Hi Jack:  Thanks for Callie's obituary.  Another big help.  Does anyone know the names of her Harris and Johnson husbands?  How her grandchildren align to her children?  Thanks & Love, Bruce   Descendants of Levi McCowan     First Generation         1. Levi McCowan  "Lee" was born on 6 Aug 1892/1893 in , Overton, Tennessee. He died on 29 Jan 1963 in Dunkirk, Jay, Indiana. He was buried on 2 Feb 1963 in Welch Memorial Cemetery, Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee.   The Phillips Family by Earl and Charlene England. Lee's obituary. 1900 and 1910 Overton TN census. Obituary in Livinston Enterprise 7 Feb 1963. 1930 Overton Co, TN census Lee McCowan 37 TN/TN/TN b. 1892-1893; ED 12 Sheet 2B line 67 #28/ 28; 3 Apr 1930.                                            1930 Lee McCowan                 37 TN/TN/TN        1892-1893 Ina McCowan                  29 TN/TN/TN        1900-1901 William McCowan           18 TN/TN/TN        1911-1912 Jerry mcCowan                              16 TN/TN/TN        1913-1914 Arthur McCowan                            14 TN/TN/TN        1915-1916 Elvin McCowan                              11 TN/TN/TN        1918-1919 Callie Ray McCowan      9 TN/TN/TN         1920-1921 Bertha Lee McCowan     7 TN/TN/TN         1922-1923 Ollie V. McCowan           4 TN/TN/TN         1925-1926 Dollie Reba McCowan    8/12 TN/TN/TN     1929   Levi married Ina Phillips  "Iny" daughter of Reverend Jeremiah Moses Phillips and Rebecca Elendor Ramsey. Ina was born on 14 Jul 1895/1896 in , Overton, Tennessee. She died on 4 Jul 1969 in Dunkirk, Jay, Indiana. She was buried about 6 Jul 1969 in Welch Memorial Cemetery, Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee.   The Phillips Family by Earl and Charlene England.     Levi and Ina had the following children:                2 M        i.  William McCowan  "Bill" was born in 1911/1912 in , , Tennessee.   +          3 M        ii.  Jerry McCowan  was born on 8 Jan 1914. He died on 26 Feb 2003.                4 M       iii.  Arthur B. McCowan  was born on 26 May 1916. He died on 3 Feb 1976. He was buried in Welch Memorial Cemetery, Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee.   Lee's obituary. Putnam TN Cemetery book.     +          5 M       iv.  Elvin McCowan  was born in 1918/1919.   +          6 F        v.  Callie Ray McCowan  was born on 7 Jul 1921. She died on 13 Apr 2011.   +          7 F       vi.  Bertha Lee McCowan  was born on 26 Mar 1924. She died on 8 Oct 2004.                  8 F       vii.  Ollie V. McCowan  was born in 1925/1926 in , , Tennessee. Ollie married Esque Harris  son of Emmet Harris and Josephine Lou Presley. Esque was born about 1920.   Name may be Esque or Eskew?                  9 F      viii.  Dolly Reba McCowan  was born in 1929 in , Overton, Tennessee. Dolly married Fred Sampley . Fred was born about 1922.              10 M       ix.  Benton McCowan  was born about 1930.              11 M       x.  Melvin McCowan  was born in 1943 in of Dunkirk, Jay, Indiana. Melvin married Janice Cochron  on 8 Jan 1954 in , Overton, Tennessee. Janice was born in 1935 in of Redkey, , Indiana.              12 F       xi.  Dorothy McCowan  was born about 1930. Dorothy married Tommy Walker . Tommy was born about 1930.           Second Generation         3. Jerry McCowan  (Levi) was born on 8 Jan 1914 in Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee. He died on 26 Feb 2003 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana. He was buried on 3 Mar 2003 in Welch Memorial Cemetery, Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee.   The Phillips Family by Earl and Charlene England. Jerry's obituary.   NOTES Jerry was retired from the Indiana Glass Company after 37 years of service and was a member of Local Union 501. He served in the Army during World War II. He was a member of Dunkirk Free Will Baptist Church and enjoyed gardening.-Taken from Jerry's obituary.   Jerry married Auda Buckner . Auda was born about 1912.   They had the following children:              13 F         i.  Linda McCowan  was born about 1934. Linda married Mintford Hicks  son of Least Hicks and Oakley Belle Young. Mintford was born about May 1943 in of Dunkirk, Jay, Indiana.   RESEARCH-FOR-MERGE: This individual might be the same as James /Hicks/, RIN 84708.                  14 F        ii.  Deborah McCowan  was born about 1936. Deborah married Sholes . Sholes was born about 1936.              15 M       iii.  Darrell McCowan  was born about 1939.         5. Elvin McCowan  (Levi) was born in 1918/1919 in , , Tennessee. Elvin married Elsie Bilbrey . Elsie was born about 1916/1923.   They had the following children:              16 F         i.  Earleen McCowan  was born on 11 May 1940. She died on 23 Aug 1957. She was buried about 25 Aug 1957 in Mount Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Martha Washington, Fentress, Tennessee. Earleen married James B. Miller . James was born about 1932.              17 F        ii.  ImaJean McCowan  was born about 1941/1951. ImaJean married Simons . Simons was born about 1941/1951.              18 F        iii.  Barbara McCowan  was born about 1942/1952. Barbara married Mink . Mink was born about 1942/1952.              19 M       iv.  Daniel McCowan  was born about 1943/1953.              20 M       v.  Norman McCowan  "Poncho" was born about 1944/1954.     +        21 M       vi.  Donald C. McCowan  was born on 26 Aug 1945.         6. Callie Ray McCowan  (Levi) was born on 7 Jul 1921 in Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee. She died on 13 Apr 2011 in Dunkirk, Jay, Indiana. She was buried on 15 Apr 2011 in Welch Memorial Cemetery, Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee.   Obituary -- DUNKIRK - Callie R. Johnson, 89, of Dunkirk, IN, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 while in the company of family members, at Miller's Merry Manor, Dunkirk, Jay County.  Callie was born in Monterey, TN on July 7, 1921, a daughter of the late Ina (Phillips) and Lee McCowan.  She was a member of The Dunkirk Freewill Baptist Church of Dunkirk. She was very active in her church and an avid gardener and seamstress, enjoying her quilting.  