I've been asked for additional information about the Paden/Pedens that settled in Old Tishomingo County, MS. I hope to get many of these descendants to South Carolina for the reunion. The Immigrants from Ireland of this family are buried here. You can visit their graves and the churches they established in the late 1700's. Visit the Peden Museum at Fairview Church. Tour the Revolutionary battlefields your ancestor fought on for our country's freedom. Many Tishomingo County natives are descended from these and other families that live in and around this area in South Carolina. If you know of descendents that are not on the mailing list, please pass the information along! The 2004 Peden Reunion will be held at Fairview Presbyterian Church near Fountain Inn, Greenville Co., South Carolina. This reunion is celebrated by the descendents of John Peden, born 1709 Antrim County, Ireland, and his wife, Margaret (Peggy) McDill, born August 1715, also in Antrim County, Ireland. John and Peggy McDill Peden's 10 children, all born in Ireland, include: I MARY, born 1732, married James Alexander Died Greeneville Co., SC Descendants settled in SC and Gwinnett Co., GA II JAMES, born 1734, m) Mary Brown buried Fairview Church, Greenville Co., SC Descendants of James and Mary's son, Thomas who married Isabella Paden, settled Tishomingo Co. (See below) James and Mary's grandson, Alexander Savage, settled in Tishomingo Co., MS along with his Paden cousins who left SC in the 1830's. He was married to Rosa Morton, a cousin. III JANE, born ca 1738, married 1) John Morton 2) Robert Morrow buried Morgan Co., Ala Descendents settled in Morgan Co., Ala. IV THOMAS, born 1743, m) Elizabeth White Died Spartanburg Co., South Carolina V WILLIAM, born 1749, m) Mary (Polly) Archer ****SEE BELOW Most descendants settled in North MS, particularly Tishomingo Co., MS Descendants established Bethany Presbyterian Church, just south of the town of Tishomingo. VI ELIZABETH, born 1750, m) William Gaston buried Fairview Church, Greenville Co., SC No Children VII JOHN, born 1752, m) ? Baker, Archer? buried Fairview Church, Greenville Co, SC Descendants settled in SC, Gwinnett Co, GA, Kemper Co. MS, and Tallahatchie Co., MS VIII SAMUEL, born 1754, m)1st Katherine White m) 2nd Margaret Died Kemper Co., MS buried Smyrna Most descendants went to North Ala and then settled in Kemper Co., MS. Established Smyrna Presbyterian Church in Kemper Co., MS. Others descendants were at times in Tishomingo Co. and Winston Co. in MS. IX ALEXANDER, born 1756, m) Rebecca Martin Buried Fairview, Greenville Co, SC Descendants settled in SC, Kemper County, MS and Gwinnet Co., GA X DAVID, born 1760, m) 1st Eleanor Goodgion m) 2nd Margaret Hughes Died Kemper Co., MS Descendants first settled in North Ala, Gwinnet Co., GA, Kemper and Chickasaw Co. in MS, later to MO, Parker and Tarrant Counties in Texas. --Descendants of the other siblings above also may have settled in and around Tishomingo Co., MS. Many of the houses intermarried (each child of John and Peggy McDill Peden is considered a House of this family, for example: I am of the House of William.). The town of Paden, MS in Tishomingo Co. gets its name from this family. The community of Peden in Kemper Co., MS is named after the Samuel Peden above. Pedens/Padens established Bethany Presbyterian Church in Tishomingo Co, MS, Smyrna Presbyterian Church in Kemper Co, MS and Fairview Church in Gwinnet Co, GA ****Cont'd from above WILLIAM, born 1749, m) Mary (Polly) Archer Most descendants settled in North MS, Particularly Tishomingo County, MS. Descendants established Bethany Presbyterian Church, just south of the town of Tishomingo. William Peden, a Revolutionary Soldier, died in 1817 and is buried at Fairview Presbyterian Church in SC. His wife, Mary Archer Peden and children left SC in 1833. (This immigration is shown in the record book at Fairview Church: "1833. Robert W. Peden, Dan Peden, David S. Peden (a brother-in -law), and Alexander Peden, along with their families, regularly dismissed. (Signed) Anthony Savage, Clerk of Session". These families, as well as others from Fairview, first went to Fayette County, Tenn where the mother, Mary, died and is buried at Bethany Cemetery there. The children later, and at different dates (Alexander the last), came to Old Tishomingo County, MS. They changed the spelling of their name from Peden to Paden. William and Mary's descendants now live all over North Mississippi. Children of William and Mary Archer Peden, All born South Carolina : Robert Wesley Paden , married Martha