N. Mae Hoskins WOOSTER -- N. Mae Hoskins, 93, died Saturday evening, March 31, 2001, at Smithville-Western Care Center where she had resided for the past four years. She had formerly made her home at 905 Portage Road, Apt. 93, College Hills Retirement Village for 27 years, Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Custer-Glenn Funeral Home, Wooster, with Doug Hayes, first counselor to Bishop Royce Thornton conducting the service. Garth Cahoon and George Dean will also speak. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery, Shreve. Friends may call Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to College Hills Retirement Village Activities Fund, 905 Portage Ave., Wooster 44691; or to a charity of the donor's choice. She was born Sept. 23, 1907, in Briceville, Tenn., to Abraham Calvin and Margaret Elizabeth (Chambers) Roysden and married Robert Hoskins on Feb. 16, 1924, in Blue Diamond, Ky. He died April 20, 1963. Surviving are daughters, Bonnie Levine, Louise McBride and Ida Biggs, all of Dallas, and Alice (Richard) Kisler of Wooster; grandchildren, Fred Van Newkirk of North Royalton, Bonnie Jean Emerson of Medina, Debbie Hoops Robinson, Monica Chadwick, Rob and David Biggs, all of Dallas, Didi Hoskins of Chicago, Taursten Hoskins of Colorado, Mark Biggs of Millersburg, Scott Biggs of Florida, Karen Blum of Elkhorn, Wis., Kaye Parsons of Nashville, Rick Kistler of Wooster and Kathy Mullet of Shreve; 27 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; three step-great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Emily Burris of LaFollette, Tenn. Source: The Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio, 4/2/2001

FrankRoddy Frank Roddy, 71, patient at Oak Hills Nursing Home, Lorain, several years, died yesterday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lorain, after a long illness. He was born in Briceville. Tenn., and had lived in Lorain 15 years. Mr.Roddy was a veteran of service with the Army in World War II. He was a coal miner most of his life. Surviving are two sons, Linton and James, and two daughters, Mrs.Evelyn Barkley and Mrs.Betty Fox, all of Dayton: eight grandchildren; four brothers,John of Lake City. Tenn.,James of Tampa,Fla.. and Leonand, Robert, both of Dayton; and four sisters, Mrs. Marie Agee of Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs.Carol Lee Waldron of Alcoa,Tenn., Mrs. Maude Adkins of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. Luella Michaels of Miamisburg. The body was sent from the Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home. Lorain, to the Martin Funeral Home, MainStreet, Lake City, Tenn., for services Friday. Burial will be in the Jacksboro, Tenn., Cemetery. Source: Chronicle Telegram; Elyria, Ohio; 3/8/1972

Fire Victims Bodies Sent Back Home The bodies of three youths who died early Saturday when fire gutted a two - story Elyria Township home were sent by the Reichlin- Cooley Funeral Home, Lorain, to Tennessee for services and burial. The bodies of Milton Burge and Lawrence Phillips were sent to the Martin Funeral Home in LaFollette, Tenn. Burge will be buried in the Burge Cemetery at Carysville, Tenn.and Phillips will be buried in Beach Fork Cemetery at Carysville. The body of Herman Handy was sent to the West Funeral Home in Onida,Tenn. Burial will be in Robbins Cemetery there. Source: Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio 1/29/1968

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Lake Geneva, Wis. An 11-year-old boy today was enronte to Ocean City, N.J. to compete In the national marble tournament which opens there tomorrow. He is Eddie Cox, Coal Creek, Tenn. A black-haired, dark-skinned youngster with a mountaineer's drawl, Eddie, who likes to gamble on his marble games, won the western championship here yesterday by defeating Wilbert Cotton, Peoria, Ill., in the final round, five games to one. The other two boys who reached the final round were John Toppila, Appleton, Wis., and Lorenzo Lay, Knoxville, Tenn. Twenty-five boys from seven states competed Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Oshkosh, Wisconsin 6/29/1934

