Joseph ? Stephen ? Rebecca b. Dec. 10, 1816 MS Married: Asa Arnold Adrianne Researching: Hunsucker, Griffith, Kirby, Whitlatch, Kennedy, Vandeford, Hopkins, Plummer, Golden, Nuckolls, Warbington, King, Cushman and Hadaway, as my main lines. http://members.tripod.com/~ahopkins/index.html Genealogist HAVE no other hobbies!!!! <G>

To the Group, In regards to the message by Shelby Bottorff and the follow-up replies. Would someone please list the connection between the Glasses and the Sasses line. Cordially, Earl Sasser ewsasser@worldnet.att.net

Hi again, Oopps, don't exactly know how that happened, but here is the message I wanted to send. One of my ancestors, Regina Clementine Sasser b. 1848 in Talladega County, AL or Meriwether County, GA married Charles Glass, when I do not know. Regina's father was William Pinkney Sasser b. in NC 1822. Maureen

Don, I don't know the answer to Shelby Bottorff's question, and I don't know much about the Glasses. I may be repeating what everybody else already knows. But Rhoda Glass (known to us as the longtime keeper of the Henry Sasser Bible) told me in 1959 that the Glasses who married Sassers in Laurel County were a branch of the famous Glass family in Virginia--which included the famous Senator Carter Glass, known, among other things, as the framer of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913. Rhoda said that her branch of the Glass family left Virginia during the Civil War because of their Unionist sympathies. Another observation: the given name "Clayborn" that is mentioned makes one think there must be a Taylor connection, as that name has recurred in the Taylor family at least since 1823. Glenn ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************

---------- From: Shelby Bottorff Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 1997 5:17 AM To: Don Sasser Subject: Glass Genealogy Good Morning, My g-grandfather was Clayborn Glass. He married Sarah Jane Eudy. They had 12 children: Ellen, Lucinda, Jesse, William Howard (my grandfather), Walter, Laura, Leonard, Elizabeth, M E, Mintie, Marvin and Dossie. They lived in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Any connection? Thanks, Shelby Bottorff shelby@reliable-net.net

Glenn, I feel like an eavesdropper reading your brother's letter to you...but you did invite folks in, didn't you? I'm ever-so-slightly jealous that you have a brother who shares you passion for genealogical research. It must be great. I just want to make a comment about the Rhoda Smith - Isaac/Solomon Jones connection. There were more than one Rhoda Smith, so it's possible that one of them was married to a Solomon Jones. However, my gr gr gr gr grandfather William Jones had a brother named Isaac whose wife was Rhoda Smith. The 2 brothers were the first Joneses in Clay County about 1800. Their father Vinson/Vincent was in the Continental army. There is quite a story connected with their journey to KY. Vietta.