Elizabeth (Bettie) McCalla, buried Bethany Church, Tishomingo Co. Children: William m) Jane McCalla James M. m) Amanda McDougal David M. m) Susan E. Settle Mary Isabella m) William Settle Martha Elizabeth m) Elijah McCalla Margaret Paden, married her first cousin, David S. Peden (son of Samuel), buried Bethany Church, Tishomingo Co. Children: Porter m) Jane Reneau Isabelle m) Adam R. Wylie Jennie m) Daniel Storment (Widow of Jane H. Paden, dau of WM Daniel Paden, see below) Jennie raised her cousin Jane's children and had none of her own blood. Rosa m) Daniel McRae (parents of Dr Wm Wallace McRae) Isabella Paden married her first cousin, Thomas Peden (son of James), buried South Carolina Children: Wm Alexander, never married Sarah Brown m) Rev David Pressly (died Starkville, MS) Isabella T. m) William Douglas Emily Teresa m) Wm James Blake Thomas Peden had married 1st) Sara McCalla. There were 5 children born to Sara. A daughter, Ginnie, married William Storment in SC and came to Tishomingo County. William Daniel "Dan" Paden married Catherine McCalla, buried Bethany Church, Tishomingo Co. Children: William m) Martha McDougal Nixon m) Mary McDougal Leroy m) Birdie Reneau Robert , never married (I have his baby dress, given to Reba Bruton Wynn at her birth) Mary (died young) Martha m) Ramsey Savage Jane m) Wm Dan Storment (Note by Rebecca Bruton Moss: Mary Jane Storment, daughter of Wm Dan Storment and Jane Paden was my great grandmother. Jane died a few months after Mary's birth in 1871.Wm Dan Storment married 2nd) Jennie Peden, Jane's cousin) Note: A few of the descendents of this family are: Billie Burke Edmondson Lindsey, Willa Dean Edmondson Bethune (Wanda, Donna, Dean), Taft Paden (Bob and John Wayne), Flora Savage Phillips (Leon Phillips), and Mary Storment Wynn (Reba Wynn Bruton). Many more descendants are still living in Tishomingo Co. and the surrounding Ms, Al, and Tn area. Alexander Paden married Sarah G. McCalla Buried Bethany Church, Tishomingo Co. (Sarah was cousin to Elizabeth and Catherine McCalla Paden above, who were sisters) Children: William Drayton m) Sallie M. Frierson David Ramsey m) Mrs Justiana E. Miller (nee Nelson) Mary J. m) Rev John H. Aughey (Ancestor of Susan "Trudy" Reid, wife of Dr Shelby Reid of Corinth, MS) Eliza M. died age 25 Thomas Grimke m) Eusebia Thompson Thomas G. Paden was a doctor in the Tishomingo/Paden area. This is the ancestor of Bill Paden, now of Corinth, MS. The first Peden Reunion Program I saw as a child, was brought to my grandmother, Reba Bruton, by Bill Paden who had just returned from the SC reunion. I owe much to my grandmother and Bill for beginning my passion for family history.) Mary Paden married George Tankersley Children: Dr William Tankersley m) Laura Reid Elizabeth Tankersley m) E. N. McGehee George Perry Tankersley m) Mary Harrison Margaret Tankersley m) ? Campbell If you are interested in attending this reunion and you need a "look-up" in the book, "The Pedens of America", to assure your line is of this South Carolina Peden/Paden family, please send me information of your kinship to at least 1900 (further back if you have it). Many of the lines stop at about 1900 in the book. If you missed the reunion information posted on this mailing list, write and I'll email it to you. I will be giving a talk at the reunion this year on the Pedens that left SC and went West to MS, TN, ALA, GA, etc. If you have copies of any early pictures, letters, or documents that you would share to help with this exhibit, I would be most happy to receive them!!! We will also be gathering materials for permanent exhibits for each House. Please email or if unable to scan, write for my snail address. Also updated and expanded information for any of these families in needed for a future "Pedens of America" Book Update. When published (no date set), will be by the SC Peden Clan that published and has copyright of the "Pedens of America". Information in a GedCom format is favored, but any and all formats are welcome. Email me for additional information. Thanks So Much, Rebecca Bruton Moss House of William Email: [email protected] Phone: (865) 588-8244

