBURY ("Susie") was born in Friendship, Tennessee, in April 1880.
She married WILL ROBERTSON. Nothing further is known about her at this
time
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Family/Spouse: Will Robertson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3891

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee

HORACE MARVIN SUDBURY ("Marvin") was born in Friendship, Tennessee,
in April 1882. The name of his wife and the date of his death are unknown to the
author of this history.
_______________________________________________________________________

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3892

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee
.
NANCY ELIZABETH SUDBURY ("Betty") was born in Friendship, Tennessee,
in March 1884, and may have been named after her aunt Nancy (entry 1612-1).
Betty married JOHN BELTON. Nothing further is known about her at this time.
_______________________________________________________________________

Family/Spouse: John Belton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3893

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee

DANIEL ROSCOE SUDBURY ("Roscoe") was born in Friendship, Tennessee, in
October 1891. He lived much of his adult life in the Nashville area. The name of
his wife and the date of his death are unknown to the author of this history.
_______________________________________________________________________

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3894

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee

WILLIAM THOMAS SUDBURY ("Willie") was born in Friendship, Tennessee,
in October 1893. He married GEORGIE LENA WARMATH. Nothing further is
known about him by the author of this history.
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Family/Spouse: Georgie Lena Warmath. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3897

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM SAMUEL SUDBURY was born in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas,
on September 13, 1878. About 1909, he married MOLLIE SAMANTHA COLVIN, who had been born on March 4, 1887. William died on July 18, 1947, while
Mollie passed away on July 9, 1959.
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William married Mary Samantha Mollie Colvin on 12 Sep 1909 in Waco, Mclennan County, Texas. Mary was born on 4 Mar 1887 in Louisiana, USA; died on 9 Jul 1959 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3900

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

EULA ELIZABETH SUDBURY was born in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, on
November 12, 1880. She married EDWARD D. DIVER, who had been born on
January 18, 1873, on board a ship from England. Eula died on January 10, 1936,
while Edward passed away on March 20, 1959.
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Family/Spouse: Edward Webster Diver. Edward was born on 18 Jan 1873; died on 20 Mar 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3902

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JOHN EDWIN SUDBURY ("Eddie") was born in Rockdale, Milam County,
Texas, on February 7, 1883. On January 22, 1905, in Rockdale, he married
ANNIE ELIZABETH COLLINS, the daughter of WILLIAM COLLINS and
ELIZA ANNIE MULLINS. Annie had been born in Rockdale on April 9, 1887.

Eddie and Annie lived for many years in Marlin, Falls County, Texas, and began
hosting a local Sudbury family reunion in the early 1940s. Eddie died on
December 9, 1955, in Marlin, while Annie passed away on September 5, 1971,
also in Marlin.
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Family/Spouse: Anne Elizabeth Collins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 4010

Notes:

SUSAN ALICE SUDBURY ("Alice") was born in Rockdale, Milam County,
Texas, on April 29, 1885. She married EDWARD PARKS McCAMEY, who had
been born on April 23, 1880, in Troy, Mississippi. Alice died on July 16, 1958,
while Edward passed away on December 24, 1944.

Family/Spouse: Edward Parks McCamey. Edward was born on 23 Apr 1880 in Troy Mississippi; died on 24 Dec 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 4013

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

ROBERT ROY SUDBURY was born in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, in
August 1887. On March 24, 1910, he married OLA JOYCE FLEMING (born in
Texas in 1892). Robert died sometime around 1955.
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Family/Spouse: Ora J Fleming. Ora was born in 1872; died in 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 4017

Notes:

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

MAMIE EUDORA SUDBURY ("Mary") was born in Rockdale, Milam County,
Texas, on December 4, 1889. She married GEORGE MANSEL WELCH, who
was known as "Manse". Manse had been born on May 10, 1883, in Falls County,
Texas. Mary died on June 18, 1971, while Manse passed away on June 29, 1959.
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Family/Spouse: George Mancel Welch. George was born in 1883; died in 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 4023

Notes:

Ernest died of typhoid fever at the age of 20 years, 9 months and 7 days. He was single.

Buried Sandy Creek Cemetery, Milam County, Texas.