Forwarded message: Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 03:15:37 -0700 From: Mike Perry <mikeperry@skn.net> Reply-To: mikeperry@skn.net Organization: KCEOC To: PSPERRG@scifac.indstate.edu, PSPERRG@scifac.indstate.edu Subject: Sasser/Taylor Connections Dear Glenn, It has been a very interesting day- so interesting that I had to come to the office at almost mid night to e-mail you some of the information that I found out today. Also, this message will be my way of writing out my notes. Hawk Hale and his wife, (Ina) Faye Hale Hale, and Faye's sister, Lisle (pronounced "Lyle") came to Helen's today. They brought two copies of the picture of Hiram Moore and Susan Hammons Moore and their sons that we saw at Catherine's. The copies are for us. Faye Hale, Hawk' wife, whose maiden name was also Hale, and Lisle, who was never married, are related to us on the Sasser and Taylor side and have a wealth of information about both families. Faye is now 74 and said that she taught school in the one room schools at Cane Creek, Blackwater and Campground. Faye and Lisle are daughters of Allie Leddington who was the sister of Claudia Leddington Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame being married to Col. Harlan Sanders. Allie married a Hale (his first name doesn't appear to be in my notes). Anyway, Faye and Lisle are the great grandauters of Nicey Taylor who was Grandpap Clayborn Taylor's sister. Additionally, they are the great great grandaughters of Adin Sasser and on the other side (I'm not sure which) they are the great great great grandaughters of Jesse Sasser. They, Faye and Lisle, seem to know just about everyone in our lines and Lisle contended that she provided much of the information to sources that we know of, such as Cheryl Meecha. There were so many tidbits of information provided by them that I will from this point just try to make a list without attempting a formal narrative. Here goes: Lisle Hale lives at 2371 Blackwater Rd., London, Ky 40704 and her telephone number is (606)878-0370. Faye lives with Hawk at 308 West 1st St., London, Ky and their telephone number is (606)864-8940. They both invited visits or calls. They knew Aunt Lucy Standfield well. Lisle related that once when someone was talking with Aunt Lucy and referred to some person as the "meanest man in the world", Aunt Lucy corrected them and said "no, the meanest man in the world was my father, Clabe Taylor." Lisle's account of the posession of Henry Sasser's bible is that Rhoda Glass got it from Champ Sasser and never brought it back to him. Faye and Lisle's mother, Allie Leddington, was the daughter of Nancy Glass and her mother was Elizabeth Sasser Glass, the daugher of Jesse Sasser and Nan Gilbert. Lisle also said that Henry Sasser's bible was in the posession of some of the family and that it wasn't rightfully theirs. She said that Lucy Stanfield got it and sent it to Becky in Nebraska and that Lucy had gone to Rhoda's one day and just said "I'm taking this bible." Lisle said "I know this is true because Rhoda Glass told me so." Something flashes in my memory that Lisle may have said at first that Lucy went to Rhoda's after she died and said "I'm taking this bible." I'll ask Lisle about the matter as soon as possible. Faye and Lisle said the Wallace Gilber is buried at Tedders Creek on Big Richland upon the hill from the forks of the road. They said that there were about four graveyards up there. Wallace's grave they thought was marked. Susan Jones, Wallace Gilbert's wife, is buried in Jonesville, Virginia, according to their oral tradition. They tell that Susan asked Wallace to take her home to be buried with her people. Wallace took her while she was sick and he susposedly cried all the way there and back. Faye and Lisle say that they have been to the Jones Cemetery in Jonesville, Va and that it is a very old cemetery with practically no graves marked with only rocks. Lisle contends that Susan Jones' parents were Solomon Jones and Rhoda Smith. She says that there "are some who argue that Solomon's name was Issiac but I know that his name absolutely was Solomon." In regard to the Sasser's, Lisle and Faye strongly contend that their oral traditions have always held that they were French Huguenot's. They also say that their tradition has it the Sasser's were wealthy and either royalty or closely connected and that due to religious persecution, two of the boy children were smuggled to America by their governess. Faye and Lisle say that they had always heard that Jesse Sasser was giver poisoned buttermilk by a farm woman in Tennesee during the Civil War. They also say that Jesse Sasser's widow, Nancy Gilbert, is buried at Cane Creek down the road (Hale-Baker or Hopper Road) toward Hwy. 229 past the Dixon Sasser Cemetery and past Clabe Taylor's old farm off to the first road on the left known to them as Sled Road which goes to Sled Road Branch in Knox County and comes out just above Wallace Sasser's farm. (Glenn, this is the mud road that Daddy showed us and said that it took you over the hill to Blackwater.) Nancy Gilbert is buried on the Cane Creek side just a short distance up this Sled Road on the hill to the right. Nancy's grave was never marked and Faye and Lisle tell that someone had bull dozier work done that destroyed a lot of the graves stones. They also tell a horrible story that recently a minister from Texas and originally Oklahoma whose last name was Sasser was brought back and buried in what they believe to be Nancy Gilbert's grave. Yes, IN HER GRAVE! Hiram Moore was a drummer boy in the Civil War and was very young at the time of his enlistment according to Faye and Hawk. Faye says that she has the Moore line at least two generations farther back than James Moore who was Hiram's father. (She promised to make a copy for us.) Wallace Gilbert and Susan Jones' had a son Who was called Sol "Doc" Gilbert and he practiced medicine. Lisle says "he was the grandson of Solomon Jones" Lisle Hale says that their oral tradition has it that William Humfleet died within two miles of his home, getting to a house that she deduces was Jonathan Humfleet's. She says that he got to the house all ragged, torn and sick from the trip from the Union prison. In regard to questions about the parents of Cora Perry Sasser, wife of Wallace Sasser, Lisle and Faye say they are fairly sure that she was a sister of Charlie Perry who has a son still living by the name of Clovis Perry. Clovis and wife Beulah live at 2642 Blackwater Road and are listed in the telephone book with number(606)864-3222. Glenn, this is all of the information that my notes contain. Hawk, Faye and Lisle were very receptive to you and I visiting them and sharing more of their traditions. I sure wish that you could come back down here for a few days at least. I would like for our agenda to include: finding Wallace Gilbert's grave, interviewing Faye and Lisle, seeing Catherine again, finding the Nancy Gilbert Sasser's desecrated grave, traveling Sled Road from Cane Creek to Sled Road Branch, going to the Cobb cemetery on Tuttle Branch, and just, best of all, being together. I guess that I should close for now since it is 2:35 a.m. Sunday morning and Sherry will wonder why I'm still not home. Forgive all of the ramble-on sentences as well as the "rambling-on". Give all the tribe my regards and, most of all, my love. Michael ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************

