Stories About Ancesters
Moses Eason
Moses got caught up in the Civil War on May 15, 1862 when he enlisted at Fayette, Al. Whether he enlisted willingly or not is not known. One of his wife’s cousins, Steve Woodard, was one of the dreaded Home Guards that saw to it that the poor southern boys enlisted. Moses was slightly above 30 years old at that time, was already married to Elizabeth Woodard, the daughter of Jessee and Mily Brown Woodard. They already had children Susan “Sudie” Elizabeth Eason and Joseph Eason. Joseph died young, probably during the war.
Four days after enlisting in Fayette, Al. Moses was on the Muster Roll of Tuscaloosa, Al. They were assigned to Co. I 41st Ala. Infantry. J.M. Jeffries, surgeon, was captain of Co. I to start. Moses, according to my mother, had the job of picking up the dead and wounded. Was in a first aid or ambulance job. They called it driving the meat wagon in WW2. I suppose the meat wagon Moses drove was powered by horsepower and not too speedy.
In September 1862 they were in route to Ky. The 41st was in Murfesboro,
Tn. Dec. 4, 1862, Tullahoma, Tn. Feb. 2, 1863, Jan. and Feb. 1863 Manchester,
Tn., also March and April 1863. Where they were from June to October was
not stated. From July to August 1864 they were in Petersburg, Va.
From Jan. to Feb. 1865 they were in trenches near Petersburg. They also
spent some time near Chattanooga and some time in a place is Ms. The 41st
surrendered as some of Robert E. Lee’s finest troops at Appamatolx courthouse.
Col Henry Talbird was commander of the whole 41st which included several
Companies. Moses’ Co I commander, Major J.M. Jeffries , was commander of
the whole regiment at the end. I guess Talbird had been killed. When Lee
surrendered to Grant at Appamatox, it took Grant 3 days before he thought
of telling Lee’s men to stack arms so the Union army could take them up.
Grant gave each southern soldier a slip of paper saying he was paroled
if he behaved himself. If the soldier had a horse or possession along he
let them take that home with them.How Moses got home the 700 miles from
Va. I can only guess. It was probably a combination of walking, riding
stage coaches and wagons without money and possibly a few trains
in some sections.
About 170 soldiers out of about 1400 in the 41st got back home alive.
How horrible.
Moses’ oldest girl Sudie was 9 when he arrived back to his hill
farm in NE Fayette Co. Al.. She married Rev. James I. McCollum 18 Dec.
1873. James became a famous Baptist Preacher of the county.Their children
were Etta born 1876, L.D. born 1876, Zora born 1883 married Chambers, Doris
born 1883, W. Travis born 1876, and Vera Mae born 1889 and married a Sparks.
My grandma Mary Roxie Eason was born the first child after the war on 15
May 1866, so Moses must have got back from Appamatox about Aug. 1865. Mary
Roxie married S.W. Hallmark. Martha Della, born 11 Aug. 1870, married Andrew
“Drew” Jackson Hallmark Their children were William Victor Hallmark
born 1888,m. Carrie Killingsworth, Gus Hallmark, and Laurie Annie
Hallmark who married a Dendy. Minnie was born Nov. 1873 and never married.
Emma was born 1878 and married Henry Killingsworth. They had a son named
Clyde that married Pearl Fowler. They had no offspring.
Moses Eason Civil War Army Company
Company I 41st Infanty CSA
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF COL. H. TALBIRD'S REG
(Soldier Recruits Came From Tuscaloosa and Near Counties)
Names Rank When Elected or Aptd
Henry Talbird Colonel May 16, 1862
Murplice Lt. Colonel
"
M.L.Stansel Major
"
J.D. Leland Adjutant Aptd."
Richard M. Doss Asst. to Mantel " "
E. Y. Nelms Asst. Commissary sub." "
Wm. A. Leland Surgeon " "
G. I. Rarron Assistant Surgeon "
"
Russell Holman Chaplain " "
Captains of The Companiesƒ
Names of Captains When Mustered In No. Ofcrs. & Pvts.
T.G. Tammier March 16,1862 116
J.C. Kirkland March 22, 1862 137
J. G. Nash March 25, 1862
135
Robert A. McCord March 27, 1862 122
William G. England March 28,1862 115
P. F. Eddins April 1st, 1862 136
L. T. Hudgins April 2, 1862 127
F. Ogden April 14, 1862
129
T. S. Abernathy May 3, 1862
124 Co. I
J. N. Craddock May 4, 1862
107
Officers of Co. I, 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.
(Mostly from
Fayette County Al)
P=Pickens
Rank Name
Age 1862 County F=Fayette or P
Capt. Thos. S. Abernathy 30 Tuscaloosa
lst Lt John M. Jeffriesœ 27 ?
2nd Lt. Thomas W. Lowe 34 P
Bvt.2ndLt Aram J. Stewart 33 F
1st Srgt. Nathan B. Lenderman 32 F
2nd Srgt. Elijah M. Harkins 30 F
3rd Srgt. Barak Young 31
F
4th Srgt. James K. Wiles 27 F
5th Srgt. William C. Ray 24 P
1st Corp. Josia B. Carter 29 P
2nd Corp. John Bowles 30
F
3rd Corp. Henry D. Phillips 34 F
4th Corp. Mordecai D. Wilks 23 F
Name
Age 1862 County
Josiah Anderson 28
F
Mattison J. Bearden 25
Sylvester Berry 31
F
John C. Bert 29 F
Andrew J. Blackburn 34 F
Jacob Blackburn 30
F
John J. Blackwell 24
F
Joseph C. Blair 39
F
Fair Boatright 33
F
James M. Boatright 21 F
Thomas H. Boatright 23 F
James T. Bonner 30
F
William Brownlee 25
F
John Buckner 30
F
James A. Caple 27
F
Sam C. Carter 18
P
John W. Cowart 38
P
Hardy P. Coward 25
P
John M. Delk 31
F
Humphrey M. Dickinson 26 F
Anderson W. Dodson 34
F
Stephen Dorrah 32 F
Henry Dozier 23 F
John W. Edney 28 F
Jesse E. Ellis 18 F
William A. Ellis 21 F
John W. Fender 27 F
Ewell C. Feynson 31 P
Coleman I. Fowler 32 F
James M. Fowler 20 F
James R. Fowler 31 F
Joseph H. Fowler 26 F
Thomas E. Fowler 34 F
Joel E. French 19 F
James Gasway 33 F
Nicolas Gidley 31 F
John M. Glover 27 F
John T. Gregg 26 F
Cicero M. Gregory 27 F
Cullinal Hannah 26 F
John T. Harkins 24 F
William B. Harkins 21 F
Henry D. Harrel 24 P
James H. Harris 26 F
Jesse M. Herring 35 F
William T. Horn 22 F
John T. Herbert 24 F
Joseph M. Herbert 33 F
James A. Jenkins 18 F
Benjamin C. Johnson 37 P
Frederick Johnson 34
F
Posey M. Johnson 33
F
Thomas H. Johnson 32
F
James M. Killingsworth 30 F
William J. Killingsworth 22 F
Abner McClure 19
Jasper McCullough 24 F Dscgd. by Surgeon
Newton McCullough 24 F
H. F. McCullough 19 F
Benjamin F. McCollum 29 F
Charner J. McCollum 28 F
George W. McCollum 24 F
William C. McCollum 22 F
William McDaniel 30 F
William L. Miles 26 F
Francis M. Moore 23 F
Newton Mitchell 18 F
George H. Neal 22 F
George N. Neal 19 F
Arthur Newman 21 F
Andrew J. Newman 23 F
Charles J. Nichols 31 F
Robert J. Nichols 21 F
Sam T. Obryant 26 F
Leonidas A. Pate 22 F
Lemuel J. Payne 32 F
Benjamin N. Price 29 P
Rasy N. Price 20 P
Thomas J. Ray 23 F
John S. Seymer 18 F
John T. Shilling 28 F
Byard Shirley 34 F
Milton W. Shockley 18 F
Anderson C. South 31 F
Cary Shillers 26 P
William T. Stanfield 31 F Discg. By Surgeon
Pleasant A. Styres 37 P
David C. Taggart 18 F
John H. Thomas 30 P
James Vailes 21 F
John Williams 20 F
Moses Williams 30 F
Virgil S. Wiley 19 F
James H. Wood 25 F
William H. Yarbrough 19 F
Randon D. Yarbrough 28 F
Roland S. Yarbrough 21 F
Jacob Hollingsworth 30 F LATE RECRUITS
David J. Lemons 21 F
Albert Dobbs 26 F
George W. Devours 24 F
Moses Eason 30 F
John C. Fowler 19 F
George R. Wimberly 25 F
John R. Hollingsworth 25 F
John D. Selman 31 F
Joseph N. Fondsen 19 F
Benjamin F. Storey 30 F
Walter Remington 23 F
Turrentine Yarbrough 30
William J. Coward 32 F
Moses Eason and John R. Hollingsworth are my Ancesters.
Typed Fred McCaleb.Other Hollingsworths and McCollums are kinfolks.