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

ERNEST J. SUDBURY was born in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, on
December 27, 1891. He died on October 4, 1912, of typhoid fever. He was
apparently unmarried and without children.
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Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-H4R
• Reference Number: 29

Mary married Henry Edward Lacy on 31 Aug 1902 in Falls County, Texas. Henry was born on 11 Jan `883 in Cuero, DeWitt County Texas; died on 3 Apr 1961 in Littlefield, Lamb County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-HHZ
• Reference Number: 31

Notes:

Died:
Bruceville - Moore Cemetery, Bruceville, McLennan Co, Texas

Millie married James H. Knight on 22 Sep 1906 in Waco, McLennan County Texas. Her parents home. James (son of Living and Living) was born about 1865 in Frankfort, Morgan County, Tennessee; died on 18 Nov 1953 in McLennan County, Texas USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 7337

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-HHL
• Name: Johnny Dorchester Mirick
• Reference Number: 33
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Military Draft Registration: Between 1917 and 1918, McLennan County no 2, Texas, United States

Notes:

1920 Census
Name: Johnie D Mirick
Residence: , Montgomery, Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1891
Age: 29
Birthplace: Texas
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Film Number: 1821834
Digital Folder Number: 4391485
Image Number: 00801
Sheet Number: 4
Household Gender Age
Johnie D Mirick M 29y
Spouse Eva B Mirick F 30y
Child Vivian J Mirick F 2y6m

Name: John D Merick
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1889
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Enumeration District Number: 0024
Family Number: 352
Sheet Number and Letter: 22A
Line Number: 1
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2342
Film Number: 2342076
Digital Folder Number: 4547965
Image Number: 00656
Household Gender Age
John D Merick M 41
Spouse Mary Merick F 40
Child Vivian Merick F 12
Child Lorance Merick M 9

Groom's Name: J. D. Mirick
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Eva Wallace
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1916
Marriage Place: Bell County, Texas
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75203-8
System Origin: Texas-EASy
Source Film Number: 981042
Reference Number: p 117

Reported to have been a dashing man, Johnnie supported his family with his owned and operated barber shop for many years. Time would prove that Johnnie's son JD, known to family as Buddy, looked a lot like his dad.

Johnnie married Eva Beatrice Wallace on 21 Oct 1916 in Bell County, Texas. Eva (daughter of William Washington Wallace and Ellen R Cohron) was born on 1 Jan 1890 in Cuero, DeWitt County Texas; died on 27 Oct 1926 in Planterville, Grimes, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann Sliter. Mary was born on 16 Jan 1890 in Arkansas; died on 24 Aug 1961 in Galveston, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-HC3
• Reference Number: 35
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Marriage Banns: 19 Aug 1914, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Bruceville, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1930, Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States

Notes:

Groom's Name: Edward E. Mirick
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Lola Greenlee
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1914
Marriage Place: Waco, Mclennan County, Texas
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75247-8
System Origin: Texas-EASy
Source Film Number: 987566
Reference Number: 598

US Census 1920
Name: Edward E Mirick
Residence: , McLennan, Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1894
Age: 26
Birthplace: Texas
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Film Number: 1821831
Digital Folder Number: 4390895
Image Number: 01014
Sheet Number: 2
Household Gender Age
Edward E Mirick M 26y
Spouse Lola Mirick F 22y
Child Idie Mirick M 4y5m
Child Mary Lee Mirick F 2y6m
Child Marany Mirick F 1y3m

First Name: Ed
Middle Name:
Last Name: Mirick
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 28 September 1892
Social Security Number: 455-28-7792
Place of Issuance: Texas
Last Residence: Texas
Zip Code of Last Residence: 76706
Death Date: November 1973
Estimated Age at Death: 81