On 07/14/97 09:32:35 you wrote: > >To: Sasser and Humfleet lists > > I am forwarding a message from my brother Michael. It contains >some very interesting stories he recently heard--from people who have >seemingly collected a lot of information over the years. The one >legend about Bill Humfleet (Henry Sasser's son in law), whose >imprisonment by the US government during the Civil War I recently >reported on, as well as several matters pertaining to Sassers, should >be of interest to some of us. You may want to skip over the >references to the Moores etc. > > I am not sure about the stories concerning the Henry >Sasser Bible. The story about how my aunt, Lucy Taylor Stanfield, >obtained it probably shows some confusion, as I know that she got it >after Rhoda Glass's death. The story of how Rhoda got it--from Champ >Sasser (the youngest son of Wallace Sasser), about whom I releated >some information a few months ago--does make sense. > > Maybe Cheryl will want to respond to the reference to her in the >message. > >Glenn > > > >***************************************** > >Glenn E. Perry >Department of Political Science >Indiana State University >Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA >E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu >(812)237-2505 (office) >(812)234-5661 (home) >**************************************** > > > > Glenn, I did not receive Michaels portion of your forwarded message. Only your forwarding comments. I don't know about the rest of the Sasser group. Jim Smith

To all Sassers and Sasser descendents: Several lines of the SASSER family will gather at Clemmons State (Educational) Forest near Clayton, NC, on Saturday, August 2, 1997. All cousins are invited and encouraged to attend. This is a local reunion that has been held in past years but is "broadening" this year to include first-timers who are interested in their North Carolina roots. Several who have met through the Internet and SASSER-L discussion list will be attending and bringing their family histories. We hope to fill some of the gaps in our family trees. The park is located about 12 miles southeast of Raleigh on US Highway 70. The gathering will be held in the park's pavillion. The park opens at 11 AM. Those interested may bring food for lunch. Others will come around 1 PM for the genealogical "digs." The park closes at 8 PM. Please join us for a day of Sasser-talk. You never know who you might meet and what they may be able to tell you about your line of Sassers. We hope to see you there! Carroll R. Carroll Sasser <Sasser RC@aol.com> 321 Meredith Street Raleigh, NC 27606-1224 (919) 851-3798

To: Sasser and Humfleet lists I am forwarding a message from my brother Michael. It contains some very interesting stories he recently heard--from people who have seemingly collected a lot of information over the years. The one legend about Bill Humfleet (Henry Sasser's son in law), whose imprisonment by the US government during the Civil War I recently reported on, as well as several matters pertaining to Sassers, should be of interest to some of us. You may want to skip over the references to the Moores etc. I am not sure about the stories concerning the Henry Sasser Bible. The story about how my aunt, Lucy Taylor Stanfield, obtained it probably shows some confusion, as I know that she got it after Rhoda Glass's death. The story of how Rhoda got it--from Champ Sasser (the youngest son of Wallace Sasser), about whom I releated some information a few months ago--does make sense. Maybe Cheryl will want to respond to the reference to her in the message. Glenn ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************