Moseason
COMPANY I, 41st ALABAMA INFANTRY REGIMENT, C.S.A.
I became interested in the history of this company because my
great grandpa Moses Eason was a member thereof. According to
my mother he was in the ambulance and first aid section that did
what they could for the wounded and dying and picked up the dead.
In WW2 language he was on the "meat wagon" team. On his
enlistment record it said he was born Jan. 21, 1832, Newnan,
Coweta County, Ga. and enlisted May 15, 1862, Fayette County, Al.
and was mustered into Co. I, 41st Al. Inf. May 19, 1862. Knowing
where your soldier was mustered in is the key to finding records
of the Company at the Ala. Archives, Montgomery. All the 41st
Inf. from Co. A thru Co. M. were mustered in at Tuscaloosa, Al.
And the original handwritten rolls are in the Archives.
The chief honcho of all the companies of the 41st Regiment
was Col. H. Talbird and the regiment was called Talbirds
Regiment. An original photocopy of the field and staff officers
of this regiment is attached. Thomas W. Abernathy was Captain of
Company I through most of the war, but J.M. Jeffries, Surgeon
became commander of Co I, and at surrender he was commander of
the whole 41st regiment. Surrender was at Appamatox. It was
interesting to note that John C. Kirkland of Fayette Co. was
captain of one of the companies. I have been living within 1/2
mile of some of his Kirkland descendants for the last several
years. A post office named Machine was listed for his house in
1899. I didn't realize I was living at Machine, Al. Thought I was
at 4146 County Road 51, Fayette, Al. I believe Kirkland at one time
ran a gin
and mill is probably the reason for the name Machine. Some people
also got hung in this Machine neighborhood for not joining up.
J.C. Kirkland's son Burie D. was chief landowner and honcho of
this neighborhood when I was growing up. Kirkland Jr. Hi School
of Fayette County was named for him.
I read in another source that the total enrollment in the
various Companies of the 41st Inf.Regiment, CSA exceeded 1400
soldiers at various times and that only 170 survived. My ancester
Moses Eason was lucky to be in Co I with a Surgeon in command of
the 41st at the end, and to have survived. From the Archive
records in Montgomery there is not much info on who survived,
just who got mustered in and went off to die for a lost cause.
?Places and actions of Co. Iœ: At a place near Grahams
(location not stated) 4/3/1862©6/30/1862. Prob training camp.At
Murfeesboro, Tn. June 30©Jul 31, 1862. At least part of the 41st
was enroute to Ky. Sept 1862. Nov. & Dec. 1862 at Tullahoma, Tn.
Dec. 4,62 to Jan. 13, 63 at Tullahoma, Tn. Co I has been engaged
in 2 actions since last muster, one at Hartselle, Tn. on the 8th
of Dec. 1862, and the other at Murfeesboro on the 30th of Dec
1862 and lasting until the 4th of Jan 1863. During the time we
have been at Murfeesboro, not including the engagement above we
have been employing our time drilling. The Co. is very well
drilled.The men stout and healthy and ready for action at any
time. At Manchester, Tn. Jan. and Feb. 1863. The Co. was engaged
in the fight at Murfeesboro, Tn. Jan. 2, 1863. Marched from
Manchester to Alison distance of 36 miles from Alisonia to
Tullahoma distance 6 miles, from Tullahoma to Manchester distance
11 miles, where we are now quartered. March and April 1863: The
Co. moved 9 or 10 miles on the night of 21st of April 1863 in the
direction of McMinville and returned next morning to Manchester.
May and June 1863 place not mentioned. June to Oct. 31, 1863: On
the 1st of July we left Jackson marched in the direction of Big
Black. Went as far as Champion Hill. Fell back from that place on
the 5th and arrived at Jackson on 7th. Ordered into line of
battle on the 9th. Remained in that position 8 days. Nothing
occurring of importance during that time except heavy
skirmishing. Fell back from Jackson on the night of the 17th,
marched to Brandon, batched?, remained one night and resumed our
line of march next day, halted at Newtons? Miss. Took up camp and
remained there until ordered to Tn. Left for Tn. on 27th Aug. and
arrived at Tenner Station , Tn. 4th Sept. Marched in to
Chattanooga on 7th Sept. and left there on the 8th, arrived at
Lafayette, Ga. 11th, left there 19th, met the Federals on the
18th and after big fighting for 3 days repulsed and routed them.
Persued thence to Chattanooga on 21st . Remained there until 23rd
Oct. , and marched from there to this place. Next place:
Morristown, Tn. Nov. & Dec. 1863. No action there. Nothing was
recorded for 1864. Must have been in Northern, Va. January and
February, 1865 they were at Petersburg, Va. This Company was last
mustered in the trenches near Petersburg, Va. Where it has been
ever since. They were about starved when Lee surrendered to Grant
in May 1865. THE SURRENDER AT APPAMATOX.
I have walked along the rail
fence on the gravel road at Appomatox where Lee's armies
surrendered. It took Grant 3 days before he had the Rebels stack
arms. But it was done in style when it occurred. Grant put
General Joshua L. Chamberlain in charge of accepting the
surrender. He ordered the Federal troops to salute the Confeds as
they passed by giving up their arms. Here's what Chamberlain said
in his book "The Passing of the Armies". "I resolved to mark it
by some token oof recognition which could be no other than a
salute of arms. I was well aware of the criticism that would
follow my main reason, however, was one for which I sought no
authority nor asked forgiveness. Before us in proud humiliation
stood the embodiment of manhood: ”men whom neither toils and
sufferings, nor the fact of death, nor disaster, nor hopelessness
could bend from their resolve; standing there before us now, thin,
worn and famished, but erect, and with eyes looking level into
ours, waking memories that bound us together as no other bond;
was not such manhood to be welcomed back into a Union so tested
and assured.•" In the next paragraph the yankee soldiers saluted
the Rebels and the Rebels returned their military salutes as
28,331 of Lee's marched by to give up their arms and flags. They
were allowed to keep their horses and personal belongings. "On our
(Federal) part not a sound of trumpet more, nor roll of drum; not
a cheer, nor word nor whisper of vain glorying, but an awed
stillness rather, and breath holding, as if were the passing of
the dead!" From early morning until early afternoon the saluting
Southern soldiers marched past and the saluting Union soldiers,
stacked their rifles and their tattered Confederate flags, and
started for home. Home was anywhere from 100 to 1000 miles away.
Counting the Union troops , about 100,000 men had been at
Appamatox that day. Seventy
New River Primitive Baptist Church
Canterbery, John 1
Roberts, Nathan 1
Banes, James 1
White, Abel 1
Johnson, Grief 1
Hallums, John 1
Halcomb, Henry 1
Ford, Daniel 1
Ford, Dolly 1
Johes, Polly 1
Hellums, Mary 1
White, Pheby 1
Thorton, Barsheba 1
Holcombe, Priscilla 1
White, Rebecca 1
Reynolds, A.M. 5
Reynolds, Matilda 5
Holcomb 5
Sparks, William J. 5
Thornton, Richard 6
Cox, Charles 6
Dobs, John 6
Harriet,(black sister)6
Sparks, W.J. 6
Guttery, Robert 6
Holcombe, Jonathan 6
McCollum, James k. 6 Ancester of Fred McCaleb McCaleb & others
Ford, Daniel 6
Dobs, John 6
Phillips, John 6
Phillips, Joseph 6
McCollum, William 6 Ancester of Fred McCaleb & others
Ervin, William 6 Was Susana Mynatt’s second husband
White, Jeptha 6
Reynolds, Alva N. 6
Sparks, Wm. J. 6
Dobs, John 7
Reynolds, A.M. 7
White, Jeptha 7
Taylor, Levi 7
Phillips, John 7
Wimberly, Thomas 7
Reynolds, Alva M. 7
White, Jeptha 7
Sparks, Wm. J. 7
Johnson, Mary 8
White, Jeptha 8
Reynolds, A.M 8
Sparks, W.J. 8
Reynolds, A.M.
Dobs, Nancy Ann 8
Sparks, Thomas K. 8
Aldridge, An 8
Reynolds, Matilda 8
White, Margaret 8
Reynolds, A.M. 9
Howel, Polly An 9
Sparks, Wm. J. 9
Ervin 9
Taylor, Levi 9
White, Jeptha 9
Taylor, Levi 9
Guttry, Robert 9
Taylor, Nancy w. 9
Blankenship, Mary B. 9
Holcombe, Jonathan 10
Sparks, T.H. 10
Dobs, Nancy An 10
Aldridge, James 10
Sparks, Wm. J. 10
Cock, C. 10
Halmark, George 10 Our gg Grandpa
Taylor, Levi 10
Reynolds, A. M. 10
Pickel, James 10
Phillips, Joseph 10
Sort of an incomplete list and some duplicated. FM
two hours later all were gone home.
There would have been no Fred McCaleb without Moses Eason.
My Grandfather James “Jim” Franklin McCaleb
He could read printed material good but could’t read handwriting. This is what my grandfather said when asked about his schooling. He could sign his name but didn’t learn to write much more. But he could read printing real well. According to my aunt Verla he won a reading contest at Fayette, Al. that was sponsered for the old people when he was an old man. I had heard him say the above way back yonder in time but had forgotten about it.