Rebecca, This would be a great article to put in the Vidette!! Let me know if you want to - and I will do the leg work for you! Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Moss" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 7:36 AM Subject: [MSTISHOM-L] SC Paden/Peden Reunion Descendants in Old Tishomingo County, Mississippi > I've been asked for additional information about the Paden/Pedens that settled in Old Tishomingo County, MS. I hope to get many of these descendants to South Carolina for the reunion. The Immigrants from Ireland of this family are buried here. You can visit their graves and the churches they established in the late 1700's. Visit the Peden Museum at Fairview Church. Tour the Revolutionary battlefields your ancestor fought on for our country's freedom. Many Tishomingo County natives are descended from these and other families that live in and around this area in South Carolina. If you know of descendents that are not on the mailing list, please pass the information along! > > > > The 2004 Peden Reunion will be held at Fairview Presbyterian Church near Fountain Inn, Greenville Co., South Carolina. This reunion is celebrated by the descendents of John Peden, born 1709 Antrim County, Ireland, and his wife, Margaret (Peggy) McDill, born August 1715, also in Antrim County, Ireland. > > > > John and Peggy McDill Peden's 10 children, all born in Ireland, include: > > > > I MARY, born 1732, married James Alexander Died Greeneville Co., SC > > Descendants settled in SC and Gwinnett Co., GA > > > > II JAMES, born 1734, m) Mary Brown buried Fairview Church, Greenville Co., SC > > Descendants of James and Mary's son, Thomas who married Isabella Paden, settled Tishomingo Co. (See below) > > James and Mary's grandson, Alexander Savage, settled in Tishomingo Co., MS along with his Paden cousins who > > left SC in the 1830's. He was married to Rosa Morton, a cousin. > > > > III JANE, born ca 1738, married 1) John Morton 2) Robert Morrow buried Morgan Co., Ala > > Descendents settled in Morgan Co., Ala. > > > > IV THOMAS, born 1743, m) Elizabeth White Died Spartanburg Co., South Carolina > > > > V WILLIAM, born 1749, m) Mary (Polly) Archer ****SEE BELOW > > Most descendants settled in North MS, particularly Tishomingo Co., MS > > Descendants established Bethany Presbyterian Church, just south of the town of Tishomingo. > > > > VI ELIZABETH, born 1750, m) William Gaston buried Fairview Church, Greenville Co., SC > > No Children > > > > VII JOHN, born 1752, m) ? Baker, Archer? buried Fairview Church, Greenville Co, SC > > Descendants settled in SC, Gwinnett Co, GA, Kemper Co. MS, and Tallahatchie Co., MS > > > > VIII SAMUEL, born 1754, m)1st Katherine White m) 2nd Margaret Died Kemper Co., MS buried Smyrna > > Most descendants went to North Ala and then settled in Kemper Co., MS. Established Smyrna Presbyterian > > Church in Kemper Co., MS. Others descendants were at times in Tishomingo Co. and Winston Co. in MS. > > > > IX ALEXANDER, born 1756, m) Rebecca Martin Buried Fairview, Greenville Co, SC > > Descendants settled in SC, Kemper County, MS and Gwinnet Co., GA > > > > X DAVID, born 1760, m) 1st Eleanor Goodgion m) 2nd Margaret Hughes Died Kemper Co., MS > > Descendants first settled in North Ala, Gwinnet Co., GA, Kemper and Chickasaw Co. in MS, later to MO, > > Parker and Tarrant Counties in Texas. > > > > --Descendants of the other siblings above also may have settled in and around Tishomingo Co., MS. Many of the houses intermarried (each child of John and Peggy McDill Peden is considered a House of this family, for example: I am of the House of William.). The town of Paden, MS in Tishomingo Co. gets its name from this family. The community of Peden in Kemper Co., MS is named after the Samuel Peden above. Pedens/Padens established Bethany Presbyterian Church in Tishomingo Co, MS, Smyrna Presbyterian Church in Kemper Co, MS and Fairview Church in Gwinnet Co, GA > > > > > > ****Cont'd from above > > WILLIAM, born 1749, m) Mary (Polly) Archer > > Most descendants settled in North MS, Particularly Tishomingo County, MS. Descendants established > > Bethany Presbyterian Church, just south of the town of Tishomingo. > > > > William Peden, a Revolutionary Soldier, died in 1817 and is buried at Fairview Presbyterian Church in SC. His wife, Mary Archer Peden and children left SC in 1833. (This immigration is shown in the record book at Fairview Church: "1833. Robert W. Peden, Dan Peden, David S. Peden (a brother-in -law), and Alexander Peden, along with their families, regularly dismissed. (Signed) Anthony Savage, Clerk of Session". These families, as well as others from Fairview, first went to Fayette County, Tenn where the mother, Mary, died and is buried at Bethany Cemetery there. The children later, and at different dates (Alexander the last), came to Old Tishomingo County, MS. They changed the spelling of their name from Peden to Paden. William and Mary's descendants now live all over North