Survivors include one son, William Maynard Harris, (wife, Glenna) of Dunkirk, IN; two daughters, Estell Sisco (husband, Collins) of Crawford, TN, Doris Miars of Muncie; one sister, Dorothy Walker of Dunkirk; three grandchildren , Melody Kummer (husband, Randy) of Vila Rica, GA, Sandy Sisco (husband, Scott) of Dunkirk, and Amy McCallum (husband, Tyler) of Gilbert, AZ; two great-grandchildren, Arianna Kummer of Vila Rica, GA and Mathew Sisco of Dunkirk.  Callie was preceded in death by one son, Truman; her parents; three sisters and six brothers.  Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday at MJS Mortuaries Dunkirk Chapel.  Funeral services will be conducted by Goff Funeral Home Monterey, TN, on Sunday. Calling is 1-3 p.m. with services following at 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The minister will be Brother Delmer McCowan.  Burial will follow in Welch Memorial Cemetery in Monterey, TN.  Indiana services have been entrusted to M.J.S. Mortuaries Dunkirk Chapel and Tennessee services have been entrusted to Goff Funeral Home Monterey, TN.   Callie married (1) Harris . Harris was born about 1914/1924. He died.   They had the following children:              22 M        i.  Truman Harris  was born about 1938/1948. He died .              23 F        ii.  Estell Harris  was born about 1939/1949. Estell married Collins Sisco . Collins was born about 1939/1949.              24 M       iii.  William Maynard Harris  was born about 1941/1951. William married Glenna . Glenna was born about 1941/1951.              25 F       iv.  Doris Harris  was born about 1943/1953. Doris married Miars . Miars was born about 1943/1953.   Callie married (2) Johnson . Johnson was born about 1914/1924. He died.         7. Bertha Lee McCowan  (Levi) was born on 26 Mar 1924 in , Overton, Tennessee. She died on 8 Oct 2004 in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee. She was buried about 10 Oct 2004 in Welch Memorial Cemetery, Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee.   Bertha's obituary.   NOTES Bertha was a factory worker.-Taken from Bertha's obituary.     Bertha married Jake Buckner . Jake was born about 1916. He died.   They had the following children:              26 M        i.  Henry Buckner  was born about 1942.           Third Generation       21. Donald C. McCowan  (Elvin, Levi) was born on 26 Aug 1945 in , Overton, Tennessee.   Obituary in The Overton County News 12 May 2010 -- Funeral services for Mr. Donald C . McCowan, Sr., 64, of Monterey, were conducted at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 2010 from the chapel of Goff Funeral Home with Rev. Eugene McCowan and Rev. Delmar McCowan officiating.  Services in Indiana will be conducted at 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, May 12 at Dunkirk, IN Freewill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Redkey, IN. Mr. McCowan died Thursday, May 6, at his home. He attended Sand Springs Baptist Church and was a first class machine repairman in Dunkirk, IN for 42 years. Born August 26, 1945 in Overton County, he was the son of the late Elvin and Elsie (Bilbrey) McCowan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an adopted son, Albert Teegarden; 2 sisters, Earlene Miller, and ImaJean Simons; a brother, Doyle McCowan; and a granddaughter, Heather Teegarden. Survivors include his wife, Paula (Truax) McCowan of Monterey; 2 daughters, Shevelle Miller of Monterey, and Rachael McCowan of Celina, OH; a son, Donald C. McCowan, Junior of Redkey, IN; 2 adopted children, Yvonne Elzey of Andrews, IN and Alvin Teegarden of Anderson, IN; a sister, Barbara Mink of Redkey, IN; 2 brothers, Daniel McCowan and Norman “Poncho” McCowan, both of Redkey, IN; 18 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Special care provided by Goff Funeral Home.   Donald married Paula Truax . Paula was born about 1942/1952.   They had the following children:              27 F         i.  Shevelle McCowan  was born about 1963/1973. Shevelle married Miller . Miller was born about 1963/1973.              28 M        ii.  Donald C. McCowan Junior  was born about 1964/1974.   --- On Fri, 4/15/11, Jack Beaty <jdbeaty@comcast.net> wrote: From: Jack Beaty <jdbeaty@comcast.net> Subject: [TNFENTRE] Obit Callie R. Johnson, 89 To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com, tnpicket@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, April 15, 2011, 12:35 PM DUNKIRK - Callie R. Johnson, 89, of Dunkirk, IN, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 while in the company of family members, at Miller's Merry Manor, Dunkirk, Jay County. Callie was born in Monterey, TN on July 7, 1921, a daughter of the late Ina (Phillips) and Lee McCowan. She was a member of The Dunkirk Freewill Baptist Church of Dunkirk. She was very active in her church and an avid gardener and seamstress, enjoying her quilting. Survivors include one son, William Maynard Harris, (wife, Glenna) of Dunkirk, IN; two daughters, Estell Sisco (husband, Collins) of Crawford, TN, Doris Miars of Muncie; one sister, Dorothy Walker of Dunkirk; three grandchildren , Melody Kummer (husband, Randy) of Vila Rica, GA, Sandy Sisco (husband, Scott) of Dunkirk, and Amy McCallum (husband, Tyler) of Gilbert, AZ; two great-grandchildren, Arianna Kummer of Vila Rica, GA and Mathew Sisco of Dunkirk. Callie was preceded in death by one son, Truman; her parents; three sisters and six brothers. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday at MJS Mortuaries Dunkirk Chapel. Funeral services will be conducted by Goff Funeral Home Monterey, TN, on Sunday. Calling is 1-3 p.m. with services following at 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The minister will be Brother Delmer McCowan. Burial will follow in Welch Memorial Cemetery in Monterey, TN. Indiana services have been entrusted to M.J.S. Mortuaries Dunkirk Chapel and Tennessee services have been entrusted to Goff Funeral Home Monterey, TN. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