Grandma R.C. Hollingsworth McCaleb knew her writing, spelling from the Blue Back Speller, and reading. She wrote a few postcards to me when I was in College. She could spell a page in the Blue Back Speller by just giving her the first word and she continued with the rest.
Grandma’s full name was Rejina Catherine Mary Jane Adeline Martha
Docia Juliann Katy Fisher Palestine Moress Morora Moriea Hollingsworth---daughter
of John R. and “Bet” Jane McCaleb Hollingsworth. At least she told us that
whether for fun or truth I don’t know. By her grandson Fred McCaleb.
Four generation picture below of my dad H McCaleb, grandma R.C. McCaleb,
Fred McCaleb and baby Jean Ellen McCaleb. I asked grandma if she wanted
Jean Ellen and she said “devil no, I wouldn’t have her. I have already
messed with too many babies.”
Samuel Winn “Bud” Hallmark Bible
Births
Samuel Winn Hallmark born July 16,1858
Mary Roxie Eason Hallmark born May 18 ,1864
Eva Belle Hallmark Perry born Feb. 22, 1888
Elizabeth Ethel Hallmark Killingsworth born Jan. 13, 1890
Eza Etta Hallmark McCaleb born April 12, 1892
Arthur Hallmark born April 28, 1894
Emma Susan Hallmark Blount born Dec. 16, 1901
Deaths
Samuel Winn Hallmark died April 15, 1928
Mary Roxie Eason Hallmark died Oct. 14, 1938
Susan Emma Hallmark Blount died Nov. 2, 1927
Arthur Hallmark died Aug. 27, 1973
Eva Belle Hallmark Perry died Sept. 7, 1974
Ethel Elizabeth Hallmark Killingsworth died June 5, 1977
Eza Etta Hallmark McCaleb died Dec. 20, 1981
Death listings completed by Fred McCaleb
Here is your Tracks indexer, Fred McCaleb, on Saipan in 1945 standing
on top of a junked B-24. I tried to join the army and navy at Birmingham
in 1936 and was told I couldn’t see and to get out of the recruiting office
after sassing them. I was drafted into army in Dec. 1942 and discharged
Dec. 21, 1945. My training was Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. And
Red River Ordnance Depot at Texarkana, Tx. Was assigned to the 428th Ordnance
Tire Repair Co. We went through Atlanta Ordnance Depot, Hawaii, and then
on to Saipan a month or two after it was taken. On Saipan I went to outdoor
movies and set by B-29 crew members and they told me of how much
of Tokyo had been bombed and burned each day. Tinian was across a
strip of ocean from Saipan and the atom bomb left from there. A visitor
told us of a big bomb a week or so before. Maybe our repaired tires somewhat
helped the war effort. We fixed 150 or more each day. After discharge I
married Bettie Virginia Cline of Radford, Va. and we had children Jean
Ellen, Frederick Warren, James Arthur and Bettie Dawn.
My g grandfather Moses Eason was in Co. I 41st Ala.
Inf. CSA and with Lee’s finest troops when they surrendered at Appamatox.
My g grandfather John R. Hollingsworth started in same outfit but
bought his way out and came back home and got a license to make alcohol.
Maybe he cheered the home folks or made them unhappy.
My gg grandfather John Hollingsworth was in the War of
1812 in Georgia Militia Groves Regiment, McIntosh’s Brigade at Franklin
County, Ga. Nov. 1814-12 May 1815.
My g grandpa Alfred Cowan McCaleb was in the 3rd Alabama Cavalry
CSA during the Civil War. He and brother William walked home from Atlanta
after the loss of Atlanta and scrounged raw corn to eat on
the way home. He must have lost his horse.
My ancester’s genealogy has been mostly covered in previous Tracks
articles.
I Am My Own Grandpa
Redneck Family Tree
Many, many years ago
When I was twenty-three,
I got married to a widow
Who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a daughter
Who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her,
And soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
Although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became
A brother-in-law to dad.
And so became my uncle,
Though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
Then that also made him brother
To the widow's grown-up daughter
Who, of course was my step-mother.
Father's wife then had a son,
Who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson,
For he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mom.
And it surely makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
She is my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
Then I am her grandchild.
And every time I think of it,
It simply drives me wild.
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!
Some McCalebs and Hallmarks in the Civil War
Alfred Cowan McCaleb and his brother William Franklin McCaleb
were in the Confederate States of America army 3rd Confederate Cavalry,
Company D. The Third Alabama Cavalry was organized at Tupelo, Ms. June
1862 and some of the companies had already seen service. It accompanied
the army of Tn. Into Ky. Where it was engaged in continual and arduous
duty. It was engaged at Perryville, Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Kingston
and Knoxville Tn. In the Dalton-Atlanta, Ga. campaign it was continuously
engaged in protecting Hood’s movements and harassing Sherman’s troops.
In Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s report, Ky. Campaign, Oct. 8, 1862 one
of the most brilliant charges of the campaign was made in column: detachments
of the First and Third Alabama Cavalry, with the gallant Cols. W.W. Allen
and James Hagan,being in advance, throwing the enemy’s entire force
of cavalry into confusion and putting it to flight. We pursued them at
full charge for 2 miles, capturing many prisoners and horses in single
combat and driving the remainder under cover of their massive infantry.
The enemy also fled, terror stricken,from a battery placed in advance of
their general line and left it at our disposal.
General Wheeler’s communication addresses to “Soldiers of the
Cavalry Corps,” dated June 18, 1864, he says: “ The Third Alabama Regiment,
Col. Mauldin, having been detached, dashed into Calhoun, Ga., defeated
the enemy and destroyed a large heavy-laden train of cars. A detachment
also destroyed another large train a short distance north of town.” I didn’t
get a description of the defeat by Sherman in Atlanta, but Alfred and William
didn’t get killed and had to walk home from Atlanta. They ate ripe ears
of raw corn from farmer’s fields on the way home according to family
stories. They had learned how to live off the countryside while in the
army. Alfred was my great grandpa McCaleb.
John Tyler McCaleb, nephew of Alfred and William McCaleb
above and 10 or12 years younger, enlisted in the Northern Army, D Company,
6th Regiment Tenn. Cavalry at Corinth, Miss. 27 Dec. 1862. He was
discharged at Nashville,Tn. 26 July, 1865 as a Sargent. He was 5ft. 10
1/2in., dark blue eyes, dark hair, and weight 150-160 lbs. This is from
pension applications and all the info I have on his service. I was told
his dad, Andrew, didn’t believe in slavery although he was called “boss
Andy.” Andrew had charge of Hugh’s wife Elizabeth Holbrook’s slaves and
freed them before war. John Tyler was the brother of my g grandma Elizabeth
Jane McCaleb Hollingsworth and first wife was sister of Alfred McCaleb’s
wife Mary Ann McDonald. In old age he suffered from bad heart, indigestion,
and rhematism.
My g grandfather William Hopwood Hallmark didn’t bother with
the Northern or Southern army. He hid out for the duration. His brother
James W. Hallmark joined the Union Army Co. K 1st Ala. Cav. Capt Bankhead’s
Co, at Huntsville, Al. Jul 24, 1862 for 3 years as private. He died of
chronic Diarrhea at Louisville, Ky, Aug 17, 1864.
Brother Thomas F. Hallmark joined the same outfit at about the
same time He became a corporal. He was discharged for disability
Jan. 28, 1863. Never reached home.
George N. Hallmark was the third brother to join same outfit
same time. He died Nov. 3, 1862 with German measels in the Nashville, Tn.
Hospital. As a 22 year old pvt.
The last Hallmark brother was John M. He enlisted at about 16
yrs. old Dec 22, 1863 in Co. A. 1st Reg. Ala. Cavalry at Camp Davis, Miss.
