What do you mean confused.. you arent even close to what I am at the moment....according to records there has been only ONE Jeremiah V. Mitchell in TN records...but two different persons have sent information that he was in Henry county before he joined the civl war according to census........but his Pension states he was a long time resident of Hardin!!! I know he left after the 1850 census...but have no idea why or if he even travelled that far apart.... unless he had family...remember his father had died in the Civil War.. and his mother in 1890...brother W.R. Mitchell (my grandfather) had left for Texas.. and sister married and scattered....so its all possible... Lordy I would love to come to TN...I have dropped some suggestons for the future.. who knows someday! Lenora

thanks mollie - a cousin forward it to me this morning. so I thought I would share it with the group. michaelb --- Mollie Simpson <53154@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Michael, > That was beautiful .. Where did you find it. > Mollie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michael smith" <michaelb36@yahoo.com> > To: <TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:06 AM > Subject: [TNDICKSO] why we do genealogy (yall may > like this as much as me) > > > > The Story Tellers..... > > We are the chosen. My feelings are in each > family > > there is one who seems called to find the > ancestors. > > To put flesh on their bones and make them live > again, > > to tell the family story and to feel that somehow > they > > know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a > cold > > gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life > into > > all who have gone before. We are the story tellers > of > > the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been > called > > as it were by our genes. Those who have gone > before > > cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In > finding > > them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves > have > > I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. > How > > many times have I told the ancestors you have a > > wonderful family you would be proud of us? How > many > > times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow > > there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes > > beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I > and > > why do I do the things I do? It goes to seeing a > > cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and > > indifference and saying I can't let this happen. > The > > bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my > flesh. > > It goes to doing something about it. It goes to > pride > > in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How > > they contributed to what we are today. It goes to > > respecting their hardships and losses, their never > > giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go > on > > and build a life for their family. It goes to deep > > pride that they fought to make and keep us a > Nation. > > It goes to a deep and immense understanding that > they > > were doing it for us. That we might be born who we > > are. That we might remember them. So we do. With > love > > and caring and scribing each fact of their > existence, > > because we are them and they are us. So, as a > scribe > > called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to > > that one called in the next generation to answer > the > > call and take their place in the long line of > family > > storytellers. That, is why I do my family > genealogy, > > and that is what calls those young and old to step > up > > and put flesh on the bones. > > (Unknown Author ) > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > > Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com > > Have you submitted a pix or history to our webpage > lately? > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and > enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > > > ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out > the form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy > access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

The Story Tellers..... We are the chosen. My feelings are in each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called as it were by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family you would be proud of us? How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers. That, is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones. (Unknown Author ) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

I appreciate the look-up. god Bless Pat

Wait a minute, Lenora---you have me confused! Henry County is in the northern part of Tennessee--on the KY border. Hardin County is in the southern part of Tennessee on the Mississippi/Alabama border. It's not exactly 'all in the same areas'. (With today's transportation, it would take a few hours to get from Paris to Savannah. There is no interstate highway running from Henry Co. to Hardin Co.---but there is the Tennessee River!) I keep telling you to pack your bags and make a trip to Tennessee---tell those kids you want to come here on the next vacation! We will show you a good enough time you might not want to go back to California! Oh---Wilson County is east of Nashville (Davidson County) so it seems you have yourself a "Bermuda Triangle" that just swallowed up those ancestors! Good luck with these, Lenora! And if you want to add some more bricks to that wall, find Jesse and Sarah before they showed up in Dickson County! Sandy Ellis

Thanks! On the right track..... that Dudley Climer is the one that no one has ever found... and they dont appear on census after the marriage so we assume they moved elsewhere but probably close by. Now the problem is with the J.T. Mitchell to Mary C. Jarratt July 2 1872....I have had two family persons saying this is our Jeremiah and that that T. was actually a V...not too surprising as there were Jarretts way donw my line..from NC....the Pension I recieved for Jeremiah V. Mitchell states that his wife "Mary" had died some forty or so years earlier...and the Pension states that he had a son that was sent to live with family in Texas but he had lost track of them .. said he made one trip in 1883 or 1884 to Texas but other than that he had never left TN.. until his war service......so the son mentioned would be son Hale mentioned in his mothers will of 1889..but Hale has never appeared on any census or anywhere so it is correct it seems in that Mary died not long after the marriage and the child was sent to live with family going to Texas and thats why Jeremiah joined the 50 infatnry fromTn.......He died in Hardin county according to records... i get confused with the record also mentioning Henry... Jeremiah's acxtual name according to his mothers will was Jeremiah Van Buren Mitchell... and a family bible has his name as Jeremiah Layfayette..Burenn so it was obviously written by a different family member....same dates adn etc.. so same man..... are you getting dizzy yet? Driving me nuts that for sure....Jeremiah was Justice of the Peace in Hardin.. but had spent a stint in Henry county as Railroad Depot man...all in the same areas........but went back to Hardin.. or perhaps the border line just changed as he died in Hardin county............whew!!! thanks to all of you who have put up with all this... I woulnt be so concerned except i cant get the child Hale out of my mind so I have to keep backtracking until I get this part documented.... thanks all............Lenora

thanks I will look again.. gave up almost some time ago.. but vaguely remember some of the Clymer names not mine. but will try again. Lenora

