Clay-Tallapoosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....Dean, Mary Etta Headrick July 13, 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Boling mrsbee1951@aol.com and Gloria McGhee gmcghee@charter.net June 30, 2006, 8:30 pm The Ashland Progress, July 18, 1957 Mrs. J. B. Dean Passes Unexpectedly -- The passing of Mrs. J. B. Dean, 75, on July 13th, came as a shock to her family and friends while she and other members of the family were watching a television program. The deceased lived in this city for many years, moving near Alexander City a few years ago and recently to New Site. Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church here on July 15th, conducted by the Rev. Grammer and Judge W. B. Nolen. Radney Funeral Home of Alexander City directed. Interment was in City Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, one son, Otha Dean, Alexander City; two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Dean Jones, New Site, Mrs. Lacey Mary Hollingsworth, Childersburg and several grandchildren. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clay/obits/d/dean603gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb

Clay-Tallapoosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....Dean, Mary Etta Headrick July 13, 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Boling mrsbee1951@aol.com and Gloria McGhee gmcghee@charter.net June 30, 2006, 8:20 pm The Ashland Progress, July 18, 1957 Mrs. J. B. Dean Passes Unexpectedly -- The passing of Mrs. J. B. Dean, 75, on July 13th, came as a shock to her family and friends while she and other members of the family were watching a television program. The deceased lived in this city for many years, moving near Alexander City a few years ago and recently to New Site. Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church here on July 15th, conducted by the Rev. Grammer and Judge W. B. Nolen. Radney Funeral Home of Alexander City directed. Interment was in City Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, one son, Otha Dean, Alexander City; two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Dean Jones, New Site, Mrs. Lacey Mary Hollingsworth, Childersburg and several grandchildren. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clay/obits/d/dean601gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb

Lee-Tallapoosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....Wright, Leon Bruce May 2, 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patsy McCoy pmccoy@pacifier.com June 28, 2006, 1:05 pm Opelika Daily News Opelika Daily News 5-2-1956 Funeral Services For L. B. Wright Set For Thursday A retired City Water Board employe was found dead in his bed this morning of a gunshot wound in the head. Coroner Dr. Joe H. Liles said L. B. Wright who had been employed by the city and the Water Board for almost 30 years, died of a self inflicted wound at his First Avenue home about 5 a.m. He was 75 years old. The body was discouvered by a son-in-law Stanford Orr. Deceased was said to have been in failing health. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday from the First Methodist Church with the Rev. Si Mathison officiating. Interment will be in Rosemere Cemetery. Mr. Wright was a member of the Methodist Church and a Woodman of the World. He was a native of Tallapoosa County but moved to Opelika 43 years ago. Survivors include the widow, three daughters, Mrs. Jack Thornton of Dadeville, Mrs. O. A. Thompson of Montgomery, and Mrs. Stanford Orr of Opelika, three sons, W. C. of Tuskegee, W. Y. of Montgomery and C. C. Wright of Opelika; one half brother, Willie Bruce of Oklahoma; eight grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be A. Meadows, Ty Meadows, A. D. Williams, W. H. Higgenbothem, G. A. Mitchell and J. W. Plant. Honorary pallbearers will be the deceased's Sunday School Class and K. P. Lynch, Frank Pearson, Claude Summers, Sam Huling and Charlie Young. Frederick's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Leon born August 16, 1881 died May 02, 1956 married Ada Louie Dorman born September 13, 1884 died February 21, 1971 Mrs. Jack Thornton is Fannie Lou Wright Mrs. O. A. Thompson is Georgia P. Wright Mrs. Stanford Orr is Evelyn Wright Son W. C. is William Columbus Wright, Sr. he was called (Jack) Son W. Y. is Willie Y. Wright Son C. C, is Cecil C. Wright Hope I have gotten this correct File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lee/obits/w/wright596gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EPPERSON GADDIS, LOCKE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/490.1265.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Sue, Thank you for the reply and for wanting to share. I only have Eppersons in certain Alabama counties because of their connection to possible Gaddis families or Locke families. Good luck with your research. Regards, Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Epperson, Watkins, Brooks, Howard, Quick, Turner, White Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/490.1265.1 Message Board Post: Please get in touch with me my epperson family came from franklin co., ga and carroll co., ga. into tallapoosa co., al. ca 1840's Peter Epperson with the Brooks and Howard familes I have lots of Data will share if we match. Hope to hear from you Sue Horn sshorn@alltel.net { new edress{

Thanks, I do have that information, but not yet able to decide which JJ he is. There was also a JJ Abbott who enlisted 11/16/1864 into the Home Guard Branch of the Tallapoosa County Militia Regimental Unit. His Company's Unit name was "Young's Mounted Infantry. At the time of his enlistment he was 17. If I'm correct on my JJ's birthdate (1839) he would have been 25, so doubt he's the one above. There was a Jordan Abbott, Private, Co. B 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters There was a JJ Abbott Co. H, 59th Regiment, Georgia Vo. Infantry There was a J Abbett and a JJ Abbett, both from Georgia, died in Civil War, buried in VA. I tend to think mine (if he served) was in entered service in Alabama. I will go to the ADAH site and see if I can find the one you sent. I need his age. I had printed a list off the net of Alabama Confed Soldiers named Abbott. The one you mentioned was the only JJ, on it, but I know there were others (see above). I will look some more and also enter Abbett since the name was also spelled that way as well at Abbot, Abott, etc. Thanks again for the info. I'll keep on keeping on. Laura in Alabama

J.J. Abbott Private in Co. C 6th Alabama Cavalry. Was paroled at Montgomery, AL .MAY 29,1865. HOPE THIS HELPS YOU.... V. HOWARD.