He deserted once, came back, was honorably discharged, and lived through
the war. He made the 1880 Census
The Fighting 428th Tire Repair Company
Army Ordnance WW2
Texas, Hawaii, & Saipan
Wallace Martello Commanding Officer
Lt. Louis Schneiderman Lt John G. Teinert
Lt. Reuben A. Parker Lt. Ray B. Smith
1. Sgt Roy C. Sherry
2. Sgt. Samuel A. Dentino
3. Sgt. Carlton D. Vincent
4. Sgt. George W. McClain
5. Sgt. William F. Praiss
6. Sgt. Roy E. Buddlemeir
7. Sgt. Albert E. Bangs
8. Sgt Irving B. Hoffman
9. 1st Sgt. Frederick D. Dwyer
10. Sgt. Larry T. Penelly
11. Sgt. George W. Heggen
12. Sgt. Herman H. Shoff
13. Sgt. Jess W. Reynolds
14. Sgt. Victor Cabso
15. Sgt Ken Karlander
16. Sgt Leland F. Bigley
17. Sgt Richard L. Clark
18. Sgt Glenn L. Hinkle
19. Pvt. John Zitello
20. Sgt. David L. Klahr
21. Cpl Norman A. Still
22. Sgt Robert W. Boyd
23. Charles F. McIntosh
24. Sgt Norman Iauch
25. Pft Philip Katz
26. Pvt Wilbur C. Young
27. Cpl John Livonuck
28. Pvt Isadore Weiss (my Jewish friend)
29. Pfc Atillio Tizio (helped him write love letters)
30. Cpl Gottfried Burr
31. Cpl Earl Curran
32. Pft John A. McGroarty
33. Cpl Louis Shepherd
34. Pvt David G. Scott
35. Pfc Edwin A. Bumgarner (tried to entice me tol do evil)
36. Pft Andrew T. Fraser
37. Pft Philip Dillon ( over 4-0 in ww2)
38. Pfc Charles Swentz
39. Sgt Gustaf A. Peterson
40. Pvt Robert Ralek
41. Pfc Tony Ziagos
42. Pvt John L. Bartus
43. Pvt Eufus McGee
44. Pft John E. Madden
45. Cpl John F. McCoy
46. Pvt. Henry F. Markert Knew, went home
47. Pfc Daniel W. Thompson
48. Cpl Richard M. Sampson
49. Cpl Edward A. Dentzer
50. Pvt Rocco A. Vesea
51. Cpl. James F. Ober
52. Cpl Joseph A Seriano
53. Pvt Norman E. Snyder
54. Sgt Loyd Mescher
55. Pft Lawrence Cooper
56. PfcThomas J. Kelly
57. Pvt Robert Looft
58. Cpl Theodore Urhausen
59. Pft John A. Fergnoli
60. Cpl Aran Piligean (Gambler, beat all)
61. Pfc Scott Nilson
62. Sgt John W. Snively
63. Pft Anthony J. Koltelak
64. Pfc Harry B. Farmer
65. Pfc Diamond Bencke
66. Sgt Thomas J. Prilliman
67. Cpl. John J. Blanda
68. Sgt Geirge A. Brown
69. Cpl George T. Cornicelli
70. Sgt Harry R. Myers
71. Cpl Louis R. Newcomb
72. Cpl Henry Scrivens
73. Pft Henry J. Parda
74. Cpl Frank C. Ambrosio
75. Cpl Russell Schulz
76. Cpl Tufano J. Cidmonte
77. Pvt John H. Smith
78. Pvt James McAteer
79. Cpl John R. Beck
80. Pvt Walter B. Bascovsky
81. Pfc Alexander F. Carver
82. Sgt. Robert A. Mardenborough
83. Pvt Frank Schock
84. Pvt Roy W. Baggett
85. Pvt Raymond Herring
86. Pfc James C. Barnes
87. Pvt Edward Howerton
88. Cpl Earl Wilsman
89. Pfc Samuel B. Wingen
90. Cpl Delbert A. Kennedy
91. Cpl Allen W. Maxwell
92. Pvt Carl Anderson
93. Cpl William Schwab
94. Pfc Henry H. Harmon
95. Sgt Melvin B. Hancock
96. Pfc Robert Colbath
97. Pfc Oliver J. Reed
98. Cpl Leroy Howland
99. Pfc James Pollard
100. Sgt Joseph C. Klein
101. Sgt Edsel C. Stroud
102. Pvt Charles H. McClain
103. Cpl Theodore J. Seriavo
104. Pvt Harry C. Chubbock
105. Cpl Fred McCaleb Not a very good army man. Didn’t like being bossed
Cpl Louis A. Nyari
106. Cpl James Parker
107. Pvt Herman Sexton (big thrower W Va)
108. Sgt Flolrian L. Gwiklinski
109. ?
110. Pfc Henry A. ?
111. Sgt. James Marshall
112. Cpl Gilbert Blumberg
113. Sgt Thomas A. Wood
114. Sgt Wesley W. Frahm
115. Cpl B ?
116. Cpl Carl L. Mischler
117. Sgt Cecil O. King
118. Pvt Morris L. Greenberg (friend)
119. Sgt Joseph D. Snyder
120. Cpl Lawrence Sharpe
121. Pfc John McMiknn?
122. Pfc Edward Tarver?
123. Cpl Carl F. Showalter?
These are the soldiers, most of which were with me overseas at Saipan.
Taken fron back of an army picture. Couldn’t read the names of a few.
Fred McCaleb
The Samuel Winn and Mary Roxie Eason Hallmark Household
My Favorite Grandparents
This is not to run down my McCaleb grandparents , James F. “Jim”
McCaleb and Rejina Catherine Hollingsworth, which were also very well liked
My grandfather, S. W. “Bud” Hallmark, was born July 16 1858 to
William Hopwood and Susan McCollum Hallmark. Hopwood’s parents George
and Sarah Tipton Hallmark and George’s brother James Hallmark were
the first known Hallmarks to come into Fayette County, Al. The parents
of Hopwood’s wife were William McCollum and Mary Pickle who came into Fayette
County near the same time. They lived in N.E. Fayette County near the Biler
road as did the Hallmarks.
My grandmother, Mary Roxie Eason born May 15, 1866, had parents Moses and Elizabeth Woodard Eason. Moses was the son of Thomas and and Martha Welch Eason of Ga. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jesse and Mily ? Woodard. Moses and Elizabeth Eason were married before the Civil War in Ga., but were living on a poor hilly farm in N.E. Fayette County when the war came up. Moses got drafted into the Confederate Army and survived many of the battles of the war, and was with Lee’s finest troops when they surrendered at Appamatox. Moses’ father Thomas Eason was an Indian fighter in Ga. and Al. My mother said that Moses was in the first aid group that tried to save the wounded, sick, and dying. They called the first aid ambulance the “meat wagon” in WW2 which I was in. I suppose Moses had horses pulling the meat wagon he drove. He must have seen some horrible events, and was lucky to come out alive. There would have been no me if he had been killed in the war.
The Hallmarks were not hepped up about the Civil War. Our great grandpa Hopwood never joined the South or the North. According to mother he hid out in the woods and caves and cliffs.Hopwood had 4 brothers that were in the Union army. Their names were James W., Thomas Frank, George N. and John M. Only John M. lived past the war. The rest of George’s family were Minerva, Susan, Elizabeth, Ann, Mahaly Jane, Sarah, Mary and Nancy A.. Ann got killed by Confederate home guards in 1863 and dad George got killed by same in 1864.George shot some of them while they were getting him. They were mean on both sides. Hallmarks were hated because of the 4 boys in the Union Army. George was in S.E. Marion Co. Al. during civil war and died there.
Now to Georges’ son William Hopwood Hallmark, my g grandpa. He and wife Susan McCollum had children Mary Jane, William Frank, John M, Willis “Will” Hopwood, Samuel Winn, Sara Martha, James “Jim” Thomas, Andrew “Drew” Jackson and then wife Susan died. Hopwood married again Mary E. Jeffers and had Soloman Jack and Joseph.He moved to North Al. soon after last marriage.
My grandpa Samuel Winn “Bud” Hallmark didn’t like the new step mother. He stayed some while young with his grandma Sarah Tipton Hallmark. When he became larger he hired out as a farm hand with his older sister Mary Jane’s husband Wesley Fowler and others. His last job as a hired out farmboy was with Moses Eason. Moses had no plowboys. His family consisted only of girls. Moses had a nice country log house where he and family made out. One of the girls was Mary Roxie who charmed my grandpa and became his wife. Bud’s brother Drew also married one of the Eason girls named Martha Della. Susan Elizabeth married Preacher James I. McCollum. Emma married Henry Killingsworth and Minnie never married.
Mary Roxie Eason and Bud Hallmark were married 3 Feb. 1887
at Moses Eason home. Moses lived on the Beiler Road, and below his house
was some more of his hilly land that he gave his new son in law. “Bud”
managed to build a log cabin probably with the help of Moses and other
neighbors. The log cabin was was about 50 feet from the Beiler Road. The
late model cooking was done on the big fireplace. Tongs hung from a bar
above the fire and pots were swung from them to boil things. Cast iron
frying pans were placed directly on hot coals of fire to bake cornbread,
cook bisquits, etc. I saw this log cabin fireplace when a small boy. Mother
said that when cast iron wood burning cook stoves came around that her
grandpa Moses Eason said food didn’t taste right. New fangled cooking had
gone to the dogs. My mother, Eza Etta Hallmark was born here Apr. 12 1892
and married H. McCaleb, Eva Belle born feb 22, 1888 married Wiley Perry,
Ethel Elizabeth born June 13 1890 married Ecter Killingsworth, Arthur
born April 28, 1894 married Nannie Lee Harkins, and Emma Susan born
Dec. 16, 1901married Dr. Henry F. Blount. She died suddenly soon
after marriage, maybe from poisoning. My grandpas’ log house was lived
in while all the older children were growing up. Arthur went off to WW1.