thanks for validating that bruce..................... wish i had all 1500 names from my old computer in my database there.. with me now its hard working from scratch all over again In a message dated 4/14/2011 6:39:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bruceyork1243@yahoo.com writes: I have that Lewis Franklin Choate was Alma P. Choate's grandfather and her father was Isaac Monroe Choate and mother Mattie L. Delk. The earliest Choate from Putnam Co, TN that I have in my data base was Edward Russell Choate b. 11 Jan 1852 Cookeville, Putnam, TN. This likely means that his parents, Austin Bulger Choate and Mary Ann Barnes were there around 1850. It sounds like the Choates of Fentress Co do tie in to the Choates of Putnam Co. I hope that all of you plan on coming to the Fentress County History Roundup on Saturday, April 30th at the York Institute. I will be presenting on York's Fentress Co, TN genealogy database at 6 p.m. Friday, April 30th, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 516 N. Main Street. Hope that many of you come. Love, Bruce --- On Thu, 4/14/11, OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> wrote: From: OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Choate descendants To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 10:09 PM Alma Choate married Brady Smith (i believe he was from picket county) Lewis Franklin Choate was Alma's father does this help in any way brenda? In a message dated 4/14/2011 4:59:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bcorby51@yahoo.ca writes: Beckie, Thank you so much for sharing! I have Choate's on my dads side from Putnam Co/Cookeville Tennessee. My mom (and me) are from Fentress Co TN. I would love it someone had any information on the Choates from the Cookeville area. I bet we are probably related to the Choates from Fentress. Ciao, Brenda --- On Thu, 4/14/11, OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> wrote: From: OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> Subject: [TNFENTRE] Choate descendants To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Received: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 4:28 PM I am a subscriber to tnfentre for quite some time and i'm very proud to know that everyone seems to help everyone with their genealogy research. Way back in 1998 while living in the baltimore maryland area, i went to one of the private libraries and researched the Choate family. Based on a conglomerate of information received thru what was then my family (now divorced) it was discovered that a Christopher Columbus Choate came to the United States aboard the ship Cecilius thru a Baltimore port. This is the reason I went to that library. When i had gone to that library, I was knee deep in raising the kids... now that I am back in Maryland.. I am wanting to help the families that also subscribe to the tnfentre website. I do know that the Choates started in Baltimore, migrated towards Fentress County Tennessee and I have traced them to Texas. Come to find ..... (although i cant document it at the moment).. that somehow the Choates are related to Governor James V. Allred who was the Texas Governor long time ago. Just so happened, when i found this information out, that i was employed at the James V. Allred unit of Texas Department of Criminal Justice. So it seemed so "surreal" that i started with Baltimore, went to Texas and now im back in Maryland. Today, I went to a cemetery, in Bel Air, Maryland. In that cemetery a headstone with the name Choate. I've passed that cemetery probably over a thousand times (having lived here since 1979). So I went to that cemetery to take a picture of that headstone and see if could find any other Choates in that cemetery. Sure enough.............. feel free to look for the Choates at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church cemetery in Bel Air, Maryland on _www.findagrave.com_ (http://www.findagrave.com) . I was surprised to see that someone had already documented a lot of those graves, but had completely left out a husband and wife named Choate. I hope this helps anyone looking for Choate ancestors. If anyone needs me to go to that library and do some physical research for them, please dont hesitate to ask. odielion aka beckie schuster (ex wife of the direct ancestor of the Choates from Fentress County Tennessee) even tho i'm not related... that doesn't mean that the records for my kids arent being worked on still to this day :) with all respect beckie http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Alma Choate married Brady Smith (i believe he was from picket county) Lewis Franklin Choate was Alma's father does this help in any way brenda? In a message dated 4/14/2011 4:59:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bcorby51@yahoo.ca writes: Beckie, Thank you so much for sharing! I have Choate's on my dads side from Putnam Co/Cookeville Tennessee. My mom (and me) are from Fentress Co TN. I would love it someone had any information on the Choates from the Cookeville area. I bet we are probably related to the Choates from Fentress. Ciao, Brenda --- On Thu, 4/14/11, OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> wrote: From: OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> Subject: [TNFENTRE] Choate descendants To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Received: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 4:28 PM I am a subscriber to tnfentre for quite some time and i'm very proud to know that everyone seems to help everyone with their genealogy research. Way back in 1998 while living in the baltimore maryland area, i went to one of the private libraries and researched the Choate family. Based on a conglomerate of information received thru what was then my family (now divorced) it was discovered that a Christopher Columbus Choate came to the United States aboard the ship Cecilius thru a Baltimore port. This is the reason I went to that library. When i had gone to that library, I was knee deep in raising the kids... now that I am back in Maryland.. I am wanting to help the families that also subscribe to the tnfentre website. I do know that the Choates started in Baltimore, migrated towards Fentress County Tennessee and I have traced them to Texas. Come to find ..... (although i cant document it at the moment).. that somehow the Choates are related to Governor