Hi Becky, Thanks for the quick response. I do have some info on the Cardens and their relationship to the Abbotts. I show Thomas J. Abbott married Mary Carden and one of their children was a Jourden/Jordan Abbott b. ca 1828. However, my JJ Abbott was born in 1839 and died in 1869. Can't help but believe they were related, however. Unless Jordan was just a particularly popular name for two or three generations of Abbotts.... I just don't have anything that connects my JJ with anyone in particular. I would love to take a leap of faith, but realize I do need some sort of documentation. Guess I'll head to the Tallapoosa County Courthouse one day and see if I can dig up anything there. Think of me if you hear anything new. Thanks again, Laura

Laura, I know of these Abbotts, and they did come from Pike Co. Ga., along with the Shockley's. Some of these Abbott's, married some Carden's. My GGGrandfather was an O.H.R. or Owen N.K. Carden, from Pike Co. Ga., and I have information on some Carden's from there, and there was a Jordan Abbott. I know that some did marry Carden's from Pike Co. Ga. My Owen, was in Tallapoosa Co. after leaving Pike Co. Ga. He died during the Civil War, and his wife Nancy McLeod Carden, was in Randolph Co. Al. in 1870, and then in Chambers Co. Al. in 1880. Becky Carden, Anniston, Al. ----- Original Message ----- From: <PsychSW@aol.com> To: <ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 7:15 PM Subject: [AL-TALLAPOOSA] Abbott > Trying to find information on my great-great-grandfather, JJ Abbott from > Tallapoosa County, AL. I know there are several JJ's and Jordans and > Jeffersons, all with Abbott last names, but have yet to find any background on my J.J. > I believe his name is Jordan Jefferson as his marriage certificate to my > great-grandmother, Sarah Jane Whatley states he was Jordan J. As an adult, my > great-grandmother (his daughter) reported his name to be Jefferson Abbott. > The odd thing is that she named one of her sons (my grandfather) Judson > Jefferson. So maybe he was actually a Judson, not Jordan. (Confused? I am). > > Anyway, marriage records show Jordan J. Abbott married Sarah Jane Whatley on > Dec. 27, 1867 in Tallapoosa County, AL. Their daughter, my > great-grandmother Frances Josephine was born February 2,. 1868. > > Looks like they married just a couple of months before "Josie" was born. > Wonder if was a forced marriage or birthdates off. However, the 1870 census > shows Only Sarah Abbott and Josie age 2 in the household, so 1868, probably > right...month could be wrong. I wonder though if it was a forced marriage to > give Josie legitimacy and then maybe they divorced...hence Sarah living alone > with Josie. My grandmother, later known as Fannie, rather than Josie, > reported her father died of Typhoid. So perhaps that's what actually happened. > > There was a John Jordan Abbott/Abbett son of John Ezekial Abbett and Mary > Elizabeth Shockley who migrated from GA to Tallapoosa Co, AL.. This JJ Abbott > died in Jackson's Gap from a cerebral hemmorhage in 1936. In 1882 he married > Sarah Elizabeth Duck. Possibly they were kin to my JJ. There was also a > Jordan A. Abbott b. ca 1845, son of James D. Abbott and Frances Belcher. So > Jordan was obviously a popular Abbott name! > > Hope to hear from someone. By the way, some of the above info came from > "Some Early Settlers of Tallapoosa Co, AL", "The Abbett/Abbott Family of Pike > County, Georgia nad Tallapoosa County, Alabama. > > Laura Argo Higginbotham > Pleasant Grove, Al > > > ==== ALTALLAP Mailing List ==== > Share your Tallapoosa Co. Records and old photos at: > http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ > (Available for all Alabama counties) > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 6/16/2006 > >