After the war, grandpa with Arthur and Emmas’ help built a little more
modern farm house. This house had 3 big rooms plus one small and a side
kitchen. The Hallmark grandparents had gone modern. This is where the Hallmark
grandchildren went to visit. Grandma had a nice wood burning stove, always
had jelly, honey , hot biscuits and good thngs to eat. There was a drilled
well that gave only small amounts of water. The south big room was for
guests. Son Arthur made last call for breakfast at 4 A.M. He was the intertainer
of grandkids. Grandpa died in 1927 and he took care of grandma until she
died in 1938. The rest of the children had granted him title of the place
to take care of grandma. After she died he married Nannie Lee Harkins and
they made Hallmarks and Harkin kids happy until he died in 1973. Nannie
Lee died 1997.
Light side of Genealogy
> Thought you'd enjoy!
>
> Can a first cousin, once removed, return?
>
> Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite.
>
> Crazy.... is a relative term in MY family.
>
> Genealogy: Chasing your own tale!
>
> Genealogy: It's all relative in the end anyway.
>
> Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people.
>
> I trace my family history so I will know who to blame.
>
> It's hard to be humble with ancestors like mine!
>
> Life takes it's toll. Have exact change ready!
>
> Searching for lost relatives? Win the Lottery!
>
> That's strange; half my ancestors are WOMEN!
>
> Do I even WANT ancestors? Some I found I wish I could
lose.
>
> Every family tree has some sap in it.
>
> FLOOR: (n) The place for storing your priceless genealogy
records.
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> Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate.
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> Genealogists do it in the library.
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> Genealogists live in the past lane.
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> Genealogists never die, they just loose their roots.
>
> Genealogy: A hay stack full of needles. It's the threads
I need.
>
> Genealogy: Collecting dead relatives and sometimes a
live cousin!
>
> Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the
living.
>
> Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children
act like fools!
>
> I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using
it.
>
> I think my family tree is a few branches short of full
bloom.
>
> Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.
>
> My ancestors are hiding in a witness protection program.
>
> My family tree is a few branches short!
>
> Research: What I'm doing, when I don't know what I'm
doing.
>
> Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records.
>
> Theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're
all related.
Woodards
Rt 2 Box 50C Fayette, Al. 35555 April 13, 1994
Dear Vivianne,
Thanks for your letter concerning the Fayette, County
Woodards. I will try to tell you some of the things I know about
them. My grandma McCaleb, Wife of James Franklin McCaleb, was
Rejina Catherine Hollingsworth. She was daughter of John R. and
Bettie Jane McCaleb and and sister of Martha Jane Hollingsworth
that Married Melton Woodard, son of Steve Woodard. So from the
McCaleb side I would be kin to the descendants of Melton and
Martha Jane Hollingsworth Woodard.
My Mothers' parents were Samuel Winn Hallmark and Mary Roxie
Eason. Mary Roxies' parents were Moses Eason and Elizabeth
Woodard. According to my mother Elizabeth was a cousin of Steve
Woodard of Fayette, County. So from my mothers' side I would be
some kin to all of the descendants of Steve and Elizabeth
DePoister Woodard. My dad liked his Woodard cousins. My mothers' best
friend at the New River Baptist Church school house was my dads'
cousin Alma Woodard. My mother may have met dad thru the common
Woodard ties. There might never have been a Fred McCaleb without the
common Woodard friendship. My Uncle Arthur Hallmark wanted to
marry Elsie Woodard(youngest dau of Melton) but Elsie told me she
thought of him only as a brother and later married Arthur Sims. Elsie
Woodard played the church organ, foot pumped kind, at
New River Baptist Church for many years during my youth. She is
among my earliest recollections. I was still in my mothers'arms
and the music made a lasting impression, laying my head in my
mothers lap and going to sleep in church by Elsies'music. I still
just love organ music. Steve Woodard was a dreaded Home Guard during
the Civil War.
The Hallmark ancesters joined the Union Army except for my g
grandpa William Hopwood Hallmark. He didn’t bother with either
side. Layed out during war. Steve helped roundup layouts to
punish and make join the Rebels. Best I can figure out Steve
lived in Jefferson County, Al. for a few years immediately after
the Civil War, perhaps being afraid to come back to Fayette, Co.
Steve had a big plot of land in what is now Birmingham, Al. and
when he left for Fayette. Co. swapped it for a shotgun and a yoke
of oxen. I guess he thought he would need gun back in Fayette.
None of my old Hallmark ancesters would talk of the war, or much
about their ancestry. I have photocopy the New River Baptist Church
clerk records from 1881 till
1940's. I believe Steve Woodard was one of the first church
clerks. Melton Woodard was clerk later on. Daddy's cousin Elsie
woodard had the book last and I persuaded her to let me copy it
about 1984. There is a lot about the Woodards, Killingsworths,
Hallmarks, and many others in the community way back yonder.Elsie
died about 6 years agon and Alma died about 2 years ago.
Alma was near 100 years old. I did a camcorder tape on Alma
Woodard before she got unable to talk since she was my moma's
best friend in youth, and she told me that she and moma(Eza
Hallmark) were the 2 smartest in school and the teacher tried to
get them to become teachers. They both married farmers. Alma was
the one that told me about Steve swapping part of Birmingham for
the gun and a yoke of oxen. Her grandpa Steve's picture was
hanging on the wall, Melt and Nancy Jane were hanging there too
and I recorded it all for posterity while she talked about how
things were back in her young days.
Apparently Elizabeth Woodard Eason's cousin Steve made a
believer out of my g grandpa Moses Eason. He signed up with the
Confederates and was mustered in at Tuscaloosa, Al. He owned no
slaves and had about the poorest hill farm in NE Fayette County.
His outfit had up to 1700 soldiers off and on during the war and
he was one of 170 that got back. He was with Lee's finest
starved troops when they surrendered at Appamatox. There was a
slim chance here that there would ever be a Fred McCaleb. Moses
Eason kids were all girls and my grandpa Hallmark came to live
with him as a farmhand and Moses lost one of his girls in the
deal.It seemed ironic that Moses should be hiring a layout's son
to help till his soil. Hopwood Hallmark, the layout was dead by
then. The Killingsworth family has a reunion at New River Baptist
Church each last Sunday in June, so your correspondent might wish
to attend that. I have the Killingsworth family book the
Killingsworths put out. An Ecter Killingsworth married my mothers
sister Ethel Hallmark. Arla Hollingsworth, Rt. 1, Eldridge, Al.
has been being the main one in charge. She is in her 90's and can
tell address of her sister Gladys who made up the book. Gladys
and Arla were Killingsworths. I have gone to that reunion several
times to see my killingsworth cousins. I have copied some material
on the Melton Woodard and Martha
Jane Hollingsworth family, mainly from Matha's Hollingsworth
side. Don't know if Thelma Shields is interested in that or not.
I think I have all of Steve's family somewhere. Franklin Woodard
searched Steve's family several years ago, and a lot of his is
Hollingsworth. I have the McCalebs to NC in 1770's, the
Hollingsworths to Ireland & England 1600's and Andrew McCaleb's
wife Leah Mccollum side to Scotland. This probably isn’t of
interest. I am getting too old to do much new searching, but share
what I can find of what I have in my disorganized papers. The
Killingsworth reunion would be a good place to get started.
Best regards from Fred McCaleb
Archibald McCaleb appears on a list of Revol. soliders who received
land in Tenn-Land Grant No. 1989. Received
150 acres at the head of Seath Branch in Green County, Tenn. (Knox
County in 1806). There is also some
speculation that Archibald and Captain William McCaleb of S.C. and
Miss., were brothers since they both came
from South Carolina. Along these same lines there [according to family
tradition] were either three brothers who
came from Scotland, or four brothers. The four brothers tradition says
that two brother settled in S.C. and two in
Pa
Penn. Records
James McCaleb of Chester County, Pa who appears on the census of 1790.
John McKillop who appears on the census of 1790 in Cumberland County, Pa, [Conostoga Township]
John McKelip was a member of the Fourth Class of the inhabitants of
Mount Joy Township, York County [now
Adams] Pa, classified under the Act of Assembly in 1780, entitled the
"An Act to complete the Quota of the
Federal Army". This John died in 1808 with Letters of Administration
dated October 20, 1808. Papers refered to
John McKelip "late of Sarban Township, Adams, County" Executors were
Archibald McKelip and Alexander
McKelip. Children of John were Archibald McCalip, Mrs. Mary Repp, John
McCalip, Alexander McCalip, George
McCalip, Thomas McCalip, Robert McCalip, Joseph McCalip, and Hugh McCalip.
Adams County PA
Subject:
Re: Hollingsworths
Date:
Sat, 27 Feb 1999 20:51:37
-0500
From:
whm@halifax.com (William
H. McCaleb)
To:
"Fred McCaleb" <n4eb@fayette.net>
Uncle Fred,
I've been sorting through the info you sent on the Hallmarks and Easons.
I somehow have gotten
several duplicate records. Apparently when it merges, it doesn't
really merge, it just adds. Anyway,
got a lot of good dates and places. I have info on Archibald
McCaleb when he was in Roane
County Tenn. Seems like he was one of the founding fathers of
that county. Anyway, this is what I
picked up out of Roane County records.