James V. Allred who was the Texas Governor long time ago. Just so happened, when i found this information out, that i was employed at the James V. Allred unit of Texas Department of Criminal Justice. So it seemed so "surreal" that i started with Baltimore, went to Texas and now im back in Maryland. Today, I went to a cemetery, in Bel Air, Maryland. In that cemetery a headstone with the name Choate. I've passed that cemetery probably over a thousand times (having lived here since 1979). So I went to that cemetery to take a picture of that headstone and see if could find any other Choates in that cemetery. Sure enough.............. feel free to look for the Choates at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church cemetery in Bel Air, Maryland on _www.findagrave.com_ (http://www.findagrave.com) . I was surprised to see that someone had already documented a lot of those graves, but had completely left out a husband and wife named Choate. I hope this helps anyone looking for Choate ancestors. If anyone needs me to go to that library and do some physical research for them, please dont hesitate to ask. odielion aka beckie schuster (ex wife of the direct ancestor of the Choates from Fentress County Tennessee) even tho i'm not related... that doesn't mean that the records for my kids arent being worked on still to this day :) with all respect beckie http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am a subscriber to tnfentre for quite some time and i'm very proud to know that everyone seems to help everyone with their genealogy research. Way back in 1998 while living in the baltimore maryland area, i went to one of the private libraries and researched the Choate family. Based on a conglomerate of information received thru what was then my family (now divorced) it was discovered that a Christopher Columbus Choate came to the United States aboard the ship Cecilius thru a Baltimore port. This is the reason I went to that library. When i had gone to that library, I was knee deep in raising the kids... now that I am back in Maryland.. I am wanting to help the families that also subscribe to the tnfentre website. I do know that the Choates started in Baltimore, migrated towards Fentress County Tennessee and I have traced them to Texas. Come to find ..... (although i cant document it at the moment).. that somehow the Choates are related to Governor James V. Allred who was the Texas Governor long time ago. Just so happened, when i found this information out, that i was employed at the James V. Allred unit of Texas Department of Criminal Justice. So it seemed so "surreal" that i started with Baltimore, went to Texas and now im back in Maryland. Today, I went to a cemetery, in Bel Air, Maryland. In that cemetery a headstone with the name Choate. I've passed that cemetery probably over a thousand times (having lived here since 1979). So I went to that cemetery to take a picture of that headstone and see if could find any other Choates in that cemetery. Sure enough.............. feel free to look for the Choates at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church cemetery in Bel Air, Maryland on _www.findagrave.com_ (http://www.findagrave.com) . I was surprised to see that someone had already documented a lot of those graves, but had completely left out a husband and wife named Choate. I hope this helps anyone looking for Choate ancestors. If anyone needs me to go to that library and do some physical research for them, please dont hesitate to ask. odielion aka beckie schuster (ex wife of the direct ancestor of the Choates from Fentress County Tennessee) even tho i'm not related... that doesn't mean that the records for my kids arent being worked on still to this day :) with all respect beckie

Hi All:  Sorry about the confusion.  My presentation on York's Fentress Co, TN genealogy database will be Friday, April 29th, at 6 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 516 N. Main Street.   I hope many of you can attend the presentation and be at The Fentress County History Roundup on Saturday, April 30th (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.).   Look forward to seeing you.  Love, Bruce

Hi Bruce, Great to hear that you will be presenting your database - it is an amazing project! I'm putting it on my calendar. Is your presentation on Friday, April 29, at 6, or Saturday, April 30 at 6? I'm coming from California for the Roundup and to visit the lands of my Civil War ancestors (Bledsoe, Sublett, and more). Martha Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time! On Apr 14, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Bruce York wrote: I have that Lewis Franklin Choate was Alma P. Choate's grandfather and her father was Isaac Monroe Choate and mother Mattie L. Delk. The earliest Choate from Putnam Co, TN that I have in my data base was Edward Russell Choate b. 11 Jan 1852 Cookeville, Putnam, TN. This likely means that his parents, Austin Bulger Choate and Mary Ann Barnes were there around 1850. It sounds like the Choates of Fentress Co do tie in to the Choates of Putnam Co. I hope that all of you plan on coming to the Fentress County History Roundup on Saturday, April 30th at the York Institute. I will be presenting on York's Fentress Co, TN genealogy database at 6 p.m. Friday, April 30th, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 516 N. Main Street. Hope that many of you come. Love, Bruce --- On Thu, 4/14/11, OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> wrote: From: OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Choate descendants To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 10:09 PM Alma Choate married Brady Smith (i believe he was from picket county) Lewis Franklin Choate was Alma's father does this help in any way brenda? In a message dated 4/14/2011 4:59:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bcorby51@yahoo.ca writes: Beckie, Thank you so much for sharing! I have Choate's on my dads side from Putnam Co/Cookeville Tennessee. My mom (and me) are from Fentress Co TN. I would love it someone had any information on the Choates from the Cookeville area. I bet we are probably related to the Choates from