Ray Burleson 07/17/1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BURLESON Ray, age 72, went to be with our Lord on July 15, 1992. He was born Feb. 22, 1920 in Douglas County, Mo. and had been a resident of OKC since 1939. He was a meat processor for Clements Food Co., a member of Valley View Baptist Church, and an Army Air Corps veteran of WWII. He married Edna Sasser Dec. 30, 1944 and she survives him. Also survived by son, Charles K. Burleson of the home; daughter, Nelda Sue Burleson of the home; 2 sisters, Thelma Earley of OKC and Reta Dunnegan of Seymour, Mo.; brother, Howard Burleson of Marshfield, Mo.; grandchildren, Kimberley Burleson and Brian Shomo, both of OKC; great grandson, Austin Burleson, OKC. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at the Mayridge Baptist Church with interment in Resthaven Memory Gardens. He was a loving husband and father and will be dearly missed. BILL MERRITT 4605 S. Penn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © The Oklahoma Publishing Co. and its subsidiary, Connect Oklahoma Inc. Article may be downloaded for personal use or research but not for distributio n.

Don, I think Tilford Sasser was the son of my dad's uncle John Sasser who married my granddad's (Campbell William Sasser) sister (name?). I know that I have heard Tilford's name. This Uncle John and his wife had about 15 children and they lived in the Purcell, OK area. I'll try to remember to ask Dad for more info..... Sue Lynn

Roger, You wrote recently that your grandfather was TEMPLE MARION SASSER and your great grandfather was WILLIAM RANSOM SASSER. I am missing the more recent generations on your direct family line so I can't make the connection. WILLIAM RANSOM (Ransom) was the son of WILLIAM SASSER and MARY ANN. I don't have the names of any of their children yet except your grandfather. I have a feeling that your grandfather TEMPLE was named for an older relative, TEMPLE SASSER, nicknamed ("Tipo"; "Teppo"), born in 1829 in Wayne County. Can you give me any dates for your grandfather; where is he buried and the names of all his children. Do you know the names of any of your grandfather's brothers and sisters? This might help to link him further back. Your cuz, Robert Earl Woodham

Cornelia B. Holland, Dear Cornelia, I am sorry that I cannot help you with the parents of either Olin Crawford Sasser nor Emily Sasser but I do have a few tidbits that might help you in your search. OLIN CRAWFORD SASSER was born in 1805 in Wayne County. He married NANCY SCOTT in Johnston County, NC on 23 Nov., 1824. They had at least four children. Olin was still living in Wayne County when the 1880 census was taken. The John you mentioned that Emily is buried next to in Hardeman County, Tennessee is JOHN SASSER Junior, born about 1789. He was apparently married twice but I know nothing of his first wife nor their children. He married second to MARY DUNN and had at least six children. Here is a question: could JOHN Jr. possibly be the father of EMILY? She was certainly the right age to be his daughter and the fact she is buried next to him as you say, makes this a very strong likelyhood. I would certainly appreciate it if you could send me info on the descendants of both Emily and Olin C. Your cuz, Robert Earl Woodham Columbus, Ga.

Ray Burleson 07/17/1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BURLESON Ray, age 72, went to be with our Lord on July 15, 1992. He was born Feb. 22, 1920 in Douglas County, Mo. and had been a resident of OKC since 1939. He was a meat processor for Clements Food Co., a member of Valley View Baptist Church, and an Army Air Corps veteran of WWII. He married Edna Sasser Dec. 30, 1944 and she survives him. Also survived by son, Charles K. Burleson of the home; daughter, Nelda Sue Burleson of the home; 2 sisters, Thelma Earley of OKC and Reta Dunnegan of Seymour, Mo.; brother, Howard Burleson of Marshfield, Mo.; grandchildren, Kimberley Burleson and Brian Shomo, both of OKC; great grandson, Austin Burleson, OKC. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at the Mayridge Baptist Church with interment in Resthaven Memory Gardens. He was a loving husband and father and will be dearly missed. BILL MERRITT 4605 S. Penn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © The Oklahoma Publishing Co. and its subsidiary, Connect Oklahoma Inc. Article may be downloaded for personal use or research but not for distribution.