White settlement in Roane County followed the establishment of
Campbell's Station on the west
bank of Turkey Creek in present Knox County. Lying some fifteen
miles west of White's Fort, and
near the present boundary of Knox County, the new station was
begun March 7, 1787, by Colonel
David Campbell, who had played an important part in the history
of Washington County, Virginia
and could account for the heavy migration of many of the families from
Washington County, Virginia
to Roane County, Tennessee. Archibald McCaleb also played an
important part along with David
Campbell in the early settlement of Roane County. Other settlers
soon acquired tracts of land in the
vicinity of Campbell's Station. A grant to Josiah Leach in 1786 for
640 acres is mentioned in a grant
from the State of North Carolina to Archibald McCaleb, September 20,
1787. The population at
Campbell's Station was increased by David Campbell, Alexander
Campbell, Jonathan Douglas,
John Kirk, James Campbell, and Robert Blackburn with their families
by 1788. The territory was
yet under the control of North Carolina, and within the bounds
of Greene County. Twelve years
after the founding of Campbell's Station, two of its pioneers,
Archibald McCaleb and James
Campbell, were among those petitioning for the creation of a
county that was eventually called
Roane County. On September 25, 1788, a new road from Campbell's Station
to Nashville, passing
through what is now Roane County, was opened for travel. This same
road passed the home of
Carlisle Vaught Duff, now in 1978, the home of Zella Monger, a grand
daughter. The continued
advance of the white man was resisted by the Indian, and a military
force was required for the
protection of the white settlers and travelers. In 1792, action was
taken to erect a fort at the
confluence of the Tennessee and Clinch Rivers, and on November 30,
1792. General John Sevier
reported to William Blount, Governor of the Territory of the United
States of America South of the
Ohio River, that the fortifications at South West Point had been
completed......... New lands were
acquired by the Hiwassee Purchase, February 27, 1819, from which
McMinn and Monroe
Counties were created. On November 13, 1819, the legislature established
that the boundary lines
of Roane County should begin "at a point on the south side of Tennessee
River, opposite the mouth
of Whites Creek, then south forty five degrees east ten miles,
than a direct line, to the a chain of
ridges four miles south of Browder's ferry on the Big Tennessee
River." The county filled rapidly
with settlers. The tax lists discloses that the number of free
white polls (males between the ages of
21 and 50) rose from 275 in 1802, to 560 in 1805. Following the
creation of Rhea and Bledsoe
Counties, Roane County had a population of 5,581 in 1810. In 1820 the
total population of Roane
was 7,895, which included 7,025 whites, 56 free colored, and
814 slaves. By 1830 the population
of Roane County had grown to 11,341."
Bill
Andrew McCaleb’s Wife Elizabeth Lowry’s Ancesters
Here are two family group sheets, one is of William and Isabella,
and the
other is of William's father, John and Elizabeth.
Nellie
HUSBAND: William LOWRY
Born @ 1730
Place
Marr
Place
Died pre 1778?
Place
Bur Place
HUSBAND'S
HUSBAND'S
FATHER: John LOWRY
MOTHER:
Elizabeth probably MOORE
WIFE: Isabella
Born
Place
Died
Place
Bur Place
WIFE'S
WIFE'S
FATHER:
MOTHER:
M/F
CHILDREN WHEN BORN
WHERE BORN
FIRST MARRIAGE WHEN DIED
1 M John
LOWRY
1749
? Augusta
Co VA
17 Apr 1849
Hannah VANCE
2 M James
LOWRY
1803
Jane/Jean
3 F Elizabeth
LOWRY
ca 1775-1785
Andrew MC KILLIP
4 F Mary
LOWRY
1757
Surry Co NC
or
Augusta Co VA 21 Apr 1778
ca 1835
Dr William WALKER
5 M William
LOWRY
6 M David
LOWRY
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
H-1 20 Nov 1771 Wm
and Isabel Lowry and Robert Lowry Sr sold
land to
James Henry 170 acres of Borden's 92100, 160 acres
of which
was devised to Wm Lowry by his father John Lowrie,
by will
in Augusta Co VA; the remaining 10 acres sold by
Robert
Lowry Sr..
H-2 ..John Weir's
line, Edminston's Corner. Tests:Samuel
Huston,
Wm Walker, Robert Lowry, Samuel Henry. Delivered:
James
Henry 16 Jul 1774
H-3 Recd from father's will 160 acres adj Robert Lowry [prob
his brother];
and one young roan horse
W-1 JHL:suggest maiden name may be Taylor
W-2 Will Bk2:133 1803, 1812 Danbury, Stokes, NC
W-3 Deed Bk 84 24
Jan 1794 Isbell to Leven Arnald & Robert
Dwiggins
100 # 168 acres adj Moravian line, bounded by
land of
Isabel Lowry on east, Wm Fraser on north, Hugh
Endsley
on west and John Cummings on south. Wit:Andrew
McKillip,
John Lowrey. Signed X
W-4 Son John, exec
of estate
W-5 1803-1812 a widow
in Danburg, Stokes, NC
W-6 Deed 300 acres
10 Oct 1778 Surry Co NC, head of Haw
River,
next to John Taylor
HUSBAND: John LOWRY
Born @ 1700
Place Ireland
Marr
Place
Died 1761/1762
Place Augusta Co [Rockbridge] VA
Bur Place
HUSBAND'S
HUSBAND'S
FATHER: ?John LOWRY
MOTHER:
WIFE: Elizabeth probably
MOORE
Born
Place
Died
Place
Bur Place
WIFE'S
WIFE'S
FATHER:
MOTHER:
M/F
CHILDREN
WHEN BORN WHERE BORN
FIRST MARRIAGE WHEN DIED
1 M William
LOWRY
@ 1730
pre 1778?
Isabella
2 F Rebecca
LOWRY
ca 1750 VA
pre 1827
Mr STEEL
3 M John
LOWRY Jr
27 Feb 1749 Mill Creek
near
Lexington, 1771
Oct 1792
Rockbridge,
VA
Dorcas MONTGOMERY
4 M Robert
LOWRY
1746
prob
Rockbridge
Co VA 30 Oct
1778
Rebecca WEIR
5 F Jennet/Jane
LOWRY
@ 1755
prob
Rockbridge
Co VA
6 F Elizabeth
LOWRY
28 Apr 1758 Abington,
Washington, VA 1781-1782
1836
Alexander DORAN
7 M David
LOWRY
ca 1751 prob
Rockbridge
Co VA
May 1827
Amy DRYDEN
8 M James
LOWRY
1753
prob
Rockbridge
Co VA
13 Jun 1841
Jane MC CALEB
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
OTHER MARRIAGES
H-1 Borden land: 16
Aug 1742 344 1/2 acres; sold by William
(7)-2 Molly ?
and Isabel
20 Nov 1771 to a James Henry, land on Moffett's
creek,
adj Edmondson
H-2 Augusta Co VA
Will Bk 3:137 written:26 Nov 1761 prob 18
May 1762;
Wit:John Wardlaw, James Kennedy, Hugh Wardlaw,
James
Wardlaw
H-3 1753 Bought land
in present Rockbridge Co VA (Lexington)
H-5 Lowry Bowman:8 children>
H-6 Will:1759- Nov 1761 Augusta co VA; exec wifeElizabeth
and John
More; ch:Wm, Rebeckah, John, Robert, Jennet,
Elizabeth,
David, James JHL Vol 2; Will Bk 3:137; deed Bk
17:497
H-7 Order of children
from will
H-8 JHL:from Ireland,
lived Rockbridge Co VA; brother Robert
W-1 Lancaster:Sources:"John
and Esther Montgomery 1719-
1973"
- used only names as dates were unreliable
W-2 Josephine Jurney
family sheets, date unreliable
W-3 Will of David
Lowery, son of John Lowry I 1827
W-4 Notable Southern
Familyies
W-5 Monroe Co TN Chancery
Records 1832-1887 by Reba B Boyer
W-6 DAR Patriot Index
Vol 1:427 for John II
W-8 Could be the daughter
of Andrew Moore and Elizabeth
Baxter,
early settlers in Rockbridge Co from the north of
Ireland.
W-9 Andrew d 1749
Fayette, Ala. 35555
4146 County Road 51
Oct 26, 1998
Dear Jean and Ardell,
This is to congratulate you on sticking with each other until
you have reached your Fiftieth year since your blissful marriage.
My little sister Clara Jean McCaleb has been Jean Reach, wife
of Ardell Reach for quite a stretch now. The little Reach children have
multiplied and replenished the world until I hardly know the grandchildren.
There will probably soon be g grandchildren.
My opinion of their marriage is that they must have been well
matched and made for each other and didn’t look for each other’s
faults. They made marriage a success.
In life adventures they have run circles around me. My 50th anniversary
was only 2 years ago and I was about 14 yrs old when Jean was born. No
girl would have me before I was 30 or either I was afraid and unable to
be friendly and economically unsound before that time. College, WW2 and
all such things as that got in my way. Nothing stopped my little sister
Clara Jean McCaleb from landing her life partner fast and furious.
Jean and Ardell have a fine bunch of Reaches , and as far as
I have heard them say they are proud of them all. Maybe some of them can
stay hitched for 50 years of life and stay out of contest matches of who
will be the boss. Just go ahead and live in bliss through the years whatever
happens. Hard to do but Jean and Ardell seem to have pulled through all
the worries and conflicts and are now having traveling and camping bliss
in their travel home. May they have this for many more years to come.
