S. T. REDDICK 1834-1920 and his wife Dosha C. ? 1848-1905 are buried at Sulphura Cemetery in Sumner Co with their daughter Lillie S. H. Reddick 1880-1890. Could someone please tell me: What was S. T. Reddick's full name and who were his parents? What was Dosha's maiden name and who were her parents. Thanks.

Yes, I too, remember the peddlers. The time I remember most vividly was in the early 30's. I was about four or five years old. It must have been washday at our house that day, too, as I was wearing the raggediest dress I had and was so self conscious that I hid behind the door until they went out into the yard to catch chickens. That was how my mother paid for her purchases as money was very short in that depression time in southeastern Oklahoma. I can still hear the sound of the chickens being caught. Esther Hill Mills

Scott Cracraft wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Charles Ellis <disciple@gamewood.net> > To: <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 9:14 AM > Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor > > Thanks for asking that question as I was about to ask the same thing. I am > a decendent of Isaac Bledsoe who was killed by the Indians in 1794. It is a > possibility since I am finding that the Bledsoes seem to be related to alot > of the early families there. Of course it was also common to name a child > for a friend. Also, Charles, are you related? Erick let me know the answer > too. Scott Isaac Bledsoe was married to Catherine (Katherine) Montgomery. Catherine had a sister Elizabeth who married Samuel Alexander Neely. Their daughter Elizabeth Neely married George Dawson Blackmore. I am related to several of their children who married various Hadley's. George Dawson Blackmore is my 4th great grandfather.

----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Ellis <disciple@gamewood.net> To: <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor Thanks for asking that question as I was about to ask the same thing. I am a decendent of Isaac Bledsoe who was killed by the Indians in 1794. It is a possibility since I am finding that the Bledsoes seem to be related to alot of the early families there. Of course it was also common to name a child for a friend. Also, Charles, are you related? Erick let me know the answer too. Scott > Is there any connection between Isaac Bledsoe Taylor and Isaac Bledsoe, the early > settler? > > Erickdm@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 8/4/01 12:41:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > TNSUMNER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > << Looking for ancestry and history of my ancestors > > 1 [1] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor b: 1813 Sumner Co. TN d: Bef. 1871 KY > > +Mary Gaines > > *2nd Wife of [1] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor: > > +Lucinda Susan McGaughey b: 1814 TN m: Oct 26, 1833 Sumner Co. TN d: > > Bef. 1870 >> > >

Is there any connection between Isaac Bledsoe Taylor and Isaac Bledsoe, the early settler? Erickdm@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/4/01 12:41:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > TNSUMNER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << Looking for ancestry and history of my ancestors > 1 [1] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor b: 1813 Sumner Co. TN d: Bef. 1871 KY > +Mary Gaines > *2nd Wife of [1] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor: > +Lucinda Susan McGaughey b: 1814 TN m: Oct 26, 1833 Sumner Co. TN d: > Bef. 1870 >>

I don't know if this will help or not, but John M. Taylor's brother James and wife Rebecca Phillips and most of their children left Sumner Co., in 1857 and settled in Johnson Co., Missouri near Chilhowee

Y have enjpyed reading the memories of the Peddlars but 2 of my very favorites were missed , The Watkins and the Raleigh dealers. There cases carried Medecines to cure humans as well as animals. Then all the spices , Flavorings,pie mixes and other good things . I would sniff the air all the time either of them arrived,yes they were more often paid in eggs ,chickens or even fresh churned butter as on one occassion , Mother had just churned and was working her butter when the Watkins man arrived.The days may be gone but their memories linger on in our hearts. Frances --- Jlbjmcc@aol.com wrote: > Joyce, > > Thanks for reminding me to send my previous > message to the list. Here > it is: > > There are a lot of us who remember the > peddlers who toured the > countryside in years gone by. I remember two of > them who came by our house > once or twice a week back in the 1930s and 1940s. > Mr. Forrest Poole and Mr. > Farris Davis, both of whom owned grocery stores in > Adams, Robertson County, > TN, also ran peddler trucks. > > We always looked forward to "Peddler Day." > Quite often, Mama would > pay the peddler with eggs. Also, once a man came by > selling porch swings. > Mama bought two of them and paid for them with > chickens. Does this system of > bartering ring a bell with anyone out there? > > I used to hull walnuts in the fall and sell > them to the peddler - yes, > peddlers are one of the special memories for us > oldtimers. > > Betty > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