LIFER'S "Victim", KENTUCKY GIRL, IS FOUND ALIVE Woman Supposed to Have Been Murdered Returns To Aid Convict. PRISONER ASSERTS HE WAS 'FRAMED' Girl Is Being Held Until Identity Definitely Established. WILLIAMSBURG,Ky., March 19. (U. P.) Mary Vickery, for whose "murder'' Connie Dabney is serving a. life sentence in the state penitentiary, appeared in Harlan, Ky., today. For two years she has been working in a mill in Cincinnati, with the knowledge that an innocent man was suffering for a crime he never committed.- She refused to say why she did not come forward and clear Dabney when she "heard" of his arrest and conviction. She was held by authorities until they can take the necessary steps to establish her identity legally and have Dabney released. The identity of the girl murdered now becomes a mystery again. A body, partly decomposed, LIFER'S 'VICTIM' KENTUCKY GIRL, IS FOUND ALIVE (Continued.from Page One) was found in an abandoned mine shaft. Although the body itself was unidentifiable because of its condition, Charles Vickery. Mary's father, identified the hat and clothing found as his daughter's and testimony was introduced at the trial to the effect that Dabney was seen with Mary shortly before her disappearance from the mine town of Harlan. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 19. (A. P.) "I am innocent of killing Mary Vickery or anyone else," Con ley Dabney, 28, said tonight in state reformatory here. -- He was sentenced to life impris- onment after the alleged murder of Miss Vickery, 16, who returned to Wiliamsburg today "to help get an innocent man, out of prison." "Society should see I am re- leased immediately," Dabney's statement said. "I was convicted of killing Miss Vickery and throwing her body in a mine near Harlan on sole testimony of Miss Marie Jackson, who swore she was an eyewitness to the murder of the girl," Dabney said. "I never knew nor saw the Vickery girl- "The Jackson woman wanted me to leave my wife and two children and go with her. My wife and chil dren live at Coal Creek, Tenn. where I was born and reared." Never at Harlan Dabney said he never was in Harlan, where the body of a woman identified as Miss Vickery's was found. Dabney said he had no relatives in Kentucky, but was depending- on justice to send Miss Mary Vickery's statement to Gov. William Fields and convicting courts. Dabney was received at the reformatory October 15, 1925. Mary Vickery disappeared from Broxton, Aug. 17, 1925. The composed body of an unidentified young woman was found in the abandoned mine some weeks later. Dabney's case is pending in the Court of Appeals. Source: Lincoln Star, Lincoln, Nebraska, 3/20/1927 Woman Starts Sentence, Man Gets His Freedom FRANKFORT, Ky., April 11. (AP) Marie Jackson, twenty seven, who caused Conda Dabney, thirty-three, of Harlan, Ky., a taxlcab driver, to spend eleven months In the state penitentiary for a murder that was never committed, began her own term In the same prison here today. She was sentenced to five years recently on confessing that she testified falsely against Dabney because he repulsed her attentions. At the prison It was said she went about her Job cheerfully today. Dabney, who was sentenced to life Imprisonment for murder of Mary Vlckery. was pardoned when she returned home explaining that she had merely run away. Dabney has gone back to his wife and children at Coal Creek, Tenn. Source: Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, Conn. April 12, 1927 Another article: Like a ghost from the grave, Mary Vickery, 16, has reappeared at her home near Harlan, Ky., after an absence of 19 months to free Conley Dabney, miner and taxicab driver of Coal Creek, Tenn., who was serving a life term in the Frankfort, Ky, reformatory for her "murder". The girl said she left home because of family difficulties. Source: The Morning News Review, Florence, S.C. March 26, 1927 Note: Spelling left as printed; there is a photo of Mary Vickery if anyone wants it. Angela

From the Knoxville News Sentinel 4 Dec 2004 BRUMMETT, DEWEY "MOOSE" - age 68 of Clinton, Tn., BRUMMETT, DEWEY "MOOSE" - age 68 of Clinton, Tn., passed away Thursday, December 2, 2004 at Windwood Healthcare Center in Clinton. The family will receive friends on Sunday, December 5, 2004 from 6 to 8 PM at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home with funeral service to follow at 8:00 PM in the chapel with Rev. Donnie Disney officiating. Interment will be December 6, 2004 at 10:30 AM at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Clinton. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton in charge of arrangements. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD

. DIED. At Dalton City Feb. 27, Mrs. Garland S. Loving, aged 83years. She was a native of Anderson county, East Tennessee, where she was born Oct. 11, 1812., Her husband died In July 1875. She was the mother of eight children. They are James W:, Margaret P. Holt, Benjamin F,, Joseph W., L. P., K. C., Geo. W. and John R. Loving. George W. Bowling, of ValleyCity, Mo.,Rev. Joel Bowl- Ing,of Coal Creek, Tenn.. and D. R. Bowling, of San Bardlnlno.Cal.; Mrs. Volley Lindsey and Mrs. Caroline Brooks, of Coal Creek, Tenn.,are the brothers and sisters living. The burial will be at Mt. Gilead March 1, Elder Dungan officiating. Daily Republican Decatur, Illinois 2/28/1895

As Good as Her Word. COAL CREEK.Tenn., Sept. 25. A woman named Rutherford shot and instantly killed J. Lowrey. Elias Smith and the woman had fallen out about a week ago and she told him not to pass through her yard again. Smith and Lowrey were going through her yard from a spring, and the woman drew a shotgun loaded with slugs on Smith. Lowrey stepped between and she told him to get out of the way or she would shoot. He refusing to do so, she pulled the trigger and shot the whole side of Lowrey's head off. She was arrested. Salem Dailey News Salem, Ohio 9/24/1893

Crushed Under a Tree. CHATTANOOGA, TENN., November 19. Mr. Burras and his son James were instantly killed Monday near Coal Creek, Tenn . They were sawing logs in a field and had flred an old tree, when suddenly it toppled over and crushed both father and son beneath its heavy trunk, producing instant death. Decatur Weekly Republican, 11/20/1884 Decatur, Illinois

Hershiel Luallen Hershiel Luallen. 59. of 947 Moxahala avenue, an inspector at Detroit Harvester, died at 8:30 p.m. Friday(July9) after a long illness at Good Samaritan Hospital where he had been a patient since June 22. He was born Feb. 28,1906,in Coal Creek, Tenn. a son of Samuel Luallen of Hebron who survives and the late Lucy WallisLuallen. He was a mem- ber of First United Presbyterian Church on Ridge avenue. Surviving in addition to his father are his widow, the former Helen Lumbatis; a son Raymond o f Pataskala; a brother. Earl of 958 Putnam avenue: two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Barr of Hebron and Mrs. Freda Baum of Stanhope,N. J. and two granddaughters. The bodyis at Putnam Chapel of Bolin Funeral Homewhere friends may call after 7 pm today. From the Times Reporter, Zanesville, Ohio, July 10, 1965

Hi Sandie, No, I'm no relation to Vandetta Leinart. My sister was married to her nephew. Fay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandie K Gibson" <skcjgib@juno.com> To: <TNANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:42 PM Subject: [TNANDERS-L] Leinart > Hello, Fay: > Are you any relation to Vandetta Leinart? She was my mother's best > friend back in the 1930's. She was a beautiful woman and I only met her > once about 1973. My mother knew her sisters well, also. Just > wondering. > Sandie Gibson in CO > > > ==== TNANDERS Mailing List ==== > To See the Anderson County Web site http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4916/ > >

Hello, Fay: Are you any relation to Vandetta Leinart? She was my mother's best friend back in the 1930's. She was a beautiful woman and I only met her once about 1973. My mother knew her sisters well, also. Just wondering. Sandie Gibson in CO

OLIVER SPRINGS,Tenn., May 23. While John and Chester Shoopman, cousins, were "playing soldier", a shotgun in the hands of John was discharged, the charge entering his thigh and wounding him so seriously that his condition is critical, as lock jaw is feared. They didn't know the gun was loaded. They were at the home of John, about five miles from Oliver Springs. They were drilling with the guns at the time the shooting occured. John is twenty and his cousin is twenty one. Source: Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee, 6/25/1916

Byron Sistler & Associates 1712 Natchez Trace Nashville Tennessee 37212 Milly WARD Piros My mind is lightning one brilliant flash and pooooffffffffffffffffffffff it's gone. Rootsweb Administrator for Anderson, Campbell and Fentress Tennessee Counties