I would like to be at the 50th anniversary to congratulate you,
Jean and Ardell, personally, but my sight is failing, my reactions are
slow and slower as usual, and I might be of danger to self and others if
I drove over there. So all I can do is be happy for you and all your children
and grandchildren. Stick in there, take care of yourself, beat your buddies
golfing Ardell, and hang around happily talking many more seasons.
Wish I could be around you more, but that seems impossible.
Love from Fred and Bettie Cline McCaleb
Barbara McCaleb Lauderdale
6. Barbara3 McCaleb (Hugh White2, Andrew1) was born October 24, 1810
in
Stokes County, N.C., and died 1846 in Fayette County, AL.. She married
Thomas Jones Lauderdale October 05, 1826 in Morgan County, AL., son
of James
Lauderdale and Anne Jones.
Children of Barbara McCaleb and Thomas Lauderdale are:
35 i. Ephriam Leath4 Lauderdale, born December 12, 1827 in Marion County,
AL.; died 1914 in Prentiss County, MS.. He married (1) Sarah M. Darnell
February 12, 1859 in Old Tishomingo, Prentiss County, MS.. He married
(2)
Lydia Virginia Hale November 25, 1879 in Prentiss County, MS.. He married
(3) Hariet L. Bradshear September 24, 1894 in Prentiss County, MS..
36 ii. James Wilburn Lauderdale, born Abt. 1831 in Morgan County, AL.;
died
November 12, 1862 in Estelle Springs, TN.. He married Nancy (Unknown).
37 iii. Elizabeth (Bettie) Lauderdale, born Abt. 1834 in Morgan County,
AL.;
died 1912 in Gaston Church Cemetery, MS.. She married William Stutts
Abt.
1859 in Prentiss County, MS..
38 iv. Hugh (Joe) Lauderdale, born October 18, 1836 in Morgan County,
AL.;
died April 23, 1898 in Prentiss County, MS.. He married (1) Chelsea
Mason.
He married (2) Laura Ellen Bentley Abt. 1875 in Prentiss County, MS..
39 v. Martha Ann Lauderdale, born Abt. 1838 in Morgan County, AL.. She
married Thaddus Rogers Abt. 1859 in Tishomingo County, MS..
40 vi. Mary Jane Lauderdale, born Abt. 1840 in Morgan County, AL.; died
1894
in Prentiss County, MS.. She married John B. Jones Abt. 1868 in Prentiss
County, MS..
Descendants of John Lowry
Generation No. 1
1. John1 Lowry was born Abt. 1700 in Ireland, and died Bet. 1761 - 1762
in
Augusta County, VA.. He married Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Andrew
Moore
and Elizabeth Baxter.
Children of John Lowry and Elizabeth Moore are:
2 i. John2 Lowry, born 1749 in Augusta County, VA.; died April 17, 1849
in
Guiford County, N.C.. He married Hannah Vance.
3 ii. Mary Lowry, born 1757 in Surry County, N.C.; died April 21, 1778
in
Surry County, N.C.. She married Dr. William Walker.
+ 4 iii. William Lowry, born 1741; died Bef. 1778.
5 iv. Robert Lowry.
6 v. James Lowry.
Generation No. 2
4. William2 Lowry (John1) was born 1741, and died Bef. 1778. He married
(1)
Isabella Taylor?.
Child of William Lowry is:
+ 7 i. Elizabeth3 Lowry, born Abt. 1750; died in Stokes County, N.C..
Generation No. 3
7. Elizabeth3 Lowry (William2, John1) was born Abt. 1750, and died in
Stokes
County, N.C.. She married Andrew McCaleb/McKillip Abt. 1770 in Strokes
County, N.C., son of Hugh McKillip and Agnes Hannah.
Children of Elizabeth Lowry and Andrew McCaleb/McKillip are:
8 i. John4 McCaleb, born Abt. 1771 in Strokes County, N.C.. He married
Elizabeth Whicker October 15, 1803 in Strokes County, N.C..
9 ii. Andrew McCaleb, born Abt. 1773 in Strokes County, N.C..
10 iii. Archibald McCaleb, born Abt. 1775 in Strokes County, N.C.. He
married Frances Lightfoot October 13, 1817 in Guiford County, N.C..
11 iv. William McCaleb, born Abt. 1777 in Strokes County, N.C..
12 v. Hugh White McKillip/McCaleb, born Abt. 1779 in Stokes Co., North
Carolina; died 1845 in Fayette County, Alabama. He married Elizabeth
Holbrook August 13, 1803 in Stokes Co., North Carolina.
13 vi. Anna McCaleb, born Abt. 1781 in Strokes County, N.C.. She married
Issac Brown October 1, 1813 in Strokes County, N.C..
14 vii. Margaet McCaleb, born Abt. 1783 in Strokes County, N.C.. She
married
Carver Blake Cook February 5, 1809 in Strokes County, N.C..
15 viii. Jane McCaleb, born Abt. 1785 in Strokes County, N.C..
16 ix. Elizabeth Ann McCaleb, born Abt. 1787 in Strokes County, N.C..
She
married William E. Harrington December 4, 1804.
17 x. Mary McCaleb, born Abt. 1789 in Strokes County, N.C..
Good morning, this has been around before, but it is worth sending again
:)
>
> >>These epitaphs, taken from actual tombstones.
>
> >>On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova
Scotia:
> >> Here lies Ezekial Aikle
> >> Age 102
> >> The Good
> >> Die Young.
> >>
> >> In a London, England cemetery:
> >> Ann Mann
> >> Here lies Ann Mann,
> >> Who lived an old maid
> >> But died an old Mann.
> >> Dec. 8, 1767
> >>
> >> In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery:
> >> Anna Wallace
> >> The children of Israel wanted bread
> >> And the Lord sent them manna,
> >> Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
> >> And the Devil sent him Anna.
> >>
> >> Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery:
> >> Here lies
> >> Johnny Yeast
> >> Pardon me
> >> For not rising.
> >>
> >> Memory of an accident in a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery:
> >> Here lies the body
> >> of Jonathan Blake
> >> Stepped on the gas
> >> Instead of the brake.
> >>
> >> In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery:
> >> Here lays Butch,
> >> We planted him raw.
> >> He was quick on the trigger,
> >> But slow on the draw.
> >>
> >> A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery:
> >> Sacred to the memory of
> >> my husband John Barnes
> >> who died January 3, 1803
> >> His comely young widow, aged 23, has
> >> many qualifications of a good wife, and
> >> yearns to be comforted.
> >>
> >> A lawyer's epitaph in England:
> >> Sir John Strange
> >> Here lies an honest lawyer,
> >> And that is Strange.
> >>
> >> Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont:
> >> I was somebody.
> >> Who, is no business
> >> Of yours.
> >>
> >>Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, Arizona
in
> >>the cowboy days of the 1880's. He's buried in the Boot Hill Cemetery
in
> >>Tombstone, Arizona:
> >> Here lies Lester Moore
> >> Four slugs from a .44
> >> No Les No More.
> >>
> >> In a Georgia cemetery:
> >> "I told you I was sick!"
> >>
> >> John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery:
> >> Reader if cash thou art
> >> In want of any
> >> Dig 4 feet deep
> >> And thou wilt find a Penny.
> >>
> >> On Margaret Daniels grave at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia:
> >> She always said her feet were killing her
> >> but nobody believed her.
> >>
> >> In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England:
> >> On the 22nd of June
> >> - Jonathan Fiddle -
> >> Went out of tune.
> >>
> >>Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont has an epitaph
that
> >sounds like something from a Three Stooges movie:
> >> Here lies the body of our Anna
> >> Done to death by a banana
> >> It wasn't the fruit that laid her low
> >> But the skin of the thing that made her go.
> >>
> >> More fun with names with Owen Moore in Battersea, London, England:
> >> Gone away
> >> Owin' more
> >> Than he could pay.
> >>
> >> Someone in Winslow, Maine didn't like Mr. Wood:
> >> In Memory of Beza Wood
> >> Departed this life
> >> Nov. 2, 1837
> >> Aged 45 yrs.
> >> Here lies one Wood
> >> Enclosed in wood
> >> One Wood
> >> Within another.
> >> The outer wood
> >> Is very good:
> >> We cannot praise
> >> The other.
> >>
> >> On a grave from the 1880's in Nantucket, Massachusetts:
> >> Under the sod and under the trees
> >> Lies the body of Jonathan Pease.
> >> He is not here, there's only the pod:
> >> Pease shelled out and went to God.
> >>
> >>The grave of Ellen Shannon in Girard, Pennsylvania is almost a
consumer
> >tip:
> >> Who was fatally burned
> >> March 21, 1870
> >> by the explosion of a lamp
> >> filled with "R.E. Danforth's
> >> Non-Explosive Burning Fluid"
> >>
> >> Oops! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York:
> >> Born 1903--Died 1942
> >> Looked up the elevator shaft to see if
> >> the car was on the way down. It was.