Fentress. Ciao, Brenda --- On Thu, 4/14/11, OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> wrote: From: OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> Subject: [TNFENTRE] Choate descendants To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Received: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 4:28 PM I am a subscriber to tnfentre for quite some time and i'm very proud to know that everyone seems to help everyone with their genealogy research. Way back in 1998 while living in the baltimore maryland area, i went to one of the private libraries and researched the Choate family. Based on a conglomerate of information received thru what was then my family (now divorced) it was discovered that a Christopher Columbus Choate came to the United States aboard the ship Cecilius thru a Baltimore port. This is the reason I went to that library. When i had gone to that library, I was knee deep in raising the kids... now that I am back in Maryland.. I am wanting to help the families that also subscribe to the tnfentre website. I do know that the Choates started in Baltimore, migrated towards Fentress County Tennessee and I have traced them to Texas. Come to find ..... (although i cant document it at the moment).. that somehow the Choates are related to Governor James V. Allred who was the Texas Governor long time ago. Just so happened, when i found this information out, that i was employed at the James V. Allred unit of Texas Department of Criminal Justice. So it seemed so "surreal" that i started with Baltimore, went to Texas and now im back in Maryland. Today, I went to a cemetery, in Bel Air, Maryland. In that cemetery a headstone with the name Choate. I've passed that cemetery probably over a thousand times (having lived here since 1979). So I went to that cemetery to take a picture of that headstone and see if could find any other Choates in that cemetery. Sure enough.............. feel free to look for the Choates at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church cemetery in Bel Air, Maryland on _www.findagrave.com_ (http://www.findagrave.com) . I was surprised to see that someone had already documented a lot of those graves, but had completely left out a husband and wife named Choate. I hope this helps anyone looking for Choate ancestors. If anyone needs me to go to that library and do some physical research for them, please dont hesitate to ask. odielion aka beckie schuster (ex wife of the direct ancestor of the Choates from Fentress County Tennessee) even tho i'm not related... that doesn't mean that the records for my kids arent being worked on still to this day :) with all respect beckie http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have that Lewis Franklin Choate was Alma P. Choate's grandfather and her father was Isaac Monroe Choate and mother Mattie L. Delk.   The earliest Choate from Putnam Co, TN that I have in my data base was Edward Russell Choate b. 11 Jan 1852 Cookeville, Putnam, TN.  This likely means that his parents, Austin Bulger Choate and Mary Ann Barnes were there around 1850.   It sounds like the Choates of Fentress Co do tie in to the Choates of Putnam Co.   I hope that all of you plan on coming to the Fentress County History Roundup on Saturday, April 30th at the York Institute.  I will be presenting on York's Fentress Co, TN genealogy database at 6 p.m. Friday, April 30th, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 516 N. Main Street.  Hope that many of you come.   Love, Bruce --- On Thu, 4/14/11, OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> wrote: From: OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Choate descendants To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 10:09 PM Alma Choate married Brady Smith (i believe he was from  picket county) Lewis Franklin Choate was Alma's  father does this help in any way  brenda? In a message dated 4/14/2011 4:59:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  bcorby51@yahoo.ca writes: Beckie, Thank you so much for sharing! I have Choate's  on my dads side from Putnam Co/Cookeville Tennessee. My mom (and me) are from  Fentress Co TN. I would love it someone had any information on the Choates  from the Cookeville area. I bet we are probably related to the Choates from  Fentress. Ciao, Brenda --- On Thu, 4/14/11,  OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> wrote: From:  OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> Subject: [TNFENTRE] Choate  descendants To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Received: Thursday, April 14,  2011, 4:28 PM I am a subscriber to tnfentre for quite some   time and i'm very proud to know that everyone  seems to help  everyone with their genealogy  research. Way back in 1998 while  living in the baltimore  maryland area, i went to one of the private  libraries and  researched the Choate family.  Based on a  conglomerate of  information received thru what was then my family  (now divorced)  it was discovered that a Christopher Columbus  Choate  came to the United States aboard the ship Cecilius thru  a  Baltimore port.  This is the reason I went to that   library. When i had gone to that library, I was knee deep in   raising the kids... now that I am back in Maryland.. I am  wanting  to help the families that also subscribe to the tnfentre   website. I do know that the Choates started in Baltimore,   migrated towards Fentress County Tennessee and I have traced them to   Texas. Come to find ..... (although i cant document it at the   moment).. that somehow the Choates are related to Governor James  V.  Allred who was the Texas Governor long time  ago. Just so  happened, when i found this information out,  that  i was  employed at the James V. Allred unit of Texas  Department of  Criminal Justice.   So it seemed so "surreal" that i   started with Baltimore, went to Texas and now im back in Maryland.    Today, I went to a cemetery, in Bel Air,   Maryland.   In that cemetery a headstone with the name  Choate.  I've passed  that cemetery probably over a thousand  times (having lived here since  1979).  