Thank you Mr. Sistler for all the help you have been and will continue to be to me. Marjorie in Akron, Ohio

Byron Sistler, a genealogist who published more than 50 publications on census records and genealogy in Tennessee, died Friday at Belcourt Terrace Nursing Home. He was 83. Mr. Sistler was a founder of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society and was a past president of the group. ''Thousands of people use his work every day across the country, especially here at the state library,'' said Mr. Sistler's son, Sam Sistler, 33, who co-authored a number of books on genealogy with his father. ''The impetus was, in 1968 he was working on his own family history, and discovered how hard it was to look up his own records, so he started indexing'' state census records. Those who worked closely with Mr. Sistler described his dry wit and unselfish nature. ''He was a character,'' said Gale Bamman of Cross Plains. ''He came across rather blunt at first . but once you stopped and thought about what (he was saying), it was funny.'' Bamman, who met Mr. Sistler through her interest in genealogy, said she had known him for more than 40 years. ''There is nobody to compare him with, really - he was a leader in his field,'' Bamman said. ''When he began indexing census records, there were very few state census records that had been archived. ''He helped people working with Tennessee records tremendously, not just people in Tennessee, but anyone that has had Tennessee ancestors.'' Mr. Sistler transcribed and published Tennessee census records spanning from 1830 to 1880 and published six volumes of early Tennessee marriage records. He also wrote and published his own family genealogy, titled Grandfather was Always a Very Old Man. ''It brings history down to a personal level,'' Bamman said of Mr. Sistler's work. ''You have to know your past or there is no way you know where you have been.'' Mr. Sistler's wife, Barbara, assisted him in running his genealogical publishing business, Byron Sistler and Associates, before passing the business on to his son. ''He was loved by a lot of people and well-respected,'' Sam Sistler said. '' He was very forgiving and known for his patience and excellent work ethic.'' Mr. Sistler had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the past four years. He died peacefully in his sleep, Sam Sistler said. Along with Sam and Barbara Sistler, survivors include sons Tom and Nicholas Sistler of Chicago, a daughter, Anne Sistler of Boston, and four stepchildren. Funeral arrangements were incomplete yesterday, but a public memorial service is being planned at the Tennessee State Library in the near future, Sam Sistler said. [Nashville - Tennessean] Milly WARD Piros My mind is lightning one brilliant flash and pooooffffffffffffffffffffff it's gone. Rootsweb Administrator for Anderson, Campbell and Fentress Tennessee Counties