Joyce, Thanks for reminding me to send my previous message to the list. Here it is: There are a lot of us who remember the peddlers who toured the countryside in years gone by. I remember two of them who came by our house once or twice a week back in the 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Forrest Poole and Mr. Farris Davis, both of whom owned grocery stores in Adams, Robertson County, TN, also ran peddler trucks. We always looked forward to "Peddler Day." Quite often, Mama would pay the peddler with eggs. Also, once a man came by selling porch swings. Mama bought two of them and paid for them with chickens. Does this system of bartering ring a bell with anyone out there? I used to hull walnuts in the fall and sell them to the peddler - yes, peddlers are one of the special memories for us oldtimers. Betty

In a message dated 8/4/01 12:41:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TNSUMNER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Looking for ancestry and history of my ancestors 1 [1] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor b: 1813 Sumner Co. TN d: Bef. 1871 KY +Mary Gaines *2nd Wife of [1] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor: +Lucinda Susan McGaughey b: 1814 TN m: Oct 26, 1833 Sumner Co. TN d: Bef. 1870 >> Isaac Bledsoe Taylor was apparently the eldest son of John M. Taylor and Rachel West of Sumner County. He was living with his family in Monroe County, Kentucky in 1850. His grandparents were Thomas and Mildred (Markham) Taylor and Andrew and Tryphena (Mead) West. The Taylors came to Sumner County from Cumberland County, Virginia. The Wests were in Jones County, North Carolina. I had formerly assumed that Bledsoe Taylor, the eldest son of John M. Taylor, had probably died young since he did not sign an 1856 deed in Sumner County, as an heir of his brother, David Durham Taylor. However, recently upon inquiry by another descendant of Isaac Bledsoe Taylor, I found good circumstantial evidence that Isaac B. Taylor was a son of John M. Taylor, and therefore was apparently identical with Bledsoe Taylor. The names of his children include several somewhat unusual ones that were in John M. Taylor and Rachel West's family. Among them Rachel, Hepsey and Clarinda.

----- Original Message ----- From: James L. Payne To: TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 1:45 PM Subject: Graves, Tuttle & Escue Hi Looking for descendents of Andrew Graves(1832-1906) and Rosie Elizabeth Tuttle(1834-1876). Eight siblings, but, don't know what happened to them except for one. Alice Caroline (1867-1955) married James Galloway Escue in 1885. 1880 census says that ther were two James G. Escues and both were 11 years old. Alice was living with William J. & Nancy M. Tuttle. Andrew Graves was living with John W. & Elizabeth Harper along with a daughter Patsy Katherine age 17. Any information will be appreciated . thanks Jim Payne

Jeannie...Jim.....I am the greatgranddaughter of one of those peddlers. It was shortly after the war and Greatgrandpa left every Monday morning and usually got home on Saturday afternoon. I understand he sold or traded for whatever he could find. Made a pretty good living too. And I remember one that came by home in the early forties...My favorite was the marshmellow candy in beautiful pastels that were shaped like icecream cones. Dad always swore that was what happened to my teeth......probably was....Bib Fay

Searching for any information on the Downs family. Tilley Downs married Jane Robertson in 1823 and Thomas Downs married Sally Soper in Sumner County prior to their migration to Franklin County, IL. They appear on the 1830 federal census still in Sumner County, and Jane, Thomas, and Sally (then "Sarah") show up in IL in 1840. (Tilley had died before the census.) I believe that Tilley and Thomas were the sons of William Downs, Jr., and that William was the son of William, Sr., of NC, who died in Sumner County in the very early 1800s. Does anyone know the parents of Jane Robertson or Sally Soper? And can anyone confirm the parents of Tilley and Thomas? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. It's been a long, hard search.... For a real genealogical thrill, try entering "Downs" at Google.... Cordially, Barbara Collin