So I went to that  cemetery to take a picture of that headstone and  see if could find  any other Choates in that  cemetery. Sure  enough.............. feel free to look for the Choates at Mt. Zion  United  Methodist Church cemetery in Bel Air, Maryland  on  _www.findagrave.com_ (http://www.findagrave.com)  .  I was   surprised to see that someone had already documented a lot of    those graves, but had completely left out a husband and wife   named Choate. I hope this helps anyone looking for Choate   ancestors. If anyone needs me to go to that library and do some   physical research for them, please dont hesitate to  ask. odielion aka beckie schuster (ex wife of the direct  ancestor of  the Choates from Fentress County Tennessee) even tho  i'm not related...  that doesn't mean  that the records for my  kids arent being worked on still to this day  :) with all  respect beckie http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To  unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to  TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes  in the subject and the body of the  message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To  unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to  TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes  in the subject and the body of the  message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Beckie,   Thank you so much for sharing! I have Choate's on my dads side from Putnam Co/Cookeville Tennessee. My mom (and me) are from Fentress Co TN. I would love it someone had any information on the Choates from the Cookeville area. I bet we are probably related to the Choates from Fentress. Ciao, Brenda --- On Thu, 4/14/11, OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> wrote: From: OdieLion@aol.com <OdieLion@aol.com> Subject: [TNFENTRE] Choate descendants To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Received: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 4:28 PM I am a subscriber to tnfentre for quite some  time and i'm very proud to know that everyone  seems to help everyone with their genealogy  research. Way back in 1998 while living in the baltimore  maryland area, i went to one of the private libraries and  researched the Choate family.  Based on a conglomerate of  information received thru what was then my family (now divorced)  it was discovered that a Christopher Columbus Choate  came to the United States aboard the ship Cecilius thru a  Baltimore port.  This is the reason I went to that  library. When i had gone to that library, I was knee deep in  raising the kids... now that I am back in Maryland.. I am  wanting to help the families that also subscribe to the tnfentre  website. I do know that the Choates started in Baltimore,  migrated towards Fentress County Tennessee and I have traced them to  Texas. Come to find ..... (although i cant document it at the  moment).. that somehow the Choates are related to Governor James  V. Allred who was the Texas Governor long time  ago. Just so happened, when i found this information out,  that  i was employed at the James V. Allred unit of Texas  Department of Criminal Justice.   So it seemed so "surreal" that i  started with Baltimore, went to Texas and now im back in Maryland.  Today, I went to a cemetery, in Bel Air,  Maryland.   In that cemetery a headstone with the name Choate.  I've passed  that cemetery probably over a thousand times (having lived here since  1979).  So I went to that cemetery to take a picture of that headstone and  see if could find any other Choates in that  cemetery. Sure enough.............. feel free to look for the Choates at Mt. Zion United  Methodist Church cemetery in Bel Air, Maryland  on _www.findagrave.com_ (http://www.findagrave.com)  .  I was  surprised to see that someone had already documented a lot of  those graves, but had completely left out a husband and wife  named Choate. I hope this helps anyone looking for Choate  ancestors. If anyone needs me to go to that library and do some  physical research for them, please dont hesitate to ask. odielion aka beckie schuster (ex wife of the direct ancestor of  the Choates from Fentress County Tennessee) even tho i'm not related...  that doesn't mean  that the records for my kids arent being worked on still to this day  :) with all respect beckie http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kathy, I found another CW vet burial site: John Choate, f/o Katharine, Poore Cem. Gerri On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Kathy Williams <tkswilliams@twlakes.net>wrote: > WHERE ARE FENTRESS COUNTY TN CIVIL WAR VETERANS BURIED - > I am working to identify where our Civil War Veterans are buried. > If you know of burial places - please list the name & place -even if it is > in an unmarked grave. > Also if you know information on their families - as parents, spouse etc > would be helpful, > as there are many people by the same name. Thanks so Much. > Kathy S. Williams > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Does anyone know where the Harrison Family Cemetery is located? This is what I know: It was most likely on the Harrison farm which was in Overton County, Tennessee, on the border with Clinton County, Kentucky, on the Wolf River. That part of Overton County became Pickett County. The cemetery has been described as actually being in Clinton County, near the state border. Is it under water? Is it on private property? One source says, "Turney Groce lives on the old home place," but I have no date for that source. I understand that the land belonged to Benjamin Harrison, who is buried there. His father, James Mason Harrison, is also buried there, as well as his brother, my GGG grandfather, William Henry Harrison, whose daughter, Susan Frances Harrison Bledsoe, raised my grandmother in Cleburne, Texas. I have looked at a variety of maps that show cemeteries, but none seem to show that one. There is a Find A Grave site for this cemetery; it was created by my cousin to show the burial places of the Harrison family and does not have a location. I will be making a trip to the area at the end of this month (April) and would like to visit the cemetery - if I can find out where it is! Martha in California Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time!