Early Tennessee Marriages, Vol. 1, Grooms: p. 105, Dudley Climer to Susan Mitchell, 11 Mar 1849, Dickson Co., TN p. 379, J. W. Mitchell to Elizabeth Burks, on 5 April 1836, Davidson Co., TN p. 379, J.T. Mitchell to Mary C. Jarratt, on 2 Jun 1872, Cannon Co., TN No Jeremiah under Mitchel or Mitchell p. 380: Vachel to Naomy Armstrong on 9 Apr 1821, Williamson Co., TN

So far as I have been able to search my Climers were living in Wilson County, Lebanon, TENN. Thomas Climer married Martha Ames 19 Dec 1847. The only Mitchell I have is Mattie Mitchell who married Ed Hearn. Ed Hearn's mother was Clara Jane Climer. Most of mine are spelled Climer--in some spots Clymer. Mary

In looking for other folks, I remember seeing this name on the Humphreys or Hickman County 1880 census. Maybe 1900, too. Hope this is a clue. Barbara

I need some help, Can anyone do a look-up for me, I am searching for the marriage of James W. Jones, to Margaret Lewis married abt. 1832, Dickson Co. They are listed in the 1860 census for Dickson Co. , the Anderson family, and Lewis family are listed next to each other. I would appreciate it very much. Pat Smith

Pat, I checked in both Dickson Co. marriages and Middle Tennessee Marriages, but didn't find a marriage for James Jones to Margaret Lewis anywhere. Pam

Well its not the first time I had heard the Clymers were impossible to trace....thus the blank pages on my family sheet connecting to the Mitchells....!! Lenora

Mel, What Cathey line are you from? Todd Cathey

I have been unable to connect the Clymers mention in a Brides Index to my Mitchell girl... and can't find Clymers in Dickson at all.. so possibley yours could be the right direction.. the marriage would have been between 1850' to 1860 or so I believe,,, if the entry was correct... Do you have any deaths in the family that could be connected to Dickson families from around that time?....What is the connection to Lebanon? Lenora..

Thanks for looking anyway.. someday I will find this couple. Lenora

The Climers are an elusive bunch. My mother was a Climer. Her grandfather was Albert Sidney Climer who married Willie Christine Johnson. This is as far as I have gotten with this bunch. I have found some information my GAunt sent to my mother, but have not had the time to decipher it. Mel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Received this and thought it might interest some of you... Mollie Simpson Dickson County WebPage & List Caretaker ***Follow Me to Dickson, Tennessee*** The following documents were added to the Tennessee USGenWeb Archives and Tombstone Transcription Register last week. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/bedford/deeds/carter02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/bedford/deeds/carter03.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/bedford/deeds/erwin04.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/carter/obits/collns05.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/carter/obits/street07.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/cocke/vitals/1894brds.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/cocke/vitals/1894grms.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/davidson/deeds/melvin01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/franklin/bibles/miller01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/lauderdale/cemeteries/bethelberry.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/lauderdale/wills/goodman.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/sullivan/obituaries/tittle01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/sullivan/obituaries/tittle02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/sullivan/vitals/tittle03.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/sullivan/vitals/tittle04.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/mardis01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/mastrs01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/mcdrmt01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/mckney01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/mcnese01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/mcntrf01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/metclf01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/murary01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/ogle01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/pate01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/phlips01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/ptrson01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/ramsey01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/renfro01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/rice01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/rice02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/rndlph01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/robrts01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/rogers01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/rogers02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/sawyer01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/slagle01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/strklnd01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/tapp01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/thomas01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/tilson01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/tipton01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/tipton02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/tittle01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/toney01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/toney02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/toney03.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/varshl01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wdword01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wdword02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/willis01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wilson01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wliams01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wliams02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wliams03.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wliams04.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wliams05.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wliams06.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/obits/wright01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/mccury01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/mccury02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/mccury03.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/mccury04.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/mcntrf02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/tittle02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/tittle03.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/tittle04.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/unicoi/vitals/tittle05.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/washington/vitals/tittle01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/washington/vitals/tittle02.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/washington/vitals/tittle03.txt Mike File Manager, TN USGenWeb Archives

Lenora, I have some Climer/Clymer in my family but they all seem to be in Wilson County, Lebanon mostly. Could this be helpful to you. Mary

Anyone familiar with the Clymer family... not only is it the surname of one of my Mitchell girls,, married around 1850-60's...... the W.J. clymer name is on a scrap of paper that was barely shown at the bottom of Jeremiah Mitchells Pensin application for the Civil War.. and the two inch heading of the letter was an handwritten affidavit by . McAdoo and W. J. Clymer...which I hope they have in his records.. or it may be just a small letter that they didnt keep... If this Clymer turns out to be a relative and could lead to Clymer information as regards connection to the Mitchell family.... Thanks all for looking....Lenora