Linna Smith Swearingen 03/18/1984 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SWEARINGEN Linna Smith, 85, of Sunrise Beach MO, died Thursday at Camdenton MO. Funeral services 10am Monday, Baggerley Memorial Chapel with burial in the Luther Cemetery. Born June 12, 1898 in Bruno AR, lived in the Luther area from 1918 to 1969, moved to Missouri from MWC in 1982. Was a charter member of the Baptist Church in Luther, and the O.E.S. in Wellston, attended CSU. Survivors include 2 daughters, Myrna Snodderley of Sunrise Beach MO, Geneva Shinn of Grandview MO; 2 sons, Laroy Smith of Vancouver WA, Jack Smith of Blue Springs MO; 2 sisters, Jewell Martin of Luther, and Faye Estelle of Spokane WA; 3 brothers, Clarence Sasser of Arcadia, Paul and Merle Sasser, both of Spokane WA; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Under the direction of Baggerley Funeral Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © The Oklahoma Publishing Co. and its subsidiary, Connect Oklahoma Inc. Article may be downloaded for personal use or research but not for distribution.

Tina Sasser, Atlanta, who will marry John Hunzicker next weekend, was honored at a shower given by Linda Garrett. The invitation stated, "Let's shower Tina with Ol' Southern Things." The table was decorated with crystal candlesticks and roses and magnolia leaves, and heart-shaped pecan pie, pecan pralines, peach melba with sherried black raspberry sauce, lemon pie, berries and cream, molasses cookies and macaroons were served. Among the gifts the bride-to-be received were a cut-glass crystal bowl that has been passed down for three generations, candle snuffer, cutwork lace pillow cases, an azalea, recipes wrapped with lace ribbons, linen napkins, a wicker magazine holder, Southern cookbook and silver sugar scoop. Guests included Patsy Hunzicker, Marilyn Meade, Barbara Quillian, Kirk Hammons, Betty Ann Furseth, Barbara Beeler and Chris Houk.

Clarence Walter Sasser 04/19/1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SASSER Clarence Walter, age 80, died April 16, in Edmond. Retired from Tinker Field. Services 2:00 PM, Wed. April 20, 1994 at Baggerley Marler Primrose Memorial Chapel, OKC. Interment Arcadia, IOOF Cemetery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © The Oklahoma Publishing Co. and its subsidiary, Connect Oklahoma Inc. Article may be downloaded for personal use or research but not for distributio n.

Sooner a Semifinalist For Journalist-in-Space 04/19/1986 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MUSKOGEE (AP) Freelance writer Charles Sasser says being picked to travel on the space shuttle is almost like being chosen to go with Christopher Columbus. Sasser, 44, of Gore is one of 100 semifinalists for NASA's Journalist-in-Space Project. Sasser says if he makes the trip it will be an inspiration to children all over America because they will believe that they can do anything. "Where else can a guy who lived in a chicken house when he was a kid get to go into space?" he asked. Sasser has traveled around the United States and Canada on a motorcycle and has served as a homicide detective on the Tulsa police force. Riding buses in Mexico filled with peasants and chickens, stalking wild mustangs in Arizona and escaping an ambush in El Salvador earlier this year are some of the subjects of stories he sells to more than a dozen national publications. Among the magazines that have published his works are Guidepost, a Christian-oriented magazine, Soldier of Fortune and Detective Magazine. He also freelances for The Tulsa Tribune. The South Carolina-based Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication is selecting the journalist who will travel on a future space shuttle flight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © The Oklahoma Publishing Co. and its subsidiary, Connect Oklahoma Inc. Article may be downloaded for personal use or research but not for distribution.