--- On Wed, 4/13/11, bill campbell <soup_babe@att.net> wrote: John b-1829 was pvt  comp d 32 Texas Cav   Texas Confederate Army   Military Marker   Bill n Lois From: bill campbell <soup_babe@att.net> Subject: [TNFENTRE] civil war vets To: "Fentress County" <TNFENTRE@rootsweb.com>, "Kathy Williams" <tkswilliams@twlakes.net>, "Willie R. Beaty" <wbeaty@twlakes.net> Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 10:29 PM Hi All I found in Sildell Cemetery/Slidell,Wise County,Tx. John Calvin Hill-1929-Tn 1930  -Oklaloma  buried here with wife Sallie Elizabeth Hill b-10-11-1830 Fentress co Tn dau of Isaac1803-? Susannah Gwynn  Beaty 1802-1892 Dau MaryJane Hill Balthrop B-2-21-1855 Hunt co , Tx. D-1-10-1910 Slidell, Wise co Tx. Husb James Wiley Balthrop-1848-1928 + 2 children   found them on www.findagrave.com   Keep diggin   Bill n Lois http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All I found in Sildell Cemetery/Slidell,Wise County,Tx. John Calvin Hill-1929-Tn 1930  -Oklaloma  buried here with wife Sallie Elizabeth Hill b-10-11-1830 Fentress co Tn dau of Isaac1803-? Susannah Gwynn  Beaty 1802-1892 Dau MaryJane Hill Balthrop B-2-21-1855 Hunt co , Tx. D-1-10-1910 Slidell, Wise co Tx. Husb James Wiley Balthrop-1848-1928 + 2 children   found them on www.findagrave.com   Keep diggin   Bill n Lois

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Kathy, Here are the burial places of some of my Civil War kin: Thomas Benjamin Matthews, h/o Mary Ann McClellan, Storie Cem., Little Crab John "Booher" Smith, h/o Isabelle Booher, bur: Bethsaida Cem., just over the co. line in Overton--Born in Fentress Simeon Hinds, h/o Elizabeth Smith, Robbinstown Cem., Pickett Co.--Born in Fentress Tinker Dave Beaty, h/o Ava Collier, Beaty-Lacy Claiborne Beaty (son of Tinker Dave), h/o Lodicey Beaty, Allardt Cem. Beaty, James (son of Tinker Dave) h/o Eleanor Jane Smith, Dugan Smith Cem.-broken stone James Kuhn Beaty, h/o 1. Sarah Hill 2. Elizabeth Conatser 3. Sarah Beaty 4. Catherine Adkins, Shatter Cem. Kathy, this is all I can come up with. Some who died in prison are buried there. If you run across any information about where George W. Choate, h/o Malinda Gwyn is buried, do let me know. He was furloughed from prison and came home & died. I suspect he is in one of the Poplar Cove cemeteries as that is where he lived. Gerri On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Kathy Williams <tkswilliams@twlakes.net>wrote: > WHERE ARE FENTRESS COUNTY TN CIVIL WAR VETERANS BURIED - > I am working to identify where our Civil War Veterans are buried. > If you know of burial places - please list the name & place -even if it is > in an unmarked grave. > Also if you know information on their families - as parents, spouse etc > would be helpful, > as there are many people by the same name. Thanks so Much. > Kathy S. Williams > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Bill, Joel Lindsay Reagan was a brother-in-law to my g-g-grandfather John G. Beaty (died McHargue's Mill, London, Laurel Co KY of measles) and three other of John's brothers who all died in the war: David C (Battle of Mill Springs); James M. (Belle Isle Prison, Richmond VA); William R. (Flat Lick KY of disease). No evidence that Isaac (another brother of Lucy Catherine, William, John, James and David.) was in the war, as some have claimed. Of course Eliazer Ailey was too young to enter. I also have that Jonathan Hayes, who married Jane (sister of the above), served as a wagoner or teamster for the USA, got sick and furloughed home and died a few weeks later. Also that John Calvin Hill, who married Sarah Elizabeth (sister) joined the confederacy from Texas where they had moved in the 1850's. He is buried in a church cemetery in Wise Co TX. Don't know where any of these are buried, probably close to where they died, except John Hill, and I assume Jonathan Hayes was buried somewhere in Fentress Co. I don't know if you have figured it out or not, but Wilma has some of this family wrong, and it has been copied by others. So lot's of incorrect information is out there. Willie ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill campbell" <soup_babe@att.net> To: <tnfentre@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] (no subject) Hi all We have (Lois M.Reagan) ggggrant parents as Joel Lindsey Reagan B- -9-12-1841 Little Crab, D-11-24-1920-Buried REAGAN cmt (JAMES BLAINE ) spouse Lucy Catherine Beaty 1840-1922 Reagan Cmt Civil War, enlisted as pvt , promoted to Sergent from 1890 census Of Union vets 2nd S D 1 Ten. Inf..Apr.1865 Rupture abdomen Bill n Lois --- On Sun, 4/10/11, Kathy Williams <tkswilliams@twlakes.net> wrote: From: Kathy Williams <tkswilliams@twlakes.net> Subject: [TNFENTRE] (no subject) To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011, 12:55 PM WHERE ARE FENTRESS COUNTY TN CIVIL WAR VETERANS BURIED - I am working to identify where our Civil War Veterans are buried. If you know of burial places - please list the name & place -even if it is in an unmarked grave. Also if you know information