Edward married Lola Gussie Greenlee on 19 Aug 1914 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. Lola (daughter of Silas Greenlee and Ida Lee) was born on 1 Sep 1897 in Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas, United States of America; died on 21 Dec 1985 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA; was buried in Dec 1985 in Waco Memorial Park, Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-H79
• Reference Number: 18
• Residence: Bruceville, Texas
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Durango, Falls County, Texas
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Census: 15 Jun 1910, Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas
• Military Draft Registration: Between 1917 and 1918, McLennan County no 2, Texas, United States
• _MILT: 5 Jan 1917, Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas; Draft Registration WWI
• _MILT: 6 Aug 1918, Camp Cody - Deming, New Mexico; Army Basic Training WWI
• _MILT: 6 Aug 1918, Moody, Mclennan County, Texas; Order of Induction, WWI US Army
• _MILT: 13 Oct 1918; Assigned over seas WWI US Army
• _MILT: 2 Nov 1918, New York Port, New York, New York, USA; Military transport Aquitania to France
• _MILT: 19 Jan 1919, Brest France; Left for New York after WWI US Army. SS Martha Washington.
• _MILTID: 11 Feb 1919; 3661488 US Army WWI
• Residence: 1920, Bruceville, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1920, Bruceville, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Census: 9 Jan 1920, Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas
• Residence: 6 Jan 1928, Jones County, Texas; Chattle Mortagage
• Residence: 1930, Precinct 8, Jones, Texas, United States
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Jones County, Texas
• Residence: 1935, Rural, Mclennan, Texas
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Bosque County, Texas; 1940 Census Record
• Residence: 11 Feb 1936, Valley Mills, McLennan, Texas, USA; Chattel Mortagage
• Residence: 22 Oct 1936, Valley Mills, McLennan, Texas, USA; Sears Envelope
• Residence: 22 Oct 1936, Valley Mills, McLennan, Texas, USA; Sears Purchase
• Reciept: 1 Apr 1937, Valley Mills Texas; Purchase of feed and Breeding Record
• Residence: 21 Feb 1938, Valley Mills, McLennan, Texas, USA; Notice of cotton production
• Americal Legion Card: 1939, McLennan County
• Residence: 18 Oct 1939, Valley Mills, McLennan, Texas, USA; Application for Release of Mortgage
• Census: 22 Apr 1940, Justice Precinct 8, McLennan County, Texas
• _MILT: 1941, Moody, McLennan, Texas, United States; WW II Registration
• Residence: 27 Nov 1942, Rt. 7 Marlin Road, Waco, Texas; Texas Power Light Starting Utilities
• _MILT: Bef 1943, Mart, McLennan, Texas, USA; Military Draft Registration
• _EMPLOY: 1943, Veterans Hospital; Rurie had accumulated both sick and annual leave for 1943.
• Residence: 22 May 1943, Rt 7 Marlin Road, Waco, Texas; Lien Release
• Reciept: 31 Jan 1944, Waco, McLennan County, Texas; Pay off car
• Residence: 9 Nov 1944, 1704 Webster, Waco, Texas; Purchase Contract for house at 1704 Webster, Waco, Texas
• Reciept: 24 Feb 1945, Waco, McLennan County , Trxas; Farm Security Adminnistration Receipt
• _EMPLOY: 14 Jul 1952, Waco, McLennan County , Trxas; Veteran Administration, Waiter

Notes:

Name: Rurie Mirick
Residence: , McLennan, Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1895
Age: 25
Birthplace: Durango Texas
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Film Number: 1821831
Digital Folder Number: 4390895
Image Number: 01018
Sheet Number: 4
Household Gender Age
Rurie Mirick M 25y
Spouse Sarah Mirick F 22y

HISTORY:
World War I:

Rurie joined the Army August 6th, 1918. Service Number 3661488. He was assign to 34th Division, Company C, 136 Infantry - Camp Cody - Deming, New Mexico,

The division takes its name from the shoulder sleeve insignia designed for a 1917 training camp contest by American regionalist artist Marvin Cone, who was then a soldier enlisted in the unit.[9] Cone's design evoked the desert training grounds of Camp Cody, New Mexico, by superimposing a red steer skull over a black Mexican water jug called an "olla." In World War I, the unit was called the "Sandstorm Division." German troops in World War II, however, called the U.S. division's soldiers "Red Devils" and "Red Bulls," the division later officially adopted the divisional nickname Red Bulls.[10]

34th ID Soldiers at Camp Cody, NM on 18 August 1918.
Brig. Gen. Frank G. Mauldin took command.[11] The 34th Division arrived in France in October 1918, but it was too late for the division to be sent to the front, as the end of hostilities was near, with the Armistice with Germany being signed the following month.

