Generation No. 1

1. HENRY HYDER5 GROOMS (JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born 1819 in Tennessee. He married ELIZABETH ARRINGTON, daughter of WILLIAM ARRINGTON and JUDITH GILLESPIE. She was born 1816 in North Carolina.

Children of HENRY GROOMS and ELIZABETH ARRINGTON are:

2. i. ANDERSON6 GROOMS, b. 1836, Cocke Co.,Tennessee; d. April 10, 1865, Cocke Co.,Tennessee.

3. ii. GEORGE WILEY GROOMS, b. 1838, Cocke Co., Tennessee; d. April 10, 1865, Haywood Co. NC.

4. iii. ADOLPHUS GROOMS, b. 1841.

iv. JOHN GROOMS, b. 1846.

5. v. JAMES GROOMS, b. June 29, 1848, Revere, Yancey Co., NC; d. March 04, 1916. vi. SARAH GROOMS, b. 1849.

Generation No. 2 

2. ANDERSON6 GROOMS (HENRY HYDER5, JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born 1836 in Cocke Co.,Tennessee, and died April 10, 1865 in Cocke Co.,Tennessee. He married NANCY J. RAMSEY. She was born 1838.

Children of ANDERSON GROOMS and NANCY RAMSEY are:

i. JOHN7 GROOMS, b. 1855.

ii. MARY GROOMS, b. 1858.

3. GEORGE WILEY6 GROOMS (HENRY HYDER5, JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born 1838 in Cocke Co., Tennessee, and died April 10, 1865 in Haywood Co. NC. He married NANCY FRANKLIN, daughter of BENTLEY FRANKLIN and NANCY NORTON. She was born 1839.

Children of GEORGE GROOMS and NANCY FRANKLIN are:

i. MILREY7 GROOMS, b. 1857; m. HANCE RECTOR; d. Abt. 1880, Madison Co. NC. 6.

ii. ANSON GROOMS, b. 1859. 7.

iii. DOCK WILEY GROOMS, b. Abt. 1860. 8.

iv. JOHN JEFFERSON GROOMS, b. 1862; d. Abt. 1926, Canton, Haywood Co., NC. v. AMANDA GROOMS, b. 1863.

4. ADOLPHUS6 GROOMS (HENRY HYDER5, JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born 1841. He married ELLENDER FRANKLIN. She was born 1841.

Children of ADOLPHUS GROOMS and ELLENDER FRANKLIN are:

9. i. GEORGE W.7 GROOMS, b. 1861.

ii. JOSEPH GROOMS, b. 1868.

iii. ELIZABETH GROOMS, b. 1869.

iv. JANE GROOMS, b. 1870.

5. JAMES6 GROOMS (HENRY HYDER5, JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born June 29, 1848 in Revere, Yancey Co., NC, and died March 04, 1916. He married 1) DELITHA LEZELLA RAMSEY October 29, 1868 in Madison Co., NC, daughter of THOMAS RAMSEY and ELIZABETH PONDER. He married (2) UTRY NORTON August 16, 1908.

Children of JAMES GROOMS and DELITHA RAMSEY are:

i. ELIZABETH7 GROOMS, b. 1869.

ii. HENRY WISH GROOMS, b. August 13, 1872.

iii. RUFUS HYDER GROOMS, b. March 08, 1873; d. 1933; m. HALEY LANDERS.

Child of JAMES GROOMS and UTRY NORTON is:

iv. RUNINNIA7 GROOMS, b. March 24, 1906; d. March 23, 1946.

Generation No. 3 

6. ANSON7 GROOMS (GEORGE WILEY6, HENRY HYDER5, JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born 1859. He married CORDELIA WILLIS. She was born Abt. 1860.

Children of ANSON GROOMS and CORDELIA WILLIS are:

i. ELB8 GROOMS, b. 1874; m. REVA CLARK, August 05, 1894; b. 1876.

ii. OLLIE GROOMS, b. 1877; m. YANK FRANKLIN; b. Abt. 1875.

iii. HARVEY COLUMBUS GROOMS, b. February 11, 1880; d. February 13, 1972, Madison Co., NC; m. (1) AMMA MOORE; m. (2) MAGGIE BALDING, April 10, 1910; b. 1891. iv. JAMES G. GROOMS, b. 1883; m. MAGGIE BUCKNER; b. 1884. v. WOODARD GROOMS, b. 1887.

vi. WALTER GROOMS, b. 1892. 7. DOCK WILEY7 GROOMS (GEORGE WILEY6, HENRY HYDER5, JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born Abt. 1860. He married MARTHA ANN BRYANT October 24, 1880 in prob. Madison Co., NC. She was born Abt. 1860.