> >>
> >> In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery:
> >> Here lies an Atheist
> >> All dressed up
> >> And no place to go.
Hollingsworth Family Cemetery Fayette County, Al.
Located at the foot of Ford’s Mountain
M Hol. Was born Aug the 26, 1825 and died Feb 26, 1832
G. Hol. Was born Snov 13, 1833 and died aug 26, 1834
Mrs. Jane Beal Galloway was born Mar 27, 1776 and died Dec 31, 1851
Mr. T. (Thomas) Galloway was born Mar 27, 1776 and died Dec. 30,1852
B.D. Hollingsworth born July 4, 1868 died Oct 20, 1870.
Sleep on Dear Child and take thy rest
God has called you home
He thought it best.
John Hollingsworth born Sept. 3, 1792 died Nov. 30, 1880 first
Hol. In Fayette Co.
Marthie daughter of I.W. and E.A. Payane born Aug.26, 1869 died Aug
6, 1882
In Paradise thou sharest bliss
Never to be found in a world like this
Infant son of J.M. & F. A. Lowrey born Aug 4, 1884 – died Aug 8,
1884
Infant son of Elijah & Orienia J. Rainey b. & d. Oct. 11, 1888
Jeptha Hollingsworth born May 18, 1820 died June 30, 1890
The hour of my departure has come
I hear the voice that calls me home
At last Oh Lord let trouble cease
And thy servant die in peace. (Civil War Veteran}
D.M. Hollingsworth born June 20, 1848 died Nov 11, 1892
The race appointed I have run
The combat’s o’er, the prize is won
And now my witness is on high
And my records in the sky.
Elijah Rainey born July 7, 1859 died Nov. 28, 1893
Another link is broken
In our household ban
But a chain is forming
In a better land
Zilpha Galloway wife of John Hollingsworth born June 30, 1809 died
April 13, 1894
Kept a notebook about the family.
Martha M. Hollingsworth born Nov 23, 1824 died May 24, 1899
I leave the world without a tear
Save for the friends held so dear
To heal their sorrows Lord descend
And to the friendless prove a friend
Pheby M. daughter of Elijah & Jenny Raney born July 10, 1886 doed
Oct 29, 1907
Sweetly sleeping
Annie May Ham daughter of C.K. & Mattie – born March 8, 1907 died
April 28, 1908
A sleep in Jesus
There were many graves with stones with no inscriptions. Perhaps John
Hollingsworth’s first
Wife Matilda White was one of these. Also the black slaves that worked
for John were perhaps
There.
Compiled by Frances L. Brasher and written as interpreted on stones.
Directions: From Fayette go Highway 43 N. turn right on Highway 102,
go 2.4 miles turn Left on
Rd 53 and go 2.1 miles. This cemetery is about 100 yards to the right
in the woods at the foot of
Ford’s Mountain. At present time 1990 is behind a brick
house driveway. (The latest news 1999
Is that landowners sold timber and cemeteary may have been damaged.
F.M.)
EARNEST CEMETERY
Of Fayette, County, Al.
MOZINGO, JACKSON born Dec 28, 18941 died Dec 28, 1915
MOZINGO, NANCY E. Born May 26 , 1851 died Nov 16 1933
MOZINGO, MARTHA L born 1886 died 1940 Daughter of above
MOZINGO, DOVIE born dec 16, 1888 died Sept 1944 daughtrer
MOZINGO, CARRIE born Sep 14 1897 died Dec 19 , 1977 daughter
The above daughters were never married.
The next row of graves are all marked with field stones.
EARNEST, C.M born Jan 2, 1833 died April 25, 1911
The rest of this row only marked with field stones.
DYKES, JULIA A. born April 22, 1856 died July 15, 1925
DYKES, ANDREW M born March 5, 1856 died February 19, 1920
DYKES, J. WILLIAM born March 15, 1889 died March 20 , 1918
There are some other field stone markers.
To get to this cemetery go to WHITESPRINGS CHURCH then northeast on
Black top road .7th
Of a mile to gravel drive Cemetery under 2 large oak trees to the right
of drive.
Copied by EARNEST VAUGHN RT 2 Box 576, Winfield, Al 35594
POST OFFICES IN ALABAMA IN 1825
Post Office Postmaster Born Where
Armstrong Max C. Armstrong S.C.
Ashville Archibald Sloan Tn.
Athens James W. Exum Va.
Augusta Andrew Baxer Ga.
Bainbridge Lewis Dillahunty N.C.
Belle Fonte Temple Harris N.C.
Belleville Alex. M'Call N.C.
Big Swamp Caleb Niblett S.C.
Blacks Bluff Wm. Black S.C.
Blakely Samuel Haines N.H.
Bluntsville John Gilbreath
Blue Water Samuel D. McMahan
Brownsborough Wm. Veitch N.Y.
Canton Duncan C. Smith N.C.
Carthage Willie Buck
Centreville Henry Potts
Claiborne John Bonner S.C.
Clarksville James Savage, Jr. Ire.
Coosawada James B. Clopton Va.
Cotton Port Wm. Dewoody Tn.
Courtlandt Ira Cartlon Va.
Daletown Burwell B. Bennett
Decatur Henry W. Roads
Demopolis B. Meltier
Ditto's Landing George McCloud Ga.
Doyals Mills Robert Black
Elyton James Dodds Conn.
Erie Thos. H. Herndon Va.
Ernests Store Asa Arington
Fort Crawford John Jerrison
Florence John Craig N.C.
Fort Jackson Reuben Jordan Va.
Ft. Stoddart Thomas Troulman
Gardner's Store Jason Gardner N.C.
Greensborough Frederick Peck Conn.
Greensville Samuel L. Caldwell S.C.
Hargrove Danl. P. Hargrove
Havana Geo. Washington N.C.
Hazle Green Thomas Hart Conn
Huntsville William Atwood Va.
Jackson David Taylor S.C.
Johnson's Mills Bernard Johnson Ga.
Jonesboro Tyler Hardiman
Leighton Wm. Leigh Va.
Liberty Hill John W. Fleming
Line Creek Walter B. Lucas Ga.
Loch Ronza Wm. Graves Ga. Ä.A?
Longmire's Store G. Longmire Va.
Maple's Store Stephen W. Maple Conn.Ä.A?
Meridianville Wm. Horton N.C. Mobile
Benj. S. Smoot Md.
Monacks Wm. Wright
Montgomery John Falconer Md.
Mooreville Wash. Keyes Va.
Moulton Robert B. Cary
Mount Pisgah Chas. Gilmore
Mt. Pleasant Wm. Walker Va.
Pikeville John W. Terrell
Pleasant Ridge Thomas Bradford
Pleasantville David Neel, Sr.
Portland George A. Tyler
St. Stephens James G. Lyon
Selma John B. Griffin S.C.
Shelby Thos. W. Smith N.C.
Somersville M.C. Houston Tn.
Sparta John E. Graham
Suggsville Geo. L. Medlock
Tensaw John Pierce Ma.
Triana R.V. Marye
Tuscaloosa Levin Powell
Tuscumbia Joshua Prout Ma.
Vernon John Bullard Ma.
Village Spring J.D. Harrison
Washington Tim W. Matthews Ga.
Wash. C.H. Jessee Grimey
Willstown Wm. Chamberlin
Wilson Hill Bennet Ware Va.
Woodville Wm. Hainey N.C.
The above data was taken from the 1825 Federal Register found
in Alabama State Archives, Montgomery, Al. by Fred McCaleb. Post
offices were not listed individually for Ala., but were mixed in
with all the U.S. Post Offices. This Federal Register also lists
most other government personnel in the U.S. at that time including
the army and navy, so if you had a soldier in this period of time
you might find info on him in the Federal Register. If I counted
right and copied all the Ala. PO's there were 76 in the state at
that year. By far the biggest one in the state was Huntsville.
Mobile was 2nd, with Florence,Montgomery, Claiborne, Athens,Greensborough,
St.Stephens, Selma, Erie, Courtlandt,and Elyton(Bham)down the list. For
the vicinity of Marion and Fayette Counties there was Cotton Port, Pikeville,
Vernon, and Tensaw with
John Pierce as PM may have been in this area. ”Of the 76 places mentioned
as PO's
In 1825 the following are listed on Today's Alabama Road Atla
Ashville,Athens, Bluntsville, Centreville, Clark (for Clarksville),
Courtland, Daleville(for Daletown), Decatur, Demopolis,
Florence, Greensboro, Greenville, Hazel Green, Huntsville, Jackson,
Leighton, Meridianville, Mobile, Montgomery, Moulton, Selma, Shelby, Tuscaloosa,
Tuscumbia, Vernon,Washington, and Woodville. •Vernon is the not the town
in present day Lamar County, Al.
ONLY 27 OF THE 76 PLACE NAMES OF 1825 ARE STILL AROUND IN 1992!
Change gradually wipes away all the old familiar places. Would be interesting
to know what happened to allthese missing places. I know that Elyton became
Birmingham. There is a story behind each missing place that would be interesting
to know.