Trying to find information on my great-great-grandfather, JJ Abbott from Tallapoosa County, AL. I know there are several JJ's and Jordans and Jeffersons, all with Abbott last names, but have yet to find any background on my J.J. I believe his name is Jordan Jefferson as his marriage certificate to my great-grandmother, Sarah Jane Whatley states he was Jordan J. As an adult, my great-grandmother (his daughter) reported his name to be Jefferson Abbott. The odd thing is that she named one of her sons (my grandfather) Judson Jefferson. So maybe he was actually a Judson, not Jordan. (Confused? I am). Anyway, marriage records show Jordan J. Abbott married Sarah Jane Whatley on Dec. 27, 1867 in Tallapoosa County, AL. Their daughter, my great-grandmother Frances Josephine was born February 2,. 1868. Looks like they married just a couple of months before "Josie" was born. Wonder if was a forced marriage or birthdates off. However, the 1870 census shows Only Sarah Abbott and Josie age 2 in the household, so 1868, probably right...month could be wrong. I wonder though if it was a forced marriage to give Josie legitimacy and then maybe they divorced...hence Sarah living alone with Josie. My grandmother, later known as Fannie, rather than Josie, reported her father died of Typhoid. So perhaps that's what actually happened. There was a John Jordan Abbott/Abbett son of John Ezekial Abbett and Mary Elizabeth Shockley who migrated from GA to Tallapoosa Co, AL.. This JJ Abbott died in Jackson's Gap from a cerebral hemmorhage in 1936. In 1882 he married Sarah Elizabeth Duck. Possibly they were kin to my JJ. There was also a Jordan A. Abbott b. ca 1845, son of James D. Abbott and Frances Belcher. So Jordan was obviously a popular Abbott name! Hope to hear from someone. By the way, some of the above info came from "Some Early Settlers of Tallapoosa Co, AL", "The Abbett/Abbott Family of Pike County, Georgia nad Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Laura Argo Higginbotham Pleasant Grove, Al

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/2378 Message Board Post: My husband's gggrandfather. His son Thomas R. Carter is his ggrandfather. Jasper's father was Richard Wilkins Carter. I have a family tree and ancestory.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/2371.1 Message Board Post: 1860 census Coosa Co., AL Southern Division Page 61 P. O. Wetumpka HH 455 Family 461 F. M. Mann m 37 Merchant, Real estate 2,500, Personal 10,350 born GA Olive Mann f 27 house wife born GA N. P. Mann m 10 born AL ALONZO M. Mann m 7 born AL Rufus Mann m 3 born AL Sister Mann f 1 born AL Wetumpka is now the county seat of Elmore County

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SAXTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/2377.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Tom. This family moved to Cleburne Co., Ark. some time before 1880. They are buried at Good Spring Cemetery in Herber Springs, Ark. Thanks again, Carolynn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/2377.1 Message Board Post: Beat 6, Tallapoosa Co., AL P.O. Dadeville Page 187 HH 1477 Family 1325 William Saxton 23 m Farmer Property Value 125 Real Propery Value 147 born GA cannot read are write Sophia Saxton 23 f born NC John T. Saxton 3 m born AL

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SAXTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/2377 Message Board Post: May I have a lookup for William and Sophia SAXTON. William b. 1835 GA and Sophia 1837 NC w/son John T. SAXTON b. 1857 ALA. Thanks so much, Carolynn

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/1152.1241.1245.1 Message Board Post: As I was searching for my Baker ancestors, I saw your message and just wanted to give you what I have found; Flora Baker b. Dec. 10, 1852 d. Nov. 1, 1912. She is buried in Troup County. You can look it up at www.trouparchives.org/cgi-local/cemdb.cgi. You may have already. Just wanted to help! Lesa :)

In a message dated 6/13/2006 8:54:57 PM Central Standard Time, btaylor@lakemartin.net writes: I have Annie and Athie Hancock at Antioch Baptist Church and John Thomas Hancock at Eagle Creek Baptist and Mary E. Smith Hancock at Pentecost United Methodist Church. None of these names ring a bell just now. The John Thomas Hancock I am talking about married Irene McCreary (sped many ways) of Ga. Maybe between you, Helen and I we can put some puzzle pieces together!!!!! Wouldn't this be wonderful!!!! Catherine Weston

In a message dated 6/13/2006 3:59:36 PM Central Standard Time, hlvmp@comcast.net writes: Helen, Would you like to email me at my email addy? cbw1940@aol.com Catherine

I have Annie and Athie Hancock at Antioch Baptist Church and John Thomas Hancock at Eagle Creek Baptist and Mary E. Smith Hancock at Pentecost United Methodist Church. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helene" <hlvmp@comcast.net> To: <ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 9:35 PM Subject: [AL-TALLAPOOSA] Re: Rocky Mount Cemetery > > > Are there any records available for the cemetery on Lake Martin? I > believe my early Hancocks should be buried there. Also some of the early > Holts. > Helene > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bthrash@elmore.rr.com> > To: <ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 4:41 PM > Subject: [AL-TALLAPOOSA] Re: Rocky Mount Cemetery > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SU.2ADI/2375.1.1 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Thanks Steve: >> I think the Rocky Mount Cemetery that I am looking for is on Lake Martin >> south of Hwy 280. Looks like it is located 1.24 miles south on Peckerwood >> Rd. Again Thanks. >> >> Billie >> >> >> ==== ALTALLAP Mailing List ==== >> Please remember anything posted on this list from ALArchives is automated >> from forms, please look for the contributor and reply to that person. >> >> > > > > ==== ALTALLAP Mailing List ==== > Visit Tallapoosa Co. ALArchives for Tallapoosa Co. records: > http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/al/tallapoosa.htm > >