Children of DOCK GROOMS and MARTHA BRYANT are:

i. GEORGE8 GROOMS, b. 1878.

ii. GARRISON GARFIELD GROOMS, b. 1885; m. LOUISEA LUNSFORD.

iii. WILEY CHAPEL GROOMS, b. 1886; m. ALLIE PRICE.

iv. COLUMBUS ROBERT GROOMS, b. 1887; d. 1961; m. MAGGIE ELIZABETH BALDWIN.

v. WILLIAM WALTER GROOMS, b. 1893; d. 1978.

vi. HARRISON WICK GROOMS, b. 1895; m. GUSTIE MULL.

vii. SALLIE GROOMS, b. 1898, Of Little Pine Creek, Madison Co, NC; d. 1931; m. HENRY CLAY BUCKNER; b. 1878; d. 1955.

viii. CHIEF GROOMS, b. 1899; d. 1980.

ix. ORA BELLE GROOMS, b. 1904; d. 1991.

8. JOHN JEFFERSON7 GROOMS (GEORGE WILEY6, HENRY HYDER5, JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born 1862, and died Abt. 1926 in Canton, Haywood Co., NC. He married MOLLY CORREAL September 06, 1883 in Madison Co. NC, daughter of HENRY CORRELL and NANCY CORRELL. She was born 1864, and died Abt. 1926 in Canton, Haywood Co., NC.

Children of JOHN GROOMS and MOLLY CORREAL are:

i. ELIJAH8 GROOMS, b. 1886; m. (1) JESSIE MINTZ; b. Abt. 1890; m. (2) JENNIE VAUGHN, September 22, 1907; b. 1889.

ii. BELLE GROOMS, b. March 28, 1888; m. JETHRO PAYNE, July 17, 1907; b. 1887.

iii. LULA GROOMS, b. September 11, 1891; d. August 04, 1981, Canton, Haywood Co., NC; m. (1) WILLIAM "BILL" MEASE; b. Abt. 1890; m. (2) HILIARY WESLEY LEDFORD, September 22, 1907; b. August 05, 1887; d. February 21, 1924, Canton, Haywood Co., NC.

iv. WALTER HENRY GROOMS, b. May 29, 1894; d. March 25, 1971, Waynesville, Haywood Co. NC; m. NANCY LUCINDA MINTZ, February 23, 1918; b. April 26, 1897, North Carolina; d. February 14, 1992, Waynesville, Haywood Co., NC.

v. CLORA GROOMS, b. June 16, 1897, Madison Co., NC; d. December 13, 1977, Canton, Haywood Co.,NC; m. (1) FAIN ASBURY GADDIS, November 14, 1925, Canton, Haywood Co., NC; b. April 22, 1904, Waynesville, Haywood Co., NC; d. August 11, 1992, Canton, Haywood Co., NC; m. (2) CHARLES HALL, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

vi. AMANDA GROOMS, b. 1900.

vii. MILLIE GROOMS, b. March 18, 1903, Madison Co.,NC; d. January 31, 1977, Waynesville, Haywood County, NC; m. CLARENCE GADDIS, Abt. 1923, Buncombe County, NC; b. May 03, 1891, Buncombe County, NC; d. May 02, 1961, Waynesville, Haywood Co., N.C..

viii. ADOLPHUS "DOLPHUS" DANIEL GROOMS, b. April 16, 1906; d. June 04, 1988, Canton, Haywood Co., NC.

ix. ELLA GROOMS, b. 1909.

9. GEORGE W.7 GROOMS (ADOLPHUS6, HENRY HYDER5, JOHN4, CHARLES3, DANIEL2, JOSEPH1) was born 1861. He married POLLY A. WALDROP March 07, 1887. She was born 1869, and died November 20, 1929.

Children of GEORGE GROOMS and POLLY WALDROP are:

i. OCTAVIA8 GROOMS, b. 1887; m. NORTON WILLIS, December 10, 1905; b. 1885.

ii. ELLENDER R. GROOMS, b. 1888; m. WILLIAM M. MASSEY, July 23, 1905; b. 1886.

iii. CARRIE GROOMS, b. 1889; m. S.J. WALDROP, June 02, 1907.