Arah, I'm wondering if we have any PALMER connections in Gibson County. My great grandmother is Pernita Frances "Fannie" PALMER. She was married to Merridy WATSON. I have attached my file below. Please let me know if we have any connections!!! Laura Darr darrfam@bellsouth.net Wrightkg@aol.com wrote: > I have been researching my family, with little or no luck. I am looking for > Jonas Theopolis Bixler, b.Feb 3, 1848 in IND, married Lydia Ellen Yeager > (Yager), b. Dec. 18, 1854 - they appear on the 1920 census for this county. > I am also looking for info on Edmond Monroe Davis, b. Feb. 6, 1855, in TN, > married to Bettie Ann Giles (Gills), born July 11, 1860 in TN > Lydia Ellen Yeager was the daughter of Joseph Yeager and Phoebe Well M. > Palmer. > If anyone has info on their lines I would appreciate hearing from you. > Thanks! Arah Wright Descendants of Jesse PALMER Generation No. 1 1. JESSE1 PALMER was born 1805 in Beauford, North Carolina, and died 1850 in Humphries, Tennessee. He married NANCY COUNCIL. She was born 1813 in North Carollina or Tennessee, and died in Test. Children of JESSE PALMER and NANCY COUNCIL are: i. JOSEPH2 PALMER. ii. CARILLA PALMER, m. HAYS. 2. iii. BENJAMIN CYRUS PALMER, b. 1832, Tennessee, Henry County. Generation No. 2 2. BENJAMIN CYRUS2 PALMER (JESSE1) was born 1832 in Tennessee, Henry County. He married TALINIA ADAMS Bet. 1850 - 1855 in Henry Co., Tennessee, daughter of GILLIAM ADAMS and PAULINE HAMMONDS. She was born 1837 in Benton or Henry County, Tennessee, and died in Henry Co. or Gibson Co., Tennessee. Children of BENJAMIN PALMER and TALINIA ADAMS are: i. JIMMIE LAYFATTE3 PALMER. ii. CARILLA ALICE PALMER, m. PARKHILL. iii. WILLIE RANDOLPH PALMER. iv. NANCY JANE PALMER, m. HALL. v. JOHN HENRY PALMER. vi. MARY MAGDALINE PALMER, m. JIM HARBOR. vii. BENJAMIN LEE PALMER. viii. TALINIA DILIA PALMER, m. JOHN HARBOR. 3. ix. PERNITA FRANCES PALMER, b. July 05, 1855, Paris, Tennessee, Henry County; d. December 09, 1943, Milan, Tennessee, Gibson County. Generation No. 3 3. PERNITA FRANCES3 PALMER (BENJAMIN CYRUS2, JESSE1) was born July 05, 1855 in Paris, Tennessee, Henry County, and died December 09, 1943 in Milan, Tennessee, Gibson County. She married AARON V. BROWN WATSON December 03, 1872, son of MERRIDY WATSON and AMELIA GEORGE. He was born September 25, 1851, and died September 03, 1913 in Bolivar, Tennessee. Children of PERNITA PALMER and AARON WATSON are: 4. i. WALTER4 WATSON. 5. ii. THOMAS ACTON WATSON. 6. iii. ERNEST WATSON. iv. BIRD WATSON, m. (1) ARTHUR ALTMAN; m. (2) BEN PATTON. 7. v. MARTHA WATSON. vi. LILLIE BELL WATSON, b. March 01, 1876; m. TOM WOODSIDE. 8. vii. LEILA BERNICE WATSON, b. January 12, 1889, Stokes, Crockett County, Tennessee; d. June 16, 1954, Milan, Tennessee, Gibson County. Generation No. 4 4. WALTER4 WATSON (PERNITA FRANCES3 PALMER, BENJAMIN CYRUS2, JESSE1) He married DENZEL. Children of WALTER WATSON and DENZEL are: i. RUTH5 WATSON. ii. MARGARET WATSON. iii. SADIE WATSON, Adopted child. 5. THOMAS ACTON4 WATSON (PERNITA FRANCES3 PALMER, BENJAMIN CYRUS2, JESSE1) He married ODIE FORD August 16, 1903. Children of THOMAS WATSON and ODIE FORD are: i. MILDRED5 WATSON. ii. FRANCES WATSON. iii. ANNIE JO WATSON. iv. SADIE WATSON. 6. ERNEST4 WATSON (PERNITA FRANCES3 PALMER, BENJAMIN CYRUS2, JESSE1) He married IVIE FRAZIER. Children of ERNEST WATSON and IVIE FRAZIER are: i. THOMAS5 WATSON. ii. HAROLD WATSON. iii. BILL WATSON. iv. RACHEL WATSON. v. BEATRICE WATSON. vi. CLARENCE ELLIS WATSON. 7. MARTHA4 WATSON (PERNITA FRANCES3 PALMER, BENJAMIN CYRUS2, JESSE1) She married CLIFFORD THOMPSON. Children of MARTHA WATSON and CLIFFORD THOMPSON are: i. JAMES5 THOMPSON. ii. MARTHA THOMPSON, Adopted child. iii. ELIZABETH THOMPSON. iv. NELSON THOMPSON. v. MURPHY THOMPSON. 8. LEILA BERNICE4 WATSON (PERNITA FRANCES3 PALMER, BENJAMIN CYRUS2, JESSE1) was born January 12, 1889 in Stokes, Crockett County, Tennessee, and died June 16, 1954 in Milan, Tennessee, Gibson County. She married ALFRED SMITH FRAZIER February 14, 1904 in Cades, Gibson County, Tennessee, son of STEVEN FRAZIER and RACHEL MCCOY. He was born December 02, 1881 in Milan, Tennessee, Gibson County, and died November 06, 1959 in Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby County. Children of LEILA WATSON and ALFRED FRAZIER are: i. IVIE GERTRUDE5 FRAZIER, b. January 15, 1905, Cades, Gibson County, Tennessee,; d. March 14, 1922, Long Beach, Mississippi. 9. ii. LILLIE MAE FRAZIER, b. April 17, 1908, Cades, Gibson County, Tennessee. 10. iii. CLARA ELVIE FRAZIER, b. August 19, 1910, Eaton, Crockett County, Tennessee. 11. iv. FREDONIA MADELINE FRAZIER, b. August 11, 1912, Cades, Gibson County, Tennessee. 12. v. ALICE IRENE FRAZIER, b. July 16, 1914, Cades, Gibson County, Tennessee. 13. vi. DORIS BLONDELL FRAZIER, b. May 31, 1916, Cades, Gibson County, Tennessee,. 14. vii. THELMA RUTH FRAZIER, b. December 05, 1918, Cedar Grove, Carroll County, Tennessee. 15. viii. JAMES ALFRED FRAZIER, b. January 12, 1923, Long Beach, Harrison County, Mississippi. 16. ix. LEILA ETHEL FRAZIER, b. October 14, 1924, Long Beach, Harrison County, Mississippi. 17. x. BILLY RAY FRAZIER, b. September 19, 1929, Milan, Tennessee, Gibson County.