In a message dated 08/06/2001 3:43:14 AM Central Daylight Time, neillliberal@onlinemac.com writes: > Jeannie you bring back memories that no one else rembers. Oh, but I do. Every summer when I visited my aunt and uncle in Robertson County I watched for the peddler to come driving down the hill toward their house. Not every year did he make his rounds during my brief visit, but how I loved looking inside his truck when he did. It was unbelievable how much stock was stored in every nook and cranny. Kind of reminds me of my desk, except that he was better organized. We didn't have a peddler come by our house in Hendersonville. We lived within sight of "the blacktop," so I guess we weren't far enough out in the country to be good prospects. But we welcomed the Jewel Tea man with the same anticipation. Back in the 1950s, my mother was featured in their company magazine as a twenty-five year faithful customer. The picture shows her sitting with the Jewel Tea man kneeling beside his basket of products. I wonder how many hundreds of pounds of Jewel Tea coffee we drank in those years? And I wonder how many Jewel Tea cups and saucers we used and broke and replaced? I don't recall ever having any other dishes on our table but Jewel Tea, and now I understand they are highly sought after collectables. As well they should be because there is a happy memory in every one of them. Joyce

While taking a shortcut across town, I saw a grey haired old farmer selling vegetables from the back of his battered pickup truck....Skin burned mahogany by the Tennessee sun, battered old straw hat perched on the back of his thinning hair, he was having a great time selling his extra garden "truck " and visiting with people there under that big shade tree...It reminded me of the Peddler men who used to travel the dusty roads where I grew up , come summertime..... My ' favorite ' memory of this vanished breed happened when I was about 4 years old....It was laundry day at our log house over near the Thompson Creek bottoms, and the fire was burning hot under the old wash 'kittle '...We had drug up dead limbs from the edge of the wood, set the kittle legs in some tin cans scrounged from somewhere so we could build a fire underneath it to heat the water laboriously drawn from the well...The wash tub was settin' on the chopping block, scrub board waiting for Mama to slather on some of her home made lye soap and scrub the dirtiest spots of our clothes... We were all around behind the house , each doing our part, no matter our age, when I spied Peddler John walking around the corner of the house ...I started backing silently away from him,eyes big as saucers, probably, and set right down in a foot tub of water ! After making sure nothing was hurt but my dignity, and everyone had got through laughing, the peddler spread his pack out on the back steps and showed Mama his treasures... thread, beautifully colored hair bow ribbons, needles, etc. I remembered it as being like a blanket roll but Mom said it was like a box that opened up...must have had several 'wings' that folded out, with things hooked on to each one . He made regular rounds , walking those dusty country roads, toting that box on his back...I remember him as being all dark..... hair, hat, 3 piece suit, and even his skin....darkened by the sun .I don't think he could speak much English , and have read that they were Jewish , and had stores in places like New York City that they worked in during the Winter months...Some people let peddlers stay overnight just to hear them tell what all they had seen, but our parents were never that trusting...I do so wish they had.....Who knows what wonderful tales he could have told ? I also remember an old man in an A model sort of car who came around when we lived at the Jones place...One of the things he sold Mama was Folgers coffee in a glass jar with a small top, and later on we could buy special flats and rings so they could be used for canning food......In the very top of the jar was a donut shaped gum drop type piece of candy, large as the jar, just about....He also sold pencils and paper, needles , thread..candy and such...... The very last Peddler man I can remember was when we lived with Ma that short while after Daddy died...One of Aunt Mildred Winchester's brothers..Dan Owens, I think, drove what was called a "Bob" truck around with candy , groceries ,etc. I remember Mom getting him to bring a sack of feed one time, and he put it on his shoulder and toted it up to the house...Mama told us his leg creaked toting that 100 pound sack up the steep bank because he had an artificial leg...old war wound , probably....We were most impressed with his strength...He could furnish a much larger line of groceries and special orders in that truck, but nothing could match the intrigue of Peddler John ! I wonder to this day what we missed by not inviting him in to eat supper with us and letting him spend the night on a "Baptist pallet !" Jeannie T ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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Jeannie, You bring back some memories that are special in my mind. I think as a teenager , walking across the cemetrery to get to the old skating rink on what is called the by pass now. I guess that's what they call it. The memories of traveling through there are so special. I also remember the peddlers, not in Gallatin, but probably around Westmoreland somewhere. Our peddler was different. He had a horse and wagon. The wagon was a box, wooden type affair. We could here him coming from a distance, as he had metal water dippers, pots and pans and more hanging on the inside walls of his wagon. When he got to our house he would open the door to let us see what he had. Needles, thread, lye soap, anything you could want, a mini supermarket at our door. I am sure he was a gypsy, dark skin and all. Jeannie you bring back memories that no one else rembers. I want to share these memories with some other special people. Jim Neill, now living in Oregon -----Original Message----- From: Jeannie Travis <askgranny@juno.com> To: TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:16 PM Subject: [TNSUMNER] Rocking and remembering the Peddler Man ... > > > While taking a shortcut across town, I saw a grey haired old farmer >selling vegetables from the back of his battered pickup truck....Skin >burned mahogany by the Tennessee sun, battered old straw hat perched on >the back of his thinning hair, he was having a great time selling his >extra garden "truck " and visiting with people there under that big shade >tree...It reminded me of the Peddler men who used to travel the dusty >roads where I grew up , come summertime..... > My ' favorite ' memory of this vanished breed happened when I was >about 4 years old....It was laundry day at our log house over near the >Thompson Creek bottoms, and the fire was burning hot under the old wash >'kittle '...We had drug up dead limbs from the edge of the wood, set the >kittle legs in some tin cans scrounged from somewhere so we could build a >fire underneath it to heat the water laboriously drawn from the >well...The wash tub was settin' on the chopping block, scrub board >waiting for Mama to slather on some of her home made lye soap and scrub >the dirtiest spots of our clothes... We were all around behind the house >, each doing our part, no matter our age, when I spied Peddler John >walking around the corner of the house ...I started backing silently >away from him,eyes big as saucers, probably, and set right down in a foot >tub of water ! > After making sure nothing was hurt but my dignity, and everyone had >got through laughing, the peddler spread his pack out on the back steps >and showed Mama his treasures... thread, beautifully colored hair bow >ribbons, needles, etc. I remembered it as being like a blanket roll but >Mom said it was like a box that opened up...must have had several 'wings' >that folded out, with things hooked on to each one . He made regular >rounds , walking those dusty country roads, toting that box on his >back...I remember him as being all dark..... hair, hat, 3 piece suit, and >even his skin....darkened by the sun .I don't think he could speak much >English , and have read that they were Jewish , and had stores in places >like New York City that they worked in during the Winter months...Some >people let peddlers stay overnight just to hear them tell what all they >had seen, but our parents were never that trusting...I do so wish they >had.....Who knows what wonderful tales he could have told ? > I also remember an old man in an A model sort of car who came around >when we lived at the Jones place...One of the things he sold Mama was >Folgers coffee in a glass jar with a small top, and later on we could >buy special flats and rings so they could be used for canning >food......In the very top of the jar was a donut shaped gum drop type >piece of candy, large as the jar, just about....He also sold pencils and >paper, needles , thread..candy and such...... > The very last Peddler man I can remember was when we lived with Ma >that short while after Daddy died...One of Aunt Mildred Winchester's >brothers..Dan Owens, I think, drove what was called a "Bob" truck around >with candy , groceries ,etc. I remember Mom getting him to bring a sack >of feed one time, and he put it on his shoulder and toted it up to the >house...Mama told us his leg creaked toting that 100 pound sack up the >steep bank because he had an artificial leg...old war wound , >probably....We were most impressed with his strength...He could furnish a >much larger line of groceries and special orders in that truck, but >nothing could match the intrigue of Peddler John ! I wonder to this day >what we missed by not inviting him in to eat supper with us and letting >him spend the night on a "Baptist pallet !" Jeannie T > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > >

I am having trouble with my finding my Grandfather - John Wison Graves family. I know that they are out there somewhere. All I know is that his parents were Morgan & Mary Rachel CLINE. I found an old posting that listed a Morgan Graves as a brother to Abanathy. Wondering if this could be my Morgan? It also listed three more brothers as Bird, Wilford and Dock. Any tips would be appreciated. Linda

iam from this area with anglea,hatchett,hunt parts of my ancestry

Looking for any info about the following Sumner Co families or their descendants. Bernice Hill, born 1907 and Elizabeth Hill born 1911 were the daughters of James HILL and Clara DOUGLASS. Bernice married Norval Sanders DOUGLASS (1903-1969) in 1931. They may have had a daughter Dorthory Douglass born aft 1931. Elizabeth married T. O. Barnett in 1938. Who were the parents of Norval Douglass and T. O. Barnett? I would love to hear from Bernice and Elizabeth's descendants! I am descended from Bernice and Elizabeth's uncle John Louis Hill and Hattie Hobdy.

Looking for ancestry and history of my ancestors 1 [1] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor b: 1813 Sumner Co. TN d: Bef. 1871 KY +Mary Gaines *2nd Wife of [1] Isaac Bledsoe Taylor: +Lucinda Susan McGaughey b: 1814 TN m: Oct 26, 1833 Sumner Co. TN d: Bef. 1870 2 Ann Taylor b: Abt. 1835 ..+John L. Starke 2 Louisa Taylor b: Abt. 1836 TN 2 William Martin Taylor b: May 23, 1837 TN d: Aft. Jun 21, 1899 ..+Dicy Buieb: 1846 m: Jul 13, 1864 Logan Co KY 2 Rachel Minerva Taylor b: 1839 TN d: Abt. 1920 ..+William Johnson Page b: Abt. 1820 m: Aug 28, 1876 2 John A. Taylor b: 1840 TN ..+Seritha A. Richmond m: Jul 24, 1864 Logan or Todd Co KY 2 Nancy F. Taylor b: 1840 TN ..+John C. Stanford b: Jul 27, 1836 Sumner Co TN m: Abt. 1859 d: Mar 29, 1860 2 P. A. Taylor b: 1842 2 Elizabeth Elvina Taylor b: 1844 TN ..+James A. Bourne m: Dec 29, 1883 2 Amelia F. Taylor b: Abt. 1845 TN 2 Hepsy Lucinda Taylor b: Apr 08, 1846 TN OR KY d: May 06, 1883 ..+James William Page b: Abt. 1840 m: Apr 27, 1869 Logan Co KY 2 Margaret Clarinda Taylor b: Apr 08, 1846 KY OR TN d: Jan 14, 1932 Kansas City Jackson Co MO Bur. Jan 18 Forest Hill Cem. Kansas City Jackson Co. MO ..+Abraham Thomas Morgan b: Aug 17, 1839 Logan Co KY m: Feb 23, 1865 Olmstead Logan County KY d: Sep 08, 1888 Ulrich Henry Co MO 2 Daniel "Mac" Macory Taylor b: Apr 1850 Muhlenberg KY d: 1938 Oakridge TN ..+Amanda S. Needham b: Dec 1853 TN m: Nov 03, 1870 Logan Co KY d: Aft. 1900 2 Katura M. Amanda Taylor b: 1854 ..+Benjamin F. Johnson m: Oct 05, 1871 Logan Co KY 2 Joseph "Joe" David Taylor b: Oct 07, 1854 Todd Co KY d: Mar 30, 1925 Oakville, Logan CO KY Burial: Dripping Springs, Olmstead KY ..+Harriette Georgia Brodie b: Dec 21, 1872 Pulaski CO AR m: Abt. 1887 KY d: Aug 09, 1956 Russellville Logan Co KY Burial: Dripping Springs, Olmstead KY 2 Isaac Taylor b: 1857 2 Robert L. Taylor b: Mar 1859 Todd Co KY