From The Knoxville News Sentinel 3 Dec 2004 BROWN, VALERIE SUE - age 19, GILES, MISS DEBRA LYNN - age 46 of Harriman, HALE, CHARLEY FULTON - 86, of Oak Ridge, SANDERS, JOHN F. - age 77 of Clinton, BROWN, VALERIE SUE - age 19, a resident of the Marlow Community of Anderson County in Clinton, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in Cumberland County from injuries sustained in an auto accident. The family received friend's 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Thursday, December 2, 2004 at Sharp Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm, Friday, December 3, 2004 in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home with burial and graveside service following at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Sharp Funeral Home of Oliver Springs is in charge of all arrangements. GILES, MISS DEBRA LYNN - age 46 of Harriman, lost her fight for life after a long battle with Kidney failure and Diabetes Wednesday morning December 1, 2004 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. She was a member of the Lake View Baptist Church in Harriman. She was preceded in death by her father, Bill Ed Giles; step father, Freddie Gunter; brother, Mark Giles. She is survived by her mother, Peggy Gunter of Harriman; one brother, Terry Murphy of Knoxville; one sister and brother in law, Tina and Lane Walls of Kingston; niece and nephew, Amanda Collins and Justin Walls; special uncle, Kenneth Moore and a host of friends and loved ones. The family will receive friends Saturday evening December 4, 2004 from 5-8 p.m. at Davis Funeral Home, Harriman. Funeral services will follow at 8 p.m. with Rev. Greg Kelley, Rev. Mike Beech and Rev. Bill Nolan officiating. Graveside services will be Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. in the Roane Memorial Gardens, Rockwood. Arrangements by Davis Funeral Home, Harriman. HALE, CHARLEY FULTON - 86, of Oak Ridge, died December 1st 2004 at his home, following a courageous battle with cancer. The son of Henry Hale and Daisy Sloan Hale, he was born in Blue River, Kentucky. He graduated from Berea College in 1941 with a degree in chemistry and began his employment with Union Carbide Corporation in June 1941 at South Charleston, West Virginia. He was transferred to the Carbide K-25 defense plant at Oak Ridge in June 1944, retiring in 1984 after 43 years of service, working in research and development laboratories. He attended First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge, where the "Keenagers" group became his extended family. Mr. Hale was a key volunteer for Berea College. He served two terms on the Alumni Executive Council and became a class agent for the graduating class of 1941. He was a member of the Berea College Alumni Second Century club. Also he enjoyed activities with the American Chemical Society during his years of employment and beyond. Gardening was a life long hobby, which he shared with others in the family. In 1943 he was instrumental in establishing a "Victory Garden" project in the St. Albans, West Virginia Ordinance Park Village. Always an athlete and competitor, he was an avid golfer and bowler. He played basketball on the Varsity team all through college and continued to play on plant teams in the early days of Oak Ridge. He enjoyed sharing his many stories with family and friends. Family camping trips to the beach and state parks were always special times. His family has brought much joy to his life. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters. He is survived by a brother, Arthur S. Hale, of Grand Junction, Colorado. Mr. Hale is survived by his wife of 63 years, Fay Mills Hale, whom he met while a student at Berea College; his son, Henry Clifford Hale and wife Sandy Hale of Atlanta; daughter, Sharon Fay Hale of Knoxville; grandchildren, Jenna Kelly and husband Graham Kelly of Mooresville, North Carolina; Brian C. Hale of Atlanta; great grandsons Gray and Garrett Kelly. The family will receive friends from noon until 2 p.m. on Friday December 3d at Weatherford Mortuary, 158 South Jefferson Ave. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. at the mortuary with the Reverend Ray Lloyd officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, c/o Jerri Melhorn-Amonett, 104 Antioch Drive, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. An on-line guest book may be signed at w.ww.weatherfordmortuary.com. SANDERS, JOHN FOREST - age 77 of Clinton, departed this life Thursday, December 02, 2004. On his last run, a one way trip to Heaven, safe in the loving arms of Jesus, he is now comforting in that rest. His heavy load of burdens and sufferings are over. We love you Daddy. We miss you. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy & Ida Sanders and brothers, Dewey, Pete & Conda Sanders. Survivors include: brothers, Bratcher Lee Sanders of Dayton, Ohio and Elmer W. Sanders of Knoxville; daughters, Linda Blazier of Knoxville and Teresa Cannon of Knoxville; son, John M. Sanders of Thorn Hill, Tenn.; grandchildren, Ray & Katrina Hunter and Keith & Kristen Blazier and Daphne Jones; great grandchildren, Hunter & Zachary Jones; several nieces and nephews; special friend, Charlotte Keck. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 5, 2004 at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Norris, Tenn., Rev. Kester Bunch and Rev. Alan Lamb officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2004 at the McNeil Funeral Home in Sneedville, Tenn. and from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, December 4. McNeil Funeral Home in Sneedville in charge of arrangements. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD

Angela, thanks for the article. I have copies of several articles written about the Cross Mountain disaster but had never seen that one. My grandfather, French Leinart, was killed in that disaster. (he is listed as Frank Leinart in the book that was published). He was alive when they got him out of the mine but died shortly after. He left a wife and four children. My grandmother also lost several other relatives. Faye Goodman

LEM JONES HANGED. He Murdered His Wife and Child at Oliver Springs, Tenn., in 1890. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 29.—Lem Jones was hanged at Oliver Springs Monday for the murder of his wife and child on June 26, 1890. Jones fled and disguising himself worked as a herdsman on a Texas ranch for three months before he was caught. The prisoner had been county superintendent of schools and a deacon in the baptist church, and every effort was made to have a respite granted, but the governor refused to favor him. Iowa Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa; 1/1/1892