Brig. Gen. John Alexander Johnston took command 26 October 1918, and some personnel were sent to other units to support their final operations. Charles Dudley Rhodes took command in December and led the division until its departure for the United States in January 1919.[12] The 34th was disbanded on 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois.[13]

Rurie A Mirick 3661488 - Private
Inducted into Army Aug 6th, 1918
Assigned to 136th Infantry, Company C until Nov 19th, 1918
Transferred to 4th Army, 83rd Division, 330th Infantry, Company E, until Feb 11, 1919
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The 34th Division was composed of the following organizations:

67th, 68th Infantry brigades.
69th Field Artillery Brigade.
133rd, 134th, 135th, and 136th Infantry regiments. (Rurie was in the 136 Infantry)
125th, 126th, 127th Field Artillery regiments.
109th Trench Mortar Battery.
109th Field Signal Battalion.
109th Headquarters Train and Military Police.
109th Ammunition Train.
109th Supply Train.
109th Sanitary Train (133rd, 134th, 135th, and 136th Ambulance companies and Field hospitals).
109th Field Train.
109th Engineer Regiment and Train.

The 34th Division remained in training at Camp Cody, New Mexico, until September, 1918. The first units sailed for overseas on September 16, 1918, via England, and the last units arrived in France on October 24, 1918. Upon arrival in France the division was ordered to the Le Mans area where it was broken up and ceased to function as a division. In the early part of December, the division began its return to the United States by individual units.
Rurie shipped overseas November 2nd, 1918 from New York on the USS Aquitaina for Brest, France. Rurie left New York on the ship, USS Aquitania. (Oversea Casual Company #509)
November 19, 1918 Rurie was transferred to Company E, 330 Infantry,

Eighty-Third Infantry Division / 83rd Division
Nickname: Thunderbolt Division or Ohio Division

4th Army Corps
Major General George W. Read, commanding
83rd Division - Major General E. F. Glenn, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel C. A. Trott, Chief-of- Staff; Major James L. Cochran, Adjutant General.

•165th Brigade Infantry - Brigadier General Ora E. Hunt
?329th Infantry Regiment
?330th Infantry Regiment < Rurie A Mirick >
?323rd Machine Gun Battalion
•166th Brigade Infantry - Brigadier General Malin Craig
?331st Infantry Regiment
?332nd Infantry Regiment
?324th Machine Gun Battalion
•158th Brigade, Field Artillery - Brigadier General Adrian S. Fleming
?322nd Field Artillery Regiment
?323rd Field Artillery Regiment
?324th Field Artillery Regiment
?308th Trench Mortar Battery
•Engineer Troops - 308th Regiment
•Signal Troops - 308th Battalion
•Division Units - 83rdth Division Headquarters Troop; 332nd Machine Gun Battalion

Major Operations: Designated a Depot Division in LeMans and Castres, France.; supplied over 195,000 officers and enlisted men as replacements in France.. Certain division units saw action
Upon arrival in France the division was designated as a depot division and was ordered to the LeMans area. Here the division was broken up and the artillery brigade and special units, such as engineer and signal troops were sent forward as corps and army troops.

The other organizations of the division were held in the area and trained as replacements for the combat divisions at the front. Returned to U.S. Jan. 29th 1919.
Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn commanded this division from the time of its organization until it was demobilized.

The division was composed of the following organizations: 165th and 166th Inf. Brigs., 158th Arty. Brig., 329th, 330th, 331st, 332d Inf. Regts., 322d, 323d, 324th Machine Gun Bns., 32ssd, 323, 324th Fld. Arty Regts., 308th Trench Mortar Battery, 308th Engr. Regt. And Train, 308th Supply Train, 308th Sanitary Train (329th, 330th, 331st, 332d Amb. Cos. And Field Hospitals).

Rurie left Brest, France with Company E, 330th Infantry, January 19, 1919 on the ship SS Martha Washington.
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Rurie and Sarah moved to Tuxedo in 1930. This is where Jenita Jo was born. They moved back to Bruceville by Nov of 1932 when Charles was born.