on their families - as parents, spouse etc would be helpful, as there are many people by the same name. Thanks so Much. Kathy S. Williams http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all   We have (Lois M.Reagan)    ggggrant parents as Joel Lindsey Reagan B- -9-12-1841 Little Crab, D-11-24-1920-Buried REAGAN cmt (JAMES BLAINE )   spouse Lucy Catherine Beaty 1840-1922  Reagan Cmt   Civil War, enlisted as pvt , promoted to Sergent from  1890 census Of Union vets 2nd S D  1 Ten. Inf..Apr.1865 Rupture abdomen   Bill n Lois --- On Sun, 4/10/11, Kathy Williams <tkswilliams@twlakes.net> wrote: From: Kathy Williams <tkswilliams@twlakes.net> Subject: [TNFENTRE] (no subject) To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011, 12:55 PM WHERE ARE FENTRESS COUNTY TN CIVIL WAR VETERANS BURIED  - I am working to identify where our Civil War Veterans are buried. If you know of burial places - please list the name & place -even if it is in an unmarked grave. Also if you know information on their families - as parents, spouse etc would be helpful, as there are many people by the same name.  Thanks so Much. Kathy S. Williams http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [TNPICKET] Obit Jewell Stephens Mason, 77 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:00:39 -0400 From: Jack Beaty <jdbeaty@comcast.net> Reply-To: tnpicket@rootsweb.com To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com, tnpicket@rootsweb.com LYNCHBURG, VA - Jewell Stephens Mason, 77, of Ft. Myers, Florida died Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Lynchburg, VA. Jewell was born in Jamestown, Tennessee and attended school in Farmland, Indiana. She resided most of her adult life in Muncie, Indiana prior to retiring in Ft. Myers, Florida. Jewell was a vibrant, loving woman with a zest for life. She loved to travel, enjoyed nature, and gardening, writing, and spending time with family, friends, and her beloved feline pets. It was Jewell's wishes to be cremated. Survivors include her son, Stephen W. Day of Lynchburg, Virginia; a brother, Robert Stephens; sister, Jeannie Stephens, and Midge Stephens all of Muncie and many dear friends. Jewell was preceded in death by her husband, Herschel Glenn Mason; her parents, Major David and Delphia (Delk) Stephens. Contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, ALS Association, or Hospice of Lynchburg, Virginia. To send condolences and messages online, please go to http://www.whittenfuneralhome.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNPICKET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

LYNCHBURG, VA - Jewell Stephens Mason, 77, of Ft. Myers, Florida died Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Lynchburg, VA. Jewell was born in Jamestown, Tennessee and attended school in Farmland, Indiana. She resided most of her adult life in Muncie, Indiana prior to retiring in Ft. Myers, Florida. Jewell was a vibrant, loving woman with a zest for life. She loved to travel, enjoyed nature, and gardening, writing, and spending time with family, friends, and her beloved feline pets. It was Jewell's wishes to be cremated. Survivors include her son, Stephen W. Day of Lynchburg, Virginia; a brother, Robert Stephens; sister, Jeannie Stephens, and Midge Stephens all of Muncie and many dear friends. Jewell was preceded in death by her husband, Herschel Glenn Mason; her parents, Major David and Delphia (Delk) Stephens. Contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, ALS Association, or Hospice of Lynchburg, Virginia. To send condolences and messages online, please go to http://www.whittenfuneralhome.com.

The Choate Cemetary is located in Boatland, Tn on Choate Lane. This is my family, Austin and John Choate. In a message dated 4/9/2011 9:22:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, soup_babe@att.net writes: Hi All I need the cemetery names in Jamestown area. I,m doing findagrave - putting family in ; Bilbrey-Beaty-Reagan plus others Thanks Bill n Lois 'Reagan' Campbell http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bill, When you sign in to Find-a-Grave go to "Find a Cemetery" Leave the name of the cemetery blank and just put in the state and county. It will bring up all the cemeteries that are on Find-A-Grave for Fentress County. When you click on the name of each cemetery you will get an address so you can make a list of Jamestown cemeteries if you don't want to include the whole county in your project. You will find that many of the cemeteries have names that are different from those in the book by Gary Norris or the older one by Mabel Rushton Wheeler. There are many reasons for this, one being that most country cemeteries have more than one name. Another being that names of cemeteries, especially in rural areas, change from time to time. Good luck! I am glad you are going to be posting on FAG. I find doing so to be a way I can help other people, even those far away and unknown to me, to pay back some of the kindness shown to me through my years of family research. Anna Bertram