Mississippi. > > > > Children of William and Mary Archer Peden, All born South Carolina : > > > > Robert Wesley Paden , married Martha Elizabeth (Bettie) McCalla, buried Bethany Church, Tishomingo Co. > > Children: William m) Jane McCalla > > James M. m) Amanda McDougal > > David M. m) Susan E. Settle > > Mary Isabella m) William Settle > > Martha Elizabeth m) Elijah McCalla > > > > Margaret Paden, married her first cousin, David S. Peden (son of Samuel), buried Bethany Church, Tishomingo Co. > > Children: Porter m) Jane Reneau > > Isabelle m) Adam R. Wylie > > Jennie m) Daniel Storment (Widow of Jane H. Paden, dau of WM Daniel Paden, see below) > > Jennie raised her cousin Jane's children and had none of her own blood. > > Rosa m) Daniel McRae (parents of Dr Wm Wallace McRae) > > > > Isabella Paden married her first cousin, Thomas Peden (son of James), buried South Carolina > > Children: Wm Alexander, never married > > Sarah Brown m) Rev David Pressly (died Starkville, MS) > > Isabella T. m) William Douglas > > Emily Teresa m) Wm James Blake > > > > Thomas Peden had married 1st) Sara McCalla. There were 5 children born to Sara. A daughter, Ginnie, > > married William Storment in SC and came to Tishomingo County. > > > > William Daniel "Dan" Paden married Catherine McCalla, buried Bethany Church, Tishomingo Co. > > Children: William m) Martha McDougal > > Nixon m) Mary McDougal > > Leroy m) Birdie Reneau > > Robert , never married (I have his baby dress, given to Reba Bruton Wynn at her birth) > > Mary (died young) > > Martha m) Ramsey Savage > > Jane m) Wm Dan Storment > > (Note by Rebecca Bruton Moss: Mary Jane Storment, daughter of Wm Dan Storment and Jane > > Paden was my great grandmother. Jane died a few months after Mary's birth in 1871.Wm Dan > > Storment married 2nd) Jennie Peden, Jane's cousin) > > Note: A few of the descendents of this family are: Billie Burke Edmondson Lindsey, Willa Dean Edmondson Bethune (Wanda, Donna, Dean), Taft Paden (Bob and John Wayne), Flora Savage Phillips (Leon Phillips), and Mary Storment Wynn (Reba Wynn Bruton). Many more descendants are still living in Tishomingo Co. and the surrounding Ms, Al, and Tn area. > > > > Alexander Paden married Sarah G. McCalla Buried Bethany Church, Tishomingo Co. > > (Sarah was cousin to Elizabeth and Catherine McCalla Paden above, who were sisters) > > Children: William Drayton m) Sallie M. Frierson > > David Ramsey m) Mrs Justiana E. Miller (nee Nelson) > > Mary J. m) Rev John H. Aughey (Ancestor of Susan "Trudy" Reid, wife of Dr Shelby Reid of Corinth, MS) > > Eliza M. died age 25 > > Thomas Grimke m) Eusebia Thompson > > Thomas G. Paden was a doctor in the Tishomingo/Paden area. This is the ancestor of Bill Paden, now > > of Corinth, MS. The first Peden Reunion Program I saw as a child, was brought to my grandmother, > > Reba Bruton, by Bill Paden who had just returned from the SC reunion. I owe much to my grandmother > > and Bill for beginning my passion for family history.) > > > > Mary Paden married George Tankersley > > Children: Dr William Tankersley m) Laura Reid > > Elizabeth Tankersley m) E. N. McGehee > > George Perry Tankersley m) Mary Harrison > > Margaret Tankersley m) ? Campbell > > > > > > If you are interested in attending this reunion and you need a "look-up" in the book, "The Pedens of America", to assure your line is of this South Carolina Peden/Paden family, please send me information of your kinship to at least 1900 (further back if you have it). Many of the lines stop at about 1900 in the book. If you missed the reunion information posted on this mailing list, write and I'll email it to you. > > > > I will be giving a talk at the reunion this year on the Pedens that left SC and went West to MS, TN, ALA, GA, etc. If you have copies of any early pictures, letters, or documents that you would share to help with this exhibit, I would be most happy to receive them!!! We will also be gathering materials for permanent exhibits for each House. Please email or if unable to scan, write for my snail address. > > > > Also updated and expanded information for any of these families in needed for a future "Pedens of America" Book Update. When published (no date set), will be by the SC Peden Clan that published and has copyright of the "Pedens of America". Information in a GedCom format is favored, but any and all formats are welcome. Email me for additional information. > > Thanks So Much, > > Rebecca Bruton Moss > > House of William > > Email: [email protected] > > Phone: (865) 588-8244 > > > ==== MSTISHOM Mailing List ==== > > >