In 1928 moved to Tuxedo for work. Lat 32°54'1.35"N - Long 99°58'12.15"W
Lived Valley Mills, Texas when Louise met JD Brownlow Lat 31°39'30.84"N - Long 97°23'58.25"W
Married Sarah Lee Smith and lived here Lat 31°20'1.57"N - Long 97°15'31.98"W
Born Durango Texas Lat 31°12'18.29"N - Long 97° 7'47.62"W

Name: John E Mirick
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Precinct 8, Jones, Texas
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1921
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Enumeration District Number: 0018
Family Number: 160
Sheet Number and Letter: 8A
Line Number: 8
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2365
Film Number: 2342099
Digital Folder Number: 4547988
Image Number: 00610
Household Gender Age
Parent Rurie A Mirick M 35
Parent Sarah L Mirick F 29
John E Mirick M 9
Rurie Mirick M 7
Mildred L Mirick F 4
Eugene J Mirick M 1
Emma Lee B Mirick F 0

Name: Rurie Mirick
Residence: , McLennan, Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1895
Age: 25
Birthplace: Texas
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Film Number: 1821831
Digital Folder Number: 4390895
Image Number: 01018
Sheet Number: 4
Household Gender Age
Rurie Mirick M 25y
Spouse
Sarah Mirick F 22y

Cemetery
Waco Memorial Park
Section C, Plott 146 Space 1
31°28'28.62"N 97° 9'36.35"W

Rurie married Sarah Lee Smith on 23 Mar 1919 in Preacher Cook's House, Bruceville, Texas. Sarah (daughter of John Edward Smith and Emma Lee Moore) was born on 24 Oct 1898 in Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas; died on 29 Mar 1981 in Waco, Texas; was buried in 1981 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-HCP
• Reference Number: 37
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Military Draft Registration: Between 1917 and 1918, McLennan County no 2, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1920, Hillsboro Ward 1, Hill, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1935, Rural, Mclennan, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Justice Precinct 3, McLennan, Texas, United States

Notes:

Name: Stephen Russell Mirick
Title:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Death Date: 11 Jan 1970
Death County: Mc Lennan
Death Place: Mc Lennan, Texas, United States

Rosemound Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Sallye Dimple Reagan. Sallye was born on 29 Nov 1896; died on 26 Jan 1981 in McLennan Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-HZH
• Reference Number: 39
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1930, Precinct 1, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1935, R, Limestone, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Justice Precinct 5, Hill, Texas, United States

Notes:

Ret.Nurse-Lic.Vocat.Nurse

Una married William Houston Harrell on 15 Oct 1921 in Waco, McLennan County Texas. Her parents home. William (son of James Rhodeman Harrell and Martha Annie Walker) was born on 25 May 1895 in Cuero, DeWitt County Texas; died on 22 Sep 1977 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-HZP
• Reference Number: 41
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1935, Same Place
• Residence: 1940, Justice Precinct 1, McLennan, Texas, United States

Eugene married Annie J. Sapp on 6 Nov 1923 in Waco, McLennan County Texas. Her parents home. Annie (daughter of Walter Lee Sapp and Mattie Rogers) was born on 9 Mar 1905 in Cuero, DeWitt County Texas; died on 26 May 1983 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: LY5G-ZNX
• Reference Number: 43
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States

Notes:

Willard C Mirick
Level of Education: 2 years of high school
Marital Status: Married
Birth: 1906 Texas
Residence: Place: Ellis County, Texas
World War II
Branch: Army
Enlistment Date: 17 Aug 1942
Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Army Serial Number: 38200049
Enlistment Place: Tyler Texas
Enlistment Term: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Source of Army Personnel: Civil Life
Occupation: Semiskilled occupations in manufacture of automobiles, n.e.c.
Race or Ethnicity: White

Family/Spouse: Mary Unk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Etha Mae. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6097

Family/Spouse: Hunter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6100

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6102

Family/Spouse: Walsh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6105

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6106

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6099

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6101

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6104

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6107

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6112

Family/Spouse: Leland Brothers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6120

Family/Spouse: Mary Flora. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6125

Family/Spouse: James Daily Alison. James was born in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6132

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6133

Family/Spouse: Hassie C Lipford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6138

Family/Spouse: Bessie Stayton. Bessie was born in 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6137

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6142

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6148

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6143

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• Reference Number: 6144

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• Reference Number: 6145

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6146

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6147

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6150

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6151

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6155

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6154